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CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY BUFORT COUNTY.
REMEMBER, YOU DON'T HAVE TO READ IT.
YOU CAN JUST SAY, I MAKE THE MOTION AS WRITTEN.
MR. CHAIR OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE FIRST READING OF THIS, OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE TOWN MAN TO ENTER AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON AND 97 AND LLC FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, LOCATED AT 97 GOTHE ROAD.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
YOU CAN STAY UP THERE AND GO ON TO THE NEXT
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WORKSHOP ITEM, I GUESS FIRST ON THE LIST IS RESERVE FUNDS.SO, UM, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS GIVING AN UPDATE ON OUR RESERVE POLICY.
UM, THE POLICY WAS UPDATED IN 2021.
UH, SO WE WANTED TO GIVE A REFRESHER OF, UH, HOW WE DEVELOPED THAT POLICY, WHAT IT'S BASED ON, UM, AND ALSO FOR ANY OF THE NEW MEMBERS OF COUNCIL THAT HAVEN'T SEEN THIS, TO GIVE THEM AN UPDATE ON IT AS WELL.
SO, THE BACKGROUND IN JANUARY, 2021, COUNCIL REQUESTED STAFF TO REVIEW THE RESERVE POLICY.
IT WAS BASED ON A CONVERSATION AS PART OF A WORKSHOP.
DISCUSSION ON THE BUDGET STATUS, UH, FEBRUARY, 2021, COUNSEL, UH, HAD HAD A WORKSHOP ON RESERVE SPECIFICALLY, UH, WHERE WE WENT OVER THE CURRENT POLICY AND POTENTIAL OPTIONS FOR UPDATING IT.
AND THIS RIGHT HERE IS WHAT THE POLICY WAS PRIOR TO 2021.
SO IT WAS 15% OF, OF GENERAL FUND, UH, EXPENDITURES FOR AN EMERGENCY FUND, UH, 25% OF GENERAL FUND FOR AN UNASSIGNED.
AND THEN THERE WAS A VEHICLE AND EQUIPMENT RESERVE, UH, WHICH WAS 115% OF ASSETS DIFFERENTIATION COSTS, UH, BUT IT WAS CAPPED AT A MILLION DOLLARS.
SO IN SPRING OF 2021, UH, STAFF CONDUCTED A RISK-BASED RESERVE ASSESSMENT PER GFOA BEST PRACTICES.
AND IN JUNE, 2021, COUNCIL ADOPTED THE REVISED RESERVE POLICY AS PART OF THE BUDGET.
SO WE FIRST LOOKED AT, UH, RECOMMENDED BEST PRACTICES.
THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICER ASSOCIATION HAS A WHOLE HOST OF, UM, BEST PRACTICES FOR GOVERNMENT FINANCE.
AND THE KEY, UH, PIECE OF THIS BEST PRACTICE THAT WE HIGHLIGHTED FOR YOU ALL WAS THAT, UH, THE STATEMENT THAT, THAT THE ADEQUACY OF MINIMUM UNRESTRICTED FUND BALANCE SHOULD BE BASED ON RISKS THAT ARE UNIQUE TO EACH MUNICIPALITY.
SO IT IDENTIFIES IN THE BEST PRACTICE THAT, UH, YOU SHOULD MAINTAIN AN UNRESTRICTED FUND BALANCE OF NO LESS THAN TWO MONTHS.
AND THIS KIND OF CONFUSES A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS WHEN ASKED WHAT THE, UM, BEST PRACTICE IS.
THEY OFTEN CITE THIS TWO MONTHS, BUT THEY FAIL TO MENTION THAT IT SAYS NO LESS THAN TWO MONTHS.
AND IT GOES ON TO SPECIFY THAT REALLY YOUR RESERVES SHOULD BE BASED ON THE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH YOUR MUNICIPALITY.
UM, YOUR POLICY SHOULD DEFINE THE APPROPRIATE USES, HOW TO REPLENISH THE RESERVES, AND WHAT TIMEFRAME IF THEY SHOULD GO BE BELOW THE REQUIREMENTS.
UH, DEFINE APPROPRIATE USES OF OF UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE AND TO LIMIT THOSE TO ONE-TIME USES, UH, ASSESS YOUR CAPITAL RENEWAL AND REPLACEMENT NEEDS, AND CONSIDER ANY IMPACTS ON POTENTIAL BOND RATINGS.
SO WE CONDUCTED A, UH, RISK-BASED RESERVE ASSESSMENT USING THE GFOA TOOL, AND THEY IDENTIFIED RISKS IN THESE CATEGORIES.
EXTREME EVENTS, YOUR REVENUE, STABILITY, EXPENDITURE, VOLATILITY, LEVERAGE, LIQUIDITY, INTER FUND DEPENDENCY, YOUR GROWTH PROJECTIONS, AND YOUR CAPITAL PROJECTS.
AND SO WE ASSESSED, UH, THESE RISKS BASED ON WHAT WE FACE HERE AT THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON AND IDENTIFIED THOSE IN THIS TOOL.
OBVIOUSLY, EXTREME EVENTS, YOU HAVE HURRICANES AND FLOODING.
UH, WE HAVE A HEAVY RELIANCE ON GROWTH REVENUE, UH, WHICH ARE MORE AND ELASTIC REVENUES.
SO REVENUES THAT CAN FLUCTUATE DRASTICALLY BASED ON THE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS.
WE HAVE POTENTIAL SPIKES FROM EXTREME EVENTS, BUT OTHERWISE IT'S RELATIVELY STABLE.
WE ARE VERY LOW, UH, DEBT AND SUFFICIENT DEBT CAPACITY.
SO OUR LEVERAGE IS IN GOOD SHAPE AND STILL IS, UH, LIQUIDITY.
WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT CASH FLOW AND CASH RESERVES, SO VERY STABLE.
UM, INTER FUND DEPENDENCY IS LOW, BUT WE DO, UH, HAVE GENERAL FUND SUPPORTS OTHER FUNDS FOR DIFFERENT PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES.
WE HAVE A, A SIGNIFICANT NEED FOR ADDED SERVICES AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW.
AND WE'VE SEEN THAT OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS.
AND IN THE BUDGETS WE'VE PRESENTED TO YOU ALL, AND OF COURSE WE HAVE AN AGGRESSIVE, UH, A CAPITAL PLAN AS WELL.
SO THESE ITEMS ARE SCORED AND THEN YOU'RE PUT INTO A CATEGORY.
UH, WE FACED MODERATE TO HIGH LEVELS RISK, AND, UM, YOU SHOULD CONSIDER SHORT AND, UH, UH, INFORMAL BENCHMARKING SURVEY, WHICH I'LL GO INTO IN A SECOND.
ALSO ANALYZE OTHER SIGNIFICANT RISK FACTORS AND HOW THOSE CAN BE VALUED AND, UH, ACCURATELY COVER, UH, WHAT THE SURVEY SUGGESTS AS IS REASONABLE.
