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. I WANTED TO WELCOME EVERYONE TO A COMMUNITY SERVICE THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE FOR THE MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10TH. AND IF YOU WILL PLEASE JOIN ME
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IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FIRE STATION, WHAT IS YOUR STANCE WHEN UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE IN THE RETREAT JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU.[3. Adoption of the Agenda]
AND SO EVEN A FACTION OR ANY CHANGES ANYONE WOULD TO MAKE SURE TO JUMP TO THE AGENDA I HAVE ONE IF WE CAN JUST ADD TO THE AGENDA AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT PRIOR TO AFTER THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. THAT WAY IF ANYONE IS HERE WHO HAS SOME SPECIFICALLY THEY WANT TO SAY AND DON'T WANT TO WAIT THEY CAN THEY CAN DO THAT AND GO AND DO SOMETHING ELSE IF THEY NEED TO. BEFORE WE GET TO THE NON AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENTS AND SO WITH THAT CHANGE IS THERE AN ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA OR IS THERE AN AGREEMENT TO MAKE THAT CHANGE THE AGENDA? WOULD YOU LIKE TO WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE MOTION FOR OR A SEXUAL FAVOR THANK YOU AND DO WE HAVE AN ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA ON CHARTER I AM YOU AND[4. Approval of the Minutes - September 16, 2024]
DO WE HAVE AN APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM SEPTEMBER 16TH 2024 STATE COUNCILMAN OSCAR YOU AND I ARE THE ONLY ONES WHO ARE THAT AT THAT TIME SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE MENTION ALL RIGHT AND ALL IN FAVOR. I'M OKAY THANK YOU. AND THEN THE NEW BUSINESS WELL BEFORE WE GET TO NEW BUSINESS, IS THERE ANYONE WHO HAS PUBLIC COMMENT THAT THEY'D LIKE TO[5.a. General Discussion for Community Services and Public Safety Committee Agenda Priorities]
MAKE AT THIS TIME? OKAY ANDREW NEW BUSINESS WE TODAY WANTED TO GET TOGETHER AT THE SUGGESTION OF OUR NEW COUNCILMAN. I THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT IDEA.SO WE PUT TOGETHER THIS MEETINGS, HAVE JUST A GENERAL CONVERSATION FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY AGENDA PRIORITIES THINGS THAT WE'VE HEARD ABOUT AND WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE FOCUSED ON AS WE MOVE THROUGH THIS YEAR. SO IT'S AN OPEN DISCUSSION, NOTHING SPECIFIC BUT I'M HOPING THAT EVERYONE ON THE STATUS WILL BRING THEIR THOUGHTS FORWARD IF YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE WITH US HAVE ANY THOUGHTS WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU AS WELL AND WE MAY AND I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THAT COUNCILMAN TURNER HAS JOINED US FOR OUR MEETING TODAY. WELCOME.
SO THAT'S WHAT TODAY'S MEETING IS ABOUT AND I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION I STARTED WELL IT IS GOING IT'S GOING OKAY WELL I'LL THINK I'LL PICK UP ON ONE THAT SEEMS TO BE A FAMILIAR THEME AS. I'VE LISTENED TO MY COLLEAGUES HERE AND THAT HAS TO DO WITH AN INTEREST IN SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF HELPING HEAD POLICE PRESENCE OR ENFORCEMENT PRESENCE. AND I KNOW STEVE HEARD IT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH.
YEAH. I WANT TO FIGURE OUT THIS. YOU HAVE HAD SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO START US OFF ON WHAT YOU WERE THINKING KNOW? WELL, I COME FROM A PART OF THE COUNTRY WHERE MUNICIPAL POLICE FORCES ARE STANDARD AND EVERY MUNICIPALITY HAS ONE IN THE SOUTHEASTERN PART OF THE COUNTRY IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BECAUSE ORIGINALLY MUNICIPAL POWERS WERE NOT GRANTED TO MUNICIPALITIES, THEY WERE GRANTED TO COUNTIES AND SO THE COUNTIES HAD ALL THE MUNICIPAL SERVICES FOR A LONG TIME OVER A PERIOD OF TIME THAT HAS CHANGED AND MUNICIPALITIES HAVE TAKEN OVER SOME OF THOSE MUNICIPAL SERVICES SUCH AS IN THE CASE OF HILTON HEAD FIRE RESCUE SERVICES WERE TAKEN OVER FROM THE COUNTY. THE POLICE SERVICES REMAIN WITH THE BEAUFORT COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS IT HAS BECOME CLEAR TO MANY IN COMMUNITY THAT THE SERVICES WE RECEIVE FROM THE BEAUFORT COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ARE NOT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AND THEY CAN BE LOOKED AT IN A VARIETY OF WAYS AND IT SHOWS UP VERY CLEARLY IN TERMS OF TRAFFIC SAFETY THERE ARE VERY FEW TRAFFIC STOPS THAT
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TAKE PLACE IN THE COUNTY AND THE ISLAND BUT IT CAN ALSO BE MUCH MORE SERIOUS IN THE SENSE THAT WHILE EACH OF OUR GATED COMMUNITIES HAVE THEIR OWN DEPUTIES AND MANY OF THEM ARE AUTHORIZED TO CARRY WEAPONS THEY DO HAVE THE POWER OF ARREST AND TRANSPORT.SO THERE HAVE BEEN INSTANCES BEHIND THE GATES FOR EXAMPLE DRUNKEN DRIVING IF A DRUNKEN DRIVER IS A STOPPED AND ONE OF THE GATED COMMUNITIES BY THE DEPUTIES OF THAT AREA, THEY DO NOT HAVE THE POWER TRANSPORT THE ARRESTEE THEY CAN'T TAKE HIM TO JAIL.
THEY CAN'T PUT HIM IN JAIL. THERE HAVE BEEN INSTANCES WHERE A REQUEST IS THEN MADE TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO SEND THE DEPUTY OUT TO TRANSPORT THE PERSON TO JAIL AND NO DEPUTY SHOWS UP THE CONSEQUENCES OF THAT ARE THE PERSON WHO HAS BEEN ARRESTED, STOPPED HAS TO BE LEFT FREE AND THERE'S NO PROSECUTOR NONE AT ALL. SO WE'VE GOT WE'VE A VARIETY OF SITUATIONS WHERE THESE SERVICES ARE REALLY NOT WHAT WE THINK THEY SHOULD BE RANGING FROM VERY SERIOUS TO MUCH LESS SERIOUS. WE'VE GOT A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT SITUATIONS WE CAN LOOK AT IN TERMS OF WHERE THE POLICE FORCE OF OUR OWN MIGHT BE GET STARTED BUT AT THE OUTSET IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE FIRST STEP THAT I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE AS A TOWN TAKE IS ENGAGE IN A STUDY OR PARTICULARLY AN ASSESSMENT TO ENGAGE IN AN ASSESSMENT OF WHAT SERVICES DO WE HAVE, WHAT SERVICES DO WE NEED, WHAT IS THE COST THOSE SERVICES HOW DID YOU GO ABOUT SETTING THEM? IN OTHER WORDS, A VERY PRELIMINARY STEP THAT WOULD GIVE US A FACTUAL FOUNDATION FOR WHERE WE MIGHT GO IN THE FUTURE SO IT IS MY HOPE THAT WE COULD RECOMMEND AND BRING THIS UP AGAIN AT THE STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION 2627 TO TAKE A VERY INITIAL STEP OF AUTHORIZING THE TOWNS ENGAGING IN AN ASSESSMENT OF WHAT OUR SAFETY SERVICES ARE NOW, WHAT THEY SHOULD BE COURSE METHODS OF THE INSTITUTION AND SO FORTH FOR YEARS I WOULD SAY EVERY COUNCIL HAS FACED WITH THIS AND PROBABLY HEARD IT BECAUSE I KNOW 30 YEARS AGO THIS WAS A SUBJECT THAT WE IN NO WAY WANTED TO ENCOUNTER BUT THE TOWN'S GROWN AND SO HAS SOME OF THE PROBLEMS. I THINK WE ARE IN A UNIQUE POSITION THAT WE HAVE A TOWN MANAGER THAT RAN A MUNICIPAL POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WHEN TALK ABOUT DOING A STUDY I THINK MARK'S VIEWPOINT ON IT IS MORE VALUABLE THAN ALMOST ANYTHING WE COULD GET BECAUSE YOU KNOW WE NEED TO KNOW THE PROS AND THE CONS AND AND REALLY THE NECESSITY DO WE REALLY DO WE REALLY NEED A POLICE FORCE TO ACHIEVE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE AND UNTIL I GET THAT KIND OF INFORMATION NOT JUST THE PROS AND CONS BUT WHAT IF YOU KNOW THE COST OF IT AND HOW QUICKLY IT CAN BE PUT? I'M MORE INTERESTED IN THE CONS THAN THE PROS. YOU KNOW SOMETIMES YOU GOT TO BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU ASK FOR RIGHT AND SO UNTIL UNTIL OUR TOWN REALLY SPEAKS AND HE PROBABLY HAS TO THE PAST COUNCILS I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THAT PRIOR TO ME BEING HERE BUT I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO HEAR WHAT HE HAS TO SAY ABOUT IT AND SO YOU ACTUALLY TALKED ABOUT IT A LOT. SO FROM MY BRINGING IT UP AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR STRATEGIC PLANNING. SO SINCE IT HASN'T BEEN DISCUSSED AT ALL AND CERTAINLY THE TOWN MANAGER HAS A GREAT DEAL BACKGROUND EXPERIENCE IN THIS AND HIS VIEWS WOULD BE VERY IMPORTANT. I ALWAYS TELL HIM THAT I LIKE TO LISTEN TO HIS VIEWS THEY'RE VERY IMPORTANT AND YEAH AND AS A BOY DON'T KNOW HOW THAT'S DELIVERED BUT AT SOME TIME AT SOME POINT YOU KNOW MAYBE IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN WE COULD JUST SIT AND LISTEN TO WHAT HE HAS TO SAY ABOUT SO A FEW THINGS THAT I THINK HELPS TO GET US TO WHERE YOU TALK BOTH TALKING ABOUT IS IS FIRST GETTING AN IDEA GETTING A
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HANDLE ON WHAT ARE THE ISSUES THAT PEOPLE ARE ENCOUNTERING ON HILTON HEAD? HOW FREQUENT THEY ARE WHEN DO THEY OCCUR AND IF AND IF IN GENERAL WHERE THEY OCCUR AND AND PART OF THAT ASSESSMENT WOULD BE BECAUSE DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS WE'RE FORTUNATE TO HAVE THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WHO WE HEAR WE CAN CALL WE HAVE CODE ENFORCEMENT WE HAVE WHICH WE CAN BUT THERE ARE HOURS OF THE DAY WHERE WE HAVE NO ONE THAT WE CAN REALLY CALL AND DEPEND ON LOCAL HERE ON THE ISLAND TO MAKE A QUICK RESPONSE AND.I THINK THE POINT TO THE EXPERIENCE STEVE I HEARD YOU SPEAK TO IT BEFORE BEHIND THE GATED COMMUNITY IN THE THE DUI INCIDENT THAT YOU REFER TO THAT HAPPENS OUTSIDE THE GATES MORE THAN ONCE I HAVE REPORTS TO ME SO OVER THE SIX YEARS I'VE HAD MANY REPORTS OF MANY THINGS AND I TO ENCOURAGE THOSE WHO CONTACT ME WHO ARE DISAPPOINTED UPSET THAT IF THEY CAN TAKE A MOMENT DURING EXPERIENCE AND IF THEY'RE WORKING WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, ASK THE DEPUTIES TO PLEASE MAKE A RECORD TO ALWAYS HAVE A RECORD MADE OF WHAT IT IS THAT THEY'VE BEEN CALLED OUT TO WITH AND THAT WAY WE HAVE SOME BACK GROUND, SOME RECORDS, SOME REPORTS TO BE ABLE TO RELY ON TO TO THEN BE ABLE TO ASSESS HOW OF A PROBLEM IT IS AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT I MENTIONED AND PROBABLY MORE SO I DO THINK THAT WE NEED TO HAVE SOME DATA TO HELP PUSH US TO THAT PLACE AND SOME PLACES THAT WE CURRENTLY CAN GET DATA FROM AS WE CAN GO TO THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WE CAN ASK THEM TO GIVE US A REPORT ON WHAT HAS HAPPENED. WE CAN ASK OUR DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO GIVE US A REPORT ON THE INCIDENTS AND THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT HE DEALS WITH ON A REGULAR BASIS.
