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2025 AND AGAIN IN MY GREETINGS I WANT TO FIRST OF ALL ADDRESS MY COLLEAGUES HERE ON THE TASK FORCE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ENERGY OVER THE PAST YEARS AND NIGHTS AND FOR TAKING THE TIME TO WORK ON THE BODY OF WORK THAT WE HAVE BEFORE US AND THAT WE ARE STILL RELEVANT IS STILL ON TOP OF THINGS ALSO TO THE STAFF HERE OF COURSE MR. MONICA IS OUR TEAM LEADER AND FOR THE HARD WORK THAT STAFF DOES TO HELP US UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE THAT WE'RE DOING AND THE PROGRESS THAT WE'RE MAKING WHEN I THINK BACK ON PAST YEARS I HAVE TO SAY THAT AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE MADE SOME PROGRESS.
I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE US TO NOT BE WEARY OF WELL DOING AND THAT OUR EFFORTS ARE THE FRUITS OF OUR ARE COMING TO FRUITION I SEE IT THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AND SO JUST KEEP ON GOING YOU'RE DOING OF COURSE TO THOSE WITHIN IN ATTENDANCE IN THIS COMMUNITY WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT. GOOD TO SEE YOU HERE, COUNSELOR, AS ALWAYS.
YOU'RE ALWAYS HERE AND. I SEE SOME OF MY MEMBERS FROM TEAM DO SOMETHING HERE AS WELL
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. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. FIRST ITEM I HAVE IS THE ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA. THERE ARE NO REVISIONS OR CORRECTIONS I I'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA TO SET US ALMOST TO MR. BLAKE HAS MOVED I BELIEVE MR. CAMPBELL TO THE SECOND YEAH ALL THOSE IN FAVOR JUST RAISE YOUR HANDS OR OKAY THAT'S[3. Approval of the Minutes ]
UNANIMOUS THAT CARRIES YOU HAVE SOME MINUTES FROM NOVEMBER THE FOURTH HOPEFULLY YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO READ BACK THROUGH THOSE AND THEN LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE NOVEMBER 4TH 2024 MEETING. SO WHEN MR. SIMMONS HAS MOVED SECOND MR. WRIGHT HAS SECURED ALL THOSE FAVOR OF UNANIMOUS AS WELL.[4. Staff Report ]
THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THIS GETS US DOWN TO OUR STAFF REPORT.I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH VERONICA. I'VE GOT TO GET USED TO HER LAST NAME. I'M STILL CALLING HER MS.. GAVIN THAT IS A NEWLYWED HOPEFULLY STILL ON THE HONEYMOON EVEN SHE'S AT WORK. I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH HER AND OF COURSE DISCUSSED QUITE A FEW THINGS THAT WE WANT TO TRY TO ACCOMPLISH IN THE NEW YEAR AND SOME THE THINGS THAT WE LOOK BACK ON AND THAT WAS LIEU OF OUR DECEMBER MEETING I BELIEVE SO I'M APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE AND FLEXIBILITY WITH USING OUR TIME WISELY FOR MEETINGS AND GIVING THE STAFF CHANCES TO DO THE WORK THAT WE ASKED THEM TO DO. WITH THAT WE HAVE OUR STAFF REPORT, GENERAL STAFF UPDATES ALAMO DISTRICTS MS. FAY FARRAR FARRAR GOOD AFTERNOON SHANKAR. FOR THE RECORD WE ARE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE WILL BE SENDING OUT THE UPDATE FOR OUR DISTRICT MEETINGS THOSE WILL BEGIN NEXT WEEK AND WE'RE SENDING MAILED INVITATIONS AS WELL AS INVITES OUT TO SPECIFIC STAKEHOLDERS AND A SURVEY LINK THAT WE WILL HAVE LIVE BEGINNING NEXT WEEK WITH THE FIRST MEETING WILL ENGAGE THE COMMISSION AS WELL AS THE TASK FORCE WITH THOSE MEETINGS SO ONCE WE HAVE THE EMAIL APPROVED AND BUTTONED UP WE'LL GET THAT OUT TO YOU SO YOU CAN GET THOSE CALENDARS AND WILL WORK WITH THE COMMISSION COORDINATE ON YOUR ENGAGEMENT AND INVOLVEMENT IN THOSE MEETINGS AS WELL FOR THE PRIORITY AMENDMENTS THOSE WILL BE GOING TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN JANUARY FOR AN INTRODUCTION WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING BEING HELD IN.
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SO THOSE ARE TRACKING AS I PREVIOUSLY STATED TO YOU AND THEN AS WELL THE FULL OVERHAUL.WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF WORK GOING IN THE BACKGROUND IN PREPARATION FOR THE ALIGNMENT WITH DISTRICTS ON THAT. SO MORE TO COME YOU'LL BE GETTING SOME EMAILS WITH SOME UPDATES LATER TODAY OR TOMORROW ARE GOOD QUESTIONS FOR FOR SURE I THINK WE ARE WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANXIOUSLY AWAITING THE WORD TO DO IT THANK YOU VERY MUCH I'M SORRY I'M SORRY SORRY FORTUNATE IN MY HEAD I'M GOING TO DO SOME GO THE MEETINGS AND THE DONE NEIGHBORHOOD BY NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEN AS YOU GATHER THE INFORMATION ARMS COMES COMPILED ON I'M GOING TO BE ALL THE RESULTS GOING TO BE SPECIFIC TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD WE WILL SHARE A REPORT OUT AFTER EACH OF THE EACH OF THE MEETINGS BUT THE THE TRUE IMPACT WILL BE IN THE CRAFTING OF THE ACTUAL PLANS SO WHAT WE'RE WHAT WE'RE DOING IS TAKING INFORMATION OUT TO THE COMMUNITY THAT WE'VE PUT TOGETHER THUS FAR GETTING FEEDBACK ON TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY AND WE WILL DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WILL ALSO BE WITH THE COMMUNITY. SO THIS WILL BE WRAPPED EACH DISTRICT PLAN BUT THEN THOSE ALL BE COMBINED INTO AN ISLAND WIDE MASTER PLAN AFTER EACH OF THE DISTRICTS HAS BEEN COMPLETED PREVIOUS IN MY MIND THE APPROACH IS NOT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL AND MY OWN AND I WANT TO GET THE FEEDBACK ZONING AND OUR RECOMMENDATION BASED ON THOSE INFORMATIONAL EXCHANGES.
YES THE, THE PURPOSE FOR THE DISTRICT PLANNING PROJECT IS GETTING MORE OF AN ISOLATED AND OVER LEVEL RIGHT YOU KNOW SET OF RECOMMENDATION FORMS THAT ARE INFLUENCED MORE LOCALLY NOT AN ISLAND WATER AND JUST THANK YOU I THANK YOU SO NEXT ON OUR AGENDA WE HAVE THE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD AND DESIGN STUDIO REPORT FROM SHARON AND GAVIN. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
SHARON GAVIN FOR THE RECORD. ALL RIGHTY. SO I WANT TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF A BACKGROUND TO OUR HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD PERMITTING AND DESIGN.
SO THE MISSION OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO ASSIST PROPERTY AND RESIDENTS IN OUR HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS WITH PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT FAMILY COMPOUNDS, FAMILY SUBDIVISIONS, CONCEPTUAL SITE DESIGN, ADDRESSING PROPERTY ACCESS BUSINESS LICENSES AS WELL AS CONNECTIONS TO ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR HEIRS, PROPERTY, PROPERTY TAXES AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT.
NOW FOLLOWING OUR MEETING ON NOVEMBER FOURTH WE HAVE RECEIVED AN ADDITIONAL FOUR DESIGN STUDIO REQUESTS NOW TO DATE THIS PROGRAM INITIATED IN OCTOBER OF 2021 AND SO FROM OCTOBER 2021 TO DECEMBER 2024 WE HAVE HAD A TOTAL OF 95 TOTAL DESIGN STUDIO 67 OF THOSE HAVE BEEN COMPLETED 20 REMAIN ACTIVE AND EIGHT HAVE EITHER BEEN WITHDRAWN OR EITHER INACTIVE.
JUST TO PUT THAT INTO CONTEXT, THAT'S 70% OF THOSE DESIGN STUDIO REQUESTS HAVE ACTUALLY COME TO COMPLETION AND THIS PROGRAM THE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS PERMITTING AND DESIGN STUDIO IS RELEVANT TO OUR RECOMMENDATION PUBLIC POLICY THREE QUESTIONS ON THAT PARTICULAR ITEM HAVE WELL I'M NOT SURE IF THIS FALLS UNDER CATEGORY.
WE HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE FAMILY AND ONE OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS I GUESS MY QUESTION IS THE QUALIFICATION FOR A PROJECT TO ALL WITHIN THE GUIDELINES OF THE DESIGN SAYS THE FAMILY HAS KNOWN THE PROPERTY SINCE 1956 AND BY POLYGRAM SO WHAT HAPPENS IF A FAMILY ACQUIRE A NEW AND IN THE MEANTIME AS A PROPERTY QUALIFY UNDER THE COMMON SO AS OF NOW IF A
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PROPERTY OWNER HAS NOT HAD THAT THE PROPERTY HAS NOT BEEN WITHIN THEIR FAMILY PRIOR TO 1956 THEN AS FAR AS I BELIEVE WE'RE SPEAKING A FAMILY COMPOUND THEN NO THEY WILL NOT MEET THOSE QUALIFICATIONS. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MAY BE NEED MAY NEEDS ADDITIONAL ADDRESSING AS WE LOOK THROUGH FAMILY COMPOUND AND FAMILY SUBDIVISIONS AS I KNOW SPECIFICALLY IN THIS TERM IN THIS CASE THAT THIS HAS BEEN A FAMILY THAT HAS BEEN HERE ON HILTON HEAD FOR A VERY LONG TIME AS OF OUR OTHER COLOR FAMILIES AS WELL.AND I YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE PROBABLY NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WE CONSTANTLY HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO PRESENT IN SALESFORCE TO GET PROPERTIES AND IF WE ARE AS A COMMUNITY OF CAN'T USE THAT PROPERTY UNDER THE GUIDELINES SIMPLY BECAUSE WE HAVE JUST ACQUIRED IT, I THINK WE BE MISSING THE MARK AND THAT SEGMENT OF WORK OF WHAT WE CALL OF THE GOALS BECAUSE YOU KNOW OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE TO HAVE A STARTING POINT THAT IS THE STARTING WAS HAVING TO BE SINCE 1956 I THINK WE DID ROLL FORWARD TO SAY WELL OKAY WE MAY HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO ACQUIRE SOME PROVIDENT AND ONTO A PIECE THAT WE MAYBE HAD SINCE 1956. SO IS THAT NOT A RELATIVE TO UNDER THE SAME SO THAT THAT'S MY QUESTION A LITTLE BIT OF A CONCERN IF WE ACQUIRE A PROPERTY AND ONE TO STILL USE IT UNDER THOSE GUIDELINES THEN WHAT I'M HEARING YOU SAY IS THAT WE CAN RIGHT I THIS WILL AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN BRING UP DURING OUR DISCUSSIONS AS YOU KNOW THE GULLAH JUJU TASK FORCE WILL BE A PART OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS THE ALAMO OVERHAUL TO BRING THOSE CONCERNS UP AND UTILIZING THAT AS A REAL TIME CASE THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY FACING AT THIS TIME.
