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          [1. Call to Order]
TASK FORCE MEETING. 
          UH, THIS IS MONDAY, FEBRUARY THE THIRD, 2025. 
          CAN'T BELIEVE THE YEAR IS MOVING ALONG SO QUICKLY. 
          UH, BUT AGAIN, UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. 
          TO MY COLLEAGUES THAT APPRECIATES YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION AND, UH, I HAD TO TAKE THE LEAD ON READING THROUGH ALL OF THIS STUFF. 
          BUT, UH, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. 
          AND, UH, UM, I NEED TO HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT 
          [2. Adoption of the Agenda]
THE AGENDA SET FORTH, HENCE IS MOVED SECOND. 
          I A SECOND. 
          THOSE IN FAVOR? AND THAT'S UNANIMOUS. 
          AND, UH, 
          [3. Approval of the Minutes]
WE'LL HAVE SOME MINUTES FROM, UH, THE MEETING ON JANUARY THE SIXTH. 
          AND I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE MINUTES. 
          MOVE. 
          MR. MALIK HAS MOVED A SECOND. 
          YES, SIR. 
          MR. SIMMONS IS SECOND. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? I'M ASSUMING WE HAVE A QUORUM AND WENT THROUGH ALL OF THIS. 
          I SHOULD HAVE, I GUESS WE, I GUESS WE DO. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, ABSTAINED FROM THAT. 
          'CAUSE I WASN'T AT THE LAST MEETING. 
          OH. 
          SO WE HAVE THREE, UH, TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AND MR. HES HAS ABSTAINED. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UH, 
          [4. Staff Report]
WE HAVE, UH, STAFF REPORTS. 
          THIS IS THE INTRODUCTION TO THE LAND AND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE PRIOR TO AMENDMENTS. 
          AND, UH, MISSY'S GOING TO, MISSY LU IS GOING TO TAKE US THROUGH THIS AND CALLING TO MY ATTENTION THAT IS QUITE A BIT OF MATERIAL. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA TRY TO LET THIS FLOW, UM, AT ANY POINT. 
          I'M SURE SHE WILL PAUSE IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS ALONG THE WAY. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          TASK FORCE. 
          UM, MISSY LU, UH, DIRECTOR OF PLANNING FOR THE RECORD. 
          UM, YES, AS YOUR CHAIR, UH, MENTIONED, THERE ARE QUITE A FEW, UH, PRIORITY AMENDMENTS THAT WE WANTED TO REVIEW AND INTRODUCE WITH THE TASK FORCE TODAY. 
          AS WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT WITH OUR LAND, UM, MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE AMENDMENT PROJECT, THAT THE TASK FORCE IS ONE OF THOSE BODIES THAT WE'RE GONNA REVIEW CODE WITH AS IT UNFOLDS. 
          AND SO, UM, THE LARGER PRIORITY AMENDMENTS PROJECT IS ONE THAT IS PART OF, UM, THE TOWN STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN AND ONE THAT WE'VE BEEN IMPLEMENTING, UM, UNDER THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT STRATEGY. 
          THE LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE AMENDMENT PROJECT IS BROKEN INTO TWO MAIN PIECES. 
          THERE WERE PRIORITY AMENDMENTS THAT WERE, UM, PRIORITY ISSUES THAT WERE, THAT WERE CRITICAL, THAT NEEDED TO BE ADDRESS ADDRESSED AHEAD OF THE FULL CODE OVERHAUL. 
          UM, AND SO THO THESE ARE THE PRIORITY AMENDMENTS. 
          THESE ARE THOSE INCREMENTAL CHANGES THAT ARE REALLY TO ADDRESS THOSE IMPORTANT AND URGENT ISSUES THAT CANNOT WAIT FOR THAT FULL AMENDMENT. 
          UM, AND THESE ARE TO ADDRESS PRESSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ISSUES WITH THE BEST SHORT TERM SOLUTION WHILE MINIMIZING ANY UNINTENDED OUTCOME. 
          AND THERE CERTAINLY ARE A NUMBER OF OTHER ISSUES THAT REQUIRE ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE FULL CODE AMENDMENT PROJECT. 
          SO, JUST TO KIND OF REFRESH, UM, FOR YOU ALL, UH, WE HAVE ADOPTED A SERIES OF AMENDMENTS ALREADY WITHIN THIS PRIORITY AMENDMENT, UM, COMPONENT OF THE PROJECT. 
          UM, WE ADOPTED THREE PHASES OF AMENDMENTS IN 2023 AND ANOTHER AMENDMENT IN 2024, UM, RELATED TO FLOOR AREA RATIO. 
          UM, IN SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR, WE REVIEWED 10, UM, AMENDMENT TOPICS WITH COUNCIL AT A WORKSHOP. 
          AND THOSE ARE THE SAME AMENDMENT TOPICS THAT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT, UH, WITH YOU TODAY THAT, UM, ARE BEING BROUGHT FORWARD TO YOU FOR INTRODUCTION. 
          AND, UH, WE ARE, WE ARE HOSTING A PUBLIC HEARING, UM, ON, ON THESE AMENDMENTS WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON FEBRUARY 19TH. 
          SO AGAIN, BEFORE YOU TODAY, THESE AMENDMENTS ARE FOR INTRODUCTION, FOR REVIEW, FOR YOUR FEEDBACK, AND ANY QUESTIONS AS WE FINALIZE THESE SETS FOR THAT PUBLIC HEARING THAT'S GOING TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. 
          SO AS WE GO THROUGH THESE TOPICS, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, UM, FEEL FREE TO, UM, WORK WITH, UH, WITH CHAIRPERSON STEVENS ON WHETHER YOU WANNA ASK THOSE AT THE END OR INTERRUPT ME AS I GO. 
          THAT IS UP TO YOU ALL. 
          UM, THERE IS, UH, A 32 PAGE STAFF REPORT WITH ALL OF THIS INFORMATION OUTLINED IN IT, AS WELL AS, UM, THOSE DRAFT TEXT AMENDMENTS 
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THAT ARE PART OF THE PACKET. 
          UM, BUT I'LL TRY TO GIVE THIS A HIGHER LEVEL OVERVIEW OF SOME OF THESE TEXT AMENDMENTS, SOME OF THE, UM, COMMUNITY CONCERNS THAT THESE AMENDMENTS ARE, UH, ARE ADDRESSING. 
          UM, AND THEN AN ANALYSIS OF THE AMENDMENT ITSELF. 
          SO THE FIRST ONE IS A WORKFORCE HOUSING DENSITY BONUS. 
          AND, UM, THAT IS A, AN AMENDMENT TO THE TOWN'S EXISTING, UH, DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING. 
          AND IT IS, UM, ONE OF THE AMENDMENTS THAT IS INTENDED TO ASSIST WITH ENTITLEMENT OF THE NORTH POINT SITE, WHICH IS THE TOWN'S, UH, PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP. 
          UM, THAT WORKFORCE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL IS ON 11 ACRES OF TOWN OWNED PROPERTY LOCATED ON WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY NEAR THE CROSS ISLAND PARKWAY. 
          UM, IT'S ENVISIONED TO BE, BE AN ENERGY EFFICIENT, SUSTAINABLE NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, WITH HIGH QUALITY ARCHITECTURE, UM, AND THE ABILITY TO FEATURE BETWEEN 150 AND 170 RENTAL UNITS, WHICH WOULD BE A MIX OF ONE AND TWO AND THREE BEDROOM UNITS. 
          UM, THE PROJECT HAS SOME WORKFORCE AFFORDABILITY, UH, COMPONENTS THAT ARE THREADED INTO THAT, MEANING THAT, UM, THERE ARE, UM, AREA MEDIAN INCOME REQUIREMENTS, UM, BETWEEN 60 AND 150% OF BEAUFORT COUNTY'S A MI. 
          UM, AND THAT AT LEAST HALF OF THE UNITS ARE RESERVED FOR THOSE THAT EARN BELOW 80% OF THAT AREA MEDIAN INCOME. 
          UM, THE PROPOSAL IS TO, UM, ADD RM 12, UM, AS A ZONING DISTRICT TO THE WORKFORCE HOUSING DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM. 
          UM, THERE WOULD BE A SEPARATE ZONING MAP AMENDMENT APPLICATION TO REZONE THE PROPERTY, UM, WHICH IS CURRENTLY PARKS AND RECREATION ZONING OR PR TO THAT R 12 DISTRICT. 
          UM, SO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, AT THEIR MEETING LATER THIS MONTH WILL WE'LL BOTH HEAR THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THAT ZONING MAP AMENDMENT COMPONENT AS WELL AS THE TEXT AMENDMENT THAT I'LL FURTHER DESCRIBE. 
          SO WE REVIEWED, UM, THIS, UH, TEXT AMENDMENT, UM, IN CONCEPT IN SEPTEMBER WITH, WITH COUNSEL. 
          UM, AND, AND THEY PROVIDED SOME FEEDBACK ON, UM, AS IT RELATES TO THE AMENDMENT, UM, AND THAT WE NEEDED TO, UM, MANAGE SOME OF THE IMPERVIOUS COVERAGE, UM, THAT WERE, THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE AMENDMENT SET, UM, THAT THE FOCUS SHOULD BE ON MAJOR CORRIDORS, UM, AND THAT SOME DISTRICTS MAY BE SUITABLE FOR HIGHER, UH, DENSITY DEVELOPMENT IN SOME SPECIFIC AREAS. 
          UM, WE INTRODUCED THIS SET WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION LAST MONTH. 
          UM, THEY NEEDED SOME CLARIFICATION ON A COUPLE OF AREAS, UM, ON WHETHER SHORT TERM RENTALS WOULD BE ALLOWED WITHIN THIS DENSITY BONUS. 
          UM, SOME ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS ON THAT IMPERVIOUS COVERAGE, UM, AND, AND SOME MAPPING OF ARM 12 PROPERTIES, WHICH WILL INCLUDE IN THAT, UM, PUBLIC HEARING SET. 
          SO THE AMENDMENT OVERALL, UM, IS TO, UM, ADD R 12 INTO THE DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM. 
          RIGHT NOW, THE WORKFORCE HOUSING DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM IS ONLY ELIGIBLE WITHIN OUR R FOUR DISTRICT, UM, MEETING CERTAIN CRITERIA THIS WOULD ADD RM 12 IS AN ELIGIBLE DISTRICT FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING DENSITY BONUS IF CERTAIN CRITERIA ARE ALSO MET. 
          AND SOME OF THOSE CRITERIA ARE LISTED ON THE SCREEN HERE, UM, THE PROPERTY MUST MEET A MINIMUM PARCEL SIZE OF FIVE ACRES. 
          UM, SO A BE ZONED ARM 12 AND B AT LEAST FIVE ACRES ALSO MUST BE LOCATED ON A MAJOR ARTERIAL. 
          UM, AND THEN IF THEY, UM, AND THEN THE DENSITY BONUS, UM, IS A 25% DENSITY BONUS, ALLOWING UP TO 15 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE, PROVIDED THAT AT LEAST 50% OF ALL UNITS QUALIFY AS WORKFORCE HOUSING AND SHORT TERM RENTALS WOULD NOT BE PERMITTED. 
          UM, THERE IS, UH, WITH THE DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM, UM, IF 50% OR MORE OF THE UNITS ARE QUALIFIED WORKFORCE HOUSING, THEN THE MAXIMUM PREVIOUS COVERAGE ALLOWANCE CAN BE INCREASED FROM 35% TO 45%. 
          UM, WE'VE DONE SOME ADDITIONAL RESEARCH ON, UM, IMPERVIOUS COVERAGE, UM, AS IT RELATES TO OTHER COMMUNITIES IN, UM, THEIR ZONING DISTRICTS THAT ARE SIMILAR TO ARM 12. 
          AND SOME OF THOSE ARE OUTLINED HERE. 
          UM, WE PLAN TO, UM, DIVE IN AND, AND OFFER ADDITIONAL RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS ON THIS, BUT WE LOOKED AT THE CITY OF CHARLESTON, CHARLESTON COUNTY, BEAUFORT COUNTY, BLUFFTON TOWN OF PORT ROYAL, HARDY V, GEORGETOWN COUNTY, AND SURFSIDE BEACH. 
          AND OF THOSE RANGES, UM, THE AVERAGE AND IMPERVIOUS COVERAGE FOR SIMILAR MULTIFAMILY DISTRICTS WAS FIF AROUND 56%. 
          WE ALSO, UM, PROVIDED A COMPARISON TABLE OF OUR EXISTING 
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TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ZONING DISTRICTS AND THEIR IMPERVIOUS COVERAGE REQUIREMENTS. 
          AND BY LOOKING AT THIS CHART, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE EXISTING ZONING DISTRICTS WITHIN THE TOWN HAVE IMPERVIOUS COVERAGE RANGES BETWEEN 35% TO 65%. 
          UM, AND, AND YOU CAN SEE HERE, UM, THAT COMPARISON. 
          AND HERE'S A MAP OF, UM, THE PROPERTIES THAT COULD BE ELIGIBLE, UM, FOR THIS DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM. 
          SO AGAIN, LOCATED ON A MAJOR ARTERIAL ZONED R 12 AND AT LEAST, UM, FIVE ACRES. 
          SO IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE, I I WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AMENDMENT. 
          YES, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          THOSE THREE QUALIFYING PROPERTIES THAT YOU MENTIONED THERE, UM, WHO HAS OWNERSHIP RIGHTS IN THOSE LINES? DO YOU KNOW? THEY'RE ALL PRIVATELY HELD, UM, EXCEPT FOR THE NORTH POINT SITE, WHICH IS, UM, THE PROPERTIES OWNED BY THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD. 
          UM, AND ONE QUICK QUESTION. 
          UM, DO, DO WE KNOW WHAT THE DEFINITION OF WORKFORCE WORKFORCE HOUSING IS? THAT MEANS, IS THERE A, THE STANDARD OR THERE IS A DEFINITION IN OUR CODE, UM, AND I CAN PULL THAT UP WITH CERTAINTY, BUT THE DEFINITION IS, UM, HOUSING THAT'S AFFORDABLE AT BETWEEN 60 AND A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE A MI FOR BEAUFORT COUNTY. 
          UM, BUT I COULD HAVE, UM, ONE OF MY STAFF MEMBERS LOOK THAT UP AND, AND PULL THAT UP ON THE SCREEN SO WE CAN READ. 
          THE ACTUAL DEFINITION ALWAYS SEEM TO BE A CHALLENGE, EVEN WHEN WE SAY IT'S WORKFORCE HOUSING, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S AFFORDABLE OR NOT, BUT JUST KINDA CURIOUS WHAT THAT PRICE RANGE FALLS IN. 
          WE CAN FIND THAT, UM, IN THE CODE, IN THE DEFINITION SECTION AND PULL THAT UP, UH, BEFORE WE'RE DONE, UH, TODAY. 
          OKAY. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          UH, MR. S SO NORTH POINT, UM, CAN, CAN PROVIDE HOUSING FOR THOSE MAKING 60 TO 150% OF A MI DOES THAT MEAN THAT ALL OF NORTH POINT ISN'T NECESSARILY WORKFORCE HOUSING? NO. 
          UM, SO NORTH POINT ALSO HAS A CRITERIA THAT 50%, UM, WILL BE AT 80% OR LOWER. 
          AND OUR WORKFORCE HOUSING DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM ONLY REQUIRES THAT A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF THE UNITS ARE FOR DENSITY BONUS ARE MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF WORKFORCE HOUSING. 
          UM, SO, UH, BOTH THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT CRITERIA AND THE TOWN'S WORKFORCE HOUSING PROGRAM CRITERIA CAN BE MET WITH THE PROPOSED PROJECT. 
          OKAY. 
          IF YOU WOULD LIKE THAT TO, IN THE NEXT SET TO BE SPELLED OUT MORE CLEARLY, WE CAN CERTAINLY ADD THAT LEVEL OF CLARITY IN THE ANALYSIS. 
          COULD WE HELP ME IF, IF WE COULD GET A, IF I COULD GET AN IDEA OF WHAT THAT ACTUAL NUMBER OR UNIT WOULD PARTICULARLY, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY COST AT THOSE, AT THOSE RATIOS? OKAY. 
          MY, MY QUESTION  AND ONLY THE ONE WAS OWNED BY THE TOWN. 
          YES. 
          SO THIS IS A, UM, SO THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED, I GUESS THE OWNERS AS WELL HAS BEEN PARTICIPATING WITH THIS TO COME UP WITH THE NUMBERS OR IT'S JUST PROPERTIES THAT YOU'VE, THAT MEET THAT CRITERIA. 
          SO THE, UM, FRONTAGE ON A MAJOR ARTERIAL AND THE, THE R 12 DESIGNATION AND THE, THE FIVE ACRE MINIMUM, UH, SIZE, UM, IT WOULD REQUIRE THOSE OTHER SITES TO BE AT A STAGE THAT THEY'RE READY TO POTENTIALLY REDEVELOP AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANTED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS PARTICULAR DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM OR, OR NOT. 
          SO, BUT I MEAN, BUT THE PROPERTY'S BEEN IDENTIFIED, BUT I MEAN, IF THERE HAVE BEEN CONTACT WITH OWNERS THAT THEIR PROPERTY HAS BEEN OTHERWISE IDENTIFIED, DO THE OWNERS KNOW THAT THEY HAVE THE, AN OPPORTUNITY THAT MAY OR MIGHT EXIST FOR THEM? THOSE OWNERS BEEN NOTIFIED AS, I GUESS IS MY QUESTION, RIGHT. 
          WE, WE DID NOT, UM, SEND NOTIFICATION TO THOSE OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS, UM, OTHER THAN, UM, THEY WILL BE RECEIVING THE PUBLIC NOTICE FOR THE ZONING MAP AMENDMENT, UM, JUST LIKE, UM, THE OTHER PARCELS THAT ARE PART OF THE NORTH POINT REZONING. 
          UM, BUT WE CERTAINLY CAN REACH OUT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE AWARE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING THAT'S COMING UP. 
          OKAY. 
          I GUESS I'M A LITTLE, LITTLE TAKEN, BUT I GUESS WE CAN MOVE ON. 
          I MEAN, BECAUSE IF THE PROPERTIES ARE GOING TO BE REZONED AND THERE ARE A COUPLE OF PRIVATE PARCELS WITHIN THIS, THIS 
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STUDY, SO, AND THE, SO A TEXT AMENDMENT REQUIREMENT, UM, THE PUBLIC NOTICE REQUIREMENT IS AN ADVERTISEMENT IN THE NEWSPAPER. 
          UM, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF TEXT AMENDMENTS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT THAT AFFECT MANY PARCELS THROUGHOUT THE TOWN. 
          AND WE, WE DO NOT, UM, PROVIDE DIRECT NOTICE TO ALL OF THOSE PARCELS THAT, THAT MAY BE IMPACTED. 
          SIMILARLY, UM, THE EXISTING DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM IN R FOUR, UM, CERTAIN CRITERIA HAVE TO BE MET, BUT IT COULD BE APPLIED TO MANY PARCELS WITHIN THE R FOUR DISTRICT THAT MAY OR MAY NOT WISH TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM. 
          IT'S JUST AN ELIGIBLE, UM, OPPORTUNITY SHOULD THEY CHOOSE TO DEVELOP IN THAT WAY. 
          WITH WORKFORCE HOUSING. 
          THEY DO NOT HAVE TO REDEVELOP OR DEVELOP UTILIZING THE DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM. 
          OKAY. 
          I MEAN, I OKAY. 
          THAT, THAT EXPLAINS IT. 
          I MEAN, I, I JUST OKAY. 
          I THOUGHT IT WAS A BLANKET CHANGE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, AND, AND PROFIT PROPERTY DESIGNATION. 
          BUT IT'S THIS, UH, UM, UH, RULE THAT WOULD EXIST AND YOU CAN SO DECIDE THAT'S CORRECT. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          IT IS A TOOL, UM, OKAY. 
          UH, THAT, THAT COULD BE APPLIED SHOULD THOSE PROPERTIES WISH TO, UH, ADD MORE DEVELOPMENT TO THEIR SITES IF THEY WANTED TO DEVELOP OKAY. 
          WITHIN THE CRITERIA THAT'S REQUIRED THROUGH THE PROGRAM? YES. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          GOOD QUESTION. 
          IT WAS A, UM, THERE WAS AN ANOTHER QUESTION RELATIVE TO THE IMPERVIOUS COVERAGE. 
          UHHUH , IT SEEMED LIKE THAT YOU, YOU INCREASED THE IMPERVIOUS, BUT, AND THAT MAY BE A RELATIVE QUESTION. 
          UM, I THINK THIS WAS BACK ON YOUR ANALYSIS DOWN IN IMPERVIOUS COVERAGE ALLOWANCE. 
          YEP. 
          UM, IF I UNDERSTAND THAT CORRECTLY, YOU ALLOW MORE AND GET MORE GET THAT'S CORRECT. 
          IT'S SIMILAR TO THE DENSITY BONUS, RIGHT? WHERE YOU'RE ALLOWED TO HAVE ADDITIONAL DENSITY IF WE'RE GETTING QUALIFIED WORKFORCE HOUSING. 
          AND IN THAT, UM, THE IMPERVIOUS COVERAGE BONUS, UM, TO ALLOW FOR UP TO 10% MORE, CURRENTLY ARM 12 HAS AN IMPERVIOUS COVERAGE LIMITATION OF 35%. 
          BUT IF YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE AT LEAST 50% OR MORE OF THE UNITS AS WORKFORCE, THEN YOU'RE ALLOWED TO, UM, HAVE AN IMPERVIOUS COVERAGE UP TO 45%. 
          UM, AND SO THAT IS PROPOSED SO THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY FIT THAT ADDITIONAL DENSITY ON YOUR, ON YOUR SITE. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          WE CAN COME BACK IF THERE, IF YOU THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE AS WELL, AND I'LL MAKE SURE WE GET THAT DEFINITION BEFORE WE'RE DONE TODAY TOO. 
          UM, SINGLE FAMILY AND COMMERCIAL MASS IN SCALE, UM, WE HAVE HEARD, UM, A LOT OF FEEDBACK OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS ABOUT, UM, SOME CHANGES IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT AS IT RELATES TO SINGLE FAMILY AND, AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES. 
          AND THAT, UM, THE, BOTH THE MASS AND SCALE OF THE NEWER DEVELOPMENT SEEMS TO BE OUT OF CHARACTER WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA, UM, AND EXISTING SURROUNDINGS. 
          AND SO THIS AMENDMENT IS AN INCREMENTAL CHANGE IN, UH, HOW WE MEASURE HEIGHT THAT SHOULD ADDRESS SOME, TO SOME DEGREE, UM, THAT AT LEAST BUILDING HEIGHT AS FAR AS, UH, ITS SCALE GOES. 
          SO THE OTHER CHANGE THAT'S PROPOSED IS, UM, TO, UM, TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE SETBACK ENCROACHMENT ALLOWANCES. 
