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          CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY BUFORT COUNTY. 
          ALRIGHT, GOOD AFTERNOON 
          [1. Call to Order]
EVERYBODY. 
          THIS IS THE MARCH 13TH TOWN COUNCIL BUDGET WORKSHOP. 
          I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. 
          CAN I HAVE A 
          [2. Adoption of the Agenda]
MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA? VOTE SECOND. 
          SECOND. 
          WHILE THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY RAISING YOUR RIGHT HAND. 
          UM, SO THIS IS 
          [3.a. Review and Discussion of the Proposed Fiscal Year 2026 Consolidated Budget]
A, THIS WORKSHOP DISCUSSION ON, UH, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT CIP FOR THE 2026 PHYSICAL YEAR. 
          UM, I THOUGHT WE WOULD JUST KIND OF GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW, UM, AND I'LL LET SEAN DO MOST SEAN COEN DO MOST OF THE TALKING ON THIS, BUT, UM, YESTERDAY AT THE STATE INFRASTRUCTURE BANK HAD A MEETING, UM, COUNTY REPS WERE THERE, UH, STAFF REPS WERE THERE, AND, UH, CHAIRMAN JOHN WHITE, UM, THAT THEY, THEY HAD A VOTE ON THE RESOLUTION, JOINT RESOLUTION BETWEEN THE TOWN AND THE, AND THE COUNTY, WHICH WAS DENIED. 
          UM, SO THERE'S A 60 TO 90 DAY WINDOW TO ADDRESS, UH, THE, THE, THE, THE DENIAL. 
          UM, SO THERE ARE CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE, UM, TRYING TO GET WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT PARTIES THAT'S STILL VERY, VERY NEW AND VERY FLUID AS TO WHAT IS, WHAT IS GONNA TRANSPIRE WHEN THE MEETINGS ARE GONNA HAPPEN. 
          UM, SO SHAUNA, IF YOU COULD ADD ANYTHING TO THAT, IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL. 
          UH, THANK, THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          COUNCIL, TIME MANAGER, GUESTS. 
          UM, I, I'LL ADD JUST A FEW MORE DETAILS. 
          YOU DID A GOOD JOB IN COVERING IT. 
          SO THE, THE STATE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE BANK MAY MET YESTERDAY AT 11:00 AM. 
          UM, THEY HAD AN EXECUTIVE SESSION DISCUSSION ABOUT THREE PROJECTS. 
          LET'S JUST TALK ABOUT OURS. 
          UM, AS YOU RECALL, TOWN COUNCIL AND BEAUFORT COUNTY COUNCIL ADOPTED A JOINT RESOLUTION, UM, THAT AGREED TO A REVISED SCOPE OF THE PROJECT AND TO THE FUNDING ALLOCATION PLAN BASED ON THE FUNDS THAT WERE ON HAND FOR THE PROJECT. 
          UM, AND SUBMITTED THAT TO BOTH THE STR THE INFRASTRUCTURE BANK AND TO S-C-D-O-T, UM, AS A RESPONSE TO LETTERS THAT THEY HAD SENT, BOTH THE COUNTY AND THE TOWN, THE STATE INFRASTRUCTURE BANK, UM, TOOK ACTION TO DISAPPROVE THE PROPOSAL, UM, OR THE JOINT RESOLUTION PROPOSAL TO REVISE THE SCOPE AND THE FUNDING ALLOCATION PLAN. 
          THEIR COMMENTS WERE THAT IT WAS IN VIOLATION OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT THAT THEY HAD WITH BEAUFORT COUNTY CHAIRMAN WHITE DID SAY 60 TO 90 DAYS FOR THE COUNTY TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THE NEW INFORMATION, UM, AND BE ABLE TO REACT TO THAT. 
          UM, I DO, I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT ONE POINT. 
          UM, IT WAS INTENDED THAT IF THE SIBS SUPPORTED THE JOINT RESOLUTION THAT WAS PUT FORTH BY THE TOWN AND THE COUNTY, THAT THE COUNTY WOULD THEN WORK WITH THE STATE INFRASTRUCTURE BANK TO AMEND THE IGA AND THEIR AGREEMENT WITH S-C-D-O-T. 
          SO IT MAY BE A TEENY BIT OUTTA SEQUENCE. 
          UM, LAST NIGHT AT THE BUFORT COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING, SENATOR TOM DAVIS SPOKE ABOUT THE ACTION THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE BANK BOARD HAD TAKEN, UM, AND, UM, STRESSED THE SENSE OF URGENCY TO THE COUNTY TO DRAFT A REVISED IGA TO SUBMIT TO THE STATE INFRASTRUCTURE BANK FOR CONSIDERATION. 
          SO THE SCB DID NOT WANNA SET PRECEDENT TO APPROVE A REVISED SCOPE AND FUNDING PLAN THAT WAS IN VIOLATION OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT AND THE PROJECT THAT WAS DEFINED IN THAT AGREEMENT WHERE THEY WERE, WHERE THEY HAD PLEDGED $120 MILLION. 
          SO THE COUNTY HAS, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE SOME TIME, BUT MAYBE LESS THAN 60 TO 90 DAYS, SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN THAT, UM, TO, TO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL MATERIAL TO THE STATE INFRASTRUCTURE BANK. 
          I DO KNOW THAT S-C-D-O-T, UM, ON THE OTHER HAND, DOES THE 60 TO 90 DAYS. 
          THERE WAS ALREADY A SHOT CLOCK BECAUSE OF THE DEFICIENT BRIDGE. 
          AND, UM, WHILE I HAVEN'T TALKED TO SECRETARY POWELL, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO FACTOR INTO THIS. 
          HOW DOES THE ADDITIONAL TIMEFRAME FACTOR INTO HIS DECISION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IMPROVEMENT? SO AT THIS POINT, THE SIV JUST REACTED TO THE JOINT RESOLUTION AND SAID THEY DIDN'T AGREE WITH IT WAS IN VIOLATION OF IGA. 
          LOOKS LIKE THE COUNTY, DEPENDING ON THEIR DIRECTION, COULD SUBMIT A REVISED IGA FOR THE S CIB TO CONTINUE. 
          I HAVE NO CRYSTAL BALL ON WHETHER OR NOT THE SIB WOULD APPROVE THE, THE REVISED IGA OR THE MAINTAIN THE EXISTING FUNDING. 
          THAT'S SOMETHING TO BE DETERMINED, UH, AT A LATER DATE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MR. ORLANDO, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? NO DETAILS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF, I'VE SPOKE WITH SENATOR DAVIS A COUPLE OF TIMES ABOUT THIS, AND I HAVE A CALL 
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INTO MR. MOORE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, AND I SEE THAT I JUST MISSED HIS CALL AS I WAS WALKING IN HERE NATURALLY. 
          AND OF COURSE, SO AS SOON AS I'M ABLE TO, UH, CONNECT WITH HIM, I THINK THAT I'LL BE ABLE TO SHARE MORE DETAIL WITH ALL OF YOU KNOWING, YOU KNOW, AND WE NEED TO KNOW WHERE, WHERE, WHERE THEY ARE IN THIS WHOLE EQUATION. 
          OKAY. 
          I'D, I'D ALSO SUGGEST THAT IF YOU HAVEN'T, UM, GONE TO THE BEAUFORT COUNTY CHANNEL WEB, UH, WEBSITE, WATCH THE COUNTY MEETING FROM LAST NIGHT. 
          I THINK IT'S 13 MINUTES AND 34 SECONDS UP TO 27 MINUTES OR SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE, MAYBE 37 MINUTES. 
          BUT, UM, UH, COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR MOORE DOES A GOOD JOB OF EXPLAINING. 
          SENATOR DAVIS DOES A GOOD JOB OF EXPLAINING HIS POSITION AND, AND ON IT AND EVERYTHING ELSE. 
          SO IF YOU HAVEN'T WATCHED THAT, I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU DO, UM, UH, TAKE THE TIME TO WATCH THAT. 
          SO, UM, THAT BEING SAID, UH, MR. LEININGER, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU, I BELIEVE FOR THE REVIEW AND DISCUSSION, I WILL, I'LL, I'LL JUMP IN . 
          SO, UM, GOOD AFTERNOON OR GOOD EVENING. 
          UM, IT'S, IT'S TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND, AND TO THE COMMUNITY TO, UH, IS A FOLLOW UP FROM YESTERDAY'S PUBLIC WORKSHOP, UM, WHERE WE SPOKE ABOUT THE VARIOUS FUNDS, UM, A FOLLOW UP TO GENERAL FUND DEBT SERVICE STORMWATER, OUR GULLAH GEECHEE, HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, AND OUR HOUSING FUND. 
          UM, TODAY WE'RE, WE'RE TO GO OVER THE ENTIRE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. 
          SO YOU WILL SEE THE ONE YEAR FUNDING AND, AND WE CAN ALSO START TALKING ABOUT THE FIVE YEAR PRIORITIZATION, RIGHT, THE, THE FOUR YEARS AFTER THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR PRIORITIZATION. 
          UM, I WILL LEAN ON SEAN LEININGER, WHO AS AN ASSISTANT, AS OUR ASSISTANT TOWN MANAGER, HAS OVERSIGHT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING AND ENGINEERING WITHIN THAT DEPARTMENT HAS THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. 
          WE HAVE GREAT PROJECT MANAGERS, GREAT LEADERSHIP AT THE, AT THE CIP, GREAT PROGRAM LEVEL. 
          AND ALSO AT THE TABLE TODAY IS JEFF INGER, OUR ENGINEER DIRECTOR, WHO HAS OVERSIGHT OF, OF THAT ENTIRE PROGRAM, INCLUDING STORM WATER. 
          SO, JEFF, WELCOME, GLAD YOU'RE HERE. 
          UM, WE WILL TALK ABOUT, UH, OUR, OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FUND. 
          AND THE WAY WE'RE LOOKING AT IT THIS FISCAL YEAR IS THAT $47.5 MILLION IS ALLOCATED AND BUDGETED FOR BEACH RENOURISHMENT. 
          AND $30,187,000 IS ALLOCATED AND BUDGETED FOR OTHER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM PROJECTS THIS FISCAL YEAR. 
          YESTERDAY. 
          AND JUST FOR THE SAKE OF THE FIVE O'CLOCK MEETING TODAY, YESTERDAY, WE WENT OVER A GENERAL FUND, UM, THAT IS A FOUR AND A HALF PERCENT REDUCTION YEAR OVER YEAR FROM LAST YEAR AT DEBT SERVICE FUND. 
          THAT IS A 13% INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR, PARTICULARLY IT'S, IT'S SIMPLY SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST PAYMENTS, BUT ALSO PAYING OFF CALLABLE DEBT FOR THE BEACH RENOURISHMENT BONDS THAT ARE CURRENTLY OUTSTANDING. 
          BEFORE WE PUT A STRATEGY IN PLACE TO FUND THE CURRENT BEACH RENOURISHMENT PROJECT, WE TALKED ABOUT A STORMWATER UTILITY FUND THAT IS $11.1 MILLION. 
          THE MAJORITY OF THAT WORK, AS WE TALKED ABOUT, WAS CAPITAL PROJECTS, INCLUDING WORK WE'RE DOING AS A STAFF THROUGH OUR OWN PERFORMANCE OR THROUGH OUTSOURCED CONTRACTOR. 
          AND 2 MILLION OF THAT 11.1 MILLION IS EARMARKED AND I WOULD SAY ALLOCATED PLACED FOR REIMBURSEMENT TO THOSE PRIVATE SYSTEM AGREEMENT PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE. 
          SO I THINK THAT WE'RE GOING IN A GREAT DIRECTION WITH THAT. 
          WE TALKED ABOUT THE GULLAH GEECHEE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FUND OF $3.2 MILLION YEAR OVER YEAR'S, MORE OR LESS FLAT FROM PRIOR YEAR. 
          AND THAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR INCLUSION IN THIS BUDGET. 
          AND THEN, AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE TALKED ABOUT THE HOUSING FUND OF $3.9 MILLION, WHERE THOSE DOLLARS ARE ALLOCATED FOR NORTH POINT PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP, MUDDY CREEK CAPITAL PROJECT INVESTMENT, UM, AT ONE AND A HALF MILLION, AND ANOTHER MILLION EARMARKED FOR A POTENTIAL PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP FOR THE BRYANT ROAD SITE THAT WE THE TOWN ACQUIRED SOME, SOME MONTHS AGO. 
          SO, UM, TODAY WE'RE TO TALK ABOUT THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. 
          AND I'LL READ THIS BECAUSE IT'S INTERESTING. 
          I I'VE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS JUST WHAT MAKES A CAPITAL PROJECT DIFFERENT THAN A MAINTENANCE PROJECT. 
          AND, AND THAT SECOND PARAGRAPH REALLY, REALLY COVERS IT. 
          BUT THIS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FUND 
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IS USED TO ACCOUNT FOR AND REPORT ALL FINANCIAL RESOURCES THAT ARE COMMITTED TO THE ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, OR RENOVATION OF A MAJOR CAPITAL FACILITY, INCLUDING ONGOING. 
          AND YOU'LL SEE THIS TODAY, ONGOING MAJOR IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND MA MAJOR EQUIPMENT OR OTHER CAPITAL ASSET ACQUISITION. 
          SO A CAPITAL EXPENDITURE PAYS FOR LAND BUILDINGS, MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT, OR INFRASTRUCTURE WITH AN ORIGINAL COST OF $5,000 OR MORE, AND SOFTWARE LICENSES AND OTHERS THAT ARE A CONSUMABLE NATURE OF 50 OR MORE. 
          BUT ALL OF THEM HAVE AN ESTIMATED USEFUL LIFE OF MORE THAN TWO YEARS. 
          SO THEY'RE NOT JANITORIAL PROJECTS OVER 5,000 OR $50,000 THAT THAT FALLS IN OPERATING. 
          AND SO TODAY, WHAT WE WILL SHOW YOU IN, IN THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF, OF REVENUE UP THERE ARE THOSE REVENUES THAT WE TALK ABOUT MOSTLY TRANSFERS IN. 
          THEY'RE BOND PROCEEDS FROM BORROWED DOLLARS, HOSPITALITY, BEACH PRESERVATION, SCA TAX AND WHATNOT. 
          UM, WHAT YOU WILL SEE TODAY, REMIND ME OF THE WORDS WE'VE USED, WE'VE USED DISCRETIONARY PROJECTS AND MAINTENANCE PROJECTS. 
          AND SO I APPRECIATE, UH, REALLY, MS. TANNER, I, I KNOW SAID IT, AND I I KNOW SEVERAL OF YOU HAVE ALSO ASKED FOR THAT. 
          US DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN A DISCRETIONARY PROJECT, AKA, A NEW PROJECT LIKE A PARK OR A MAINTENANCE PROJECT LIKE THE BOARDWALK AT COLIGNY WITH THE SCREWS OR NAILS FALLING OUT OF IT. 
          TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROJECTS, BUT BOTH FIT IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. 
          SO, UM, WE'RE, I, I THINK THAT IS A REALLY GOOD STEP THIS YEAR. 
          WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE DIFFERENT THAN LAST YEAR AS WELL IS A FIVE YEAR PRIORITIZATION LOOK, NOT JUST A ONE YEAR PRIORITIZATION. 
          LOOK, WE HAVE AS, AS WE HAVE EVERY YEAR, WE'VE REVIEWED THE PROGRAM TO SEE PRIOR YEAR PROJECTS REALIZING OR ESTIMATING WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO FINISH IN THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, OR DO WE NEED TO MOVE THE, THE PROJECT AND THE DOLLARS ALREADY ASSIGNED TO IT FORWARD. 
          WE CONSIDERED INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL SOURCES FOR PROJECTS. 
          WE LOOKED AT AVAILABLE FUNDING. 
          SEAN AND TEAM WENT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION WHERE THEY PRIORITIZED. 
          WE HAVE IN THE PAST PRIORITIZE THIS ONE, TWO, AND THREE AND, AND, AND WORK THROUGH THAT PRIORITIZATION. 
          AND WE'RE, WE'RE BUILDING PROJECTS AS, AS WE'RE ABLE TO, CAN AFFORD TO DO AND THAT WE HAVE STAFF CAPACITY TO DO. 
          SO. 
          YOU'LL SEE THE PLANNING COMMISSION PRIORITIZATION LIST TODAY OF SIMPLY, THEY SAY IT'S A PRIORITY. 
          THEY'RE NOT GETTING IN THE YEAR ONE, YEAR TWO YEAR FIVE PRIORITIZATION WORK. 
          THAT IS A SOUTH CAROLINA CODE REQUIREMENT THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION PRIORITIZE CAPITAL PROJECTS. 
          AND LAST, OF COURSE NOT LEAST IS OUR TIME WITH YOU FIRST READING TODAY. 
          AND THAT SECOND AND FINAL READING OF WHICH FIRST AND SECOND READING ARE PUBLIC HEARINGS. 
          SO WE HAVE A PROPOSED AND A BALANCED, UH, BUDGET, A PROPOSED USE OF FUNDS OF $77.6 MILLION. 
          YOU WILL SEE THE BEACH PROGRAM AT 48.8, THE PATHWAY PROGRAM AT 1.6 ROADWAY PROGRAM AT 5 MILLION PARK PROGRAM, 10.6 MILLION FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT, 4.7 STORM WATER, 6.3 MILLION FLEET AND LAND ACQUISITION, 180,000 AND 250,000 RESPECTIVELY. 
          YOU, YOU WILL SEE THAT THE CIP, THE CAPITAL PROGRAM, AS WE KNOW IT HAS DECREASED EVEN WITH THE $48 MILLION IN THERE, IT HAS DECREASED $5 MILLION YEAR OVER YEAR, RIGHT? SO CLOSE TO 6% OF A DECREASE FROM PRIOR YEAR. 
          I ALWAYS DON'T LOOK AT CAPITAL PROGRAMS AND SAY LESS IS MORE. 
          I THINK WHAT WE ARE DOING THIS YEAR BETTER THAN PAST YEARS IS ANTICIPATING HOW LONG IT TAKES TO SURVEY CIVIL DESIGN, LAND DISTURBANCE PERMIT, COASTAL ZONE DISCOVERY FOR YOU, CORRECT ME, LAND DISTURBANCE PERMIT, UM, AND THEN BID AND FIND THE CONTRACTOR AT THE RIGHT PRICE. 
          NEGOTIATE THAT PRICE WITHIN BUDGET, RIGHT? BECAUSE OUR BUDGET'S ON THE SCREEN AND, AND EXECUTE A CONTRACT THAT IS TAKING US, UH, A LOT LONGER THAN, FRANKLY I FIRST ANTICIPATED. 
          I THINK THE, THE, THE DYNAMIC OF CONSTRUCTION, ESPECIALLY OF PUBLIC PROJECTS HAS CHANGED. 
          I'M CONFIDENT IN OUR TEAM THAT THEY ARE REFINING, LEARNING AND REFINING, UM, THAT, THAT PROCESS THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT. 
          AND SO BY DOING 
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SO, I BELIEVE WE'VE BROUGHT YOU A FUND, UM, THAT IS MORE REALISTIC TO ACCOMPLISH. 
          AND SO WE'RE GOING TO SHARE THOSE DETAILS WITH YOU TODAY. 
          YOU SEE THAT MAJORITY OF THE USE OF OUR FUNDS AND OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, 61% OF OUR, OUR CAPITAL PROGRAM THIS YEAR IS BEACH RENOURISHMENT. 
          OUR MOST IMPORTANT PROJECT IS BEACH RENOURISHMENT. 
          UM, THERE ARE VARIOUS SOURCES OF FUNDS. 
          SO OF THE $77.6 MILLION, YOU CAN SEE THE FUNDING SOURCES. 
          WE DON'T NEED TO DIVE INTO THEM TODAY, BUT YOU, WE KNOW THAT THOSE TRANSFERS IN, AS WE'VE EXPLAINED THEM, UH, BEACH, BEACH FEES, H TAX, UH, BUSINESS LICENSE, SCA TAX PERMIT FEES AND, AND VARIOUS OTHER SOURCES OF DOLLARS MAKE UP THAT $77.6 MILLION CASH INVESTMENT AT THIS POINT. 
          AND SO WE'VE TAKEN THAT A LITTLE FURTHER AND BROKE IT DOWN AND SHARED WITH YOU THE VARIOUS AMOUNTS THAT MAKE UP THE TRAFFIC AND IMPACT FEES, THE SUNDAY LIQUOR PERMIT FEES. 
          AND I THINK FOR, FOR, FOR THIS SAKE, I SIMPLY WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU ON THIS SCREEN, UM, THAT THOSE FUNDING SOURCES MAKE UP THOSE VALUES AS WE'RE WE'RE PLANNING THE BUDGET. 
          I, I ALWAYS TALK WITH STAFF AND THEN THE TEAM. 
          AND WE KNOW THAT FIGURING OUT HOW TO FUND CAPITAL PROJECTS IS, IS AN ART AND A SCIENCE. 
          IT'S UNDERSTANDING WHERE THOSE DOLLARS CAN BE USED. 
          UM, AND I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, A LOT OF TIMES FOLKS ASK, WELL, WHY CAN'T WE BUILD MORE PATHWAYS? AND, AND WE HAVE SOME ATAC SITTING ASIDE OR H TAC SITTING ASIDE. 
          ALL THOSE DOLLARS DON'T ALWAYS QUALIFY FOR EVERY TYPE OF PROJECT AND THE SOURCES OF MONEY TRACK THE USES OF MONEY. 
          AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE MAJORITY, 61% OF OUR PROJECTS WAS, UH, BEACH. 
          AND YOU SEE 53% AS A SOURCE. 
          SOME HIGHLIGHTS, UH, WE WILL HAVE A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, WEB-BASED LIFECYCLE DASHBOARD. 
          I THINK SEAN'S GOING TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU, UM, IN A, IN A SLIDE OR TWO. 
          UH, I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT 'CAUSE I CAN GET ON THERE AT ANY MOMENT, KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE PROJECT. 
          AND IF I HAVE A QUESTION BEYOND WHAT'S UPDATED, I KNOW WHO TO ASK. 
          IT SHOULD IDENTIFY THE PROJECT MANAGER AND THE STATUS AND SPEND OF THE PROJECT. 
          UM, THIS PROGRAM SUPPORTS SEVERAL EXISTING PROJECTS UNDERWAY AS WELL AS NEW PROJECTS. 
          UM, SCHEDULES, SCHEDULES, PROJECT TIMELINES TO BALANCE STAGES TO BALANCE STAGES AND CREATE COORDINATION BETWEEN PROJECTS. 
          WHAT YOU'LL SEE THIS YEAR SIMPLY, I THINK THAT WAS, WHAT'S THAT'S TRYING TO SAY IS WE'RE TRYING TO BE VERY CLEAR WITH Y'ALL. 
          WHEN WE PUT X NUMBER OF DOLLARS IN THE BUDGET, ARE WE IN THE DESIGN YEAR AND OR THE PERMITTING YEAR AND OR THE CONSTRUCTION YEAR OF THE LIFE CYCLE OF A PROJECT? WE, WE ARE TRYING TO DO A BETTER JOB BECAUSE ONCE WE APPROVE SOMETHING AND WE SAY, OH, MID ISLAND'S ON HERE, AND EVERYONE'S EXPECTING US TO BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION TWO MONTHS LATER FOR MID ISLAND PARK WHEN A LOT OF WHAT I JUST SAID TAKES ABOUT TWO YEARS TO GET TO, RIGHT? SO I THINK THAT THIS BUDGET AND ALIGNMENT WITH THAT DASHBOARD HELPED WITH THAT. 
          UM, WE HAVE A DIVERSE SOURCE OF FUNDS AND WE CONTINUE TO LEARN. 
          I, I WOULD SAY THAT I THINK RICHARD LOUDON, WHO RUNS OUR CIP PROGRAM, SAID IT BEST ONE DAY. 
          HE SAID, WHAT I DON'T HAVE HERE THAT I REALLY NEED IS SOME HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE ON TIME AND ON COST. 
          AND WE'RE STARTING TO BUILD PROJECTS. 
          WE'VE NEVER BUILT PROJECTS AT THIS MAGNITUDE AND AT THIS SCALE IN A, IN A REALLY LONG TIME. 
          SO WE CONTINUE TO EXPAND OUR EFFORTS TO EXPLORE DIFFERENT REVENUE SOURCES, INCLUDING SCRUBBING OUR PRICING, UM, IN, IN VARIOUS WAYS. 
          OUR PROJECTS ARE DIVERSE THROUGH THE, THE ISLAND. 
          YOU CAN SEE THIS MAP. 
          WE SIMPLY USE THIS MAP TO TELL THE STORY THAT, UM, THE PROJECTS ARE IN MORE THAN ONE AREA AND THEY COVER STORM, STORMWATER, PARKS, ROADS, PATHWAYS, BEACHES. 
          WHAT'S THAT? ARE YOU READY? IS THIS YOU? THAT'S ME. 
          THERE WE GO. 
          AWESOME. 
          AND SEAN LEININGER, ASSISTANT TOWN MANAGER. 
          THANK YOU, MARK. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR PERRY, MEMBERS OF TOWN COUNCIL. 
          UH, BEFORE I JUMP INTO THE, THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT CONSIST THE, OF THE, THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, I WANNA TAKE A MOMENT. 
          MARK MENTIONED OUR, UH, DASHBOARD, UH, THAT WE TOWN STAFF IS WORKING ON. 
          I WANNA TAKE A MOMENT AND SHARE THAT WITH YOU, THAT OVER THE TIME WE'VE USED A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT RESOURCES 
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TO TRY TO CONVEY INFORMATION ABOUT OUR CIP PROGRAM, BOTH TO YOU, TO THE PUBLIC, EVEN TO TOWN STAFF. 
          UM, THE SYSTEM THAT WE USE IN PLACE IS, IS RIGHT NOW IS, IS GEOGRAPHIC BASED. 
          IT'S OUR GIS SYSTEM. 
          UH, IT'S, IT'S HELPFUL. 
          IT, IT PROVIDES A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION. 
          BUT, UH, WHAT WE HAD, WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT WE LOOKED AROUND THE COUNTRY AND WE GOT FEEDBACK FROM, FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE UTILIZING THIS INFORMATION, INCLUDING ALL IS THAT WE'RE NOT CONVEYING THE RIGHT INFORMATION. 
          SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE ARE TAKING A PRETTY DEEP DIVE INTO THE CURRENT SYSTEM. 
          LET'S SEE IF I CAN DO THIS WITHOUT, INTO OUR CURRENT SYSTEM AND REFINANCE. 
          SO IT LOOKS SOMETHING LIKE THIS. 
          UM, THERE ARE BEST PRACTICES AROUND THE COUNTRY. 
          THEY UTILIZE THE SAME EXACT SYSTEM. 
          SO WE HAVE ALL THE RE WE HAVE THE RESOURCE HERE, WE JUST NEED TO USE IT BETTER. 
          AND WHAT THIS CONVEYS TO, TO, TO, TO EVERYBODY IN THE PUBLIC IS, FIRST OF ALL, UM, RIGHT FRONT AND CENTER IS A MAP SHOWING ALL OF THE PROJECTS. 
