Nov 12, 2024 Bluffton Town Council

UP NEXT IS MS. JOY CO.

I, NOT JOY, BUT I'LL HAVE TO DO SHE HAS, SHE HAS A HORSE ISSUES.

I'M HER HUSBAND, PAUL.

ABOUT THE GRANDY OAKS ANNEXATION.

PAUL.

MAYOR TOMER, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS BEFORE YOU START, PLEASE, SIR.

PAUL COE FIVE COTTINGHAM ROAD.

YOU CAN GET IT FOR THE RECORD.

MAYOR TOMER AND COUNCILMAN, THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOICE OUR CONCERNS

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I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE SHOWN UP IN SUPPORT OF DELAYING AND PERHAPS STOPPING THIS ANNEXATION AS IT DOES HELP TO ENSURE THE BUILDING OF FIVE B.

THE BIG QUESTIONNAIRE TONIGHT IS WHAT DID THE DEVELOPER, THE TOWN, AND THE PUBLIC GET AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNEXATION? THE DEVELOPER GETS TO COMBINE HIS PROPERTIES AND ELIMINATES A 50 FOOT BUFFER BETWEEN THE TOWN AND COUNTY, AND HIS WETLAND BUFFER IS REDUCED FROM 50 TO 25 FEET.

ADDITIONALLY, HIS ACCESS ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE WILL BE PAID BY US TAXPAYERS.

HE CAN HAVE EXTRA WETLAND REMOVAL IF HE NEEDS IT, AND HE'S NOT REQUIRED TO HAVE A TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY AS NORMALLY REQUIRED BY THE BUCKWALTER CONCEPT PLAN AMENDMENT REVIEW CRITERIA, SECTION 3.8, 0.3 POINT E.

IF THAT WASN'T ENOUGH, IN THE END, HIS $50,000 PER ACRE PROPERTY WILL BE WORTH UP UPWARDS OF 1 MILLION PER ACRE.

THIS DOES NOT MAKE SENSE.

OUR OTHER DEVELOPERS TREATED THE SAME.

THE TOWN ON THE OTHER HAND, DOES NOT REALLY SEEM TO BENEFIT MUCH BESIDES GETTING A BACK DOOR THROUGH WHICH THEY CAN GET THEIR BELOVED FIVE B BUILT AND A LARGER TAX BASE.

MEANWHILE, THE PUBLIC, AS USUAL, GETS SHAFTED AND HAS TO DEAL WITH INCREASED TRAFFIC, DECREASED PROPERTY VALUES, LOSS OF THE NATURAL BEAUTY OF THE AREA, COMPROMISED WETLANDS, INCREASED FLOODING, INCREASED NOISE, POLLUTION, AND SO ON.

FINALLY, THE ANIMALS WHO ARE RARELY, IF EVER CONSIDERED, WILL HAVE YOU IN ANOTHER HABITAT AREA DESTROYED.

MOREOVER, WITH THE EVENTUAL BUILDING OF FIVE B, WHICH THIS ANNEXATION WILL HELP TO FORCE THROUGH THE LARGEST REMAINING WILDLIFE CORRIDOR IN BLUFFTON WILL BE DECIMATED.

THE TOWN IS SUPPOSEDLY, SUPPOSEDLY FOR PROTECTING THESE CORRIDORS, BUT IT SEEMS IN THE CASE OF FIVE B THAT IS NOT TRUE.

UNFORTUNATELY, MOST OF THE TOWN COUNCIL LIVE IN THE OLD TOWN AND DO NOT FAIRLY REPRESENT THE AREAS THEY HAVE INCORPORATED SUCH AS BUCKWALTER.

PERHAPS THIS ANNEXATION SHOWS THAT ALL THE TOWN COUNCIL CAN SEE ARE DOLLAR SIGNS AND NOT THE QUALITY OF LIVES THEY ARE AFFECTING FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THIS AREA.

YOU SAY THAT THIS TRACK IS ZONED COMMERCIAL, BUT BEAUFORT COUNTY WOULD NEVER ALLOW SUCH COMMERCIAL AS THE ONLY ACCESS POINT IS LAKE POINT DRIVE.

I REALIZE THAT YOU CAN'T STOP DEVELOPMENT, BUT YOU THE TOWN COUNCIL HAVE A CHANCE TO MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE HERE.

DELAY THE ANNEXATION, DO A TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY, WAIT FOR THE WATERSHED STUDY, GET PUBLIC INPUT, AND PUT SOMETHING IN THIS AREA THAT THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES NEED, SUCH AS A PASSIVE PARK AND SOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

UP NEXT WE GOT DR.

A, A AND A ME.

THERE YOU GO.

HI, SIR.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WELCOME, WELCOME FOR LETTING ME COME SPEAK YOUR NAME PLEASE AND YOUR ADDRESS, IF YOU WILL, FOR THE RECORD.

UM, THIS NEW OFFICE IS TAKING A SIGNIFICANT STEP AND WHICH YOUR PARTNERSHIP, WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN, WE BELIEVE NO, WE, UH, WE CAN ACHIEVE EVEN MORE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED OUR COUNTRY.

MY NAME IS DR.

ADON.

I LIVE AT TWO REST PLACE HERE IN BLUFFTON.

HOWEVER, I'M REPRESENTING THE BEAUFORT COUNTY VETERANS OFFICE OF FRANKLIN DEPARTMENT.

UH, WE JUST, UM, COME TO THINK, EXPRESS OUR APPRECIATION, UM, AND INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WE JUST OPEN A BENEFIT PROCESSING OFFICE HERE IN BLOCK AND, UH, ON THE ISLAND.

SO I'M GONNA READ MY NOTES.

WE WANT TO THANK, TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY ON BEHALF OF OUR DIRECTOR, DR.

CAROLINE FERMAN, TO EXPRESS OUR HEARTFELT GRATITUDE TO MAYOR TERRY TRUMAN.

AND STEVEN STEVE, OUR CITY MANAGER FOR JOINING US ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25TH, 2024 AT THE GRAND OPENING OF THE SOUTH OF THE BROAD VETERAN SERVICE OFFICE, LOCATED AT NINE BENFIELD ROAD IN BLUFFTON AND 5 39, UH, WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY ON THE ISLAND.

MR. MAYOR, YOU'RE PRESENT AT THE EVENT MEANS SO MUCH TO US.

WE ARE TRULY HONORED TO HAVE YOU, YOUR SUPPORT, UH, AND THE ENDEAVOR TO CONTINUE TO SERVE THE VETERANS IN THIS AREA.

AS WE JUST CELEBRATED VETERANS DAY ON NOVEMBER 11TH, WE BELIEVE THAT THE COMMITMENT OF THIS COUNCIL TO SUPPORT VETERANS AND OUR COMMUNITY IS EVIDENT AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING TOGETHER TO POSITIVELY IMPACT THE LIFE OF VETERANS IN OUR AREA.

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UM, MOST PEOPLE DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW THE OPERATES VA OPERATES.

ON THE THREE LEG STOOL, WE HAVE THE CEMETERY SECTION, WE HAVE THE HOSPITAL HEALTH SECTION, AND WE HAVE THE BENEFITS SECTION.

SO WE ARE HERE TO ADDRESS THE BENEFIT AREA WHERE IF SOMEBODY HAS SERVED IN THE SERVICE, THEY HAVE A CERTAIN BENEFIT SET ASIDE FOR THEM THAT THEY DO NOT TAKE AWAY FROM ANYBODY.

SO WHEN YOU RAISE YOUR HAND IN THE SERVICE, THE VA ASSUME THAT WHEN YOU GET OUT, YOU'RE GOING TO BE TOTALLY DISABLED.

SO THEY SET THIS MONEY ASIDE FOR EVERY PERSON THAT EVER SERVED IN THE MILITARY.

SO IN ORDER FOR THEM TO GET THE BENEFIT THEY ALREADY EARN, THAT'S WHY WE WORK VERY HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE BRING THE SERVICE TO BLUFFTON INSTEAD OF HAVE TO DRIVE ALL THE WAY TO SAVANNAH OR ALL THE WAY TO BEAUFORD TO GET A SERVICE.

SO WE ARE HERE TO ASSIST THEM, UH, IN EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY GET THE BENEFIT THAT THEY DESERVE.

UH, WE WOULD LOVE TO CONTINUE TO COLLABORATE WITH THE CITY TO PARTICIPATE IN ACTIVITY OR EVENT, A PLAN TO HONOR AND SUPPORT OUR VETERANS.

IT'LL BE A PRIVILEGE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS EFFORT AND STAND ALONGSIDE YOU AND OUR COMMUNITY IN RECOGNIZING THE CONTRIBUTION AND SACRIFICE OF OUR VETERANS.

AND I WANT TO TAKE ONE MOMENT TO TELL IF WE HAVE ANY VETERAN IN THE OFFICE, UH, IN THE ROOM.

I WANNA SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

ANYONE HAD PROBLEMS HEARING HIM RIGHT THEN? I KNOW IT WAS HARD FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING.

THEY OPENED A NEW VETERANS AFFAIRS OFFICE HERE IN BLUFFTON, DOWN BY THE, UH, REC CENTER OR THE, WHAT DO THEY CALL IT NOW? UM, OFF OF BENTON ROAD, BUT IT'S OFF OF ER ROAD.

SO ANY, ANY VETS THAT NEED ASSISTANCE AS FAR AS ANYTHING REALLY, YOU CAN GO THERE.

AND IF THEY CAN'T DO IT FOR YOU, THEY CAN, THEY CAN HELP YOU.

AND, UM, I THINK IT'S A, A GREAT THING FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

THANKS SIR.

NEXT WE HAVE IAN DUNCAN.

COFFEE MAN.

HELLO, COUNSEL.

UH, IAN DUNCAN, 65 FOURTH AVENUE BLUFFTON.

UH, I'M COMING TODAY TO SEE IF THE TOWN WOULD CONSIDER AN AMENDMENT TO THE CURRENT TEMPORARY SIGNED UDO PERMITTING PROCESS CURRENTLY.

UM, OR SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW, I RECENTLY OPENED A NEW SHOP IN THE NEW RIVERSIDE VILLAGE AREA, AND ONE THING WE RAN INTO IS THAT WE CAN'T PUT ANY SIGNAGE OUT BY THE ROAD TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE'RE OPEN AS THE TEMPORARY SIGNS AS CURRENTLY EARLY FOR SALES OF HOUSES, UH, PROMOTING CIVIC, PHILANTHROPIC, RELIGIOUS, UH, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

UH, FOR US IN OUR LOCATION, WE DON'T HAVE ANY DIRECT VIEWAGE OF OUR, UH, NEW, UH, SHOP FROM THE ROAD.

UH, AND, AND SO WE HAD PUT OUT SOME TEMPORARY SIGNS, THEY GOT TAKEN DOWN.

WE ASKED WHY.

THEY SAID, WELL, BUSINESSES CAN'T PUT OUT SIGNAGE.

UM, AND SO WE'RE JUST ASKING THAT WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, MORE THAN HAPPILY GET A SIGN, UM, PERMITTED, KNEW THE SIGN, PUT IT OUT FOR 30 DAYS.

UH, I JUST DON'T HAVE ANY WAY TO, OTHER THAN FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THE THOUSANDS OF CARS THAT ARE GOING BY THERE EVERY DAY THAT I HAVE A SHOP THAT IT'S OPEN.

SO, UM, THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING FOR, AND I THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR TIME.

AND WE WILL, UM, WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT AND GET BACK WITH YOU ON THAT.

OKAY, UP NEXT, MS. CAROLYN BROWN, I SPEAK.

YOU DIDN'T BRING US ANY TREATS.

NOT TODAY, .

MAYBE ANOTHER TIME.

HI.

YEAH, GIVE 'EM YOUR NAME.

CAROLYN AND F I'M CAROLYN F. BROWN, A RESIDENT AT 1111 MAY RIVER ROAD.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

MAYOR, COUNCIL AND MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL.

I'VE LIVED IN BLUFFTON ALL OF MY LIFE, AND I WITNESSED ALL OF ITS CHANGES.

I'VE ALWAYS TRIED TO FOLLOW AND AED TO THE TOWN

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RULES AND ORDINANCE.

AND I'M EXTREMELY FRUSTRATED RIGHT NOW THAT IT SEEMS LIKE THE RULE FOLLOWERS GET PUNISHED AND THE RULE BREAKERS HAVE NO OR LITTLE CONSEQUENCES.

I HAVE CALLED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT MANY TIMES TO COME AND COMPLAIN AND HAVE MET WITH TOWN STAFF OVER PROPERTY OWNER WHO PULLED TRAILERS IN AT NIGHT AFTER HOURS WITH NO PERMITS WHO CUT DOWN.

I'M TALKING BIG TREES, OAK TREES WITH NO PERMIT, WHO CLAIRE CUT TREES AND BUILD UP LOTS WITH NUMEROUS TRUCKS OF SAND.

IT'S AN INDICATION OF A WETLAND WHEN YOU GOTTA PUT 10 LOADS OF DIRT IN ONE SPOT.

BECAUSE OF THIS, IT BUILDS UP THE LOT AND FORCES WATER TO FLOOD AND SATURATE THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES.

I'M ASKING YOU ALL TO BRING FAIR.

THE RULE SHOULD NOT APPLY TO SOME, THEY SHOULD APPLY TO ALL.

WHAT'S THE INCENTIVE TO PAY PERMITS AND FOLLOW THE RULES IF OTHER PEOPLE CAN BYPASS THE PROCESS ENTIRELY AND NOT EVEN GET A SLAP ON THE WRIST.

NATIVE RESIDENTS ARE BEING PUSHED OUT OF BLUFFTON AND THE TOWN NOT ENFORCING ITS OWN RULE DOESN'T HELP.

I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO CONSTANTLY CALL AN EMAIL TO MAKE THE TONGUE AWARE A VIOLATION.

IT IS OF ITS OWN POLICY.

PLEASE MAKE THE PLAYING FIELD FAIR FOR EVERYONE.

THANK, UM, WE WILL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU TOO, MS. FRAZIER.

I MEAN, MS. BROWN.

NEXT IS OLIVER BROWN.

CAN I SEE HIM? HE'S NOT HERE.

OKAY, UP NEXT WE HAVE A MANTA GOPEL ON GO PAL.

ANANT GOPALAN 23 DOG TREE LANE.

BLUFFTON.

IS ALWAYS SPECIAL INTEREST.

MAYOR TUBER AND THE REST OF THE TOWN COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU.

WE MOVED HERE ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO, AND THE REASON WE MOVED IS BECAUSE WE CAME FROM NORTHEAST.

THE REASON WE MOVED IS BECAUSE IT WAS BEAUTIFUL AREA.

THERE ARE A LOT OF LOVELY TREES, AND IT WAS NOT LIKE WHAT YOU NORMALLY SEE IN A SUBURB IN UPSTATE NEW YORK OR ANYWHERE ELSE WHERE EVERYTHING IS PAVED, PARKING LOTS AND JUST CONCRETE JUNGLE.

