[1. Call to Order]
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. LIKE TO CALL THIS TOWN COUNCIL WORKSHOP MEETING OF SEPTEMBER
[2. Adoption of the Agenda]
24TH 2024. TO ORDER AND WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT AND ADOPT THE AGENDA AS SUBMITTED BY YOUR SECOND ALL TIME FAVORITE PLACING THE POPPY RAISING RIGHT I.SO REAL QUICK. TODAY IS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COUNCIL TO HEAR DIRECTIONS BY STAFF AS TO WHERE THEY MOVE FORWARD ON SOME ISSUES AND REALLY THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A HEAD NOD FROM US TO MOVE FORWARD TO TAKE TO THE PUBLIC TO HEAR PUBLIC INPUT THROUGHOUT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND THEY'LL DISCUSS THAT EARLIER SO .
LET'S KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE GO THROUGH THIS. IT'S NOT ABOUT IT'S A LITTLE LIKE IT'S ABOUT HEY, ARE WE ON THE RIGHT PATH TO GET RIGHT INFORMATION FROM THE COMMUNITY AS WE LOOK TO ADDRESS, YOU KNOW, FUTURE GROWTH, FUTURE CONTROL AND ALL THAT?
[3.a. Review of the Districts Planning Project - Missy Luick, Planning Director]
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, MR. ORLANDO OR CHARLOTTE, EITHER ONE OF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? MEMBERS OF THE TOWN YOUR ASSISTANT TOWN MANAGER. SO I'M GOING TO KICK THINGS OFF AND YOU HEAR A LOT FROM AS WE TALK MORE SO THIS WEEK LAST. WE HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION TO COVER TODAY. WE THE SEVEN DISTRICTS THAT WE'D LIKE TO WALK YOU THROUGH.AND THEN WE WANT TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE ALAMO AMENDMENT AND WHERE WE ARE IN THAT.
SO EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME PAGE ABOUT WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE'RE GOING.
YOU ALSO NOTICED THAT WE DIDN'T PUT BACK ON THIS AGENDA THE ALAMO AMENDMENTS THAT WE DID NOT GET TO LAST WEEK. SO THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 12. WE MADE IT THROUGH FIVE.
THOSE FIVE WERE SOME OF THE DEEPER DIVES THAT WE HAD TO GET INTO.
THOSE REMAINING SEVEN WILL OR A LITTLE BIT LATER OR IF WE HAVE TIME AND YOU HAVE THE ENERGY WE'D LIKE TO PICK THAT BACK AGAIN AND SEE WHERE WE GET WITH THAT.
THREE OF THE POWERPOINT I SAW AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO TO CONSIDER IS THAT WE GET THROUGH THE HOW THE REVIEW THE DISTRICT'S PLANNING PROJECT BEFORE WE STARTED ASKING QUESTIONS. SINCE IT IS JUST YOU KNOW A FORMATION TO GET INFORMATION FROM THE PUBLIC. THANK YOU MAYOR AND SO AS IT RELATES TO DISTRICT PLANNING, WE'RE GOING TO SPEND A FEW MINUTES REMINDING US ALL WHAT THE DISTRICT PLANNING IS AND WHAT IT MEANS TO OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE DISTRICT PLANNING.
WE'RE CONSIDERING THE BIG PICTURE. WE'RE CONSIDERING THE VISION AND THE ACTION STEPS OF HOW TO ACHIEVE THAT VISION AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THE DISTRICT PLANS ARE GOING TO SET THE BASIS FOR FUTURE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE AS A COMMUNITY AND AS A TOWN COUNCIL. THESE DECISIONS WILL INCLUDE CHP PROJECTS, POLICY SETTING PROGRAMING THAT WE CAN DO IN THE FUTURE. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY AS IT RELATES TO THE ALAMO IS GOING TO HELP US MAKE DEVELOPMENT AND ZONING STANDARD DECISIONS AND REALLY SET THAT BASIS AS WE WORK THROUGH THAT AMENDMENT PROCESS.
OUR GOAL TODAY IS REALLY REVIEW AND FIND CONSENSUS ON THE WORK THAT'S BEEN COMPLETED TO DATE REGARDING THEME CHARACTER VISION ASPIRATIONS AND FOCUS AREAS.
JUST REAL QUICK AND MISS YOU WILL DOVE DEEPER INTO THIS. ALL THE OUTLINES ARE ALL THE DISTRICTS ARE LAID OUT THE SAME WAY WE'RE FOLLOWING THAT SAME THEME CHARACTER VISION AND SO.
OUTLINE BIG PICTURE THEME IS INTENDED TO BE THAT THE PICTURE OR TWO IN SOME CASES BEST ENCAPSULATE ENCAPSULATES WHAT THE DEFINITION THE DISTRICT IS AND REALLY IN A SENSE OF HOW WE FEEL. I THINK COUNCILMAN JAMES REFERENCED THAT IN ONE OF OUR AH MEETINGS LEADING UP TO THIS . CHARACTER THEN IS A SERIES OF IMAGES THAT THAT REALLY DEFINE HOW WE SEE DISTRICT WHAT EXISTS TODAY.
SOME OF THE IMAGES WE MAY LIKE SOME OF THE IMAGES WE MAY NOT LIKE BUT THAT'S THE POINT OF THIS IS TO GO THROUGH AND LET'S LET'S PROTECT WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO US LET'S CHANGE WHAT WE DON'T LIKE AND THE VISION IS THAT THE FUTURE DEFINITION OF THE DISTRICT IS INTENDED TO BE UNIQUE FOR EACH OF THE SEVEN DISTRICTS THAT WE'RE REMAINING.
AND THEN FINALLY ASPIRATIONS WILL ESTABLISH WHO AND WHAT THE DISTRICT IS SERVING WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO PRESERVE, PROTECT AND WHAT WE WANT TO ACTIVATE OR BETTER ACTIVATE.
AND THEN ALSO HAVE SOME FOCUS AREAS IDENTIFIED. THERE'S 2 TO 4 DEPENDING WHICH DISTRICT WE'RE IN. THOSE FOCUS AREAS ARE PROJECTS THAT THAT ARE REALLY KIND OF READY TO GO AND WE'LL HELP KICK START AND IMPLEMENT THE VISION THAT WE'VE WE'VE LAID OUT EACH OF THESE DISTRICTS. SO WITH THAT I'LL BE QUIET A MINUTE AND LET ME SEE KIND OF WALK US THROUGH THE NEXT ORDER. THANK YOU.
SO SHORT ALREADY DESCRIBED REALLY WHAT DISTRICT PLANNING IS AND AGAIN WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR TODAY IS IS PERMISSION TO GO OUT AND COLLABORATE WITH WITH THE COMMUNITY ON THESE
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VISION STATEMENTS. THE DISTRICT PLANS ARE ALL BASED ON FOUNDATIONAL DOCUMENTS SO A LOT OF PRIOR PLANS WILL INFORM US ON WHERE WE'RE GOING. THEY WILL OF COURSE WHEN WE HAVE THESE DRAFT PLANS WE'LL GO OUT, ENGAGE WITH THE PUBLIC AND THEN THEY GETS TOGETHER AS AN ISLAND WIDE MASTER PLAN THAT WILL INCLUDE A GROWTH FRAMEWORK AND A FUTURE LAND USE MAP.THE DISTRICT PLANS ARE THREADED TOGETHER WITH OUR PLAN AND ALSO UTILIZE THE REQUIRED PLANNING ELEMENTS THAT ARE REQUIRED BY THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. THE PLANNING DISTRICTS ARE FOCUSED ON THE AREAS OUTSIDE OF OUR MASTER PLAN COMMUNITIES. SO THESE EIGHT DISTRICTS COMPRISE APPROXIMATELY 30% OF THE ISLAND. THE PLANNING DISTRICTS INCLUDE SKULL CREEK BRIDGE TO BEACH MARSHES PARKWAY ARTS CHAPLAIN MAIN STREET FOR SPEECH AND THE MID ISLAND DISTRICT PLAN WAS ADOPTED IN OF 2022. SHAWN HARDY DESCRIBES SOME OF THOSE COMMON ELEMENTS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN EACH OF THE PLANS AND GO THROUGH SOME OF THE TABLE OF CONTENTS IN THE SKULL CREEK PLAN TO GO OVER SOME OF THE UNIFYING ELEMENTS THAT WILL BE INCLUDED IN EACH PLAN. THEY WILL BE AGAIN I MENTIONED ROOTED THOSE REQUIRED ELEMENTS THAT ARE PART OF COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
SO IT WILL INCLUDE ANALYSIS ON POPULATION, NATURAL RESOURCES, CULTURAL RESOURCES, COMMUNITY FACILITIES, HOUSING, LAND USE, TRANSPORTATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, PRIORITY INVESTMENT RESILIENCE AND PARKS AND RECREATION. AS MENTIONED WE DO PLAN ON GOING OUT TO THE PUBLIC AND ENGAGING IN ALL OF THESE PLANNING DISTRICTS IN THE COMING MONTHS TO REALLY TRUTH THESE VISION STATEMENTS IN THE COMMUNITY.
THEY WILL INCLUDE MEETINGS, SURVEYS. WE WILL TALK ABOUT THEM IN SOME OF THE APPOINTED BOARDS LIKE THE GOLD COUNTY TASK FORCE IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION THAT WILL ALLOW US TO THEN MAKE REFINEMENTS TO THE DISTRICT PLANS AND PROVIDE US WITH WHAT ARE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS THE FUTURE AND ULTIMATELY WILL GIVE US THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED TO CREATE THOSE FUTURE LAND USE MAPS THAT ARE APPROPRIATE FOR EACH OF THESE PLANNING DISTRICTS. AND AGAIN THE OUTPUT IS THAT THEY WILL ALL BE UNIFIED IN AN ISLAND PLAN WITH A GROWTH FRAMEWORK MAP THERE IS A DRAFT OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE ON THE SCREEN ALONG WITH THE DRAFT OF WHAT ISLAND WIDE FUTURE LAND USE MAP WHAT'S THE TIMELINE OR HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW IS UP ON THE SCREEN HERE? OF COURSE TODAY WE'RE AT THE WORKSHOP AND THEN WE INTEND TO GO OUT TO THE PUBLIC AS FALLING INTO EARLY NEXT YEAR.
THE OUTPUT THEN IS THAT THESE WOULD BE THREADED TOGETHER AS AN ISLAND MASTER PLAN AND ULTIMATELY THERE WOULD BE AN AMENDMENT MADE TO OUR PLAN AND ITS USE ELEMENT AND THESE WOULD ALL INFORM OUR LAND OUR LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE AMENDMENT PROJECT.
SO NOW I'M JUST GOING TO RUN THROUGH KIM AS HE CAN PULL UP THE PDF OF SCROLL CREEK INCLUDED IN THE PACKAGE THAT YOU RECEIVED A DRAFT PLAN OF A PLANNING DISTRICT.
THE TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR THIS PLAN INCLUDES YOU KNOW WHAT IS THE DISTRICT PLAN? THERE WILL BE AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY IN THE INTRODUCTION OF THE DISTRICT ITS AREA, THE PLANNING AND THEN IT'LL INCLUDE THAT VISION THEME AND CHARACTER A PLANNING EXERCISE CALLED SWARM WHICH WHICH INCLUDES STRENGTHS OPPORTUNITIES ASPIRATIONS AND RESULTS AND IT WILL INCLUDE I'M GOING WRONG WAY SORRY THAT VISION STATEMENT AND STRATEGIC ANALYSIS THEME AND CHARACTER AND THEN AGAIN I'LL HAVE STATISTICS AND I'LL GO THROUGH THOSE ELEMENTS AND INCLUDE THE FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS. THERE ARE PLACEHOLDERS IN THE DRAFT PLAN BEFORE YOU BECAUSE THOSE HAVE NOT BEEN REFINED YET UNTIL WE GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND WORK ON THOSE AS A COMMUNITY EXERCISE. SO THAT IS WHAT A DISTRICT PLAN TEMPLATE LOOKS LIKE AND AND I'LL GO BACK INTO THE PRESENTATION KIM OKAY.
THAT'S THANK YOU. SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO IN AND LOOK AT EACH DISTRICT AND.
IT IS A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW AGAIN AS MENTIONED OF THE THEME CHARACTER VISION, ASPIRATIONS
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AND FOCUS AREAS FOR EACH DISTRICT. THIS IS THE SKULL CREEK DISTRICT. IT INCLUDES THE WATERFRONT OF SKULL CREEK.IT INCLUDES JENKINS ISLAND COASTAL DISCOVERY MUSEUM. IT'S BORDERED BY THE HILTON HEAD SCHOOL COMPLEX AND TO THE NORTH HILTON HEAD PLANTATION. THE WATER FRONT IS ONE OF THE DEFINING THEMES AS WELL AS WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY AS THE GATEWAY TO THE ISLAND.
HERE ARE SOME OF THE CHARACTER IMAGES DEFINE THE SKULL CREEK DISTRICT INCLUDES CULTURAL RESOURCES LIKE THE GOLD MUSEUM. SOME RESORT DEVELOPMENT NEIGHBORHOODS.
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB IN THE CITY. SOME BUSINESSES LIKE BENNETT'S AND OF COURSE THE SHRIMPING INDUSTRY WE HAVE SOME STATISTICS THAT ARE UNIFORM FOR ALL THE PLANNING DISTRICTS. I'LL HIGHLIGHT JUST A FEW. THE SKULL DISTRICT HAS GOT A HIGH POPULATION. IT'S RANKED TWO OUT OF THE EIGHT PLANNING DISTRICTS WITH A POPULATION OF OVER 3300. IT HAS THE LOWEST AVERAGE MEDIAN AGE AT 37.4.
IT ALSO HAS ONE OF THE LOWER MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOMES AT 58,000.
THE VISION THE SKULL CREEK DISTRICT INCLUDES THE FUTURE OF THE SKULL CREEK DISTRICT WILL CELEBRATE ITS WATERFRONT BUSINESS AND COMMERCIAL AND PROTECT ITS ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE SITES AND EDGES AND CONTINUE TO EVOLVE AS A FAMILY ORIENTED NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE DISTRICT CONTINUES TO BE A MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY WITH MORE WATERFRONT USES THAT EMBRACE ITS RICH CULTURAL HISTORY, RELIANCE ON THE FISHING INDUSTRY AND PRESENCE ON CONNECTION TO SKULL CREEK. THE SKULL CREEK DISTRICT WILL ALWAYS BE THE GATEWAY WITH A HARMONIOUS BLEND OF NATURAL BEAUTY AND HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE. AND THEN WE GET INTO THE ASPIRATIONS FOR THE DISTRICT.
IT IDENTIFIES WHAT THE DISTRICT SERVES OR WHO THE DISTRICT WHAT WE SHOULD PRESERVE AS WELL AS WHAT WE CAN BETTER ACTIVATE. SO THE DISTRICT SERVES RESIDENTS PREDOMINANTLY FAMILIES, WATERFRONT USERS, PALM PLANTATION RESIDENTS EMPLOYEES, THE HILTON HEAD ISLAND SCHOOL CLUSTER AND EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES THAT LIVE IN AND WORK THE AREA.
WE SHOULD WORK TO PRESERVE THE EXISTING HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER AND CULTURAL ASSETS.
A VARIETY OF TYPES AND AFFORDABILITY WATER QUALITY NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS EXISTING USES AND BUSINESSES AND WE COULD BETTER ACTIVATE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT EXISTING AND NEW BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES CONNECTIONS TO OPEN SPACE CONNECTIONS CULTURE WORKFORCE HOUSING, CULTURAL PRESERVATION ECOLOGY TO TRAIL WAYFINDING ADDITIONAL STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS AND STOREFRONTS TO SCHOOL WITH THE ADJACENCY TO THE SCHOOL CLUSTER PUBLIC MARSHALL AND CREEK ACCESS WATER QUALITY RESILIENCE WETLAND MITIGATION AND YOUNG FAMILY LIVING ENVIRONMENT. AS AS THIS IS CURRENTLY A PLACE WHERE A LOT OF YOUNG FAMILIES LIVE. SOME OF THE FOCUS AREAS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PARKWAY GATEWAY CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENTS TO TAYLOR FAMILY PARK THE NORTH POINT PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP AND HOUSING SUPPORTS YOUNG FAMILIES. SO THAT WRAPS UP THE CYCLE CREEK DISTRICT AS THE ONE THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH IN FULL IS THAT THE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION? DO YOU WANT ME TO KEEP GOING? OR PAUSE FOR QUESTIONS? ANY FEEDBACK AT THIS POINT IS JUST A COUPLE TO MICROPHONE SO EVEN WITHIN THE VISION THERE'S LANGUAGE THERE THAT I ASSUME WHEN IT'S WRITTEN THERE'S A THOUGHT BEHIND THE SPECIFIC WORDS THAT ARE CHOSEN. AND FOR INSTANCE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY THIRD LINE WITH MORE INTENSE WATER USERS THAT EMBRACE THE RICH. WHAT WOULD THOSE MORE INTENSE WATERFRONT USES? WHAT IS WHAT IS THE THOUGHT BEHIND THAT? THAT'S THAT'S ONE QUESTION. AND THEN UNDER ASPIRATION IN THE WE CAN BETTER ACTIVATE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. WONDERING WHAT THAT SPECIFICALLY MIGHT MEAN WHAT
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TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT WORKFORCE HOUSING WHAT THAT MIGHT WHAT SPECIFICS ARE BEHIND THAT SITE AND STREETS IMPROVEMENTS AND REDEVELOPMENT OF EXISTING SITES.JUST WHAT THAT MIGHT ENTAIL. AND THEN PUBLIC MARSH AND CREEK ACCESS WHAT THAT ENTAIL AS WELL. SO I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S REALLY SPECIFICS BEHIND IT RIGHT NOW OR IF THOSE ARE QUESTIONS FOR LATER. BUT THOSE JUST SOME OF MIND.
IT JUST BRINGS UP THE QUESTION OF I MEAN WHAT WE DID WE DID AMEND THE VISION.
SO THE INTENSITY WORD WAS REMOVED FROM THE WATERFRONT USES.
SO SO TODAY'S VERSION WAS SLIGHTLY UPDATED FROM THE ONE THAT WAS SENT LAST WEEK AND IT WAS PUT ON. THAT'S OKAY. JUST SKIP OVER ANYTHING THAT WAS CHANGED. THAT'S FINE. BUT SO THINK YOU WERE ASKING ABOUT THE COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY AND THEN HAD SOME SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ON SOME OF THE ACTIVATION ITEMS. OKAY. AND THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT CONTINUES WITH THAT CONTINUE TO BE IN THE SAME MANNER THAT EXISTS TODAY IT WOULDN'T BE ANY INCREASED DENSITY OR ANYTHING ALONG THOSE LINES.
THE IDEA IS WE JUST STAY CONSISTENT WITH WHAT IS THERE CURRENTLY.
WELL, THE IT SAYS THAT IT WOULD CONTINUE TO BE A MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.
SO WHILE THAT CAN STILL BE DEFINED DURING AMENDMENT PROJECT THE VISION IS THAT IT IS MEDIUM RESIDENTIAL AND THAT IT CONTINUES TO SUPPORT YOUNG FAMILIES.
SO SO WHAT I'M HEARING SAYING IS MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY IS YET TO TO BE DEFINED. IT DOESN'T MEAN NECESSARILY WHAT WE SEE THERE TODAY.
IT'S CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE SEE THERE TODAY. ONE OF THE FOCUS AREAS WE'VE IDENTIFIED THOUGH FROM A MORE INTENSITY FROM A MORE SCALE IS AROUND OUR ARE EDUCATION AROUND THE SCHOOL CENTER THE SCHOOL CAMPUS. THERE'S ALREADY SOME MORE MORE DENSE DEVELOPMENT AROUND THAT AROUND THAT SCHOOL CAMPUS. SO ONE OF THE THINGS AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS EXERCISE TO THIS POINT IS IT SEEMED LIKE A LIKELY POINT TO ENCOURAGE A LITTLE BIT MORE GROWTH THAT AREA WITH THE PROXIMITY TO THE SCHOOLS.
BUT THEN ONCE WE GET OUTSIDE OF THAT, THIS HAS A LOT OF ROOM FOR ZONING.
WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT OUR FOR ZONING. THE SLIDING SCALE IS ASSOCIATED WITH IT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DISCOVERED AS PART OF THIS PROCESS WAS BEFORE THIS PROCESS WE NEED TO REEVALUATE THAT AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS.
IT MAY MEAN SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD THAN IT DOES TO SAY THE MASTER'S NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS I THINK TO GO TO DISTRICT PLANS AWAY FROM THIS ONE.
SO IT'S STILL TO BE DEFINED BUT IT'S MIMICKING A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE ALREADY SEEING THERE WITH A COUPLE OF TWEAKS HERE AND THERE I JUST DESCRIBED. THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THAT.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M CLEAR ON THAT. THAT IS NOT AN ASSUMPTION AND THAT IT'S THE CONTINUATION OF WHAT WE EXACTLY SEE TODAY. THERE IS STILL DISCUSSION GOING ON ABOUT WHAT THAT DENSITY MIGHT LOOK LIKE. THANK YOU, MR. BROWN.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO SAY OUT LOUD TO THE PUBLIC THAT THIS IS A PROCESS THAT WE HAVE AGREED UPON. AS FAR AS MOVING FORWARD WITH AN OVERHAUL OF OUR MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE, THIS IS JUST A STEP IN THE PROCESS AND WHAT I WAS VERY PLEASED TO HEAR EARLY ON IN THE PRESENTATION IS THAT THERE WILL BE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ONCE WE GIVE THE NOD FOR YOU ALL TO DO SO. I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE UNLIKE ANY TIME BEFORE WE NOW HAVE THIS STATISTIC PAGE WHICH SOME OF THE STAFF REALLY OUT AT ME.
SO AS WE PRODUCING THIS INFORMATION FOR RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN THESE AREAS THEY ARE ABLE TO DIGEST IT AND THEN GIVE US FEEDBACK WHICH ULTIMATELY WILL LEAD US TO A LAND USE MAP AND HELP CHANGES. AM I CORRECT IN THAT? OKAY.
SO WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY APPROVING WHAT IS GOING TO BE TO BE.
WE'RE JUST SAYING HEY, LET'S GO LISTEN SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND BETTER.
MY GREAT GREAT THANK YOU. AND IF I MIGHT ASK THIS QUESTION THE VISION STATEMENT COULD CHANGE BASED OFF OF THE FEEDBACK THAT YOU RECEIVED FROM THOSE INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITIES.
ABSOLUTELY. AS I SEE OVER THERE RIGHT. DILIGENTLY AND ANXIOUS.
YES. IT'S NOT MY GROCERY LIST. SO A COUPLE OF THINGS AND.
I APOLOGIZE IF I MISSED Y'ALL KIND OF FAST HERE. SO MR. BROWN MENTIONED THAT
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THIS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PROCESS, THE DRAFT CONCEPTS RIGHT NOW AND WE JUST TOUCHED ON PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS. I THINK IT MIGHT BE REALLY HELPFUL FOR PUBLIC TO KNOW WHAT THAT IS, WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE AT LEAST, WHAT THE THOUGHTS ARE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I DIDN'T HEAR THAT IN THE PRESENT MOTION BUT I KIND OF BEEN TRYING TO SAY IN MY NOTES WHEN YOU WHEN YOU WENT OVER THERE BUT THINK THAT'S THE FIRST QUESTION AND THE SECOND ONE IS THAT ON PAGE NINE OF THE MATERIALS YOU'VE US THERE ARE TWO MAPS. YES.THE PAGE IS ENTITLED THE CONSERVATION INGRESS FRAMEWORK AND IN THE LEFT HAND SIDE THERE IS LEFT HAND SIDE PRIMARY CENTERS AND SECONDARY CENTERS AS WELL AS AREAS AND EDGES.
AND THEN ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE IS A DRAFT BUILDING AND ON FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORIES.
AND SO I TRIED TO READ THESE CATEGORIES IN COPY IS PRETTY MUCH IMPOSSIBLE EVEN AS I BLEW IT UP ON SCREEN. SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR INSTANCE IF YOU LOOK AT THIS CONCRETE DISTRICT AND YOU TRY TO SAY OKAY WHAT ARE ALL THOSE DIFFERENT POSSIBILITIES? DO THE LAND USE CATEGORIES AND HOW DOES IT COMPARE THE CURRENT CATEGORIES? SO CERTAINLY WHEN WE GO THROUGH THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS THERE SHOULD BE A MAP SHOWING WHAT THE CURRENT ZONING IS AND THEN IF THERE'S THE STAFF IS GOING TO SUGGEST A DRAFT OF FUTURE LAND USE AND THAT SHOULD INCLUDED IN THE DISTRICT OUT AND THE DISTRICT DRAFTS PRESENTED BECAUSE THAT'S ā NOT ONLY DEFINING THE CHARACTER. I'M LOOKING AT IT AND LOOKING AT THE ELEMENTS THAT MUST BE INCLUDED IN A PLAN WHICH USUALLY CURRENT FUTURE LAND USES. BUT THESE TWO PIECES RIGHT HERE SEEM TO BE A CENTRAL.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM ON A DISTRICT BY DISTRICT BASIS AND AND ESPECIALLY HIGHLIGHTING A DRAFT BECAUSE IT'S POSSIBLE THAT WHEN YOU HAVE THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT FOLKS OR BOARDS OR COMMISSIONS OR TASK GROUPS ARE GOING SAY YEAH THAT'S NOT APPROPRIATE THAT LAND USE IN THAT AREA BUT BUT I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT OUT AND INCLUDED IN EACH OF THE DRAFT DISTRICT PLANS. AND THE OTHER NOTE THAT MADE IS THAT YOU'RE HIGHLIGHTING AREAS ARE OUTSIDE THAT A FEW DAYS APPEARED TO COVER MOST OF THE CORPORATE LEVIES IN THE TOWN.
SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO ALSO INCLUDE ELEMENT OF THE IMPACT OF YOUR NEIGHBORS IMPACT . I THINK YOU KIND OF HIGHLIGHTED IN CONCRETE BECAUSE YOU LIST TWO FIELDS AND PLANTATION AND ALSO SCHOOLS THAT THERE. SO THERE IS DEFINITELY AN IMPACT OF THOSE ADJACENT USES AND IN SOME CASES THERE IS IMPACT OF ADJACENT DISTRICTS ON THE NEXT DOOR DISTRICT. SO I THINK NOT TO ADD SOME SORT OF ELEMENT ABOUT IMPACT OF YOUR NEIGHBORS IF YOU WILL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. JAMES.
I SEE I INTERPRETED THE DRAFT FUTURE LAND USE PLAN BY WAY OF EXAMPLE.
CORRECT. I I THINK YOU SAID ALMOST EXCLUDED BECAUSE YOU'RE BEGGING PEOPLE TO LOOK AT A DETAIL WHEN IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE DISCUSSION GOING AT THIS TIME.
AND MR. ALFORD, I'M FOLLOWING UP ON MR. JAMES COMMENT WHEN I LOOK ON PAGE 19 WHERE WE CAN BETTER ACTIVATE. THERE'S A NUMBER OF ITEMS THERE AND IT SEEMS TO ME THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME BALANCE BETWEEN BEING TOO VAGUE AS TO WHAT WE ARE THINKING ABOUT.
SO IT DOES NOT GENERATE PUBLIC REACTION AND SPECIFIC SO IT DOESN'T PROVIDE WATER TO AREAS WHERE PEOPLE GET VERY UPSET ABOUT IT AND THAT FOCUSES CONCENTRATION AND I'M I'M NOT SURE WHETHER THAT THIRD PAGE HITS THAT BALANCE OR NOT. SO I WOULD LIKE IT TO BE SUBJECT TO MORE FOCUS AT STANFORD AS I UNDERSTAND THIS PROCESS WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE GIVING AN EXAMPLE AND WE'RE DESCRIBING WHAT THE PROJECT IS AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO TAKE OUT TO THE PUBLIC SO WE'RE NOT MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT DETAILS ON THIS AT THIS POINT. RATHER WE'RE GOING TO GO OUT AND SEE THE INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC ON THESE DISTRICT PLANS. GOOD PRESENTATION. THANK MISSY.
HAS THIS EVER BEEN DONE BEFORE WITH AN ALAMO AMENDMENT OR A REWRITE HAS BEEN DONE SO THIS TYPE OF WORK TO MY KNOWLEDGE HAS NOT THE HILTON HEAD HAS NOT HAD A FUTURE LAND USE MAP
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EXERCISE. THIS WILL NOT ONLY BRING PLAN INTO COMPLIANCE WITH OUR DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS ALSO WILL BRING THE VISION FROM THESE DISTRICT PLANS THEN INTO OUR DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS THROUGH THE ALAMO. I GUESS NOW IS OTHER COMMENTS I GUESS NOW I'M SORRY I HAVE ONE MORE THING IN TALKING ABOUT OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AGAIN.SO WITH THIS PROCESS IT WOULD SEE PRIMED TO DO OUR AMENDMENT OUR UPDATE TO OUR PLAN TO OUR PLAN BECAUSE ONCE WE DISCOVER ALL THIS AGAIN IT'S IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO AMEND PLAN IN LINE WITH THE DISTRICT PLANNING AND I THINK YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU GOT TO DO AT THE BEGINNING BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER IF YOU HAVE IT AT THE END AFTER THIS OCCURS AND I KNOW THERE'S SOME TIMING IN THE STATE ABOUT HOW OFTEN YOU HAVE TO EITHER REVIEW YOUR PLAN OR ADOPT A NEW ONE. SO SOMEHOW THAT'S GOT TO BE FILLED IN THE PROCESS.
YES, WE'RE REQUIRED TO REVIEW IT EVERY FIVE YEARS AND THAT WILL BE 2025 AND AS PART OF THIS PROCESS THE ISLAND MASTER WILL BE INCLUDED AS AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. MR. LINDA THAT'S AND I CAN ANSWER I TRY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION AS WELL MAYOR AND COUNCIL THIS THIS EXERCISE OF CREATING A FUTURE LAND USE MAP AS IT HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETED. AND SO WE KNOW THAT THE FIRST STEP IS WITH YOU AND THE NEXT OBVIOUS STEP IS WITH THE COMMUNITY AND SO IT'S DEFINITELY GOING TO BE AN INTERACTIVE OPPORTUNITY. I WANT TO GIVE SOME SOME CONFIDENCE TO YOU ALL AND THE WAY THIS DISTRICT PLAN IS LAID OUT WHILE ITS DRAFT FORMAT CREEK DISTRICT PLAN AS YOU TAKE A LOOK AT EXISTING CONDITIONS WE'RE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND AND LEARN FROM EACH LAYER RIGHT NATURAL RESOURCE FIRST IS FIRST ON THE IT'S FIRST ON THE ASSESSMENT LIST AND LAYER A WE MOVE ON TO HOUSING TRANSPORTATION I FACILITIES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RESILIENCE PRIORITY INVESTMENT PARKS AND REC ULTRA RESOURCES AND THEN WE DOVE INTO THE EXISTING ZONING ALL OF THOSE TOPICS, THOSE HIGH LEVEL TOPICS, THOSE BUZZWORDS SO TO SPEAK SHOULD SOUND FAMILIAR. THOSE ARE CHAPTERS AND ELEMENTS OF OUR CURRENT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. SO IN ESSENCE WHAT WE ARE DOING IS AS WE BUILD THESE DISTRICT PLANS WE WILL ADOPT THEM AS A COMPONENT AS AN APPENDIX C TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. ON TOP OF THAT WOULD BE A GROWTH FRAMEWORK MAP OF FUTURE LAND MAP AND I JUST WANT TO ADD SOME CONFIDENCE TO IT THAT WE'RE STUDYING ZONING THE EXISTING LAND USE THE SUSCEPTIBILITY TO CHANGE BUT THEN YOU HAVE PLACEHOLDERS IN HERE AND WE DON'T WANT TO GUESS THAT FOR FUTURE LAND USE AND WHEN WE UPDATE THE LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE THIS SHOULD INFORM THE ZONING MAP AND SO PERFECT POINTS BY MS. BRYSON I JUST WANT TO GIVE SOME CONFIDENCE THAT THAT'S HOW WE'RE THINKING WE JUST IN A PLACEHOLDER ANYTHING YET FOR THOSE REASONS WE'RE NOT TRYING TO GET OUT IN FRONT OF YOU OR THE COMMUNITY IN THAT REGARD BUT WE'VE LEARNED A LOT YOU KNOW I THINK THE DATA SHE TOLD ME A LOT THIS DISTRICT ALONE ISN'T ONE EXAMPLE HAS MORE BUSINESSES THAN MOST OTHER DISTRICT AREAS ON OUR ISLAND AND SO HOW DO WE SUPPORT AND ENHANCE BUSINESSES IN THIS AREA WOULD PERHAPS BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULDN'T DO IF WE DIDN'T INFORM OURSELVES THIS WAY BUT DO WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO REACH EACH OF THE DISTRICTS? YES.
