Feb 18, 2025 Finance Administration and Economic Development Committee

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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FINANCE ADMINISTRATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING TO ORDER TODAY IS TUESDAY FEBRUARY 18TH 2025 IS 10 P.M. AND IF EVERYONE CAN RISE FOR A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PLEASE I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. ALL RIGHT.

[3. STATEMENT OF COMPLIANCE WITH FOIA]

[4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA]

[5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - January 27, 2025]

[7. FY2024 ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCE REPORT (ACFR)]

SO THEN LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR CHIEF OFFICER MISS HARRIET AND SHE'S COMING UP TO DISCUSS FISCAL YEAR 2024 ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT .

ALL RIGHT. SO TODAY WE HAVE DAVID IRWIN FROM WALDEN AND JENKINS.

HE HAS SPENT HIS ENTIRE 21 YEARS AUDITING STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND JENKINS AUDITS APPROXIMATELY 750 GOVERNMENTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, THE MAJORITY OF WHICH ARE IN GEORGIA OR SOUTH CAROLINA. HE IS FROM MACON SO WE HAD A NICE LITTLE GROUP COMING IN TODAY. THEY THEY AUDIT NEARLY HALF THE COUNTIES IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND HAVE SIGNIFICANT PRESENCE HERE IN THE LOWCOUNTRY SPECIFICALLY WHERE THEY DO THE CITY OF CHARTER BOAT HEAD CITY OF BLUFFTON AND COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT AS WELL AS US.

SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, MR. IRWIN THAT'S RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.

I HOPE YOU ALL ARE DOING WELL AFTERNOON YOU OVER FOR THE GEOLOGY STUDENTS YOU WORK VERY GLAD IT IS ME I WAS JUST YEAH THERE YOU GO. IF I DON'T WORK THERE.

ALL RIGHT. WELL AGAIN GOOD AFTERNOON. I HOPE YOU ALL ARE DOING WELL AGAIN. MY NAME IS DAVID IRWIN AND I'M WITH MARTIN JENKINS.

I WAS THE PARTNER WHO OVERSAW THIS YEAR'S AUDIT COMMITTEE SERVICES SPEAKING THAT YOU CITED AND I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE TO BE HERE WITH YOU ALL THIS AFTERNOON TO DISCUSS THE RESULTS OF THIS AUDIT. I KNOW THE PURPOSE OF TODAY'S PRESENTATION IS TO PROVIDE YOU ALL AN OVERVIEW OUR INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TALK ABOUT THE RESULTS OF THE TWO COMPLIANCE REPORTS THAT WE ISSUED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE AUDIT IN A FEW OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT HIGHLIGHTS DISCUSS SOME INFORMATION TO THE AUDITING STANDARDS REQUIRES THAT WE COMMUNICATE YOU ALL IN THE NORTHWEST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MAY HAVE NOW THE FINANCIALS THEMSELVES ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF MANAGEMENT AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AS YOUR INDEPENDENT EXTERNAL AUDITORS OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO AN OPINION ON THESE STATEMENTS. WE CONDUCT OUR AUDIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTING STANDARDS AND GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING STANDARDS AND I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE ARE ISSUING A CLEAN OR UNMODIFIED OPINION ON THIS REPORT AGAIN THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT. THIS IS THE HIGHEST OF ASSURANCE THAT WE PROVIDE YOU RESTORE ORDER. WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT IN OUR OPINION THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE CONSIDERED TO BE FAIRLY PRESENTED IN ALL MATERIAL RESPECTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH ACCEPT ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES AGAIN AS I MENTIONED YOU AS PART OF THE AUDIT ARE TO COMPLIANCE REPORTS THAT WE ALSO ISSUED THE FIRST OF WHICH IS THE SINGLE WATER REPORT. AGAIN A SINGLE AUDIT IS A COMPLIANCE AUDIT THAT IS REQUIRED WHEN AN ENTITY AND ENTITY HAS OVER $750,000 OF FEDERAL EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURES DURING THE YEAR THE COUNTY HAD AROUND $80 MILLION OF FEDERAL EXPENDITURES IN THE FALL OF 24 AND THIS RESULTED IN US HAVING A SINGLE AUDIT ON THREE MAJOR PROGRAMS AS WAS THE CASE WITH THE FINANCIAL AUDIT WE ARE ISSUING A CLEAN OR UNMODIFIED OPINION

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YOU WILL SEE THAT THIS YEAR AGAIN THAT'S REALLY A TESTAMENT TO THE LEADERSHIP OF MY PINKY ENTIRE FINANCE DEPARTMENT BOTH CURRENT AND WHO HAVE SUBSEQUENT LEFT THEY ALL DID A REALLY GOOD JOB THIS YEAR AS ALWAYS THEY WERE VERY ACCOMMODATING. OUR AUDIT TEAM WORKED HARD TO USE ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEEDED IN ORDER GET THE AUDIT FINALIZED BY THE 1241 DEADLINE.

SO AGAIN I JUST WANT TO WANT TO THANK THEM FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK THIS YEAR.

NOW FOR A BRIEF OVERVIEW THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AGAIN YOU ALL PREPARE WHAT IS CALLED AN ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT OTHERWISE KNOWN AN ACT FOR AN ACT REQUIRES THE INCLUSION OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND THE BASIC FINANCIAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. THIS DOCUMENT IS SUBMITTED ANNUALLY THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICER ASSOCIATION OTHERWISE KNOWN AS GFA WAY WHERE THEY PUT IT THROUGH A PRETTY STRINGENT REVIEW PROCESS NOT ONLY THEY'RE PROFESSIONAL STAFF BUT THEY ALSO HAVE A SPECIAL REVIEW COMMITTEE THAT LOOKS AT THIS REPORT AND WHEN THEY LOOK AT THE COUNTY'S ACT FOR THEIR GOAL IS NOT TO ASSESS THE FINANCIAL HEALTH OF THE COUNTY. WHAT THEY WANT TO DO IS SURE THAT THE NECESSARY INFORMATION IS IN THIS DOCUMENT. THE READERS OF YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CAN DO SO THEMSELVES AND THROUGH REVIEW THE GIVEAWAY HAS ONCE AGAIN AWARDED THE COUNTY THE CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT FOR EXCELLENCE OF FINANCIAL REPORTING FOR 2013 AND THAT THAT CERTIFICATE IS INCLUDED IN THIS YEAR'S REPORT AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE BOTTOM IS WHY THIS IS THE 15TH YEAR IN A ROW THAT THE COUNTY HAS RECEIVED THE CERTIFICATE SO CONGRATULATIONS YOU AUTOMATICALLY IS A THIS IS AN IMPRESSIVE DOCUMENT AND THIS IS CERTAINLY ONE THAT YOU ALSO BE PROUD OF AS YOU DO THIS REPORT AS YOU LOOK AT YOUR ACT FOR WHAT SECTION I ALWAYS LIKE TO POINT OUT IS THE MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION OTHERWISE IT THE INDIANA OH THIS IS THE BEGINNING OUR THE REPORT IS RIGHT AFTER ALL OPINION I WOULD STRONGLY TO I WOULD STRONGLY ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO READ THE MTI AND THE PURPOSE OF THE MDA IS REALLY JUST TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR THE BROADER AUDIENCE TO USE A BETTER UNDERSTAND YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND IT DOES THIS BY PROVIDING A NARRATIVE EXPLANATION OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FROM THIS PERSPECTIVE SO YOU KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT FLUCTUATIONS OF ANY FINANCIAL DIVISION ANYTHING YOU DECRY UNUSUAL THAT OCCURRED DURING THE YEAR OFTENTIMES YOU CAN FIND YOUR ANSWER WITHIN THE UI. IN ADDITION THERE'S QUITE A BIT TO COMPARE THE INFORMATION THIS SECTION SO YOU HAVE FINANCIAL INFORMATION FOR NOT ONLY IF WHAT FOUR BUT ALSO WHAT 23 THAT HAS A LOT OF VALUE TO THE READER IN MY LIFE.

YOU KNOW IT'S A LOT EASIER TO UNDERSTAND THE OF YOUR ACTIVITY WHEN YOU HAVE THIS PRIOR YEAR NUMBERS THERE FOR COMPARATIVE PURPOSE. SO YOU KNOW WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR DOCUMENT ACTOR IS OVER 220 PAGES SO THE INDIANA AGE IS A REALLY GOOD JOB CONSOLIDATING THAT INFORMATION AND IT PROVIDING THE READER WITH AN ANALYTICAL OVERVIEW OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. SO AGAIN IF YOU CAN I WOULD STRONGLY ENCOURAGE EVERYONE READ IN THE UNITED TO THE COUNTY'S BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE BROKEN DOWN INTO THREE COMPONENTS THE FIRST OF WHICH ARE YOUR GOVERNMENT WATCH STATEMENTS THE GOVERNMENT WATCH STATEMENTS PROVIDE A BROAD VIEW OF THE COUNTY'S OPERATIONS IN A MANNER SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU WOULD SEE IN A PRIVATE SECTOR BUSINESS UNDER THIS SECTION ALL THE COUNTY SIGNS ARE COMBINED INTO TWO COLUMNS DEPENDING ON THE NATURE OF THE FUND YOU HAVE COLUMNS YOUR GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES AND YOU ALSO HAVE A SEPARATE COLUMN YOUR BUSINESS TYPE ACTIVITIES BUT WE HAVE A SLOT HERE THAT SUMMARIZES THE COUNTY'S FINANCIAL ACTIVITY FOR YEAR

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SO OVERALL THE COUNTY HAS A STRONG SHEET IS AND GOOD LIQUID FINANCIAL POSITION AND IS IN REALLY GOOD SHAPE OVERALL FINANCIALLY THE SECOND POSITION FOR THE STATE WAS CERTAINLY FUN LEVEL STATEMENTS AGAIN. THIS IS WHAT YOU ALL TYPICALLY SEE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR THIS FOCUSES ON INDIVIDUAL PARTS OF THE COUNTY AND REPORT THE OPERATIONS IN MORE DETAIL THAN THAT OF SEE WHAT YOU HAVE ALL OF THE FUNDS THAT THE COUNTY HAS IF I'M IN YOUR SHOES MY PRIMARY FOCUS IS DO YOU HAVE A GENERAL FUND IS THE MAIN OPERATING FLOW TO THE COUNTY AND IS FOR THE MAJORITY OF YOUR REVENUES OVERSEE EXPENDITURES BUT WE HAVE A CHART HERE THAT SHOWS THE GENERAL FUNDS REVENUES FOR THE YEAR AGAIN THIS IS JUST FOR THE GENERAL FUND BUT TOTAL REVENUES AROUND $184 MILLION THAT'S AROUND A $14 MILLION INCREASE COMPARED TO WHAT 23 BEGAN. AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS CHART, OBVIOUSLY THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE GENERAL FUNDS REVENUES ARE DERIVED FROM PROPERTY TAXES WHICH TOTALED AROUND 129 MILLION AND THAT REPRESENTED A 70% OF TOTAL REVENUES IN JULY COVERED A SIGNIFICANT SOURCE OF REVENUE WORTH MENTIONING CHARGES FOR ARE 15 AND A HALF MILLION AND YOU ALL HAD INTERGOVERNMENTAL REVENUE AROUND 3 MILLION HERE OF THIS NEXT CHART SHOWS THAT GENERAL FUNDS EXPENDITURE FOR THE YEAR BY TOTAL EXPENDITURE IS AROUND 168 MILLION.

THAT'S A DECREASE OF 5.6 MILLION FOR THE PRIOR YEAR. AGAIN GOOD TO SEE YOUR REVENUES INCREASE EXPENSES DECREASED BUT IT WAS YOU EXPECT PUBLIC SAFETY GENERAL GOVERNMENT REPRESENT A MAJORITY OF THESE EXPENDITURES . SAFETY WAS ROUGHLY $53 MILLION AND THAT ACCOUNTED FOR AROUND 2% OF THE GENERAL FUNDS TOTAL TOTAL EXPENDITURES GENERAL FUND GENERAL GOVERNMENT EXPENSES WERE $69 MILLION FOR THE YEAR SO IN TOTAL THE GENERAL FUNDS FUND BALANCE INCREASE BY ABOUT 12.7 MILLION FOR AN ENDING BALANCE OF 5.2 MILLION.