SO IN OUR COMP PEER COMPARISON, WE LOOKED AT SOME OF THE COASTAL TOWNS, UH, HILTON HEAD BEING THE MOST COMPARABLE 'CAUSE IT'S RIGHT NEXT DOOR.
UH, WE ALSO LOOK AT CHARLESTON VIEW FIRST.
YOU CAN SEE IN HILTON HEAD, UH, THEIR GENERAL FUND RESERVE IS, UH, A RANGE OF 35 TO 40%.
THEY HOLD AN EMERGENCY RESERVE OF 52 MILLION.
AND JUST SOME HISTORY ON THAT.
UH, FOR THEM TO RECOVER FROM HURRICANE MATTHEW, IT COST THEM $52 MILLION.
SO AFTER HURRICANE MATTHEW, THEY SET THE POLICY THAT THEY WOULD KEEP 52 MILLION IN RESERVE.
UM, BUT OVERALL, THEY, ALL THE RESERVES COMBINED IS 129%
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OFCHARLESTON BUFORT AND SAVANNAH DON'T HAVE AS, AS AGGRESSIVE, UH, UH, UH, RESERVE POLICIES 2028 AND 24% RESPECTIVELY.
AND MYRTLE BEACH IS, UH, 21 AND A HALF.
ONE OF THE OTHER KEY ASPECTS THAT WE USED WHEN ANALYZING OUR NEEDS WAS, UH, WE USED A STU, UH, STUDY OUT OF FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY, AND THEY DID A STUDY IN THE LATE NINETIES TO QUANTIFY THE COST TO RECOVER FROM HURRICANE BASED ON THE CATEGORY STORM.
AND THESE NUMBERS HERE ARE, UH, UH, ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION SINCE 1999.
SO THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE AVERAGE COST PER CAPITA RECOVER FROM HURRICANE ONE STORM WAS $92, AND IT GOES UP TO CATEGORY FOUR, WHICH IS ABOUT $1,700 PER CAPITA TO RECOVER.
AND SO WHAT THAT EQUIVALENT WOULD BE FOR THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON IS IN THAT LAST COLUMN THERE PER EACH CATEGORY.
AND, UH, WE USED LAST TIME, UH, CATEGORY THREE AS OUR, OUR, OUR TARGET.
UH, BECAUSE THROUGHOUT HISTORY, THE STRONGEST HURRICANE TO ACTUALLY HIT THE TOWN OFTEN HAS BEEN A CATEGORY THREE.
THROUGHOUT ALL OF HISTORY COMPARING ALL HURRICANES, WE ALSO LOOKED AT OUR RATING AGENCIES AND THE COMMENTS FROM RATING AGENCIES.
UH, ONE OF THE KEY POINTS HERE IS THAT, UM, UH, TRIPLE A COMMUNITIES HAVE AN, UM, UH, UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE GREATER THAN 30% IN ALMOST ALL CASES.
UM, THEY ALSO LOOK AT SPEND DOWN OF FUND BALANCE FOR NON-EMERGENCY PURPOSES IS, UH, LOOKED UPON NEGATIVELY AND COULD POTENTIALLY LEAD TO AN DOWNGRADE.
SO SIGNIFICANT DRAWS AND RESERVES TO IMBALANCE OPERATIONS IS OBVIOUSLY A NEGATIVE.
AND, UH, THAT'S THE TYPO IT SHOULD BE, OR FOR NON ONE-TIME USES.
UM, THE, UH, THERE'S A CONCERN ABOUT, UH, COASTAL COMMUNITY COMMUNITIES IN GENERAL AND THE ABILITY TO DEAL WITH CLIMATE CHANGE AND WEATHER RELATED EVENTS, UH, AND THE DISASTERS THEY, THEY CAUSED THROUGH TOWNS AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND OF COURSE, UH, THERE WAS EXPRESSED CONCERN ON OUR, ON OUR RELIANCE ON GROWTH REVENUE, UM, TO FUND OUR OPERATIONS.
WE ALSO LOOKED AT OUR CAPITAL ASSETS AND WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON THERE.
UH, OBVIOUSLY WE'VE DONE A LOT, UM, IN, IN, UH, CONSTRUCTING DIFFERENT, UH, FACILITIES AND PARKS AND, UH, EXPANDING OUR ASSETS OVER, OVER TIME.
IT'S, UH, INCREASED 116% OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS, AND OBVIOUSLY THIS WOULD INCREASE OUR NEED FOR FUTURE RENEWAL AND REPLACEMENTS IN THE OUT YEARS.
SO WE HAD SETTLED ON A RESERVE POLICY AS OUTLINED HERE.
SO WE UPDATED THE EMERGENCY RECOVERY FUND TO NOT JUST BE 15% OF GENERAL FUND, BUT TO REFLECT ALL GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS.
UM, OBVIOUSLY, UH, A DISASTER WOULD IMPACT ALL OF OUR FUNDS.
SO WE PUT 15% OF ALL BUDGETED GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
OUR UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE WAS SET AT 35% OF GENERAL FUND.
WE MADE A MAJOR ADJUSTMENT TO OUR CAPITAL ASSET RESERVE, UM, TO FUND US ANNUALLY AT THE AMOUNT OF 50% OF DEPRECIATION EXPENSE, AND IT WOULD INCREASE THE CAP TO FIVE YEARS OF DEPRECIATION EXPENSE.
OF COURSE, OUR POLICY SPECIFIES THAT ANY SHORTFALLS IN OUR RESERVES, UH, SHALL BE RE REMEDIED WITHIN THREE YEARS OF IT OCCURRING.
AND THEN, UH, OF COURSE, ONE RESERVE REQUIREMENTS ARE MET, THE TOWN MANAGER MAY RECOMMEND USE OF EXCESS FUNDS ON ONE TIME NON REOCCURRING COSTS.
THE TOP CHART REFLECTS OUR POLICY AND THEN THE BALANCE AT THE TIME AS OF JUNE 30TH, 2020.
SO THAT WAS BEFORE THE, THE NEW POLICY TOOK EFFECT.
AND THEN THE BOTTOM CHART SHOWS, UH, WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY AND WHAT THE PROJECTION FOR JUNE 30TH, 2025 WOULD BE.
UM, AND AS YOU ALL RECALL, THE, YOU KNOW, THE CATEGORY THREE POTENTIAL IMPACT IS AROUND $19 MILLION.
UM, SO WE FEEL, UH, THAT WE ARE, UM, COVERED SUFFICIENTLY WITH OUR, OUR POLICY AT 11 IN 0.6 IN EMERGENCY, AND THEN ANOTHER UNASSIGNED OF 12.5.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE OUR CAPITAL ASSET RESERVE THERE.
AND AGAIN, THAT POLICY RESERVE FOR THE CAPITAL ASSETS IS THAT FIVE YEAR CAP.
