Apr 08, 2025 Bluffton Town Council

[I. CALL TO ORDER]

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STATE. WELCOME EVERYONE TODAY TUESDAY ,MARCH 1125 AND WE WILL CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER WITH THE LEGISLATURE'S FOLLOWED BY THE IMPLICATIONS IS LIKE DEATH AND I WOULD LIKE YOU A UNION TO HONOR AND PRAY WITH ME I WOULD APPRECIATE IT EMBRACING FATHER INSPIRE US TO USE OUR POSITIVE CREATIVE ENERGIES TO OVERCOME THE OBSTACLES OF INTOLERANCE AND INDIFFERENCE MAY WE LEARN TO LOVE OUR NEIGHBORS MORE DEEPLY SO THAT WE CAN TO CREATE A PEACEFUL, CARING AND JUST COMMUNITY AS WE PRAY FOR OUR FAMILIES AND OUR FRIENDS, MAY WE HELP OTHER IN TIMES OF LOSS AND SORROW WITH PATIENCE LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING JUST AS LOVE AND YOU HELP EACH OF US FATHER PLEASE PROVIDE THE SPIRIT NEEDED TO WARM OUR HEARTS FOR THE JOURNEY IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY AMEN. AMEN

[IV. ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES]

[V. PRESENTATIONS, CELEBRATIONS, AND RECOGNITIONS]

FIRST WE'RE GOING TO HAVE YOU FOR COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT CHARACTER OR STUDENT OF THE MONTH ARIEL I OR ANYONE ELSE WANT TO COME UP WITH THE PARENTS SIBLINGS? YES. BUT YOU ARE WELCOME GREATER THAN I AND OUR CHARACTER TRAIT IS HONESTY AND INTEGRITY. SO WHO WOULD WANT TO WANT TO SAY OH YEAH I WOULD LIKE TO SAY A COUPLE THINGS I I HAD A ROUGH START IN MIDDLE SCHOOL. I FEEL LIKE YOU'VE DONE IT FOR SAYING THIS BUT I HAD THE GRADES EVER AND I WOULD BASICALLY THROW MY FOUR CARDS IN THE TRASH BECAUSE I WAS DISAPPOINTED IN WHAT I HAD TO OFFER THIS SORRY FRESHMAN YEAR I'M SORRY YOU'RE MY FRESHMAN YEAR. I STARTED TO WORK MY GRADES UP.

I STARTED TO ATTENDING HONORS CLASSES IN AP CLASSES AND I PROVED TO MYSELF, MY PEERS THAT I AM ABLE TO DO AND ACCOMPLISH MANY THINGS WHETHER IT WAS STARTING DRUM CLUB IN FRESHMAN YEAR WORKING WAY UP TO BE IN NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY AND NOW PRESIDENT OF MUSIC HONOR SOCIETY I AM PROUD OF THE PERSON I BECOME AND I THANK YOU FOR ALL THE PEOPLE IN MY LIVES THAT SHAPE ME TO BE WHO I AM TODAY SO I GUESS I'LL SAY I DID HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF HAVING ARIEL IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND NOW IN HER SENIOR YEAR AND ERIN, I'LL LET YOU KNOW THAT IN THE LAST SEVEN YEARS I COMPLETELY FORGOT ABOUT THIS. SO YOU KNOW, SHORT TERM MEMORIES, YOU KNOW, FORGET QUICKLY AS YOU CAN, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE CAN ALWAYS GROW AND DEVELOP AND IN HIGH SCHOOL I CAN SPEAK TO WHAT HER TEACHERS WROTE IN APPLICATION FOR HER TO BE SELECTED FOR THIS AWARD WHERE THEY SPOKE ABOUT HER HONESTY INTEGRITY HER ETHICAL LEADERSHIP WHERE GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND IN THE CLASSROOM SPECIFICALLY IN ORCHESTRA AND HER MEDIA TRACK WHERE YOU WILL SEE ARIEL ALL OVER SCHOOL HELPING TO GUIDE YOUNGER STUDENTS ALL THE COURSES THAT SHE HAS SHE'S ALWAYS CARRIED HERSELF CONDUCTED HERSELF IN SUCH A PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY IN OUR SCHOOL WHICH IS GREAT FOR AND WE ARE GRATEFUL THAT YOUR WELCOME OKAY AND INFORMATION AND UNDERSTAND THAT WE ALL KNOW THAT THIS IS SCHOOL IT'S VALUE

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YOU'RE DONE. YOU TO KEEP IT UP. AND SO SHE DID AND SOMETIMES WE HAD TO PUT BOUNDARIES ON HER BECAUSE SHE TOOK ON TOO MUCH. SHE WAS DOING AND COMPETING AND SWIMMING AND ORCHESTRA AND ALL OF THE OTHER CLUBS. SO YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO TEACH HER A LITTLE BALANCE BECAUSE HAS BECOME A WORKHORSE AND SHE'S SHE'S A BEAUTIFUL SOUL INSIDE AND OUT JUST LIKE HER BIGGER SISTER AND AND AND THIS MAN KEEP HIM IN HIGH SCHOOL TELLING HIM HE'S TO TAKE THESE KIDS FOR AND WE'RE GOING LIKE YOU KNOW SOME OF NEXT CHEER UP YOU SAID MIGHT YOU KNOW THAT RIGHT AND YOU SAID THAT'S CREATING A COUPLE OF LITTLE SMALL CHUCKLES FROM THE TOWN FOR SPECIAL PEOPLE LIKE YOU AND WE ALL GET TOGETHER AND GET PICTURE IN. RIGHT. ARE YOU READY? OKAY. YEAH, I GOT IT. ERIN THANK YOU.

HOW ARE YOU? I CAN GET YOU TO GIVE ONE MORE INDUCEMENT SO YOU WE HAVE CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION AND AWARENESS MONTH PROCLAMATION. THERE ARE CURRENTLY 1.1 MILLION CHILDREN ACROSS OUR STATE AND ALL CHILDREN DESERVE TO HAVE STABLE AND NURTURING HOMES IN FISCAL YEAR 2024 THERE WERE 7663 CHILDREN IN FOUNDED INVESTIGATIONS OF CHILD MALTREATMENT HOPEFUL HORIZONS CONDUCTED HUNDRED AND 11 FORENSIC INTERVIEWS AND THE CHILD PREVENTION ABUSE CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION ASSOCIATION PROVIDED 14,288 DAYS OF CARE TO 108 FOSTER CHILDREN. SO OUR TOUMA ALONG WITH 13 HELP ACCOUNTABLE COUNSEL PROCLAIM APRIL TO BE CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION AND AWARENESS MONTH WITH HOPEFUL HORIZONS CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION ASSOCIATION AND OTHER SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAMS AROUND THE STATE URGING ALL CITIZENS TO DEDICATE THEMSELVES TO PROTECT THE QUALITY LIFE FOR EVERY CHILD.

CHRIS OH OKAY. I DIDN'T WANT IT TO GO IN THE RESTAURANT WELL THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU ARE DOING WHICH I LIKE TO SAY THE THINGS THAT ARE JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU I SAID I WANT TO HELP PROVIDE SUPPORTIVE DIRECTORS AND THIS IS ON PAPER I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE PROCLAMATION AND YOUR SUPPORT. UM, WE DO A LOT OF GOOD WORK AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE COME ALONG AND AS YOU SHARE SOME STATISTICS SOUTH CAROLINA HAS A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH CHILD SEXUAL ASSAULT AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

SO WE ARE HERE SO IF PEOPLE HAVE NOT HEARD OF US COUPLE HOPEFUL HORIZONS WE SERVE FIVE COUNTIES ALLENDALE JASPER BEAUFORT HAMPTON AND ALLENDALE SO WE ARE HERE AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU TO MAKE SURE TO ROSE'S AND ONE THORN NAME NOT A FINGER HERE YOU GO IN HERE JUST LET THE GOVERNMENT JUST WANT TO COME UP WHAT JOE AND IKE OKAY THIS THIS IS APPRECIATION WEEK

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AND SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO SAY YES, WE WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO US IS THAT ACKNOWLEDGE OUR TEACHERS IN SEAFORD COUNTY A WONDERFUL BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE AND THIS SIGN WILL GO IN FRONT OF EVERY PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOL IN BEAUFORT COUNTY FROM MAY 5TH TO THE NINTH AND WE JUST WANTED TO FIND A WAY TO LET OUR TEACHERS KNOW THAT WE RESPECT THEM, THAT WE HONOR THEM AND WE APPRECIATE THEM. AND SO THIS YEAR WE DECIDED THAT WE WOULD ASK FOR A PROCLAMATION WHICH THE OTHER THING THAT YOU ARE SUCH A PARTNER WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO KNOW THAT YOU BACK THEM AND THAT DO SUPPORT THEM. SO I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR EVERYBODY AS YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR DOING IT.

THANK YOU VERY, VERY PERIOD. YOU GOT IT. OKAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK ME SO IF YOU SAY THAT IT'S GOING TO BE VERY FRIENDLY OF TEXAS DOVE HARBOR DAY PROCLAMATION WE HAVE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD THE BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE HERE. I SEE A COUPLE I MAY RECOGNIZE THEIR OH YES YOU'RE UP HERE EVERY MONTH. HOW ARE ARBOR DAY WAS FIRST OBSERVED WITH THE PLANTING MORE THAN A MILLION TREES IN NEBRASKA IS NOW OBSERVED THROUGHOUT. THE NATION AND THE WORLD LOOKED AT TOWN COUNCIL IN A BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE ARE COMMITTED TO A TREE IS THE TREE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM THAT PROMOTES A SAFE HEALTHY, ATTRACTIVE URBAN FOREST. OUR MAYOR LARRY JUMA WILL ALWAYS THE TOWN COUNCIL DO HEREBY PROCLAIM FRIDAY, APRIL 25TH AS ARBOR DAY AND URGE ALL RESIDENTS TO SUPPORT EFFORTS TO PROTECT OUR TREES AND WETLANDS .

SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT HOW IT WORKED OVER THE NIGHT? I JUST WANT TO THANK THE TOWN FOR SUPPORTING TREES AND PARKS AND MAKING COMMUNITY VIEW WETLANDS AND WEAPONS. THANK YOU.

YOU KNOW AND READY TO HONESTLY DO IT YOU KNOW HOW DO WE GET MISS VICTORIA SMALL TO COME UP ? HOW COME YOU'RE OUT WORKING US OUT OF THIS IS FAIR HOUSING MONTH PROGRAM PROCLAMATION APRIL 11TH MARKS THE 57TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SIGNING OF THE TITLE EIGHT OF THE 1968 CIVIL RIGHTS ACT. THIS GUARANTEES FAIR HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL AMERICANS THAT IS OUR DESIRES THAT ALL ITS CITIZENS BE AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTAIN A DECENT, SAFE AND SOUND LIVING ENVIRONMENT.

HI, LARRY. TO THE MAYOR OF BLUFFTON, OUR TOWN DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF APRIL TO BE FAIR HOUSING MONTH AND ARE COMMITTED TO FAIR HOUSING FOR ALL RESIDENTS AND PROSPECTIVE RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON.

SO WE HAVE THE GREAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY SOME ON BEHALF OF WHAT YOU DO AND FOR YOU'RE WRONG OKAY I REPRESENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMITTEE I AM THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM DIRECTOR AND WE ARE DOING HOME REPAIRS SEVERAL HOME REPAIRS AND WE'RE JUST WORKING HARD. OUR BUDGET IS STILL UP SO IF ANYONE KNOWS THAT MEANS HOME REPAIRS PLEASE HAVE TO REACH OUT TO ME AND WE ARE ALSO WORKING ON OUR PROJECT TO MAKE AT MAIN RIVER 1095 WHICH IS STARTING AND IS STARTING ON SO THANK YOU ON BEHALF

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BEING WITH YOU WATER WATER. UP NEXT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR DON RUN OF VACATION QUARTERLY UPDATE MR. DAVID NO IT'S VERY IN COUNCIL IT IS AGAIN A PLEASURE TO BE IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY. I'LL GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE, A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THIS.