          UM, WE'D HEARD SOME FEEDBACK FROM COUNCIL ABOUT DEVELOPMENT BEING OUT OF SCALE AND THAT, UM, SOME BUILDINGS ARE TOO HIGH AND THAT WE NEEDED BETTER SEPARATION BETWEEN UNITS, UM, MINIMUM LOT SIZES AND INCREASING SETBACKS. 
          THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UM, WANTED TO UNDERSTAND, UM, HEIGHT MEASUREMENT METHODS, UH, FROM, FROM OTHER AREAS. 
          SO HOW DO OTHER COMMUNITIES, UM, MEASURE HEIGHT? SO, UM, THE, THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT IS OUTLINED IN THE ANALYSIS SECTION, UM, AND, AND THIS AMENDMENT IS, IS LIMITED IN ITS APPLICABILITY AND SCOPE JUST TO CHANGE, UM, HOW HEIGHT IS MEASURED AND TO PROVIDE SOME, UM, RESTRICTIONS ON SETBACK ENCROACHMENTS. 
          SO, UM, SO RIGHT NOW HEIGHT IS MEASURED FROM 13 OR 11 FEET ABOVE BASE FLOOD ELEVATION OR PRE-DEVELOPMENT GRADE, WHICHEVER IS HIGHER. 
          AND 11 IS FOR COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES AND 13 IS FOR RESIDENTIAL. 
          UM, THE PROPOSED CHANGE IS TO, UM, REVISE IT SO THAT YOU'RE MEASURING FROM PRE-DEVELOPMENT GRADE. 
          UM, SO YOU'RE MEASURING FROM THE GROUND, UM, UP SETBACK, ENCROACHMENT RESTRICTION. 
          UM, THIS CAME FROM, WE HAVE A LOT OF PROPERTIES THAT HAVE, UM, VERY MINIMAL, UH, SETBACKS SUCH 
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AS A, A THREE FOOT OR FIVE FOOT SETBACK. 
          BUT OUR STANDARD SETBACK, ENCROACHMENT ALLOWANCES ALLOW FURTHER, UM, ENCROACHMENTS WITHIN TO THOSE, UH, SETBACKS. 
          SO WHAT'S PROPOSED IS TO PROHIBIT ANY ALLOWABLE ENCROACHMENT, UM, WITHIN 10 FEET OF A PROPERTY LINE. 
          SO THAT MEANS IF YOU HAVE A BUILDING THAT HAS A 20 FOOT SETBACK, YOU CAN STILL SEEK RELIEF FROM AND, AND, UM, ENCROACHMENTS FROM WITHIN WHAT'S PRESCRIBED IN THE SETBACK ENCROACHMENT TABLE. 
          UM, BUT IF YOU HAVE A SETBACK OF THAT'S LESS THAN 10 FEET, THEN YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO, UM, HAVE ANY SETBACK ENCROACHMENTS. 
          UM, YOU COULD STILL GO TO THE BOARD OF S ZONING APPEALS SHOULD YOU NEED RELIEF, UM, FROM, UH, SETBACKS, UH, AND OR BUFFERS. 
          WE IDENTIFIED SOME COMPARISONS OF SOME ADDITIONAL COMMUNITIES ON HOW THEY MEASURE BUILDING HEIGHT. 
          UM, AND THE MAJORITY OF THESE MEASURE FROM ELEVATION GRADE OR FINISH GRADE, ALTHOUGH THEY'RE NOT ALL WORDED THE SAME. 
          UM, SO YOU CAN LOOK HERE AND SEE THAT, UM, MEASURING FROM FINISHED GRADE, UM, OR GRADE IS SOMETHING THAT AREA COMMUNITIES DO USE. 
          UM, SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS IN LINE WITH, UM, OTHER COMMUNITIES IN OUR AREA. 
          DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD? THE RESULT OF THESE MEASUREMENTS WHERE WE GET A, WE WE A, A NOT AS HIGH A BUILDING, UH, IS THAT THE GOAL? TO HAVE A NOT AS TALL BUILDING? UM, WITH THESE MEASUREMENTS, IF YOU'RE MEASURING FROM A DIFFERENT SPOT, YOU'RE GONNA GET A RIGHT. 
          IT'S NOT PROPOSING THAT ANY OF OUR EXISTING BUILDING HEIGHTS ARE CHANGING. 
          IT'S JUST FROM WHERE YOU'RE MEASURING FROM. 
          SO SOMETIMES IF YOU'RE MEASURING FROM SAY, 13 BASE FLOOD ELEVATION, THAT MIGHT BE A COUPLE FEET OFF THE GROUND OR OFF GRADE, RIGHT? SO WHERE YOUR, WHERE YOUR ZERO IS, IS NOT AT THE GROUND LEVEL. 
          SO WHEN ZERO IS UP HERE AND YOU CAN GO 45 FEET UP AND SOMEONE LOOKS AND THEY SAY, GOSH, THAT LOOKS LIKE A REALLY TALL BUILDING, ARE YOU SURE THAT'S WITHIN OUR HEIGHT LIMITS? WELL, IT DOES FEEL LIKE IT MIGHT BE TALLER AND LARGER BECAUSE, BECAUSE IT IS 'CAUSE ZERO IS NOT MEASURED FROM THE GRADE. 
          SO, SO WILL IT, WILL IT, SO WILL IT INCREASE OR NOT INCREASE THE HEIGHT OF A BUILDING? WELL, BUILDING HEIGHT WOULD STILL BE MEASURED, BUT IN THIS, IN THAT SAME SCENARIO, IF SAY YOU WERE MEASURING THAT ZERO WAS THREE FEET OFF THE GROUND, THEN YOU WOULDN'T BE MEASURING FROM THERE. 
          AND SO THE BUILDING WOULD BE THREE FEET SHORTER. 
          UM, BUT IT STILL IS 45 FEET TALL PER OUR CODE. 
          SO IT WOULD HAVE THE APPEARANCE THAT IT IS QUESTION COUNSELOR. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          Y'ALL KNOW ME, I'M CHESTER WILLIAMS. UH, LEMME TELL YOU WHAT THE POTENTIAL PROBLEM WITH THIS IS, IS THAT THE BUILDING CODE REQUIRES RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION BE A MINIMUM OF 13 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL FOR THE FIRST FLOOR. 
          JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, UM, THE FIRST HOUSE MY WIFE AND I OWNED WERE, WAS IN SEA PINES. 
          AND AT GRADE THAT HOUSE THAT LOT WAS SEVEN FEET. 
          SO IF YOU'RE BUILDING NEW ON THAT LOT NOW UNDER THESE REGULATIONS, YOUR HEIGHT LIMITATION UNDER THE LMO WOULD BE MEASURED FROM THAT SEVEN FOOT LEVEL. 
          BUT THE BUILDING CODE WOULD REQUIRE THE FIRST FLOOR TO BE AT 13 FEET. 
          SO SEVEN 60. 
          SO YOU'VE LOST SIX FEET IN THE PERMISSIBLE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING. 
          BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, MR. SIMMONS, UH, THIS WILL WILL LOWER THE RESTRICTIONS, LOWER THE HEIGHT ON A LOT OF STRUCTURES AND ON OTHERS WON'T DO ANYTHING AT ALL. 
          IF GRADE IS 13 FEET FOR A HOUSE, THEN YOU CAN GO UP TO 45 OR 35, WHATEVER IT IS. 
          IF GRADE IS 20 FEET OF WHERE I LIVE NOW IN SPANISH WELLS, I THINK GRADE IS 20 FEET, YOU'D MEASURE THAT, THAT HEIGHT FROM THAT POINT. 
          SO THERE'S A CONFLICT BETWEEN RIGHT NOW THE, THE LMO AND THE BUILDING CODE ARE IN SYNC, 13 FEET FOR RESIDENTIAL, 11 FEET FOR COMMERCIAL. 
          THIS WILL MAKE A RADICAL CHANGE FOR A LOT OF POSSIBLE SITUATIONS WHERE YOU WILL END UP EFFECTIVELY REDUCING THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE LMO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION AND THAT CLARIFICATION, MISSY, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT, UH, YOU CAN OR NEED TO RESPOND TO? UM, WE WILL, UH, ADD ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS OF PROPERTIES THAT ARE EITHER 
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COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES BELOW 11 AND RESIDENTIAL BELOW 13 TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT ANALYSIS OF THOSE PROPERTIES THAT WOULD HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR LESSER HEIGHT, UM, AND, AND BRING THAT FORWARD. 
          UM, SO WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE, WE HAVE THAT WHEN WE TAKE IT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. 
          HENCE, YOU HAD A QUESTION? YEAH, I I THINK THE INTENT IS YOU'RE GOING, HERE'S A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE ALL THE HOUSES ARE BUILT ON GRADE AND THEN THERE'S A NEW HOUSE COMING UP IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          IT WOULD BE LIFTED, YOU KNOW, THAT MUCH HIGHER BECAUSE OF THE FLOOD, AND THEN THEY GET THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT. 
          SO HERE'S ALL THE HOUSES WHOSE, WHOSE ROOF LINES ARE HERE. 
          AND THIS ONE WOULD BE MUCH HIGHER BECAUSE NOW IT CAN. 
          UM, BUT THAT, BUT THAT ONLY APPLIES IN SITUATIONS WHERE GRADE IS BELOW 13 FEET. 
          RIGHT? IF GRADE IS, IF GRADE IS AT 13 FEET OR HIGHER, THERE WON'T BE ANY DIFFERENCE IN THE HEIGHT. 
          SO THIS, THIS WILL CAUSE PROBLEMS FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T A LOT, I DON'T KNOW RIGHT OFF WHAT THE ELEVATION IS AND THE SKULL CREEK AREA ALONG SKULL CREEK, BUT I SUSPECT IT'S NOT 13 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL, WHICH MEANS ANY, ANYTHING NEW BUILT OVER THERE IS GOING TO HAVE A LOWER EFFECTIVE HEIGHT LIMITATION UNDER THIS PROVISION THAN IT HAS NOW UNDER THE CURRENT CODE PROVISIONS. 
          'CAUSE YOU STILL GOTTA COMPLY WITH THE BUILDING CODE. 
          THE BUILDING CODE SAYS YOU CAN'T BUILD ANYTHING BELOW 13 FEET ABOVE ME SEA LEVEL. 
          BUT IF YOUR HEIGHT LIMITATION HAS TO START AT RIGHT ALONG THIS SKULL CREEK, MAYBE IT'S FOUR FEET ABOVE MEANS SEA LEVEL, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW. 
          BUT YOU'RE GONNA LOSE A, A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF YOUR PERMITTED HEIGHT LIMITATIONS UNDER THIS IF YOU, IF YOUR GRADE IS BELOW 13 FEET. 
          BUT THAT'S WHAT THIS NEW ZONING REQUIREMENTS TRYING TO IMPACT IS. 
          YOU DON'T WANT TO LOOK, BUT WHAT YOU'RE, WHAT YOU, WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO THOUGH IS YOU'RE GONNA HAVE HOUSES AROUND ALREADY THAT WERE BUILT AT THE 13TH REGULATION AND NOW THIS IS GONNA BE MUCH LOWER. 
          THIS WILL BE THE ODD MAN OUT NOW. 
          THANKS. 
          I WILL HAVE THAT ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS. 
          UM, MM-HMM . 
          IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR US TO RESEARCH AS IT RELATES TO EITHER HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, AND, AND THIS AMENDMENT PARTICULARLY? OKAY, I THINK WE'RE GOOD FOR NOW. 
          OKAY. 
          SOME REGULATIONS, UM, WE HAVE HEARD, UM, FEEDBACK, UM, AND CONCERNS THAT, AGAIN, RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ARE NOT IN ALIGNMENT WITH SOME OF THE DESIRED COMMUNITY STANDARDS. 
          SOME, UH, RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISIONS HAVE HAD EXCESSIVE TREE CLEARING AND OVER OVERLY LINEAR, UH, LOT DEVELOPMENT AND LAYOUTS. 
          UM, A LOT OF MONOTONOUS DESIGN, UM, INADEQUATE OPEN SPACE AND CONNECTIVITY. 
          UM, AND HOWEVER, OUR, OUR REGULATIONS THAT GOVERN SUBDIVISIONS ARE SPREAD OVER MULTIPLE SECTIONS OF THE CODE. 
          THEY'RE NOT JUST CONFINED IN ONE PARTICULAR SECTION. 
          UM, THEREFORE THE BULK OF THE CHANGES THAT WOULD AFFECT CHANGE IN OUR SUBDIVISIONS WOULD HAPPEN IN THE FULL CODE OVERHAUL. 
          UM, BUT WHAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED, UM, IS A FAIRLY FOCUSED CHANGE, UM, TO OUR SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS TO ACHIEVE SOME BETTER CONNECTIVITY TO INTERNAL PATHWAY PATHWAYS AND SIDEWALKS, AS WELL AS CONNECTING IF THERE IS A TOWN PUBLIC PATHWAY. 
          UM, WE HAD HEARD BROADLY, UM, FROM THE TOWN COUNCIL WORKSHOP THAT WE NEEDED TO HAVE MORE REGULATION FOR INTENTIONAL, WELL-DESIGNED OPEN SPACES WITHIN SUBDIVISIONS AND REGULATIONS THAT ARE SENSITIVE TO OUR ENVIRONMENT, UM, CELEBRATE OUR TREES AND VIEW SHEDS. 
          UM, AND THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, QUALITY DESIGN IN OUR SUBDIVISIONS, UM, WAS, WAS IMPORTANT. 
          UM, THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT, UM, HAS SOME CRITERIA THAT AFFECT PATHWAYS AND SIDEWALKS AS I MENTIONED. 
          UM, IT, IT DEFINES THAT, UM, DEVELOPMENTS HAVE TO INCLUDE PATHWAY AND SIDEWALK CONNECTIONS TO THE OPEN SPACE, ANY COMMUNITY AMENITIES AND TOWN'S EXISTING PATHWAY SYSTEMS WHERE, WHERE THOSE ARE ARE, WHERE THOSE ARE FEASIBLE. 
          UM, IT ENSURES THAT THERE'S INTEGRATED AND ACCESSIBLE INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          UM, 
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THAT PATHWAYS OR SIDEWALKS ARE REQUIRED ON ONE SIDE OF THE STREET IN CERTAIN CONTEXTS IN BOTH SIDES, DEPENDING ON THE CHARACTER OF THAT SUBDIVISION. 
          UM, IT PROVIDES SOME DESIGN STANDARDS FOR, UH, PATHWAYS AND SIDEWALKS TO ENSURE SAFETY, ACCESSIBILITY AND INTEGRATION WITHIN THE SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT. 
          SO IT'S A FAIRLY MINIMAL, UM, CHANGE TO, UM, OUR SUBDIVISION STANDARDS. 
          UM, BUT THIS IS WHAT IS PROPOSED. 
          I WILL SAY THAT, UM, THIS IS FOR, UM, ARE MINOR AND MAJOR SUBDIVISIONS, UM, BUT IT DOES NOT APPLY TO OUR FAMILY SUBDIVISION. 
          THAT IS, UM, A SEPARATE PROCESS WITH SEPARATE, UM, CRITERIA AND APPLICABILITY. 
          AND, AND THIS PROPOSED CHANGE IS NOT INCLUDED IN OUR FAMILY SUBDIVISION, UH, SECTION CHAPTER. 
          I THINK YOU'RE GOOD. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, ADAPTIVE REUSE OF EXISTING HOTELS AND MOTELS. 
          UM, AS OUR COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO EVOLVE, UM, THERE IS A NEED TO ADDRESS THE ADAPTIVE REUSE OF HOTEL PROPERTIES, UM, ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE ARE CHANGING MARKET CONDITIONS AND HOUSING DEMANDS, UM, AND WORKFORCE HOUSING. 
          COMMERCIAL CONVERSION IS CURRENTLY ALLOWED WITH CONDITIONS IN THE LMO THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR, UM, CONVERSIONS OF HOTELS TO MULTIFAMILY. 
          UM, WE'VE BEEN HEARING FROM, UM, SOME WHO WISH TO REDEVELOP SOME HOTELS AND MOTELS THAT THAT PROGRAM DOESN'T ALLOW THE DENSITIES THAT MAKE THIS KIND OF CONVERSION FEASIBLE. 
          SO, UM, BECAUSE OF THAT, THERE'S AN AMENDMENT PROPOSED TO ESTABLISH, UM, SOME REGULATIONS FOR THAT CONVERSION TO OCCUR MEETING CERTAIN CRITERIA. 
          UM, THE AMENDMENT IS FOCUSED ON, UM, HIGH QUALITY STANDARDS FOR CONVERSIONS INCLUDING, UM, FUNCTIONAL KITCHEN UNITS, UM, AND COMMUNAL SPACES THAT ALLOW FOR THAT INTERACTION, SERVE PRACTICAL PURPOSES AND ENHANCE THE PROPERTY'S UTILITY. 
          UM, THEY'RE INTENDED TO, UM, ALIGN THESE REUSE PROJECTS WITH OUR COMMUNITY PRIORITIES AND, AND MAINTAIN LIVABILITY OF THOSE WHO LIVE WITHIN THESE UNITS THAT THEY HAVE MORE COMMUNAL SPACES THAN, THAN JUST THE SMALL ROOM THAT THEY MAY LEASE. 
          UM, WE HEARD SOME FEEDBACK FROM COUNCIL ON THIS, UM, AND THAT WE DO NEED HOUSING THAT'S ACCESSIBLE. 
          IT MEETS THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          WE HAVE AGING HOTELS AND MOTELS, UM, AND CURRENTLY OUR REGULATIONS DON'T ALLOW CONVERSION AT THIS RATIO OF POTENTIALLY ONE-TO-ONE, LIKE ONE HOTEL MOTEL UNIT TO ONE DWELLING UNIT. 
          UM, AND, UM, THEY WERE LOOKING FOR KITCHEN FACILITIES AS A MINIMUM REQUIREMENT. 
          UM, THAT THERE, THAT THESE, UH, PROPERTIES HAVE A MINIMUM, UH, LEVEL OF CARE. 
          UM, AND THEN STANDARDS FOR COMMUNAL SPACE, UH, TO ENSURE THAT, UM, THERE, THERE ARE LIVABILITY COMPONENTS INCLUDED, UH, IN THE POLICY. 
          UM, WE HEARD SOME FEEDBACK AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION. 
          UM, THEY WANTED SOME CLARIFICATION ON, UM, ON WHETHER THE BUILDING HAS TO BE CURRENTLY OPERATING AS A HOTEL. 
          UM, THERE'S A QUESTION AS TO WHETHER A HOTEL BUILDING THAT IS NOT CURRENTLY OPERATING AS A HOTEL RIGHT NOW, BUT HAS IN ITS PAST, IS IT ELIGIBLE. 
          AND WE'RE STILL WORKING ON, UM, SOME LANGUAGE, UM, ON THE ACTUAL CODE AMENDMENT TO, UH, CLARIFY THAT. 
          UM, THEY WANTED A COMPARISON IN, UH, THE ANALYSIS OF THE EXISTING WORKFORCE HOUSING COMMERCIAL CONVERSION TO THIS PROPOSED HOTEL MOTEL CONVERSION PROGRAM, OF WHICH WE WILL DO IN THAT NEXT SET. 
          UM, THEY WANTED US TO CLARIFY THE WORKFORCE HOUSING PROGRAM APPLICABILITY AND THE NUMBER OF UNITS, UM, THAT ARE REQUIRED, UM, TO BE INCLUDED AND CLARIFY IF, IF THIS APPLIES ALSO TO TIMESHARES IN ADDITION TO HOTELS AND MOTELS. 
          SO, UM, SO THIS, UM, THE APPLICATION, UM, IS INTENDED THAT IT IS FOR EXISTING HOTELS OR MOTELS THAT ARE OPERATING, UM, AT THE TIME THAT THIS ORDINANCE WOULD GO INTO EFFECT. 
          SO IT WOULDN'T BE LIKE A NEW HOTEL, UM, THAT COME ONLINE THAT COULD THEN BE CONVERTED. 
          UM, AND THE UNITS CANNOT BE SHORT TERM RENTALS. 
          UM, THE UNITS HAVE TO QUALIFY, UH, PER OUR EXISTING WORKFORCE HOUSING PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS. 
          UM, THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS THAT EACH DWELLING MEETS A MINIMUM DWELLING UNIT SIZES, SOME BASIC AMENITIES, KITCHEN BATH, LIVING STORAGE. 
          UM, THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS 
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ARE THAT, UM, THE DEVELOPER SUPPLIED DATA IS THE REQUIREMENT, UM, THAT'S PROPOSED THAT, UM, WOULD DETERMINE THE PARKING THAT'S REQUIRED. 
          UM, THERE ALSO ARE SOME OTHER FACTORS THAT ARE EXIST IN THE CODE, INCLUDING, UM, THE ABILITY TO CALCULATE THE PROXIMITY OF THE SITE TO PUBLIC TRANSIT, A PATHWAY NETWORK, UM, ADDITIONAL BICYCLE PARKING. 
          UM, THERE ARE SOME, UM, AGREEMENTS, UM, THAT ARE REQUIRED, UM, AND, AND SOME COVENANTS PER THE WORKFORCE HOUSING PROGRAM THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED, UM, FOR THIS PARTICULAR CONVERSION. 
          UM, THE DENSITY CALCULATION IS THAT IT COULD BE UP TO A ONE-TO-ONE HOTEL MOTEL ROOM TO DWELLING UNIT CONVERSION IF CERTAIN CRITERIA CAN BE MET. 
          UM, AND THAT INCLUDES THAT MINIMUM OF 6% OF THAT COMMUNAL, UH, SPACE WITHIN THE UNIT. 
          UM, AND A MINIMUM OF 10%, UM, AS EXTERIOR COMMON OPEN SPACE. 
          SO YOU HAVE BOTH INTERIOR, UM, COMMUNITY SPACE AND EXTERIOR COMMUNITY SPACE THAT'S, THAT'S, UH, PART OF THE PROJECT AND FOR THE USE OF THE TENANTS. 
          UM, AND THAT THERE BE NO MINIMUM, UH, NUMBER OF MICRO EFFICIENCIES THAT CAN BE, UH, PART OF A CONVERSION. 
          UM, IT PROPOSES MINIMUM UNIT SIZES FOR VARIOUS ROOM TYPES FROM MICRO EFFICIENCY AT 210 SQUARE FEET UP TO 698 SQUARE FEET FOR A THREE BEDROOM. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE. 
          UM, HERE, THERE'S A, UM, UM, THE COMPARISON THAT WE'VE STARTED, UM, FROM OUR WORKFORCE HOUSING COMMERCIAL CONVERSION PROGRAM TO ADAPTIVE, UH, REUSE CONVERSION. 
          UM, OUR WORKFORCE HOUSING COMMERCIAL CONVERSION PROGRAM, UM, ALLOWS FOR ANY COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE IN THE TOWN TO BE CONVERTED TO WORKFORCE HOUSING. 
          UM, AND IT HAS TO USE THE EXISTING BUILDING SQUARE FOOTAGE. 
          AND THAT WORKFORCE HOUSING CONVERSION HAS, UM, A DIFFERENT MINIMUM UNIT SIZE CHART THAT YOU CAN SEE HERE. 
