[1. Call to Order] [00:00:04] . GOOD MORNING. LIKE TO BRING THE COMMUNITY [2. Pledge to the Flag] SERVICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING TO ORDER IF WE CAN PLEASE ALL RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC WE SHOULD STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH A STRONG THANK YOU. SO I'M LOOKING AROUND THE ROOM NORMALLY I WOULD ASK IF THERE'S ANY PUBLIC ANYONE WHO WANTED TO SPEAK PRIOR TO OUR MEETING BEGINNING AND I DON'T SEE ANYONE WHO'S NOT AND WHO WOULD [3. Adoption of the Agenda] BE IN THAT POSITION SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE RIGHT ON TO AN ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA. I MADE A MOTION TO MOVE THE EXECUTIVE SESSION AFTER PRESENTATION BY THE FIRE RESCUE SQUAD AND SECOND BY COUNCILMAN DESMOND ALL IN FAVOR. OKAY SO WITH THAT WE WILL RATHER THAN GOING DIRECTLY INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM EIGHT EIGHT OKAY WHERE IS OH SORRY SEVEN EIGHT YES SIR SEVEN A TO ABOUT THE EXECUTIVE SESSION AND DO WE HAVE AN APPROVAL OF THE [4. Approval of the Minutes] MINUTES A MOTION FOR THAT. NO MOVED AND ALL IN FAVOR AND THANK YOU AND SO WITH THAT WE [7.a. Presentation of the Annual Fire Rescue Report - Chris Blankenship, Fire Chief] ARE SO TO HAVE MEMBERS OF OUR FIRE AND RESCUE HELP HOME FIRE AND RESCUE WITH US THIS MORNING TO GIVE US A REPORT AT THE 2024 ANNUAL REPORT AND WELCOME THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. CHRIS BILLINGS, THE FIRE CHIEF HERE TO PRESENT OUR 2024 ANNUAL REPORTS. I'M GOING TO KIND OF BREEZED THROUGH THIS WITH YOU ALL HAVE A BIG AGENDA TODAY I'M IN LINE TO HAVE TIME FOR SOME QUESTIONS BUT YOU GUYS SHOULD ALL HAVE COPIES OF THE OF THE REPORT AS WELL AS THE DATA REPORT WE WON'T BE GOING OVER THE DATA IN DEPTH BUT BY ALL MEANS FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO ME AT ANY TIME WITH ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE SO WITH THAT WE HAD A THE BUSIEST CALL CALL WAS A YEAR THAT WE'VE EVER HAD LAST YEAR RAN OVER 10,000 TOTAL INCIDENTS AND OVER 14,000 TOTAL UNIT RESPONSES. THAT WAS AN AVERAGE OF 27 INCIDENTS PER DAY WHICH IS A 30% INCREASE SINCE 2020 WHICH WE CONTINUE TO SEE THAT RISE YEAR AFTER THE BUSIER WE GET ON THE ISLAND. WE ARE THE 10TH BUSIEST DEPARTMENT IN SOUTH CAROLINA WHICH KIND OF SHOCKED A LITTLE BIT SINCE SOME OF A LOT OF THE DEPARTMENTS ARE FULL TIME AND BY LARGE DEPARTMENTS LIKE ORANGE COUNTY AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO JUST KIND OF SPEAKS TO OUR SMALL LITTLE ISLAND IS IS A BUSY LITTLE ISLAND AS WE ALL KNOW ARE FREQUENTLY RESPOND TO LOCATIONS CONTINUOUSLY YEAR AFTER YEAR ARE ALWAYS OUR ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES AT BAY SHORE THE SEABROOK AS YOU CAN SEE DOWN THE LIST THERE WHERE WE SPEND MOST OF OUR TIME IS IN EMS AND THESE ARE PRETTY MUCH THE TOP FIVE YEAR AFTER YEAR STARTS FIRES. LAST YEAR WE HAD 33 FIRES WITHIN A STRUCTURE OF WHICH WERE COMBINED WITH OBJECT OF ORIGIN TO THE ROOM OF ORIGIN AND TO THE BUILDING AWARDS AND WE UNFORTUNATELY DID HAVE ONE FIRE FATALITY AND ONE FIRE INJURY LAST YEAR. WE SAVED THREE JUST OVER $3 MILLION. I'M JUST WE SAVED JUST UNDER $350 MILLION WORTH OF PROPERTY AND LOST JUST OVER 3 MILLION JUST A LITTLE BIT INTO THE DATA WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU HERE OUR BENCHMARKS THAT WE STRIVE TO MEET UNDER THE BENCHMARK TIMES WHERE WE ENDED UP IN 2024 AND WHERE NEED TO IMPROVE. SO THIS IS ON THE FIRE SIDE ON THE ONLY TIME SEEING ABOVE OUR BENCHMARK IS OUR TRAVEL TIME AND THAT IS HONESTLY DUE TO THE INCREASE OF TRAFFIC ON OUR STREETS AS WELL AS THE BUSIER WE GET WE'RE RESPONDING OUTSIDE OF OUR FIRST FEW DISTRICTS MORE OFTEN. SO IF STATION ONE IS ALREADY ON A CALL STATION TO OUR STATION SIX ARE COMING INTO THAT WHICH WILL ALWAYS SEE AN INCREASED TIME. SO NOT WHOLE LOT WE CAN DO TO IMPROVE AND THAT'S BUT WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR NEW WAYS OUR EMS WE DO HAVE SOME AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT HERE ARE THE BIG STAND OUT HERE IS THE ALARM HANDLING TIME OUR BENCHMARKS BENCHMARKS WERE SET ON THE TIME AWAY. WE USED TO DO THINGS AS WE MOVE INTO OUR NEXT ACCREDITATION CYCLE WE WILL BE CHANGING THAT TIME. WE'VE ACTUALLY SLOWED DOWN ALARM HANDLING TIME TO GET MORE INFORMATION TO MAKE SURE SENDING THE PROPER RESPONSE TO IT INSTEAD OF JUST KIND OF SENDING EVERYBODY AND THEN [00:05:04] AND THEN DIALING IT BACK SO SOMEWHERE WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO TO WORK ON THERE BUT NOTHING ALARMING TO ME OUR YARD WASTE BURN WE HAD ONE SATURDAY THEY CONTINUED TO GO OVER PRETTY WELL TWO TIMES A MONTH WE HAVE 370 REGISTERED BURNS IN 2024. WE CHECKED EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM AS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT BE AWARE EVERY BURN THAT IS REGISTERED ON THOSE SATURDAYS OUR CREWS GO OUT INTO THE FIELD AND MAKE SURE AND VERIFY THAT THEY'RE BURNING WITHIN ACCORDANCE THE OF THE ORDINANCE WE DID ISSUE TEN WARNINGS AND NO CITATIONS I DO THINK WITH THE THE CITATION ORDINANCE AND EVERYTHING THAT'S THAT'S COMING IN THE FUTURE I THINK YOU'LL SEE THAT CHANGE WE WILL BE ABLE TO DO SOME MORE CITATIONS AS YOU KNOW WE'VE CELEBRATED ALL YEAR. THANK YOU MUCH FOR OUR EIGHT NEW PUMPERS WE'RE PUTTING TO SERVICE SOME QUICK FACTS REALLY I WANT TO POINT OUT THE ONE BIG ONE IS THE COST. SO WE PAID 631,000 PER PUMPER I WOULD SAY IF WE ORDERED THE SAME PUMPERS TODAY JUST IN ROUGHLY $200,000 MORE PER YEAR CLOSE TO 900,000 PER PUMPER TODAY WHICH IS ALARMING BUT WE'RE SEEING THAT ACROSS THE NATION WE'RE STILL CONTINUOUSLY SEEING THE IN PRODUCTION EMS SIDE ARE THREE OF THREE BIGGEST CALLS FOR SERVICE GENERALIZED WEAKNESS HEAD INJURY. A LOT OF THE HEAD INJURY IS FALLS THE SYNCOPE AND FAINTING THE MALE TO RATIO THERE A BIG THING HERE IS YOU'LL SEE THAT WE ARE RESPONDING TO PATIENTS FROM SOUTH CAROLINA MORE THAN ANYTHING AND IN THE NEXT SLIDE YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT 71% OF OUR TOTAL PATIENTS TRANSPORTED OUR OUR RESIDENTS OF HILTON HEAD. SO QUESTIONS ALWAYS ASKED ARE WE SERVING THE TOURISTS? ARE WE SERVING OUR POPULATION EMS WISE? IT IS IT IS GROSSLY OUR POPULATION AND IF WE IF WE GO BACK YOU'LL SEE WHY THE VAST MAJORITY OF CALLS ME GO TO ARE 65 AND OLDER I'M FROM THAT CHART THERE ARE REVENUE COLLECTED THIS CONTINUES TO GO UP EVERY YEAR WHICH WHICH GREAT JUST UNDER $2.5 MILLION COLLECTED IN M0 AVENUE WE DO HAVE A COLLECTION RATE OF 81% WHICH IS ABOVE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE OF 66%. AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ASK ARE WHAT WE SEE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE LIKE I DON'T WANT TO GO TO HOSPITAL BECAUSE BY AMBULANCE I DON'T WANT TO PAY THE BILL. A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THAT IT'S A VERY LARGE FEE OUR AVERAGE COST LAST YEAR PER TRIP WAS $440 NALOXONE NARCAN. WE SEE THIS TRENDING DOWN YEAR AFTER YEAR SINCE SINCE THOSE COLVIN YEARS SO LAST YEAR WE ADMINISTERED 39 DOSES OF NARCAN WHICH IS GREAT. THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THERE ARE 39 OVERDOSES WE GIVE NARCAN TO CARDIAC ARREST WHEN WHEN WE CAN'T THEM BACK AND THERE'S NO REALLY UNDERLYING REASON OF WHY THEY'RE IN CARDIAC ARREST IT'S JUST ONE OF THE MEDICATIONS WE GO TO ON TO SEE IF IT'LL HELP YOU WE'LL BE SEEING MORE ON THIS IN MAY WITH THE OPIOID PROPOSAL THAT WE HAVE COMING FORWARD TO TO THIS COMMITTEE FIRST AND THEN TO TOWN COUNCIL. SO I GOT SOME REALLY GOOD THINGS IN THE WORK SOME SOME OF THAT MONEY THAT WAS SET ASIDE FROM STATE THAT WE GOT FROM THE LAWSUITS. WE GOT A COUPLE OF REALLY GOOD PROGRAMS THINK WE CAN PUT IN PLACE WITH WITH THAT MONEY SO STAY TUNED FOR THAT ARE IN A FACILITY TRANSPORT HOSPITAL HOSPITAL WE'RE DOWN BY ONE LAST YEAR WE WOULD LOVE TO THIS GET TO ZERO BUT WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE HOSPITAL THEIR PARTNER THROUGH PRIVATE EMS TO GET THIS DOWN TO ZERO AND THEN WHAT WE DID SEE IS AN UPTICK OUR AIR TRANSPORT SO WE TRANSPORT PATIENTS FROM THAT HOSPITAL TO THE AIRPORT FOR THE HELICOPTER RIDE OUTS THAT THEY FLY OUT. SO I THINK AS YOU'RE SEEING THE ABILITY OF OF PRIVATE TO NOT GROUND TRANSPORT PATIENTS OUT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THEM START FLYING MORE SO THAT WENT UP PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY PROGRESSIVE RATE 70% LAST YEAR WHICH IS AMAZING ONE OF OUR BEST YEARS EVER WE HAVE A 26% NATIONAL AVERAGE SO