Aug 20, 2024 Hilton Head Island Town Council (OLD)

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[5. Approval of the Minutes ]

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OPENNESS IS IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES AS STATED PLEASE SIGNIFY BY RAISING YOUR RIGHT HAND THAT PASSES SEVEN ZERO BEFORE THE TOWN MANAGER MR. ORLANDO YES

[6. Presentations and Recognitions]

A BRANCH WAS DOWN. WE GET OUT THERE AND REMOVE IT AND THEN THROUGH A REQUEST PROVIDED BY OUR GULF HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP AS WELL TOWN FIRE RESCUE STAFF WE CONDUCTED SEVERAL WELLNESS. WE RESPONDED TO REPORTS OF FLOODING ACROSS THE ISLAND AND LOVE AS WE GOT THERE AS QUICK AS WE COULD TO VERIFY, ASSESS, DOCUMENT HELP A COUPLE EXAMPLES OF THAT WAS ON HELMSMAN WAY UP ON MENTAL BAY MARINA AND ON SEA OLIVE ROAD AND POINT COMFORT SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BOTH THE TOWN CONTRACTORS AND SEA DOT FROM GREENVILLE. WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THE STAFF AND THE TEAM FROM SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HERE FROM GREENVILLE DURING THE STORM STAFF AND THE D.O.T. STAFF OUR STAFF WERE ABLE TO RESTORE FLOW TO THE DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE ON HELMSMAN WAY AND THEN ON SEA OLIVE ROAD THERE WAS GOING UPWARD OF SIX INCHES OF RAIN WATER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND IT STARTED TO CREEP INTO THE RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES AND ONCE WE DETERMINED WHERE THE DOWNSTREAM OUTFALL WAS SOMEWHERE NEAR THE MARSH OF POINT COMFORT WELL IT SAYS THE MARSH OF POINT COMFORT CREEK WAS PLUGGED OR CLOGGED. STAFF CONTACTED DOTTIE BEAUFORT MAINTENANCE OFFICE AND WITHIN 10 MINUTES THAT MAINTENANCE OFFICE ALONG WITH DOTTIE WERE ON SEAL ROAD CLEARING CLEARING A JET BACK TRUCK TO CLEAR THE BLOCKAGE AND WITHIN ABOUT 15 MINUTES WAS LIKE A BATHTUB.

THE WATER THE WATER JUST DISAPPEARED. DURING THIS TIME OUR SEVERAL PUMP STATIONS LOT AND JARVIS CREEK AND WEXFORD PUMP STATIONS AND OVER ABOUT 161 TOTAL HOURS PUMPED HUNDRED AND 41 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER SEVEN DAMAGED STRUCTURES FIVE RESIDENTIAL TO COMMERCIAL MOSTLY ISSUES AND THEN SOME AFTER ACTION AND WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO LEARN AND SO AFTER ACTION I'M VERY PROUD OF TOM DUNNE, CHIEF BLANKENSHIP, JEFF NATHAN SINGER, SEAN AND SEAN LEININGER AND A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHERS ERIC KOCH SOME I CAN'T SAY ALL THEIR NAMES. WE HAVE MORE THAN 75 AFTER ACTION ITEMS JUST FROM STAFF ALONE AND SO SOME OF THOSE ARE TO EVALUATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SANDBAG PROGRAM FOR TOWN.

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HAD WE NOT HAD THAT JET VAC TRUCK, I WOULDN'T BE TELLING YOU ABOUT MANY MORE SIGNIFICANT ISSUES. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU TO DOTTIE FOR HAVING THAT CLOSE BY AND THANK YOU TO COUNTY FOR FOR MOBILIZING WITH US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR PUMP STATION JUST REAL BECAUSE I MENTIONED THEM A COUPLE OF TIMES JARVIS CREEK PUMPS A WANTED MUNICIPAL ASSOCIATION AWARD AND 21 LEIGHTON STATION AND WEXFORD STATION AND THE SHIPYARD BOOSTER STATION. THEY'RE KEY PLAYERS THAT KEEP PUMPS IN OUR LINE OF DEFENSE AGAINST AGAINST FLOODING. JARVIS CREEK PUMPS WATER FROM A THOUSAND ACRES INTO JARVIS CREEK LOT AND STATION PROTECTS 2000 ACRES BY PUMPING TO LEIGHTON CREEK AND WEXFORD MANAGES WATER FLOW INTO BROAD CREEK AND THAT SERVES A 1500 ACRE WATERSHED.

AND SO WHEN I SAY THOSE PUMP STATIONS IT'S NOT JUST FOR THOSE IMMEDIATE AREAS BUT IT'S FOR SIGNIFICANT AREAS SURROUNDING AND THOSE STATIONS ARE SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO OPERATE DURING THESE EXTREME EVENTS DEMONSTRATING RESILIENCE AND PREPAREDNESS OUR COMMUNITY AND I SAY THIS TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY TO LET THE FOLKS KNOW THAT WE'RE IMPACTED, THAT WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE WORKING LITTLE SOLUTIONS AND BIG SOLUTIONS.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY TO THE STAFF THE LEADERSHIP OF CHIEF THE LEADERSHIP OF TOM DONE A BIG THANK YOU THANK YOU GREAT INFORMATION AND AND HOPEFULLY WE WON'T HAVE TO EXPERIENCE ANY MORE THIS YEAR OR NEXT YEAR OR THE YEARS TO COME. MOVING ON TO THE HILTON HOTEL AND DESTINATION MARKETING ORGANIZATION QUARTERLY REPORT ANGIE STONE THANK YOU.

GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR COUNTY COUNCIL THANK YOU FOR. ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE TODAY TOWN MANAGER IN MARCH WE BEGAN DOING QUARTERLY REPORTS OF THE DEMOS EFFORTS OUR BEHALF TO MARKET THE DESTINATION AND I THINK THOSE HAVE BEEN BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL.

THESE REPORTS OCCUR ABOUT 45 DAYS AFTER THE CLOSE OF EACH QUARTER.

SO THE ONE THAT YOU'LL RECEIVE TODAY IS FOR THE QUARTER ENDING JUNE 30TH.

OUR TEAM HAS WORKED CLOSELY THE DMO TO ENSURE ALIGNMENT OF THEIR EFFORTS OUR BEHALF WITH THE DESTINATIONS THAT YOU ALL HAVE ARTICULATED THESE PROVIDE YOU NOT ONLY WITH AN INSIGHT INTO ACTIVITIES THE DMO IS TAKING ON OUR BEHALF BUT ALSO GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS OF THE IMO LEADERSHIP . SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE ARIANA PERNICE, THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE FISHERIES AND CONVENTION BUREAU. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON.

COUNCIL MAYOR, TOWN MANAGER THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME THIS AFTERNOON ON BEHALF OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND DEMO WE'RE EXCITED TO PRESENT WHAT SEEMS LIKE IT HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT AGO AS 2000 FOR Q4 RESULTS . SO IF YOU WILL I HAVE A PRESENTATION AND CAN GO THROUGH THAT AND STOP ME ALONG THE WAY IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

SO AGAIN THE WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS APRIL THROUGH JUNE OF 2024 WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN FISCAL YEAR Q4 FOR US AGAIN DRIVING ALL OF OUR EFFORTS IN THE OUT MARKET DETERMINED BY 50 MILES OR FURTHER WE ARE DRIVEN BY OUR CORE DESTINATION VALUES WHICH AGAIN WE HELD HANDS TO

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WE'RE GOING TO DIVIDE THE INFORMATION WE'RE PROVIDING THIS QUARTER INTO SECTIONS AND THIS IS OUR HIGHLIGHT. WHAT WAS THE ONE OR TWO BIG THINGS THAT HAPPENED OVER THE PAST THREE MONTHS JUNE, APRIL, MAY AND JUNE EXCUSE ME I HAD TO GET MY MONTH RIGHT.

APRIL AND JUNE THAT WE WANTED TO BRING FORWARD TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WERE HAPPENING AND THESE TWO ACTUALLY HAPPENED IN THE PR WORLD AND VERY EXCITED TO BRING FORWARD THAT THE TIMES WAS NEW YORK TIMES WAS ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT ANDREW CARMINE'S AND ALL OF HIS EFFORTS SURROUNDING MAYOR CULTURE AND HOW BRINGS THAT FORWARD EVERY SINGLE DAY THROUGH HIS EFFORTS AND TOUCHES ON JUST OUR ECO HERE IN THE DESTINATION THIS IS NO SMALL GET THIS IS A REALLY BIG OPPORTUNITY AND ONE THAT CHARLIE CLARK AND HER TEAM HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD AND MANAGE THAT RELATIONSHIP TO BRING ANDREW AND HIS STORY BUT REALLY MORE IMPORTANTLY THE STORY THE DESTINATION FORWARD AND SO THIS WAS A BIG OPPORTUNITY AS YOU SEE HERE 1.4 MILLION JUST WITHIN THEIR DIGITAL AUDIENCE SO EXCITED THAT WE WERE ABLE TO BRING THAT FORWARD.

AS YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE IMAGERY WHERE HE'S TALKING ABOUT HIS CUISINE AND HAD THAT TIME WITH THE IN ADDITION CHARLIE AND HER TEAM WERE IN NEW YORK AND THEY AGAIN WERE ON THE EFFORT OF BRINGING FORWARD ECO TOURISM THE OF OUR ENVIRONMENT TO ALL THE EDITORS THAT THEY CAN ROUND UP AND HAVE AND HOST IN ONE SPACE AND THESE ARE JUST A SNAPSHOT WHO WAS THERE IN ATTENDANCE DURING THIS EVENT SHE DOES ONCE POSSIBLY TWO TIMES A YEAR AND IT'S A REALLY OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THE DESTINATION TO LIFE AND A ONE STOP SHOP FOR THESE EDITORS THAT AGAIN SHE'S CURATED WITH HER TEAM TO BRING FORWARD AND TELL THAT DEEP I'M IMPORTANT STORY OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND IN TERMS OF PAID MEDIA PARTNERSHIPS AGAIN CHARTING THAT EFFORT OF OUR FIVE IMPORTANT PIECES THAT WE WANT TO BRING FORWARD WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH KINGDOM MAGAZINE. THIS PIECE THAT WE HAD WAS A THREE PAGE RUN AND THAT WAS IN THERE FROM APRIL THROUGH JULY THE DISTRIBUTION WAS OVER 205,000, THE READERSHIP IS OVER 780,000 BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY PIECE SPEAKS TO THAT HIGH END CONSUMER THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO AND WE'VE DEFINED THAT CONSUMER FOR YOU IN PREVIOUS CONVERSATION.

BUT 250,000 HOUSEHOLD INCOME OR HIGHER HAS THE PROPENSITY TRAVEL THEY LOVE THE LUXURY LIFESTYLE. THEY LOVE LUXURY IN TERMS OF TRAVEL.

THEY ALSO LIKE OTHER LUXURY AND WE'RE BRINGING THAT FORWARD AND AGAIN IN PUBLICATIONS IN WHICH THEY MIGHT READ. AND SO THIS WAS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BUILD THAT AWARENESS WITHIN THIS READERSHIP GROUP AND SMITHSONIAN HAS BEEN A GREAT PARTNER AGAIN WE HAVE THE SMITHSONIAN AFFILIATE HERE ON THE ISLAND WITH THE COASTAL DISCOVERY MUSEUM. SO IT'S A GREAT PIECE AND ONE I THINK I MENTIONED IN MY LAST EFFORT BUT WE ACTUALLY WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH REX AND HIS TEAM TO HELP US BRING THIS STORY TO LIFE EVEN MORE. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH OUR POINT OF CONTACT SMITHSONIAN JUST A WEEK AGO AND SHE SAID IN PARTICULAR HOW WELL THIS ONLINE PIECE WHICH IS STILL RUNNING AND WILL RUN TO THE END OF THIS MONTH IS DOING THEY HAVE AN INTEREST IN THEIR READERSHIP GROUP HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND THEY SPEND ADDITIONAL TIME THAN YOU WOULD SEE ON ANY OTHER DIGITAL OR PRINT PIECE FOR THAT MATTER THEY'RE SPENDING YOU KNOW ANYWHERE FROM THREE, FIVE, SIX, 8 MINUTES ON YOU KNOW, READING ARTICLES AND IT'S REALLY THAT ENGAGEMENT THAT YOU JUST REALLY CAN'T IMAGINE IS HAPPENING. BUT THEIR THEIR READERSHIP IS VERY ENGAGED AND IN THIS INSTANCE IT'S NOT ANYTHING DIFFERENT THAN THAT WE ARE GETTING GREAT ENGAGEMENT TODAY YOU HAD OVER A MILLION IMPRESSIONS TO THIS ARTICLE ITSELF AND IT REALLY IT'S REALLY WONDERFUL PIECE. THE LINK IS THERE FOR YOU TO ACCESS AND JUST ONE THAT WE HOPE TO TAKE FROM HERE AND SHARE IT OUT OVER OTHER OUTLETS THAT WE HAVE AS WELL DOMESTICALLY WE'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD BUT ALSO INTERNATIONALLY I DON'T THINK WE TALK ABOUT THAT A LOT. YOU KNOW BEFORE COVID TALKED ABOUT THAT WAS JUST PART OF OUR MIX INTO OUR AND WHO OUR CUSTOMER WAS.