          UM, SO WORKFORCE HOUSING HAS SLIGHTLY LARGER, UM, MINIMUM UNIT SIZES. 
          UM, WHAT THIS, UM, ADAPTIVE REUSE IS A 30% REDUCTION IN THE WORKFORCE HOUSING MINIMUM UNIT SIZES. 
          UM, AND THEN BECAUSE OF THAT, UM, RATIO, UM, THAT ONE TO ONE-TO-ONE DWELLING UNIT, UM, TO, UH, FROM HOTEL UNIT TO DWELLING UNIT, UM, AND THE REQUIREMENT IN THE TOWNS WORKFORCE HOUSING, THERE'S A LIMITATION ON THE NUMBER OF MICRO EFFICIENCIES THAT CAN BE ALLOWED. 
          UM, AND THEREFORE IT MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE WORKFORCE HOUSING COMMERCIAL CONVERSION. 
          UM, WHEN YOU'RE CONVERTING A, A HOTEL, UM, INTO HOUSING, UM, YOU WOULD EITHER HAVE TO COMBINE ROOMS, UM, TO, TO MEET THE MINIMUM UNIT SIZES, UM, BECAUSE YOU CANNOT HAVE MORE THAN 50%, UM, MICRO EFFICIENCIES, UM, IN THE BUILD OUT. 
          SO THERE ARE, UM, THERE ARE SOME COMPATIBILITIES AND SOME DIFFERENCES AMONG THE TWO CONVERSION, UM, OPTIONS. 
          HERE'S A MAP THAT SHOWS, UM, EXISTING HOTEL PROPERTIES ON THE ISLAND. 
          UM, IT'S PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT EASIER FOR YOU TO SEE, UM, ON, ON THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU, BUT THERE'S, THERE'S 17 THAT ARE LISTED HERE IN, IN, IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS AROUND THE ISLAND. 
          UM, TIMESHARE PROPERTIES ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR, UM, THIS CONVERSION PROGRAM. 
          UM, AND REALLY THIS AMENDMENT IS DESIGNED TO ADDRESS HOUSING SHORTAGES NEEDS, UH, WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY TO, UM, PROVIDE HOUSING FOR OUR WORKFORCE, UM, PROMOTE ADAPTIVE REUSE OF SOME OF THE ISLANDS, UH, HOTELS AND MOTELS THAT ARE EITHER DEFUNCT OR, OR, UM, OR VACANT, UM, WHILE ALSO ENSURING HIGH STANDARDS FOR LIVING CONDITIONS. 
          ANY QUESTIONS? UM, ALL OF THESE, UH, HOTEL PROPERTIES THAT WE HAVE THAT HAVE POTENTIAL FOR CONVERSION, I GUESS THEY'RE ALL ACTIVE. 
          THERE'S NONE THAT ARE LIKE, NOT OPEN FOR BUSINESS. 
          THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE UNDERPERFORMING, UM, THAT, THAT ARE INCLUDED, UM, THAT, UH, THAT MAY BE LOOKING, UH, 
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FOR REDEVELOPMENT OPTIONS. 
          UH, AND OKAY. 
          I GUESS THE OTHER THING IS, I GUESS MY, MY QUESTION OF TIMESHARE PROPERTIES IS CERTAINLY NOT AVAILABLE FOR THAT, BUT ARE THERE OTHER PROPERTIES POTENTIALLY THAT COULD, COULD BE CONVERTED INTO, YOU KNOW, OTHER BUILDINGS OR OTHER COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES POTENTIALLY? THERE ARE. 
          SO OUR, OUR WORKFORCE HOUSING COMMERCIAL CONVERSION PROGRAM, UM, ALLOWS THE COMMERCIAL CONVERSION OF, UH, IN, IN VARIOUS ZONING DISTRICTS, UM, FROM COMMERCIAL TO HOUSING, MULTI-FAMILY, YOU KNOW, WORKFORCE HOUSING, MEETING THE PROGRAM CRITERIA AND, AND, AND THAT PROGRAM, THERE'S, THERE'S A RANGE OF REQUIREMENTS, UM, ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS, UM, MINIMUM UNIT SIZES FOR THAT CONVERSION, UM, AND, AND AND TERMS. AND SO YES, THERE ARE OTHER EXISTING OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH THAT WORKFORCE HOUSING, COMMERCIAL CONVERSION PROGRAM FOR OTHER PROPERTIES THAT ARE NOT HOTELS AND MOTELS, UH, TO CONVERT. 
          SIMMONS, I THINK HAD A QUESTION. 
          YEAH, JANET READ HIS HAND. 
          OH, YOU MAY SEE. 
          I, I, I GUESS I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE IN MY HEAD IS THIS, THESE ARE IN FAVOR OF THESE CONVERSIONS ALWAYS IS JUST SETTING THE STANDARDS SO HIGH THAT THE LIKELIHOOD OF THESE CONVERSIONS TAKING PLACE IS PROBABLY SLIM TO NONE. 
          I MEAN, I, I JUST, AND HOW DO YOU GET TO THESE CONVERSION RATIOS THAT SPELL OUT THE SIZE AND HOW MUCH LIVING AREA, YOU KNOW, AND ALL THIS, I MEAN, IT SEEMS LIKE, UM, UNDERPERFORMING HOTELS ARE GONNA HAVE A TOUGH TIME TRYING TO CONVERT WHAT, WITH WHAT I SEE AS SOME PRETTY STRINGENT RULES TO DO SO. 
          UM, SO IS IT SOMETHING IN FAVOR OF THIS TYPE OF STRUCTURE FOR WORKFORCE WHEN, UM, IT SEEMS TO MEET THIS CRITERIA? YOU GONNA HAVE SOMEBODY SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY AND MAY MOVE AWAY FROM THAT THOUGHT OF WORKFORCE, IF YOU KNOW, BUT I GUESS MAYBE THE, THE, THE, THE STUDIES SHOW THAT THIS IS, IS FEASIBLE OR COULD BE FEASIBLE OR MIGHT BE FEASIBLE. 
          YEAH, CLEARLY IT IS. 
          IT, IT SET SOME GUIDELINES VERY CLEARLY. 
          I I THINK THEY'RE PRETTY, HAVING NOT DONE ALL THE READING ON THIS, AND THEY SEEM PRETTY STRICT, RIGHT? UM, WE HAVE BEEN APPROACHED BY SOME, UM, SOME DEVELOPERS WHO ARE LOOKING AT THIS TYPE OF, UH, HOTEL MOTEL CONVERSION FOR WORKFORCE. 
          UM, AND, UH, AND THERE'S, THERE'S A SIMILAR, UH, PROPOSAL TEXT AMENDMENT PROPOSAL, UM, THAT ACTUALLY IS GONNA GO TO TOWN COUNCIL TOMORROW FROM, UH, A DEVELOPER AND A, A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT VERSION OF A HOTEL MOTEL CONVERSION. 
          SO, UM, AND WE'VE HAD INQUIRIES FROM OTHER POTENTIAL, UH, DEVELOPERS LOOKING TO CONVERT SOME OTHER PROPERTIES, UM, HOTEL PROPERTIES ON THE ISLAND. 
          AND YOU'RE RIGHT, THAT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE STILL MAINTAIN THRIVING HOTEL USES ON OUR ISLAND FOR THAT, UM, TRANSIENT, UM, UH, USER WHO WANTS TO COME HERE FOR A SHORT PERIOD AND, AND, UM, AND BE ON HILTON HEAD. 
          UM, BUT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY, AGAIN, FOR THOSE EITHER VACANT OR UNDERPERFORMING HOTELS TO HAVE, UM, AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONVERT. 
          SO THE, THE DENSITY, UM, YOU KNOW, IN THESE AREAS, UH, MANY OF THE RESIDENTIAL DENSITIES THAT ARE SET ARE, UM, ARE MUCH LOWER THAN WHAT THIS CONVERSION, UM, WOULD, WOULD YIELD. 
          SO, UM, IN SOME AREAS, THE, THE, THE RESIDENTIAL DENSITY IS, IS FOUR DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, A HOTEL DENSITY IS 35 ROOMS PER NET ACRE. 
          SO YOU CAN JUST SEE RIGHT THERE THAT, THAT THERE COULD BE A DIFFERENCE, UM, IN A ONE-TO-ONE CONVERSION AND WHAT THAT DENSITY YIELD IS. 
          AND SO IT REQUIRES, UM, ADDITIONAL PROGRAM OR POLICY TO ACHIEVE THAT KIND OF DENSITY. 
          UM, IF THAT IS, IF THAT IS, UH, WHAT THE COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE TO ENACT, YES, MR HINTS? YEAH, I, I THINK I, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MIRROR WHAT MR. SIMMONS SAYING. 
          UM, IT IS WHAT IT IS. 
          THE HOTEL, THE UNDERUTILIZED HOTEL, THE ROOM SIZES ARE, ARE X SQUARE FEET. 
          THE, THE COMMON AREA INSIDE IS X SQUARE FEET, THE, THE EXTERIOR COMMON SPACE, THE, THE PARKING, THE, THEY'VE GOT THIS PARKING. 
          SO, UM, IT'S, IT, YOU CAN'T REALLY, YOU KNOW, NECESSARILY 
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MAKE ALL THESE CHANGES BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY BUILT. 
          SO IF YOU WANNA ALLOW AN UNDERUTILIZED PROPERTY TO BE CONVERTED TO WORKFORCE HOUSING, WHICH WE DESPERATELY NEED, IT SEEMS LIKE YOU GOT TO, YOU GOTTA BE ABLE TO, TO PLAY WITH SOME OF THE REQUIREMENTS SO THAT IT FITS SO THAT IT WORKS. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          SO IT MAY REQUIRE, UM, THAT IF THEY DON'T HAVE, UM, THAT 6% INTERIOR SPACE AND MAYBE THAT THEY'RE MODIFYING A ROOM THAT'S NEAR THE LOBBY, AND THAT'S ANOTHER COMMUNAL LIVING ROOM, AND THAT, THAT MEANS THAT IT'S NOT QUITE A ONE-TO-ONE RATIO. 
          IT MAY BE THAT, UM, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE ALLOWING IN THIS PROPOSAL DEVELOPER SUPPLIED DATA, MAYBE THEIR PARKING LOT IS THEIR CONSTRAINT. 
          AND THAT MEANS THAT THEY NEED TO MAYBE NOT CONVERT ALL OF THE ROOMS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GONNA MEET THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS, BUT IT IS UP TO A ONE-TO-ONE RATIO IF CERTAIN CRITERIA, UM, CAN BE MET. 
          AND, AND IT'S BALANCING, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS BEING A, A CONVERSION PROGRAM THAT IS, IS RELATIVELY, UM, YOU KNOW, ATTAINABLE FROM THIS TYPE OF USE TO MULTIFAMILY WORKFORCE USE. 
          UM, BUT IT STILL MEETS SOME LIVABILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR THOSE RESIDENTS THAT COULD BE OCCUPYING THE SITE. 
          AND SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH, UM, THAT IS INCLUDED IN, IN THIS POLICY. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN. 
          OH, I'M SORRY. 
          YES, COUNCILOR. 
          UM, ONE THING I THINK IT'S ADVISABLE TO DO HERE IS TO TAKE A LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, REALLY AS A PRACTICAL MATTER, WHAT'S THE APPLICABILITY OF THIS? UM, DOES ANYBODY REASONABLY THINK THE HILTON BEACHFRONT RESORT IS GONNA BE CONVERTED TO WORKFORCE HOUSING? UH, THE OMNI WAS ORIGINALLY THE MARINER'S INN, THAT'S TIMESHARE. 
          UH, I THINK THE PALMERA INN NUMBER EIGHT UP THERE IS TIMESHARE ALSO THE IN AT HARBOR TOWN. 
          YEAH, THAT'S, THAT SOUNDS LIKE WORKFORCE HOUSING TO ME, AS A PRACTICAL MATTER, THERE ARE MAYBE THREE OF THOSE THAT MIGHT BE CANDIDATES FOR THIS. 
          I QUITE SOME TIME AGO LOOKED AT NUMBER ONE, THE SIMPLE REWARDS MOTEL IT, DOING A COMMERCIAL CONVERSION PROJECT ON THAT, BUT GUESS WHAT? THERE'S A SET OF RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS ON THAT PROPERTY THAT PROHIBITS RESIDENTIAL USE. 
          SO ABSENT AN AMENDMENT OF THOSE COVENANTS, YOU CAN'T TURN IT INTO RESIDENTIAL USE. 
          YOU KNOW, THE HAMPTON INN, I MEAN, IT, IT'S BEEN THERE FOR A WHILE. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT'S UNDERUTILIZED OR NOT. 
          UH, THE RED ROOF INN HAS BEEN THERE FOR A WHILE. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S, BUT MOST OF THE OTHER ONES ON THERE THAT AREN'T OCEAN FRONT OR NEAR OCEAN FRONT ARE ALL FAIRLY NEW. 
          AND I GUARANTEE YOU, THEY HAVE HUGE MORTGAGES ON THERE, AND THEIR LENDERS ARE NOT GONNA WANNA SEE THEM CONVERTED. 
          SO I, I THINK THE, I, I DON'T THINK FROM THE SQUARE FOOTAGE STANDPOINT, I DON'T THINK THIS IS THE WAY THE TOWN WANTS TO GO, BECAUSE WHO WANTS TO TRY AND LIVE IN 210 SQUARE FEET? THAT'S LIKE SOMEONE ONCE SAID, THAT'S NOT LIVING, THAT'S EXISTING. 
          AND SO I THINK AS A PRACTICAL MATTER, THERE, THERE ARE, THERE ARE A LOT OF CONCERNS HERE THAT I HAVE THAT LIKELY MAKE THIS A PROJECT THAT'S TARGETED AT ONLY ONE OF THOSE PROPERTIES. 
          AND I NEVER THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO GO THROUGH A BIG ZONING CHANGE FOR ONE PARTICULAR PROJECT. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD COMMENT. 
          THANK YOU, JEFF. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, ITEM FIVE IS SUBDIVISION, UH, MAJOR SUBDIVISION AND MAJOR DEVELOPMENT PLAN REVIEW PROCESS CHANGES. 
          UM, SO, UH, PART OF THE PRIORITY AMENDMENTS INCLUDES A CHANGE TO IMPROVE, UH, PROJECT TRANSPARENCY, UM, ENHANCE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, ENSURE THE PUBLIC IS BETTER FORM INFORMED ABOUT, UH, POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          UM, THE AMENDMENT AS PROPOSED IS TO REQUIRE THE PLANNING COMMISSION HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING, UM, FOR THE REVIEW OF MAJOR SUBDIVISIONS AND MAJOR DEVELOPMENT PLANS. 
          UM, AND THIS WOULD ENSURE, AGAIN, THAT THEY'RE REVIEWED PUBLICLY AND THE COMMUNITY HAS AN OPPORTUNITY AND A PLATFORM TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PROJECT, ASK SOME QUESTIONS. 
          UM, THERE WILL BE A NOTICE REQUIREMENT THAT THERE ARE, UM, LETTERS, UM, MAILED TO OWNERS, PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 500 FEET, AND ANY HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION WITHIN 500 FEET, UM, AS WELL AS POSTING A PUBLIC NOTICE SIGN 
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ON THE PROPERTY. 
          UM, THESE AGAIN WOULD ALLOW, UM, THE DEVELOPER, UM, RESIDENTS AND STAFF TO UNDERSTAND CONCERNS, UM, BEFORE, UH, PLANS ARE APPROVED BY THE TOWN, UM, AS PROPOSED. 
          IT ALSO, UH, THE TEXT AMENDMENT ALLOWS THE LMO OFFICIAL TO REFER MINOR DEVELOPMENT PLAN REVIEWS THAT ARE ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL USES THROUGH THIS PROCESS. 
          UM, WE HAD HEARD FROM COUNCIL THAT, UM, MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS AND SUBDIVISIONS NEED TO BE COMMUNICATED BETTER TO NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE IMPACTED, UM, THAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO BE MORE INFORMED, UM, THAT ADDITIONAL PUBLIC REVIEW AND SCRUTINY WOULD RESULT IN BETTER DEVELOPMENTS. 
          UM, THEY INDICATED THE PLANNING COMMISSION MAY NEED ADDITIONAL TRAINING ON DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND SUBDIVISION REVIEW, UM, THAT WE SHOULD HAVE A LARGER NOTICE, UH, REQUIREMENT, UM, THAN OUR STANDARD 350 FEET. 
          UM, AND THEY WERE LOOKING AT, UM, ADDITIONAL SIGNS WITHIN THE VICINITY. 
          SO I DESCRIBED THE AMENDMENT PRIOR TO, UM, IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING, UM, AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION WITH THAT MAILED NOTICE AND, AND SIGN. 
          UM, IT, THE CHANGE, UM, THE AMENDMENT ALSO REQUIRES, UM, A PRE-APPLICATION. 
          RIGHT NOW, PRE-APP APPLICATIONS ARE RECOMMENDED AND NOT MANDATORY. 
          UM, AND THEN, AND THEN IT, IT ALSO ALLOWS THAT DISCRETIONARY ADVANCEMENT BY THE LMO OFFICIAL OF MINOR DEVELOPMENT PLANS IF THEY ARE ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL. 
          UM, SO THIS AMENDMENT IS, IS, UH, REALLY ABOUT TRANSPARENCY AND ENSURING THAT, UM, ADJACENT NEIGHBORS, UM, ARE AWARE OF, UH, MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS, UH, IN THEIR VICINITY. 
          ANY QUESTIONS EARLIER? SO, I MEAN, THAT'S SAYS IF IT APPLIES FOR MINOR, IT SAYS MAJOR DEVELOPMENT. 
          SO MINOR WILL GET, UM, SO FOR THE MINOR, MR. SIMMONS, IT WAS ONLY IF IT'S ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL THAT THE LMO OFFICIAL HAS THE DISCRETION OKAY. 
          TO ASK THAT IT GO THROUGH. 
          IT MAY BE THAT IT, UM, IT, IT IS NOT A OF COMMUNITY CONCERN, AND THEN IT WOULD NOT NEED TO GO THROUGH THIS PUBLIC REVIEW STEP. 
          ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. 
          I THINK WE'RE GOOD. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          UH, CHE, AND THIS IS, THIS IS A MATTER I HAVEN'T DISCUSSED WITH MS, BUT, UM, ASHLEY MENTIONED ONE OF THE PRIOR SETS OF AMENDMENTS BASICALLY WENT THROUGH AND TOOK OUT ALL THE DISCRETIONARY APPROVALS THAT THE TOWN STAFF HAS. 
          SO TO PUT ANOTHER DISCRETIONARY APPROVAL BACK IN IT, IT RAISE THINGS LIKE, THIS OUGHT TO BE OBJECTIVE, YES, YOU HAVE TO DO IT. 
          NO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT BECAUSE IT PUTS THE, THE OFFICIAL THEN THE POSITION OF SAYING, WELL, I'M NOT GONNA REQUIRE A PUBLIC HEARING ON YOUR PLAN, BUT I AM GONNA REQUIRE IT ON YOUR PLAN. 
          SIMILARLY SITUATED APPLICANTS OUGHT TO BE TREATED EXACTLY THE SAME. 
          EITHER THE MINOR ONES OUGHT TO GO THROUGH THE PUBLIC REVIEW, OR THEY SHOULDN'T GO THROUGH THE PUBLIC REVIEW. 
          DON'T, DON'T LEAVE SOME PEOPLE WONDERING, WELL, WHY DO I HAVE TO DO THIS WHEN SOMEBODY ELSE DIDN'T? THANKS, I I HEARD THAT AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU FOR CLEARING THAT UP. 
          UH, OR IT IS, IT'S A GOOD COMMENT AND A GOOD QUESTION. 
          UH, IT ALWAYS CONCERNS ME WHEN WE HAVE, UH, THE WORD DISCRETION IN THERE. 
          DISCRETION OF WHO, UH, WHO'S WORKING THAT DAY OR WHAT KINDA MOOD THEY'RE IN, OR HOW THEY MAY EVEN SEE, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT, UH, MINOR SUBDIVISION OR THAT PROJECT. 
          SO DISCRETION IS A, A WORD THAT THAT CERTAINLY DRAWS ATTENTION. 
          SIR, THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT, MR. MR. CHAIRMAN. 
          YES, SIR. 
          BUT IS, IS THERE A CRITERIA THAT IS ESTABLISHED THAT DETERMINES MINOR FOR MAJOR? I'M SURE THERE IS THEN. 
          I DON'T SEE WHY THAT WOULD BE A PROBLEM. 
          IF YOU FIT THE CRITERIA FOR, UM, A MINOR SUBDIVISION, THEN THAT MEANS THAT YOU ARE EXCUSED FROM THIS PROCESS. 
          BUT IF YOU DON'T FIT THAT CRITERIA AND THAT CRITERIA IS TRANSPARENT, EVERYBODY'S AWARE OF IT, THEN THAT MEANS YOU HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE NECESSARY STEPS. 
          YEAH, I THINK THAT WAS MR. WILLIAMS'S POINT AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I WAS SUMMARIZING THE TEXT AMENDMENT LANGUAGE. 
          I'VE HIGHLIGHTED ON THE SCREEN WHAT THE PROPOSED TEXT AMENDMENT SAYS, AND I THINK MR. WILLIAMS, UM, IS REFERRING TO THAT, UH, 
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AREA WITHIN THE COMMAS MM-HMM . 
          AT THEIR DISCRETION. 
          UM, AND HAS THE ABILITY TO, UM, IF, UH, IF WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT IT JUST REMOVE THAT DISCRETIONARY, BUT THAT REQUIRES IT WHEN IT IS ADJACENT TO OR ACROSS THE STREET FROM A RESIDENTIAL USE, WHICH WAS THE QUALIFIER HERE. 
          AND I THINK THAT MAY ADDRESS THE CONCERN. 
          AND IF I MAY, AGAIN, SORRY, FROM THE, FROM THE DEVELOPER STANDPOINT, YOU KNOW, THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE RULES ARE. 
          A LOT OF 'EM DON'T CARE WHAT THE RULES ARE, AS LONG AS THEY KNOW WHAT THE RULES ARE, GIVE ME AN OBJECTIVE LIST OF WHAT I HAVE TO DO TO GET MY APPROVAL. 
          AND WITH THAT, THEN THEY CAN DO THEIR PROFORMA AND KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANNA DO THEIR DEVELOPMENT. 
          WHEN YOU HAVE THIS SORT OF DISCRETIONARY THING IS, THEN THEY, THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RULES ARE. 
          SO THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE ISSUE THERE. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          DULY NOTED. 
          OKAY, LET'S GO BACK TO THIS ONE. 
          TRANSPORTATION IMPACT ANALYSIS PLAN. 
          UM, THIS IS, UM, A PROPOSED AMENDMENT, UM, TO ENSURE THAT OUR EXISTING, UM, TRANSPORTATION IMPACT ANALYSIS PLANS HAVE MEANINGFUL AND POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY. 