AND THEN WE CAN ASK THOSE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE WE MAYBE WE CAN HAVE A LITTLE FORUM WITH THEM SO THAT THEY CAN TELL US ABOUT WHAT OTHER EXPERIENCES ARE HAPPENING THAT THEY'RE DEALING WITH. AND I HEARD FROM THOSE TYPES OF COMMUNITY SAFETY COMMITTEES IN THE PAST RECENTLY AND I THINK WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HOPEFULLY WILL SPEAK TO US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT BUT THAT'S ONE COMMUNITY AND IF WE DID THAT BROADLY ACROSS THE ISLAND WE BE ABLE TO START TO ASSEMBLE SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT WOULD HELP WITH THE ASSESSMENT THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO AND. CERTAINLY THE PROS AND CONS FROM OUR TOWN MANAGERS EXPERIENCE WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED ALONG THE WAY AND THEN THE GENERAL COURSE OVER THE YEARS WE HAVE DISCUSSIONS THEY'VE BEEN SMALL DISCUSSIONS BUT WE HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS AND WE'VE ALWAYS ASKED WILL JUST GIVE US A BACK OF THE ENVELOPE KIND OF SKETCH IN TERMS OF WHAT THIS MIGHT LOOK LIKE AND IS IT YOU KNOW 365 DAYS WE ARE HERE 24 HOURS A DAY OR IS IT FROM THE TIME PERIODS WHEN WE DON'T HAVE CODE HERE THAT WE MAY NEED SOME ADDITIONAL REINFORCEMENT IN THE EVENINGS OVER THE EVENING HOURS WEDNESDAY? SO THAT'S IMPORTANT AND SO I THINK THOSE TYPES OF GENERAL QUESTIONS IF WE START WAITING FOR THEM MIGHT GIVE US THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED TO BEGIN TO REALLY CONSIDER HOW STRONG A PUSH WE NEED TO MAKE ON THIS AND WHETHER IT'S REALLY A COMMUNITY SERVICE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING WITH WITH THE MAP. SO WE GET WE GET REPORTS FROM THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT RIGHT ? WE DO DO THEY DO THEY INCLUDE THE GAMING COMMUNITY? ARE THEY ARE THEY COMPLETE ONE? THEY ARE SAID YES, THERE ARE ONLINE REPORTS THEY ARE AND THEY'RE COMPLETE AND AUTOMOBILES THERE. SO I WANT TO GET LATER ON A BICYCLE SO THEY DON'T DEAL WITH BICYCLE. SO THE QUESTION AS TO THE COMPLETENESS I THINK WHAT WE'RE WHAT I'VE BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT WE DO GET REPORTS ABOUT MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS AND THEFT AND THAT SORT OF THING. IT'S THE COMPLETENESS THAT I'D LIKE TO GET A BIGGER PICTURE ON AND THAT'S WHY I ALWAYS RECOMMEND TO PEOPLE IF YOU HAVE A NEED TO CALL THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT OUT ALWAYS MAKE SURE THAT BEFORE THEY LEAVE THEY'VE CREATED A REPORT AND YOU HAVE A CASE NUMBER SO THAT WE HAVE SOME DOCUMENTATION OF INSTANCES WHERE THINGS HAVE HAPPENED BUT SO THAT THEY'RE BUILT INTO THE STATISTICS SO THAT IT IS COMPLETE. MAYBE WE'LL EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM IF THAT'S THE CASE BUT
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THERE THERE ARE SEVERAL MANY TIMES WHEN I GET THOSE REPORTS WHERE NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE AND PEOPLE ARE FRUSTRATED ABOUT THAT AND I SEE A HAND UP AND I AM GOING TO WELCOME COMMENTS FROM SOME VISITORS HERE GUESTS AND YES RESIDENTS. IT IS KIND OF AN OPEN DISCUSSION. IT IS AN OPEN DISCUSSION LIKE CHESTER WILLIAMS AND JUST TWO THINGS I WANT TO REITERATE WITH MR. SOMONE SAID THIS IS A COMMON RECURRING DISCUSSION HERE AT TOWN HALL BUT THE OTHER THING MR. WILL WANT TO CORRECT A STATEMENT YOU MADE THE TOWN'S EMS WASN'T TAKING OVER FROM THE COUNTY. THEY WERE WAY IN THE DAY AND I SAY BACK IN THE LATE EIGHTIES GUESS THERE WAS AN INDEPENDENT VOLUNTEER HILTON HEAD ISLAND RESCUE SQUAD AND FOREST BEACH PUBLIC SERVICE DISTRICT WHICH ALONG WITH SEA PINES PUBLIC SERVICE DISTRICT WERE THE PRECURSORS TO SOUTH ISLAND PUBLIC SERVICES ALSO HAD THEIR OWN EMS DEPARTMENT. THE TOWN OVER THE E-MAIL SERVICES OF BOTH OF THOSE DIDN'T COME FROM THE COUNTY RATHER IT WAS ONE WAS A VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION THE OTHER WAS ONE RUN BY ONE OF THE PARTIES AND ONE OF THE ASPECTS OF THIS IS MONEY AND I HAVE TWO THOUGHTS ON THAT ONE OF WHICH IS THAT TYPE OF SERVICE IS IT COULD BE DELIVERED CAN BE SEGMENTED AND WE CAN TAKE ON A PARTICULAR TYPE POLICING SERVICES OR TWO OR THREE AND AT DIFFERENT STAGES SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO WE DO DECIDE AT SOME POINT TO GO FORWARD WITH THAT WE WOULDN'T NEED NECESSARILY TO HAVE A VERY LARGE EXPENDITURE OFF THE BAT.IT COULD BE DONE ON A GRADUAL BASIS RELATED TO THAT AND AS YOU KNOW WE HAVE BEEN RESERVING MONEY $2 MILLION A YEAR AND IN THE EVENT THAT A LAWSUIT BETWEEN THE TOWN AND THE ABOUT EXTRA CHARGES THAT THE COUNTY IMPOSES ON HILTON HEAD BEYOND WHAT IT IMPOSES ON OTHER COMMUNITIES FOR THE GETTING A LOT OF SERVICES THAT GET IN OTHER COMMUNITIES SO THERE IS A RESERVE FUND AT THIS POINT THAT HAS A $10 MILLION THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE IF THE LAWSUIT RESOLVED WHICH HOPEFULLY WILL BE SOON IS AVAILABLE. I MEAN ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS, ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO JOIN IN THE CONVERSATION NOW FEEL FREE.
RAISE YOUR HAND. COME UP TO THE PODIUM. I'D LOVE HEAR FROM YOU, MS..
BECKER. YES, MA'AM. ARE YOU ASKING FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS AGENDA ITEM OR ARE YOU OR PEOPLE THAT SIGNED UP DO WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO SIGNED UP WE DO. OH OKAY LET'S CALL ON THEM FIRST.
I HAVE ASHLEY PHILLIPS ON I'M OPENING IT UP TO ANYONE BUT IF THOSE WHO TOOK TIME TO SIGN UP WOULD LIKE TO COME UP FIRST, YOU'RE CERTAINLY WELCOME TO ASHLEY IF YOU'RE GOOD MORNING ASHLEY PHILLIPS HILTON HEAD ISLAND RESIDENT INDIGO WREN APPARENTLY THIS IS A HOT TOPIC BECAUSE IT WAS WHEN I HAD WRITTEN SOME NOTES ON HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT TODAY WHICH WAS CRIME. I'VE BEEN LISTENING TO THESE MEETINGS FOR YEARS AND NOTHING'S HAPPENING AND THE CRIME IS GETTING WORSE. SO I WROTE DOWN CAN WE GET A CRIME REPORT AND WHERE IS CRIME HAPPENING AND WHAT KIND OF CRIME IS HAPPENING AND.
THE THING THAT REALLY ALARMED ME VERY RECENTLY WAS THE INCIDENT WITH THE ACID ON THE THE WOMAN THAT GOT ACID THROWN ON HER ON PEMBROKE AND THERE WASN'T REALLY A WHOLE LOT OF INFORMATION THAT CAME TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT WHO THE SUSPECT WERE ANYTHING THAT I COULD FIND AND AND IT'S JUST OF GONE AWAY I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIND ANY UPDATE ON THAT AND IT'S A LITTLE ALARMING TO KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE LIKE THIS IN OUR THAT WE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT AND ARE THE POLICE FOR THEM. SO IT WOULD BE GREAT TO GET AN ON ISSUES I MEAN IT'S A IT'S PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE AND I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT AS YOU KNOW AS A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING AND KNOW HOW TO PROTECT MYSELF AND KNOW WHERE I SHOULD GO AND NOT GO SO THAT'S REALLY ALL. SO THANK YOU.