AND THIS NEXT CHART SHOWS THE FUND BALANCE HISTORY OF THE GENERAL FUND OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS YOU CHARTS LIKE THIS ARE ALWAYS YOU KNOW IT'S ALWAYS INTERESTING TO LOOK BACK ON WHERE YOU WERE COMPARED TO WHERE THINGS CURRENTLY STAND AND YOU WISH YOU CAN SEE IN THIS YOU ALL HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB OF INCREASING YOUR FUND MILES WAS INCREASED BY A PRICEY 77% THAT FIVE YEARS IN 2020 WAS OBVIOUSLY A UNIQUE YEAR DUE TO COVID.

BUT YOU KNOW WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS AND THE ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY THAT FOLLOWED IT, IT'S IMPRESSIVE TO SEE HOW YOU ALL HAVE CONSISTENTLY BEEN ABLE TO STAY WITHIN BUDGET AND CONTINUE TO INCREASE YOUR PHONE BALANCE.

SO AGAIN THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL MANAGEMENT REALLY EVERYONE INVOLVED THE COUNTY GENERAL AND PROUD OF BUT COMMENDABLE AND YOU KNOW AS I MENTIONED BEFORE ,YOU KNOW, ONE THING I ALWAYS LIKE TO POINT OUT AND REMIND PEOPLE IS THAT FUND BALANCE ISN'T WHAT YOU ALL HAVE FOR CASH FOR DISCRETIONARY SPENDING FUND BALANCE IS MERELY THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ASSETS AND LIABILITIES ONLY A PORTION OF WHICH IS CASH ON HAND.

ADDITIONALLY THING TO KEEP IN MIND THE GENERAL FUND INCURS EXPENDITURES OF APPROXIMATELY $40 MILLION PER MONTH SO YOU ALL ENDED END OF THE YEAR WHICH AGAIN YOU ALL HAVE A 30 YEAR IS YOU ENDED THE FISCAL YEAR WITH AN UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE EQUAL TO AROUND FIVE MONTHS

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SO AGAIN THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING YOU WANT TO SEE OUT HERE ACROSS BUT IT'S ALWAYS FUN TO HAVE A SLIGHT OPERATING LOSS THIS YEAR IT WAS A LITTLE OVER HALF A MILLION SO WE TALKED ABOUT HOW MUCH THAT LOSS WAS OFFSET BY NOT NOT OPERATING REVENUES AND TRANSFERS IN FROM OTHER FUNDS SO WHILE EVEN THOUGH THAT THAT FUND HAD A SLIGHT OPERATING LOSS, YOU KNOW ALL FOUR OF THESE FUNDS INCREASE THEIR NET POSITION. AGAIN, ONE FINAL ITEM JUST TO DISCUSS WITH YOU ALL IS I MENTIONED EARLIER CERTAIN INFORMATION THE EARNINGS STANDARDS REQUIRED TO BE COMMUNICATED AGAIN YOU ALL ARE RECEIVING A CLEAN YOUR UNMODIFIED OPINION WE HAD NEW AUDIT FINDINGS WE RECEIVED FULL COOPERATION FROM MANAGEMENT STAFF THERE WERE NO SIGNIFICANT ISSUES DISCUSSED WITH MANAGEMENT.

THERE WAS EXPECTED TO BE THERE WERE NO MISSTATEMENTS AND AGAIN WE ARE INDEPENDENT AN ACCOUNTING IS REQUIRED BY QUALITY STANDARDS AND WITH THAT THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION. I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS AGAIN AND AS YOU CAN SEE WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT REPORT WHAT I TRIED TO DO WHICH IS HIT THE HIGHLIGHTS WHERE I THINK MOST IMPORTANT IF YOU WILL BUT I DO WANT TO FIND YOUR STAFF AGAIN FOR ALL THEIR ASSISTANCE THIS YEAR AND WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO A SERVICE TO YOU ALL AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING THE FUTURE.

THANK YOU. GOT ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. IRWIN AND I HOPE YOU'VE COME BEFORE US MANY TIMES BEFORE WE START ON YOUR HOMEWORK. GREAT.

NOW THAT YOU ARE ASKING US, SHARE WITH US THANK YOU FOR THAT OFFER.

SOME OF I ACTUALLY I LEFT OF THAT BUT ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. IRWIN WHAT YOU SAY ABOUT ME? YES. WAIT YOU'RE NOT AROUND BUT DO A COMMENT ON THE MINUTES BUT NO. YEAH AND GET OUR STAFF AS DONE A GREAT JOB SO I THANK THEM AND AGAIN IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU ALL COME BACK AND AND OBVIOUSLY THERE'S REPORTS GOING TO COME SOLIDIFIES WHAT WE KNOW AND I THINK IT'S WHAT WE DIDN'T GET TO BEFORE THAT AND THE ISLAND PACKAGE THING PUT ON THEIR LAST PAGE OF THE PAPER BUT GOOD LUCK LUCKY THEY PUT IT IN THERE TO ANYONE IT'S TOO POSITIVE RIGHT BUT THIS AS MR. WAS MENTIONED EVERY YEAR WE'VE GOT THIS THIS CREDENTIALS AND BUT BUT AGAIN WE'RE ALL UNDER THE SCRUTINY OF EVERYBODY SO AGAIN JUST KIND SHOWS WHAT WHAT WE'RE DOING SO AND ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT REGARDING THE THE PRESENTATION OR FOR MR. DAVID THANK YOU FOR COMING AGAIN WE APPRECIATE THAT LOOK FORWARD TO HAVE AGAIN SOMETIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE LIKE IT'S JUST RIGHT BACK TO MAKING SURE YOU WHEN

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[8. CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER REPORT]

SO 28.5 MILLION OF OUR FUND BALANCE WHERE WE DO NOT TOUCH FOR ORDINANCES THAT WERE PASSED IN THE PAST OR APPROVED IN THE PAST. SORRY.

SO OTHER THAN THAT WE HAVE SOME PLANS TO DRAW DOWN SOME OF THOSE FUNDS BECAUSE IT IS UNUSUALLY AND MOST OF YOU AFTER OUR BUDGET WORKSHOP I REITERATED THE COMMENT ABOUT SOLID WASTE WHICH IS WELL WE'RE GOING TO BRING IT BACK INTO THE GENERAL FUND THE UPCOMING BUDGET YEAR I ONLY SEE YOUR AIR FORCE TO EMAIL IT WAS IN THE SAME EMAIL AS THE AUDITOR PRESENTATION GOT ME YOU JUST TELL ME NEXT ON THIS ONE I GOT MY ACCOUNT NEXT SO WE'RE GOING TO DO A QUICK UPDATE ON THE GENERAL FUND I TO REPORT JUST LIKE HE DOES WITH THE GENERAL FUND REVENUES BUT REVENUES PER FUNCTION SO AS YOU CAN SEE ABERLOUR HAS INCREASED THIS ISSUE SINCE OUR LAST FINANCE COMMITTEE WE WENT FROM 59% IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY TO 85%.

SO OUR REVENUES ARE COMING IN AT VOLUMES COMING IN FAIRLY QUICKLY AND WE'RE CLOSER TO OUR PROJECTED BUDGET FOR THE YEAR NEXT EXPENDITURES WE'RE STILL TRENDING AROUND 56% OBVIOUSLY WE STILL GOT A LITTLE MORE SIX MONTHS TO GO PER WEEK AS IT IS. SO WE'RE LOOKING PRETTY GOOD IF YOU NOTICE ALL THE PERCENTAGES TO THE RIGHT OR 50 AND ABOVE. SO WE'RE WE'RE EXPANDING JUST AS WE INITIALLY INTENDED TO DO IN THE BUDGET AND THEN I THINK THE LAST ONE IS A PDF OF OUR SHARE. THIS IS JUST YOUR BUDGET TRANSFER REPORT THAT WE DO AT EVERY FINANCE COMMITTEE THIS MONTH HAD FOUR TRANSFERS AND AS YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE FAIRLY HUMAN SERVICES AT A ARE EXPECTED PRINTER ISSUE AS IN PARKS HAD A CONFERENCE THAT THEY NEEDED REGISTER FOR PARKS AND REC HAD UMPIRE REFEREE COSTS FOR TOURNAMENTS AND WE THAT WAS VERY SMALL AND THEN VETERANS AFFAIRS HAD A FEW THINGS FOR A SCRAPBOOK SO I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO TRY TO PRONOUNCE THAT ADDRESS ON A MEMBERSHIP FOR ONE OF THEIR ORGANIZATIONS AND THAT IS IT FOR THE BUDGET TRANSFER REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY.

THAT'S ALL THAT'S IT FOR ME. ANY QUESTIONS ANY FROM RESEARCH QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, BECKY YOU ALWAYS DO A GREAT JOB. APPRECIATE THAT.

[9. A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE AN AMENDMENT TO AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT REGARDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING.]

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SO HE WENT DOWN TO THE WATERFRONT PARK FOR SOME PHOTOS OF THE POLLUTION.

WE WERE PICTURES BACK HOLD THE I'M PLEASED TO SAY OVER THE FOLLOWING DECADE OR SO A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF RELATIVES AND FRIENDS AND THE IDEA WE'RE GLAD THEY'RE HERE I'M YOUR CHAIRMAN AND MORE WITH YOU NO CONTROL OVER IT I WAS ON THE ADVISORY BOARD IS REPRESENTED IN THE CITY REVIEW BOARD I'M NOW ONE OF THE PROPERTIES REPRESENTATIVE SO IF YOU I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THIS ORGANIZATION AND I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU MOSTLY ABOUT THE HOUSING BUREAU. ROBINSON CONSULTING REPORT RECOMMENDED THE FORMATION OF NONPROFIT AND I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT I'M NOT A MARKETING BUT WHO WERE CHOSEN AS A CAREER. ROBINSON WERE YOU LOOKING FOR IMMORTALITY OR A DISTINCTLY DIFFERENT KNOWLEDGE REVIEW? SO IN AUGUST 21 THE OSCAR ROBINSON REPORT CAME OUT AND I WAS DELIVERED TO YOU AND THE OTHER GOVERNING BODIES AND THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN WHICH WAS PRODUCED WAS FUNDED BY YOU JASPER COUNTY AND CITY BEAUFORT AND THE CITY OF BUILT TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND TOWN OF PORTHCAWL AND THE EMBASSY ANTICIPATING IN THAT AS YOU CAN GET TO THE NEXT PAGE INCLUDED FROM THE FUNDING JURISDICTIONS PLUS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IS A MAJOR EMPLOYER HELP CUSTOM HOME COUNTRY FOR JASPER COUNTY REALTORS HILTON HEAD AREA REALTORS HARD TO BUILD ATTAINABLE HELD INTENSE FOR US IN THE COUNTY NEIGHBORS UNITED THAT IF YOU LOOK TO THE NEXT PAGE THESE PLANS WERE REVIEWED BY THAT GROUP AS PART OF THEIR EFFORT TO BE BEAUFORT HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT 28 FROM 2018 JASPER AND JOURNEY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FROM 2018 THE TOWN HILTON AND I'LL HOUSING STRATEGIC PLAN FROM 2019 THE HARDIE BILL HOUSING TASK FORCE REPORT FROM 2019 THE RIVER LOWCOUNTRY REGIONAL COMMISSION PLAN FROM 2820 16 TO 2020.

INTERVIEWS WITH STAKEHOLDERS IN THE HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR JASPER COUNTY AS FAR BACK AS 2008 AND THE SOUTH CAROLINA QUALIFIED ACTION PLAN 2020 105 ACTUAL PLAN IS AQAP AND CLARK AND BLEW UP IN A FEW MINUTES HE KNOWS ALL ABOUT ALL OF THAT STUFF SO HE WILL TELL YOU THE GREAT THING HAPPENS THAT YOU CAME EARLY IN THE MIDDLE OF LAST YEAR.