WE'RE WELL ABOVE THAT WE CONTINUE TO DO GREAT THINGS. OBVIOUSLY WE PUT THIS QR CODE OUT THERE EVERYWHERE FOR PEOPLE TO SIGN UP IN AND TAKE CPR CLASS. I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT EVERY PERSON OVER THE AGE OF PROBABLY 15 THESE DAYS SHOULD SHOULD KNOW SEE CPR AND USE OF IT IS NOT GOING TO DELVE INTO THIS MUCH BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE ASK LIKE WHAT DO WE DO WHEN WE'RE NOT RUNNING CALLS? WE TRAIN 35000 HOURS OF TRAINING LAST FOR OUR TROOPS AND THEN WE DID HIRE 15 [00:10:03] FIREFIGHTERS THREE WHICH WE SENT TO THE ACADEMY 12 WERE ALREADY CERTIFIED LAST AND WE HAD SIX LIEUTENANT CANDIDATE PROMOTIONS AND SEVEN DRIVERS ON SPECIAL OPERATIONS. STEVE YOU MIGHT BE THE ONLY ONE SINCE YOU'RE NEW TO THE COMMUNITY THAT DOESN'T KNOW. WE HAVE TWO REGIONAL TEAMS ON THE ISLAND WHERE WE USE OUR TEAM IN A HAZMAT TEAM THOSE ARE FUNDED THROUGH NATIONAL AND STATE GRANTS THROUGH HOMELAND SECURITY AND SO WE HOUSED THE LOWCOUNTRY TEAM HERE ON HILTON HEAD AND WE GET ALL THE EQUIPMENT, WE HAVE IT HERE USE ON THE ISLAND BUT THEY'RE ALSO TASKED TO TO MOVE INTO THE STATE AS NEEDED AND THE USE OUR TEAM TYPICALLY DOES DO THAT SO IN JANUARY WE WENT TO BAMBERG FOR THE TORNADO AUGUST HAD THE HURRICANE DEBBY DEPLOYMENT TO CHARLESTON AND BERKELEY COUNTY IN SEPTEMBER WE WENT TO HURRICANE HELENE IN GREENVILLE AND THEN THIS SUMMER WE HAD WE HAD A CLASS THAT WE COMPLETED BUT THIS TEAM DOES GO OUT THE DOOR. BUT THE NICE THING IS THIS RECIPROCAL DURING HURRICANE EVERY TEAM IN THE STATE WAS ALSO HERE SO THE OTHER THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS IS THE HAZMAT TEAM. WE DO NOT DEPLOY OUT IN THE REGION TOO OFTEN WITH THIS TEAM BUT IT'S NICE TO HAVE THE CAPABILITIES HERE ON THE ISLAND AND BLUFFTON ARE NOW ON COMMUNICATION CENTER. ANOTHER BANNER LAST YEAR 25,091 CALLS NINE YOU KNOW 10,000 CALLS TRANSFER ANOTHER NINE ONE CENTERS US MOSTLY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE INTO COUNTY, 60,000 CALLS COMING INTO THE CENTER. YOU FRIDAYS IN JUNE THE BUSIEST DAYS IN THE IN THE MONTHS OF THE YEAR AND THEN SOME ACHIEVEMENTS THAT OUR COMMUNICATORS GOT LAST WE HAD THREE OF THE SUPERVISORS COMPLETED THEIR CMC PROGRAM. TWO SUPERVISORS RECEIVED EMERGENCY NUMBERS PROFESSIONS CERTIFICATION. THEN AS YOU GUYS SAW DURING OUR AWARDS CEREMONY MONIQUE GOT THE RECEIVE THE PALMETTO AWARD FOR HER EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM PRIDE OF WHAT WE DO YOU KNOW ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HOUSE THE OPERATION SIDE COMMUNITY RISK REDUCTION SO WE HAVE THE GUYS OUT RUNNING TO THE EMERGENCIES AND THEN WE HAVE THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HOUSE OUT THERE TRYING TO PREVENT US FROM EVER GOING OUT TO THOSE EMERGENCIES. SO BUSY GROUP JUST OVER 3000 FIRE INSPECTIONS LAST YEAR 3700 VIOLATIONS FOUND JUST OVER 3000 HAVE BEEN CORRECTED BUT 500 NEW CONSTRUCTION INSPECTIONS YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE GROWING WE'RE BUILDING 500 PLANS REVIEWS. WE INSTALL SMOKE ALARMS. WE INSPECT EVERY HYDRANT ON THE ON THE ISLAND THAT'S UNDER 3000. WE DID HAVE 14 FIRE INVESTIGATIONS AND THIS IS ALSO THE DIVISION THAT'S INSTALLING THE CAR SEATS ON A DAILY BASIS OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND RECRUITMENT BUSIER STILL STILL FAIRLY NEW BUT JUST UNDER 3000 TOTAL COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS WITH SIX NEW PROGRAMS 11 NEW PARTNERSHIPS, 29 COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT WE EITHER HOSTED OR ATTENDED AND FOUR COMMUNITY RELATIONS PRESENTATIONS HOW WE IMPACT THE COMMUNITY. IT'S SOME OF THE BIG, BIG THINGS WE DID LAST YEAR WITH THAT WAS THE LEASE PROGRAM WITH BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB THE SUMMER GIRLS CAMP THAT WE HAD WITH ISLAND REC THEY OUR NEW HIGHER PHYSICAL ABILITIES TESTING AND WELCOME SOCIAL FOR THOSE MEMBERS THAT ARE THAT ARE WANTING TO COME IN AND JOIN US KENZIE OVER HERE IS OUR MARKETING ANOTHER ANOTHER BIG YEAR FOR HER WE'RE GETTING THERE MORE WE'RE OUT IN THE PUBLIC ON SOCIAL MEDIA A LOT MORE. I MEAN 56% INCREASE IN PAGE VISITS ON FACEBOOK, 72% INCREASE ON ENGAGEMENT AND GETTING OUR INSTAGRAM UP AND GOING. SO SHE CONTINUES TO DO GOOD THINGS AND HER HUSBAND PUT THIS WHOLE PRESENTATION TOGETHER AND OUR ANNUAL REPORT OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TOM ALL OF OUR SPECIAL EVENTS LIKE HERITAGE, THE ST PATRICK'S DAY PARADE BUT WE ALSO YEAR HAD SOME SOME ISSUES WITH THE TROPICAL DEBBY AND HURRICANE HELENE SO HE ALWAYS DOES A FANTASTIC YOU KNOW WHEN THE EOC OPENS AND GETTING INFORMATION OUT AND REALLY THE PREPAREDNESS PART OF IT TO FLEET MAINTENANCE THEY KEEP ALL OF OUR TOWN VEHICLES UP AND RUNNING. THEY'VE BEEN BUSY WITH OUR AGING FLEET. HOPEFULLY THEY'LL HAVE SOME SLOW DOWN WITH OUR WITH OUR NEW TRUCKS COMING IN AND THEN SOME ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE WE'RE REPLACING THE CHP ALL OF OUR TOWN OWNED ADS OUT IN THE PUBLIC WE DID RECEIVE THE MISSION SILVER LIFELINE AWARD FOR EMS AND WELCOME TO OUR TWO NEW MEDICAL DIRECTORS AND WE HAVE INSTALLED OUR NEW STATION ALERTING SYSTEM AS A PARTNERSHIP WITH COUNTY ALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS THE COUNTY RECEIVED NEW STATION LEARNING SOME STAFFING UPDATES IT'S A LITTLE OUTDATED I THINK WE GOT TWO VACANT TO ONE OR TWO VACANCIES ALL WE HAVE ONE VACANCY ON THE LINE NOW WHICH IS GREAT SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO GET PEOPLE INTERESTED IN COMING TO WORK HERE AND GETTING IN THE DOOR AND THEN OUR CHALLENGES SO [00:15:03] REALLY OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE IS HEADQUARTERS AND YOU'LL SEE OUR HEADQUARTERS IS OLD. I MEAN IT'S A WAREHOUSE WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF ROOM. OUR CLASSROOM CONTINUES BE OVERUSED AND ALSO OVER USE USED FOR COMMUNITY STUFF SUCH AS CPR AND AID WHERE. WE'RE REALLY FIGHTING EACH OTHER FOR SPACE AND THEN WE'RE STILL IN A RENTED SPACE OUR DISPATCH AND YOU'LL SEE AT ESD ONE SO WORKING WITH MARK AND IN TOWN STAFF TO IDENTIFY YOU KNOW SOMEWHERE ON THE ISLANDS MAYBE NOT NEXT TO THE DUMP THAT WE CAN THAT WE CAN MOVE IN THE FUTURE AND AND HAVE A BUILDING THAT FITS OUR NEEDS. SO BIGGEST CHALLENGE SOME INITIATIVES STILL WORKING ON THE ADDRESS ORDINANCE AWAITING THE ARRIVAL OF OUR NEW LADDERS PARAMEDICS PROGRAM AND CONTINUED WORKING WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN STAFFING DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH WHICH WE WILL BE DOING A NEW STRATEGIC PLAN NEXT YEAR. SO THAT'LL BE A FUN TIME. SO THAT WAS BRIEF BUT THAT'S ANNUAL REPORT OPEN UP FOR QUESTIONS OR SO YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO AND GREAT PRESENTATION AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND STEVE HAVE QUITE A PERSON APPRECIATE YOU GUYS YOU TRANSPORTED A FRIEND OF MINE FRIDAY AFTERNOON FRIDAY NIGHT HE WENT OVER HIS HANDLEBARS SEVEN CRUSHED RIBS, NO BROKEN CLAVICLE HEAD INJURY ENDED UP IN SAVANNAH. HE'S STILL THERE. OH, IT WAS A IT WAS A QUICK RESPONSE AND EVERYTHING IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GETTING BETTER FOR HIM BUT WHAT I WAS MY QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, OTHER THAN SAYING EVERYTHING I KNOW WE'RE WORKING ON SOME FACILITIES WHAT ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS WE CAN DO FOR YOU? SO THAT'S GOOD QUESTIONS. THAT'S EVERY TIME MY THING IS IS I WILL ALWAYS ASK FOR WHAT WE NEED NOT FOR WHAT WANT. WE CONTINUE TO WORK OFF OF A VERY TIGHT BUDGET. WE TRY TO STAY FLAT YEAR OVER YEAR OUR OPERATIONS BUDGET GROWS WITH PERSONNEL COSTS YOU KNOW OUR OUR INSURANCE, OUR OUR RAISES AND STUFF LIKE THAT. WE'VE BEEN VERY IN THE LAST FEW YEARS WITH WITH PERSONNEL. I DO THINK IN FUTURE THERE THERE IS MORE NEED FOR PERSONNEL OUT ON THE LINE TO TO REALLY RESPOND THE WAY WE NEED TO RESPOND OR DIFFERENT THAN OTHER PLACES WHERE WE'RE MANNING AMBULANCES AS WELL AS FIRE TRUCKS AND A LOT OF OUR STATIONS ARE STILL THE AMBULANCE GOES THE FIRE TRUCKS EMS SITS EMPTY. SO I THINK WE NEED TO TRANSITION A MODEL WHERE THAT'S NOT HAPPENING, WHERE THE AMBULANCE CAN STILL RESPOND BUT THE FIRE TRUCK IS STILL LEFT WITH PEOPLE TO RESPOND TO FIRES . SO REALLY THE BIG THING IS SUPPORTING THE BUDGET. WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN VERY WELL SUPPORTED OPS BIG FOR US. WE HAVE THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE REPLACED ON TIME SCHEDULES, OUR TURNOUT GEAR TO BE REPLACED EVERY TEN YEARS. THAT'S