          UM, AND THAT IT TRULY ADDRESSES THE NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTS WHEN THERE ARE, UM, A, WHEN A PROJECT REQUIRES, UM, THIS ANALYSIS AND THAT, UM, THE IMPACTS, UM, ARE MITIGATED. 
          UM, WE REVIEWED THESE WITH, UH, TOWN COUNCIL AND THEY ASKED ABOUT WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE THRESHOLDS OR TRIGGERS FOR, UM, THIS, THIS TYPE OF STUDY. 
          WHY DON'T WE SEE MORE OF THESE? UM, THEY FEEL LIKE IT'S JUST AN EXERCISE, UM, AND THAT IT DOESN'T REALLY MAKE ANY IMPROVEMENTS, UM, EVEN WHEN IT IS REQUIRED. 
          DIDN'T WANNA ALSO ADD UPFRONT COSTS TO A DEVELOPMENT IF WE'RE NOT REALLY SEEING THE OUTCOMES. 
          UM, AND AGAIN, JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WOULD RESULT IN MEANINGFUL ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS, UM, TO MITIGATE THAT NEW TRAFFIC. 
          UM, OVERALL, UM, HERE IS WHAT THE PROPOSAL, UM, PROPOSED AMENDMENT, UH, AIMS TO ACHIEVE. 
          ONE, IT'S RENAMING WHAT IS NOW CALLED A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS PLAN TO A TRANSPORTATION IMPACT ANALYSIS PLAN. 
          AND THAT IS, UH, BECAUSE THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT, UM, REQUIRES THAT YOU STUDY MULTIMODAL, UM, TRIPS, SO INCLUDING WALKING, BIKING, AND TRANSIT, UM, NOT JUST VEHICLE TRIPS. 
          UM, IT LOWERS THE THRESHOLD FOR WHEN A TRANSPORTATION STUDY IS REQUIRED. 
          UM, SO RIGHT NOW IT'S, THE THRESHOLD IS IF YOU GENERATE 50 PEAK HOUR TRIPS, UM, OR THE PROPOSAL IS 50 PEAK HOUR TRIPS, WHICH THE CURRENT THRESHOLD IS A HUNDRED PEAK HOUR TRIPS, EXCUSE ME. 
          UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, THE INCLUSION OF MULTIMODAL INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE STUDY. 
          UM, IT INCLUDES, UH, ADDITIONAL, UH, TRAFFIC IMPACT MITIGATION OPTIONS. 
          SO IT'S A BROADER RANGE OF STRATEGIES, UM, IDENTIFIED TO ADDRESS THOSE TRANSPORTATION IMPACTS. 
          UM, IT, IT CHANGES THE, UM, A APPROVING OR REVIEWING, UM, ENTITY FROM THE LMO OFFICIAL TO THE TOWN ENGINEER WHO IS MORE OF THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT, UM, FOR TRANSPORTATION STUDIES. 
          UM, AND IT ALSO INCORPORATES WITHIN THAT STUDY AREA, UM, A LEVEL OF SERVICE STANDARD FOR UNSIGNED INTERSECTIONS REQUIRES MITIGATION MEASURES FOR THOSE, UM, INTERSECTIONS. 
          UM, AND THEN, UM, ELIMINATES THE PRACTICE OF DISCOUNTING IMPACTS FROM THAT BACKGROUND TRAFFIC. 
          THAT TRAFFIC THAT'S ALREADY THERE, THAT'S NOT REALLY GENERATED BY YOUR PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT. 
          UM, THERE'S, IT'S ACTUALLY QUITE A, UH, THIS, THIS AMENDMENT HAS A LOT OF CHANGES, BUT OVERALL, THIS, THIS SUMMARIZES WHAT THAT AMENDMENT SAID IS, IS, UH, AIMED AT ACHIEVING HERE ON THE SCREEN. 
          DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, MR. CHAIRMAN. 
          ALRIGHT, MR. WILLIAMS, MANY YEARS AGO, I MADE A GOOD LIVING DOING TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS PRESENTATIONS TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. 
          SO, BUT, UH, MISS IS RIGHT, REDUCING, REDUCING THE, UH, THE THRESHOLD FROM 50, FROM A HUNDRED PM OR A MP HOUR TRIPS DOWN TO 50 IS GOING TO RESULT IN A NUMBER OF OTHER PROJECTS THAT CURRENTLY WOULD NOT HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS TO GO THROUGH IT. 
          UM, BUT I DO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH REDUCE, WITH, WITH ELIMINATING THE PRACTICE, DISCOUNTING BACKGROUND TRAFFIC, 
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BECAUSE EVERY TRAFFIC ENGINEER WILL TELL YOU THAT AS TIME GOES ON, EVERY ROADWAY HAS A LITTLE MORE AND MORE BACKGROUND TRAFFIC. 
          I MEAN, CARS THAT PASS THROUGH AN INTERSECTION NOT BECAUSE OF THE IMPACTS OF A PARTICULAR PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO PASS THROUGH THE INTERSECTION ANYWAY. 
          AND DOING THAT GREATLY PENALIZES THE DEVELOPER BECAUSE THEN THE DEVELOPER CAN BE CAST IN THE POSITION OF HAVING TO MITIGATE FOR EFFECTS THAT HE DID NOT CAUSE. 
          AND THAT, I'LL PUT IT TO YOU BLUNTLY, IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL. 
          THE SUPREME COURT HAS SAID ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS THAT A DEVELOPER CAN BE REQUIRED TO MITIGATE THE ADVERSE EFFECTS THAT HIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO CAUSE. 
          BUT A DEVELOPER CANNOT BE MADE TO MITIGATE THE EFFECTS, UH, THAT ARE ALREADY, THAT ARE PREEXISTING OR THAT HE OTHERWISE DID NOT CAUSE, BECAUSE THAT IS A BURDEN THAT SHOULD BE PROPERLY PLACED ON THE GENERAL PUBLIC AS A WHOLE. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S A BIG POTENTIAL PROBLEM THERE. 
          AND IT DOES OPEN THIS UP TO SOME POTENTIAL FOR LITIGATION. 
          SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND. 
          PLEASE SAYS I'M NOT A LITIGATOR, SO THAT DOESN'T, DON'T DO ME MUCH ANY GOOD, BUT I COULD DO SOME MORE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS PLANS HERE. 
          SO, SO THANKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT COMMENT. 
          CHE, I THINK WE NEED TO, UH, TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, MAKE SURE WE'RE UNDERSTANDING THAT AS WE MOVE THIS FORWARD. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE TASK FORCE? OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          COMMON OPEN SPACE. 
          UM, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT OUR RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION REQUIREMENTS AND OUR, UH, OPEN SPACE REGULATIONS AND LOOKING AT, UM, HOW THOSE SPACES CAN BETTER ENSURE THAT NEW DEVELOPMENTS ALIGN WITH, UM, COMMUNITY EXPECTATIONS AND, UM, HAVE LIVABILITY BUILT INTO OUR REGULATIONS. 
          UM, WE DO IN OUR CURRENT REGULATIONS. 
          UM, SOME OPEN SPACES, UM, TEND TO BE POORLY PLANNED OR UNDERUTILIZED, UM, WHERE THEY'RE, UM, JUST MEETING THAT MINIMUM PERCENTAGE OF OPEN SPACE REQUIRED AND IT IS NOT, UM, ORGANIZED IN THE SUBDIVISION IN ANY MEANINGFUL WAY. 
          UM, MEANING THAT SOME OF THE OPEN SPACE, YOU MIGHT HAVE A LITTLE POCKET UP BY THE DRIVEWAY, UM, A LITTLE CORNER OF YOUR, UM, YOU KNOW, BUFFER ADJACENT TO THE STREET. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, YOUR STORMWATER POND MAY BE AN AREA THAT'S PART OF YOUR COMMON OPEN SPACE. 
          UM, BUT ULTIMATELY YOU MAY HAVE A SUBDIVISION WHERE THERE'S REALLY NO PLACE TO, UM, RECREATE OR PLAY CATCH WITH YOUR FAMILY, UM, OR WALK YOUR DOG. 
          AND SO THESE CHANGES ARE MEANT TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE REQUIREMENTS THAT IT BE COMMON, UM, OPEN SPACE AND THAT IT'S MEANINGFUL COMMON OPEN SPACE. 
          UM, SO WE HAD HEARD FROM FROM COUNCIL WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AMENDMENT THAT, UM, THE CONNECTION OF OPEN SPACE AND TREE PROTECTION AND LOT COVERAGE, UM, IS PART OF, UH, WHAT MAKES OUR ISLAND CHARACTER SPECIAL, UM, THAT WE NEED MORE GREENERY ROUND ROADWAYS. 
          UM, A LOT OF OUR OPEN SPACE REGULATIONS ARE NOT FUNCTIONAL OR USABLE. 
          UM, ENSURE THAT THE DEFINITION OF COMMON OPEN SPACE DOES NOT ALLOW IMPERVIOUS AREAS TO BE COUNTED LIKE PARKING LOTS. 
          UM, THERE CONCERNS THAT SOME OF THESE REGULATIONS MAY RESULT IN SMALLER LOTS TO PROVIDE THE ADDITIONAL OPEN SPACE. 
          THAT OPEN SPACE SHOULD BE REQUIRED ALSO IN MINOR SUBDIVISIONS, RIGHT NOW THERE'S NO, UH, OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENT IN MINOR AND THAT OUR LAND ACQUISITION MANUAL SHOULD SUPPORT, UM, PROPERTY IN EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS, NEAR PROPERTIES, IN EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS WITH OPEN SPACE WHERE NONE EXISTS CURRENTLY. 
          UM, THE AMENDMENT THAT'S PROPOSED HERE, UM, TO ADDRESS, UH, COMMON OPEN SPACE IS TO CHANGE THE TERM FROM OPEN SPACE TO COMMON OPEN SPACE, UM, TO EMPHASIZE THAT THIS SPACE IS SHARED, UH, WITHIN THE PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT. 
          UM, IT REMOVES SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE CURRENTLY COUNTED IN OUR OPEN SPACE CALCULATIONS, SUCH AS DETENTION FACILITIES AND NATURAL WATER BODIES. 
          UM, BUT YOU, WE ALSO ARE ADDING THAT THAT DOCK, UM, OR BOARDWALK IS PART OF, UH, THAT CALCULATION. 
          SO YOU CAN STILL HAVE A, UM, A NATURAL WATER BODY, UM, BUT THAT WATER BODY ITSELF WOULD NOT BE COUNT COUNTED. 
          HOWEVER, THAT PUBLIC DOCK SPACE, UM, BOARDWALK, UM, CAN BE CALCULATED INTO YOUR PERCENTAGE CALCULATION. 
          UM, THAT REMNANT OPEN SPACE, THAT THOSE SPACES THAT PROVIDE NO FUNCTIONAL OR AESTHETIC VALUE ARE EXCLUDED 
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FROM THE OPEN SPACE CALCULATIONS THAT THOSE CREDITS, UM, ADJACENT TO THE STREET AND BUFFERS, UM, CAN NO LONGER BE APPLIED TO, UM, THE OPEN SPACE CALCULATIONS, UM, THAT OPEN SPACE BE ACCESSIBLE AND INTEGRATED WITHIN THE, THE DEVELOPMENT AND CONNECTED VIA PATHWAYS. 
          UM, THAT THERE ARE DESIGN REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE, UM, IDENTIFIED IN THE TEXT THAT ESTABLISH SPECIFIC CRITERIA REGARDING THE MINIMUM WIDTH FOR AN OPEN SPACE AREA AND THAT THEY BE CONNECTED. 
          UM, AND THEN THAT OPEN SPACE IS AVAILABLE TO ALL RESIDENTS WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT. 
          UM, AND THAT SUMMARIZES THE OPEN SPACE AMENDMENTS FOR THE PRIORITY SET. 
          ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH, UM, WHEN WE HAVE THE DISCUSSION ABOUT OPEN SPACE, AND YOU GOT SEVERAL DIFFERENT, UH, DESCRIPTIONS HERE, UH, AND THAT DOES IMPACT THE USABLE SIZE OF THE PROPERTY THOUGH, RIGHT? SO WHEN IT KIND OF, I GUESS, BUMPS INTO SOME OF THE OTHER REQUIREMENTS SUCH AS, UH, THE, THE TURNAROUNDS AND THE, YOU, HOW MUCH SPACE WE HAVE TO HAVE FOR THE EMERGENCY VEHICLES AND THINGS LIKE THAT? UM, UH, I THINK IT WAS LAST YEAR RECENTLY, I HAD SOMEONE ASK ME A QUESTION SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU JUST DESCRIBED, BUT THEN WE FOUND OUT THAT THE WETLANDS THAT RAN ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY COULD NOT BE COUNTED AS OPEN SPACE. 
          SO IT KIND OF MADE THE PROPERTY A LITTLE SMALLER, WHICH TRIGGERED ANOTHER SITUATION. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, UM, WHEN WE COUNT THIS OPEN SPACE AND IT IMPACTS THE SIZE OF THE PROPERTY ITSELF, IS THERE ANY EXCEPTIONS FOR SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE REQUIRED ON THAT PROPERTY, WHICH YOU JUST HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE SMALLER PROPERTY? SO IN, IN THIS AMENDMENT, UM, THE PERCENTAGE OF OPEN SPACE IS NOT CHANGING, THAT'S REQUIRED. 
          SO IT'S JUST HOW THAT CALCULATION IS MADE. 
          SO MAJOR RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISIONS REQUIRE 16% OPEN SPACE, AND THAT REMAINS THE SAME. 
          IT'S A CHANGE TO WHAT COUNTS, UM, WHAT AREAS, UM, CAN BE COUNTED TO ACHIEVE THAT CALCULATION. 
          UM, AND SO IT, IT COULD RESULT IN, UM, BE THIS REQUIREMENT THAT THE, THE POTENTIALLY, UM, YOUR OVERALL, UM, YOU KNOW, DENSITY YIELD COULD BE IMPACTED. 
          UM, BUT WITHOUT ANALYZING, YOU KNOW, THOSE, THOSE MAJOR IMPACTS, IT'S MEANT TO BE, UM, A WAY TO ACHIEVE THAT MEANINGFUL COMMON OUTSIDE SPACE OUTSIDE OF YOUR INDIVIDUAL LOT IN THAT SUBDIVISION THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO, UM, AND AGAIN, IT APPLIES TO MAJOR SUBDIVISIONS ONLY, UM, TO, TO HAVE THAT SPACE, UM, THAT'S MEANINGFUL AND FUNCTIONAL. 
          SO I HEARD HEARD YOU SAY IT'S NOT REQUIRED FOR MINOR SUBDIVISIONS, BUT THE, IS THAT LANGUAGE CHANGING AS WELL? DID YOU ALSO SAY SUB WE'RE NOT GONNA REQUIRE THAT? NO, NO, WE, IT'S NOT REQUIRED IN A MINOR SUBDIVISION TODAY AND IT'S NOT PROPOSED IN THIS AMENDMENT SET. 
          NO OTHER QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'M SORRY MR. WILLIAMS HAS A QUESTION OR A COMMENT. 
          WELL, ACTUALLY IF I MAY, I WOULD LIKE TO GO BACK FOR A MOMENT TO TRANSPORTATION ISSUES. 
          'CAUSE I KNEW, I REMEMBER SEEING THE DREADED DISCRETION WORD AGAIN IN THERE SOMEWHERE, AND I COULDN'T FIND IT IN THE WRITEUP. 
          BUT IF YOU LOOK ON PAGE 75 OF 1 64 OF YOUR PACKET, THIS IS THE TOP OF THE PAGE SAYS CHAPTER 16 DASH TWO ADMINISTRATION, AND THIS GOES OVER THE TRANSPORTATION IMPACT ANALYSIS PLAN REVIEW. 
          AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT PAGE, THE NEW LANGUAGES PROVIDED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE TOWN ENGINEER, THERE ARE NO READILY APPARENT IMPROVEMENTS NECESSARY TO ADJACENT ROADWAYS OR INTERSECTIONS OR POTENTIAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY HAZARD CREATED BY THE DELL ELEMENT. 
          THE FOLLOWING TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT MAY, I DON'T KNOW AGAIN, MAY IT EITHER IT IS OR IT ISN'T. 
          SHALL IS THE CORRECT WORD THERE, EXEMPT. 
          AND IF YOU LOOK AT SUB A THERE, IT'S PURPORTING TO SAY THAT DEVELOPMENT THAT IS EXEMPT FROM PLAN APPROVAL CAN STILL, IF THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER SAYS SO, HAVE TO GO THROUGH A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS THAT'S COMPLETELY ANTITHETICAL TO THE CONCEPT OF EXEMPT FROM DEVELOPMENT PLAN APPROVAL BECAUSE THE TRANSPORTATION ANALYSIS IS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN APPROVAL. 
          SO THE, THE, THE TRAFFIC, NOBODY IN THE TOWN STAFF SHOULD HAVE THE DISCRETION TO SAY THAT A PROPOSED, UH, SOMETHING THAT IS EXEMPT FROM APPROVAL ALL OF A SUDDEN IS NOT EXEMPT FROM APPROVAL. 
          SO THAT'S, IT'S, THAT'S, 
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THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO MAKE ANY SENSE TO ME. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT OR CAN WE MOVE ON TO TREES? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I GUESS WHAT MR. WILLIAMS SAID NO. 
          A DIRECT CONFLICT? YEAH. 
          THE, THE DISCRETIONARY LANGUAGE. 
          YES, I NOTED IT. 
          WE WILL, WE WILL LOOK AT THAT. 
          YEAH. 
          DISCRETIONS IN SHALL AND MAY. 
          I THINK WE CAN KEEP GOING. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UM, TREE PROTECTION. 
          UM, THERE ARE SOME PRIORITY AMENDMENTS THAT ARE PROPOSED TO STRENGTHEN OUR TREE PROTECTION DURING DEVELOPMENT, UM, AND ENSURE THAT NEW PROJECTS ALIGN WITH THE COMMUNITY'S ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES. 
          AND, UM, IN THE FULL CODE OVERHAUL, WE WILL LOOK AT OUR, OUR TWO TREE, UH, CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM AND LOOK AT IT IN, UM, IN A LARGER, MORE COMPREHENSIVE, UM, WAY. 
          RIGHT NOW THIS IS LOOKING AT PROTECTION OF TWO TYPES OF OAK TREES, UM, THAT ARE, THAT ARE BETTER PROTECTED AS WELL AS EXPANDING, UM, OUR PLANT BACK REQUIREMENTS, UM, AND, UM, EXPANDING OUR NATIVE, UH, PLANT LIST. 
          UM, FOR THE MOST PART, WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT TREES, UM, AND TREE PROTECTION WITH COUNCIL, UM, THEY SAID THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE US REINSPECT, UH, SITES, UH, THAT HAVE HAD, UH, TREE PLANTING AFTER A CERTAIN PERIOD OF, OF TIME, UH, THAT WE FOCUS ON PROTECTING HIGH QUALITY TREES THAT WE EMPHASIZE, UM, THE PLANT BACK TREES AND BUFFERS, UM, ALONG STREETS, UM, EXAMINE IF WATER OAK SHOULD BE PROTECTED AS THEY'RE GENERALLY HAZARDOUS. 
          UM, EXAMINE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE 2019 TREE TREE AMENDMENT. 
          UM, THAT ADDRESSED A CLEAR CUTTING, UM, AND PROHIBIT TREE CLEARING IN ADVANCE OF A SUBMISSION OF A DEVELOPMENT PERMIT. 
          UM, WERE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE DISCUSSED. 
          UM, PLANNING COMMISSION, UM, ASKED THAT WE REVIEW AND ASSESS ALL TREE PROTECTION REQUIREMENTS, INCLUDING A SIMPLIFIED SYSTEM, UM, WHICH WE WILL DO SO IN THE FULL CODE. 
          THIS AMENDMENT, UM, IS, IS RELATIVELY SMALLER IN SCOPE, UM, BUT IT LOOKS AT, UM, OR IT PROPOSES ENHANCED TREE PROTECTION OF JUST TWO TYPES OF OAKS, LIVE OAKS AND LAUREL OAKS. 
          UM, BY LOWERING THAT, UM, DIAMETER AT, AT BREAST HEIGHT, DBH, UM, OF WHICH THOSE ARE PROTECTED, UM, IT INCREASES, UM, OR UPDATES THOSE MITIGATION REQUIREMENTS. 
          AND, AND SO THE REPLACEMENT TREES ARE OF LARGER SIZES. 
          SO THAT PLANT BACK, UM, ENSURING THAT, UM, WHEN YOU HAVE TO, UM, PLANT BACK THAT THERE, THEY WILL BE LARGER TREES THAT WILL HOPEFULLY REACH MATURITY, UM, SOONER. 
          UM, THIS AMENDMENT EXPANDS A LIST OF APPROVED NATIVE PLANTS, UM, AND THEN IT ALSO, UM, REMOVES AN EXCEPTION FOR SINGLE FAMILY LOTS. 
          UM, SPECIMEN TREE PROTECTIONS ARE EXTENDED TO INCLUDE SINGLE FAMILY LOTS OUTSIDE OF PD ONE DISTRICT, UM, WHICH WOULD REDUCE UNNECESSARY REMOVAL OF, UM, SIGNIFICANT TREES AND SPECIMEN TREES. 
          UM, RIGHT NOW, UM, SINGLE FAMILY LOTS, UM, ARE NOT REQUIRED. 
          UM, SPECIMEN TREE PROTECTIONS, UM, UH, DO NOT PROTECT THOSE ON SINGLE FAMILY LOTS CURRENTLY. 
          UM, ANY, ANYBODY ELSE? YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YEAH. 
          SO WHAT ARE THE PENALTIES IF A DEVELOPER TAKES DOWN TREES THAT THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO TAKE DOWN? UH, WE HAVE, UH, AN ENFORCEMENT, UM, SECTION WITHIN OUR CODE, AND WE CAN WRITE NOTICES OF VIOLATION. 
          UM, WE CAN ISSUE CITATIONS, UM, AND REQUIRE MITIGATION. 
          THINK MR. WILLIAMS HAD A QUESTION OR A COMMENT? I DO. 
          THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. 
          RIGHT. 
          RIGHT NOW THE CODE EXEMPTS ANY SPECIMEN TREES ON A SINGLE FAMILY LOT FROM THE TREE REGULATIONS. 
          AND THE PROPOSED LANGUAGE STRIKES THE PHRASE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SPECIMEN TREES LOCATED ON SINGLE FAMILY LOTS. 
          THE WRITEUP SAYS PROTECTIONS ARE EXTENDED TO INCLUDE SINGLE FAMILY LOTS OUTSIDE OF THE PD ONE DISTRICT. 
          I DON'T SEE ANYTHING IN REFERENCE TO THE OUTSIDE OF PD ONE DISTRICT, BUT EVEN IF IT DOES, THE, THE BURDEN OF THIS FALLS ON THE NATIVE ISLAND COMMUNITY. 
          I LIVE IN SPANISH WELLS. 
