* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:09] A LITTLE BIT OF FOOD IN FRONT OF US, UH, MIGHT BE A LITTLE CLUNKY, BUT, UH, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND, AND CALL THIS TOWN COUNCIL STRATEGIC WORKSHOP. UH, MEETING TO ORDER. UM, FIRST OF ALL, I GUESS WE'LL, WE'LL ADOPT THE, UH, THE, THE, THE MR ORLANDO'S AGENDA FOR THE, UH, THE NEXT TWO DAYS. UM, ANY, ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? ANY, ANY MOTIONS ON THAT? OKAY, WE HAVE A SECOND. SECOND. ALL, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SEAT PLA, BY RAISING YOUR RIGHT HAND. SO MOVED. UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE THAT ARE ONLINE WATCHING, AND THANK YOU TO THOSE THAT ARE HERE TODAY. UM, THIS IS, THIS WILL BE MY THIRD STRATEGIC ACTION WORKSHOP. AND, UH, I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TODAY TO NARROWING IN ON THOSE FEW ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS. UM, WE IN THE PAST HAVE COME OUT WITH A TREMENDOUS LIST OF ITEMS THAT WE'VE TRIED TO MOVE FORWARD, SO I LOOK FORWARD TO NARROWING THAT DOWN AND BEING A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFIC ON HOW WE DO THINGS AND WHAT WE DO, NOT ONLY FOR THE NEXT 12 MONTHS, BUT HOPEFULLY WE KIND OF CREATED AN IDEA OF WHERE WE NEED TO GO IN THE NEXT 2, 3, 4, 5 YEARS. UM, CREATING A, AN IDEA, UH, OF WHERE WE GO AND A PLAN IS REALLY IMPORTANT. UM, THIS WILL BE A VERY, UH, DISCUSSIVE DAY AND EVERYBODY WILL BE INVOLVED. AND, UM, LEMME SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE THAT, THAT I'M THINKING OF AT THE MOMENT. UM, YOU KNOW, I I, I, I'M GONNA SAY THIS, UM, BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING I FEEL VERY DEEP RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I'VE LOST A COUPLE OF FRIENDS RECENTLY. WE LIVE IN A GREAT PLACE, AND WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO CALL HILTON HEAD ISLAND HOME. AND OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, I'VE BEEN ASKED THE QUESTION AS TO HOW DO YOU DEFINE CHARACTER, THE ISLAND'S CHARACTER. ON SUNDAY, WHEN WE LOST A FRIEND, THE CHARACTER WAS DEFINED FROM THE PEOPLE THAT LOVED HIM, AND THEY ALL CAME TOGETHER FOR THE FAMILY, AND THEY'VE ALL COME TOGETHER TO HELP, TO RAISE FUNDS. IT IS THE CHARACTER OF THE PEOPLE OF THIS COMMUNITY THAT MAKE IT SO SPECIAL, NOT JUST NOW, NOT JUST YESTERDAY, BUT OVER THE PAST HUNDRED YEARS. WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE WHERE WE LIVE. AND I GOTTA TELL YOU, WE NEED TO REMEMBER THAT SOMETIMES I THINK IT IS FORGOTTEN, AND IT IS THE CORE OF WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO. WE'RE TRYING TO MAINTAIN A QUALITY OF LIFE FOR NOT ONLY THE RESIDENTS, THE BUSINESSES, AND OUR GUESTS, BUT ALSO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT AT THE SAME TIME. SO, AS WE GO THROUGH THESE NEXT TWO DAYS, I WANT US TO KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE LOOK TO MAKE DECISIONS ON HOW TO BETTER OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S WHAT WE ALL WANT. YEAH. HOW WE GET THERE MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. AND WHAT WE, THOSE SPECIFIC THINGS THAT WE WANT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, BUT LET'S KEEP THE RESPECT THERE THAT WE'RE ALL HERE FOR THE SAME REASON, AND THAT IS LOVE OF COMMUNITY. WITH THAT, MR. ORLANDO, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR PERRY. THIS IS WORKING GOOD. SO, GOOD MORNING. UM, GOOD MORNING TO TOWN COUNCIL. THERE'S A LITTLE KICKBACK ON THIS AND AN ECHO. CAN WE KIND OF FIX THAT A LITTLE BIT? UM, GOOD MORNING TO EVERYBODY THAT'S HERE, AND DEFINITELY THOSE FOLKS THAT OO OVER THE PERIOD OF THE NEXT TWO DAYS, TUNE IN TO, UM, JOIN US IN OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING, UH, WORKSHOP. UH, I WANT TO THANK, I WANT TO FIRST AND FOREMOST, THANK MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN PROCESS. MAYOR, WHAT DID YOU SAY? IS YOUR SECOND, YOUR, YOUR THIRD? THIS IS MY FOURTH. THERE'S A LOT OF ECHO HERE, TOM. UM, I FEEL LIKE I'M AT A PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION AT COUNCIL RIGHT NOW. UM, I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN PROCESS. SINCE I'VE ARRIVED, WE HAVE STARTED TO FOCUS ON A STRATEGIC PLAN. UM, THIS, THIS SESSION WITH, WITH ALL OF YOU INVOLVED, WOULD BE MY THIRD STRATEGIC PLAN AS WE HIT THE RESET BUTTON AFTER TOMORROW. SO THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO DO. UM, BUT, BUT WITHOUT YOUR COMMITMENT AND WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN PROCESS, UH, I DON'T, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE DO. SO, UM, AS WE ALL KNOW, THE STRAP PLAN SERVES AS OUR ORGANIZATION'S ROADMAP. IT'S A LIVING TOOL, AND IT IDENTIFIES OUR PRIORITIES, SETS OUR GOALS, AND HELPS [00:05:01] US DETERMINE THE BEST APPROACH TO ACHIEVE THOSE RESULTS. UM, ONE THING THAT WE'VE REALLY FOCUSED ON IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS ALIGNED WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN, AND THAT THE STRATEGIC PLAN INFORMS THE BUDGET, AND THAT THE BUDGET SUPPORTS THE STRATEGIC PLAN. SO AS ALL OF THAT WINDS TOGETHER, ARGUABLY THAT'S ALLOCATING RESOURCES AND ALIGNING OUR EFFORTS, RIGHT? I ALWAYS, I ALWAYS LIKE TO THINK IN MY OWN MIND, ONE TEAM, ONE COMMUNITY, UM, AND OVER A PERIOD OF TIME THAT STRATEGIC PLAN LIVES. SO OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS, MAYOR COUNCIL, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO TALK TOGETHER AND ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS. ASK YOURSELVES THE QUESTIONS AND ASK ME AND THIS TEAM, GREAT TEAM BEHIND ME THE QUESTIONS, ARE YOU ACHIEVING? ARE WE ACHIEVING THE OUTCOMES YOU DESIRE? UH, ARE THERE AREAS WHERE WE NEED A COURSE CORRECT? ARE WE ADDRESSING ALL THE PRIORITIES THAT ARE CRITICAL TO OUR FUTURE? ARE WE CLEAR ON OUR RESPECTIVE ROLES, YOUR ROLE, MY ROLE, THE ROLE HERE, THE ROLE OF THE COMMUNITY, WHERE THEIR INPUT AND ACCEPTANCE OF WHAT, WHAT WE'RE ALL AFTER. UM, AND I FEEL LIKE THAT'S IMPORTANT SO THAT IT HELPS US REMAIN PROACTIVE, PRODUCTIVE, AND, AND REALLY KEEPS US FOCUSED. UM, SO TO PREPARE, LEADING UP TO THIS WORKSHOP, THIS GREAT GROUP BEHIND ME, WE REFLECTED ON WHAT'S WORKING. WE DID A DEEP DIVE AND A A LOT OF REFLECTION, UH, A LOT WITH THIS MAN RIGHT HERE, BUT A LOT OF ONE-ON-ONE AND A LOT OF TEAM DISCUSSION. UM, WE ASKED, WHAT ARE WE DOING WELL AND HOW CAN WE BUILD ON THE SUCCESS OF WHAT WE'RE DOING? WELL, WE ASKED, WHERE DO WE SEE OBSTACLES, INEFFICIENCIES THAT NEED ATTENTION, OUR INEFFICIENCIES, OUR SENIOR TEAM INEFFICIENCIES THAT NEED ATTENTION? IS IT PROCESS? IS IT PROCEDURE? IS IT, IS IT UNDERSTANDING, UH, THE DIRECTION CLEARLY? UM, WE ASKED, ARE WE ALIGNING OUR WORK WITH THE PRIORITIES OF TOWN COUNCIL AND THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY? ARE WE SETTING CLEAR MEASURABLE GOALS FOR OUR PROJECTS? DO WE HAVE SCHEDULES? ARE WE ON TRACK? ARE WE NOT ON TRACK? WE'RE NOT ON TRACK. ARE WE COMMUNICATING WHY WE'RE NOT ON TRACK AND ADJUSTING THE SCHEDULE, BUT BEING CLEAR TO COMMUNICATE IT? UM, AND THEN WE ALSO STARTED TO ASK WHAT BOLD IDEAS SHOULD WE EXPLORING OR SHOULD WE EXPLORE FOR OUR ISLAND'S FUTURE, FOR OUR COMMUNITY'S FUTURE THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY NOT THINKING OF? RIGHT? IT'S, IT'S EASY TO COME UP WITH THE, THE TO-DO LIST, BUT ARE WE, ARE WE THINKING OF SOME, SOME BIGGER, BOLDER IDEAS THAT WE KNOW ARE GOING TO BE WE WE'RE GONNA FACE IN THE FUTURE? SO AS I STARTED TO PREPARE, I STARTED LOOKING FOR A COUPLE QUOTES IN, IN STRATEGIC PLANNING, AND I'VE ALWAYS FIND, YOU KNOW, PETER DRUCKER, HE SAID, THE BEST WAY TO PREDICT THE FUTURE IS TO CREATE IT. AND I REALLY THINK AS WE TIE OUR STRATEGIC PLAN TO THAT, OUR SUCCESS DEPENDS ON THE PLAN WE PUT IN PLACE, BUT IT'S ALSO HOW WE COLLABORATE AND STAY COMMITTED TO IT AND STAY THE COURSE. UM, I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AT THIS POINT TO DO A COUPLE THINGS. ONE, I WANT TO SAY A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR ASSISTANT, OUR FEARLESS, UH, NEVER WAVERING ASSISTANCE. HOW MANAGER SEAN COLLEN, HE HAS WORKED INCREDIBLY HARD IN HIS NEW ROLE, UM, PREPARING FOR THIS WORKSHOP. HIS LEADERSHIP IS, IS SECOND TO NONE, AND HIS DEDICATION, UH, IS A HUGE PART OF THIS YEAR'S PREPARATION. SO EVERYTHING YOU SEE IN YOUR BINDER, THE PRESENTATION, THE WORK WITH M-A-S-C-M-R-B, ME, KIM, EVERYBODY, SEAN, HAS, HAS HAD A BIG HELP. SO I WANTED TO SAY A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU TO YOU. UM, I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT OUR SENIOR TEAM BEHIND ME. WHAT YOU HAVE, UH, IS AN AMAZING, TALENTED GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT CARE ABOUT HILTON HEAD ISLAND, UM, AND THEY'RE THE ONES THAT DRIVE FORWARD THE ORGANIZATION AND OVERSEE THE DELIVERY OF OUR GREAT SERVICES. SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS REAL QUICK TO HAVE EVERYONE INTRODUCE THEMSELVES. SO IF YOU COULD JUST YOUR, YOUR NAME, YOUR ROLE. TOM'S GOING FIRST. GOOD MORNING. TOMMY SUNDAY, DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION. BEEN WITH THE TOWN ALMOST THREE YEARS NOW. UH, AND THIS IS MY 24TH YEAR IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT. IT, THANK YOU. TOM. BOB RUMMAGE, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY. I STARTED THE SAME DAY AS TOMMY DID BACK IN 2022. KIMBERLY GAMMON TOWN CLERK. I'VE BEEN HERE TWO YEARS NEXT MONTH. UM, DEREK KS. I'M FACILITIES DIRECTOR. I'VE BEEN HERE A LITTLE BIT LONGER, ALMOST 20 YEARS TOTAL. CHRIS BLANKENSHIP, IM FIRE CHIEF. I'VE BEEN HERE 23 YEARS. GOOD MORNING. LISA STOFFER, HR DIRECTOR. I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 2012, HOWEVER LONG THAT IS. , GOOD MORNING. I'M DE BARTOS, UH, PLANNER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND I WILL ALSO BE HERE TODAY FOR, UH, SPANISH TO ENGLISH, OR ENGLISH TO SPANISH TRANSLATION. MISSY [00:10:01] LU, DIRECTOR OF PLANNING. I'VE BEEN WITH THE TOWN SINCE 2019. JEFF NATTING, UH, DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING AND PROJECTS. I'VE BEEN WITH THE TOWN FOR EIGHT YEARS. GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. SEAN NINGER, ASSISTANT TOWN MANAGER, OVERSEEING THE OPERATION SIDE OF, UH, THE TOWN. I'VE BEEN WITH THE TOWN SINCE MAY OF LAST YEAR, SO I'M APPROXIMATELY NINE MONTHS, BUT IT'S MY SECOND TOUR HERE IN THE LOW COUNTRY, SO GLAD TO BE BACK. GOOD MORNING. THOMAS BOXLEY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE GULLAH GEECHEE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. GIVE YOU A MINUTE TO SOAK THAT UP. UM, I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE NOVEMBER OF 2023. WELCOME. GOOD MORNING. I'M RENA MCNULTY. I AM PART OF THE TOWN'S COMMUNICATIONS TEAM, WORK IN THE SOCIAL MEDIA DEPARTMENT, AND THIS IS MY SECOND YEAR WITH THE TOWN. GOOD MORNING. UH, MY NAME IS ZENOS. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT. BEEN HERE A LITTLE BIT OVER TWO YEARS. GOOD MORNING, BEN BROWN, DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC INITIATIVES. I WORK CLOSELY WITH THE LEADERSHIP TEAM AND THE COMMUNITY TO ADVANCE PRIORITY PROJECTS, POLICY INITIATIVES. I'VE BEEN LIVING AND WORKING ON THE ISLAND FOR ABOUT, UH, 24 YEARS, AND I'VE BEEN VISITING FAMILY ON THE ISLAND FOR ABOUT 40 YEARS. GOOD MORNING. UH, NATALIE HARVEY, DIRECTOR OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS. I'VE BEEN WITH THE TOWN SINCE 2022. GOOD MORNING. ANGIE STONE, ASSISTANT TOWN MANAGER OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND I GUESS I'M THE LONGSTANDING 24 YEARS WITH THE TOWN. GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. HEATHER WOOLWINE, COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR. I STARTED WITH THE TOWN IN SEPTEMBER OF 2024, SO COMING UP ON SIX MONTHS. GOOD MORNING. I'M ADRIANA BURNETT, AND I KNOW, I KNOW SOME OF YOUR FACES, BUT I'VE BEEN PHYSICALLY HERE ON THE ISLAND FOR EIGHT MONTHS AND COUNTING, AND I LOVE EVERY MINUTE. AND I'M SEAN COLON, ASSISTANT TOWN MANAGER, UM, OVERSIGHT OF A STRATEGIC INITIATIVES. I'M IN MY 19TH YEAR. UM, I'VE WORKED WITH SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, INCLUDING WHEN THEY WERE ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. AND, UH, I LOOK FORWARD TO A PRODUCTIVE TWO DAY SESSION BECAUSE THE OUTPUT OF THIS WILL HELP DRIVE MY WORK PROGRAM AND, AND, UH, WORKING WITH MARK TO DELIVER WHAT, WHAT YOU EXPECT. SO THANK YOU. GREAT. I THINK THAT'S EVERYBODY. UM, WHO LAQUINN, WHO ARE YOU? , GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS LAQUINN ANDRES. I'M ACTUALLY THE ASSOCIATE ATTORNEY FOR THE TOWN ATTORNEY, KURT CURTIS COLTRANE. BUT I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN WORKING WITH THE TOWN IN SOME SORT OF CAPA CAPACITY SINCE 2021. WE'RE PR WE'RE PROUD OF MCQUINN. MCQUINN STARTED WITH US A FEW YEARS AGO AS AN INTERN WHILE HE WAS STILL CHASING HIS LAW SCHOOL DREAM. SO IT'S, IT'S GREAT TO SEE ONE OF OUR INTERNS STAY WITH US, UM, AND, AND A GREAT STORY. SO WELCOME AS WELL. UH, WE HAVE A, A, A COUPLE, FEW PEOPLE WITH US TODAY. WE HAVE HEATHER SIMMONS JONES AND MATT HORN WITH MRB GROUP. THEY'LL BE GUIDING US THROUGH OUR DISCUSSIONS TODAY AND TOMORROW, AND MR. B'S EXPERIENCE IN STRATEGIC PLANNING, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, AND, AND SO ON, SO FORTH. THEY'LL, THEY'LL SHARE MORE WITH YOU WHEN THEY'RE, THEY, WHEN THEY SPEAK IN A FEW MINUTES, THEY'LL BE INCREDIBLY VALUABLE TO US TODAY. THEIR, THEIR ROLE IS TO BE THE FACILITATOR OF THIS STRATEGIC PLAN WORKSHOP OVER A COUPLE OF DAYS. UM, AND SO THEY'LL JUMP IN AND OUT TODAY, AND A LOT OF THEIR WORK, UH, WILL BE WITH US, WITH YOU TOMORROW TO UNDERSTAND THE PRIORITIES, UM, THE, I WOULD SAY THE INITIATIVES, THE GOALS, THE STRATEGIES, AND THE PRIORITIES. SO, WELCOME, WE'RE VERY HAPPY AND GRATEFUL TO HAVE YOU, YOU WITH US. UM, ANOTHER WARM WELCOME TO OUR FOLKS AND FRIENDS FROM THE MUNICIPAL ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH CAROLINA, CHARLIE BARO AND DESIREE FRAGOSO. WELCOME. GOOD MORNING. UM, AND, AND OF COURSE, CHARLIE AND DESIREE BRING A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE, AND WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL THROUGH HERE WITH US TODAY. SO ONE THING I ALWAYS REMIND MYSELF ABOUT IN THIS BUSINESS IS, AS FAST AS WE SEEM TO WANT TO GO LEFT ALONE, UM, WITH THE COMMUNITY PRIORITIES AND THE INITIATIVES IN FRONT OF US, I DO REMIND MYSELF AND, AND I HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, SLOW DOWN TO GO FASTER, UH, QUITE A BIT. BUT I ALSO REMIND MYSELF THAT THIS TRULY IS OUR BUSINESS AS A MARATHON, NOT A SPRINT. AND SO OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS, I, I ENCOURAGE US TO BE THINKING THAT WAY, UM, SO THAT WE CAN TRULY GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THE MOST IMPORTANT MATTERS AND START UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE REAL PRIORITY IS. AND IN A [00:15:01] RESPECTABLE TIMELINE, UM, A LOT OF OUR SUCCESS WILL BE ABOUT THE CLARITY THAT WE PROVIDE LEADING OUT OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. SO, MAYOR COUNCIL, THANKS AGAIN. UH, IT IS TIME TO GET STARTED. AND FIRST AND FOREMOST, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS SHARE WITH YOU THE CONTENTS OF THE BINDER. UM, FOR THOSE THAT DON'T HAVE A BINDER, IT'S JUST PRE-READ MATERIALS FOR TOWN COUNCIL, UM, AND, AND SOME ASSISTANCE THAT THEY WILL NEED FROM SOME BACKGROUND INFO ALONG THE WAY. SO, FIRST AND FOREMOST, A A A QUICK WELCOME FROM ME. YOU HAVE IN THE FRONT OF THE BOOK YOUR STRATEGIC CURRENT STRATEGIC PLAN. IN, IN HERE ARE ALL OF THE PRIORITIES AND INITIATIVES THAT I CONTINUE TO WORK WITH MAYOR PERRY AND THE COMMITTEE CHAIRS AND MY TEAM TO BRING FORWARD, UM, IN THIS BOOK AS WELL. AND, AND WE'RE NOT GONNA DIVE IN TOO DEEP HERE TODAY, IS OUR VISION AND MISSION STATEMENT. SO I ENCOURAGE YOU, IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY, TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT YOUR VISION AND MISSION STATEMENT. UM, IN OUR, OUR VISION AND MISSION STATEMENT IN, IN OUR READING MATERIALS, UM, WE HAVE A WORKING AGENDA. AND SO WHAT WE HAVE SAID IS DAY ONE IS JUST SOME QUICK INTRODUCTIONS, AND THEN IN A COUPLE OF SECONDS, I'M GONNA INTRODUCE MATT AND HEATHER. THEY'LL TALK ABOUT OUR EXPECTED OUTCOMES FOR THE DAY, AND I'M GONNA LET THEM SHARE THAT WITH YOU A LITTLE MORE DETAILED. UM, THEY'LL TALK ABOUT THE EXPECTED OUTCOMES AND THE OVERVIEW OF THE WORKSHOP PROCESS. WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE MUNICIPAL ASSOCIATION. UM, THEY'LL TALK TO US ABOUT GOVERNANCE AND THE ROLES OF TOWN COUNCIL, TOWN MANAGER, GET INTO FORM OF GOVERNMENT FOIA AND, AND ALL OF THE, ALL OF THE VARIABLES THAT COME ALONG WITH THE MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATION AND TOWN COUNCIL LEADERSHIP BUSINESS. UH, WE'LL TAKE A BREAK AROUND 10 30. TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR BUDGET CALENDAR. I ALWAYS THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU ALL UNDERSTAND, OR THAT WE MIGHT REMIND OURSELVES PUBLICLY ABOUT THE CALENDAR AS WE PREPARE FOR BUDGET. MY STYLE IS TO INVOLVE YOU EARLY TO TALK WITH YOU THROUGHOUT. TALK TO YOU BEFORE FIRST READING, AND BRING FIRST READING AT THE FIRST TUESDAY OF MAY, AND THE SECOND READING AT THE SECOND, OR AT THE FIRST TUESDAY IN JUNE. AND IN BETWEEN HAVE A COUPLE OF, UH, TOWN COUNCIL, UM, BUDGET WORKSHOPS. SO I'LL GO OVER THAT. WE'LL HAVE LUNCH AROUND 12, AND THEN RIGHT AFTER LUNCH, AND FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS TO DATE. UM, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE PRIORITIES AND WHERE WE ARE. I THINK IT'S GONNA BE OBVIOUS WHERE WE'RE SUCCEEDING, AND I THINK IT'S GONNA BE OBVIOUS WHERE I THINK WE HAVE SOME MORE WORK TO DO. ONE ON MY END TO TRULY UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE AFTER. AND SECOND, ON OUR END, BRINGING THIS WORK FORWARD WHEN WE GET OUT OF HERE TOMORROW, UM, DAY TWO, UH, SO WE'LL END AROUND FOUR O'CLOCK TODAY. THERE'LL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AS WELL. AND MAYOR, AT ANY GIVEN TIME, YOU CAN CALL FOR, FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. THERE'S NO SET TIME IN OUR AGENDA FOR THAT DAY. TWO, A RECAP AT DAY ONE. AND THEN WE START TALKING ABOUT GOVERNANCE, IDENTIFYING INITIATIVES AND PRIORITIES, UH, ACTION PLANNING, AND THEN WRAP UP AT THE END OF THE DAY. SO THE GOAL IS TODAY, MUNICIPAL ASSOCIATION TO KICK OFF, TRULY UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON, WHY WE'RE WORKING ON IT. I ENCOURAGE US TO START THINKING, SHOULD WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON IT IF WE'RE NOT DONE, OR ARE WE GOING TO COURSE CORRECT TOMORROW? UM, YOU HAVE IN YOUR BOOK AS WELL, UM, COUPLE TABS. THREE TABS IN ALL OF OUR PRIORITIES THERE ARE IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN, TOP 15 PRIORITIES. AND, AND WE HAVE EXPLAINED AS BEST WE CAN WHERE WE ARE WITH EVERYTHING, PROBABLY A LOT MORE INFORMATION THAN YOU NEED TO KNOW, BUT IF IT'S THERE, IT'S THERE FOR YOU. UM, WE, WE ALSO HAVE SUMMARIZED IN ADDITION TO THE TOP 15 PRIORITIES, SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T TALK A LOT ABOUT IS THE ITEMS NUMBER 16 TO 56 IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN DOCUMENT. THOSE WHILE NOT TOP 15, I WOULD CALL THOSE THE TOP 56, BECAUSE WE'RE WORKING ON A LOT OF THEM. AND THEN A FINAL PAGE ON HERE ARE, AND I KEPT THEM SEPARATE ON PURPOSE, ADDITIONAL PRIORITY ITEMS IDENTIFIED AT LAST YEAR'S STRATEGIC PLAN SESSION. SO ONE OF THEM WAS ADVANCE THE FORMER MODERN CLASSIC MOTOR SITE AND RECRUIT MEDICAL OR PRIMARY BUSINESS PRIMARY JOBS TO THAT SITE. SO THAT WAS JUST ONE OF THEM. SO WE HAVE IN YOUR BUDGET CALENDAR, WE'LL GO OVER LATER. YOU HAVE A PRINTOUT OF YOUR PRESENTATION, THREE PER PAGE. I THINK WE CAN SEE IT, BUT IT'S MORE FOR YOUR NOTES AND REFERENCE THAN ANYTHING. AND THEN AT THE BACK OF THE BOOK IS A SOMEWHAT LONG MEMO. WE KEEP TRACK OF THINGS THAT WE'RE PROUD OF THAT, THAT WE HOPE YOU'RE PROUD OF, I BELIEVE YOU'RE PROUD OF. UM, WHETHER [00:20:01] IT'S POLICY, PROJECT, OPERATIONS, OR SOMETHING IN BETWEEN. WE'VE FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS SHARED WITH YOU VIA A MEMO OF WHAT, WHAT WE THINK THOSE ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE. MARK, IF I MIGHT, UM, IN REGARDS TO PUBLIC COMMENT, UM, SINCE WE'VE GOT SOME FOLKS THAT ARE HERE AND IT IS A RATHER LONG DAY, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT BEFORE WE TAKE OUR FIRST BREAK THIS MORNING, THAT WE ALLOW SOME PUBLIC COMMENT AT THAT POINT IN TIME. OBVIOUSLY, IF THAT IS YOUR, YOUR, WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT, THAT'S WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE DAY. UM, AND THEN WE'LL DO ANOTHER ONE LATER THIS AFTERNOON. OKAY, GREAT. MATT, FEW MINUTES. HEATHER, I PROBABLY DON'T NEED THE MICROPHONE. I'LL BE, UH, GENEROUS WITH, UH, WITH OUR, UM, SO MY NAME IS MATT LAUREN. I'M THE, UH, DIRECTOR FOR STRATEGIC GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT AT MRB GROUP. AND, UH, I'M JOINED BY HEATHER, WHO I'LL LET INTRODUCE, UH, HERSELF IN A MOMENT. BUT JUST A, A FEW WORDS ON MRB. UH, WE ARE, UH, ABOUT A HUNDRED YEAR OLD COMPANY, UH, WHO FOR 90 PLUS OF THOSE YEARS HAS DEALT EXCLUSIVELY WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT NEARLY EXCLUSIVELY TODAY, EVEN ABOUT 85% OF OUR WORK IS WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT. UH, WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON, UH, ON DRAWING OUR TALENT, DRAWING OUR TEAMS FROM LOCAL GOVERNMENT. SO I'M A FORMER CITY MANAGER, FORMER DEPARTMENT HEAD, UH, IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT. SPENT ABOUT 20 YEARS SUPPORTING LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. AND, UH, HEATHER, UH, HAS, HAS A, HAS A SIMILAR BACKGROUND THAT INFORMS OUR APPROACH. UH, WE HAD THE PLEASURE OF TALKING WITH A BUNCH OF YOU OVER THE LAST, UH, COUPLE OF WEEKS. AND, UH, I, I CAN JUST TELL YOU THAT BETWEEN HEATHER AND I, WE CALL OURSELVES LOCAL GOVERNMENT NERDS. IT'S, IT'S OUR FAVORITE THING IN THE WORLD TO DO, AND, UH, THAT'S WHY WORKING WITH MRB IS SUCH A PLEASURE. CAN YOU ROLL THAT SLIDE FORWARD? SO, UH, MY BACKGROUND IS, I, UH, I GOT MY START IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, IN A, IN A SMALL COMMUNITY IN, IN VIRGINIA. AND, UM, THAT'S WHERE I LEARNED THAT, UH, YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK A, A CORE PRINCIPLE OF MRB GROUP'S STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS, WHICH IS GREAT PLACES DON'T HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT, RIGHT? THE MAYOR, UH, THIS MORNING ASKED US TO KIND OF TAKE A MOMENT AND, AND PUT HILTON HEAD ISLAND INTO PERSPECTIVE, RIGHT? UM, A A VIRTUAL, IF NOT AN ACTUAL PARADISE, RIGHT? A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE DREAM OF RETIRING, TO RELOCATING, TO MOVING TO. UM, SO IN, IN MY BACKGROUND, UH, AS I, AS I WORKED UP MY, WORKED MY WAY UP THROUGH THE RANKS, I ENDED UP, UH, ACROSS THE BROAD RIVER IN BEAUFORT. UH, I WAS THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER IN BEAUFORT FOR A BUNCH OF YEARS. AND WE USED TO SIT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT RIVER AND SAY, MAN, IF ONLY WE WERE LIKE HILTON HEAD, IF WE COULD JUST FIGURE THIS OUT, FIGURE OUT A WAY TO BECOME MORE LIKE HILTON HEAD ISLAND. AND I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, FORMER CITY MANAGERS AND AND TOWN MANAGERS IN HERE WHO PROBABLY THOUGHT THE SAME WAY. IF WE COULD ONLY FIGURE OUT HOW TO BE MORE LIKE HILTON HEAD, WELL, ALONG THE WAY, I MET A WOMAN WHO'S FROM THE NORTH. UH, AND SO I, UH, HAVE SPENT THE LAST 20 YEARS, OR I'M SORRY, THE LAST 15 YEARS IN, UH, UPSTATE NEW YORK. AND IF YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT A PLACE WHO WANTS TO BE MORE LIKE HILTON HEAD, COME ON UP TO UPSTATE NEW YORK, NOT JUST FOR THE WEATHER, BY THE WAY, WHICH IT'S A BALMY 22 DEGREES UP THERE THIS MORNING. UH, NOBODY IN HERE PROBABLY EVEN OWNS A WINDSHIELD SCRAPER. I, IF YOU DON'T OWN ONE, I, I WON'T, I WON'T BORE YOU WITH THE DETAILS OF IT, BUT IT'S NOT FUN. UM, BUT IN UPSTATE NEW YORK, BEYOND THE WEATHER, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A PLACE THAT'S DYING, LITERALLY DYING, RIGHT? COMMUNITIES ARE FOLDING UP EVERY DAY BECAUSE OF THE MARKET DYNAMICS THERE. AND SO WHAT I, WHAT I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO AS WE MOVE THROUGH TODAY, AND, AND AS THINGS GET SPIRITED AND PEOPLE GET EXCITED ABOUT THINGS OR PASSIONATE ABOUT THINGS, I WANT YOU TO TAKE THE MAYOR'S WORD TO HEART AND SETTLE IN AND THINK ABOUT PERSPECTIVE. UM, SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT MY BACKGROUND THAN YOU NEEDED TO KNOW. BUT I, I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE TODAY AND I'M HAPPY TO INTRODUCE, UH, HEATHER SIMMONS JONES. ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING, Y'ALL ARE LUCKY. 'CAUSE UH, YOU DON'T HAVE TO LISTEN TO ME ALL DAY WITH MY FROG VOICE. BUT, UM, THANK YOU, MATT. THANK YOU, MARK AND SEAN. UM, SO I'M THE PRINCIPAL OVER SOUTHEAST OPERATIONS FOR MRB GROUP. I JOINED THE FIRM ABOUT FOUR AND A HALF YEARS AGO, AND AS MATT SAID, COME OUT OF A LOCAL GOVERNMENT BACKGROUND. UM, AT THE RIPE AGE OF 23, I WAS A COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AND AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR. [00:25:01] AND WHAT I LEARNED IN THOSE FIVE YEARS OF HAVING THAT DUAL ROLE IS THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS A LOT MORE FUN THAN ADMINISTRATION. SO MY NEXT ROLE WAS WITH BEAUFORT COUNTY. AND, UM, THERE USED TO BE AN ORGANIZATION HERE CALLED THE GREATER BEAUFORT HILTON HEAD ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP. IT PRECEDED WHAT IS NOW THE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION THAT JOHN O'TOOLE RUNS. AND THAT IS WHERE MATT AND I MET WHEN HE WAS THE ASSISTANT AND MANAGER, AND I WAS THE DIRECT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE GREATER BEAUFORT HILTON HEAD PARTNERSHIP. I LEARNED A LOT, I LEARNED A LOT IN THAT BEAUFORT COUNTY, UM, FOUR YEARS, ONE OF WHICH IS THAT RIVERS CAN BE VERY DECIDING, UH, FACTORS THAT THEY CAN BE DIVISIVE IF YOU WANT THEM TO. AND, UM, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MATT HIT ON, AND ONE OF THE THINGS YOU'LL HEAR US TALK ABOUT A LOT OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS IS REALLY BEING DELIBERATE ABOUT TRYING TO GET TO CONSENSUS, RIGHT? THAT'S THE WAY WE ALL WIN. THAT'S THE WAY WE ALL, UM, SET OUR GOALS AND EXPECTATIONS FROM THESE TWO DAYS. WE'VE GOT TO GAIN CONSENSUS. AND SO, UM, I WILL PAUSE THERE AND SAY, THERE'S TWO THINGS THAT I'M HOPING, UH, THAT WE REALLY CONCENTRATE ON AND THINGS I WOULD ASK OF YOU, KIND OF A A PERSONAL PRIVILEGE MOMENT. AND THAT IS, YOU KNOW, BE PRESENT. UM, IT'S EASY WHEN YOU'RE GIVING UP TWO DAYS TO HAVE THINGS GOING ON IN YOUR PERSONAL LIVES, HAVING YOUR EMAIL GOING OFF IN YOUR PHONE AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS, BUT WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU AS COUNCIL MEMBERS. AND SO I'D ASK THAT YOU BE PRESENT. AND SECONDLY, I'D ASK THAT YOU PARTICIPATE BECAUSE IT'S NOT OUR PLAN, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S THE TOWN'S PLAN. AND SO WE WANT THIS TO BE INTERACTIVE AND ENGAGING. UM, AFTER I LEFT BEAUFORT, I WENT ON TO ANDERSON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA, WHERE I WAS ASSISTANT COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AND WAS OVER THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT THERE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. UM, AND THEN TOOK A TURN, DECIDED TO GET A GRADUATE DEGREE IN HR. AND AT THAT POINT, UM, WENT AND STARTED MY OWN FIRM FOR, FOR A COUPLE YEARS DOING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND HR CONSULTING, WHICH BROUGHT ME BACK TO THIS AREA. I WORKED WITH A LOT OF THE MUNICIPALITIES IN BEAUFORT COUNTY ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY AND A VARIETY OF OTHER, UM, WAYS IN ORDER TO PROGRESS THOSE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH I WAS WORKING. UH, ONE OF MY CLIENTS AT THE TIME WAS GREENWOOD COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA, AND THAT'S WHEN I GOT THE CHANCE TO WORK WITH CHARLIE BARAU. HE WAS THE CITY MANAGER THERE, AND I WAS SERVING AS CEO OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP THERE. UM, IN THAT TIME IN 2016, WE ANNOUNCED THE LARGEST CAPITAL INVESTMENT IN SOUTH CAROLINA WITH A JAPANESE COMPANY NAMED , AND HAD A REALLY GOOD TIME THERE. IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GROW AND LEARN AND REALLY WORK CLOSELY WITH THE CITIES AND THE COUNTY, UM, UPON LEAVING GREENWOOD. AND I KNOW SOME OF YOU WILL, UM, WILL APPRECIATE THIS PIECE. AND THAT IS, I WROTE A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THIS FLEDGLING ORGANIZATION AT THE TIME CALLED PALMETTO GREEN. IT WAS A CHARTER MEMBER. AND WHEN WE WROTE THAT STRATEGIC PLAN, IT HAS NOW BECOME THE STATE'S FIRST SUSTAINABILITY ACTION PLAN. AND PALMETTO GREEN TURNED INTO SUSTAIN SC. SO THAT IS ONE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT I'VE, UH, BEEN INVOLVED WITH THROUGH THE YEARS. UH, ALSO LED THE STATE'S FEDERAL PROGRAM FOR BROADBAND, UM, CONNECT SC, LOTS OF SCS IN HERE. UM, AS I SAID, I JOINED MRB GROUP ABOUT FOUR AND A HALF YEARS AGO. AND IN THAT CAPACITY, WE HAVE BEEN IN EVERY REGION. WE'VE WORKED WITH THE SMALLEST OF COMMUNITIES, AND IT'S REALLY AMAZING TO GET TO SEE WHAT MATT AND I LOVE TO DO, COME TO FRUITION IN THE WAY THAT IT HAS WITH THE FIRM THAT WE'RE WITH NOW. UM, WE'RE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT HELPING YOU GET THROUGH THIS PROCESS. WE'RE VERY, UM, PASSIONATE ABOUT WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITIES, UM, LEADERSHIP AND EACH OF YOU, AND WE'RE REALLY JUST EXCITED TO BE HERE OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS. SO THANK YOU FOR LETTING US PARTNER WITH YOU. UM, WE'VE PARTNERED ON A FEW OTHER THINGS WITH THE TOWN, AND I KNOW THAT, UM, YOU ALL HAVE THE HEART, HEART FOR YOUR RESIDENTS AND THE PASSION FOR THE COMMUNITY. AND SO LET'S SEE THAT COME OUT OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS. AND, UM, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR JUST LETTING US BE WITH YOU. SEAN, DO YOU HAVE THAT CLICKER? [00:30:10] I AM A CAMERA PERSON'S WORST NIGHTMARE, BECAUSE I'M A WALKER AND A PACER, SO I'M GONNA TRY TO DO THEM A FAVOR TODAY AND JUST STAND AT THE PODIUM. SO I MIGHT GET A LITTLE JUMPY ON YOU, BUT I THINK ONE OF THE, UM, POINTS THAT THE MAYOR STARTED AND OPENED WITH WAS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT I KIND OF POINTED OUT AS WELL. AND THAT IS, MATT AND I GOT INTO UBER LAST NIGHT. WE POP IN THE CAR, YOU KNOW, HEY, HOW ARE YOU, MATT? AND ARE LIKE, WE'RE GREAT. HOW ARE YOU? AND HE GOES, I GET TO LIVE HERE. AND I WAS LIKE, LOOKED AT MATT. I'M LIKE, HUH, THAT IS, THAT IS AMAZING. HE GETS TO LIVE HERE. AND SO THAT'S THE PLACE THAT WE WANNA KIND OF START FROM TODAY. YOU ALL CHOSE TO LIVE IN HILTON, HEAD ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, OR YOU MIGHT'VE BEEN BORN HERE AND BE SOMEONE THAT'S DECIDED TO STAY FOR FIVE GENERATIONS, BUT IT'S BY CHOICE. YOU GET TO LIVE HERE. AND I THINK THAT JUST RESONATED SO MUCH WITH ME THAT, UM, REALLY THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT, IS CONTINUING TO CREATE THE RIGHT SIZED SOLUTIONS, THE RIGHT PLAN FOR A PLACE THAT YOU ALL CHOSE TO CALL HOME. I SAID, I WANTED YOU TO BE PRESENT, I WANTED YOU TO PARTICIPATE. AND, UM, REALLY WHAT I'D LIKE TO START WITH THIS MORNING IS, WHAT IS STRATEGIC PLANNING? WHY ARE WE HERE? WHY DID YOU SPEND TWO DAYS WITH US? MARK HIT ON SOME OF THOSE PIECES. AND YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE LIKE ME, I'M SUPER TYPE A, RIGHT? SO EVERY DAY I'VE GOT A LIST, I'M TRYING TO CHECK OFF THINGS ON MY LIST. IF I DO SOMETHING THAT'S NOT ON MY LIST, I WRITE IT ON THE LIST JUST SO I CAN CHECK IT OFF. THAT'S HOW MUCH I LIKE A LIST. AND OFTENTIMES WE GET KIND OF LOST IN THAT, RIGHT? IT'S LIKE, OH, LET'S GET TO THE NEXT BOX. LET'S CHECK THE BOX, LET'S GET TO THE LIST. LET'S JUST GO AHEAD AND CROSS IT OFF. BUT SOMETIMES WHEN WE'RE ALL, ALL WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS CHECK A BOX, WE MISS THE STEPS THAT GET US TO THAT RESULT. AND ONE OF THE THINGS MATT'S REALLY IS GONNA KIND OF TALK ABOUT OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS IS MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE FOUNDATION IN PLACE SO THAT WHEN WE GET TO THE RESULT, WE KNOW HOW WE GOT THERE AND WE ALL DID IT TOGETHER, RIGHT? SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I JUST WANT TO KIND OF POINT OUT IS, WHILE WE WANT TO KEEP OUR EYES ON THE PRIZE, WE WANT TO GET TO THE RESULT. WE HAVE TO BALANCE THAT WITH MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE DOING IT RIGHT. AND IT'S NOT JUST TO CHECK A BOX, BUT IT'S TO GET THERE THE RIGHT WAY. AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, I KNOW YOU GET CALLS AND EMAILS, AND THERE'S ALWAYS THE ISSUE DU JOUR, RIGHT? THERE'S THIS RESIDENT IS CONCERNED ABOUT THIS ITEM AND THIS RESIDENT HAS A DIFFERENT CONCERN. YOU ARE TRYING TO MANAGE ALL OF THOSE THINGS. AND IF WE'RE NOT CAREFUL, WE END UP JUST KIND OF FLOATING AROUND, RIGHT? WE'RE JUST, WE'RE JUST OUT THERE TRYING TO DO THE BEST WE CAN. BUT WHEN WE HAVE A PLAN, WE CAN GO BACK TO THE PLAN. IS IT IN THE PLAN? YES, IT'S IN THE PLAN. IS IT NOT IN THE PLAN? OKAY. SHOULD IT BE? AND THAT'S AGAIN, WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO THE NEXT TWO DAYS, IS MAKE CERTAIN THAT WHAT'S IN THE PLAN NEEDS TO BE THERE. AND IF THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT AREN'T, WE IDENTIFY THOSE AND WE GET TOGETHER IN A CON, IN A WAY OF CONSENSUS TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT YOU LEAVE WITH IS WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO FOR THE NEXT ONE, TWO, AND THREE YEARS. COMMON PURPOSE. THAT'S REALLY WHAT IT, WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT, RIGHT? CLEARLY STATING YOUR VISION, SETTING UP WHAT THE GOALS ARE, BEING ABLE TO MEASURE THEM, BUT THEY'RE ALL AROUND COMMON PURPOSE. AND IF WE AGREE WHAT THE COMMON PURPOSE IS, WE SHOULD ALL BE ROWING IN THE SAME DIRECTION. SO IDEALLY, WE'RE GOING TO ESTABLISH WHAT THAT COMMON PURPOSE IS. AND I THINK I KNOW THAT IT'S RIGHT HERE. IT'S BECAUSE YOU CALL HILTON HEAD HOME. MATT LIKES TO TALK ABOUT CATALYTIC ACTION. AND I LOVE THAT PHRASE BECAUSE WHAT IS A CATALYST IN A SCIENTIFIC SENSE? IT'S THE AGENT THAT CAUSES A CHEMICAL REACTION. AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT YOU AS COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE, IS THAT AGENT, THAT THAT THING THAT MAKES BIGGER THINGS HAPPEN, ALMOST LIKE A GROUNDSWELL OR A RIPPLE EFFECT. AND SO, AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT HOW WE GET TO 10 ITEMS, 15, WHATEVER IT IS YOU CHOOSE THAT WE PUT [00:35:01] INTO THE PLAN, LET'S THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN BE CATALYTIC ABOUT THOSE ACTIONS. A STRATEGIC PLAN ALSO OFFERS UP ANOTHER KIND OF ELEMENT. THINK ABOUT COMMUNITIES WHO AREN'T GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS. AND THERE'S AN ECONOMIC SHIFT, THERE'S A PANDEMIC, THERE'S A WEATHER INCIDENT. I DON'T LIKE TO USE THE H WORD. UM, COMMUNITIES THAT DON'T HAVE A PLAN ARE CAUGHT FLATFOOTED AT ZERO. SO HAVING A PLAN IN PLACE GIVES YOU A, A HUGE ADVANTAGE IN BEING ABLE TO START FROM THAT PLACE WHENEVER ONE OF THOSE SCENARIOS CHANGES. AND LASTLY, AND WE ALL KNOW THIS, THE PLAN IS, IS THE TOOLBOX, RIGHT? IT'S, IT'S, IT'S THE THING THAT WE CAN GO BACK TO AND USE TO MOVE THE COMMUNITY FORWARD. IT'S A PATH TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY. IT'S A WAY TO ENHANCE COLLABORATIONS, NOT JUST AMONGST YOU, NOT JUST AMONGST YOU AND YOUR RESIDENTS, BUT YOU AND YOUR STAFF AND YOUR TEAM, IDEALLY, IF YOU'RE CLEARLY ARTICULATING IT. IT'S ALSO A WAY TO ENHANCE THE COLLABORATIONS WITH THE COUNTY BECAUSE THEY KNOW WHERE YOU STAND. SO AS WE KIND OF LOOK AT THIS, I WANT YOU TO, YOU KNOW, THINK ABOUT WE DON'T HAVE UNLIMITED RESOURCES. OUR PLAN IS A WAY THAT WE APPROPRIATELY ALLOCATE THOSE RESOURCES. IT'S A WAY WE GET THE COMMON PURPOSE. IT'S A WAY WE ENHANCE THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE HAVE TOGETHER INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY. AND IT'S A WAY TO PUT GOALS IN PLACE THAT WE CAN MEASURE, BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW IF WE DON'T MEASURE IT, IT DOESN'T GET, DOESN'T GET DONE. SO I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO MATT AND LET HIM KIND OF WALK YOU THROUGH THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS. UH, BUT AGAIN, WE ARE DELIGHTED TO BE HERE. WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE NEXT TWO DAYS. ALRIGHT, THANKS HEATHER. GREAT OVERVIEW. SO, UH, THERE'S A, THERE'S AN OLD BOOK OUT THERE, UH, SIMON SINEK, A BOOK WAS CALLED START WITH WHY, RIGHT? SO START WITH WHY THE PRINCIPLE WILL START WITH WHY WAS 90% OF ORGANIZATIONS START WITH WHAT, RIGHT? UH, THEY START WITH A CHECKLIST. WHAT HEATHER WAS REFERENCING, HEATHER AND I HAVE VERY SIMILAR PERSONALITIES. I GOT THIS BIG BOOK OVER HERE, AND IT'S MY BIG BOOK OF CHECKLISTS. AND IF I DON'T FORCE MYSELF TO BACK OFF A LITTLE BIT, UH, AND ASK MYSELF WHY I'M HERE, BEFORE I KNOW IT, I'M STUCK IN THE TREES, RIGHT? INSTEAD OF LOOKING AT THE FOREST. UM, AND SO THE PRINCIPLE I'LL START WITH WHY IS REALLY GREAT ORGANIZATIONS, AND IT'S ONLY JUST A COUPLE OF PERCENTAGE POINTS, 5% OR SO, ASK THEMSELVES BEFORE THEY DO ANYTHING, WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? WHAT, WHAT ARE WE AFTER HERE? AND I LIKE TO THINK ABOUT HILTON HEAD ISLAND AS IN THAT 5% OF REALLY GREAT PLACES OF REALLY GREAT COMMUNITIES. AND SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA ASK YOU TO DO THIS, UH, OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS IS TO START WITH WHY. AND YOU'VE ALREADY GOT THAT. YOUR VISION AND YOUR MISSION, RIGHT? THE VISION AND THE MISSION. UH, FIRST COUPLE OF PAGES OF YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN, AND I WON'T READ THE WHOLE THING, BUT YOUR MISSION EFFECTIVELY IS TO PROMOTE THE HEALTH AND VITALITY OF THE COMMUNITY. THINK ABOUT THOSE WORDS, HEALTH AND VITALITY, RIGHT? HEALTH CAN BE PRETTY CLEAR. THAT CAN MEAN PHYSICAL HEALTH. BUT I ALSO THINK ABOUT ECONOMIC HEALTH. I THINK ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. AND SO I THINK ABOUT SOCIAL HEALTH, HOW CONNECTED OUR COMMUNITY IS. THAT'S, THAT'S YOUR MISSION. THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE HERE FOR, THE HEALTH AND VITALITY OF THE COMMUNITY. AND YOUR VISION IS TO BUILD AN INCLUSIVE AND DIVERSE COMMUNITY, RIGHT? SO IF WE CAN START FROM THERE, IF EVERYBODY CAME IN THIS ROOM TODAY TO DO THAT, THEN WE'RE AHEAD OF THE GAME, RIGHT? AND SO CHARLIE'S GONNA DIG INTO, UH, TO HOW THE, UH, THE OPERATIONAL ROLES PLAY OUT. BUT WHEN THEY, WHEN WE, WHEN WE ALL WENT TO CITY AND TOWN MANAGER SCHOOL, THEY TOLD US COUNCIL DEALS UP HERE IN THE POLICIES AND THE VISION AND MANAGERS DEAL DOWN HERE. I'M GONNA GET THIS WRONG. THERE WE GO. MANAGERS DEAL DOWN HERE IN THE STRATEGIES. NO, I, I KNEW IT WAS TOO FANCY FOR ME TO WORK ON MANAGERS DEAL DOWN HERE IN THE TACTICS, RIGHT? AND SO THAT'S GREAT. IT LOOKS GOOD IN A TEXTBOOK. SOMEBODY'S GOTTA WRITE THIS STUFF DOWN. BUT IN REAL LIFE, THE CLOSER WE GET TO STRATEGY, THE BLURRIER THE LINE GETS, RIGHT? AND SO THERE'S [00:40:01] NO QUESTION THAT CITY COUNCIL OR TOWN COUNCIL'S ROLE HERE IS TO DEFINE VISION AND MISSION. YOU'VE DONE THAT, YOU'VE DONE THAT BY VIRTUE OF YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LAYS IT OUT. WELL, THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT THE TOWN COUNCIL'S ROLE IS TO ESTABLISH GOALS. HOW DO WE KNOW THIS COMMUNITY IS MOVING FORWARD IN THE WAY IT SHOULD MOVE FORWARD? HOW DO WE KNOW WE'RE GETTING THERE? AND THEN AT STRATEGY COUNCIL SETS THOSE MILEPOSTS, THESE ARE THE BIG, CHUNKY THINGS THAT ARE GONNA HELP US MOVE CLOSER TOWARD OUR VISION. NOW, BEYOND THAT, COUNCIL HAS TO START TO BACK OFF, RIGHT? BECAUSE, UH, AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE STAFF NEEDS SOME ABILITY TO MOVE AROUND. NOW, THERE'S A, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS LATER, BUT THERE'S SOME ACCOUNTABILITY. THERE ARE THINGS YOU CAN DO, METRICS, THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE DOING ALL THE RIGHT THINGS. UM, BUT EVERY GREAT STRATEGIC PLAN STARTS WITH THAT VISION, WHICH YOU'VE GOT IDENTIFIES A FEW GOALS, WHICH YOU'VE GOT AND ADDRESSES STRATEGY AND TACTICS, RIGHT? SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE GONNA ASK YOU TO DO, SO WE HAD OUR, OUR, UH, GREAT PLACES DON'T HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT, RIGHT? THAT'S ONE OF OUR TAGLINES. OUR OUR SECOND ARE THE TWO RULES OF STRATEGIC PLANNING. ONE, GET THE BIG THINGS RIGHT, THE CATALYTIC ACTIONS GET THE BIG THINGS RIGHT. AND TWO, NOT EVERYTHING'S A BIG THING, RIGHT? NOT EVERYTHING'S A BIG THING. AS WE POURED OVER THE, THE HOT 51, THE FAB 51, IN YOUR, IN YOUR COMP OR IN YOUR, IN YOUR CURRENT STRATEGIC PLAN, WE, WE SAW A LOT OF CHECKLIST ITEMS, RIGHT? A LOT OF TO DOS IN THERE, THINGS THAT WERE CERTAINLY IMPORTANT TO PEOPLE. BUT WHEN WE, WHEN WE ASK OURSELVES WHAT ARE THE BIG THINGS WE, WE REALLY HAVE TO FOCUS, RIGHT? I HAD A, WHEN I WAS A CITY MANAGER, I HAD A, A, A CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR, A CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR CALL ME AND PRE-FIRE ME. HE JUST WANTED TO LET ME KNOW THAT WHEN HE GOT ELECTED, I WAS OUT. AND I SAID, OH MY GOD, WHAT AM I DOING SOMETHING WRONG? HE SAID, MATT, THERE ARE NO GOOD CITY MANAGERS AND BAD CITY MANAGERS. HE SAID, 85% OF YOUR DAY IS JAMMED UP WITH GETTING THE POTHOLES FILLED, GETTING THE PARKS MOWED, GETTING THE CODE ENFORCEMENT GUYS DOING WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING. IT'S WHAT YOU DO WITH THE OTHER 15% THAT IDENTIFIES WHO YOU ARE AS A, AS A MANAGER. AND I WOULD, I WOULD, THAT GUY THANKFULLY DIDN'T GET ELECTED. SO I DIDN'T GET, ACTUALLY, I DIDN'T GET REAL FIRED. I ONLY GOT PRE-FIRE. BUT, UM, BUT HE WAS RIGHT. YOU HAVE A 85% OF YOUR BUDGET IS LOCKED UP. IT'S LOCKED UP IN STUFF THAT YOU JUST GOTTA GET DONE. WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO WITH THAT OTHER 15%? WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO WITH THAT DISCRETIONARY EFFORT? THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA TRY TO GET AT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. SO TOMORROW WE'RE GOING TO HOLD YOU TO STRATEGY. WHEN YOU START TO WANDER DOWN INTO TACTICS AND TO DO LISTS, WE'RE GONNA BACK YOU OFF. WE'RE GONNA ASK YOU TO STEP UP A LITTLE BIT. WE'RE GONNA PRAY THAT WE DON'T END UP WITH 51 THINGS. WE DON'T WANT 51 STRATEGIES, RIGHT? I THINK WE CAN BE MORE ECONOMICAL THAN 15, BUT WE'LL SEE. UM, SO GET THE BIG THINGS RIGHT? NOT EVERYTHING'S A BIG THING. START WITH VISION. YOU'VE GOT IT. KEEP THAT VISION IN MIND AS WE MOVE FORWARD. MARK, CAN YOU CLICK IT FORWARD ONE MORE? JUST GOT, WE HAVE, JUST HAVE ONE MORE SLIDE, THEN WE'RE GONNA, OH, SORRY. OH, GOOD. . THAT'S HELPFUL. NOW. UH, NO, I'M JUST KIDDING. SO, WHERE STRATEGIC PLANS COME FROM, STRATEGIC PLANS COME FROM YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. YOU ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY REALLY HEAVILY, RIGHT? THEY PARTICIPATED, THEY HELPED SET THE VISION. THEY, UH, THEY EFFECTIVELY LET COUNCIL KNOW WHERE YOU WANT, WHERE THEY WANT THIS PLACE TO GO. SO THE, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN INFORMS A STRATEGIC PLAN. THE STRATEGIC PLAN IS THE IMPLEMENTATION TOOL OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, RIGHT? SO, UH, YOU TOGGLE BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN STRATEGIC PLAN AND STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN. IT'S A STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN. WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO? HOW ARE WE GONNA MOVE THIS THING FORWARD? AND WE'RE GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT TOMORROW. SO, COUNCIL'S BACK IN THE ROLE HERE OF ADOPTING AN ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET THAT'S GONNA MODERATE THAT STRATEGIC PLAN, HOW FAST WE CAN MOVE ON. THE STRATEGIC PLAN DEPENDS WHOLLY ON A COUPLE OF THINGS. ONE, THE RESOURCES YOU ARE WILLING TO ALLOCATE, AND TWO, THE YOUR COMMITMENT TO POLICY DIRECTION, YOUR COMMITMENT TO MOVING THI THESE THINGS FORWARD. MARSH'S GONNA SHOW YOU AN EXHIBIT LATER. I DON'T WANT TO DO TOO MANY SPOILER ALERTS HERE, BUT I, UM, MARSH'S GONNA SHOW YOU AN EXHIBIT [00:45:01] LATER THAT TALKS ABOUT THE LEGISLATIVE ACTION, THE POLICY ACTION THAT'S NEEDED TO DRIVE SOME OF THIS FORWARD. AND I CAN TELL YOU, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF ROOM TO MISS. THERE'S NOT A LOT OF ROOM TO DILLY DALLY. THERE'S NOT A LOT OF ROOM TO TABLE AND KICK IT DOWN THE ROAD A COUPLE OF MONTHS. IF YOU'RE GONNA MOVE STRATEGY FORWARD, YOU HAVE TO, YOU HAVE TO BE ACTION ORIENTED. BUT THAT ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET IS GONNA METER HOW FAST YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN MOVES, HOW FAST OR SLOW IT MOVES. UM, AND THEN WHAT THAT DOES, ONCE YOU GIVE MARK THE RESOURCES HE NEEDS, MARK AND HIS TEAM, THE RESOURCES THEY NEED, HE CAN ENGAGE IN STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT. HE CAN TIE HIS BUDGET PERFORMANCE AND HIS STAFF PERFORMANCE TO THOSE BIG PICTURE GOALS, THOSE STRATEGIES AND TOOLS THAT ARE THOSE STRATEGIES AND TACTICS THAT ARE LAID OUT IN THE PLAN. SO IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE A FUN COUPLE OF DAYS. WE ARE GONNA, WE ARE GONNA, UH, AGAIN, TRY TO HOLD EVERYONE ACCOUNTABLE TO THEIR SPECIFIC ROLES. WE'RE GONNA TRY TO HOLD EVERYONE ACCOUNTABLE TO HEATHER WAS GETTING AT SOME, YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR GROUND RULES, WHICH ARE, BE PRESENT, BE HERE. YOU'RE ALREADY HERE. THAT'S GREAT. THE THIRD RULE, MS. PATSY GAVE ME SOMETHING THAT, THAT, UH, WE, WE CALL IT SERENDIPITOUS TODAY. SHE PICKED, SHE'S A TEA LADY. SO SHE PICKED UP HER TEA PACKET THIS MORNING AND HER TEA PACKET, THE NAME OF THE TEA IS HARMONIC MINT. HARMONIC MINT. SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO GET DONE HERE, UH, OVER THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS, IS GONNA REQUIRE US TO BE HARMONIOUS. THAT DOESN'T MEAN WITHOUT CONFLICT, BY THE WAY. WE'RE GOOD. WE SHOULD HAVE CONFLICT, WE SHOULD HAVE CONVERSATION. BUT LET'S BE HARMONIOUS ABOUT IT. LET'S REMEMBER WHY WE ALL CAME HERE. WE ALL CAME HERE FOR THE SAME REASON. BECAUSE WE WANNA MAKE HILTON HEAD A GREAT COMMUNITY TO LIVE AND WORK AND INVEST. AND SO WHEN SOMEBODY IS, WHEN SOMEBODY IS, UH, DRONING ON LIKE I AM RIGHT NOW, JUST REMEMBER THEY'RE, THEY'RE DOING IT FOR THE RIGHT REASON. THEY'RE COMING FROM THE RIGHT PLACE. SO IT'S GONNA BE FUN, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. SO WE'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO MARK, SEAN HAW. WELL, THANK YOU, UH, MATT AND HEATHER, ONE THING THAT I ALSO WANT TO SAY IS YOU, YOU SEE THE MICROPHONE AND THE LASER POINTER AND THE PAPERWORK. I, I, I DIDN'T SAY A BIG THANK YOU TO KIM GAMMON FOR SHOWING UP EARLY, SHOWING UP DAYS IN ADVANCE, ALMOST ON A RECON MISSION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE EVERYTHING WE NEED TODAY. AND THE MATERIALS ARE ALL SET. SO, AND THEN KIM'S ALSO THE PERSON THAT'S GONNA BE HELPING PUT THE AGENDAS TOGETHER AND THE PACKETS TOGETHER FOR EVERYTHING WE DO. SO, A VERY SPECIAL, UH, THANK YOU TO KIM AS WELL. SO, UH, WITH THAT, CHARLIE, YEAH, I'LL GO BACK TO THAT . YOU WANT ME JUST TO SKIP THAT OR COVER THAT? YOU'LL, YOU'LL GO BACK. YOU WANT ME TO BACK UP MUNICIPAL? SORRY, I'LL GO BACK. GO EVEN MUNICIPAL. OKAY, THERE. GO AHEAD. GREAT. WELL, UM, I DO NOT DO PODIUMS, SO I, I, I APOLOGIZE. UM, BUT GOOD MORNING, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I'M CHARLIE BARAU WITH THE MUNICIPAL ASSOCIATION. UM, AS, AS HEATHER SAID, YES, I, I DID WORK FOR THE CITY OF GREENWOOD FOR 20 YEARS, WAS THEIR CITY MANAGER FOR NINE OF THOSE YEARS. UM, THE SLIDES THAT I HAVE, UM, UH, UH, I'M GONNA TRY MY BEST, UM, TO NOT USE THE SLIDES. I'M GONNA TALK TO YOU. UH, THE SLIDES ARE MORE MEANT, IF YOU WANNA LOOK AT IT LATER. THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF REFERENCES. UH, I KNOW THAT SOME OF YOU MAY BE RELATIVELY NEW, SO IT, IT'S THERE, UH, FOR, UH, REFERENCE. UM, UH, THESE SLIDES TOO HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO A LOT OF COMMUNITIES. I'VE BEEN WITH THE ASSOCIATION FOR SIX YEARS. I'VE GIVEN THIS EXACT SAME PRESENTATION IN MYRTLE BEACH, IN FLORENCE, IN SUMPTER. SO NONE OF THESE SLIDES ARE, ARE SPECIFIC FOR HILTON HEAD. THIS IS WHAT WE GIVE, UH, FOR GOVERNANCE FOR ALL. UM, AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A GREAT, I, I AGREE. I'M, I'M GLAD THAT, THAT MARK AND THE TEAM PUT ME KIND OF IN THE BEGINNING, UH, BECAUSE IT, IT DOES SET THE TONE. IF, IF WE CAN'T GET THE GOVERNANCE RIGHT, THEN ALL THE REST IS GOING TO STRUGGLE. UM, AND, AND THAT IS THE TRUTH. I'M NOT GONNA, AND I, I, I, I, I THINK I SAW THE MAYOR HAD USED THE WORD HARMONY, AND I, AND, AND I HEARD THE WORD, UH, HARMONIOUS. UH, I, I LOVE THE WORD MARRIAGE. IF Y'ALL DIDN'T REALIZE IT, YOU'RE MARRIED. AND, AND SO WELCOME. AND, AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT. I HOPE YOU'RE NOT GONNA RAISE YOUR HAND LIKE ONE COUNCIL MEMBER DID. AND HE LOOKED AT ME, HE SAID, WELL, I'M READY TO GET A DIVORCE. IT DOESN'T [00:50:01] WORK THAT WAY. THERE'S NO DIVORCE LAW FOR A COUNCIL. SO, UM, ALL JOKING ASIDE, UM, AGAIN, I'M GOING TO BRING YOU SOME REALITY AND THING AGAIN, WE SEE ACROSS, ACROSS THE STATE. I DID WANT TO, UH, RECOGNIZE DESIREE, WE'RE CERTAINLY HAPPY TO, UH, HAVE HER ON THE BOARD. UH, MANY OF YOU MAY HAVE, UH, MET ASHLEY CALLAHAN. SHE COVERED THIS AREA. DESIREE STARTED IN JANUARY, AND, AND SO GLAD TO HAVE HER AGAIN. WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT YOUR ROLE AS A COUNCIL MEMBER. GONNA QUICKLY GLANCE OVER THESE SLIDES, THE ASSOCIATION. WE'RE AN ADVOCATE OF YOURS. WE'RE A NONPROFIT CREATED 90 YEARS AGO. UH, WE DO A LOT OF THINGS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU. WE COLLECT SOME OF YOUR TAXES, YOUR LICENSES. UM, WE ADVOCATE ON YOUR BEHALF. WE'VE GOT A TEAM IN COLUMBIA RIGHT NOW, AND IT IS HOT AND HEAVY. IT IS IN THE DEPTHS OF THE GENERAL LEGISL. THE, THE SESSION THERE IN COLUMBIA. EXTREMELY COMPLEX. I'LL BE HONEST, I'M GLAD I'M HITTING HILTON HEAD AND NOT COLUMBIA. UM, RISK MANAGEMENT. SO WE, UH, PROVIDE, UH, UH, GENERAL LIABILITY INSURANCE, WORKERS' COMPENSATION. WE PROVIDE YOUR WORKERS' COMPENSATION THROUGH OUR, OUR PROGRAM, UH, EDUCATION AND TRAINING, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. THAT'S WHY I'M HERE. UM, WE DO A LOT OF, UH, MATERIALS, UH, UH, PODCASTS. UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE OUT IN THE FIELD AND WE MAY HEAR THINGS. UH, AND, AND WHEN WE HEAR THOSE THINGS, THAT'S WHEN WE WRITE AN EDUCATIONAL PIECE. UH, I MAY HAVE SOMEBODY SAY, WELL, I'M, I'M TRYING TO, UM, SELL A PIECE OF PROPERTY. DESIREE HEARS THE SAME THING. WE'RE GONNA WRITE AN ARTICLE ABOUT HOW YOU SELL A PIECE OF PROPERTY. SO, SO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE KEEPING UP, UM, CIVILITY AND RESPECT. SO WE'VE, WE LIVE IN A WORLD OF SOCIAL MEDIA, RIGHT? TV, I, I DON'T HAVE TO TELL Y'ALL THE COMPLEXITY, UH, OF WHAT GOES ON EVERY DAY. AND SO, IN 2021, OUR BOARD ADOPTED A CIVILITY CAMPAIGN BECAUSE IT WAS NEEDED. AND SO, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING. THE OTHER TWO, UM, COMPONENTS THAT THEY, UH, ADOPTED THAT YEAR WAS, UH, WE NEED TO FOCUS ON WORKFORCE RETENTION. THESE FOLKS OVER HERE, AND I DID, I SHOULD HAVE SAID, UM, FIRST RECOGNIZE AND SAY, THANK YOU. I MEANT TO START. