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AND ALL MORNING. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR JOINING.
[I. CALL TO ORDER]
LET'S MAKE SURE WE HAVE ALL OUR BOARD UP HERE. JOSH IS ANGIE STONE HERE? YES. OKAY. ANGIE AND JOSH YOU ARE PART OF THE BOARD TODAY SO PLEASE JOIN US UP HERE. OH, GOOD MORNING, ANGIE.THERE YOU ARE. WE HAVE BLUFFTON. WE HAVE BEAUFORT.
WE HAVE BEAUFORT. WE HAVE JASPER COUNTY. EVERYBODY ELSE TOO.
I'M MISSING OKAY. SO I WILL GO AND GET STARTED RIGHT AWAY.
[III.A. Update from Beaufort Jasper Housing Trust Fund. Claude Hicks, Executive Director]
AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN UPDATE FROM THE BEAUFORT JASPER HOUSING TRUST INTRODUCING FOR THE FIRST TIME MR. CLYDE HOOK HICKS AND JENNIFER, ARE YOU GOING TO BE OH, YOU'RE GOING TO LET THEM FLY SOLO. OKAY YEAH. AND HERE'S THE PILOT FOR FLYING HIS FIRST SOLO FLIGHT. MR. CLYDE HICKS, THE DIRECTOR OF THE BEAUFORT JASPER HOUSING TRUST, THE BOARDING FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW JENNIFER WELL, SHE TELLS ME WHAT TO DO EVERY DAY AND I JUST DO IT WITHOUT. ANY RESPONSE? SHE KEEPS EVERYTHING RUNNING. SHE IS OUR DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS AT THE TRUST.THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU TODAY. YOU ARE MY I'VE BEEN HERE FIVE MONTHS. YOU ARE MY 75TH GROUP THAT I HAVE TALKED TO IN THAT FIVE MONTHS AND EVERYBODY IS SIMILAR EVERYBODY SEEMS TOTALLY BAFFLED BY HOUSING AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT AND HOW MIGHT APPROACH IT IN THIS AREA. TAKE TECHNOLOGY GETS US ALL LOOKING AT A SLIDE SHOW FROM THE BEGINNING JENNIFER I HAVE BROKEN SHUT IT DOWN THE BOTTOM WHAT CAN YOU DANCE HERE WE GO THANK YOU SIR IS IT GOING TO BE IN THE JOB DESCRIPTION OF YOUR NEW JOB, JACK OF ALL TRADES OF I'M NOT UP TO SPEED ONCE I GOT MY HAND I'D HAVE TO MAKE IT IF YOU WANT ME TO DO IT ENOUGH TO BEGIN. SO WE'LL GO BACK TO THE NEXT SLIDE. SO WHO IS THE HOUSING TRUST? EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM IS THE HOUSING TRUST. YOU ALL HAVE MEMBERS WHO SIT ON OUR BOARD AND REPRESENT YOU THE HOUSING TRUST UNIQUE IN THAT IT WAS FORMED FIRST AS A HOUSING TRUST THEN IT WAS RECREATED AS A5A1C3 CORPORATION. OUR MISSION IS VERY SIMPLE CREATE AND PRESERVE AFFORDABLE AND WORKFORCE HOUSING IN BEAUFORT AND JASPER COUNTIES. IT CAN'T GET ANY SIMPLER THAN THAT SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M ASKED ABOUT ALL THE TIME AND EVERYONE SEEMS TOTALLY CONFUSED IS WHAT IS AREA MEDIAN INCOME AND THE REASON THAT IS IMPORTANT FOR THIS GROUP IS THIS IS WHAT DRIVES OF THE AVENUES THAT WE TAKE TO RECEIVE FUNDING.
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IT DRIVES CONSTRUCTION LENDING . IT DRIVES MONEY FROM SOUTH CAROLINA HOUSING FINANCE AND IN CASES DRIVES FUNDING FROM PRIVATE RESOURCES WHO ARE LOOKING TO FOCUS IN ON A SPECIFIC PART OF OUR COMMUNITY AM I AREA MEDIAN INCOME IS VERY SIMPLY THE AVERAGE INCOME OF A SPECIFIC AREA SO BEAUFORT COUNTY HAS AN AM I BEAUFORT CITY HAS AN ARMY JASPER COUNTY HAS AN ARMY AND THEY ALL DIFFER AND THEY ALL CHANGE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. HUD GOES BACK AND TAKES A LOOK AT WHETHER INCOMES HAVE GONE UP OR DOWN AND MODERATES THOSE DOLLARS ACCORDINGLY. THIS IS THE BIGGEST QUESTION THAT I'M ASKED ALL THE TIME WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ? AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND WORKFORCE HOUSING WORKFORCE. HOUSING BY AND LARGE IS THE PREDOMINANT TERM THAT IS USED THIS AREA BECAUSE HOUSING HERE HAS REALLY BECOME AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ISSUE PRIMARILY TO FIND A WAY TO HOUSE SERVICE WORKERS TO HOUSE YOUNG TEACHERS TO HOUSE YOUNG FIREMEN. A YOUNG AMA AMA WORKERS THEY CAN'T FIND A PLACE TO LIVE HERE. THEY CERTAINLY CAN'T LIVE IN BEAUFORT.THEY CAN'T LIVE IN HILTON HEAD . IT'S BECOME IMPOSSIBLE.
SO WORKFORCE HOUSING IS DEFINED AS ANYTHING THAT IS AVAILABLE FOR RENT AND PURCHASE UP TO 120% OF AREA MEDIAN INCOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS ANYTHING THAT IS FOR RENT OR PURCHASE.
THERE'S AT 60% OF AMI OR BELOW THAT DISTINCTION IS ACCEPTED BY HUD.
IT'S ACCEPTED BY SOUTH CAROLINA HOUSING FINANCE AND IN MOST OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE WORK IN. THAT IS A DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN WORKFORCE HOUSING AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING AFFORDABLE HOUSING HAS TAKEN ON OVER MY 25 PLUS YEARS IN THIS BUSINESS A TOUGH IN MOST COMMUNITIES THEY LINK TO SECTION EIGHT HOUSING, THEY LINK IT TO HOUSING AUTHORITY HOUSING AND IT IS NOT AFFORDABLE HOUSING. TODAY'S ENVIRONMENT IS ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS AND MOST OF THE LIMITED PARTNERS THOSE PARTNERSHIPS ARE NAMES THAT YOU WOULD RECOGNIZE VIRTUALLY ALL OF FORTUNE 500 IN THE UNITED STATES HAVE AT SOME POINT INVEST IT IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THIS MEANS ON AN ARMY PERSPECTIVE HERE.
IT'S 60% IN BEAUFORT, 60% MODERATELY LOW. THE AVERAGE INCOME IS $60,500 MONTHLY AFFORDABILITY. THIS IS WHAT SOMEONE MAKING 60% OR LESS COULD AFFORD TO PAY.
YOU'LL NOTE THAT AT 1500 DOLLARS THAT IS SUBSTANTIALLY BELOW WHAT THE MARKET IS CHARGING HERE CURRENTLY. A ONE BEDROOM IS 1800 DOLLARS A TWO BEDROOM IS 20 $300 AND A THREE BEDROOM HAS NOW GONE ABOVE 20 $600. THOSE ARE RENTS THAT A YOUNG FAMILY CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY IF THEY ARE THERE WAY, WAY, WAY EXCEEDING THE AMOUNT OF THEIR INCOME THAT THEY SHOULD BE PAYING FOR RENT 80% OF AM I AND BEAUFORT COUNTY IS $80,000 100% OF MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR IS $106,000 120% IS $127,000.