I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT OCCURRED BEFORE THAT AND TELL YOU SORT OF HOW IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT PAGE THIS IS THE WAY A MEASURE OF LOCAL HOUSING TRUST FUND ENABLING ACT JUST AS YOU HEARD ABOUT GENERAL FUND AND YOUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS WHEN YOUR ACCOUNTS GAVE THEIR REPORTS A FEW AGO AND SO THEY FUND THIS NOW INSTEAD OF HAVING A GOVERNING BOARD IT'S A FUND UNLIKE THOSE THOUGH THIS FUND CREATED BY CONTRIBUTIONS FROM SEVEN ENTITIES IT WAS MANAGED TO A DEGREE AN ADVISORY BOARD WITH A FISCAL AGENT IN THE FORM OF COMMUNITY WORKS.

THE INTERESTING ABOUT THIS IS IT PROVIDES FUNDS TO BE PUT IN THAT CAN ONLY USED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND ONLY FOR PEOPLE EARNING LESS THAN 60% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME.

THAT LIMITATION MEANT THAT THE FUND COULD NOT ADDRESS HOUSING NEEDS NOW REACHED WORKFORCE HOUSING IS TYPICALLY DEMAND FOR RESIDENTS EARNING 80% OR MORE OF AMMA.

THAT WAS A SIGNIFICANT OVERSIGHT AND I WILL TELL YOU THE MAJOR BUT WHEN IT WAS FIRST PUT TOGETHER SAID THIS AT 50% AND ALREADY CHANGED OF 60% BY THE TIME WE GOT INVOLVED AND CREATED THIS POSITION THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN RECOMMENDED THAT THE NONPROFIT CORPORATION BE FORMED TO ADDRESS BOTH WORKFORCE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING CONCERNS AND CLYDE WILL TELL YOU ABOUT SOME OF THE GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS DURING LEADERSHIP AND THE OTHER FOR LEADERSHIP BECAUSE WE HAVE THAT NONPROFIT BUT IT'S JUST FOR HOUSING TRUSTEE BECAUSE THAT NONPROFIT SOME FOLKS REFER TO AS THE TRUST FUND FOR TRUST FUND, I THINK THERE'S STILL A LITTLE BIT OF A CONFUSION THAT'S CONTRIBUTED TO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.

SO IF YOU LOOK THE HOUSING TRUST I'M GONNA GO FROM LEFT TO RIGHT IN AUGUST 2021 AS GREER ROBINSON DELIVERED THAT PLAN WHEN 21 AND 22 THE FOUNDING PARTIES OF WHICH YOU ARE ONE

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THEN ON JANUARY 13TH THROUGH 2023 BEAUFORT COUNTY EXECUTED AN AGREEMENT WITH GREENVILLE BASED COMMUNITY WORKS TO BE THE FIRST VILLAGE FOR THE FUND JIMMY WORKS PAID 10% OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF A LITTLE OVER $200,000 THAT YEAR AND THEY TO BE MADE 10% ADDITIONAL FUNDING COMING IN THE AGREEMENT IS RENEWED SOME OF US WERE VERY PLEASED WITH SENATOR DAVIS AND HIS LEADERSHIP WERE ABLE TO FIND THE $3 MILLION GRANT AND BRING THAT TO THE HOUSING NEEDS HERE BECAUSE OF THE COOPERATIVE OF YOU AND THE OTHER PARTIES THAT HELPED FUND THIS WE WERE CONCERNED THAT OF 10% 300,000 WAS TAKEN OUT OF THAT AND GIVEN IT TO SOMEBODY ELSE TO MANAGE IT. THAT MIGHT NOT BE AS IMPORTANT TO US AS BUT THAT LED A LITTLE CONCERN. THE OTHER PORTION WHICH WE SHOWED UP LATER AS OF JANUARY 13TH THAT HAPPENED TO BE EXACTLY ONE WEEK AFTER THE DATE YOU ESTABLISHED WHERE YOU WERE ASKING GREENVILLE LAW FIRM TO LOOK INTO PURCHASING NOT OUR PURVIEW.

WE DID LOOK INTO IT. WE DIDN'T ASK BUT WE DIDN'T WANT TO GET INVOLVED IN IT EITHER BECAUSE IT WASN'T CONSISTENT WITH OUR MISSION REGARDING HOUSING.

THEN IN OCTOBER OF THAT YEAR COMMUNITY WORKS GO THROUGH CHANGES THEIR LEADERSHIP HAD RESIGNED RETIRED NEW PERSONALLY ON BOARD AND THEY DETERMINED THAT WE WERE MAKING GREAT PROGRESS DIDN'T NEED THEM ANYMORE IMMEDIATE FOCUS THE ATTENTION OF THE UPSTATE AND SO THEY SO THEY WANTED TO RESIGN HIS CONTRACT THAT EXPIRED THEY SENT NOTICE TO THE COUNTY THEY LET US KNOW WE WERE WITH DOING THAT BECAUSE WE HAD ALREADY CREATED A FULLY OWNED 1 TO 3 WITH A FULL OPERATIONAL. NOW I WANT TO MENTION TO YOU WHAT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE BOARD WILL I'LL TELL YOU 1/2 AS A DIRECTOR ON BOARD MY RESPONSIBILITIES DIRECTOR OF PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY TO A NONPROFIT IS EXERCISE OVERSIGHT AND FIDUCIARY DUTY BY ENSURING THE ORGANIZATION OPERATES ON THIS MISSION INSTRUMENTAL IN TEACHING DECISION AND UPHOLDING ETHICAL PRACTICES WHILE ADHERING TO LEGAL COMPLIANCE ALL WHILE PRIORITIZING THE ORGANIZATION'S LONG TERM SUSTAINABILITY. I MEAN OUR BOARD DOES THAT IN THE ASK YOUR ROBINSON REPORT THAT SUGGESTED WE ADD SOME ADDITIONAL MEMBERS WITH EXPERTIZE IN REAL ESTATE LAW AND FOR THAT YOU'VE DONE BANKERS LAWYERS AND LIKE THE REASON I MENTION THIS TO YOU IS THAT IN JANUARY OF 24 COMMUNITY WORKS MOVED AWAY BEING OUR CONTRACT TERMINATED TO COMMUNITY WORK WE RECEIVED A DEMAND LETTER TO SEEK THE FUNDS THE COUNTY THE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES CONTRIBUTED TO HOUSING AND GIVING BACK TO THE COUNTIES TO BE OUR FISCAL AGENT GIVEN WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE NEWSPAPERS THE OTHER SORTS OF THINGS WE'D ALL READ ABOUT THE STUFF THAT'S GOING ON AND, THE FACT THAT WE FELT LIKE WE WERE DOING A GREAT JOB OF CONTROLLING IT I FELT THAT IF I WERE TO ACTUALLY DO THAT I WOULD BE FORCED TO RESIGN BECAUSE OF MY TWO DUTIES HERE PRIOR TO THAT FORWARD I'M NOT SUGGESTING IT WOULD HAVE BUT AM SUGGESTING THAT THE OTHER DIRECTORS WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH MAKING THAT SAME DECISION. I SPOKE WITH CITY OF BEAUFORT HOUSE AND WHAT THEY WANT TO DO AND THEY SAID THEY'D RATHER THE FUNDS NOT BE GIVEN BACK TO THE COUNTY SO INSIDE THE ORGANIZATION. SO WHAT WE DID IS WE CREATED A NEW ACCOUNT WE TOOK THOSE FUNDS OF PERMANENT ACCOUNTS AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO TOUCH THOSE FUNDS UNTIL THIS ISSUE IS RESOLVED WITH NOTHING. SO IF YOU'VE HEARD ANY RUMORS ABOUT US SPENDING MONEY ON FRIVOLOUS ACTIVITY STUFF, NOT A PENNY OF THAT HAS HAPPENED IN THOSE FUNDS. THE ONLY THINGS BEEN WITHDRAWN FOR THOSE FUNDS WAS A $500,000 INVESTMENT IN DEVELOPMENT HOUSING GOING ALL OVER HER OWN BACK ON THE STREET WHICH WAS RECOMMENDED BY MARY HAWKES AND WHICH WE PARTNER WITH COMMUNITY WORKS WE HAVE SO BECAUSE OF THAT CONFUSION ABOUT WHO SHOULD BE THE WHETHER IT WAS NEEDED OR NOT IT'S TAKEN SOME TIME TO GET AN AGREEMENT WORK FOR EVERYBODY I JUST WANT TO MENTION TO YOU THAT WE HAVE A HOUSING TRUST NURSE NONPROFIT NOT PARTIES TO THE RGA THE PARTIES ARE YOU THE OTHER GOVERNMENT WE'D LOVE FOR YOU TO DO THAT? WE CERTAINLY HOPE WE CAN CONTINUE TO BE OUR CONTINUING PARTNERS. AS CLAUDE WILL TELL YOU, THERE'S GREAT REASON TO BE OPTIMISTIC. WE'RE BEGINNING TO MAKE A DENT INTO THIS CRISIS FOR HOUSING FOR THAT WE HAVE THREE QUESTIONS NOW INSTEAD.

THANK YOU, JACK. AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO.

TALK ABOUT YOU FOR JASPER HOUSING TRUST AND WHAT WE HAVE DONE SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE

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ONE OF THE REASONS THAT SENATOR DAVIS WAS IN GETTING MONEY FROM THE STATE IS THAT HE TOLD HIS COLLEAGUES THAT THIS MODEL A REGIONAL MODEL WAS THE REASON THAT THIS WAS GOING TO WORK.

EVERYBODY MADE A REALIZATION THAT THEY COULDN'T DO THIS BY THEMSELVES BUT TOGETHER THEY COULD TACKLE ISSUES SURROUNDING HOUSING SPECIFICALLY WORKFORCE HOUSING, AFFORDABLE.

OUR MISSION IS VERY, VERY SIMPLE. WE CREATE AND WORKFORCE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT IS IT. THAT'S ALL WE DO. I WANT TO POINT OUT A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT YOU'RE LIKELY TO HEAR AS YOU WILL LISTEN THE TRUST AND LISTEN TO ISSUES AROUND HOUSING FIRST IS AREA MEDIAN INCOME AND THAT HOMES DOES THAT THEY LOOK AT AN AREA THEY COMPLETE WHAT IS THE MEDIAN OF THE AREA THAT CHANGES EVERY YEAR AS DYNAMICS OF AN AREA CHANGE OVER YEAR WORKFORCE HOUSING IS REALLY DEFINED AS AM I THAT GOES UP TO 120%.

WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE IN A PLACE LIKE HILTON YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO UP TO 20% OF THE HIGH RENTS GET UP THERE BUT ALSO THE HIGHER COST OF JUST DOING BUSINESS ON THE OFF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS MOST COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS 60% OF BMI OR BELOW AND THERE ON BOUNDARY STREET IS THE SENIOR AFFORDABLE DEVELOPMENT WHOSE CAP IS AT 60% OF BMI. THEY ARE TRULY LOOKING FOR THOSE WITH THE DEEPEST NEED IN THE COMMUNITY YOU HEAR ALSO THE TERM PERCENT AFFORDABILITY THRESHOLD ALL OF THE GURUS AND THE POWERS BE IN WASHINGTON AND IN STATE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS HAVE DETERMINED THAT A SINGLE FAMILY SHOULD NOT PAY THAN 30% OF THEIR INCOME IN RENT A MORTGAGE.

WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT WHEN THEY LOOK AT WHAT A FAMILY EARNS IF THEY GO 30% THEY BEGIN TO TAP INTO NOT FOOD, NOT SO GOOD TRANSPORTATION ISSUES, CHILDCARE ISSUES.

ALL OF THOSE BEGIN TO DIMINISH . THEIR RENT GOES HIGHER AS A PERCENTAGE OF THEIR INCOME. SO TO TAKE A LOOK BEING FROM JUST THE COUNTIES WHERE WE SERVE IF YOU LOOK AT 100% OF MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME THAT'S $106,000 UNDER 30% AM I THEY CAN ONLY AFFORD 2660 IN MONTHLY RENT OR HOUSE PAYMENT THREE BEDROOM HOUSES, THREE BEDROOM APARTMENTS, APARTMENTS REQUESTING $3,000 A MONTH. SO CAN ALREADY SEE THAT THEY'RE ALREADY BEHIND ON THE HOME SIDE THE HOME SIDE NUMBER ONE THERE'S NO STOCK BUT NUMBER TWO BEAUFORT IN THE LAST 60 DAYS OVERTOOK HILTON HEAD AS THE MOST EXPENSIVE PLACE AND BEFORE IN JASPER COUNTY THE AVERAGE HOUSE PRICE HERE IS $556,000 AS OF THE LAST 30 DAYS, THE FEDERAL RESERVE TAKES A LOOK AT AN AREA AND TRIES TO DETERMINE OKAY IF YOU HAVE A MEDIAN PRICE HOUSE NOT NOT A NOT SOMETHING ON THE LOWER END JUST A MEDIAN PRICED HOUSE.