SO I'M SORRY. LET ME SEE IF I CAN UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION.
I THINK I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SO ACCORDING TO THESE GUIDELINES WITH OUR DESIGN STUDIO IS BASED ON THE PROPERTY ITSELF AND NOT THE FAMILIES OR THE INDIVIDUALS IN THIS CASE IT WAS IN REFERENCE TO FAMILY AND THE QUALIFICATIONS OR A FAMILY TO UTILIZE THE PRETTY MUCH THE BENEFITS OF FAMILY COMPOUND THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE THE PROPERTY PRIOR TO 1956 IT WAS NOT WITHIN THEIR FAMILY LINEAGE MEANING. IT DOESN'T APPLY TO FAMILY SUBDIVISION AS WELL AS THE FAMILY CODE . SO ALL OF THOSE PARTICULAR GUIDELINES EITHER ONE. YEAH AND. FOR BOTH OF THOSE A FAMILY COMPOUND AS WELL AS FAMILY SUBDIVISIONS THOSE REQUIREMENTS ARE ON LINE FOR FAMILIES TO KIND OF REVIEW AND ADDRESS AND AS WELL AS IT CAN BE PULLED UP IN OUR ALAMO REGIONS THAT NOT IF MY SON AND SOME FRIENDS FROM YOUR FAMILY THIS IS YOU KNOW, PERCENT OF INCOME FROM IT WHEN THEY WOULD BE DOING IT BECAUSE HE ADDED ON THE FAMILIES SIX IS MY BEST UNDERSTANDING OF THIS AND I'LL TELL YOU BOTH THOSE VALUES IN DURHAM RIGHT ONE TIME JUST IN NEW OWNERSHIP YEAH YEAH AND THAT'S THAT'S A SERIOUS STUFF AS THAT IS A SERIOUS WE KNOW ECONOMICS YOU KNOW THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT YOU KNOW IN THE EARLY PLANNING YOU KNOW YOU FOCUS IN ONE DIRECTION UNTIL SUCH TIME SO HAPPENS YOU KNOW AND NOW WE'VE GOT STILL THE MATTER OF ABOUT HOW YOU DO THIS SIMPLY BECAUSE IT'S THE PLACE THAT IS TO SAY PEOPLE IT'S RELATIVELY PROPERTY SAVE LAND WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOODS BUT IF I HAD ACQUIRED LAND PRIOR TO THAT 1956 OR PRIOR TO 1956 OR AT LEAST MODERN 1856 THEN I CAN'T USE BENEFITS OF FAMILY GATHERING OF FAMILIES I BELIEVE I'LL TELL YOU IN OUR PRIORITIES WHICH IS ONE OF THE REPORTS THAT I'M GOING TO GIVE LATER ON TODAY. WE DO HAVE THE FAMILY COMPOUND FAMILY SUBDIVISION FOR US TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THOSE. SO I'LL DEFINITELY KEEP YOU ALL POSTED REGARDING ELMO.
YEAH WITH THIS YEAR THIS WAS A POINT AND NOT SO WAS WANTING TO GET IT IN PERSON YOU KNOW THANK YOU THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM MR. CHAIRMAN I DO I HAVE A MISSION.
SO IN REGARDS TO FINDING ANY OF THESE PROGRAMS IS THAT I'M THAT CARRY ON I MEAN THIS IS
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SENSE 2021 TO 2020 FOR ALL THE FINDINGS CARRIED OVER FROM YEAR YEAR IF THERE'S ANY PLANNING INVOLVED IN IT WHICH PROGRAM YOU REFERENCING MS. WRITE ANYTHING WITH THE DESIGN STUDIO THERE'S NO OUT THERE'S NO FUNDING FROM THE TOWN AND ANYTHING IN RESPONSE TO THAT, RIGHT? NO, NOT RIGHT NOW. NO GRANTS RIGHT NOW I WILL TELL YOU THIS WE DO HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH LOWCOUNTRY GOLF FOUNDATION TO ASSIST WITH A TON OF THE ISSUES THAT DO ARISE WITHIN THE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS PERMITTING AND DESIGN STUDIO. OFTENTIMES THERE ARE THINGS AS LIKE HEIRS PROPERTY PROPERTY TAXES WHERE LOWCOUNTRY GALA FOUNDATION A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD AS A CONTRACTED PARTNER THEY DO HELP AND ASSIST US WITH THAT NOW THAT IS CURRENTLY STILL ONGOING AS OF NOW AND ONE OF QUESTION THANK YOU AND ONE OTHER QUESTION THAT I HAD I SAW ON HERE THAT ASSISTING WITH NAMING OF OF STREETS WAS HAS ANY FOR ANY APPLICATIONS COME IN FOR THAT OR AND HAS ANY DONE AS OF RIGHT NOW I HAVE NOT BEEN A PART OF ANY OF THE STREET NAMING APPLICATIONS NOT HAVE NOT COME THROUGH I WILL BE VERY TRANSPARENT WITH YOU ALL ANYTIME SOMETHING COMES THROUGH FOR OUR HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS ALL STAFF MEMBERS HERE AT THE TOWN MAKE ME AWARE WHEN I INITIALLY CAME ON A STREET NAMING WAS ALREADY PROGRESS AND THERE WAS A LIST THAT WAS DEVELOPED I BELIEVE PREVIOUSLY THE TASK FORCE WITH THOSE JUST EXAMPLES OF NAMES THAT WE COULD PAY HOMAGE TO THOSE GULLAH FAMILIES WHO HAVE BEEN HERE FOR LONG STANDING TIME. SO THAT LIST IS STILL RELEVANT AND IF ANY ADDITIONAL STREET NAMING APPLICATIONS COME THROUGH I WILL DEFINITELY BE SURE TO SHARE WITH THEM IF A FAMILY DOESN'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE INTERESTED IN THEIR STREETS ROADS.OKAY THANK YOU. I QUICK COMMENT ON THE STORY MAINLY I KNOW A FAMILY I GUESS WITHIN THE LAST YEAR OR TWO THAT HAD A A LONG LIST AND THEY HAVE BEEN ON A FAMILY PROPERTY FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AND THEY ENDED UP WITH SOME SOME NAME I'M THINKING HOW DID YOU GET THIS NAME? I MEAN AND I THINK THE STAFF MUST PICKED AND THE PROBLEM IN SUCH A TEDIOUS PROCESS I THINK THEY WEREN'T EVEN THINKING BUT SOMEHOW I THINK WE NEED TO FOCUS PUT A LITTLE BIT OF FOCUS ON SOME OF THE HISTORIC NAMES IN OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE THAT FAMILY THEIR FAMILY GO BACK AS FAR AS ANY FAMILY THAT YOU COULD I DON'T KNOW THAT BUT IT'LL EASILY BE THE NAME OF THEIR GRANDFATHER SOMEONE WHO I KNEW LONG YOU KNOW, BEFORE THE TOWN OR WHATEVER AND IT ENDS UP BEING SOMETHING GOD KNOWS WHERE.
SO HOW DID YOU GET THEM THAT SO I THINK IT'S YOU KNOW, PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT OF PUTS AN END TO IT. THE PROCESS BECOMES THIS TEDIOUS AND THEY MAY BE CLEAR THEIR HEADS A LITTLE BIT OR THEY'LL PROBABLY REACH BACK TO TRY TO GET SOME OF SOME OF THOSE ANCESTRAL NAMES THAT ARE DEFINITELY WITHIN FAMILIES. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE ALL WHO LIVE HAD ALL BEEN HERE FOR MANY YEARS. THEY HAVE A NUMBER OF NAMES FROM GRANDFATHERS, GRANDMOTHERS ,EVEN AUNTS AND UNCLES. IF YOU HAVE TO GO BACK AND FAR, YOU KNOW SO IT'S IT'S A IT'S A IT'S A IT'S POINT TO THE WELL-BEING OF I TO AGREE WITH YOU WITH THAT BUT I THINK NOW THAT WE DO HAVE SOMEONE THAT IS HERE AND AND BEING ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHEN THINGS LIKE THAT COME UP THAT WE NOW CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AT THE TABLE WHEN THOSE NAMES WILL ANY NAMING RIGHTS MAY COME UP.
WE MAY NEVER HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY IN THE PAST BUT YOU KNOW WE DO NOW SO THAT WOULD BE A GREAT TASK FOR US MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BEING A PART OF SO YOU KNOW I MEAN I THINK THAT'S A GREAT POINT THAT WE CERTAINLY TRUST MS.. GAVIN TO HELP US WITH THAT PROCESS AND BE THE GO BETWEEN IF WILL YOU KNOW AS FAR AS UNDERSTANDING HOW THAT PROCESS WORKS THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT IS ALWAYS EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATION IS WHAT'S IMPORTANT. SO TO YOUR POINT, MR. SIMMONS, THAT FAMILIES UNDERSTAND HOW THE PROCESS WORKS WHEN THEY CAN BE INVOLVED WITH A FAMILY YEAH LET'S DO ANOTHER BELABOR THE POINT AND AS ONCE AGAIN IS YOU KNOW THE FAMILIES COME BACK AND DECIDE THEY WANT TO RENAME THAT THAT'S ANOTHER VERY TEDIOUS PROCESS THE LIKELIHOOD OF BEING ABLE TO DO THAT YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE IT COULD BE DONE BUT PROCESS IS GOING TO BE VERY TEDIOUS TO DO SO.
SO I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE WELL WORTH IT AS WE SAID YES. AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO TRY TO GET OUT OF THAT. ABSOLUTELY. AND I WILL JUST REITERATE AGAIN THE TOWN STAFF ANY TIME ANYTHING COMES WITHIN THE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS THEY TRY
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THEIR HARDEST TO ENSURE THAT I MADE AWARE IT INCREASES MY WORKLOAD BUT THEY MAKE SURE THAT I FULLY AWARE OF WHAT'S TAKING PLACE SO IT'S GOOD AND IT'S NOT JUST A LEARNING CURVE FOR THOSE FAMILIES BUT FOR ME AS WELL. AND WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS TOGETHER AND. YEAH. THANK YOU.THE NEXT ITEM IS OUR HOMANS HOME SAFETY AND REPAIR PROGRAM. ALSO MS..
GAVIN ALL RIGHTY. AS OF OUR MEETING ON NOVEMBER THE FOURTH WE HAVE RECEIVED ADDITIONAL HOME SAFE REPAIR APPLICATIONS AND GIVE YOU THE RECORDING TIME AS I DID FOR OUR DESIGN STUDIO. THIS PROGRAM WAS INITIATED IN JULY OF 2022 AND AS OF DECEMBER 2024 WE'VE RECEIVED 147 APPLICATIONS. OF THOSE 147, 113 OF THOSE WERE ACTUALLY RECEIVED AS COMPLETED APPLICATIONS. YOU WILL NOTE HERE IN THE REPORT THAT THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 19 APPLICATIONS THAT STILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. THERE HAVE BEEN EFFORTS TO CONTACT THOSE FAMILIES TO ENSURE THAT THEY KNOW THAT WE'RE MISSING PIECES FROM THEIR APPLICATIONS TO MAKE THEM COMPLETE AND THAT I'M A DIRECT RESOURCE TO THEM IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
OF THE 113 APPLICATIONS RECEIVED WE HAVE SAID HAVE COMPLETED 72 PROJECTS.
