Oct 31, 2024 Bluffton Strategic Planning Workshop

[*A Portion of this Meeting is without Video*]

[I. Call to Order]

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START WITH TOWN STRATEGIC PLANNING WORKSHOP TO KIND OF WHERE THE COMMUNITY IS AT THIS TIME AND THEN WE'LL GO IN AND GIVE LITTLE BIT OF UPDATE ON HOW SOME OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN PROJECTS ARE MOVING FORWARD, GET INTO CAPITAL PROJECTS AND THEN LET IT AFTER THAT WE HAVE SOME SPECIFIC ITEMS YOU'LL SEE ON THE AGENDA .

THOSE ARE VERY BROAD TOPICS LIKE I KNOW MAYOR BROUGHT UP ABOUT THE MAE RIVER YOU'LL SEE ON THEIR RESILIENCY AND ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES IS RESILIENCY IS IS PREPARING FOR THINGS LIKE FLOODING RAIN EVENTS AND STUFF THAT WE'VE HAD THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR THAT HAVE GIVEN US SOME ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS SO GREEN INITIATIVES AS ARE ALL THINGS THAT WILL ADDRESS MAY

[II. Welcome and Introductions]

SO THE AVERAGE AGE IS STARTING TO CREEP UP TO THOSE THAT MOVED HERE AND HAVE STAYED HERE AND ARE RAISING THEIR HERE. MEDIAN PER CAPITA INCOME IS A LITTLE SHORT OF $75,000.

MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD IS A LITTLE OVER 106 AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT NUMEROUS TIMES YOU CAN SEE THE INCREASE IN HOUSING COSTS WITH THE AVERAGE RENT BEING A LITTLE OVER $2,000 RIGHT NOW AND THE MEDIAN HOME VALUE PUSHING CLOSE TO 400 AND I WOULD SAY OVER THE LAST YEAR THE AVERAGE IS CONTINUING TO INCREASE AS WE'VE SEEN IN THE MARKET JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE ON THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS AS MAYOR SAWKA SAID EARLIER MOSTLY MASTER PLANNED SO OUR OUR COMMUNITY 90% OF IT IS IN PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS AND YOU CAN SEE THEM ON THE MAP HERE IN THE DIFFERENT COLORS.

WHAT YOU HAVE OVER HERE ON THE LEFT IS TO SHOW HOW THE BUILD OUT IS GOING OUT SO YOU CAN SEE NEW RESIDENTIAL UNITS INCREASED BY 6% OVER THE LAST YEAR. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT PALMETTO BLUFF WENT UP ABOUT 3%. JONES ESTATE WAS 3% BUT A LOT OF THE OLDER ONES ARE BLUFFTON VILLAGE IS AT 84% BUILD OUT BUT THEY REALLY DIDN'T. OVER THE LAST YEAR MOST OF OUR GROWTH HAS TAKEN AS WE KNOW OFF OF 170 NEW AND A NEW RIVERSIDE .

YOU CAN SEE THAT HERE WITH THE PERMITS ISSUED. SO AGAIN IF YOU GO BACK TO THAT 19, 20, 19, 2020, 20, 21 WHEN WE STARTED SEEING THAT INCREASE DURING COVID THOSE ARE THAT'S A BIG GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO MOVED HERE AND AS CRAZY AS THAT SOUNDS, 2020 IS PUSHING YOU FOUR YEARS OLD DOWN. SEEMS LIKE WE JUST STARTED THIS HIT THE TWENTIES AND NOW WE'RE ABOUT TO HIT THE HALFWAY POINT . THAT'S WHERE WE'RE SEEING OUR MEDIAN AGE GO UP BECAUSE THOSE MOVED HERE BACK DURING THAT TIME PERIOD AND THEY'VE BEEN HERE FOR SEVERAL YEARS. YOU CAN NOTICE THAT THE VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION THOUGH THE PERMITS WENT DOWN ACTUALLY STILL STAYED A LITTLE HIGHER. THAT REFLECTS THE COST TO BUILD THAT WE'RE SEEING AND THE COST JUST TO DO WE SAW THAT GO UP DURING COVID AND THAT'S STILL HOLDING TRUE GOING FORWARD RIGHT NOW. SO COMMERCIAL AS YOU KNOW DONE A REAL BIG PUSH ON COMMERCIAL. WE ACTUALLY HAVE OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.

WE'RE A BETTER QUARTER FOR MORE COMMERCIAL. WE'VE DONE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CENTER STONE CASTLE ENCOURAGE MORE COMMERCIAL AS WE IF WE GO BACK AND YOU LOOK AT TOTAL BUILDOUT RESIDENTIAL BUILDOUT IS ABOUT 78% BUT OUR COMMERCIAL RIGHT NOW IS ONLY ABOUT 36%.

SO COMMERCIAL BEHIND RESIDENTIAL BECAUSE THEY WANT THE RESIDENTS TO BE HERE BEFORE THEY A GROCERY STORE WHERE THEY BUILD THE DOCTOR FOR THEY BUILD THE KIND OF FACILITIES THAT SUPPORT THE RESIDENTS THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE ACTUALLY LIVING HERE SO OUR PUSH OVER THE LAST YEAR OR TWO HAS REALLY BEEN TO GET MORE COMMERCIAL BUILD OUT TO SUPPORT OUR RESIDENTS IN THE SERVICES THAT THEY NEED. SO YOU CAN START SEEING THE SQUARE FOOTAGE ISN'T NECESSARILY AGAIN GOING UP AS FAST AS IT DID DURING 2020 BUT YOU CAN STILL SEE THE VALUE OF IS CONTINUING TO INCREASE BECAUSE OF THE COST TO ACTUALLY GET WORK DONE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY MULTIFAMILY YOU CAN SAY WE HAD QUITE A FEW THAT CAME IN RIGHT AT THE START OF COVID AND A COUPLE IN 2022. SINCE THEN IT'S BEEN REALLY SLOW. I WILL NOTE THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE TWO MULTIFAMILY UNITS THAT

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SO THE TWO OF THOSE ARE ACTUALLY IN PROCESS. THEY'VE THE ONE ON BLUFFTON PARKWAY IS MOVING DIRT THEY'LL BE BORDERLINE THE PULL IN PERMITS WHETHER THIS YEAR OR WHETHER NEXT FISCAL YEAR. BUT WE HAVE TWO MULTIFAMILY WE KNOW THAT ARE COMING.

SO WE'LL SEE WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS NUMBER NEXT YOU'LL SEE A SPIKE FOR 2025 OR 2026 THAT TIME PERIOD. BUT IT JUST SHOWS YOU THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF EVERYTHING THAT'S BEING BUILT IN OUR COMMUNITY IS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL VERSUS MULTIFAMILY.

RIGHT. OR NOW WE'RE SEEING THE PICKUP IN COMMERCIAL SO JUST TO GIVE SOME HIGHLIGHTS ON WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, WE RELATED TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A NOTE FOR OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING. WE DO THIS IN NOVEMBER BUT OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING RUNS FISCAL YEARS SO THE CURRENT STRATEGIC PLAN WE JUST STARTED JULY 1ST SO WE'RE PUSHING ABOUT FOUR MONTHS FIVE MONTHS INTO THERE SO SOME OF THESE UPDATES YOU'RE GOING TO SEE ARE THINGS THAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED ALREADY OR IN THE PROCESS ARE GETTING CLOSE TO ACCOMPLISH BUT WE STILL HAVE ABOUT ANOTHER 18 MONTHS TO GO WITHIN THIS STRATEGIC STRATEGIC PLAN WHICH IS WHY WE WANT TO SIT DOWN AS WE GET INTO BUDGETING FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR AND. DO THIS TO HERE SAY SHOW YOU WHAT IT'S MOVING FORWARD NOW HEAR FROM COUNCIL TO MAKE SURE IF THERE'S ANY PRIORITIES THAT NEED TO CHANGE AND SURE WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION WITH COUNCIL SO THAT AS WE GET INTO THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR WHICH AGAIN AS CRAZY AS IT SOUNDS WE'LL START NEXT WEEK WITHIN STAFF AND THEN YOU HAVE A COPY OF THE BUDGET A CALENDAR IN YOUR BINDER WILL GET STARTED REALLY FULL FULL THROTTLE IN JANUARY. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE GET INTO OUR BUDGET WHAT WE'RE BRINGING IN TO COUNCIL FOR BUDGET MATCHES THE PRIORITIES THAT WE'RE SEEING IN STRATEGIC THAT WE HEAR HERE TODAY SO A BIT FOR SOME OF THE FOR GROWTH MANAGEMENT YOU CAN SEE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM WE WERE ABLE TO SO FAR LAST YEAR WE DID 38 LOW TO MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS THAT WERE ASSISTED WITH ALMOST HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT NUMBER HAS ACTUALLY INCREASED IN THIS BUDGET BECAUSE WE MORE MONEY THAT WE'VE BUDGETED AND WE ALSO RECEIVED A GRANT FROM THE FROM THE BEAUFORT JASPER REGIONAL HOUSING TRUST TO ADDRESS ADDITIONAL HOMES AND AGAIN CAN'T TALK ABOUT THAT WITHOUT DON'T THINK VICKI'S IN HERE BUT THE WORK THAT VICKI HAS DONE TO HELP MAKE THAT PROGRAM SUCCESSFUL WHICH IS AGAIN WHY SHE'S EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR RIGHT NOW UNTIL HAVE OUR NEXT ONE WE ALSO HAVE OUR BLUEPRINT BLUFFTON WHICH IS OUR COMP PLAN THAT WAS ADOPTED BY COUNCIL THAT GUIDES WHAT WE DO THROUGHOUT THE NEXT DECADE. SO STARTING WITH DON RYAN CENTER WE HAVE JUST SOME PROGRAMS TALKING ABOUT THEIR START UP AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANYTHING THAT'S IN HERE WE HAVE DEPARTMENT HEADS AROUND THE TABLE SO COUNSELORS WE GET TO ANYTHING THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL DETAILS YOU WANT OR ANYTHING PLEASE AGAIN VERY, VERY INFORMAL STOP.

LET ME KNOW AND WE'LL MAKE SURE ADDRESS COUNSEL'S QUESTIONS AS WE MOVE FORWARD OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT COMES UP. WE ALSO HAVE GROWTH COMPANIES AND YOU CAN SEE A COUPLE OF THE ONES THAT THEY HAVE LISTED HERE WITH BEACH TIRE, BLUFFTON ELECTRIC AND THEN YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE ENTREPRENEUR PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH LIKE CHANGE POINTE HARDY GREENS WHICH I THINK THEY ACTUALLY JUST DID A GROUNDBREAKING A FEW MONTHS A COUPLE MONTHS AGO. WE'RE DOING A BIG OPEN HOUSE ON THE SEVENTH SO THEIR VIEW RADICALLY INCREASED THEIR BUSINESS FOOTPRINT WHICH GOES INTO PART OF OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH DRC WHERE OUR REACH HAS NOW GONE BEYOND JUST BLUFFTON WHERE WE WORK THEY ACTUALLY PARTNER WITH HARTVILLE TO SERVE AS THEIR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNER AND AND YOU SEE WHEN YOU SEE HARDY GREENS HARDY VILLE SO OTHER KEY ITEMS I THINK DAVID HAS TALKED MORE ON AIR THIS PAST SIX MONTHS THAN I THINK ANYBODY ELSE IN THE COUNTRY HAS EVERY TIME WE SEE HIM OUR AT OUR WEDNESDAY MORNING MEETINGS HE'S WENT AND TALKED TO SOMEBODY ABOUT HOW TO INTEGRATE IN A SMALL BUSINESS OR INTO BUSINESS IN GENERAL BUT HE'S DONE A GOOD JOB IN PUSHING THAT AND ALSO WORKING TO ASSIST OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES ON HOW THEY CAN INTEGRATE IT TO MAKE THEIR BUSINESSES MORE EFFICIENT AND USE AIR TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

KEY PARTNERSHIPS YOU SAW THAT ON DISPLAY WHEN WE DID THE GROUNDBREAKING FOR THE THE HIVE OR BUCKWALTER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT WE HAD EDC THERE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION WE HAD PALMETTO ELECTRIC WE HAD THE POWER TEAM FOR THE STATE YOU YOU HAD ALL

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Y'ALL HAVE APPROVED PROBABLY CLOSE TO A HANDFUL OVER THE LAST 12 TO 18 MONTHS.

I'M ASSUMING WE'RE GOING TO SEE SOME NEW ONES COMING IN. THERE'S LOT OF HEALTH CARE THAT IS GETTING READY TO DEVELOP ESPECIALLY ON THE BUCKWALTER AND HEALTH CARE IS ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT'S IN OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE PROGRAM TO BE A PRIORITY TO PUSH BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE WAS A GAP FOR THAT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE GROWTH WITH THE DIFFERENT EXPANDING THEIR OPTION OFFERINGS ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THEY DID WHEN THEY AN OFFSHORE AWARD FROM THE GREATER BLUFFTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR THE OF THE YEAR LAST YEAR SO PROUD OF THEM FOR THAT ALL RIGHT TALK ABOUT H.R.

AND I'M ON SLIDE TO THE SIDE SO I DON'T FEEL LIKE I KEEP TURNING BACK TO EVERYBODY.

Y'ALL DID A LOT WITH EMPLOYEE BENEFITS THIS PAST YEAR SO I KNOW EMPLOYEES HAVE BEEN APPRECIATIVE OF THAT AND TAKING CARE OF OUR EMPLOYEES ESPECIALLY THE SUPPORT AND APPROVAL FROM COUNCIL GOES A LONG TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR EMPLOYEES FEEL WELCOME THAT THEY FEEL LIKE THEY WANT TO BE HERE AND THAT THE TOWN AND EVERYBODY FROM TOP ALL WAY THROUGH SUPPORTS WHAT WE'RE DOING. SO WE INSTITUTED PARENTAL LEAVE THAT STARTED JULY 1ST. WE'VE ACTUALLY ALREADY HAD SOMEONE LEAST ONE PERSON I KNOW TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT. WE INSTITUTED A INSTITUTED A PTO DONATION POLICY.

WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF SETTING UP THE COMMITTEE AND GETTING THAT IN PLACE RIGHT NOW.

WE ALSO CREATED HOMEBUYING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TO DATE WE'VE HAD TWO PEOPLE ALREADY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT AND I WILL PROUDLY SAY THAT I WON'T NAME NAMES BUT ONE OF THEM IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY IT WAS PUT IN PLACE THAT SHOWED UP TO THE AFFORDABLE COMMITTEE FOR A YEAR, WAS ABLE TO GET IT IN A HOME AND USE A HOMEBUYING PROGRAM TO GET IN THERE.

SO WE WERE HAPPY FOR HER FOR BEING ONE OF THE FIRST ONES TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT . WE ALSO IMPLEMENTED OUR TOWN'S FIRST WELLNESS EVENT WHICH WAS HERE H.R PUT THAT ON AND WE DID SCREENINGS, WE DID HAD BLOODWORK WE ALSO DID EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR PEOPLE SO IT ENDED UP HAVING WHAT ABOUT 70, 75 EMPLOYEES THAT ATTENDED THAT SO IT WAS OUR FIRST ANNUAL ONE SO WE HOPE TO CONTINUE THAT AND HOPE TO CONTINUE TO GROW ON THAT AS WELL. AND WE AGAIN FAMILY EVENTS WE DID A TOWN TO THE GHOST PIRATES LAST YEAR AND KIND OF INVITED FAMILY AND EMPLOYEES OUT TO JUST HAVE SOMETHING TO GET GET PEOPLE TOGETHER OUTSIDE OF THE WORKPLACE.

WE ALSO DID A FAMILY EMPLOYEE AT OUR AT THE BUCK WATER PARK. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO DO MORE IN RECRUITING. WE KNOW IT'S A STRUGGLE TO FIND EMPLOYEES TO COME WORK HERE.

WE'VE WE'RE SEEING THAT NOT ONLY WITH POLICE BUT WE HAVE A PLANNER POSITION RIGHT NOW THAT'S BEEN OPEN FOR TWO MONTHS AND I THINK WE'VE RECEIVED A TOTAL OF THREE OR FOUR APPLICATION DURING THAT TIME PERIOD. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS PUSHING TO DO IS TO GET OUT AND BUILD MORE PARTNERSHIPS. THEY'VE GONE TO MORE OF THE THE HISTORIC BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES WE HAVE THEY'RE ACTUALLY AT COASTAL CAROLINA AT A JOB FAIR RIGHT NOW. SO WORKING TO TRY TO GET MORE ON CAMPUS AND DO MORE TO RECRUIT A LOT OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE BROUGHT TO OUT TO IMPROVE WE'RE HOPING WILL HELP WITH THE RECRUITMENT BUT WE KNOW TRYING TO GET SOMEBODY TO TAKE A JOB MOVE INTO THIS AREA WITH THE IT'S IT'S CAN BE DIFFICULT SO BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT H.R. IS FOCUSED ON IS IS OUR RECRUITING AND ONE OF THE REASONS WE PUSH RETENTION SO HARD IS TRY TO KEEP THE EMPLOYEES THAT WE HAVE HERE BECAUSE WE KNOW SOMETIMES IT CAN BE DIFFICULT TO RECRUIT NEW ONES IN TO REPLACE THEM ESPECIALLY AT THE SAME LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE SKILL SET THEY MAY

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AND WE'VE ALSO SEEN A 2% AND GETTING OUR CASES DISPOSED DISPOSED AS WE GO THROUGH WHICH IS STILL PICKING UP AS WE KNOW DURING COVID WE FELL A LOT BEHIND BECAUSE WE COULDN'T EVEN HAVE CAUGHT BASED ON SOME THE RULINGS THAT CAME DOWN OR THE GUIDANCE THAT CAME FROM THE CHIEF JUSTICE. SO WE'RE STILL WORKING AND BEING ABLE TO CLEAR CASES OUT IS ALWAYS AN THING. ALL RIGHT. SO IN FINANCE AGAIN FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY IS ONE OF OUR KEY GOALS YOU WE USE WHAT OUR DIGITAL BUDGET BROKE THIS YEAR . SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS OPEN EVERYTHING UP TO BE MORE TRANSPARENT WE HAVE OUR PERMIT FINDER MAPS, WE HAVE A BUNCH MAPS THAT WE PUT ONLINE. HEATHER'S GOING TO GO THROUGH IN A MINUTE, SHOW YOU WHAT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN LOOKS LIKE BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT TO GO LIVE ONTO OUR WEBSITE AND BE IN AND BE INTERACTIVE AND BECOME LIVE THE SAME SOFTWARE WE'RE USING NOW FOR THAT ALSO WILL TIE INTO OUR DIGITAL BUDGET BOOK. WE'LL BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY TRACK OUR KPIS THIS SO EVERYTHING WILL TALK TO EACH OTHER AND I'LL BE ONLINE LIVE SO AS WE MAKE CHANGES TO THE BUDGET IT'S LIVELY IT'S LIVE UPDATED PEOPLE CAN IN AND SEARCH AND LOOK FOR ANYTHING THEY WANT TO WHEN WE MAKE AN UPDATE A STRATEGIC PLAN ITEM IT WILL BE ON OUR WEBSITE LIVE AND UPDATED SO THAT WILL ROLL OUT IN JANUARY 1ST. BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN PUSHING AND IT WITH THE BUDGET TRYING TO GET IT MORE TRANSPARENT AND AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE.

SO WE WERE AWARDED A DISTINGUISHED BUDGET PRESENTATION FOR 25 AND I THINK THAT'S WE'VE RECEIVED THAT SINCE LIKE 2008 THAT SOMETHING LIKE THAT IS GETTING CLOSE 20 YEARS IN A ROW IT'S LIKE 1516 YEARS IN A ROW. WE ALSO RECEIVE FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW OUR SPECIAL RECOGNITION FOR LONG RANGE OPERATIONAL FINANCIAL PLANNING WHICH GOES AGAIN TO COUNCIL POLICIES THAT ALLOW US TO SET US FUNDS, RESERVE FUNDS ASIDE TO PLAN FOR CAPITAL REPLACEMENT ,TO PLAN FOR HURRICANE RESPONSE, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PLAN LONG TERM AND WE HAVE THE FUNDS AVAILABLE TO HANDLE THE GROWTH AND THE FUTURE OBLIGATIONS WE HAVE COMING AND THEN WHEN WE PUT THIS ONLINE THEY'LL ACTUALLY BE A LINK THE DIGITAL BUDGET BOOK SO ANYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY WHO WANTS TO GO SEE IT CAN ACTUALLY GO BUT WE ACTUALLY USE IT IN THE BUDGET PROCESS FOR THIS YEAR. A COUPLE OTHER THINGS WE DID A NEW BUSINESS LICENSE SOFTWARE EVOLVE AND I WILL SAY IT'S A SUCCESS AND I WILL GAUGE THAT ON THE FACT THAT WHEN ANYBODY CALLS YOU TO COMPLIMENT YOU ON YOU MONEY I TAKE THAT AS A POSITIVE SO I WE'VE HAD ABOUT A HALF DOZEN PEOPLE WHO REACHED OUT TO US THAT TOLD US HOW EASY IT WAS TO USE THIS NEW SOFTWARE COMPARED TO THE OLD WAY OF PAYING AND THEN SOME THAT WE REACHED OUT TO TO CATCH UP ON PAYMENTS WHO WROTE A LETTER SAYING THANK YOU BECAUSE THEY WERE UNAWARE AND THEN HOW HOW GREAT OUR PEOPLE WERE AND HOW EASY IT WAS TO GET CAUGHT UP.

SO ANY TIME SOMEBODY COMPLIMENTS YOU ON SOFTWARE TO GIVE YOU MONEY I'LL TAKE IT AS A POSITIVE. SO THAT WAS A NEW THING THAT WAS IMPLEMENTED THIS FISCAL YEAR AS YOU CAN SEE WE CREATED A 237% RENEWAL OVER THAT AND WE ATTRIBUTE A LOT OF THAT TO THE NEW SOFTWARE MAKING IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO GO IN AND MAKE THEIR PAYMENTS.

AND WE ALSO WERE ABLE TO REDUCE THE BACKLOG BECAUSE OF THAT AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET PEOPLE'S LICENSES INTO THEM EARLIER THAN WE HAD IN THE PAST. SO AGAIN, EFFICIENCY THE INCREASE OF 237%. SO WHEN IT SAYS ISSUED IN APRIL THE DUE DATE FOR LICENSE RENEWALS IN APRIL SO BECAUSE IT'S EASIER PROCESS AND EASIER TO GET THROUGH WE WERE ABLE TO PROCESS SO MUCH MORE BY APRIL THAT NORMALLY WE WOULD HAVE DRUG ON UNTIL MAY OR JUNE TRYING TO ENTER AND GET CAUGHT UP SO IT JUST TELLS YOU HOW MUCH MORE EFFICIENT STAFF WAS ABLE TO BE DURING THE RENEWAL PERIOD WITHOUT HAVING TO GO TO MAY, JUNE, JULY TRYING TO STILL KEEP PROCESSING BUSINESS LICENSES SO IT'S NOT THAT GROWTH IN REVENUE IT WAS JUST THAT GROWTH IN EFFICIENCY AND AGAIN WORK MORE EFFICIENTLY. I DIDN'T GET DOWN TO THAT

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SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TRAINING WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE NOT ONLY OUR SYSTEM AND NETWORK BUT OUR AS SECURE AS WE CAN. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE PUSH OUT AND WE DO AS MUCH TRAINING AS WE DO CONTINUING TO WORK ON OUR DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. SO WHAT THIS DOES IS IT MAKES OUR ALL OF OUR DOCUMENTS CLOUD BASED WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE THAT DONE THIS FISCAL YEAR IT TAKES EVERYTHING WHERE IT ON A SERVER AND MOVES IT TO A CLOUD DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM SO THAT WE CAN ACCESS ALL OF OUR DOCUMENTS ANYWHERE VIRTUALLY AND US JUST AGAIN BUSINESS MORE EFFICIENT IT GIVES US REDUNDANCY AND IT GIVES PROTECTION SO THAT IF A SERVER CRASHES WE DON'T LOSE ACCESS TO ALL OF OUR DOCUMENTS SOME PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT UPDATES WE'VE ABOUT THIS THING A COUPLE OF TIMES BUT WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING A TREE SURVEY FOR ALL OUR TOWN FACILITIES. THEY'RE ACTUALLY IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THAT LAST WEEK AND THIS WEEK. SO WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT REPORT HERE IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS SO WE GET AN IDEA ANY TREES THAT MAY NEED TO HAVE MAINTENANCE LIMITING THAT WE NEED TO BE PLANNING FOR A POTENTIAL REPLACEMENT. SO WE'LL HAVE THAT HERE IN THE NEXT TWO OR THREE WEEKS AND WE CAN START MAKING SOME PLANS AS WE GO INTO THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR ON WHAT WE NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO THE RIGHT AWAY AS CORRECT NEXT BUDGET YEAR GOAL IS TO DO OUR TOWN RIGHT AWAY SHE ASKED FOR ALL THE ALL THE TOWN OWNED ROADS BECAUSE IF YOU NOTICE WITH A LOT OF THE TREES THAT WE HAD DOWN DURING HURRICANE HELENE MOST OF THE ONES THAT FELL ON TOWN ROADS WERE IN THE TOWN RIGHT AWAY. SO THAT'S OUR NEXT GOAL IS TO GO OUT THERE AFTER WE FINISH THIS AND START AT THE ONES ALONG THE ROADWAY TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY WE NEED TO ADDRESS AS WELL. BUT WITH THE ONE ESPECIALLY THE ONE THAT CAME DOWN IN DUBOIS AND TOOK DOWN THE PAVILION, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT TOWN FACILITIES AS WELL AS RESIDENTS ARE FROM THAT SO A BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE WE'RE WORKING ON A BUTTERFLY GARDEN AT THE NEW RIVERSIDE PARK THAT'S GOING TO GO UP RIGHT TOWARDS NEAR THE TRAFFIC CIRCLE. THAT RIGHT TRAFFIC CIRCLE IS AT THAT CORNER BETWEEN THE RESTROOMS TO THE BARN TO THE BARN. THANK YOU SO AND THEN SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT RIGHT NOW AS WELL AS BEAUTIFICATION AT THE WELCOME SIGNS AND SOME ADDITIONAL PLANTINGS WE ALSO NEED TO WE KNOW LIKE WE DO OUR FLOWER POTS COUPLE OF TIMES A YEAR THEY'RE COMING UP ON REPLACEMENT ONES WHEN GET CHANGED OUT FOR THE WINTER AND BEFORE CHRISTMAS BEFORE THE CHRISTMAS YOU KNOW SO WE CHANGE ABOUT IN THE WINTER WE CHANGE ABOUT IN THE SPRING ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE NOTICED IS EVERY NOW AND THEN OUR SPRINKLERS, OUR WATERING SYSTEM SO WE'VE GOT TO BE BETTER CHECKING ON THAT BECAUSE IT LEAVES A DEAD PLANT ALSO IMPROVED OUR TRAINING TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A FEW NEW EMPLOYEES THAT ARE WORKING THERE BUT TO DO SOME WITH THEM AND WE'VE ALSO KIND OF REORDERED A LITTLE BIT ON HOW THEY'RE WORKING. SO WE HAVE THREE DIVISIONS NOW WE HAVE A GROUNDS FACILITY MAINTENANCE AND A ROAD AND DRAINAGE MAINTENANCE AND THEN THEY'VE BEEN SET UP AND TEAMS WHERE THEY HAVE WHICH IS THEY HADN'T BEEN BEFORE WHERE WE HAVE THEIR OWN TRUCK TRAILER EQUIPMENT EVERYTHING IS ON TWO TEAMS THEY HAVE THEIR FACILITY AND SO WORK IN GROUPS AND THEY'RE NOT OUT INDIVIDUALLY WORKING TO ADDRESS ITEMS FOR THEM.

IT'S BEEN A BUSY SUMMER. WE'VE HAD THREE NAMED STORMS COME THROUGH.

WE HAD HELENE, DEBBIE AND MILTON NOT REALLY MUCH FOR MILTON BUT HELENE WAS A LOT CLEANUP AND I CAN'T SPEAK ENOUGH ON HOW OUR PUBLIC SAFETY WERE OUT BEFORE THE SUN WAS UP AND WAS STARTING TO CLEAR ROADS. DEBBIE MOST OF IT WAS RAIN FLOODING. THEY WERE OUT PUTTING UP BARRICADE OR MOVING BARRICADES BUT AGAIN THEN THE POLICE OUT IN THE WEATHER THE STORM BEFORE IT EVEN CLEARS TO START RESPONSE IT'S BEEN A BUSY, BUSY SEASON FOR THEM SOME POLICE DEPARTMENT, A FEW AWARDS SO THEY'VE HAD THIS YEAR ONE TO JUST HIT SOME HIGHLIGHTS ON THAT WE HAVE MET ALL OF VALOR OFFICER YOUNG HE I KNOW HE PULLED SOMEBODY FROM A BURNING VEHICLE.

HE DID CPR I THINK ON AN INFANT UNTIL SO HE HAS TWO OR THREE LIFE SAVING EVENTS JUST IN THIS

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SO AS YOU CAN SEE SEVEN OFFICERS THERE AND THEN WE ALSO LIEUTENANT MAYORS WAS RECOGNIZED AS 40 UNDER 40 BY THE POLICE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION. HER AND CHIEF WERE JUST UP THERE I THINK ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF AGO GETTING THAT RECOGNITION AND THEN WE HAVE LIEUTENANT FAZEKAS IS AT THE FBI ACADEMY RIGHT NOW. WE'VE ALREADY HEARD FROM A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE SAD THAT HE'S THERE BECAUSE HIS HOUSE ISN'T DECORATED FOR HALLOWEEN AND I'M MY UNDERSTANDING IS HE GOES ALL OUT FOR HALLOWEEN SO SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS MIGHT BE A LITTLE BUMMED BUT WE'RE HAPPY THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO GROW AND TRAIN OUR OFFICERS FOR FUTURE ROLES WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT A FEW NEW PROGRAMS WE HAVE A MENTORSHIP TO HIRE PROGRAM AND THEN WE'VE ALSO STARTED A TRAFFIC STOP AWARENESS PROGRAM. CHIEF HAS ACTUALLY MET WITH JCP AND THEY'RE GOING TO USE OUR PROGRAM TO HELP TRAIN AS WELL. BUT ALL OUR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS ARE ACTUALLY TRAINING GOING INTO THE TRAINING SET DRIVE ON WHAT TO DO DURING TRAFFIC STOPS.

WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION INTERNALLY A COUPLE OF TIMES WITHOUT YOU KNOW, NOT A LOT OF PARENTS TEACH THEIR KIDS WHEN YOU GET PULLED OVER BY A POLICE OFFICER WHAT YOU DO SO THEY DON'T KNOW LIKE YOU KNOW, TURN YOUR RADIO DOWN, THEY TAKE YOUR SEATBELT OFF.

DON'T START REACHING ACROSS THE CAR. LOOK, YOU KNOW AND SO WE'RE DOING THE SRS DURING TRAINING. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF GOOD FEEDBACK STUDENTS AND FROM THE THE PRINCIPALS AND THEN LIKE I SAID JOE CHIEF WENT AND MET WITH ACP AND THEY'RE MEETING MONTHLY ALSO WENT THE PROGRAM WE'RE DOING BECAUSE THEY WERE LOOKING TO DO SOMETHING SIMILAR AND FOR THE CHIEF TO SEND HIS PROGRAM OVER AND THEY'RE NOW GOING TO USE OUR PROGRAM TO DO TRAINING AS WELL. SO AGAIN JUST ANOTHER SERVICE OUT TO THE COMMUNITY GROWTH MANAGEMENT. THEY PUT SQUIRE POPE CARRIAGE HOUSE REHABILITATION ON HERE.