          SO THOSE, THOSE LITTLE COLORS THAT YOU SEE HIGHLIGHTED, THOSE ARE ALL THE PROJECTS STARTING TO TURN ON, ON, ON A MAP. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE THEY ARE ON THE ISLAND ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, YOU CAN SEARCH FOR PROJECTS BASED ON THOSE PROJECT CATEGORIES. 
          I'M ABOUT TO GO THROUGH THE PHASE, THE FISCAL YEAR, WHAT, WHAT FUNDING SYS, WHAT FUNDING SOURCE YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. 
          YOU CAN ALSO SEARCH FOR PROJECTS. 
          YOU CAN ZOOM IN ON THE MAP AND CLICK ON PROJECTS AND ALL. 
          WHAT HAPPENS IS ONCE YOU GET DOWN TO A PROJECT, THERE IS, THERE IS INFORMATION HERE. 
          SO I ALREADY HAVE THE BEACH, UH, NOURISHMENT PROGRAM ON. 
          UM, SO I'LL USE THIS AS OUR EXAMPLE. 
          BUT WHAT THIS, THE INFORMATION THAT IT PROVIDES IS THE, THE TITLE, THE DESCRIPTION, WHETHER OR NOT IT'S ON BUDGET, WHETHER OR NOT IT'S ON SCHEDULE, GIVES YOU SOME DETAIL ABOUT THE PROJECT ITSELF AS FAR AS WHAT FISCAL YEAR ARE WE IN, WHAT'S THE FUNDING SOURCE, THOSE THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE TODAY, WHAT THE BUDGET IS. 
          UH, AND THEN STARTS TO PROVIDE SOME, SOME INFORMATION RELATED TO THE PROJECT. 
          AND, AND THIS IS, THIS IS NEW AND THIS IS ACCURATE INFORMATION THAT WE RECEIVED TODAY. 
          SO THIS IS PRELIMINARY, BUT WE ESTIMATE THAT OUR PROJECT, THE BECHER NOURISHMENT PROJECT, IS GONNA START TO MOBILIZE ON JULY 7TH. 
          IT'LL ACTUALLY START CONSTRUCTION ABOUT A MONTH LATER IN AUGUST. 
          BUT THEN THAT PROJECT WILL, WE ESTIMATE PENDING WEATHER AND A NUMBER OF OTHER FACTORS THAT WILL BE DONE BY MAY, MAY 30TH, 2026. 
          SO IT PROVIDES A, JUST A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF THE PROJECT, TELLS US THOSE DESIGN PHASES THAT MARK ALLUDED TO, UH, IN THE, IN PREVIOUS SLIDES ABOUT WHERE WE ARE IN THE, IN THE, IN THE, IN THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE. 
          A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL WHEN DETAIL IS NECESSARY AS FAR AS ABOUT THAT PHASE AND THE STATUS UPDATES ON THE PROJECT. 
          UH, SO THIS IS ALSO CURRENT INFORMATION. 
          UH, LAST TIME WE SPOKE ABOUT THIS PROJECT, WE HAD, UM, WE WERE IN WORKSHOP WHEN WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF SOLICITING BIDS. 
          WE RECEIVED THE BIDS, UH, FOUR CONTRACTORS THAT HAD BID. 
          AND WE SELECTED MARX, UM, TO BEGIN ON THE SCHEDULE THAT, THAT I JUST SHARED ABOVE. 
          UH, MOST IMPORTANTLY, ALSO PROVIDE SOME CONTACT INFORMATION. 
          SO IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROJECT, YOU CAN REACH OUT TO JEFF AS THE PROJECT MANAGER AND THEN PROVIDING PROJECT INFORMATION, PROJECT DETAIL. 
          SO IF YOU WANT TO GET IN AND SEE THE PLANS, YOU WANNA SEE PHOTOS, YOU WANNA SEE INFORMATION, IT'S ALL RIGHT HERE AT YOUR FINGERTIPS. 
          AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO TO GO TOO FAR TO FIND THIS. 
          AND SO THIS IS THE RESOURCE WE'RE BUILDING. 
          UH, WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT IT. 
          LOOKING FORWARD TO, TO POPULATING THE REST OF THIS HERE OVER THE NEXT NEXT MINUTE. 
          IS IT GONNA BE LIVE? SO WE WANT IT TO BE LIVE WHEN THE BUDGET GOES LIVE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, PREFERABLY WHEN THE, WHEN THE PRESS RELEASES START TO GO OUT THAT THEY, WE'VE ADOPTED THE BUDGET, I LIKE TO HAVE THE LINK IN THAT PRESS RELEASE SAYING, IF YOU HAVE WANT, YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR WANT MORE INFORMATION, GO HERE. 
          THIS IS EXCITING TO HAVE THIS, UM, SOMETHING I, WE'VE ALL BEEN LOOKING FOR FOR A LONG TIME. 
          UM, WHEN I SAY US, I MEAN THE COMMUNITY AND, UH, HAVING A, AN OUTLINE THE WAY YOU'VE GOT IT DOESN'T LEAVE MUCH TO THE QUESTION. 
          AND, AND THE BENEFIT OF THIS WILL BE THAT THIS WILL HIGHLIGHT ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS, RIGHT? SO I WOULDN'T IMAGINE THAT EVERY SOFTWARE PURCHASE THAT'S IN THE CIP PROGRAM TO USE AS A FUNDING TOOL OR A A A FUND TOOL, UM, WON'T BE IN HERE. 
          BUT EVERY PROJECT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, WHETHER IT'S MAINTENANCE OR DISCRETIONARY IN THAT, IN THAT REGARD, SHOULD, SHOULD AND WILL, WILL SHOW UP ON THIS SCREEN. 
          VERY PROUD OF THE TEAM FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER AND THE LEADERSHIP FROM SEAN AND, AND JEFF TO PUSH THIS FORWARD. 
          AND OUR, AND OUR AMAZING GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM TEAM, JACOB DUEL AND COMPANY. 
          SO MAYOR, I, I'M GLAD TO SEE THIS SYSTEM AS WELL. 
          MY, MY QUESTION IS, YOU BRIEFLY TALKED ABOUT VIRE NOURISHMENT. 
          WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DASHBOARD NOW. 
          I GUESS WE'RE GONNA COME BACK TO BE TREE NOURISHMENT. 
          ALRIGHT, SO LET ME, I'LL GET BACK INTO THE PRESENTATION. 
          SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT PROJECTS LIKE BE BERE NOURISHMENT. 
          SO AS, AS MARK SHARED, THE, THE CIP IS SPLIT INTO, TO THESE EIGHT DIFFERENT PROGRAM AREAS FROM BEACHES DOWN THROUGH LAND ACQUISITION. 
          I'M GONNA GO THROUGH EACH ONE, UH, ONE BY ONE AS I GO THROUGH EACH ONE, JUST SO YOU KIND OF UNDERSTAND THE RHYTHM THAT I'LL, AND I'LL BE IN FOR, FOR THESE NEXT 
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EIGHT TOPICS. 
          WE'LL TALK JUST GENERALLY ABOUT WHAT THE, WHAT THE PROGRAM IS FOR, WHAT THE FUND IS FOR. 
          UM, WE'LL DIVE INTO THE, THE BUDGET SHEETS THAT ARE IN YOUR, YOUR BUDGET BOOKS. 
          UH, SO WE CAN SEE WHAT, UH, IS THE MONEY THAT'S ALLOCATED FOR FY 26, THEN WHAT ARE THE PRIORITIES AND THOSE OUT YEARS. 
          OUR FOCUS IS OF COURSE, ON, ON THE BUDGET FOR 26. 
          BUT SO YOU UNDERSTAND THE BIG PICTURE, WHAT THOSE PRIORITIES ARE. 
          UM, AND THEN I'LL HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF PROJECTS FROM EACH AREA. 
          UM, ONE THING AS I'M HIGHLIGHTING, AND I NOTE THAT IT'S A HIGHLIGHT OF THE PROJECT WE MARK SHARED YESTERDAY, WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF WORKSHOPS SCHEDULED WITH TOWN COUNCIL. 
          ONE OF THOSE WORKSHOPS WILL BE ON CIP. 
          SO WE'LL TAKE A DEEPER DIVE INTO PROJECTS THAT I BELIEVE IT'S A JULY WORKSHOP. 
          SO I I I'M GONNA BE PRETTY HIGH LEVEL AS PART OF THIS PRESENTATION. 
          SO THE FIRST FUND IS THE BEACH PROGRAM. 
          UH, IT'S 48.8 MILLION OF THE 77.7 MILLION, 77, 77 0.8 MILLION OF, OF, OF THE CIP PROGRAM, OR JUST 1%, UH, IN ADDITION. 
          AND MUCH OF THAT IS, IS, YOU KNOW, IS, IS IS COMPRISED OF THE BEACH RENOURISHMENT PROJECT. 
          SO OF THE 48.8, WE'RE ESTIMATING 47.5 MILLION FOR BEACH RENOURISHMENT. 
          UM, THE BALANCE OF THAT FUND IS UTILIZED TO MANAGE OUR, AND MAINTAIN, REPAIR OUR SEVEN BEACH PARKS. 
          SO ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO, THAT'S OF A CAPITAL ITEM THAT NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED, REPLACED IN THAT, UM, IN A BEACH PARK. 
          IT COMES OUT OF THIS FUND, THE RESTROOMS, THE SIGNAGE, THE PARKING LOTS, THE BOMB MATS, THE, THE, THE, THE TRASH. 
          THERE'S A WHOLE HOST OF THINGS THAT COME OUT OF THAT. 
          WE ALSO UTILIZE THIS FUND FOR ONGOING BEACH ACTIVITIES. 
          UM, AS PART OF THE BEACH RE NOURISHMENT WORKSHOPS, WE SHARED THAT WE DO HAVE TEAMS THAT GO OUT AND MANAGE OR MONITOR OUR BEACH EVERY YEAR, ESPECIALLY AFTER STORMS. SO WE UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING ON OUR BEACH. 
          ARE WE LOSING SAND? ARE WE GAINING SAND? ARE WE LOSING BEACH? ARE WE GAINING BEACH? AND REALLY GIVE US THAT, THAT DATA. 
          SO WHEN, WHEN THE NEXT BEACH RENOURISHMENT PROJECT COMES UP, WE HAVE DATA TO GO AND SHOW, HERE'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO RENOURISH OUR BEACH. 
          AND OH, BY THE WAY, TO THE, TO THE, TO THE, TO THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WHEN WE ARE ASKING FOR PERMITS AND MONEY, WE CAN DOCUMENT OUR WORK AND SHOW, HEY, WE, WE ARE ELIGIBLE FOR WORK AND HERE'S WHY. 
          SO THAT'S A BIG PART OF WHAT THIS THIS PROGRAM IS FOR. 
          SO THESE ARE THE BUDGET SHEETS THAT IT ARE IN YOUR, IN YOUR BUDGET BOOK. 
          I JUST, I WANNA HIT PAUSE AND 'CAUSE YOU'RE GONNA SEE THESE REPEATED THROUGHOUT. 
          I JUST WANNA EX SHARE IT ONCE, AND THEN WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS EVERY TIME, BUT SHARE WITH YOU WHAT'S ON THIS SHEET. 
          UH, AND MARK TOUCHED UPON A NUMBER OF THESE ITEMS ALREADY. 
          ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, OF COURSE, IS THE, UH, IS OF COURSE THE PROJECT NAME. 
          THE PROJECT TYPE IS THE MAINTENANCE VERSUS DISCRETIONARY. 
          AND I THINK MARK DID A GREAT JOB OF SUMMARIZING WHAT THAT MEANS. 
          IF WE HAVE MORE QUESTIONS, I HAVE SOME TECHNICAL, UH, DEFINITIONS WE CAN GET INTO. 
          THEN WE HAVE OUR PROPOSED FY 26 BUDGET. 
          SO THOSE PROJECTS THAT ARE, THAT ARE, THAT ARE ACTIVE AND LIVE FOR THIS YEAR OR THIS COMING YEAR, THEY'RE LISTED HERE. 
          UH, IF THEY'RE A FUTURE YEAR, THERE'S OF COURSE NO FUNDING ASSOCIATED WITH THEM. 
          BUT WE WILL SEE, UH, A PRIORITY MARK IN THESE OUT YEARS FOR THOSE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE JUST NOT QUITE READY TO START. 
          OR, OR, OR, OR PROJECTS THAT'LL BE CONTINUING. 
          SO AS PART OF THAT, YOU'LL SEE PROGRAMS THAT JUST CONTINUE FROM YEAR TO YEAR OR THAT HAVE, ARE PRIORITIES IN ALL FIVE YEARS. 
          BUT THEN YOU ALSO HAVE SOME LONG-TERM PROJECTS LIKE THE CLICKY BEACH, BOARDWALK MAINTENANCE. 
          THAT'S JUST GONNA, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA NIBBLE AT THAT OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS TO, TO REPAIR THAT BOARDWALK. 
          THE NEXT COLUMN IS THE FY 26 PLANNING COMMISSION PRIORITY. 
          I CAN'T TELL YOU THAT AS PART OF ANYTHING THAT HAS MONEY ASSOCIATED WITH IT OTHER THAN A CONTINGENCY LINE ITEM DOES HAVE A PLENTY COMMISSION PRIORITY NEXT TO IT. 
          AND THEN TO GIVE YOU SOME HINDSIGHT AS FAR AS, OKAY, WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH 150,000 OR 220,000? WHAT ARE WE DOING? ARE WE DOING DESIGN PERMITTING OR CONSTRUCTION FY 26? IT TELLS US THAT, OR SOME COMBINATION THEREOF. 
          UH, PREVIOUSLY WE WOULD PUT, THERE'S NOT A GOOD EXAMPLE ON HERE, BUT CROSSING PARK, FOR EXAMPLE, WE WOULD, WE WOULD PUT THE WHOLE BUDGET IN THE CIP, BUT REALLY WE WERE ONLY GONNA GET TO, TO MARK'S POINT ABOUT THE LIFECYCLE OF A PROJECT, WE REALLY GONNA GET TO DESIGN. 
          SO WHY DO WE HAVE NEED TO CARRY $8 MILLION IN OUR CIP IF WE ONLY NEED $750,000 FOR DESIGN? SO THIS STARTS TO, TO GIVE YOU THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT INTEL, THAT INSIGHT INTO WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE'RE GOING. 
          UH, WITH THAT BEING THE CASE, YOU'LL, YOU'LL SEE THIS REPEATED, BUT NEXT YEAR, UH, WE OF COURSE HAVE, UH, THE COUPLE OF PROJECTS I'VE ALREADY MENTIONED WITH THE BEACH PARK MAINTENANCE, THE ONGOING MAINTENANCE, THE BEACH MANAGEMENT MONITORING, THE BEACH TREE NOURISHMENT, WHICH I HAVE A SLIDE THAT WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BEACH TREE NOURISHMENT PROJECT. 
          UM, AND THEN A COUPLE OF OTHER PROJECTS, UH, WITH THE KLIN BEACH BOARDWALK. 
          UH, MARK MENTIONED THIS ALREADY, THAT WE'RE, WE'RE, IT'S STARTING TO SHOW ITS AGE AND WE NEED TO START NOT JUST DOING REPAIRS ANYMORE, WE NEED TO START REPLACING SECTIONS WITH THE BOARDWALK. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA START DOING, UH, NEXT YEAR AND FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS. 
          UM, AND THEN THE HARBORTOWN DREDGE IS A PROJECT WE'VE BEEN CARRYING FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS NOW. 
          UM, IT IS IN, UH, LITIGATION. 
          UH, SO WE CONTINUE, BUT WE DID MAKE A COMMITMENT TO THOSE TO UTILIZE THOSE FUNDS. 
          SO THEY, THEY STILL SIT IN OUR BUDGET EACH YEAR. 
          EVERY ITEM, EVERY PROGRAM FUND DOES HAVE A CONTINGENCY FOR THOSE UNFORESEEN THINGS THAT MAY 
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POP UP THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 
          UH, GENERALLY IT'S AROUND A HUNDRED THOUSAND, UH, BUT IN SOME, I THINK THERE MIGHT BE A COUPLE OF INSTANCES WHERE WE WENT A LITTLE BIT HIGHER BECAUSE OF JUST THE OVERALL PROGRAM, UH, FOR THAT FUND. 
          AS FAR AS A HIGHLIGHT OF A PROJECT, WE'VE, WE'VE TALKED SEVERAL TIMES, SO I WON'T SPEND TOO MUCH TIME ON THE BEACH TREE NOURISHMENT OTHER THAN TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, A COUPLE THINGS THAT ARE NEW. 
          UH, ONE, I ALREADY SHARED THE DATES AS FAR AS WHEN WE'RE GONNA START AND WHEN WE'RE GONNA, WHEN WE THINK WE'RE GONNA END. 
          UH, WE HAVE ALSO, UH, OUR PERMIT IS PENDING FOR PINE ISLAND. 
          SO, UH, WE'VE ACTUALLY RECEIVED THE STATE PERMIT AND WHEN THE FEDERAL PERMIT IS, IS, IS PENDING RIGHT NOW. 
          SO WE'RE, WE'RE VERY CLOSE TO RECEIVING THE PINE ISLAND PERMITS. 
          UM, AND THEN WE'VE ALSO SELECTED A CONTRACTOR. 
          UH, THE PRICING HAS, UH, WE HAVE A TOTAL BUDGET AMOUNT OF 47 POINT HALF MILLION DOLLARS. 
          THE LOW BID THAT WE RECEIVED WAS FOR JUST UNDER 39 MILLION. 
          UH, THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE BREAKWATERS FOR PINE ISLAND. 
          UH, SO THAT'LL GET ADDED IN. 
          UH, WE ESTIMATING THAT COST WILL BE AROUND, UH, ANOTHER 5 MILLION. 
          SO RIGHT NOW, EVERYTHING AS FAR AS JUST FROM A BID WITHOUT ANY CONTINGENCY IN IT, WE ARE COMING IN ON, ON BUDGET, UM, FOR EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE SHOWN SO FAR. 
          SO THAT'S ALL I HAD FOR THE BEACH PROGRAM. 
          MAYOR, IF YOU, IF I CAN STOP HERE AND TAKE ANY QUESTIONS OR HOWEVER YOU'D LIKE, HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. 
          I, FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA PUBLICLY THANK MR. LEININGER FOR COMING TO ONE OF MY COMMUNITY MEETINGS WHERE HE FOCUSED ON THE THREE BS BEACH BRIDGE AND BUDGET. 
          DOES THAT SOUND FAMILIAR? . 
          AND, UM, HAVING HIM THERE TO ADDRESS A LOT OF THE TECHNICAL QUESTIONS, ESPECIALLY ABOUT VIRE NOURISHMENT MADE ME LOOK SMART. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING THERE. 
          UM, AND, UH, JUST WANTED TO, YOU'VE GIVEN US A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION. 
          UM, WHEN DO WE ANTICIPATE HAVING A CONTRACT? AND I THINK YOU, YOU BRIEFLY WENT BY THE START DATE, BUT, UH, I WANNA MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC KNOWS WHEN WE'RE THINKING IT'S GONNA START AND WHEN AND WHEN WE'LL HAVE A CONTRACT AND WHEN WE'RE GONNA THINK IT'S GONNA START. 
          SO JUST TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION OUT THERE. 
          SO WE ARE CURRENTLY, UH, REVIEWING CONTRACT, REVIEWING FINAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE, THE BID WE RECEIVED. 
          UH, THE CONTRACT WILL LINE UP. 
          WE, WE, WE NEED TO HAVE THE, THE BUDGET THIRD, THE SECOND READING OF THE BUDGET, AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO ENTER INTO THAT CONTRACT. 
          SO OUR GOAL IS TO HIT THAT JUNE 4TH IF BUDGET APPROVAL IS JUNE 3RD. 
          UM, AND THEN WE'LL BE UNDERWAY. 
          UM, AS FAR AS THOSE DATES, AND I APOLOGIZE, I DIDN'T MEAN TO, JUST TO GO QUICKLY PAST THOSE, UH, THEY ARE ESTIMATES AT THIS POINT. 
          UH, HOWEVER, WE ARE, BASED ON THE SCHEDULE WE'VE RECEIVED TODAY, WE ARE EXPECTING THE MOBILIZATION TO BEGIN ON ON JULY 7TH. 
          IT'LL TAKE ABOUT A MONTH TO BRING PIPE AND, AND EQUIPMENT TO THE BEACH. 
          THEY WILL BE TO REMIND EVERYBODY, THEY'LL MOST LIKELY BE COMING FROM, UM, ISLANDERS BEACH PARK. 
          AND THEN, UM, THE FIRST WEEK IN AUGUST, AUGUST 6TH IS WHEN WE EXPECT ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION TO BEGIN START PUMPING SAND, UH, TO PINE ISLAND OR, UM, TO PINE ISLAND, AND WORK OUR WAY AROUND THE ISLAND AS THIS CURRENT SEQUENCE THAT THEY'VE IDENTIFIED RIGHT NOW, PINE ISLAND, AROUND TO SOUTH BEACH. 
          AND I THINK, AND, AND SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE IMPACT ON ISLANDERS BEACH PARK, UM, AND, UH, USING SOME OF THE PARKING SPACES THERE. 
          SO I UNDERSTAND AS SOON AS WE KNOW THOSE DETAILS FROM OUR CONTRACTOR, WE'LL BE PUTTING THAT OUT TO THE PUBLIC, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF OUR RESIDENTS LOVE TO GO TO IERS BEACH PARK BECAUSE OF ITS DEDICATION FOR RESIDENTIAL USE. 
          BUT, UM, IT, IT CAN, CAN YOU SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT HOW THAT COMMUNICATION WILL HAPPEN? SO COMMUNICATION WILL HAPPEN THROUGH OUR A, A FEW DIFFERENT METHODS. 
          UM, PRIMARILY ELECTRONIC, THROUGH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA, THROUGH OUR NEWSLETTERS. 
          WE'LL ALSO WORK WITH THE MEDIA THEMSELVES. 
          WE HAVE A PROJECT PAGE THAT'S DEDICATED JUST TO THIS TOPIC WHERE PEOPLE CAN GATHER INFORMATION. 
          UM, WE'VE ALSO BEEN DOING SOME DIRECT MAILING TO THOSE ALONG THE BEACH, UM, AND WORKING WITH THE POAS, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ASSOCIATIONS ARE AWARE OF WHEN WE WILL, WHEN WE WILL ME AND THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND ALONG THEIR, THEIR BEACHFRONT. 
          SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A MULTI-PRONGED APPROACH, UH, WORKING WITH OUR, THE GREAT TEAM OVER IN, IN COMMUNICATIONS THAT INCLUDE INFORMATION OF BUSINESSES ALONG THE AREAS AS WELL. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          YES. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          THANKS. 
          JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THAT INFORMATION OUT TO THE PUBLIC, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THIS TIME, TALKING ABOUT THE PROJECT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THE OTHER ITEM IS, UH, AGAIN, REGARDING ISLAND BEACH, THERE WERE ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT WERE PLANNED AND NOW THEY'VE BEEN PUSHED BACK, UH, TO THE FOLLOWING YEAR. 
          AND I WAS SPEAKING WITH SOME CONSTITUENTS TODAY THAT WERE ASKING SOME QUESTIONS. 
          UM, AND IT IS, UH, SMART AND WISE TO MOVE IT, UH, BECAUSE AS YOU SAID, UM, ISLANDERS BEACH PARKING IS GOING TO BE A LAUNCH POINT FOR ALL THE EQUIPMENT. 
          SO IT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE TO INVEST IN CONTINUED IMPROVEMENTS IN THAT PARK UNTIL AFTER ALL THAT ACTIVITY IS COMPLETE. 
          AND FOLLOWING UP ON THAT, ALTHOUGH IT DOESN'T SHOW MONEY DURING FY 2026, UM, BECAUSE OF THIS PROJECT, IT'LL BE PUSHED FORWARD AS I UNDERSTAND IT. 
          SO IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE PROJECT IS DISAPPEARING, UM, IT 
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JUST MEANS IT'S BEING POSTPONED DUE TO BEACH REN NOURISHMENT. 
          EXACTLY THAT. 
          SO THE PRIORITY, WHEN YOU SEE ISLANDERS BEACH PARK, AND I THINK, UH, MARK HAD PREVIOUSLY SHARED THAT WE, OUR, OUR GOAL WAS TO GET THAT PROJECT DONE THIS YEAR. 
          THAT WAS, IT WAS PART OF THE FY 25 BUDGET. 
          UH, AS WE WENT OUT TO BID LAST LATE, LAST SUMMER, EARLY FALL, WE DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY BIDS, SO WE HAD TO EXTEND THAT. 
          THEN WE RECEIVED BIDS THAT WERE A MILLION DOLLARS OVER BUDGET. 
          SCHEDULES DIDN'T, WEREN'T WORKING OUT. 
          WE WERE STARTING TO NOW BUMP INTO THE BEACH NOURISHMENT PROJECT. 
          SO IT WAS, IT WAS DELAYED. 
          UM, BUT IT IS, IT IS, IT WILL BEGIN, UH, JULY ONE OF 27, OR ACTUALLY IT'LL BE LABOR DAY AFTER WE GET THROUGH THE BEACH SEASON. 
          SO AFTER THE BEACH SEASON IN 20 FY 27. 
          SO SEPTEMBER OF 26 IS WHEN WE'LL START THAT WORK. 
          UH, DO YOU ANTICIPATE, UH, RECEIVING ANY INFORMATION ABOUT WHERE THE CONSTRUCTION CREW WILL MOVE AFTER THE PORT ROYAL SIDE, UH, AND APPROXIMATELY WHEN TO CENTRAL AND SOUTH IN WHAT ORDER? YES, WE WILL HAVE THAT INFORMATION. 
          IT'S, IT'LL BE IN THEIR SCHEDULE AS, AS FAR AS HOW THEY MOVE. 
          GENERALLY, ONCE THEY GET GOING, THEIR SEQUENCE WILL TAKE THEM RIGHT AROUND THE ISLAND. 
          UH, WE HAVE SOME DATES. 
          I DON'T HAVE THEM WITH ME, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN S DEFINITELY FOLLOW UP WITH. 
          'CAUSE WE'RE STARTING TO SEE SOME, SOME OF THOSE DETAILS COME TO LIGHT WHEN THEY'LL ARRIVE AT PORT ROYAL AND WHEN THEY'LL LEAVE PORT ROYAL, MOVE DOWN TO THE CENTRAL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HOW ABOUT, APPRECIATE THAT. 
          ARE THERE ADDITIONAL FUNDS, UH, SECURED FOR STORM ACTIVITY OR HAS THAT BEEN BAKED IN THE CAKE BY THE CONTRACTOR? SO STORM ACTIVITY, AND, AND JEFF, MAYBE YOU CAN HELP WITH, WITH THIS STORM ACTIVITY WOULD GENERALLY BE HELD SEPARATE. 
          I'M TALKING STORM ACTIVITY, WHICH CEASES THE PROJECT, AND THEY HAVE TO, UH, DECOUPLE AND, AND, AND REMOBILIZE. 
          IS THAT A CONTRACTOR'S RESPONSIBILITY? THE DEMOBILIZATION DETAILS ARE, ARE, ARE IN THE CONTRACT WHERE IF THERE'S A SUBSTANTIAL DEMOBILIZATION, UH, A MODIFICATION MIGHT NEED TO BE APPLIED. 