OUR CUSTOMER BASE DOES INCLUDE I THINK DURING COVID AND POST-COVID IMMEDIATELY AFTER FOCUSED SO MUCH ON THE DOMESTIC BECAUSE IT WAS HERE AND YOU KNOW THEY REALLY GO ANYWHERE ELSE AND WE WERE OPEN AND IT WAS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY BUT WE GET FURTHER AND FURTHER AWAY FROM COVID AND AND THE CLOSURES AND PEOPLE ARE OPENING BACK UP. YOU KNOW, INTERNATIONAL IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT PIECE TO THIS WHOLE CONVERSATION OF TRAVEL AND TOURISM ESPECIALLY DURING OUR NEW TIME FRAMES FALL AND WINTER AND YOU KNOW FROM HISTORICALLY SPEAKING AND WHAT

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THEY'RE JUST FINALIZING THOSE DETAILS NOW AND WE'VE SPOKEN ABOUT THIS PIECE.

IT WAS A VERY MEDIA BYE IN TERMS OF OUR CAMPAIGN DATES CONDE NAST TRAVELER WHO HAS BEEN A GREAT PARTNER OF THE DESTINATION FOR MANY YEARS THIS PARTICULAR CAMPAIGN WAS A DIGITAL AND SOCIAL CAMPAIGN THAT RAN FROM OCTOBER OF 23 THROUGH JUNE OF 24 IN DIFFERENT ITERATIONS WHICH IS QUITE UNUSUAL IN THE SENSE THAT IT WAS SUCH A LONG FLIGHT IN TERMS OF A MEDIA BUY BUT IT WAS REALLY DOING SO WELL THAT. THE CONTENT WAS THERE AND WE JUST REPURPOSED IT IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT CAPACITIES TO REALLY MAKE IT WORK AS HARD AS WE POSSIBLY COULD TO ENGAGE OUR CONSUMERS AND READERSHIP ON THE CONTENT SIDE.

SO WHO IS THAT? CONDÉ NAST CONSUMER AND READER THEY SPENT 11 BILLION ON TRAVEL. THAT'S AMAZING TO SEE AND 9 MILLION ARE ENGAGING ON THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN THEIR READERSHIP AS THEY DO THESE POLLS EVERY YEAR WITH THE READERSHIP AND IT'S LIKE WHAT DO THEY HAVE A PROPENSITY TO TO ASK WHY ARE WE SPEAKING TO THEM? AND WE'VE SEEN AN UPTICK IN THEIR INTEREST IN CULTURAL TRAVEL AS WELL AS CULINARY TRAVEL. SO THOSE DETAILS THAT WE YOU KNOW, GET REAL TIME FROM OUR PARTNER AT CONDE NAST REALLY ALLOW US TO CARVE SHAPE OUR MESSAGING TO REALLY HIT HOME ON WHAT'S IMPORTANT US AND THIS HAPPENED TO ALIGN WITH TWO OF THE FIVE PILLARS THAT WE ARE PUSHING AS WELL AND EACH ONE OF THESE ARE LINKED AS WELL.

SO WE DID FOUR HERE AND AGAIN I ENCOURAGE YOU TO WATCH THEM. WE'VE SHOWN THEM A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT TIMES BUT THEY'RE GREAT AND THEY KIND OF LIVE FOREVER SO I THINK THAT'S AMAZING AND WE CAN REUSE THIS CONTENT IN OTHER WAYS WITH CONDE NAST FURTHER DOWN THE LINE. BUT WHAT DID THIS PARTNERSHIP DO FOR US SO WITH THE LONG FLIGHT TIME OF OCTOBER THROUGH JUNE IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN IF I READ THAT RIGHT? YEP. I WAS RANKS OCTOBER TO JUNE WE DELIVERED OVER 21.5 MILLION IMPRESSIONS SO PEOPLE WHO HAVE WE'RE ABLE SEE OUR CONTENT SO THAT'S THAT'S A REALLY GREAT REACH AN INTENSE DEEP REACH WITH OUR CONDE NAST TRAVEL READERSHIP WE HAD OVER 1.9 MILLION VIEWS OF OUR VIDEO THEY ARE ACTIVE AND ACTIVE READILY ON TIKTOKS THEY HAD OVER 214,000 TIKTOK COMPLETES AGAIN WATCH THE VIDEO ALL THE WAY THROUGH AS YOU KNOW YOU CAN SCROLL AND SKIP CONTENT BUT THEY WATCH THE COMPLETE VIDEO AND THEN HIGH ENGAGEMENT.

SO TAKING ALL THE WAYS YOU CAN INTERACT WITH MEDIA LIKE IT COMMENT AND SHARE WHAT HAVE YOU WITH IT THAT'S KIND OF AN ALL ENCOMPASSING METRIC OF 792,000. SO AGAIN THIS ONE MARKET REALLY HARD FOR US AND WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF IT AND WE HOPE THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO STILL ACCESS THOSE LINKS AND, TALK ABOUT THEM BECAUSE THERE ARE PRETTY GOOD THINGS IN THERE AND HEADING BACK TO PUBLIC RELATIONS, CHARLI AND HER TEAM AGAIN HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB OF JUST CONSTANT DRUMBEAT OF THE DESTINATION YOU KNOW, OUR PILLARS OF WHAT WE'RE OFFERING FOCUSED ON IF YOU JUST LOOK AT THESE IMPRESSIONS AND ADD VALUES OVER A THOUSAND STORIES AND MENTIONED SHE'S WORKING HAND IN HAND WITH EDITORS AND PUBLICATIONS BOTH ONLINE AND PRINT TO BRING FORWARD ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE SO EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT.

AND SO THAT'S A YOU KNOW, EVERY DAY EVERY TIME SHE GETS AN OPPORTUNITY SHE'S TALKING WITH PEOPLE FROM TRAVEL ON THE AIR IN THIS INSTANCE SHE'S HIGHLIGHTING HERE THAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THE HILTON SEAFOOD SEAFOOD FESTIVAL IN MAY SHE HIGHLIGHTS FORBES AND IN JUNE THE NEW YORK TIMES PIECE AND THAT WAS THE ANDREW CARMINE'S OPPORTUNITY BUT AGAIN THERE'S SO MANY MORE WITHIN EACH MONTH THAT THAT ARE LISTED THIS IS JUST SNAPSHOT BUT AGAIN REALLY PUMPING OUT EVERY SINGLE DAY THE OF THIS DESTINATION AND HOW WE WANT YOU AS A VISITOR TO BE GREAT STEWARD JUST LIKE WE AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE GREAT STEWARDS OF OUR OF OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR VACATION PLANNER. SO OUR VACATION PLANNER IS ONE THAT WE PRODUCE ANNUALLY CALENDAR YEAR AND THERE'S 85,000 UNITS THAT WE PRODUCE AND WE FULFILL THEM IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. BUT AGAIN YOU CAN ORDER THOSE

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BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY IT'S A COFFEE TABLE BOOK THAT SPEAKS SO HIGHLY.

EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT REALLY PULLS PEOPLE IN ,TELLS THAT COMPLETE STORY OF WHAT OUR PILLARS ARE ASKING US TO DO RIGHT TELL THE DEEPER STORY BEYOND BEACH, BEYOND THE FACT THAT WE'RE A BEAUTIFUL ISLAND AND HAVE GOLF BUT TELL THAT STORY AND WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE WE WERE JUST RECOGNIZED FOR THIS BOOK FOR THE BEST IN THE COUNTRY AND WE WERE EXCITED ABOUT THAT THAT RECOGNITION AND BRINGING THAT BOOK FORWARD BECAUSE WE KNOW WE'RE VERY PROUD OF IT COLLECTIVELY WITH OUR IT AND WE LOVE THE WAY IT IS WORKING US.

BUT TO BE RECOGNIZED ON THE NATIONAL LEVEL WAS VERY EXCITING AS WELL.

SO CONGRATULATIONS AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT PIECE.

SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE WEBSITE SOCIAL MEDIA BEING PART OF THIS COMBINED EFFORT OF HOW IN YOU KNOW IN THE SENSE OF THE THINGS THAT WE MANAGE IT REALLY IS THAT VACATION PLANNER THAT WE ARE PRODUCING AND PUTTING THOSE EFFORTS INTO IN TERMS OF THE PILLARS AND TELLING THAT DEEPER STORY REALLY THE WEBSITE IS THAT VIRTUAL FRONT DOOR THAT HELPS TELL THAT STORY FOR US 365 DAYS A YEAR, 24 HOURS A DAY AND PEOPLE WERE HOPING ARE TAKING THAT TOP OF FUNNEL OPPORTUNITY OF BEING AWARE OF HOME KIND OF TAKING THAT NEXT STEP OF COMING TO THE WEBSITE SHAKING THE HANDS OF ONE OF OUR BUSINESS MEMBERS HERE IN THE COMMUNITY AND THEY'RE THAT SO IF YOU LOOK AT OUR VISITS OR SUGGESTIONS THAT'S A NINE THERE AND 86,000 FOR THE QUARTER AND WE'VE HAD OVER 789,000 USERS AND CLICKING OUTLETS I'M SORRY THAT'S PART OF THE IMAGE BUT YOU KNOW OVER 400,000 ARE CLICKING OUT ONCE THEY COME THE SITES ARE CLICKING OUT TO OUR PARTNER BUSINESSES AND IT'S REALLY OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CONNECT BUSINESSES WITH OUR VISITORS AND ENGAGE THEM WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO US AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER AND IT'S TO SEE OUR BUSINESSES THRIVE, OUR WEBSITE PERFORMANCE FROM HILTON HEAD ISLAND DAWG WE WANT A LITTLE DEEPER THIS TIME JUST TRYING AGAIN TO SHARE AS MUCH INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR PERFORMANCE FROM THE QUARTERLY STANDPOINT.

SO WHAT WERE THE TOP PAGES WHEN I SAID THAT WE HAD OVER 204,000 VISITS OR SESSIONS WHERE DID THEY GO? SO THE HOME PAGE THAT'S GREAT PLACE TO START.

