Aug 20, 2024 Town of Bluffton Accommodation Tax Advisory Committee

BE OPPOSED.

YAY.

DO YOU, DO I DO THE SAME THING FOR THE WORKSHOP MINUTES? OR DOES THAT WORK OFF? OKAY.

I GET A, UM, TOTALLY, TOTALLY.

FOR CAN I GET A MOTION TO, UM, ACCEPT THE WORKSHOP MINUTES FOR JULY 30TH? I, I MOVE.

WE ACCEPT THE MO, THE MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES OF JULY 30TH.

I SECOND.

SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

A OPPOSED? OKAY.

PERFECT.

UM, NOW IT'S PUBLIC COMMENT IF ANYBODY HAS ANYTHING THEY'D LIKE TO SAY.

IS THAT HOW THAT WORKS? MM-HMM.

NATALIE? OUR FINANCIAL.

[V. FINANCIAL REPORT]

THIS COMPLETES THE FISCAL YEAR, UM, FOR 2024.

WE RECEIVED OUR FINAL QUARTER, UM, AND REVENUES WERE DOWN JUST A BIT BY ABOUT 5.7%.

UM, SO WE RECEIVED, UM, LITTLE OVER 457,000, UM, AFTER THE ALLOCATIONS.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAD SOME LAPSE GRANTS THAT CAME BACK INTO FUND BALANCE.

UM, THE AVAILABLE FOR STATE AT TAX, UM, FOR DISTRIBUTION IS $595,051.

SORRY.

UM, THERE ARE FIVE APPLICATIONS THIS QUARTER.

UM, CAN I ASK A QUESTION REAL QUICK BEFORE YOU GO THERE? IF YOU GO BACK DOWN.

SO ALL OF THIS AND THE MONEY THAT CAME BACK BECAUSE IT LAPSED OR THEY DIDN'T USE IT, UM, WILL WE DO THIS EVERY TIME? ARE WE ONLY GONNA DO IT AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR? WE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS PRACTICE FOR ABOUT THREE QUARTERS NOW.

UM, AND THIS INCLUDES BOTH EXPIRED AND COMPLETED, UM, APPLICATIONS.

SO, UM, AWARDS THAT HAVE MET THE TWO YEAR MARK, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, HAVE BEEN COMPLETED OR, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE THEIR FINAL REPORT OR THEY'RE DONE.

UM, WE HAVE PULLED, PULLED THAT MONEY BACK INTO THE AVAILABLE FOR DISTRIBUTION.

SO THIS QUARTER WAS $48,116.

DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY.

UM, SO THE FIVE REQUESTS TOTAL $158,500, UM, AND THE, I BELIEVE ALL OF THE APPLICANTS ARE HERE, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.

NOPE.

OKAY, THANKS NATALIE.

YEP.

SO OUR FIRST ONE WILL BE MARY SEAFOOD PASS.

OH, I FORGOT WE HAD TO DO ELECTION.

GOD, SORRY.

I HAVE THE OLD AGENDA.

I'LL GIVE YOU THE AGENDA.

YOU DON'T, I GOT THOSE.

JUST I GOT.

WE'RE GOOD.

OF THE YEAR WHERE WE HAVE TO ELECT A NEW CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.

SO, UM, IT IS THAT TIME

[VII.1. Election of Officers: Chair]

DO WE HAVE ANY, I NOMINATE YOU TO STATE THE CHAIR.

SOMEBODY WANNA BE CHAIR? I SECOND THAT NOMINATION.

ALRIGHT.

ANY DISCUSSION? GUEST? OKAY.

SO CAN I GET A MOTION TO, GOT A MOTION? GOT THE MOTION.

VICE CHAIR IS SAM, I TAKE THE MOTION THAT SAM NEEDS TO SAY IS VICE CHAIR.

SO VOTE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR THAT CHRISTIE STAYS THE CHAIR.

[VII.2. Election of Officers: Vice-Chair]

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DOES ANYBODY, DOES ANYBODY WANT TO USE VICE CHAIR? OKAY.

SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF SAM SAYING AS VICE CHAIR SAY, AYE A AYE.

OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT.

NOW YOU'RE IN 2000.

[VII.3. Grant Applicant Q&A: Historic Bluffton Arts & Seafood Festival]

SO MARY, SO I, I AM NOT DOING A PRESENTATION, RIGHT? YOU'RE JUST ASKING ME QUESTIONS.

PERFECT.

BUT I HAVE TO SAY, I AM SO EXCITED.

WE'RE 20 YEARS OLD.

I AM LIKE, PLEASURE.

SO, UH, AND WE'RE ALSO OVER THE TOP 'CAUSE WE DECIDED TO THEREFORE CELEBRATE 20 YEARS OF TRADITION IN 20 DAYS.

AND THAT WAS A REALLY DUMB IDEA, BUT SOUNDED REALLY GOOD AND WE'RE WORKING ON, ON IT.

SO ANYWAY, WE'RE WORKING ON 20 DAYS.

DAYS.

OH YEAH.

WE START OCTOBER 1ST NOW AND GO TO OCTOBER 20TH.

AND WE'VE GOT SOME REAL EXCITING NEW EVENTS.

WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR NEW EVENTS? WELL, OUR NEW EVENTS ARE, WELL FROM THE FIRST TO THE, UH, FOURTH, WE'RE JUST HAVING ADDITIONAL, UM, MAY RIVER EXCURSION, CRUISES.

YOU CAN GO TO THE HAYWARD HOUSE AND HAVE A HISTORY TOUR.

THESE ARE ALL, YOU HAVE TO SIGN UP SEPARATELY.

BUT THEN OUR BIG THING ARE NEW THAT FIRST WEEKEND, OCTOBER 4TH, UH, DUCKS UNLIMITED HAS JOINED US.

AND AGAIN, I KNOW YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY THIS MANY TIMES, THAT WAS ALWAYS MY DREAM FOR THIS FESTIVAL, THAT IT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, PUT ON FOR THE COMMUNITY, BY THE COMMUNITY AND BENEFITING THE COMMUNITY.

AND EACH YEAR SOME OTHER NONPROFIT HAS JOINED US.

AND SO THIS YEAR DUCKS UNLIMITED WILL HAVE THEIR CELEBRATION THAT FRIDAY EVENING THE FOURTH, ON THE FIFTH MAY RIVER THEATER HAS JOINED US AND THEY'RE HAVING A SEASON CSE.

ANYWAY, IT'S KIND OF CUTE, UM, SHOW HERE AT THE MAY RIVER THEATER AND IT'S ALL, YOU KNOW, CLOTHING BOUTIQUES FROM OUR TOWN, WHICH AGAIN, WE WANT THE SEE FOOD FESTIVAL TO BE AN ECONOMIC DRIVER.

SO THAT'S PART OF IT.

SHERRY SHRIMP IS COMING TO WELCOME EVERYONE.

THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY.

AND THEN SUNDAY THE SIXTH, WE HAVE, UH, A ME CHAPEL, THEY ARE JOINING US.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LECTURE BY JAMES MCGEE AND HE IS THE, UM, FORENSIC ARCHITECT THAT IS UNVEILING AND FINDING WHAT, UH, THE CHAPEL WAS AT ONE TIME.

THEY'VE ALREADY DISCOVERED THAT THE PEWS WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE WALL.

SO IT'S, THAT'S, SO THAT WILL BE A LECTURE.

THOSE DETAILS ARE STILL COMING, MAYBE FOLLOWED BY A RECEPTION.

ANYWAY, WE'RE WORKING ON ALL THAT BECAUSE THE ADS, SO OUR AD IN SOUTHERN LIVING HAS BROKEN.

AND, UM, THIS YEAR AGAIN, WE WILL SEND OUT TO THE NEW LEADS THAT COME IN JUST FROM THIS AD.

BUT WE'VE ALREADY SENT OUT TWO E-BLASTS TO ALL THE LEADS FROM ALL THE FORMER YEARS.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MARY? THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE IS BECAUSE IT'S JUST BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE LOOKED AT ANY OF THIS AND LOOKING OVER YOUR FINANCIALS, YOU HAVE AN EXPENSE FOR DONATIONS IS $27,600 FOR DONATIONS.

I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT GAVE AWAY YOU IN THAT.

WILL YOU GIVE THE MONEY BACK FROM THE, THE SUAY? THE SOAY GETS 7,000.

UM, THE WADEL MARICULTURE CENTER, THAT TOUR.

ALL THAT MONEY GOES TO, UM, TO WADEL.

AUTHOR KNIGHT THE MONEY.

SO WE DON'T KEEP ANY OF THAT.

GOTCHA.

IS THAT WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT? THAT'S WHAT I'M THAT OKAY.

I WASN'T SURE WHAT.

ALRIGHT.

UM, YOU WERE SIX SECURITY THAT YOU HAVE HERE.

IT'S 8,000 IS SECURITY, THE ADDITIONAL SECURITY WE HAVE TO HIRE UP AND ABOVE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

POLICE DEPARTMENT.

CORRECT.

AND WE HOPE EVERY YEAR THEY WERE A LITTLE BIT BETTER LAST YEAR.

WE HOPE EVERY YEAR THEY'RE BETTER.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING? JUST A CONGRATULATIONS.

I MEAN, 20 YEARS IS PHENOMENAL.

SO WELL DONE.

I KNOW.

I I CAN'T HELP IT.

I'M EXCITED.

SO YOU SHOULD BE, I JUST HOPE WE DON'T HAVE A HURRICANE.

I BETTER NOT LAST 20 DAYS IF IT COMES UP IN HERE.

I STILL REMEMBER THE YEAR OF MATTHEW.

GUYS THIS TOWN WORKED THEIR REARS OFF.

I MEAN, IT, IT LOOKED

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SO TRASH.

THERE WERE TREES DOWN, THERE WAS EVERYTHING.

AND THE FESTIVAL WENT ON AND THE TOWN HAD IT ALL CLEANED UP.

SO AGAIN, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS TO BE PROUD OF DURING THIS FESTIVAL.

THERE'S NO MORE DISCUSSION.

PLAN A MOTION.

I'D MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE HISTORIC BLUFF AND ART AND SEAFOOD FESTIVAL 2024 ART AND SEAFOOD FESTIVAL FOR THE REQUEST AMOUNT OF $80,000.

I SECOND.

DISCUSSION.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ARE YOU READY OR SHOULD I WAIT? NO DISCUSSION.

OPPOSED? THANK YOU.

WE CAN PUT PLEASE FOR THE NEXT ONE.

YES, I WILL.

BETHANY, BUT MARY, YOU'RE UP AGAIN.

[VII.4. Grant Applicant Q&A: Coastal Conservation Association]

ANYBODY ELSE UNDER YOUR PEN? ALL RIGHT, TAMMY, GO AHEAD.

HI.

SO, UM, CHRISSY'S GONNA RECUSE HERSELF FROM THIS ONE.

SO, UM, UP NEXT WOULD BE THE, UH, GRANT APPLICATION FROM THE COASTAL CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION.

UM, SO I DO HAVE QUESTIONS.

I HAD A BUNCH OF 'EM LAST YEAR AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE ONE.

THIS ONE, HOW MANY PEOPLE DID YOU HAVE? I MEAN, HOW, HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE AT THE EVENT LAST YEAR? THE TOTAL WAS IN THAT, THAT FINANCIAL THING WHERE IT SAYS I SCRIBBLED IT WAS 293 TOTAL.

HOW MANY CAME THE YEAR BEFORE WHEN IT WAS AT, SO THE SPRINT PLACE? OH, AT WADDELL IT WAS A LITTLE, IT'S LOWER.

I MEAN, EACH YEAR WE'RE GOING UP IN PEOPLE COMING, RIGHT.

BUT WHAT OUR, WHAT WE WANT IS TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE FROM, YOU KNOW, IN OUR STATE TO COME IT AND WE ARE DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

SO LAST YEAR IT WAS KIND OF A DISASTER BECAUSE WHEN YOU COME IN, UNLESS YOU'RE PAYING BY CREDIT CARD, THEY MAKE YOU FILL OUT THE MEMBERSHIP THING.

AND A LOT OF PEOPLE, THEY DON'T WANNA DO IT.

SO WE MISS A LOT OF PEOPLE.

SO THIS YEAR IT'S ALL SCANNABLE.

I JUST LEARNED THAT THE OTHER NIGHT.

UM, THEY'RE GONNA TEST IT, BUT I MEAN, AGAIN, WE HAVE TO GET, HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CAPTURING EXACTLY WHERE PEOPLE ARE FROM.

SO, SO I WAS AT THE EVENT LAST YEAR, I THINK A FEW OF US WERE, BUT IT, IT WAS MOSTLY, EXCUSE ME, MOSTLY LOCAL.

WE GOT AND, AND THEIR GUESTS.

WE GOT 5% GUYS.

THAT'S ALL WE GOT FROM OUT OF TOWN.