JUST TO PUT THAT INTO CONTEXT, THAT'S A 36% INCREASE FROM MY MEETING WITH YOU ALL ON THE FOURTH. NEXT WE HAVE 34 PERMITTED JOBS UNDER CONTRACT AND THAT'S A 26% INCREASE FROM THE LAST TIME WE MET. AT THIS TIME THERE IS CURRENTLY NO ADDITIONAL IN THIS PROGRAM TO EXECUTE IT. HOWEVER, ONE OF MY GOALS AS OF NOW IS TRANSITIONING TO IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO KEEP THESE PROGRAMS SUSTAINABLE . THIS PROGRAM IS SUSTAINABLE AND I WILL SHARE WITH YOU ALL IN MAY OF 2020 FOR OUR HOME STATE THE REPAIR PROGRAM ALLOCATED APPROXIMATELY $900,000.
IN JULY WE RESTRUCTURED THIS PROGRAM TO ENSURE THAT WE COULD ENCUMBER THOSE AMERICAN RESCUE FUNDS PRIOR TO DECEMBER 31ST. THAT WAS ABOUT $900,000 AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT WE WERE ABLE TO DO SO WITH THE PLAN THAT WAS IMPLEMENTED. PLEASE NOTE THAT 90 TO 95% OF THE PROJECTS WITHIN OUR HOME SAVE THE REPAIR PROGRAM LIE WITHIN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO IT HAS TRULY BEEN A PLEASURE GOING INTO THESE HOMES, ASSISTING THEM AS WELL AS PRETTY MUCH BRINGING A SMILE TO THEIR FACES AT THE WORK HAS BEEN COMPLETED PUTTING THEM IN A COMFORTABLE LIVABLE CONDITION . BUT I WANT TO ASK IS THIS NEW FUNDING WHEN YOU START IT ACTUALLY WE HAVE A GRANTS ADMINISTRATOR SO I'M MEETING WITH HER AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S ACTUALLY GOING ON MY CALENDAR THIS WEEK PROBABLY TODAY TO SIT DOWN WITH AND IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THIS PROGRAM AND.
I HAVE ALSO MADE EFFORTS TO REACH OUT TO BEFORE JASPER HOUSING TRUST TO FIGURE OUT IF THEY HAVE ANY FUNDING THAT WE COULD UTILIZE AND TAP INTO THAT.
AND THEN I GUESS ONE QUESTION WOULD YOU GO DOWN TO ONE WHO DOES AND I SAID I HAVEN'T HAD I IN TERMS OF HAVING A BUDGET LINE ITEM FOR THIS PROJECT RESULTED AS OF RIGHT NOW I'M UNAWARE OF A BUDGET FOR THE HOME SAFETY REPAIR PROGRAM. THERE'S A ADDITIONAL LIST NOW.
OUR MANAGER ABSOLUTELY. AND WE'RE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THE FUNDS COME FROM OR WHERE THEY LINE UP IN THE TOWN, YOU KNOW, AND OUR LEVEL CONTINUE TO HAVE TO BE FINE.
MM HMM. NO, SHE'S TOTALLY RIGHT. GRANTS OUTSIDE OF TOWN AND WHAT WHAT IS DONE IS USE BUDGET ANY TIME LONG SOONER THAN BUDGET TO ADD TO THAT BUDGET.
BUDGET. SIMPLE QUESTION. YEAH.
YEAH. I GUESS I'M GOING TO ASK HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK WE NEED? OH, THIS QUESTION CAME UP IN ANOTHER MEETING. I THINK THE SKY IS THE LIMIT.
UNFORTUNATELY THIS PROGRAM CONTINUES TO WELL NOT UNFORTUNATELY BUT THIS PROGRAM CONTINUES TO RECEIVE APPLICATIONS. SO THE NEED IS THERE AND I THINK THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME FORM OF FUNDING WHETHER THAT'S A COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND ANNUALLY TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE TAPPING INTO AT LEAST X AMOUNT OF ANNUALLY.
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THAT'S TRUE. SO CURRENTLY THE PROGRAM NOT FUNDED CURRENTLY SO AS DECEMBER 31ST WE HAVE UTILIZED ALL FUNDS THAT WERE ALLOCATED FOR THE PROGRAM.THE GOAL NOW IS TO IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR THE PROGRAM AND ALL OF THE PREVIOUS FUNDINGS CAME FROM WHERE PREVIOUS FUNDING I WOULD TELL YOU FROM 2024 IT CAME FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT SO THAT THOSE ARE OPERA FUNDS THAT ARE USUALLY IN PLACE TO KIND OF HELP TO ADDRESS ECONOMIC AND PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES COVID 19. AND OF COURSE THAT THAT THAT FUNDING THAT WAS ACTUALLY FRO FEDERAL MONEY SO IT IS NOW NO LONGER BUILT RIGHT SO THE TOWN ACTUALLY NEVER REALLY FUNDED THIS PROJECT AT ALL I DON'T WANT SAY THEY HAVE IT SO I'LL GET THAT INFORMATION TO YOU SO VERIFY EVERY SINGLE SOURCE OF REVENUE FOR PROGRAM BOTH HOME SAFE THE REPAIR AND SEWER CONNECTION. I WILL GET THAT TO YOU SO THAT I CAN SHOW YOU. YEAH I THINK KNOW THE NEED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY I MEAN I THINK IT'S INCUMBENT UPON THE TOWN IT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO SEEM TO DO TO ADD SOME FUNDS TO THE PROJECT THAT'S STILL IN ITS VIABILITY TO SHOW THAT THERE'S A A NEED A MIGHT BE ONE AT THAT. SO HOW DO YOU KNOW JUST SO IT'S ONLY USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS I MEAN WHAT'S THIS AVAILABLE THEN USE IT BUT THE TOWN NOT TO TRY TO FIND A A LINE IN THE BUDGET TO FUNDS LIKE IS THAT SOME MONEY. I THINK IT'S SOMETHING TO BE LOOKED SO IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY WHAT I HEAR YOU SAYING MR. SIMMONS IS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE THE TOWN TAKE SOME OWNERSHIP IN THIS PROGRAM? YEAH, YEAH, MOST DEFINITELY.
WHY WOULDN'T I MEAN, I THINK THAT I'M NOT SAYING THAT THEY DON'T AND LIKE MISCAVIGE THEY DON'T WANT TO SAY THAT THEY DON'T MAKE GOOD FUNDS BUT THEY ARE HELPING TO IDENTIFY SOME FUNDS THROUGH GRANTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS WE TO SEE MAYBE THE TOWN INGESTED THIS PROGRAM WELL. YEAH.
I MEAN I THINK THERE'S MONEY THERE'S ALWAYS SOME SOMEWHERE YOU KNOW IF I UNDERSTAND KIND OF BUDGETING AT ALL THERE'S ALWAYS A DOLLAR SOMEWHERE. I LIKE THAT AND THAT'S IF THEY HAVE LIKE YOU SAID WE'RE NOT GOING TO SAY THEY HAVE NOT BUT OBVIOUSLY IF THERE'S NO MONEY AT THIS POINT THEN OBVIOUSLY NO ONE IS PUT ANY MONEY IN IT. SO THEY KNOW THAT THE TOWN HAS A PLACE SOMEWHERE AND SAY THAT THIS PROJECT REMAINS BUT ABSOLUTELY AND WHAT I'LL DO FOLLOWING THIS MEETING I WILL PROVIDE EACH OF YOU WITH A BREAKDOWN OF ALL OF THE FUNDS FROM THE INCEPTION OF THE PROGRAM JULY 2022 TO DECEMBER SHOW AND WHERE FUNDING CAME FROM IN ORDER TO MAKE THE PROGRAM GO FORWARD. MM HMM.
IN FAIRNESS TO THE TOWN, SURE THAT I'M GOING TO FIND THE GRANTS WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS FEDERAL FUNDING OR NOT. YOU KNOW THAT THEY PUT THE EFFORT IN SEEKING FUNDING.
BUT I DO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IN OF IF THERE'S A SURPLUS IN THE BUDGET SOMEWHERE THEN WHY CAN'T OF THAT MONEY BE ALLOCATED TO THE TASK FORCE FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM? ABSOLUTELY. I THINK THAT IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE IDENTIFIED.
I THINK HAVE TWO QUESTIONS TO OUTSIDE OF THAT ONE THING SO THE APPLICATION OF MAINTAINING THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT THEY DROP OFFICE SOME POINTS SO THAT YOU WON'T CONTINUE TO SEE THAT IT'S 19 OR WHETHER OR NOT IT'S 15 A.M. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY DROP OFF AND WE KNOW THAT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, RUNNING AT ZERO TO SAY THAT THERE'S NO APPLICATIONS.
YEAH. SO I'LL TELL YOU THOSE THAT ARE THAT NEED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION JUST TO GIVE A BACKGROUND OF WHAT THOSE ARE TYPICALLY IT'S USUALLY YOU KNOW WE NEED IT COULD BE SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS TAX PAPERWORK TO SHOW PROPERTY OWNERSHIP AND SO SOME OF THEM ARE WORKING TOWARDS GETTING THESE THINGS COMPLETED.
OTHER THINGS COULD BE SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS JUST THEIR INCOME STATEMENTS WHERE MAYBE THEY ONE CASE THOUGH BUT WE NEED THREE CONSECUTIVE PAYSTUBS SO JUST KIND FOLLOWING UP WITH THEM I DON'T AT TIME WE DO KEEP THEM ON THAT LIST JUST TO ENSURE THEY DO SUBMIT THE PAPERWORK.
A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO I HAD INDIVIDUAL COME IN AND SHE PROVIDED ME WITH HER INCOME.
HER APPLICATION WAS OVER A YEAR OLD. HOWEVER SHE FINALLY HER APPLICATION COMPLETED SO WE CAN ADD HER INTO THAT QUEUE. SO AS OF NOW NO AND WE DO KEEP THEM PRESENT IN THEIR. SO AT WHAT POINT DO WE CONSIDER IT TO BE NULL VOID BEING THAT
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WE DON'T HAVE ANY FUNDING I THINK IT WILL BE A SEVERAL FOLLOW UPS JUST TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE NO COMMUNICATION WITH THEM. OFTENTIMES I HAVE A FEW PEOPLE THEY CALL EVEN THOUGH THEY DON'T HAVE THE MISSING PIECES JUST YET.THEY ALSO CALL IN AND CHECK IN WITH ME. SO EVENTUALLY AFTER SEVERAL EFFORTS OF COMMUNICATION AND LACK THEREOF ON THE OTHER END MAYBE WE CAN TRANSITION THOSE OFF AND IF THEY DO POP UP AGAIN PROVIDE THEM WITH A NEW APPLICATION.