THANK YOU I THINK THAT'S THE GENERAL SENTIMENT THAT I WAS REFERRING TO THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE DO FIND OUT ABOUT AND THAT WE DON'T FIND ABOUT AND ALL OF THOSE QUESTIONS GENERALLY POINT BACK TO ONE OF US OR TO OUR TOWN MANAGER PUBLIC SAFETY
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DIRECTOR WHO ARE EXPECTED TO KNOW ALL THE DETAILS AND WE DON'T AND.THAT'S FRUSTRATING FOR EVERYONE. I CERTAINLY WANT TO BE ABLE TO BE RESPONSIVE AND I KNOW THAT MY COLLEAGUES DO SO THAT'S ONE ASPECT THAT I THINK SHOULD BE NOTED BUT WE NEED TO BE IN THE LOOP WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE ISLAND TOWN COUNCIL BE INVOLVED IN AT LEAST THE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING WITHIN OUR MUNICIPAL LIMITS. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT COMMENT. ANYONE ELSE PLEASE MY NAME BRENDA ARMSTRONG I LIVE OVER OFF OF GUM TREE AND I'D JUST LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE TRAFFIC THAT'S OVER THERE AND THE ACTUAL OF HAPPENING THE DEVELOPMENT THAT I LIVE IN NOW IS GETTING MORE AND MORE CHILDREN THAT ARE COMING INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THERE'S NO BUS SERVICE OVER THERE AND THESE KIDS ARE WALKING ACROSS TREE AND IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SOMEBODY GETS HIT BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING OVER THERE TO SAY THAT THERE IS A WAY TO SLOW DOWN IS A YOU KNOW THIS IS A SCHOOL ZONE. THERE IS BUT THE KIDS ARE YOU KNOW, THE KIDS ARE JUST THEY JUST WALK OUT. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DOWN ACROSS TO THEIR HIGH SCHOOL. THEY JUST GO RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET AND THE PEOPLE ARE CRAZY OVER THERE TRYING TO GET OUT OF THEIR GET OUT OF GUM TREE AND COMING ON TO GUM TREE.
SO I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE THE THE IMPACT OF THE CHILDREN MORE AND MORE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE WALKING YOU GET THE TOWN WANTS THEM TO GET EXERCISE AND GET OUT AND BE ACTIVE IT'S KIND OF HARD WHEN YOU'RE IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA RIGHT NOW. YES.
IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF SOMEBODY GETS GETS HURT OVER THERE AND THERE IS NO POLICE PRESENCE.
SO THAT'S MY COMMENT FOR TODAY. THANK YOU. I WAS NOT AWARE OF THAT THIS IMPORTANT INFORMATION. YES. THANK YOU OH THAT'S ACTUALLY NOT GOING TO GET ANY EASIER ROLLING TRAFFIC OUT OF RIGHT OUT OF NORTH POINT TO ONE SO I THINK THAT'S A THAT'S REQUEST THAT WE CAN PASS ON TO OUR TOWN MANAGER IS TO KIND OF JUST ASK THAT WE LOOK AT THAT AREA TO SEE WHAT THE SITUATION IS, WHAT WE CAN DO, HOW CAN HELP POSSIBLY WITH EXTENDING PATHWAYS AND THAT OF THING SIGNAGE FOR SURE MAYBE A PRESENCE IN THE MORNING AND IN THE EVENING ANYONE SPEAK? OH SORRY AND SAID KATY HENDERSON HILTON HEAD PLANTATION ALONG THAT PLANE TO THE NORTH POINT DEVELOPMENT AND THEN THE OTHER NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT'S GOING IN OVER THERE THAT RIGHT NOW IS LANDLOCKED.
ALL OF THAT NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED WHEN. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT CHILDREN, SCHOOLS AND ALL OF THAT STUFF. I HOPE YOU GUYS WILL REALLY TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT ALL OF THAT BECAUSE IT ISN'T SAFE ON GUMTREE. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. SURE. GOOD MORNING.
THIS IS BETH PEDRO. I'M NOT OFFICIALLY HERE ON BEHALF OF FOREST BEACH OWNERS ASSOCIATION BUT I AM A MEMBER AND I AM A PART OF THE SAFETY COMMITTEE SO MAINLY THIS MORNING I WANTED TO SEE WHAT THE AGENDA KIND OF THE PLANS WERE FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT. BUT THE FOREST BEACH OWNERS ASSOCIATION PUBLIC PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE IS VERY DETERMINED TO WORK WITH THE TOWN AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE FOREST BEACHES A SAFER PLACE.
I KNOW MY OFFICE WAS BROKEN INTO ON HOPE AVENUE ON NEW ORLEANS ROAD A WEEK AND A HALF AGO AS WELL AS SEVERAL OF THE PROPERTIES THAT I MANAGE FOR BEACHSIDE GETAWAY ON NORTH FORK BEACH AND THROUGHOUT THE THE AREA. SO I WOULD DEFINITELY ENGAGE YOU ALL TO BE A PART OF THE MONTHLY MEETINGS AND THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE FOR FOREST BEACH. WHEN THAT HAPPENS THEY LOVE TO SEE A BIGGER PRESENCE AS TAMARA'S BEEN INVOLVED WITH OUR LAST MEETING AS WELL SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE LOOKED INTO SECURITY. YES. IN YOUR OWN SECURITY OR IS THERE THAT IS CURRENTLY AS FAR AND AGAIN I'M NOT SPEAKING OFFICIALLY AS FAR AS BEACH BUT AS A MEMBER OF FOREST BEACH AND WHAT I'VE HEARD THROUGH THE MEETING THAT'S SOMEWHAT WAITING TO SEE WHAT RELATIONSHIP WE CAN WORK WITH WITH THE TOWN BUT WE HAVE SEVERAL SECURITY COMPANIES AND GOTTEN QUOTES FOR WHAT IT WOULD COST HAVE PRIVATE SECURITY THROUGHOUT FOREST BEACH AS WELL AS POSSIBILITY OF RAISING THE DUES FOR THE FOREST BEACH ASSOCIATION FOR THE MEMBERS TO SEE WHAT WE CAN ENGAGE IN BECOME HOW HAVE THEY TOLD YOU THEY COULD BE BECAUSE
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WELL YOU KNOW WHAT'S WHAT THEY LIMITED TO DO ACTUALLY AS A SECURITY GUARD DRIVING AROUND A NEIGHBORHOOD MAYBE BOB WOULD KNOW BOB SIMON AND BOB, YOU'VE BEEN A PART OF SOME OF THESE CONVERSATION THEM AS WELL AS PROVIDING A PROCESS TO TALK TO MASIMO MAP AND WHAT'S EVEN IF YOU HIRED SECURITY ONCE THEIR ABILITY THEY HAVE A LIMITED ABILITY RIGHT COUNCILMAN ALFRED'S CORRECT ON THAT THEY DO HAVE A POWER OF ARREST. THEY HAVE POWER TRANSPORT.BUT IN A COMMUNITY LIKE FOREST BEACH I'M NOT SURE WHAT AUTHORITY THEY HAVE THAT'S THAT'S A BIT DIFFERENT. IT'S NOT LIKE A COMMUNITY IT'S PUBLIC ROADWAYS AND I DO THE CRIME STATISTICS FOR HILTON HEAD SO I CAN SAY THIS THE PROPERTY CRIME IS DOWN.
IT'S OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS VIOLENT CRIME KIND OF REMAINS THE SAME BUT 90 INCIDENTS PER YEAR AND THAT WOULD BE SEXUAL ASSAULTS, HOMICIDE WHICH YOU MAY HAVE ONE EVERY OTHER YEAR AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS. SO IT'S KIND OF STEADY WHEN IT COMES TO VIOLENT CRIME BUT A PROPERTY CRIME IS DOWN FOR SURE.
AND I LOOK AT THIS EVERY AND SAY WOW, YOU KNOW, THAT'S IMPRESSIVE.
ALL THE VEHICLE BREAK INS APPARENTLY THE WORD GOT OUT YOU DON'T LOCK YOUR CAR.
SO THAT'S THAT'S ON THE DECLINE . WELL AND FOR THE RESIDENTS I'D RECOMMEND SIGNING UP FOR EVERBRIDGE IT'S A SHERIFF'S OFFICE APP THAT THEY USE TO PASS ON INFORMATION JUST LIKE THE INFORMATION I WHAT'S IT CALL EVERBRIDGE NEXT CAN I ACTUALLY SORT OF JUST AN ANNOUNCEMENT AND I ACTUALLY THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO NEXT? WELL YES, IT'S APPS ALL IT IS BUT I PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO TOWN COUNCIL WHEN THERE'S A MAJOR INSTANCE I GET I GET ALL THE PASTORS EVERY DAY FROM SOUTHERN COMMAND AND SO I'M AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON AS FAR AS THE ACID THAT'S STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION SO THEY DON'T RELEASE LOT OF DETAILS WHEN IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
BUT YOU KNOW IF YOU IF YOU WANT ME TO STEP UP THAT A LITTLE BIT SO YOU CAN GET IT OUT TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS I BE FINALLY AND THAT WOULDN'T CHANGE WITH OUR OWN POLICE DEPARTMENT.
NOT AT ALL. NOT ALL. AND I RAN INVESTIGATIONS FOR YEARS SO I CAN TELL YOU THAT THOSE DETAILS ARE THEY HAVE SOME PERSONS OF INTEREST BUT MAKING A CASE REQUIRES PROBABLE CAUSE AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK ONE STEP THAT WE HAVE TAKEN OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS HAVING YOU HERE HAS MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN TERMS OF OUR ABILITY TO DO THINGS EXPANSION OF OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT AND WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AND THAT'S THAT WAS A GOOD FIRST STEP. I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION THOUGH ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON SO THAT WHEN WE GET ASKED AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO SEE AGAINST WHAT IT IS THAT I HEAR THAN WHAT'S BEING REPORTED THROUGH DOCUMENTATION.
EVERY CALL FOR SERVICE IS LOGGED SO ANYTIME THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WOULD CALL THERE IS A RECORD OF THAT. IF IT REQUIRES A WRITTEN REPORT A REPORT IS THERE IF IT'S A LARCENY, IF IT'S ANY PART ONE OR PART TWO CRIME A PROPERTY CRIME OR VIOLENT CRIME IT'S RECORDED SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY EVERYTHING EVERYTHING IS RECORDED SO THAT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE. THE PUBLIC SOMETIMES THEY ENTERED I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE REPORTS THAT I GET FROM RESIDENTS IS THAT SOMEONE WILL SHOW UP AND IT'S AND IT'S DISMISSED IT'S NOT OR THAT YOUR INSURANCE ISN'T GOING TO COVER IT ANYWAY SO THERE'S NO OR YOU KNOW THOSE TYPES OF THINGS REASONS FOR NOT MAKING A CASE REPORT FOR THEM AND SO THOSE GETTING THIS I NEED I NEED TO BE MADE AWARE OF THAT SO I CAN I CAN ADDRESS THAT BECAUSE THAT'S UNACCEPTABLE SO THE SHERIFF WOULD SAY THE SAME THING SO SO THEN CAN I JUST THINK A GENERAL STATEMENT IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS TO YOU WHICH IS WHAT I TELL PEOPLE MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A REPORT WRITTEN AND THEN YOU GET A CASE NUMBER SO THAT YOU HAVE THOSE IN THE STATISTICS THAT YOU REPORT BACK TO US SO THAT THE SHERIFF REPORTS TO US BECAUSE WITH SOMEWHAT CONFIDENCE I CAN SAY THAT THOSE INCIDENTS ARE NOT BEING INCLUDED AND. WE DON'T KNOW WITHOUT KNOWING THAT IT'S GOING ON ABOUT WITHIN THE ASSESSMENT OF WHERE WHAT AND HOW HOW MUCH IT WOULD ULTIMATELY COST TO TO HAVE SOMEONE IN ADDITION TO YOUR EFFORTS AND THE SHERIFF'S EFFORTS.