UM, SO IT DOESN'T SAY YOU HAVE TO MEET THAT, IT JUST SAYS THAT THAT'S THE CAP.
AND WE CURRENTLY SAY THAT ABOUT 3.1 MILLION IN THE CAPITAL ASSET RESERVE.
SO THAT'S THE HISTORY OF OUR, UH, CURRENT RESERVE POLICY, HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE ARE, AND WHAT OUR PROJECTED, UH, STATUS IS AS OF JUNE 30.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS, MR. BURDEN? NO QUESTIONS MR. HAMILTON? NO QUESTION.
UM, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE SCREEN? WERE THE HURRICANES LISTED? YES, SIR.
UM, I MEAN, THAT'S, UM, SO BETWEEN A THREE AND A FOUR IS LIKE, WHAT, 74% DIFFERENCE? SOMETHING CLOSE TO THAT.
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I, I MEAN, SEEING IN BLACK AND WHITE, IT ALMOST MAKES ME WONDER IF WE SHOULDN'T BE DOING SOMETHING LIKE A 3.25 OR 3.5, UH, BECAUSE THAT'S AN ASTOUNDING DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 18 MILLION TO 68 MILLION.I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S A GAME CHANGER.
WE'RE BUDGETING BASED ON A THREE, BUT WE EVER GOT WHACKED BY A FOUR.
YEAH, I MEAN, CATEGORY FOURS ARE PRETTY CATASTROPHIC IN MOST INSTANCES, ESPECIALLY IF THERE WERE A DIRECT HIT.
AGAIN, THE LIKELIHOOD OF IT, UH, MAKING LANDFALL IN BLUFFTON AS A CATEGORY FOUR IS VERY SLIM.
AGAIN, IT'S NEVER HAPPENED IN HISTORY OR RECORDED HISTORY, I SHOULD SAY.
UM, AND THE CATEGORY THREE, UH, UH, IS BEEN A FEW TIMES THROUGHOUT HISTORY.
SO, UM, I THINK THE, AS FAR AS WHEN YOU'RE ASSESSING RISK AND PROBABILITY OF, OF OCCURRENCE, UH, USING THREE AS A METRIC IS, IS FAIR.
UH, THE OTHER THING THAT WE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION IS OUR DEBT CAPACITY.
UM, SO WE HAVE SUFFICIENT DEBT CAPACITY TO ISSUE, UM, UH, LIKE A TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE BOND, UH, WHICH IS WHAT HILTON HAD HAD TO DO BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE SUFFICIENT RESERVES WHEN, UH, MATTHEW HIT THEM.
SO THEY HAD TO ISSUE A TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE BOND.
DOES, UM, IN ANY OF THESE EQUATIONS FROM HISTORY, UM, DOES FEMA PLAY AT ALL INTO YOUR CALCULATIONS? BECAUSE FEMA NOT TO CUT YOU OFF.
WE KNOW WHERE FEMA IS THESE DAYS.
THEY'RE BASICALLY THE GUTTING FEMA.
UH, HE'S ALREADY TURNED DOWN ONE STATE THAT WAS ACTUALLY A RED STATE.
HE TURNED IT DOWN FOR FEMA ASSISTANCE AND SOME OTHERS.
SO IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE WHERE FEMA MAY BE GOING.
SO WHEN WE WERE, UH, ASSESSING OUR RESERVE NEEDS, WE TOOK THE APPROACH OF ASSUMING THAT WE WOULD NOT GET FEMA ASSISTANCE FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
SO THE GOAL WAS TO PUT OURSELVES IN A POSITION THAT WE COULD RESPOND, UH, BY OURSELVES QUICKLY, UM, AND EFFICIENTLY, UM, AND THEN LET FEMA PLAY OUT AS IT HAPPENS.
BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD ENOUGH AVAILABLE THAT WE CAN RESPOND IMMEDIATELY.
I, I WONDER, PIGGYBACKING OFF WHAT YOU WERE SAYING WITH THIS CHART AND HILTON HEAD, HAVING THAT CASE STUDY OF MATTHEW, WHICH WAS BARELY A ONE.
I MEAN, I, AND THEIRS WAS 52 MILLION FOR BARELY A ONE.
I MEAN, TO ME THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THAT 3 MILLION AND THAT 52.
SO I DO WONDER IF, IF, IF THIS IS ACCURATE, I GUESS IS KIND OF WHAT I'M GOING OFF OF.
BECAUSE WITH HILTON HEAD, I'M GUESSING THAT THIS WAS NOT REALLY QUITE ACCURATE.
NO, JUST, UM, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT OPEN CONVERSATION HERE, BECAUSE THIS FITS RIGHT IN HERE, IT MAY ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS.
WHEN, WHEN WE DID THIS, YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY MOST TOWNS HAVE THEIR OWN SEWER, THEY'RE ON THEIR ROADS AND ALL THAT STUFF.
SO WAS THAT LIABILITY, SO TO SPEAK, CALCULATED INTO THESE NUMBERS? SO WE DISCUSSED IT.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LEARNED FROM HILTON HEAD WHEN MATTHEW HIT IS INITIALLY AFTER MATTHEW WENT THROUGH HILTON HEAD, THE TOWN STANCE WAS THAT WE WERE ONLY GONNA TAKE CARE OF WHAT WE OWN.
SO THEY WEREN'T GONNA TOUCH THE POAS HA AND STUFF LIKE THAT, BUT WHAT THEY REALIZED IS THAT BY NOT ASSISTING THOSE COMMUNITIES IN RECOVERING WAS IMPACTING THEIR TAX BASE BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO GET BACK OPEN.
THEY WANTED THE TOURISTS TO COME BACK.
SO THEY ACTUALLY ENDED UP SPENDING MONEY TO ASSIST THOSE, ULTIMATELY TO GET THE ECONOMY BACK UP AND RUNNING, UH, WHICH IS A BIG REASON WHY THEIR COSTS WERE SO SIGNIFICANT.
UM, SO AGAIN, WE, WE TOOK THE STANCE OF PUTTING OURSELVES IN A POSITION WHERE WE COULD RESPOND, EVEN IF WE HAD TO GO INTO SOME OF THE COMMUNITIES AND ASSIST THEM.
UM, AGAIN, I MEAN AS, UH, COUNCILMAN COUNCILWOMAN BURDEN POINTED OUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS 15 2 MILLION AND IT WAS BARELY A TWO IF THAT WHEN IT MADE LANDFALL.
AND THAT WAS UNIQUE IN HOW IT HIT, WHICH IS WHAT THEY, THEY TALK ABOUT.
BUT, UM, I MEAN THAT, THAT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE.
THIS STUDY WAS BASED OFF OF HURRICANES THAT HIT THE STATE OF FLORIDA, UM, UH, FROM, I THINK IT WAS 1980 THROUGH 19, UH, 98 I BELIEVE IT WAS.
HILTON HEAD IS ALSO SO MUCH MORE VULNERABLE THAN WHAT, YOU KNOW.