SO IN THE EVENT THAT WE DO HAVE AN ANGEL THAT DROPPED WITH SOME MONEY OUT OF THE SKY, WILL SOMEONE BE ABLE TO IF THEY'VE ALREADY HAD ASSISTANCE WERE ABLE TO COME BACK AND ASK FOR ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE IF THEY NEED IT? ABSOLUTELY.
YEAH. WITHIN THE PROGRAM WE DO ASK THAT RECEIVE THE FUNDING ONCE A YEAR BUT THEY HAVE THE FULL OPPORTUNITY TO REAPPLY AND THOSE WHO HAVE REAPPLIED IN THE PAST THE IMPACTS WITHIN THEIR HOMES IS DRASTIC AND CAN SEE THE CHANGES AND THE EFFORTS OF FUNDING HAS GONE TOWARDS AND YOU KNOW WHAT ABOUT NEW APPLICATIONS SO WITH NEW APPLICATIONS WE DO ACCEPT THOSE AND WE KIND OF WE KEEP THEM IN A QUEUE JUST TO MAKE SURE JUST AS WELL AS I TOLD YOU ALL BEING AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE IF SOMEONE COMES IN AND THEY TURN IN AN APPLICATION I DO SHARE WITH AT THIS TIME WE DON'T HAVE FUNDING HOWEVER WE'RE LOOKING TO IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO MAKE THE PROGRAM SUSTAINABLE.
NOW YOU SIT INTO ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT'S OUT THERE THAT HAVE FUNDING TO HELP THEM OUT.
YES, I HAVE A COVER . I HAVE A THIS AFTERNOON TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH ONE OF THOSE APPLICANTS WHO IS LOOKING TO SUBMIT A COMPLETED APPLICATION.
HOWEVER, I HAVE IDENTIFIED ANOTHER COMMUNITY WHO CAN ASSIST IN THE SAME CAPACITY SO I WILL BE DOING THAT AND THAT WE YOU KNOW SOME OF THESE ARE ROOFS WHERE THEY'RE LEAKING AND I DON'T WANT PRETTY MUCH PROGRESS THAT DAMAGE WITHIN THEIR HOMES AND IN THEIR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT CAN ASSIST OF COURSE TRANSFERRING THEM OVER TO THEM AND AS WE PAUSE HERE JUST FOR A SECOND TO ASK IF ANYONE IN OUR PUBLIC HAS QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS ITEM OR THE LAST ITEM OUR DESIGNS DO IN OUR HOME PROGRAM .
AND THIS CONCERN FOR ME IS THAT I'M WONDERING IF THIS WOULD BE AN ACTION FOR US MAYBE TO RENT AND TO THE TOWN MANAGER IN IDENTIFYING WHAT WE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT DOWN AND ALSO WHEN WE CLOSE FOR CONSIDERING ANY EVERY EVENFLO'S BRAIN TIME REVISING YOU HAVE IT AS A CONSIDERATION AS FAR AS ADDRESSING AND CONSIDER OKAY I'M CERTAINLY OPEN TO ENTERTAIN THAT I WOULD LIKE TO WAIT FOR THE INFORMATION FROM THIS GUY. OKAY AND WHAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST THAT WE CAN SEE HOW TO MOVE FORWARD. SO MY ONLY THING IS TO YOU SERRANO SOME LEVERAGE AND KNOW THAT LEON WINTERS AS ABSOLUTELY WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE CONTEXT OF THE BACKGROUND MAKING. YES.
GOING FORWARD MR. OPEN PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE COME AND APPROACH.
LET'S GET THE PROGRAM AND THEN I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME IN HERE.
WELL JUST FROM JUST THIS PLACE PLEASE COME THROUGH FOR FOR THE RECORD, FOR KIRK, FOR FOR THE FOR THE RECORD. SO WE HAVE YOU ON RECORD BECAUSE.
YOU WERE SO HIGH. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I JUST WANTED TO THANK THIS GAVIN STORY FOR ALL THE HELP THAT SHE'S BEEN DOING.
THAT'S ALL I REALLY HAVE WANTED TO SAY BECAUSE THE PROCESS AND WHEN SHE SAID PEOPLE CAN CALL HIM THAT WAS ME CALL HIM OR EMAIL SO BUT SHE'S YOU KNOW BEING ON POINT ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND I JUST TOOK THAT OPPORTUNITY SO THAT WAS THAT FOR YOU YOU PERSONALLY AS IT WAS SO IN THE COMMUNITY ME PERSONALLY AND SOME OF YOU A FEW PEOPLE AND ONCE I HEARD ABOUT IT I KIND OF SPREAD THE WORD AND THAT'S IMPORTANT YOUR VOICE IS IMPORTANT IN THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE YOU HOLD A POSITION WITHIN ACP AND YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT COME TO YOU AND SO THAT'S WHAT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU HERE.
I WAS TALKING TO LOUD I'M FINE I APPRECIATE NO PROBLEM YES SHE'S BEEN VERY HELPFUL SO EVEN TRYING TO GET THEM INFORMATION YOU KNOW ANYTHING DID HELP YOU. I'M SORRY I SHOULD BE TALKING TO MIKE. I WANTED JUST TELL HER THAT TOO AS WELL.
THANK YOU FOR COMING TO MIKE ESPECIALLY TO SAY THANK YOU. WE DEFINITELY WANT TO GET THAT
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ON THE RECORD. OKAY. THANK YOU.I GUESS BEFORE WE LEAVE I KNOW WE HAVE SPOKE ABOUT ADDING SOME ONE AND MICHELLE AND JUST CAME UP AND GAVE HER TESTIMONY ABOUT IT. WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN IN THE PROGRAM TO ACTUALLY COME FORTH OR TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY HAD RECEIVED AND SO WE CAN HAVE IT ON RECORD TO SHOW THAT THIS PROGRAM WORKING NOT JUST WITH THE NUMBERS WE SEE BUT HEARING THE VOICES AND HAVING IT ON RECORD. SO IF YOU CAN ENCOURAGE OTHERS COME IN AND JUST KIND OF GIVE US MAYBE JUST SOMETHING THAT WE CAN IDENTIFY ONE OF OUR MEETINGS THAT WE CAN HAVE SOME OTHER APPLICANTS SO APPLICANTS WHO HAVE RECEIVED SOME ASSISTANCE THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY COME IN AND YOU KNOW, LET US KNOW WHAT RECEIVE AND HOW MUCH THAT HAS BENEFIT THEIR FAMILIES. I THINK HAVING KIND OF TESTIMONIES ON RECORD HELPS KIND OF AS WE TALK ABOUT HAVING SOME LOW RATE WHEN IT'S TIME FOR US TO GO TO THE TOWN AND ASK FOR EXTENDED FUNDING THEN, WE HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY COMING OUT AND SAYING YES WE NEED IT AND THANK YOU WE RECEIVED IT AND THIS IS HOW MUCH IT HAS BEEN US AND OUR FAMILIES HERE NOW. AND SO I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY.
I WOULD DEFINITELY KEEP THAT TOP OF MIND FOR TESTIMONIALS REGARDING HOME SAFETY RIGHT HERE. YES. THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT ITEM OF COURSE IS THE SEWER CONNECTION PROGRAM UPDATE AS WELL.
ALRIGHTY. FOR THE LATERALS OR CONNECTION PROGRAM WE HAVE HAD WE'VE RECEIVED 48 APPLICATIONS. 32 OF THESE HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND WE CURRENTLY HAVE OR JOBS UNDER CONTRACT AS OF NOW. NOW JUST LIKE THE SEWER CONNECTION PROGRAM WE WERE AWARDED APPROXIMATELY $70,000 EARLIER THIS YEAR AND THAT FUNDING HAS ALL BEEN EXPENDED AT THIS TIME. SO THE SAME WAY WE LOOK FOR FOR HOME SAFE REPAIR WE'LL BE DOING THE SAME THING FOR THE LATERALS OR CONNECTION AND JUST TO TOUCH ON THIS I GUESS ONCE AGAIN WITH THE FUNDS WERE PROVIDED FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE ACT THAT WAS APPROXIMATELY $900,000 WITH THE AMAZING TEAM THAT HELPS ME WITH HOME SAFE THROUGH APPEARANCE SO CONNECTION WE WERE ABLE TO GET THESE PROJECTS COMPLETED AS WELL AS UNDER TO ENCUMBER ROUGHLY $900,000 WITHIN SIX MONTHS SO I, I KNOW PEOPLE ARE GIVING THANKS TO ME BUT I TRULY WANT TO GIVE THANKS TO MY TOWN STAFF COLLEAGUES WHO HELPED TO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE POSITIONS ON THAT I WOULD WORK ANYONE IN MY PUBLIC HAVE A QUESTION THIS NEXT PROGRAM OKAY NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE GOAL OF BEAUTY LAND AND CULTURAL PRESERVATION TASK FORCE 16 PRIOR TO RECOMMENDATIONS UPDATE ALL RIGHTY. SO FOR THE GALA GENTRY LAND AND CULTURAL PRESERVATION TASK FORCE 16 PRIORITY RECOMMENDS OPTIONS UPDATE I WANT TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT I'M GOING TO READ THROUGH THE BACKGROUND JUST A FOR THOSE ONLINE AND THOSE HERE IN THE ROOM WHO MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR A CENTURY AGO HILTON HEAD ISLAND DOMINATED BY THE GULF PEOPLE BECAUSE OF YEARS OF GEOGRAPHIC AND SOCIAL ISOLATION AND THEIR DISTINCT CULTURE REFLECTS THEIR WEST AFRICAN ROOTS IN MANY WAYS INCLUDING LANGUAGE CRAFTS, STORYTELLING, TRADITIONS, FARMING, FISHING AND RELATIONSHIP TO THE LAND.