WE LOVE IT THERE BUT THEY'RE ALSO INTERESTED IN THINGS DO WHERE TO DINE IN THE OFFERS SO THAT'S A QUARTERLY SNAPSHOT THAT'S NOT COMPREHENSIVE OF THE YEAR TO DATE BUT CONTINUE AND WE DO THIS WE'RE ALREADY DOING THIS BUT TRACKING AND WATCHING PEOPLE ARE GOING AND YOU KNOW, ADJUSTING OUR EFFORTS AS NEEDED . I THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD PLACE TO START IN TERMS OF CONVERSATION. THE WOMAN SKEWS A LITTLE HEAVIER IN TERMS OF BEING THE ONE WHO IS VISITING THE WEBSITE 58% TO 42% AND THE LEADER WITHIN THE AGE RANGE IS 55 TO 64. SO BUT I THOUGHT WAS ENCOURAGING TO SEE THAT YOU KNOW THE 35 TO 44 AND 45 TO 54 ARE ALSO IN THE MIX IN TERMS OF ENGAGING SO NOT ONLY THE DECISION MAKER BUT PERHAPS IT'S A BIGGER CONVERSATION AMONG THE FAMILY WHICH IS GOOD TO SEE. I MEAN YOU LOOK AT SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT THIS IS OUR ORGANIC SOCIALLY IF YOU'RE NOT FARMING WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO FOLLOW THIS OR ALL OF OUR HANDLES AGAIN YOUTUBE TIK-TOK FACEBOOK X PINTEREST AND INSTAGRAM AND OUR SOCIAL SESSIONS OUR TOTAL AUDIENCE GOING TO 55,000 AND SOCIAL SCIENCE AT 115,000. THIS IS WHERE WE CAN GET THOSE QUICK LITTLE SNACKS AND BITES OF WHAT THE DESTINATION IS DOING AND IT'S REALLY PROVEN TO HELP PUSH SOMEBODY A CONSUMER FROM THE SOCIAL INTO THE WEBSITE AND IT'S BEEN A REALLY IT'S BEEN A REALLY GREAT PARTNERSHIP TO SEE THOSE PIECES WORKING TOGETHER.

BUT LET'S DOVE A LITTLE DEEPER INTO SOCIAL I THINK THE PAST PRESENTATION WE HAD TALKED ABOUT OF OUR SOCIAL EFFORTS AGAINST OUR PILLARS OF THAT WE FOCUSED ON WELLNESS, RECREATION, ARTS AND CULTURE ECO AND HISTORY. SO IF YOU CAN SEE HERE AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THE FINE PRINT BUT WE JUST HAVE STARTED TO CAPTURE HOW MANY POSTS WITHIN EACH OF THESE CATEGORIES THAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT SO YOU'RE MAY NOT SEE EVERY SINGLE ONE JUST BASED ON THE ALGORITHMS THAT ARE OUT THERE BUT WE WANTED TO LET KNOW THAT THOSE ARE HAPPENING SO OUT JUST TAKING WELLNESS WE HAD 167 POSTS IN THAT Q4 TIMEFRAME WHICH IS AN ENGAGEMENT OF OVER 251,000 AND OVER 4.2 MILLION IMPRESSIONS AND THOSE NUMBERS REALLY ENCOURAGING TO SEE JUST WITHIN THREE MONTHS HOW MUCH OUR VISITOR OR POTENTIAL VISITOR IS

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IT DIDN'T MATTER PLATFORM AND I KNOW WE'RE SPREADING THE WORD ABOUT DOLPHINS AND PIPING CLOVERS AND ALL OF OUR SWEET ANIMALS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN WILDLIFE BUT SEA TURTLES ONE FOR Q4 ACROSS ALL ACROSS ALL PLATFORMS AND YOU SEE THAT THESE ARE THE TOP POST HERE ON MAY 28, MAY 7TH AND JUNE 12 AGAIN JUST THE STRONGEST ENGAGEMENT AGAIN WHO WAS WATCHING? WERE THEY WATCHING AND WERE THEY LIKING SHARING WHAT ARE COMMENTING AND THESE THREE ONE BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT HOTEL HERMAN VILLA COMBINED AND THAT IS OUR KEY DATA EFFORTS AND STR WE'RE LOOKING AT OCCUPANCY FOR Q4 FISCAL YEAR Q4 APRIL, MAY AND JUNE DOWN 8% PRICE SUMMER WORKING ADR IS UP 2% BUT UNFORTUNATELY OUR REV PAR WAS DOWN 6% AGAIN NOT DRAMATICALLY DOWN BUT WE ARE AWARE OF THESE CONCERNS.

THE DOWN IS NEVER SOMETHING WE LIKE TO SEE BUT ESPECIALLY THAT REV PA COLUMN BUT IT IS SOMETHING WE'RE MONITORING AND WATCHING AND WE'RE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR HOTELIERS.

WE'RE MAKING ADJUSTMENTS IN OUR CONTENT AND IT IS SOMETHING WE'RE TRACKING AND ARTICULATING AND COMMUNICATING OUT. SO YOU KNOW WITHIN OUR REPORTING WE DO GET WHAT'S ON THE BOOKS AND WE ARE SEEING AND HAVING CONVERSATIONS REGULARLY WITH OUR PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY EFFORTS THAT WE CAN DO TO ADJUST AS WELL AS WHAT THEY CAN DO TO HELP SUPPORT THOSE NEEDS IN THE MARKETPLACE . WE KNOW THAT HEADS AND BEDS MEANS PEOPLE RETAIL STORES AND ALSO AT RESTAURANTS AND VISITING OUR EXCURSIONS.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE THAT THIS COMPONENT OF THESE THREE EFFORTS STAY VERY HEALTHY.

THANK VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL? I DO HAVE CONTRACT AND COUNCILMAN JAMES HAS BEEN VERY PROFESSIONALLY PRESENTED.

THANK YOU. COUPLE OF THINGS I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT THE CHAMBER IS NOW HIGHLIGHTING OUR COMMUNITY VALUES AS YOU REFER TO THEM AS PILLARS SO THAT PEOPLE KNOW WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO US. ANDREW CARMINE'S SHARING HIS THOUGHTS AND PASSIONS ON THE VALUE OF ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT NOT ONLY FOR THIS COMMUNITY TO BE REMINDED OF BUT ALSO FOR PEOPLE POTENTIAL VISITORS TO THE ISLAND AND ALSO THE STORY SPEAKS TO THE SAME KIND OF DISTINGUISHING VALUES THAT WE HAVE ON THE ISLAND AND I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT THAT IS THAT BY BEING MORE UPFRONT WITH WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT, WHAT MAKES WHAT VALUES WE SHARE, WE ARE ATTRACTING VISITORS WHO ALSO SHARE THEM AND THEY'RE THE ONES COMING TO THIS ISLAND WHO PROSPECTIVELY MIGHT PURCHASE REAL ESTATE AND BECOME OUR NEIGHBORS, HAVING THEM SHARE OUR VALUES AT THE OUTSET IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO THE FUTURE. THIS COMMUNITY MEAN DO YOU HAVE THE CAPABILITY OR ARE YOU ALREADY GETTING FEEDBACK THAT VALUABLE IN ENHANCING THE MESSAGING FROM THE PEOPLE WHO ARE RESPONDING TO YOUR CURRENT MEDIA MARKETING AND SOCIAL MEDIA AND SO ON GET THAT FEEDBACK IN ANY WAY WE DO AND PROBABLY NOT AS COMPREHENSIVELY AS WE'RE HOPING TO BE IN A SIX MONTHS OR A YEAR FROM NOW BECAUSE WE'VE STARTED KIND OF TRACKING THIS JUST WHEN WE STARTED OUR FISCAL THAT'S JUST PAST BUT AS YOU WITHIN THE TRACKING OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA AS WELL AS SOME OF THE REPORTING THAT WE GOT BACK FROM CONDE NAST TRAVELER AND OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS, THE CONSUMER IS REALLY UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATING WHAT WE'RE PUTTING FORTH AND SO WHETHER IT BE THROUGH THEIR OWN RESEARCH THAT THEY'RE SHARING BACK WITH US OR EVEN FROM COMMENTS THAT WE RECEIVE ON OUR OWN SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES AND THEN THE TRACKING OF THAT WE ARE STARTING TO SOMEWHAT SOMEWHAT ANECDOTALLY BUT WE'RE PULLING THAT TOGETHER TO BE A FORM OF RESEARCH IF YOU CAN THAT AND INCLUDE A SUMMARIZED REPORT TO COUNCIL IN THE FUTURE.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE VALUABLE. YEAH I DO THINK OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS I DO.

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SORRY. YEAH, SPEAKING OF SOME FROM SOME DISTANCE AWAY PRESSURE AGAIN GREAT PRESENTATION, A GREAT REPORT AND REGULATIONS ON THE AWARD THAT'S TRAVEL PLANNER COUNTRY THAT'S OUTSTANDING AND WE APPLAUD FOR THAT. WE HAVE WE HAVE FOCUSED IN THE PAST AND YOU SAID THERE'S BEEN A FOCUS IN THE PAST ON SHOULDER TRAVEL VERSUS SUMMER TRAVEL.

NOW TELL US A LITTLE BIT THOSE EFFORTS ARE COMING FORWARD. THANK YOU COUNCILMAN STANFORD.

THEY EXACTLY WE ARE NOT FOCUSED BRINGING VISITORS HERE DURING THE SUMMER TIME FRAME.

THAT'S KIND OF BEEN A AN UNDERSTANDING AS WE'VE WORKED TOGETHER FOR THE PAST NINE YEARS AND PRIOR TO MY TIME HERE THE SUMMER IS IS HEALTHY. IT TAKES CARE OF ITSELF FOR THE MOST PART. SO OUR EFFORTS THE DEMO ARE REALLY FOCUSED ON THE SHOULDER AND OFF SEASON EARLY SPRING TIMEFRAME TO ENSURE THAT THE BRAND AWARENESS EFFORTS THAT WE HAVE IN MARKET ARE REALLY WORKING HARD FOR US TO BRING THAT CONSUMER DESIRE CONSUMER HERE DURING THOSE TIME FRAMES. SO THAT'S THAT IS OUR EFFORT. WE'RE PUSHING THOSE TIMEFRAMES CONSTANTLY AND NOW WITH THE FIVE PILLARS THAT WE'RE USING TO CREATE THAT MESSAGING THE OUT MARKETS YOU KNOW WE'RE TRACKING AND WE SEE THROUGH SOME OF OUR REPORTING THAT YOU KNOW THOSE MESSAGE ARE REFLECTED IN IMAGERY. THEY'RE REFLECTED IN OUR COPY, THEY'RE REFLECTED IN THE PAGES THAT THEY'RE BROUGHT TO YOU IN TERMS OF PERHAPS THINGS DO OR EVEN SOME OF OUR JUST REGULAR BLOG OR SOCIAL CONTENT ABOUT WHAT TO DO AND HOW GREAT THOSE THOSE SEASONS ARE. SO AGAIN WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON THAT AND YOU KNOW ADJUSTING TO THE NEEDS OBVIOUSLY OF IN REAL TIME OF WHAT THE THE REPORTING SAYS AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE DOING THAT WITH OUR WITH OUR REPORTING THAT I JUST SHARED BUT YES WE DO ADJUST TO THOSE TIME FRAMES AND THEN USING NOT JUST DOMESTIC EFFORTS BUT ALSO WORKING IN THAT INTERNATIONAL COMPONENT WORKING IN KEY MARKETS THAT WE KNOW WORK FOR US BUT ALSO TAKING CARE OF EMERGING MARKETS THAT MIGHT BE NEW VISITORS TO US. SO WE'RE CONSTANTLY FILLING OUR FUNNEL OF POTENTIAL VISITORS TO THE DESTINATION. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. A LOT OF WHAT YOU'VE SAID HERE IS CONCLUSIONS I WOULD I THINK IT WOULD BE USEFUL FOR US TO SEE HOW YOU ARE DOING THAT FOCUS. THAT IS WHAT IS THE TEXT WHAT THE PHOTOGRAPHS, WHAT IS THE EMPHASIS ON THE WONDERFUL SPRING AND WEATHER THOSE SORTS OF THINGS THAT TO ME I LIKE THE SHOULDER SEASON IN OUR COMMUNITY OKAY. AND MY SECOND QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH THE DECLINE THAT YOU MENTIONED ON OCCUPANCY IN THE LAST JUST FOR THAT IS THAT SOMETHING THAT HAS OCCURRED THROUGHOUT RESORT COMMUNITY IN THE COUNTRY OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT SPECIFIC TO HILTON HEAD ISLAND? HEY GLEN, COULD YOU GO BACK AND REPEAT THAT WERE HAVING A HARD TIME HEARING YOU ON THIS SIDE OKAY.