BUT IF YOU AT THE 80% FIGURE THEIR MONTHLY AFFORDABILITY IS $2,000 WHICH MEANS THAT THEY COULDN'T EVEN AFFORD TWO BEDROOM FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR. THIS GIVES YOU A OF THE STRUGGLE THAT WE ARE HAVING IN A LOT OF HOUSING NONPROFITS ARE FOR PROFITS ARE HAVING TRYING TO GET TO RENTS THAT PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY AFFORD IT IS A REAL REAL ISSUE AND A REAL STRUGGLE OBVIOUSLY AN AREA LIKE THIS WHERE WE NEED THOSE WORKERS, WE HAVE TO HAVE THOSE WORKERS IN ORDER FOR US TO SURVIVE. THIS IS PEOPLE WITH AN AFFORDABILITY CHALLENGE.
AFFORDABILITY RE CHALLENGE MEANS HUD'S DEFINITION IS THAT YOU SHOULD PAY NO THAN 30% OF YOUR INCOME IN RENT THAT IS THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. THAT IS THE DEFINITION THAT HUD ACCEPTS IF YOU LOOK AT BEAUFORT IN JASPER COUNTY AND YOU LOOK AT PEOPLE BETWEEN MAKING
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BETWEEN ZERO AND 60% OF AREA MEDIAN INCOME YOU CAN SEE HOW MANY PAY MORE THAN 30% OF THEIR INCOME IN RENT. WE CONSIDER THESE TO BE RENT BURDENED COST FAMILIES.WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THAT MEANS THAT EVERY DOLLAR THAT THEY PAY IN RENT OVER THAT 30% THRESHOLD MEANS THAT THEY ARE LESS FOOD ON THE TABLE. IT MEANS THAT THEY ARE BUYING OLDER CAR. IT MEANS THAT THEY ARE DOING WITHOUT A OF THE THINGS THAT YOU AND I ENJOY ON A DAILY BASIS IF YOU LOOK AT COST BURDEN RENTERS PAY ATTENTION TO THE BOTTOM TWO THOSE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE EITHER COST BURDENED OR SEVERELY COST BURDENED SEVERELY COST BURDEN MEANS THAT THEY PAY MORE THAN 50% OF THEIR INCOME SOMETIMES 70% OF THEIR INCOME IN RENT. IF YOU ARE PAYING 70% OF YOUR INCOME IN RENT YOU ARE NOT PUTTING FOOD ON THE TABLE. YOU ARE NOT BUYING A CAR THAT WILL GET YOU BACK AND FORTH TO WORK. YOU ARE NOT DOING THINGS THAT THE REST OF US ENJOY AND THINK ABOUT IS NO PROBLEM NO ISSUE CABLE NO PROBLEM. WELL CABLE MANY TIMES DRIVES A COMPUTER CABLE MANY TIMES A LAPTOP. THAT MEANS THERE IS NO SERVICE IN THAT HOUSEHOLD. SO YOU CAN SEE HOW PAYING MORE OF YOUR MONEY IN RENT WE'VE ALL DONE IT WHEN WE WERE ALL YOUNGER WE GOT INTO A PLACE WE COULDN'T REALLY AFFORD AND WE SAID WELL WE'LL STRETCH IT, WE'LL BUY HUNGRY MAN DINNERS AND WE'LL SPEND LESS AT THE MOVIES AND WE'LL SPEND LESS DISCRETIONARY INCOME AND THEN WE GET IN THERE AND ABOUT THREE MONTHS LATER YOU'RE LIKE MAYBE I MADE A MISTAKE HERE. THERE ARE NO MISTAKES BECAUSE THERE AREN'T ANY THERE'S NO WHERE TO LIVE SO WHAT HAVE WE DONE IN THE FIVE MONTHS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE AND WHAT HAVE DONE AND CONTRIBUTED TO TO MAKE THE TRUST VIABLE IN THIS AREA WE HAVE THREE PLATFORMS. ONE IS TO CREATE AND PRESERVE AFFORDABLE.
ONE IS TO DO HOME REPAIRS AND ONE IS TO DO FIRST TIME HOMEBUYERS.
OUT OF THE EIGHT RECIPIENTS THAT WE AWARDED YEAR, EACH OF THOSE PLATFORMS WAS ADDRESSED IN THE MONIES THAT THEY RECEIVED AND THAT THEY WERE PUTTING OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY THIS IS THE PROGRESS TO DATE CARRINGTON MANOR YOU SEE A OF IT'S ON BOUNDARY IT IS FURTHER ALONG THAN THIS IT IS A SENIOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING RIGHT NEXT TO A FAMILY AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEAL AND AS WONDERFUL AS THIS IS AND AS GREAT AS THIS IS MY FIRST QUESTION WHEN I GOT HERE WAS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN THOSE FILLED UP AND EVERYBODY AT 8:00 IN THE MORNING WANTS TO TURN RIGHT ON BOUNDARY ROAD? IT'S GOING TO BE AN ISSUE BUT IT WAS THE ONLY THAT PEOPLE COULD BUY AND REASONABLY AFFORD TO DEVELOP.
40 OWNERS ARE GOING TO GET FUNDING TO MOVE INTO THEIR FIRST HOME INCLUDING IN WE ARE THE INSTITUTION THAT SUPPLYING MONEY FOR THE FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS OF THE TEN HABITAT UNITS THAT ARE BEING FINISHED AS WE SPEAK IN HARTSVILLE SO THEY GOT THEIR FINANCING FROM EVERYBODY ELSE BUT FOR THEIR DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE AND THE HOUSING TRUST THE ONE PROVIDING THAT TO ALL TEN FAMILIES 98 HOMES ARE SCHEDULED TO BE PRESERVED WITH OUR FUNDING TO OUR GRANTEES AND WE RECEIVED A MILLION DOLLAR ALLOCATION FROM THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA TO FURTHER HELP WHAT WE ARE DOING. HOW ARE WE GOING TO UTILIZE THOSE FUNDS? WE'RE LOOKING AT WHERE THE TRUST FUNDS DON'T MEET THE NEED SO EXAMPLE WE ARE WORKING RIGHT NOW WITH CITY BEAUFORT TO TALK ABOUT A PROGRAM TO ADDRESS HOME NEEDS FOR REPAIR THEY'VE IDENTIFIED SOME PRETTY TOUGH IN THE AREA THAT NEED SOMETHING THAT NEED TO BE REPAIRED THE MAYOR LED A CONVERSATION LAST WEEK AND DISCUSSION A WORKSHOP ABOUT HOW THE CITY COULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE. THE TRUST IS GOING TO MATCH THE FUNDS PUT UP BY THE CITY OF BEAUFORT TO PUT INTO A POOL ALONG WITH SOME OTHER HOPEFULLY SOME OF DEVELOPERS AND SOME OTHER INSTITUTIONS TO CREATE A ROBUST TO BEGIN TAKING CARE OF HOMES THAT TO BE REPAIRED WITH RESIDENTS THAT DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS TO DO IT SO WHAT WE HAVE DONE ALREADY HAS PUT JUST
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SHY $1,000,000 INTO THE EIGHT GRANTS THAT PUT OUT TO OUR RECIPIENTS.WE EXPECT TO HAVE ANOTHER ROUND NEXT YEAR. WE REALLY WANT TO TAKE THE BALANCE OF THIS YEAR IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR TO SEE HOW OUR GRANTEES ARE OUR FUNDS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE GOING FOR WHAT THEY SAID THEY WERE GOING TO GO FOR AND THAT IF THEY ARE STRUGGLING THAT WE A WAY TO HELP THEM PUT THEIR PROGRAMS INTO PLACE.
