* 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. [00:00:01] CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY BUFORT COUNTY [I. CALL TO ORDER] IS THURSDAY, APRIL 3RD, 2025 AT 10:00 AM AFFORDABLE HOUSING MEETING IS NOW IN ORDER. ROLL CALL. ALL RIGHTY. ROLL CALL CHAIRMAN. FRED HAMILTON. YEAH, EMILY BURDEN. DOUG MCGILL HERE. GWEN CHAMBERS HERE. DAN IS POLITE. YES. AND MEG JAMES. OKAY. CAN [III. ADOPTION OF MINUTES] I GET A, A MOTION TO ADOPT A MINNACE FOR MARCH THE SIXTH. 20. SO MOVED SECOND AND MOVING PROPERLY. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL RIGHT. MINUTES. THOSE MINUTES ARE APPROVED. PUBLIC COMMENTS. ALL BUSINESS AND NEW BUSINESS. [VI.1. FY25 Neighborhood Assistance Program Budget Update] ALL RIGHT. WE WILL MOVE RIGHT ON DOWN. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO APRIL. UM, YOU ALWAYS KNOW OUR FIRST PARAGRAPH THERE, SO I'M GONNA JUMP DOWN TO BUSINESS. HOLD ON. UH, YEP. I JUST , I'M GONNA PAUSE THIS FOR A MINUTE SO WE WON'T HAVE TO REPEAT. ARE PAPERWORK TOGETHER? SORRY, I MISSED THE OTHER TWO. I'M GONNA HAVE TO THIS NEXT ONE TOO BECAUSE I'M A PART OF THIS SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, SCADA, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE. SO I'M DOING THAT. IT'S WHERE I STUFF STUFF, BUT IT'S NOT INTENTIONAL. I'M SORRY, . I'M NOT JUST SITTING AT HOME. OH, LOOK AT SPRING. . . SORRY GUYS. YOU'RE GOOD FOR THE RECORD. MEG JAMES HAS JOINED US AT 10 0 3. UM, JUST TO KIND OF ROLL BACK WITH MEG, WE DID OUR ADOPTION OF MINUTES, MCGILL MOTION AND CHAMBERS SECOND. AND EVERYONE IS ON BOARD WITH THE ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES FROM MARCH 6TH, 2025. UH, NO PUBLIC COMMENT, NO OLD BUSINESS. SO WE ARE GONNA JUMP DOWN TO 2025. PROGRAM BUDGET UPDATE. 25 HOMES HAVE RECEIVED HOME REPAIRS AT A TOTAL OF 2 24, 112 AND ONE JOB ENCUMBERED AT 11,027. HOMES HAVE BEEN SERVICED FOR SEPTIC PUMP OUTS OR PLUMBING SERVICES AT A TOTAL OF 3004 63. AND ONE HOME HAS BEEN SERVICED FOR TREE SERVICE AT A TOTAL OF FOUR 50. BEFORE THIS, UM, THIS WAS SUBMITTED BUT ONE JOB HAS BEEN APPROVED AND HAS ALREADY BEEN PAID FOR ONE HOME FOR PROPERTY CLEANUP AT A TOTAL OF 1 67 99. DO NOT ASK ME WHAT THAT 99 CENTS IN. UM, BUT THAT'S ONE HOME FOR PROPERTY CLEANUP AT 1 67 99. ONE HOME HAS BEEN DEMOLISHED DUE TO HURRICANE HELENE AT A TOTAL OF 4,200. SO TO DATE, NOT ON YOUR FORM, BUT TO DATE, THREE HOMES ARE CURRENTLY BEING WORKED ON. FOUR HOMES ARE WAITING ON ESTIMATES TO BE SUBMITTED. ONE HOME WILL BE VISITED BY SAVE THE SHUTTERS FOR A GROUP PROJECT AND ONE HOME WAITING FOR WALKTHROUGH WITH BUILDING SAFETY FOR NEXT WEEK. SO THAT'S NOT ON YOUR FORM, BUT DO YOU WANT ME TO REPEAT THOSE RIGHT NOW? ITEMS, UM, SIMPLY PUMP OUT. MM-HMM . UM, THAT WAS WAY AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR FISCAL YEAR, SO WE HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING THERE IN THE PAST FOUR MONTHS MAYBE. ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT. SO AGAIN, THAT IS OUR MEMO AND AS ALWAYS WE HAVE OUR EXCEL BREAKDOWN, BUT SOME NUMBERS HAVE CHANGED AND THIS WAS SUBMITTED LAST WEEK. SO JUST TO ADD OUR PROPERTY CLEANUP, LIKE I JUST MENTIONED, WE DID ONE AT 1 67 99. SO THAT TOOK US TO, UM, A REMAINING BALANCE AND OUR PROPERTY CLEANUP AT 9,832. AND OUR REMAINING BUDGET OVERALL IS $272,000 887. SO WE HAVE A LITTLE OVER $270,000 REMAINING FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, WHICH ENDS ON JUNE 