THE STANDARD OUR FIRE TRUCKS NEED TO BE REPLACED REALLY EVERY TEN YEARS WE RESTRUCTURED THEM TO 214 1516 NOW BUT WE'RE SEEING THE BACK SIDE OF THEIR THEY'RE ALWAYS DONE MECHANICALLY YOU KNOW STATIONS ARE BUILT OUT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF HEADQUARTERS BUT. JUST REALLY THE BIG THING I NEED FROM COUNCIL IS SUPPORT SUPPORT I WE'RE VERY SUPPORTIVE FROM THE COMMUNITY. COMMUNITY LOVES US COUNCIL ALWAYS VERY APPRECIATIVE OF EVERYTHING WE DO BUT IT REALLY JUST COMES TO THE BUDGET ENTRUSTING US WITH THE FACT THAT WE DO MANAGE OUR BUDGET VERY WELL AND VERY TIGHT WELL SOMETIMES YOU KNOW I LOOK AT THINGS OUT OF THE BOX AND ONE THING THAT CAN HELP YOU IS NOT NECESSARILY INTERNAL IF YOU HAVE ALL THE MONEY YOU NEED, HAVE ALL THE PERSONNEL YOU NEED, ALL THE THE FANCY NEW YOU NEED AND EVERYONE'S FULLY QUALIFIED. WHERE DO YOU FIND YOUR BOTTLENECKS TO GET IN TO GETTING WHERE THE SERVICE IS NEEDED? FOR INSTANCE TRAFFIC WHAT ARE THE TOP THREE BOTTLENECKS? WHERE DO YOU LOSE TIME ON THE ON TRUCK TRAVEL TRAVEL TIME I MEAN WE DO WHERE THOSE SPECIFICALLY DO YOU LOSE TIME AND ANY AREA THAT IS TO THE SOUTH THE SOUTH IN THE SUMMER ALWAYS SOMETHING SO I WILL I WILL TELL YOU WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE NOW TOO IS WE'RE MORE NON-EMERGENT CALLS THAN WE EVER HAVE OVER THE LAST THE LOW ACUITY LOW LEVEL REALLY NON-EMERGENT WE'RE NOT GOING LIGHTS AND SIRENS ANYMORE. WE CONTROL THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC WHEN EVERYTHING'S WORKING RIGHT WHEN WE'RE RUNNING LIGHTS AND SIRENS BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT THE COMPANIES ARE NOT THE KIND OF SYSTEM THAT CHANGES THE LIGHTS. WHAT WHAT WE'RE NOT IS WE MAY SEE AN AMBULANCE FROM PALMETTO DUNES HAVE TO RUN A MEDICAL CALL AT SOUTH BEACH AND IT'S A IT'S A NON-EMERGENT CALL IN THE MIDDLE OF SUMMER ON A SATURDAY IT MAY TAKE THEM 2025 MINUTES TO GET THERE JUST REALLY IT'S JUST THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC BUT [00:20:06] THE SOUTH END I WOULDN'T SAY I WOULD SAY THE THE THE IMPROVEMENTS MAKING TO TO 78 FROM DILLON TO BEACH CITY ARE ARE AMAZING I MEAN THEY ESTHETICALLY LOOK THEY'RE OPENING UP LINES OF SIGHT I THINK WITH LANDSCAPING WE'RE GOING TO GET THOSE PEDESTRIAN CROSSWALKS IN THERE. I HOPE TO GOD USED BECAUSE THAT IS THAT IS KIND OF OUR CORRIDOR OF BAD THINGS SO JUST CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THROUGH ALL OF THAT STUFF BUT BOTTLENECKS I MEAN IT'S REALLY JUST THE AMOUNT OF VEHICLES ON THE ROADWAY MORE THAN ANYTHING OFTEN YOU FIND YOURSELF HAVING TO PUT IT IN REVERSE BECAUSE THE CUL DE SACS ARE TIGHT OH JUST A LOT OF TRUCKS. YEAH THAT'S REALLY JUST OUR LADDERS I MEAN AND TO BE COMPLETELY WITH YOU FIRE TRUCKS DON'T GET SMALLER. OUR PUMPER IS WE DESIGNED TO BE SMALLER AND MORE AND MORE AGILE LADDER TRUCKS CONTINUE TO GET BIGGER. HOW NEW LADDER TRUCKS WILL BE BIGGER THAN THE ONES WE HAVE TODAY. JOHANNA DOES A FANTASTIC JOB IN RUSSELL OF OF THE PLANNING ASPECT OF MAKING SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH ROOM TO TURN AROUND AND TO GET INTO AND LIKE THAT SOME OF THE OLDER ONES IN THE WEEDS AND STUFF IS WHAT IT IS. THEY'RE BUILT OUT. MY THING IS IF WE CAN GET IN GETTING IN IS THE EMERGENCY OUT IS WE CAN TAKE AS MUCH TIME AS WE NEED SO IF WE HAVE TO BACK THE ROAD FOR HALF A MILE THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO DO. BUT THE PLANNING THE PLANNING PART OF ALL THE NEW STUFF IS IS VERY GOOD WHEN IT COMES TO ACCESS. SO IT'S AN EXCELLENT REPORT AS USUAL. IT'S AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF DETAIL INFORMATION IN THERE WHICH IS WHICH IS VERY HELPFUL. I WAS PLEASED TO HEAR YOUR RESPONSE ONE OF THE LINES THERE DEALS WITH THE TIME THAT IT TAKES TO GET ORGANIZED DISPATCH BEFORE TRUCKS ARE JUST DISPATCHED AND I THAT THAT HAD AN INCREASE IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS SO I'M PLEASED SEE WHAT THE REASON FOR THAT AS YOU INDICATED WAS YOU'RE TAKING TIME TO GET MORE INFORMATION FROM THE CALLER AS TO WHAT'S GOING ON WITH REGARD TO THE DEFIBRILLATORS AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF THEM. ARE THERE ANY REQUIREMENTS FOR APARTMENT AND CONDOS AND HOTELS TO AIDS IN THE GARBAGE? I HAD A QUESTION JOHANNA PFISTER AND DEPUTY NO THERE IS NOT BUT LIKE WE CONSISTENTLY PART OF DOING CPR AND AID CLASSES AND WE REALLY TALK ABOUT WE DO HAVE A COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP WHERE IF THEY PURCHASE AN AID AND HAVE IT INSTALLED THEN WE HELP MAINTAIN IT WITH PADS AND BATTERIES THROUGHOUT ITS LIFETIME AND WE HAVE A LOT OF WE HAVE A TON AIDS THAT ARE OUT THERE MOSTLY IN THE PUBLIC PLACES, THE CHURCHES, THE GOLF COURSES, ALL THE PADS THEIR SECURITY TEAMS CARRY AIDS. SO YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF THEM OUT THERE IN THE BUT THERE'S NOT NECESSARILY A REQUIREMENT FOR THEM TO HAVE IT. WE JUST PROMOTE IT BECAUSE WE WANT THEM OUT THERE AND WE WANT THEM TO BE USED IT REALLY WE SET THE EXAMPLE BY EVERY TOWN FACILITY HAS AN 80 THAT IS AN INTERNAL REQUIREMENT THAT WE HAVE FOR THE TOWN SO EVERY EVERY EVERY BUILDING HAS MORE OF THOSE EVERY AND EVERY PARK THERE'S A SAYING THE HOTELS, MOTELS AND CONDOS AND APARTMENT HAVE LARGE COLLECTIONS OF PEOPLE IN ONE SPOT AND IS THERE ANY MOVEMENT TO ANYWHERE IN THE STATE TO GET AID THESE ARE NOT ALL THESE NOT THAT I HAVE SEEN SAID AS PART OF WHAT LIKE THE MARRIOTT FACILITIES WHICH WE HAVE A TON OF INCLUDING ALL OF THE VACATION CLUBS THEY ALL HAVE 80 SO LIKE AS PART OF WHAT WE DO IN INSPECTIONS COMMUNITY RISK REDUCTION WE TRY TO PROMOTE THAT THEY ALL GET AIDS. WE JUST CAN'T REQUIRE TO DO IT BUT YOU DO ENCOURAGE IT AND THAT'S WE'RE HAVING SUCCESS. I MEAN WE WE WE ARE HAVING SUCCESS WITH SURVIVAL RATE IN IN PUBLIC PLACES LIKE THE MARRIOTT LIKE THE GOLF COURSES AND TENNIS CENTERS WHERE THE HANDS ON CPR IS BEING DONE RIGHT AWAY THERE THEY'RE GETTING THE AID THAT THEY HAVE AND THEN YOU KNOW WE'RE COMING IN SO I MEAN WE'VE SEEN MOST OF OUR STORIES SURVIVAL STORIES ARE FROM BYSTANDER CPR, AN EARLY DEPLOYMENT OF AIDS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU AND ALL OF YOUR TEAM FOR EVERYTHING YOU [00:25:04] DO EVERY DAY. AND THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT STRUCK ME STATESMAN DESMOND AND THIS MAN BROUGHT UP THE ISSUE TRAFFIC THAT'S CONCERNING. I DON'T KNOW HOW WE THINK THAT AND HOW WE LOOK TO ADDRESS SOME THOSE ISSUES BUT IT'S CONCERNING HEAR THAT THE TRAFFIC IS PART OF WHAT'S IT'S A MAJORITY WHEN SLOWING THE TIME FOR YOU THE OTHER THING THAT I THOUGHT WAS STRIKING WAS THE ENTIRE FACILITY, THE TRANSPORTS BY AIRPLANE HOSPITALS, AIRPORT IS THAT BECAUSE THE MEDICAL TEAMS ARE BEING MORE CAREFUL, MORE DILIGENT IN SENDING OFF THAT AND WITH IMMEDIACY OF A HELICOPTER RATHER THAN AN AMBULANCE AS MAY NOT KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION, I JUST FOUND THAT I DO I DO SO. HISTORICALLY HELICOPTER RIDES WERE INCREDIBLY EXPENSIVE. OUR OUR HELICOPTER SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND IN GEORGIA HAS PARTNERED WITH ALL MAJOR MEDICAL CARRIERS. AND HONESTLY A HELICOPTER RIDE TODAY IS ABOUT SAME AS AN AMBULANCE RIGHT NOW. SO THEY ARE USING HELICOPTERS MORE BECAUSE OF THAT. THERE'S THERE'S NOT THAT THINGS BE LIKE A LONG HAUL HELICOPTER BECAUSE DON'T WANT THE BIG BILL THAT'S NOT CASE ANYMORE WHEREAS I THINK THEY TOLD US LAST YEAR WHEN THEY MET THE HIGHEST BILL THEY HAD THE YEAR BEFORE WAS LIKE $2,000. SO I MEAN IT'S IN THE IT'S IN THE HUNDREDS NOW RATHER THAN THE TENS OF THOUSANDS THAT IT USED TO BE. WELL, THAT'S GOOD INFORMATION JUST SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF THEM. BUT THAT IS GOOD INFORMATION TO HEAR THAT THAT'S THE REASON WHY I THINK THAT THE BEST THING THAT WE CAN DO AS A COUNCIL IS LISTEN TO WHEN YOU MENTION THE THINGS THAT YOU NEED YOU NEED PERHAPS IN THE FUTURE SOME ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL I HEARD YOU SAY SUPPORT WITH A BUDGET THAT YOU VERY TIGHT AND WE APPRECIATE THAT BUT THERE ARE NEEDS WITH HAPPY THAT OR ACCORDING TO A SCHEDULE THAT OR UNAVOIDABLE HAS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF AND THEN A FACILITY AND A FACILITY THAT IS APPROPRIATE FOR ORGANIZATION THAT WE HAVE AND I MEAN THAT IN THE HIGHEST TERMS REALLY DO NEED TO BE OUT OF WHERE YOU ARE IN MY HUMBLE OPINION AND INTO SOMETHING BETTER FOR EVERYONE WE APPRECIATE AND I'M GOING TO JUST MAKE A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT A COUPLE TIMES IN THE NEAR