EVERY YEAR WE SPEAK TO FOUR COUNTIES WE DO EVERY YEAR GIVE THEM AN UPDATE AND ONE OF THE GENTLEMEN IN IT THIS YEAR WAS A GENTLEMAN BY. THE NAME OF ED IS SOMEBODY YOU KNOW HIM AND HE WAS INVOLVED EVEN BEFORE I GOT INVOLVED WITH THE GENTLEMAN LARRY HUGHES AND SOME OTHER MAYORS, ALL DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND HE CAME AT ME OUT OF THE HE GOES FAVORITE.

I HAD NO IDEA YOU GUYS WERE GOING TO DO ALL THIS STUFF. YOU DO BECAUSE WHEN I FIRST ENVISIONED BRINGING THIS AND WE'RE WORKING TO BRING SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO BLUFF AND I THINK IT COULD HELP A COUPLE OF YOU GUYS ARE DOING SO MUCH IT JUST BLOWS ME AWAY.

SO WITH THAT IN MIND I THOUGHT WELL MAYBE I NEED TO SHARE THAT AND LOOK BACKWARDS A LITTLE BIT. I ALWAYS KIND OF LOOK FORWARD TO DOING NEXT NEXT NEXT IS ALWAYS ABOUT INNOVATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT BUT I WANT TO SPEND A LITTLE TIME MAYBE FIVE OR 6 MINUTES TOTAL TIME FRAME BECAUSE 3 MINUTES THERE I KEEP GOING.

ALL RIGHT. BUT WE STARTED WITH ONE PROGRAM IN 2013 AND NOW WE HAVE SEVEN DIFFERENT PROGRAMS FROM START UP WHICH WAS THE INITIAL PROGRAM WE HAVE NOW WE HAVE GROWTH. WE HAVE TRADE OUT FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE BLUE COLLAR SKILLS THAT WANT TO LEARN HOW TO TURN THAT INTO A BUSINESS WE HAVE THE THRIVE PROGRAM FOR FOR COMPANIES BEYOND GROWTH WE THE NEW EVOLVE PROGRAM FOR COMPANIES THAT WANT TO USE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN THEIR CORPORATIONS. WE HAVE THE HEROES PROGRAM WE THIS NEW PROGRAM CALLED SPEED BUILD WILL LET YOU GO FROM AN ON A PIECE OF PAPER TO A PHYSICAL PRODUCT IN A COUPLE OF HOURS TO A PROTOTYPE. WE'VE WORKED WITH 85 PROGRAM COMPANIES AND WE SERVE MORE THAN 300 COMPANIES TOTAL ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SIDE LAST YEAR WE WORKED FOUR GRANTS FOR $42.4 MILLION TOTAL 108 JOBS WITH AN AVERAGE SALARY 70,000 $75,000. AND WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE IN THE PIPELINE NOW THAT WOULD BE ABOUT A $7 MILLION CAPITAL INVESTMENT THAT WILL EMPLOY 30 PEOPLE SO THAT YOU'LL SEE THAT PROBABLY HOPEFULLY NEXT MONTH. SO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS GOING STRONG AS WELL.

FACILITIES YOU KNOW WE HAVE OUR MAIN FACILITY THE HUB AT BUCKWALTER PLACE 3000 SQUARE FEET AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO BE USING BUILDING 100 WHICH BY THE WAY WE REALLY NEED A BETTER FOR THEM BUILDING 100 SO IF ANYBODY HAS ANY IDEAS WE'RE OPEN TO THAT 14,000 SQUARE FEET THE BRIGHT BEGINNINGS DAYCARE WILL BE THERE. WE HAVE SIX TENANTS BASES MANY OF WHICH WE THINK WE ALREADY HAVE RENTED OUT. OUR GOAL IS REALLY TO HAVE IT RENTED OUT COMPLETELY BY THE TIME IT OPENS IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER AND OF COURSE THE HIGH WHICH IS WHICH WAS THE WORKING NAME FOR OUR LANDING PAD SO FROM 3000 SQUARE FEET TO 17,000 SQUARE FEET OF FACILITIES MENTORSHIP WE HAVE 86 MENTORS, THE LARGEST NUMBER OF ANY MENTOR NETWORK IN THE REGION INCLUDING CHARLESTON. WE HAVE MORE MENTORS THAN ANYONE AND WE USE THEM A LOT INITIATIVES I'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE THE PROGRAM WE'RE STILL DOING I'VE SPOKEN TO MORE THAN 1500 PEOPLE IN THE LAST 14 MONTHS ABOUT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND WE HAVE BECOME KNOWN AS ONE OF THE GO TO ORGANIZATIONS FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN THE REGION BOTTOM LINE PERFORMANCE SO COMPANIES THAT ARE STILL IN BUSINESS AND WE'VE WORKED WITH THEM EVEN AFTER FIVE YEARS 73% THE AVERAGE IS 55%.

WE HAVE 16 CURRENT COMPANIES. WE HAVE FOUR MORE IN THE DILIGENCE PHASE AS WELL TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE OKAY TO GET INTO THE PROGRAM. WE'RE GOOD FOR THEM AND THEY'RE GOOD FOR US. THE AVERAGE COMPANY IS WHAT WAS 14 MONTHS REGARDLESS OF IF THE STARTUP OR GROWTH OR THRIVE 86 MENTORS 83% OF THE BUSINESSES ARE BASED IN BLUFFTON 47% ARE MINORITY OWNED. THE AVERAGE REVENUE FOR A STARTUP COMPANY IS $96,000 NOT BAD FOR A STARTUP AVERAGE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES NOT SURPRISING TO THE GROWTH COMPANY. YOU LOOK AT THE AVERAGE ANNUAL REVENUE OF THE GROWTH COMPANIES THAT WITH $2.3 MILLION AND THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES FOR A GROWTH COMPANY 14 AND AGAIN TOTAL PRESENTATION NUMBER OF PEOPLE WE SPOKEN WITH IN THE LAST YEAR 1500 SO ONE MORE

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I WAS STILL REALLY UNSURE ABOUT CONTINUING WITH THE BUSINESS. I'VE BEEN RUNNING IT UP NORTH.

I CAME ACROSS THE DON RYAN CENTER FIRST GETTING ACCEPTED INTO THE PROGRAM FELT LIKE A BIG MILESTONE BECAUSE IT TOLD ME THAT THEY SAW ENOUGH VALUE IN WHAT I WAS DOING TO INVEST THEIR TIME IN ME. I DECIDED TO WORK WITH THEM BECAUSE I HAD A GOOD CONVERSATION WITH PAUL AND I JUST TRUSTED THAT HE WAS THE RIGHT PERSON.

I THINK HE MADE A COMMENT ABOUT WEREN'T REALLY GOING TO BE PATTING ME ON THE BACK BUT THEY WERE GOING TO TELL ME WHAT I NEEDED TO HEAR AND NOT ALWAYS WHAT I WANTED TO HEAR AND I NEEDED THAT I HAVE ENOUGH CHEERLEADERS AT HOME. SO THE BIGGEST PROBLEM I WAS FACING WAS GETTING STARTED UP AND THEN IT WAS ALSO DECIDING LIKE HOW TO DO IT.

SO I HAD DONE VARIOUS THINGS LIKE PRIVATE DINING, CATERING AND COOKING AND I WASN'T SURE KIND OF WHICH ONE OF THEM TO BEGIN SELLING AND SO THEY HELPED ME JUST CREATE A REALLY REALLY WELL THOUGHT OUT AND IRONED OUT STRATEGY ON HOW TO LAUNCH HOW TO MANAGE FINANCES HAVING SUPER ORGANIZED DETAILED NOTES, BEING ABLE TO CONNECT ME WITH MENTORS AND SO I HAVE SOMEBODY FOR EVERY SIDE OF THE BUSINESS THAT I CAN CALL KEEPING ME ACCOUNTABLE AND KNOWING THAT I HAVE TO GO BACK IN FRONT THEM IN FRONT OF THE SHARK TANK EVERY TWO WEEKS OR TO SAY YES I DID DO THE THINGS PROBABLY THE MOST HELPFUL PIECE OF IT FOR ME WHERE I STARTED WAS SOMEBODY WHO WASN'T EVEN SURE THAT I WAS GOING TO LAUNCH THE BUSINESS.

I HAD NO CUSTOMERS, NO CLIENTS . NOW I'M AT A PLACE WHERE I'VE JUST FINALLY MOVED INTO MY OWN COMMERCIAL KITCHEN. IT'S A LIFELONG DREAM FOR ME.

I'M ABLE TO CHARGE A LOT MORE FOR MY SERVICES NOW I KNOW VERY CLEARLY THE ROADMAP IS WE'RE GROWING REALLY QUICKLY. I'M FINALLY ABLE TO IT'S BEEN AN AWESOME JOURNEY AND I WOULDN'T BE HERE WITHOUT WITHOUT EVERYBODY. SO JUST A LITTLE FLAVOR WE HAVE A LOT OF THESE VIDEOS AND IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO SEE THE FACE BEHIND SOME OF THE NUMBERS.

AS ANTONIO SAID, HE'S JUST ABOUT TO GET IN HIS FIRST SUMMER COMMERCIAL KITCHEN.

HE'S GOING TO BE HIRING MORE STAFF PROBABLY SOME T SEAL CULINARY INSTITUTE GRADUATES AND YOU KNOW HE'S GROWING WITH THE REST OF BOSTON SO JUST A LITTLE SAMPLE OF WHAT WE DO SO WITH THAT I'M INCLUDED ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT CHICKEN? WHAT'S THAT BRINGING THAT CHICKEN WITH ME? OH, SORRY I DID NOT BRING YOU THAT CHICKEN BUT I CAN SET YOU UP AND I KNOW A GUY YOU GOT A NUMBER FRIEND? YEAH.

OKAY. YEAH, WELL, THANK YOU, DAVE. IT WAS GOOD.

THANK YOU. UP NEXT WE HAVE THE SUMMARY PRESENTATION OF THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON SURVEY RESULTS MCKINNEY EVANS GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL I'M SO HAPPY TO BE PRESENTING INFORMATION TO YOU TONIGHT SO I THINK FOLLOWING THAT'S A TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW BUT I THINK I'M GOING TO LIVE UP TO IT HERE. I'M TRYING TO IT'S OKAY TO USE A FULL SCREEN TO THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. HERE WE GO.

ALL RIGHT. SO JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND AS PART OF OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR FISCAL YEAR 25, THE EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT SURVEY WAS IDENTIFIED AS A PRIORITY FOR THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT .

SO WE HAD DONE THIS SURVEY BACK IN 2022 SO WE PARTNERED WITH THE SAME PROBLEM SKI RESEARCH.

THEY'RE AN INDEPENDENT FIRM WHO CONDUCTED OUR SURVEY FOR US SO COULD COMPARE OUR PROGRESS.

