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CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY BUFORT COUNTY
[I. CALL TO ORDER]
AND 2005 AND WHAT THE HOUSING COMMITTEE MEETING IS NOW IN ORDER.AND I'D LIKE TO HAVE THE ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I'D LIKE FOR OUR NEWLY AND EXCITING MEMBER TO WELCOME, BE WELCOME AND INTRODUCE HERSELF IN, IN HER OWN WAY.
I AM A LONG TIME RESIDENT HERE IN THE LOW COUNTRY, OVER 30 YEARS.
UM, AND OBVIOUSLY A RESIDENT IN BLUFFTON.
UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, WENT TO SCHOOL, EDUCATED, YOU KNOW, HERE, UM, COLLEGE.
AND NOW THAT I'M, YOU KNOW, OUT THERE IN THE WORKFORCE, WHICH I'VE BEEN A LONG TIME, I HAVE NOTICED A NECESSITY, UM, FOR BASICALLY, UM, BE PART OF THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY, PUT OUR NAME OUT THERE, UH, CONTRIBUTE, UM, IN WAYS THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE NOT SEEN.
UH, JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW, EVERYONE KNOW IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WE ARE HERE, WE CONTRIBUTE, WE ARE HERE TO HELP, AND THAT WE FEEL WELCOME AS A COMMUNITY AND READY TO SERVE IN ANY WAY THAT WE CAN.
AND THAT'S THE REASON THAT I'M, I'M HERE.
UM, USE ME ANY WAY YOU CAN TO TRY TO REACH, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT BIG COMMUNITY AND, AND AGAIN, TO MAKE US FEEL WELCOME AND, AND THAT WE BELONG.
AND THANK YOU FOR WANTING TO DO THIS.
THIS IS, UM, SOMETHING THAT IS VERY CHALLENGING, BUT WE NEED ALL BOOTS ON THE GROUND.
AND FOR THE RECORD, MS. MEG JAMES HAS JOINED US.
I'M SORRY, I WAS JUST TALKING AND TALKING.
I COULDN'T WE, WE'VE GOT GREAT GUESTS, VERY INTERESTING GUESTS.
AND I WAS JUST, I WAS LIKE, I GOTTA GO.
[III. ADOPTION OF MINUTES]
NEED A MOTION FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE APRIL 3RD, UH, MEETING.IS THIS ME GONNA BE THE PUBLIC? YEAH.
I'M GONNA FILL IN ALL, ALL NUMBERS ON HERE.
UH, NO OLD BUSINESS, NEW BUSINESS.
[VI.1. FY25 Neighborhood Assistance Program Budget Update]
WE'LL JUMP TO MATTER AT HANDS.AS ALWAYS, WE HAVE THE MR. NOLES, JUST TO CONFIRM, YOU CAN HEAR US ALL RIGHT RIGHT NOW.
IT'S HARD TO HEAR THE UM, MEMBERS.
IF YOU GUYS WILL SPEAK INTO THE MIC A LITTLE BIT MORE.
SO AS ALWAYS, YOU GUYS HAVE OUR BEGINNING PARAGRAPH.
THE BUDGET FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 WAS APPROVED AT 400,000 BY TOWN COUNCIL.
AN ADDITIONAL 1 44 WAS ADDED TO THE BUDGET BY A GRANT AWARDED TO THE PROGRAM BY THE BEAUFORT JASPER HOUSING TRUST FUND ON AUGUST 22ND.
THAT BROUGHT OUR TOTAL FISCAL YEAR TO 544,000 AS OF LAST WEEK, THURSDAY WHEN THIS, UH, PACKET WAS APPROVED AND PUT INTO THE WORLD.
FOR TODAY'S MEETING, 25 HOMES HAVE RECEIVED HOME REPAIRS AT A TOTAL OF 262,832 AND TWO JOBS ARE ENCUMBERED FOR 14,447.
ONE HOME WAS DEMOLISHED DUE TO HURRICANE HELENE.
UH, WE TOOK THAT DOWN FOR $4,200.
ONE HOME REQUESTED A ROLLAWAY TRASH BIN FOR PROPERTY CLEANUP.
THE DELIVERY FEE WAS 1 68 AND THE FINAL INVOICE TOTALED AT 6 44.
AND THAT WAS FOR ABOUT A WEEK AND TWO OR THREE DAYS FOR THAT UH, TRASH DUMP.
UH, SEVEN HOMES HAVE BEEN SERVICED FOR SEPTIC PUMP OUTS OR PLUMBING SERVICES AT A TOTAL OF 3,463.
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AND ONE HOME HAS BEEN SERVICED FOR TREE SERVICE AT A TOTAL OF FOUR 50 IN ANOTHER ENCUMBERED FOR 9 45.AS OF APRIL 24TH, SEVEN HOMES ARE WAITING ON ESTIMATES.