OKAY IT'S URGED TO REACH BRIDGE TO BEACH GEOGRAPHY INCLUDES CROSS ISLAND PARKWAY OVER BROAD CREEK DOWN TO CORDELL PARKWAY THROUGH THE SEA PINES CIRCLE AREA.
IT INCLUDES POINT COMFORT NEIGHBORHOOD, THE USC CAMPUS AND CROSSINGS PARK.
THESE IMAGES DEPICT THE OVERALL THEME OF COURSE CROSSING BROAD CREEK TO THE SOUTH END OF THE ISLAND AND COMPASS ROSE PARK AND THE FAMOUS STATUE THE CHARACTER IMAGERY HERE SEA PINES, RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS, SHOPPING PLAZAS, U.S. B THE PUBLIC BOAT LAUNCH AND COMPASS ROSE PARK HIGHLIGHTS OF STATISTICS THE DISTRICT IT DOES HAVE ONE OF THE LOWER POPULATIONS ON THE DISTRICT BUT A HIGH DAYTIME POPULATION DUE TO IT BEING THE NUMBER ONE OF ALL THE PLANNING DISTRICTS IS THE 15% OF THE ISLAND SHARE OF THE JOB MARKET . IT HAS 500 BUSINESSES AND 5000 JOBS.
IT HAS ONE OF THE LOWEST NUMBERS OF HOUSING UNITS AT 542 IT HAS A HIGH MEDIAN AGE OF 55 YEARS AND A HOUSEHOLD INCOME OF 69,000. IT HAS A 3.2 WATER FOUR MILES
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OF WATERFRONT, 21 ACTIVE SHORT TERM RENTALS AND 139 ACRES OF TOWN PROPERTY AND 87 OF THOSE ARE PUBLIC PARKS. THE DISTRICT DOES HAVE APPROXIMATELY 110 ACRES THAT ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO CHANGE. SUSCEPTIBILITY TO CHANGE IS DEFINED BY PROPERTIES THAT ARE EITHER VACANT, HAVE STRUCTURES THAT ARE OVER 40 YEARS OLD AND IN THIS DISTRICT IT IS THE LATTER A LOT OF AGING OFFICE AND RETAIL BUILDINGS SO I'LL REPOSITION THE TO BE DISTRICT IS THE GATEWAY TO THE SOUTH END OF THE ISLAND WITH THE CHARLES FRAZIER BRIDGE SEAMLESSLY CONNECTING THE ISLAND'S NORTH TO ITS SOUTHERN. THE FUTURE OF THE DISTRICT WILL SUPPORT THE TRANSFORMATION OF AGING BUILDINGS INTO A VIBRANT, DYNAMIC RESIDENTIAL MIXED USE DISTRICT THAT NURTURES LOCAL TALENT ARTISTS AND ENTREPRENEURS STRENGTHENING NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, RECREATION AND THE USC HILTON HEAD ISLAND CAMPUS OPPORTUNITIES AND THE ASPIRATION PAGE THE OF COURSE SERVES A VERY LARGE BUSINESS DISTRICT.THEIR EMPLOYEES, THEIR CUSTOMERS A LOT OF THE FOOD AND BEVERAGE AND ENTERTAINMENT PARK AND MARINA FACILITY USERS, BOAT LANDING USERS AND MULTIPLE CHURCH CONGREGATIONS WE SHOULD WORK TO PRESERVE THE USQ EDUCATION FACILITY A NATURALLY OCCURRING AFFORDABLE THEME AUDUBON NEW HARMONY TO PRESERVE QUALITY OF PUBLIC RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, PUBLIC ACCESS TO OUR WATERWAYS AND FULL TIME RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES. YOU BETTER ACTIVATE SOME ROADWAY AND GATEWAY IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SEA PINE CIRCLE ARROW ROAD AS A MIXED USE LIVE WORKSPACE FOR ENTREPRENEURS, ARTISTS MAKERS ETC. THROUGH A BETTER PARK AND PATHWAY CONNECTIONS THAT REACTIVATE AGING COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS THAT ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO CHANGE TROL YOUR TRANSIT ACCESS OR EXPANSION OF SERVICE THE AREA AND HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES AS THERE ARE A LOT OF JOBS IN THIS AREA THE FOCUS AREAS INCLUDE IMPROVEMENTS TO CROSSINGS PARK AND BRISTOL SPORTS ARENA OR METAL BAND AREA ROAD CORRIDOR REIMAGINED AND THEN POLK AVENUE PALMETTO BAY MULTIMODAL SYSTEMS SUCH AS TRANSIT PATHWAY CONNECTIONS AND CONSIDERATIONS FOR RIDESHARE OPPORTUNITIES AND INTEGRATING THAT THAT CORRIDOR OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT BRIDGE TO MEET THE QUESTIONS COMMENT THIS IS A DISTRICT THAT IS CRYING OUT FOR SOMETHING IN THE NATURE OF MASTER WHERE WE CAN USE OUR ZONING ORDINANCE IN A WAY TO ENCOURAGE THE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENTS WE HOPE TO SEE.
THEY'RE ASSUMING THAT THAT'S WHAT THE PUBLIC AGREES WITH AND SO THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO DO THAT. AND ON THE FOCUS OF STUDY AREAS, SHOULD WE ACTUALLY FIND IN THERE ARE LIKE A MINISTER SANFORD'S COMMENT IT DOES APPEAR AS SEA PINES CIRCLE WOULD BE A PROMINENT THERE ARE MANY IN THE COMMUNITY WHO THINK THAT AT LEAST ONE QUADRANT OF THE COMMERCIAL SIDE OF THAT CIRCLE NEEDS SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT AND I ASSUME AND HOLD THAT AS PART OF WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO BE FOCUSING YOUR FUTURE PLANNING OF THE COMMENTS ECHOED JUST THE SAME ONE THAT I'VE MADE PREVIOUSLY THAT WHEN I LOOK AT SOME PRIOR WORK THAT WAS PRESENTED TO US ALONG ARROW ROAD IT'S A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT, A LOT OF URBANIZATION CHANGES THE CHARACTER QUITE A BIT AND I'M CONCERNED THAT WE'RE GOING THAT PATHWAY WHERE EVERY AREA OF THE ISLAND BEGINS TO LOOK AS THOUGH IT'S BEEN BUILT THAT IS DESIGNED FOR MORE PEOPLE TO BE INFLUX OF MORE PEOPLE TO RESIDE AND TO SHOP AND TO MOVE ABOUT THERE WHICH IS FINE ON ONE LEVEL BUT I HOPE THAT IN THIS PROCESS WE'RE NOT LOSING THE CHARACTER OF OUR CLIMATE TREE LINED ROADS AND SMALL BUSINESSES AND TUCKED AWAY IN.
SO I WANT TO BE VERY CAREFUL AS WE MOVE FORWARD WE DON'T START TO LOOK LIKE ANY OTHER URBAN CITY. I JUST REMEMBER ONE OF THE STATISTICS THAT SORT OF JUMPED OUT AT ME ON THIS ONE IS THE AMOUNT OF BUSINESSES THAT ARE NECESSARY AND THE JOBS AND THE TITLE OF THIS BRIDGE TO BE STARTS TO BRING BACK SOME MEMORIES THAT WE'VE HAD A
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COUPLE PLANS OF TO THE BEACH IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. BUT THE ONE THING THAT WE TEND TO SORT OF SHY AWAY FROM AND I'M CHALLENGING US SORT OF TO THINK OF THE BOX HERE A LITTLE BIT THE ONE THING THAT WE CONTINUE TO SORT OF RUN AWAY FROM THE FACT THAT WHEN YOU ARE ENTERING A BUSINESS COMMUNITY THAT ALSO HAS A RESIDENTIAL COMPONENT ALSO HAS SORT OF THE SIGNATURE OF HILTON AS YOU COME IN THE SEA PALMS IT IS A DRAW IT IS JUST A DRAW.AND I WAS SPEAKING TO A BIT HERE WITH THE TROLLEY OR TRANSIT OPPORTUNITY, RIGHT AND SEE AND WHATNOT. BUT I WANT TO JUST SAY OUT NOW THAT THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THE FUTURE LAND USE MAPS ARE NOT JUST FOR ZONING BUT ALSO THE LEADERS AS FAR AS PUBLIC INVESTMENT IS CONCERNED AND WE HAVE TO GET SERIOUS PUBLIC INVESTMENT IN THAT AREA TO DEAL WITH THE TRAFFIC THAT IS GOING TO HAVE IT ALREADY HAS TRAFFIC IS GOING TO CONTINUE HAVE TRAFFIC. WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS THROUGH PUBLIC INVESTMENT TO WORK WITH IT AS WELL. THE ZONING IS JUST A ONE LEG OF THE STOOL. THE PUBLIC INVESTMENT PIECE I THINK IMPORTANT AND THAT NEEDS TO COME OUT AS WE HAVE IN THESE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENTS WELL AS PRESENT.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I'VE CALLED THIS BRIDGE ALMOST TO THE BEACH SEVERAL TIMES SO I'M GOING TO SAY IT AGAIN BECAUSE THIS IS A CLEAR EXAMPLE OF THE IMPACT OF OTHER AREAS TOGETHER. SO THE NEIGHBORS CERTAINLY SEE PYNE'S PLANTATION IT'S ALREADY BEEN MENTIONED THAT SEE SERVICE SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE FOCUS AREAS AND ALSO FOREST BEACH NEIGHBORING DISTRICT BECAUSE BASICALLY AS MR. BROWN IS THINKING ABOUT THAT TRAFFIC COMES THROUGH THIS AREA AND LANDS DOWN IN THE FOREST BEACH AREA.
SO THOSE KIND OF IMPACTS NEED TO BE INCLUDED AND EVALUATE THE DISTRICT PLAN AND THE DISTRICT STAT PAGE ON PAGE 23. A COUPLE OF THINGS THERE. ONE IS I THINK I HEARD MAZUREK MENTIONED 500 BUSINESSES AND MAYBE 5000 EMPLOYEES. DID I HEAR THAT RIGHT IN SUCH AREAS 15% SHARE OF ISLAND JOBS BUT NOW YOU CAN YOU CAN HIDE IN STATS ALL DAY AND ALL NIGHT AND NOT COVER EVERYTHING BUT BECAUSE OF THAT KIND OF INFLUENCE THAT REALLY STUCK OUT TO ME AND BECAUSE SAID IT IN THE PREVIOUS DISTRICT BUT BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS GREAT CONDITIONS AND TRENDS ASSESSMENT THAT WAS DONE A LOT OF THAT'S REFLECTED IN HERE AND AND PERHAPS WITHOUT PUTTING ALL THE STATS AND YOU KNOW SOME RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE DISTRICT PLAN AND CONDITIONS AND TRENDS SO THAT YOU YOU KNOW YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S OUT THERE . AND THE OTHER THING IS IT ALSO SAID FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS WHERE THEY'RE ARE AND MR. BROWN MENTIONED THERE HAVE BEEN PREVIOUS PLANS THIS AREA THE EVALUATION AS WE GO THROUGH PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT OF THOSE PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED PLAN SHOULD BE INCLUDED. FOR INSTANCE STARTING AREA INITIATIVE PLAN AND AN EARLIER WARD. ONE PLAN OF THE FACTS IS GOLD CREEK DISTRICT PLANS.
LET'S ALSO INCLUDE THE EVALUATION OF THOSE PLANS AT THE SAME TIME BECAUSE THERE MIGHT BE SOME NUGGETS THERE THAT BE EITHER HELPFUL OR INSTRUCTIVE OR WE SHOULD FORGET ABOUT NOT SURE WHICH. THE OTHER THING I OR ASPIRATIONS ON PAGE 27 ON THE DISTRICT SERVES AND PARKING MARINA FACILITY USERS ARE COMBINED AND FOR LEMONADE WHERE THE MARINA WAS I RECKON. WHAT ABOUT PARK AND SEE THAT AS A FOCUS AREA BUT I THINK WE OUGHT SEPARATE THAT OUT BECAUSE I PART WITH OUR NEW PLAN IS GOING TO ATTRACT A LOT OF FOLKS TO THE USE OF THAT AREA AND PICKLEBALL SO LET'S NOT FORGET THAT THIS INITIAL PAGE THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO SERVE THOSE AREAS AND THAT TIES IN WITH TRANSPORTATION AND ALL KIND OF OTHER IMPACTS AS WELL SO ARE IF I DO ANYTHING ELSE YEAH THAT'S WHAT DREAMS ARE GREAT CONTINUE. OH YEAH GO AHEAD MARK JUST ONE CLARIFICATION TO MS. BRYSON'S QUESTION OR DIRECTION ON CROSSINGS PARK PLEASE PLEASE HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU WERE SAYING WITH THAT I APOLOGIZE. YEAH, SURE.
SO ON PAGE NINE IT'S ACTUALLY FOR SORRY IT'S CONCRETE I'M ON THOSE WHAT TWO SEVEN IS IS THE DISTRICT SERVES ON IT AND IT TALKS ABOUT FIRST BUSINESSES AND BEVERAGE ETC. AND IT SAYS
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PARK AND MARINA FACILITY AND BECAUSE I THINK THE PARK IS SO SIGNIFICANT THAT BE SEPARATED FROM THE MARINA USERS BECAUSE IN SOME CASES THEY MIGHT BE THE SAME I'M SORRY IN THIS CASE CROSSINGS IS SIGNIFICANT WITH OUR NEW DEVELOPMENT PLAN THERE ON THE DEBT AND ON ITS OWN WILL CALL IT CROSSINGS PARK AND AS WELL PUT REAL NAMES WITH IT. OKAY ALL RIGHT THANK YOU YOU ANSWERS DISTRICT SO THE MARSHES DISTRICT INCLUDES THE JONES FIELD AND IT INCLUDES SPANISH WELLS ROAD. IT ALSO INCLUDES THE NEIGHBORHOODS ALONG MARSHLAND ROAD AND IT IS TRULY DEFINED BY THE MARSHES IN THE AREA WHICH ARE IDENTIFIED IN SAME HERE VERY MUCH WATERFRONT ORIENTATION AND TIDAL MARSHES TO FIND THE THEME THE CHARACTER ALSO CONNECTIONS TO NATURE AS WELL AS RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS SOME BUSINESSES ALONG SPANISH WELLS, CHURCHES ALONG SPANISH FAMILY COMPOUNDS AND THERE'S A PICTURE OF OLD OYSTER FACTORY AS WELL THE MARSHES DISTRICT STATISTICS IT IS ONE OF OUR LARGER PLANNING DISTRICTS. SECOND TO THE MID ISLAND DISTRICT IT DOES HAVE A LARGER POPULATION AT 2474 1120 HOUSING UNITS. IT'S A YOUNGER AGE AT 40 AS A MEDIAN IT HAS ONE OF THE HIGHER MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOMES AT 118,003% OF THE SHARE OF ISLAND JOBS. HOWEVER, 80% OF THE RESIDENTS ARE PART OF OUR LABOR WHICH IS THE HIGHEST OF ALL EIGHT DISTRICTS. SO WHILE THEY DON'T WORK WITHIN THAT PARTICULAR OR LIVE AND WORK WITHIN THAT PARTICULAR DISTRICT, THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE HERE ARE A LARGE PART OF . THE LABOR FORCE THERE CURRENTLY ARE 12 ACTIVE SHORT TERM RENTALS THAT RANKS SIX OUT OF EIGHT PLANNING DISTRICTS. IT HAS THE MOST WATER FRONTAGE . LOT OF THEM ARE RUN OF ALL THE DISTRICTS AND IT HAS IT RANKS LAST ON THE ACRES OF TOWN OWNED PROPERTY AT 41 ACRES AND 1.9 OF THOSE ARE PUBLIC PARKS.SO THERE ARE NO MAJOR PUBLIC PARKS AND LIMITED PARK ACCESS WITHIN THE DISTRICT A VISION THE FUTURE OF THE MARSHES DISTRICT WILL PROTECT THE MARSHES, ITS HERITAGE AND ALLOW THE COMMUNITY TO EVOLVE IN A PATTERN THAT IS MORE OF ITS CHARACTER AND PAST THE DISTRICT WILL REMAIN TO BE A LOW DENSITY COMMUNITY THAT HONORS AND PRESERVES ITS HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS SITES AND LANDMARKS WHILE FOCUSING ATTENTION ON WATER QUALITY AND ITS MARSHES AND WATERWAYS AND EDGES. THE ASPIRATIONS THE DISTRICT SERVES MANY FULL TIME NATIVE ISLANDERS IN HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS.
MARINA AND BOAT LANDING USERS. THE DISTRICT SHOULD PRESERVE OUR HISTORIC AND LANDMARKS BOAT LANDINGS NATURALLY OCCURRING AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND WATER QUALITY.
WE COULD BETTER ACTIVATE NEIGHBORHOODS ORIENTED DESIGN OF THE DISTRICT THE MUDDY CREEK AND BRYANT ROAD NEIGHBORHOOD AREA GO GET YOU COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OPPORTUNITIES MARSH FRONT AMENITIES PUBLIC OPEN SPACES BETTER ACTIVATE SOME OF THE AGING COMMERCIAL IN THE SPANISH WELLS ROAD COMMERCIAL AREA ACTIVATE EXISTING THROUGH IMPROVEMENTS AND CONNECTIONS AS WELL AS CULTURAL PRESERVATION FOCUS AREAS INCLUDE THE TOWN ON PADDOCKS PROPERTY PATERSON FAMILY PARK BRYANT ROAD REDEVELOPMENT SITE AND NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE COMMERCIAL OR SMALL SCALE RETAIL OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND QUESTIONS ACTIONS COMMENTS OR CONSTRAINTS NECESSARY.
MY OBSERVATION WOULD BE THE MARSHES AREA NOT ONLY HAS THE MOST MARSH BUT PERHAPS THE LOWEST GROUND THAT PEOPLE ARE BUILDING ON. I THINK THOSE TWO OUGHT TO BE CALLED OUT IN THIS PRESENTATION BECAUSE IT HAS AN AWFUL LOT TO DO WITH DENSITY AND IMPACTS AND WATER QUALITY AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. THANK YOU AND SO ON PAGE $0.30 NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE COMMERCIAL SMALL SCALE RETAIL JUST MORE DEFINITION WITH REGARD TO WHAT THE INTENTION IS BEHIND THAT. SURE THAT WAS IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE MIDLAND ISLAND PLAN THAT
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WAS ADOPTED IT INCLUDED A CONCEPT FOR THERE TO BE SMALL SCALE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL WITHIN THE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS AND SO IT IS REFLECTIVE OF WHAT WAS INCLUDED WITHIN THAT ADOPTED PLAN THAT WILL BE REFLECTED HERE IN THE MARSHES DISTRICT AS WELL BUT NOT WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOODS ON THE PERIPHERY OUTSIDE OF EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS.I WOULD SAY THAT IT'S NOT CLEARLY DEFINED YET THE BOUNDARIES OF WHERE THAT NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL COULD BE THAT WOULD BE CERTAINLY DEFINED FURTHER THROUGH THROUGH THE ZONING PROCESS. BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY AND OTHERS AND CERTAINLY COUNCIL ON WHERE THAT MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE AND BUT IT IS CLEAR THAT WE HAVE A STANDARD THAT WE DON'T HAVE COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY WITHIN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
CORRECT SO YOU WOULDN'T FIND A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD WITH AN OPEN LOT OR WHERE YOU MIGHT START SEEING COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISES POPPING UP WITHIN THE ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOOD IF IF IT'S GOING TO BE SIMILAR TO WHAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE ADOPTED MIDLAND PLAN, IT WAS THAT IT WAS A 75% 25% USE OF THE SITE. SO THE PROPERTY WOULD BE MOSTLY RESIDENTIAL AT AROUND 75% AND UP TO 25% OF IT COULD HAVE SOME COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY SO SMALLER SCALE AND AND REALLY BE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE AS FAR AS THE DEVELOPMENT AND FORM, I THINK WE SHOULD BE REALLY CLEAR WITH THE COMMUNITIES WHAT THAT ACTUALLY MEANS THOSE ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOODS THAT AND I DO SINCERELY BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD NOT BE GOING INTO RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS AND ALLOWING COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITIES OR BUSINESSES TO START SPROUTING AND JUMPING ON THIS A LITTLE BIT. BUT MARK ECKER I HEAR YOU UNDERSTAND WHERE THOSE CONCERNS ARE IN THE ORIGINAL PLATTED NEIGHBORHOOD OR A NEW SUBDIVISION SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE THERE BE A TRUE COMMERCIAL BUSINESS RIGHT NEXT TO WE'RE SURROUNDED BY HOMES. I THINK THE INTENT HERE WE LOOK AT THIS DISTRICT RIGHT ALONG MARSHLAND ROAD THERE ARE UP AND DOWN MARSHLAND ROAD THERE'S THERE COULD BE COMMERCIAL IN THE MIDDLE OF JONESVILLE WITH THE BARN I KNOW THAT WHEN WE HAVE UP THERE THE FOCUS AREA OF THE BRYANT REDEVELOPMENT WE KNOW AT THE CORNER OF THE MUDDY CREEK NEIGHBORHOOD THERE'S COMMERCIAL BUSINESS. I THINK UNDERSTANDING THIS FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE ALONG SPANISH WELLS ALONG SOME OF THESE AVENUES ON HERE I'M IS IS JUST OUTSIDE OF IT I THINK THERE'S OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMERCIAL ORDER SUPPORT EVEN ONCE THERE AND ALLOW ALLOW REAL NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL IN THAT IS I WOULD SAY AND I WANT THE COUNCIL HERE TO SAY OUR INTENT ISN'T TO PUT COMMERCIAL COMPETING STRUCTURE AND USE SLAP DAB IN THE MIDDLE OF A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD CAUSE YOU KNOW TO CAUSE THAT TYPE OF ISSUE RIGHT IT'S NOT AN ICE CREAM STAND OR A RESTAURANT THAT CLOSES AT 11:00 AT NIGHT RIGHT NEXT TO PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING THERE. BUT THERE ARE BECAUSE THIS THIS IS UNIQUE IN THE SENSE THAT THEY HAVE THOSE COMMERCIAL AND THERE ARE COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES .
I THINK WE WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT A LITTLE FURTHER.
THAT'S PRETTY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO EXPLAIN IN TERMS OF STUDYING IT A LITTLE FURTHER AND HEARING FROM YOU, HEARING FROM YOU COLLECTIVELY AND UNDERSTANDING THE CORRIDOR PIECE ON A MAJOR ROADWAY UNDERSTANDING OUTSIDE OF A COMMUNITY, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE NOT GOING WITH A ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU. I GUESS TO BECKER'S POINT I THINK IS IMPORTANT AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS THAT MAYBE WE HAVE A DEFINITION NEIGHBORHOOD AND PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENTS BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE 30% OF THE LAND THAT IS LEFT BEHIND. BUT WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE SORT OF GATED COMMUNITIES WITHIN THESE FOCUS AREAS THAT WE'RE TALKING I THINK THERE'S A DISTINCT DIFFERENCE THERE BETWEEN THE TWO AS TOWN MANAGER ALLUDED TO, THERE IS COMMERCIAL WITHIN NEIGHBORHOODS BUT THEY MAY NOT BE COMMERCIAL WITHIN A PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THESE FOCUS AREAS IS BEHIND THE GATE TO ME THERE'S A VERY DISTINCT DIFFERENCE THERE SO I WANT TO MAKE THAT POINT BUT I ALSO WANT TO GO BACK TO THE STANCE I LIKE THE FACT THAT WE ARE DOING THIS VERY INTERESTING WITH THIS ONE THE MEDIAN AGE IS VERY SIMILAR TO THIS CONCRETE SO IT TELLS ME THAT WE GOT
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YOUNG WORKING PEOPLE HERE BUT THE MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME IS ALMOST DOUBLE THIS CONCRETE AREA SO TO MOST PRICES POINT AS FAR AS I GUESS EFFECT ON NEIGHBORS.I THINK WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE A VERY DIVERSE SITUATION HERE BUTTING UP AGAINST ONE ANOTHER. SO JUST JUST A HIGHLIGHT IS THE REASON FOR MY COMMENTS HERE BUT BACK TO PUBLIC INVESTMENT. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT EARLIER IS THIS WILL FORCE US TO DO SO WE LOOK THE TOWN ON PROPERTY IN THIS AREA THIS MARSHES DISTRICT RANKS LAST BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PARKS OPEN SPACE ALL IN SENSITIVE AREAS OUT OF HARM'S WAY OF DEVELOPMENT I THINK WE SORT OF MISSED THE MARK AS FAR AS PUBLIC INVESTMENT IS CONCERNED.
SO AGAIN I THINK THAT NEEDS BE HIGHLIGHTED AS WE ARE STARTING TO ENGAGE IN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ALONG THE WAY BECAUSE WILL HELP US AS WE MAKING FUTURE DECISIONS AS AS PUBLIC INVESTMENT IS CONCERNED AND OTHER COMMENTS. STAFFORD THANK YOU.
I THINK THE QUESTION OF COMMERCIAL USE WITHIN THE PRIMARILY RESIDENTIAL AREA TO ME THAT MEANS HOME BASED BUSINESSES FOR. THE MOST PART I THINK IS GOING TO BE IMPORTANT FOR US TO POSE THAT QUESTION IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IN A FORUM WHERE PEOPLE CAN REACT TO THAT AND SO THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT THAT'S WHAT THEY DON'T WANT AND SO I THINK THAT THAT CAN GO A LONG IN SETTING THIS PLAN FORWARD. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. A COUPLE OF THINGS.
IT WAS POINTED OUT THE COMMERCIAL EXISTING COMMERCIAL AREAS BOTH LAUGHLIN ROAD AND SPANISH WELLS ROAD AND WE TO HONOR THOSE INVESTMENTS OUR BUSINESS INVESTMENTS THERE PAY ATTENTION TO THAT. AND THEN SOME SMALLER BUSINESSES THAT INTERSECTION OF SPANISH WELLS AND NOT FAR FROM CARSON PARKWAY LONG TIME FAMILY BUSINESS IS THERE SO WE NEED TO REMEMBER THAT. I REMEMBER AGAIN AT THE MAP ON PAGE NINE AND INVESTING IN PRIMARY CENTERS AND, SECONDARY CENTERS. SO I THINK THERE'S SOME OTHER COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY THAT OUGHT TO BE REFLECTED SOMEHOW. I DON'T KNOW I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S BELOW SECONDARY. IT'S AN AREA OR SOMETHING BUT THERE ARE SOME COMMERCIAL AREAS PARTICULARLY ALONG THOSE STRETCHES ON SPANISH WELLS AND MARSHLAND ROAD THAT MAYBE OUGHT TO BE REFLECTED IN THIS MAP. ALSO I GOT TO YOU HAD THERE'S DEFINITELY A WESTERN COMMERCIAL AREA AND WHEN WE GET TO THAT DISTRICT BUT I THINK WE NEED TO INCLUDE THAT I DOWN IN THERE ON PAGE 35 ASPIRATIONS. THE DISTRICT ALSO SERVES BUSINESSES IN THAT AREA AND ALSO I THINK AS I MENTIONED THERE'S SOME CHURCHES ALONG THAT AREA AS WELL.
SO WE NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF THOSE ACTIVITIES ALONG THAT AREA AND THEN TESTING THE REST OF ONLINE IMPACT ON NEIGHBORS. IF YOU LOOK AT THE CONTEXT MAP ,IF YOU CAN BRING THAT BACK UP ON THE SCREEN, YOU SEE HOW A DISTRICT IS BY ALL THE ALL THE BEAUTY ACTIVITY AND THE MIDDLE THERE. SO IT'S IT'S ALMOST TWO DIFFERENT AREAS OR THREE DIFFERENT AREAS I WOULD SAY THE GENTLE RHONE AREA, SPANISH WELLS AND THEN THE MARSHALL ROAD AREA. THOSE TO ME ARE DIFFERENT AREAS THAT ARE SOMEWHAT CONNECTED AND IN SOME CASES I GO LIKE IS THAT BECAUSE WE COULDN'T FIGURE WHAT TO DO WITH THESE THREE AREAS? THERE'S SOME CONNECTION THEM BUT NOT SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT LARGE CHUNK THAT SEPARATES THEM THAT'S A DEFINITE INFLUENCE AND I LOOK FORWARD FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS FIRST AND FOREMOST THE DISTRICT ISN'T IS NOT WITH ALL DUE RESPECT NOT BECAUSE WE COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT ELSE TO DO. IT IS CONNECTED THROUGH MARSH TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THE COMPLEXITY OF THIS AREA. THERE ARE LOW LYING AREAS THERE'S SURROUNDED BY BY TIDAL MARSH AND AND WHAT HAS CUT THIS AREA OVER TIME ARE AND AND REPEATED AND OF CROSS HIGHLAND PARKWAY. AND SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS UNDERSTAND THE COMMONALITIES OF THEM AND I KNOW THIS WAS A GOOD CONVERSATION AND A GOOD SCRUB PUBLIC PLANNING COMMITTEE
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WHEN PUBLIC PLANNING COMMITTEE GAVE SOME SOME DIRECTION TO STAFF ON HOW TO DEFINE THIS DISTRICT. THIS IS AN AWKWARD DISTRICT THOUGHT IT WAS MORE THAN ONE IN THE PAST. I DID. I KNOW MISSY DID BUT WHEN YOU REALLY START LOOKING AT THE ENVIRONMENTAL LAYER FIRST AND YOU TURN LAYER ON OF OF OF WATERWAY AND MARSH IMPACT OR AT LEAST INFLUENCE NOT IMPACT THEY'RE CONNECTED.BUT AGAIN IT'S YOUR WILL. OUR RECOMMENDATION IS THIS THE WAY WE TRIED AND IT WAS A LOT FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC PLANNING COMMITTEE AND IT'S GOOD DISCUSSION PIECE AND IT'S VERY APPARENT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT MAP ABOUT THE DIVERSION AND I APPRECIATE THAT THERE'S PROBABLY SOME MARSHES WITHIN THE INDIGO ROUND AREA THERE ARE LOTS OF MARSHES LAGOONS ALL OVER THE ISLAND BUT. IT REALLY STANDS OUT TO ME IN THAT AREA AS I COULD SERVE.
I WANT OUR SOCIAL THANK YOU MAYOR. SO I WAS GOING TO ASK AND IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE THERE WAS THERE WERE OTHER COMMENTS BUT THERE WAS A PART OF COUNCILMAN BROWN'S ANSWER THAT I DIDN'T QUITE UNDERSTAND AND I WAS GOING TO ASK HIM TO EXPLAIN.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I NOTICE WHEN I TRY TO GO BACK AND HIGHLIGHT AFTER ALL OF THAT DISCUSSION IS THAT WHILE I UNDERSTAND THIS IS NEW USES AND NEEDS NEW DISTRICTS ETC. WE HAVE TO BE VERY COGNIZANT OF RESPECT FOR OF THE EXISTING AND THAT JUST BECAUSE THERE'S SOMETHING NEW THAT WE'RE NOT GOING INTO THOSE ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE PEOPLE HAVE INVESTED THEIR MONEY, THEIR LIVES AND THEIR FAMILIES AND START CHANGING THINGS AND TO THAT POINT BUSINESSES WHETHER HOME BASED DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY.
TO SOMETHING NEW IT SHOULD WELL I'LL JUST SAY OUT LOUD I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF MAKING ANY CHANGES WITH REGARD TO THAT AT ALL AND THEN TO THE POINT THAT KEEPS BEING REFERRED TO ABOUT THE IMPACT ON NEIGHBORHOOD TO NEIGHBORHOOD 30% OUTSIDE OF THE GATES WE SHOULD BE WORRIED ABOUT THE IMPACTS OF ANY CHANGES OR CHANGE IN USE OR CHANGE IN DEVELOPMENT IS HAVING ON THOSE 30% OF THE ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOODS BECAUSE I'M GOING TO HIGHLIGHT ONE MORE TIME THAT WHILE THERE ARE NEIGHBORHOODS BEHIND THE SCENES THERE ARE ALSO VARIOUS WASHED NEIGHBORHOODS OUTSIDE OF THE GATES AND THEY SHOULD NOT FALL VICTIM TO ANY OF THIS NEW PLANNING AND I'M GOING TO PROTECT THEM. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. I'M NOT QUITE SURE WITH THE ANSWER I GAVE THIS IS NOT CLEAR ON AT THIS POINT. HONESTLY I DIDN'T WRITE IT DOWN AND THERE WAS SO MUCH OTHER CONVERSATION THAT WE'LL PROBABLY CIRCLE BACK AT SOME POINT AND YOU CAN CLARIFY IF IT COMES UP AGAIN BUT RIGHT NOW I'M GOOD THANKS. JUST FRIENDS THERE'S A AND SPEAKING ABOUT NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL AND WE ESTABLISH SOME MAXIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE FOR A HOME BUSINESS FOR THERE'S SOME CRITERIA WE CREATED IN MEDALLION PLAN NO IT WAS JUST THE FRAMEWORK FOR WHAT THEN COULD BE INCLUDED IN ZONING IT DID INCLUDE SOME IMAGERY SUGGESTED THAT THE BUSINESS FORM WAS MORE A SMALLER NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE BUT NO THERE WERE THERE WERE NO SQUARE FOOTAGE REQUIREMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN DRAFTED YET AT THAT CERTAINLY WHAT WOULD COME IN THE CODE DRAFTING STAGE I ON WHAT MR. STANFORD SAID I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WHEN WE ARE DISCUSSING THIS WITHIN COMMUNITIES WITHIN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT THERE IS SOME DESCRIPTION OF WHAT WE MEAN BY NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL OR SMALL OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO USE IT BUT PAINT A PICTURE ON THAT ONE I THINK I'M CORRECT IF ONLY WAS IF I COULD DO THIS PARTICULAR I'M CALLING OUT ON THIS ONE BECAUSE IT HAS REFERENCE TO THE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS TECHNOLOGY CDC I DON'T WANT US TO LOSE SIGHT OF THE FACT THAT I'VE HEARD THE WORD ESTABLISHED A FEW TIMES HERE.