HAVING SAID THAT, HOWEVER, IN THE LAST 10 YEARS, I SEE THAT THERE IS A DETERIORATING CONDITION OF QUALITY OF LIFE HERE.

WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS THAT THERE IS A TREMENDOUS EXPLOSION OF PEOPLE MOVING IN.

OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN'T PREVENT THAT, BUT NEVERTHELESS, YOU HAVE QUALITY OF LIFE THAT IS DIMINISHING BECAUSE THE SAME TRUCTURE, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE IS PRESENT.

SAME ROADS, UH, FEWER HOSPITALS.

AND SO WHEN I, WHERE I LIVE, UH, IF I WANT TO MAKE A LEFT TURN OUT OF OLD MILL, UH, MILLER ROAD, AND IT IS A CHALLENGE.

ACCIDENTS ARE WAITING TO HAPPEN.

I HAD PROPOSED MAKING A A LEFT TURN, RIGHT TURN, UM, SPURS SO THAT WE CAN AVOID HAVING THAT PROBLEM.

BUT I, IT DIDN'T GET ANYWHERE.

NOW I SEE THAT THE TOWN IS INTERESTED IN ANNEXING SOME 69 ACRES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

NOT NEAR ME, BUT NEVERTHELESS, IT'S A, IT'S AN ADDITION.

AND I THINK YOU'RE ALL CHARGED WITH PRESERVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE.

THAT'S WHY WE ELECT YOU.

HOWEVER, IF YOU LOOK AT ALL THE, UH, STRUCTURES THAT ARE BEING PUT UP, THERE ARE NO BARRIERS.

THEY JUST LOOK LIKE UP NORTHEAST, OKAY? AND IT IS A SHAME.

IT OUGHT TO LOOK LIKE WHAT THE OLD TOWN BLUFFTON LOOKS LIKE, BUT IT IS NOT.

SO I SUSPECT THAT THERE IS A FINANCIAL INTEREST INVOLVED IN HERE BECAUSE GENERALLY WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT GOVERNMENT, THERE

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WHAT I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE TO YOU IS THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

FIRST OF ALL, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU, THE TOWN IS, HAS AN INCENTIVE TO ANNEX 69 ACRES AND PUT UP SOME KIND OF A BUILDING IN THERE BY WHOMEVER.

WHAT WE NEED.

WE DON'T NEED MORE BUILDINGS, WE DON'T NEED MORE, UM, SHOPPING CENTERS.

WE HAVE PLENTY OF THEM.

AND I WOULD LIKE THE TOWN TO PRO, UH, PUT UP THE CRIME RATE THAT HAS GONE UP IN THE LAST 10 YEARS.

THE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS, ALL THAT ARE RELEVANT FOR US TO JUDGE WHETHER THE QUALITY OF LIFE IS REALLY DETERIORATED TO THE POINT WHERE, YOU KNOW, IT JUST LOOKS LIKE, UH, A SUBURB OF NEW YORK CITY.

UM, SO WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE TO THE TOWN THAT YOU PUT A MORATORIUM FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS, UNLESS IT IS A HOSPITAL THAT YOU ARE BUILDING OR SOMETHING OF UTILITY FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

WE DON'T NEED MORE SHOPPING CENTERS AND WE DON'T NEED ANY MORE RESTAURANTS BECAUSE LOT OF RESTAURANTS ARE CLOSING.

AND, UM, SO THAT'S MY POINT.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

AND SHE THOUGHT ABOUT IT FOR A SECOND AND SHE BLINKED A COUPLE OF TIMES AND SHE SAID, DAN, YOU'LL BE 92.

OKAY, UP NEXT WE HAVE COMMUNICATIONS FROM MAYOR

[VII. COMMUNICATIONS FROM MAYOR AND COUNCIL]

AND COUNCIL.

WE'LL START WITH YOU, MS. FRAZIER.

UM, NOTHING SHORT OF WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN, UH, SAID IN REGARDS TO STAFF AND THE WONDERFUL JOB THAT WAS DONE THIS PAST WEEK WITH THE OPENING OF OUR, UH, FIRST SPLASH PAD.

THAT HAS BEEN, UH, DEFINITELY SOMETHING THE COMMUNITY AND OUR CHILDREN HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ENJOY.

UM, EVERYONE UP HERE HAS GOTTEN WET SO FAR, FRED, EXCEPT FOR YOU, .

UM, BUT A GREAT JOB AGAIN TO EVERYBODY.

AND WE ALL TAKE PRIDE IN THE FACT THAT, UM, WE'RE ABLE TO GIVE A ASSET, UH, LIKE THAT TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND, UM, WE ALL HEAR THE SAME FRUSTRATIONS AND WE DEFINITELY ARE GRATEFUL TO THOSE WHO'VE COME, WHETHER WE AGREE OR NOT, AND HAVE MADE THEIR FRUSTRATIONS KNOWN HERE TONIGHT.

UM, KNOWING THAT WE DO LISTEN, WE ARE RECEPTIVE OF THAT AND WILL DO, UM, WHAT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF NOT JUST ANY ONE PARTICULAR GROUP OF PERSON, BUT WE DO REPRESENT EVERYONE, UM, IN THIS TOWN AND IN THIS COMMUNITY.

AND IT'S OFTEN SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, WHICH DEVELOPMENT WAS THE ONE THAT TOOK US OVER THE EDGE IN THE SENSE OF EVERYONE ALWAYS KIND OF FEEL IT'S TOO MUCH, BUT AT SOME POINT THAT SEDIMENT, UH, WAS STATED PRIOR TO USUALLY SOMEONE MAKING THAT COMMENT AS WELL.

IF WE GO BACK TO OLD TOWN BLUFFTON, THERE WERE DIRT ROADS HERE.

ONE RESTAURANT, NO HOTELS, A LOT OF, UM, THE CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE NOW, WE DIDN'T HAVE OF COURSE, BUT IT HAS TO BE A BALANCE AND JUST ASK THAT EVERYONE BE COURTESY AND, AND, UH, RESPECTFUL OF THAT.

AND DEFINITELY NOT MAKE THE ASSUMPTION THAT ANYONE UP HERE IS GAINING FINANCIALLY FROM THAT.

BECAUSE WE ALL, UM, WORK BECAUSE WE LOVE WHAT WE DO.

WE LOVE SERVING THIS COMMUNITY, AND WE CERTAINLY DON'T DO IT, UM, FOR THE MONEY.

UM, IT IS, IS NOT ALWAYS AN EASY TASK, BUT WE DO THINGS IN RESPECTFUL WITH OUR UDO AND WITH RESPECTFUL TO THE IDEA THAT, UM, THIS IS A, UH, SOCIETY WHERE WE ENCOURAGE THOSE WHO ARE FOLLOWING WHAT THOSE POLICIES ARE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO DO THAT.

SO WE ALL HAVE TO BE MINDFUL TO JUST WORK TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY AND NOT, UM, BE DIVISIVE AGAINST ANYONE, AND LET'S MAKE SURE WE KEEP FACTS AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE TABLE.

THANK YOU, MA'AM.

MR. WOOD, I, I DO WANNA FOLLOW UP AND, UM, I'VE LEARNED IN THE LAST NINE YEARS OF COUNSEL SERVICE THAT WHEN PEOPLE SHOW UP OR THEY STOP US ON THE STREET OR THEY CALL US ON THE PHONE AND SOMETIMES COME BY MY HOUSE, UM, THEY WANNA BE HEARD, THEY WANNA BE LISTENED TO.

AND SO I THINK EVERYBODY UP HERE GETS THAT.

UM, WE CAN'T ALWAYS DO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THE PUBLIC THINKS WE CAN DO.

FOR EXAMPLE, YOU CAN'T DO A 10 YEAR MORATORIUM, UH, IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

BUT, UH, I DO BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE WANT TO BE LISTENED TO, UH, ANYTIME.

AND I, AND ALL OF US ARE THE SAME.

IF ANYBODY CALLS ANY OF US, ANY OF US FIVE ARE WILLING TO MEET WITH ANYBODY JUST ABOUT AT ANY TIME TO SIT DOWN AND TRY TO WORK THROUGH THE ISSUES.

UM, THAT'S UNANIMOUS UP HERE.

BUT ON A LIGHTER NOTE, I WANNA SAY THAT TONIGHT IS MY 19TH ANNIVERSARY OF MARRIAGE TO MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE, DEBBIE, WHO I HOPE YOU'RE WATCHING RIGHT NOW.

YOU SAID YOU WOULD.

AND, UH, AND TODAY I ASKED HER, I SAID, WHY DON'T WE DO ANOTHER 19 YEARS?

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YOU THINK YOU CAN MAKE IT ? SO ANYWAY, UH, I JUST LOVE MY WIFE LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE DO.

AND HAPPY ANNIVERSARY.

WELL, HAPPY ANNIVERSARY.

UM, HAPPY ANNIVERSARY AND COUNCILWOMAN FRAZIER.

UM, THAT WAS ALL VERY WELL SAID.

UM, AND I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING YOU SAID.

UM, IT'S OBVIOUS HOW MANY OF YOU CARE ABOUT THIS TOWN.

THAT'S WHY YOU'RE HERE.

UM, AND I'M AFRAID, AS WAS THE CASE BACK IN SEPTEMBER, A LOT OF YOU CAME OUT JUST BECAUSE OF MISINFORMATION THAT WAS PUT OUT THERE.

SO I DO HOPE YOU'LL STAY FOR, UM, THE PART IN THE MEETING IN WHICH WE WILL TALK ABOUT IT, UM, SO THAT YOU CAN HEAR AND HOPEFULLY GET A LOT OF YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED.

UM, AND THEN SHARE IT WITH OTHERS ON ANOTHER NOTE.

UM, WITH THANKSGIVING AROUND THE CORNER, I JUST THOUGHT I'D BRING IT UP THAT THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO SUPPORT THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO MIGHT NEED A LITTLE EXTRA HELP.

UM, AND OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO GET INVOLVED.

UM, SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE ALL OF US TO JUST HELP THOSE THAT MIGHT NEED A LITTLE EXTRA HELP.

UM, AND STARTING WITH BLUFF AND SELF-HELP IS A GREAT PLACE.

THANK YOU, MR. HAMILTON.

I THINK EVERYTHING THAT I'VE FELT FROM WHAT I HEARD HAS ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED BY MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS.

SO I DON'T WANT TO BE LABELED THE TIME BY REPEATING, BUT IT IS IMPORTANT TO YOU HEAR AND BELIEVE THAT WHEN YOU DO HAVE CONCERNS AND YOU SHARE WITH US, WE WILL ACT UPON IT.

UM, I TRULY BELIEVE THAT EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER HERE, UM, REPRESENT ALL OF BLUFFTON.

UH, WE MAY NOT ALWAYS AGREE, BUT WE STILL LOVE AND CHERISH THE FACT THAT YOU GAVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE YOU.

SO WE WILL, WE WILL BE EARS, UM, TO YOUR CONCERN.

AND, AND WHEN YOU HAVE THE THE PROPER INFORMATION, IT'S IMPORTANT AS WELL.

SO WHEN YOU DO HAVE THE PROPER INFORMATION OR YOU DON'T HAVE THE PROPER INFORMATION, THAT'S PROBABLY WHEN YOU NEED TO BE JUST AS COOPERATIVE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU CAN HEAR.

AND SO THAT IT'S NOT WHEN YOU DON'T TRUST THE GOVERNMENT OR YOU DON'T TRUST THE PEOPLE BECAUSE YOU THINK THERE'S A SPECIAL INTEREST.

UM, THAT'S A SOMETIMES, I KNOW THAT'S HARD, ESPECIALLY IN THE GOVERNMENT, THAT OF TODAY'S, UM, POLITICS.

BUT TRUST THAT BLUFFTON STILL HAVE TO BE HIS, HIS OWN PLACE.

BLUFFTON HAS ITS OWN CHARACTER, ITS OWN, UM, PLACE OF, OF OF, OF BEING A COMMUNITY THAT, THAT THRIVE TO HELP EACH OTHER.

AND I THINK THIS IS APL, THIS IS PROBABLY THE ONLY PLACE THAT I WOULD EVER SERVE IS BLUFFTON.

ANYWAY, THANK Y'ALL FOR BEING HERE.

WELL SAID FRED.

UM, I'LL REITERATE ON THAT, AND I WANNA MAKE A FEW THINGS CLEAR TOO WHEN WE START MOVING ON WITH OUR BUSINESS TONIGHT THAT WHEN I WAS CAMPAIGNING TO, FOR THIS POSITION RIGHT HERE, THAT I HAD NOT, IT WAS NOT IN MY PLANS OR ON MY BUCKET LIST, BUT THEN I THOUGHT ABOUT IT AND PRAYED ABOUT IT AND I SAID, WELL, SOMEBODY'S GOTTA DO IT.

THE WATER CAN'T TALK, THE LITTLE PEOPLE CAN'T TALK.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S FOR ME.

UM, PEOPLE TOLD ME THERE WERE THREE THINGS THAT I HEARD FROM EVERY GROUP OF PEOPLE ALL ACROSS THIS TOWN SAID, LESS RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, BETTER ROADS, SAFER ROADS, AND MORE MEDICAL FACILITIES, HOSPITAL, DOCTOR'S OFFICE, DENTIST OFFICE, ALL OF THOSE, ANYTHING RELATED TO MEDICAL, I SAID, OKAY, I HEARD 'EM LOUD AND CLEAR, AND THAT IS MINE.

AND THE REST OF THIS COUNCIL, I FEEL SURE AGREE WITH ME THAT WE HEAR THAT WE, WE WE ARE ON IT.

WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE TRYING TO DO ALL WE CAN.

WELL, IT'S PRESERVING LAND TO STOP DEVELOPMENT OR BUILDING SOMETHING THAT IS NEEDED BY THE PUBLIC OR WANTED BY OUR TOWN.

UM, EVERYONE UP HERE'S HEART'S IN THE RIGHT PLACE.

AND WE DO NOT, I DON'T, I CAN ONLY SPEAK FOR ME.

I'VE NEVER TAKEN A BRIBE OR A BUYOUT OR ANYTHING FROM ANYBODY.

AND GOD KNOWS I WON'T START TOMORROW EITHER.

I'M NOT THAT KIND OF MAN.

SO ANYBODY THINKS THAT, LIKE I READ SOME OF THE THINGS ON FACEBOOK.

THINK AGAIN.

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I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR YOUR VOICES AND CALL ME.

I MEAN, I TRIED TO RETURN EMAILS AND, YOU KNOW, UM, DIDN'T GET RESPONSES BACK IN A TIMELY MANNER.

BUT ANYWAY, WE'RE ALWAYS HERE TO TALK AND EXPLAIN SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU, YOU JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND SOMETIMES.