FIVE HOMES ARE BEING SERVICED AND THREE HOMES ARE WAITING ON INCOME VERIFICATION.
ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS ON THE MEMO? UM, VERONICA, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO, AND I THINK WE DO WELL, IS WE DO HOME REPAIRS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE INCOME QUALIFIED.
SO THAT REPORT THAT SHE JUST GAVE PRETTY MUCH SUMS UP, UM, WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE LAST, UM, FEW MONTHS.
QUESTIONS? NO, NO, NOT AT THESE TIME.
SO AS ALWAYS, FOR BACKUP I GIVE YOU THE EXCEL SHEET.
LET'S GIVE YOU THE EXCEL SHEET JUST SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE EVERYTHING LIES AND WHERE EVERYTHING WENT.
AND WHAT WE HAVE TO DATE LEFT OVER IN OUR BUDGET IS $257,000.
AND AGAIN, LIKE I'VE BEEN TELLING, UH, CHARLOTTE AND KEVIN, I AM TRYING TO USE ALL OF THAT BECAUSE IF YOU, FOR JASPER HOUSING TRUST FUND COMES TO US AGAIN AND WE CAN APPLY.
I DON'T WANT THEM TO SAY, WELL YOU HAD OVERAGE SO YOU'RE NOT GONNA NEED THESE EXTRA FUNDS.
SO, UM, I GAVE FLYERS OUT TO LOCAL DAYCARES, UH, SOUP KITCHEN, UH, GOODWILL, JUST USUALLY WHERE WE USUALLY TAKE 'EM.
I TOOK THEM MORE
UM, THE CHILDCARE IN THE AREA WAS MORE THAN WELCOME TO TAKE IT AND PUT IT ON THEIR COUNTER.
I DID LET THEM KNOW IT'S ONLY FOR THOSE IN THE BLACKTON AREA, BUT IF THEY HAD QUESTIONS, JUST GIMME A CALL.
'CAUSE WE CAN PROBABLY POINT THEM IN ANOTHER DIRECTION.
SO I AM TRYING TO USE UP ALL OF THOSE FUNDS.
WE GOT AN EMAIL EARLIER THIS WEEK OR EITHER LAST WEEK THAT WE HAVE A FULL MONTH TO USE UP ALL OF OUR FUNDS BECAUSE THE FISCAL YEAR'S ENDING AND YOU KNOW, FINANCE HAS TO TURN EVERYTHING OVER.
SO WE'LL HAVE TO GET ALL JOBS AND EVERYTHING OUT OF THE SYSTEM BY MAY, JUNE 30TH.
SO WE GOT A LITTLE OVER TWO MONTHS.
SO IF WE DO YOU THINK THE FIVE HOMES THAT ARE BEING SERVICED? YES.
SO WHAT WE HAVE HERE LISTED, LIKE I SAID, THE SEVEN THAT'S IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW.
SO WE STILL HAVE SOME FUNDS EVEN AFTER THAT.
I'M WAITING ON THE ESTIMATES, BUT IT'S NOT GONNA BE ANYTHING, YOU KNOW.
HOW MUCH WOULD YOU, IF YOU HAD TO GUESS, HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK WOULD BE LEFT OVER IF WE HAD TO LEAVE ANYTHING OVER? PROBABLY ABOUT 50,000.
AND I DON'T WANNA LOSE, LEAVE THAT ALSO BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, I DON'T WANT THEM TO THINK, WELL YOU GUYS HAVE IT SET IN YOUR BUDGET, YOU NEED IT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE DO A LOT OF, AND NOT TO SOUND CRAZY REPEAT OFFENDERS, BUT WE ALSO HAVE NEW PEOPLE THAT'S LIKE, I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THIS PROGRAM EXISTS.
SO WE, THERE'S STILL SOME OF THOSE OUT THERE THAT DON'T KNOW THAT THE PRO PROGRAM EXISTS.
I THINK IN THE PAST, THE REASON WHY WE DID USE UP SO MUCH IS BECAUSE WE WERE DOING THE SEPTIC PUMP OUTS AND WE'RE NO LONGER DOING THOSE, WHICH IS A BLESSING SEPTIC SYSTEM.
SO WE HAVE REMAINING IN ALL NONE, EVERYBODY HAS NOW BEEN TAKEN CARE OF.
SO THAT HAS BEEN UM, A REASON WHY WE HAVE SO MUCH FUNDS LEFT OVER.
'CAUSE USUALLY IN THE PAST WE'VE HAD TO PULL FROM OTHER LINE ITEMS IN ORDER TO COVER SEPTIC PUMP OUTS.
SO WE, UM, I'M ALSO THINKING OF OTHER WAYS THAT I CAN BRING TO YOU GUYS.