SO JUST A COUPLE OF REASONS WHY WE WANT TO CONDUCT AN EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT SURVEY JUST SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND EMPLOYEE SENTIMENT, IDENTIFY POTENTIAL ISSUES, IMPROVE RETENTION, MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS AND THEN ENGAGEMENT OVER TIME. SO JUST AS A REMINDER A COUPLE INITIATIVES THAT RESULTED FROM OUR PREVIOUS SURVEY THAT WAS COMPLETED 2022 WERE EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT PLANS A PAID PARENTAL LEAVE PTO DONATION POLICY AND THE EMPLOYEE HOMEBUYING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. SO OUR SURVEY METHODOLOGY WE CONDUCTED THE SURVEY ONLINE

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SO AS I GO THROUGH THE RESULTS OF THE SURVEY I JUST WANT TO KEEP THAT IN THE BACK OF YOUR MIND BECAUSE I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO BE BLOWN AWAY BY THE RESULTS THAT WE SEE HERE IN FRONT OF US. SO WHEN ASKED WHEN IF THEY'RE SATISFIED WITH THEIR AT THE TOWN THE EMPLOYEES ARE A RESOUNDING 94% SAID THAT THEY AGREED THAT THEY ARE SATISFIED THEIR JOB HERE AT THE TOWN 93% OF OUR EMPLOYEES AGREE THAT THEY ARE PART OF SOMETHING MEANINGFUL THE TOWN SO THIS SLIDE IS OUR FIRST COMPARISON SLIDE YOU CAN SEE THE SMALL CHART OVER ON THE SIDE THERE THAT SAYS LAST TIME WE DID THE SO IN 2022 WE HAD 89% AGREED THAT THEY ARE PART OF SOMETHING MEANINGFUL THAT INCREASE IN 93% SO THAT YOU CAN JUST KEEP AN EYE ON THE COMPARISONS WHEN YOU SEE THEM. SO HERE'S ANOTHER COMPARISON SIDE 83% OF OUR EMPLOYEES FEEL VALUED AS AN EMPLOYEE AND THAT'S A SMALL INCREASE FROM LAST TIME. 82% AGREE THEY KNOW WHERE THE ORGANIZATION IS GOING, HOW HOW IT WILL GET THERE AND THEIR PART IN IT. SO HERE CAN SEE A PRETTY BIG INCREASE. IT WAS ONLY ABOUT 65% LAST TIME WE DID THE SURVEY AND NOW IT'S 82%. SO THAT'S REALLY A REALLY GOOD INCREASE.

85% OF OUR WORKFORCE AGREE THE ORGANIZATION HAS A DIVERSE WORKFORCE SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE ASK THAT QUESTION THAT WE DON'T HAVE A COMPARISON .

86% AGREE THAT MANAGEMENT CARES ABOUT THEM AS PERSON SO YOU CAN SEE THAT'S ANOTHER INCREASE FROM WHERE WE WERE IN 22. 84% AGREE THEY FEEL SUPPORTED IN GROWING THEIR CAREER WITHIN TOWN. 89% OF OUR EMPLOYEES AGREE THE TOWN SUPPORTS THE WORK BALANCE OF THEIR EMPLOYEES. SO ANOTHER SMALL INCREASE HERE FROM THE LAST TIME 81% OF OUR EMPLOYEES AGREE POTENTIAL PAY INCREASES AND PROMOTIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TRANSPARENT AND COMMUNICATED 90% AGREE THAT THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES TO DO THEIR SO HERE ANOTHER SMALL INCREASE FROM FROM 2020 TO 92% AGREE THEY ARE PROVIDED THE TRAINING NEEDED TO FULFILL JOB RESPONSIBILITIES SO THIS IS ALMOST A 10% INCREASE FROM FROM FEW YEARS BACK 85% AGREE THAT THEY RECEIVE INFORMATION IN A TIMELY AND EFFECTIVE MANNER. 97% 97% OF OUR EMPLOYEES AGREE THAT THEY HAVE AN OPEN LINE OF COMMUNICATION WITH THEIR SUPERVISOR.

I'M NOT SURE THAT WE COULD GET MUCH BETTER THAN 97% OF OUR EMPLOYEES AGREEING WITH THAT 93% AGREE THEIR IDEAS ARE VALUED BY THEIR SUPERVISOR OR MANAGER.

SO HERE WE SEE A 10% INCREASE FROM THREE YEARS BACK 91% AGREE THEIR SUPERVISOR IS OPEN TO RECEIVING FEEDBACK. SO THIS QUESTION HERE IT WAS ASKED ABOUT REGARDING FOUR DEPARTMENTS SO THE EMPLOYEES WERE ASKED WHEN I MAKE A REQUEST THE RESPONSE TIMELY AND COMPLETE SO THE LIGHT BLUE BARS REPRESENT THE RESULTS THAT WE RECEIVED IN 2025 AND THEN THE DARK BLUE BAR REPRESENTS THE 2022 RESULTS. SO YOU CAN JUST LOOK AT THOSE COMPARISONS FOR A QUICK MINUTE HERE. SO IT'S SAYING THE FIRST LINE PUBLIC SERVICES SAYING LIKE 87% AGREE AND 2025 THAT THEY'RE THE RESPONSE IS TIMELY AND COMPLETE AND THEN IN 2022 ABOUT 83% WAS WAS TIMELY COMPLETE. SO THERE'S A SMALL IMPROVEMENT THERE. 90% AGREE THAT MORALE IN THEIR DEPARTMENT IS GOOD OR POSITIVE.

SO IT'S 90% OF OUR EMPLOYEES FEEL THAT WAY. ONLY 73% FELT THAT WAY IN 2022 GIVEN THE FEDERAL CLIMATE THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW IT'S A REALLY LARGE INCREASE.

SO WHEN ASKED WHAT DO YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT WORKING AT THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON OUR EMPLOYEE SAID THAT THE COWORKERS AND THE PEOPLE SO 38% OF THE EMPLOYEES THAT THAT IS THE REASON THAT MOST LIKE WORKING ABOUT THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON WELL MENTIONED BY A LIMITED NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES BENEFITS PTO AND COMPENSATION WERE NOTED MOST IS WHAT THEY ARE DISSATISFIED WITH SO WHEN ASKED WHAT DO YOU LIKE LEAST ABOUT WORKING IN THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON IT WAS THE PTO AND COMPENSATION. SO HERE YOU'LL SEE THE ORANGE HIGHLIGHTED.

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SO AGAIN IT'S A PERCENTAGE POINT INCREASE FROM LAST TIME 86% OF POLICE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES TRUST THEIR COWORKERS SO ANOTHER LARGE LARGE INCREASE HERE HERE YOU WANT TO SEE THE READ SO 23% OF POLICE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES HAVE CONSIDERED CHANGING THEIR CAREERS IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS. SO HERE YOU WANT TO SEE A LITTLE GREEN AND A LOT OF RED SO THAT'S TRENDING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 17% OF POLICE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES ARE CONCERNED ABOUT RECENT STAFFING CHANGES. AGAIN, THIS IS WHERE YOU'D WANT TO SEE THE READ. SO A LOT OF READ VERY GREEN. SO NEXT STEPS WHAT WE PLAN TO DO WITH THE RESULTS OF OUR SURVEY WE WANT TO REVIEW THESE GREAT RESULTS WITH OUR STAFF WE REALLY WANT TO PRAISE THEM FOR ALL THE WORK THAT DEPARTMENT HEADS FOR KEEPING THE COMMUNITY IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND THEN THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT SPECIFICALLY PLANS TO INCORPORATE THE RESULTS OF THE SURVEY AND OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. AND I JUST WANTED TO FINISH BY SAYING THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. WE COULDN'T DO WHAT WE DO ON A DAILY BASIS WITHOUT THE SUPPORT FROM YOU. SO THANK YOU FROM FROM THE DEPARTMENT. WE APPRECIATE IT. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS? GREAT JOB. I MEAN THESE RESULTS.

YES, VERY POSITIVE. YES, I WAS VERY HAPPY THAT EVERY THREE YEARS THAT WE DO THIS THAT'S WHAT WE SO I STARTED IN 2020 DO WE DID IT WHEN I STARTED AND NOW WE DID IT SO I WOULD LIKE TO DO IT YEAH WE TRY TO DO IT EVERY TWO YEARS BUT IT ENDED UP BEING LIKE FALL OF 22 AND SPRING OF 25 YEARS LATER WE GET THERE WERE TWO BUDGET CYCLES AND THANK YOU THANK THANK YOU. YEAH GOOD GOOD JOB. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU YES. THANK YOU AND FREE FOR YOU. THANKS AS ALWAYS FORMATIVE TO KIND OF KNOW WHERE WHERE WE ARE ON THE PULSE OF THINGS. TWO QUESTIONS I HAVE ARE DO YOU FEEL JUST IN THE CONSENSUS OF WHAT YOU TOOK OR THE THE RESULTS OF THE SURVEY DO YOU FEEL IT IS AN ACCURATE ASSESSMENT OF EMPLOYEE SENTIMENTS OR DO YOU FEEL THAT IT WAS MORE SO LIKE MAYBE WHAT EMPLOYEES FELT THEY NEEDED TO DO OUT OF AN OBLIGATORY SENSE I KNOW I FEEL LIKE THAT WAS A TRUE PICTURE OF WHERE WE'RE YOU KNOW WITH THE 70% PARTICIPATION RATE. I REALLY FEEL THAT THAT GIVES US A VERY GOOD PICTURE OF WHERE WE'RE CURRENTLY AT. YEAH IN MY SECOND QUESTION IS DO WE FACTOR INTO THE SURVEY ANY OF THE TOWN EMPLOYEES WHO EXIT FROM THE TOWN JUST TO GET A GAUGE OF WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE HEARING FROM THOSE WHO CHOOSE NOT TO REMAIN? YEAH.

SO WHEN EMPLOYEES LEAVE JUST FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT KNOW WE DO EXIT SURVEYS SO THE H.R DEPARTMENT DOES EXIT SURVEYS AND THE RESPONSES THAT WE RECEIVE SO WE DO TRACK THAT AS WELL YEAH. WAS ANY OF THAT FACTORED INTO THE SURVEY WE HAVE AS I WE TYPICALLY DON'T GET ANY OF THOSE COMMUNICATIONS I FEEL IT'D BE GREAT TO KNOW JUST KIND OF WHERE WE ARE AS WE ARE ALWAYS INTERESTED IN IMPROVING AND MAKING SURE THAT WE DO FOSTER THE TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT PEOPLE WANT TO WORK IN. YET THE RESPONSES THAT WE RECEIVE WERE FACTORED. YEAH THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

[VI. PUBLIC COMMENT]

NEXT WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT. YOU KNOW MY RULES UP THERE FOR ME I SHOULD KNOW I'M ON THE DURING PUBLIC COMMENT EACH SPEAKER IS LIMITED TO A OF 3 MINUTES PER MEETING REGARDLESS OF WHETHER I CAN'T SEE IT OVER HERE YOU JUST CLICK ME EXCUSE ME ON WHETHER THE PERSON SPEAKING ON THEIR OWN BEHALF OR AS AN AGENT FOR OTHERS MEETING ATTENDEES MAY NOT DONATE

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ALL PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE TO BE CONDUCTED FROM THE PODIUM AND DIRECTED TO THE TOWN COUNCIL AS A WHOLE AND NOT TO ANY MEMBER THEY'RE ALL SPEAKERS SHALL BE MINDFUL AND RESPECTFUL OF THOSE PARTICIPATING IN OR PRESENT AT THE MEETING SHALL BE EXPECTED TO BE CIVIL IN THEIR LANGUAGE AND SHALL REFRAIN FROM COMMENT OR BEHAVIOR THAT INVOLVES DISORDERLY SPEECH OR NAME CALLING PERSONAL ATTACKS THREATS OBSCENE OR INDECENT REMARKS AND OR DISRUPTIVE ACTIONS. ALL SPEAKERS SHALL CONFINE THEIR COMMENTS TO THE ISSUES UNDER JURISDICTION OF THE TOWN COUNCIL. SPEAKERS SHALL NOT USE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD TO PROMOTE OR OTHERWISE ADVERTISE AWARDS BUSINESSES, SERVICE GOODS OR CANDIDATES FOR PUBLIC OFFICE ANY SPEAKER THAT VIOLATES THESE RULES AND PROTOCOLS FOR THE PUBLIC MAY BE RULED OUT OF ORDER BY THE PRESIDING OFFICER.