BUT AGAIN, NOT REAL SURE WHY, TO BE QUITE HONEST, BECAUSE WE SEND OUT THE COASTAL CONSERVATION, THEY SEND OUT A POSTCARD, LIKE I GOT MINE, I THINK EITHER MAY OR JUNE.

AND THEY ALSO SEND IT TO ANYONE WHO COMES IN.

ANY LEADS WE ADVERTISE.

THIS IS AN E-BLAST THAT GOES OUT THROUGH SOUTH CAROLINA LIVING.

IT GOES OUT TO THEIR PEOPLE, NOT OUR PEOPLE, THEIR PEOPLE.

SO, I, I DON'T KNOW.

WE'RE TRYING ONE MORE TIME BECAUSE THE PURPOSE OF COASTAL CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION IS TO INVOLVE MORE PEOPLE, EDUCATE PEOPLE.

SO WE OBVIOUSLY LIVING HERE IN BLUFFTON, WE WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO PROTECT OUR NATURAL RESOURCES OR WE'RE, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE IN GREAT SHAPE DOWN THE ROAD.

SO THIS REALLY GOES THE MISSION OF COASTAL CONSERVATION DEFINITELY FITS IN WITH THE SEAFOOD FESTIVAL TOO.

AND PEOPLE COME FOR THAT.

NOW I KNOW THEY COME FOR THE ART, BUT I MEAN, YOU HOPE THAT ECOTOURISM IS SUPPOSED TO BE HUGE.

AND THAT'S HOW WE ADVERTISE THAT LITTLE BLURB THAT TALKS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, COME FOR THE WEEKEND.

'CAUSE WE DO HAVE A LOT TO DO.

YOU CAN TAKE, YOU KNOW, FISHING CHARTERS OUT FROM IN MAY RIVER, YOU CAN DO THE ECOTOURISM, YOU CAN GO WITH AMBER.

I MEAN, THERE'S SO MUCH THAT WE CAN SHOW WHAT, ANYWAY, THE PROBLEM WITH CCCA IS LIKE DU THERE'S A CHAPTER IN EVERY TOWN.

NOT EXACTLY, BUT BEAUFORT HAS ONE.

EDISTO HAS ONE, CHARLESTON HAS THREE.

YOU'RE RIGHT.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, LIKE, DO I, LIKE, I DON'T GO, I DO GO TO A FEW OTHERS.

SO I COUNT AS BEING FROM OUT OF TOWN BECAUSE I WANT TO GO TO THAT PLACE.

GUESS I'M PUSHING HOW COOL BLUFFTON IS AND THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, IT HOPEFULLY COULD BE ANOTHER ECONOMIC DRIVER.

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I MEAN, GUYS, I, THIS IS AN ASIDE, BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S PRETTY SAD.

IN BLUFFTON GUYS BUSINESS IS NOT REAL GREAT.

WE WENT FROM BEING WOW.

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN OUR TOURIST NUMBERS ARE DOWN ALSO.

SO, I MEAN, I'LL DO ANYTHING TO PULL THAT BACK.

BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE ZERO DAYS AT YOUR SHOP, IT'S A LITTLE SCARY.

I WAS JUST, I LAST YEAR, BECAUSE IT IS A NONPROFIT OPERATION THAT YOU GUYS ARE MAKING, MAKE LIFE EASY, A THOUSAND DOLLARS AND EVENTUALLY THAT MONEY FUNNELS BACK OUT TO THE CHARITY, WHICH IS CCA.

UM, AND WHILE WE'RE SUPPORTING YOU ON THE EVENT THROUGH THE ADVERTISEMENT AND THE, AND THE COST OF FACILITIES AND ALL THAT OTHER STUFF, IT, UH, AND I THINK YOURS JUST FOR THIS YEAR'S A HUNDRED PERCENT JUST FOR ADVERTISEMENT, BUT, AND MAYBE A LITTLE BIT TOWARD THE RENTALS OF, SO IT, WHAT THAT BOILS BACK TO ME IS HAVING BEEN IN CCAS BEFORE AND UH, DU THAT THAT MONEY EVENTUALLY FLOWS BACK OUT OF HERE TO THE LOCAL CHAPTERS AND THE MONEY IS REALLOCATED TO SOMEWHERE ELSE AFTER, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T STAY IN OUR LOCAL AREA.

NO.

OUR MONEY THAT COMES FROM THE, OUR BANQUET STAYS IN OUR AREA.

ABSOLUTELY.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

ANYBODY ELSE? ANYBODY WANNA MAKE A MOTION? OKAY.

UM, I WOULD, UM, FORGIVE ME, I WOULD MAKE THEM, I'M SORRY, WHERE WERE WE AT RIGHT HERE? I'D SAY I'D MAKE A MOTION FOR THE COASTAL CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION CELEBRATING CONSERVATION WEEKEND IN BLUFFING FOR THE REQUEST AMOUNT OF $10,000.

SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? NO, I ENTERED MY DISCUSSION PRIOR TO THE THING.

SO, UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

UNANIMOUS WITH A ONE.

CUSAL.

THANKS MARY.

NOW I HAVE THREE OF THEM.

BOYS AND

[VII.5. Grant Applicant Q&A: Boys & Girls Club of the Lowcountry]

GIRLS CLUB.

HI, UM, MY NAME'S DOUG PACE.

I'M THE, UH, CHAIR FOR THE COMMITTEE FOR BIKE BLUFFTON.

AND THIS IS LIBYA REAGAN, LIBBY'S, OUR MARKETING PARTNER WHO'S WORKING WITH US.

UH, WE IN FOLLOW DIRECTIONS.

I KNOW WE WERE TOLD THAT NO PRESENTATION WAS REQUIRED AND WE DON'T INTEND TO GIVE ONE, BUT I DO WANT TO TAKE IT THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PUBLICLY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF US OVER THE PAST COUPLE YEARS.

THIS IS OUR THIRD YEAR.

UH, LAST YEAR WE HAD, EXCUSE ME, SOME 372 RIDERS COME TO TOWN.

ABOUT 70% OF THOSE CAME OUTSIDE OF THE, THE CORE TWO AREA CODES.

THIS YEAR WE'RE PROJECTING ABOUT A LITTLE BIT OVER 400 TO COME IN.

AND WE JUST WANT, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF US AS WE TRY TO TAKE THIS ENDEAVOR IN OUR THIRD YEAR QUESTIONS.

UM, SO I ASK ALL EVERY YEAR, ALL YOUR, UM, SWAG DOES REPRESENT THE LOGO FOR THE TOWN.

AND DOES THAT INCLUDE THE WRISTBANDS AS WELL? THE WRISTBANDS? NO.

SO YOUR WATER BOTTLES, YOUR SHIRTS, AND DON'T Y'ALL GIVE OUT SOME JERSEYS? JERSEYS? YES.

WE DO HAVE, UH, T-SHIRTS AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE CYCLING JERSEYS AND BOTH CLEARLY DO THE TOWN REQUIREMENTS.

AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING FOR THEM, CURIOUS IF YOU'RE DOING ANYTHING DIFFERENT FROM A MARKETING STANDPOINT.

'CAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE YOU, YOU HIT ON ATLANTA, GREENVILLE, CHARLESTON.

ARE YOU DOING ANYTHING DIFFERENT THIS YEAR TO, TO INCREASE THOSE NUMBERS? YES, WE ARE DEFINITELY WORKING WITH MORE CYCLING CLUBS, LIKE TRYING TO DO MORE CYCLING CLUB OUTREACH.

'CAUSE WHAT WE'RE FINDING IS THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU CAN GET ONE CYCLING CLUB FROM, SAY FOR FROM ATLANTA OR GREENVILLE OR ANY OF THESE, THEY TEND TO BRING THEIR, THEIR WHOLE CLUB OR INVITE A LOT OF PEOPLE.

UM, SO A LOT OF, UM, A LOT OF TIME IS SPENT KIND OF TRACKING DOWN THE, THE CONTACTS OF THE CYCLING CLUBS AND THEN A LOT OF OUTREACH TOWARDS THEM.

AND, AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE DOING TOO, TO TRY TO GET MORE RIDERS IN IS ADD SOME OF THE FEEDBACK WE GOT IS ABOUT THE ROUTE.

SO IF YOU NOTICE IN THE PACKET WE'RE ADDING A 30 MILE, A 20 MILE ROUTE.

THIS YEAR WE HAD A TWO 10 AND WE JUMPED THE 30.

SO WE'RE PUTTING A 20 IN, WHICH WILL HOPEFULLY BRING MORE CYCLISTS IN AS WELL.

AND DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY, I PROBABLY SHOULD KNOW THIS, BUT I DON'T THINK I SAW ANYWAY, YOUR SIGNAGE.

HAVE Y'ALL ASKED FOR SPONSORSHIP?

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UM, THE SIGNAGE AT THE EVENT, UH, ROAD SIGNAGE BECAUSE LIKE, LIKE A GOLF COURSE DOES A WHOLE, Y'ALL COULD DO LIKE A TURN SPONSOR.

OH, WE DON RETURN SPONSOR.

WE DO, WE HAVE A SPONSORSHIP PACKAGE.

WE'RE, WE ARE SELLING, UM, SPONSORS ANYWHERE FROM 250 TO $7,500.

AND WAS THAT INCLUDED IN YOUR BUDGETARY INFORMATION? THE SPONSORSHIP? OH, THE PACKET.

I'M NOT SURE.

DID WE YES, WE INCLUDE IT IN THE BUDGET LINE ITEM FOR WHAT WE ANTICIPATE THE SPONSORSHIP? YES.

IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THE SPONSORSHIP PACKAGE WITH WHAT WE SELL, LIKE KIND OF THE SPONSORSHIPS THAT WE'RE SELLING, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR? I'M JUST LOOKING AT YOUR TOTAL BUDGET BEING $29,800 AND YOUR TOTAL REQUEST BEING 23.

AND THAT'S A SMALL MARGIN FOR HAVING LIKE SPONSORSHIP ALONG WITH ENTRY FEES.

YEAH, I'M NOT SURE IF I'M, I'M GETTING THE PLACE, SO THE SPON WE'RE, WE'RE ASKING FOR SPONSORSHIP, BUT WE DIDN'T INCLUDE THAT AS PART OF OUR EXPENSES.

SO THE 29,000 OF WHAT WE HAVE FOR EXPENSES, WE'LL, WE'LL GET REVENUE IN ON THAT PACKET.

IT SHOULD HAVE A REVENUE LINE.

I THINK WE'VE GOT ABOUT 30 THOU, 30, $35,000 COMING IN IN THAT BUDGET.

WERE ALL OF THE, UH, FUNDS THAT WERE DESIGNATED FROM AAC LAST YEAR, WERE THEY ALL SPENT? THEY WERE, THEY, THEY WERE EVERYTHING THAT WE WERE AWARDED AND WE SUBMITTED, WE PRETTY MUCH SPENT TO THE PENNY OF WHAT WE WERE AWARDED.

UM, SO LAST YEAR WE WERE ASKING $21,000 FOR IT AND THEN THIS YEAR WAS INCREASED A LITTLE BIT BASED ON WE OVERSPENT BASED ON WHAT WE WERE AWARDED.

SO WE WERE ASKING FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE.

DID WE HAVE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SOMEBODY LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.

I, I MAKE A MOTION THAT THE, UH, BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE LOW COUNTRY BIKE BLUFF AND BE AWARDED THE, UH, HOUSE AMOUNT OF 29,000, NO, 2320 3,505 SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU YOU GUYS VERY MUCH HEWARD

[VII.6. Grant Applicant Q&A: Historic Bluffton Foundation, Heyward House]

HOUSE.

HELLO, HOW ARE Y'ALL? HEY.

HELLO.

SEE YOU.

I WAS TOLD THAT I NEEDED TO BE HERE NOT TO GIVE A PRESENTATION BUT TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.

SO I'M HERE TO PROVIDE ANY KIND OF ANSWER I CAN.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? AND CAN I JUST SAY, I JUST WANNA ECHO WHAT MARY SAID.

UM, IT'S BEEN REALLY BAD THIS SUMMER, BUT THE YEAR BEFORE WE DID ABOUT 16,000 PEOPLE.

THIS LAST YEAR WE DID ABOUT 16,000 PEOPLE.

SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HOLD, BUT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GAIN AND IT'S BEEN VERY POOR OVER THE LAST THREE MONTHS.

IN FACT, THIS MONTH HAS BEEN REALLY, REALLY BAD.

AND SO I FEEL YOU'RE PAYING ON THAT .

QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU ON THAT REGARDS.

HOW MUCH ARE THE OTHER TOURS THAT ARE GOING OUT OF BLUFF AND ARE AFFECTING THE HAYWARD HOUSE TOURS? DO YOU KNOW? I WOULD IMAGINE LIKE HIDDEN TREASURES.

WHO LIKE HIDDEN TREASURES? ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THIS TYPE OF TOURS? I'M SORRY.

I MIGHT NOT BE STANDING.

THAT KIND OF, SOME OF THE OTHER PEOPLE OUT THERE GIVING TOURS.