I'LL LET KEVIN I GUESS TAKE SOME HIS DEPARTMENT TAKES SOME BLAME FOR THAT.

I MEAN I THINK IT WAS A IAP PROJECT WE PUT IT MULTIPLE PLACES DEBBIE'S TEAM MIGHT TAKE LITTLE BIT OF IT BECAUSE THEY'RE GETTING READY TO RUN IT AS A WELCOME CENTER.

BUT IF YOU'VE GONE BY AND YOU'VE SEEN SQUIRE POPE GO FROM BEING LIFTED OFF THE GROUND ABOUT EIGHT FEET TO BACK DOWN TO RENOVATION, IT WILL THE TOWN'S WELCOME CENTER.

IT IS OPENING JANUARY SIX THAT MONDAY. SO WE WILL WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT GETTING EVERYBODY IN OPEN THAT UP TO THE PUBLIC THEY CAN COME IN AND SEE IT AND SEE ALL THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE AS THAT GLENN HAS BEEN GOING AROUND AND HE ACTUALLY PRESENTED TO THE SOUTHEAST CHAPTER OF SOCIETY ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN SO I HAD TURN AND READ THAT I COULDN'T REMEMBER THAT BUT HE ACTUALLY I THINK WAS JUST THERE A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO AND PRESENTING ABOUT THIS RENOVATION PROJECT TO OTHER HISTORIC PRESERVATION INDIVIDUALS AROUND THE COUNTRY. SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THIS. I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG PROJECT AND. IT'S SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL SET IN MOTION SEVERAL YEARS AGO BY BUYING THE PROPERTY. SO I'M GLAD THAT WE CAN GET IT DONE AND MOVE FORWARD.

COUPLE OTHER GROWTH MANAGEMENT HIGHLIGHTS. THEY DID A LEAN PROCESS AS YOU CAN SEE WITH ALL THE STICKY NOTES OVER HERE. WHAT THEY DID IS THEY LOOKED WHAT A PERMIT TO GO FROM DIRT TO PERMIT TO START A PERMIT. LET'S SEE WHAT DID WE CALL IT? DIRT TO HOME SO THE GOAL WAS YOU HAVE A BLANK PIECE OF DIRT. YOU COME IN TO GET IT READY TO PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT. SO WE WANTED TO REVIEW THAT BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT PROCESS CAN BE VERY CONVOLUTED. WE KNOW IT CAN BE VERY DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T DO IT DAY IN AND DAY OUT LIKE OUR STAFF DO. WE ALSO WANTED TO SEE IF WE COULD BE MORE EFFICIENT AT IT SO CAN SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT COLORS DOWN HERE THE SOME OF THESE ARE THINGS THAT YOU CAN BE REMOVED CAN'T BE REMOVED THAT WE CAN BE MORE EFFICIENT AT AND THE GOAL WE WENT INTO IT WAS TO REDUCE THE PROCESS DOWN. I THINK WAS BY LIKE TEN 20%.

WE'RE STILL ON IMPLEMENTING SOME OF THOSE. WE HAD SOME SHORT TERM SOME MEDIUM THERE'S KIND OF SOME LONG TERM GOALS TO COME OUT OF THAT WE'VE ALREADY DONE A GOOD BIT OF THE SHORT TERM ONES BUT WE'RE MEETING WITH THAT COMMITTEE ABOUT EVERY COUPLE OF MONTHS AND THEY WORKING IMPLEMENT THIS WAS THE FIRST ONE WE DID FOLLOWING ON THAT LEAN PROCESS. I KNOW FINANCE DID ONE I THINK ON YOUR AP REVENUE REVENUE PROCESS SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO LOOK TO DO THOSE INTERNALLY BECAUSE AS WITH ANYTHING THERE'S ALWAYS THAT YOU CAN TRY TO BE BETTER AND MAKE INCREMENTAL IMPROVEMENT TO MAKE THINGS MORE EFFICIENT AND WHEN YOU DO IT DAY IN AND DAY OUT SOMETIMES YOU NEED HELP TO COME IN AND DO THAT. SO PART OF THIS PROCESS IS YOU BRING PEOPLE IN DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE NOT INVOLVED TO GET FRESH EYES FRESH FRESH VISION AND TRY TO COME UP WITH WAYS TO

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YES, SIR. WHAT KIND OF RESULTS I MEAN ARE YOU SEEING A PERCENTAGE DECREASE ON THE STEPS OR A PARTICULAR OF ITEMS ELIMINATED OR WHAT ARE WE SEEING? I WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND ACTUALLY PULL THE LEAN PROCESS .

DID YOU BRING THE SPREAD SHEET AND? I'M PULLING IT UP RIGHT NOW.

I'M KEVIN PARKER DIRECTOR OF GROWTH MANAGEMENT. THE THE BIGGEST THING WAS MORE EFFICIENCY WE HAD REDUNDANT APPLICATIONS WE HAD 63 APPLICATIONS SO REDUCING THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS A LOT OF IT DEALING WITH BUILDING PERMITS AND THEN EFFICIENCY AND TIME THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST ITEMS THAT WE'VE HAD SPECIFICALLY WITH THE DEVELOPERS BECAUSE TIME IS MONEY IN THEIR EYES SO WHEN WE'RE MORE EFFICIENT WITH OUR OUR PLANS THAT'S LESS TIME THAT'S NEEDED FOR THE REVIEW AND IT'S IT'S JUST IT'S BETTER FOR THEM AND I MEAN NOT A BAD WAY LIKE WE'RE STILL OBVIOUSLY THOROUGHLY REVIEWING ALL PLANS FOR COMPLIANCE BUT JUST CUTTING CUTTING OUT EXCESS STEPS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE REDUCED AND WE CAN GO BACK AND TAKE THE SPREADSHEET AND I CAN GET YOU A BETTER ANSWER AFTER THIS BUT WAS JUST SOME THINGS WE HAD A PROCESS WE GAVE 30 DAYS AND WHEN WE WENT BACK AND SAID YOU KNOW WAS IT 30 DAYS AND WE'RE LIKE WELL WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD ENOUGH TIME.

WE WERE ABLE TO REDUCE TO 20 DAYS. SO THE GOAL WAS TRY TO REDUCE THE TIME FRAME AND LIKE HE SAID TO BE MORE EFFICIENT BECAUSE IT MORE EFFICIENT OUR STAFF IS THE MORE THEY CAN ADDRESS BUT WE'LL GET YOU THE ACTUAL WHAT HOW MANY DAYS AND AND STEPS WE WERE ABLE TO REMOVE IT ALSO CLEAR GOV HEATHER'S VERY PROUD OF THE CLAY SHE'S BEEN WORKING HARD YET HOUR AND CORY HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY HARD TO GET EVERYTHING UPDATED AND CLEAR GOV ONCE WE GET THIS ACTIVATED ACTUALLY THERE'LL BE OTHER THINGS PUT IN CLEAR GOV LIKE OTHER STRATEGIC PLANS LIKE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT PLAN I THINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING THE BUCK ON SOME AS WELL PLAYING IN THERE SO ALL OF THAT CAN BE TRACKED.

SPEAKING OF BACK ON SIMMONS VIDEO PLAN THAT ADOPTED BY COUNCIL IN 2024 FROM INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY PART OF THAT WAS TO LOOK AT A PARK WITHIN THE COMMUNITY WITH COUNCIL APPROVAL. WE WENT IN AND WE BOUGHT THE CORNER PARCEL THERE ON THE PARKWAY RIGHT ACROSS FROM EAGLES FIELD AT THE FIRST MEETING AFTER THAT WE ASKED COMMUNITY FOR INPUT. WE RECEIVE MUCH WE'RE GETTING READY TO DO THAT AGAIN.

WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON KIND OF PRELIMINARY OPTIONS TO SHOW TO THE COMMUNITY AND GET THEIR INPUT AND GET GUIDANCE BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE IT TO THE COMMUNITY TO GET INPUT FROM THEM SO THAT WHEN WE BUILD IT IT'S WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITY.

MAKE SURE IT HAS EVERYTHING THEY NEED TO PROVIDE PROVIDE TO THEM COMMUNICATION, COMMUNITY OUTREACH THERE'S IS ALL PICTURES BECAUSE EVERYTHING THEY DO IS IN THE PUBLIC AND WITH THE COMMUNITY AND KIDS WANT TO TALK ABOUT JOY. THIS IS WHERE THE JOY IN THE COMMUNITY IS IT'S IN COMMUNICATIONS AND OUTREACH SO YOU CAN SEE THE MOVIE NIGHTS, THE JUMP INTO SUMMER WATERSIDE EVENT, THE INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION, THE ANNUAL TREE LIGHTING AND CHRISTMAS PARADE SPOOKTACULAR WHICH WE JUST HAD FRIDAY LAST WEEK I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY KIDS THAT WE SHOW UP TO THAT A THOUSAND. WE STARTED A CONCERT SERIES THIS YEAR. WE DID HAVE TO CANCEL THE ONE AT OYSTER FACTORY DUE TO HURRICANE HELENE BUT THE NEXT ONE IS ACTUALLY TOMORROW NIGHT IT WILL BE ABOUT QUARTER.

IT'S OUR LAST ONE FOR THE SEASON SO WE'LL HAVE IT TOMORROW AND THEN THEY'VE BEEN WORKING HARD TO GET THE WELCOME CENTER. I THEY'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND THEY'RE READY TO START THAT NEXT NEXT WITHIN THEIR DEPARTMENT THEY'VE ALSO A WEBSITE REDESIGN TO PUT MORE FOCUS ON THE ITEMS THAT PEOPLE COME TO OUR WEBSITE FOR TO REDUCE THE I GUESS THE SPIDER WEB OF HAVING TO CLICK DOWN TO GET THE STUFF MADE A SEARCH BAR THAT'S AIR DRIVEN IN THE MIDDLE AS PREVALENT AS POSSIBLE SO THAT IF SOMEBODY COMES IN THERE AND THEY WANT TO FIND AN AGENDA TYPE AGENDAS AND IT'LL TAKE THEM STRAIGHT TO THE AGENDA UP INSTEAD OF HAVING TO DRILL PEOPLE DOWN INTO OUR WEBSITE AND MAKE IT MORE USER FRIENDLY A SIMILAR SEMIANNUAL NEWSLETTER WE SEND THAT OUT TWICE A YEAR AND THEN OUR ANNUAL REPORT IS ACTUALLY GETTING READY TO BE PRINTED RIGHT NOW WE'VE DID A REVISIONING OF THAT TO MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE COMPACT SO WE'LL HAVE THAT AND WE'LL GET THOSE OUT TO COUNCIL HOPEFULLY AND HOPEFULLY BY THE ACCOUNTS MEETING SOME WATERSHED AND I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO TOO MUCH OF THIS BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR A LOT FROM THEM WHEN WE GET TO RESILIENCY.

SO I'LL LEAVE THEM FOR A LOT OF THEIR STUFF THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON IN RESILIENCY BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF A LOT OF THIS AFTERNOON BUT THE BIG THINGS I'LL HIT ON

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SO WE'RE TRYING TO WORK ON GETTING WETLAND PROTECTIONS IN PLACE AND WE'RE WORKING AT THE STATE LEVEL TO HELP MAKE SURE THAT'S BEING DONE BECAUSE ONCE WE GOT INTO IT WE RECEIVED SOME LEGAL CONTRADICTION ON WHETHER WE CAN DO ANY THE THINGS WE WANTED TO DO LOCALLY.

SO NOW WE'RE WORKING WITH OTHER PARTNERS GET THERE. WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH THE INSTITUTE OUT OF FURMAN AND YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT THIS AFTERNOON AFTERNOON.

THE OTHER THING WE'RE DOING AND THESE ARE KIND OF MORE EXECUTIVE STUFF IS WE'RE DOING SOME ASSESSMENTS AND STUDIES AS YOU KNOW AS WE DO STRATEGIC STRATEGIC PLANNING WE SET GOALS A LOT THAT THAT COMES OUT OF THERE IS SOME CAPITAL PROJECTS WE'VE GOT A LOT CAPITAL PROJECTS ESPECIALLY WITH PARKS THAT ARE STARTING TO WRAP UP.

YOU'RE GETTING YOU KNOW WHEN WE GET INTO A CAPITAL PROJECT UPDATE YOU'RE GOING TO SEE STREETSCAPE PROJECTS READY TO GO. SO NOW'S THE TIME FOR US TO SIT DOWN, SAY OKAY WHAT IS OUR NEXT 5 TO 10 YEARS LOOK LIKE? SO WE HAVE COUPLE OF ASSESSMENTS GOING ON RIGHT NOW. WELL, ONE GOING ON NOW, ONE GETTING READY TO START THE MARCH. WE'RE LOOKING AT A PARK AND PATHWAY MASTER PLAN STUDY. THE GOAL IS TO START THAT AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR.

BUT WE WANT TO LOOK AT THE CURRENT PARKS THAT WE HAVE, THE LAND THAT WE HAVE AND POTENTIAL LAND THAT WE MAY NEED TO GIVE TO DETERMINE WHERE OUR GAPS ARE, WHERE WE MAY NEED MORE PARKS. THE COMMUNITY AGAIN WITH PATHWAYS WHERE WE NEED TO MAKE CONNECTIONS SIMILAR. WHAT THE GENTLEMAN TALKED ABOUT AND WHAT MAYOR SOCCER BROUGHT UP IS BUILDING ON WHAT WE HAVE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO FOCUS ON THERE WE DON'T REALLY FOCUS ON RIGHT NOW IS LIKE DO WE WANT TO LOOK AT BLUE WAYS BECAUSE WE HAVE GREENWAYS BUT WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE BLUE WAYS WITH BECAUSE WE'VE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE COME AND WE'VE HAD CONVERSATION AROUND KAYAKING AND STUFF LIKE THAT IN PADDLEBOARDING IS MAYBE PUTTING IN SOME BLUE WAYS FOR PEOPLE AND WORKING WITH THE COUNTY ON THAT.

THE OTHER ONE IS BUT WHAT WILL COME OUT OF THAT WILL HOPEFULLY BE A PLAN FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS SO WE CAN START TAKING AND PLANNING OUR CAPITAL CAP PROJECT THE CAPITAL PROJECTS OUT FOR THE NEXT 3 TO 5 YEARS BASED ON WHAT COMES OUT OF THIS AND WHAT COUNCIL WANTS TO PRIORITIZE IS OUT OF THAT STUDY. THE OTHER ONE IS THE FACILITIES AND SPACE NEEDS AS WE KNOW WITH THE GROWTH WITH THE EMPLOYEES THAT WE'RE ADDING WITH ADDITIONAL PARKS AND EXPANSION THAT WE'VE HAD, WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO NEED MORE SPACE OR MORE FACILITIES TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THAT. FOR EXAMPLE, PUBLIC SERVICES WERE NO WE WE HIRED THREE NEW EMPLOYEES THIS YEAR WE DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT BUT WE ANTICIPATE THERE ARE GOING TO BE MORE AS WE ADD MORE PARKS AND WE DO MORE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. THEY'RE OUTGROWING THE SPACE THAT THEY HAVE.

SO THE QUESTION IS DO WE NEED TO EXPAND SPACE, HAVE A SUBSTATION, DO THINGS LIKE THAT AS POLICE, AS A TOWN THAT CONTINUES TO GROW? IF WE NEED MORE OFFICERS THEY'RE GETTING TO CAPACITY IN THEIR SPACE. SO THIS THING IS TWOFOLD.

ONE, IT WILL TAKE THE CURRENT FACILITIES THAT WE HAVE AND IT WILL GIVE US A PLAN ACTION AND A CALENDAR ON WHAT WE NEED TO MAINTAIN WITHIN OUR CURRENT FACILITY.

IT WILL TELL US HERE'S THE ROOFS THAT NEED TO BE FIXED. HERE'S ONE HVAC NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. HERE'S WHEN THESE ITEMS TO BE ADDRESSED SO THAT CHRIS AND NATALIE CAN GO BACK AND IN THE BUDGET AND USE OUR CAPITAL REPLACEMENT FUNDS THAT WE HAVE SET ASIDE AND START PLANNING AND MAKING SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH FUNDS TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS THAT WE HAVE COMING IN THE NEXT 20 YEARS FOR OUR FACILITIES. THE OTHER THING IT WILL DO IS IT WILL SAY BASED ON THE CURRENT SERVICES YOU PROVIDE AND THE STAFF YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE THAT SHOULD YOU NEED AS YOU CONTINUE TO GROW AND YOU NEED MORE PEOPLE HERE SOME WAYS THAT YOU CAN GET SPACE WHETHER IT'S ADDING OWN OR WHETHER IT'S RECONFIGURING IT'S NEW LIKE WITH PUBLIC SERVICES IS AT A SUB OUT ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN SO THEY WILL COME WITH THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AND GIVE US OPTIONS TO CONSIDER SO THAT AGAIN WE CAN START MAKING PLANS BUDGETING FOR THOSE ITEMS IN THE FUTURE. WHAT DID YOU SAY THAT WOULD BE DONE IN THE FACILITY STUDY IS SHOULD BE WRAPPING UP BY THE END OF THIS YEAR WE STARTED THAT WE ACTUALLY GAVE THEM OUR FINAL COMMENTS THREE WEEKS AGO OR SO SO WE'RE ANTICIPATING HAVING THAT HERE PRETTY SOON AND THEN WE'LL HAVE AGAIN THEY'LL GIVE US AN ESTIMATE FOR RENOVATION AND STUFF SO WE CAN START PUTTING THAT INTO THE BUDGET GOING FORWARD FOR NEXT YEAR. BUT THEN THE PARKS AND REC WILL BE MORE PROBABLY STRATEGIC NEXT YEAR WE'LL HAVE THAT PROBABLY SUMMER NEXT YEAR AND WE CAN BRING IT TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN HAVE COUNCIL KIND OF GO THROUGH AND GIVE US PRIORITIES ON THINGS YOU WANT TO SEE OUT OF THAT. ALL RIGHT. SO SWITCH SWITCH.

SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO HEATHER HERE IN A SECOND BECAUSE SHE'S GOING TO TALK

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[IV. Review of Fiscal Years 25-26 Strategic Plan Action Agenda Progress Report]

SO HOW ARE WE GETTING THE WORK DONE? WE USED A DATABASE FORMAT SO IT WAS A STATIC DOCUMENT THAT WE WOULD GET APPROVED BY COUNCIL EVERY TWO YEARS.

SO IT WAS APPROVED BACK IN DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR AND WHEN WE PUT THAT ON THE WEBSITE IT'S STATIC, IT'S THE DOCUMENT, IT'S WHAT ARE WE WORKING ON YOU KNOW WHAT ARE THOSE INITIATIVES SEE WHAT YOU DON'T SEE IS OUR STATUS LIKE HOW ARE WE DOING? HOW'S IT GOING? SO WHAT WE DID IS THIS IS ALMOST LIKE ONE OF THOSE MAKEOVER SHOWS KNOW YOU IT'S ESSENTIALLY THE SAME THE SAME PERSON IT'S THE SAME PLAN. BUT HOW YOU MANEUVER THROUGH IT IS INTERACTIVE AND UP TO DATE AND CURRENT. SO WHAT THIS IS IS THIS IS THE SAME SOFTWARE THAT WE'RE USING FOR THE DIGITAL BUDGET BOOK. SO LIKE STEPHEN SAID EARLIER EVENTUALLY THEY WILL TALK TO EACH OTHER. WE'LL BE ABLE TO UPDATE IN ONE SPOT WE WON'T HAVE TO DO LIKE DUPLICATE REPORTS AND UPDATES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO TO BE MORE EFFICIENT AND HAVE ALL THAT SAME INFORMATION IN ONE PLACE SO GOAL IS AFTER THIS MEETING WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS TO DATE CURRENT MEETS TOWN COUNCIL'S GOALS AND GET THAT ONLINE JANUARY ONE. BUT THIS IS A PREVIEW WHAT YOU WILL SEE. ONE THING I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THIS IS A TWO YEAR PLAN SO WHEN YOU MANEUVER THROUGH THE DOCUMENT EVEN IF YOU WANT TO OVER TO THE LEFT YOU'LL SEE LIKE YOUR TABLE OF CONTENTS SO YOU'VE GOT TO SCROLL UP YOU'VE GOT YOUR GREETINGS FROM THE MAYOR TOWN COUNCIL THAT IS THE MAYOR TOWN COUNCIL AND THE MESSAGE AT THE TIME PLAN WAS APPROVED SO WHILE THERE WILL BE UPDATES IN STATUS IT IS THAT REFLECTS THE DATE THE DOCUMENT WAS APPROVED SO THAT WON'T BE UPDATED TILL NEXT YEAR SO LET'S SO THIS IS WHAT WOULD BE PUBLISHED ON THE TOWN'S WEBSITE TO LAST IS YOUR TABLE OF CONTENTS TYPE OF INFORMATION IF YOU SCROLL DOWN YOU HAVE OUR FOCUS AREAS WE HAVE SEVEN MAYOR MCCRACKEN HAD MENTIONED THE MAE RIVER THAT IS STILL OUR FOCUS AREA SO THAT IS STILL SOMETHING THAT WE DO PRIORITIZE AND WE DO HAVE GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR THAT AND THEN LIKE I SAID ACTION AGENDA ITEMS HOW DO WE DO IT HOW DO WE GET THAT WORK DONE? SO YOU'LL SEE THAT IF YOU DRILL DOWN CLICK ON THE AFFORDABLE WORKFORCE HOUSING THIS IS AGAIN ONE OF THOSE FOCUS AREAS THEN YOU DRILL DOWN FURTHER AND YOU'LL SEE THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES.

SO THOSE ARE THOSE A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAILED LIKE WHAT DO WE MEAN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING? WHAT DO WE MEAN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT QUALITY OF LIFE? AND THOSE ARE THOSE FOCUS AREAS AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT TOWN COUNCIL APPROVED AS PART OF THAT STRATEGIC PLAN. SO NOW WHAT I WILL SHOW YOU SO IF YOU KIND OF SCROLL UP THERE STEPHEN SO FOR EACH OF THOSE FOCUS AREAS YOU CAN SEE OVERALL SO THIS IS WHERE WE'RE AT WE ARE 53% COMPLETE. ALSO TO KEEP IN MIND THIS IS FISCAL SO WHAT WE'VE STARTED TO DO IS GO AND MOVE UP STRATEGIC PLANNING TO PRIOR TO BUDGET SO HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT RESOURCES TO ASK FOR IN THE BUDGET IF WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE WORKING? SO THE ACTION TO COMPLETE THESE ITEMS REALLY BEGINS JULY ONE THIS PAST THROUGH JUNE 30TH OF 2025.

SO YOU MAY SOME THINGS HERE YOU CAN KIND OF SEE HERE NOT STARTED REALLY NONE WHICH IS GREAT FOR ON TRACK ONE SIMPLY ONE'S FUTURE FUTURE WE'RE STILL ON TRACK SO WE STILL ARE TIME YOU KNOW WE'RE JUST GOING THROUGH IT. THEY'RE MADE THERE YOU'LL SEE UPDATES, REASONS WHY BUT AGAIN DON'T WANT ANYONE TO THINK THAT MEANS IT'S NOT HAPPENING.

WE'RE JUST WE'RE ONLY ABOUT WHAT SIX MONTHS AND SO THAT WILL GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE AGAIN, THIS IS AN OVERALL PICTURE OF THAT ENTIRE STRATEGIC FOCUS AREA.

SO THEN WHEN YOU DRILL DOWN YOU CAN KIND OF KEEP MORE INFORMATION IN THERE.

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SO THAT'S I'LL SAY WHAT THAT UPDATE WAS. SO THIS IS COMPLETE YOU'VE GOT YOUR PERCENTAGE THERE, YOU'VE GOT THAT UPDATE. SO THIS IS THAT HOUSING IMPACT ANALYSIS YOU CAN ALSO LOOK AT ATTACHMENTS. SO THIS IS WHERE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE LEAN PROCESS THAT WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF OUR GOALS WAS TO BE MORE EFFICIENT WITH OUR PERMITTING. SO THOSE ATTACHMENTS ARE INCLUDED IN THAT STRATEGIC ITEM. SO YOU DO HAVE TO DOWNLOAD IT. SO FOR THE SAKE OF TIME I WON'T NECESSARILY GO THROUGH THOSE UNLESS YOU'D LIKE US TO BUT YOU CAN CLICK ON THOSE ATTACHMENTS.

SO AGAIN VERY TRANSPARENT PEOPLE FROM THE PUBLIC WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THIS STAFF AGAIN.

IT WILL BE A LINK ON OUR WEBSITE OR COMMENT ACTUALLY THE EXCUSE ME THE LEAN PROCESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING BUT HOPEFULLY AT SOME POINT WE MIGHT INCORPORATE THAT INTO A NEWSLETTER YOU THE ONES WE USE QUARTERLY WHATEVER WHEREVER DEBBY IS IS JUST FOR DEBBY TO UPDATE THE PUBLIC SO EVERYBODY CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH WE CERTAINLY CAN DO THAT. THAT WOULD HELP IF YOU COULD PRESENT THOSE THAT ARE AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMITTEE MEETING AS WELL. SURE MOST CERTAINLY YEP.

YEAH. I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT AND GO THROUGH IT BECAUSE LIKE I SAID IT'S THIS I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK STAFF BUT I GUESS I WILL COME UP HERE SPEAKING THIS IS SO MUCH IT'S VERY EASY TO MANEUVER THERE'S REALLY NOTHING YOU MESS UP OR BREAK SO TO SPEAK.

LIKE I SAID, ANYTIME YOU BLUE YOU CAN CLICK ON IT AND KEEP DRILLING DOWN SO IT'S ALL THERE. LIKE I SAID WHAT WE HAD BEFORE IT STILL THE SAME INFORMATION BUT IT WAS AGAIN A DATABASE FORMAT SO. IT WAS YOU KNOW YOU HAD ALL YOUR DATA WHICH IS WORDS AND STATUSES AND THEN WE HAD TO PUT IT IN A FORMAT.

YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF HAD TO DO MAGIC TO PUT IT IN A FORMAT TO PRINT IT AND MAKE IT VISIBLE SO YES, I'M HAPPY TO DEMONSTRATE THIS TO THE FOR HOUSING OR ANY OTHER COMMITTEE OR OR GROUP SO AND ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF OURSELVES AS WE GOT AS WE DEVELOPED I KNOW YOU KNOW SPEAKING FOR CHIEF HE'S LIKE WE HAVE A STRATEGIC PLAN. WE CAN DO THIS FOR THAT AS WELL CAN DO IT FOR OUR BUCK ISLAND SIMMONS MEAL PLAN. WE COULD DO IT FOR ALL SORTS OF PLANS AGAIN TO ONE KEEP US ON TRACK AS STAFF AND TO PUT THOSE UPDATES AND THEN TO SO THAT IT IS TRANSPARENT AND EVERYONE KNOW WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON WHERE THE WHERE THE BUDGET MONEY IS GOING TO AND ALL OF THAT ALL THAT ENTAILS. SO FIONA CLICK OUT OF THAT SO I'M JUST GOING TO GO THROUGH ONE FROM EACH OF OUR FOCUS AREAS AGAIN UNLESS YOU HAVE OTHER UNLESS THERE'S SOMETHING YOU WANT TO FOCUS ON PLEASE LET US KNOW SO IF WE WANT TO CLICK ON THE THIRD ONE HERE AND THEN I WOULD GO DOWN TO BELIEVE NUMBER FOUR THE WELCOME CENTER.

SO AGAIN THIS IS ALL OF THEM YOU CAN SEE WHERE AT HERE'S THE WELCOME CENTER AGAIN.

THERE'S YOUR NOTES, YOUR UPDATES AND YOU CAN SCROLL DOWN AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S MULTIPLE STATUSES AND UPDATES. ONE THING THAT YOU WILL YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE ESPECIALLY THIS INITIAL YEAR IS WHILE WE WERE DEVELOPING THE SOFTWARE YOU'LL SEE THAT LINE KIND OF STAY PRETTY FLAT AS FAR AS UPDATES AND THEN YOU'LL SEE PEOPLE AS WE BUILT THE SOFTWARE AND GOT INTO IT THERE'S THOSE UPDATES. ONE THING THAT IS GREAT I WOULD SAY IS BECAUSE OF TRANSPARENCY WE IF THERE IS A DEADLINE SO THERE'S WHEN WE BUILD IT WE SET UP OUR DEADLINES WHEN WE HAVE TO PLACE OUR UPDATES IN THERE WE CANNOT DELETE THOSE. SO IF WE MISS A DEADLINE IT'S GOING TO SAY WE MISSED A DEADLINE AND THERE'S THERE'S NO DELETING THAT THAT'S WE MISSED IT. SO YOU'LL SEE THE DATE YOU KNOW THE UPDATE WAS 1015 THERE'S NONE SO THEN THE NEXT UPDATE SHOULD EXPLAIN WHAT YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, WHY THERE WAS A DELAY SO AGAIN YOU'LL SEE YOU'LL SEE MULTIPLE STATUS REPORTS ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE PROJECTS THAT ARE JUST NOW GETTING UNDERWAY NOW THAT WE'RE USE MAP SO AGAIN YOU CAN KIND

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SO AGAIN HERE HERE'S YOUR OVERALL PROGRESS. HERE'S THE ACTION YOU'VE GOT I THIS IS DON RYAN CENTER AND YOU CAN LIKE I SAID YOU KNOW WHAT THAT UPDATE IS AND I BELIEVE THERE'S ALSO AN ATTACHMENT FOR THAT THAT I NOPE NO ATTACHMENTS TO THAT THEN IF WE GO TO FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY LIKE I SAID WE'VE GOT AND AGAIN YOU'VE GOT AND EVERYTHING'S COLOR CODED SO YOU CAN LIKE SO THERE'S ALL SORTS OF WAYS THAT YOU CAN VIEW NEW THE INFORMATION WHATEVER WORKS BEST YOU BUT IF WE CLICK ON THAT IMPLEMENT TECH WHICH I'M CURIOUS FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY 8030 8% WHAT DOES THAT MEAN EXACTLY SO IF YOU GO SO WHAT THAT IS IS THAT'S AVERAGE OF ALL OF YOUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES. SO IF YOU WERE TO AVERAGE THE PERCENTAGE COMPLETE OF ALL OF THOSE GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND INITIATIVES SO THAT'S THE TOTAL. SO LIKE THIS ONE HAS FOUR INITIATIVES ON THIS ONE HAS THREE THIS HAS GIVEN YOU THE PROGRESS ON THESE THREE ITEMS. SO IF YOU GO IN HERE THIS ONE ZERO THAT ONE'S 100 THAT ONE'S 25 BUT IT'S GIVING YOU THE AVERAGE FOR ALL OF THOSE.

SO AS THE GOAL OVERALL WE'RE 38% COMPLETE AND THEN YOU CAN GO DOWN HERE AND GET DRILLED DOWN MORE TO SEE EXACTLY WHERE THAT'S COMING FROM. YOU SEE THIS ONLY HAS ONE ACTUAL INITIATIVE UNDERNEATH IT AND IT'S BEEN COMPLETED. ALL RIGHT.

SO THERE'S YOUR DIGITAL BUDGET BOOK COMPLETED INTO WHAT AN OLD SORRY MICROPHONE REMINDER.