OKAY, NEXT ON OUR AGENDA

[VIII.1. Consideration of Ordinances for that Certain Property Owned by Bryant Holding, LLC, Consisting of 2.14 Acres, More or Less, Located at 30 Davis Road located to the east of the Intersection of Davis Road and Okatie Highway (SC Highway 170) and identified by Beaufort County Tax Map No. R600-029-000-0028-0000. Second and Final Reading - Kevin Icard, Director of Growth Management]

IS PUBLIC HEARING AND FINAL READING OF CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCES THAT, AH, FOR THAT CERTAIN PROPERTY OWNED BY BRYANT HOLDING LLC CONSISTING OF 2.14 ACRES, MORE OR LESS LOCATED AT 30 DAVIS ROAD LOCATED TO THE EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF DAVIS ROAD AND OKEE HIGHWAY, SOUTH CAROLINA HIGHWAY ONE 70 IDENTIFIED BY BEAUFORT COUNTY TAX MOUNT NUMBER R 6 0 0 0 2 9 DASH TWO DASH 0 0 0 2 8 DASH ZERO ZERO.

THIS IS THE SECOND AND FINAL READING, MR. STRIKE CARD.

LET'S SEE.

WELL, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, RIGHT? YES, SIR.

ALRIGHT, SO FIRST CALL FOR COMMENTS ON THIS AGENDA ITEM PUBLIC HEARING.

SECOND CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

THIRD CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

PUBLIC COMMENT IS CLOSED.

UH, THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UM, THIS IS SECOND READING.

THERE ARE NO CHANGES FROM FIRST READING.

I'M HAPPY TO GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION IF YOU LIKE.

UH, IF NOT, I DO HAVE THOSE MOTIONS ON THE SCREEN.

THERE ARE TWO MOTIONS, PLEASE.

CONVERSATION FROM COUNSEL QUESTIONS.

SO IS THERE A MOTION I MOVE TO APPROVE THE SECOND AND FINAL READING OF THE ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, BLUEPRINT BLUFFTON TO CHANGE THE BUFORD COUNTY READ THE TOP OR QUESTION? NO, YOU, YOU'RE GOOD.

SORRY TO CHANGE THE BUFORD COUNTY TAX MAP NUMBER R 6 0 0 DASH 0 2 9 DASH 0 0 0 DASH 0 0 2 8 DASH ZERO ZERO.

FUTURE LAND USE DESTINATION FROM SUBURBAN LIVING TO LIFESTYLE HOUSING CHAIR.

THERE ARE THREE MOTIONS.

SO THIS IS NUMBER TWO HERE.

OKAY, I'LL MAKE THIS ONE.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE SECOND AND FINAL READING OF THE ORDINANCE FOR THE ANNEXATION OF THE BRYANT HOLDINGS.

LLC CONSISTING OF 2.14 ACRES, MORE OR LESS.

LOCATED AT 30 DAVIS ROAD LOCATED TO THE EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF DAVIS ROAD AND OKAT T HIGHWAY SOUTH CAROLINA HIGHWAY ONE 70.

AND IDENTIFIED BY BEAUFORT COUNTY TAX MAP NUMBER R 600 DASH 0 2 9 DASH 0 0 0 DASH 0 0 2 8 DASH 0 0 0 0 INTO THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON CORPORATE LIMITS.

THANK IT.

ANY CONVERSATION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

LAST MOTION.

I MOTION MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE SECOND AND FINAL READING OF THE ORDINANCE FOR THE ZONING MAP AMENDMENT FOR APPROXIMATELY CONSISTING OF 2.14 ACRES, MORE OR LESS.

LOCATED AT 30 DAVIS ROAD LOCATED TO THE EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF DAVIS ROAD AND OKEE HIGHWAY, SC HIGHWAY ONE 70 AND IDENTIFIED BY BEAUFORT COUNTY TAX MAP NUMBER R 600 0 2 9 TRIPLE 0 0 0 2 8, QUADRUPLE ZERO TO REONE SAID PROPERTY TO THE RESIDENTIAL GENERAL RG DISTRICT PURSUANT TO THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE.

SHE OH, SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

THAT WAS TOO MANY, TOO QUICK.

HAVE CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCES RELATED TO PROPERTY OWNED BY GRANDY OAKS, LLC AND UNIVERSITY INVESTMENTS LLC CONSISTING OF 65.592 ACRES, MORE OR LESS LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE BUCK WALTER PARKWAY IN LAKE POINT DRIVE INTERSECTION AND TO THE WEST OF THE RETREAT AT GRAND OAKS IN BARRY BEAUFORT COUNTY TAX MAP NUMBERS R 600 DASH 0 2 9 DASH 0 0 0 DASH 0 0 1 4 DASH 0 0 0 PORTION AND R 600 DASH 0 2 9 0 0 2 4 0 0.

UP NEXT WE

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

THIS IS PUBLIC HEARING AND FINAL READING, PLEASE BEAR WITH ME.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

SORRY, I, WE DIDN'T HAVE THE, UM, THE PRESENTATION PULLED UP.

I'LL LET YOU,

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SORRY, Y'ALL DON'T LOOK AT MY, UH, PASSWORD.

, I SAW IT.

MY APOLOGIES.

I WAS WORKING ON THIS EARLIER.

I JUST NEEDED TO, UM, PROPERTY NIGHT.

THIS SCENE BEHIND THE CURTAIN HERE, ALMOST THERE.

OKAY, GREAT.

ANY, UM, LET TAKE A SECOND.

ALRIGHT GUYS, I CAN MOVE ON WITH PUBLIC COMMENT.

YES, YOU CAN.

ANY, UH, COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL BEFORE WE, UH, FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY.

THIS FIRST CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE CURRENT AGENDA ITEM.

YES SIR.

WE HAVE THE SAME RULES AS WHAT OUR THREE MINUTE, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES AS WELL, SIR.

YOU CAN COME UP AND, UH, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR US.

MY NAME IS JEFF COOPER, 3 31 SOUTH STREET.

I LIVE IN THE TOWNS AT BUCK WALTER, SORRY I WAS A LITTLE LATE SO I DIDN'T GET HERE BY FIVE O'CLOCK, BUT GLAD I GET TO, UH, SPEAK HERE FOR A MINUTE.

I'M THE TREASURER OF THE BOARD FOR THE TOWNS AT BUCKWALTER.

THAT'S KIND OF GROUND ZERO FOR THIS WHOLE FIVE B SITUATION.

I DON'T KEEP UP WITH ALL THE DETAILS IN THE NITTY GRITTY OF WHAT'S GOING ON.

I'M A FRIEND AND ACQUAINTANCE AND FORMER BUSINESS PERSON WITH MR. REED.

WHATEVER MR. REED DOES IS USUALLY VERY NICE, BUT I, I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO GET ANYWHERE CLOSE TO DOING THIS FIVE D SITUATION.

THE COUNTY PUNTED ON THIS TWO OR THREE TIMES.

WE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT HERE THAT ARE AGAINST IT.

AND I, I'M NOT SAYING THAT DEVELOPMENT SHOULDN'T BE DONE, BUT I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO DO IT AS PART OF AN ANNEXATION.

I THINK THERE SHOULD BE A SERIOUS TRAFFIC STUDY DONE BEFOREHAND.

I THINK THERE SHOULD BE WORKSHOPS WITH THE COMMUNITY AT THE TOWNS OF BUCKWALTER.

WE HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING.

WE, THE LAST I HEARD WAS THE COUNTY PUNTED AND THAT WAS IT.

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT'S BACK WITH THE TOWN.

SO I THINK THIS, THIS AGENDA ITEM'S NOT EVEN PERTAINING TO FIVE PI UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT IT'S THE ANNEXATION CORRECT, WHICH THIS, THIS ANNEXATION IS, HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH FIVE P.

OKAY, WELL, I THINK, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE MIGHT THINK IT MAY.

I KNOW.

SO, AND THAT'S REALLY PART OF THE DEAL WITH ABSOLUTELY THE GOVERNMENT AND LACK OF TRUST AND MAYBE TRANSPARENCY BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE OPPOSED TO.

WE DON'T WANT $15 MILLION, WE DON'T WANT ALL THAT IMPERVIOUS SITUATION TO HAPPEN.

SO I WOULD JUST SAY SOME WORKSHOPS, MAYBE SOME COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE TOWN AND SOME OF THE AFFECTED COMMUNITIES.

SO THAT'S ALL.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR HONOR.

ANYBODY ELSE FOR FIRST CALL? SECOND CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS AGENDA ITEM.

THIRD CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

PUBLIC COMMENT IS CLOSED.

GREAT.

UH, THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNSEL, UH, JUST AS A QUICK RECAP THAT THERE ARE A TOTAL OF SIX DIFFERENT, UM, APPLICATIONS THAT ARE BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING, UM, AS, UH, PROVIDED IN THE, UH, THE PRESENTATION TWO MONTHS AGO IN FRONT OF YOU.

SO THIS IS THE AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AMENDMENT TO THE, UM, PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT FOR BUCKWALTER, 100% ANNEXATION, UH, ZONING MAP AMENDMENT, AN AMENDMENT TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AS WELL AS THE, UH, PUD CONCEPT PLAN.

UH, FROM A, UH, TIMELINE STANDPOINT, THIS, UH, INITIALLY THE INITIAL, UM, APPLICATION WAS SUBMITTED NOVEMBER 11TH, 2023.

SO IT'S BEEN A FULL YEAR, UH, SINCE WE STARTED THE PROCESS FOR THIS APPLICATION.

UM, IN DECEMBER, WE HELD OUR INTENT TO ANNEX.

UH, THAT WAS YOUR FIRST OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO, TO SEE THE, UH, THE, UH, APPLICATION THAT WAS AS IT WAS SUBMITTED.

UH, WE HELD A PLANNING COMMISSION WORKSHOP ON, UH, MAY 22ND, THEN THE PUBLIC HEARING WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON JULY 24TH OF THIS YEAR.

AND THEN THE FIRST READING WAS IN FRONT OF YOU IN SEPTEMBER, UH, FROM THAT FIRST READING, I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH EACH ONE OF THESE VERBATIM.

UM, BUT YOU APPROVED THAT FIRST READING OF ALL THE TOP FOUR ITEMS THAT ARE LISTED

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HERE.

AND THEN YOU HAD CONCERNS SPECIFICALLY WITH THE, UH, UP ALTER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND THE, UH, PUD CONCEPT PLAN, UH, THAT THERE WERE UNNECESSARY REVISIONS.

UM, THESE ARE ALL ITEMS THAT WERE, UH, PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED, UH, THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT, UH, POTENTIAL REVISIONS, UH, RELATED TO LANGUAGE IN THE DOCUMENT, UM, UH, DEALING WITH THE ROADS, UH, DEALING WITH THE TIMING, UH, DEALING WITH BITS OF ROADS.

UM, ALSO, UH, DEALING WITH THE CONNECTION POINTS AND OBLIGATIONS, UH, CONCERNS, UH, ABOUT, UH, LAND RESERVATION AS WELL AS LOCATIONS IN WITS.

UM, WE HAD, UH, CONCERNS ABOUT, UM, THE, UM, BLUFFTON PARKWAY ACCESS MANAGEMENT PLAN.

THE REQUEST FOR REQUEST WAS TO PUT AS AMENDED IN THERE.

UM, AND THEN SOME OF THE OTHER ITEMS INCLUDED.

UM, JUST THE, UM, EXCUSE ME, IT WAS THE, THE ACCESS PLAN FOR THE, UH, FOR THE CONCEPT PLAN AS WELL TO HAVE, UM, OTHER ITEMS THAT YOU WERE OKAY WITH WERE THE EXTENSIONS OF THE THREE AND AS WELL AS THE APPLICANT WERE THE THREE, UM, ACCESS POINTS, UH, THAT THE LAND USE CHART THAT WAS INCLUDED.

UM, AND THEN THE, UH, DRAFT, UH, REVISIONS TO THE LANGUAGE ON THE 13TH AMENDMENT, UH, FOR THE ADDITIONAL RIGHTS WHERE IT WAS CHANGED FROM THE 32 ACRES TO THE 28.

UM, THE RESTRICTIONS, UM, ON THE ACREAGE, UH, THE 28 ACRES, UM, IDENTIFYING THE, UM, UPLAND, OR EXCUSE ME, IDENTIFYING THE WETLANDS AND THAT THEY WOULD BE COVENANTS AND RESTRICTIONS ON THOSE WETLANDS, UH, ONCE COMPLETELY, UH, COMPLETELY DELINEATED, UM, THAT NO RIGHTS, UM, NO ADDITIONAL RIGHTS COULD BE TRANSFERRED, UM, INTO OR OUT OF THE, UM, THE LAND USE TRACK THAT WAS BEING PROPOSED.

SO FROM THAT, THE CHANGES THAT WE HAD AT THE SECOND READING, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO, UM, GO BACK WITH THE APPLICANT.

THEY MADE THE UPDATED CHANGES.

UM, SO AGAIN, THE FIRST FOUR ITEMS, UH, THERE WAS NO CHANGES TO THAT.

THERE WAS NO ISSUES, UM, ITEMS, UM, FIVE AND SIX, UM, THAT WE FELT THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO, UM, MEET THESE CONDITIONS WITH THE DOCUMENTATION THAT WAS PROVIDED.

UH, JUST THE ONE, UH, THING THAT WE WOULD SAY IS THAT IT WOULD BE APPROVED WITH THE CONDITIONS AND I'VE HIGHLIGHTED HERE IS THE REQUIRED, UH, FRONTAGE ROAD LAKE POINT, UH, DRIVE CONNECTOR THREE CONNECTORS TO THE PARKWAY SHALL PROVIDE UNRESTRICTED ACCESS AND CONSIST OF A MINIMUM OF TWO 12 FOOT LANES.

UH, ALL THAT INFORMATION WAS, UH, OUTLINED IN THE STAFF REPORT.

UM, AND I HAVE MOTIONS HERE FOR YOU.

I'M AVAILABLE TO GO THROUGH THEM.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER.

WE'LL LOOK, UH, FOR QUESTIONS, MS. BURDEN, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.

YOU GO RIGHT AHEAD.

UM, KEVIN, THANK YOU FOR THIS.

I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS, UM, AND I KNOW THAT MOST OF IT, IF NOT, I THINK ALL OF IT WAS IN, UM, YOUR PRESENTATION, UM, AND YOU COVERED AT THE SEPTEMBER MEETING, BUT I JUST WANT MAKE A FEW THINGS VERY, VERY CLEAR FOR EVERYONE HERE.

UM, WHEN WAS THIS ANNEXATION FIRST BROUGHT BEFORE TOWN COUNCIL? UH, THE FIRST TIME WAS IN, YOU'RE ASKING FOR THE ACTUAL DATE HERE? NO, NO, NO.

I MEAN IT WAS 2020 FROM 20 20, 22, 21, UH, WAS THE INITIAL TIME, UH, AND I SAID FOR THIS CURRENT APPLICATION WAS A YEAR AGO YESTERDAY.

SO THIS IS MY POINT BEING, THIS IS SOMETHING YES, MA'AM.