UH, THERE'S HIDDEN TREASURES AND I'M NOT SURE HOW WELL THEY'VE BEEN DOING, BUT I, THEY ALWAYS COME THROUGH THE HAYWARD HOUSE AND I HAVE NOT SEEN THEM LATELY.

I'VE SEEN THEM ONCE IN THE LAST MONTH.

WE'VE GIVEN, I THINK WE'VE GIVEN MAYBE ONE GOLF CART TOUR IN THE LAST MONTH.

IT'S BEEN THAT BAD MR. CURIOUS.

I SEE SOME PEOPLE STARTING TO DO THAT.

MM-HMM? .

OH, MORE PEOPLE.

WELL, WE HAVE OUR NEW GOLF CART, OUR EIGHT PASSENGER GOLF CART.

WE GIVE EXCELLENT TOURS AND THEY'RE VERY INFORMATIVE AND I HAVE SOME VERY GOOD INTERPRETERS THAT GIVE THOSE TOURS.

SO, UM, I'M WORKING RIGHT NOW TO TRY TO GET THE TOWN COUNCIL TO GO ON OUR TOURS.

AND STEVEN STEVES SO .

GOING FORWARD AFTER THIS? I MEAN, WE'RE LOOKING AT A LOT OF OPTIONS, BUT I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY ONE OPTION IS TO CONDENSE THE DAYS THAT WE'RE OPEN TO FROM SIX DAYS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY OPEN RIGHT NOW TO FOUR DAYS.

OKAY, SO THIS IS, UM, THE QUARTERLY ASK FOR $40,000 AND THEN AT THE END OF THIS, IT WOULD BE THE MIDDLE OF YOUR FISCAL YEAR.

YOU'RE GOING TO MAYBE NOT BE THE OFFICIAL WELCOME CENTER IF ALL THAT'S TAKEN CARE OF.

WHAT ARE YOU, WHAT ARE YOU PLANNING ON DOING

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BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE ARE SO SPREAD OUT WITH OUR STAFF, WITH OUR DOCENTS AND VOLUNTEERS.

WE REALLY NEED TO CONDENSE THAT.

I MEAN, I HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT I ALWAYS HAVE SOMEBODY THERE BECAUSE IT IS A WELCOME CENTER, BUT WHEN IT TURNS INTO A HOUSE MUSEUM, THEN WE DON'T NEED TO BE OPEN AS MANY DAYS.

AND SO I'M LOOKING AT MORE OF LIKE A TUESDAY, UM, THROUGH, THROUGH FRIDAY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT MORE THAT HAS TO BE DONE.

UM, I'VE BEEN WORKING OVER THIS LAST YEAR, I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL HAVE BEEN OVER TO THE HAYWARD HOUSE, BUT I'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD ON TRYING TO IMPROVE OUR, UM, EVENT VENUE PIECE.

AND SO I MEAN WE'VE PUT IN A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT IN TRYING TO IMPROVE THAT TO BRING IN MORE MONIES FROM THAT.

SO THAT'S OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S ONE OF THE PLACES THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO GET ADDITIONAL REVENUE AND UM, AND THAT SHOULD INCREASE.

WE INCREASED IT LAST YEAR AND I IMAGINE IT'LL INCREASE THIS YEAR BY A LOT BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT MORE TO OFFER NOW.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ANY QUESTIONS? MAY I HAVE A MOTION? I WOULD MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE FUNDING REQUEST FOR THE HAYWARD HOUSE AS OUR WELCOME CENTER FOR THE REQUEST AMOUNT OF $40,000 FOR THE UPCOMING QUARTER.

I SECOND DISCUSSION.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AND I'D LOVE TO GIVE Y'ALL A TOUR SOMETIME TOO, SO IF YOU EVER WANT TO COME OVER, I'LL GIVE YOU A PERSONAL TOUR.

SO PERFECT.

LET ME KNOW.

THIS WILL BE A SECOND TIME COMING UP TO DO THIS.

SHANNON, DO YOU LIKE REAL QUICK, JUST LET HER, YEAH.

[VII.7. Grant Applicant Q&A: Historic Bluffton Foundation, Luke Peeples Celebration]

YES MA'AM.

AND I WASN'T HERE THE LAST TIME, SO I AM GONNA ASK IF YOU'LL JUST GIVE LIKE A FIVE MINUTE OH, PERFECT.

SO WE CAN DO THIS TOGETHER.

I'M ROBERT FOX, I'M ON THIS COMMITTEE, BUT MRS. COKER, WHO'S THE CHAIR LADY, IS OUT OF TOWN, AND ASK ME IF I WOULD FILL IN FOR HER.

THIS IS A, A NEW PROGRAM.

UM, MR. PEOPLES WHO I HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING ONCE IS ON THE TOWNS HALL OF FAME.

HE WAS A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF THE TOWN WHO WROTE MUSIC, UH, WROTE FICTION, WROTE, UM, DID ART AND, AND ACTED REALLY, HE, FOR A WHILE THERE, HE HAD DRAWN MORE DEEDS IN BLUFFTON THAN I DID, UH, OR HAD AT THE TIME HE WAS, UH, AS A, AS A LAWYER.

AT ANY RATE, WE'VE DESIGNED THIS PROGRAM TO EDUCATE PEOPLE AS WELL AS ENTERTAIN THEM, AS WELL AS GIVE THEM SOME BACKGROUND AS TO WHAT'S GOING ON.

ALL OF OUR ADS CONTAIN THE REQUIRED LOGO AND LANGUAGE THAT'S REQUIRED BY THE TOWN AND THE STATE.

THE, UM, THE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED, IT'S A MUSICAL CONCERT, UH, WITH READINGS, AND IT'S DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY ON A FRIDAY NIGHT AT SIX O'CLOCK WITH A RECEPTION AFTERWARDS WITH THE IDEA THAT PEOPLE WHO COME FROM OUT OF TOWN WOULD HAVE DINNER AFTERWARDS, SPEND THE NIGHT.

UM, THAT IS PART OF OUR IDEA.

SO WE, UM, IT, IT DOES THE GULLAH GEECHEE MUSICAL, UM, BOTH IN SINGING AND ON PAPER.

UM, WE'RE HOPING THAT WE CAN GET IT, UM, FILMED SO THAT IT WOULD BE TELEVISED BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN ENOUGH INTEREST OF S-C-E-T-V AND OTHERS HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN THAT.

UM, THE SINGERS, THE PEOPLE IN THE CHOIRS COME FROM BEAUFORT, HILTON HEAD AND SAVANNAH, UM, WHICH

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WOULD DRAW PEOPLE FROM THOSE TOWNS THAT WOULD SUPPORT THE PEOPLE IN THE CHOIR AND THE CHOIRS ARE BLENDED TOGETHER.

SO WE WERE HOPING THAT USING THIS FORMULA, IT WILL BRING THESE PEOPLE IN FROM OUTSIDE AND KEEP 'EM FOR BOTH DINNER, SPEND THE NIGHT AND BREAKFAST THE NEXT MORNING.

IT'S ALSO AN EFFORT AND OUR FIRST EFFORT TO SEE IF WE CAN EDUCATE THE PEOPLE AND ENTERTAIN THE PEOPLE WITH THE HISTORY OF BLUFFTON THAT'S STILL RELATIVELY FRESH BEFORE IT GETS TOO OLD AND YET DO THE CULTURE AT THE SAME TIME.

UM, MR. PEOPLES WAS ALIVE AND, AND WORKING WHEN I STARTED PRACTICING LAW IN BLUFFTON IN 72 I THINK IT WAS.

SO, UM, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU.

UM, SO MY ONE BIG QUESTION WAS, YOU'RE ASKING FOR $2,000 FOR ADVERTISING AND PROMOTION OF YOUR EVENT.

YES SIR.

BUT ON THE OTHER PAGE WHERE IT SAYS OTHER REQUESTED FUNDS, ABOUT 15% IS ANTICIPATED TO BE SPENT ON MARKETING PROMOTION.

YOU PROBABLY DON'T KNOW THAT THE, THE ONE THAT'S ON THE, THE BUDGET FORM IS THE ACCURATE ONE BASED ON THE BUDGET.

SO OUR REPORT, WE GET A, WE GET A DIFFERENT REPORT THAN Y'ALL GET.

SO OFF OF YOUR BUDGETARY REPORT, IT LOOKS LIKE ONLY ABOUT 15% OF YOUR REQUESTED $2,000 WILL BE SPENT ON ADVERTISING FOR FIVE.

FIVE, GOTCHA.

FOR FIVE.

BUT IF WE LOOK AT THE BUDGET, UM, ON THE BACK, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE ABLE TO ANSWER THESE, BUT LIKE IT SAYS KEEPSAKE PROGRAM THOUSAND DOLLARS IS PART OF THAT, UM, YOUR KEEPSAKE PROGRAM.

YOU SEE IT ON THE, ON THE TELEVISION SCREEN.

SO THAT'S THIS HERE? YES MA'AM.

SO THE ISSUE IS THIS, THIS, HAVE YOU COME LOOK AT THIS BUDGET WITH ME REAL QUICK.

YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW IT.

YEAH, THAT'S WHY I WAS SHOWING.

SO A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THIS.

SO THIS IS THE BUDGET THAT WE HAVE.

MM-HMM, .

SO YOU HAVE THE ARTIST, UH, SHE'S THE LADY IN CHARGE OF THE POLICY.

CAN I USE YOURS? SO WHILE HE'S LOOKING AT IT, I CAN LOOK AT, NO, I WANT THE ACTUAL BUDGET PART.

SO THAT'S NOT ABLE TO BE DONE.

ACCOMMODATIONS ISN'T ENABLED, IT'S NOT PART OF IT.

PRINTED MUSIC.

UM, AND CORSAGES NOT PART OF IT.

IT KEEPS A PROGRAM.

IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THAT REALLY IS.

AND THEN, UM, THE COACHING, WE GO, THANKS.

AND THEN, UM, THE POSTER DESIGN AND PRINTING IS THE VISUAL AUTO, UM, AUDIO VISUAL IS MISCELLANEOUS.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS.

SO OUTTA YOUR 5,000, IT LOOKS LIKE ACCORDING TO THIS BUDGET ONLY A $2,000 CARD.

WE GOT SOMEBODY UP HERE WITH A BETTER BUDGET.

EXCUSE ME.

I I DON'T HAVE ANY A BETTER BUDGET, BUT I CAN ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.

OH, A LITTLE MORE THOROUGHLY.

UM, SO THERE IS, SO THIS THAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT, UM, THAT HAS THE LOGO AND EVERYTHING ON THE BOTTOM, THAT IS A PROMOTIONAL POSTER THAT'S GONNA BE SENT OUT.

AND THAT IN ITSELF IS MEANT TO BE KEPT AS A COMMEMORATIVE ITEM.

BUT THE KEEPSAKE IS ACTUALLY A BOOKLET, UM, THAT HAS THE SPIRITUALS IN THEM THAT WILL BE GOING OVER A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT BLUFFTON, A LITTLE INFORMATION ABOUT LUKE, AND THEN THE PROGRAM AT LARGE AND THE DIFFERENT CHOIRS THAT ARE COMING IN FROM SAVANNAH, BUFORT AND BLUFFTON.

AND WE ARE EXPECTING A LARGE DRAW WITH THE, UM, BLENDED CHOIRS BRINGING IN A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM THERE.

AND THE MISCELLANEOUS IS TO COVER THE RECEPTION AFTERWARDS, PARTIALLY AS WELL.

SO THAT BEING SAID, WHAT YOU HAD TO YOUR, ON YOUR, YOUR BUDGET TO ME, AND MAYBE I'M READING THIS INCORRECTLY, I ONLY SEE UP TO $3,200 AVAILABLE, UM, TO BE GOING FOR A TAX.

NOT 5,000.

THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT IF THAT IS, THAT IS, YES.

I, I CAME TO IT A DIFFERENT WAY WHERE WE'RE NOT COMING.

SO I WAS TAKING, EVEN IF WE GAVE YOU THE FULL 2000 AND THEN THE OTHER FOR 1200, IT'S 3,200 YEARS.

THAT'S OKAY.

3,200.

SO THEY'VE ASKED FOR FIVE.

PROVIDED TO THE FAMILY AND UM, THERE WAS SOME OF THAT AS WELL.

AND THEY'RE JUST NOT ELIGIBLE FOR, BECAUSE THEY PUT PART DOWN HERE AND THEN IT HAS AND IT'S, IT MIGHT BE, IT MIGHT LOOK WEIRD, BUT THERE IS NO, THERE'S NOTHING ADDED IN FOR ACCOMMODATIONS.

LIKE THERE'S CORSAGES AND THINGS THAT WILL BE

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BUT IF IT'S NOT COVERED, IT'S NOT COVERED.

SO THAT'S OKAY.