I JUST WANT US TO LOSE SIGHT OF THE FACT THAT THERE ARE CURRENTLY BUSINESSES THERE THAT NOT HOME BASED BUSINESSES WHICH ARE REFLECTIVE OF THESE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS
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ESTABLISHMENT AND RECONSTRUCTION AND SO ON. SO I JUST THINK IMPORTANT FOR US TO KEEP THAT FRONT OF MIND AS WE'RE GOING THIS THIS PLANNING IT BECAUSE IT'S NOT ALWAYS SOMEBODY WANTING TO DO SOME TYPE OF OFFICE IN THEIR HOUSE.THEY ARE CURRENT BUSINESSES IN THIS AREA THAT HAVE BEEN LONGSTANDING FOR GENERATIONS.
I THINK THAT'S IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CHARACTER OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE, WE DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO ZONE THEM OUT OF THE CURRENT SITUATION OR FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES RIGHT? SO I WANT TO PIGGYBACK ON THAT AND EMPHASIZE THAT BECAUSE UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES TO HAVE THAT KIND MICRO SHOP PROVIDES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE WITHIN THAT CONVENIENT WALKING DISTANCE TO DO SOMETHING OUTSIDE OF THEIR CAR AND I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT FOR THIS AREA PARTICULAR BECAUSE IT'S SPREAD OUT AND SO I THINK WE NEED TO CONSIDER THAT TO BE A WAY ORGANIZE THE COMMUNITIES, THE MICRO COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU.
WANT TO FOLLOW ON THE GROUND COMMENT? I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT WE SHOULD GO HANDS ON EXISTING JUST IN COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES ARE WHAT I'M SAYING WE DID NEED TO LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY THAT WHAT THEY WANT THEIR BRAND DOES NOT ESTABLISH BUSINESSES WITHIN NEIGHBORHOODS THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO BUSINESSES RIGHT SO YOU CERTAINLY WOULDN'T GO IN TO HILTON HEAD PLANTATION OR ANYWHERE ELSE AND BEGIN TO SAYING THAT FOLKS CAN OPEN BUSINESSES AND ANCHOR SHINGLE ETC. AND THE SAME SHOULD BE TRUE OUTSIDE THE GATES WITHIN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS. CORRECT. AND I JUST SOME CONFIDENCE THAT YOU ALL HEAR ME HEAR YOU RIGHT. LET'S USE A CASE STUDY CROSSWINDS I GET THAT RIGHT.
WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT ADVOCATING AS PART OF THIS CROSSWINDS BEING ALONG THAT MARSHLAND ROAD CORRIDOR ADJACENT TO THE ROAD PARALLEL OR KIND OF BETWEEN THE ROAD IN THE THE BROW CREEK.
BUT THERE ARE OTHER BUSINESS IS IN PLACE ALONG THAT ROAD THERE'S A RESTAURANT THERE A LASER. FORGIVE ME FOR FORGETTING THE NAME OF THE BUSINESS NOW THE LASER PLACE WE TOURED THERE ARE BUSINESSES THERE AND WE'RE TRYING NOT TO LOSE SIGHT THAT THIS WHOLE AREA BECOME ONLY COMMERCIAL OR ONLY RESIDENTIAL BUT THAT THAT THAT THAT THAT MIX THRIVES AND BALANCES. OH CROSSWINDS WHETHER GATE OR NO GATE THAT'S APPLIED RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD A LOT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE ARE THINKING SO I, I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE SAYING AND AGREE WITH YOU MAYOR. I ALSO THINK THAT WHEN THE GENERAL PUBLIC STARTS TO HAVE COMMENTS ON THIS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME DIFFERENT VISIONS AND DIFFERENT IDEALS WILL COME THROUGH THAT MAY HELP US DIRECT THIS A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT ADDRESS. I'M JUST GOING TO MAKE A REQUEST OF MISSY. IS THERE A POSSIBILITY THAT YOU COULD TAKE A LOOK AT THE 30% OF THE ISLAND THAT HAS DONE INCLUDE THE PONDS AND OF CIRCLE THE NEIGHBORHOODS TRY TO PUT BOUNDARIES ON THE NEIGHBORHOODS . WHEN WE TALK ABOUT NEIGHBORHOODS WE REALLY KNOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND YOU ARE POINT ARTS DISTRICT AND THE PARKWAY ARTS DISTRICT IT GOES ALONG WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY IT IS BORDERED BY SHELTER COVE LANE INCLUDES SHELTER COVE COMMUNITY PARK INCLUDES THE MARINA AND AREAS ALONG BROAD CREEK GOES FURTHER DOWN WILLIAM HILTON INCLUSIVE OF WHERE WE'RE SITTING TODAY AT TOWN HALL AND GOES TO THE AREA ROAD CORRIDOR IT DOES INCLUDE NEW ORLEANS ROAD AS WELL.
THE THEME OF PARKWAY ARTS INCLUDES THE SHELTER COVE AREA WHICH INCLUDES THE ARTS CENTER AS WELL AS SOME PATHWAYS BROAD CREEK CHARACTER IS REFLECTIVE OF DUNCAN'S ALLEY, THE ARTS CENTER, SOME COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY THE PATHWAYS AND SHELTER COVE TOWN CENTER, THE STATISTICS, THE DISTRICT THIS IS THE SMALLEST ACREAGE PLANNING DISTRICT IT HAS ALSO THE LEAST AMOUNT OF POPULATION OF ALL THE PLANNING DISTRICTS HAVE 426 RESIDENTS WITH THE LEAST AMOUNT OF HOUSING UNITS AT 375 THIS DISTRICT 11% OF THE ISLANDS SHARE OF JOBS IT HAS
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ONE THIRD OF THE TOTAL THE TOTAL RETAIL AND OFFICE SQUARE FOOTAGE WITHIN THE DISTRICT THE MEDIAN AGE IS 53 YEARS. MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME IS 109,000.THERE ARE 67 ACTIVE SHORT TERM RENTALS IT HAS 3.23 MILES OF WATER FRONTAGE AND IT HAS 92 ACRES OF TOWN OWNED PROPERTIES . 15 OF THOSE ARE TOWN PARKS VISION THE FUTURE OF THE PARKWAY ARTS DISTRICT WILL BE ENHANCED BY PURSUING CULTURAL DISTRICT DESIGNATION FROM THE SOUTH CAROLINA COMMISSION BRINGING A SPOTLIGHT TO THIS THRIVING ARTS COMMUNITY WHILE SUPPORTING ITS LOCATION ON BROAD CREEK AND ONE OF THE MAIN CENTERS ON THE ISLAND THE PARKWAY ARTS DISTRICT REMAINS A MEDIUM TO HIGH INTENSITY MIXED USE HUB MADE UP OF RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL MARINA SHOPS, RESTAURANTS AND ENTERTAINMENT VENUES. IT ALSO SERVES AS THE ISLANDS ANCHOR FOR ARTS AND CULTURE HAVING THE ARTS CENTER FOR COASTAL CAROLINA AND SHELTER COVE CULTURAL TRAIL THE ASPIRATIONS OF THE PARKWAY ARTS DISTRICT. IT SERVES RESIDENTS AND VISITORS RECREATION USERS OF THE PATHWAYS AND PARKS COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT UTILIZE THE GATHERING SPACES PARKS, PLAYGROUNDS, CELEBRATION FIREWORKS COMMUNITY MARKETS THE ARTS COMMUNITY CHURCH CIVIC USERS OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS VARIOUS LOCATIONS SHOPPERS AND OFFICE TENANTS THE DISTRICT SHOULD CONNECTION TO INVISIBILITY A BROAD CREEK NATURALLY OCCURRING AFFORDABLE HOUSING HISTORICAL SITES AND LANDMARKS PARKWAY ARTS DISTRICT COULD BETTER ACTIVATE THE CULTURAL DISTRICT DESIGNATION AS WELL AS THE SHELTER COVE ART CENTER PATHWAY AND TRAILHEAD EXISTING PUBLIC ART ENGAGEMENT THROUGH EXPANSION LOCATIONS TROLLEY NETWORK EXPANSION THROUGH THIS AREA DIVERSITY OF LAND USAGE IN CLOSE CONNECTED AREAS STREETSCAPES INCLUDES VISIBILITY FOR PEDESTRIANS AND BUSINESSES NEW ORLEANS ROAD AND PATHWAY CONNECTIVITY IMPROVEMENTS IN DUNCAN'S ALLEY STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS THE FOCUS AREAS INCLUDE DINING INNS ALLEY STREETSCAPE AN IDEA THAT THERE COULD BE PERHAPS TWO FRONT DOORS FOR BUSINESSES ALONG THAT CORRIDOR TO BETTER ACTIVATE THOSE BUSINESSES AND ACTIVATE THE DOUG AND DUNCAN'S ALLEY SIDE OF THOSE BUSINESSES AS WELL AS SEEK THE SOUTH CAROLINA CULTURAL DISTRICT DESIGNATION TO EXPAND ARTS AND CULTURE THROUGHOUT THIS DISTRICT AREN'T QUESTIONS MR. JAMES THANK YOU MR. SPEAKER.
THIS IS A LOT OF LEFT FIELD I'M LOOKING AT THE DUNCAN'S ALLEY AREA OF THE PARKWAY ARTS DISTRICT AND REALLY I'M QUESTIONING WHETHER OR NOT THAT OUGHT TO BE A PART OF BRIDGE TO THE BEACH FOR PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT FOR SHUTTLE MOVEMENT FOR ANY VARIETY OF REASONS MIGHT IT MAKE MORE SENSE THAT BECOME INTEGRATED IN BRIDGE TO THE BRIDGE? WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK AT THAT TRAFFIC. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE CULTURAL ARTS DISTRICT DESIGNATION BY THE STATE HAS NUMBER OF IMPLICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS ESPECIALLY ON SOME OF THOSE OH SORRY EXCUSE I WAS WAITING TO ARRIVE.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THE DESIGNATION A DESIGNATION FROM THE SOUTH CAROLINA ARTS COMMISSION CONTAINS A NUMBER OF ELEMENTS AND REQUIREMENTS THAT WOULD FLOW FROM THAT.
CAN YOU SPELL SOME OF THOSE OUT MIGHT HAVE TO DEFER TO NATALIE HARVEY ON SOME OF THOSE WE DID HEAR FROM A NUMBER OF MEMBERS FROM THE ARTS COMMUNITY AS IT RELATES TO THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE CULTURAL ARTS DESIGNATION. BUT I WOULD DEFER TO NATALIE SINCE SHE IS HERE. THANK YOU. ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT PIECES THAT DESIGNATION IS THAT ALL OF THE CONNECTED SITES HAVE TO BE AND CONNECTED BY PATHWAYS EITHER BY BIKE PEDESTRIAN AND THAT ALL OF THE THAT WE WOULD INCLUDE IN A CULTURAL DESIGNATION NEED TO BE IN EXISTENCE ALREADY SO THOSE CAN BE SOME OF THE PUBLIC ART SCULPTURES WELL AS LARGE INSTITUTIONS LIKE THE ART CENTER ART LEAGUE BUT IT ALSO WOULD INCLUDE AREAS WHERE THERE ARE LARGE OUTDOOR CONCERTS OR EVEN COMMUNITY FESTIVALS.
DOES THAT HELP? OKAY. YOU'RE WELCOME TO FOLLOW UP ON
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THAT QUESTION IF I MAY. IT ALSO REQUIRES A SIGNIFICANT AND SENTENCES WHAT IS IT SAYING THAT THE TOWN MAKES SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE ARTS DISTRICT? I'M JUST CURIOUS IN OF WHAT ALL OF THAT MIGHT INCLUDE. OH THERE'S QUITE A BIT I TRAVEL A LOT IT TOO I DON'T THINK AGAIN A GLOSSARY OF TERMS I KNOW THAT THERE'S NOT A GLOSSARY OF TERMS WHAT THAT SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION MEANS TO THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF EXPERIENCE I THINK THAT WHEN I WAS YOU PRIOR TO HERE I THINK I PUT THE HELPED THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON PUT THE SECOND DISTRICT IN PLACE IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. RIGHT. WE REMEMBER WHEN GOVERNOR NIKKI HALEY PUT THIS THIS PROGRAM IN PLACE, IT'S REALLY FOR FORMATION ORGANIZATION MARKETING YOURSELF UP TO APPLY FOR CERTAIN GRANTS THAT YOU MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE SCORE WELL ON. SO IF YOU'RE APPLYING FOR PATHWAYS TO SPACES TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA PARKS REC TOURISM AS WELL AS ANY OTHER SOUTH AGENCY, YOU YOU HAVE A YOU HAVE A COMPETITIVE I WOULD I WOULD SAY YOUR AD THAT THAT WILL HELP US IN THE THIS DISTRICT IS GOING TO PUT US ON THE MAP OF DISTRICTS OF THIS NATURE THERE'S THERE'S ONE IN ROCK HILL, THERE'S ONE IN BLUFFTON. THERE'S A THERE'S SEVERAL OTHERS.THE STATE THAT PUTS US ON THE MAP IT LETS PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE MEAN BUSINESS THAT WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT OUR ARTS BUT IT IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE A COST ADD TO THE TOWN IT'S SUPPOSED TO ALLOW FOR ORGANIZATION AND MARKETING AND COMMONALITY THE STATE OF WHERE THOSE ARTS DISTRICTS ARE. SO THAT'S WHAT KNOW ABOUT IT IT'S HAD SOME SUCCESS IT'S A IT'S A LITTLE LIFT FROM US MORE SUPPORT FROM THE TOWN AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT FROM THE TOWN AND THE HEAVIER LIFT IS FROM THE FOLKS THAT ARE ORGANIZED IT AND THE ARTS COUNCIL AND BEYOND . WE HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS AREA AS THROUGH THE PARKS THAT ARE THERE. YEAH SO I WOULD I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU KNOW YOU HAVE SOME OF THAT INFORMATION HERE PEOPLE CAN AT LEAST GO LOOK AT IT AND KNOW WHERE TO GO TO LOOK FOR IT . I WOULD I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT IS THERE'S AN AWFUL LOT ON LINE AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT WHAT THE COMMITMENT FROM THE TOWN NEEDS TO BE WITH REGARD TO FINANCING AND AND SUCH.
WE WILL FOLLOW UP WITH AN EMAIL ALL OF TOWN COUNCIL TO INFORM YOU THE YEAH BUT BACK TO THE THAT IT THAT THIS DISTRICT RANKS EITHER WAY AS FAR AS POPULATION IS CONCERNED OBVIOUSLY WE DO SOME NEIGHBORS IN THERE AND THUS FAR AS WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH THESE DISCUSSIONS I THINK WE HAVE A LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE AS TO THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND WITH NEIGHBORHOODS AND THIS CASE I DON'T WANT DISCOUNT THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE RESIDENTS THIS AREA BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE HAVING TYPE OF PLAN IN PLACE SO WE ARE DEALING WITH THE ARTS STAKEHOLDERS. YES.
THANK YOU. OKAY. WE ALREADY STARTED THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND YES, THOSE WILL CONTINUE. THANK YOU KG MISSING FLANKER WEXFORD SHIPYARD COMMUNITIES IN THIS AREA I THOSE CONSTITUENTS WILL BE INVITED TO SPEAK IS ABSOLUTELY I CAN GO BACK TO THE ASPIRATION I SEE THIS AND AGAIN I WAS READING OLD PACKET EARLIER AND LAST NIGHT IF I'VE GOTTEN THIS WRONG PLEASE JUST HELP ME WITH IT BUT I KNOW THAT IN THE IN MY PREVIOUS READING THERE WERE THESE WORDS USED IN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PLACES AND I'D JUST LIKE TO UNDERSTAND MORE WHAT IT MEANS OR AT LEAST THE BROAD THOUGHTS OF WHAT MIGHT BE INTENDED STREETSCAPE AS THAT INCLUDES AND PEDESTRIAN FOR PEOPLE IT SAYS PEDESTRIAN AND BUSINESSES AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN THE VISIBILITY PART SOME OF THE STREETSCAPES THE PATHWAY IS NOT NEAR THE STREET SOMETIMES WE TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S CONNECTIONS FROM THE PATHWAY TO THE FRONT DOOR OF THE BUSINESS SO YOU'RE INTEGRATING THAT MULTIMODAL TRIP TO THE BUSINESS DISTRICT SO YOU HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT PEDESTRIANS TO THE
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BUSINESS COMMUNITY IT ALSO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE TRAIL AND THE PATHWAY NETWORK THROUGH THAT FURTHER THAT FURTHER CONNECTIONS THROUGH THE BUSINESS AND TO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY I BRING IT UP BECAUSE ONE OF THE GREAT CHARACTERISTICS OF OUR ISLAND IS WE ALL KNOW IS THAT WE KEEP A TREE LINED AND WE KEEP OUR BUSINESSES ESTABLISHMENTS OUT OF YOU RIGHT FOR THE MOST PART AND OVER RECENTLY I SEE THAT WE'VE KIND OF TAKEN AWAY SOME OF THAT AND JUST HOPING AND CONCERNED ABOUT CONTINUING THAT PRACTICE OF OPENING IT UP SO THAT WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING DOWN TO 78 OR WHATEVER THE ROAD MIGHT BE INSTEAD OF SEEING OUR EDGES AND WE BEGIN TO SEE THE WHAT MIGHT SEEM LIKE AN ENDLESS STRIP MALL AND I DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN SO I'LL BE WATCHING FOR THAT EXPRESSION. THANK YOU, MAYOR FIRST OF ALL, I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE DESIGNATION OF THE CULTURAL ARTS DISTRICT.I THINK IT'S IT WOULD BE GREAT IT WOULD AS MR. ORLANDO SAID, PUT US ON THE MAP.
I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH HISTORIC DISTRICTS FROM WHERE I USED TO LIVE AND ALSO HISTORIC PROPERTIES. SO A CULTURAL ARTS DISTRICT WOULD BE SIGNIFICANT AND I'M GUESSING THAT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE THE ENTIRE ARTS DISTRICT BUT COULD FOCUS ON THE AREA PARTICULARLY WHERE WE HAVE THE EXISTING ARTS AND CULTURE AND I DON'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND PERHAPS WE COULD ASK ABOUT THIS WE A GREAT LOCAL DELEGATION IN NORTH CAROLINA IF YOU'RE DESIGNATED HISTORIC DISTRICT OR HISTORIC PROPERTY, THERE'S SOME PROPERTY TAX RELIEF. SO YOU KNOW IF THAT'S INCENTIVE TO DO IT, I DON'T WANT TO MUDDY UP THE PROCESS ALL BUT IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED THE FUTURE PERHAPS THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS IN THAT AREA AND CERTAINLY TO THE TOWN FOR THAT DESIGNATION. I THINK I MENTIONED THAT I DIDN'T SEE WHAT SORT OF SHOPPING CENTER HERE IN THE LIST I THINK WE OUGHT TO MAKE SURE TO INCLUDE THAT YOUR NUMBER BUSINESSES THAT SUPPORT THE AREA ON PAGE 43 AND ASPIRATIONS THE MIDDLE ONE PRESERVE SO THAT'S HOW YOU AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS THAT IS THAT WHAT ONE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT I JUST WONDER WHERE THEY ARE OR JIM HICKOK IS LOCATED IN THIS DISTRICT YES.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT AND THEN I THOUGHT MR. JAMES IDEA ABOUT DON GONZALEZ MAYBE CONNECTING IN THE BRIDGE TO ALMOST EACH DISTRICT SORRY I CAN'T RESIST NEW ORLEANS ROAD ALSO IS A PASS THROUGH YOU GO OVER THERE SO MAYBE INCLUDE NEURONS THAT OVER ON TO THE BRIDGE TO NEARLY THE BRIDGE DISTRICT ARMSTRONG RIGHT NOW CENTRAL TO THE MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE YEAH SO YEAH I'M SURE AS IT WERE THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
OH GOD THANK YOU. I'VE HAD SOME EXPERIENCE WITH THE ORGANIZED OR KNOWLEDGE AND EYEBALLING OF ALL THE DISTRICTS YOU'LL HAVE THE MOST ORGANIZED RESPONSE AND REACTION FROM THE COMMUNITY AND THAT'S VERY HEALTHY AND IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE GET IN SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICTS WE KNOW OAKLAND DISTRICT HAS SO THIS DISTRICT IS BOTH BORDERED BY BROAD CREEK AND THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. IT ALSO WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY IT INCLUDES MULTIPLE COMMUNITY BEACH PARKS CHAPLIN COMMUNITY PARK ALSO WITH BEACH THE FOLLY AND BEACH CITY ROAD. SO THESE IMAGES DEPICT THE TEAM CERTAINLY CONNECTIONS TO THE OCEAN AND NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ALSO BEACH ORIENTED COMMUNITIES .
THE CHARACTER INCLUDES CHAPLIN COMMUNITY PARK ISLANDERS, BEACH PARK RESORT DEVELOPMENT BUSINESSES AND COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL. SO SOME OF THE STATISTICS WITHIN THE DISTRICT IT IS ALSO ONE OF THE SMALLER DISTRICTS AT 601 ACRE ACRES RANKING SEVEN OUT OF EIGHT IT HAS 914 RESIDENTS. THE TOTAL HOUSING UNITS IS IS HIGH IT'S 2134 UNITS. THE MEDIAN AGE IS 46 YEARS. MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME IS JUST
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UNDER 70,000. THAT'S IS 2% OF THE SHARE OF ISLAND JOBS.IT HAS 1334 ACTIVE SHORT TERM RENTALS. IT RANKS SECOND OF THE EIGHT PLANNING DISTRICTS. IT HAS 6.3 MILES OF WATER FRONTAGE BOTH MARSH AND BEACH FRONTAGE AND RANKS VERY HIGH. SECOND OUT OF THAT EIGHT DISTRICTS IT HAS 212 ACRES OF TOWN ON PROPERTY AND 118 OF THOSE ARE TOWN OWNED PARKS IS OF COURSE DEFINED BY THE PUBLIC REASON PROBABLY FEAR FIELD ISLANDERS ALSO NEARLY HALF OF THE DISTRICT 46% IS RESIDENTIAL WITH 52% OF THAT BEING MULTIFAMILY. IT'S ONE OF THE LARGEST CLUSTERS THE ISLAND I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE STATISTICS WHILE IT HAS THAT LARGE PERCENT OF RESIDENTIAL IT HAS ONLY 914 RESIDENTS AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IT IS DUE TO THE HIGH QUANTITY OF ACTIVE SHORT TERM RENTALS THE VISION FOR THE DISTRICT INCLUDES THE FUTURE OF THE CHAPLIN DISTRICT ENVISIONS REINVESTMENT IN THE BEACH PARKS THAT DEFINE THE DISTRICT AND DEVELOPMENT THAT IS RESPECTFUL OF NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE. THE CHAPLIN DISTRICT CELEBRATES TO THE WATERFRONT INCLUDING THE ATLANTIC OCEAN FOLLY, TIDAL CREEK AND BROAD CREEK.
IT IS A DENSE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD ANCHORED BY CHAPLIN COMMUNITY PARK AND THE MANY BEACH PARKS THAT SUPPORT ITS AND VISITORS AS FAR AS ASPIRATIONS TO THE DISTRICT BEACH NEIGHBORHOODS, RESIDENTS RESORTS AND VISITORS LIMITED BUSINESSES PARK USERS, TRAVELERS THROUGH THE DISTRICT'S CYCLISTS DRIVERS IT SHOULD PRESERVE HISTORIC LANDMARKS WITHIN THE DISTRICT BEACH AND PARK ACCESS AMENITIES AND PARKING PROTECTION OF THE TIDAL CREEK USE BROAD CREEK AND GREENSPACE ON WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY THROUGH TOWN OWNED PROPERTIES THE DISTRICT SHOULD BETTER ACTIVATE A MIXTURE OF HOME STYLES KEEPING THIS AREA FEELING LIKE A QUAINT BEACH TOWN WITH A RELAXED COASTAL VIBE CHAPLIN PARK UPGRADES SUCH SOCCER DOG PARK TENNIS SUSTAINABLE BEACHES AND BEACH AMENITIES WHEN YOU'RE PARKS AND TRAILS AS WELL CROSSINGS FOR PEDESTRIANS ON MAJOR ROADWAYS AND SAFER CONNECTIONS. THE FOCUS AREAS INCLUDE CHAPLIN PARK IMPROVEMENTS THE CHAPLIN LINEAR PARK AND FOLLY FIELD BEACH PARK IMPROVEMENTS AND QUESTIONS FOR BUSSES AREN'T JUST ON THE VISION RESPECTFUL OF NEIGHBORHOODS SCALE. I'M JUST CURIOUS WHEN WE SAY NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE WHAT THAT REALLY MEANS IS INFORMATION OR THOUGHT BEHIND THAT INTENT IT'S RESPECTFUL OF CONTEXT WITHIN THE DISTRICT. SO AGAIN WOULD INCLUDE WHEN WE GO OUT TO TO THE PUBLIC IMAGERY THAT'S REFLECTIVE OF THE EXISTING BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND ,WE CAN FURTHER DEFINE THAT THROUGH THAT ENGAGEMENT AND SOMETIMES ON THESE THERE'S A LOT OF WORDS AND EXPLANATION THAT REALLY DON'T GIVE A LOT OF MEANING AND OR AND I FEEL LIKE THAT'S THE CIRCLE WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW BUT I'LL COME UP WITH A BETTER QUESTIONS MAYBE TO GET TO A DIFFERENT ANSWER. THANKS. LOOK I THE THE FOCUS STUDY AREAS AGAIN I THINK THIS EXERCISE WILL START TO PUSH US IN THE DIRECTION OF PUBLIC INVESTMENT OBVIOUSLY THIS AREA WHEN IT COMES TO PEDESTRIAN CONFLICTS AND WHATNOT I KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LINEAR BLOCK BUT TO ME THERE'S AN EXISTING ISSUE THAT WILL NEED FOCUS AS WELL. DOES THE ROADWAY MULTI-MODAL PEDESTRIAN ALL THAT TO ME IS A FOCUS IN THIS AREA BECAUSE WHEN WE LOOK AT THE CHARACTERISTICS THAT ARE CURRENTLY DONE THIS JUST TAKES I DON'T SEE IT IN THE WORDS YET AND SAY A LOT RIGHT NOW CHAPLIN IS JUST AN AREA OF THE ISLAND THAT YOU DRIVE. SO I'M I'M WONDERING HOW DO THE PLANNING OF THE CORRIDOR YOU BEGIN TO DEFINE THE ENTIRE AREA AS UNIQUE ON THE ISLAND RATHER
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THAN JUST BEING SOMETHING THAT CARS ARE PASSING THROUGH SO IT'S A CONNECTION OF BOTH THE BROAD CREEKSIDE AND THE OCEANSIDE AND THEN AS MR. BROWN SAID HOW YOU MOVE ACROSS THE BARRIER SO THERE'S THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THERE THAT I'M NOT SURE THE WORDS YET SPEAK IN THREAD THAT TOGETHER BETTER BECAUSE THE CHAPLIN LINEAR THE MANY BEACH PARKS CERTAINLY ARE DESTINATIONS AND AND THERE ARE A LARGE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS STRUCTURES HERE SO IT IS IT IS A GATHERING PLACE WHEN I FIRST WHEN I FIRST MOVED TO THE ISLAND THAT WHOLE AREA AN AGRICULTURAL SO IT WAS A VERY DISTINCT AREA ON THE ISLAND AND IT'S NO LONGER AGRICULTURE WE MAKE IT UNIQUE. I ADDRESS THAT SO I THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME PARK WHICH IS QUITE UNIQUE AND IT'S A DESTINATION AND NOT A DRIVE THROUGH IF YOU ARE GOING TO ONE OF THE MOST VARIED WITH THE PARKS ON THE ISLAND WITH MOST OPPORTUNITY FOR RECREATION YOU THINK OF CHAPLIN AND SO I THINK YOU KNOW THIS DISTRICT HAS ITS CHARACTER WELL DEFINED I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH MORE DEVELOPMENT AROUND IT THERE REALLY NEEDS BE QUITE FRANKLY AND AND I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT FOR NOW BUT I'LL CONTINUE TO WATCH THIS AREA AS IT'S BEING DISCUSSED TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WILL BE CIRCLED ON YOUR MAP ARE PROTECTED. BUT THE COMMENTS YES SIR. THE THINGS THAT I THINK ABOUT IN THIS AREA ARE BICYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND I'M GLAD MR. BASEBALL IS HERE TO TALK TO HEAR ME SAY THIS. BUT AS A FORMER BIKE AMBASSADOR STRETCH RIGHT IN THERE IS VERY BUSY WITH CYCLIST ON THE INTERSECTION AND FALLING FIELD AND WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY MATHEWS DRIVE IS ONE OF OUR MOST DANGEROUS FOR BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS ALSO I KNOW SINGLETON BEACH DRIVE EVEN THOUGH THERE'S A STOPLIGHT THERE THAT'S A TOUGH ONE THERE BECAUSE OF ALL THE ACTIVITY AT THAT INTERSECTION I'VE ALWAYS BEEN HIT MYSELF THERE ON A BICYCLE. IT'S HARD TO SEE TRAFFIC COMING AT YOU FROM ALL DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS THERE SO OUR MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN I THINK WE NEED TO ADD TO THE FOCUS STUDY AREAS BICYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IN THAT CORRIDOR ON AND AND WHILE WE'RE DOING THAT I AS YOU DRIVE ON HAMILTON PARKWAY ACROSS THE ISLAND THE LACK OF LANDSCAPE MEDIANS IN THIS AREA WHICH IS TELLING TO ME WHY DO WE HAVE SO MUCH CONCRETE THERE WHEN OTHER AREAS OF THE ISLAND YOU KNOW NEXT DOOR YOU GO THROUGH HAS THIS NICE TREE LINED PASSAGEWAY AND MEDIAN IN THE SHELTER COVE AREA THE PARKS PARKWAY ARTS DISTRICT BUT I THINK WE OUGHT TO ADD YOU KNOW I THINK MR. BROWN'S TALK ABOUT CAPITAL INVESTMENTS AND PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE THERE BUT THAT'S WHERE BICYCLIST SAFETY AND LANDSCAPE MEDIANS THROUGH THAT AREA I WOULD SAY THANK YOU TO THE POINT, MAYOR. I THINK THOSE ARE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND THEY ARE ON THE LIST OF PROJECTS TO BE INCLUDED THE LANDSCAPING FOR MATHEWS TO SHELTER COVE HAS BEEN NONEXISTENT FOR FAR TOO LONG AND WITH BRINGING THAT INTO THE SAME AS THE REST OF THE CORRIDOR THROUGH THE ISLAND WE WILL CERTAINLY CREATE A MUCH SAFER ENVIRONMENT FOR PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLISTS. BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THROUGH THE PREVIOUS WORK THAT IS ON THE AGENDA TO BE ACCOMPLISHED VERY SOON AND LOOKING FOR CONFIRMATION BUT I'M CERTAIN THAT THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE'VE DONE THERE WHICH PRECISELY WHAT I MEANT TO SAY WHEN I WAS TALKING WHICH IS WHICH GOING TO BE ON THE WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT ROADS AGAIN IN THE NEW YEAR WITH NEW SO THAT WILL BE ADDRESSED AT THE TIME ACCOMMODATED DAVID FOR BRINGING IT UP APPRECIATE IT BUT THE CONNECTION TO CARGO YES GREAT POINT WE HAVE I BELIEVE THE FIRST WORKSHOP IN OCTOBER EARMARKED FOR ALL THINGS ROAD PRIORITIES. THIS IS A UNIQUE ONE AND SO WE ADDED AS MS. BRYSON WAS TALKING I THINK SHAWN I WERE BOTH ADDING THAT AS A FOCUS STUDY AREA THE BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN WELL AS VEHICULAR SAFETY RIGHT ESPECIALLY AT THOSE INTERSECTIONS THAT THE COMPETING ISSUE THAT WE HAVE HERE THAT WE DON'T HAVE IN SOME OTHER AREAS AND WE CAN DOVE DEEPER IS BECAUSE THIS IS THE CHAPLIN NEIGHBORHOOD WITH LONG STANDING GENERATIONAL HOMES[01:30:02]
ADJACENT TO WILLIAM MOUNTAIN PARKWAY. SOME OF THESE OTHER AREAS THERE'S RESIDENTIAL AND BUSINESS, LONG STANDING DRIVEWAYS AND WHEN WE PUT THE CENTER WE ARE GOING TO CHANGE THE PATTERN OF OF HOW YOU LIVE. YOU CAN'T TURN LEFT IN OR LEFT OUT WHAT THE CENTER MEDIAN IN THE MIDDLE NOW IT'S SAFER BUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD THE NEIGHBORHOOD USE THE NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACT DIFFERENT THAN WHEN WE ARE PUTTING MEDIANS IN IN FRONT OF IN FRONT OF T.J. MAX OR WHATEVER'S THERE .I THINK THAT THE NEXT WORKSHOP IS GOING TO REALLY SLOW DOWN AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THE WHAT THE GOALS ARE AND WHAT THE POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES WILL BE IN THE COMMENTS QUESTIONS MAIN STREET OKAY. THE MAIN STREET DISTRICT IT INCLUDES THE HILTON HEAD ISLAND SCHOOL CAMPUS CLUSTER JARVIS PARK OF COURSE MAIN STREET THAT INCLUDES THE SHOPPING PLAZAS IN AND ALONG PEMBROKE DRIVE IT ALSO FURTHER DOWN MAIN STREET AND IT'S AT ITS END POINT THE CAMPUS AND THE PUBLIC LIBRARY THE THEME IS REALLY ISLAND ROCK OF COURSE ON ONE END AND THE HOSPITAL ON THE OTHER AND CHARACTER IMAGERY INCLUDE BUSINESS DISTRICT WE HAVE JARVIS PARK WE HAVE MEDICAL BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES OF COURSE THE SCHOOL CAMPUS AND SHOPPING PLAZAS AND COURSE THE MAIN STREET CORRIDOR AND THE STATISTICS THE MAIN STREET DISTRICT IT IS IT HAS A POPULATION OF 860 BUT IT HAS THE LARGEST DAYTIME POPULATION OF 6459. IT HAS THE LOWEST NUMBER OF HOUSING UNITS AT 549 AND IT HAS THE HIGHEST AGE AT 59.9. IT ALSO HAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME. SO 109,000 AND IT HAS 12% ITS SECOND BEHIND VIRGINIA BEACH ON THE SHARE OF ISLAND JOBS THE DISTRICT HOLDS NEARLY A QUARTER OF THE ISLAND'S RETAIL AND OFFICE. IT HAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST BUSINESS COUNTS WHICH DOES LEAD TO THAT LARGE DAYTIME POPULATION. THIS DISTRICT HAS ZERO SHORT TERM RENTALS. IT HAS ZERO WATERFRONT. IT HAS 109 ACRES OF TOWN ON PROPERTY AND 68 OF THOSE ARE PUBLIC PARKS. THE VISION THE MAIN STREET DISTRICT SERVES AS THE ISLAND'S EDUCATIONAL AND MEDICAL EPICENTER WHICH IS HOME TO THE COUNTY HILTON HEAD ISLAND SCHOOL SYSTEM HILTON HEAD BRANCH, THE COUNTY LIBRARY AND HILTON HEAD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER THE FUTURE THE MAIN STREET DISTRICT INCLUDES SUSTAINING AND EXPANDING THE HEALTH CARE SERVICES WHILE REIMAGINING MAIN STREET AS A WALKABLE MIXED USE CENTER SUPPORTING OF THE DISTRICT AND ITS SURROUNDINGS IN ADDITION TO THESE ESSENTIAL SERVICES, THE THRIVING SHOPPING CENTERS WILL CONTINUE TO PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN THE DISTRICT'S IDENTITY THE ASPIRATIONS FOR THE DISTRICT, THE DISTRICT'S SERVES STUDENTS AND FAMILIES THAT ATTEND ISLAND RECREATION AND THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS RESIDENTS INCLUDING, ASSISTED LIVING PARK USERS, COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS THE LIBRARY AND THE HOSPITAL AND THEIR VISITORS AS WELL AS MANY AND SERVICES LOCATED WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
THE DESTRUCTION PRESERVES STORMWATER SYSTEMS LIKE JARVIS PARK AND LAKE LIGGETT SECONDARY ROAD ACCESS TO WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY AND SOME CONNECTIVITY WETLANDS WITHIN THE DISTRICT AND EXISTING BUSINESSES SHOULD BE PRESERVED. WHAT COULD BE BETTER ACTIVATED PATHWAY CONNECTIONS LOCAL BUSINESSES WITH THE UNIQUE CHARACTER STREETSCAPE BEING A BEAUTIFICATION LOCATIONS FOR GREEN SPACES AND GATHERING SPACES THROUGH POCKET PARKS AND AND ALONG THE PATHWAYS AS WELL AS LANDSCAPE MEDIANS MIXED USE BOTH HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS THE DISTRICTS COULD BE ACTIVATED AT A LOCATION THAT BE PRIME FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING AS IT'S NEAR THE SCHOOLS AS WELL AS THE HOSPITAL WHICH ARE EMPLOYMENT CENTERS TOWN PROPERTY COULD BE ACTIVATED SUCH AS THE MODERN CLASSIC MOTOR SITE PROPERTY ON LEGO MOUNTAIN AND POTENTIALLY ACTIVATION THE REACTIVATION OF JARVIS PARK JARVIS PARK IMPROVEMENTS MORE MULTIMODAL IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL AS MAIN STREET IMPROVEMENTS COULD BE ACTIVATED. THE FOCUS AREAS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED WAS ACTIVATION OF THE MODERN CLASSIC MOTORS TOWNHOMES PROPERTY AS WELL AS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF MAIN STREET IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND AND QUESTIONS COMMENTS. STAFFORD THANK YOU.