A LONG TIME THAT IS NOT NEW.

YES, MA'AM.

UM, AND YOU JUST MENTIONED THAT THE WETLANDS ARE BEING PROTECTED BY BEING PLACED ON OR HAVE A DEED RESTRICTION OR BEING PLACED IN A CONSERVATION EASEMENT.

IS THAT CORRECT? YES.

AND HOW MANY ACRES IS THAT? UM, IT WAS A TOTAL OF THE 35.592.

UM, THIS TOWN OR THIS LAND IS GONNA BE DEVELOPED ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, AND IF IT'S NOT IN THE TOWN, IT'S GONNA BE DEVELOPED IN THE COUNTY.

UM, DOES THIS ANNEXATION HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH FIVE FEET? NO.

DOES THIS ANNEXATION AT ALL PUSH FIVE FEET THROUGH? NO.

UM, THE FIVE B PART, THE PART OF FIVE B THAT I THINK MOST RESIDENTS HAVE ISSUES WITH OR ARE, ARE WORRIED ABOUT TONIGHT, WHICH IS THE PART THAT CONNECTS BUCK WALTER TO LEFT AND PARKWAY, IS THAT CURRENTLY ALREADY IN THE TOWN? IS IT CURRENTLY IN THE TOWN? THAT ONE PART FROM BUCK WALTER? THERE ARE, THERE ARE PORTIONS OF WHAT WOULD BE IF, IF AND THIS IT, UH, THERE ARE PORTIONS THAT ARE ARE IN THE TOWN, YES.

UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE THE POINT THAT THIS ANNEXATION HAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH FIVE B AND THIS ISN'T NOT AT ALL PUSHING FIVE B THROUGH.

UM, ARE WE ALLOWING ANY MORE DENSITY THE TOWN THAN THEY CURRENTLY HAVE BY RIGHT IN THE COUNTY? NO.

UM, WHEN THE DEVELOPER HAS COMPLETED HIS MASTER PLAN, WILL IT HAVE TO COME BACK TO PLANNING COMMISSION AND TOWN COUNCIL? YES.

AND AT THAT TIME, WILL THEY HAVE TO HAVE HAD COMPLETED A TRAFFIC, UM, IMPACT ANALYSIS? YES.

UM, I THINK THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS.

UM, FOR NOW, UM, I I PERSONALLY BELIEVE THAT THIS ANNEX SECTION AGREEMENT ACTUALLY PROTECTS THIS LAND FROM WHAT COULD HAPPEN IF IT DID STAY IN THE COUNTY.

I THINK BY BRINGING IT INTO THE TOWN, WE CONTROL THE DEVELOPMENT AND WHAT GOES THERE VERSUS LEAVING IT UP TO THE COUNTY.

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AND SO I THINK BY PROTECTING THE WETLANDS, BY PUTTING THOSE IN, UM, SOME SORT OF DEED RESTRICTION, UM, AND US, YOU KNOW, HAVING TO COME BACK BEFORE IS ACTUALLY IS WHAT IS TRULY BEST FOR THE TOWN.

THANK YOU, MR. HAMILTON, MS. BURDEN, UM, I APPRECIATE YOU YOUR CLARITY IN, IN THOSE FACTS AND HOPEFULLY YOU ANSWERED A LOT OF QUESTIONS.

UM, I WANT TO REITERATE THAT I BELIEVE OUR STAFF AND, UM, WILL DO A MUCH BETTER JOB OF OVERSEEING THIS PROJECT AND IT WOULD BE DONE IN THE COUNTY.

SO AGAIN, IT WOULD, THIS IS ALL, THIS IS GOING TO BE A DEVELOPMENT THAT'S GOING TO TAKE PLACE RATHER THAN WE PUT OUR HANDS AND PULSE ON IT, OR WE ALLOW TO THE COUNTY AND LET THEM MAKE THEIR JUDGMENT.

AND I THINK WE HAVE A BETTER, UM, ORDINANCE AND, AND, AND, AND, AND RULES AND GUIDELINES TO, TO GUIDE THIS PROCESS.

SO IT IS A WIN-WIN FOR EVERYBODY.

THANK YOU, MR. WOOD.

I THINK, UH, I APPLAUD YOUR CLARITY, EMILY.

ONE.

PERFECT.

UM, JUST AS A SIDEBAR, THE, MY RIGHTS, UM, THERE WERE 53 RESIDENTIAL UNITS THAT COULD HAVE COME INTO THE TOWN, BUT THE TOWN ELECTED NOT TO BRING THE 53 UNITS IN RESIDENTIAL ROOFTOPS AND THEY'RE GONNA BUILD THEM ANYWAY.

SO THAT'S KIND OF THE ISSUE THAT WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THE WHOLE TIME IS, UH, WE WOULD RATHER DRIVE THE BUS THAN RIDE THE BUS.

UM, THE OTHER THING THAT PLAYED INTO THIS, AND KEVIN HELP ME IF I GET THIS INCORRECT, WAS IF ONCE THIS BECOMES A PART OF A LARGER, UH, DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, THE ONLY WAY ANY RESIDENTIAL ROOFTOPS CAN MOVE FROM THE EXISTING RIGHTS THAT THE, THE DEVELOPER HAS TO THIS SIDE OF THE ANNEXATION WOULD REQUIRE A 20% AFFORDABLE HOUSING PORTION ATTACHED TO IT.

IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR.

SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED IF IT HAD STAYED IN THE COUNTY? CORRECT.

SO THAT EITHER MAKES THE, UH, THE DECISION TO MOVE ANY POTENTIAL RESIDENTIAL UNITS BY THE DEVELOPER, I THINK UP TO 96 WITH POTENTIAL LEFT ON THE BOOKS TO SHIFT OVER TO THIS SITE, PROBABLY MAKES THAT, UH, A LITTLE DISTASTEFUL FOR THE DEVELOPER.

UM, SO I THINK THE 20% AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, APPLICATION THAT WE'VE ATTACHED TO THIS IS WE WIN IF THEY DO IT AND, AND THEY, WE WIN IF THEY DON'T DO IT.

SO JUST WANTED CLARITY ON THAT AS WELL.

YES, SIR.

WELL, I JUST WANT TO COMMEND, OH, I'M SORRY, BRIDGET, YOU'RE NEXT , RIGHT? YOU ALMOST FORGOT ABOUT ME.

I ALMOST, IT, UM, JUST WANTED TO ECHO THE SEDIMENTS, ESPECIALLY THANK, UM, BURDEN AND ASKING THOSE QUESTIONS THAT I KNOW MANY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT, UM, HERE TONIGHT.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE ALL HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT WHERE WE LIVE, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE IN AREAS THAT THEY BELIEVE WILL BE IMPACTED BY THE ANNEXATION OF THIS PROJECT.

UM, AND JUST WANNA REMIND EVERYONE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE OFTEN TOLD OF GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSIBILITY, UM, AND DEFINITELY ARE MADE AWARE OF INSTANCES WHERE WE FAIL AND DON'T LIVE UP TO OUR EXPECTATIONS.

UM, BUT AS A GENERAL PUBLIC, THERE'S A RESPONSIBILITY AS WELL TO NOT GIVE INTO HYSTERIA AND MISINFORMATION WHEN IT'S BEING SPREAD.

UM, 'CAUSE IT'S CERTAINLY A DISSERVICE FOR THE WORK THAT'S DONE WHEN IT COMES TO ISSUES LIKE THIS, ENSURING THAT WE ARE DOING WHAT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC.

UM, BUT IT TAKES AWAY FROM YOUR TIME AS WELL.

UM, IT WOULD JUST IMPLORE EVERYONE WHEN WE DO HAVE INSTANCES OR ANY CONCERNS THAT YOU HAVE, UM, PLEASE, UM, BE RESPONSIBLE IN THE SENSE OF, UM, ENSURING THE INFORMATION YOU'RE GIVING IS FACTUAL, HAS BEEN SUBSTANTIATED.

AND WE HAVE A GREAT STAFF, UM, HERE THAT HAS AN OPEN DOOR POLICY.

IF THERE'S ANY CONCERN THAT ANYONE HAS WHEN THEY SEE AN AGENDA ITEM OR EVEN BEFORE IT BECOMES AN AGENDA ITEM, IF YOU HAPPEN TO SEE SOMETHING COMING UP, UM, ON YOUR, YOUR ROADWAY BECAUSE YOU SEE ONE OF OUR LITTLE STAKES INSIDE OR ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO SOMEONE AND SET UP A MEETING TO COME IN AND GET SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE UH, ANSWERED.

AND THAT WAY YOU'RE NOT, UM, ONLY LIMITED TO SOMETHING THAT SOMEONE MAY HAVE TOLD YOU THAT MAY OR MAY NOT, UH, BE TRUTHFUL.

EMILY, YOU, YOU LED IT WITH THE, WITH THE SAME WAY THAT I LIKE TO DO IT.

UM, AND I JUST WANT TO END UP WITH SAYING THANK YOU TO ALL OF Y'ALL, ALL OF COUNSEL.

EVERYONE MADE THEIR POINTS.

AND

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ASK A QUESTION, YOU GET AN ANSWER, A TRUTHFUL ANSWER RIGHT NOW, WE'RE BEING FILMED.

IT'S ON, YOU CAN LOOK AT THIS 20 OR 30 YEARS FROM NOW AND FIND OUT WHO SAID WHAT.

UM, SOMETIMES PEOPLE SAY, WELL, WHY DOES BLUFFTON WANT TO ANNEX PROPERTY? I DIDN'T GET THIS FOR A WHILE.

UM, 'CAUSE I WAS ALWAYS SAYING, NO, NO, NO, BLUFFTON ISS BIG ENOUGH.

THEN IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION.

YOU KNOW, THE PROPERTY THAT'S IN, WHEN YOU CROSS THE ROAD, YOU'RE IN BLUFFTON, THEN YOU'RE OUT OF BLUFFTON.

EVERYTHING THAT WE WORKED SO HARD FOR AND AND TRY TO MAKE NICE, SUCH AS OUR PARKS, OUR PLAYGROUNDS, THE SPLASH PAD WE JUST OPENED LAST WEEK, THE BARN, THE BARN PARK AT NEW RIVERSIDE THAT WE WERE, YOU KNOW, $15 MILLION PROJECT FOR OUR KIDS AND FAMILIES.

ALL THE GOOD THINGS THAT WE DO.

IF YOU LIVE IN THE COUNTY AND YOU LIVE IN WITHIN A MILE OR TWO, YOU'RE USING ALL OF OUR FACILITIES ANYWAY.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? YOU'RE NOT GONNA GO TO BEAUFORT COUNTY SOMEWHERE, THE PARK, IF YOU LIVE THAT CLOSE TO BLUFFTON, YOU'RE USING, YOU'RE GONNA USE EVERYTHING THAT'S GOOD IN THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON ANYWAY.

SO IT MAKES NO SENSE FOR US NOT, AND ESPECIALLY IF IT'S COMMERCIAL PROPERTY THAT DOES BRING A SERVICE, YOU KNOW, SUCH AS MEDICAL, MEDICAL, MEDICAL.

THAT'S ALL I'VE BEEN HEARING.

IF IT, IF IT BRINGS A SERVICE TO OUR RESIDENTS AND KEEPS 'EM OFF THE ROAD FOR 10 MILES GOING TO HILTON HEAD, HARDY BILL OR WHEREVER THEY GOTTA GO, THEY LIVE HERE AND THERE'S MEDICAL FACILITIES FIVE MINUTES FROM THEIR HOUSE, WHO KNOWS, THAT MIGHT EVEN SAVE A FEW LIVES.

SO IT MAKES SENSE FOR THE TOWN IF THERE IS ANY TAX BENEFIT IN THIS THAT HELPS KEEPS OUR, KEEP OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR YOUNG PEOPLE'S TAXES WHERE THEY CAN AFFORD TO LIVE HERE.

BECAUSE IF IT WAS JUST RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY IN THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON, IT WOULD BE SO EXPENSIVE THAT HALF OF US COULDN'T LIVE HERE.

AND I'M ONE OF THOSE.

SO REMEMBER THERE'S A LOT MORE TO THE BOOK THAN JUST THE FIRST PAGE AND THE LAST PAGE.

THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS INSIDE THAT YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT.

IS THERE A MOTION I MOVE TO APPROVE? ARE WE DOING WITH CONDITIONS OR IF I MAY, UM, SO ITEMS ONE THROUGH FOUR, UM, ARE APPROVED AS SUBMITTED.

AND THEN IF YOU SO CHOOSE ITEMS FIVE AND SIX, I'VE UNDERLINED TO APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS, SO I APOLOGIZE, I SHOULD HAVE JUST PUT IT AS THE APPROVE.

UM, BUT SO ONE THE TOUR WOULD BE APPROVED AND THE OTHERS WOULD BE WITH CONDITIONS.

ALSO R 6 0 0 DASH 0 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0.

GOTCHA.

I MOVED TO APPROVE SECOND AND FINAL READING OF THE ORDINANCE FOR THE AMENDMENT OF THE TIME OF BLUFF AND COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BLUEPRINT BLUFFTON TO CHANGE BEAUFORT COUNTY TAX MAP NUMBERS R 6 0 0 0 2 9 0 0 2 4 8 4 0 0 0 R 6, 0, 0 0 2, 9, 2, 4, 8, 6, 0 0.

AND R 6 0 0 0 2 9 0 0 0.

2 4, 1, 0 0 0 0 0.

FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION FROM SUBURBAN LIVING TO NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

A AYE.

THAT'S UNANIMOUS.

OKAY, NOW WE GOTTA GO THROUGH THIS NEXT ONE, RIGHT? YES, MAYOR, I'LL, I'LL MAKE THIS MOTION DECISION.

WE CAN JUST MAKE THOSE MOTIONS WITH ALL SINCE IT'S SHORT.

UM, KEVIN, I WANNA BE SURE THAT I CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD WHAT YOU SAID A MOMENT AGO.

IT'S, IT'S THE, UH, AMENDMENTS THAT YOU HAD GIVEN US.

THOSE CONDITIONS ARE REFERRING TO, UH, NUMBER FIVE AND NUMBER SIX.

IS THAT CORRECT? YES.

FOR THE CONDITIONS WILL BE ON FIVE AND SIX AND SEVEN.

FOR NUMBER TWO, IF YOU SO CHOOSE, IT WOULD JUST BE APPROVED.

SO, UM, MOVE TO APPROVE SECOND AND FINAL READING OF THE ORDINANCE FOR THE AMENDMENT OF THE BUCK WALTER PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT TAX TO INCORPORATE PROVISIONS FOR A NEW LAND USE TRACK TO BE KNOWN AS THE GRANDE OAKS COMMON LAND USE TRACK.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

THE ORDINANCE FOR THE ANALIZATION OF GRAND OAKS PROPERTY CONSISTING OF 65.5, TWO 90 ACRES, MORE OR LESS.