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. UM, YOU'VE GOT A HARD JOB. UM, AND SO THANK YOU. AND I DID WANNA RECOGNIZE THE STAFF. MARK IS RIGHT. ALL THE WORK THAT PUT THIS ON. I WAS HAVING FLASHBACKS SITTING OVER HERE GOING, DID I MAKE SURE THAT THIS COUNCIL WOMAN'S DIET COKE WAS? 'CAUSE AGAIN, AS A CITY MANAGER, THOSE ARE THE THINGS YOU'RE MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S COMFORTABLE, THAT THE MIC WORK. I WAS HAVING SOME FLASHBACKS, BUT, UM, UH, SO, SO BACK TO CIVILITY, UH, AGAIN, CIVILITY, WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THOSE WERE THE THREE GOALS OF OUR BOARD FIVE YEARS AGO. AND THOSE THINGS TIE TOGETHER, RIGHT? IF THIS GROUP CAN'T BE CIVIL, HERE, AGAIN, MARRIAGE TEAM, WE'RE NOT GONNA RETAIN OUR WORKFORCE, AND WE'RE NOT GONNA BRING IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. Y'ALL KNOW THAT. UH, I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT, BUT, BUT IT'S CRITICAL. UM, SO THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT. UM, SOME OF OUR UP UPCOMING MEETINGS, OF COURSE, WE WERE SNOWED OUT, UM, UH, JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO. UM, AND SO THOSE OF YOU THAT MAY BE PARTICIPATING IN OUR MUNICIPAL ELECTED OFFICIALS INSTITUTE, IT GOT PUSHED UP TO MARCH THE 26TH. SO HOPEFULLY SOME OF YOU THAT MAY WANT TO TAKE SESSION A OR B, YOU CAN STILL SIGN UP FOR THAT. AND THEN WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE RIGHT HERE IN THIS BEAUTIFUL SPACE, UH, COME, UH, JULY. SO, UM, GREAT TO BE BACK IN HILTON HEAD, UH, FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING. UH, AGAIN, I'M GONNA GO QUICK, BUT THE NEXT FEW SLIDES, AND WHEN WE GET INTO THE FORM OF GOVERNMENT, I THINK ARE THE REASON THAT I WAS ASKED TO SPEAK, THESE ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT SLIDES THAT IF WE CANNOT, AND IT'S HARD BACK TO MARRIAGE, UM, IF WE CAN'T GET THESE RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA STRUGGLE WITH THE REST OF IT. WE REALLY WILL. UM, SO THE ELECTION IS ABOUT YOU, RIGHT? IT ALL I CARE ABOUT IS WINNING. AND THEN YOU GET ELECTED AND THEN YOU REALIZE, WOW, I GOTTA GET SEVEN PEOPLE NOW TO AGREE WITH ME. UH, THAT IS MUCH HARDER. AND SO, AND CERTAINLY, I, I KNOW Y'ALL HAVE AWARDS. WE, WE HAD THE SAME THING IN, IN GREENWOOD AWARD, UH, A SET UP. AND YOU, YOU WANT TO REPRESENT YOUR CONSTITUENTS. AND, BUT THE REALITY IS, YOU'VE GOTTA BE STRATEGIC. NOW WE'RE, WE'RE MARRIED, RIGHT? AND IF I COULD WAKE UP WITH MY WIFE AND, AND SAY, HEY, I NEED YOU TO DO THIS FOR ME TODAY. SHE'S GONNA LOOK BACK AT ME AND GO, HONEY, I GOT A LONG LIST. SORRY. TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF. SO YOU'VE GOTTA WORK THROUGH [00:55:01] THOSE THINGS, UM, IN, IN YOUR LIFE. AND SO COUNCILS THAT ARE EFFECTIVE, LEARN THAT THEY LEARN EACH OTHER. Y Y'ALL HAVE GOT TO GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER. I, I DON'T KNOW HOW ELSE TO TELL YOU TO BUILD TRUST, UM, ONE-ON-ONE, HAVE COFFEE TOGETHER, UH, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, LEARN ABOUT EACH OTHER. LEARN ABOUT EACH OTHER'S FAMILY. LEARN ABOUT EACH OTHER'S BIRTHDAY. THE MORE THOSE PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS THAT YOU CAN HAVE WITH EACH OTHER, THE BETTER. BECAUSE AGAIN, IT BUILDS THE MARRIAGE. IT, IT TRULY DOES. AND, AND THOSE COUNCILS THAT, THAT SAY, WELL, I'M JUST NOT GONNA INVEST THAT TIME. I GOT TOO MUCH ELSE TO WORRY ABOUT. YOU'RE GONNA STRUGGLE. I, I JUST, UM, IN MY 25 YEAR CAREER, UM, I'VE SEEN IT. THIS WAS, THIS WAS MY COUNCIL, AND THIS WAS OUR STRATEGIC PLAN SESSION, UM, IN, OH, UH, 2015, UH, HELD AT THE DR. BENJAMIN E. MAYS MUSEUM. AGAIN, STRATEGIC LOCATION. SAME HERE. I THINK THIS IS STRATEGIC LOCATION. WE TALK ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. WE ARE IN THE ENGINE OF Y'ALL'S TOURISM RIGHT HERE, UM, IN THIS, IN THIS FACILITY. UM, BUT YOU GOTTA RECOGNIZE EACH OTHER, RIGHT? THOSE WERE SOME DIFFERENT FOLKS UP THERE. I HAD EVERYTHING FROM AN ATTORNEY TO A REAL ESTATE INDIVIDUAL. UM, I HAD INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE MILL WORKERS. I HAD INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE NOT, UH, HAD NO HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION. EACH OF THEM WAS DIFFERENT, RIGHT? UM, SOME ALL I HAD TO DO WAS TEXT THEM. SOME, I HAD TO CALL THEM SOME. NEITHER OF THOSE WORKED. I HAD TO TAKE THE TIME, GO TO THEIR HOME AND SIT ON THEIR FRONT PORCH, SWING WITH THEM TO GET THE MESSAGE, TO ALLOW THEM TO LISTEN, LET ME LISTEN TO THEM, AND THEN VICE VERSA. MY POINT IS, IT TAKES WORK. IT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN A MARRIAGE. IT TAKES WORK. SO IT'S NOT JUST THE COUNCIL MEETING. THERE'S A LOT THAT Y'ALL HAVE GOT TO DO AS A TEAM OUTSIDE, UM, OF THIS, THIS SPACE, UH, TO MAKE IT WORK. UM, AND, AND SO YOU GOTTA EMBRACE ALL THAT, RIGHT? UM, UH, TO, TO, TO MAKE IT WORK. AND AGAIN, I'VE NEVER BEEN AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, SO IT IS NOT EASY. UM, BUT AGAIN, YOU, YOU SIGNED UP FOR THIS, UH, TO PROTECT THIS, THIS AMAZING SPACE OF HILTON HEAD. I MEAN, I GOT MY SHRIMP POBOY SANDWICH LAST NIGHT. I'M HAPPY. UH, AND, AND SO, UH, BUT THE CHALLENGES THAT WE SEE, YOU GOTTA DO YOUR HOMEWORK. YOU GOTTA BE READY. UM, BEING PRESENT IS, AS HEATHER SAID, IS CRITICAL. BUT I HOPE THAT YOU'VE READ EVERYTHING BEFORE THAT YOU'VE CALLED MARK, CALLED THE CITY ATTORNEY. I DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS. HELP ME. THE MORE WE CAN ASK QUESTIONS BEFORE THE MEETING, THE BETTER WE WANT YOU TO BE READY. I'M NOT SAYING THAT I WANT YOU TO KNOW EXACTLY HOW YOU'RE GONNA VOTE AT A MEETING. NO, BUT BE PREPARED. AND IF YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE, YOU'RE GONNA, YOU'RE GONNA HURT THE MARRIAGE. YOU, YOU REALLY WILL. UM, SO DON'T, DON'T BE AFRAID TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS, BUT TIMING IS EVERYTHING, RIGHT? SOMETIMES IT WOULD BE BETTER IF WE HAD ASKED THOSE QUESTIONS IN ADVANCE THAN, THAN, THAN AT THE MEETING. WE'RE GONNA TALK A LOT ABOUT THE FORMER GOVERNMENT. YOU'LL HEAR A LOT FROM US ABOUT STAYING IN YOUR LANE, WHETHER YOU LIKE THAT OR NOT. IT'S, IT'S YOUR ROLE. AND IF, AND IF YOU GET OUTTA THAT LANE, THAT'S TYPICALLY WHEN I GET PHONE CALLS OR I READ ABOUT YOU IN THE PAPER. UM, I HAD, I HAD ONE COUNCIL, UH, MEMBER THAT I WAS UP AT 5:00 AM THIS MORNING DEALING WITH THINGS THAT THEY WERE DEALING WITH THAT I, I WARNED THEM, YOU DON'T WANNA DO THAT. AND NOW THEY'RE IN A STATEWIDE ARTICLE OR WHAT. I TOLD THEM, YOU DON'T WANNA DO THAT, BUT THEY DID. AND IT'S OKAY. WE LEARN. AND I, AND I SAY THAT YOU'RE, NONE OF US ARE PERFECT, RIGHT? WE'RE ALL HUMAN, WE'RE MARRIED. GOTTA HAVE SOME GRACE. GOTTA HAVE SOME FORGIVENESS. BUT IT, WE GOTTA WORK TOGETHER. PRAISE IN PUBLIC, CRITICIZE IN PRIVATE. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE THIS QUOTE FROM VINCE LOMBARDI. DON'T USE YOUR COUNCIL MEETINGS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE NEGATIVE. IT'S JUST NOT THE TIME. UH, DON'T CALL OUT EACH OTHER. DON'T CALL OUT THE STAFF. THE STAFF MAY BE WRONG. I'M GONNA TELL YOU, AS A CITY MANAGER, OH MY GOSH, I MADE TREMENDOUS MISTAKES EVERY DAY. I STILL MAKE MISTAKES. AND I THANK MY COUNCIL FOR NEVER THROWING ME UNDER THE BUS PUBLICLY. BECAUSE GUESS WHAT, WHEN YOU DO THAT, WE'RE NOT EFFECTIVE ANYMORE. YOU'VE [01:00:01] JUST TAKEN AWAY OUR ABILITY TO DO OUR JOB. SO CLOSED DOOR, HEY, YOU KNOW, THAT THING THAT YOU DID, EH, I'D RATHER YOU NOT DO THAT. THAT'S THE KIND OF MEETINGS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE. AGAIN, MARRIAGE TEAM TRUST. IT, IT, IT WORKS THAT WAY. UM, THIS IS A FORMER MAYOR OUTTA CANADA. HE'S USED BY ICMA, UH, A LOT. ICMA IS THE INTERNATIONAL CITY COUNTY MANAGEMENT, UH, ASSOCIATION, UM, GEORGE CUFF. AND, AND AGAIN, WE WANT Y'ALL TO PLAY THE ROLE. WE, WE NEED TO SEE THAT YOU'RE WORKING TOGETHER. NOT SAYING YOU NEED TO AGREE 'CAUSE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO, YOU'RE, YOU'RE ALL FROM A DIVERSE BACKGROUND. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE, WE HAVE TO CIVILLY WORK TOGETHER OR WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE EFFECTIVE IN ADDITION TO THE WORD MARRIAGE. I, I SEE THE, THE COUNCIL MANAGER FORM OF GOVERNMENT DESCRIBED AS A DANCE. SO WHETHER YOU WANNA CALL IT A MARRIAGE OR A DANCE, I DON'T DANCE. I WARNED MY WIFE WHEN WE GOT MARRIED, I SAID, HONEY, I DON'T DANCE. DON'T ASK. SO TELL EACH OTHER IF THERE'S SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, LET YOUR FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBER KNOW THAT ABOUT YOU. WE ALL HAVE OUR QUIRKS, UM, , YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU NEED TO KNOW THAT ABOUT EACH OTHER. IT, IT IS SO CRITICAL, UM, THAT WE HAVE TO HUMANIZE OURSELVES A LITTLE BIT, RIGHT? BUT, BUT THIS, THIS STRUCTURE IS VERY IMPORTANT, PARTICULARLY IN THIS FORM OF GOVERNMENT. SO, AGAIN, Y'ALL OPERATE, THERE ARE THREE FORMS OF GOVERNMENT IN OUR STATE. I'M NOT GOING TO, UH, GET INTO THAT, UM, THE THREE FORMS. 'CAUSE WE SIMPLY DO NOT HAVE TIME TODAY. UM, BUT I I, I DO WANNA FOCUS ON THE MANAGER FORM OF GOVERNMENT. 34 OF OUR MUNICIPALITIES IN, IN OUR STATE, UH, OPERATE UNDER THAT FORM. AND I, AND I DO WANNA SAY ALL THREE FORMS ARE FINE. THERE'S NO ONE FORM THAT WORKS BETTER. UM, I, I GET THAT A LOT. YOU KNOW, IF, IF WE COULD ONLY CHANGE OUR FORM OF GOVERNMENT, WE WOULD OPERATE BETTER. NO, IT, IT'S THE PEOPLE IN THESE SEATS. THOSE SEATS, UH, THAT, THAT MAKE IT WORK. UM, BUT, BUT THE FORM OF GOVERNMENT CAME OUT OF THE PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT, RIGHT? WE WERE TRYING TO MAKE GOVERNMENT RUN MORE LIKE BUSINESS. THAT'S HARD. IT, IT'S VERY HARD TO DO THAT. GOVERNMENT IS NOT BUSINESS. WE CAN MAKE IT BUSINESS LIKE, BUT, BUT IT'S, IT'S NOT. AND SO, UM, IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE STRUCTURE. SO AGAIN, UM, I POINT THIS OUT IN STATE LAW BECAUSE IT, IT SPECIFICALLY SAYS THIS IN STATE LAW, THAT COUNCIL BASICALLY IS, SHOULD NOT INTERACT WITH THE STAFF. YOU HIRE THE MANAGER, UH, TO, TO CARRY OUT YOUR POLICIES THAT YOU'LL BE TALKING ABOUT LATER TODAY AND TOMORROW ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS. UM, NOW I, I CAN ONLY TELL YOU HOW I HANDLED THOSE THINGS. A, AS A MANAGER, CERTAINLY, I NEVER WOULD SAY TO MY COUNSEL, DO NOT CALL STAFF. YOU WON'T LAST LONG AS A MANAGER IF THAT IS THE APPROACH THAT YOU TAKE. NOW, I DID TELL THEM, I WOULD PREFER THAT YOU CALL ME EVEN ON THE LITTLEST THINGS AND NOT NECESSARILY A CALL, TEXT, EMAIL. HEY, WHAT IS THIS? HELP ME TO UNDERSTAND THIS. LET IT FUNNEL THROUGH THE MANAGER. LET HE OR SHE DO THE JOB THAT YOU HIRED THEM TO DO. NOW, CERTAINLY, UH, THERE MAY BE TIMES WHERE YOU, YOU DON'T, AND AGAIN, WHETHER YOU'RE RIGHT OR WRONG, THIS IS WHAT THE LAW SAYS. BUT IF, IF YOU GO AROUND THAT WAY, AND, AND I'M SURE THAT THAT MARK HAS DONE THIS, THIS IS WHAT I TOLD, UH, OUR STAFF WHEN I WAS THE CITY MANAGER IN GREENWOOD, COUNCIL MEMBER CALLS YOU, THAT'S GREAT. BUT YOUR NEXT CALL IS TO ME, YOUR, YOUR YOUR MANAGER. BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'RE A MARRIAGE. IF WE DON'T HAVE THESE INTERACTIONS DOWN, YOU CAN THROW STRATEGIC PLANNING OUT THE WINDOW. WE'VE GOT TO GET THESE, UM, BASIC THINGS, CORRECT? YES. JUST, JUST CURIOUS. I MEAN, UM, IT'S FORBIDDEN BY LAW. BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WELL, SO, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT DOES IT, WHAT I, I, I MEAN, I'M, I'M, I'M GONNA ASK ABOUT ENFORCEABILITY. BUT AGAIN, BACK TO MARRIAGE, THERE'S THINGS I WISH MY WIFE WOULDN'T DO. AM I GONNA TELL HER THAT? SOMETIMES? NO. AND SO, AGAIN, UM, IT'S NOT EFFECTIVE WHEN YOU GO AROUND THE MANAGER, I'M JUST TELLING YOU THAT IT HAPPENS EVERY DAY. IT HAPPENS EVERY DAY. AND SO, UM, JUST KNOW THAT IF YOU DO THAT, THE MANAGER HAS INSTRUCTED THE STAFF, YOUR [01:05:01] NEXT CALL IS TO ME, AND AGAIN, WE'VE GOT TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE. UM, I'VE GOT ONE MAYOR RIGHT NOW, UH, A DIFFERENT FORM OF GOVERNMENT. AND I'M NOT, I'M JUST, I, I TELL STORIES TO HELP IT RELATE. AND AGAIN, LIKE ALL YOU, HE'S ENERGETIC AND EXCITED. AND CHARLIE, I, I MET WITH OUR SENATOR, AND HE IS GONNA GET US A GRANT. AND I'M SO EXCITED I BROUGHT $50,000 BACK TO MY TOWN. WHAT DID HE DO? HE DIDN'T TELL HIS STAFF OR HIS COUNCIL WHAT HE WAS DOING. SO WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY DID? THEY SAID, SORRY, MR. SENATOR, SORRY. STATE, WE DON'T WANT THE GRANT. HOW EMBARRASSING IS THAT? SO WHEN WE, WE'RE NOT SINGING TOGETHER, WHEN WE'RE NOT MARRIED, WE'RE GOING TO DO THINGS THAT IMPEDE OUR ABILITY TO GET OUR PLAN DONE. UM, SO JUST AGAIN, KEEP THAT IN MIND. DON'T LEAVE HERE SAYING, WELL, CHARLIE SAID WE CAN'T TALK TO THE STAFF. IT'S NOT WHAT I SAID. 'CAUSE I'M, WE'RE IN THE RURAL, YOU KNOW, ALL THESE FOLKS, YOU MAY LIVE NEXT TO 'EM, MAY GO TO CHURCH WITH 'EM, YOU GONNA TALK TO 'EM? JUST KEEP THAT, KEEP THAT IN MIND. COUNCIL, COUNCIL POWER. SO, AND REMEMBER WHEN I SAY COUNCIL, A LOT OF PEOPLE, THE MAYOR IS A COUNCIL MEMBER. SO I'M TALKING ABOUT ALL SEVEN, RIGHT? ALL SEVEN OF YOU. THESE ARE THE THINGS. UH, YOU ELECT A, APPOINT A MAYOR, PRO TEM, YOU APPOINT THE MANAGER, YOU HIRE THE ATTORNEY, YOU HIRE THE JUDGE, UM, AND CAN APPOINT A TEMPORARY MANAGER. THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT YOU DO. UM, YOU DO. AND, AND YOU HAVE TO WORK COLLECTIVELY TO DO THOSE THINGS. UM, THINGS HAPPEN SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, UM, IN, IN GREENWOOD, WE HAD A, A, AN ATTORNEY THAT HAD BEEN, HE WAS AN INSTITUTION, HAD BEEN THERE 40 YEARS. AND, YOU KNOW, THE COUNCIL SAID, WELL, MR. CITY MANAGER, UM, YOU GO TELL HIM THAT WE WANT HIM TO RETIRE. THAT IS NOT THE ROLE OF YOUR MANAGER. THAT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO CON. SO SOMETIMES AGAIN, WE GO BACK TO, UH, THE FOOTBALL QUOTE. YOU KNOW, Y'ALL, Y'ALL GOT TO COLLECTIVELY DO SOME OF THOSE HARD CONVERSATIONS. IT'S NOT THE ROLE OF THE MANAGER. THE ATTORNEY AND THE JUDGES DON'T REPORT TO THE MANAGER THEY REPORT TO, TO YOU. UM, SO KEEP KEEP THAT IN MIND. YOU GOTTA ADOPT A BALANCED BUDGET. SO THE STAFF ARE GONNA, YOU, THIS IS THE KICKOFF. THIS IS THE COMPASS START OF HOW WE'RE GONNA MOVE THIS COMMUNITY FORWARD THIS YEAR, THE NEXT TWO YEARS. UM, YOU GOTTA HAVE AN AUDIT. I'VE HAD COUNCIL MEMBERS TO TELL ME, YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE AN AUDIT. YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN AUDIT. YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN AUDIT. UM, YOU CAN AUTHORIZE DEBT. YOU APPOINT BOARD MEMBERS. SO THE PLANNING COMMISSION BOARD ZONING APPEALS, YOUR DESIGN REVIEW BOARDS. YOU ESTABLISH DEPARTMENTS AND FUNCTIONS, AND YOU CAN INVESTIGATE THOSE. BUT REMEMBER, IT'S COUNCIL, IT'S NOT COUNCIL MEMBER. AGAIN, I'M GONNA TELL YOU ANOTHER STORY. 'CAUSE AGAIN, I THINK TELLING STORIES TELLS YOU REAL WORLD, AND THESE, THESE THINGS PROBABLY HAPPEN HERE. UM, WE WERE STRUGGLING WITH TURNOVER IN GREENWOOD, RIGHT? PARTICULARLY IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. I THINK IT'S BEEN ADVERTISED ACROSS THE WORLD OF CHALLENGES OF RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. AND OUR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, AGAIN, WAS WORRIED ABOUT IT. MY CONSTITUENTS ELECTED ME TO DO, YOU KNOW, TO, TO MAKE SURE WE'RE FULLY STAFFED. THAT'S WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TO DO. SO AGAIN, THIS COUNCIL MEMBER, AGAIN, IN HIS MIND, HE WAS DOING THE BEST HE COULD FOR HIS ROLE AS A COUNCIL MEMBER. TOOK IT UPON HIMSELF TO GO TO DOOR TO DOOR, UNANNOUNCED TO EMPLOYEE, POLICE OFFICER HOMES, KNOCKED ON THE DOOR. HEY, I'M COUNCIL MEMBER SO-AND-SO, HOW'S MORALE IN THE DEPARTMENT? UM, I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT CAN WE DO BETTER? AGAIN? WELL, SO WELL INTENDED. I WOULD IF HE WAS STANDING RIGHT HERE. I, I GET WHAT YOU'RE THINKING, AND I KNOW YOUR HEART IS IN THE RIGHT PLACE, BUT THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU JUST DID. YOU'RE DIVING INTO A DEPARTMENT, AND YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT CHIEF OF POLI, UH, THAT, UH, POLICE OFFICER'S FIRST CALL WAS, UH, MR. CHIEF, UH, WHAT THIS COUNCIL MEMBER'S AT MY HOUSE, UH, HELP ME HERE. AND THEN THE CHIEF'S [01:10:01] CALL IS TO THE MANAGER, MR. MANAGER. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE DOING, BUT, UH, SO AGAIN, I'M JUST TELLING YOU, WELL INTENDED THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT DO, ALWAYS TAKE A STEP BACK. HOW IS THIS GONNA BE PERCEIVED BY MY TEAM THAT I'M MARRIED TO? AM I GONNA GET MYSELF IN AGAIN? MAYBE NEEDED TO BE, I'M NOT TELLING YOU WE DIDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM. MAYBE COUNCIL DID NEED TO INVESTIGATE, BUT THAT'S A DECISION FOR SEVEN, NOT ONE. SO I, AGAIN, I HOPE THAT I SHARED WITH YOU SOME REAL WORLD STORIES, THE MAYOR'S POWERS. AND I'VE NEVER BEEN A MAYOR. I CERTAINLY WORKED FOR A NUMBER. THAT'S A TOUGH JOB BECAUSE MOST CITIZENS DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE FORM OF GOVERNMENT. MOST CITIZENS, IF WE COME TO TOWN HALL, AND YOU WERE TO ASK MOST CITIZENS, WHO CAN I CALL TO FIX SOMETHING? MOST CITIZENS SAY THE MAYOR. AND SO YOUR MAYOR, AND THIS IS WHAT I HEAR ACROSS THE STATE, IS PROBABLY GETTING, UM, A LOT OF THOSE TEXTS CALLS. UM, WHEN I WAS THE MANAGER, I MEAN, MY GOODNESS, I COULDN'T EVEN SIT DOWN IN DEPEW AT CHURCH WITHOUT SOMEBODY. I SEE Y'ALL ARE RECOMMENDING THE TAX IN GRACE. UH, BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S WHAT WE SIGNED UP FOR, RIGHT? IT'S OKAY, THIS, THIS, WE KNEW THIS. MY POINT IS THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU'VE GOT TO RESPECT THAT PRESSURE. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THE MAYOR CANNOT OPERATE IN A SILO. HE OR SHE HAS GOT TO BE SHARING WITH YOU WHATEVER FORM OF COMMUNICATION YOU HAVE, WHETHER I JUST TOLD YOU TEXT, PHONE CALL, COFFEE, Y'ALL HAVE ALL GOTTA BE ON THE SAME SHEET OF MUSIC. UM, BECAUSE AGAIN, WE DON'T WANT THE MAYOR OUT THERE. I'M GETTING A GRANT, OR I'M DOING THIS, OR IT'S NOT GONNA WORK. I'M JUST TELLING YOU, I SEE IT EVERY DAY, UM, ACROSS THE STATE. UH, AGAIN, THE MAYOR CAN CALL THE SPECIAL MEETING ACTS AND VOTES JUST LIKE A COUNCIL MEMBER. BUT YOU'RE KIND OF THE CAPTAIN OF THE SHIP. YOU GOTTA, IT'S A TOUGH, IT'S A TOUGH JOB. YOU'RE TRYING TO KEEP THAT SHIP, YOU KNOW, GOING DOWN. I TRIED TO DANCE, Y'ALL. DID Y'ALL NOTICE? I DID. UM, SOCIAL MEDIA. I PERSONALLY LOVE SOCIAL MEDIA. UM, AND THAT'S OKAY. I KNOW MANY OF YOU DON'T. MAY NOT USE IT. IF YOU DO, JUST REMEMBER. AND, AND REALLY THIS IS, REMEMBER TO EVERYTHING THAT YOU SAY, YOU NOW SPEAK FOR ALL OF YOU. AND YOU SPEAK FOR HILTON HEAD, RIGHT? I DON'T WANNA SEE THE NATIONAL NEWS MEDIA HERE FOR A POST THAT YOU MAY ON SOCIAL MEDIA. I'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH THAT IN NUMEROUS LOCATIONS ACROSS OUR STATE. JUST BE MINDFUL, POST POSITIVE STUFF. I GET THAT YOU HAVE A FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO SAY WHAT YOU WANT TO, BUT AGAIN, YOU'RE NOW WITH SEVEN PEOPLE. AND IT, WHAT YOU SAY WILL HURT YOUR MARRIAGE, I'M TELLING YOU. UM, AND, AND I KNOW YOU CAN'T CONTROL YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS AND YOUR FRIENDS, BUT THEY CAN HURT YOU TOO. THERE IS NOTHING WORSE THAN ME GETTING A PHONE CALL. YOU KNOW, UH, MY WIFE FROM THIS WAS FROM A COUNCIL MEMBER. MY SPOUSE IS FURIOUSLY MESSAGING ABOUT ANOTHER PERSON ON COUNTY COUNCIL. OH, HEAVEN, HELP US. UM, WE DON'T NEED THAT STUFF, RIGHT? SO IF WE CAN TRY TO TAMP THAT DOWN, UM, DON'T DO IT. REMEMBER, IF, IF YOU DO HAVE, UM, A PAGE, YOU'RE MANAGING YOUR OWN ELECTION ACCOUNT, THAT'S FINE. BUT KEEP IT IN MIND. YOU HAVE PROBABLY CREATED A PUBLIC FORUM, RIGHT? AND SO YOU CANNOT BLOCK PEOPLE. YOU CANNOT DELETE MESSAGES. UH, KEEP KEEP THAT IN MIND. YOU CAN GET YOURSELF IN HOT WATER QUICKLY, UH, WITH SOCIAL MEDIA PLANNING ROLE. UM, THINK I'M DOING GOOD? YEAH. YEAH. UH, GONNA GET, GET A LITTLE BIT FASTER. UM, CERTAINLY I'VE ALREADY SAID THAT YOU APPOINT PLANNING BOARD ZONING, APPEALS ARCHITECTURE REVIEW. AND I KNOW PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT IS VERY SENSITIVE. I WOULD ASK YOU TO, AGAIN, YOU'VE APPOINTED THOSE AND MANY OF YOU SERVED ON THOSE BOARDS BEFORE YOU GOT ON COUNCIL. LET THEM DO THEIR JOB. LET THEM DO WHAT YOU'VE APPOINTED THEM TO DO. IT IS NOT YOUR ROLE TO ATTEND THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, THE BOARD'S ZONING, [01:15:01] APPEALS MEETING, THE ARCHITECTURE REVIEW MEETING. AGAIN, THE PERCEPTION OF THAT. JUST THINK PERCEPTION. OH MY GOODNESS. COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THE BACK, ARE THEY, WHY ARE THEY AT THIS MEETING? ARE THEY TRYING TO STEER OUR DECISION ONE WAY OR THE OTHER? IF YOU WANT, I THINK, I THINK THAT Y'ALL KNOW, I THINK ALL THE YOURS ARE VIDEOED, RIGHT? Y'ALL, Y'ALL, YEAH. STREAM. SO WATCH THE STREAM. ASK YOUR MANAGER WHAT, WHAT HAPPENED AT THE MEETING. AGAIN, JUST DON'T BE THERE. AND I, IF, IF I WAS TRAINING YOUR PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBERS, BZA, I WOULD BE TELLING THEM THE SAME THING. DON'T BE SHOWING UP AT THE COUNCIL MEETING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY VOTE ON WHAT YOU RECOMMENDED. DON'T DO IT. YOU, YOU CALLS CONFLICT. AND WE'VE, WE'VE SEEN IT. AND I'M GONNA GO BACK TO THIS SLIDE IN JUST A SECOND. WE'LL GO BACK TO THIS SLIDE IN JUST A SECOND. UM, WE'VE SEEN IT WHERE A MAYOR REPRESENTED, WELL, DIDN'T REPRESENT, JUST KNEW A CITIZEN THAT WENT BEFORE THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS AND SAID, BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS. Y'ALL DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING, AND YOU NEED TO APPROVE THIS APPEAL FROM MY CITIZEN. THE ETHICS COMMISSION SLAPPED THAT MAYOR WITH A MULTI-THOUSAND DOLLAR FINE. YOU CANNOT REPRESENT UNDER THE ETHICS ACT AN INDIVIDUAL BEFORE ONE OF YOUR BODIES. SO, AGAIN, I, I KNOW, UM, WE, WE USE THE TERM, SOMETIMES WE JUST GOTTA PAUSE OUR ENERGY. UM, KEEP, KEEP THOSE THINGS IN MIND. THE WAY THAT YOU'RE PLANNING, Y'ALL, I'M MAKING A MESS. THIS THE WAY THAT YOUR, UH, PLANNING IS SET UP. AGAIN, YOU ARE THE LEGISLATIVE BODY. IT'S SET UP LIKE OUR NATIONAL SYSTEM. YOU SET THE POLICY, THE EXECUTIVE BODY IS YOUR PLANNING COMMISSION AND YOUR PLANNING STAFF. AND THEN THE JUDICIAL BODY IS OUR BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS. THAT IS THAT WAY THAT SYSTEM WORKS. NOW. WE WATCH TV EVERY DAY. AND EVEN OUR FEDERAL SYSTEM IS A WASH IN THIS. WE CAN'T GET IT RIGHT IN WASHINGTON. TRY TO KEEP THOSE THINGS SEPARATE. OKAY? EFFECTIVE MEETINGS, AGAIN, GONNA GO QUICK. WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT PREPARATION. IF YOU'VE HEARD ANYTHING FROM ME TODAY, PREPARATION IS KEY. IT IS SO IMPORTANT, BRI, ON TIME. THESE ARE BASICS. I'M GONNA STOP HERE. 'CAUSE I, I SEE THIS EVERYWHERE I GO. UM, WE'RE BEING FILMED RIGHT NOW, RIGHT? WATCH THOSE PHONES AT THE DIOCESE. CANNOT STRESS THAT WE HAVE, AND I HOPE THIS ISN'T GOING ON HERE. I DON'T THINK IT IS, BUT I DON'T KNOW THE PERCEPTION WITH YOUR PHONE. WELL, CERTAINLY IF YOU'RE LOOKING DOWN PEOPLE, YOUR FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS, ARE THEY ENGAGED OR, YOU KNOW, HEATHER SAID, WE PRESENT, PUT THAT, AND I, MY WIFE CALLS ME OUT. I'M BAD. I'VE GOT TWO OF THOSE THINGS OVER THERE. THEY'RE AWFUL. BUT YOU GOTTA BE PRESENT. BUT THE PERCEPTION WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR PHONE OUT IS, ARE THEY GETTING A TEXT FROM THE AUDIENCE AND MAYBE THE AUDIENCE, OR THEY'RE TELLING THE AUDIENCE WHAT TO SAY, AND YOU THINK IT DOESN'T HAPPEN. IT HAPPENS ALL OVER OUR STATE. DON'T DO IT. KEEP THAT PHONE IN THE POCKET. TURN IT OFF WHEN WE'RE AT THE MEETINGS. JUST DON'T HAVE IT OUT. JUST, IT'S, IT'S SO IMPORTANT. CHARLIE, JUST CURIOUS. DO ANY OTHER MUNICIPALITIES HAVE ORDINANCES OR RULES IN PLACE REGARDING LOANS? ON THE DIETS OR IN EXECUTIVE SESSIONS? YOU KNOW, AND I'LL GET TO EXECUTIVE SESSIONS. UM, NO, I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY. THE CHALLENGE WITH HAVING ANY RULES FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS IS THE ENFORCEMENT. YOU'RE ELECTED. THERE'S NOTHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN CENSOR. YOU MAY BE, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT. THAT CAUSES DR. UNNECESSARY DRAMA. SO AGAIN, BACK TO MARRIAGE. I'M JUST TELLING YOU THE THINGS I SEE EVERY DAY. IF YOU DO THESE THINGS, YOU'RE GONNA BE GOING TO SEEK, UM, UH, UH, A MARRIAGE COUNSELOR. I'M JUST TELLING YOU, UM, AVOID SIDE CONVERSATIONS. IT'S JUST, THESE ARE THE LITTLE THINGS. AND I WOULD, WOULD WATCH MY COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF TWO OF THEM ON THIS SIDE WERE CHATTING. I ASSURE YOU, THE TWO OVER HERE, WERE THINKING, ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT ME? SO, KEEP THAT IN MIND. BODY LANGUAGE. I CANNOT STRESS, OH MY GOSH, BODY LANGUAGE. AND WE, WE SMILE AND WE, YOU KNOW, YOUR, YOUR, YOUR CITIZENS WATCH THIS. AND SO IF THEY'RE AT THE PODIUM, AND YOU'RE, I DON'T, I, I DON'T KNOW, MAY, I WAS IN, UH, I TOLD OUR STAFF AT THE ASSOCIATION. I WAS IN THE CITY OF COLUMBIA'S MEETING, AND I WATCHED MAYOR RICKERMAN AND, AND THE CITY OF COLUMBIA, WHEN THE, THE, THE SPEAKER WAS AT THE PODIUM, HIS EYES NEVER [01:20:01] LEFT THE SPEAKER. NOW, HE MAY HAVE, IN HIS MIND BEEN THINKING, OH, BUT HE NEVER SHOWED IT. HE SHOWED RESPECT FOR THE FULL WHATEVER DURATION IT WAS THREE, FOUR MINUTES. AND HE SAID, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'LL TAKE YOUR INFORMATION UNDER ADVISEMENT. PLEASE HAVE A SEAT. IT WAS RESPECTFUL, IT WAS COURTEOUS. AND AGAIN, I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA HEAR SOME THINGS WHERE YOU JUST WANT TO ROLL YOUR, IS CROSS YOUR ARMS, GET OUTTA THAT ROOM. BUT YOU GOT TO BEAR THROUGH IT. AND YOU GOT TO SHOW THAT YOU'RE PRESENT AND ENGAGED, BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T, IT WILL ELEVATE THE TONE OF THAT SPEAKER. MUCH WORSE, MUCH WORSE. UM, YOU'RE ALL EQUAL. JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND. ALL SEVEN OF YOU'RE EQUAL. UM, ALL KINDS OF, OF DIFFERENT MEETINGS. UM, THE ONLY THING THAT I'LL SAY HERE IS, THERE'S STRATEGY TO THIS. THERE WAS STRATEGY TO LAYING OUT THIS AGENDA. UM, THERE'S A STRATEGY TO THE TYPE OF MEETING. IF WE'RE STRUGGLING WITH SOMETHING, HAVE A, A WORK SESSION. AGAIN, IT'S A PUBLIC MEETING. BUT YOU SAW MY KITCHEN TABLE THERE IN, IN MY STRATEGIC PLANNING MEETING. WE, WE TOOK A KITCHEN TABLE AND WE GOT COUNSEL, AND WE SAT AROUND THE KITCHEN TABLE AND WE WORK THROUGH IT. NOW, YOU, YOU DON'T, YOU, THE PUBLIC'S GOTTA SIT AND WATCH. WE'RE MR. MAY, WE'RE NOT LETTING THEM SPEAK. 'CAUSE AGAIN, THAT CREATES, WE, THE MARRIED BODY ARE TRYING TO WORK THROUGH AN ITEM. NOW, ONCE WE ARE COMFORTABLE AND ON THE SAME PAGE, YEAH, SURE, IT'S FINE TO LET THE PUBLIC SPEAK, BUT DON'T LET THEM. SO MY POINT IN THIS SLIDE IS REALLY, THERE ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF MEETINGS TO DEAL WITH DIFFERENT TYPES OF CHALLENGES. SO USE THE RIGHT MEETING. GOTTA HAVE A WRITTEN AGENDA. UM, BE CAREFUL AMENDING THE AGENDA. UM, UH, MY PREFERENCE IS WE DON'T AMEND THE AGENDA. IT JUST CAUSES SOME CHALLENGES. AGAIN, THE PERCEPTION WHEN WE AMEND AN AGENDA, ALWAYS GOTTA THINK PERCEPTION. THE PUBLIC MAY THINK, WHAT ARE THEY HIDING? SO TRY TO STAY ON, ON COURSE. BUT SOMETIMES THINGS HAPPEN. YOU RELEASE THE AGENDA ON FRIDAY, SOMETHING CAME UP, GOTTA AMEND IT, IT HAPPENS. BUT WE WANNA TRY TO STICK TO THAT. BUT THERE ARE STEPS BY LAW, UNDER THE FREEDOM, FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT THAT YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW. ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER. UH, AND AGAIN, I'M GONNA BE QUICK GOING QUICKLY, JUST RESPECT ONE ANOTHER. LET EACH OTHER SPEAK, BUT DON'T, OVERSPEAK CERTAINLY IF YOU'RE A COUNCIL MEMBER THAT LIKES TO SPEAK, THAT'S OKAY. UM, JUST MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE. UM, GOTTA DO A LOT OF THINGS BY ORDINANCE. ORDINANCE IS A LAW. AN ORDINANCE TAKES TWO READINGS. SOMETIMES IT TAKES A PUBLIC HEARING, SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T. DEPENDS ON YOUR LOCAL CODE. MAYBE SOMETIMES HOW YOU HANDLE THAT, UM, RESOLUTION IS SIMPLY A VOTE IN WRITING OR A MOTION. AND IT'S TYPICALLY WHAT WE BELIEVE. WE RESOLVE THAT WE WANT TO DO THESE THINGS. PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, MOST PEOPLE PROBABLY WOULD. THIS, THIS WOULD WORRY THEM. UM, MAYBE I'M ONE OF THOSE GOVERNMENT NERDS TOO. I, I PERSONALLY EN EN WHEN THEY'RE DONE CORRECTLY, YOU KNOW, I, I ENJOY PUBLIC HEARINGS. THAT'S WHAT THIS, IF, IF YOU BELIEVE IN A DEMOCRACY, YOU OUGHT TO LET THE PUBLIC SPEAK. NOW WE'VE GOT TO HAVE RULES, AND WE'VE GOT TO FOLLOW RULES. THREE MINUTES. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. LISTEN TO THEM. HAVE A SEAT. MANY COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, WILL TELL ME, WELL, I, I'D LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION OR, OR, I, I, I'D LIKE TO MAYBE ADDRESS WHAT THEY JUST SAID. AGAIN, GOING BACK TO THINKING ABOUT A MARRIAGE, I URGE YOU CAUTION. UM, THE TIMING MAY NOT BE RIGHT. UM, TO ASK QUESTIONS. UM, REMEMBER, IF YOU DO AS A, A COUNCIL MEMBER, WANT TO ASK THE QUESTION, YOU HAVE TO ADDRESS YOUR CHAIR. MR. CHAIRMAN, CAN I ASK A QUESTION? THE REASON I, I PREFER YOU NOT. AGAIN, WHEN A AND A CITIZEN SPEAKS, YOU'RE SIMPLY HEARING, YOU'RE LISTENING. YOU'RE TAKING WHAT THEY'RE SAYING UNDER ADVISEMENT. DO NOT FEEL COMPELLED THAT YOU HAVE TO DO ANYTHING. WE'RE JUST LISTENING. THE, THE, THE MAYOR, THE BEST RESPONSE, IN MY OPINION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, UH, MR. CITY MANAGER, [01:25:01] UH, WOULD YOU, UH, CONTACT THE SPEAKER AND SEE IF WE CAN, UH, DETERMINE WHAT IS GOING ON IN THIS SITUATION OR WHATEVER, OR WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU. I, IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU NEED TO TALK TO THAT SPEAKER, YOU KNOW, MR. CHAIRMAN, COULD I ASK THE SPEAKER TO STAY AFTER THE MEETING? I, I'D LIKE TO MAYBE HAVE A CONVERSATION. MY OPINION, IT'S JUST THE BETTER WAY TO HANDLE THOSE SITUATIONS. AGAIN, BACK TO THAT BODY LANGUAGE. IF YOU'RE A FINGER POINTER, SIT ON THAT FINGER. JUST DON'T BRING YOUR FINGER OUT. JUST AGAIN, TONE, LEVEL OF VOICE. ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE SO, SO CRITICAL. UM, BECAUSE AGAIN, IF WE ELEVATE THE BLOOD PRESSURE OF OUR CITIZEN BECAUSE OF OUR TONE OR OUR BODY LANGUAGE, AGAIN, WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE A PRODUCTIVE, UH, MEETING. NOT GONNA GO INTO ALL THIS. AGAIN, THIS IS THERE FOR YOUR READING EXECUTIVE SESSION. DID WANNA FOCUS ON THIS BECAUSE WE DO SEE THESE MATTERS. CERTAINLY, THERE'S ONLY CERTAIN THINGS THAT YOU CAN GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. FOUR, FIVE MATTERS. I'M NOT GONNA GO INTO EACH OF THEM. BUT THE POINT WITH EXECUTIVE SESSION IS DON'T OVERUSE IT. GET IN, GET OUT. 'CAUSE WHAT THE PUBLIC PERCEIVES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, THINGS RIGHT OR WRONG, THAT WE SHOULDN'T BE. SO, AND, UM, TO THE POINT OF EXECUTIVE SESSIONS THAT CAN GET COMPLEX. UH, REMEMBER THAT THOSE ARE PROTECTED DISCUSSIONS. WE SHOULD NOT HAVE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS. UH, AND I'VE, AND I'VE SEEN IT. LET'S USE ANOTHER STORY. UH, CERTAINLY IN THE MANAGER FORM OF GOVERNMENT. Y'ALL ARE NOT YOU, YOU NORMALLY SHOULD NOT BE HAVING PERSONNEL DISCUSSIONS. MAYBE YOU COULD HAVE 'EM FROM TIME TO TIME, BUT TYPICALLY THE MANAGER HANDLES PERSONNEL MATTERS. ANOTHER FORM OF GOVERNMENT COUNCILS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION DISCUSSING PERSONNEL MATTERS. IT'S A TOUGH TOPIC WITH A, AN EMPLOYEE THAT THEY'RE GONNA LET GO. AND AGAIN, I GET THE COUNCIL MEMBER, AGAIN, HART MAYBE IS IN THE RIGHT PLACE, BUT MADE A BAD CHOICE. WHAT DID THEY DO? AS SOON AS THE MEETING WAS OVER, THEY CALLED THE EMPLOYEE AND TOLD THEM EXACTLY WHAT WAS SAID. Y'ALL ARE GONNA BE CALLING ME AND ASKING ME, CHARLIE, HOW DO I GET A DIVORCE? SO DON'T DO THOSE THINGS. AND, AND I UNDERSTAND AND I RESPECT FULLY THAT MANY OF YOU, UH, TRANSPARENCY IS A HOT BUTTON WORD. WE ALL WANT IT, RIGHT? I WANT IT. BUT THERE'S ALSO, YOU'VE GOT TO COUCH THAT WITH THE LAW AND STRATEGY. THERE'S A TIME AND A PLACE FOR TRANSPARENCY. THERE'S A TIME AND A PLACE FOR STRATEGY. SO, SO KEEP KEEP THAT IN MIND. UM, AND, AND LET'S BE HONEST, IF THE COUNCIL MEMBER, I GET THIS QUESTION A LOT. WELL, CHARLIE, WHAT CAN WE DO TO THE COUNCIL MEMBER THAT WENT OUTSIDE OF EXECUTIVE SESSION? NOT MUCH. YOU CAN CENSOR 'EM. UM, MAYBE YOU OUTTA YOUR OWN WALLET, YOU CAN BRING A COURT ACTION. BUT THAT GOES BACK TO THE CIVILITY SLIDE. AND WE'RE NOT DANCING ANYMORE. WE'RE NOT MARRIED ANYMORE WHEN WE DO THOSE THINGS. UM, SO, SO JUST KEEP, KEEP THAT IN MIND. NOT GONNA COVER SOME CRITICAL COMPLIANCE. WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH THESE AGAIN. FINANCES ARE SO IMPORTANT. YOU GOTTA HAVE A BUDGET. IT'S GOTTA BE BALANCED. GOTTA HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING, RIGHT? GOTTA HAVE AN AUDIT. UH, YOU, YOU DO NOT WANNA SHOW UP ON THE TREASURER'S, UH, UH, NON-AUDIT COMPLIANCE WEBPAGE. I KNOW YOU'RE NOT THERE. IF YOU EVER SHOW UP THERE, Y'ALL SHOULD START BEING A LITTLE, YOU SHOULD START QUESTIONING THERE. BUT WE GOT SOME CITIES THAT ARE THERE. UM, BUT, UH, AGAIN, YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE AT THE END OF THE DAY FOR, UH, THE TOWN'S FINANCES. UM, NOT GONNA GET INTO THE GENERAL FUND LIMITATIONS, SPECIAL SOURCE FUNDS HELD IN TRUST. AGAIN, YOU COLLECT YOUR EMPLOYEES, UH, FICA MEDICARE INSURANCE. THE TOWN HAS GOT TO BE REMITTING THOSE PAYMENTS. AGAIN, WE KNOW THAT THAT'S HAPPENING IN HILTON HEAD. SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T HAPPEN IN SOME OF OUR COMMUNITIES. SO JUST, JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND. UM, RISK MANAGEMENT, UH, DID WANT TO POINT OUT THAT YES, YOU CAN BE SUED AS AN INDIVIDUAL IN YOUR INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY. NOW, THE, THE, THE, THE TOWN DOES CARRY COVERAGE FOR YOU, RIGHT? AND SO YOU SHOULDN'T BE FEARFUL THAT YOU WON'T BE COVERED UNLESS YOU DO THE THINGS THAT I'VE KIND OF TALKED TO. IF, IF, IF YOU WERE THE COUNCIL MEMBER THAT WENT OUT OF AN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND TALKED TO THAT EMPLOYEE AND MAYBE SHARED DEFAMATORY STATEMENTS WITH, THERE MAY NOT BE [01:30:01] COVERAGE FOR YOU IF A LAWSUIT WAS BROUGHT AND YOU DID, YOU JUST WENT, WE TALKED ABOUT ROLES. YOU JUST STEPPED WAY OUTSIDE OF YOUR ROLE WHEN YOU DID THAT. IF YOU COMMIT A CRIME, IF YOU DO SOMETHING, UM, UNETHICAL AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT ETHICS, THERE MAY NOT BE COVERAGE FOR. SO KEEP KEEP THAT IN MIND. UM, WITH THAT, THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT, AGAIN, WE ALL WANT OPEN AND TRANSPARENT GOVERNMENT. UH, IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN, UM, THE, UH, GUIDE THE PRESS ASSOCIATION PUTS OUT, UM, IT'S A GREAT GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION APP. I CAN GIVE YOU A TWO HOUR PRESENTATION ON THAT. NOT GONNA DO THAT TODAY. UM, OPEN MEETINGS. WE ALWAYS WANT OPEN MEETINGS. BE MINDFUL OF TECHNOLOGY PITFALLS. CERTAINLY IF WE'RE EMAILING BACK AND FORTH WITH ALL OF YOU TEXTING WITH ALL OF YOU, GUESS WHAT? THAT'S AN ILLEGAL MEETING. SO WE CAN'T BE DOING THAT NOW. WE HAVE TO BE STRATEGIC, RIGHT? THERE'S, THERE'S WAYS THAT WE CAN SHARE INFORMATION, UH, AND, AND NOT GET INTO, UH, MEETING CHALLENGES. UM, BUT JUST BE MINDFUL OF THAT. BE MINDFUL OF EVERYTHING YOU PUT IN WRITING. IT IS SIMPLE AS THIS. IF I PUT SOMETHING IN WRITING AND MY MAMA SEES IT ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE PAPER, I BETTER HAVE MADE SURE THAT IT WAS GOOD. 