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I THINK YOU ENCAPSULATE THE THEME OF EXISTING THERE WITH ONE EXCEPTION HASN'T BEEN A FOCUS ON THE ASSISTED RETIREMENT FACILITIES THAT ARE THERE AND.I THINK THAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE DESCRIPTION OF THE DISTRICT AND I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW HOW THAT ZONE IS PROPERTY. I JUST DON'T KNOW WHETHER THIS STREET IS COMMERCIAL OR WHAT BUT THAT'S MY COMMENT ON IT. THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENTS.
I OR SO UNDER WE CAN BETTER ACTIVATE A NUMBER OF BULLETS DOWN ALMOST TWO THIRDS OF THE WAY DOWNTOWN ON TOWN OWNED PROPERTY AND IT INCLUDES PROPERTY ON LOGAN MOUNTAIN.
I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT TYPE OF ACTIVATION THAT MIGHT BE, WHAT MIGHT BE FORESEEN ALONG THAT AREA, WHAT'S SOMETHING THAT HASN'T BEEN DETERMINED YET BUT IS IMPORTANT OF THIS DISTRICT WILL BE TOWN PROPERTY SO THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO DISCOVER AS WE AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS RIGHT AND AGAIN IT'S HARD IT'S HARD TO I KNOW YOU'RE TO WANT US TO GIVE A THUMBS UP THAT WE'RE ALL MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION WITHOUT SOME OF THE SPECIFIC IN ONE AREA THAT I REPRESENT I NEED TO KNOW WHAT IT IS GIVING MY THUMBS UP ON SO AND IN ADDITION TO THAT I'LL JUST MAKE A GENERAL COMMENT I KNOW WE WENT THROUGH THIS A WHILE AGO WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT MAIN STREET, HOW IT WAS GOING TO BE RECONSTRUCTED.
THE PICTURE THERE DESCRIBES IT AND THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION BACK FORTH ONCE THAT PLAN WAS MADE MORE PUBLIC THERE WAS A RELATIVELY HIGH NUMBER OF NEGATIVE COMMENTS TO THE PLAN AS IT WAS PRESENTED AND YOU CAN SEE HERE SO I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW AS WE'VE BEEN MAKING DECISIONS OR KIND OF THINKING THROUGH THINGS ALONG THE WAY WITHOUT THE COMMUNITY INPUT WHEN THEY DO FIND OUT THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS PLEASED.
MR. BROWN I'M MRS. STODDARD. SHE SORT OF USED THE ALLEN REC CENTER IS THE ANCHOR IN THE IN ANCHOR AND I'M FAST FORWARD INTO THE FOCUS STUDY AREAS AND WE'RE SPEAKING OF MAIN STREET IMPROVEMENTS BUT THINK THE SCHOOL CLUSTER AND THAT CONNECTOR TO MAIN STREET IS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT TO FUTURE PUBLIC INVESTMENT SO THAT THAT WORKS AND OTHER COMMENTS AS WELL AS I'M AND THAT IS I'M JUST I'M JUST 59 WE CAN BETTER ACTIVATE AND ONE OF THE BULLETS INCLUDES GOOD LOCATION FOR GATHERING SPACES CREATING SMALL PARKS GREEN SPACE ALONG THE PATH I AT VARIANCE AND THINKING OF JARVIS CREEK PARK THERE'S A LOT OF COMMUNITY USE OF THAT PARK AND I DON'T KNOW THERE'S WONDERFUL GATHERING SPACES IN THOSE PAVILIONS AND I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THERE IS SOME WAY OF INCLUDING SEVERAL CIVILIANS OR SOME SORT OF MUSIC, SOME SORT OF OTHER CONNECTED ACTIVITY INSTEAD INDIVIDUAL ACTIVITIES WHICH ARE GREAT THERE ARE A LOT OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY EVENTS THERE THAT SOME SORT OF CONNECTION THERE OR AN ACTIVITY JUST TO THINK ABOUT THAT. THE OTHER THING IS THE MODERN CLASSICS MURDER SITE AS WE LOOK AT POSSIBLE FUTURE USE THERE THERE'S TREES THERE ALREADY AND SO WHATEVER FUTURE USE INCLUDE SOME SORT OF POCKET PARK OR GREEN SPACE THAT SHOULD BE PART A REQUIREMENT THAT WE CAN MAINTAIN THAT GREAT AREA THERE I AGREE AND ON THAT PAGE 59 UNDER THE RESIDENTS INCLUDING ASSISTED BUT I THINK ALSO MAYBE LOOKING AT THAT FOCUSED STUDY AREAS FROM WHAT KIND OF ZONING PROPER TO ENCOURAGE ASSISTED LIVING AND OTHER RESIDENTIAL USES THAT AREA AND YOU KNOW IT'S INTERESTING THERE'S A BUNCH OF STATUTES AS I WAS TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH JIM LIKE CHAIR OF ISLAND JOBS SO GOING TO BRIDGE TO ALMOST TO THE BEACH DISTRICT AND IT'S INTERESTING AND POPULATION DUE TO THE JOBS IN THAT AREA AND I DON'T KNOW WHETHER SOMETHING LIKE THAT THAT ISLAND TRACK HAS SOME POSSIBILITY OF MIXED USE WHERE THERE'S BUSINESSES DOWN BELOW RESIDENTIAL ABOVE I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THAT'S A GOOD THING FOR MAIN STREET BUT JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT THE MIX OF BUSINESSES AND HOUSING
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AREA JUST GENERALLY THAT WAY I'M NOT NECESSARILY ADVOCATING FOR SOMETHING BUT JUST THINKING ABOUT THE TYPE OF USES THERE WAS POSSIBLE IN MY AREA IN THE SCHOOL IF THERE'S SOME MIXED USES IN THOSE AREAS BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF OUR WORKFORCE WORKS IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, IN THE HOSPITAL SYSTEM AND THE OTHER SUPPORT DOCTORS OFFICES AND OTHER HEALTH CARE FACILITIES. SO IF THERE'S SOME SORT OF IDEA ABOUT HOUSING FOR THE WORKFORCE IN THOSE AREAS IS GENERALLY THE OTHER COMMENTS AREN'T FOR SPEECH SO THIS FOR SPEECH AREA IS BY SEA PINES SHIPYARD CORDOVA PARKWAY AND THE ATLANTIC OCEAN IT INCLUDES THE BEACH ACCESS ME BEACH PARK AND PROMENADE AND LOWCOUNTRY CELEBRATION PARK.THE THEME INCLUDES CLEANING BEACH ACCESS AND LOWCOUNTRY CELEBRATION PARK THE ISLANDS FRONT LAWN, THE CHARACTERS DEFINED BY RESORT DEVELOPMENT IT THE HIGHEST COUNT OF USER COUNT ON OUR PUBLIC PATHWAYS SHOPPING CENTERS, BEACHES, RETAIL AND COMMERCIAL AS WELL AS BEACH ORIENTED NEIGHBORHOODS . THE STATISTICS FOR THE FORCE BEACH DISTRICT IT HAS A HIGHER POPULATION. IT RANKS SECOND OUT OF OF EIGHT DISTRICTS AT 1334. IT HAS THE HIGHEST OF HOUSING UNITS IN ALL THE PLANNING DISTRICTS. AT 2735 THE MEDIAN AGE IS 53. THE MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME IS 68,000 AND AT 6% OF THE SHARE OF ISLANDS JOBS. IT ALSO HAS THE HIGHEST ACTIVE SHORT TERM RENTAL COUNT OF ALL THE PLANNING DISTRICTS AT 1817 IT HAS 2.7 MILES OF ATLANTIC OCEAN COASTLINE. IT HAS 72.9 ACRES OF TOWN ON PROPERTY AND 20 ACRES OF THAT IS PUBLIC PARKS. AS FAR AS THE SHORT TERM RENTAL THIS THIS DISTRICT HOLDS ONE FOURTH OF ALL THE SHORT TERM RENTALS ON THE ISLAND ISLAND THE VISION, THE FUTURE OF THE FOREST BEACH DISTRICT TO SUPPORT ITS ROLE AS THE HEART OF THE ISLAND AND MAIN VISITOR DESTINATION WHILE RESPECTING THE MASS AND SCALE OF THE AREA WITH WELL CONNECTED STREETS, PATHWAYS AND ACCESS TO TRANSIT THE DISTRICT WILL REMAIN A DENSE MIX OF SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL SHOPS, RESTAURANTS, RESORTS, HOTELS, ENTERTAINERS IN SHORT TERM RENTALS.
THE FOREST BEACH DISTRICT SERVES AS THE FRONT OF THE ISLAND BEING HOME TO BOTH LOWCOUNTRY CELEBRATION PARK AND CLICK MI BEACH PARK THE COMMUNITY GATHERING SPACE FOR THE ISLAND, THE ASPIRATIONS FOR THE FOREST BEACH INCLUDES THE DISTRICT CURRENTLY SERVES RESORT GUESTS, VISITORS, BEACHGOERS, COMMUNITY EVENT ATTENDEES LOWCOUNTRY CELEBRATION PARK MULTIPLE CHURCH CONGREGATIONS TIME RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES MANY BUSINESSES AND EMPLOYEES WE SHOULD WORK TO PRESERVE THE HISTORICAL SCALE OF HOUSING IN SOUTH FORCE BEACH IN NORTH FOREST BEACH NEIGHBORHOODS, BEACH ACCESS AND PARKING FULL TIME RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES. LOWCOUNTRY CELEBRATION PARK IS A COMMUNITY GATHERING SPOT FOR FESTIVALS AND EVENTS AND PARK AND BEACH FRONT COMMERCIAL AREA BUSINESSES WE CAN BETTER ACTIVATE THE POPE CORRIDOR OUR HUB OF ACTIVITY CENTER SUCH AS NEW SHOPPING PLAZA IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR AGING COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES WITHIN THIS DISTRICT AS WELL AS ROADWAY AND STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS AND FOCUS AREAS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED FOREST BEACH DISTRICT INCLUDE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CLINIC CIRCLE POPE AVENUE IN PALMETTO BECK AMENITY AND TRANSIT CONNECTOR AND CLEANING CENTER E POPE AVENUE PALMETTO CONNECTOR WAS IDENTIFIED AS A CONNECTION SYSTEM EXPANSION OF THE TROLLEY SERVICE MULTIMODAL INCLUDING BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN ACCESS RIDESHARE OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THAT PARTICULAR CORRIDOR TO CONNECT THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO THE DESTINATION CENTER AND QUESTIONS COMMENTS MISSING WHAT IS THE CONNECT NEEDS CENTER IN THIS USE ORIENTED FOCUS AREA? YEAH WHAT I MEAN IS THAT A PLACE IS AN IDEA WHAT IS IT AS
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A STUDY AREA THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER THE FUTURE OF THE QUIGLEY SHOPPING AS A MAJOR HUB WITHIN THIS PARTICULAR DISTRICT I I MIGHT SUGGEST COLLECTING THE AREA THEM RATHER CENTER BUT A DETAIL I'LL WAIT AND SEE ANYBODY ELSE FROM ANOTHER PART OF THE ISLAND WANTS TO DISPUTE WHETHER NOT COLLIGNON IS THE HEART OF THE ISLAND BUT BECAUSE I REPRESENT ALL LET IT STAND FOR NOW OTHER COMMENTS QUESTIONS THIS PRICE YEAH SO TO ME THIS IS A VERY CHALLENGING DISTRICT AND. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING COMMENTS FROM ALL THOSE WHO LIVE AND WORK IN THIS AREA BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S GOING TO FORM THE CHARACTER OF THIS DISTRICT. THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS. ONE IS WE NEED TO REALLY FOCUS ON THE TRANSPORTATION IN THIS AREA. I DON'T WANT POPE AVENUE TO BECOME A LARGE PARKING LOT AND I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THE STATS INCLUDE RECENT PURCHASES OF TOWN ON PROPERTY I JUST DON'T KNOW. MAYBE IT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED, JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT NUMBERS ARE IN THERE. THE OTHER THING REALLY BOTHERS ME IS ON PAGE 67 I'M GLAD YOU GOT THAT UP ON THE SCREEN DISTRICT SERVS RESORT JUST PLEASE TAKE OUT THE WORD RESORT. THERE'S NO RESORT DOWN THERE.I'VE A LOT OF RESORTS IN THE WORLD. IT'S NOT A RESORT.
IT'S A MIXTURE OF USES. SO YES. AND VISITORS ARE FINE BUT PLEASE TAKE OUT RESORT NEVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN CALLED A RESORT DISTRICT I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THAT FLAT OUT AND THE OTHER THING THAT WE MENTIONED BEFORE AND THAT IS THERE HAVE BEEN PREVIOUS PLANS ADOPTED FOR THIS AREA THE CIRCLE THE CIRCLE IN AND I'VE FORGOTTEN THE OTHER NAMES. BRIDGETON BEACH I THINK WAS NAME AT ONE POINT BUT CERTAINLY THOSE NEED TO BE OUT SO TAKE THEM OFF THE SHELF AND PUT THEM OUT THERE FOR FOLKS TO LOOK AT.
I KNOW A LOT OF FOLKS HERE WENT THROUGH THAT AND ADVOCATED CERTAIN THINGS.
THAT'S FINE. AGAIN, IF THERE'S IMPORTANT LESSONS LEARN FROM PREVIOUS PLANS WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO TRY TO INCORPORATE THAT HASN'T BEEN DONE OR TO GET RID OF SOMETHING THAT WAS DONE OR IS IN THE LIST OF SUGGESTIONS. SO I WANT TO ALL THOSE PLANS OUT THERE AND I WANT TO HEAR ALL THE PUBLIC INPUT I CAN HEAR FROM.
JUST TO SORT OF FOLLOW UP ON MS. BRYSON'S POINT THERE THERE HAS BEEN LOTS OF TALK ABOUT THIS AREA. I'M I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT WE'RE HAVING AS A FOCUS THIS BUSINESS CONNECTOR I GUESS I'M STRUGGLING A LITTLE BIT WITH THE LEGACY CIRCLE PIECE.
I'M JUST I'M JUST DOING MY AGE A LITTLE BIT BUT I THINK THAT THAT SOMETIMES BECOMES A NONSTARTER IN THIS AREA. I'M QUITE SURE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE SHOULDN'T BE THINKING OUTSIDE OF THE BOX BUT I JUST DON'T WANT TO PUT THINGS OUT THERE THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED IN THE PAST. SOME HAVE PUSHED ASIDE FOR EITHER VALUABLE OR NOT VALID BUT IT JUST SEEMS AS IF WE GET DISTRACTED WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE QUALITY CIRCLE IMPROVEMENT THAT'S JUST INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE.
I WANT TO PASS THIS BACK OR SO UNDER THE VISION SYSTEMS. IT'S THE SAME LANGUAGE THAT I FIND, I WANT TO FIND TRUTH IN SECOND SENTENCE WHILE THE MASS AND SCALE OF THE SURROUNDING AREAS WITH WELL CONNECTED STREETS MASS AND SCALE I THINK ABOUT TIME WE START RESPECTING IT WHICH GETS TO THE SECOND PIECE WE SHOULD WORK TO PRESERVE A HISTORICAL SCALE OF HOUSING IN THE SOUTH SPEECH AND NORTH FOR SPEECH NEIGHBORHOODS ON HOW WE DID THAT ANYMORE AND I'M SURE HOPING AS WE'RE WALKING THE ALAMO RIVER THAT WE FIND THINGS THAT WE CAN PUT IN PLACE AS SOON AS THE MAYOR WILL PLEASE PUT IT ON OUR AGENDA SO THAT WE
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CAN TRULY ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING THAT RESPECTS OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE MASS AND SCALE AND HISTORIC NATURE OF NOT ONLY NORTH AND SOIL OR SPEECH BUT SOME OF THE COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE CHAMPLIN AREA QUALITY OF BECAUSE WE'VE LOST THAT. AND SO IF WE'RE GOING TO SAY TO START MEANING IT WE'VE GOT TO START TAKING THE ACTIONS THAT PROVE THAT WE MEAN IT INSTEAD OF ALLOWING IT TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THE WAY IT IS ALSO BOTHERED BY BACK TO THE VISION TO JUMP AROUND BUT THAT WAS FULL THOUGHT SO OKAY BACK TO THE VISION FOR.YEAH I'M VERY BOTHERED THAT WE ARE PUTTING WITHIN THE VISION THAT THIS IS AN AREA THAT WILL REMAIN A DENSE FAMILY SINGLE FAMILY HOME ETC. AND SHORT TERM RENTALS.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT REMOVED. I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD HAVE ANY DISTRICT ON THIS ISLAND THAT IS SPECIFICALLY CALLED OUT THAT WILL CONTINUE TO SHORT TERM RENTALS AND DEFINED AND QUALIFIED AND GOES AGAINST THE WISHES OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS QUITE SO I WOULD LIKE THAT TAKEN OUT IMMEDIATELY THE COMMENTS STANFORD FOLLOWING ON ON THE NEGATIVE COMMENT I DON'T DISAGREE THAT IT'S NOT A RESORT THAT YOU THINK FOCUSING ON THE TOURIST VACATION OR USE OF TOURISM AND VACATION USE OF THE PROPERTY IS AN APPROPRIATE DESCRIPTION OF THE COMMENTS WAS FROM I GUESS I'M GOING BACK TO SORT OF THIS OF PROVOKING THOUGHT. I THINK THE MAYOR SAID THAT AS WE START TO ENGAGE WITH THE PUBLIC IS OPPORTUNITY BEFORE WE DESCRIBE HIS WORDS ON PAPER JAMES AND I JUST WANT TO GO BACK TO THE STANCE AND I MUST ADVOCATE FOR ANYTHING EXCEPT FOR US BEING ABLE TO HAVE QUALIFIED CONVERSATIONS. OKAY. THIS OBVIOUSLY IS A VERY DIFFERENT DISTRICT IN A LOT OF THE OTHERS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WHICH TO ME MEANS IT IS GOING TO BE A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION PUBLICLY AND I THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE PROVOKING ITEMS IN HERE IN ORDER TO PROVIDE QUALIFIED CONVERSATION. SO I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT AND CAN I JUST SAY LAST THING ABOUT THE CONVERSATIONS WHICH I THINK ARE COMPLETELY IMPORTANT ONE OF THE REASONS I SIT ON COUNCIL IS BECAUSE WHEN MY NEIGHBORHOOD WAS REALLY ZONED NOBODY TALKED TO US. NOBODY TOLD US I JUST DID IT AND I FOUGHT REALLY HARD AND STILL NO TO GET THAT REVERSED. THE DAMAGE WAS DONE SOMETIMES THOSE VOICES THAT YOU HEAR ARE ALSO TRANSIENT VOICES. THEY DON'T NECESSARILY REPRESENT THE LONG STANDING COMMUNITY VALUES OF THE RESIDENTS BUT THOSE WHO ARE LOOKING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN ALL THOSE VOICES ARE BEING HEARD WE REMAIN FIXED ON OUR FUNDAMENTAL VALUES FOR THIS ISLAND GOING BACK DECADES AND DECADES AND MANY OF THESE FOLKS IN THIS ROOM WHO HELPED CREATE THAT SHOULD UNDERSTAND COMPLETELY I MEAN AND SO FOUNDATION IS IMPORTANT CHANGE IS INEVITABLE THE FOUNDATION CRITICAL TO THE FUTURE AND I DON'T WANT TO LOSE SIGHT OF THAT AND I WON'T DO THE COMMENTS I WILL I'M GOING TO SAY THAT I THINK YOU ALL HAVE DONE A VERY GOOD DOCUMENT FOR THIS WITH THE DETAIL OF DATA.
IT'S SOMETHING WE HAVEN'T SEEN AND THIS IS THE DATA THAT'S GOING TO HELP US AND THE COMMUNITY DETERMINE WHERE WE NEED TO GO AND HOW WE NEED TO ADDRESS AREAS SO HELP US FIGURE OUT THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF OUR CHANGES 2014 BIG CHANGES WERE MADE.
THIS WAS NOT DONE. NOTHING EVEN CLOSE TO THIS WAS DONE AND LOOK AT THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES WE'VE GOT FROM THAT NOW. SO I THINK ON THE RIGHT PATH TO BRING THIS TO THE TO THE COMMUNITY TO GET INPUT SO THAT WE CAN LOOK YOU KNOW HERE WHAT THAT IS TALK ABOUT IT AND HAVE MORE CONVERSATION SO THAT WE CAN FIGURE IT OUT.
IT'S NOT ON US. IT'S WAS NOT A WE IT'S US, RIGHT? IT'S ALL OF US THAT ARE DOING THIS SO SO THAT YOUR YOUR VOICES WILL BE HEARD OUTSIDE OF THIS AND I JUST WANT I WANT TO MAKE THAT VERY CLEAR THAT THIS IS JUST NOT A WE ARE HERE
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AND WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS. NO, YOUR VOICE IS GOING TO BE HEARD AND YOU ALL ARE GOING HIT THE AREAS HARD. SO I JUST I THANK YOU ALL FOR THE EFFORT THAT YOU PUT INTO AND IT BEING HOMEGROWN AND NOT FORCED. I THINK WE'VE GOTTEN A MUCH BETTER PRODUCT A DIRECTION THAN WE WE COULD HAVE SOME BACK TO YOU MISSING AGAIN.WE STARTED WITH IDENTIFYING OBJECTIVE WHICH WAS TO GET A HEAD FROM COUNCIL.
WE'LL MAKE THE REVISIONS WE HEARD TODAY. WE WILL GO OUT TO THE PUBLIC.
WE ANTICIPATE TO ANSWER THEM AS BRYSON'S QUESTION HAVING MULTIPLE ENGAGEMENTS IN ALL EIGHT PLANNING DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT THE COMING MONTHS THERE WILL BE MEETINGS FORMAL INFORMAL POP UP STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS. WE WILL CREATE SURVEY MECHANISMS FOR PARTICIPATION AND WE WILL COMMUNICATE WITH APPOINTED BOARDS IN THE FUTURE THE TIMING OF AGAIN WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT KIND OF HOW THIS THREADS THROUGH THESE LARGER MAPPING AND PLANNING EFFORTS. AGAIN WE WILL GO OUT TO THE COMMUNITY THIS FALL AND NEXT YEAR WITH ALL OF THOSE ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND THEN IT'LL COME BACK AGAIN BEFORE COUNCIL AND ANTICIPATE WRAPPING UP THESE PLANNING DISTRICTS AND AND THAT THEY'RE LEADING IN FRONT THE LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE UPDATE I WILL ADD THAT BOTH PROJECTS THE LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE ORDINANCE UPDATE DISTRICT PLANNING ARE WELL INTEGRATED WITH EACH OTHER AND WE WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR CODE CONSULTANT ON HOW WE'RE PROGRESSING OUR DISTRICTS AS THEY'RE INFORMING OF THAT PROCESS AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. I'M JUST THIS IF I'M I THINK WHEN YOU'RE GETTING THIS PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE PERSON THAT IS SPEAKING TO IDENTIFY WHERE HE OR SHE WORKS SO THAT SOMEONE IS LIVING IN ONE DISTRICT AND TRYING TO PLAN FOR ANOTHER DISTRICT OR IF THEY ARE THERE'S A REASON FOR MR. ABRAM TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT .
YOU KNOW, THIS IS TODAY BUT I'M JUST SORT OF CURIOUS TO HOW WHAT WE GATHER FROM THE COMMUNITY WILL BE PACKAGED UP FOR US JUST I DON'T WANT US TO BE BOUNCING AROUND THIS SORT OF WAY I AM OR WE WILL JUST AS WE'RE DOING FOR THE ENGAGEMENT THAT WE'VE DONE IN MUDDY CREEK AND JONES FOR PACKAGING UP OR WHAT DID WE HERE DOCUMENT WE ALL DO THE SAME WITH THESE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENTS THOSE WILL BE PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD AND INCLUDED IN JUST THE FACT FINDING AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION AS. WE AS WE PUT THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND FINALIZE THE PLANS. COUNCILMAN OFTEN THOSE THOSE TYPES OF DOCUMENTS, THOSE ROLLUP OF WHAT WE HEARD DOCUMENTS THEY BECOME APPENDICES TO THE PLAN SO THEY ALWAYS THEY ALWAYS LIVE WITH THE PLAN ONCE THE PLAN IS DRAFTED. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW THE QUESTIONS NOW I'M SURE THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN ONCE YOU DEVELOP THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PLAN THAT COUNCIL WILL BE INFORMED OF WHEN AND WHERE THESE ACTIVITIES ARE GOING TO HAPPEN SO THAT WE CAN ALSO LISTEN. YES, ABSOLUTELY. WE ALSO WILL SPREAD TOGETHER WE'RE CALLING IT COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS. SOME OF THE OTHER RELATED WORK WE OFTEN HEARD ABOUT THE CORRIDORS PROJECT AND IT'S HARD TO PLAN THESE DISTRICTS TALKING ABOUT THE ROAD THAT YOU NEED TO GET THERE OR THE PATHWAYS AS WELL AS OUR RESILIENCY PLAN AND THOSE EFFORTS WE WILL HAVE SOME SOME OF THOSE JOINT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MEETINGS THROUGH WHAT WE'RE CALLING COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS PROGRAM AND DO WE HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS? OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
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THANK YOU A LOT LET'S MOVE ON TO UPDATE ON THE MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE AMENDMENT PROJECT MISSY TO YOU JASON, BEFORE WE GET STARTED CAN I JUST ASK A QUESTION WAS THE FULL PACKET LISTED ON THE WEBSITE ALONG WITH THE AGENDA SO THAT FOLKS WOULD HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW WHAT IT WAS THAT WE JUST WENT THROUGH PRIOR TO THE MEETING KNOW IT WAS JUST AN AGENDA THAT WAS PUBLISHED. SO I'M JUST CURIOUS IN TERMS OF WHETHER OR NOT SOMEONE WOULD HAVE HAD A THOUGHT THAT THEY WANT TO SPEAK PRIOR TO HEARING THE INFORMATION IF THEY DIDN'T GET TO READ IT IS A WOULDN'T BE FAIR TO ASK ONCE NOW THAT THEY'VE HEARD WHAT WE JUST[02:00:01]
DISCUSSED FOR THE FIRST TIME THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK PEOPLE IF THEY WANT TO SPEAK JUST MY $0.02 WORTH THAT'S WHAT I WOULD DO. WELL, I'VE GOT TO FOLLOW THE WAY THE CODE'S WRITTEN NOW I IN FAIRNESS I DON'T NEED REPEAT MYSELF.I'M CERTAIN THAT YOU HEARD ME BUT I THINK I'LL JUST SAY IN FAIRNESS I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE TO ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK WHAT THEY'VE JUST HEARD AND DO WE HAVE PEOPLE SIGN UP TO SPEAK FOR ANY OF THESE ITEMS? WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE SIGNED FOR ITEM THREE BUT NO ONE FOR THIS ITEM THREE A, B OR C, C, C ,THREE, C AND 3C3 I'VE GOT YEAH WELL WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SINCE SINCE THEY AREN'T TAKING A COMMUNITY COMMUNICATIONS EVERYBODY WILL HAVE A CHANCE AND ARE WE GOING TO PUT THIS OUT ONCE THE REVISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE AND PUT IT ONLINE SO THAT IT CAN BE REVIEWED PRIOR TO I CAN ADD TO THAT NOW THAT YOU'VE SEEN IT WE WE'VE TRADITIONALLY ONCE WE'VE GIVEN THE PRESENTATION IN PUBLIC WE'VE POSTED ONLINE AS IS WE'RE NOT MAKING ANY ADJUSTMENTS TO WHAT YOU SAID MOVE A WORD CHANGE TO THEME WE'RE JUST GOING TO PUT IT UP AND GET TO WORK.