BECAUSE IF WE DIDN'T DO IT PROPERLY, I ASSUME SO I WOULD, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU, AND YOU MAY HAVE DONE IT SINCE OUR LAST MEETING, TO REALLY SIT DOWN WITH OUR ATEX FOLKS AND, AND FIND OUT WHAT IS THE ELIGIBLE PART OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

I HAVE, OKAY, I HAVE DONE THAT.

SO IF THE 32 IS WHAT IS COVERED, THAT IS, CAN I ASK WHERE, UM, YOU'RE ADVERTISING? UM, WE'RE GONNA BE ADVERTISING TO THE GREATER TO THOSE FULL AREAS OF SAVANNAH BUFORT AND BLUFFTON PUTTING OUT PRESS RELEASES.

THOSE ARE ACTUALLY ABOUT TO GO OUT TODAY.

WE FINALIZED THE GRAPHICS AND EVERYTHING, THE TEL FAIR AND SAVANNAH, UM, ALL OF OUR CHANNELS THAT WE CAN REACH AND WE'LL, WE'LL TELL THE UM, NEWS STATIONS AS WELL.

AND LUCY CROSWELL IS A PROFESSIONAL PR PERSON AND SHE'S ON THE COMMITTEE AND HELPING WITH THAT AS WELL.

WE'RE DEEP IN IN I'M SORRY THAT YOU HAVE TO DO ANY MATHS NUMBERS ARE TOUGH.

UH, YEAH.

SO HERE'S MY SUGGESTION.

OKAY? BECAUSE THE ONLY THING WE CAN DO, THE ONLY THING WE CAN DO IS WHAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US WHEN THIS GOES ON FOR OUR SECOND YEAR FOR DOING THIS AGAIN, I HAVE A FEELING YOU PROBABLY HAVE A LOT MORE THAT YOU CAN PUT ON HERE THAT YOU COULD ASK FOR APEX MM-HMM .

WE JUST CAN'T ASSUME THAT AND GIVE IT TO YOU.

I UNDERSTAND.

SO MY DEEPEST SUGGESTION IS TO COME TO SOMEBODY AND TALK TO IT BEFORE YOU GET ALL THIS TOGETHER AND SUBMIT IT NEXT YEAR WHEN YOU DO THIS AGAIN.

UM, WE, WHEN WE CAME THE FIRST TIME WE HAD ASKED FOR THE 5,000 AND UNDER SUGGESTION, WE WERE TOLD THAT 3,200, UM, I FILLED OUT THAT APPLICATION AND MS. COKER, WHO IS THE CHAIR, HAS SAID THAT THE 3,200 IS GREAT.

THAT IS ACCEPTABLE.

LIKE THAT'S GREAT.

UM, YEAH, I'M JUST SAYING THAT IN FUTURE, YES.

I'M SURE THAT THERE'S MORE THAT YOU ACTUALLY ARE ELIGIBLE.

THEY'RE JUST NOT ON THIS PAPERWORK THAT WE HAVE WHEN WE CAN'T GO BEYOND THAT BECAUSE IT'S OUR FIRST ONE.

SO LIKE YOU'RE SAYING NEXT YEAR, I THINK YES MA'AM, I AGREE A HUNDRED PERCENT WITH YOU.

CAN I GET A MOTION? I'M GONNA HAVE YOU DO IT.

WELL I FORGOT THAT THIS IS ON 50%, SO IT IS GONNA BE THIS NUMBER HERE.

UM, ALRIGHT.

ALRIGHT.

SO , I WOULD MAKE A MOTION THAT WE FUND THE HISTORIC BLUFFTON FOUNDATION, LUKE PEOPLE'S MUSIC CELEBRATION TO THE ELIGIBLE AMOUNT OF $2,600, SIR.

WELL, SO WHAT HAPPENS IS, IS THAT ON THIS PART, SO ON THIS PART RIGHT HERE? YEAH, YOU ONLY, YOU ONLY GET HUNDRED PERCENT THIS, SO IT'S THIS.

SO IT, WE CAN DO THAT FOR ME.

WELL I WOULD, I'LL AMEND MY MOTION TO, TO BE, UM, THE SAME PART OF THE BEGINNING AND THEN WE WOULD, UH, FUND IT TO $3,200.

CAN I GET A SECOND? SECOND? ANY DISCUSSIONS? OKAY.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

SO YES, THANK YOU.

GOOD LUCK IN ALL YOUR EVENTS.

OKAY, NOW I HAVE TO FIND MY AGENDA AGAIN.

HOLD ON.

FOUND IT.

WE'RE NOT DONE.

WE HAVE OH, IT'S NOT YOURS.

I FOUND MY AGENDA.

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UM, SO NOW WE'RE AT THE POINT THAT WE NEED TO REVIEW SOME OF THE WORKSHOP THINGS.

[VIII.1. Review of Workshop Discussion Items]

YOU SEE IT? I CAN SEE IT PERFECTLY.

DO YOU WANT ME TO READ IT? OKAY.

SO SOME OF THE UPDATES ON THE APPLICATION PROCESS, UM, PRE-APPLICATION MEETINGS FOR NEW EVENTS AND APPLICATIONS WILL BE MANDATORY.

THIS IS THE FIRST READING, RIGHT? WE DON'T HAVE TO VOTE ON THIS.

WE DON'T HAVE TO, YOU DON'T VOTE ON THIS.

THERE'S NO VOTE REQUIREMENT FOR THESE CHANGES.

UM, PROJECT EVENT MUST TAKE PLACE WITHIN THE TOWN LIMITS.

UM, BLUFFTON PROPER.

SO JEAN, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION EARLIER NOW IT'S LIKE DEFINITIVE THAT IT'S NOT IN BLUFF AND TOWN THEN IT'S NOT, UM, APPLICATION.

SO THAT EXCLUDES HOLES.

IT EXCLUDES WHAT? DONUT HOLES, DONUT HOLES, UM, APPLICATIONS.

I THINK THAT'S, DO YOU HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH THAT? I PLEASE.

UM, APPLICATIONS WILL INCLUDE A REQUIRED BUDGET TEMPLATE TO BE COMPLETED AND SUBMITTED.

SO, SO INSTEAD OF THEM JUST DOING ALL OF THEIR OWN BUDGET STUFF, YOU ARE COMING UP WITH A TEMPLATE FOR THIS.

THE TEMPLATE WILL BE MANDATORY, BUT IF THEY HAVE A SECOND FORM ON THEIR OWN, IF THEY WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ATTACH, THAT'S FINE.

BUT THE ONE BUDGET WOULD BE UNIFORM ACROSS FOR ALL OF THEM.

CORRECT? THAT WOULD BE REALLY NICE.

AND I'M NOT SURE YET.

I'M MEETING NEXT WEEK WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS PERSON THAT WORKS ON THE WEBSITE TO SEE IF THAT WILL BE FILLABLE FIELDS, UM, DIRECTLY ON THE WEBSITE.

LIKE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS ARE NOW OR IF IT'LL BE SORT OF A LINK TO A PDF THAT THEY CAN DOWNLOAD AND THEN TACH COME JOIN US.

NO, I WAS JUST SAYING THAT WITH THIS BUDGET TEMPLATE, I'M GONNA FIND OUT WHEN I MEET NEXT WEEK IF THE FORMAT OF HOW IT'LL SHOW UP ON OUR, UH, ONLINE APPLICATION, WHETHER IT'LL BE FILLABLE FIELDS LIKE INDIVIDUAL QUESTIONS OR IF THERE'LL BE KIND OF A LINK TO LET THEM OPEN THE TEMPLATE, FILL IT OUT AND REATTACH IT.

BUT EITHER WAY, HOPEFULLY BY THE NEXT QUARTERLY DEADLINE IT WILL BE LIVE ON THE WEBSITE ALONG WITH OTHER UPDATES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

ADVERTISING RADIO AND TV ADS WILL REQUIRE A SPECIFIC TAGLINE TO BE INCLUDED.

FOR INSTANCE, THIS EVENT IS PARTIALLY SUPPORTED BY THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON ACCOMMODATIONS TAX FUNDS.

I LOVE THAT.

SO I DID HEAR SOMEBODY WHO WE AWARDED TO SAY THE WRITTEN ONE, FORGIVE ME, SOMETHING ABOUT THE HEART OF BLUFFING.

THE LOGO.

WHAT'S OUR, WHAT'S OUR TAGLINE CURRENTLY HEART OF THE LOW COUNTRY.

PART OF THE LOW COUNTRY.

THAT'S WHAT THE LOGO IS CALLED.

SO THE LITERALLY THE RADIO A SAID IN THE HEART OF THE LOW COUNTRY.

SO IT REALLY DIDN'T REFERENCE LIKE OTHER THAN THAT FORM.

SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING WE CAN COME AND CLAR CLARIFY FOR THAT.

IT MAY HAVE BEEN.

ALLOWING OPERATING EXPENSES FOR MUSEUMS CULTURE AND UM, CIVIC FACILITIES UPDATES TO SCORING SHEETS FOR MORE FUNCTIONALITY AS IT RELATES TO AWARD AMOUNTS, NOT AWARDING ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO ENTITIES UNTIL PRIOR AWARDS ARE SPENT WITH SOME EXCEPTIONS.

SO THESE CHANGES WILL BE INCLUDED IN OUR INSTRUCTIONS AND IT REITERATED, YOU KNOW, UPDATES IN THE AWARD LETTERS.

AND SO THIS TAGLINE WAS SIGNED OFF BY OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT.

SO IT'S SORT OF, YOU KNOW, STAMP OF APPROVAL BY THOSE THAT COMMUNICATE ALL OF OUR COMMUNICATION.

AND THEN SOCIAL MEDIA ADS WILL REQUIRE EITHER THE USE OF THE HEART OF LOW COUNTRY LOGO AND OR APPROVED HASHTAGS.

LOVE BLUFFTON, SC HEART OF THE LOW COUNTRY AND TOWN OF BLUFFTON.

AND I LIKE THAT IT'S ALL THREE, BUT MINE.

TWO INELIGIBLE EXPENSES.

MEDIA BUY-IN LINKS TO ORGANIZATION'S WEBSITE FROM ANOTHER SWAG.

TAKE HOME ITEMS, INFLUENCERS, SPOKESMAN FEES.

ATAC MAY REVISIT US IN THE FUTURE.

DID YOU SAY SOMETHING DIFFERENT? WHAT, WHAT DID I SAY? OH, SORRY.

SPOKE PERSON FEES.

I CAN'T READ ONGOING DISCUSSION ITEMS

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SO DO WE WANT TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS NOW? ABOUT THIS PART THAT WE STILL NEED TO FINISH OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH? I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY IMPORTANT AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH SOME OF THE ONGOING CHANGES IN THIS TOWN TO DEFINITELY ADDRESS THE WATER OF THE MUSEUM AND OUR CULTURE AND CIVIC FACILITY.

BECAUSE I SEE TO HAVE TO BE THE BLOSSOMING, UH, REQUESTS.

I AGREE WITH YOU.

I WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS A LOT.

THANK TOO.

AND SO I, IF YOU WERE IN A MEETING, I DON'T KNOW HOW THE OTHER MEETINGS WENT.

IT WAS, UH, WHO WAS AT MY MEETING WITH ME SPRING SPRINGLE.

WE KIND OF AGREED THEN THAT IT'S GOING TO BE BIG AND I SUGGEST THAT WE FIND SOME WAY TO TIE THEIR REQUEST INTO WHAT MAKES THEM A MUSEUM OR A FACILITY, WHETHER IT BE SALES OR NUMBER OF ADMITTANCES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AS OPPOSED TO, I BELIEVE THE OTHER ITEM THAT I SAW PROBABLY THAT GOT DISCUSSED WAS SIMPLY WHAT WE HAVE LEFT OVER WE CAN DIVVY UP.

SO TO ME THAT'S A HARD WAY TO, TO COME UP WITH A, A DEFINITIVE PLAN, BUT CERTAINLY HAVING SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TIE IT TO TANGIBLE, WHILE THAT CAN BE ADJUSTED AROUND A LITTLE BIT, I THINK WE CERTAINLY NEED TO HAVE A WAY TO BE EQUITABLE ABOUT THAT.

THE APPLICATION OF HOW WE RELEASE THOSE FILES.

SO DURING OUR, I'M SORRY, WITH THE, UH, CULTURAL AND CIVIC FACILITIES THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE DETERMINED BY TOWN WHEN THEY GET THAT BUSINESS LICENSE.

HAVE ANY BUSINESS LICENSE FOR ANY ONE OF THOSE THREE THINGS? I THINK SPECIFICALLY AS A MUSEUM, WELL THEY'RE TYPICALLY LISTED AS A NON-PROFIT.

SO I MEAN THAT'S WHAT I MEANT.

LIKE WE, WE DON'T, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, I DON'T THINK WE'RE DESIGNATING IF THEY'RE A MUSEUM OR IF THEY ARE A CULTURAL FACILITY OR IF THEY ARE YEAH.