LET'S ADD THIS TO OUR LINE ITEMS. 'CAUSE WE GET A LOT OF CALLS FOR, UM, HOT WATER HEATERS AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO I'M TRYING TO THINK OF OTHER WAYS THAT I CAN GRACEFULLY ASK YOU TO, LET'S EXPAND THIS PROGRAM IN THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.
BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE A BUSTED HOT WATER HEATER THAT'S MESSING UP YOUR FLOORING, YOUR FLOORING NEEDS TO BE REDONE.
SO IT'S PRETTY MUCH A SAFETY HAZARD AS WELL.
UM, NOT JUST MY HOT WATER HEATER WENT OUT, CAN I GET A NEW ONE? IT HAS TO BE SOME KIND OF, YOU KNOW, RAMIFICATIONS OF WHAT'S GONNA REALLY HAPPEN TO YOUR HOUSE IF YOUR HOT WATER HEATER IS OUT.
WAIT, AT THIS TIME YOU THINK THAT WHAT WE HAVE DOESN'T COVER WATER HEATERS, SO WE WOULD NEED TO CHANGE SOMETHING.
IT WOULD PROBABLY COME UNDER HOME REPAIRS, BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S IN OUR PO THAT'S IN OUR GUIDELINES.
SO I DON'T WANNA JUST SAY, YES, I'M GONNA FIX YOUR HOT WATER HEATER AND THEN I BRING IT TO YOU GUYS, WHY DID YOU DO HOT WATER HEATER? AND THAT'S NOT ON, YOU KNOW, SO I WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE CROSSING EVERYTHING AND EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT WE'RE DOING, YOU KNOW, SO IS THERE A DEADLINE FOR FOLKS TO APPLY FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR? BEFORE THIS FISCAL YEAR QUESTION? I WOULD SAY GET IT TO ME, GET YOUR APPLICATION TO ME AT LEAST BY THE MIDDLE OF MAY BECAUSE IT, IT IS TAKING A LONGER TIME FOR MY CONTRACTORS TO GET BACK TO ME WITH ESTIMATES.
AT LEAST GET YOUR APPLICATION TO ME BY MIDDLE OF MAY.
THAT'LL GET IT TO L CALL FOR INCOME VERIFICATION.
THAT'LL GET TWO OR THREE CONTRACTORS OUT FOR ESTIMATES AND THEN ALSO GET TIME FOR MATERIALS AND STUFF TO COME IN.
AND THINGS LIKE AIR CONDITIONING, HEAT IS NOT COVERED, RIGHT? MM-HMM
SO WE DO HAVE, GET A LOT OF CALLS FOR HVAC, BUT I SEND THEM OVER TO DEEP WELL AT DIFFERENT PLACES LIKE THAT.
YOU KNOW, LIKE I ALWAYS SAY, NOT TO GIVE OUR WORK AWAY, BUT THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE DO.
UM, THE HOME, I MEAN OUR BUDGET MM-HMM
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THINK TO, UH, OUR COUNCIL HAS BEEN GIVING US, UM, INCREASE ALMOST YEARLY.UM, SO I DON'T WANT YOU TO BE AFRAID OF HAVING, UM, TOO MUCH MONEY.
UM, IF, IF, UM, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, UM, LOOK AT OUR BUDGET ENTIRELY, THEY SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT THE FUNDS THAT WE GOT FROM THEM GOT SPENT.
SO WHAT WE, WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN IN BUSINESS.
EVEN BEFORE WE GOT RIGHT FUNDS FROM THEM, WHICH WAS ONLY ONE TIME ANYWAY.
AND THAT'S NOT GUARANTEED THAT WE ARE ALWAYS GONNA GET FUNDS.
SO LET'S NOT BE AFRAID TO SAY WE'RE GONNA HAVE UM, UM, UH, CARRYOVERS IN, IN, IN THE TOWN.
UH, COUNCIL HAS ALSO GIVEN US THE THE GRACE TO NOT TO LOSE ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE IN OUR BUDGET.
A FEE HAVE UM, UH, A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT'S OVER.
OR IF WE HAVE $10 THAT'S OVER, IT CARRIES OVER TO THE NEXT YEAR.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE BUDGET WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW? ALL RIGHT, IF NONE, UM, YOU
[VII.1. 2025 Area Median Income Limits]
KNOW, HUD HOUSING DON'T GET ME TELLING STORIES WHAT HUD STANDS FOR, BUT HUD CHANGES OUR A MI NUMBERS EVERY YEAR AROUND THIS TIME.THE NUMBERS CHANGED ABOUT A MONTH AGO AND IT IS NOT POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE YET BECAUSE I WANT TO GET OUR FAIR MARKET RATES AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT TO POST AS WELL.