SO THE COUNTY PROVIDED THE HOUSING TRUST WITH THE OVERSIGHT RESPONSIBILITY FOR FUNDING $600,000 THAT THEY GAVE TO CTSI. I'M VERY PLEASED TO TELL YOU THAT CDCR HAS LOCATED 12 TOWNHOMES FOR THEM TO PURCHASE IN THEIR PROGRAM WILL BE PROVIDING THEM $450,000 OUT OF THE $600,000 SO THAT THEY CAN MAKE THOSE HOME PURCHASES AND THEN RENT THEM AT AFFORDABLE RATES. WE'RE REVIEWING SIX POTENTIAL LAND DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES DEVELOPERS WHO HAVE COME TO US SAID I'VE GOT AN IDEA, I'M LOOKING AT THIS WHAT DO THINK? WE GIVE THEM OUR INSIGHT. THEY THEIR NEXT QUESTION IS DO YOU HAVE ANY MONEY? OUR ANSWER IS MAYBE BUT WE'RE TRYING TO HELP DEVELOPERS GET THEIR PROJECTS OUT OF THE GROUND, GET THEM FINANCED AND MOVE FORWARD.
AND WE SUPPORTED THE RECENT APPROVAL AT LEAST INITIAL APPROVAL FOR LOCAL DEVELOPER THAT WE SUPPORTED LAST YEAR TO PUT A 60 UNIT AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT IN HARTSVILLE.
WE SUPPORTED THE FACT THAT THE AUTHORITY WILL ACTUALLY GAVE THEM THE LAND THAT MAKES THE DEAL WORK AS OPPOSED TO THEM BUYING THE LAND WHICH DIDN'T MAKE THE DEAL WORK LAST LAST YEAR. SO WE'RE PLEASED TO BE A PART OF THAT AND PLEASED TO SUPPORT IT. WE HAVE MADE AN INITIAL $440,000 CONTRIBUTION AND COMMITMENT TO THAT PROJECT SO WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES AND WE HAVE APPLIED TO BECOME A SPONSOR IN THE SOUTH CAROLINA HOUSING HOMEBUILDING REPAIR PROGRAM.
THIS IS A $20 MILLION FUND SET ASIDE BY THE STATE. WHEN I GOT HERE I SAID WE QUALIFY. HOW DO WE GET SOME OF THOSE FUNDS? WELL, YOU NEED TO COME TO A CLASS. I SAID OKAY, WHERE'S THE CLASS? WELL, IT'S IN COLUMBIA. OKAY. ONLY 20 PEOPLE CAN COME.
OKAY. SO WE WENT AND OUT OF THOSE 20 PEOPLE ONLY ORGANIZATIONS WERE QUALIFIED TO BE ABLE TO THIS $20 MILLION. SO WE HAVE SUBMITTED OUR APPLICATION JENNIFER DID 120 PAGE APPLICATION TO THE STATE AND WE'RE AWAITING RESPONSE FROM THEM ON WHETHER. WE ARE QUALIFIED TO BEGIN USING SOME OF THAT $20 MILLION TO HELP PEOPLE WHO NEED THEIR HOMES REPAIRED IN BEAUFORT AND JASPER COUNTIES.
THIS WAS OUR FIRST FUNDING ROUND. OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS YOU WILL RECOGNIZE SOME OF THEM ARE NEW. WE GOT 14 APPLICATIONS. THESE ARE THE EIGHT THAT WE DECIDED TO GO WITH. THESE REPRESENT $984,000 IN MONIES FROM THE TRUST.
WHAT IS THE CURRENT STATE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING? THERE ARE 7,300,000 FAMILIES TODAY THAT NEED HOUSING. THAT GROWS BY ABOUT A THOUSAND FAMILIES A DAY.
IT HAS ESPECIALLY GROWN DURING THE POST COVID ERA WHEN PEOPLE LITERALLY GOT EVICTED, HAD NOWHERE TO LIVE AND ARE LOOKING FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THE LACK OF SINGLE FAMILY HOME OPPORTUNITIES ARE EVIDENT. YOU ALL KNOW JUST PAST CHARLESTON IS ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE PLACES TO LIVE. THAT MEANS THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE AND THESE ARE THINGS THAT THE TRUST IS GOING TO HAVE TO CREATE.
WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH PARTNERS. WE'RE GOING TO WORK YOU ALL TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT HOW BEST TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE COSTS ARE BECOMING SO PROHIBITIVE THAT EVEN WITH A LOT OF SUPPORT MONEY PROJECTS STILL ARE NOT GOING TO.
WE'RE WAITING TO SEE IF THE INTEREST RATE ENVIRONMENT IS GOING TO CHANGE.
WE'RE WAITING TO SEE IF SUPPLY ENVIRONMENT IS GOING TO CHANGE. I CAN TELL YOU THAT PRICES ARE NOT GOING TO GO DOWN. WITH RESPECT TO LABOR THEY'RE GOING TO STAY WHERE THEY ARE AND IF PROBABLY IN ALL PROBABILITY THEY'RE GOING TO RISE AND THE FED DEPENDING ON
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WHAT HAPPENS IN NOVEMBER MAY OR MAY NOT INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF TAX CREDITS COMING TO EACH STATE. THAT IS A CONVERSATION THAT I FIRST HAD 12 YEARS AGO AND IT HAS GONE THROUGH 12 YEARS OF FINAGLING WITH POLITICS AND IT'S STILL NOT BEEN PASSED.SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO GET PASSED BUT WE WILL SEE HERE ARE AIRPORT DIRECTORS MANY OF THOSE NAMES YOU RECOGNIZE BECAUSE MANY OF THEM ARE YOU.
THIS IS A ROBUST BOARD OF 16. IT'S 16 OR 17 NOW SHOULD BE 17. 17.
TOM HENNES FROM HILTON HAD JUST JOINED OUR BOARD. SO WE ARE RELYING ON THIS BOARD WHICH A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME AND A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE NEW TO NOT ONLY THIS AREA BUT ARE NEW TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND WORKFORCE HOUSING AND ARE TRYING TO MAKE A CONTRIBUTION IN THIS IS THE REALITY OF WHERE WE ARE AT IN BEAUFORT AND JASPER COUNTIES. NO HOUSING EQUALS NO WORKERS EQUALS NO ECONOMY.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EQUALS COMMUNITY. YOU ALL KNOW FAR BETTER THAN I . IF WE DON'T FIGURE OUT A WAY TO HOUSE SERVICE WORKERS, IF WE DON'T FIGURE OUT A WAY TO HOUSE YOUNG FAMILIES WE ARE GOING TO BE WHAT IN MY WORLD CALLED A DYING COMMUNITY. I THINK IT'S A REALITY THAT WE HAVE TO FIGURE THIS PROBLEM OUT. THERE ARE A TON OF SOLUTIONS. THERE ARE A TON OF PEOPLE WHO ARE VERY AND ARE WORKING VERY HARD TO FIGURE THIS OUT. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY IT TAKES THREE THINGS. CAPITAL POLITICAL WILL AND A DESIRE ON THE PART OF THE COMMUNITY TO ADDRESS ISSUE AND WE HOPE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE A PART OF THAT DISCUSSION.
LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU IN THE FUTURE. WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT DONE IN THE LESS THAN TWO YEARS THAT WE'VE BEEN AN ORGANIZATION. WE APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT AND ALL OF YOUR HELP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. HICKS, VERY VERY INFORMATIVE AND THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT THE TRUST IS DOING ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITIES OF OF BOTH BEAUFORT AND JASPER COUNTY. BEFORE YOU RUN AWAY DON'T GET COMFORTABLE. I'M FIRST THE BOARD AND THEN THE PUBLIC.