ANY PERSON WHOSE COMMENTS HAVE BEEN RULED OUT OF ORDER SHALL IMMEDIATELY CEASE AND DESIST FROM FURTHER IMPROPER COMMENTS . THE REFUSAL OF AN INDIVIDUAL TO DESIST FROM FURTHER IMPROPER COMMENTS MAY SUBJECT THE INDIVIDUAL TO REMOVAL FROM THE MEETING AND CITATION UNDER SECTION 2-49 OF THE TOWN CODE . FIRST WE HAVE JENNIFER ALBERTO AND I SAY THAT RIGHT THIS YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS? JAN ALVARO 18 SOUTH STREET STREET IN BLUFFTON IMPLEMENT A BLUFF. I'VE LIVED IN PALMETTO BLUFF SINCE 2017 AND I BECAME A FULL TIME RESIDENT IN 2021 AND I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK FOR YOUR HELP . AS YOU KNOW, THE MONTAGE HOTEL IN PALMETTO BLUFF HOSTS A OF OUTDOOR EVENTS GIVES ME CAN YOU ALL HERE KNOW HOW TO GET A LITTLE CLOSER TO THAT MIKE AND TURN IT UP A LITTLE BIT TOWARDS YOU I THINK IT GOT PUSHED AWAY A LITTLE BIT VERY SO AS YOU KNOW MONTAGE THE HOTEL IN PALMETTO BLUFF HOSTS A LOT OF OUTDOOR EVENTS WITH AMPLIFIED MUSIC AND THE AMOUNT THESE EVENTS ARE INCREASING IN SIZE, FREQUENCY AND GENERAL DISTURBANCE IN THE COMMUNITY AND I JUST WANTED TO DRAW THE COUNCIL'S ATTENTION TO FIVE THINGS. ONE IS THAT THESE MONTAGE ARE NOT INTENDED FOR THE RESIDENTS AND THEY OFTEN EXCEED BLOCKED INS NOISE DECIMAL 50 DECIMAL NOISE LIMITS THEY INCLUDE OUTDOOR ENTERTAINMENT AND DISTURBED NEIGHBORING RESIDENCES THAT ARE OCCUPIED IN PUBLIC SPACES OFTEN BEHIND BEYOND 10 P.M.. NUMBER TWO PALMETTO BLUFF IS GOVERNED BY NON-LOCAL DEVELOPERS AND INVESTORS FROM CHARLESTON AND LONDON LEAVING RESIDENCES WITH NO SAY ABOUT THE NOISE LEVELS AND OVER 300 RESIDENTS HAVE SIGNED A PETITION THESE DISTURBANCES. NUMBER THREE THERE'S A CONFLICT OF INTEREST BETWEEN THE HOMEOWNERS AND THE DEVELOPER. THE INDIVIDUALS WHO CONTROL THE DEVELOPER ALSO CONTROL THE HOTEL AND THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION FOR EXAMPLE THE RESIDENTS NOISE COMPLAINTS THEY MIGHT SEND SOMETHING TO THE POLICE TO PLEASE DIRECT THEM TO THE ON SITE SECURITY.

THE SECURITY CAN ACT BECAUSE THEY'RE BEING DIRECTED BY THE DEVELOPER THEMSELVES.

THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THE EVENT. ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS MONTAGE PAYS OUR HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION THE PROPERTY WHERE THE EVENT IS THEY'LL PAY A SITE RENTAL FEE AND THAT RENTAL FEE THEY'LL TURN AND CHARGE A CUSTOMER WHO WANTS TO THROW AN EVENT A HIGHER SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER AMOUNT SO THE DEVELOPER JUST TAKES THE DIFFERENCE.

IT'S A LAND OWNED BY THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION. NUMBER FOUR THE DEVELOPER'S DECISIONS ARE MADE WITHOUT CONSIDERATION OF DIRECT IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY.

I SENT YOU EMAIL TODAY WITH ALL THE EVENT RULES THAT ARE SENT TO THE AND THE MUSIC IS GOES BEYOND UNTIL 1030 AND CONSTRUCTION STARTS AT 7 A.M. AND GOES TO MIDNIGHT.

IN NUMBER FIVE, PALMETTO BLUFF IS A PUBLIC COMMUNITY WITH A TOWN ON DOCK.

. IT'S NOT LIKE OTHER GATED COMMUNITIES IN BLUFFTON.

IT'S PUBLIC AND EVEN ON THE TOWN'S WEBSITE AS A LOCAL ATTRACTION.

SO THE TOWN HAS RECEIVED NUMEROUS NOISE COMPLAINTS AND IT'S BEEN THERE'S BEEN SOME CONFUSION ABOUT WHETHER PALMETTO BLUFF IS EXEMPT UNDER SECTION 1285 AH OF THE TOWN CODE MONTAGE AS A THIRD PARTY ENTITY THEY OPERATE HOTEL, THEY DO IT ON BEHALF OF THE DEVELOPER AND THEY'RE NOT AFTER WE PUNISH PUBLIC COMMENT I'M GOING TO HAVE THE TOWN ATTORNEY SPEAK TO AND CLARIFY SOME OF THIS BUT I WOULD LISTEN TO EVERYONE FIRST.

OKAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND NEXT WE'LL HAVE I DON'T KNOW WHO THIS IS LISA SOCCER. YOU'RE THOMAS LOUD. 3 MINUTES, MA'AM.

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THIS NEXT WEEK IS HERITAGE WEEK . IT'S NOT EASTER WEEK, IT'S HERITAGE WEEK. AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK I'M TALKING ABOUT TODAY BUT I WANTED YOU TO KNOW THE BENEFITS THAT THIS TOWN GETS. THE RBC HERITAGE PRESENTED BY BOEING LAST YEAR WE DONATED MONEY GAVE MONEY BACK TO OUR SIX PILLARS THAT WE PUT AS BENEFITS FOR OUR FOUNDATION 685,000 WENT TO ARTS AND CULTURE.

ALMOST 2 MILLION WENT TO OUR CHILDREN. 200 EXCUSE ME AND 48,000 WENT TO EDUCATION 213,000 WENT TO ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES 1,700,000 PLUS WENT TO HEALTH AND WELFARE AND MY PASSION SCHOLARSHIPS 191,000 WERE SENT TO COLLEGES FOR SCHOLARSHIPS FOR OUR CHILDREN. WE HAVE OVER 100 REGISTERED CHARITIES, MOST OF WHICH IN OUR ZIP CODES THE MAJORITY OF THE VOLUNTEERS COME FROM OUR TWO ZIP CODES AND THE SCHOLARSHIPS THIS YEAR WE GAVE OUT 1110 ARE 4000 A YEAR OR 5000 A YEAR FOR FOUR YEARS AND FIVE OF THOSE KIDS CAME FROM BLUFFTON SCHOOLS. SO THE BENEFIT THE BANNERS BEING UP I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR DOING THAT AND CONTINUING THAT TRADITION AND I HOPE WE KEEP IT GOING. OKAY. NOW I'M TALKING ABOUT YOUR WORKSHOP THE WORKSHOP ITEM TONIGHT I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU MY THOUGHTS.

IT IT REALLY BOILS DOWN TO SEVEN ISSUES I THINK YOU SHOULD LOOK AT THE CAPITAL LETTERS SENSE NO ADDED TREE REMOVAL SETBACK CHECKS LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS A PROPERTY SHOULD HAVE PRIMARY HOME ON IT IF THEY WANT TO DO A CARPORT DO NOT CREATE A HARDSHIP FOR OUR MANY MANY RESIDENTS THAT IT'S A HARDSHIP TO HAVE TO DO SOMETHING PERMANENT OVER SOME TYPE OF A CARPORT AND DO NOT PLEASE HURT OUR HISTORICAL DISTRICT DESIGNATION.

I DO BELIEVE WE SHOULD LOOK IN THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED. I THINK WE SHOULD LOOK AT LEGALLY NON-CONFORMING ISSUES IN OUR STUDIO SINCE 2011. I THINK THAT A CARPORT SHOULD BE CLASSIFIED AS A SEPARATE BUILDING TYPE BUT SHOULD FIT SETBACKS ALSO AT THE LOT SIZE ALLOWS CARPORT IT SHOULD IT MATTER IF THERE ONE, TWO OR THREE OTHER BUILDINGS ON THAT LOT IF IT IS AN ACCEPTABLE BUILDING TYPE IS IT ACCEPTABLE THAT'S THE OTHER QUESTION TO HAVE OTHER BUILDINGS AND IT GOES BACK TO THE SECOND QUESTION BASED ON LOT SIZE AND SETBACKS FROM THE UDA SHOULDN'T STOP ANYONE FROM A GARDEN SHED CARPORT HOME AND CARRIAGE HOME ON THE SAME PROPERTY. I THINK THE CARPORT SHOULD NOT BE TALLER THAN THE MAIN HOME AND IF ON A SIDE BY AN EXISTING HOME THERE SHOULD BE LANDSCAPED TO BUFFER.

THAT'S THE COOL PART OF BLUFFTON AS THERE WERE ALL VERY DIFFERENT AND WHAT WE BUILD AND WHAT WE LIVE IN WHAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO AROUND THING 19 MONTHS LISA UP NEXT WE HAVE ARLENE GLICK ARLENE VARIAN VARIAN FLECK WE'RE IN I GUESS WE'LL SET THAT ASIDE AND SHE COMES BACK UP NEXT WE HAVE JOHN THAT TELLS ME HEY, THAT LAST NAME FOR ME YOU'RE WRITING IS NOT POSITIVE. CONGRATULATIONS. THAT'S THE CLOSEST ANYONE'S EVER GOT TO IT. IT'S MELTDOWNS 53, MELTDOWNS 53.

WHILE OUR OUR ROLE I'M GOING TO BEAT THE SHOT CLOCK. GREETINGS, TOWN COUNCIL TOWN COUNCIL CHIEF. GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. ECHOING ON WHAT MISS HAD TO SAY I WOULD JUST ASK THE COUNCIL TO CLARIFY ITS NOISE. PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT MEANS. SMART ORDINANCE RIGHT MAKES ALL SENSE OF THE WORLD.

10:00 HAVE A GREAT PARTY HAVE FUN 10:00 AT NIGHT SHUT IT DOWN.

OBVIOUSLY SOME EXEMPTIONS FIRE ALARMS, AMBULANCE A LARGE AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY VEHICLES TOWN PARADE THE OYSTER FESTIVAL GOT IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE. THERE'S ONE EXCEPTION THE LAST ONE MAKES NO SENSE. THIS SO-CALLED PLAY CAR ABOUT PLAY WAIVER WELL A LOT OF COMMUNITIES YOU KNOW THE PLAY IS THE RESIDENTS IF THE PEOPLE AT BERKELEY HALL SAY LET'S A NEW YEAR'S EVE PARTY TILL MIDNIGHT, MAJORITY OF THEM WANT TO HAVE IT GO FOR IT.

GREAT. NO PROBLEM RIGHT. NOBODY'S GOT A PROBLEM MAKES PERFECT SENSE. WHAT WOULD NOT MAKE PERFECT SENSE WOULD BE FOR ONE PERSON TO SAY HEY, I'M GOING TO PLAY COMMUNITY, I'M GOING TO GET MY GIBSON AND PLAY ALONG WITH JIMI HENDRIX ELECTRIC LADYLAND HALL FOR THE MORNING BECAUSE I COULD DO IT BECAUSE I WANT TO PLAY.

THAT'S HOW THIS IS BEING APPLIED AT LEAST WITH RESPECT TO PALMETTO BLUFF.