BUT HERE ARE OUR NUMBERS FOR THE 2025 INCOME HERE AND WHAT THESE NUMBERS REPRESENT IS HOW INDIVIDUALS CAN SEEK HELP FROM SUCH AS THE ORGANIZATION AS OURS AND DEEP WELL AND BUFORD, JASPER, EOC LOW CALL, THIS IS WHAT THEY GO BY, UM, TO SAY YES YOU ARE INCOME QUALIFIED, NO YOU ARE NOT INCOME QUALIFIED.
YES YOU CAN GET ASSISTANCE OR NO, YOU CANNOT GET ASSISTANCE.
SO JUST KEEP AN EYE ON THE MIDDLE COLUMN IS USUALLY THE FAMILY OF FOUR.
AND THAT'S USUALLY WHAT RIGHT NOW MOST OF OUR FAMILIES, OUR HOUSEHOLDS AROUND HERE HAVE A FAMILY OF FOUR.
SO WHEN IT COMES TO THE MEDIAN INCOME FOUR FAMILY OF FOUR, THEY'RE ASKING THAT FAMILY TO BE RIGHT AROUND $112,000.
AND THAT'S ANYONE IN THE HOUSEHOLD OVER THE AGE OF 18 THAT IS WORKING.
SO, UM, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN HAVE A MOM, DAD, AND THREE LITTLE CHILDREN, BUT IT'S ONLY THE ONES THAT ARE OVER THE AGE OF 18.
IF YOU'RE NOT OVER THE AGE OF 18, THERE'S A FORM THAT WE HAVE IN OUR PACKET THAT'S CALLED ZERO INCOME CERTIFICATION FORM, JUST STATING I AM NOT WORKING AT THE TIME AND THE OTHER I AM RELYING ON THE OTHER 18 OR OLDER IN THIS HOUSEHOLD.
UM, THESE WERE THE NUMBERS LOOK LIKE IT'S KIND OF SCARY BUT
YOU SAID THE FAMILY OF FOUR CAN MAKE IT UP TO HOW MUCH? SO UNDER THAT FAMILY OF FOUR, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE A HUNDRED PERCENT RIGHT AT THE MEDIAN, A HUNDRED PERCENT MM-HMM
I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE A HUNDRED PERCENT NOW.
NOW OUR PROGRAM DOES NOT DO ANYTHING WITH THE A HUNDRED PERCENT AND I PUT THAT ON THE BACK, THE SHEETS THAT I GAVE YOU DOWN AT THE BOTTOM, OUR PROGRAM LOOKS AT UH, 80% FOR HOME DEMO, 80% FOR PRIVATE ROAD REPAIR, WHICH WE HAVEN'T DONE IN A VERY LONG TIME, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE FALLS AT THAT 60%.
SO WE DEFINITELY ARE THESE NUMBERS FOR ALL OF BEAUFORT COUNTY? YES, ALL OF BEAUFORT COUNTY.
I WONDER WHAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE LIKE.
WELL I CAN, I CAN FIND THAT FOR YOU.
YEAH, THIS IS JUST BEAUFORT COUNTY AT THIS MOMENT.
IT'S COOL THAT YOU GAVE US THE PREVIOUS YEARS 'CAUSE I WAS CURIOUS.
AND, AND THEN I ALSO GAVE YOU THE MEDIAN HOME VALUE GOING BACK TO 2019.
I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF SHOW YOU THE JUMP MM-HMM
UM, SO YEAH, JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
UM, COMMUNITY REALLY HAS GONE UP
SO IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
AND THEN WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT OUR, THE MAY PROJECT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, UM, WE ARE GONNA BE DOING FOUR AT 60%, FOUR AT 80% AND FOUR AT A HUNDRED PERCENT.
HOW ABOUT THAT MEDIUM HOME VALUE? 5 0 4.
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SCARE YOU EVEN FOR HOUSES BUILT IN 2019SO THE MADISON AT NEW RIVERSIDE, THE HOMES THAT WE HAVE SET ASIDE RIGHT NOW, WE ONLY HAVE ONE BEDROOMS WITH THEM AND THEY GO FOR 1299 A MONTH AND THAT'S THE ONE BEDROOM AND THEY HAVE FIVE ON THEIR WAITING LIST.
WHICH IS NOT BAD FOR A ONE BEDROOM BECAUSE IF YOU GO OVER TO UH, THE GRAYS OR EVEN THE ENCLAVE, WHICH IS AT THE END OF GOLDIE ON THE PARKWAY, THEIR ONE BEDROOM AT 7 97 SQUARE FEET IS 1625.
SO IT'S UM, CROWN AT ONE 70 DID NOT GET BACK TO ME.