30TH. OKAY. HOW MANY, YOU SAID WE HAVE FOUR? YES. FOUR ESTIMATES FOR AND WAITING. YEP. SO THREE, CURRENTLY FOUR ESTIMATES WAITING TO COME IN, ONE HOME TO BE VISITED BY SAVE THE SHUTTER. SO THAT'LL BE A GROUP PROJECT. SO YOU CAN SAY THAT'S FIVE ESTIMATES. AND THEN, UM, ONE HOME WAITING FOR WALKTHROUGH THROUGH BUILDING SAFETY. SO AGAIN, THAT'LL BE SIX ESTIMATES. ANY APPLICATIONS? YES, . OKAY. DROPPED OFF TO THIS WEEK. OKAY. AND THEN CAN I GET INFORMATION ON THE SAVE THE SERVICE PROJECT? YEP. OR I CAN, I WANNA PUT IT PUBLIC RIGHT NOW, BUT YEAH. [00:05:01] OH, OKAY. ALRIGHT. JUST BECAUSE WE MIGHT NOT NO, NO, NO. OKAY. I GOTCHA. I, YEAH, I CAN LET YOU KNOW WHAT THAT ONE IS. UM, ANY QUESTIONS? WHEN, WHEN YOU DROP OFF APPLICATIONS, DO YOU GO THROUGH THE, THE PROCESS WITH THE HOMEOWNER? SO, UM, THEY'LL CALL, CAN YOU, WHEN I DROP OFF IT'S USUALLY A SENIOR CITIZEN OR SOMEONE THAT CAN'T GET OUT, SO I JUST KIND OF STICK IT TO THEM. I'LL HIGHLIGHT WHAT'S NEEDED. CALL ME IF YOU NEED ME TO COME BACK IN. OKAY. IF YOU NEED ME TO, I'LL WALK THROUGH IT. SO I JUST KIND OF HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANT PARTS 'CAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF GIBBERISH, BLACK AND WHITE. SO I JUST HIGHLIGHT THE MOST IMPORTANT PARTS. IF THEY HAVE QUESTIONS, THEN I'LL, UM, GO OVER IT WHEN I GO BACK TO PICK IT UP. THAT EXPEDITES THE PROCESS, RIGHT? MM-HMM . SO THAT'S THAT. UM, COMMENTS, QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? I THINK WE'RE GOOD. WE SHOULD BE ON TRACK TO ROUND OUT THE, UM, FISCAL YEAR. I, I BELIEVE SO. YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. WE SHOULD BE MORE THAN UM, WELL ON OUR WAY. WE HAVE HAD OUR FUNDS FROM BEFORD, JASPER HOUSING IS ALREADY IN THIS CALCULATION. THAT'S WHAT MAKES THE 5 44. SO WE ARE GOOD. UM, YEAH. DO YOU THINK THAT WE WILL, WE PROBABLY WON'T NEED TO INCREASE FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, BUT CAN, ARE WE GONNA APPLY BACK TO OF COURSE. OKAY. OF COURSE. YEP. SO THAT'S THAT. UM, ALSO 2025, [VI.2. 2025 Fair Housing Month Proclamation] AS YOU ALL KNOW, IS OUR FAIR HOUSING MONTH PROCLAMATION. THIS ONE IS JUST OUR DRAFT THAT WAS SUBMITTED IN THE TOWN COUNCIL PACKET AND IT WILL BE SIGNED NEXT WEEK AND I WILL BE THERE TO, 'CAUSE LAST YEAR WE WERE NOT TO ACCEPT IT. SO I'M JUST GONNA READ THE TOP. A RESOLUTION DECLARING APRIL AS FAIR HOUSING MONTH IN THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON BY AFFIRMING THE CONTINUED DEDICATION TO FAIR HOUSING PRINCIPLES AND REGULATIONS ESTABLISHED BY THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA IN THE UNITED STATES FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. SO THIS YEAR WE'RE MARKED THE 57TH YEAR OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1968. SO AGAIN, THIS WILL BE SIGNED BY OUR MAYOR LARRY C TUBER ON NEXT TUESDAY AND I WILL BE, UH, PRESENT TO ACCEPT OUR PROCLAMATION. ALRIGHT, UM, I DO WANNA GIVE A COUPLE OF UPDATES BEFORE WE MOVE TO OUR DISCUSSION. UH, EVERYONE DID VOTING. I'M GONNA HIGHLIGHT MR. MCGILL 'CAUSE HE DID NOT VOTE ON WHEN HE WANTED TO GO TO SAVANNAH FOR THE TRAUMA TOUR. SO I'M GONNA PUT YOU ON SPOT. UM, SO WE DO HAVE TWO DATES THAT HAVE COME TO, UM, A OVERALL VOTE. AND, UH, MS. LES CANNOT GO, EXCUSE MY MUMBLING, MS. DE NOLA CANNOT GO 'CAUSE SHE CAN'T GET OUTTA THE OFFICE ON FRIDAYS. FRIDAYS ARE BAD FOR HER AND THAT'S THE ONLY DAY THAT THE TOUR IS BEING, UM, HELD. OKAY. SO WE ARE LOOKING AT FRIDAY, APRIL 