THEY'RE GOING GET, THEY'RE GONNA EXPERIENCE A LOT MORE DAMAGES BECAUSE OF THE WAY THEY YEAH, THERE'S STILL WAY OFF GO.
UM, DAN, DID YOU HAVE MORE? I IT, MR. FRAZIER? UM, SO I DO HAVE TWO QUESTIONS, UH, CHRIS, SO ONE, UM, COMES BACK TO MITIGATION.
SO I KNOW OUR, UH, FUNDS HERE ARE REFLECTIVE OF, UH, RESPONSE AND RECOVERY EFFORTS, UM, BUT I KNOW THERE'S ALSO FUNDING NECESSARY IN THE PREPARATION LEADING UP TO THAT.
UM, DOES THIS TOTAL INCLUDE THAT OR IS THIS JUST RESPONSE RECOVERY? UH, WELL THIS, THIS PARTICULAR STUDY RIGHT HERE IS JUST BASED ON RESPONSE RECOVERY.
UM, IT'S NOT, UH, PREPARATION COSTS.
UM, ALTHOUGH WE, WE INCLUDE, UH, IN OUR ANNUAL BUDGET COST FOR HURRICANE PREP OR HURRICANE
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SEASON.UM, SO THAT'S ALREADY FACTORED INTO THE ANNUAL BUDGET.
I WAS GONNA SAY, NOT JUST FROM THE STUDY, GOING BACK TO THE CHART WHERE YOU HAD, I THINK WE'RE AT 19 MIL, UM, 19 MILLION I THINK I SAW WAS THE PROJECTION.
IN OUR 19 MIL, DOES THIS HAVE, UM, AN INCLUSION OF LIKE OUR, UH, PREPARATION RESPONSE, UH, LEADING UP TO THAT? UH, I, I MEAN I, I WOULDN'T SAY SO, BUT THIS IS ALL ENCOMPASSING.
SO, UH, THIS WOULD BE AVAILABLE FUNDS, UH, SHOULD WE NEED IT, UH, FOR ANY EMERGENCY PURPOSES.
THE ONLY REASON I ASK THAT IS BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, IT IS GOING TO BE VERY ADVANTAGEOUS FOR US TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHERE WE ARE NATIONALLY AND WHERE WE ARE, UM, STATEWIDE IN TERMS OF THE NORMAL DECLARATION THAT WILL GO INTO PLAY FOR ANY TYPE OF EMERGENCY DISASTER, NOT JUST A HA HURRICANE, UH, WHERE WE WOULD KIND OF SPEND FUNDS IN ADVANCE AND KNOW THAT WE COULD RECOUP THOSE FUNDS THROUGH THAT, KNOWING THAT THAT MAY NOT BE AN AVENUE HERE.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IF, UM, THERE'S A NEED TO ALLOCATE ADDITIONAL, UH, FUNDS IN OUR RESERVE TO COVER, UH, YOU KNOW, UNANTICIPATED COSTS, THAT WE DO THAT AND DO NOT LEAVE OURSELF OR OUR RESIDENTS VULNERABLE.
AND I KNOW THAT, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO ANY TYPE OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST THE RESPONSE AND RECOVERY, BUT IT IS, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THINGS AS BASIC AS DO WE HAVE ENOUGH, UH, AND FUNDS TO COVER COMMUNICATION TO GO TO DIFFERENT AREAS AND VARIOUS LANGUAGES.
IF WE HAVE RESIDENTS WHO DO NOT HAVE TRANSPORTATION AND IT IS AN EXTREME STORM AND THEY HAVE TO BE TRANSPORTED, DO WE HAVE THE FUNDS HERE TO BE ABLE TO COVER TRANSPORTING PEOPLE FROM ONE SHELTER, YOU KNOW, TO THE NEXT? SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER, UM, AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS AND HAVING THIS CONVERSATION, IF THERE IS A, UM, RECOMMENDED, YOU KNOW, AMOUNT HERE THAT'S TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION SOME OF THOSE COSTS THAT, UM, WE DO HAVE THAT THERE AND ARE NOT SCRAMBLING ANY EVENT THAT SOMETHING DOES, DOES HAPPEN.
I MEAN, YEAH, I MEAN, THOSE SPECIFIC COSTS WEREN'T PULLED OUT AND IDENTIFIED.
UM, BUT I THINK, I MEAN, I FEEL CONFIDENT THAT WHAT WE HAVE IS SUFFICIENT TO ADDRESS THOSE, SHOULD IT BE THE DIRECTION OF THE TOWN MANAGER AND COUNCIL.
YOU, WE ALSO ARE SHARING SOME OF THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES WITH THE COUNTY.
THE COUNTY IS PRIMARILY THE LEAD, UM, AND A LOT OF THOSE, SO THERE'S ALSO SHARED RESOURCES AS WELL.
UM, AND ALL THOSE ARE FACTORED INTO THE ANNUAL PLANNING THAT WE, WE GO THROUGH OR THAT CHIEF AND THE, UH, EMERGENCY, UM, MANAGER GO THROUGH.
UH, SO I, I THINK FINANCIALLY, UH, SPEAKING WE ARE, I FEEL SATISFIED THAT WE'RE, WE WOULD COVER THOSE COSTS.
I THINK THE BIGGER CHALLENGE WOULD BE A LOGISTICAL IN GETTING THOSE DONE.
AND, UH, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THE LAST TIME TOO, SO I KNOW THIS IS OUR, JUST SPEAKING OF OUR RESERVE, BUT IS THIS WHERE, UM, WE DID TAKE SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR LIKE, UH, THE GRANT MONEY THAT WE LOST TO THE STORMWATER STUDY, UM, THAT WE TALKED ABOUT? I THINK IT WAS LIKE BRICK, YEAH, YEAH, THE BRICK GRANT.
UM, IS THIS AN APPROPRIATE PLACE OF LIKE, WHERE SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT WASN'T FUNDED, THAT WE WERE RELYING ON THAT IT, IT WOULD BE PULLED FROM HERE TO BE ABLE TO COVER THAT PROCESS OR SOMETHING SEPARATE? STORMWATER HAS THEIR OWN FUND BALANCE AND RESERVES, WHICH IS NOT REFLECTED HERE.
SO THERE IS FUND BALANCE AND STORMWATER FUND FOR, UH, NEEDS RELATED TO THOSE SPECIFIC TYPES OF STUDIES.
AND I THINK THERE ARE SOME OTHER GRANT OPPORTUNITIES THAT, UH, FELICIA IS CURRENTLY EXPLORING TO HELP SUB, UH, SUPPLEMENT SOME OF THOSE LOSS FUNDS AS WELL.
JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, LIKE IF THERE IS A NEED TO COVER SOMETHING THAT WASN'T COVERED, THAT WE ARE GIVEN, GIVEN THE DEPARTMENTS THOSE, UM, RESOURCES.