I'LL MY BEST YEAH. WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF RECORD THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS. OKAY. I'LL SPEAK DOWN AND TRY TO DO THE BEST I CAN. YOU HAVE EMPHASIZED THE YOU'VE TOLD US ABOUT THE DECLINE IN OCCUPANCY. MY QUESTION IS DO WE KNOW IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IS SPECIFIC TO THE HILTON HEAD ISLAND COMMUNITY OR IS IT SOMETHING THAT IS INDUSTRY WIDE I THINK YOU WOULD SAY AND YES IN EITHER WHAT ARE THE REASONS FOR THAT? IS IT THE ECONOMY IS TRAVEL JUST LEVELED OFF? WHAT ARE THE REASONS COUNCIL IN STAMFORD GREAT QUESTIONS AND IT IS REALLY NATIONAL. IT'S NOT JUST US. IT IS SOMETHING THAT I AM GRATEFUL THAT WE ARE ON THIS SIDE OF TERMS OF THERE ARE OTHER DESTINATIONS DOMESTICALLY THAT HAVE BIGGER CHALLENGES IN FRONT OF THEM REGARDING AND WELL LET'S LOOK NOT JUST AT OCCUPANCY BUT AVERAGE DAILY RATE WHICH GIVES US THE REV PAR I THINK WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THOSE HOLISTICALLY AND TOGETHER CAN'T ISOLATE ONE I THINK IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO THE ECONOMY RIGHT. THINGS HAVE SHIFTED AND THERE'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT THIS ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY DOMESTICALLY PEOPLE RECENTLY WITH WE'VE DONE SOME RECENT RESEARCH FOUND THAT THERE IS A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF AMERICANS WHO ARE LITTLE SHY TO PUT FORTH THEIR DISPOSABLE INCOME FOR TRAVEL. SO WE'RE WORKING REALLY HARD AND TO GET IN FRONT OF THOSE THAT HAVE THE PROPENSITY TO TRAVEL TO PUSH THEM OVER TO SAY HEY, LET'S CONTINUE TAKING THAT TRIP AND YOU KNOW, REALLY PUSHING FORWARD OUR FIVE PILLARS, YOU KNOW, IN ADDITION TO JUST THE ECONOMIC THAT WE'RE FACING DOMESTICALLY, INTERNATIONALLY EVERYTHING IS

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YEP. NO OTHER COMMENTS QUESTIONS MR. BROWN THANK YOU.

YEAH, IT'S PRETTY THANK YOU PARTICULARLY FOR YOUR MSO EVOLUTION AND YOUR PRESENTATIONS TO US. I THINK YOU HAVE BEEN RESPONDING TO COUNSEL WITH QUESTIONS THE WAY TO FOLLOW UP ON MR. STANFORD'S THOUGHTS THE DECREASE IN OCCUPANCY AND REPORTED YOU STATED IS THAT Q4 VERSUS Q4 ARE WE LOOKING AT YEAR TO DATE NUMBERS? WE'RE LOOKING AT Q4 WHERE I'M JUST REPORTING ON Q4 VERSUS Q4 SO IF WE'RE LOOKING AT AND I HAVE PAPERS THAT YOU DON'T I WILL SHARE THEM THAT IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE THREE COMBINED OCCUPANCY ADR AND REV PAR WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AGAINST Q4 OF THREE FISCAL YEAR 23, WE'RE DOWN 8% IN OCCUPANCY. WHEN YOU LOOK AT FISCAL YEAR 24 TO 23.

Q YOUR Q4 COMPARISON WERE UP ACTUALLY 2% AND AVERAGE DAILY RATE WHICH IS GREAT SO WE LIKE TO SEE THAT CONTINUE CONTINUAL CLIMB. BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY DRAMATIC UP OR DOWN AND HE'S OR ONE OF THOSE COLUMNS IT COULD IMPACT WHERE ARE PART WISE RIGHT SO WITH THAT DOWN IN OCCUPANCY WE'RE DOWN TO Q4 OF LAST 6% FOR REV PA SO AGAIN NUMBERS THAT WE PRESENTED BUT IT'S SOMETHING YOU WANT TO BE MINDFUL OF RIGHT.

WE'RE CONSTANTLY MAKING SURE THAT YOU KNOW WHAT ARE OUR IN OUR JUST SPEAKING TO OUR HOTELS DAILY ABOUT IT AND OUR PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANIES THEY'RE OUT THERE AND THEY'RE WORKING VERY HARD THEMSELVES TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE THERE HAVE YOU KNOW HEADS AND BEDS AND I THINK THAT THERE AN ARMS RACE FOR THAT CONSUMER TO HAVE TO TAKE NOTICE AND THE WORLD DIFFERENT TODAY IS IT'S THOSE ARE JUST THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF AND WE HAVE TO WORK VERY HARD FOR OUR FAIR SHARE RIGHT NOW. BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO AND WE'RE NOT SO FAR DOWN DOWN 6%. BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WATCHING WE WANT TO BE AWARE OF AND WITH THIS SORT OF MENTIONED IN THE NEW PILLAR THAT WE'VE AGREED UPON HERE, WHEN YOU SAW NEXT DID YOU POSSIBLY START TO COMPARE QUARTER TO QUARTER AS FAR AS THE PILLARS ARE CONCERNED WHEN YOU GET INTO SOME OF THE EFFORTS WHEN IT COMES TO PARTICULARLY THE SOCIAL EFFORTS AND WHATNOT, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO SORT OF GET HEADS WRAPPED AROUND WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE FROM A SEASONAL BASIS BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH IS TO BRING MORE FLUENT VISITOR DOING THIS ALL THE SEASONS BUT AGAIN SINCE THIS IS SO NEW AND THAT WE SAW THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHEN THE CUSTOMER IS OR NOT COMING FOR US TO TRY TO REALIZE.

OH, ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. MOSBACHER THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MARK. WELCOME. THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT.

THIS AS ALWAYS VERY WELL DONE AND WE APPRECIATE INFORMATION IN TERMS OF THE COMPARISON BETWEEN THIS YEAR AND THE 2023 THAT YOU JUST DESCRIBED FOR US. I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN KNOWING WHAT THAT COMPARISON IS PRE-COVID TO KNOW WHERE WHERE THAT BOUNCES AND WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE JUST SETTLING BACK INTO A NEW NORMAL AND THEN ADDING IN THE CURRENT FACTORS TO THAT SO THAT WE HAVE A BIGGER PICTURE ON THAT. AND THEN THE OTHER PIECE IS I KNOW THAT WE WE TALK ABOUT AND WE'RE VERY HAPPY THAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS LOOKING AT RESIDENT SATISFACTION AND WE GET THAT REPORT I THINK ONCE A YEAR FROM A SURVEY AND JUST WONDERING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR ARE THERE ANY EFFORTS AND IDENTIFY HOW THE RESIDENTS ARE

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YES, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MISS BRYSON.

I ENJOY MY COLLEAGUES AND THANKING YOU AND I THINK MR. JAMES MENTIONED THE FIVE PILLARS OR FIVE COMMUNITY VALUES AND I REALLY LIKE SEEING THE ICONS LINKED TO THE SPECIFIC AREAS OF YOUR REPORT WHICH LEADS ME TO A QUESTION ABOUT YOUR PAGE ON A SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT BREAKDOWN AND WE CAN SHOW THAT ON THE SCREEN AGAIN AND MAYBE HAVE OUR COMPANY IN FRONT OF YOU BUT ORGANIZE BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY VALUE. IT REFERS TO THE NUMBER OF PERISH SO I WANT TO BRING THAT UP BECAUSE SIRENS RISE HERE WE GO NOW AND RIGHT THERE MAYBE YOU PROBABLY HAVE A HARDCOVER YOU CAN READ IT BUT THE OF POSTS VARY AND IT LOOKS LIKE REALNESS IS THE HIGHEST RECREATION SO ARE THOSE POSTS THAT SOMEONE ELSE MAKES AND WE'RE CAPTURING OR ARE THOSE PARTIES THAT THE CHAMBER IS MAKING ITS OWN SOCIAL MEDIA? THESE ARE POSTS THAT ARE OUT ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS THAT COULD BE A COMBINATION OF USER GENERATED CONTENT OR IT COULD BE OUR OWN ASSET. SO IT'S A COMBINATION OF BUT THOSE POSTS ARE ONES THAT I FOUND THOSE COLUMNS SO AND AGAIN ACROSS ALL THOSE CHANNELS THAT WE SHOW ON THE PREVIOUS SCREEN AND AGAIN AGAIN ACROSS ALL THE CHANNELS AND THIS IS ORGANIC SO YEAH AND I ASK ABOUT IT BECAUSE I WANT TO KNOW WHO'S WHO IS POSTING AND WHERE BUT ALSO KNOWS THAT HISTORY ONLY HAS 33 FOR THAT CORNER YOU KNOW COMPARED TO WELLNESS AND I LIKE BOTH OF THEM 167 YEAH ARTS AND CULTURE 61 SO I DON'T KNOW AND AND YOUR MARKETING SEEMS LIKE IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO DRAW THEM EVENLY OR SOMEHOW FOCUS ON ONES THAT AREN'T HAVING AS MANY POST. I'M JUST WONDERING ABOUT THAT. I KNOW THIS IS OUR FIRST REPORT. I THINK YES DATA BUT MAYBE TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

SURE. BECAUSE IT IT SEEMS LIKE MAYBE HISTORY DOESN'T GET TRIGGERED AS WELL JUST AS A SIDE COMMENT SO QUESTION ABOUT THAT THEN AND I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT THE OF NEST APP AND THE TITLE I SAW THERE. IT WAS CALLED A FEEL GOOD ITINERARY AND I CAN IMAGINE CHUCK MANGIONE FEEL GOOD PLAYING THE BACKGROUND BUT IS THAT AN APP THAT LIKE CAN I ADD THE KIND OF NEST APP TO MY PHONE AND LOOK AT THE FEEL GOOD ITINERARY? IS THAT SOMETHING YOU CAN PROVIDE A LINK TO US? IT'S NOT AN APP.

OKAY JUST TO CLARIFY IT'S ON THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS SO CONDÉ NAST HANDLE ON FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM SO IN TECH TALK ABOUT THEY WERE SHARING THOSE THAT WE CREATED THEY PUT THEM OUT ON THAT NOW WE CREATE OUR OWN HILTON HEAD ISLAND WHERE CALL IT A HUB BUT BASICALLY A LANDING SPOT FOR ALL THE CONTENT WE'VE EVER DONE WITH CONDÉ NAST TRAVEL THROUGHOUT THE YEARS AND THESE VIDEOS DO LIVE ON THAT SO YOU CAN ACCESS THESE VIDEOS ON THE CONTENT CHANNEL, SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS AND THEN I WILL ALSO SEND THE ONE THE LINK TO THE HUB THAT WE HAVE THAT YOU CAN SEE THE BREADTH OF CONTENT THAT WE'VE CREATED OVER THE YEARS AND THESE VIDEOS ARE INCLUDED IN THAT. YEAH AND WHERE I'M HEADED IS THAT IF THERE IS AN FOR INSTANCE AN ITINERARY FOR ECO TOURISM IF THERE HAD BEEN I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS IDEA FOR A COUPLE OF NOW I CALL IT THE HILTON HEAD EXPERIENCE AND SO IF I WANT TO HAVE A WELLNESS EXPERIENCE, WHERE DO I GO FIND OUT IN MY WEEK ON HILTON HEAD IF I WANT TO HAVE A HISTORY EXPERIENCE WHERE DO I GO TO FIND AN ITINERARY? SO IT SEEMS AS THOUGH WE CAN PROMOTE THOSE VARIOUS VALUES BY SOME SORT OF SUGGESTION OF FOLKS WHO COME TO VISIT TO IF YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE HISTORY, HERE'S THE ITINERARY TO DO THAT. YOU KNOW, I COMPARE IT TO RICK STEVES WALKING TOUR OF LONDON.