HOWEVER EXTENSIVE LAND ACQUISITION BY NON GULLAH PEOPLE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A BRIDGE ASSESSING THE ISLAND IN 1956 A STEADY TREND HAS OCCURRED THAT DETERIORATES GULLAH CULTURE BECAUSE OF THE ALARMING DECREASE IN THE PERCENTAGE OF POPULATION AND THE CORRESPONDING LOSS OF THE CULTURE THE TOWN ESTABLISHED OUR LAND AND CULTURAL PRESERVATION FORCE. NOW THE WORK OF THE TASK FORCE IS GUIDED THE INTERCULTURAL PRESERVATION PROJECT REPORT SO THE GOING KITCHEN CULTURAL PRESERVATION PROJECT REPORT FOCUSES ON PRESERVING AND CELEBRATING THE RICH HERITAGE THE LEGACY COMMUNITY HERE ON HILTON HEAD THROUGH STRATEGIES ADDRESSING CULTURAL PRESERVATION, PUBLIC POLICY HEIRS HEIRS, PROPERTY CHALLENGES. SO THE REPORT OUTLINES 37 RECOMMENDATIONS WITH 16 IDENTIFIED AS PRIORITIES FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION ALIGNING WITH THE TOWN COUNCIL'S 2023 2025 STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN, OVER 60% OF THOSE PRIORITY
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RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE SUCCESSFULLY ADDRESSED WHILE THE REMAINING ARE IN PROGRESS AS WELL AS ACTIVELY BEING PURSUED SO THE AREA OF CULTURAL PRESERVATION KEY ACTIONS INCLUDE LEVERAGING THE HERITAGE LIBRARY TO SUPPORT GENEALOGY RESEARCH AND HEIRS PROPERTY INITIATIVES I WILL TELL YOU ALL I HAVE STRENGTHENED RELATIONSHIP WITH THE HERITAGE LIBRARY. I WISH FAMILIES OVER THEM AND THEY TAKE AMAZING CARE OF THEM AS WELL AS PROVIDE ME WITH FOLLOW UPS. THE GULLAH HISTORY CULTURAL AWARENESS PROGRAM FOR TOWN OFFICIALS AND STAFF THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN DEVELOPED WITH THE PRESENTATION PHASE COMPLETED IN ALL TOWN STAFF MEMBERS WERE REQUIRED TO SIT THIS PROGRAM AND OUR VIDEO COMPONENT IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY THIS WAS A CONVERSATION THAT ALSO TOOK PLACE ON NOVEMBER THE FOURTH YEAR WITH THE COLLEGE TASK FORCE DETERMINING HOW TO MOVE FORWARD INITIATING OR RE INITIATING THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS ADDITIONALLY EFFORTS TO INFORM ALL GULLAH ASSOCIATED CHURCHES AS CHURCH AND CULTURAL HAS BEEN OPERATIONALIZED FOSTERING COLLABORATION ON FUTURE IF THERE THERE'S ANYTHING WITHIN THE COMMUNITY WHETHER THEY ARE EVENTS OR BASICALLY EVEN A FLIER I AM MAKING IT AND MAKING AN EFFORT TO REACH OUT OUR GULLAH CHURCHES ALSO IN THE FALL OF LAST YEAR I CONDUCTED CHURCH HOPS WITH OUT A FEW OF OUR GULLAH CHURCHES HERE ON HILTON HEAD WITH ANOTHER ONE COMING UP IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. I WILL TELL YOU ALL I'M ALSO ENSURING THAT THERE IS A CONSISTENT CADENCE OF MY VISITS TO OUR GULF CHURCHES ENSURING NOT ONLY THAT THEIR LEADERSHIP KNOW WHO I AM BUT THEIR CONGREGATION AS COMFORTABLE WITH APPROACHING ME AS WELL. ALL RIGHT. IN TERMS OF PUBLIC POLICY, THERE HAS BEEN AN EXPEDITED PERMIT PROCESS AND FLEXIBLE LAND USE PROVISIONS HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED TO SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT IN OUR HISTORIC GULLAH NEIGHBORHOODS.IF SOMEONE COMES THROUGH THE DOOR, WHETHER IT'S A PART OF A PROCESS WHETHER IT'S THE PLACEMENT OF A MANUFACTURED HOME, WHATEVER IT MAY BE I AM MADE AWARE BY OUR TOWN STAFFERS AS WELL AS TOWN STAFF MAKE AN EFFORT TO EXPEDITE THESE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
OUR HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD PERMITTING DESIGN STUDIO AS YOU GUYS ALL KNOW IS FLOURISHING AT THIS TIME AS WELL. A DELINQUENT TAX FILING PROGRAM HAS BEEN CREATED THROUGH A CONTRACTED ORGANIZATION TO HELP PREVENT THAT PROPERTY LOSS AS WELL AS PUBLIC OUTREACH.
THIS IS WHAT'S BEEN TAKEN PLACE WITH OUR PARTNERSHIP IN THAT CONTRACT WITH LOWCOUNTRY GULLAH FOUNDATION ENSURING NO LAND IS LOST DUE TO DELINQUENT TAXES. THIS PAST YEAR IN OCTOBER WE DID HAVE THAT REPORT FROM MR. LOT OF SELLERS WITH THAT UPDATE AS WELL AS THERE ARE QUARTERLY WORKSHOPS AND CLINICS THAT ARE BEING HOSTED BY LOWCOUNTRY GULLAH IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ENSURING EDUCATION IS THERE AND ADDITIONAL RESOURCES THERE FOR OUR GOAL OF FAMILIES FOR HEIRS, PROPERTY ISSUES, SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE INCLUDING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PROPERTY FAMILY RESEARCH PROJECT WITH THE HERITAGE LIBRARY. SO AT A TIME BACK TO THAT CULTURAL PRESERVATION ENSURING THAT OUR FAMILIES YOUR HEALTH AND HAD KNOW THEIR LINEAGE AS WELL AS THEIR OWNERSHIP THROUGHOUT REGARDING THE LAND NOW I HAVE INCLUDED THIS BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE IT IS WHILE THE CENTER OF OUR HEIRS PROPERTY PRESERVATION DECLINE TO ESTABLISH A SATELLITE OFFICE LOCALLY WAS ONE OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS. ALTERNATIVE MEASURES ARE IN PLACE TO CONNECT PROPERTY OWNERS WITH THOSE NEEDED SERVICES SO MAKING THAT CONTACT WITH THIS INTERPRETER'S PROPERTY REFERRING FAMILIES OVER TO THEM PRIOR TO SENDING FAMILIES OVER TO THE CENTER FOR HEIRS PROPERTY IN CHARLESTON. I DO START THEM OFF WITH THE HERITAGE LIBRARY TO ENSURE THAT THEY KNOW EXACTLY THEIR FAMILY TREES BECAUSE.
IT DOES ASSISTS THE CENTER FOR HEIRS PROPERTY IN CHARLESTON AT THIS TIME.
I DO WANT TO ENSURE THAT ALL OF YOU KNOW THAT I AM STILL REVIEWING THESE RECOMMENDATION AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND ATTEMPTING TO DEVELOP EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES TO BRING THEM TO A PLACE THEY'RE OPERATIONALIZED HERE AT THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD.
I DON'T WANT TO SAY THE WORD COMPLETE BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE'RE EVER COMPLETELY DONE WITH ANYTHING BUT MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE IN THE DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS HERE OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS OF ME BEING HERE THERE A LOT HAS BEEN TAKING PLACE SUCH AS STABILIZING OPERATIONS. SO AS YOU ALL KNOW MY PREDECESSORS DID TAKE A LOT
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OF TIME AND EFFORTS INTO PUSHING THESE RECOMMENDATIONS. ONE EXAMPLE IS THE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD PERMITTING AND DESIGN STUDIO BUT IT'S MY JOB TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE STABILIZED AND THAT WE REVIEW THEM IN ORDER PROVIDE ANY AMENDMENTS THAT NEED TO TAKE PLACE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS UTILIZING IT AS WELL AS TOWN STAFF IMPLEMENTING. I'M ALSO BUILDING TRUST AMONG COMMUNITY AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AS WELL AS IDENTIFYING TODAY'S CHALLENGES OUR PROJECT REPORT WAS CREATED AND PUBLISHED APRIL 2019. IT'S MY JOB TO REVIEW THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AND ALSO IDENTIFY IF THERE ARE ANY CHALLENGES OR IF SOME OF THESE THINGS HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN OPERATIONALIZED. SO I'M SORRY MR. HINTZ ISN'T HERE.NO ONE NO OBSERVATION AND I'M NOT HERE. WELL, I'M I WOULD ENCOURAGE US FROM TIME TO TIME READ BACK THROUGH THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS. MANY OF US WERE INVOLVED IN HELPING TO CREATE THEM. SO WE DO KIND OF KNOW THEM VERY INTIMATELY.
BUT MY IS SO I TRIED TO MAKE SURE IT IS OUT SO THAT THE PUBLIC AND EVERYBODY CAN SPEAK WITH THOSE RECOMMENDED PLANS ARE AS WELL. I MEAN IN PREPARATION FOR THIS MEETING TODAY I WENT BACK THROUGH THE REPORT AND LOOK AT ALL OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE 16 TOP PRIORITY PRIORITY RECOMMENDATION AND YOU SAID YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU'LL BE LOOKING AT ALL OF THEM ALL RIGHT.
YES. OF THE REASON THAT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US AS THE TASK FORCE TO KEEP LOOKING AT THEM IS THAT MANY OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE EVOLVED OR AS MS. GAVIN SAID HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED NOT COMPLETED BUT AS THEY HAVE EVOLVED TO WHERE WE ARE NOW THERE MAY NEED TO SOME CHANGES AS FAR AS HOW WE IMPLEMENT THOSE PROGRAMS. SOME OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED OR THE WAY THAT WE TRIED TO DO IT IN THE REPORT MAY NEED TO BE ADJUSTED TO THE TIMES THAT WE'RE IN NOW .
WE HAVE HOPEFULLY MORE RESOURCES. I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE CDC WHO MAY BE ABLE TO HELP TAKE ON SOME OF THESE ISSUES WHERE THERE IS SOME OVERLAP AND WE CAN KIND OF POINT FOLKS TO SOME OF THE THAT THE CDC IS DOING TO HELP US TO CONQUER SOME OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE WE DON'T HAVE ALL OF RECOMMENDATIONS NOW. OKAY. YES, I AND AS ALWAYS IT STARTS BY SAYING I WISH MR. HINTZ WAS HERE. HE ALWAYS ASKED IF WE HAVE A COPY OF THOSE ON HAND. BUT I WAS SAYING TO MY COLLEAGUES THAT WE SHOULD HAVE THEM MEMORIZED. THEY SHOULD BE THERE WILL BE A TEST THERE ABSOLUTELY WILL BE A TEST JUST SO THAT WE KNOW WHERE WE STAND WITH A LOT OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS WHERE THEY ARE ,HOW THEY MAY HAVE CHANGED OVER TIME AND HOW ARE IMPLEMENTING THEM NOW.
SO I PULLED UP THE PRESERVATION REPORT AND HERE YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE CULTURAL PRESERVATION RECOMMENDATIONS FROM STEP ONE ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO CPA 18 STARTING WITH THE FIRST BATCH FOR CULTURAL PRESERVATION WE HAVE A ROUGHLY EIGHT THAT ARE INCLUDED IN RESEARCH EDUCATION WELL AS THE WE ALSO FOCUS A LOT ON HERITAGE AS WELL AS PRESERVATION PLANNING AND THEN OTHER ISSUES . WHEN WE LOOK AT PUBLIC POLICIES IT'S BROKEN DOWN INTO FEW BUCKETS. FIRST ONE IS THE DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL PROCESS. SECOND IS THE LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND THEN WE HAVE PROPERTY AS WELL AS OTHER ISSUES. LASTLY THE LAST BUCKET WE HAVE IS HEIRS PROPERTY AND THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE THREE RECOMMENDATIONS HERE NOW THIS PROJECT REPORT CAN BE FOUND ON THE TOWN'S WEBSITE AT ANY GIVEN TIME SO ANYONE WITHIN THE PUBLIC CAN DEFINITELY REFERENCE IT, LOOK AT IT THEY CAN GIVE ME A CALL IF THEY HAVE QUESTIONS REGARDING AND WE CAN GO THROUGH IT TOGETHER. THANK YOU.
THAT'S VERY HEALTHY. THANK YOU. IS THAT THE END OF YOUR RECORD?
