Sep 10, 2024 Bluffton Town Council

THE PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE AFFECTING ALL AGES AND ALL RACES.

OVER HERE, SO THIS IS NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION AWARENESS MONTH.

SUICIDE IS THE 12TH LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH.

IT IS THE SECOND LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, AGES 10 TO 14 AND AGES 25 TO 34.

THE NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION LIFELINE CAN BE REACHED BY DIALING 9 8 8 WORLD SUICIDE PREVENTION DAY IS TODAY SEPTEMBER 10TH.

TO RAISE AWARENESS GLOBALLY, THE TOWN OF LUPTON JOINS THE LOW COUNTRY ALLIANCE FOR HEALTHY YOUTH IN A RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT SUICIDE,

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I MAYOR LARRY TOM ALONG WITH LUPTON TOWN COUNCIL, PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER TO BE SUICIDE PREVENTION AWARENESS.

AND THIS IS FOR YOU GUYS.

YOU WANNA GET A PICTURE? YES.

ARE YOU READY? YEAH, I GOT IT.

THE ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I ASK BOTH LIEUTENANTS COME ON UP.

LIEUTENANT MICHELLE MAYERS AND LIEUTENANT RYAN FKI TO COME ON UP AND, AND BE RECOGNIZED.

I'M GONNA START OFF WITH LIEUTENANT RYAN FKI.

UM, EACH YEAR THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA SENDS EIGHT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO THE NATIONAL FBI ACADEMY LOCATED IN QUANTICO .

UH, AFTER THEY HAVE VERY STRICT GUIDELINES AS WELL AS A REVIEWING PROCESS, AND WE ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT LIEUTENANT ZEKI WAS SELECTED AND WILL BE ATTENDING THE 292ND SESSION OF THE FBI NATIONAL ACADEMY.

HIS ACADEMY STARTS IN A COUPLE WEEKS, SEPTEMBER 28TH, AND HE WILL GRADUATE ON DECEMBER 12TH.

LIEUTENANT ZEKI WILL BE THE THIRD PERSON CURRENTLY EMPLOYED AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHO WILL BE A GRADUATE OF THE PRESTIGIOUS FBI NATIONAL ACADEMY.

HE WILL TRAIN AND FELLOW LAW ENFORCEMENT LEADERS FROM ACROSS THE WORLD.

AND THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF THE TRAINING WILL BE ADVANCED LEADERSHIP AND POLICE CONCEPTS.

PLEASE HELP SPEECH .

UM, SECOND AND AS EQUALLY IMPRESSIVE IS LIEUTENANT MICHELLE MAYERS.

UM, THIS PAST YEAR WE, MICHELLE MAYERS WAS NOMINATED FOR THE 40 UNDER 40 AWARD, WHICH IS A RECOGNITION BY THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHIEFS OF POLICE.

IT RECOGNIZES EXCEPTIONAL LEADERS WITHIN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY UNDER THE AGE OF 40 YEARS OLD EACH YEAR.

IACP RECOGNIZES 40 LAW ENFORCEMENT LEADERS FROM ACROSS THE WORLD WHO HAVE PROVIDED SIGNIFICANT LEADERSHIP TO THEIR COMMUNITIES AND THEIR ORGANIZATIONS.

I'M PROUD TO SAY, UM, AND ANNOUNCED THAT LIEUTENANT MAYERS WAS SELECTED TO, UH, BE ONE OF THE 40 AWARDED THIS YEAR, AND SHE WILL BE GOING UP TO BOSTON, OCTOBER 18TH WITH HER TWO BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS TO RECEIVE THIS PRESTIGIOUS AWARD.

SO HELP ME CONGRATULATE.

THANK YOU ALL FOR, WE'LL MOVE ON TO

[V. ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES]

UM, CEASE.

IS THERE ANY CHANGES OF THE MINUTES? UH, I HAVE NONE UNLESS COUNSEL HAS ANY AMENDMENTS.

THEY WANNA MAKE THE REGULAR MEETING MEETING MINUTES OF EIGHT 13.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? I MOVE.

[VI. PUBLIC COMMENT]

PUBLIC COMMENT.

DO WE HAVE ANY MORE WE HAVE IN TOTAL? DO YOU HAVE MORE DOWN THERE? NO, SIR.

OFFICER, WHICH IS ME AND PERSON WHOSE COMMENTS HAVE BEEN RULED OUT OF ORDER, SHALL IMMEDIATELY CEASE AND DESIST FROM FURTHER IMPROPER COMMENTS.

PLEASE LIST, LISTEN CLOSE WHILE I READ OUR PUBLIC COMMENT RULES.

IF YOU WANNA CALL 'EM THAT DURING PUBLIC COMMENT.

EACH SPEAKER IS LIMITED TO A TOTAL OF THREE MINUTES PER MEETING, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE PERSON IS SPEAKING ON THEIR OWN BEHALF OR AS AN AGENT FOR OTHERS.

MEETING ATTENDEES MAY NOT DONATE, TRANSFER YIELD, OR GIVE ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THEIR SPEAKING TIME TO ANOTHER PERSON.

ALL PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE TO BE CONDUCTED FROM THE PODIUM AND DIRECTED TO THE TOWN COUNCIL AS A WHOLE AND NOT TO ANY MEMBER THEREOF.

ALL SPEAKERS SHALL BE MINDFUL AND RESPECTFUL OF THOSE PARTICIPATING IN OR PRESENT AT THE MEETING.

SPEAKERS SHALL BE EXPECTED TO BE CIVIL IN THEIR LANGUAGE AND SHALL REFRAIN FROM COMMENT OR BEHAVIOR THAT INVOLVES DISORDERLY SPEECH OR ACTION, NAME CALLING, PERSONAL ATTACKS, THREATS, OBSCENE OR INDECENT REMARKS AND OR DISRUPTIVE ACTIONS.

ALL SPEAKERS SHALL CONFINE THEIR COMMENTS TO ISSUES UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE TOWN COUNCIL.

SPEAKERS SHALL NOT USE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD TO PROMOTE OR ADVERTISE AWARDS, BUSINESSES, SERVICES, GOODS, OR CANDIDATES FOR PUBLIC OFFICE.

ANY SPEAKER THAT VIOLATES THESE RULES AND PROTOCOLS FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENT MAY BE RULED OUT OF ORDER BY THE PRESIDING

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THE REFUSAL OF AN INDIVIDUAL TO DECEASED FROM FURTHER IMPROPER COMMENTS MAY SUBJECT THE INDIVIDUAL TO REMOVAL FROM THE MEETING AND OR A CITATION UNDER SECTION TWO DASH FOUR NINE OF THE TOWN CODE.

SO WE'VE GOT A FULL HOUSE HERE TONIGHT.

SO WE START WITH, UH, FIRST ONE TO COME IN.

MS. LYNN GREELEY? YES.

CAN YOU TURN THE MIC UP FIRST BECAUSE I COULDN'T HEAR WHAT ANYBODY WAS SAYING WHEN THEY WERE UP HERE AND I'M SITTING IN THE FRONT ROW.

SPEAK INTO THE MIC AND THEN IT'LL BE FINE.

YOU CAN'T TURN IT UP.

SOME CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME? HEAR YOU? OKAY.

I'M, I'M LYNN GREE.

CAN STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE.

UH, I LIVE IN MOSS CREEK, LYNN GREELEY.

UH, THERE ARE SO FEW PLACES LEFT IN THE WORLD THAT ARE NOT RUINED BY DEVELOPERS AND PEOPLE ON THE TAKE.

BLUFFTON AND HILTON HEAD ARE STILL VERY SPECIAL AREAS, BUT QUICKLY BECOMING LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE WORLD OVERDONE WITH BUILDING 15 MINUTE CITIES, TRAFFIC, BIG BOX STORES AND CHAIN RESTAURANTS, PEOPLE WITH CLASS AND THOSE WHO WANT TO PROTECT NATURE, BEAUTY, AND ARE WAY OF LIFE, ARE THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO SHOULD BE ON THE BOARDS OF THE TOWN.

COUNTY COUNCILS, THOSE WHO STRIVE TO DO EVERYTHING FOR MONEY, END UP RUINING ALL THE PLACES WE USED TO LOVE.

MANY ARE NOW POLLUTED, WHICH IS WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ALL OF OUR WATERWAYS, AND IT IS AFFECTING THE WILDLIFE AND THE WAY PEOPLE MAKE A LIVING HERE.

AS I HAVE SAID MANY TIMES HERE, BLUFFTON AND HILTON HEAD ISLAND SHOULD HAVE A FOREVER MASTER PLAN.

MANY WILL TELL YOU WE DO, BUT IN MY RESEARCH, IT ONLY LASTS FOR FIVE YEARS.

IF YOU WANT TO PROTECT A PLACE, YOU NEED A FOREVER MASTER PLAN.

THIS IS WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY.

YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO WORK FOR US AND VOTE ACCORDING TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS.

WE HAVE ALL NOTICED THAT THIS IS NOT HAPPENING AND MOST OF THE PEOPLE ON THE BOARD SHOULD BE FIRED AND REPLACED WITH PEOPLE WHO LISTEN TO WE, THE PEOPLE WE ARE TELLING YOU TO VOTE ON.

NUMBER THREE, THIS ANNEXATION REQUEST WILL DRAMATICALLY INCREASE THE TRAFFIC ON BOTH THE BLUFFTON AND BUCK WATER BY CONVERTING LAND ZONE SUBURBAN RETAIL AND ADDED 32 ACRES OF GENERAL COMMERCIAL ENTITLEMENTS.

THE ANNEXATION RELIES HEAVILY ON 2007 BLUFFTON PARKWAY TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS THAT ASSUMES A MOVEMENT OF THE INTERSECTION OF THE BLUFFTON PARKWAY AND BUCK WATER PARKWAY INTERSECTION.

THERE'S NO BUCK WATER PARKWAY TRAFFIC ACCESS MANAGEMENT STUDY THAT PROVIDES FOR THE MOVEMENT OF THIS MEDIUM TRAFFIC SIGN.

PLEASE VOTE NO.

UM, WHERE AM I ON MY SPEECH HERE? HOW MANY MINUTES DO I HAVE LEFT? YOU STILL HAVE ONE? OKAY.

I'M GONNA GIVE THE REST TO SKIP HOAGLAND.

WE CAN'T DO THAT.

I'M, I'M NOT GONNA, I'M NOT GONNA TAKE THIS MINUTE AND A HALF FROM HER TONIGHT BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE.

OUT OF RESPECT.

WE'LL DEAL WITH THIS LAW AND THIS RULE ANOTHER TIME.

AND THERE'S MORE TO THIS THAN THAT.

BUT I WILL MAKE MY OWN THREE MINUTES, BUT JUST TO KNOW SHE HAS A RIGHT TO SIGN HER TIME.

ANYBODY IN HERE HAS A RIGHT TO SIGN THEIR TIME UP.

UP NEXT WOULD BE MISSED WITH.

UP NEXT IS KIM CART.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS MA'AM.

I JUST NEED TO PULL UP WHAT I'D LIKE TO, A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS THAT I'D HAVE HERE.

UM, JESUS, MARY JOSEPH, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.

I HAVE A FEW CONCERNS REGARDING THE ANNEXATION OF GRANDI OAKS.

THE TO ONE, THE TOTAL DEVELOPABLE.

YOU CAN'T HEAR ME, NOT NOT TOO GOOD, MAN.

I USUALLY HAVE A BIG MOUTH.

THERE YOU GO.

THE TOTAL DEVELOPMENTAL ACREAGE OF IN GRANDI OAKS IS 27.3435 ACRES.

HOW CAN YOU GRANT 32 ACRES OF COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT IF YOU'RE SUPPOSEDLY PRESERVING ALL THE SURROUNDING WETLANDS? WETLANDS? A 38.157 TOTAL ACREAGE IS 65 5 9 2.

AND THE GRANDI OAKS ANNEXATION COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS SECTION EIGHT, ITEM THREE.

ITEM THREE.

THERE WAS A VERBIAGE THAT SAYS THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION WILL HAVE NO MEASURABLE EFFECT TO THE TRAFFIC ALONG ONE 70.

THE AMOUNT OF DAY-TO-DAY TRAFFIC WOULD REMAIN VERY LOW.

IS ONLY EIGHT DWELLING UNITS WILL BE ADDED TO THE PROPERTY.

HOW CAN YOU SAY THERE'S GOING TO BE NO INCREASE IN TRAFFIC WHEN YOU'RE ADDING 32 ACRES OF COMMERCIAL? IN ADDITION, WHY ARE WE LOOKING AT THE TRAFFIC ON ONE 70 WHEN THE ANNEX PROPERTY SITS NEAR THE CORNER OF BUCK WALTER PARKWAY AND BLUFFTON PARKWAY? WHAT IS THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ON THESE ROADS? ISN'T THAT IMPORTANT? DOES THE TOWN STAND TO GAIN ANYTHING FROM THIS ANNEXATION AND ADDITIONAL COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT BESIDES TAX DOLLARS? WHY IS THIS DEVELOPER CONTINUALLY BEING ALLOWED TO REZONE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY COMMERCIAL? WOULD YOU AGREE THAT TRAFFIC INCREASED FLOODING, NOISE, POLLUTION, AND WETLANDS AND WILDLIFE DESTRUCTION ARE ALL DETRIMENTAL IMPACTS THAT WOULD RESULT FROM POLLUTION AND WETLANDS AND WILDLIFE?

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BUT ON A PERSONAL NOTE, I WANNA SAY BLUFFTON IS EXPLODING.

AND I GET IT.

AND I I KNOW A LOT OF YOU DON'T LIVE ON BUCK WALTER PARKWAY AND A LOT OF US DO, AND I LIVE ON WHERE YOU, THEY WANNA PUT FIVE BI HAVE DEER STARVING IN MY BACKYARD.

WE HAVE RACCOONS THAT ARE DEAD ON THE ROAD.

THERE WAS A DEAD PIG ON ONE 70 FOR A WEEK, AND THERE'S STILL ABOUT FIVE OR SIX DEAD DEER LAYING ALL OVER THE ROAD.

WE HAVE TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT.

WE'RE NOT JUST, IT'S NOT JUST HUMAN BEINGS, IT'S NOT JUST DEVELOPERS.

WE HAVE AN ENVIRONMENT THAT IS, WE'RE A PART OF AND WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT.

I, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES WE HAVE TO COME STAND BEFORE COUNCIL, AND I APOLOGIZE IF I IF I SOUND ANGRY, BUT I I AM.

THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE MORE AND MORE P****D OFF WITH THE DECISIONS THAT YOU'RE MAKING.

EXCUSE MY FRIENDS AND A DEVELOPER THAT YOU SEEM TO BE OKAY WITH WHATEVER HE DOES.

AND HE'S EVEN DONATING 10 OF THE ACRES THAT ARE GOING TO FIVE B THAT THEY WANNA PUT MAJOR DEVELOPMENT ON.

THEY'RE SAYING THEY'RE NOT, WE DON'T NEED A FIVE B, WE NEED YOU TO HEAR US.

WE NEED YOU TO CARE ABOUT US.

WE ARE THE BALDHEADED STEALTH CHILDREN OF BLUFFTON.

WE'RE NOT IN BLUFFTON PROPER, BUT EVERY DECISION YOU MAKE AFFECTS US EVERY DECISION YOU MAKE.

AND WE WERE THE PEOPLE THAT WERE HERE WHEN BLUFFTON WAS JUST THAT ONE SQUARE MILE.

UP UP NEXT WE HAVE SEAN CLARK.

SEAN CLARK.

WE'LL SEE IF IT COMES IN.

UP NEXT IS SKIP HOAGLAND NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE, SIR.

UH, SKIP HOAGLAND WINDMILL HARBOR.

BLUFFTON UNDER SULKIN FINGER DICTORIAL RULE IS LIKE A MINI BANANA REPUBLIC, A KANGAROO COURT, AND A POLICE STATE WRAPPED INTO ONE BLUFFTON.

MAYORS ARE SELECTED, THEY'RE NOT ELECTED.

FEW HAVE EVEN VOTE IN THESE ELECTIONS.

TOWN COUNCIL VOTES IS TOLD.

TOWN MANAGERS DO IS TOLD OR THEY GET FIRED.

A POLICE CHIEF TOLD WHAT TO DO OR HE GETS FIRED.

SHERIFF TANNER WARNED SULCA, STOP BREAKING THE LAW OR YOU'RE GONNA GET YOUR BUTT SUIT OFF BLUFFTON COURT.

JUDGE BUSH TOLD HOW TO RULE AND HE EVEN RULES AGAINST THE RULE OF LAW OR HE GETS FIRED PLUS PROFITING HIS PRIVATE BLUP IN LAW PRACTICE.

THE MOST CORRUPT, CROOKED LAWYER IN BEAUFORT COUNTY IS TERRY FINGER.

HE'S GIVEN US ALL THE OTHER FINGER DRAFTED ILLEGAL CHAMBER CONTRACT.

THE SH HE'S A SHARED DICTATOR WITH SULCA AND NOW REPLACED BY YOU MR. TOMER JUST ACTING AS A PUPPET.

I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, AN OYSTER KNOWS MORE HOW TO RUN A TOWN AND OVER DEVELOPMENT AND YOU'RE AN EMBARRASSMENT FOR ME.

SAL IS A REALTOR AND AND LAWYER FINGER WITH HIS PRIVATE LAW PRACTICE WITH DEVELOPER BUILDER.

REALTOR CLIENTS BOTH BECAME RICH FROM THEIR INSIDE TOWN.

JOBS CONFLICTED FOR 30 YEARS PLUS FINGER OVERCHARGED THOUSANDS IN LEGAL FEES PAID WITH UNLIMITED TAX FUNDS.

HE NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED BY THE FBI.

THESE TOWN DICTATORS ALSO TRIED TO PUT THEIR OWN OFFICIAL GREATER BLUFFTON CHAMBER OUT OF BUSINESS FOR THEIR FRIEND BILL MILES AND THE HILTON HEAD BLUFFTON CHAMBER TO ENRICH HIS POCKETS WITH ILLEGAL USE OF TAX FUNDS.

ILLEGAL CHAMBER CHAMBER MEMBERSHIP DRIVES USING TOWN EMPLOYEES AND A WEBSITE DEVELOPED IN CANADA.

HILTON HEAD ISLAND.ORG AND VISIT BLUFFTON.ORG TO SELL ADVERTISING AGAINST THE IRS NONPROFIT TAX CODES AND A TAX LAWS ROBBING TAXPAYERS BLIND IN BUFORT COUNTY.

BLUFFTON NEEDS TO BE REBUILT FROM THE GROUND FLOOR UP INVESTIGATED BY THE FBI AND A FORENSIC AUDIT OF THIS ENTIRE TOWN ON AGENDA THREE TONIGHT.

NOW THEY WANT TO ANNEX MORE LAND IN THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON TO HELP THE DEVELOPER SULCA AND FINGERS STUFF THEIR POCKETS WITH TOTAL DISREGARD FOR MORE TRAFFIC DESTRUCTION TO SMALL COASTAL TOWN OF BLUFFTON POLLUTION AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

GREED ALWAYS WINS.

I SAY VOTE NO.

WE GOT BRIDGET F FRAZIER'S SHENANIGANS.

WE HAVE A POLICE AND A STEALING A GUN.

WE HAVE MURDOCH $50 MILLION JUDGEMENTS WITH WITH SULCA, UH, WITH JURY TAMPERING.

THIS TOWN IS A MESS.

IT'S IN A TAXPAYER'S CRISIS.

I SAY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH AND YOU MUST ALWAYS SHOW RESPECT TO THOSE WHO YOU WORK FOR, WHO ADDRESS YOU.

WE AS PROFESSIONALS COME HERE TO HELP YOU, TO GUIDE YOU, AND YOU DON'T NEED TO OBTAIN A FALSE SENSE OF KNOWLEDGE OVER THE PROFESSIONALS THAT COME HERE.

YOU NEED TO LISTEN TO THE FACTS.

HOLLOWAY.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

JORDAN HOLLOWAY 10 60 SOUTH INNOVATION DRIVE.

I'M ACTUALLY HERE REPRESENTING THE RETREAT AT GRANDE OAKS HOMER ASSOCIATION AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

UM, WE'RE ACTUALLY NOT IN ANY OPPOSITION TO THE ANNEXATION REQUESTS AND ANY ASSOCIATED

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DOCUMENTS.

HOWEVER, WE ARE IN OPPOSITION TO THE CONNECTION OF SOUTH INNOVATION DRIVE TO THE PARKWAY.

OUR 50 HOME SUBDIVISION, UM, DOES NOT HAVE THE SIDEWALKS OR A SUPER WIDE STREET WIDTH, WHICH THE, UM, UH, CURRENTLY IS NOT A PROBLEM SINCE WE DON'T HAVE ANY CUT THROUGH TRAFFIC.

UM, BUT ONCE THE CONNECTION MADE, ALL OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS SURROUNDING OURS WILL BE USING A PRIVATELY OWNED STREET THAT WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN IN THE FUTURE.

TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE, IF THE FIVE B REALIGNMENT OF THE PARKWAY EVER HAPPENS, THE LIGHT AT THE END OF LAKE POINT DRIVE WOULD BE REMOVED, WHICH FORCES ALL THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS TO USE OUR STREET TO GET TO A SIGNALED INTERSECTION.