          IT, IT WOULD DEPEND ON THE NATURE OF IT, BUT THEY HAVE REQUIRED IN THE CONTRACT TO BE AN ACCOUNT FOR HAVING TO DE DEMOBILIZE. 
          IT IS NOT, IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID IT IS? OH, IT DOES, IT DOES. 
          UH, SO THE NEXT, THE NEXT PROGRAM FUND IS THE PATHWAY PROGRAM, UH, $1.6 MILLION. 
          UH, THIS OF COURSE GOES TOWARDS, UH, THE MAINTENANCE OF OUR IMPROVEMENT EXPANSION OF OUR 65 MILES OF, OF PATHWAYS AT AROUND THE ISLAND. 
          UH, THIS IS MAINTENANCE, WHETHER IT'S REPAIR, REJUVENATION, SAFETY ENHANCEMENTS, UM, GENERALLY, UH, ALSO CONSTRUCTION OF NEW PROJECTS, WHICH WE HAVE A COUPLE IDENTIFIED FOR THAT WE'RE WORKING ON DESIGN THIS YEAR. 
          UM, AND ALSO THEN INCORPORATING A DA COMPLIANCE, UH, AS WE ARE WORKING THROUGH OUR, OUR NETWORK AND, AND MAKING IMPROVEMENTS. 
          UM, WE WORK WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT PARTNERS ON THIS TO, TO IDENTIFY PROJECTS. 
          UM, BUT THIS IS THE PATHWAY PROGRAM. 
          SO AGAIN, THAT, THAT SAME, THE SAME METHODOLOGY IS SHOWN HERE WITH THE PATHWAY PROGRAM, STARTING WITH THE, THE MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENTS. 
          SO $500,000 TO, TO HELP US GO THROUGH AND, AND, UM, REPAIR AND RESURFACE EXISTING PATHWAYS AROUND THE ISLAND. 
          UM, OUR FACILITIES DEPARTMENT GOES OUT AND DOES A PAVEMENT CONDITION RATING OF OUR, OUR PATHWAYS, JUST LIKE THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT DOES OF OUR ROADWAYS. 
          AND SO WE WORK FROM THAT. 
          UH, WE HAVE SEVERAL LARGE PROJECTS, UH, THAT ARE IN DESIGN AT THIS RIGHT NOW. 
          UH, ONE IS THE JONESVILLE ROAD PATHWAY, AND I HAVE A SPECIFIC SLIDE ON THIS, SO I'LL, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL SAVE SOME COMMENTARY FOR THAT. 
          BUT THIS IS FOR DESIGN AND PERMITTING OF THAT PATHWAY OF $500,000. 
          DUNNIGAN ALLEY IS ANOTHER ONE. 
          UH, THIS IS ALSO DESIGNED AND PERMITTING MONEY, AND I HAVE A SLIDE THAT SPEAKS TO THAT PROJECT. 
          UH, AND THEN A PROJECT THAT WE'VE, WE'VE RECENTLY APPLIED THROUGH, UH, THROUGH DOT FOR SOME FUNDING FOR WAS THE WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY EASTBOUND PATHWAY THAT RUNS RIGHT OUTSIDE OUR FRONT DOOR HERE FROM WEXFORD OVER TO ARROW ROAD. 
          UH, WE APPLIED FOR A, AN 80 20 GRANT, SO 80% FUNDS FROM THE STATE, 20% ON, ON, ON OUR, OUR SIDE, UH, FOR THAT PROJECT. 
          AND WE HAVE BEEN AWARDED THOSE FUNDS. 
          SO THIS REPRESENTS, UH, WHAT WE BELIEVE IS GONNA BE OUR INITIAL MATCH FOR DESIGN AND PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT OF CONSTRUCTION, UM, BASED ON HOW SOME OF THE NUMBERS ARE STARTING TO SHAKE OUT. 
          UH, BUT THIS WILL GET THAT PROJECT MOVING, UH, FORWARD, UH, OVER THE NEXT, UH, COUPLE YEARS WITH, WITH DOT. 
          UH, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE PRIORITIES FOR, FOR THE OUT YEARS. 
          UH, A HAWK SIGNAL DOWN AT, UH, SOUTH FOREST BEACH ON LAGOON ROAD, UH, FROM  GOING AROUND KINDA LAGOON ROAD AS IT, AS IT TIES BACK INTO TO NORTH FOREST BEACH. 
          STARTING TO THINK ABOUT A PATHWAY, UH, TO MAKE THAT CONNECTION, UH, A CONNECTION ON PALMETTO PARKWAY PATHWAY, WHICH IS BUILDING OFF OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING NOW ON WILLIAM HILTON. 
          THREE BETWEEN BEACH CITY AND, UM, DILLON ROAD. 
          I'M SORRY, FROM, UH, BEACH CITY TO DILLON ROAD. 
          UH, SPANISH WELLS BRIDGE, PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE IS IN NEED OF SOME MAINTENANCE. 
          UM, SO BECAUSE IT'S A 
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PRETTY SIGNIFICANT PROJECT, WE HAVE THAT CALLED OUT SEPARATELY, NOT PART OF THE PATHWAY MAINTENANCE PROJECT. 
          UH, THINKING ABOUT PATHWAYS ON FISH HALL ROAD, UH, BEGINNING OF YEAR 28, AND THEN A FEW OTHER PROJECTS AS FAR AS BUILDING OUT THAT NETWORK ON, ON EASTBOUND WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY. 
          THINKING ABOUT THE CROSS ISLAND PARKWAY AND HOW DO WE CONNECT, UH, ACCESS, HOW DO WE CONNECT COASTAL DISCOVERY TO THE SPANISH WELLS NEIGHBORHOOD? AND THEN, UM, AS WE TALK ABOUT MUDDY CREEK, ESPECIALLY YESTERDAY AS PART OF THE HOUSING, UM, AS PART OF THE HOUSING FUND, THINKING ABOUT THE MUDDY CREEK NEIGHBORHOOD, AS AS, AS WE START TO MAKE SOME, SOME NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION INVESTMENT IN THERE, AS WE INVEST IN THE BRYANT ROAD TRACK, HOW DO WE CONNECT THAT BETTER, CONNECT THAT NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE, TO OUR, OUR PATHWAY NETWORK? THERE'S A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY. 
          THERE'S A TRAIL ALONG CROSS ISLAND ACROSS SOME STATE PROPERTY THAT WE THINK WE CAN, IS A, BE A GOOD SOLUTION TO FOR THAT. 
          AND THAT'S, THAT'S IDENTIFIED FOR THE OUT HERE. 
          UM, AND THEN YOU SEE OUR, WE HAVE OF COURSE, THE CONTINGENCY AS FAR AS A COUPLE OF PROJECTS. 
          UH, THE JONESVILLE ROAD PATHWAY, THIS IS CONSTRUCTION OF ABOUT A 1.3 MILE PATHWAY THAT STARTS AT SPANISH. 
          WELLS ROAD, GOES TO THE TERMINUS OF, OF, OF JONESVILLE ROAD. 
          UM, REALLY PRI PRIMARILY ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ROAD, CROSSES OVER AT THE BAILEY'S COVE NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE SOUTH SIDE, UH, WHICH REQUIRES A LITTLE BIT OF A BOARDWALK FOR, FOR SOME WETLAND CROSSING. 
          UH, BUT NOT JUST THINKING ABOUT THE PATHWAY, THINKING ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE INCORPORATE NOT SIGNAGE FOR THE, FOR THE PATHWAY, BUT SIGNAGE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD? HOW DO WE PUT SOME HISTORIC MARKERS OUT THERE? THAT'S SOMETHING WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY AS PART OF OUR COMMUNITY MEETING. 
          UM, RIGHT NOW, DESIGN IS UNDERWAY. 
          UH, WE'RE, WE'RE EXPECTING TO GET TO PERMIT AND LAND ACQUISITION IN FY 26, UH, AND THEN CONSTRUCTION IN 27. 
          YOU CAN SEE THE ESTIMATED NUMBER, UH, SINCE WE HAVE ONE FOR THAT ONE FOR 3.9 MILLION FOR THAT, FOR THAT PATH. 
          ANOTHER, HANG ON. 
          MR. BROWN LIVE ALREADY, RIGHT? IT'S LIVE. 
          OKAY. 
          . 
          UM, OBVIOUSLY I APPRECIATE THE, UM, HIGH LEVEL, UH, PRIORITY HERE WHEN IT COMES TO THE JONESVILLE ROAD PATHWAY. 
          UM, AND I KNOW WE'VE HELD A COMMUNITY MEETING DOWN THERE WHERE STAFF HAS A LOT OF GOOD INPUT FROM, UH, THE STAKEHOLDERS THERE. 
          UM, YOU, YOU, YOU MENTIONED, UH, HISTORICAL MARKERS, AND I KNOW MR. ORLANDO IN THE PAST. 
          WE HAVE ENGAGED WITH, UH, WITH PROFESSIONALS TO HELP US SORT OF UNFOLD THE TRUE HISTORY OF PARTICULAR AREAS. 
          WE, UH, HAVE A CASE STUDY IN PATTERSON PARK, UM, THE SAME WITH TAYLOR'S PARK. 
          UM, JUST CURIOUS TO KNOW IF THE, THE FUNDING WILL INCLUDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ENGAGE WITH SUCH CONSULTANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DEPICTING A, A TRUE STORY AS FAR AS THE JONESVILLE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE. 
          YES, I'LL SAY LOUD AND CLEAR. 
          A ABSOLUTELY THIS, THIS WILL BE SOMETHING ONE, I THINK JUST A 360 DEGREE ASSESSMENT OF IT TO UNDERSTAND. 
          AND I WOULD IMAGINE MORE THAN A HISTORICAL MARKER, MORE SOME WAY FINDING AND HISTORICAL MARKER ON, ON ALONG THAT PATHWAY. 
          THANK YOU WAY FINDING INCLUDED. 
          UH, THE NEXT PROJECT IS ALSO OUT RIGHT OUTSIDE OUR DOOR HERE, UH, WITH DUNNIGAN ALLEY PATHWAY. 
          THIS IS CONSTRUCTION. 
          WE CALL IT PATHWAY, EVEN THOUGH IT'S, WHAT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS TAKING THE EXISTING, RIGHT NOW, THERE'S, THERE'S TWO VERY NARROW SIDEWALKS THAT RUN ALONG. 
          THEY'RE BACK A CURB, UH, ON THE, I GUESS THAT'S THE NORTH SIDE OF, OF THE ROAD, ON THE BUSINESS SIDE OF, OF THE ROAD, REMOVING THAT SIDEWALK, GETTING SOME SEPARATION OFF OF IT, AND THEN REPLACING IT WITH A, WITH AN EIGHT TO 10 FOOT. 
          WE'RE CALLING IT PATHWAY, BUT IT'S A, IT'S A CONCRETE SIDEWALK, UH, TO KIND OF REPRESENT THE BUSINESS AREA THAT WE'RE IN. 
          UH, BUT ALSO AS PART OF THAT INCLUDE, UH, PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS. 
          THERE'S A NUMBER OF, OF, OF DRIVEWAY CROSSINGS, UH, THROUGH THAT AREA. 
          BUT THEN ALSO, HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE ENHANCE THE LANDSCAPING? HOW DO WE MAKE THIS MORE OF A, A FRONT DOOR INSTEAD OF JUST THE BACK DOOR? AND YOU START TO SEE THAT HAPPENING ALREADY WITH LOCAL LEGENDS AND THE WORK THAT THEY'VE, THEY'VE PUT IN THEIR PROPERTY. 
          BUT HOW CAN WE, HOW CAN WE SET THIS, THIS, THIS, THIS CORRIDOR UP FOR SUCCESS, UM, IN THE FUTURE AS OTHER PROPERTIES COME INTO, INTO REDEVELOP? UH, SO RIGHT NOW IT IS DESIGN IS UNDERWAY. 
          YOU PLAN TO GET THE PERMITTING IN 26 AND THEN CONSTRUCTION, UH, IN FY 27. 
          IT'S THE END OF THAT SEGMENT. 
          IF I'LL STOP THERE FOR A SECOND IF THERE'S ANYTHING, OR I'LL KEEP GOING. 
          KEEP GOING. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          OH, SORRY. 
          YOU'RE GONNA GO ON FROM, UH, PATHWAY TO ROADWAY. 
          SORRY. 
          YES. 
          UM, SO JUST LOOKING AT THE TOTAL NUMBER FOR THE YEAR FOR PATHWAY PROGRAM SHOWS IN THE REVISED 20 25, 5 0.5 MILLION, AND THEN IN THE PROPOSED FY 20 26, 1 0.650 MILLION. 
          SO A REDUCTION OF 70%. 
          BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE, 
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UM, THOSE OF US WHO ARE STILL PATHWAY ADVOCATES, , UM, THAT WE'RE NOT REDUCING OUR, UM, EMPHASIS ON IMPROVING OUR PATHWAYS, THAT WE'RE GETTING ACTUALLY MORE FOCUSED AS OPPOSED TO A LONG LIST OF PROJECTS AND, AND LOADING 'EM ALL IN ONE YEAR. 
          WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT ARE THE PRIORITIES NOW, AND THEN INCLUDING IT IN THE OUT YEARS AS YOU'VE SHOWN ON THIS SCREEN. 
          SO I JUST WANT TO LET THE COMMUNITY WHO'S CONCERNED ABOUT PATHWAYS AND CONTINUING TO MAINTAIN THEM AND TO EXPAND THEM TO KNOW THAT WE ARE NOT REDUCING, UM, OUR CARE AND CONCERN AND EMPHASIS ON PATHWAYS. 
          UM, THAT WHILE, UH, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PLACES I WISH WE ALREADY HAD SOMETHING , OR THAT I WISH WE DIDN'T HAVE ROOTS ANYMORE HAVING JUST RIDDEN OVER THEM AND DURING PEDAL. 
          UM, BUT, UM, UH, I, I JUST WANNA POINT THAT OUT THAT IT'S NOT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO SPEND SO MUCH MONEY ON BEE TREE NOURISHMENT THAT WE'RE CUTTING BACK ON PATHWAYS. 
          IT'S JUST, UH, FOCUSING ON THEM AND, AND CONTINUING THEM IN THE OUT YEARS, AS I UNDERSTAND IT IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. 
          AND SO, YES, THIS SAYS REPRESENT A REDUCTION THIS YEAR, BUT IF WE LOOK AT 27, WHAT THESE PRIORITIES ARE HERE, JUST WITH THESE THREE PROJECTS, WE HAVE ABOUT A $4 MILLION PROJECT WITH JONESVILLE ROAD. 
          WE HAVE A $2 MILLION PROJECT WITH, WITH DUNNING'S ALLEY. 
          THIS IS ABOUT A 1.4 MILLION. 
          I THINK THE MONEY INCLUDES SOME DESIGN MONEY, BUT THAT'S ABOUT 1.4. 
          SO JUST IN, RIGHT, IN THOSE COUPLE OF PROJECTS, WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT $7 MILLION OF, OF, OF POTENTIAL PROJECTS FOR NEXT YEAR. 
          SO THAT'S, WE'RE JUST, WE ARE, WE ARE FOCUSED ON DESIGN WHILE WE'RE DOING A LOT OF OTHER THINGS AROUND THE COMMUNITY ON, ON OTHER TOPICS. 
          AND, BUT, BUT NOT LOSING, NOT LOSING FOCUS ON THE, ON THE TOPIC WITH PATHWAYS. 
          WE'RE JUST GONNA GET, WE'RE GONNA GET READY TO, TO BUILD SOME THINGS HERE IN, IN 27, 28. 
          I THINK I'M GONNA LOOK ACROSS THE WAY MY COLLEAGUE MR. ALFRED AT, UM, I KNOW IN THE PAST THE BIKE WALK BOARD HAS HAD INPUT AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION LEVEL, AND I THINK CONTINUES TO HAVE INPUT THERE BECAUSE THOSE WHO ARE OUT THERE BIKING ON THE PATH UNDERSTAND WHERE THE NEEDS ARE. 
          AND, AND I, I'M, I'M HOPING THAT THIS IS REFLECTIVE OF THOSE PRIORITIES AS WELL. 
          JUST TO SORT OF FOLLOW UP ON, UH, COUNCILMAN BRYSON'S POINT, UM, I KNOW MS. LANGA MENTIONED, UM, AS WE DEVELOPED THIS DASHBOARD, WE WILL HAVE DEFINITIONS AROUND DISCRETIONARY AND MAINTENANCE. 
          UM, I, I WOULD, I WOULD ASK THAT WE SPEND SOME TIME ALSO DEFINING PRIORITY, UM, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO READ INTO THIS, NOT JUST FOR THE, THE PATHWAY PROGRAM, BUT ANY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM THAT, UH, WE AS A COUNCIL WILL BE AT SOME POINT FIGHTING OVER WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO. 
          UM, THAT IS NOT THE INTENT HERE. 
          I THINK THE INTENT HERE IS TO GET MORE ORGANIZED AND FOCUSED TO USE HER WORDS. 
          UM, SO JUST THE DEFINITIONS AS WE LEAD INTO THE DASHBOARD, I THINK ARE, ARE REALLY IMPORTANT. 
          AFTER LISTENING TO HER COMMENTS. 
          THE NEXT STEP IS THE ROADWAY PROGRAM. 
          UH, THIS IS A $5.1 MILLION PROGRAM. 
          THIS, OF COURSE, JUST, JUST LIKE THE OTHER ONES WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, IT'S GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT OF A REPEAT. 
          THESE ARE IMPROVEMENTS, UH, BUT INSTEAD TO OF, TO BEACH PARKS OR PATHWAYS. 
          THIS IS IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR ROADWAYS. 
          SO SIMILAR THING TO THE PATHWAYS WHERE WE'RE, WE'RE IMPROVING ROADS, WHETHER THAT'S REPAIR, UH, STRIPING PAINTING, PEDESTRIAN CROSSWALK, SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS. 
          UM, BUT IT ALSO INCLUDES OUR DIRT ROAD PAVING PROGRAM WHERE WE, WHERE WE WORK WITH PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS AND ACCEPT DONATIONS OF THOSE PRIVATE UNPAID ROADS. 
          MAKE 'EM PUBLIC, PUT 'EM, PUT 'EM INTO PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, WHICH ALLOWS US TO THEN MAKE PUBLIC INVESTMENT INTO THEM. 
          UH, SO WE CAN PAVE THEM, WE CAN INSTALL STORM WATER IMPROVEMENTS, AND THEN WE CAN ALSO, UH, TAKE OVER THE MAINTENANCE AND PERPETUITY. 
          UH, YOU'LL ALSO START TO SEE SOME ITEMS STARTING TO POP IN FOR THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARES AND CORRIDORS PLAN. 
          I RECOGNIZE THAT'S STILL IN DRAFT FORM AT THIS POINT, BUT THERE ARE SOME PRIORITIES. 
          ONE, THERE'S SOME PRIORITIES THAT ARE COMING UP NOW, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OF THOSE WHERE WE NEED TO, NEED TO JUMP IN FRONT OF THAT A LITTLE BIT. 
          UM, BUT ALSO STARTING TO THINK ABOUT THAT IN THOSE OUT YEARS, THOSE YEARS, 28, 29, AND 30. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S ON OUR RADAR AND WE CAN THINK ABOUT THOSE PROJECTS FROM A FUNDING STANDPOINT AS WE GET, WE GET TO THOSE, GET TO THOSE YEARS. 
          UH, THE OTHER THING THAT'S IN THIS IS THE ADAPTIVE TRAFFIC SIGNAL. 
          THAT IS, OF COURSE, ALL OF OUR, OUR SIGNAL LINES INTERSECTIONS, UM, UH, AND THE MASTER ARMS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THEM. 
          SO TWO DIFFERENT PAGES. 
          UH, THERE'S A FAIRLY ROBUST PROGRAM, UH, BUT, UH, A LOT OF THE FIRST ITEMS THAT ARE LISTED HERE ARE RECURRING, RECURRING ITEMS THAT ARE, ARE ROADWAY MAINTENANCE, UH, WHICH ARE WHAT I JUST SAID, THE TOWN ROAD RESURFACING. 
          UH, WE ARE, WE DON'T, ARE, OUR TOWN ROADS ARE ACTUALLY IN THE PAVEMENT CONDITION AREAS IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE. 
          SO WE CAN, WE CAN HIT A PAUSE ON, ON ROAD RESURFACING THIS YEAR AND, AND START TO PICK THAT UP AGAINST NEXT, AGAIN, NEXT YEAR. 
          OUR SIGNAL MAINTENANCE, UH, PROGRAM INCLUDES THE ADAPTIVE SIGNALS. 
          UM, SO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE SPENDING $1.1 MILLION ON IS, UH, OUR, OUR, OUR SIGNAL HEADS 
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FOR BOTH THE VEHICLES AND FOR THE PEDESTRIANS. 
          THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE COMING OF AGE AND WE NEED TO START REPLACING THOSE. 
          UH, SAME THING WITH OUR TRAFFIC CABINETS. 
          SO THAT'S FUNDING HERE. 
          AND THE OTHER THING, A BIG THING WE, WE, WE WANT TO FINISH IS BATTERY BACKUPS AT ALL OF OUR SIGNAL LOCATIONS. 
          WE HAVE A FEW INSTALLED NOW, THIS WILL ALLOW US TO, TO FINISH THOSE OUT. 
          SO WHEN WE HAVE THOSE INTERRUPTIONS AND POWER, THOSE, THOSE SHORTER DURATION ONES, WE CAN AT LEAST KEEP THE SYSTEM OPERATIONAL. 
          UH, YOU'LL SEE THE, THE, THE, THE DIRT ROAD PAVING PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTED, UH, WHERE OUR CURRENT FOCUS IS, UH, MITCHELLVILLE ROAD. 
          I HAVE A SLIDE ON THAT, SO I'LL, I'LL HIT PAUSE ON THAT. 
          BUT THAT'S, THAT IS OUR, OUR PRIORITY FOCUS FOR CONSTRUCTION. 
          UH, THE NEXT SEVERAL, THE NEXT FOUR ROADS THAT ARE LISTED ARE IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DESIGN EASEMENT, RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION. 
          UM, SO THOSE WILL CONTINUE FORWARD TO FOR CONSTRUCTION THEN IN 27. 
          AND THEN YOU CAN SEE WHERE OUR MIND IS AS FAR AS FOR FUTURE, FUTURE YEARS, UH, WITH OTHER ROADWAYS THAT HAVE, UH, RESIDENTS HAVE APPROACHED US ON. 
          I OWN A WIDE, UH, STRIPING, UM, WHICH IS BOTH PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICULAR SAFETY. 
          THIS IS ACTUALLY GETTING STARTED NOW. 
          WE'VE ALREADY DONE SOME WORK. 
          YOU, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN ON GUMTREE, THE GUMTREE ROAD EXIT OFF THE CROSS ISLAND. 
          WE PUT SOME, SOME, SOME EFFORT IN THERE TO, TO DO EVERYTHING, BUT GET IN THE CAR AND PUT PEOPLE IN THE RIGHT LANE. 
          UM, WE'VE GIVEN AS MUCH STRIPING AND NOTICE AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. 
          IT'S WORKING. 
          I DRIVE IT EVERY DAY. 
          IT'S, IT'S, IT'S MUCH BETTER. 
          BUT THERE'S STILL A FEW WHERE IT'S LIKE I GET IN THE CAR AND TURN THE WHEEL FOR 'EM. 
          UM, BUT THAT IS GOING TO CONTINUE. 
          SO WE'LL HAVE A CARRY FORWARD IN, IN, UH, INTO 26. 
          UM, OUR FOCUS, UH, WILL BE AROUND SQUARE. 
          POPE GUMTREE AND I GET THIS WRONG EVERY TIME. 
          MATTHEWS, MATTHEWS, MATTHEWS. 
          UM, THAT'S WHERE OUR, OUR FOCUS WILL BE FOR THIS, THIS, THIS CURRENT PROGRAM THAT WE'RE WORKING ON. 
          UH, AS PART OF THOSE JONESVILLE ROAD NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS. 
          UH, WE HEARD ABOUT, UH, IMPROVEMENTS TO THAT INTERSECTION IN SPANISH WELLS. 
          THAT PRIMARY FOCUS WAS ON RIGHT LANES. 
          THAT'S WHY IT'S DOCUMENTED HERE. 
          BUT WE'RE GONNA ANALYZE THE WHOLE INTERSECTION. 
          WE'RE GONNA UNDERSTAND IS IT JUST RIGHT TURNS AS IT LEFT TURNS, UM, AND START THINKING THROUGH THAT FROM A DESIGN STANDPOINT. 
          THE NORTH POINT ACCESS. 
          AND I, I THINK WE SHOULD JUST SLOW DOWN AND MAKE SURE WE'RE, WE'RE EXPLAINING THAT I THINK THERE'S THREE TURN MOVEMENT MOVEMENTS THAT WE WILL ASSESS. 
          ONE IS AN AUTOMATIC THAT WE BELIEVE IS A RIGHT TURN LANE OFF OF JONESVILLE ONTO SPANISH WELLS THAT'S NEEDED A LEFT TURN LANE OFF SPANISH WELLS ONTO JONESVILLE IS NEEDED, AND A RIGHT TURN DECELERATION LANE OFF OF SPANISH WELLS ONTO JONESVILLE. 
          AND SO THOSE THREE TURN MOVEMENTS THERE, NOTHING'S GOING TO HELP THAT UNLESS, AND UNTIL WE CAN HELP THAT INTERSECTION UP AT SPANISH WELLS AND WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY TURN LEFT AT A HIGHER VOLUME THAN IT CURRENTLY ALLOWS. 
          THE CURRENT ALIGNMENT IS, IT CAN, IT MAY BE STACKED FIVE CARS IN THE TURN LANE, MAYBE A LITTLE MORE. 
          UH, EVERYONE'S TURNING LEFT THERE. 
          WE KNOW THAT. 
          BUT, BUT OUR GOAL IS TO, TO REALLY PUSH ON WITH BUFORT COUNTY, THAT CORRIDOR ENHANCEMENT TO LOOK AT THAT LEFT TURN THROUGH THERE. 
          THAT'S MORE THAN A JONESVILLE ROAD IMPROVEMENT. 
          BUT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT. 
          WE HAVE TO THINK BIG AS WE'RE LOOKING THROUGH THAT, AND WE WILL, ALL OF WHICH THE ROADS ARE NOT OURS. 
          SO. 
          OKAY. 
          AND MAYOR, IF I COULD JUST MAKE A SIDE NOTE ON THIS. 
          WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, AND THAT IS IN THE LMO REWRITE OR AMENDMENT, LOOKING AT THE TRAFFIC IMPACT FROM DEVELOPMENT AS OCCURRED ON JONESVILLE ROAD, THAT IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE JUST THE ONE LOCATION RIGHT THERE AT THE DRIVEWAY BECAUSE THEY'RE DOWNSTREAM, IF YOU WILL, AND IMPACTS. 
          AND THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT CAREFUL LANGUAGE BECAUSE IT'S GREAT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO FUND THESE IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH ARE ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. 
          BUT WE ALSO NEED SOME, UM, COOPERATION ALONG THE WAY. 
          AND WE CAN DO THAT THROUGH OUR LO AMENDMENTS. 