YEAH. SO AND THERE'S DIFFERENT ONES IF YOU WANT TO GO TO MUSEUMS, IF YOU WANT TO YOU KNOW, SEE SPORTING EVENTS ETC. SO IT SEEMS AS THOUGH WE CAN PROMOTE MORE OF THOSE BY SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I'M NOT TRYING TO BE THE MARKETING EXPERT I'M JUST NOW I LOVE IT AND WE OUR VISIT OUR LOVES AND ITINERARY WE WILL TAKE THAT AWAY. WE DO HAVE A ITINERARY SECTION ON OUR WEBSITE HILTON HEAD ISLAND DOT ORG SO WE WILL ADD TO THAT AND THEN USE SOME OF OUR PARTNER CONTENT TO EVEN BUILD UPON THOSE AND I LOVE THOSE IDEAS. WE WILL DEFINITELY MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS AND I KNOW THERE'S OFTEN BEEN MARKETING GREAT PLACES TO EAT IN OUR FOOD CULTURE AND INTO SOME YOU KNOW NOT SAYING EXACTLY LIKE THAT BUT SOMETHING SIMILAR SHOULD

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I'M JUST WONDERING BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT OF DATA DAYTRIPPERS AND IT'S A DIFFERENT OF MARKET THIS BUT IT CAN BE THE SAME MARKET YOU KNOW IF IF THESE ARE OUR COMMUNITY VALUES AND PERHAPS DAY TRIPPERS I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THEM AS WELL SO YEAH GREAT THANK MR. ALFA WHEN I GOT BACK JUST WITH A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY YOU'RE HERE AND I KNOW IT'S A YEAR AND A HALF AGO AND THE TOWN OF OFFICIALS IN THE CHAMBER OFFICIALS MET VERY EXTENSIVELY TO THINK WHERE WE ARE GOING IN THE FUTURE WITH REGARD TO THE ROLE THE CHAMBER AS OUR DIRECT MARKETING ORGANIZATION THERE WERE SEVERAL GOALS THAT THE TOWN WAS VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN THE CHAMBER'S PURSUING WHICH INCLUDED FEWER TOURS SPENDING MORE MONEY AND MORE TOURS SORT OF THE SHOULDER RATHER THAN THE SUMMER. I AM VERY PLEASED TO SEE THAT THAT'S THE WAY THE TRENDS ARE GOING AND WITH THE ADJUSTMENTS THAT THE CHAMBER HAS MADE TO THOSE EXTENSIVE DISCUSSIONS A YEAR AND A HALF AGO EVEN IF IT MEANS THAT THE CHAMBER IS INFLUENCING THE NATIONAL SO ALL RIGHT AND THE GOALS THANK YOU. I KNOW WE DID ASK YOU TO PREPARE THIS BUT I'M GOING TO ASK THE QUESTION HOW JULY AUGUST SHAPING UP AND WHAT'S THE FUTURE YOU KNOW, THREE MONTHS LOOK LIKE. DO YOU HAVE ANY PROJECTIONS THERE AS TO WE'RE SEEING I HAVE SOME PAPERS SO WE JUST HAD OUR Q4 DATA WHICH WOULD HAVE YOU KNOW, ENCOMPASSED APRIL, MAY AND, JUNE WHEN WE LOOK AT JULY FROM AND I HAVE THEM SEPARATELY WE ARE HOME AND VILLA AND HOTELS AND MAKE SURE I GET THEM COME RIGHT IT'S A LITTLE SOFTER THAN WE ANTICIPATED SO THIS IS ON THE BOOKS MAYOR IT'S NOT THE FORECAST.

SO FOR HOTEL IS WHEN WE LOOK AT AVERAGE DAILY RATE IT IS DOWN 4% IN TERMS OF COMPARING Q 125 TO Q1 24 SO JULY, AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT REV PAR FOR HOTELS IT'S DOWN AGAIN FROM WHAT'S ON THE BOOKS TODAY DOWN 8% THAT'S JUST THE HOTEL AND THEN THE OCCUPANCY WOULD BE DOWN 5% FOR THE QUARTER AND AGAIN THAT'S LOOKING AT JUST WHAT'S ON THE BOOKS VERSUS TRADITIONALLY WE LOOKED AT FORECASTS AND WITH OUR NEW RESEARCH PLATFORM IT SHOWS US ON THE BOOKS WHICH IS GREAT. THAT'S WHAT THE HOTELS ARE SEEING IN THEIR BOOKS RIGHT NOW. SO WE'RE SEEING IN REAL TIME.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE ALSO SEEING IS A TREND OF BOOKING CLOSER IN AND SO WE'RE IN THE PAST WE HAD HAD EITHER SIX MONTHS OR THREE MONTHS WITH A CONSUMER TO TO THEM ABOUT THE BRAND AND COMING HERE TO VISIT PEOPLE ARE MAKING DECISIONS WITHIN WEEK WITHIN A WEEK AND A HALF AND SO YOU KNOW WHAT I REPORT TODAY I THINK IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD KEEP CLOSE CONTACT ON BECAUSE I THINK IT CAN CHANGE WELL THAT'S THAT'S REALLY WHAT I WANT TO DO THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE MARK AND I WILL BE MEETING LATER THIS MONTH TO KIND OF GO OVER THE REVENUE PROJECTIONS FROM A TAX AND AGE TAX AND THIS PLAYS RIGHT INTO IT.

SO HAVING THAT INFORMATION GOING FORWARD ON A MORE REGULAR BASIS WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL FOR US ESPECIALLY FOR FOR FINANCE AS WE START TO LOOK AT KNOW BUDGETS AND WHERE CUTS MAY NEED TO HAPPEN OR NOT NEED TO HAPPEN. YEAH.

OKAY GREAT. YOU BRING THAT FORWARD. YEAH GREAT REPORT.

APPRECIATE EVERYTHING. THANK YOU. YEAH, GREAT AFTERNOON.

[7. Reports from Members of Town Council]

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THE FIRST ONE WILL BE THE PRIORITY AMENDMENTS THE ALAMO THE SECOND WELL THE SECOND ONE WILL BE REVIEW OF DISTRICT PLANS AND THEN IN OCTOBER WE'VE GOT ONE ON THE EIGHTH AND THE 22ND AND THE EIGHTH WILL BE MAJOR THOROUGHFARES PLAN AND ON THE ADAPTIVE SIGNALS IN 22ND THE WORKSHOP WILL BE ON BEACH RENOURISHMENT RESILIENCY UPDATE AND STORMWATER UTILITY UPDATE SO ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE GO AWESOME AND. LET'S SEE WE'VE GOT REPORTS OF THE LOWCOUNTRY AREA TRANSPORTATION STUDY. MR. SANFORD THANK YOU.

I AM SPEAKING TO YOU FROM JUST UNDER 5000 FEET IN THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS.

IT'S FREEZING COLD AND I DON'T MEAN TO RUB IT IN BUT I GUESS I APPRECIATE THAT THE MAPS AND IT'S A RECENT MEETING DID A OF REVIEW OF LONG TERM PLANS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S GOING ON WITH US RIGHT NOW IS THEY'RE SEEKING PUBLIC INPUT ON TRANSPORTATION ISSUES.

SO IF YOU HAVE THOUGHTS THAT THERE IS A SURVEY YOU WOULD GO TO THE LET'S TEST LOCAL AREA TRANSPORTATION STUDY YOU GO TO THEIR WEBSITE AND YOU CAN GET THAT SURVEY AND TAKE IT AND HAVE YOUR OPINION COUNT THEN ON ON HIGHWAYS AND ROADS THERE WAS AN EMPHASIS ON WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE EXPANSION WIDENING OF I-95. THERE ARE PLANS AFOOT TO WIDEN I-95 FROM THE BORDER UP TO EXIT EIGHT WHICH IS THE HILTON HEAD ISLAND EXIT.

THOSE PLANS ARE MOVING FORWARD. IT'S ANTICIPATED THAT THAT PROJECT WHICH INCLUDES A WHOLE LOT OF WORK WOULD BE COMPLETED IN SIX YEARS SO IT'S GOING TO BE A WHILE BUT AT LEAST WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH WIDENING THAT HIGHWAY THEN YOU 17 CONNECTING OVER TO THE TALMAGE BRIDGE. I THINK YOU'RE AWARE THAT THERE'S BEEN A AN EFFORT THERE TO CREATE SOIL SO THAT YOU CAN WIDEN THE ROAD THAT'S BEEN GOING ON YEARS NOW AND DOT REPORTS THAT THOSE EFFORTS HAVE BEEN AND THEY'RE GOING TO START PAVING THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD SO THAT THERE WILL BE ADEQUATE SPACE TO MOVE DOWN THAT DANGEROUS THAT'S MY REPORT. MAYOR. THANK YOU.

I FAIL TO RECOGNIZE SENATOR DAVIS THAT IS HERE. SO WE THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. REPORTER ONE COUNTRY COUNCIL GOVERNMENTS MOSBACHER I DO KNOW HOW TO WORK FOR THE LITTLE TOWNS LOWCOUNTRY COUNCIL EVIDENCE THANK YOU.

COUNTY AIRPORTS BOARD MR. JAMES A REPORTER FOR THE SOUTHERN LOCAL SOUTHERN LOWCOUNTRY REGIONAL BOARD MR. SANFORD WE DID THAT REPORT LAST TIME. I THINK WE DID WE DID WORD ON THE RECREATION ASSOCIATION BOARD. MR. BROWN THIS WAS THE MAYOR OF THE ON BOARD AND STAFF MEMBERS MET ON LAST FRIDAY FOR THE ANNUAL PLANNING SESSION LAST DISCUSSION AROUND SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM GOALS THE BIG CHANGE COMING ABOUT WILL BE WORKING COMMITTEES AT THE OLYMPICS IN A AND THE ONE THING THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE I REPORTED ON WAS IN THE SPIRIT OF BEING ALL INCLUSIVE THE WEBSITE IS NOW AN ENGLISH AND SPANISH MUSCLE SPA PORT. THANK YOU REPORT COMMUNITY SERVICES PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MISS BECKER THANK YOU TO THE COMMUNITY SERVICES AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MET WE HAD ONE ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IT WAS A DISCUSSION WITH REGARD TO A PARKING FEE IMPLEMENTATION AT THE BEACH PARKS AFTER A GREAT PRESENTATION BY MR. GRUBER WE HAVE A CONVERSATION AMONG HERSELF AND HEARD COMMENTS FROM PUBLIC AND PASSED A RESOLUTION TO MOVE THE IDEA WITH SOME SPECIFICS INTO TOWN COUNCIL AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE FOURTH TOWN COUNCIL CONSIDER IN THE

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THIS REPORT INCLUDED UPDATES BOTH THE TROLLEY SERVICE AND BEACH SHUTTLE SERVICE AS WELL AS THE FUTURE CAPITAL AND SYSTEMS IMPROVEMENT. FOLLOWING THE REPORT THE COMMITTEE VOTED TO REQUEST THE TOWN MANAGER INVESTIGATE ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS TRANSPORTATION CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR AND ISLAND SERVICES WITH THE GOAL OF INCREASING. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU.

[8.a. Consideration of an Ordinance of the Town of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina Authorizing the Execution and Delivery of Easements to the Hilton Head Public Service District Encumbering Real Estate Owned by the Town of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina Under the Authority of S.C. Code Ann. Section 5-7-40 and Section 2-7-20, Municipal Code of the Town of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, and Providing for Severability and an Effective Date - Second and Final Reading - Josh Gruber, Deputy Town Manager]

SO WE'VE HAD A FIRST AND SECOND UNIT DISCUSSION FROM COUNCIL SAYING NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR

[9.a. Consideration of a Resolution Authorizing the Town Manager to Execute an Intergovernmental Agreement with Beaufort County for the William Hilton Parkway Safety and Pedestrian Improvements from Beach City Road to Dillon Road and along Palmetto Bay Road - Shawn Colin, Assistant Town Manager]

NEXT WE WILL HAVE CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION THE TOWN MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN INTER-GOVERNMENTAL INTER-GOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH BEAUFORT COUNTY FOR THE WILL AND PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS FROM BEACH CITY ROAD TO DILLON ROAD AND ALONG CAMILLA BAY ROAD. THIS ITEM WAS PRESENTED TO THE FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE COMMITTEE ON JULY 9TH AND WAS UNANIMOUSLY VOTED TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL. THE FULL COUNCIL MR. COLLIN SO IT'S THE WILL OF COUNCIL.

I HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION I CAN RUN THROUGH. I WANT TO I WANT TO POINT OUT THIS IS AN EXECUTION STEP IN A PROJECT THE TOWN COUNCIL HAS SUPPORTED BUT I'LL RUN THROUGH THE BACKGROUND OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH HERE. SO IT'S AN INTERESTING I WILL AGREEMENT WITH YOU FOR ACCOUNTING AND. WE'RE ASKING FOR YOU TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE TOWN MANAGER TO EXECUTE IT WITH THE COUNTY THEY'VE APPROVED IT AND AND THEY'RE ASKING FOR OUR SIGNATURE AND APPROVAL ON THE ON THE RESOLUTION SLIDES OVER HERE SO IN COORDINATION WITH YOU FOR COUNTY BEGINNING EARLY THIS CALENDAR YEAR WE STARTED DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WAYS WE COULD SECURE SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM THE COUNTY. THEY HAVE IMPACT THAT THEY COLLECT COUNTYWIDE MANY OF THOSE ARE FROM WITHIN THE ISLAND. AS YOU RECALL THE ADAPTIVE SIGNAL SYSTEM THAT WAS INSTALLED WE RECEIVED $3 MILLION PLUS OR MINUS FROM YOU FOR COUNTY TO DO THAT. SO WE CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION AND BEAUFORT COUNTY GAVE US A NUMBER BETWEEN 500 AND $600,000 THAT WE COULD USE TOWARD CAPACITY BUILDING OR SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS TO ENHANCE OUR SYSTEM KNOWING THE PRIORITY AND WHAT WE CALL SEGMENT THREE IN THE NORTHRIDGE AREA FROM BEACH CITY ROAD TO DYLAN ROAD CROSSWALK LIGHTING, LANDSCAPING ,RECTANGULAR RAPID FLASHING SPEED LIMIT REDUCTION THAT PATHWAY LIGHTING UP LIGHTING ALL OF THOSE THINGS BEING PURSUED WITH NCDOT AND MOST NOT ALL MOST OF THOSE HAVE BEEN APPROVED AND WE'RE GETTING READY TO EXECUTE A PROJECT. WE ALSO KNEW ANOTHER PROJECT WAS ON PALMETTO BAY ROAD TO IMPROVE OUR PAVEMENT MARKINGS AND STRIPING AND INTERSECTION DESIGN THERE SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID AT THE PALMETTO BAY ROAD POINT COMFORT ROAD.

SO THOSE WERE TWO PROJECTS THAT WE SUPPORTED AND STAFF LEVEL AND RAN THOSE THROUGH THE TOWN MANAGER AND SUBMIT A NOTICE TO BEFORE AS OUR TWO PROJECTS FOR CONSIDERATION THEY'RE BOTH

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AND THIS ALLOWS THE TOWN MANAGER TO REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT GRANT FUNDING FROM THE FROM THE COUNTY FOR THE $600,000 TO FUND THESE PROJECTS.

SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION SENT YOU HAVE YOU TO MAKE A MOTION I MOVE COUNCIL APPROVE A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE TOWN TO EXECUTE GOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH BEAUFORT COUNTY FOR THE WILLIAM MILTON PARKWAY SAFETY AND PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS FROM BEACH CITY ROAD TO DILLON ROAD AND ALONG COME OUT OF BEIRUT SO THANK WELCOME FIRST SECOND TO HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM THANK YOU AND DISCUSSION FROM COUNSEL YES SIR FIRST OF ALL WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD MAKING THESE IMPROVEMENTS AS YOU SHOWED IN THAT HEAT MAP. UNFORTUNATELY HAD A LOT OF ACCIDENTS AND SERIOUS INJURIES INCLUDING IN THAT AREA. SO I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO THE STAFF FOR PUSHING THIS FORWARD FINALLY I KNOW IT'S BEEN A BIT OF A HAUL TO GET THE PERMITTING FROM NCDOT BUT IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE ALMOST THERE AND ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR NEIGHBORS THE COUNTY COUNCIL FOR PROVIDING FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT. I THINK IT'S ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL. I'M GLAD WE'RE MOVING FORWARD. MOLLY, QUESTION IS YOUR THINK IT WAS THE PREVIOUS SLIDE WHERE YOU SAID THERE WAS AN S&P PERMIT SORRY FOR MOST ELEMENTS SO WHAT ARE THE REMAINING ELEMENTS DON'T YET HAVE APPROVAL FOR? SO IF I CAN SUM UP AND WE I HAD A CALL WITH OUR TRANSPORTATION TEAM AND SIX PEOPLE FROM DOD INCLUDING HEADQUARTERS AT 2:00 TODAY. SO WE HAD REQUESTED THE INN IN PAVEMENT UPLOADING FOR THE CROSSWALK. WE'VE RECEIVED APPROVAL THOSE RECTANGULAR RAPID FLASHING BEACONS RF WHICH ARE THE CROSSWALK SIGNS THAT LIGHT UP BUT WE WANT THE PUCKS THAT LIGHT UP IN THE CROSSWALK THOSE NON SIGNALS INTERSECTIONS AND SO THERE HASN'T BEEN A LOT OF APPLICATION OF THOSE THAT'S ALLOWED IN THE UTICA IN A MANUAL UNIFORM TRANSPORTATION CONTROL MANUAL BUT THERE HAVEN'T BEEN A LOT SO THEY'VE BEEN HESITANT TO APPROVE THOSE. WE HAD A MEETING TODAY ALL THE WAY UP TO THE HEADQUARTERS LEVEL AND WE'VE SUBMITTED A LETTER TO SECRETARY POWELL ALSO REQUESTING CONSIDERATION THE LIGHTING. WE ALSO WERE ABLE TO GET A REDUCTION POSTED SPEED LIMIT DOWN TO 40. OUR REQUEST WAS 35 AND SO THAT'S THE ONLY OTHER ELEMENT THAT WE'D TO TO TRY TO PUSH THE ON THE PEDAL A LITTLE BIT MORE TO GET THOSE TWO CONSIDERATIONS APPROVED. SO JUST CURIOUS AND SO ITALIAN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAS ADOPTED A COMPLETE STREETS POLICY DO THOSE INTO PAVEMENT PARKS OR MIGHT THOSE BE INCLUDED IN THE LIST OF FLEET POLICY? WELL, THEY'RE IN THERE THEY'RE IN THEIR FOR CONTROL DEVICES. THE BIG THE RUB WITH BOTH THE RFP IS AND THE LIGHTING IS THEY'RE HESITANT TO INSTALL BOTH AT THE SAME TIME BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW WHICH IS WHICH IS EFFECTIVE. AND SO THEY'RE INITIAL PRELIMINARY THEIR INITIAL RESPONSE WAS A PREFERENCE TO ALLOW THE RFP AND THEN PUT THE PUCKS IN AT A LATER DATE TO SEE IF THE RFP IS MORE EFFECTIVE IF WE PUT THEM TOGETHER ON THE CALL TODAY THEY SAID THEY WOULDN'T KNOW WHICH ONE HAD MORE EFFECT OR IF ONE HAD ANY EFFECT AT ALL OR COMBINED SO BUT OUR PREFERENCE IS TO DO THEM BOTH AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO PUSH THAT FORWARD AND I THINK IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL FOR, MR. COGHLAN TO EXPLAIN EXACTLY WHAT AN RF HAS TO BE AN RFP.

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IS THAT SIMILAR WHAT TIME THE ISLAND HAS HAD FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS PARDON ME ON THE HAS HAD SOMETHING I BELIEVE SO I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE THEM IN SAVANNAH AND OTHER AND OTHER LOCATIONS THAT ARE THAT ARE NEARBY SO SOMEONE TO SEE THAT THEY MIGHT COULD GET TO ONE OF THOSE JURISDICTIONS OR LOOK AT THE MAP YOUTUBE GOOGLE YOUTUBE THE MAYOR'S MADE A YOUTUBE VIDEO HAVE THOSE FOR YOU AND AND THEN OUR UPCOMING WORKSHOP ON OCTOBER 8TH WILL MAKE SURE TO SHOW AN IMAGE OF THAT OR MAYBE A VIDEO AND THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL I THINK. THANK YOU. THANKS MAN.

I WAS DOING YES I CAN MOVE COUNCIL APPROVE A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING I BEG YOUR PARDON YOU WANT IT DONE NO I KNOW I HAVEN'T DONE THAT ONE BUT NO I'VE ALREADY READ THE FIRST ONE. YEAH THINK WE JUST HAVE TO TAKE A LITTLE OH I DON'T KNOW I'M SORRY TRYING TO MOVE ALONG ALL RIGHT YOU KNOW THE DISCUSSION I CERTAINLY HAD YOU THE OTHER COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION SAYING THAT ALL OF THE FOOD THEY REFUSE TO COMPLY BY RAISING

[9.b. Consideration of a Resolution to Support a Best Buddies Certified Inclusive Playground at Shelter Cove Community Park - Shawn Colin, Assistant Town Manager]

MR.. IT THANK YOU MAYOR. I'M HAPPY TO BE UP HERE AGAIN.

I THANK YOU FOR HAVING THESE BACK TO BACK. SO I DON'T NEED TO GET MY STEW ANY STEPS IN TODAY AND KIM'S PULLING IT UP HERE. I'LL GET TO HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION AS RELATES TO THE EXECUTION OF COUNCIL APPROVED MASTER PLAN, SHELTER COVE COMMUNITY PARK AND I'LL RUN THROUGH A RELATIVELY QUICKLY AND THE REQUEST IS FOR COUNCIL TO CONSIDER A PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY WITH BEST BUDDIES FOR AN INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND AT THE PARK LOCATION . SO JUST SOME BACKGROUND.

SO WE BEGAN WORKING ON WHAT WE CALLED SHELTER COVE PARK EXPANSION IN APRIL OF 2022 AND WORKING WITH THE TOWN COUNCIL THROUGH A SERIES MEETINGS AND WORKSHOPS TO DEFINE THE PROGRAM FOR WHAT WOULD CALL THEM FOR THAT PARK EXPANSION. THERE EXISTS COMMUNITY PARK OUT THERE TODAY WE HAD JUST ONE SLIDING GO BACK SO THE COMMUNITY PARK AS IT EXISTS TODAY. WATER WALK APARTMENTS ARE JUST OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF WHERE MY CURSOR AND AND THIS IS THE LAGOON THIS IS THE EVENT PAVILION THE THE EVENT SPACE AND AND THEN THE PROMENADE ALONG THE WATER CURRENTLY THE PARK ENDS THAT THIS IS PLAYGROUND AREA AND I GO TO THE BLOW UP HERE THE PLAYGROUND AREA CURRENTLY THE PLAYGROUND IS ABOUT HALF THE SIZE OF WHAT'S SHOWN ON THIS THE MASTER PLAN THAT COUNCIL APPROVED AND SO IT'S EXPANSION BASICALLY FROM THIS SECTION TO THE SOUTH AND IT INCLUDES THE OVERLOOK DECKING AND LEVELS THERE EXPANDED PLAYGROUND PARKING AND A FEW OTHER ELEMENTS THAT ARE SHOWN HERE. SO AS PART OF THAT PROGRAM THAT WAS PRESENTED THE COUNCIL WAS EXTEND THE PROMENADE FURTHER FURTHER ALL THE WAY DOWN TOWARD NEW NEWPORT PATHWAYS THROUGH THE WOODS EXPAND THE PASS OF OPEN LINE NUMBER FOUR IS IMPORTANT A LARGER MORE INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND AND PARKING AND THEN HAVE THE ICONIC OVERLOOK STRUCTURE WITH USE BROAD CREEK AND THAT'S I WOULDN'T CALL IT A TREE HOUSE BUT THERE WERE OBSERVÉ DECKS THAT WERE DIFFERENT LEVELS THAT YOU GOT UP UNDER THE TREES. SO ON APRIL 18TH, A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO TOWN COUNCIL VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO ADOPT THE MASTER PLAN AND THAT'S WHAT BE SEEN HERE. SO THIS IS THIS NEW SECTION THAT'S PART OF IT.