AS A 50 HOME SUBDIVISION, WE DO NOT HAVE THE FUNDS TO MAINTAIN A ROAD THAT WOULD RECEIVE THOUSANDS OF TRIPS PER DAY.

AND WE'RE CONCERNED FOR THE SAFETY AND WELFARE OF OUR RESIDENTS SINCE WE DON'T HAVE THE APPROPRIATE STREET SECTION AND WIDTH TO HANDLE THE INFLUX OF TRIPS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

SHARON BROWN.

1 6 3 BUCK ISLAND ROAD.

HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY, UH, TOWN COUNCIL FRAZIER ON SUNDAY.

WHY RECEIVER? TYREEK HILL MIAMI DOLPHINS FOOTBALL WIDE RECEIVER WAS DRIVING TO THE DOLPHINS JACK JACKSONVILLE GAME WHEN STOPPED BY MIAMI-DADE POLICE OFFICERS FOR DRIVING RECKLESS AND WITHOUT A DRIVER'S LICENSE.

HILL WAS PULLED OUT OF THE CAR, DETAINED, HANDCUFFED, AND SLAMMED TO THE GROUND FACE DOWN ON THE PAVEMENT FOR WHAT IS CONSIDERED A TRAFFIC VIOLATION AND MISDEMEANOR IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA FROM THIS MISGUIDED INCIDENT.

IT IS SAD THAT THE VERY PEOPLE WE TRUST TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY USE SUCH UNNECESSARY FORCE AND HOSTILITY TOWARD PEOPLE OF COLOR.

IT IS ALSO HEARTBREAKING AND AGGRAVATING TO WATCH POLICE, POLICE OFFICERS AROUND THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING SOME BLUFFTON OFFICERS, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THEIR POWER AND AUTHORITY WRONGFULLY WHEN THEY STOP PEOPLE OF COLOR.

WHICH LEADS ME BACK TO THE NUMEROUS OVER FIVE EMAILS THAT I HAVE SENT FOR THE COMMUNITY REQUEST TO HAVE A PERSON, A PERSON, PUBLIC COMMUNITY MEETING WITH THE CHIEF OF POLICE TO DISCUSS POLICE PROTOCOL WHEN IT COMES TO TRAFFIC STOPS ARREST, USE OF FORCE, AND CITIZENS COMPLAINTS.

HOW ARE THESE INCIDENTS SUPPOSED TO BE HANDLED PER TOWN? DEMEN DEPARTMENT POLICIES, ONE WOULD THINK THAT THE TOWN POLICE CHIEF WILL WANNA BE OPEN AND EAGER TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY AND PARENTS REGARDLESS OF COLOR OR SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS.

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND TOWN MANAGERS SHOULD NOT GET TO PICK AND CHOOSE WHICH COMMUNITY THEY WILL MEET WITH TO HAVE A PUBLIC CONVERSATION.

TOWN COUNCIL, TOWN MANAGER AND TOWN CHIEF OF POLICE SALARIES ARE PAID BY ALL TAXPAYERS IN THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON REGARDLESS OF RACE.

IN 2020, THE REPORT BY THE CITIZEN TASK FORCE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT ACCOUNTABILITY SHOWED THAT THE DISPARITY THAT EXISTS IN THE BLUFFTON POLICE DEPARTMENTS 319 ARRESTS COMPARED TO THE TOWN'S RACIAL MAKEUP, WHICH WAS BLACK RESIDENTS WERE ONE THIRD OF THE BLUFF THIN POLICE ARREST, BUT ONLY MADE UP OF 7% OF THE POPULATION BLACK MADE UP ONLY 7% OF THE POPULATION TO FAST FORWARD TO 2024.

I WONDER WHAT PERCENTAGES NOW.

THERE ARE NUMEROUS REPORTS FROM RESIDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN STOPPED BY POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFICERS FOR MISDEMEANOR TRAFFIC VIOLATION FELT EITHER MISTREATED, THE ARREST WAS UNNECESSARY AMONGST OTHERS CONCERNS.

SO ONCE AGAIN, FOR THE SIXTH TIME AS A TAXPAYER AND A CITIZEN OF THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON, WE ARE ASKING FOR IN-PERSON MEETING WITH THE CHIEF OF POLICE, THINKING YOU GUYS IN ADVANCE TO HONOR THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE OUR YOUNG PEOPLE OUT HERE DRIVING IF THEY WERE STOPPED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WE WANT TO KNOW AND EDUCATE OUR CHILDREN WHAT IS PROPER PROTOCOL? HOW DO YOU HANDLE YOURSELF? AND WE WOULD THINK THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL WANT TO HAVE A TRANSPARENT AND A BEAUTIFUL RELATIONSHIP WITH ALL PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

JOY.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TONIGHT.

MY NAME IS ERIC REBA.

I LIVE IN THE WOODBRIDGE DEVELOPMENT AND I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF MRS. UH, CO, CO COLE.

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAY HER LAST NAME.

UH, SHE COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY.

HERE WE GO.

ARE WE GONNA ALLOW THAT, I GUESS SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF SOMEONE ELSE LOUDER.

AND SO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS.

SHE COULD MAKE IT.

SHE COULD NOT MAKE IT.

SHE WAS SCHEDULED TO SPEAK.

SHE ASKED IF SOMEONE COULD READ IT FOR HER.

YOU READING SOMETHING THAT SOMEONE ELSE IS PREPARED FOR A RESIDENT? YEAH, IT'S FOR US.

AND I'M, I'M HERE AS A, CAN YOU RESET THE TIME PLEASE? THANK YOU.

I'M HERE AS A RESIDENT OF WOODBRIDGE AND A DIRECTOR ON THE WOODBRIDGE, HOA AS WELL.

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UH, WHO IS PAYING FOR THE NECESSARY INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE POLICE, FIRE, EMERGENCY SERVICES, ET CETERA, THAT WILL BE NEEDED? THE ORIGINAL PUD FOR GANDHI OAKS, WHICH HAD 423 ACRES ONLY FEATURED 121 ACRES OF COMMERCIAL.

THIS IS 28% OF THE TOTAL ACRE.

WHY ARE WE ALLOWING THE PROPO PROPOSED 65 ACRES ANNEXATION TO BE A HUNDRED PERCENT COMMERCIAL? HAVE TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDIES BEEN DONE TO CONSIDER THE INCREASED TRAFFIC, INCLUDING LARGE TRUCK TRAFFIC FROM THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY ALLOWED WITHIN THE ANNEXATION AND REZONING THIS TO IN REZONING THIS TO NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER FROM SUBURBAN LIVING GREEN SPACE IS ENCOURAGED.

ARE YOU GOING TO PRESERVE ANY GREEN SPACE TO OFFSET SOME OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS FROM THE DEVELOPMENT? ALSO IN THE AGENDA PACKET UNDER THE PROPOSED BUCK WALTER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT NUMBER 13, EXHIBIT B AND C ARE BOTH MISSING.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT THESE EXHIBITS ARE AND WHY THEY ARE MISSING? AND LASTLY, ON MY PERSONAL CORD, PLEASE, WE ASK THAT YOU AS A MEMBER OF WOODBRIDGE AND REPRESENTING THE PEOPLE IN WOODBRIDGE, THAT YOU VOTE NO ON FIVE B YES.

PRACTICALLY BEGGING YOU TO VOTE NO ON FIVE B.

AND WHILE THERE MIGHT BE SOME GOOD INTENTIONS WHEN IT COMES TO THIS FIVE B PROJECT, THE ROAD TO HELL IS LITERALLY PAVED WITH GOOD INTENTIONS AND THAT IS UPON THAT IS INTENDED.

SO WE ASK THAT YOU VOTE NO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU DANNY THORNBERG.

BARRY THORNBERRY.

GOOD JOB, THORNBERRY.

WELCOME.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

UH, DANNY THORNBERRY.

I, UM, 3 3 3 GREENLEAF WAY.

I LIVE IN SHAW HALL.

UM, I'M ALSO ON THE BOARD PRESIDENT, BUT I'M HERE REPRESENTING, UM, THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE NOT IN FAVOR OF THIS PRO OF THIS.

IF YOU WOULD SPEAK MIKE OF THIS ANNEXATION AND THE THE FIVE B.

UM, I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.

YOU ARE INCORPORATING THE BLUP AND ACCESS MANAGEMENT PLAN PHASE FOUR INTO THE DEVELOPMENT IZATION AGREEMENT.

THIS WILL ADD FOUR MORE CURB CUTS WITH ADDITIONAL LIGHTS TO THE BLUFFTON PARKWAY.

WON'T THIS MAKE TRAFFIC WORSE ON THE BLUFFTON PARKWAY? GIVEN THAT THE EXISTING PARKWAYS ARE COUNTY OWNED AND OPERATED, SHOULDN'T ACTIONS THAT AFFECT THESE ROADS ALSO BE APPROVED BY THE COUNTY AND THE ACCESS MANAGEMENT PLAN, THE EXISTING DOG LEG AT THE TOWNS OF BUCK WATER IS GOING TO BE REMOVED.

HAVE THE TOWNS OF BUCK WATER BEEN NOTIFIED THAT THEY'RE GOING TO LOSE THEIR LIGHT? WHO'S GONNA PAY FOR THE LIGHT RELOCATION? THE ACCESS MANAGEMENT PLAN DOES NOT ASSUME INCREASED TRAFFIC FROM THE ANNEX ANNEXATION.

SHOULDN'T THE TRAFFIC STUDY THAT IS USED ASSUME THE ANNEXATION.

WHY IS GRAND OAKS GETTING PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT IN THE TYPES OF COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT THEY CAN HAVE? DO DEVELOPERS USUALLY PAY FOR INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS NEEDED TO ENABLE DEVELOPMENT OF A PARCEL OF LAND? WILL THIS BE THE CASE IF FIVE B IS BUILT? WHY IS THERE NO TRAFFIC STUDY WITH THE NEW PROPOSED INFRASTRUCTURE AND INCREASED DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS OPPORTUNITIES THAT FIVE B NECESSITATES THE 2007 BLUFFTON PARKWAY ACCESS MANAGEMENT PLAN ASSUMES FIVE B.

SHOULD THIS BE IGNORED SINCE IT SHOWS FIVE B, WHICH HAS BEEN REPEATEDLY DISAPPROVED? HAVE YOU BEEN FULLY TRANSPARENT IN THE EFFORTS TO PUSH FIVE B ALONG? WHY DO YOU THINK SO FEW PEOPLE IN THE BLUFFTON KNOW ABOUT THIS ROAD AND THE INCREASED DEVELOPMENT AND TRAFFIC THAT IT ENTAILS OVER THE LAST YEAR, THE, THE, THE RESIDENTS OF BUFORT COUNTY HAVE MADE IT CLEAR THAT THEY DO NOT WANT FIVE B.

THE ACCUSATION IS JUST A STEPPING STONE TO GETTING FIVE B APPROVED WHEN FIVE B WAS, YOU KNOW, WAS VOTED ON IN 2013, THERE WASN'T SHAW HALL THERE, YOU KNOW, PINECREST, WOODBRIDGE, ALL THESE OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE, HAVE, HAVE DEVELOPED SINCE THEN.

IS, IS THE TOWN GOING TO TAKE THE EFFECT, THE EFFECTS THAT THOSE HAVE THEM SHELL HALL, UM, AND THE OTHER COMMUNITIES? WE CAN SEE FROM THE LAST STORM THAT WE, THE FLOODING EVERY, ALL THESE COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN FLOODED.

HOW CAN MORE DEVELOPMENT, MORE DEVELOPMENT BE HANDLED WITH, WITH MORE, YOU KNOW, GETTING, UH, GETTING RID OF OUR WETLANDS? I THINK THAT THE, THE TOWN SHOULD REALLY CONSIDER, UM, VOTING NO FOR ANNEXATION AND ULTIMATELY VOTING NO FOR FIVE B.

'CAUSE THE RESIDENTS OF BEAUFORT COUNTY HAVE SHOWN THAT THEY DO NOT WANT FIVE B BUILT AND THEY DO NOT WANT THE ANNEXATION TO, TO, YOU KNOW, TO HELP ONE DEVELOPER.

I THINK THE DEVELOPER WANTS THIS, THIS ROAD TO BE BUILT.

HE SHOULD BUILD IT HIMSELF.

UP NEXT WE HAVE NANCY YORK.

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NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE FOR THE RECORD.

NANCY YORK.

AND I'M IN ROSE HILL, SO IT SHOULD COME TO NO SURPRISE ANYONE LIVING IN THE AREA.

THE CURRENT LAYOUT OF BLUFFTON PARKWAY FROM BUCK ISLAND TO BUCK WALTER PARKWAY, COINCIDENTALLY ENDS AT THE ENTRANCE OF HAMPTON HALL COMMUNITY DEVELOPED BY MR. JOHN REED.

MAKE NO MISTAKE, THIS WAS DONE ONLY TO ENRICH JOHN REED BY PROVIDING THE COMMUNITY WITH DIRECT ACCESS TO HILTON HEAD.

AFTER THE PLAN WAS COMPLETED, MR. BREED BEGAN TO FOCUS ON DEVELOPING THE LAND HIS FIRM OWNS, WHICH IS NORTH OF THE CURRENT BLUFFTON PARKWAY LAYOUT.

IT WAS AND CURRENTLY IS ONLY TO RICH ENRICH HIS OWN POCKETS.

ONCE AGAIN, HE WILL GREATLY PROFIT FROM SELLING HIS LAND TARGETED FOR THIS FIVE B PROJECT BETWEEN THE BUCK ISLAND AND BLUFFTON PARKWAY TO DEVELOPERS, CITIZENS HAVE SPOKEN OUT IN OPPOSITION AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN.

HERE WE GO AGAIN.

EVEN AFTER THE BEAUFORT COUNT, BEAUFORT COUNTY COUNCIL FAILED TO SUPPORT IT.

YOU CAN CONTINUE TO PUT ADDITIONAL STYLISH MAKEUP ON THIS PIG AS YOU'VE BEEN DOING SINCE 2011.

BUT THIS IS STILL THE SAME PIG LOOKING TO GET FATTER BY STUCKING IT WITH, UH, STUFFING IT WITH SPECIAL INTEREST MONIES.

THIS IS NOTHING MORE THAN ANOTHER PRIVATE PROFITEERING SCHEME DISGUISED AS IMPORTANT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT.

ANYONE WITH A MIND CAN SEE THROUGH THIS ONE.

SO LET'S JUST SLAUGHTER THIS PIG FOR ETERNITY AND DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND ITS RESIDENTS.

AND VOTE NO FOR THIS FIVE B.

NEXT WE HAVE DEREK BOLDEN.

HOW Y'ALL DOING TODAY? DERRICK BOLDEN 17 BALLFIELD ROAD.

UM, I'M JUST HERE BASICALLY HAVING SOME QUESTIONS.

UM, I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE ALLOWED, UM, STANLEY MARTIN TO BUILD THE DEVELOPMENT ON THE BALLFIELD ROAD AND THAT HAS COME TO SOME PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT THEY'VE BEEN ACTUALLY BEEN USING PRIVATE ROAD TO MOVE DIRT.

A LOT OF TRAFFIC HAD COMING IN AND OUTTA THAT ROAD.

UM, I REACHED OUT TO ROBERT HUNT, WHO WAS THE DEVELOPER OF THAT.

MR. HUNT CAME BACK AND SENT ME AN EMAIL, SAID THAT THE COUNTY HAS THE RIGHT TO BALLFIELD ROAD.

THEY PUT SIDEWALKS ON THAT ROAD.

SO I DID MY RESEARCH.

THE TOWN DOESN'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO THAT ROAD AND THE COUNTY DOES NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO THAT ROAD.

NO ONE HAS SHOWN ME ANY DOCUMENTS THAT THEY HAVE RIGHTS TO THAT ROAD, BUT THEY'RE STILL ALLOWING THAT DEVELOPER IN THAT COMMUNITY TO USE PRIVATE PROPERTY AS A ACCESS FOR THEIR ROAD, WHICH WE DON'T BELIEVE ON BUCK ISLAND ROAD OR BALLFIELD ROAD THAT IS RIGHT TO US.

AND WE WANT TO KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, THE COUNCIL PEOPLE, WHAT ARE Y'ALL DOING TO HELP US ON BALLFIELD ROAD TO SOLVE THAT ISSUE WITH THE TRAFFIC THAT'S GOING TO BE IN AND OUTTA THAT ROAD? THANK YOU.

IN A PROPER LEARNING ENVIRONMENT? SO IT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED STRONGLY.

NEXT, FRANK, BARB, BE YOUR, UH, I CAN'T ANYTHING CLOSE.

WELCOME.

IF YOU'LL STATE YOUR NAME FOR HER.

FRANK BARBIER, 71 40 COURT, HAMPTON LAKE.

UM, I'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE ADDRESSING THESE SITUATIONS AND I THINK IT'S, I'VE BEEN TO MEETINGS WHERE THEY TALKED ABOUT, OH, THESE, UH, UH, PUBLIC, UH, PUDS DEVELOPMENT THINGS AND THEY SHOULD BE ADHERED TO.

THEY WERE DEVELOPED 25 YEARS AGO.

MAYBE IT'S TIME TO LOOK AT 'EM AGAIN.

BUT CERTAINLY WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS IMPACT IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE MOVING INTO THIS AREA.

I THINK IT BEHOOVES YOU ALL TO CONSIDER THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO FALL BEHIND WITH POLICE PROTECTION WITH FIRE SCHOOLS.

I MEAN KIDS GOING INTO THESE MAKESHIFT ROOMS, AS IN QUICK ANSWER.

OKAY, BUT WHAT IS THE LONG TERM? I'VE NEVER SEEN ONE ARTICLE OR ONE THING PRESENTED AS TO WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO TO GET THESE CHILDREN

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IF YOU ARE CHANGING THE RULES, THEN WHY DO WE HAVE THOSE PUDS? YOU HAVE IT SET A CERTAIN WAY TO PROTECT THE COMMUNITY.

AND THEN BUILDERS COME IN AND, OH, WE WANT THIS CHANGE.

THIS CHANGE.

OKAY, YOU WILL HAVE THAT CHANGE.

YOU CAN HAVE THAT CHANGE, EXCUSE ME.

AND THAT IS WHAT LEADS TO THE DISASTER.

AND AS MANY HERE HAVE SAID BEFORE, WE ARE CONFRONTED WITH A PROBLEM.

THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.

IT'S AFFECTING THE SCHOOLS AND THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND I THINK THAT WE SHOULD TAKE NOTE OF THAT DOWN THE LINE 'CAUSE IT AFFECTS EVERYBODY.

UH, MOVE ON TO COMMUNICATIONS FROM MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENT AND WE'LL,

[VII. COMMUNICATIONS FROM MAYOR AND COUNCIL]

MR. WOOD.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, I'LL NORMALLY PREPARE A COMMENT, BUT I DID THIS EVENING.

AND BEFORE I BEGIN, LET ME CLEARLY STATE I SPEAK FOR NO COUNCIL PERSON AT THIS TABLE.

MY VIEWS ARE MINE ALONE.

I WANTED TO SPEAK BRIEFLY REGARDING THE CONCERNS SOME OF YOU HAVE WITH FIVE B.

THIS MUNICIPALITY, LIKE EACH OF THE ONES IN BEAUFORT COUNTY, WAS APPROACHED ABOUT SUPPORT FOR THE TRANSPORTATION PENNY SALES TAX REFERENDUM.

THE HISTORY OF FIVE B GOES BACK TO 2006 WHEN IT WAS SUPPORTED BY ANOTHER TRANSPORTATION PENNY SALES TAX, WHICH PASSED WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE VOTERS.

IT WOULD TAKE TOO MUCH TIME TO GO THROUGH THE WHOLE HISTORY OF THIS ROAD BETWEEN BLUFFTON AND BEAUFORT COUNTY IN THE LAST YEAR.

ORIGINALLY, FIVE B WAS SUPPOSED TO BE PART OF THE NEW TRANSPORTATION TAX DISCUSSION, AS WE KNOW, WITHOUT DISCUSSING WITH OUR COUNCIL, BEAUFORT COUNTY COUNCIL WITHDREW ITS SUPPORT FOR POLITICAL REASONS.

EXCUSE ME, SORRY.

HITTING MY HEARING AIDS.

I'LL TRY TO GO ON.

UM, SO ANYWAY, UM, THUS COUNTY DECIDED TO DICTATE TO THE TOWN IT WAS REMOVING ITS SUPPORT IN HOPES THAT IT WAS REMOVING ITS SUPPORT IN HOPES THAT REMOVING IT MAY HELP THE 2024 REFERENDUM PASS.

THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A JOINT STUDY TO DETERMINE IF FIVE B WAS WARRANTED.

THE COUNTY DECIDED IT WAS IN THEIR BEST INTEREST TO NOT KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION.

WITH THIS SAID, THE TOWN DECIDED TO FUND A PROFESSIONAL STUDY OF FIVE B SO WE COULD GARNER THE FACTS TO DETERMINE ITS VIABILITY.

A STUDY, NOT A POLITICAL PUNDITS OR NAYSAYERS, BUT THOSE WHO CAN SPEAK TO THE QUESTION IN A PROFESSIONAL TECHNICAL SENSE.