WE WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO HEAR THE LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE AMENDMENT PROJECTS OR THE FULL CODE OVERHAUL. SO OF COURSE LAST WEEK AND LATER TODAY WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE PRIORITY AMENDMENTS. THOSE ARE MEANT TO ADDRESS THOSE IMPORTANT ISSUES THAT CANNOT WAIT FOR THE FULL CODE AMENDMENT PROJECT WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE CODE AUDIT AND BLUEPRINT PHASE OF THE PROJECT . THE AUDIT IS AN EVALUATION OF CURRENT CODE AGAINST BEST PRACTICES THE BLUEPRINT THE CODE BLUEPRINT REALLY IDENTIFIES THAT ROADMAP FOR THE FULL CODE OVERHAUL AND THAT WILL ENSURE THE NEW AND REVISED CODE MEETS THE COMMUNITY NEEDS AND WILL IMPLEMENT FROM OUR PLAN THE DISTRICT PLANS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AND OTHER PRIOR PLANNING DOCUMENTS THE FULL CODE AMENDMENT PROJECT IS WHERE WE WILL DRAFT AND REORGANIZE THE CODE WE WILL ADDRESS KEY ISSUES AND WE WILL UPDATE OUR REGULATIONS TO IMPLEMENT THOSE ADOPTED PLANS. SO THIS PROCESS OF COURSE IS REFLECTIVE OF COMPREHENSIVE AND DISTRICT PLANNING. THE GOAL OF THE BLUEPRINT ITSELF IS TO ENSURE THAT THOSE REGULATIONS REALIZE THE VISION THAT WE TALKED ABOUT JUST RECENTLY AND THOSE ASPIRATIONS WERE IDENTIFIED. WE HAVE KICKED OFF THE THIS PROJECT EARLIER THIS YEAR WITH OUR CODE WRITING WE HAD A TWO DAY SITE VISIT WITH OUR CODE WRITING CONSULTANT WHERE WE ONBOARDED THEM. WE TOURED THE ISLAND THEM.
WE DISCUSSED MANY OF THE ISSUES THAT WE ARE FACING WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY AND WHERE SOME OF OUR DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS FALL SHORT. WE ALSO HAD AN ACCLIMATION PHASE WHERE WE WERE WORKING WITH THE CONSULTANT ON ALL THOSE PRIOR PLANS THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT TODAY THE INTEGRATION OF THE DISTRICT PLANS ETC. WE ALSO HAD IN JUNE A THREE DAY WORKSHOP WITH THE CODE CONSULTANTS AND THOSE STAFF MEMBERS WORKING ON OUR DISTRICT'S PROJECT TO REALLY INTEGRATE THE TWO PROJECTS TOGETHER AND AND IT WAS VERY MEANINGFUL AND WE MADE A LOT OF HEADWAY ON BOTH THE AUDIT AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CODE BLUEPRINT. SO WITH THAT BLUEPRINT BLUEPRINT THERE SOME FOUNDATIONAL ELEMENTS THAT ARE REQUIRED WHEN WE'RE PUTTING THE NEW CODE AND SOME OF THOSE ARE IDENTIFIED HERE IN THE FORM OF GUIDING PRINCIPLES. THESE PRINCIPLES WILL HELP STEER THE LARGER LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE AMENDMENT AND THEY SHOULD REFLECT THE TOWN'S PRIORITIES WHILE MAINTAINING THE INTEGRITY OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND'S UNIQUE CHARACTER SINCE THESE ARE FOUNDATIONAL TO THE CODE BLUEPRINT THAT WE'RE REVIEWING WITH THE CODE CONSULTANT, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I COVERED THESE IN DETAIL SO I'M GOING TO THROUGH THESE ONE AT A TIME THE FIRST GUIDING PRINCIPLES ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP THAT WE PRIORITIZE THE PRESERVATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF THE ISLAND'S NATURAL RESOURCES INCLUDING TREES, WETLANDS, GREEN SPACES, COASTAL AREAS PROMOTE DEVELOPMENT PRACTICES THAT REDUCE ENVIRONMENTAL ALIGN WITH THE TOWN'S COMMITMENT TO ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, SUPPORT LONG TERM ECOLOGICAL HEALTH TO COMMUNITY, CHARACTER AND ESTHETICS. ENSURE THAT NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND RENOVATIONS.
MAINTAIN THAT UNIQUE ARCHITECTURAL AND CULTURAL CHARACTER OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND
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GUIDELINES SHOULD REINFORCE THE TOWN'S IDENTITY RESPECT THE ESTHETICS OF ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS. THREE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ENCOURAGE CONTEXT SENSITIVE PRINCIPLES THAT BALANCE DEVELOPMENT WITH THE PRESERVATION OF NATURAL LANDSCAPES FOCUS ON CREATING RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE THAT CAN ADAPT TO ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES FOR ACCESSIBILITY. ENSURE THAT LAND USE POLICIES CONSIDER THE NEEDS OF ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND PROVIDE EQUAL ACCESS TO HOUSING, BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES, RECREATION AND TRANSPORTATION ABOUT ECONOMIC VIABILITY SUPPORT A DIVERSIFIED ECONOMY BY CREATING A REGULATORY THAT FOSTERS INNOVATION, ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SUSTAINABLE. ENSURE THAT LAND USE POLICIES ALIGN WITH THE TOWN'S STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DISTRICT PLANS AND OTHER PRIOR PLANNING DOCUMENTS SIX COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND TRANSPARENCY FOSTER TRANSPARENT AND PARTICIPATORY PROCESS FOR THE ALAMO AMENDMENT RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES AND STAKEHOLDERS HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN DECISION MAKING COMMUNICATE REGULAR UPDATES AND GATHER FEEDBACK TO ENSURE THE ORDINANCE REFLECTS THE COMMUNITY'S VALUES AND NEEDS.AND SEVEN EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE GOVERNANCE CREATE A STREAMLINED USER FRIENDLY ALAMO BOTH HARD COPY AND ONLINE THAT SIMPLIFIES THE REGULATORY PROCESSES AND INCREASES EFFICIENCY WHILE ENSURING COMPLIANCE WITH STATE AND FEDERAL REGULATIONS.
THE GOAL IS TO CREATE A BALANCED APPROACH MEETS THE NEEDS OF DEVELOPMENT AND PRESERVATION WITHOUT UNNECESSARY COMPLEXITY. SO THOSE ARE THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT WE ARE WORKING TO REVIEW AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON THAT CODE BLUEPRINT TO OUR CONSULTANT AND DO WANT TO HEAR IF THESE ARE THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT COUNCIL ALSO BELIEVES SHOULD BE INTEGRAL TO THE WRITING OF NEW CODE OFFERS YOUR RESPONSE BACK ON THAT? WE CAN DO THAT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT NOW YES IN RESPONSE TO THAT I'M JUST A THUMBS UP. I'M JUST COMPLYING AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THE NEXT SLIDE OR WE TALK ABOUT REFERENCE BACK TO PRIOR PLANS I WON'T LOSE SIGHT OF THE FACT THAT WE SPENT A GREAT DEAL OF COMMUNITY EFFORT IN CREATING OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT HAS SOME ELEMENTS THAT ARE DRIVING US DOWN THIS ROAD SO AND IT'S GOING TO BE IT'S GOING TO TAKE A EDUCATIONAL PROCESS AS WELL BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF RESIDENTS THAT ARE HERE NOW THAT WERE NOT HERE WHEN WE WERE FRONT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. OKAY SO I THINK WE'VE GOT TO BE MINDFUL THAT WE'VE GOT TO BRING PEOPLE UP TO SPEED IF WE'RE GOING IN THIS DIRECTION AND HOW WE GOT HERE. SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT AS WELL SO I THINK YES THE PRINCIPLES ARE STANDARD. I THINK THESE GUIDING PRINCIPLES ARE EXCELLENT.
I THINK HIT THE BALL OUT OF THE PARK ON THESE I WONDER IF STEWARDSHIP MIGHT BE BROADENED A LITTLE. I'M THINKING ABOUT BRASILIA AND YOU SAY WATER.
I SEE THAT WETLANDS TREES SO FORTH FOR THAT I THINK THIS IS EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU. IN OTHER COMMENTS QUESTIONS MOSBACHER NO I'M JUST GOING TO REFER BACK TO I GUESS MY CONSTANT COMMENT ABOUT PURPOSE AND INTENT.
I JUST KIND OF LEADS THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES CONNECTION OR VISION AS WE JUST WENT THROUGH THE DISTRICT PLANS CONNECTION AND WHAT WE RIGHT WE NEED ME TO AND MEAN AND THEN WE NEED TO STAY TRUE AND NOT JUST HAVE IT BE WORDS ON PAPER THAT ARE MEANINGLESS WITHOUT SUBSTANCE OR FORGOTTEN IN APPLICATION. SO AS LONG AS WE'RE KEEPING THOSE STANDARDS THEN WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE. PRESIDENT THE FIRST QUESTION I HAVE IS WHERE DID THIS LIST ORIGINATE HOW HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH THIS LIST OF GUIDING PRINCIPLES? I'M NOT SAYING I DON'T LIKE THEM.
I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THEY CAME FROM. THEY WERE SORRY BOTH BASED OFF OF SOME OF THE VISION THAT WAS SET IN OUR PLAN AS WELL AS SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING AROUND THESE PARTICULAR TOPIC CLUSTERS AND ACCESSIBILITY TO THE CODE SO THAT WERE REFLECTIVE OF THOSE CORE VALUES OF THE COMMUNITY THROUGH HOW WE WRITE OUR DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. YEAH BECAUSE I READ IN LETTERS AND AT OUR PLAN BECAUSE I FELT THAT WAS A RECURRENT GUIDING PRINCIPLES ABOUT IT'S HOW WE GOT OUR STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN,
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IT'S HOW YOU DO A LOT OF OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND SO THAT'S I WAS WONDERING I MEAN I LIKE A LOT OF IDEAS HERE. I'M NOT SAYING THAT JUST WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THIS CAME FROM WHERE WE WERE AND YOU KNOW I DO SEE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.I WONDERED HOW YOU DEFINE THAT. SO I THINK UNDERSTANDING THAT A LITTLE BIT BETTER I LIKE SAYING RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE IN THERE TO TO MR. SANFORD'S POINT BUT I DO QUESTION THE RISK OF ECONOMIC VITALITY AND THE FIRST SENTENCE IS FINE BUT THEN IT GOES ON TO TALK ABOUT LAND USE POLICIES AND THAT'S WHY WE TALK ABOUT STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN PLANNING JUST PLANS ON THE PLANNING DOCUMENTS AND TO ME THAT'S JUST CONNECTED THOSE ARE PLANNING DOCUMENTS WHICH DOES HELP DRIVE ECONOMIC VITALITY BUT THAT'S NOT THE FOCUS OF THOSE DOCUMENTS.
THOSE DOCUMENTS ARE MUCH MORE BROAD BASED AND JUST ECONOMIC VITALITY.
SO I REALLY WOULD LIKE A LITTLE TIME TO CHEW ON THIS BEFORE SAYING YES, THESE ARE THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES I'M SORRY THAT I'M TO KIND OF THROW A WRENCH IN THERE BUT IT'S NOTHING I DON'T LIKE THEM. I'M TRYING TO GET A HANDLE ON THEM AND MAKE SURE THAT IT DOESN'T ORIGINATE FROM OUR PLAN AND THEN BE MAKE SOME ADAPTATIONS AND MAYBE THAT'S PART OF WHAT WAS DONE. THINK OUR ARGUMENTS LOOK TALKING ABOUT IT AND ALSO SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS HAVE GONE ON AMONG THE TOWN COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY TO COME UP WITH THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES BUT BUT THAT'S MY QUESTION IS I THINK IF IF THE FEES ARE TO BE THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF THE REWRITE OF THE ALAMO WE NEED TO BE SURE THAT WE AGREE WITH THEM. I AM JUST SAYING IT ONE MORE TIME TO THINK ABOUT AND WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT VOTING ON IT. SO I MEAN IT SEEMS TO STEPS IS THIS THE DIRECTION THEY'RE GOING TO FOLLOW UNLESS WE RAISE OUR HAND AND SAY HANG ON JUST A MINUTE THAT'S WHAT I'M GETTING AHEAD MISSING. WE ACTUALLY HAVE TIME WHERE WE'RE YOU KNOW WE HAVEN'T GIVEN PERMISSION TO DRAFT NECESSARILY SO WE'RE REVIEWING THAT BLUEPRINT.
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE FOUNDATIONAL PIECES WITHIN IT SO WE WILL NEED TO HEAR BACK IN RELATIVE SHORT ORDER BUT NOT TODAY AND. WE CERTAINLY CAN TAKE ALL THE TIME THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR CODE WRITER ON THE CODE THAT WE NEED FOR TO BE WRITTEN FOR HILTON HEAD ISLAND ORLANDO TO PROVIDE SOME CLARITY FOR COUNCIL THIS IS HAVE ORIGINATED FROM OUR PLAN FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THEY'VE ALSO ORIGINATED JUST GOOD PLANNING PRINCIPLES IN GENERAL RIGHT AS THE PROFESSIONAL THE TABLE AND MISSY I KNOW THAT SHE'S EXTRACTING THESE FROM FROM BEST PRACTICES IN BUSINESS BUT WE THEN AGAIN WE'RE SIMPLY ASKING ARE WE GOING IN THE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION? IT SOUNDS LIKE WE ARE IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE CLOSE BUT WHAT I'M GOING TO ASK SEAN TO DO AND HIS TEAM IS TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE ALIGNED WITH OUR PLAN. THEN THE NEXT TIME YOU SEE US LIKE THIS THAT SHOW YOU WHERE THEY'RE ALIGNED AND I THINK THAT WOULD ADD SOME SOME CONFIDENCE TO THAT. SO IT'S A GOOD POINT AND THANK YOU IN THE COMMENTS AND THEN YOU SO WE ARE ENVISIONING THE NEW CODE TO BE AS AN ILLUSTRATIVE CODE THERE'S A DRAFT TABLE OF CONTENTS THAT'S INCLUDED ON THE SCREEN. WE'RE ENVISIONING IT TO BE NINE CHAPTERS GENERAL ZONING DISTRICTS USE STANDARDS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT NATURAL RESOURCE SITE AND SUBDIVISION STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS ADMINISTRATION NON-CONFORMITY DEFINITIONS OF COURSE IT WILL INCLUDE MANY MAPS AND TABLES THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR ADMINISTRATION OF THE CODE OUR ZONING MAP, OUR OVERLAYS OF COASTAL PROTECTION AREAS ETC. THERE WILL BE SUPPLEMENTAL DOCUMENTS THAT WILL BE INCLUDED A USER GUIDE THAT EXPLAINS HOW THESE TOOLS CAN BE UTILIZED FOR THE FUTURE AND APPLICATIONS MANUAL TO STREAMLINE THE REQUIRED APPLICATION PROCESSES THAT ARE ADMINISTERED THROUGH THE LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE AND IT ENVISIONS AN UPDATE TO OUR DESIGN TO REFLECT THAT VISION OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT INTO THE THE EXAMPLES ON THE PAGE HERE ARE FROM A CODE THAT OUR CODE WRITER WROTE IN GREENVILLE YOU CAN SEE THE ILLUSTRATIVE OF OF THE CODE BOTH WITH HOW SCALE HOUSE TYPES AND ORIENTATION LOTS AND BLOCKS AND THAT'S JUST A VISUAL EXAMPLE NOT NECESSARILY OUR CODE THE CODE ITSELF WILL HAVE A PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PLAN AND THAT ENGAGEMENT WILL KICK OFF
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IN EARLY 2025 AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF THE PROJECT THERE WILL BE A PROJECT WEBSITE. IT WILL SERVE AS A HUB FOR ALL OF THE INFORMATION AND DOCUMENT FINDING SCHEDULES ALL OF IT THE ENGAGEMENTS THERE WILL BE MANY THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE BOTH DRAFTING AND REVIEW AND THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT THROUGH THE PUBLIC APPROVAL PROCESS THERE WILL BE POP UP EVENTS THERE WILL BE COMMUNITY MEETINGS, OPEN HOUSES, STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS, FOCUS THERE'S A LIST THAT'S NOT EXHAUSTIVE OF WHO THOSE STAKEHOLDERS ARE FOCUS GROUPS COULD BE INCLUDING NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS AND CITIZEN REPRESENTATIVES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS HOUSING ORGANIZATIONS ETC. AS WELL AS THIS THIS NEW CODE WILL BE REVIEWED BY MANY OF OUR APPOINTED BOARDS THERE ARE MANY APPOINTED BOARDS THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE AND THEY WILL BE INVOLVED IN IN ITS REVIEW PRIOR TO THE PUBLIC PROCESS.SO JUST KNOW THAT THERE THERE IS A PLAN AND OUR CONSULTANT TEAM HAS A VERY LARGE PORTION OF THE PROJECT DEDICATED TO PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND THE SCHEDULE THIS THIS SCHEDULE HERE INTEGRATES BOTH THE FULL CODE OVERHAUL THE PRIORITY AMENDMENTS SHORT TERM RENTALS DISTRICT PLANS THROUGH FINAL ADOPTION OF OF ALL OF THEM YOU CAN SEE THAT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT FOR ALL OF THESE PLANNING PROCESSES IS INCLUDED THE TOP THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF ALL THE PROJECTS IN THEIR TIMELINES . OF COURSE THE ALAMO PRIORITY AMENDMENTS ARE AHEAD AND IT SHOWS THOSE ARE ANTICIPATED BE ADOPTED AT THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR. SHORT TERM RENTALS ARE ON A LITTLE BIT QUICKER TRACK AND ARE ANTICIPATED PRIOR TO THE END OF THIS YEAR. DISTRICT PLANS WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THAT PROCESS WOULD INCLUDE IN ABOUT THE END OF THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2025 DISTRICT PLANS INCLUDE OF COURSE FUTURE LAND USE MAP AS AS ONE OF THE BYPRODUCTS OR OUTCOMES THAT GROWTH FRAMEWORK MAP THE ISLAND MASTER PLAN AND THEN OF COURSE THAT LAND USE ELEMENT AND COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT THE FULL AMENDMENTS PROJECT OF COURSE IS HAPPENING THROUGHOUT. WE ENVISION THAT REACHING COMPLETION BY THE END OF OF 2025 AND IT WILL INCLUDE LIKELY CHANGES TO OUR ZONING MAP. SO WE'RE ANTICIPATING A ZONING MAP AMENDMENT AND THEN IMPROVEMENT TO OUR DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROGRAM OVERALL TO REALIZE THAT THE NEW APPLICATIONS THAT MIGHT COME IN AND IMPROVING OUR PROCESSES TO ADMINISTER THE NEW CODE AND AND REALIZE THAT THE CHANGES IN BUILT ENVIRONMENT THE GROUND THEN THERE'LL BE ALIGNMENT WITH OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM AS WELL AS THE FULL IMPLEMENTATION SCHEME ADJUSTMENTS AND QUESTIONS. SO AGAIN I HAVE A COMMENT I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO GET INFORMATION FROM ALONG ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT SUBJECTS IT'S GOING TO BE HARD TO ORGANIZE THAT AND SO ONE WAY TO ORGANIZE IT WOULD BE TO SAY LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS FORM OF ZONING, LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS FORM OF HOUSING WHERE I'LL HAVE PEOPLE SHOOTING YOU FROM ALL THESE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS SO THAT YOU CAN ASSEMBLE THAT DATA ,GET IT BACK IN AN ORGANIZED FORM FOR COUNCIL AND YOU KNOW THE COMMENTS AS SAID.
YES, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL DON'T BE HELPFUL FOR ME AND PERHAPS FOR THE COMMUNITY AS WE HAVE WE'VE HAD OUR STUDIO DO I REMEMBER THE NAME TO HELP REWRITE THIS AND THEN CAME AND MADE A PRESENTATION NOW THAT KIND DISAPPEARED AND I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE WORKING WITH THEM BUT I THINK IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL US TO REVISIT WHAT ARE THEY WHAT'S THEIR SCOPE OF SERVICES AND WHAT'S THEIR TIMELINE. I MEAN I UNDERSTAND REWRITING WHOLE THING BUT ARE THEY SITTING IN A ROOM SOMEWHERE AND OCCASIONALLY YOU FEED THEM DATA AND THEY WRITE SOMETHING? I'M BEING A LITTLE FACETIOUS I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
I KNOW THAT'S NOT WHAT'S HAPPENING BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL BECAUSE WE ARE SPENDING A LOT OF TIME AND RESOURCES WITH SOMEONE WHO'S RERUNNING OUR ELMO AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. I APPRECIATE THAT.
I REALLY DO APPRECIATE BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL AND ONE OF THE CRITICISMS I'VE GOT IS YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME DISCUSSION AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE CURRENT TERMS OF ART ARE BUT IS THIS GOING TO BE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS BASED OR IS IT GOING TO BE SPECIFIC STANDARDS? WHAT'S THE KIND OF A WRONG IDEA ABOUT HOW TO REWRITE OR ELMO AND THEN SPECIFICALLY WHAT ARE THEY DOING IS GOING TO BE SERVICES AND WHAT'S A TIMELINE ? HOW WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO DELIVER THAT TO YOU IN ANOTHER
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WORKSHOP IN AN EMAIL WE HAVE WE CAN SEND THE CONTRACT RIGHT I WILL TELL YOU WHERE STUDIO IS I'VE ASKED TO SLOW DOWN A LITTLE BIT ON THE CODE REWRITE UNTIL WE COME TO SEE YOU I GUESS UNTIL WE COME TO SEE YOU TO TALK ABOUT PRIORITY ELEMENTS RIGHT.WE HAVE SPENT MORE TIME THIS PAST YEAR ON THE PRIORITY THAN WE INTENDED TO SPEND.
WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT TERM RENTALS, PARKING FLOOR AREA RATIO, MASS SCALE COMMERCIAL FLOOR AREA RATIO, RESIDENTIAL AND A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER THINGS SO THAT WE'RE NOT SPINNING IN CIRCLES BECAUSE EVERYTHING GOES THROUGH. PLANNING DIRECTOR MISSY I'VE ASKED TO SLOW DOWN A LITTLE BIT ON THE OVERALL CODE OVERHAUL SO WE ARE NOT GOING DOVE IN TOO DEEP UNTIL WE GET PAST THESE CODE AMENDMENTS WITH. YOU WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THE REST OF THEM TODAY. THAT'S WHY WE'RE TRYING TO BE SO DELIBERATE AND SPECIFIC WITH THE SCHEDULE THAT YOU SEE UP THERE. BUT I CAN SEND YOU THE APPROVED CONTRACT FOR OUR THE MODEL AND THE ALIGNMENT WITH WITH BUDGET I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW ELSE TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING WE ARE WE ARE BUILDING A CODE WITH THEM SO THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT ANGLES IN IN THAT REGARD. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING YOU'RE YOU'RE REALLY COLLECTIVELY AND INDIVIDUALLY ASKING ME FOR EVERY RESPONDED I DO HAVE A CONTRACT SOME TIME AGO SO JUST TO SCOPE BUSINESSES I THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL AND IF THERE'S A SPECIFIC AREA THAT IS ON THE SCOPE OF SERVICES IT DEALS WITH THE TIMELINE. BUT I APPRECIATE THAT WE'RE GOING MORE SLOWLY NOW BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT WE NEED TO HEAR FROM OUR COMMUNITY AS TO WHAT WE WANT TO DO OR WE HAVE SOMEBODY WRITE IT AND I GUESS QUESTION IS SOMEBODY SITTING SOMEWHERE WRITING SOMETHING AND THEN THE COMPUTER IS GOING TO BE OUT HERE US WHAT THEY WANT AND IT'S LIKE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. SO I'M SLOWING DOWN BUT THAT KIND OF INFORMATION I THINK IS REALLY HELPFUL FOR THE HERE AND FOR US TO HEAR. SO PERHAPS ON THE WEBSITE I THINK YOU CAN CLICK ON SOMEWHERE ABOUT AND RERUN IT OR WHATEVER IT'S CALLED APOLOGIZE AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE WHERE THAT IS TO SAY HERE'S WHERE WE ARE AND HERE'S WHAT WE'RE DOING SO IT WAY AND THEN YOU NEED TO KIND OF WHERE WE ARE THAT'S WHY I ASK QUESTIONS IS IT LET'S SEE HOW THIS FITS TOGETHER BECAUSE THE THING I WANT TO DO IS SOMEBODY IN A ROOM SOMEWHERE WRITING SOMETHING DIFFERENT FROM WHAT OUR WANTS. THANK YOU.
OTHER QUESTIONS COMMENTS AND IF WE HAVE ANYBODY SIGN UP TO SPEAK ON THAT.
OKAY THANK YOU. LET'S GO GET HER DONE. IS THAT A NOD? WE ARE BACK TO THE PRIORITY AMENDMENTS AND WE HAVE LEFT ON THE DOCKET CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT STANDARDS SIGN REGULATIONS, TREE PROTECTION, COMMON OPEN SPACE TRANSPORTATION IMPACT ANALYSIS PLAN, MAJOR SUBDIVISION AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN REVIEW PROCESS AND SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS TODAY WE HAVE COVERED THE SLIDE READY THESE ARE THE PRIORITY AMENDMENTS WE HAVE MADE SOME ACCOMPLISHMENTS TO DATE ON THE PRIORITY AMENDMENTS THE OVERALL SCHEDULE WE REVIEWED LAST WEEK IT INCLUDES BOTH THE PRIORITY AMENDMENT SCHEDULE AND WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THAT GOING THROUGH LEGAL REVIEW AFTER WE'RE DONE HERE IN THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT THIS FALL TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN JANUARY ANTICIPATING PUBLIC PLANNING COMMITTEE IN FEBRUARY AND TOWN COUNCIL IN MARCH WITH AN APRIL OF 2025 AND WE WILL DOVE INTO CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT STANDARDS MISSISSIPPI EXCUSE ME MAYOR YOU MAY ASK A QUESTION BEFORE WE DO THAT. WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT LAST THE FIRST SECTION OF THE PRIORITY AMENDMENTS THERE WERE A COUPLE OF ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT NOISE ORDINANCE FOUR. ONE IS THAT GOING BE BROUGHT FORWARD IN THIS GROUP OR THAT WHERE DID THAT END UP IF THERE WERE SOME AS WE MET LAST TIME THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE OUT OF SYNC VERY OF COURSE TO MAKE SIMPLE TO MOVE FORWARD ON WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE BEING INCLUDED SO WE'RE NOT LEAVING THE BEHIND TO THE NOISE ORDINANCE JUST IN
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PARTICULAR I THAT WAS ONE OF THOSE WHERE WE NEED TO DOVE INTO THE NOISE ORDINANCE WE HADN'T WE HADN'T LOOKED AT THE NOISE PRIOR TO OUR CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD HERE LAST WEEK.SO WE THINK WE NEED TO DO THAT FURTHER ANALYSIS WE HAVE NOT DONE THAT SINCE OUR WORKSHOP LAST WEEK. ANY OTHER AMENDMENTS IS CERTAINLY TO YOUR POINT IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN CAPTURE RIGHT NOW AND THAT GET US TO DISTRACTION FROM THE DIRECTION WE'RE ON RIGHT NOW, WE'LL BRING THOSE WHEN WE BRING THESE IN FRONT OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. SO I SPENT ONE NIGHT THERE'S SUFFICIENT TIME ENERGY RESOURCES BE ABLE TO BRING FORWARD SOONER WITH THIS FIRST SET I DON'T KNOW YET AND THE NOTICE IS WE HAVEN'T DELVED INTO WHAT THE EDITS ARE REQUIRED BUT IF IT IS I THINK IT'S A SIMPLE MATTER OF BEHIND THE GATES AND I ASSUME THEY'RE FAIRLY CONSISTENT BUT THERE'S A NOISE ORDINANCE THAT IS MORE ACCEPTABLE TO RESIDENTS TO THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE THAN THERE IS OUTSIDE OF THE GATES. AND I THINK IT'S PRETTY BACKGROUND IF I MIGHT WANT TO JUMP IN FEEL THINGS AT SOME POINT THAT'S ON THE AGENDA DISCUSS TODAY I UNDERSTAND THOSE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND QUESTION NOT GOING TO BE HELD TO THE AGENDA WHEN I'M ASKING YOU SPECIFICALLY WE HE'S ALREADY ANSWERED HE HASN'T HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK INTO THAT JUST YET SO I THINK WE NEED TO GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO THROUGH THAT AND THEN GET BACK WITH US. NOW I HEAR THAT AND I ALSO FEEL LIKE THERE'S ENOUGH THERE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT IF WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD ON THINGS THAT SEEM FAIRLY EASY YET HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR FOLKS WHO LIVE THE GATES, I'M NOT SURE WHY THAT'S SO DIFFICULT TO GET AN ANSWER. NOBODY'S SAYING IT'S DIFFICULT IT'S JUST HASN'T BEEN REVIEWED AND THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA TO DISCUSS TODAY.
SO MY QUESTION IS OR NOT SUFFICIENT TIME BETWEEN NOW AND WHEN IT'S ON THE AGENDA TO MOVE WITH THE PLANS, CAN IT BE INCLUDED IN THE PRIORITY AMENDMENTS SO ME OR ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT NOISE ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS AND YOU'VE SEEN SOME SOME LEEWAY HERE.
YEAH I'M NOT JUMPING ON TIME IF YOU TOOK IT THAT WAY APOLOGIZE. EXCUSE ME.
NO JUST APOLOGIZING TO SEAN IF HE TOOK IT THAT I WAS JUMPING ON HIM I WAS NOT LOOKING AT THAT. WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FIND AS MUCH CLARITY AS WE CAN.
IT IS PRETTY OBVIOUS HOW MUCH WORK WE'RE DOING AND WE ARE PROUD THAT WE'RE WE'RE HOME GROWING A LOT OF THIS WE'RE NOT TRYING TO SPEND OUR DOLLARS OUTSOURCING IT WHEN WE DON'T HAVE CLARITY FROM YOU WHAT WE WANT TO DO RIGHT AND IT'S A MATTER OF TRYING TO TRYING TO GET IT ALL DONE AT ONCE FLYING THE AIRPLANE AND FIXING THE ENGINE AT THIS TIME.
SO I THINK THE PRIORITY FOR ME IS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUTSIDE OF THE GATES HAVE THE SAME TYPE OF QUALITY OF LIFE THAT THOSE BEHIND THE GATES DO. AND ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT'S COME UP REPEATEDLY IS NOISE ORDINANCE AND I DON'T THINK ABOUT THAT MY QUESTION IS ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT A NOISE ORDINANCE WITH DECIBEL LEVELS? ARE WE TALKING ABOUT CONSTRUCTION HOURS AND DISRUPTION OF I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT DECIBEL AT ALL TALKING ABOUT HOURS AND DAYS WHEN THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT STANDARDS SEAN AND I TALKED A COUPLE OF DAYS ABOUT IT WHEN I SAID DOVE IN TO SEE WHAT ALL THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS ALL THE ALL THE COMMUNITIES ARE DOING FROM A CONSTRUCTION HOURS STANDPOINT AND LET'S SHOW LET'S SHOW WHERE THERE'S ALIGNMENT. I KNOW THAT SEAN INTENDS BRING AS MUCH FORWARD AS POSSIBLE IN THOSE PRIORITY ELEMENTS TO JUST RESET THOSE EXPECTATIONS. SO I KNOW HE'S LOOKING IN THAT WELL WE HAVEN'T STUDIED IT SINCE LAST MEETING TODAY JUST HAVEN'T HAD THE TIME BECAUSE I KNOW HE WAS PREPARING THIS THIS DISTRICT WORK THE WAY HE WAS WITH SO I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE EARMARKED AND I ASSURE YOU THAT WE WILL BRING FORWARD SOME COMPARISON ANALYSIS OF WHAT THE CONSTRUCTION HOURS ARE AROUND THE ISLAND BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S A LOT TO BE LEARNED ABOUT IT, RIGHT? SIX OR 7 A.M. AS YOU KNOW DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU LIVE YOU'RE DISRUPTED AT DIFFERENT TIMES. SO IF WE HAD COUNCIL LAST MINUTE WE JUST DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION TODAY. WELL SO THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OUTSIDE THE GATES 7:02 A.M. TO 10 P.M. SEVEN DAYS A WEEK VERSUS IF YOU LOOK BEHIND THE GATE WHERE USUALLY A SUNDAY IS EXEMPT AND YOU CERTAINLY HAVE FAR MORE SHORTENED HOURS DURING THE REGULAR WEEKDAY AND AN ON SATURDAY. SO NOT THAT MANY PHONE CALLS TO MAKE. I'M HAPPY TO MAKE THEM MYSELF BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE THOSE INCLUDED IN THE PRIORITY AMENDMENTS I YOU'LL CONTINUE PLEASE SO WE BREAK.