28TH OR FRIDAY JUNE 27TH. LET'S NARROW THAT DOWN NOW SO I CAN GO AHEAD AND PURCHASE OUR TICKETS. WELL, JUNE 27TH DATE PROBABLY IS PREFERABLE FOR ME BECAUSE I'M RECOVERING RIGHT NOW. OKAY. I THINK I TRY AND GO AT THE END OF THIS MONTH IF I TO PUSH IN MY NOT WORK. OKAY. THAT, THAT WOULD WORK FOR ME. IF, IF, CAN WE ALL AGREE ON THAT? JUST TO GIVE HIM MIGUEL SOME TIME. WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE DATE FOR HIM AGAIN? FRIDAY, JUNE 27TH. JUNE 27TH, OKAY. YES SIR. YES. OKAY. SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND PURCHASE THOSE TICKETS. SO JUNE 27TH AND WE'LL WORK IF EVERY, WE'LL WORK ON NO, THAT IT ON YOUR CALENDAR. IT IS EIGHT 30 TO 12 AND I'LL SEND YOU ADDRESS AND EVERYTHING AS WE GET CLOSE TO THE TIME. UM, WHAT ELSE DO I HAVE? I WENT OUT TO OUR PROJECT OVER AT 10 95, MAY RIVER ROAD, THE MAY, UM, I'M NOT SURE HOW OFTEN YOU GUYS GO THAT WAY, BUT THEY HAVE PUT UP THE SILT FENCING ALREADY. TREES HAVE NOT COME DOWN, BUT I WENT OUT WITH ANGIE WHO WAS HELPING, UH, WATERSHED AND EVERYBODY DO THE TREE PROTECTION AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO I DID A WALKTHROUGH MONDAY AND TUESDAY, BUT I DECIDED TUESDAY TO DO A VIDEO. 'CAUSE I WANT US TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW HOW YOU BUILD A HOUSE, YOU WANNA SEE HOW THINGS ARE GOING, YOU WANT TO BE IN THE MOMENT, IN THE NOW KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. SO EXCUSE MY EDITING, EXCUSE MY PRODUCING AND MY DIRECTING, BUT I'M WORKING ON IT AND MY VOICE IS VERY CRINGEY RECORDED. SO I GOT A COUPLE OF SHOTS IN HERE. IT IS ABOUT A FOUR MINUTE VIDEO, BUT JUST KIND OF LOOK AND SEE WHERE THINGS ARE, SEE WHAT THE LAYOUT IS AND WHERE EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE. AS YOU GUYS CAN SEE, WE ARE ACTUALLY WALKING THE WHOLE SITE BEFORE THE TREES COME DOWN. JUST WANT YOU GUYS TO FEEL THE MOMENTUM AND GET EXCITED. . SO I'M GONNA WALK THE WHOLE PERIMETER AND THEN I'LL TRY TO STAND IN THE MIDDLE TO GET YOU A GOOD PICTURE OF OUR SPACE. IT IS VERY L SHE, I DIDN'T REALIZE. SO WHERE I'M STANDING IS PROPOSED UNITS. WHAT DID YOU SAY? ANGIE? RIGHT HERE [00:10:01] IS GONNA BE UNITS NINE THROUGH 12, NINE THROUGH 12. ON THIS BACK CORNER IS GONNA BE UNITS NINE THROUGH 12. THERE'S A SIDEWALK I HAVEN'T SEEN, UM, ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING. I'M GUESSING THAT THAT HOUSE RIGHT BEHIND THE BELONG THE GROUND. YEAH, I HAVE THE ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS. YEAH, WE STARTED OVER ON S HOLE BECAUSE CORD IS NOT RIGHT. YEAH, WE SNUCK INTO THAT. DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THERE'S MANY TREES MARKED. SO THEY'RE JUST GOING, THEY'RE ALL COMING OUT RIGHT. IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE ALL COMING OUT YET. OKAY. NO, WE GONNA BUILD TREE HOUSE. . WE, WE WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY. I'M LIKE YOU MARK, MARK DOWN. IT'S A LOT OF THIN TREES THAT THEY WANT TO SAVE, BUT I GUESS WE'LL SEE. AND THIS IS WHERE WE END. SO I'VE WALKED THE WHOLE LINE BACK HERE. IS THAT A HOLE? YEAH. SO THAT OUR PROPERTY, THAT'S, CAN YOU PICTURE WHAT WE SET FOR THE, THE RIBBON PACKET? YEAH. SO THAT'S THE HOUSE THAT'S RIGHT TO THE RIGHT OF WHAT WE SAID. OKAY. RIGHT WHERE WE SET. OKAY. SO IF YOU SEE WHERE THE CAR IS, WE START IT FROM THE BACK AND THEN WE WALK OKAY. ON BOOTS TOO? YES, YES, I HAVE, I WAS GETTING READY SAY, UM, SNAKE BOOTS IN THE TOUGHEST