ANY QUESTIONS, MR. HICKS? YES. PHIL.
THIS LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT PROJECTS SOME OF THEM HAVE 15, 15 TO 20 YEAR, YOU KNOW, TIMEFRAMES. AFTER THAT A LOT OF THEM FLIP TO MARKET.
YOU GOT ANY SUGGESTIONS? YOU HAD TO BUY THOSE THINGS AT THE PROHIBITIVE ON EVERY TAX CREDIT TO TRY EVERY COUPLE OF DAYS TO SEE THIS 30 TO 45 YEAR.
SO EVEN IF IT GETS SOLD YOU KNOW I DON'T WANT TO GO INTO THE WEEDS.
BUT I'LL TELL YOU ONE THING THAT IS GREAT ABOUT THIS PROGRAM.
EVERY 15 YEARS GO GOVERNMENT REALIZE THAT EVERY PROJECT IS A VERY ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF THE NEEDS OF RATES APARTMENTS HIRE OUT CAPITAL GAINS. SO WHAT THEY ALLOW IS THEY THAT PLACE TO BE RESET TO BRING IN FRESH CAPITAL INVESTORS EVERY 15 YEARS.
SO THEY TARGET THE AFFORDABILITY TO ABOUT 45 YEARS.
THAT'S ABOUT THE SHELF LIFE OF AN APARTMENT COMPLEX. SO IN THIS MARKET YOU REALLY HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT'S THE LOWEST RATE YOU CAN DO IT AND IT'S GOING TO BE VERY COSTLY AND MR. HICKS, COULD I ASK TO GO BACK TO THE MICROPHONE? SURE, ALICE. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR HELPING.
IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY DEVELOPER AROUND THE TOWN WANTING TO USE THE WORD AFFORDABLE AND WORKFORCE HOUSING IS A PROMISE AND WE SENT IT TO YOU AND YOU TELL THEM ABOUT HOW TO DO THAT AND WHAT THEIR EXPECTATIONS WOULD BE AND IT IS NO HOW DOES THIS KIND OF HELP.
NOT TO BE IN CHARGE OF THESE DEVELOPERS MAKING A LOT OF VERBAL PROMISES ABOUT ANYTHING IN WRITING. SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR LETTING US REFER THEM TO YOU FIRST.
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WELL THANK YOU. I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF THE INTENTIONS OF THE TRUST WAS TO TRY AND HAVE A REGIONAL ENTITY THAT WOULD ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS AND THAT WOULD ON WHAT IS REALITY. THERE ARE SEVERAL PROJECTS THAT ARE LOOKING AT DEVELOPMENT IN THIS AREA THAT ARE LOOKING AT A MIXED USE MIXED INCOME TYPE OF A PROJECT MIXED INCOME MEANS . YOU HAVE SOME UNITS AT MARKET RATE, YOU HAVE SOME UNITS AT AFFORDABLE RATES, YOU HAVE SOME UNITS WORKFORCE RATES. IT IS A VERY COMPLICATED TO TRY AND MEET THE GOVERNMENT'S REQUIREMENTS DO THAT. THEY DO IT PRIMARILY TO MAKE THE DEAL WORK FINANCIALLY. I MEAN IT IS IT IS A REAL OPPORTUNITY.WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT MOST DEVELOPERS DON'T THINK ABOUT THE COMMUNITY ISSUE.
SO IF I'M LIVING IN A TWO BEDROOM HOUSE AND HUD DICTATES THAT IF YOU HAVE A MIXED INCOME COMMUNITY ALL APARTMENTS MUST BE THE SAME. SO IF I HAVE A TWO BEDROOM AND I'M AT THE RATE OF $900 A MONTH AND NEIGHBOR LIVING IN THE SAME EXACT TWO BEDROOM HAS A RATE OF 1500 DOLLARS A MONTH. YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT SO THAT IT DOESN'T BLOW UP INTO A COMMUNITY ISSUE. AND THAT'S WHAT A LOT OF DEVELOPERS DON'T THINK ABOUT . SO WE'RE HELPING THEM FIGURE OUT WAYS TO ADDRESS THAT UPFRONT SO THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT WHAT IT IS THAT THEY'RE MOVING INTO.
A LOT OF DEVELOPERS THROW THOSE WORDS AROUND. I'M FINDING ANYONE ELSE FROM THE BOARD CLOUD. QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU. YOU MENTIONED THAT THE TRUST WAS ABLE TO QUALIFY AS COMPARED TO A NUMBER OTHER ENTITIES. YOU SAID YOU WERE ONE OF THREE.
WAS THERE ANYTHING SPECIFIC ABOUT THE TRUST ABOUT THE WAY THAT IT WAS ESTABLISHED THAT ALLOWED YOU TO QUALIFY? TWO THINGS. NUMBER ONE, THERE IS A LIQUIDITY REQUIREMENT. ONE GENTLEMAN STOOD UP AND SAID I TO YOU BECAUSE I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO GIVE ME MONEY TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. YOU DIDN'T TELL ME THAT I HAVE TO HAVE MONEY IN ORDER TO GET YOUR MONEY. SO HE PROBABLY JUST GOT UP, GOT HIS STUFF AND WALKED OUT. THAT'S ONE. NUMBER TWO THERE'S AN EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENT. SO FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW ME OR HAVEN'T HEARD ME BEFORE, I HAVE 25 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. 250 DEVELOPMENTS, 15,000 UNITS AND OVER $1,000,000,000 IN EQUITY IN WORKFORCE, IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
WAS THE ONLY PERSON IN THE ROOM WITH ANY EXPERIENCE. SO BUT STILL WE SENT OUR 220 PAGE APPLICATION IN AND THEY CAME BACK AND SAID WE STILL CLARIFICATION ON THREE THINGS SO THAT WERE THE MAJOR ISSUES PEOPLE DIDN'T REALIZE THEY HAVE TO BE LIQUID, THEY HAVE TO HAVE A BALANCE SHEET. THE STATE'S NOT GOING TO GIVE THEM FUNDING AND PUT THEM IN JEOPARDY IF THEY DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO OPERATE ONE ELSE FROM THE BOARD.
YES. WHEN WE SET UP THE TRUST FUND EACH OF OUR ENTITIES MADE A CONTRIBUTION TO STARTED AND WE HAVE OVER A LIFE SPAN AN AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT EACH OF US IS GOING TO PUT IN TO ENSURE THAT THAT IS CONSTANTLY BEING REPLENISHED SO THAT SOMEBODY DOESN'T FORGET TO BUDGET THAT. ARE YOU GOING TO BE THE ONE TO SEND OUT NOTICES TO THE VARIOUS ENTITIES TO SAY YOUR BILL THIS YEAR IS X? WE DID.