FUTURE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THESE CPR CLASSES IN THE USE OF A IT IS AND I HOPE THAT EVERYONE WHO'S LISTENING WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT AND GET TOGETHER A SMALL GROUP. I DIDN'T JUST COME IN AS A SMALL AND ASK FOR AN EDUCATIONAL WELL WORKSHOP ON HOW TO USE THOSE AND SO THAT I THINK IS CRITICAL AND I HOPE EVERYONE ON THE ISLAND TAKES ADVANTAGE OF DOING JUST AND I'M GOING TO STOP MY COMMENTS BECAUSE I CAN JUST GO ON AND ON SAYING ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU DO AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU. IT IS TRAGIC WHEN WE LOSE A LIFE AND I KNOW IT'S HARD ON YOU EVERY DAY WHEN YOU HAVE TO ADDRESS EMERGENCIES AND WE ARE PRAYING FOR YOU AND HOPE THAT THAT HELPS IN SOME WAY KNOWING THAT WE ARE HERE BEHIND YOU. SO FOR THAT THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT THIS MORNING AND DO WHATEVER HESITATE IF SOMETHING DOES COME UP THAT YOU NEED SOMETHING PLEASE BRING IT UP AND LET US KNOW WE'LL DO OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND WITH THAT WE'RE GOING TO [5. Executive Session] JUMP INTO OUR REGULAR AGENDA AND GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND THE DISCUSSION APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES TO INCLUDE OR MAY INCLUDE ACCOMMODATIONS TAX ADVISORY COMMITTEE VIEW FOR JASPER HOUSING TRANSPORT OF ZONING APPEALS CONSTRUCTION BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS AND APPEALS DESIGN REVIEW BOARD COLLIN COUNTY HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION THE OF TASK FORCE HOUSING ACTION COMMITTEE PARKS AND RECREATION THE PLANNING COMMISSION. SO IF YOU WILL BE PATIENT WITH US WE WILL GET A MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AMONG ALL IN FAVOR AND WE'LL BE BACK SHORTLY OUR REGULAR MEETING AND I MADE A MOTION TO GET US OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION MODE I CAN CALL IN FAVOR GREAT SO WITH NEW BUSINESS ANY DAY WE HAVE A [8.a. Consideration of an Ordinance of the Town Council of the Town of Hilton Head Island to amend Municipal Code Section 8-11-211(8) to Restrict Dogs from an Area of the Town's Defined Beach near Fish Haul Creek - Shawn Colin, Assistant Town Manager] CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND TO AMEND IN A CIVIL CODE SECTION 11 2211 SECTION EIGHT TO RESTRICT FROM AN AREA OF THE TOWN'S DEFINED [00:30:06] BEACH NEAR FISH CONCRETE AND SHAWN CONE, OUR ASSISTANT MANAGER WILL MAKE THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. CHAIR COMMITTEE MEMBERS ON CALL AN ASSISTANT TOWN MANAGER SUNDAY AS PART OF MY STAFF REPORT WE CAN MOVE THROUGH THIS AS QUICKLY IS AS YOU'D LIKE I WANT TO REMIND TOWN COUNCIL THAT IN FEBRUARY I THINK FEBRUARY 4TH TOWN COUNCIL ADOPTED A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE TOWN MANAGER TO ACCEPT THE RENOURISHMENT PERMITS. THE THERE WAS A WITHIN REQUIREMENT OF THE PERMIT THAT WAS INCLUDED BY U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE IN BOTH THE ARMY CORPS PERMIT AND THE ONE ISSUED BY SOUTH COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES REQUIRING A RESTRICTION ON DOGS ,A AREA ON THE BEACH AND SUNDAY IF YOU SCROLL DOWN THERE'S AN EXHIBIT SHOWING THE AREA THAT IS RESTRICTED SO THIS ON AT THE END OF BEACH CITY ROAD THE SPA IS A DEVELOPMENT HERE ON SORT OF THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE RESTRICTED AREA. THERE'S A BOARDWALK THAT EXTENDS FROM THE SPA OUT ON THE BEACH BUT THAT'S THE NORTHERN LIMIT OF THE IT'S A 24 HOUR SEVEN DAY A WEEK RESTRICTION ON DOGS AND OTHER ANIMALS. THE BEACH BUT THAT'S THE NORTHERN LIMIT AND THEN THE SOUTHERN LIMIT IS OIL CREEK ITSELF HERE INITIALLY REQUIREMENTS THAT WERE INCLUDED AS THE CONDITION OF THE WERE WAS A MUCH LARGER AREA INCLUDED PINE ISLAND AND HILTON HEAD PLANTATION AND EXTENDED FURTHER DOWN INTO PORT ROYAL BUT AFTER SOME DISCUSSION AND EVALUATION THIS WAS THE AREA U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE IN THE MODIFIED BIOLOGICAL OPINION AND WE HAVE CHANGED THE CODE SECTION TO REPRESENT THAT THE DOGS AND OTHER ANIMALS ARE RESTRICTED IN THIS AREA SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, 24 HOURS A DAY AND THAT WE IN THIS CODE REQUIRE SIGNAGE TO BE DISPLAYED IN THIS AREA FOLKS OF THAT NEW CONDITION WE DID ALSO ONE OTHER PROGRAM AND WE DID ALSO CLEAN UP SECTION AA AND ALSO ON THE BEACH. THE PREVIOUS LANGUAGE WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND. IT WAS WRITTEN IN PARAGRAPH FORM. IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHEN YOU COULD OR COULDN'T HAVE DOGS WHEN WHEN YOU SHOULD OR SHOULDN'T HAVE LEASHES OR VOICE COMMAND AND SO WORK WITH A TOWN ATTORNEY TO CLARIFY THIS AND BE A LITTLE BIT MORE DESCRIPTIVE ON THOSE AREAS. BUT IN ESSENCE THIS ORDINANCE PROVIDES THE RESTRICTION AS A REQUIREMENT OF OUR BEACH RENOURISHMENT PERMIT OF REQUIREMENT FROM THE U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND, SOUTHCOM DEPARTMENT ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES AND AS FOR COMMITTEES CONSIDERATION OF ADVANCES THE TOWN COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT THIS IS A PREREQUISITE TO BEACH RENOURISHMENT PROJECT AND THIS IS A NEGOTIATED WITH FISH AND WILDLIFE IT SEEMS ONLY PRO FORMA TO ME AND THEREFORE I MOVE APPROVAL. OKAY I'M ALL IN FAVOR. WELL LET'S DO SOME MORE WORK FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT THIS MATTER SOMETHING THROUGH THE PORTAL? YES, MR. WILLIAMS HE WAS THE ONLY ONE AND THEN I'LL BRING IT BACK AND THE ONLY OTHER ONE COMMENT I'D LIKE TO MAKE IS THE REQUIREMENT THAT WAS PART OF THE PERMIT WAS THE RESTRICTION THIS AMENDMENT HAD TO BE IN PLACE BEFORE WE COULD START WHICH WE EXPECT SOMETIME THIS SUMMER AS AS JUNE BUT PROBABLY A LITTLE LATER THAN THAT. SO THAT'S WHY I'VE THAT ON THE RECORD ANY COMMENTS ANYTHING I'M AWARE OF THIS WAS MUCH MORE WAS MUCH BROADER TO BEGIN WITH AND THAT'S YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB FIGHTING IT BACK TO THIS ONE AREA AND AND IT IS LIKE I SAID THAT'S WHY I SECOND THE MOTION IT IS A REQUIREMENT TO GET OUR BEACH NURSERY PERMIT SO THEREFORE A MINOR IF ANY OF THE COMMENTS NOW SO I HAVE A COUPLE FIRST I THINK IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT WE'RE IN A POSITION WHERE OUR BEACH RENOURISHMENT IS BEING HELD HOSTAGE IN MY [00:35:05] OPINION TO RESTRICTING ANIMALS ON THE BEACH. SECONDLY, I THINK IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT WE KEEP CALLING IT A DOG PROHIBITION WHEN IN FACT IT'S AN ANIMAL PROHIBITION AND FOR THAT MATTER PROHIBITION PEOPLE AREN'T ALLOWED IN THIS AREA. AM I CORRECT THAT IT DOESN'T SPECIFICALLY RESTRICT PEOPLE BUT IT IS DOGS AND OTHER ANIMALS DOMESTIC. ANIMALS YOU HAVE CATS AND YOU KNOW SO, I THINK THAT YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD SHOULD HAVE STRAIGHT AWAY FROM USING THE WORD AND DOG AND SHOULD HAVE USED MORE BROAD TERM AS ANIMAL BECAUSE I THINK IT'S LED TO SOME SOME ANGST AND I UNDERSTAND WHY AMONG THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND RESIDENTS ON THE ISLAND WHO USE THAT BEACH FREQUENTLY TO WALK THEIR DOGS AND BUT BE THAT AS IT MAY I WOULD RATHER SEE THAT LANGUAGE IN THERE THAN IT BEING LIMITED TO DOGS. BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT CAN'T GET A PERMIT UNLESS WE UNLESS WE MOVE FORWARD ON THIS IN JUST AT MY PREVIOUS POINT ON PAGE TWO OF FIVE IT IS SHOWN AS AN ANIMAL PROHIBITED AREA. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE THING THAT BOTHERS ME THE MOST IS WITHIN THE ORDINANCE I SEE THAT WE'VE GONE FROM A DISCUSSION A TWO LINE DISCUSSION ONE SENTENCE DISCUSSION ON THAT SAID NO PERSON SHALL PERMIT ANY EQUIPMENT EXCREMENT FROM ANY ANIMAL UNDER THE PERSON'S CONTROL TO REMAIN ON THE BEACH BUT SHALL DISPOSE OF THE SAME IN SANITARY MANNER. OF COURSE WE ALL AGREE ON THAT AND THAT IS HOW IT WAS PREVIOUSLY WRITTEN. HOWEVER NOW IT'S WRITTEN SO THAT THE SECOND PART OF THAT IT DOES SAY THAT SAME THING THAT YOU MUST CLEAN UP AFTER YOUR ANIMALS ON THE BEACH WHICH WE ALL KNOW IS THE PROPER AND RIGHT THING TO DO TO DISPOSE OF IT IN A SANITARY WAY. BUT THEN THERE'S ANOTHER PIECE THAT'S ADDED PENALTY VIOLATION AND THIS IS WHAT I'M ASKING ABOUT AND THE OWNER A PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR AN ANIMAL WHO VIOLATES ANY PROVISION OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL UPON CONVICTION BE SUBJECT TO THE PENALTY SET OUT IN ONE 510 THAT'S ACTUALLY OKAY WITH ME TOO. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PENALTY IS BECAUSE I HAVEN'T READ THAT BUT HOPEFULLY IT'S SUBSTANTIAL . IN ADDITION THE ANIMAL MAY BE SEIZED BY APPROPRIATE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER OR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. WHY IS THAT IN HERE? IS THAT THAT TO BE AN I THINK THAT WAS ALREADY IN THE TEXT BUT I MEAN THERE ARE THERE ARE SITUATIONS WHERE ANIMALS ARE SUBJECT TO SEIZURE AND SIMPLY PUTS THE PUBLIC ON NOTICE OF THAT? WELL IT WASN'T IN THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THIS AS I'M READING IT UNDER SECTION 8 TO 211 THERE WAS NO MENTION OF SEIZURE OF A DOG OR AN ANIMAL AND I WOULD LIKE IT REMOVED SO I WOULD LIKE TO AMEND THE THE ACCEPTANCE OF THIS TO MOVE FORWARD TO TOWN COUNCIL WITH THE REMOVAL OF SECTION B UNDER ANIMALS UNDER EIGHT B AND THEN TO D WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT THE PORTION IS FINE. I UNDERSTAND THAT IF YOU VIOLATE SOMETHING THAT IS A PENALTY BUT THE IDEA THAT AN ANIMAL WOULD BE SEIZED IS NEW AND I DON'T SEE THE JUSTIFY HOW IT'S JUSTIFIED SECTION I HAVE HIGHLIGHTED ON THE SCREEN YEAH THAT'S IT YOU RECOMMEND BE REMOVE TIME ADOPT THE WITH THAT REVISION CORRECT I THINK YOUR MOTION WOULD BE TO MOVE TO AMEND THE MOTION THAT'S ALREADY ON THE FLOOR CORRECT. I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THIS IS SPEAKING OF UNATTENDED DOGS CORRECT. IS SPEAKING OF UNATTENDED DOGS OR OR PERHAPS YOU HAVE A DOG THAT BIT SOMEONE THAT DOES NOT UNDERSTAND BUT IF THEY'RE NOT WITH THEIR OWNER I MEAN WHAT DO WE DO WITH THIS DOG RUNNING AROUND? WE HAVE IT SEIZED BUT IF IT'S AN INTENDED DOG THE OWNER GETS THE VIOLATION, IT REMOVES THE DOG, RIGHT? YES. OKAY. SO I WOULD SAY THIS YOUR AMENDMENT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR [00:40:07] MAY ADD ON DOGS OR INTENT. YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING SO WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THE DOG RUNNING AROUND FREELY AND YOU CAN'T FIND AN OWNER? WELL, YOU HAVE TO CALL CODE ENFORCEMENT SO YOU HAVE TO SEIZE THE DOG OKAY. WHICH WAS I MEAN I THINK AN INTENDED ANIMAL UNDER THE EXISTING ANIMAL CONTROL ORDINANCE CAN ALSO BE SEIZED UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES THAT MIGHT JUSTIFY THAT I'M NOT RIGHT BUT WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT TERM RIGHT NOW. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR CHANGE AND ADDING A PROVISION UNDER THE PENALTY FOR VIOLATION AN ANIMAL CAN BE SEIZED BY THE IS JUST UNACCEPTABLE TO ME AND I THINK PROBABLY THE MAJORITY OF ANIMAL OWNERS AND PEOPLE WHO CARE ABOUT ANIMALS ON THE ISLAND SO I UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT STEVE THAT AN UNINTENDED AND UNATTENDED ANIMAL I COULD PROBABLY LIVE WITH THAT LANGUAGE I MEAN DOES BEGGAR I MEAN THE CURRENT LANGUAGE IT'S IN THE CODE TODAY WELL I'M JUST IF THAT'S TRUE I JUST NEED YOU TO POINTED OUT TO ME BECAUSE WHAT I'M READING IS WHAT WAS PROVIDED TO US THE STAFF REPORT AND IN A 2 TO 11 EIGHT OF THE EXISTING CODE RIGHT AND SPECIFICALLY WHAT IT SAYS IS NO PERSON SHALL PERMIT ANY TALKS ABOUT THE EQUIPMENT AND THAT'S THAT'S OKAY OBVIOUSLY WE GET THAT BUT THERE'S NOTHING FURTHER ABOUT A PENALTY ETC. SPECIFICALLY TODAY SECTION EIGHT 2 TO 11 A THE LAST SENTENCE READS ANY VIOLATION OF THE PROVISIONS HEREOF MAY RESULT THE OWNER OF THE ANIMAL BEING CHARGED WITH A MISDEMEANOR AND THE ANIMAL BEING BY THE APPROPRIATE ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER OR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. CAN YOU JUST CAN YOU FIND THAT FOR ME? IT'S IT'S JUST YOU'RE ALL RIGHT. IT'S I'M NOT FINDING AS IT'S THE LAST SENTENCE IN THE FIRST FULL PARAGRAPH AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE IT IS RIGHT HERE. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT ANYBODY ALL RIGHT HERE? YES, RIGHT THERE. OKAY. WELL, I DO SEE IT AND THEN THANK YOU FOR POINTING IT OUT. I WOULD STILL LIKE TO HAVE IT STRUCK YOU KNOW THIS TO ME DOES NOT RAISE TO THE LEVEL OF WHO'S KIND OF SEIZING SOMEONE'S DOG OR ANIMAL OF ANY SORT. SO IN MY OPINION I'M HAPPY WITH GOING WITH THE ANIMAL AND MAY BE IN VIOLATION BUT OTHERWISE I DO NOT THINK THIS RISES TO A LEVEL WHERE SOMEONE SHOULD BE IN FEAR OF HAVING THEIR ANIMAL SEIZED. IT'S JUST MY OPINION AND MOTION THAT I WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE OUR MOTION TO READ THAT AND UNATTENDED ANIMAL OTHER THAN THE THING LEFT WIDE OPEN. SORRY I DIDN'T CATCH IT BEFORE AND ORDINANCES HAVE GATHERED. IT'S HERE NOW TO HAVE A DISCUSSION IT AND MY APOLOGIES BUT THE THE SECTION EIGHT ANIMALS WAS IT HAD A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS MIXED IN THERE AND SO AGAIN WE WORKED TO CLARIFY WHEN YOU COULD OR COULDN'T HAVE DOGS WHEN THEY HAD TO HAVE A LEASH OR VOICE CONTROL AND THEN THE VIOLATIONS AND THE SECTION ON EXCREMENT WAS MOVED TO THAT SEPARATE SECTION UNDER UNDER THE I SEE HOW IT WAS SEPARATED OUT AND HOW IT GOT LEFT BEHIND AND THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR THAT FOR PURPOSES OF DISCUSSION BECAUSE I HAVE A QUESTION I'LL SECOND HER AMENDMENT SO IN THE DISCUSSION PART CURTIS IS THIS WILL THIS MAKE THIS DOES THIS APPLY THIS PARAGRAPH APPLY ISLANDWIDE IT APPLIES ON THE BEACH ON THE BEACH ON THAT ONE SPECIFIC PART OF THE BEACH OR THE WHOLE BEACH A WHOLE BEACH WELL, IT KIND OF MAKES SENSE. OH WELL IT KIND OF MAKES SENSE TO ME. IT'S APPLIED TO THE ENTIRE BEACH BECAUSE THERE ARE INSTANCES THAT MAY HAVE TO HAPPEN OR A NUMBER OF REASONS AND IT'S ALREADY THERE. SO I, I KNOW I FEEL THE SAME WAY ABOUT ANIMALS AS YOU DO BUT . YOU KNOW, I'M JUST SAYING IT'S IN THERE FOR A PURPOSE AND I HIGHLY DOUBT SO AND A VERY LOW PERCENTAGE THAT THAT WOULD [00:45:05] HAPPEN. BUT THERE ARE OCCASIONS THAT MAY HAVE TO HAPPEN. WE'VE GOT TIMES OF THE YEAR WHERE DOGS DO NOT HAVE TO BE ON A LEASH AND IF ONE OF THOSE ANIMALS BECOME UNRULY AND THE OWNER IS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE DOG AND THE DOG IS CAUSING A POTENTIAL HARM TO OTHER PEOPLE IT SEEMS TO ME IT IS APPROPRIATE TO HAVE THAT DOG SEIZED EVEN THOUGH YOU COULD ARGUE THAT IT MAY BE INTENDED SO I DO NOT FAVOR THIS CHANGE. OKAY WELL LET'S CALL THE VOTE ALL IN FAVOR OF THE AMENDED. YOU CAN JUST GO TO THE AMENDED MOTION YOU'RE NOW VOTING MS.. BECKER'S MOTION TO AMEND THE AMENDED MOTION WAS A SECOND YES. THERE WAS MS. SO ALL IN FAVOR OF THE AMENDED MOTION. OKAY AND ALL IN FAVOR OF THE ORIGINAL MOTION TO ON OKAY. SO MOVING ON IS THE PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT WE TONS I MEAN LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF IN THE SHELTERS AND THE BEST POLICY IS FOR HOMEOWNERS FOR ANIMAL OWNERS TO TAKE CARE AND MAKE SURE THAT THEIR ANIMALS ARE UNDER THEIR STRICT CONTROL AND SUPERVISION WHEN IN PUBLIC ANYWHERE THAT THEY PICK UP AFTER THEM PROPERLY AND DISPOSE OF IT PROPERLY. AND I'D LIKE TO KEEP THE ANIMALS OUT OF THE SHELTERS AND IN THEIR OWNERS CARE SO THAT WE DON'T END UP MORE PROBLEMS THAN WE ALREADY HAVE. SO THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO NEXT CONSIDERATION [8.b. Consideration of an Ordinance of the Town of Hilton Head Island to Amend Title 16 of the Municipal Code, the Land Management Ordinance, to Amend Sections 16-3-104.G and 16-4-102.A.6 to Add Workforce Housing as a Permitted Conditional Use in the Moderate to High Density Residential (RM-12) District, to Amend Section 16-4-102.B.1 to Include Property Size and Location Requirements for Workforce Housing in RM-12, to Amend Section 16-4-105.A to Provide for a Workforce Housing Density Bonus and Impervious Surface Increase in RM-12, to Amend Section 16-4-105.B to Clarify Workforce Housing Agreement Requirements, and to Provide for Severability and an Effective Date - Missy Luick, Director of Planning] OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND WOMEN'S TITLE 16 OF THE MEN OWNED LAND ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTION 16 3104G 16 FOR ONE OR 2A6 TO ADD WORKFORCE HOUSING AS A PERMANENT CONDITION USE IN THE MODERATE TO HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL OR IN DISTRICT TO AMEND SECTION 16 FOR ONE OR TO BE ONE TO INCLUDE PROPERTY SIZE AND LOCATION FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING AND ARM 12 TO AMEND SECTION 14 41058 TO PROVIDE FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING DENSITY BONUS AND IMPERVIOUS SURFACE INCREASE IN ARM 12 TO AMEND SECTION 16 FOUR 1 TO 5 B TO CLARIFY WORKFORCE HOUSING AGREEMENT