AND, AND I WOULD THINK TOO THAT OUR INSURANCE, I'M SURE WE HAVE VERY GOOD INSURANCE, SO WE, WE SHOULD BE, I'M ASSUMING THAT WE'RE COVERED PRETTY GOOD FOR WHATEVER CAN BE COVERED.
YEAH, INSURANCE IS ALWAYS TRICKY IN NATURAL DISASTERS, BUT YES, WE DO.
UM, WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING TO IMPROVE OUR INSURANCE AS WELL.
UM, BUT YEAH, THAT, THAT IS AVAILABLE TO LOOK AT AS WELL.
UH, TO GO ALONG WITH COUNCILMAN FRAZIER'S QUESTION, THIS IS WHERE SOME OF THE FUNDING THAT WE'RE USING FOR LAND ACQUISITION IS COMING FROM AS WELL.
SO WE ARE PULLING FOR SOME IMPORTANT PROJECTS THAT COUNCIL HAS DETERMINED.
ANY QUESTIONS? ANY MORE QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, I GUESS WE'LL MOVE ON TO PRESENTATION FROM USCB, BLUFFTON AMBASSADOR PROGRAM.
HOW ARE YOU? SO MY NAME IS SARAH BIKOWSKI.
I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT USDB FOR THE CENTER FOR LOW COUNTRY HOSPITALITY EDUCATION.
BUT WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT THE BLUFFTON AMBASSADOR PROGRAM.
WE VISITED WITH YOU ALLALL BACK IN NOVEMBER WITH STRATEGIC PLANNING.
AND WE'RE HERE AGAIN TO ANSWER
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ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT THE PROPOSAL THAT WE HAVE GOING FORWARD FOR THE 25 26 YEAR.AND I WILL BRIEFLY GO OVER SOME HIGH POINTS THAT WE'VE GOTTEN.
UH, MYSELF AND MR. RAMSEY ARE HERE.
HE'S OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR THIS EVENING, ALONG WITH DAVE HALL, THE HEAD OF GRANTS FROM THE UNIVERSITY.
SO IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS WE CAN ANSWER THOSE.
BUT THE PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2017.
I CAME ON, UH, LATE IN 23, UM, AND HAVE BEEN HERE IN SINCE THEN.
UNDER THE NEW LEADERSHIP, WE HAVE ACCOUNTED FOR 25% FOR ALL THE AMBASSADORS TRAINED.
WE ARE RETURNING TO A POST PANDEMIC OPERATIONAL PLAN, MEANING HEADED BACK, FACE-TO-FACE AS OPPOSED TO VIRTUAL PEOPLE WANT THE TRAINING FACE-TO-FACE.
WE'RE STILL HOLDING IT VIRTUAL.
WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH MS. EVANS AND GO TO THE CARRIAGE HOUSE EARLIER.
UH, THIS YEAR LOOKS LIKE THE SQUIER POPE CARRIAGE HOUSE WILL SERVE AS A PLACE THAT WE AS WELL AS HERE IN TOWN HALL CAN GO FACE TO FACE.
WE'VE ALSO BEEN ASKED WITH THE BLUFFTON INN AS A PLACE TO HAVE A HOME IN ORDER TO TRAIN FOR THE BLUFFTON AMBASSADOR PROGRAM SO THEY CAN BE CONSISTENT LOCATIONS.
WE'RE ALSO LOOKING FOR OTHER AREAS THROUGHOUT THE TOWN TO HOST AND TO BOAST TO SHOW THE NATURE IN THE HEART OF LOW COUNTRY.
WE'RE ON TRACK TO HIT 500 CERTIFIED IN TERMS OF BLESSED AMBASSADORS AND A HUNDRED TRAINED IN THIS PAST YEAR.
WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO MOVING INTO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR IS TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE OUR ENGAGEMENT, SPECIFICALLY RETURNING TO FACE-TO-FACE, HAVING THOSE CONSISTENT LOCATIONS.
WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF SESSIONS, WHICH ARE POSTED IN OUR CURRENT MOU FROM THREE TO SIX IF THAT.
WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO PILOT SOME JUNIOR PROGRAMMING AS WELL.
WE'VE DONE THAT ON THE ISLAND, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN JUST A MOMENT.
WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO INCREASE OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AND COLLABORATION FOR MARKETING WITH CHAMBER AND TOWN EFFORTS IN ORDER TO INCREASE THAT ENGAGEMENT.
AND WITH THE JUNIOR AND THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
AND I CAN GO AHEAD AND SAY THE HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMMING AS WELL, BUT WE HAD HIGH SCHOOL JUNIORS AND SENIORS ON SITE AT USCB PREVIOUSLY, AND THEY ENGAGED IN WHAT I WOULD CALL THE ADULT AND THE PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMMING BECAUSE THEY ARE PART OF OUR WORKFORCE HERE.
SO WE ARE WORKING TO ENGAGE THEM AND EDUCATE THEM AT THAT LEVEL AS WELL.
BUT FOR THE JUNIOR AND THE MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAMMING, WE DID PILOT A PROGRAM THIS YEAR BASED ON FOURTH GRADE SOUTH CAROLINA SOCIAL STUDIES STANDARDS ON THE ISLANDS, SPECIFICALLY TARGETING ECOLOGY, CULTURE, AND THE HISTORY OF THE LOCAL AREA.
WE WOULD LIKE TO DEVELOP AND DESIGN THAT, PARTICULARLY FOR BLUFFTON.
WE HAD APPROXIMATELY A HUNDRED FOURTH GRADERS AND WORKED WITH THEM THROUGHOUT THE WEEK AND THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN.
WE CREATED, UH, AN ORIGINAL WORKBOOK AND IT WAS PILOTED WORKING WITH THE PRINCIPALS AND THEIR TEACHERS.
I'VE GOT A LOT OF REVERBS, SORRY, I PROBABLY DON'T NEED THAT.
YOU GUYS KNOW ME AS A TEACHER AND A COACH, I PROBABLY DON'T NEED TO STAND AROUND THAT.
SO WE WOULD LIKE TO INCREASE THAT HERE IN BOSTON.
WE THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT AND WE WANT EVERYONE TO BE PROUD OF THE TOWN THAT THEY ARE FROM IN THE HEART OF THE LOW COUNTRY.
WITH THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE CREATED A TRIVIA GAME TO PLAY WITH THEM IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
AND THE LAST THING THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, THAT WE SPOKE ABOUT IN THE FALL WOULD BE A CONTRACT EXTENSION FOR THE MOU.
WELL, THAT DOESN'T PERTAIN TO BUDGETARY REQUIREMENT.
WHAT THAT DOES IS IT OPENS THE DOOR FOR SOMETHING WITHIN OUR GRANTS DEPARTMENT TO KEEP THE ACCOUNT OPEN AND ROLLING.
SO IT'S NOT EVERY YEAR OPEN AND CLOSED, AND THEN WE HAVE TO OPEN IT AGAIN, THE, UH, THE LEVEL AT COLUMBIA.