SO AND AS YOU GO THROUGH WHEN YOU I'LL SHOW YOU AT THE END THERE'S OTHER WAYS YOU CAN VIEW THIS YOU CAN SEE WHAT DEPARTMENTS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT INITIATIVE SO WHO IS RESPONSIBLE? WHO'S THE CONTRIBUTOR? SO TO SPEAK? SO WHO'S MAKING THE UPDATES? WHEN ARE THOSE UPDATES EXPECTED ? SO SOME PROJECTS WHEN THERE ARE LONGER TERM THAT UPDATE MAYBE ONCE A QUARTER SOME THAT WE'RE ACTIVELY WORKING MAYBE ONCE A MONTH SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THAT AGAIN THE SOFTWARE AS YOU DRILL DOWN SO YOU CAN KNOW WHO'S WORKING ON IT IF YOU MORE QUESTIONS WHO TO CONTACT, WHEN TO EXPECT ANOTHER UPDATE AND AGAIN THOSE ATTACHMENTS AND LIKE I SAID WHEN YOU DRILL DOWN YOU'VE GOT THE OVERALL PERCENTAGE COMPLETE BUT THEN AS YOU GO INTO DETAIL THIS SOME MAY BE AT 100 SOME MAY BE AT ZERO, SOME MAYBE PERCENT.

SO IT'S JUST AN OVERALL IF WE WANT TO GO I GUESS THE MAY RIVER THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS ONE'S 41% COMPLETE THERE IS ONE. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE COLORS YOU SEE THAT MAROON ISH RED YOU'VE GOT ONE THAT'S A DISRUPTION.

THAT'S WHERE WE ESSENTIALLY HAD WE PIVOTED ON WORKING ON I BELIEVE SOME WHAT WAS IT THE WATERSHED TO THE OKATIE BASELINE HONING THAT TO A FUTURE FISCAL YEAR IN PARTNERSHIP RIGHT. SO THAT ONE WE PIVOTED SO WE SAID WE ONLY HAVE A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF THAT WATERSHED WITHIN OUR MUNICIPAL LIMITS. WE NEED MORE PARTNERSHIPS TO MOVE THAT FORWARD. SO THAT'S WHY THAT HAS THAT MAJOR DISRUPTION IF WE WERE TO CLICK ON NUMBER FIVE AND SEE WE WERE DOWN ONLY FOUR OR OH CLICK ON THAT LAST ONE THERE AT THE LAST ONE SORRY THIS ONE SURE BUT THERE'S YOU HAVE LOTS OF ATTACHMENTS FOR THAT YOU JUST SEE AND THAT'S ABOUT 50% AND THAT'S YOUR BASELINE ASSESSMENT UPDATE SO LIKE I SAID THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION IN HERE AND I THINK OVERALL LIKE I SAID IT'S PRETTY I THINK EASY TO MANEUVER THROUGH. LIKE I SAID IT'S ESSENTIALLY JUST AN ONLINE YOU'VE GOT YOUR TABLE OF CONTENTS TO YOUR LEFT, YOU'VE GOT YOUR ATTACHMENTS, YOU YOU CAN DRILL DOWN AS MUCH AS YOU WANT AND AGAIN IN YOUR PACKET THERE IS THE PDF YOU DO HAVE THE OPTION OF WE DO HAVE THE OPTION OF ALSO CONVERTING IT TO PDFS AND LIKE I SAID THAT BOOK AND THE STRATEGIC IT'S THE SAME PLAN SO IT'S THE PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED BY TOWN COUNCIL IT'S JUST THE STATUS AND THE UPDATE OF THE INITIATIVES THAT YOU APPROVED AND DIRECTED STAFF TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SEE THE UPDATES AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND THERE ARE THESE YOU KNOW THE RIVER AND THEN ARE SOME OF OUR SIP LIKE THE SEWER

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I THINK THAT'S TIED TO MAY RIVER AND SURROUNDING RIVERS WATERSHEDS.

THEY'RE TRACKED IN ONE PLACE. BUT YOU CAN ALSO SEE HERE'S ACTION PLAN ADVISORY COMMITTEES THE WATERSHED ACTION PROJECTS BASED ON ASSESSMENT OF OTHER TOWN WATERSHEDS.

SO YOU CAN GO UNDER HERE AND SEE. GOT IT.

NO. YEAH. AND I.

I THINK I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND WE TRIED THAT AT THE BEGINNING.

CAN YOU TIE ONE ACTION AGENDA ITEM TO MULTIPLE PRINCIPLE GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND YOU CAN BUT THE UPDATES DON'T SYNC SO IT DIDN'T QUITE WORK WITH THAT. SO WHILE I SAY THIS SOFTWARE IS I THINK IT'S GREAT AND I LIKE IT BUT THAT YEAH THAT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPLICATED BUT I WILL ALSO SAY IS THAT THE SOFTWARE COMPANY CLEAR GOV HAS BEEN WORKING WITH US AS WE'RE PREPARING THIS TO YOU KNOW WE KEEP GIVING THEM ASKS SO TO SPEAK LIKE HEY THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE HAD A SEARCH FUNCTION SO YOU COULD SEARCH SO RATHER THAN KNOW WHERE THOSE SEWER PROJECTS FALL IN HERE IF YOU COULD JUST TYPE IN SEWER AND THEN IT PULL UP THOSE PRINCIPLES SO WITH WE THOUGHT IT BEST LET'S GET THROUGH THIS BEFORE WE BOMBARD THEM WITH MORE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS BUT SO WOULD BE SOMETHING I COULD ASK THEM BUT RIGHT NOW IT JUST FALLS UNDER ONE LIKE EACH INITIATIVE CAN ONLY FALL UNDER ONE.

OKAY, ONE MORE QUESTION. THE QUESTION HAVE A CRACK IT ASKED YOU STILL HERE? HE ASKED EARLIER ABOUT IMPERVIOUS SURFACES. I KNOW THAT A WEBSITE A FEW YEARS BACK WE HAD A MAP THAT INDICATED PERCENTAGE OF IMPERVIOUS SURFACES.

IS THERE ANY THAT HE WOULD GO FIND ANY OF THIS INFORMATION OR WOULD YOU JUST GET WITH CAM HE CAN ALWAYS GET WITH HIM BUT IF YOU GO SEE ONE IF YOU WANT TO CLICK ON MY RIVER I MEAN HERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION ON THE MAIN RIVER I DON'T KNOW WHERE IF THAT MAP LIVES IN ANY OF THESE I DON'T BELIEVE SO BUT IF HE JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHAT WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THE MAY RIVER WHERE I PRIORITIES WHAT OUR INITIATIVES I WOULD JUST RECOMMEND JUST GO THROUGH THAT AND READ THROUGH THAT AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WE'RE ALWAYS HERE DOWN ANSWER QUESTIONS NOW UNLESS ANYONE WANTED TO ANY OTHER INITIATIVES OR KNOW WHERE WE ARE WITH ANY INITIATIVES I WANTED TO SHOW YOU ONE OTHER THING WITH CLEAR GOALS ANY OTHER REQUESTS AND JUST SAY YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO GET AN UPDATE ON CAPITAL PROJECTS AFTER THIS.

THAT'S ALL WE DIDN'T REALLY GO INTO INFRASTRUCTURE HERE BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE MOST OF THE CIP PROJECTS ARE. SO JUST ONE OTHER THING I WANTED TO SHOW JUST TO YOU THOSE KPIS IN THE BUDGET EVEN IF YOU COULD CLICK ON THE OTHER TAB FOR CLEARCUT THAT ONE AND THIS ONE THIS THIS IS REALLY DRILLING DOWN BUT BUT IF YOU ONLY JUST CLICK ON ANY OF THEM SO YOU CAN SEE HERE THERE'S THERE IS AN OPTION LIKE STEVEN SAID FOR KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS THIS IS THIS WILL BE PHASE TWO WE DO KEEP TRACK OF OUR KPIS SO EVERY DOES HAVE THEIR KPIS AND WHAT THEY HAVE TO REPORT ON AND MONITOR TO SEE IF IF IT'S WORKING IS WHAT WE'RE DOING WORKING SO THE NEXT GOAL WOULD BE TO GO AHEAD AND INTEGRATE THAT IN THIS AS WELL.

SO YOU CAN ALSO THEN SEE WHERE HOW WE'RE DOING AND ARE THOSE PROGRAMS WORKING WITH KPIS? SO AGAIN THERE'S A LOT OF THIS IS VERY ROBUST AND LIKE I SAID IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN FAIRLY I'M NOT A COMPUTER PROGRAMMER BY ANY MEANS AND I WAS ABLE TO GET EVERYTHING IN HERE WITH THE HELP OF OF OTHER STAFF. SO LIKE I SAID THERE'S A LOT WE CAN DO AND PUSH THIS OUT IN THIS CITY WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE CONTRIBUTORS, THE DEPARTMENTS WHICH WE'RE WORKING TO GET SET UP AND JUST HOW WE'RE DOING SO WE'LL REQUEST ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS AND LIKE I SAID YOU ALL HAVE THIS PRINTED OUT IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AFTER TODAY ON WHERE WE'RE AT WITH CERTAIN INITIATIVES I'M HAPPY TO HELP OUT THE ONLY ONE IN HERE THAT'S COLD.

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HE'S OH LOVE THIS WHERE WE ARE NOT ALWAYS I KNOW BUT THERE'S ALWAYS NO NEED TO BE WE HAVE LIKE LARRY'S ENERGY AND YOU KNOW, TURN IT ANYTHING ANYONE ELSE WANT SEE CLEAR GOV AND OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND WHERE WE'RE AT I THINK THAT WE'RE MOVING ON SO AND WHAT WE GOT THE NEXT

[V. Update on Capital Improvement Projects]

SO AGAIN JUST ANOTHER ANOTHER WAY YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THAT 21 OF THEM JUST UNDERNEATH THIS ONE AND MOST OF THEM ON TRACK. SO IT'S A GOOD THING I MEAN TURNING AND TRACE THEY'LL CHANGE THE PRESENTATION IT WON'T STAY I'LL STAND TO THE SIDE LIKE I DID LAST TIME.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT SO I'MA GIVE A LITTLE UPDATE ON THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND I'LL PROBABLY LEAN ON KIM A GOOD BIT ON THIS AND AND PAT AND BILL WHOEVER ELSE IS HERE IN CASE DEPENDING ON WHAT KIND OF QUESTIONS WE GET AS WE GO THROUGH SO WHEN TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE MET SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION FOR THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR OR AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW SO AUSTERE FACTORY PARK EVENT AREA IF YOU'VE BEEN DOWN THERE YOU CAN SEE THE RENOVATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED THERE. I THINK THEY TURNED OUT WELL. WE'RE STILL WORKING TO ADDRESS A COUPLE OF SMALL THINGS SOME DRAINAGE AND SOME STUFF THAT CAME ABOUT FROM BUT WE'RE STILL BUT I THINK THAT PROJECT TURNED OUT REALLY. THE SQUIRE PUB CARRIAGE HOUSE THE ACTUAL RENOVATIONS TO THE BUILDING HAVE BEEN COMPLETE. THE ONLY THING THAT ARE REMAINING NOW THE OUTFIT FOR THE WELCOME CENTER THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH A NEW RIVERSIDE BAR IN PHASE ONE THAT WAS THE INFRASTRUCTURE, THE TRAIL THAT WAS ALL THAT'S ALL BEEN COMPLETE YOU'LL SEE THE PHASE TWO ON ONE OF THE NEXT SLIDES. THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE PLAYGROUND AND EVERYTHING RIGHT NOW OSCAR FRAZIER PARK IMPROVEMENTS YOU'LL SEE SOME HARD SCAPES RAIN GARDEN WE PUT SWINGS IN AND STUFF LIKE THAT OVER HERE THAT WAS COMPLETE AS WELL WE DID RANDOM PARK IMPROVEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE TOWN.

BUCKWALTER YOU'VE SEEN THE SHADE SALES, THE PLAYGROUND NEW RIVERSIDE VILLAGE PARK HARDSCAPE AND LIGHTING THAT'S THE AREA THAT WE TOOK OWNERSHIP OF THAT WE'RE MAINTAINING WITHIN NEW RIVERSIDE VILLAGE AROUND THE PINES WE'VE PUT SOME IMPROVEMENTS THERE.

THE BOYS PAVILION REPAIR WHICH WASN'T A PLANNED PROJECT BUT BECAME A PLOT PROJECT STREETSCAPES AND PATHWAYS WE COMPLETED THE BRIDGE STREET STREETSCAPE PHASE ONE PUBLIC SEWER. WE FINISHED HISTORIC DISTRICT PHASE TWO AND THREE AS WELL AS BACK IN SIMMONS VILLAGE PHASE FIVE. THESE ARE SOME OF THE PHOTOS OF SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WERE COMPLETED. YOU CAN SEE THE WISH FACTORY OF AN AREA SQUIRE PUB CARRIAGE THE SPLASH PAD WHICH QUIETLY I WILL SAY IS SOFT OPENING TODAY . SO IF YOU HAVE KIDS THAT MAY BE OUT OF SCHOOL THEY CAN GO OVER AND ENJOY. THE OFFICIAL OPENING THE OFFICIAL RIBBON CUTTING WILL BE TUESDAY. IF YOU SAW WHEN YOU CAME IN THIS MORNING HE SAW IT RUNNING.

THEY OVER THERE THEY HAVE TO ACTUALLY RUN IT TO DO THE TESTING BECAUSE WE HAVE TO TREAT IT LIKE A POOL SO THEY WERE OVER THERE DOING THE TESTING FOR THE CHEMICALS AND EVERYTHING BUT WE LEFT THE GATE UNLOCKED TODAY SO KIDS ARE WELCOME TO GO AND SPLASH AROUND AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO SHUT IT DOWN MONDAY SO WE CAN MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S STILL WORKING RIGHT, MAKE SURE IT'S OPERATING . AND THEN TUESDAY I THINK COUNCILS BRING IN BATHING SUITS AND WE'RE THROUGH IT ALL ON TUESDAY I THINK BRIDGET I KNOW SHE'S NOT HERE SO WE CAN VOLUNTEER HER. SHE'LL BE HERE SHORTLY.

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THE GOAL IS STILL TO OPEN THE PLAYGROUND I THINK RIGHT AFTER SOMETIME RIGHT AFTER CHRISTMAS AND THEN BARN CONSTRUCTION WILL NOT BE COMPLETE UNTIL 25 BUT THE REST OF THE PARK WILL BE OPEN BEFORE THAT. WELL THEY'LL JUST MOVE THE CONSTRUCTION AROUND THE BARN AS THEY WORK TO FINISH THAT OUT THE WELCOME CENTER UP THERE THAT'S WHY I SAID STILL ONGOING WELCOME CENTERS PLAN TO OPEN JANUARY THE BUCKWALTER PLACE PARK THIS IS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT WE BROKE GROUND ON A COUPLE WEEKS AGO AND IF YOU GO OVER THERE CAN SEE THEY'VE CLEAR AND THEY'VE STARTED DOING GROUND WORK OVER THERE SO THERE'S SOME OF THE PLAYGROUND AND IN PLACE THE BARN IT'S A LOT OF WOOD FEATURES AND IF YOU GO OUT WITH THE BARN WE TRIED TO TIE IN TO THE THEME THERE'S A A BIG BARN OWL RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE WITH THE SLIDES THAT COME OUT OF IT AND THERE'S LIKE A RIVER LIKE THE RIVER THAT RUNS THROUGH IT AND THERE'S ACTUALLY MISTING CATTAILS THAT WILL COOL KIDS OFF THAT THEY CAN RUN THROUGH AND STUFF. I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE AN AMAZING PARK.

IT'S INCLUSIVE SO YOU CAN WHEELCHAIR THROUGHOUT IT. THERE'S INCLUSIVE FEATURES THAT ANYBODY CAN USE AND ENJOY OUT THERE. THE ONE ON THE RIGHT IS THE BUCKWALTER PLACE COMMERCE PARK THAT'S BUILDING THE TOWN WILL BE GETTING BACK AS PART OF THAT TO USE AS CO WORK THAT WILL BE MANAGED BY THE RCI PROJECTS THAT ARE EXPECTED TO THE BEFORE THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR WE HAVE THE NEW RIVER TRAIL. WE'RE HOPEFUL TO BRING THAT TO COUNCIL DECEMBER JANUARY FOR AWARD SOMEWHERE IN THAT TIME PERIOD WE DIDN'T PULL THAT ONE UP BUT IT PROBABLY HAD A DISRUPTION IN IT AS WELL BECAUSE THAT CAME TO RIGHT AWAY AGREEMENTS WITH CENTRAL CAROLINA, THE MAIN POWER COMPANY THAT OWNS THE DISTRIBUTION LINE THERE. WE'VE HAD TO WORK ON REDOING THAT AGREEMENT FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO CONTRIBUTE TO REPAIRING TWO OF THE BRIDGES.

SO WE WERE NEGOTIATING GETTING THEM TO HELP US PAY TO REPAIR THE BRIDGES THAT RUN THROUGH THERE. SO BUT BRINGING THAT TO COUNCIL HERE SHORTLY THE SARAH RILEY HOOKS COTTAGE RENOVATION THAT WE'RE FINALIZING AND GETTING READY TO GO OUT FOR THAT AND BRING THAT TO COUNCIL PARK IMPROVEMENTS WE HAVE A FEW SIDESHOWS AT PLAYGROUNDS AND THEN DOING SOME DESIGN WORK FOR OTHER PROJECTS AND THEN BUCKWALTER PLACE PARK PHASE ONE THIS IS WHAT WE WENT THROUGH AT THE LAST COUNCIL WORKSHOP WITH Y'ALL WHERE PAT WENT THROUGH SOME OF THE OPTIONS AND GOT INPUT. WE HAD A BROKEN UP INTO KIND OF PHASE ONE, TWO AND THREE THAT IS PHASE ONE OF ALL OF THAT PROJECT.

THOSE WERE THE THE SIDEWALKS AND SOME OF THE LIGHTING FEATURES AND THE SAFETY FEATURES AND STUFF LIKE THAT THAT WERE PART OF THAT. SO YOU CAN SEE THERE'S BUCKWALTER PLACE SARAH ROWLEY COTTAGE PLAN JUST TO GIVE A COUPLE ITEMS AND THEN A COUPLE OF OTHERS PRICHARD STREET DRAINAGE AND STREETSCAPE THAT ONE IS WE MET WE MET WITH THE COMMUNITY LAST WEEK WEEK AND HAD ABOUT SIX OR EIGHT FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT CAME IN AND GAVE SOME GUIDANCE OR INPUT SO THAT PROJECT IS WORKING TO FINALIZE DESIGN AND WE'LL GO OUT FOR BID HERE SHORTLY. HISTORIC DISTRICT SEWERS PHASE FOUR OR FIVE AND SIX GETTING CLOSE TO GOING OUT TO BID ON THAT AS WELL IT IN FALL OF 25 WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE IN BED AND THEN 24 YEAH YEAH THAT BE 24 SO THEY ALL SAY 20 YEAH SORRY BIDDING.

YEAH. SO BUT WINTER DOES RUN UNTIL JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH.

YEAH NO IT'S SUPPOSED TO THAT SHOULD BE FALL 24 AND START IN 24 SO WE'LL GET INTO MORE DETAILS ABOUT THAT WHEN KIM GETS UP WELL OR YOU CAN ASK RIGHT NOW THAT'S WHY I HAVE THEM HERE I WILL OF THIS IS NOVEMBER WE GOT TWO MONTHS IS IT IS IT ON SCHEDULE.

I DON'T BECAUSE YES SIR IT'S ALL ABOUT ILLNESS AND THE REASON THE REASON THIS HAS TO NOT ONLY IS IT A PRIORITY FOR COUNCIL IT HAS TO GET DONE OUR REPUTATIONS.

THE LINE WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES BECAUSE WE HAVE A GRANT TIED TO

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SO I WOULD GO OUT TO BID IN NOVEMBER WHICH MEANS IT WILL PROBABLY COME TO Y'ALL IN JANUARY FOR WARD AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TO AND LIKE SHE SAID WE'LL HAVE TO GET IT COMPLETE TO MAKE SURE WE MEET OUR GRANT GOT TO BE ALL THREE STAGES THAT'S THE LAST YES.

FOUR OR FIVE OR FIVE AND SIX ARE ALL LUMPED TOGETHER. YES SIR BRIDGE STREET STREETSCAPE WE HAVE PHASE TWO ON THAT ACTUALLY SIGNED THE PUBLIC PROJECT APPLICATION FOR THAT THE OTHER DAY BIDDING FOR THAT SUPPOSED TO BE IN SPRING OF 25 AND THEN CONSTRUCTION START IN THE SPRING OR EARLY SUMMER AND THAT'LL BE THE PHASE THAT I THINK THEY WORKSHOPPED WITH Y'ALL AS WELL A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO AND THAT WILL GO FROM CALHOUN ALL THE WAY TO WHARF I THINK IT IS UP TO THERE WELL OR UNTIL WE'RE THE PAVEMENT WE'VE GOT TO REPAVE BOUNDARY STREET LIGHTING WORKING ON THAT AS WELL IT'S SECOND PLACE THAT'S ONE OF MINE THAT I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING FOR YEARS. SO WHEN SHOULD WE HOPE TO SEE SOMETHING ON THE BOUNDARY STREET WE'RE JUST WAITING ON INSTALLATION FROM DOMINION.

I DON'T KNOW IF LIKELY SHE'S HERE. I DON'T KNOW IF WE PUT HER ON THE SPOT OR SHE HAS AN UPDATE. I'LL GIVE YOU AN UPDATE BUT THANK YOU.

I THINK WE HAVE TWO OR THREE THAT WE'VE AWARDED THAT I THINK WALL STREET THIS ONE THAT WE'RE WAITING JUST WAITING ON INSTALLATION. SO HERE'S PRITCHARD STREET JUST KIND OF AN OVERVIEW THAT PROJECT IT WILL INCLUDE A SIDEWALK ON THE EAST SIDE SO WE HAVE SIDEWALKS ON BOTH SIDES DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL AS MAKING THE TEMPORARY SPEED BUMPS THAT ARE THERE PERMANENT AND ADDRESSING SOME CROSSWALKS AS WELL.

THIS IS BRIDGE STREET EXTENSION . THE SECOND PHASE AGAIN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS ABOUT TRYING TO COME ACROSS THE RIVER TO HAVE A SIDEWALK ACROSS THE BRIDGE AND JUST TRYING TO TIE IT IN TO CALHOUN AND TAKE IT DOWN TO THE END OF THE STREET.

SO THINGS THAT ARE IN DESIGN THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO BID OUT AND 2526 WHICH WOULD BE THE SECOND YEAR THE STRATEGIC PLAN WE HAVE BOUNDARY AND CALHOUN STREETSCAPE WE HAVE THE PHASE THREE OF THE PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS A NEW RIVERSIDE LINEAR PHASE TWO WHICH WOULD BE FROM MAY RIVER NORTH THAT IS WE WOULD LOOK TO PAVE THE OTHER PORTION OF IT.

WE'RE PAVING THE SOUTHERN HALF NOW WE WOULD LOOK TO DO THE NORTHERN PORTION NEXT EXPANDING THE RESTROOMS AT OYSTER FACTORY PARK THE COMPREHENSIVE DRAINAGE PLANS AS YOU'LL HEAR FROM KIM AND HER STAFF WHEN WE GET INTO RESILIENCY BEEN IN YOU'VE HEARD FROM THEM AS WELL SOME OF THE WATERSHEDS STUDIES WE'VE DONE AND THE PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO COME FROM THERE WHEN THEY START RECOMMENDING PROJECTS WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT IS VERY BROAD.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE YET BUT. WE'RE ANTICIPATING WHEN WE START GETTING PROJECTS FROM THOSE STUDIES THAT WE'RE GOING TO START BUDGETING, DESIGNING AND 2526 WE'LL SEE THE FIRST ONES OF THOSE START COMING DOWN THE PIPELINE TOWN WIDE WAYFINDING SIGNAGE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IS WE PUT IN TO DO A REVIEW AND UPDATE OF OUR WAYFINDING SIGNAGE WE'RE HAVING TO CHANGE SOME ANYWAY BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REDEFINE THE WELCOME CENTER FROM THE HAYWARD HOUSE TO THE TO THE SQUARE POPE. WE ALSO ARE NOTICING THAT SOME OF THEM ARE STARTING TO FADE.

THEY DON'T MEET RETRO REFLECTIVE STANDARDS AND LIKE THAT.

SO WE'RE LOOKING TO GET SOME RECOMMENDATIONS AND WE'LL BRING THOSE BACK TO COUNCIL WELL AND THEN BUDGET THAT IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR OR TO LOOK TO EXPAND AND UPDATE THE WAYFINDING STAIRWELL HOOKS LANDSCAPE DEVELOPMENT THAT I'LL JUST FOLLOW AFTER WE GET THE RENOVATIONS DONE WE'LL HAVE TO THE LANDSCAPING JUST ONE CLICK BACK ONLY 1/2 YEP YES SIR THE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS AND WE WERE MY UNDERSTANDING WAS WE DID A THOROUGH STUDY OR WHATEVER AND IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE MOVING FORWARD. SO THAT WE COULD START DOING PARTIALS, YOU KNOW, IN OUR HOP WE HAVE WE'VE DONE PHASE ONE AREAS LIKE CALHOUN AND MAE RIVER, YOU KNOW, WHERE IT'S JUST AN ACCIDENT WAITING HAPPEN AND WE SEE IT SO WE'RE WHERE ARE WE? SO PHASE ONE IS BEING COMPLETE PHASE IS ACTUALLY TO BID RIGHT NOW ACTUALLY TO BE AWARDED

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SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK YOU MAY BE ASKING ABOUT SPEED BUMPS RAISED CROSSWALK STUFF LIKE THAT ON CALHOUN BUT THOSE WILL BE PART OF THE STREETSCAPE PROJECTS WHEN THEY'RE DONE. SO LIKE WHEN BOUNDARY IS DONE THERE'LL BE RAISED CROSSWALKS THAT GO THROUGH IT BE SPEED BUMPS, THERE'LL BE THE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS PERMANENT THAT GO THERE BUT WE DON'T WANT TO GO AND IMPROVE THE ROAD FOR THOSE FEATURES AND THEN COME BACK SIX MONTHS LATER AND RIP THE WHOLE ROAD UP AND SO THEY WILL BE PART OF THAT THAT ACTUAL STREETSCAPE PROJECT. I THOUGHT WE ALL HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT DOING SOMETHING JUST FOR PEDESTRIAN CROSSING. I MEAN AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS THIS IS PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS TO THEM MEET ADA AND SAFETY AND I WILL SAY TO YOU TO ADD IN THE AFTERNOON AND UNDER THE KEY TOPICS TO GET MORE DIRECTION COUNCIL IS THERE'S PEDESTRIAN SAFETY WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FLASHING BEACON LIGHTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT SO AND I KNOW THEY HAVE I BELIEVE SOME MAPS AND SOME VISUALS IN THAT PRESENTATION TO IDENTIFY WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE WE GET MORE DETAIL WITH THAT.

YEAH THIS CAME UP A COUPLE THREE YEARS AGO BECAUSE WE ALL SAW THE THE DANGER THERE WERE ARE WALKING OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC AND IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN SO. I'VE SEEN MANY, MANY CLOSE CALLS SO I MEAN EVERYWHERE I GO I SEE, YOU KNOW, PUSH THE BUTTON WALK EVEN ON BUCK ISLAND AND THE PARKWAY.

I NOTICE THERE THAT YOU KNOW COMING ACROSS TO EAGLES FEEL THERE YOU CAN PUSH THE BUTTON AND IT TELLS YOU WHEN TO GO WHEN NOT TO GO SOMETHING BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IT'S AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN AND I JUST PERSONALLY LIKE TO SEE IT PRIORITIZED AND GET IT DONE HEARD, UNDERSTOOD AND LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE IT ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS AFTERNOON TO GET INPUT AND WE'LL MAKE SURE WE BRING THAT BACK TAKE THAT DOWN AS A PRIORITY WHEN WE GET THERE.

ALL RIGHT. I KNOW THIS IS DIFFICULT TO READ FOR EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM.

YOU ALL HAVE IT IN YOUR BINDERS IS A CALENDAR THAT WE PUT OUT TO KIND OF SHOW THE PROCESS FOR EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING FORWARD . IT'S OVER TWO SLIDES.

THE KEY HOW I DON'T CARE IS WHEN YOU SEE RED READ IS CONSTRUCTION SO YOU SEE LIKE WALL STREET LIGHTING WE'RE JUST WAITING ON IT TO BE INSTALLED LIKE HD PHASE FOUR IS ANTICIPATING YOU KNOW CONSTRUCTION STARTING THE SPRING AS FAR FIVE SPRINGS THAT SPRING FOR ENFORCEMENT OF THE REGISTRY STREETSCAPE SO YOU CAN ALL HAVE THAT SEE OUR CAN SEE A LITTLE CLOSER IN YOUR CALENDAR WE GET THIS YOU GET UPDATES FOR ON A REGULAR BASIS SO THAT'S JUST KIND OF AN OVERVIEW OF CERP. AGAIN WE CAN GET INTO ANYTHING SPECIFIC THIS AFTERNOON AS WE WANT TO OR YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY SPECIFIC SPECIFIC PROJECT WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT BEFORE GLAD OR WE HAVE STAFF HERE TRY TO ANSWER ANYTHING WE CAN YEAH WE'RE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE SO WE CAN I I KNOW OUR PRE SALES PRESENTATION PRESENTATIONS NOT TILL NOON SO IF YOU WANT WE CAN MOVE INTO THE TOPICS THAT WE HAD THE TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION WE TAKE A LITTLE BREAK WE CAN GET THOSE PULLED UP AND WE CAN START THERE IF YOU WANT TO. YEAH WE MIGHT AS WELL. LUNCH IS WHAT 12:00 LUNCH IS 12

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[VII. Discussion of Key Topics (Part 1 of 2)]

SO WE KEEP NOTES AND WE SAY PLAE TIME TO TALK ABOUT THOSE THINGS.

SO THAT'S WHY YOU'LL SEE SOME OF KEY TOPICS. THESE ARE THINGS LIKE YOU HEARD THE MAYOR ASK ABOUT SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT AGO. YOU HEARD SOME OF IT COME UP FROM PUBLIC COMMENT. THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A TIME TO ACTUALLY SET ASIDE TO DISCUSS AND GET GUIDANCE AS STAFF SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GOING TO DIRECTION COUNCIL WANTS TO SEE US MOVE FORWARD WITH IT SO THE FIRST THING WE HAVE THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH WELL I JUST KIND OF TALKED ABOUT THAT ENTIRE SLIDE SO AND THESE ARE THE TOPICS HERE YOU HAVE THAT IN GENERAL THE FIRST WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH IS LAND ACQUISITION. SO ONE OF THE GOALS FOR COUNCIL IS TO WE ACTUALLY SET FUNDS ASIDE TO ACQUIRE LAND THROUGHOUT THE TOWN. PART OF THE PRIORITY WITH THAT IS TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF DEVELOPMENT THAT IS EITHER ON THE BOOKS OR THAT COULD POTENTIALLY HAPPEN ALSO NATURE GREENSPACE BUY IT FOR POTENTIAL USE LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER WITH BUCKHORN SIMMONS BILL FOR FUTURE LIKE A PARK OR WE'VE BOUGHT LAND FOR HOUSING PROJECTS SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE'RE ACQUIRING LAND THAT IT MEETS A PURPOSE THAT IS A GOAL OF THE TOWN SO A COUPLE THINGS I WANT TO TALK ABOUT JUST THAT ARE UNDERWAY THAT ARE UNDER CONSIDERATION WE HOPE AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITHIN THIS STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WILL WORK TO ACCOMPLISH THE PROPERTIES YOU SEE IN GREEN RIGHT THESE ARE TWO THAT WE JUST APPLIED TO THE GREEN PENNY FOR ON WEDNESDAY OR NO TODAY'S THURSDAY ON TUESDAY.