HOW MANY FAMILIES WOULD BUY THAT HOUSE WITHOUT GOING OVER 30% OF THEIR INCOME IN THE LAST 21 YEARS? THAT NUMBER IS ZERO. YOU'VE HEARD JASPER POUNDS NOT ONE HOUSE, NOT ONE APARTMENT. SO THIS 1/2 THIS SLIDE WAS USED BY FEDERAL RESERVE AND IT'S THAT WAS ATTENDED BY SOME OF YOU HERE IN THIS ROOM YOU COULD HEAR A PIN DROP WHEN SHE PRESENTED THIS SLIDE BECAUSE WHAT SHE SAID WAS WE ARE ONE OF THE VERY FEW PLACES IN THE UNITED STATES WHERE THIS HAPPENED FOR 21 YEARS. SO WILL SEE THAT THE NEED FOR AFFORDABLE WORKFORCE HOUSING IS GREATER THAN IT IS RIGHT NOW. SO WHAT HAVE WE BEEN DOING? WE HAVE THREE PLATFORMS THAT WE ADOPTED. ONE IS CREATION OF WORKFORCE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SECOND IS HOME REPAIR AND THE THIRD IS HOMEBUYER ASSISTANCE.

THOSE THREE PLATFORMS ALONE HAVE GENERATED $2 MILLION BY THE END OF DECEMBER LAST YEAR OF COMMITMENTS OR DOLLARS OUT INTO THE MARKETPLACE BY PEOPLE JUST FOR HOUSING TRUST.

WE SENT OUT REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, REQUEST FOR PUBLICATION WE HAVE 14

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THIS HOME REPAIR ISSUE IS PROBABLY THE THING THAT BRINGS THE PHONE THE MOST PEOPLE WHO ARE IN DESPERATE NEED OF REPAIRS. WE WEREN'T REALLY LOOKING FOR NOT THINKING THAT THIS WAS GOING TO BE A BIG DEAL BUT IT BECAME A HUGE PEOPLE WERE COMING FROM EVERYWHERE SAYING THAT THEY HELP TO CREATE A SAFE AND QUALITY HOME AROUND $64,000 IN GRANT FUNDING HOMEBUYER ASSISTANCE. WE'VE CREATED 12 NEW HOMEOWNERS TODAY REJECTING 42 TOTAL. WE GOT AN ADDITIONAL $3 MILLION IN STATEMENT AND AN ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. AND THEN YOU ALL PARTICIPATED IN THE GRANT $600,000 TO CC DC OH WE'RE VERY TO TELL YOU AND YOU ASKED US TO BE THE FISCAL AGENT FOR THOSE FUNDS. WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO SAY THE CDC CDC COMPLIED WITH EVERYTHING AND THEY FUNDED 20 DEPOSITION OF 21 TOWNHOMES. THEY USED THE MONEY QUICKLY BUT THEY USED YOUR MONEY TO LEVERAGE OTHER MONEY SO THEY TAKE YOUR $600,000 AND SAID WE'VE GOT THIS. WHO ELSE WILL HELP? YOU KNOW, OUR HOSPITALS COME UP WITH $1,000,000. SEVERAL OTHER AGENCIES CAME UP WITH A LOW INTEREST LOANS OR GRANTS. SO YOUR $600,000 WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING THEM GATHERED MOST OF THEIR MONEY TO MAKE THESE ACQUISITIONS. WHAT'S AN SLIDE ON THE SLIDE WHERE THOSE 98 HOMES WITH THAT 619,000 SUFFERED APART FROM MORE COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE THAT'S? YES. YES.

WHAT'S NEXT WE HAVE BEEN APPROVED AS A QUALIFIED SPONSOR FOR THE SOUTH HOUSING TRUST FUND THAT IS STRICTLY FOR HOME REPAIRS A $20 MILLION FUND THAT HAS BEEN USED VERY LITTLE UNTIL THIS YEAR. WE HAD TO NOT ONLY QUALIFY AS AN ORGANIZATION BUT JENNIFER AND I HAD TO GO TO AN ENVIRONMENTAL CLASS THAT LASTED ALL DAY AND TOLD US MORE ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL STUFF THAN EVER TO KNOW. I THINK WE OUGHT TO JUST HAVE A BIT OF QUALIFICATION FOR THE REPAIR FUND ITSELF AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALIFICATION.

WHAT DOES DO IT ALLOWS US TO LOOK AT HOUSES THAT ARE OLDER. THE 1978 WE DEVELOPING A PARTNERSHIP WITH CITY BEAUFORT . THEY HAVE RECOGNIZED THE NEED FOR HOME REPAIR. WE ARE DOING A MATCHING FUNDS FUND THEM MARCH WHICH IS TO TALK ABOUT HOW THIS IS GOING TO WORK. WE'RE GOING TO BE NOT ONLY THE FISCAL AGENT BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE THE OPERATING AGENT FOR THAT FUND.

SO WITH THE CITY THEY'RE THEY'RE JUST PROVIDING FUNDS BASICALLY YOU'RE GOING TO IDENTIFY THE HOMES FOR APPLICATION PURVIEW. WE PUT TOGETHER A PROGRAM PRESENTING THEM WILL BE EXPRESSED ON THE WATCH LIST BASED ON WHAT INCOME 60% OR 60% OR LESS GRANT GOING TO BE A RESIDENT IN THE CITY VIEW FOR AN ACT ON YOUR HOME HAVE TO OWN YOUR OWN TAXES HAVE TO BE PAID ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU SEE IN MOST NORMAL CARE PROGRAMS AND THE PERSON LIVING THERE HAS TO IT HAS TO BE OWNER OCCUPIED CAN'T BE A RENTER WE ARE REVIEWING POTENTIAL LAND ACQUISITION SITES WITH DEVELOPERS FROM TWO THINGS HAPPENED WHEN I GOT HERE ONE WAS ALL THE INVESTORS THAT I WORKED WITH OVER THE LAST YEARS SAID WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN BEAUFORT, SOUTH CAROLINA? THE PROBLEM WHY ARE YOU THERE AND WHAT ARE THE OF OUR PUTTING MONEY IN SOUTH CAROLINA IN PARTICULAR AND DIFFERENT TOWNS

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WE HAVE BEEN INUNDATED WITH DEVELOPERS WITH ALL KINDS OF PROJECTS, ALL KINDS OF THINGS WE'RE LOOKING AT PRIMARILY AROUND WORKFORCE HOUSING HOW WE CAN GET YOUNG FAMILIES TO STAY HERE, HOW WE CAN GET YOUNG FAMILIES TO BE ABLE TO LIVE HERE.

SO IT'S A HUGE ISSUE BUT THEY ON COMING I'M HAPPY TO TELL YOU THAT IN OUR MEETING WEEK WITH JP MORGAN CHASE THEY ANNOUNCED THAT THEY ARE EXPANDING THEIR BRANCH FOOTPRINT INTO SOUTH CAROLINA IN PARTICULAR AND BEFORE WE WAS THAT GOOD IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE A BIG BANK BUT JP MORGAN CHASE ALSO HAS A FOUNDATION. THAT FOUNDATION WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN ANYTHING UNLESS IT HAS A BRANCH IN THE AREA. SO THAT AGAIN JP MORGAN WHAT I KNOW THE FOUNDATION THEY HAVE A FOUNDATION THEY WON'T PARTICIPATE UNLESS THEY HAVE A BRANCH IN THE AREA A BRANCH BRANCH BRANCH OF THE BANK. I KNOW, I KNOW.

SO THEY'RE GOING TO OPEN BRANCHES. BEAUFORT IS ALREADY ON THEIR SCHEDULE FOR OPENING BRANCHES. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MIGHT RECOGNIZE THE TERM COMMUNITY RELOCATION ACT OR REINVESTMENT ACT RATHER, THE HEAD OF CHASE'S C.R.A. LIVES IN HILTON HEAD.

SHE COMMUTES FIVE DAYS A WEEK ALL OVER THE COUNTRY BUT SHE'S ATTACHED TO HILTON HEAD ATTACHED TO THIS AREA WANTS TO STAY HERE THE REST OF HER LIFE. SO IS THE BRANCH COMING TO BEAUFORT CITY? I CAN ASSURE YOU JUST THAT BEAUFORT IS ON OUR SCHEDULE.

THEY ARE. THEY'VE ALREADY OPENED AN OFFICE THEM AND RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S HUGE OPPORTUNITIES HERE AND WE ARE FACILITATING THE SOLUTIONS FORUMS MUCH LIKE THE SYMPOSIUM THAT SOME OF YOU WENT TO RECENTLY. BUT WE HAVE A DIFFERENT QUESTION WE'RE GOING TO ASK PLANNERS, CITY OFFICIALS, COUNTY OFFICIALS, DEVELOPERS, CONTRACTORS, ENGINEERS, ARCHITECTS TO COME SIT AT A TABLE AND TALK ABOUT HOW CAN WE REMOVE SOME OF THE OBSTACLE THAT EVERYBODY SAYS ARE OUT THERE AS IMPEDIMENTS TO BUILDING WORKFORCE HOUSING. SO WE HOPE TO HAVE THAT UP AND ROLLING BY EVERY PUBLIC SCHOOL BY EVERYONE WHO WANTS TO COME TALK ABOUT THAT SUBJECT. DEVELOPMENT OF WORKFORCE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING HAS TO BE INTENTIONAL EVERYONE WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE RESOLVED IN WASHINGTON RIGHT . I COULD NOT TELL YOU WHAT THE POLICY IS OF THIS ADMINISTRATION OTHER THAN LAST WEEK THE PRESIDENT SAID HE WANTED TO SUPPORT AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SENATOR SCOTT IS A BIG PROPONENT OF OPPORTUNITY ZONES SO THE NEW SECRETARY OF HUD OBVIOUSLY TURNER IS ALSO A PROPONENT AND ADVOCATE FOR ZONES. WELL, SO WE HOPE THAT BRINGS SOME GOOD NEWS TO THIS AREA. WE NEED TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT WAYS TO APPROACH HOUSING AND IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS. IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE THE STATE REGIONS FEDS PRIVATE INDUSTRY PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS CAN BRING A LOT OF CAPITAL THE AREA BUT THEY DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW THE AREA. SO PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP IS JUST THAT. IT'S THOSE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE AREA WHO SAY WE UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENS HERE TO MERGE TOGETHER WITH FUNDING THAT CAN COME AN INVESTMENT ONCE YOUR COUNTRY JUST YOU KNOW WHAT WE REALLY LOOKING FOR WHAT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO ATTRACT IS ALL OF THESE AND MORE REALLY IMPORTANT PROFESSIONAL ORIENTED YOUNG PEOPLE FOR INDIVIDUALS BE HERE YOU NEED TO HAVE TEAMS TO HAVE SERVICE WORKERS WE NEED TO HAVE HOSPITAL STAFF.

WE NEED TO HAVE PEOPLE TO DRIVE THE BUS TO SCHOOL BACK AND FORTH WE NEED TO HAVE PEOPLE TO SERVE IN THE RESTAURANTS IF YOU ALL TO REALLY THINK ABOUT IT NONE OF THOSE PEOPLE CAN REALLY AFFORD TO LIVE. BUT HE CONTINUED WHEN THEY DOUBLE UP WITH SOMETIMES TRIPLE A TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD AN APARTMENT WE'VE ADOPTED A SAYING NO HOUSING EQUALS NO WORKERS EQUALS NO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EQUALS NO COMMUNITY ,THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE FED

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THERE'S MORE PEOPLE LEAVING THAN THERE ARE COMING. YOU KNOW PART OF THIS WAS THE FAILURE TO RECOGNIZE THAT AS HOUSING GOT MORE EXPENSIVE IN BALTIMORE AND IN THE URBAN AREAS OF MARYLAND ALL OF THOSE LEFT AND THEY NEVER CAME BACK TO GET JOBS.