TO MY KNOWLEDGE, NO ONE ON THIS COUNCIL HAS VOICED AN OPINION FOR OR AGAINST THIS ROAD.

FOR THOSE OF YOU OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER THE DETECTIVE ON THE TV SHOW DRAGNET, HE USED TO SAY JUST THE FACTS, MA'AM, JUST THE FACTS.

THAT IS ALL I WANT.

WHILE THE COUNTY AND THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON DO MANY GREAT PROJECTS TOGETHER, THIS IS ONE NOT, THIS IS NOT ONE OF THEM.

THIS TOWN COUNCIL DOES NOT REPRESENT DISTRICTS OR PRECINCTS.

WE ARE ALL ELECTED AT LARGE AND WE EQUALLY REPRESENT OUR 40,000 CITIZENS.

WHEN THE STUDY COMES BACK, IT WILL BE SHARED OPENLY WITH EVERYONE IN OUR TOWN.

WHILE I HAVE MANY FRIENDS ON BEAUFORT COUNCIL, THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO DO WHAT THEY HAVE CHOSEN TO DO REGARDING THE REFERENDUM.

EVEN IF I DISAGREE, THE FIVE B STUDY THAT OUR TOWN HAS CHOSEN TO CONDUCT WILL COME OUT AFTER THE NOVEMBER VOTE .

IT IS DUE BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

THE MORE INFORMATION THAT WE ALL HAVE, THE BETTER DECISIONS WE ALL CAN MAKE.

I CANNOT IN GOOD CONSCIENCE, VOTE FOR A PENNY SALES TAX WITHOUT KNOWING ANYTHING OR EVERYTHING NEEDED TO MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION.

MY PREFERENCE AS A VOTER IS TO WAIT ANOTHER TWO YEARS, GIVE THE NEW ADMINISTRATION TIME TO BECOME ACCLIMATED TO ITS NEW ROLE.

TAKE THIS TIME TO BUILD SOME OF THE PROJECTS FROM THE 2018 TRANSPORTATION REFERENDUM.

THE CITIZENS HAVE ASKED ABOUT USE THIS TIME FOR THE COUNTY TO REGAIN THE TRUST THAT IT HAS EGREGIOUSLY LOST AND BE PATIENT AND ALLOW THE FIVE B STUDY TO EMERGE.

SO YOU AND I CAN SHARE JUST THE FACTS.

IT WILL BE MADE

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AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE FOR THESE REASONS, I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING THE 2024 TRANSPORTATION PENNY SALES TAX REFERENDUM.

THANK YOU MR. WOOD.

MR. FRAZIER.

THANK YOU MAYOR TOMAR DO HAVE TWO THINGS.

I WANTED TO FIRST THANK, UM, TOWN STAFF, UH, ESPECIALLY LINDY AND HER TEAM FOR AN AMAZING INAUGURAL CONCERT SERIES THAT WE HAD, UH, LAST WEEK.

IT WAS A GREAT TURNOUT, GREAT EVENT, UH, GREAT PARTICIPATION, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, CELEBRATING WITH MANY MORE.

AND THOSE WHO DID NOT COME.

UH, PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR THE NEXT ONE.

YOU DEFINITELY WOULD ENJOY YOURSELVES.

UM, AND JUST WANTED TO, TO READ OR ADD AN ADMONISHMENT TO, UM, ALL OF US IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A, A CLIMATE THAT'S BEEN GOING ON IN OUR COMMUNITY ABROAD, AND WE ALL HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY AND BELONG TO THIS COMMUNITY.

AND, UM, JUST WANTED TO OFFER SOME SEDIMENTS FOR US TO THINK ABOUT.

I JUST WANTED TO IMPLORE THOSE WHO ARE PRESENT AND THOSE WATCHING ONLINE, THAT GOVERNMENT SHOULD NEVER BE MANAGED THROUGH HYSTERIA, MISINFORMATION, AND FABRICATION.

TO SOW MISTRUST IN GOVERNMENT WITHOUT MERIT.

FINDING IT TO BLAME FOR EVERY PROBLEM, BUT NEVER LOOKING TO IT FOR SOLUTIONS IS A WAY TO ENSURE THE DESTRUCTION OF A BALANCED COMMUNITY IN A PROGRESSIVE, EQUITABLE SOCIETY.

KEYBOARD WARRIORS AND CYBER BULLIES OFFER NO RATIONAL SOLUTIONS TO SOLVE THE ISSUES PLAYING OUR COMMUNITY AND ARE HARDLY EVER PRESENT WHEN IT'S TIME TO FIX THEM.

I IMPLORE MY COLLEAGUES AND ALL COMMUNITY LEADERS AS WELL AS RESIDENTS TO LEAD WITH FACTS, FORESIGHT, AND THE COLLECTIVE WELLBEING OF EVERYONE IN MIND TO NEVER LEAD WITH FAIR HATE AND THE OPINIONS OF FACTIONS.

GOVERNMENT WORKS WHEN EVERYONE WORKS TOGETHER, WHEN WE'RE ALL INFORMED WITH THE FACTS FOR OURSELVES AND NOT EASILY PERSUADED BY SENSATIONALISM IN THE OPINIONS OF OTHERS.

IF YOU DON'T KNOW SOMETHING, SEEK THE EXPERT FOR THE ANSWER AND NOT THE PERSON WHO WILL CONFIRM YOUR INACCURACIES, CONVENIENT OUTRAGE ON THE ISSUES ONLY YOU CARE ABOUT.

BUT AUDIBLE SILENCE ON THE ONES YOU DON'T ARE CONTRARY TO ANYONE'S DESIRE TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

WE WELCOME THE PRESENCE OF CITIZENS NOT ONLY AT TOWN COUNCIL MEETINGS, BUT PUBLIC WORKSHOPS, PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS, AND ANYTHING ELSE.

BEING LOUD DOESN'T MAKE ANYBODY RIGHT, BUT BEING FACTUAL, RESPONSIBLE, AND INFORMED DOES, AND ANYTHING THAT COMES ACROSS.

UH, COUNCIL, WE ALSO DON'T WANT ANYONE TO UNDERMINE THE WORK OF STAFF, AND I DO COMMEND THEM FOR THE TIME AND EFFORT.

THEY, ALONG WITH OUR COMMISSIONS, PUT INTO, UM, PREPARING INFORMATION THAT KEEPS US TRANSPARENT.

SO IT MIGHT BE A THOUSAND PAGE DOCUMENT OR 40 PAGE DOCUMENT.

THE INFORMATION IS THERE AND EVERYONE HERE HAS MADE THEMSELVES ACCESSIBLE, NOT ONLY ON ISSUES THAT WE MAY SEE TODAY, BUT ANYTIME YOU WANNA KNOW SOMETHING, UM, WE SHOULD NEVER BE AFRAID TO SEEK THEM OUT TO GET THOSE ANSWERS AND AVOID JUST GIVING INTO SENSATIONALISM BECAUSE IT DOES NOT HELP ANY OF US.

IF YOU WANNA KNOW SOMETHING, PLEASE SEEK OUT THE FACTS OF THE MATTER BEFORE YOU MAKE, UH, AN INFORMED DECISION.

, SO I WISH THEY HAD PUT THAT OUT, THAT WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT FIVE B TONIGHT.

UM, MR. STERN, UM, I'LL BE VERY BRIEF BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LOT TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT, BUT I JUST, I WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING.

I THINK IT SHOWS HOW MUCH YOU TRULY DO CARE ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, AND SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO STAY INVOLVED WITH THIS.

UM, I THINK THAT THERE HAS BEEN A MISREPRESENTATION ABOUT WHAT WE ARE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT REGARDING FIVE B.

UM, WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE BUILDING OF FIVE B.

THAT IS NOT, UM, WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.

THIS IS ABOUT A FIVE B RIGHT AWAY DONATION, UM, THAT IS ACTUALLY ALREADY LEGALLY OBLIGATED, UM, BY UNIVERSITY INVESTMENTS FROM A DOCUMENT FROM 2011.

UM, I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO STAY AND LISTEN TO THE PRESENTATION, UM, IN OUR COMMENTS AND NOT JUST LEAVE NOW, BUT STAY FOR THIS AND, AND YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT IT AND I WILL DEFINITELY HAVE MORE COMMENTS, UM, ON THIS AT THAT TIME.

THANK YOU, MR. EXCUSE ME.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT AND TO SHARE SOME OF YOUR CONCERNS.

UM, UNFORTUNATE YOU CAME THE WRONG NIGHT.

YOU'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT FIVE B .

UM, SO YEAH, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT YOU WERE GIVEN THE WRONG INFORMATION AND, UM, AND, UM, AND IF I MAY APOLOGIZE FOR, FOR OUR STAFF OR OUR TOWN MANAGER, NOT, NOT PUTTING THAT OUT IN THE, IN THE OPEN ONCE WE FOUND OUT THAT WE KNEW YOU WERE COMING

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FIVE B UM, IS REALLY NOT A BLUFFING TOWN COUNCIL MAIN AGENDA.

TOTALLY.

I MEAN, TOTALLY.

WE HAVE NO DESIRE AS A FULL COUNCIL TO SAY FIVE B IS SOMETHING THAT IS DEFINITELY GOING TO HAPPEN.

UH, I I ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF COUNCILMAN UM, WOOD THAT AS THE STUDY HAS BEEN, IS BEING DONE, AND WE ALL SHOULD BE A PART OF HOW THAT, HOW THAT INFORMATION IS, IS DISSEMINATED BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOUR THOUGHTS IS INCLUDED IN THIS STUDY.

UM, THERE'S SO MANY MOVING PARTS TO HOW WE GROW AS A COMMUNITY AND WHEN WE COMBINE ALL OF OUR THOUGHTS AND OUR NEEDS FOR, OR COMMUNITY, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S VASTLY GROWING AS BLUFFTON IS.

WE, WE DESERVE TO HAVE FACTS, NOT SCARE TACTICS, NOR WHAT HAPPENS IN YOUR BACK DOOR.

IT HAVE TO BE A COM, AN EFFORT THAT SUP THAT SUPPORT THE GREATER NEED OF ALL OF BLUFFTON.

AND, AND ALL OF BLUFFTON IS NOT HERE TONIGHT, BUT YOU CAN HELP GET THAT INFORMATION TO THE RIGHT, UM, PEOPLE THAT ARE INVOLVED SUCH AS, UM, THE COUNTY WHO IS, IS SUPPOSED TO HEAD UP THIS, THE STUDY AS WELL AS ALL OF THE LEADERS HERE TONIGHT.

NOW IT'S IMPORTANT, AND I, AND I CAN'T, CAN'T EXPRESS THIS ENOUGH, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU STAY INVOLVED.

KEEP YOUR HANDS ON THE PULSE, UNLESS ALL MAKE SURE THAT WE DO THE RIGHT THING FOR ALL OF BLUFF.

I ALSO WANT, UM, STEVEN AND HEATHER TO GET WITH DERRICK BOLDEN TO DISCUSS BALLFIELD ROAD.

HE HAS BEEN ASKING ABOUT THIS FOR MONTHS, AND AT THIS POINT WE HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO SHARE WITH HIM, RIGHT? TO GET HIM ON THE RIGHT TRACK.

SO, DERRICK, OUR TOWN MANAGER HERE IS STEVEN.

STEVE AND HEATHER RIGHT THERE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU THE SUPPORT THAT YOU NEED.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

FORMAL AGENDA ITEMS, CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SENATE OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON AND REED COMMERCIAL PARTNERS.

UM, I JUST WANNA START BY SAYING THANK YOU GUYS FOR COMING OUT.

IT'S A LOT.

I FEEL A LOT MORE ACCOMPLISHED WHEN I HAVE PEOPLE EXPRESSING THEIR OPINIONS, WHETHER WE AGREE OR NOT ON ISSUES.

WE NEED YOUR VOICES TO HELP US DO A BETTER JOB.

THERE'S NOT ONE PERSON UP HERE THAT, AS YOU MAY GET, AS WE MAY HEAR, WE'RE LIARS, WE'RE THIEVES, WE'RE CROOKS, WE'RE GETTING RICH, WE'RE STEALING PEOPLE'S LAND.

WE'RE DOING, FORGET IT.

THAT IS JUST TOTALLY UNTRUE.

BULL.

COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS AND HELP US AND HELP US REALIZE THAT IF YOUR PROPERTY HAS RIGHTS FOR YOU TO DO, I MEAN, IF YOU OWN A PIECE OF PROPERTY AND YOU'RE PAYING TAXES ON IT AND YOU WANT TO BUILD A GREENHOUSE OR A PINK HOUSE, WHO ARE WE TO TELL YOU THAT YOU CAN'T UTILIZE YOUR PROPERTY IF IT'S IN THE PROPER ZONING AND IF YOU GO THROUGH THE PROPER CHANNELS? SO WE CAN'T LEGALLY STOP, AND NOR WOULD I WANT TO BE A PART OF CONTROLLING PEOPLE LIKE THAT, THAT HAVE A, A BUY RIGHT TO DO SOMETHING WITH THEIR PROPERTY.

IT MAY NOT BE WHERE WE WANT IT TO GO, BUT WE, THAT'S OUR TOUGH JOB.

IT'S TOUGH.

SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO AGREE TO THINGS THAT WE DON'T LIKE BECAUSE ALL IT'S GONNA DO IS END UP IN A LAWSUIT AND WE'D BE SPENDING TAX MONEY, TAXPAYERS MONEY FIGHTING A LAWSUIT INSTEAD OF BUILDING PARK AND PUTTING IN PLAYGROUNDS.

SO STAY INVOLVED, SPEAK YOUR MIND.

I'M WIDE OPEN TO LISTEN TO ANYBODY.

AS LONG AS YOU'RE CIVIL, I'D LOVE TO HEAR YOUR OPINION ON ANY ISSUE THAT YOU'D LIKE.

SO AGAIN, THANKS FOR BEING HERE.

NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO

[VIII.1. Consideration of an Ordinance Authorizing an Economic Development Incentive Agreement Between the Town of Bluffton and Reed Commercial Partners. Second and Final Reading - Chris Forster, Assistant Town Manager]

SECOND AND FINAL READING, MR. FORSTER.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

UM, AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS IS SECOND AND FINAL READING.

UM, AS A REMINDER, THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT MOTIONS IN THIS.

SO WE'LL GO OVER EACH MOTION INDIVIDUALLY.

UM, THERE WAS ONLY ONE, UH, COMMENT FOR CHANGE, UH, FROM THE FIRST READING, AND THAT WAS FROM COUNCILMAN WOOD, UH, REGARDING MAKING SURE THAT THE GRAND AGREEMENT HAD A PROVISION IN THERE THAT'S TO SPECIFIED THAT, UM, THEY WOULD ONLY GET A PERCENTAGE OF THE GRANT BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF LEASE SPACE

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THAT IS FALLS WITHIN THE ELIGIBLE BUSINESSES ACCORDING TO OUR ORDINANCE.

UH, SO THAT HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE, THE, UH, GRANT AGREEMENT.

AND, UH, WITH THAT, UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I CAN ANSWER THOSE QUESTION DISCUSSION.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND AND FINAL READING OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE TOWN MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON AND REED, COMMERCIAL PARTNERS, LLC FOR THE RAIDER DRIVE, COMMERCIAL FLEX BUILDING DEVELOPMENT.

SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

TO CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCES RELATED TO THE PROPERTY OWNED BY GREEN, WE HAVE THE SECOND, SECOND ITEM HERE.

OH, WHERE'S THE SECOND ONE? UH, B UH, B ONE B OH, A SECOND MOTION.

THAT'S CORRECT.

APOLOGIZE, I DIDN'T EVEN SEE THAT.

I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SECOND AND FINAL READING OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE TOWN MANAGER INSTITUTE IN AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GRANT, UM, AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF BLUFF AND THE REED COMMERCIAL PARTNER, LSE FOR THEIR OFFICES AT HAMPTON LAKES DEVELOPMENT.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.

FOR ITEM TWO, CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCES RELATED TO THE PROPERTY OWNED BY GRANDY OAKS, LLC AND UNIVERSITY INVESTMENTS LLC CONSISTING OF 65.592 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE BUFFALO WALTER PARKWAY AND LAKE POINT DRIVE INTERSECTION AND TO THE WEST OF THE RETREAT AT GRAND OAKS AND BEARING BEAUFORT COUNTY TAX MOUNT NUMBERS R 6 0 0 DASH 0 2 9 DASH 0 0 0 DASH 0 0 1 4 DASH 0 0 0 0 PORSCHE AND R 6 0 0 DASH 0 2 9 DASH ZERO ZERO DASH 24 0 DASH 0 0 0.

HOW WE CAN GO ON

[VIII.2. Consideration of Ordinances Related to Property Owned by Grande Oaks, LLC and University Investments, LLC Consisting of 65.592 Acres, More or Less, Located at Southwest Corner of the Buckwalter Parkway and Lake Point Drive Intersection and to the West of the Retreat at Grande Oaks, and Bearing Beaufort County Tax Map Nos. R600-029-000-0014-0000 (Portion) and R600-029-000-2410-0000. First Reading - Kevin Icard, Director of Growth Management ]

MR. ICART, MAYOR AND COUNSEL, IF I COULD BEFORE, UM, KEVIN STARTS HIS PRESENTATION, UM, I DID CONFER WITH COUNSEL FOR THE APPLICANT TODAY, UM, EARLIER TODAY, AND THEY HAVE CONFIRMED TO ME THAT THEY ARE REDUCING THEIR REQUEST FROM COMMERCIAL ACREAGE FROM 32 DOWN TO 28.

SO, UM, I I BELIEVE I, I, WELL, I'VE SHARED THAT INFORMATION WITH KEVIN.

UM, I KNOW COUNSEL IS GENERALLY AWARE OF THAT, BUT I WANTED TO CONFIRM ON THE RECORD THAT THEY HAVE INDICATED THAT THAT IS THEIR REQUEST AT THIS TIME.

GREAT.

UM, THANK YOU MR. FINGER.

UH, THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UH, UH, WE ARE HERE THIS EVENING FOR, THIS IS FOR THE FIRST READING OF THE, UM, THE ANNEXATION REQUEST.

UM, AND, AND JUST TO, UH, I WANT TO MAKE SURE TO KEEP EVERYONE IN A, IN A HOLISTIC VIEW HERE, THERE ARE A TOTAL OF SIX DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS.

UH, SO AT THE END OF THIS PRESENTATION, AT THE END OF DISCUSSION, UH, WHEN YOU GUYS MAKE A DECISION, THERE WILL BE SIX SEPARATE MOTIONS, UH, THAT WILL NEED TO BE VOTED ON.

SO, UM, I'M TRYING TO, TRYING TO KEEP THIS, UH, COLLECTIVELY TO, TO KEEP EVERYONE ON TRACK.

UM, I DID PROVIDE A COPY, A PAPER COPY OF THIS PRESENTATION TO YOU, UH, THAT WAY IN CASE YOU NEED TO MAKE ANY NOTES.

UH, FEEL FREE TO, UM, DO THAT AND, AND LET ME KNOW, UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

SO, SO THE SIX SET, UM, APPLICATIONS THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE IN FRONT OF YOU.

THE FIRST ONE IS THE ACTUAL AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

UH, AND THAT'S THE PROPOSAL TO CHANGE THE F FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION FROM SUBURBAN LIVING TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, CENTER.

UH, THE SECOND ONE IS THE TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE BUCKWALTER, UH, PUD DOCUMENT.

WHAT THAT DOES IS TO ACTUALLY CREATE A NEW LAND USE TRACK, WHICH WILL BE REFERRED TO AS THE GRAND OAKS COMMONS LAND USE TRACK.

UH, AFTER THAT IS THE ACTUAL, UH, ANNEXATION REQUEST, AND THAT'S THE SUBJECT PROPERTIES, UM, THAT HAS BEEN DESCRIBED, UM, BEFOREHAND.

UM, FROM THERE IS THE, UM, THE ZONING MAP AMENDMENT.

AND WHAT THAT DOES IS, I'LL EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL, IS TO, TO PHYSICALLY CHANGE THE MAP, UM, TO SHOW THESE PROPERTIES BEING INCORPORATED, UH, INTO THE TOWN LIMITS.

AND, UH, THE PART OF THE PUD FROM THERE IS THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, UH, AND IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, UM, IS TO, UM, THE DESIGNATION OF THAT GRANDE OAKS LAND USE TRACK, UM, THE ADDITIONAL 28 ACRES, WHILE IT SAYS 32 ON HERE, UM, AS JUST STATED, IT WOULD BE 28 ACRES OF GENERAL COMMERCIAL RIGHTS.

AND THEN THE, UH, FINAL APPLICATION IS TO AMEND THE CONCEPT PLAN, UH, AND THAT IS TO INCLUDE THE LAND USE TRACK AS WELL AS THE ACREAGE, UM, ONTO THE, THE MAP ITSELF.

UH, ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND INFORMATION AS STATED IS THE 65, UH, 0.592 ACRES, UH, 27 UPLANDS,

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38 WETLANDS.

UH, AND IT'S CURRENTLY IN THE COUNTY.

UM, RIGHT NOW IT HAS A CELL TOWER ON IT.

THAT'S THE ONLY, UH, USE THAT'S ON THAT PROPERTY.

UH, FROM A VICINITY MAP.