SO AN EMAIL WHICH I'LL KNOW WE WILL BE DEADLINE FOR THIS QUARTER IS TODAY SO WE WANTED MAKE SURE WE GOT IT IN TIME AND THEN THEY WILL REVIEW IT AND THEY'LL LET US KNOW IF THEY ANY QUESTIONS AND WE'LL GO IN FRONT OF THE GREEN PENNY TO TRY TO ACQUIRE THOSE TWO PIECES.

WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO ACQUIRE THIS ONE THAT'S IN BETWEEN BUT THAT ONE IS TIED UP IN SOME LEGAL ISSUES AND WE'RE TRYING TO FIND WHO HAS THE ABILITY TO EVEN NEGOTIATE OR WORK WITH US ON A LETTER OF INTENT. SO JUST FOR THE PROCESS, WHAT WE DO IS WE GET IT UNDER CONTROL THROUGH A LETTER OF INTENT AND THEN ONCE WE HAVE IT UNDER CONTROL WITH LETTER OF INTENT WE HAVE A PRICE THAT'S BEEN ESTABLISHED WITH THEM.

OUR PRICE IS BASED ON THE APPRAISAL OF THE PROPERTY. WE'LL GO TO THE GREEN PENNY AND ASK THEM TO HELP PAY FOR THE COST IF THE GREEN PENNY APPROVES IT THERE IS SOME REQUIREMENTS THAT GET PUT ON HERE WHERE WE CANNOT DEVELOP IT FOR ANYTHING FOR GREEN SPACE, MAYBE A PASSIVE PARK, STUFF LIKE THAT. SO THIS ONE'S A LITTLE UNIQUE WE'VE ACTUALLY REMOVED THERE'S AN 80 FOOT MOVABLE RIGHT AWAY THAT SITS ON THAT PROPERTY.

WE DID NOT MAKE THAT PART OF THE APPLICATION FOR THE GREEN PENNY BECAUSE WE WANT TO PURCHASE THAT WITH TOWN MONEY BECAUSE IF WE DO THEN IT DOESN'T TAKE THE ABILITY THAT WE OWN THAT SEPARATE FROM THE GREEN PENNY WHICH MEANS IF WE NEED TO BUILD A ROAD OR ACCESS OR PARK AND HAVE A DRIVEWAY THROUGH IT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT WITH IT BEING SEPARATE FROM THE GREEN PENNY SO THAT ONE'S A LITTLE UNIQUE BUT WE HOPE TO WE DON'T KNOW THE DATE OF WHOM WE'LL GO IN FRONT OF THE GREEN PENNY RIGHT NOW BUT WE HOPE BY THE FIRST OF THE YEAR TO HOPEFULLY BE MOVING THIS ONE FORWARD IN QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE I HAVE A QUESTION JUST THE GENERAL ON THE GREEN PAINTING TAX SO TO HOW MUCH FUNDS WE'RE ABLE TO EXPEND FROM WHAT'S BEEN COLLECTED IS THERE AN ALLOTMENT OF WHAT THE AMOUNT THAT BLUFFTON BROUGHT IN FROM THAT AND IS THAT THE BASIS OF WHAT WE'RE TO APPLY FOR? IT'S COUNTYWIDE IT'S BLANKET SO WHATEVER THEY HAVE FUNDS FOR WE CAN APPLY FOR AS MUCH AS WE WANT AND ANYBODY ELSE CAN AS WELL. NOW THEY DO KEEP IN MIND BASED ON WHAT THE COMMITTEE TOLD US WHERE THE MONEY IS BEING DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THE COUNTY TO MAKE SURE THAT LIKE ALL OF IT'S NOT GOING TO JUST ONE AREA BUT THEY DON'T HAVE LIKE THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON HAS $5 MILLION SET ASIDE. IT'S JUST COUNTYWIDE BUT THEY DO HAVE THOSE NUMBERS TOO IF WE WANTED TO KNOW LIKE WHAT BLUFFTON BROUGHT IN FROM THAT THEY SHOULD AND THAT WHEN WE HAD A MEETING WITH THEM ALL THE MAYORS AND MANAGERS WITH THE

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SO CURRENTLY THE WAY DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS WORK THIS PROPERTY HAS NO DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS CURRENTLY ASSOCIATED WITH IT HOWEVER BECAUSE IT'S IN BUCKWALTER IF ANYBODY BUYS IT AND THEY HAVE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS THEY CAN MOVE THOSE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS TO THIS PROPERTY. SO IF SOMEBODY WHO OWNED 90 RESIDENTIAL UNITS AND 300,000 SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL BOUGHT THIS IT'S IN WITHIN BUCKWALTER THEY COULD TRANSFER THOSE UNITS TO THIS PROPERTY AND BUILD ON IT NOW THEY WOULD HAVE TO GET ACCESS TO IT BUT THAT THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY BUILD ON IT SO THIS TAKE IT SO THAT IT COULD NOT BE DEVELOPED FOR ANYTHING WITH THE GREEN PENDING PURCHASE. AND STEVEN, IS THERE A STIPULATION THAT THEY GAVE US THAT YOU CANNOT IT HAS TO BE PRESERVED AS OPEN SPACE OR GREEN SPACE, RIGHT. IT HAS TO HAVE A NO DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS.

IT CAN BE OPEN TO PASSIVE PARKS LIKE IT CAN BE NATURE TRAILS, WALKING TRAILS BUT IT CANNOT HAVE ANYTHING ELSE BESIDES THAT AND THAT'S OF THE REASONS WE WANT TO TAKE THE MOVE THE MOVEABLE AWAY OUT OF THE PURCHASE BECAUSE IF WE WANT TO HAVE A TO GO IN SO PEOPLE CAN ACCESS THE MIDDLE HERE WHERE THERE'S SOME UPLAND FOR PARK WE'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO GET THEM IN SOMEHOW AND WHEN WE ASK THEM DOES A ROAD FOR A PART COUNT AS DEVELOPMENT THEY SAID YES PRETTY MUCH THEY WOULD WANT YOU TO BUILD A PARKING LOT BY HERE AND OVER THE TOP THEN HAVE YOU HAVE TO WALK THROUGH IT SO WE WANTED TO HAVE THE ABILITY SHOULD WE NEED TO PUT A ROAD TO GET PEOPLE TO THE MIDDLE OF THE PARK THAT WE CAN. THE OTHER THING IS WITH THAT IT GIVES US THE ABILITY TO PUT SOME STORMWATER FACILITIES WITHIN THAT RIGHT AWAY IF WE NEED THEM AS WELL TO MANAGE RUNOFF OR ANYTHING FROM THAT PROPERTY.

SO BUT IT WOULD TAKE IT OUT OF THE DEVELOPMENT ANY POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IT WOULD GIVE IT TO US FOR GREENSPACE AND IT IS DIRECTLY SOUTH OF WILLOW RUN WHICH IS THE NEXT ONE I'LL TALK ABOUT HERE IN A SECOND. I CAN GO TO THAT UNLESS THERE'S ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE I THINK I'VE ALREADY TOLD COUNCIL NO BUT THE MEETING THAT WE HAD A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO A MONTH AGO WITH THE COMMITTEE WE CLEAR WE CLEARED A LOT OF MISUNDERSTANDINGS ABOUT MATCHING AND ALL THAT AND I FELT REALLY GOOD LIKE WE'VE GOT A LOT ACCOMPLISHED THAT DAY WITH WITH THEM AND A BETTER UNDERSTANDING AND THEY WERE ACTUALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO US COMING TO THEM SO THAT WE COULD DO WE COULD DO SOMETHING WITH SOME OF THIS MONEY BECAUSE IT'S A LOT OF MONEY $100 MILLION, RIGHT.

WELL AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HEARD WAS THAT THEY WERE SURPRISED MORE TOWNS HAD NOT APPLIED. BUT WE EXPLAINED TO THEM THAT PART OF THE COMMUNICATION THAT WAS COMING TO US WAS THAT THERE HAD TO BE A LOCAL MATCH AND VERY FEW TOWNS WHERE HILTON HEAD HAS A POT OF MONEY TO BUY LAND THAT NOBODY ELSE HAS THE ABILITY TO GET.

WE ACTUALLY SET MONEY ASIDE FOR LAND ACQUISITION BUT A OF TOWNS IF THEY ARE LOOKING TO BUY YOU KNOW $2 MILLION WHERE THE PROPERTY DON'T HAVE THAT AROUND TO PROVIDE 50% MATCH ON THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HAVING A PLAN AMENDMENT TO A ON THE MONEY AND SO THEY WERE CURIOUS WHAT TOWNS WERE APPLYING SO WE HAD TO EXPLAIN TO THEM THAT THE WAY IT WAS TOLD TO US IS THAT THERE WOULD NOT BE A REQUIRED MATCH AND THE COMMITTEE ACTUALLY AGREED THAT SO AND THEY SAID THEY WANT TO SEE MORE APPLICATIONS THE COMMUNITY OR FROM THE TOWNS AND CITIES AND SO TOOK THAT TO HEART AND WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS RIGHT .

SO ONE OF THE OTHER REASONS WE'RE TARGETING THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT SITS DIRECTLY BELOW WILLOW RUN AND THEN WITH WILLOW RUN US THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ARE CURRENTLY UNDER A CONTRACT TO PURCHASE ALL THE WILLOW RUN SO WITH THAT THE TOWN WOULD PROVIDE TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS TOWARDS THE PURCHASE PRICE WITH PURCHASE PRICE WE WOULD ACTUALLY BUY ALL OF THE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS OFF OF THE PROPERTY AND THEY WOULD GO INTO

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WE'RE STILL IN DUE DILIGENCE ON THIS. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS ACTUALLY THE THE LEAD PURCHASER ON IT SO THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH DUE DILIGENCE AND THEY'RE TRYING TO FINALIZE WETLANDS AND UPDATE THE WETLAND DELINEATION AND WE'RE HAVE TO IDENTIFY WHERE THE LAND SWAP IS GOING TO GO AND WE'RE HOPING WE'RE STARTING FINALIZE THAT NOW BUT IT'S STILL A FEW MONTHS OUT BEFORE THIS IS FINALIZED AND WE BRING STUFF BACK TO THE COUNCIL BECAUSE EVERYTHING WILL HAVE TO COME BACK TO Y'ALL TO SWAP THE LAND AND FINISH UP WITH THE PURCHASE AND EVERYTHING THAT'S IN THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WE HAVE WE HAVE SHOWN INTEREST IN THIS PROPERTY THE MINI TRACT BUT IT IS CURRENTLY UNDER AN AGREEMENT.

WE'VE REACHED OUT TO THE OWNER AND THEY KNOW THAT THERE IS SOME INTEREST BUT WE DO NOT WANT TO LOOK LIKE WE'RE IMPEDING ON AN AGREEMENT THEY HAVE IN PLACE SO WE'RE WAITING OUR TURN SHOULD IT NOT WORK OUT FOR THEM WE'LL REACH OUT AND TRY TO WORK ON THAT PROPERTY AS WELL. JUST TO REMIND WE DID THE PROPERTY ACROSS FROM EAGLES FIELD. YEAH WE CLOSED ON THAT IN MARCH THAT WAS OF OUR LAND ACQUISITION SO WE AGAIN TOOK THE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS OFF OF THAT CORNER.

THERE WERE TALKS OF APARTMENTS ,TOWNHOMES SO WE WERE ABLE TO REMOVE THAT DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS OFF BOOK WE'RE WORK WE'LL WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER FUTURE PLANS FOR COMMUNITY SPACE PARK AND I GET AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT .

SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE ONES WE'VE WORKED ON ONES THAT WE HAVE AGREEMENT JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP AND SEE IF THERE'S WE DIDN'T WE HAVE A COUPLE OTHERS THAT I WILL UPDATE YOU ON THE COUNCIL MEETING BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO DISCUSS THEM HERE BECAUSE THERE SOME NEGOTIATIONS GOING ON WITH THOSE SO I DON'T WANT TO DISCUSS THEM IN PUBLIC BUT KNOW THERE IS A COUPLE OTHERS THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT AND LOOKING IN THAT WE ARE STILL WORKING THROUGH BUT I DID NOT WANT TALK ABOUT ANYTHING THAT'S UNDER NEGOTIATION RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IT MAY IMPACT THOSE NEGOTIATIONS BUT I'LL PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THAT INDIVIDUAL OR SPECIFICALLY AT THE COUNCIL. SO WITH THAT WE JUST TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT US TO TARGET, ANYTHING YOU WANT TO US HAD QUESTIONS ON OR ANYTHING ADDITIONAL YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT WITH LAND AS WE MOVE FORWARD. JUST ONE COMMENT FOR ME I WANT TO STAY ON TRACK AND KEEP ON THIS AS AS OPPORTUNITIES COME UP I THINK COUNCIL'S UNANIMOUS BELIEVING THAT THE MORE WE CAN OBTAIN AND PRESERVE ESPECIALLY WHEN WE CAN GET HELP FROM GRANT MONEY YOU KNOW SUCH AS A GREEN PENNY THAT I WANT THAT DIRECTION PERSONALLY STAY ON STAY ON TRACK AND KEEP OUR EYES OPEN AND FUND EVEN MORE. I DON'T KNOW HOW OH SORRY SO I SAID I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE US STAY ON AND CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO PURCHASE MORE PROPERTY, REDUCED DENSITY AND AND AGREEMENTS THAT ARE ALREADY THERE AND JUST KEEP OUR EYES OPEN AND STAY ON TRACK AS FAR AS ANYTHING THAT COMES THAT MAKES SENSE FOR THE TOWN TO PURCHASE AND PRESERVE AND I THINK I THINK WE SHOULD ALSO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP A BALANCE THE PROPERTIES THAT WE ARE TRYING TO ACQUIRE FOR GREENSPACE TO MAKE SURE WE ALSO DON'T NEGATE THE GOAL THAT WE HAVE TO ACQUIRING PROPERTY FOR THE PURPOSES OF BUILDING HOUSING FOR THOSE IN SENSE OF LIKE AFFORDABILITY AND OUR WORKFORCE TO BE ABLE TO TO ACCESS SO WE DON'T JUST GET THAT WE CAN'T DEVELOP FOR THAT PURPOSE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO ACHIEVE BOTH OUR GOALS THERE AND THAT'S ONE OF THE I AGREE AND THAT'S ONE OF THE GOALS WITH THE LAND SWAP HERE BECAUSE THIS PROPERTY WAS PURCHASED TO BE HELD FOR SOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS TO BE BUILT AND BY GETTING IT CLOSER UP TO TO 78 WHERE THE INTERSECTION IS

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ALL RIGHT. NEXT ONE WE HAD IS PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS.

I'M BRINGING HIM UP FOR THIS ONE. SO MAYBE A LEAN ON PATH AS NEEDED TO CORRECT I THINK I'LL STAY UP HERE FOR EMOTIONAL SUPPORT TO OF YOUR JOB YOU GOOD MORNING? I WANTED TO OH BOY I'M GOING TO BREAK THAT DOWN FIRST I WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHAT HAS ACCOMPLISHED AND WHAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED ALREADY UNDER COUNCIL'S DIRECTION FOR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS CURRENTLY AS WE JUST ALLUDED TO A LITTLE BIT AGO, THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED ARE PHASE ONE OF AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT COMPLIANCE FOR 12 LOCATIONS WITHIN THE HISTORIC AGAIN WITH THE ADVANCED WARNING DETECTABLE SYSTEMS BRINGING THOSE INTO COMPLIANCE FOR THIS PARTICULAR AND THAT'S BEEN COMPLETED FOR PHASE ONE FOR THIS PARTICULAR FISCAL COUNCIL FUNDED US TO NOT ONLY COMPLETE PHASE TWO WITHIN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT BUT ALSO TO UNDERGO A DESIGN AND ANALYSIS FOR PHASE THREE WHICH WAS MOVING BEYOND HISTORIC DISTRICT AND IMPLEMENTING ADDITIONAL SAFETY BEYOND JUST COMING INTO COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL REGULATIONS.

PAT GAVE ME THE NOD, SAID I'M NOT GOING TO READ THIS SLIDE TO YOU.

YOU CAN SEE WHAT WE HAVE DONE. WHAT I WILL POINT OUT TO YOU THOUGH AND AS I SAID EARLIER WE HAVE ALREADY PUT OUT TO BID PHASE TWO FOR CONSTRUCTION AND WE WILL BE BRINGING THAT CONTRACT TO YOU FOR APPROVAL FOR CONSTRUCTION OF PHASE TWO COMPLIANCE WITHIN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT. AGAIN, THAT WILL BE A NUMBER OF CROSSWALK COMPLIANCE ISSUES TO BRING INTO ADA COMPLIANCE. SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU THAT THAT UPDATE ON WHAT OUR OUR FEEDS ARE SAYING. OH YES. AND YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE'RE GOVERNMENT WE LOVE ACRONYMS. THE RAPID FLASH RECTANGULAR RAPID FLASHING CAN TELL THE TEACHER IN THE RING ARE OUR FBI IS WHICH IS I BELIEVE MAYOR WHAT YOU WERE ALLUDING TO IF WE CAN IS THAT ME? OH LORDY. HEY.

ALL RIGHT. HERE'S AN EXAMPLE WHY WE'RE MOVING BEYOND THE HISTORIC DISTRICT. THIS IS A CROSSING A DRIVEWAY, ONE OF THE TOWN SIDEWALKS ON LONG ISLAND ROAD. THIS IS CLEARLY NOT IT JUST GIVES YOU A VISUAL EXAMPLE OF AS WE'RE IMPROVING PEDESTRIAN SAFETY WE'RE ALSO HITTING IN AND RESILIENCY POINT OF VIEW ALTERNATE WAYS OF TRANSPORTATION AND THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE FOR CONNECTIVITY FOR OUR COMMUNITIES TO BE ABLE TO GET IN NEIGHBORHOODS INTO THE DISTRICT.

SO AGAIN WE HAD THE 19 IDENTIFIED AREAS AS HIGH PRIORITY THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 26. WE JUST MET WITH OUR TRAFFIC OUR TRAFFIC CONSULTANT WHO IS DOING THE THE EARLIER THIS WEEK I THINK IT WAS THIS WEEK AND PRIORITIZING WHERE THESE OUTSIDE OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICT COMPLIANCE ISSUES WILL BE CONSTRUCT DID PRIORITIZE AND WE WILL BE COMING AGAIN BACK TO YOU IN 26 WITH A FISCAL YEAR ASK FOR THAT ADDITIONALLY WILL BE MOVING ON FOR INCLUSION OF OTHER OUTSIDE OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICT AND A SECONDARY PRIORITY WHAT I DID WANT TO POINT OUT TO YOU SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE AGAIN NOT ONLY BRINGING SITES INTO COMPLIANCE FOR CROSSWALK DETECTION BUT ALSO THERE ARE SOME SPEED HUMPS IN AREAS NOT ALL OF THEM HAVE TO BE THE MAX WITH THE BUMPS ON THEM. THEY CAN BE ACCESSIBLE THIS WAY AS WELL WHICH IS REALLY PLEASING THE WITH THE BRICK PAVEMENTS AND WE THEY ALREADY HAVE INSTALLED IN RFP THERE WERE RECTANGULAR RAPID FLASHING BEACON IN SOME SECTIONS OF TOWN THIS WAS DONE UP ON RED CEDAR ROAD AND THIS IS AN EXAMPLE IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER OF WHAT THAT LOOK LIKE IN THE EVENING AND WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THROUGH THIS RECENT ANALYSIS AREAS MAYOR TO YOUR POINT THAT WE COULD WORK WITH D.O.T. ON RIVER ROAD FOR SEVERAL LOCATIONS FOR PUTTING THESE RF BEAMS IN PLACE THESE ARE NOT I WANT TO CONTROL EXPECTATIONS OR THESE ARE NOT TO STOP TRAFFIC THESE ARE TO CALL ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT SOMEBODY HAS

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SO THERE IS A HUGE EDUCATIONAL LIFT ON THIS ON BOTH ENDS FROM A PEDESTRIAN POINT OF VIEW AND SAFETY JUST BECAUSE YOU PUSH A BUTTON DON'T WALK IN FRONT OF MOVING TRAFFIC FROM THE DRIVER'S EDUCATION POINT OF VIEW RECOGNIZE NOT ONLY ARE YOU GOING TO BREAK A LAW IF YOU SOMEBODY WE ALL KNOW THAT YOU ARE ALSO BREAKING A LAW IF THERE'S A PEDESTRIAN IN A CROSSWALK AND YOU DO NOT STOP YOU CAN GET A TICKET FOR THAT SO A LOT OF EDUCATION BUT YOU WILL BE SEEING AS I SAID THIS IS CURRENTLY WE'VE IDENTIFIED AREAS WELL YOU FUNDED ID AND DESIGN THIS YEAR YOU WILL BE ASKED TO FUND IMPLEMENTATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF THESE INTO FISCAL YEAR 26 AGAIN ALONG THE RIVER ROAD WE MUST DO SO IN CONJUNCTION WITH DOT IS IT'S NOT OUR ROAD OKAY OH THAT'S BACK TO YOU. YEAH I WAS LIKE WAIT A SECOND YOU CAN PUSH IT BACK A LITTLE BIT. OKAY QUESTION IN LOOKING I WAS GOING TO SAY IN LOOKING AT THIS IN TRYING TO KEEP WHAT IS D.O.T. ACCEPTABLE OUR RFP CZAR BUT ALSO WHAT IS THE CHARACTER AND FEEL OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICT THIS OBVIOUSLY IS FROM OUR ANALYSTS CONSULTANTS POINT OF VIEW WHAT WE'RE SUGGESTING BUT ARE THERE IDEAS THAT COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO SEE? WE HAVE A QUESTION FIRST BEFORE WE GET TO THAT.

YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE IS COMMUNICATION WITH D.O.T. ON SOME OF THE POTENTIAL PATHWAYS IN PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, WHATEVER IT'S COMING UP. WHERE ARE WE IN TERMS OF COMMUNICATING PRIOR TO THEM PUTTING THINGS DOWN THAT WE ARE AWARE OF I.E. THAT MONSTROSITY OF A SPEED BUMP RIGHT HERE OFF OF BRUIN AND GOATEE AND THEN SOME OF THE THE SMALLER PEDESTRIAN SIGNS THAT ARE REALLY SHORT LIKE OUT IN FRONT OF OUR SQUAT AND GOBBLE AND I THINK PIN OAK THAT LEADS INTO THERE KNOW LIKE THEY PUT IN THINGS THAT THE TOWN ITSELF DID IN AND SOME OF THESE THINGS POP UP AND RESIDENTS ARE KIND OF LIKE WHOA WHO DID THAT WHERE DID THAT COME FROM? LIKE DO WE HAVE A LINE OF COMMUNICATION OPEN WITH THESE ENTITIES KNOW WHEN THEY ARE ABOUT TO PLACE PEDESTRIAN LIKE THOSE INTO THE AREA THAT WE COULD HAVE SOME OF THAT CURRENTLY? NO MA'AM WE DO NOT THOSE SIGNS PUT UP ALONG THE RIVER ROAD. I THOUGHT MAYBE I THOUGHT MAYBE LARRY'S TEAM DID IT.

LARRY THOUGHT SKIPPY DID IT. IT WASN'T UNTIL WE REACHED OUT AND ASKED YACHTY DID Y'ALL DO THIS THAT WE KNEW IT WAS THEM AND SO NO MA'AM, WE DO NOT SO BECAUSE WE DON'T IS THERE PLANS TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS LIKE THAT ONLY BECAUSE IF THEY ARE PUTTING SOMETHING IN TURN THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE EFFECTIVE FOR WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO EITHER MAKE TO ENSURE THAT WHAT'S BEING PUT DOWN MAYBE IF THEY'RE NOT DOING IT ADEQUATELY WE CAN IN TURN GO BACK AND DO SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BENEFIT OUR RESIDENTS AND NOT HAVE NEGATIVE IMPACTS. WE CAN CERTAINLY TRY. YES.

AND I THINK YOU JUST TO ADD ON THAT, I THINK YESTERDAY OR MONDAY THAT THE DISTRICT DOT PERSON HE LEFT THE SO WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHO THE NEW ONE IS AND BUILD THAT RELATIONSHIP BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T COMMUNICATE A WHOLE LOT. BUT IF WE REACHED TO HER SHE WAS RESPONSIVE. BUT NOW THAT SHE'S GONE WE'VE GOT SEE WHO'S GOING TO REPLACE HER BECAUSE BOTH HER AND I THINK THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT BOTH LEFT RECENTLY SO WE'VE GOT TO WORK ON THAT. THE ONES ON THREE ARE ACTUALLY THE COUNTY SO AND LARRY HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THEM AND I'VE BEEN IN CONTACT AND TOLD THEM LIKE THERE WERE SEVERAL ISSUES WE HAD WITH THEM ONE WE DIDN'T KNOW THEY WERE COMING BE THEY PUT UP NO SIGNAGE TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT THEY WERE EVEN KNEW WHETHER THEY WERE IN NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR IT BECAUSE

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THEY HAVE NOT DECIDED TO DO ANYTHING RESPOND TO THOSE REQUESTS HOWEVER THEY ARE IT'S OUT TO BID RIGHT NOW TO REPAIR THAT SECTION AND THERE WILL BE PERMANENT TABLES PUT IN THROUGH THERE WHICH ACTUALLY WERE IDENTIFIED AS PART OF OUR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY SO IT WILL MATCH OUR PRESENT PEDESTRIAN SAFETY PROGRAM BUT IT WILL BE PERMANENT TABLES THAT ARE PUT OUT THERE TO REPLACE THOSE SPEED BUMPS. BUT WHEN WE ASKED THEM IF THEY COULD DO ANYTHING IN THE INTERIM, THEY TOLD US THAT THEY WOULD AT POTENTIALLY MOVING THEM OR ADDRESS THEM AND THEY'VE DONE NOTHING THEY PUT A SIGN UP NOW.

YEAH THEY PUT A SIGN TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THEY WERE THERE AND THAT'S IT SO BUT THAT THAT PORTION WHERE THEY PUT THEM ON IS COUNTY COMMENT QUESTION SO AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THE DOT WOULD RESPOND IT MAY BE WELL FIRST OF ALL LET ME BACK UP I THINK ALL OF COUNCIL HAS SHOWN CONSISTENCY THAT WE ARE ALL IN FAVOR ADDRESSING THE CROSSWALKS WHERE THE THE MAIN CROSSWALKS ARE AND THERE MAY BE OTHERS BUT I WOULD SAY OBVIOUSLY CALHOUN AND MAE RIVER ROAD WE ALL KNOW THAT ONE I MAY BE DOWN NEAR THOMAS HAYWOOD WOULD BE ANOTHER ONE BUT AT CALHOUN EVEN IF YOU HAD THE BLINKING LIGHTS OR SOME MANNER THAT WE ALL HAVE ENCOURAGED, THE CARS STILL COME ALL THE WAY BUMPER TO BUMPER THROUGH THE INTERSECTION. SO I WONDER IF AGAIN DON'T DO SOMETHING TO DELINEATE WAIT BECAUSE YOU COULD HAVE A PEDESTRIAN.

I MEAN I WALK ALL THE TIME YOU CAN START IN I HAVE TO GO BEHIND CARS AFTER WE'VE IN BETWEEN SO THERE NEEDS TO BE A WAY TO TRY TO DELINEATE THAT OR POTENTIALLY IF THE STATE WOULD ALLOW IT THAT BE A PERFECT LOCATION FOR A BUTTON FOR THE PEDESTRIANS TO PUSH THAT INDICATES FOR THE TRAFFIC TO STOP THAT POINT I THOUGHT WELL SAID IN THIS SAME WAY I WAS THINKING AND YOU KNOW EVERYWHERE I GO YOU KNOW OTHER CITIES WHETHER IT'S CHARLESTON OR BEAUFORT OR WHATEVER I SEE PLACES YOU WALK UP, YOU PUSH THE BUTTON, YOU WAIT UNTIL IT TURNS AND THEN YOU CROSS THE ROAD. THESE BASICALLY JUST FLASH A YELLOW LIGHT IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND THIS IS APPROVED BY D.O.T. I MEAN THIS IS ACCEPTABLE ON A YEAH IT WAS JUST IN THE PAPER WE'RE HELPING THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE DOING JUST MORE OF THE SAME THING THEY'RE DOING. IS IT MORE EFFECTIVE I GUESS IS WHAT I'M YOU KNOW TYPICALLY AS AND I'M NOT A TRAFFIC ENGINEER NOR AM I EVER GOING TO PRETEND TO BE WHEN SIR BUT TYPICALLY YOU HAVE THOSE COUNTDOWN AND IT'S GOOD TO WALK DON'T WALK THERE WITH LIGHTED SIGNAL WE DON'T HAVE A LIGHTED SIGNAL ON MAY RIVER ROAD IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT. SO THIS IS YOUR OPTION AT THAT POINT? I CAN CLARIFY THERE'S WITH COLIN AND WITH D.O.T.. YEAH BUT AGAIN FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN AND READ THOSE ARE THOSE ARE AT LIGHTED INTERSECTIONS THAT'S THAT'S A GOOD POINT I HADN'T CONSIDERED BUT IT COULD BE POTENTIALLY THE SPEED LIMIT OF THE ROAD MAY ALSO ALLOW SOMETHING LIKE THAT TAKE PLACE. I DON'T KNOW YOU'LL HAVE TO LOOK INTO IT.

YEAH, WELL A WHILE AGO, KIM, YOU SAID THAT THIS WAS WHAT YOUR WELL SEEMED TO BE FOR OUR DISTRICT THE MOST ESTHETIC OR WHATEVER. SO I GUESS THERE'S OTHER CHOICES. I MEAN IF THIS WAS SOMEBODY SAID WOULD YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? ONE OTHER CHOICE IS A CROSS ARM BAR WITH, A FLASHING RED OR A PEDESTRIAN SIGNAL WHICH IN QUICK CONVERSATIONS WITH WITH STAFF DIDN'T SEEM TO FIT WITH THE ESTHETIC OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICT. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK ANOTHER QUESTION. THIS IS REALLY FOR COUNCIL IT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE TWO STREETS GATE PROJECTS THE BOUNDARY AND CALHOUN STREET.

SIR WE KNOW THAT CALHOUN STREET IS GOING TO BE FAR MORE COMPLICATED AND DISTURBING THAN . BOUNDARY STREET SO BOUNDARY STREET WE KNOW IS GOING TO HAPPEN PRIOR TO CALHOUN. YES, SIR. SO CALHOUN ALONG WITH TRYING TO

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ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME UP JUST RECENTLY WAS TALKING ABOUT BUS STOPS AND WORKING WITH PALMETTO BREEZE TO LOOK AT PUTTING UP SOME BUS STOPS TO HELP WITH SAFETY FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE WAITING, GIVE THEM A PLACE OUT OF THE WEATHER AND COUNSEL SAID LET'S BRING UP IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN. SO WE WANTED TO PUT THAT ON THERE AS WELL.