          WE, WE WILL HAVE THAT ON THE COMMUNITY SERVICE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE AGENDA, I BELIEVE ON MONDAY AS A CONSIDERATION FOR FULL TOWN COUNCIL, UH, APPROVAL, UH, AT A CERTAIN POINT AS AN ORDINANCE AMENDMENT TO THE LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE. 
          SO, UH, NORTH POINT ACCESS, UH, SO NORTH POINT, UH, AS, AS WE'RE AS, AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NORTH POINT AND THE ACCESS TO THAT PROPERTY, UH, THROUGH THE POST OFFICE SITE TO PROVIDE ACCESS OVER TO GUMTREE, SET ASIDE SOME FUNDS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND, UM, AND, AND, AND MAKE THAT, THAT, THAT ACCESS A REALITY. 
          UM, ANOTHER PROJECT IS ON OFF OF SOMEWHERE TO THAT PALMETTO PATHWAY PARKWAY THAT IT REFERENCED PREVIOUSLY IS LOOKING AT TABBY WALK AND THEIR ENTRANCE ON BEACH CITY ROAD AND RELOCATING THAT ACTUALLY ONTO PALMETTO PARKWAY. 
          UM, IT'S, IT'S IN A BAD SPOT. 
          IT'S, IT'S BEEN A BIT OF A SAFETY ISSUE. 
          AND THEN THERE'S A LOT OF PEDESTRIANS THAT COME IN AND OUTTA THERE TOO. 
          SO LOOKING AT RELOCATING THAT AS PART OF SOME, SOME ADDITIONAL WORK ON 
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THE PALMETTO PARKWAY. 
          UH, THERE'S A PLACEHOLDER HERE FOR THE, UH, FOR THE, FOR THE BRIDGE PROJECT, UH, JUST IN CASE WE NEED SOME, SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO, TO STUDY OR LOOK AT ANYTHING. 
          AND THEN REALLY THE BALANCE OF THIS IS WHERE WE START TO SEE THE STREETSCAPE ENHANCEMENTS AS WELL AS THE, THE, THE WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY SEGMENTS START TO BE POPULATED INTO SOME OF THOSE FUTURE YEARS FOR JUST THINKING ABOUT THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARES AND CORRIDORS PLAN. 
          UM, WE ARE LOOKING AT ADVANCING SOME WORK ON POPE AVENUE. 
          UM, AND THAT'S GONNA LOOK SPECIFICALLY AT THE POPE AVENUE LAGOON INTERSECTION AND UNDERSTANDING HOW WE CAN MAKE SOME VEHICULAR AND SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS THERE, OR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS THERE. 
          UH, POTENTIALLY PUTTING IN A SCRAMBLE SIGNAL THAT IF A SCRAMBLE SIGNAL'S BASICALLY ALL FOUR RED, ALL FOUR INTER SIDES OF THE INTERSECTION TURN RED, ALLOW PEDESTRIANS TO GO. 
          UH, IT'S SAFER FOR PEDESTRIANS AND IT ALSO CREATES SOME EFFICIENCIES FROM A TRAFFIC STANDPOINT. 
          SO THAT'S, WE WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND, AND, AND IMPLEMENT THAT THIS YEAR. 
          SUCH SO JUST IN THAT AREA. 
          I, I KNOW I SAY IT ALL THE TIME, AND I KNOW IT'S PART OF THE, UM, THOROUGHFARE LANDS, BUT THE SEGMENT ON 2 78 WILLIAM HILTON HEART PARKWAY BETWEEN MATTHEWS AND SHELTER COVE, IT'S THE ONLY AREA ON THE ISLAND THAT HAS NO LANDSCAPING, NO STREETSCAPE. 
          AND UNLESS I'VE MISSED IT IN HERE SOMEWHERE, I STILL DON'T SEE IT. 
          IT'S GOOD. 
          FORESHADOWING. 
          IT'S COMING UP. 
          IS IT? I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SORRY, GO FASTER, . 
          I THINK SHE SAID HURRY UP. 
          THAT'S SHE, SHE DEFINITELY DID. 
          I, I WAS NOT READING AHEAD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THERE YOU GO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO, AS PART OF THAT, THE WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY, UH, SEGMENTS ARE STARTING TO GET MAPPED OUT HERE. 
          AND AGAIN, THESE ARE OUT IN FUTURE YEARS, 28, 29, 30. 
          AGAIN, WE, WE, WE NEED TO IDENTIFY FUNDING STREAM 'CAUSE EITHER THESE ARE PRETTY SIGNIFICANT ROAD PROJECTS THAT, THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. 
          UH, BUT SPECIFICALLY, UH, IT'S THE SEGMENT FIVE. 
          UH, AND I HAVE A SLIDE ON THIS. 
          UH, BUT SEGMENT FIVE IS STARTING TO UNDERSTAND MEDIANS AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL HERE IN A IN A SECOND. 
          THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE, UH, REQUESTING TO PUT SOME MONEY TOWARDS SO WE CAN, WE CAN THINK ABOUT THAT. 
          UH, THE SAME THING IS ALSO TRUE ON SEGMENT EIGHT. 
          SEGMENT EIGHT INCLUDES, UH, THE SEA PINE CIRCLE. 
          SO WE'RE SHOWING $350,000. 
          I HAVE A SLIDE ON THAT TO, TO START TO THINK THROUGH SOME OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE CAN MAKE TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY, UH, OF, OF THE, OF THE CIRCLE, UM, AND IMPLEMENT AND STARTING TO IMPLEMENT SOME OF THOSE ITEMS. UM, JUST TO KIND OF CLOSE THIS OUT, UH, THERE'S ONE OTHER PROJECT I WOULD JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT BECAUSE THIS IS ALSO COMING OUT OF A, A COMMUNITY MEETING. 
          AND THAT'S REGARDING FOLLY FIELD ROAD, PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS. 
          UH, WE MET WITH THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, LAST SUMMER OR MAYBE LAST FALL. 
          UH, WE HEARD, UM, A LOT FROM, FROM THEM ABOUT IMPROVEMENTS WE CAN MAKE. 
          WE JUST COMPLETED, THEY JUST, I SAW THE TRAFFIC DEVICES ROUTE THERE, COUNTING CARS AND, AND FOR US, A, A FEW WEEKS AGO. 
          SO THAT WORK IS CONTINUING. 
          THIS IS NOW TAKE THAT AND PUTTING THAT INTO SOME TYPE OF, OF, OF OUTCOME. 
          AND THE REPORT WILL HELP DIRECT US TO WHAT WE CAN AND CAN'T DO. 
          IT'S, OF COURSE, A STATE ROADWAY. 
          SO WE HAVE TO WORK WITH THE, WITH THE DOT ON THIS AS WELL, RIGHT? AND THOSE COUNTS. 
          UM, OBVIOUSLY AS THAT TIMESHARE COMES INTO PLAY OR WHEN WE GET INTO THE, UM, RENTAL SEASON DOWN THERE, GO UP SUBSTANTIALLY FROM WHAT YOU WOULD'VE COLLECTED JUST RECENTLY. 
          SO, UM, AS YOU LOOK AT THAT, I THINK WE NEED TO ALSO CONSIDER WHETHER OR NOT THOSE HIGHER NUMBERS, UM, ARE REALLY BEING CONSIDERED BECAUSE AS PATSY SAID, AND I KNOW WE'RE WORKING ON THAT TRAFFIC IMPACT, UM, IT, IT DEPENDS ON WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU TAKE IT AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU'VE ACCOUNTED FOR ALL OF THOSE OTHER ROADS. 
          AND I WOULD ALSO, UM, LIKE TO SEE SOME DIRECTIONAL SIGNS COMING OFF THAT TIMESHARE ONTO FOLLY FIELD THAT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT THEY CAN GO LEFT OR RIGHT. 
          THEY DO NOT HAVE TO GO RIGHT ONTO FOLLY FIELD AND UP TO 2 78 IN THAT DIRECTION. 
          IT'S GOING TO BE WAY TOO MUCH OF A BURDEN FOR THAT COMMUNITY TO HANDLE. 
          AND THANK YOU ALL FOR WHO CAME OUT TO THAT COMMUNITY MEETING. 
          IT WAS A GREAT MEETING AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. 
          I WANNA HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF PROJECTS, UM, YEAH, TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF PROJECTS HERE. 
          UH, FIRST IS MITCHELLVILLE ROAD. 
          UM, WE HAVE, THIS IS TO BASE TO PAVE, UH, AS STORM DRAINAGE ALONG ALONG MITCHELLVILLE ROAD FROM THE, FROM, ITS FROM THE FISH HALL INTERSECTION, UH, GOING KIND OF NORTHEAST, OR I'M SORRY, NORTHWEST, UH, FOR ABOUT 1300 FEET. 
          UH, DESIGN ON THIS HAS BEEN COMPLETE FOR SOME TIME. 
          UH, WE HAVE, WE ARE IN WAITING ON A PERMIT TO BE ISSUED FROM THE STATE. 
          UH, AS SOON AS WE ISSUE THAT PERMIT, WE ARE READY TO GO TO BID. 
          UH, AT THIS POINT THOUGH, IT'S, IT'S MAY MIDDLE OF MAY, UH, IF EVEN IF WE RECEIVE THE PERMIT TOMORROW, UH, TO GET THAT UNDER CONSTRUCTION, WE'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT JULY. 
          SO THIS CAN BE A FE FISCAL YEAR 26TH PROJECT AT THIS POINT. 
          BUT THE MONEY'S THERE THIS YEAR. 
          WE'RE GONNA ROLL THE MONEY FORWARD FOR NEXT YEAR. 
          UH, WILLIAM HILL AND EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS WHY. 
          CORRECT, RIGHT. 
          WE WAITED FOR THE LAND DISTURBANCE PERMIT OR WE'RE, IT'S NOT HERE YET, 
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OR WE'RE WAITING FOR IT. 
          AS SOON AS WE GET IT, THEN WE CAN BID OUT THE PROJECT. 
          WE CAN'T BID THESE PROJECTS OUT WITHOUT ALL OUR PERMITS IN HAND. 
          SO WILLIAM HILL PARKWAY, SEGMENT FIVE. 
          UH, SO THIS IS THAT AREA OF WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY FROM MATTHEWS AND FOLLY GOING OVER TO SHELTER COVE. 
          UH, THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN IN INCORPORATES A LOT OF DIFFERENT IDEAS ABOUT THE, ABOUT THIS, BUT THE CENTRAL TO, TO THE CORRIDOR PLAN IS THE, THE, HOW DO WE PUT MEDIANS INTO THIS SEGMENT? 'CAUSE THE POINT EARLIER, UH, THERE ARE, THIS IS THE ONE SEGMENT OF, OF WIND HILL PARKWAY THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANY MEDIANS. 
          SO WE WANT TO, TO JUMPSTART THIS 'CAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF WORK, THERE'S A LOT OF COORDINATION THAT'S GONNA HAVE TO HAPPEN. 
          WE WANNA SURVEY, WE WANNA START SOME PRELIMINARY DESIGN, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE WANNA HAVE SOME PUBLIC INPUT. 
          UM, THERE ARE PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS ALONG THAT ROADWAY THAT WILL, THAT ARE, THAT, THAT POTENTIALLY COULD BE IMPACTED BY THIS. 
          WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEIR INVOLVEMENT IS, IS, IS, IS, IS PART OF THIS. 
          UM, AND THEN PUT US ON THE RIGHT TRACK FOR A, A, A SUCCESSFUL PROJECT AS WE START TO THINK ABOUT DESIGN, PERMITTING AND CONSTRUCTION IN THOSE FUTURE YEARS. 
          UH, SEGMENT EIGHT, UH, IS REGARDING THE SEA PINE CIRCLE. 
          UM, SO SOME OF THESE EXHIBITS ARE COMING OUT OF THE, THE THOROUGHFARE AND THOROUGHFARE AND CORRIDOR PLAN. 
          UM, THIS IS REALLY TO LOOK AT THE DESIGN PERMITTING AND CONSTRUCTION IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SEA PINE CIRCLE. 
          THAT COULD BE STRIPING, THAT COULD BE SIGNAGE, IT MIGHT BE CONSTRUCTION, UM, RELATED THINGS. 
          BUT WE, WE HAVE TO BALANCE THE, THE, THE EFFICIENCY OF THAT CIRCLE WITH THE ICONIC NATURE OF THAT CIRCLE. 
          WE'VE HEARD THAT LOUD AND CLEAR FROM, FROM THE PUBLIC. 
          UM, SO THERE'S, THERE'S A COORDINATION THAT WE HAVE TO DO, NOT ONLY JUST FROM A DESIGN STANDPOINT IN INTERNALLY, BUT WITH THE CSA. 
          THIS IS OF COURSE, A DOT ROAD. 
          SO WE HAVE TO COORDINATE WITH THE DOT. 
          AND OF COURSE, PUBLIC INPUT'S VERY IMPORTANT. 
          SO WE ARE FOCUSED ON THIS, UH, NEXT YEAR. 
          UH, IF WE, THERE'S THINGS WE CAN IMPLEMENT, GREAT. 
          UH, OTHERWISE IF THE, THE, THE ITEMS ARE MORE ROBUST, WE'LL, WE'LL LOOK AT CONSTRUCTION FY 27, UM, BEFORE YOU MOVE ON TO PARK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          BUT GOOD MAYOR. 
          UH, A A COUPLE THINGS. 
          ONE IS I'M GONNA REPEAT THE COMMENT I MADE ABOUT PATHWAY PROGRAM, ROADWAY PROGRAM. 
          UM, IT DOES SHOW A REDUCTION OF 50% OVER LAST YEAR'S BUDGET. 
          BUT AGAIN, THAT'S NOT 'CAUSE WE CHANGE OUR FOCUS. 
          IT'S BECAUSE WE ARE REMOVING IT FROM, UH, ALL IN ONE YEAR TO PHASING IT IN AS WE CAN DO THE WORK. 
          UM, AND THE SECOND THING, AND, AND SO I'M NOT GONNA REPEAT THAT WITH THE OTHER UPCOMING ONES, . 
          UM, BUT, UM, THE OTHER THING IS THE IMPROVEMENTS, THE ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS, UH, ARE TIED TO PATHWAYS BECAUSE OF THE CROSSINGS THERE. 
          AND I'M SO GLAD TO SEE SO MANY SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PLANS BECAUSE WE REALLY NEED THOSE FOR THOSE CROSSINGS. 
          SO WHEN WE THINK OF THE ROADWAY PROGRAM, IT'S NOT JUST PAVEMENT FOR CARS TO DRIVE DOWN. 
          IT'S FOR SAFE ACCESS FOR PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLES, ESPECIALLY AT CROSSINGS. 
          UM, AND THE LAST THING I'LL SAY IS THAT I'VE RECEIVED A LOT OF COMPLIMENTS FROM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE HAVE MADE, UM, IN THAT SECTION FROM, I THINK IT'S BEACH CITY TO DILLON ROAD, IF I HAVE THE RIGHT STREETS. 
          UM, THE, THE NORTH RIDGE SEA TURTLE, UH, UH, MARKETPLACE AREA FOR THE NEW PLANTINGS. 
          AND I SAW TODAY AS I DROVE OVER, UM, SOMEBODY THERE MOVING, UH, TRAFFIC CONES AROUND. 
          SO IT LOOKS AS THOUGH THERE'S SOME MORE WORK THAT'S GETTING READY TO BE DONE IN THE PEDESTRIAN CROSSWAYS THERE. 
          BUT I DID WANT TO PASS ALONG TO THE TOTAL COUNCIL ON THE STAFF THAT WE'VE BEEN RECEIVING COMPLIMENTS FOR THOSE IMPROVEMENTS THERE. 
          UM, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO MORE OF THOSE IN THE FUTURE. 
          SO JUST A REAL QUICK, UH, THE POINT ON WILLIAM HILTON THREE, THE WORK THAT YOU START TO SEE HAPPENING IS THE, THE FINAL, THE FINAL PIECES OF WORK THAT NEED TO BE COMPLETED. 
          UH, SO THERE'S SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO THE, TO SOME, SOME CROSSWALKS THAT GO THROUGH THE MEDIAN. 
          UM, WE'RE ALSO ADDING A, A COUPLE OF OTHER PIECES TO THAT PUZZLE. 
          UM, SO THAT'S THE WORK THAT'S GETTING SET UP NOW. 
          THEY'RE GETTING TRAFFIC SET UP. 
          UH, IT'LL BE MOSTLY NIGHT WORK THAT'LL BE TAKING PLACE THERE. 
          UM, BUT THEN THE WORK IS SCHEDULED TO BE DONE TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OR LATER PART OF JUNE. 
          I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT DATE, BUT LATE JUNE IS WHEN THE, THE WILLIAM HILTON THREE WILL BE, BE DONE COMPLETELY. 
          AND WE'LL BE OUTTA THE WAY. 
          YES. 
          UM, QUESTION FOR MR. ORLANDO. 
          UM, YEARS AGO THERE WAS A ROAD USAGE FEE THAT WAS ESTABLISHED TO HELP SUPPLEMENT SOME OF THIS ROAD WORK THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING TODAY AND HAS BEEN PAUSED FOR, UH, FOR LEGAL REASONS. 
          UH, DO YOU FEEL CONFIDENT TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO PRESENT SUCH A ROBUST ROADWAY PORTION OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BUDGET WITHOUT THAT SET ASIDE ALLOCATION? YES AND NO. 
          I WOULD SAY BECAUSE THAT PORTION OF THE ROAD USAGE FEE DOES, IS NOT, DID NOT GENERATE AN 
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ASTRONOMICAL AMOUNT OF DOLLARS, OUR, OUR ROAD NEEDS, RIGHT? I'D SAY SOME OF THEM ARE WANTS, LOTS OF THEM ARE NEEDS ARE BEYOND OUR CURRENT FINANCIAL CAPACITY. 
          WE HAD A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF ROADWAY INFRASTRUCTURE ENHANCEMENTS IN, IN, IN THE BEAUFORT COUNTY REFERENDUM ON THE BALLOT. 
          UM, THAT'S WHERE WE WERE RELYING ON THAT LARGE AMOUNT OF, OF, OF FUND FROM. 
          UM, THAT ROAD USAGE FEE I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT CAN HELP US PAVE OUR DIRT ROADS, FIX OUR INTERSECTIONS, UM, BUT IT WON'T REBUILD SEA PINE CIRCLE. 
          UH, THAT'S, THAT'S PENDING. 
          UM, APPEALS. 
          I KNOW CURTIS STAYS ON TRACK OF THAT PRETTY WELL AND GIVES US UPDATES EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE ABOUT IT. 
          I THINK THAT ONCE AND, AND YOU'RE GONNA START SEEING THIS LAY ITSELF OUT IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN AS WE BRING IT FORWARD NEXT MONTH, I THINK FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT OUR VISION IS AND OUR EXPECTATIONS ON ROAD IMPROVEMENTS, RIGHT? AND THAT'S THAT CORRIDOR'S PLAN. 
          UM, THE SECOND STEP. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, SECOND OR THIRD STEP IS GOING TO LOOK FOR FEDERAL AND STATE DOLLARS TO FIX ROADS THAT OTHER PEOPLE OWN THAT OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND ENTITIES OWN. 
          AND SO I THINK THAT THAT'S HAS TO BE A BIG PART OF OUR STRATEGY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND ROAD USES FEE WILL PAY FOR STRIPING, NOT FOR NEW PAVEMENT, NONE LESS, OBVIOUSLY. 
          UH, THANK YOU MR. ORLANDO. 
          OBVIOUSLY A LOADED QUESTION FOR ME. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, I'M TRYING TO OPEN OUR EYES HERE AS A, AS A COUNCIL. 
          UM, I THINK IN THE PAST, UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE SORT OF SACRIFICED, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY IN THIS REALM BECAUSE OF DOLLARS ATTACHED. 
          SO AS WE HAVE DISCUSSIONS IN THE FUTURE ABOUT ALTERNATIVE FUNDING SOURCES, I THINK THIS IS A PRIME EXAMPLE AS WHY WE NEED TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE AGGRESSIVE. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          MATT? ONE MORE EXTRA THING AND, AND IT'S GOING TO COME UP AND I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE THE BENEFIT OF OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM WORKSHOP COMING UP. 
          LET, LET'S PICK MAIN STREET FOR A MINUTE. 
          WE CAME TO THE DRAWING BOARD WITH MAIN STREET AND WE HAD, UH, A LOT OF VARIABLES BAKED INTO MAIN STREET, RIGHT? AND I'LL REMIND US WHAT THEY WERE ON STREET BIKE LANES, OFF STREET SIDEWALKS, A PARALLEL NETWORK OF, OF, OF BIKE PATH ADJACENT TO WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY. 
          ALL OF THAT WILL CAUSE US THE TOWN TO ACQUIRE ADDITIONAL PROPERTY ON THE EDGE OF THE STREET, MOST LIKELY CAUSING SOME, SOME TREE REMOVAL, BUT ALSO REALLY THE ACQUISITION OF, OF PROPERTY ABOVE AND BEYOND THE ROAD. 
          AND SO WE WERE ESTIMATING THE PROBABLE COST OF THAT PROJECT. 
          AND THIS IS, DON'T QUOTE ME, BUT I GUESS IF I SAY IT OUT LOUD, YOU CAN, BUT  THAT BACKFIRED, UM, I THINK PLUS OR MINUS $12 MILLION WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT IT. 
          AND I THINK WE HAVE TO START BECOMING MORE REALISTIC ON THE CONTEXTUAL DESIGN PREFERENCE, RIGHT? THE, THE CONTEXT SENSITIVE DESIGN DOESN'T, MIGHT NOT MEAN THE SOLUTION IS EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE ASPIRING TO ACHIEVE. 
          AND WE CAN START REDUCING OUR COSTS, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW WE CANNOT AFFORD A SEA PINE CIRCLE, A MAIN STREET, A CHAPLAIN CORRIDOR, UM, PAVING DIRT ROADS AND ALL THIS WORK WITHOUT US REALLY GETTING TO THE TABLE AND PRIORITIZING THOSE NEEDS, BUT ALSO PRIORITIZING THE FINANCIAL STRATEGY. 
          SO I THINK IT'S, IT IS, IT'S GREAT. 
          SOMEBODY SAID, WE'RE GETTING ORGANIZED. 
          WE ARE, I WOULD SAY THAT THANK YOU TO THESE TWO SITTING AT THE TABLE AND A FEW OTHER PEOPLE, ADRIANA'S TEAM AS WELL. 
          WE'RE, WE'RE BETTER ORGANIZED TO START HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU IN THE FUTURE, IN THE FUTURE, SO THAT EVERYTHING DOESN'T FEEL LIKE A WISHLIST ANYMORE. 
          SO I THINK COUNCILMAN BROWN, I THINK TO A DEGREE THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'M RESPONDING TO WITH THAT, WITH THAT GOOD QUESTION. 
          IT, THIS HAS TO FORCE THE STRATEGY OF HOW ARE WE GOING TO PRIORITIZE IT, AKA, HOW ARE WE GONNA FUND IT AS WELL. 
          THE NEXT PROGRAM IS THE PARK PROGRAM. 
          THIS IS A $10.6 MILLION PART OF THE, THE CIP FUND. 
          UH, AGAIN, MAINTENANCE OF GENERAL PARK IMPROVEMENTS, JUST LIKE THE BEACH PROGRAM, EXCEPT NOW WE'RE IN THE NON BEACH PARKS. 
          SO THE CROSSINGS, UH, THE JARVIS CREEKS OF, OF, OF THE ISLAND. 
          UM, THINKING ABOUT ALL OF THOSE AMENITIES THAT, THAT COMPRISE THAT PART, THOSE, THOSE CAPITAL AMENITIES AND, AND THE, THE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR REPLACEMENT IMPROVEMENT OF, OF THOSE THINGS. 
          UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK, AND I'LL, I'LL, I'LL WALK THROUGH THIS, UH, PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL, UH, ON A FEW SLIDES HERE. 
          BUT DESIGN AND PERMITTING OF, OF IMPROVEMENTS. 
          WE HAVE, UH, A NUMBER OF PROJECTS WHERE WE ARE IN DESIGN AND PERMITTING. 
          IT'S THE MID ISLAND TRACT CROSSING PARK, AND THERE'S REALLY THREE PHASES OF CROSSING PARK AND WE'LL, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THOSE. 
          UH, WE HAVE SOME CONSTRUCTION THOUGH, SCHEDULED FOR 
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FY 26 WITH OLD SCHOOLHOUSE PARK, WITH KIG CIRCLE, POCKET PARK, AND THEN WITH THE PATTERSON AND TAYLOR FAMILY PARKS. 
          UM, THIS FUND ALSO DOES INCLUDE THE, THE, THE ISLAND REC ASSOCIATION, THEIR CAPITAL PROJECTS, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT LISTED OUT. 
          UM, SO ALL OF THEIR BUILDING POOLS MAINTENANCE, UH, ARE, ARE LISTED. 
          SO THE PROGRAM ITSELF LAYS OUT, UH, LIKE THIS, UH, AGAIN, THE, THE THINGS WE, WE KIND OF HAVE TO DO THO THOSE MAINTENANCE ITEMS AT THE TOP. 
          UM, THE PUBLIC ARTIST FUNDED OUT OF THIS. 
          UH, WE JUST HAD A RECENT INSTALLATION OVER AT SHELTER COVE, UH, WITH, WITH NATALIE AND, AND HER TEAM. 
          IT LOOKS FANTASTIC. 
          UH, BUT THIS COMES OUTTA HERE. 
          UH, YOU CAN SEE ISLAND REC, UH, AND THEIR MAINTENANCE, UM, CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THEY REQUESTED LAST YEAR. 
          I WILL NOTE THAT IN, UH, THEIR OUT YEARS, THEY DO, UH, THE BUILDINGS ARE GETTING TO THAT AGE AND, AND, UM, FRANK AND HIS TEAM HAVE BEEN, BEEN VERY OPEN WITH US, AND THEY'VE BROUGHT US A FIVE YEAR BUDGET AS WELL. 
          AND SO THEY HAVE SOME, SOME IMPROVEMENTS, SOME MAINTENANCE THINGS THAT ARE GONNA COME DUE HERE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS THAT WE NEED TO BE PAYING ATTENTION TO. 
          UM, FOLKS,  FOCUS ON THE, THE, THE 26 PROJECTS. 
          UH, AND I ACTUALLY HAVE SLIDES TO TALK ABOUT THESE BOTTOM ONES. 
          YOU'LL NOTICE THAT, THAT CHAPLAIN, UH, WE'VE BEEN DOING SOME WORK ON CHAPLAIN. 
          WE ARE, WE ARE HITTING PAUSE ON CHAPLAIN FOR RIGHT NOW IN 26, SO THAT WE CAN FOCUS IN ON SOME OF THIS OTHER WORK AND GETTING THAT UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR DESIGN COMPLETE. 
          UH, BUT THEN PICK CHAPLAIN BACK UP IN, IN 27 AND FINISH THE DESIGN AND GET IT UNDER CONSTRUCTION, UH, AND PERMIT IT IN 28 AND 29. 
          UM, THOSE PROJECTS AT THE BOTTOM, THE CLING CIRCLE AND THE CROSSINGS PHASES, I'LL, I'LL TALK ABOUT ON, ON A HIGHLIGHT SLIDE. 