ALRIGHT AGAIN FOR, UM, ITEM NUMBER THREE.

SO CHOOSE WOULD BE APPROVE CLEAR MOTION.

TOO MANY ZEROES.

I MEAN I MOVE TO APPROVE.

SECOND AND FINAL READING OF

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LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF PARK WALTER PARKWAY IN LAKE POINT DRIVE INTERSECTION INTO THE WEST OF THE RETREAT OF GRAND OAKS IN DURIEN COUNTY TAX MAP NUMBERS R 6 0 0 2 9 2 4 8 4 R 6 0 0 2, 9 0 2 4 86 0 0 0 R 6 0 2, 9 0 0 4 AND R 6 0 0 2 9 0 2 4 0 0 IN THE TOWN ABOVE IN CORPORATE EVIDENCE.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY A.

THAT'S, IS THERE A MOTION FOR NUMBER FOUR? IT'S A SHORT ONE.

I'LL DO IT.

I MOVE TO APPROVE SECOND AND FINAL READING OF THE ORDINANCE FOR THE AMENDMENT OF THE ZONING MAP AMENDMENT FOR APPROXIMATELY 65.592 ACRES, MORE OR LESS.

LOCATED AT SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE BUCK WALTER PARKWAY AND LAKE POINT DRIVE INTERSECTION AND TO THE WEST OF THE RETREAT AT GRANDY OAKS IN BARING BUFORT COUNTY TAX MAP NUMBERS R 600 DASH 0 2 9 DASH 0 0 0 DASH 2 4 8 4 DASH 0 0 0 0 R 600 DASH 0 2 9 DASH 2 4 86 0 0 0 R 600 DASH 29 DASH 0 0 0 4 DASH ZERO ZERO AND R 600 DASH 2 9 0 0 20 40 AS BUCK WALTER PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT.

ZERO.

A UNANIMOUS GOOD.

MARK, IS THERE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION? NO, NO, I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.

LEMME JUST START NUMBERS ON THAT.

ZERO I MOVE TO APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS.

SECOND AND FINAL READING OF THE ORDINANCE FOR THE AMENDMENT TO THE BUCK WALTER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

TO ADD THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS, ADD DETAILED LANGUAGE TO THE 13TH AMENDMENT DOCUMENT FOR THE FOLLOWING, REQUIRE THE FRONTAGE ROAD LAKE POINT DRIVE CONNECTOR, AND THREE CONNECTORS TO THE BLUFFTON PARKWAY SHALL PROVIDE UNRESTRICTED ACCESS AND CONSIST OF A MINIMUM OF TWO 12 FOOT LENGTHS.

UNANIM.

ONE MORE.

I MOVE WITH CONDITION.

SECOND AND FINAL READING OF THE HONOR IS FOR THE AMENDMENT OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

TO ADD TO FOLLOWING PROVISIONS, ADD DETAILED LANGUAGE TO THE 13TH AMENDMENT DOCUMENT FOR THE FOLLOWING.

THAT'S THE SAME ONE ISN'T NO, YES, IT IS THE SAME INFORMATION, PLEASE.

SO IT'S THE SAME CONDITION FOR BOTH ITEMS. I GOTCHA.

SORRY, SORRY.

REQUIRED, REQUIRED FRONTAGE, RULE LAKE POINT, DRIVE CONNECTOR, AND THREE CONNECTED TO THE BLUFFING.

PARKWAYS SHALL PROVIDE UNRESTRICTED ACCESS AND CONSISTS OF A MINIMUM OF TWO 12 FOOT LANES.

SECOND, A.

WE MOVE ON? FORMAL AGENDA ITEMS. CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A LEASE AGREEMENT WITH BRIGHT BEGINNINGS ACADEMY, LLC TO PROVIDE A CHILDCARE FACILITY WITHIN A TOWN OWNED PROPERTY.

A AYE.

, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[IX.1. Consideration of an Ordinance Authorizing a Lease Agreement with Bright Beginnings Academy, LLC to Provide a Childcare Facility within a Town Owned Property. Second and Final Reading - Chris Forster, Assistant Town Manager]

SECOND FINAL READING, MR. FORESTER AT TOWN MANAGER.

THIS IS,

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I THINK KEVIN DID THAT UPSTAGE.

SO CHRIS WENT UPSTAGE HIS PRESENTATION.

SAME MONEY KEVIN.

I KNOW.

THAT'S OKAY.

, IT'S ALWAYS MY FAULT.

ALRIGHT, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.

COUNCIL, UH, THIS IS THE SECOND AND FINAL READING.

UM, AND THERE WAS A FEW THINGS THAT WE UPDATED BASED ON COMMENTS FROM COUNSEL.

AFTER FIRST READING, UM, WE ADDED A PROVISION TO PERMIT INDIRECT TRANSFERS OF OWNERSHIP AND CONTROL, RIGHT BEGINNINGS OR SUBLEASING THAT WAS ALSO ADDED THERE, UH, WITHOUT LANDLORD'S CONSENT.

SO THAT PROVISION WAS ADDED.

UM, WE ALSO ADDED A REQUIREMENT, UH, TO, WAS QUALIFIED FOR THE SC VOUCHER PROGRAM AND THAT'S A, UH, A KEY FOUNDATIONAL COMPONENT OF PROVIDING, UH, LOW INCOME, UH, CHILDCARE SEATS AND ADDED A LEASE GUARANTEE.

SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE MATERIAL CHANGES THAT HAPPENED SINCE FIRST READING.

UH, BASED ON THE FEEDBACK WE HEARD, UH, IF YOU HAVE NO QUESTIONS, THIS IS THE MOTION FOR SECOND FINAL.

THEY WERE NOT MATERIAL CHANGES, THEY WERE JUST TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION ITEMS THAT COUNSEL POINTED OUT AND STAFF WORKED ON FROM .

CORRECT.

UM, DISCUSSION FROM COUNSEL QUESTIONS.

IS THERE A MOTION I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND AND FINAL READING OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE TOWN MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A COMMERCIAL LEASE AGREEMENT WITH AN OWNER OPERATOR OF A CURRICULUM BASED CHILDCARE FACILITY AT A REDUCED RENTAL RATE.

SO LONG AS A COMMERCIAL LEASE AGREEMENT DOES NOT MATERIALLY DIFFER FROM WHAT WAS PRESENTED HEREIN.

THE APPROVAL OF THE ART COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION TO AWARD A PUBLIC ART COMMISSION AT SQUIRE PO WELCOME CENTER TO BRADLEY SHOAL FOR THE FISCAL IMPACT OF $30,800.

[IX.2. Approval of Public Art Committee Recommendation to Award a Public Art Commission at Squire Pope Welcome Center to Brandy Scholl with a Fiscal Impact of $30,800. - Chris Forster, Assistant Town Manager]

MR. FORESTER.

ALRIGHT, GOOD EVENING.

SO THIS IS THE, UM, THIS IS THE SECOND, UH, PUBLIC ART, UH, ITEM TO YOU.

THIS IS THE FIRST, UH, OF, OF, UH, LARGE DOLLAR AMOUNT.

FIRST WAS THE BUS WRAP, WHICH YOU ALL WERE AT THE, UH, UNVEILING FOR.

UM, HERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND.

SO THE, IN OCTOBER OF 22, THE PUBLIC ART POLICY APPROVED WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL.

UM, THE FOLLOWING YEAR, IN SEPTEMBER OF 23, UH, THE FIRST MEETING WITH PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE WAS HELD, UH, WE APPROVED A 50 PERSON ROSTER OF ARTISTS, UM, AFTER A PUBLIC SOLICITATION OF, UH, OF ARTISTS TO ADD TO AN ARTIST ROSTER.

AND THIS IS ONE OF THE OBJECTIVES THAT WAS OUTLINED IN THE, UH, UH, PUBLIC ART POLICY NOT OCCURRED IN APRIL.

IN JUNE, UH, WE HAD AN OPEN CALL FOR OUR AT, UH, FIRE POPE WELCOME CENTER.

UM, THIS IS TO IDENTIFY, UH, PUBLIC ART COMMISSION TO BE LOCATED, UH, AT PARK IN FRONT OF THESE ARTICLE CODE CENTER.

AND THEN IN SEPTEMBER, THE RECOMMENDATION TO AWARD THE APPROVED, UH, CAME FROM THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE IN, UH, THE SEPTEMBER 24TH, UH, OF 2024 MEETING.

JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE PURPOSE BASED ON THE PUBLIC ART POLICY THAT YOU ALL APPROVED AND IS TO RAISE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE IMPACT OF PUBLIC ART AND ITS CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTIONS.

THIS INCLUDE SUSTAIN JOBS, PROMOTING THE TOWN'S IDENTITY INSTEAD OF PRIDE, ATTRACTING VISITORS AND DEVELOPING VIBRANT CREATIVE SPACES.

UM, THE FIRST BULLET OF THE, UM, PURPOSE SECTION INCLUDES ESTABLISH A DIVERSE COLLECTION OF PUBLIC WORKS, PUBLIC ARTWORK, WHICH IS WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON.

SO, OVERVIEW OF THE CALL, AGAIN, THE LOCATION WAS AT WRIGHT FAMILY PARK AT FIRE CENTER.

UH, THE MEDIUM WAS OPEN TO AN INTERPRETATION, SO THEY WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE, UH, WHATEVER THEY INTERPRETED FOR THE SPACE AS A PROPOSAL.

WE DID HAVE SIZE PARAMETERS PUT ON IT.

WE DID NOT WANT IT TO, UH, UH, OVERSHADOW SOME OF THE, UM, HISTORICAL PIECES IN THE, OF THE BUILDING.

SO NO MORE THAN SIX FEET DIAMETER.

UM, AND NO MORE THAN FOUR FEET TALL.

WE DID NOT DEFINE, OR THE COMMITTEE DID NOT DEFINE A THEME, UM, BUT THAT IT SHOULD EVOKE THE LOCATION THAT IS GONNA BE PLACED IN THE, UH, BALLPARK BUDGET WE PUT IN THE CALL WAS NOT TO EXCEED 65,000.

AND WE ALSO PROVIDED SOME HISTORY OF THE PROPERTY AND PICTURES, UH, TO HELP INSPIRE THE ARTISTS IN THEIR PROPOSALS.

THE, UH, CRITERIA FOR SELECTION, THESE ARE THE CRITERIA THAT ARE IN THE APPROVED, UM, POLICY THAT YOU ALL ADOPTED, AND THAT IS AESTHETIC, QUALITY AND ARTISTIC MERIT.

UM, WE ARE TRYING TO IDENTIFY ORIGINAL WORKS OF ART.

UM, SO THAT'S A BIG PIECE OF IT, AND IT'S THE QUALITY OF THE, THE ARTWORK IS IMPORTANT FOR CONSIDERATION, OBVIOUSLY PLACEMENT AND SITTING, HOW WE WILL SIT WITHIN THOSE PUBLIC SPACES, THE FABRICATION, HANDLING AND INSTALLATION, UM, MAKING SURE THAT THEY WILL STAND THE ELEMENTS, UM, WHATEVER MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS

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ARE REQUIRED SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE WE FACTOR THAT INTO OUR STAFF'S, UM, MAINTENANCE SCHEDULES.

AND THEN CONSIDERING LIABILITY AND SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC.

THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION, UH, THERE WAS FOUR PROPOSALS REVIEWED BY THE COMMITTEE.

UH, THE COMMITTEE, UNANIM UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED THIS SUBMITTAL FROM BRANDY SHAW WITH THE ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATION THAT THE ENGRAVED RIVER, UH, IN THE BASE OF THE VIEW OF NEUTRAL COLOR.

AND I'LL HAVE BRANDY COME UP AND GIVE A FIVE MINUTE OVERVIEW, UM, OF HER PROPOSAL SO YOU CAN GET TO SEE IT AND WHAT IT'S ABOUT AND WHAT INSPIRED HER IN CREATING THAT.

AND THE OVERALL COST ESTIMATE WAS HER SUBMISSION WAS 38,000 AND THE TIMELINE OF APPROXIMATELY, UH, THREE MONTHS.

SO BRANDY, I BELIEVE SHE'S .

HELLO, UH, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO PRESENT TODAY AND KIND OF SHOW YOU THE IDEA I CAME UP WITH FOR THIS PUBLIC ART DESIGN.

SCROLL DOWN ARROW.

JUST ARROW TO THE RIGHT.

AH, THERE WE GO.

UM, SO I'M GONNA GIVE A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE PROJECT NARRATIVE.

UM, THIS SCULPTURE INSPIRED BY BLUFF IN'S VISION STATEMENT ENCAPSULATES THE TOWN'S RICH HISTORY AND ENDURING CHARM THROUGH ITS INNOVATIVE DESIGN.

THE CENTERPIECE IS A STAINLESS STEEL, HIGHLY REFLECTIVE SPHERE, SYMBOLIZING THE CONNECTION BETWEEN BLUFF IN'S, PAST AND PRESENT.

LASER CUT INTO THE SPHERE IS AN INTRICATE LINE DRAWING THAT HIGHLIGHTS THE NATURAL BEAUTY OF THE AREA, HONORS THE WRIGHTS FAMILY LEGACY, AND CELEBRATES THE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF THE GULLAH GEECHEE PEOPLE.

THIS REFLECTIVE SURFACE OF THE SPHERE CAPTURES THE SURROUNDING LANDSCAPE AND THOSE WHO ENGAGE WITH IT, CREATING A DYNAMIC INTERACTION THAT CHANGES WITH TIME, LIGHT, AND PERSPECTIVE MOUNTED ON A ROUND CONCRETE SLAB ETCHED WITH AN AERIAL MAP OF THE MAY RIVER, THE SCULPTURE, BRIDGES, HISTORY, AND MODERN LIFE INVITING VIEWERS TO EXPERIENCE TON'S ESSENCE, A PLACE WHERE NATURE, COMMUNITY, AND HISTORY CONVERGE IN HARMONY.

UM, THIS IS A TWO PART DESIGN.

UM, IT IS SIX FEET ACROSS AND FOUR FEET TALL.

UH, THE FIRST PART IS THE CONCRETE SLAB OF MAY RIVER.

UM, I CHOSE AN AERIAL VIEW OF MAY RIVER FOR THIS PURPOSE BECAUSE HISTORICALLY, UH, THE MAY RIVER WAS THE SOURCE OF MUCH OF L'S TRADE, FOOD AND TRAVEL OVER THE YEARS.

UM, THE ACTUAL CARVING WILL BE ABOUT HALF AN INCH DEEP WITH A HOLE IN THE CENTER FOR THE STEEL SPHERE SUPPORT STRUCTURE.

I'M WANTING TO ADD, UM, ALONG THE OUTER EDGE, THE TOWN'S VISION STATEMENT, UM, OR SUGGESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC IF WE WANT TO GET COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

UM, MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE THE TOWN'S VISION STATEMENT.