WE'VE TALKED TO PALMETTO BREEZE AND THEY'VE ACTUALLY PROVIDED US THEY HAVE LIKE A PRIORITY LIST OF LOCATIONS PART OF THE ISSUE THEY HAVE IS FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN SO LET ME GET CLOSER APOLOGIZE. SO PART OF THAT WOULD BE COUNCIL WANTS TO SEE THIS IS IF WE WANT TO PUSH IT FORWARD WE WOULD PROBABLY NEED TO SET FUNDING ASIDE TO WORK WITH THEM ON IDENTIFIED LOCATIONS AND LOOK AT A DESIGN AND PROGRAM AND START KIND OF DOING IT OURSELVES IN COOPERATION WITH THEM. SO WANTED TO KIND OF GET WITH COUNCIL ON THAT AND SEE IF THERE IS IF YOU ALL WHAT YOUR DIRECTION WAS ON THAT AND IF IT WAS SOMETHING YOU WANT TO SEE US MOVE FORWARD WITH AND CONTINUE.

CAN I ADD JUST SOMETHING TO THAT? GO AHEAD HEATHER.

SORRY. SO TOO I WANT TO ADD THAT STEPHEN MENTIONED TALKING WITH BRIAN SULLIVAN WHO'S THE NEW DIRECTOR AT PALMETTO BREEZE I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S OFFICIAL

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YES. I THOUGHT I NOT THAT WE HAVE TO BUT I THOUGHT THE TOWN DID I GUESS A COUPLE OF COMMENTS AND IN THE MANUAL GOT SEVEN PROPOSED LOCATIONS WE DON'T HAVE WE HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING AT ONE TIME I THINK THAT THEY WERE STILL HAVE TO COME BACK AND IDENTIFY THEIR TOP PRIORITIES EVEN THOUGH THEY PUT SEVEN HOW MUCH TRAFFIC IS MEAN? HOW MUCH RIDERSHIP IS BEING GENERATED TO CERTAIN LOCATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT QUANTIFIES AND ACTUALLY BASED ON YOUR RESPONSE TO THAT WHEN I ASKED I DID ASK BRIAN FOR RIDERSHIP NUMBERS FOR THOSE LOCATIONS ANTICIPATING THAT QUESTION MAY COME UP HE SAID AT THIS POINT THEY DID NOT PREVIOUSLY THEY HAVEN'T TRACKED NUMBERS FOR THAT.

THE PALMETTO BUS JUST THE LARGER BUSSES. HOWEVER, HIS GOAL IS TO TRACK SO THAT THEY CAN JUSTIFY KNOW WHERE THOSE NEEDS ARE FOR THE BUS STOPS.

I WILL ALSO SAY THAT YOU KNOW LIKE EVERYTHING IT'S TIED WITH PLANNING.

I KNOW A LOT OF WORK THAT YOU'LL HEAR FROM THE RESILIENCY PROBABLY RIGHT AFTER LUNCH ALSO MAY COINCIDE WITH A WITH THE HEAT MAPS AS FAR AS LIKE WHERE'S THE HOT PLACES PHYSICALLY HOT PLACES HIGH TEMPERATURES AREAS AND THAT WILL HELP ALSO LOCATE BUS STOPS TOO AS YOU KNOW I THINK WE ALL I WOULD IMAGINE THERE'S NO ONE IN THIS BUILDING TODAY THAT WHEN THEY GO TO A ANOTHER OF A CITY OF SOME SORT THAT HAS PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, THAT DOES NOT HAVE BUS AND SO AGAIN, I THINK IT ENHANCES THE RIGHT OF THE RIDERS THE RIDERSHIP NUMBERS, WHATEVER. AND SO I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF PURSUING GOING DOWN THIS ROAD A LITTLE AT A TIME. THERE'S JUST ME AND TOO I WILL I WILL ASK.

I'VE BEEN SAYING ONE OF THESE DAYS I'M GOING TO INVITE SOME OTHER STAFF AND IF COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO JOIN ME TO HOP ON THE PALMETTO AND GO GO TO ONE OF THE LUNCH SPOTS JUST TO SEE HOW THAT WORKS. I'M ALSO IN FAVOR OF MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS BUT I WOULD FOR US TO CONSIDER ANY KIND OF WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION, THE BUILDING, ANY SOLAR OPTIONS TO ALLOW FOR FANS ANY KIND OF HEAT AND FOR THE SUMMER IN THE WINTER AM I NOT

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THE NUMBERS FORM RIGHT NOW I NEED TO KNOW HOW IF IT'S EVEN SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER BASED ON HOW MANY PEOPLE USE AND A LOT OF THAT TOO SPEAKING WITH BRIAN REALLY STARTS WITH LIKE YOU SAID JUST ANALYZING THAT REVIEWING IT YOU KNOW WELL NO EVEN THE DRIVERS KNOW WHAT THEY THINK THEY NEED BUT REALLY PRICE STARTS WITH THAT BUS STOP AMENITIES PLAN WITH THOSE NUMBERS AND LOCATIONS WHILE THEY'RE LOOKING AT THAT WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT A DESIGN PRICE AND HAVE THAT INFORMATION. SO IF WE DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD WE'LL KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO RUN YET I WOULD SAY LET'S GET SOME MORE INFORMATION THINK I WOULD BE FOR IT IF IT MAKES SENSE AND COULD BE AN ASSET TO TO THE PEOPLE BUT RIGHT NOW WE DON'T KNOW ENOUGH TO SAY DO IT WE JUST NEED TO GET SOME MORE INFORMATION FOR NOW AND MOVE FORWARD FROM THERE. I THINK WE HAVE EVERYTHING WE NEED.

I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. I'M JUST JUST TO TO ADD IN ON IT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW LIKE THIS IS YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT MAY BE PHASED IN OVER TIME BUT I THINK A CONVERSATION WE'VE BEEN HAVING SINCE YOU KNOW, MY FIRST FOUR YEARS ON COUNCIL AND I KNOW THOSE BEFORE ME YOU'VE PROBABLY IT SINCE THEN IS THE NEED TO TRY TO UTILIZE WHAT NOW HAVE AS AN ASSET FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION THROUGH THE BREEZE SO OUR RESIDENTS ARE NOT GOING TO BE USING IT AS FREQUENT YOU KNOW IF ONE BEFORE WE HAVE THE TRANSIT IT'D BE HARD TO IDENTIFY WELL WHO COULD USE IT IF WE DIDN'T? PEOPLE CRYING FOR THE NEED, WE PROVIDED THE NEED AND WE'RE SEEING PEOPLE USE IT WELL THERE'S REALLY NOT AN INCENTIVE TO GO AND WAIT NECESSARILY FOR A SHUTTLE IF THE WEATHER CONDITIONS, YOU KNOW, DON'T LEND ITSELF FOR YOU TO STAND TO WAIT FOR THAT TRANSPORTATION OR THAT TRANSIT. AND AS WE SEE THE INCREASE EVEN WITH THE CONGESTION OF TRAFFIC AND WE WANT TO PUSH PEOPLE TOWARDS THAT, I THINK IT'S EFFECTIVE TO KIND OF LOOK AT THIS IN TOTALITY WHERE WE TRYING TO GO WHETHER IT'S TWO YEARS FROM NOW, FIVE YEARS FROM NOW AND WE CAN'T WAIT UNTIL LIKE THOSE RIGHT MOMENTS TO SAY LET'S CREATE IT.

IT'S OF IDENTIFYING A NEED AND KNOWING THAT THAT DEMAND IS THERE WHEN WE'RE ABLE TO SUPPLY A PURPOSE FOR IT. SO I JUST WANT US TO KEEP IN MIND THAT EVEN IF THIS IS A PHASED APPROACH WE HAVE TO MAKE IT MAKE SENSE FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND THAT'S ALSO INCLUDING DO WE HAVE SOME TYPE OF RIDE SHARE PARKING AREA TO WHERE PEOPLE CAN PARK THEIR VEHICLES TO COMMUTE TO BE TO USE THIS BECAUSE THEY ALL KIND OF WORK IN TANDEM IF WE DON'T HAVE THOSE THOSE METRICS IN PLACE AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE YOU KNOW WE'RE WORKING AGAINST OURSELVES THEY'RE IF THERE'S NO OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS OUR NEXT ONE WOULD BE GREEN INITIATIVES.

IT IS ABOUT A QUARTER 12TH THE LUNCH IS HERE SO IF COUNCIL TO THIS IS A GOOD BREAK AND THEN YOUR PLATES AND THEN YOU SAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO START PRESENTING AT 12 SO THAT SHOULD LINE UP JUST ABOUT RIGHT AND THEN WE CAN GET INTO GREEN INITIATIVES AFTER THAT

[VI. Working Lunch Presentations]

THANK YOU FOR HAVING. I'M VERNA ARNETT, GENERAL MANAGER AT JASPER WATER AND SEWER AND I WAS HERE LAST YEAR SO. I REALLY APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO COME BACK AND THIS YEAR I BROUGHT CHARLIE STONE IS OUR DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS AND CHARLIE IS RELATIVELY NEW TO US AS WELL AS AM YOU'VE BEEN HERE A BIT YOU SAY ABOUT TEN MONTHS, TEN MONTHS AND SO WE'RE GOING TO TAG TEAM ON PRESENTATION AND WE'LL GO THROUGH SOME THINGS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON AT BWC SAY AND OF COURSE ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL MAY HAVE. SO I'LL LET CHARLIE KICK IT OFF RIGHT? RIGHT. THANK YOU, VERNA FIRST AND FOREMOST WE DID WANT THANK MAYOR TOUMA AND TOWN COUNCIL FOR HAVING US TODAY AS WELL AS TOWN STAFF AND THE PUBLIC.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO UPDATE YOU THE STATE OF THE AUTHORITY.

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SAVE YOUR BONE. SEE IF I CAN GET THIS TO WORK HERE.

ALL RIGHT, SO I DID WANT TO JUST GIVE A QUICK OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE PLAN ON COVERING THIS AFTERNOON. WE'RE GOING TO TOUCH ON OUR MISSION OUR VISION STATEMENT FROM VIEW FOR JASPER A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY ABOUT OUR ORGANIZATION, OUR PRESENT REALITY, SOME REGIONAL PROJECTS THAT ARE OF INTEREST WHERE WE'RE AT WITH OUR RATE PROCESS AND OUR CAPACITY FEE PROCESS AND THEN FINALLY SOMETHING THAT I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT AND MR. BELL ON OUR BOARD IS HERE THIS AFTERNOON KNOW HE'S VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT IT AS WELL BUT OUR INITIATIVE AROUND ON SEWARD AND UNDERSERVED AREAS SO I DO WANT TO BEGIN WITH OUR MISSION STATEMENT OUR VISION STATEMENT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S EXTREMELY RELEVANT TO WHERE AT TODAY AS AN ORGANIZATION AND SOME OF THE DECISIONS THAT WE'RE LOOKING UNDERTAKING.

THERE'S TWO GENERAL THEMES THAT I WANTED TO POINT OUT. OUR MISSION STATEMENT STATES THAT WE WILL PROVIDE QUALITY SERVICES TO NOT ONLY OUR OUR CURRENT CUSTOMERS BUT FUTURE CUSTOMERS. THE SECOND ITEM IS THAT OUR VISION STATEMENT STATES THAT WE WILL BE RECOGNIZED FOR OUR DEDICATION TO OUR EMPLOYEES, OUR COMMUNITY AND THE ENVIRONMENT AND SO TODAY BURNIE I PLAN ON REVIEWING SOME PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES THAT ARE PURPOSEFULLY WORKING TO ADDRESS BOTH OUR MISSION STATEMENT AND OUR VISION STATEMENT ALSO MENTIONED HAVE 244 EMPLOYEES IN BEAUFORT COUNTY AND JASPER COUNTY AND UNDER BURNESS LEADERSHIP THESE EMPLOYEES EVERY DAY TO CARRY OUT THIS MISSION STATEMENT IN THIS STATEMENT. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE LIVE EVERY DAY AT FOR JASPER.

SO A LITTLE BIT OF A HISTORY BUFF. I'M A BIG BELIEVER IN THE CONCEPT THAT IT'S HARD TO KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING IF YOU DON'T KNOW YOU'VE COME FROM.

AND SO I WANTED TO INCLUDE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON BEAUFORT JASPER'S HISTORY BECAUSE THERE'S SOME PARALLELS, SOME LESSONS LEARNED FROM 65 YEARS AGO AND WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY AND. MR. RIC MARSHALL IS A FAMILY FRIEND.

I KNOW A LOT OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS KNOW RIC VERY WELL AND HIS GREAT UNCLE JOHN MERCER WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF OUR FOUNDING BOARD MEMBERS AT BEAUFORT JASPER WATER AND 65 YEARS AGO WHENEVER JASPER WAS FORMED OR IN THE EARLY 1900S OUR REGION WAS RELIANT UPON A WELL SYSTEM AND BETWEEN 1950 AND 1960 OUR REGION EXPERIENCED THE HIGHEST POPULATION INCREASE ON THE ATLANTIC SEABOARD OF 63%. SO A STORY THAT SOUNDS VERY FAMILIAR TO BEAUFORT COUNTY TODAY BETWEEN 1950 AND 1960 THE POPULATION INCREASE WAS DUE LARGELY TO CIVILIANS BEING EMPLOYED AT THE MILITARY INSTALLATIONS AND WITH THAT POPULATION INCREASE WE RAN INTO A CIRCUMSTANCE WHERE SALTWATER BEGAN LEACHING INTO THE WATER BEARING STRATA AND THE MUNICIPALITIES THE MILITARY INSTALLATIONS WERE IN COMPETITION FOR POTABLE WATER.

AND SO THE LEGISLATURE STEPPED IN. THEY GATHERED AROUND THE TABLE WITH THE MUNICIPAL WITH THE MILITARY INSTALLATIONS AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT WE NEEDED A SUSTAINABLE AND A LONG TERM SOLUTION FOR POTABLE WATER IN THIS REGION.

AND WHAT WAS BORNE OUT THAT WAS THE SAVANNAH RIVER CANAL PROJECT THE CONSTRUCT OF THE 18 MILE CANAL FROM SAVANNAH RIVER TO OUR CHELSEA PLANT AND THE FORMATION OF THE AUTHORITY.

BUT I WANTED TO BRING THAT UP BECAUSE IF YOU THINK ABOUT WHERE WE WERE AT 65 YEARS AGO WE WERE A REGION THAT WAS CHALLENGED AND THROUGH COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIP WE WERE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER TO COME UP WITH A PERMANENT SOLUTION AND THE COMMUNITY AND SO WHERE THAT LEAVE US TODAY AND OUR CURRENT SYSTEM HEY THANK YOU CHARLIE.

SO THAT WAS A GREAT BACKGROUND ON B.J. W.S. AND IT'S INTERESTING.

SO THE ORGANIZATION TODAY COVERS THE TWO COUNTIES. THE SERVICE AREA IS ABOUT 750 SQUARE MILES WHICH I THINK SAID THIS LAST YEAR THAT IS HUGE FOR WATER, WATER AND SEWER UTILITIES TO COVER THAT MUCH AREA. THERE CERTAINLY ARE CHALLENGES TO THAT FROM JUST TOPOGRAPHIC STANDPOINT. IT'S A FLAT AREA THOUGH THIS IS THE LOW COUNTRY HIGH GROUNDWATER TABLE. SO THE CHALLENGES OF TRANSPORTING WATER AND PARTICULARLY SEWER OVER THAT AREA HAS NECESSITATED A GOOD

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SO AS WE KNOW WE'VE HAD AN UNPRECEDENTED AMOUNT OF GROWTH IN THIS AREA CERTAINLY LEADING FOR THE UNITED STATES. IT'S ONE OF THE LEADING AREAS OF GROWTH OUR CAPACITY LIMITATIONS. I MEAN THAT'S WHY WE HAVE MAJOR, MAJOR AIR TREATMENT PLANT PROJECTS GOING ON ON BOTH THE WATER AND THE WASTEWATER SIDE TO MEET THAT THAT GROWTH PROJECTION. ANOTHER THING THAT WE'RE SEEING IN ADDITION TO THE HAVE TO THE NEED TO HAVE TO BUILD FACILITIES IS THE COST OF THESE FACILITIES.

THE I IT WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING AT OUR ARCHERY POINT EXPANSION WHICH IS THE ONE ON THE WASTEWATER SIDE. CHERRY POINT DOES SERVE THE TOWN OF BOSTON. THAT PROJECT ACTUALLY STARTED IN 2020.

THAT'S ONE OF THE DESIGN WAS KICKED OFF IN 2020. THE ESTIMATE FOR THAT PROJECT WAS $31 MILLION IN 2022 AFTER THE DESIGN WAS PARTIALLY DONE THEY DID AN ESTIMATE THE UPDATED THE ESTIMATE TO $53 MILLION WHEN WE DID THE OVER THE SUMMER A LITTLE WAS $107 MILLION. SO WE HAVE SEEN A HUGE INCREASE MUCH MORE BEYOND CONSUMER PRICE INFLATION ON THE CONSTRUCTION MARKET AND PART OF THAT IS THERE'S A LOT OF REASONS FOR THAT BUT THAT'S A REALITY THAT WE'RE SEEING AND I'M SURE THAT THE TOWN YOU'RE ALL SEEING THAT IN SOME OF YOUR PROJECTS THAT YOU HAVE GOING ON UNFUNDED MANDATES ARE ONE WE JUST GOT

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THIS IS A FEES THAT DEVELOPERS PAY TO BUY INTO THE SYSTEM THAT WILL HELP US FUND THESE GROWTH PROJECTS THAT THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT. WE ALSO NEED TO HAVE OUR RATES INCREASE TO KEEP UP WITH AN INFLATION AND SOME OF THE COST INCREASES WE'RE SEEING.

I THINK THAT'S NOT A SURPRISE. I THINK YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL SEEING THIS IN ALL OF THE RATES THAT WE PAY FOR VARIOUS SERVICES. SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A EXAMPLE OF THE SIZE OF OUR CAPITAL PROGRAM COMING UP, WE HAVE A MAJORITY OF IT IN THE TREATMENT PLANT PROJECTS AND AS I SAID, THOSE PROJECTS ARE EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE.

THEY'RE THEY'RE VERY SPECIALIZED CONSTRUCTION. THEY REQUIRE SPECIALIZED AND WE'RE DEFINITELY SEEING THE IMPACTS OF INFLATION VERY PRESSURES SUPPLY CHAIN AND THOSE TYPES OF ISSUES WITH OUR CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE PROGRAM IS FOCUSED ON TREATMENT PLANTS FOLLOWED BY A DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS AND THEN COLLECTION SYSTEM PUMP STATIONS AND PIPELINES SO TO GO OVER OUR I WAS TALKING ABOUT TREATMENT AND KIND OF THE THAT WE'RE SEEING FOR SOME OF THIS THESE PROJECTS. PERRYSBURG THE ONE THAT'S UNDER EXPANSION AND THE COST FOR THAT EXPANSION THAT WAS BID IN THE SPRING 2023 I BELIEVE IT WAS PITCHED SHORTLY BEFORE I GOT HERE $54 MILLION FOR THAT EXPANSION AND QUITE FRANKLY, LOOKING AT SOME OF THESE PRICES THAT LOOKS LIKE A BARGAIN CHERRY POINT AS I SAID, WE ARE AT $107 MILLION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THAT PLANT. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY EXPANDING THE HARDY BUILT WASTEWATER PLANT IN THE FUTURE AND ALSO PROVIDING AN ADDITIONAL AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THE NEW RIVER AS POTENTIAL DISCHARGE POINT FOR THAT PLANT. SO THOSE OUT IN THE FUTURE WE'RE STUDYING THOSE NOW TO AND KEEPING TRACK OF OUR GROWTH TO SEE YOU KNOW WHEN NEED TO START REALLY SERIOUSLY LOOKING AT DESIGN THOSE FACILITIES BUT THOSE THINGS ARE ON OUR HORIZON AND HERE'S A FEW PICTURES CONSTRUCTION AT PERRYSBURG IT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE BEEN OUT THERE A FEW TIMES AND HAVE BEEN QUITE AMAZED AT WHAT'S GOING ON BUT YOU CAN SEE JUST FROM THE CONSTRUCTION COMPLEXITY OF THIS TYPE OF A PROJECT TO DO WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY SOMEWHAT REFLECTED IN THE PRICE TAG WE'RE ON SCHEDULE WHICH IS ALWAYS GOOD TO BE COMPLETED BY THE SUMMER OF 2025 WE HOPE THAT WE CAN START PROCESSING WATER YOU KNOW EARLY SUMMER AND WRAP UP THE PROJECT IN THE FALL SO THAT DEFINITE WILL HELP US FROM A SYSTEM STANDPOINT IN IN OUR WATER SUPPLY. SO WE'RE REALLY REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.

AND THEN THE CHERRY POINT WASTEWATER PLANT WE ARE AS I SAID, WE'RE DOING A GROUNDBREAKING NEXT MONTH IN NOVEMBER CONTRACTORS TO START THROWING DIRT IS WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD SO WE'LL GET THAT ONE UNDERWAY AND THAT ALSO HAS A FAST TRACK.

WE'VE GOT SOME CRITICAL PIECES OF INFRASTRUCTURE WE'RE GOING TO BE FAST TRACKING TO GET THAT IN SO WE CAN ACTUALLY START PROCESSING ADDITIONAL WASTEWATER BEFORE DECEMBER 26.

BUT YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR PERMIT FOR THAT WE'VE BEEN PERMITTED FOR THE 11.25 THAT WAS RECEIVED FROM US JUST LAST MONTH. SO WE'RE WELL ON OUR WAY THERE TO GETTING THAT EXPANSION COMPLETE AND WITH THAT I'LL TURN IT OVER TO CHARLIE TO GO

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SO I THINK WHEN VERNON AND I WALKED STEPHEN HAD A PICTURE OF THE NEW PALMETTO BREEZE, THE BLUFFTON BUS AND I'M NOT SURE HOW WE COMPETE WITH THE MURAL ON THAT BUS BUT THIS IS OUR NEW BUCKWALTER ELEVATED STORAGE TANK COMPLETE WITH BLUFFTON LOGO AND SLOGAN AND IT'S A CRITICAL FOR BLUFFTON AS WELL AS SOUTH OF THE BROAD IT'S TO ADD ONE AND A HALF MILLION GALLONS TO OUR STORAGE CAPACITY . AND I DID WANT TO MENTION THAT OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM IS TRULY WHAT ALLOWS US TO INVEST IN OUR SYSTEM BUT ALSO IN THE IN THE COMMUNITY AND OUR TEAM AT BEAUFORT JASPER OUR FORMER CHIEF OF ENGINEERING AND NOW DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER PAUL VINCENT AS WELL AS HANSEN FROM OUR ENGINEERING TEAM HAVE GONE THROUGH AN EXHAUSTIVE PROCESS OF LOOKING AT ALL 102 PROJECTS IN OUR CIP AND CONDUCTING AN ANALYSIS AND A NEEDS ASSESSMENT ON EACH ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS. AND SO JUST THE LEVEL OF SCRUTINY THAT THEY PUT INTO THE SIP IN TERMS OF DECIDING WHAT IS NECESSARY FOR OUR SYSTEM AS WE MOVE FORWARD HAS BEEN TRULY REMARKABLE. BUT VERNON TOUCHED ON MANY OF OUR PROJECTS THAT ARE ARE REGIONAL IN NATURE AND MOST OF OUR OUR PROJECTS AS A WATER AND WASTEWATER PROVIDER ARE REGIONAL AND IMPACT MULTIPLE JURISDICTIONS BUT WE DIDN'T WANT TO QUANTIFY SPECIFICALLY IN OUR CIP WHAT IMPACTS TOWN OF BLUFFTON AND APPROXIMATELY $305 MILLION OF OUR CIP HAS SOME LEVEL OF IMPACT ON THE TOWN TOWN SO IT'S NO THAT WE ARE A MILITARY COMMUNITY EVERYBODY KNOWS THE NUMBERS THE MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR IMPACT, THE THOUSANDS OF VETERANS AND ACTIVE DUTY THAT LIVE IN THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON AS WELL AS OUR OTHER MUNICIPALITIES. I KNOW THERE WAS JUST THE THE GRAND OPENING OF THE NEW VETERANS AFFAIRS OFFICE IN BLUFFTON LAST OR A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.

AND SO WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT AN IMPROVED PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR INSTALLATIONS.

ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO VERN AND I HAD THE PLEASURE OF GOING OUT TO THE MARINE AIR STATION AND WE HAD A MEETING WITH COLONEL BERTRAM WHO'S THE COMMANDING OFFICER AT THE AIR STATION AND SIMILAR TO TODAY WALKED COLONEL BERTRAM THROUGH OUR SHIP OUR CHALLENGES AS THE WATER AND SEWER PROVIDER AND WE HAD A CONVERSATION ON OUR INSTALLATIONS AND SOME OF THEIR AGED INFRASTRUCTURE. SO OBVIOUSLY HAVE A LOT OF VERY NOTEWORTHY CAPACITY PROJECTS BUT THROUGHOUT BEAUFORT COUNTY AND JASPER COUNTY WE HAVE A LARGE CHUNK OF FUNDS DESIGNATED FOR REHAB AND REPLACEMENT PROJECTS AND SO IN OUR CIP WE HAVE ABOUT $45 MILLION DESIGNATED TO OUR INSTALLATIONS JUST TO SPEAK TO ONE PROJECT THAT'S NOTEWORTHY WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF OUT AT LAUREL BAY. THEY ARE RELIANT UPON A WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT THAT WAS BUILT IN THE 1960S. THAT PLANT HAS A CAPACITY OF .35 MGD THE INFRASTRUCTURE AGED AND IT IS CANDIDLY IN A POOR FUNCTIONING CAPABILITY AND SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH COUNTY, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH VETERAN'S AFFAIRS AS WELL AS THE AIR TO APPLY FOR GRANT FUNDING. CURRENTLY WE $9 MILLION IN OUR CIP AND WE PARTNERED WITH THE COUNTY TO PULL IN $3 MILLION FROM VETERAN'S AFFAIRS FOR THIS I WILL NOTE NEAL PUGLISI COLONEL POLICE WHO MANY OF YOU PROBABLY KNOW HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN THIS PROCESS.

COLONEL IS THE GUY WHEN IT COMES TO ALL THINGS MILITARY AND BRINGING THOSE BACK INTO BEAUFORT COUNTY. BUT THIS IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF A PROJECT THAT IS NECESSARY FOR A MISSION AND MAKING SURE THAT THE INSTALLATIONS HAVE WHAT THEY NEED TO CONTINUE OPERATING EFFICIENTLY. I'M NOT GOING TO SPEND A WHOLE LOT OF TIME ON THIS.

THIS IS JUST A MAP OF OUR PROJECTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 24 AND 25 BASED UPON LOCATION.

SO WE'VE SPOKEN TO QUITE A FEW PROJECTS CAPACITY PROJECTS, REHAB PROJECTS NOW HOW DO WE FUND THESE PROJECTS? SO WE HAVE TWO MAIN BUCKETS OF MONEY THAT WE CAN FUND CIP PROJECTS, RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL RATES AND THEN CAPACITY AND WE DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT HISTORICALLY WHERE WE HAVE BEEN WITH OUR USER RATES FROM 2013 TO 2024 OUR ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN MINDFUL OF HOW RATE INCREASES CAN IMPACT CUSTOMERS AND.

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BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID WE'VE HAD SEVEN YEARS WHERE WE'VE HAD RATE INCREASES OF LESS THAN 2% SO BARELY KEEPING UP WITH INFLATION. IN ADDITION, WE ARE IN A SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCE WITH CAPACITY FROM 2014 TO 2024. THIS CHART WHAT WE'VE COLLECTED IN CAPACITY FEES AND THEN WHAT WE'VE SPENT IN TERMS OF GROWTH PROJECTS FROM 2014 TO 2024 WE COLLECTED $104 MILLION IN CAPACITY FEES OVER THAT SAME TIME SPAN WE SPENT $134 MILLION ON GROWTH PROJECTS AND IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS IN RCP. JUST TO PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE ,THE ONE PROJECT THAT BURNETT MENTIONED CHERRY POINT TREATMENT PLANT HAS A $107 MILLION PRICE TAG AND SO THAT SINGLE GROWTH PROJECT SURPASSES WE'VE COLLECTED IN CAPACITY FEES OVER A DECADE. SO I DID WANT TO PROVIDE AN ILLUSTRATION ON OUR OUR RATES CURRENTLY SO WE ARE IN A SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE THE NECESSITY OF INCREASING WE HAVE THE NECESSITY OF INCREASING CAPACITY FEES. WE HAVE SEEN ABOUT A 9% RATE INCREASE ACROSS THE BOARD IN 20 FISCAL YEAR 2023 TO 2024. IF YOU TAKE A 7000 GALLONS PER MONTH WATER AND SEWER USER THEY WOULD HAVE PAID $105.34 THAT SAME TODAY WOULD PAY $114.97 SO ABOUT A $9 INCREASE. SO WHAT IS A CAPACITY FEE? A CAPACITY FEE IS A FEE THAT'S ASSESSED FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT CUSTOMERS TO RECOVER THE COST OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S CONSTRUCTED BY THE AUTHORITY AND TO ACCOMMODATE ADDITIONAL CUSTOMERS AND SO THROUGHOUT THE ROUTE THE PAST 12 MONTHS WE'VE BEEN UNDERGOING PROCESS AROUND CAPACITY FEES.

IT'S OUR GOAL TO HAVE A VERY TRANSPARENT PROCESS AND PROCESS OF THE BUILD COMMUNITY AND THROUGHOUT SUMMER PAUL VINCENT WHO IS NOW OUR DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER, HAD WORKSHOPS WITH THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY AND WE BROUGHT IN DIFFERENT WE WALK THEM THROUGH OUR CIP, LET THEM KNOW THAT WE WERE CONSIDERING THIS CAPACITY FEE INCREASE AND THERE WAS REALLY A FEW THINGS THAT WE HEARD FROM THESE WORKSHOPS. THE FIRST WAS NOBODY TOLD US TO STOP BUILDING CAPACITY. WE BELIEVE THERE'S A REAL UNDERSTANDING FROM THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY THAT THESE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS ARE NECESSARY FOR THEM TO CONTINUE. NUMBER TWO WAS IS THERE WAY TO COMMUNICATE A TIMELINE AND TO PROVIDE IN TERMS OF COST AND? THEN NUMBER THREE WAS DON'T BLOW UP MY CURRENT DEAL.

SO I WORKED AT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOR FOUR SIX YEARS.

I HEARD OFTEN OVER THAT SIX YEARS HOW CAPACITY FEES CAN BE A ROADBLOCK TO AND SO THE LAST THING WE WANT TO DO AS THE AUTHORITY TO SURPRISE ANYBODY WITH ANY CHANGES AND SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THESE WORKSHOPS THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER MONTHS COMING OUT OF THOSE WORKSHOPS WITH THE FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED WE TOOK INTO ACCOUNT THE FACT THAT WE SHOULD PROVIDE A FUTURE OUTLOOK SO COST CERTAINTY OVER A NUMBER OF YEARS AND WE TOOK INTO ACCOUNT THAT THERE'S PROJECTS THAT WERE IN THE WORKS AND SO IF WE COULD AN EXTENDED TIMELINE OUT AND HAVE THAT DEADLINE COMMUNICATED AND SO CURRENTLY UP ON THE SCREEN IS OUR OUR CURRENT WATER AND WASTEWATER FEES WHICH SIT JUST AT ABOUT $7,000 PER RTU OUR PLAN WHICH WAS APPROVED BY OUR BOARD IS TO ALLOW OUR CAPACITY FEE TO REMAIN THE SAME AT PRECAST CURRENTLY CAPACITY FEES ARE ALL COLLECTED AT PRE CON AND TO STAGGER INCREASE TO COLLECTION AT METERS WHICH WILL MITIGATE OF THE CARRYING COSTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY MOVING FORWARD WITH THESE INCREASES THE SECOND ITEM THAT WE ARE PLANNING ON IMPLEMENTING IS TO HAVE A MULTI-YEAR PHASE IN AND SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WE HEARD THROUGH OUR WORKSHOPS.