WE LOST A CALL. MAYBE THEY JUST GOT A QUORUM WHEN THEY TOOK A BREAK.
LET'S TAKE IT LET'S TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK UNTIL 335 EVERYBODY CHANTS EXCELLENT AT THE REST ALL RIGHT SO WE'RE A LITTLE BIT OVER THE 5 MINUTES BUT I WANT TO CONTINUE ON WITH
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CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT STANDARDS EARLY SO WHAT HAVE WE HEARD ABOUT THIS ISSUE? WE'VE HEARD THAT CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS SPILL OVER INTO COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL AREAS. THEY CAUSE DISRUPTIONS SUCH AS NOISE VIBRATIONS, TRAFFIC CONGESTION, PARKING ISSUES IMPACTS FRUSTRATING AND AFFECT DAILY ROUTINES.ON THE FLIP SIDE, CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS ALSO CREATE JOBS. THEY STIMULATE THE LOCAL ECONOMY. NEW DEVELOPMENTS RESULT IN POSITIVE IMPACTS IN IMPROVED BUILDINGS IN PUBLIC SPACES INFRASTRUCTURE THAT BENEFITS THE COMMUNITY.
THE KEY ISSUES ARE THAT ACTIVE SITES CAUSED DISRUPTION IN RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL AREAS THAT NEEDS TO BE MANAGED AS FAR AS THE PRIORITY RECOMMENDATIONS THEY ARE TO REQUIRE A SITE MANAGEMENT PLAN THAT SHOWS A REFUSE DISPOSAL PLAN A CONSTRUCTION VEHICLE PARKING PLAN AND ACCESS MANAGEMENT FOR THAT SITE AS WELL AS REQUIRE THAT THE CONSTRUCTION SITE DURING IS SECURED GAME STORM EVENTS. WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE THAT IN OUR CODE . WE'VE HEARD FROM COUNCIL AND AGAIN TODAY THAT WE SHOULD LOOK AT CHANGING THE HOURS OF CONSTRUCTION FROM 7 P.M. TO 10 P.M. EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK TO PERHAPS ALIGN WITH THE HIGHWAYS AND OTHER BEST PRACTICES.
WE DID HAVE INCLUDED IN THE FULL UPDATE THAT WOULD REVIEW OUR NO NOISE CONTROL ORDINANCE AND EXPLORE ADDING CONSTRUCTION TO OUR RESTRICTIONS. I THINK WE JUST HEARD THAT PERHAPS WE SHOULD CONSIDER MOVING THAT TO THE PRIORITY RECOMMENDATIONS.
I WILL ADD THIS PRESENTATION FROM FROM LAST TIME WE JUST DIDN'T MAKE A LOT OF ADJUSTMENTS BUT I THINK WE HAVE SOME CLEAR TODAY AND THAT THAT IS AN EASY LIFT IF YOU ALL AGREE FIVE DAYS A WEEK, 7 TO 7 AND IT'S GOING TO CHANGE BUSINESS MODEL A LITTLE BIT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A COUPLE OF CODE OFFICERS BOB'S TEAMS HERE ON THE WEEKENDS PATROLLING THE ATLANTIC OCEAN THEY ARE NOT GOING TO SEE WHO IS POUNDING NAILS WITH THEIR GUNS ON SIDE STREETS UP AND DOWN. YOU KNOW THE ROADS AND IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS THERE.
SO AND IT IS A DIFFERENT LIFT IT IS A DIFFERENT SCALE OF NUMBER OF STAFF MEMBERS ON THE WEEKENDS TO RESTRAIN CONSTRUCTION HOURS ON THE WEEKENDS.
WE HAVE TO BE HERE TO ENFORCE OR IT DOESN'T WORK. SO WHAT I WOULD I IMAGINE THAT WE NEED TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION AS TO WHAT IS TRANSPIRING IN OTHER AREAS TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE'RE NOT NEGATIVELY AFFECTING THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY AS WELL IF THEY'RE ALLOWED TO WORK ON SATURDAYS IN SOME AREAS UP UNTIL FIVE OR WHATEVER TIME IT IS. SO WE JUST NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT.
SO I DON'T WANT TO BELABOR IT BUT I'M CONFUSED ABOUT THE THE LACK OF SUCH A DIFFICULTY UNDERSTANDING THAT OUTSIDE THE GATES THERE ARE COMMUNITIES RESIDENTIAL WHO HAVE THE SAME SHOULD HAVE THE SAME RIGHTS TO A PEACEFUL QUALITY OF LIFE AS WHO LIVE BEHIND THE GATES AND WHAT IS WHAT IS SO DIFFICULT WE DON'T NEED A CONTROL A CODE OFFICER DRIVING UP AND DOWN STREETS WE NEED TO SET THE STANDARDS THAT TELLS THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES OR FRANKLY THAT THE NOISE IS NOT ALLOWED OUTSIDE THE GATES ANY DIFFERENT THAN IT'S LOUD INSIDE THE GATES THE STANDARD SET THE NOTICE DOESN'T HAVE TO BE DONE .
I'M CONFUSED ABOUT WHY THAT IS SUCH TAKES SO MUCH CONVERSATION AND SO MUCH RESEARCH TO TO SAY TO OUR TOWN MANAGER WHICH I THINK IS WHAT HE'S ASKING FOR CAN'T WE HAVE TO SET THE SAME STANDARDS AS A PRIORITY AMENDMENT FOR A NOISE OUTSIDE THE GATES AS THERE IS INSIDE THE GATES JUST UNDERSTAND WHY THIS IS SO DIFFICULT THE DIFFERENT QUIET, SO MUCH CONVERSATION I WOULD REQUEST RESPECTFULLY OF MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT THEY HELP ME ESTABLISH A HIGHER QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS OUTSIDE THE GATES AS THEY DO INSIDE THE GATES AND ASK OUR TOWN MANAGER TO MOVE THIS TO A PRIORITY REQUIREMENT FOR THE AMENDMENT COUNCIL I THINK WE SET THE PRIORITY AT SOME TIME AGO AND WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD AS WE AGREED ON THE COMMENTS SO SO THERE ARE 30% OF THE ISLAND RESIDENTS WHO LIVE THE GATES AND WHAT I AM HEARING FROM SIX OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THIS TOWN IS YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE. NO, MA'AM. NO, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU JUST SAID. JUST WATCH IT. I HAVE NOT SAID THAT.
MISS BECKER, YOU WERE POINTING FINGERS TODAY AND YOU SHOULD NOT BE DOING THAT.
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YOU SHOULD NOT BE ATTACKING WELL YOU SHOULD NOT BE DOING THERE.BUT I DON'T APPRECIATE THAT YOU . COME BACK AND PROVIDE US WITH A DIRECTIVE ON THAT BECAUSE I'VE ASKED YOU AND I TOLD YOU A MOMENT AGO I DON'T DISAGREE WITH YOU AND SPEAK UP AND LEAD THIS COUNCIL TO GIVE ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK UP.
MS. BECKER LOTS OF SILENCE AND WE MOVE ON TO THIS COMPANY. PINES I'M SO HAPPY.
PLEASE COME BACK WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT SO THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE RAMIFICATIONS ARE AND WHAT THE TIMING FOR THAT AND WE CAN MAKE A BETTER DECISION AT THAT POINT IN TIME. THANK YOU SO. SIGN STANDARDS WE HAVE WE HAVE HEARD THAT AMENDING THE SITE CODE BE COMPLIANT WITH FEDERAL LAW IS A BEST PRACTICE JUST GET IT DONE. THE READ CASE WHICH IS ON THE FOLLOWING SLIDE REQUIRES CONTENT NEUTRAL SIGN CODE THERE IS A SUPREME COURT CASE CALLED REED VERSUS TOWN OF GILBERT THAT DOES THE IT'S IDENTIFIED HERE IN DETAIL BUT IT DOES REQUIRE THAT MUNICIPALITIES HAVE A SIGN ORDINANCE THAT IS CONTENT NEUTRAL THAT MEANS THAT CANNOT READ THE SIGN TO DETERMINE HOW TO REGULATE SIGN AND KEEP ITS CONTENT LANGUAGE NOT NECESSARILY IN TERMS OF ITS SIZE COLOR WHICH WE ALREADY HAVE CURRENTLY IN PLACE. THANK YOU EXACTLY.
THE KEY ISSUES ARE THAT CURRENTLY OUR SIGN STANDARDS ARE NOT CONTENT NEUTRAL AS REQUIRED BY SUPREME COURT CASE AND AMENDING SIGN CODE TO BE COMPLIANT WILL REDUCE OUR ABILITY TO REGULATE SIGN TYPES . THE PARTY AMENDMENT RECOMMENDATION IS TO SIMPLY TO UPDATE OUR REGULATIONS TO COMPLY WITH CONTENT REQUIREMENTS WHICH WILL APPLY THE SAME STANDARDS ALL SIGNS REGARDLESS OF THEIR CONTENT AS MR. BECKER IDENTIFIED WE CAN STILL REGULATE THE SIZE AND CAN REGULATE COLORS AND OTHER OTHER ITEMS ON SIGNS BUT NOT HAVE TO READ THE SIGN TO DETERMINE HOW WE REGULATE THE SIGN.
WE'VE HEARD FROM COUNSEL THAT WE SHOULD DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO BE COMPLIANT WITH THE SUPREME COURT DECISION. IN THE FULL UPDATE WE LIKE TO REORGANIZE THE SIGN CODE TEXT AND ADD ADDITIONAL GRAPHICS, BETTER CLARITY AND ā BETTER USABILITY AND THEN REVIEW SOME SIGN HIERARCHY REGULATION SIGN TYPES AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS. WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THE PRIORITY AMENDMENT IS SIMPLY TO BE COMPLIANT WITH THE CASE MEETS THE HOURS TO TRY TO PERCEIVE THIS CHANGE CHANGE. IT WOULD BE FOR NEW SIGNS EXISTING.
SIGNS ARE ALREADY PERMITTED AND APPROVED BUT YOU YOU HAVING A PHOTOGRAPH OF AN ELECTION SIGN NOW THAT USED TO BE NOT ACCEPTABLE ON THE AISLE NOW IT SEEMS TO BE IS THAT BECAUSE OF THIS? IS THAT THE KIND OF SIGN THAT WE'RE LIKELY TO SEE? I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD IF WHEN THIS BECOMES PUBLIC INFORMATION AND THE PUBLIC HAS A YOU CAN'T ANTICIPATE HOW THIS IS GOING TO IMPACT WHAT THEY'RE USED TO OR YES, WE WOULD HAVE PUBLIC INFORMATION BECAUSE CERTAINLY WE CAN REGULATE, YOU KNOW, THE TEMPORARY NATURE OF A SIGN SUCH AS A POLITICAL OR A REAL ESTATE SIGN. BUT WE CANNOT REGULATE THE CONTENT OF THAT SIGN AS IF YOU GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE THAT HAD THOSE THREE IMAGES JUST TO PUT THIS THE HORIZON AS AN ON PURPOSE BECAUSE IT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE ALL THREE THESE THREE SIGNS ARE CONSIDERED TEMPORARY SIGNS. WE CAN REGULATE TEMPORARY SIGNS BASED ON LOCATION, DURATION WHERE THEY'RE PLACED CURRENTLY HOW WE REGULATE THESE SO THE POLITICAL SIDE TO SIDE BUT TYPICALLY HOW THESE ARE REGULATED EACH ONE OF THESE HAS ITS OWN SET OF REGULATIONS BASED ON WHETHER IT'S A POLITICAL SIGN OR A FREE SPEECH SIGN IS OFTEN ONCE REFERRED TO A REAL ESTATE SIGN OR IN THIS CASE A FOR SALE OR AN ADVERTISING SIGN FOR A BUSINESS. EACH ONE OF THOSE CURRENTLY HAS THREE DIFFERENT SEPARATE STANDARDS UNDER THIS WE HAVE TO REGULATE THEM ALL AS ONE TEMPORARY SIGN AND YOU EXPRESSED I'M SURPRISED THEY HADN'T ALREADY BEEN DONE IS THE A TOWN ATTORNEY TAKES CARE OF THINGS RIGHT AWAY AS A MUNICIPAL ASSOCIATION HAS SUGGESTED A MODEL SO I KNOW THIS AMENDMENT WOULD TAKE CARE OF THIS IF NOT I THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE GET IT DONE. THANK YOU. THERE WERE COMMENTS MOSBACHER I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR. SO WHAT WE'RE REALLY ALL THIS SUPREME COURT DECISION SAID WAS THAT WE REGULATE WHAT SOMEONE IS PUTTING THEIR SIGN TO ADVERTISE IT DOES NOTHING TO
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CHANGE THE REGULATIONS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE WITHIN LIMO WITH REGARD TO SIGN SIZE TEMPERATURE AND NATURE PERMANENT IN NATURE COLOR OR DESIGNATIONS APPROVED THROUGH THE DRP ETC. NONE OF THAT CHANGES BECAUSE OF THE SUPREME COURT DECISION IT'S A SIMPLE MATTER IS WE CAN'T WE CAN'T DICTATE WE WOULD PREFER SAY IT THIS WAY OR THAT OR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS NOT SOMETHING WE WANT TO HAVE SAID SO SO IT'S A FREE SPEECH ISSUE AND I GET THAT AND THAT'S THAT'S FINE BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO SEPARATE THE TWO BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE WHY THERE'S SO MUCH CONVERSATION AROUND IT QUITE HONESTLY AS IT'S IRONIC AND THE AMENDMENT TEXT YOU'D SEE A LOT OF RED LINE BECAUSE A LOT OF OUR SIGNS ARE REGULATED BY THEIR TYPE THEY WILL INSTEAD BE REGULATED IN MAYBE ONE BUCKET OF TEMPORARY SIGNS. IF WE GO BACK TO EXAMPLE HERE.SO THAT'S WHAT THE AMENDMENT WILL BE. YES, BUT LARGELY IT WILL REMAIN YOU KNOW, OUR EXISTING HEAD ISLAND SIGN ORDINANCE. AND SO TO BE CLEAR THOUGH THERE WILL BE SOME DIFFERENCES. FOR EXAMPLE, WE MAY HAVE A DIFFERENT SIZE FOR A REAL ESTATE SIGN VERSUS MAYBE THAT A-FRAME SIGN WE'LL HAVE TO THOSE WANT TO BE UNDER ONE STANDARD SO YOU MIGHT GET A LITTLE BIT MORE AREA FOR A REAL ESTATE SIGN BUT WHAT YOU REALLY WANT IS WE GET TO PAINT HOW WE SHAKE THAT OUT THROUGH THE THROUGH THE AMENDMENT SO THEN YOU SUGGESTING THAT THE THE AMOUNT OF WHAT ONCE SOMEONE WANTS SAY ON THEIR SIGN IS GOING TO REGULATE THE SIZE SIGN THAT WE NO NO YOU HAVE A SET SIZE THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE USE FOR THAT TYPE OF SIGN AND THAT WILL BE WHAT YOU'RE ALLOWED TO UTILIZE TO DISPLAY YOUR MESSAGE. WHY WOULD WE CHANGE THAT FROM WHAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY? WHY WOULD WE CHANGE THAT FROM WHAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY WE WOULD HAVE WE BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IN ORDER TO WE HAVE TO READ THE SIGN TO MAKE THOSE DEFINITIONS AND EACH ONE OF THOSE TYPES HAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FLAVOR TO IT AS FAR AS THE SIZE OF SIGN THAT WE ALLOW FOR EXAMPLE REAL ESTATE SIGNS I KNOW THE COMMERCIAL SIGNS WE ALLOW AND THESE 32 SQUARE FEET ARE 40 SQUARE FEET FOR A A REAL ESTATE SIGN IN THE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.
BUT THESE SIGNS, THESE A-FRAME SIGNS CAN ONLY BE AT MUCH SMALLER SCALE.
SO WE HAVE TO KIND OF RIGHT SIZE THAT WITHOUT READING THE BECAUSE BOTH ARE CONSIDERED TEMPORARY OR CAN'T READ IT TO MAKE THAT DIFFERENTIATION. SO WE'LL HAVE TO PICK A SIZE SAY OKAY YOU CAN HAVE ONE TEMPORARY SIGN ON YOUR SIGN FOR YOUR BUSINESS AT THIS SIZE AND THIS LOCATION IT SAY WHATEVER IT WANTS SO WHY ISN'T WHAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY IN PLACE SUFFICIENT? WHY DO WE NEED TO CHANGE THAT? BECAUSE WE HAVE TO READ THE SIGN TO DECIDE REGULATIONS APPLY SO WE HAVE TO READ IT AND SAY OKAY THIS IS A REAL ESTATE SIGN OR THIS IS A WHY CAN'T WE JUST PICK ONE STANDARD SIZE? THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. THEN WE'LL HAVE SOME CHANGES AND WHAT WE HAVE NOW BUT THERE WILL BE STANDARD SIZE. THANK YOU. THE OTHER DISCUSSION COMMENTS AND I DIDN'T ASK IF THERE WAS ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON C13C1 OR 3C2 NO I HAVE TWO SIGNED UP FOR THREE C BUT THEN I HAVE MR. SCOTT YOURS JUST SAYS HE'S STILL BACK THERE.
I CAN'T SAY OKAY SO I SIGNED UP FOR JUST THREE YOU SEE AFTER ALL THAT AND MR. BABEL YOU'RE SIGNED UP FOR FOUR FOR NON AGENDA ITEMS. I'M SORRY I DON'T KNOW WHERE I'M GOING. OKAY THAT'S, FINE, THAT'S FINE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I GET THAT COVERED . OKAY. THANK YOU.
I SEE. I THINK YOU GET YOUR FIND THEM .
APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. ARE WELL IF I DIDN'T IF I DIDN'T LET OTHERS BUT YOU CAN STILL CAN YOU STILL SIGN UP? YEAH.
NO WHEN SCINDIA STANDS UP HERE AT THE THE DOOR SHE'S EXPLAINED TO EVERYONE THAT'S COME IN THE ROOM THAT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK A PUBLIC COMMENT YOU HAVE TO FILL OUT A FORM.
SO HERE IS WHAT I WANT TO DO FOR FUTURE IS HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT WORKSHOPS, HOW WE'RE GOING TO HANDLE THEM IN TERMS OF PUBLIC COMMENT SO THAT WE'LL TAKE THAT OFF OF LINE.
BUT MARK, IF YOU COULD REACH OUT TO MR. WILLIAMS AFTERWARDS ,SIR.
THANK YOU. SO DOESN'T A AN ORDINANCE SAY THAT IF PEOPLE WANT TO SPEAK ON NON AGENDA ITEMS WHICH WE HAVE LISTED ON OUR AGENDA DOWN AT NUMBER FOUR THAT THEY CAN DO
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THAT WITHOUT SIGNING UP SO THEY SORT OF SIGN UP THERE AS WELL EVEN A NON AGENDA ITEM ITEMS CORRECT DIDN'T LIKE IT WHEN WE PASSED IT DON'T LIKE IT ANY MORE TODAY AS WE CONTINUE ACTION YOU HAVE HEARD THAT THE COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE TO SEE A RECHECK OF THE LIST OF MITIGATION TREES, SEE A RE-INSPECTION AFTER A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME ON THE PLANTED TREES AND BUFFERS COULD WE REQUIRE A DEVELOPER TO HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER OR PERCENTAGE OF TREES ON A SITE WE NEED TO LINK CLEAR CUTTING SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS AND WE SHOULD PROTECT HIGH QUALITY TREES SOME OF THE KEY ISSUES ARE THAT TREES ARE BEING REMOVED DURING THE DURING DEVELOPMENT THAT SHOULD BE PROTECTED AND THAT WE NEED TO UPDATE OUR MITIGATION REQUIREMENTS NATIVE PLANNING LISTS TO ALLOW MORE FLEXIBILITY TO ENSURE THE RIGHT TREES AND TRAPS ARE BEING PLANTED IN THE APPROPRIATE LOCATIONS. WHEN WE REVIEWED THIS TREE AMENDMENT WITH COUNCIL IT'S TO NOTE THAT THERE WAS AN ALAMO AMENDMENT THAT WAS COMPLETED IN 2019. THAT 2019 AMENDMENT ADDED THE REQUIREMENT THAT WE PRESERVE SIGNIFICANT TREES AND STANDS OF TREES. IT'S WE ADDED THE SIGNIFICANT TREE SIZES TO THE PROTECTED TREE TABLE AND IT ALSO REQUIRED THAT THE APPLICANT DEMONSTRATE THAT ALL REASONABLE EFFORTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO PRESERVE UNIQUE AND FRAGILE ELEMENTS ON THE SITE AND THEN THERE WERE CHANGES MADE THE ZERO NINE SUBDIVISION REQUIREMENTS THAT REMOVED THE EXEMPTION FROM PROVIDING AN ADJACENT STREET BUFFER WITHIN THOSE INTERNAL STREETS WITHIN A ZERO LINE SUBDIVISION. SO THOSE CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE CODE AND SO THIS IS THE TREE PROTECTED TREE TABLE THAT INCLUDES BOTH OF THOSE CATEGORIES FOR BOTH ARE PROTECTED SPECIMEN SIZE TREES AND SIGNIFICANT SIZED TREES.IT LISTS THAT THOSE PROTECTED TREES AND THOSE SIZES A PRIORITY AMENDMENT RECOMMENDS AN INCREASED REQUIREMENTS FOR PROTECTION OF LIVE OAKS IN LAUREL OAKS SO JUST TO TREE TREE TYPES ARE BETTER PRESERVED BY REDUCING THE DIAMETER OF REST HEIGHT OF WHICH WHEN THEY'RE PROTECTED. SO THERE'S A REDUCTION THOSE SIZES OF A LIVE OAK FROM 30 TO 35 A LIVE OAK MULTIPLE TRUNK FROM 60 TO 55 AND LAUREL OAKS FROM 35 TO 30.
THE PRIORITY AMENDMENT ALSO RECOMMENDS UPDATING OUR MITIGATION REQUIREMENTS BY INCREASING THE PLANT BACK TREE SIZE REQUIREMENTS SUCH AS THE MINIMUM HEIGHT FROM 10 TO 12 FEET AND DIAMETER FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES. SO YOU'RE PLANTING LARGER MITIGATION VEGETATION. THE PRIORITY AMENDMENT ALSO UPDATES LIST OF NATIVE PLANTS AND IT REMOVES THE EXCEPTION SPECIMEN TREES ON SINGLE FAMILY LOTS OUTSIDE OF THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS TO REDUCE UNNECESSARY REMOVAL OF SPECIMEN TREES CURRENTLY SPECIMEN TREES IN FAMILY ARE EXEMPT FROM OUR TREE PROTECTION REQUIREMENTS. THEY ARE PROTECTED WHEN IT IS A SUBDIVISION AND THERE ARE PROTECTED TREES DURING THAT PHASE BUT ONCE IT'S BEEN PLATTED SUBDIVISION AND THAT PLAT IS STAMPED THEN OUR CODE CURRENTLY DOES NOT REQUIRE PROTECTION ON SINGLE LEVELS SO WE'VE HEARD FROM COUNSEL THAT WE SHOULD THE TREE PLANT BACK ALONG STREETS AND BUFFERS AND ADJACENT WE SHOULD EXAMINE IF LARGER WATER OAKS SHOULD BE PROTECTED AS THEY'RE GENERALLY HAZARDOUS EXAMINE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE 2019 AMENDMENT AND ALSO PROHIBIT TREE CLEARING IN ADVANCE OF SUBMITTING A DEVELOPMENT PERMIT IN THE FULL UPDATE. THE RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THE NATURAL RESOURCE SITE AND SUBDIVISION STANDARDS CHAPTER WILL EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE THE TREE AND NATURAL RESOURCE PROTECTION ISLANDWIDE THAT WE WOULD CONSIDER REPLACING THAT TWO CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM A SIMPLIFIED SYSTEM WE WOULD EXPLORE CONNECTING TREE PROTECTION AND STORMWATER MANAGEMENT IN THE REGULATIONS AND ALSO EXPLORE TREE PREVENTION, TREE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTED TREE REGULATIONS WITHIN THE PD ONE DISTRICTS AND EVALUATE THEIR EFFECTIVENESS THE PRIORITY AMENDMENT THE CHANGES THAT ARE IDENTIFIED HERE INCREASING THOSE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE TWO SPECIES OF OAK WITHIN THE PAST FIVE APPROVED SUBDIVISIONS IT WOULD HAVE SAVED 27 SPECIMEN OAK TREES SO. THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF THIS PRIORITY AMENDMENT AMENDMENT AND QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL MR. ALFRED, HELP ME CLARIFY IN MY MIND WHAT I A AN OWNER OF A SINGLE FAMILY LOT CAN DO NOW
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AND WHAT I COULD DO IF THIS WERE PASSED I UNDERSTAND CURRENTLY IS IF I HAVE A SPECIMEN TREE ON MY LOT I CAN'T CUT IT DOWN AT ALL IN IN A SINGLE FAMILY LOT.THE TOWN DOESN'T REGULATE SPECIMEN TREES SO. WHAT'S PROPOSED IS THAT SPECIMEN TREES WOULD BE PROTECTED AND, THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO IT WOULD HAVE TO BE DAMAGED OR DISEASE TO BE ABLE TO REMOVE THAT FOR YOU RIGHT NOW I COULD CUT DOWN A SPECIMEN TREE IN MY YARD. WELL, IT DEPENDS ON IF YOU'RE IN ONE OF THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS IF THEY ALSO HAD CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW THE APPEAL IS HERE ABOUT TREE REMOVAL WITHIN THOSE DISTRICTS FOR THE AREAS THAT ARE SINGLE FAMILY OUTSIDE THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS IS THEY THEY'RE NOT PROTECTED UNDER OUR CURRENT ORDINANCE OR IS PALM TREES ARE CONCERNED THERE'S NO LIMITATIONS THERE ARE NOT THEY ARE NOT ON THE PROTECTED LIST HERE EARLY STANFORD ARGUE WHAT IS THE PENALTY FOR VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE? IS IT STILL A MISDEMEANOR? YES, IT'S NOT $500 OF PERJURY OR PERJURY PLUS COURT COSTS AND MITIGATION. IT'S I THINK ARE GOOD GREAT QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED WHAT HAPPENS IF SO? RIGHT. I'M BEHIND GATE.
I LIVE IN MY HOME. I WANT TO CUT DOWN FOR WATER OAKS AND SIGNIFICANT OAK TREE AND A COUPLE OF GUMS. I HAVE TO AND I HAVE TO ASK THROUGH THEIR AONB IF CAN CUT THOSE TREES DOWN SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL IS EXEMPT FROM THE LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE AND THAT NATURE WE ARE ASKING FOR PERMITS TO REMOVE TREES OUTSIDE THE GATES AS AS WE LIKE TO SAY HAS NO PLAY NO RB SO WHAT WE'RE ULTIMATELY SAYING HERE IS OUTSIDE OF THE PD WE ARE WE ARE PROPOSING ANY REMOVAL OF TREES ON SINGLE FAMILY LOTS THE THROUGH A PLUS THE PERMIT AND WE CAN DENY THAT AND IT'S KIND OF DOWN IT'S $500 FINE 500 ON COURT COST PER TREE MITIGATION IN SOME THINGS IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE COUNTRIES ON SUNDAYS BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY HAVING PROVISION IN OUR LAND ORDINANCE THAT'S PRIORITIZING THE RIGHT TREE PRESERVATION SYSTEM IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE PROPOSED BUT THERE IS A TREE ON A SINGLE FAMILY LOT. IT IS A MIDDLE OF THE LOT. IT'S A 42 INCH LIVE OAK AND IT'S RIGHT WHERE YOU WANTED TO PUT YOUR HOUSE ON YOUR LOT THAT YOU BOUGHT TEN YEARS AGO WHAT DO YOU DO IT IS IT WOULD BE A PROTECTED TREE AND ONLY BE ABLE REMOVE IT IF IT WAS DISUSED OR DAMAGED IT WOULD RENDER THE SITE DEVELOPABLE OR WOULD YOU GO TO THE BOARD OF ZONING TO OBTAIN A VARIANCE TO REMOVE THE TREE? GO TO THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS TO REQUEST WE'VE HAD THAT CASE AND SO YOU CAN YOU CAN ADJUST THE LINES AND SO FORTH SO THAT YOU PRESERVE THE TREE AND THE PERSON STILL CAN A BUILDING BLOCK OUT OF LIKE TO MAKE AN APPEAL FOR THE POOR PALM TREE I THINK THE THE ARM AND THE OAK TREE IN THE MAGNOLIA MAYBE SOME PINES HAVE TO THROW THOSE IN ARE PROBABLY THE QUINTESSENTIAL TREES THE ISLAND AND AS TO RENDER A PALM TREE WORTHLESS THINK IS A MISTAKE SO I WOULD LIKE STAFF TO CONSIDER HOW THAT MIGHT BE INCLUDED IN THE LIST THANK YOU FROM TO MR. ORLANDO'S POINT AS WE GOING DOWN THIS PATH AND I GUESS I'M MORE SYMPATHETIC TO THE SMALLER LANDOWNERS HERE OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE THERE ARE FOLKS THAT ARE WAITING IN THE TREES CONTINUE THE GROWTH SO THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT I DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF EXPERIENCE LIKE MS. BRYSON STANFORD AS FAR AS ABC IS CONCERNED BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THE CRITERIA THAT THE BCA IS USING LEADS TO US NOT SAYING YOU JUST CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITH YOUR QUARTER ACRE BECAUSE YOU NOW HAVE A TREE ON IT, RIGHT? SO PRESIDENT I'M NOT GOING TO TRY TO ADDRESS THAT QUESTION.
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MR.. TO TRY TO BE AS SYMPATHETIC OSBORNE AS ARE THERE COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. ONE IS AND APOLOGIZE I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE I CAN'T REMEMBER IF I JUST HEARD IT FROM YOU BUT WE DID INCLUDE AN AMENDMENT TO IF SOMEONE WAS TRIED TO PLANT SOME TREES BACK AFTER THEY'VE DEVELOPED THE PROPERTY IS NOT THE RIGHT PLANTING SEASON I THINK NOW THEY COULD PUT UP A PERFORMANCE BOND OR SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT UNTIL THE PLANTING SEASON COMES AROUND AGAIN DO I THAT THAT'S CORRECT THAT WAS ONE OF THE AMENDMENTS THAT WAS MADE IN 2023 SO YES WHEN DEVELOPMENT GOING IN IF IT IS IN THE SUMMER MONTHS THEY CAN DEFER PLANTINGS . IT DOES REQUIRE THAT YOU INCLUDE A PARAGRAPH ON THE PLANT THAT THE TOWN WOULD STAMP IN AND A PERFORMANCE BOND TO DEFER THAT PLANTING UNTIL A MORE DESIRABLE PLANTING SEASON .YES, THAT IS ALLOWED. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN I KNEW WE HAD AN 11 YEAR AREA AND I APOLOGIZE I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE SUBDIVISION MR. STAMPER, REMEMBER THERE WAS NO RECORDING THERE SO THE DEVELOPER CAME IN AND JUST WIPED OUT ALL THE TREES BEFORE DOING ANYTHING ELSE. AND SO THESE PROTECTIONS HELP ADDRESS THAT OR DO WE NEED A SEPARATE TYPE OF PROVISION THAT REQUIRES A WRITING PERMIT OF A CERTAIN IF YOU'RE ABOVE A CERTAIN LIKE A SMALL LINE SIZE SO THAT ONE HAS TO COME IN AND GET A GRADING PERIOD BEFORE YOU CAN DO ANY KIND OF GRADING THE PROPERTY BECAUSE WE'VE HAD INSTANCES ALSO I THINK EVEN IN THAT ONE WHERE SOMEONE WOULD COME IN AND REMOVE THE TREES SET FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS AND THEN COME BACK AND SAY NOW I WANT TO SUBMIT MY APPLICATION SO I NOTICE AT THE END OF THIS PAGE 22 SAYS THIS AMENDMENT HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY LEGAL AND IS READY FOR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PENDING ANY CHANGES. SO DO WE HAVE SOMETHING PROPOSED WHICH WOULD DEAL WITH SOME SORT OF REQUIREMENT, SOME GRADING PERIOD OR AN EXISTENCE WHICH WOULD OR CUTTING NOT NOT AS DRAFTED WE NOT HAVE SOMETHING THAT REQUIRES GRADING PERMITS. I WILL AT THE FIRST YOU KNOW ANSWER THE FIRST PART OF YOUR QUESTION AND THAT THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT NEAR FISH HALL OR OFF OF FISH WAS PRIOR TO THAT 2019 AMENDMENT AND NOW SIGNIFICANT STANDS AND SIGNIFICANT ARE PROTECTED AND SO IT WOULD HAVE LESSENED THE CLEAR CUTTING THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE THERE OR WOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETED THERE DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE TREES ON THE LOT PRIOR TO DEVELOPMENT. SO SO THOSE CHANGES THAT WERE MADE IN 2019 NOW THAT PROJECT PREDATED THAT AMENDMENT. SO AND MAYBE WE CAN ALSO LOOK AT A PART OF THE REWRITE LOOKING AT SOME SORT GRADING PERMIT AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RIGHT SIZE LOT IS TO EXEMPT SO IF IT'S A SMALL LOT OF A QUARTER ACRE OR UP TO A HALF ACRE I DON'T KNOW WHAT I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SIZE SHOULD BE AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET A GRADING PERMIT BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT FOLKS ARE TRYING TO BUILD A HOUSE ON THEIR LOT TO HAVE TO GO YOU KNOW, HIRE SOMEONE TO, GIVE THEM A GRADING PERMIT. BUT WE DO WANT TO PROHIBIT CLEAR CUTTING PERMIT REQUIREMENT WILL ALSO HELP WITH THAT. SO THE OTHER THING TO ASK ABOUT IS THAT IN THE NORTH FOREST BEACH AREA THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF CHALLENGES WITH FOLKS COMING IN AND CUTTING TREES IN IS BASICALLY THE OLD THING OF DO IT NOW AND ASK PERMISSION LATER. SO DOES THIS PROPOSAL ADDRESS SITUATIONS THAT AS FAR AS SPEECH HAS BEEN TRYING TO ADDRESS ADDITIONAL PENALTIES CURRENTLY? NO, NOT AS DRAFTED. THAT COULD BE SOMETHING WE COULD EXPLORE WITH THE FULL CODE OVERHAUL. I THINK WE DEFINITELY NEED TO DO THAT BECAUSE THE DESCRIPTION OF FOREST BEACH MEANS THAT THERE ARE FOREST THEATERS TREES THERE.