UM, THEY SAID NEUTRAL COLOR FOR THIS, SO THAT WAS JUST AN ADDITIONAL COLOR OPTION, WAS IF THEY WANTED TO HAVE IT BE A LITTLE BIT MORE VISIBLE THAN, YOU KNOW, A BLUE IS AN OPTION.

UM, AND THEN IN THE CORNER THERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE, OF A PAST PIECE I'VE DONE, UM, WITH THE CARVING STYLE IN THE CONCRETE.

UH, THE SECOND PART IS THE HOLLOW STEEL SPHERE.

UH, THIS STEEL SPHERE IS A ALLOY THAT IS SPECIFICALLY USED FOR COASTAL AREAS, AND IT'S HIGHLY RESISTANT TO CORROSION AND RUST.

IT'S GOING TO HAVE A MIRROR, UM, POLISHED SURFACE, KIND OF LIKE IF YOU GUYS KNOW THE, THE BEAN IN CHICAGO, IT'S GONNA BE THAT HIGH POLISH, UM, WHICH WILL REFLECT THE SURROUNDING AREA REALLY BEAUTIFULLY.

UM, IT'S GOING TO HAVE A LASER CUT DRAWING THAT WRAPS AROUND THE ENTIRE SPHERE TO CREATE A 360 DEGREE IMAGE, UM, SO THAT YOU CAN WALK AROUND THE PIECE AND BE ENGAGED WITH IT.

THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF, UH, LIKE A ROUGH SKETCH OF THE TYPE OF DRAWING THAT I'M GONNA BE DOING.

IT INCLUDES A LOT OF BLUFF INS, NATURAL AND FLORA AND FAUNA, UH, INCLUDING PELICANS, SEAGULLS, DOLPHINS, UM, SHRIMP BOATS, UM, FISHERMEN.

UH, BUT ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS I WANTED TO INCLUDE ARE TWO IMPORTANT IMAGES.

UH, THE FIRST BEING A GOOG GEECHEE MAN THROWING A TRADITIONALLY MADE CAST NUT, AND MARY MORRIS WRIGHT AND HER GRANDDAUGHTER, LOUISA HARRISON.

SO WHEN I WAS INITIALLY COMING UP WITH THE DESIGN, I WENT TO THE PARK JUST TO KIND OF SEE THE SPACE AND, AND ANY IDEAS I COULD GET.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS I REALIZED WHEN I WAS THERE WAS THERE WERE ALWAYS CHILDREN PLAYING DOGS BEING WALKED, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF JUST REALLY COMMON THINGS THAT YOU WOULD SEE THROUGHOUT THE AGES.

AND WHEN I WAS WALKING AROUND, I SAW A, A LITTLE SIGN THAT WAS EXPLAINING WHAT, YOU KNOW, THE ACTUAL HISTORY OF THE AREA.

AND I SAW THIS IMAGE OF MARY MORRIS WRIGHT AND LOUISA HARRISON BACK IN 1977.

AND I LOVED IT BECAUSE IT, EVEN THOUGH

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THAT WAS A WHILE AGO, IT, YOU STILL SEE THAT SAME THING TODAY WHEN YOU GO AND CHECK IT OUT.

SO I WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND HONOR THE FAMILY BY ADDING THAT IN, AND ALSO BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING YOU COMMONLY SEE WHEN YOU GO, YOU IT NOW.

AND I ALSO WANTED TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS SOME GULLAH GEECHEE REPRESENTATION BECAUSE THE GULLAH GEECHEE PEOPLE BROUGHT AN ESTABLISHED A RICH HERITAGE OF AFRICAN CULTURAL TRADITIONS TO THE LOW COUNTRY, INCLUDING CRAFTS TOP, UH, FOR MANY GENERATIONS, SUCH AS CAST NETS, BASKET, EVEN TEXTILE ARTS.

SO INCLUDING, UM, A MAN THROWING CAST NET FOR ME WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO ADD CULTURALLY TO THIS PIECE.

UM, INSTALLATION, IT'S GOING TO BE, UM, A STRUCTURAL INTERIOR STRUCTURE.

SO THE STEEL IS GOING TO HAVE A WELDED TUBE STRUCTURE, AND IT'S GOING TO HAVE A BASE PLAY THAT CONNECTS UNDERNEATH THE CONCRETE.

SO IT'S GONNA GO THROUGH THE CONCRETE TO STABILIZE IT.

UM, AS FAR AS MAINTENANCE GOES, IT WILL NEED TO BE, UH, POLISHED ONE TO TWO TIMES A MONTH, MAYBE MORE IN THE HIGH SEASON IF THERE'S LIKE, LOTS OF KIDS TOUCHING IT.

UH, BUT IT'S JUST WINDEX AND A POSH AND CLOTH DOESN'T TAKE VERY LONG.

UH, AND THEN THE CONCRETE SLAB WILL NEED TO BE WASHED, PRESSURE WASHED ABOUT ONE TO TWO TIMES A YEAR.

SO MY FAVORITE PART ABOUT THIS DESIGN IS THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ASPECT.

UM, BECAUSE THE SURFACE IS SO POLISHED, IT'LL REFLECT ITS SURROUNDINGS.

CREATING AN ELEGANT NON-OBSTRUCTIVE PUBLIC ART DESIGN WITH A LITTLE BIT OF A MODERN FLARE.

UH, IT ENCOURAGES PEOPLE TO INTERACT WITH THE SPHERE.

TAKING PHOTOS, TOUCHING, UM, CHILDREN WOULD BE ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS IS A, I I IMAGINE KIDS FINDING ALL THE LITTLE ANIMALS AND LITTLE BITS OF, YOU KNOW, HIDDEN GEMS. KIND OF LIKE A WHERE'S WALDO SITUATION.

UM, AND THE PHRASE ALONG THE OUTER EDGE OF THE CONCRETE, IT KIND OF MOTIVATES PEOPLE TO CIRCLE THE PIECE, EXPERIENCE ALL SIDES, AND REALLY JUST ENGAGE WITH IT.

IT STRUCTURALLY SAFE, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT ENCOURAGES EDUCATION AND CONVERSATIONS ABOUT LUPTON AND ITS HISTORY.

AND THAT'S ALL QUESTIONS FOR YOU.

COUNCIL BRIDGE.

UM, BEAUTIFUL JOB.

UM, WHEN I SAW THE PRESENTATION INITIALLY, LIKE AS AN ARTIST, YOU REALLY CAPTURED SO MANY OF THE ELEMENTS OF, UM, NOT JUST THE REGION, BUT BLUFFTON IN THERE.

AND IT'S OBVIOUS YOU WERE VERY, UM, ATTENTIVE TO THAT.

SO I HAVE KUDOS TO YOU ON, ON THAT.

IT'S ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL.

UM, I KNOW, UH, YOU MENTIONED THE MAINTENANCE ON IT IN TERMS OF KEEPING IT POLISHED.

UM, I HAVE A, A QUESTION AND CONCERN OF, LET'S SAY SOMETHING HAPPENS, UH, TO IT AND IT'S DAMAGED.

IS IT SOMETHING THAT WOULD, UM, REQUIRE LIKE A COMPLETE REPLACEMENT OF IT, OR IS THE MATERIAL MADE TO WHERE YOU, UM, WOULD BE ABLE TO KIND OF LIKE, GO IN TO THAT PARTICULAR PLACE? MAYBE IF, IF SOMETHING IS, UM, AN OBJECT IS LAUNCHED AT IT AND IT IT BREAKS OR, OR, OR WHAT HAVE YOU, LIKE, DO WE HAVE A CONSIDERATIONS GIVEN TO WHAT WOULD HAPPEN, UM, IN THAT EVENT? MAYBE IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU COULD ANSWER, BUT MAYBE, UH, SOMETHING WE CAN THINK OF, UM, THAT IS SOMETHING TO BE THOUGHT ABOUT, UM, IN DEPTH.

UH, I DO THINK THAT THIS STEEL IS FAIRLY STRONG, UH, AS FAR AS DURABLE WITH ANYTHING HITTING IT.

UM, HOWEVER, IF DAMAGE WAS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED, UH, I WOULD IMAGINE IT CAN BE FIXED IN SECTIONS WHERE YOU CAN LIKE CUT OUT THE PART AND THEN MATCH A PIECE TO WELD BACK IN AND, YOU KNOW, POLISH.

UH, BUT I WOULD PROBABLY WANNA DISCUSS THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DEPTH WITH OTHER ENGINEERS.

QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? YES.

UM, I COMMEND YOU.

UM, WHEN I READ YOUR NARRATIVE, I WAS LIKE, WOW, YOU PUT A LOT OF THOUGHT INTO THIS.

YOU WERE EXTREMELY CREATIVE, YOU TRIED TO CAPTURE THE WHOLE HISTORY OF LUPTON, UH, EVEN THE LITTLE TRICYCLE THERE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE FAM, THE RIGHT FAMILY PARK.

YOU'VE GOT IT ALL.

YOU KNOW, THE LAG GEECHEE CULTURE, EVERYTHING.

I, UH, I FOR ONE, REMEMBER, AND I HAVEN'T LIVED HERE AS LONG AS EVERYBODY AT THIS TABLE, BUT, UH, WHEN I CAME HERE, BLUFFTON WAS AN ARTSY COMMUNITY, EXTREMELY ARTSY COMMUNITY.

UH, MOST OF THE PLACES ON CALHOUN STREET WERE FULL OF ART SHOPS.

UH, OUR POTTER, JACOB PRESTON WAS PRETTY WELL RENOWNED AND HE BROUGHT A LOT OF TOURISM JUST BY PITCHING HIS CLAY.

AND I HATE TO SEE THAT HE'S NOT THERE ANY LONGER IN THE, IN THE SHOP.

UH, I OWN A LOT OF HIS POTTERY, FRANKLY.

UM, AND I'M SURE OTHERS DO AS WELL.

I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO SEE US EXPAND INTO THE ART WORLD.

UH, I THINK THAT, UH, WE, WHEN WE TAKE A BUSINESS TRIP, WE GO TO GREENVILLE.

I JUST, I'M JUST IN AWE OF THE ART COMMUNITY THAT THEY'VE ESTABLISHED, AND I KNOW IT'S A LARGER, UH, CITY COMPARED

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TO US.

BUT I REMEMBER, UH, I GUESS IT WAS A YEAR AGO, I WAS WITH, UH, I'M ON THE LOOC BOARD AND WE HAVE AN ANNUAL MEETING IN MYRTLE BEACH EVERY YEAR.

AND, UH, THE WHOLE THING WAS ABOUT CITIES WITH ART AND SOME OF 'EM WERE SMALLER THAN OUR TOWN.

AND I SENT A LOT OF THAT INFORMATION TO CHRIS TO SHARE WITH 'EM.

SOME OF 'EM TURNED THEM INTO HUGE WEEK LONG FESTIVALS BECAUSE THEY WERE SO RENOWNED WITH THE ART COMMUNITY.

UM, SO I THINK IT ADDS A WHOLE NEW ELEMENT TO BLUFFTON.

WE WERE ALWAYS KIND OF CENTRIC AND QUIRKY, AND SO I HAVE LONG WAITED TO SEE US TAKE A, A PUBLIC ART POSITION.

AND, UH, SO I I, I LIKE WHAT YOU DID.

IT ONLY HAD A QUESTION.

SHE MADE ME THINK OF THIS.

AND, YOU KNOW, GOD FORBID, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU NEVER CAN TELL WHAT WILL HAPPEN, BUT I WOULD IMAGINE THIS PIECE OF ART, IF GRAFFITI GOT ON, IT CAN BE POLISHED RIGHT OFF.

MM-HMM, .

YEAH, THAT'S THE THING I LIKE ABOUT THAT TOO.

SO YEAH.

AGAIN, I COMMEND YOU, YOU PUT A LOT OF THOUGHT INTO THIS.

UH, YOU'RE YOUNG, SO I EXPECT TO SEE OTHER GREAT THINGS FROM YOU IN THE FUTURE.

ALL THANK YOU, MR. HAMILTON.

DID YOU SAY THIS IS STEEL OR ALUMINUM? STEEL? STAINLESS STEEL.

SO STAINLESS STEEL.

MM-HMM.

UM, LET'S SAY IT'S HURRICANE SEASON AND WE KNOW WE GOING TO GET HIT, EVERYTHING'S GONE, BUT THE BALL MUCH.

CAN WE BUILD A BARRICADE TO PROTECT IT? CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT YOU MEAN BY THAT? CAN WE BUILD SOMETHING AROUND IT SO THAT DEBRIS FROM TREES OR WHAT HAVE YOU, COULDN'T DAMAGE IT TO BE PERMANENTLY PLACED AROUND IT? NO, NO, JUST FOR THAT SEASON.

JUST WHEN WE KNOW WE ARE GOING TO BE HIT, I DON'T SEE WHY NOT.

YOU'RE BUILDING SOME KIND OF BARRIER THAT CAN BE, YOU KNOW, WELDED OR, SORRY, SCREWED INTO THE ACTUAL CONCRETE THAT CAN BE PUT INTO THE ACTUAL CONCRETE DESIGN IF WE WANT TO ADD THAT ALONG THE OUTSIDE.

MM-HMM.

, THAT'S AN IDEA THAT CAN BE TALKED ABOUT.

UM, I AGREE WITH, UH, SENTIMENT SO FAR.

I THINK YOU DID A LOT OF, UM, GREAT, UM, COLLABORATION AND YOUR THOUGHTS TO TRY TO, TO GIVE, UM, BLUFFING IS A VIEW FROM, FROM A BALL.

SO , UM, UH, I, I'M, I'M PLEASED WITH YOUR, WITH YOUR, UH, PRODUCT AND HOPEFULLY THE COMMUNITY WILL SEE IT AS A JEWEL AS WELL.

UM, I COMMEND YOU.

I KNOW THAT YOU PUT IN A LOT OF WORK.

I THINK YOUR SKETCH IS BEAUTIFUL.

UM, I DO STRUGGLE A LITTLE BIT WITH I THINK THE SIZE OF IT AND THE STAINLESS STEEL.

UM, I JUST THINK, I DON'T KNOW, I KNOW ART IS SO SUBJECTIVE, BUT TO ME, THE HOME, THE TOWN HAS DONE SUCH A BEAUTIFUL JOB RENOVATING THE HOUSE AND THE PARK IS BEAUTIFUL.

AND I THINK THE STAINLESS STEEL AND THE SIZE OF IT.

UM, AND THEN THE COST OF IT.

I'M STRUGGLING A LITTLE BIT WITH, SO YOUR DESIGN IS BEAUTIFUL WITH THE SKETCH AND ALL OF THAT, BUT, UM, I'M, I'M NOT SURE THAT I CAN BE, UM, IN FAVOR OF THIS JUST BECAUSE I DO THINK IT TAKES AWAY A LITTLE BIT FROM THE HOUSE ITSELF WITH THE PLACEMENT OF IT AND, UM, IN THE PARK.

ANYTHING ELSE? UM, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

UM, HOW MUCH DOES IT WEIGH? I'M NOT SURE.