BUNKS. RIGHT? POSSIBLE THE TOUGHEST BUG DIDN'T, THERE WAS THAT MUCH, BUT YOU SAID IT WAS A LHA SO YOU PROBABLY COULDN'T SEE. COULDN'T SEE UNLESS YOU GET OUT THERE. YEAH. SO IF YOU GUYS CAN REMEMBER BACK IN MAY, THIS IS WHERE WE ACTUALLY SET AND DID THE PRESENTATION WHERE WE CUT THE RIBBON. SO WE ARE ACTUALLY BACK AT THE TOP. WE STARTED OVER FROM POSEYS COURT, WE CAME IN THAT WAY AND NOW WE ARE AT 10 95 MAY RIVER ROAD. SO WE WALKED THE WHOLE THING JUST SEEING WHAT WE HAD TO DO, OUR 12 TOWN HOMES FOR 12 DESERVING FAMILIES. AND I WILL BE BRINGING YOU MORE PICTURE UPDATES AND MORE VIDEOS AS WE START THIS PROCESS. AND THAT'S IT. SO IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE MUCH NOW, BUT I WAS KIND OF GETTING IN READY TO GO WHEN WE WENT ON. GLAD YOU DID THAT. THAT'S, YEAH. YEAH. SO I'LL BRING YOU UPDATES AS WE GET THINGS GOING AND THINGS START COMING DOWN. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. UM, DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANYTHING FOR ME TO WORK ON? ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE FOR ME TO RESEARCH? UM, GIVE SOME ASSIGNMENTS, KEEP ME BUSIER THAN I ALREADY AM SO FAR THE, UM, THE DEVELOPER, WHAT STAGE ARE THEY IN? UH, YOU SAW THE SOAP FENCING AND WHAT ELSE? SO I BELIEVE THEY WERE JUST WAITING FOR ANGIE TO APPROVE THE TREES THAT ARE GONNA BE STAYING AND THAT ARE COMING DOWN. SO I BELIEVE THE NEXT STEP THEY SHOULD BE GOING OUT THERE TO START, UM, ZOOMING THINGS DOWN, GETTING THINGS OUT. SO I DO HAVE TO GET WITH MARK, 'CAUSE MARK'S BEEN OUT THIS WEEK. A LOT OF STAFF HAS BEEN OUT DIFFERENT CONFERENCES THIS WEEK. SO I'LL GET WITH MARK TO SEE WHAT THE NEXT STEP IS EXACTLY. UM, BUT YEAH, TREES SHOULD BE COMING DOWN IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO. OKAY. THEN WE'LL GO FROM THERE. VERY GOOD. JUST AN UPDATE ON THE COMMUNITY, UH, WHITE GOODS PROP PROJECT. THAT IS GONNA BE JUNE 9TH, I THINK I TOLD YOU LAST MONTH, BUT THAT IS GONNA BE JUNE 9TH STARTING AT EIGHT WITH PUBLIC SERVICE. UM, I'M WORKING ON THE FLYER, UM, AND I'LL LET YOU GUYS SEE THAT SO YOU CAN KIND OF LOOK AT IT. IT'S GONNA GO TO THE LOCAL CHURCHES, UM, LUNCH AND SELF HELP, COMMUNITY KITCHEN AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THE HOMEOWNERS WILL KNOW. THEY'LL SIGN UP WITH ME A WEEK BEFORE JUST SO WE ARE NOT RIDING AROUND LOOKING FOR STUFF. UM, I THINK I TOLD YOU THEY DO GIVE CHECKS OR RECYCLE. WE ARE NOT TAKING THE CHECK. THE TOWN IS NOT TAKING THE CHECK. I AM GOING TO GIVE IT TO A NONPROFIT AGENCY. I'M NOT GONNA SAY ON AIR, BUT I WILL TELL YOU ONCE WE HANG OUT WHERE IT'S GONNA GO AND WE SHOULD BE GOOD. ALL RIGHT. THOSE, UM, THE PRESIDENT SIGN UP, SAY THEY HAVE WHITE GOODS AND, AND, UM, GIVE US PERMISSION TO COME AND GET IT. THAT'S HOW, THAT'S [00:15:01] HOW IT'S GONNA WORK. YES. MM-HMM . AND ON THAT FLYER, I WILL LET THEM KNOW THAT THE TOWN WILL NOT BE HANDLING ANY MONETARY, UM, EXCHANGE BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE KNOW WHEN YOU TAKE GOODS TO A RECYCLING CENTER, YOU DO GET MONEY BACK FOR IT. BUT I DO WANT THE HOMEOWNERS TO KNOW WE'RE NOT GETTING ANYTHING AND NEITHER ARE THEY. SO THAT'S GONNA GO ON A FLYER JUST SO THEY'LL KNOW FIRSTHAND. YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT ANYBODY COMING BACK. WHERE'S MY MONEY FOR MY WASHING MACHINE? YES. THIS IS SOUND LIKE A CLEANUP AND NOT A YES. EXACTLY. SO COVERING OUR COVERING ALL BASES, , COVERING ALL BASES. SO I AM DONE. UM, I DO HAVE [VII.1. Sophia Paulick, Development Specialist, Woda Cooper Companies Inc.] A PRESENTER FOR US, MS. SOPHIA P*****K. SHE'S, SHE'S FROM VOTER COOPER AND I'LL LET HER TELL YOU ABOUT HERSELF AND PUT HER IN THE RIGHT SPOT FOR OUR PRESENTATION. ALRIGHT, YOU HAVE THE MIC, MY EAR. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS SOPHIA AND I'M A DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST WITH LODA COOPER COMPANIES HERE TO PRESENT TO YOU OUR COMPANY AND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT A PROJECT THAT WE HAVE GOING ON IN THE AREA HERE. AWESOME. SO, LODO COOPER COMPANIES IS ACROSS 17 STATES. OUR CORPORATE OFFICE IS ACTUALLY IN COLUMBUS, OHIO, BUT I WAS RAISED AND LIVE IN SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. UM, AND WE WORK IN ONE OF OUR SATELLITE OFFICES HERE, UM, ACROSS ALL 17 STATES. WE HAVE ABOUT 400 PROPERTIES, WHICH TOTALS ABOUT 16,000 UNITS. UM, AND WE ARE VERTICALLY INTEGRATED. SO I WORK HERE ON THE CON UH, DEVELOPMENT SIDE. UH, BUT THEN WE ALSO HAVE A CONSTRUCTION TEAM AND THEN A MANAGEMENT TEAM. UM, AND SO WE BUILD AND OWN IN PERPETUITY AND, UH, WE MANAGE, UH, THROUGHOUT ALL COMPLIANCE PERIOD AND BEYOND. IN FACT, WE, ONCE IT REACHES THE END OF COMPLIANCE PERIOD, WE ACTUALLY, UH, LOOK TO GET MORE CREDITS AND KEEP IT AFFORDABLE, UH, FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE. UH, SO LODA COOPER IN SOUTH CAROLINA, UH, WE HAVE 12 OPERATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS UNDER MANAGEMENT. I'VE LISTED THREE DEVELOPMENTS HERE THAT ARE CLOSE TO WHERE WE ARE. UH, SO WE HAVE 1, 2, 3 CLUB IN BEAUFORT. IT'S A 40 UNIT GENERAL OCCUPANCY OR FAMILY, UH, PROPERTY. IT'S TWO STORY WALK-UPS AND IT WAS AN ORIGINALLY A REHAB DEAL THAT WAS PLACED IN SERVICE IN, UH, 2019. JENNY GREEN IS LOCATED IN HARDY, SOUTH CAROLINA. IT'S A 50 UNIT FAMILY GENERAL OCCUPANCY TOWN HOME THAT DEAL, UH, THAT WAS ORIGINALLY NEW CONSTRUCTION AND IT WAS PLACED IN SERVICE IN 2010. AND THEN PINE CREST GREEN IS IN CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA. IT'S A 46 UNIT ELEVATOR DEAL THAT WAS ORIGINALLY NEW CONSTRUCTION FOR FAMILIES. UM, IT WAS PLACED IN SERVICE IN, UH, 2011. UNDER CONSTRUCTION. WE HAVE TWO DEALS RIGHT NOW. UH, CLEMENS GREEN IN LEXINGTON AND CAL, ALFRED GREEN AND CHESTER. AND THEN, UH, WE ARE STARTING CONSTRUCTION ON THREE DEALS THIS YEAR. ONE'S IN SOMERVILLE, ONE'S IN SUMNER, AND THEN, UH, LIVEWELL TERRACE IS IN BLUFFTON. UH, AND THEN A LITTLE BIT MORE ON LIVEWELL. I GUESS LIVEWELL WILL BE 120 UNITS AND IT'S A THREE STORY WALKUP FOR FAMILIES. UM, AND THEN IT'S, IT'S NEW CONSTRUCTION. SO THIS IS JUST AN IMAGE OF ONE OF THE PROPERTIES. THIS ONE'S BENTON CROSSING. THIS IS LOCATED IN COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA. UH, THIS JUST PLACED IN SERVICE RECENTLY. THIS ONE IS PINECREST GREEN IN CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA. UM, THIS IS NEARING ITS END OF ITS COMPLIANCE PERIOD. AND THEN, UH, LOW COUNTRY CROSSING IN DENMARK, SOUTH CAROLINA. UM, SO LIVEWELL TERRACE A LITTLE BIT MORE THAT ONE AS WELL. UH, WE ARE PARTNERING WITH THE BEAUFORT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. UH, THEY ARE GROUND LEASING THAT LAND TO US. UM, SO, AND, AND THEY HAVE, THEY'RE VERY PRO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. UM, THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE A PLACE WHERE THEIR STAFF, NURSES, DOCTORS, UM, CAN FIND AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PLACE