          IF I OWN A VACANT LOT THERE, I CAN CUT DOWN UNDER THE, I CAN CUT DOWN A SPECIMEN TREE WITH IMPUNITY. 
          BUT IF I OWN A LOT IN 
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OLD HOUSE CREEK, I CAN'T, YOU KNOW, SAUCE FOR THE GOOSE IS SAUCE FOR THE GANDER. 
          IF IT'S A GOOD THING TO PROTECT SPECIMEN TREES ON SINGLE FAMILY LOTS OUTSIDE OF THE PD ONE DISTRICTS, THEN IT'S LIKELY A GOOD THING TO PROTECT THOSE TREES INSIDE THE PD ONE DISTRICTS. 
          SO I DON'T SEE ANY REASON WHY YOU'D WANT TO EXEMPT THE PD ONE DISTRICTS FROM THAT SORT OF REGULATION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT MR. WILLIAMS. I THINK THAT'S A A VERY GOOD POINT. 
          UM, MR. CHAIRMAN, MAY I ASK, IS, IS THE QUESTION, UH, RE THE, THE PROTECTION OF THE TREES FOR SINGLE FAMILY INTEREST IN OR OUT PD ONE? OR IS IT FOR, YOU KNOW, OBJECTION OF THE TREES OVERALL? WELL, IS IT FOR, YEAH. 
          IS IT FOR THE FAMILY TO HAVE THE RIGHT THAT THEY NEEDED TO, TO REMOVE A SPECIMEN TREE? WHAT IF, WHAT IF, WHAT IF THERE'S AN VOL ON THAT SUBJECT THAT, THAT HAS A SMALL PARCEL THEY WANT TO DEVELOP AND THERE'S POTENTIALLY A SPECIMEN TREE ON THAT PARCEL. 
          DOES THAT MEAN THAT THAT ALSO CANNOT BE DEVELOPED BECAUSE THE TREE EXISTS? OR DO WILL THAT OWNER HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMOVE THAT TREE IF NECESSARY? YEAH, COME ON. 
          YOU CAN. 
          YEAH. 
          SO, UM, IF THERE'S DOCUMENTATION FROM AN ARBORIST THAT RECOMMENDS THAT THAT TREE CAN BE REMOVED BECAUSE IT'S DISEASED OR HAZARDOUS, THEN YES. 
          OTHERWISE, UM, REMOVAL OF SPECIMEN TREES REQUIRES, UM, A VARIANCE FROM THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS. 
          UM, AND, AND, AND RIGHT NOW, UM, REMOVAL OF, UM, SPECIMEN TREES WITHIN PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS REQUIRE APPROVALS FROM THOSE, UH, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, UM, DISTRICT ARBS, UM, AND, AND, AND THIS CHANGE, UM, I'LL TRY TO PULL THAT UP. 
          UM, I'LL GET TO THAT SECTION. 
          IT'S ON PAGE ONE 14 OF 1 64. 
          HOLD ON HERE. 
          IT'S, I WAS, I WAS TRYING TO SHOW, UM, WHERE THE EXCEPTION ON SINGLE FAMILY LOTS WAS BEING REMOVED FROM, UM, AND THEN HOW, UM, IT CAN BE REMOVED IF AS PROPOSED, UM, HERE IN ITEM FOUR, UM, AS WRITTEN ON PAGE ONE 14 OF THE TOP CORRECT, THAT I HAVE ON THE SCREEN. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, YOU, YOU COULD SEE WHERE THAT STRIKEOUT WAS AND, UM, AND, AND HOW AGAIN, YOU COULD, UM, REMOVE THAT SPECIMEN TREE IF THIS CRITERIA CAN BE MET. 
          BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT, IT'S A NO-GO. 
          YOU WOULD NEED TO SEEK RELIEF POTENTIALLY FROM THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS IF IT WAS WITHIN YOUR DEVELOPMENT ENVELOPE THAT YOU WERE LOOKING TO DEVELOP. 
          UM, AND THERE'S CERTAIN CRITERIA THAT, UM, WOULD, WOULD NEED TO HAVE BEEN MET. 
          OKAY. 
          TO ACHIEVE A VARIANCE CHAIRMAN, UH, IS A, IS A PD ONE A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT? YES. 
          AND IS THE TOWN ALLOWED TO MAKE ZONING CHANGES IN A PUD OR, OR IS, IS IT NOT? YES. 
          YES, MR. YES. 
          YES, PLEASE. 
          I WAS JUST READING THROUGH SOMETHING ELSE MYSELF, BUT YES, SIR. 
          MISSY'S RATIONALE THAT WELL, IN THE PUDS, THERE ARE ARBS THAT REGULATE THAT I CAN SHOW YOU, IF YOU GIVE ME A COUPLE DAYS TO RESEARCH IT, I COULD PROBABLY SHOW YOU A SLEW OF COVENANTS AND RESTRICTIONS ON INDIVIDUAL SUBDIVISIONS 
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THAT ARE NOT IN PUDS THAT PROVIDE FOR A RB CONTROL OVER THE REMOVAL OF TREES. 
          SO IT'S E EITHER YOU CAN REMOVE WELL, WHAT OUGHT TO BE APPLICABLE TO THE PUD AND THE PD ONE DISTRICTS OUGHT TO BE APPLICABLE EVERY PLACE ELSE. 
          WHY IS IT THAT ONLY PREDOMINANTLY THE WARD ONE AREAS HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THESE REGULATIONS WHEN ALL THE PD ONE DISTRICTS DON'T? MM-HMM . 
          THAT IS, THAT'S IN MY MIND, THAT'S PATENTLY UNFAIR. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WELL, UM, I WOULD JUST SAY THAT THE INTENT WAS NOT, UM, THAT IT WOULD APPLY JUST TO A LIMITED GEOGRAPHY, BUT THAT IT WOULD EXPAND THE PROTECTION OF SPECIMEN TREES WITHIN, UH, SINGLE FAMILY LOTS BECAUSE THEY'RE ACCEPTED NOW. 
          SO, UM, I WILL, UM, MAKE SURE TO FOLLOW UP WITH MR. WILLIAMS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE INTENT OF MM-HMM . 
          THIS CHANGE IS BEING REALIZED IN THE TEXT LANGUAGE. 
          YEAH, I, I HEARD THE INTENT, UM, WHEN STARTED THIS WHOLE SECTION. 
          THAT'S A GOOD POINT AND A GOOD, UH, GOOD QUESTION. 
          SO, AND, AND YES, SIR. 
          ONE, WE, UH, YOU MEAN I'VE HEARD NUMEROUS ANECDOTAL STORIES OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS THAT BECAUSE OF DAMAGES THAT HAVE RESULTED TO HOMES INSIDE THE PD ONES AS A RESULT OF HURRICANES AND SUCH, THAT THE ARBS THERE ARE MUCH MORE LIBERAL NOW WITH ALLOWING PEOPLE TO TAKE OUT WHATEVER TREES THEY WANT. 
          SO THAT THERE, I DON'T KNOW, THERE, THERE IS MUCH IN THE WAY OF TREE PROTECTION UNDER THE SAFE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE SEA PINES, A RB GUIDELINES, AND ANOTHER THING TO KEEP IN MIND. 
          MM-HMM . 
          THANKS. 
          SO, MR. CHAIRMAN? YES, SIR. 
          I, I, I GUESS IN THE MIDST OF ALL OF THE DISCUSSION, CURRENTLY, SINGLE FAMILY LOTS CAN TAKE OUT SPECIMEN TREES, IS WHAT I'M HEARING. 
          WE CURRENTLY CAN OR CANNOT. 
          THEY, THEY CAN, THE, THE, UM, LMO ACCEPTS THEM CURRENTLY, AND THE NEW RULING WOULD SAY LIKE PD ONE NOW CLASSIFIED ALONG WITH SINGLE FAMILY, THE CHANGES THAT YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, IF I, IF I MIGHT SAY CORRECT. 
          SO RIGHT HERE, THE CURRENT LANGUAGE THAT'S PROPOSED TO BE STRUCK CURRENTLY SAYS THAT NO SPECIMEN TREE MAY BE REMOVED EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPH EXISTING PARAGRAPH B, WHICH IS GETTING STRUCK. 
          UM, IN ADDITION, ALL SPECIMEN TREES SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING PROTECTIONS, WHETHER LOCATED ON PUBLIC OR PRIVATE LAND, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SPEC SPECIMEN TREES LOCATED ON SINGLE FAMILY LOTS. 
          AND IT'S THERE THAT, UM, THAT'S HOW SINGLE FAMILIES ARE EXEMPT FROM, UH, SPECIMEN TREE PROTECTIONS CURRENTLY IN OUR EXISTING CODE. 
          UM, AND, AND WHAT WAS TRYING TO BE ACHIEVED WAS THAT THERE WERE ADDITIONAL PROTECTIONS FOR SPECIMEN TREES ON SINGLE FAMILY LOTS. 
          UM, BUT I, I WILL, I'VE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR, UM, THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WE ARE ACHIEVING THE INTENDED OUTCOME OF BETTER PROTECTION THAT'S APPLIED, UM, FOR SINGLE FAMILY SITES. 
          AND SO, UM, I'LL GET BACK WITH MR. WILLIAMS AND, AND COORDINATE FURTHER. 
          YES, SIR. 
          AND I JUST WANNA SAY, I MEAN, TO THE TOWN STAFF'S CREDIT FOR THE LAST FIVE OR SEVEN OR MAYBE MORE YEARS, THE WAY THEY HAVE HANDLED THIS WITH RESPECT TO NEW SUBDIVISIONS IS THEY WON'T APPROVE A NEW SUBDIVISION THAT HAS A SPECIMEN TREE ON A SINGLE FAMILY LOT. 
          UH, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU LOOK AT THE SUBDIVISION PLAT, I THINK OF SILVER MOSS ON SPANISH WELLS ROAD. 
          THERE ARE A NUMBER OF SPECIMEN TREES OUT THERE, BUT THEY'RE ALL IN THE COMMON AREAS. 
          THEY, YOU WON'T, THEY WON'T LET YOU SUBDIVIDE A PIECE OF PROPERTY INTO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS WITH A SPECIMEN TREE ON IT. 
          WHICH, WHICH I THINK IS A GREAT IDEA BECAUSE THAT AVOIDS AN ISSUE. 
          BUT TO TELL SOMEONE IN THE WARD ONE AREA THAT YOU CAN'T CUT DOWN THAT TREE THAT'S ON YOUR LOT, WHILE SOMEONE IN SEA PINES OR HILTON HEAD PLANTATION, THEY CAN CUT DOWN EXACTLY THE SAME TREE THAT JUST SMACKS OF MM-HMM . 
          UNFAIRNESS. 
          MM-HMM . 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD POINT. 
          WELL, WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE WORK TO DO ON THAT, SO, UH, WE WILL, WE'LL MAKE SOME MODIFICATIONS TO THAT, UM, PRIOR TO TAKING IT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. 
          ANY OTHER INPUT? I THINK YOU'RE GOOD TO MOVE. 
          OKAY. 
          SIGNS, UM, THERE IS A PROPOSED TEXT AMENDMENT TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH A FEDERAL, WITH FEDERAL CASE LAW, UM, ADOPTING CONTENT NEUTRAL SIGN CODE. 
          UM, THERE IS A US SUPREME COURT DECISION, REED VERSUS TOWN OF GILBERT, UM, WHICH INVALIDATED A 
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TOWN SIGN RE REGULATIONS FOR DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN DIFFERENT TYPES OF NON-COMMERCIAL MESSAGES, UM, SUCH AS POLITICAL OR EVENT RELATED SIGNS. 
          SO, UM, THE COURT MADE IT CLEAR THAT REGULATIONS BASED ON THE CONTENT OF SIGNS NEEDS TO BE AVOIDED. 
          UM, AND SO CONTENT BASED RULES ARE SUBJECT TO SCRI STRICT SCRUTINY, UM, WHICH IN SIMPLY PUT THIS AMENDMENT IS TO ACHIEVE A SIGN CODE THAT'S CONTENT NEUTRAL. 
          UM, THE FEEDBACK FROM COUNCIL WAS, YES, WE NEED TO AMEND THE SIGN CODE TO BE COMPLIANT WITH FEDERAL LAW. 
          IT'S A BEST PRACTICE. 
          UM, REED CASE REQUIRES CONTENT NEUTRALITY, UM, DO WHAT WE SHOULD DO TO BE COMPLIANT WITH THIS SUPREME COURT DECISION. 
          UM, SO IN THAT, UM, THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT CLARIFIES THE INTENT OF OUR SIGN REGULATION, UM, CHAPTER REFINES THE PURPOSE AND INTENT, UM, REMOVES ANY CONTENT BASED, UH, REGULATION, UM, FOCUSING INSTEAD ON OBJECTIVE CRITERIA LIKE SIZE, LOCATION, UM, AND DESIGN TO COMPLY WITH THOSE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS. 
          THERE'S A FEW HOUSEKEEPING AMENDMENTS, UM, FOR CLARITY TO CON TO CORRECT SOME INCONSISTENCIES. 
          UM, IT CREATES SOME GENERAL CATEGORIES, INTERIOR SITE SIGNS, TEMPORARY YARD SCENE SIGNS, UM, SOME PERMITTING THRESHOLDS, UM, FOR DRIVEWAY ACCESS POINT SIGNS, INTERIOR SITE SIGNS, UM, AND THESE THRESHOLDS WOULD DETERMINE WHETHER A SIGN PERMIT IS REQUIRED. 
          UM, AND THEN THERE'S A PROHIBITION OF INAPPROPRIATE SIGNS. 
          UM, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT, UM, THE, THE SIGN CODE AMENDMENT, THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF STRIKEOUT INCLUDED IN, IN THAT PARTICULAR AMENDMENT, UM, AS, AS OUR SIGN CODE WAS CONTENT BASED IN A LOT OF AREAS, OR YOU HAD TO READ THE SIGN TO KNOW HOW TO REGULATE IT, RIGHT? YEP. 
          YES. 
          MR. HINTS, YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR COMMENT? YEAH. 
          SO THE INTERIOR SIGNS CATEGORY, SO WE DON'T ALLOW NEON SIGNS ON HILTON HEAD, BUT WHAT IF THE NEON SIGN IS HANGING ON YOUR WINDOW THAT'S OVERLOOKING THE STREET? IS THAT WE, WE CAN STILL HAVE SOME, UM, DESIGN CRITERIA LIKE, YOU KNOW, NEON, FOR EXAMPLE. 
          UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME, LIKE, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO READ THE SIGN, BUT WE STILL CAN, CAN ACHIEVE SOME AESTHETICS, UM, IN OUR SIGN CODE OR THE SIDE THAT'S NOT WHAT, RIGHT. 
          INTERIOR, RIGHT. 
          SO IT'S, IT'S THE SIZE LOCATION DESIGN. 
          UM, SO THAT'S LIKE THE SIGN IN YOUR INTERIOR, YOUR EXTERIOR SIGNS, YOUR, UM, WHETHER IT'S A YARD SIGN, UM, OR NOT. 
          UM, BUT IN, IF, IF YOU LOOK AT ALL THE SECTIONS THAT ARE STRUCK, UM, WE HAD REAL ESTATE SIGNS, WELL, YOU HAVE TO READ THE SIGN TO KNOW THAT'S A REAL ESTATE SIGN. 
          UM, BUT WHAT IT REALLY IS, IS A YARD SIGN, A TEMPORARY YARD SIGN. 
          AND SO IT'S JUST RECATEGORIZE SIGN TYPES THAT WE MIGHT COME ENCOUNTER WITH IN A CONTENT NEUTRAL APPROACH. 
          UM, AND, AND IT'S BASICALLY, IT'S BASED ON THOSE PARAMETERS THAT WE CAN REGULATE, UM, MOSTLY SIZE, LOCATION, AND DESIGN AND DURATION. 
          SO, MISSY, QUICK, QUICK QUESTION. 
          WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE CONTENT, UM, ON THE SIGNS, WHAT, I GUESS, WHAT TRIGGERED THAT DISCUSSION, OR HOW DO WE MONITOR THAT REGULATED? WHERE'S THE LINE? I MEAN, IS IT COLLARD GREENS FOR SALE TO OFFENSIVE, OR IS IT SOME KIND OF VIEW OR A STATEMENT WHERE, WHAT, WHERE'S THE TRIGGER ON THE INAPPROPRIATE SIGNS? YEAH, I MEAN, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE CONTENT, SO IT IS, MOST OF THE CONTENT IS, IS OKAY, RIGHT? I MEAN, AS LONG AS IT'S NOT OFFENSIVE OR PROFANE. 
          YES. 
          SO THAT, THAT'S WHERE, UM, YES, IT HAS TO BE CONTENT NEUTRAL, THAT YOU'RE NOT READING THE SIGNS TO KNOW HOW TO REGULATE IT. 
          BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE WANT, WE DON'T WANT SIGNS THAT ARE OFFENSIVE OR INAPPROPRIATE, AND THAT'S WHERE THAT PROHIBITION OF INAPPROPRIATE SIGNS COME, COMES IN. 
          UM, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL, WE WILL NOT BE REGULATING THE CONTENT OF WHAT IS ON THAT SIGN, I GUESS, MOST SIGNS. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          I MEAN, 'CAUSE WHEN WE HAVE THESE EVENTS, NOW, THAT'S, IS THAT A DIFFERENT, UH, CRITERIA FOR SPECIAL EVENTS? YOU KNOW, TEMPORARY THINGS, TEMPORARY SIGNS ARE, ARE INCLUDED. 
          SO WHEN WE DO, YOU KNOW, LIKE, UH, MITCHELLVILLE OR WINE FESTIVAL OR THINGS LIKE THAT, UH, THOSE SIGNS ARE, OKAY, IS THIS GONNA AFFECT HOW WE DO SIGNAGE FOR THE EVENTS? UM, THEY, THEY'RE JUST GONNA BE IN A DIFFERENT CATEGORY. 
          UM, 
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ALRIGHT, I THINK MR. WILLIAMS HAD HIS HAND UP, UH, FOR A QUESTION OR A COMMENT. 
          THIS, THIS IS A CHANGE THAT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. 
          UH, THE SUPREME COURT HAS SAID THAT WHEN IT COMES TO SIZE OF THIS, YOU CAN, YOU CAN REGULATE THE TIME, PLACE, AND MANNER OF THEM, BUT YOU CAN'T REGULATE WHAT THEY SAY. 
          YOU CAN'T REGULATE THE CONTENT OF IT. 
          AND THE TOWN'S GONE A LONG WAY TO ADDRESS THAT. 
          BUT THEY STILL HAVE ONE BIG GLARING PROBLEM. 
          AND THAT'S ON PAGE 1 5 0 OF YOUR PACKET. 
          IT'S UP AT THE VERY TOP. 
          THIS IS A SECTION UNDER PROHIBITED SIGNS. 
          NUMBER 12 SAYS, SIGNS THAT ARE NOT LOCATED ON THE PARCEL OF THE BUSINESS OR DEVELOPMENT THAT IDENTIFIES EXCEPT SIGNS THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY ALLOWED INTO THE SECTION OR EXEMPT. 
          THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN DETERMINE WHETHER A SIGN IS LOCATED ON THE PARCEL OF THE BUSINESS OR DEVELOPMENT IT IDENTIFIES IS BY LOOKING AT THE CONTENT OF IT. 
          THIS IS, THIS IS WHAT IS COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS AN OFF-PREMISE SIGN. 
          SO UNDER THIS SECTION, IF I WANTED TO PUT UP A SIGN WHERE MY OFFICE IS THAT SAYS, HEY, TOURIST, ONE OF THE GREATEST HISTORIC SPOTS ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND IS MITCHELLVILLE, HISTORIC MITCHELL FREEDOM PARK. 
          YOU SHOULD GO SEE IT. 
          I CAN'T DO THAT UNDER THIS, BUT IT'S BECAUSE OF WHAT THE CONTENT OF THE SIGN SAYS. 
          NOW, ADMITTEDLY, I, I AGREE THIS OPENS THE FLOODGATES TO WHO KNOWS WHAT, BUT OFF PREMISE SIGNS ARE BY THEIR VERY DEFINITION CONTENT BASED. 
          AND I THINK YOU STILL GOT A BIG, BIG PROBLEM WITH THAT. 
          THANKS. 
          YEAH, THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME ASK THAT QUESTION EARLIER WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT CONTENT. 
          UH, YES. 
          SO THAT WAS ON PAGE ONE 50 AND IT WAS, WHICH NUMBER? NUMBER 12 AT THE VERY TOP. 
          OKAY, VERY GOOD. 
          ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON SIGNS? I THINK WE'RE GOOD. 
          OKAY. 
          NUMBER 10, GETTING THERE. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT STANDARDS. 
          UM, SO CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS HAVE IMPACTS ON THE SURROUNDING, UM, AREA, UH, FOR BOTH COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY. 
          UM, THESE DISRUPTIONS, NOISE, VIBRATIONS, DUST TRAFFIC, CON CONGEST, TRAFFIC, CONGESTION, PARKING CHALLENGES, RESTRICTED ACCESS, UM, CAN DISRUPT DAILY OPERATIONS. 
          UM, WE HAVE HEARD FRUSTRATION FROM RESIDENTS AND, AND COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES, UM, AND ARE LOOKING TO, UM, MINIMIZE THOSE NEGATIVE IMPACTS. 
          AT THE SAME TIME, RECOGNIZING THAT CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY DOES HAVE A LOT OF POSITIVE BENEFITS, UM, INCLUDING JOB CREATION AND E ECONOMIC STIMULATION, UM, AND IMPROVEMENTS TO INFRASTRUCTURE PUBLIC SPACES, UM, THAT DO ENHANCE OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO, UM, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE REGULATIONS BOTH BALANCE, UM, THE POSITIVE OUTCOMES WITH THE NEED TO MANAGE THOSE DISRUPTIONS AND, AND TEMPORARY NUISANCES. 
          UM, WE DISCUSSED THIS WITH COUNCIL IN SEPTEMBER AND THEY TALKED ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE IMPACTS OF CONSTRUCTION SPILLING OVER INTO COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL AREAS THAT CAUSE DISRUPTIONS, UM, THAT THESE DISRUPTIONS ARE FRUSTRATING. 
          UM, BUT THEY ALSO REALIZED THAT THEY DO, UM, BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE POSITIVE IMPACTS. 
          UM, THEY SUGGESTED CHANGING THE HOURS OF CONSTRUCTION, UM, THAT IS, UH, SOMETHING OTHER THAN WHAT'S CURRENTLY ALLOWED, WHICH IS BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 10:00 AM OR 7:00 AM AND 10:00 PM AND TO ALIGN THOSE WITH SOME OF THE STANDARDS THAT ARE ALREADY SET WITHIN SOME OF OUR LARGER PLANNED, UH, DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITIES AND OTHER BEST PRACTICES. 
          SO THIS AMENDMENT IS, IS TWOFOLD AND IT HAS A COMPLIMENTARY NOISE ORDINANCE AMENDMENT, UM, THAT IS, UH, GOING TO GO TO COUNCIL TOMORROW. 