HERE YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTIES ARE, UM, I WOULD SAY HIGHLIGHTED ARE SHADED, UH, GRAY COLOR, UH, AND OUTLINED IN RED AERIAL VIEW.

HERE YOU CAN SEE, UM, OUTLINED IN YELLOW, UM, JUST WHERE THE PROPERTY'S LOCATED.

UH, THIS IS OUR BOUNDARY MAP.

UH, AGAIN, UH, DURING THAT REZONING PROCESS, PORTION OF IT, THAT MINT GREEN COLOR, UH, WOULD THEN COME DOWN AND INCORPORATE INTO THOSE TWO UH, PARCELS.

ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND INFORMATION, THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY IN THAT GRAND OAKS, PUD.

UH, THESE ARE SOME OF THE USES THAT ARE CURRENTLY ALLOWED IN THAT VILLAGE, UH, COMMERCIAL.

UNDER THE B ONE.

HERE'S A COPY OF THE MASTER PLAN FOR GRANDI OAKS.

AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE, THE COMMERCIAL VILLAGE PROPERTIES, UM, THE ONES THAT ARE BEING REQUESTED ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN RED.

UH, ONE OF THE, THE QUESTIONS THAT HAD, HAD COME UP, UM, DURING THIS PROCESS WAS, UM, WHAT ARE THE CURRENT, UM, WHAT ARE THE CURRENT RIGHTS, UM, THAT ARE IN GRANDI OAKS? SO AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE ONE SIDE, WE HAVE GRANDIOSE CURRENT DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS.

UM, FOR RESIDENTIAL UNITS, THERE ARE 53 RESIDENTIAL UNITS.

UH, IT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT, UM, MR. REED, WHO CURRENTLY OWNS THOSE, OR EXCUSE ME, UNIVERSITY INVESTMENTS, UM, THEY'RE PROPOSING, UH, DEVELOPMENT, UM, ON THE, THIS, I CALL THIS A, ALMOST AN ORANGE LOOKING COLOR WHERE IT SAYS PARCEL C.

UH, HE'S PROPOSING TO DEVELOP THAT PROPERTY, WHICH IS CURRENTLY UNINCORPORATED COUNTY.

UH, WE HAVE NO JURISDICTION TO IT, AND THOSE ARE RIGHTS THAT HE CURRENTLY OWNS.

UM, ALSO AS OF RIGHT NOW, HE HAS THE 28 ACRES OF RIGHTS FOR THE, UM, FOR THE, UH, VILLAGE PROPERTIES.

UM, THAT WHAT WE'RE REFERRING TO RIGHT NOW, UH, AGAIN, THE PROPOSAL WAS FOR THE 32 ACRES.

UM, AND THAT'S THE INITIAL PROPOSAL BASED OFF OF CONVERSATIONS, UH, THE TOWN ATTORNEY, UH, THAT NUMBER WOULD ACTUALLY GO DOWN TO THE 28.

SO FROM A A DEVELOPMENT STANDPOINT, YOU COULD SAY THAT WE ARE, WE ARE LITERALLY SHIFTING THE RIGHTS FROM THE COUNTY INTO THE TOWN.

SO IT'S NOT MORE, IT IS WHAT'S CURRENTLY ALLOWED IN THE COUNTY WOULD THEN SHIFT INTO THE TOWN.

SORRY, UM, AGAIN, UH, THE PROPOSED ZONING, IS THAT BUCKWALTER, PUD? UM, THE CREATION, EXCUSE ME.

SORRY, DON'T MEAN TO THROW YOU OFF.

NO, SIR, GO AHEAD.

WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE 53 UNITS, DULY NOTED THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY COULD HAVE CAME INTO THE TOWN, BUT WE CHOSE NOT TO BRING IT INTO THE TOWN AND IT STAYS IN BUFORT COUNTY, AND I BELIEVE IT'S ACTUALLY, UH, GETTING READY TO TAKE PLACE.

IN BUFORT COUNTY, THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.

YES'.

THE LINE THERE, IT COULD HAVE WENT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

DURING THE WORKSHOP IS AN INFORMAL OPPORTUNITY FOR THE APPLICANT AND PLANNING COMMISSION TO DISCUSS.

AS WE STATED, THIS IS GOING INTO THE BUCK WALTER PUD, UM, AS ITS OWN LAND USE TRACK.

UM, AND I'LL GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL, UM, REGARDING SOME OF THE USES, UM, ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TRACK.

UH, AGAIN, THEY ARE PROPOSING THE 28 ACRES OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS AND NO ADDITIONAL RESIDENTIAL DEVELOP DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS ARE BEING PROPOSED IN THIS REQUEST.

UH, LAND USE MAP.

UM, I'VE JUST KIND OF, UH, HASH MARKED THE AREA THAT'S BEING PROPOSED.

THAT WOULD BE THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER, UH, THE CONCEPT PLAN.

SO THIS IS, UH, OBVIOUSLY ONE OF THE ITEMS, UM, THAT WILL BE VOTED UPON.

SO, UM, IT'S A, THIS PLAN, UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S, IT'S CUMBERSOME.

THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION ON HERE.

SO WHAT I'VE DONE IS KIND OF HIGHLIGHTED HERE.

YOU CAN SEE THE AREA WITH THE HASH MARK, UM, THAT WOULD BE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE GRANDY OAKS.

UH, THAT'S THE TOTAL OF THE 65 PLUS OR MINUS ACREAGE.

UH, AS YOU CAN SEE THE UNDERLYING COLORS THERE, YOU HAVE THE RED, SO THAT'S THAT GENERAL COMMERCIAL UPLAND ACREAGE.

AND THEN THE GREEN IS THE WETLANDS, UM, ACREAGE PHYSICALLY ON THE CONCEPT PLAN, UH, WE HAVE SUMMARIES AS IT RELATES TO BOTH DENSITY AND ACREAGE.

UM, SO I'VE HIGHLIGHTED HERE IN RED WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE ADDITIONAL ACREAGE UNDER THE DENSITY SUMMARY SAYS TOTAL ACRES 65 DWELLING UNITS ZERO.

SO AGAIN, THERE'S NO DWELLING UNITS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED ARE COMING IN WITH THIS PROPERTY.

AND THEN FROM AN ACREAGE SUMMARY, WE HAVE, UM, WHERE IT'S THE 65 TOTAL ACRES, 27 UPLANDS, AND THEN THE 38 WETLANDS.

UH, SO A QUICK TIMELINE FOR YOU.

SO OUR INITIAL SUBMITTAL OF THIS APPLICATION WAS, UH, NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR.

UM, WE BROUGHT THIS IN FRONT OF YOU IN DECEMBER.

DECEMBER, UM, YOU DECIDED THAT, UM, YOU WANTED IT TO MOVE THE REQUEST TO MOVE FORWARD, UM, AND YOU FORWENT THE NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE AT THAT TIME.

UM, FROM DECEMBER THROUGH MAY, UH, THERE WERE ALL OF THE APPLICATIONS WERE SUBMITTED, REVIEWED FOR COMPLETENESS, UM, AND WE WERE ABLE TO BRING THIS IN FRONT OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN MAY FOR THEIR PLANNING COMMISSION.

UH, WORKSHOP

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UM, WITH THAT, UH, THROUGH OUR APPLICATIONS MANUAL, THERE ARE THREE, UM, APPLICATIONS THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY LISTED, UM, THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR DISCUSSION.

SO WHILE THE THREE WERE SPECIFICALLY LISTED, ALL APPLICATIONS WERE WERE DISCUSSED, UH, BECAUSE THEY ARE CONCURRENT, UH, YOU, YOU REALLY CAN'T TALK ABOUT ONE WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT ALL OF THEM.

SO SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WERE DISCUSSED IN THAT WORKSHOP, AGAIN, INFORMAL, NO VOTES WERE TAKEN AT THAT TIME, WAS DEALING WITH, UM, WITH RIGHT OF WAY ACCESS FOR THE BLUFFTON PARKWAY.

UH, I'M JUST GONNA HIT THE HIGHLIGHTS HERE.

I'M NOT READING IT VERBATIM.

UM, ACCESS FOR LAKE POINT DRIVE, ACCESS POINTS IN FRONTAGE ROADS OFF OF BUCKWALTER PARKWAY, THE ACCESS MANAGEMENT PLAN, AND THEN, UM, ACCESS POINTS IN FRONTAGE ROADS OFF OF BLUFFTON PARKWAY, AND THEN THE ACCESS MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THAT.

MAY I, MAY I INTERRUPT YOU AGAIN, PLEASE? YES, SIR, GO AHEAD.

SO, UM, AND THIS IS SOMETHING PEOPLE WERE CURIOUS ABOUT.

SO WHEN THE, WHEN THE PARKWAYS WERE BEING PLANNED, AND I DON'T KNOW WHEN, WHEN THEY WERE BUILT 20 SOMETHING YEARS AGO, UM, THE COUNTY BUILT BUCKWALTER, THE COUNTY BUILT BLUFF IT DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME WHEN ALL OF THIS WAS PLANNED, THE ACCESS MANAGEMENT PLAN WAS PUT TOGETHER BY BEAUFORT COUNTY.

THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN A PLAN IN PLACE, AND THEY'VE BASE TRAFFIC LIGHTS ON A DISTANCE.

THEY BASE 'EM LIKE AT 2,800 FEET OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

OTHERWISE YOU JUST GET TOTAL CONGESTION.

IF YOU POP TRAFFIC LIGHTS EVERYWHERE, THAT'S A COUNTY PLAN AND WE'VE ABIDED BY THAT.

AND SOME OF THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS, FOR EXAMPLE, MAY BE IN PLACES THEY WERE NEVER INTENDED TO BE PERMANENTLY.

SO SOME OF THESE CHANGES ARE GONNA BE MADE.

SO THE COUNTY AT THIS TIME IS STUDYING THE ENTIRE PARKWAY WITH EXCEPTION OF FIVE B FROM THE BRIDGE ALL THE WAY UP TO THE NORTH END OF THE PARKWAY TO DO THE ACCESS MANAGEMENT PLAN, WHICH THEY PRESENTED TO THIS COUNCIL TO GET BLESSED.

IS THAT CORRECT? YES.

PROVIDING RECOMMENDATIONS.

GREAT, THANK YOU.

UM, SO DURING THAT WORKSHOP, UM, THOSE ARE ALL, THESE WERE SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WERE DISCUSSED.

AND WHAT I DID HEAR DOWN BELOW IS JUST SO NUMBER SIX, THAT'S APPLICATION NUMBER SIX, WHICH WAS THE AMENDMENT TO THAT CONCEPT PLAN WHERE, UH, THEY WERE ABLE TO GO IN AND THEY ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY MAKE MADE CHANGES TO THE PLAN FROM WORKSHOP TO THE PUBLIC HEARING.

UH, OTHER ITEMS OF DISCUSSION WAS THE, UH, LAND USE TRACK, UM, AND JUST MAKING SURE THAT IT WAS, UH, THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS, UH, THAT WERE BEING ALLOCATED TO THAT LAND USE TRACK THAT THEY WERE NOT TO BE, UH, TRANSFERRED OVER TO ANY OTHER PROPERTIES.

SO, UH, JUST A QUICK LESSON.

SO, UM, YOU CAN HAVE, UH, DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS THAT ARE IN, IN ESSENCE IN THE CLOUD.

SO YOU HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS THAT YOU CAN THEN APPLY TO DIFFERENT PROPERTIES THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PUD SPECIFICALLY, UH, FOR THIS, WHAT WE'VE STATED IS THAT ANY DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS THAT ARE APPLIED TO THIS GRANDI OAKS LAND USE TRACK CAN ONLY STAY THERE.

SO HE CAN'T, UM, AND ANYONE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO TAKE THOSE RIGHTS AND THEN MOVE THEM TO ANOTHER PROPERTY IN THE BUCKWALTER PUD.

SO IT IS THAT USE IT OR LOSE IT.

SO ANY DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS, UH, THAT ARE PROVIDED WOULD THEN BE TIED SPECIFICALLY TO THESE PROPERTIES THAT WE'RE REFERRING TO.

UM, OTHER ITEMS THAT WERE DISCUSSED WAS, UM, REQUIRING THAT ANY, UH, RESIDENTIAL UNITS THAT, UH, SPECIFICALLY FOR MR. REED, WHO CURRENTLY OWNS 92 DWELLING UNITS IN THE CLOUD, SO THIS, THESE UNITS THAT ARE SITTING IN THE CLOUD, IF HE WERE TO APPLY ANY OF THOSE RESIDENTIAL UNITS SPECIFICALLY TO THE GRAND OAKS LAND USE TRACK THAT, UM, THE DISCUSSION WAS THAT A MINIMUM OF THE 20% OF THOSE WOULD BE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

UM, THAT WAS A, A TOPIC THAT WAS DISCUSSED.

UH, THE APPLICANT WASN'T NECESSARILY AT THE TIME, UH, IN FAVOR OF THAT, BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS DISCUSSION AND WE CONTINUED TO MOVE IT FORWARD.

AGAIN, THIS WAS WORKSHOP AND AN IN INFORMAL, UH, SETTING.

UM, OTHER ITEMS AS WE DISCUSSED WAS THAT FRONTAGE ROAD, UM, INTERCONNECTIVITY, UM, AND THEN TO PROVIDE AND CONSTRUCT THE, UH, ROADWAY CONNECTION TO LAKE POINT DRIVE, UM, AS WELL AS THE COMMITMENT TO THE ACCESS MANAGEMENT PLANS, BOTH BUCKWALTER AND BLUFFTON PARKWAY.

AND THEY AGREED TO INCLUDE THAT LANGUAGE INTO THE 13TH AMENDMENT.

AGAIN, HERE'S JUST THE ACCESS MANAGEMENT PLAN, AS YOU REFERRED TO JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO.

UH, THESE ARE SOME OF THE CONNECTION POINTS WE WANTED TO ENSURE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY, THOSE WERE DEDICATED.

THEN WE WENT TO THE ACTUAL PUBLIC HEARING.

SO IN JULY 24TH, UM, THE PLANNING COMMISSION HELD A, UH, ANOTHER MEETING.

THIS ONE WAS FOR THEM TO ACTUALLY, UH, TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT AS WELL AS TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO TOWN COUNCIL.

AT THAT TIME, ALL SIX OF THE APPLICATIONS WERE BEING REVIEWED, DISCUSSED AND

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AGAIN, SOME OF THE ITEMS PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED WERE THE NOT BEING ABLE TO TRANSFER, UM, DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS, THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMPONENT, UH, FRONTAGE, ROAD ROAD CONNECTIVITY AND ACCESS MANAGEMENT PLANS.

SO PLANNING COMMISSION, UM, THEY HELD THEIR PUBLIC HEARING, UH, AND THEY VOTED TO FORWARD THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNSEL, UM, FOR THE CONCEPT AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

UM, AND THEN, UM, WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE APPLICANT.

SO IT WAS, UH, THEY APPROVED THE AMENDMENT TO THE, THE CONCEPT PLAN, OUR RECOMMENDED APPROVAL.

AND THIS IS, I'M GOING TO KIND OF HIT HIGH LEVEL.

I KEPT TALKING TO YOU ABOUT THOSE, UH, THE CONNECTION ROADS, THE CONNECTION ACCESS POINTS.

SO IN THE, IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, AND THIS, THIS APPLIES TO THE NEXT KIND OF THREE ITEMS THAT I'M GONNA BE REFERRING TO.

UM, THE, THE APPLICANT GAVE A VERY HIGH LEVEL DISCUSSION OF, YES, WE WILL, WE WILL TAKE CARE OF THAT.

WE WILL DO THAT.

UM, FROM A CONCEPTUAL STANDPOINT ON THE STAFF LEVEL, WHAT WE NEED IS WE NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE TECHNICAL REVIEW TO IT.

SO, UH, WHILE, WHILE THEY AGREE TO DOING ALL OF THIS, UM, WE NEED TO HAVE, UH, VERBIAGE THAT'S SPECIFICALLY IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT CLEARLY WILL IDENTIFY AND DETAIL HOW THESE COMMITMENTS ARE BEING MADE.

SO, ROAD WIDTHS, NOT NECESSARILY THE EXACT LOCATION OF WHERE THE ROAD IS GOING, BUT THE ROAD WIDTHS, UH, WHO'S COMMITTED TO IT, UH, THE, YOU KNOW, WHO IS GONNA BE CONSTRUCTING IT, WHO'S GONNA BE MAINTAINING IT.

SO HIGH LEVEL, YES, THEY AGREE TO THIS, WE JUST NEED MORE DETAIL THAT'S PROVIDED.

SO, UH, THIS ONE WAS SPEC.

UH, THIS FINDING WAS SPECIFICALLY FOR, UM, UH, THE CONNECTOR ROAD.

UH, THIS LANGUAGE IS CONSISTENT WITH THAT FUTURE CONNECTOR ROAD FROM, UM, BLUFFTON PARKWAY TO LAKE POINT IS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE, UM, PROVIDING MORE DETAIL IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT OF HOW THIS WILL WORK.

MM-HMM, , CAN I HAVE A QUESTION ON THAT, CATHERINE? YES, MA'AM.

UM, SO, AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE, THE QUESTIONS WE ADDRESSED, UM, WITH THE CONNECTOR ROADS.

AND AS YOU'RE LOOKING FOR MORE, UH, CLARITY THERE, UM, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE DETAILED IN A PHASED APPROACH IN TERMS OF LIKE, WHEN WE KNOW, UM, WHEN THOSE CONNECTIONS WILL TAKE PLACE AS OPPOSED TO WE LOOK RIGHT NOW AND IT JUST SAYS, AS DEVELOPMENT PROGRESSES, WILL WE LIKE BE ABLE TO PIN IT DOWN? THAT'S THE LANGUAGE THAT WE WANT TO SEE.

UM, AGAIN, UM, SAME THING WITH THE, UH, THE ACCESS MANAGEMENT PLAN.

THIS ITEM, WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IS TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, BOTH THE BLUFFTON, UH, PARKWAY ACCESS MANAGEMENT PLAN AND THE BUCKWALTER ACCESS MANAGEMENT PLAN, UM, THEY INCLUDED A STATEMENT AS AMENDED.

AND WHAT THAT DOES IS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT A SNAPSHOT IN TIME OF WHEN THAT PLAN WAS ADOPTED.

UM, THEY'RE ALL LIVING DOCUMENTS.

UH, A LOT OF THE DOCUMENTS THAT WE HAVE ARE LIVING DOCUMENTS AND ARE AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME.

SO IF THESE ACCESS MANAGEMENT PLANS ARE AMENDED, THAT WHATEVER THOSE AMENDED DOCUMENTS ARE, THEY ARE STILL BOUND BY FOLLOWING THAT, THAT AMENDED DOCUMENT AND NOT NECESSARILY ONE THAT WAS APPROVED IN IN 2024.

UH, AGAIN, THIS IS, UM, UH, DEALING WITH THOSE THREE, UH, CONNECTION POINTS TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, ANY TRIGGERS OF CONSTRUCTION, UH, THE WITS, THE LOCATIONS, UH, WE JUST NEED THE CLARITY TO, TO KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GONNA BE PLACING THEM.

UH, AND THEN THE ITEM AS, AS KIND OF DISCUSSED FIVE B, UH, THE PLANNING COMMISSION, WHEN THEY WERE, UM, INITIALLY DISCUSSING THIS, UM, THEY HAD, UH, REFERRED BACK TO THAT NINTH AMENDMENT TO THE, TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, UM, WHERE, UH, MR. REED IS, IS OBLIGATED TO, UM, TO, TO DONATE THE NECESSARY LAND FOR THAT PORTION OF FIVE B FROM, UM, THAT WOULD BE FROM, UH, BLUFFTON, EXCUSE ME, BUCKWALTER PARKWAY, UH, IN ESSENCE TO, UM, ROSE HILL.

SO IT'S, I I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT LENGTH OF THAT, UH, MAYBE LIKE 2000 OR 3000 FEET LINEAR FEET.

UM, BUT WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO IS, IS MORE OF, AND ACKNOWLEDGE AND AFFIRM THAT, THAT, THAT THE NINTH AGREEMENT IS STILL, IS STILL, UM, BINDING AND AS DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'VE HAD, YES, THAT IS STILL A, A LEGAL BINDING REQUIREMENT, UM, AT THAT TIME.

SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, UM, IT, THAT'S NOT, NOT THE ISSUE.

UM, AND AGAIN, THIS WAS AN ITEM THAT WAS DISCUSSED AND IS NOT NECESSARILY A CONDITIONAL REQUIREMENT.

UM, SO IF YOU SO CHOOSE TO MOVE FORWARD, UM, THIS ITEM DOES NOT NEED TO NECESSARILY

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BE IN THAT 13TH AMENDMENT.

HMM.

AGAIN, THIS IS THE, UH, ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WAS IN THE STAFF REPORT AS DISCUSSED, WHICH IS ALMOST A MOOT POINT AT THIS TIME.

UH, OTHER ITEMS DISCUSSED WAS DEALING WITH, UM, ADDITIONAL, UM, LAND USE ISSUES.

UH, WE'D ASKED THEM TO, UH, THEY INITIALLY HAD SOME ITEMS THAT WERE PROHIBITED USES AND STATED THAT THESE ACTUALLY NEED TO, UH, NEED TO BE, UH, IN INCLUDED OR REMOVED.