SO I WOULD ASK YOU TO CLARIFY YOUR ORDINANCE WHEN YOU ORDERED SAYS ON ITS FACE IS THAT A PLAY

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THEREIN LIES THE CONFUSION. SO I WOULD ASK YOU TO CLARIFY YOUR ORDINANCE AND TREAT THE PEOPLE OF PALMETTO BLUFF LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE IN BLUFFTON. THEN WE GET TO GO TO SLEEP AT 10:00 AND TUCK OURSELVES IN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU AND HANG AROUND BECAUSE MR. FINGER WILL TRY TO EXPLAIN OF THE SAUCE. ROCHELLE JONES HELLO, I'M ROCHELLE JONES. I AT 19 LAZY DAISY DRIVE BLUFFTON TO 909 AND I'M HERE TODAY ABOUT THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER BACK IN 1952 HARRY TRUMAN DECLARED A FIRST THURSDAY IN MAY AS THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER AND EVERY SINCE I CAME TO BLUFFTON WHEN I CAME HERE IT WASN'T HAPPENING. SO SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE I'VE BEEN DOING THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER WHETHER IT'S JUST OR 500 PEOPLE AND SO I JUST CAME HERE TODAY SAY THAT I WOULD LIKE FOR THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON. SO HERE'S WHAT IS HAPPENING. I SAID WAIT A MINUTE, COME ON WHY AM UP ON WILL WORK OKAY LET'S ALL COME TOGETHER AS ONE TO HONOR AND GLORIFY GOD SECOND CHRONICLES 714 SAY IS IT MY PEOPLE WHO ARE CALLED BY MY NAME WILL HAMMER THEMSELVES AND PRAY AND SEEK MY PEACE AND TURN FROM THEIR WICKED WAYS. THEN I WILL HEAR FROM HEAVEN AND I WILL FORGIVE THEIR SINS AND I WILL HEAL THAT HEAL THEIR LAND NOW IS THE TIME FOR OUR IT NEEDS US TO PUT OUR FAITH AND TRUST IN GOD BRING YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY TO PRAISE GOD WITH FOOD WE PRAISE PRAYER FOOD FELLOWSHIP BRINGING YOUR OWN CHEER BLESSINGS HOPE SEE YOU THERE. AND THIS COUNTRY WAS FOUNDED ON IN GOD WE TRUST AND PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO TAKE THAT OUT OF EVERYTHING. LOOK AT THE RESULTS.

SO I JUST FEEL LIKE EVERYBODY ON COUNCIL SHOULD BE THERE AND I WOULD LIKE THE MAYOR TO COME AND DO A DO THE PROCLAMATION THAT I HAVE AND IS ON MADE OFFERS THURSDAY AT SIX P AM AND IS AT SIX VENTURED TRIBE IS AT THE VETERANS VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK SINCE LAST YEAR.

YEAH BUT IS THAT VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK AND I'M BUCKWALTER AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU ALL AND PUT IT ON YOUR SOCIAL AND PUT IT ON THE TOWN'S SOCIAL MEDIA AND HAVE US COME TOGETHER AS ONE TO GLORIFY GOD AND PRAISE HIM. THANK YOU.

OKAY BEFORE WE START ON OUR WORKSHOP TERRY WHAT DO YOU WANT AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THIS MAN COUNSELOR AND THOSE OF YOU WHO SPOKE ABOUT THE PALMETTO BLUFF NOISE ISSUE BACK WE PASSED THIS ORDINANCE AND THIS GROUP OF EXCEPTIONS IN 2014 THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW DO WE DEAL WITH DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS AND PROPERTY ASSOCIATIONS AND OF COURSE PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION CAN BE EITHER CONTROLLED BY DEVELOPERS OR BY MEMBERS AND WE HAVE A HODGEPODGE HERE IN OUR LOWCOUNTRY.

SOME ARE HAVE BEEN TRANSITIONED AWAY FROM DEVELOPERS TO MEMBER CONTROL PALMETTO.

BLUFF IS STILL UNDER DEVELOPER CONTROL IT WAS FEELING BACK IN 2014 WHEN WE PASSED THIS GROUP OF EXEMPTIONS THAT PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATIONS THAT WERE SUBJECT TO A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT LIKE PALMETTO BLUFF AND A NUMBER OF OTHERS WOULD BE BETTER OFF FORMULATING THEIR OWN RULES AND THEREFORE AN EXEMPTION AND I BELIEVE MICHELLE VERO MENTIONED THIS SPECIFIC EXEMPTION 1285 ARE OF OUR ORDINANCE IN MY OPINION EXEMPTS PALMETTO BLUFF I THINK THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN BOTH COUNCIL AND MYSELF REASON TO PERHAPS REEXAMINE AND THIS EXEMPTION I KNOW THAT THERE HAS BEEN PERHAPS THE MOST COZY OR I DON'T KNOW HOW TO PUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE MEMBERSHIP AND THE DEVELOPER THERE ARE NO THERE HAS BEEN SOME LITIGATION RECENTLY PERHAPS IT'S OVER IT MIGHT STILL BE GOING.

I'M NOT INVOLVED IN IT BUT I ASSUME THAT THE PLAY HAS AS JUST KIND OF SAID WE'RE SORRY WE CAN'T HELP YOU. SO I THINK WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO MAY IN COUNCIL IS PERHAPS MAKE

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THERE IS NOT A LOT OF PLACES THAT HAVE MANY DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS AS WE HAVE HERE IN THE LOWCOUNTRY. SO WE TRIED TO WE TRY TO DO OUR BEST JOB IN 2014.

PERHAPS IT'S TIME FOR ANOTHER EXAMINATION. THANK YOU, MR. FINGER AND I THE WAY I FEEL ABOUT IT AS WE WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO TO MAKE PEACE IN THE COMMUNITY IS AS OUR JOB. AND THIS IS A VERY UNIQUE SITUATION WHERE YOU GOT THE RESIDENTS UNHAPPY THE PLAY ACCEPTING MONEY FOR THE RENTAL AND THEN THE THE MONTAGE OR SOUTH STREET WHOEVER IS IN CHARGE OF IT CREATING THE NOISE AND STUFF THAT'S IRRITATING ALL THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE THERE SO I DON'T KNOW LEGALLY HOW WE GO THAT BUT THAT'S WHY WE PAY YOU THE BIG BUCKS AND THEN I'M GOING TO SHIFT THE LOAD TO YOU NOW AND TO PIGGYBACK ON THAT, ONE OF THE REASONS THAT SOME OF THE RESIDENTS RICHELLE I MENTIONED NOW'S A GOOD TIME TO SPEAK TO COUNCIL BECAUSE. WE ARE WORKING ON OUR NOISE ORDINANCE.

A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE'RE REVIEWING CURRENTLY AND AND TRACKING SO WITH WHAT TERRY IT'S NOT IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY AS WE BRING ANY CHANGES BACK SHOULD COUNCIL WANT TO MAKE ANY WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT IN THE FUTURE. I KNOW THAT IT DOESN'T FIX ANYTHING BUT WE DO CARE AND WILL GO ONE STEP AT A TIME TO FIND OUT WHAT WE CAN DO TO ASSIST BECAUSE WE WANT EVERYBODY TO BE HAPPY JUST AS MUCH AS YOU GUYS WANT TO BE HAPPY AND A FEW. OKAY WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR WORKSHOP AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE

[VII. COMMUNICATIONS FROM MAYOR AND COUNCIL]

AND I DIDN'T MENTION THIS BUT THE MAYOR AND I ACTUALLY HAD THE POWER REACH OUT TO US AND WE HAVE A MEETING SCHEDULED WITH THEM. I THINK THE 1ST OF MAY I THINK IT IS SO YES MA'AM. WE'LL MAKE SURE WE GET EVERYBODY'S INPUT ON ANYTHING BUT SHOULD ANYTHING JUST SO SATURDAY COUNCILMAN HAMILTON I ATTENDED FOR ZION DID AN UNVEILING OF A HISTORICAL MARKER FOR THEIR CHURCH AND IT WAS A VERY BIG DEAL THEY HAD A GREAT TURNOUT OF THEIR CONGREGATION AND PLEASE IT'S RIGHT OUT THERE NEXT TO THEIR FENCE ON WALL STREET. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO IT IN TO CONSIDERATION AND GO LOOK AT IT AND READ IT. AND ALSO I WANT TO SAY THAT IF YOU'VE NEVER ATTENDED THAT CHURCH YOU'RE MISSING OUT ON SOMETHING. YOU'RE MISSING OUT ON A GREAT LIFE EXPERIENCE. IT'S ONE OF THE MOST REWARDING THINGS YOU WILL EVER DO AND IF YOU'RE NOT STOMPING YOUR FEET AND SHAKING YOUR HAND AND GOING OH GOD ALMIGHTY, YOU JUST YOU NEED TO GO CHECK IT OUT FOR YOURSELF. SO GREAT GREAT ORGANIZATION, GREAT BODY BUT I FEEL ALL MY TIME THE ONLY WHO KNOWS I DON'T TALK A LOT.

I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY ON WHAT EXACTLY? WELL I'M NOT GOING TO BORE YOU EITHER. I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT. I WAS GOING TO SAY SOMETHING BUT I DON'T THINK I WILL HAVE THE FLOOR FOR 1/2. I'M SAYING EX-MAYOR SOCCER SO MY MY THUNDER USUALLY THIS APRIL MEETING I TALK ABOUT HERITAGE I WOULD LIKE TO TELL COUNCIL AND THE GOOD PEOPLE GATHERED THAT MAYOR SULK IS NOW THE COCHAIRMAN OF THE

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THE BLUFFTON FOOTBALL TEAM IS ONE OF OUR BIGGEST CONTRIBUTORS BECAUSE THEY HANDLE ALL OUR REFUSE DURING TOURNAMENT WEEK. SO YOU'LL SEE THE BLUFFTON FOOTBALL OUT THERE EVERY DAY WORKING HARD AND WE MAKE A DONATION TO OUR FOUNDATION MAKES A DONATION BACK TO THEIR FOOTBALL TEAM SO. WE COULD NOT RUN THE FOUNDATION COULD NOT RUN THIS TOURNAMENT WITHOUT THIS YEAR WE'RE HAVING ABOUT 1700 VOLUNTEERS AND WE THANK ALL OF YOU THAT HELP US EVERY YEAR WE'RE PRAYING FOR GOOD WEATHER. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT FIELD AND MAYOR SOCKO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE FOR OUR FOUNDATION OVER THE LAST FIVE OR SIX YEARS THANK YOU. THANK YOU THANK YOU GREGORY SO THE THE HERITAGE ALWAYS BEEN IMPORTANT TO BLUFFTON AND THE WHOLE AREA I CAN REMEMBER WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL HERE IN THIS VERY BUILDING THAT WAY BACK IN THE DAYS THE GYMNASIUM SO A LOT OF THE CADDIES THAT CAME TO SEE PONDS WITH YOU KNOW FOR THE HERITAGE WOULD SLEEP ON COTS IN THE GYMNASIUM RIGHT HERE NOT THIS NEW BUILDING BUT RIGHT HERE WHERE THIS BUILDING IS. AND I KNOW THAT BECAUSE I USED TO GET TO GO WITH MAINTENANCE GUY TO FORT STEWART AND PICK UP THE COTS AND AND BRING THEM HAUL THEM BACK. I WAS PART OF MY ACTIVITIES SO ANYWAY IT'S COME A LONG WAYS FROM THERE I THINK THEY'RE PROBABLY GOT BETTER ROOMS TO STAY IN THAN THEY DID BACK THEN BUT WE HAD AN ECONOMIC SURVEY DONE LAST YEAR BY SCHOOL WAS OUT THAT WEEK TOO.

WE HAD AN ECONOMIC SURVEY DONE BY CLEMSON UNIVERSITY LAST YEAR ABOUT WHAT THE LOCAL ECONOMIC IMPACT IS OF THAT DAYS TO OUR LOWCOUNTRY ECONOMY AND. LAST YEAR WAS $132 MILLION LOCAL IMPACT. THERE'S NOT MANY OTHER TOURNAMENTS ON THE PGA SCHEDULE THAT CAN SAY THAT SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT. GREAT.

[VIII.1. Consideration and Direction on Proposed Amendments to the Town of Bluffton Code of Ordinances, Chapter 23, Unified Development Ordinance, Article 5 Design Standards – Accessory Buildings - Kevin Icard, Director of Growth Management]

WE ARE HERE THIS EVENING FOR A WORKSHOP SPECIFICALLY FOR ACCESSORY STRUCTURES.