THE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION WITH US. WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP. LOOK FORWARD TO MORE GOOD THINGS IN THE FUTURE.

SO THEY CERTAINLY COMING THROUGH OUR DOOR ON A DAILY BASIS AND HAPPY TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. WHEN DOES THE FEDERAL RESERVE COME HERE WITH THE STATEMENT OF ABOUT HOUSING? I'M GOING TO COME OUT THAT'S TWO MONTHS AGO. TWO MONTHS AGO THEY WERE HERE OR ARE THEY HERE? THERE WAS A SYMPOSIUM WHERE DR. LISA O'REILLY LAST OR WHERE WAS THAT DC RTC OH HI IN NOVEMBER TOOK THE OPPORTUNITIES THERE WAS VERY FEW OPPORTUNITY ZONES HERE RIGHT AND BEFORE COUNTY AND SO I UNDERSTAND THIS LIKE ALL AT ONE AND HELP HAD SO WHERE CARRINGTON MANOR IS BEING BUILT NOW ON BOUNDARY THAT IS AN OPPORTUNITY THERE'S A HOLIDAY OKAY YEAH BUT WHAT I'M ASKING APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY OPPORTUNITIES THOSE DO WE HAVE A DIFFERENT KIND I THINK ONLY A HANDFUL HOWEVER OF CHANGE ALL THE TIME. BUT THEY DO YES.

THEY CREATE NEW OPPORTUNITY ZONES ALL THE TIME. THEY CHANGE OPPORTUNITY ZONES AS THE STRUCTURE AND INFRASTRUCTURE AROUND THIS FOR VARIOUS CHANGES THAT IT MAY LONGER AND SO IT CHANGES ALL THE TIME. WASHINGTON IS LOOKING AT IT ALL THE TIME. I THINK WHAT SENATOR SCOTT WANTS TO DO RIGHT IS TO SAY LET'S EXPAND THE MARGINS FOR AN OPPORTUNITY SO. LET'S LOOK AT THIS AS THE CREATION OF WORKFORCE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS OPPOSED TO AN OPPORTUNITY ZONE WHEREBY SOMEBODY CAN MAKE AN ADDITIONAL RETURN ON THEIR INVESTMENT. SO I THINK THAT'S GREAT STUDY.

HE SAYS HE'S STILL SUPPORTIVE OF OPPORTUNITY JOBS THE NEW OF HUD IS AS WELL.

HE WAS PART OF SENATOR SCOTT'S TEAM THAT CREATED THE OPPORTUNITY ZONES SO.

OUR EXPECTATION WILL BE THAT THIS AREA WOULD GET MORE NEED TO PROBABLY I WOULDN'T EXPECT NOTHING IS GOING TO COME OUT UNTIL EVERYBODY GETS OVER THE BUSH THAT'S HOW MUCH IT'S GOING TO COME INTO THAT WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PLACES IN THE COUNTY AND IN THE COUNTY AS WELL SHOULD QUALIFY OPPORTUNITIES UPSTAIRS IN JASPER COUNTY IN BOTH OKAY AND IN JUST TWO ON HILTON HEAD AND A THREE VETERAN BEAUFORT GROUP AND I'M SURE ABOUT ANY IN THE RURAL AREAS OR THE CORPORATE AREA BUT THEY WEREN'T APPLIED FOR AT THE TIME OPPORTUNITIES OPENED UP BECAUSE FOUR SO BUSY THINKING WE WERE DEALING WITH GROWTH THEY DIDN'T REALLY WANT TO ENCOURAGE CITY WAS DOING A REDEVELOPMENT FOR AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT THESE DEVELOPMENTS UP HERE QUALIFIED OPPORTUNITY SO THE PART I WANT TO MENTION IN THE QUALIFIED APPLICATION PROCESS WHICH IS THE KEY PIECE I MENTIONED FROM SOUTH CAROLINA NOW YES A PROJECT IS GOING INTO AN OPPORTUNITY ZONE TODAY YOU GET FIVE POINTS, MAKE YOU MORE COMPETITIVE A PROJECT THAT MAY BE GOING INTO GREENVILLE OR SPARTANBURG THAT'S IMPORTANT FLOAT UP TO THE TOP OF THE LIST AND GET THOSE TAX SAVINGS. OKAY SO WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY IS IT'S A SMALL WORLD I WORK FOR A CAPITAL MARKETS FIRM IN ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA. MANNY MANNY FREEMAN CAME DOWN HERE IN HIS CAPITAL MARKETS AND INVESTED IN THE JASPER FORT. HARRY WILLIAMS BEING THE BRAND GUY HE IS HE WENT TO FREDDIE FREEMAN AND SAID HEY YOU GOT FOUNDATION AND THEY WROTE HIM A CHECK $350,000. SO THERE'S ALL AND MANNY FREEMAN FEELS EVEN CHURCH TODAY LAST SEPTEMBER HE WAS AT A CONFERENCE AND SPOKE AND HE SAID OPPORTUNITY ZONE IS WHERE IT'S AT THE CAPITAL MARKETS SO IF WE CAN GET MORE OPPORTUNITY ZONES I MEAN CAN HELP ON THE CAPITAL MARKETS SIDE BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF THERE'S LIKE RICK HENDRICKS WHO LIVES AND SEA PINES, HE HAS A CAPITAL MARKETS FIRM IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE WHICH I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET HIM TO COME TO BEFORE COME TO MELVIN'S COMPANY.

YOU'VE GOT HIM, RIGHT? I MEAN YOU HAVE A HOME WHILE MAD RIGHT ON THE WATER AND SO HE HAS A CAPITAL MARKETS FIRM AND THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE I WORK WITH THAT HAVE

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ANYTHING THAT WOULD HELP. I'M INVITING ALL THESE PEOPLE AGAIN TO THE HERITAGE IN MY HEAD I'M ALL I HAVE I HAD THEM ALL LAST YEAR. I'M ON THE BOARD OF SOUTHERN CAROLINA ALLIANCE SO AND THEY HAVE A BOX THERE. SO WE INVITED THEM ALL AND TWO OF THEM TO GO AND RESPOND TO THAT. THEY'RE JUST THEY COULDN'T COME WHICH WAS A GOOD THING I MEAN IT'S SORT OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, FARMING, YOU KNOW, THEY PLANT THE SEED AND WAY FOR THEM TO GROW BUT TWO OF THEM I THINK WILL BE HERE AND THAT'LL BE HUGE IF COME ONE OVER THE FIELD LET IT GO SO I SEE BUT YEAH I'M GOING TO MAKE A LIST AND IF YOU WANT ME TO SEND ME AN EMAIL ADDRESS AND I'LL LET YOU KNOW WHO'S COMING AND YOU'RE WITH ANY OTHER QUESTIONS I CAN ANSWER FRIEND THE QUESTIONS AND I ACTUALLY I THINK THAT IF IT WAS CLAUDE CLAUDE AND IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BETTER PRESENTATIONS THAT I'VE SEEN THIS MAKES SENSE AND MAKES IT UNDERSTANDABLE BECAUSE USUALLY IT'S WE'RE TRYING TO CATCH UP ON THINGS SO THANK YOU FOR THAT AND APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HELP AND WHAT YOU DID.

YEAH THANK YOU YOU TO DO THAT AND DYLAN THINK I GOT TO FOLLOW UP WITH ALL OF US HELP TO DO THAT I'M DYLAN I'M A DEPUTY COUNTY ATTORNEY I'VE BEEN TASKED WITH BRINGING THIS AMENDED RGA OVER THE LINE INTO TO HAVE THAT ACCOMPLISHED AND THANK YOU TO MR. STEWART FOR GIVING US A BIT OF THE HISTORY OF THE TEAM AND FOR MR. HICKS GIVING US AN IDEA OF WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO DO MOVING FORWARD AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE COOPERATION SO THE ACTUAL RESOLUTION ITSELF AUTHORIZING THE ADMINISTRATOR TO AMEND THE IG AMONG, THE MUNICIPALITIES FOR US HERE ON THIS ITEM DUE TO SOME OF WHAT MR. STEWART DISCUSSED EARLIER WITH THE HISTORY WITH FISCAL AGENT AND WITH SOME QUESTIONS REGARDING WHAT HAPPENS TO THE BONDS, THE TERMINATION OR DISSOLUTION WE HAVE CLEANED UP THIS AGREEMENT AND AND ALL OF THE CHANGES TO THE IG ARE SET FORTH IN EXHIBIT A WHICH IS IN YOUR MATERIALS. THERE ARE SIX TOTAL CHANGES THEY ARE ALL TO OUT THERE THEY PERTAIN MOSTLY TO AGAIN SUBSTITUTING THE BJ H T INC FIVE I 1 TO 3 AS THE FISCAL AGENT SOME CHANGES TO THE TERM AND TERMINATION PROCEDURE AND THEN ULTIMATELY AS WELL WHAT HAPPENS TO THE FUNDS IN THE EVENT OF A TERMINATION OR DISPLEASURE SO WE HAVE THESE IMPLEMENTED IN THROUGH OUR MATERIALS AND EXHIBIT A WE THINK THERE IS NO FISCAL IMPACT CURRENTLY WE ARE VERY EXCITED AGAIN TO AMEND THIS AGREEMENT

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[10. DISCUSSION OF STATE A-TAX REVIEW]

LAST YEAR WAS MUCH SMALLER AND . THERE'S REALLY NO EVALUATION OF WHAT RETURN INVESTMENT WE GET SOME OF THOSE ITEMS TO ME WERE COMMUNITY EVENTS WHICH DON'T QUALIFY AS TOURISM IF THEY DON'T GENERATE PEOPLE THAT COME FROM OVER 50 MILES AWAY.

SO THE QUESTION IS HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN SOMETHING IS WORTHWHILE AND GOING TO GENERATE MORE ATX FUNDS WE CAN'T JUST YOU KNOW WE HAVE TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE FUNDS AND THEY RELATE TO RETURN ON INVESTMENT. SO I MET MR. STEWART AS I SAID THE CITY OF BEAUFORT I BELIEVE DOES THIS AND I IT'S IN YOUR PACKET I'VE ASKED TO TALK ABOUT THIS A LITTLE. I'D LIKE US TO LOOK INTO USING THIS TO EVALUATE HOW OUR GRANT MONEY IS SPENT AND IS IT SPENT IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE TO GET A GOOD RETURN ON INVESTMENT SO I'M A TURNOVER. JEFF SO THE TABLE OF ANGEL WHATEVER YOU WANT AND SHE HAS IN THE BACKUP SO IT'S VERY INTERESTING INFORMATION AND WE'VE NEVER CORRECT MR. STEWART YOU SERVED ON THE COMMITTEE. WE'VE NEVER REALLY EVALUATED WHAT HAPPENS AS PEOPLE COME.

POLLY'S GROUP GETS $50,000 TO DO A FESTIVAL, A KEY FOR ACCOUNTABILITY.

SO I'M JUST SAYING IN GENERAL SO THEY GET $50,000 TO DO A FESTIVAL AND THEY GIVE US A LITTLE WRITE OFFS WE DON'T REALLY KNOW IT DOESN'T REALLY PROVIDE AS GOOD INFORMATION.

THIS WON'T CHANGE THE VENUE. THANK YOU. I THINK YOU HAVE THIS MATERIAL IN YOUR PACKAGES. THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY.