SO WE'RE HAVING TO OPEN AND SHUT AN ACCOUNT AND THEN CREATE A RISK ACCOUNT WILL ROLL OVER AND START AGAIN ANNUALLY.
SO THE BUDGET CAN ALWAYS BE CHANGED AND REVISITED.
THIS IS MORE OF WHAT I WOULD CALL AN ADMINISTRATIVE EXTENSION TO HELP ALL OF US WORK MORE SMOOTHLY ANNUALLY, YEAR TO YEAR.
SO AS I'VE SAID, WE'D LIKE TO MOVE FROM THREE TO SIX SESSIONS WITH SESSION BREAKDOWNS THAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT SPECIFICALLY WOULD BE TARGETING CERTAIN BUSINESSES IN THE AREA, WHETHER THEY WOULD BE HOSPITALITY, HOTELS, RESORTS, ANY GATED COMMUNITY SESSIONS.
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT WITH PINECREST EARLIER IN THE YEAR, AND THEIR HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, THEY WERE ABLE TO BRING A GROUP TOGETHER IN THEIR OWN CLUBHOUSE AND GET ON THEIR CALENDARS.
I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, WE MET WITH COLTON, WHAT, THREE WEEKS AGO IF THAT, AND THEY'RE INTERESTED IN HOSTING SOMETHING.
SO AGAIN, A LOT OF TIMES IT'S EASIER TO GO TO THEM THAN BRING EVERYONE IN.
IT'S ALSO EASIER FOR THE MARKETING AND COLLABORATION TO GET ON THEIR CALENDAR.
THE SAME WITH SUN CITY, I WAS ABLE TO GO OUT AND WORK WITH THEM.
WHILE I UNDERSTAND OR NOT WITHIN THE TOWN LIMITS, THEY ALSO CONSIDER THEMSELVES BUSTED AND INTO THE AREA AND VERY PROUD OF THE AREA.
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VIRTUAL SESSIONS AND GENERAL SESSIONS.AGAIN, THE VIRTUAL SESSIONS COULD BE HELD AFTER HOURS, WHICH WE'RE HOSTING NOW.
THE GENERAL SESSIONS WE COULD DISCUSS AND SEE WHAT MEETS THE BEST NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY SO LONG AS WE CAN HOST THEM.
ONE, I WOULD SAY IN JUNE, JULY, AND AUGUST AND AIR CONDITIONING.
SO PEOPLE ARE AMENABLE TO THAT IN OUR BEAUTIFUL FALL AND SPRING WEATHER.
WE'D LOVE TO HOST THEM OUTSIDE AT PARKS WITH POP-UP SCREENS AND WE'RE NOT IMPOSING A CAP ON THOSE.
AS MANY PEOPLE THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME IN AND SIGN UP.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE SINCE WE'VE TAKEN OVER, UH, TREY AND MYSELF AS WE'VE STREAMLINED THIS FOR REPORTING.
SO WE'RE USING QR CODES AND TECHNOLOGY PLATFORMS TO RECORD.
SO WE'VE TAKEN AWAY SOME OF THAT PAPER BASED, SO IT'S MUCH EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO SIGN IN, CHECK OUT AND GIVE US THEIR FEEDBACK SO WE CAN UTILIZE THAT.
AND THEN PILOTING IN SPRING OF 26, WE WOULD HOPE TO BE WITH THE JUNIOR AMBASSADOR PROGRAMS WITH THE ELEMENTARY AND THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
SO WE COULD WORK TOGETHER AGAIN WITH THE TOWN AND THE COUNCIL AND THE OPENING OF THE CULTURAL CENTER WITH THE GULLAH GEECHEE CULTURAL CENTER AND THE VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THE TOWN TO MAKE SURE WE PULL IN SPECIFICALLY THE MESSAGES THAT WE WANT TO SEND TO OUR STUDENTS AS WELL AS THE OVERALL PRESENTATION.
I'VE ALWAYS BEEN TAUGHT THAT YOU CAN'T HAVE PERPETUAL ADVANCEMENT WITHOUT PERPETUAL ASSESSMENT.
SO WE WANT TO ANNUALLY TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
WE DID THIS LAST YEAR, WE, ANNIE EVANS AND DEBBIE, YOUR COMMUNICATION DIRECTOR WHO SAT DOWN WITH US AND REVIEWED IT AND HAD THEIR PERMISSION AND APPROVAL AND WE CARRIED FORWARD WITH WHAT WE WERE PRESENTING.
AGAIN, WITH THE ADDITION, WE'D LIKE TO ADD A FACEBOOK AND AN INSTAGRAM PRESENCE FOR THE BLUFF AND AMBASSADOR PROGRAM.
SPECIFICALLY, WE'D LIKE TO ADD THAT TECHNOLOGY COMPONENT, WHICH IS PART OF, WE'VE ASKED FOR AN INCREASE IN THE GRANT OF ABOUT $7,500 TO FOCUS WITH OUR STAFF AND WITH TECHNOLOGY SO WE CAN MAKE THAT IMPROVEMENT.
SO IT'S HIGH LEVEL QUALITY FILM, SO WE CAN USE THAT FOR MARKETING AND EDUCATION.
AS WE ALL KNOW PEOPLE, THEY STARE AT THEIR PHONES, THEY GET QUITE A BIT OF INFORMATION FROM THEM THESE DAYS.
YOU DON'T SEE TIKTOK UP THERE BECAUSE THE UNIVERSITY DOES NOT ALLOW THAT.
SO THAT WOULD NOT BE A PLATFORM THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO UTILIZE.
BUT I WANTED TO TOUCH ON THAT AND ALL SEAMLESSNESS IF ANYONE HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
QUESTIONS, MS. FRAZIER? UM, I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
SO FOR THE ENTIRE PROGRAM, I KNOW YOU STATED, UM, A DESIRE THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE REACHING OUT TO VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS AS YOU GUYS ARE KIND OF TAILORING IT TO, UM, TO MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE REFLECTIVE OF, OF BLUFFTON CURRENTLY, WHO IS IN CHARGE OF THE, UM, THE CONTENT THAT, UH, SHARED IN YOUR, YOUR IN THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM? MYSELF AND MR. RAMSEY, ALONG WITH WORKING WITH MS. EVANS, WHO HAS, WHO WAS OUR POINT OF CONTACT, AS WELL AS DEBBIE, YOUR COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR.
AS WE GO OUT AND WE RESEARCH, WE COME BACK, WE UTILIZE, WE PULL FROM THE TOWN WEBSITE, WE PULL FROM HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS, WE'VE GONE TO THE CARRIAGE HOUSE, WE'VE MET WITH YOUR HISTORIAN.
WE WERE OUT HERE, HAD A WONDERFUL TOUR.
WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH HIM AS WELL.
WE'D LIKE TO GO ON MORE TOURS.
WE WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH MORE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
I WOULD DEFINITELY, UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
I WOULD DEFINITELY ENCOURAGE, UH, YOU ALL TO DO THAT.