OKAY SO WE SENT THAT OUT TO EVERY ENTITY THAT SAID NOT ONLY IS YOUR OBLIGATION THIS HERE IS IT'S GOING FOR. WHEN THEY ESTABLISH THE TRUST IN THE BEGINNING EVERYONE OUTLINED THEIR CONTRIBUTION FOR THE NEXT SEVEN YEARS. SO EVERYBODY KIND OF KNOWS WHAT IT IS WHAT'S GOING BE UPCOMING AND MR. HICKS THAT INCLUDE IS THE $3 MILLION WE GOT FROM THE STATE LAST YEAR. IS THAT A RENEWABLE OR WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO APPLY? MR. SENATOR DAVIS I WISH IT WAS RENEWABLE. SO WE HAVE SPOKEN TO SENATOR DAVIS WHO REMINDED US THAT ONE OF THE WAYS THAT HE GOT THAT EARMARK WAS BASICALLY BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY HAD ALREADY COMMITTED. SO THE FACT THAT EACH OF YOU
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COMMITTED TO FUND TRUST ALLOWED HIM TO HAVE A MUCH EASIER CONVERSATION IN COLUMBIA.HE HAS ASKED US TO COME BACK IN NOVEMBER AFTER THE ELECTION AND TALK TO HIM ABOUT WHAT ELSE WE NEED. THERE ARE PLENTY OF THINGS THAT WE COULD FUND AND THAT WE TURN AWAY JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE FUNDS. BUT WE HOPE TO ASK FOR ANOTHER ALLOCATION IN THIS COMING LEGISLATIVE. I HOPE WE ASK FOR A LOT MORE.
OKAY. WE HAVE TIME FOR ONE OR TWO QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS WE MOVE ON. YES.
DAN, CAN I ASK I I WAS WAITING FOR YOU. I ONE OF THE POSSIBILITIES CAME FROM WHAT WE ESTABLISHED THIS FIRE WAS TO LEVERAGE ADDITIONAL MONEY THE PERIOD.
THAT'S WHAT BEEN DOING. SO FROM WHERE YOU STARTED MUCH ADDITIONAL REVENUE AND HOW WILL LEVERAGE OF THIS ORGANIZATION SO. SO WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF SEEING WHERE OUR AVERAGE DOLLARS HAVE AMOUNTED TO WE HAVE TO WAIT A LITTLE BIT.
OUR 964 $984,000 CONTRIBUTIONS TO THESE EIGHT ENTITIES WE WANT TO LOOK AT WHAT IT IS THEY'RE PRODUCING AND SEE HOW WE HAVE LEVERAGE OUR FUNDS INTO THEIR FUNDS.
WE ARE TALKING RIGHT NOW FOR EXAMPLE, THE $600,000 THAT CAME FROM THE COUNTY FOR CDBG WE WE ARE THE OF THAT $600,000 SO THAT CAME INTO OUR BANK ACCOUNTS.
WE ARE OVERSEEING THAT PROGRAM. WE ARE TALKING RIGHT NOW WITH SEVERAL ENTITIES ABOUT HOW THEY MIGHT BE TO WORK WITH US TO BRING ADDITIONAL FUNDING IN. WE KNOW RIGHT NOW AND WE'VE TALKED TO SOME OF THE FOUNDATIONS IN THE LOCAL AREA THAT WE NEED TO APPLY FOR THEIR RESOURCES. WE ARE GETTING READY TO APPLY FOR A $500,000 GRANT FROM FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK TO TRY TO TAKE A LOOK AT PROPERTY ISSUES IN THIS AREA.
WE ARE ALSO TALKING TO SEVERAL OF THE BANKS IN THE AREA ABOUT ACCESSING THEIR FOUNDATIONS.
TRUIST BANK WAS IN OUR OFFICES LAST WEEK TALKING WITH THEM ABOUT WHETHER HOUSING ISSUES ARE PART OF THEIR DYNAMIC IN A PART OF WHAT THEY WANT TO DO. SO HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THE YEAR WE WILL KNOW HOW MANY DOLLARS OUR DOLLARS PRODUCED AND, HOW OUR DOLLARS HAVE LEVERAGED INTO PROJECTS THAT HAVE REALLY MADE AN IMPACT IN THE AREA.
GREAT QUESTION AND GREAT ANSWER . THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WISH YOU A LOT OF LUCK. THIS THIS ORGANIZATION C WAS WAS PLANTED IN THIS ORGANIZATION AND. WE ENCOURAGE YOU AND WELCOME YOU BACK WHENEVER.
YOU FEEL THERE'S CERTAINLY TAKE THAT AS AN INVITATION AND WILL ACT UPON IT.
THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THESE FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EACH OF AS WE MOVE FORWARD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
[III.B. Report from Child Care Subcommittee. Orlandor Lewis, Chair]
MR. X. NEXT ON OUR AGENDA LAST MONTH WE WANTED A FOLLOW UP ON THE CHILD CARE INITIATIVES OR INFORMATION THAT WAS PRESENTED BY REPRESENTATIVE SHANNON ERICKSON AND MS. JODI LEAVITT AND ORGANIZATION FORMED AND MR. ORLANDO LEWIS WHO IS BEHIND ME AND HEADED THE PODIUM VOLUNTEERED TO HEAD THIS COMMITTEE.THIS IS A COMMITTEE OF THREE. MR. LEWIS, MS.. JODI LEAVITT AND DOUG MCGILL BOTH FROM BLUFFTON. ARE THEY HERE ALSO? OH, HI, JODI.
SO MR. LEWIS, THANK YOU. HE AND MR. LEWIS SENT A VERY, VERY PROFESSIONAL AND THOROUGH COMMISSION AND I ASKED THEM TO COME AND SHARE THAT WITH THIS GROUP.
THANK YOU FOR COMING AND WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, IT'S ALL YOURS.
SORRY. THANK YOU, MR. WILLIAMS. I WON'T BE BEFORE YOU ALONG THE SLIDE WE HAVE THE SHORT BUT WE DO WANT TO BE THOROUGH AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SO
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SHOWCASE THE FACT THAT WE'RE MAKING WE SOME PROGRESS. SO OF COURSE I WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE. THE FIRST THING WE WANT FIRST TO THINK WE WANT TO DO WAS IDENTIFY THE NAME TO ENSURE THAT WE ENCAPSULATE WHAT THE EXPECTATION IN TERMS OF OUR ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES. SO THE SUBCOMMITTEE NAME WE DECIDED TO LEAVE IT THE SAME LOW COUNTRY CHILD CARE INITIATIVE AND CURRENTLY THE BODY WHO IS FACILITATING THIS PARTICULAR SUBCOMMITTEE IS MYSELF TONY LEVIN AND THEN ALSO MR. DOUG YEO.ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO DO. SECONDLY, TO IDENTIFY WHO WOULD BE THE DRIVING FORCE OF THIS PARTICULAR COMMITTEE SO WE WOULD MOVE FORWARD.