THEY HAD A, A TREE FARM, THEY SAID THAT THEY WANTED TO, TO, UM, TO REMOVE THAT.

AND WE'RE LIKE, WELL, THAT'S CVI CULTURE, SO YOU DON'T WANT TO BIND YOURSELF TO, TO, TO, UH, NOT BEING ALLOWED TO DO THAT.

AS WELL AS THE, WHERE IT SAYS WASTEWATER, UH, SEWAGE FACILITIES, UM, IF THROUGH DEVELOPMENT, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO PUT IN, UH, PUMP STATIONS, UM, WHICH IS PRACTICALLY EVERY, UM, EVERY COMMUNITY, UH, IN THE AREA HAS PUMP STATIONS.

UM, THEY HAD IT REMOVED.

WE ASKED THEM, YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU LEAVE THAT IN THERE SO YOU DON'T LIMIT YOURSELF ON, ON HAVING THE NECESSARY UTILITIES.

UM, THE OTHER, THE LAST ITEM HERE WAS DEALING WITH, UM, IF THERE WERE ANY PREVIOUS, UH, VARIANCES, UM, IF THEY RECEIVED A VARIANCE TO ALLOW A REDUCTION FROM SETBACKS OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE, OR A REDUCTION OF PARKING REQUIREMENTS, THAT'S NULL AND VOID.

SO THAT IS NOT CARRIED OVER.

IT WAS A STATEMENT.

WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT WAS CLEARLY IDENTIFIED IN THE DOCUMENTS.

LET'S SEE.

UH, THE NEXT ITEM WE DISCUSSED WAS THE, UH, LAND USE COMPARISON CHART.

UM, THERE IS A CHART THAT WE HAVE, UM, HERE, AND I KNOW THAT ALL OF YOU CAN READ ALL OF THAT INFORMATION WITH NO PROBLEMS. UH, THIS IS WHAT ATTACHMENTS MAY THAT WE HAVE.

UH, WHAT IT DOES IS, UH, IT CLEARLY DEFINES ALL OF THE USES, ALL OF THE USES THAT ARE CURRENTLY ALLOWED IN THE GRANDI OAKS IN THE COUNTY, COMPARED WITH WHAT IS ALLOWED IN THE, UM, BUCKWALTER COMMONS LAND USE TRACK.

AND WHAT IS ALLOWED IN THEN THE GRANDI OAKS LAND USE TRACK.

UH, THERE ARE CERTAIN, UM, USES, UH, THAT HAVE BEEN, HAVE BEEN DOWNGRADED, OR IF THEY WERE CONDITIONAL USES, THEY MAY NOW BE PERMITTED BY WRIGHT OR VICE VERSA.

WHAT WE WANNA DO IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE APPLICANT, UM, WHEN THEY GO TO RECORD, IF, IF THIS MOVES FORWARD, UH, IF THEY WERE RECORD, UM, THE 13TH AMENDMENT, THAT A COPY OF THIS DOCUMENT IS INCLUDED, UH, IN THE RECORDS.

UH, SO THAT WAY IT, IT MEMORIALIZES IT AND IT IS ESTABLISHED AS TO WHAT THE USES ARE ARE ALLOWED.

UH, THE NEXT ITEM OF DISCUSSION, UM, WAS SPECIFICALLY DEALING WITH THE, UM, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, COMPONENT WHERE, AND, AND AS WE STATED THAT, UM, ANY, ANY, UM, RESIDENTIAL UNITS THAT THE APPLICANT HAS CURRENTLY IN HIS CLOUD, THE, THE 92 U UH, UNITS, IF HE DECIDED TO DEVELOP THE SITE WITH A RESIDENTIAL COMPONENT ASSOCIATED WITH IT, UH, ANY OF THEM THAT COME INTO THAT GRANDY OAKS LAND USE TRACK WOULD, UH, BE SUBJECT TO THAT 20% AFFORDABILITY.

SO, UM, IN SIMPLE TERMS, UH, IF HE WERE TO BRING FIVE UNITS IN, ONE OF THEM WOULD HAVE TO BE AN AFFORDABLE UNIT.

KEVIN? YES, SIR.

SO WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS SCENARIO BEFORE OVER AT, UH, YOU KNOW, NEAR SUN CITY WITH A PROJECT OVER THERE.

I'M TRYING TO THINK OF THE NAME OF IT, UM, , THANK YOU, STEVEN.

AND WE HAD AN ARRANGEMENT FOR SOME AFFORDABLE OR WORKFORCE HOUSING, AND THAT DEVELOPER BUILT EVERYTHING AND LEFT THAT PART OUT AND HAS NOT BUILT THAT.

SO I THINK WE SHOULD FIND A WAY TO ENSURE THAT THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN AGAIN.

UM, IT MAY BE THAT AS THEY BUILD A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE, THAT PERCENTAGE INCLUDES A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

SO THE SAME SCENARIO IS WHERE THEY BUILD THE PROJECT, BUT THEY DON'T, THEY JUST STOP BUILDING AND THEY DON'T BUILD THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

I THINK WE NEED TO FINE TUNE THAT LANGUAGE SOMEHOW TO DO THAT.

UM, IF YOU LIKE, UM, IF, IF THIS WERE TO MOVE FORWARD, UM, AT FIRST READING, WHAT WE CAN DO FROM A STAFF LEVEL IS WE CAN GO BACK AND DO A LITTLE BIT MORE RESEARCH PRIOR TO SECOND READING.

UM, WE, I BELIEVE WE HAVE SOME PROVISIONS IN THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE AS IT DEALS WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING WHERE YOU HAVE TO DO THAT.

YOU CAN'T WAIT TILL THE VERY END TO DO ALL THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

AND THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THAT IT'S INTEGRATED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT.

SO THAT WAY AS YOU'RE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET, YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHICH, WHICH UNIT WOULD BE AFFORDABLE.

UM, SO WHAT WE CAN DO IS MAKE SURE THAT IF WE DON'T ALREADY HAVE THE LANGUAGE ASSOCIATED IN, IN THE UDO, WE CAN IN INCLUDE LANGUAGE AT THIS POINT TO, TO KIND OF PHASE THAT.

CLARITY, KEVIN, WHILE WE'RE ON THIS, THIS, UH, AS, UH, INDICATED PRIOR, THE 53 UNITS ARE IN, UH, COUNTY JURISDICTION, NOT, UM, WHAT THIS WOULD BE APPLICABLE TO, THIS WOULD BE FOR THE 92 OR THE NEW UNITS, UH, THAT ARE GOING IN, IF THE, YES, IF THE APPLICANT WERE TO USE THE 92 UNITS THAT HE CURRENTLY IS IN THE BUCK BUCKWALTER, PUD, SO THE 53 UNITS IN THE COUNTY NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

AND FOR

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SO IT WOULD JUST BE ANYTHING SPECIFICALLY IN THE LAND USE TRACK THAT, THAT'S IN THAT HASH MARK, UM, OF ANY, ANY UNITS THAT HE HAS.

NOW, HE COULD ALSO ACQUIRE ADDITIONAL UNITS.

SO WHILE HE HAS 92 AT THIS MOMENT, DOESN'T MEAN THAT HE COULDN'T HAVE MORE, BUT ANYTHING THAT GOES INTO THAT, TO THAT LAND USE TRACK WOULD BE, UM, REGULATED.

BUT IF HE WAS TO GET MORE FROM THE BANK, HE WOULD HAVE TO COME TO TOWN COUNCIL TO RECEIVE THAT.

YOUR BANK, OUR BANK, YOUR BANK.

THERE ARE OTHER INDIVIDUALS IN THE BUCK, WALTER, PUD, THAT HAVE RESIDENTIAL UNITS.

IT'S A COMMODITY.

IT CAN BE, YOU CAN BUY IT, YOU CAN SELL IT, YOU CAN TRADE IT.

AND ONE, ONE LAST QUESTION.

I DON'T MEAN TO DRAG THIS OUT ON THE 20% AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

UM, AND THIS DOCUMENT WAS SO LONG, I CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU HOW MANY HUNDREDS OF PAGES, BUT, UH, HAVE WE CLARIFIED EXACTLY WHAT AFFORDABLE IS IN THIS DOCUMENT ANYWHERE WE DEFINE IT IN OUR UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE? AND I'M HAPPY TO INCLUDE IT IN THIS DOCUMENT AS WELL.

UM, NEXT UP WE HAVE, UM, SO BOTH PLANNING COMMISSION AS WELL AS YOURSELVES ARE TO, UM, USE THE VARIOUS REVIEW CRITERIA THAT ARE LISTED IN OUR UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE.

UM, I DO HAVE, THOSE ARE IN YOUR, UM, STAFF REPORT.

I'M HAPPY TO GO OVER ANY SPECIFIC ONE OF THEM, BUT WHAT I'VE TRIED TO DO HERE, HERE IS TO CONDENSE THIS DOWN, UH, SPECIFICALLY FOR THE COMP PLAN, UM, THE REVIEW CRITERIA ALL ARE MET.

UM, THE, UH, FOR THE TEXT AMENDMENT, UM, I PUT A CAUTION HERE THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY THAT THERE'S ANYTHING WRONG, IT'S JUST A, AS WE DISCUSSED THERE WAS, UM, SO THE ALLOWED USES ARE DESIGNATING THE PUD CONCEPT PLAN, THE MAKING SURE THAT WE INCLUDE, UM, INCLUDE IN THE, LIKE IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT DOCUMENT, THE, UH, LAND USE CHART, UH, THAT, THAT'S PART OF IT.

UH, HERE WE TALKED ABOUT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITH THE HOUSING REQUEST.

THAT'S INFORMATION THAT WE'VE JUST DISCUSSED, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S INCLUDED IN THERE.

UM, AND THEN THE TABLE SHOWING IF THERE'S ANY DEVIATIONS, THAT'S WHERE I REFER TO.

UM, WELL, ACTUALLY I REFER TO THE VARIANCE, BUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING, UM, THAT IS ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT NORMALLY WOULD BE, UH, ALLOWED, UM, BUT AT THIS POINT IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THERE IS IF THERE'S ANY SPECIAL CONDITIONS OR IF THERE WAS ANY SPECIAL REQUESTS.

BUT AT THIS TIME, THERE'S NOT.

SO WHILE I HAVE IT ON THERE, IT'S JUST IF THERE'S ANY, ANY ITEMS THAT NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED, UM, THERE WOULD BE A TABLE IN THERE TO, TO INCLUDE THAT.

ALSO FOR THE ZONING MAP, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, AND THEN THE CONCEPT PLAN, ALL OF THESE ITEMS WERE IN CONFORMANCE.

SO, UM, A, A QUICK SUMMARY OF THAT.

UM, SO THE, THE ONE ITEM WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, WAS DEALING WITH THE, UM, FRONTAGE, ROAD INTERCONNECTIVITY COMMENTS IS MAKING SURE THAT THAT LANGUAGE IS INCLUDED, THE DETAILED LANGUAGE THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR OF THE, THE WIDTHS, THE PLACEMENT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE BUILDINGS ALONG THERE, THE CONSTRUCTION RESPONSIBILITIES, ALL THOSE ITEMS. WE ARE LOOKING TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS INCLUDED IN THAT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

IF YOU SO CHOOSE TO MOVE FORWARD ON FIRST READING, WE'LL WORK WITH THE APPLICANT AND MAKE SURE ALL THAT ITEM, ALL THOSE ITEMS ARE ADDRESSED IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT PRIOR TO SECOND READING.

AND AS I COME IN FRONT OF YOU, I WOULD OUTLINE THOSE IN MORE DETAIL TO YOU.

UM, AGAIN, WHICH WAS DEALING WITH THE ROAD CONNECTIONS, UH, INCORPORATING THE AS AMENDED LANGUAGE FOR THE ACCESS MANAGEMENT PLAN.

UM, AND THEN EXTENSION OF THOSE THREE POINTS, UH, FROM THE BUCKWALTER PARKWAY, UH, THIS WAS WAS AN ITEM, BUT IT MIGHT BE JUST A MOOT POINT, UH, BASED OFF OF CONVERSATIONS, THIS WAS SPECIFICALLY DEALING WITH THE AFFIRMATION OF FIVE B AND THEN, UM, SOME OF THE SUMMARIES, UM, THE, UH, LAND USE, UH, CHART, AS WELL AS THE REQUIREMENT OF THE, UH, 20% AFFORDABILITY.

UH, NEXT STEPS.

SO, UH, THIS EVENING WE ARE HERE FOR THE FIRST READING.

UM, AND THEN, UH, IF THIS MOVES FORWARD, ANTICIPATED THAT ON NOVEMBER 12TH WE'LL BE BACK FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING.

AND SECOND AND FINAL READINGS OF ALL THE DOCUMENTS WAS F BEING STRICKEN? I'M SORRY.

I JUST WANTED CLARITY ON THAT.

THAT HAVE BEEN HAD, UM, THAT ITEM WAS DISCUSSED, UM, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

SO YES, SIR.

AND THAT WAS JUST, THOSE WERE ITEMS OF CONSIDERATION, UM, THAT WE HAD THAT IN THERE, STILL IN THERE.

BUT BASED OFF OF THE CONVERSATIONS

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UM, THE APPLICANT IS HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THEM.

UM, AND FROM THERE, I DO HAVE ALL OF THE PROPOSED MOTIONS AND HAPPY TO GO THROUGH THEM WITH YOU QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL.

A, UM, NOT A A QUESTION PER SE, BUT JUST A, A COMMENT, ESPECIALLY TO THE, UH, PUBLIC AND THOSE WHO AREN'T ABLE TO BE HERE.

UM, THE DOCUMENT THAT IS, UM, BEING REFERENCED HERE TONIGHT IS AVAILABLE ONLINE FOR ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO, UM, TO GO AND LOOK IN IT.

I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT EVEN CAME UP DURING PUBLIC COMMENT.

UM, STAFF DID A REALLY GOOD JOB IN TERMS OF ANSWERING AND GETTING A LOT OF THOSE RESPONSES IN TERMS OF, UM, WILL THE DEVELOPMENT TRIGGER A NEED FOR ADDITIONAL, UM, EMERGENCY, UM, PRESENCE OR, UH, POLICE OFFICERS, UM, EVEN GETTING DOWN TO WHAT WILL BE THE ALLOWABLE USES FOR COMMERCIAL SPACES.

UM, IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT AND THOSE, UH, WHO IN ORDINARILY WOULD NOT WANT TO GO IN AND READ THROUGH IT, BUT IT ANSWERS A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND IT WOULD DO ANYONE JUST IN, IN GOOD SERVICE TO PLEASE GIVE IT A CHANCE TO GO IN AND LOOK AT SOME OF THE DETAILS IN THERE, UM, THAT WOULD ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS AND JUST KIND OF CLEAR SOME THINGS UP.

UM, IT'S A VERY THOROUGH, GOOD REPORT.

I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS.

OH, GO AHEAD.

IF THAT'S OKAY.

, UM, I, I DON'T TAKE AN ANNEXATION REQUEST LIGHTLY.

UM, I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE ONE SHOT AT GETTING THIS RIGHT.

AND I THINK, UM, SO I DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS AND THEN, UM, A FEW COMMENTS AFTER THAT.

UM, I, I WANT TO STRESS THAT THIS LAND IS GOING TO BE DEVELOPED ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

UM, CURRENTLY IT IS IN THE COUNTY AND THEY ARE ALLOWED 28 TO DEVELOP 28 ACRES OF IT CURRENTLY.

YES, MA'AM.

WHICH IS WHAT WE ARE SUGGESTING IF WE APPROVE THE ANNEXATION INTO THE TOWN.

UM, A COUPLE JUST, AND YOU, YOU MENTIONED THIS, I JUST WANNA CLARIFY IT.

UM, SO ONE THING, THE FIRST ONE IS TO AMEND IT FROM SUBURBAN LIVING TO NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER.

UM, AND THAT IS JUST TO BE IN LINE WITH WHAT THE CURRENT COUNTY ZONING IS, IS THAT CORRECT? UH, YEAH.

SO THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE IT LISTED AS VILLAGE CENTER AS THEIR LAND USE.

UM, SO WE HAD IT JUST SHOWN ON OUR PLANS AS SUBURBAN LIVING.

SO FOR THE CONSISTENCY PURPOSES AND FOR THE USE IS CHANGING IT TO THAT, THAT NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER.

SO THAT, I JUST WANNA STRESS THAT THAT IS NOT UPZONING IT AT ALL.

THAT IS JUST, THAT'S JUST LAND USES, THAT'S NOT ZONING, RIGHT? CORRECT.

UM, AND THEN ALSO WANNA STRESS THAT THIS ANNEXATION, THE IF FIVE B IS REALIGNED, THAT DOES NOT BORDER THIS ANNEXATION ANNEXATION PROPERTY THAT IS ALREADY CURRENTLY IN THE TOWN.

YES, MA'AM.

UM, AND THEN JUST QUICK, WHO OWNS THE LAKE POINT DRIVE ROAD? THE COMMENT THAT THE GRANDY OAKS COUNTY, WE HAVE THAT CHECKED ON, UM, UH, THE COUNTY, COUNTY, I THINK IT'S THE COUNTY.

YES, THE COUNTY ROAD.

UM, BUT WE'LL GO THROUGH MORE OF THAT BEFORE THE SECOND READING THE LEE ROAD, THE LAKE POINT, LAKE POINT DRIVE ROAD.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT ANY OF THE TYPE ROAD.

ANY QUESTIONS? I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

ULTIMATELY, I DO BELIEVE THAT THIS ANNEXATION REQUEST IS PROBABLY BEST FOR OUR RESIDENTS.

UM, I BELIEVE IT GIVES US CONTROL OVER WHAT GOES THERE VERSUS, UM, IF WE LEFT IT IN THE COUNTY.

UM, BUT I DO HAVE A FEW CONDITIONS THAT I WOULD WANT MET IN ORDER FOR, UM, ME TO SUPPORT THIS ANNEXATION.

FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UM, THE FIVE B RIGHT OF WAY DONATION TAKEN OUT OF THIS.

I THINK THAT WAS VERY CONFUSING TO THE PUBLIC.

UM, AND SO I WOULD LIKE THAT TAKEN OUT.

UM, AS MENTIONED THAT, UM, THAT'S ALREADY ILLEGAL.

HE'S ALREADY LEGALLY OBLIGATED TO DO THAT.

SO, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT TAKEN OUT.

UM, ANOTHER I, I'M HAPPY TO GET US DOWN TO THE 20 ACRES.

THAT WAS GONNA BE ONE OF MINE.

UM, WHICH AGAIN, BY RIGHT, HE IS ALREADY ALLOWED TO DO IN THE COUNTY.

UM, AND SO THAT WE ARE NOT ADDING ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT.

UM, AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE REMAINING WETLAND ACRES PUT ON, PUT IN SOME SORT OF, UM, CONSERVATION EASEMENT OR HAVE A DEED RESTRICTION ON IT TO PROTECT IT FROM ANY FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.

UM, AND SO FOR ME TO SUPPORT THIS, THOSE WOULD BE MY THREE CONDITIONS.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

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STAFF DID A GREAT JOB OF GETTING US PREPARED FOR THIS, UH, THIS WEEK.

AND I BELIEVE ALL THAT THE, UH, REQUEST THAT EMILY, UH, IS PROPOSING, CAN'T HEAR YOU, CAN'T HEAR YOU.

I BELIEVE ALL OF THE REQUESTS THAT EMILY IS PROPOSING IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD SUPPORT.

UM, BUT OUR STAFF HAS DONE A, A MARVELOUS JOB OF NOT ONLY PREPARING THESE, UM, THIS ANNEXATION, UH, REQUEST TO US, AND, AND WE SPENT SOME TIME THIS WEEK, UM, PICKING IT APART.

AND WE FEEL THAT AGAIN, IT'S BETTER THAT THE TOWN PUT ITS, ITS, ITS FINGERS ON THIS THAN LEAVING IT IN THE COUNTY AND NOT HAVING ANY CONTROL.

SO I THINK WE, WE HAVE A, A COUNCIL LIKE, UH, COUNCILMAN TOMA SAID BEFORE, THAT'S NOT OF OF DISTRICT, WHICH, WHICH TO ME MAKES US FEEL THAT ALL OF BLUFFTON IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY.

AND I, AND I LIKE, I LIKE THAT CONCEPT BECAUSE IT GIVE US AN OPTION TO SEE ALL OF BLUFFING AT THE SAME TIME.

THAT'S FOR OUR LEADERSHIP HERE.

UM, WE, UM, WE TRY TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS WITHOUT ANY PREJUDICE.

WE TRY TO MAKE SURE WE MAKE A DECISION THAT IS NOT ONLY BEST FOR THE TOWN, BUT IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE THE BEST FOR OUR FUTURE.

SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE.

ANYTHING FROM THIS SIDE ANYMORE? I'M GONNA SAY DITTO TO ABOUT BOTH COUNCILMAN HAMILTON AND COUNCILWOMAN BURDEN SAID I CONCUR WITH HER REQUEST.

UM, AND STAFF HAS DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB WORKING THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

YOU'RE REMARKABLE.

THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.

YEAH, I, AND I WANNA, UM, JUMP IN HERE AND SAY, I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE I WAS ON THIS AT FOUR O'CLOCK TODAY.