OH.

BUT I CAN GIVE YOU AN ANSWER AT A LATER DATE.

THAT'D BE EASIER TO MOVE IT, IT WOULD BE TO BUILD SOMETHING AROUND AT THIS STRONGER THAN IT, EVEN THOUGH I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA GET, THE TREE'S NOT GONNA HURT IT, I WOULDN'T THINK.

UM, WHEN YOU WERE FIRST STARTING WITH THE CONCRETE ETCHING, I LOVE WHAT YOU DID THERE, WHERE YOU PUT THE RIVER, UM, LOOKING AT THIS RENDERING, IT LOOKS LIKE THE BALL'S SITTING IN THE RIVER AND YOU CAN'T SEE WHAT THE RIVER IS.

OR IS THAT JUST THE ANGLE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT? NO, YOU'RE RIGHT.

THAT WAS MOSTLY A PHOTOSHOP RENDERING ON MY PART, AND I DID THE BEST I COULD.

UM, LET ME SEE.

SO THE DESIGN CAN SHIFT AND I CAN MODIFY THE DESIGN HOWEVER I SEE FIT AS FAR AS IF YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT IT BEING OVERSHADOWED, UM, I DON'T THINK, I WAS JUST SAYING IF, IF THE BALL'S GONNA COVER IT UP, YOU CAN'T SEE THE RIVER.

WE DON'T NEED TO PAY FOR THE RIVER, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IF IT'S NOT, IF YOU CAN'T SEE IT, BUT THEN AGAIN, IT MAY, IT SITS ON A, ON A, ON A PEDESTAL, RIGHT? A SHAFT OR DOES IT SIT ALL THE WAY? THE SHAFT.

IT'S GOT A SHAFT.

THE SHAFT IS IN THE CONCRETE THOUGH.

AND THE SHAFT THAT CAN ACTUALLY BE MODIFIED AND HEIGHT.

SO IF WE WANT IT TO BE A LITTLE HIGHER AND HAVE THE BALL A LITTLE BIT SMALLER, THAT'S COMPLETELY DOABLE.

I WAS EVEN GONNA PROBABLY ATTACK YOU TO YOU ARTIST, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE YOU ARE HERE SOMEHOW, YOU KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING.

I WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, THE, THE RIVER, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA.

I THINK THAT REALLY ADDS A LOT OF CHARACTER TO IT.

UM, AND

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LIKE A, A LITTLE, YOU KNOW, ON THE RIVER WHERE YOU, YOU'RE RIGHT ON THE RIVER SO THAT PEOPLE CAN RELATE THE RIVER TO THE MAP TO THE, TO WHERE THEY'RE STANDING.

MM-HMM.

UM, I DUNNO HOW YOU WOULD DO THAT, BUT I'M SURE YOU'RE SMART ENOUGH TO FIGURE SOMETHING OUT.

THERE WE GO.

AND WHEN I WAS DOING THE RIVER DESIGN, I TRIED TO HAVE THE RIVER MORE ON THE OUTSIDE EDGE OF THE OR OF THE SPHERE.

I'M SORRY, THE CONCRETE SLAB JUST SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT SO THAT IT WOULD BE VISIBLE.

RIGHT.

ANYTHING ELSE FROM COUNCIL? I LIKE YOUR POINT.

IF YOU CAN'T DO IT, THEN I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO HIDE IT.

SO DON'T YOU PAY TO HAVE IT DONE IF YOU CAN'T SEE IT.

IT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO SAY.

ANYTHING ELSE FROM COUNSEL? IS THERE A MOTION? I MAKE THE MOTION BEFORE I DO ONE QUESTION, CHRIS.

UM, I'M ASSUMING YOU HEARD WHAT COUNSEL SAID AND Y'ALL WILL GO BACK AND DISCUSS THAT AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO INCORPORATE WHAT THE MAJORITY WAS LOOKING FOR.

HONOR, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION TO AWARD THE PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS AT SQUIRE PO WELCOME CENTER TO BRANDY SHOAL FISCAL IMPACT OF 30,800 BUCKS.

NEXT THING, CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCES RELATED TO CERTAIN PROPERTY OWNED BY ROSE KITTY AND FERAL GAS INC.

SO MOVED.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

[IX.3. Consideration of Ordinances Related to Certain Property Owned by Rose Kitty and Ferrellgas Inc., Consisting of a Total of 1.38 Acres, More or Less, Located at 328, 330 and 332 Buck Island Road and identified by Beaufort County Tax Map Numbers R610 03 000 0016 0000 (328 and 330 Buck Island Road) and R610 039 000 018C 0000 (332 Buck Island Road). First Reading - Kevin Icard, Director of Growth Management ]

CONSISTING OF A TOTAL OF 1.38 ACRES, MORE OR LESS.

LOCATED AT 3 28, 3 30 AND 3 32.

BUCK ALLEN ROAD IDENTIFIED BY BEAVER COUNTY TAX MAP NUMBERS R 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 3 8.

I MEAN 3, 2 8 AND THREE 30.

BUCK ISLAND ROAD AND R 6 1 0 0 3 9 0 0 0 0 1 8 C 0 0, 0 0 AT 3 32 BUCK ISLAND ROAD.

THIS IS FIRST GREETING MR. .

GREAT.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

UH, GOOD EVENING COUNSEL AGAIN.

UM, AS YOU STATED, WE ARE HERE, UH, FOR A, UM, A REZONING REQUEST, UH, FOR, UH, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND REZONING REQUEST FOR PROPERTIES, UM, OFF OF BUCK ISLAND ROAD.

UH, THIS REQUEST, UH, CAME, CAME TO US, UH, JUNE OF THIS YEAR.

UM, THE TWO OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS, MS. KITTY, AS WELL AS FERAL GAS, UH, FERAL GAS, HAVE REQUESTED, UH, TO REZONE THE PROPERTIES.

UH, AS YOU SAID, IT'S THE 1.3 ACRES.

UH, PART OF THIS REQUEST IS THE AMENDMENT TO THE, UM, TO THE COMP PLAN.

COMP PLAN FOR THE LAND USE DESIGNATION OF THAT SUBURBAN LIVING TO NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER.

UH, OFFICIALLY, UH, THE PROPERTY FOR THE ZONING MAP WOULD BE CHANGED FROM WHAT IS CURRENTLY RESIDENTIAL GENERAL TO A LIGHT, UH, INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT.

UH, THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, APPROVED, UM, OR MADE A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE, UH, TO COUNCIL, UM, FOR BOTH AMENDMENTS.

UM, FROM A PROJECT LOCATION, I'VE HIGHLIGHTED THE TWO PROPERTIES.

UM, HERE ON THE MAP, YOU CAN SEE IT'S JUST UP FROM RSI, UH, WHERE THE SLIT FOR BUCK ISLAND ROAD IS.

UH, THERE'S THE AERIAL OF IT.

UM, THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN, UH, THIS PROPERTY WAS ANNEXED INTO THE TOWN IN 2006, 2007 AND WAS GIVEN, IT WAS ALREADY ESTABLISHED.

THE USES WERE ALREADY ESTABLISHED ON THE PROPERTY AND IT WAS GIVEN A, A RESIDENTIAL GENERAL, UH, ZONING DISTRICT TO THAT.

UH, AT THAT TIME THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED.

IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ZONED IN INDUSTRIAL USE, UH, JUST BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE USES THAT WERE THERE.

SO, UH, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN AWARE OF FOR SOME TIME.

UH, WHEN WE DID THE BUCK ISLAND SIMMONS BUILD NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN, THAT WAS ONE OF THE, UM, ITEMS THAT WAS LISTED FROM THE LAND USE ASPECT, UM, THAT AN ACTUAL ITEM THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS UPDATED.

UH, SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE THIS EVENING.

SO WE'RE FOLLOWING PROCESS.

UM, WE HAVE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN, WHICH CLEARLY IDENTIFIES THAT THESE, UM, THE, THE USES THAT ARE LISTED THERE ARE NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE ZONING, SO LET'S CHANGE THE ZONING TO WHAT IT SHOULD BE.

SO, UH, THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE AGAIN, GOING FROM THAT, UH, SUBURBAN LIVING, WHICH IS INTENDED FOR THE LOW DENSITY SINGLE FAMILY TO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER, WHICH PROVIDES AND IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES SUCH AS THE RSI, UM, AND, UM, GRACO, WHICH IS ACROSS, UM, SIMMONS ROAD, ALSO FROM THE ZONING MAP.

UH, WE'D GO FROM THAT RESIDENTIAL GENERAL TO THAT LIGHT INDUSTRIAL

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DESIGNATION.

UM, THE REVIEW CRITERIA LISTED HERE AS WELL AS IN YOUR STAFF REPORT, I'M HAPPY TO GO THROUGH THEM.

UH, BUT THEY'RE ALL CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT AS WELL AS THE ZONING MAP AMENDMENT PORTION.

UM, FROM THE STEP STANDPOINT, UM, YOU CAN SEE WE STARTED IN JUNE.

WE'VE GONE THROUGH PLANNING COMMISSION WORKSHOP, UM, THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING FOR PLANNING COMMISSION.

WE'RE HERE THIS EVENING FOR OUR FIRST READING.

AND, UH, TENTATIVELY WE'LL BRING THIS BACK WITH A SECOND READING IF WE MOVE FORWARD.

UH, YOUR ACTIONS THIS EVENING AS YOU COULD, UM, APPROVE THE APPLICATION AS SUBMITTED, UH, APPROVE WITH ANY AMENDMENTS OR TO DENY THE REQUEST.

HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

AND I HAVE, UH, MOTIONS AVAILABLE FOR YOU.

QUESTIONS FROM COUNCILMAN BURTON.

UM, NO QUESTIONS.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, AGAIN, SINCE I'M TRYING TO MAKE THINGS CRYSTAL CLEAR TONIGHT, UM, THIS IS JUST KIND OF CORRECTING THE WRONG, THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN USED.

MR. HAMILTON? UH, I THINK I MAY HAVE ASKED THIS QUESTION.

UM, STILL CAN'T, STILL CAN'T BALANCE.

WHY ARE WE DOING THEM TOGETHER IN TWO PROPERTIES TOGETHER? WHY ARE THEY NOT ON, UM, STAND ON THE BILL ON REQUEST INDIVIDUALLY? UM, IT'S YES.

AS WELL AS MS. KITNEY.

WELL, IT'S A, IT IS A, IT'S A JOINT APPLICATION SO YOU CAN, YOU CAN REZONE MULTIPLE PROPERTIES IN ONE FELL SWOOP.

UH, BOTH, BOTH, UM, PROPERTY OWNERS SIGNED THE APPLICATION.

IT'S NO DIFFERENT FROM THE ANNEXATION REQUEST THAT WE HAD WHERE UNIVERSITY INVESTMENTS WAS ONE PROPERTY OWNER AND GRAND OAKS TWO LLC WAS THE OTHER PROPERTY OWNER THAT WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT REQUEST.

THEY CAME AND ASKED FOR THIS, CORRECT? YES.

THEREAFTER, YES.

IT, IT SHOULDN'T HAVE NEVER BEEN ZONED CORRECT THE WAY IT WAS BACK THEN.

THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT MY QUESTION.

I'M SAYING I THOUGHT, I THINK FAILED GAS SHOULD BE ASKING TO BE CHANGED THERE.

UM, ZONING SEPARATELY AND MS. KITTY SHOULD BE CHANGING HERS SEPARATELY, PUTTING TOGETHER TO ME.

UM, IT'S CONFUSING, BUT IF THAT'S LEGAL YES.

THEN THE APPLICATION WAS JOINT.

I THINK IT WAS MORE SO DONE.

UM, JUST SHOWING LIKE SOLIDARITY TOGETHER AS WHERE SHE IS OR HOW SHE ZONED.

UM, TECHNICALLY THE LITTLE COMMERCIAL STRIP THAT SHE HAS IN A DAYCARE ISN'T APPROVED FOR THAT AREA.

AND, UM, COMING IN WITH FAIR, WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO THE, UH, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DESIGNATION, SHE'S GOING TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD GENERAL ONE THAT DOES ALLOW FOR THAT.

HERS IS GOING TO THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AS WELL.

SO BOTH PROPERTIES ARE THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, BUT ANYTHING'S ALLOWED IN LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, CORRECT.

RIGHT.

AND NOT WITH CURRENTLY.

SO IT MAKES HER PROPERTY MORE.

DAN, I'VE GOOD QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

UM, YEAH, I'M GLAD TO SEE THIS COMING UP AND, AND WE'VE GOT MORE, MORE TO DO WITH OTHER NONCONFORMING ZONINGS.

IS THERE A MOTION I MOVE TO APPROVE AND AMEND TO THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LUTHER BLUFFTON TO AMEND THE SET PROPERTIES FROM THE FUTURE LAND USE DESTINATION OF SUBURBAN LIVING TO NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER AND SHOW YOU TWO MOTIONS.

THAT'S THE FIRST MOTION.

AND I MOVE WE SECOND, SECOND.

GET A SECOND MEETING.

WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD ON THAT.

AND I MOVE TO APPROVE AN AMENDMENT TO THE TOWN OF WELCOME OFFICIAL ZONING MAP TO REZO THE SUBJECT PROPERTIES FROM RESIDENTIAL GENERAL DISTRICT TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.

SO, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

WHERE WERE WE AT? UM,

[IX.4. Consideration and Direction of Amendments to the Town of Bluffton Code of Ordinances. First Reading - Kevin Icard, Director of Growth Management]

NUMBER FOUR.

FOUR, RIGHT.

FOUR SOLICITING.

I LOST TRACK ARGUMENT, CONSIDERATION AND DIRECTION FOR OF AMENDMENTS TO THE TOWNS.

LEFTING.

CODE OF ORDINANCES.

FIRST READING, MR. KEVIN .

OKAY, THANK YOU.

UM, UM, AS YOU REMEMBER, UH, I WAS IN FRONT OF YOU, UH, LAST MONTH WITH A WORKSHOP FOR, UH, BOTH THE, UH, GLOBAL VENDING AS WELL AS THE SHORT TERM RENTAL, UH, APPLICATIONS, OR EXCUSE ME, ORDINANCES.

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UH, WERE HERE.

UH, SO WE'RE GONNA DO THE FIRST ONE, WHICH WAS THE, UM, WAS DEALING WITH THE MOBILE VENDING, UM, AS YOU REMEMBER, UH, THAT WE, UM, APPROVED A, THE MOBILE VENDING ORDINANCE IN 2017.

UM, AND THAT'S THE REGULATE, THE ALLOWED LOCATIONS, HOURS OF OPERATIONS, PERMITTING PROCESS, AND OTHER THAN MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS THAT WE'VE HAD FOR, SPECIFICALLY FOR FOOD TRUCKS.

UM, AND THEN IN 2021, BUSINESS LICENSE, UM, REQUIREMENTS HAVE CHANGED AND THE, THE GOALS THAT WE ACTUALLY ALIGNED, UH, THE ORDINANCES TO THAT MAY 1ST OF EACH YEAR.