SO IF EVERYONE COULD DO THAT, THAT'LL HELP AND THEN WE'LL RELY ON YOUR INFORMATION AS WELL. I APPRECIATE AND I KNOW IT'S GOOD THAT HERE AND ANY OTHER QUESTIONS I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER. THANK YOU, MA'AM. I CAN FINISH MAINLY WHAT I'M FOR SPEECH DOESN'T WANT TO HAVE TO HIRE A PRIVATE SECURITY. WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE FORCE THAT WE SHOULD HAVE ON THE ISLAND. IT IS NOT A PD.
IT IS AN UNRELATED COMMUNITY SO WE DON'T FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD HAVE TO HAVE A PRIVATE SECURITY BUT WE'RE WILLING TO OBVIOUSLY LOOK INTO WHATEVER WE HAVE TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR AREAS BEING PROPERLY MAINTAINED. SO AS FAR AS WHAT WE HOPE TO GET OUT OF IT INITIALLY IT
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WOULD LIKELY BE JUST VISIBILITY BECAUSE RIGHT NOW ABSOLUTELY NONE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND THAT WOULD BE THE GOAL. BUT THE GOAL IS NOT TO HAVE TO HAVE OUR OWN PRIVATE SECURITY BUT WE ARE OBVIOUSLY GOING TO DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO TO MAKE OUR AREA AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE AND THAT VISIBILITY ASPECT I THINK IS IMPORTANT TO ME OVER NIGHT.IT'S THAT, YOU KNOW, SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENTS, WHOEVER THAT THEY'RE CARS ROAMING AND KEEPING AN ON THINGS HELPS TO DETER SOME CRIME WE KNOW I MEAN ONE OF THE REASONS I WAS ALWAYS TOLD THAT WE LOVE TO HAVE OUR DEPUTIES LIVE HERE ON THE ISLAND AND WHY WE GIVE THEM STIPENDS IS SO THAT THEIR CARS ARE A VISUAL PRESENCE AND THAT HELPS TO DETER SOME OF THE CRIME THAT WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT. SO IT'S THOSE OVERNIGHTS.
PAUL, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. THANK YOU.
BEAUTIFUL WEATHER NICE. NOW THERE IS A THERE IS A BIT A DISEASE GOING AROUND WHERE SOME OF YOUR CULTURE SHE PINES THERE'S TOO MANY ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES EVERYWHERE THAT DON'T SEEM TO SEEM TO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO ENFORCE THE LAW OR WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE LAW INTO THEIR OWN HANDS THERE'S A THERE'S A THERE'S A SAYING THAT'S BEEN BEEN BEEN LOST AND IT'S CALLED TOLERANCE AND I THINK THAT THE COUNCIL WERE TO ADOPT A ZERO TOLERANCE ATTITUDE YOU WOULD FIND HIGH CRIME TO CLEAN UP QUICKLY THE IDEA THAT ONE POLICEMAN SHOULD ARREST THE SAME PERSON SIX OR SEVEN OR EIGHT OR TEN TIMES BECAUSE IT'S A SWINGING DOOR.
THERE'S NO BUDGET IN IN IN THE WORLD THAT CAN THAT CAN SURVIVE .
YOU HAVE YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CONSEQUENCE CRIME AND IF THERE'S NO CONSEQUENCE AND YOU'RE IN AND OUT IN IN IN TWO OR 3 HOURS THEN I THINK THE POLICEMAN THE POLICE FORCE OPERATE IF YOU HAVE ZERO TOLERANCE AND YOU AND YOU START TO ENFORCE CONSEQUENCES TO CRIME THE THE JOB OF THE POLICEMAN GOES WAY DOWN BECAUSE HE'S GOT LESS CRIME TO DEAL WITH. SO IT WOULD BE MY WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION TO TO THINK I'D LOVE TO SEE SEE I'M THE LITTLE CLERK THERE WHERE THE ROTARY CLUB IS IN THE LIONS CLUB THAT MATTERS AS ZERO TOLERANCE COMMUNITY THANK YOU THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS TOPIC? I'M ABOUT WHAT MR. JUST SAID TO US ALONG WITH THE OTHER TOPIC THAT I WANTED TO UP I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT WE GIVE SERIOUS CONSIDERATION TO HAVE HIM MAKE PERIODIC REPORTS TO COMMITTEE ABOUT VARIOUS ELEMENTS OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY IN THE COMMUNITY COMMUNITY. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE JEFF PERRY COME IN ONCE A QUARTER WITH LOTS AND LOTS OF I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE SOME BENEFIT WE HAD MONTHLY OR MAYBE SOME OTHER FREQUENCY REPORT DIRECTLY FROM MR. RAMAGE AS TO WHAT'S GOING ON OUR COMMUNITY AND I'D LIKE TO ADD ONTO THE OTHER SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE DIRECT INFORMATION ON AND THAT IS BICYCLE SAFETY AND PATHWAY SAFETY FOR MANY. AND WE HAD DARREN SHOEMAKER WORKING IN THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT THERE MONTHLY AND ULTIMATELY ANNUAL STATISTICAL PREPARED AS TO WHERE ALL OF THE CRASHES BETWEEN BIKES AND AUTOMOBILES TOOK PLACE AND WHERE THEY'RE TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL WHERE THEY'RE FATALITIES AND SO ON.
THOSE WERE DONE MONTHLY AND SUMMARIZED ANNUALLY WHICH PROVIDED EXTRAORDINARILY GOOD FOUNDATION FOR SEEING HERE'S WHERE WE NEED TO TAKE THE NEXT STEPS.
SHOEMAKER IS RETIRING FROM PRINCIPAL RETIREMENT TO TWO YEARS AGO OR SO.
THAT HASN'T HAPPENED PERSONALLY I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST AND RECOMMEND THAT WE ALSO REINSTATE THAT AND MY SUGGESTION THAT MR. BROMAGE MAKE REPORTS GENERALLY ABOUT CRIME ACTIVITY AND THAT WE ADD ON BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN INFORMATION TO THAT PERIODIC REPORT FROM MR. ROMANS. THANK YOU. THE FIRST TIME AND LAST I'M
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GOING TO CALL YOU MR. BRUMMETT . THANK YOU, SIR.SO I DON'T KNOW YOU'LL DO I DON'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THAT NECESSARILY AND AND WE CAN WORK THIS OUT CERTAINLY WITH HIS SCHEDULE NEEDS TO BE A FORMAL REPORT IN FRONT OF US SO IF WE COULD JUST GET A A WRITTEN REPORT SO THAT WE HAVE AN IDEA WHERE WE'RE HEADING AND THEN MAYBE WE CAN INCORPORATE THAT IN END THE QUARTERLY REPORTS AND THE BIKE SAFETY IS CERTAINLY IMPORTANT ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE COMMENTS WITH REGARD TO COUNTRY ROAD IN PARTICULAR.
ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE ON THE GENERAL TOPIC? OKAY. I DO FEEL AS A RESIDENT WHO LIVES THE GATES THAT IT IS DIFFICULT TO KNOW WHO YOU CAN RELY ON AND AND SO I SYMPATHIZE WITH THE IDEA OF HAVING TO PROVIDE A COMMUNITY SECURITY THAT MAY DO LITTLE MORE THAN PROVIDE A PRESENCE BUT.
WE KNOW SPECIFICALLY DOWN IN THE SOUTH FOREST, THE CLOSE IN THE AREA THAT THERE ARE THERE ARE QUITE A FEW THAT ARE GOING ON DOWN THERE THAT NEED DIRECT ATTENTION AND IT IS A MATTER OF SAFETY PERSONAL AND PROPERTY SAFETY DOWN THERE AND IT'S AROUND THE CLOCK AND IT IS 365 DAYS A YEAR SO WE WILL WORK AND TRY TO WORK REALLY CLOSELY TOGETHER WITH YOU THAT.
I WAS ANYTHING ANYONE ELSE HAVE SOMETHING ON THEIR LIST THAT THEY OH ABSOLUTELY.
OKAY. WELL WHY DON'T YOU JUMP RIGHT IN? I MEAN I'M SURE WE ALL GET TOGETHER AT THE END OF THE MONTH.
ALL THESE THINGS WILL COME BACK UP JUST FOR THIS COMMITTEE AND OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES I FOR YEARS TALKED A SMALL PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND AND I THINK THE TEMPERATURE FOR THAT I THINK YOU'RE PAST IT. I THINK THIS TOWN'S PASSED THAT POINT AND.
IT'S TIME TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. THERE ARE SO MANY SMALL ISSUES MAINTENANCE THAT FOR JUST A SMALL FOUR PERSON SMALL PUBLIC WORKS CREW COULD DO YOU NEED A COUPLE OF TRUCKS, YOU NEED FOUR PEOPLE THAT REALLY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND A COUPLE OF SMALL PIECES OF EQUIPMENT AND WORK IN 300 DAYS A YEAR APPROXIMATELY GET A LOT OF WORK DONE. IT'S I THINK IT'S ESSENTIAL THE TOWN YOU KNOW SOME OF THIS PROCURE COMMIT PROCESS FOR GETTING BIDS TO PICK SMALL ITEMS IS TOO TIME CONSUMING IT'S IT'S WASTEFUL AND IF WE HAVE THE RIGHT CREW ON HAND WE COULD GET A LOT DONE EVERY SINGLE DAY AND MAYBE SOME OF THESE ISSUES AND THESE PROBLEMS THAT BECOME ISSUES I'VE GOT A LOT OF EXAMPLES NONE OF WOULD TAKE THE TIME TO GIVE YOU TODAY BUT A LOT OF EXAMPLES THAT WE COULD AT SOME POINT TALK ABOUT. CAN YOU GIVE US ONE OR TWO BECAUSE I AM INTERESTED IN HOW WELL AN EXAMPLE A BROKEN A BROKEN PIPE WHICH IS SOIL IN AND IT CREATES A HOLE IN IT AND ASPHALT YOU KNOW, IN THE ROAD ABOVE IT.