TO LIVE. SO, UM, THAT WAS ONE OF THEIR MAIN REASONS FOR PARTNERING WITH US. UM, AND THEY'VE BEEN INCREDIBLY HELPFUL WITH LOCAL COMMUNICATIONS AND LOCAL CONTACTS. WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH A, UM, A ATTORNEY, A LAND USE ATTORNEY TO SUBMIT, UH, TO THE TOWN ACTUALLY OUR, UH, THREE APPLICATIONS TO GET, UH, STARTED AND SORTED OUT ON THAT PUD ASSIGNMENT. UM, SO THEY'VE BEEN INCREDIBLY HELPFUL WITH CONNECTING US TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN THAT REGARD. AND, UH, THEN MORE WAYS ON HOW WE CAN PARTNER WITH THE TOWN. UH, WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH YOU ALL THROUGH, UH, THE ENTITLEMENT PROCESS. UH, LIKE I UH, MENTIONED WE'RE WORKING WITH THE LAND USE ATTORNEY TO SUBMIT THOSE THREE APPLICATIONS AND THEN WE'LL MOVE THROUGH THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD, UM, AND ALL OTHER TOWN PROCESSES, UH, TO GET FULLY PERMITTED. AND THEN ONCE PERMITTED, UM, WE'LL UH, GO THROUGH THE INSPECTIONS WITH THE TOWN THROUGH CONSTRUCTION PROCESS AND THEN, UM, WE'LL, WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK TO HAVE A PARTNERSHIP BEYOND WITH MANAGEMENT, UM, AND ET CETERA. BUT, UM, WE'RE ALSO VERY OPEN IF THE TOWN HAS ANY SUGGESTIONS ON HOW YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO PARTNER WITH US, WHICH YOU WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM US. UM, WE'RE HAPPY TO DISCUSS AND, AND GET THAT FEEDBACK FROM YOU ALL ON THAT. SO THAT'S [00:20:01] JUST KIND OF THE BRIEF, UH, INTRODUCTION I HAVE ON ANYTHING. BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, HAPPY TO YES, SIR. MOTOR COOPER PRIVATELY HELD. YES. AND UH, ARE YOU DOING THE CONSTRUCTION AND MANAGEMENT UNDER CONTRACT WITH BUFORT MEMORIAL? NO, SIR. SO THE CONSTRUCTION COMP, WDA CONSTRUCTION INC. WILL HANDLE THE CONSTRUCTION, UM, WHICH IS AFFILIATED WITH VDA COOPER COMPANIES AND THEN WDA, I BELIEVE IT'S REAL ESTATE AND MANAGEMENT IS THE FORMAL NAME AS THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY THAT WILL HANDLE, UH, THEY'RE SEPARATE COMPANIES, UM, ALL UNDER THE SAME UMBRELLA OF VDO COOPER COMPANIES, BUT, UM, NOT AFFILIATED WITH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, UM, JUST UNDER THE VDO COOPER COMPANIES UMBRELLA. IF THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION. ARE THERE OTHER PROJECTS YOU'RE DISCUSSING WITH BEAUFORT MEMORIAL? UM, I, I'M NOT SURE I, WE'D BE EXCITED TO EXPLORE MORE OPPORTUNITIES WITH THEM, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S ANY ON THE, ON THE HORIZON FOR US. I, I KNOW THEY, THEY WANT TO EXPAND, SO. ALRIGHT. HOW MUCH LAND WAS IT THAT THEY, THAT YOU'RE GROUND LEASING? UM, GREAT QUESTION. I THINK IT'S APPROXIMATELY THREE ACRES. THREE ACRES APPROXIMATELY. WE HAVE PLANS, UM, THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH AND I'M, I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THOSE WITH YOU ALL. MM-HMM . UM, I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT NUMBER BECAUSE WE, WE ACTUALLY HAD SOME TRANSITION WITHIN THE COMPANY, SO, UM, EVEN ALL MAY KNOW THE NAME PARKER C UH, HE WAS ORIGINALLY ON THIS AND NOW I'M TAKING IT OVER, SO, SORRY, I'M NOT NO, YOU'RE FINE NUMBERS, BUT I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THEM WITH YOU. OKAY. WHAT'S THE SMALLEST AMOUNT OF GROUND, GROUND LEASING THAT YOU'VE DONE? UM, SMALLEST AMOUNT OF GROUND LEASING, I'M NOT SURE, BUT, UM, IT BURY