'CAUSE I DON'T WANT TO UPSET MY MOTHER. I DON'T, SO DON'T PUT STUFF IN WRITING THAT AGAIN, IS JUST NEGATIVITY. DON'T NEED TO DO IT. IT'S GONNA, IF YOU DO IT AGAIN, THAT MISSION, THE VISION JUST WENT, THE ETHICS ACT. UH, YOU ARE COVERED BY THE ETHICS ACT. SO IN LESS THAN 60 DAYS, I HOPE NOW WE'RE DOWN TO 30 DAYS. EACH OF YOU HAS GOT THE ONLINE SUBMIT YOUR STATEMENT OF ECONOMIC INTEREST. SO HOPEFULLY YOU'VE DONE THAT. UH, IF YOU HAVEN'T, UH, MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET THAT DONE. THERE ARE WAYS THAT YOU CAN GET INTO TROUBLE WITH ETHICS, RIGHT? UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WERE MAYBE ON A ARTS BOARD OR MAYBE WERE, I HAD A COUNCIL MEMBER THAT WAS OUR THEATER'S PIANIST, RIGHT? AND SO THE THEATER P PAID HIM TO PLAY PIANO, RIGHT? WELL, WHO GAVE THE THEATER THE MONEY? THE CITY. SO COULD HE VOTE ON THE BUDGET? HE COULDN'T VOTE ON THE BUDGET THAT GOT HIM THE PIANO MONEY. SO YOU GOTTA BE VERY THOUGHTFUL. UM, YOU KNOW, FROM OUR LITTLE COMMUNITIES, I GET THESE CALLS ALL THE TIME. COUNCIL MEMBER IS A PEST CONTROL PERSON. ALL OF A SUDDEN HE'S STARTING TO DO PEST CONTROL FOR THE TOWN. IS THAT A PROBLEM? YEAH. YEAH. IT CAN BE DONE. BUT THERE'S A LOT OF STEPS THAT WE'VE GOT TO TAKE TO AVOID AN INVESTIGATION BY THE ETHICS COMMISSION. SO AGAIN, PERCEPTION, UM, DON'T IGNORE THE ETHICS COMMISSION. THEY WILL SEND YOU THOSE GREEN RETURN SENDER. AND WE HAVE SO MANY FOLKS THAT WILL GO CHAPTER NINE, NOT READING THAT. THEY WILL FINE YOU THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. SO, UH, STAY UP WITH THAT. GOD, AGAIN, IF YOU HAVE TO RECUSE, IT'S YOUR DECISION. IT'S NOT ANOTHER. SO IF, IF YOU, AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, THINK YOUR FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBER NEEDS TO RECUSE, THAT'S NOT YOUR CALL. SO DON'T SAY YOU GOTTA RECUSE NOT YOUR CALL. IT IS JUST THE INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBER'S DECISION TO RECUSE. NOW, MR. ATTORNEY OVER THERE, WE CAN'T WAIT TILL THE MEETING AND GO, WELL, MR. ATTORNEY, SHOULD I RECUSE? DON'T DO THAT TO YOUR POOR ATTORNEY. WE'VE GOTTA HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS WEEKS BEFORE I TALKED ABOUT PREPARATION. THAT'S WHY WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR AGENDA AND WE'RE GOING, HMM, I MIGHT NOT NEED TO VOTE ON THAT. I GOTTA CALL THE ATTORNEY. WE WANT TO DECIDE THAT WAY IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING, NOT AT THE MEETING. I WANT Y'ALL TO BE ABLE TO ASK ME QUESTIONS. SO I'M GONNA QUICKLY, PROBABLY CLOSE WITH WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY. YEAH, QUESTIONS. I, I THINK I'M GONNA GIVE US LIKE 10, 15 MINUTES. I THINK BEFORE, I THINK MR. MAYOR, YOU WANTED TO HAVE SOME PUBLIC, BUT QUESTIONS MR. BROWN? YEAH. UM, THANK YOU CHARLIE. UM, I GUESS MY FIRST QUESTION, AS I LOOK FORWARD TO TOMORROW, I SEE THAT, UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A DISCUSSION AROUND, UH, OPTIMIZING OUR GOVERNANCE AND APPROVAL PROCESS AND WHATNOT. SO MY, I GUESS MY FIRST QUESTION IS TO THE TOWN MANAGER IS, UH, CHARLIE AND NOAH'S GONNA BE AVAILABLE TOMORROW AS WELL AS PART OF THAT DISCUSSION, OR NO? YEAH, MY GUY, MY SOUND GUY IN THE BACK. UM, NO, NO, NO, SIR. OKAY. BUT TOMORROW WHEN WE WORK THROUGH THAT, IT WILL BE WITH MATT AND, AND MYSELF. OKAY, PERFECT. UM, I, I, I'LL START WITH A, UH, I GUESS A COMMENT THAT I'D ASK [01:35:01] ALL OF US SEATED HERE AT THIS TABLE TO CONSIDER AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN THE NEXT TWO DAYS. UM, I, I THINK WE ARE DEFINITELY STRUGGLING IN THE STRATEGY TACTICS WHERE IT GETS BLURRY AS A COUNCIL AND ALL OF US ARE VERY VOCAL ABOUT WHAT WE THINK, UM, IS RIGHT OR WRONG. BUT I WANNA GO BACK TO THE VISION STATEMENT, AND I THINK WE NEED TO SPEND SOME TIME INDIVIDUALLY SPEAKING TO THAT VISION STATEMENT BECAUSE THAT VISION STATEMENT WAS CREATED BY FOLKS THAT ARE NOT ON THIS TABLE ANYMORE. PERSONALLY, I WAS HERE WHEN IT WAS CREATED. I STILL BELIEVE IN IT, BUT IF THEY'RE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT DON'T BELIEVE IN THE VISION STATEMENT, THAT THINK WE GOT MORE WORK TO DO THAN JUST DEAL WITH THE BLURRY LINES AND TACTICS AND STRATEGIES. OKAY? SO I WANT US TO PUBLICLY TALK ABOUT THAT. OKAY? NOW, WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT YOU'VE BEEN TELLING US, UH, CHARLIE, UM, I THINK THE COMMUNICATION PIECE, UM, WE DO STRUGGLE WITH, UM, AS OF RECENT, WE HAVE BEEN PUSHING OUT INFORMATION TO ALL SEVEN OF US. AND THEN THERE ARE TIMES WHERE WE ARE COMMUNICATING BACK IN THAT EMAIL THREAD, OKAY? EITHER OUR THOUGHTS, CONCERNS, OR WHATNOT. NOW, I'M HEARING YOU SAY THAT THAT IS AN ILLEGAL MEETING, ALRIGHT? UH, SO I GUESS WHAT I'M ASKING YOU IS SOME, SOME WAYS THAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH THAT SAME GOAL AND NOT BE OUT OF COMPLIANCE. THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. AND, AND THERE'S TRULY NO WAY TO KNOW WITHOUT THE FACTS OF THE SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCE. AND ULTIMATELY, WHETHER IT IS OR ISN'T IS GONNA BE UP TO IN A COURT. SO I CAN'T, YOU KNOW, TELL YOU, BUT JUST KNOW THAT REPLYING TO ALL PROBABLY IS NOT A GOOD IDEA. AND SO IF WE'VE GOT TO TALK THROUGH IT, UM, YOU KNOW, DECIDE, DO WE, IS THIS ELEVATING TO WHERE I SHOWED A, A, A CALL MEETING, A WORK SESSION TO DISCUSS KITCHEN TABLE TO DEAL WITH THAT ITEM? MAYBE IT IS, MAYBE IT DIDN'T, I DON'T KNOW. UM, SOMETIMES, UM, AGAIN, IT'S THAT ONE-ON-ONE COFFEE WHERE, AND, AND IT TAKES TIME AND IT'S INTENTIONAL. WE'RE CHECKING IN WITH EACH MEMBER ENGAGING THEIR THOUGHTS. AND SOMETIMES IT'S A TEXT, SOMETIMES IT'S A PHONE CALL. EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE IS, IS DIFFERENT. BUT I I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT BECAUSE WHAT THAT DOES IS IT BUILDS CONFIDENCE FROM THE PUBLIC. AND IF THE PUBLIC DOESN'T HAVE CONFIDENCE IN US, THEN WHEN WE REALLY DO SOME THINGS WHERE WE NEED THE PUBLIC TO SUPPORT US IN GREENWOOD, FOR EXAMPLE, WE NEEDED THEM TO ADOPT THE CAPITAL PROJECT SALES TAX DESPERATELY, I FEEL LIKE WE HAD DONE A GOOD JOB OF BEING AS TRANSPARENT AND OPEN AND CORRECT AS POSSIBLE. WELL, WHEN THE VOTE OCCURRED, THEY PASSED IT. SO AGAIN, THAT'S HOW ALL THAT TIES TOGETHER. LONG TERM IT'S, I, THERE THERE'S NO SPECIFIC ANSWER. IT'S NOT EASY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANSWER. UM, I'M BEING A SORT OF DELIBERATE TO PROVOKE THOUGHT AS I ASK THESE QUESTIONS. UM, AND LET ME JUST FIRST GO BACK A LITTLE BIT AND TELL Y'ALL THAT I'M, I PLAN ON LET MY HAIR DOWN FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS, OKAY? UH, WE NEED TO COMMUNICATE, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO BE IN COMPLIANCE. AND I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO DO AS A COUNCIL IS REALIZE THAT THERE'S A THIN LINE BETWEEN THE TWO. ALRIGHT? SO BEFORE WE JUDGE EACH OTHER, BEFORE WE ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO JUDGE US, WHEN WE HAVE INDIVIDUAL OR CONVERSATIONS AMONGST TWO OR THREE OF US AT A TIME TO TALK THROUGH THINGS, THEN IT'S NOT THAT WE ARE NOT BEING TRANSPARENT. YEAH. WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO A PLACE OF CONSENSUS. THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, MS. BECKER? I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU. SURE. UM, OVER THE YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL, THERE HAVE BEEN OCCASIONS WHEN I'VE CALLED YOU DIRECTLY TO ASK YOU QUESTIONS AND YOU'RE ALWAYS AVAILABLE AND PROVIDE GREAT ADVICE. AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT YOU'RE VALUABLE TO US. WE APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION TODAY, AND, UM, WE HOPE THAT YOU'LL COME BACK SOON. OH, YES, MA'AM. WE, WE TREMENDOUSLY VALUE TO BE YOUR PARTNER. ANY OTHER, OTHER COMMENTS? WELL, I WILL, I WILL AGREE WITH MS. BECKER ON THAT AND THAT, THANK YOU. UM, YOU KNOW, THIS, IT'S, IT'S EASY TO LISTEN TO THIS AND THEN WALK AWAY FROM IT, RIGHT? [01:40:01] AND THEN KIND OF FORGET WHAT OUR ROLE IS AND IN THOSE FINE LINES THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE CERTAIN WE DON'T CROSS STAY IN YOUR LANE. YOUR ROLE IS XA, B, C, AND THE REST OF IT, YOU KNOW, IS SOMEWHERE ELSE. UM, BUT WE'VE GOTTA REALLY ADHERE TO THAT BECAUSE IT IS ABOUT THE PUBLIC'S TRUST AND HOW WE DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD ON VARIOUS, VARIOUS ITEMS. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MR. ORLANDO? YES, SIR. UH, THANK YOU CHARLIE. THAT WAS AWESOME. UM, YOU HAD ASKED THAT WE BID IN PUBLIC COMMENT PRIOR TO BREAK. WE HAVE SCHEDULED BREAK AT 10 30 OR SO. YEAH, I MEAN, SO I THINK NOW IS A GREAT TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. IF YOU GOT ANYBODY THAT'S LOOKING TO, UH, MAKE SOME PUBLIC COMMENTS NOW FOR THE DAY, THEN, THEN ABSOLUTELY FOR THOSE THAT NEED TO, UH, MAYBE HEAD OUT. MS. GAMMON, WE DID WE HAVE SIGN UP? NO. SIGN UP? NO. OKAY. ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WISH TO MAKE SOME, SOME COMMENTS AT THIS POINT IN TIME? GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE. GONE. OKAY, SUSAN, LET'S TAKE A BREAK. OKAY. SOMETIMES WE CAN DO THINGS THAT EXCLUDE OTHERS. YOU STILL TALKING TO YOUR FRIENDS? IT'S COMPLICATED. I THINK HE WENT BACK IN. WE GOTTA GO GET HIM. WELCOME TO JUMANJI. EVEN THE SMALLEST WORDS AND ACTIONS CAN HAVE A BIG EFFECT ON SOMEONE. YOU HAVE THE SKILLS BECAUSE OF YOU, SOMEONE'S ENTIRE DAY OR YEAR OR THEIR LIFE CAN CHANGE. REMEMBER THE FUTURE ISN'T YOUR HANDS VISIT BECAUSE OF YOU.ORG TO LEARN MORE. TOTALLY. LET'S DO IT. ALL RIGHT, IF WE COULD BRING THIS MEETING BACK TO ORDER. AND, UH, MR. ORLANDO, I BELIEVE I GET TO TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU. YES, SIR. UM, WELL, I, I ENJOYED, I'M SURE SOME OF YOU, I'M REALLY ECHOEY OVER HERE. TOM. I'M SURE SOME OF YOU COULD TEACH A COURSE IN WHAT WE JUST HEARD. SOME OF YOU HAVE HEARD IT THREE OR FOUR TIMES OVER THE LAST YEARS, BUT FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I JUST THINK COLLECTIVELY IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ALL HEAR THAT MESSAGE AT THE SAME TIME. SO I APPRECIATE YOUR, YOU SITTING THROUGH THAT. I APPRECIATE MUNICIPAL ASSOCIATION BEING HERE. AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA DIVE INTO A LITTLE BIT OF OUR GOVERNANCE IN THE SENSE OF OUR STRUCTURE, RIGHT? SO I, I WROTE SOMETHING DOWN EARLIER THAT SAYS, I THINK THE RIGHT PEOPLE, RIGHT, THE RIGHT PEOPLE WITH THE RIGHT PROCESS GIVE US THE HIGHEST PROBABILITY FOR THE RIGHT OUTCOMES. AND SO I THINK EVERYTHING YOU'VE HEARD THIS MORNING IS STARTING TO TEE UP AND, AND, AND HOW WE DO OUR WORK AND, AND A LOT OF THIS AFTERNOON AND TOMORROW IS ABOUT WHAT AND WHY WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING ON WHAT WE'RE WORKING. SO WE'RE MAKING A GOOD TIME. AND SO ON YOUR, ON YOUR SCHEDULES, ON YOUR WORKING AGENDAS, WE'RE GOING TO START DIVING INTO SOME OF OUR WORK, THE [01:45:01] EXISTING STRATEGIC PLAN ITEMS THIS MORNING. WE'RE NOT GONNA, WE, WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE GONNA GET INTO SOME OF THOSE PRIORITIES THIS MORNING AND THEN FINISH OFF THIS AFTERNOON. IT'S GONNA GIVE US A LOT OF TIME TO TALK SLOWLY THROUGH SOME THINGS. AND I, I IMAGINE WE'RE GONNA PAUSE AND TALK ABOUT THE WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY GATEWAY CORRIDOR, WHICH WE SAID WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT. UM, WE CAN TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OTHER TOPICS, UM, AND THEN WE CAN ALSO TALK ABOUT YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT THE WORK AND IF YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT BRINGING THOSE ELEMENTS INTO TOMORROW'S DISCUSSION AS CONTINUING PRIORITIES. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE'VE SEEN THIS, WE'VE USED THIS, IT'S BEEN IN THE PRESENTATION BEFORE, BUT I DO THINK WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS THAT EVERYBODY REALIZE THAT TOWN COUNCIL, APPOINTS, TOWN MANAGER, TOWN ATTORNEY AND TOWN AND, AND THE TOWN STAFF WORK WITH ME. AND, AND FOR ME IN, IN THAT REGARD, THESE ARE THE GREAT PEOPLE THAT INTRODUCE THEMSELVES TODAY. IT LOOKS SIMPLE ENOUGH, WE HAVE SEAN AS OUR ASSISTANT TOWN MANAGER. AND AS YOU KNOW, SEAN IS A SPECIAL PROJECTS GUY. HE'S IN CHARGE OF AND HAS OVERSIGHT OF OUR STR, NEW, NEW PROCESS, STRATEGIC PLANNING, WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY, LAND ACQUISITIONS, EVERYTHING THAT'S IMPORTANT AND, AND REALLY FUNNELS THROUGH AND COLLECTS TO YOU. UM, SEAN'S INVOLVED WITH, WE HAVE, WE HAVE OUR TOWN CLERK, YOU ALSO APPOINT A TOWN ATTORNEY. AND THEN WE HAVE OUR LINE OF DEPARTMENTS INCLUDING SEAN LEININGER AND ANGIE STONE, ASSISTANT TOWN MANAGERS WITH SOME DIRECT OVERSIGHT OF DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS. SO FROM A PEOPLE STANDPOINT, THAT'S YOUR, THAT'S OUR TOWN LEADERSHIP FROM A PROCEDURAL STANDPOINT, A PROCESS STANDPOINT, WE HAVE CITIZENS, AN ORG CHART THAT WE DREW UP TO SIMPLY SHOW THE VARIOUS APPOINTED BOARDS, COMMISSION COMMITTEES. AND SO THE CITIZENS OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND, THE TOWN COUNCIL OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND, THE APPOINTMENT OF THE TOWN ATTORNEY, THE APPOINTMENT OF THE TOWN MANAGER IN THE SAME ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE THAT YOU SAW THAT YOU SEE ON THE PRIOR PAGE, RIGHT? PUBLIC SAFETY DIRECTOR, COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR, FINANCE DIRECTOR, FIRE CHIEF, HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR, ASSISTANT TOWN MANAGER, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. A LOT OF THE WORK ANGIE DOES ARE THE THINGS THAT WE ENJOY IN THE COMMUNITY, THE CONNECTIONS, THE EVENTS, THE FESTIVALS, THE SPECIAL EVENTS, AND SO ON SO FORTH. THEN OF COURSE, THOMAS BOXLEY, OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF OUR GULLAH GEECHEE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP. SEAN HAS OVERSIGHT OF THE OPERATIONAL SIDE OF, OF OUR BUSINESS PLANNING FACILITIES, IT, TECHNOLOGY BUILT ENVIRONMENT, A LOT OF SPECIAL PROJECTS. A LOT OF OUR BUILT SPACE IS, IS, IS FOCUSED THERE, UM, INCLUDING SOME OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN PRIORITIES WE'LL TALK ABOUT TODAY. AND OF COURSE OUR ENGINEERING AND PROJECTS DIRECTOR. AND SO WHAT, HOW THAT LAYS OUT IS THAT THOSE FOLKS ARE STILL IN THESE PLACES, BUT EVERYTHING WE DO EITHER GOES THROUGH A TOWN COUNCIL COMMITTEE, THOUGH IN OUR CURRENT CASE, PUBLIC PLANNING, COMMUNITY SERVICES, PUBLIC SAFETY, FINANCE, ADMINISTRA AND ADMINISTRATION. WE ALSO HAVE ACCOMMODATIONS, TAX, BEACH PARKING ADVISORY, OUR NORTH POINT P THREE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, BOARD OF ZONING, APPEALS CONSTRUCTION, BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS AND APPEALS DESIGN REVIEW, BOARD PLANNING COMMISSION, GULLAH GEECHEE, LAND AND CULTURAL PRESERVATION, TASK FORCE, PARKS AND REC COMMISSION, HOUSING ACTION COMMITTEE, GULLAH GEECHEE, HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. AND SO WHAT I'VE TRIED TO DO IS SIMPLY TO SHOW YOU REALLY TO HELP THEM HELP ME, BUT TO SHOW YOU AND WORK WITH YOU TO CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THAT THE WORK THAT WE WORK ON UP TOP IN THE FUNNEL FUNNELS DOWN IN AND THROUGH VARIOUS LINES, RIGHT? SO EXAMPLE, LET'S PICK FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE THAT IS STRAIGHT TO RIGHT THROUGH ME, BUT ALSO TO OUR, AND OF COURSE THIS IS GOING DEAD. WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE, TOM. UM, DO WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE? SEAN? THANK YOU. PERFECT. THANKS BUDDY. SORRY. BUT REALLY IT'S FINANCE ADMINISTRATION, RIGHT? TO FINANCE DIRECTOR. I WORK CLOSELY WITH ADRIANA. WE WORK CLOSELY WITH THE FINANCE ADMINISTRATOR, ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE CHAIR. WE SET AGENDAS, WE HELP WITH PRIORITIES. WE SEND THINGS THROUGH FINANCE. EASY, EASY ENOUGH. WHEN WE START GETTING INTO COMMUNITY SERVICE, PUBLIC SAFETY, [01:50:01] THAT STARTS HITTING SEAN. AND, SORRY, TOM, IT STARTS HITTING SEAN COLON. IT STARTS HITTING, THERE WE GO. I THINK IT WORKS. , IT WORKS GOOD. YEAH. IT, IT STARTS HITTING ASSISTANT TOWN MANAGER WITH SEAN. IT STARTS HITTING PUBLIC SAFETY DIRECTOR, SEAN LEININGER, ASSISTANT TOWN MANAGER. AND IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHAT THE PRIORITY IS BECAUSE NOT ONE PERSON IS JUST, HEY, I'LL DO EVERYTHING FOR PUBLIC PLANNING. I'LL DO EVERYTHING FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES LIKE, LIKE FINANCE. IT'S A LITTLE EASIER THERE. WE ALSO, RIGHT BY, BY LAW REQUIRED TO HAVE A PLANNING COMMISSION. WE HAVE A DESIGN REVIEW BOARD, CONSTRUCTION ADJUSTMENTS, APPEALS BOARD OF ZONING, AND THEN MAYOR COUNCIL, YOU HAVE PUT OTHER, YOU HAVE PUT OTHER COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS IN PLACE. THE THE ONE QUESTION, RIGHT? I TALK ABOUT THE RIGHT PEOPLE, THE RIGHT PROCESS, HIGHEST PROBABILITY FOR THE RIGHT OUTCOMES. YOU'VE PLACED AS A NEW TOWN COUNCIL, NEWLY ELECTED GROUP, UM, COMMUNITY SERVICES AND FINANCE, BUT YOU HAVE NOT PLACED PUBLIC PLANNING. AND I, I, I COUNTED IT. THIS IS WHAT MATT WAS ALLUDING TO, EITHER EARLIER, IF WE JUST SIT STILL RIGHT NOW AND WE ADD UP WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY, BERE NOURISHMENT, BUDGET STRAP PLAN, LMO, BUDGET POLICIES, TOWN CODE AMENDMENTS, LMO AMENDMENTS, ATAC, DMO, AND A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER THINGS. WE HAVE 87 ITEMS ON A SPREADSHEET THAT WE HAVE ALIGNED WITH STAFF COMMITTEE, COUNCIL COMMITTEE, WHETHER IT NEEDS A WORKSHOP OF COUNCIL, DOESN'T NEED A RESOLUTION OF COUNCIL ONE VOTE, ONE READING, OR 1 1 1 MOTION, OR A FIRST AND SECOND. WE'VE LINED THAT UP. IT'S 80 87. AND I WAS TEASING SEAN EARLIER, I SAID TOWN MANAGER MATH, THAT'S SEVEN ITEMS A MONTH. AND SO THE SOONER WE UNDERSTAND, THE SOON AS I, SOONER I UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS FLOW, THE SOONER I CAN FILL OUT THE REST OF THE AGENDA PIPELINE, GIVE IT TO THESE FOLKS AND START TRYING TO HIT OUR TARGETS. BUT RIGHT NOW, AVERAGE IS SEVEN ITEMS A MONTH. SO THAT MIGHT BE THREE TO COMMUNITY SERVICES, TWO TO FINANCE, TWO TO PUBLIC PLANNING, ONE TO SOMEWHERE ELSE, ONE WORKSHOP. AND THEN IT COMES TO YOU AND WHAT'S STARTING TO HAPPEN, AND WE'VE SEEN IT. I THINK THAT WHAT WE HAVE TO ACCOMPLISH TODAY IS, IS TRULY UNDERSTANDING THAT PROCESS FLOW. AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR, I I REALLY ASK YOU ALL TO GIVE ME SOME GUIDANCE ON PUBLIC PLANNING COMMITTEE OR NOT PUBLIC PLANNING COMMITTEE. AND IF NOT, WHERE ARE WE BRINGING THE LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS, SOME OF THOSE TOWN CODE AMENDMENTS, RIGHT? SHORT TERM RENTALS PROBABLY WOULD'VE BENEFITED FROM SOME COM COMMITTEE SCRUB BEFORE FIRST READING AND SOME THINGS LIKE THAT. 87. UM, THAT'S A LOT. UM, I WOULD FIRST LIKE TO, TO ADMIT THAT OUR PROCESS ISN'T WORKING THE WAY THAT IT SHOULD IN A QUA QUALITY WAY. UM, AND THAT IS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE PUBLIC PLANNING COMMITTEE FIGURED OUT. WE HAVE TRIED TO DO SOME DIFFERENT THINGS TO BE MORE EFFICIENT, AND IT'S TURNED OUT TO BE LESS EFFICIENT. SO DURING A CONVERSATION, UM, WE STARTED LOOKING AT DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES TO CREATE A BETTER PROCESS. NOT ONLY, UH, WELL INCLUDING ALL, ALL INCLUDING, UM, OF STAFF COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC. UM, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT HAVING WORKSHOPS ON A MONTHLY BASIS TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE ITEMS. UM, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE COMMITTEES, UH, REPORTING OUT DURING COUNCIL, BEING LOOKING BACKWARD, NOT LOOKING FORWARD. UM, SO DURING THIS CONVERSATION, THE, THE IDEA AND THE CONCEPT CAME AROUND THAT IF PUBLIC PLANNING COMMITTEE WERE TO GO AWAY AND TO BE DIVIDED AMONGST COMMUNITY SERVICE, PUBLIC SAFETY AND FINANCE ADMINISTRATION, THAT THOSE TWO COMMITTEES THEN BECOME ACTUAL WORKING COMMITTEES WHERE IT WOULD BE HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT EACH COUNCIL MEMBER ATTEND AND SIT ON THE DAIS AT THESE COMMITTEE MEETINGS. OBVIOUSLY THE THREE, UH, APPOINTED COMMITTEE MEMBERS WOULD BE THE VOTING MEMBERS OF THAT, BUT IT GIVES THE COUNCIL AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS AND THE COMMUNITY TO DISCUSS WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD. WHEN WE GO TO TOWN COUNCIL MEETINGS. IT NEEDS TO BE VETTED, WHATEVER THAT IS, RIGHT? WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON, IT NEEDS TO BE PURELY VETTED SO THAT IT IS A WORKING MEETING, SO WE CAN TAKE VOTES ON IT. WE SHOULDN'T BE HAVING THE DEBATES AND COUNCIL THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING, UM, BECAUSE THERE ARE QUESTIONS. SO [01:55:01] THAT, THAT INDICATES A BROKEN PROCESS. WE'RE A PROCESS THAT NEEDS REFINING. SO I WOULD LIKE TO PUT ON THE TABLE FOR CONVERSATION WITH COUNCIL, UM, OF MAKING THESE TWO COMMITTEES, OUR WORKSHOP COMMITTEES, AND STILL HAVE YOUR SAME, YOU KNOW, RESPONSIBILITIES, BUT MAYBE REDEFINING THE, THE, THE ROLES JUST A LITTLE BIT. UM, NOT GETTING RID OF THE WORKSHOPS, BUT SAVING THOSE FOR SOME BIG ITEMS, RIGHT? THINGS THAT REQUIRE SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT WHERE IT RE REQUIRES COUNSEL, NOT NECESSARILY A, A VOTE OF A COMMITTEE, BUT REQUIRES COUNSEL TO REALLY DISCUSS IN THE PUBLIC AS TO WHAT IT IS WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE. SO THAT'S KIND OF IT IN A NUTSHELL, BUT, AND I KNOW IT'S, IT'S NEW, BUT IT IS ABOUT TRYING TO IMPROVE OUR PROCESS AND BE MORE TRANSPARENT TO THE COMMUNITY AND BE MORE EFFECTIVE IN OUR ROLES. SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE REST OF COUNSEL, MR. BROWN. YEAH, I'LL START. MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU. UM, I GUESS I'M GONNA SPEAK FROM A, UH, A POSITION OF CHAIRING A, A SUBCOMMITTEE. AND, YOU KNOW, OVER THE, OVER THE YEARS THAT I'VE CHAIRED THE FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE, I, I'VE FOUND VALUE IN NOT ONLY THE, UH, CONVERSATIONS THAT I'VE HAD WITH THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, BUT CONVERSATION WITH THE OTHER COUNCIL PERSONS AS WELL. UM, I THINK WE ALL BRING, UH, DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES TO THE TABLE, WHICH IS IMPORTANT. THAT'S WHY WE WERE ELECTED TO BRING DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES TO THE TABLE. BUT WHAT I, WHAT I FOUND IS THAT ONCE WE GET TO SHOWTIME, UH, WHICH IS FIRST READING, UM, IN SOME CASES, NOT ALL OF THOSE PERSPECTIVES HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO GET A BITE AT THE APPLE. AND THAT, 'CAUSE THAT CAUSES A CONFLICT, THAT CAUSES SORT OF A OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SAY, WAIT A MINUTE, WE NEED TO BACK UP. SO I, I THINK WHAT THE MAYOR'S PROPOSING IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, TALK THROUGH AND CONSIDER, BECAUSE I, I VALUE HAVING, UH, OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS A PART OF THE DISCUSSION WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STUFF AT FNA. UM, THAT WILL, UH, SORT OF FREE UP SOME TIME, SO TO SPEAK, OF THE SIDE CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE WE CAN HAVE THE CONVERSATIONS TOGETHER AND THEN MORE QUALIFIED CONVERSATIONS, BECAUSE SOME OF THE ANSWERS THAT WE NEED WILL COME FROM STAFF THAT MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE WHEN WE ARE HAVING A SIDE CONVERSATION. OKAY? SO, UM, I I THINK IT'S A, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA ACTUALLY. UM, WE, WE, AT THE MOMENT I'M USING, WE, UM, WITH CAPITAL BOLD LEATHERS, WE ARE NOW SORT OF GIVEN THE IMPRESSION TO THE COMMUNITY THAT WE DON'T HAVE OUR STUFF TOGETHER WHERE WE GET TO THE FULL COUNCIL MEETING AND WE CAN'T GET SOMETHING THROUGH. AND I THINK US HAVING THE, THE OPPORTUNITY FOR COLLECTIVE CONVERSATION AROUND THOSE TOPICS, CALL IT VETTING MORE OFTEN, PUTS US IN A BETTER PLACE TO SUCCEED DOWN THE ROAD. UH, SO I LIKE THE IDEA. UM, I, I'D ALSO PREFERENCE THAT WITH, YOU KNOW, ALEX BROWN IS THE CHAIR OF FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE, HAVING SIX OR SEVEN MEMBERS ON THE DAIS. LIKE WE HAVE TO LISTEN AND WE HAVE TO TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY, THE THREE VOTING MEMBERS HAVE TO TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF LISTENING TO OTHERS SO THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER DECISION WE ARE GOING TO RECOMMEND TO FULL COUNCIL, OTHERS HAVE BEEN HEARD. THAT GIVES US MORE OPPORTUNITY, MORE CHANCE OF SUCCESS. MS. BECKER? THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, WELL, I COULDN'T AGREE MORE. UM, I THINK THAT THE SUGGESTION IS A GOOD ONE, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, AN AGREEMENT OR CONSENSUS AMONG THE COUNCIL TO MOVE FORWARD IN THAT DIRECTION. WE HAVE CERTAINLY SEEN, OR I'VE CERTAINLY SEEN OVER MY EXPERIENCE AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, SOME VERY EFFICIENT, UM, MEETINGS. AND, UM, MOST OF THOSE OCCURRED WHEN WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITIES TO, TO DO JUST AS WHAT'S BEEN STATED, COME TOGETHER, UM, HAVE DISCUSSIONS, LISTEN TO OUR OTHER CO MEMBERS, UM, WHETHER THEY'RE IN ONE-TO-ONE CONVERSATIONS OR OVER A CUP OF COFFEE AS WAS SUGGESTED EARLIER, OR HAVING FOLKS SHOW UP AT OUR MEETINGS AND EXPRESS THEIR THOUGHTS AT THE TIME. [02:00:01] THIS IS A HUGE STEP FORWARD. UM, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE, THE IMPROVEMENT THAT IT'LL MAKE IF IT'S AGREED UPON. UM, WE COULD CERTAINLY DO BETTER. WE ALL KNOW THAT, AND I THINK OUR COMMUNITY WHO ELECTED US, EXPECT THAT FROM US. SO I WOULD HOPE THAT MOVING FORWARD TODAY, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY'LL GET. THANK YOU, MR. DESMOND. UM, FOR ME, THIS IS GONNA TAKE SOME, SOME VETTING IN MY HEAD. IT'S GONNA TAKE ME A WHILE TO, TO LET THIS SOAK IN BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED TO WHAT CHARLIE HAD TO SAY THIS MORNING FOR ONE. UM, AND IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE CIRCUMVENTING THE PROCESS OF HAVING A COUNCIL MEETING BEFORE A COUNCIL MEETING. UH, I JUST THINK WE NEED TO TRUST THE PROCESS AND WE NEED TO FOLLOW THE PROCESS. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN FOLLOW THE PROCESS. AND TO MAKE THAT CHANGE NOW TO ME JUST MEANS IT'S THE PEOPLE. IT'S NOT THE PROCESS. AND SO I THINK WE NEED TO TRUST EACH OTHER, COMMUNICATE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE, LET THE COMMITTEES DO THEIR JOB, VET IT PROPERLY, TRUST THE VETTING, AND GO ON THE AGENDAS. BUT I'M LISTENING. ALL RIGHT, OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, MS. TURNER? YOU NEED THAT? SO I'M JUST, OOH, THAT WAS LEVER, REALLY LOUD. . I'M JUST PROCESSING WHAT HAS BEEN SAID. AND, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DO AGREE WITH IS THAT IT'S GOOD TO HAVE OTHER VOICES, UH, OF TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, DURING THOSE COMMITTEE MEETINGS. BUT I PREFER WHAT HAPPENED AT THE FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE MEETING THAT WE JUST HAD, WHERE IT'S CLEAR WHO'S ON THE COMMITTEE BECAUSE THEY'RE SITTING ON THE DAIS AND THEY HAVE MORE OP, MORE OF AN OPPORTUNITY TO DIG IN WITH THEIR EXPERTISE ON THE SUBJECT. UH, BUT OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE IN THE AUDIENCE AND THE CHAIR ASKED FOR THEM TO SPEAK, UH, AND GIVE THEIR THEIR FEEDBACK. SO THAT'S WHERE I AM SITTING, UM, AS TO WHETHER THEY NEED TO BE ON THE DAIS OR THEY SHOULD JUST BE IN THE AUDIENCE AND GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT DIALOGUE. SO STILL PROCESSING. OKAY, MS. PRICE? YES, SIR. THANK YOU. I'LL SEE IF I CAN GET THIS IN THE RIGHT VOLUME IN ORDER. UM, SO A COUPLE THINGS. FIRST OF ALL, I, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THE SUGGESTION OF A NEW PROCESS THIS WAY, UM, BUT THERE'S A COUPLE OF OTHER OBSERVATIONS I HAVE, BUT ONE IS, I HAVE TO ADMIT A BIAS, HAVING PRACTICED LOCAL GOVERNMENT LAW FOR 31 YEARS WITH A SPECIALTY IN ZONING AND LAND USE, I'M KIND OF PARTIAL TO A, A PLANNING COMMITTEE, BUT ALSO I'M MINDFUL OF WE HAVE A PLANNING COMMISSION AND WHAT IS THEIR ROLE, UM, AND, UM, SOME OTHER ADVISORY GROUPS AND WHAT IS THEIR ROLE? SO MY, UM, THOUGHT TODAY IS WHAT IF WE HAD A BLANK SLATE RIGHT NOW BY, UM, OUR MUNICIPAL CODE PROVISION? IT SAYS WE SHALL HAVE THESE THREE COMMITTEES. UM, IT SAYS WE MAY APPOINT, UM, OTHER COMMITTEES FROM TIME TO TIME. SO I DON'T KNOW WHETHER A SOUTH CAROLINA STATUTE REQUIRES US TO HAVE, AND I DON'T THINK IT DOES, REQUIRES US TO HAVE THESE SPECIFICALLY NAMED COMMITTEES. SO IT SEEMS AS THOUGH NOW WE'RE STANDING THE PROCESS ON ITS HEAD BECAUSE WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT KIND OF SHOES. SO LET'S SAY I WANNA GO HIKING AND ONLY HAVE A DRESS SHOE AND A TENNIS SHOE. DON'T I NEED TO GET A HIKING BOOT? OR LET'S SAY I WANNA PLAY RACKET SPORTS AND I WANNA PLAY GOLF. I'M NOT GONNA USE THE SAME SHOES. SO SHOULDN'T OUR DECISION BASED ON OUR STRATEGIC PLAN BE WHAT DRIVES US TO SET UP OUR COMMITTEES IN ORDER TO HANDLE THE WORKFLOW? SO MY SUGGESTION IS WIPE 'EM OUT, DECIDE ON THE STRAP PLAN, AND THEN FIGURE OUT WHAT COMMITTEES WE WANT TO APPOINT TO HANDLE THE WORKFLOW. THAT'S A DIFFERENT THOUGHT, AND I JUST SAW IT AS LOOKING AT, AT THIS DIAGRAM GOING LIKE, YEAH, THAT'S REALLY CONFUSING. WHY DON'T WE, WE JUST ERASE THAT AND START AGAIN. AND WHAT WE WOULD NEED TO DO IS TO AMEND OUR MUNICIPAL CODE TO TAKE OUT THE THREE STANDING COMMITTEES AND SOMEHOW HAVE LANGUAGE IN THERE THAT'S MORE FLEXIBLE, THAT WE WOULD, UM, FROM TIME TO TIME APPOINT VARIOUS STANDING COMMITTEES, WHICH GIVES US A LOT MORE FLEXIBILITY INSTEAD OF BEING HAMSTRUNG WITH ONLY CERTAIN SHOES THAT WE HAVE TO WEAR WHEN WE WANNA DO [02:05:01] A DIFFERENT ACTIVITY. OKAY. MR. ALFRED, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? YES, THANK YOU. UM, AS YOU INDICATED, THIS IS A PROBABLY NEW MATTER THAT'S BEING PRESENTED TO US. AND SO, UM, LIKE SOME OF THE OTHERS, IT'S CERTAINLY A MATTER THAT I'D LIKE TO GIVE SOME THOUGHT TO OVER TIME. MY INITIAL REACTION IS THAT, IS THAT PERSONALLY IT IS NOT GONNA IMPACT ME EITHER WAY, BECAUSE I'M GONNA GO TO THESE MEETINGS AND I'M GONNA SPEAK UP EVEN IF I'M IN THE AUDIENCE. UM, I THINK PART OF THE ADVANTAGE OF HAVING COMMITTEES IS THAT YOU HAVE A CERTAIN GROUP, CERTAIN MEMBERS OF COUNCIL WHO ARE SPECIALIZING IN THAT PARTICULAR SUBJECT. AND I THINK THAT HELPS. UM, I THINK IF YOU HAVE SEVEN PEOPLE, SIX PEOPLE ON THE DIOCESE, YOU'RE GONNA, IT'S GONNA TAKE LONGER TO GET THROUGH EVERYTHING. THERE'S GONNA BE MORE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO SPEAK. UM, THOSE ARE MY PRELIMINARY REACTIONS, AND I CERTAINLY LIKE TO THINK ABOUT IT AND HEAR MORE FROM MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS, MS. BECKER. UM, SO THIS IS A CONVERSATION, CRAIG. OKAY, GOOD. WELL, IT'S A GREAT START. UM, YES, SO O OUT OF EXPERIENCE OVER THE YEARS, UM, IT WASN'T JUST THESE THREE COMMITTEES THAT WE'VE HAD. THERE WERE, WHEN I FIRST CAME ONTO COUNCIL, UM, AT LEAST ONE OR TWO OTHER COMMITTEES THAT EXIST IN INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMITTEE AND, AND ANOTHER ONE I BELIEVE. BUT, SO IT IS POSSIBLE TO CHANGE. WE AREN'T DICTATED WITH REGARD TO THE THREE COMMITTEES THAT YOU SEE UP ON THE, UM, THE SCREEN THERE. I THINK THE ADVANTAGE OF HAVING AS, UM, COUNCILWOMAN TANNER SAID, THE THE APPOINTED COMMITTEE ON THE DIOCESE IS TO ALLOW EVERYONE TO KNOW WHO IS MAKING THE DECISION AT THAT POINT WITH REGARD TO RECOMMENDING OR NOT. BUT THEN DO ENCOURAGE, AS I HAVE IN IN MY COMMITTEES MEETINGS FOR EVERYONE TO COME INTO LISTEN TO THEIR VOICES SO THAT THAT INFORMATION IS TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION AT THE SAME TIME. UM, SO I'M NOT OPPOSED TO HAVING EVERYONE ON THE DICE, BUT I DO AGREE THAT IT PROBABLY MAKES IT MORE SIMPLIFIED AND MORE CLEAR TO THE PUBLIC, UM, THE, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THAT COMMITTEE MAKING THE RECOMMENDATION MOVING FORWARD. SO THAT'S, THAT'S ONE THING. BUT ANOTHER THAT I TOOK SOME NOTES IN THE EARLY PART OF THE MEETING AND WROTE DOWN SOME KEY PHRASES THAT I THOUGHT WERE, UM, SIGNIFICANT TO ME, AND I HEARD SLOW DOWN TO GO FASTER. I THINK OUR TOWN MANAGER SAYS THAT OFTEN. AND I THINK THIS METHOD OF BRINGING TOPICS THROUGH FOR CONVERSATION AND CONSIDERATION, UM, MAKES US DO JUST THAT. AND WHEN YOU DO THAT, YOU GET TO THE POINT OF WHERE CORRECTING WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY, WHERE THINGS ARE COMING FORTH FOR A VOTE THAT HAVEN'T BEEN, WE HAVEN'T TAKEN OUR TIME GONE SLOWER, SO THAT WHEN WE GET TO THE VOTING AS A FULL COUNCIL, WE CAN GO FASTER, GET IT DONE, AND HAVE IT BEGIN TO GET IMPLEMENTED BY THIS GOOD STAFF. UM, ANOTHER ONE THAT I THOUGHT WAS, UM, IMPORTANT THAT I WROTE DOWN THIS MORNING CAME FROM, UM, OUR CONSULTANTS TO BE DELIBERATE TO GET TO A CONSENSUS. AND I THINK THAT, THAT THIS PROCESS HELPS US TO DO THAT BECAUSE WE'RE DELIBERATELY FOCUSING ON THE ISSUES AT HAND. AND AS WE'RE DELIBERATELY FOCUSING ON THEM, WE'RE HAVING CONVERSATION THAT HELPS US ALL UNDERSTAND BETTER WHAT EACH OF US ARE BRINGING TO THE TABLE INDIVIDUALLY. AND THEN THE ALSO I WOULD ASSUME THE THOUGHTS AND CONCERNS OF OUR INDIVIDUAL WARDS SO THAT ALL OF THAT INTAKE, UM, HELPS US TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE COLLECTIVE GOOD OF THE FULL ISLAND SO WE CAN COME TO A CONSENSUS THAT BETTERS OUR COMMUNITY. SO THOSE ARE A COUPLE OF POINTS THAT I TOOK FROM EARLY NOTES THAT, UM, I THINK HELPS TO ADDRESS THE INTENTIONAL PURPOSE OF CREATING THESE TWO COMMITTEES WHO I'M SURE, UM, CO COUNCILMAN BROWN AS I WOULD AS CHAIR OF THE COMMUNITIES, UM, SERVICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY MADE MORE THAN HAPPY TO TAKE ON THE ADDITIONAL WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE APPROPRIATE STAFF THERE TO ADVISE US AND WHATEVER ELSE REQUIRED, UM, TO COVER ALL OF THE NEEDS THAT PREVIOUSLY WERE MANAGED BY THREE COMMITTEES. UM, I THINK IT FREES UP STAFF TIME. I THINK IT FREES ALL OF US, FREES ALL OF US TO COMMUNICATE DIRECTLY WITH EACH OTHER IN, IN AN ARENA THAT DOESN'T VIOLATE FOIA, THAT KEEPS THE CONVERSATION MOVING AND GETS US TO THAT, UH, DELIBERATE CONSENSUS THAT WE'RE ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO SO THAT WE CAN GO FASTER AT A COUNCIL MEETING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO, JUST, JUST FOR, UH, PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE, UM, [02:10:01] I HAVE LOOKED AT MANY MUNICIPALITIES AROUND THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, AND A LOT OF THEM DO NOT HAVE A PUBLIC PLANNING COMMITTEE. MOST OF THEM DO HAVE TWO COMMITTEES THAT HANDLE EVERYTHING. UM, AND IT IS AN ATTEMPT TO, UM, MAKE CERTAIN THAT THINGS FLOW BETTER. WHETHER, WHETHER WE'RE SITTING AT THE, AS A NON-MEMBER OR NOT, THAT'S, THAT'S CAN BE CHANGED. BUT IF, IF WE'RE ABLE TO ELIMINATE A WORKSHOP AND GET THINGS ADDRESSED IN COMMITTEE, FREE UP STAFF TIME, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ASKING STAFF TO DO A LOT OF WORK. HOW CAN WE BE MOST EFFECTIVE? AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT I'M, I'M, I'M TRYING TO GET AT TODAY IS, IS HOW CAN WE BE MOST EFFECTIVE? UM, AND I, AND I'M, I'M HEARING EVERYBODY AGREE TO THAT ASPECT OF IT ABOUT BECOMING MORE EFFECTIVE AND IN OUR TIME, IN OUR DECISION MAKING. BUT WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? UM, IS IT, YOU KNOW, THREE MEMBERS ONLY AT THE DIOCESE? IS IT MORE, IS IT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, CHANGING THE DYNAMICS OF THE COMMITTEE SO THAT THE COMMUNITY IS AWARE THAT IT'S MORE OF A WORKSHOP SETTING AND THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL BE THERE. SO THERE'S NOT THAT CONFUSION IS WHY ARE THEY THERE? UM, I I, I REALLY WANNA MAKE CERTAIN THAT THE PRESSURES THAT WE PUT ONTO THE TOWN MANAGER AND THAT HE THEN PUTS ON STAFF DOESN'T CREATE AN EMPLOYMENT ISSUE. UM, AND WE'VE GOTTA BE DILIGENT IN HOW WE MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR TIME AND NOT EXPECT OVERTIME EVERY SINGLE DAY. BUT I ALSO LOOK TO THE TOWN MANAGER TO HELP GUIDE US A LITTLE BIT ON THIS AS TO, TO THE FEASIBILITY. UM, IF WE WERE TO MAKE SUCH CHANGE, I KNOW THAT SOME MEETINGS WOULD HAVE TO BE ADJUSTED ON THEIR TIMES. UM, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW FNA IS THE SAME DIME AS SOCO, SO THERE WOULD NEED TO BE AN ADJUSTMENT OF CALENDARS, UM, THAT'LL, THAT'LL NEED TO BE LOOKED AT. SO ANY OTHER, ANY OTHER THOUGHTS OR COMMENTS, MS. HUNTER? UM, THEN I THINK IT GETS TO THE INTERESTING PART OF TRYING TO DECIDE, UH, HOW YOU SPLIT UP THE WORK OF THE PUBLIC PLANNING COMMITTEE. UM, AND I THINK THERE'S SOME NATURAL, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, TRENDS IN ASSESSMENT REPORT MAKES PERFECT SENSE FOR THAT TO GO TO FINANCE. UM, IF YOU LOOK AT SOMETHING THAT IS JUST VERY RURAL RELATED, LIKE SHORT TERM RENTAL THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT COULD POTENTIALLY GO TO FINANCE IT, BUT THEN YOU HAVE ALL THE DISTRICT PLANNING AND LMO. SO I THINK IT'LL BE A REALLY INTERESTING EXERCISE TO CATEGORIZE WHAT THAT WORK IS AND SEE HOW YOU ALLOCATE IT BETWEEN THE TWO TEAMS. ABSOLUTELY. MR. BROWN. YEAH, I AGREE WITH, UM, WHAT COUNCILMAN AND BRYSON ARE PROPOSING THAT WE TAKE A LOOK AT, UM, A BLANK SHEET OF PAPER, SO TO SPEAK, AND SORT OF CREATE THE COMMITTEES ALONG WITH THE WORKLOAD. OKAY. SO WE ARE MORE EFFICIENT. ALL RIGHT. UM, I THINK THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE NEED TO LOOK INTO. MS. PRESTON, I SAW YOU LIGHT UP A SECOND AGO. NO. OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? SO, MARK, YOU KNOW, I HOPE THAT KIND OF GIVES YOU, YOU KNOW, SOME DIRECTION FROM, FROM COUNSEL. IT, IT GIVES ME A LOT OF DIRECTION. IT'S ACTUALLY GREAT. SEAN AND I WERE SMILING AT EACH OTHER HALF THE TIME. 'CAUSE 'CAUSE HERE'S WHAT'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN. AND, AND MS. HUNTER RAISES THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION THAT I, THAT I GRAPPLE WITH MONDAY, TUESDAY LEADING UP TO OUR MEETINGS ON THURSDAY. WHEN WE LOOK AT AGENDAS, WHAT GOES WHERE, RIGHT? SO I CAN MAKE A CASE THAT WE SHOULD CHANGE, YOU KNOW, LESS IS MORE, RIGHT? SO IF THREE, IF, IF WE LOOK AT IT THREE AGENDAS, THREE SETS OF MINUTES, THREE POSTINGS, THREE MEETINGS, AND IF YOU'RE ALL INVOLVED, WE NEED THREE. AND THERE HAS BEEN A BIT OF A, I WOULD SAY A LITTLE BACK AND FORTH WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION ROLE SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE. IT'S JUST MY HONEST ASSESSMENT OF IT. I THINK TOWN COUNCIL NEEDS TO VET, RIGHT? THEY HAVE TO AT LEAST PROVIDE SOME CLEAR DIRECTION OF WHERE, WHERE YOU WANT ME TO GO ACCOMPLISH. AND PLANNING COMMISSION IS PART OF THE TEAM TO ACCOMPLISH SOME OF IT. THEY HAVE TO BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH THEIR OWN INGREDIENT. THEY HAVE TO, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY COME UP WITH THEIR OWN PRIORITIES. SO WHEN YOU SET THE PRIORITIES AND WE GO OFF TO ACCOMPLISH IT, WE WORK WITH THEM. WE BRING AN APPLICATION OR WE BRING A ZONING AMENDMENT, OR WE BRING THE LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE THROUGH PLANNING COMMISSION. BUT IT HAS TO BE SCRUBBED AT COMMITTEE BECAUSE AT FIRST READING, IN MY OPINION, AND, AND IN MY CAREER, THAT'S THE BUSINESS MEETING OF COUNCIL. THE READINGS ARE THE BUSINESS, THE RESOLUTIONS ARE THE BUSINESS. THEY'RE NOT, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT FOR ME TO REALIZE, WOW, WE THOUGHT WE HAD IT RIGHT. APPARENTLY WE DIDN'T. AND THAT'S ALL. AND I JUST THINK IT'S PROCESS. IT'S JUST FIGURE OUT THE PROCESS, TRUST THE [02:15:01] PROCESS, WORK THE PROCESS, RIGHT? SO, BECAUSE PRETTY SOON WE'RE GONNA COME UP TO SEVERAL LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS. AND THE REASON I BRING THIS UP SO DELICATELY, BUT ALSO SPECIFICALLY TODAY IS WHERE DO YOU WANT ME TO BRING THE LMO AMENDMENTS? BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO BRING THEM TO FIRST READING OF COUNCIL STRAIGHT FROM PLANNING COMMISSION. OKAY. THAT'S HELPFUL. THAT'S VERY HELPFUL. ALL RIGHT. SO TAKE AWAY, SEAN HAS SOME NOTES. WE'RE GOING TO RETHINK THE THREE COMMITTEES. I WOULD SAY, JUST TO HELP US OUT, PLANNING COMMISSION BY SOUTH PLAYER LINE OF CODE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD BY LMO. AMAZING. UM, HELP AND AMAZING APPOINTEES TO THO TO THOSE BOARDS AND THE COMM, THE BOARD AND COMMISSION CONSTRUCTION BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS AND APPEALS BOARD OF ZONING. THESE, THESE ARE UNTOUCHABLE. I WOULD ALSO REMIND US THAT THE GULLAH GEECHEE LAND AND CULTURAL PRESERVATION TASK FORCE, AND I'M GONNA GET THROUGH SOME OF THE PRIORITIES THAT THEY SET IN PLACE WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, OUR WORK TO DATE. BUT WE'VE ALSO TALKED A LOT ABOUT THEIR ROLE AS A SUBCOMMITTEE OF PLANNING COMMISSION AS WE START GETTING INTO OUR LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE. AND SO PARKS AND REC COMMISSION, THERE'S A PARKS AND REC MASTER PLAN. YOU ALL HAD, HAVE APPROVED SEVERAL MASTER PLANS FOR PARKS. WE ARE IMPLEMENTING THEM. I DO THINK THAT WE HAVE TO DO A DIFFERENT BETTER JOB WITH PARKS AND REC OVER TIME TO GET THEM INVOLVED WHERE WE NEED TO. SO THEY'RE NOT JUST A BLANKET, WE DON'T NEED YOU FOR FIVE MORE YEARS GROUP, BUT WE HAVE TO REFINE THAT ROLE. AND I KNOW SEAN AND I HAVE HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH DEREK ON HOW DO WE GET THEM INVOLVED NOW THAT THE MASTER PLAN'S IN PLACE, NOW THAT WE'RE IMPLEMENTING IT IMPLEMENTATIONS THROUGH CAPITAL PROGRAMMING, THROUGH PRIORITIZATION. SO HOUSING ACTION COMMITTEE, UH, I ENCOURAGE US TO MEET WITH THE HOUSING ACTION COMMITTEE SOONER THAN LATER. THE, THE, THE, THE GREAT PART OF THEIR WORK IS THEY'RE EAGER THEY WANT TO HELP. YOU WILL HAVE SOME POLICY ITEMS THAT WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT. THE HOUSING DISPLACEMENT MITIGATION SUPPORT PLAN. THEY, THEY, THEY, IN THEIR, IN THEIR WORK WHEN FINDING HOME THE DOCUMENT WAS APPROVED, THERE'S SEVERAL THINGS THAT WERE ASKED OF ME TO DO. ONE OF WHICH IS TO PUT A, A MEASURED DASHBOARD TOGETHER THAT'S UNDERWAY. THE MITIGATION DISPLACEMENT PLAN UNDERWAY GETTING CLOSER, BUT WE ALSO HAVE NORTH POINT AND A FEW OTHER INITIATIVES. AND HOW DO WE BEST WORK WITH THEM? BECAUSE WHAT IS THEIR ROLE TO STAFF AND WHAT IS MY ROLE FROM YOU HAS TO BE TALKED ABOUT AT SOME POINT. NORTH POINT PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP COMMITTEE, OUR HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WE MET BEN, MET WITH THEM, WE MET WITH THEM OFTEN ONCE THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WAS SET, WE DIDN'T MEET FOR SOME TIME NOW THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ZONING TEXT OR MAP AMENDMENT, GROUND LEASE. WE'RE BACK TOGETHER. BACK TOGETHER WITH, WITH THE GROUP, THE BEACH PARKING ADVISORY COMMITTEE. I HAVEN'T PUT THAT IN PLACE YET. IT WAS A VOTE OF COUNCIL FIVE TO TWO, I THINK LAST LATE LAST YEAR. I HAVE A GOOD OUTLINE OF WHAT I THINK WE SHOULD STUDY AND REPORT BACK ON BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. AND I'M JUST LOOKING FOR THE RIGHT TIME TO, TO GET TOGETHER WITH MR. DESIMONE AND, AND YOU AND PUT THIS COMMITTEE TOGETHER AS COUNCIL ASKED ME TO MS. BECKER ON THE COMMITTEE. RIGHT? SO THAT HELPS ALREADY. WHERE DID I GO? OH, GULLAH GEECHEE, HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, UM, BOARD OF DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, A STRATEGIC PLAN AND SEVERAL INITIATIVES LINED UP FOR A LOT OF SUCCESS THIS YEAR. AND OUR ACCOMMODATIONS TAX ADVISORY COMMITTEE, ONE THING THAT WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON WITH FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION IS AN IMPROVED, I WOULD CALL IT STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE, MORE THAN A POLICY ON, ON, AT TAX, ON THE APPLICATION, ON THE QUALIFICATION, AND ON THE PROCESSING OF COUNCIL, INCLUDING HOW Y'ALL VOTE ON THE 20 DIFFERENT OR 30 DIFFERENT ASKS IN THE GRANTS. SO I THINK THAT'S EVERYTHING. UM, I'M GONNA MOVE FORWARD AND, AND, AND TAKE A LOOK. ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS SIT DOWN WITH MAYOR, CHAIR OF FINANCE, CHAIR OF COMMUNITY SERVICE. CHARLIE SAID NOT TO POINT, AND I'M POINTING, UM, COMMUNITY SERVICE, PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, UM, SOON TO SHOW YOU THIS 87 LIST PIPELINE AT SEVEN POINT SOMETHING PER MONTH. I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE SOME HARD DECISIONS OF WHAT WE PUSH OUT SO THAT WE CAN GET IT DOWN TO TWO OR THREE PER MONTH. BECAUSE THE, THE STRUGGLE I HAVE TO, TO BE VERY TRANSPARENT ABOUT IT IS WHEN SOMETHING MISSES, IT'S THE DOMINO EFFECT, RIGHT? IF TWO THINGS MISS, WHAT DOES THAT DO TO THE NEXT AGENDA? WHAT DOES THAT DO TO THEM? OKAY. LITTLE BIT ABOUT BUDGET. AND WE, WE SAW THIS EARLIER, [02:20:01] COMP PLAN, STRAP PLAN, BUDGET, AND REALLY THE IMPLEMENTATION. SO I, I, I LIKE TO TALK ABOUT BUDGET ON A DAY LIKE TODAY SIMPLY TO TEE UP THAT BUDGET ISN'T JUST A, A, A BLIND LOOK AND A WHAT DID WE DO LAST YEAR ASSESSMENT IF, IF I COULD MARK MM-HMM . SINCE, SINCE EVERYBODY'S HAD A MOMENT TO KIND OF, UH, MASSAGE WHAT WE JUST DISCUSSED, IF THERE WERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS THAT ANYBODY WANTS TO ADD, UM, REGARDING, YOU KNOW, THE PPC AND THAT STRUCTURE, UM, MAYOR, I DID LIGHT UP THAT TIME . UM, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE DIFFICULT WITH THOSE TWO EXISTING COMMITTEES THAT ARE NOW FUNCTIONING TO CHANNEL EVERYTHING ONE OF TWO WAYS. THERE'S SOME CLEAR DISTINCTIONS AS MS. HUNTER SUGGESTED ABOUT SHORT-TERM RENTALS. 'CAUSE THAT FINANCE, THERE'S A LOT OF FINANCE IN THAT, BUT THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF PLANNING IN THAT. UM, SO I, I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE DIFFICULT. I, I THINK THAT WHAT WE ARE GONNA HAVE TO DO, JUST THINKING OF IT PROCEDURALLY, IS WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DEAL WITH WHAT THINGS ARE COMING UP NOW, RIGHT? TO GO THOSE TWO ROUTES. BUT IF WE CAN GO BACK AND CREATE, AND I'M OKAY WITH TWO BUCKETS, TWO COMMITTEES, AND EVERYTHING GOES THROUGH ONE OR THE OTHER. UH, WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS THAT MAYBE ONE MIGHT BE MORE HEAVILY LOADED ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, AND HOW DO YOU BALANCE THAT OUT? BUT I THINK THEY NEED TO BE RENAMED, UM, BECAUSE I, I, I THINK YOU CAN'T SEND DIVIDE UP PLANNING PURPOSES AND GO TO THOSE TWO EXISTING NAME COMMITTEES. UM, MS. BECKER'S, CORRECT. OVER TIME, IF YOU GO BACK INTO HISTORY OF THE NAMES OF THE COMMITTEES AND THEIR FUNCTIONS, THEY HAVE CHANGED OVER THE YEARS. AND SO I, I WOULD STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT IF WE CAN, UM, LET'S CREATE THOSE COMMITTEES, UM, HOPEFULLY NOT EACH YEAR, BUT HAVE FLEXIBILITY WITHIN THE MUNICIPAL CODE TO SAY YOU MAY APPOINT TWO STANDING COMMITTEES EACH YEAR OR WHATEVER. LANGUAGE GIVES US THE MOST FLEXIBILITY. THAT TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO IT, AND TWO READINGS OF AN ORDINANCE, WHICH CAN'T BE ON THE SAME DAY. SO WE'VE GOTTA OPERATE, WE'VE GOTTA HAVE AN INTERIM STRATEGY AND THEN A LONGER TERM STRATEGY THAT I HOPE IS NOT LONG TERM. ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY. MS. BRYSON'S HELPING ME, UH, WRAP MY HEAD AROUND BRINGING SOME LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS FORWARD. SO THANK YOU. YEAH. AND THAT, I'M JUST GONNA SEGUE OFF OF WHAT, AND BUILD UPON WHAT, UH, COUNCILMAN BRYSON SAID. MY NEXT THOUGHT IS HOW DO YOU GET THIS DONE? HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE? WHAT IS THE PROCESS? BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING TO SLOW DOWN THE WORK. WE'RE ALREADY AT THE END OF FEBRUARY, MARCH IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER. AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, UM, DON'T SLOW DOWN ON WHAT WE NEED TO DO WHILE PUTTING THIS ON. UM, YOU KNOW, PUTTING THIS, UH, TOGETHER. I'M THINKING TO SLOW WHAT DOWN, BECAUSE I WANT TO FOUNDATION, RIGHT? IF WE DON'T HAVE THE FOUNDATION, RIGHT, WE HAVE TO STOP TRYING TO CHANGE THE ENGINE OF THE PLANE WHILE WE FLY IT. AND I'LL GET THE ORDINANCE QUICK. I SEE LAQUINN TAKING NOTES AND SEAN TAKING NOTES. IT'S A SIMPLE AMENDMENT TO AN ORDINANCE. WE CAN BRING THAT THROUGH. BUT I ENCOURAGE US TO TRULY UNDERSTAND THAT 87 ITEMS CAN'T COME FORWARD AS SEVEN ITEMS PER, AND THAT'S YOUR CURRENT WORKLOAD, RIGHT? AND THEIR TOWN CODE AMENDMENTS, PARKING, ENFORCEMENT, BEACH RULES, ALIGNMENT WITH RENOURISHMENT. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF, AND I, AND I DO THINK THAT WHEN WE SIT DOWN AND, AND, AND GO THROUGH THIS TOGETHER, WE HAVE TO MAKE SOME HARD DECISIONS OF WHAT'S NOT COMING FORWARD AS MUCH AS WHAT IS COMING FORWARD. AND I'M GONNA ENCOURAGE US TO THINK THAT WAY. SO, MR. YEAH. UM, SORRY. THIS IS IMPORTANT. FOCUS ON PACE. I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. MM-HMM . UM, NOT ONLY TO THE COUNCIL, BUT TO OUR COMMUNITY MM-HMM . UM, SO I, I JUST WANT TO HEAR INTERIM MM-HMM . OKAY. SO WHAT I'M HEARING IS IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE, TOWN MANAGER MEETS WITH MAYOR CHAIRS TO TALK THROUGH WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. I'M SUGGESTING DO TRY AGAIN. I'M SUGGESTING THAT AT WHEN WE COME OUT OF THAT MEETING, UH, IF, IF THIS CONSENSUS AROUND THE TABLE TODAY THAT WE ARE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL VOICES ARE HEARD DURING THE VETTING PROCESS AT THE COMMITTEE LEVEL, UM, IF [02:25:01] THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO, I THINK WE MOVE AHEAD WITH THAT. AND I MEAN, WE CAN TALK ABOUT IF IT'S ON THE DIET OR NOT MM-HMM . BUT I THINK WE NEED TO COMMIT TO THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN TRIPPING UP WITH THAT PARTICULAR PIECE MM-HMM . WHEN WE GET TO COUNCIL. UH, SO I THINK WE NEED TO, I WANNA WALK OUT OF THE ROOM BETWEEN TODAY AND TOMORROW WITH THAT UNDERSTANDING. UM, AND OBVIOUSLY MARK HAS SOME WORK TO DO, BUT I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT INGREDIENT OF THIS IF WE ARE LOOKING FOR SUCCESS. YES. AND, AND I CHECKED THAT AND I, I, I'D SAY I HAVE A, A LARGER SENSE OF URGENCY. OH, SO ARE YOU BASICALLY ASKING FOR SEVEN PERSON COMMITTEES? NO, NO. WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE ASKING FOR INPUT FROM, FROM ALL COUNSEL, BUT YOU'VE GOT THREE APPOINTED MEMBERS ON COMMITTEE. UM, I MEAN, THERE'S, THERE MIGHT BE SOME LEGAL SIDE TO IT. IT'S GOTTA BE FIGURED OUT WHETHER YOU'RE SITTING IN THE DICE OR NOT. BUT, UM, IT, IT IS ABOUT CREATING A WORKSHOP ATMOSPHERE IN COMMITTEE THAT SPECIALIZES, UM, THAT MOVES THINGS FORWARD. SO I'M GONNA REPEAT WHAT I'M HEARING. I'M HEARING KEEP THE THREE AND THREE ON THE COMMITTEE, Y'ALL. I THINK I HEARD A LOT TODAY ABOUT WHO'S SITTING ON THE DAAS OR NOT. MY RECOMMENDATION IS ALL SEVEN MEMBERS OF COUNCIL DON'T SIT ON THE DA FOR A COMMITTEE MEETING WHEN THREE MEMBERS ARE APPOINTED. THAT THAT CONFUSES THE AUDIENCE, THE PUBLIC, THE STAFF. AND I THINK IT WILL TAKE A, A LOT OF TIME TO TALK. BUT I ALSO HEARD THAT THE COMMITTEES ARE GOING TO WORK, AS YOU ALREADY DO WITH THE REST OF THE TOWN COUNCIL TO UNDERSTAND EXAMPLE, SHORT-TERM RENTAL. DO YOU LIKE THE DEFINITION? DO YOU LIKE THE SMOKE ALARMS? DO YOU LIKE, DO YOU LIKE THE PROVISIONS THAT WE THOUGHT WE SAID IN WORKSHOP? AND THEN WHEN THE COMMITTEE SCRUBS THAT, THAT'S IT QUALIFIES IT BEATS IT UP, THROWS IT OUT, PUTS SOME OTHER THINGS IN, AND WHEN YOU'RE READY FOR FIRST READING, THE CHAIR WORKS WITH ME, THE MAYOR, TO PUT IT ON A TOWN COUNCIL AGENDA FOR FIRST READING, WHICH IS A BUSINESS PIECE OF THE MEETING. AND I, AND I THINK WE CAN GET THAT RIGHT TO, TO, TO MS. TURNER'S. GREAT POINT. WE'RE NOT SLOWING ANYTHING DOWN BECAUSE WE CAN PUSH SOME OF THOSE THINGS THROUGH CURRENT COMMITTEE. WE ARE GONNA RENAME 'EM, WE'LL FIX THE CODE. BUT LET'S, LET'S REMIND OURSELVES WE'RE, WE'RE NOT EVEN 24 HOURS, WELL, ALMOST 24 HOURS AGO WE WERE TALKING ABOUT A $48 MILLION BEACH RENOURISHMENT AND HOW WE'RE GONNA FUND IT. I HAVE TO BRING THAT BACK TO YOU. BUDGET FIRST READING MAY 2ND, READING JUNE, STRATEGIC PLAN, BRAND NEW ONE WITH A THREE YEAR, TWO AND A HALF YEAR OUTLOOK ALIGNED WITH BUDGET. AND SO NONE OF THAT WILL SLOW DOWN. WHAT MIGHT SLOW DOWN ON THERE IS A COUPLE CODE EDITS OUTSIDE OF CODE ENFORCEMENT, RIGHT? SO THAT'S ALL I'M TRYING TO TRULY SAY TODAY. AND LET'S GET THAT FOUNDATION RIGHT. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BUDGET. YOU HAVE THIS IN YOUR, IN YOUR BOOK. I'M GONNA MOVE ON. UH, SORRY MAYOR, I, I JUST NEED TO, I, I HEARD THE TOWN MANAGER REPEAT WHAT HE'S HEARD WE SAY, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO GET THE TOWN COUNCIL TO SAY WE AGREE WITH THAT OR NOT. AND THAT'S HOW WE LEARN HOW TO BUILD CONSENSUS. DO WE HAVE CONSENSUS ON WHAT THE TOWN MANAGER HAS JUST DESCRIBED? THANK YOU, MA'AM. SO IS THERE ANYBODY THAT DOESN'T, UH, UH, HAVE THE SAME CONSENSUS? MO MOST LIKELY IT, IT, THERE'S PRETTY MUCH CONSENSUS ACROSS IT TO, TO EXPLORE THIS AND HOW IT LOOKS. OBVIOUSLY WE'VE GOTTA DETERMINE AS A COUNCIL, WHEN, WHEN WE GO TO THE CODE REWRITE OF IT. SO, AND, AND TO THAT POINT, UM, I THINK THAT, AND IT PUTS US BACK IN THAT CYCLE AGAIN WHERE WE'VE JUST HAD MADE SOME, HAD SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT, UH, AN IDEA THAT WOULD IMPROVE PROCESS, GET IT ALL TO A BETTER PLACE, UM, AS WE FUNCTION AND, AND THE REST. BUT IF WE ARE DOING THAT NOW AND THEN BRINGING IT BACK AT THE CODE POINT, THEN WE'RE PUTTING OURSELVES BACK RIGHT IN THAT CYCLE OF, OKAY, WE ALL SAID THIS, WE HAVE A CONSENSUS AT THE TABLE, BUT THE STAFF AND MARK ARE GOING TO DO THE WORK. AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TO THAT VOTE, WE'RE GOING TO OPEN IT UP AGAIN FOR DISCUSSION. I THINK WHEN WE SAY WE HAVE CONSENSUS FOR MARK TO DIRECT STAFF AND HIMSELF TO DO WORK, WE OUGHT TO MEAN IT. SO CONSENSUS MEANS CONSENSUS IF THERE'S TWEAKING, I UNDERSTAND TWEAKING, BUT, UM, I DON'T WANNA REOPEN THE CONVERSATION AGAIN WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE A DETERMINATION OF RIGHT. PUTTING IT IN THE DOCUMENT. I, I, I CAN BRING THIS CODE AMENDMENT BACK IN 30 DAYS. I'LL WORK CLOSELY WITH THE TEAM. WELL, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I THINK IT'S THE, I IT'S, IT'S DETERMINING WHERE WE PLACE SOME THINGS RIGHT NOW. ABSOLUTELY. UNTIL WE GET EVERYTHING WORKING CORRECT. SO THAT WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD AND NO STOP ON THE PROCESS. STEP ONE. YEAH. STEP TWO, [02:30:02] THAT WILL FORCE THE ISSUE OF WHAT THE COMMITTEES ARE AND AREN'T. AND THEN THE THIRD IS BRING A CODE AMENDMENT FORWARD WHILE WE'RE DOING THIS OTHER WORK. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? MAY I ASK WHAT DON'T YOU AGREE WITH? IF THERE'S NOT AN AGREEMENT, YOU'RE GOOD. OKAY. ALRIGHT. SO BUDGET AND, AND REAL QUICK, WE HAVE 20, WHAT'S THAT? YEAH, I HEAR FIVE, WHICH IS ENOUGH. I HEAR FIVE, WHICH IS ENOUGH. THERE'S QUIET. STEVES ON THE END OF THE TABLE HERE, AND ONE IS SCRUNCHING QUIET AND ONE IS JUST QUIET. SO WE DON'T HAVE, YOU DON'T NEED SEVEN TO MOVE THIS FORWARD, BUT I JUST, I'M JUST INTERESTED TO KNOW, AND, AND THIS AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE BATTING AROUND WHAT THIS IS FOR THE PURPOSES OF, I THINK WHAT THE MANAGER MIGHT NEED TO WALK AWAY FROM THIS IS GOING FROM THREE COMMITTEES TO TWO. THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I UNDERSTAND TO BE ON, ON, ON THE FLOOR RIGHT NOW FOR DISCUSSION. MM-HMM . STEVE'S, WHERE ARE YOU ON THREE COMMITTEES VERSUS TWO? OH, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT AT ALL. I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT THE WAY YOU WANNA STRUCTURE THESE MEETINGS WHERE COUNCIL SHOWS UP IN THE MEETINGS AND OF COURSE EVERYONE'S GONNA SPEAK. YEAH. AND IT'S BASICALLY A COUNCIL MEETING IN A COMMITTEE MEETING. AND I JUST THINK THAT'S NOT THE WAY WE SHOULD BE DOING THIS. UH, ALEC, I, I THINK WE SHOULD BE, I THINK WE SHOULD RELY ON THE PROCESS, TRUST EACH OTHER, LET THE COMMITTEES FUNCTION THE WAY THEY WANT TO FUNCTION. LET THE COMMITTEES DO THE VETTING AND LET THE COUNCIL VOTE. I LIKE TO SAY I'M NOT A LAWYER, BUT I PLAY ONE ON TV. RIGHT. SO I THINK YOUR LAWYER WILL, WILL HAVE TO HELP YOU MAKE A DISTINCTION BETWEEN, IN, IN MY MIND, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A PUBLIC MEETING OR AN ASSEMBLY OF BODY, DOESN'T MATTER WHICH SIDE OF THE ROOM WE'RE SITTING ON, IF THERE'S SEVEN OF US IN THE ROOM, THAT'S COUNSELING IN A LOT OF WAYS, RIGHT? AND MAYBE EVEN LEGALLY. I THINK THAT'S A, A QUESTION TO YOUR ATTORNEY. I HAVE TO PARSE OUT. STEVE, WHAT DO YOU THINK? OH, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH REDUCING THE NUMBER OF COMMITTEES. WE'VE BEEN FUNCTIONING THAT WAY ALREADY NOW FOR A NUMBER OF MONTHS. AS A PRACTICAL MATTER, UH, MY BASIC CONCERN IS SIMILAR TO WHAT HAS GENERALLY BEEN EXPRESSED. HOW DO WE MOVE THINGS THROUGH IN AN EXPEDITIOUS MM-HMM . MANNER? YES. AND I THINK WE STRUGGLED EXTENSIVELY WITH THAT. UH, HAVING TWO COMMITTEES MAY OR MAY NOT HELP, BUT I DON'T SEE A REASON WE SHOULDN'T TRY IT. I I ALSO WANT TO, UH, REACT TO MR. DEON'S, UH, CONCERN ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BUILDING CONSENSUS AND ACTUALLY TAKING ACTION AS A BODY. AT ANY GIVEN TIME. THE SEVEN OF US COULD BE IN A ROOM, BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, WHAT WE'RE SUGGESTING IS THAT ONLY THREE MEMBERS ARE VOTING. AND I'M GONNA GO BACK TO THE VISION STATEMENT, WHICH SAYS THAT WE ARE TO BE A DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY. DIVERSE IN THOUGHT FIRST. UM, AND THANK YOU FOR SOMEBODY THAT SAID THAT WE BUILD THESE COMMITTEES BASED ON EXPERTISE. UM, SO , I'M ASSUMING THAT I GOT SOME EXPERTISE IN FINANCE. UM, BUT I HAVE COLLEAGUES THAT HAVE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES IN THE FINANCE EXPERTISE BUSINESS AS WELL. BUT THERE MAY BE SOMETHING THAT SOMEBODY ELSE ON THIS COUNCIL IS THINKING ABOUT THAT DOESN'T HAVE THE EXPERTISE, BUT IT MAKES SENSE IN OUR OVERALL DECISION. AND RIGHT NOW WE ARE MISSING THAT OPPORTUNITY. I, I DON'T THINK IT'S A THING OF TRUST US TRUSTING EACH OTHER. I JUST THINK IT'S A THING OF OPPORTUNITY. SO THO THOSE, THOSE DIVERSE OPINIONS MATTER WITH US GETTING TO A GOOD PRODUCT AT THE END. SO THAT'S SORT OF MY REACTION TO HIS CONCERN ABOUT SEVEN IN THE ROOM. AND YOU KNOW, I, AGAIN, WE ARE HAVING A DISCUSSION, SO THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO, TO REACT TO IT OUT LOUD. YEAH, I APPRECIATE THAT. YEAH, BUT THAT'S, NO, THAT'S, I'M NOT, I'M CON I'M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. UH, I JUST THINK IT'S ALL ABOUT TRUSTING THE PROCESS. AND IF YOU HAVE AN ISSUE OR AN IDEA THAT YOU WANT BEFORE COMMITTEE, PICK UP THE PHONE, CALL THE COMMITTEE CHAIR YESTERDAY, TALK ABOUT IT, THE COMMITTEE CHAIR WILL, WILL ASK THOSE QUESTIONS AND VET IT FOR YOU. AND IT'LL HAPPEN INSTEAD OF SHOWING UP AND MAKING IT [02:35:01] A VERY UNCOMFORTABLE, WHAT I WOULD SAY A VERY UNCOMFORTABLE PROCESS FOR THE PUBLIC, FOR THE CHAIR AND SCENARIO IS FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS SPEAK AND THEY WANT YELLOW, THE COMMITTEE VOTES AND IT'S RED. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU GO TO COUNCIL? IT'S GONNA FAIL. . YEAH, IT'S GREEN. YEAH. THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? BUT THE COMMITTEE MOVED IT ON THE AGENDA. YEAH, RIGHT. SO WHAT USE WAS THE COMMITTEE? SO WHY EVEN PUT IT ON THE AGENDA? THAT'S, THIS IS WHERE I'M HEADED. WE'RE MOVE, WE'RE WE'RE LOSING OUR PROCESS. UM, SO JUST TO JUMP IN, DAD, MY 2 CENTS, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, STEVE, AND I THINK THAT, UM, AND I'VE HEARD THE OTHERS AS WELL. AND, AND A SUGGESTION THAT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE IS THAT WE CONTINUE, UM, WHERE APPROPRIATE TO PICK UP THE PHONE AND SPEAK TO EACH OTHER, TO GO OUT AS IT WAS SUGGESTED, AND HAVE COFFEE. NOT ONLY TO DISCUSS ITEMS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO US IN OUR COMMUNITY TO GET ONTO AN AGENDA SO THAT WE CAN DISCUSS THEM AS A COLLECTIVE, BUT ALSO TO GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER BECAUSE IT'S THAT MANNER OF UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S GOING ON IN EACH PERSON'S LIVES TO THE EXTENT THAT ANYONE WOULD WANT TO SHARE IT WITH ANOTHER. AND JUST OUR BASIC PHILOSOPHIES THAT WE MIGHT FIND THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF SIMILARITIES THAT WILL BREAK DOWN SOME OF THE BARRIERS THAT WE'VE HAD PREVIOUSLY. HAVING SAID THAT, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT IT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT TO COME TO EACH OTHER'S MEETINGS. IT'S NOT A NECESSITY THAT ALL SEVEN PEOPLE SHOW UP. CERTAINLY THE THREE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE NEED TO BE THERE TO TAKE IT ALL IN. BUT WE CAN ALSO RELY ON THOSE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD ON THE PHONE, ET CETERA. UM, AND WE CAN UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER'S, UM, BROADER PERSPECTIVE IF WE GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER BETTER. AND THEN WE COULD INCORPORATE THAT INTO ALL OF OUR THINKING. AND SO WE'RE NOT SO BLINDERS ON, UM, WITH OUR OWN THOUGHTS AS A SOLE CONNECTION TO THE TOPIC. SO EVERYONE IS ALWAYS WELCOME, IN MY OPINION. I CERTAINLY WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO SPEAK. I LISTEN TO CONSTITUENTS ALL DAY AS OFTEN AS I CAN, AND I LOVE TO LISTEN TO OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS WHEN WE CAN GET THIS OPPORTUNITY. BUT IF YOU SHOW UP, I FEEL LIKE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS AN OPINION FOR US TO TAKE IT IN AND, AND MAKE A RECOMMEND, BE IN A POSITION TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION AS TO WHETHER IT MOVES FORWARD OR NOT. AND AS I'VE LEARNED OVER THE YEARS, SOMETIMES YOU WIN AND SOMETIMES YOU DON'T. BUT HAVING SAID THAT, I THINK WE HAVE A MUCH BETTER CHANCE OF WINNING FOR EVERYONE WHEN WE TAKE THE TIME TO HAVE THOSE BIGGER CONVERSATIONS. AND I KNOW FROM CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD WITH YOU THAT, NOT SPEAKING FOR YOU, BUT I FEEL AS THOUGH, UM, YOU AGREE WITH THAT, THAT THAT COMMUNICATION ELEMENT HAS REALLY BEEN MISSING. SO HOPEFULLY THIS PROCESS WILL HELP A LITTLE BIT IN THAT REGARD. YOU'RE HAVING, HAVING, HAVING THE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY OF HAVING DONE THIS IN A DIFFERENT ERA UNDER A DI DIFFERENT ATMOSPHERE, UNDER A DIFFERENT WORLD, UM, WHAT WAS SO IMPORTANT AND WORKED SO WELL AND IN MY BUSINESS, WHAT WORKED SO WELL, IT'S COMMUNICATION, IT'S UNDERSTANDING AND LIKING THE PEOPLE THAT YOU DO THAT WORK WITH. THAT'S WHY EARLY ON WHEN ELECTED, I MADE THOSE SUGGESTIONS OF WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING. THAT NEVER HAPPENED TONIGHT, TOMORROW NIGHT. ALL. THAT'S WHY I MAKE THESE SUGGESTIONS BECAUSE THE MORE THAT WE BOND, THE MORE TRUST YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE AND THE MORE TRUST YOU HAVE, YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO PICK UP THE PHONE. AND THE PERSON YOU'RE SPEAKING WITH IS NOT JUST GONNA LISTEN. THEY'RE GONNA COMMUNICATE AND THEY'RE GONNA UNDERSTAND YOU'RE JUST AS MUCH A PART OF IT AS, AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THAT COMMITTEE IS. AND YOUR IDEA IS JUST AS IMPORTANT RATHER THAN TO SHRUG IT OFF. AND ONCE YOU GET THAT COMMUNICATION AND THAT BOND GOING IN A GROUP, A NEW GROUP, THINGS WILL START TO FLOW AND WE CAN CONTINUE THE PROCESS. THIS IS GREAT. MY 2 CENTS. YEAH, THAT'S GREAT. COMMITTEE CHAIRS HAVE A, HAVE A, HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY AND A HEAVY ONE, AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME OPPORTUNITY WHEN WE LOOK AT FINANCE, WHATEVER THEY'RE GONNA, THEY'RE CALLED F AND A OR CSPS, UH, FOR TODAY, THE AFFILIATED AGENCY APPLICATIONS, THE TOWN CODE AMENDMENTS THAT ARE COMING FORWARD. SO THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO, TO, TO WORK ON THIS. MY FEEDBACK IS, IS NOW THAT I KNOW THIS, I CAN PUSH SOME WORK THAT I THINK IS YOUR PRIORITY AND ESPECIALLY AFTER TOMORROW, HAVE [02:40:01] SOME CLARITY ON, ON WHAT THAT IS AND ISN'T PUSH THAT THROUGH THE COMMITTEES AND START GETTING IT RIGHT. THERE'S, THERE'S NO WORSE PLACE FOR SOMEONE LIKE MR. LEINER WHO HEARD COUNSEL IN A WORKSHOP, WORKED ON THE PRIORITY AND BROUGHT IT FORWARD. AND WE FEEL LIKE WE GOT IT WRONG, RIGHT? THAT'S, THAT'S WE, WE JUST, WE JUST DO THE SHORT TERM RENTAL ORDINANCE WITH THE QUESTIONS. AND, AND SOME OF THAT WAS SEPTEMBER WAS THE WORKSHOP ELECTION WAS NOVEMBER, WE FOUND THE NEXT AVAILABLE DATE BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO GET THINGS IN AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET IT IN BY THE SEASON. SO BOB CAN DO WHAT HE NEEDS TO DO AND WE CAN DO. AND, AND AGAIN, IT'S, AND THAT'S MY WHOLE PURPOSE OF NOT GO SLOW, BUT LET'S SLOW DOWN TO GO FASTER. ALRIGHT, THIS IS HELPFUL. THIS IS VERY HELPFUL AND THANK YOU. SO BACK TO BUDGET REAL QUICK. WE ARE GETTING TO A POINT, I BUMPED THAT WE'RE GETTING TO A POINT, UM, LATE FEBRUARY INTO MARCH AFFILIATED, SO I'LL FAST FORWARD, RIGHT? WE'VE, WE'VE WORKED ON BUDGET, I'VE MET WITH YOU RECENTLY, RIGHT? JUST START ASKING YOU ABOUT BUDGET. START TALKING TO YOU ABOUT PROJECTED REVENUES. WHEN I THINK OF REVENUES THIS YEAR, THIS IS OUR YEAR TWO, I WOULD SAY CALIBRATE OUR EXPECTATIONS. PROPERTY TAXES UP A LITTLE H TAXES LOOKING LIKE IT'S LOWER. A TAXES LOOKING LIKE IT'S LOWER GOVERNMENT TRANSFERS IN LOOKING LIKE IT'S LOWER PERMIT FEES MIGHT BE EQUAL OR A LITTLE BIT UP. WHEN WE REALLY LOOK AT ALL THE REVENUES AND WE EXAMINE IT, WE ARE AT A FLAT BUDGET. AND WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE ONE TIME WORK FROM FUND BALANCE, IE BEACH OR NOURISHMENT AS ONE EXAMPLE, IE ISLANDERS BEACH PARK AS ANOTHER EXAMPLE, IE PICKLEBALL AS ANOTHER EXAMPLE. OTHER THAN THAT TYPE OF WORK, OUR BUDGET'S FLAT. SO TO AFFORD THE STATE, MANTA STATE MANDATED, EXCUSE ME, HEALTH PREMIUM INCREASES TO, TO DO SOME MORE WORK WHEN CONTRACTS ESCALATE, EVEN THOUGH YOU NEGOTIATE THEM DOWNWARD TO DO MORE COSTS MORE. AND SO WHAT ADRIANA AND I ARE DOING WITH THESE FINE FOLKS OVER HERE IS REALLY SCRUBBING THIS BUDGET. WE ARE TRYING TO KEEP A FLAT BUDGET. WE, I'M TRYING TO PUT IN THERE, UH, PERFORMANCE BASED ADVANCEMENT, JUST LIKE IN THE PAST. I'M TRYING TO PUT IN THERE, COVERING ALL THOSE STATE MANDATED HEALTH PREMIUM CHANGES, SOME OF YOUR EXPECTATIONS AND THOSE RECURRING ITEMS, BUT WE HAVE A FLAT BUDGET. SO IN SOME AREAS WHERE WE HAVE TO INCREASE, WE HAVE TO FIND WAYS TO DECREASE. SO KNOW THAT WE'RE CUTTING, UM, AS MUCH AS WE CAN KNOW THAT WE'VE BROUGHT NEW REVENUE INTO THE TOWN BUDGET OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS THROUGH SHORT-TERM RENTAL, THROUGH OTHER DIFFERENT NEW REVENUE STREAMS. UM, BUT I THINK WE'RE GETTING TO THAT POINT RIGHT NOW WHERE, UM, THERE'S A CAPACITY OF FUNDING AND THERE HAS TO BE A, AN AN EQUAL, UH, LINE WITH EXPECTATION. SO, BUT THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. WE'RE BRINGING AFFILIATED THROUGH. WE LOOKED AT OUR REVENUES, WE'RE BRINGING AFFILIATED THROUGH, WE'RE PRIORITIZING PROJECTS THROUGH PLANNING COMMISSION IN MARCH. UM, THE DMO MARKETING PLAN AND BUDGET IS DUE TO FINANCE LATE MARCH. INDUSTRY METRICS. DITTO. WE WILL START MEETING. I'LL START MEETING WITH YOU. IT'S MY JOB AND MY SOLE JOB TO PRESENT A BUDGET TO YOU, BUT I'VE ALWAYS SAID IT'S YOUR GOVERNMENT, IT'S YOUR BUDGET. I'M TRYING MY BEST TO PROPOSE SOMETHING TO YOU THAT YOU WILL EMBRACE AND THAT I ALSO BELIEVE. SO WE'RE GONNA TALK IN EARLY APRIL. ACCOMMODATIONS TAX ADVISORY COMMITTEE WILL, WILL SEE THOSE, THE, THE, THE WORK THAT GETS SUBMITTED HERE IN MARCH. AAX WILL SEE THE DMO MARKETING PLAN, THE DMO BUDGET AND THE INDUSTRY METRICS. THIS IS A BIG YEAR FOR US. UM, WE ARE, WE JUST BID THE, THE, THE CONTRACT FOR DMO. UM, OUR CURRENT, UH, DMO CONTRACTOR WILL SUBMIT HERE. WE WILL BRING IT TO COUNCIL. UM, A FIRST READING ON LAND ACQUISITIONS. FIRST READING, SORRY, I GOT THROWN OFF THERE. FIRST READING LAND ACQUISITION. SO WE, WE ACQUIRED SOME LAND, WE'VE JUST GOTTA CATCH IT UP IN THE BUDGET. UM, FINANCE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE. AFTER ATAC, IT GOES TO FINANCE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE. WE GET OURSELVES INTO JUNE OR MAY, MAY 6TH, BUDGET AMENDMENT SECOND, READING NEW BUDGET, FIRST READING ALL THE DMO MARKETING PLAN AND OTHER BUDGET POLICY CONSIDERATIONS, RIGHT? SO ALL OF THAT IS MAY 6TH COMING PRETTY FAST. MAY 13TH, WE HAVE A BUDGET WORKSHOP. ALL FUNDS, GENERAL DEBT SERVICE, STORMWATER, UTILITY [02:45:01] GULLY, GEECHEE, HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND HOUSING, ALL OF THOSE FUNDS ARE IN ONE WORKSHOP. SO WE HAVE SIX FUNDS. ALL OF THOSE FUNDS WILL BE ONE WORKSHOP. WORKSHOP NUMBER TWO IS CAPITAL PROGRAMMING. WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU THIS YEAR WHAT WE'VE ALWAYS WORKED ON, BUT REALLY REFINED BEHIND THE SCENES IS A FIVE YEAR PRIORITIZATION OF PROJECTS WITH THE, WITH THE LIVE PRIORITIES FUNDED, RIGHT? AND SO WE CAN'T BUILD WHAT WE DON'T HAVE FUNDS FOR. AND IF WE HAVE THE FUNDS, WE'RE GONNA SHOW YOU WHERE THEY'RE, WHERE THEY'RE PLACED BY SOURCE OF REVENUE. JUNE 3RD, SECOND, AND FINAL READING OF THE BUDGET. UM, AND IN THE SAME WAY, SOME DECISIONS THAT WE CAN JUMP IN, I'M GOING TO PROPOSE AN APRIL WORKSHOP TO BRING THE WORK BACK TO YOU THAT WE HEARD ABOUT YESTERDAY ON BEACH RENOURISHMENT, RIGHT? WE'RE GONNA BRING BACK THAT STRATEGY AND THAT BALANCE BETWEEN DEBT AND FULL FUNDING CASH RESERVE. AND I THINK THAT, THAT ADRIANA AND I, AND, UM, RENNY, HEISER PUT A GOOD STRATEGY TOGETHER YESTERDAY. SO I'LL BRING THAT BACK IN APRIL AND ALIGN IT WITH THE BUDGET. WE GO LIVE JULY ONE WITH NEW MONEY. AND THEN I WILL BRING THIS STRATEGIC PLAN FORWARD TO YOU, AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT TOMORROW DATE. TBD, UH, DOESN'T MATTER TO ME. I CAN BRING IT AFTER BUDGET, WHICH I THINK JUST FROM A CAPACITY STANDPOINT TO TRULY LOOK AT IT. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A WORKSHOP AFTER TODAY ON STRATEGIC PLAN. UM, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M, I'M HEARING YOU CLEARLY. WE BRING THE STRATEGIC PLAN FORWARD, WHETHER AT THE SAME TIME OF SECOND AND FINAL READING OF BUDGET OR VERY SOON AFTER. AND THEN WE START TALKING ABOUT QUARTERLY REPORTS AND REGULAR REPORTING WITH A BRAND NEW DASHBOARD FOR YOU ALL, UM, IN THE NEW YEAR. SO I THINK WE'RE IN LINE. I'M GOING TO, WE HAVE 15 MINUTES. AND SO I'M GONNA DIVE INTO THIS A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS PUT IN PLACE, AND I THINK IT'S A PHENOMENAL DOCUMENT. I UNFORTUNATELY WASN'T HERE TO BE A PART OF THAT PROCESS. UM, IT WAS ONE OF THE VERY FIRST THINGS I ASKED FOR. AS A NEW TOWN MANAGER. WHERE'S THE COMP PLAN? DO WE HAVE A STRATEGIC PLAN? DO WE HAVE A COMP PLAN? THOSE ARE TWO THINGS THAT GUIDE ME, THAT SHOULD GUIDE THE COMMUNITY. SO STRAIGHT OUT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THAT'S A LITTLE LIGHT ON THERE, BUT THE SOURCE IS THE STRATEGIC PLAN. BUT IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN, IT HAS LINED UP THROUGH A LOT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, A LOT OF FEEDBACK COUNCIL AT THE TIME, BUT WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT TYPE OF COMMUNITY WE WANT TO BE. AND FOR TIME SAKE, I'M NOT GONNA DIVE INTO ALL OF THIS, BUT WELCOMING, INCLUSIVE, SAFE VALUES, DIVERSITY FOCUSED ON PEOPLE RECOGNIZED AS AN EXCELLENT PLACE TO LIVE, WORK, AND VISIT RESERVES VALUES AND RECOGNIZES THEIR HISTORY, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO ADAPTS THE CORE VALUES AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE. OUT OF THAT, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ESTABLISHED 10 GOALS, IDEALS OF EXCELLENCE, PROTECTING AND PRESERVING NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, MANAGING, EVOLVING GROWTH WHILE MAINTAINING THE ISLANDS UNIQUE AESTHETIC, PROVIDING EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY OF LIFE OFFERINGS IN ARTS, CULTURE, AND RECREATION WITH BEST IN CLASS FACILITIES AND PROGRAMMING. DEVELOP CREATIVE REVENUE SOURCES TO FUND THE DELIVERY OF CAPITAL SERVICES AND MAINTENANCE. UH, SOMETHING HAPPENED THERE. RECOGNIZE, RESPECT AND PROMOTE MULTI-DIMENSIONAL DIVERSITY ON THE ISLAND. PROMOTE EFFICIENT AND SECURE PUBLIC SERVICES TO MEET THE CURRENT AND FUTURE NEEDS. PLAN FOR AND MITIGATE THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, ENVIRONMENTAL OR HEALTH CONCERNS AND NATURAL DISASTERS. VIEW THE REGION AS A PARTNER, NOT A COMPETITOR. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, AND FINALLY, FOSTER A HEALTHY SELF-SUSTAINING COMMUNITY THAT ENCOURAGES ECONOMIC, CULTURAL, AND DEMOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY. AND SO THEN WE TOOK THOSE, RIGHT? WE TOOK THOSE REALLY PRINCIPLES AND WE TOOK THOSE COMMUNITY GOALS AND WE EVOLVED THEM INTO THE STRATEGIC PLAN, CORE VALUES AND FOCUS AREAS. SOME YEARS AGO, I TRIED TO RESPECT AND ALIGN THE STRATEGIC PLAN WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS, AS WE SHOULD. WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TWO SEPARATE UNATTACHED, UNMARRIED, AS CHARLIE WOULD SAY, DOCUMENTS. BUT WHAT THEY REALLY TURNED INTO IS, UH, WHERE WE PUT CORE VALUES AND FOCUS AREAS IN PLACE IS A PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE. A FOCUS ON OUR PARKS AND REC MASTER PLAN IMPLEMENTATION. A, A A, A REGIONAL, UH, FOCUS, ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY, RIGHT-SIZED INFRASTRUCTURE. AND BY RIGHT-SIZED INFRASTRUCTURE, ARE WE FOCUSED ON A MASSIVE AIRPORT THAT DOESN'T FIT HILTON HEAD ISLAND? ARE WE, ARE WE TRYING [02:50:01] TO BUILD A HUGE BRIDGE THAT ISN'T FEEDING THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY? SO A LOT OF THE WORK GETS, GETS PLUGGED INTO THERE COM CONNECTED COMMUNITY, UM, QUALITY OF LIFE, COLLABORATION. OUR, OUR PLANNING, OUR, OUR, OUR SPACES. WE GATHER, RIGHT? ARE WE INCLUSIVE? THE CULTURAL AND NATURAL RESOURCES, HISTORIC SITES, EDUCATION, CULTURAL TOUR, TOURISM, HEALTHCARE. AND THEN THE ONE UP TOP THAT I THINK WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, BUT SILENTLY, BUT PERHAPS IT'S A YEAR TO START WORKING ON IT WAY MORE OUT LOUD IS REVITALIZING THE ECONOMY THROUGH TRANSPORTATION, BUSINESS, TOURISM, BRAND AWARENESS, WORKFORCE. AND SO THOSE HAVE BEEN OUR CORE VALUE AND FOCUS AREAS ALL DERIVED FROM OUR COMP PLAN OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS. SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE Y'ALL KNOW WHERE IT CAME FROM. I THINK THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF TIME TODAY TO GET THROUGH THESE PRIORITIES, UH, TO LET YOU KNOW WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THE 15, LET YOU KNOW WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THE 60 SOMETHING, AND THEN HAVE A LOT OF TIME IN, IN EACH, I WOULD SAY, PORTFOLIO OF WORK TO TALK ABOUT WHY, WHAT AND WHAT'S LEFT OR NOT. SO I THINK THAT'S HELPFUL. UM, AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE HEADING. I I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND IT'S MORE FOR THIS TEAM HERE AND Y'ALL HERE. I, I DID SOMETHING THAT, WELL, SEAN AND I DID, DID SOMETHING IN MY OFFICE YESTERDAY. WHEN WE WERE GETTING READY FOR THIS WORK, I FELT LIKE NO MATTER WHAT WE PUT TOGETHER, IT STILL WASN'T SLOWING DOWN ENOUGH TO, TO HELP YOU REALIZE WHAT WE ACCOMPLISHED. SO OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, THAT IS RIGHT, NOT SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME, BUT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, IF I SIMPLY GO START GOING THROUGH THE PRIORITIES AND TRYING TO TIE THE PRIORITY TO WHERE WE ARE, AND WHEN IT'S COMING TO COMMITTEE, I THINK WE LOSE OURSELF, RIGHT? ARE WE REALLY SEEING THE FOREST OR ARE WE STARING AT THE TREE AS, AS PEOPLE WOULD SAY. SO I TOOK THE LIBERTY OF PUTTING SOME THINGS TOGETHER THAT ARE ALL BASED UPON THINGS THAT I THINK WE ACCOMPLISHED. THAT, THAT WE'RE ALL DIRECTLY INDIRECT. THERE'S MY CLASSES DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, UM, INVOLVED IN. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I HAVE ABOUT FIVE MINUTES OF, OF, OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS. AND I THINK A PART OF A STRATEGIC PLAN IS TO BUILD UPON THE SUCCESS OF WHAT YOU ACCOMPLISHED AS YOU START THINKING ABOUT DID IT MATTER? 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE DID. WE ASKED, DID THIS MATTER? I MEAN, WE ALL WORKED HARD. DOES IT MATTER? DID IT HELP HILTON HEAD ISLAND IN ANY OF THESE AREAS, RIGHT? SO ONE PRIORITY COULD CHECK ALL THE BOXES, ONE PRIORITY COULD CHECK ONE BOX, BUT DID IT MATTER? DID DID MY TIME HERE WITH THIS TEAM AND THIS TEAM'S TIME WITH ME, WITH ALL OF YOU MATTER. IS MR. BARNWELL GONNA BE PROUD OF IT? RIGHT? IS IS SOMEONE IN THE AUDIENCE GONNA SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU, YOU IMPROVED MY QUALITY OF LIFE. SOME OF THESE MATTER, SOME OF YOU MIGHT THINK OTHERWISE THOUGH, ACCOMPLISHMENTS. WE COMPLETED THE SHELTER COVE TRAIL. DOESN'T THAT SEEM LIKE FOREVER AGO THAT SHELTER COVE TRAIL CONNECTS OUR ISLAND AND BOARDWALKS WITH ART INSTALLATIONS THROUGHOUT TOWN COUNCIL APPROVED, REALLY BUILT AND APPROVED. THE ISLANDERS BEACH PARK MASTER PLANT REMOVED, EXCUSE ME, PUBLIC PARKING SPACES OFF PROPERTY OUT A BIT, INCREASED THE RESIDENT PARKING, FREE RESIDENT PARKING BY ABOUT 80 SPACES. BUT YOU APPROVED A MASTER PLAN, AND THAT WAS A PROCESS THAT WASN'T ON YOUR MARKET. SO GET SAID, GO EXERCISE. THAT WAS, LET'S MAKE SURE WE GET IT RIGHT. AND ONCE WE GOT IT RIGHT, IT WAS, HOW ARE WE GONNA PAY FOR IT? AND ARE WE GONNA PAY FOR IT A MILLION DOLLARS AT A TIME OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS? ARE WE GOING TO, ARE WE GONNA DO THIS TODAY, TOMORROW? SO THAT'S MOSTLY FUNDED WITH PLUS OR MINUS SOME, SOME PRICING THAT CAME IN HIGH. TAYLOR FAMILY PARK, DITTO FUNDED CDBG DOLLARS, OTHER DOLLARS FUNDED, AND NOT JUST FUNDED, BUT YOU BUILT THE MASTER PLAN PLANT. PATTERSON PARK FUNDED. AND SO THESE THINGS ARE LIVE IN OUR CAPITAL PROGRAM FUNDED CROSSINGS, PICKLEBALL, PHASE ONE FUNDED. SO THE THE 20 PLUS ARE UNDER DESIGN AND, AND STATE PERMITTING WITHIN THE NEXT 30 DAYS TO GO LIVE UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN, IN THE COMING MONTHS. AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT SCHEDULE, BUT FUNDED MID ISLAND PARK PHASE ONE ONLY AS A PRIORITY, BUT AS TOWN COUNCIL, A COUPLE YEARS AGO, THREE YEARS AGO-ISH ADOPTED THE PARK, BUT YOU FUNDED PHASE ONE, WHICH REALLY HELPS WITH STORM WATER OFFSITE AND DOWNWIND AS I SAY. BUT I THINK THE SIMPLEST THINGS WE DID, [02:55:01] AND WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF FUN WITH THIS. WE PUT TWO BEACH VOLLEYBALL COURTS AT COLIGNY BEACH PARK. I MEAN, I'VE NEVER SEEN HAPPIER PEOPLE. UM, YOU ALL ADOPTED THE CROSSINGS PARK MASTER PLAN. THAT IS A REINVESTMENT STRATEGY OVER TIME FOR SOCCER, PLAYGROUND, DOG PARK AND ENVIRONMENT, WALKING TRAILS, CONNECTIVITY, TENNIS, AND SIX PICKLEBALL COURTS, CHAPLAIN, SORRY. CROSSINGS IS BASEBALL, PUMP TRACK, SKATE PARK, PICKLEBALL, FIVE BASEBALL FIELDS INSTEAD OF THREE IN A REVAMPING OF THAT SITE WITH A HALL OF FAME, A WALK OF FAME, A PART OF THAT PROJECT. SO THAT'S CROSSINGS PARK. WHAT WE'RE LIVE ON RIGHT NOW IS PHASE ONE PICKLEBALL. AND, AND SO I THINK ACCOMPLISHMENT WE'RE PUBLIC POLICY ITEMS. I GUESS IT'S LUNCHTIME. TYPICALLY WHEN THEY TURN THE LIGHTS OUT IN I'M ANYWHERE I I KNOW IT'S TIME TO GO HOME. SO , I HOPE THAT'S NOT THE CASE. UM, CHAPLAIN PARK ALREADY SAID THAT SHELTER CO PHASE TWO MASTER PLAN, RIGHT? THE PIECE OF THE PROPERTY NEXT TO THE PROPERTY THAT'S ALREADY BUILT, THAT BECAME SUCH A HUGE, HUGE SUCCESS. TOWN COUNCIL APPROVED A MASTER PLAN. BEAUFORT COUNTY ANIMAL CONTROL PROVIDES TEMPORARY SHELTER FOR STRAY AND WANTED DOGS AND CATS AND WORKS TO REUNITE PETS WITH THEIR OWNERS OR FIND THEM NEW HOMES. TALK TO YOUR VET ABOUT HAVING YOUR PET SPA AND MICROCHIPS HELP IN THE SUFFERING CAUSED BY ANIMAL OVERPOPULATION AND LOST PETS. A MESSAGE FROM BEAUFORT COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER AND CONTROL THE SHELTER IS ALWAYS HAPPY TO ACCEPT DONATIONS OF OLD BLANKETS, TOWELS, OR PET TOYS. THIS IS ALL ONLINE. SORRY, WE HAD A LITTLE POWER ISSUE AND, UH, YOU DIDN'T MISS ANYTHING EXCEPT FOR US STUFFING OUR FACES. SO I AM READY. THANKS FOR YOUR HELP, KIM. WELL, WHERE WAS I, UH, WHEN THE LIGHTS WENT OUT? UM, TRYING TO GET THIS TO A POINT WHERE IT'S NOT ECHOING. ALRIGHT, SO I'M GOING TO DIVE BACK INTO THOSE. I WOULD SAY THOSE, THOSE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, THEY'RE STRATEGIC IN NATURE. I'M NOT GONNA TRY TO BUCKET THEM ON WHAT YOUR CORE, WHAT THE CORE VALUES ARE AND AREN'T. BUT THEY WERE STRATEGIC IN NATURE AND WE DO BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE ELEMENTS THAT WE'VE WORKED ON, RIGHT? WHETHER IT'S PUBLIC POLICY, OPERATIONAL OR PROJECT BASED, THAT, THAT WE FEEL LIKE WE'VE MADE A DIFFERENCE. AND SO I REALLY WANT TOWN COUNCIL TO HEAR THAT AND, AND WORK WITH ME TO EMBRACE THAT. UM, AS SOON AS I'M DONE THAT WE'RE GONNA DIVE RIGHT INTO THE TOP 15 STRATEGIES AND, AND THEN SOME WE HAVE TILL FOUR O'CLOCK. SO JUST FROM A HOUSEKEEPING, UM, WE, WE GOT THROUGH, WE JUMPED THROUGH THE REVIEW OF CORE VALUES AND FOCUS AREAS PRETTY MUCH ALREADY. YOU, YOU HAVE THOSE, YOU KNOW WHAT THEY ARE, THEY'RE IN THEIR STRATEGIC PLAN. WE'RE GONNA TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT'S COMPLETE, RIGHT? WHAT THOSE STRATEGIES ARE UP ON THE PAGE, UP ON THE SCREEN, WHAT'S COMPLETE. UM, WE'RE GONNA CELEBRATE SOME SUCCESSES. WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT PROJECTS, STRATEGIES AND PRIORITIES THAT ARE IN PROGRESS. AND THEN AT SOME POINT TODAY, PROBABLY A COUPLE HOURS INTO THIS, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TILL FOUR O'CLOCK TO START TALKING ABOUT PROJECTS THAT IF THEY'RE NOT DONE, ARE WE BRINGING THEM FORWARD TO THE, I'LL CALL IT V THREE STRATEGIC PLAN. IS THAT, THAT IS AS MUCH OF AN IMPORTANT EXERCISE AS ME TELLING YOU WHERE [03:00:01] WE ARE WITH THE LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE, RIGHT? UM, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME TIME TODAY FOR Y'ALL TO TALK SOME MORE. SO, ALRIGHT, SO WHERE WAS I? I WAS AT THE PART WHERE WE ACQUIRED BARKER FIELD THAT, THAT I THINK WAS SOME YEARS IN THE MAKING. IT WAS A LAND SWAP WITH BEAUFORT COUNTY. UM, WE ALSO ACQUIRED AT THE SAME TIME, OLD SCHOOL HOUSE PARK AT THAT TIME, WE FUNDED AND BUILT SIX PICKLEBALL COURTS AND RESURFACED THE BASKETBALL COURT. THERE ARE SOME ISSUES WITH THE RESURFACING, BUT WE TRY TO MAKE SOMETHING NEW THAT WAS OLD AND WE'RE, WE'RE FIXING WHAT'S OUT THERE. WE ALSO CELEBRATED A MURAL TO CELEBRATE THE HISTORY AND HERITAGE AT THE ROWING AND SAILING CENTER, NOT THAT LONG AGO. BEACH PARKS. WE HAVE OUR BEACH RENOURISHMENT PERMIT. THAT'S TWO YEARS IN THE MAKING AND CONGRATULATIONS AND A BIG THANK YOU TO JEFF INGER AND, AND JOHN COLIN AND EVERYBODY THAT WORKED ON THAT PERMIT. BUT THAT WAS A BIG LIFT BECAUSE WE NOW KNOW WHAT OUR EXPECTATIONS AND RULES OF ENGAGEMENT ARE ON THAT, ON THAT, ON THAT PERMIT, WE PUT MOB MATS AT ALL BEACH PARKS TO PROVIDE A BARRIER FREE ACCESS TO THE BEACH. WE ALSO PUT A BARRIER FREE, A-D-A-I-I SAY BARRIER FREE BECAUSE A DA IS IS SOMEONE IN A WHEELCHAIR OR SOMEONE JUST HAVING A HARD TIME WALKING UP, UP A RAMP. BUT WE HAVE THAT PAVILION AT ISLANDERS BEACH PARK. WE HAD A RIBBON CUTTING. WE CELEBRATED THAT. DON'T SEEM LIKE THAT LONG AGO, BUT IT, BUT IT, IT'S, IT'S ON OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS LIST. WE REPLACED BOARDWALKS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME AT FOLLY FIELD, ANDREESSEN BEACH PARKS. WE ESTABLISHED A BEACH AMBASSADOR PROGRAM AND I THINK THAT WE LEARN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT AND GET A LITTLE BIT BETTER AT IT. EVERY SEASON. WE IMPROVED THE PALMETTO BAY ARROW ROAD POINT, COMFORT INTERSECTION, STRIPING LIGHTING KIOSK IN A MORE PEDESTRIAN, UH, CENTRIC PLACE AND NOT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY OR PEDESTRIAN SAFE LOOKS LIKE, BUT I THINK THAT WHEN YOU START LOOKING AROUND THE ISLAND, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO STRIPE IT TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE THE BIG CITY, BUT I THINK THAT WHEN WE HAVE INCONSISTENT S STRIPING PATTERNS AND, AND SOMETIMES IT'S WORN OUT AND SOMETIMES IT'S TWO LINES AND SOMETIMES IT LOOKS LIKE PIANO KEYS. WHEN YOU'RE A MOTORIST AND YOU'RE DRIVING THROUGH, YOU HAVE INCONSISTENT SIGNS THAT SHOW YOU WHERE THE CROSSWALKS ARE IN ART AND WHERE YOU SHOULD WALK AND NOT. AND SO WE'VE, WE'VE USED THAT CORNER, RIGHT? THERE WAS, THERE WAS CHIEF CANUTE TO THIS. THERE WERE SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT INJURIES AT THAT CORNER. AND SO WITHOUT LIGHTING UP THE STREETS WITH STREETLIGHTS, WE HAVE, AND, AND WITH YOUR HELP, UM, AND GUIDANCE, WE HAVE STARTED TO LIGHT UP THE INTERSECTIONS INSIDE OF THE STREETS AND BUSY AREAS WITH LOW LEVEL AMBIENT LIGHTING, BUT LIGHTING NONETHELESS WITHOUT CREATING A DIFFERENT PLACE RIGHT CHARACTER, OUR UNIQUE CHARACTER THAT WE HAVE ON THIS ISLAND, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO LIGHT THE SKY UP. IT'S A DARK SKY ENVIRONMENT. BUT THAT WAS OUR FIRST CASE STUDY, AND I THINK THAT WAS, THAT WENT WELL BECAUSE WE DIDN'T JUST SHOW UP WITH A CAN OF PAINT AND A CONCRETE TRUCK. WE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO, TO START THINKING THROUGH THIS ADAPTIVE TRAFFIC SIGNALS AT ALL 25 INTERSECTIONS THROUGHOUT OUR ISLAND, UM, AND ARE ADVANCING THE FIBER CONNECTIVITY TO THE MALL. AND SO THAT, THAT'S A MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENT. WE DEMOLISHED THE CROSS ISLAND TOLL PLAZA ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING AS, AS THE DOT RESURFACED, THE CROSS ISLAND. THEY ALSO RESURFACED WITH, WITH A LOT OF OUR HELP AND GUIDANCE AND PUTTING OUT FIRES. TWO THIRDS OF WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY. AND WHEN THEY DID THAT, THEY STRIPED THE PATTERNS OF THE CROSSWALKS. AND IN THE SAME WAY YOU ALL GAVE SOME DIRECTION TO DIFFERENT THAN THEY WERE IN THE PAST, WE'RE WELL UNDERWAY, UM, ON WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY BETWEEN DILLON ROAD AND BEACH CITY ROAD. IT TOOK A MINUTE TO GET THAT STARTED THERE. IT'S LIKE THE PERFECT STORM. WHEN THE CONCRETE PLANT WAS SHUT DOWN, THE WEATHER WAS GOOD AND THE CONTRACTOR WAS AVAILABLE AND THERE WAS JUST SOME MOVING PARTS THERE. BUT BETWEEN DILLON ROAD AND BEACH CITY ROAD, I HOPE YOU ALL DRIVE THROUGH THERE AND START TO REALIZE IT'S, IT'S MORE THAN LANDSCAPING. IT IS WHAT I WAS JUST ALLUDING TO. IT'S CROSSWALKS, IT'S LIGHTING. WE REDUCE THE SPEED LIMIT TO 40 MILES PER HOUR ON WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY IN THE FIRST TIME. AND I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE EVER PEDESTRIAN SIGNAGE, LANDSCAPING. AND THE LANDSCAPING IS IN PLACE, ONE AS A GOOD STREETSCAPE INVESTMENT, BUT ALSO AS YOU ALL DECIDED TO PREVENT MID-BLOCK CROSSINGS, IT'S TO DETER YOU FROM RUNNING THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, RUNNING THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE BLOCK AT NIGHT. AND SO IT'S FORCING, AT LEAST, HOPEFULLY FORCING SOME FOLKS TO USE THOSE INTERSECTIONS. UM, ACQUIRED MAIN STREET, I THINK I SAW A MEMO THAT WAS 15 YEARS OLD WITH MAIN STREET RIGHT OF WAY [03:05:01] ACQUISITION, UH, ON IT. WE ACQUIRED IT AND IMMEDIATELY STAFF WORKED TO BRING THE TRAFFIC SIGNS UP TO AASHTO STANDARDS AND REPAIRED THE IMMEDIATE NEEDS, THE ROAD AND THE SIDEWALKS AND SOME STORMWATER DRAINAGE AREAS. WE ACQUIRED MITCHELLVILLE LANE. HOW MANY YEARS IN THE MAKING HAS THE ACQUISITION OF MITCHELLVILLE MITCHELLVILLE LANE BEEN, BEEN SPOKEN ABOUT? AND IT IS SLATED AS PA IT'S, IT'S FOR A PAVING PROJECT AND IT'S SLATED FOR COMPLETION BY THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR AND FUNDED. AND SO SURVEYS, CONTRACTORS, ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE BEING LINED UP, IF NOT ALREADY. WE, AS WE ALWAYS HAVE, BUT ALSO, AGAIN, INSTALLED SEVERAL SEGMENTS OF PUBLIC PATHWAYS, INCLUDING PATHWAYS TO SHIPYARD ON POPE AVENUE OFF, POPE WOODHAVEN, SHELTER COVE LANE, AND A, A LOT OF LITTLE PIECES OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE THAT WERE, THAT, THAT HAVE IMPROVED THE, THE PEDESTRIAN AND, AND BIKE SAFETY OF, OF THOSE PATHWAY SYSTEMS. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WE HAVE AMENDED THE LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE SEVERAL TIMES. UM, SEVERAL ADOPTED, I'M NOT GONNA GET INTO ALL OF THOSE, BUT WE HAVE EIGHT MORE UNDERWAY THAT ARE MAKING THEIR WAY. 1, 2, 3 AT A TIME TO PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE FULL OVERHAUL AS WE'LL SEE IN A SECOND UNDERWAY FOR A V ONE DRAFT TO START TALKING ABOUT WITH ALL OF YOU LATER THIS YEAR. AND SO THE, THE DISTRICT PLANS THAT WE TALK ABOUT ARE THE VISIONING OPPORTUNITIES TO TALK CODE AND IT'S ALSO GONNA HELP WITH THE LEGAL COMPLIANCE IF YOU'RE THINKING OF A COMMUNITY WIDE REZONING. AND SO A LOT OF THE INTEL, A LOT OF THE LEARNINGS AS AS, AS WE SAY THAT ARE COMING OUT OF THOSE DISTRICT PLANS, THAT THAT'S, THAT'S FEEDING HOW WE'RE WRITING CODE. IT DOESN'T MEAN JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE'S SAYING I NEED SEVEN STORIES AND THREE PARKING SPACES. THAT THAT'S WHAT THE, THAT'S THE CODE WE'RE WRITING BECAUSE WE ARE HEARING ALL OVER THE PLACE. OUR JOB IS TO FUNNEL THAT, BRING IT TO YOU AND START WORKING WITH PLANNING COMMISSION AND, AND TOWN COUNCIL COMMITTEE AS WE START BRINGING THIS FORWARD. THE MID ISLAND DISTRICT PLAN WAS ADOPTED A LITTLE MORE THAN TWO YEARS AGO. WE ESTABLISHED A BEACH PARKING PROGRAM. WE GO LIVE MARCH 1ST. YEAH. ESTABLISHED FROM SCRATCH, A SHORT-TERM RENTAL PROGRAM. AND, AND THIS IS OUR YEAR TWO WHERE WE APPROVE RIGHT REVIEW AND P PROOF, 7,000 PERMITS A YEAR. AND WE DON'T JUST STAMP 'EM AND GET 'EM OUT THE DOOR. THERE'S SITE PLANNING, THERE'S PARKING, THERE'S SAFETY REVIEWS ON SOME, THERE'S QUALITY CONTROL THAT GOES INTO THAT. BUT WE ALSO CAPTURED COSTS THROUGH FEES AND LICENSING AND, AND AND WHATNOT. THAT'S, THAT'S MORE THAN A COUPLE MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR ON A, ON A BASELINE FOR SHORT-TERM RENTALS. WE ESTABLISHED AN INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. IT'S LIVE, DEREK IS IMPLEMENTING IT. UM, PUT IN PLACE ABANDONED BOAT REMOVAL ORDINANCE AND STARTED WORKING WITH A NONPROFIT TO REMOVE A FEW BOATS. AND MAYOR PERRY BROUGHT BOB AND, AND BROMAGE AND JOSH AND I OUT ON, ON THE RIVER. AND IT WAS EYEOPENING. IT WAS EYEOPENING TO SEE HOW MANY ABANDONED BOATS OUT THERE, BUT ALSO EYEOPENING TO REALIZE NOBODY'S FUNDING THAT WE ESTABLISHED. Y'ALL ESTABLISHED THE GULLAH GEECHEE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION PLACED A BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND HIRED EXEC DIRECTOR TOM BOXLEY. THOMAS BOXLEY THOMAS TOLD ME HE HASN'T EVEN BEEN HERE TWO YEARS YET. IT KIND OF FEELS LIKE HE'S BEEN WITH OUR TEAM AND PART OF OUR, OUR, OUR SENIOR GROUP FOR MORE THAN WHAT HE SAYS HE'S HERE. SO WE ESTABLISHED A SMALL MINORITY OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PROGRAM WITH MEASURED RESULTS THROUGH BUILDING SAFETY AND PLANNING STAFF TEAMWORK THROUGH YOUR DECISIONS AND DIRECTION INVESTED MORE, ALMOST $1.5 MILLION INTO A HOME SAFE REPAIR PROGRAM THAT REPAIRED MORE THAN 115 HOMES AT A ABOUT $15,000 PER HOME AS A SAFE AND DRY MECHANISM TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE IN A HOME. INVESTED ABOUT $400,000 TO TIE 36 HOMES INTO A LATERAL SEWER CONNECTION PROGRAM. AND A LOT OF THAT WAS GRANT. ALL OF THAT WAS GRANT FUNDING, I SHOULD SAY. ESTABLISHED A CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTRIC DESIGN STUDIO TO ASSIST PROPERTY OWNERS AS THEY WALK IN THE DOOR. WHETHER YOU'RE A GULLAH GEECHEE RESIDENT, UM, OR YOU'RE A BRAND NEW BUSINESS THAT'S TRYING TO PUT SOMETHING ON MARSHLAND ROAD, WE WILL HELP YOU PRE-DESIGN YOUR SITE CONCEPTUALLY SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO GUESS. AND WE DON'T HAVE TO SAY YES OR NO AND FIND OUR WAY THROUGH YOUR SITE PLAN. UM, SOLUTIONS EXECUTED THE NORTH [03:10:01] POINT PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, 160 WORKFORCE HOUSING UNITS, 1, 2, 3 BEDROOM RENTALS FOR INCOMES BETWEEN 60 AND 150% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME WHERE RENTS ONLY GO UP TO 140% OF THE AREA. MEDIAN INCOME, A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THOSE 160 UNITS REQUIRE THAT YOU WORK HERE TO LIVE THERE. ACQUIRED 58 ACRES OF LAND UTILIZING THE TOWN'S REAL ESTATE TRANSFER FEE, TAX INCREMENT FINANCE FUNDS, AND MY FAVORITE ACCOUNT, THE BEAUFORT COUNTY GREEN SPACE FUNDS. A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS WAS RAISED. WE WERE FIRST, WE WERE FIRST IN LINE AND I THINK FIRST TO THE FINISH LINE, TO TO SHOW SOME SUCCESS HERE IN THIS, IN THIS REGION. WE PRESERVED THE HERITAGE AND PREVENTED DEVELOPMENT AT THE SAME TIME OF THE MITCHELLVILLE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD, $11.745 MILLION WITH A MAJORITY OF FUNDS COMING FROM GREEN SPACE. SO THAT'S A MASSIVE PART OF THAT 58 ACRES. IT WAS ABOUT 26 ACRES. PURCHASED LAND FOR TOWN OPERATIONS, ACQUIRED THE JONESVILLE PADDOCKS AND BARN TO PREVENT APPROXIMATELY 93 DWELLING UNITS ACQUIRED THE OLD CRACKER BARREL SITE. REMEMBER WE ACQUIRED THE CRACKER BARREL SITE AS SOON AS THE APPLICATION WAS PULLED FOR A, FOR A, FOR A HOTEL. ACQUIRED SEVEN ACRES OF PROPERTY ON BRYANT ROAD IN THE MUDDY CREEK NEIGHBORHOOD, SPANISH WELLS HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, AND ACQUIRED POPE AVENUE CORRIDOR PARCELS FOR PARKING AND FUTURE USE. EXECUTED NINE STORMWATER, STANDARDIZED STORMWATER AGREEMENTS WITH VARIOUS ISLAND NEIGHBORHOODS, RESTORED PONDS, IMPROVED SYSTEMS OF STORMWATER, AND ALSO RESET REINVESTED IN THE LAWTON STATION IN WEXFORD. STORMWATER PUMP INSTALLATIONS REDUCED MILLAGE. IT WAS PLANNED, BUT I THINK THE TOWN COUNCIL KEPT THEIR WORD AND IT WAS A PRIOR COUNCIL AND THE FUTURE COUNCIL, WHICH KEPT YOUR WORD, EVEN WITH THE TRANSITION TO REDUCE FIVE MILLS. THAT WAS TIED TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FUNDING. THAT'S INCREDIBLE. REDUCED MORE THAN $57 MILLION IN DEBT. PRINCIPAL PAYMENT. DEBT, RIGHT? NOT INTEREST. $57 MILLION OF DEBT REDUCTION IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS. ENHANCED TOWN ENHANCED. AND I HAVE TO SAY THIS I'LL PAUSE THE FOLKS BEFORE ME HAVE PUT THIS PLACE IN A GREAT PLACE. THIS, THIS, THIS WAS A GIFT TO START REALIZING THAT WE WERE AT A POINT WHERE WE'RE STARTING TO PAY OFF THAT PRINCIPLE IN OUR DEBT. WHAT AMAZING DECISIONS BY STEVE RILEY AND HIS TEAM PRIOR TO ME ARRIVING HERE, BUT I THINK TRUE, TRUE TO THEIR WORD, AND TR TRUE TO OUR, OUR UNDERSTANDING, WE'RE CONTINUING TO PAY DOWN THAT DEBT PRINCIPLE EVERY YEAR. WE ENHANCED TOWN REVENUES THROUGH ADDITIONAL REVENUE STREAMS, SHORT-TERM RENTALS, DEVELOPMENT, PERMIT FEES, GROWTH, WASN'T PAYING FOR GROWTH, PARKING INVESTMENTS. AND THEN MORE THAN $14 MILLION IN GRANT CONTRIBUTIONS CAME IN AS A TRANSFER INTO OUR BUDGETS OVER THE LAST FOUR, THE LAST THREE YEARS. SO $14 MILLION OF GRANTS AND FIVE OF IT WAS FROM THE STATE. THANK YOU TO SENATOR DAVIS, UM, FOR THE GULLAH GEECHEE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. UM, I FORGET HOW MUCH THE COUNTY PUT IN HERE. MAYBE I HAVE IT. I SEAN'S MY CONSCIENCE WHENEVER I NEED A NUMBER. HE KNOWS EXACTLY HERE IT IS. $3.7 MILLION OF THAT CAME FROM BEAUFORT COUNTY FOR TRAFFIC CONTROL AND TRANSPORTATION SIGNALS ABOUT HALF THE MONEY YOU SEE GOING INTO AND BEING INVESTED IN THE NORTHRIDGE AREA BETWEEN DILLON AND, AND BEACH CITY. AND SO I THINK BEAUFORT COUNTY'S BEEN A, BEEN A GOOD PARTNER TO US IN THE SENSE THAT THEY SAID, IF YOU CAN HEL HANDLE IMPROVING YOUR, YOUR, YOUR TRAFFIC, THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL SYSTEM AND THE ROAD SYSTEM, WE'RE GONNA HELP YOU WITH THOSE DOLLARS. AND THOSE DOLLARS CAME FROM DIFFERENT SOURCES, ESPECIALLY, UH, AND I THINK THE MAJORITY THROUGH TRAFFIC IMPACT FEES, TRAFFIC IMPACT FEES COLLECTED ON OUR ISLAND, COMING BACK TO OUR ISLAND AS A REINVESTMENT INVESTED IN AN ENTIRE NEW FIRE RESCUE VEHICLE FLEET THROUGH LEASE OPTIONS AND RESERVE FUND EXPENDITURES, IMPROVED OUR BOND RATINGS. RIGHT? WE HEAR AAA THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S EXCITING. WE STILL HAVE SOME THAT AREN'T TRIPLE AA, BUT ACROSS THE BOARD WE HAVE AS MUCH AS WE'VE DONE. WE'VE STILL IN, IN IMPROVED OUR FINANCIAL POSITION AS IT RELATES TO OUR BOND RATING, WHICH, WHICH I THINK WE REALLY HAVE TO FOCUS ON. WE ARE, WE'RE DOING A LOT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE IMPROVING OUR FINANCIAL POSITION. UM, SOME THINGS THAT DON'T COME TO Y'ALL, LISA STAFFER, OUR AMAZING HR DIRECTOR, OUR OUR PEOPLE WHISPERER, AND OUR, AND OUR LEADER. SHE HELPED US AS A SENIOR STAFF ESTABLISH [03:15:01] A TOWN EMPLOYEE CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS 10 HOURS OF TIME DURING WORK HOURS TO VOLUNTEER AT AN AREA HILTON HEAD ISLAND NONPROFIT. SO WHETHER YOU'RE COACHING A SOCCER TEAM OR HELPING AT, UM, A NONPROFIT, UM, FOOD BANK, CHILDREN'S CENTER, WHATNOT, DEEP WELL TO DATE, OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, STAFF HAS RAISED MORE THAN 2000 HOURS AND CONTRIBUTED ALL OF THOSE INTO THE AREA NONPROFIT. SO IT'S AN AMAZING AMOUNT. SO RATHER THAN FUNDRAISE, WE TIME RAISE, WE ALL HAVE EXPERTISE AND WE'VE ALL BEEN, UM, PRETTY INVOLVED. SO MORE THAN 2000 HOURS THE LAST TIME I COUNTED LISA. SO WE'LL SEE WHAT THAT GETS TO AT THE END OF THIS YEAR. AND THANK YOU. WE WON TWO NATIONAL WEBSITE AWARDS. WE WERE RE-CERTIFIED AS A GOLD FRIENDLY BICYCLE COMMUNITY. WE SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCED OUR CONNECTIONS ON VARIOUS SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. YOU CAN SEE IT, YOU CAN SEE WHEN RENATA STARTED. YOU CAN SEE THEM. YOU CAN SEE THE STORYTELLING. AND WE ARE CONTINUING TO DO A, A, A BETTER JOB. AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S STILL SOME WAYS TO GO WITH HEATHER'S LEADERSHIP HERE TO START CONNECTING THE EMOTION OF OUR COMMUNITY WITH THE WORK WE'RE DOING. BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT THOSE FOLLOWINGS ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA, FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, ALL THE OTHER ONES I DON'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT, UM, HAVE, HAVE DEFINITELY CONNECTED US IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE ARE VERY FOCUSED ON EMPLOYEE TRAINING, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, AND PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS. WE IMPLEMENTED THE TOWN COUNCIL BOARD COMMISSION AND COMMITTEE AGENDA, AGENDA SOFTWARE SYSTEM. WE DIDN'T HAVE A SOFTWARE SYSTEM BEFORE KIM GAMON ARRIVED. WE USED TO WRITE IT ON A WHITEBOARD, THROW IT IN A SPREADSHEET, HOPE FOR THE BEST. KIM HAS A SYSTEM IN PLACE THAT, THAT, UH, HAS, UH, A VERY SOPHISTICATED LEVEL OF, OF, OF FILTERING ALL THE VARIOUS BOARD COMMISSION COMMITTEES, INCLUDING AND ESPECIALLY TOWN COUNCIL IN THE ORGANIZATION. WE DID SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR WITH BUDGET PREPARATION AND TRACKING SOFTWARE. WHEN ADRIANA ARRIVED, WE ENHANCED PUBLIC SAFETY ON GOVERNMENT SITES, PARKS, AND BEACHES. RIGHT? NOT THAT LONG AGO, WE DID NOT HAVE A DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY. WE HAD TWO CODE OFFICERS. THEY DIDN'T LOOK AT OUR ISLAND AND OUR GOVERNMENT CAMPUS AND OUR SAFETY. AND AS A LIAISON WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE THE WAY WE ARE RIGHT NOW, BOB, HOW LONG YOU'VE WORKED HERE? YES, SIR. HAD A LOT OF NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS TO INFORM AUTO CAP PROJECT ZONING ESTABLISHED FIRST EVER. AND I THINK MAYBE IN A LONG TIME AT LEAST I COULDN'T FIND MUCH. AN ANNUAL NINE 11. NINE 11 REMEMBRANCE CEREMONY IS SOMETHING THAT CHIEF CHIEF SAID HE IS GONNA DO AS AS HE WAS TAKING HIS, HIS NEW NEW POSITION. CHIEF, HOW LONG YOU'VE BEEN THE CHIEF? HERE WE GO. THEY ESTABLISHED A FIRE RESCUE SUMMER CAMP. UM, WE'VE ESTABLISHED ANNUAL HOLIDAY EVENTS AT CELEBRATION PARK, RIGHT? TREE LIGHTING, MENORAH, SANTA CLAUS ON A FIRETRUCK. THOSE THINGS WEREN'T HERE THAT LONG AGO, BUT THE EFFORT THAT YOU SUPPORTED THROUGH BUDGET, UM, THROUGH DIRECTION, THROUGH THE SUPPORT, THOSE EVENTS ARE THERE NOW. AND I THINK ALL OF THAT, JUST THAT, THAT ALL OF THAT BUILDS OUR VALUE, BUILDS OUR, BUILDS OUR CULTURE STRONGER. HER ESTABLISHED THE ISLAND JAMS MUSIC FESTIVAL CONTINUED AND ENHANCED, REALLY ENHANCED CRESCENDO EVENTS. NATALIE, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO IT. I KNOW YOU HAVE A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS, BUT YOU'RE AMAZING ANGIE TOO. BUT THAT DEFINITELY SCALED, UM, A ACROSS THE BOARD. WE ARE A FIRE SAFE SOUTH CAROLINA COMMUNITY. WE, FIRE RESCUE WAS AWARDED THE SILVER MISSION LIFELINE EMS AWARD FROM THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION. THEY LAUNCHED AND IT'S SUCCESSFUL. THE FIRE RESCUE EQUIPMENT ACADEMY. UM, WE ADDRESSED MORE THAN 21,000 BEACH VIOLATIONS LAST SUMMER. 