SO I DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THIS PROJECT AND I REALLY THE THE REASON I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT

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THE MAY RIVER WITH THAT BEING SAID, I PROMISED AT THE START OF THIS THAT I WAS GOING TO RELATE SOME OF THIS BACK TO OUR VISION AND OUR VISION. IT'S STATES THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A DEDICATION TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND WHENEVER STARTED AT BEAUFORT JASPER ABOUT TEN MONTHS AGO MR. BELL AND VERNA AND OUR LEADERSHIP FORMED AN AD HOC COMMITTEE FOCUSED ON THESE UNDERSERVED AREAS AND THE FOCUS OF THAT UNDER THE UNDERSERVED WAS TO LOOK AT WAYS WE CAN MOVE FORWARD PROJECTS SIMILAR TO STONEY CREEK AND AGAIN I GOT TO GIVE THE MAYOR CREDIT HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE I MET WITH WHENEVER I TOOK THIS JOB ACTUALLY AND IN FEBRUARY HE TOOK ME OUT ON THE RIVER AND HELPED HIM PULL CRAB POTS AND WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT A POTENTIAL PROJECT THAT OLDROYD AND FROM THAT POINT I STARTED BECOME IMMERSED IN THE OLD JOINT COMMUNITY, MEET WITH THE RESIDENTS DOWN THERE, LEARNED WHAT THEY WERE GOING THROUGH AND WE FOUND A COMMUNITY WAS REALLY DISTRESSED PEOPLE THAT HAD THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE LIFE WAS IMPACTED BY POORLY FUNCTIONING SEPTIC SYSTEMS AND SO WE BEGAN WORKING ON A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE TOWN, THE COUNTY, THE STATE OPENING UP THIS DIALOG AND OVER THE PAST MONTHS WE'RE VERY PROUD TO REPORT THAT OUR BOARD IN SEPTEMBER HAS EARMARKED $4.6 MILLION TO A FUTURE SEPTIC TO SEWER WITHIN THE OLDROYD COMMUNITY ACTUALLY READING EARLIER THIS WEEK OCCURRED AT BEAUFORT COUNCIL WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO DESIGNATE $1,000,000 TO A FUTURE PROJECT AT ALL JOY AND THEN ALSO MONDAY ONE OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS AT BEAUFORT, JASPER ASHLEY DROPPED OFF IN-PERSON A GRANT APPLICATION IN COLUMBIA TO THE RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE AUTHORITY AND IS ASKING FOR ONE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS TO GO TO THIS ALL JOY PROJECT AND SO OUR DESIRE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE CONTRIBUTION FROM BLUE FOR JASPER WITH THE CONTRIBUTION FROM THE COUNTY AND HOPEFULLY IF WE HAVE SUCCESS WITH WITH RIO IS TO PRECIPITATE A LARGER IN THE OLDROYD COMMUNITY AND CONTINUE CLEANING UP THE MAY RIVER ONE STEP AT A TIME. AND SO I PUT THIS UP UP HERE BECAUSE IT TRULY TAKES PARTNERSHIP COLLABORATION I TRULY BELIEVE WITH MS. OUR NOW AT THE HELM AND THE NEW LEADERSHIP WE HAVE PAUL VINCENT, MICHAEL HANSEN, JENNIFER WRAY THE LIST GOES ON AND ON THAT WE'RE UNDERGOING A CULTURE CHANGE WE WANT TO BE A PARTNER TO THE TOWN AND WE TRULY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THE TOWN DOES AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING WORK ON FUTURE PROJECTS WITH THE TOWN AND I'LL LET CLOSE IT OUT FROM HERE.

YEAH AND I THINK YOU CAN SEE WHAT CHARLIE THANK YOU. YOU COULDN'T HAVE SAID IT BETTER THAN YOU. HOW? THIS IS AN IMPORTANT INITIATIVE TO US. WE APPRECIATE YOUR COLLABORATION AND LEADERSHIP THESE AREAS TO REALLY HELP US BECAUSE WE WE CAN'T DO THIS ALONE AND WE REALLY THE COLLABORATION IS REALLY WHAT'S PUSHING THIS FORWARD AND IT'S GIVING US GREAT MOMENTUM.

I I DO WANT TO THANK MR. BELL FOR HIS LEADERSHIP OUR BOARD BECAUSE THAT THAT AD THE AD HOC COMMITTEE THAT'S BEEN FORMED UNDER THIS INITIATIVE HAS ALSO GIVEN US MOMENTUM TO MOVE FORWARD. SO CHARLIE HAS BEEN AWESOME. HE HAS AND I HAVE TO SAY THIS CHARLIE BECAUSE WHAT'S ALLOWING US TO DO PROJECTS IS CHARLIE'S BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING US GET GRANT AWARDS SO WE'RE ABLE TO REALLOCATE MONEY WITHIN OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM TO

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I THINK WE ALL UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGES THAT PRESENTS HELPING TO EDUCATE CUSTOMERS.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE WE'VE ACTUALLY GOT A NEW PERSON AS OUR CHIEF OF COMMUNICATION THAT STARTED EARLIER THIS YEAR AND HE HAS BEEN OUT TO COMMUNITY GROUPS DOING PRESENTATIONS ANSWERING QUESTIONS, REALLY GETTING MORE OF A CHANCE FOR CUSTOMERS TO BE ONE ON ONE WITH US. SO IF THERE ARE COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT YOU HAVE OR OTHER YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS PLEASE CONTACT US BECAUSE WE WOULD BE GLAD TO COME OUT AND HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE AND THEN FIND WAYS TO PARTNER AND I THINK YOU KNOW PARTNERSHIP WITH WITH THE TOWN OF BOSTON HAS GREAT AND OBVIOUSLY WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SOME PROJECTS THAT ARE ARE AN EXAMPLE OF THAT SO THANK YOU AND WE'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. YOU WANT QUESTIONS? YEAH, GO AHEAD.

YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THE TIME AND SAY THANK YOU TO BOTH OF YOU THE ENTIRE GROUP FOR YEARS AND YEARS IT SEEMED LIKE I AND BEAUFORT JASPER WATER AND SEWER COULDN'T GET ALONG BECAUSE I WAS ONE AND STUFF DONE AND THERE WAS JUST ALWAYS A REASON OR EXCUSE NOT TO DO IT OR NOT HAVE TO DO IT OR WHATEVER. BUT SINCE YOU GUYS HAVE COME ON BOARD I'VE SEEN I AND I SAY IT ALL THE TIME A MAGICAL IMPROVEMENT.

I APPRECIATE VERY MUCH THAT YOU SEE WHAT I SEE AS FAR AS CARING FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT, TRYING TO MAKE OUR PLACE ALL IT CAN BE AND OUR OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.

SO CHARLIE, YOU KNOW YOU KNOW WHERE I AM AND I THINK EVERY DAY SINCE WE TOOK THAT BOAT ROAD OF I'VE SEEN HAD HE'S ON A MISSION AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT AND I I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND WILLINGNESS TO HELP US ALL SO THANK YOU THANK YOU. I WANT TO EXCUSE ME I TO COMMEND YOU AS WELL. WE WERE TELLING MR. BELL THIS A LITTLE WHILE AGO.

YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE DIFFICULT THINGS IN LIFE IS WHEN YOU WORK FOR A MONOPOLY AND I HAVE AND WHEN YOU'RE A MONOPOLY YOU DON'T ALWAYS SEE THE WORLD THE YOUR USERS SEE IT.

AND WHEN CHARLIE WAS FIRST MAKING THE ROUNDS WE MET I THINK WE DISCUSSED CULTURE A CULTURE CHANGE NEEDED THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE ALL UTILITIES WHETHER IT'S ELECTRIC OR COMMUNICATIONS OR WATER AND ,SEWER EVERYBODY SIGNS OFF ON A LETTER FOR EACH DEVELOPMENT THAT THE CAPACITY IS THERE WITH THE GROWTH IN JASPER IS GOING TO SURPASS BEAUFORT COUNTY AT SOME POINT DOWN THE ROAD THE CANAL SYSTEM YOU SPOKE TO THE CAPAC AND VOLUME OF THE WATER THAT COMES THROUGH THIS REGION . I'M ASSUMING THAT THE CAPACITY WILL BE THERE. I THINK I HEARD FROM ONE OF YOUR STAFF A YEAR OR TWO AGO WE'RE GOOD FOR DECADES. IS THAT IS THAT A FACTUAL STATEMENT? YEAH. SO THE SAVANNAH RIVER WE HAVE A PERMIT TO WITHDRAW FROM THE SAVANNAH RIVER UP TO 100 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY. SO OUR PLANT CAPACITY IS CURRENTLY 39. WELL WE HAVE THE POLICE EXPANSION DONE NEXT YEAR IT WILL BE 5050 FOR MGD SO FROM A SUPPLY STANDPOINT WE HAVE PLENTY OF WE'RE AUTHORIZED TO

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THE CHERRY POINT EXPANSION ON THE WASTEWATER SIDE ARE THE TWO HIGHEST PRIORITIES IN THE SYSTEM RIGHT NOW AND WITH THOSE AND THEN THE CAPACITY THAT WE HAVE THERE WERE ABLE TO PULL OUT OF THE SAVANNAH RIVER WILL SET US UP WELL FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

BUT AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE SLIDES I HAD WE'RE CONTINUING TO LOOK AT POTENTIAL PLANT EXPANSIONS AND SOME OTHER LOCATIONS. THANK YOU.

EXCELLENT. PRETTY THANK YOU FOR JUST BRING US UP TO DATE ON ALL THAT Y'ALL HAVE GOING I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS THANK YOU COUNCILMAN ONE BECAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF MY QUESTIONS TO YOU MENTIONED THE CURRENT TREATMENT PLANT THAT YOU ALL ARE LOOKING AT THE FOREVER CHEMICALS. DO YOU ALSO CURRENTLY HAVE IN YOUR TREATMENT PLAN LIKE THE MICRO-PLASTICS AND OTHER THINGS THAT I KNOW HAS BECOME A CONCERN FOR FOR MANY THAT ARE LIKE SITTING OUT IN OUR WATERWAYS YEAH THERE'S THERE'S THIS WHOLE GROUP OF THINGS CALLED EMERGING CONTAMINANTS AND MICROPLASTICS IS ONE OF THOSE AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY IS LOOKING AT AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT AS TO MAKE SURE THAT LIKE WITH PEOPLE AND ONE OF THE BEST TECHNOLOGIES FOR THAT IS IS ACTIVATED CARBON. SO THAT'S AN ADOPTION PROCESS THAT ACTIVATED CARBON ACTUALLY WILL HELP US WITH OTHER THINGS AS WELL. BUT WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT THESE TECHNOLOGIES WE'RE LOOKING AT THEM FOR OTHER POSSIBLE SUCH AS MICROPLASTICS AND IF WE WERE REGULATED ON THAT FRONT YOU KNOW WHAT, WOULD BE THE TECHNOLOGY TO TO DO THAT. SO THE MICROPLASTICS ISSUE IS A NEW ONE.

THERE CONTINUES TO BE CONVERSATION ON FLUORIDE. THERE'S SEVERAL STILL OUT THERE THAT WE ARE TRACKING AND LOOKING AT OUR PROCESSES AND TRYING TO DO PROACTIVE WHEN WE CAN WHEN WE HAVE THE METHODS AVAILABLE TO US TO DO THAT, TO DO THEM.

AND THANK YOU AND MY OTHER QUESTION I KNOW AND EVERYONE'S DEFINITELY GRAPPLING WITH THE EVER INCREASING COSTS THAT WE SEE SOME OF IT IS TIED TO INFLATION BUT ALSO GREED FLOATATION JUST BECAUSE THERE'S A UNKNOWN THAT WE'RE GOING TO COMPLAIN BUT WE'RE ALSO GOING TO PAY AS YOU KNOW THOSE AT THE TOP ARE PROFITING OFF OF IT BUT IF YOU HAVE TO GO INTO AN INCREASE WITH CAPACITY FEES AND OTHER THINGS, ARE THERE CONSIDERATIONS BEING GIVEN TO THE MOST VULNERABLE OF OUR COMMUNITIES WHO CURRENTLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOUR INCENTIVE I KNOW FOR IMPACT SEWER FEES TO TIE IN BUT WILL CONSIDERATIONS BE GIVEN TO HOW THAT IMPACT THOSE WHO KIND OF ARE ALREADY STRUGGLING FINANCIALLY TO BE TO AFFORD SOME OF THOSE COSTS? YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. WORK WORK WE CURRENTLY HAVE SOME PROGRAMS I KNOW CAPACITY FEE CREDITS ARE GIVEN TO OUR MUNICIPAL PARTNERS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS YOU ALL DO AND I KNOW THAT THOSE ARE USED IN THOSE CASES CHARLIE'S BEEN WORKING IN WE HAVE A LOCAL GOVERNMENT AD HOC COMMITTEE THAT WE FORMED THAT'S ALSO LOOKING AT WAYS WE CAN BETTER PARTNER WITH OUR COMMUNITIES TO ADDRESS, YOU KNOW, WORKFORCE HOUSING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ISSUES BECAUSE OUR OUR CAPACITY FEE CREDIT PROGRAM IS USED KIND OF INCONSISTENTLY AT AT TIMES AND WE REALLY WANT SOMETHING THAT THAT IS CONSISTENT AND WORKS FOR EVERYONE AND WE ALSO HAVE PROGRAMS ON OUR RATE FOR WATER AND SEWER BILLS THAT CAN HELP PEOPLE WITH BILL PAYMENTS WHICH IS A SEPARATE PROGRAM. WE HAVE SOME PROGRAMS I THINK THAT WORKFORCE HOUSING IS ONE THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO LOOK AT BECAUSE THAT THAT THAT BEEN BROUGHT UP QUITE FREQUENTLY BECAME THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP ESPECIALLY WITH THESE SEWER PROJECTS. I THINK THE QUESTION I'VE GOT I'VE RECEIVED THE MOST AND I

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WE ARE ALSO STARTING AND I THINK IN NOVEMBER WE HAVE DEDICATED PEOPLE TO WHAT WE CALL UNIDIRECTIONAL TO GET THAT WE CALL IT LEGACY MANGANESE BUT TO GET THE MANGANESE THAT'S IN THE SYSTEM TO FLUSH IT OUT AND THAT'S MORE THAN JUST GOING AND OPENING FIRE HYDRANTS, YOU KNOW, TO FLUSH IT OUT THAT'S ACTUALLY GOING OUT DOING PLANNED SYSTEMATIC APPROACH WHERE WE CLOSE VALVES WE DO HIGH VELOCITY FLUSHES THROUGH LINES AND WE WE DO IT ON A STEPWISE FASHION WHERE WE'RE STARTING AT THE SOURCE AND WE'RE GOING TO THE DOWNSTREAM END WHEN WE IN AREAS WE HAVE DONE THAT THAT'S BEEN SUCCESSFUL AT REALLY REDUCING COMPLAINTS. SO WE CAN ONLY DO THAT THOUGH RIGHT NOW IN THE KIND OF THE FALL WINTER PERIOD WHEN OUR WATER DEMAND LOWER BUT WE'RE STARTING THAT AND THAT WE HAVE SOME HOTSPOT AREAS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO START WORKING TO YOU KNOW OUR GOAL WILL BE TO GET THE ENTIRE SYSTEM FLUSHED AND THAT THOSE TWO THINGS SHOULD HELP THOSE ISSUES SIGNIFICANTLY . I THINK FOR MANY ON WELLFLEET THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK I THINK IT'S SARAH MORSE HOW ARE YOU GOOD GIRLS EVERYONE IS GOOD I MEAN MY CRAZY I BET LIKE I WANT TO GET ANOTHER ONE COMING NEXT MONTH YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE YOUR OWN BASKETBALL TEAM YOU HAVE WAYS TO GO FOR SOMETHING ELSE. SO I'M JUST LIKE RIGHT UP THERE IT WAS IT'S APPARENT I GIVE EVERYBODY A MINUTE NOW PEOPLE WANT TO I SAID OF COURSE SO I CAN READ THE CASH ON THE WATER ALL THE TIME. I NEED TO GET MY DAUGHTER STILL OUT HERE SO MY PARTNER WANT TO TAKE THE SCHOOL WATER ALWAYS ALWAYS. THAT'S WHAT I BRING OUT ALL RIGHT WHAT AM I DOING IF NO WATER NO ROOM AT ALL? OKAY.

IN MY DEFENSE, I NEVER SEE THAT NATURAL LIGHT NOT EVEN MY GAME RIGHT FOR YOU.

I WHOEVER THEY ARE WHERE THEY MAKE FUN OF OH NO BUT THAT IS OUT OF QUARTER CUP SO I GOT IT THEY SAID LOVE IS LIKE IN SOUTH CAROLINA THAT WOULD BE GREAT IF THEY WE HAVE TO MY LIFE THAT'S

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WE'RE MOVING ON TO THE NEXT PRESENTATION WE HAVE UCB SO GO AHEAD.

GOOD AFTERNOON. MY IS THERAPY BUKOWSKI I AM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE CENTER FOR LOWCOUNTRY EDUCATION AND THIS IS TREY RAMSEY. HE IS OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR.

TREY AND I BOTH TOOK OVER ABOUT A YEAR AGO INTO THE UNIVERSITY STRUCTURE AND WE'RE HERE TODAY TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE BLUFFTON AMBASSADOR PROGRAM. SO IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE BLUFFTON AMBASSADOR PROGRAM, WHAT WE ARE IS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON AND UCB WHERE WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THE HISTORY, THE CULTURE, STRATEGIC PRIORITIES AND PLANS, GOVERNMENTAL STRUCTURE AND THE ECOLOGY SURROUNDING.

BLUFFTON SO WHAT WE ARE IS A COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM THAT HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED AND A PARTNERSHIP. SO WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF TODAY ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH IN THE PAST YEAR AND WHERE WE LOOK TO BE HEADED.

SO AS I SAID, TREY AND MYSELF TOOK OVER ABOUT A YEAR AGO BUT THIS PARTNERSHIP ESTABLISHED IN 2017 WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE WERE THE NEW LEADERSHIP 2024 AND WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO WITH OUR AND THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE HEADED IN AS I'M SURE YOU'RE ALL AWARE IS BACK TO WHAT WE WERE DOING PRE THE PANDEMIC SO DURING THE PANDEMIC A LOT OF OUR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMING WENT TO ZOOMS AND WENT ONLINE IN ORDER TO BEST SERVICE THE COMMUNITY WHAT WE'RE FINDING IS THAT EVERYONE WOULD LIKE TO COME BACK FACE TO FACE WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MORE FACE TO FACE TRAININGS, GET OUT INTO THE DIFFERENT GATED COMMUNITIES GET OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE AND ALSO WORK WITH OUR STUDENT BASED POPULATION.

WE ARE ON TRACK TO HIT 500 SERVED IN THE COURSE OF THIS PARTNERSHIP LAST YEAR ALONE IN SEVEN SESSIONS WE DID TRAIN ABOUT 100 SO THERE FOUR WAYS THAT WE'RE LOOKING THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO IMPROVE OUR PARTNERSHIP WORK TOGETHER TO REALLY GET OUT WITH THE COMMUNITY. NUMBER ONE INCREASING ENGAGEMENT ENROLLMENT IS SOMETHING THAT IS AT THE PASSION AND THE HEART OF WHAT WE LIKE TO DO HERE HEART OF THE LOWCOUNTRY, RIGHT? SO WE WANT TO GET OUT SPREAD MESSAGE AND EDUCATE AS MANY PEOPLE WHETHER ARE NEWCOMERS TO BLUFFTON, WHETHER THEY ARE STUDENTS, WHETHER THEY WORKERS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT MAY JUST COME IN FOR THE DAY THAT WORK IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND COME BACK OUT. BUT WE'RE VERY, VERY PROUD OF THIS COMMUNITY.

RIGHT. AND WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT. SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT TO IMPLEMENT INCLUDING JUNIOR PROGRAMING WHICH I'LL TALK IN JUST A MOMENT. WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ENGAGE ENGAGE A HIGHER LEVEL WITH SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE CHAMBER COLLABORATION.

SO GETTING ON THE DIFFERENT MARKETING PLATFORMS WE HAVE NOW A BLUFFTON AMBASSADOR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE WITH INSTAGRAM FACEBOOK WE ARE JUST READY TO LAUNCH THAT WHEN WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME WITH THAT MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S A-OK WITH EVERYBODY WE CAN PROMOTE ENGAGEMENT AND EVENTS HERE IN BLUFFTON HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE AND BASICALLY IF YOU GUYS ARE FAMILIAR WITH WHAT USED TO BE MAN ON THE STREET SO IF WE WERE OUT IN BLUFFTON FOR THE DAY TO SHOWCASE A FESTIVAL THAT WOULD BE GOING ON AND YOU'LL SEE US AT FESTIVALS AND EVENTS WORKING YOU'LL SEE A USB TENT WE SURVEY COLLECTION DATA AS WELL THROUGH THE CENTER TO GIVE FEEDBACK THE COMMUNITY ABOUT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, THE JUNIOR PROGRAMING IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY IMPLEMENTING ON THE ISLAND WE HAVE AN ISLAND PROGRAM AS WELL NEXT WEEK WE ARE SET TO DELIVER TO FIVE DIFFERENT FOURTH GRADE ELEMENTARY CLASSES SPECIALIZED ISLAND AMBASSADOR TRAINING AT THE FOURTH GRADE LEVEL. I DO HAVE A BACKGROUND IN EDUCATION SPECIFICALLY THE REASON FOR FOURTH GRADE IS THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOCUSES ON SOUTH CAROLINA HISTORY IN THE FOURTH GRADE AND IF YOU'RE UNAWARE WITH FOURTH GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATION THERE IS VERY LITTLE GIVEN TO THEIR LOCAL AREAS SO ALWAYS TALK ABOUT WE WANT TO ENGAGE AND EDUCATE OUR YOUTH. WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE PROUD OF WHERE THEY'RE FROM. WELL I BELIEVE JUST GOING OUT AT THE ADULT LEVEL AND TEACHING ABOUT THAT IS HOW THAT HAPPENS . WE'VE GOT TO WORK AND ENGAGE OUR YOUTH SO IF WE START AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL MOVE UP, MOVE THROUGH THE HIGH SCHOOLS WE'VE

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WE RAN THE BLUFFTON AMBASSADOR PROGRAM WITH THEM AND THEY TOURED THE CAMPUS.

SO IT GAVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE EDUCATED THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.

TAKE A LOOK AT A COLLEGE UNIVERSITY. THE LAST PIECE YOU'LL SEE ON HERE IS MERELY AND I'M JUST GOING TO SAY IT LOGISTICAL PAPERWORK WE'RE ON A YEAR TO YEAR EXTENSION HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH BUDGETARY CONSTRAINTS. WE WOULD REVISIT THE ANNUALLY BUT FROM WHERE WE STAND HAVING TO RENEGOTIATE EVERY ON AN ANNUAL CONTRACT.

THE EASIEST WAY FOR ME TO EXPLAIN THIS IF YOU GOT A CREDIT CARD AND IT OPENED IT CLOSED ANNUALLY SO THE ACCOUNT CLOSES AND THEN WE HAVE TO GO BACK THROUGH REESTABLISHING IT ANNUALLY AND THAT'S NOT DONE HERE. IT USED TO BE LOCALLY THAT'S HOUSED THROUGH USC AND COLUMBIA SO THERE IS SOME LAG AND IT DOES TAKE SOME TIME FOR CONTINUITY IN THE PROGRAM TO CONTINUE. SO AGAIN THAT'S, JUST A LOGISTICAL THOUGH WE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE WHAT WE'RE CONTRACTED FOR ARE THREE SESSIONS A YEAR.

WE'VE BEEN DELIVERING UP TO SEVEN. WE WANT TO TARGET DIFFERENT AUDIENCES. WE HAVE GENERAL SESSIONS. WE ARE LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO HOUSE THESE GENERAL SESSIONS GOING BACK FACE TO FACE IN THE COMMUNITY A PLACE SUCH AS THIS WOULD GREAT OR TOWN HALL BUT ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'VE SEEN GREAT SUCCESS WITH SOME OF OUR AMBASSADOR PROGRAMS ARE SPECIFICALLY WITH BUSINESSES WHO HAVE BROUGHT US IN ESPECIALLY DURING THEIR NEW HIGHER ORIENTATIONS TO TRAIN ANYBODY ESPECIALLY IN THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY OR ACTUALLY WE'VE HAD I'VE WORKED WITH THE PALMETTO BREEZE BUS DRIVERS OUT HERE THEY'RE A FANTASTIC GROUP. SO AS THEY'RE DRIVING AND THEY'RE DRIVING THROUGH THE COMMUNITIES THEY CAN TALK ABOUT THE CULTURE AND THE HISTORY.

SO WE WOULD LIKE TO JUST TAKE A LOOK AT AND WE WERE ALWAYS OPEN FOR FEEDBACK BUT LOOKING AT MOVING FROM THREE SESSIONS TO HSN ANNUALLY WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT WORKING WITH THE GATED COMMUNITIES IN PARTICULAR THEY TEND TO BRING IN AND THEY HAVE THEIR FACILITIES THAT WE CAN WORK WITH SO WE CAN WORK WITH EVENT COORDINATORS. WE WORKED WITH PINE CREST TWICE LAST YEAR. I'VE BEEN TO SUN CITY AS WELL AND IT JUST IT'S A VERY I DON'T WANT TO SAY A CONVENIENT WAY BUT WE KNOW WHO THE AUDIENCE IS CAN BE PLANNED IN ADVANCE.

WE KNOW WHO'S COMING AND THEN IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS TO SUBMIT IN ADVANCE THEN WE'RE ABLE TO ADDRESS THOSE THAT POINT IN TIME. AT LEAST TWO GENERAL SESSIONS WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW AND WE STILL WILL MAINTAIN THAT DO VIRTUAL SESSIONS FOR ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT WE'RE OPEN FEEDBACK ON WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST TIMINGS FOR THOSE BUT WE'D REALLY LIKE SEE THAT INCREASE IN ENGAGEMENT AND WE HAVE NO CAP ON ATTENDEES HOWEVER MUCH THE SPACE CAN HOLD. SO IF WE'RE GOING TO BE IN A FACILITY SUCH AS THIS WHATEVER THE CAP IS THAT'S AS MANY PEOPLE THAT COULD SIGN UP WE DO HOST THE ABILITY TO HAVE SIGN UP ONLINE DIRECTLY THROUGH OUR SITE SO WE CAN MANAGE THAT.

WE DO HOLD A DATABASE OF THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN TRAINED PREVIOUSLY AND THEY DO RECEIVE A PEN. SO THEN GO INTO OUR REGISTRATION AND THEN THEY HAVE A PIN WHICH THEY CAN WEAR. WHEN I TALK ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA WE JUST WANT TO GET THE WORD OUT. I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE TOTALLY UNAWARE OF THIS AND WHEN THEY FIND OUT ABOUT IT THEY GET VERY EXCITED. THEY TELL OTHER PEOPLE SO AS MANY PLATFORMS THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA AND WITH MARKETING THROUGH THE TOWN AND THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE POSSIBLE WE ARE JUST LOOKING FOR THOSE PARTNERSHIPS AND ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH US YOU KNOW WE WERE JUST I WAS JUST AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL YESTERDAY ON THE ISLAND AND THEY PUT IT OUT AND I GOT A PHONE CALL FOR TWO MORE BUSINESSES THAT WANT US COME OUT AND TRAIN BECAUSE THEY SEE IT THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA. SO ONCE PEOPLE REALIZE THAT IT'S AN ASSET NOT ONLY TO THEIR EMPLOYEES BUT JUST IN GENERAL TO ADD TO THE VALUE OF LIFE OF BEING PART OF THE LOWCOUNTRY BEING PART OF BLUFFTON. WE WOULD LOVE TO DO THAT JUNIOR PROGRAMING WHAT. OUR AIM WOULD BE IN THE NEXT YEAR OR THE 2025 2026 FISCAL YEAR WOULD BE AND TRY AS OUT RIGHT NOW A COPY OF THE WORKBOOK THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE USING GOING INTO THE HILTON HEAD SCHOOLS AT LEAST TO TARGET SCHOOLS THAT COULD IMPLEMENT THIS WITH TO INCREASE ENGAGEMENT GET THEM EXCITED ABOUT IT AND AGAIN WE TALKED ABOUT THE CONTRACT AGAIN MERELY PAPERWORK AND LOGISTICAL BUDGETARY WE WOULD STILL REVISIT THE BUDGET ON AN ANNUAL BASIS BUT THIS JUST KEEPS IT IN EXISTENCE SO WE CAN CONTINUE WITH THE ROLLOVER AND THE CONTINUE DELIVERY OF COURSES WITHOUT ANY STOPGAPS WITHIN.

WITH THAT BEING SAID WE ARE LOOKING TO ASK FOR BUDGET INCREASE FOR THE 2025 2026 FISCAL YEAR WE CURRENTLY OPERATING AT 32,500. WE ARE LOOKING TO MOVE TO

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BUT BUT I THINK YOU BRIEFLY TO IT BUT YOU'RE UNDER YOUR DEPARTMENT IN YOUR PROGRAM YOU ALSO PROVIDE DATA COLLECTION FOR LIKE BLUFFTON HOSTED AND SPONSORED EVENTS WE DO SO UNDER THE CERT SO UNDER THE CENTER FOR LOWCOUNTRY HOSPITALITY EDUCATION WE DON'T PARTICULARLY HAVE IT IN HERE BUT IT IS ANOTHER SERVICE OF THE CENTER THAT WE OFFER IS THAT WE WILL COME ON SITE, WE'RE CONTRACTED, WE CREATE, WE WORK TOGETHER FOR SURVEYS FOR ANY OF YOUR EVENTS TO GET FESTIVAL DATA COLLECT THE THIRD PARTY DATA WE'LL, DO AN INTAKE SURVEY.

WE'LL WORK WITH YOU TO BUILD THE SURVEY AND THEN WE COME ON SITE, DEPLOY IT AT THE FESTIVALS AND THEN WE DO A WRITE UP AFTERWARDS WE DO SOME PHOTOS AND WE DO A DEBRIEF.

WE JUST A FESTIVAL ON HILTON HEAD AND WE'RE GETTING READY TO WORK CONCOURSE THIS WEEKEND QUESTIONS FOR ANYONE WELL THANK YOU GUYS BOTH MUCH AND KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK AND WE'LL WE'LL TALK ABOUT THINGS AND I UNDERSTAND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.

YOU WANT TO RUN THE RIGHT UP STEPHEN GOT ONE OUR GUYS BUT Y'ALL CAN STAY HERE DARK BUT I HAVE TO LEAVE AT 2:00 FOR US TO BE HERE WHEN YOU LEAVE WELL WOULD THAT MAN I WILL BE

[VII. Discussion of Key Topics (Part 2 of 2)]

COUNTY COUNCIL DID NOT AT FIRST READING BUT THEY WANTED IT REALLY TO GO BACK OUT AND PUBLIC INPUT AND HAVE SOME GUIDANCE FROM THE COMMUNITY BEFORE COMES BACK TO THEM.