ACROSS 17 DIFFERENT STATES. UM, LIKE I KNOW FOR, UH, EXAMPLE, WE WERE LOOKING TO DO HALF AN ACRE IN ATLANTA, UM, BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE THAT HEIGHT, IT WAS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE MERCEDES-BENZ STADIUM. SO, UM, WE'RE VERY, UM, USED TO, TO BUILDING ON AND, AND KIND OF FORMING WITH THE AREA ENVIRONMENT THAT WE'RE IN. SO IT JUST DEPENDS ON, UM, ZONING AND ORDINANCE. BUT WE'RE, WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH WHERE WE GO AND WE, WE LIKE TO SAY THAT WE'RE NOT, UM, LIKE A COOKIE CUTTER COPY AND PASTE RIGHT. OF OTHER DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE HAVE. SO, UH, WHAT WE'LL UH, BUILD HERE IS GOING TO LOOK UNLIKE ANYTHING ELSE. YEAH, I SAW THAT WITH THE DIFFERENT PROPERTIES, THEY ALL LOOK DIFFERENT. LIKE THEY WOULD ACCEPT A CHALLENGE OF LIKE A SMALL PARCEL OF LAND YOU WERE TRYING TO SAY. YES. COULD WE? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. AND THEN WHAT'S THE TIMELINE? SO WE'RE LOOKING TO, UM, CLOSE PERMITTING AND, AND START CONSTRUCTION BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. UM, I THINK OUR TEAM, WE HAVE A PRE-CONSTRUCTION TEAM, UH, WHO'S WORKING THROUGH THIS WITH YOU ALL. UM, AND I THINK THAT THEY'RE PROJECTING KIND OF CLOSER TO END OF YEAR. UM, BUT IT KIND OF ALL DEPENDS ON THAT SUBMISSION OF THOSE THREE APPLICATIONS I THINK WITH THE TOWN AND EVERYTHING. YES. FOR WHEN DID YOU GUYS START? I BELIEVE WE RECEIVED THE WARD END OF LAST YEAR. NO, LAST YEAR. SO A YEAR. OKAY. IT'S BETTER THAN FOUR . AND THEN ONCE CONSTRUCTION STARTS, WE TYPICALLY SEE NO MORE THAN 14 MONTHS ON BUILDING IT. OKAY. SO I THINK WE WOULD PUT TO PLACE IN SERVICE IN IN TWO YEARS MAYBE. SO CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE RENDITION OF WHAT, UH, I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY. I THOUGHT YOU HAD ONE OF, OF WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING TO DO IN BLOOD OH, FOR BEAVER MEMORIAL, RIGHT. DO YOU HAVE I DON'T HAVE IT IN THIS PRESENTATION, UM, BUT WE'RE WORKING ON SOME PLANS SO I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THOSE WITH YOU ALL. AND THEN HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH THE DIFFERENT LOOKS FOR EACH ONE? WAS IT JUST BASED ON WHAT WAS AFFORDABLE OR DID YOU WORK WITH THE TOWN OR MUNICIPALITY TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE LOOK THEY NEEDED OR? UM, I KIND OF THINK ALL OF THE ABOVE. THIS ONE'S ACTUALLY A GREAT EXAMPLE. IF YOU SEE THOSE AT THE, AT THE FIRST FLOOR, THOSE, UH, SIX OR NINE SQUARES, UM MM-HMM THAT HAVE BLUE CIRCLE, IT'S ACTUALLY PUBLIC ART, UM, AND NICE ARTISTS THAT WAS IN THE COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA AREA. UM, SO A LITTLE BIT OF, OF ALL OF WHAT YOU JUST MENTIONED, WE LIKE TO KEEP IT AFFORDABLE. UM, BUT WE DO HEAVILY COLLABORATE WITH THE AREAS. IF THERE'S ANY KIND OF LOOK AND FEEL THAT YOU ALL WANT TO SEE, WE TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION, UM, AND TRY TO GET THAT WHERE WE CAN. IS THIS SCHOOL HOUSING? THIS IS NOT, THIS IS, UH, FULLY, IT'S LIKE THE DORMS. THEY LOOK LIKE DORMS, THE DORMS IN COLUMBUS. WHAT ARE, I MEAN THAT'S BASICALLY COLUMBIA, RIGHT? YEAH. PARTMENT STYLE. WHAT IS THE, UH, AVERAGE RENTAL PRICE FOR THE COLUMBIA PROPERTY? UM, I CAN PROVIDE THE EXACT, UH, UH, RENTS, [00:25:01] BUT, UM, WE, IT'S BASED ON AVERAGE OR AREA MEDIAN INCOME. SORRY. SO I THINK THAT THIS PROPERTY WAS, WE