BUT ON THEIR WEBSITE, THEIR TWO BEDROOM TWO BATH AT 1199 SQUARE FOOT IS 2023 A MONTH.
SO HOW, HOW IS OUR JOB TO KEEP UP WITH THOSE UNITS THAT WE UM, YES.
SO WHAT THOSE UNITS THAT WE HAVE AT CROWN AT ONE 70 AND IT USED TO BE MADISON AT NEW RIVERSIDE IS NOW BRISTOL AT NEW RIVERSIDE.
JUST IF YOU GUYS WANNA JUST PUT THAT IN NOTE.
UM, SO WHAT I DO IS SEND THEM THE NEW A MI YEARLY, I ALSO SEND THEM THE FAIR MARKET RATE, WHAT IT COMES FROM BEAUFORT HOUSING AUTHORITY.
AND THAT SHOWS THEM HOW TO BREAK DOWN THE UTILITY COSTS.
THAT IS NOT OUT YET, BUT THAT IS HOW THEY CHANGE THEIR RATES FOR THE WORKFORCE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS.
SO RIGHT NOW THEY ARE ABLE TO CHANGE FROM 2024 TO 20 25, 20 24 IS 1299.
SO THEY HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS CHART AND FIGURE OUT WHERE THEIR 60% AND WHERE THEY'RE, I THINK THEY HAVE 60% AND 80% UNITS WHERE THEY WOULD FALL ON A FAIR MARKET RATE SCHEDULE.
SO IF WE DON'T FOLLOW UP, UM, HOW, HOW WILL WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE KEEPING, THAT THEY'RE KEEPING UP, THAT THEY'RE KEEPING WITH THE AGREEMENT? 'CAUSE I MYSELF EMAIL THEM WHENEVER I FEEL LIKE IT'S NOT GOING RIGHT.
SO I HAVE A UM, NICE RELATIONSHIP WITH SUMMER NICHOLS.
I THINK SHE CAME AROUND THIS TIME LAST YEAR.
I HAVEN'T MET THE NEW PERSON OVER AT CROWN AT ONE 70, BUT I USUALLY REACH OUT TO THEM SUMMER, ALWAYS LISTENS INTO OUR MEETINGS ONLINE.
SO IT'S JUST PRETTY MUCH JUST KIND OF LET ME CHECK AND SEE WHAT IF THEY GOT, YOU KNOW, LET ME CHECK AND SEE BECAUSE PEOPLE CALL EVERY DAY FOR UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY APARTMENTS? YOU CAN, YOU DO ME THIS, CAN YOU DO ME THIS FAVOR? I CAN'T.
BUT I CAN SHOW YOU WHERE YOU CAN GO.
THEY MIGHT HAVE A WAITING LIST BUT YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF SEE WHAT THEY HAVE.
UM, SADLY TO SAY, I HAVE BEEN SEEING A LOT OF RETIRED 60 AND 70-YEAR-OLD LADIES COMING IN HERE LOOKING FOR HOUSING BECAUSE THEY'RE ON A FIXED INCOME WHERE THEY WERE, THEIR LANDLORD IS, YOU KNOW, RENOVATING AND CAN'T AFFORD WHERE THEY ARE.
SO IT'S JUST KIND OF, IT'S TOUGH FOR THE LITTLE OLD LADIES.
THEY JUST CAN'T FIND, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY NEED TO BE.
SO AGAIN, THAT'S WHERE PEOPLE, JASPER HOUSING TRUST COMES IN.
CARRINGTON MAN, MANOR MANOR, THE SENIOR LIVING OVER IN BEAUFORT.
SO I GAVE A COUPLE OF THEM THAT INFO, BUT THEY WANNA BE ON THEIR OWN.
THEY DON'T WANNA BE IN ASSISTED LIVING.
SO AGAIN, I BROUGHT THAT TO SAY THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT AREAS THAT WE NEED TO BE LOOKING INTO, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO HOUSING, WHEN IT COMES TO RENTAL AND THEN JUST TRYING TO FEEL OUR WAY THROUGH TO SOME DIFFERENT THINGS, SOME DIFFERENT AVENUES.
SO, UM, TO PIGGYBACK WHAT YOU SAID, EMILY, WITH THE, UM, WITH ALAN WOLF AND HIS GROUP, WE WOULD LOVE TO JUMP ON ANYTHING THAT IS APARTMENT STYLE.
I THINK THEY BOUGHT A UM, A HOTEL AND IS GONNA TURN IT INTO, BUT WE REALLY DON'T HAVE THAT TYPE OF THINGS HERE.
SO WE GOTTA TRY TO FIND ANOTHER WAY TO GET IT DONE.