21,000. DO THE MATH, BOB, THAT IS ON THE BEACH, BUT SURE. DUMP YOUR DRINK OUT, WHATEVER, WHATEVER THE ISSUES ARE. AND WE ARE, I WOULD SAY THE, THE PHONE CALL TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. WE'RE, WE'RE PRESENT ON THE BEACH. I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'RE THERE. NOT BOB'S OUT THERE. UM, I'M OUT THERE SOME SATURDAYS. HE'S OUT THERE MOST SATURDAYS. BUT WE HAVE SEVEN MEMBERS OF HIS TEAM. SEVEN PLUS BOB. SIX PLUS BOB. OH, I ALWAYS GET THAT WRONG. AND THEN I BLAME BOB. UM, BUT WE ARE ON THE BEACH. WE ARE LOOKING AT PARKING DIFFERENTLY. WE'RE LOOKING AT SHORT-TERM RENTALS DIFFERENTLY. WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SAND DIFFERENTLY, THE BEACH OPERATIONS DIFFERENTLY, YOU KNOW, AND I, AND I THINK, I THINK THAT HAS TO REALLY BE EXAMINED AND, AND JUST REALLY, IN MY OPINION, NOT SO MUCH CELEBRATED, [03:20:01] BUT A BUT A BUT A DEEP BREATH. MY FIRST YEAR HERE, FEBRUARY, JULY 4TH, THERE WERE ISSUES AT THE BEACH AND EVERYBODY WAS BUSY. WHAT WHAT WAS HAPPENING IS OUR FACILITY WORKERS WERE IN OUR BATHROOMS AND THERE WERE SOME, SOME, SOME NONSENSE GOING ON. AND WE WERE CALLING 9 1 1. SO BOB, YOU'VE, YOU'VE MADE A DIFFERENCE IN YOUR TEAM. UH, UH, IMPLEMENTED FREE WIFI AT ALL TOWN. PUBLIC PARKS. I'M NOT SURE IF EVERYONE KNOWS THAT. EVERY SINGLE PUBLIC PARK HAS FREE WIFI. TOM SUNDAY AND THE TEAM, THANK YOU. CONNECTED ALL TOWN BUILDINGS, INCLUDING FIRE RESCUE WITH DARK FIBER LOOP FOR REDUNDANCY. WE'RE GONNA DO THE WEST END NEXT YEAR. JUST KIDDING. BUT DO YOU REMEMBER, DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN EVERYTHING SHUT DOWN? NOT THAT LONG AGO. IT WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE I WAS AT MY DESK, I HAD NO IDEA. AND, AND, AND MY WIFE, JACKIE TEXTED ME. SHE'S LIKE, I, SHE SAID, WHAT'S GOING ON? I'M LIKE, I HAVE NO IDEA. MY INTERNET'S WORKING. EVERYTHING'S WORKING. AND IT'S OUR DARK FIBER REDUNDANCY. AND ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF DISPATCH, FIRE RESCUE, ALL OUR WORK THAT WE'RE, THAT WE'RE WORKING ON IMPLEMENTED A NEW CAD SYSTEM FOR ER EMERGENCY DISPATCH SUPPORTED MORE THAN 285 NEW BUSINESSES OPENING IN THE PAST TWO YEARS. THE ONE DATA POINT THAT I WANT TO OBTAIN IS HOW MANY CLOSED, BUT WE SUPPORTED EIGHT TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY FIVE NEW. AND THAT ISN'T, AND I DON'T MEAN RIBBON CUTTING. I APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE THERE. AND WE'RE EXCITED AND WE TAKE PHOTOS AND, AND OUR, OUR, OUR CHAMBERS THERE LEADING THAT UPFITS PERMITS NEW OLD PROBLEMS, FIRE SYSTEMS, SPRINKLER SYSTEMS. AND I THINK THAT THERE'S NEVER A PROUDER MOMENT FOR ME, FROM MY VANTAGE POINT IS THAT WHEN WE GO TO A NEW BUSINESS AND WE'RE NOT HIDING IN THE CORNER EMBARRASSED THAT WHEN WE'RE THERE, WE'RE PROUD, RIGHT? WE, WE OPENED A LOT OF NEW BUSINESSES ON OUR ISLAND. UM, AND EVERY, EVERY MINUTE OF A BUILDING PERMIT, TURNAROUND MATTERS, RIGHT? WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T PUT THE REVIEW IN SO FAST AND GET IT OUT AND HAVE A BUILDING INSPECTOR PROBLEM BECAUSE THE PLAN IS OFF. I MEAN, WE REALLY WORK TOGETHER AND EVERYBODY KNOWS MY EXPECTATION. AND THEIR EXPECTATION IS THAT WE'RE HELPING BUSINESSES OPEN. WE'RE NOT SIMPLY JUST REVIEWING PERMITS. SO PREDICTABLE OUTCOMES, TIME MATTERS. AND WE ARE STILL NOT WHERE WE WANT TO BE. WE MEASURE THAT EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT HAS A PERMIT COULD BE AN ADDRESS, COULD BE A BUILDING PERMIT, COULD BE A SUBDIVISION. THEY GET A SURVEY AT THE END WHEN WE CLOSE OUT AND WE SAY, WE ASK HOW ARE WE DOING? WE HAVE THAT DATA. WE MEASURE OUR RESULTS. THERE'S A LOT OF POSITIVE, THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF THAT HURTS, HURTS SOME FEELINGS. BUT WE'RE LEARNING AND WE'RE GETTING BETTER AT IT RESPONDED TO, AND, AND WE KNOW THIS, AND SUPPORTED TWO NAMED STORMS. I WON'T SAY THE H WORD EITHER, IN A WINTER STORM. UM, AND I REMEMBER, UH, UH, LITERALLY MID-FLIGHT, WE SET UP THE, THE DEBRIS MANAGEMENT SITE, UM, WITH THE RECENT STORM. UM, IT WASN'T QUITE THE, THE, THE FEMA RESPONSIVENESS. IT WASN'T, IT WASN'T GOING TO HAVE ANY REIMBURSEMENT AT THAT LEVEL, BUT WE STILL TOOK CARE OF OUR RESIDENTS 'CAUSE IT, 'CAUSE IT MATTERS. AND THEN I WOULD SAY THAT WE HAVE RETAINED, AND YOU HEAR THIS, WE HAVE, WE HAVE RETAINED AND HIRED MANY GREAT TOWN STAFF MEMBERS WHO TRULY CARE ABOUT THIS ISLAND. YOU HEARD TODAY, 20 YEARS, TWO YEARS, EIGHT MONTHS, 15 YEARS, 60% OF OUR WORKFORCE LIVE 60 PERCENT-ISH OF THE TOWN'S WORKFORCE LIVE OFF OFF THIS ISLAND. SO I APPRECIATE THEM. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TOOK A MOMENT TO CELEBRATE OR AT LEAST ACKNOWLEDGE OUR HARD WORK. BECAUSE AS I LOOKED THROUGH THIS AND I READ IT LAST NIGHT, IT'S ALMOST EMOTIONAL BECAUSE WE'RE MAKING A DIFFERENCE. MARK. I I, YOU KNOW, UM, OUTSIDE OF THE DAILY OPERATIONS, THERE'S A TR TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN ACCOMPLISHED OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. AND ONE THING WE'VE GOTTA KEEP IN MIND IS, IS AS WE PLAN FOR A NEW PARK, AS WE DESIGN A NEW PARK, AND AS WE PERMIT A NEW PARK, IT TAKES YEAR UPON YEAR UPON YEAR. AND SO THESE ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE VERY VALUABLE TO OUR COMMUNITY. AND IT IS, IN MY OPINION, WE SHOULD BE ALL VERY GRATEFUL AND HUMBLED AT THE WORK THAT STAFF HAS BEEN DOING. AND OF COURSE, THE WORK THAT COUNCIL HAS BEEN DOING AS WELL. UM, SO KUDOS TO Y'ALL AND I, AND I KNOW WE WANNA SEE MORE THINGS, RIGHT? AND WE WANNA SEE SOME SHOVELS IN THE GROUNDS, AND I KNOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE THAT CONVERSATION LATER, BUT, BUT TO GET THERE, IT TAKES THE PRE-PLANNING AND ALL THE WORK THAT GOES INTO IT TO GET US TO A POINT. SO THANK YOU. AND ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM COUNSEL? MS. BECKER? THANK YOU. UM, WELL, FIRST [03:25:01] I WAS CLAPPING TO MYSELF OVER HERE BEFORE I REALIZED WE PROBABLY WOULD ALL WANT TO CLAP TOGETHER WITH THE, UM, INCREDIBLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF OUR STAFF. UM, I'M IMPRESSED AND ALWAYS PROUD. SO, UM, I WOULD LIKE ALL OF US TO SAY THANK YOU TO THEM WITH A QUICK ROUND OF APPLAUSE. AND TO MARK, THANK YOU, YOU GUIDED ALL OF THAT HAPPENING AND I'M GLAD YOU TOOK TIME TO WRITE IT DOWN. THANK YOU. BECAUSE IT SHOULD, UM, HIT ALL OF US THAT, UM, THEY'VE BEEN BUSY AND WE'VE BEEN BUSY AND THE COMMUNITY HOPEFULLY IS SEEING SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THEIR OWN LIVES AND AROUND THE ISLAND. SO, UM, KUDOS TO ALL OF YOU. ANOTHER PIECE OF OF A SAYING THAT WAS FROM THE FIRST PART OF THIS MORNING IS GREAT PLACES DON'T HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT. AND, UM, WE CERTAINLY HAVE JUST HEARD EXACTLY HOW DELIBERATE THE ACTIONS HAVE BEEN TO CREATE THIS GREAT PLACE THAT WE CALL HOME. SO THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU AS WELL. I WAS, I WAS ABOUT TO SAY THAT'S ALL BS BUT I MEAN, BEFORE STEVE , THAT WAS ALL, THAT WAS ALL BEFORE STEVE. YOU STEVE, RIGHT? HUH? YOU STEVE, RIGHT? , AND, AND, AND BM I GUESS BEFORE MELINDA. BUT YEAH, YOU GUYS ACCOMPLISHED A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT AND IT, IT WAS A GREAT EFFORT. AND THESE GUYS AND, AND ALL THE STAFF. SO LOOKING BACK AT WHAT YOU GUYS DONE, THAT'S, THAT'S TREMENDOUS. I'VE, I'VE NOT SEEN THAT AND THAT'S THE FIRST TIME I'VE HEARD IT, SO THAT'S PRETTY GREAT. THANK YOU, SIR. MR. BROWN, UH, THANK YOU MR. ORLANDO FOR THAT, THAT LONG LIST. UM, AND I WANT, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE GET A GOOD SEGUE INTO WHERE WE'RE GOING NEXT. YES, SIR. UM, TO MY RECOLLECTION, ABOUT 95% OF WHAT YOU JUST WENT OVER DID NOT GO THROUGH COMMITTEE. WE EITHER TALKED ABOUT IT AS A FULL COUNCIL IN SOME TYPE OF WORKSHOP SETTING, IE PARKS, IE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS, LAND ACQUISITIONS HAPPEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION WHERE ALL SEVEN OF US HAVE GIVEN OUR OPINION AND THEN GIVING YOU MARCHING ORDERS. SO ABOUT 95% OF THAT YOU GET DIRECTED FROM US AND WE GET OUT OF THE WAY AND YOUR AMAZING STAFF GOES AND DOES THE WORK. MM-HMM . I'M GONNA LEAVE IT THERE, MS. BRYSON. YES. UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. AND I, I KNOW YOU'VE GIVEN US A 15 PAGE MEMO OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN 23 AND 24, AND THAT'S VERY HELPFUL. UM, AND CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR ALL THE WORK YOU'VE DONE AND THE SUCCESSES WE'VE HAD. UM, I DO ALSO REMEMBER THAT THERE WAS AN ANNUAL REPORT DONE, UM, THE FIRST TIME I'D SEEN THAT HERE. YES. UM, IT WAS VERY HELPFUL TO ME AT ONE OF MY COMMUNITY MEETINGS TO BE ABLE TO HAND THAT OUT AND SAY, LOOK, HERE'S WHAT WE'VE DONE. YES. AND, AND, AND THOSE WERE JUST PARTS OF THAT LONG LIST. SO IF THERE IS GONNA BE ONE, UM, I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE HELPFUL TO HAVE IT AGAIN. UM, AND ALSO HAVE IT AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE AS WELL, SO FOLKS CAN SEE, UM, WHAT WE'VE BEEN UP TO AND WHAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED. 'CAUSE A LOT OF TIMES, UNFORTUNATELY, IN THIS COMMUNITY, IF YOU DON'T DO ONE THING , THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY DON'T LIKE ANYTHING YOU DO. YES. UM, OR, OR IF YOU DON'T VOTE A CERTAIN WAY, UM, THEN, YOU KNOW, THEY GET VERY MAD AT YOU. HMM. UM, SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO LOOK AT THINGS AS A WHOLE. UM, AND LOOKING AT SOMETHING LIKE THIS, UM, CAN SAY, YES, WE HAVE DONE SOME THINGS. WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE MIGHT WANNA DO OTHER THINGS OR HAVE DONE SOME THINGS DIFFERENTLY. UM, BUT I THINK IT'S GOOD TO TAKE SOME TIME AND STEP BACK AND TAKE A LOOK AND TO CELEBRATE OUR SUCCESSES AND TO KEEP WORKING. THANK YOU. MS. HUNTER. ANY COMMENT? UH, I WOULD JUST SAY THAT, UH, IT CERTAINLY PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMMUNICATE ALL THOSE WONDERFUL ACCOMPLISHMENTS. UM, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THAT SO THAT NOT ONLY THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM OR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE WATCHING UNDERSTAND WHAT HAS BEEN COMPLETED, BUT THAT THE ENTIRE TOWN HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO CELEBRATE ALL THE DELIVERABLES. SO, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. MR. OFFER DIDN'T COMMENT. , I THINK THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO KNOW THAT WE WOULD REALLY DO HAVE AN OUTSTANDING STAFF, TALENTED, HARDWORKING, VERY DEDICATED, AND THE TOWN MANAGER'S IN THE SAME CATEGORY AS I HAVE FREQUENTLY TOLD HIM, HE'S THE BEST TOWN MANAGER I'VE EVER WORKED WITH. AND THE ONLY ONE. SO . WELL, THAT'S JUST NOT RIGHT. SO I WANNA, I KNEW THAT WAS COMING BY THE WAY. YEAH. UH, I'M GONNA SAY THIS JOKINGLY, BUT WE ALL KNOW THAT BUREAUCRACY CAUSES THINGS FOR DELAYS AND WHAT YOU JUST, UH, LISTED OFF WITH BUREAUCRACY INVOLVED TRULY IS A GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT. [03:30:01] WELL, THANK YOU. WE, WE DO HAVE AN ANNUAL REPORT THIS YEAR. IT'S ALMOST DONE. WHEN DO YOU THINK IT'LL BE DONE? WHEN? WHEN? 30 DAYS. OKAY. IT'S RIGHT THERE. HEATHER HAS REVAMPED IT THIS YEAR. IT IS, UH, MORE MEASURABLE AND I THINK THAT IT IS GOING TO BE OUR BASELINE TO MEASURE AGAINST FOR THE FUTURE. AND SO, UM, SEVERAL MONTHS IN COMPLETELY REVAMPING THE WAY WE DO THAT. SO WE WILL, WE WILL GET THIS MESSAGE OUT ALONG WITH THAT ANNUAL REPORT TOGETHER. SO, ALL RIGHT. DEEP BREATH. APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS, SIR. ALRIGHT. SO WE, WE KNOW, UH, THAT WE HAVE A STRATEGIC PLAN. YOU HAVE IT IN YOUR BINDER. IT IS ON OUR WEBSITE. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT AND TALKED ABOUT IT. AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE KNOW THAT THIS STRATEGIC PLAN IS LINED UP WITH TOP PRIORITIES AND THEN EVERYTHING ELSE. AND SO WE'RE GONNA GO OVER THAT TODAY. SO IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER, WE HAVE SAID ESTABLISHING A GROWTH MANAGEMENT STRATEGY IS A STRATEGY. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT. WE, WE ARE GOING TO REVAMP A LOT OF THIS INTO V THREE OF THE, OF THE PLAN, THOUGH. WE SAID THAT WE WOULD IMPLEMENT A WORKFORCE HOUSING FRAMEWORK IN WHICH YOU ADOPTED AS A TOWN COUNCIL. NOVEMBER, I FORGET THE YEAR, COUPLE YEARS AGO, NOVEMBER, RIGHT? BE RIGHT BEFORE AN ELECTION WAS A, A DOCUMENT CALLED FINDING HOME. AND THAT IS WHAT WE'VE VIEWED AS OUR FRAMEWORK. IT'S A COUNCIL POLICY. IT'S ADOPTED, IT GIVES, IT GIVES SOME PRETTY CLEAR DIRECTION ON SOME ITEMS. AND THEN IT'S BIG PICTURE ON, ON SOME OTHERS. ADOPT A MAJOR CORRIDOR STREET ENHANCEMENT POLICY, ADOPT OR DEVELOP A WILL WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY GATEWAY CORRIDOR PLAN, UM, COMMENCE OPERATIONS OF THE GULLAH GEECHEE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. AND WE SWOT ANALYSIS OF OUR ISLAND RESILIENCY. THAT SWOT ANALYSIS TURNED INTO A VERY ROBUST TABLE OF CONTENTS AND A VERY ROBUST RESILIENCE PLAN ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT I THINK YOU FIRST SAID TO DO. BUT THROUGH SOME WORKSHOPS, WE HEARD A LOT MORE FEEDBACK. IMPLEMENT THE CIP PROGRAM. AND THIS IS WHERE I THINK WE HAVE TO GET BETTER. SIMPLY, IMPLEMENTING A CIP PROGRAM ISN'T STRATEGIC, BUT WHAT ARE WE ACCOMPLISHING IS WHERE WE HAVE TO CONNECT THOSE, THOSE, THOSE NEW DOTS. UPDATE OUR LAND ACQUISITION MANUAL. THAT WAS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE SAID WE'RE JUST BUYING LAND FOR PRESERVATION OF CORRIDOR. OR ARE WE BUYING LAND TO KEEP THE HIGH GRASS? OR ARE WE BUYING LAND FOR HOUSING OR SOMETHING IN BETWEEN? LET'S DO ANOTHER S SWAT OF THE SOLID WASTE RECYCLING PROGRAM. OUR AND BEAUFORT COUNTIES MANAGE CLOSER OUR, OUR DMO ASSESS ALTERNATIVE REVENUE SOURCES AND FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES. DO AN ASSESSMENT OF OUR SHORT TERM RENTALS AND IMPLEMENT A PROGRAM. CAME OUTTA HERE. WE COMPLETE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF GULLAH GEECHEE TASK FORCE WORK PLAN, ASSIST WITH THE ST. JAMES BAPTIST CHURCH RELOCATION AND IMPLEMENT BEACH PARK ENHANCEMENTS. BRING OUR BEACHES UP TO, TO CURRENT, RIGHT? JUST NOT FROM A, NOT JUST OPERATIONAL, NOT JUST CAPITAL EXPENDITURE. SO, SO WE TOOK THOSE STRATEGIES AND WE STARTED TO TRY TO LINE THEM UP INTO OUR DIFFERENT CORE VALUES. AND AGAIN, WE'RE GONNA REVAMP THIS TOMORROW. SO I'M NOT GONNA SPEND TOO MUCH TIME TALKING ABOUT FOCUS AREA. I'M NOT EVEN GONNA SPEND TOO MUCH TIME ON, ON AS IF IT IS A STRATEGY. ONE VERSE FIVE TODAY. BUT JUST WHERE ARE WE? 'CAUSE I THINK BECAUSE I THINK IF WE CAN GET THROUGH OF OUR CURRENT WORKLOAD AND PUT SOME OF IT ASIDE TO SAY WE'RE DONE, PUT SOME OF IT ASIDE TO SAY, LET'S GET GOING MARK AND COMPANY WITH THESE PRIORITIES, AND THEN TALK ABOUT PUTTING ASIDE SOME THINGS THAT MAKE NO SENSE ANYMORE. 'CAUSE YOU'LL SEE THEM IN HERE, THEY'LL JUMP OUT AT YOU. SO WHEN WE SET, ESTABLISH A GROWTH MANAGEMENT STRATEGY, FORGIVE ME FOR TURNING MY BACK TO YOU, BUT IT, IT WAS TO MANAGE INCREASING AND EVOLVING FUTURE GROWTH PATTERNS IN A MANNER THAT WILL ENSURE THE SUSTAINABILITY OF OUR UNIQUE CHARACTER. THAT WE MUST MONITOR ECONOMIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS. UNDERTAKING A COMPREHENSIVE, THERE'S MATT, WE'RE GONNA TAKE THOSE WORDS OUT OF THERE AFTER, AFTER YOUR GREAT POINTS YOU MADE EARLIER OF FUTURE PLANNING ACTIVITIES AND PROACTIVELY PROTECTING THE ISLAND'S RICH, NATURAL RESOURCES, APPROPRIATE DESIGN REGS AND CAPITAL INVESTMENT. THAT'S A, THAT'S A BIG LIFT. BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? RIGHT? WHAT THAT MEANT TO US AT THE TIME, WHAT IT MEANT TO TOWN COUNCIL IS RIGHT. YOU CAN'T IMPROVE WHAT YOU CAN'T MEASURE. SO WE PUT A CONDITIONS AND TRENDS ASSESSMENT TOGETHER. IT TOOK A LITTLE BIT OF WORK. WE BROUGHT IT THROUGH COMMITTEE, WE [03:35:01] BROUGHT IT THROUGH COUNCIL. WE REALIZED THERE'S SOME ERRORS IN IT. UNBEKNOWNST TO SOME OF US, WE IMPROVED IT. AND YOU HAVE IT. THE, THE GOOD PART OF THAT DOCUMENT, IT IS HELPING US UNDERSTAND OUR ISLAND A LOT DIFFERENTLY TODAY THAN SIMPLY GOING TO TRY TO CHASE DEMOGRAPHIC DATA OR TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHERE ELCO CAME UP WITH THAT INFORMATION. RIGHT? SO IT'S VERY HELPFUL TO US. BUT IT'S ADOPTED OR ACCEPTED BY TOWN COUNCIL. THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT. DISTRICT PLANS ADOPTED MID ISLAND IN 2022, AND THERE ARE THE SKULL CREEK BRIDGE TO BEACH MARSHES, PARKWAY, CHAPLAIN MAIN STREET, AND FOREST BEACH. YOU HAVE ALL BEEN, I BELIEVE YOU'VE ALL BEEN TO RECENT COMMUNITY MEETINGS TO REALLY START DIVING INTO THOSE DISTRICT PLANS. I WILL FOR TODAY, CALL IT A DISTRICT MASTER PLAN. IT IS A SUB AREA. BREAK THE ISLAND UP INTO HOWEVER MANY PIECES. IT IS A SUB AREA MASTER PLAN OF DIFFERENT AREAS OF OUR ISLAND. SIMPLY TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE NORTH END WITH THE SOUTH END, AND CALL IT RM FOUR. AND ALLOW FOUR, SIX, OR EIGHT UNITS PER ACRE, DEPENDING ON LARGE YOUR ACREAGE IS, NEEDS SOME WORK AND SOME BACKGROUND TO MAKE THOSE, TO MAKE THOSE DOWNSHIFTS OF ZONING. IT ALSO SHOULD INFORM US THAT MAYBE IN SOME AREAS OF OUR ISLAND, ON, ON THE WATER, FIVE STORIES IS FINE, BUT BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME ZONING DISTRICTS HAVE WMU HEIGHT, THEY HAVE LIMITED OR LIMITED, UH, PERVIOUS IMPERVIOUS COVERAGE, UM, AND A WHOLE BUNCH OF DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS IN CODE THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO JUST SIT IN A ROOM, HIRE A CONSULTANT, WORK TO AMEND A CODE AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THE VISION IS. AND SO THESE DOCUMENTS HAVE TO BE THE AREA MASTER PLANS. WE, WE DON'T NEED THEM SO COMPLICATED. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S IN THEM. BUT WE ALSO ARE GONNA, WE ARE GONNA HAVE A HARD TIME TAKING YOUR, THE LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE AS WE KNOW IT, WITH 60 PLUS AMENDMENTS SINCE THE LAST TIME IT WAS UPDATED, THAT ARE ALL IN ITS OWN WAY, A DOMINO EFFECT OF CAUSING ANOTHER PROBLEM. JUST UPDATE IT. WE'VE REMOVED SOME THINGS OF THE CODE THAT MADE SENSE, RIGHT? STAFF WAIVERS DAY, I WALKED IN THE DOOR, I SAID, I DON'T THINK THAT IS APPROPRIATE ZONING. AND I DON'T THINK IT'S LEGAL FROM MY PERSPECTIVE. SO WE MADE SOME GOOD EDITS, BUT HOW DO WE TAKE THE, HOW MANY, HOW MANY RESIDENTIAL, UH, ZONING DISTRICTS DO WE HAVE? YEAH, 22 ZONING DISTRICTS ON OUR ISLAND. WE ALL DON'T THINK THAT THERE'S 22 SPECIFIC ZONING DISTRICTS ON OUR ISLAND, AND THOSE ARE OUTSIDE OF THE PDS. SO THESE DISTRICT MASTER PLANS ARE INTENDED TO INFORM US, RIGHT? TO ESTABLISH A GROWTH, A GROWTH FRAMEWORK AREA TO ESTABLISH A FUTURE LAND USE MAP. AND THEN STARTING TO AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE TO START ALIGNING WITH THOSE SUB AREA MASTER PLANS. THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP AND ZONING. THAT'S A BIG LIFT. THAT IS, THAT IS THE, THE, THE BIGGEST LIFT I'LL EVER DO IN MY CAREER BY DOING THAT HERE. IT'S A LOT. UM, WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO WRITE THE CODE, WE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE'S IMMEDIATE RISK. AND THE IMMEDIATE RISK ARE THE STAFF WAIVERS. THEY'RE THE OPEN SPACE AND THE SUBDIVISION REGS THAT ALLOW 16% OPEN SPACE, BUT IT COULD BE YOUR BACK EASEMENT NEXT TO YOUR, UH, NEXT TO YOUR LAGOON. THAT'S NOT FUNCTIONAL. AND SO WE'RE STARTING TO MAKE THOSE EDITS TO THE CODE BECAUSE THE RISK IS STILL THERE. AND WE CAN'T SIT HERE AND WATCH THE GRASS GROW UNDER OUR FEET SAYING, WE'RE GONNA AMEND THE CODE. AND DON'T WORRY, THE DISTRICT PLANS ARE ALMOST DONE. A LOT OF WHAT YOU SEE UP HERE, I'M NOT GONNA GET IN THE DETAILS. YOU HAVE IT IN YOUR BOOK. BUT SINCE 2023 AND INTO 24, WE REMOVED STAFF WAIVERS. WE ALLOWED OUTDOOR SCREENED, BIKE STORAGE AND LIGHT COMMERCIAL. WE CLARIFIED A MANUFACTURING USE RELATED TO SIZE OF A BREWERY, REQUIRED TRAFFIC COUNTS IN JULY RATHER THAN JUNE. FROM A TIA STANDPOINT, WE CHANGED HOW AND WHEN PLANNINGS ARE REQUIRED AS PART OF SUBDIVISION COMPLIANCE. AMENDED THE DEFINITION OF SIGN CODE CHANGEABLE, COPY AMENDED HEIGHT, ADDED OWNER'S CONSENT FOR MINOR SUBS. THAT BLOWS ME AWAY. THAT, THAT, THAT WASN'T IN THERE REQUIRED A PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUBDIVISION AMENDMENTS. APPROVED STANDARDS FOR DEVIATIONS FROM PREVIOUSLY PLATTED SUBS, UPDATED SINGLE MULTIFAMILY AND DIVISIBLE DWELLING UNIT DEFINITIONS, ADJUSTED THE FOREST BEACH NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER OVERLAY DISTRICT FLOOR, A RA RATIOS. AND, AND WHAT WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD RIGHT [03:40:01] NOW IS MAJOR SUBS AND DEVELOPMENT PLANS THROUGH PLANNING COMMISSION SUBDIVISION REGS, AS I JUST SAID, FOR OPEN SPACE PATHWAY SIDEWALKS, LIKE WE HA WE ALLOW SIDEWALK, WE ALLOW, SUBDIVISIONS DON'T REQUIRE SIDEWALKS, BUT WE WANNA WALK. WE ALLOW SUBDIVISIONS AND WE DON'T REQUIRE FUNCTIONAL OPEN SPACE, OPEN SPACE TO BE COUNTED AS YOUR STORMWATER LAGOON. SO THAT, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SEEING UP HERE. THOSE IMMEDIATE RISKS AND IMPROVEMENTS. WORKFORCE HOUSING DENSITY, BONUS CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT STANDARDS, SINGLE FAMILY MASS SCALE, COMMERCIAL, DITTO, ADAPTIVE REUSE OF HOTELS AND MOTELS. WE HAVE TO SLOW DOWN AND TALK ABOUT THAT. IT'S MULTIFAMILY, RIGHT? 'CAUSE WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS MULTIFAMILY, NOT LESS, OR, AND WE CAN'T GIVE UP SO MUCH THAT IT'S, IT'S NO LONGER IDENTIFIABLE. IT'S EITHER SINGLE FAMILY OR MULTIFAMILY. AND WE HAVE TO GET THE CODE RIGHT. TIA FOR TRANSPORTATION, TREE PROTECTION SIGN REGS. AND THEN, AND MISSY AND, AND SEAN LEINER AND A AND A SMALL TEAM YOU DON'T SEE HERE TODAY ARE WORKING ON AMENDING THE FULL CODE WHILE THEY'RE AMENDING THOSE PROVISIONS. AND SO I THINK THAT THERE, WELL, I, I TRULY BELIEVE THERE'S BEEN SUCCESS, RIGHT? WE, WE CAN MEASURE THE TRENDS. WE ARE WELL UNDERWAY. WE'RE FINALLY AT A POINT WHERE WE'RE COMING UP FOR AIR AND GETTING OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY. WE'RE NOT LEARNING ANYTHING NEW, IN MY OPINION. WE ARE HEARING LOUD AND CLEAR WHAT I THINK WE'VE ALREADY HEARD OVER THE LAST WHILE, RIGHT? WE WE'RE HEARING THAT QUALITY OF LIFE, THE TRAFFIC. IF YOU'RE GOING TO ALLOW A SUBDIVISION, WHAT ABOUT A TURN LANE? WHAT ABOUT A CROSSWALK? WHAT ABOUT A PATHWAY? WE'RE HEARING A LOT OF THAT AT THE DISTRICT PLAN WORK, BUT IT'S GOING TO INFORM OUR CODE. THIS WORK WILL HELP US OVER TIME AS THE TOWN COUNCIL DECIDES WHETHER YOU ARE ALLOWING A REZONING AT A TIME OR YOU'RE GOING TO DO A COMMUNITY-WIDE REZONING, WHICH COMMUNITIES DO, RIGHT? THIS GETS PARKED, SO TO SPEAK, UNTIL EVERYTHING ELSE IS DONE. THESE CODE AMENDMENTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETE IN 23 AND SO FAR, OR 23 AND 24. AND SO FAR THIS YEAR. THESE ARE ON THE, THE ELEVATOR GOING TO COMMITTEE, UM, COMING OUT OF PLANNING COMMISSION, GOING TO COMMITTEE, COMING TO COUNCIL. I WOULD SAY THAT WHEN WE START TRYING TO TALK ABOUT WHAT GOES TO WORKSHOP, WHAT GOES TO COMMITTEE, THIS IS GOING TO BE A VERY GOOD EXERCISE. BECAUSE WHEN WE GO FORWARD WITH THE ENTIRE LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE AND BRING THAT FORWARD, THAT'S A TOWN COUNCIL SEVERAL WORKSHOP SESSIONS, I WOULD SAY THAT I THINK WE START VETTING AND REFINING THE POLICY, THE CODE AT COMMITTEE, BUT NOT LOOKING AT THE WHOLE CODE CHAPTER BY CHAPTER OR PIECE BY PIECE AT THAT LEVEL. SO, SO SOME GOOD WORK WAS THERE. WE HAVE IMPROVED OUR DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROGRAM. UM, IT'S A NEW TEAM, RIGHT? THE FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN HERE A LONG TIME TOOK PLANNING DIRECTOR JOBS ELSEWHERE. WE HAD TO RESET. WE HAD A NEW BUILDING OFFICIAL COME IN. HIS NAME'S CHRIS , UH, CHRIS , CHRIS TO CHRIS, BUT STILL, UM, BUT FROM A BUILDING SAFETY STANDPOINT, FROM A DEVELOPMENT REVIEW STANDPOINT, WE'VE, WE'VE MADE SOME, SOME BETTER DECISIONS BECAUSE WE'RE MEASURING OUR RESULTS. I SEND YOU PERMIT REPORTS. YOU MIGHT LOOK AT THEM TO SEE WHAT IS GONNA CAUSE SOME CONTROVERSY OR WHAT'S GOING ON. I LOOK AT THEM FOR THAT AS WELL AS HOW FAST ARE THEY TURNED AROUND? IF, IF THEY'RE TURNED AROUND IN 45 DAYS, IS IT ON US OR IS IT ON THEM? BECAUSE WHEN, AGAIN, WHEN WE GET THE PROCESS RIGHT, THE QUALITY IMPROVES. AND SO I WON'T BORE YOU WITH EVERY STILL SINGLE THING IN THERE. WE HAVE A TEAM APPROACH FOR DEVELOPMENT REVIEW. IN THE PAST, A CASE MANAGER WOULD TAKE A DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND WORK IT, SEND IT OUT TO THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS, PUT THEIR COMMENTS, THEIR COMMENTS TOGETHER, OUR TEAM REVIEW. NOW OUR DESIGN STUDIO TEAM REVIEW HAS STARTED TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF PROJECT. I WOULD LOOK AT A PROJECT A LOT DIFFERENT THAN SEAN COLIN DIFFERENT THAN SEAN LEININGER, DIFFERENT THAN MISSY. AND SO COLLECTIVELY, THOSE REVIEWS ARE STARTING TO OCCUR. AND THEN ALIGNING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN WITH THE GROWTH FRAMEWORK STRATEGIES. SO THAT'S THE FIRST BIG ONE. THE, THE, THE FIRST LARGE STRATEGY OF AMENDING THE LMO. I'LL CHEAT A LITTLE BIT WHEN WE LOOK AT SOME SURVEY RESULTS. WE KNOW, OR WE HEARD THAT THE LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE REMAINS A PRIORITY OF MOST, IF NOT ALL OF TOWN COUNCIL TO JUST START GETTING IT DONE. AND, AND YOU'LL SEE WE ARE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE NINE LIVE, I THINK THEY'RE NINE-ISH LIVE AMENDMENTS RIGHT NOW. AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET THOSE RIGHT AND RIGHT, THE DISTRICTS AND [03:45:01] OVERHAUL THE CODE. SO, ANY QUESTIONS, CONVERSATION MR. BROWN? YEAH, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I, UM, WAS READING THE KEY IN THE RIGHT HAND CORNER CORRECTLY, MR. ORLANDO? SO YEAH, THE CIRCLES THAT HAVE A CHECK MARK IN THE BLUE SHADING BEHIND IT ARE COMPLETED. YES, SIR. THE CHECK MARK WITH A BLANK BACKGROUND IS IN PROGRESS. AND THEN I THINK THAT'S A, A X IN THE CIRCLE THAT SAYS, NOT STARTED. NOT STARTED. SO WITH THIS PARTICULAR STRATEGY, EVERYTHING IS EITHER COMPLETED OR IN PROGRESS. THERE'S NOTHING HERE THAT IS NOT STARTED, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR. I KNEW I'D FORGET THAT. I CAN'T BELIEVE SHONDA DIDN'T REMIND ME, BUT I KNEW I'D FORGET THAT. THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE. ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, MS. BECKER? SO, YES. THE LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCES ON EVERYBODY'S MIND HAS BEEN FOR QUITE SOME TIME. I KNOW THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT DROVE ME FROM SITTING IN TOWN COUNCIL MEETINGS AS A RESIDENT, JUST OBSERVING AND WORKING THROUGH SOME ISSUES, UM, THAT HAD COME TO MY OWN NEIGHBORHOOD, TO, UM, WANTING TO BE A TOWN COUNCIL MEMBER TO HELP FACILITATE MAKING THE RIGHT KIND OF CHANGES. AND WE USE THAT WORD, RIGHT, AN AWFUL LOT. WE TALK ABOUT THE RIGHT SIZED ENVIRONMENT, ET CETERA. UM, BUT THE REASON IT'S IMPORTANT IS THAT AS WE LOOK AT THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT, UM, THERE'S SO MUCH THAT IS HAPPENING AROUND US MM-HMM . THAT IF WE'RE NOT ENGAGED IN MAKING THESE CHANGES, IT ALL HAPPENS. AND THEN NOW WE'RE OUTSIDE LOOKING INSIDE OF ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS THAT HAVE OCCURRED. AND THAT'S, THAT'S NOT OUR GOAL. WE WANNA SOLVE PROBLEMS. UM, AND SO HAVING SAID THAT, IT'S THE LMO CHANGES THAT WILL, THAT WILL MOVE US FORWARD. AND I THINK THAT'S WHY IT BECOMES QUITE A, A, UM, PRIORITY. ALONG WITH THAT, UM, FROM THE TIME, AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER, THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD MM-HMM . HAS HAD A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO CHIME IN AND TO HELP WITH BUILDING THAT ENVIRONMENT. AND OVER THE COURSE OF MANY YEARS NOW, UM, I'VE WATCHED THEM STRUGGLE. UM, I'VE WATCHED THEM STRUGGLE WHEN AQUA TERRA ON GARDNER DRIVE WAS BEING BUILT. AND WHILE THE COUNCIL HAD DONE A GREAT JOB OF WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPER IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, AND THEN GETTING THE APPROVAL FOR THAT TO BE DEVELOPED WHEN IT CAME TO THE SITE PLAN AND TO THE FINISHED PRODUCT, UM, SOME OF THE SUGGESTIONS THAT THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD MADE, WHICH WOULD'VE MADE A BETTER PRODUCT AND I THINK WOULD'VE CAUSED FAR LESS CONTROVERSY IN THE END, WEREN'T ABLE TO BE REALIZED BECAUSE THERE WAS NOTHING WITHIN THAT, THAT DESIGN GUIDE THAT GAVE THEM THE AUTHORITY TO SAY, NO, WE WANT THIS HERE, OR THAT THERE. AND, AND SO THAT'S ONE EXAMPLE. ANOTHER GOOD EXAMPLE IS WHAT I THINK MOST OF US HAD TO PASS TODAY, COMING DOWN FOLLY FIELD ROAD AND LOOKING AT THE TIMESHARES THAT ARE BEING BUILT AND WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY A TENNIS COURT FACILITY AND SEEING THE LARGE BUILDINGS UP AGAINST, UH, ROADS AND THAT. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THE DESIGN ME BOARD WHEN REVIEWING IT, HAD MADE SUGGESTIONS THERE TOO, THAT THEY HAD NO, UM, TEETH IN TO MAKE IT ACTUALLY HAPPEN, BUT COULD ONLY MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS. SO AS A PRIORITY WITH THE LAND MANAGEMENT, UM, CHANGES, WE REALLY DO NEED TO FOCUS ON GIVING THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD THE MORE AUTHORITY TO CREATE A BETTER BUILT ENVIRONMENT AROUND US. THE TWO GO HAND IN HAND. AND THE SOONER THOSE THINGS GET DONE, THE, I THINK THE BETTER PRODUCT WE'LL HAVE IN THE LONG RUN. UM, SO THOSE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WANTED TO COMMUNICATE WITH THAT, UM, BECAUSE I'VE SEEN IT NOW FOR, YOU KNOW, 10 YEARS IN FRONT OF ME AND HAVE ASKED PERSONALLY, UM, FOR MANY OF THOSE YEARS THAT WE FOCUS ON THAT AND THAT WE GIVE THE COMMITTEES THAT WE DEPEND ON THE TOOLS THAT THEY NEED, JUST LIKE WE HAVE IN SO MANY REGARDS WITH HOW STAFF IS REARRANGED TO, TO LOOK OVER SITE PLANS AND TO, TO, UM, WORK WITH APPLICANTS TO REVISE THOSE. SO I THINK THE MORE WE DO OF THAT SORT OF THING, THE MORE WE HAVE AT OUR, UM, IN OUR BOOK TO BE ABLE TO FORCE A BETTER BUILT ENVIRONMENT, THE BETTER OFF WE'LL BE. UM, SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I SAY THAT AND PUT IT ON THE RECORD. I KNOW YOU'VE HEARD IT, MARK AS YOU HEAR ME WHEN I TALK ALL THE TIME, AND I APPRECIATE THAT. UM, SO I KNOW, YOU KNOW, IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME AND TO OTHERS, BUT, UM, JUST SO THAT EVERYONE IS HERE KNOWS WE ARE FOCUSED ON THAT AND IT'S, THANK YOU. IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY, MS. BRYSON? YES. THANK YOU. [03:50:01] UM, A A SIMPLE REQUEST, UM, THE MATERIALS WE'VE BEEN GIVEN IN OUR, OUR NOTEBOOKS, I CAN'T READ THEM . SO, UM, IF WE COULD HAVE OVERNIGHT, UM, EMAIL TO US THE, THESE, UM, SLIDES, ESPECIALLY ON THE STRATEGIES, SO WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT 'EM, WE'LL DO IT RIGHT NOW. I THINK THAT THAT'D BE GREAT. UM, 'CAUSE IT WOULD REALLY HELP. AND SO WITH HAVING, WITH THAT, HAVING BEEN SAID, UM, I CAN ONLY TELL YOU IT'S SLIDE NUMBER 1 0 6. CAN YOU GO FORWARD? IS IT THE NEXT ONE OR THE NEXT ONE? UH, THE NEXT ONE, YEAH, THAT LIST. THE PRIORITY AMENDMENTS. UM, AND I KNOW THEY'RE COMING THROUGH THE PIPELINE NOW, UM, AND, AND OUR PLANNING COMMISSION CAN ONLY ADJUST SO MUCH AT ONE TIME AS WE CAN. UM, AND, AND I THINK THAT WE HAVE NOT YET SET PRIORITIES OVER WHICH OF THE PRIORITY AMENDMENTS WE WANT TO MOVE, UH, FORWARD FIRST. UM, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT DECISION IS BEING MADE OTHER THAN MAYBE WHAT'S READY IN THE PIPELINE, WHAT'S DRAFTED AND WHAT'S BEEN VETTED BY, UM, STAFF AND, AND OUR LEGAL TEAM. UM, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE ESTABLISHED SOME PRIORITIES WITHIN THE PRIORITY AMENDMENTS. UM, AND ONE OF 'EM, TO PICK UP ON WHAT MS. BECKER IS SAYING, I DO AGREE ABOUT THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD. AND ONE PARTICULAR ISSUE THAT I'VE BEEN POUNDING ON FOR A WHILE, AND, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY CHECKS DOWN IT IS, SINGLE FAMILY HOME AND COMMERCIAL MASS AND SCALE. UM, SO PARTICULARLY WITH REGARD TO THE COMMERCIAL MASS AND SCALE, LARGE MULTIFAMILY BUILDINGS ALONG THE SHORELINE, UM, DIS DIS, SORRY, NOT DISABILITY DESIGN REVIEW BOARD, I USED TO ADVISE A DISABILITY DISABILITY REVIEW BOARD. AT ANY RATE, THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD WAS FRUSTRATED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND ASKED THE TOWN COUNCIL THEN TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE SIZE MASS AND SCALE OF THOSE BUILDINGS. AND HERE WE ARE TODAY, STILL LOOKING AT, UM, IT'S IN THE LIST, IT'S COMING DOWN THE PIPELINE. SO THAT'S ONE THAT CONTINUES TO FRUSTRATE ME. UM, AND I AGREE WITH MS. BECKER ON GIVING MORE AUTHORITY TO THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD. UM, SO THOSE ARE A COUPLE THINGS THAT I WOULD NOTE. AND, AND THE FINAL THING IS THAT, UM, I, I THINK, UH, I, I'LL, UH, CREDIT, UM, SEAN COLLEN WITH THIS, AND HE ADDED THE WORD AND PRESERVATION IN THERE. UM, SO IT'S NOT JUST WE HAVE A GROWTH STRATEGY, BUT WE HAVE A GROWTH AND PRESERVATION STRATEGY. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP THAT TOP OF MIND AS WELL. THANK YOU. OKAY, MS. STELLAR, OH, SORRY. THIS IS THE NUMBER ONE AREA THAT I HEAR FROM, FROM CONSTITUENTS, THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ISLAND. AND I, UH, WHENEVER I SPEAK ABOUT IT, I REFERENCE THE TRENDS AND ASSESSMENT REPORT, WHICH IDENTIFIES AND SAYS THAT THERE'S 1500 ACRES OF UNDEVELOPED LAND, AND IF WE APPLIED OUR CURRENT ZONING, WE COULD HAVE 10,000 ADDITIONAL HOMES, UH, OR UNITS. AND I ALWAYS ASK, IS THIS WHAT WE WANT? SO I'M SURPRISED IT WAS ONLY 66% THAT SAID THAT THIS WAS A HIGH PRIORITY, UM, GIVEN THE IMPORTANT NATURE OF IT. THANK YOU. OTHER COMMENTS? GIVE MR. MAYOR? YES. UM, THIS IS THE PART WHERE I WANNA MAKE SURE WE PUT IN THE MEAT ON THE BONE. OKAY. SO WHEN I LOOK AT THIS STRATEGY AND 66% SAY IT'S A PRIORITY, AND WE'VE NOW HEARD FROM TWO PERSONS ON COUNCIL THAT THE DESIGN AND REVIEW BOARD PIECE IS MISSING. I MEAN, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ON HERE ABOUT THIS. SO WHAT DO WE DO WITH THAT? BECAUSE I DON'T WANT US TO GET INTO THESE ITEMS COMING DOWN THE PIPELINE, AND THEN WE START TO TALK ABOUT DESIGN AND REVIEW BOARD AT THE SAME TIME. SO I'M JUST CURIOUS TO KNOW HOW WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH WHAT WE HEAR TODAY. IF IT'S GOING TO BE ADDED TO THIS LIST OF, I FORGOT THE NUMBER THAT Y'ALL CAME UP WITH AFTER YOU MULTIPLIED , BUT IT'S 15 STRATEGIES. UM, ARE WE ADDING TO IT WITH THE COMMENTS THAT ARE BEING MADE? ARE WE SAYING RIGHT NOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GONNA DO TWO YEARS FROM NOW? BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE THOSE HONEST CONVERSATIONS BEFORE WE LEAVE OUTTA HERE TOMORROW. SO MARK, I'M GONNA ASK YOU ON THAT BECAUSE, UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT WOULD BE AN ITEM THAT WE'D BRING UP UNDER, UH, THE NEW STRATEGIES AS TO HOW WE LOOK AT WHERE WE'RE GOING FORWARD, WHAT WE MAY NOT, UH, ADDRESS, UM, AND THEN HAVE THAT DISCUSSION AT THAT POINT IN TIME MORE FULLY. YOU CORRECT? YEAH, I, I CAME OVER HERE, SO FORGIVE ME, I'M, I'M TAKING NOTES JUST SO THAT I'M, I'M TRACKING SOME OF THIS STUFF, SO I'M PROBABLY GONNA DRIVE FROM OVER HERE. YES. THAT HAS TO BE THAT. NOW, I WOULD SAY IT'S AN IMPORTANT PIECE. I'VE ALWAYS INTENDED FOR IT TO BE, 'CAUSE WHEN WE SAY OVERHAUL, UM, AND WE HAVE DEVELOPMENT CODE, THE DEVELOPMENT CODE DRIVES THE DESIGN CODE OR THE EXPECTATIONS. [03:55:01] UM, I'M, I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE HAVE TO REINVENT OUR DESIGN STANDARDS. I THINK THERE'S SOME, SOME ISSUES WITH 'EM. IT, IT'S AS MUCH ABOUT MASS AND SCALE THAT ARE BAKED INTO THE LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE AS IT IS ABOUT DESIGN AESTHETIC FOR LANDSCAPE LIGHTING AND ARCHITECTURE FACADE. SO THERE'S, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH. THEY, THEY NEED EACH OTHER. I'M WRITING A NOTE THOUGH THAT IN ADDITION TO THIS, THE DESIGN REVIEWED MAN MANUAL WORK UPDATE NEED NEEDS TO BE EXPLORED TOMORROW. YOU CAN TALK ABOUT THAT. I WOULD IMAGINE THAT'S GONNA REMAIN A PRIORITY. SO, OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? WELL, I'LL SAY THAT THE LMO IS ONE OF MY, IS MY TOP PRIORITY FOR 25, UM, AND WILL BE MY TOP PRIORITY UNTIL IT'S IMPLEMENTED THE REVISIONS. MAYOR, MAYOR, SORRY, CAN I JUMP BACK IN ON THAT? YES. UM, SO Y'ALL HAVE HEARD ME SAY THIS BEFORE. I, I ALWAYS THOUGHT 15 STRATEGIES AND THEN THE PLUS WERE WAY TOO MANY. UM, AND I'VE SAID BEFORE, I'LL SAY IT AGAIN, TIED FOR MY TWO TOP PRIORITIES ARE GROWTH MANAGEMENT AND PRESERVATION, UM, AND THE WORKFORCE HOUSING. UM, AND, UM, I'VE BEEN HOLDING COMMUNITY MEETINGS TWICE A YEAR, UM, AND THEN SENDING OUT EMAILS TO FOLKS ON MY EMAIL LIST. AND THIS YEAR, THE LAST SIX MONTHS, UM, I GAVE THEM THE 15 STRATEGIES AND I SAID, TELL ME WHAT YOUR, WHAT YOUR CHOICES ARE. PLEASE PICK ONLY THREE TO FIVE . UM, SO IT'S A SAMPLING OF OUR CONSTITUENTS. BUT WHAT I'VE GOT BACK, AND I, AND I HAVE THE TALLIES HERE, UM, AND INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, UM, THE THREE TOP VOTE GETTERS ARE GROWTH MANAGEMENT STRATEGY, WORKFORCE, HOUSING, UM, AND, UM, SUPPORTING, UH, THE GULLAH GEECHEE LAND, UM, AND CULTURE PRESERVATION. UM, SO, UM, THAT'S A FORECAST OF WHAT I WOULD SAY FOR TOMORROW, JUST TO GIVE MORE SUPPORT TO THIS REMAINING ONE OF THE TOP ONES. THANK YOU, MARK. IF IT'S OKAY, YES. JUMP IN. JUST A, JUST A NOTE, RIGHT? UH, A REMINDER BACK TO OUR INVERTED PYRAMID THIS MORNING, UM, RELATIVE TO, UH, SOME VOCABULARY, RIGHT? UM, GROWTH MANAGEMENT STRATEGY FOR NOW, WE'LL CALL THAT A STRATEGY. WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA RETITLE IT, BUT THE, UH, LMO UPDATES, THE DESIGN GUIDELINE UPDATES, THESE ARE TACTICS, RIGHT? THESE ARE ACTION ITEMS WITHIN THE STRATEGY. SO TO YOUR QUESTION, MAYOR PRO TEM, THE, UH, WHEN, WHEN WE MOVE FROM, SO TOMORROW, WE'LL MOVE GRADUALLY FROM STRATEGY AFFIRMATION. THESE ARE THE BIG CHUNKY POLICY ITEMS THAT WE WANT THE TEAM TO FOCUS ON. WE'LL MOVE INTO ACTION PLANNING. AND IN THAT ACTION PLANNING CONVERSATION, IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE ELEMENTS OF, UH, OF TACTIC TO SAY, ALL RIGHT, WE WANT MARK TEAM, WE WANT YOU TO FOCUS ON DESIGN, REVIEW, UPDATE AND, UH, AND THESE SPECIFIC LMO, UH, AND PRESERVATION UPDATES, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. NEXT. THAT'S GREAT. OKAY. THANK YOU, MATT. FINDING HOME HOUSING. SO THE STRATEGY IS IMPLEMENT OUR WORKFORCE HOUSING FRAMEWORK. AND THAT FRAMEWORK WAS DEFINED IN A, IN A BOOK CALLED FINDING HOME WORKFORCE HOUSING ATTAINABILITY HAS BEEN A GROWING CHALLENGE, AND THIS NEGATIVE TREND HAS BEEN ACCELERATING OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS. WITHOUT DELIBERATE ACTION TO COUNTERACT THESE TRENDS, THE TOWN WILL CONTINUE TO LOSE ITS VALUABLE SHARE OF WORKFORCE HOUSING, HOME BY HOME, FAMILY BY FAMILY. THE WORKFORCE HOUSING FRAMEWORK IS A COMMITMENT TO PRESERVE AND EXPAND WORKFORCE HOUSING OPTIONS ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND THROUGH THE ADOPTION OF, OF, OF SEVERAL PILLARS, RIGHT? UM, AND THOSE WERE LAID OUT IN, IN THE, IN THE DOCUMENT COMMUNITY PLANNING, MANAGEMENT, AND REVENUE, RIGHT? IT, IT WAS PUT IN PLACE TO HIRE A CHIEF HOUSING OFFICER AND FUND ANNUALLY THE PROGRAM, BUT IT WAS ALSO DIRECTED FOR US TO, UH, ADVANCE SOME WORK. AND IN THAT SAME WAY, THE HOUSING ACTION COMMITTEE WAS, WAS ENACTED, PUT IN PLACE. SO, AND COUNCILMAN BROWN, THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME ABOUT THAT TOP CORNER, BECAUSE WHEN WE START LOOKING AT THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, OR I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, I'M, [04:00:01] I'M, UH, I'M SKEPTICAL NOW TO SAY THAT 'CAUSE MASS SAID I CAN'T CROSS THINGS OFF A LIST. UM, BUT RIGHT. , GREAT POINT. BUT TO COMMIT AND MAINTAIN AND SUPPORT THE PARTNERSHIP, TOWN COUNCIL APPROVED THE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT AND TRANSFERRED THEM FUNDS THROUGH THE BUDGET, UH, PROCESS. DITTO WITH THE COASTAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. I, I MENTIONED THE, THE, THE NORTH POINT PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT, ALTHOUGH BACK THEN WE WERE THINKING IT'S ONE 70, BUT WHEN WE REALLY LOOKED AT THE SITE, ONE 70 DIDN'T FIT. UM, AND THEN BUFORT, JASPER HOUSING TRUST, UH, WAS PUT IN PLACE IN OCTOBER OF 22. AND THE TOWN AT THE TIME, AS PART OF THE REGIONAL NETWORK PUT IN PLACE IN A COMMITMENT TO A MILLION DOLLARS IN CHANGE OVER TIME, UM, FOR 10 YEARS. SO WE, WE SAID WE WOULD ENGAGE WITH A HOUSING ACTION COMMITTEE, UH, THAT WE WOULD CREATE A MULTI-YEAR WORKFORCE HOUSING ACTION PLAN. WE HAVE, WE HAVE WORKED TOWARDS THAT. I WOULD SAY THAT THAT HAS BECOME A CHALLENGE. I THINK THERE ARE DIFFERENT EXPECTATIONS, UM, ACROSS THE BOARD, WHICH Y'ALL WANT, UM, DIFFERENT THAN POTENTIALLY WHAT'S IN THE DOCUMENT FINDING HOME. AND, AND, AND DEFINITELY SOME OPPORTUNITY TO ALIGN WITH THE HOUSING ACTION COMMITTEE. PART OF THAT WAS TO ESTABLISH A MUDDY CREEK NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION PLAN THAT IS, FOR THE MOST PART, COMPLETE. I'VE BEEN WONDERING HOW TO BRING THAT FORWARD TO YOU. DO WE, DO WE SIMPLY LET IT LIVE IN THAT DISTRICT PLAN? 