HONEST TO GOD, I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS, IT'S BEEN A BATTLE.

AND I JUST WANT SAY THAT I'M SO THANKFUL FOR EMILY'S EFFORTS BECAUSE I STILL WOULDN'T KNOW RIGHT NOW.

I THINK IF, IF EMILY'S EFFORTS AND US TALKING TOGETHER AND TRYING TO MAKE SOMETHING MAKE SENSE, THE DEVELOPMENT, UM, THE CONSERVATION EASEMENT ON THE REMAINING 33 ACRES, WHICH MOST OF THAT ARE WETLANDS, BUT THAT'S, WE NEED TO SAVE THAT.

THAT DOESN'T NEED TO BE BUILT ON.

SO IN MY OPINION, THAT WAS A BIG WIN.

WE'RE NOT GIVEN ANYTHING THAT HE COULDN'T DO RIGHT NOW IN THE COUNTY, AND REALISTICALLY LESS SO.

IF HE'S GOING TO BUILD ANY RDUS RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT UNITS, THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE ON THIS 28 ACRES.

THAT, THAT IS ZONED FOR COMMERCIAL.

SO THERE'S NOT GONNA BE HOUSES, YOU KNOW, ALL THROUGH THE WETLANDS AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.

UM, HOW COUNCIL VOTES.

DID A GREAT JOB TOO.

I DIDN'T TELL YOU THAT YET.

I HAVE GREAT STAFF THAT ASSIST WITH THIS.

UM, IF YOU, IF YOU SO CHOOSE, I DO HAVE, UM, PROPOSED MOTIONS, UH, FOR YOU AGAIN.

UH, THERE'S A TOTAL OF SIX.

UM, SO, UH, THE FIRST ONE IS LOCATED UP HERE FOR YOU, KEVIN.

IS THIS THE SHORTEST ONE? ? YES.

MAKE THIS MOTION, ACTUALLY, I THINK NUMBER TWO IS THE SHORTER.

A LOT OF ZEROS.

MAY I PROCEED, MAYOR? YES, YOU GO RIGHT AHEAD, SIR.

I MOVE TO APPROVE.

WELL, I'M ASKING NOW, ARE THERE CON CONDITIONS WITH CONDITIONS NUMBER ONE FOR NUMBER ONE? NO SIR.

NO.

TO CHANGE BUFORT COUNTY TAX MAP NUMBERS R 6 0 0 0 2, 9 0 0 0 2, 4 8 4 0 0 0 0 R 600 0 2, 9 0 0 0 2 4 8 6 0 0 0 0 R 600 0 2, 9 0 0 0, 0 0 1 4, 0 0 0 0.

I MOVED TO APPROVE FIRST READING OF THE ORDINANCE FOR THE AMENDMENT OF THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, BLUEPRINT BLUFFTON.

AND R 600 0 2, 9 0 0 0 2 4, 1 0 0 0 0 0.

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FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION FROM SUBURBAN LIVING TO NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER.

IN DISCUSSION.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

WHY IS THERE NO COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS BY THE PEOPLE THAT YOU WORK FOR? I, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU HAVE ALL THE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS, BUT WE DON'T GET THE COMMENT OR QUESTION.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE YOUR THREE MINUTES.

THEY DO IT ON HILTON HEAD, THEY DO THAT ON HILTON HEAD.

THEY DON'T DO IT.

HERE I MOVE TO APPROVE FIRST READING OF THE ORDINANCE FOR THE AMENDMENT OF BUCK WALTERS PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT TEXT TO INCORPORATE PROVISION FOR THE NEW LAND USE TRACK TO BE KNOWN AS GRANDY OAK CARMAN LAND USE TRACK.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.

THAT UNANIMOUS.

I MOVE TO APPROVE FIRST READING OF THE ORDINANCE FOR THE ANNEXATION OF THE GRAND OAKS PROPERTY CONSISTING OF 65.592 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, LOCATED AT SOUTHWEST CORNER, THE BUCKWALTER PARKWAY AND LAKE POINT DRIVE INTERSECTION INTO THE WEST OF THE RETREAT AT GRAND OATS AND BARING BEFORD COUNTY TAX BACK NUMBERS R 6 0 0 0 2, 9 0 0 0 2 4 8 4 0 0 0 0 R 600 0 2, 9 0 0 2 4 8 6 0 0 R 600 0 2, 9 0 0 0, 0 0 1 4, 0 0 0 0.

AND R 600 0 2, 9 0 0 0 2 4, 1 0 0 0 0 0 INTO THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON CORPORATE.

ANY DISCUSSION? SAY AYE.

GOT ANOTHER ONE? YES, SIR.

THIS IS NUMBER FOUR.

HALFWAY DONE.

THOUGHT THAT WAS ONE WE JUST DID.

OH, ZONING UP A MINUTE.

SO SOMEBODY'S GOT, I WILL GO AHEAD AND MAYOR COUNSEL, UH, TO, UH, EXPEDITE, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO READ THE ENTIRE MOTION.

YOU CAN JUST SAY, UM, I MOVE TO APPROVE OR APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS AS THE MOTION THAT IS BEING PRESENTED BY COUNSEL.

UM, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE GET TO THE ONE THAT HAS ALL THE CONDITIONS TO SAVE, UH, YOUR VOCAL COURTS.

BUT THERE'S A, YOU, YOU DON'T HAVE TO READ ALL OF IT SINCE IT'S BEING PRESENTED BY COUNT BY UP THERE.

YOU CAN JUST REFERENCE IT AND MAKE THE MOTION.

WELL THEN I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THIS MOTION AS PRESENTED AND LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT SHE'S REFERRING TO NUMBER FOUR ON, ON THE, UM, OF THE SIX MOTIONS CHAIR.

SO THANK YOU.

UM, IF I MAY REAL QUICK.

SO, UM, ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS, IS ON TWO SLIDES.

SO, UM, I DO HAVE, THIS IS THE ONE REFERRING TO THE CONDITIONS THAT WE HAD.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING WITH THIS VOTE THAT'S OKAY FOR THE ITEM FIVE.

THIS, AND HE'S THE, THIS IS THE APPLICANT.

SO, UM, HI.

GOOD, GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR.

MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

MY NAME'S NATHAN LONG WITH THOMASON HUTTON.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION ON THE, THE WETLAND CONDITION THAT YOU MENTIONED.

UM, THERE, I THINK EVERYONE IS AWARE THERE'S A POTENTIAL HOSPITAL USER COMING TO THIS SITE.

AND WE, WE DON'T HAVE A CURRENT JD JURISDICTIONAL DETERMINATION ON THE WETLANDS.

SO THE ACREAGE OF THE WETLANDS AND THE FINAL BOUNDARIES HAVE NOT YET BEEN DETERMINED.

SO WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK IS WE WILL PUT ALL OF THE WETLANDS INTO RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS FOR PROTECTION, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF TWO ACRES FOR POTENTIAL WETLAND IMPACTS, RIGHT? TO BUILD THE ROADS, RIGHT.

THE CONNECTIVITY'S A A BIG PART OF WHAT WE'VE DISCUSSED IN THIS COLLABORATIVE EFFORT, AND WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE ROADS CONNECT FROM POINT A TO POINT B, ET CETERA.

SO WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THE WETLANDS ARE, I GUESS IS WHAT I'M SAYING.

SO WE WOULD JUST ASK FOR THAT TO BE PART OF THE CONDITION.

AND THE RECORD, PLEASE.

WE BUILT IN A TWO ACRE BUFFER OKAY.

IN OUR MOTION.

UM, 28 COMMERCIAL, UM, AND 35, UM, RESTRICTED, WHICH GIVES YOU ABOUT A TWO ACRE BUFFER.

WE, WE THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE, WOULD BE ADEQUATE AND DIDN'T WANNA SURPRISE YOU WITH THAT AT ALL.

THAT'S THE WAY THE MOTION'S WRITTEN NOW, NATHAN.

ALRIGHT, THANKS.

DOES THAT WORK? YES, I, I BELIEVE SO.

IT'S JUST, WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THOSE WETLAND BOUNDARIES ARE, BUT THAT SHOULD, THAT SHOULD SUFFICE.

UH, AS I WAS SAYING THERE, THERE ARE TWO SLIDES TO THIS, UH, TO THIS MOTION.

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UM, THE TEXT, I DIDN'T WANT TO GET IT SO SMALL IT TO WHERE YOU COULDN'T EVEN READ IT.

I GOT A QUESTION.

UM, TERRY, WHEN YOU BUILT IN THAT TWO ACRE BUFFER THAT IS SPECIFICALLY SAFE FOR, UH, RIGHT OF WAYS, UM, ONLY, UM, IT, IT JUST SAYS THAT 35.592 ACRES WILL BE SUBJECT TO NO DISTURBANCE WHATSOEVER, EITHER DEED RESTRICTIONS.

WE, WE, WE BELIEVED, AND KEVIN, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THAT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN SOME AREAS THAT WOULD NEED SOME RIP WRAP.

UM, PRIMARILY INVOLVED WITH ROAD AND ENTRY AND, AND, AND EXITS IF WE WOULD.

I THINK WE SHOULD LET, LET IT BE, UM, A PART OF THE CONDITION.

WE ARE ALLOWING THIS, UM, TWO ACRE FOR ROADS AND, AND, AND, UM, SOME WATER.

SOME WATER, OKAY.

FOR ACCESS MANAGEMENT AND WATER.

YEAH, WE NEED TO CLARIFY THAT.

UM, THAT THE, THE BIGGEST PROBLEM PROBLEM RIGHT NOW, MR. HAMILTON IS THE, THERE ARE NO BOUNDARIES FOR THE WETLANDS.

LIKE THERE WAS A PREVIOUS JD THAT EXPIRED IN JUNE OF LAST YEAR.

SO THERE, RIGHT NOW WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THE WETLANDS ARE, RIGHT.

SO IT'S REALLY HARD TO PLAN WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE THOSE WETLANDS ARE.

SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS THAT TWO ACRES OF THE WETLANDS, HOWEVER IT MAY BE, WOULD BE ALLOWED TO BE IMPACTED THROUGH THE PROPER CHANNELS, OF COURSE THROUGH CORE PERMITS.

BUT IT COULD BE, COULD BE FOR, FOR GRADING, IT COULD BE FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS JUST DEPENDING ON HOW THE PLAN LAYS OUT.

RIGHT? UM, SO THERE'S A LOT OF UNKNOWNS THERE, I GUESS IS WHAT, SO WHERE DID Y'ALL GET THE NUMBER OF 32 ACRES OF DEVELOPABLE BULL? SO WHAT WE DID WAS TAKE THE PREVIOUS JURISDICTIONAL DETERMINATION AND USE THAT ACREAGE AND, AND THAT WAS WHAT WAS THE 35, 32, 30, THE 32 ACRES.

AND SO WE REDUCE THAT BY 4 4, 4 ACRES OUTTA 28.

SO WE WE'RE USING WHAT THE, THE BEST AVAILABLE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE.

AND WHAT WE DO KNOW IS WETLANDS GROW OVER TIME AND WE WOULD ANTICIPATE THE WETLANDS ARE GONNA GET LARGER ONCE WE GET A NEW VALIDATION THROUGH THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS.

SO WE'RE ASKING FOR THAT FLEXIBILITY AND NOT TO LIMIT IT TO JUST STORMWATER OR ROADS.

'CAUSE THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT, THERE'S FILL IMPACTS, THERE'S EXCAVATION IMPACTS, THERE'S, THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT CLASSIFICATIONS OF IMPACTS USED WITH THE CORE.

I WANTED TO ASK SURE.

SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

THE, UM, THE PLANS ARE VERY INITIAL RIGHT NOW FOR THE MEDICAL USE THE MICROPHONE PLEASE.

UM, SO THE TWO ACRES, THE 37 ACRES OF WETLANDS, WE'RE GONNA RESTRICT 35 OF THEM, BUT TWO ACRES OUGHT TO BE, WE WANNA KEEP AVAILABLE TO US FOR REALLY TWO REASONS.

ONE, ONE IS CONNECTIVITY, BUT ALSO THIS MEDICAL FACILITY IS A BIG, IT'S HUGE AND WE, WE NEED IT.

THEREFORE, UM, EXCUSE ME, UM, UM, WHEN ABU BUILDING'S THAT BIG IN THE LOW COUNTRY, YOU HAVE SPOTTED WETLANDS, WE MAY HAVE TO GO IN THERE AND MITIGATE FOR THAT BIG BUILDING AT DIFFERENT, AT DIFFERENT SPOTS.

SO YES, WE MAY NEED TWO ACRES FOR A COMBINATION OR TOTAL OF TWO ACRES FOR ROAD CROSSINGS AND OR, UH, TO MITIGATE FOR THAT BUILDING BECAUSE WE ARE IN THE LOW COUNTRY.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE AT.

WE'LL RESTRICT 35 ACRES.

UM, MR. REED, I DON'T SEE A PROBLEM WITH THAT AS LONG AS WE KNOW IT, IT'S NOT BUILDABLE RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL USE.

WELL, IT NEEDS TO BE, IT MAY BE.

I MEAN, IN OTHER WORDS, YOU MAY NOT FOR RESIDENTIAL.

WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'RE RESTRICT IT FOR RESIDENTIAL, BUT YOU MAY NEED IT FOR A MAJOR, UM, LET'S, LET'S SAY THIS IS A HUGE BUILDING, HOSPITAL BUILDING OR WHATEVER, AND THERE'S AN ACRE OF WETLANDS IN THE MIDDLE OF IT, BUT YOU CAN'T PUT IT ANY OTHER PLACE.

SO YEAH, WE MAY NEED TO MITIGATE THAT AND WE HAVE TO DO THAT ALL THE TIME.

BUT YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS TO DO THAT, GET THEIR APPROVAL, IT'LL BE LEGAL.

THAT'S WHAT WE ASKING FOR.

BUT WE DO AGREE TO RESTRICT 35 WITH THE 37.

WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE BETTER INFORMATION AS TO, UM, APPROXIMATE LOCATIONS OF IF THERE ARE ANY IMPACTS, BUILDING PLACEMENT, THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO THAT GIVES THAT FLEXIBILITY.

ALSO, I'D LIKE TO REMIND, REMIND YOU THAT FROM THE PROCESS STANDPOINT, UM, IF THIS IS, UH, GOES THROUGH FOR THE APPROVALS, UM, AS, AS THEY MOVE FORWARD IN THEIR DEVELOPMENT, THEY WILL BE REQUIRED TO COME BACK IN FRONT OF YOU WITH AN INITIAL MASTER PLAN.

UM, SO THAT'S WHEN THEY START TO, TO NARROW DOWN ROAD PLACEMENT, BUILDING PLACEMENT, PARKING, STORM WATER, UH, DEVICES, THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO WE WILL HAVE A BETTER OPPORTUNITY, UM, OR

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AND YOU WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THAT, UH, AS WELL AS THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

BUT I THINK THE KEY, THE KEY WORD IS MITIGATION.

RIGHT? THAT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME WHENEVER WETLANDS ARE INVOLVED EVERYWHERE, IT'S JUST THE CORPS WILL COME IN AND GO, YOU HAVE TO RE YOU HAVE TO MITIGATE THIS SOMEWHERE SOMEHOW.

IS THAT FAIR? YES, SIR.

SO IT'S ALMOST AS IF WE CAN HAVE, UM, SOME TYPE OF LANGUAGE EXPLICIT IN HERE.

WE KNOW RIGHT NOW THAT, UM, THERE'S GONNA BE THE TWO ACRE ALLOTMENT IF NEEDED FOR THE CONNECTIVITY AND IF ADDITIONAL, UM, ACREAGE IS NEEDED, THAT CAN BE A CONDITIONAL, UH, IMPROVEMENT TO, TO BE A FINAL DETERMINATION ONCE WE DO GET EITHER THAT MASTER PLAN OR THERE IS, UM, EVIDENCE THAT, YOU KNOW, SAYS IT MIGHT BE AN ADDITIONAL HALF ACRE THAT MIGHT BE NEEDED FOR THAT CONNECTIVITY IF MITIGATION SAYS SO.

SO I'M SAYING LIKE, IS THERE SOME WAY, TERRY, TO, TO WORD THAT, UM, IF THE ISSUE IS TO NOT BE SO RESTRICTIVE, IF WE HAVE TO GO OVER THAT TWO ACRE OF THE, UM, WETLANDS, WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE, THAT YOU CANNOT BUILD ANYTHING COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL.

IT HAS TO BE SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT MITIGATION, THAT CONNECTIVITY, UH, PURPOSE, BUT NOT KNOWING IF IT'S GOING TO EXCEED THAT, UM, TWO ACRES.

CLARIFY THAT SECOND, SAY DO IT, DO IT BY A SECOND READING.

UM, HAVE THAT CLARIFIED.

WELL, THE, THE BOTTOM LINE IS, IS THE MOTION AS WRITTEN ONLY GRANTS THEM THE ABILITY TO PUT COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OF COMMERCIALS ON 28 ACRES SO THEY CANNOT GO OVER ANY COMMERCIAL OF THE 28 ACRES.

SO, UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT IS THE LIMIT AS FAR AS WHAT THEY CAN BUILD COMMERCIAL RIGHT DURING THAT.

BUT IT SEEMED TO BE LIKE THERE WAS SOME, UM, APPREHENSION IN THE SENSE OF FOR THE 37 32 OF WETLANDS, UM, THAT HE'S ALSO NOT ABLE TO TOUCH ANY OF THAT IN TERMS OF AS THAT'S GONNA BE CONSERVED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF WHAT HE NEEDS FOR THE MITIGATION.

AND SO WHEREAS WE'RE SAYING TOO, AND WE KNOW THAT IF MITIGATION HAPPENS AND DETERMINES IT MIGHT BE TWO AND A HALF, OR EVEN LET'S SAY THREE, IT SEEMS THERE'S APPREHENSION TO NOT WANT TO BE RESTRICTED UNTIL THEY GET IN TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY SEE WHAT'S WHAT.

SO I'M SAYING LIKE, IS THERE SOME WAY TO PROVIDE THAT LANGUAGE THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA, UM, WE KNOW THAT THE CONSERVANCY IS NOT GONNA EXCEED MORE THAN WHATEVER HE NEEDS FOR THAT MITIGATION THE CONNECTIVITY ISSUE.

DID I MAKE A SUGGESTION WITH THE, WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT ANY WETLAND IMPACTS WILL HAVE TO COME BACK BEFORE THE COUNCIL WITH THE MASTER PLAN AND WITH BE APPROVED THROUGH THE COURT , COULD THE MOTION STATE THAT ANY WETLANDS REMAINING AFTER IMPACTS WILL BE, OR SORRY, ANY WETLANDS REMAINING WILL BE PLACED INTO RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS AND PROTECTED IN PERPETUITY KIND OF LANGUAGE, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ASKING, RIGHT? ANY WETLANDS THAT ARE ON THE PROPERTY WILL BE, UM, REMAIN THAT ARE LEFT WILL BE PROTECT.

IS THAT LEAVING IT GRAY THOUGH? WHEN YOU SAY ANY REMAINING, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE SAID MM-HMM, , IF YOU NEED MORE THAN TWO ACRES FOR MITIGATION, YOU'LL HAVE TO COME BACK AND GET CONDITIONS THAT COMPLETELY, THAT'S WHAT WE WANT.

THE CORE REQUIRES YOU TO PUT WETLANDS IN COVENANTS AND RESTRICTIONS.

IF I MAY, IF I MAY, I THINK, UM, NO PROBLEM.

I THINK WHAT WOULD, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS IF YOU WERE TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROPOSAL AS YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU, UH, IN THE FUTURE, UH, OBVIOUSLY FROM A SITE DESIGN STANDPOINT, UM, WHEN YOU GIVE THEM ONLY THOSE 28 ACRES TO WORK WITH, THEY ARE, THEIR JOB IS TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE THAT WORK ON THE 28 ACRES.

PROPERTY, UH, WOULD HAVE TO MEET THAT 24 20% AFFORDABILITY.

ALRIGHT.

AND IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAVE TO, TO COME BACK AT THAT TIME AND THE MASTER PLAN PROCESS, THEY WOULD KNOW THAT.

AND WHAT WE COULD DO IS THERE COULD BE A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AMENDMENT TO CLARIFY IF THERE'S ANY TWEAKS.

BUT AGAIN, THE GOAL IS THAT THEY ARE BOUND BY THAT 28 ACRES AND THAT THEY'RE DESIGNING THE SITE AROUND THAT AND TRYING TO MINIMIZE AS MANY IMPACTS AS POSSIBLE DURING THEIR SITE DESIGN PROCESS THAT COMES TO US OR PLANNING COMMISSION.

SO SHOULD WE SCROLL THROUGH THIS NEXT PAGE OF THIS BEFORE ANYONE MAKES A MOTION TO UH, YES, SIR.

AND IF YOU LIKE, I CAN KIND OF SUMMARIZE IT, UH, WHILE IT'S, UH, SITTING UP HERE.

THE, THE ITEMS THAT WE WERE DISCUSS, WE JUST LET US READ IT.

IF YOU CHANGE IT TO THE NEXT PAGE MAYBE.

OH YEAH.