          SAME THING WITH, WITH MID ISLAND PATTERSON AND TAYLOR. 
          I HAVE, I HAVE HIGHLIGHT SLIDES FOR THOSE. 
          UH, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE WERE STARTING TO IDENTIFY WITH JARVIS CREEK AND SOME IMPROVEMENTS OUT THERE. 
          SHELTER COVE, PHASE TWO, THE BEST BUDDIES PROGRAM, THE CHAPEL LINEAR PARK. 
          UH, AND THEN STARTING TO THINK ABOUT BARKER FIELD, PHASE TWO, THE MITCHELL ROAD PROPERTY IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'VE, WE'VE ACQUIRED IN, IN THE MARSHLAND PROJECT. 
          SO SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF, OF PROJECTS, UH, FOR FY 26. 
          UH, THE FIRST IS THE KLINKY CIRCLE POCKET PARK. 
          SO THIS IS KIND OF THAT NORTHWEST, IF, IF THERE'S A QUADRANT AROUND A CIRCLE, THAT NORTHWEST QUADRANT OF, OF, OF THIS, OF THE CIRCLE, THE ICONIC CIRCLE, UM, REALLY FINISHING OUT. 
          THE OTHER THREE AREAS ARE, ARE PRETTY WELL DEVELOPED WITH OUR BEACH PARK, WITH THE BEACH HOUSE, THE, OUR, OUR BEACH PARKING LOT COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES. 
          THIS AREA HERE. 
          IF, IF, IF, AS YOU RECALL, THIS IS A, A, IT'S A, IT'S A RETENTION BASIN. 
          IT'S, UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S JUST NOT THE MOST ATTRACTIVE. 
          IT'S REALLY MORE MUD THAN IS ANYTHING. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA INVEST IN, IN THAT SPACE, UM, MAKE SOME STORMWATER IMPROVEMENTS, MAKE IT A RAIN GARDEN, AND THEN REALLY MAKE THIS A PUBLIC AMENITY FOR THIS CORNER. 
          AND FOR THE SHOPPING PLAZA, BETTER CONNECT THE, CONNECT THE PEDESTRIANS TO THE, TO THE, TO THE, TO THE CENTER, CONNECT TO OUR PUBLIC PATHWAY. 
          UM, AND THEN AN, AN AMENITY HERE IN THE MIDDLE, UH, FOR SEATING AND OTHER ITEMS, DESIGN AND PERMITTING ARE IN PROGRESS. 
          UM, AND WE EXPECT CONSTRUCTION TO BEGIN IN, IN DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR. 
          CROSSINGS PARK IS SPLIT INTO THREE DIFFERENT PHASES. 
          UH, YOU CAN SEE THE OVERALL MASTER PLAN HERE IN THE LOWER, THE LOWER RIGHT. 
          UM, PHASE ONE IS THE NEW PICKLEBALL COMPLEX. 
          THAT'LL INCLUDE 18, UH, COURTS BUILT TO TOURNAMENT REGULATIONS, UH, A CLUBHOUSE AND PRO SHOP, AND RESTROOMS, THE LIGHTING, PARKING LOT, LANDSCAPING, OTHER CONNECTIONS THAT ARE PART OF THAT, THAT PROJECT, UM, DESIGN AND PERMIT IS UNDERWAY. 
          UM, WE HAVE JUST, UH, ACTUALLY EARLIER THIS MONTH, WE SUBMITTED OUR, UM, THERE IS A WETLAND THAT WE HAVE TO IMPACT IN ORDER TO CONSTRUCT THIS. 
          WE SUBMITTED OUR PERMIT TO THE ARMY CORPS SO THAT THAT PROCESS HAS STARTED. 
          AND WE'LL SUBMIT OUR, OUR, OUR, OUR STATE PERMIT, OUR COASTAL ZONE CONSISTENCY PERMIT HERE IN THE NEXT 30 TO 45 DAYS. 
          UM, AND THEN THE GOAL IS TO GET CONSTRUCTION STARTED, UH, GET EVERYTHING DONE. 
          SO WE'RE IN, IN PLACE TO START CONSTRUCTION JULY ONE OF, OF, OF 27, IF NOT SOONER, BASED ON SOME COMMENTS THAT YOU HEARD FROM MR. ORLANDO AT THE, AT THE MEETING. 
          IF WE CAN GET THAT PERMIT DONE SOONER AND WE'RE READY TO GO, WE'LL, WE'LL COME TO COUNSEL AND, AND ASK FOR A BUDGET AMENDMENT. 
          YEAH, THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PART. 
          WE'RE, WE'RE BEING VERY REALISTIC. 
          WE COULD HAVE, WE COULD HAVE, IF THIS WAS LAST YEAR, WE WOULD'VE MOVED THAT $8 MILLION INTO FY 26, AND WE WOULD'VE PUSHED PUSH, PUSH, PUSH. 
          THE STAFF WOULD'VE REALIZED WHY. 
          THE, BY THE TIME WE FINISH ALL THE CIVIL, AT THE FEDERAL PERMANENT PLACE FOR THE STORM OR FOR THE, FOR THE WETLAND, UM, THE STATE PERMIT FOR THE LAND DISTURBANCE PERMIT. 
          GET IT BACK, BID IT OUT, FINISH CIVIL, BID IT OUT, NEGOTIATE THE CONTRACT, GO TO CONTRACT. 
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BUT IT'S 12 MONTHS. 
          IT'S 12 MONTHS BECAUSE OF THE PERMITTING THAT WE'RE WAITING FOR. 
          SO WE PUSH THAT INTO FY 27, REALIZING, OR WE PLACED IT IN FY 27 AND SHOWED YOU ON SLIDES PRIOR, AS WELL AS IN YOUR BUDGET ORDINANCE. 
          I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. 
          AND YOUR BUDGET ORDINANCE ATTACHED TO IT IS A FIVE YEAR CIP PROGRAM AND A ONE YEAR FUNDING PROGRAM. 
          WE'VE MAINTAINED THAT THIS IS THE PRIORITY AND FY 27. 
          SO I WANT EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND THAT FROM THE PICKLEBALL STANDPOINT, THE PROJECTS PRIORITIZED. 
          THE FUNDS IN 27 WILL BE THERE AS SUBJECT TO YOUR APPROVAL. 
          OF COURSE, WE'RE NOT APPROVING 20 SEVEN'S BUDGET THIS YEAR. 
          YOU'RE APPROVING THAT. 
          WE'RE WORKING ON IT WITH A GOOD CONFIDENCE THAT WE, BY NEXT JULY, SHOULD HAVE A PERMIT AND A CONTRACT AND READY TO ROLL. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S THE REALISTIC PART, UM, THAT WE SHOULD REALLY PAY ATTENTION TO RIGHT NOW FROM A TIMING STANDPOINT. 
          YEAH, I WOULD SAY I'M ALWAYS GLAD TO HEAR MORE PROGRESS ON THE PICKLEBALL COURTS. 
          AND FOLKS KEEP ASKING ME, DO YOU PLAY PICKLEBALL? HOW'S YOUR PICKLEBALL GAME GOING? AND I'M GOING, WELL, I'M TRYING TO FIND THE TIME TO DO IT. 
          AND NOW I'M GONNA SAY, I'M NOT GOING TO PLAY PICKLEBALL UNTIL WE HAVE THE RIBBON CUTTING AT THOSE NEW PICKLEBALL COURTS. 
          SO GET ON IT. 
          , HOW'S THAT? UH, PHASE TWO, UH, WHICH IS TRACKING ABOUT A QUARTER BEHIND, UH, PHASE ONE IS THE IMPROVEMENTS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET AT THE BRISTOL, AT THE BRISTOL SPORTS COMPLEX. 
          AND THAT'S, UH, WORKING WITH THE ARENA, PUTTING A NEW COVER AND FENCING OVER IT. 
          UH, ALSO INCLUDES, UH, COMPLETELY REBUILDING THE, THE, AND PUTTING A NEW SKATE PARK AND THEN ADDING A PUMP TRACK. 
          AND SO FOR THOSE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE PUMP TRACK IS, THAT'S, THE SKATE PARK IS GENERALLY FOR THE SKATEBOARDERS. 
          UH, THE PUMP TRACK IS REALLY FOR THE, KINDA THE BMX RIDERS, UH, THOSE BIKE RIDERS. 
          AND SO, UM, TWO DIFFERENT AMENITIES. 
          ONE NEW, UM, DESIGNS IN PROGRESS. 
          AGAIN, TRACKING ABOUT A QUARTER BEHIND WORKING THROUGH THAT SAME, SAME METHODOLOGY AS WE ARE WITH THE PICKLEBALL COURT TO GET TO CONSTRUCTION LATER IN 27. 
          UH, AND THEN PHASE THREE, UH, IS THE FINAL PHASE, WHICH IS THE, UH, BASEBALL COMPLEX. 
          UH, AND REALLY THE LARGEST PHASE OF, OF WORK THAT WE HAVE TO DO. 
          UH, AND THAT'S IN THE TWO NEW BASEBALL FIELDS. 
          SO WE HAVE THE MEADOW THAT'S OVER OFF OF, UH, UH, HELMSMAN WAY THAT WE HAVE THE MEADOW HERE, UH, BE CONVERTED INTO TWO, TWO BASEBALL FIELDS, A NEW CHAMPIONS PLAZA, REWORKING THE EXISTING FIELDS, NEW, NEW, NEW CONCESSIONS TRAINING FACILITY, ET CETERA. 
          ALL PART OF THAT, THAT PHASE THREE, UH, PROJECT, WE ARE GONNA CONTINUE, WE'RE GONNA ADVANCE THE DESIGN IN 26 AND THEN START TO SET THAT UP FOR FINAL DESIGN. 
          PERMANENT CONSTRUCTION, THAT IS A LARGE PHASE OF A PROJECT. 
          WE WILL, THAT'LL PROBABLY BE A, A JUST FROM A CONSTRUCTION SEQUENCE STANDPOINT, HAVE TO TAKE SOME THOUGHT IN SOME TIME, BECAUSE WE CAN'T TAKE THREE BASEBALL FIELDS OFFLINE. 
          WE'LL, WE, WE MOST LIKELY HAVE TO BUILD TWO BASEBALL FIELDS IN ORDER TO TAKE THIS ONE OFF OFFLINE FOR A SEASON. 
          SO THERE'S SOME, IT'S A LITTLE BIT LONGER SCHEDULE, UM, IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE THAT. 
          THAT MAKES SENSE. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, MID ISLAND PARK, PHASE ONE. 
          UH, SO THIS IS OF COURSE THE MID ISLAND TRACK, UH, THAT WE'VE, UH, FORMER GOLF COURSE THAT THE TOWN ACQUIRED SEVERAL YEARS AGO. 
          UH, REALLY LOOKING AT PHASE ONE TO BE THE, THE ECOLOGICAL AND RESILIENCE IMPROVEMENTS. 
          SO STORM WATER CONNECTIVITY, STORM WATER IMPROVEMENTS. 
          UM, AND THE REALLY EXCITING THING HERE IS NOT JUST JUST THAT AND, AND REALLY OPENING THIS UP FOR AND PROTECTING THE, THE NATURE AND ECOLOGY OF THE SITE, BUT RIGHT NOW, THIS IS ALL HARD INFRASTRUCTURE PIPED INFRASTRUCTURE OPENING THAT, THAT, THAT STREAM UP, UH, CREATING REALLY KIND OF A BRAIDED STREAM. 
          SO A SERIES OF STREAMS THAT WORK BACK AND FORTH, THAT WE CAN CREATE WETLANDS, WE CAN CREATE HABITATS, UM, AND REALLY PROVIDE A STORM WATER TOOL INFRASTRUCTURE TO HELP SUPPORT THIS AREA, UM, IN THOSE TIMES WHEN WE NEED IT. 
          AND SO THIS AREA CAN AB ABSORB, TAKE ON A LOT OF STORM WATER, UM, AND MOVE IT ACROSS INTO, OUT TO THE, TO THE, TO THE, UH, CREEK. 
          UM, SO DESIGN AND PERMITTING. 
          UH, SO ALSO AS PART OF THIS, WE WILL HAVE CONSTRUCTION OF A PARKING LOT, WHICH WILL HELP SUPPORT, UH, CONVERSATIONS WE'RE HAVING REGARDING THE SAME JAMES BAPTIST CHURCH. 
          UH, IT'S HARD TO SEE ON HERE. 
          THERE'S ALSO A RESTROOM. 
          I THINK IT'S RIGHT HERE. 
          UH, THERE'S A RESTROOM BUILDING RIGHT HERE THAT WILL GET REFURBISHED AS PART OF THIS PROJECT, ALONG WITH ALL THE TRAILS AND PATHWAYS THROUGH, THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE SPACE. 
          THAT'S PHASE ONE DESIGN AND PERMITTINGS IN PROGRESS, OR DESIGNS IN PROGRESS PERMITTING, UH, IN 26, AND THEN CONSTRUCTION IN 27, MS. BROWN. 
          UM, YEAH. 
          SO, UH, I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MID ISLAND PARK. 
          UM, I KNOW NUMBER ONE, MR. MAN, WHEN WE GONNA RENAME IT , UM, BUT, UM, SOME OF THE DISCUSSION AROUND US, YOU KNOW, BRINGING IT BACK TO BECOME MORE OF A STORMWATER TOOL, I AGREE WITH THAT WHOLEHEARTEDLY. 
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UM, AND STAFF ARE GONNA HAVE TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION TODAY. 
          I'M SIMPLY PROVOKING THOUGHT HERE. 
          UH, WE HAVE HAD, UH, SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS IN THE SOUTH END OF THE ISLAND AND MORE NORTHERN END OF THE ISLAND, MAIN STREET AND SO ON. 
          WHEN IT COMES TO OUR PUMP STATIONS TO DEAL WITH STORMWATER, UH, WE'VE ALREADY, UH, ADOPTED A MID ISLAND, UH, MASTER PLAN. 
          UM, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TAKING A VERY, VERY KEEN LOOK AT THAT AREA, BECAUSE THERE ARE SEVERAL MAJOR UDS, THERE ARE SEVERAL, UM, OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ALL ARE RELYING ON SIGNIFICANT OUTFALL BACK INTO BROAD CREEK. 
          AND THEN THROW ON TOP OF THAT IS TITLE. 
          SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT AS WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD WITH FUTURE INVESTMENTS, THAT WE HAVE ANALYZED THAT TO THE POINT WHERE WE AS A COUNCIL ARE BEING ASKED THE QUESTION, DO YOU NEED IT? AND IF SO, WHAT'S IT GONNA COST US? AND IF I COULD ADD TO THAT KIND OF PIGGYBACKING ON THE STORM WATER IMPROVEMENTS, UH, SPOKE ABOUT THAT YESTERDAY. 
          BUT THIS CERTAINLY TIES BACK IN TO OUR DRAFT STRATEGIC PLAN, WHICH LOOKS FOR STORMWATER IMPROVEMENTS. 
          AND THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT ONE FOR THAT AREA. 
          I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT. 
          I'M GLAD TO SEE RETURNING IT TO A, UM, A MORE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT IN, IN THE KEY WORDS UP THERE, ECOLOGICAL AND RESILIENCE IMPROVEMENTS TO STORMWATER LAGOON SYSTEMS. UM, FOLKS OFTEN ASK, WELL, WHAT'S ALL THAT MONEY FOR? AND, AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING THERE WITH THE MID ISLAND PARK? HOW YOU LIKE THOSE QUOTATIONS? I'M PUTTING UP THERE, MR. BROWN. 
          UM, BUT, UH, I KEEP SAYING, YOU KNOW, WE ARE, WE ARE REDOING THAT AREA AFTER THE IMPROVEMENTS, AFTER ALL THE, UM, GRADING WAS DONE FOR THE GOLF COURSE TO RETURN IT MORE TO A NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND EVEN AN IMPROVED ENVIRONMENT TO HELP OUT WITH STORM WATER MANAGEMENT IN THAT AREA. 
          SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THE LAST COUPLE PROJECTS HERE ARE THE PATTERSON FAMILY PARK AND, AND TAYLOR FAMILY PARK. 
          UM, THESE ARE OF COURSE, NEW PARKS IN AREAS THAT, THAT ARE, THAT ARE UNDERSERVED BY PARKS. 
          UM, SO, SO PATTERSON ALONG, ALONG MARSHLAND ROAD, UM, PARENTAL HALL PROGRAM, UH, OF PAVILIONS RECREATIONAL SPACE. 
          UH, THIS IS FORTUNATE THAT WE HAVE AN OVERLOOK OVER THE MARSHES OF BROAD CREEK, SO HAVING A LITTLE OVERLOOK, UH, INCORPORATED AS PART OF THAT, UH, WALKING TRAIL. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE THE WHOLE PROGRAM IS LAID OUT ON THERE. 
          UM, NOW, UH, WE, WE'VE ACTUALLY, AND THIS, THIS IS ONE OF TWO PROJECTS. 
          THE NEXT ONE'S TAYLOR FAMILY PARK, WHERE WE ARE DOING DESIGN BUILD. 
          SO THAT MEANS WE BRING THE ARCHITECT AND THE CONTRACTOR TOGETHER. 
          WE'VE ALREADY EXECUTED THOSE CONTRACTS. 
          SO WE ARE IN DESIGN AND ABLE TO THEN SHIFT VERY QUICKLY INTO, INTO CONSTRUCTION. 
          THAT DESIGN AND PERMIT IS IN PROGRESS, AND WE'LL GET UNDER CONSTRUCTION ON PATTERSON FAMILY PARK AROUND DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR. 
          THE OTHER ONE IS TAYLOR FAMILY PARK. 
          AGAIN, A VERY, VERY SIMILAR PROGRAM EXCEPT FOR IT, IT DOES NOT HAVE THE BENEFIT OF, OF MARSH VIEWS. 
          UH, BUT A SIMILAR PROGRAM ON, ON THIS PARK. 
          UH, SAME DESIGN, BUILD CONTRACT, UM, DESIGN AND PERMITTING IS ALSO IN PROGRESS AND, AND TRACKING ABOUT A, A 30 TO 60 DAYS BEHIND THE, THE, UH, THE PATTERSON FAMILY PARK PROJECT. 
          UH, THE LAST ONE, ACTUALLY, I FORGOT, I HAD A SLIDE ON OLD SCHOOL HOUSE. 
          SO, OLD SCHOOL HOUSE INCLUDES ALL THOSE SAME IMPROVEMENTS THAT YOU HEARD US TALK ABOUT LAST YEAR IN THE FY 25 BUDGET WITH LANDSCAPE SITE IMPROVEMENTS, A DA IMPROVEMENTS, LIGHTING, SHADE, SEATING. 
          UM, THE ONE DIFFERENCE YOU'LL SEE HERE, WE HAVE ADDED MONEY IN 26 TO ACTUALLY RESURFACE THOSE, RESURFACE THOSE LOTS. 
          WE'RE GONNA PULL 'EM OUT AND REDO 'EM. 
          A COUPLE YEARS AGO, WE, WE MADE REPAIRS. 
          UM, ANYTIME YOU MAKE REPAIRS TO THAT TYPE OF SURFACE, UM, ESPECIALLY IN THE FREE STALLS, WE'VE HAD TO, ESPECIALLY THIS PAST WINTER MM-HMM . 
          THINGS START TO OPEN UP, UM, SURFACES START TO DELAMINATE. 
          UM, I EXPERIENCED THIS A LOT IN MY TIME IN, IN, IN OHIO WORKING ON THESE TYPES OF COURTS. 
          AND THIS IS, IT'S, IT'S TIME NOW. 
          WE JUST NEED TO PULL THIS OUT AND REBUILD IT SO THAT WE, WE ADDED THAT TO THE BUDGET THIS YEAR. 
          THAT'S GOOD. 
          UM, SORRY, MAYOR, ONE MORE QUESTION. 
          I KEEP ASKING ABOUT THE TURNING RADIUS COMING OFF OF 2 78. 
          HOPEFULLY THAT'S INCLUDED HERE. 
          IT'S, TO ME, IT'S A SIMPLE FIX. 
          I, I GOT A SLEDGEHAMMER. 
          I GO OUT THERE AND HELP YOU. 
          WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS A DECELERATION LANE OFF WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY. 
          AND SO WE WILL WORK TO OUR BEST ABILITY WITH THE SOUTH CAROLINA DOT TO APPROVE THAT. 
          YEAH, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT A DECELERATION LINE, THAT'D BE GREAT. 
          BUT JUST THE TURNING RADIUS ITSELF, INSTEAD OF A RIGHT HAND TURN OFF OF 2 78, A CURVE, UM, A CURVE IN THERE THAT, THAT IS PART OF THIS. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEAH, SEAN SAID THAT AT FIRST. 
           TO ME. 
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. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UH, NEXT PRO, UH, NEXT FUND IS THE FACILITY EQUIPMENT PROGRAM, UH, 4.7 MILLION, AS THE NAME IMPLIES THAT IT IS FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF OUR, OF OUR TOWN OWNED BUILDING. 
          SO WHETHER IT'S TOWN HALL, ALL OF OUR FIRE STATIONS, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, OR THE FIRE HEADQUARTERS, UM, WE HAVE SOME LEASE SPACE THAT WE ARE ALSO, WE HAVE CERTAIN RESPONSIBILITIES FOR. 
          UM, BUT BASICALLY ALL THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND FIRE STAFF, UH, WORK EVERY DAY. 
          UH, THOSE ARE, THOSE FACILITIES ALSO INCLUDES OUR EQUIPMENT, OUR CREWS, OUR, OUR SOFTWARE. 
          UM, SO THOSE, IT, THOSE PUBLIC SAFETY SYSTEMS, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY CAMERAS THAT WE, WE UTILIZE THROUGHOUT THE ISLAND TO, TO, TO KEEP AN EYE ON, ON, ON DIFFERENT THINGS AND MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S IS SAFE, UH, WHEN THEY'RE, WHEN THEY'RE IN OUR PUBLIC SPACES. 
          AND IT ALSO INCLUDES, UH, SOME OF OUR, OUR PARTNERS AND COASTAL DISCOVERY MUSEUM AND THEIR BUDGET, UH, AS WELL AS THEN A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HISTORIC MITCHELLVILLE FREEDOM PARK AND, AND WORKING WITH THEM ON A PARKING LOT. 
          AND I HAVE A SLIDE, THEY'LL TALK ABOUT THAT. 
          SO THIS, THIS ONE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE, I GUESS, UNIQUE COMPARED TO SOME OF THE OTHERS IN THAT MOST EVERYTHING THAT'S IN HERE IS MAINTENANCE. 
          THERE ARE SOME DISCRETIONARY LINE ITEMS, BUT EVERYTHING THAT'S IN HERE IS STUFF THAT WE DO EVERY YEAR, WHETHER IT'S FACILITY MAINTENANCE, WHETHER IT'S TOWN HALL FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS, WHETHER IT'S IT, FIRE DEPARTMENT EQUIPMENT, ET CETERA. 
          THAT'S ALL LISTED HERE. 
          THOSE ARE THINGS THAT, THAT, THAT WE HAVE. 
          UM, THIS ALSO DOES INCLUDE A COUPLE DISCRETIONARY ITEMS. UM, ONE IS, I'M SORRY, ONE, I GUESS HERE'S ONE DISCRETIONARY ITEM IS THE TREE PLANTING PROGRAM. 
          I WANT TO CALL THAT OUT BECAUSE THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT, UM, IN PAST BUDGETS WAS CALLED FORESTRY MANAGEMENT. 
          UM, WE TOOK THE FORESTRY ASPECT, WHICH IS MORE OF AN OPERATIONAL, SO TRIMMING TREES, WE PUT THAT INTO THE OPERATIONS BUDGET WITH FACILITIES. 
          AND THIS IS PURELY MONEY FOR TREE PLANTING. 
          SO $150,000 TO PLANT TREES ON THE ISLAND IS WHAT THIS IS FOR. 
          UH, YOU SEE THE, UM, REX AND HIS TEAM AND THE COASTAL DISCOVERY MUSEUM IMPROVEMENTS, UH, AGAIN, PRETTY STATUS QUO, UM, THIS YEAR AND IN, AND FOR THE MOST PART IN THEIR, IN THEIR FUTURE YEARS. 
          UH, A A BIG LINE ITEM THAT YOU'LL SEE IN THEIR BUDGET IS FOR THE PAVILION RESTROOM BUILDING. 
          UM, THAT BUILDING'S REALLY SHOWN ITS AGE AND NEEDS SOME NEED, SOME IMPROVEMENT. 
          AND SO THEY'RE GONNA INVEST IN, IN THAT FACILITY. 
          UH, SOME OF THE OTHER PROJECTS, UH, YOU'LL SEE WE ARE, WE'RE PLACING A MARKER OUT THERE FOR THE FIRE RESCUE HEADQUARTERS THAT'S BEEN, UH, TALKED ABOUT RECENTLY. 
          UM, BUT JUST PUTTING THAT ON OUR RADAR IS SOMETHING THAT, THAT IS IMPORTANT AND WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT IN SOME OF THESE FUTURE YEARS. 
          UH, THE JONESVILLE HORSE BARN, AS WE THINK ABOUT PUTTING THAT, THAT PROPERTY THAT WE ACQUIRED TO, TO PRESERVE SOME PRESERVE GREEN SPACE AND OPEN SPACE OUT THERE ON JONESVILLE ROAD, UM, AS WE GET THAT RFQ OUT TO SPEED OUT TO OUT, THERE'S SOME IMPROVEMENTS WE NEED TO MAKE TO THE BUILDING TO MAKE IT USABLE. 
          UM, SOME FENCE REPAIRS, UH, MISCELLANEOUS SITE IMPROVEMENTS. 
          UM, AND THEN, UH, YOU'LL SEE THE TOWN REFUSE AND RECYCLING MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENTS. 
          THAT IS LOOKING AT ALL OF OUR BEACH PARKS, ALL OF OUR, OUR TOWN FACILITIES, AND STARTING TO PUT THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT IN PLACE SO THAT WE CAN MANAGE, SO WE CAN ONE SEPARATE WASTE, STREAM WASTE AND RECYCLING STREAM. 
          UM, AND BETTER, BETTER MANAGE THOSE, THOSE RESOURCES A LOT. 
          SOME OF THAT'S LOOKING AT, UM, SOLAR TRASH COMPACTORS THAT'LL HELP US WITH EFFICIENCIES ON, ON NUMBER OF TIMES WE HAVE TO GO AND, AND DUMP CONTAINERS. 
          UM, BUT, BUT STARTING TO THINK THROUGH THAT OVER THE, UH, REALLY THIS YEAR AND A LITTLE BIT INTO 27. 
          AS FAR AS THE HIGHLIGHT ITSELF, UH, THE MITCHELLVILLE FREEDOM PARK, UH, IS A PROJECT TO HIGHLIGHT. 
          SO AS PART OF OUR AGREEMENT, OUR, OUR AGREEMENT WITH THE, WITH THE FREEDOM PARK, WORKING WITH THEM TO DESIGN, UH, IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ACCESS THROUGH THE SITE, PROVIDING SOME PARKING. 
          UM, RIGHT NOW WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE DESIGN. 
          IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A CHALLENGING SITE BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF ARCHEOLOGY THAT WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL NOT TO DISTURB OR MAKE SURE IT'S UNDERSTOOD BEFORE WE DISTURB. 
          SO THAT'S, THE DESIGN IS IN PROGRESS AND WE'LL GET, UH, PERMITTING UNDERWAY AND CONSTRUCTION IN 27. 
          MAY I GO BACK TO, UM, THE LAST PAGE OF THE, UM, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PRIORITY PLAN, AND WHILE THE WING CAFE RENOVATION, WHICH IS DISCRETIONARY, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE WITH REGARD TO WILDINGS, BUT I FIND IT INTERESTING AND WHY I RAISED THE QUESTION, UM, WITH REGARD TO RENOVATION. 
          SO YOU'LL NOTICE THERE IS, THERE'S, THERE'S NO FUNDING ASSOCIATED WITH NO FUNDING. 
          I DID NOTICE THAT. 
          YES. 
          SO, UH, THAT'S WHY THERE'S A CONVERSATION. 
          I KNOW THAT HAS TO BE, HAD THE WORD JUST KIND OF, I GUESS IT'S A PLACEHOLDER. 
          IT IS A PLACEHOLDER FOR EXACTLY. 
          UH, FRANKLY, YOUR QUESTION YOU'RE ASKING AS WE WORK THROUGH THIS, YOU'LL SEE THAT ENCHILADAS, PROPERTY IMPROVEMENTS WHILE THE SHOW'S MAINTENANCE, YOU KNOW, BUILDING IS GONE. 
          WE'RE IMPROVING SOME OPEN SPACE THERE. 
          I THINK THERE'S 
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SOME OPPORTUNITY TO ENHANCE AND ADD SOME PARKING IN THE BACKSIDE. 
          UM, WE'RE, WE'RE AT A STANDSTILL WITH WILD WING CAFE. 
          WE'VE, I HAVE HEARD, UM, FROM VARIOUS TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, D DIFFERENT GOALS FOR THE WILD WING BUILDING PROPERTY. 
          AND SO I DO THINK THAT BEFORE TOO LONG AND PERHAPS THE RIGHT TIME TO TALK ABOUT IT, REALIZING THAT THERE ARE NO DOLLARS IN HERE. 
          LET'S TALK ABOUT IT AT THE CIP WORKSHOP. 
          THAT'S COMING UP IN A MONTH. 
          BUT BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, PLEASE TALK WITH EACH OTHER AND WITH ME ABOUT IT. 
          I THINK THAT THERE'S SOME GREAT SCENARIOS OUT THERE. 
          WE ACQUIRED IT FOR PARKING. 
          UM, WE WERE, I WAS, I, I WAS A PART OF CONVERSATIONS WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT STAFF OR TOWN OPERATIONS IN THAT BUILDING. 
          AND THEN I THINK MOST RECENTLY WE HEARD FROM SEA TURTLE, UH, PATROL AND HHI REALLY FROM AMBER AND, AND TEAM, THAT THAT WOULD BE A, A GREAT USE FOR THEIR FACILITY. 
          IT WAS A $4 MILLION ACQUISITION. 
          THERE'S CONSIDERABLE DOLLARS TO UPFIT IT. 
          UM, WE ARE VERY OPEN-MINDED AND, AND, AND VERY WILLING. 
          I JUST THINK THAT WE HAVE TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF WHAT THOSE THREE OR FOUR OPTIONS MIGHT BE AND, AND MOVE FORWARD CONFIDENTLY. 
          I WILL SAY THIS, FOR RIGHT NOW, THE, THE SPACE HAS SEA TURTLE PATROL STORAGE IN THE PARKING LOT. 
          UM, BECAUSE THEY WERE, WE DISPLACED THEM. 
          THEY WERE DISPLACED FROM THE ISLANDERS BEACH PARK PARKING LOT. 
          UM, THEY ARE NOT IN THE BUILDING. 
          THEY HAVE SOME STORAGE AT CELEBRATIONS PARK, SO THAT, THAT'S STARTING TO WORK. 
          THEY GAVE THEIR SEA TURTLE TALKS IN THAT LOCATION. 
          IT'S, IT'S FABULOUS. 
          AND AMBER, UM, I TEXT HER A COUPLE, SEVERAL DAYS AGO. 
          SHE'S, SHE'S BEEN GREAT, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAD THE WHALE WASHUP ON, ON OUR, ON OUR BEACH SHORES OVER A WEEKEND. 
          WE JUST NEED TO KNOW HOW TO CONFIDENTLY MOVE FORWARD THIS SUMMER. 
          IT IS OPEN FOR FREE AS OF RIGHT NOW. 
          FREE PARKING AT THAT SITE. 
          SIGNS UP YET. 
          SIGNS ARE UP, SIGNS ARE UP. 
          IT'S OPEN. 
          IT'S FREE TO PARK, JUST LIKE ENCHILADAS. 
          NO MONEY IN HERE. 
          BUT AT SOME POINT, I, I, I WILL ASK RESPECTFULLY TO GIVE ME COLLECTIVE DIRECTION. 
          THANK, THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          IT IS A CONVERSATION THAT WE NEED TO, TO HAVE. 
          AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT I DON'T SEE ON HERE, UM, LISTED AT ALL, UM, IS THE PNC BUILDING, UNLESS I'M JUST NOT SEEING IT, WHICH IS POSSIBLE. 
          SO WE, WE DROPPED THE PNC OFF, THEN WE'RE JUST REFERRING TO IT BY ITS ADDRESS, SO IT'S, OH, IT'S FOUR OFFICE WAY. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, FOURTH LINE DOWN. 
          I APOLOGIZE. 
          I DIDN'T MEAN TO SKIP OVER THAT, BUT FOUR OFFICE WAY IS ON HERE, UM, UH, AS A PROJECT FOR, FOR 26. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T PICK UP ON IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, MAYOR, I ECHO THE QUESTION ABOUT THE WILD WINGS PROPERTY AND THE DISCUSSION, AND MR. ORLANDO'S SUGGESTION, PUT THAT ON THE DISCUSSION WITH CIP PROJECTS, I THINK IS EXCELLENT, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT CONVERSATION. 
          I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE'RE IN THE HOME STRETCH HERE ON THE, THE, THE DIFFERENT FUNDS. 
          UH, SO STORM WATER PROGRAM IS REALLY THE LAST, UH, MAJOR FUND, UH, $6.4 MILLION. 
          UH, THIS OF COURSE GOES TO, UH, IMPROVEMENTS IN SUSTAIN OUR, OUR, OUR, OUR STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGHOUT THE TOWN, ENHANCING OUR RESILIENCY. 
          WE DO THAT BY MAINTAINING, UH, OUTFALLS AND PUMP STATIONS AROUND THE ISLAND, UH, THAT WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR. 
          WE ALSO MAKE DRAIN IMPROVEMENTS TO, TO, TO INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE OWN. 
          BUT WE ALSO THEN HAVE A NUMBER OF, OF, OF, OF AGREEMENTS, STRANGE AGREEMENTS WITH THE VARIOUS PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATIONS AROUND THE ISLAND. 
          UH, AND SO WE WORK IN, UH, IN, IN TANDEM WITH OUR, OUR PRIVATE PARTNERS, UM, AND THROUGH EASEMENTS, UH, INVEST SOME OF OUR PUBLIC DOLLARS BACK INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND 'CAUSE STORMWATER, AS JEFF ALWAYS POINTS OUT, STORMWATER, DOESN'T KNOW BOUNDARIES. 
          UM, AND SO WE, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE, WE FOCUS IN ON, ON, ON STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          THE PROGRAM ITSELF, UH, THIS WAS DISCUSSED, UH, YESTERDAY AS PART OF THE, THE STORMWATER FUND, BUT THE FIRST TWO ITEMS HERE ARE RELATED TO THOSE, THE, TO THOSE PRIVATE AGREEMENTS THAT WE HAVE. 
          AND IT'S SPLIT OUT LIKE THIS. 
          THE STORMWATER MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, THOSE, THAT'S $1.8 MILLION THO, IS FOR, UM, PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATIONS THAT HAVE PROJECTS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE THE TOWN TO, TO, TO, THAT'S THE SECOND LAB FOR REIMBURSEMENT. 
          THE 2 MILLION. 
          YEAH. 
          SO THOSE, THOSE PROJECTS ARE SUBMITTED, UM, THAT THE TOWN TAKES ON, ON, ON AS PART OF OUR, OUR PROGRAM IS THE $1.8 MILLION, AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER $2 MILLION SET ASIDE FOR REIMBURSEMENT. 
          UM, SO THOSE WHERE WE JUST DON'T HAVE CAPACITY, WE DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO TAKE, THERE'S A LIMIT TO WHAT WE CAN TAKE ON. 
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PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATIONS CAN GO ON AND TAKE THOSE PROJECTS ON THEIR OWN, WORK WITH JEFF AND HIS TEAM, UM, AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE CHECKING ALL THE BOXES ALONG THE WAY. 
          WE'RE MAKING THEIR NECESSARY INSPECTIONS, AND THEN THEY CAN APPLY FOR REIMBURSEMENT. 
          RIGHT NOW, THEY HAVE TO COMPETE FOR LIMITED FUNDS. 
          UH, AND SO SOMETIMES THOSE REIMBURSEMENTS CAN'T HAPPEN THAT FISCAL YEAR. 
          THEY HAVE TO HAPPEN EITHER NEXT FISCAL YEAR OR POTENTIALLY IN FUTURE FISCAL YEARS. 
          WE ARE TRYING TO PROVIDE RESOURCES SO THAT POAS DON'T HAVE TO WAIT OR BORROW MONEY, UH, SO THEY CAN REIMBURSED MORE READILY, MORE QUICKLY. 
          THAT'S THE WORD. 
          AND WE'LL HAVE MORE IN DEPTH CONVERSATIONS ON THIS. 
          SO THERE STORMWATER WORKSHOP IN AUGUST. 
          AUGUST, AUGUST. 
          UH, THEN THERE YOU'LL SEE A WHOLE HOST OF PROJECTS THAT ARE LISTED OUT HERE. 
          AND I HAVE A SLIDE THAT SPEAKS TO, UH, A NUMBER OF THESE, PARTICULARLY THE MOONS SHOW, FOLLY FIELD. 
          I KNOW THAT WAS A QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED IN YESTERDAY'S WORKSHOP, SO WE'LL, WE'LL HIT PAUSE AND WE'LL, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT FOR A SECOND. 
          UM, I KEEP GOING. 
          WRONG WAY. 
          BEAR WITH ME. 
          LEMME DO. 
          IT MIGHT BE EASIER. 
          . 
          UM, UH, YOU'LL SEE THE BRYANT ROAD RESTORATION, AGAIN, KIND OF BUILDING ON THE, THE TOWN'S INVESTMENT IN THAT PROPERTY AND GETTING IT READY FOR, FOR INVESTMENT, PRIVATE INVESTMENT. 
          UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT POND AND HOW DO WE MAKE IT, MAKE IT FUNCTION THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO. 
          UH, A WHOLE HOST OF ITEMS. AND AGAIN, I HAVE A NUMBER OF THESE HIGHLIGHTED ON A, ON A SLIDE THAT WE CAN, WE CAN TALK TO IN MORE, IN MORE DETAIL. 
          UH, I'LL, THAT'S A LOT OF PROJECTS. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF PROJECTS ON HERE. 
          AND SO THESE ARE THE 26 PROJECTS. 
          AS WE START TO GET DEEPER INTO THE SLIDE, YOU'LL START, JEFF AND HIS TEAM ARE THINKING ABOUT FUTURE PRIORITIES. 
          UM, THINGS THAT THEY NEED TO THINK ABOUT, UM, ON, ON OTHER AREAS. 
          A REALLY, A REALLY IN DEPTH LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AS IT RELATES TO STORM WATER, NORTH FOREST BEACH, MUDDY CREEK. 
          UM, THIS IS WHERE WE ARE CARRYING, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE I, I, I MENTIONED. 
          WE'RE CARRYING A LITTLE BIT HIGHER CONTINGENCY. 
          THIS IS ONE, UH, WHERE STORM WATER, UM, UH, WE, JEFF AND HIS TEAM DO A GREAT JOB OF ASSESSING AND EVALUATING. 
          UH, BUT THE, THE ONLY, A LOT OF TIMES THE BEST WAY WE FIGURE OUT WHEN THERE'S A PROBLEM, OR WHERE THERE'S A PROBLEM AREA IS WHEN WE GET, WE GET RAIN AND WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO ADDRESS SOMETHING. 
          THIS GIVES US A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY TO ADDRESS THOSE ITEMS. SO I MENTIONED THE STORM WATER MAINTENANCE AGREEMENTS. 
          WE MOVE THAT INTO THE, UH, CIP FOR, FOR FY 26. 
          IT REPRESENTS A SIZABLE INCREASE OVER WHAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY, UH, ESTABLISHED LAST YEAR. 
          AND THAT WAS WHEN YOU SAW THAT, THAT SLIDE IN EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION, THAT THAT, THAT $4.2 MILLION INCREASE WAS, WAS TO PUT OUR MONEY INTO THOSE, THOSE, THOSE AGREEMENTS. 
          UM, CENTRAL ISLAND PUMP STATION, UH, THIS IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE WEXFORD PUMP STATION. 
          UH, WE, WE WANT TO CALL IT, WE WE'RE CHANGING THE, THE NOMENCLATURE FOR THIS, IN PART BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST FOR WEXFORD, IT SERVES A MUCH LARGER DRAINAGE AREA. 
          SO THIS BETTER REFLECTS THAT, THAT THAT PUMP STATION IS FOR, UM, A LARGER AREA. 
          IT'S THE LAST OF THE FOUR PUMP STATIONS THAT WE'VE, WE'VE TO, TO MAKE INVESTMENT IN. 
          IF I HAVE THAT RIGHT, JEFF? YES. 
          YES. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA START TO LOOK AT A COMPREHENSIVE OVERHAUL OF, OF THAT PUMP STATION. 
          WE'RE ALREADY DOING THAT, CONTINUING THAT THIS YEAR. 
          UM, AND LOOKING AT DESIGN, AND YOU SEE THE WHOLE LIST OF THINGS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN. 
          THIS WILL SHOW UP IN OUR FY 27 AND PROBABLY EVEN OUR 28 BUDGET AS A MAJOR CAPITAL INVESTMENT. 
          UH, THIS ISN'T A MAGNITUDE OF, OF A $7 MILLION, UH, IMPROVEMENT, UH, TO THAT PUMP STATION, UH, THAT WE'RE STARTING TO, TO, TO PLAN FOR SIGNS IN PROGRESS AND THEN PERMITTING IN 26. 
          AND WE'LL GET GOING ON CONSTRUCTION, CONSTRUCTION SEQUENCE. 
          AND AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS, IS CHALLENGING BECAUSE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THE SYSTEM'S OPERATIONAL WHEN WE NEED IT. 
          I COULD JUST INTERJECT FOR JUST A SECOND ON THAT. 
          I MEAN, THIS IS SUCH A BIG AND COMPLICATED PROJECT TO DO THAT OVERHAUL. 
          UH, WE'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT IT FOR SEVERAL YEARS. 
          WE'RE CONSIDERING THIS IS A REALLY GOOD CANDIDATE FOR DESIGN BUILD, UH, BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY, UH, DIFFERENT COMPONENTS TO THE DESIGN. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT WE'LL WE LOOKING AT AS AN ALTERNATIVE DELIVERY METHOD FOR THAT PROJECT. 
          QUESTIONS SO FAR, ANY OF THIS, UH, GUMTREE ROAD DRAIN IMPROVEMENTS? SO SPENDING $120,000 LONG GUMTREE, UM, REALLY ON, ON DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, UH, BETWEEN, UH, KATIE MILLER AND, AND GEORGIANA DRIVE WITH DITCHES, NEW INLANDS, NEW OUTLETS, SOME, MAYBE SOME NEW PIPE IN SOME AREAS. 
          UM, IF YOU DROVE THROUGH THAT AREA OVER THE LAST, UH, COUPLE DAYS, YOU SAW PARTICULARLY THAT AREA, I JUST REFERENCED THAT THE, THE DITCHES WERE, WERE PRETTY FULL THROUGH THAT AREA 'CAUSE THEY WEREN'T MOVING WATER THE WAY THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO. 
          SO, WE'LL DESIGN AND PERMITS IN PROGRESS, WE'LL GET THAT MOVING IN IN THE NEXT BUDGET YEAR. 
          UM, MAKING SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR JARVIS CREEK OUTFALL, AGAIN, DESIGN IN 26, PERMITTING IN 27, 
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UH, AND THEN CONSTRUCTION IN, IN 28. 
          UH, KEEPING WITH THE JARVIS CREEK THEME, UH, STARTING TO, UH, REPLACE PUMPS IN THE PUMP STATION THERE. 
          THIS IS ONE OF FOUR PUMPS, ONE OF FOUR PUMPS, AND ALL OF THE PUMPS ARE, ARE, UH, MORE THAN 20 YEARS OLD. 
          SO, SO STARTING TO REPLACE THOSE ONE BY ONE OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS. 
          WE MAY DO A COUPLE NEXT YEAR, BUT, BUT JUST TO KIND OF JUST BEST PRACTICE SEQUENCE SOME OF THOSE PUMPS AS THEY GO IN SO THAT, UH, WE, WE HAVE SOME AS THE, WE START TO HIT SOME OF THOSE, THOSE LIFECYCLE YEARS. 
          WE, WE HAVE, WE HAVE TIME TO PLAN FOR IT. 
          UH, THE MOONS SHELL ROAD AND F FIELD, NEIGHBORHOOD DRAIN IMPROVEMENTS AS THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS ASKED ABOUT YESTERDAY. 
          UM, THE DESIGN IS IN PROGRESS. 
          UM, WE HAVE SPENT 512 DAYS WAITING FOR, IT WAS, IT TOOK, TOOK 510 DAYS TO GET THE WETLAND PERMIT FROM THE CORE. 
          SO, SO THAT'S BEEN A, A BIG SOURCE OF, OF DELAY, UH, ON THAT PROJECT. 
          BUT NOW WE, WE HAVE AN ANSWER FROM THE CORE. 
          WE CAN ADVANCE THE DESIGN, WE CAN ADVANCE THE PROJECT, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'LL BE DOING. 
          WE, WE DID GET THE RIGHT ANSWER THOUGH. 
          YEAH. 
          SO THAT WAS GOOD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT WAS WHERE A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY WAS COMING FROM, IF IT JUST SEEMED TO HAVE STOPPED. 
          SO I'LL RELAY THAT BACK. 
          YEAH, PLEASE. 
          AND THAT HIGHLIGHTS A CONCERN WITH SOME OF THESE PROJECTS WHEN WE HAVE TO TOUCH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 
          UM, AND, AND, AND, AND WHAT'S HAPPENED AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL IS IT'S ALREADY 512, 10 DAYS JUST TO GET A JURISDICTIONAL DETERMINATION. 
          MM-HMM . 
          HOW LONG IS IT GONNA TAKE US TO GET A WETLAND PERMIT FOR, FOR A PICKLEBALL COURT? THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE SOME THINGS WE HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION TO. 
          AND, AND PROBABLY TAP ON SOME OF OUR DE OUR LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION ON THE SHOULDER AND SEE HOW THEY CAN HELP, UH, THE PARLIAMENT HALL OUTFALL, UM, ADDING SOME HYDRAULIC CAPACITY TO THAT OUTFALL, UM, DESIGNING 26 PERMITTING IN 27, AND THEN CONSTRUCTION, MOVING AHEAD A, A YEAR OUT. 
          THIS IS ANOTHER MAJOR PRO, A BIG PROJECT. 
          NOT AS MAJOR AS THE CENTRAL ISLAND, BUT SOMETHING THAT, THAT JEFF AND HIS TEAM WILL NEED TO COORDINATE TO MAKE SURE THAT INFRASTRUCTURE'S AVAILABLE WHEN WE NEED IT. 
          UH, WATER. 
          JUST ASK A QUICK QUESTION. 
          SO, UM, SO I LIKE, I LOVE THE IDEA THAT JEFF SAID THAT WATERFALL HAS NO, DOESN'T NO BOUNDARIES. 
          AND, AND AS WE'RE LOOKING THROUGH THESE AND THE I, UM, AREAS THAT ARE LISTED AND REALIZING THAT WE HAVE COUNTY ROADS AND STATE ROADS, ET CETERA, THAT USUALLY CAUSES A LITTLE BIT OF, UM, ISSUES, DIFFICULTY WITH ADDRESSING ISSUES. 
          ARE ALL OF THESE ROADS AND ALL OF THESE PROJECTS ON WITHIN AREAS THAT THE TOWN OWNS OR ANY OF THESE CROSSOVER TO OTHER AREAS, ROADS, SOME OF THE PROJECTS, UH, MOST OF THE PROJECTS ARE, ARE WITHIN, UM, OUR EASEMENTS OR TOWN OWNED PROPERTY. 
          UM, BUT OTHER ONES ARE TAKING PLACE ON STATE OWNED AND COUNTY OWNED INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          AND IN SOME INSTANCES, WE NEED EASEMENTS. 
          ALL THESE DO PROVIDE A GENERAL PUBLIC GOOD, BUT, UH, THE WATER DOESN'T KNOW THE BOUNDARIES. 
          AND BECAUSE THE JURISDICTIONAL CHANGES FROM ONE, YOU KNOW, FROM A COUNTY ROAD TO A STATE ROAD TO A TOWN ROAD, IF IT'S IMPACTING OUR COMMUNITY, WE'RE TAKING THESE ON CAPITAL, CAPITAL PROJECTS. 
          WE'LL GET THE NECESSARY ENCROACHMENT PERMITS AS WE NEED IT. 
          I MEAN, UM, A GOOD EXAMPLE IS WHEN WE HAVE AN OUT HERE, UH, VERY SOON OUT HERE IS, UH, AN IMPROVEMENTS AT HELMSMAN'S WAY, WHICH IS A STATE HOME, UM, STATE ROAD. 
          BUT, UH, WE VASTLY NEED AN UPGRADE THERE. 
          AND WE CAN'T AFFORD SOMETIMES TO ONE OF THEM ONCE THAT I NOTED THAT WAS LISTED ON HERE, UM, IS BARKS BEACH AREA. 
          AND I WAS JUST, UM, THAT'S WHAT KIND OF STARTED THE QUESTION ROAMING AROUND IN MY MIND. 
          SO I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT WE ARE TAKING THAT INITIATIVE WITH, UM, WITH ROADS THAT THE TOWN DOESN'T NECESSARILY OWN. 
          ALTHOUGH I'VE HEARD NEWS IN THE BACKGROUND ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR ROAD, WHICH IS I THINK GOOD FOR THE TOWN. 
          UM, BUT WE HAVE AREAS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, UM, THAT I'VE IDENTIFIED. 
          PEOPLE HAVE TOLD ME THAT I NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT HOW WE GET THEM SERVICED THAT AREN'T OWNED BY THE TOWN. 
          AND USUALLY I PUSH WITH THAT, THAT WE NEED TO OWN THE ROADS, BUT IF SHORT OF OWNING THE ROADS, IF THERE'S SOME WAY WE CAN ADDRESS THEIR ISSUES WITH STORM WATER AND FLOODING, I'D BE REALLY GRATEFUL. 
          AND I KNOW THEY WOULD BE INCREDIBLY, UM, GRATEFUL IF THEY CAN GET THAT PROBLEM SOLVED. 
          SO, UM, I KNOW THAT'S NOT A CONVERSATION FOR NOW, RIGHT HERE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT SOON. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WORKSHOP. 
          THE LAST TWO FUNDS THAT WE HAVE, I'LL JUST TAKE THESE IN TANDEM BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE VERY SHORT AND BRIEF, UH, ARE THE FLEET, UH, PROGRAM, WHICH IS, MIGHT SUSPECT IS FOR NEW AND REPLACEMENT VEHICLES. 
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UH, THIS WAS A MUCH LARGER FUND LAST YEAR AS A RESULT OF THE FIRE, UH, UH, ENGINE REPLACEMENTS THAT WE WERE GOING, UH, THAT WE WERE WORKING THROUGH. 
          UH, REALLY THIS YEAR IT'S, IT'S, IT'S $180,000 BUDGET, OF WHICH THE $80,000 HAD TO REPLACE A FIRE DEPARTMENT, SUV, AND THEN ALL THE, THE, THE BELLS AND WHISTLES AND EQUIPMENT THAT HAS TO GO INTO THAT SUV TO HELP SUPPORT THEIR OPERATION. 
          UM, AND THEN A HOLDING A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS CONTINGENCY IN THAT ITEM. 
          THE FINAL FUND IS THE LAND ACQUISITION ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM. 
          UH, THIS SUPPORTS TOWN ACQUISITION OF PROPERTIES. 
          SO SURVEYS, APPRAISALS, LEGAL FEES. 
          UM, WE DO NOT BUDGET MONEY IN HERE FOR ACQUISITION THAT THAT ONLY HAPPENS AS A BUDGET AMENDMENT AFTER TOWN COUNCIL DIRECTS US TO GO AND, AND ACQUIRE PROPERTY. 
          UM, SO THIS ONLY REFLECTS TO $250,000 FOR THOSE, THOSE PURPOSES TO, TO SUPPORT THE ACQUISITION. 
          UM, AND WITH THAT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. 
          OKAY. 
          ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? NO, IT'S EXCELLENT JOB. 
          I, I LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, THE WORKSHOP FOR CIPI MEAN, THERE'S A, THERE'S A LOT, A LOT TO TALK ABOUT THERE. 
          UM, TODAY, WASN'T TODAY, SO THAT'LL HAPPEN NEXT MONTH. 
          MR. BROWN. 
          I'VE GOT SOME, SURPRISINGLY ENOUGH, I GOT SOME COMMENTS WRITTEN DOWN HERE THAT I WROTE ALONG THE WAY. 
          UM, ONE, I WANT TO, UH, PUBLICLY THANK MR. ORLANDO AND HIS TEAM. 
          UM, NOT JUST FI THIS YEAR, BUT WE HAVE REALLY FOUND A WAY TO GET CREATIVE AND THE WAY THAT WE REINVEST INTO OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM. 
          UM, IF YOU, IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY TO THE TUNE OF 45% OF OUR BUDGET THIS YEAR IS US REINVESTING INTO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UM, AND FOR VARIOUS REASONS, OBVIOUSLY. 
          UM, I ALSO LIKE THE FACT THAT WE ARE TRANSITIONING INTO THIS FIVE YEAR LOOK. 
          UM, IT SORT OF ELIMINATES THE, THE SHOCK EXPERIENCE OF OUR CONSTITUENTS WHEN THEY SEE OUR BUDGET FLUCTUATE, UM, FROM, FROM YEAR TO YEAR, UH, WITH A VERY HIGH, UH, INCREASE. 
          UM, BUT AGAIN, BECAUSE OF THE INVESTMENT BACK INTO OUR COMMUNITY, UM, I'M ALSO PLEASED THAT WE ARE VERY DIVERSE IN WHERE WE INVEST. 
          I THINK THE MAP THAT MR. LANGA SHOWED EARLY ON DEPICTS THAT, UM, I'M GLAD THAT WE AS A COUNCIL GOING TO BE HAVING DISCUSSIONS AROUND RECONSIDERING OUR FUND BALANCES ACROSS THE BOARD AND LOOKING AT ALTERNATIVE FUNDING SOURCES. 