I WON'T GO THROUGH IT. BUT LET ME DESCRIBE TO YOU WHAT MAY LEAD TO GETTING INVOLVED IN THIS. WHEN I CAME BACK HOME IN 98 I WAS FORTUNATE TO HAVE DONE WELL IN THE WIRELESS BUSINESS WE, HAD A SMALL FAMILY FOUNDATION AND WE'VE BEEN GIVING DONATIONS TO VARIOUS WORTHWHILE AND DEALING WITH MANY OF THE NONPROFITS IN THE ORGANIZATION THAT WE'RE DOING EVENTS WE WERE GETTING REQUESTS AND WE WERE FUNDING SOME OF THOSE AS YOU HAVE BEEN AND AS THE CITY AND OTHER PEOPLE AND SOME OF THOSE THINGS WOULD BE THINGS LIKE WE NEED PARKING SPACES AND SO HELP THEM WITH THAT OR IN THE CASE OF RUNNING ISLAND WE HELPED THEM WATCH WITH BATHROOMS AND WE WOULD GET IN THE HABIT GOING TO FOLLOW UP TO SEE WHAT HAD HAPPENED WHAT WE FOUND IN ONE CASE WHERE WE FUNDED THE PARKING SPACE AND IMPROVED THE EMPLOYEE PARKING FOR FOR THE GUESTS AND VISITORS THE PARKING WAS STILL UNDER WATER EVERY TIME IT RAINED WE WENT TO ONE PLACE AND THEY WERE GOING TO IMPROVE THE BATHROOMS AND IMPROVE THE EMPLOYEE BATHROOM BUT THE OTHER ONE AND TWO ONE FOR EMPLOYEES, ONE FOR THE RESIDENTS. THE OTHER ONE WAS PART OF THE CHANGE.

SO WHAT I FOUND OVER TIME WAS THERE ARE A LOT OF VERY INTERESTED AND PASSIONATE PEOPLE THAT ARE INVOLVED IN NONPROFITS WHO OFTENTIMES WANT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR TO MAKE THEM SUCCESSFUL. SO WE REACHED OUT TO SEE IF THEY WERE MECHANISMS TO DO THIS AND THE ONE THAT WE WORKED DIRECTED TO WAS THE ONE THAT BRITAIN HAS BEEN USING FOR DECADES TO EVALUATE WAS SO BELL OR STONEHENGE OR WESTMINSTER PALACE TO THEIR NATIONAL ECONOMY. AND SO THAT LED TO EVALUATE

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SOME EXAMPLES INCLUDE MITCHELL MILL ULTIMATE SHOP. REMEMBER TAB AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT FORT FREMONT FOR FREDERICK, SAID SANTILLANA SCHOOL OR ALSO TOWN MARITIME CENTER BIRDWELL PARK AND POINT PARK, CRYSTAL LAKE PARK AND OTHERS AND THERE ARE LOTS OF I JUST LOOKED LAST WEEK AT THE ETOWAH INDIAN MOUNT IN NORTH GEORGIA WHICH GOES BACK TO THE NATIVE DAYS AND WE'RE NOT SURE WHY THOSE MOUNDS ARE BUILT THERE BUT THEY ARE SEVERAL HUNDRED ACRE STATE PARK THAT FUNDED AROUND IT AND IT BROUGHT A LOT OF ATTRACTION ACROSS RURAL PLUS YOU KNOW WE GET OUT THERE BE OUR SHELL RINGS HAVE ALL THE HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT BUT WE HAVEN'T EXPORTED THEM YET. WE HAVEN'T EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT THEM. THANK YOU FOR PRESERVING IT SO .

CONTINUING TOURISM IS A MAJOR ECONOMIC DRIVER FOR COUNTY. WE THINK IT'S NUMBER TWO AND THE MILITARY TOURISM GENERATES COMBINATION TAXES JUST AS CARBON DIOXIDE AND THEY TAX FUNDS BEEN USED TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF TOURISM ADVERTISING AND SO THE OPPORTUNITY IF YOU HAD TO CONSISTENT FAIR TRANSPARENT RESULTS ORIENTED MEANS OF EVALUATING IMPACT OF FUNDING THAT WOULD IMPROVE SUCCESS AND ATTRACT ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR OTHER PUBLIC, PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SOURCES. THERE'S THE SPELLING HERE.

WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS IF YOU GO TO THESE AGENCIES AND YOU HAND THESE TO THEM WHICH HAVE THE VAST MAJORITY AND SO THAT'S A REALLY GREAT IDEA. I NEVER THOUGHT RETAIL OR I REALLY THOUGHT MOSTLY ABOUT KEEPING THE STAFF HAPPY. I HAD THOUGHT ABOUT THE GUESTS THAT ARE COMING IN BLOOM SCHOOL AND I GOT TO TELL YOU YOU KNOW YOU TAKE A GROUP OF SECOND OR THIRD GRADERS OUT THERE IN THE RESTROOM, GO WORK AND IT'S NOT A GOOD EXPERIENCE.

THEY'RE NOT COMING BACK. AND SO THE STATE THROUGH VARIOUS AGENCIES, THROUGH SOME FEDERAL AGENTS WHICH BECAUSE OF THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE HISTORY HERE AND THE SECRETARY OF INTERIOR BABBITT SAID WHEN HE CAME HERE AND LOOKED AT RECONSTRUCTION HISTORY HE SAID THIS IS NOT A BUREAUCRATIC THIS WAS SOUTH CAROLINA STORY, THIS AN AMERICAN STORY THAT SHOULD BE TOLD. THAT STORY RESONATES LOTS OF PEOPLE FOR LOTS OF REASONS.

AND IF MY INFORMATION IS CORRECT THAT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN A NEW IN THE LAST

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A MORE EFFECTIVE REQUEST IS A GOOD ONE TO DO THAT SO THE SCORING SYSTEM IS USED WHICH RESULTS IN A GREEN ALL IS GOOD YELLOW SOME THINGS ARE NOT ARE GOOD SOME ARE NOT AND RED LOTS OF POTENTIAL BUT RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS WILL LIKELY BE DISAPPOINTED IN EXPERIENCE UNLESS IMPROVEMENTS ARE MADE ON THE CVB WE FOUND THAT 55 TO 62% OF THE PEOPLE A COUPLE YEARS AGO COME HERE LOOKING FOR HISTORIC EXPOSURE SOMEWHERE. AROUND 45% OF PEOPLE GOT WHAT THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO GET. THAT MEANS UP TO 60% LESS THAN HALF HAVE WHAT THEY GOT. SO THAT'S 30% OF THE FOLKS COULD HAVE HAD A GREAT EXPERIENCE IF THEY TOLD THEIR FRIENDS I WANT YOU TO LEARN ABOUT THE SHELL.

MAYBE THEY STAY AN EXTRA DAY IN OUR HOTEL. MAYBE THEY SPEND EXTRA FOOD IN A RESTAURANT. ONE THING'S FOR SURE IF THEY'RE NOT HAVING A GOOD EXPERIENCE THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE NEAR THEIR GRANDCHILDREN AND THE PEOPLE LIVE HERE AS WELL IT'S A LITTLE LIKE THE PEROT SOUND MARITIME SCHOOL BUSSES ARE A GREAT HIT OUT THERE IN SCHOOL TEACHER PARENTS LOVE THEIR CHILDREN SO THE PROCESS TO GET AN INDEPENDENT GROUP SUCH AS THE HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM STUDENTS USC BEING WHO DID THESE REPORTS AND LET THEM GO OUT AND EVALUATE IT IF YOU GO WE GO OUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORHOOD COLUMNS AS WELL YOU KNOW ME AND SO BUT IF YOU SEND THOSE YOUNG STUDENTS OUT HERE GETTING AN EDUCATION IN THIS FIELD THEY'RE PRETTY INDEPENDENT SAY WHAT THEY THINK THEY NEED SO THERE'S A LIST.

BUT HERE'S THE STORY THE ATTRACTION COMMUNICATING AN EFFECTIVE ENGAGING IS THE ATTRACTION OPEN FOR REASONABLE HOURS? IS THERE AN INTERESTING EXPERIENCE FOR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ARE THEY'RE DOPES THAT'S AN INTERPRETIVE VOLUNTEER I WENT TO A PLACE THE OTHER DAY THAT WAS HAPPY TO TELL ME THE DOSES WERE THERE AND EVERYTHING WOULD BE FINE AND I CAN ACTUALLY SAY THAT SOME DIDN'T LOOK UP FROM HIS BOOK, DIDN'T SAY HELLO. I'VE KNOWN HIM FOR 20 YEARS. I WAS SHOCKED I WAS THE ONLY ONE OF THE GROUP HE DID SPEAK TO. ARE THERE RESTROOMS INSUFFICIENT DEDICATED PARKING? IS THERE AN EFFECTIVE BORE? THERE'S MUSEUM ON BAY STREET IN DOWNTOWN. IT'S GOT TO BE FOUNDATIONAL TO GOOD THING BECAUSE THERE'S NO COMMITTED PARKING YOU GOT TO FIND OUT YOUR PARKING JUST LIKE YOU DO THAT THAT'S OKAY THAT'S JUST A PART OF WHAT THAT IS SO SALARY IS CONDUCTED AND THEY'RE ATTACHED SO THE USE OF THIS IS IF THOSE OF US WHO SERVE ON YOUR COUNTY BOARD RECEIVE APPLICATION FROM THIS FIRM IF WE HAVE THIS REVIEW WE COULD TALK TO THEM ABOUT THAT AND WHAT WE KNOW IS THE PASSION OF THE VOLUNTEER HERE MAY NOT TRANSLATE INTO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN THAT'S GOING TO GET THE BEST BANG FOR THE BUCK. SO WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING IS THAT EACH CYCLE YOU ALLOCATE SOME OF THE MONEY AND MAKE THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY AVAILABLE FOR UCB OR IF YOU CHOOSE SOMEONE ELSE TO SEND THESE PEOPLE OUT AND SURVEY THREE OR FOUR OR FIVE OF THESE SITES NOT THE SAME ONES EVERY THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO REASON TO DO THAT AND IF THE SITES WANT TO PAY YOU HAVE THEM COME OUT AND DO THAT ON THEIR BEHALF BECAUSE YOU'RE PART OF THAT YEAR THAT WOULD BE THEIR CHOICE. I WOULD BE SUSPICIOUS IF THE SITE IS HIRING THEIR OWN GROUP TO THE EVALUATION BUT IT MIGHT NOT BE WRONG BUT BECAUSE THERE WILL PEOPLE WHO WILL BE CONCERNED IT MIGHT BE WRONG. SO HAVING AN INDEPENDENT PARTY THAT IS FOCUSED ON THE BIG PICTURE AND HAS A MECHANISM WHERE THEY LOOK AT THIS IN A HOLISTIC I CAN HAND THAT REPORT TO YOU AS A GUIDE SHEET FOR THEM TO GO WHERE THEY WANT TO GO AND FOR US TO HELP THEM. I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE LOCAL ENTITY I'M FAMILIAR WITH IT GOT A $2 MILLION GRANT. WE'RE NOT SURE WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO WITH IT BUT I AM ABSOLUTELY CONFIDENT THEY'RE COMING TO ASK FOR ADDITIONAL MONEY FROM YOU BOTH FOR HOW YOU CAN LEVERAGE YOUR FUNDS TO SEE THAT THAT $2 MILLION FUND STARTS UP AND THAT'S GREAT WOULD BE HELPFUL THERE ARE LOTS OF ECOLOGICAL M ENVIRONMENTAL ATTRACTIONS HERE THAT CAN ATTRACT DIFFERENT FUNDS FROM DIFFERENT SOURCES. SO ALL I WOULD SUGGEST IS IF YOU'LL TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO LOOK THROUGH THIS AND PUT YOURSELF IN THE POSITION OF SAYING IS THIS FAIR AT ALL TRANSPARENT TO INVEST IN THE EXPENSES PEOPLE HAVE EXPERIENCE THAT PEOPLE HAVE OR THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT NOW THE EVENTS THAT COUNCILMEMBER TABERNACLE THOUGHT ABOUT OFTEN OCCUR IN SOME OF THESE FACILITIES WE'RE ASKING TO FUND THEM EVERY YEAR AND I GET A LITTLE NERVOUS WE FUNDING FACILITIES I WENT TO ONE EIGHT MONTHS AGO AND WE GOT A REPORT THAT THEY HAD 8000 PEOPLE THERE OVER THREE DAYS. WELL, THEY HAD TWO TOILETS FOR MEN AND TWO TOILETS FOR WOMEN. I'M PRETTY SURE THAT IF YOU 3000 PEOPLE A DAY COMING

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HAVE YOU TALKED TO THE RESTAURANT ABOUT THAT BEING THE PARTICIPANT THAT'S IN THE CARTOON SO THESE ARE THE SORTS OF THINGS. SO AS A COMMITTEE MEMBER I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF YOU COULD GIVE US A BETTER EVALUATION TOOL I'VE TAKEN TOO LONG SO. JUST TELL US ABOUT WHAT IS THE COST OF THIS.