WE ALL CAME TOGETHER AND IDENTIFIED FEW POINTS THAT WE THOUGHT KEY WHILE COMMUNITY AND WE DEVELOPED THIS THIS PARTICULAR MISSION STATEMENT AND WE'LL MOVE FORWARD AND I'LL READ THIS FOR THOSE OF US WHO MAY BE IN MY AGE CATEGORY OR BEYOND WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SEE THE WORDS BEFORE YOU SORT OF MISSION STATEMENT HERE THIS THING IS LOW COUNTRY CHILD CARE INITIATIVE LCA IS COMMITTED TO ENSURING THAT EVERY CHILD WITHIN BEAUFORT AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES HAS ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY AFFORDABLE AND INCLUSIVE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION. WE AIM TO ADDRESS UNIQUE CHILD CARE CHALLENGES ACROSS THE VARIOUS DISTRICTS OF THE LOCAL BY ADVOCATING FOR EQUITABLE RESOURCES, BOLSTERING COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP AND PROMOTING POLICIES THAT SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT AND WELL-BEING OF OUR YOUNGEST RESIDENTS. OUR CHARGE IS TO EMPOWER FAMILIES, UPLIFT EDUCATORS AND CREATE A SUSTAINABLE FRAMEWORK THAT NURTURES THE POTENTIAL OF EVERY CHILD REGARDLESS OF THEIR BACKGROUND AND CIRCUMSTANCES. ONCE WE ARE DOING IT ONCE WE IDENTIFY THE MISSION STATEMENT THE NEXT PHASE OF DEVELOPMENT WAS TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHO AND OUR COMMUNITY IS DOING VERY SIMILAR WORK. WE DID NOT WANT TO DUPLICATE SERVICES WE WANTED TO CONSOLIDATE THOSE EFFORTS. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE IDENTIFIED THERE WERE RIGHT NOW AS FAR AS WE KNOW THERE ARE THREE PRIMARY DRIVERS IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO ARE FOCUSING ON SOME OF THE SAME THINGS. WE HAVE TO LOOK CHILDHOOD INITIATIVE THAT'S BEING SPEARHEADED BY MR. DANIEL. WE ALSO HAD THE EARLY CHILDHOOD COALITION OF THE LOWCOUNTRY ON MYSELF AND MR. JORDAN WILL PARTICIPATE IN THIS ALSO BEING CHAIRED BY BILL NOTED. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE CHILD CARE TASK FORCE THAT'S ALSO BEING INITIATED BY JOHN SCORE. SO ONE THING THAT WE DID NOT WANT TO DO IS WE DID NOT WANT TO BARTOW EVER SO OUR STEP IS TO IS TO REACH OUT TO THOSE PARTIES SEE WE CAN BRING THEM ALL TO THE TABLE SO WE CAN CONSOLIDATE OUR EFFORTS AND THEN BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHAT ARE SOME OF THE PRIMARY FOCAL POINTS THAT WE WANT TO TARGET. SO THAT PRETTY MUCH CONCLUDES MY REPORT THAT WE WANT TO OPEN FOR QUESTIONS. OKAY.
LET'S START WITH THE BOARD. ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? NOT A QUESTION BUT A COMMENT FOR YOU. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING AS A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS WE HAVE APPROACHED THE SOUTH CAROLINA ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES AND THEY ARE GOING TO TAKE IT UP AS A LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVE TO HAVE LEGISLATION WILL BE MORE ENHANCING ON CHILD CARE WITH LESS ROOM FOR REGULATION SO THAT IT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED BY THE SOUTH CAROLINA ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES. THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU.
ANYONE ELSE FROM THE BOARD. YES, I DO. JASPER THE CHURCHES ARE THE CENTER OF EVERYTHING IN JASPER AND IF YOU HAVE TO GO TO THEM SOME WAY THEY MAY NOT BE IN A FORM THAT YOU HAVE OTHER FORMAL ORGANIZATION BUT THERE'S A BUNCH OF THEM OUT THERE THAT DO THE SAME THING. YOU COULD USE YOUR HELP. YES, SIR.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE IDENTIFIED IN OUR INITIAL CORRESPONDENCE THROUGH EMAIL WAS ALL THE VARYING ENTITIES WHO ARE IN THERE IN THE REALM EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION.
BUT THE NEXT STEP THAT WE WANTED TO FIRST IDENTIFY WAS THOSE ACTIVE MOVERS IN THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE CONSOLIDATING VERY SIMILAR EFFORTS. BUT OUR LONG TERM GOAL IS TO BE INCLUSIVE ALL OF THOSE ENTITIES. YES, SIR.
WE DO A LOT MORE PEOPLE PUT ON YOUR NAME. YES.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW. YES.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM? THE BOARD.
I HAVE I HAVE ONE QUESTION. I FORGET WHETHER I SENT THIS TO YOU OR NOT.
I'M LOOKING AT YOUR MISSION STATEMENT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I REALLY LIKE IS ALONG WITH CHILD CARE, THERE'S EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION ATTACHED TO IT IS BUT
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THEY'RE BESIDES EDUCATE ON THE NEED THAT WE'RE BEING MADE AWARE OF IS ALSO FOR GETTING MORE CHILD CARE FACILITY FEES AND SERVICES THAT THERE'S NOT ENOUGH AND VERY EXPENSIVE.IS THAT INCLUSIVE THIS MISSION STATEMENT? WELL, I CAN TELL YOU ONE THING THE MISSION STATEMENT STATEMENT IS CURRENTLY STILL IN. RIGHT.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED AS WELL. THERE'S QUITE A FEW THINGS THAT WE REALLY HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ALSO NEED TO ADDRESS AT SOME POINT IS OUR HIGHER EDUCATION BECAUSE WE'RE ALSO SEEING A HUGE IN THOSE STUDENTS WHO ARE ENROLLED IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION.
WE DON'T HAVE AN EFFECTIVE WORKFORCE WHO ARE YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY ARE PREPARED TO PROVIDE THOSE CHILDREN PAYING FOR THOSE SERVICES. THAT'S GOING TO BE ITSELF.
SO SO WHAT YOU JUST STATED ALONG WITH THE EDUCATION PIECE AS WELL IN TERMS OF GROOMING PROFESSIONALS, THOSE THINGS WE'VE IDENTIFIED. SO IT'S A PLETHORA OF CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS. SO THE MISSION STATEMENT IS MAYBE FOR PAROLE BOARD AGAIN FOR FURTHER REVIEW. THANK YOU. AND JUST AS A FOLLOW UP QUESTION. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE SUBCOMMITTEE HAD ALL OUR SUBCOMMITTEES HAVE BEEN EFFECTIVE IN DOING AS YOU REVIEW THE SITUATION YOU HAVE LEGISLATIVE THINGS LIKE CHAIRMAN, PASTOR AND JUST BROUGHT UP WE'RE HERE FOR ANY RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE SUBCOMMITTEE WHERE WE AS A GROUP THERE'S EIGHT ENTITIES INVOLVED HERE TWO COUNTIES AND SIX MUNICIPAL COUNTIES WHERE WE CAN EFFECTIVELY PERHAPS LOBBY OR BAND TOGETHER TO TRY TO GET EFFECT OF ACTION IN COLUMBIA. SO I HIGHLY THAT THOSE BE THOSE BE PART OF WHAT YOUR MISSION IS TO COME BACK TO US AND SAY HEY THIS IS WHAT COULD HELP DO THIS AND THIS AND AND THAT WILL HELP THE SITUATION YOU'RE TRYING TO SOLVE.
THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND WE WILL USE RESOURCE OR ANYONE FROM THE BOARD BEFORE I HAND OVER TO THE PUBLIC ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC. WELL, THIS IS VERY EXHAUSTIVE AND MR. LEWIS SHOULD YOU GAVE ME MORE INFORMATION? DO YOU WANT ME TO PASS THAT ON TO THE BOARD? YES. ALL THOSE YES OPTIONS THAT YOU SENT. YES, SIR. OKAY.
I WILL I WILL SEND THAT OUT TO THE ENTIRE BOARD. THERE WERE SOME MORE INFORMATION THAT MR. LEWIS SENT TO ME AND I'LL MAKE SURE THE BOARD GETS.
THANK YOU. GOOD LUCK. AND AGAIN, ANYTHING THAT WE YOU NEED FROM THIS BOARD. AND ALSO LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU NEED TO GIVE THIS BOARD UPDATES AND I'LL PUT YOU ON THE AGENDA. OKAY, SIR. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MR. LEWIS. HAVE A GOOD MORNING. AND OH, ONE OTHER QUESTION YOU MENTIONED ABOUT GETTING MORE MEMBERS. THIS IS A GOOD TIME AND GOOD PLACE. IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR MORE MEMBERS AH WELL LET ME PUT IT THIS WAY. ARE YOU LOOKING FOR MORE MEMBERS THIS BOARD OR FOR THIS BOARD TO GET FOR YOU? I THINK IN OUR NEXT WE INTEND TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE WILL TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION. OKAY. WHO WOULD BE THE MOST INFLUENTIAL IN TERMS OF PULLING THOSE INDIVIDUALS SO HELP IN THAT AREA AS WELL.