DOESN'T ON THAT SECOND LINE IT RELATES TO, UM, WHAT YOU'RE DOING BUSINESS.

ARE YOU DOING BUSINESS? I THINK THEY'LL GIVE A DESCRIPTION.

UM, IT'S MORE, SORRY.

THE DESCRIPTION LINE TYPICALLY COMES FROM THE BUSINESS WHEN THEY FILL OUT THE APPLICATION.

UM, SO WE PUT THE TYPE OF BUSINESS THAT IT IS TYPICALLY ON THE BUSINESS LICENSE AND THEN THAT THERE'S A DESCRIPTION WE'LL INCLUDE THAT AS WELL.

UM, I CAN CONFIRM WHETHER OR NOT IT'S STATED AS A, AS A MUSEUM OR ANY OTHER DISTINCTION BASED UPON THE FACILITY.

UM, I JUST DON'T, I DON'T KNOW SPECIFICALLY THE REASON WHY I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE KIND OF GETTING INTO TALENT MANAGEMENT PART.

, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE TAKEN ON WHETHER THEY ARE.

THAT SHOULD BE ALL TAKEN CARE OF WHEN THEY GET THERE.

BUSINESS LICENSE AND A DESCRIPTION OF THE I AGREE.

HUNDRED PERCENT.

THAT MAKES SENSE.

SO FOR INSTANCE, LIKE SIPPING COWS MUSEUM THAT I'M CALLING IT.

SO IF I DON'T HAVE ON MY, THERE IS THE TOWNS, IT'S THE TOWNS.

IF I DON'T HAVE IT ON MY, UM, BUSINESS LICENSE, I'M A MUSEUM, I'M REALLY A RESTAURANT, BUT I'M COMING TO YOU AND SAYING I AM A MUSEUM, YOU LIKE BUSINESS LICENSE SHOULD REFLECT THAT.

BUT THAT'S A BROTHER.

MY PROBLEM IS THAT I THINK THEY'RE ALL COMING IN THERE AND THEY LIST THEMSELVES AS A NONPROFIT AND OR NOT.

THEY COULD BE A FOR PROFIT, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE I THERE TYPES.

SURE SIR.

AND THE IN YOUR PACKET IS A COPY OF THE TOWN BUSINESS LICENSE.

UM, SO AGAIN, IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE, THE BUSINESS THAT'S COMING IN AND APPLYING FOR THE BUSINESS LICENSE.

AND WE, YOU KNOW, WE CONFIRM THAT THEY HAVE, THEY ARE A NON-PROFIT WITH THEIR FEDERAL STATUS.

AND THEN IF THERE'S ANY KIND OF DESCRIPTION AS WELL, WE'LL INCLUDE IT ON IT.

WE DIDN'T TRY AND INCLUDE AS MUCH AS WE CAN ON THE BUSINESS LICENSE.

UM, SO THIS ONE ACTUALLY, THIS IS THE HAYWARD HOUSE AND IT SAYS THE BLUFF AND WELCOME CENTER SO THAT IT IS NON-PROFIT.

SO THEN IN JANUARY OR ON THEIR NEXT CYCLE, WOULD Y'ALL CHANGE THAT FROM, FROM THE WELCOME CENTER IF THE OTHER ONE'S OPEN TO YEAH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT.

AND

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I MEAN IF THEY, IF THEY AIN'T GONNA TRUMP, I THINK THE TOWN SHOULD POLICE CENTER.

I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE NEED TO POLICE WHETHER THEY'RE A MUSEUM OR A WELCOME CENTER OR SOMETHING, BUT WE UP HERE, IF WE'RE DISTRIBUTING THOSE FUNDS NEED TO HAVE A DEFINABLE WAY THAT WE'RE GONNA ALLOCATE THE FUNDS.

WHETHER THEY, WHICHEVER ONE THEY'RE, SO IF IT'S LIKE, TO ME, IF YOU'RE A MUSEUM, UH, YOU, THERE'S GOTTA BE LIKE AN ADMISSION, RIGHT? SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT SOMETHING OR A WAY TO TRACK? NOT REALLY, NOT REALLY.

IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE, I DON'T THINK THERE'S AN ADMISSION TO THE, UH, THIS AQUA YEAH, THERE'S A MISSION THERE.

IT SHOWS ME EXAMINER IS BUT THAT'S FOR PROFIT TOO.

THAT'S NOT IT.

TO THE ONES IN IN COLUMBIA, THERE'S ALWAYS, OR JUST THE WAY THAT WE CAN TRACK VISITORS.

I MEAN THEY, THEY, YOU'RE EITHER GONNA SIGN INTO A LOG SO WE CAN SAY THERE'S 82 VISITORS A DAY OR 8,000 A YEAR.

UM, CERTAINLY SOMEBODY THAT HAS 800 A YEAR WOULD NOT BE AS DESERVING AS A CENTER AS SOMEONE THAT HAS 80,000 VISITORS A YEAR.

SO JUST THE WAY THAT WE CAN TRACK THAT, I MEAN I, THERE THERE'S GOTTA BE SOME FORMULA THAT WE CAN COME UP WITH AS A, A FUNDING MECHANISM.

THAT'S MY THOUGHT.

YEAH, I AGREE WITH THAT PART.

BUT THE, THE DEFINITION OF WHAT'S A MUSEUM CULTURAL CENTER OF UH, UH, CIVIC FACILITIES, I THINK BOOM, BOOM.

THAT'S ON THE TIME.

MY, MY CONCERN WITH THIS BULLET POINT IS GOING BACK TO HAVING A PERCENTAGE OF OUR BUDGET GOING TO BE FOR THOSE SPECIFIC THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT THAT I AGREE, I I I AGREE THAT WE CAN SET ASIDE A, KINDA LIKE WE DO AS A DMO, 20% OF OUR FUNDING WILL GO TO THESE, THESE FACILITIES.

BUT THEN HOW DO YOU AWARD THAT WHATEVER AMOUNT IS.

SO THEN I THINK THAT THAT'S PART OF IT.

I THINK WE NEED TO, I MEAN THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT, FIGURE OUT THAT IF SIPPING COW MUSEUM IS THE BUSIEST MUSEUM IN LOFTON.

EVENLY, UM, AS THEY, YOU KNOW, AS THEY QUALIFY.

THEIR OPERATING EXPENSES ARE $140,000 AND HIDDEN TREASURES IS LIKE 14.

SO IT'S A PERCENTAGE UP TO A THING.

I LIKED WHEN YOU HAD SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, A PERCENTAGE OF YOUR OPERATING UP TO $25,000.

I'M JUST MAKING THAT UP.

I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE SHOULD DO FOR THAT.

IT MAKES SENSE.

I JUST, I I'M WARY OF THE OPERATING BUDGET BEING THE BASIS.

WELL THAT'S WHAT I'M WORRIED ABOUT.

I MEAN BEING OUR BASIS OF, OF THE AWARD BECAUSE YOU MIGHT SPEND A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY OPERATING SOMETHING WITHOUT GETTING ANY VISITORS.

SO WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE.

I'M JUST THINKING, SO YOU'RE SAYING TAKE 20% AND THEN OF THAT 20%, HOW DO YOU ALLOCATE IT TO THE DIFFERENT RIGHT.

THAT'S GONNA BE ONE OF YOUR 10 WHATEVER NUMBER WE'VE SET ASIDE FOR MARK, YOU SET ASIDE ANYTHING FORWARD.

BUT WE HAVE TO WAIT, HAVE TO WAIT TO QUANTIFY WHAT THAT AWARD'S GOING TO BE.

THAT'S THE ONLY WAY TO DO THAT IS BASED ON THE VISITORS.

BUT YEAH, SO THEN THIS WOULD GO BACK INTO YOUR, UM, YOUR GRADING SHEETS.

SO IF YOU, IF SIPPING COW BRINGS IN A HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE A YEAR, UM, I JUST USE YOU, YOU'RE EASY AND HIDDEN TREASURES ONLY BRINGS IN 50,000, YOU KNOW, THEN I THINK THAT THE PERSON WHO BRINGS IN THE VISITORS AND CAN PROVE IT AND NOT JUST SAY, OH I HAD A HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE COME IN, SHOULD GET OUR LARGER ALLOCATION OF THE 20 PERCENTAGE.

AND IF YOU GO INTO OUR THINGS THAT WE WERE DOING THAT UM, YOU BRING IN A HUNDRED THOU OR WHATEVER HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF TOURISTS YOU SHOULD, YOU HAVE TO PROVE ALL THAT DON'T MORE, MORE MONEY.

SO YOU NEED LESS MONEY FROM US.

CORRECT.

ALL I, I DON'T UNDER FORGIVE ME, BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW, UM, WE CAN ALLOCATE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'VE GOT A CERTAIN AMOUNT SET ASIDE AND UM, PEOPLE COME BEFORE US, BUT IN, IN ARBITRARY ORDER, THEY DON'T ALL COME IN AT THE SAME TIME.

SO WE COULD DIVIDE UP THE PIE

[00:55:01]

HOW DO WE DETERMINE LIKE WHAT IF SOMEBODY COMES, YOU KNOW, THE LAST QUARTER AND WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING LEFT? THE TWO THINGS I DID SEE AN OPTION IN THERE TO LET'S MAKE THE AWARD FOR THIS TYPE OF, UH, EXPENSE ALL AT ONE TIME.

SO THEY ALL WOULD'VE TO COME IN THE, OUR FINAL QUARTER.

BUT IT, WE, WE NECESSARILY WOULDN'T JUST BECAUSE WE SET ASIDE 20% OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, WHICH IS $20,000, THAT MEAN WE WOULD AWARD THE WHOLE MONEY.

SO THEORY, JUST LIKE WE HAVE A ROLLING FUND, SO DEPENDING ON WHEN THEY CAME IN HERE AND HOW WE AWARDED THIS, THERE'S SO MUCH TO THIS.

AND THAT'S WHY WE, I THINK WITH UH, ALL THE CHANGES THAT'S GETTING TRADE TO HAPPEN IN THE TOWN, THAT WE'RE GONNA SEE A WHOLE BUNCH OF THIS COME THROUGH TO US AND, AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GET A GRASP FOR THE WAY IT QUANTIFY AND HANDLE IT.

OTHERWISE WE'LL GET BOGGED DOWN IN THE WHOLE PROCESS.

SO THAT BRINGS ME A QUESTION TOO, NATALIE.

SO I KNOW I ASK THESE QUESTIONS ALL THE TIME, BUT SO WE JUST FINISHED OUR FISCAL YEAR FOR THE TOWN.

HOW MUCH TOTAL DID WE DO IN APEX OR BRING IN OVER A LITTLE OVER A MILLION.

OKAY, SO THAT'S A MILLION DOLLARS.

AND THAT IS BEFORE OR AFTER ALL THE, THAT'S BEFORE AND THEN IT ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS.

SO THAT WOULD BE A HUNDRED THOUSAND OUT OF THAT.

'CAUSE IT'S FOUR QUARTERS AND THEN THE 20 30% IT'S 25.

25%.

YEAH, ABOUT 25% EVERY QUARTER WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

WITH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THE FACILITIES OR SOME OF THE OTHER ITEMS. IT'S REALLY HARD WHEN YOU HAVE A, A MUSEUM OR SOME KIND OF CULTURE FACILITY TO GET WHEN YOU GET TO THE ADVERTISING PART.

SO THAT, DID YOU SELL HUNDRED 50,000 AND GONNA SAY, SO ALL YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA TAKE YOUR DISCUSSION.

UM, AND NOTHING HAS TO REALLY OCCUR BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO GO BEFORE TOWN COUNCIL.

SO WE CAN TAKE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU HAVE, BUT NOTHING'S REALLY SET UNTIL TOWN COUNCIL VOTES ON IT.

I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF A DISCUSSION ITEM THAT MAYBE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE INCORPORATED INTO THE SCORING SHEET AND REALLY LOOK AT REVAMPING THAT SCORING SHEET.

AND I THINK THAT'LL HELP YOU THEN DETERMINE HOW TO THEN BEST ALLOCATE ANY APPLICATIONS THAT COME IN WITH THEIR REQUEST FOR FUNDING.

SO, UH, IN OUR DISCUSSION ABOUT THE SCORING SHEET, WE WERE GOING BAND IT.

IF YOU SCORE, IF YOU'RE ELIGIBLE 40, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE EVER HAD A 40, I CAN'T REMEMBER HARDLY EVER GIVEN A 40, BUT WE WERE GONNA GO FROM 30 TO 40% ELIGIBLE FOR A HUNDRED PERCENT OF YOUR FUNDS FROM 75 TO ANOTHER BAND AND EACH OF THE BANDS.

SO IF YOU CAME IN AND YOU SCORED 10% OUT OF THE 40, YOU'D BE ELIGIBLE FOR 50% OF WHAT YOUR REQUEST WAS AS OPPOSED TO A HUNDRED.

AND THAT'S GONNA BE A LOT EASIER FOR US TO MAINTAIN.