WELL IT VARIES BECAUSE IT DEPENDS ON INFLATION AND SOME THINGS THAT CAN'T CONTROL OVER THE TIME WE DID THIS WE DID WE PAID FOR TEN SITES AND I THINK IT COST US $18,000 FOR TEN.

I'M ASSUMING THAT IF YOU ALLOCATED AROUND $20,000 A YEAR YOU WOULD GET 4 TO 5 EACH YEAR.

DID THE CITY PUT OUT OUR FEE FOR THAT DID IT PAY FOR PAPER TRAIL? OH OKAY. THIS WAS IN OUR BACK UP. WE DIDN'T GET THE SHEETS WITH THE GRAIN BUT WE DID GET BUT WE JUST GOT THEM EMPLOYEES JUST GOT THE MEMO YOU DON'T GET ALL OF THIS BUT I SAW YOU DIDN'T GET WELL I JUST PULLED UP THIS IS THIS CHARLIE KELLER GROUP.

IT WAS JOHN SALAZAR IT'S NOT ONLY CHARLIE'S THERE NOW BUT I'LL JUST PASS THESE AROUND.

BUT ADDITIONAL COPIES TAKE LONGER AND I FOLDED UP ONE AGENDA SO SEARCH AND IT TO US.

OKAY? AND I SOME OF IT WAS THERE BUT NOT I DON'T THINK THIS PRICE INCLUDES A DESCRIPTION OF WHEN THEY ARRIVE AT THE SITE WHAT THEY DO AND WHAT THEY UNDERTAKE WHICH IS PRETTY HELPFUL YOU KNOW ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHICH WHEN YOU READ IT IT MAKES SENSE AND YOU JUST LISTEN AND TALK TO SOMEBODY DO IT OTHER THAN UCB I'M SURE THEY WOULDN'T CALL IT A TRIAL WHO WOULD COME DOWN AND DO IT WITH THEIR GROUP TOGETHER SOMEBODY WOULD COME OVER TO SURVEIL. YOU CAN HIRE ANY NUMBER OF FOLKS TO DO IT BUT MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN IF YOU GET AN ACADEMIC WITH YOUNG KIND OF WHAT I WOULD GRAB FOLKS WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY GET A GOOD GRADE I GET IT RIGHT AND THEY'RE ANONYMOUS OF COURSE WHEN THEY'RE GOING OUT, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT AND THEY OFTEN THEY'LL TELL YOU IN ADVANCE ARE COMING BUT IT WOULD BE MORE EXPENSIVE TO BRING SOMEONE OUTSIDE THAN WOULD BE TO DO IT HERE. BUT I THINK I WOULD ASK THEM TO GET THAT GIVE ME THAT PROPOSAL WE IF WE USE UCB THEY'RE OUR PARTNER IN OTHER AREAS SO WHAT WOULD WE HAVE TO DO AN RFP FOR THIS WOULD THE QUESTION IT'S I DON'T THINK IT'S A GIANT AMOUNT OF MONEY IT'S SMALL THING AND IT WOULD BE TAX FUNDS WE WOU&-P. OKAY KNOW YOU WILL. OKAY.

BRIAN'S GOT TO KEEP IT TO THE POINT. OH, AND WILL YOU SEND OUT A COPY OF THE SPORTING MATERIALS ? WELL, ANYBODY HAVE A QUESTION? IT'S A WAY FOR THE COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL TO LOOK AT OUR RETURN ON INVESTMENT BECAUSE I'M TELLING YOU SO AND I'M NOT SPEAKING OF THE COMMITTEE BUT SOME THE APPLICANTS GET IT EVERY SINGLE YEAR AND ARE THEY REALLY IN MORE TOURISTS? IS IT REALLY A GOOD RETURN? I CAN'T ANSWER YES. HAS IT BEEN PRESENTED IN REGARDS TO THE STATE TAX FROM THE STATE COMMITTEE OR THE ARGUMENTS OR WHOEVER YOU START? HAVE THEY APPROVED THIS REQUEST ASKED ABOUT STATE AID WE DON'T HAVE GOING BY THE TITLE WE DON'T WE DON'T HAVE A FOUR YEAR OLD. YEAH THAT'S NOT THEIR CHARGE BUT I'VE TALKED WITH THREE OTHER ONE OF THEM BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY THE COMMITTEE ONE WHO COMES TO COUNCIL WITH THE FUNDING REQUEST SO YES THE ALL THE INFORMATION THEY HAVE IS WHAT THE PERSON STANDS AND GIVES THEM WHICH I SENT THROUGH ALL OF THOSE I ALL RIGHT THIS IS THAT PROBABLY THE COUNTY WE DECIDED IT WOULD BE THE APPLICANT'S CORRECT TO ASK FOR THE FUNDS TO BE USED FOR I THINK IT DOES HAVE THROUGH THE GENETICS OF EXTENDING FOLKS FOR EVERY YEAR ASKING FOR THE COMMITTEE CHAIR WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THAT RESPONSE YOU'RE WELL HE'S GOING TO FIND OUT. HE'S GOING TO FIND OUT THERE'S AN APPLICATION FOR THIS TO BE CHALLENGED AND THE THAT WE COULD SUPPORT SORT GENERAL I MEAN CURRENTLY AND I SAID IN THE LAST ROUND THE ATX COMMITTEE AND THEY WERE VERY FOCUSED ON THINGS BUT THEY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THIS SO I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THE WATERFRONT FESTIVAL I'LL JUST SORT THAT OUT THAT THAT ONE OF BIAS BUT IS THERE REALLY SOMEBODY DECIDING A RETURN ON INVESTMENT THERE? IS IT MORE COMMUNITY EVENT? DOES IT HAVE A TOURISM DRAW? THAT'S REALLY WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. I THINK YOU LOOKING FOR AN OUTSIDE BRIEF AS FAR THE INVESTMENT COMMUNITY RATHER RELIES ON THE APPLICANT CORRECT BECAUSE CURRENTLY THE APPLICANT STANDS UP AND YOU'VE READ THE APPLICATION.

THEY LOOK GOOD, THEY MAKE IT LOOK GOOD, THEY PUT THEIR SPIN ON IT.

I DON'T HAVE I CAN'T TELL YOU IF THAT'S RIGHT OR WRONG THIS WOULD BE AN OBJECTIVE REVIEW OF THE EVENT. WELL, IT'S AN EVENT IF IT LAST FIVE DAYS OR YOU KNOW, FOUR

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THAT EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE TRANSLATES INTO A TAX DOLLARS IS WORTHWHILE.

SO IF SOMEBODY IS GOING TO DO SOMETHING RATHER THAN SOMETHING IS JUST EXCITING FOR THREE DAYS AND THEN GO BACK AND NOT BEING OPEN DOING SOMETHING SO THAT THEY CAN DELIVER A QUALITY EXPERIENCE TO THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE AND THE PEOPLE WHO VISIT HERE AND THE BUDGET THE IMPACT THAT PRESENTS IS WHAT THIS WAS INTENDED TO DO. IS THERE A WAY TO SAY THAT ONE OF THESE REVIEWS HAS TO BE DONE I'M JUST STARTING OVER LIKE EVERY THREE YEARS FOR YOU TO APPLY FOR MONEY FROM THE COUNTY . I'M NOT A PERSON I CAN YOU WHAT YOU WOULD SAY THAT YOU COULD DO THAT MY CONCERN WOULD BE THAT IF YOU THEN FIND THAT 30 PEOPLE WANT IT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ALLOCATE MORE MONEY TO DO MORE REVIEWS EVERY THREE YEAR.

WELL I THINK IT MEANS WE HAVE TO BUT I MEAN FOR YOU TO EVEN THAT SHOULD BE ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY OUT THERE TO AT LEAST THE FACILITY AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S MEETING UP TO BE FOR ACCOUNTING STANDARDS OR IMPROVING.

I THINK THE FIRST THING WE PROBABLY NEED TO DO TO DO THAT IS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE STANDARDS ARE AND THERE'S SOME WORK TO BE DONE TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND KNOW WE DON'T MEET OUR BURDEN IF WE HEAR THE APPLICANT AND WE ARRANGE A PROGRAM AND THEN WE DON'T GET THE STUDY FOR THOSE WE'RE GOING TO PRECLUDE THEM FROM APPLYING .

I DON'T KNOW THAT WE YEAH I DON'T KNOW THAT I WOULD PRECLUDE PEOPLE APPLYING BECAUSE IF YOU ONLY DO SIX OR SEVEN A YEAR I THINK WE GAVE OUT MAYBE 30.

YEAH I'M JUST PUNTING THAT SO EVEN IF WE DID TEN ONE YEAR WHICH WOULD COST US WHATEVER AND TEN THE NEXT YEAR AND TEN THE NEXT YEAR WHAT IT WOULD BE IS GIVE US DATA FOR THE ONES THAT COME BACK EVERY SINGLE LIKE WE KNOW THE BEAUFORT FILM FESTIVAL IS GOING TO GENERATE THAT. OKAY THAT'S A BIGGIE BUT DO I KNOW THAT TABS NIGHT AT THE RACES OR WHATEVER IS GOING TO GENERATE IT? WE DON'T KNOW THAT AND WE GET I MEAN WE SAT THROUGH IT. WE GET PEOPLE HAVE A GREAT IDEA FOR SOMETHING BUT IT'S GOING TO GENERATE A COMMUNITY. IT'S NOT REALLY GOING TO BRING IN TOURISTS.

SO WHY WOULD WE FUND IF THERE'S NO RETURN ON INVESTMENT? LOGAN YOU COULD COUNCIL DECIDES TO ADOPT THIS AND PASS AND WE KEEP TRYING TO PUT THE GUIDANCE IN THERE TO THE ADMINISTRATOR THAT YOUR TARGET IS TO CONDUCT A STUDY AT LEAST EVERY THREE YEARS ON THESE UNIVERSITIES AND GET THE GUIDANCE FROM COUNCIL IF THEY'RE GOING TO FUND I THINK WE HAVE TWO ISSUES AND YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT IS ONE IS DO WE WANT TO DO IT AND THEN TO WHAT EXTENT WANT TO DO IT? AND THEN THE SECOND PART IS WHERE THE MONEY COMES FROM TO PAY FOR IT WHETHER COMES OUT OF A TAX OR WE HAVE TO ALLOCATE MONEY. SO I MEAN THIS WAS ALL DONE FOR DISCUSSION I THINK NOW WE TALK ABOUT WHAT WE WANT TO BRING UP IN OUR MEETING OF OF ACTUALLY RIGHT SO MY SUGGESTION BE THAT MR. MOORE HAVE HIS STAFF LOOK INTO THIS DO WE WANT TO USE UCB DO WE HAVE TO AN RFP? I DON'T THINK SO IT'S A SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY BUT WHERE DO WE WANT TO GO BECAUSE I'M THIS IS FEBRUARY WE'RE GOING TO START UP THE NEXT ROUND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT AND IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE HAVE SOME THAT WE FUNDED LAST YEAR COMING UP WE COULD MAYBE KICK THIS INTO GEAR FOR A COUPLE OF THOSE AND I CAN SEE US YOU KNOW WHAT THE TAX IS COMING IN TO HAVE A SET PERCENTAGE WHETHER IT'S ONE QUARTER PERCENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE AND SET ASIDE TO THEN GO BACK AND AND EVALUATE ALL THE MONEY THAT'S COME THROUGH. IF WE HAVE $1,000,000 A YEAR THAT'LL BE $25,000.

IF WE HAD $2 MILLION YOU HAVE $50,000 IF YOU DID BUY A PERCENT.