          UM, PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT STANDARDS INCLUDE THAT THERE IS A SITE PLAN, UH, SITE MANAGEMENT PLAN THAT IS REQUIRED, UM, THAT DETAILS THEIR OPERATIONS OF THE CONSTRUCTION SITE AND HOW THEY'RE ORGANIZING THEIR CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY. 
          UM, THAT CONSTRUCTION HOURS ARE LIMITED TO 7:00 AM TO 7:00 PM OR SUNSET, WHICHEVER COMES FIRST. 
          UM, AND THAT THERE ARE SOME EXCEPTIONS FROM CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY ON MAJOR HOLIDAYS. 
          UM, THEIR SITE 
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MANAGEMENT PLAN HAS TO SHOW WHERE THEIR TRASH AND REFUGES IS GOING TO BE HELD, UM, WHERE THEY PLAN TO HAVE THEIR CONSTRUCTION, PARKING, UM, AND ANY TRAFFIC CONTROL, UM, OPERATIONS, UM, THAT ARE NECESSARY. 
          ANOTHER CHANGE IS, UM, SOME TROPICAL CYCLONE PREPAREDNESS, UM, THAT CONSTRUCTION SITES BE SECURED WHEN WE HAVE A NAMED STORM WARNING, UM, OR WATCH. 
          AND THAT SHOULD REDUCE, REDUCE THE RISK OF DEBRIS, UM, AND DAMAGE TO SURROUNDING PROPERTIES IF THAT UNSECURED CONSTRUCTION, UM, MATERIALS, UH, MOVE OFF THE SITE. 
          WE DID EVALUATE, UM, SOME OF THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITIES, UM, REQUIREMENTS AS THEY RELATE TO CONSTRUCTION DAY AND TIME STANDARDS, UM, AS THAT WAS SOME OF THE FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED FROM COUNCIL. 
          UM, MOST OF THOSE, UM, UH, PLAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITIES DO RESTRICT CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY, UM, MOSTLY FROM MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, SOME WITH MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY, AND THEY DO HAVE A REDUCTION IN, IN WORK HOURS. 
          UM, THIS CHART OUTLINES, UM, THOSE COMPARISONS OF THOSE, UM, THOSE OTHER COMMUNITIES. 
          UM, SEVEN TO SEVEN IN HILTON HEAD PLANTATION, UM, WITH SOME COMMERCIAL VENDORS AND CONTRACTORS, UM, LIMITED, UM, UH, FOR SOME DAYS OF THE WEEK AND HOURS AND HOLIDAYS. 
          UM, SEA PINES IS SEVEN TO SEVEN, UM, WITH NO WORK ON SUNDAYS. 
          PALMETTO DUNES WAS SEVEN TO SEVEN, UM, AND THEY NEED APPROVAL, UH, FOR WORK ON SATURDAYS. 
          UM, AND THE A RB PROVIDES THAT APPROVAL. 
          PORT ROYAL WAS 7:00 AM TO 7:00 PM MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. 
          UM, SHIPYARD WAS MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, SEVEN TO SEVEN, UM, BUT WITH WORK APPROVAL ON SATURDAYS BY, UM, SHIPYARD SECURITY, UM, WITH NO WORK ON SUNDAYS OR SOME MAJOR HOLIDAYS. 
          WEXFORD WAS SEVEN TO SIX MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY WITH PERMISSION, UM, ON SATURDAYS, UM, THAT IS REQUESTED WITH SOME MAJOR HOLIDAYS THAT ARE EXCLUDED. 
          SO THE TOWN'S PROPOSAL ON THE NOISE COMPONENT THAT'S PART OF THIS AMENDMENT SET, UM, THAT'S ALSO REFLECTED IN A, IN A RECIPROCAL NOISE ORDINANCE AMENDMENT, UM, IS TO RESTRICT CONSTRUCTION HOURS BETWEEN SEVEN AND SEVEN, UM, OR SUNSET AND EXCLUDING SEVERAL MAJOR HOLIDAYS. 
          ANY QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS? OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WITH ALL, UM, TEXT AMENDMENTS, THERE WILL BE SITES THAT BECOME LEGAL NONCONFORMITIES. 
          UM, WHEN TEXT AMENDMENTS ARE APPROVED, WE HAVE, UM, A CHAPTER WITHIN OUR EXISTING LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE THAT HANDLES NONCONFORMITIES BOTH FOR SITES AND STRUCTURES, UM, THAT CAN BE FOLLOWED. 
          UM, IF THERE WAS A SITE OR STRUCTURE THAT BECOMES NONCONFORMING BECAUSE OF THESE TEXT AMENDMENTS OR ANY OTHERS, UM, THERE ARE PROCESSES WHERE SUBSTITUTIONS OF NONCONFORMITIES CAN BE. 
          UM, THERE'S AN APPLICATION PROCESS AND IT ALLOWS FOR SOME NONCONFORMITIES OF ARID STRIDOR STRUCTURE TO CONTINUE IF CERTAIN CRITERIA CAN BE MET. 
          AND THOSE CRITERIA ARE LISTED HERE. 
          UM, IT DOES NOT ALLOW DEVELOPMENT THAT INCREASES ANY AMOUNT, UM, OF ENCROACHMENT INTO ANY SETBACK OR BUFFER. 
          CANNOT INCREASE THE IMPERVIOUS COVER COVERAGE OF THE SITE OVER THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED, UM, OR THE EXISTING IMPERVIOUS COVERAGE, WHICHEVER WAS GREATER. 
          IT HAS TO LESSEN THE EXTENT OF NONCONFORMING SITE FEATURES TO THE GREATEST EXTENT POSSIBLE, WILL NOT HAVE AN ADVERSE IMPACT ON PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY OR WELFARE, AND LESSEN THE EXTENT OF NONCONFORMITIES RELATED TO NONCONFORMING STRUCTURES. 
          SO BOTH THE NONCONFORMING SITE FEATURES AND NONCONFORMING STRUCTURES TO THE GREATEST EXTENT POSSIBLE. 
          SO THIS IS, UM, SOMETHING THAT'S WITHIN OUR CODE TODAY THAT DOES ALLOW FOR LEGAL NONCONFORMING SITES AND STRUCTURES TO BE REDEVELOPED. 
          UM, EVEN IF THEY HAVE EXISTING NONCONFORMITIES. 
          UM, IF THEY CAN MEET CERTAIN CRITERIA WHICH ARE OUTLINED HERE AND ARE HANDLED THROUGH A PROCESS CALLED SUBSTITUTION OF NONCONFORMITIES, THERE ARE OTHER SECTIONS WITHIN THE CODE DISASTER RECOVERY, UM, AND DISASTER EMERGENCY THAT APPLIES, UM, IF SITES ARE DAMAGED, UM, DURING DISASTERS OR DISASTER RECOVERY, UH, PERIOD. 
          UM, THAT APPLIES TO QUICKER APPLICATION, UM, PROCESSES, UM, AND, AND PERMITTING. 
          UM, AND SO THERE'S ALSO, UM, SOME CONDITIONS THAT ARE REQUIRED IN OUR, UH, TITLE 15 CHAPTER WITHIN THE 
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CODE AS WELL. 
          UM, ALL TEXT AMENDMENTS, UM, ARE REVIEWED, UH, THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND, UM, THE CRITERIA FOR TEXT AMENDMENTS, UM, ARE TO MEET THESE, UM, STANDARDS THAT ARE HERE. 
          THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UM, MAY WEIGH, UM, THE RELEVANCE OF AND CONSIDER WHETHER AND THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE TEXT AMENDMENT MEETS THESE CRITERIA. 
          UM, AND FINALLY, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, HERE'S THE SECTION THAT OUTLINES, UM, BROADLY THE APPLICABILITY OF ALL THESE CHANGES RELATIVE TO FAMILY COMPOUNDS AND FAMILY SUBDIVISIONS AND HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          UM, THERE ARE, UM, BROADLY A LOT OF THESE CHANGES, UM, DO OCCUR ISLAND WIDE, WHICH MEANS THAT THEY WOULD APPLY TO PROPERTIES WITHIN HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          HOWEVER, UM, WE'RE NOT PROPOSING IN THE PRIORITY AMENDMENT SET CHANGES TO BOTH OUR FAMILY COMPOUND AND FAMILY SUBDIVISION, UM, APPLICATION PROCESSES. 
          AND SO, UM, THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE HANDLED THROUGH DIFFERENT REVIEW PROCEDURES THAT ARE OUTLINED WITHIN THE CODE IN SECTION 16 2, 1 0 3 X AND Y. 
          AND, AND, AND THAT MEANS THAT THESE CHANGES DON'T IMPACT THOSE REVIEW PROCEDURES THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO THE REVIEW PROCESSES FOR FAMILY COMPOUNDS AND FAMILY SUBDIVISIONS. 
          UM, THERE ARE THOUGH, UM, CHANGES THAT, THAT DO APPLY, UM, THROUGHOUT THAT ARE APPLICABLE TOWN WIDE. 
          AND AGAIN, THOSE WOULD APPLY AS WE MENTIONED, UM, TO HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          UM, THE WORKFORCE HOUSING DENSITY BONUS, UM, PROGRAM, ADAPTIVE REUSE, YOU KNOW, DO NOT EXPLICITLY APPLY OR REQUIRE MODIFICATIONS, UM, FOR FAMILY COMPOUND OR FAMILY SUBDIVISION. 
          UM, BUT, UM, WHERE ONE OF THE PROPERTIES IS LOCATED FOR THE WORKFORCE HOUSING DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM FOR THE NORTH POINT SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE SQUARE POPE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          UM, AND, UM, NONE OF THOSE ADAPTIVE REUSE SITES OR THOSE EXISTING HOTELS ARE IN A HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          UM, BUT, BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, THERE, THERE ARE SOME OF THESE AMENDMENTS THAT WOULD BE APPLICABLE TOWN WIDE, THEREFORE APPLICABLE WITHIN HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? WELL, THANK YOU, MISSY. 
          THAT'S A, A HANDFUL AND, UM, I THINK WE GOT SOME GOOD, UH, INPUT IN THERE CERTAINLY IS A LOT TO DIGEST AS WE KEEP TRYING TO, UH, REVISE THESE, THESE LMO UH, REQUIREMENTS AND TO, I'M SORRY. 
          HAVE SOMETHING ELSE FOR ME? WELL, I WOULD JUST ASK IF THE, IF THE TASK FORCE, YOU KNOW, HAS ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO EMAIL US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO INCORPORATE THOSE. 
          IF YOU THINK OF SOMETHING AFTER THE MEETING, FEEL FREE TO, UM, EMAIL THROUGH, UM, OUR BOARD COORDINATOR, VERONICA, IT'LL GET TO ME AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO INCORPORATE THAT AS WE, UM, BRING THESE AMENDMENTS THROUGH TO COMPLETION. 
          UM, WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR REVIEW AND YOUR TIME AND YOUR FEEDBACK. 
          UM, IT WILL MAKE THESE AMENDMENTS STRONGER. 
          YEAH, SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR GOOD WORK AND I APPRECIATE, UH, CHAD WILLIAMS FOR HIS COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS AND CERTAINLY HIS EXPERTISE IN, IN MANY OF THOSE AREAS. 
          SO, UH, TRYING TO REVISE THESE, UH, LMO UH, AMENDMENTS WITH UNINTENTIONAL CONSEQUENCES, I THINK IS THE THING WE HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION TO. 
          I KNOW, I KNOW WE'RE TRYING TO DO A GOOD THING, UH, MOST OF THE TIME, BUT THEN WE HAVE TO LOOK AT HOW, HOW IT MIGHT AFFECT, UH, ONE PARTICULAR GROUP OR ONE PARTICULAR AREA. 
          IF IT'S NOT FAIR TO ONE, YOU KNOW, IT SHOULDN'T BE FAIR TO ALL RIGHT. 
          IT'S WHAT I'VE LEARNED TODAY, SO. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, NEXT DOOR, MY AGENDA, UH, ON OUR AGENDA, WE HAVE THE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, PERMITING DESIGN STUDIO, UH, REPORT, AND ALSO THE HOME SAFETY AND REPAIR PROGRAM UPDATE AND THE SEWER CONNECTION PROGRAM UPDATE FROM, UH, VERONICA STEWART. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          ALL RIGHTY. 
          VERONICA STEWART FOR THE RECORD. 
          UM, STARTING OFF WITH OUR HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS PERMITTING AND DESIGN STUDIO REPORT, UM, FOR THIS REPORTING PERIOD, WE HAVE HAD TWO NEW REQUESTS, UM, THAT WE'VE RECEIVED THROUGH THE STUDIO. 
          UM, GUIDANCE WAS PROVIDED TO APPLICANTS ON ZONING, REGULATIONS, LAND 
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USE CONSIDERATIONS, AND PATHWAYS FOR PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT. 
          UM, STAFF CONTINUED TO WORK WITH THE APPLICANTS TO ENSURE THAT THEIR PROJECTS ALIGN, UM, WITH THE GUIDELINES AS WELL AS PRESERVING THEIR HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL INTEGRITY. 
          UM, TO DATE, WE HAVE HAD A TOTAL OF 97, UM, DESIGN STUDIO REQUESTS, 67 OF WHICH ARE COMPLETED, 22 REMAIN ACTIVE, AND H HAVE EITHER BEEN WITHDRAWN OR EITHER THEY HAVE BECOME INACTIVE. 
          AND THAT IS ALL FOR THE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS PERMITTING AND DESIGN STUDIO REPORT. 
          IF ANYONE HAD ANY QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS? VERY GOOD. 
          UH, I'M SORRY, YOU HAVE SOMETHING FUNDING? MM-HMM . 
          UM, OH YEAH. 
          DO YOU, DO YOU HAVE YOUR FUNDING FOR YOUR PROGRAM TO CONTINUE AT THIS POINT? OH, FOR, FOR HOME SAFETY, YES. 
          REPAIR. 
          I'LL TRANSITION TO THAT REPORT REALLY QUICKLY. 
          WE NOT, I'M SORRY IF WE ARE NOT TO THAT ONE YET. 
          NO, NO, NO, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY FINE. 
          DESIGN STUDIO. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          I KNOW IT CAME UP IN THIS. 
          ALL RIGHTY. 
          AND THEN MOVING FORWARD TO OUR HOME SAFETY AND REPAIR, UM, PROGRAM UPDATES. 
          SO OVER THE PAST 30 DAYS, EIGHT PROJECTS HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFULLY CLOSED OUT, POSITIVELY IMPACTING EIGHT FAMILIES WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UM, SO THE PROGRAM TEAMS REMAIN FOCUSED ON COMPLETING THE REMAINING PROJECTS UNDER CONTRACT WHILE ACTIVELY RESEARCHING FUNDING AVENUES, UM, TO GIVE YOU SOME PROGRAM DATA, UM, FROM THE INCEPTION OF THE PROGRAM IN JULY OF 20 20 22 TO JANUARY, 2025, WE HAVE ABOUT 147 APPLICATIONS. 
          UM, OF THOSE 1 47 THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED, 113 WERE FULLY COMPLETED APPLICATIONS. 
          UM, 82 OF WHICH, UM, HAVE BEEN PERMITTED. 
          JOBS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED 26 ARE CURRENTLY UNDER CONTRACT, AND WE HAVE ABOUT SEVEN THAT ARE CURRENTLY AWAITING, UM, ADDITIONAL PROGRAM FUNDING. 
          PLEASE NOTE THAT THOSE THAT HAVE, UM, THAT HAVE APPLIED FOR OUR PROGRAM, THAT WE HAVE ALSO, UM, DIRECTED THEM TO OTHER PROGRAMS JUST IN, UM, JUST AS ANOTHER SOURCE. 
          UM, I WILL ALSO GO AHEAD AND GIVE THE UPDATE ON THE LATERAL SEWER CONNECTION PROGRAM. 
          AND THEN MR. SIMMONS, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'LL GO AHEAD AND THEN ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. 
          UM, REGARDING THE LATERAL SEWER CONNECTION PROGRAM, UM, WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED 32 CONNECTIONS TO DATE AND TOWN STAFF CONTINUE TO ACTIVELY COLLABORATE WITH THE HILTON HEAD PUBLIC SERVICE DISTRICT TO COMPLETE THE REMAINING PROJECTS. 
          UM, TO DATE, WE HAVE RECEIVED 48 APPLICATIONS, 32 OF WHICH HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. 
          UM, FOUR JOBS ARE CURRENTLY UNDER CONTRACT RIGHT NOW, AND WE HAVE ABOUT FIVE THAT ARE WAITING, UM, FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING. 
          NOW, OVERALL, UM, AS MENTIONED DURING THE LAST MEETING, UM, OUR STAFF HAVE CONTINUED TO IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL FUNDING EFFORTS, UM, FOR THE PROGRAMS. UM, AND I'VE SHARED SOME DETAILS WITH YOU ALL REGARDING PROGRAM FUNDING VIA EMAIL FOLLOWING OUR LAST MEETING. 
          UM, BUT WHAT I'M ALSO GOING TO DO IS JUST TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING OUR EFFORTS AS TOWN STAFF. 
          I'M GOING TO INVITE MISSY LEIC UP JUST TO SPEAK AS OUR DIRECTOR OF, UM, PLANNING. 
          THANK YOU, VERONICA. 
          UM, SO OUR CURRENT PROGRAM, UM, IS FUNDED THROUGH ARPA FUNDS, SO AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDING. 
          UM, VERONICA WAS ABLE TO SHARE WITH YOU AFTER LAST MONTH'S TASK FORCE MEETING, THE TOTAL ALLOCATIONS OF BOTH THE HOME SAFETY REPAIR AND THE SEWER CONNECTION PROGRAM. 
          AND IT'S PRETTY REMARKABLE. 
          THE HOME SAFETY REPAIR PROGRAM, UM, TOTAL AWARD WAS JUST UNDER 1.5 MILLION, 1.4997 MILLION. 
          UM, AND THE LETTER SEWER CONNECTION HAS A PROGRAM TOTAL OF $369,000. 
          AND, UM, AND THESE STATISTICS SHOW HOW MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE APPLIED AND HAVE BEEN RECEIVING ASSISTANCE THROUGH THOSE PROGRAMS. UM, WE CERTAINLY KNOW, UM, THE, THE IMPACT THAT THESE PROGRAMS HAVE HAD ON IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF OUR RESIDENTS ON OUR ISLAND COMMUNITY. 
          AND, UM, WE HAVE BEEN EXPLORING ADDITIONAL FUNDING, UM, AND SOURCES TO CONTINUE THESE PROGRAMS. UM, SO ONCE OUR ARPA FUNDS, UM, ARE EXHAUSTED, OF WHICH WE HAVE, UM, ENCUMBERED ALL OF THOSE FUNDS, UM, BY THE END OF, UH, CALENDAR YEAR 24, UM, WE ARE LOOKING AT POTENTIAL FUNDING SOURCES. 
          WE'VE LOOKED AT BUFORT, JASPER HOUSING TRUST, CDBG, SOUTH CAROLINA HOUSING OR OTHER GRANTS. 
          UM, NOW THE PROGRAM, UM, WAS STOOD UP WITH RESOLUTION AND APPROVAL BY COUNCIL, AND IT WAS SPECIFIC TO ARPA FUNDING AS THE FUNDING SOURCE FOR BOTH OF THESE PROGRAMS. 
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UM, ANY CONTINUATION BEYOND, UM, THE PROGRAM WOULD NECESSITATE ADDITIONAL FUNDING AND DIRECTION FROM TOWN COUNCIL. 
          AS WE EXPLORE ALL THESE, UM, ADDITIONAL FUNDING SOURCES THAT ARE OUT THERE AND OTHER, UM, ENTITIES THAT ARE PROVIDING THESE SERVICES THAT, THAT WEREN'T THERE WHEN OUR PROGRAM STARTED, WE WILL PACKAGE ALL THAT UP AND, AND, UM, AND ASK THAT QUESTION, UM, GOING FORWARD. 
          SO, UM, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, I THINK I WANNA EMPHASIZE THAT WE, WE TRULY UNDERSTAND, AND, AND VERONICA HAS BEEN WORKING ON THE PROGRAM AND, AND SPENDING A LOT OF TIME ACTIVATING THIS WORK IN OUR COMMUNITY, UM, WE'VE SEEN THOSE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS TO HOMES. 
          WE'VE SEEN, MOST IMPORTANTLY, HOW THE IMPACT HAS, UM, HAD AN EFFECT ON RESIDENTS' QUALITY OF LIFE. 
          AND, UM, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT MY TEAM UNDERSTANDS HOW THANKFUL THAT I AM, AND I KNOW THE COMMUNITY IS THAT THESE PROGRAMS HAVE TAKEN PLACE. 
          UM, AND IT'S A LOT OF COMMITMENT AND HARD WORK ON, UM, ON, ON OUR TEAM, ON THE CONTRACTORS PERFORMING THE WORK. 
          UM, AND, AND IT'S A, IT'S A PROGRAM TO CELEBRATE AND, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO EXPLORING OPPORTUNITIES, UM, TO CONTINUE THE PROGRAM AND ALSO TO DIRECT, UM, APPLICANTS TO OTHER ENTITIES THAT ARE PERFORMING SIMILAR SERVICES. 
          BUT JUST KNOW THAT WE'LL REPORT BACK WHEN WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON HOW WE MAY BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES, UM, EITHER AS A TOWN INITIATED PROJECT OR WITH SOME PARTNER AGENCIES, UM, AS THE BEAUFORT, JASPER HOUSING TRUST IS HAVING SOME MEANINGFUL IMPACT IN THE HOME SAFETY REPAIR SPACE. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT, MAN. 
          APPRECIATE YOUR GOOD WORK TO, UH, CONTINUE TO IMPROVE OUR COMMUNITY. 
          I THINK THIS IS ALSO IN RESPONSE TO, UH, THE QUESTION OF BELIEVE MS. WRIGHT ASKED LAST MONTH ABOUT, YOU KNOW, FUNDING OR IF THE TOWN COULD, UH, HAVE SOME SKIN IN THE GAME, SO TO SPEAK. 
          BUT I BELIEVE WE'VE ADDRESSED THAT, RIGHT? YOU GUYS ARE IDENTIFYING OTHER FUNDING SOURCES. 
          WE CAN'T REALLY SPEND TOWN MONEY ON PRIVATE PROPERTIES. 
          I UNDERSTAND IT, RIGHT? IS THAT RIGHT? YEAH, THAT'S, UM, CURRENTLY, UM, THE ADVICE THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM, UM, LEGAL COUNSEL, UM, WE'RE EXPLORING, UM, HOW OTHER COMMUNITIES, UM, DO THEIR HOME SAFETY REPAIR AND SIMILAR PROGRAMS. SO, UM, THERE'S EXTENSIVE RESEARCH THAT'S BEEN DONE AND IS UNDERWAY, AND AS, AS WE DO MORE RESEARCH, UM, AND KNOW KIND OF WHERE WE CAN TAKE THE PROGRAM AND WHAT, WHAT'S THE BEST APPROACH GOING FORWARD, WE'LL CERTAINLY SHARE THAT WITH THE TASK FORCE. 