LIKE TO DO IT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 30 AND 80% A MI I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE UH, WHAT UH, PERCENTAGES WE USED FOR THIS ONE. UM, BUT, BUT IT'S BASED OFF OF THE AREA INCOME AND THEN THAT DETERMINES KIND OF THE RENTS THAT ARE SET FOR THIS AREA. AND THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF YOUR CLIENTELE THERE. THIS ONE IS A FAMILY DEVELOPMENT. HEY, ANYTHING? I DON'T THINK SO. YOU ASKED GOOD QUESTIONS, JUST LIKE HOW, HOW DO WE HELP YOU MORE BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE A GOOD SYSTEM. DO WE HAVE ANYTHING? POSSIBLY, YEAH. OKAY. I WAS GONNA ASK THAT TOO. I DIDN'T KNOW IF WE WERE STILL LIKE ACTIVELY THE TOWN ACTIVELY. OKAY. UM, THE TOWN IS VERY, UM, SUPPORTING OF THE PEOPLE MEMORIAL PROJECT. MOST OF WHAT SHE'S SAYING I'M ALREADY INVOLVED WITH. SO THANK YOU. YEAH. I WANT YOU TO BE HERE 'CAUSE I WANTED COMMITTED TO RESPECT WHAT YOU DO. ALL RIGHT. AND GET AN IDEA OF HOW YOU'VE BEEN, YOU'VE BEEN, UM, INSTRUMENTAL IN ACROSS THE COUNTRY. UM, AND DEFINITELY SOMETHING I THINK BLUFFTON MM-HMM CAN EXPLORE MORE INTO. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. UM, AND YOU ARE WELCOME TO COME BACK AGAIN WHEN YOU THINK, UM, YOU MIGHT WITH RENDITIONS. YEAH. WITH RENT, WITH RENTAL, A MI, ALL OF THOSE THINGS. YES. I'M HAPPY TO EMAIL THAT TO YOU. AND, AND KELLY PRESENTS AGAIN IF YOU ALL WOULD LIKE, AND I ALSO HAVE BUSINESS CARDS, SO AT THE END OF THIS I'M HAPPY TO SHARE MY CONTACT INFORMATION IF YOU MIND. OKAY. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU MA'AM FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SOPHIE. ALRIGHT, THAT IS ALL I HAVE. AND THE 20:25 AM NUMBERS HAVE COME OUT. I LOOKED YESTERDAY, SO THEY MUST HAVE CAME ON THE FIRST. SO I'M WORKING ON THAT. I'M JUST WAITING FOR BEAUFORT AUTHORITY, BEAUFORT HOUSING AUTHORITY TO PUT UP THEIR, UM, UTILITY ALLOWANCE SHEETS AND THEN I'LL PUT IT OUT TO YOU SO YOU'LL HAVE ALL THE NUMBERS ABOVE. OKAY. SO HAVE EVERYTHING AT ONE TIME. PROBABLY HAVE IT ALL TOGETHER BY MONDAY OR TUESDAY. OKAY. ALRIGHT. GOOD. THAT'S ALL I HAVE AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DONE. UM, ANYTHING ELSE FROM THE COMMITTEE BEFORE WE OUTTA HERE? NO. ALRIGHT. WE THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME AND WELL FIND OUT. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I'M SORRY. YEP. MR. LES? YES, I'M GOOD. I I I HEARD EVERYTHING. I'M GOOD. . ALL RIGHT. YOU'RE GOOD. WE'RE SORRY YOU CAN'T MAKE IT WITH US IN JUNE. MAYBE BY JUNE YOU'LL HIRE A FEW PEOPLE. YEAH, MAYBE . OKAY. IT, IT, IT ACTUALLY ISN'T THE PEOPLE. IT'S ME. OH. SO IT'S ME. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL WE ARE DONE HERE AND I'LL PASS IT BACK OVER TO CHAIRMAN FOR A JOINING ADJOURNING. OKAY. THANKS EVERYONE FOR YOUR TIME AND WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED. ALRIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING BEAUFORT COUNTY TV. APRIL IS FAIR HOUSING MONTH. BEAUFORT COUNTY GOVERNMENT WANTS TO REMIND YOU THAT WE ALL HAVE A RIGHT TO BE TREATED FAIRLY IN THE SALE, RENTAL AND FINANCING OF DWELLINGS AND OTHER HOUSING RELATED TRANSACTIONS REGARDLESS OF RACE, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN, RELIGION, SEX, FAMILIAL STATUS, OR DISABILITY. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT FAIR HOUSING, PLEASE CALL 8 4 3 7 2 6 5 5 3 6. * 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.