'CAUSE THAT'S WHERE TRULY IT BELONGS OVER TIME, DO I BRING IT TO YOU AS A POLICY ITEM AND PUT IT ON YOUR AGENDA WITH ALL THESE OTHER ITEMS? BECAUSE WHAT YOU DID SAY SOME TIME AGO WAS, LET'S DO THE STABILIZATION PLAN BEFORE AN RFQ IS RELEASED FOR THE PROPERTY THAT WAS ACQUIRED AT BRYANT ROAD. AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A WORKSHOP, FROM MY VANTAGE POINT, AT LEAST RIGHT NOW, I WOULD SUGGEST THIS BECOME A WORKSHOP ITEM SO THAT I CAN START UNDERSTANDING WHERE YOU ALL WANT TO HEAD. THE WORK IS, FOR THE MOST PART, COMPLETE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION PLAN. THE RFQ IS IS DRAFTED. UM, AND THEN WE HAVE THE HOUSING DISPLACEMENT MITIGATION SUPPORT PLAN COMING TO TOWN COUNCIL VERY SOON. AND AGAIN, I, I BELIEVE, BASED UPON WHAT I HEARD TODAY, IT GOES THROUGH COMMITTEE. WE HIRED A CHIEF HOUSING OFFICER, UH, THIS SAID, COMMIT TO EXPLORE THE CREATION OF A PROFESSIONALLY MANAGED HOUSING ORGANIZATION. I, WE COULD ALMOST SAY THAT THAT HAS NOT STARTED, BUT, BUT WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS WORK CLOSELY AS MUCH AS WE CAN WITH THE BUFORT JASPER HOUSING TRUST. THAT IS A DIFFERENT ORGANIZATION TODAY THAT NEEDS AN AMENDED BYLAW BYLAWS AMENDMENT A LOT DIFFERENT THAN WHEN WE FIRST PUT THEM IN PLACE. SO THEY ARE BECOMING AN, AN ORGANIZATION THAT LENDS MONEY, WORKS ON HOME OWNERSHIP, LOOKS FOR OTHER OPPORTUNITIES IN THE HOUSING SPACE. AND SO I THINK THAT THIS CHANGES A LITTLE BIT DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU ALL SUPPORT FOR YOUR MILLION DOLLAR AND CHANGE INVESTMENT. WE SAID THAT WE WOULD PUT A DASHBOARD OF CORE METRICS IN PLACE, RIGHT? GETTING BACK TO YOU CAN'T IMPROVE WHAT YOU CAN'T MEASURE, UH, RESEARCH, KEY HOUSING PERFORMANCE INDICATORS FOR DASHBOARD INCLUSION IS UNDERWAY. AND, AND WE, WE WILL CONTINUE TO REFINE THAT, THAT INFORMATION THAT THERE IS IS FOR A, A, A LARGER, LONGER DISCUSSION. BUT BECAUSE I'M STILL QUESTIONING WHAT THAT MEANS, LIKE WHAT IS IT WE'RE PUTTING ON THE DASHBOARD? WORKFORCE HOUSING OR HOUSING AND AFFORDABILITY AT OBTAINABILITY INDEX. THERE, THERE, THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. AND SO WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS, IS LINE UP THOSE LAYERS AND CREATE OUR DASHBOARD IN HOUSE. SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, MY HOME IS A WORKFORCE HOUSING UNIT IF I'M WORKING ON THE ISLAND. BUT IT IS NOT ATTAINABLE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR OUR WORKFORCE IN, IN THAT REGARD, IS IT? AND SO WHEN YOU START LINING ALL YOUR DATA UP, IT'S GONNA START TELLING US, UH, WHAT WE HAVE. I THINK IT IS AN AFFORDABILITY INDEX MORE THAN IT IS, UM, JUST MEASURING WHERE THE GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIZED PROGRAMS ARE OR CERTAIN CONDO UNITS ABOVE A CERTAIN PRICE. I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO ONLY KNOW. WE NEED TO KNOW THE [04:05:01] HEALTH OF OUR ISLAND THROUGH, UH, WHERE OUR WORKFORCE IS LIVING. COMMIT TO A FUNDING PLAN THAT MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE MULTI-YEAR WORKFORCE HOUSING, RIGHT? WE, WE, WE ESTABLISHED AS A RESULT OF THAT, WE ESTABLISHED THE HOUSING FUND. WE FIRST PUT $4 MILLION IN IT, IT'S ITS OWN FUND IN AND OF ITSELF. AND SO ANY DOLLARS THAT AREN'T SPENT, THEY DO TRANSFER THROUGH FUTURE YEARS. UM, WE, UH, DID A HOUSING IMPACT ANALYSIS THAT ALLOWED US TO USE AT A, TO SUPPORT HOUSING INITIATIVES AND THEN THE HOME SAFE REPAIR WE TALKED ABOUT AND THE SEWER CONNECTION PROGRAM AS PART OF THOSE INVESTMENTS. UM, WE HAVE NORTH POINT UP HERE, MORE SPECIFICALLY, WHERE DID I SEE NORTH POINT? FORGIVE ME. YEAH. THE, THE PARTNERSHIPS. BUT, BUT REALLY WE ALSO SAID COMPLETE THE EXECUTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR NORTH POINT, AND THAT WAS EXECUTED IN 2024 AND SOME NEXT STEPS FOR TOWN COUNCIL DECISION. YOU KNOW, THE QUESTION IS, THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT CAME FIRST. THE ZONING CAME SECOND, UH, YEAR AND A HALF AGO WAS ARE WE GONNA REZONE IT FIRST AND THEN DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT SECOND THERE? THERE IS NO, THERE'S NO PERFECT ANSWER TO THAT. AND SO WE ARE BRINGING FORWARD A ZONING MAP AND TEXT AMENDMENTS TO ENTITLE THE NORTH POINT PROPERTY. COUPLE STEPS IN FRONT OF US AND ONLY A FEW IS THAT REZONING, UM, TEXT AND, AND, AND MAP. IT IS A GROUND LEASE, WHICH IS FOR THE MOST PART, DRAFTED. I BELIEVE IT'S WITH CURTIS'S OFFICE. BEN BROWN'S BEEN WORKING ON THAT, UH, EXTENSIVELY. IT PUTS A 65 YEAR TERM ON THE PROPERTY AND IT REVERTS BACK TO THE TOWN AFTER THAT 65 YEAR TERM. UM, SHOULD YOU, SHOULD THE COUNCIL WANT IT TO? AND THEN, UH, SITE DESIGN ARCHITECTURE THROUGH THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD, UH, STATE COASTAL ZONE, CONSISTENCY, PERMIT BID, PRICING, CONSTRUCTION QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, WHAT WAS THE PERCENTAGE ON THIS CATEGORY? YES, SIR. YEAH. AND SO YOU ASK A GREAT QUESTION. AND, AND AGAIN, I THINK A LOT OF THOSE DATA POINTS ARE, ARE A BIGGER LOOK AT TOMORROW, BUT MATT'S GONNA LOOK THAT UP RIGHT NOW BECAUSE TO, TO, TO OUR POINT IS HOW ARE WE DOING, RIGHT? THE QUESTIONS I ASKED EARLY ON, HOW ARE WE DOING? ARE WE COURSE CORRECTING? ARE WE CONTINUING TO PUSH FORWARD? AND TO MATT'S POINT, WHY YEAH, I I JUST THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT TODAY AS WE TALK ABOUT THESE. SO IT HELPS TO SET UP TOMORROW'S DISCUSSION AND GIVES US SOME FOOD FOR THOUGHT, BUT THAT'S JUST NO, THAT'S FINE. NO, I WOULD, I WOULD JUST SAY THAT PART OF TOMORROW'S EXERCISE IS FOR THE TOWN COUNCIL TO FRESH LOOK, GIVEN TODAY'S CONVERSATION, UH, BECAUSE THE, THE SURVEYS WERE PUT OUT IN ADVANCE OF THIS BRIEFING, RIGHT? SO NOW THAT YOU'VE HAD THIS BRIEFING, HEARD IT UNDERSTAND WHERE THE TOWN IS AND WHERE THE PROGRESS IS, WE'RE GONNA ASK YOU AGAIN TO, UM, RANK THIS AS, AS A PRIORITY, UH, OF YOURS AND THEN TO TABULATE THOSE RANKINGS THEN, UM, BUT I CAN SHARE WITH YOU AHEAD OF THAT WHAT PEOPLE THOUGHT BEFORE THEY SAW THIS BRIEFING. MATT, MAY I ASK YOU A QUESTION THOUGH? SURE. OF, UH, BECAUSE IN THE SURVEYS, TOWN COUNCIL SAID IN THE RESULTS LMO WAS A HIGH PRIORITY, WHERE DOES HOUSING RANK IN THERE? DID IT SHOW UP? IS IT ON THE KEEP IT I'M HEADING FOR THERE RIGHT NOW. YEAH, I JUST CLOSED IT TOO. . OKAY. BARBARA WADE. UH, MS. BRYSON, I SAW YOU. YES. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I'M GONNA TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BE DIPLOMATIC, UM, PUT ON MY FORMER MEDIATOR HAT . UM, SO I THINK THE THING THAT I WOULD START OUT WITH BY SAYING IS IT'S A DIFFICULT TASK. UM, AND I RECOGNIZE THAT, UM, BUT ALSO THERE'S A LOT OF COMMUNITY FRUSTRATION, UM, WITH SAYING YOU HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING. UM, SO IT, IT DOES HELP TO LOOK THROUGH THE LIST. UM, BUT I THINK IT STILL DOESN'T HELP WITH THE COMMUNITY FRUSTRATION. UM, SO I THINK SOMEHOW, UM, WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF COMMUNICATING ABOUT WHAT HAS BEEN DONE AND, AND WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES. UM, YOU KNOW, I I GIVE NORTH POINT AS AN EXAMPLE, UM, YOU [04:10:01] KNOW, FOLKS PRETTY MUCH HAVE SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NEVER GONNA HAPPEN. UM, YOU HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANYTHING DONE, UM, AND WHY ARE WE STILL TALKING ABOUT IT? UM, AND YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE GENERAL COMMENTS THAT I HEAR. UM, AND THEN, UM, I THINK YOU DID MENTION MR. ORLANDO THE, UM, DISPLACEMENT STRATEGY. UM, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF FRUSTRATION IN THAT LANGUISHING, IF YOU WILL, ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE'S NO, UH, FINANCIAL COMMITMENT BY THE TOWN TO DO IT AND, AND NO ACTION. IT'S MOSTLY ENDORSING A SUPPORT PLAN WHERE THE COMMUNITY WOULD BE INVOLVED. UM, AND I THINK I HEARD YOU MENTION THAT YOU HEARD THAT NEEDS TO GO THROUGH COMMITTEE. I I DIDN'T HEAR THAT SPECIFIC ONE. UM, AND, AND IF IT'S, IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, THE COUNCIL IS SUPPORTING RATHER THAN FUNDING OR ADOPTING AN ORDINANCE REVISION FOR, UM, THEN IT SEEMS AS THOUGH BECAUSE IT COMES FROM THE HOUSING ACTION COMMITTEE, IT COULD COME DIRECTLY TO THE TOWN COUNCIL FOR ACTION. THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF ONE THAT I THINK COULD COME DIRECTLY. UM, SO I, I THINK THERE'S STILL SOME QUESTIONS THERE ABOUT SOME PROCESS. UM, BUT I, I THINK THAT SOMEHOW WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF TRULY MEASURING WHAT'S BEEN DONE AND WHAT HAS NOT BEEN DONE IN COMMUNICATING THAT TO THE COMMUNITY. THAT NUMBER IS, UH, 57%, FOUR OF SEVEN IDENTIFIED IT AS A TOP PRIORITY. MS. BECKER, UM, SURE. UM, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE TO START WITH THIS. SO ONE OF THE THINGS I DON'T WANNA DO IS, I DON'T WANNA SKIP AHEAD TODAY OF WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA FOR TOMORROW. SO, UM, IF I HAPPEN TO DO THAT, JUST SAY THAT'S FOR TOMORROW, THAT'S FINE WITH ME. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I SAW IN THAT FIRST SLIDE WITH THIS ONE THAT IS BOTHERSOME AND THERE'S FRUSTRATION ACROSS THE BOARD ON, IN MANY DIFFERENT ARENAS WITH REGARD TO, UM, WORKFORCE HOUSING OR HOUSING IN GENERAL. BUT WHEN YOU READ THIS FIRST STATEMENT, IT SAYS THAT, UM, WITHOUT DELIBERATE ACTION TO COUNTERACT THESE TRENDS, THE TOWN WILL CONTINUE TO, AND THIS IS THE IMPORTANT PART, LOSE ITS VALUABLE SHARE OF WORKFORCE HOUSING, HOME BY HOME AND FAMILY, BY FAMILY. AND, UM, BEING TRANSPARENT AND OPEN ABOUT THE HONESTY OF THAT STATEMENT. WE THEN REALLY HAVE TO LOOK IN MY OPINION, AT SOME OF THE MOAS THAT WE'VE PUT INTO PLACE, BECAUSE IF WHAT WE'RE TRULY SAYING IS THERE'S NOT ENOUGH AVAILABILITY, AND THEN WE PUT INTO PLACE AN MOA THAT TAKES AVAILABLE AFFORDABLE HOMES, VILLAS, ET CETERA, OFF THE MARKET SIMPLY TO PUT THEM WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF A, UM, CONTRACT IN A COVENANT WHERE THEY BECOME SIMPLY RENTALS, WE'RE DOING SOMETHING THAT I DON'T THINK THERE'S GREAT SUPPORT FOR ACROSS THE ISLAND, WHICH IS CREATING A RENTAL SOCIETY. IF WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT TRUE OPPORTUNITY, AND IF YOU'RE ME, UM, YOU WANT TO FOCUS ON HOME OWNERSHIP AND GENERATIONAL WEALTH OPPORTUNITIES, AND WHEN WE CREATE AND ALIGN OURSELVES WITH ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE SIMPLY THERE TO CREATE RENTAL COMMUNITIES, WE DO OUR A DISSERVICE. SO I WANTED TO SAY THAT, AND I ALSO WANTED TO SAY THAT, UM, I'M INTERESTED AT SOME POINT OF HEARING ABOUT MORE ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND STABILIZATION THAT'S ALMOST DONE WITH REGARD TO MUDDY CREEK AND BRYANT ROAD PROJECT. AND I'M HOPING THAT WHEN WE STEP FORWARD ON THAT, THAT IT'S NOT ANOTHER RENTAL COMMUNITY, BUT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE HOME OWNERSHIP FOR FOLKS WHO WANNA GET THEIR FOOT IN THE DOOR. UM, I, I HEARD, UM, THE DISCUSSION, AND I AGREE WITH OUR TOWN MANAGER WHEN HE SAYS THAT WORKFORCE TAKES ON A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT, UM, APPEARANCES, RIGHT? SO HAVING SAID THAT, UM, IT MAKES ME THINK LONG AND HARD ABOUT THE DEPTH OF IT, AND I THINK WE ALL SHOULD THINK ABOUT THAT. THE OTHER PIECE THAT I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE IS THAT WHILE SOME OF THE FOCUS AND PERHAPS FRUSTRATIONS THAT CONGRESS COUNCILWOMAN [04:15:01] BRYSON REFERRED TO IS GOVERNMENT, UM, INVOLVED HOUSING AND WE DON'T CELEBRATE ENOUGH AND WE DON'T TRACK ENOUGH, AND I'D LOVE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT HOUSING THAT IS NATURALLY OCCURRING WITHIN THE COMMUNITY WHERE, UM, PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS HAVE TAKEN ON, UM, THE REVITALIZATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF OLD, UM, OFFICE BUILDINGS, ET CETERA, AND CREATED ESSENTIALLY WORKFORCE HOUSING. THAT'S NOT PART OF WHAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN. AND I THINK IF WE WERE LOOKED TO THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO SATISFY SOME OF THOSE WHO SAY THAT THERE'S NOTHING BEING DONE, UM, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT THAT HAS BEEN DONE AND THAT IS BEING DONE. AND WE SHOULD APPLAUD THOSE PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE COME FORWARD AND DONE AND DONE THAT GOOD WORK FOR OUR COMMUNITY. GOVERNMENT DOES NOT NEED TO BE INVOLVED AND EVERY ASPECT OF EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS. AND IT IS NOT TRUE THAT IT'S ONLY GOOD WORK IF GOVERNMENT IS DOING IT. IN FACT, IT'S JUST THE OPPOSITE. AND YOU CAN LOOK AROUND FOR, UM, MANY EXAMPLES OF THAT. SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I'M ON THE RECORD THAT I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT OUR HANDS NEED TO BE INVOLVED IN EVERYTHING, BUT THAT WE DO NEED TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS TO STEP UP WHERE THEY CAN, UM, TO PROVIDE SOME OF THESE FRUSTRATING, UM, ANSWERS THAT PEOPLE ARE, UM, THINKING ABOUT THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, ANY COMMENTS FROM THE STEVES? NOPE. MR. BROWN, DO YOU HAVE NO COMMENT THAT, UM, YES, I DID. UM, THIS, THIS IS A GOOD ONE. OKAY. , UH, THE PRELIMINARY RESULTS ARE TELLING US THIS, UH, FOUR OF SEVEN, THAT MEANS 3 0 7. DON'T THINK SO. AND IF WE WERE PRESSING OUR BUTTONS UP HERE, YOU PROBABLY FIGURE OUT WHICH FOUR AND WHICH THREE. THE BOTTOM LINE THOUGH IS WE HAVE MADE A FINANCIAL COMMITMENT, AND OVER THE YEARS, WE HAVE SAID THIS IS A PRIORITY FOR US FOR REASONS. OKAY. UM, I ASKED THE TOWN MANAGER WHEN HE FIRST STARTED. WE WERE GOING THROUGH BUDGET DELIBERATIONS. I SAID, THERE'S A METRIC THAT I'M LOOKING FOR. HOW MUCH OF YOUR STAFF, OUR STAFF LIVES ON HILTON HEAD. THE METRIC HE GAVE US THIS MORNING WAS 40%. SO MORE THAN HALF OF OUR STAFF LIVE OFF OF HILTON HEAD. NOW, THERE MAY BE A LOT OF REASONS FOR THAT, BUT I'M JUST GOING WITH THE MERE FACT THAT MORE THAN HALF DO NOT LIVE ON HILTON HEAD, AND YET WE ASK THEM TO CONTINUE TO HELP US MAKE HILTON HEAD A PLACE OF EXCELLENCE. I WAS IN A MEETING LAST WEEK AND LEARNED THAT SEA PINES IS GOING TO OPEN AN ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE IN BLUFFTON BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF THEIR ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF LIVES OFF ISLAND. AND FOR CONVENIENCE AND RETENTION PURPOSES, THEY'RE GOING TO OPEN AN OFFICE OFF. ALLEN. KEEPING IN MIND THAT SEA PINES WAS ONE OF THE FIRST COMPANIES TO COME HERE AND DEVELOP, OKAY, I JUST WANT THAT TO SINK IN. WE CONTINUE TO HEAR FROM OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY THAT THEY HAVE STRUGGLES WITH ATTRACTING PEOPLE TO WORK HERE. SO WHEN MARK ASKED THE QUESTION ABOUT WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR AS A, UH, AS A METRIC AROUND THE INDICATORS AND THE DASHBOARD, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT, THAT, THAT GO INTO THAT. I THINK AFFORDABILITY IS ONE. UH, ABSOLUTELY. I KEEP SAYING GET RID OF THE A MI DISCUSSION. LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW MUCH OF AN INCOME WE'RE SPENDING ON HOUSING. I LIKE 30% PERSONALLY, BUT COUNCILWOMAN BECCA BRINGS UP A GOOD POINT. HOW MANY RENTALS DO WE HAVE THAT ARE AFFORDABLE? HOW MANY HOME OWNERSHIP DO WE HAVE THAT ARE AFFORDABLE? HOW MANY UNITS LIKE SANDALWOOD ARE COMPLETELY DILAPIDATED, BUT PEOPLE ARE STILL LIVING IN IT? THAT STARTS TO PAINT A DIFFERENT PICTURE AS TO THE NEED FOR US TO CONTINUE THIS PROGRAM AND BE INVOLVED IN THIS PROGRAM. SO I THINK WE, WE SORT OF FROM A VERY HIGH LEVEL PICK AND CHOOSE WHICH PIECES OF THIS WE LIKE AND DON'T LIKE, BUT THERE'S A REALITY IN FRONT OF US THAT I THINK WE ALL NEED TO UNDERSTAND. [04:20:01] UM, AND THAT WILL HELP US AS WE MOVE FORWARD. UM, THIS IS A TOUGH ONE AGAIN, BECAUSE I'D HATE FOR STAFF. I HATE TO BE A STAFF MEMBER RIGHT NOW. TRYING TO BRING SOME OF THIS FORWARD TO A COUNCIL THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T GET A SPLIT VOTE ON. THAT'S A TOUGH SITUATION. BUT IF THERE'S A CONSENSUS AROUND THIS BEING AN ISSUE, THEN LET'S FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN WORK TOWARDS GETTING MORE CHECK MARKS ON THIS ONE. OKAY. AND REALLY MEASURING OUR RESULTS. OKAY. THE REZONING OF NORTHPOINT IS A PRIME EXAMPLE. THE REASON THAT IT DIDN'T COME BEFORE THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IS BECAUSE STAFF PROBABLY DIDN'T. THEY, THEY CAN GET IT THROUGH , BUT YET THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANNA HOLD OUR HAT ON. SO, I SAID IT AT THE BEGINNING, I'M GONNA LAY MY HEAD DOWN TODAY, BUT THIS IS A TOUGH ONE. AND, AND WE'VE GOT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE CAN ANSWER THE CALL TO OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY IS SUFFERING BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE. OKAY, OTHER COMMENTS? ONE, MR. DESMOND? MR. BROWN, I'M GONNA MAKE YOU SMILE. THIS WAS NUMBER TWO ON MY LIST. IT MADE, IT MADE THE LIST. MR. BROWN, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? HEY, MAYOR, OR GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD. NO, I, I WAS JUST GONNA SUGGEST, UM, I, I CAN APPRECIATE IT'S A COMPLEX ISSUE. UM, TOMORROW WE'RE GONNA GO, WE'RE GONNA GO INTO A DISCUSSION ON PRIORITIZATION. AND PART OF THE PRIORITIZATION EXERCISE IS, IS GONNA BE SCORING TO PRIORITIZE, RIGHT? SO WE WANT COUNCIL MEMBERS TO START THINKING ABOUT, UM, A A A VARIETY OF SCORING ASPECTS. AND ONE OF THE ASPECTS THAT WE, THAT WE'VE HIGHLIGHTED AS CRITICAL IS A CONSENSUS DEFINITION OF SUCCESS. RIGHT? AND BEFORE YOU CAN GET TO A CONSENSUS DEFINITION OF SUCCESS, YOU HAVE TO GET TO A CONSENSUS DEFINITION OF THE PROBLEM, RIGHT? OR THE CHALLENGE. AND SO, UH, YOU, YOU MAY BE, AND, AND I WON'T ASK, I DON'T, I'M NOT, ALTHOUGH I APPRECIATE MR. DISIMONE DISCLOSING, BUT I WON'T ASK WHO VOTED YES OR WHO VOTED IT AS A TOP PRIORITY. BUT MY CONCERN IS WE MIGHT HAVE FOUR PEOPLE WHO SAY, THIS IS IN MY TOP THREE AND FOUR DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS OF WORKFORCE HOUSING, RIGHT? AND SO WHAT I REALLY WANT YOU ALL TO DO TONIGHT, AFTER YOU WORK 10 HOURS TODAY AT THIS, I WANT YOU TO GO HOME AND BEFORE YOU, BEFORE YOU, UH, PREFERABLY, BEFORE YOU HAVE YOUR FIRST COCKTAIL, OR BEFORE YOU GET A A CHICKEN POT PIE IN YOU, UM, THINK TO YOURSELF ABOUT, UH, YOUR DEFINITION OF WORKFORCE HOUSING. SO WE CAN TACKLE THAT TOMORROW. UH, CAN WE GET A FIVE MINUTE BREAK? PARDON? FIVE, FIVE MINUTE BREAK? WE CAN TAKE A FIVE. LET'S TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK. JUST LEAVE THAT. THAT'S FINE. YOU CAN LEAVE AND COME BACK. THAT'S FINE. STEVE NEEDS TO STEP OUT FOR A MOMENT. WE'LL ALL CLAP WHEN HE COMES BACK IN. RECORD THAT . MAY I JUST FOLLOW UP ON WHAT MATT WAS SAYING? BECAUSE I KEPT PUSHING MY LIGHT ON AND OFF. UM, AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY, UM, IS BECAUSE WITHIN THAT BROAD DISCUSSION ABOUT HOUSING IN GENERAL, UM, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF AREAS WHERE PERHAPS WE DO AGREE, BUT THEN THERE ARE A NUMBER OF AREAS WHERE WE WON'T. AND I THINK THAT WHEN YOU LIST IT AS A PRIORITY AND JUST SAY, YEAH, UM, I'M INTERESTED IN THAT, UM, YOU REALLY DO HAVE TO BOIL IT DOWN TO WHAT IT IS YOU ARE ACTUALLY INTERESTED IN PURSUING. AND, UM, I THINK ONCE YOU TEASE THAT ALL OUT, UM, SOME MAY FALL BY THE WAYSIDE, OTHERS MAY BE AGREEABLE, AND, UM, THERE'LL BE AT LEAST A BETTER PLACE TO MOVE ON. SO THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT. APPRECIATE IT. YEAH, AND I, AND JUST TO MAYBE TAKE THAT JUST A STEP FURTHER, I THINK THAT, UM, MAYBE THE BUDGET DISCUSSION WHEN WE COME AROUND TO THAT WILL ALSO PLAY INTO THAT AS WELL. SO JUST WANNA MAKE THAT POINT, MS. HUNTER? YEAH, I, I FOUND THAT DISCUSSION THAT YOU JUST HAD VERY HELPFUL. I LIKE THE IDEA OF US COMING TO A CONSENSUS OF, UH, WHAT A LEVEL OF SUCCESS WOULD BE AND, AND WHAT WE ARE DEFINING. 'CAUSE WE CAN GET REALLY, UH, OPINIONATED ABOUT THE TACTICS, BUT IF WE FOCUS ON WHAT THE OUTCOMES ARE THAT WE WANT, UM, MAYBE WE CAN FIND A WAY TO COALESCE. THANK YOU. SEAN, ARE YOU TAKING OVER FOR MARK? I CERTAINLY CAN. UH, HOPEFULLY NOT FOR TOO LONG. UM, . YEAH. SO I JUST WANNA SUMMARIZE THAT THE LAST ONE REAL, UH, REALLY QUICKLY. THERE'S A LOT OF ITEMS THAT WERE IN THIS ILLUMINA, AND AS WE LOOK THROUGH, THEY'VE BEEN ACCOMPLISHED. A LATERAL SEWER CONNECTION, THE HOME SAFE REPAIR, THOSE ARE GRANT FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. UM, THE, UM, [04:25:02] COAST, UH, COASTAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, HABITAT EVOLVING, COMPLETED, AND THERE'S A PLAN FOR EXECUTION. I THINK OF MOST EVERYTHING THAT WAS IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN. SO I'D BE INTERESTED TOMORROW IF THIS IS A PRIORITY, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT SHOULD WE BE FOCUSED ON GOING FORWARD? SO, THANK YOU. YEAH, I'D LIKE TO TO TO PULL IT BACK TO THE FACT OF THIS IS WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW THROUGH THE STRATEGIC ACTION PLANS THAT WERE PUT FORWARD BEFORE US FROM BEFORE. UM, THIS IS WHERE IT STANDS, AND THEN WE DETERMINE TOMORROW. WHERE ARE WE GOING? YEAH, I'M BACK. SORRY ABOUT THAT. I JUST STARTED NOT FEELING WELL. I JUST GOT, MAYBE MY TIE WAS TOO TIGHTER. I ATE TOO FAST. I DON'T KNOW. SO I NEEDED A MOMENT. SO I APOLOGIZE FOR, FOR LEAVING QUICKLY. UM, SO TOMORROW, RIGHT? SO WE GOT A LOT, LOT TO COVER STILL. SO WE'RE, WE'RE MOVING ON FROM THIS ONE? YES. OKAY. GREAT JOB, SEAN. MAJOR CORRIDORS AND, AND KEEP IN MIND, UM, IT'S TWO 15. WE'RE TRYING TO GET THROUGH EVERYTHING BY FOUR. IF WE DON'T, AND AGAIN, I WANNA REMOVE THIS. WE'RE IN A HURRY ROUTINE. WE, WE CAN, WE CAN SPEND AN HOUR ON THIS TOMORROW MORNING BEFORE WE START PRIORITIZING. LIKE, WE'RE, ONCE WE GET THROUGH THE 15, THAT'S, THAT'S THE HILL TO CLIMB AND THE DOWNHILL IS THE BACK OF THE BOOK ITEMS. OKAY. I WAS JUST ASKING IF ANYBODY ELSE FINDS IT A LITTLE BIT WARM IN HERE AND STUFFY. YEAH, WELL, I DID, I DID. A FEW MINUTES. WELL, BESIDES YOU , I JUST WANT TO KNOW FROM ANYBODY ELSE IF THEY'RE FINDING IT. ANY, ANY, OKAY. JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I, SO YES, ? I DO. YES, PLEASE. ALRIGHT, SO HERE'S ONE THAT WE STARTED TO WORK ON SOME TIME AGO. I DIDN'T MEAN TO JUMP IN. NO, NO. WE'RE JUST, I WAS JUST ASKING IF THERE WERE ANY BOTTLES OF WATER SOMEONE COULD BREAK TO US. 'CAUSE I DON'T SEE ANY OF IT. WE'LL TAKE A BREAK. BREAK'S SUPPOSED TO BE AT TWO O'CLOCKS. TAKE FIVE MINUTES. LET, LET'S TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK. ALRIGHT. OH, CARS ALL OVER. BEAUFORT COUNTY ARE BEING TARGETED BY THIEVES. WE WANT TO REMIND YOU NOT TO LEAVE VALUABLES IN YOUR CAR AND TO KEEP YOUR DOORS LOCKED. IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT RECENT THEFTS, PLEASE CONTACT THE BUFORD COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE OR CRIME STOPS. MOST SNAKES THAT WE ENCOUNTER ARE JUST LIKE THIS EASTERN KING SNAKE, BEAUTIFUL AND COMPLETELY HARMLESS. IN FACT, MOST SNAKES ARE BENEFICIAL AND THEY'RE GOOD INDICATORS OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. ALL ANIMALS NEED GOOD QUALITY HABITAT, LIKE THIS GORGEOUS FOREST. JOIN US FOR COASTAL KINGDOM, A FIELD TRIP THROUGH THE LOW COUNTRY, AND A CHANCE TO MEET SOME OF THE ANIMALS THAT LIVE HERE. [04:31:01] AND I, AND, UH, MR. ORLANDO, ON, ON THESE, ON THESE, UM, NEXT SEGMENTS. I, I KNOW THAT, UM, WE'LL HAVE ADDITIONAL CONVERSATIONS TOMORROW ABOUT THEM, WHERE THEY FILL IN ON A PRIORITY. SO, YOU KNOW, LET'S, IF WE COULD CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD, THAT'D BE GREAT. YES. AND, AND THAT WILL HELP. AND, AND THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT, MAYOR. I, I'LL, I'M TRYING TO KEEP US ON TRACK AT FOUR. WE, WE CAN GO A LITTLE OVER IF YOU LIKE, AND WE CAN ALSO, AGAIN, TALK ABOUT SOME OF THIS, UH, TOMORROW. I, I PREFER NOT TO, BUT I WOULD SAY FOR TIME'S SAKE, AND I, WE, WE HAVE TWO MISSING. WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO WAIT? ONE? ALRIGHT. YEAH. ONE FOR TIME'S SAKE, ONE THING THAT I WILL SAY IS THESE HAVE BEEN PRIORITIES OF OURS. SO IF WE'RE GONNA, IF, IF WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE WHY AND IF IT'S DONE OR MOVING FORWARD AND HOW IT BECOMES A STRATEGY IN V THREE OF OUR NEW STRATEGIC PLAN, I THINK I WANT TO TRY TO HURRY US THROUGH SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT AREN'T AS HIGH, HIGH PRESSING. SO, BUT I ALSO DON'T WANT TO GO SO FAST. WE FORGET WHAT WE'RE DOING. I, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO, TO GET THROUGH IT, TO SEE WHERE WE ARE WITH THIS. IF THERE'S ANY MAJOR QUESTIONS REGARDING IT, THEN WE ADDRESS THAT. OKAY. ALRIGHT. SO HERE I GO. THE TOWN DID, UH, THE COUNCIL DID GIMME SOME DIRECTION TO START PREPARING CORRIDOR PLAN, CORRIDOR PLAN SEGMENTS ON WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY, POE, PALMETTO BAY ROAD, AND SOME OTHER, SOME OTHER STREET SEGMENTS, UM, TO START ADDRESSING PUBLIC SAFETY, TRANSPORTATION NETWORK AND, AND SOME TRYING TO FIND SOME COMMONALITIES OF STREETS ON OUR ISLAND, RIGHT? WE, WE LOOK AT THE, THE INJURY OR THE HEAT MAP OF ACCIDENTS, WHETHER IT'S VEHICLES OR BIS BIKES OR, OR, OR PEDESTRIANS. AND WE START TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S REALLY WRONG THERE. IS IT SPEED? IS IT INTERSECTION ALIGNMENT? UM, ARE THERE, ARE THERE BLIND SPOTS? WHAT'S GOING ON? SO WE'VE GONE THROUGH A PRETTY BIG LIFT. YOU AT, AT A MINIMUM, STARTED TO GIVE ME SOME DIRECTION ON LANDSCAPING, CROSSWALKS, STRIPING. AND FOR THE FIRST TIME, YOU, UH, AGREED TO SOME FLASHING RRFB SIGNAGE, UM, FLASHING SIGNAGE IN AN AREA, RIGHT? AND, AND AT THE TIME I HEARD WE DON'T WANT A TYPICAL AND REGULAR STREETLIGHTS ON OUR ISLAND. WE DON'T WANT THIS TO LOSE ITS APPEAL OF A DARK SKY ENVIRONMENT. BUT IF, IF THE ROADS WERE BUILT SOME YEARS AGO AND THERE'S MORE PEOPLE HERE TODAY CROSSING 'EM AND IT'S UNSAFE, WHAT IS THAT BALANCE THAT WE NEED TO PUT IN PLACE? SO RATHER THAN JUST CHASE ONE PROJECT AT A TIME, 1D OT ENCROACHMENT PERMIT AT A TIME, ONE TOWN COUNCIL MEMBER CONVERSATION AT A TIME, WE STARTED TO TRY TO PUT THIS IN A, IN I'D SAY A COMPREHENSIVE BOOKLET THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY DOES A BUNCH OF THINGS. IT, IT, IT PUTS IN PLACE OUR PRIORITIES OF OUR ROADS. AND WE SAID SEA PINE CIRCLE IS A PRIORITY. WE SAID WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY, GATEWAY CORRIDOR IS, WE SAID POPE DYLAN TO BEACH CITY SQUIRE POPE, RIGHT? ONE THING I DIDN'T SAY EARLIER TODAY IS WE PUT A LOT OF CROSSWALKS, SQUIRE POPE AS ONE EXAMPLE, NEW CROSSWALKS ON THE STREET AND STEADIED UP TO SIGNAGE. ALL OF THAT REALLY WAS CONFIDENTLY MOVED FORWARD, UH, WITH THE DOT ENCROACHMENT PERMITS, KNOWING YOU ALL GAVE, GAVE SOME DIRECTION. SO WHAT, WHAT IS IN HERE THAT, THAT I THINK AT SOME POINT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT, RIGHT? THE, THE SAFETY AND ENHANCEMENT PROJECTS IS ONE THING, AND WE PRIORITIZE THAT. UM, YOU'LL SEE IN THE CIP THIS YEAR, THERE IS A, A, [04:35:01] A MAJOR LIFT TO START ADDING SOME MORE CROSSWALKS AT OTHER INTERSECTIONS ON OUR, ON OUR ISLAND, UM, MATTHEWS SQUIRE, POPE GUMTREE SCHOOL ZONE SIGNAGE STRIPING, UM, BUT ALSO RESPECTING THE ISLAND'S UNIQUE ENVIRONMENT AND, AND DESIGN AESTHETIC. WHAT, WHAT IS, SO, SO THAT'S THE TOP PART. AND IT SHOWS THAT IT'S IN PROGRESS. I WOULD SAY ALMOST OTHER, I DON'T THINK WE'LL EVER BE DONE. I THINK THAT'S ALWAYS GONNA BE IN PROGRESS. SO AT SOME POINT I WOULD LIKE TO BRING TO YOU THIS CORRIDOR POLICY, BUT YOU DID AT THE TIME ASK ME TO PUT A COMPLETE STREETS POLICY IN THERE AS WELL AS A TRAFFIC CALMING POLICY. WE SAID THAT WE WOULD ASSIST WITH THE TOLL BOOTH REMOVAL AND SITE RECONFIGURATION AND, AND THE REST OF IT ARE MAINTENANCE AND CAPITAL ENHANCEMENTS, AND ALL OF WHICH NEED ENCROACHMENT PERMITS BECAUSE NONE OF WHICH ARE OUR STREETS. SO FOR TIME'S SAKE, IS IT A PRIORITY OR NOT? WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK. WE CAN TALK ABOUT COMPLETE STREETS POLICY AND TRAFFIC CALMING POLICY A LITTLE MORE TOMORROW IF YOU'D LIKE, OR, OR NOW. BUT KEEP IN MIND THE TIME, ANY DIRECT QUESTIONS ON THIS OR CAN, CAN I WAIT TILL TOMORROW? JUST ONE QUICK COMMENT. AND SO, UM, AND THEY'RE JUST COMMENTS BECAUSE I'VE MADE THE SAME COMMENTS OVER AND OVER. AND YET EVERY TIME I LOOK AT THE PRIORITIES LIST, IT'S NEVER IN THERE. UM, THERE IS A VOID OF, UM, CONSISTENCY ALONG WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY THAT STARTS FROM THE MATTHEWS DRIVE AREA AND GOES TO SHELTER COVE. EVERYWHERE ELSE THERE'S A PLANTED MEDIAN, THERE'S A SENSE OF SPACE, UM, A SENSE OF BELONGING. AND, UM, FROM THOSE TWO DISTANT POINTS THAT I JUST MENTIONED, UM, THERE'S NOTHING, AND IT'S A STARK, UM, DIFFERENCE THAT I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR YEARS. AND I REALLY WOULD APPRECIATE IT AT SOME POINT SOON THAT IT BECOMES A PRIORITY THAT WE ADDRESS THE, UM, AESTHETICS WHICH WILL CONTRIBUTE TO TRAFFIC CALMING, UM, THROUGH THAT AREA, FOLLY FIELD TO SHELTER COVE. AND, UM, SO I'M GONNA SAY IT OUT LOUD AGAIN HERE, AND, UM, I'M GONNA KEEP SAYING IT UNTIL IT GETS UP THERE ON THAT LIST AND, AND I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT IT HASN'T MADE IT THERE YET. AND THEN IN TERMS OF COMPLETE SEAT STREETS, I'D REALLY LIKE TO HAVE A BIGGER DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT BECAUSE AS I'VE READ THE COMPLETE STREETS, UM, UH, MANUALS, THERE ARE THINGS IN THERE THAT ARE NOT WITHIN THE CHARACTER AND BRAND OF HILTON HEAD THAT COULD BE, BUT THE OBJECTIVES COULD BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH A MORE TR TRAFFIC CALMING, UM, PLANNING. SO THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO COMMENT ON. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, MR. TROFFER. AT SOME POINT I'D LIKE TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS ABOUT SEA PINE CIRCLE, WHICH IS PART OF THIS EFFORT. IT'S TODAY OR TOMORROW, AND A BETTER TIME. I, I WOULD, I WOULD PROBABLY THINK TOMORROW AS WE GET INTO THE MORE DETAILED ASPECTS OF IT. ALRIGHT, MS. RYSON? UH, YES, I'D IDENTIFIED FROM THE BEGINNING, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY BEING A CONCERN OF MINE, ESPECIALLY BICYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY. IN FACT, MR. ALFRED AND I SERVED TOGETHER ON THE BIKE WALK, PARDON ME, THE BIKE WALK BOARD. UM, AND I DRAFTED ACTUALLY A COMPLETE STREETS POLICY FOR THE TOWN. HOW MANY YEARS AGO MR. ALFRED? WAS THAT THREE YEARS AGO? . UM, SO AT, AT ANY RATE, UM, I, I LIKE THE WORK WE'VE DONE WITH THE, UM, MAJOR THOROUGHFARE, UM, CARTER PLAN, UM, ESPECIALLY THE PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLIST SAFETY ELEMENTS OF THAT. UH, AND THEN AFTER THAT, I THINK IT'S MOVING FORWARD ON AN OPERATIONAL LEVEL, UH, WE HAVE TO FIND FUNDING FOR SOME OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS. AND WE ALSO HAVE TO BE, UM, FIND A WAY TO, UM, UH, ENHANCE AND ACCELERATE OUR COOPERATION WITH S-E-D-O-T, WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR A NUMBER OF THE, THOSE CORRIDORS, UM, WITHIN OUR JURISDICTION. UM, BUT I, I, I'M PUZZLED AS TO WHY ADOPTING A COMPLETE TREATS POLICY IS NOT UNTIL THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2026. UM, BECAUSE I THINK THAT, UH, WE OUGHT TO LOOK AT, UM, THOSE PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES, UH, SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? DO YOU WANT MY FEEDBACK OR JUST KEEP MOVING? GO RIGHT AHEAD. A LOT OF THE WORK THAT WILL BE PRIORITIZED, ONE, LET'S JUST BRING THE PLAN FORWARD AS, AS, AS WE CAN IN, IN THE COMING MONTHS. A LOT OF YOUR WORK IN HERE IS PROGRAMMED AND PRIORITIZED OUTTA YOUR CAPITAL, IMPROVE OUTTA THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, WHETHER IT'S PATHWAYS, ROADWAY ENHANCEMENTS OR, OR WHATNOT. UM, SO A LOT OF THE WORK IS UNDERWAY. AND, AND KEEP IN MIND, WE, WE'VE INVESTED A LOT OF DOLLARS INTO OUR INTERSECTION STRIPING, [04:40:01] UH, STREET SEGMENTS AND, AND, YOU KNOW, BUT ONE THING IT IS NOT UP THERE IS GIMME SOME DIRECTION, NOT THAT LONG AGO, BUT MAIN STREET, AND WE WERE HAD A, YOU HAD A HEALTHY DISCUSSION ON BIKE LANES ON THE ROAD, SIDEWALKS OFF THE ROAD. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, ARE WE AIMING FOR MAIN STREET AS A COMPLETE STREET, OR ARE WE AIMING THAT MAIN STREET, BECOME THAT PARALLEL ROAD NETWORK TO WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY, BUT ALSO KNOW THAT IT'S A SAFE ROUTE TO SCHOOL AND ALSO A SIDEWALK TO AND FROM AND, AND, AND BACK AND FORTH FROM OTHER BUSINESS. SO I THINK WE HAVE SOME WORK TO DO. AND IF, IF I'M CHECKING SOME BOXES ON WHAT'S A WORKSHOP ITEM AND WHAT'S NOT, THIS IS PROBABLY ONE BECAUSE I NEED SOME DIRECTION ON WHICH DIRECTION TO GO. WE CAN WRITE A COMPLETE STREETS POLICY TOMORROW, BUT IT'S A MATTER OF MAKING SURE IT'S ALIGNED WITH WHAT YOU WANT. A COMPLETE STREETS POLICY IS A, A LOT DIFFERENT THAN SOME OF OUR STREETS, AND IT HAS ON STREET BIKE LANES AND CROSSWALKS AND DIFFERENT THINGS. SO I'M GONNA KEEP MOVING FORWARD ON THIS. BUT WHAT I'VE INTENDED TO DO IS START PACKAGING ALL OF THIS UP. IF, IF Q2 2026 ISN'T FAST ENOUGH, I PUT IT UP THERE ON PURPOSE. BECAUSE WHEN I LAY OUT THAT 87 ITEMS AND START TRYING TO FIGURE OUT SEVEN A MONTH AND FIGURE OUT WHICH COMMITTEE IT GOES THROUGH, WE CAN MAKE THIS SOONER IF WE MAKE SOME OF THE OTHER ITEMS LATER. AND I THINK THAT'S JUST A MATTER OF, YOU KNOW, YOUR REACTION AND, AND YOUR FEEDBACK. I I WILL, I WILL BRING THIS FORWARD IN 30 DAYS IF YOU WANT ME TO. SO, OKAY. SO DOES THIS FALL WITH, SORRY, GO AHEAD. DOES THIS FALL WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF WHAT, UM, MATT STATED FOR CONSENSUS OF WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT COMPLETE STREETS? OKAY, LET'S TAKE A BREAK. I'M JUST KIDDING. UM, SO I'M GONNA, I'M, I'M GONNA PUT SEAN ON THE SPOT AGAIN TO GIVE A, A QUICK UPDATE ON WHERE THE WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY GATEWAY CORRIDOR PLAN IS. WE KNOW THAT THERE WAS SOME ACTION BY BUFORT COUNTY. SEAN HAS SOME MATERIALS TO HAND OUT. DO YOU WANT ME TO HAND THOSE OUT? SEAN, IT'S GREAT TO HAVE TWO PEOPLE NAMED SEAN. JUST SAY SEAN AND , THEY'RE BOTH THERE. THEY'RE AMAZING. SO WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE THEY HANDING OUT? SEAN C THAT IS A COPY OF THE JOINT RESOLUTION THAT WAS APPROVED BY COUNTY COUNCIL ON MONDAY NIGHT. SO, UM, I, WE'LL GO THROUGH AND GIVE A QUICK UPDATE. SURE, PLEASE. SO I'M GONNA START WITH THE JOINT, UH, MEETING HELD BY BEAUFORT COUNTY AND TOWN OF HILTON ISLAND, UM, TOWN COUNCIL ON FEBRUARY 12TH IN BLUFFTON. UM, AT, AT THAT MEETING, UH, BEAUFORT COUNTY STAFF DID A GOOD JOB OF EXPLAINING THE OPTIONS THAT S-C-D-O-T, UM, HAD PROVIDED TO ADVANCE A PROJECT WITH THE FUNDING CONSTRAINTS, UH, OR THE FUNDING AVAILABLE CURRENTLY FOR THE PROJECT. UM, AS YOU KNOW, THE PROJECT COST FOR WHAT WE CALL THE FULL PROJECT THAT WAS CONTEMPLATED BACK AND, AND WHAT COUNCIL, UM, ENDORSED LA UH, LAST JUNE WAS, UM, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 500 MILLION. 488, WAS THE FINAL COST THAT WAS SHARED WITH THE, UM, REFERENDUM NOT PASSING IN NOVEMBER. THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR THE PROJECT IS JUST SHY OF 300 MILLION. AND BOTH, UM, TOWN COUNCIL AND COUNTY COUNCIL, UM, EXPRESSED, UH, UH, NOT HAVING AN APPETITE TO GO OUT AND FIND A, UH, MORE MONEY FOR THE PROJECT. SO THE DIRECTION WAS TO TRY TO WORK WITHIN THE PROJECT BUDGET. UM, SO SCDO OT PROVIDED SOME OPTIONS. THEY HAD SIX OPTIONS. UM, THEY RANGED AGAIN, FROM THE FULL PROJECT ALL THE WAY BACK TO JUST REPLACING THE, THE DEFICIENT EASTBOUND, UH, BRIDGE OVER MACKEY CREEK. SO AT THAT WORKSHOP COUNCIL FROM, UH, BEAUFORT COUNTY COUNCIL AND TOWN COUNCIL PROVIDED THEIR INPUT, UM, AND, AND, AND A PREFERENCE ON THE OPTIONS THAT WERE PRESENTED. I WOULD SAY MOST, UM, OF THAT, UH, RESPONSE AND FEEDBACK FROM BOTH COUNCILS WAS, UH, FOR, UM, AN OPTION THAT REPLACED THE EASTBOUND BRIDGES WITH ONE SINGLE SPAN BRIDGE. UM, AND THEN IT WOULD BE SEPARATED INTO A BRIDGE FROM BASICALLY THE FLYOVER ON THE MOSS CREEK AND, UH, CONNECTING INTO THE EXISTING ROADWAY AT WINDMILL HARBOR. UM, AND THEN THERE WAS SOME CONSIDERATION FOR OTHER, SOME OTHER ELEMENTS, THE WATERLINE RELOCATION, UH, FROM HILTON HEAD PSD. THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION AND CONCERN ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THAT COMPONENT OF THE PROJECT [04:45:01] WAS FULLY FUNDED AND THAT IT DIDN'T FALL BACK ON RATE PAYERS AT THE END OF THE DAY. UH, THERE WAS ALSO SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THE ISSUES AND SAFETY CONCERNS, UM, AND IMPROVEMENTS THROUGH THE STONY CORRIDOR THAT WERE PART OF WHAT I WOULD CALL THE, THE, THE FULL PROJECT IF IT WERE TO HAVE ADVANCE, UM, AND AN EXPECTATION THAT THERE'D BE MONEY ALLOCATED TOWARD, UH, THOSE SAFETY AND, AND, UM, AND INVESTMENTS IN THE STONY COMMUNITY. AND SO, BASED ON THAT, UM, THAT, THAT DISCUSSION AND UNDERSTANDING, BUFORT COUNTY PRESENTED A RESOLUTION ON FEBRUARY 12TH. UM, THEY RECEIVED SOME FEEDBACK, UM, FROM ALL THE MEMBERSHIP. AND AFTER THAT MEETING, BEAUFORT COUNTY STAFF, UM, TOOK A, UM, A, A CRACK AT DRAFTING A REVISED RESOLUTION. UH, THEY DID PROVIDE IT TO US LATE LAST WEEK. WE PROVIDED FEEDBACK AND SOME REVISIONS THAT WE HAD SUGGESTED. UH, THE MAYOR SENT THAT TO ALL OF COUNCIL LATE LAST WEEK. WE SENT IT TO BEAUFORT COUNTY FRIDAY. THEY INCORPORATED MOST OF EVERYTHING THAT WE SENT THEM INTO A RESOLUTION THAT THEY POSTED AS PART OF THEIR PACKET FOR THIS, THIS PAST MONDAY'S MEETING. UM, THEY HAD DISCUSSION ON MONDAY AND THEY APPROVED THE RESOLUTION AS DRAFTED AND PROVIDED IN THEIR PACKET. THEY PROVIDED WHAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU TO US LATE YESTERDAY. IT'S A, IT'S A COPY THAT'S SIGNED BY THE BEAUFORT COUNTY COUNCIL CHAIR, UM, PERSON. AND, UM, AND THAT REPRESENTS WHAT THEY'VE APPROVED AND, AND ARE ASKING OUR TOWN COUNCIL CONSIDERATION ON. I WILL SAY THAT THERE'S A, THERE'S A FEW HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS THAT NEED TO OCCUR WITH SOME UNDERLINE AND A PERIOD THAT WE NEED TO PUT IN, UH, FOR CLARIFICATION UNDER THE WATERLINE ELEMENT. UM, BUT I, I, I BELIEVE IT REFLECTS THE, THE, THE INPUT AND THE, UH, INFORMATION THAT WE PROVIDED TO BUFORT COUNTY, AND THEY'VE REFLECTED THAT IN THE RESOLUTION THAT'S BEEN ADOPTED. AND SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE RESOLUTION, UM, TODAY TO SEE THE KIND OF DIRECTION THAT WE NEED TO TAKE. THIS IS ON THE AGENDA FOR TOWN COUNCIL CONSIDERATION ON, UH, TUESDAY, NEXT TUESDAY, MARCH 4TH, UM, WHERE WE'LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION. UM, AND THEN THAT'S OBVIOUSLY A, A REQUEST FOR SOME, UH, CONSIDERATION OF ACTION AT THAT MEETING RE UM, MORE THAN JUST DISCUSSION AND DIRECTION TODAY. OKAY. ANY DISCUSSION FROM COUNSEL OF, OF COURSE. I JUST WANNA NOTE GO AHEAD, I'M SORRY. NO, GO AHEAD OF, OF COURSE, ALL OF YOU KNOW MY FEELINGS ON THIS BECAUSE I PUT AN EMAIL, EMAIL OUT ON IT. UM, NOT KNOWING WHAT OR IF ANYTHING CAN BE DONE, BUT JUST FOR THE USE OF THE REST OF THE PUBLIC AND THE STAFF AND ANYONE WATCHING, AND ANYONE UP HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THIS BEFORE TUESDAY. THIS HAS BEEN A FIVE TO SEVEN YEAR RUN. AND, AND IF ANYONE HAS SEEN OR HEARD OF THE EASTBOUND SPAN BEING A, WHAT THEY CALL A LIFELINE SPAN BEING ONE SPAN BEFORE OUR S-C-D-O-T MEETING I'D, I'D LOVE TO SEE THEIR HAND GO UP BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE CASE. SO FOR FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS, THIS WAS A PROJECT THAT WE WERE GONNA REPLACE BOTH BRIDGES. THEN IT BECAME A PROJECT THAT THEY'RE GONNA REPLACE ONE BRIDGE. THEN WE HEAR FROM S-C-D-O-T THAT IT'S GONNA BE A LIFELINE, MEANING A SPAN FROM MOSS CREEK AND LANDING AT WINDMILL HARBOR. THERE'S TREMENDOUS ISSUES IN THIS. THIS IS, YOU KNOW, AND IN, IN THIS CONVERSATION THAT I HAVE A FEW PEOPLE, IT'S PROBABLY THE MOST SIGNIFICANT VOTE IN 40 YEARS OF THE TOWN BEING INCORPORATED IN MY OPINION. 'CAUSE WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IS THEY'RE GONNA BUILD A LIFELINE THAT HAS NO, AND THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO LISTEN. IT HAS NO OPPORTUNITY FOR LANDING IN PINKNEY. SO COMING ONTO THE ISLAND, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TURN AND GO TO THE BOAT RAMP. YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GO TO PINKNEY. YOU MUST COME ON THE ISLAND AND DO A U-TURN. AND RIGHT NOW, UNLESS IT'S DESIGNED DIFFERENTLY AND HAVEN'T SEEN THE DESIGN, YOU'RE GONNA BE DOING A U-TURN AT A LIGHT AT WINDMILL HARBOR. THE LIGHT AT WINDMILL HARBOR WAS SUGGESTED. THE OTHER DAY [04:50:01] IS ONLY RED A MINUTE AMOUNT OF TIME. BUT WHEN YOU START STACKING AND DOING U-TURNS, THEY'RE GONNA NEED MORE TIME. SO THAT LIGHT'S GONNA BE RED LONGER, WHICH WILL HURT OUR CHA TRAFFIC PATTERNS ON AND OFF THE ISLAND. YOU GOT TRAILERS THAT ARE GONNA HAVE TO BE TURNED AROUND. THAT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT ISSUE. HOW FAR, HOW DEEPS THE STACK LANE THAT ALL COMES IN DESIGN. SO WE DON'T REALLY KNOW. BUT HERE'S THE REAL KICKER. WHEN, WHEN I BUILD A PROJECT, I BUILD IT FOR A LONG TIME IN MY MIND BEFORE I BUILD IT. AND I'VE BEEN DOING THIS SINCE I WENT TO THIS MEETING IN SOUTH CAROLINA UP IN COLUMBIA TO S-C-D-O-T, AND I'VE BUILT THIS PROJECT IN MY HEAD A FEW TIMES. AND I'M THINKING, WHAT SIGNIFICANCE OR INSIGNIFICANCE, HOWEVER YOU WANNA LOOK AT IT, HAPPENS WHEN YOU'RE NOT LANDING ON PINKNEY COMING ONTO THE ISLAND. OKAY, WELL, WHAT HAPPENS IS YOU HAVE TO COME ONTO THE ISLAND AND DO A U-TURN TO GET BACK TO PINCKNEY. WELL, THAT'S A PROBLEM FOR INCONVENIENCE OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC, BUT IT'S ALSO A PROBLEM FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES COMING OUT OF BLUFFTON FOR A CALL AT THE BOAT RAMP, WHICH NO ONE'S REALLY TALKED ABOUT. THE OTHER THING IS, I'VE HEARD OVER AND OVER THE CONVENIENCE OF PUTTING THIS THREE LANE AND TWO DRIVE LINE LANES IN ALLOWS THE OPPORTUNITY RIGHT NOW TO STRIPE IT AS TWO LANES BECAUSE IT'S ONLY TWO LANES COMING ONTO THE ISLAND RIGHT NOW IN THE CORRIDOR. BUT IT GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO STRIPE IT TO FOUR LANES IN THE FUTURE SO THAT WE CAN DIVERT ALL THE TRAFFIC TO THE EASTBOUND LANE AND USE IT AS TWO LANES OFF, TWO LANES ON AND REBUILD THE WESTBOUND BRIDGE IN 25 YEARS, 30 YEARS. WELL, ALL THAT I'VE SPOKEN TO ARE LIKE GREAT. SO WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL TEAR DOWN THE WESTBOUND BRIDGE AT THAT TIME AND WE'LL PUT THE NEW WESTBOUND BRIDGE TIGHTLY AGAINST THE EASTBOUND BRIDGE. THAT WAY, NO ENVIRONMENTAL ADDITIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT. IT'S ALREADY IN LINE WITH THE EAST, WITH THE WESTBOUND BRIDGE. WELL, THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE. SO WHEN YOU BUILD THIS PROJECT IN YOUR HEAD, YOU, YOU START TO LEARN WHY IS THAT NOT POSSIBLE? WELL, YOU CAN'T TAKE THE WESTBOUND BRIDGE OUT UNTIL THE NEW WESTBOUND BRIDGE IS BUILT, OR YOU CAN'T GET TO PINCKNEY BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GET TO PINKNEY ON THE EASTBOUND BRIDGE. SO YOU MUST LEAVE THE WESTBOUND BRIDGE TO GET TO PINCKNEY. YOU MUST, OR YOU SHUT IT PINKNEY DOWN, WHICH WE CAN'T. AND IT'LL NEVER, NEVER BE DONE. SO YOU HAVE TO STEP OVER LOOKING RIGHT THERE AT THAT PHOTO. YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO STEP OVER TO THE RIGHT OR TO THE LEFT. WE'RE GOING ON THE ISLAND THERE, RIGHT OFF THE ISLAND ON THE ISLAND. ANYWAY, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO STEP THE WESTBOUND BRIDGE OVER TO THE RIGHT GOING OFF THE ISLAND, WHICH WILL PUT THE NEW THREE LANE, TWO BREAKDOWN LANES A HUNDRED FEET WIDE FURTHER. AND YOU, AND YOU BUILD IT. YOU CAN'T TUCK IT AGAINST IT. YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE SOME WORK ROOM FOR PLATFORMS AND FOR CRANES. SO YOU'RE GONNA BE 150 FEET TO THE RIGHT. AND IF YOU GO LOOK RIGHT NOW AND YOU DRIVE AND STOP, AND NEXT TIME YOU GO THIS WAY, I, I ASK YOU TO DO IT. LOOK OFF THE EDGE OF THE BRIDGE. AND YOU SEE HOMES, THERE ARE HOMES THAT YOU COULD THROW A ROCK IN AND LAND ON TOP OF THE HOME RIGHT NOW ON THE BRIDGE THAT'S BUILT. SO THE NEW WESTBOUND BRIDGE WILL EITHER HAVE TO TAKE OUT HOMES OR IT'S GONNA BE CONSTRUCTED OVER TOP OF THE HOMES. AND THEN YOU COME BACK AND YOU TEAR DOWN YOUR WESTBOUND TWO BRIDGES, THE OLD EASTBOUND THAT STAYED UP AND THE WESTBOUND. SO YOU TEAR BOTH OF THOSE DOWN AND NOW YOU HAVE THREE LANES AND TWO DRIVE LANES OVER HERE AND 600 FEET AWAY. YOU HAVE THREE LANES AND TWO DRIVE LANES OVER HERE. AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF THE NEW WESTBOUND IS A WHOLE DIFFERENT MATTER ON ITS OWN, WHICH WOULDN'T HAVE THAT SAME KIND OF IMPACT IF THEY WERE ABLE TO USE THIS HIGHWAY. IF EVERYONE FOLLOWS ME, I THINK WHAT THEY CALL NUMBER ONE WAS OUR BEST OPTION, OUR NUMBER ONE OPTION. UNFORTUNATELY FOR ME, IT'S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN TO HILTON NET ISLAND IN BLUFFTON. IT'S THE WORST SCENARIO THAT'LL HAPPEN BECAUSE YOU WILL NEVER GET RID OF THE U-TURN. EVEN WHEN YOU REBUILD THE WESTBOUND LANE. YOU WILL NOT GET RID OF THE U-TURN BECAUSE YOU CAN'T STILL, WHEN A NEW HIGHWAY'S BUILT GET ON PINKNEY COMING ON THE EASTBOUND. SO FOREVER FOR 60 YEARS, 70, 80 YEARS, YOU'RE GONNA BE DOING A U-TURN TO GET BACK TO PINKNEY. COMING FROM BLUFFTON, THE BEST CASE SCENARIO [04:55:03] IS TO GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO FIX THE BRIDGE AS IT IS. TAKE THE MONEY THAT'S ALREADY ALLOCATED FOR LEFTOVER TO OUR CORRIDOR, WHICH WE ALL KNOW THERE'S NOT GONNA BE ANY LEFTOVER BECAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY CLAIMING FOR OVERAGES. THEY'RE GONNA USE OUR LEFTOVER CORRIDOR MONEY. SO LET THEM TAKE THEIR $70 MILLION FROM S-E-D-O-T, FIX OUR BRIDGE. THERE'S PEOPLE SAY, WELL, THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF CONGESTION, THERE'LL BE A LITTLE, BUT MOST OF THIS BRIDGE REPAIR IS DONE FROM THE WATER UP. THE DAMAGE TO THIS BRIDGE IS FROM FRACTURING OF THE CONCRETE AND ALLOWING THE EXPOSURE OF THE REBAR. AND THAT WORK HAS TO BE DONE FROM THE WATER UP TOP SURFACE. OF COURSE, THEY'RE GONNA DO SOME WORK AND THEY'LL PROBABLY RESURFACE IT, BUT THERE'S SHOULDER SEASONS THAT THEY'LL WORK ON THERE BECAUSE IT'S NOT A ONE YEAR. THIS IS NOT A ONE YEAR FIX. BUT I THINK THAT'S OUR BEST SCENARIO. LET THEM REPAIR THIS BRIDGE. LET'S TAKE THE MONEY, LET'S DO A JAM UP JOB ON THE CORRIDOR, LET OUR STAFF WORK ON THAT CORRIDOR AND DO WHAT SHOULD BE DONE. LET'S UPLIFT THE STONY AREA LIKE WE SHOULD BE DOING AND WE ALL WANT TO DO AND WE'LL HAVE THE MONEY TO DO IT. AND IF WE CAN SLOW THIS OR STOP IT OR GET INTO SOME AGREEMENT, THAT'S WHERE I STAND. SO I CAN JUST TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, COME TUESDAY IN HELL OR HIGH WATER, I'M VOTING IT DOWN. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'LL MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO THE OTHER SIX OF YOU OR IF IT'LL MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO COLUMBIA, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE I STAND. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. OTHER COMMENTS, MS. BECKER? WELL, THANK YOU STEVE, BECAUSE A LOT OF US AGREE WITH MUCH OF NOT ALL OF WHAT YOU'VE SAID. AND IF YOU GO BACK TO THE FIRST PAGE AGAIN, UM, THAT INTRODUCED THIS TOPIC, ONCE AGAIN, IT SAID RIGHT SIZED INFRASTRUCTURE AND NOTHING THAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO US OVER THE COURSE OF 11 SEVEN YEARS HAS BEEN THE RIGHT SIZE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR HILTON HEAD. AND THUS THE REASON WE'VE HAD SO MUCH PUSHBACK WE'VE HAD. AND NOW WE ARE FACED WITH WHAT'S CALLED PHASE ONE, BUT AS YOU HEARD STEVE DESCRIBE IT'S PHASE ONE, PHASE TWO. AND THE ULTIMATE OUTCOME IS EXACTLY WHAT WAS WANTED FROM THE BEGINNING. IT'S 125 FEET PLUS OF CONCRETE COMING ONTO OUR ISLAND. AND WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT RIGHT SIZED FOR OUR COMMUNITY, THAT DOESN'T FIT. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DATA IN TERMS OF CROSSINGS, THEY'VE BEEN OVERSTATED AND THEY ARE NOT CONSISTENT FROM GUN CONSULTANT TO THE OTHER. AND IT WAS VERIFIED TO ME THAT, UM, THE LOWER NUMBERS ARE THE CORRECT NUMBERS. WHAT I SEE IS THE ISSUE OF THAT TRAFFIC BUILDUP, WHICH IS GOING TO CAUSE ADDITIONAL HEARTACHE FOR ANYONE TRYING TO LEAVE THIS ISLAND OR COME ONTO THIS ISLAND BECAUSE IT NO LONGER IS GOING TO BE MOSTLY GREEN GOING THROUGH THAT WINDMILL HARBOR LIGHT. IT'S GONNA BE MOSTLY RED BECAUSE THERE ARE GONNA BE TRUCKS AND BOATS AND TRAILERS AND FOLKS WHO NEED TO GO WITH THEIR BIKES TO GET TO PICKNEY FOR AN AFTERNOON, UM, OF RIDING THROUGH THE ENVIRONMENT THERE. THE NATURE, SO I'M NOT GONNA BELABOR ANY OF THIS, BUT I'M GONNA GO OVER ONE THING THAT IS, UM, AND SAY TO IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE FROM THE BEGINNING I'VE UM, BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT THE IMPACT ON BLUE, BLUE HERON NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL AS MARINERS COVE AND HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANY TRACTION. DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A LOT OF THEM HAVE STOOD UP AND SAID THAT THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT IT AS WELL. I CAN'T FIGHT A FIGHT THAT OTHER PEOPLE AREN'T INTERESTED IN. BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT DOESN'T MEAN I'M NO LONGER INTERESTED IN EXACTLY WHAT WAS DESCRIBED. AND THERE'S A FRONTAGE ROAD THAT GOES ALONGSIDE WHERE THOSE TREES ARE TO MAKE ALL OF THIS HAPPEN. AND THAT IN AND OF ITSELF WILL BE RIGHT UP AND ADJACENT TO THE HOMES THERE ON BLUE HERON AS YOU ENTER THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT IS INCON INCONCEIVABLE TO ME THAT THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED TO HAPPEN. UM, AND SO WHAT ARE WE LEFT WITH? WE'RE LEFT WITH AN EYESORE MORE TRAFFIC NIGHTMARE CONDITIONS AND IMPACTS ON MORE NEIGHBORHOODS THAN THE ONE THAT WE ARE CONCERNED OF ABOUT HERE ON OUR ISLAND, WHICH OF COURSE IS THE STONY NEIGHBORHOOD. SO I SIT WITH STEVE ON THIS, UM, AND HOW WE GOT TO A POINT AFTER ALL THESE YEARS OF WORK WHERE THERE WERE ALL OF THE ALTERNATIVES AND NARROWED DOWN AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED, UM, TO SUDDENLY OUT OF SEEMINGLY NOWHERE, OPTION ONE THROUGH SIX, UM, AND A DECISION WITH A MUCH DISCUSSION OR THOUGHT, UM, [05:00:01] EVERYONE JUMPING ON BOARD WITH OPTION ONE. UM, I THINK IT'S A MISTAKE. WE NEED A SAFE BRIDGE. NO ONE IS SAYING THAT WE DON'T, WE NEED A SAFE BRIDGE A HUNDRED PERCENT. BUT UM, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE LIKE IN 2014, I'LL USE THAT AS AN EXAMPLE. EVERYBODY WAS SO HURRY TO GET TO A CONCLUSION 'CAUSE THEY WERE TIRED OF WORKING ON IT, THAT A LMO REWRITE OF OUR ENTIRE, UM, TOWN TOOK PLACE AND GOT VOTED ON IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT BECAUSE PEOPLE NEEDED TO MAKE A DECISION, THEY NEEDED TO GET IT DONE. MANY OF THOSE WHO VOTED ON IT NEVER DROVE THROUGH THE COMMUNITIES THEY WERE GOING TO IMPACT. I WONDER HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE DRIVEN THROUGH AND REALLY SAT AND CONTEMPLATED WHAT THIS IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE AT THIS INTERCHANGE AND HOW THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS THERE ARE GONNA BE IMPACTED. THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE TO SAY, BUT I'LL BE WITH STEVE ON THIS. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MR. ALFRED. MR. DESIMONE HAS RAISED SOME VERY SERIOUS, UH, CONCERNS HERE. UM, MY QUESTION IS, HAVE THEY BEEN PRESENTED TO S-E-D-O-T OR BEAUFORT COUNTY OR WILL THEY BY TUESDAY WHEN WE MEET TO DISCUSS THIS? AGAIN, WE, THIS IS ON TUESDAY'S AGENDA TO TAKE IT UP A VOTE IF WE'RE GONNA SIGN THE JOINT RESOLUTION OR NOT, BUT WILL THERE BE ANY RESPONSE FROM S-C-D-O-T OR JARED ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY TO THE SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS THAT MR. DESIMONE HAS RAISED? I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE RESPONSE OF BUFORT COUNTY OR DOT. I'LL, I'LL TELL YOU SOME, SOME OF THE ISSUE WHY? BECAUSE YOU ALL HAVEN'T YET SAID COLLECTIVELY TO GIVE ME DIRECTION TO TELL THEM THAT THAT IS YOUR CONCERN. WHEN WE WERE AT THE WORKSHOP, UM, WELL, I I DID NOT READ THE OPTIMISM IN THE ROOM. THAT OPTION ONE WAS IT. LET'S GO BUTTON IT UP. UM, UH, BECAUSE I, I KNOW YOU AND I I I READ BETWEEN THE LINES AS MUCH AS I READ THE LINES. UM, BUFORT COUNTY WOULD NEED TO KNOW WHERE YOU STAND FOR JARED FRAX TO RESPOND FORMALLY. WHAT IS HE RESPONDING TO RIGHT NOW? STEVE'S COMMENTS HAVEN'T SENT THEM TO HIM YET. UM, I'VE READ THE EMAIL, I'VE TALKED TO MR. DESIMONE QUITE A BIT ABOUT THIS. UM, IT'S HARD TO DISAGREE WITH IT, IT, IT, WHILE AS, AS MUCH AS WE WANNA PUSH THIS THROUGH AND SELECT THE $300 MILLION SOLUTION, YOU'RE, YOU'RE ALL TALKING ABOUT VERY IMPORTANT ELEMENTS. UM, DOT WE TALKED TO DOT, RIGHT? I, I'VE BEEN TALKING TO DOT FOR FIVE YEARS. I'VE BEEN HERE FOUR. I'VE BEEN TALKING TO DOT BEFORE I ARRIVED ABOUT THIS PROJECT. AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT WHEN WE WERE IN COLUMBIA IN FRONT OF THE SECRETARY AND HIS LEADERSHIP TEAM, I WILL ASK THE TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT, MR. BROWN, MR. PERRY, MR. DESIMONE, WHAT DID YOU THINK THE DOT WAS SAYING TO YOU WHEN YOU ASKED FOR MORE DOLLARS IN THE CORRIDOR? DIFFERENT OPTIONS OF THE BRIDGE. LIKE I'VE, I'VE HAD VERY SIMILAR CONVERSATIONS AND, AND, AND PROBABLY MORE DIRECT AND SPECIFIC CONVERSATIONS THROUGHOUT MY TIME THUS FAR. THEY GAVE US SIX OPTIONS THUS FAR. THEY SAID PICK ONE THUS FAR. THEY SAID THEIR OPTION IS A LIFELINE BRIDGE, NOT A A, A MACKEY CREEK BRIDGE FIX. SO, WITH ALL, PARDON ME. OH, I, I'M GLAD I GOOGLED THIS THE OTHER DAY BECAUSE EVERYBODY KEPT TALKING ABOUT A LIFELINE BRIDGE. IT, IT'S A, IT'S IT'S AN UNINTERRUPTED SPAN OF BRIDGE CORRIDOR WITHOUT ANY INTERRUPTION EXITING OR ACCESSING. RIGHT? FOR THE, FOR THE MOST PART IT'S HIGHWAY CORRECT? CORRECT. MEANS IT'S NOT GOING TO LAND. RIGHT? IT'S STARTS POINT A ENDS POINT B, NO EXITS. AND, AND WE, WE DO, THERE'S A LOT OF THAT WORD AND I THINK FOR THE COMMUNITY, IT, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE SAY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TWO SPANS AS WE KNOW IT ON ISLAND EASTBOUND VERSE ONE SPAN. LET, LET'S KEEP IT SIMPLE. SO, AND AGAIN, I'M, I'VE PUT TOGETHER THE MOU WITH, YOU KNOW, I WOULD, I WOULD SAY BECAUSE OF THE TIMELINE, BECAUSE OF THE, THE FEEDBACK WE HEARD FROM YOU AT, YOU KNOW, LEADING UP TO, AND, AND INCLUDING THE COUNTY WORKSHOP, UM, SENT IT TO BEFORD COUNTY FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION. THEY IMPROVED THE FUNDING FOR THE, THE STONY CORRIDOR A LITTLE BIT AT THE INTERSECTION. AND I DO THINK WE CAN SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE THE SQUIRE POPE INTERSECTION WITH THOSE DOLLARS MUCH SOONER THAN THE BRIDGE. BUT AGAIN, IT'S, WE'RE BACK TO WHAT IS YOUR WILL AS A COLLECTED BODY TO TELL THE DOT THROUGH BEFORD [05:05:01] COUNTY? IF I MAY, STEVE, I THINK IT WAS ONE OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES IN COLUMBIA THAT SAID TO ME, WHEN I ASKED THE QUESTION, WHY ARE YOU NOT LANDING THE BRIDGE? HE SAID, COST AND GRADE. AND I KIND OF LEFT IT. BUT THEN WHEN YOU START THINKING ABOUT THAT, YOU'RE LIKE, THAT'S LESS BRIDGE, THAT'S NOT AS TALL. WHY WOULD THAT, WHY WOULDN'T THAT BE? AND THE ONLY THING THAT I CAN COME UP WITH, AND YOU MAY HAVE TO ASK THIS QUESTION TO SOMEONE 'CAUSE I'VE NOT HEARD IT, IS THE NEW BRIDGE TALLER THAN THE EXISTING BRIDGE? THE ANSWER'S NO, IT'S NOT. SEAN SAYS NO. RIGHT. UH, PER THE DISCUSSION WE HAD IN THE MOA THAT WAS APPROVED IN JUNE, NO, THE BRIDGE IS THE SAME THEN, THEN I'M AT A TOTAL LOSS BECAUSE WE HAVE AN EXISTING GRADE THAT WE USE NOW IN OUR SECOND SPAN, AND IT'S NOT AN ISSUE. SO WHY WOULD IT BE AN ISSUE IN A NEW BRIDGE? SO I DON'T, SO NOW I'M REALLY CONFUSED. SO, SO IF I MIGHT, UM, YOUR POINTS ARE VERY WELL RECEIVED AND YOUR EMAIL WAS VERY WELL RECEIVED AS THE OTHER DAY. THE THERE ARE QUESTIONS THAT, THAT, UM, I THINK NEED TO BE ASKED. AND ARE THERE FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS TO, TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO PINCKNEY? DOES THE STATE HAVE REQUIREMENTS TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO PINCKNEY? UM, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, YOU KNOW, IT'S A FEDERAL PROPERTY, UH, RESERVE, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. AND IF THEY'RE LOOKING TO GO IN AND DO SOME CLEANUP ON PINNEY, TREE MITIGATION, SPECIES MITIGATION TAKE ABOUT THREE, THREE YEARS, SEVERAL MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. UM, WHAT IS THE REQUIREMENT TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE ACCESS? RIGHT? WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE IN A SITUATION AS TO WE, NOTHING'S BEEN DESIGNED, WE DON'T KNOW. UM, AND WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE A DECISION BASED OFF OF NOT KNOWING AND, AND, AND TRYING TO WORK IN GREAT FAITH WITH THE COUNTY TO SHOW THAT WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER. BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, WE, WE WOULD BE GETTING SOMETHING. IF THERE IS NOT THE PROPER ACCESS TO PINCKNEY, WE ARE LOSING EVEN MORE. THIS BRIDGE DOESN'T SOLVE THE ISSUE THAT WE HAVE ON HILTON HEAD. OUR ISSUE HERE, IT'S MY OPINION, ONLY MY ISSUE THAT WE HAVE TRAFFIC WISE ON HILTON HEAD GENERATES ITSELF BETWEEN THE BOTTOM OF THE BRIDGE AND THE CROSS ISLAND PARKWAY THROUGH STONY. THAT'S OUR ISSUE. IT'S NOT, IT WOULD BE, I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S HOW MANY LANES ARE ON THE BRIDGE. I THINK IT'S OUR PROBLEM. WE HAVE FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE BRIDGE IN THE CORRIDOR TO STONY. AND EVEN IN DOING THIS AND NOT HAVING ANY MONEY LEFT OVER TO WORK ON STONY, WE WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO FIX OUR ISSUES IN STONY UNLESS WE FIND MORE FUNDS. AND IT'S GONNA TAKE 30 TO $50 MILLION TO, TO MAKE THAT WORK. SO MAYOR MS. BRYSON? YES, THANK YOU, SIR. UM, FIRST OF ALL, UM, I THINK WE, THERE'S A DEADLINE ON MARCH 31. SO ONCE AGAIN, HERE WE ARE HAVING PRESSURE TO MAKE A DECISION WITHIN A CERTAIN TIME PERIOD. UM, BUT I, UH, APPRECIATE THE DESCRIPTION THAT MR. DESIMONE HAS MADE TODAY. I DID READ THE EMAIL, UM, AND I WANT TO THANK MR. DESIMONE FOR BRINGING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION, BUT I ALSO HEAR THE TOWN MANAGER SAYING, THE ONLY WAY WE CAN ASK S-C-D-O-T THIS QUESTION IS TO GO THROUGH THE COUNTY. SO HERE'S MY SUGGESTION OF HOW WE PROCEED. UM, I I THINK WE OUGHT TO AGREE TODAY, UM, TO ASK THE TOWN MANAGER TO ASK THE COUNTY TO ASK S-C-D-O-T FOR RESPONSE TO THIS VERY SERIOUS ISSUE MR. DESIMONE HAS RAISED. AND ALONG WITH THAT, I THINK WE OUGHT TO ASK S-C-D-O-T TO CONSIDER GOING BACK TO THE EARLIER DESIGN, WHICH LANDED THE EASTBOUND BRIDGE ON PINCKNEY, RECOGNIZING THAT THERE WOULD BE AN INCREASE IN COST. I, I CAN'T ADDRESS YOUR, UH, QUESTION ABOUT THE GRADE. I'LL LEAVE THAT TO THE ENGINEERS TO SOLVE. UH, BUT ALSO WE'VE GOTTA, UH, ADDRESS A SAFETY ISSUE OF CROSSING OVER AT PINCKNEY FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER. SO THEY NEED TO DO THAT AS WELL, WHICH THEY DID WITH THE EARLIER DESIGN. AND SINCE IT SEEMS AS THOUGH S-E-D-O-T BELIEVES THERE WOULD BE AN INCREASE IN COST TO LAND ON, ON PINCKNEY, THEN WE OUGHT TO ASK THEM TO LOOK AT REDUCING THE SIZE OF THE EASTBOUND BRIDGE TO COVER THAT INCREASE IN COST. BECAUSE IT SEEMS TO BE THE [05:10:01] CONSENSUS OF BOTH THE COUNTY COUNCIL AND THE TOWN COUNCIL, UM, THAT, UM, IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND ADDITIONAL FUNDS IN ORDER TO ADDRESS ADDITIONAL COSTS FOR THE BRIDGE. AND THAT WOULD KEEP INTACT, UM, THE FUNDS REMAINING, UM, FROM THE, UH, RESERVE FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS SOME NEEDS IN STONY. I ALSO AGREE WITH, UH, MY COLLEAGUES THAT, UH, THAT THE TRAFFIC PROBLEM ON THE ISLAND IS AFTER YOU GET OFF THE BRIDGES AND THAT'S NOT BEING ADDRESSED, AND THAT'S A PROBLEM WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO HAVE TO TRY TO SOLVE. UM, BUT I'LL GO BACK TO THE STEPS. ONE IS, MAYOR, I WOULD ASK FOR OUR CONSENSUS TO ASK THE TOWN MANAGER TO ASK THE COUNTY TO ASK S-C-D-O-T HOW TO ADDRESS, UH, THIS ISSUE THAT'S BEEN RAISED. AND AT THE SAME TIME TO ASK S-C-D-O-T TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THEIR EARLIER DESIGN TO LAND THE EASTBOUND BRIDGE ON PINCKNEY. AND IN ORDER TO REDUCE ANY INCREASE IN COST TO LOOK AT REDUCING THE SIZE OF THE EASTBOUND BRIDGE, MS. DONNER, UH, LIKE OTHERS, I WANNA THANK, UH, COUNCILMAN DESIMONE FOR HIS WELL FOUGHT OUT AND, UH, EMAIL IN REGARDS TO THESE CONCERNS. UM, HE WAS ABLE TO REALLY DESCRIBE THEM IN A WAY THAT WERE, MAKES IT MORE UNDERSTANDABLE FOR PEOPLE TO SEE WHAT COULD POTENTIALLY HAPPEN. UH, AND IN MY MIND, THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE ANSWERED AND, UH, I RESPONDED THAT I WANTED SOMEONE AT THIS MEETING TO BE ABLE TO REPLY TO THESE QUESTIONS, BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT WASN'T UM, POSSIBLE. SO I AGREE WITH, UH, COUNCILMAN BRYSON THAT WE SHOULD, UH, LOOK AT HAVING ANSWERS TO THESE VERY IMPORTANT QUESTIONS, UH, REGARDING POTENTIAL ISSUES IN REGARDS TO THE DESIGN. MR. BROWN, UM, NO COMMENT, SIR. SO, UM, I'M HEARING CONSENSUS FROM COUNSEL THAT THERE, THAT WE HAVE QUESTIONS, UH, AND, AND VERY VALID QUESTIONS, UM, THAT WE NEED ANSWERS TO. SO, UM, MR. ORLANDO, COULD YOU DIRECT THOSE QUESTIONS TO, TO GO TO MR. F? YES, ABSOLUTELY. AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GONNA READ 'EM BACK TO YOU BETWEEN SEAN AND I, BUT THE CONCERNS DEFINITELY THE PINKNEY ISLAND ACCESS, EXCUSE ME, BRING THIS CLOSER. PINKNEY ISLAND, ACCESS THE U-TURN AT WINDMILL HARBOR AND THE CIRCLE BACK, THE DESIGN OF THE NEW WESTBOUND PLUS ALIGNMENT. THOSE ARE THREE THINGS. DID I, ARE THERE, ARE THERE FOUR? THE IT FORCES, IT FORCES A FOURTH GROUP. A FOURTH BRIDGE, YEAH. RIGHT. OKAY. SO HANK AND THE, I I JUST HAD A, A COUPLE OTHER THINGS ADD, UH, THE IMPACT, I IMPACT IMPLICATIONS TO THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE ON JENKINS ISLAND. UM, THAT WOULD BE APPROXIMATE TO THE NEW, WHEREVER THE BRIDGE, NEW BRIDGE, UH, WESTBOUND WOULD BE. UM, I HAVE THAT UNDER THE DESIGN OF THE NEW WESTBOUND IN THE FUTURE. OKAY. AND THEN TO ASK THE QUESTIONS ABOUT IF THERE'S MORE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH LANDING THE A BRIDGE, THE EASTBOUND BRIDGE ON PINCKNEY, UM, WOULD DOT CONSIDER REDUCTION IN THE, UH, SIZE DIMENSION, UM, OF THE EASTBOUND BRIDGE TO, UM, TO COVER THOSE ADDITIONAL COSTS BY REDUCING THE BRIDGE COSTS? AND THEN, SORRY, MAYOR, THERE'S ONE MORE THING, AND THAT IS THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH REGARD TO CROSS TRAFFIC ON PINKNEY ISLAND. UM, SO TO BLOCK OFF, I'M, I'M NOT GONNA SUGGEST THE EXACT SAFETY. UM, I, I DON'T WANNA ADDRESS THE WAY TO SOLVE IT, BUT BLOCKING OFF CROSS TRAFFIC, UM, THERE ON PINKNEY ISLAND, WHICH HAS CAUSED ACCIDENT IN FACT TO DEATH IN THE PAST. SO THAT'S, SO I I, I DO JUST WANT TO MAKE A QUICK STATEMENT IF I MIGHT. UM, THERE ARE GOING TO BE SEVERAL WORKSHOPS DOWN THE ROAD, COMMUNITY INPUT FROM DOT, RIGHT? WHATEVER'S DECIDED, I WOULD IMAGINE, UM, WE KNOW THAT A JOINT RESOLUTION IS NOT REQUIRED BY S-E-D-O-T FOR THEM TO MOVE FORWARD. I'M JUST PUTTING ALL THE CARDS ON THE TABLE. SO IF IN FACT THERE IS A MOVE TO GO FORWARD WITH THAT OPTION ONE, THEN AS A COMMUNITY, AND I THROW BLUFFTON IN HERE AS WELL, THERE NEEDS TO BE A HARD FIGHT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THERE'S ACCESS TO PINCKNEY CONTINUAL ACCESS. THAT IS ONE OF THE, [05:15:01] THE BIGGEST ASPECTS, UM, THAT, THAT WE'RE, THAT WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT. AND BECAUSE THAT HAS A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON TWO COMMUNITIES, UM, AND I'M JUST POINTING A COUPLE THINGS OUT AS, AS YOU'VE DONE AS WELL, STEVE. YEAH. UM, JUST SO THAT WE'RE ALL AWARE SO THAT WE'RE NOT HIDING BEHIND IT AND KNOWING THAT THERE IS A TREMENDOUS CHALLENGE, AND AS WE TALK ABOUT NUMBER ONE PRIORITIES, THIS IS THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE, WHICH IS BECOMING THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY. UM, MS. BRYSON, YES, I HAVE ASKED THAT WE HAVE A RESOLUTION DONE. WE, WE RESOLVE WHERE WE'RE GOING BY MARCH 4TH. IF WE ARE NOT THERE, THEN WE'RE NOT THERE. I'M NOT GONNA SPEED IT UP JUST TO GET IT DONE. I WANTED US TO DO THE WORK SO THAT WE COULD HAVE THE CONVERSATIONS AND WE KNOW WHERE THE COUNTY STANDS. IF WE PROVIDE ANOTHER RESOLUTION TO THE COUNTY, THEY HAVE INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD COME BACK AND RE-LOOK AT IT. SO IT'S, I I WANT THAT TO BE UNDERSTOOD. THE MARCH 4TH THAT I PUT INTO PLAY IS NOT THE FINAL DEADLINE. THAT WAS AN INDICATOR TO SAY, LET'S GET OFF OF OUR ASSES AND GET, AND KEEP THINGS MOVING FORWARD SO THAT WE GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE KNOW, BE CAREFUL WHAT CAREFUL WHAT YOU ASK FOR, BECAUSE IT'S JUST, I KNOW YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT THE WORDING IS CONTINUAL ACCESS. THERE IS CONTINUAL ACCESS, EX UNDERSTAND, BUT NOT IN THE FORM OF NOT LANDING. YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. MAY MAYOR OR ME JUST ADD ONE MORE COMMENT TOO? I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THE, I GUESS THE ORIGINAL, UH, PROPOSED BRIDGE, THE SIX LANE BRIDGE DIDN'T LAND ON PINCKNEY ISLAND. IT HAD RAMPS THAT PROVIDED, UM, SEPARATED. IT WASN'T AT GRADE CROSSING. THAT WAS A PROGRAM GOAL OF FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE WHO IS IN CHARGE OF PINKNEY ISLAND. UM, AND SO IT'S A QUESTION THAT WE'LL ASK S-C-D-O-T, BUT IT'S ALSO A QUESTION FOR FISH AND WILDLIFE AS IT'S THEIR, THEIR PROPERTY. UM, SO THE, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO BALANCE THE SHORT TERM GOALS THAT WE HAVE IF IT'S ONLY AN EASTBOUND BRIDGE THAT'S BUILT VERSUS THEIR LONG TERM PROGRAM GOALS ON HOW ACCESS IS MANAGED TO PINCKNEY ISLAND LONG TERM. SO, UM, THERE'S, I, I AGREE THERE'S SOME ANSWERS THAT WE NEED TO QUESTION TO THESE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU COUNCILMAN FOR BRINGING 'EM UP. AND, UH, WE WILL DO OUR, OUR BEST TO GET 'EM TIMELY AND IF WE NEED TO GO BEYOND MARCH 4TH. THANK YOU MAYOR FOR THAT CONSIDERATION. MAY MAYOR, MS. BECKER. THANK YOU. UM, TWO THINGS. UM, ONE IS THAT, WHILE I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS, THE BRIDGE ASPECT OF IT IS UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE COUNTY ESSENTIALLY, UM, AND THAT IT'S OUR, I'VE BEEN HEARING THAT WE NEED TO GO TO THE COUNTY TO ASK THESE QUESTIONS. I WOULD, UM, TRY TO EMPHASIZE THAT REALLY WE NEED TO GO TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE MAKING THE DECISIONS. AND, UM, WHILE I HAVE TREMENDOUS RESPECT AND APPRECIATION FOR THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AND, AND JARED LIK AND THE COUNCIL, UM, WE, IF WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT WHAT IT IS THAT'S CONCERNING US HERE TODAY, NEED TO NOT STOP THERE AND THAT, THAT, UM, REQUEST OF OUR TOWN MANAGER BE TO EXTEND THAT CONVERSATION TO WHERE IT IS THAT WE BELIEVE WE'LL BE ABLE TO BE HEARD. 'CAUSE ONE OF THE REASONS YOU MAY NOT HAVE HEARD FROM SOME OF US IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MEETINGS, I GUESS IS BECAUSE, AT LEAST FOR ME, AND I'LL SPEAK FOR MYSELF, I FEEL AS THOUGH FOLKS HAVE STOPPED LISTENING AND DECISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE AND HILTON HEAD HAS NOT BEEN CONSIDERED AS THE END USER OF ANYTHING THAT'S BEING, UM, SUGGESTED OR, UM, SUGGESTED. WHICH BRINGS ME TO MY LAST COMMENT. INITIALLY, WE HAD TO PROVIDE MUNICIPAL CONSENT. AND BECAUSE OF, BECAUSE OF ALL OF THAT, AND WE HAVE GIVEN MUNICIPAL CONSENT. AND I THINK AT THIS POINT THERE'S GOOD REASON TO BELIEVE THAT OUR MISS OUR ORIGINAL MUNICIPAL CONSENT IS INVALID AT THIS POINT. AND I WOULD ASK THAT WE WITHHOLD IT UNTIL WE ARE HEARD AND UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU, MS. BRYSON. YES. THANK YOU, MAYOR. FIRST OF ALL, UH, TO THE TOWN STAFF, I, I DIDN'T MEAN TO, TO SAY LAND ON PINKNEY ISLAND. I, I MEANT TO GO BACK TO THE EARLIER DESIGN. SO IF IT'S TECHNICALLY NOT LANDING, IT'S USING RAMPS. THAT'S WHATEVER THEIR DESIGN WAS AT THE TIME. 'CAUSE THEY'VE ALREADY GOT THAT DESIGN IN THE WORK, SO THEY CAN AT LEAST TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. SO I APOLOGIZE IF I'M USING THE WRONG LANGUAGE. UM, AND, AND MAYOR, I I'M WITH YOU. WE'VE GOT TO MOVE FORWARD. UM, SO I THINK WE NEED SOME SORT OF DEADLINE WITHIN WHICH WE NEED TO GET A RESPONSE SO WE CAN FINALLY MAKE THE DECISION AND DO IT ON A TIMELY BASIS. I APPRECIATE YOU PUTTING SOME SCHEDULES IN FRONT OF US SO WE CAN TRY TO MOVE FORWARD. I WILL, I WILL ADDRESS THAT, [05:20:01] UM, NEXT TUESDAY. SURE. UM, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE AN IDEA OF WHERE WE'RE ARE WITH GETTING RESPONSES AND, AND, AND GO FROM THERE. AND I'M SORRY, THERE'S ONE MORE THING AND THAT IS, I HAD ASKED FOR SOME CLARIFICATION ABOUT THE TOWN PROPERTY, UH, WHICH HAD BEEN APPROVED AS PART OF THE EARLIER PROJECT. UM, I LOOKED BACK IN MY FILES AND IT WAS APPROVED IN 2019. UM, IT IS ORDINANCE NUMBER, BEAR WITH ME. THE SECOND READING WAS ON OCTOBER 15TH, 2019. UM, AND THE ORDINANCE NUMBER IS, UM, 2019 DASH 26. I WAS NOT ABLE TO FIND A SIGNED VERSION ONLINE. UM, BUT I, I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO HAVE CLARIFICATION ABOUT WHERE THAT PROPERTY IS LOCATED BECAUSE THE, UM, E EXHIBIT B ATTACHED TO ORDINANCE 2019 DASH 26 IS COPIES OF EXCERPTS OF ENGINEERING DRAWINGS . UM, AND IT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO TELL FROM THIS DOCUMENT EXACTLY WHERE THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED. I DO BELIEVE IT'S ON JENKINS ISLAND. AND I THINK THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE PART OF THE, THE REVISED PROJECT, INCLUDING AN OPTION ONE, WHICH IT IS THE, UH, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, I THINK S-E-D-O-T WAS USING THIS, THE HOG ISLAND CONNECTOR, WHICH RUNS PARALLEL, I GUESS NEAR THE, UM, POWER LINE PARALLEL TO 2 78. UM, AND, AND, UM, I, I ASK ABOUT THIS AGAIN BECAUSE I WANNA KNOW WHERE IT IS BECAUSE THAT'S ALREADY INCLUDED, UM, IN THIS REVISED PROJECT, IF YOU WILL, WHICH ALSO HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH VARIOUS, UM, APPROVALS REQUIRED MUNICIPAL CONSENT BEING ONE, AND THEN ALSO, UM, UH, BECAUSE IT, IT, IT AFFECTS PART OF OUR JURISDICTION AND PROPERTY THAT THE TOWN OWNS. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WHAT IS OR IS NOT INCLUDED AND TO SEE IF ANY CHANGES NEED TO BE MADE. AND THEN THE FINAL ASPECT OF IT IS THAT THE STATE INFRASTRUCTURE BANK'S, UM, APPROVAL IS FROM MOSS CREEK ALL THE WAY TO SPANISH WELLS. UM, AND IF IT'S ONLY A BRIDGE PROJECT, THEN AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THE STATE INFRASTRUCTURE BANK MIGHT BE CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IN THE REST OF THE CORRIDOR WHERE THEY'VE APPROVED. AND THAT'S A QUESTION ABOUT THE FUNDING FROM, UH, STATE INFRASTRUCTURE BANK. SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE KNOW ABOUT THAT PROPERTY BECAUSE THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL LOCAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE PROJECT. OKAY. I'M GONNA ASK SEAN IF YOU WANNA ADDRESS THAT, BUT I'M GONNA ASK THAT AFTER, AFTER YOU DO, UM, THAT WE MOVE ON. 'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE MORE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS ON NEXT TUESDAY. YEAH. JUST, JUST A QUICK COMMENT. WE DID ASK IF THEY HAD AN EXHIBIT THAT SHOWED WITH SPECIFICITY THE, THE AMOUNT OF LAND AND SORT OF, UM, THEY, THEY DON'T HAVE THAT AT THE GRANULAR, GRANULAR LEVEL AND DIDN'T WANNA PUT IT AS PART OF THE JOINT RESOLUTION WHEN I KEEP THE JOINT RESOLUTION ON THE BIGGER COMPONENTS RA RATHER THAN GET INTO EVERY, UM, DESIGN OR, UM, BUT THAT'LL, THAT'LL ALL BE HANDLED WE'LL. WE'LL GET WHAT WE CAN. THE EXHIBIT THAT WAS IN THE PACKET IS REALLY RUDIMENTARY, AND WE CAN, UM, ADVANCE SOMETHING THAT WAS A LITTLE, THAT HAS A LITTLE MORE DETAIL FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION FOR CLARITY. MOVING ON THE AGENDA FOR TUESDAY NIGHT, IS YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THIS AGREEMENT? IT, IT, IT SOUNDS LIKE, AND, AND, AND IT APPEARS THAT THE TOWN COUNCIL IS NOT FULLY IN SUPPORTIVE, I DON'T EVEN KNOW. PARTIALLY IN SUPPORTIVE OF, OF THE AGREEMENT ON, ON MY DESK RIGHT HERE, ON MY TABLE. YEP. IN, IN LIGHT OF MR. DEON'S, YOU KNOW, UM, I HAD A BRIEF CONVERSATION WITH, UH, MS. RENICK YESTERDAY INDICATING THAT THERE MAY BE, UM, SOME CHALLENGES, UM, THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS. UM, SO, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE BEING POSED BY COUNSEL, UH, WILL HELP PROVIDE THAT DIRECTION FOR US ON NEXT TUESDAY. OKAY. AND THEY'RE GREAT QUESTIONS, AND WE ALL SEE WHAT THE REAL IS. CAN YOU, UH, PROVIDE SOME MORE CLARITY ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE IN THE RESOLUTION DRAFTS BETWEEN WHAT YOU PRESENTED TO THEM AND HOW THEY, HOW THEY RESPONDED? WHAT, WHAT IS THE ISSUE FOR COUNCIL IN TERMS OF ADOPTING THAT RESOLUTION? I, I WOULD, I WOULD, I WOULD ASK THAT WE, WE TAKE THAT OFFLINE FROM HERE. UM, GET A RED LINE COPY OF WHAT WAS, YOU KNOW, CHANGED SO THAT WE HAVE THAT, SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. IT'S IN THE PACKET. YEAH. AND, AND WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR IS IN YOUR PACKET. AND SO THERE WAS THE ORIGINAL ARE AMENDED AND THEN THEIR VERSION OF IT. AND FOR CLARIFICATION, THE PACKET FOR THE MEETING ON TUESDAY, IT'S ALL, IT'S INCLUDED IN THAT PACKET. RED LINE. RED LINE THAT WE PROVIDED, AND THEN THE, THE VERSION THAT THEY'VE APPROVED. RIGHT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GREAT. THANK YOU. [05:25:01] IT'S THREE 15 ISH, THREE 17 ISH. WE'RE TRYING TO STOP AT FOUR A A AGAIN, I DON'T THINK THERE'S, THERE'S ANY HARM IF WE GO A LITTLE OVER, BUT I'M GONNA TRY TO SPEED UP RIGHT NOW. 'CAUSE THOSE WERE THE HEAVY, HEAVIER ONES, BUT, BUT I'M TRYING TO ESTABLISH CLARITY OF WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WHERE WE ARE, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA TALK TOMORROW. OKAY. FROM A PRIORITIZATION STANDPOINT. MAKE SENSE? YES, IT DOES. UH, I JUST WANNA SAVE SOME TIME AT THE END FOR, FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. YES, SIR. ALRIGHT, NUMBER FIVE. ESTABLISH, REALLY START THE GULLAH GEECHEE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. WE PUT THEM IN PLACE TO STABILIZE, PROTECT, PROMOTE HISTORIC AND CULTURALLY SENSITIVE COMMUNITIES, NEIGHBORHOODS ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND. IT WILL CREATE, UH, PROGRAMS, UH, IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, STREET SCAPING, NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING, TARGETED CAPITAL INVESTMENT EDUCATION FOR RESIDENTS. I'D SAY ALSO FOR BUSINESSES AS MR. BOXLEY HAS, HAS PUT IN PLACE, UH, THOSE PROGRAMS THIS YEAR. AND THEN OTHER COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICE, UM, BYLAWS IN PLACE. UM, THE PRIORITIES THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT ARE ON HERE. THEIR STRATEGIC PLAN THAT THEY PUT TOGETHER WITH THEIR BOARD OF DIRECTORS, ESTABLISH VERY SPECIFIC GOALS TO STABILIZE NEIGHBORHOOD, ESTABLISH STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS, EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY, INCREASE ACCESS TO CAPITAL SUPPORT YOUTH TRAINING. AND THAT IS WELL UNDERWAY. IT'S, IT'S REALLY A, A LOT OF IT IS WORKED ON WITH THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. UM, THE WAY THE BYLAWS READ, TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE VOTING MEMBERS ON THE BOARD. THERE'S COMMUNITY MEMBERS ON THE BOARD. AND FOR TODAY, UH, I, I DON'T KNOW HOW DEEP YOU WANT TO DIVE, BUT THE, WHAT, WHAT YOU ASKED TO DO IS PUT IT IN PLACE. WHAT YOU ALSO ASKED TO DO AS A PRIORITY IS TO BUILD THE PROGRAM AND THE FUNDING AND THE, AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE, RIGHT? THE, THE HR AND STAFFING AND, AND COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE AROUND IT IS COMPLETE. BUT WHAT WE DIDN'T SAY IS COMPLETE. THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF PRIORITIES THAT THEY HAVE AS, AS, AS PART OF THEIR OWN STRATEGIES AND THEIR OWN INITIATIVES. THE SWOT ANALYSIS OF OUR ISLAND RESILIENCY, WE CAME TO TOWN COUNCIL WITH THAT. I'M NOT GONNA DIVE INTO THAT LARGE PARAGRAPH RIGHT THERE, BUT WE SET ESTABLISHED TIDE GAUGES TO PREPARE A RESILIENCE PLAN TO DO A SWOT ANALYSIS IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE OFFICE OF RESILIENCE FOR SOUTH CAROLINA. UM, WE CAME TO TOWN COUNCIL WITH THAT SCOPE OF WORK, WE HIRED DEBERRY. THEY HAVE COMPLETED THE SWOT ANALYSIS. AND SO THE, THE GOAL IS REALLY TWO STEPS, RIGHT? THE FIRST PUSHUP IS THE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES AND THE OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS OF OUR ISLAND'S RESILIENCY. THE STATE PLAN IS COMPLETELY ALIGNED WITH STORMWATER, UH, RESILIENCE PLAN HAS A LOT OF OTHER LAYERS TO IT. AND SO AS WE, AS WE'VE DONE THAT WORK, THE THE SWOT IS PRETTY MUCH DONE. THE NEXT STEP IS TO TAKE THAT SWO AND TO START BUILDING OUR RESILIENCE PLAN IN THE COMING MONTHS. WE ANTICIPATE THAT, THAT WE WILL BRING THIS TO YOU NEXT YEAR. UM, THE PLAN WILL BE COMPLETE BY THE END OF THIS YEAR WRITTEN. AND SO WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS, SOME COMMUNITY, UH, MESSAGING, UH, DISCUSSION. BUT, BUT TO BRING IT FOR CONSIDERATION IS, IS ABOUT 10, 11 MONTHS FROM RIGHT NOW, IMPLEMENTING OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. UM, WE COULD SPEND TWO WHOLE DAYS ON JUST THIS. I THINK THAT WHAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT IS AS WE START GETTING INTO BUDGET, I AM INVITING ALL OF YOU TO COME AND SIT DOWN WITH ME AND TAKE A LOOK AT OUR CURRENT ONE YEAR, TWO YEAR, AND FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN. THE ONE IN TWO YEAR IS MOSTLY FUNDED. UM, I SAY MOSTLY BECAUSE YEAR ONE IS FUNDED BY YOU ALREADY. YEAR TWO IS THE NEXT YEAR'S REQUEST, AND THE FIVE YEAR ARE WHERE YOU PRIORITIZE. UM, SO CHAPLAIN, UH, CORRIDOR AS A WILLIAM HILTON GATEWAY ENHANCEMENT, IT IS PRIORITIZED IN THE CIP. SO THERE'S A LOT OF WORK. I I'M NOT GONNA GET INTO ALL OF IT, BUT, UM, WE, WE CAN, WE CAN PAUSE GUMTREE CROSSWALKS, SQUIRE POPE CROSSWALKS, JONESVILLE ROAD PATHWAY, FINAL DESIGN SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION OF Q4 25. THE, THE, WE CAN DESIGN LINES ON A PAPER, THE SURVEYING, AND TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THAT PATHWAY CAN GO THROUGH PROPERTIES AND WHATNOT. JUST CIVIL AS WELL AS PERMITTING. IT, IT, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT WE'RE CALLING FINAL DESIGN, EASEMENT ACQUISITION, UM, COMPLETION IN, IN 27 AND CONSTRUCTION ANTICIPATED AFTER THAT. THAT IS, THAT IS A BIG LIFT TO BUILD A PATHWAY. I WOULD LIKE TO SPEED THAT UP. I'M GONNA ALWAYS LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO SPEED THAT UP, [05:30:01] BUT I DON'T WANT TO GIVE ANY FALSE HOPES THAT THAT PATHWAY IS RIGHT THERE. WE, WE STARTED TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THE ALIGNMENT AND WE'RE DESIGNING IT RIGHT NOW. EASEMENT ACQUISITION OR PURCHASE, RIGHT? AND THAT'S ALWAYS DONATION IS, IS IN OUR FUTURE DIRT ROAD PROGRAM. MITCHELLVILLE LANE, FREDDY'S WAY, HORSE SUGAR, ALFRED LANE, BENJAMIN DRIVE, A LOT OF THAT IS SCHEDULED IN THE CIP. WE DID SAY, UH, MITCHELLVILLE LANE CONSTRUCTION COMPLETED SECOND QUARTER THIS YEAR. FREDDY'S WAY PLANS AND PERMITS COMPLETE RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION, UM, UNDERWAY AND, AND SO ON, SO FORTH. UH, ABOUT SOME MORE OF THOSE DIRT ROADS. AND WE'RE STARTING TO CATCH UP WITH THOSE DIRT ROADS AND START, I'M EXCITED TO START PAVING SOME, SOME MORE PRIORITIES. MAIN STREET, POPE, MID ISLAND AREA. I'M LOOKING, I'M LOOKING FOR SOMETHING ON HERE. FORGIVE ME. PARK PROGRAM, MID ISLAND, PHASE ONE, RIGHT? MASTER PLAN APPROVED BY COUNCIL. PHASE ONE, IMPROVEMENTS TO THE LAGOONS PATHWAYS, RESTROOMS ACCESS, PARKING, AND STORMWATER SYSTEM ARE UNDER DESIGN. PHASE ONE CONSTRUCTION IS ANTICIPATED IN 27. THE LONG TIME OF THAT IS THE CIVIL ENGINEERING, AS, AS MUCH AS WE WOULD LIKE TO SPEED THAT UP IS THE CIVIL ENGINEERING AND THE STATE PERMITTING THE COASTAL ZONE CONSISTENCY PERMITS. UH, KAGEY BEACH PARKING AREA SCHEDULED FOR CON CONSTRUCTION IN 24, IN 20 Q4, 25. SEAN, IS THAT KIG CIRCLE? YES. ALRIGHT. THAT BEACH PARKING AREA THREW ME OFF FOR A SEC. YEAH, THAT'S THE LITTLE LAST QUADRANT AROUND KIG CIRCLE THAT FOLKS WALK THROUGH IN, INTO THE PATHWAYS, IN AND INTO THE ROUNDABOUT ON CHAPLAIN COMMUNITY PARK MASTER PLAN APPROVED PHASE ONE AND, AND TWO, UNDER DESIGN CONSTRUCTION. TBD, THERE ARE NO REAL LIVE FUNDS FOR CHAPLAIN PARK AS WE KNOW IT IN THIS CURRENT BUDGET. SO I DIDN'T PUT IT UP HERE. CROSSINGS PARK, PARK MASTER PLAN APPROVED PHASE ONE UNDER DESIGN FOR AN 18 PICKLEBALL CORE COMPLEX, UM, CONSTRUCTION ANTICIPATED Q2 2026. SO WE ARE GETTING VERY CLOSE TO SUBMITTING FOR THE COASTAL ZONE CONSISTENCY PERMIT THAT TAKES WITHOUT, WITHOUT DRIVING TO COLUMBIA AND CALLING A FRIEND OR TWO, THAT TAKES ABOUT 10 TO 12 MONTHS RIGHT NOW. SO WE'RE GONNA PUT THAT ON THE SCHEDULE, BUT DO OUR BEST TO SPEED THAT TO SPEED THAT PERMIT UP. SHELTER COVE COMMUNITY PARK. WE TALKED ABOUT CHAPLAIN LINEAR PARK, PATTERSON FAMILY PARK UNDERWAY WITH PROJECT DELIVERY. UM, CONSTRUCTION ANTICIPATED Q2 2026. AGAIN, THERE'S A WETLAND ON THAT TRACK, AND THE WETLAND PERMITTING IS TAKING LONGER THAN A TYPICAL PERMIT WILL, UM, TAYLOR FAMILY PARK CONSTRUCTION ANTICIPATED FOURTH QUARTER THIS YEAR. AND SO BOTH OF THOSE PROJECTS CAME ONLINE, APPROVED FROM YOU AT ALMOST THE SAME TIME. UM, STRAIGHT TO CIVIL, STRAIGHT TO PERMITTING, STRAIGHT TO A DESIGN BUILD CONTRACTOR. UM, SCENARIO ONE CONTRACTOR, TWO PROJECTS, TWO PARKS. UM, BUT ONE IS A LITTLE AHEAD OF THE OTHER ISLANDERS BEACH PARK MASTER PLAN APPROVED IN 2023. PHASE ONE, THE PATHWAY WAS PUT IN, AND I HOPE YOU'VE BEEN THERE TO SEE THAT PATHWAY. IT HAS MOVED A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT OF THE ROADWAY IN THE PARKING LOT. BUT PHASE TWO, I HAVE MADE A DECISION, UH, INTERNALLY TO JUST SIMPLY STOP THAT FOR A MOMENT UNTIL AFTER WE MOBILIZE AND GET THROUGH THAT PORTION OF BEACH RENOURISHMENT. THERE. IT'S GOING TO IMPACT THE PARKING LOT, BUT IT'S FOR THE MOST PART FUNDED. ALTHOUGH THE BIDS CAME IN HIGHER THAN, UH, OUR OPINION OF PROBABLE COST. AND IN NEXT YEAR'S FISCAL YEAR, CIP BUDGET, I'M GONNA ASK YOU, DO YOU SIMPLY JUST WANNA BUILD WHAT WE HAVE THE CURRENT DOLLARS FOR, OR DO YOU WANNA ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE DOLLARS TO THAT AND FINISH IT ALL AT ONCE AND DISRUPT IT ONCE, GET IT DONE? MITCHELLVILLE FREEDOM PARK, WE CONTINUE TO HELP, UM, THE BOARD IN AHAD THROUGH THE, THE, THE MASTER PLAN, REALLY, THE, THE SPINE ROAD AND SOME OF THAT INTERCONNECTIVITY, INCLUDING A DA PARKING SPACES THERE. BARKER FIELD. UH, AS SOON AS THE SOCCER SEASON'S OVER, WE'RE GONNA MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO THE FIELD. ON THE BARKER FIELD EXTENSION SIDE, IT'S, IT'S HEAVILY USED OLD SCHOOL HOUSE PARK, UM, PHASE TWO, SEAN REMIND. PHASE TWO IS ACCESSIBILITY, RIGHT? A SIDEWALK FROM THE PARKING LOT IN RESTROOMS. WE'VE RESURFACED THE BASKETBALL COURTS. IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE RESURFACE BASKETBALL COURTS. FOR US, IT'S A, IT'S A GREAT INVESTMENT BECAUSE IT'S SIMPLY A, A, A NEIGHBORHOOD BASKETBALL PARK [05:35:01] THAT WE REINVESTED SOME, UH, TENDER LOVING CARE INTO, UH, AS SOON AS WE OWN IT. AND WE ALSO PUT PICKLEBALL THERE. THAT SEEMS TO BE GROUND ZERO IN THE WORLD HEADQUARTERS FOR PICKLEBALL, UM, ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND. AT ANY GIVEN TIME, WE ARE HAVING SOME ISSUES WITH THE COURT. UM, MAYBE I'LL ASK MR. DESIMONE TO GET OUT THERE AND GIMME SOME, SOME GOOD ADVICE ON WHY WE KEEP SEEING CRACKS IN THE CONCRETE, UM, AFTER OUR INVESTMENT FLEET, UH, INVESTING IN THE FLEET AND THE LAND ACQUISITION PROGRAM. SO ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, RIGHT, ARE HOW WE BUCKETED, RIGHT? THE PORTFOLIO OF CIP IS THROUGH BEACH, AND THAT IS, AND I DIDN'T JUMP INTO BEACH RENOURISHMENT. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT YESTERDAY. SO THE BEACH PROGRAM, PATHWAYS, ROADWAYS, PARKS, AND YOU SEE A LOT OF 'EM. FACILITY AND EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT, FLEET AND LAND. SO IT'S A VERY ROBUST PROGRAM. OUR, OUR HARDEST PART OF OUR JOB FOR CIP IS AGREEING ON WHAT PROJECT WE CAN'T DO RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE TIME. THEY'RE FULLY FUNDED. WE KNOW THAT BEACH RENOURISHMENT IS A HEAVY LIFT. I'VE SAID YESTERDAY, WHAT, WHAT I NEED TO ABOUT THAT. AND SO I DO ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU AND I, I WILL CONTINUE TO INVITE YOU, UM, DIRECTLY COME SEE ME ABOUT OUR FIVE YEAR CIPI WANT TO GET IT RIGHT, AND I WANT IT TO BE ALIGNED WITH YOUR VISION UPDATE THE TOWNS LAND ACQUISITION MANUAL FOR TIME'S SAKE. I WOULD SUGGEST THAT, UM, WHAT WE SAID IS, UH, AN EVALUATION AND UPDATE WILL BE COMPLETE. UH, WE MOVED THAT DATA OUT SIMPLY, UH, HAVEN'T GOT THERE YET. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. WE DID BUY ALMOST 60 ACRES OF LAND. UM, SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE, YOU HAVE AGREED ON GREEN SPACE FUNDS, TIFF FUNDS FOR TOWN, YOU KNOW, SPACE. BUT THE OLD PNC BANK BUILDING, ENCHILADAS WILD WING, WE BOUGHT BRYANT ROAD. I THINK THAT THE TOWN COUNCIL HAS DIRECTED ME, AND, AND WE'VE WORKED TOGETHER TO ACQUIRE THOSE PROPERTIES FOR ALL DIFFERENT REASONS. I DO KNOW THAT UPDATING THE LAND ACQUISITION MANUAL IS NEEDED, AND IT'S TIMELY. BEN BROWN IS WORKING ON IT. IT'S JUST NOT SOMETHING THAT I HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO, TO, UH, ADDRESS PROPERLY YET. SAMANTHA, CAN I? YES. OKAY. YES. UM, OH, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL ADMIT GUILT HERE ON THIS ONE. UM, WHEN I FIRST CAME ON COUNCIL, UM, WE WERE SORTA HAVING COLD FEET ABOUT BUYING PROPERTY, AND WE GOT INTO LOTS OF DISCUSSIONS AROUND WHY TO BUY HOW MUCH WE'RE GONNA SPEND. ARE WE GONNA HAVE IT IN THE BUDGET? ARE WE GONNA GO BROKE, BUYING IT? AND SO ON. SO THE COUNCIL AT THE TIME SAID, WELL, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THROUGH OUR LAND ACQUISITION MANUAL HOW WE LEAD TO THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS. OKAY. UM, SO, UM, I GUESS THIS, THE LAST SLIDE, MR. ORLANDO, MY OPINION, BECAUSE AGAIN, I WAS ONE OF THE ONES THAT RAISED THIS, UM, TO ME, THIS SHOULD HAVE A BUNCH OF CIRCLES WITH XS IN IT, OKAY? BECAUSE WE HAVE, AS WE'VE BOUGHT PRO BOUGHT PROPERTY, SAY, CAN WE FIND SOMETHING IN THE LAND ACQUISITION MANUAL TO MATCH IT UP TO, AND THE ANSWER'S ALWAYS BEEN, YES. OKAY. I THINK WE'VE GOTTEN PAST THE POINT OF ARE WE IN THE LAND ACQUISITION BUSINESS AGAIN? WE ARE. YEAH. I MEAN, TO YOUR POINT OF 58 ACRES, WE ARE IN THAT BUSINESS. UM, SO I DON'T FEEL AS IF THERE'S THAT SHY ATTITUDE ABOUT GRABBING LAND TO MAKE SURE WE ARE INTENTIONAL ABOUT THE OUTCOME. OKAY. AND WITH THE GREEN SPACE PROGRAM IN PLACE, THAT HAS HELPED AS WELL. UM, SO FOR THE SAKE OF TIME, I'M NOT QUITE SURE THAT THIS IS ONE WE WANNA DISCUSS A WHOLE LOT. THANK YOU. WE'VE, WE'VE CONDUCTED A SWOT ANALYSIS OF OUR ISLAND SOLID WASTE RECYCLING. THE ANALYSIS WAS COMPLETE, THE FINDINGS PRESENTED AT TOWN COUNCIL, AND IN OUR WORK WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT TOWN COUNCIL AGREED AND DIRECTED FIVE NEAR TERM ACTIONS, RIGHT? COORDINATE WITH BEAUFORT COUNTY TO SHARE APPROVED SWAT. WE DID THAT, OF COURSE, EVALUATE APPROACHES AND ASSOCIATED COSTS TO PROVIDE CURBSIDE SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING. UH, ESTABLISH A RECYCLING PROGRAM AT OUR BEACH PARKS, INCLUDING OUTREACH AND EDUCATION. UH, ALSO DO THE SAME FOR ALL OF OUR FACILITIES, INCORPORATING OUTREACH AND EDUCATION FOR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS, AND THEN CONTINUE TO IN, TO STRENGTHEN ENFORCEMENT AND REPORTING [05:40:01] OF RECYCLING REQUIREMENTS. UM, PART OF, PART OF THE REQUEST AND THE OUTCOME, REALLY PROMOTE AND EDUCATIONAL EVENTS, ENGAGE BEAUFORT COUNTY ON LONG-TERM PLANS. UM, WE HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH BEAUFORT COUNTY QUITE A BIT, UM, ON OUR STAFF AS DAVE WILHELM. NOW, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, UH, WORKS FOR DEREK COSOM, IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T RECOGNIZED DEREK. HE'S IN A SUIT IN THE BACK, YOU KNOW, SEE DERRICK IN A SUIT ALL THE TIME. BUT DERRICK HAS BEEN ABLE TO BRING DAVE ON BOARD, AND DAVE WAS IN CHARGE OF THE COUNTY. HE WAS IN CHARGE OF THE COUNTY SOLID WASTE RECYCLING PROGRAM. AND FOR A LOT OF YEARS WAS ALWAYS THE PERSON AT THE COUNTY TRYING TO ADVANCE THE RECYCLING CENTER, RIGHT? I CALL IT THE DUMP, BUT THE RECYCLING CONVENIENCE CENTER, UM, NEAR THE AIRPORT. AND SO WE HAVE DAVE ON BOARD NOW, TJ AS OUR CHIEF ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICER. WE'RE MAKING BETTER STRIDES, UH, I THINK GOOD, REALLY GOOD STRIDES. AND HOW ARE RECYCLING AT THE BEACH? HOW ARE RECYCLING AT TOWN HALL? WE HAVE SOME DOLLARS IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET TO PUT SOME, UH, SOLAR POWERED, UH, CONTAINERS IN PLACE AT OUR BEACHES SO THAT PEOPLE DO SEE OUR BEST FOOT FORWARD, RIGHT? I THINK RECYCLING IS A MINDSET. RECYCLING CAN'T BE ENFORCED, RIGHT? AS WE DID A SWOT ANALYSIS, I SAW TRASH CAN FILLED WITH STYROFOAM CUPS. WE SHOULD HAVE TAKEN A PICTURE AND REALIZED THAT'S A MINDSET MORE THAN IT IS ANYTHING ELSE. SO WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS THIS. W THERE IS THROUGH OUR CONTRACTOR, I TOO, AND THEY'VE, THEY'VE BEEN GREAT WITH US. THEY'VE ESTABLISHED AN OFF ISLAND, MURPH, RIGHT? A MATERIALS RECOVERY FACILITY WHERE TOWN GENERATED MIS RECYCLING MATERIALS ARE SORTED. AND THAT'S OUR OWN SEPARATE CONTRACT, RIGHT? AND, UH, A LOT OF THAT IS COMING OUT OF OUR BEACHES. A LOT OF THAT IS COMING OUT OF OUR OWN, OUR OWN USE, UH, COMPOSTING. I THINK THERE'S SOME OPPORTUNITY. I SPOKE WITH REX THE OTHER DAY AT THE COASTAL DISCOVERY MUSEUM. UM, AND THERE IS A GREAT WILLINGNESS ON COASTAL DISCOVERY MUSEUMS AND FOR THE TOWN AND, AND COASTAL DISCOVERY TO ESTABLISH A COMPOSTING MODEL, A CASE STUDY, OR SOME SORT OF COMPOSTING PROGRAM THROUGH THERE. I TRY TO NOT GET TOO FAR IN THE WEEDS WITH REX WHILE WE WERE TALKING, BUT I KNOW THAT THERE'S GREAT OPPORTUNITY THERE FOR THAT. UM, AS WELL, AMENDING OUR TOWN CODE, WE'RE REVIEWING ORDINANCES. THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIGGER ISSUES WHEN WE WERE COMING FORWARD. UM, AND SO I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE PRESSING FORWARD ON, ON THIS INITIATIVE. NOT THE HIGHEST PRIORITY, BUT YET A PRIORITY. WOULD THAT COMPOST REPLACE YOUR PINE STRAW ALONG 2 78 ? MAY, MAY. OR MAY I MAKE JUST A OBSERVATION? UM, YOU SAID SOMETHING THAT STRUCK HOME AND YOU SAID, WHEN WE'RE DOING SOMETHING ON HILTON HEAD, IT SHOULD BE. AND THEN THROUGHOUT OUR COMP PLAN AND IN THESE DOCUMENTS, I SEE BEST IN CLASS, AND I HAVE ALWAYS SAID THAT I WAS UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THAT TERM. WHEN I THINK OF HILTON HEAD, I THINK OF OUR RESIDENTS. I THINK OF OUR BRAND AND COMMUNITY, I THINK WORLD CLASS. AND SO IF WE'RE NOT REACHING THE LEVEL OF WORLD CLASS, THERE SHOULD BE NO ONE. WE SHOULD BE SECOND TO NONE, TO NO ONE SECOND TO NO ONE PERIOD. AND SO, I DON'T KNOW WHAT CLASS THIS IS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO BE THE BEST OF, BUT IN MY MIND, WE ARE STRIVING TO BE THE BEST IN THE WORLD. JUST A PET PEEVE. OKAY. I'M JUMPING THROUGH QUESTIONS BECAUSE YOU'RE ASKING YOUR QUESTIONS ALONG THE WAY, SO PLEASE SLOW ME DOWN IF YOU'D LIKE. OUR DMO, WE, WE WORKED TOGETHER RECENTLY. I LAID OUT, UM, THE CRITICAL PATH FOR THE, THE, THE BID, THE BIDS, THE QUALIFICATION, AND THE CONTRACT NEGOTIATION OF OUR DMO. THAT'S, THAT'S AN ASIDE ISSUE. WHAT, WHAT WE SAID IS THAT AS PART OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN A COUPLE YEARS AGO, THAT, THAT WE COLLECTIVE TOWN COUNCIL, UM, AND, AND THE FOLKS THAT WORK ON, ON STAFF WOULD WORK WITH, WITH OUR AUTHORIZED DMO, OUR DESTINATION MARKETING ORGANIZATION TO ADOPT AND IMPLEMENT AN EFFECTIVE MARKETING PLAN THAT PLACES AN EMPHASIS ON POSITIVE COMMUNITY ATTRIBUTES AS A PLACE TO LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY. AND THEN IDENTIFY ANY NECESSARY CHANGES TO ENSURE THAT COUNCIL FEEDBACK'S INCORPORATED AN ANNUAL MEETING, OR EXCUSE ME, THE ANNUAL MARKETING PLAN. UM, AND THEN MONITOR THE PERFORMANCE, UM, OF THE DMO TO ASSESS PERFORMANCE AGAINST STATED GOALS. SO, UH, AGAIN, I, I THINK THAT WE'VE HAD SOME SUCCESSES. I, I THINK THAT THERE IS AN ALIGNMENT, THERE'S A WILLINGNESS BETWEEN [05:45:01] US AND OUR DMO CONTRACT, THE TEAM THAT'S BEHIND IT, NOT JUST ARI, BUT I KNOW BILL AND RAY AND, AND CHARLIE, WHILE SOME OF 'EM ARE IN THAT VCB AREA, OUR, OUR DMO TEAM CONTINUES TO IMPROVE. UM, I STILL THINK THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT WE STILL CAN DO, AND WE CAN GET A LOT BETTER AND PROBABLY MORE EFFECTIVE WITH THE USE OF OUR DOLLARS. UM, WE, WE TALKED ABOUT IT IN-HOUSE, JUST IN TERMS OF WHAT WE ARE POSTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA, WHAT WE'RE COVERING ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND WHAT THEY ARE. IT JUST FROM A COST SAVINGS AND AN EFFECTIVE STANDPOINT, I THINK BRINGING THAT TO AN ALIGNMENT, THERE'S OPPORTUNITY IN THE NEW CONTRACT. OF COURSE, WE CAN RESET EXPECTATIONS THROUGH CONTRACTS. UM, WE CAN RESET THOSE EXPECTATIONS THROUGH AT TAX FINANCE, ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE AND TOWN COUNCIL. AS YOU ALSO ADOPT THE MARKETING PLAN, YOU, YOU GIVE YOUR BLESSING ON THE BUDGET, THE BUDGETS ARE REQUIRED. EXPENDITURE IS 30% OF COLLECTED AFTER A CERTAIN FORMULA IS APPLIED, BUT THEN IT'S ALSO ON WHAT ARE AND WHAT AREN'T THE INDUSTRY METRICS. AND WE KNOW THAT WE'LL IMPROVE THOSE INDUSTRY METRIC REPORTING MECHANISMS IN THE NEW CONTRACT. BUT THIS YEAR IS ALSO AN IMPORTANT YEAR BECAUSE WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD THE CURRENT CONTRACT SURVEY, UH, CURRENT METRICS REVIEW, ANY METRICS RECOMMENDATIONS WITH FROM COUNCIL, AND THEN SUPPORTING THE MARKETING COUNCIL IN CREATION OF THE MARKETING PLAN. UM, THERE'S BEEN SOME WORK DONE INCORPORATING ECOTOURISM, CULTURAL TOURISM, WELLNESS TOURISM AND, AND SO ON SO FORTH. AND THE MARKETING MATERIALS. AND, AND AGAIN, I, I DO THINK THAT THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS. AND IF THE TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED HAVE HAVE A COUPLE THINGS TO SAY TODAY, THAT WOULD BE GREAT COMMENTS, MS. BECKER? SURE. UM, I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS WE DID, WE MADE BIG IMPROVEMENTS OVER, UM, WHAT WAS, UM, WHAT OUR CONTRACT REQUIRED PREVIOUSLY, SO I'M JUST GONNA LEAVE IT AT THAT. BUT THERE WAS SOMETHING WE ALL ATTENDED, UM, I BELIEVE ONE-ON-ONE WITH THE DMO, UM, RECENTLY WHERE WE WENT OVER THE RESIDENT SURVEY, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE CHANGES THAT WE, UM, WE PUT INTO THE CONTRACT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. AND I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT ON SOMETHING THAT STRUCK ME FROM THAT SURVEY. UM, THERE WAS A PIECE OF IT THAT THERE WAS A QUESTION THAT ASKED WITH REGARD TO PRIDE IN OUR COMMUNITY, PRIDE AND HILTON HAD, AND IT WAS DIVIDED UP IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT, UM, CATEGORIES BASED ON NUMBER OF YEARS HAVING BEEN A RESIDENT OF HILTON HU. AND THE SURVEY RESULTS WERE THAT THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN HERE ROUGHLY FIVE YEARS, THEY WERE 56% OF THEM WERE VERY, HAD A LOT OF PRIDE, HIGHEST CATEGORY OF PRIDE. AND THOSE WHO WERE HERE 20 YEARS OR MORE HAD ROUGHLY 50% OF LEVEL OF THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF PRIDE. AND I FOUND THAT INTERESTING BECAUSE WE HEAR A LOT OF COMMENTS ABOUT THINGS THAT FOLKS AREN'T HAPPY ABOUT AND, AND THE REST, AND WE WORK AS A COUNCIL, UM, TO TRY TO IMPROVE THOSE, THOSE CONDITIONS THAT PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT. BUT HERE WAS A TREND THAT, UH, OR A PART OF THAT SURVEY THAT, THAT REALLY STRUCK ME, OF THOSE WHO WERE HERE FIVE YEARS AND LESS, WHO RESPONDED, THE COMMENTS SET SECTION IN THE COMMENT SECTION. THEY SAID, IT'S MUCH BETTER THAN, AND WE USED TO ALWAYS THINK MYRTLE BEACH, BUT IN THIS CASE, IT'S MUCH BETTER THAN DAYTONA BEACH. NOW, WHEN I JUST MADE THE COMMENT OF BEING WORLD CLASS, WE CANNOT HAVE THOSE RESIDENTS WHO ARE COMING INTO OUR COMMUNITY START COMPARING US TO PLACES THAT BEFORE WE MAYBE USED AS A JOKE. WE NEVER WANNA BE. SO WHAT THAT SAYS TO ME IS WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO STRIVE TO BE THE WORLD CLASS. WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS HERE ON HILTON HEAD SO THAT EVERYONE HAS PRIDE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND OUR COMMUNITY AND THE ISLAND. AND SO THAT WE ARE COMPARING OURSELVES TO THOSE WORLD CLASS CATEGORIES AND NOT OTHER PLACES LIKE WE HAVE IN THE PAST. AND WHAT THE RESPONDENTS SAID IN THEIR COMMENTS SECTION, UM, IT WAS DISTURBING TO ME. MAYBE IT'S NOT TO YOU, BUT I WANNA DO BETTER. THAT'S, AND, AND I APPRECIATE, I SHOULD TAG ONTO THIS, I APPRECIATE THAT THE DMO IS NOW DOING THAT RESIDENT SURVEY AND PROVIDING US, US WITH THIS TYPE OF FEEDBACK, AS WELL AS A NUMBER OF OTHER METRICS THAT THEY, [05:50:01] THEY REPORTED ON. AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU, ANYONE WHO'S LISTENING WATCHES LATER TO PLEASE, WHEN THAT SURVEY COMES OUT, PLEASE RESPOND TO IT. WHILE IT WAS A SIGNIFICANT, UM, THERE WAS, UM, IT WAS SIGNIFICANT, THE RESULTS BASED ON THE NUMBER OF RESPONDENTS, THE NUMBER OF RESPONDENTS WERE STILL VERY LOW. UM, 3000, A LITTLE MORE THAN THAT. SO, UM, I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO PLEASE FILL OUT THE, UM, SURVEY SO THAT WE HAVE A GOOD GUIDE, UM, ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING ON OUR ISLAND AS WITH RESPECT TO, UM, VISITORS AND OUR PRIDE AND WHAT WE WANNA SEE NEXT. THANKS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I, I, I JUST WANNA COMMENT THAT WHERE WE'VE TAKEN THE RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR DMO OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS AND WHERE WE'RE GOING IS LEAPS AND BOUNDS FROM WHERE WE WERE, AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE A HECK OF A LOT MORE INFORMATION THAN WE USED TO. SO KUDOS TO STAFF ON THAT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? MAYOR, IF JUST BRIEFLY, THE SURVEY, UM, THAT MS. BECKER IS MENTIONING, I, I DID RECEIVE A COPY FROM, UH, OUR DMO OF THE SURVEY RESULTS. UM, SO I, I HAVE THAT DIGITALLY. UH, I'M HAPPY TO SEND THAT TO THE TOWN MANAGER TO SHARE WITH THE TOWN COUNCIL, UM, IF ANYONE ELSE WANTS TO LOOK AT THOSE RESULTS. AND I THINK ONE OF THE ONES IS THAT WE LOOK TOWARDS TOMORROW AT A NEW STRAP PLAN IS, UH, THE TOP CONCERNS FACING THE COMMUNITY BASED ON THAT SURVEY, WHICH MIGHT BE HELPFUL IN ANALYZING WHERE WE SHOULD GO. UM, SO I'M HAPPY TO SEND THAT IF IF STAFF ALREADY HAS IT, YOU CAN SEND IT. BUT ANYHOW, I, I DO HAVE A COPY OF IT AND I'LL HAVE BE HAPPY TO SHARE IT. PLEASE DO. AND, AND I SEE HEATHER, THEY'RE TAKING A NOTE THAT SHE'S GONNA OBTAIN THAT SURVEY AS WELL. UH, SO THANK YOU. SURE, SURE. AND, AND ONE FINAL NOTE. I I REALLY LIKE THE BOLD CHECK MARKS, UH, BESIDE OF INCORPORATE ECOTOURISM, CULTURAL TOURISM, WELLNESS TOURISM, AND SPORTS TOURISM, UH, INTO THE MARKETING MATERIALS, WHICH IT'S SOMETHING I'VE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW, SO I'M, I'M GLAD TO HIGHLIGHT THAT ONE. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALRIGHT, GREAT. AND YOU THINK STAFF, I, I, I HAVE TO SAY THANK YOU TO TOWN COUNCIL, AND I THINK THE ONLY REAL ISSUE WAS EXPECTATIONS AND COMMUNICATING CONSISTENTLY THOSE EXPECTATIONS OF WHAT WE NEEDED FROM FOLKS. ALTERNATIVE REVENUE SOURCES. AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS TOMORROW, BECAUSE I DID SEE SOMEWHERE ON A SURVEY, MATT, UM, THIS, THIS, THIS POPPED UP AGAIN, AND IT, AND IT'S GREAT AND IT'S, AND IT'S WHAT WE SHOULD ALWAYS BE THINKING OF. BUT, UM, WE SAID TO SUPPORT OUR LONG-TERM FINANCIAL STABILITY, ALL AVAILABLE RESOURCES TO IDENTIFY AND OBTAIN ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF REVENUE GRANTS OR OTHER PROJECTS TO SUPPORT OUR GOALS, RIGHT? SO IT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT IT SAYS. AND, AND NOT JUST OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS, BUT ALSO SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS. AND SO WE'VE, WE'VE DEFINITELY ENHANCED OUR, OUR OUR REVENUES. WE HAVE, WE WERE THE FIRST SET OF THE GATE TO SUPPORT THE GREEN SPACE BILL, SUPPORTED BY, YOU KNOW, BROUGHT FORWARD BY SENATOR DAVIS, BUT AS AN ORGANIZATION AND AS A MUNICIPALITY OR ENTITY IN SOUTH CAROLINA. WE WERE THE FIRST AND WE WERE THE STRONGEST BEHIND THAT PROGRAM. IN MY, IN MY ASSESSMENT, UM, ASSESSED VOTER REFERENDUM QUESTIONS, WE LOOKED AT IT, IT, IT WAS DEFEATED COUNTYWIDE, BUT IT WAS ASSESSED, UH, ESTABLISH A DEDICATED FUNDING SOURCE FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING TOWN COUNCIL USED ARPA FUNDS, RIGHT? THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDS TOWARDS HOME SAFE REPAIR, LAT SEWER, AND NORTH POINT. WE ARE OUT OF THOSE FUNDS NOW, AND SO DOES BUFORT JASPER HOUSING TRUST TAKE ON THE NEW WORK OR REPLENISH OR PROVIDE US SOME OF THOSE FUNDS? HAS TO BE A DECISION IN THE FUTURE, RIGHT? I, I DON'T BELIEVE CHASING MONEY TO DETERMINE THE PROGRAM. I THINK WE DEFINE THE PROGRAM AND FIND THE MONEY. UM, AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE US, UH, PAUSE A LITTLE BIT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, UH, AD ADVANCING PROGRAMS AND FUNDING THEM NOT CHASING DOLLARS, AND THEN BEING STUCK WITH THE STRINGS. IT, IT REMINDS ME OF HAVING TO GIVE BACK EARLY IN MY ACCOUNT MANAGER CAREER BEFORE HERE, A A A SIX OR $700,000 S-C-D-O-T GRANT THAT WAS COSTING MORE THAN A MILLION DOLLARS INTO THE PROJECT. YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES MONEY DOESN'T MAKE SENSE, SO, BUT WE DID SAY THAT WE SUPPORTED THE, THE USE OF STATE AT A, TOWARDS THE DELIVERY OF WORKFORCE HOUSING. THERE WAS A HOUSING STUDY, THERE WAS SOME WORK THAT HAD TO GO INTO THAT, SO WE COULD SUPPORT THE USE OF AT A, UM, AND THE TOWN COUNCIL, UH, ONE APPROVED AN MOA, BUT TWO PUT PUT REAL DOLLARS INTO, INTO IT. WE HAVE A RECURRING REVENUE STREAM FOR HOUSING SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO DO SO. IT IS A PORTION OF COLLECTED STATE AT TAX. I STILL ENCOURAGE US AT SOME POINT, AT AN APPROPRIATE TIME TO TAKE A LOOK AT PROJECT SPECIFIC ITEMS AND TRYING OUR BEST WITH BEAUFORT COUNTY AND BEAUFORT [05:55:01] COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT TO ALIGN THE EXPECTED PROJECTS, RIGHT SIDEWALKS, STORM WATER, ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS, POTENTIALLY, UH, MID ISLAND PARK OR, OR SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL AND, AND FUND THEM WITH THE TIF DISTRICT. WE ADJUSTED DEVELOPMENT AND PERMIT FEES, UM, IN JUNE 23, UPDATED THE FEE SCHEDULE, UM, WITH SOME STORM WATER, UH, REVIEW FEES IN, IN IT. WE WERE NOT CHARGING FOR THE STATE MANDATES OF THE, OF THE STATE PERMIT IN, IN THE FUTURE. AND I THINK IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE RESILIENCE PLAN AND SOME STORMWATER WORK TO REALLY TAKE A LOOK AT OUR UTILITY RATE STUDY, UM, WE'VE TAKEN A LOOK AND, AND PUSHED ON, YOU KNOW, WE WASN'T JUST SITTING THERE WAITING FOR THE PHONE TO RING OR THE DOORBELL TO RING, UH, ON OUR BOND ASSESSMENT AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF OUR, OF OUR, UM, BOND RATING. AND, AND I, I WOULD SAY, I THINK STRATEGICALLY TOO, WHEN WE MET JOHN MCGOWAN, WHO WORKED AT MOODY'S AND S AND P AND KNOWS THAT BUSINESS THE WAY HE DOES, UM, WHEN WE HIRED HIM, HE STARTED MAKING THE PHONE CALLS AND ASKING THE QUESTIONS AND POSITIONING OURSELVES FOR THAT WORK. SO, UM, AND THEN I KNOW IN THE FUTURE, ADOPTING AN AT TAX FUNDING POLICY, WE'RE ALWAYS USING AT TAX WE'VE USED AT TAX DIFFERENTLY OVER THE LAST YEARS THAN YEARS PAST, RIGHT? I REMIND MYSELF OF THE DAYS WHEN I ARRIVED AND AT A WAS PUT IN THE BUDGET PRIOR TO MY ARRIVAL, AND THEN THE TOWN WOULD GO TO AT TAX COMMITTEE AND ASK FOR A GRANT WHERE THE, THE REAL, THE REAL PROCEDURE SHOULD BE YOU, YOU COLLECT IT, YOU GIVE IT OUT TO THE REQUIRED, YOU KNOW, PER STATE CODE TO 25,000, 5,000, 30% TO DMO, BUT THEN DISTRIBUTING IT TO THE NONPROFITS THROUGH THE AT TAX AWARD RECIPIENTS NEEDS TO BE A POLICY AND PROCEDURES PUT THROUGH BY COUNCIL. YOU ALL THIS YEAR ASKED MORE QUESTIONS. NOT THAT DIFFERENT, BUT MORE QUESTIONS THAN YOU HAVE IN THE PAST. SO I, I DO THINK THAT AT TAX IS AN AMAZING SOURCE OF REVENUE WHEN THE TIMES ARE GOOD, AND I THINK IT'S BEEN AN AMAZING SOURCE OF REVENUE, EVEN WHEN TIMES ARE BAD IN THIS ORGANIZATION. THE, THE ISSUE IS WHO'S PAID FIRST? WHO'S PAID SECOND, WHO'S PAID THIRD? AND, AND MY PROPOSAL WILL BE TO BRING A DISTRIBUTION POLICY FOR YOU SO THAT FOLKS CAN RELY ON AT TAX IF IT'S UP AND OR IF IT'S DOWN. UM, AND I THINK THAT THERE'S SOME EQUITY, EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION, EQUAL DISTRIBUTION OF THOSE DOLLARS THAT YOU NEED TO EXPLORE. AND SO WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT DIFFERENT SOURCES OF MONEY. WHAT I, WHAT EVERY SINGLE THING THAT WE'VE DONE TO FIND ADDITIONAL SOURCES. A LOT OF 'EM ARE ONE-TIME DOLLARS THROUGH GRANTS. I MENTIONED THAT EARLIER TODAY. UM, SOME RECURRING WITH SHORT-TERM RENTAL. WE, WE'VE PUT THIS PROGRAM IN PLACE, AND IT'S NOT JUST FEES, WHICH ARE CLOSE TO $2 MILLION, IT'S ALSO A IMPROVING REVENUES TO BUSINESS LICENSE. IT'S ALSO IMPROVING REVENUES TO A TAX, BECAUSE NOW WE KNOW WHO THOSE FOLKS ARE AND THEY HAVE TO PAY THEIR AT TAX AND THEY HAVE TO GET A BUSINESS LICENSE AND THEY HAVE TO GET THEIR PERMIT. UM, BUILDING PERMITS, STORM WATER REVIEWS, WE'VE, WE'VE, WE'VE DEFINITELY PUSHED ON SOME IN THE FUTURE. WHAT THIS IS GOING TO ALLOW US TO DO IS TO TAKE A LOOK AT SOME AREAS WHERE WE COULD DECREASE REVENUES IF THOSE AREN'T OUR PRIORITY PROGRAMS OR IF THERE'S OPPORTUNITY. AND THAT'S THE SUSTAINABILITY, UM, ASSESSMENT, SHORT TERM RENTAL. WE, WE KNOW ALL ABOUT THIS. REVIEW THE DATA, REVIEW THE PERMIT PROGRAM. MAYOR, SORRY TO INTERRUPT. CAN, CAN YOU BACK UP A COUPLE SLIDES TO THE, UM, STORM WATER RATE STUDY? UH, SO I APPRECIATE, UM, THE LINING UP WITH RESILIENCE PLAN ADOPTION, UM, BUT JUST AS A, A SIDE MARK, UM, WHEN WE HAVE OUR BUDGET DISCUSSIONS THIS YEAR, LOOKING AT THE STORMWATER FUND, UM, AND EXPENDITURES, I WANNA CONGRATULATE THE MANAGER AND THIS TEAM ON THE WAY THEY ANALYZE THE NEEDS AND THE FUNDING. BUT IF THERE'S MORE MONEY AVAILABLE IN THAT FUND, UM, I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK CAREFULLY AT SOME OF THE NEEDS. AND THEN WE HAVE A LOT OF AGREEMENTS WITH, UM, POAS AND SUBDIVISION GROUPS, IF YOU WILL. UM, SOME SORT OF HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS. BUT THERE ARE OTHER PLACES WHERE THERE ARE NEEDS, UH, BEEN INFORMED ABOUT A COUPLE PLACES ON SQUARE POPE ROAD, WHICH IS AN S-E-D-O-T STREET, UH, WHERE, UM, THE OUTLETS HAVE NOT BEEN CLEANED OUT, AND WE NEED TO ADDRESS THOSE. SO THAT'S TO SAY, UM, THAT, UM, NOTWITHSTANDING THAT THE UTILITY RATE STUDY IS GONNA BE IN THE FUTURE, THAT I THINK WE HAVE SOME OTHER NEEDS NOW. UM, AND, AND, UH, YOUR TEAM DOES A GREAT JOB AT ANALYZING THOSE NEEDS, BUT I THINK MAYBE WE NEED TO LOOK AT MORE FUNDING FOR THOSE NEEDS WHEN WE GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS. SO THANK YOU. UNDERSTOOD. [06:00:01] IF YOU LET ME KNOW OF THE ISSUE WHERE THE CHANNELS OR, OR CONNECTIONS NEED TO BE PUMPED OUT OR CLEANED OUT, PLEASE LET ME KNOW DIRECT. OKAY? AND, AND I HEAR YOU, YOU WILL SEE A DIFFERENT CIP STORM WATER PROPOSED INVESTMENT THIS YEAR AND A DIFFERENT OPERATIONS, UH, PLAN. SO, OKAY, WE'RE GETTING THERE. SHORT TERM RENTAL, I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THAT. I'M GOING TO ASK THAT WE BIFURCATE THE ENFORCEMENT ABILITY TO GIVE PARKING TICKETS AND ADMINISTRATIVE CITATIONS ASAP AND SEPARATE THAT FROM OUR SHORT TERM RENTAL ORDINANCE, RIGHT? UH, YOU ALL BROUGHT UP DIFFERENT GREAT IDEAS AT FIRST READING. UH, I APOLOGIZE THAT WE WEREN'T MORE ALIGNED. UH, YOU, WE, WE, WE KNOW LAST SEPTEMBER WE HEARD YOU NEW ELECTION. WE, IT WAS A LOT OF MONTHS IN BETWEEN, UH, I I FORGOT HALF OF THE THINGS THAT YOU ASKED FOR. AND, AND I KNOW THAT SEAN LEININGER PUT A LOT OF TIME AND ATTENTION INTO THIS, SO, SO WE APOLOGIZE THAT WE AREN'T BRINGING YOU WHAT YOU ARE EXPECTING FROM US. HOWEVER, I DO SEE SILVER LINING MOST OF THE TIME. IT, IT LET US KNOW WHERE YOU'RE AT IT. I APPRECIATED THAT YOU SAID NO, AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU SAID COME BACK AND ADDRESS CITATIONS AND LET'S SLOW DOWN AND TALK ABOUT SHORT TERM RENTALS AND MEASURE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS AND SOLVE IT. AND SO I'M GONNA, AS I SIT DOWN WITH YOU SOON, I'M GONNA PUT THAT SCHEDULE TOGETHER FOR THE TWO DIFFERENT COMMITTEES. AND, AND MY RECOMMENDATION IS GOING TO BE TO PUT THIS AT A COMMITTEE AND SCRUB IT FOR ONE OR TWO MEETINGS AND LET'S, LET'S GET IT RIGHT. OKAY. COMPLETE THE GULLAH GEECHEE TASK FORCE WORK PLAN. AGAIN, I, I APOLOGIZE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO HURRY BECAUSE THIS IS IMPORTANT WORK. THE TOWN COUNCIL ADOPTED A PLAN SOME TIME AGO, AND IT WAS ABOUT IMPLEMENTING A FRAMEWORK FOR A PRESERVATION REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS. ALL OF THIS WAS BEFORE THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPOR CORPORATION WAS PUT IN PLACE. AND I, I THINK THIS WAS, WAS MATT'S WORD TODAY, HEATHER, THE CATALYST, RIGHT? TO, TO GET THAT, THAT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION IN PLACE, HOWEVER, OF, OF THE WORK THAT'S IN THE TASK FORCE PLAN, I THINK THREE THINGS NEED TO HAPPEN. ONE, WE NEED TO REALIZE WE DID SOME GOOD WORK. NUMBER TWO, I THINK WE NEED TO REALIZE THERE'S SOME, THERE'S SOME WORK IN HERE, FUND DELINQUENT TAXES. UM, ANOTHER ONE WAS ABOUT UHS HEIRS PROPERTY. I THINK THE TOWN STAFF HAS DONE AS MUCH AS THEY CAN TOWARDS THIS PLAN RIGHT NOW WITH, WITH THE EXCEPTION, RIGHT? SO THE, THE, THE SECOND THING IS I THINK TO TRANSFER A LOT OF THIS, AND IT ALREADY HAS OCCURRED NATURALLY, ORGANICALLY, AND I THINK ALSO STRATEGICALLY TO MR. BOXLEY, THROUGH INTO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, WE INTEND TO USE THE GULLAH GEECHEE TASK FORCE AS WHAT AS, AS FOR WHAT YOU'VE PUT IT IN PLACE FOR, WHICH IS A SUBCOMMITTEE OF PLANNING COMMISSION. AND AS WE BRING OUR LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE FORWARD, WE INTEND TO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE GULLAH GEECHEE TASK FORCE AS WE TALK ABOUT THAT WORK AS PART AND PARCEL OF THAT PLANNING COMMISSION DISCUSSION AND REVIEW. SO I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT A COUPLE OF TIMES. I JUST WANNA MAYBE SAY IT ONE LAST TIME AND KEEP, KEEP PUSHING, RELOCATING, HISTORIC ST. JAMES BAPTIST CHURCH TO MITIGATE THE IMPACTS GENERATED FROM AIRPORT OPERATIONS AND CORRESPONDING SAFETY CONCERNS. UH, HILTON HAD AIRPORTS ACTIVELY WORKING TO RETAIN AND ATTRACT NEW COMMERCIAL AIRLINES. THE RUNWAY, UH, IMPROVEMENTS AND THEN THE HISTORIC ST. JAMES BAPTIST CHURCH HAS BEEN DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THE INCREASE IN THE OPERATIONS, LET ALONE AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY, UM, AND HAS RESULTED FROM THE ABILITY TO SUPPORT REGIONAL BUSINESS JETS. THE TOWN THROUGH THIS STRATEGIC PLAN PRIORITIZATION HAS SAID THAT WE ARE COMMITTED TO ASSISTING ST. JAMES BAPTIST CHURCH AND BUFORT COUNTY FOR THAT MATTER, IN THE SUCCESSFUL RELOCATION OF THE CONGREGATION, TO A MUTUALLY AGREED UPON LOCATION THAT WILL MEET THE CURRENT AND FUTURE NEEDS OF THE CHURCH. WE ALL HAVE TALKED ABOUT OUT LOUD THAT THAT COULD BE ON UNION CEMETERY ROAD. WE ALL TALKED ABOUT OUT LOUD THAT IT IS PART AND PARCEL, THE, THE, THE NEW FACILITY IN CONJUNCTION WITH MOVING CHERRY HILL SCHOOL. UM, BEAUFORT COUNTY HAS RECENTLY WRITTEN ME A LETTER. THEY HAVE ASKED FOR, UH, THE TOWN'S LAND, WHICH IS, I WILL CALL THE OUT PARCEL OF MID ISLAND TRACT, IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE [06:05:01] UNION CEMETERY ON UNION CEMETERY ROAD. AND I WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT IN THE, IN THE NEAR FUTURE. I, WE SAID THAT WE WOULD WORK WITH ST. JAMES IN BEAUFORT COUNTY AND THE AIRPORT TO CONSIDER MOVING. A LOT OF THIS WORK WAS TEED UP IN HERE WHEN BEAUFORT COUNTY WAS SEARCHING AND SEEKING, UH, FAA GRANTS AND FAA FUNDING AND FAA PROCESS. WELL, AS, AS WE KNOW, SENATOR DAVIS GOT INVOLVED AND SOMEBODY ASKED HIM FOR SOME HELP, AND HE FOUND HE, HE FOUND HOW MUCH? 4.7, 4.7 ISH MILLION DOLLARS. UM, THANK YOU, SEAN. YEAH, YOU'RE WELCOME. GREAT JOB. UM, , WE, BUT THERE IS A FUNDING GAP. THERE STILL REMAINS A FUNDING GAP TO BUILD THE ENTIRE PROJECT. XENOS. UM, AND THANK YOU XENOS FOR EVERYTHING. XENOS HAS BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE CHURCH, THE CONGREGATION, BEAUFORT COUNTY, AND EVERYBODY INVOLVED TO BRING FORWARD A PLAN THAT THAT MAKES SENSE. THERE'S STILL A FUNDING GAP. NOBODY IS ASKING US FOR THOSE SPECIFIC DOLLARS. UM, BUT BEAUFORT COUNTY HAS SOME ASK OF, OF US, UM, ABOUT OUR PROPERTY. SO THIS, THIS SHOULD CHANGE. AND I WILL TELL YOU, I DON'T KNOW HOW STRATEGIC THIS IS ANYMORE DIFFERENT THAN IT IS A PRIORITY, UM, BUT IN THE SENSE THAT I THINK WE'RE ON THE 10 YARD LINE. IF EVERYBODY PUSHES, WE'LL DO THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES TUSH PUSH. SO, ALRIGHT, TWO SEVEN, NOT FOR ME, THAT WAS FOR MY WIFE RIGHT THERE. SO CAN I ASK FOR CLARIFICATION REAL QUICK? YES. SO WE, WE USE THE LANGUAGE THAT WE'RE GONNA MOVE THE CHURCH MOVE CHERRY HILL. CAN YOU, CAN YOU CONFIRM THAT WE'RE NOT MOVING ANYTHING? WE'RE NOT MO WE'RE NOT PHYSICALLY TAKING THAT BUILDING, CORRECT? YEAH. WELL, NO, I KNOW, BUT THE LANGUAGE OVER A COURSE OF TIME, AND IT IN SOME RESPECTS SAYS HERE TOO, THAT WE'RE MOVING THOSE, UM, THOSE BUILDINGS AND YEAH. AND IN REALITY, WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE, WE'RE GONNA LOSE THOSE BUILDINGS, WHICH HAVE, SO I SEE IN OUT OF THE CORNER OF MY EYE THAT, UH, COUNCILMAN BROWN IS SAYING NO. YEAH. SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO LOSE THOSE BUILDINGS. THEY WON'T BE TAKEN DOWN. I JUST NEED CLARIFICATION BECAUSE THIS IS A, PEOPLE TALK ABOUT IT AS, AS FAR AS THE STRUCTURES ARE CONCERNED, THE CHURCH WILL NOT MOVE, BUT THE CHERRY HILL SCHOOL WILL INDEED HAVE TO MOVE IN ITS CURRENT STATE AND ALSO IN ITS CURRENT ORIENTATION TO THE BUILDING, THE, THE CHURCH BUILDING. SO, UM, YES, ONE OF THE STRUCTURES WILL BE PHYSICALLY MOVED, SO THE SCHOOL WILL BE PHYSICALLY MOVED, BUT THE CHURCH ITSELF WILL NOT BE CORRECT. YES, MA'AM. AND, AND THE GOAL IS THAT THIS SITE REMAIN A VERY IMPORTANT SITE FOR OUR FUTURE. NOT A GATHERING PLACE AND A PARK, AND A FESTIVAL CENTER AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY, BUT A BUT A VERY IMPORTANT SERENE PLACE. AND THAT IS WHAT THE COUNTY HAS COMMITTED TO. BUT IT, BUT, BUT IT IS SAD TO THINK THAT THAT WON'T BE THERE, BUT THE CHERRY HILL SCHOOL WILL MOVE. SO BEACH PARK ENHANCEMENTS, WE DON'T NEED TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THIS. I WOULD TELL YOU THAT I HOPE YOU'RE ALL PROUD OF, OF THE WORK WE'VE DONE ON OUR BEACHES, BUT THIS IS A NEVER, EVER ENDING INITIATIVE. MAYOR, WHAT WAS THE, THE PROGRAM YOU IDENTIFIED RECENTLY? BLUE? UH, SO, UM, I WAS GONNA BRING IT UP TOMORROW, BUT I'LL BRING IT UP NOW. UM, THERE IS A INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM CALLED BLUE FLAG, AND THIS IS WHERE THERE'S ONLY, AND I'M, FORGIVE ME, I DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION READY FOR TODAY, BUT THERE'S ONLY TWO PLACES IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA THAT ARE DESIGNATED AS BLUE FLAG. AND THERE'S A, A PROCESS OF ROUGHLY 30 STEPS THAT YOU GO THROUGH TO BE, UM, SELECTED INTERNATIONALLY TO BE A BLUE FLAG COMMUNITY. WE ARE ON THE VERY VERGE, NATURALLY OF BEING A BLUE FLAG COMMUNITY. 65% OF ALL INTERNATIONAL TRAVELERS THAT GO TO BEACHES, UH, LOOK FOR THE BLUE FLAG DESIGNATION. SO IT'S, IT'S GOT A LOT OF GREAT THINGS FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL SIDE. IT'S AWESOME. UM, THE EDUCATIONAL SIDE, IT'S AWESOME. AND ALSO ATTRACTING THOSE GUESTS THAT OF INTERNATIONAL PERSUASION, UM, IS ALSO VERY SPECIAL. SO AS WE TALK ABOUT AND, AND ADJUSTING SOME OF OUR, OUR, OUR, UH, TOURISM ASPECTS, THIS IS ANOTHER, UM, CAVEAT IN OUR, IT COULD BE IN OUR QUEUE. UM, THAT WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY PERFECT. WHAT'S INTERESTING IS THERE ARE, ONE OF THE ITEMS IS THE MOBY MATS IN ACCESS TO THE BEACH. THERE ARE BEACH COMMUNITIES UP AND DOWN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COAST THAT HAVE REMOVED THE MOBY MATS. [06:10:01] THAT IS A BIG, BIG ISSUE WITH THE A DA, UH, GROUPS BECAUSE THEY'RE REMOVING ACCESS TO THEIR BEACHES. UM, I'LL HAVE THAT INFORMA, I'LL TRY TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION TOMORROW. BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK THAT WE REALLY SHOULD GO AFTER, UM, BECAUSE IT PUTS US INTO A HIGHER RAINING DESIGNATION. WE TALK ABOUT WORLD CLASS BEST IN CLASS. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT INTERNATIONALLY HELPS IDENTIFY US. AND THERE, THERE HAS, AND THANK YOU. AND, AND SO AT THE BEACH, AND WE'RE ALMOST DONE THROUGH THE TOP 15, WE HAVE GREATLY ENHANCED THE OPERATIONS AND, AND MORE STRATEGIC BECAUSE THEY'RE FINANCIAL AND THEY'RE TARGETED WHERE OUR DOLLARS ARE GOING. BUT FOR USER EXPERIENCE OF THE BEACH, RIGHT? PARKING, JANITORIAL, PROPERTY MAINTENANCE, BEACH SERVICES, TRASH RECYCLING, I THINK YOU CAN SEE THE IMPROVEMENT. OUR CHAMBER LEADERSHIP CLASS HAS HELPED US IN CONJUNCTION WITH SHORE BEACH SERVICE AND SEAN LEININGER AND, AND JEFF INGER AND OR, OR REALLY DEREK. AND BEHIND ME, THE TOWN IS CURRENTLY WORKING TOWARD A BEACH WARNING AND EDUCATION SYSTEM THAT WILL STRETCH THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE BEACH. AND THIS WILL BE COMPLETE IN Q2 2025. THIS IS OVERDUE. IT, IT'S GOING TO LET US KNOW WHERE THE RIP CURRENTS ARE AND WHEN THEY ARE, THE FLAGS AREN'T GOING TO BE UP ON A, ON A GOOD DAY, BUT WHEN THERE ARE ISSUES, FLAGS WILL GO UP. IT'S GOING TO BE A DIFFERENT LOOK. SHORE BEACH SERVICES IS BEHIND IT, AND I THINK THAT IT'S AN IMPORTANT, UH, WARNING AND NOTIFICATION SYSTEM THAT IS IN PLACE IN A LOT OF BEACHES. UM, UP AND DOWN THE COASTS, WE HAVE ALSO IMPROVED FOLLY FIELD, BEACH PARK, ISLANDERS, ALDER LANE, AND, AND A FEW THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT TODAY. TRASH RECYCLING, UH, VERY FREE ACCESS POINTS, BEACH WHEELCHAIRS. WE HAVE A GREATLY ENHANCED THE BEACH WHEELCHAIR SYSTEM. AND ALSO WORKED WITH THE CHAMBER LEADERSHIP CLASS IN XENOS TO DESIGN THE BEACH WHEELCHAIR STRUCTURE ENCLOSURE. UM, WE HAVE PUT IN PLACE BEACH PARKING. WE GO LIVE MARCH ONE. WE'RE GOING TO LEARN A LOT. I KNOW THAT YOU ARE ALL RECEIVING A LOT OF OF RESPONSE TO THAT. I AM, UM, THE, THE BEAT, WE'VE, WE'VE SENT PRESS RELEASES OUT. WE'RE GOING TO SEND ANOTHER ONE OUT IN A, IN A, IN A FEW MORE DAYS. UH, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW YOUR DECISIONS, RIGHT? I HAVE, HAVE CONSEQUENCES, INTENDED CONSEQUENCES, UN UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES. UM, REALLY, BUT FROM THE, FROM THE FEEDBACK WE'RE RECEIVING, I'M RECEIVING FEEDBACK THAT SAYS RESIDENT PARKING IS FREE. IT'S GOOD THAT YOU'RE INVESTING AND REINVESTING THOSE DOLLARS BACK INTO YOUR BEACHES. AND THEN THERE'S SOME FOLKS THAT, THAT AREN'T TOO HAPPY ABOUT HAVING TO PAY THREE BUCKS AN HOUR, 20 BUCKS A DAY ON WEEKENDS AT, AT THE BEACH PARKS. BUT ALL OF THAT WAS REALLY TIED TO IT. UM, BEACH AMBASSADORS, SHUTTLE DRIVER INTERACTION, PALMETTO BREEZE, TROLLEY ROUTE. WE KEEP SAYING THOSE ARE DONE. WE KEEP LEARNING AND TRYING TO IMPROVE. AND SO WITH THAT, WE ARE 4 0 5. AND I, I HAVE, I'LL, I'LL TAKE YOUR DIRECTION. WE HAVE 11 SLIDES LEFT AND WE ALSO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT. IF YOU, I I, I WOULD ASK THAT WE DO THOSE 11 SLIDES TOMORROW. YES, SIR. UM, I, I WOULD LIKE TO GET TO PUBLIC COMMENT. THERE'RE BEING PEOPLE HERE FOR A LONG TIME TODAY AND, AND I THINK WE OWE THAT TO THEM. UM, KIM, IF YOU'LL GET THE, UM, TIMER READY. AND JUST REMEMBER AS YOU COME UP, IF YOU ARE SPEAKING TO STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND, AND WE HAVE THREE MINUTES TO HEAR. SO DO WE HAVE ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? HANG ON ONE SECOND UNTIL KIM GETS READY. SHE CAN COME ON UP TO THE MIC. DON'T BE SHY. . OH, I'M NOT, I KNOW. THREE. TEST IT AGAIN. AMBER TEST. THERE YOU GO. OKAY, KIM, LEMME KNOW WHEN YOU'RE READY. ONE MORE MINUTE. OKAY. ALRIGHT. OKAY, GO AHEAD. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, YOU GUYS KNOW THAT I SPENT, I'M AMBER BY THE WAY, SEA TURTLE PATROL. UH, I THINK YOU KNOW THAT BY NOW. UM, I KNOW THAT A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE DON'T ACTUALLY SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THE BEACH, PARTICULARLY COLIGNY AREA. I SPEND A LOT OF TIME THERE DURING THE DAY AND ALL NIGHT. UM, I HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THE TOWN, I HOPE THAT'S PART OF THE BLUE FLAG FLAG PROGRAM. THE ORDINANCE THAT WE PASSED ABOUT REMOVING PERSONAL PROPERTY [06:15:01] FROM THE BEACH. UM, WE KNOW THAT THE BEACH IS ELBOW TO ELBOW IN THE HEIGHT OF THE SEASON WHEN THE PARKING LOTS THAT WE DO HAVE ARE FULL. THE BEACH IS UNCOMFORTABLY FULL. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A PARKING ISSUE AND I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE A PROPERTY ENCHILADAS THAT WAS BOUGHT WITH TIFF MONEY THAT WOULD BE PERFECT FOR A PARKING LOT. I WOULD ALSO HOPE THAT A BLUE FLAG PROGRAM, WHICH I'M GONNA INVESTIGATE, MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH A MARINE SCIENCE CENTER, WHICH WE DON'T HAVE TO EDUCATE PEOPLE. AND WHEN I HEAR ABOUT THESE BEACH IMPROVEMENTS, A LOT OF IT IS IMPROVEMENTS FOR PEOPLE TO ACCESS THE BEACH, ENJOY THE BEACH, BUT IT'S, IT'S, WE'VE DONE THINGS FOR AT LEAST I HAVE TRIED TO, UH, DO THINGS FOR THE BEACH THAT HELP WITH THE WILDLIFE AND THE ENDANGERED SEA TURTLES. SO AS A TOWN AFFILIATED AGENCY WITH A PROPERTY SITTING FOR THREE YEARS, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT WE ARE BETTER THAN TYBEE. THANK YOU TAMARA, FOR BRINGING THAT ASPECT UP. UH, THEY BANNED SMOKING ON THE BEACH AND THEY ALSO HAVE A MARINE LIFE SCIENCE CENTER WITH A TRIAGE, WHICH I CAN GET PERMITS FOR AND WHICH WILL ENHANCE THE TOURIST EXPERIENCE BY FAR AS A PART OF CELEBRATION PARK, WHICH IT IS INCORPORATED INTO. SO, YOU KNOW, I'VE LEARNED A LOT OF BUD WORDS, ONE OF 'EM, THE RIGHT SIZE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE PARKING SITUATION. THE RIGHT SIZE IS ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE. I DON'T WANNA SEE THE STORM WATER, UM, ISSUE GETTING WORSE WITH MORE PAVEMENT. UM, I THINK THAT ONE PARKING LOT WILL SUFFICE. UM, I AGREE WITH CHARGING FOR PARKING. I THINK IT'S MINIMAL. $20 FOR A DAY IS NOT BAD. UH, MOST OTHER BEACHES DO THAT ALREADY. SO THERE WERE SEVERAL THINGS THAT I LEARNED TODAY THAT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT. THAT'S ALL REALLY ALL THE TIME I'M GONNA HAVE TIME FOR, BUT I, I DID ENJOY THIS. UM, I GOT TO MEET STEVE SIMONE, WHICH I DON'T GET TO REALLY DO IT, UH, TOWN COUNCIL AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU THAT SUPPORTS SEA TURTLE PROGRAM. IT HAS EXPLODED IN THE LAST SEVEN YEARS AND THE CHAMBER IS ALL OVER THAT AND IT BRINGS TOURISM. SO I HAVE A LOT TO SAY ABOUT THAT AS WELL. SO WE'LL HAVE TO DO THAT AT MY NEXT THREE MINUTES. ALRIGHT, THANKS. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? PUBLIC COMMENT? YES MA'AM. HI, I'M SONYA GRANT, SIXTH GENERATION NATIVE ISLANDER AND ENTREPRENEUR HERE ON THE ISLAND. UM, AND I JUST WANNA SAY I DO APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO COME AND HEAR YOUR COMMENTS AND GIVE MY COMMENTS IN REAL TIME AND BEING A YOUNG PROFESSIONAL, I THINK IT IS ONLY FAIR WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, UM, OBSERVING OUR TOWN VISION THAT WE ALSO GIVE OTHER YOUNG PROFESSIONALS THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME IN HERE AND GIVE THEIR COMMENTS IN REAL TIME AND MAYBE GIVING THE MEETING TIMES CONSIDERATION FOR THOSE WHO DO WORK NINE TO FIVE. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? SEEING NONE, UM, WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO, YOU KNOW, THE COUNCIL AND, UH, KIND OF IF ANYBODY HAS ANY KIND OF CLOSING COMMENTS FOR THE DAY. UM, WE'LL NOW WOULD BE THAT TIME. UH, MS. BRYSON? YES. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE WHENEVER THEY COME, UM, THE DIGITAL VERSION OF THE SLIDES. UM, THEY HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. THEY'VE BEEN SENT. GREAT. GREAT. GREAT. UM, AND ONE OTHER THING I WOULD ASK IS FOR OUR FACILITATORS TO SEND US THOSE VOTES ON THE PRIORITIES IF YOU CAN, SO THAT WE CAN LOOK 'EM OVERNIGHT, UNLESS THAT'S GONNA MESS UP YOUR PRESENTATION TOMORROW. BUT I KNOW WE HAD A COUPLE OF THEM AND, UM, THERE WERE INTERESTING PERCENTAGES. 56% AND I THINK 66%. AND SO THAT DOESN'T WORK OUT FOR SEVEN. SO IF IT'S FOUR OUTTA SIX THAT VOTED, MAYBE IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO SEE THAT IF, IF IT'S OKAY TO SHARE IT WITH US OVERNIGHT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM COUNSEL? YEAH, JUST SO YOU KNOW, MATT, THE SURVEY WAS COMPLETE BY EVERYBODY I THINK IN THE LAST COUPLE DAYS. AND SO VERSION ONE OF YOUR PRESENTATION SHOWS A DIFFERENT PERCENTAGE THAN, THAN THE REAL ONE. SO YOU'VE MADE THOSE EDITS. MATT, MATT, WE'LL WE'LL JUST GET AN EMAIL OUT. KIM, KIM, SEAN CAN HELP US GET THAT EMAIL OUT TO YOU. YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. WE, WE'VE, UH, UPDATED THE SLIDES AND, AND WE CAN DISTRIBUTE THOSE. THANKS MS. BECKER. UM, JUST A MOMENT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO SAT HERE TODAY. I HOPE YOU, UM, ENJOYED THE, UM, EXPERIENCE AND WE LOOK FORWARD, AS AMBER SAID, THREE MINUTES ISN'T ENOUGH TIME TO HAVE COMMUNICATE CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR RESIDENTS. UM, ALL OF OUR NAMES, NUMBERS, EMAIL ADDRESSES ARE ON THE WEBSITE. PLEASE REACH OUT AND TALK TO US. HAVE COFFEE WITH US. WE'D LOVE TO HEAR WHAT YOU'RE THINKING AND HOW WE CAN HELP. AND JUST THANK YOU TO MARK TO STAFF AND TO BOTH [06:20:01] MATT AND HEATHER AND THOSE HAVE LEFT US. THANK YOU TOO, MR. BROWN. YEAH. UM, I GUESS I'M GONNA TRY TO SET THE STAGE FOR TOMORROW. MM-HMM . AT LEAST WHAT'S ON MY MIND SO THAT OTHERS CAN THINK ABOUT IT AS WELL. UM, AND BY NO MEANS AM I TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF THE FACILITATORS, BUT I'M ENCOURAGING THEM TO, UH, TO PUSH US TOMORROW. UM, IF, IF, IF I WAS BRAND NEW, DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD AND WALKED INTO THIS ROOM AND LOOKED AT THIS PRESENTATION AND NOT SEE ANY OF THOSE CIRCLES WITH AN X IN IT, I WOULD SAY, WOW, LIKE THIS PLACE IS DOING A WHOLE LOT OF WORK. AND WE WALK IN THIS ROOM, I THINK WITH TWO OBJECTIVES. ONE IS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT OUR PRIORITIES ARE, AND THAT THAT'S A CHALLENGING TASK, AT LEAST IN MY MIND AS A BRAND NEW PERSON LOOKING AT THESE SLIDES WHEN YOU'VE GOT ALL THIS WORK ALREADY GOING. OKAY. SO THAT TO ME, THAT'S VERY CHALLENGING. ALRIGHT. BUT ALSO I THINK WE WALK OUTTA THIS ROOM BECAUSE WE, PART OF THIS, UH, THE, THE, THE WORDING AROUND WHAT WE'RE DOING IS CALLED STRATEGIC PLANNING. I, I WANNA MAKE SURE WE ARE FOCUSING ON BEING STRATEGIC ABOUT HOW WE GET TO A BETTER PLACE. UM, I, I HAD A INTERVIEW AT W-H-H-I-A COUPLE WEEKS AGO AND I WAS MENTIONING THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE THIS SESSION AND I TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT THERE'S SEVEN DIFFERENT OPINIONS UP HERE AND WHATEVER EXERCISE WE GO THROUGH TOMORROW, I'M SURE YOU'RE GONNA FIND OUT THAT THERE'S SEVEN DIFFERENT OPINIONS ON PRIORITIES AS WELL. BUT THE HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITY, THOSE BEFORE US HAD THAT FRONT OF MIND. AND I THINK WE HAVE A GRAVE RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP THE HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITY FRONT OF MIND AS WELL. UM, SO I DON'T WANT US TO GET SO CAUGHT UP INTO ALL OF THIS STUFF THAT WE GOT GOING ON AND LOSE SIGHT OF WHERE WE ARE TRYING TO GO. ALRIGHT. OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SPEAKS TO 2040, I BELIEVE, AND IT'S OUR JOB AS POLICY MAKERS TO KEEP THE FIVE AND 10 YEAR VISION IN FRONT OF US AS WE MOVE FORWARD. SO I JUST WANNA MAKE THOSE COMMENTS FOR US TO SLEEP ON TONIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. BROWN. UM, MS. HUNTER? YES. UM, WELL THIS IS AN INTERESTING PROCESS FOR ME BECAUSE THE LAST TWO TIMES I WAS SITTING IN THOSE CHAIRS RIGHT OVER THERE AND UM, THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I RAN FOR OFFICE IS UH, SEEING EVERYTHING THAT NEEDED TO BE ACCOMPLISHED. AND MY COMMENTS TODAY ARE THE SAME THAT I MADE THE LAST TWO TIMES. WE'RE DOING TOO MUCH, UH, 15 PRIORITIES, A HUNDRED TACTICS UNDERNEATH THAT. IT'S TOO MUCH AND IT'S TOO MUCH ON OUR TOWN STAFF AND EMPLOYEES. THEY'RE FANTASTIC, THEY WORK VERY HARD, BUT IT'S HARD TO MANAGE ALL THESE PROJECTS AND I'M A FIRM BELIEVER IN FOCUSING ON FEWER AND DOING THEM EXCELLENTLY AS OPPOSED TO BEING INVOLVED IN A HUNDRED TACTICS AND SEEING THAT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO COMPLETE THEM. SO THAT'S THE CHALLENGE FOR US TOMORROW. AND UM, I I ACTUALLY HAVE A BET ON THAT , THAT WE'RE GONNA GET LESS THAN 15. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RIGHT ANSWER IS. YOU KNOW, I SAID FIVE, BUT WE JUST NEED TO REALLY, UH, FOCUS. AND THEN IN ADDITION, WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE US TALK ABOUT IS SPECIFIC GOALS FOR THE TOWN COUNCIL. LET US MAKE SOME SPECIFIC GOALS ABOUT WHAT WE WORK ON AND ACHIEVE AND GET DONE IN 2025. PUBLICIZE IT AND HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE. AND I THINK WHAT THAT DOES IS IT HELPS US NOT GET DISTRACTED BY THE NEW SHINY OBJECT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, SUDDENLY APPEARING. UM, SO THAT WE STAY ON TASK AND MAKE SURE WE GET, GET THOSE ITEMS DONE. AND THEN THE LAST PIECE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT IT, IS HOW CAN WE CONTINUE TO, UH, IMPROVE OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH BEAUFORT COUNTY COUNCIL? UM, THEY PLAY A VERY LARGE PART IN OUR LIVES. UM, THE AIRPORT, THE ROADS, THE STORM WATER, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD GO ON AND ON AND, UM, AND IT'S ENCOURAGING THAT WE HAVE NEW LEADERSHIP AT BEAUFORT COUNTY COUNCIL, BUT WHAT CAN WE DO ON PURPOSE TO IMPROVE THAT RELATIONSHIP AND WORK MORE COLLABORATIVELY? 'CAUSE ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT I THINK WE DO IS WE HAVE SOME REDUNDANCY ON THE ITEMS THAT WE LOOK AT AND STUDY. AND I THINK WE CAN WORK COLLABORATIVELY, UH, TOGETHER ON SOME [06:25:01] OF THOSE ITEMS, UM, AND, AND GET THINGS DONE. SO THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. ANY OTHERS? SO, MS. TURNER, YOU MUST HAVE WATCHED THE LOW CODE THE OTHER DAY BECAUSE THAT'S EXACTLY SOME THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT. YEAH, IT WAS ABOUT REDUNDANCY AND ALSO ABOUT, UM, AND I'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THIS ON TUESDAY, UH, IN MY UH, REPORT. BUT, UM, I, I AGREE THAT, THAT WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS A, A DAILY OPERATIONAL ASPECT OF OUR STRATEGIES AND OUR, AND OUR TACTICS AND OUR GOALS. UM, AND WHAT IS IT THAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THAT STANDS SEPARATE FROM THE DAILY OPERATIONAL SIDE. THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE IN PLAY THAT, THAT ARE, UH, CLOSE TO HAVING XS ON THEM AS COMPLETED. AND, AND I THINK WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S NEXT, RIGHT? LET THOSE THINGS BE RIGHT AND MAYBE NOT AS PRIORITIES, BECAUSE GETTING THEM GOING AND MOVING WAS THE PRIORITY. NOW THAT THEY'RE IN MOTION, RIGHT? THEY CONTINUE TO STAY IN MOTION. UM, BUT WHAT IS THE NEXT ITEM? AND IT MAY BE THAT WE ALL SAY, OKAY, THE LMO COMPLETION IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT THAT WE'VE GOT TO ACCOMPLISH, REALLY, AND THEN EVERYTHING ELSE IS IN MOTION AND THEY GET DONE. I AGREE. AND MY GOAL'S THREE, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THREE BECAUSE WE HAVE A GREAT STAFF. AND WHEN 60% OF YOUR STAFF DRIVES OVER A CRAZY BRIDGE, CRAZY TRAFFIC, THEY HAVE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES TO GO ELSEWHERE. AND IT IS A QUALITY OF WORK THAT WE'VE GOT TO PAY ATTENTION TO, UM, TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE HAVE THE BEST STAFF POSSIBLE. SO THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF MY GOALS GOING FORWARD, UM, FOR TOMORROW. BUT I DO WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR BEING HERE. I WANNA THANK EVERYBODY THAT IS ONLINE, UH, WATCHING, OF COURSE, EVERYBODY THAT SHOWED UP TODAY AS WELL FOR BEING HERE. UM, THIS IS A GREAT EXERCISE AND I, AND I PERSONALLY, UM, REFLECTIONS FROM FROM TODAY, IT WAS VERY GOOD. AND I, AND I SEE A GREAT MOVEMENT FORWARD IF WE KEEP THIS COMMUNICATION CONVERSATION GOING. THAT'S GREAT. MUSIC TO MY EARS. UM, JUST TO TEE UP TOMORROW AND TOMORROW IS THE MATT AND HEATHER SHOW MORE, MORE THAN TODAY. AND I THINK THAT TODAY HELPED MATT AND HEATHER UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE AT AND WHERE, WHERE YOU'RE NOT. WHERE MATT'S GOING TO HELP ME TOMORROW, UH, GREATLY IS HELPING YOU SAY YES AND HELPING YOU SAY NO. SO THE EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING'S IN Q2 IN 28, IT'S NOT FAST ENOUGH. I, I PROBABLY AGREE WITH THAT. IF, IF YOU AGREE WITH THAT. AND SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S TRYING TO GET THAT, THAT, THAT GROUP, THAT, THAT, THAT PORTFOLIO OF WORK REALLY CLEAR AND MOVING FORWARD AND SAYING, NO, TOMORROW, MATT IS GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE BECAUSE WE ALL WANT THE BEST FOR THIS ISLAND. AND WE ALL, AS I SAY, KEEP GOING TO THE GROCERY STORE HUNGRY, FILLING UP THE BUGGY. UM, SO TOMORROW MORNING, I'M, I'M GONNA FINISH THOSE FEW SLIDES. IT'LL, IT'LL BE VERY QUICK, BUT IT IS THE BACK OF THE BOOK ITEMS. A LOT OF THEM ARE DONE, BUT A LOT OF THEM SHOULD PROBABLY GO AWAY. ONE OF ONE OF THE ITEMS IS A RESILIENCE SYMPOSIUM ATTACHED TO THE COMPLETION OF THE RESILIENCE PLAN. AGAIN, TOMORROW I'M GONNA ASK YOU WHAT AND IF THAT SHOULD MOVE FORWARD. BUT TOMORROW WE'LL HAVE SOME, SOME HIGHLIGHTS, SOME KEY TAKEAWAYS. WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT GOVERNANCE, THE OPTIMUM GOVERNANCE. THERE'S JUST A COUPLE SLIDES. AND WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE SAY IS THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT A COUPLE OF COMMITTEES TODAY. YOU TALKED FOR SOME TIME AND IT HELPED ME A LOT, WRAP MY HEAD AROUND IT IN TERMS OF WHERE WE NEED TO GO, RIGHT? WE WORK WITH YOU ALL TO PRIORITIZE THE ITEMS, THINK THROUGH THE NAME OF THE COMMITTEES, THE FUNCTION OF THE COMMITTEES, CODIFY IT, BRING IT FORWARD. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE SAY THAT THOSE ARE ONLY THE TWO TOWN COUNCIL COMMITTEES, NOT ALL THE OTHER COMMITTEES THAT ARE UP THERE. THE, THE BLANK SLATE, I THINK OVER TIME HELPS WHEN NORTH POINT ADVANCES, IT HELPS WHEN, WHEN PARKING ADVANCES. SO THERE'S SOME TEMPORARY THINGS UP THERE. UM, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT GOVERNANCE AND THEN STARTING TO IDENTIFY INITIATIVES AND PRIORITIZE. ALSO THINK ABOUT GAPS. ARE WE MISSING ANYTHING? IT'S SO EASY TO LOOK AT THIS AND SAY, DO WE WANT TO KEEP DOING IT? BUT IS THERE SOMETHING THAT WE'RE NOT DOING? ARE THERE GAPS? AND SO, AND, AND JUST BECAUSE YOU BRING IT UP DOESN'T MEAN IT NEEDS TO BE YEAR ONE. THIS, THIS PLAN, AS I BRING IT FORWARD, WILL BE A NEW ALIGNED FISCAL YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN, RIGHT? IN THE PAST, IT'S BEEN A CALENDAR YEAR WILL ALIGN FISCAL YEAR, JULY ONE WITH OUR BUDGET. AND SO MY GOAL IS TO HAVE A THREE YEAR BUSINESS PLAN, A THREE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN SO WE CAN START SAYING, YOU KNOW WHAT, THAT IS IMPORTANT TO US, BUT IT'S NOT IMPORTANT TODAY. IT'S NOT ONE OF THE 87 THINGS ON YOUR, YOUR AGENDA PIPELINE MAY. MAYBE THAT'S IN YEAR TWO AND A HALF TO THREE, BUT IT'S STILL IMPORTANT TO US. AND SO I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE THE BIGGER BENEFIT OF TOMORROW. THINK, THINK BIG, [06:30:01] THINK LONG TERM. AND I APPRECIATE, I APPRECIATE EVERYONE BEHIND ME. I'M HUMBLED AND I APPRECIATE YOU TWO. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. WITH THAT WE'RE ADJOURNED. YEAH. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.