I'D LIKE TO START OUT THAT WE HAVE A TAX AMENDMENT BEING PROPOSED BUT WE DON'T HAVE ACTUAL TEXT AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE THIS EVENING TO RECEIVE SOME INPUT FORM FROM YOU. DEALING WITH ACCESSORY STRUCTURES OF CARPORTS AND WE'VE HAD SOME ISSUES IN THE PAST AND ACTUALLY HAD A PROPERTY OWNER THAT HAD HAD SUBMITTED THE REQUEST FOR THIS TAX AMENDMENT WHO HAD AN ISSUE WHERE HE HAD BUILT A CARPORT BUILT THAT WITHOUT GETTING SOME PERMITS BUT THEN HAD SOME ISSUES AND ASKED THERE'S A WAY THAT WE COULD LOOK AT THE CODE BECAUSE IT WASN'T REALLY CLEAR AS TO WHAT WAS AND WAS NOT ALLOWED. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE EVENING AND ULTIMATELY THE OUTCOME OF THIS WE WOULD THEN WHAT HIS COURSE OF ACTION WOULD BE FROM THAT SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS SINCE SINCE ADOPTION OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE WE'VE LISTED OUR CARPORTS AS CARE HOUSES. SO ANYTHING AT LEAST 121 SQUARE FEET IS CLASSIFIED AS A CARRIAGE HOUSE WHICH IS WHAT WE WE HAVE THIS CLASSIFIED AS RIGHT NOW AND THAT IS A BUILDING TYPE AND AND I WAS TRYING TO AS FAST AS MISS SOCKO WAS SPEAKING, WHICH IS DIFFICULT SO I GOT A LOT OF HER A LOT OF THE ITEMS THAT SHE WAS REFERRING TO AND I WOULD TAKE THAT A COMMENT AS WELL AND AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS PROCESS SO PRIOR TO THE ADOPTION TYPICALLY CARPORTS ARE FOR COVERED PASSAGE VEHICLES AND SMALL BOATS AND OFTEN PREFABRICATED SIZE WISE THEY'RE VERY, VERY SMALLER. THEY'RE NOT MEANT TO BE THE SAME HEIGHT AS THE MAIN RESIDENCE AND TYPICALLY THEY ARE AN ENCLOSED SO MOST OF THE ONES MOST OF THE CARPORTS NOW WE'RE REFERRING TO THEM AS CARRIAGE HOUSES EXISTED PRIOR

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SO IT WOULD TO ALL DISTRICTS SO THE SUBJECT AGAIN HAD AN EXISTING CARRIAGE HOUSE SO HE HAS A CARRIAGE A PRINCIPAL STRUCTURE AND THEN I REQUESTED OUR ED CONSTRUCTED THE CARPORT ON HIS SITE SO WE HAVE HERE THAT THIS AMENDMENT WOULD ALLOW FOR POSSIBLE CONSIDERATIONS OF HOW WE WOULD WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS SO WE'VE HAD TWO WORKSHOPS SO FAR WE'VE HAD A WORKSHOP WITH THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION AND AS WELL AS THE PLANNING COMMISSION. SO SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT CAME ABOUT TO THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION WAS THERE'S CONCERNS ABOUT USING THOSE PRE PRE-FABRICATED CARPORTS DON'T MEET OUR REGULATIONS. THE RESTRICTION THAT CONCERNS I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE RESTRICTIONS OF THE PLACE, THE SIZE THE MATERIALS BEING USED THERE BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO FOCUS ON CONSIDERATIONS OF THE COLUMNS BEING USED TYPICALLY YOU'LL HAVE A SMALL YOU KNOW, A TWO INCH TYPE POST OF METAL LIKE A HOLLOW METAL THAT ARE USED FOR CARPORTS. THEY HAD CONCERNS WITH THE PICTURES OF THE ROOF.

THEY ALSO WANTED TO CONSIDER THE DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN A CARRIAGE HOUSE AND A CARPORT.

THERE WAS SOME SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT THEY BROUGHT UP SOME UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES THAT IF THIS IS ALLOWED FROM A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY STANDPOINT, HOW WOULD HOW WOULD THAT THEN AFFECT COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES? DOES THAT GIVE SOMEONE MORE SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE USED ON COMMERCIAL SITE AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE OVERALL MASS AND SCALE OF OF CARPORTS AND HOW THAT GETS BACK THE HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS, YOU KNOW, DO WE WANT TO LOOK INTO SURE THAT THIS DIDN'T CAUSE LIKE AN OVERLY LARGE CARPORT THAT TAKE AWAY FROM THE CHARACTER OF THE HOUSE AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD? WE THEN PRESENTED THIS TO PLANNING COMMISSION I'M SORRY WE ACTUALLY HAD A PLANNING COMMISSION FIRST AND THEN THEN WE WENT TO THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION. THEY HAD OTHER CONCERNS AS WELL. THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THEY MOVE TO THIS LIKE HOW WE GOING TO DEFINE AND CLEARLY STATE HOW WOULD BE DESIGNED CONCERNS AGAIN WITH MAKING SURE THAT THESE WERE UNCLOTHED STRUCTURES WITH THE CANOPIES THEY WANTED TO FOCUS ON CONSIDERING THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT IT WAS PUT OUT THERE AS A SINGLE STOREY AND I THINK SOME OF THE CONCERNS WITH WITH THE SIZES OF BOATS IS THE CLEARANCE BEING MET IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT IF YOU WERE TO PUT A BOAT UNDER THERE THAT YOU COULD IF YOU HAD A CENTER CONSOLE OR IF YOU HAD A PONTOON BOAT, YOU KNOW, FROM A HEIGHT STANDING, YOU KNOW, COULD IT BE COULD IT BE MET IN ORDER TO ACTUALLY BE USABLE FOR THEM? CONSIDER THE CONSIDERATION OF THE PLACEMENT ON THE LOT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW YOU KNOW WE WOULDN'T WANT IT TO IF YOUR DRIVEWAY YOU KNOW YOU LOOKED AT YOU'RE ABLE TO LOOK STRAIGHT DOWN YOUR DRIVEWAY YOU KNOW IS VIEWING THE CARPORT OKAY OR TURNING IT TO THE SIDE YOU WOULD HAVE TO TURN TO MINIMIZE THE THE OF IT ALSO CONCERNS ABOUT THE SQUARE FOOTAGE MAKING SURE RIGHT NOW FOR A CARRIAGE TYPICALLY YOU KNOW A STICK BUILT CARRIAGE HOUSE THAT YOU WOULD SEE WE HAVE A MAXIMUM FOOTPRINT OF 800 SQUARE FEET OF THE ACTUAL THE FOOTPRINT ITSELF WITH MAXIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE OF 1200 SQUARE FEET. SO TYPICALLY WHAT WE SEE ARE CARRIAGE HOUSES THAT ARE 600 SQUARE FOOT FOOTPRINT AND THEN A 600 SQUARE FOOT SECOND SECOND STORY TO IT. WHAT THAT DOES IS IT GIVES YOU A TWO CAR GARAGE WITH A LITTLE SPACE AND THEN THE ABILITY TO A LIKE AN EFFICIENCY APARTMENT ABOVE ALSO SOME OF THE CONCERNS WAS THAT YOU KNOW ARE WE BEING OVERLY RESTRICTIVE IN IN ARE WE YOU KNOW MAKING CODES TO THE POINT WHERE IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FOR PEOPLE TO TO HAVE THESE TYPE OF STRUCTURES ALSO IS DISCUSSION ABOUT YOU KNOW HOW WOULD WE LIMIT THE NUMBER THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED? AND AGAIN THESE WERE COMMENTS FROM PLANNING IS THAT TO LIMIT IT LIMITS IT TO ONE AND THEN IF

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SO THOSE ARE THESE ARE THE ITEMS THAT PLANNING COMMISSION AND HBC TALKED ABOUT AT THEIR WORKSHOPS. SO IF YOU DON'T MIND I'D LIKE TO JUST RUN THROUGH THESE CONSIDERATIONS AND THEN WE CAN COME BACK TO THEM AND THEN HAVE THE DISCUSSION SO FIRST ONE IS COMPLIANCE WITH THE CARRIAGE HOUSE REQUIREMENTS HAS BEEN ACHIEVED BY PROPERTY OWNERS OVER THE 13 YEARS. SHOULD YOU SHOULD THE EXISTING STANDARDS BE RETAINED? SHOULD ENCLOSED CARPORTS CLASSIFIED AS A SEPARATE BUILDING TYPE NO LONGER SUBJECT TO THE CARRIAGE HOUSE? HOW MANY STRUCTURES ARE APPROPRIATE PER LOT OF ARE SEPARATE BUILDING TYPES SHOULD IT BE SHOULD REMAIN ACCEPTABLE TO HAVE A CARRIAGE HOUSE ON THE SAME LOT AS IS IN ADDITION TO THE MAIN STRUCTURE AND UP TO THE THREE GARDEN SHEDS THAT ARE LESS THAN 121 SQUARE FEET. CONCERNS OF HOW WOULD THIS AFFECT THE TREE CANOPY SHOULD CARPORTS BE ALLOWED IN CERTAIN ZONING DISTRICTS ON LOTS WITH A MINIMUM SIZE MEANING LIKE IF SO IS IT MORE APPROPRIATE ON A LARGER LOT OR ON ONE OF THE SMALLER 50 FOOT WIDE LOTS OR 50 FOOT LINES ARE THE PRE CARPORTS ACCEPTABLE OR SHOULD THERE BE MINIMUM DESIGN REQUIREMENTS AND IF THEY ARE ALLOWED SHOULD THEY BE A PERMIT OF PERMITTED FOR ANY PROPERTY OWNER OR FOR THOSE THAT ONLY HAD EXISTING LEGAL NON-CONFORMING PREFABS THAT MAY NEED REPLACEMENT THEN ARE THERE ANY OTHER CONCERNS WITH TOWN COUNCIL? I KNOW I WENT THROUGH THAT REALLY QUICKLY. I WANTED TO GET ALL THE QUESTIONS OUT THERE AHEAD OF TIME. ALSO MR. FISHER IS THE INDIVIDUAL THAT HAD HAD SUBMITTED THIS REQUEST AND I BELIEVE HE ATTENDED BOTH PLANNING COMMISSION AND HPC MEETING. HE IS IN ATTENDANCE. SO I BELIEVE HE'S HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FROM FROM THE PRIVATE SIDE OF THINGS AND I'M HERE TO TO START THE DIALOG. OKAY WE'LL START WITH THIS BURDEN CORRECTION I MIGHT HAVE A FEW THINGS TO DO THAT I'M SURE SHE'S GOT SOMETHING TO NOW I'M THANKFUL THAT THIS HAS COME BEFORE US. I THINK THAT THIS AN ISSUE THAT NEEDED TO BE REVIEWED REGARDLESS OF THE HOW WE GOT HERE ON THE SPECIFIC PROPERTY OWNER MENTIONED I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE TO I'M BIG ON ON PROTECTING OUR UNIQUE ECLECTIC CHARACTER THAT'S WHAT BLUFFTON HAS BEEN FOR DECADES AND I DON'T WANT TO LOSE THAT DON'T WANT EVERYTHING TO LOOK TOO SIMILAR AS I THINK IN THE STAFF REPORT I READ THAT CARPORTS HAVE A PART OF OLD TOWN'S BUILT ENVIRONMENT FOR DECADES AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO ALLOW THEM. SO I'LL GO THROUGH SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS.

I DO THINK THAT WE SHOULD ALLOW FOR CARPORTS AND I THINK IT'S TOO RESTRICTIVE TO NOT ALLOW PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS TO PUT ONE ON THEIR PROPERTY TO PROTECT THEIR CAR.

BUT GOLF CARTS TO ME IT IS BETTER THAN HAVING IT IN THE YARD A BUNCH OF TARPS OVER IT TRYING TO PROTECT IT FROM TREES AND LEAVES AND ALL OF IT. I DO THINK CARPORTS NEED ITS OWN CLASSIFICATION AND NOT TO BE CLASSIFIED AS A CARRIAGE HOUSE WHILE THEY ARE TYPICALLY AN ENCLOSED I WOULD LIKE FOR SOME SORT OF WOODEN SLABS OR YOU KNOW FLATS WITH GAPS IN BETWEEN TO POSSIBLY BE CONSIDERED I DO THINK ALSO I KNOW IN PART ABOUT POWER AND WATER I THINK POWER SHOULD BE CONSIDERED JUST FOR GOLF CARTS, ELECTRIC CARS AND I DON'T KNOW I MEAN WATER SPIGOT TO CLEAN YOUR CAR SEEMS KIND OF SMART TO ME BUT AGAIN I JUST WATER AND ELECTRICITY FOR CARPORT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. I ALSO BELIEVE THAT PROPERTY OWNER SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO HAVE BOTH A CARRIAGE HOUSE AND A CARPORT.