AND OF COURSE NOW WHEN, WHEN TOWN COUNCIL LOOKS AT THE SCORE SHEETS, IT'D BE HOW WE GOT THERE.

UH, AS OPPOSED TO GOING, WE TRIED IT, I DON'T REMEMBER WHEN WE TRIED IT, BUT IF THEY WERE ELIGIBLE 40 AND THEY ASKED FOR A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND AND OUR AVERAGE WAS 33 POINT OR 33 POINTS, WE TOOK 7% AWAY FROM THE TOTAL AMOUNT AND THAT WAS WHAT WE WERE GONNA AWARD 'EM OR WE DISCUSSION.

BUT WE, THEY ALL GOT FUNDED FOR THE RIGHT.

THAT'S WHY I SAY BANING, THEM PUTTING IN SLOTS WOULD BE THE BEST WAY TO COME UP WITH THAT ANSWER.

BUT WE WOULD, DID NEED TO COME UP WITH BRACKETS OR SLOTS TO, TO BAN THOSE.

BUT YEAH, AND, AND YOU KNOW, THE AT TAX DOLLARS ARE GENERATED FROM OVERNIGHT STAYS.

SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, GIVING WEIGHT TO EITHER ORGANIZATIONS OR PROJECTS THAT COME IN THAT, YOU KNOW, HAVE THOSE PEOPLE COME IN AND, AND STAY IN BLUFFTON, YOU KNOW, SCORE THOSE AND HAVE A HEAVIER WEIGHT FOR THOSE BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT GENERATE MORE ACCOMMODATION TAX FUNDS.

SO, AND I KNOW THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM.

WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO MEET WITH EVERYBODY WITH THOSE SCORING SHEETS AND I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO FOCUS ON TAKING A REALLY HARD LOOK AT THOSE, UPDATING THEM.

UM, WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH AND LOOKING AT VARIOUS JURISDICTIONS AROUND THE STATE AND WHAT THEY LOOK AT.

UM, THEY DO HAVE SCORING SHEETS SO UM, MAYBE WE CAN INCORPORATE THOSE, SEND THEM TO YOU.

UM, I THOUGHT THIS WOULD'VE BEEN A LITTLE BIT QUICKER, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THESE SCORING SHEETS ARE KIND OF THE HANGUP AND MAYBE, YOU KNOW, WE WERE HAVING THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND WE ALWAYS SEEMED TO HAVE IT AT THE END AND WE PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE HAD IT AT THE BEGINNING, UM, FOR THE DISCUSSION.

BUT UM, I THINK HAVING A WAIT FOR THOSE SCORES THAT YOU PUT THE TIME AND EFFORT INTO SCORING ALL THE APPLICATIONS WILL THEN HELP FACILITATE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU'RE STILL HAVING

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LIKE WHERE DID YOU ADVERTISE? MM-HMM, .

, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT AS RELEVANT.

AND THEN ALSO FOR INAUGURAL EVENTS AND ADVERTISING.

AND ALSO I THOUGHT WE HAD DISCUSSED, UM, REQUESTING THAT THOSE TYPICAL EVENTS AND SUCH WOULD LIST ON THEIR APPLICATION WHERE THEY'RE UM, WHERE THEY'RE GONNA BE ADVERTISING.

YEP.

AND SHANNON'S BEEN LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, PUTTING THAT LINE ITEM BUDGET TOGETHER TO HAVE THOSE ITEMS FILLED IN.

UM, YES.

COULD WE ALSO ADD INTO THIS SCORING SHEET NOW I GOTTA FIND ONE.

SO ARE WE, WE HAVE KIND OF TWO SCORING SHEETS NOW.

ONE'S FOR UM, FESTIVAL AND EVENT AND THE OTHER IS FOR A FACILITY.

UM, OR MORE FOR LIKE ADVERTISING SOMETHING.

IT'S TYPICALLY, IT'S EITHER LIKE THE FESTIVAL OR NON FESTIVAL.

SO THIS SAYS TOURISM DRAW AND MAYBE WE CHANGE IT JUST FOR THE, THE MUSEUM JUST MAKING A SUGGESTION.

UM, MUSEUMS CULTURE AND CIVIC, UM, OF HOW MANY PEOPLE THEY ACTUALLY HAVE COMING IN AND NOT A PERCENTAGE FOR THOSE.

BECAUSE AGAIN, SIPPING COW, I BROUGHT IN A HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE AND 99% OF THEM WERE, WERE 50% OF THEM WERE TOURISTS.

AND THEN NATE HAS 50,000 PEOPLE COME IN, BUT 99% OF HIS WERE ALL TOURISTS.

HE HAD LESS PEOPLE COME IN, BUT MORE TOURISTS.

AM I, AM I SAYING THAT CORRECTLY? YEAH.

INSTEAD OF THIS, BUT ONLY FOR THE MUSEUMS. JUST SO WE CAN SEE WHO OR WHAT OR HOW.

MY QUESTION IS WHY CAN'T WE TAILOR A SCORE SHEET IF WE DO THAT SPECIFICALLY, SPECIFICALLY FOR THOSE TO SAY WHERE'S YOUR, WHERE ARE YOU SPENDING YOUR DOLLARS, HOW ARE YOU SPENDING YOUR DOLLARS? AND UH, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE COMING HERE SPECIFICALLY TO SEE YOU VERSUS ARE JUST SWINGING BY.

AND YOU KNOW, IT'S, THAT'S ONE OF THOSE GREAT METRICS IS HOW LONG YOU STAY ON A WEBSITE.

AND YOU CAN TELL A WHOLE LOT IF SOMEONE JUST CLICKS ON THE WRONG ONE AND LEAVES IMMEDIATELY OR WHETHER THEY STAY THERE 16 MINUTES BOOK A RESERVATION.

SO THE SAME THING IS THE AVERAGE LENGTH OF THE STAY AT A, IF YOU'RE A MUSEUM, YOU ARE GONNA WALK THROUGH AND SPEND SOME TIME AT THE SIPPING COW.

OR IF YOU TAKE, YOU KNOW, I'M TRYING TO THINK OF SOMEBODY ELSE THAT YOU JUST ZIP IN IN HIS EYE.

SO YOU KNOW, NATE'S GONNA HAVE HIM FOR SIX DAYS 'CAUSE HE'S LONG TALKER, YOU KNOW, THEY SPENDING THE NIGHT FOR HIM.

WELL IN THESE SCORING SHEETS WE TAILOR 'EM A LITTLE BIT DEPENDING ON WHO'S ASKING.

LIKE WE'VE GOT A BOX FOR TOURIST FACILITIES.

IF THAT'S THE CASE, WE UN GRAY IT AND WE SAY GRAY ADVERTISING BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THAT IN THEIR BUDGET.

JUST I THINK WE COULD, MY BIG THING IS WE GOT, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE MORE IMPORTANT SOONER THAN LATER TO QUANTIFY HOW WE'RE GONNA HANDLE WHETHER IT'S A MUSEUM OR NOT BECAUSE THEY'RE COMING ONLINE.

HOPEFULLY THEY'RE COMING ONLINE TO BRING PEOPLE BLUFF.

AND THE WHOLE DRAW IS TO GET TOURISTS HERE.

SO I MEAN IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE A MUSEUM, IT CAN BE ANY FACILITY.

IT'S JUST, IT'S SOMEBODY COMING HERE THAT'S FROM OUT OF TOWN TO SEE IT AND VISIT IT.

BUT IT DOES SAY CIVIC FACILITY.

Y'ALL DON'T REMEMBER WHEN WE HAD THE CHURCH IS GETTING READY TO BE BUILT THERE AND WHERE I WORK AT WHAT, WHERE THE POST OFFICE IS, I DON'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF IT BUT OUR WHOLE PLACE THAT, ANYWAY, THERE'S A CHURCH THAT WAS TRYING TO BE A THAT'S WHERE YOU ARE.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE TRYING TO BE A, UH, THEY WERE ORIGINALLY GONNA BE A AUDITORIUM OR A CONCERT VENUE PLUS A CHURCH.

AND SO THAT WAS THEIR ORIGINAL .

'CAUSE THEY CAME THEY GONNA BE A CIVIC FACILITY.

THAT'S WHAT THEY WANTED TO BE.

SO JUST THOUGHTS THAT WE ALL HAVE TO THINK ABOUT AS YOU MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.

I MEAN ALL THIS CAN BE REVAMPED.

I MEAN UNDER THE TOURISM DRAW SECTION, INSTEAD OF JUST HAVING BRACKETS CHANGE THE QUESTIONS TO ARE YOU A PREVIOUS EVENT? WHAT WAS YOUR TOURISM LAST YEAR? AND BASE YOUR SCORING ON THAT.

I MEAN THIS CAN BE COMPLETELY REDONE.

WE'RE GONNA TAKE RECOMMENDATIONS.

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SO IS THIS GOING TO TOWN COUNCIL ON THEIR NEXT MEETING? YEAH.

UM, AND WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA GET FEEDBACK TO SEE HOW THEY WANNA PRO PROCEED.

HOW THE TOWN COUNCIL WANTS TO MM-HMM.

PROCEED.

WHAT ARE THEIR DISCUSSIONS ON ? HAVE THEY HAD ANYTHING? SO EVEN THE THINGS WE, WE WANT, WE'RE NOT GOING TO, WE'RE GONNA WAIT UNTIL WE HAVE IT ALL TOGETHER BEFORE WE GIVE IT TO THEM.

WE'RE GONNA TAKE YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS WITH WHAT YOU HAVE, UM, AND SEE IF, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GONNA WANNA VOTE ON THEM, UM, UM, SEE IF THEY WANT TO OR NOT.

UM, SO AS OF RIGHT NOW THEY'RE JUST GONNA BE REVIEWING THE APPLICATIONS.

I'LL INCLUDE ALL OF THIS STUFF THAT HAS OCCURRED OCCURRED IN THE MEETING AND IN THE WORKSHOP.

ANY MORE DISCUSSION? YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THAT LAST BULLET POINT YOU WANTED ADDED WHAT THAT NOT AWARDING ADDITIONAL FUNDING.

OH.

CAN'T AWARD ANYTHING UNTIL IT'S ALREADY SPENT.

NOW SOME EXCEPTIONS 'CAUSE THAT TO, THAT COULD BE LIKE THE FARMER'S MARKET AND THE THEATER THAT HAVE ANNUAL AND THEY'RE ALWAYS BACK, YOU KNOW, MAYBE NEXT QUARTER FOR NEXT CALENDAR YEAR.

SO THEY WOULDN'T HAVE EXPENDED THROUGH DECEMBER YET.

SO THOSE COULD BE EXCEPTIONS TO THE RULE.

BUT SO LONG AS I'M ABLE TO INDICATE THEY'RE DOING THEIR REPORTING AND THEY ARE DOING THEIR SPEND, YOU MIGHT GO AHEAD AND AWARD NEXT YEAR'S FUNDING.

SO THEY HAVE, YOU HAVE SOMEBODY HOLD FOR WHAT THEY'VE BEEN APPROVED FOR BUT IT HASN'T BEEN SPENT.

OH, THAT MAKES SENSE.

LIKE IF SOMEBODY HELD AN EVENT LAST YEAR AND THEY'RE BACK THIS YEAR FOR THEIR NEW AWARD, BUT WE DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THEY'VE SPENT LAST YEAR'S.

DO WE WANT TO GIVE THEM MORE MONEY? DID WE HAVE ONE OF THOSE APPLICANTS TONIGHT? NO.

NO.

I MAKE SURE THEY SPLIT IT BEFORE THEY COME BACK HERE .

IT DID TAKE A FEW MINUTES FOR IT TO HAPPEN THOUGH.

BUT IT DID, IT DID HAPPEN BEFORE THE MEETING, LIKE TWO MINUTES BEFOREHAND.

BUT IT DID HAPPEN.

JUST CHECKING.

UM, I THINK WE, IN OUR DISCUSSIONS, UM, YOU ALL, WE ALL HAD IT SEPARATELY.

UNFORTUNATELY I MISSED A BIG MEETING ABOUT IT.

BUT, UM, I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT THING IS THAT YOU SHOULD BE ABLE EITHER TO CLOSE IT.

'CAUSE WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT DOING BUT WE RIGHT NOW WE GOTTA TWO YEAR 10.

CORRECT.

AND WHAT DID WE HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT SHORTEN THAT OR WAS THAT A A A STATE STATUTE STATE TWO YEARS.

SO ALL WE CAN DO IS SAY IF YOU WANT MORE FUNDING, YOU HAVE TO GET YOUR FINAL REPORTS SUBMITTED.

WE EVEN TALKED ABOUT LIKE AFTER YOUR EVENT HAVING A TIMEFRAME, WHAT, TWO MONTHS? IT'S 30 DAYS.

THEY HAVE 30 DAYS FROM THE END OF THEIR PROJECT PERIOD OR EVENT DATE TO SUBMIT THEIR FINAL REPORT TO ME.