IF WE HAD ANY LEFTOVER, UM, MONEY THAT THEN ROLLS INTO CAN WE USE THAT MONEY IF IT ACCUMULATES, I MEAN TO PURCHASE SOMETHING, TO PURCHASE SOMETHING LIKE, LIKE LAND OR LIKE LAND OR IF APARTMENT.
I MEAN NOT THAT IT WOULD, BUT I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS IF WE HAD LIKE EVER MONEY WHAT WE COULD USE, WHETHER IT BE LAND OR IN OUR, IN OUR GUIDELINES.
NOT IN THIS PROGRAM, BUT IN OUR LAND ACQUISITION, YEAH WE USE THOSE FUNDS.
YEAH, BUT YOU, YOU DON'T THINK ANY EXTRA MONEY FROM THIS IS ALLOWED TO BE USED FOR THAT? NOT IN THIS PROGRAM.
BUT WHAT ABOUT BEFORD MEMORIAL'S PROJECT? AREN'T THEY BUILDING? YEAH, BEFORD MEMORIAL, UM, WALTER COOPER, WE ACTUALLY SAT WITH THEM LAST WEEK AND THEY ARE WORKING ON GETTING THEIR PERMIT NOT PERMANENT APPLICATION, THEIR APPLICATION FEES PAID SO THEY CAN START ROLLING BECAUSE UM, ONE OF THE MAIN LADIES FROM BOSTON CAME DOWN BRINGING AND MYSELF SAT WITH THEM AND SHE WAS TRYING TO PUSH TO GET PERMITS AND EVERYTHING BY NOVEMBER.
BUT KEVIN WAS LIKE, WE'RE WAITING ON YOU.
YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE THEY'VE, THEY'VE STARTED BUT THEY HAVEN'T COME BACK TO THE TABLE WITH ANYTHING.
SO THEY WANNA MOVE AS SOON AS THEIR PERMITS FOR THEIR, I KEEP SAYING PERMITS, NOT PERMITS.
THEIR APPLICATION FEES ARE PAID THEN WE CAN MOVE A LITTLE FASTER ONCE THAT'S
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IN HOUSE.BUT IT HASN'T COME IN HOUSE YET.
BECAUSE THAT'S GONNA BE OPEN, LIKE THAT'S FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES.
MM-HMM
DO WE KNOW? SO DO WE KNOW IF THAT'S GONNA BE OPEN TO OTHER RESIDENTS OR JUST THEIR EMPLOYEES? THE HOSPITAL? MM-HMM
I MADE SURE THAT IT'S OPEN TO EVERYBODY.
THEY DECIDED HOW MANY YEARS THAT THOSE WILL REMAIN.
BEFORE THE HOUSING THEY WERE THINKING 30 BUT THEY WEREN'T SURE.
BUT THEY ARE AT LEAST THINKING 30 YEARS.
HOW MANY UNITS DO WE HAVE AT BRISTOL NEW RIVER SENATE? UH, 12 AND 10 AT CROWN AT ONE 70.
AND AGAIN FOR THE APARTMENTS THAT KEEP POPPING UP EVERYWHERE, WE CAN'T MANDATE IT THAT THEY HAVE WORKFORCE UNITS, BUT IT'LL BE BIG FOR TOWN COUNCIL TO PUSH.
AND I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE BEEN, BUT CAN YOU PUT UNITS ASIDE? SO THAT'S ANOTHER WAY THAT WE CAN GET A FOOT IN THE DOOR, UM, WITH THESE UNITS.
UM, OUR 12 WILL BE A START BUT WE ARE GONNA BE NEEDING A TON MORE WORK.
AND HOW IS THAT COMMUNICATED TO THE PUBLIC? LIKE FOR PEOPLE TO APPLY FOR THESE UNITS? MM-HMM
UM, IT'S REALLY NOT PUT OUT THERE JUST THROUGH THIS MEETING RIGHT HERE.
YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY COULD BE LISTENING AND SAY, OH, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WAS SET ASIDE.
AND THEN CALL AND BE LIKE, YES, WE DO HAVE SUCH AND SUCH AT THIS, THIS DEVELOPMENT AND SUCH AND SUCH AT THIS DEVELOPMENT.
CALL THEM BECAUSE WE DON'T REGULATE, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE THE APPLICATIONS BUT YOU WANNA CALL THEM IN ORDER TO SEE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE AVAILABLE OR IF SOMETHING'S THERE.
AND THEN OTHERWISE PEOPLE ARE JUST CALLING YOU ASKING YOU THESE QUESTIONS.
MM-HMM
GLAD I CAN LIKE SHARE IT OR SOMETHING.
I BROUGHT THAT TO CHARLOTTE AND KEVIN'S ATTENTION YESTERDAY.
SO THEY HAVE GIVEN ME THE GO AHEAD TO YES.