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THAT'S THE END OF THAT. OKAY. QUESTIONS FROM MUSIC AND YES MA'AM I HAVE A QUESTION PLEASE IN YOUR LEGEND CALL IS YOUR CHANCE HOUSING RESULTS WHAT ARE THE DEMOGRAPHICS? DID YOU SEE THE SAME INTENT? SO ONE MORE TIME FOR ME DEMOGRAPHICS THAT YOU'RE WITNESSING IN THE CHURCHES THERE USUALLY ARE ELDER GULLAH COMMUNITY THAT'S PRESENT THERE . AND SO MY FINAL QUESTION WOULD BE WHO KNOWS THIS SEGMENT OF PEOPLE BELOW THE ELDERS IN THE 25 TO 47, 25, 31 I'LL BE EATING THEM OUT AND SEEING THEM YOU KNOW WHAT THEIR INTENTIONS BE OF US.I THINK THERE MAY NEED TO BE ADDITIONAL EFFORTS TO PULL IN THAT DEMOGRAPHIC.
I STAND WITHIN THAT DEMOGRAPHIC OF THOSE HERE GROUP WHO GREW UP ON HILTON HEAD WITHIN THAT 25 TO 40 AGE RANGE. I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE TASK FORCE WHERE WE NEED ADDITIONAL HELP OR MAYBE JUST A PUSH FROM THE TASK FORCE TO THIS AGE GROUP.
SHE MENTIONED ABOUT UPDATES AND COMMUNITY EVENTS FOR THE AND DISTRICT PLANNING THIS IS WHERE WE NEED THAT AGE GROUP KIND OF COME OUT AND SHARE THEIR INSIGHT LET LET STAFF KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANT, WHAT THEY'RE EXPECTING, THINGS THAT FEEL AREN'T FEASIBLE OR THEY DON'T AGREE WITH. I THINK WHERE WE NEED THEIR INPUT IN THOSE SPACES AND MAYBE HAVING ADDITIONAL PUSHES MAYBE FROM TASK FORCE I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW EACH ONE REACH ONE YOU KNOW TO KIND OF CONNECT WITH THEM. I AN ADDITIONAL EFFORTS MYSELF TO KIND OF REACH OUT TO THOSE HERE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY ESPECIALLY THOSE I'VE GROWN UP WITH WHO STILL REMAIN TO KIND OF GET THEM MORE INVOLVED AND JUST AS SIMPLE AS SHARING A MESSAGE VIA SOCIAL MEDIA OR SENDING A QUICK TEXT MESSAGE. AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE GALAXY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LAST YEAR HOSTED A MONEY TALK SERIES NOW THAT HAD A GOOD DIVERSE DEMOGRAPHIC GROUP WHO ACTUALLY SHOWED UP AND IT WAS JUST A SIMPLE ESPECIALLY WITH ME JUST SCREENSHOT IT AND SENDING IT OVER SO I THINK IT'S GOING TO TAKE A COMMUNITY EFFORT THOSE OF US WHO DO KNOW THAT THESE EVENTS ARE TAKING PLACE TO KIND OF SHARE THE WORD AS MUCH POSSIBLE SO THAT WE CAN REACH THAT DEMOGRAPHIC AND THEN ONE OF THESE NOW TO LOOK AT IS WHAT WHAT TOOLS WE HAVE AROUND TOOLBOX THAT WILL ENTITLE AND I DON'T BELIEVE THE YOUNG FELLOWS ARE INTERESTED IN JUST TERMS STONE AS THEY MAY BE AND YOU KNOW SOMETHING THAT'S MORE ECONOMICALLY BASED DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? THAT MAKES PERFECT SENSE AND THERE'S REALLY SORT OF FEEL OUT YOU KNOW, HOW WE CAN COMBINE ECONOMIC INTERESTS WITH CULTURAL PRESERVATION INTERESTS AND I THINK WE MAY BE ABLE TO APPEAL TO THAT GENERATION. ABSOLUTELY. I AGREE AND I WILL SAY THIS I THINK IT'S IT'S GOING TO BE IT REQUIRES A LOT OF EDUCATION FROM OUR YOUNGER GENERATION HERE. MAYBE THEY'RE NOT INTERESTED IN BEING THOSE STORYTELLERS.
HOWEVER, THEY HAVE SOME STAKE IN THE FUTURE OF HILTON HEAD SO THAT THE EDUCATIONAL PIECE OF THAT IS PROPERLY TO THEM AND THAT THEY FULLY UNDERSTAND AND THEY'RE FULLY AWARE SO WAY WHEN THEY DO WHEN THERE ARE MEETINGS HERE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS, WHEN THERE ARE COMMUNITY EVENTS TAKING PLACE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE THEIR VOICES AND HOW TO TIE THAT TO WHAT KNOW IS AND SO CERTAINLY A ONE NOTE IS THAT THEY AND WANT ONE CHILD TO RESPOND AGAIN ABSOLUTELY SO JUST AS SIMPLE AS THOSE MONEY TALKS SERIES HAVING US THERE HAVING MYSELF AS THE PRINCIPAL PLANNER FOR HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS, HAVING MR. THOMAS BAXLEY PRESENT WHERE WE CAN KIND BRIDGE THAT GAP. RIGHT. WE CAN SIT THERE AND WE CAN PROVIDE THAT EDUCATION FROM AN ECONOMIC STANDPOINT BUT ALSO ALSO SHARE THOSE CHALLENGES THAT ARE TAKING PLACE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY KIND OF BRINGING THEM TOGETHER, GIVING THEM WHAT THEY WANT BUT ALSO ENSURING THAT THEY'RE HEARING WHAT NEEDS TO BE HEARD.
OKAY. SO IF I COULD JUMP IN A LITTLE BIT HERE.
THERE ARE SOME RESOURCES THAT I'M AWARE OF THAT EXIST CERTAINLY GRATEFUL FOR CAROLYN GRANT AND OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT HERE AT THE TOWN FOR ALL SHE DOES TO SHARE THAT KIND OF INFORMATION ACROSS THE BOARD. I DO THINK THAT GENERATION THAT
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WE'RE SPEAKING OF IS A CHALLENGE ACROSS MANY CULTURES JUST OURS.THAT'S WHAT I HEAR IN A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS. WE TRYING TO GET THAT NEXT GENERATION BUT ALSO I KNOW I KNOW THAT CAROLYN GRANT IN MOUNT CARMEL HAS A ROBUST NEWSLETTER THAT GOES OUT AND ENGAGING THE PEOPLE THAT WAY. AS WE MENTIONED, I'M NOT SURE THAT DEMOGRAPHIC WILL SEE A MEETING HERE AT THE TOWN AND THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT TO DO, YOU KNOW I MEAN THEY MAY NOT COME TO GET THAT INFORMATION. SO AS YOU MENTIONED, WE HAVE TO FIND WAYS TO GET THE INFORMATION TO THEM WHETHER IT'S ON SOCIAL MEDIA OR SOME OF THE EVENTS THAT WE HAVE. WE KNOW THIS TIME OF THE YEAR WE HAVE QUITE A FEW EVENTS COMING UP WITH A GO TO CELEBRATION FEBRUARY. CERTAINLY SOME OF THE EFFORTS THAT I'M WORKING NOW WITH THE MARTIN LUTHER KING CELEBRATION. BUT ANY TIME COME TOGETHER AT SOME OF THOSE EVENTS, THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE EVERYBODY AWARE BUT CERTAINLY THAT WE CAN CAPTURE SOME OF THAT DEMOGRAPHIC IN MY OPINION. SO THAT'S THE ANSWER TO PART OF THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION IS WHAT TOOLS DO WE HAVE THOSE ARE SOME OF THE TOOLS THAT WE HAVE. I KNOW HOPEFULLY THAT'S HELPFUL AND.
HELPFUL YEAH. IT'S JUST THE LONGER AS OF COURSE ALL OF THIS MARKET TIGHTENING HAS PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE APPROACH OUR WITH GOOD AFTERNOON MY NAME IS MARGARET GREEN JOHNSON I'M A COMMUNITY RESIDENT AND SO IT'S BEEN IMPRESSIVE TO HEAR THE WORK OF THE TASK FORCE AND THE WORK THAT YOU ARE OVERSEEING IT'S IMPRESSIVE AND STUNNING AND I HAVE A QUESTION AND A COMMENT I'M JUST SURPRISED TO HEAR THAT TO THE SIGNIFICANT PROGRAMS THAT AFFECT VARIED LIVES AND LIVELIHOOD THEIR LIVES THE SEWER REPAIR AND THE UPKEEP OF HOMES HAS RUN OUT OF FUNDS. SO I'M JUST WONDERING HOW HAS THAT HAPPENED IT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT PROGRAM HOW HAS IT HAPPENED THAT THE FUNDING HAS RUN OUT? AND SECOND QUESTION IS OF THOSE CONTRACTS THAT US COMPLETED, IS THERE FUNDING FOR THOSE PROJECTS OR WHEN YOU SAY THERE'S ZERO FUNDING IT'S LIKE EVEN THOSE CONTRACTS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED THERE'S NO MONEY . AND OF COURSE THE OBVIOUS COMMENT IS THAT THAT'S THE KIND THING THAT CAUSES DISTRUST BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND THE TOWN WHEN THERE IS THIS PROGRAM OFFERED BUT YET THERE'S NO MONEY TO FUND IT SO.
I GUESS MY TWO PART QUESTION AGAIN THE WORK IS IMPRESSIVE AND THEN I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW IT'S HAPPENED THAT THERE'S NO FUNDING AVAILABLE AT THIS LATE DATE.
ABSOLUTELY. SO SPEAKING ON FUNDING IMMEDIATELY WHEN THE APPROXIMATELY $900,000 WAS PROVIDED TO TO BOTH PROGRAMS WELL NOT TO BOTH BUT X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS WERE PROVIDED AT THE REPAIR AND THE OTHER FUNDING WAS PROVIDED TO THE LATERAL CONNECTION PROGRAM IMMEDIATELY WHEN THAT FUNDING WAS PROVIDED US IT WAS ON TOWN STAFF TO LOOK LIKE HEY LET'S TRY TO ADDITIONAL FUNDING AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING ON THAT POINT YOU HAD A SECOND QUESTION I'M SO SORRY IT'S OPEN. IT IS THOSE CONTRACTS THAT ARE COMPLETED IS THERE FUNDING FOR THOSE HANDS? ABSOLUTELY.
SO THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 34 PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDER CONTRACT AT THIS TIME.
WE DO HAVE FUNDING FOR THOSE PROJECTS. YES, WE ALLOCATED THAT WITHIN OUR FUNDING WE DO NOT WANT TO EVER SOMEWHAT A PROPERTY OWNER AND SAY HEY WE'RE COMING OUT AND WE DO A SITE VISIT AND THEN THERE'S NO WORK THAT WE CAN BE THAT CAN BE DONE.
SO YES, WE HAVE WE HAVE FUNDING TO ACTUALLY BRING THOSE PROJECTS TO COMPLETION.