AND AGAIN THE PLAYGROUND IS ABOUT TWICE THE SIZE OF THE PLAYGROUND THAT EXISTS OUT THERE TODAY. SO MOVING FORWARD AND APRIL OF THIS YEAR WE WERE PROUD TO HAVE CHURCH SUE AND HER TEAM. WE MET WITH THEM IN APRIL APRIL 11TH TO TALK ABOUT BEST BUDDIES AND MIRACLE RECREATION. BEST BUDDIES HAS BEEN AROUND FOR 35 PLUS YEARS AND MIRACLE RECREATION OVER 100 YEARS OF RECREATION HAS BEEN BUILDING A COMMERCIAL INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND OUR LEADER IN THAT INDUSTRY AND BEST

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THEY'VE BEEN UTILIZING A PROGRAM WITH SCHOOLS THE COUNTRY AND ARE TRYING TO PARTNER NOW WITH COMMUNITIES FOR THESE BEST BUDDY INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUNDS AND SO I THINK I CAPTURED THE KIND OF THE POINTS THAT ARE ON THE SCREEN BUT KNOWING THAT COUNCIL'S APPROVED AN INCLUSIVE LARGER INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND WE WANTED TO BRING THIS REQUEST TO TOWN COUNCIL THROUGH PARKS AND REC TO THE RECOMMENDATION TO SEE IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN EXPLORING THIS PARTNERSHIP ONE CRITICAL COMPONENT OF THESE PLAYGROUNDS WHAT THEY CALL THE BUDDY BENCHES AND THESE ARE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS WITH ALL DIFFERENT ABILITIES TO INTERACT AND THERE'S MENTORING OPPORTUNITIES, EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES BY THEIR BUDDY BENCHES THROUGH THE BEST BUDDIES PROGRAM THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE PLAYGROUND.

WHAT THE PARTNERSHIP WOULD ALLOW US TO DO IS TO LEVERAGE SOME MARKETING AND BRANDING YOU KNOW IN BEING INCLUSIVE AS A AS A CORE VALUE PART OF OUR OUR PLAN CORE VALUE BEING CONNECTED AND BEST IN CLASS AND SO I THINK WHAT MIRACLE RECREATION PROVIDES THE PARTNERSHIP WITH BEST BUDDY IS CONSISTENT WITH THOSE GOALS AND. THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO BE ONE OF THE FIRST COMMUNITIES IF NOT THE FIRST COMMUNITY TO EXECUTE THIS PARTNERSHIP IN THE COUNTRY. SO PLEASE DON'T GET CAUGHT UP IN THE COLORS BECAUSE I'M NOT A LOS ANGELES LAKERS FAN THAT LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE WANTS THAT DOES THAT PUT THIS GRAPHIC TOGETHER BUT YOU KNOW THE IDEA IS THAT THESE ARE DESIGNED BASED ON RESEARCH BASED INTERACT FOR THOSE THAT MAY HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS AND SO THE PROGRAMING COMPONENTS HERE ARE OUR ARE DESIGNED AND BUILT IN A WAY THAT PROMOTES INCLUSIVITY AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THESE BENCHES AND THIS AND THIS RENDERING ARE LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE PARK TO PROMOTE THAT INTERACTION AND AND BEST BUDDY CONCEPT. SO YOU KNOW, UNDER THIS IT WOULD THAT IN A LEADERSHIP POSITION WITH BEST BUDDIES TO EXECUTE THIS PROJECT AND MOVE THE PARTNERSHIP FORWARD I DO WANT TO POINT OUT NEXT STEPS YOU KNOW IF COUNCIL TO SUPPORT THIS WHEN WE PARTNERED WITH BEST BUDDIES ON A PARTNERSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT WE WERE COORDINATING WITH MIRACLE RECREATION BEST BUDDIES TO DESIGN THE PROGRAM OF THE EQUIPMENT AND AND PROGRAMING FOR THE PARK PLAYGROUND ITSELF IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM WE HAVE $500,000 AND WE ARE ACTIVELY RIGHT NOW ACTIVELY WORKING TO GET SCHEMATIC DESIGN COMPLETE AND I HAVE OF THIS YEAR I THINK NOVEMBER IS OUR TARGET AND THEN DETAILED DESIGN IN OF NEXT SPRING AND APRIL SO SPRING OF 2025 WE WOULD NEED TO PROGRAM THE CONSTRUCTION DOLLARS FOR THIS PARK EXPANSION WHERE THE TOWN MANAGER AND HIS BUDGET DEVELOPMENT AND COUNCIL THROUGH THEIR CONSIDERATION AS EARLY AS FISCAL 26 WE PLAN MOVE INTO PERMITTING AND HAVE THAT COMPLETE NEXT FALL AND THEN CONSTRUCTION COULD LATE 25 BUT WE'VE GOT IT SHOWN BASICALLY THROUGH THE CALENDAR YEAR 2016 TO BE DONE IF WE IF WE KIND OF STICK TO THIS PROGRAM SO I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH TOWN COUNCIL WHERE I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY MORE QUESTIONS I KNOW HAVE TWO FROM CHURCHES THAT CAN PROBABLY GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT COLOR ON IT THAN I CAN BUT I'M HAPPY TO PRESENT TO YOU AND LISTEN TO YOUR CONSIDERATION PART OF IT MAKING MOTION. SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS REGARDING THIS ANY DETAILS THAT WE MISSED? I HAVE NOT FOUND IT REALLY VERY WELL BEST BUDDIES WHAT HE SAID HAS BEEN AROUND FOR FIVE YEARS WAS STARTED BY ANTHONY KENNEDY SHRIVER. THEY'VE BEEN SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY WHICH IN THE UNITED WE HAVE OVER 7 MILLION PEOPLE WITH EITHER AUTISM OR CEREBRAL PALSY OR SOME SORT OF MAJOR BRAIN DYSFUNCTION THAT YOU KNOW, IS IT'S IT'S BEYOND THE PHYSICAL INCLUSIVENESS FOR PLAYGROUNDS AND THEY'VE BEEN SUPPORTING THAT COMMUNITY BY GETTING THEM EDUCATION, GIVING THEM CAREGIVERS PLACES TO LIVE AND PROMOTING WORK AND JOBS FOR THESE FOLKS.

BUT MIRACLE AND BEST BUDDIES CAME TOGETHER EARLY THIS SPRING OR BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AND

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THIS WOULD ADD TO THAT SOCIAL MEDIA BLAST AND CREATE ALSO ANOTHER IDENTITY FOR THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD TO BRING MORE PEOPLE HERE SO BEING US VALUES COMMUNITY BUT I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY I'M STRAIGHT NO I HAVE A COMMENT ON IT NOT QUESTION. OKAY BUT IT DOES GO ON EXACTLY WITH WHAT YOU TALKING ABOUT.

THIS IS IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO THE PEOPLE WHO WILL EVENTUALLY ENJOY IT IS WORD WHOSE BRAINS AND NOT THIS NOT MAY NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY YEAH I I'M INCLINED TO THAT FUNCTION IN A DIFFERENT WAY. PERFECT.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE LARGER COMMUNITY TO LOOK AT THESE PEOPLE AS A POTENTIAL SOURCES OF INFORMATION RATHER THAN SOMEONE WHO NEEDS OUR HELP .

SO I PREFER THAT WE LOOK AT IT AS MINDS AND BRAINS THAT FUNCTION DIFFERENTLY.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

I DON'T THINK ANY MOTION OR I DO HAVE A MOTION I MOVE COUNCIL APPROVE A RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT LET'S PUT A CERTIFIED CERTIFIED INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND AND SHELTER GROUP PARK SECOND CAN WE HAVE ANYWHERE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? NO SIR.

OKAY. DISCUSSION FROM COUNCIL COMMENTS QUESTIONS JUST SO QUICK COMMENTS WONDERFUL WONDERFUL PROGRAM. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT TO US CHILDREN I THINK WOULD BE AN EXCELLENT LOCATION. THAT'S A DEFINITELY A HIGH USE AREA AND IT'S A BEAUTIFUL SETTING, GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND YES MAYOR I WORKED AT A DAY CAMP I HAVEN'T HEARD THAT IN A WHILE THAT MY MOM WAS THE DAY CAMP DIRECTOR AND WHEN I WAS HIGH SCHOOL AND WE PAIRED UP WITH CHILDREN WITH INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, OUR MAIN RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY WAS TAKING THE SWIMMING WE DIDN'T HAVE A PLAYGROUND TO TAKE THEM TO BUT IT'S JUST INCREDIBLE. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING IT IN ACTION AND I LOOK FORWARD ALL THE COLORS TOO. BUT IT LOOKED AS THOUGH THERE WAS SOME PROGRAMING OPPORTUNITIES MAYBE THROUGH AN APP OR SOMETHING WHERE YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO LEARN HOW TO USE THE PARTICULAR PLAYGROUND.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT ALL THOSE LITTLE SIGNS WERE BUT SURE THERE'S A WAY TO LEARN HOW TO USE IT AS IF SOMEONE DIDN'T KNOW THE SIGNS ARE BASICALLY THE PILLARS THE FIVE PILLARS OF BEST BUDDIES AND WHAT THEY STAND FOR WHICH WAS CREATING EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, FINDING CARE GIVERS ON DOWN THE LINE AND THE COLORS ARE THE BEST BUDDIES BRANDED COLORS BUT THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE USED THERE ARE CERTAIN THERE IS A CERTAIN NUMBER OF CRITERIA THAT WE DO HAVE TO INCLUDE TO MAKE IT A BEST BUDDY PLAYGROUND. THEY DO SUGGEST SOME OF THE COLORS SO WE MAY HAVE SOME OF THE COLORS BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE ALL FIVE OF THEM.

ALL RIGHT. I LIKE RAINBOWS. I'M ALL FOR IT ACTUALLY.

YEAH. SO WE KNOW THE KIND OF NEWS FOR CELTICS FANS AND I JUST WANT TO ADD SHAWN SHAWN PREPARED ON THE SCREEN A LITTLE A FEW SLIDES EARLIER THE SCHEDULE AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT AT BUDGET FOR POLICE NOW IN THE MEANTIME WE'RE ALL SEEKING WE'RE ALSO SEEKING GRANT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIS THROUGH SOUTH CAROLINA PARK REC AND TOURISM AND ANY OTHER OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE FOR GRANTS FOR THIS OF PLAYGROUND IN THIS TYPE OF PARK.

SIR, THAT'S A GREAT POINT. THANK YOU, MR.. I HAVE A QUESTION.

MR.. MR. ZIMMER I HAVE A QUESTION BUT I TO SUPPORT THIS I THINK IT'S AN OUTSTANDING IT WOULD PROVIDE A FACILITY TO TAKE CARE OF SOME OUR CITIZENS THAT WE'RE REALLY NOT GIVING ENOUGH ATTENTION TO. BUT SHAWN I HAVE A QUESTION I DON'T UNDERSTAND PARTNERSHIP HERE IN THE CASE PARTNERSHIP IS THE TOWN PUTTING UP ALL OF THE MONEY AND ALL OF THE LAND AND WE'RE USING THE EXPERTIZE OF BEST BUDDIES.

ARE WE GIVING UP ANY CONTROL OF OUR PARK FACILITY TO BEST BUDDIES OR ANYONE ELSE? SO CONSTABLE SAY EXCELLENT QUESTION THE TOWN WOULD FUND THE ENTIRE PROJECT AS I

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I WILL WITH THIS SUPPORT WE'D LIKE TO JUST INCORPORATE BEST BUDDY CONCEPT INTO THE PROGRAMING THE PLAYGROUND FEATURE OF THE APPROVED MASTER PLAN.