IT'S A SMALL ISSUE COULD BE FIXED IN A COUPLE OF HOURS MOST OF THE TIME BUT I'VE SEEN IT TAKE OVER SIX MONTHS FOR THE TOWN TO GET TO IT AND THEIR CONTRACTOR BECAUSE THEY WERE BUSY OR YOU HAD TO GO OUT FOR BID I'VE I'VE SEEN $1,000 REPAIR TURN INTO A $25,000 REPAIR SO IS THERE SMALL ITEMS THAT WE COULD TAKE CARE OF IN HOUSE IF THE PEOPLE KNEW WHAT THEY WERE DOING AND YOU GOT TO HIRE THE RIGHT PEOPLE AND THEY'RE OUT THERE THESE PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE. THERE'S A LOT OF GUYS AND GIRLS IN THIS OFFICE OF WORK THAT ARE NEARING RETIREMENT AND WOULD LOVE TO COME AND CREATE A PUBLIC DEPARTMENT AND GET SOME REALLY SOME REAL WORK DONE FOR FOR LOW COST FIRST WAS GOING OUT TO BE AT THE CONTRACTORS THAT WE REALLY DON'T HAVE AS THE PROBLEM AND I GUESS I'VE HEARD IT FROM SOME OF THE STAFF THAT WE JUST CAN'T FIND ENOUGH CONTRACTORS THAT DO CERTAIN TYPES OF WORK TO BID FOR THE TOWNS WORK AND ANYTHING YOU KNOW 2530 $40,000 AND UNDER WE COULD EASILY TAKE CARE OF BY MAKE A LOT OF MONEY A LOT OF TIME THESE THESE SMALL THESE SMALL PROBLEMS TURN INTO LARGE WHEN AND MOST REALLY PROBLEMS WHEN YOU LET THEM YOU LET THEM FLY THERE WITHOUT ANY REPAIR
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SOME OF THIS SO ON MY ON MY SHE YEAH I HAVE ROADS AND DRAINAGE AND ANYONE WHO WANTS TO CAN CORRECT ME OR ADD TO THIS BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT SOME OF THE DELAYS AND SOME OF THE HAS BEEN IN THE FACT THAT WE DON'T KNOW AS TO THE ROADS ON HILTON HEAD AND THEREFORE YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE ENTITY WHO DOES OWN AND ASK PERMISSION AND GET APPROVALS ETC. AND GO THROUGH THEIR PROCESS AS WELL. AND SO SOMETIMES THAT AS TO THE DELAY AND AND I'VE HEARD RUMORS SO CONFIRMED ABOUT ISSUES OR NEWS ON THE ROADS WITHOUT RECORDS SO I'LL HOLD OFF ON ANY OF THAT BUT JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT TO THE CONVERSATION AROUND ROADS AND IN THOSE TYPES OF PROBLEMS AND IT GOES FOR DRAINAGE AS AND I KNOW THERE'S A BIG DRAINAGE PUSH BY THE COUNTY GOING ON ON ROUTES HAS BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN TRYING TO ASSIST WHERE THE COUNTY OWNS THE ROADS AND THEN WE HAVE ISSUES WHERE THEY'RE PRIVATELY HELD ROADS OR THEY'RE STATE OWNED AND THEREFORE THEREFORE THE DRAINAGE BECOMES A LITTLE BIT COMPLICATED.SO I THINK IT'S A GOOD DISCUSSION. YEAH, WELL YOU KNOW I'M NOT AGAINST TAKING OVER CERTAIN ROADS YOU KNOW AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS NOT JUST FOR FOR PUBLIC WORKS MAINTENANCE PROGRAM.
I MEAN I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT A PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. IT'S HANGING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS.
YOU KNOW, I'M TALKING ABOUT A PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT THAT'S THAT'S GETTING GETTING SOME WORK DONE. AND ONE OF THE ONE OF THE REALLY TOUGH ISSUES THAT HAS BEEN CREATED OVER LAST 20 YEARS IS THAT BEHIND THE GATES THERE'S SO MUCH MAINTENANCE GOING ON BEHIND THE GATES THAT THOSE GATED COMMUNITIES ARE SET UP TO DO THAT WORK THEMSELVES.
THEY HAVE THEIR OWN PUBLIC WORKS. BUT THE PROBLEM IS NOW A LOT OF THIS A LOT OF THESE THINGS HAVE BECOME PART OF THE TOWN AND THE STORMWATER AND THEY AND THEY AND THEY SIT THERE MONTHS AND SOME OF THEM FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS BEFORE THEY COULD GET ON THE AGENDA TO BE FIXED. THERE NEEDS TO BE A WAY IN MY OPINION THERE NEEDS TO BE A WAY FOR SOME OF THIS STORMWATER UTILITY FEE TO BE ALLOCATED TO THE GATED COMMUNITIES THAT ALREADY OR ANY COMMUNITY THAT'S ALREADY UP TO DO SOME OF THEIR OWN WORK SO THAT WE WON'T HAVE TO GO AGAIN TO BID AND RELY ON CONTRACTORS THAT DO NOT EXIST AND ALLOW THEM TO FIX THEIR OWN PROBLEMS. AND I KNOW WE DO SOME OF IT NOW BUT IT IT TAKES A LONG TIME FOR THAT TO HAPPEN AND I DON'T KNOW IF OUR TOWN MANAGER WANTS TO SPEAK TO RIGHT NOW OR NOT OR AT A DIFFERENT TIME BUT THERE'S A LOT OF DELAY IN GETTING PROBLEMS FIXED WHERE THEY COULD BE FIXED IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THE GATE BY THEIR OWN UTILITY COMPANIES.
SO I'M SYMPATHETIC TO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING BECAUSE. YOU'VE SHARED WITH ME IN THE PAST SOME OF THE STORIES OF REPAIRS THAT ARE TAKING TOO LONG AND COST TOO MUCH COULD HAVE BEEN DONE MUCH EASIER. I THINK IT'S IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THOSE PROBABLY FALL INTO SEVERAL DIFFERENT CATEGORIES PER ROADS, SEWERS, PARKS, PATHWAYS AND AS COUNCILMAN DECKER POINTED OUT, WE DON'T OWN A LOT OF THE ROADS BUT WE DO HAVE CONTROL OVER ALL THE REST OF IT. WHAT I HAVE LEARNED RECENTLY IS THAT AS A RESULT OF THE RETAINING OF SOME NEW PERSONNEL WHICH IS VERY COACHMAN THEN A LOT OF THIS MAINTENANCE WORK HAS PICKED UP SIGNIFICANTLY. SO I WOULD AT LEAST LIKE TO HEAR A REPORT ON THIS AT SOME POINT AS TO WE MAY ALREADY BE ADDRESSING A LOT THE CONCERNS THAT YOU RAISE WHICH ARE QUITE LEGITIMATE AS TO WHERE WE WITH THAT IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S A WORTHY CONVERSATION TO CONTINUE PERHAPS ONE THAT DURING THE STRATEGIC PLAN YOU WANT TO BRING UP SO THAT SO THAT OUR TOWN MANAGER HAS AND I KNOW HE'S HERE WITH US TODAY HAS AN IDEA OF WHAT YOU'RE THINKING AND WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE HAPPENING IN THE FUTURE AND THROUGH THIS COMMITTEE WE CAN CERTAINLY PARTICIPATE IN ALL OF THAT. ONE THING THAT I FORGOT TO DO THAT I WAS HOPING THAT IT CAN WE PULL UP WHAT OUR PURPOSES I SENT THIS TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE TODAY ON THE COMMITTEE THIS LAST EVENING JUST TO KIND OF REMIND US WHAT IT IS THAT WE AS THE COMMUNITY SERVICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE DO AND IT'S UP THERE ON THE ON THE SCREEN AND TO YOUR POINT IT'S CONSIDERS THE EFFICIENCY EFFECTIVENESS
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OF TOWN PROVIDE THE SERVICES WHICH INCLUDE WATER AND SEWER SERVICES PATHWAYS AND THOSE DRAINAGE SAFETY THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. SO I THINK YOU'RE WITHIN THE REALM OF WHAT IT IS THAT WE SHOULD BE FOCUSING ON AND IT'S WORTHY CERTAINLY HAVE A BIGGER DISCUSSION WITH LOT OF VARIOUS ASPECTS BEING DRAWN INTO IT TO SEE WHAT THE NEXT STEPS BE.AND SO ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ANYONE ELSE WHO ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO JOIN IN THAT CONVERSATION AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THOSE TWO THINGS THAT ARE MY FIRST CHECKBOXES TO INVESTIGATE REVIEW AND DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT I'M A SMALL GOVERNMENT PERSON AND SO EVERY TIME WE TALK ABOUT THE NEW DEPARTMENT OR ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURES I ALWAYS WANT TO BALANCE THAT OFF AGAINST JUST LIKE WITH THE POLICE WHAT IS THE VALUE THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET OUT OF IT AND WHAT SERVICE DO WE REALLY PROVIDE THAT ISN'T PROVIDED FOR BY A NONPROFIT WHICH WE ARE SO BLESSED THIS COMMUNITY TO HAVE MANY OF OR THE COUNTY WHOSE IT IS TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE THINGS AND LIKELY PAYING THEM THROUGH OUR TAXES AND FEES. THINK NO OTHER CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT? OH YES WE DO. WELCOME BACK, BRENDA BACK WITH YES AND THAT WAY YOU CAN BE HEARD. THANK YOU.
SO STEVE COMING FROM MASSACHUSETTS WE A LOT OF SNOW UP THERE IN ICE WAS THE WERE THEY NOT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS? WERE THEY ABLE TO DO THE ROADS BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE TO DO IT? WHEN WE HAD THE SNOWSTORM LIKE THREE OR FOUR WEEKS AGO OR WAS THAT NOT PART OF THE DPW JOB BECAUSE WE COME THE DPW TAKES CARE OF ALL OF THAT. SO I WAS JUST WONDERING THAT WAS PART OF IT YOU KNOW FOR PEOPLE IS NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE ON STAFF FOR DPW I WOULDN'T KNOW HOW TO ANSWER THAT MARK OR ANSWER IT YOU KNOW I WE DID NOT HAVE A SNOW PLOW. OKAY.
I MARK OUR FRIDAY HI EVERYBODY . WELL I CAN TALK THAT SPECIFIC CASE STUDY FIRST AND FOREMOST I THINK MR. DECIMAL SAID LET'S LET'S CONSIDER STARTING A DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SO WE DON'T HAVE A DPW HERE I THINK THAT CONVERSATION THAT WE HAVE AND I'VE BEEN TAKING SOME GOOD NOTES TO TALK A LITTLE MORE ABOUT STRATEGIC PLAN.
RIGHT AND HOW WE BALANCE GOVERNMENT SERVICE AND BUDGET BECAUSE I HEARD A COUPLE OF THINGS TODAY LET'S SCALE TO IMPROVE OUR SERVICES AND LET'S KEEP THE SERVICES AND WHAT WE DO SMALLER IN SIZE FOR GOVERNMENT AND SO WHEN THE STORM CAME THROUGH IT'S IT'S IT ALIGNS WITH EVERYTHING YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT TODAY MS. BECKER YOU TALKED ABOUT ROAD OF WAY OWNERSHIP OR MORE RESPONSIBILITY, RIGHT? STORM WATER IN THE DITCHES, PUBLIC SAFETY WHERE YOU STRIPE ,HOW YOU SIGN, HOW YOU PUT A SIGN UP.