REQUIREMENTS AND TO PROVIDE FOR SEVERABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE MRS. MISS DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND THEN CROWN ARE HERE TO OUR HOMES THEY ASSISTANT TO THE TOWN MANAGER I FORGET YOUR TITLE DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC AND DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC INITIATIVES HERE PRESENT FOR US AND WELCOME THANK YOU AND I'VE INVOLVED WITH THE NORTH POINT INITIATIVE SINCE 2022 FOR ALMOST THREE YEARS NOW. SO I'M GOING TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON KEY EVENTS THAT LED US TO TODAY'S CMA TEXT AMENDMENT APPLICATIONS AND THEN MS. YOU WILL GO THROUGH THE STAFFING. WE ALL KNOW WHERE THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED HERE ON WILLIAM HILL PARKWAY JUST WEST OF THE US POST OFFICE WITHIN A MILE OF THE HOME HAD SCHOOLS THE ISLAND REC CENTER AND THIS PROPERTY IS JUST OVER 11 ACRES 11 POINT 337I BELIEVE AND IT IS THIS PROPERTY WAS PART THE HILTON HEAD PLANTATION MASTERPLAN BACK IN EARLY EIGHTIES THEN THE NCDOT ACQUIRED PROPERTY IN THE 1990S TO HELP FACILITATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF CROSS ISLAND AND THEN TOWARDS THE END OF THE CROSS ISLAND CONSTRUCTION THE TOWN ACQUIRED THE PROPERTY SO THE TOWN HAS OWNED THIS LAND SINCE THE LATE THE LATE NINETIES SO MORE BACKGROUND IN 2019 THE TOWN ADOPTED WORKFORCE HOUSING STRATEGIC PLAN WHICH OUTLINES STRATEGIES ITALIAN SHOULD IMPLEMENT AND IN COLLABORATION THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN 2020 AND 2021 THE TOWN ADOPTED POLICY INITIATIVES TO ENCOURAGE CONSTRUCTION OF WORKFORCE HOUSING. THESE WERE THE BONUS DENSITY IS THE COMMERCIAL CONVERSION BUT THEN THE TOWN COUNCIL HAD A WORKSHOP IN FEBRUARY OF 2022 AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WAS ASKED IS WE HAVE THESE BONUS DENSITIES, WE HAVE THESE COMMERCIAL CONVERSIONS BUT WE'RE NOT BRINGING ANY NEW WORKFORCE HOUSING UNITS TO MARKET. AND ONE OF THE STRATEGIES THAT WAS OUTLINED THE WORKFORCE HOUSING STRATEGIC PLAN WAS PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS AND UP UNTIL THIS POINT THE TOWN HAD NOT ADVANCED A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP TO BRING [00:50:04] WORKFORCE HOUSING TO HILTON HEAD. SO THE TOWN'S LAND HOLDINGS WERE STUDIED AND THE NORTH POINTE PROPERTY WAS IDENTIFIED AS BEING A PROPERTY THAT COULD REDEVELOPED FOR HOUSING SINCE THIS PROPERTY WAS ALREADY DEVELOPED AS A COMMERCIAL IT COULD THEN BE REDEVELOPED TO ACCOMMODATE A WORKFORCE HOUSING PARTNERSHIP SO THE TOWN COUNCIL ,THE TOWN MANAGER AND STAFF TO PUT TOGETHER AN RFQ THIS WAS ESSENTIALLY THE TOWN'S HELP WANTED SIGN TO BRING IN DEVELOPMENT PARTNER A PARTNER WITH CONSIDERABLE EXPERIENCE AND FINANCE DESIGN CONSTRUCTION LEASE UP PROPERTY AND THE TOWN COUNCIL ALSO CREATED NORTH POINT PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND I KNOW THAT COMMITTEE WAS ESTABLISHED ON JUNE 21ST AND I REMEMBER THAT DAY BECAUSE I CAME BACK TO THE TOWN ON JUNE 20TH AND THIS WAS WHEN I BECAME VERY INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT. WE HAD TEN APPLICATIONS THAT WERE SUBMITTED AND THE COMMITTEE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH THE TOWN MANAGER COMMITTEE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH ME AND THOSE FIRMS WERE VETTED AND SEVEN OF THEM WERE QUALIFIED TO ADVANCE IN THE PROCESS. SO SEVEN OF THE FIRMS WERE INVITED TO SUBMIT ALL DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS, ALL SEVEN DID AND ONE STREET RESIDENTIAL WAS IDENTIFIED AS A FIRM THAT HAD OVER 35 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN DESIGNING, DEVELOPING, CONSTRUCTING, MANAGING A WORKFORCE AND MIXED COMMUNITIES. SO THEN WE INVITED WAYNE STREET TO COME HILTON HEAD AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS WE WENT TO THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, WE WENT TO THE ISLAND, WE WALKED THE NORTH POINT SITE, WE VISITED THE PALMETTO VILLAGE COMMUNITY THAT WAS DEVELOPED BY SEA PINES AND IT GAVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY GET TO KNOW THE TEAM BETTER AND THEN THEY INVITED THE COMMITTEE TO THE ATLANTA METRO AREA AND. WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT PROJECTS THAT WERE UNDER CONSTRUCTION COMMUNITIES THAT WERE ALREADY DEVELOPED AND WE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT THE ONE STREET TEAM. WE LEARNED ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THEIR CONSTRUCTION AND WE LEARNED ABOUT THEIR PROPERTY MANAGEMENT AND IT REALLY BEGAN TO SOLIDIFY THAT PARTNERSHIP. AND THEN IN SEPTEMBER OF 2023 THIS WAS WHEN THE TOWN MANAGER AND THE MAYOR ANNOUNCED THAT ONE STREET HAD BEEN SELECTED AS THE TOWN'S PREFERRED DEVELOPMENT PARTNER. WHAT THAT MEANT IS THE RFP HAD BEEN AWARDED TO ONE STREET. THAT'S ALSO WHEN THE TOWN COUNCIL AND THE NORTHPOINT COMMITTEE BEGAN REALLY WORKING ON THAT PARTNERSHIP STRUCTURE, THAT DEVELOPMENT AND THAT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WAS EXECUTED ON JUNE 18, 2024 AND APPROVED BY TOWN COUNCIL AND THAT'S ULTIMATELY WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY. THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT REQUIRES TOWN MANAGER TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION THAT WILL SUPPORT THE THE DENSITY AND THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS TO NORTHPOINT AND THE THE SSM WAS FIRST DISCUSSED AT A WORKSHOP WITH TOWN COUNCIL IN SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR AND THAT'S WHEN STAFF WAS GIVEN DIRECTION TO ADVANCE THE REM 12 ZONING AND THAT TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND MENTION THAT BECAUSE THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT STATED A 150 TO 170 MULTI-FAMILY APARTMENT UNITS COMBINATION OF ONE, TWO AND THREE BEDROOMS AND ALTHOUGH WE HAVE REVIEWED SITE DEVELOPMENT PLANS THAT COULD YIELD AS MANY AS ONE 7170 DOES NOT RESPECT THE CHARACTER OF THE LAND AND I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU IN JUST A MINUTE BUT WE ULTIMATELY GOING TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FOR 157 UNITS AND THAT INCLUDES AN TWO BEDROOM APARTMENT FOR THE ON SITE PROPERTY MANAGER AND I'LL SHOW YOU THE SITE PLAN IN JUST A MINUTE. BUT WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THE PLAN. I'LL GO THROUGH THIS QUICKLY BECAUSE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SCOPE AT LENGTH BUT THIS IS AN ENERGY EFFICIENT, SUSTAINABLE WITH HIGH QUALITY ARCHITECTURE, HIGH QUALITY CONSTRUCTION. I MENTIONED 157 UNITS AND AMENITIES AND PROGRAMING THAT PRIORITIZE THE AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF RESIDENTS. BUT THIS IS THE ONSITE MANAGEMENT THE COMMUNITY BUILDING WITH HIGH SPEED INTERNET A POOL OUTDOOR COMMUNAL SPACES WITH GRILLING PAVILION SEATING, PLAYGROUND WALKING TRAILS, INDOOR AND OUTDOOR FITNESS STATIONS, COMMUNITY GARDEN AND LAUNDRY APPLIANCE WITHIN EACH INDIVIDUAL UNIT. WHEN I MENTION BECAUSE THIS IS A CLASS A APARTMENT COMMUNITY WITH AMENITIES THIS IS NOT YOUR TYPICAL WORKFORCE HOUSING COMMUNITY. I'VE LIVED IN GREYSTONE LOCK WHEN I FIRST MOVED TO HILTON HEAD MY WIFE AND I LIVE THERE THAT'S ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF MARSHLAND ROADS CALLED SUMMER HOUSE. WE WERE THE FIRST RENTERS LIVE IN OUR UNIT AND IT WAS IT WAS REALLY NICE. I'VE NEVER LIVED IN ANYTHING AS NICE AS NORTH POINT. IT BE A WORKFORCE AFFORDABILITY THIS IS FOR THE ISLANDS WORKFORCE WE TALKED ABOUT [00:55:02] TEACHERS, FIRST RESPONDERS, HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS, HOSPITALITY WORKERS AND MANY MORE. BUT JUST TO REITERATE FOR THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE HEARD EVERYONE LOUD AND CLEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO WORK ON HILTON TO LIVE AT NORTH POINT THIS IS 60 TO 150% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME WITH AT LEAST PERCENT OF THE HOUSEHOLDS EARNING 60 TO 80% OF THE AM-I. AND WHEN WE HEAR RMI WE THINK SEE WE THINK IN TERMS OF PEOPLE AND I'LL SHOW YOU A SLIDE JUST AFTER THIS THAT SHOWS THAT THIS IS TRUE MIXED INCOME THERE WILL ALSO BE AFFORDABLE COVENANTS ON THE PROPERTY SO THE BUSINESS WILL BE A WORKFORCE NEIGHBORHOOD IN PERPETUITY. ALTHOUGH THE GROUND LEASE RUNS FOR 65 YEARS THE LAND WILL CONTINUE TO BE A WORKFORCE NEIGHBORHOOD. BUT HERE'S THE AMA CHART IN THIS CASE TYPICALLY GETS UPDATED ABOUT MAY EVERY YEAR SO WE'RE ABOUT A MONTH AWAY FROM HAVING THE CURRENT 2025 NUMBERS. BUT I MENTIONED 