THE TOWN WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OF MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION BUT WE WOULD COORDINATE ON THE DESIGN AND INTEGRATION OF THE PROGRAM ELEMENTS WITHIN PARK PLAYGROUND BEFORE EXECUTING THE PROJECT. THE PROBLEM HERE IS THAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH A RECOVERING LAWYER AND WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS YOU THINK ABOUT OR PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS. SO I'M SURE THAT WILL BE DEVELOPED ADEQUATELY IN THE FUTURE AND I APPLAUD PROJECT THANK YOU MR. SANFORD IN THE RESOLUTION THAT SAYS SUPPORT A BEST BUDDIES CERTIFIED INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND IT IS JUST SHOWING OUR COUNCIL'S SUPPORT THANK YOU THANK YOU MR. BROWN DOES THIS MOVE THIS COMMUNITY WORK VERY HARD WHERE WE WERE DEVELOPING OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT WE DO THINGS LIKE THIS IS NOT JUST WORDS ON PAPER OKAY THERE'S A WHOLE SECTION AND I'LL COME WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT US BEING A AN INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY AND THIS DOES THAT AND TO BE THE FIRST IS ALSO SOMETHING TO BE CELEBRATED SO KUDOS TO THE TOWN MANAGER AND IS THERE FOR EXPLORING THESE TYPE OF OPPORTUNITIES AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THE SUPPORT OF TODAY ALSO THE FUTURE WITH THE BUDGET POOL RIGHT OTHER COMMENTS QUESTIONS AS BECKER NOTHING MORE THEN THANK YOU FOR COMING FORWARD AND INTRODUCING THE PROGRAM TO US. IT IS DEFINITELY IN LINE WITH VALUES. SHELTER COVE IS AN EXCELLENT PARK FOR TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THANK YOU. SO I WILL SAY YOU KNOW TO THE CHALLENGE CAMP OF THE REC CENTER THROUGH THESE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS ESCAPING MY MIND RIGHT NOW BUT YOU KNOW THE NEED FOR THE RECREATIONAL COMPONENTS THAT EXISTS AND HAVING THAT HERE FOR US TO BE ONE OF THE FIRST COMMUNITIES IS REALLY A VERY SPECIAL THING SO AND MY MIKE IS THERE WE GO AND SO WITH THAT BEING SAID OF ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS SAYING THAT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY RAISING YOUR RIGHT HAND THAT WOULD BE SEVEN ZERO MOVING ON PUBLIC COMMENT

[10. Public Comment - Non Agenda Items]

IF YOU HAVE ANY MATERIALS YOU'D LIKE TO GIVE THE TOWN COUNCIL PLEASE GIVE THEM TO THE TOWN FOR AFTER YOU ARE FINISHED SPEAKING. KIMBERLY DO WE HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE RICHARD BEASLEY GOOD AFTERNOON RICHARD.

BUSY TO GO RUN WITH THIS COUNCIL DID ON JUNE 28TH IN GRANTING INITIAL CONSENT TO A DEEPLY FLAWED PROJECT WE'LL GO DOWN IN HISTORY BUT FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS WITH ONE EXCEPTION TAMMY BECKER THE COUNCIL IGNORED THE VOICES OF LARGE NUMBERS OF HILTON HEAD RESIDENTS WHO EXPRESSED OPPOSITION TO AN 11 LANE AIRCRAFT CARRIER SLAB OF A BRIDGE AND A SIX LANE EXPRESSWAY THROUGH THE NORTH END OF THE ISLAND.

THE DESIGN WORK, AS YOU WELL KNOW FOR THIS PROJECT IS ONLY A 30% AND THE ESTIMATED SHORTFALL TO FINANCE THIS PROJECT IS ABOUT $200 MILLION AND GROWING. AND YET AFTER A SIX HOUR PLUS MEETING, THE COUNCIL GAVE ITS APPROVAL ON A 6 TO 1 VOTE. THE FAILURE OF TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS TO PERFORM HONEST SYSTEMS ANALYSIS OF OUR SERIOUS CONGESTION AND GROWTH ISSUES BORDERS ON THE THE PROJECT SPONSOR IS BEAUFORT COUNTY NOTED COLUMNIST DAVID LAUDERDALE SAID RECENTLY AND I QUOTE WE NEED TRANSPORTATION HELP BUT WE NEED A COUNTY GOVERNMENT WE CAN TRUST MATTHEW HALL A DISTINGUISHED CAROLINA JOURNALIST FOR 30 YEARS, SAID

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HOW INSANE IS THAT? THREE OF YOU ARE UP FOR REELECTION BUT TWO OF YOU ARE STEPPING DOWN. MR. AMES TOLD US IT'S GOING TO BE JUST LIKE THE CROSS ISLAND PARKWAY CONTROVERSY. ONCE THE PROJECT IS COMPLETED PEOPLE WILL BEGIN TO LOVE IT.

MR. STANFORD TOLD US THAT HE WOULD RELY ON THE EXPERTS BUT THE TOWN AND IT DELIGHTED THOSE EXPERTS TO HIDE THE FACT THAT THE DOJ PLAN WILL NOT SOLVE OUR PROBLEMS. THE TWO OF YOU WILL HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO REFLECT ON YOUR WORDS OF WISDOM AND YOUR SOON TO BE RETIREMENT AND MR. BROWN WILL HAVE TO WONDER IF $10 MILLION WAS ENOUGH TO INSURE HIS REELECTION AND THE MAYOR STILL NEEDS TO EXPLAIN WHAT I CALL IS RICHARD NIXON.

I AM NOT A CROOK STATEMENT. YOU KNOW WHEN YOU SAID I WASN'T BLACKMAILED AND I WASN'T PAID OFF WHY DID YOU COMPELLED TO MAKE SUCH A STATEMENT? MARK WORDS WE MAY HAVE LOST THIS BATTLE BUT WE HAVE NOT LOST WAR. OUR FIGHT TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THIS ISLAND IS NOT OVER. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? MELINDA TONNER GOOD AFTERNOON.

GIVING MUNICIPAL CONSENT JUST ONE STEP IN A VERY LONG PROCESS AND THE BUILDING OF NEW BRIDGE AND ROADWAYS AND THE LATEST ESTIMATE I HEARD WAS THAT WOULD BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF 2020 2030 WHEN YOU TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PROCESS WHILE WE WAIT WE SHOULD FOCUS THINGS WE CAN DO TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW. FOR EXAMPLE CONTINUED FOCUS ON IMPROVING THE PERFORMANCE OF THE INTEGRATED TRAFFIC LIGHTS WITH REGULAR UPDATES TO THE PUBLIC INTEGRATING THE LIGHT WHEN THE HARBOR WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE WITHIN 30 DAYS AND EXPLORING OTHER TRANSPORTATION AND TRAFFIC STRATEGIES AS IDENTIFIED IN THE STUDY. LET'S NOT WAIT TO MAKE TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS THAT ALIGN TO THE LONG TERM PLAN. I ALSO HAVE A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THE PUBLIC WILL BE KEPT UP TO DATE REGARDING THE PROJECT WHEN IS BEAUFORT COUNTY EXPECTED TO VOTE ON THE MOA WHICH IS THE TOWN'S EXPECTATION REGARDING A NUMBER OF SIGNIFICANT ITEMS? WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF BEAUFORT COUNTY DOES NOT AGREE TO APPROVE THE MOA OR SPECIFIC ITEMS ARE REMOVED? WHAT WILL BE THE MECHANISM TO KEEP THE PUBLIC INFORMED OF THE PROGRESS. HOW WILL THE TOWN ORGANIZE ITS RESOURCES AROUND THIS AND WORK TOGETHER WITH THE COUNTY AND WHILE FUTURE DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE BY TOWN COUNCIL WILL BE PART OF THE PUBLIC TOWN COUNCIL PROCESS THANK YOU THANK YOU THAT'S ALL.

ALL RIGHT THANK YOU MR. IF I CAN JUMP IN JUST FOR A SECOND WITHOUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO KNOW. I'M JUST ASKING YOU A QUESTION. OKAY.

JUST NEEDING A MOMENT HERE AS A COUNCIL MEMBER WHO'S, JUST LISTENING TO COMMENTS FROM OUR RESIDENTS AND IT SEEMS TO ME THAT WE HAVE OFTEN SAT AND LISTENED WITH WITH ALL EARS AND INTEREST TO OUR RESIDENTS COMMENTS AND ASK SPECIFIC QUESTIONS AND THERE'S NEVER TIME WHEN THOSE QUESTIONS GET ANSWER TO OUR RESIDENTS. AND I THINK I THINK THAT THEY'RE DOING THE ANSWER. I THINK WHEN THEY ASKED US AND FOR INFORMATION THAT'S NOT TO ENHANCE OR PERHAPS NOT ALL THOSE ANSWERS CAN COME IMMEDIATELY AT THE MOMENT THEY'RE ASKED I UNDERSTAND THAT BUT I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE MECHANISM IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT RESIDENTS. OH, MR. ORLANDO ADDRESS THAT RIGHT.

THANK YOU YES. THANKS. THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

AS MR. HUNTER WAS SPEAKING I WAS UP HERE TYPING. I THINK I GOT SEVEN OUT OF HER EIGHT QUESTIONS AND I'LL GO BACK WITH OUR TOWN CLERK AND FOLLOW UP.

SO MOST OF THE TIME IF A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC ASKS A QUESTION WHERE THERE'S THERE'S A THERE'S AN ANSWER CAN PROVIDE VERSUS STATEMENT WE WILL GET THEIR NAME THEIR NUMBER AND THEIR CONTACT INFORMATION IF WE DON'T ALREADY HAVE IT THROUGH OUR TOWN CLERK AND WE WILL WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO ANSWER THAT. A LOT OF TIMES PUBLIC COMMENT THOUGH I'M NOT SITTING UP HERE TO PROVIDE ANSWERS AT THAT TIME BUT IT IS IT IS. I WILL JUST ASSURE THIS AND AND THE PUBLIC THAT I AM TAKING THOSE GOOD NOTES THAT'S I'M UP HERE TYPING IN BACK AND FORTH WITH KIM DURING THIS ENTIRE MEETING AFTERWARDS. RIGHT NOW I'LL FOLLOW UP I ASSURE I MIGHT HAVE TO ASK YOU WHAT YOUR EIGHTH QUESTION IS BUT I GOT RECEIVED SEVEN OF THEM SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE COULD A PLACE BECAUSE OTHER PEOPLE HEARING THOSE QUESTIONS ALSO HAVE THE SAME QUESTIONS AND WANT THE ANSWERS TO. SO IF THERE'S PLACE WE CAN DEVELOP WE'RE PUBLIC AND DON'T

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[11. Executive Session]

[12. Action from Executive Session]

YES. DO MAYOR THERE ARE TWO ACTION ITEMS. THE FIRST IS I MOVE THE TOWN COUNCIL ON THE RIGHT I BEG YOUR PARDON THERE THREE I'M HONORED THAT THE TOWN COUNCIL AUTHORIZED THE TOWN MANAGER BE AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE AND DELIVER A REVOCABLE LICENSE AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE BEACH HOUSE OWNER ELLIS LLC GRANTING THE TOWN AND ITS CONTRACTORS A RIGHT OF ENTRY OVER THE PROPERTY OF THE BEACH HOUSE OWNER LLC FOR ACCESS TO THE BEACHES OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN 0/2 SECOND ANY DISCUSSION SEEN ON ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY RAISING YOUR RIGHT HAND THAT IS 6 TO 0 THE SECOND MOTION IS I MOVE THAT THE TOWN COUNCIL AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR AND THE TOWN MANAGER BE AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE DELIVER THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND CAROLINA AND 69 POPE AVENUE LLC FOR THE PURCHASE AND SALE OF 1.206 ACRES MORE OR LESS ON POPE AVENUE AND TO TAKE SUCH OTHER AND FURTHER ACTIONS AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO COMPLETE THE TRANSACTION DESCRIBED IN THE AGREEMENT, WE HAVE A AS OFFERED IN THE DISCUSSION SAYING THAT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF SEASON FIVE BY RAISING YOUR RIGHT HAND SO MOVE SIX ZERO THE THIRD MOTION IS I MOVE THE TOWN COUNCIL EXTEND CONTRACT WITH THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ON ATTORNEY FOR THE ADDITIONAL 12 MONTHS UNDER THE SAME AND CONDITIONS WE HAVE A SECOND AND THE FIRST AND SECOND SECOND ANY DISCUSSION SAYING NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY RAISING YOUR RIGHT HAND SO MOVED 6 TO 0 MOTION TO ADJOURN SO YOU SECOND MOTION TO ADJOURN ADJOURNED

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.