          BECAUSE IN ORDER TO KEEP UP, THIS COULD WORK. 
          WE HAVE TO DO THAT. 
          AND, UM, I ALSO WANT TO SORT OF MENTION IN PASSING THAT COUNCILS BEFORE US WERE AGGRESSIVE AND BORROWING SO THAT WE COULD DO A LOT OF WHAT WE ARE DOING NOW. 
          IT GAVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE FUND BALANCES ALONG THE WAY AND KEEP OURSELVES HEALTHY. 
          UM, SO, UM, I'M, I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE GONNA BE HAVING THOSE DISCUSSIONS OUT LOUD. 
          AND LASTLY, UM, AND THIS IS MAYBE A SUGGESTION TO YOU, MR. TOWN MANAGER, AS WE DEVELOP THIS INCREDIBLE DASHBOARD, NONE OF WHAT WE ARE DOING DOES NOT TIE BACK TO OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PARKS, OUR PARKS AND REC MASTER PLAN, OKAY? I THINK WE LEAD WITH THAT. 
          WE HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON SOME OF THESE PROJECTS MANY YEARS AGO, SORT OF DEVELOPING THEM CONCEPTUALLY TO GET TO A POINT NOW WHERE WE'RE FUNDING AND MAKING THEM COME TO A REALITY. 
          AND WE HAVE TO CONTINUE THAT PROCESS. 
          UM, SO FOR THE PUBLIC'S SAKE AND FOR US AS WE, UH, START TO WORK TOGETHER AS A NEW COUNCIL, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE REMEMBER THAT WE'RE NOT PULLING THIS STUFF OUT OF THIN AIR. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, IT, IT IS BECAUSE OF THE GOOD WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST TO GET US TO THIS POINT. 
          UH, SO AGAIN, UH, THANK YOU TO MR. ORLANDO AND HIS TEAM FOR A GREAT PRESENTATION AND GETTING US ORGANIZED. 
          AND I LOOK FORWARD, UH, WITH, WITH MY COLLEAGUES HERE FOR FUTURE DISCUSSIONS SO WE CAN KEEP THE BALL ROLLING. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OTHER COMMENTS, MS. HUNTER? YES. 
          UM, AGAIN, THANK YOU TO THE, THE TOWN MANAGER AND THE TEAM, AND LAYING ALL OF THIS OUT AND BEING VERY TRANSPARENT AND TAKING TIME TO WALK THROUGH IT. 
          I APPRECIATE THE PROCESS IMPROVEMENT OF HAVING DOLLARS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CIP THAT ARE MORE REALISTIC TO WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO SPEND AND WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS. 
          I THINK IT MAKES A MUCH CLEARER PICTURE TO OUR RESIDENTS ABOUT WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH AND 
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WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SPEND IN THAT YEAR. 
          UM, SO I THINK IT IS A MOVE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 
          UM, I ALSO APPRECIATE THE CHANGE, IDENTIFYING WHAT IS CONSIDERED MAINTENANCE, WHAT'S CONSIDERED DISCRETIONARY, AND WHAT'S CONSIDERED CONTINGENCY. 
          AND THE REASON I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT IS I THINK IT'S GOOD FOR US TO HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING, ESPECIALLY ON THE MAINTENANCE SIDE, HOW MUCH IT COSTS US ON AN ANNUAL BASIS TO COMPLETE THAT MAINTENANCE FOR THE BUILDINGS, THE, THE LAND, THE PARKS, ET CETERA, THE ROADS, EVERYTHING THAT WE OWN, UM, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT CLEAR FINANCIAL PICTURE. 
          AND OF COURSE, I HAD, I DID SOME MATH , SO I TOOK A LOOK AT WHAT, UH, IT, YOU KNOW, YOU COVERED TODAY. 
          AND IF WE INCLUDE BEACH RENOURISHMENT, UH, $63 MILLION OF THE ENTIRE BUDGET, UM, IS MAINTENANCE. 
          UH, 13.8 MILLION IS DISCRETIONARY AND 1.1 MILLION IS CONTINGENCY. 
          SO I THINK IT'S GOOD TO HAVE THAT KIND OF TRANSPARENCY AND UNDERSTANDING, UH, WHAT WE NEED TO SPEND AND WHAT WE'RE CHOOSING TO INVEST IN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MS. BECKER. 
          YES. 
          OH, THANK YOU. 
          UH, JUST A MOMENT TO CONGRATULATE YOU AGAIN. 
          I KNOW I'VE SAID THIS ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS, AT LEAST ONCE ON EACH OF THEM, THAT THIS IS A VERY WELL DONE BUDGET. 
          UM, AND I SUPPORT IT. 
          UH, THE TRANSPARENCY IS GREAT. 
          UM, THE CONVERSATION IS REMARKABLE. 
          UM, I FEEL AS THOUGH EACH OF US HAVE BEEN INVOLVED, UM, TO A HIGH LEVEL, UH, WITH THE DECISIONS THAT WERE MADE AND WHAT'S BEEN BUILT INTO THIS BUDGET. 
          AND, UM, I THINK THE COMMUNITY SHOULD BE PROUD OF IT AS WELL. 
          WE'LL SEE, UM, THE NEXT YEAR OR SO, REALLY START TO DEVELOP SOME PROJECTS THAT THEY'VE BEEN LONG WAITING FOR. 
          AND THE BREAKDOWN OF WHY IT HAS TAKEN THE LENGTH OF TIME IS VERY CLEAR, I BELIEVE, TO EVERYONE AT THIS POINT. 
          AND I HOPE THAT, UM, I HOPE THAT WE MOVE ALONG SMOOTHLY WITH THAT. 
          AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS JUST THE TEAMWORK THAT YOU'VE PUT TOGETHER THAT CAN DO THAT IN A VERY EFFICIENT AND BUDGET WISE WAY. 
          AND, UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          THANK YOU, MS. BRYSON. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I JOINED MY COLLEAGUES AND THANKING MR. ORLANDO AND HIS TEAM AND, UH, SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO MR. LEININGER TODAY FOR HAVING TO ENDURE ALL THOSE SLIDES WITH US. 
          BUT, UM, BUT, UH, I, I REALLY, UH, APPRECIATE THE PHASING. 
          I THINK IT'S A LOT MORE REALISTIC, UM, AND I THINK IT'S VERY HELPFUL. 
          WE, WE ALL GET FRUSTRATED, UM, INCLUDING I KNOW OUR TOWN STAFF WITH THE SLOWNESS OF THE PROGRESS ON ACCOMPLISHING THESE PROJECTS, BUT I THINK IF WE CONTINUE TO ALL ROW TOGETHER, WE'LL GET THERE. 
          UM, BUT AS I, I'VE MENTIONED YESTERDAY, AND I'LL CONTINUE TO MENTION THE TIES, UM, IN THE CAPITAL, UH, IMPROVEMENTS TO THE DRAFT STRAT STRATEGIC PLAN, AND LOOKING AT THE SUMMARY HERE AND, AND JUST PICKING OUT THE, UM, THREE AREAS THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN THE REPORTS THAT WE'VE BEEN GIVEN. 
          ONE OF THE NEW STRATEGIES IS ENHANCED MAJOR QUARTERS AND STREETS. 
          AND WE CERTAINLY HEARD THAT TODAY, $6.7 MILLION IN A CIP TO DO THAT. 
          UM, ANOTHER ONE, ANOTHER STRATEGY DRAFT STRATEGY IS ASSESSED AND REINFORCED ISLAND RESILIENCE. 
          UM, AND AGAIN, BEACH RENOURISHMENT, UM, BUDGETED AMOUNT, 47.5 MILLION IN THE CIP. 
          UM, AND THEN THE THIRD AREA THAT'S EMPHASIZED IN THE CIP IS INFRASTRUCTURE WITH EMPHASIS ON STORM WATER, 6.3 MILLION IN THE CIP AND THAT INDEED WAS A HUNDRED NINETY EIGHT, A HUNDRED EIGHTY 9% INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR, UH, DUE TO MOVING FUNDS FROM, UM, UH, THE STORMWATER FUND TO THE CIP FUND. 
          BUT AGAIN, IN INCREASING THE AMOUNTS, BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A CRITICAL, AS WE KNOW FROM THE RAIN WE'VE RECEIVED RECENTLY, IT'S SUCH A CRITICAL NEED ON THE ISLAND TO MANAGE OUR STORM WATER. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          SO THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT MORE THAT I CAN ADD TO THAT UNLESS Y'ALL HAVE SOMETHING. 
          GO AHEAD, STEVE. 
          YES, VERY BRIEFLY. 
          UH, THIS IS AN IMPRESSIVE DEMONSTRATION OF THIS USE OF FUNDS TO INVEST IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UH, IF YOU LOOK OVER TIME, COMMUNITIES WHICH DO NOT INVEST AND REINVEST DECLINE, THEY DON'T STAY THE SAME. 
          THEY DECLINE. 
          SO BY MAKING THESE TYPES OF INVESTMENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE ARE TAKING STRONG STEPS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REMAIN AN OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY INTO THE FUTURE. 
          THANK YOU, STEVE. 
          BD OKAY. 
          UM, . 
          SO, YOU KNOW, UM, REAL QUICK, I I, I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN MENTIONED HERE TODAY AND, AND STATED, UM, MY THOUGHTS GO TO A BUDGET THAT IS PURPOSE-DRIVEN, UM, 
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WITH A, A FOCUS ON QUALITY OF LIFE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAINABILITY, UH, REINVESTMENT THAT KEEPS US CURRENT, KEEPS US MOVING FORWARD IN A WAY THAT WE NEED TO DO. 
          UM, YOU HAVE TAKEN THE BUDGET OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS AND DONE A 180. 
          THE TRANSPARENCY ASPECT, THE INFORMATION ASPECT THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE NOT HAD AS A COMMUNITY, AND THAT YOU SHOULD BE VERY, VERY MUCH APPLAUDED FOR. 
          UM, STAFF HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB. 
          LOOKING AT IT FIVE YEARS OUT IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE A LONG TIME AGO. 
          IN THE MAINTENANCE ASPECT, WHAT DOES IT TAKE FOR US TO OPERATE ON A MAINTENANCE SIDE? YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO KEEP THINGS RUNNING? SO, UM, REALLY JUST A GREAT JOB. 
          I HOPE THE PUBLIC IS AS PROUD AS WE ARE, UM, FOR THE STAFF, AND YOU MARK THAT IN ALL THE WORK THAT Y'ALL HAVE PUT IN. 
          SO WITH THAT, UM, WE'LL OPEN UP FOR SOME COMMENTS. 
          A LOT OF MEMORIES FOR ME BACK IN THE DAY, WAY BACK WHEN I SERVED ON A TOWN COUNCIL IN A SMALL CONNECTICUT TOWN, AND WE WENT THROUGH A SIMILAR PROCESS THAT YOU'RE DOING NOW, BUT WHEN IT CAME TIME TO VOTE, MYSELF AND OTHERS OFFERED NUMEROUS AMENDMENTS TO THE BUDGET PROPOSED BY THE ADMINISTRATION. 
          THE PURPOSE OF THOSE AMENDMENTS REFLECTED OUR DESIRE TO CHANGE PRIORITIES. 
          I'VE HEARD LOTS OF DISCUSSION, SOME GOOD QUESTIONS SO FAR, AND I'LL BE CURIOUS TO SEE IF ANY AMENDMENTS ARE OFFERED WHEN THE BUDGET COMES BACK TO YOU FOR A SECOND. 
          READING AND ADOPTION. 
          AND WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND THE TOWN MANAGER, THIS DOCUMENT IS NOT PERFECT. 
          OKAY? SO WE'LL SEE. 
          I MENTIONED YESTERDAY THAT I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT A PRIVATE COMPANY COULD DO A BETTER JOB THAN THE CHAMBER. 
          IT CAN'T HAPPEN WITH THIS BUDGET, BUT THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT WE SPEND TO ENTICE PEOPLE TO COME TO HILTON HEAD, I BELIEVE COULD BE BETTER SPENT NEXT YEAR. 
          AND I JUST LEARNED, UH, FROM ONE OF YOUR STAFF, UH, FOLKS, UH, EARLIER TODAY, UH, THAT IN FACT IT HAS GONE OUT TO BID AND SEVEN COMPANIES HAVE RESPONDED FOR NEXT YEAR. 
          SO I'M VERY ENCOURAGED BY THAT. 
          I WAS IMPRESSED, UH, WITH A YOUNG MAN WHO SPOKE YESTERDAY ABOUT PROVIDING THE GULLAH GEECHEE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND. 
          THAT'S A MOUTHFUL WITH SOME TOWN FUNDS. 
          HE NOTED IT'S ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY STATE FUNDS THAT GO TO THE EFFORT. 
          IN FACT, UH, THE BUDGET FOR THE NEW FISCAL YEAR FOR THAT FUND IS 2 MILLION LESS THAN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR. 
          AND AS THE SPEAKER NOTED, NOT A DIME OF LOCAL MONEY, TOWN MONEY IS ALLOCATED, NOT A DIME. 
          AND HE WAS RIGHT WHEN THE TOWN TALKS A LOT ABOUT THE GULLAH GEECHEE CONNECTION WITH HILTON HEAD AND ITS IMPORTANCE, WELL BACK THAT UP WITH SOME LOCAL MONEY. 
          AND IT'S A LOT MORE THAN PUTTING ALL THESE POSTERS UP, UH, CELEBRATING THE GULLAH GEECHEE COMMUNITY. 
          I'VE GOT A SUGGESTION AS TO WHERE THE MONEY COULD COME FROM. 
          TRANSFER THE $600,000 TO DREDGE HARBOR TOWN TO THE GULLAH GEECHEE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND. 
          AS I MENTIONED YESTERDAY, HARBOR TOWN IS A PRIVATE COMMERCIAL YACHT BASIN, AND PUBLIC FUNDS SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR A PRIVATE VENTURE BENEFITING A FEW. 
          AND AS YOU KNOW, ONE OF YOUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES DEVELOPED AT YOUR FEBRUARY WORKSHOP INCLUDED PRESERVING AND CELEBRATING GULLAH GEECHEE CULTURE AND NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          WELL, TIME TO ACT ON THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NEXT, KIM, FRANK BABEL. 
          DOES EVERYBODY WANNA STRETCH? OH, NO. 
          THREE MINUTES. 
          WELL, AS YOU KNOW, , I MAY BE THE LAST ONE, BUT ANYWAY, CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL. 
          I'VE BEEN COMING TO THESE THINGS FOR 10, 15 YEARS AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR GIVING US WHAT YOU HAVE TO MAKE OUR PATHWAY SYSTEM WHAT IT IS. 
          AND FOR THOSE WHO AREN'T HERE ANYMORE, THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING ELSE. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          SO WHAT DO WE GET FOR ALL THIS? WELL, THE TOWN HAS BUILT A CONNECTED PATHWAY NETWORK. 
          IT'S PRETTY GOOD. 
          WE'VE CREATED AN INDUSTRY NOW IN MORE THAN 35 FIRMS WHO ARE IN THE BIKING BUSINESS, AND WE'VE ACHIEVED NATIONAL RECOGNITION WITH OUR GOLD AWARDS. 
          WE HAVE MAPPED KIOSK AND WE HAVE LOTS OF INFORMATION THAT'S IN THE TOWN, IN THE CHAMBER, AND, UH, AND, UH, CULTURE. 
          HHI DOING A GREAT JOB. 
          AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT ABOUT THIS, THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT TELLS BIKERS THE PEOPLE COMING HERE WHERE TO GO AND WHAT TO DO. 
          WE HAVE A UNIQUE PRODUCT, A SYSTEM THAT CONNECTS POAS, RESTAURANTS, HOTELS, PARKS, BEACHES, AND SO ON. 
          AND STAFF IS CONTINUING TO PLAN FOR THE FUTURE, WHICH IS GREAT TO, TO STEVE THINGS. 
          AND IMPORTANTLY, PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE TOWN STAFF IS IN THE PROCESS OF AMENDING THE LMO FROM A MOTOR VEHICLE TRAFFIC PERSPECTIVE TO A 
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TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM MULTIMODAL PERSPECTIVE. 
          THE SAME THINKING IS UNDERWAY AT S-E-D-O-T WITH THE MOMENTUM 2050 PLANNING STUDY. 
          THIS IS A, THIS IS REVOLUTIONARY FOR SET TO DO THIS, AND WE'RE ON THE EDGE OF THAT. 
          AND THIS IS TERRIFIC. 
          IT'S REALLY COMPLETE STREETS WITH OUR EXPERT PATSY OVER HERE. 
          . 
          UH, IT'S A COMPLETE STREETS PROGRAM CALLED TRANSPORTATION THAT PEOPLE WILL ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND. 
          BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, BESIDE THE ISSUE OF BIKE PAD FACILITIES ON THE US 2 78 CORRIDOR BRIDGE, SORRY FOR THE THINGS I KEEP ON SENDING YOU WITH A 70% REDUCTION IN PATHWAYS FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE BREACH RENOURISHMENT PROJECT, PERHAPS WE CAN FOCUS ON TWO AREAS NEXT YEAR. 
          THE FIRST IS SAFETY EDUCATION, ALL THE WAY TO PATHWAY ETIQUETTE FROM GETTING HELMETS FOR KIDS TO TEACHING CYCLISTS HOW TO RIDE OUR PATHWAY SYSTEM. 
          WE REALLY DON'T DO MUCH OF THAT. 
          WE HAND OUT THINGS LIKE THIS, BUT WE'RE NOT EXPERTS AT, WE'RE LOOKING AT, AT, AT KIDS WEARING HELMETS. 
          YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT IN THAT BUSINESS, BUT I THINK THE TOWN DOES A WONDERFUL JOB OF BUILDING THINGS. 
          BUT WHEN WE COME TO EDUCATION, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT WE DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, PARTICULARLY NOW WHEN WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF MONEY GOING INTO PATHWAYS. 
          AND THE SECOND IS MAINTENANCE. 
          WE GET HIGH MARKS FOR OUR SYSTEM. 
          AND WHEN WE ASK PEOPLE OUT THERE, HOW'S IT GOING? THEY SAY, YOU KNOW, WE LOVE YOUR PATHWAYS, BUT YOU KNOW, THOSE PATHWAYS ARE A LITTLE ROUGH. 
          YOU NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. 
          BUT THIS YEAR YOU HAVE A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS IN THAT. 
          AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. 
          SO KEEP IT UP. 
          THANK YOU, FRANK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND GOOD LUCK TO YOU. 
          AND LASTLY, JEAN ZEP. 
          HI, JEAN . 
          I LIVE AT, UH, 28 GOLDEN HIND IN HILTON HEAD PLANTATION. 
          UM, I HAVE ATTENDED THE TWO BUDGET SESSIONS ALL DAY SESSIONS LAST MONTH, I GUESS IT WAS, UH, YESTERDAY AND TODAY. 
          OUTSTANDING WORK. 
          I'VE DONE A LOT OF BUDGET WORK AND I'VE SEEN THIS DONE BEFORE. 
          AND YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A, AN OUTSTANDING JOB. 
          UM, I CAN, I WANTED TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT AN EXAMPLE, UM, AND NOT NECESSARILY GOOD BUDGETING, BUT SOME OF MY, SOME OF MY CONFUSION. 
          UM, SO I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SQUARE POPE ROAD. 
          UM, I RIDE MY BICYCLE ALMOST EVERY DAY, AND ABOUT HALF THE WEEK I RIDE UP SQUARE POPE ROAD FROM, UM, HILTON HEAD PLANTATION. 
          I CROSSED THAT ROAD I THINK FIVE OR SIX TIMES, AND THAT IS THE WORST CONDITION ROAD THAT I SEEN ANYWHERE IN HILTON HEAD. 
          AND SO I SAID, OKAY, I'M GONNA COMPLAIN. 
          I'M GONNA ASK YOU GUYS, I WANNA UNDERSTAND HOW ASSESSMENTS ARE BEING MADE OF THE ROADS. 
          AND THEN I STARTED THINKING, IT'S PROBABLY A COUNTY OWNED ROAD, RIGHT? IT'S PROBABLY NOT YOUR ROAD. 
          SO WHEN I, IS THAT RIGHT? YOU CAN'T ANSWER THE QUESTION. 
          THAT'S OKAY. 
          IT'S A STATE ROAD. 
          OH, IT'S A STATE ROAD. 
          BUT WHAT I'M CONFUSED ABOUT IS WE ARE DOING DESIGN OF MEDIAS ON 2 78, WHICH I THINK IS GREAT. 
          WE NEED TO DO THAT, AND WE'RE SPENDING MONEY ON THAT DESIGN, BUT WHY ARE WE NOT SPENDING MONEY ON MAINTAINING SQUARE FOLK ROAD, FOR INSTANCE, SO AS A STATE ROAD AND YOU'RE DOING WORK ON IT, AND YOU'RE NOT DOING THIS ROAD ON ANOTHER STATE ROAD. 
          SO I GUESS I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE, UM, CONDITION ASSESSMENT PROCESS. 
          YOU MUST HAVE A PROCESS, AND I LIKE TO SEE THE RESULTS OF THAT. 
          I'D LIKE TO LEARN HOW TO GET THE ANSWER TO THAT. 
          AND THEN LASTLY, UM, THERE'S SOME CONFUSING THINGS LIKE ONE OF THE GENTLEMEN SAID THAT, UM, HE DOESN'T THINK WE SHOULD SPEND MONEY ON, UH, DREDGING OUT THE, THE MARINA RIGHT IN, IN IN SEA PINES. 
          UM, I GET IT. 
          UM, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE DOING THAT. 
          SOMEBODY'S EXPLAINING TO ME WHY ARE WE SPENDING MONEY ON A PRIVATE MARINA? I THINK I UNDERSTAND THE REASON WE SPEND MONEY ON STORMWATER AND, AND SUBSIDIZED STORMWATER WORK IN PS, BUT I DON'T REALLY KNOW. 
          NOBODY'S EXPLAINED THAT. 
          SO WHAT THE CONFUSION I HAVE IS WHERE WE CROSS LINES BETWEEN, OH, THAT'S NOT OUR RESPONSIBILITY, BUT WE DO IT ANYWAY. 
          AND, OH, NO, THAT'S NOT OUR RESPONSIBILITY, SO WE CAN'T DO IT. 
          SO I'D JUST LIKE SOME CLARITY ON THAT, AND I THINK ADDING THAT CLARITY TO YOUR DESCRIPTIONS OF WHY YOU'RE DOING WHICH PROJECTS, UM, WOULD ADD A LOT. 
          BUT IN CLOSING, OUTSTANDING JOB. 
          I REALLY ENJOYED IT AND LOOK FORWARD TO IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANYBODY ELSE, KIM? YES, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          MARK? YES. 
          UM, AND WHAT I I WILL SAY IS I, I THINK PERHAPS A, A FEW MINUTES WE CAN COMPARE SOME NOTES OUTSIDE OF A, OF A, OF A PUBLIC WORKSHOP. 
          I CAN HELP YOU WITH SOME OF THAT, SOME OF THOSE ANSWERS. 
          SO WE'RE JUST GONNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE YOUR, YOUR, YOUR PHONE NUMBER, IF YOU COULD PROVIDE IT TO THE TOWN CLERK. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I I JUST WANT TO QUICKLY SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU. 
          I I, I WILL SAY THIS, 
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I THINK WE'RE LISTENING WELL AND WE'RE GETTING BETTER. 
          UM, I'M SUPER PROUD OF SEAN AND JEFF AND SEAN COLE AND ADRIANA AND THE ENTIRE TEAM THAT, THAT PUT THEIR HEART AND SOUL INTO THIS. 
          WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THE CIP PROGRAM WHERE IT'S HEADING. 
          I THINK, YOU KNOW, TO STEAL SOME, SOME OF WHAT YOU ALWAYS SAY, WE'RE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, WE'RE FOCUSING ON THOSE PRIORITIES THAT MATTER. 
          AND I, I WANT TO MAKE A A POINT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU TOWN COUNCIL, BECAUSE MY ONE-ON-ONE AND TWO ON TWO TIME WITH YOU, I TOOK PIECES OF A LOT OF WHAT YOU SAID, AND YOU SEE IT REFLECTED UP HERE AND IT MADE US BETTER. 
          SO, UM, THIS WASN'T DONE IN A BUBBLE AND BY OURSELF PRESENTED EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU SAT AT THE TABLE AND HELPED US THINK THROUGH HOW TO GET BETTER AT THIS. 
          SO I JUST REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE I SAY THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, MOVING ON, KIM, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP FOR NON AGENDA ITEM? NO, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT WILL TAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. 
          SECOND. 
          SECOND. 
          WE ARE ADJOURNED. 
          THANK YOU ALL. 
          THANKS FOR WATCHING BEAUFORT COUNTY TV. 
          I'M DENNIS ADAMS, AND THIS IS A BEAUFORT COUNTY MOMENT. 
          NO BEAUFORT, TONY AND YOUNGER THAN 60 IS LIKELY TO REMEMBER THE GOLD EAGLE TAVERN. 
          AND YET, FOR OVER 30 YEARS, THE TAVERN WAS A PLACE FOR LOCALS TO BRUNCH AFTER CHURCH FROM A MENU OF LOW COUNTRY AND CONTINENTAL DISHES. 
          FROM TIME TO TIME IN THE YEARS BETWEEN 1930 AND 1961, THEY COULD STEAL A GLANCE AT CLARK GABLE AND OTHER CELEBRITIES WHO HAD CHECKED IN TO ENJOY THE WORLD FAMOUS VIEW OF THE RIVER AND THE MARSHES FROM THE TERRACE. 
          THE TAVERN'S TABBY FOUNDATIONS ON BELFORT'S OLD POINT DATED BACK TO THE 17 HUNDREDS AND COULD BE SEEN EVEN TODAY. 
          BUT DEVELOPER AND PHILANTHROPIST, KATE GLEASON ADDED THE FAMILIAR ROUND TOWER WHEN SHE OWNED THE PROPERTY IN THE 1920S. 
          THE GOLD EAGLE NAME DATES BACK TO THE EARLIEST OWNER, HENRY WILLIAM DE SOUR DIRECTOR OF THE UNITED STATES MIN, WHO AUTHORIZED THE FIRST GOLD EAGLE DOLLARS IN THE 17 HUNDREDS. 
          THE BUILDING WAS DEMOLISHED IN THE EARLY 1960S, BUT THE TAVERN DID ITS PART TO ESTABLISH BUFORD'S REPUTATION AMONG TRAVELERS THE WORLD OVER. 
          I'M DENNIS ADAMS, AND THIS HAS BEEN YOUR BEAUFORT COUNTY MOMENT. 
          TO SEE MORE BEAUFORT COUNTY MOMENTS, GO TO THE BEAUFORT COUNTY LIBRARY HOMEPAGE AND CLICK ON THE LOCAL HISTORY TAB. 
          HEY GUYS, I'M SAM WORLEY. 
          I'M THE OFF PARK RANGER HERE AT DREW ISLAND STATE PARK. 
          COME SPEND THE DAY WITH ME. 
          HERE WE ARE AT DRY AND STATE PARKS MARINA. 