ALL OF THOSE FACTORS WHETHER IT'S STORMWATER, WHETHER IT'S STRIPING, WHETHER IT'S SPEED, WHETHER WHETHER IT'S CONDITION OF THE ROAD BUT LET ALONE WHEN THE STORM HITS AND THE ICE IS HERE AND THE SNOW IS PILED, THEY'RE NOT OUR ROADS PLOW. SO THE SIMPLE ANSWER HERE IS WHEN THERE WAS SNOW AND ICE ON OUR ROADS. OUR CONVERSATION WITH COUNTY AND DOTTIE WAS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEIR DOTTIE ROADS RIGHT U.S. HIGHWAY TO 78 THAT'S A U.S. HIGHWAY MANAGER AND PART AND BY THE STATE AND AND EVEN THEN SOME THE TO MANAGE THE SNOW WAS A PARTNERSHIP OR SOME SORT OF AGREEMENT I SHOULD SAY WITH COUNTY WE HAD NO AUTHORITY GET ON THE ROAD SO I COULDN'T CALL YOU KNOW FOR BOB WAS WITH A PLOW LET OUR OWN TEAM WITH OUR TRUCK AND A PLOW TO PLOW THE STREETS I DID NOT HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY OR AUTHORITY TO BE ON SOMEBODY ELSE'S PROPERTY. WE TOOK CARE OF OUR OWN.
WE WE WE TOOK CARE TOWN HALL AS MUCH AS WE NEEDED TO BUT MOSTLY WE HELPED AT THE HOSPITAL WITH THEIR INVITE AND NEED FOR OUR HELP AND WE WE DUG OUT OUR FIRE STATIONS RIGHT.
SO WE WEREN'T ABLE GO PLOW THE STREETS AND ALL THESE THINGS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
YOU KNOW, MOST OF WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY IS IS BACK TO ME AND THEN GOING TO ASK A DIFFERENT AGENCY IF THEY WILL. SO I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THESE CONVERSATIONS AND I LOOK TO TALKING A LITTLE MORE A LOT MORE IN STRATEGIC PLAN SESSION WITH YOU AND Q YES, MELINDA TURNER DID TURNER COME OF HALL IT THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THAT UP ON THE BOARD.
I WAS NOT AWARE OF ALL THE AREAS THAT YOUR RESPONSIBLE FOR AND IN REGARDS TO DIALOG AND
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SERVICES ONE OF THE ONES THAT STRUCK ME AGAIN WAS THE BEACH SO I KNOW WE HAD LANDED ON AN APPROACH REGARDING BEACH PARKING AND THERE WAS GOING TO BE NEXT STEPS WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMMITTEE OF CONSTITUENTS FROM VARIOUS AREAS TO GET TOGETHER AND TALK THE COLONY AREA. SO I WAS WONDERING FROM A PROCESS PERSPECTIVE HOW THIS WAS GOING TO WORK AND WHAT THE PARTICIPATION OF THIS WAS GOING TO BE.I KNOW WE'VE IMPLEMENTED THE RESIDENT BEACH PASS FOR THIS YEAR WITH NO COST BUT I WAS JUST OUT FISH HALL BEACH THE OTHER DAY AND THERE YOU KNOW THE PARKING REQUIREMENT OR THE PARKING MONITORING IS NOT THERE. SO I'M JUST WONDERING, YOU KNOW WHEN ALL OF THOSE OTHER PIECES ARE GOING TO BE FALLING INTO PLACE BECAUSE THERE WERE ECONOMICS DEVELOPED IN REGARDS TO THAT THAT WE WERE GOING TO REMOVE THE COST FOR OUR RESIDENTS, WE WERE GOING TO CHARGING PARKING IN THESE OTHER COMMUNITIES AND AT LEAST AT FISH HALL I DIDN'T SEE THAT HAPPENING AND I ACTUALLY WHEN I WENT THERE I HAD PEOPLE COME UP AND ASK ME THEY DON'T THEY DIDN'T KNOW I WAS ON TOWN COUNCIL THEY WERE JUST WE WERE JUST GENERALLY TALKING ABOUT OH I THOUGHT THIS WAS PLACE YOU KNOW WHEN IS IT COMING? SO FOLLOWING UP ON ALL OF THAT I'D JUST LIKE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WHERE THIS COMMITTEE FALLS IN THAT PROCESS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE KNOW I SENT A MEMO BEFORE THIS MEETING ABOUT POSSIBLE SUBJECTS AT THIS TIME JUST RACE WAS ONE OF THEM AS TO WHETHER WE SHOULD BE GETTING INVOLVED IN AND SO I AGREE WITH MR. TURNER ON THAT POINT AND NUMBER THREE, NOT THAT THEY WERE ANY SPECIFIC QUARTER ON IS A PARKING STATUS UPDATE. SO JUST COMMENT I DON'T KNOW THE STATUS CURRENTLY EITHER AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE SO THAT WE FOLLOW UP AND KNOW WHERE WE'RE SITTING AT THIS POINT WITH REGARD THAT. SURE.
THANK YOU. WELCOME BACK. OUR TOWN AND I DON'T HAVE HAVE MUCH TO ADD YOU KNOW THE KICK OFF MEETING WITH THE MAYOR'S COMMITTEE WAS SCHEDULED DURING THE ICE STORM WE RESCHEDULED IT FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS FROM NOW. MAYOR PERRY WILL ATTEND AS WELL. MR. GUSMAN SO THAT KICKOFF WILL START.
IT'S ORGANIZED IN TERMS OF SCOPE AND NEXT STEPS. WE I WOULD ASK YOU KNOW, I THINK A LOT OF FOLKS ARE ASKING ABOUT THE BEACH PARKING THE GO LIVE DATE HASN'T STARTED YET SO WE'RE JUST GETTING READY FOR THE SEASON THE RESIDENT PASSES ALL OF THAT INFORMATION SHOULD SHOULD BE FULLY SOMEWHERE ON OUR WEBSITE SO LET ME GO CHECK ON THAT BUT THE GO LIVE DATE STARTS SOON THE PROGRAM WILL BE IN YEAR ONE RIGHT AS I THINK TOWN COUNCIL AGREED TO COLLECTIVELY LATE LAST YEAR. YEAR ONE WILL INCLUDE EVERYTHING WITH THE EXCEPTION THE POP AVENUE CORRIDOR PARKING LOTS AND THAT THROUGH THIS COMMITTEE THAT YOU ALL ASK ME TO HELP WITH THE MAYOR WITH AN AND NOW MR. SIMON TO ASSESS FURTHER THE POP AVENUE PARKING RIGHT THE REVENUE, THE SCOPE TO SCALE, THE LOGISTICS THAT SO STAY TUNED.
I HAVEN'T MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS ON THAT YET. FULL DISCLOSURE I WILL AS SOON AS I GET THROUGH STRATEGIC PLANNING AND BALANCING MY BUDGET.
WHAT ELSE AM I MISSING WITH REGARD THE PARKING I GUESS THE GO LIVE DATE IS ONE CONCERN THIS SOUNDS LIKE THE PRIMARY CONCERN POINT THAT WAS BEING ASKED BY A MESSAGE OUT IN A PRESS RELEASE AND THEN I'LL SEND YOU AN EMAIL. SORRY TO INTERRUPT.
NO YOU WEREN'T INTERRUPTING AT ALL. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE MAYOR'S COMMITTEES FIRST I'M HEARING THAT ANYTHING HAS BEEN ASSEMBLED AND AS THE CHAIR OF THE COMMUNITY SERVICE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE I'D LIKE TO BE PART OF THAT CONVERSATION SINCE IT COMES THROUGH MY COMMITTEE WITH THESE FUNDS ELECTED OFFICIALS AS WELL.
SO THAT'S A REQUEST THAT I'M MAKING OF YOU AND I'LL SEND AN EMAIL TO OUR MAYOR AS WELL FOLLOWING UP ON THAT AS WELL. AND IF IF WE HAVE A DATE FOR ALL EVENTS OTHER FOLKS AND KNOW WHEN THE THINGS ARE GOING TO BE PUT INTO PLACE SO THAT THAT MONITORING AND AND BECAUSE COUNCILWOMAN TURNER IS RIGHT WE DID HAVE AN EXPECTATION OF SOME REVENUE OFFSETTING SOME OF THE OTHER REVENUE THAT WE ANTICIPATED NORMALLY BUT NOW THAT WE'VE GIVEN THEM BACK THROUGH FREE PARKING FOR OUR RESIDENTS WHICH IS APPROPRIATE ,WE NEED TO KIND OF JUGGLE THAT SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE A BIGGER HOLE IN YOUR BUDGET THEN AND WE'D LIKE TO SEE AND I'LL JUST I'M EVEN REMINDING MYSELF RIGHT NOW WHEN WE BROUGHT FORWARD THE PROGRAM THE POLICY AND THE THE OF IT WE ANTICIPATED FREE PARKING, WE SHOWED BUDGETS THROUGH I
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BELIEVE CSPS WE SHOWED BUDGETS AND WHEN TOWN COUNCIL ADOPTED AND ALL OF THAT WAS ASSUMED AS PART OF THE PROGRAM FOR YEAR ONE AND SO THAT INCLUDES FREE RESIDENT PARKING AND NO PARKING UP AND DOWN THE POP AVENUE CORRIDOR AND THAT WOULD SUPPLEMENT OR ADD TO THE REVENUE IN THE FUTURE SHOULD YOU SHOULD YOU VOTE SHOULD YOU AGREE TO BRING THAT FORWARD.SO FROM A BUDGETARY STANDPOINT I JUST WANT ADD SOME CONFIDENCE TO THE TO THE MATTER THAT WE'RE PLANNED FOR IT. WE PROJECTED IT THE REVENUES, OUR PROJECTIONS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO MONITOR CLOSELY WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GO LIVE.
IRONICALLY I WAS TAKING SOME NOTES THIS WEEKEND AND SAID WHAT ARE THE HIGHEST PRIORITIES RIGHT NOW OUTSIDE OF BUDGETS PLAN AND ONE OF WHICH IS IS THIS PARKING PROGRAM.
SO WE'LL KICK IT OFF THINK MISS BECKER IS THE CHAIR LUPU INTO THIS MEETING THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO HAVE MIGHT BE THE BEST EASIEST MOST EFFICIENT WAY TO TO TO BRING THE COMMITTEE INTO TO THAT THANK YOU APPRECIATE IT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS ANYTHING FROM YOU THAT YOU HAVE ANYTHING ON YOUR LIST OF ITEMS THAT YOU WANTED TO KNOW CONSIDER TODAY BRING BRING OUT FOR TENDERIZING YEAH WELL ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I MAKE JUST A FEW THINGS THAT I THAT WE'RE WORKING ON THERE IS AN ABANDONED BOAT POLICY ON THE BOOKS THERE'S SOME OTHER ABANDONED BOAT CONCERNS THAT LINCOLN TO SOME REPORTED CRIME ISSUES THAT I THINK WE NEED TO GET MORE INFORMATION ON DOWN IN THE PALMETTO BAY AREA.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT. I KNOW THAT IN PARTICULAR IN PARKS AND REC IS PART OF OUR RESPONSIBILITIES THERE HAS BEEN AN ONGOING CONCERNS AT THE SINK FOR THE SENIORS THAT OUR SENIOR CENTER ISN'T QUITE WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE AND THE NEEDS FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
AND SO I'VE BEEN WORKING IT BUT I THINK WE NEED TO PUT A LITTLE BIT MORE EMPHASIS ON TRYING TO FIGURE THAT ONE OUT. AND WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY.