SO IS THAT STILL A DISCUSSION THING? NOT AWARDING ADDITIONAL FUNDS? MR. STILL I WANT TO COME UP WITH A CONSENSUS TO THAT NOW CAN BE ON THE LIST OF ITEMS THAT COUNCIL CONSIDERS.

I WOULD DEFINITELY THINK ME, I'D BE BE ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT ALONG WITH HAVING THE 30 DAY, YOU GOTTA DO 30 DAY REPORT AND AFTER.

I MEAN WE ALREADY, THAT'S IN THEIR AWARD LETTER AND THEN ALL THE REPORTING WE ASK ABOUT THAT IN THE NEXT THREE DAYS.

YOU'RE FINISHED WITH WHATEVER YOU SUBMIT.

IT'S ALL YOU GET.

SO YOU WANNA MAKE A MOTION TO DO WE HAVE TO VOTE ON IT? DON'T VOTE ON TION ITEMS. OKAY.

DOES EVERYBODY AGREE THAT WE SHOULD, THIS LAST BULLET POINT SHOULD GO STRAIGHT TO THE OTHER SIDE SAYING IT'S YES.

YEP.

ANYBODY OPPOSED? WE DIDN'T VOTE, BUT I SAY WE MOVE IT COURT.

AND IF, IF Y'ALL ARE TALKING TO COUNCIL, I MEAN AS FAR AS THE SCORING SHEETS AND THE UPDATES, AGAIN, I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THERE IS IS, IS IS BANDING THOSE, IF THEY HIT A CERTAIN LEVEL OF, OF WHAT WE AVERAGE OUT, IT MAKES SO EASY.

WELL I KNOW THAT ON MY SCORING SHEET, NOT THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE UNANIM ON THAT, BUT MY SCORING SHEET, THERE WAS ONE SPECIFICALLY WHO WOULD'VE NOT GOTTEN FULL IF WE WENT BY THE NUMBERS ON THERE.

I HAVE HAD THAT HAPPEN BEFORE THIS MEETING TOO AND PREVIOUS DEFINITELY.

BUT ALL WE COULD DO IS MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS.

TOWN COUNCIL GETS TO SEE OUR SCORE SHEETS AND THEY CAN BAND IT.

OH, WE'RE STILL ON.

SORRY, .

YOU'RE WATCHING BEAUFORT COUNTY TV.

ANYTHING ELSE? ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS? CAN I GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN? IT DOESN'T MOVE.

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LIVE, WORK, PLAY, JOE, GOOD TO SEE YOU, DALE.

GOOD TO SEE YOU.

TO SEE YOU.

SHERIFF.

UH, I WE'RE, WE'VE GOT A LOT TO TALK ABOUT AND WE'RE GONNA TRY TO TALK ABOUT IN A, ALL OF THIS IN A VERY SMALL KIND OF PRESENTATION TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT WHAT WE WANT TO DO.

UH, IF Y'ALL REMEMBER, UH, WE STARTED WORKING ON A NEW SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER OPPORTUNITY LAST YEAR, UM, BECAUSE WE KNEW, AND WE HAVE KNOWN THAT TRYING TO RECRUIT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO BE CLASS ONE CERTIFIED, WHICH IS WHAT THE STATE REQUIRED.

UH, YOU KNOW, TO BE IN OUR SCHOOLS AS SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS, WHICH ARE, IS, IS A SPECIAL, I THINK WE ALL AGREE THAT THAT IS REALLY A SPECIAL CANDIDATE, UH, THAT WE CONSIDER TO BE THAT CLOSE AN ASSOCIATION TO OUR KIDS.

UM, AND, BUT WE KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER PROGRAM BECAUSE OF THE SAFETY FACTORS IT CREATES, NOT ONLY IN OUR SCHOOLS, BUT WHAT OUR, WHAT OUR COMMUNITIES AS WELL, BECAUSE THE SCHOOL IS A MELTING POT OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE.

SO HAVING THAT RIGHT PERSON IN THAT JOB AND THAT ROLE TO PROVIDE SECURITY TO OUR KIDS LEADERSHIP, TO OUR KIDS, UH, AND GIVING THE CONFIDENCE TO THE STAFF TO WORK IN THE SCHOOLS.

I MEAN, IT'S IMPORTANT TO FIND THAT RIGHT PERSON.

SO IT'S DIFFICULT TO FIND A CLASS ONE AND A CLASS ONE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, IS ONE THAT GOES TO THE ACADEMY FOR 12 WEEKS, SPENDS 12 WEEKS FOR THE MOST PART IN COLUMBIA.

AND WE DO SOME OF THE TRAINING HERE LOCALLY, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE, UH, HAS TO BE DONE IN COLUMBIA.

AND THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ATTRACT TO BE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS THAT REALLY DON'T WANT TO GIVE UP THEIR LIFE AND THEIR FAMILY TO GO TO COLUMBIA AND GO THROUGH BOOTCAMP TO BE A CLASS ONE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.

SO I HAD OUR TRAINING STAFF PUT TOGETHER A TRAINING SYLLABUS FOR A, WHAT WE CALL A CLASS THREE, UH, AND IT WAS A CLASS THREE DESIGNATION FOR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER.

WHAT THAT DID IS IT ALLOWED US TO CREATE A TRAINING SYLLABUS THAT WE COULD TAKE A PERSON, UM, YOU KNOW, OF, OF ANY AGE, UH, AND THAT WE WOULD BRING THEM INTO LAW ENFORCEMENT ENVIRONMENT, YOU KNOW, WITH BLUFFTON OR BEAUFORT OR PORT ROYAL OR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

UH, AND WE WOULD TRAIN THEM HERE IN BEAUFORT COUNTY.

ALL OF THEIR TRAINING WOULD BE DONE RIGHT HERE.

UH, IT WOULD BE EIGHT WEEKS, MAYBE A LITTLE MORE THAN EIGHT WEEKS OF TRAINING.

UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO START THIS, UH, OUR FIRST CLASS.

WE'D LIKE TO START IT IN JUNE.

UH, THAT WAY WE CAN GET 'EM THROUGH THE PROGRAM AND BE READY FOR DEPLOYMENT, UH, WHEN SCHOOL STARTS IN AUGUST.

UH, I, I THINK IT'S AN AWESOME PROGRAM.

WE, WE, WE SENT THE TRAINING SYLLABUS TO THE ACADEMY THAT TRAINS ALL OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT IN SOUTH CAROLINA.

THEY APPROVED IT, UH, WITH THE BLESSING OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA TRAINING COUNCIL.

SO WE ARE READY TO GET THIS THING MOVING AND GET IT STARTED.

AND I THINK FOR US, UH, WE JUST NEED TO KIND OF TELL OUR CITIZENS, YOU KNOW, WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR? UH, THE ROLE IS SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER.

IT'S A CLASS THREE LAW ENFORCEMENT DESIGNATION.

UH, IT'S A UNIFORM POSITION.

IT'S AN ARMED POSITION.

UH, THEY HAVE ARREST POWERS, UH, AND THEY HAVE ALL THE POWERS OF ANY OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER ON THE SCHOOL GROUNDS, UH, THAT THEY'RE ASSIGNED TO.

SO WHAT DO YOU THINK, JOE, SHERIFF? I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA, AND THANK YOU FOR TAKING LEAD ON THIS.

UM, WE HAVE FOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN BLUFFTON THAT CURRENTLY ARE NOT STAFFED BY CLASS THREE OR HIGHER OFFICERS.

AND I THINK THAT THIS PROGRAM IS GONNA ATTRACT PEOPLE TO THESE POSITIONS AND IT'S GONNA PROVIDE MORE OF A SECURITY BLANKET FOR OUR SCHOOLS TO INCLUDE OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

SO WE'RE DEFINITELY EXCITED ABOUT IT.

WE'RE EXCITED TO BE PART OF IT.

SO THANK YOU.

DALE.

WHO, WHO DO WE WANT TO ATTRACT? I THINK WE'VE GOT A, WE'VE GOT AN ENORMOUS NUMBER OF RETIRED MILITARY FOLKS HERE.

THAT ARE ABLE TO RETIRE FAIRLY YOUNG AND MAY BE LOOKING FOR THAT JOB.

THEY MAY HAVE CHILDREN IN OUR SCHOOLS AND WITH THE, WITH THE PROGRAM THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER.

UM, THEY'LL BE HOME WHEN THEIR CHILDREN ARE HOME, NOT IN SCHOOL.

AND, UM, AND I'VE ALWAYS SAID, YOU AND I HAVE HAD THIS CONVERSATION, SHERIFF, WE, WE NEED TO GET INTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IF WE, IF WE WAITED UNTIL HIGH SCHOOLS WERE TOO LATE.

SO I, IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM.

I'M, I'M GLAD THAT

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YOU TOOK THE LEAD ON IT.

I'M, I'M EXCITED TO SEE IF WE CAN GET SOME PEOPLE IN.

BUT I REALLY THINK THE YOUNG RETIRED MILITARY PEOPLE, OR THEY'RE JUST MADE FOR THIS, YOU KNOW, AND WE'VE GONE THROUGHOUT OUR CAREERS, UH, IN THE COUNTY OF BEAUFORT AND WE'VE HAD CONVERSATION AFTER CONVERSATION WITH DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT SAY, YOU KNOW, I'M RETIRED, I'D LIKE TO FIND SOMETHING TO DO.

AND THEN YOU START TALKING TO 'EM AND THEY'RE A RETIRED TEACHER OR RETIRED LAW ENFORCEMENT, RETIRED FIRE DEPARTMENT, RETIRED MILITARY, RETIRED BANKERS, RETIRED, I MEAN, RETIRED, THIS, THAT, AND THE OTHER.

THEY'RE STILL, STILL AT AN AGE THAT THEY COULD, UM, THEY COULD DO THIS JOB WITH NO PROBLEM AT ALL OF ANY KIND.

UM, AND THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT, THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE.

YES, I'D LIKE TO SEE, UH, THOSE THAT ARE STILL, THAT STILL FEEL LIKE THEY CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE, THAT MAYBE HAVE ALWAYS LOOKED AT LAW ENFORCEMENT AS BEING A JOB, BUT BECAUSE OF THE PAY AND BECAUSE OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE WORKING CONDITIONS AND FAMILIES AND, AND ALL THAT, THEY JUST DIDN'T WANNA DO IT.

BUT HERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO MAKE $45,000 A YEAR STARTING PAY TO WORK BASICALLY THE SCHEDULE OF THE TEACHING AND SUPPORT STAFF OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHICH IS A PRETTY GOOD SCHEDULE.

IT IS, UH, TO HAVE BENEFITS, UH, TO BE IN THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM AND TO BE ABLE TO BRING THEIR MATURITY, UH, THEIR LIFE EXPERIENCE AND, AND YOU KNOW, TO, TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AGE KIDS WHO WILL BENEFIT GREATLY FROM JUST HAVING THAT OPPORTUNITY TO SOCIALIZE AND BE AROUND, UH, THESE FOLKS THAT BRING A LOT TO THE TABLE.

AND I, WE, IN OUR COMMUNITIES, YOU TAKE BLUFFTON AND BEAUFORT AND, AND IN THE COUNTY AND THEN IN PORT ROYAL, THOSE PEOPLE ARE HERE.

THEY ARE.

AND THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THINGS TO DO.

AND I JUST THINK THIS IS AN AWESOME OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO, YOU KNOW WHAT, JUST DO IT KINDA LIKE NIKE.

LET'S JUST DO IT.

UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S, THE TRAINING IS, I THINK THEY'LL ENJOY THE TRAINING.

AGAIN, IT'S ALL DONE RIGHT HERE.

THEY, THEY'LL STAY AT HOME, THEY'LL SLEEP IN THEIR OWN BED, THEY'LL HAVE THEIR OWN PILLOW, AND THEN THEY CAN COME TO TRAINING.

AND ONCE THEY'RE CERTIFIED, UH, THEN THEY'LL START THE SCHOOL YEAR, UH, AUGUST OF THIS YEAR.

SO, I MEAN, I KNOW YOUR COMMUNITY REPRESENTS THAT OPPORTUNITY AS WELL.

YOU KNOW, SO WHAT ELSE, WHAT ELSE DO YOU THINK THIS, UM, THIS PROGRAM'S GONNA DO IN TOTALITY FOR WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH? I THINK, I THINK THIS PROGRAM, ONE WILL BE ABLE TO GET US OVER THE TOP.

I THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET, WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET A POLICE OFFICER IN EVERY SCHOOL IN BEAUFORT COUNTY, WHICH IS IMPORTANT.

A POLICE OFFICER AND I, AND I, AND YOU KNOW, WE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS.

THERE'S A LOT OF TRAINING THAT GOES ALONG WITH THIS JOB.

THERE IS, AND YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT A SECURITY OFFICER.

NO.

THIS IS A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, UH, THAT'S GONNA BE WELL TRAINED, UH, IN THIS.