          I AM OVER MANAGING THE SLIPS HERE AT THE MARINA. 
          UM, WE HAVE 50 SLIPS, 48 OF 'EM ARE 25 BY 15 FOOT SLIPS, AND THEN WE HAVE TWO 50 FOOTER SLIPS. 
          UM, I'VE BEEN OVER THE MARINA PROGRAM FOR A FEW YEARS NOW, AND, UH, WHEN I FIRST STARTED WE HAD EIGHT SLIPS FILLED OUT OF 50, AND, UM, AFTER RUNNING IT FOR ABOUT 13 MONTHS, WE WERE ABLE TO REACH FULL OCCUPANCY. 
          UM, AND AS OF RIGHT NOW, I'VE HAD A WAIT LIST WITH ABOUT 15 EVER SINCE. 
          UM, WE GIVE SPECIAL OFFERS ON, UH, SLIP PRICES FOR THE 25 BY 15 FOOT SLIPS. 
          UM, IF YOU, YOU CAN DO A SIX MONTH OR A 12 MONTH, IT'S THE ONLY TWO WE OFFER. 
          IF YOU DO THE 12 MONTH AND YOU CHOOSE TO PAY UP FRONT, YOU GET A 10% DISCOUNT. 
          IT'S $2,700 RATHER PAYING, UM, MONTH BY MONTH, IT'S TWO 50 A MONTH, WHICH ADDS UP TO THREE GRAND. 
          AND THEN THE SIX MONTH LEASE IS $1,500. 
          UM, WHETHER YOU PAY IT ALL UP FRONT OR $250 PAYMENTS, I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR GENERATING INVOICES FOR OUR CURRENT LEASERS, AS WELL AS SETTING UP NEW CONTRACTS, UM, AS WELL AS RESPONSIBLE FOR CLEANING OF THESE PEDESTALS, CHECKING THE UTILITIES, THE WATER, THE POWER. 
          WE HAD A COLD SNAP RECENTLY HAD TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, I SET A DRIP SO THESE WOULDN'T BE WITHOUT, UM, RUNNING WATER FOR THE, UM, PEOPLE THAT COME OUT HERE OFTEN. 
          UM, AS WELL AS, UM, YOU KNOW, KEEPING UP WITH THE LEASERS 
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THEMSELVES AND GETTING NUMB 'EM ON A FACE TO FACE BASIS. 
          AND KNOWING, UM, KNOWING WHO I HAVE HERE AT THE MARINA, WE HAVE A FEW REGULARS, UM, AND THEY'RE A VITAL PART IN KEEPING THE, UH, MARINA UP TO DATE. 
          THEY LET ME KNOW IF SOMEONE'S BOATS COME LOOSE OR IF THERE'S BEEN DAMAGE TO A STORM. 
          UM, THE WATER'S DOWN RIGHT NOW, SO IT'S, UH, UM, IT IS A BIT OF AN ISSUE KEEPING TRACK OF, UM, THE SAFETY OF THESE BOATS. 
          UM, THE MARINA'S LIKE MY BABY, I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO, UM, WATCH IT GROW. 
          UM, A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY ABOUT THE MARINA. 
          UM, WE HAD AN OLD MARINA THAT USED TO BE RIGHT HERE. 
          UM, AND THEN IN 2008 WE HAD A REALLY BAD STORM THAT CAUSED ENOUGH DAMAGE THAT OVER THE YEARS AFTER THAT, UM, THE MARINA BEGAN TO SINK. 
          UM, LATER WE GOT THE BUDGET TO REDO THE MARINA, UM, WHICH IS WHAT YOU SEE HERE, AS WELL AS REDOING THE, UH, BATHHOUSE UP ON THE HILL, REMODELED ALL THE BATHROOMS, UM, SHOWERS, ALL THAT GOOD STUFF, ADDED HEAT AND AIR TO IT. 
          UM, SO YEAH. 
          SO NEXT WE'RE GONNA GO TO ANOTHER FACILITY WHERE I'LL DEMONSTRATE SOME OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES I HAVE AS OUR SAFETY OFFICER HERE AT DRY ALLEN STATE PARK. 
          HERE. 
          WE'RE AT DRY ALLENS GAS STOCK RIGHT NEXT TO OUR TACKLE SHOP. 
          UM, AND HERE I'M GONNA SHOW YOU ONE OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES AS SAFETY OFFICER IS CHECKING ALL OF OUR FIRE EXTINGUISHERS. 
          UM, THIS IS THE BIGGEST ONE WE HAVE ON PARK. 
          IT'S A 20 POUNDER. 
          UM, IT'S RATED SPECIFICALLY FOR THE GAS STOCK. 
          AND WHAT WE DO WHEN WE INSPECT A FIRE EXTINGUISHER, UM, IS FIRST YOU TAKE IT OFF ITS STAND AND YOU CHECK THE GAUGE, UM, SEE IF IT'S NOT UNDER OR OVERCHARGED. 
          BUT THE MAIN THING THAT YOU WANT TO CHECK, UM, AS SOMEONE WHO'S NOT A, UM, A CERTIFIED FIRE TECH IS, UM, IF YOU TURN IT UPSIDE DOWN, LIKE SO IF THE WEIGHT SHIFTS GRADUALLY, THAT MEANS YOU KNOW THAT THE CONTENTS ISN'T CLUMPED UP TOGETHER. 
          YOU CAN KEEP DOING THAT JUST TO SEE, BUT IF YOU FEEL A BIG PLUMP, THAT MEANS IT'S CLUMPED UP TOGETHER. 
          IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. 
          UM, AND I DO THIS WITH ALL 42 FIRE EXTINGUISHERS. 
          WE HAVE ON PARK, WE HAVE 'EM IN THE CAMPGROUNDS, EVERY FACILITY, OUR CABINS, VILLAS, UM, OUR TACKLE SHOP, AS WELL AS THE GAS STOCK. 
          AND THE MAIN THING IS TO CHECK THAT AND TO CHECK THE CHARGE. 
          AND THEN WHEN YOU'RE DONE, YOU CAN JUST HANG IT BACK UP AND THEN YOU CAN SIGN OFF ON THIS SPECIFIC MONTH, UM, WHICH THIS IS JANUARY. 
          UM, AND I'LL NOTE THAT ONCE A YEAR I HAVE, UM, A CERTIFIED FIRE TECH COME OUT AND HAVE THESE SERVICED. 
          I JUST HAD THIS ONE SERVICED, UM, IN DECEMBER, RIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS. 
          SO THIS ONE'S PRETTY MUCH GOOD FOR A WHOLE NOTHER YEAR. 
          UM, ANOTHER ASPECT OF BEING THE SAFEST OFFICER HERE AT DREW ISLAND STATE PARK IS, UM, FACILITY INSPECTIONS, MAKING SURE EVERYTHING'S SAFE, MAKING SURE WE'RE STAYING UP TO DATE ON, UM, SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE ON OUR HVAC, ON ANYTHING THAT NEEDS IT, LOOKING FOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE, LOOKING FOR ANYTHING THAT MIGHT NEED REPLACING OUR ATTENTION, AND OF COURSE, FILING THE MONTHLY PAPERWORK FOR OUR FIRE EXTINGUISHER INSPECTIONS AS WELL AS THE FACILITIES SO WE CAN STAY UP TO DATE AND BE OFFICIAL. 
          NEXT, WE'RE GONNA GO AND WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE LAKE. 
          HERE WE ARE ON OUR MAIN CAUSEWAY BRIDGE HERE AT DREW ISLAND STATE PARK. 
          UM, PERSONALLY THIS IS MY FAVORITE PART ABOUT COMING TO WORK, IS DRIVING ACROSS THIS CAUSEWAY BRIDGE AND LOOKING OUT AT THE LAKE EVERY DAY. 
          UM, AS I SAID EARLIER, THE LAKE'S DOWN PRETTY LOW RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, EVERY WINTER THEY DROP THE LAKE A FEW FEET, BUT THIS YEAR IS THE 10 YEAR LOW. 
          EVERY 10 YEARS THEY DROP THE LAKE SIGNIFICANTLY LOW, UM, TO KILL AN INVASIVE HYDRILLA PLANT, AS WELL AS FOR PEOPLE TO WORK ON THEIR DOCKS. 
          AND SINCE THE DAM AND THE TOWERS ARE SO OLD, IT GIVES THEM A CHANCE TO MAINTENANCE THOSE AS WELL. 
          UM, LAKE MURRAY IS 50,000 ACRES, UM, OF MANMADE LAKE ANDRE ISLAND. 
          UM, BENEFITS FROM THIS LAKE HEAVILY. 
          UM, IT BRINGS SO MUCH, SO MANY GUESTS TO OUR PARK. 
          UM, THEY COME TO HANG OUT HERE AT THE SHELTERS. 
          UM, PITCH A HAMMOCK LAY OUT AT THE LITTLE BEACHY AREA WE HAVE AT OUR OLD OFFICE. 
          UM, IT BRINGS A LOT OF VISITORS COME SUMMERTIME. 
          UM, ALSO IN THE SUMMERTIME, UM, BRINGS ALL OF OUR BIG GAME TOURNAMENTS. 
          DREW ISLAND'S KNOWN FOR ALL OF ITS FISHING TOURNAMENTS. 
          WE HAVE 'EM YEAR ROUND, JUST ABOUT EVERY WEEKEND. 
          UM, TO HIGHLIGHT ONE BIG ONE, DREW ISLAND GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO HOST THE WORLD BASS CHAMPIONSHIP WHERE WE HOSTED 25 COUNTRIES, UM, FOR A WEEK AND WATCH THEM SHOOT OUT EVERY DAY AND COME IN AND SAW THE BIG WEIGH-INS. 
          AND THAT'S JUST ONE OF THE MANY BIG ONES THAT WE HAVE HERE. 
          UM, THAT'S A BIG JOB FOR OUR OPENING SHIFT HERE AT DREW ISLAND IS TO, UM, DIRECT ALL THE BOATERS FOR THOSE TOURNAMENTS AND, AND PARK 'EM AND MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN HOUSE ALL THOSE FISHERMEN FOR, UH, FOR THOSE TOURNAMENTS. 
          WE HAVE THE BIG BASS, UH, CHALLENGE AND WE HAVE A LITTLE BUNCH OF SMALL TOURNAMENTS RANGING ANYWHERE BETWEEN 15 BOATS ALL THE WAY UP TO 150. 
          IF YOU'LL NOTICE, OVER HERE IS OUR FRONT CAMPGROUND, WHICH IS NEWLY RENOVATED. 
          UM, IT RECEIVED, UM, UPGRADES FOR ELECTRICAL, UP TO 50 AMP SERVICE, UM, NEW WATER, AND EVEN ADDED, UH, SEWER HOOKUPS AS WELL. 
          SO, UM, WHEN THIS ONE OPENS UP, 
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HOPEFULLY EARLY SPRING, UM, IT'LL BE OPEN FOR THE GUESTS TO ENJOY A BRAND NEW CAMPGROUND WITH, UM, BRAND NEW FACILITIES. 
          UM, NEXT WE'RE GONNA GO AND WALK THROUGH ONE OF OUR VILLAS AND MAKE SURE IT'S READY FOR A GUEST CHECK-IN HERE WE ARE AT DREW ISLANDS VILLAS. 
          UM, THIS IS VILLA ONE BEHIND ME, BUT WE HAVE FIVE VILLAS, UM, VILLAS ONE, THREE AND FIVE ARE THREE BEDROOMS AND VILLA IS TWO AND FOUR ARE TWO BEDROOMS. UM, THESE ARE A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, AREN'T INTO THE, THE CAMPING LIFE OR THE TENT LIFE, UM, GLAMPING AS PEOPLE CALL IT. 
          UM, THESE PRICES RANGE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 1 35 A NIGHT TO MAYBE EVEN, UH, AS FAR AS TWO 50 A NIGHT, DEPENDING ON TIME OF YEAR, TWO BEDROOM, THREE BEDROOM, UM, IF IT'S A WEEKEND WEEKDAY OR IF IT'S THE ONLY ONE LEFT. 
          UM, VILLAS ONE AND TWO ARE THE NEWLY REMODELED INSIDE AND OUT, NEW FURNITURE, NEW PAINT FLOORS, ALL THAT GOOD STUFF. 
          UM, THERE IS A DOCK BEHIND VILLA ONE. 
          IT IS THE ONLY DOCK THAT WE HAVE, UM, HERE AT THE VILLAS, BUT IT IS A COMMUNAL DOCK. 
          AND THE REASON THAT IT'S, IT'S ONLY BEHIND VILLA ONE IS BECAUSE VILLA ONE IS OUR HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE VILLA. 
          UM, BUT ANY VILLA CAN USE THAT DOCK AS THEY PLEASE. 
          UM, BUT WE'RE HERE TO DO A WALKTHROUGH OF THE VILLA, SO IF YOU WANNA FOLLOW ME, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND DO A WALKTHROUGH AND, UH, I'LL LET YOU KNOW EVERYTHING THAT GOES WITH THAT. 
          SO, AS YOU'LL SEE, I USED A KEY CARD. 
          UM, THESE ARE NEW TO US. 
          WE WERE ABLE TO INSTALL, UM, KEY CARD LOCKS AT ALL OF OUR VILLAS IN OUR CAMPER CABINS, AS WELL AS THE BATH HOUSES FOR THOSE. 
          UM, MAKES IT EASIER IN CASE, UH, OUR METAL KEYS GET LOST. 
          UM, AND IT'S BEEN A REAL, UH, TREAT TO USE. 
          SO THIS IS THE INSIDE OF VILLA ONE. 
          UM, WHAT I'M IN HERE TO DO IS TO WALK THROUGH IT AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S READY FOR A GUEST, UM, DOWN TO THE NITPICKY STUFF. 
          UM, MAKE SURE THAT THE, UM, IT WAS CLEANED PROPERLY AND THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY COMPLAINTS OUT OF OUR GUESTS WHILE THEY STAY WITH US. 
          SO THEY HAVE THE BEST, UM, EXPERIENCE, UM, TOTAL. 
          SO WE ALWAYS, UH, CHECK THE FIREPLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WORKS GREAT, WHICH IT DOES REMOTES PROGRAMMED AND EVERYTHING. 
          I'M TURN THAT BACK OFF BECAUSE IT IS A LITTLE WARM IN HERE. 
          UM, WE TRY TO CHECK EVERY LAMP TO MAKE SURE THAT IT LIGHTS UP. 
          UM, EVERY LIGHT IN THE VILLA, WE WANNA MAKE SURE WORKS. 
          THERE'S NO BURNED OUT BULBS. 
          UM, OF COURSE WE, WE CHECK THE TV, MAKE SURE THEY WORK. 
          UM, I'LL DO THAT AS WELL. 
          WE'LL TURN THAT BACK OFF. 
          AND IN THE BATHROOM WE'RE GONNA CHECK AND MAKE SURE ALL THE LIGHTS WORK LIKE THE REST OF THE VILLA. 
          MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE TOWELS HAVE BEEN, UH, PUT IN PROPERLY AND, AND STORED. 
          WE WANNA CHECK THE CLEANLINESS OF THESE, UH, THE TUBS AND MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO DIRT HAIR OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. 
          WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD. 
          UM, FLOORS THAT LOOK DECENT. 
          UM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE HAVE RUNNING WATER, FLUSH THE TOILETS, YOU KNOW, CHECK BEHIND, MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S CLEAN. 
          THEN WE GO IN TO CHECK IN THE FIRST BEDROOM. 
          I LIKE TO DO IT IN A BIG CIRCLE SO I DON'T MISS ANYTHING WALKING THROUGH THESE VILLAS. 
          WE CHECK ALL THE DRAWERS TO MAKE SURE THAT A GUEST DIDN'T LEAVE ANYTHING BEHIND IN PREVIOUS STAY. 
          MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE WANT TO CHECK UNDER THE BEDS TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NOTHING UNDER THERE THAT, UM, WE'RE CAUSING ISSUE FOR A GUEST. 
          EVERYTHING LOOKS CLEAN. 
          CHECK AROUND IN THE NIGHTSTAND AS WELL. 
          CHECKING THE LAMP. 
          WANNA RUN OUR HAND ACROSS THE TABLE? MAKE SURE THERE'S NO DIRT OR CRUMBS LEFT FROM ANY PREVIOUS DAY. 
          WE'RE GOOD. 
          WANNA CHECK THESE LIGHTS RIGHT HERE? MAKE SURE ALL THAT DON'T TURN ON. 
          WE WILL GO OUTSIDE REAL FAST AND WE'LL CHECK THE, UM, PORCH TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD. 
          MAKE SURE THE LIGHTS OUT HERE WORK FOR OUR GUESTS. 
          ALSO DO A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE FIRE PIT AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING ON OUR OUTDOOR PATIOS WORK PROPERLY. 
          ONE, TWO, AND THREE ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT HAVE THIS, UH, OUTDOOR PATIO RIGHT NOW, BUT, UH, IT IS A PLAN FOR THE FUTURE TO HAVE THE REST OF THEM INSTALLED. 
          WE'LL GO BACK IN AND FINISH THE WALKTHROUGH. 
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SOMETIMES THERE'S SOME DISHES THAT ARE STILL LEFT IN HERE. 
          WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE, UM, CLEAN AND IF SO, PUT THEM AWAY, UM, AND WIPE DOWN ANYTHING THAT NEEDS IT. 
          UM, ON THE COUNTERS, WE WANT TO RUN OUR HAND ACROSS THE COUNTER, MAKE SURE THERE'S NO CRUMBS OR ANY RESIDUE STILL LEFT. 
          UM, AS WELL AS CHECKING THE MICROWAVE AS WELL. 
          YOU ALWAYS WANT TO CHECK THE DISH, MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO, UM, STUCK ON STAINS OR ANYTHING, ANY KIND OF SPATTER INSIDE THE MICROWAVE. 
          AND CHECKING EVERY CABINET TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NOTHING THAT SHOULDN'T BE IN THERE AND THAT EVERYTHING'S WHERE IT SHOULD BE. 
          RIGHT. 
          THE MIRROR AND EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD IN HERE. 
          WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE LAST BEDROOM. 
          ALL RIGHT, NOW THIS WAS THE LAST ROOM IN THE VILLA TO WALK THROUGH. 
          NOW THAT EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD, I'LL RADIO THE OFFICE UP FRONT AND LET THEM KNOW THAT THE GUESTS CAN CHECK IN. 
          THANKS FOR JOINING ME TODAY HERE AT DROWN STATE PARK. 
          I'M GONNA GO BACK TO THE OFFICE AND FINISH UP SOME ADMINISTRATIVE STUFF FOR OUR HEAD OUT FOR THE DAY. 
          UM, WHAT YOU SAW HERE TODAY WAS JUST A FEW OF THE MANY THINGS WE GET TO DO AND EXPERIENCE HERE AT DREW ISLAND. 
          SO I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO COME OUT, ENJOY THE STATE PARKS AND SEE IT FOR YOURSELF. 
          TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSES ARE A RARE, ASTRONOMICAL EVENT, AND IT IS A SPECIAL TREAT IF YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO OBSERVE. 
          ONE. 
          SOLAR ECLIPSES OCCUR ABOUT TWO TO THREE TIMES PER YEAR, BUT TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSES ONLY OCCUR ABOUT EVERY 18 MONTHS. 
          AND SINCE THEY'RE ONLY VISIBLE FROM A SMALL AREA ON THE EARTH, THE FREQUENCY OF SOLAR ECLIPSES AT ANY GIVEN PLACE IS QUITE RARE. 
          ON AVERAGE, A PARTICULAR LOCATION WILL EXPERIENCE A TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE ABOUT ONCE EVERY FOUR CENTURIES. 
          THE PREVIOUS TIME ANY PART OF THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES EXPERIENCED A TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE WAS IN 1979, AND THE PREVIOUS TIME A TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE SWEPT ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTRY WAS 1918. 
          THAT'S WHY THE TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE OF 2017 IS CALLED THE GREAT AMERICAN ECLIPSE. 
          EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES EXPERIENCES AT LEAST A PARTIAL ECLIPSE, AND MOST OF THE COUNTRY IS WITHIN A DAY'S DRIVE OF THE PATH OF TOTALITY. 
          LUCKY FOR US HERE IN THE LOW COUNTRY, THE TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE IS RIGHT HERE IN OUR OWN BACKYARD. 
          THE FACT THAT SOLAR ECLIPSES EVEN OCCUR AT ALL IS SOMEWHAT SERENDIPITOUS. 
          IT TURNS OUT THAT ALTHOUGH THE SUN IS ABOUT 400 TIMES LARGER THAN THE MOON, THE SUN IS ALSO ABOUT 400 TIMES FURTHER AWAY FROM EARTH. 
          SO THE SUN AND MOON APPEAR TO BE JUST ABOUT THE SAME SIZE IN THE SKY WHEN CONDITIONS ARE RIGHT. 
          THIS ALLOWS THE MOON TO JUST COVER UP THE SUN AND CAST A SHADOW ON THE EARTH. 
          AND ECLIPSES WON'T HAPPEN HERE FOREVER. 
          THE MOON IS ACTUALLY MOVING JUST A FEW CENTIMETERS AWAY FROM THE EARTH EVERY YEAR. 
          SO AT SOME POINT IN THE DISTANT FUTURE, IT WILL BE TOO FAR AWAY FROM US TO APPEAR TO COVER UP THE SUN. 
          AND TOTAL 
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SOLAR ECLIPSES WILL CEASE TO OCCUR. 
          SOLAR ECLIPSES OCCUR WHEN THE MOON IS IN THE NEW PHASE AND WHEN THE EARTH, MOON AND SUN LINE UP JUST RIGHT SO THAT THE SHADOW OF THE MOON FALLS ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH. 
          SO LET'S MODEL HOW THIS HAPPENS. 
          THIS FALL IS GOING TO REPRESENT THE EARTH. 
          IT'S ABOUT ONE INCH IN DIAMETER, AND THE EARTH IS ABOUT FOUR MOON DIAMETERS. 
          SO ON OUR SCALE, THE MOON IS ABOUT ONE QUARTER INCH. 
          YOU CAN FIT 30 EARTHS IN BETWEEN THE EARTH AND THE MOON. 
          SO IF THE EARTH IS ONE INCH, THAT MEANS THAT THE MOON AND THE EARTH ARE GOING TO BE 30 INCHES APART. 
          SO WHEN WE LINE THEM UP JUST RIGHT, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE MOON IS IN THE NEW PHASE. 
          SO THE SUN IS SHINING ON THE MOON, BUT WE ARE SEEING THE DARK SIDE FROM THE EARTH OVER HERE. 
          WHEN WE LINE UP JUST RIGHT, THE SHADOW OF THE MOON FALLS ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH, AND THE PEOPLE IN THAT LITTLE BIT OF SHADOW ARE SEEING A SOLAR ECLIPSE. 
          THESE ARE NOT THE SUN. 
          THEY LOOK, THEY'RE YELLOW, BUT THESE ARE THE MOON. 
          WHAT IS HAPPENING FOR THE PEOPLE RIGHT IN THERE UNDER THAT SHADOW SNOW. 
          IT'S IN THE WATER. 
          HEY GUYS, SSE, SOUTH AMERICA. 
          SO IF WE HAVE A NEW MOON EVERY MONTH, WHY DON'T WE HAVE AN ECLIPSE EVERY SINGLE MONTH? AND WE'RE GONNA USE THIS DEMONSTRATION TO SHOW WHY THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN. 
          UH, THE BEACH BALL IS THE SUN AND THE STRING IS THE PLANE OF THE EARTH REVOLUTION AROUND THE SUN. 
          THE EARTH'S REVOLUTION AROUND THE SUN IS AT A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ANGLE THAN THE PLANE OF THE MOON'S REVOLUTION AROUND THE EARTH. 
          SO IF THE EARTH IS GOING AROUND ON THE STRING, THE HULA HOOP IS ABOUT FIVE DEGREES DIFFERENT. 
          AND SO ONLY ON OCCASION DO THE TWO PLANES INTERSECT, AND WE HAVE AN ECLIPSE DURING THE MOON. 
          A SOLAR ECLIPSE GOES THROUGH STAGES STARTING WITH FIRST CONTACT. 
          THE FIRST TIME THE EDGE OF THE MOON'S DISC BEGINS TO CROSS IN FRONT OF THE SUN. 
          AS THE ECLIPSE PROCEEDS, MORE OF THE SUN'S DISC IS OBSCURED. 
          AND JUST BEFORE TOTALITY, BRIGHT RAYS OF LIGHT CALLED BAILEY'S BEADS APPEAR TO SHOOT OUT FROM THE EDGES OF THE MOON SHADOW. 
          THE VERY LAST FLASH OF LIGHT BEFORE THE SUN'S DISC IS TOTALLY OBSCURED. 
          IT'S CALLED THE DIAMOND RING FLASH. 
          DURING TOTALITY, THERE'S A DRAMATIC CHANGE IN THE ENVIRONMENT. 
          THE SKY GOES DARK AS IF IT IS NIGHTTIME STARS AND PLANETS BECOME VISIBLE ALONG WITH THE SUN'S OUTER ATMOSPHERE, WHICH IS CALLED THE CORONA. 
          THE AIR TEMPERATURE DROPS, AND EVEN ANIMAL BEHAVIOR CHANGES. 
          AS ANIMALS BECOME CONFUSED, THAT NIGHT HAS FALLEN. 
          IF YOU GUYS ARE GONNA LOOK AT THE ECLIPSE, YOU HAVE TO USE THESE SPECIAL GLASSES, PUT THEM OVER YOUR EYES, TURN AND LOOK AT THE SUN. 
          TURN AWAY. 
          TAKE THEM OFF. 
          OKAY. 
          WOW. 
          LOOK AT THAT THING. 
          ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS FOR WATCHING A SOLAR ECLIPSE IS EYE SAFETY. 
          THE ONLY PART OF THE ECLIPSE THAT IS SAFE TO VIEW WITHOUT SPECIAL EYE PROTECTION IS TOTALITY. 
          DURING THE PARTIAL PHAGES, YOU MUST USE SPECIAL ECLIPSE GLASSES, WHICH ARE CERTIFIED FOR SAFE DIRECT VIEWING OF THE SUN. 
          OR YOU CAN PROJECT AN IMAGE OF THE SUN ONTO A SURFACE USING A PINHOLE VIEWER LIKE THIS ONE. 
          ANY OPTICS SUCH AS BINOCULARS, TELESCOPES, OR CAMERAS MUST BE FITTED WITH SPECIAL SOLAR FILTERS ON THE APERTURE. 
          DO NOT LOOK THROUGH ANY DEVICE THAT IS NOT FITTED WITH A FILTER. 
          EVEN IF YOU'RE WEARING YOUR ECLIPSE GLASSES, A SOLAR ECLIPSE IS A RARE AND SPECIAL EVENT. 
          SO BE SURE TO BE PREPARED IF YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO OBSERVE ONE. 
          ONE IN THREE ADULTS HAS PRE-DIABETES. 
          THAT MEANS IT COULD BE YOU, YOUR DOG WALKER ON YOUR LAP, YOUR CAT JOGGER WITH EARLY DIAGNOSIS, PRE-DIABETES CAN BE REVERSED. 
          TAKE THE RISK TEST AT DO I HAVE PREDIABETES.ORG.
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