AND I LOVE THAT YOU HAVE AN INTENT TO DO IT.
UM, ONLY BECAUSE I KNOW OUR, UH, BRAND AMBASSADOR PROGRAM CURRENTLY AS IS ISN'T VERY REFLECTIVE OF ALL OF BLUFFTON.
UM, AND SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN SHARED OR IS AVAILABLE ONLINE, UM, HAS BEEN A VERY LIMITED SKEWED VIEW OF THAT.
AND I KNOW I'VE HAD INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE ATTENDED, UM, THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM AND HAVE SHARED SOME OF THEIR DISCONTENT, UM, IN THE INFORMATION THAT WAS SHARED.
UM, AND TO GIVE AN EXAMPLE FOR THOSE WHO MIGHT BE UNFAMILIAR, UM, I BELIEVE THERE WAS, UH, UH, SOMEONE FROM MITCHELLVILLE PRESENTING AND THEN SOMEONE FROM THE USCB AMBASSADOR PROGRAM.
AND UM, WHEN THE MESSAGE TALKED ABOUT, UM, WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THE CIVIL WAR AND, AND THOSE WHO WERE RECENTLY FREED, WELL, WHERE THEY WERE CREATING TOWNS AND BUILDING SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES ON HILTON HEAD, THE MESSAGE WAS THAT THE RECENTLY ENSLAVED IN BLUFFTON, UM, WONDERED AIMLESSLY WITH NOTHING TO DO BECAUSE PLANTATION LIFE ENDED.
AND I CAN PROMISE YOU THAT HASN'T BEEN UNDER MY LEADERSHIP SINCE I'VE TAKEN OVER.
WE, WE DON'T EVEN SPEAK TO THAT IN REGARDS TO, WE DISCUSSED MITCHELLVILLE IF IT'S MENTIONED.
BUT NO, I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT UNDER MY LEADERSHIP, SINCE I'VE TAKEN OVER, THAT HAS NOT BEEN THE CASE.
AND I WILL HAPPILY SIT DOWN AND BRING WHAT WE HAVE TORN DOWN AND REBUILT IN THE PAST YEAR
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AND SHARE THAT WITH YOU.SO I APOLOGIZE IF THAT WAS EVER SPOKEN, BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT HAS NOT BEEN SPOKEN UNDER WHAT WE HAVE, WHAT WE HAVE DELIVERED.
I WOULD, I WOULD, YOU CAN SEE THE SHOCK ON MY FACE.
WELL, YOU KNOW, THE SHOCK ON MINE BECAUSE I, THAT SOMEONE SENT ME A DIRECT MESSAGE AS THEY WERE SITTING THERE LISTENING TO THEM.
THIS WAS TWO MONTHS AGO AND IT WASN'T, UM, THAT YOU ALL WERE SPEAKING ON MITCHELLVILLE AND BLUFFTON.
THERE WERE TWO REPRESENTATIVES AT THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM AND A REPRESENTATIVE FROM MITCHELLVILLE SPOKE ABOUT MITCHELLVILLE AND THEN SOMEONE SPOKE ON BLUFFTON.
AND WHEN THEY WERE GIVEN THE SEGMENT PORTIONS OF BLUFFTON, WHEN THEY GOT TO THAT PARTICULAR PORTION ABOUT, UM, THE TRANSITION AFTER THE CIVIL WAR, THAT WAS THE MENTION AND THE ONLY MENTION OF, UM, AFRICAN AMERICAN OR GULL EXISTENCE IN BLUFFTON.
AND SO WHEN I, WHEN THAT WAS SHARED TO ME, I IMMEDIATELY WAS LIKE, WELL THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO ADDRESS BECAUSE THAT'S, UM, NOT ONLY ACCURATE, BUT YOU CAN IMAGINE FROM A REPRESENTATION STANDPOINT HOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WOULD COME ACROSS TO THOSE, UM, WHO ARE DESCENDANTS OF THAT.
SO WHEN WE ARE SHARING BLUFFTON INFORMATION, WE WANNA GET THE WHOLE STORY AND NOT JUST THAT THAT'S BEEN TOLD FROM ONE LENS.
AND IF WE CAN SPEAK UP FOR THIS OR I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T PRESENTED WITH ANYBODY FROM MITCHELLVILLE
SO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT PRESENTATION THAT WAS ASKED YOU PRESENTED THEMSELVES FROM USDB BECAUSE THAT WAS NOT US.
I'LL SHARE THAT WITH YOU PLEASE.
I WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO KNOW BECAUSE WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHO'S PRESENTING THAT INFORMATION.
UH, THE ONLY TWO INDIVIDUALS THAT DO PRESENT ARE MR. RAMSEY AND MYSELF.
SO I APPRECIATE THAT WE DO HAVE OUR FEEDBACK FROM THE PRESENTATIONS AND WE CAN SHARE THAT WHEN WE GET BACK TO THE OFFICE IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE THAT, UH, MOVING FORWARD.
'CAUSE I KNOW IN THE EFFORT OF TIME, THIS JUST SPEAKS TO THE JUNIOR PROGRAMMING.
AND THEN I WILL GET TO THE LAST SLIDE.
AND THIS IS JUST THE CONTRACT EXTENSION.
AGAIN, IT DOESN'T REFLECT THE BUDGET, IT'S JUST IN ORDER TO KEEP THAT LINE ITEM OPEN THROUGH THE UNIVERSITY WITHOUT OPENING AND CLOSING, BASICALLY WHAT WOULD BE A CHECKING OR A CREDIT LINE EVERY YEAR ANNUALLY AND OPENING A NEW LINE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE PURPOSES AND MOVING FROM A 32 5 CURRENT BUDGET TO 40,000, WHICH IS AN INCREASE OF $7,500 PREDOMINANTLY.
SO WE CAN DEDICATE STAFF AND TECHNOLOGY NEEDS TO ASSESS RESEARCH AND CONTINUE WITH THAT REDESIGN TO CREATE THAT WITH THOSE MAN HOURS AND THE BENEFITS NEEDED ASSOCIATED WITH THAT COST SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD.
AGAIN, THAT'S OUR PROJECTED, WE'RE OPEN FOR THOUGHTS AND DISCUSSION.
AND ANY QUESTIONS MR. WOODS? JUST A COUPLE OF MINOR THINGS.
UM, I'M ASSUMING YOU DO A SURVEY OF THE PO THOSE WHO'VE PARTICIPATED? I OKAY.
AND MAYBE AT SOME POINT MAYBE YOU HAVE IN THE PAST, SHARE THAT WITH THE COUNSEL.
UM, WE CAN, WE CAN SEND THAT THROUGH.
I BELIEVE, I BELIEVE MS. EVANS, WE CAN SEND THE YEAR TO DATE.
WE'VE HAD THAT AS OUR POINT OF CONTACT.