WE DO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND FINAL QUESTION IS WHAT CAN I DO AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN TO APPEAL TO THE TOWN TO MAKE SURE THAT AT LEAST THESE PROJECTS ARE A PRIORITY? I'M NOT SURE WHERE THE TOWN IS IN ITS BUDGETING PROCESS. I APOLOGIZE AND I DON'T KNOW BUT WHAT CAN I DO AS A CITIZEN TO LET THE TOWN KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IS THAT THESE ITEMS BE PLACED IN THE BUDGET? IT'S NOT FIND A PLACE IT'S, MAKE A PLACE.
WHAT CAN I DO AS A CITIZEN I WOULD SAY START BY COMING TO THE MEETINGS, CONTINUE TO COME AND VOICE THAT DURING PUBLIC COMMENT. MR. LOVELL YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL COUNCIL OF COMMENTS GOING TO BE IS ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO HEAR FROR COUNCIL MEMBER WHOEVER REPRESENTS YOUR PARTICULAR WARD IS HIS OR HER VOICE IS VERY
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IMPORTANT BECAUSE THERE INTIMATELY INVOLVED IN THE POLICY AND I BELIEVE THE BUDGET DISCUSSED LESSONS TAKE PLACE CLOSER TO THE SUMMERTIME I MAY AND JUNE SO YOU KNOW EVEN NOW IS THE TIME TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS SO WE CAN START ABOUT THAT AND I GUESS CERTAINLY YOUR REPRESENTATIVE FROM YOUR WARD NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND AND YOU PERSONALLY COMING NOT NECESSARILY YOU PEOPLE COME TO THE MEETINGS TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS AND LAST QUESTION THANK YOU FOR INDULGING ME. I UNDERSTAND HAVE MEETINGS ON FEBRUARY 5TH AND SIX WHICH IS THE TOWN'S PLANNING MEETING ON FEBRUARY 5TH AND SIX MEETINGS OF THE TOWN TO PLAN FOR FUTURE WORKSHOP AND TALK ABOUT THEIR ALL DAY MEETINGS AND THE WORKSHOPS.THE WORKSHOP? YES THE TOWN COUNCIL WORKSHOP. TOWN COUNCIL WORK YES.
TOWN. IS THAT A PLACE WHERE VOICES CAN BE TO ENCOURAGE THAT FUNDING BE MADE AVAILABLE? OH NO I'M NOT SURE THEY'RE TAKING PUBLIC COMMENT.
I DON'T BELIEVE PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEY HAVE AN AGENDA. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A MEETING I THINK THE PUBLIC CAN ATTEND BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S THE PLACE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT BECAUSE THEY USUALLY HAVE AN AGENDA THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON. IT'S SET BEFORE THAT AND THEY USUALLY WILL BRING IN A FACILITATOR TO WORK THROUGH THAT WORKSHOP.
NOW I WILL SAY THAT JUST ABOUT ANY TIME I THINK ANY OF OUR POLICY MAKERS WILL ENTERTAIN THE QUESTION BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT'S THE PLACE WHERE IT'S ON THE AGENDA.
OKAY SO FOR THAT FOR THOSE PARTICULAR SPECIFIC POINTS IT'S BEST CONTACT MY COUNCIL PERSON YES. OKAY, GOOD. THANK YOU.
AND AGAIN YES THANK YOU SO MUCH FURTHER QUESTIONS, MARGARET. WE GOT ONE FOR HER.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT IN REGARDS TO WHAT YOU ARE ASKING ABOUT WHAT'S THE BEST PLACE AND OF COURSE MEETINGS AS EVERYONE HAS KIND OF ECHOED ABOUT BUT I THINK IT'S AGAIN HAVING SOMEONE WHO HAS HAD THE BENEFITS OF THIS THEY NEED TO BE HERE AND TO SAY WHAT IT MEANS THE RECORD AND I THINK HAVING THOSE MINUTES AS A PART OF THE MINUTES THEN HERE YOU CAN HAVE LEVERAGE AGAIN AND SOMETHING WRITTEN THAT WE CAN CARRY ON TO OUR COUNCIL AND OUR MANAGEMENT FOR THE TOWN TO SUPPORT WITH THE EFFORTS THAT THE STAFF IS ALREADY WORKING ON . SO IT ALWAYS IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE AND AS YOU KNOW TO HAVE AS MANY PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE AS WE CAN. SO BEING MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE. THANK YOU. IT'S GREAT AND I WOULD SUGGEST ALSO A LETTER TO THE TOWN MANAGER INTIMATELY INVOLVED WITH THAT BUDGET.
HE KNOWS WHERE THE MONEY IS AND THERE'S A REASON DECISIONS ARE MADE BASED ON A REQUEST FROM A CONCERNED CITIZEN AND THIS IN THE REALM OF COUNCILMAN PRESENCE AND ALSO TO MS..
SOTOMAYOR AS WELL. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THE TIME I THINK FOR YOUR QUESTIONS IS A GOOD QUESTIONS GOOD COMMENTS. AND MR. CHAIR, I WON'T ANSWER THAT UP JUST A LITTLE BIT TO WHERE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT 5 TO 40 AGE GROUP. NOW THERE'S AN OLD AND MAYBE EVEN NEW SAYING THAT EDUCATION HAS GOT TO BEGIN AT HOME. YOU KNOW THE BEST AVENUE FOR THESE YOUNG PEOPLE IS FOR FOLKS WHO ARE IN THE HOUSING I KNOW WHO MAY HAVE UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE THESE YOUNG PEOPLE NEED TO PLAY SOME OF THE ENERGIES, YOU KNOW, AND THEN WE CAN SUPPORT THAT. BUT IF HAVE NO INTEREST YOU'RE NOT GOING GET THEM TO COME TO THE JUSTICE. WE DON'T NECESSARILY SEE THAT AGE GROUP IN ANY LARGE NUMBERS IN CHURCHES. WE DEFINITELY SEE THEM IN LARGE NUMBERS AND ANY OF THESE OF MEETINGS. SO YOU KNOW, SOMEHOW WE HAVE TO GET INFORMATION TO THE HOMES BECAUSE AS IT'S ALWAYS BEEN SAID, EDUCATION AT ALL AND AT THAT POINT WE CAN BE A SUPPORT SYSTEM IF THEY WERE GOING TO SHOW MORE INTEREST AND THEN WE LISTEN AND HEAR ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY MAY BE AT THAT POINT KNOW WHEN THE INTEREST IS. YES.
SPARKED INTEREST OF THEN YOU CAN FOLLOW BUT TRYING TO JUST LURE INTO SOME MEETINGS OR OTHERWISE I MEAN IS NOT HAPPENING NOW. YEAH THANK YOU GO NOT IT'S NOT IT'S NOT IMPOSSIBLE BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY BIG TASK TO TRY TO LURE PEOPLE WITHOUT GIVING THEM SOME INSIDE BACKGROUND TO REALLY WHAT'S GOING ON AND HOW THEY ARE
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REALLY NEEDED. YOU KNOW WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S NEED FOR THEM TO PARTICIPATE AND IS TO WANT THERE'S A NEED FOR THEM TO HAVE TO DO THAT.YOU KNOW, I THINK UNTIL SUCH TIME WE GET ESTABLISHED THEM BUYING INTO THIS WILL HAVE A TOUGH I YOU KNOW I I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU WHEN I ALSO AGREE WITH YOUR EARLIER COMMENTS I THINK BETWEEN YOU AND MR. MILLETT WE CAN CERTAINLY LET THAT GROUP KNOW THAT DEMOGRAPHIC KNOW THAT THERE IS AN ECONOMIC BENEFIT BECAUSE A LOT OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ARE GOING INTO BUSINESS NOW I WILL SAY THAT THERE IS SOME HOPE IS RIGHT AND PROBABLY SPEAKS TO THE FACT THAT WE DO HAVE SOME YOUNGER PEOPLE NOW IN THE MIDST OF SO THERE IS SOME YOUTHFUL ENERGY THERE AND A GENTLEMAN TO MY RIGHT WHO MIGHT EVEN BE CLOSE TO DEMOGRAPHIC BUT AS WE SAID THE PERSONAL TESTIMONIES IF THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE CAN SEE YOUNG PEOPLE GETTING INVOLVED AND BENEFITING FROM IT, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO THE ECONOMIC PART OF IT NOT JUST YOUNG PEOPLE BUT MOST PEOPLE ASK WHAT'S IN IT FOR ME? I MEAN WHY SHOULD I COME TO A MEETING? WHY IS IT GOING TO BENEFIT? HOW IS THAT GOING TO CHANGE? YOU KNOW MY STANDARD OF LIVING OR BENEFIT, MY AMBITIONS TO SPEAK AND I'D LIKE TO SEE MORE OF THAT AGAIN THAT'S AN AGE OLD PROBLEM, A CHALLENGE I SHOULD SAY. I DON'T LIKE TO CALL THE PROBLEMS BECAUSE WE ALWAYS WANT TO SAY THAT WE WANT TO ATTRACT OUR YOUNGER PEOPLE EVEN IF THEY GO OFF TO GOOD EDUCATION TO COME BACK HOME. AND AGAIN THE QUESTION REMAINS WHY WHAT I WANT TO MOVE BACK HERE IF THERE'S NOT OPPORTUNITIES SO THOSE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO WITH AWARENESS, EDUCATION AND AS WE KEEP SAYING THROUGH TESTIMONIALS I THINK THAT'S GREAT. SO THOSE ARE THE FEW THINGS THAT I WOULD REITERATE, MR. SIMMONS ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. SO I HAVE ONE FINAL COMMENT ON THIS TOO AND I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED ISSUE THAT IT HAPPENS EVERYWHERE AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND NOT HAVING OUR YOUNG ADULTS EVEN OUR TEENAGERS AND YOUNG CHILDREN TO TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THEIR POSITION AS A CITIZEN TO BE A PART OF THE TOWN, TO BE PART OF THE CHURCH, TO BE PART OF YOU KNOW ORGANIZATIONS THAT DEFINITELY WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON THEIR LIVES AS THEY GROW. I THINK ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE CAN LOOK THAT WE'RE NOT TRYING TO DO THIS ALONE THAT BECAUSE I THINK ALL OF US HAVE THIS PROBLEM SO WHERE CAN WE COLLECTIVELY COME TOGETHER SAY LET'S BRAINSTORM AND TRY TO HAVE SOME KIND OF THAT WE CAN COME UP WITH THREE OR FOUR SOLUTIONS.
WELL I'M NOT A SOCIAL MEDIA WHETHER OR NOT IS YOU KNOW, HAVING A SOCIAL EVENT WHATEVER IT IS BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY AND DURING THE HOLIDAYS I WANT TO ACCOMPLISH THIS AND I SAW A LOT OF YOUNG ADULTS AND SOCIALLY YOU KNOW SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE KEY IS BUT AT AT OF YOU KNOW WE'RE HURTING TOO WE'RE HURTING FOR I MEAN WE HAVE PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS THAT WE'VE GONE TO THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB AT THE SCHOOLS WE'VE GIVEN THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE DOCENTS OR TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CULTURE, THE HISTORY AND WE EVEN GIVE THEM A STIPEND AND THE CHILDREN DOES NOT PARTICIPATE. SO YOU KNOW, IS THIS GIVING THEM THE OPPORTUNITY KNOWING THAT THEY NEED THESE HOURS OKAY FOR SCHOOL AS WELL? I DON'T KNOW. WE SO IT'S NOT AN ISOLATED PROBLEM IF WE CAN COME TOGETHER AND PROBABLY ABOUT IT WE DEFINITELY ARE WILLING TO SEE BEYOND TASK FORCE AND WHERE WE CAN IN THE COMMUNITY HELP AND BRING IT TOGETHER AND WHETHER OR NOT THE CDC HAS A SUCCESS WORKING BEHIND FINANCE PROGRAMS THAT YOU DID IF THAT IS IT WE ALL TO BE A PART OF IN SUPPORTING THAT SO JUST REMEMBER WHEREVER WE CAN WE'RE DEFINITELY WILLING TO HELP OUT.
ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU FOR THAT YOU ARE OKAY .
IS THAT THE END OF YOUR REPORT OR THE OTHER ITEM FOR THE 2025 PART THAT'S ALL TIED INTO THAT RIGHT IF 2025 PRIORITY IS THAT DIRECTLY INTO THIS FOR THE ANALOG LANDING CULTURAL PRESERVATION TASK FORCE OUR 2025 PRIORITY IS FOCUSING ON POLICIES.
OF COURSE WE HAVE THAT HISTORIC OVERLAY DISTRICT AND MS. FERRARA PROVIDED UPDATES EARLIER REGARDING THAT WE ALSO HAVE OUR HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS SO JUST ENSURING THAT THE TASK FORCE WILL REMAIN KEY REVIEWER OF PLANS AND NEGOTIATIONS WITHIN OUR HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS WE HAVE OUR FAMILY COMPOUND FAMILY SUBDIVISIONS WHICH MR. SIMMONS BROUGHT UP EARLIER JUST REGULATION AND REFINEMENT REGARDING BOTH OF THESE WE HAVE WORKFORCE HOUSING AS WELL AS INTERNAL COORDINATION WITH THE GALAXY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
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CORPORATION DETERMINING THAT OVERLAP AND DETERMINING WHICH RECOMMENDATIONS WILL FALL MORE SUCCESSFULLY WITHIN THAT BUCKET . REGARDING PRIORITIES FOR CULTURAL PRESERVATION WE WANT TO COMPLETE THAT GULLAH HISTORY AND CULTURAL AWARENESS PROGRAM . AS WE STATED, THE ONE ITEM THAT'S MISSING IS THAT VIDEO COMPONENT SO THAT IS A PRIORITY FOR 2025 AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST REFINING SOME OF THOSE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS AND OUR EFFORTS FOR THE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD PERMITTING AND DESIGN STUDIO REVAMPING THIS PROGRAM, FIGURING OUT WHAT WAYS WE CAN CHANGE IT FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS UTILIZING IT AS WELL AS TOWN IMPLEMENTING WE HAVE FAMILY COMPOUND OF FAMILY SUBDIVISION . WE ALSO INCLUDE THE HEIRS PROPERTIES SUPPORT FOR OWNERS AS WELL AS THAT DELINQUENT TAX SUPPORT PROGRAM.SO THAT'S JUST AN OVERVIEW OF PRETTY MUCH PRIORITY FOR THE YEAR FOR 2025 INCLUDING PUBLIC POLICY, CULTURAL PRESERVATION AS WELL AS OUR CONTINUED EFFORTS.
VERY GOOD QUESTIONS AND AS WE KNOW IS ALWAYS A WORK IN PROGRESS AND THERE'S MORE TO COME AS WE AS WE SAY I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO APPLAUD SURROUNDING KAREN ON THE WORK THAT SHE'S DOING JUST ON WHAT SHE SAID HERE TODAY. I DON'T KNOW HOW SHE CAN GET ALL OF THAT DONE AND WE'VE HAD THAT BEFORE TOO WHEN WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING TO THE FRONT DOOR AND ASKING FOR ASSISTANCE, BALANCING THAT WITH ACTUALLY SITTING AT THE DESK OR WORKING WITH OUR COLLEAGUES ACTUALLY DO THE WORK IS CHALLENGING SO AS MUCH AS WE CAN WE NEED TO SUPPORT HER IN THAT EFFORT AND WHERE WE CAN SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE ASKING WE CAN PROJECT FOR OURSELVES THOSE US CERTAINLY ON THE TASK FORCE AND OUR PUBLIC CAN HELP GET THAT WORD OUT AND HELP HER WITH THE LOAD SHE'S CARRYING AS WELL.
I WOULD SAY THAT OF ALL THE QUESTIONS I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT AND ECHO WHAT SHARON HAS SAID IN REGARDS TO THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE PUT IN AND THE THINGS THAT YOU ARE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. DO IT AND THEN IN SECONDS MOST OF THE WORK WE NEED TO TAKE VOTE IS SAYING UNANIMOUS. OH, THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH.
THANK YOU. OKAY, THE FOR OUR DISCUSSION ITEM WE HAVE APPROVAL OF THE
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PROPOSED 2025 MEETING DATES BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE THAT IN OUR PACKAGE YOU MAY I THINK MAYBE TAKE A MINUTE HERE TO LOOK THROUGH DATES OF THIS AND AGAIN I WILL SAY THIS WE SAID AS WE SAID LAST YEAR WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO COUNCIL MEETING DATE IF FEEL LIKE STAFF NEEDS THAT TIME TO DO WORK WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO ADD SPECIAL MEETINGS SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE US TO UNLESS YOU HAVE SOME REAL BURNING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MEETING SCHEDULE BEFORE US SO HOPEFULLY IT IS APPROVED TODAY . I HAVE A CHAIRMAN YES MA'AM.I KNOW THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD ON LAST IN REGARDS TO NOT HAVING TO HAVE A MEETING EVERY MONTH AND EVEN THOUGH WE DO HAVE A SPECIAL HAVE A MEETING EVERY MONTH HERE, I THINK THAT I REMAIN THE CONCERN GIVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO STAFF TO IF WE WERE TO DO THIS EVERY OTHER MONTH OR YOU KNOW GIVING THEM TIME TO COMPLETE TASKS THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON OR IF THERE ARE OTHER THAT COME UP IF WE ARE MEETING AS YOU STATED A SPECIAL MEETING THAT NEED TO BE CALLED THEN YOU KNOW WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY DO THAT IF WE NEED TO VOTE ON A PARTICULAR ITEM BUT I THINK HAVING A MEETING EVERY MONTH IS A LITTLE AGGRESSIVE BASED UPON THAT THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED AND THINGS THAT ARE A WORK IN PROGRESS I THINK THAT THE WAY THAT THE TOWN STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING ON THAT THAT I THINK NOT HAVING TO HAVE MEETING EVERY MONTH IS GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE WITH THAT.
SO THAT'S MY OPINION THAT SO AT THIS POINT I WOULD SAY I WOULD NOT APPROVE HAVING MEETING
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EVERY MONTH SO LET ME JUST ADDRESS THAT FOR YOU. MS. RIGHT.OKAY. AGAIN WE CAN HAVE THIS MEETING SCHEDULE APPROVED.
WE STILL HAVE THE ABILITY THE FLEXIBILITY TO CANCEL MEETINGS AS WE SEE FIT.
I WOULD BE OPPOSED TO TRYING TO SAY HEY JUST GENERALLY SPEAKING EVERY OTHER MONTH BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF BASED ON THE WORK THAT THE STAFF IS DOING. SO YOU KNOW, I MEAN I DON'T WANT TO SAY WELL JUST EVERY OTHER MONTH I'D RATHER HAVE THEM ALL THERE WE HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY CANCEL THEM AS WE SEE FIT. OKAY.
YEAH I THINK THAT WAS TRUE MAJORITY RULES ON THAT SO YOU KNOW SO THE MY OPINION IS TO IDENTIFY THE GAP MONTHS OR EVERY OTHER MONTH BUT I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW WE PICK OUT WHICH MEETINGS ARE IMPORTANT AND WHICH ONES ARE NOT SITTING RIGHT HERE IN JANUARY, YOU KNOW BECAUSE THINGS MAY CHANGE TO THE WORKLOAD OTHERS YEAH I MEAN I, I DEFINITELY THINK THAT THE AGENDA AND IT IS AS YOU SAID WE HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY IT WAS SOMETHING WE COULD NOT DO WITH AGENDA TO MAKE CHANGES THEN IT MIGHT BE AN ISSUE BUT GETTING FULL FLEXIBILITY AND WORKING WITH THE STAFF WE HAVE TO HAVE A PLAN OR A AGENDA IN PLACE SO SIMPLY PUTTING THIS IN PLACE SO WE DO HAVE THOSE OPTIONS AS THEY ARISE. SO I WOULD I WOULD THEN FAVOR OF KEEPING THE AGENDA FOR ALL OF THE REASONS THAT HAS BEEN STATED YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY. IT'S NOTHING THINGS THAT WE COULD CHANGE OR ALTER BUT NOT HAVE AN AGENDA OR HAVE JUST QUARTERLY MEETINGS. WELL YEAH YOU KNOW I WOULD AGREE WITH THE GROUP AGENDA AS OUTLINED FOR THOSE PURPOSES OTHERS LIKE THE WAY IN YEAH YEAH I'M I'M GOING TO APPROVE IT. OKAY SO WE DO NEED TO TAKE AN ACTION ON THIS RIGHT. OKAY. THERE'S NO OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS AND I WOULD CERTAINLY ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS MEETINGS AS WE HAVE SAID BEFORE US TO I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT MEETING. SO YOU TURN THEM OVER JUST FOR THE RECORD, MR. ITEM MOVING WAS IS GENERALLY KIND OF OUR MEETINGS SCHEDULE FOR 2021 THAT MR. MILLISECOND MR. SIMMONS A SECOND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SHOW OF HANDS OR AFFIRMING AT ONE IS ABSTAINING OR OPPOSED AND OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES A FOUR TO 4 TO 1 OPPOSED SO WELL NOTED
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I UNDERSTAND YOUR ON KIND OF A COMMENT DO WE HAVE ANYONE IN OUR PUBLIC THAT I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS TASK FORCE ON NON AGENDA ITEMS WE'VE COVERED THE AGENDA SO FAR OKAY SEEING NOW AGAIN I WANT TO THANK MY PUBLIC ALL FOUR OF YOU FOR BEING HERE IT'S STARTING TO FEEL LIKE ONE OF MY SHELVES AND KNOW THIS THIS SOME OF TIMES SO AGAIN I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS BEING HERE AND TAKE THE TIME OUT AND FOR YOUR QUESTIONS AND FOR YOUR INTEREST AND I'M SORRY I NOT GET YOUR NAME AND SO NOW I'M GOING TO LET THE ENTIRE MEMBER FOR WHAT I THOUGHT YOU WERE.YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
YEAH, I DID NOT WANT TO OVERLOOK IT SO THANK FOR TAKING THE TIME TO BE HERE WITH US.
OKAY. IF THERE'S NO COMMENTS QUESTIONS THEN WE WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ADJOURN SO WE FIND OURSELVES IN TURN. LADIES IN GERMAN.
PLEASE HAVE A GOOD AFTERNOON AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN THIS TASK FORCE
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