PLEASE. PLEASE LET US KNOW. YES, SIR.
OKAY. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU.
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ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE ONE MORE TOPIC ON THE AGENDA AND THAT IS TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME ABOUT GETTING A COMMITTEE TOGETHER FOUR TO LOOK INTO POSSIBLE INITIATIVES ON TAKING CARE OF THE MASS OF LITTER SITUATION THAT WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE LOWCOUNTRY . I'VE RECEIVED NOMINEES WE MET FROM MR. MISS LYNN BOYLES FROM JASPER COUNTY AND SHE HEADS KEEP JASPER BEAUTIFUL PROGRAM THERE.SHE COULDN'T MAKE IT TODAY BUT SHE IS SHE WILL BE A PART OF IT.
THE CITY OF HARTVILLE HAS NOMINATED ONE OF THEIR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS A MR.
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RICHARD RAY, THE TOWN OF BEAUFORT HAS NOMINATED FROM THEIR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND MR. BRIAN DORRANCE. SO WE HAVE THREE NAMES AND THERE'S A MEMBER IN THE AUDIENCE AND I'M TRYING TO ALSO RECRUIT FROM THE CITY OF HARTSVILLE.I DON'T WANT TO MENTION ANY NAMES DON BUT I'LL BE WORKING ON ON THAT AS WELL.
SO I JUST WANT TO PUT OUT THERE TO EVERYBODY WHO HAS NOT RESPONDED.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEND OVER A MEMBER OF THIS COMMITTEE LET ME KNOW AND WE WILL KICK START THAT ALWAYS. LYNN TO TRY TO GET A SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING WITH WITH WHOEVER THE MEMBERS ARE PRIOR THE NEXT MEETING. NEXT MEETING WITH THE CONSENT OF THE BOARD. WE CAN HAVE TO TIE INTO THIS ISSUE.
MISS VICTORIA HOFFMAN FROM BEAUFORT COUNTY WHO HEADS UP THE RECYCLING AND SHE WOULD COME AND PERHAPS WE CAN IN THIS SUBCOMMITTEE TO WHAT BEAUFORT COUNTY IS DOING IN THEIR RECYCLING PROGRAM AS WELL. SO IF IF IT SUITS THE BOARD, I'LL MAKE ARRANGEMENT WITH MS..
HOFFMAN SO I DON'T GO WITH EVERYBODY. YES, MAYOR WILLIAMS, I SENT A REPRESENTATIVE FROM HILTON HEAD. T.J. JET THEN I MUST KEEP ENVIRONMENTAL WILL JOIN. I PROBABLY THAT EMAIL AND FOUR FORGOT THE FINE.
IT'S ALL FINE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
SO WE HAVE HILTON HEAD. THANK YOU. PLEASE FORGIVE ME.
OH NO. YOU GO AWAY. WHAT'S THAT WILL TEACH TO GO AWAY. I STILL HAVE VACATION. WHERE AM HERE BUT COUNTY? NO, NOT NOT YET. UNLESS I MISSED THAT EMAIL TOO. I'M ONLY ALLOWED ONE MISTAKE FOR ME. OKAY SINCE WE HAVE A COUPLE OF MINUTES AND WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION TODAY. I NOTICED IN LOOKING AT THE THE MEETING DATES COMING THAT ARE THE FOURTH TUESDAY OF NOVEMBER IS THE WEEK OF THANKSGIVING. I'M NOT GOING AWAY BUT MANY DO.
SO I'M GOING TO THROW OUT THE BOARD. WE DO NOT HAVE A DECEMBER MEETING. WE CAN LEAVE IT THERE. WE CAN MOVE IT A WEEK EARLIER OR WE CAN MOVE IT A WEEK LATER BUT LEAVE IT THE WAY IT IS WHATEVER IT WAS ANYONE FROM THE BOARD. HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT? I JUST.
OKAY, I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT TUESDAY AND THAT WILL BE THE LAST MEETING OF THE MONTH.
AND ONE LAST TOPIC FOR THE OCTOBER AGENDA. FAR I HAVE THE RECYCLING PRESENTATION FROM MS. HOFFMAN WILL. I'LL UPDATE EVERYBODY ON THE LIST OF WHO THE LITERATURE COMMITTEE IS. ARE THERE ANY OTHER THOUGHTS FROM THE BOARD? ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE FORWARD FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER? THERE ARE A LOT OF I THINK WE NEED TO TACKLE THIS WHOLE TIME . WELL, THAT'S AN ISSUE SAID THAT WAS ON OUR LIST.
IF YOU RECALL WE TOOK A POLL SURVEY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS OF WHAT A FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS WERE AND HOMELESSNESS WAS CERTAINLY ON THAT LIST AS A AS A HIGH PRIORITY.
SO WE ALSO HAVE FOR NOVEMBER SOMEONE ELSE WHO ASKED ME BUT I'LL GET ANY OTHER THOUGHTS FOR OCTOBER MAYOR. YES. ADDS TO THE DISCUSSION ABOUT HOMELESSNESS TOPIC UNDERSTANDING OF THAT PROGRAM AS A STAFF MEMBER WHICH FOCUSES ON PRESIDENT OBAMA'S EXPERIENCE ABOUT I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD SAY WHAT YOU CAN OFFER ABOUT THAT. AND THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE WHEN YOU MADE THAT THAT UP AND
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ALSO SOMETHING THAT WAS HIGHER BECAUSE WE HAD ASKED A WHILE AGO.ULTIMATELY THAT STAFF HAD BEEN FORCED TO RUN FOR THE MAYOR THERE.
SHE SHE GOT AN SO THAT SO PERHAPS AS OFTEN HAPPENS WE HEAR FROM WHAT EXPERTS.
SO IF THE FOR COUNTING YOU WITH A FULL PARDON SOMEONE FROM BEAUFORT COUNTY AND MAYBE FAMILIES IN TRANSITION JOHN YOU COULD CHECK FOR JASPER COUNTY AND GIVE THIS COMMITTEE AN OVERVIEW REPORT OR WHAT THE WHAT THE CONDITION IS. YOU KNOW WHAT? JUST LIKE CHALK THERE WE LEARNED WHAT THE NEEDS ARE PERHAPS THAT WE GET A THE COMMUNITY THIS BOARD CAN GET AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE NEEDS ARE AND HOW DEEP THE SITUATION IS.
WE GOT A WHEELCHAIR WE CAN HAVE FOUR HOMELESS VETERANS. ABOUT A MONTH AGO WE HAD A FIVE PEOPLE WITH THAT AND THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND AND THIS WAS PICKED UP PEOPLE THAT ARE HOMELESS BUT DIDN'T NECESSARILY TO BE VETERANS BUT I THINK THE MAJORITY WERE IN THAT KIND OF ALL DAY EVENT AND NOW WE CAN WE CAN GIVE A REPORT ON AND THIS IS JUST ONE AND THEY WENT AROUND THE WORLD. RIGHT. WELL I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU TOO AND SEE IF EITHER ONE OF THE TWO COUNTIES HAVE SOMEONE THAT WOULD BE WILLING TO COME AND GIVE A REPORT WHETHER IT BE OCTOBER AND ALSO UNITED WAY AS A CITY LIKE HOMELESS LIKE WHEN THEY GO IN AND THEY STIMULATE HAVE NO MONEY.