I KNOW I'VE MENTIONED IN A SEPARATE CONVERSATION AND OUR TOWN MANAGER IS ON IT WITH REGARD TO HOW WHEN A ROAD PATHWAY IS CLOSED WE HAVE ANOTHER SAFE ALTERNATIVE AND SO HE I KNOW HE'S ON THAT ALSO WORKING ON A CONCERN THAT REPEATEDLY HAS COME WITH REGARD TO FIREWORKS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY THERE'S BEEN A NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS IT IS BOTHERSOME TO THE FOLKS IN THE AREA WHO ARE SUBJECTED TO THESE LATE AT NIGHT THEY DON'T KNOW IN THEIR MIND IF IT'S GUNFIRE. THEY DON'T KNOW IS WHAT THE CASE MAY BE BUT THEY DO KNOW THAT IF YOU HAVE PTSD WE HAVE A LOT OF VETERANS, AN ISLAND THAT IS BOTHERSOME, YOU KNOW THAT IT BOTHERS OUR PETS AND THE WILDLIFE AROUND THIS. AND SO THERE'S BEEN SOME CONCERNS AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE WORKING ON SOME SOLUTIONS TO THAT.
SO MORE ABOUT THAT TO COME COME MUNICIPAL COURT THOSE SOME SESSIONS THAT WE'VE STARTED IN THE PAST THAT WE NEED TO STAY FOCUSED ON STAYING FOCUSED ON OUR BEACH AND IN THE SERVICES WE HAVE THERE TO PROVIDE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT A ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND FOR EVERYONE VISITS US. AND THEN ONE THING THAT FALLS MORE I GUESS INTO THE SERVICE NATURE OF OUR RESPONSIBILITY HERE IS BEEN GIVING A LOT OF THOUGHT ABOUT WORKFORCE HOUSING AND AS I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT IT I QUESTION WHAT IS THE REAL DATA THAT WE'RE USING TO MAKE DECISIONS? AND IT SEEMS TO ME THAT EVERYONE RELIES ON A CONSULTANT'S REPORT FROM 2017 2018 THAT WAS WRITTEN THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE VALID AND CERTAINLY OR MAY NOT BE VALID NOW AND SO AS WE'VE BEEN HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WORKFORCE, IT SEEMS TO ME WE'VE NEVER CALCULATED THE PROGRESS REALLY BEEN MADE.
WHILE IT MAY NOT BE GOVERNANCE GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT WHICH YOU KNOW AGAIN AS A LIMITED GOVERNMENT PERSON I'M NOT CONVINCED WE SHOULD REALLY HAVE A REAL ROLE HERE OTHER THAN PERHAPS FACILITATING HELPING TO WORK OUT SOME DETAILS. BUT AS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS, IT OCCURS TO ME WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S BEEN TAKING PLACE OTHER THAN TO DOWNPLAY KNOWING
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THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL PRIVATE ENTITIES WHO HAVE CONVERTED OLD COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS AND THE LIKE INTO WORKFORCE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES .SO THAT'S ONE I THINK TO HAVE A BETTER PICTURE OF WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE AVAILABLE THROUGH THOSE EFFORTS. AND THEN I'D ALSO LIKE TO KNOW WHICH I DON'T THINK WE EVER DID WAS OF THE WORKFORCE ON HILTON HEAD I'D TO KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY INTERESTED IN LIVING ON HILTON HEAD AND OF THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN LIVING ON HILTON HEAD WHAT HOPES AND DREAMS ARE ARE THEY INTERESTED IN LIVING IN A 210 SQUARE FOOT SPACE WITH ANOTHER UNKNOWN AN INDIVIDUAL OR ARE THEY INTERESTED IN BRINGING AND RAISING A FAMILY HERE ON HILTON HEAD AND WHAT TYPE OF HOUSING WE'RE ACTUALLY SUPPLYING TO MEET THOSE NEEDS AND ONE STEP FURTHER IS TO IS TO REVISIT OR TO VISIT THE IDEA OF A MORE EFFICIENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM SO THAT OUR BRIDGE DOESN'T BECOME AS CONGESTED AS FOLKS SEEM TO FEEL IT IS DURING THOSE EARLY MORNING AND AFTERNOON COMMUTES THAT WOULD ENTAIL SPEAKING MORE BROADLY TO SOME OF THOSE THAT WE COLLABORATE WITH THE COUNTY AND OTHERS HAVE A PARK AND RIDE SO THAT PEOPLE WHO WANT TO LIVE WHERE THEY WANT TO LIVE IN A WAY THEY WANT TO LIVE BUT STILL WANT TO WORK ON HILTON HEAD ON BE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY AND BE ABLE TO PARK THEIR CAR OR TAKE THEIR TRANSPORTATION FROM THEIR HOME TO A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN THEN TRANSFER TO A SHUTTLE AND GET TO THEIR JOBS. SO THOSE ARE A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS WITH REGARD TO AND I'M NOT INTERESTED IN A HIGH PRICED CONSULTANT I THINK SOME OF THIS INFORMATION TO BEGIN A CONVERSATION AND TRYING TO NARROW DOWN THE SCOPE TO MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY ADDRESSING A PROBLEM THAT MAY BE SIGNIFICANT MAY BE LESS SIGNIFICANT THAN MAYBE PEOPLE THINK WITH REGARD TO WORKFORCE AND HOUSING ISSUES A SIMPLE SURVEY OR COLLECTION OF DATA THAT MAY ALREADY EXIST WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT OFFICE WOULD BE HELPFUL TO BEGIN THOSE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND THOUGHTS ANY ANY INPUT ON MENTAL JUST A LITTLE BIT ON ON ONE POINT THAT YOU RAISED WITH JUST THE POTENTIAL TO REINSTATE A MUNICIPAL COURT NEXT WEEK I UNDERSTAND THAT WE WILL HAVE SHORT TERM HOUSING PROPOSALS OR MODIFICATIONS THAT'S ONE AREA WHERE THE MUNICIPAL COURT MIGHT BE VERY EFFECTIVE TERMS OF DEALING WITH VIOLATIONS UNDER SHORT TERM RENTALS. SO I WOULD JUST SIMPLY ASK THE TOWN MANAGER IF HE AND STAFF THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE TO ASSOCIATE THE MUNICIPAL COURT SUBJECT WITH THE DISCUSSION OF SHORT TERM RENTALS COMING UP TO IT AND ASK HIM HIS THOUGHTS ON THAT OR IS THAT A QUESTION FOR ANOTHER TIME? QUESTION SO WHO DID YOU LIKE IN LAST NIGHT'S GROUP EAGLES THINK BIRDS BEN WAS HAPPY OR FAMILY? I'M SORRY I WAS TAKING A NOTE. YEAH, ABOUT BE BRIEF JUST PICK A RAISED SERIES OF MATTERS THAT IT MIGHT BE DESIRABLE FOR THE COMMITTEE TO LOOK INTO ONE OF THEM WAS MUNICIPAL COURT AND MY QUESTION IS WHETHER CONNECTION WITH THE PRESENTATION NEXT WEEK OF NEW PROPOSED RULES ON SHORT TERM RENTALS WHICH IS I THINK ONE OF THE AREAS WHERE A MUNICIPAL COURT MIGHT BE HELPFUL WHETHER YOU AND STAFF THOUGHT THAT YOU COULD ASSOCIATE THE MUNICIPAL COURT QUESTION WITH THE SHORT TERM RENTAL QUESTION NEXT WEEK WE COULD WE'RE NOT PREPARED TO. SO I WOULD SAY THAT WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO MOVE DOWN THE CURRENT PATH OF PARKING FEES AND OR PARKING CITATIONS AS WELL AS AN IMPROVEMENT TO OUR SHORT RENTAL CITATIONS. SEPARATE THE MUNICIPAL COURT FOR NOW I THINK WE SHOULD BACK INTO THOSE TO THE TOWN THOSE ADMINISTRATIVE FEES MUNICIPAL COURTS AND I WOULD SAY DIFFERENT EXERCISE THAT IF YOU WOULD ALL COLLECTIVELY AS A TOWN COUNCIL WANT ME TO REESTABLISH WITH YOU A MUNICIPAL COURT THAT HAS TO BE IN MY MIND AND A RECOMMENDATION AND OUTCOME OF OUR STRATEGIC SESSION I THINK YOU SHOULD ANSWER I TOOK SOME NOTES TODAY
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PROBABLY HEALTHY OF I REPEATED SOME THINGS BACK TO YOU THAT WE'RE HEARING SO YOU ALL KNOW WHERE WE'RE AT GOING INTO THE DRAFT PLAN WITH THE HELP I THINK IT MIGHT BE OKAY FILING DOES THAT ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WITH REGARD TO ANY OF THE INFORMATION YOU'VE HEARD TODAY? I APPRECIATE YOU ALL COMING OUT TO KATIE FOR US TO FIND OUT. I LOVE IT JUST MATT THANK YOU. THANK YOU.THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I HOPE THAT THAT'S WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT IN THE FUTURE FROM THIS COMMITTEE IS AN OPEN DIALOG WITH OUR AND AMONG COUNCIL MEMBERS AND WE ENCOURAGE ALL OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO JOIN US WHENEVER READY.
I JUST TOOK SOME NOTES TODAY BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE GO INTO STRATEGIC PLAN ONE I KNOW THAT YOU ALL ARE TALKING TO EACH OTHER AND TO ME AND OUR OUR FACILITATOR BUT I TOOK AWAY FROM TODAY SOME ADDITIONS COMING OUT OF COMMUNITY PUBLIC SAFETY DISCUSSION, POLICE DEPARTMENT ASSESSMENT, PUBLIC WORKS TEAM WE HAVE A FACILITIES DEPARTMENT SO HOW ALL THAT FACTORS IN THE WAY THAT WE CAN FIGURE THAT OUT BUT DEFINITELY A PUBLIC WORKS TEAM I WOULD SAY THAT GOES HAND IN HAND BUT SOMEWHAT SEPARATE FROM THE STORMWATER UTILITY PROGRAM ENHANCEMENTS KNOW THAT IN THE BUDGET PROPOSAL THIS YEAR YOU WILL SEE A AT LEAST AT LEAST RIGHT NOW AND I'M GOING ABOUT TO START MEETING WITH ALL OF TOWN COUNCIL A PROPOSAL TO INCREASE THE USE OF OUR FUND BALANCE. IT'S A LITTLE MORE THAN $10 MILLION FOR STORMWATER TO PUT SOME DOLLARS SOME MORE DOLLARS IN THE REIMBURSEMENT ACCOUNT SO THAT THOSE REIMBURSEMENTS ARE FUNDED SOME OF IT IS ABOUT A FUNDING ISSUE AS MUCH AS IT IS IT IS ABOUT PROCUREMENT LOGISTICS SO KNOW THAT THAT WILL BE IN THERE I MUNICIPAL PATH FORWARD YOU ALSO TALKED ABOUT RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION AND THAT'S MORE ROADS STORMWATER SAFETY PATHWAYS SPEED WHATNOT I WILL FOLLOW UP ON THE PEDESTRIAN AND TRAFFIC SAFETY ASSESSMENT AND GUM TREE SOUNDS LIKE BOB IS CONNECTED WITH THE FOREST PEACE SAFETY COMMITTEE BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WHERE THEY KNOW WE ARE THEIR BEACH PARKING STATUS UPDATE AN I JUST SENT AN EMAIL TO AGREE TO THAT MEETING IT'S IN A FEW WEEKS SO WE'LL GET THAT KICKED OFF. I HAVE A I HAVE A PRELIMINARY MEMO JUST REALLY SCOPING OUR OUR OUR TO DO'S IN THE WORK WE'RE GOING TO DO. SO I'LL SHARE THAT WITH YOU.