UH, SO THIS, UH, APPLICATION FOR THE AMENDMENTS IS, IS TO ALIGN THE MOBILE VENDING PERMIT APPLICATION WITH BUSINESS LICENSE CALENDAR, UPDATE THE INFORMATION FROM WHAT WAS DHC TO NOW, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.

UH, WE AMENDED THAT, UH, FIRE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS, UH, THAT WAS PROVIDED IN THE STAFF REPORT, UH, AS WELL AS TO INCLUDE THE SECTION THAT REGULATES THE VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES.

UM, QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL? ARE YOU, OH, I THOUGHT, NOPE.

YEAH, YOU'RE JUST FROM A, A, A A STANDPOINT, WE'RE HERE, UH, THIS EVENING FOR THE FIRST READING AND DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? AND I HAVE A MOTION AVAILABLE FOR YOU.

I HAVE QUESTIONS.

YES, GO AHEAD, SIR.

UM, I BROUGHT UP THE CONCERN OF THE FEES THAT WE WERE CHARGING MOBILE VENDORS.

UM, STEVEN DID RESPOND IN AN EMAIL BUT DIDN'T GIVE ME ENOUGH CLARITY THAT WE WAS PROBABLY CHARGING MORE FOR MOVING THAN OUR, UM, COUNTER COMMUNITIES.

SO HAVE STAFF LOOK INTO THAT AND TRY TO MAKE SOME, UM, SOME FAIRNESS TO THAT.

UM, YEAH, LEMME GET YOU THE RIGHT ONE HERE.

SO WE'RE, AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE CHARGE THE $400.

UM, BUFORT COUNTY, THEY HAVE IT BASED OFF OF THEIR REVENUE.

UM, CITY OF BUFORT IS AT 200.

UM, FORT ROYAL DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE WITH THIS.

UM, AND THEN HILTON HEAD, THERE'S NO, UH, FEE FROM THE BUSINESS LICENSE.

UH, BUT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DOES ISSUE DECALS FOR THEIR TRUCKS.

UM, GREENVILLE, UM, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE GOT BOTH REGIONAL AND THEN, UH, LOOKED AT OTHER PLACES.

UH, THEY CHARGED, UM, $500, UM, AND THEN A HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR CARTS.

AND THEN, UM, FOR MYRTLE BEACH, UH, THE CHARGE BY LOCATION, THE FIRST LOCATION WAS ONE 50 AND THEN $25 FOR EACH ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE COULD, IF YOU FEEL THAT'S CONSISTENT, IF YOU'D LIKE TO PROPOSE THE CHANGES, WHAT WE CAN DO IS THAT, THAT DURING THE, UM, WHEN THE MASTER FEE SCHEDULE COMES ABOUT, UM, WE WOULD START THAT AT THE NEW, UM, THE NEW FISCAL YEAR.

UM, JUST THAT WOULD BE THE TIME FOR THAT CLEAN BREAK.

AND THEN WE CAN MAKE SURE TO ADJUST THAT ACCORDINGLY.

SO BY CHANGING THE ORDINANCE RIGHT NOW, THAT'S NOT AFFECTING THE, THE FEE WE WOULD HAVE TIME TO ADJUST THE FEE WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THE, UM, THE, UH, BUDGET PROCESS.

PERMITTING THESE FOR NOT JUST A FORM PLATFORM.

LET'S TALK ABOUT ADJUSTING THE FEE.

I KNOW THAT'S NOT WHAT WE DOING TONIGHT, BUT, BUT I WAS HOPING THAT, UM, AND I DID LOOK AT GREENVILLE.

GREENVILLE DOESN'T HAVE SOME OF THE RESTRICTIONS THAT WE HAVE FOR FOOD TRUCKS.

YOU KNOW, WE, WE DON'T ALLOW FOOD TRUCKS IN CERTAIN DISTANCE OF, UH, MORE MORTAR BUILDING.

UH, WE DON'T ALLOW FOOD TRUCKS IN THE OLD TOWN, SO GREENVILLE WOULD GIVE THEM MORE ACCESS TO PROFITS THAN, AND SO THOSE FEES ARE $500 PROBABLY, UH, UM, WOULD BE EASY TO, TO ASSAULT.

SO LET'S, LET'S BE BLUFFED IN THAT GREENVILLE, UH, AND, AND LET'S BE BLUFFED IN OUR HILTON HEAD OR, OR BEFORD.

SO LET'S TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN STAND ON OUR OWN MIRRORS.

I KNOW IT'S ALWAYS TIME TO COMPARE IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO GIVE SOME KIND OF GUIDANCE, I TRUST THAT, BUT I STILL WANT TO BE, UM, I, I STILL WANT TO HAVE BLUFF AND KNOWN AS, HAVE HIS OWN IDENTITY FROM MS. BUR.

WELL, I WOULD, YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE A FOOD TRUCK, BUT, UM, COUNCILMAN FRAZIER DO IT.

I WANT TO HEAR HER OPINION.

UH, I MEAN, I'M NOT, I DON'T PLAN TO GET A FOOD TRUCK EITHER, BUT SOMEONE THAT'S TRYING TO, JUST IN CASE YOU THINK YOU DO YOU WANT A PRICE CHEAP.

I KNOW, EXACTLY.

CAN YOU, CAN YOU ANY QUESTIONS? I'M SORRY.

OH, NO, NO.

I HAVE NO QUESTIONS.

I JUST AGREE THAT I WOULD LOVE TO LOOK AT OUR

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UM, YEAH, JUST IN, UM, INTO WHAT COUNCIL, UM, AND HAMILTON SAID, I THINK BLUFFTON WAS A TREND STARTER WHEN IT CAME TO REGULATING FOOD TRUCKS AND, UM, IN MAKING THAT PATHWAY FOR OTHER CITIES TO, TO MODEL.

UM, I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO REVISIT IT ONLY BECAUSE, UM, COUNCILMAN WHAT HAS MENTIONED BEFORE, LIKE OUR SHORT TERM RENTAL, UM, PERMITS AND OWNERS PAY LESS FOR THEIR PERMIT FEE THAN WHEN FOOD TRUCKS, UM, OWNERS PAY.

'CAUSE I THINK SHORT TERM RENTALS IS WHAT, 25? SO TO MAKE IT COMPARABLE, UM, AT LEAST WHERE I THINK BEFORE OUR FEE JUST CAME FROM LIKE A, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS THOUGHT HAPPENING GOOD AT THE TIME.

'CAUSE THERE WASN'T ANYTHING TO COMPARE IT TO, UM, TO BE ABLE TO JUST VISIT IT, WHETHER IT'S A NEED TO HAVE A WORKSHOP OR JUST COUNCIL'S INPUT.

UM, I THINK IN LOOKING AT OUR COUNTERPARTS, UM, IT'D BE NICE TO, TO HAVE A, A FAIR THING IF WE'RE NOT, UM, IN A, A STATE THAT MAKES IT COMPARABLE, UM, TO JUST MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS.

WHAT, WHAT, IF YOU'D LIKE, WHAT WE CAN DO IS, AND I'M PUTTING MORE WORK ON FINANCE DEPARTMENT RIGHT NOW, IS TO, TO HAVE THAT WORKSHOP AND NOT JUST THE SHORT TERM RENTAL OR THE MOBILE VENDING, IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER POTENTIAL FEES THAT YOU'D LIKE TO LOOK AT, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN RECALIBRATE.

I THINK YOU'RE PUTTING A LOT OF, A LOT OF INTO IT FOR WORKSHOP.

I DON'T THINK, I THINK THAT'S A LOT OF ENERGY AND TIME AND, BECAUSE I THINK ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS COUNCIL, IF YOU WANT TO BRING BACK THE COUNCIL, I THINK COUNCIL CAN GIVE SOME RECOMMENDATION BASED ON STAFF DOING THEIR RESEARCH, BUT, WELL, I AGREE.

I JUST SAID LIKE, IF THAT WAS LIKE, I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE MAKING THAT DECISION.

I'LL SAYING IF, IF IT'S COUNCIL OR IF IF WAS A NEED TO FEEL IT WAS DEEMED OF A WORKSHOP BE WHATEVER.

YEAH, WHATEVER.

MAJORITY.

UM, DAN, ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH, I, I THINK THE FOCUS RIGHT NOW IS ON THE FEE.

UM, I MEAN, NOT ONLY THAT, BUT THE, UM, YOU KNOW, CLEANING UP THE, UM, THE AMENDMENT TO THE ORDINANCE.

BUT, UH, SO WHEN THE MASTER FEE COMES UP, WHICH IS THE APPROPRIATE TIME, WHICH IS WHEN WE GO INTO THE BUDGET PROCESS, I THINK COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO REVISIT THE FEE OF THAT PARTICULAR ITEM BEING THE FOOD TRUCKS NOT UNIVERSAL OF EVERYTHING.

UM, AND IF SO, WE CAN HAVE THAT DISCUSSION AT THAT TIME.

STEVEN, YOU WERE TRYING TO SAY SOMETHING? UH, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, UM, CHRIS IS GONNA BE DOING SOME FEE ASSESSMENT AS PART OF THE START OF THE BUDGET PROCESS.

SO WE CAN, UH, ASK TIM TO ADD THIS ONE ONTO THE LIST FOR ONES THAT WE WILL REVIEW AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR AS WE GET TO THE BUDGET PROCESS FOR NEXT YEAR.

AND I, I WANT TO, UM, REMIND EVERYBODY TOO, I THINK WE DISCUSSED THIS WHEN WE FIRST STARTED ALLOWING FOOD TRUCKS.

ONE OF THE REASONS KEVIN , OH, ONE OF THE REASONS THAT THE FEE WAS SAT, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, IS IT WAS FOOD TRUCKS THAT OUR LOCAL FOOD TRUCKS DON'T WANT FOOD TRUCKS COMING FROM BEAUFORT, SAVANNAH AND ALL THAT AND SETTING UP IN LUPTON.

SO IT WAS DONE SOMEWHAT AS A, YOU KNOW, IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE A BUSINESS LICENSE HERE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT AFFECTED THE FEE OF IT OR IF IT WAS A BUSINESS LICENSE PERIOD.

IF THEY, IF THEY HAD TO BUY A $400 BUSINESS LICENSE, THEN THEY'D PROBABLY STAY IN THEIR OWN BACKYARD INSTEAD OF COMING OVER HERE AND TAKING BUSINESS AWAY FROM THE ALREADY ESTABLISHED TRUCKS HERE.

AND THAT'S SEPARATE BECAUSE FOOD TRUCK OWNERS, I REMEMBER SOMETHING ABOUT FOOD TRUCK OWNERS.

HAVE THEY PAY THEIR BUSINESS LICENSES SEPARATE FROM YES.

A PERMIT FEE.

SO THEY'RE TWO SEPARATE FEES? YES.

THEY'RE REQUIRED TO ALSO HAVE A BUSINESS LICENSE.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE A BUSINESS LICENSE AND THEN YOU HAVE TO HAVE A, UM, MOBILE VENDING PERMIT.

HOW MUCH IS THE MOBILE VENDING PERMIT? THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE $400.

SO YES.

AND THE BUSINESS LICENSES BASED ON YOUR GROSS YEAH.

FOOD TRUCKS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A SPECIAL EVENT.

THAT'S HELP.

THAT'S SEPARATE.

THE EVENT TAKES CARE OF THAT? YES.

SO, SO WE HAVE GUIDANCE FOR FUTURE FEE ISSUES AND THEN THIS EVENING WE HAVE FOR THE ORDINANCE, FOR THE ACTUAL TEXT.

YEAH, THAT'S JUST ALIGNING THE, THE DUE DATES.

YES, SIR.

ARE YOU ON FIVE NOW? YES.

SO WE NEED A MORE DISCUSSION FROM COUNSEL.

NEED A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AMENDING THE TOWN OF LUPTON, CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER SIX, BUSINESSES AND BUSINESS REGULATIONS.

ARTICLE THREE, SOLICITING AND MOBILE VENDING AS PRESENTED.

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[IX.5. Consideration and Direction of Amendments to the Town of Bluffton Code of Ordinances. First Reading - Kevin Icard, Director of Growth Management]

NUMBER FIVE, CONSIDERATION AND DIRECTION OF AMENDMENTS TO THE TOWN OF BLUFFING.

CODE OF ORDINANCES.

FIRST READING.

HERE'RE UP AGAIN, KEVIN? YES SIR.

PROMISES THE LAST, LAST ITEM.

OKAY, THREE MINUTES.

YOU GOT IT.

ALRIGHT.

UH, HERE THIS EVENING FOR THE SHORT TERM RENTAL.

UM, THIS IS THE FIRST READING, UH, WE DID BRING THIS IN FRONT OF YOU FOR A WORKSHOP AT THE LAST MEETING.

UH, SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT, UM, I'LL JUST GO TO IT IS THE ALIGN, ALIGN THE SHORT TERM RENTAL PERMIT WITH THE BUSINESS LICENSE CALENDAR, UH, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT, UPDATING THAT, UM, THE LANGUAGE THAT REFERS TO DH AND CHANGE IT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AS WELL AS ADDING SECTION OF THE VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES.

UM, AGAIN, FIRST READING THIS EVENING, POTENTIALLY BRING THIS BACK TO YOU.

SECOND READING, I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND I HAVE A MOTION IF A FEW SECTIONS QUESTION.

ANY QUESTIONS? MR. HAMILTON? IF I RENT MY UNIT FOR A YEARLY UH, CONTRACT, IS THAT CONSIDERED SHORT TERM RENTAL? NO, SIR.

THAT'S LONG TERM RENTAL.

SO YOU WOULD NEED A BUSINESS LICENSE FOR A LONG-TERM RENTAL.

HOW, HOW, HOW, WHAT THE FEE IS.

WHAT'S THE FEE ASSOCIATED WITH BUSINESS? IT STARTS AT $50.

YEP.

AND THEN YOU DO HAVE TO PAY H TAX.

A TAX NOT FOR LONG TERM.

I'M SORRY, A TAX RATHER LONG TERM RENTAL.

SORRY.

LONG SHORT, ONLY SHORT TERM.

OH, I'M SORRY.

I'M SORRY.

SHORT TERM, JUST ON SHORT TERM, $50 THEN PLUS BASED ON REVENUES? YES.

AND THAT'S, UH, PRETTY MUCH UNIVERSAL I THINK.

'CAUSE I HAVE TO PAY ONE IN COURT ROYAL AS WELL.

SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM ANYBODY? I THERE A MOTION.

I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AMENDING THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER SIX, BUSINESSES AND BUSINESS REGULATIONS ARTICLE FIVE.

SHORT TERM RENTAL UNITS AS PRESENTED.

MOVE ON NOW TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

[X. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS]

IS THERE ANYTHING THAT ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE OR DISCUSS ON OUR CONSENT HEARING? SHARE A MOTION TO APPROVE.