ALL RIGHT. THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING. SEVERAL PEOPLE GOT THAT AND SO THEY'RE REALLY AMAZED THAT THEY DON'T REALIZE WHAT WHAT'S GOING .
SO MAYBE I'LL CALL YOU THAT WAY. YEAH, CALL CALL THEM AND SEE THAT THEY'LL THEY'LL GIVE YOU SOME INFORMATION ON THAT AND FOR THE NOVEMBER IF THE BOARD OKS ONE OF THE AGENDA ITEMS WHICH THE PRESIDENT OF TCR WOULD LIKE TO COME AND GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THE WORKFORCE TRAINING SO SO HE'LL BE AVAILABLE IN NO AT THE NOVEMBER MEETING HOMELESS CONDITION AND IN OUR REGION ARE WE GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHERE THEY ARE SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT HOW WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH A SOLUTION ABOUT THE THINGS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE BUILDING THAT WE HAVE OVER HERE WOULD BE CORRECT ADMITTED TO TO BEAUTIFUL I THINK LIKE ALL ISSUES THAT THIS BOARD HAS TAKEN UP I THINK WE A FIRST UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PROBLEM IS FROM THE EXPERTS AND BE WHAT CAN WE DO TO MOVE THE NEEDLE FORWARD NOT TO NECESSARILY DUPLICATE, MR. LEWIS SAID WE DON'T WANT TO DUPLICATE WHAT.
SOME OTHER EFFORTS ARE BEING DONE BUT LIKE MANY, MANY PROBLEMS THERE ARE MULTIFACETED AND JUST YOU KNOW MAYBE WE CAN THIS GROUP CAN FOCUS IN ON A PASSIVE THAT'S NOT BEING ADDRESSED THAT'S JUST MY INITIAL THOUGHTS YOU KNOW AND DIFFERENT FOR OTHER THE THINKING I DON'T HAVE THE THANK FOR THEM BUT I JUST FEEL ABLE WE'RE GOING TO LEARN WE'LL GO
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YOU KNOW SO HOW HOW WE KNOW ONCE WE ONCE WE COME BACK AND IT'S A LITTLE ENCOURAGING THIS GO WHERE WE GO NEXT BECAUSE NEXT IS BEEN DELAYED FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS.SO HOW DO WE IF WE'RE GOING TO PICK THIS SUBJECT UP IF WE'RE GOING TO PICK THE ISSUE UP THEN I THINK BEFORE WE GET TO SOMEONE TELLING US THAT IS 10,000 PEOPLE IN BEFORE AND JUST THE COUNTIES THOSE THAT ARE HOMELESS WHAT WHAT IS WHAT CAN WE DO? THERE WILL BE A CORRECTIVE MEASURE BECAUSE WE ALREADY KNOW THAT THEY'RE THERE.
WE SEEM TO SEE ALL THE TIME AT LEAST I SEE THEM ALL THE TIME FROM FIT WE DO A CENSUS EVERY YEAR WHY AND WE CONSTANTLY TALK ABOUT IT. I THINK THAT YOU GET ONE HERE FOR EVERYBODY TO TELL US ABOUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING. THEN WE CAN ASK QUESTIONS WHAT WE DO TO IMPROVE YOU KNOW IT'S JUST THAT'S HOW YOU DO IT I THINK START OF GETTING THE INFORMATION AND WHEN THEY HAVE THE EXPERTS IN HERE THEN THAT'S WHERE WERE WATCHING WHAT WE DID AND WE WILL PROCEED FROM THERE BECAUSE THAT IS A VERY DIFFICULT THING TO DO.
I MEAN WITH FED YOU KNOW WE HAVE ALL THIS FOR THE FACT THAT UNITED WAY IS JUST PUTTING THE SHOWERS ALL AROUND. THAT'S PART OF IT. AND THERE ARE OTHER BIG PROGRAMS RIGHT NOW TO SET UP PROCEDURES FOR A LOCATION THAT WILL HELP THE HOMELESS BECOME NONPROFITS. THEY WILL EDUCATE THEM, GIVE YOU MONEY, THEY'LL EDUCATE.
THEY'LL TRY TO FIND OUT IF THEY WANT TO. THEY'LL WORK WITH EACH INDIVIDUALS TO GET THEM TO BE INVOLVED. A PRODUCTIVE SYSTEM.
SO I THINK AGAIN WE WE EXPLORE AND START THAT WAY BECAUSE THEY IMPROVE WHEN I START WITH THE FED WHICH IS FAIRLY FRIENDLY WHICH IS I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW BAD IT WAS ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU GO INTO THE WOODS AND YOU SEE A CAMP IN THE WOODS. SO THAT'S WHY I SAID IT.
I THINK WE WE GET THE PEOPLE HERE. YES NOW.
ALL RIGHT. SO I'M ABLE TO HELP AGREE WITH THAT.
I THINK I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT PRESENTATION TO THE GROUP SO THAT HE CAN HAVE THE SAME INFORMATION WHEN THEY BRING THE CONVERSATION FORWARD THAT, WE'RE WE'RE ALL TALKING IN THE SAME REALM AND HOW DO WE WANT TO ADDRESS IT INTO WHAT UNDERSTANDING THOSE WHO CAN HELP AND THOSE WHO CANNOT HELP IS A BIG PART OF IT. SO SO I AGREE WITH WITH HAVING THAT PRESENTATION FIRST EVEN THOUGH WE'VE HEARD IT BEFORE AND WE'VE GOT THE START WITH THE DATA BUT CAN YOU EVER HEAR IT TOO MUCH RIGHT FOR THE PUBLIC TO HAVE ACCESS AS WELL BUT THAT'LL HELP DRIVE THE CONVERSATION BETTER. WELL AND IT'S JUST HOMELESSNESS AS AN OVERARCHING ISSUE IT'S THE UNDERLYING CAUSES HOMELESSNESS WHICH TEND TO BE AFFORDABILITY, MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE ABUSE YOU KNOW IT'S A MIX OF ALL OF THOSE BUT UNDERSTANDING WHAT THOSE UNDERLYING ISSUES ARE AND CONNECT THOSE INDIVIDUALS WITH RESOURCES ONCE WE BECOME AWARE OF WHAT MAY BE AVAILABLE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND WELL I DON'T KNOW ABOUT OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS BUT I I KNOW HOMELESS IS THERE BUT I DON'T KNOW THE EXTENT THE PROBLEM I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CAUSES OF THE PROBLEM ARE IS I HAVEN'T BEEN IT HASN'T BEEN THE FOREFRONT OF MY MIND. AND ONE O THIS BOARD HAS DONE OVER THE YEARS IS BRING ISSUES SUCH AS THIS TO THE FOREFRONT SO THAT WE AS A GROUP AND WE ELECTED OFFICIALS AND IN ENTITIES THE JURISDICTIONS CAN START TO LOOK AT IT AND PERHAPS COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS WE'RE PART OF THE SOLUTION. SO IT SEEMS FAIR TO SAY THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO HEAR PRESENTATIONS ON HOMELESSNESS AND I'LL WORK ON WITH ALICE AND JOHN TO GET PRESENTATIONS SET UP AND BRING TO A FUTURE AGENDA .
OKAY. AND THAT BRINGS US I'M LOOKING AT MY COMPUTER 11:00 SO THANK YOU ALL JOINING US TODAY AND WILL OR WE WILL SEE THE NEXT MEETING IS IN HARTVILLE AND IS
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I GOT MY LIST RIGHT HERE OCTOBER THE 22ND IN HARDY GIRL* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.