WE NEED TO PROTECT THAT AREA AND CERTAINLY THROUGH TREE PROTECTION AMENDMENTS IS A WAY TO DO THAT. SO I'M HAPPY WE'RE DOING A STUDY OF WHAT HAS CAUSED ALL THE PROBLEMS THERE I KNOW I THINK MR. BROMWICH IS ON THE SITE A COUPLE TIMES BUT WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THAT AS WELL TO PRESERVE THE FOREST BEACH AREA. THANK YOU MAYOR FOR THE COMMENTS. I MAYBE YOU CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT A GRADING PERMIT IS FOR ME ? YES. SO WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT LET'S SAY I'M A DEVELOPER AND I HAVE ON ANCHOR TRACK MAYBE 25 ACRES HERE AND I WANT TO PUT SUBDIVISION IN AND THE FOUR PUT IN THE SUBDIVISION I HAVE TO PUT IN MY INFRASTRUCTURE AND SO
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IN ORDER TO DO THAT I'VE GOT A GREAT A LOT TO CERTAIN CALCULATIONS THAT A CIVIL ENGINEER HAS DESIGNED SO I BRING MY BULLDOZER OUT THERE AND MY OTHER EQUIPMENT AND I SAY OKAY WE'RE GOING TO CLEAR ALL THIS AREA OUT HERE AND WE'RE GOING TO GRADE IT TO THE DESIGN THAT THE ENGINEER HAS PROVIDED SO THAT IN ORDER TO DO THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE A GRADING PERMIT AND THE GRADING PERMITS ARE USUALLY BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE LAND AREA DISTURBANCE CALL THE LAND AREA DISTURBING PERMIT ANOTHER WAY OF SAYING IT AND IN ADDITION TO THAT THE SEPARATE REQUIREMENTS ABOUT ERRATIC CONTROL WHICH ARE SILK FENCES ETC. BUT THIS REGULATES WHAT SOMEONE CAN DO WITH THEIR LOT OF OR THEY GET THEIR DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL SO IT'S A PRE-DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL AND IT PROHIBITS CLEAR CUTTING. OKAY.THANK YOU. I WAS I WAS CONFUSED A LITTLE BIT.
I SEE THAT IN A LARGE SCALE DEVELOPMENT I JUST WASN'T SURE HOW THAT PERTAINED TO A A SINGLE LOT THAT WOULD BE BEING DEVELOPED GRADING AND I'M NOT SURE IF WE HAVE A GRADING PERMIT I'M NOT SURE WHO I DON'T THINK WE DO BUT BE THAT AS I MIGHT THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING TO ME IT WAS HELPFUL AND IT WAS HELPFUL TERMS OF MY THINKING ABOUT FLOODING AND IN THOSE SORTS OF THINGS WHAT I DON'T SEE ON HERE UNLESS I'VE MISSED IT IS THE CHECK UP, RIGHT? SO AFTER THE PLANTINGS HAVE GONE IN MITIGATE TO REPLACE THAT SOMEONE FOLLOWS UP PERIODICALLY SIX MONTHS A YEAR THAT THOSE ARE STILL ALIVE AND WELL AND NOT JUST PLANTED AND DIE SO I WOULD WANT TO INCLUDE SOMETHING LIKE THAT IF I HAD MY WAY AND SO I MIGHT SEE IS THAT IS THAT SOMETHING THAT OUR MUNICIPAL COURT WILL HELP US BE ABLE TO COLLECT AND ENFORCE ON ON JUST ANOTHER GOOD REASON FOR MUNICIPAL COURT THEN THE QUICK ANSWER IS YES, THIS IS HOW WE CALIBRATE OUR TOWN CODE AS FINES AND PENALTIES I'D SEEK SOME DIRECTION FROM OUR ATTORNEY ON THAT. I DO BELIEVE THAT WE CAN CALIBRATE FINES AND PENALTIES BY BY THE ISSUE. SO IF TREES ARE A PRIMARY THOSE FINES AND PENALTIES POTENTIALLY COULD BE MORE. BUT AGAIN I'D HAVE TO ASK IS THAT A MUNICIPAL COURT WOULD SIMPLY HELP US IN OUR ENFORCEMENT AND BRINGING IT BRINGING IT FORWARD QUICK RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TREES KIND OF FOR SPEECH AND IT'S MONTHS AND MONTHS LATER THEY'RE PLANNING BACK. THEY HAVEN'T BEEN TO COURT NO SEASON AND THAT'S JUST I THINK THAT THAT'S A THAT'S A GOOD THING IF WE COULD INCORPORATE IT INTO A MUNICIPAL CONCEPT FOR MUNICIPAL COURT KNOW WHICH WE'LL BE DISCUSSING LATER AT SOME POINT SEEMS LIKE A GOOD REASON TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT IDEA TO HELP TO WITH THE WHOLE SITE CHECK MONTHS AND A YEAR THAT THAT'S THAT'S PART OF OUR DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROGRAM IN PRACTICE HOW WE VISIT SITES PROVIDE CODE ON SITES TYPICALLY ISN'T CODIFIED AND TOWN CODE WHEN IT'S THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROGRAM IN THE PRACTICE SO WE'D HAVE LOOK AT HOW TO CODIFY WHEN WE CHECK TREES WE CHECK ON DAY ONE WE CHECK ON DAY SIX MONTHS WE WE CHECK TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE PLANTED THE SAME AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME OF YEAR AND WE REQUIRE PERFORMANCE BONDS A LOT THAT SOME OF IT'S CODE SOME OF IT'S PRACTICE I LOOK AT THAT.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. IN TERMS OF TEETH, ONE THING THAT I THOUGHT OF AND I THINK WOULD BE MORE BENEFICIAL IF THERE WAS A COMMUNITY COURT HERE BUT THE TREE COMPANY TAKING, THE TREE DOWN KNOWING THAT IT'S A VIOLENT KNOWING THAT A SPECIMEN TREE IS A VIOLATION THEY ALSO SHOULD HAVE SOME OF THAT LIABILITY.
SO JUST A THOUGHT GOING FORWARD THE OTHER SORRY I SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PENALTIES IS IT POSSIBLE AS A PRIORITY TO INCLUDE STIFFER PENALTIES FOR REMOVAL OF TREES NOW I BELIEVE SO AND AGAIN I'M TO ASK CURTIS COLTRANE TO WEIGH IN ON THAT. I THINK THAT THAT Q&A SHOULD BE FROM YOU TO HIM OR CURTIS HAD TO LEAVE. UNFORTUNATELY.
ALL RIGHT. SO KEN, IF YOU WILL, IS THERE IN OTHER COMMENTS QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL THAT WAS YOUR CALL . I KNOW WE HAD TWO PEOPLE SIGNED UP. THANK DEBBIE JURADO AND ALL I WANT TO ALL OF YOU AND I'LL
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HAVE THE SO FOR THAT MORE ACCURATE ONE THING THAT I WANT TO EMPHASIZE IS THAT ALL THE ITEMS THAT WE'RE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, ALL AT ONE TIME SO IN THIS OVERLAY DISTRICT AND THE SLIDE THERE SAID WE HAVE THEY'RE RESIDENTIAL OUR PHONES ARE LOST I THEM IT'S NOT SO I KNOW I DON'T WANT THOSE TYPES OF AREAS WHERE WE ACCESS I STEP IN THERE BUT I SEE MY NEIGHBORS HUFFINES NEIGHBORS EVERYBODY NOW THEY NOTICE USE THEIR THEIR RESIDENTS FAMILY AND STUFF ALSO I I JUST BEFORE THAT MORE AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD YOU CAN'T HAVE A WILD HOUSE IN THIS IN SOME PLACE PLACE A. ALL RIGHT THANK YOU AMY FEE CHECK. CHAD, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? GREAT.HI. MY NAME IS AMY FEE. I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR MAKING A PROTECTION'S A PRIORITY IN THE ALAMO. AS DEB HAD SAID AND YOU'VE ALL NOTICED THAT FOREST BEACH HAS GONE THROUGH A MAJOR DEFORESTATION OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. SO WHAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED IN LAST FEW YEARS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT FINES. FINES NEED TO BE INCREASED BECAUSE REALLY IT'S JUST A SLAP ON THE WRIST FOR SOMEONE OWNS A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR HOME AND MAKES $30,000 A WEEK AS RENTING IT OUT. SO $500 OR $1,000 REALLY DOESN'T DO ANYTHING TO THEM IN COURT. WE'RE CURRENTLY IN COURT WITH ANOTHER PROPERTY OWNER WHO HAS CUT DOWN TREES ON THE STRAND THE 35 ACRES OF PRESERVED FOREST WITH THE BEAUFORT COUNTY OPEN LAND TRUST. HE DOESN'T FEEL THAT HE NEEDS TO MITIGATE AND REPLANT THE DAMAGE THAT HE'S DONE. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S KIND OF GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
SO THAT'S COSTING US MONEY AS WELL AS PROBABLY COSTING YOU TIME TOO.
SO WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT I THINK SIGHT CHECKS FROM THE BEGINNING THE MIDDLE AND THE END ARE REALLY IMPORTANT. THEY'RE IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY.
THEY'RE IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE FOLLOWING THE RULES AND AND BEING ALLOWED TO DO AND IN KEEPING WITH OUR CHARACTER OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IT'S FOREST BEECH REALLY.
WE BOUGHT OUR HOMES THERE BECAUSE OF THE BEAUTY AND, THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE WANT TO KEEP IT THAT WAY AND PEOPLE COME AND RENT HOMES EVERY WEEK.
YOU KNOW WHY? BECAUSE IT'S BEAUTIFUL AND THERE'S SHADE AND THERE'S ROOTS THAT HOLD THE TREES TOO THAT HOLDS OUR ISLAND TOGETHER WHEN THE BIG WAVE COMES, GUESS WHAT
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THOSE TREE ROOTS ARE WHAT'S GOING TO HOLD US TOGETHER? SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION AND FOR ALL OF YOUR DEDICATION AND HARD WORK HERE BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S NOT EASY THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WELCOME.I HAVE TY SCOTT. I SIGNED UP I PUT NUMBER THREE DOWN JUST AS A LIST OF EVERYTHING BECAUSE I WASN'T WHAT YOU KNOW TO TALK ABOUT SO SO SHOULD I GO AHEAD NOW OR ARE WE GOING TO CONTINUE ON THE LIST? YOU CAN GO AHEAD NOW.
MY GOAL HAS ALWAYS BEEN AS AN ADVOCATE FOR THE GULLAH COMMUNITY HERE IN HILTON HEAD.
I WANT TO START OFF BY SAYING I APPRECIATE THAT I'VE HEARD MULTIPLE TIMES PEOPLE OPPORTUNITY. PATSY, I WANT TO APPRECIATE I WANT TO SAY I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING PREVIOUS STUDIES AND PLANS BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD A NUMEROUS AMOUNT OF STUDIES AND PLANS. SO AS WE ARE MOVING FORWARD I THINK WE SHOULD ALWAYS LOOK BACK AT ALL OF THE PREVIOUS STUDIES WHERE GULLAH MEMBERS SAT DOWN AND PARTICIPATED AND WHAT WE NEED NOW, WHAT WE WANT, WHAT WE NEED IT'S OUT THIS DOCUMENT IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE TRYING TO BLANK KIND OF PUT A BLANKET OVER ALL EVERYTHING ON THE ISLAND OUTSIDE THE GATED COMMUNITY WE COVENANTS WE CULTURALLY ALL THE LAND YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN AND CONTINUE TO USE OUR LAND AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO HAVE OPPORTUNITY AS FAR AS IS SEEMS LIKE WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ON THE CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE OF COMMUNITY AND SUSTAINABILITY HERE ALSO AS FAR AS BUSINESS IS CONCERNED I MENTIONED IT BEFORE WHEN I MENTIONED AND AGAIN CULTURALLY WE LIVED AND PARTICIPATED AND HAD BUSINESSES ON OUR PROPERTY.
WE DON'T TO LOSE THAT WE NEED THAT TO ENABLE TO SUSTAIN AND CONTINUE TO BE HERE TRANSFER OF RIGHTS I HAVE NOT HEARD THAT COME UP YET. I'M HOPING THAT WILL COME IN THE ALAMO WITH REWRITE BY TRANSFER OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS DENSITY.
I MEAN THAT'S VALUE THAT'S VALUE WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO USE THAT AND PUT IT INTO DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE ALAMO AS AN EXAMPLE YOU GUYS DID IT WITH WITH THE HUDSONS PROPERTY SOME YEARS AGO SO IT'S THERE. LET'S DIG DEEPER, FIND OUT HOW WE CAN HELP SUSTAIN THE GULLAH COMMUNITY BY INSTEAD OUTRIGHT PURCHASING THEIR PROPERTY OUR PROPERTY FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE US THE DENSITY THAT EVERY STUDY HAS SAID WE NEEDED. WE'VE BEEN WAITING AND WAITING AND WAITING. THE EXAMPLE WAS WE HAD SEPTIC NOW WE HAVE SEWER SO WHAT'S THE EXCUSE NOW GIVE US THE DENSITY ,BUY IT, TRANSFER IT, PURCHASE IT WHATEVER YOU NEED TO DO, HELP US SUSTAIN SIGNS. WE TALK ABOUT SIGNS AGAIN WE HAVE STUDIES THAT SAY WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO BE IDENTIFIED. YOU CAN'T JUST BLEND IN AND LOOK NORMAL AS THOUGH WE'RE LIVING IN ONE OF THE FEUDS. PEOPLE NEED TO BE ABLE TO COME TO TOGETHER.
WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR THAT FOR 90 THEN WE'RE STILL ASKING FOR OPPORTUNITY.
THANK YOU, MR. SCOTT. THANK YOU. LASTLY THANK YOU MR. SCOTT.
I NEED TO SAY I NEED TO SAY THE TRUTH. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT AS LONG AS WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE ECONOMIC HARDSHIP ON A SINGLE FAMILY LOT, WE HAVE TO TAKE THAT IN CONSIDERATION AS FAR AS THE GULLAH SUBDIVISIONS IS CONCERNED.
THANK YOU. YES, I'D LIKE TO ADD SOMETHING TO THAT AND MR. BROWN BROUGHT SOMETHING UP EARLIER ABOUT PRIOR STUDIES A SUGGESTION MARK ,WE HAVE SO MANY NEW PEOPLE TO THE ISLAND. I'M WONDERING WHETHER OR NOT TOWN WEBSITE OUGHT TO HAVE A NEW RESIDENCE THE READING BLOCK TO TOUCH AND I WOULD SUGGEST THAT ONE ITEM ON THAT WOULD BE THE ROUTE STUDY BUT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS BOOKS THAT WILL GIVE PEOPLE A BETTER SENSE OF WHAT THIS ISLAND HAS STOOD FOR, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO PROTECT AND AND IT WOULD BE A
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SERVICE I THINK TO NEW CITIZENS IF WE COULD DO THAT. THANK YOU.ALL RIGHT. READY TO MOVE ON TO COMMENT UP IN SPACE? THANK YOU MR. TRY AND GIVE ME A BREAK HERE NEXT THAT'S COMING UP IN SPACE WHAT WE'VE HEARD IS THE CONNECTION OF COMING UP WITH SPACE TREE PROTECTION AND LIGHT COVERAGE ARE IMPORTANT STEPS TO PRESERVE THE CHARACTER OF THE ISLAND WHERE THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE UP AROUND ESPECIALLY AROUND THE ROADWAYS IN REGULATIONS ALLOWING FOR OPEN SPACE IS NOT FUNCTIONALLY USABLE SUCH AS LAGOONS AND WETLANDS ISSUES THAT ARE SMALLER REMNANTS LAND THEY'RE NOT USABLE FOR OUR RESIDENTS. STORMWATER FACILITIES ARE NOT ACCESSIBLE OR FUNCTIONAL FOR RESIDENTS FROM A LOCAL SPACE STANDPOINT CERTAINLY A STORMWATER FUNCTION AND THEY'RE ALSO NOT WELL CONNECTED TO OTHER OPEN SPACES ARE ACCESSIBLE FROM PATHWAYS ALONG PRESENTATION YOU'LL SEE SOME SOME IMAGES FROM EXISTING SUBDIVISION IT'S ABOUT ONE OPEN SPACE LOOKS LIKE SO THIS IS AN EXAMPLE WHERE BASICALLY A STREET THAT ENDS AND THEN THERE'S OPEN SPACE THAT'S LEFT AT THE END OF A DEAD END STREET .
OTHER EXAMPLES SHOWING HOW ON THE LEFT I'M SORRY THE ONE ON THE RIGHT HOW A LAGOON IS COUNTS AS OUR OFFICE SPACE REQUIREMENT UNDER CURRENT REGULATIONS BUT FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES THAT ENTIRE LAGOON IS IS WATER AND NOT ACCESSIBLE FOR THE FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE PUBLIC IT WAS PART OF THIS THE PROPERTY AMENDMENT RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE CLARIFY WHAT THE DEFINITION OF COMMON OPEN SPACE IS WE REMOVE AND I'M DOING THAT REMOVAL DETECTION FACILITIES NATURAL WORLD MONIES FROM THAT DEFINITION AND TRULY CREATE A DEFINITION THAT IS IS USABLE OPEN SPACE REMOVING THE REMNANT OPEN SPACE LIKE THE FIRST EXAMPLE I SHOWED YOU THAT FOR REALLY PROVIDES NO VALUE FROM AN OPEN STATE STANDPOINT AND THEN ADD CLARIFYING LANGUAGE AND ADDITIONAL DESIGN STANDARDS FOR COMMON OR FOR COMMENT OPEN SPACES THAT REQUIRE A HIGH QUALITY DESIGN THAT THEY'RE FUNCTIONAL AND THEY'RE ACCESSIBLE BY PATHWAYS AND OTHER MEANS AND THEN ALSO CURRENTLY OUR CODE ALLOWS THE ADJACENT STREET AND USE BUFFER TO BE CREDITED TOWARDS THE OPEN SPACE CALCULATION TO ELIMINATE THAT WELL THAT HAS THE ESSENCE OF DOING RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A 16% REQUIRED REQUIREMENT FOR OPEN SPACE BY BY ELIMINATING A LOT OF THOSE THOSE SPACES OR UNUSABLE SPACES STILL NEED TO HAVE TO GET THEM BUT NOW WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE THE OVERALL SPACE INTO THE END OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND CREATE TRULY, TRULY FUNCTIONAL SPACE. WHAT WE HEARD FROM COUNCIL AS PART OF OUR CONVERSATIONS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS I'M SURE THAT OPEN SPACE DOES NOT ALLOW IMPERVIOUS AREAS LIKE A SHARED PARKING LOT TO BE ENCOUNTERED IN THAT AN ITEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE REGULATIONS DON'T RESULT IN SMALLER LOTS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL OPEN SPACES COMPLIANT WITH NEW REGULATIONS COMMON OF SPACE SHOULD BE REQUIRED IN MINOR SUBDIVISIONS CURRENTLY WE ONLY REQUIRE OPEN SPACE IN MAJOR SUBDIVISIONS. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MAJOR MINOR AND MAJOR IS WHETHER OR NOT SUBDIVISION INCLUDES FIVE LOTS OR MORE THAN FIVE LOTS FIVE LOTS OR LESS IS A MINOR SUBDIVISION AND SO IT DOESN'T APPLY SUBDIVISIONS THAT ARE SIX SIX OR MORE LOTS OF THE STANDARD WILL APPLY AND THEN ALSO A MODIFIED LAND ACQUISITION MANUAL TO SUPPORT THE OF THE IDEA OF PURCHASING PROPERTY IN EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS TO CREATE SPACE FOR LOW OR NONEXISTENT AS PART OF THE FOR ELEMENT FOR THIS A FULL UPDATE LOOK AT INCREASE IN OUR OVERALL REQUIREMENTS FOR OPEN SPACE FROM 16% TO PERHAPS 20% OR HIGHER NUMBER TO FIND DIFFERENT TYPES OF OPEN. SO WE HAVE A VARIETY OF CONTEXTS WHETHER IT'S A PASSIVE OPEN SPACE, WHETHER IT'S A MORE ACTIVE OPEN SPACE AS TRAILS OR PERHAPS PLAYING EQUIPMENT AND THEN EXPAND OUR OPEN SPACE APPLICABILITY TO MULTIFAMILY, RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT CURRENTLY IN MULTI-FAMILY COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT THERE IS NOT AN OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENT. CERTAINLY MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT HAS AS A NUMBER OF RESIDENTS AND THEY DO NOT GET THE BENEFIT OF OPEN SPACE AS PART OF OF THAT DEVELOPMENT UNDER CURRENT REGULATIONS. SO THAT'S THOSE ARE THE AMENDMENTS THAT WE HAVE PROPOSED AND APPLICANT REQUIREMENTS I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION BUT I WANT TO ASK THINK ABOUT THIS BECAUSE IT PROMOTES BETTER PLANNING SENSE OF THE PLANNING FOR THE ISLAND. I THINK IT'S A GREAT STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
THANK YOU. MOSBACHER I AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN AMES.
THANK YOU. YES, BUT BROWN JUST WANT TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF CLARITY ON THE PROPRIETY AMENDMENT RECOMMENDATION. THEN WE HAVE THE WHAT WE HEARD
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FROM COUNSEL AND THE LAST BULLET AS FAR AS THE LAND ACQUISITION MANUAL WHAT SEE AN EFFORT INTO THIS PROCESS IS THAT ONE OF THE QUICK DEALS WAS THAT LONG AGO WITH THE FULL OVERALL BECAUSE IT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THOSE ORIGINAL SUPPLEMENTAL DOCUMENTS THAT WOULD NEED TO BE REWRITTEN WE SAW IT COME UP HERE THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING.RIGHT. THANK YOU. JUST TO ADD SOME CLARITY TO THAT, THE LAND ACQUISITION MANUAL EXERCISE WHILE ALIGNED IS SEPARATE FROM THAT.
SO I HAVE NO INTENTION OF TRYING TO HURRY THROUGH A LAND ACT MANUAL UPDATE YOU'LL SEE THAT NEXT YEAR. THANK YOU. IT IS A PRIORITY IN YOUR STRATEGIC THAT I HAVEN'T GOT TO YET BUT YES ALL RIGHT OR GOOD GO YOU MIGHT SIGN UP TO SPEAK ON THAT KIM. THANK YOU. HI.
NEXT UP IS THE TRANSPORTATION IMPACT ANALYSIS PLAN. SO WHAT WE'VE HEARD IS WHAT ARE THE TRIGGERS FOR WHEN A TRANSPORTATION IMPACT ANALYSIS PLAN IS REQUIRED? WHY ARE WE NOT SEEING MORE OF THESE PLANS? FEELS LIKE THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING FOR THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN THEY ARE PRODUCED THEY'RE IMPORTANT BUT THEY SHOULD BE REALIZED. THEY SHOULD BE UTILIZED FOR REAL CHANGE.
WE ALSO WANT TO BALANCE ALL THE ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS WITH ADDING UPFRONT COST TO DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT RESULTING IN ANY OF THOSE REAL OUTCOMES. SO THE KEY ISSUES ARE THE EXISTING REGULATIONS DO NOT ACCOUNT FOR MULTIMODAL TRIPS SUCH AS PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE . OBVIOUSLY THE ISLAND IS RENOWNED FOR FOUR MULTI-USE PATHWAYS OR PATHS THAT WE HAVE CONNECTING THE ISLAND AND CONNECTING OUR AND WE CURRENTLY DON'T CONSIDER THOSE AS PART OF OUR AIR OR TRANSPORTATION IMPACT ANALYSIS MANY PROJECTS ARE PREDICTED CREATE NEW VEHICLE TRIPS THAT ARE JUST UNDER THE THRESHOLD FOR 1 TO 4 FOR A TRANSPORTATION IMPACT ANALYSIS EVEN WE ANTICIPATE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE TRAFFIC ONCE ONCE IT'S CONSTRUCTED AND WE NEED TO EXPAND MITIGATION ON THIS SLIDE. YOU ALSO SEE YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THE RECENT PROJECTS AND WHETHER OR THE EXISTING CODE REQUIRED A TRAFFIC IMPACT TO BE PROVIDED AND THAT IF WE IF WE WERE TO IMPLEMENT THE CHANGES THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT ON THE NEXT SLIDE WHETHER OR NOT A TRANSPORTATION ANALYSIS WOULD HAVE BEEN REQUIRED WITH THE NEW WITH THE NEW IF IT WAS IN EFFECT AT THE TIME THAT THESE ARE SUBMITTED. SO YOU DO SEE SOME REAL CHANGE WITH THE HIP HOP, AQUA TERRA AND THE RESIDENTIAL UNITS AND OTHERS.
SO AS PART OF OUR PARTY AMENDMENT RECOMMENDATION FIRST OF ALL JUST A NORMAL FEATURE THING HERE CHANGED THE NAME FROM TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS THE TRANSPORTATION IMPACT ANALYSIS TO A MULTI-MODAL APPROACH THAT'S BEING PROPOSED .
ALSO THE CHANGES RESULT IN MORE OF THOSE THOSE THOSE IMPACT ANALYSIS PLANS BEING PROVIDED IS TO REDUCE THE THRESHOLD FOR WHEN A MANDATORY TIME IS REQUIRED FROM RIGHT NOW IS 100 PEAK HOUR TRIPS TO 50 PEAK HOUR TRIPS SO CUT THAT IN WE WANT TO INCLUDE MULTIMODAL INFRASTRUCTURE IN THAT ANALYSIS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACTS TO OUR BIKE PATHS, SIDEWALKS AND AS BECOMES MORE PREVALENT I WILL MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND HOW TRANSIT FITS INTO THAT. WE ALSO WANT TO INCLUDE MORE TRANSPORT OR MORE MITIGATION ONCE THERE IS AN IMPACT THAT'S IDENTIFIED. ANOTHER CLEAN UP ON THE CODE IS RIGHT NOW THE OFFICIAL IS THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT ON THE TRANSPORTATION AND IMPACT ANALYSIS THAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE RETIRED ENGINEER WE WILL ANALYZE THAT POSITION CURRENTLY BUT LET'S JUST MAKE SURE IT'S CLEAR IN THE CODE THAT THAT'S THE THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT AND THEN ANOTHER KEY CHANGE TO HELP PROVIDE SOME REAL MITIGATION THERE IS TRAFFIC IMPACTS IS TO ADD ON SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS TO ADD A LEVEL OF SERVICE STANDARD FOR THOSE ON SAME LINES INTERSECTIONS AND REMOVE THAT THE DISCOUNT IS GIVEN TO BACKGROUND TRAFFIC.
SO OFTEN WHEN WE RECEIVE A TRAFFIC A TRANSPORTATION IMPACT IT MAY ALSO IT'LL SAY THAT THE TRAFFIC IS ALREADY SO HIGH IF THE INTERSECTION IS ALREADY FAILING SO THERE'S NOTHING ELSE THAT WE SHOULD DO. WE SHOULD HAVE TO DO AS A RESULT WE'RE GOING TO DISCOUNT THAT. WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT WHAT THE TRUE IMPACTS ARE OF OF OF THE DEVELOPMENT ON THAT INTERSECTION, WHETHER IT'S SIGNALIZED AROUND THE SIGNALIZED WHAT WE HEARD FROM COUNCIL ON THE LIVES CONCERNED WITH THE CHANGES THE ANALYSIS AND CHANGES TO THE AND THAT'S STILL NOT GOING TO RESULT IN MEANINGFUL ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS TO MITIGATE NEW TRAFFIC AND THAT WILL ALWAYS BE A CONCERN WHEN WE'RE DOING THESE TYPES OF STUDIES AND WHAT'S AFFORDABLE FORMAL UPDATE WILL UPDATE ARE ACCESS MANAGEMENT STANDARDS TO REDUCE CURB CUTS, IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW, REQUIRE SAFETY ANALYSIS.
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IN A SAFETY ANALYSIS WE TALK ABOUT THIS AS PART OF SOME OF THE DISTRICT PLANNING WORK AND THE IMPACT ON MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE SAFE STREETS WE HAVE SEEN PEDESTRIAN ROUTES MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND MULTIMODAL OPTIONS AND COMPARISON TO TOWN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING SHOULD THEY EXIST. AND THEN LAST HERE IS AS PART OF OUR WORKFORCE HOUSING UPDATE THE EXCEPTIONS THRESHOLD AS PART OF THE FULL ALAMO UPDATE AND WITH THAT I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS ANY QUESTIONS? I'M VERY STRONG NOT A NOT A QUESTION BUT I THINK ULTIMATELY WHAT WE WOULD LIKE IS FEWER CARS RIDING AROUND OUR STREETS SO OUT OF THE BOX THINKING WOULD SUGGEST THAT SOMEHOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT CONNECTS TO THAT GOAL I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER BUT IT SEEMS TO ME THAT MITIGATION OUGHT TO BE ENCOURAGING SOMETHING TAKES PEOPLE OUT OF CARS COMMENTS STANFORD WORKFORCE HOUSING EXCEPTION ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE CAR RECALL SAYS FOR A MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT YOU MUST HAVE A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE THINK 50% PROPORTION HOUSING NO IT'S NOT THAT IT'S THAT THE THRESHOLD FOR A PROJECT INCLUDES WORKFORCE HOUSING IT'S INSTEAD OF IT CURRENTLY BEING 100 PEAK HOUR TRIPS THE CURRENT CODE IT'S 200 PEAK HOUR TRIPS SO IT'S A HIGHER THRESHOLD TO MEET AND SO THE THE FULL CODE UPDATE IS RECOMMENDING THAT WE EVALUATE THAT AS PART OF THE OVERALL WORKFORCE HOUSING PROGRAM.EXCELLENT THANK YOU BECCA SO I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY HOW ALL PLAYS IN I KNOW WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS BUT IN NEIGHBORHOODS SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THE HOMES ARE USED FOR SHORT TERM RENTALS AND INSTEAD OF WHAT MIGHT TYPICALLY BE ONE OR TWO MAYBE THREE CARS COMING AND GOING THROUGHOUT A WEEK, MONTH YOU HAVE IF YOU HAVE A TEN BEDROOM THEORETICALLY TEN CARS COMING AND GOING.