          THANK YOU, MR. HINTS, YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YEAH. 
          I'M, I'M NOT SURE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HOME SAFETY AND REPAIR AND SEWER CONNECTION PROGRAM. 
          SO I WAS WONDERING, MR. CHAIRMAN, IF WE COULD JUST HAVE TWO SEPARATE REPORTS BECAUSE THEY'RE IN, IN MY VIEW, TWO SEPARATE THINGS. 
          UM, AND THEN THE SECOND PART ON THE, THE SEWER CONNECTION, CAN WE GET A REPORT OF, OF THE PROPERTIES THAT AREN'T HOOKED UP YET, SO THAT WE CAN SEE THE MAGNITUDE OF WHAT'S LEFT TO DO ON THE ISLAND? UM, WE, WE WOULD HAVE TO WORK WITH OUR PSD PARTNERS, UM, TO, TO DO THAT. 
          UM, THERE, THERE ARE SEWER MAINS AVAILABLE. 
          WHAT, WHAT CONTINUES TO HAPPEN IS ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT. 
          SO THAT NUMBER CHANGES, UH, OVER TIME AS FAR AS, UM, PROPERTIES THAT CAN, OR HOUSEHOLDS THAT CAN CONNECT AND, UM, AND, AND IF THEY'RE, UM, IF THEY ARE CONNECTED OR NOT. 
          SO, BUT AS, UM, A LOT OF THE NEWER CONNECTIONS ARE ACTUALLY, WERE A RESULT OF, OF NEW DEVELOPMENT AND THEREFORE NEEDED THOSE CONNECTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'M SORRY YOU HAVE DR. 
          MR. I JUST A FOLLOW UP ON, ON, UH, TOM'S QUESTION, UM, IF I'M FOLLOWING RIGHT, IS IT A MATTER OF AVAILABILITY? 'CAUSE I THINK THE LAST REPORT WE HAD, THAT SEWER IS ACTUALLY AVAILABLE FOR ALL RESIDENTS RIGHT NOW. 
          IT'S A MATTER OF CONNECTION, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. 
          UM, SO SEWER MAINS ARE AVAILABLE, THIS IS FOR THAT PRIVATE, UM, CONNECTION FROM THE MAIN TO THE HOME, UH, IS WHAT THIS PROGRAM WAS FUNDING. 
          YEAH. 
          I, INSTEAD OF WAITING TO BE ASKED FOR SOMEBODY TO CONNECT, IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR, FOR THE ISLAND AS A WHOLE TO HAVE SEWER CONNECTION THAT I WAS WONDERING IF, IF WE KNEW WHICH PROPERTIES NEEDED ASSISTANCE, IF WE COULD, IT COULD BE MORE OF AN OUTREACH AS OPPOSED TO INQUIRY ON OUR PART. 
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SO AS, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT QUESTION OR COMMENT, UM, I GUESS YOU'RE SAYING WE NEED TO HAVE SOME AWARENESS OF THE PEOPLE KNOW THIS PROGRAM EXISTS. 
          UH, AND THE OTHER PART OF THAT IS THAT SOME PEOPLE CHOOSE NOT TO MM-HMM . 
          CONNECT, RIGHT? AND OF COURSE, LASTLY, SOME PEOPLE DON'T QUALIFY FOR THIS PROGRAM. 
          SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT MAYBE ARE NOT CONNECTED. 
          IT'S NOT A MATTER OF I'M NOT BEING AWARE OF THE PROGRAM OR PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM. 
          UH, YOU CAN CLEAN THAT UP FOR ME A LITTLE BIT, MISSY. 
          SURE. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S DESCRIBED ACCURATELY. 
          ALSO, THE, THE SEWER CONNECTION PROGRAM IS, UM, A COMPLIMENTARY PROGRAM TO THE DEEP WELL ADMINISTERS, UM, PROJECT SAFE, WHICH, UM, THEY, THEY ARE STILL MAKING CONNECTIONS, SEWER CONNECTIONS THROUGH THAT PROGRAM AND THROUGH THE FUNDING THAT'S ALLOCATED THROUGH THAT PROGRAM. 
          THESE STATISTICS HERE SPEAK TO THE TOWN QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE TOWN'S LATERAL SEWER CONNECTION PROGRAM. 
          SO THERE ALREADY IS ANOTHER COMMUNITY ENTITY PROVIDING CONNECTIONS THROUGH THAT PROJECT SAFE PROGRAM. 
          UM, BUT WE CAN, UM, TO, TO SPEAK TO THE NEED. 
          AND WE HAVE HAD, UM, PETE ARDI FROM THE H HAD PSD, UM, PROVIDE UPDATES ON, UM, HOW MANY PROPERTIES, UM, ARE CURRENTLY NOT CONNECTED. 
          AND HE'LL TELL YOU TOO THE SAME THAT, THAT, THOSE NUMBERS DO FLUCTUATE. 
          UM, AND THEN WE HAVE COORDINATED WITH THE PSD ON, UM, SENDING OUT POSTCARDS, UM, ON SOME REGULAR INTERVAL ABOUT BOTH PROJECT SAFE AND THE TOWN'S LATERAL SEWER CONNECTION PROGRAM. 
          SO THERE HAVE BEEN, UM, OUTREACH, UM, THAT HAS BEEN, UM, FACILITATED WITH OUR PSD PARTNER FOR THIS PROGRAM. 
          IF, IF I MAY, IN MY CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COMMISSIONS AT THE PSD, THEY REASON THAT WE ARE PERHAPS 95%, 97% COMPLETE IN TERMS OF THOSE FOLKS WHO WOULD DESIRE TO HAVE, UH, THE SERVICE. 
          THAT SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT FROM ONE OF THE LAST UPDATES I'VE RECEIVED. 
          BUT AS I UNDERSTAND, IT'S ALWAYS A, A NUMBER THAT, THAT DOES CHANGE BASED ON ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT. 
          LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD HAVE A PARTICULAR STREET WHERE ALL THE HOMES ARE CONNECTED. 
          WELL THEN SOMEBODY DECIDES TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL UNIT OR ADD A ANOTHER HOME AND THEN, YOU KNOW, NOW YOU HAVE TWO, TWO MORE PROPERTIES OR TWO MORE STRUCTURES THAT NEED A CONNECTION. 
          QUESTIONS. 
          COMMENTS. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          VERY GOOD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MY REPORT AS WELL. 
          THIS, THIS YOUR REPORT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERONICA AS WELL. 
          UM, OFFICER VERONICA, UH, WELL, LET ME SEE IF I HAVE, OH, I'M SORRY. 
          I HAVE FOLLOWED MY AGENDA. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, NEXT ITEM WE HAVE IS INTRODUCTION OF COMMUNITY PLANNING MANAGER, MICHELLE MEER, UH, COMMUNITY PLANNING MANAGER. 
          UM, YOU HAVE TO DO YOUR OWN INTRODUCTION. 
          YOU DON'T HAVE SOMEBODY TO BRING YOU UP MYSELF. 
          . 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          UM, MY NAME IS MICHELLE MUELLER. 
          I KNOW A FEW OF YOU IN THE ROOM, BUT IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE. 
          I AM THE NEW COMMUNITY PLANNING MANAGER UNDER THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, AND IN THIS ROLE I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR OVERSEEING THE REDEVELOPMENT GOALS AND OBJECTIVES IN ALL THE PLANNING AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, MAJOR PLANNING INITIATIVES, THE COORDINATION OF AMENDMENTS TO THE LMO AND MUNICIPAL CODE, PARTICIPATING IN THE OVERSIGHT OF THE LANDMARK PROTECTION PROGRAM AND THE PRIORITY PROJECTS INCLUDED IN THE 2019 GULLAH GEECHEE PRESERVATION REPORT, AS RECOMMENDED BY TOWN COUNCIL AND APPROVED BY TOWN COUNCIL. 
          UM, I'M ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE DISTRICT'S PROJECT, WHICH IS UNDERWAY, AND WE HAVE HAD TWO VERY SUCCESSFUL MEETINGS WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND STAKEHOLDERS OUTLINING SORT OF VISION AND THE, UM, THEME AND THE CHARACTER ESTABLISHING THAT AS SEEN BY THE COMMUNITY. 
          UH, RECEIVING THAT INPUT IS SOMETHING I'VE ENJOYED WATCHING FIRSTHAND AND, UM, EXPERIENCING, IT'S COMPLIMENTARY TO MY, UH, PRIOR EXPERIENCE. 
          I COME TO THIS ROLE WITH THREE YEARS AT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE LOCALLY, UM, SERVING HILTON HEAD AND BLUFFTON IN THE MEMBERSHIP ROLE. 
          SO SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY, THAT WAS REALLY MY PASSION, UM, SERVING THEM AND HELPING CONNECT THE DOTS BETWEEN STAKEHOLDERS, SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS AND OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE LOW COUNTRY. 
          UM, PRIOR TO THE CHAMBER, I WAS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER FOR NINE YEARS ON THE ISLAND. 
          UM, HAVING MOVED HERE IN 2012, I WAS IN PROPERTY MANAGEMENT AND 
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OVERSAW THAT FOR, UM, NINE YEARS. 
          SO I REALLY AM LOOKING FORWARD TO APPLYING MY EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE IN THIS ROLE, UM, AND SERVING THE COMMUNITY PLANNING DEPARTMENT. 
          ANY QUESTIONS? VERY GOOD. 
          ANY QUESTIONS? WELL, OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          WELCOME TO THE STAFF AND, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, 
          [6. Public Comment - Non Agenda Items]
THE NEXT ITEM I HAVE ON MY AGENDA IS A PUBLIC COMMENT ON ANYTHING THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA. 
          DOES ANYONE IN MY PUBLIC HAVE SOMETHING THEY'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON? MR. WILLIAMS? THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. 
          YES, SIR. 
          I BELIEVE MR. SIMMONS IS GONNA UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS I'M TALKING ABOUT HERE. 
          I I, I RECENTLY REPRESENTED A COUPLE OF CLIENTS BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON AN AMENDMENT OF A, OF A PREVIOUSLY RECORDED, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED SUBDIVISION. 
          AND WHEN YOU LOOK THROUGH THE CODE, ALMOST INVARIABLY WHERE THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS REVIEW AND APPROVAL AUTHORITY, THEY HAVE THREE OPTIONS. 
          THEY CAN APPROVE, THE APPLICATION IS SUBMITTED, THEY CAN APPROVE IT WITH MODIFICATIONS OR CONDITIONS, THEY CAN DENY IT. 
          BUT THIS ONE SECTION OF A CODE ON AMENDMENTS TO PREVIOUSLY PLATTED SUBDIVISIONS DOESN'T EXPLICITLY GIVE THE PLANNING COMMISSION THE AUTHORITY TO APPROVE AN APPLICATION WITH CONDITIONS OR WITH MODIFICATIONS. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE CODE. 
          THIS REWRITE THAT'S GOING ON IS THE PERFECT TIME TO DO THAT. 
          AND MR I THINK, LIKE I SAID, I THINK MR. SIMMONS REMEMBERS THE SITUATION, UM, BUT I THINK IT'S INHERENT IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S AUTHORITY, AND IT'S CLEARLY STATED THROUGHOUT THE CODE IN NUMEROUS PLACES THAT THEY HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS OR MODIFICATIONS. 
          LET ME MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION OR YOUR COMMENT. 
          YOU'RE SAYING THAT THAT IS CURRENTLY NOT IN THE CODE NOW, CORRECT? IT DOES, IT DOESN'T EXPLICITLY GIVE THE PLANNING COMMISSION THE AUTHORITY TO APPROVE AN APPLICATION TO A MODIFY A PREVIOUS, UH, PREVIOUSLY PLANTED SUBDIVISION WITH CONDITIONS OR MODIFICATIONS. 
          I UNDERSTAND RIGHT NOW IS EITHER APPROVE OR DENY, CORRECT. 
          AT LEAST, AT LEAST THAT'S THE TOWN STAFF'S POSITION. 
          MY POSITION WAS, I THINK INHERENTLY THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS THAT AUTHORITY. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT IT WOULD HELP IF THE CODE EXPLICITLY STATED THAT ALL. 
          OKAY. 
          THANKS. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANYONE ELSE HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT ON A NON AGENDA ITEM? OKAY. 
          UM, 
          [5. Discussion Items]
SHARAN, COULD WE HAVE ANYTHING ON DISTRICT PLANNING THAT YOU WANT TO SHARE WITH US OR YOU CAN SHARE WITH THIS FOCUS? ABSOLUTELY. 
          UM, SO I DO WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO YOU ALL FROM THE GO GETCHU TASK FORCE WHO HAVE BEEN ATTENDING THE DISTRICT PLANNING MEETINGS. 
          UM, IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU ALL AS MEMBERS OF THE TASK FORCE JOINING AND HELPING AND ASSISTING WITH THESE MEETINGS. 
          SO THIS WEEK, UM, MARSHA IS THE MARSHA'S DISTRICT MEETING. 
          MR. BOXLEY, I JUST WANTED TO, IF YOU CUTTING OUT, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 
          I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOU AND I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO BE WITH US. 
          OKAY. 
          I APOLOGIZE, VERONICA. 
          I JUST WANTED TO CATCH HIM BEFORE HE LEFT THE ROOM. 
          YOU'RE FINE, YOU'RE FINE. 
          SO MARSHA'S, OUR MARSHA'S DISTRICT MEETING IS THIS WEDNESDAY, UM, AND IT'S THE NEXT DISTRICT, UM, MEETING WITHIN OUR HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          SO THE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE MARSHES DISTRICT INCLUDE GARDNER, SPANISH WELLS, OLD HOUSE CREEK, JONESVILLE, AS WELL AS JARVIS. 
          UM, AND THE MEETING WILL BE AS I STATED THIS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY THE FIFTH AT 5:00 PM UM, AND IT'LL BE HOSTED AT GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH. 
          NOW THE MEETINGS ARE TYPICALLY FROM FIVE TO SEVEN. 
          UM, AND WE ENCOURAGE ALL THOSE WITHIN THE SPECIFIC DISTRICTS TO COME OUT AND SHARE THEIR INPUT. 
          I'LL TELL YOU THAT, UM, TWO MEETINGS HAVE TAKEN PLACE THUS FAR. 
          UM, ONE OF WHICH WAS THE SKULL CREEK, UM, DISTRICT PLANNING MEETING AS WELL AS PARKWAY ARTS DISTRICT. 
          UM, ON AVERAGE, THERE HAVE BEEN ABOUT 20 TO 40 ATTENDEES AT EACH OF THESE MEETINGS. 
          UM, AND PARTICIPATION, UM, FROM YOU ALL AS WELL AS THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS ADDED AN ADDITIONAL VALUE. 
          UM, EACH MEETING INCLUDES A PRESENTATION OVERVIEW. 
          SO I DO WANT TO STATE THIS, AND I'VE BEEN SHARING 
          [02:05:01]
THIS WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN INTERESTED IN ATTENDING, UM, THAT EACH ONE DOES INCLUDE A PRESENTATION OVERVIEW OF THE DISTRICT, UM, FOLLOWED BY BREAKOUT SESSIONS, BREAKOUT STATIONS, EXCUSE ME. 
          THERE ARE EIGHT BREAKOUT STATIONS, WHICH INCLUDE DISTRICT THEMES, CHARACTER, VISION, ASPIRATIONS, AS WELL AS FOCUS AREAS. 
          UM, SO THIS WEDNESDAY IS OUR MARSHA'S DISTRICT MEETING, UM, AND THEN UPCOMING MEETINGS THAT WILL INCLUDE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS, OUR, OUR FOREST BEACH DISTRICT PLANNING MEETING, WHICH WILL BE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY THE 20TH, AS WELL AS OUR CHAPLAIN DISTRICT PLANNING MEETING, WHICH WILL BE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27TH. 
          SO I ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS TO COME OUT, UM, AND ATTEND, AND I WILL DEFINITELY SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH YOU ALL VIA EMAIL AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR VERONICA? I HAVE ONE QUESTION OR COMMENT MM-HMM . 
          UH, IN, IN THE MEETINGS THAT WE'VE HAD IN ONE MOST RECENTLY, UM, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IS THE, UH, THE TEMPERATURE OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ATTENDING AND PARTICIPATING, UH, WHERE THEY, YOU KNOW, WILLING PARTICIPANTS? DID WE HEAR ANY GRIEVANCES OR, I WOULD SAY I'M ASKING BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A HISTORY OF TRYING TO BUILD THIS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE TOWN AND THE COMMUNITY AND WHATEVER THAT PERCEPTION IS. 
          AND HOW WAS THIS PRESENTATION, UH, RECEIVED BY THE COMMUNITY? I WILL TELL YOU, UM, REGARDING THE DISTRICT PLANNING MEETINGS, I WAS, UM, A PARTICIPANT WITHIN THE MEETING FOR SKULL CREEK, WHICH WAS VERY GOOD. 
          UM, WE HAVE HAD GREAT FEEDBACK FROM THOSE WITHIN, UM, THOSE, I WOULD SAY WITHIN, FROM OUR HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS WHO HAVE BEEN PARTICIPATING IN THE DISTRICT PLANNING MEETINGS. 
          UM, I WILL SAY THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'RE GETTING IS WHAT'S NEEDED, AND IT'S WHAT'S VALUABLE, YOU KNOW? UM, SO I JUST WANNA ENCOURAGE MORE, UM, INDIVIDUALS TO COME OUT AND SHARE THEIR FEEDBACK, SHARE WHAT THEY SEE THE VISION FOR THEIR COMMUNITY TO BE, UM, WHAT THEY SEE THEIR, THEIR VISION FOR THEIR DISTRICT TO BE. 
          UM, WHAT DOES THE CHARACTER LOOK LIKE, FEEL LIKE? UM, I WOULD SAY THE BIGGEST THING IS JUST GETTING ADDITIONAL INDIVIDUALS FROM OUR HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS OUT AND IN PARTICIPATION OF THESE EVENTS. 
          AND I FEEL LIKE, UH, UM, WELL, DO YOU FEEL LIKE THE MORE PEOPLE KNOW THAT YOU ARE HERE NOW, YOU, YOU'RE MEETING MORE PEOPLE AND I KNOW WE'RE STILL TRYING TO CIRCULATE YOU AROUND TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW THAT YOU AS WELL AS OTHER STAFF ARE HERE TO TRY TO IMPROVE, UH, THOSE UH, COMMUNITIES. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          I, UM, I'LL GO REFERENCE BACK TO SKULL CREEK WHEN I WALKED INTO THAT ROOM AND I SAW MANY FACES WHO RECOGNIZED ME AND WANTED TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH ME. 
          THAT WAS DEFINITELY A PLEASURE. 
          GOOD. 
          YEAH. 
          GOOD. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR GOOD WORK AND, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUED SUCCESS WITH THAT. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          THANK YOU GUYS. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          MS. SHARONDA. 
          OH, I'M SORRY, MR. CHAIRMAN, I MAY, YES, SIR. 
          I EXPRESSED THIS TO SHARONDA, NIA MM-HMM . 
          PRIOR TO, BUT I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT ADDED ON THE RECORD IN AS MUCH AS I MENTIONED ABOUT HOW IF, UH, SOMETHING IS MENTIONED IN ONE MEETING, IT MAY NOT BE HEARD IN ANY OTHER, ANY OTHER MEETING, BUT IT HAS A REASONABLE APPLICATION IN THE OTHER AREAS. 
          WOULD THERE BE SOME CONSIDERATION FOR THAT? OR WOULD THAT SUGGESTION BE LIMITED ONLY TO THAT ONE COMMUNITY OR DISTRICT? I THINK IF WE CAN RECOGNIZE THE BENEFIT OF SOMETHING BEING COMMUNITY-WIDE, THAT WILL BE THE PLUS. 
          UM, KIND OF BACK TO THE CONVERSATION EARLIER WITH MR. WILLIAMS AND YOU ALL SAYING IF ONE THING IS GONNA APPLY TO ONE, THEN IT'S BETTER TO APPLY TO ALL. 
          UM, I'LL TELL YOU ALL FEEDBACK FROM OUR DISTRICT PLANNING MEETINGS IS PROPERLY, IS BEING PROPERLY DOCUMENTED. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          AND WE WILL TAKE ALL, ALL COMMENTS INTO CONSIDERATION. 
          OKAY. 
          THE BIGGEST THING IS GETTING, UM, OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS UNDERSTAND TO ACTUALLY ATTEND AS WELL AS THERE ARE SURVEYS FOLLOWING THESE DISTRICT PLANNING MEETINGS. 
          SO WE CAN SHARE THAT WITH THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WE ARE AWARE OF. 
          THAT WOULD BE GREAT TO GET THEIR FEEDBACK IN THAT ASPECT. 
          AND I, AGAIN, I FEEL CONFIDENT THAT YOU WOULD DO IT. 
          I JUST WANTED TO BE ON THE RANK. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERONICA. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. 
          UH, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT. 
          OH YEAH. 
          THANK YOU MR. HINTS AND, UH, TO MY COLLEAGUES. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND INPUT TO MY PUBLIC, MR. WILLIAMS, THE PICKETT. 
          AND I LOST 30% OF MY PUBLIC WITH MR. BOXLEY, BUT WE FIND OURSELVES ADJOURNED. 
          HAVE A GREAT AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          [02:10:02]
HI EVERYONE. 
          I'M MARIA WALLS, YOUR BEAUFORT COUNTY TREASURER. 
          IF YOU'VE EVER WONDERED WHAT'S E-BILLING OR MY BEAUFORT COUNTY, I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU A SNEAK PEEK BECAUSE MY BEAUFORT COUNTY IS YOUR ONE ONE-STOP LOCATION ONLINE TO MANAGE AND PAY YOUR BEAUFORT COUNTY PROPERTY TAX BILLS. 
          SIMPLY TYPE IN MY BEAUFORT COUNTY.COM OR DOWNLOAD THE APP IN THE APP STORE AND YOU'LL CONTINUE TO LOG IN. 
          SO HERE YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE AS A GUEST. 
          IF YOU DON'T WANNA CREATE AN ACCOUNT OR IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CREATE AN ACCOUNT, YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN UP FOR E-BILLING, STORE YOUR PAYMENT INFORMATION, AND MANAGE ALL OF YOUR TAX BILLS FROM A SIMPLE DASHBOARD SCREEN. 
          TO MANAGE YOUR PROPERTY ACCOUNTS IN YOUR DASHBOARD, SIMPLY CLICK LINK ACCOUNT AND TALK TO TAXBOT WHO IS HAPPY TO ASSIST YOU IN SIGNING YOU UP. 
          YOU CAN SEARCH FOR A PROPERTY BY YOUR PIN, WHICH IS YOUR PARCEL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER, YOUR A IN, YOUR ALTERNATE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER, OR SIMPLY USING AN OWNER'S LAST NAME AND MAILING ZIP CODE. 
          ONCE YOU'VE SEARCHED, GO AHEAD AND SELECT THE PROPERTIES THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ASSOCIATE WITH YOUR PROFILE. 