ONE OF THE THINGS THEY'RE WANTING TO DO KIND OF CLOSE A I GUESS A LOOPHOLE ON THE THICKNESS OF THE PLASTIC TO MAKE SO THAT IT'S TRUE REUSABLE OR NOT SOME OF THE LOOPHOLES THAT ARE GETTING AROUND IT. WHEN THAT CONVERSATION CAME UP COUNCIL IT WAS KIND OF SAID LET'S TALK ABOUT IT STRATEGIC PLAN BECAUSE ULTIMATELY PROBABLY WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS THEY WANT TO FOLLOW THE SAME PROCESS I DID WITH THE ORIGINAL WHICH IS TO COME TO THE COME TO COUNCIL AND TOWNS AND GET INPUT AND GUIDANCE AND SEE IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT Y'ALL ARE IN SUPPORTING. SO WE JUST KIND OF WANTED TO HAVE IT ON THERE FOR DISCUSSION SO WHEN THEY START REACHING OUT TO US THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF IT AND THEN SEE IF THERE'S ANY CONVERSATION THAT COUNCIL WANTED TO HAVE AND WHETHER IT'S SUPPORT AGAINST OR ANY OF THAT OR JUST GIVE SOME GUIDANCE AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE. I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE THAT EXISTED BEFORE SO LOCO IT SEEMED LIKE THEY WERE GOING TO GET SOME MORE DATA RIGHT. THEY WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND TRY TO GET INPUT AND THEN REACH OUT TO THE THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND STUFF.

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I MEAN I DON'T REALLY HAVE TO BE AN INITIATIVE FOR YOU KNOW MOSTLY WE JUST WANTED TO KIND OF MAKE SURE IF THEY IF THEY BRING IT IF WE'RE LIKE COUNCIL'S NOT WE DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANYTHING COUNCIL IS UNINTERESTED WE DON'T WANT TO FIGHT THE FIGHT BUT IF THE COUNCIL INTERESTED IN HEARING FROM ME WHEN THEY REACH OUT WE'LL GET THEM INVOLVED.

IT'S AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION TYPE TOPIC SO I WOULD SAY YES.

I MEAN PERSONALLY I LISTEN TO THEM AND PART OF THAT AND I THINK WHAT IT WAS DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS THAT SPURRED SOME THE CONVERSATION IS I THINK THEY ALSO WANT TO GET RID OF STYROFOAM WHICH WAS ONE OF THE TOPICS THAT CAME UP BECAUSE I KNOW I THINK COUNCILMAN FRAZIER WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE TALKED ABOUT IT WAS STYROFOAM MOSTLY TO GO CONTAINERS AND DRINK CONTAINERS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. THAT'S JUST ANOTHER PART TO KEEP IN MIND THAT IF THEY BRING THAT BACK PART OF THE CONVERSATION HOW IT WOULD AFFECT BUSINESSES IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. I'M I'M DEFINITELY IN FAVOR OF KEEPING THE CONVERSATION OPEN OR ENTERTAINING IT PARTICULARLY JUST BECAUSE LIKE AS WE'RE ABLE TO RECYCLE A LOT OF OTHER ITEMS THE DATA SHOW THAT STYROFOAM IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT YOU WANT PEOPLE BURNING OR ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ACTUALLY AND ENDS UP FINDING ITS WAY INTO OUR RIVERS AND THE BREAKDOWN ON THOSE TAKE YOU KNOW EXACTLY IN ORDER FOR IT TO ACTUALLY DISSIPATE SO NO ONE AND OUR WATERWAYS ARE SO VALUABLE TO US WE DON'T WANT THAT DEFINITELY FINDING WAY THERE BUT I THINK THERE ARE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES WHO HAVE ADOPT AN ORDINANCE THAT IS INCLUSIVE OF THAT THAT WE COULD ALSO SEEK TO GAIN SOME INPUT EVEN WHEN SO LOCAL MAKES THEIR PRESENTATION LIKE. I KNOW DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON HAS THAT IN THEIR FOOD AND BEVERAGE ESTABLISHMENTS WHERE THERE'S THERE'S NO USE OF THE STYROFOAM OR SINGLE PLASTICS AND STUFF LIKE THAT I'M IN FAVOR OF ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION.

I WOULD THINK I THINK WHAT MADE IT SOMEWHAT SUCCESSFUL ORIGINALLY WAS THE FACT THAT IT WAS UNIVERSAL THE COUNTY SO I CAN SEE SOME FLAWS IF I WOULD THINK THEY WOULD DO A SURVEY OF SOME KIND OF ALL THE MUNICIPALITIES SO COULD ACTUALLY HAVE THAT SURVEY MADE AND BROUGHT TO SO LOCO YOU KNOW AFTER IT WENT TO EACH MUNICIPALITY BRING IT BACK OPENLY AND LET'S DISCUSS IT TO SEE WHERE WE ARE BECAUSE PART OF THE PROBLEM THE FIRST TIME AROUND WAS, YOU KNOW, LIKE OUR CITY LIMITS, YOU KNOW YOU GOT SAM'S WAL-MART RIGHT OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS AND THEY WEREN'T DOING IT ORIGINALLY AND SOME OF THE OTHER BIG CHAIN STORES WERE NOT IT BUT THEN RIGHT IN THE CITY LIMITS WE WERE TRYING TO DO AND SO IT BECAME A CONVOLUTED CONTROVERSIAL WHOLE DISCUSSION WITH A LOT OF OUR VENDORS AND YOU KNOW PEOPLE LIKE THAT AND HOPEFULLY THEY PUT MORE THOUGHT AND WE ALL PUT MORE THOUGHT INTO IT BECAUSE AGAIN. CHARLESTON WAS THE ONE I BELIEVE WENT OUT AFTER DID OURS OUR ORDINANCE BECAUSE THE BAG WAS NOT THICK THE MEAL AND SO THAT WAS A LESSON LEARNED AFTER THE AND AND THE GROUP THAT'S COMING TO TALK ABOUT THIS IS THE SAME ONE THAT WORKED WITH CHARLESTON AND THIS IS WHAT THEIR FOCUS IS SO I THINK THEY SAW AGAIN LEARN OTHERS AND NOW THEY'RE COMING BACK SAYING WE CLOSE THIS LOOP HERE IT'S TIME COME BACK AND ADDRESS IT HERE.

BUT I THINK OUR UNDERSTANDING FROM IS IT'S SOMETHING YOU'RE WILLING TO CONSIDER ESPECIALLY IF WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS LIKE WE DID TIME WITH THE COUNTY LEADING THE MUNICIPALITIES WITH IT AND IT BEING A COUNTY WIDE FUNCTION AND THEN BACK AND SEE WHAT THE ACTUAL ORDINANCE IS AND DISCUSS AND SEE HOW IT'S GOING TO IMPACT.

SO THAT'S AGAIN WHAT WE'RE JUST WANTING TO MAKE IS AS THEY REACH OUT TO US I DON'T THINK ANYBODY SAYING THAT WE SUPPORTED AT THIS POINT BUT WE ARE INTERESTED IN HEARING THE WHOLE FOR MORE DETAILS AND AND THEN WE AND RIGHT NOW WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THEY'RE PRESENTING BE ABLE TO SUPPORT OR NOT. RIGHT EXACTLY.

ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE THAT WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT WAS NATURAL PESTICIDES.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT LARRY AND COUNCILMAN BURDEN SET UP A MEETING AND I KNOW HILTON HAD JUST ADOPTED SOME ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE STARTED LOOKING AT IS TO USE NATURAL PESTICIDES AND WE'RE DOING A TEST RUN OF IT RIGHT NOW WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE INITIAL CHEMICALS DONATED AND THIS IS TO REPLACE CHEMICALS LIKE ROUNDUP AND OTHER ONES LIKE THAT WHICH ARE MORE HARSH. WE'RE DOING A TEST OF IT RIGHT NOW AND TO BOYS AND MARTIN TO SEE BECAUSE THAT'S KIND OF TWO DIFFERENT OPERATING ONE SUNNY AND OPEN ONE'S KIND OF SHADED

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SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IS WE'RE TESTING THAT SO AS WE GET INTO THE BUDGET SEASON FOR NEXT YEAR WE HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND THE TENT WOULD BE IF IT SEEMS TO BE WORKING WELL SEEMS TO BE OPERATING WELL IS WE WOULD NEED TO KNOW WHAT THAT NUMBER IS IN OUR BUDGET AND LOOK TO DO ALL OF OUR PARTS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE LESS STRONG CHEMICALS THAT ARE IN OUR PARKS AND FACILITIES THAT. PEOPLE WOULD BE KIDS ANIMALS WOULD BE EXPOSED TO AND AGAIN HILTON HAD JUST ADOPTED AN ORDINANCE AND THEY WERE KIND OF FOLLOWING THE SAME PATH THEY WERE WORKING WITH THEM AND THEY CAME MET WITH US.

SO WE'RE KIND OF DOING THE SAMPLE TESTS LIKE THEY WERE AND THEN WE'LL SEE HOW IT WORKS OUT. JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE AND GIVE YOU IF YOU HAD ANY QUESTIONS KIND OF SHOW YOU ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING AND AS WE GET INTO THE BUDGET YOU'LL SEE THERE MIGHT BE SOME MORE DISCUSSION. THE OTHER THING THEY'RE ASKING US TO DO TO PUT A POLICY ON THAT SO HILTON HAD JUST ADOPTED SO WE CAN KIND OF USE THEIRS AS A GUIDE IF IT'S SOMETHING THE COUNCIL IS INTERESTED IN. SO HOW DOES THIS IMPACT? BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAD A DO YOU MYSELF AND COUNCILMAN WOULD ALLOW BACK WHEN DOMINION CAME IN AND DID THEIR SPRAYING ALONG OUR ROADWAYS AND BUFFER AREAS. IS THIS AN INITIATIVE OR SOMETHING NOW WHAT WE WOULD ONLY HAVE JURISDICTION IN TERMS OF OUR PARKS THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING SERVICE OR WOULD THIS BE SOMETHING THAT'S APPLICABLE TO THIRD PARTIES THAT DO COME IN AND DO SPRAYING OF PESTICIDES AND OTHER AREAS YOU HAVE A RIGHT NOW IT WOULD JUST BE US DOING IT ON OUR FACILITIES TO SEE FOR TO IF COUNCIL WANTS TO ADOPT A POLICY AND LOOK AT THAT MOVING TO MAKE IT A REQUIREMENT FOR THOSE THAT ARE TREATING THE PUBLIC ROADWAYS AND STUFF THEN THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK AT PUTTING A POLICY IN PLACE FOR.

I KNOW THE ONE ON HILTON HEAD DIDN'T GO THAT FAR. IT WENT JUST IT WAS AN INTERNAL POLICY FOR HOW THEY MAINTAIN THEIRS. BUT IF IT'S SOMETHING WHERE YOU WANTED TO GET AND HAVE THAT CONVERSATION, WE COULD REVISIT THAT WHEN WE BRING THE POLICY AND STUFF IN RIGHT NOW YOU'RE JUST EXPERIENCE ANYWAY RIGHT RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST TRYING TO WE'RE TRYING TO TEST IT AND MAKE SURE THAT SEE HOW EFFICIENT IT IS BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IF IT TAKES TWICE AS MUCH CHEMICAL AND YOU HAD TO TREAT TWICE OFTEN THEN WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO BUDGET FOR GOING INTO THE AND WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT OUR APPLICATION PROCESS LOOKS LIKE AND JUST TRYING TO GET AN IDEA WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE TO IMPLEMENT IT SO WE CAN BUDGET PLAN FOR THAT WITHIN OUR SCHEDULING.

BUT THIS IS TWO CONVERSATIONS IS WE'RE TALKING PESTICIDES AND THEN YOU'RE TALKING HERBICIDES.

NO, WE'RE THEM THE SAME. THE SAME. YEAH.

AND THE ONLY COMMENT TO BRIDGET'S WHEN WE HAD THAT DISCUSSION WAS AND I WOULD PUT THIS TO ARE FRIENDS ALL OF THEM I'VE NEVER YOU KNOW AND I KNOW IT'S LIKE EVERY FIVE YEAR CYCLE FIVE OR SIX YEAR CYCLE THAT THE SPRAYING TAKES PLACE ON THE HERBICIDE SIDE OF IT BUT I JUST DON'T SOMETIMES YOU KNOW WHY EVEN COOPER WHEN THEY GO THROUGH WITH THE TRANSMISSION LINES AND STUFF IN AN URBAN OR SUBURBAN AREA I JUST YOU KNOW YOU GOT GREEN, YOU GOT LUSH, YOU GOT BEAUTY AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU GOT DEAD . YOU AND IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME IN A YOU KNOW, HIGH TRAFFIC, HIGH PEDESTRIAN AREA, RESIDENTIAL AREA THAT WE WOULD HAVE THAT. SO I THINK WE SHOULD LOOK AT THAT AND NOW I BROUGHT THAT UP BECAUSE AS WE ARE SPEAKING ABOUT GREEN THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE CONVERSATIONS BUT IT'S SO BRINGS US AROUND THE SUBJECT MATTER OF IMPLEMENTING MORE GREEN INITIATIVES WHERE WE CAN THAT AFFECT OUR TOWN AND I KNOW THAT THE INITIAL CONVERSATION OF THE HERBICIDES IS I THINK SO EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT KILLED MUCH OF THE NATURAL VEGETATION ALONG THOSE AREAS AND HAD THE COMPLAINTS AT THE TIME OF PEOPLE WHO SANG COLORED DISCHARGE GOING OFF INTO THE MAE RIVER SO IT'S LIKE IF WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE PROTECTIONS OF OUR PARKS AND OTHER WE HAVE TO BE EQUALLY AS CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT'S GOING INTO OUR WATERWAYS AND WHAT'S KILLING STUFF ALONG THOSE BRIDLEWAYS AND IN PEOPLE'S YARDS BECAUSE THAT THOSE HERBICIDES WERE QUITE LETHAL IN TERMS OF THERE HAVE BEEN VEGETATION THAT HAVE NOT EVEN RETURNED IN THE AREAS WHERE THEY SPRAYED AND SO WE SHOULD ALL BE ALARMED AT WHAT EXACTLY WAS WAS THAT AND IF WE CAN PROTECT OR PREVENT IT WHILE WE'RE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION LOOK LOOK AHEAD FOR THAT TO THE NEXT ONE IS RESILIENCE AND THIS IS KIM AND BILL AND I THINK

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APPRECIATE IT. AFTERNOON AGAIN. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO TEAMS. I REALLY AM SURE I DON'T NEED THAT.

I BET YOU FROM HERE THEY CAN HEAR ME AND BE FOR SURE I'VE GOOD MORE THAN GOOD IF GOOD STEP AWAY FROM THE PLATE UNTIL YOU YES OKAY THESE ARE SO UNPLEASANT.

YES AND SO THANK YOU TO MY TEAMS FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND TO COUNCIL AND EXECUTIVE STAFF YOUR SUPPORT OVER THE LAST YEAR AND IN COMING AND TRYING TO GET BACK UP TO SPEED AFTER MY ABSENCE FOR SEVERAL MONTHS AND IF I MAY A QUICK HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU MA'AM AS.

I SEE YOU IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM SO MOVING FORWARD NOW THAT I'M JUST EMBARRASSED ACTUALLY I WHEN WE TALK ABOUT RESILIENCY RESILIENCY OF COURSE HAS MANY COMPONENTS SO WHAT I'M GOING TO BE FOCUSING ON TODAY ARE THE RESILIENCY EFFORTS THAT THE WATERSHED MANAGEMENT TEAM HAS BEEN LEADING. THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT THERE ARE NOT RESILIENCY EFFORTS THAT AFFECT EACH EVERY ONE OF OUR DEPARTMENTS. SO I DON'T WANT TO SAY THOUGH I'M SPEAKING FOR THE TOWN IN ITS ENTIRETY BUT I WANT TO GIVE YOU THESE HIGHLIGHTS BECAUSE CLEARLY BEING AN ACTIVE STORM SEASON AND SEEING WHAT WE HAVE SEEN AND EXPERIENCED AND ANTICIPATE UNFORTUNATELY MORE FREQUENTLY THE FUTURE OR AT LEAST CONSISTENTLY IN THE FUTURE HOW ARE WE BEING PROACTIVE THERE ARE A NUMBER OF INITIATIVES UNDERWAY WON'T READ ALL OF THEM BUT SPECIFICALLY WHAT YOU HAVE HEARD OF AND YOU WILL CONTINUE TO HEAR MORE OF NOT ONLY IN THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR BUT FUTURE FISCAL YEARS OUR OUR COMPREHENSIVE DRAINAGE STUDIES THROUGHOUT THE SUB WATERSHEDS OF THE MAE RIVER AND SURROUNDING RIVERS WATERSHEDS OUR CURRENT SEA GRANT RESILIENCY ANALYSIS IN CONJUNCTION WITH COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON CURRENTLY YOU JUST HAD AS KEVIN BROUGHT FORTH WITH ANDREA OUR SO LOCAL STORMWATER DESIGN MANUAL UPDATES AND EDITS WHICH BE COMING FORTH TO YOU IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2025 FOR AN UPDATE AS WELL AS OUR MAY RIVER BASELINE AND THE MAE RIVER WATERSHED ACTION PLAN AND MODEL REPORT UPDATES WE ALSO AS WE KNOW AS WE JOKED ABOUT IT YESTERDAY SO SCOTUS CHANGED THE RULES ON WHAT IS THE WHICH IS THE SUPREME COURT CHANGED THE RULINGS ON WETLANDS AND WATERS OF THE US WHICH REMOVED SOME FEDERAL REGULATIONS AND WETLAND PROTECTIONS. THERE ARE NO PROTECTIONS AT THE STATE LEVEL WE CURRENTLY HAVE NO PROTECTIONS AT THE TOWN LEVEL FOR OUR WETLANDS AND COMING OUT OF OUR RESILIENCY ANALYSIS WITH SEA GRANT AS WELL AS OUR COMPREHENSIVE DRAINAGE STUDIES WHAT TYPE OF FUTURE PLANNING AREAS ARE RESILIENCY ZONES WE NEED TO PROTECT IN THE FUTURE? SO WE'LL TALK SHORTLY ABOUT THAT AND AS HEATHER ALLUDED TO EARLIER WITH THE HEAT MAPPING FOR TEMPERATURE VULNERABILITY THIS IS A FREE PROGRAM THAT'S BEING UNDERTAKEN AND OFFERED PROGRAMS NOT THE RIGHT WORD. I APOLOGIZE PROJECT BEING OFFERED BY FURMAN IN THE SKY INSTITUTE FOR THE TOWN TO DO A HEAT BOND TRULY HEAT VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS FOR THE TOWN ONE THING THAT'S GOING TO COME UP A COUPLE OF TIMES IS AS WE'VE CALLED IT THE MERMAID MAP WE ARE IN WHAT IS CALLED A COMMUNITY DISASTER ZONE SEEDERS AND THIS IS AN ACT THAT BEEN ENABLED THAT HELPS TO IDENTIFY BY CENSUS TRACT THOSE AREAS OF COMMUNITIES THAT ARE AT MOST RISK AND VULNERABLE NOT ONLY TO NATURAL DISASTERS BUT RESILIENCY INTO THE FUTURE. THIS MAY ALSO HEAT ANALYSIS AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE REASON THIS IS AND I BRING IT UP IS IT'S QUITE LARGE. IT INCORPORATES NOT ONLY TOWN OF BLUFFTON BUT ALSO COUNTY FOR FORT SCALE WE'RE TALKING GASKINS LUFKIN HERE I'M

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IT'LL COME UP A COUPLE TIMES QUICKLY. I WON'T READ IT TO YOU.

YOU CAN READ AND THIS IS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC OUR COMPREHENSIVE DRAINAGE ANALYSIS THAT HAS BEEN UNDERWAY A COUPLE OF FISCAL YEARS NOW AND WILL CONTINUE I SAID HAS A NUMBER OF PURPOSES PRIMARILY TO IDENTIFY AND ASSESS EXISTING STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE WITHIN SOME WATERSHEDS WE ARE CURRENTLY ON THE MAY RIVER. WE STARTED WITH HAYWARD COVE .

WHERE ARE THESE ASSETS? WHO OWNS THESE ASSETS? THE TOWN OWNS VERY FEW.

WHAT IS THE CURRENT CONDITION OF THESE ASSETS WE'RE TALKING PIPES REALLY PIPES, INLETS, THAT KIND OF THING AND THEY PERFORMING AS THEY WERE DESIGNED A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO AND WILL THEY PERFORM UNDER FUTURE SCENARIOS AND WEATHER SCENARIOS AND IF NOT THEN WHO NEEDS TO DO WHAT AND LETTING PEOPLE KNOW AND IF THERE ARE HOW DO WE PLAN ACCORDINGLY FOR THAT? SO SPECIFICALLY ON MAP LET ME ZONE IN ON A COUPLE OF AREAS.

THE CROSSHATCH GREEN IS THE HAYWARD CODES OF WATERSHED COMPLETED AND REPORTS ARE DRAFTED. WE'RE DRAFTING THE COVER LETTER TO NOTIFY ASSET OWNERS OF CONDITIONS CURRENTLY AND WHAT MAINTENANCE MAY BE NEEDED OR POSSIBLE UPGRADES WE HAVE COMPLETED AND YOU'VE ALREADY FUNDED THE WORK FOR CROOKED COVE WHICH AROUND THIS W AREA AS WELL AS GIRARD HOPE FOR THOSE WATERSHED ASSETS INVENTORY THE ASSET INVENTORY WAS COMPLETED THIS SUMMER. THERE WAS NO EGREGIOUS MAINTENANCE CONDITIONS FOUND.

THE MODELING EFFORTS ARE NOW CURRENTLY UNDERWAY. THE NEXT AREA THAT WE HAD PROPOSED ARE YOU G AND VERDIER COVE TO FINISH UP THE HISTORIC DISTRICT AND THAT CURRENTLY HAS PENDING ON A 278,000 BRICK GRANT WHICH IS UNDER FEMA REVIEW.

WE DO NOT WHEN FEMA AS THEY HAVE BEEN DIVERTED SLIGHTLY THIS WHEN WE MAY GET A DETERMINATION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THAT GRANT IS AWARDED BUT IT IS UNDER FEMA REVIEW WE DO KNOW THAT SO THAT IS CURRENTLY WHERE WE ARE BUT WHAT I REALLY WANTED YOUR DIRECTION AND STAFF WOULD LIKE YOUR DIRECTION ON IS YES CLEARLY WE'RE FOCUSED ON THE MAY RIVER WATERSHED BUT WE RECOGNIZE THE FACT THE TOWN HAS IMPACTS ACROSS THREE WATERSHEDS RIGHT? WE HAVE THE OKATIE COLLIN WE HAVE THE MAINE RIVER AND WE HAVE THE NEW RIVER AND WHILE WE HAD ALREADY BUDGETED AND HAVE THE GRANT APPLICATION FOR HAYWARD AND VERDIER NO NO EUGENE AND VERDIER COVES WE HEARD FROM OUR COMMUNITIES WE'VE MET WITH OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS REPRESENTATIVES FROM HAMPTON HALL FOLLOWING DEBBIE IN PARTICULAR THAT THERE WERE DRAINAGE AND FLOODING AREAS LOCALIZED WITHIN WE CALL AND IDENTIFY AS THIS DARK TEAL THE ROSE DO CREEK SUB WATERSHED OF THE MAE AND SO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WE HAVE FOR YOU AGAIN AS STAFF OUR GOAL IS WE'RE GOING TO WORK THROUGH ALL OF THESE ALL OF THESE SUB WATERSHEDS AND IDENTIFY ALL OF THEM. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE HOW WE'RE PRIORITIZING ASKING FOR FUNDING SUPPORT TO UNDERTAKE THIS WORK ALIGNS WITH YOUR PRIORITIES AS WELL. SO SPECIFICALLY MY QUESTION ON THIS PARTICULAR POINT IN THIS ACTIVITY MOVING INTO FISCAL YEAR 26 AND BEYOND IS WOULD YOU LIKE US TO CONTINUE WITH AS WE HAD PROPOSED FINISHING OUT THE HISTORIC DISTRICT AND THEN MOVE WESTWARD THROUGH THE MAY RIVER BOUNDARY OR WOULD YOU LIKE US TO START TO FOCUS ON THE ROSE DO CREEK AREA FIRST AND THEN COME BACK AND PICK UP THE VERDURE COVE AND UGLY COVE AREAS A FUTURE FISCAL YEAR I CAN'T THE THE HAMPTON HALL AREA WHICH WHICH IS WITHIN SORRY EXCUSE ME SO HERE'S THIS

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WE NEED TO DO THEM ALL. HOWEVER WE KNOW WHERE WE HAVE TO.

SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS BEING THE FARM AREA IN THE HAMPTON HALL AREA WHICH FALL INTO THE AREA THAT YOU JUST PUT THE MARKER ON . IT SEEMS TO ME THAT WE WOULD TARGETING THOSE SOONER THAN LATER IF POSSIBLE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN DO IT THAT WAY TO DETERMINE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO. IT'S GOING TO TAKE A YEAR TO GET TO ALL OF THIS. YES, SIR. AND SO THE SOONER THAT WE CAN COME TO SOME FORM OF UNDERSTANDING OF HOW TO TACKLE THOSE AREAS THAT WE KNOW ARE IN NEED NOW I THINK THAT'S THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION. THAT'S ME DISAGREE THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE RAISED DO PRIORITIZED OVER OUT VERDIER SINCE WE DO IT NOW WE HAVE A PROBLEM THERE BUT MY OPINION THAT WE ALREADY HAVE THOSE AREAS SURROUNDING THOSE COVES SCHEDULED TO TO COME OFF OF SANITARY I MEAN OFF SEPTIC ONTO SANITARY SEWER SO THIS WON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT CORRECT. NO IT'S A DIFFERENT TOPIC.

YES SIR RIGHT. YEAH. SO WATER QUALITY AND WATER QUANTITY REALLY THE RIGHT IT'S RELATED SO I AGREE WE KNOW WE HAVE A PROBLEM OUT THERE BUCKWALTER AND EVEN THOUGH IT MAY NOT BE TECHNICALLY OUR PROBLEM THERE IS A PROBLEM AND I THINK WE'RE WOULD BETTER TO LOOK INTO THAT BUT I DON'T WANT EVERYTHING JUST JUST BECAUSE ARE YOU ASKING DO YOU WANT US TO STOP AND THERE AND PUT THIS OFF? I THOUGHT THAT WE WERE HIRING A COMPANY OUTSOURCE IN A COMPANY THAT DOES THE STUDY ANYWAY RIGHT YES SIR AND SO WHAT WE PROPOSED WAS BEGINNING THIS FISCAL YEAR AS SAID WE ALREADY HAD THE TWO UNDERWAY, THE ONE COMPLETED AND MOVING IN 26 WE WERE GOING TO COME BACK IN AND ,GET WHAT WE WERE MISSING AND YUGI AND VERDIER BUT RECOGNIZING WHAT WE JUST EXPERIENCED DOES IT MAKE MORE SENSE IN A FUTURE FISCAL YEAR TO COME BACK AND GET THOSE AND START AT ROES DO YOU CREEK WELL I THINK YOU KNOW WHEN IT COMES AND I GUESS YOU'RE SAYING THAT BECAUSE BUDGETARY RESTRICTIONS SO THAT'S I WAS GETTING READY TO SAY IS BECAUSE THE DIFFERENCE IS IS WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THE THE WATERSHEDS COMPARE THE FURROWS DO WATERSHED THREE OR FOUR TIMES LARGER THAN WHAT WE'VE DONE YOU'RE LOOKING AT A POTENTIAL OF OUR ESTIMATES UP TO WE JUST AND IN LOOKING AT WORK WE'VE ALREADY DONE AND HAVE ESTIMATES ON WE HAVE NOT A COST ESTIMATE BUT OUR EDUCATED ESTIMATE BASED ON PREVIOUS WORK IS 2 TO 2 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS TO DO THAT WORK THREE ROWS DO CREEK AND THAT WOULD OF COURSE SPAN SEVERAL FISCAL YEARS. NUMBER ONE JUST BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A LARGE IT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME TO WORK UP THROUGH IT TO HAVE BOOTS ON THE GROUND AND THEN IDENTIFY ALL OF THOSE AND IT'S IT'S EXPENSIVE BECAUSE. WE WOULD NEED TO GO AND LOCATE THE MONEY FOR THE BUDGET TO GET THAT IN THERE TO START THE PROCESS.

SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT THE GUIDANCE IS FOR IS IF THIS IS KNOWING WHAT WE SAW WITH HURRICANE DEBBIE AND KNOWING WHERE WE NEED TO PUT PRIORITY AND COUNCIL'S GUIDANCE IS THAT WAY AGAIN WE NEED TO GO AND FIND THE MONEY TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

THAT COST IS GOING TO BE SIGNIFICANT SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING FOR THE GUIDANCE AND I'LL ADD WITH THAT HUNDRED AND 78 THOUSANDS SEEDERS GRANT WE HAVE THE GRANT FOR THE CEDARS ZONE PORTIONS UPGRADES DO CREEK ARE IN THE CEDARS ZONE WE ARE NOT 100% SURE IF WE ARE AWARDED THAT GRANT FUNDS SPECIFY THICKLY FOR THE GEOGRAPHIC AREA THAT WE DICTATED IN IN THE APPLICATION IF WE CAN TRANSFER THAT OVER OR NOT BECAUSE CEDAR ZONE ALSO IS INCOME BASED IT'S ALSO AGAIN THE VULNERABILITY DOESN'T MEAN WE STILL DON'T HAVE THAT MONEY IN THAT GRANT. BUT I JUST JUST TO MAKE YOU FULLY AWARE THAT THE GRANT MAY IF IF WERE AWARDED MAY OR MAY NOT TRANSLATE TO THIS NEW AREA .

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AS LONG AS THAT'S COMMUNICATED WHAT I WOULDN'T WANT IS LIKE FOR ANYONE IN THE GENERAL PUBLIC, ESPECIALLY THOSE IN THOSE THAT WERE IMPACTED TO THINK LIKE THE FUND ALLOCATION HERE IS GOING TO BE A FIX TO THOSE ISSUES BECAUSE THOSE ARE THAT WE CAN'T, YOU KNOW, FIX ON OUR ON OUR OWN BUT, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S GOING TO YIELD RESULTS THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO GO AFTER MORE FUNDING FOR IT. AND I WOULD SAY THAT THAT THAT DOES MAKE SENSE TO PRIORITIZE I THINK TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS FIGURE OUT WHY THE WATER IS NOT MOVING IS CRAZY.

I MEAN IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IT TO ME. YOU KNOW, WE KNOW WHAT OUR PROBLEM IS RIGHT WATER BEING BACKED UP, BLOCKED OFF OR SOMETHING SOMEWHERE.

I KNOW THAT'S WHAT IT COST I GUESS BUT WHATEVER WE HAVE TO DO YOUR OPINION THEN I'M WITH YOU. I'M GOING TO THROW THIS ON THE TABLE.

I TALKED TO THE MAYOR AND STEVEN ABOUT IT BEFORE AND AGAIN THIS IS I'LL BE LONG GONE BY THE TIME THIS EVER THIS CONVERSATION COMES AROUND AGAIN MAYBE IN A BOX BUT.

BUT ANYWAY HILTON HEAD AGO THEY HAD MASSIVE FLOODING AND THEY WENT AND THEY PUT THEY TOOK CONTROL OF THE PADS AND THEY TOOK OVER THE STORM DRAIN AND THEY PUT IN THE PUMPING SYSTEMS TO ALLEVIATE THE THE FLOODING. AND WE'VE HAD THESE CONVERSATIONS.