60 TO 150% OF THE AREA INCOME AND TO TRULY UNDERSTAND WHOM SERVES WE CALIBRATED FOR COUNTY RMI TO UNDERSTAND AND WHERE LOCAL WAGES LANDED ON THIS BUT IF YOU LOOK AT A FAMILY OF THREE FOR EXAMPLE THIS IS ABOUT 57,000 A YEAR UP TO ABOUT 144,000 A YEAR. BUT THIS IS A REAL VARIETY OF THE WORKFORCE AND. WHEN WE STARTED LOOKING AT THE FIREFIGHTER AND THE NURSE THAT'S WHEN WE ENDED UP GOING AS HIGH AS 150 BECAUSE THIS WAS THE ONLY WAY TO KEEP IT ALL INCLUSIVE AND OF COURSE IF YOU HAVE SOME UNITS AT THE HIGHER END IT ALSO ALLOWS YOU TO HAVE UNITS AT THE LOWER END OF THE RENT SO YOU GET TRUE MIXED INCOME. BUT I THINK OF MY WIFE AND I WHEN WE FIRST RENTED ON THE ISLAND WE HAD A COMBINED INCOME OF ABOUT THOUSAND A YEAR. WE PAID ABOUT $1,000 A MONTH IN RENT AND AT THE TIME WE THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY EXPENSIVE. WE COULD WE AFFORDED OUR BILLS. WE WERE ABLE TO BUY OUR FIRST HOME. WE WERE ABLE TO BUY OUR SECOND HOME WHERE WE'VE BEEN FOR THE LAST 19 YEARS. AND WHEN WE THINK IN TERMS OF THE AM THESE THESE ARE THE FUTURE LEADERS OF HILTON HEAD THAT THEY CAN HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES THAT MANY OF US HAVE HAD WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO OUR CAREERS ON HILTON HEAD AND ADVANCE THROUGHOUT OUR CAREER. BUT WHAT IS ONE STREET RESIDENTIAL ROLE AS OUR DEVELOPMENT PARTNER THIS IS ALL IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BUT IT'S FINANCING DESIGN AND PERMITTING PROJECT MANAGEMENT LEASE UP LONG TERM PROGRAMING PROPERTY MANAGEMENT WHAT'S THE TOWN'S ROLE? OUR PROJECT VISION THIS CAME FROM TOWN COUNCIL THE 11 ACRES OF LAND THROUGH A 65 YEAR GROUNDLINGS $1,000,000 GRANT WITH MONEY SECURED FROM ARPA THIS WOULD IT THIS WAS COVID STIMULUS MONEY ZONING ENTITLEMENTS REASON WE'RE HERE TODAY AS LONG AS WELL AS THE LONG TERM PROGRAMING AND MONITORING OF THE COMMUNITY. WE MET WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON MARCH 19, A PLANNING COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED ADVANCING THIS APPLICATION TO TOWN COUNCIL WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL. WE TALKED ABOUT THE ARM TWELVES DISTRICT, WE TALKED ABOUT THE 25% DENSITY BONUS FOR UP TO 15 UNITS PER ACRE. I CAN TELL YOU WHERE WE'RE LANDING. WE'RE TO BE JUST UNDER 14 UNITS PER ACRE BUT THE 15 UNITS PER ACRE SUPPORTED THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. WE LOOKED AT THE MAXIMUM IMPERVIOUS SURFACE COVERAGE LENGTH. I'LL SHARE A SITE PLAN IN JUST A MINUTE AND MRS. AND HER TEAM'S RESEARCH SHOWED THAT BEST IN CLASS BEST PRACTICES IS ABOUT 50% PERVIOUS 50% IMPERVIOUS FOR MODERATE TO HIGH DENSITY THAT 12 TO 16 UNITS PER ACRE WE HAD THE ADVANTAGE OF BEING ABLE TO TRULY CALIBRATE OUR SITE WHICH WAS A REQUIREMENT OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND I CAN SHOW YOU WHERE WE LANDED AND HOW AND HOW WE CONTINUE TO CHALLENGE OURSELVES TO MAINTAIN IN THE 45% WHICH IS THE MAXIMUM IMPERVIOUS SURFACE COVERAGE IN THE ZONING DISTRICT THAT THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED TODAY WE'RE OUR COMMITTEE OF COURSE TODAY WE HAVE TOWN COUNCIL FIRST READINGS SCHEDULED FOR MAY SECOND AND FINAL READINGS SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 3RD. I MENTIONED THAT I BECAME WITH THIS PROJECT ON JUNE 20TH IN JULY WE STARTED DOING OUR CAPACITY STUDY. WE IDENTIFIED ALL THE SIGNIFICANT AND SPECIMEN TREES ON THE WE IDENTIFIED ALL OF OUR OUR SETBACKS AND BUFFERS. WE WALKED THE SITE THERE SOME BEAUTIFUL TREES ON THE SITE THAT DIDN'T RISE TO THE LEVEL OF SIGNIFICANT THAT WE ARE ABSOLUTELY PRESERVING BUT WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE APPROXIMATELY ACRE AND A HALF THAT'S RIGHT ON JARVIS CREEK AND IDENTIFIED AREA AS HAVING TO BE PRESERVED IN PERPETUITY SO THIS AREA WILL WILL REMAIN OPEN SPACE FOREVER BUT THIS HELPED US DIVINE DEFINE OUR BUILDING ENVELOPE WE ALSO LOOKED AT ALL OF OUR EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE SO WE COULD HAVE [01:00:06] AS LIGHT OF A FOOTPRINT AS POSSIBLE AND UTILIZE AS MUCH OF THAT EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WAS INSTALLED IN THE LATE EIGHTIES SO AFTER WE HAD A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF CAPACITY THAT'S WHEN WE KNEW THE SITE COULD YIELD AS MANY AS 170 UNITS. BUT I ALWAYS WE'D LAND AT ABOUT 160 AND WE ENDED UP AS I MENTIONED 157 HERE'S OUR OPEN PLAN. THIS THIS IS SOMETHING I'M REALLY PROUD OF BUT THIS SITE IS GOING TO YIELD A SIX 56% FUNCTIONAL OPEN SPACE AND IT HAS SEVERAL BIO RETENTION PONDS AND SWALES STRATEGICALLY LOCATED AROUND THE SITE. BUT THESE ARE AREAS THAT WILL COLLECT AND INFILTRATE STORMWATER. BUT THESE ARE BEST PRACTICES THIS THIS SITE AND I'VE BEEN ASKED HOW ARE YOU ABLE TO HAVE 56% OPEN SPACE BUT WE WERE ORIGINALLY LANDING AT THAT 50% PERVIOUS IMPERVIOUS AND GUESS BECAUSE SOME OF THE OPEN SPACE AMENITIES LIKE THE SWIMMING POOL IS IMPERVIOUS BUT WHAT WE DID IS WE WE TOOK ALL THE DRIVE PILES AND WE SHRUNK THEM TO THE MINIMUM BEST PRACTICES TO REDUCE BLACKTOP ON THE SITE, REDUCE URBAN HEAT AND WE WERE WE WERE PROUD OF THIS BUT WE TO CONTINUE CHALLENGING OURSELVES IN THE VERY LAST SLIDE AT THE SITE THE SITE WE ALSO LOOKED AT CONNECTIVITY. I SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME ON THE SITE AND I'VE WALKED OVER TO THE SCHOOL CAMPUS. IT'S NOT IT'S NOT EASY WITH THIS CURRENT WITH THE CURRENT CONFIGURATION. SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE TO ACQUIRE PROPERTY TO CREATE SAFE CONNECTIVITY TO THE SCHOOL CAMPUS TO THE ISLAND REC. AS WE KNOW THE ALAMO HAS DIFFERENT TRIGGERS FOR TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS OF THIS COMMUNITY RISE TO THAT LEVEL. WE OF COURSE ARE DOING ONE BECAUSE IT'S IT'S RIGHT THING TO DO AND WE'VE BEEN LOOKING WHAT THIS WILL GENERATE AT THE PEAK HOURS AND IT IS ANTICIPATED BASED THE IT EMANUEL THEM THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERING MANUAL HAD AN APARTMENT COMMUNITY THIS SIZE WOULD GENERATE AROUND PEAK TRIPS BUT WHAT I HAVE TO SAY IS HAVING SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON MARSHALL ROAD I'VE LIVED THERE FOR ALMOST 25 YEARS. I DRIVE BY THE APARTMENTS EVERY DAY THAT'S I THINK 194 UNITS I HAVE NEVER SEEN HEAVY TRAFFIC IN AND OUT OF THOSE APARTMENT COMMUNITIES ALSO AQUA TWITTER I DRIVE BY THERE ON A REGULAR BASIS. I'VE NEVER SEEN HEAVY TRAFFIC IN OUT AROUND THE PEAK PERIODS AND I'M SURE THE EXPERTS CAN EXPLAIN BETTER THAN I CAN. I HAVE TO THINK SOMETHING PROBABLY HAS TO DO WITH OUR HOSPITALITY TEAM WHO WORK DIFFERENT HOURS BUT WE ARE DOING THE THE TRAFFIC IMPACT. WE ARE LOOKING AT WAYS TO MITIGATE AND IMPROVE FLOW IN THIS AREA. WE'RE ALSO TALKING WITH OUR BEAUFORT COUNTY AND HERE'S THE NEXT SLIDE BUT THIS SHOWS THE CONNECTIVITY THROUGH THE POST PROPERTY A GREAT PATHWAY ROADWAY CONNECTIVITY. WELL ONE THING I'VE BEEN ASKED AS WE'VE BEEN STUDYING OUR ADJACENT PROPERTIES WE'VE STUDIED MAR'S POINT TO THE NORTH, WE'VE STUDIED THE POST OFFICE PROPERTY BUT WE ALL KNOW WHEN IT RAINS HEAVY THE WATER POOLS ON THE POST OFFICE PROPERTY. ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I WAS ASKED IS THAT BECAUSE THERE'S TOO MUCH BLACKTOP WELL WHAT WE'VE KNOWN WHAT WE'VE LEARNED IS THIS SITE WAS DEVELOPED COMPLETELY VOID OF ANY DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE IN THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY NINE ZERO AND UNLIKE THE NORTHPOINT PROPERTY WHERE WILL INCORPORATE THE BIO RETENTION SWALES AND THE AREAS FOR WATER TO INFILTRATE THAT WASN'T DONE THIS PROPERTY WASN'T GRADED PROPERLY SO WE'RE GOING TO FIX THAT BY ACQUIRING PROPERTY WE'RE GOING TO INSTALL THE DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE WE'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE A DRAINAGE EASEMENT WHERE WE CAN GRADE THIS FOR BETTER INFILTRATION AND THIS SITE WILL FUNCTION FAR BETTER POST-CONSTRUCTION THAN IT DOES TODAY. HERE'S MY LAST SLIDE AND MY FAVORITE SLIDE I MENTIONED WE WERE ORIGINALLY LANDING AT 50% PERVIOUS 50% IMPERVIOUS. WE'RE GOING TO BE 55% PERVIOUS ,45% IMPERVIOUS AND THE WAY ABLE TO DO THAT IS THE MULTI-MODAL PATHWAY WILL ENTIRELY PERVIOUS. WE'RE ALSO INCORPORATED A LOT PERVIOUS MATERIALS THROUGHOUT THE SITE THAT'S MORE AREA FOR WATER TO INFILTRATE. SO THIS THIS IS BEST IN CLASS. I MEAN FRANKLY WE'RE AT BEST IN CLASS AT 50% BUT WE'RE HILTON HEAD ISLAND. WE WANT TO DO THINGS BETTER THAN ANYONE IS DOING THEM AND THIS SITE PLAN DOES THAT IT ALSO VERY MUCH INCORPORATES [01:05:03] NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE. IF WE LOOK AT THESE UNITS TO THE NORTH, WE KNOW THAT MARS POINT IS 35 FEET IN HEIGHT. THESE UNITS BE 35 FEET IN HEIGHT AND THAT'S ALL TO BUILDINGS. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A COMBINATION OF ONE, TWO AND THREE STORY BUT THAT GIVES US THAT NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE WITH STRATEGICALLY OPEN SPACE IS INTERESTING BECAUSE THE ARCHITECTURAL RENDERINGS ON THIS PROJECT ARE OUTSTANDING AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SHARING THAT WITH YOU SOON. AND WE HAVE NINE DIFFERENT BUILDING TYPES ON THIS SITE BUT THIS IS AN AWARD PROJECT CLASS-A APARTMENT COMMUNITY, CLASS-A AMENITIES AND I JUST WANTED TO THIS UP BEFORE MISSY WENT THROUGH THE STAFF REPORTS I KNOW SOMETIMES THE ZONING MAP AMENDMENTS IT'S PREMATURE TO GET DEEP INTO SITE PLANNING BUT IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT FOR US TO TELL THE STORY WITHOUT SHARING THE SITE PLAN AND I'M HAPPY ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS NOW I WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE OF COURSE AFTER MISSY THROUGH THE STAFF'S FINDINGS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IT'S A GREAT PRESENTATION. I KNOW YOU'VE WORKED HARD ON THIS QUITE SOME TIME AND IT SHOWS A LOT OF THE ASPECTS THINGS THAT ARE CLASS THAT ARE BEST IN OR BECAUSE OF THE HARD WORK YOU'VE DONE AND THE STAFF HAS DONE AND WE APPRECIATE LEADERSHIP. YOU JUST GO BACK ONE SLIDE AND I SHOULD POINT OUT AGAIN ME WHERE THE 45 FOOT BUILDINGS ARE. YEAH THESE THE 30 FIVES AND THEN THE 45 ARE THE ARE THE THREE STORY AND IF YOU NOTICE THE ALAMO HAS SOME FLEXIBILITY FOR THAT THAT OFFER RIGHT OFF WILLIAM HILL PARKWAY THIS SITE ABOVE DEVELOPMENT PLAN DOES IN WHERE WE HAVE AT LEAST 100 OR MORE FEET FROM THE EDGE OF PAVEMENT AND AT LEAST 50 FEET OF BUFFERING IF NOT MORE WHEN I GO BACK TO TALKING ABOUT LIKE THE THE SUMMER HOUSE THOSE ARE THREE STORY THEY'RE WELL SET BACK LOTS OF TREES AND IT'S IT'S NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE AND IN THIS AREA FLOOD ELEVATION LEVEL IS AT A PLACE WHERE IT WILL NOT ADD ANY ADDITIONAL HEIGHT TO THESE BUILDINGS. THESE ARE TRULY 45 FEET MAXIMUM . THAT'S CORRECT. WE'RE REALLY FORTUNATE THIS SITE IS ABOUT 16 FEET IN ELEVATION AND GRADUALLY DRAINS SHEETS TOWARDS A MARSH. BUT YES, A TRUE GRADE PLUS 45 FROM THE FROM THE DIAGRAMS THIS ONE AND THE ORIGINAL ONE WHERE YOU WERE SHOWING WHERE THE TREES CURRENTLY WHERE THEY WERE WHEN YOU STARTED YOUR INVESTIGATION HOW MUCH OF THAT WILL HAVE TO BE CUT DOWN? THAT'S PART OF THE BETWEEN THE EDGE OF THE PAVEMENT TO WHERE THE FIRST BUILDINGS WILL BE. IS THIS SIGNIFICANT? YEAH, NOT NOT MUCH AND I'LL I CAN SHOW YOU WHY BETTER WHEN I SHOW YOU THE SITE PLAN WHEN WE GET UP CLOSER TO THE BUILDINGS WHICH ARE SET BACK WE HAVE TO DO SOME DIRT WORK OR SOME FILTRATION HERE OR WE'RE ABLE TO MEANDER THE PATHWAY. I'VE WALKED THAT WITH THE ARCHITECT AS RECENTLY AS LAST WEEK BUT WE'RE ABLE TO MEANDER THAT PATHWAY THROUGH THE TREES SO IT'S PRESERVING AS MUCH OF THE TREES AS POSSIBLE PLUS THE WE'RE FORTUNATE BECAUSE PART OF THAT RIGHT OF WAY IS HEAVILY VEGETATED AS WELL. SO IN IN TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE CHANGE FROM 35% TO 45% AND PERVIOUS ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT I HAVE IS IN THE CHOICE OF CONTRACTORS MATERIALS WHERE SOME OF THE IMPERVIOUS MIGHT TO BEING COUNTED AS DRY BALES SO WHILE WE THINK IMPERVIOUS WE THINK MORE NATURAL AND I'VE HEARD THE ARGUMENT THAT IMPERVIOUS COULD BE COUNTED AS LONG AS YOU'RE USING A SURFACE THAT DRAINS WHICH MAKES BUT IT TAKES AWAY FROM THE GREENERY IN THE ASPECT OF A SETTING. ARE WE BEING VERY CAREFUL WITH REGARD TO MATERIALS ARE BEING USED TO GET TO THEM FROM 35% TO 45%. THANK YOU FOR NOT GOING TO 50%. WE ARE AND JUST TO KIND OF TALK THROUGH THAT IN JUST A SECOND BECAUSE WHEN WE LANDED AT 50% I WAS EXCITED BECAUSE WE SQUEEZED THE DRIVE PILES. WE DID EVERYTHING TO ADD TO LAND THERE BUT THEN CHALLENGING THE TEAM TO GET DOWN TO THAT 45% BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S IN PLACE WITH THE EXISTING APPRAISAL WE HAD TO INCORPORATE THE PERVIOUS MATERIALS AND TO YOUR TO YOUR POINT IT WILL REQUIRE SOME MAINTENANCE BUT WE HAVE PAVERS AND WE ALSO HAVE [01:10:08] THE MULTI-MODAL PATHWAY BE PERVIOUS ASPHALT SO IT WILL REQUIRE SOME MAINTENANCE BUT WE'VE BEEN VERY RESPECTFUL RESPECTFUL TO THE SITE THE ENTIRE SITE PLANNING PROCESS AND WE HAVE SOFT POWER OVER HERE WHERE THE DOG PARK IS AND THESE ARE ALL SOFT PATHWAYS AND THEN WE HAVE AN EDIBLE GARDEN WE HAVE A YOGA LAWN BUT WE WE INCORPORATED AS MUCH OF THAT NATURAL PERVIOUS GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE AS POSSIBLE. I MEAN HAVE YOU CONSIDERED POROUS PAVEMENT EVERYWHERE WE WE HAVE WE'VE CONSIDERED IT FOR THE MULTI-MODAL PATHWAY. THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE ONGOING MAINTENANCE AND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF OVER TIME SO WE ARE ENVISIONING PAVERS BUT ALL OF THAT WILL GET THOROUGHLY VETTED THROUGH THE SITE DEVELOPMENT PLAN REVIEW PROCESS. BUT WE'RE ENVISIONING THE THE PERVIOUS PAVEMENT FOR THE PATHWAY AND THEN THE PAVERS FOR FOR THE PARKING AND THE TOWNS INVOLVED IN ALL OF THAT THOSE ASPECTS OF THE DESIGN. THAT'S CORRECT. BUT THE PAVEMENT I MEAN WHAT PERCENTAGE DO YOU PUT ON PAVERS BECAUSE THEY'RE REALLY NOT POROUS? WELL, THEY'RE THE PAVERS ARE THEY'RE ON A PAD. THEY'RE REALLY SOLID PAVERS. ARE THEY EARLY LANDSCAPE PAVERS ? YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE I DO THE WE'RE GETTING PRETTY DEEP INTO THE PROCESS WE HAVE I UNDERSTAND BUT YOU KNOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 35 TO 45 AND I WAS JUST WONDERING IF YOU'VE TRIED TO INCORPORATE OR POROUS ASPHALT EVERYWHERE VERSUS THE PRICE OF PAVERS EVERYWHERE. IT'S A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE WHICH WOULD MAKE UP THE LONGEVITY OF THE MAINTENANCE AND THE PRICE. WELL, WE'LL CONTINUE LOOKING AT YEAH I UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND I WHAT YOU'RE SAYING I EVEN BROUGHT UP THE POSSIBILITY OF USING SOME KIND OF A PLANTATION MIX ON THE WESTERN PART OF THE PROPERTY. BUT THE CONCERN WAS THE ONGOING ABOUT HOW LARGE AND WHEN YOU DO YOUR TRAFFIC STUDY AND ASSUME A LANDING GUMTREE AND PROBABLY AN ALREADY FAILING ROAD THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE IMPROVED ANY WAY AND YOU WHAT YOU HAVEN'T YOU OR OR DID YOU CONSIDER GOING OUT THE WEST AND SIDE CROSSING JARVIS CREEK WITH A TWO LANE LOW PROFILE PROFILE BRIDGE CONNECTING WITH SPANISH WELLS, STAYING OFF OF GUMTREE IT WAS ONLY DISCUSSED VERY BRIEFLY AND A COUPLE OF THINGS WERE WERE BROUGHT UP IS WE HAVE THIS ACRE AND A HALF OF GREEN SPACE ON THE WESTERN PART OF THE PROPERTY AND BY MAINTAINING THAT AS GREENSPACE IN PERPETUITY WE KNEW WE'RE PROTECTING THE WATERS OF JARVIS CREEK AS OPPOSED TO TAKING A ROAD AND BRIDGE THROUGH THERE. PLUS THE COST OF A BRIDGE IS, YOU KNOW, A REALLY EXPENSIVE WE'RE ALSO I THINK NORTHPOINT WE ALL KNOW IS RIGHT IN RIGHT NOW BUT THE PRIMARY ENTRANCE OF COURSE IS WILLIAM HILL PARKWAY AND I'VE COME IN AND OUT OF THIS PROPERTY A LOT AND WHEN I GO TO THE SOUTH, BACK TO THE SOUTH AND I COME DOWN SPAN AS WELL AS CROSS ISLAND IF YOU WERE AT THE SCHOOL AND YOU CAME DOWN WELLBORN YOU'RE NOT GOING TO TURN INTO GUM TREE. YOU'RE GOING TO THOSE THAT ARE GOING BUSINESS TO 78 ARE GOING TO GO TO GUMTREE RIGHT? YEAH. I MEAN IF YOU'RE ALREADY HEADED WEST IT WOULDN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO TURN THE GUMTREE RIGHT. IT'S A THOUGHT ESPECIALLY WITH THE RENOVATIONS AND THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING IN THE CORRIDOR AND I'D LOVE TO SEE SOME KIND OF CONCEPTUAL ACROSS DRIVERS JARVIS CREEK IN THE SPANISH WELLS INTERSECTION THAT COULD BE VERY, VERY BENEFICIAL. THE WHOLE THOUGHT PROCESS AS WE WERE SEEKING THE SAFE CONNECTIVITY THE SCHOOL CAMPUS IS BEING ABLE TO WALK AND GET TO THE SCHOOL SAFELY NOW. WELL THAT'S NOT GOING TO THAT'S NOT I'M TALKING I'M TALKING ABOUT TRAFFIC I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT WALKING TRACK. OH, ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I'M SAFETY OF NEVER SO I'M NOT [01:15:05] SURE HOW MUCH OF WHAT I WROTE IN NOTES SO FOR YOU OR FOR MISSY SO I'LL WAIT TILL THE END AND WHOEVER WOULD LIKE TO ANSWER THAT BE GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. OKAY. SORRY I WIL * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.