I'LL CLARIFY THAT GO LIVE. THEY WILL SEND ANOTHER PRESS RELEASE.
I'LL CHECK IN WITH SHAUN LEININGER AND DERRICK KOCH SOME BOB ON THIS IS THEIR AS THEIR THE POINT BUT WE'LL GET ANOTHER PRESS RELEASE OUT ON THE GO LIVE DATE AND SO THAT OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR VISITORS KNOW WHAT WHAT TO EXPECT AND A REMINDER FOR FOR ALL OF US BIKE SAFETY REPORTS DARREN'S PAST A PLAN AND A PATH FORWARD I KNOW THAT WE'VE DONE SOME BUT DEFINITELY AS CONSISTENT AS WHAT DARREN WAS DOING SO WELL PULL RESIDENTS RESURRECT THAT HOUSING DATA FOLLOW UP AND A FEW OTHER THINGS SO I THINK I THINK I GRABBED EVERYTHING THERE'S A THERE'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT PIPELINE OF AGENDA ITEMS IF WE ADD FIREWORKS MUNICIPAL COURT IF THERE'S ANY AMENDMENTS CODE OUTSIDE OF THE PLANNING WORLD THEY WOULD ALL COME THROUGH THIS COMMITTEE THE MOST PART AND SO THERE'S A PRETTY ROBUST PIPELINE OF AGENDA ITEMS JUST BASED UPON EVEN TODAY FOR THE NEXT 12 MONTHS.
AND MS.. BECKER, YOU AND I CAN WORK ON GETTING THOSE AGENDAS SET AND A PIPELINE REALIZED FOR A FEW MONTHS SO I'M NOT SURE THAT I HEARD YOU REFERENCE THE POSSIBILITY OF US AROUND MAKING PERIODIC REPORTS ON A MORE FREQUENT BASIS HEARD I'VE HEARD CURRENTLY THOSE AND I'D LIKE AT LEAST THINK ABOUT THEM HOW OFF WHAT DOES HE DO QUARTERLY WELL PER HIS QUARTERLY AND YOU WANT MONTHLY EVERY OTHER MONTH JUST WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE TEMPO THE COMMITTEE WOULD PREFER AND ON I DO HAVE SOMETHING IN MIND I'M OKAY WITH A WRITTEN JUST A YOU KNOW JUST KIND OF A DOWN AND DIRTY DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ANYTHING RIGHT IT'S JUST FROM MY VANTAGE POINT IF I COULD I COULD BE SO KIND OF ADD I HAVE HEAR REPORTS RESCUE COUNTY SHERIFF'S SHORT BEACH SERVICES I THINK THAT YOU WOULD WE'D ALL BENEFIT SOME FROM SOME REGULAR SHORT BEACH SERVICE AND OUR BEACH REPORTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY I THINK THAT BOB REPORTING TO ME ON SHORT TERM RENTALS PARKING ALAMO CODE PROVISIONS HE IS LIAISON
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WITH COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE BIKE SAFETY STATISTICS. WE TALKED ABOUT ROADS AND DRAINAGE AND PATHWAYS BUT I THINK THAT'S MORE OF AN OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENT AS WE'RE APPROVING PUBLIC PROJECTS PATHWAY INFRINGEMENT OR ISSUES. WE SURE WE'RE WE'RE APPROVING THEM MORE CLEARLY ISLAND BREEZE TROLLEY AND AT SOME POINT WE HAVE A COURT I'M SURE YOU'D WANT TO HEAR FROM THE CLERK OF COURT SO I WANT TO ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MUCH WORK TO DO NOISE CONSTRUCTION HOURS, SHORT TERM RENTALS, MUNICIPAL COURT ELECTION PARK RULES, ABANDONED BOATS, FIREWORKS AND A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER THINGS AND WE NOT MAKE THIS COMMITTEE SO REPORT DRIVEN THAT WE GET CAUGHT UP IN JUST SIMPLY UNDERSTANDING THE DATA. SO LET THINK THROUGH AN INSPECTOR I'LL TALK WITH YOU BECAUSE AN EMAIL THE COMMITTEE DIFFERENT THAN AN EMAIL TO COUNCILMAN MAYBE MAYBE WE JUST TO START PUTTING TOGETHER SOME SOME DIFFERENT REPORTS THAT YOU ALL RECEIVE AND I'LL LET YOU ALL DECIDE ON HOW OFTEN THAT IS BUT IF WE'RE STAYING BUSY REPORTING WE'RE GOING TO GET LOTS HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO ACTUALLY DO SOME OF THE WORK. YOU'RE ALSO ASKING ME TO IMPLEMENT AND PART OF THIS TODAY WAS SIMPLY NOT A DIRECT REQUEST FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN BUT THE BEGINNING OF A CONVERSATION AND THESE TYPES OF TOPICS OF CONVERSATION SEEM TO HAVE SOME CONSENSUS AND SOME COMMUNITY SUPPORT. SO I THINK WE CAN FIND A A PATHWAY THROUGH WHAT SENSE BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO OVERLOAD BUT WE DO NEED THE DATA TO BE ABLE TO ASSESS THE NEXT STEPS FOR THE COUNCIL. SO I FURTHER DISCUSSION IS DEFINITELY WARRANTED. SHARE YOUR WILLINGNESS TO DO THAT WITH US.I DO ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT WE DID ADOPT A NOISE OR COMMERCIAL NOISE ORDINANCE AT OUR LAST TOWN COUNCIL MEETING AND I GOT TO COMMENTS OVER THE WEEKEND FROM FOLKS WHO WERE THRILLED THAT THEIR COMMUNITIES WERE QUIET FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A WHILE ON A SUNDAY AND THEY WERE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF IT. SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT WE USE TO GET THE WORD OUT BUT SOME APPARENTLY SOMEBODY KNEW AND THAT WORKS HAS WORKED OUT WELL OR MAYBE IT WAS JUST A COINCIDENCE I'M NOT SURE BUT THAT WAS A GOOD MOVE AND GOOD WORK AND THANKS EVERYONE.
ROMAN JOLLY CREDIT RIGHT NOW SURE WE CAN GIVE HIM ALL THAT CREDIT NOW I WOULD APPRECIATE I WASN'T WELL YOU ALL THE CREDIT BEEN DEFINITELY TO AND AGAIN IT'S BECAUSE OF A LOT OF THE EFFORTS THAT YOU DO THAT WE DON'T EVEN KNOW YOU'RE DOING THAT I THINK WE CAN BUILD SOME CONFIDENCE AND BELIEVING WE'RE ON THE RIGHT PATH SOLVING SOME OF THESE PROBLEMS. THANK YOU. THE LAST THING AND SOMETHING ELSE ARE YOU DONE WITH ME? YES, SIR. THANK YOU. THIS IS HELPFUL.
THANK ME GETTING INTO STRATEGIC PLAN SIMPLY KNOW WHERE YOU ALL AS A COMMITTEE WANT TO HEAD.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY. WE APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU. THE OTHER THING THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I HIGHLIGHT WITHOUT KEEPING US HERE ALL DAY IS THAT WE ALSO MANAGE THE TOWN'S TALENT BANK AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR APPOINTMENTS TO COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS AND I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE HERE AND LISTENING WHO WILL WATCH LATER TO GO ONLINE AND FIND THE APPLICATION AND TO GO FOR WHAT MIGHT INTEREST YOU WHERE YOUR SKILLSET MIGHT BE USED AND APPLY.
WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF COMING UP THIS YEAR SO PLEASE DO THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR ALL OVER TOWN TO IN ITS GOVERNMENT AND WITH THAT ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR THOUGHTS OR CONCERNS FROM THOSE IN ATTENDANCE? NO, NO ONE'S WHO'S CHIMED IN OVER THERE WITH USE THROUGH ANY PERSON. NO I JUST WAS GOING TO ASK IF MISS PEDRO WANTED TO SPEAK ON THE KNOWLEDGE AND THE ITEM. NO.
OKAY. OKAY. AND FROM OUR COMMITTEE ANY OTHER COMMENTS, THOUGHTS, CONCERNS? OH YES SIR.
HOUGH, I HAVE TO ALL SHARE COUPONS AND I'VE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY ALL MY LIFE AND THEN THE JURISDICTION THAT HAS OUTLAWED PESTICIDES AND HERBICIDES AND I THINK WE DID THAT ON THE ISLAND HERE PLEASE . WATCH IT.
THERE'S NO REPLACEMENT FOR THESE THINGS. WE ARE INFESTED WITH BEDBUGS.
WE CAN'T GET RID OF WE ARE FULL OF DANDELIONS WE CAN'T GET RID OF THERE ARE NO REPLACEMENTS AND YOU CAN HEAR IT ALL YOU WANT ABOUT REPLACEMENT NONE OF THEM WORK SO IF YOU HAVE THAT IN PLACE YOU SHOULD WASH IT BECAUSE IT'S A REAL ISSUE GETTING RID IT JUST BECAUSE IT SOUNDS GOOD AND IT FEELS GREAT THERE HAS NEVER BEEN ANYTHING INVENTED YET THAT WILL KILL WEEDS OR GET RID OF OF OF THIS VERMIN AND YOUR BUILDINGS AND YOUR APARTMENT BUILDINGS YOUR
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YOUR MULTIPLE CARS, YOUR SHORT TERM YOUR YOUR YOUR YOUR MOTELS AND HOTELS ON THE ISLAND ARE GOING TO BE FULL OF UNLESS CAN BRING SOMETHING IN OR YOU CAN MAKE AN EXEMPTION FOR THANK YOU AND I WANT TO THANK HAVE NEW PEOPLE IN THE IN THE GALLERY HERE TODAY AND I WANT THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT AND WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO JOIN US. AND WITH THAT WE'RE ADJOURNED FOREVER. OUR GOVERNOR* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.