AND I, I THINK THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT'S, IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

AND I THINK WITH THE YOUNG CHILDREN TARGETING THE RETIREES MM-HMM.

WHETHER THEY'RE RETIRED TEACHERS, RETIRED MILITARY IS IMPORTANT.

THEY'VE GOT THE LIFE EXPERIENCE FOR THE, FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

AND, AND TO GET THAT STARTED OFF.

SO I THINK , HOW, HOW MANY, HOW MANY OPENINGS DO YOU HAVE FOR THIS PROGRAM? FOR THIS PROGRAM? WE, WE ONLY HAVE TWO CURRENTLY.

POSSIBLY A THIRD COMING ON BOARD.

I'VE GOT NINE.

JOE, I HAVE FOUR.

SO I MEAN, IN TOTAL, AND HERE'S THE THING.

IT, IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU WORK AT THE CITY OF BEAUFORT OR THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON, UH, OR PORT ROYAL OR FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

YOU KNOW, WE WANT YOU TO COME TO WORK YES.

IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, TO BE A CLASS THREE SRO.

DOESN'T MATTER WHERE YOU GO, DOESN'T MATTER WHO YOU ARE EMPLOYED BY.

THE PAY IS GONNA BE THE SAME.

THE WORK ENVIRONMENT'S BASICALLY THE SAME.

THERE MAY BE A DIFFERENCE IN UNIFORM THAT YOU WEAR AT THE SCHOOL THAT YOU'RE ASSIGNED TO, UH, THE PAY.

I MEAN, EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE BASICALLY THE SAME.

SO ALL WE WANT PEOPLE TO DO IS PUT THEIR APPLICATIONS IN, GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN AND EXPLAIN THE PROGRAM IN DETAIL.

AND IF YOU REALLY HAVE AN INTEREST IN IT, UH, THEN LET'S, LET'S, LET'S GET STARTED.

WHAT DO YOU THINK, JOE? YEAH.

AND, AND ONE THING THAT I WANT TO HIT ON IS THIS PROGRAM IS IMPORTANT AND, AND REASON BEING IS NONE OF OUR KIDS SHOULD FEEL AFRAID GOING TO SCHOOL.

UM, THEY SHOULD BE GOING TO SCHOOL TO LEARN AND NOT WORRYING ABOUT THEIR SAFETY.

UM, AND WHAT THIS DOES IS THIS PROVIDES ANOTHER LAYER OF SAFETY FOR ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS, ESPECIALLY THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

UM, IT ALSO PROVIDES PEOPLE WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO MENTOR THESE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN.

, UH, AS THEY'RE COMING UP THROUGH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.

AND SO, LIKE THE SHERIFF SAID, IF YOU TRULY WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, UH, THIS IS A POSITION THAT YOU REALLY, REALLY WILL BE MAKING A DIFFERENCE.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.

I JUST HOPE THE APPLICATION START POURING IN.

AND IF YOU GET MORE THAN, THAN YOU NEED THEN AND, AND WE NEED TO GO TO BEAUFORT OR WE NEED TO GO TO, UH, THE, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE OR, OR PORT ROYAL, WE JUST NEED, WE NEED TO PUT THESE PEOPLE

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TO WORK.

WE NEED TO FILL THESE VACANCIES, UH, AND LET'S MAKE OUR SCHOOLS IN BEAUFORT COUNTY AS SAFE AS THEY POSSIBLY CAN.

ABSOLUTELY.

AND I THINK THE UNIQUENESS OF THIS PROGRAM, THESE OFFICERS WILL BE TRAINED BY PEOPLE THAT HAVE CHILDREN IN THESE SCHOOLS.

THEY HAVE THE SAME DESIRES, THE OUTCOMES THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

SO I'M, I'M LOOKING FORWARD, LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.

WELL, I MEAN, THE GREAT THING ABOUT IT IS THAT WE ARE, WE WILL BE DOING THE TRAINING TOGETHER.

IF YOU GET, IF YOU GET, IF YOU HIRE ONE OR TWO AND YOU HIRE FOUR AND YOU KNOW, AND I CAN FILL THE NINE THAT WE NEED, WE'RE ALL GONNA BE TRAINING TOGETHER.

SO THIS IS GONNA BE ONE TRAINING SYLLABUS TO BENEFIT, UH, THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER PROGRAM.

I MEAN, THIS IS GOING TO BE, THIS, THIS PROGRAM IS FOR SOUTH CAROLINA AS A WHOLE.

THIS IS NOT JUST FOR BEAUFORT COUNTY.

BUT I'M EXCITED THAT WE'RE GOING TO START THIS AND INITIATE, YOU KNOW, THE SRO CLASS THREE POSITION HERE IN BEAUFORT COUNTY.

AND WE'RE GONNA SHOW THE STATE IT WORKS.

AND THE GREAT THING ABOUT THE TRAINING TOGETHER, SHERIFF, IS YOU'RE CREATING A NETWORK BEFORE YOU EVEN GET STARTED.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO KNOW PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT SCHOOLS WHERE IF YOU CAN RUN INTO A PROBLEM, YOU HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE THAT YOU CAN CALL AND GET SOME ADVICE OR TALK TO THEM ABOUT THINGS GOING ON IN THEIR SCHOOL AND CURRENT TRENDS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THEIR SCHOOL.

SO IT'S A GREAT COLLABORATION OF ALL THREE DEPARTMENTS IN THE ENTIRE COUNTY GETTING TOGETHER, BECAUSE HAVING THAT NETWORK AND PEOPLE THAT YOU CAN RELY ON FOR ADDITIONAL ADVICE IS INVALUABLE.

WELL, I TELL YOU WHAT I MEAN, I WANT, I WANT PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO, TO MAKE THOSE PHONE CALLS OR GO ONLINE AND RESEARCH, YOU KNOW, UH, JUST THE, THE, THE CLASS THREE SRO, UH, THROUGH ALL AGENCIES.

SO I THINK LINDSEY, IF WE CAN, I MEAN AT THIS POINT, I THINK IF WE PUT THAT INFORMATION ON THIS VIDEO FOR BLUFFTON BEAUFORT, PORT ROYAL, AND THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WEBPAGE AND PHONE NUMBERS, UH, I THINK WE'LL HOPEFULLY WE'LL START GETTING CALLS.

ABSOLUTELY.

THAT SOUND GOOD TO Y'ALL? YES, SIR.

ALRIGHT, LET'S GET IT DONE.

TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSES ARE A RARE, ASTRONOMICAL EVENT, AND IT IS A SPECIAL TREAT IF YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO OBSERVE ONE.

SOLAR ECLIPSES OCCUR ABOUT TWO TO THREE TIMES PER YEAR.

BUT TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSES ONLY OCCUR ABOUT EVERY 18 MONTHS.

AND SINCE THEY'RE ONLY VISIBLE FROM A SMALL AREA ON THE EARTH, THE FREQUENCY OF SOLAR ECLIPSES AT ANY GIVEN PLACE IS QUITE RARE.

ON AVERAGE, A PARTICULAR LOCATION WILL EXPERIENCE A TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE ABOUT ONCE EVERY FOUR CENTURIES.

THE PREVIOUS TIME ANY PART OF THE CONTINENTAL OF THE UNITED STATES EXPERIENCED A TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE WAS IN 1979.

AND THE PREVIOUS TIME A TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE SWEPT ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTRY WAS 1918.

THAT'S WHY THE TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE OF 2017 IS CALLED THE GREAT AMERICAN ECLIPSE.

EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES EXPERIENCES AT LEAST A PARTIAL ECLIPSE, AND MOST OF THE COUNTRY IS WITHIN A DAY'S DRIVE OF THE PATH OF TOTALITY.

LUCKY FOR US HERE IN THE LOW COUNTRY, THE TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE IS RIGHT HERE IN OUR OWN BACKYARD.

THE FACT THAT SOLAR ECLIPSES EVEN OCCUR AT ALL IS SOMEWHAT SERENDIPITOUS.

IT TURNS OUT THAT ALTHOUGH THE SUN IS ABOUT 400 TIMES LARGER THAN THE MOON, THE SUN IS ALSO ABOUT 400 TIMES FURTHER AWAY FROM EARTH.

SO THE SUN AND MOON APPEAR TO BE JUST ABOUT THE SAME SIZE IN THE SKY WHEN CONDITIONS ARE RIGHT.

THIS ALLOWS THE MOON TO JUST COVER UP THE SUN AND CAST

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A SHADOW ON THE EARTH.

AND ECLIPSES WON'T HAPPEN HERE FOREVER.

THE MOON IS ACTUALLY MOVING JUST A FEW CENTIMETERS AWAY FROM THE EARTH EVERY YEAR.

SO AT SOME POINT IN THE DISTANT FUTURE, IT'LL BE TOO FAR AWAY FROM US TO APPEAR TO COVER UP THE SUN.

AND TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSES WILL CEASE TO OCCUR.

SOLAR ECLIPSES OCCUR WHEN THE MOON IS IN THE NEW PHASE AND WHEN THE EARTH, MOON AND SUN LINE UP JUST RIGHT SO THAT THE SHADOW OF THE MOON FALLS ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH.

SO LET'S MODEL HOW THIS HAPPENS.

THIS BALL IS GOING TO REPRESENT THE EARTH.

IT'S ABOUT ONE INCH IN DIAMETER, AND THE EARTH IS ABOUT FOUR MOON DIAMETERS.

SO ON OUR SCALE, THE MOON IS ABOUT ONE QUARTER INCH.

YOU CAN FIT 30 EARTHS IN BETWEEN THE EARTH AND THE MOON.

SO IF THE EARTH IS ONE INCH, THAT MEANS THAT THE MOON AND THE EARTH ARE GOING TO BE 30 INCHES APART.

SO WHEN WE LINE THEM UP JUST RIGHT, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE MOON IS IN THE NEW PHASE.

SO THE SUN IS SHINING ON THE MOON, BUT WE ARE SEEING THE DARK SIDE FROM THE EARTH OVER HERE.

WHEN WE LINE UP JUST RIGHT, THE SHADOW OF THE MOON FALLS ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH.

AND THE PEOPLE IN THAT LITTLE BIT OF SHADOW ARE SEEING A SOLAR ECLIPSE.

THESE ARE NOT THE SUN.

THEY LOOK, THEY'RE YELLOW, BUT THESE ARE THE MOON.

WHAT IS HAPPENING FOR THE PEOPLE RIGHT IN THERE UNDER THAT SHADOW SNOW? IT'S NIGHT IN THE WATER.

HEY GUYS, ECLIPSE IS IN SOUTH AMERICA.

SO IF WE HAVE A NEW MOON EVERY MONTH, WHY DON'T WE HAVE AN ECLIPSE EVERY SINGLE MONTH? AND WE'RE GONNA USE THIS DEMONSTRATION TO SHOW WHY THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN.

UH, THE BEACH BALL IS THE SUN, AND THE STRING IS THE PLANE OF THE EARTH'S REVOLUTION AROUND THE SUN.

THE EARTH'S REVOLUTION AROUND THE SUN IS AT A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ANGLE THAN THE PLANE OF THE MOONS REVOLUTION AROUND THE EARTH.

SO IF THE EARTH IS GOING AROUND ON THE STRING, THE HULA HOOP IS ABOUT FIVE DEGREES DIFFERENT.

AND SO ONLY ON OCCASION DO THE TWO PLANES INTERSECT, AND WE HAVE AN ECLIPSE DURING THE NEW MOON.

A SOLAR ECLIPSE GOES THROUGH STAGES STARTING WITH FIRST CONTACT.

THE FIRST TIME THE EDGE OF THE MOON'S DISC BEGINS TO CROSS IN FRONT OF THE SUN.

AS THE ECLIPSE PROCEEDS, MORE OF THE SUN'S DISC IS OBSCURED.

AND JUST BEFORE TOTALITY, BRIGHT RAYS OF LIGHT CALLED BAILEY'S BEADS APPEAR TO SHOOT OUT FROM THE EDGES OF THE MOONS SHADOW.

THE VERY LAST FLASH OF LIGHT BEFORE THE SUN'S DISC IS TOTALLY OBSCURED.

IT'S CALLED THE DIAMOND RING FLASH.

DURING TOTALITY, THERE'S A DRAMATIC CHANGE IN THE ENVIRONMENT.

THE SKY GOES DARK AS IF IT IS NIGHTTIME STARS AND PLANETS BECOME VISIBLE ALONG WITH THE SUN'S OUTER ATMOSPHERE, WHICH IS CALLED THE CORONA.

THE AIR TEMPERATURE DROPS, AND EVEN ANIMAL BEHAVIOR CHANGES.

AS ANIMALS BECOME CONFUSED, THAT NIGHT HAS FALLEN.

IF YOU GUYS ARE GONNA LOOK AT THE ECLIPSE, YOU HAVE TO USE THESE SPECIAL GLASSES, PUT THEM OVER YOUR EYES, TURN AND LOOK AT THE SUN.

TURN AWAY.

TAKE THEM OFF.