UM, SOME OF THE ITEMS WERE THE, THE LAND USE COMPARISON CHART THAT WE REFER TO, THAT THAT'S INCLUDED.

UM, THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE, UM, ANY RDUS THAT ARE UTILIZED ON THIS

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SORRY, KEVIN.

BUT FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE AND WATCHING ON TV AND ALL THIS NEEDS TO BE READ ALOUD.

UM, WHO WANTS TO READ ? I'M HAPPY TO.

SORRY.

NO SIR, YOU'RE NO PROBLEM.

NO PROBLEM.

ALRIGHT, EMILY.

UM, I MOVE TO APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS.

FIRST READING OF THE ORDINANCE FOR THE AMENDMENT TO THE BUCKWALTER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

TO ADD THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS, ADD DETAILED LANGUAGE TO THE 13TH AMENDMENT DOCUMENT FOR THE FOLLOWING, DETAILING THE FRONTAGE ROAD AND INTERCONNECTIVITY COMMITMENTS AND OBLIGATIONS SUCH AS LAND RESERVATION INTERCONNECTIVITY WITH THE PROPERTY IMMEDIATELY TO THE WEST, IDENTIFIED AS THE CURRENT BEAUFORT COUNTY TAX MAP NUMBER R 604 2 9 5 9 5.

CONTINUING THE FRONTAGE ROAD WITH PLACEMENT OF THE FRONTAGE ROAD IN FRONT OF BUILDINGS ALONG BLUFFTON PARKWAY.

CONSTRUCTION RESPONSIBILITY TRIGGER FOR PHASE CONSTRUCTION AT TIME OF DEVELOPMENT OF APPLICABLE PARCELS AND DEDICATION AS A SEPARATE SUBSECTION OF SECTION THREE IV DETAILING THE ROADWAY CONNECTION TO LAKE POINT DRIVE COMMITMENTS AND OBLIGATIONS SUCH AS LAND RESERVATION LOCATION, WI CONSTRUCTION TRIGGER FOR CONSTRUCTION AND DEDICATION AS A SEPARATE SUBSECTION OF SEPARATE OF SECTION THREE IV INCORPORATING AS AMENDMENT TO THE LANGUAGE IN SECTION THREE FOUR AFTER BLUFFTON PARKWAY.

ACCESS MANAGEMENT PLAN, ADD LANGUAGE TO SECTION 3.4.

COMMITTING THE PROPERTIES ARE SUBJECT TO THE BUCKWALTER PARKWAY ACCESS MANAGEMENT PLAN AS AMENDED EXTENSION OF RIGHT OF WAY FOR THE THREE ACCESS POINTS TO BUCK WALTER PARKWAY THROUGH THE APPLICANT'S PROPERTIES TO THE NEW NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF GRANDY OAKS AFTER ANNEXATION AS SEPARATE SUBSECTION OF 3.4.

INCORPORATING THE LAND USE COMPARISON CHART DATED 4 24 2024 AS EXHIBIT OF THE 13TH AMENDMENT.

INCORPORATING THE REQUIREMENT THAT ANY RDS UTILIZED ON THE PROPERTY ARE SUBJECT TO THE QUI REQUIREMENT FOR, FOR, FOR 20% AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

AS OUTLINED IN ARTICLE SIX OF THE UDO, REVISE THE LANGUAGE OF DRAFT OF THE DRAFT 13TH AMENDMENT SECTION 3.3 AS FOLLOWS, REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF ADDITIONAL GENERAL COMMERCIAL RIGHTS TO BE ADDED TO THE BUCKWALTER FROM 32 ACRES TO 28.

RESTRICT THE USE OF THESE ADDITIONAL 28 ACRES OF GENERAL COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS OR RESIDENTIAL UNITS TO THE UPLAND ACRES OF THE PROPERTIES AT TIME OF ANNEXATION.

THE 35.592 ACRES OF THE PROPERTIES NOT IDENTIFIED AS UPLAND AT THE TIME OF ANNEXATION WILL HAVE RESTRICTED COVENANTS, DEED RESTRICTIONS AND OR CONSERVATION EASEMENTS PLACED UPON THE PROPERTIES.

SAID RESTRICTIONS MUST BE APPROVED BY THE TOWN PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF ANY INITIAL MASTER PLAN.

SAID RESTRICTIONS WILL GIVE THE TOWN ENFORCEMENT RIGHTS.

THE ADDITIONAL 28 ACRES OF GENERAL COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS MAY BE UTILIZED WITHIN THE GRANDY OAKS COMMONS LAND USE TRACT, AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED TO ANY OTHER AREA WITHIN BUCKWALTER TRANSFER OF ADDITIONAL COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS INTO THE GRANDY OAKS COMMONS.

LAND USE TRACT IS PROHIBITED.

IS THAT YES, SIR.

THAT'S IT.

ANY MORE DISCUSSIONS? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

NUMBER SIX HAS THE SAME CONDITIONS.

I MOVE TO, UH, TO APPROVE SECTION SIX WITH, WITH CONDITIONS.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

OH, THAT'S IT? YES, SIR.

I DON'T BELIEVE IT.

OH, WHERE ARE WE? THREE.

I THINK WE BEEN, THANK YOU.

THANK Y'ALL.

HARD BEEN COUPLE YEARS.

VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT.

NUMBER ITEM NUMBER THREE, AMENDMENTS TO THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON.

OKAY, MOVE ON TO

[VIII.3. Amendments to the Town of Bluffton’s Municipal Code of Ordinances, Chapter 23, Unified Development Ordinance (UDO), Article 4 - Zoning Districts and Article 5 – Design Standards to Establish a Planned Unit Development District for Bluffton Village and Related Standards, and to Add Appendix A to Include the Master Plan, Building and Sign Standards from the Soon-toExpire Bluffton Village Development Agreement. First Reading - Kevin Icard, Director of Growth Management]

MUNICIPAL CODE OF ORDINANCE CHAPTER 23, UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE, UDO, ARTICLE FOUR ZONING DISTRICTS AND ARTICLE FIVE DESIGN STANDARDS TO ESTABLISH THE PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR BLUFFTON VILLAGE AND RELATED

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STANDARDS, AND TO ADD APPENDIX A TO INCLUDE THE MASTER PLAN BUILDING AND SIGNED STANDARDS FROM THE SOON TO EXPIRE BLUFFTON VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

MR. KEVIN? GREAT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT.

UM, AS YOU STATED, WE ARE HERE FOR A, UH, ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT.

UM, AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH, UH, WE JUST HAVE, UM, THE BUCK WALTER PUD DISCUSSING DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS.

UM, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT IS EXPIRING AS OF OCTOBER 17TH OF THIS YEAR.

SO THAT IS THE BLUFFTON VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

UM, SO A COUPLE THINGS ON HERE.

THE, FROM A STATE LAW STANDPOINT, IT ALLOWS FOR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT ALLOWS FOR THE CONTRACT BETWEEN THE DEVELOPERS AND, AND THE TOWN, UH, FOR EACH AND EACH, UH, DEVELOPMENT IS UNIQUE, UH, TYPICALLY OCCURS OVER YEARS.

UM, AND THEN THIS ONE, UM, IT CAN BE MULTI-YEAR.

UH, SOME OF THEM, UH, LAST FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

SOME OF 'EM ARE 10 TO 15 YEARS OR 20 YEARS.

SO, UM, AND THOSE ZONING REGULATIONS, IN ESSENCE WILL, UM, UH, GRANDFATHER THEM IN IN THE REGULATIONS SO THAT WAY IF THERE'S CHANGES, UH, THEY DON'T HAVE TO FOLLOW ANY NEW CHANGES.

SO, SPECIFICALLY FOR, UH, BLUFFTON VILLAGE, UH, THIS PUD WAS INITIALLY APPROVED BY THE TOWN IN 2000.

UH, AND LIKE I SAID, IT EXPIRES, UH, IN ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF.

UM, IT, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT ALSO INCLUDES THE PERMITTED LAND, USES THE STANDARDS, THE BUILDING TYPES, THE DESIGN GUIDELINES, AND SIGNAGE.

UM, SO AS THIS WAS MOVING FORWARD, AND WE BROUGHT THIS TO YOU, UH, I BELIEVE IT WAS BACK IN MARCH, UH, FROM A WORKSHOP, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON.

UM, WE HELD A COUPLE OF MEETINGS.

UH, WE WORKED WITH THE, UH, PROPERTY OWNERS, UH, ASSOCIATIONS.

AND WHAT WE CAME UP WITH IS WE'RE TRANSITIONING THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, UH, LANGUAGE FROM THAT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT INTO THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE.

AND WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS WE'RE GONNA ESTABLISH THE PUD, UH, BLUFFTON VILLAGE, UH, WHICH IS ACTUALLY ALREADY ON THE ZONING MAP AND SPECIFICALLY CALLED OUT AS SUCH.

UM, WE'RE GOING TO ESTABLISH PERMITTED USES, UM, EXCUSE ME, IN, UH, FROM THE PUD, UM, INTO THE UDO IN OUR TABLE 4.3.

UM, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO INCLUDE THE DENSITY SQUARE FOOTAGE, UH, BUILDING TYPES DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND SIGNAGE AS AN APPENDIX TO THE UDO.

AND WHAT THIS DOES IS IT, IT IT STILL GIVES THE RIGHTS THAT THE INDIVIDUALS CURRENTLY HAVE, UM, TO, TO STILL FOLLOW THOSE GUIDELINES.

NO NEW DEVELOPMENT, NO INCREASES IN DEVELOPMENT.

SO WHAT PEOPLE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS WHAT YOU GET, WHAT YOU HAVE IS WHAT YOU GET.

UM, SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE INCLUDED, UM, LANGUAGE TO DESCRIBE WHAT THE BLUFFTON VILLAGE PUD IS.

UH, WE'VE INCLUDED THE BLUFFTON VILLAGE, PUD, INTO THE USE DISTRICT.

SO IT CLEARLY ESTABLISHES USES THAT ARE EITHER PERMITTED, UM, CONDITIONALLY APPROVED, UH, IF THERE'S SPECIAL EXEMPTIONS, OR IT'S NOT PERMITTED AT, AT ALL.

UM, OTHER THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT FROM THE APPENDIX IS INCLUDING THE, A COPY OF THE MASTER PLAN.

WHAT THAT DOES IS IT OUTLINES ALL OF THE LOTS, UH, THAT ARE IN THE DEVELOPMENT.

UH, WE INCLUDED THE SQUARE FOOTAGE, UM, ALLOTMENTS, AND THIS MEMORIALIZES IT IN THE DOCUMENT.

UH, SO THAT WAY WE KNOW EXACTLY, UM, WHAT WHAT EVERYBODY IS ALLOWED TO HAVE.

UM, AND AS THEY MOVE FORWARD, UH, THERE'S A FEW THAT ARE STILL LEFT TO DEVELOP, UM, THAT THEY CLEARLY KNOW THAT THEY STILL HAVE THE SAME RIGHTS AS WHAT THEY'VE HAD IN THE PAST.

UH, AGAIN, UM, FROM THE DEVELOPMENT HISTORY, THIS STARTED IN 2000.

UM, THE FIRST AMENDMENT THERE WERE, UM, SOME OBLIGATIONS THAT WERE REQUIRED, UH, DEALING WITH THE POST OFFICE, THE LIBRARY, UH, ALL OF THOSE WERE, UM, WERE AFFIRMED.

AND THAT WAS PART OF THAT FIRST AMENDMENT.

IN 2005, UH, THERE WAS THE TOLLING THAT EXTENDED, UM, UM, THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE NINE YEARS.

UH, THAT IS A STATEWIDE, UH, REQUIREMENT.

AND WHAT THAT DID WAS IT GAVE US AN EXPIRATION DATE OF THIS YEAR.

SO, UH, WE HELD OUR WORKSHOP WITH YOU.

UM, WE HELD MEETINGS WITH THE BLUFFTON VILLAGE, UH, PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION.

WE HAD TWO COMMUNITY MEETINGS TO GIVE, UM, PROPERTY OWNERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME IN.

AND WE SAT DOWN, I THINK WE HAD LIKE ABOUT 10, 10 INDIVIDUALS THAT CAME IN, SAT DOWN AND EXPLAINED ALL THIS IN GREAT DETAIL WITH THEM.

UH, BACK IN, UH, JULY, WE HELD OUR PUBLIC HEARING.

WE'RE HERE THIS EVENING, UH, FOR THE FIRST READING, UH, TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER FOR THAT SECOND READING OF THE UDO.

AND THEN WHAT WE'LL DO FROM THERE IS, UH, ONCE THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT EXPIRES, THE UDO WILL TAKE EFFECT THE NEXT DAY, UH, FROM A REVIEW CRITERIA.

UM, IT'S NOT APPLICABLE, UH, TO THESE REQUIREMENTS, OR IT COMPLIES FOR NUMBER FIVE.

SO THIS EVENING, UH, YOU HAVE THE, UH, THE POWERS AND DUTIES TO EITHER APPROVE, UH, THE APPLICATION AS SUBMITTED, APPROVE IT WITH AMENDMENTS, OR TO DENY THIS REQUEST.

UM, AGAIN, PROCESS.

UH, WE'RE AT THE FIRST READING THIS EVENING AND I HAVE A PROPOSED MOTION, UH, IF YOU SO CHOOSE OR IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO, UM, DISCUSS THEM WITH YOU.

I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR

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KEVIN? ANYBODY? UH, KEVIN? I JUST WANT TO, BASICALLY I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS PROCESS.

NOTHING'S CHANGED OTHER THAN WHERE IT'S WRITTEN, RIGHT? YES, SIR.

NO RULES, NO LAWS, NO CHANGES TO ANYTHING ANYBODY CAN DO.

IT'S JUST IN A DIFFERENT BOOK.

BECAUSE OF THE EXPIRATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

CAN I ASK A QUESTION? CERTAINLY DO, NOTHING HAS CHANGED, BUT DO WE DO, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER CHANGING? WELL, THE, THAT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, IT JUST, THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT GOES AWAY.

IT JUST AS OF OCTOBER 17TH, IT DISAPPEARS.

SO NOW WHAT THEY'RE, WHAT'S HAPPENING IS THEY'RE NOW GONNA BE REGULATED BY THE UDO.

SO OUR ZONING DOCUMENTS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE, AND WHAT WE'VE DONE IS THERE'S, SO THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS, UH, THAT ARE NECESSARY.

THEY'VE ALL BEEN ADDRESSED.

UH, WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, ALL OF THE, ALL INFRASTRUCTURE HAS BEEN INSTALLED.

UM, THERE ARE JUST LITERALLY BUILDING PADS OUT THERE FOR THE INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY OWNERS TO, TO BUILD THEIR BUILDINGS.

IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO CHANGE ANYTHING BECAUSE THOSE RIGHTS UNDER THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT ARE NOW VESTED.

BUT, AND SEE, THAT'S NOT WHAT I, I THOUGHT SO CLARITY IS GREAT BECAUSE I THOUGHT ONCE IT, UM, IT EXPIRES, IT OPENED UP AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REVISIT IT.

UM, ONLY UNDER VERY LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES.

ANYTHING FROM MS. BURDEN? NO.

IS THERE A MOTION I MOVE TO APPROVE THE AMENDMENTS TO THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON? CODE OF ORDINANCES.

CHAPTER 23, UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE ARTICLE FOUR.

UH, IN ARTICLE FIVE, TO ESTABLISH A PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR BLUFFTON VILLAGE AND RELATED STANDARDS AND TO ADD APPENDIX A TO INCLUDE THE MASTER PLAN, BUILDING AND SIGN STANDARDS FROM THE SOON TO EXPIRE BLUFFTON VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

A DISCUSSION.

TO AUTHORIZE AN AGREEMENT WITH FLOCK SAFETY FOR PHASE ONE OF THE NEW CAMERA PURCHASE AND INTEGRATION PLAN, PHYSICAL IMPACT $163,550 AND ANNUAL REOCCURRING COST OF 74,500.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, KEVIN.

NEXT ITEM NUMBER FOUR, APPROVAL

[VIII.4. Approval to Authorize an Agreement with Flock Safety for Phase I of the New Camera Purchase and Integration Plan (Fiscal Impact $163,550.00 and Annual Recurring Costs $74,500.00). Chief Joe Babkiewicz, Bluffton Police Department]

TAKE IT AWAY, CHIEF.

REQUEST THE STAFF RECOMMENDS, UH, TO TOWN COUNCIL TO AUTHORIZE THE TOWN MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH FLOCK SAFETY TO BEGIN PHASE ONE OF THE NEW CAMERA PURCHASE AND INTEGRATION PLAN.

GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UH, JUST A QUICK BACKGROUND ON THE, THE CAMERA SYSTEM AND, AND THE PURCHASE OF FLOCK CAMERAS.

ON JUNE 11TH, 2024, UH, COUNCIL APPROVED THE TOWN'S FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET, WHICH INCLUDED THE PURCHASE OF A CAMERA PROGRAM THROUGH THE FLOCK SAFETY.

UH, THE TOTAL AMOUNT BUDGETED WAS FOR PHASE ONE.

UH, WE HAVE BROKEN IT DOWN INTO THREE SEPARATE PHASES.

UH, WE WANTED TO BE AS EFFICIENT AS POSSIBLE AND SEE IF THERE IS A NEED FOR EVEN PHASE TWO AND PHASE THREE.

AND SO PHASE ONE, THE AMOUNT OF PROOF WAS $163,500.

UM, UPGRADING A SPAN.

THE CAMERAS WAS ALSO A PART OF OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING.

UH, THE TOWN STRATEGIC PLAN FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 AND 2026.

UH, A FEW THINGS.

THE CAMERAS WILL PROVIDE OFFICERS WITH ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO HELP SOLVE AND PREVENT CRIME FROM OCCURRING.

UH, THEY ARE GONNA BE EXPANDED ALL THE WAY OVER TO THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN WHERE WE HAVE VERY LIMITED CAMERA COVERAGE.

UH, ALSO BY USING FLOCK CAMERAS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO LINK WITH ESTABLISHING NEIGHBORHOOD CAMERAS TO ASSIST WITH OUR INVESTIGATIONS.

UH, CURRENTLY THERE'S THREE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE FLOCK CAMERAS.

THAT IS PALMETTO POINT, PINE RIDGE, AND THE LAKES AT NEW RIVERSIDE.

UH, WHEN THEY GO ON AND THEY HAVE CAMERAS IMPLEMENTED INTO THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, THEY SIGN INTO AGREEMENT THAT THEY WILL ALLOW ACCESS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT.

SO WE HAVE A WAY OF EXPANDING OUR CAMERA COVERAGE WITHOUT COSTING A DIME FOR US.

UM, CAMERAS WILL ALSO EXPAND ACROSS THE TOWN AND BE PLACED IN THE AREAS WHERE THERE IS CURRENTLY NO COVERAGE, AS SAID BEFORE.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, UH, WE WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE OTHER TOWNS THAT ARE UTILIZING, UH, FLOCK CAMERAS.

THAT INCLUDES, UH, HARDY V UH, SAVANNAH.

AND WE JUST FOUND OUT YESTERDAY THAT BEAUFORT CITY AND CHIEF PRICE WENT INTO AGREEMENT WITH FLOCK CAMERAS AS WELL.

THIS IS THE PROPOSED CAMERA LOCATIONS.

AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, THE MAJORITY OF OUR CAMERAS ARE GONNA BE LOCATIONS ANYWHERE COMING INTO OUR TOWN.

SO AS CARS ARE COMING IN, IF THERE'S A STOLEN CAR, THERE'S A CAR THAT'S USING THE CRIME, IT'LL GO THROUGH THAT CAMERA AND IT'LL ALERT OUR OFFICERS, IT SENDS AN ALERT TO THEIR PHONES OR TO THEIR COMPUTERS AND LET US KNOW WHAT DIRECTION THAT VEHICLE IS HEADING IF IT'S COMING INTO TOWN.

AND GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO THAT AREA AS THEY GO THROUGH OTHER CAMERAS.

IT KEEPS ALERTING OUR OFFICERS TILL WE CATCH UP TO THAT VEHICLE.

SO WE

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THIS IS THE PROPOSED MOTION TO YOU, BUT I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, UM, FOR THE MOTION.

ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL? YES, BRIDGET, GO AHEAD.

I HAVE, UM, SOME QUESTIONS.

I BELIEVE THIS IS A SIMILAR EXCUSE ME INSTANCE, UM, BEFORE AND I BELIEVE CHIEF ANSWERED, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THOSE QUESTIONS PUBLICLY AGAIN AND JUST, UM, BE ABLE TO HAVE A RESPONSE FOR IT.

UM, SO WITH THESE CAMERAS, MY CONCERN OR QUESTION WOULD BE, UM, HOW ARE WE ABLE TO, UH, TRACK WHO'S UTILIZING THESE CAMERAS IN TERMS OF TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE NOT BEING ABUSED FOR THE PURPOSE OF LIKE, UM, EVADING PEOPLE'S PRIVACY OR PROFILING TARGETED MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.

IF A OFFICER WERE TO BE USING IT IN AN UNAUTHORIZED WAY, HOW WOULD WE BE ABLE TO KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT HAPPENING? YES MA'AM.

SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS WE'RE GONNA DO A QUARTERLY AUDIT.

UM, EVERY QUARTER WE'LL DO AN AUDIT.