I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE US TO CONSIDER MORE THAN ONE CARPORT IF THE SIZE OF THE LOT THE SETBACKS ALLOW FOR IT. I THINK THE MAJORITY OF PROPERTIES IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT ARE NOT GOING TO ALLOW FOR THAT MANY BUILDINGS BUT I THINK THERE ARE SOME ARE BIGGER THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR IT AND I DON'T THINK THAT WE NEED TO BE SO CONSTRICTIVE AS IT OR RESTRICTIVE AS A GOVERNMENT MANDATING THAT THEY NOT. I DO THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE MINDFUL AND SMART WITH OUR DESIGN GUIDELINES SO THAT WHAT SOMEBODY DOES ON ONE PROPERTY, YOU KNOW, DOES NOT AFFECT ONE NEXT TO IT DETRIMENTALLY WHETHER IT BE THROUGH LANDSCAPE AND BUFFERS AND, THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT OBVIOUSLY REGARDING HEIGHT WE DO NEED TO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO LOOK MORE INTO TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE CARPORT STRUCTURES DO NOT OVERPOWER THE THE HOUSE AND THE CARRIAGE HOUSE THAT THEY ONE IN

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YES, I WHEN WE WHEN WE MAKE CHANGES OR WE CONSIDERATION LIKE THIS, WE NEED TO HAVE A BETTER INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THERE ARE TIMES WHEN HEARING WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY AND WHAT WE FEEL THERE MAY BE SOME BALANCE AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT BALANCE IS HOW WE MAKE OUR DECISION AND WE CAN WE HAVE A WE HAVE AN OLD TOWN AND THEN WE HAVE PLACES WHERE IT'S NOT SO RESTRICTED TO TO PRESERVATION LIKE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE.

SO WHEN WE ARE OUTSIDE OF THAT THAT THAT THOSE KIND OF SIGNIFICANCE WE NEED TO BE A BIT MORE USER FRIENDLY AND NOT CAUSE HARDSHIP ON OUR CITIZENS. SO LET'S LET'S SLOW DOWN AND MAKE SURE WE MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS SO. IF I MAY ADD THERE WAS ONE OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT AT HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION AND THAT WAS WETMORE WHO IS THE CHAIR OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. SO HE WAS THERE I'LL MAKE SURE HE KNOWS THAT. OKAY. OKAY, GOOD.

UM I AGREE WITH A LOT OF IT. IT WAS EARLIER I THINK I DO BELIEVE IT NEEDS ITS OWN CLASSIFICATION. I DO THINK WE HAVE TO DETERMINE WHAT'S ALLOWABLE MOUSE MASS AND SCALE AND I'M NOT PICKING ON THE CLIENT HERE TODAY BUT WHAT WAS PUT ON THAT LOT IS IT EATS UP A LOT. IT DOESN'T LOOK IT DOESN'T FIT WITH WHAT'S THERE THAT WAS BUILT IN THE OLD TOWN HISTORIC DISTRICT. THAT'S NOT A BOAT SHED.

IT'S AN RV BOAT. YEAH, IT'S JUST MASSIVE AND I THINK THERE'S A BUFFER ISSUE THERE AS WELL. I THINK WE HAVE TO KEEP THE BUFFERS BUFFERS ARE THESE ITEMS GOING TO BE HURRICANE RATED THAT WOULD BE IMMERSED IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WE LIVE A SAFETY FEATURE OF THAT THERE ARE MANY TYPES OF SHEDS JUST LIKE THERE ARE MANY TYPES OF MOBILE HOMES OR CARS OR HOUSES AND SO I THINK WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL. IT CAN BE A SLIPPERY IF WE DON'T HAVE SOME KIND OF STANDARD ON WHAT IS ALLOWED FOR A SHED, A GARAGE OR EXCUSE ME WHATEVER WE'RE CALLING IT CARPORT UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WANT TO GO TO DO YOU LIMIT IT TO ONE VEHICLE OR DO YOU LIMITED TO TWO REALLY WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS A SHARED IT CAN ACCOMMODATE MULTIPLE THINGS. IT COULD BE GOLF CARTS, IT COULD BE BOATS, IT COULD BE PONTOON BOAT, IT CAN BE RVS, IT CAN BE WHATEVER THEY COULD GET UNDER IT. SO AGAIN, I THINK WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE SCALE OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO IMPROVE YOU KNOW, LET ME SAY THAT WE SPENT A OF MONEY DESIGNING THE OLD TOWN MASTER PLAN WHICH NEEDS TO BE TWEAKED YOU ALWAYS NEEDS TO BE TWEAKED. I DON'T DENY THAT.

AND AGAIN I DO BELIEVE THERE NEEDS TO BE A CLASSIFICATION FOR CARPORT SO I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THE CONCEPT BUT AGAIN I DON'T WANT TO DIMINISH WHAT WE'VE TRIED TO DO HERE WORKED FOR US FOR A VERY LONG TIME WITH INFILL TO NOT A GOOD PRODUCT AT THE END OF THE DAY WHATEVER THIS CARPORT MAY OR MAY NOT BE. THANK YOU, MR. WARD.

MR. FRAZIER THANK JUST AN ECHOING MUCH OF WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN SAID I TOO AM IN AGREEANCE WITH I THINK IT'S ALSO TO REMEMBER WE OFTEN HEAR A LOT OF TIMES DISCUSSIONS ON THE OF BLUFFTON AND MAINTAINING THAT AND THE WAY OF LIFE AND I THINK IN IN REMEMBERING IS ALSO

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IT DEFINITELY NEEDS ITS OWN DESIGNATION AND I THINK WE CAN LOOK AT THE SCALE AND THE SIZE OF IT TO ENSURE THAT IT IS COMPARABLE TO THE LOT THAT IT'S GOING TO RELY ON.

BUT I TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER BECOMES THE FINAL DECISION ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT ISN'T SOMETHING THAT AGAIN BECOMES ANOTHER YOU KNOW DUE, TO YOUR AMENDMENT OR POLICY INITIATIVE THAT WE ARE BURDENING RESIDENTS BY WHO ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO HOUSE THEIR VEHICLE OR GOLF CART ON THEIR PRIVATE PROPERTY AS THEY SHOULD SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT WITH GOT ANOTHER LAYER OF BUREAUCRACY THAT MAY MAKE THAT AN IMPEDIMENT FOR THEM.

BUT YOU MAY ASK ANOTHER QUESTION CERTAINLY SO AND I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWERS TO A LOT OF THESE QUESTIONS. THIS IS THE HARD PART FOR STAFF WHEN THEY TRY TO GET FEEDBACK FROM US TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE REALLY MEAN. BUT SO AGAIN WHEN WE MENTION THE SCALE AND FOOTPRINT YOU KNOW LET'S KEEP IN MIND FOR EXAMPLE THE BRIDGE YOU KNOW THE TOWN GOT UP IN ARMS ABOUT, THE FOOTPRINT SCALE OF THE BRIDGE SO WE REWROTE THE USE YEARS TO MODIFY THAT TO WHERE WE KEPT TALKING ABOUT IT'S CALLED THE BRIDGE COLLECTIVE IS WHERE WE'RE ECCENTRICITIES USED TO BE TALKING ABOUT THAT BRIDGE WE WANT TO KNOW BRIDGES AND BLOCKING SO THAT BECAME A YOU KNOW WE ALL KNOW WHAT HAPPENED THERE IT BECAME A MOVEMENT IN THE TOWN TO CONTROL THE SCALE. SO YOU KNOW, I'M SITTING HERE WONDERING BECAUSE I'VE HEARD ALL THE COMMENTS. IT MAKES ME IT MAKES ME THINK MORE OF IT.

SO IF YOU HAVE FOR EXAMPLE AND I'M LOOKING FOR INPUT FROM COUNCIL IF YOU HAVE A LARGE HOME I THINK A LARGER CARPORT PROBABLY WOULD FIT MORE APPROPRIATELY BUT IF YOU HAVE SMALLER HOME BUT YOU WANT TO BUILD A REALLY BIG CARPORT THERE MIGHT BE 2 TO 3 TIMES THE SIZE OF THE HOUSE. THAT'S WHERE SCALE CAN GET OUT OF WHACK.

AND SO I THINK THAT HAS TO BE CONSIDERED. AND LET ME BE CLEAR TO I DON'T THINK THERE'S A PERSON HERE THAT DOESN'T WANT TO GRANDFATHER IN EXEMPT THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE LIVED HERE FOR A VERY VERY LONG TIME THAT HAVE CARPORTS.

THERE'S NO STOMACH FOR THAT AND I BELIEVE SO ANYWAY THAT WAS A QUESTION OF THOUGHT.

I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU RESOLVE THAT. THANK YOU.

OKAY. I'M TO START OFF BY SAYING, YOU KNOW, OUR HISTORIC DISTRICT WAS WAS HISTORIC I MEAN BECAUSE LONG AS I'VE BEEN ALIVE AND AROUND BLUFFTON, PEOPLE HAVE HAD GARAGES AND CARPORTS IN THEIR YARDS ALL OVER THE PLACE, MOST OF THEM BUILT OUT OF WOOD BACK THEN. BUT THERE WERE STILL PLENTY LIKE YOU KNOW, YOU CAN BUY TODAY IT'S OKAY AS MS.. MARTIN MENTIONED TO PULL YOUR BOAT IN THE YARD, PUT FIVE DIFFERENT COLORS OF TARPAULINS OVER IT, TIE IT DOWN SOME STRING AND THAT'S ACCEPTABLE.

I'D MUCH RATHER SEE A CARPORT YOU KNOW THAT I COULD PUT MY BOAT UNDER A CAR UNDER A GOLF CART UNDER THEN YOU KNOW, THROW TOGETHER SOMETHING THAT DEFINITELY DOESN'T LOOK APPEALING. IT WAS MENTIONED KEVIN A WHILE AGO ABOUT TURNING ON SIDEWAYS OR SOMETHING TO NOT HAVE THEM VIEWED THROUGH THE DRIVEWAY. THAT'S A NO NO.

THAT MAKES NO SENSE. A GARAGE OR A CARPORT THAT YOU CAN'T GET INTO LIKE SOME OF THEM THAT ARE MADE THAT ARE REQUIRED RIGHT HERE IN BLUFFTON NOT FAR FROM WHERE I LIVE.

IT JUST DON'T WORK. SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE THAT POINT THE MENTION ABOUT WATER AND ELECTRIC BEING IN THE NOT BEING THERE IF YOU HAVE A BOAT GO ON THE RIVER AND YOU COME BACK YOU'RE GOING TO PULL THE GARDEN HOSE OVER THERE AND WASH YOUR BOAT DOWN.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE WATER ANYWAY IF YOU NEED TO PUT YOUR BATTERY MAINTAINER ON IT OR YOUR BATTERY CHARGER ON YOUR GOLF CART OR IF YOU WANT TO SEE SOMETHING LATER IN THE EVENING OR WHATEVER WHEN IT STARTS GETTING YOU NEED LIGHT. SO I DON'T SEE WHERE WATER AND LIGHTS SAYING NO TO THAT MAKES ANY SURE YOU GOT TO GET THEM PUT IN PROFESSIONALLY INSPECT

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SO WHAT I SUGGEST KEVIN AND, YOU AND YOUR TEAM COME UP WITH SOME IDEAS AFTER HEARING WHAT WE HAVE HEARD, WHAT WE'VE SAID AND THROW SOME OPTIONS OUT THERE, SOME MORE QUESTIONS AND THEN GET BACK TO US AND LET'S LET'S GET IT CHANGED SO THAT SO THAT PEOPLE CAN DO WHAT THEY DESERVE TO DO AND PUT THEIR BOAT OR MOTORCYCLE OR GOLF CART UNDER A ROOF.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

AND IF I COULD I'LL JUST DO A JUST A QUICK RECAP OF SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF WHAT I'VE GOT FROM ALL OF YOU IS THAT IT SEEMS THAT YOU'RE OKAY WITH ELECTRICITY AND PLUMBING TO THEM YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME TYPE OF SCREENING OF SOME SORT .