SO WHEN THESE RESIDENTIAL ARE BUILT WITH THESE COMMERCIAL STRUCTURES USED ON A WEEKLY IN THE CAR COUNT IS THAT MUCH HIGHER IT IMPACTS THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC AND IMPACTS THE SAFETY QUOTIENT? THERE'S A LOT OF NEGATIVITY TO THAT SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT PART OF THE TRANSPORTATION IMPACT ANALYSIS THERE NEEDS TO BE BUT SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE GIVEN SOME ATTENTION NEEDS TO BE GIVEN TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN THESE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTS THAT WERE NEVER INTENDED TO THIS MANY CARS COMING AND GOING ON A REGULAR BASIS THE TRAFFIC APPRECIATE YOUR HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT I THIS AND IN THE PAGE 23 TWO IN THE LOWER RIGHT WITH THE BOX LOWERING THE THRESHOLD WOULD HAVE IMPACTED ABOUT FIVE PROJECTS IN FIVE YEARS IF THIS HAD BEEN IN EFFECT DURING THOSE PROJECTS WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED? SO WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WOULD HAVE HAPPENED BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE TRAFFIC AND WE DIDN'T HAVE A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS PUT TOGETHER. BUT WHAT WE WOULD EXPECT WE EXPECT TO FIND IS THAT THEY WOULD DO THE ANALYSIS WOULD DETERMINE IF THERE WAS AN IMPACT AND THEN THERE COULD HAVE BEEN INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT, THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A WHOLE THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT IMPROVEMENTS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN REQUIRED.
THERE WEREN'T BECAUSE THE THRESHOLD WASN'T MET UNDER THE CURRENT STANDARDS IN SOME WAY OR ANOTHER YOU WOULD HAVE REQUIRED SOME CHANGES IN THE DESIGNS FOR THE NEW CONSTRUCTION PROVIDED THAT THE STUDY PROVIDED THE TRAFFIC STUDY SHOWED THAT THERE WAS AN IMPACT OF TRAFFIC THAT WARRANTED MAKING TO THE TO THE ROADWAY NETWORK.
YES. SO FIRST OF ALL, I'LL DISCLOSE THAT I SUPPORT STUDIES WHICH LOOK AT TRAFFIC IMPACT ESPECIALLY REGIONAL AREAS PROVIDED THAT THERE CAN BE SOME RELIEF TO RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND I WON'T DISCLOSE IN MY PRIOR LIFE I REPRESENTED NEIGHBORHOODS IN A NUMBER OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS A LOT OF A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS RECORDED TRAFFIC IMPACTS ANALYSIS AND IT WAS PAID FOR BY THE DEVELOPER AND THERE WAS NO MITIGATION ON THE RESIDENTIAL AREA. SO MY QUESTION IS WHAT HAPPENS WE WERE RECEIVING IS STILL IS NOT THE AREA WOULD LIKE TO HAVE I GIVE A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES REDUCING THE THRESHOLD MAY HELP SOMEWHAT BUT IF THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER IS THERE HARD RATHER
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THAN OFFER I COME IN AND SAY LIKE MOST YOU NEED TO TURN LANE INTO THE PARKING AREA FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AT MOST THE REAL IMPACT IS ON THE TRAFFIC THAT THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE MOVING THE AREA SEEING INCREASE SO EXAMPLE OF THIS AND I'M I'M I'M CALLING OUT EXAMPLES THAT WE HAVE ON THE ISLANDS IS THE NEW EVIDENCE CARD PROJECT OF SALLY FIELD ROAD THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS WASN'T REQUIRED IN THAT CASE SO OKAY SO IS THRESHOLD REDUCE IT WOULD BE REQUIRED OKAY BUT AT MOST CLOSING A TURN ALONE WOULD BE REQUIRED INTO AN OUT OF THE ALLOTMENT BUT THE REAL IMPACT IS ONLY ON SMALL FIELD PROBABLY SO ROAD WHERE THE BACKUP IS TRAFFIC SO IF WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS TO BE PROVIDED THEN WE'VE GOT TO FIND A WAY THAT THERE BE PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS THAT ARE NOT TIED JUST TO NUMBER OF CARS COMING IN AND OUT OF THAT DEVELOPMENT. IT'S GOT TO REQUIRE MITIGATION DOWNSTREAM IF YOU WILL OR UPSTREAM HOW DO YOU WANT TO CALL IT THE NUMBER IS THE JONESBORO AREA. YEAH. SO WITH THIS LARGE SUBDIVISION THERE MAYBE THERE HAS TO BE INTERNAL LAND GOING IN AND OUT OF THE SUBDIVISION BUT THE REAL IMPACT IS JONESBORO ON THE SPANISH WELLS ROAD. SO IF WE CAN'T DO SOMETHING THAT WHAT ARE WE BOTHERING TO DO IT BECAUSE LAST THING WANT TO DO IS TELL OUR RESIDENTS WE'RE DOING THIS TO HELP OUT AND WE WILL NOT DO THAT. SO LOOK AT SOMETHING THAT REQUIRES PERFORMANCE STANDARDS DOWNSTREAM UPSTREAM DOWN THE ROAD OF YOU WANT TO CALL IN AND YOU CAN'T BE FOREVER ACROSS THE ISLAND IT'S GOING TO BE THE IMPACT IN THE OTHER AREA AND THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE'RE GOING GET SOME RESOLUTION TO THE IMPACT ON TRAVEL TO THOSE IN THAT AREA. MARY STEFFES COMPLETELY ALIGNED WITH THAT BASIN NUMEROUS TIMES UNTIL HE'S TIRED OF HEARING ME SAY. WHAT ARE THE OUTCOMES RIGHT BECAUSE THE USE FOLLY FIELD AS ONE EXAMPLE JONESVILLE IS THE OTHER.THE THRESHOLD DECREASE ALLOWS US TO REQUIRE NOT BEG FOR A TRAFFIC ASSESSMENT.
THAT TRAFFIC ASSESSMENT IS GOING TO SHOW IMPACTS AND THOSE IMPACTS ARE GOING TO LEAD TO THE LEFT TURN LANE ON FIELD ROAD ONTO WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY PERHAPS EVEN IF IT'S TWO CAR LENGTHS INCREASE IN THE TURN TURNING RIGHT ONTO WILLIAM HOLM PARKWAY JONESVILLE LEFT THE JONESVILLE RIGHT OUT OF JONESVILLE PERHAPS A SPEED HUMP, YOU KNOW, A STOP SIGN AND TO YOUR TRAFFIC PATTERN THROUGH THOSE MEASURES RIGHT NOW THE WAY THE THRESHOLD WORKS A LOT OF WHAT HAS IMPACTED US CANNOT REQUIRE THE STUDY. WE CAN'T EVEN REQUIRE THE UNDERSTANDING OF IT. AND ONCE WE UNDERSTAND IT THERE ARE NO OUTCOMES IN THE TIAA, NO RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE EVEN CHALLENGE. RIGHT.
SO RIGHT NOW IS SIMPLY CHASING THE SHADOW OF A DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND WE'RE LOOKING AT LOT PATTERNS A REAL ISSUE IS IN SOME AREAS THE DENSITY THE BLOCKS PER ACRE IS MORE THAN WHAT'S WHAT'S CURRENTLY PLOTTED WHAT WAS ALWAYS WAS THERE TO BEGIN WITH THIS SMALL CHANGE THAT IT WILL NOT REDUCE CARS ON THE ROAD EIGHT UNITS TO FOUR UNITS PER ACRE WILL REDUCE CARS ON THE ROAD. BUT THIS WILL ALLOW US TO BETTER POSITION OUR STREETS TO ACCOMMODATE THE IMPACTS LIKE YOU FROM THIS ONE THING SORT OF THINKING HERE AND SAYING THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY WRITE CODE TO ENCOURAGE MULTIMODAL BIKE PATHS, SIDEWALKS AND TRANSIT WILL FOCUS ON THE TRANSIT JUST A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE.
WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE AT THE MOMENT TO PUSH SOMEONE IN THAT DIRECTION SO I JUST DON'T WANT US TO IN CHANDLER'S DOING THAT IF.
WE'RE GOING IN THAT DIRECTION. I SUPPORT IT 100% BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO SUPPORT IT FROM A INVESTMENT STANDPOINT AS WELL IF WE'RE GOING TO ASK PEOPLE TO DO THAT AND I AGREE WITH SORT OF UNDERSTANDING THE DOWNSTREAM EFFECTS AS WE'VE TRIED TO PRODUCE CODE HERE THIS IS IMPORTANT IS OBVIOUSLY BEEN IMPACTING US HERE FOR A WHILE WE'VE GOT TO UNDERSTAND IT A LITTLE BIT BETTER IN OTHER COMMENTS. YES I WANTED TO THANK OUR TOWN
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MANAGER FOR HIS LAST COMMENTS BECAUSE THAT IS REALLY THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER.WE ALLOWED THINGS TO HAPPEN IN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WAS NEVER THE ORIGINAL INTENT A STAMP TO PLATTED NEIGHBORHOOD IT'S DOUBLED QUADRUPLED DENSITY SHORT TERM RENTALS WITH 6789 TEN BEDROOMS IT IS JUST NEVER THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS JUST NEVER DESIGNED TO MANAGE AND THE TRAFFIC ANALYSIS AS I SAID I'M NOT SURE HOW THIS WILL HELP US BUT WE NEED TO FIND SOME MECHANISM TO GIVE RELIEF TO THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS IN SAFETY QUITE HONESTLY.
THANK YOU. IT WAS WRITTEN BY SANDRA TO SPEAK ON THIS NOT ON THIS ITEM.
THANK YOU AGAIN. I KNOW I DIDN'T SIGN UP BUT I CERTAINLY HASN'T COMMENTED DIRECTLY BUT I KNOW GOT TO FOLLOW YOU FOR A LONG TIME. THE IMPACT ANALYSIS WILL WE'LL TAKE THAT UP OFFLINE. DON'T MISSY THANKS. SO NEXT HAS MAJOR DEVELOPMENT PLAN REVIEWS A MAJOR SUBDIVISION PLAN REVIEWS ARE RECOGNIZING THAT'S QUARTER FIVE I'M GOING TO GO A LITTLE BIT QUICKER HERE SO WE WE'VE WE'VE HEARD ABOUT THAT WE NEED TO DO A BETTER OF COMMUNICATING WHEN IT COMES TO THOSE TWO APPLICATIONS THAT'S IN SHORT WHAT'S WHAT'S UP ON THE SCREEN ARE THE KEY ISSUES THAT ARE OF COURSE HOW DO WE HOW DO WE BETTER INFORM OUR RESIDENTS AND REALLY WHAT'S THE ROLE OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND WE HAVE ADDED SOME COMPANY HERE FROM THE SC CODE OF LAWS PARTICULARLY THE PLANNING ENABLING LEGISLATION. IT'S HERE FOR YOUR REFERENCE DON'T WANT TO SPEND TIME GOING THROUGH THIS IT BASICALLY LAYS OUT THAT PLANNING COMMISSION CAN HAVE THE AUTHORITY ALREADY SUBDIVISION PLANS ALSO HAS A REVIEW ALREADY AUTHORITY TO REVIEW DEVELOPMENT PLAN THE GOVERNMENT REVIEW PLANS ALSO LIKE I SAID AUTHORITIES DON'T DO THE TOWN STAFF SO WITH THIS AMENDMENT WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING IS TO REQUIRE THAT THE PLANNING REQUIRE A PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC WITH PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION THREE OFFICIAL FOR MAJOR DEVELOPMENT PLANS MAJOR SUBDIVISION PLAN REVIEWS AND AGAIN IF YOU'RE FROM EARLIER SLIDES A MAJOR SUBDIVISION IS ANY SUBDIVISION THAT IS MORE SEQUENCE. WE ALSO REQUIRE THAT THE APPLICANT PROVIDE FIRST CLASS MAILED ADVANCE NOTICE OF OH TWO PUBLIC NOTICE TO ALL OWNERS AND THERE ALWAYS WITHIN 350 FEET OF THE SITE THAT'S CURRENTLY UTILIZED FOR MOST OTHER APPLICATIONS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED IN THE ALAMO. HOWEVER IT DOES NOT APPLY TO THESE TWO APPLICATIONS SO ESSENTIALLY EXTENDING THAT CURRENT REQUIREMENT TO TO THESE TWO APPLICATIONS WE'RE GOING TO ALSO REQUIRE THE NOTICE OF THE APPLICATION FORM AND THE HEARING TO BE POSTED AT THE SITE. IF YOU'VE DRIVEN TO OTHER COMMUNITIES YOU'VE SOMETIMES I'VE SEEN REZONING HEARINGS AND IN OTHER SITES IN AND AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOODS. WE WOULD ALSO BE DOING THAT HERE FOR THESE TWO TYPES OF APPLICATIONS WE'RE GOING TO REQUIRE PRE-APPLICATION MEETINGS WITH TOWN STAFF FOR BOTH MAJOR SUBDIVISIONS AND MAJOR GO ON PLANS AND THEN ALSO GIVE THE OFFICIAL SOME ABILITY TO ADVANCE MINOR DEVELOPMENT PLANNING APPLICATIONS TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR A PUBLIC HEARING WHEN THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS ADJACENT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE RESIDENTIAL USE. SO SOMETIMES WE HAVE MINOR DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS ARE FOR EXAMPLE LOT CHANGES OR ACCESSORY BUILDINGS THAT ARE BEING BUILT ON A SITE.
DEFINITELY THERE'S NOT AN ISSUE WITH THOSE. THOSE ARE JUST STRANGE TYPICALLY HOWEVER WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT WHEN THEY'RE ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL USES OR ACROSS THE STREET FROM RESIDENTIAL USES EVEN THOUGH THAT THAT AN ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW IS CAN STILL BE COMPLETED THAT WAY THERE SHOULD BE SOME ADDITIONAL SCRUTINY OF THOSE APPLICATIONS BECAUSE THEY COULD AN IMPACT ON THE ON THE ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL USE SO ALLOW OFFICIAL TO ADVANCE THOSE MINOR DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS IN THAT SITUATION TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOLLOWING A SIMILAR PROCESS WHAT IS A GREEN BOX AND THE BOTTOM SAYS THAT THE LAST FIVE YEARS THESE ARE FOUR MAJOR DEVELOPMENT PLANS THE MAJOR SUBDIVISIONS THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN AN ADDITIONAL 16 OF THOSE APPLICATIONS THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION RATHER THAN REVIEWED SIMPLY ON THE DESK THE ALL NO OFFICIAL AND PLANNING STAFF 16 TOTAL OVER FIVE YEARS. WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM COUNCIL IS THE PLANNING COMMISSION NEEDS TO BE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS CAN REASONABLY BE TO THE OFFICIAL AT THE POINT OF DEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE SENT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR PUBLIC HEARING A MINOR SUBDIVISION PLANNING SHOULD ALSO BE SENT TO THE PLANNING
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COMMISSION FOR A PUBLIC HEARING. AS I MENTIONED BEFORE WE ARE ONLY DISCUSSING A MINOR DEVELOPMENT PLAN REVIEW APPLICATION BEING FORWARDED.THERE SHOULD ALSO BE A LARGER RADIUS FOR NOTICE SO EITHER 500 FEET OR 1000 FEET AROUND THE SUBJECT SITE. IN ADDITION TO PLACING THE SIGNS ONSITE, SIGNS SHOULD ALSO BE PLACED THE VICINITY. SO FOR EXAMPLE A MAJOR INTERSECTION THAT'S NEARBY WHERE THERE COULD BE AN IMPACT. WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT TRAFFIC.
THERE COULD BE A TRAFFIC IMPACT THERE AS PART OF THE FULL OPTIC OR SUBDIVISION APPLICATION.
MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ALL IN LINE THE APPLICATION MANUALS AND THE ULTIMATE USER GUIDE EXAM ID RATE IS EXACTLY THE PLACEMENT OF ON SITE AND NEIGHBOR NOTIFICATION SIGNS FOR ADDITIONAL APPLICATIONS AND THEN REVIEW OUR PUBLIC PROCESSES TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE APPLICATION ENSURE ADEQUATE TRANSPARENCY FOR THE APPLICATIONS THAT THOSE THOSE THOSE APPLICATIONS DEAL WITH. AND WITH THAT I'M HAPPY ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS QUESTIONS PRESENT, SIR. THANK YOU SIR. FIRST OF ALL I SUPPORT INQUIRY INVITES A COUPLE OF ADDITIONS TO THEM THE PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING REVIEW IS GOING TO BE REVIEWING A RECOMMENDATION THAT THEY'RE MAKING A RECORD MOSTLY THELMA OFFICIAL THAT IS THEY BE TRAINING WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION THAT WHAT RECOMMENDATIONS CAN MAKE IN SOME SORT OF STANDARDS OR REVIEW SO IF I'M ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND SOMEBODY PROJECT COMES BEFORE ME AND I FEEL LIKE YOU JUST DON'T LIKE THAT PERSON I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND DENIAL SO SOME THINGS SOME WHOLE DISCRETIONS AND SOME SORT OF STANDARDS SO THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION KNOWS WHAT THEY CAN AND CAN'T RECOMMEND AND THEN THE FIRST CLASS IS WITHIN THE ASSIGNED TO SOME SUBDIVISIONS THAT HAVE A LOT OF ROAD FRONTAGE AND SO IT COULD BE THAT THE FOLKS THAT LIVE IN THE NEXT RESIDENTIAL AREA DOWN THE STREET WILL NEVER GET ANY NOTICE.
SO I'M NOT SURE THIS IS ENOUGH AND I WOULD LIKE TO DO AGAIN GENTLE ROAD AS AN EXAMPLE SO A NEW SUBDIVISION ONE OF THE NEW SUBDIVISIONS THEY'RE PROBABLY RETIRED AND WHAT ABOUT THE PEOPLE ON DOWN THE REAR? THEY WON'T GET ANY. YOU DO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL REPLACING ANOTHER ON SITE SHOULD BE PLACED IN THE VICINITY.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK CAREFULLY THOSE RECENT EXAMPLES OF WHAT EFFECTIVE NOTICE WOULD BE GIVEN TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS OPPOSED TO ADDING ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS IN THE DEVELOPER WHICH WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE. SO LET'S SEE ON THE NEXT POST AMENDMENTS REVIEWED BY LADIES 94 PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PENDING ANY CHANGES BUT I WOULD ASK IS AT LEAST TO LOOK AT EXTENDING THAT 360 FOOT NOTICE. I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH 500 TO 1000 FEET OF NOTICE SO I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE INCREASE THE NOTICE REQUIREMENT AND ALSO I REQUIRE ONLY DOWN THE ROAD SO TO SPEAK AND I'D LIKE YOU OTHER QUESTIONS. COMMENTS SPEAKER I'LL JUST CONCUR WITH COUNCILMAN PRICE AND HAVING EXPERIENCED THIS BEFORE AND HAVING SEEN HOW IT'S WORKED OUT MOST RECENTLY IN JONESVILLE WE CAN'T GIVE ENOUGH NOTICE WHATEVER IT WHATEVER WE CAN GET THROUGH WITH A FULL COUNCIL TERMS OF NOTICE WE SHOULD DO SO IF IT'S AND MAYBE IT'S A JUDGMENT OF WHEN YOU GO OUT THERE YOU EVALUATE WHERE IS THE PROJECT AND WHERE IS THE NEAREST RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND MAKING SURE THAT WHATEVER THAT DISTANCE IS WE DON'T LIMIT OURSELVES BY 500, 300, THREE, 50 WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE BUT WHATEVER IT TAKES TO GET TO THOSE RESIDENTS AROUND THE PROPOSED SUBDIVISION THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENTS.
EVERYBODY STAND UP ON THIS ONE. NOT ON THIS ONE. THE ONLY THING I HAVE LEFT IS MR. BABEL. OKAY. THANK YOU.
SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS IN THE LAST THREE AMENDMENTS THAT WE HAVE FOR DISCUSSION ARE HOURS OF PRIORITY MEMBERS THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS. WE'VE WHAT WE'VE HEARD IS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A NUMBER OF THESE THINGS AS FAR AS WHAT WE'VE HEARD WHEN IT COMES TO SUBDIVISION DESIGN RELATED TO BULK CLEARING BULK TREE CLEARING CUTTING OF OF OUR LAND AND HOW IT IMPACTS THE ISLAND CHARACTER WHAT OUR IMPERVIOUS STANDARDS ARE SUBDIVISIONS TO BE MORE INTENTIONAL DESIGNED WITH OPEN SPACE WE JUST TALK ABOUT AN OPEN SPACE SO A PRIORITY AMENDMENT AND WE NEED SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS THAT ARE SENSITIVE TO THE
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ENVIRONMENT OVER TREES AND FUSIONS. AGAIN WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A NUMBER OF THESE THESE THINGS ALREADY IN OTHER PRIORITY AMENDMENTS THAT ARE BEING PUT IN FRONT OF TOWN COUNCIL THEN ULTIMATELY FOR ADOPTION THROUGH THROUGH A PLANNING COMMISSION ARE KEY ISSUES ARE NUMEROUS POTENTIAL SUBDIVISIONS TEND TO HAVE LARGE HOUSES SMALL LOTS WITH LIMITED USABLE OPEN SPACE THEY ALSO HAVE UNIFORM DESIGNS AND LOT LAYOUTS WITH LIMITED VARIETY IN RESPONSE TO NATURAL FEATURES AND SOME OF THE ISSUES WE'VE SO SOME OF THE ISSUES ARE EXACERBATED BY THE MARKET APPEAL INVESTORS ARE PARTICULARLY THOSE THOSE EIGHT 910 BEDROOM UNITS THAT WE TALKED LAST WEEK AS PART OF THE SHORT TERM RENTAL PROPERTY AMENDMENT. SO IN THIS CASE WE ACTUALLY HAVE MORE QUESTIONS.COUNSEL AS FAR AS FOR DIRECTION BECAUSE AS I MENTIONED WE ADDRESSING A NUMBER OF OF THE ELEMENTS OF WHAT WE HEARD ALREADY THROUGH PRIORITY AMENDMENTS.
SO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE ARE TOO MONOTONOUS IN FORM AND FUNCTION.
ARE THEY TO TEND SOME FORM OF BUT WE'RE I APPEARS TO BE BOTH IN SOME AREAS BUT NOT IT'S NOT CONSISTENT ACROSS THE ISLAND UNTIL WE INCREASE OUR SINGLE FAMILY PLOT OF BUILDING SETBACKS FRONT SIDES WE'RE ALL RIGHT NOW IN MOST CASES WE AT LEAST A FIVE FOOT SETBACK ON SIDES AND A LOT OF CASES REARS WELL SHOULD THAT BE INCREASED WE TALKED PREVIOUSLY WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT ANOTHER PRIORITY AMENDMENT AS FAR AS DO DO WE REDUCE SOME OF THE PROJECTIONS THAT ARE ALLOWED ON THE SIDE SETBACKS THAT THE BUILDING IS STILL HUNDRED FIVE FEET HELD AT FIVE FEET BUT YOU CARRY BALCONIES AND DIKES AND STEPS AND OTHER THINGS INTO THAT FIVE FOOT SETBACK TO ESSENTIALLY GET TO A001. WHAT WE HEARD FROM COUNSEL FURTHER DISCUSSIONS IS WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT HOME CONSTRUCTION IS NOT CAUSING FLOODING ESPECIALLY ON EXISTING LOTS MINOR SUBDIVISIONS WE NEED TO LIVE AND FEEL ABOUT.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S COME UP REGULARLY AND COMMENTS FROM OUR RESIDENTS ALL DEVELOPMENT THIS STORMWATER PLAN REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT'S MINOR SUBDIVISION OR NOT CURRENTLY A MINOR SUBDIVISION DOES NOT REQUIRE A STORMWATER PLAN RIGHT BASED ON THE ACREAGE BASED ON WHETHER IT'S OVER HALF ACRE OR NOT. SO THE ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE DEVELOPMENT MAY OR MAY NOT REQUIRE MAY NOT BE REQUIRED TO HAVE A STORMWATER PLAN.
WE ALSO WE HEARD AS YOU HOW OPEN DITCHES SO I'LL JUST SLIDE A LITTLE MESSED UP HERE BUT ON THE RIGHT SAYS FRAZIER SEVEN BASIC PRINCIPLES THAT'S THAT'S THE TEXAS CAN GET COVERED UP AS FAR AS THE FULL ALAMO UPDATE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE REALLY PLEASED AS A STAFF FOR RECOMMENDING THAT WE DEAL WITH SUBDIVISIONS AS PART OF THE FULL ALAMO IN THE PAST THE CURRENT WORK WE'RE DOING ON PRIORITIES IN A LOT OF THE WORK THAT'S REMAINING DEEPER LOOK AND DEEPER TOUCH AND TO UNDERSTAND WHAT STANDARDS SETBACKS AND HOW ALL THAT'S INTERTWINED BOTH WITH THE EXISTING ENVIRONMENT, THE NEW ENVIRONMENT THAT IS YET TO BE BUILT UNDER NEW CODE . BUT WITH THAT FORMALITY WHAT WE ARE SUGGESTING IS THAT APPLY A MAXIMUM CONFERENCE TO ALL SUBDIVISION DEVELOPMENT INCLUDING SINGLE FAMILY.
CURRENTLY SINGLE FAMILY IS EXEMPT FROM A LOCK HOURS REQUIREMENT.
WE REQUIRE PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY. WE EVALUATE REGULATIONS FOR MINIMUM STANDARDS BOTH IN WIDTH AND AREA AND THAT THEY RESPOND TO DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS. THE ISLAND SO WHAT MIGHT BE RIGHT FOR MARSHES MAY NOT BE RIGHT FORCED BEACH BUT SOME PROOF OF RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SUBDIVISION STANDARDS PARKING SPACE AND BUFFERS TO GET BETTER OUTCOMES THAT REFLECT YOUR ISLAND CHARACTER.
AGAIN GETTING BACK TO THAT YOU ARE OUR ROOTS BETWEEN SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS DESIGN GUIDELINES AND REALLY IMPROVING THE DESIGN QUALITY AND VARIETY INCLUDING SANDBAGS BUFFERS.
WE HAVE OF SEVEN BASIC PRINCIPLES WHICH REALLY GUIDED SOME OF THE MAJOR DEVELOPMENT ON THIS ISLAND FOR FOUR YEARS AS JUST A POINT OF REFERENCE WITHOUT HAVING TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS QUESTIONS SOME COUNSEL IS BIGGER I HAVEN'T HEARD MR. OF COURSE FROM THE WELL ON PAGE 42 WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM TOWN COUNCIL MOST OF THOSE ITEMS DEAL WITH FLOODING OF ONE KIND OR ANOTHER. IS IT APPROPRIATE TO POTENTIALLY CONSIDER THOSE NOW OR LATER WHEN WE GET MORE DOVE MORE THE RESILIENCE PLANNING PROCESS SEEMS ME THAT THAT OVERALL NECESSARY WE A STORMWATER PLAN IF WE DON'T HAVE WHOLE CONDITIONS ARE YOU ASSUMING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE STORM SEWER PIPES THAT WAS UNDERSTANDING FROM FROM THE COMMENT THAT WAS PROVIDED YES EVERYTHING WILL BE PIPED I CERTAINLY WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF HAVING STORMWATER PLANS AND PIPING EVERYWHERE I WANT TO
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MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND AND COUNCILMAN ALFRED, YOU SAY EVERYWHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT JUST IN SUBDIVISIONS BUT EVERYWHERE THAT GOES I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED THAT WE'RE SETTING AN EXPECTATION FOR SUBDIVISIONS BUT A LOT OF OUR ROADWAYS ARE STILL DITCHES SO BECAUSE I WANT TO IF MY CONCERN WAS MAYBE THAT'S IN THE RESILIENCE PLAN BUT YES, STAY STANFORD ARGUE I THINK THE FIVE FOOT SIDELINE SATELLITE LINE IS RIDICULOUS.IT SHOULD BE AT LEAST I THINK THAT LOTS SHOULD BE REQUIRED BE IN SOME NATURE OR REGULAR SIZED OR GETTING OUT THERE IS GETTING AWAY FROM THE SKINNY LOTS AND I'M SURE THERE'S SOME CREATIVE LANGUAGE YOU FOLKS CAN COME UP WITH THIS WHICH WOULD CREATE THAT WOULD BE MORE MEANINGFUL AND I THINK WE SHOULD DO AWAY WITH ZERO A LOT A LOT LIKE YOU EXPECTED.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR COMMENTS. AND WE DID DO SOME WORK ON ZERO PLOT LINES A WHILE BACK PROBABLY MORE WORK TO DO AS WELL IN TO THE POINT OF THESE ARE SUBDIVISIONS STANDARDS PRESUMABLY FOR NEW SUBDIVISIONS. I JUST WANT TO MAKE A STRONG COMMENT THAT TO THE EXTENT THAT CURRENT PREVIOUSLY PLATTED SUBDIVISIONS HAVE UNDERGONE UNDERGONE TRANSFORMATIONS OVER THE DECADES THAT HAVE NOW LED THEM TO BE VERY HIGHLY DYSFUNCTIONAL THAT THE TOWN TAKE A CONCERTED EFFORT TO LOOK AT THOSE COMMUNITIES, THOSE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES AND SEE SOME OF THE THE DAMAGE AND WHERE WE CAN CORRECT GO BACK AND CORRECTIONS TO CREATE BETTER COMMUNITIES BETTER RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS THERE SO SO THAT NEEDS TO BE PART OF THE OVERALL THINKING MOVING FORWARD A LITTLE BIT LOOK BACK YOU'VE GOT SOME GREAT PICTURES HERE THAT YOU'VE INCLUDED I THINK THIS ONE WHICH SHOWS THE TYPE COOKIE CUTTER HOMES IN DIFFERENT COLORS NEEDS TO END. WE CAN HELP THAT BY THROUGH THE PLANNING STAGES WE CAN ALSO REQUIRE THAT IT GO THROUGH THE DRP AND.
LET IT BE KNOWN THAT WE DON'T DO THAT ON HILTON HEAD ANY LONGER AND SO THERE HAS TO BE A DIFFERENT STANDARD OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND ESTHETICS WITH REGARD TO ANYTHING IN THE SETBACKS AND THEY THEY NEED TO ALL GO THERE NEEDS TO BE NOTHING IN THAT LIST OF WHAT CAN GO INTO A SETBACK A WHILE COUNCILMAN AMES AND I WORK TO GET THE FACTS OUT OF SAY THE SETBACKS AND THAT WAS THE FIRST STEP AND THEN TO FINISH IT OFF WE NEED TO NOW REMOVE ALL EXCEPTIONS THERE SHOULD BE NOTHING IN THE SETBACK IF YOU CAN'T BUILD YOUR HOME WITHIN THE BUILDING ENVELOPE PROVIDED TO YOU THEN YOU NEED TO CHANGE THE PLAN THAT YOU'VE CREATED SO THAT YOU CAN. IT SHOULD BE THAT VERY SIMPLE. THERE ARE MANY EXAMPLES AND I WON'T BELABOR IT NOW OF WHERE THIS HAS CREATED ALL SORTS OF ISSUES AND I PRIMARY ONE HAS TO DO WITH FLOODING AND SO THE STORMWATER NEEDS TO BE EVERYWHERE THE STORMWATER PROVISIONS NEED TO BE EVERYWHERE FLOODING CONSIDERATIONS ARE EXASPERATED BY THE AMOUNT OF SILT THAT COMES IN THE IMPERVIOUS PERVIOUS LIGHT WE SHOULDN'T SHIP AND THINGS THAT WE CALL PERVIOUS THAT IN SHORT ORDER BECOME IMPERVIOUS AND SO YOU HAVE A CONCRETE SLAB WITH NOWHERE FOR THAT WATER TO RUN AFTERWARDS.
SO SO WHILE THAT'S IMPORTANT PERHAPS WE OUGHT TO LOOK MORE CLOSELY AT PERCENTAGE OF LIGHT COVERAGE SO THAT YOU TRULY HAVE OPEN SPACE AND OPPORTUNITY FOR THE WATER BE ABSORBED.
AND THAT'S ONE ASPECT OF IT AND YOU ALSO CREATE A BETTER ESTHETIC THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH SOME LAND AROUND EACH ONE OF THESE HOMES BEING BUILT AND THINK THAT THOSE WERE THE PRIMARY COMMENTS THAT I HAD TO MAKE AT THIS TIME.
BUT I DO HOPE THAT WE CONTINUE TO REVISIT THIS AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE HAD MENTIONED IT BUT I'LL STICK IT OUT THERE AGAIN THERE IS SOME ASPECT OF THESE STANDARDS THAT WE BE MOVING TO THE PRIORITY SET THAT CAN BE EASILY DONE AND WILL MAKE A DRAMATIC DIFFERENCE IN
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EACH AND EVERY THAT'S CURRENTLY LOOKING TO BE BUILT AND COMMITTED AND BUILT BEFORE WE HAVE YET ANOTHER ISSUE FLOODING AND IN A DEVELOPMENT IN A SETBACK AND A BUFFER.SO AGAIN RESPECTFULLY I'D LOVE TO SEE THOSE AND I'M ASKING FOR SUPPORT TO MOVE THOSE FORWARD IN THE PRIORITY AMENDMENTS. THANK YOU, MR. BROWN. I'LL JUST ONE OTHER THING, MR. MAYOR. THIS ON PAGE 43 THE PHRASES SEVEN BASIC PRINCIPLES AND
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