WHAT WE'VE LEARNED IS MOST OF THE AREAS THAT HAD THE FLOODING ISSUES WERE BASED ON THE 25 YEAR STORM WHICH IS THEY'RE OLD, THEY'RE OLD, THEY'RE BIG ENOUGH TO HANDLE THE VOLUMES. THE COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF WATER WE SEE TODAY.

SO THEY'RE THAT WILL ALMOST HAVE TO BE REBUILT AT SOME POINT.

BUT I GUESS WHAT I'M TO PUT OUT THERE IS AND I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THE STUDY WOULD INDICATE ANYTHING THIS WELL I DOUBT IT BUT AT SOME POINT THIS BODY WILL HAVE TO DETERMINE WE DO SIMILAR TO WHAT HILTON HEAD DID TO MAKE THINGS WORK IN THE WAY WE NEED IT TO WORK DOESN'T MEAN IT WOULDN'T COST SHARING WITH SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENTS BUT THIS IS DOWN ROAD AND THINKING IT'S NOT GOING TO GET SOLVED TODAY BUT ANYWAY YES I WANT TO SEE THE THE PROBLEM SOLVED SOONER THAN LATER WHEN WE CAN SORT OF GO ALONG WITH WHAT YOU JUST ASKED OR KIND OF INSINUATED THE STUDIES WOULD HELP US AT LEAST IDENTIFY WHAT'S IN THE GROUND, WHAT WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE. SO IF WE WERE TO LOOK AT POTENTIALLY TAKING OVER THE SYSTEM, WE WOULD KNOW WHAT WE'RE GETTING INTO WHAT WOULD NEED TO BE FIXED BECAUSE RIGHT NOW A LOT OF IT IS WE DON'T EVEN WHAT'S IN THE GROUND THE CAPACITY, THE CONDITION OF THAT RIGHT WHICH IS WHAT HILTON HEAD DID THEY TOOK OVER SIGHT UNSEEN STORM WATER INFRASTRUCTURE.

YEAH RIGHT SO THIS WOULD AT LEAST GIVE US THE BASIS TO MAKE EDUCATED DECISION ON WHAT'S THERE AND WHAT WE WOULD BE GETTING AND I AM GOING TO CIRCLE BACK TO THAT IN A MINUTE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SO LOOK AT ITS SO MENTALLY I'M TRYING TO PUT A PIN IT ADDITIONALLY WHAT YOU HAVE HEARD AND SEEN AND EXPERIENCED IS THROUGH OUR GRANT I'M SORRY THROUGH OUR GRANT OR OUR CONTRACT WITH IS THE WAY I SHOULD SAY COLLEGE CHARLESTON AND THE SOUTH CAROLINA SEA GRANT CONSORTIUM IS UNDERTAKE A RESILIENCY ANALYSIS FOR THE TOWN PRIMARILY WE DONE THIS THROUGH FLOODING IMPACT SURVEYS BOTH IN AND ONLINE.

IN FACT TODAY IS THE LAST TO FILL OUT A FLOODING IMPACT IN AREA REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT'S SPECIFICALLY IN THE TOWN OR IN THE GREATER BLUFFTON REGION. AN ONLINE SURVEY THROUGH SEA GRANT TO DATA COLLECT AND TELL US WHERE ARE WE SEEING FLOODING THROUGHOUT THIS REGION TO HELP INFORM A RESILIENCY ANALYSIS FOR US AND TO DATE THROUGH OUR OUR LAST PUBLIC INPUT SESSION WAS DURING THE ARTS AND SEAFOOD FESTIVAL IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE TOWNS AND SO WE HAD 171

[03:35:08]

WE ANTICIPATE FINAL REPORT FROM THEM IN JANUARY OF 2025 AND THAT IS PERFECT TIMING FOR US.

WE ARE DEVELOPING OUR WORK PLAN AND BUDGET REQUESTS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS COMING FROM THIS TO APPLY 26 COMING BACK TO THE SO LOCAL ADAGE AS I SAID EARLIER ANDREA AND KEVIN BROUGHT THIS FORWARD TO YOU ALREADY IN WORKSHOP AND IT WILL BE GOING FORWARD THE DESIGN MANUAL EDITS THAT ARE PROPOSED THROUGH WAY AND PLANNING COMMISSION PRIOR TO COMING TO COUNCIL WITHIN FIRST QUARTER OF 2025 TO MAKE SOME SOME SCRIBNER'S ERRORS EDITS WELL AS THE BETTER SITE DESIGN CLARIFICATIONS AND BETTER IMPLEMENTATION OF STORMWATER PRACTICES I DON'T WANT TO GO INTO THAT TOO MUCH SINCE WE ALL JUST WORKSHOPPED IT BUT WHAT IS THE TIE BACK TO COMPREHENSIVE DRAINAGE AND ASSET INVENTORY IS ONE KEY COMPONENT OF THIS EDIT OF THE DESIGN MANUAL IS THE POST-CONSTRUCTION BBMP REPORTS AND ENFORCEMENT OF MAINTENANCE IT'S HARD TO TELL PEOPLE TO MAINTAIN WE DON'T EVEN KNOW THEY HAVE REMEMBERING THAT A LOT DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN THE BUCKWALTER PREDATED THE STORM WATER THAT THE TOWN CURRENTLY DOES. THEREFORE WE HAVE AS BUILT INFORMATION WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S THERE THIS WAY WHEN WE GO TO ENFORCE AND SAY YOU NEED TO MAINTAIN BEAM PS FROM OUR OWN DATA SET FROM COMP DRAINAGE THAT HAS A TWOFOLD PURPOSE IT'S GOING TO HELP ENFORCE LOCAL AND BMP MAINTENANCE AS WELL AS HELP INFORM RESILIENCY EFFORTS MOVING IN THE FUTURE TO HOPEFULLY ALLEVIATE FLOODING. I WANT TO ASK A QUESTION YOU SAID WE DON'T HAVE AS BUILT AS BUILT THOSE COMMUNITIES WHEN THE COUNTY DID THAT THE COUNTY ALSO IT SIGNED OFF ON THE IN THEIR DESIGN DRAWINGS AND THERE HAS TO BE A PAPER TRAIL SOMEWHERE, CORRECT? I WOULD THINK SIR. WELL EVEN SO YOU STILL HAVE THE COMPANIES THAT BUILT THEM.

YEAH. JUST FIND OUT WHAT YOU THOMAS HUTTON DESIGN MOST EVERYTHING AROUND HERE BACK THEN YOU CAN GET THOSE. I WOULD THINK WE COULD TOO AND IF WE KNEW WHAT WE HAD THEN COULD KNOW WHAT A LOT FROM THAT NOT EVERYTHING BUT THAT WOULD TELL US A LOT AND I JUST BELIEVE THAT SOMEWHERE SOMEBODY SHOULD BE LIABLE TO HAVE THEM KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING. I THINK NO NO I AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY WITH YOU.

THE COUNTY WE DON'T HAVE THEM THE COUNTY SAYS THEY DON'T HAVE THEM.

WE DISCUSSED OPPORTUNITIES WITH THOMAS AND HUTTON AND BETTER YET STILL NEED TO KNOW THE CONDITION HOW MUCH IN HOUGHTON SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE I MEAN THERE ARE ONGOING CONVERSATIONS OKAY BUT OKAY TO MOVE ON. OKAY. I DON'T WANT OKAY I AND RECOGNIZING MAY RIVER SURROUNDING RIVERS WATERSHED TO GIVE YOU UPDATES ON THE BASELINE ASSESSMENT KNOW THE ORIGINAL ASSESSMENT WHEN PALMETTO BLUFF WAS ANNEXED IN THE TOWN HAD THE FORESIGHT TO GET A BASELINE OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS IN THE MAE RIVER THAT HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED SINCE THE LATE NINETIES AND THE FINAL REPORT CAME OUT IN 2000 I BELIEVE SO THEREFORE DNR HAS GONE OUT, HAS DONE THEIR DATA COLLECTION.

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THREE SITES REFUSED TO PARTICIPATE SO OF THE EIGHT REMAINING SITES THE INITIAL GEOTECHNICAL HAS BEEN COMPLETED. PRELIMINARY SITE DESIGN IS UNDERWAY AND WE ARE LOOKING TO BUNDLE THOSE AND BRING THOSE FORWARD FOR IMPERVIOUS SURFACE RESTORATION. WHAT THAT MEANS IS THESE AREAS THAT ARE HIGHLY ASPHALTED OR CONCRETE AND WHAT CAN WE DO TO KEEP STORMWATER ON SITE THIS SERVES TWO PURPOSES WATER QUALITY IT IMPROVES WATER IN THAT IF YOU DON'T HAVE RUNOFF YOU DON'T HAVE A MECHANISM CARRY POLLUTANTS TO THE RIVERS ANY OF THEM RIGHT THOUGH. WE ARE FOCUSING ON THE MAY RIVER RIGHT NOW. ADDITIONALLY IF YOU DON'T HAVE RUNOFF LEAVING THE SITE YOU DON'T HAVE NECESSARILY AS MUCH DOWNSTREAM FLOODING. SO THIS WILL BE COMING FORWARD TO YOU AS WE START TO BUNDLE THESE PROJECTS AND MOSTLY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH A LOT OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SITES. THEY'RE HIGHLY IMPERVIOUS SITES.

A SMALL EXAMPLE OF THAT IS THE PRITCHARD STREET STREETSCAPE PROJECT THAT'S A DRAINAGE PROJECT AS WELL AS A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO PUT A BIO INFILTRATION CELL. I CALL IT A BIG RAIN GARDEN IN THE PARKING LOT BEHIND TOWN HALL. THAT'S THE SCHOOL PARK PARKING LOT THAT HAS FLOODING RIGHT NOW. SO IT'LL KEEP WATER ON SITE AND HELP DRAINAGE ALONG PRITCHARD STREET. IT'S JUST A SMALL EXAMPLE OF WHAT THESE WILL BE MOVING FORWARD. WE ARE HAVE IDENTIFIED 15 ADDITIONAL SITES THROUGHOUT THE WATERSHED TO BEGIN THIS NEXT ROUND OF ANALYSIS FOR WHAT MIGHT BE A SUITABLE AREA FOR IMPERVIOUS SURFACE RESTORATION SO YOU WILL SEE THE COMING FORWARD OUT OF THE ACTION PLAN AS CIP PROJECT SITES ARE HAVING AS I ALLUDED TO EARLIER SKODA'S HAS CHANGED THE RULES ON WHAT IS SO WE HAVE TO STEP IN AND DO SOMETHING. I RECENTLY THE SUPREME COURT REDEFINED A JURISDICTIONAL WETLAND WAS AND WAS NOT AND BY REDEFINING THAT IT LEFT A LOT OF AMBIGUITY AS TO WHAT IS A WETLAND AND PUSHED IT DOWN TO THE STATES SOUTH CAROLINA HAS NO STATEWIDE REGULATORY AUTHORITY OR GUIDANCE OVER WETLAND PROTECTION AND THE TOWN COUNTED ON THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND FEDERAL REGULATIONS.

THEREFORE WE HAD NO WETLAND PROTECTIONS RECENTLY WE WE BROUGHT FORTH A WETLAND BUFFER AS SORT OF A STOPGAP MEASURE AND WHAT WE'VE HEARD IS THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY APPLICABLE THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS SO BETH HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN IN ALL OF THIS WORK BUT SPECIFICALLY SETTING UP PARTNERSHIPS AS STEVEN ALLUDED TO EARLIER WAS SKILLED AND WITH SELKE TO TALK WITH OUR LEGAL COUNSEL AND STATEWIDE LEGAL COUNSEL HOW DO WE DEVELOP WETLAND ORDINANCES THAT AREN'T BUFFERS BECAUSE? THAT'S WHY THEY DON'T APPLY IN A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. THAT'S A DESIGN STANDARD. IT'S SET IN A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. SO HOW DO WE PROTECT WETLANDS MOVING FORWARD THAT CAN APPLY

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SO YOU SAY THE STATE DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF PROTECTIVE AT A FEDERAL WAS FEDERAL IT WAS FEDERAL BECAUSE IT WAS CONSIDERED A JURISDICTIONAL WETLAND UNDER THE ARMY OF ENGINEERS AND THEN IF IT WAS A WETLAND IMPACT THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO OFFSET WETLAND MITIGATION TYPICALLY BY AND PRESERVE WETLANDS SOMEWHERE ELSE TO OFFSET THEIR IMPACT TO A WETLAND HERE OF A ROB PETER TO PAY PAUL KIND OF THING SITUATION AND NOW THAT THAT MONEY HAS BEEN PAID IN THERE THEY HAD THE MONEY AND NOW THEY'RE NOT PROTECTING THE WETLANDS. WELL WORSE THAN THAT. NO, THE WETLANDS TO BE PROTECTED THE MONEY HAS TO BE TRANSFERRED PRIOR TO ANY PERMITS BEING ISSUED AND APPROVALS ALL OF THAT FELL UNDER THE PREVIOUS RULING AND DEFINITION OF WHAT WAS A JURISDICTIONAL WETLAND UNDER THE MOST RECENT SUPREME COURT RULING.

THE DEFINITION OF A JURISDICTIONAL WETLAND HAS CHANGED.

SO WHAT THE ARMY CORPS USED REGULATE THEY NO LONGER CAN IT'S NO LONGER CONSIDERED A JURISDICTION A WETLAND SO THEN YOU ROLLING DOWNHILL THEN DOES THE STATE HAVE A WETLAND PROTECTIONS REGULATION IN PLACE SOUTH? CAROLINA CURRENTLY DOES NOT THEN IT ROLLS IT ROLLS DOWN. YEAH SIR, I DON'T WANT I MEAN WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME BUT THE MAYOR'S QUESTION WAS A GOOD ONE. SO AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL YOU CAN MITIGATE WETLANDS A LOT OF TIMES FINANCIALLY YOU MITIGATE AND SO NOW THAT EVERYTHING'S CHANGED I GUESS THE QUESTION COULD BE MAYBE NEEDS COME FROM THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA TO THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS TO YOUR POINT WHERE'S MONEY I MEAN YOU KNOW WHERE IS IT SO IT'S ALREADY SPENT FOR ANY ANYBODY? YES, FOR WHO HAD A WETLANDS MITIGATION REQUIREMENT IN ORDER TO GET A DEVELOPMENT PERMIT FROM US WE HAVE TO HAVE STATE APPROVALS BEFORE. WE CAN GIVE LOCAL APPROVALS AND ONE OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS IS COASTAL ZONE CONSISTENCY ACT WAS D HAC OCR REM THOSE IF WE HAD TO HAVE AN ARMY CORPS APPROVAL ALL OF THAT HAS TO BE IN PLACE BEFORE A LOCAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT WOULD BE ISSUED AND BEFORE ANY OF THE STATE LEVEL PERMITS WERE ISSUED THEY WOULD HAVE HAVE HAD THAT MITIGATION IN PLACE AND MONEY THAT THEY MAY HAVE COLLECTED. THAT MONEY HAS BEEN PAID AND HANDLED AT THAT LEVEL. ALL WE KNOW IS THEY'VE SIGNED OFF ON IT AND SAID IT'S OKAY AT THE FEDERAL AND STATE LEVEL SO THAT WE CAN PROGRESS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.

SO WE NEVER GOT THAT MONEY IF THAT IS THAT WHAT I'M DOING? OKAY.

I WILL ADD WITH THAT IS WHAT WHAT PREVIOUSLY HAD TO MITIGATE WHEN THEY HAD A WETLAND MITIGATION REQUIRED WETLAND MITIGATION AND THEY WENT THROUGH ALL THAT TODAY BECAUSE THE DEFINITION CHANGED THEY MAY NOT HAVE HAD TO DO THAT AT ALL BECAUSE THEY'RE NO LONGER CONSIDERED THAT THEY'RE NOT CONSIDERED WHICH IS WHY WE'RE TRYING TO PROTECTIONS AT THIS

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I'M GOING TO GO HERE AND WHAT WE ARE ALSO PROPOSING IS MOVING 26 FOR WETLANDS THAT WE KNOW LOCALLY HAVE BEEN IMPACTED IS A MAPPING EXERCISE. WHAT HAS BEEN IMPACTED PERHAPS WHAT IS NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY IS MOVING FORWARD AND THERE CAN BE GRANT FUNDS FOR THIS WETLANDS RESTORATION PROGRAM TO IDENTIFY SELECT THESE AREAS AND THEN POTENTIAL POTENTIAL RESTORATION AND OR ENHANCEMENT IF AT ALL POSSIBLE THAT THEY COULD BE EVEN CAPABLE OF STORING MORE STORM ON SITE AT LAST BUT NOT LEAST FOR FREE. FOR FREE I'M TELLING YOU SOMETHING FOR FREE AGAIN BED BATH HAS BEEN AWESOME IN SETTING UP ALL KINDS WONDERFUL PARTNERSHIPS IN MITIGATE WIND RESILIENCY AND WORKING WITH THE SHY INSTITUTE OUT OF FURMAN UNIVERSITY WHO IS HELPING US WITH OUR RESILIENCY ANALYSIS AS WELL THEY HAVE AS A AS A COURSE LEVEL ACTIVE THEY DONE A HEAT VULNERABILITY MAPPING. THEY WERE GOING TO ONLY DO THE CEDARS ZONE TOLD YOU WE'D COME BACK TO THAT ONLY DUE TO THE CEDARS ON THE ENDED UP DOING IT FOR THE ENTIRE TOWN AS A DRAFT AND THIS US WHERE WE MAY BE MOST VULNERABLE CURRENTLY TO HEAT AND HEAT VULNERABLE AGAIN ESPECIALLY IF YOU PUT THAT CEDAR ZONE ON IT OVER LAPPING AREAS OF LOWER WEALTH IN TO AGE IS A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR. THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF PUBLIC HEALTH AS IT RELATES TO HEAT ONE THING THAT AND I'LL BRING IT HOME WITH THIS AND TIE IT BACK BUSSES ONE THING OF INTEREST IS AND AGAIN PUBLICLY AVAILABLE AND IN YOUR PACKAGE THE THE LEGEND TELLS YOU ANYTHING THAT SORT OF THIS MAGENTA OR HOT PINK IS OVER A HUNDRED AND 15 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT ONE AREA THAT WE HAVE THAT IS RUNNING IS RIGHT THERE IS A HOT PINK IN THE FUZZY OUTLINE THE CEDARS SO THAT'S ABOVE WATER THAT'S LIKELY RIGHT AROUND MCCRACKEN CIRCLE SO TYING BACK TO WE HAVE PEOPLE STANDING IN THE ENVIRONMENT WAITING FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND YOU CAN THE HOT AREAS AND THE CONDITIONS THAT FOLKS ARE VULNERABLY STANDING OUT IN IN THE WEATHER SO ANOTHER GREAT REASON PERHAPS TO LOOK AT PARTNERING WITH PALMETTO BREEZE IN THE FUTURE AND I'M DONE KIM I THINK ALMOST OKAY I FORGOT ABOUT THIS ONE. I THOUGHT I WAS DONE. WELL AD FOR THE FREE THAT THEY WILL ALSO THEN MODEL YES SO IN NOT AS I SAID IT WAS PART OF THEIR COURSEWORK WELL IT'S NOT ONLY THE COURSEWORK IN DEVELOPING THAT MAP BUT ALSO DIFFERENT MITIGATION SCENARIOS AND OUTCOMES THAT MAY COME FORTH THAT THE TOWN MAY OR MAY NOT ELECT TO TAKE.

SO THEY'RE GOING TO DO THE WHAT IFS FOR US. GIVE US SOME PAPERS AND RECOMMENDATIONS AND WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND JUST A SNAPSHOT FORWARD IT IS WORKING GREATLY WITH WATERSHED ON CREATING A RESILIENCY STORY MAP SIMILAR TO OUR MAIN RIVER WATERSHED STORY MAP SO THAT THIS INFORMATION IS PUBLICLY AVAILABLE AGAIN TRANSPARENCY.

WE WILL BE DEVELOPING A RESILIENCY PLAN BASED ON ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT STUDIES THAT HAVE HIGHLIGHTED TODAY DRAINAGE MAY RIVER BASELINE RESILIENCY PLAN OF THAT.

SO WE WILL BE DEVELOPING A RESILIENCY PLAN AND THEN THIS ONE AS HEATHER HIGHLIGHTED IN CLEAR EARLIER THAT THE CRITICAL MALFUNCTION WAS THAT IT A HICCUP IN PUSH OUT MEDIA JUST WHERE WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR IS THE OKATIE RIVER BASELINE PARTNERSHIP IN A FUTURE FISCAL YEAR AT THIS POINT IN TIME THIS MAY BE POSTPONED UNTIL FY 27 BASED ON SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES THAT THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO TAKE IT ON IN FISCAL YEAR.

THANK KIM THAT'S THE BOOK GET OFF STAGE I THINK YOU WILL ALL SO STRATEGIC PLANNING IS STRATEGIC IS FOR COUNCIL SO I WILL BRING THIS BACK TO COUNCIL I KNOW MAYOR YOU'VE STATED YOU NEED TO LEAVE IT TO WE HAVE A FEW OTHER TOPICS HERE THAT WERE ON THE AGENDA I DO NOT MIND IF COUNCIL WANTS TO HAVE ANOTHER CONVERSATION WE CAN WORKSHOP THESE AHEAD OF THE NEXT COUPLE

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IT'S UP TO YOU ALL AGAIN. THIS IS THIS IS Y'ALL'S MEETING WE CAN HAVE A WORKSHOP BEFORE I STILL HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS THAT I WOULD LIKE ANSWERED THE END JUST WELL WHERE DO YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND ASK YOUR QUESTIONS AND WE'LL SEE HOW WE'RE LOOKING.

LET'S TALK ABOUT WHEN I WELL WHAT'S THE CONSENSUS WHAT HE JUST SAID WHAT DO YOU WANT TO

[VIII. Town Council Discussion]

I'M FINE WITH A QUICK YOU KNOW PRE-PRINT AND THEN I'M LEAVING .

MAYBE WE'LL GO. SO YOU HAVE SOME QUESTIONS THAT YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT NOW OR AFTER? I THINK AFTER I GO THROUGH NO I MEAN OKAY.

DO YOU WANT TO SKIP IT? THAT'S FINE. I CAN JUST TALK ABOUT MY QUESTIONS A HALF. SURE. MEET ME UP THERE TO TALK ABOUT IF WE GOT AND YOU CAN STILL LEAVE BECAUSE YEAH I'LL LISTEN I CAN A FEW MORE I GOT THREE AND A HALF POINT 7 MINUTES LEFT YOU HAD QUESTIONS AGAIN AND THEY'RE GOING TO FALL INTO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES SO I WILL APOLOGIZE BECAUSE THEY'RE A LITTLE ALL ACROSS THE BOARD ONE THING WAS ABOUT THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND JUST GOING THROUGH I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT TRYING TO CLEAN OUR CONTRIBUTING RESOURCE LESS WHICH I THINK GLEN IS TRYING TO DO. IT LOOKS LIKE WE WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT SO I WILL CERTAINLY READ THIS BUT I, I IT IS IMPORTANT TO ME THAT WE DO IDENTIFY I WOULD LIKE TO SEE GLEN IDENTIFY WHAT CONTRIBUTING YOU KNOW HE WOULD RECOMMEND STAYING ON THE LIST THOSE THAT HE WOULD UM I DON'T HAVE CAM'S VOICE EVERYBODY DOES I WOULD LIKE TO SEE GLENN IDENTIFY WHAT CONTRIBUTING RESOURCES HE BELIEVES SHOULD STAY ON THE LESSON OFF THE LIST OBVIOUSLY I KNOW THAT THAT'S COMING UP IN THE PACKET SO I'LL READ IT BUT I DID.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WANTED TO TOUCH ON ANOTHER THING WAS AND I DON'T THINK THIS FALLS INTO ANY CATEGORY BUT THE PLANE TOURS AROUND TOWN I KNOW THAT THOSE GET CHANGED WE SAID TWICE A YEAR I THINK THAT THINKING ABOUT TRYING TO DO MORE THAN TWICE A YEAR WOULD BE IMPORTANT. I THINK TWICE A YEAR ISN'T ENOUGH AND SO I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT MAYBE 3 TO 4 TIMES A YEAR LOOKING AT THOSE ANOTHER THING WAS JUST CLEANING UP OUR YOUDO I THINK THERE'S SOME COMMON SENSE YOUDO AMENDMENTS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE I KNOW ONE THING CAME ON ABOUT THE CAR PORTS RECENTLY I THINK THERE ARE SOME OTHER THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE INCLUDING THE MATERIALS ALLOWED AND DESIGN FEATURES SPECIFICALLY IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT AND THEN ALSO ADD TINSLEY ADDING ADDITIONAL USE FOR LARGER LOTS.

SOMETHING ELSE IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT IS JUST THE CONTINUE ENFORCEMENT OF NO TRUCKS.

I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING I KNOW I KEEP SENDING YOU PICTURES.

I FEEL LIKE I SEE THEM EVERY DAY. YESTERDAY WAS A CVS TRUCK THAT OBVIOUSLY HAD NO REASON TO BE DOWNTOWN SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I ALSO WANT TO SEE AND THEN MAYBE THE LAST ONE WOULD BE SOME SORT OF SORRY I DON'T THINK I'M TALKING INTO THIS CORRECTLY BUT I FEEL LIKE I'VE SEEN AN INCREASE SOMETHING WITH OUR TREE MITIGATION I FEEL THAT QUITE OFTEN YOU SEE THE SILK FENCES PUT AROUND TREES OR IN CONSTRUCTION ZONES THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO PROTECT THEM. I DON'T THINK THAT THEY ARE I FEEL LIKE OFTEN WE SEE THAT SOMEHOW THESE TREES GET ACCIDENTLY, THE ROOTS ARE DAMAGED, THE TREES ARE DAMAGED AND THEREFORE HAVE TO COME DOWN. AND SO I THINK THAT WE MIGHT WANT CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, INCREASED FEES OR OR SOMETHING FOR WHEN THESE THESE TREES ARE DAMAGED JUST TO GO ALONG WITH OOPS SORRY SEVERAL OF THE ITEMS YOU KIND OF HIT ON I THINK IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL IF YOU WOULD LIKE INSTEAD OF HAVING I GUESS IF WE WANT TO DISCUSS SOME UP AND GET BIG ENOUGH WHERE THEY CAN TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES OUT IN THE OPEN WATER WOULD BE FOR THAT WE ARE WE ARE I THINK IN AGREEANCE THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT LIST CLEAN IT UP OR MAKE IT BIGGER MAKE IT SMALLER BUT FIND OUT WHAT'S ON THERE, WHAT'S GONE, WHAT'S BEEN ROTTEN FALLING DOWN FOR 20 YEARS SINCE IT WAS PUT ON THERE SOME

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I THINK WE'LL DO BETTER THAT SUBJECT IF WE DO IT THAT WAY. THAT'S JUST ME.

I DON'T KNOW HOW THE OTHERS FEEL. I'M HOPING FOR EITHER WHICHEVER DIRECTION WANTS TO GO. I MEAN LIKE LIKE WE SAID BEFORE WE TRIED TO DISCUSS YOU KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS IN THIS YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ALL KINDS OF OUTCRY OR OUR INPUT OR WHATEVER SOME GOOD SOME BAD WHATEVER.

BUT WE'RE REALLY IT REALLY AFFECTS LOT OF PEOPLE. SO IT ALMOST HAS TO BE A A I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT REALLY DOES NEED TO HEAR WHAT THE PUBLIC SAYS AND THEN WE TRY TO MAKE THE BEST WE CAN OUT OF IT SO ANY OTHER DISCUSSION FROM COUNCIL BEFORE YOU ADJOURN I, I WILL SAY IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE ZOOM HERE STAFF IS HERE WILL BE HERE FOR AFTERWARDS IF YOU WANT TO SIT DOWN HAVE A CONVERSATION ANY OF THESE TOPICS OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU HAD BROUGHT THAT WE DIDN'T GET TO AND THEN WE'LL LIKE I SAID, WE'LL TAKE THE FOUR ITEMS WE DIDN'T GET TO AND BRING THEM IN FOR WORKSHOP OVER THE NEXT TWO OR THREE MONTHS.

RIGHT. I'M GOING TO DO YOUR FIVE MINUTE 5 TO 10 MINUTE OVERVIEW.

OKAY. YOU ALL RIGHT? SO AFFORDABLE HOUSING JUST SO YOU KNEW THE TOPICS WERE THAT WERE UNDERNEATH THERE. ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT WAS A QUESTION WAS BROUGHT UP ABOUT DOING A FEE IN LIEU FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS. EXAMPLE OF THIS IS OUT ON 170 WHERE WE STILL HAVE THE NON AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS ARE REQUIRED BE BUILT BY SEA GRASS STATION IS AS WE'RE GETTING READY THAT ONE'S GOING TO COME UP FORECLOSURES DO WE WANT TO BEGIN LOOK AT OFFERING A FEE IN LIEU SO WE CAN PUT THAT INTO OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAM FOR THOSE TYPE OF UNITS OR AS WE'VE TALKED TO LEGAL COUNSEL, IS THERE A MECHANISM THAT WE PUT INTO PLACE TO FORCE PEOPLE TO BUILD CAPACITY THAT WE MAY NOT, YOU KNOW, BUILD MORE UNITS SO WE'RE HAVE WE CAN HAVE SOME CONVERSATION ON THAT HISTORIC PRESERVATION THIS IS WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT LOOKING AT SOME OF THE TIERS TO GO ALONG WITH NOT ONLY CLEANING UP BUT ALSO TRYING TO ESTABLISH THE DIFFERENT CRITERIAS THAT ARE THAT THAT FALL. THEY TAKE THE STRUCTURES AND KIND OF RANK THEM, PROVIDE TIERS TO THEM. SO IF THEY'RE ON THE NATIONAL HISTORICALLY OR IF THEY ARE A ANTEBELLUM HOME YOU KNOW THE HISTORIC THAT THEY MAY PROVIDE TO THE DISTRICT MAY BE DIFFERENT THAN AS THE MAYOR SAID, ONE THAT MAY HAVE BEEN TORE DOWN. BUT WE HAVE IT ON THE LIST AS A CONTRIBUTING RESOURCE.

SO THESE ARE EXAMPLES OF SOME TIERS THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT THAT WE WANTED TO HAVE SOME CONVERSATION SO YOU CAN GIVE SOME THOUGHT INTO THAT AND IF YOU WANT TO TALK TO GLEN OR HAVE SOME QUESTIONS AHEAD OF TIME YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO AND WE'LL BRING THAT AND WE'LL WE CAN WORKSHOP THAT AHEAD OF THE MEETING ABOUT ALAN SIMMONS WILL NEIGHBORHOOD SOME OF THAT WAS JUST GIVEN AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE WERE AT AND SEEING IF THERE WAS ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERN. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE COMING OUT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A REZONING FOR A COUPLE OF PROPERTIES WITH MISS KITTY AND THE PROPERTY NEXT DOOR AND THEN JUST KIND OF WORKING THROUGH SOME OF THOSE ITEMS AND THEN THE NOISE ORDINANCE THIS WHERE HEATHER WAS GOING TO GO THROUGH AND TRY TO IDENTIFY SOME OF THE AREAS YOU'VE HEARD CONCERNS, COMPLAINTS SO WE KNOW WHERE TO GO BECAUSE IF WE START TALKING ABOUT COMPLETELY SCRAPPING THE ORDINANCE AND REWRITING IT, YOU'RE LOOKING AT PROBABLY A YEAR LONG PROCESS WHERE NOTHING'S GOING TO BE ADDRESSED

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.