YOU MENTIONED THE SLATS OR WITH THE GAPS IN THEM TYPE DEAL SCREENING.

SO YEAH SOME SCREENING THINGS OF SCREENING OR THAT IS FOR ESTHETICS OR TO THE VISION OF WHAT'S UNDER STORE TO UNDER THE GARAGE OR UNDER THE I THINK TO BE HONEST I MEAN PARTIALLY ENCLOSED BUT NOT TOTALLY NOT TOTALLY ENCLOSED BUT IT'S NOT JUST THE VERTICAL OR I GUESS YOU COULD DO HORIZONTAL BUT WITH THAT GAP BETWEEN EACH ONE SO IT'S NOT ENCLOSED BUT COULD HIDE AGAIN FROM NEIGHBORS AND THINGS LIKE THAT WHAT IS IN WHAT'S BEEN COVERED REALLY LIKE 50 50%? OH, I THINK IT'S AN OPTION. I DEFINITELY DON'T THINK IT'S REQUIRED BUT I THINK IT'S AN OPTIONAL IF THEY WOULD LIKE THAT OR I THAT OR IF SOMEONE IS SAYING THINGS THAT ARE OR VEGETATIVE SCREEN LIKE BUSHES OR PLANTINGS WHICHEVER LIKE EXACTLY NOT REQUIRE THAT OR SOME TYPE OF OPTION TO DO THAT SOME TYPE OF BUFFERING OPTIONS TO THAT WAS SOMEWHAT A BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES YOU KNOW SOME OF THESE MODELS THAT YOU TO SOMEWHAT BUFFER THE LEAVES AND EVERYTHING GOING YOU KNOW THROUGH WIDE OPEN SO WHETHER IT WAS FENCING OR SOME TYPE OF SIDING I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD IT WOULD MAKE COMMON SENSE ONCE YOU'RE ABLE TO IF WANT TO IF YOU KNOW MIND AND SEE THAT WE'RE GETTING INTO LIKE MORE OF LIKE DECORATIVE OR LIKE THINGS ON AN ESTHETIC THAT MAY BE A PREFERENCE OF SOME FOLKS.

SO IF THE LANGUAGE OF IT COULD JUST INCLUDE YOU KNOW WHAT THE DEFINITIVE YOU KNOW, PARAMETERS OF A CARPORT IS AND THEN GIVE OPTIONS IN TERMS OF IF YOU DO DECIDE TO PUT IN SLATS AS COUNCIL WOMAN BIRDIE MENTIONED OR YOU WANT TO HAVE TYPE OF SCREEN PROTECTION THESE ARE THE YOU KNOW, THE OPTIONS TO DO. BUT I THINK IF YOU JUST IF YOU FOCUS ON GIVING US SOME OPTIONS AS A MERE MENTION OF WHAT WHAT COULD BE ALLOWED I WOULD ADD IN THERE COLOR WE DON'T REGULATE COLOR YOU KNOW YEAH SO NO ON ANY YOU CAN HAVE POLKA DOTS YES PINK LOTS AND I WAS THINKING JUST KIND OF NATURAL YOU WOULD LOOK AT THAT I HAVE A FAVORITE SO SOME OF THE OTHER ITEMS IF YOU CONTINUE ON AND JUST FOCUS ON THE SIZE NOT SO MUCH REGULATING LIKE TWO CARS VERSUS THE ACTUAL FOCUS MORE ON FOOTAGE SO WE'LL LOOK INTO THAT MAKE IT USER FRIENDLY FOCUS ON THE MASS AND SCALE. WE DEFINITELY NEED ITS OWN BUILDING TYPE SOME TYPE OF POSSIBLE BUFFERING AS WE'VE MENTIONED THEN CONCERNS ABOUT FROM A BUILDING CODE STANDPOINT ARE THEY HURRICANE RELATED? SO I'LL CONFIRM ABOUT THAT HOW THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT COUNCILMAN BOYD BROUGHT UP AND I'M WRITING THIS DOWN AS A POSSIBLE TABLE BASED OFF OF THE SIZE OF YOUR LOT.

SO IF YOU HAVE A IF YOU HAVE AA1 ACRE LOT YOU'RE ALLOWED X YOU KNOW, SIZE VERSUS A SMALLER

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AND ON THAT KEVIN LET'S NOT FORGET THAT THE SMALLER YOUR HOUSE THE BIGGER CARPORT YOU NEED REAL LIFE RIGHT YOU DON'T HAVE A BIG AND LOTS OF STORAGE AND ALL LIKE THAT YOU HAVE THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO PUT IN YOUR CAR FOR STORAGE JUST LIKE AN ATTIC OR JUST LIKE A GARAGE THAT NEVER GETS CARS. GOT IT. THAT'S SO SO WE DON'T WANT TO BE TOO RESTRICTIVE ON THE SIZE OF THE HOUSE. YES, LET'S SEE.

IT'S NOT CREATE BURDENS AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE LANGUAGE FOR OPTIONS OF ARCHITECTURAL SIGHTINGS THAT IF YOU DO THIS AND YOU CAN DO HERE'S HERE'S WAYS THAT YOU CAN GO THROUGH IT DON'T LIKE THE SIDEWAYS VERSION OF IT AND THEN LET'S SAY LIKE THE WATER AND ELECTRICITY WE'RE GOOD WITH THAT AND THEN MAYOR TOUMA, YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT LOOK AT THE FROM THE SETBACK STANDPOINT ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY HAVING IT CLOSER TO THE TO THE PROPERTY LINE. I'M TO GET MORE INFORMATION ON THAT SPECIFICALLY DEALING WITH BUILDING CODE BECAUSE AS YOU GET CLOSER TO PROPERTY LINES THERE'S DIFFERENT REGULATIONS THAT HAVE TO BE MET. SO LET ME LOOK MORE THAT PORTION IF MY MEMORY SERVES ME THAT IF IT'S NOT ENCLOSED THERE ARE DIFFERENT SETBACKS I WILL BUILD A DECK ALL THE WAY TO YOUR PROPERTY. I'LL DEFINITELY LOOK INTO THAT TO MAKE SURE TO GET SOME MORE FROM OUR LIVING SPACE LET ME SAY SO ARE YOU SAYING YOU WOULD ALLOW GO INTO THE BUFFER SO YOU KNOW I'M NOT I'M NOT THE PROPERTY LINE? WELL THE PROPERTY LINE HAS NO BUFFER NO NO YOU DON'T HAVE BUFFER ZONE RESIDENTIAL. NO YOU JUST HAVE SETBACKS.

OKAY SETBACK BUT IF IT'S NOT A IF IF IT'S NOT A STRUCTURE THAT'S ENCLOSED RIGHT NOW, YOU CAN YOU CAN YOU'RE RIGHT THERE. I KNOW YOU KNOW I KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT I'M TALKING.

YES. YES. AND DR. PANAY, DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS SETBACK VERSUS IF YOU HAVE A ROOF ON ITSELF THAT'S CONFIRMED EVERYTHING WILL CONFIRM WITH THE BUILDING OFFICIAL ON THAT SO AND THAT'S JUST SOMETHING TO LOOK AT AND YES IT MAY NOT BE A GOOD IDEA I DON'T KNOW WHY I'M ASKING DON'T OKAY.

I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE OUR MARCHING ORDERS AND WE'LL START MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS.

[X.1. Approval to Authorize a Construction Contract with Jordan Construction of Hilton Head, Inc. for Phases 4, 5 and 6 of the Historic District Sewer Extension Project (Fiscal Impact $863,784.90) - Patrick Rooney, Capital Improvement Program Manager]

OKAY. MOVING ON TO FORMAL AGENDA ITEM APPROVAL TO AUTHORIZE A CONTRACT A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WITH JORDAN, CONSTRUCTION OF HILL AND HEADING PHASES 456 OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICT SEWER EXTENSION PROJECT PHYSICAL IMPACT $863,784 AND 90 CENT AND I AM SO GLAD TO SEE THIS FROM THE COUNCIL.

MR. ROONEY I'M GLAD YOU'RE HAPPY. OKAY.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL I'M HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR YOUR REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION FOR PHASE FOUR, FIVE AND SIX OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICT SEWER EXTENSION PROJECT. YES. OKAY, LOOK, THIS IS THE WORK IS LOCATED IN THREE STREETS AND WITHIN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT PHASE IS LAWRENCE STREET BETWEEN BOUNDARY AND THE COVE PHASE FIVE IS GREEN STREET BETWEEN BOUNDARY AND THE COVE AND THEN PHASE SIX IS ON BOTH ENDS OF WATER STREET AS FAR AS BACKGROUND DOWN THIS IS THE FINAL PHASES OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICT SEWER EXTENSION.

THIS ORIGINATED IN THE 2019 2020 STRATEGIC PLAN IN SUPPORT OF THE MAIN RIVER WATERSHED ACTION. OBVIOUSLY THE GOAL HERE IS TO ELIMINATE SEPTIC TANKS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE WATERSHED FOR THE MAIN RIVER NETWORK THE PROJECT SCOPE IS VERY SIMPLE AND SO A SEWER MAINLINES SEPTIC TANK DEMOLITION AND HOUSEHOLD CONNECTION TO SEWER LINES.

MOST OF THIS WORK WOULD BE OCCURRING WITHIN THESE STREET RIGHT AWAY AS I EARLIER WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE CONNECTIONS THAT HAVE TO BE MADE IN BOUNDARY STREET AND CALHOUN STREET FOR THE CONNECTIONS FROM THESE NEW TRUNK LINES TO THE MAIN SEWER LINES IN THOSE ROADS. SO THERE WILL BE SOME DETOURS AND TRAFFIC OBSTRUCTIONS WHEN THAT IS GOING ON BUT I DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT TO BE A LONG DURATION.

SO THE NEXT STEPS FOR US IS GO AHEAD AND INITIATE A CONTRACT FOR SIGNATURES WITH JORDAN

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THIS PROJECT WAS BUILT IN MARCH THIS YEAR THERE WAS TWO CONTRACTORS TO SUBMIT A BID TO CONSTRUCTION WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE LOW LOWEST QUALIFIED BIDDER.

THE STAFF IS GOING TO REQUEST AN ADDITIONAL 10% CONTINGENCY ALLOWANCE TO COVER ON ANY KIND OF UNFORESEEN CONSTRUCTION CHANGES DURING CONSTRUCTION AND SO THE TOTAL FISCAL IMPACT BETWEEN THE CONTRACT AND THE CONTINGENCY IS $863,784.90. THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PRESIDENT I HAVE A I HAVE A MOTION IN THE PACKAGE AS TO WHAT I JUST WANT A COMPLIMENT. YOU THE REST OF STAFF SHOULD SEE HOW QUICKLY YOU WENT THROUGH THAT WONDERFUL DEBATE ON HAVING A GAME OF NO QUESTIONS IS THERE A EMOTION? SO I MAKE A MOTION I TO APPROVE AUTHORIZING THE TOWN MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH CONSTRUCTION OF HILTON HEAD INC FOR PHASES FOUR, FIVE AND SIX OF HISTORIC DISTRICT SEWER EXTENSION PROJECT FISCAL IMPACT OF $863,784 AND 90 SAID SENSE WHICH INCLUDES A 10% CONTINGENCY DURING DISCUSSION. IS THERE A SECOND SECOND OF EVERYTHING I AS UNANIMOUS

[XI. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS]

[XII. EXECUTIVE SESSION]