UPDATE IT BECAUSE I WANNA PUT THE MAY FACTS ON THERE.
I WANT TO UPDATE OUR A MI, WHICH I SAID THAT'S WHY IT HASN'T BEEN PUT UP THERE YET.
AND JUST SOME DIFFERENT FACTS ABOUT THE DIFFERENT THINGS.
THAT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM OF COURSE WILL COME FIRST, THEN THE MAY AND THEN SOME OTHER SMALL, UM, HOUSING FACTS AND TIDBITS.
'CAUSE OUR WEBSITE, OUR WEBPAGE UNDER COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT NEEDS TO BE CLEANED UP.
AND THEN ALSO THE FLYER FOR OUR WHITE GOODS CLEANUP HAS BEEN SENT TO KEVIN AND HEATHER JUST FOR APPROVAL AND I PLAN ON PUTTING THAT OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA THIS WEEKEND BECAUSE WE HAVE A MONTH AND I WANNA GET AS MUCH ATTACH ATTRACTION TO IT AS POSSIBLE.
SO ONCE I HAVE IT, UM, APPROVED, I'LL SEND IT TO YOU GUYS.
MAYBE YOU CAN SHARE IT AND THEN WE'LL GO FROM THERE.
BUT JUNE 9TH, UM, BEG TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, LARRY DOES NOT WANT US IN THE WAY 'CAUSE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU HURT YOURSELF.
SO HE, SO PUBLIC WORKS WOULD BE, UM, PART OF THAT.
IT'S GONNA BE BUCK ISLAND IN SIMMONS RIGHT NOW.
THEN WE'LL MOVE INTO THIS AREA FOR THE WHITE GOODS CLEANUP AND THEN I'LL SEND THAT TO YOU AS WELL 'CAUSE WE'RE WORKING ON IT ON IN SPANISH.
SO THAT'S OUR BIG KICKOFF FOR THE SUMMER AND IF YOU GUYS CAN THINK OF ANY LARGE, UM, PROJECTS THAT WE CAN DO, LET ME KNOW AND I WILL DO WHAT I CAN ON MY END.
BUT I JUST WANTED YOU ALL TO SEE WHERE OUR NUMBERS ARE AND HOW FAST THINGS ARE GOING AND HOW THE NUMBERS ARE RISING IN LARGE LEAPS.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE GOTTA KEEP IN MIND THAT THE COLLEGE STUDENTS COMING OUT THAT'S ACTUALLY ON THE ONE INCOME LEVEL.
UM, AND EVEN IF YOU DO A RENTAL, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THREE TIMES THE RENT UPFRONT BEFORE YOU EVEN GET INTO A RENTAL.
SO, AND WE SEE IT DOESN'T ALWAYS GO UP IN 2020.
SO, YOU KNOW, AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, IT DOES AFFECT THOSE SENIOR CITIZENS THAT WE DO HELP WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, BUT I HAVEN'T HAD ANYONE DISQUALIFY.
SO RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE TO CHANGE ANY OF OUR A MI NUMBERS OR OUR POLICY GUIDELINES 'CAUSE I HAVEN'T HAD ANYONE DISQUALIFY OR NOT BE ABLE TO RECEIVE ASSISTANCE IN THE PAST TWO YEARS MAYBE.
SO WE'RE GOOD RIGHT NOW WITH HELPING.
I JUST WANNA THINK OF SOME OTHER LINE ITEMS THAT WE CAN PUT ON HERE TO DO SOME HELP, SOME MORE, UM, ASSISTANCE.
HAVE ANY OF YOU BEEN DOWN, UH, 46 LATELY AND SEE THE PROGRESS THAT'S BEING DONE? I JUST KIND OF RODE PAST IN MY CAR, WHICH I SHOULDN'T BE SAYING THIS OUT LOUD, BUT I JUST KIND OF
SO WE DO, I THINK CLEVELAND JUST PUT THIS ROAD IN THERE FOR THEIR ACCESS.
UM, SO THIS IS COMING OFF OF MAY RIVER AND THEN, UM, TREES ARE COMING DOWN I THINK THIS WEEK RIGHT NOW THEY'RE JUST CHIPPING EVERYTHING UP SO YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING'S OPENED UP.
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DONE.AND AGAIN, WE SHOULD BE GETTING EXCITED.
UM, HAMILTON WAY, GOOD TO SEE PROGRESS FOR SURE.
AH, BUT IT HURTS SEEING ALL THOSE TREES
THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE STEP BY STEP.
AND I HAVE BEEN SPEAKING TO, UM, THE GUY OVER AT COASTAL STATE BANK.
IT'S NOT THE GUY THAT WE MET ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO.
THEY EXCHANGED THAT PERSON ALREADY.