IN ORDER FOR AN OFFICER TO EVEN LOOK UP A VEHICLE DURING AN INVESTIGATION, IT GOES INTO THEIR USERNAME AND THEY HAVE TO TYPE IN A CASE NUMBER.

EVERY QUARTER WE WILL PRINT OUT THAT LIST AND WE WILL PRESENT IT TO THE LAW, UH, LAW ENFORCEMENT CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE AS AN OVERSIGHT TO REVIEW THAT AUDIT.

AND IN THE EVENT THAT THAT HAPPENS, HAVE CONSIDERATIONS BEEN GIVEN TO, WHAT WOULD BE THE ACTIONS TAKEN IF SOMEONE DOES ABUSE THE USE OF WHAT THE CAMERA'S INTENDED FOR? YES MA'AM.

WE WOULD FOLLOW PROGRESSIVE DISCIPLINE POLICY.

UM, I THINK I POSE THIS QUESTION TO THE TOWN MANAGER EARLIER THAT MAKES SURE THAT WHEN WE PUT OUR CAMERAS IN, WHAT YOU DIDN'T MENTION IN YOUR WHO USING IT, THE COUNTY DOES THE COUNTY HAVELOCK CAMERAS, BUT BEAUFORT COUNTY DOES NOT HAVELOCK CAMERAS.

NO, SIR.

TO, TO GO ALONG WITH THE QUESTION, I KNOW DURING THE BUDGET DISCUSSION THEY WERE LOOKING AT, I THINK IMPLEMENTING FLOCK CAMERAS AT SOME POINT IN TIME, IF THEY DO, WE'LL MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT DUPLICATING.

UM, IS THAT WHERE YOU WERE GOING WITH THE QUESTION TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT DUPLICATING THE CAMERAS AND THAT WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, PAYING TO PUT AN EXTRA CAMERA IN IF IT'S NOT NEEDED.

WE'LL MAKE SURE WE COORDINATE THAT.

UH, COUNCILMAN HAMILTON, I SPOKE WITH BRIAN BARRETT YESTERDAY WITH BEAUFORT COUNTY.

HE REQUESTED A MAP OF WHERE OUR CAMERAS ARE 'CAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO DUPLICATE AS WELL.

UM, WHERE WE'RE GONNA PUT OUR CAMERAS, THEY, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, ARE TALKING ABOUT GOING TO A DIFFERENT CAMERA SYSTEM THAT HAS AI TECHNOLOGY, WHICH IS MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE.

UM, I DON'T THINK THAT THAT IS NECESSARY FOR OUR TOWN.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

IS THERE A MOTION I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE AUTHORIZING THE TOWN MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH FLOCK SAFETY FOR PHASE ONE OF THE NEW CAMERA PURCHASE AND THE INTEGRATION PLAN FOR A FISCAL ENTRY OF 163,500 AND ANNUAL RECURRING COST OF 74,500? ANY DISCUSSION? OR IS THERE A SECOND? A SECOND? SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

I DIDN'T THANK YOU.

I, MY VOTE IS NAY ON IT.

OH, I DIDN'T HEAR YOU.

AMENDING THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET TO PROVIDE FOR THE EXPENDITURES OF CERTAIN FUNDS AND TO ALLOCATE SOURCES OF REVENUE FOR THE SAID FUNDS TO CARRY OVER UN EXPENDITURES AND ENCUMBRANCES FROM THE 2000 FY 2024 BUDGET TO THE 2025 BUDGET.

BECAUSE YOU JUST SAID ALL IN FAVOR.

OH, OPPOSED? I DIDN'T HEAR YOU.

I OPPOSED.

SO THAT'S THREE TO ONE.

I MEAN FOUR TO ONE .

UP NEXT, WE HAVE THE CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE

[VIII.5. Consideration of an Ordinance Amending the Town of Bluffton Fiscal Year 2025 Budget to Provide for the Expenditures of Certain Funds; and to Allocate Sources of Revenue for the Said Funds to Carryover Unspent Expenditures and Encumbrances from the FY2024 Budget to the FY2025 Budget. First Reading - Natalie Majorkiewicz, Director of Finance]

FIRST READING, MS. NATALIE, GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UM, I'M PLEASED TO PRESENT THE FIRST BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025.

THIS IS THE ANNUAL PROCESS OF HEARING OVER FUNDS FROM THE PRIOR YEAR, AS WELL AS AMENDING THE BUDGET WITH AVAILABLE FUND BALANCE FOR ONE-TIME PURCHASES.

UM, THE COMPONENTS WILL INCLUDE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE GENERAL FUND AND CIP FUNDS WITH GRANTS AND ANTICIPATED INSURANCE CLAIMS USE OF ONE IN TIME EXPENSES WITH PROJECTED AVAILABLE FUND BALANCE FROM FISCAL YEAR 2024 CARRY FORWARDS FOR UNFINISHED PROJECTS AND COMMITMENTS.

AND ALSO COMMENCE AN ADDITIONAL $750,000 TO THE CAPITAL ASSET RESERVE FUND HERE.

UM, THIS IS AN UNAUDITED, UM, FUND BALANCE OF OVER $4.3 MILLION THAT WE ARE PROJECTING AT THIS TIME

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IN THE GENERAL FUND.

UM, WE HAVE APPLIED FOR A CYBERSECURITY PROJECT GRANT, UM, AND THIS AWARD IS PENDING, WHICH IS NOTED IN, UM, WITH THE RED ASTERISK.

UM, ADDITIONALLY, WE ARE RECOGNIZING INSURANCE CLAIMS, UM, FOR THE DEBO PARK PAVILION THAT IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND A RECENTLY TOTALED POLICE VEHICLE.

THERE IS $326,662 PROPOSED TO ROLL FORWARD FOR CONTRACTS AND ENCUMBRANCES NOT YET COMPLETED IN 2024.

AND OF THAT AMOUNT, $183,062 WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO CIP PROJECTS.

HERE ARE THE PROPOSED ONETIME USES OF THE PRIOR YEAR FUND BALANCE.

IT INCLUDES AN INCREASE FOR THE ADDITIONAL TREE SURVEY FOR SUR TREE SURVEY SERVICES, UM, A SOFTWARE PROGRAM FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND A TRANSFER TO CIP THAT INCLUDES $55,000 FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AT BUCKWALTER PLACE AND $2 MILLION FOR LAND ACQUISITION.

SWITCHING OVER TO THE LOCAL HOSPITALITY TAX FUND, UM, WE ARE PROPOSING AN INCREASE OF $488,690 FOR CIP PROJECTS LISTED.

IF I GO TOO FAST, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

THE LOCAL ACCOMMODATIONS TAX FUND, WE ARE PROPOSING AN INCREASE OF $634,361 FOR CIP PROJECTS.

IN THE CIP FUND, WE ARE PROPOSING AMENDMENTS FOR GRANTS AND ENTITLEMENTS AS WELL AS TRANSFERS IN FROM THE GENERAL FUND.

AS MENTIONED BEFORE FOR THE 55,000 IN THE 2 MILLION, UM, FOR THE LAND ACQUISITION, AS WELL AS THE PARK UPGRADES IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH IS FOR THE DEBOSE PARK PAVILION.

HERE ARE THE CARRY FORWARDS TO SUPPORT CIP PROJECTS.

UM, LISTED, LISTED HERE WITH THE VARIOUS FUNDING SOURCES IN THE STORM WATER FUND, WE ARE PROPOSING AN INCREASE OF $136,614, UM, WITH CARRY FORWARDS NOTED, AND THEN A REDUCTION IN CIP TRANSFERS, UM, OUT.

AND IT IS FOR A, UM, A STORMWATER AND ZERO PROJECT IN THE DEBT SERVICE FUND, WE ARE PROPOSING AN INCREASE OF $547,375 FOR CIP PROJECTS, UM, IN PARKS AND ROADS.

AND HERE IS THE CONSOLIDATED AMENDMENT WITH THE NEW PROPOSED BUDGET OF NEARLY 103 THOU $103 MILLION.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL THERE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET TO PROVIDE FOR THE EXPENDITURES OF CERTAIN FUNDS, COMMIT ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO THE CAPITAL ASSET RESERVE FUND, AND TO ALLOCATE SOURCES OF REVENUE FOR THE SAID FUNDS TO CARRY OVER UNSPENT EXPENDITURES AND ENCUMBRANCES FROM THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 BUDGET TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2025.

BUDGET.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

NEXT IS CONSIDERATION OF ACCOMMODATION TAX ADVISORY COMMITTEE FUNDING RECOMMENDA RECOMMENDATIONS FOR QUARTER ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2024.

DR.

UNANIMOUS, NEXT TIME Y'ALL HAVE THAT MUCH MONEY, LET ME KNOW.

UM, UP

[VIII.6. Consideration of Accommodations Tax Advisory Committee Funding Recommendations for Quarter Ending June 30, 2024. Natalie Majorkiewicz, Director of Finance]

MS. NATALIE AGAIN? YES.

GOOD EVENING AGAIN.

WE HAD FIVE APPLICANTS THIS QUARTER, UM, REQUESTING A TOTAL OF $158,000 FIVE $158,500.

THE TOTAL RECOMMENDED AMOUNT IS $156,700.

UM, AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO MENTION THAT, UM, CHAIRWOMAN CHRISTIE PINSKY PARKER IS IN THE AUDIENCE.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, THE AVAILABLE AMOUNT FOR DISTRIBUTION IS $595,051 AND HERE IS A BREAKDOWN OF OUR MOST RECENT QUARTER THAT INCLUDES, UM, FUNDING FROM PRIOR GRANTS THAT ARE BROUGHT INTO THE AVAILABLE AMOUNT FOR FUNDING.

HERE'S A SUMMARY OF THE APPLICATIONS WITH THE REQUESTED AMOUNT AND THE SCORING.

THE FIRST APPLICANT IS THE HISTORIC BLUFFTON ARTS AND SEAFOOD FESTIVAL.

IT IS THEIR 20TH, I'M SORRY.

I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT, THAT I LIKED IT TOO, BUT YEAH, I NEVER SEEN THAT BEFORE.

LET ME, I'M, LET ME LOOK AT THAT.

SO ARE WE GONNA VOTE ON THESE, EACH

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ONE AS WE GO? YES.

I NEED TO RECUSE MYSELF FROM THE, THE HISTORIC CARTS OF SEAFOOD FESTIVAL.

MARCIA, YOU GOT THAT? MM-HMM.

YOU GOT IT DAN? NO, BUT I'M GIVING COUNCILMAN HAMILTON A CHANCE TO REVIEW THIS INFORMATION.

OH, I LIKE THAT CHART THERE.

I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT BEFORE.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON IT, COUNCIL? OKAY.

I HAVE ONE.

SURE.

BASED ON THE, UH, WHEN I LOOKED AT IT, THE COASTAL CONSERVATION, I, I KNOW IT'S A GREAT ORGANIZATION, BUT I THINK MAYBE THEY, ARE THEY TRACKING TOURISM? THEY ARE.

ALRIGHT.

I REMEMBER SEEING THAT.

BUT ANYWAY.

THAT'S GOOD.

HOW ARE THEY TRACKING TOURISM? WHY ARE THEY TRACKING TOURISM? WELL, BECAUSE THEY'RE USING STATE ACCOMMODATIONS TAX, UM, AND THE WAY THAT THE ORGANIZATIONS TRACK VARY, SO SOME USE, IF THERE'S A SHUTTLE SERVICE, THEY'LL USE, UM, KIND OF, HEY, WHERE ARE YOU FROM? WHAT ZIP CODE ARE YOU FROM? AND THEY'LL NOTE IT DOWN.

IF THEY'RE SELLING TICKETS THEY USE, THEY MAY USE THAT AS THEIR, UM, THEIR MEASUREMENT OR, UM, TOURISM.

MM-HMM.

, IF THEY HAVE PEOPLE THAT COME IN AND THEY CHECK IDS, IF THERE'S BEER OF WINE BEING SERVED, THEY MAY USE THAT AS THEIR SYSTEM.

IT JUST VARIES.

AND I THINK ON SOMETHING LIKE THAT, A LOT OF PEOPLE BUY TICKETS AHEAD SO THEY HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO FIND OUT AND THE TICKETS FOR THE CCA ACTUALLY HAVE WHERE THEY'RE FROM AND EVERYTHING.

SO THEY ACTUALLY HAVE STAY CLOSES.

SO WE'LL TAKE THESE ONE AT A TIME.

AND WE'LL DO THE HISTORIC BL AND ARTS AND SEAFOOD AFTER YOU TALK ABOUT IT.

SO THEY ARE CELEBRATING THEIR 20TH ANNIVERSARY AND ARE HAVING 20 DAYS FOR THIS EVENT.

UM, THE 2023 FESTIVAL WELCOMED AROUND 43% OF UM, TOURISTS AT THE VARIOUS EVENTS.

THEY ARE REQUESTING $80,000 AND ATAC HAS RECOMMENDED $80,000.

ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE GET A MOTION? NO QUESTIONS.

NEED A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION TO GRANT HISTORIC BLUFFTON ARTS AND SEAFOOD FESTIVAL, INC.

$80,000 IN SUPPORT OF THE HISTORIC BLUFFTON ARTS AND SEAFOOD FESTIVAL AS PRESENTED IN THE STAFF REPORT.

BREAKDOWN FOR ADVERTISING AND PROMOTION OF TOURISM AND MUNICIPALITY SERVICES, PUBLIC FACILITIES AND TOURIST TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR VOTE BY SAYING AYE.

YOU GOT THE NEXT HOLD ON.

HOLD ON.

HE HAVE THIS, HE HAVE TO SAY THAT THERE WAS ONE ABSTENTION.

I DIDN'T HEAR THAT.

THERE'S ONE OF STEPS EXTENSION.

THE NEXT APPLICANT YEAH.

IS THE RIGHT ONE.

SORRY.

THAT'S OKAY.

UM, THE COASTAL CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION IS REQUESTING, UM, $10,000.

THEIR EVENT WILL BE HELD OVER THE WEEKEND OF SEPTEMBER 20TH THROUGH THE 22ND IN OLD TOWN, BLUFFTON AND ATEC HAS RECOMMENDED $10,000.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR COUNSEL? QUESTIONS? IS THERE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO GRANT THE COASTAL CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION $10,000 IN SUPPORT OF THE 2024 CELEBRATING CONSERVATION WEEKEND IN BLUFFTON PROJECT AS PRESENTED IN THE STAFF REPORT BREAKDOWN FOR ADVERTISING AND PROMOTION EXPENSES.

BECK, THAT'S ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.

IT'S UNANIMOUS.

ABOUT WHAT TO SLEEP ON THE THIRD APPLICANT IS THE BLUFF AND BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE LOW COUNTRY.

THIS IS FOR THE 2024 BIKE BLACKTON EVENT THAT WILL BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 3RD, 2024.

THEY'RE REQUESTING $23,500 AND ATAC HAS RECOMMENDED THAT AMOUNT.

ANY DISCUSSION, COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? IS THERE A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION TO GRANT THE BUFF THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB AT THE LOW COUNTRY $23,500 IN SUPPORT OF THEIR BIKE BLUFFTON EVENT FOR 2024 AS PRESENTING THE STAFF REPORT BREAKDOWN FOR ADVERTISING PROMOTION EXPENSES.

IS THERE A SECOND? BACK WHO SECOND.

EMILY DO I DO? OKAY.

UM, ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

THE HISTORIC LEFT AND FOUNDATION IS REQUESTING THEIR SECOND

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QUARTER OF FUNDING.

THEY'RE REQUESTING ON THE SAME AMOUNT AS THE PRIOR QUARTER AT $40,000 AND ATAC HAS RECOMMENDED THAT SAME AMOUNT.

ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL? IS THERE A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION TO GRANT THE HISTORIC BLUFFTON FOUNDATION, 40,000 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 QUARTERLY APPLICATION FROM OCTOBER 1ST, 2024 THROUGH DECEMBER THE 31ST, 2024 FOR WELCOME CENTER SERVICES.

WE HAVE A SECOND, SECOND DISCUSSION.

IN THE FINAL APPLICATION IS AGAIN FROM THE, ALSO FROM THE HISTORIC BLUFFTON FOUNDATION.

THIS IS FOR THE LUKE PEOPLES MUSIC CELEBRATION.

THIS, UM, APPLICANT WAS TABLED LAST QUARTER AND HAS COME BACK AND ATEC HAS RECOMMENDED A FUNDING OF $3,200 AND THE APPLICANT HAS RECOMMENDED IS REQUESTING 5,000.

THE REASON FOR THE REDUCTION BY ATAC IS BASED UPON THEIR BUDGET AND THE ELIGIBLE ITEMS THAT WERE LISTED.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR COUNSEL? I HAVE A QUESTION.

THE, UH, 1200 FOR FACILITIES FOR CIVIC AND CULTURAL EVENTS, WHAT IS THAT, UM, BROKEN DOWN TO BE USED FOR? WE CLASSIFY THOSE AS LIKE TABLES, CHAIRS, TENTS, THINGS THAT YOU NEED.

THAT'S KIND OF YOUR FACILITY TO HO TO HOST THE EVENT.

BECAUSE I KNOW THE EVENT'S AT CAMPBELL, BUT THE, UM, RECEPTION I BELIEVE IS AT THE STORE.

WARD HOUSE.

THAT'S CORRECT.

SO THE 1200 IS NOT FOR CAMPBELL, BUT FOR THE YES.

AND IS THAT JUST BECAUSE CAMPBELL IS OFFERING IT? I'M ASSUMING AT NO COST TO THE HOST.

THAT I DON'T KNOW.

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? NOT THERE A MOTION THAT WAS I FELL ASLEEP.

I MAKE A MOTION TO GRANT THE HISTORIC THIS ISN'T THE RIGHT MOTION.

MOTION.

WRONG WAY.

THERE WE GO.

I MAKE A MOTION TO GRANT THE HISTORIC L AND FOUNDATION $8,200 IN SUPPORT OF THE LUKE PEOPLE'S MUSIC CELEBRATION AS PRESENTED IN THE STAFF REPORT, BREAKDOWN FOR ADVERTISING AND TOURISM AND FACILITIES FOR CIVIC AND CULTURAL EVENTS EXPENSES.

SAY A SECOND.

SECOND QUESTIONS.

NEXT TIME.

GIVE MY CHURCH SOME MONEY.

COUNSEL HAVE A NEED TO REMOVE OR DISCUSS ANY ITEMS? IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? SO MOVED.

OKAY, WE'RE MOVING TO THE CONSENT.

DOES

[IX. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS]

AGENDA ITEMS? IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

A MOTION TO MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR LEGAL ADVICE PERTAINING TO AN APPEAL OF A DECISION MADE BY THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION PURSUANT TO SOUTH CAROLINA? FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 30 DASH FOUR DASH SEVEN ZERO A TWO SECOND MO I MAKE THAT MOTION.

IS THERE

[X. EXECUTIVE SESSION]

BEAUTIFUL AND COMPLETELY HARMLESS.

ALL RIGHT.

WE ARE IN SECOND SESSION.

MOST SNAKES THAT WE ENCOUNTER ARE JUST LIKE THIS EASTERN KING SNAKE.

IN FACT, MOST SNAKES ARE BENEFICIAL AND THEY'RE GOOD INDICATORS OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH.

ALL ANIMALS NEED GOOD QUALITY HABITAT LIKE THIS GORGEOUS FOREST.

JOIN US FOR COASTAL KINGDOM, A FIELD TRIP THROUGH THE LOW COUNTRY, AND A CHANCE TO MEET SOME OF THE ANIMALS THAT LIVE HERE.

WELL, TERRY, THERE'S A SMASH TO RIGHT FIELD.

THAT BALL IS WAY BACK.

GONE.

NICO L SO BUFORD COUNTY HOME RUN SHOT OVER THE RIGHT FIELD.

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WE ARE BACK AT OPEN

[XI. ACTION FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION]

SESSION OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION.

THERE WAS NO VOTES TAKEN AND NO ACTION MADE.

WE ARE GOING TO CALL BACK NOW WHEN WE GET THE, WE HAVE THE MOTION WOULD BE, UM, TO APPROVE THE UM, 80 80 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THAT WAS REACHED, UM, ON SEPTEMBER.

SORRY, ARE YOU GONNA GIVE US SOMETHING TO SAY, TERRY? YES.

UM, THE MOTION WOULD BE TO APPROVE THE SETTLEMENT, THE MEDIATED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THAT WAS REACHED BETWEEN THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON.

AND ONE SECOND.

AND GET THE NAME RIGHT.

KELLY KENNY, IN HER CAPACITY AS TRUSTEE OF THE WILLIAM G. ROWE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY TRUST.

THAT AGREEMENT WAS REACHED ON AUGUST 16TH, 2024.

THE AGREEMENT WAS SPECIFICALLY CONTINGENT UPON TOWN COUNCIL APPROVAL.

THE MOTION WOULD BE TO APPROVE THE SETTLEMENT.

IS THERE A MOTION? ARE WE GOING TO APPROVE YOUR STATEMENT OR ARE WE GONNA HAVE TO SAY IT? IT JUST, YOU CAN ADOPT IT AS YOUR MOTION.

I MAKE THE MOTION TO ADOPT THE RECOMMENDATION AS STATED BY COUNSEL.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

ANY ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.