I'M JUST THINKING A LOT OF HOW YOU COULD IF WE'RE ALLOWED DO IT THROUGH ANY TAX I'M SURE BRIAN WILL LEAD US ON THAT WHEN I GET ANYTHING ELSE UP TO DISCUSS ON THIS THEN WE'LL LOOK AT WHATEVER THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF OUR WHO'S THE END CUSTOMER IS IT THE COMMITTEE OR IS IT ALSO I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IN MY MIND IN CUSTOMER IS THE ATTRACTION THERE RIGHT TO HELP THEM ACHIEVE WHAT THE PUBLIC HERE WHICH IS THEIR CONSTITUENCY IS EXPECTING WHETHER IT'S THE RESIDENT PUBLIC, THE INVESTING PUBLIC, THE PEOPLE WHO USED TO LIVE HERE AND COME BACK THEIR TASK IS TO PROVIDE A QUALITY EXPERIENCE BASED ON WHATEVER THE ATTRACTION IS THAT THEY RUN. SO THIS REPORT COULD GO BACK TO THE PERSON PUTTING ON THE EVENT AND IF THEY'RE GRADED GREEN GREAT AND THEY'RE GRADED BREAD AND SAY RESTROOMS OR WHATEVER THEN YOU HAVE TO GO FIX THIS BEFORE YOU COME BACK.

RIGHT. THE WAY THAT I THINK THAT HAS HAPPENED IN OTHER PLACES BASED ON THE INQUIRIES I'VE MADE IS THE OTHER PLACE COME IN AND THEY SAID OH OUR RESTROOM PROVIDER WE ALWAYS GO FOR HUH. SO WHAT WE LIKE TO BUILD IS A PAVILION OVER HERE BUT WHEN THEY GET TO THE COMMITTEE THEY SAID WELL HOW ABOUT LET'S PUT THE RESTROOMS IN FIRST? YEAH AND THAT'S THE WAY THAT PROCESS HAS WORKED IN THE PAST. THAT'S A BLESSING THAT I IT'LL

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AND THEY'LL LOOK AT THE AND RIGHT AND THEY'LL KNOW VERY QUICKLY THAT THAT'S WHAT'S EXPECTED AND THAT'S WHY IT'S COLOR CODED. YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO A LOT OF ANALYSIS YOUR COMMENTS AND I THINK WE'RE JUST PLAIN YOU'RE TALKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT FACILITIES AND OFFERING ON SITE TALKING ABOUT THE EVALUATION OF EVENTS AND EXPENDITURES.

I THINK BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT TIME WE TALK ABOUT IT WE CAN KIND OF TRY TO HYBRIDIZE THOSE THINGS SO WE CAN DO WHAT I THINK I JUST TO GET THE WHOLE THING IT RIGHT WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE GOAL OR WHAT THE PRODUCT WILL BE AND MAYBE IT CAN BE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BOTH.

THE GOAL IS TO GET BACK TO THE PARK. DID YOU SEE HOW THIS EVENT INVOLVES COMPANY THAT WAS PUTTING THE EVENT ON ITS HEAD SO IF WHOEVER WHOEVER PARTICIPATED IN THIS EVACUATION AND WE DID IT WE HAD THAT REPORT SOME TIME AGO BUT HERE SO WE WENT IT'S OUR REPORT AND WE CAN SHARE WITH THEM THAT WE'RE PAYING COUNCIL TO DECIDE WHETHER TO CONTINUE TOWARD THE MONEY OR NOT HUMANITAIRE COMMITTEE BUT YOU WANT TO INFORM AND GUIDE THE APPLICANTS TO IMPROVE THE REC YEAH I MEAN I THINK IT'S RESPONSIBILITY TO THE PUBLIC OR DOLING OUT ATX MONEY THAT IT'S PUBLIC MONEY AND IS IT REALLY A GOOD INVESTMENT? THAT'S THE QUESTION IN THE PAST AS POINTED OUT AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS THERE'S BEEN SOME THIS CONVERSATION REASON WE THINK THE TAX HAS GROWN SO MUCH IN THE CORPORATE AREA IS WE ARE GETTING A BETTER BANG FOR THE DOLLARS THAT WE'RE SPENDING ON IT. THAT'S ANOTHER ACTIVITY THE NEXT ROUND IS HERE PAY CUTTING HOURS PLACES IN THE COUNTY THEY USED TO COME WHEN I WAS ON COUNTY COUNCIL AND TRY TO GET US TO PAY FOR CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS I'M COMING OUT OF SUMMER.

ONE NIGHT WE WERE SITTING IN OUR COUNCIL AND ONE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER SAID DON'T YOU GUYS HAVE A BUNCH OF REALLY CAPPED YEAH WHY DON'T YOU HAVE SOME MORE? WE'D LIKE TO HAVE ANOTHER 30 OR 40. WHAT WILL THAT COST? THEY DIDN'T KNOW. SO WE'LL HAVE THE STATUS. THEY'LL HELP YOU WITH THOSE.

PUT SOME OF OUR MONEY AND HELP YOU WITH THOSE AND YOU WON'T HAVE TO COME AND ASK US ANYMORE BECAUSE YOU'LL HAVE ALL THAT INCOME AND YOU COULD SEE IT WAS LIKE OH WE NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT IT THAT WE WERE JUST TRYING TO GET THESE WALKWAYS PAVED YOU KNOW BUT THAT SORT OF CONVERSATION WILL TAKE PLACE. THE NEXUS BETWEEN THE TWO IS A LARGE NUMBER OF EVENTS HAPPEN IN FACILITIES THAT ARE PART OF THIS ACTIVITY CORRECT PIN CENTERS HERITAGE DAY IS ONE OF THEIR BIG EVENTS OUT THERE BUT THERE ARE SOME FACILITY ISSUES THAT COULD BE IMPROVED UP IN TRAFFIC AND CENTER STAGE ONE OF THEIR BIG EVENTS I MEAN THEY CAN DO THIS ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS WE CAN MAKE THAT A BETTER YOU I READ THAT ONE YOU KNOW I COULDN'T WAIT TO DIVEST TO COME OUT OF THIS SO MR. OKAY .

WE'RE I MEAN I'D LIKE TO SEE YOUR ADMINISTRATION LOOK INTO IT TAKE NOTES ABOUT THIS MAY BE HELPFUL AND THEN VERY RECOMMENDATION THE COUNCIL OR YOU KNOW HOWEVER WE WANT TO DO THAT I THINK WE NEED TO DO IT FOR OUR STATE TAX MONEY AND I THINK WE'RE SOMEWHAT PUTTING IT IN THIS UPCOMING BUDGET SO. THIS WOULD BE WE DON'T UNDERSTAND TIMING THIS YEAR NEXT I WOULD IT DOESN'T AFFECT THE BUDGET FOR TAX BONDS BUT YOU STILL HAVE TO HAVE COUNCIL APPROVAL GO FORTH WITH THIS TO DIRECT THE ADMINISTRATOR TO HAVE THE COUNTY AN APPLICATION TO DO THESE STUDIES. SO THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO YOU HAVE TO TAKE IT TO COMMITTEE AND GET A RECOMMENDATION IS FAS RECOMMENDING THE CHANGE CONTRACT FOR THESE SERVICES AND THEN SEND IT TO A COUNCIL AND THEN GET THAT FROM COUNCIL TO THEY JUST THINK YEAH WHERE THE CONFUSION IS IS A HEARING THAT THE COUNTY IS PUTTING IN THE APPLICATION BUT WE'RE ALSO ADMINISTRATIVELY FOR CITY TAX SO WE'RE ALL GOING TO PUT IN AN APPLICATION FOR STATE TAX TO MANAGE ALL THE FUNDS THAT ARE EXPENDED FROM A TAX HAVE TO GO VIA THE COMMITTEE IN TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL IF YOU'RE USING I SUPPOSE YOU HAVE TO THAT PROCESS WE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO USE ANY TAX WHEN I COME OUT OF GENERAL I GUESS THAT'S MY QUESTION IS IF YOU WANT TO DO IT IN A GENERAL FUND YEAH. HOW ABOUT LOCAL TAX MONEY? I WOULD HAVE TO CHECK THAT NEW RESOLUTION AND SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO.

YES. I MEAN I I DON'T KNOW HOW THE COUNTY IS GOING TO APPLY FOR FUNDS THEY'RE ADMINISTERING. I UNDERSTAND THE COUNTY'S UP AGAINST CORRECT.

WHAT THEY'RE SAYING THAT WE'RE WE'RE APPLYING FOR THIS MONEY OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

OKAY. FOR PROJECTS TO BE PAID FOR WITH THOSE FUNDS.

I GET THAT I KNOW WE'RE DOING THAT BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS IT LOOKS LIKE WE'LL BE THE ONE TO SUBMIT THE APPLICATION ON BEHALF OF THESE REPORTS BEING DONE SO RIGHT.

WELL THESE ARE THE DETAILS THAT WE CAN WORK OUT BEFORE WE COME BACK WE'LL LOOK AT THE OPTIONS AND RIGHT BACK IN TERMS OF COMING BACK TO THE COMMITTEE OR COMING BACK TO COUNCIL, I GUESS THAT'S COME BACK TO COMMITTEE AND THEN WE'D MAKE RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL WHERE WE GO FROM THE COMMITTEE FROM THE STAFF WILL COME BACK TO COMMITTEE WITH YOU.

SO YEAH I WAS IT WOULD GO THE OTHER WAY BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE A MONTH TILL IT COMES BACK

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OKAY, IT'S UP TO YOU. GOOD. THANK YOU, MR. VAN.

I THINK IT'S I MEAN OBVIOUSLY FOR US WE KEEP TRYING TO REPORT FORTH OUR TAXES TO PROVE THAT WE'RE SPENDING THE MONEY WISELY ,PRUDENTLY AND THAT'S OUR JOB. AND THIS IS A DOCUMENT THAT FOR US TO TO DO PERHAPS ONE MORE STEP OF THE PROCESS HAVE ONE SHOULD HAVE TO GET THOSE IN.

ALL RIGHT. LET'S START IN THERE. I'M SAYING THAT HAPPENS OKAY.

I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ELSE NOTHING ELSE ON THAT SUBJECT THEN WE MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT

[11. THE REAPPOINTMENTS OF THOMAS SHEAHAN, NICHOLAS MESENBURG, LESLIE FLORY, ANNE ESPOSITO, HOWARD ACKERMAN & CHRISTOPHER BUTLER TO THE AIRPORTS BOARD FOR A TWO-YEAR TERM WITH AN EXPIRATION DATE OF FEBRUARY 2027]

THOMAS SHEEHAN, NICHOLAS WEISSENBERG, LESLIE FLORY AND ESPOSITO HOWARD ACKERMAN, CHRISTOPHER BUTLER TO THE AIRPORT'S BOARD FOR A TWO YEAR TERM WITH AN EXPIRATION DATE OF FEBRUARY 2027. AND AGAIN THIS IS WHAT IS BEING RECOMMENDED BY THE BOARD AND BY MR. ROMO AND THESE ARE RE APPOINTMENTS AND THEY HAVE MET ALL THEIR ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS AND ARE BEING RECOMMENDED BY THE AIRPORTS BOARD STAFF LIAISONS SOME OF MR. CHAIRMAN AND SECOND PLACE ON THIS. ALL RIGHT.

AND A DISCUSSION THERE'S NO DISCUSSION. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THIS AS ONE MOMENT AND, NO DISCUSSION. IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO DOING THIS? NO OBJECTION WE WILL THEN THEY WILL BE APPROVED AND MOVED TO COUNTY COUNCIL FOR A FINAL

[12. RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE REAPPOINTMENT OF PAUL JERNIGAN TO THE BOARD OF ASSESSMENT APPEALS FOR A FOUR-YEAR TERM WITH THE EXPIRATION DATE OF FEBRUARY 2029.]

WHAT ARE WE GOING TO ADD MARK FEINBERG TO SOME PUBLIC FACILITIES I WAS AT PUBLIC FACILITIES I'M FAMILIAR OKAY. THANK YOU AGAIN. NEXT NEXT THANK YOU, ALEXIS.

ANY OTHER ANYTHING ELSE COMING FROM THIS COMMITTEE? I GUESS I'LL POINT OUT THAT I HAD A ONE PAGE AGENDA AND THEN I LOOKED AT LOOK AT LOGAN'S. YES.

WHAT WAS FRONT PAGE AGENDA TAKE LESS TIME THAN YOUR WHAT PAGE PERHAPS TO HASTEN YOUR CHALLENGES. I DIDN'T BRING IT UP

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