IT'S A NEW GUY NAMED JOEY RYAN WHO IS THEIR MORTGAGE LOAN OFFICER.
SO I'VE BEEN SPEAKING WITH HIM AND JUST KIND OF GETTING SOME IDEAS OF WHEN PEOPLE CALL, WHAT SHOULD THEY BE LOOKING AT? UM, CREDIT SCORE.
HE WANTS WHAT HE'S THINKING IT SHOULD BE BETWEEN A FIVE 80 AND A SIX 20.
UM, THEY DON'T HAVE A DOLLAR AMOUNT, SO I DON'T EVEN WANNA PUT THAT OUT THERE YET.
THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT THESE HOMES ARE GONNA BE COSTING AS OF RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND THEN ANY TYPE OF PROGRAMS THAT THE HOMEOWNER OR POTENTIAL HOMEOWNER DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE, UM, FHA, VA, USDA, ALL OF THOSE WILL BE ABLE TO HELP HOMEOWNER GET INTO ONE OF THESE, UM, HOMES.
SO IF YOU KNOW ANYONE THAT'S INTERESTED, HAVE THEM TRYING TO CLEAN UP THEIR CREDIT.
DON'T GO BUY CARS OR ANYTHING RIGHT NOW JUST BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A BIG, THAT'S A BIG HURT ON YOUR, UM, INCOME COMING IN.
SO DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHEN YOU THINK THEY'LL WANNA START ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS? UM, I DON'T, I DON'T, I HAVEN'T SPOKEN WITH HIM LATELY, BUT I WILL KIND OF CALL HIM BACK TO GET AN IDEA.
BUT I JUST WANNA HAVE SOME KIND OF INFORMATION, YOU KNOW, TO SHARE WITH POTENTIAL NOW THAT THEY SEE TREES COMING DOWN, CALLS WILL BE COMING IN.
SO I JUST WANNA KIND OF GIVE THEM SOME KIND OF HEADS UP.
IF YOU ARE TRYING TO BE QUALIFIED, THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED TO BE WORKING ON.
UM, PUT YOUR DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE AWAY.
SEE IF YOU CAN GET INTO THE FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS CLASSES AND THEN, UM, WORK ON THAT CREDIT SCORE.
WHERE ARE THOSE CLASSES AT? EVERYWHERE.
YEAH, BUT IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE DONE THAT WE DO THE YET.
THINK THEY'RE OFFERED BY THE LENDERS, AREN'T THEY? DIRECTLY ONLINE? YEAH.
ANYTHING YOU GUYS WANT ME TO WORK ON? I WILL SEE IF I CAN, UM, REACH OUT TO ALAN WOLF, SEE IF THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
UM, BUT PRESENTERS, YES, DEFINITELY.
LET'S TRY TO WORK ON SOME PRESENTERS.
JUST KEEP IN MIND, JUNE, WE WILL BE OVER IN SAVANNAH AT THE END OF JUNE.
I'LL SEE YOU BEFORE THEN, BUT WE'LL BE IN SAVANNAH AT THE END OF JUNE.
I KNOW YOU SAID YOU MIGHT HAVE HAD SOMETHING WHAT I NEED, BUT IF I, IF I'M IN TOWN, CERTAINLY BE.
SO YEAH, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
THINGS ARE MOVING AND GROOVING.
UM, LET'S WISH AND HOPE WE GET A LOT OF, UM, RESIDENTS THAT NEED OUR ASSISTANCE IN JUNE FOR THE CLEANUP.
JUST BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA HELP THEM.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TRUCKS OR, YOU KNOW, UNCLES, NEPHEWS THAT CAN HELP THEM MOVE OUT SOME THINGS.
SO I THINK THAT'LL BE A BIG PLUS TO HELP, UM, GET SOME YARDS CLEANED UP FOR THE SUMMER.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING YOU, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT ON JUNE 9TH? YES.
I'M VERY IMPRESSED WITH YOUR PASSION AND YOUR PROFESSIONALISM AT, AT AT, AT THE SAME TIME.
AND CONTINUE TO, TO MAKE ME PROUD.
OH, AND IF YOU HAVE AN OPEN SCHEDULE FOR TODAY, A DAY OF PRAYER, VETERANS' MEMORIAL PARK.
I WASN'T SUPPOSED TO DO THAT, BUT WE ALL NEED PRAYER.
YOU CAN'T MIX RELIGION AND POLITICS.
HUD IS, UM, HOUSING URBAN DEVELOPMENT.
I'M SORRY, I DON'T REMEMBER EITHER.
MS. LES, DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR CONCERNS, SIR? NO, MA'AM.
WELL, YOU HAVE A GOOD AFTERNOON AND HAVE A GREAT DAY.
AND ALL THIS OKAY, WE ARE ADJOURNED.