          YOU CAN EITHER CHOOSE TO KEEP GOING OR LET TAX BOT KNOW THAT YOU'RE FINISHED BY PAYING YOUR TAXES, FINDING ANOTHER PROPERTY, OR SIMPLY GOING BACK TO THE DASHBOARD. 
          IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ALSO SIGN UP FOR E-BILLING, YOU CAN DO THAT BY CLICKING MANAGE E-BILLING AND SIGN UP EACH PROPERTY TO RECEIVE YOUR BILL ELECTRONICALLY. 
          WANNA KNOW WHERE YOUR PAYMENT INFORMATION IS STORED OR YOUR RECEIPTS? GO AHEAD AND CLICK YOUR WALLET IN THE WALLET. 
          EACH RECEIPT YOU'VE PAID ONLINE IS AVAILABLE FOR OBSERVATION, DOWNLOAD AND PRINTING RIGHT HERE. 
          NEED TO UPDATE YOUR PROFILE, NO PROBLEM. 
          SIMPLY CLICK THE ICON IN THE TOP RIGHT HAND CORNER AND YOU CAN UPDATE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION AND MANAGE YOUR PAYMENT METHODS. 
          AN ADDED BONUS WHEN YOU USE AN ECHECK TO PAY ON MY BEFORD COUNTY, THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL COSTS. 
          YOU HAVE YOUR BILL AND YOUR ELECTRONIC RECEIPT ALL IN ONE LOCATION AND AT YOUR FINGERTIPS, WHATEVER YOU NEED IT. 
          IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT USING MY BEFORD COUNTY OR TAXES IN GENERAL, PLEASE CALL MY FRIENDLY STAFF AND I AT 8 4 3 2 5 5 2 6 0 0. 
          OR YOU CAN VISIT US@BEAUFORTCOUNTYTREASURE.COM. 
          THERE'S, UH, JUST OVER 2 MILLION OYSTERS IN HERE. 
          SO ACTUALLY, UH, STARTED MARICULTURE IN OH SEVEN. 
          YOU KNOW, THEY LOVE THE BEAUFORT SINGLE OYSTER AND MOTHER NATURE ONLY GIVES YOU A FEW OF THEM. 
          SO WE KNEW WE HAD TO ACTUALLY START GROWING THEM TO MEET DEMAND. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING EVER SINCE. 
          WE'RE ACTUALLY FROM MARYLAND, VIRGINIA AREA, CHESAPEAKE BAY, AND JUST AS A KID, MESS AROUND WITH OYSTERS ALL THE TIME. 
          IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT YOU DO. 
          OH SEVEN IS PROBABLY 40, 50,000 OYSTERS. 
          UH, THIS YEAR WE SHOULD BE UP AROUND QUARTER MILLION. 
          GOT A LITTLE SHOW AND TELL HERE WE'RE PULLING THESE BIGGER ONES OUT AND THEY'LL GO INTO A BIGGER MESH BAG IN ABOUT SIX MONTHS, THESE WILL BE THREE INCHES AND THEN A RAW BAR IN CHARLESTON OR BE, ALRIGHT, LET ME HAND YOU THESE BACK. 
          RIGHT? YOU DON'T WANNA DROP THAT. 
          THE FINAL PRODUCT'S A THREE INCH OYSTER, WHICH WE'RE ABOUT TO GO GET HERE IN A LITTLE BIT. 
          WE GET ACCOLADES ALL DAY LONG. 
          IF THE PEOPLE IN BEAUFORT LOVE THEM. 
          THERE'S A LITTLE BEAUFORT. 
          PEOPLE KNOW OYSTERS AND THEY SAY THEY'RE GOOD, THEY'RE GOOD. 
          UH, FRANK BRU, I FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES, UH, HAD OYSTERS AT THE ORDINARY, WHICH IS A FINE RESTAURANT. 
          JAMES BEARD WARD WINNING CHEF. 
          THEY HAD EIGHT OYSTERS ON THE MENU. 
          HE ATE, ATE ONE OF EACH, AND THEN HE CALLED CHEF LATA OVER AND, UH, POINTED TO OUR OYSTER AND SAID, THIS IS THE BEST OYSTER I'VE EVER EATEN. 
          AND, UH, HE WENT AND ATE THREE DOZEN MORE AND THEN WENT ON TWITTER, 300,000 FOLLOWERS AND SAID, COME EAT THESE OYSTERS. 
          THEY'RE, THEY'RE REALLY, REALLY GOOD. 
          UH, A LOT OF THE PHONE CALLS CAME FROM OUTTA STATE AND WE'RE JUST NOT SET UP TO SHIP OUTTA STATE YET. 
          WE'RE WORKING ON IT. 
          UH, WE'RE, WE GOTTA SATISFY THE NEEDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA FIRST. 
          WE'LL DROP THE TANKS AND THE WATER WILL PASS THROUGH THIS SIEVE, BUT THE LARVAE IS GONNA BE AROUND 70 A MICRON. 
          SO THEY'LL BE CAPTURED ON THIS SIEVE. 
          IT LOOKS LIKE COFFEE GROUNDS IN HERE. 
          THEN WE'LL TAKE THIS THAT'S CAPTURED HERE, PUT 'EM IN THESE CUPS WITH FILTERED SEA WATER. 
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THEN WE'LL TAKE A SAMPLE OF THAT AND PUT IT UNDER THE MICROSCOPE. 
          THE, THE SIZE AND HOW MANY WE HAVE DETERMINES HOW MUCH FOOD THEY GET BACK IN THE TANK WHEN WE RELOAD THE TANKS WITH FILTERED WATER. 
          UH, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK FOR AT LEAST 21 TO 25 DAY CYCLE. 
          IT'S LIKE HAVING A LOT OF LITTLE PUPPIES. 
          I LEARNED PRETTY QUICKLY THAT I HAD TO LEARN HOW TO DO THIS 'CAUSE WE RAN OUT OF OYSTERS IN THE WILD, AND IT TAKES TOO LONG FOR OUR MARKET DEMAND TO GET A SINGLE WILD OYSTER. 
          SO I WENT TO HATCHERIES AROUND, UH, THE EAST COAST, LEARNING FROM THEM HOW THEY DO IT. 
          AND EACH HATCHERY HAS ITS OWN LITTLE WAYS OF DOING IT. 
          WHAT WORKS IN A HATCHERY, SAY IN NORTH CAROLINA, MAY NOT WORK IN A HATCHERY HERE. 
          UH, THE WATER BODY'S DIFFERENT. 
          UH, WHAT WE DO HERE MAY NOT WORK SOMEPLACE ELSE. 
          SO YOU HAVE TO FIND YOUR OWN LITTLE NICHE. 
          THE PURPOSE OF THE SINGLE GRAIN IS, UH, SINGLE OYSTER. 
          UH, IF THE, IF THE GRAIN OF, IF THE CRUSHED SHELL IS TOO BIG, WE'LL GET MULTIPLE SETS ON IT, THEN WE'LL GET A CLUSTERED OYSTER. 
          WELL, WE GET THOSE IN THE WILD ALREADY, SO WE'RE NOT TRYING TO GROW A CLUSTERED OYSTER. 
          ONCE THEY SET, THEY CAN ONLY DO IT ONE TIME. 
          SO THEY, THEY CEMENT THEMSELVES TO THAT PIECE OF, UH, CRUSHED SHELL, THEN THEY START GROWING THEIR OWN SHELL. 
          WE DO A LOT OF RESEARCH WITH DNR, UH, DH UH, FDA, UH, OR WE'RE IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH OTHER HATCHERIES. 
          UH, WEATHER CHANGES, THINGS. 
          WE JUST HAD A COLD SNAP THE OTHER DAY. 
          UH, IT SLOWED DOWN OUR GROWTH. 
          OUR OYSTERS WENT AN EX OYSTER. 
          RA WENT AN EXTRA FIVE DAYS BECAUSE OF THE DROP IN TEMPERATURE. 
          THIS IS A REFRACTIVE METER AND I'M MEASURING THE SALINITY IN THE WATER. 
          LOOK UP INTO THE SUN. 
          AQUACULTURE IS FROM OUR DEFINITION IS IMPOUNDMENTS ON LAND, SHRIMP FARMS, CATFISH FARMS. THAT'S AQUACULTURE. 
          THIS IS MARICULTURE, WHICH IS IMPOUNDMENTS IN AT SEA, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE DOING. 
          THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE. 
          THERE'S ABOUT, THERE'S ABOUT 1800 OYSTERS IN HERE. 
          THESE ARE READY FOR MARKET. 
          WE GOT THE WATER COMING IN FROM ST. 
          HELENA SOUND, THAT'S GOOD. 
          OCEAN WATER. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHERE YOU GET THAT NICE BRINY, UH, BRIGHT FLAVORS THAT THE TASTE OF THAT, THE OCEAN TASTE OF THE SEA. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE WANT. 
          NICE CUP, GOOD FAN. 
          THESE ARE GONNA BE PROCESSED TONIGHT, TOMORROW MORNING. 
          AND BY MID MORNING THEY'LL BE ON THEIR WAY TO CHARLESTON. 
          THE BOAT CAME UP IN THE RAW BARS. 
          THEY TYPICALLY CALL THIS THE SINGLE LADY. 
          THAT'S WHAT YOU, YOU WANNA SEE THAT NICE CHINA WHITE KIND OF BODY. 
          AND YOU WANNA SEE THAT LIQUOR IN THERE, AND YOU JUST WANNA SIMPLY CUT THE BOTTOM OF THAT MUSCLE. 
          AND THIS OYSTER IS READY TO BE EATEN. 
          I LOVE 'EM. 
          I LOVE 'EM. 
          RAW, COOKED, STEAMED, ANY WHICH WAY I CAN GET 'EM. 
          UH, SOMETIMES I PUT A LITTLE BIT OF LEMON ON 'EM OR A MINETTE, UH, PUT A BIT OF HOT, HOT SAUCE. 
          UH, I JUMP AROUND, BUT I'LL TAKE HIM ANY WHICH WAY I CAN GET HIM. 
          BEAUFORT COUNTY IS REALLY UNIQUE IN ITS WATER. 
          WELL, THEY, THEY CALL OUR RIVERS, RIVERS, BUT THEY'RE NOT REALLY RIVERS. 
          THEY'RE ACTUALLY TIDAL ESTUARIES THAT HAVE FLOW IN AND FLOW OUT FROM THE OCEAN. 
          THEY'RE NOT FROM WAY UP IN COLUMBIA PASSING BY ALL KINDS OF RIVERS AND TOWNS AND, AND WATER TREATMENT PLANTS. 
          UH, BEAUFORT COUNTY GETS IT. 
          THEY, THEY UNDERSTAND THE, THE UNIQUENESS OF OUR WATER QUALITY AND THEY, THEY PUT A LOT OF EFFORT INTO ENSURING THAT OUR WATER STAYS CLEAN. 
          CLEAN WATER IS EXTREMELY VALUABLE AND DIRTY WATER IS EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE. 
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OUR CONNECTION WITH THE WATER BODY, WITH THE MARSH IS, IS DEFINES WHO WE ARE AND, UH, AND THEY'RE REALLY, UH, REALLY GOOD AT PROTECTING IT. 
          A METEOR SHOWER THAT OCCURS WHEN SKY AND WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE JUST RIGHT IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST SPECTACULAR ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS THAT YOU CAN OBSERVE DURING A GOOD SHOW. 
          SOMETIMES HUNDREDS OF SHOOTING STARS AND FIREBALLS STREAK ACROSS THE SKY. 
          EVERY HOUR A METEOROID IS BASICALLY A ROCK FLYING AROUND IN OUTER SPACE. 
          IF ONE OF THOSE SPACE ROCKS ENTERS THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE, IT IS THEN CALLED A METEOR. 
          THE EARTH'S GRAVITY PULLS THE METEOR TOWARDS IT AND THE RESISTANCE, THE METEOR EXPERIENCE MAKES IT VERY, VERY HOT. 
          WHAT WE SEE FROM THE GROUND IS ACTUALLY THE GLOWING HOT AIR AROUND THE SUPER HOT SPACE ROCK AS IT ENTERS THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE. 
          MOST METEORS COME FROM DEBRIS LEFT BEHIND FROM COMETS. 
          SO COMETS ARE BASICALLY DIRTY SNOWBALLS THAT ARE ORBITING AROUND OUR SOLAR SYSTEM. 
          AND THEY'RE MADE UP OF DIFFERENT COMPONENTS LIKE GAS AND DUST AND ICE AND LITTLE BITS OF ROCKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS WE'RE GONNA MAKE A MODEL COMET HERE IN THE LAB SO YOU GUYS CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF A COMET AND SEE HOW AS THAT COMET MELTS WHEN IT GETS CLOSE TO THE SUN, IT SHEDS DEBRIS THAT EVENTUALLY WILL BECOME A METEOR SHOWER. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA START OUT WITH JUST WATER. 
          AND WATER IS MADE UP OF HYDROGEN AND OXYGEN. 
          THE SAME ELEMENTS THAT WERE PRESENT IN THE VERY EARLY FORMATION OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM. 
          COMETS ALSO CONTAINS SPACE DUST, AND THAT'S LIKE MINERALS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. 
          NOW I HAVE SOME REGULAR OLD DIRT TO REPRESENT THE SPACE DUST, YOU HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND THAT DIRT HERE ON EARTH CONTAINS LIVING THINGS LIKE, UM, FUNGI AND BACTERIA, WHICH WOULD NOT BE PRESENT. 
          UM, IN A COMET. 
          IT WOULD JUST BE THE MINERALS. 
          I'M GONNA PUT JUST A LITTLE BIT OF THE DIRT IN THERE. 
          AND THEN THE COMETS ALSO CONTAIN ORGANIC, UM, MATERIALS. 
          SO THINGS THAT CONTAIN CARBON, HYDROGEN, OXYGEN, NITROGEN. 
          UM, BASICALLY THE ELEMENTS THAT MAKE UP THE VAST MAJORITY OF LIFE ARE THOSE ORGANIC, UM, COMPOUNDS. 
          AND SO EVEN IN THE EARLY FORMATION OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM, THERE WERE SOME VERY SIMPLE SUGARS PRESENT. 
          SO WE'RE ACTUALLY USING SODA TO REPRESENT THOSE SUGARS. 
          AND THEN AMMONIA, WHICH IS THE SAME KIND OF STUFF THAT'S, UH, MAKES WINDOW CLEANER, SO STINKY, THAT'S ANOTHER, UM, ORGANIC MATERIAL THAT YOU MIGHT FIND IN THE COMET. 
          I'M GOING TO STIR UP OUR INGREDIENTS TO GET IT ALL EVENLY MIXED BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL MIXED UP TOGETHER. 
          AND OUTER SPACE IS GENERALLY REALLY COLD, SO THE COMET'S ALSO GONNA CONTAIN CARBON DIOXIDE, BUT WHEN IT'S FAR AWAY FROM THE SUN, IT'S FROZEN SOLID. 
          SO HAVE YOU GUYS EVER SEEN DRY ICE? YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          SO IT'S BASICALLY CARBON DIOXIDE, UM, THAT IS FROZEN AND IT DOESN'T EVER HAVE A LIQUID STATE. 
          AND I'M GONNA STIR IT UP. 
          SO WHAT THIS IS DOING IS THIS IS WELL BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES, SO IT'S ESSENTIALLY FREEZING SOLID EVERYTHING THAT I PUT INTO THE BOWL. 
          SO WHAT I'M GONNA HAVE YOU DO IF YOU'LL COME AROUND HERE WITH ME, IS TO KIND OF HOLD THE BAG UP JUST A LITTLE BIT RIGHT OVER THE BOWL, SINCE IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT MESSY. 
          AND DON'T HOLD IT TOO HARD BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS CAN TELL, SEE HOW IT LETS SOME OF THE AIR OUT. 
          THERE YOU GO. 
          THE CARBON DIOXIDE IS TURNING DIRECTLY. 
          I'M GONNA PUT IT DOWN INTO THE BOWL THIS TIME. 
          OKAY, SO LET'S SEE IF WE HAVE A COMET. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          AND IT'S NOT PERFECTLY ROUND, BUT THAT IS OUR COMET. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE THAT AS THE, UM, DRY ICE IS SUBLIMATING TURNING BACK INTO GAS, THAT IT'S ESSENTIALLY PIECES OF THE COMET ARE MELTING OFF. 
          AND SO IT GETS REALLY HOT. 
          AND AS THE COMET PASSES BY, UH, THE SUN AND IT HEATS UP IN THAT CARBON DIOXIDE AND THE ICE MELTS, LITTLE PLUMES COME OFF THE BACK OF THE COMET, AND THAT'S WHAT LEAVES A DEBRIS TRAIL BEHIND. 
          AND WHEN THE EARTH PASSES THROUGH THAT DEBRIS STREAM, THEY BURN UP IN OUR ATMOSPHERE AND BECOME A METEOR SHOWER. 
          MANY COMETS HAVE LEFT TRAILS IN DIFFERENT REGIONS ALONG THE PATH 
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OF THE EARTH'S ORBIT. 
          SO THE EARTH PREDICTABLY ENCOUNTERS THESE DEBRIS FIELDS AS IT GOES AROUND THE SUN THROUGH THE COURSE OF A YEAR. 
          WE CAN COUNT ON REGULAR OCCURRENCES OF THESE METEOR SHOWERS DURING CERTAIN TIMES OF THE YEAR. 
          THE LYS PER PROCEEDS, ORIONIDS, LEONIDS, AND GEMINIDS ARE ALL MAJOR METEOR SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH COMET TRAILS. 
          METEOR SHOWERS ARE USUALLY NAMED FOR THE CONSTELLATION IN THE REGION OF THE SKY WHERE THEY APPEAR TO ORIGINATE. 
          IF YOU WATCH A METEOR SHOWER, YOU MAY NOTICE THAT THEY APPEAR TO BE ALL OVER THE SKY, BUT THE TAILS POINT BACK TO THE SAME GENERAL REGION. 
          THIS REGION WHERE ALL THE METEORS SEEM TO COME FROM IS CALLED THE RADIANT. 
          THIS OPTICAL ILLUSION IS ALL A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE. 
          THE METEORS ARE USUALLY COMING TOWARDS US FROM THE SAME ANGLE, BUT WHEN THEY GET CLOSER TO US AS THEY ENTER THE ATMOSPHERE, THE EFFECTIVE PERSPECTIVE MAKES THEM SEEM TO GET FURTHER APART. 
          IT'S LIKE LOOKING AT TRAIN TRACKS, EVEN THOUGH WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE PARALLEL TO ONE ANOTHER OFF IN THE DISTANCE. 
          IT LOOKS LIKE THE TRAIN TRACKS COME TOGETHER. 
          USUALLY THE SIZE OF PARTICLES ENTERING THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE IS NO LARGER THAN A GRAIN OF SAND, SO THEY BURN UP REALLY QUICKLY AND PRODUCE A SPECTACULAR SHOW. 
          VERY RARELY, A REALLY LARGE PIECE OF METEOR MAKES IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE ATMOSPHERE AND FALLS TO EARTH. 
          THIS IS CALLED A METEORITE. 
          LARGE IMPACTS BY METEORITES ARE VERY RARE, BUT NASA SCIENTISTS SAY THAT THOUSANDS OF TINY SPECS OF SPACE ROCK HIT THE GROUND EVERY YEAR, MOSTLY UNNOTICED. 
          MOST METEORITES WEIGH LESS THAN ONE POUND, AND ONLY FIVE TO 10% OF METEORS MAKE IT THROUGH THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE. 
          EXTREMELY RARELY. 
          A LARGE METEOROID, WHICH COMES FROM AN ASTEROID RATHER THAN A METEOR SHOWER IMPACTS EARTH. 
          METEOR CRATER IN ARIZONA IS ONE SUCH LOCATION. 
          SO DON'T WORRY THAT ANY SPACE ROCKS ARE GOING TO BE CAUSING MAJOR PROBLEMS BY CRASHING INTO EARTH. 
          ANYTIME SOON, CHECK YOUR CALENDAR FOR A METEOR SHOWER. 
          SET UP A SLEEPING BAG ON THE LAWN, AND WATCH ONE OF THE MOST SPECTACULAR SHOWS IN THE SKY. 
          WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE AN ULTIMATE OUTSIDER? FIND OUT ON A JOURNEY FROM THE BEACHES OF THE ATLANTIC TO THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS WHERE YOU CAN UNEARTH NEW OUTDOOR ADVENTURES AROUND EVERY TURN. 
          AND IF YOU'VE GOT WHAT IT TAKES, VISIT ALL OF SOUTH CAROLINA'S STATE PARKS TO BECOME AN ULTIMATE OUTSIDER. 
          START YOUR JOURNEY@SOUTHCAROLINAPARKS.COM. 
          COME OUT AND PLAY. 
          I'M JOE BOGUS, AND I'M A VOLUNTEER WITH THE BEAUFORT COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM. 
          FOR THE PAST SEVEN YEARS, I'VE BEEN A BOARD MEMBER AND MOST RECENTLY A FINANCE CHAIR FOR THE COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM. 
          THIS HAS BEEN A VERY REWARDING AND ENRICHING EXPERIENCE, ESPECIALLY SINCE I BEGAN THE BOARD, MY BOARD TERM, DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE GREAT RECESSION WHEN HE HAD VERY FEW BOOKS AND VERY FEW VISITORS. 
          BUT OVER TIME, THE BOARD AND LIBRARY LEADERSHIP HAVE MANAGED TO REBUILD OUR FINANCE, THAT WE'RE SPENDING MORE MATERIALS NOW THAN EVER BEFORE, AND IN A GREATER VARIETY. 
          BOTH HARD COPY AND DIGITAL GROWTH IN BUFORD COUNTY MEANS THAT WE HAVE TO CAREFULLY HUSBAND OUR RESOURCES. 
          AND THIS IS WHERE VOLUNTEERS IN THE LIBRARY COURT DO MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE. 
          SUSAN AND I HAVE BEEN HERE FOR 18 YEARS, AND WE KNOW THE POSITIVE IMPACT LIBRARIES CAN MAKE IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          TODAY'S LIBRARY IS A NEW TOWN HALL FULL OF VIBRANT MIXTURE OF PROGRAMS AND OFFERINGS. 
          AS A BOARD MEMBER, I KNOW FIRSTHAND THE IMPACT THAT WE CAN MAKE AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO HAVE PEOPLE SPEND THEIR TIME AND TALENTS ON MAKING BEAUFORT COUNTY A BETTER PLACE. 
          THIS IS OUR HOME, AND THIS IS WHY I MAKE THIS INVESTMENT IN BOTH MY TIME AND AND MY COMMUNITY. 
          THIS VERY BRIEFLY IS WHY I SERVE, WHY I'M ASKING YOU TO CONSIDER SPENDING YOUR TIME ALSO FOR THE BUFORT COUNTY LIBRARY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          TO SEE A LISTING OF BUFORT COUNTY'S AGENCY'S BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, OR TO FILL OUT AN APPLICATION, VISIT WWW.BUFORTCOUNTYSC.GOV/BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
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