YOU DO A CONSULTATION ON IT WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE TO, WE DON'T HAVE TO LOOK AT EVERY ONE.
AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD, AND YOU, I THINK YOU TOUCHED ON IT BRIEFLY FOR A MOMENT.
'CAUSE I WAS LOOKING AT YOUR WEBSITE, UH, ON FACEBOOK WHEN I WAS, WHILE YOU'RE TALKING, I WAS LOOKING TO SEE IF THERE WAS A VIDEO.
UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY FI KIND OF A VIDEO MAYBE SHOWING THE HIGHLIGHTS OF WHAT YOU'RE PRESENTING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? OR ARE YOU WE ARE WORKING UNDER THAT.
SO UNDER THIS LAST FISCAL YEAR, SOMETHING HAPPENED THAT WE HAD TO DO WITH THE TECHNOLOGY CHANGE PRIOR TO WHEN MR. RAMSEY AND MYSELF TOOK OVER, WE HAD AN EXTERNAL WEBSITE THAT WAS NOT UNDER THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND WE NEEDED TO BRING OUR WEBSITE UNDER THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
AND THAT'S TAKEN A TECHNOLOGICAL REBUILD ON THEIR PLATFORM.
SO WE ARE CURRENTLY STILL REBUILDING UNDER THE USCB PLATFORM FOR BOTH THE ISLAND AMBASSADOR AND THE BUFFET AMBASSADOR PROGRAM.
SO THEY ARE IN WORKS ALONG WITH OUR TECH DEPARTMENT AND THAT'S BEEN ONGOING SINCE WE'VE BEEN THERE.
SO WE HOPE TO PUT PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS.
WE DO HAVE A PAGE, IT'S BRIEF AT THE MOMENT, BUT WE LIKE TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND UPON IT.
WHAT I'D LIKE TO SAY IS WE'D LIKE TO GIVE HIGHLIGHTS WITHOUT GIVING IT ALL AWAY.
WE DO HAVE OUR ONLINE SIGN UP FOR THAT SO PEOPLE COULD SIGN UP.
BUT WE WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON TO SEND THAT OUT.
AND WE WOULD LIKE TO GET OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE STARTED FOR BLUFFTON AMBASSADOR SO WE COULD SEND IT OUT AND PEOPLE COULD SIGN UP FOR VIRTUAL OR GENERAL SESSIONS.
UH, IS BLUFFTON THE ONLY MUNICIPALITY THAT YOU ARE REQUESTING A FUND FROM? NO, SIR.
WE ALSO WORK WITH THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD.
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AND HOW MANY IT'S IT'S A VAST DIFFERENCE.HUH? I SAID IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A DIFFERENCE.
IT'S, THAT IS A BIG DIFFERENCE WHY OUR MOU IS WRITTEN WITH THEM IN A DIFFERENT CHARACTERISTIC IN REGARDS TO WE ARE BUSINESS ORIENTED AND ALIGNED TO THEIR RESORTS AND TRAINING WITH INDUCTION AND NEW HIRE FOR MANY OF THEIR RESORTS AND HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS WE'RE EMBEDDED WITH THEIR NEW HIRE.
THEIR MISSION AND VISION HAD BEEN TO EDUCATE THOSE COMING WITHIN THE MISSION AND VISION.
WHEN I INHERITED THIS PROGRAM WAS FOR ANYONE WITHIN THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON.
ALSO THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD IS THAT WE DO OFFER GENERAL SESSIONS, BUT ALONG WITH THAT WE ALSO RUN QUALITY MANAGEMENT, WHICH I HAVE TO CALL OUR SECRET SHOPPER PROGRAM.
AND WE PROVIDE EVENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES IN TERMS OF EVALUATION AND THIRD PARTY SURVEY DATA FOR A TAX GRANTS.
SO AS PART OF SOMETHING THAT WE RUN WITH THE GRANT THAT WE WORK WITH THEM, WE CAN BE HIRED OUT TO CREATE SURVEYS AND THEN CREATE ANALYTICAL REPORTS THAT THIRD PARTY GROUPS CAN UTILIZE TO GO IN FRONT OF THE TOWN COUNCIL TO ASSESS AND ASK FOR A TAX FUNDS.
THEY ALSO HAVE ENDORSED THE CREATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF JUNIOR PROGRAMMING.
CAN YOU, UM, IT'S A, IT IS A FOLLOW UP TO MR. WOODS' QUESTION, BUT CAN YOU SHOW US THE SUCCESS OF YOUR PROGRAM AT SOME POINT? ABSOLUTELY.
IF I'D REACHED OUT TO MS. EVANS TO ASK WHAT OTHER DATA THAT YOU MAY NEED TONIGHT.
SO SHE HAD SAID GO AHEAD AND BRING THIS, BUT NO, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND SEND THROUGH OUR, OUR, SINCE, SINCE MR. RAMSEY AND MYSELF, I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT THAT TO YOU BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT I CAN DISCUSS AND TAKE OWNERSHIP OF WHAT WAS DONE PRIOR TO MY ARRIVAL.
AND WE CAN SHARE THE PRESENTATION AS WELL.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT THAT FROM LATE END OF YEAR 23 THROUGH 24 TO NOW.
IF WITH YOUR APPROVAL I WOULD, UM, I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.
AND, AND I KNOW YOU'RE ASKING FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE, TWO TO FIVE YEARS.
UM, THAT PART I THINK WE NEED TO, TO HAVE MORE DETAIL ABOUT THE PROGRAM BEFORE WE AGREE TO A CONTRACT.
AND AGAIN, THAT DOESN'T TOUCH ON THE, THE PHYSICAL BUDGET, BUT JUST KEEPING THE LINE OPEN FROM THE ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY.
THE BUDGET IS OPEN FOR VARIATION ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
SIR, YOU DID A VERY GOOD JOB IN YOUR, YOUR NOT ONLY YOU, UM, WORKDAY, YOU SEEM TO HAVE A PASSION FOR IT.
UM, AND MAYOR TUMORS KNOWN ME FOR YEARS.
I HAD THE PLEASURE TO WORK WITH HIS DAUGHTERS WHEN THEY WERE AT BLUFFTON AS A COACH.
I AM NOT FROM HERE, BUT I AM VERY, VERY PROUD OF THE LOW COUNTRY.
I'VE BEEN HERE ABOUT 20 YEARS AND I HAVE BEEN AN EDUCATOR, COUNCILWOMAN FRAZIER AND A COACH THAT'S NOT GOOD
SO I'M VERY, VERY PROUD OF THIS AREA AND I CONSIDER HER AT HOME.
AND I HAVE A 10-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, LORD HELP ME.
AND SHE'S, SHE'S A LOW COUNTRY GIRL.
UM, MY LAST QUESTION IS, UM, REMIND ME, YOU SAID YOU'RE HOPING TO DO A HUNDRED FOR NEXT YEAR OR IS THAT GONNA FINISH UP THIS YEAR? WE WOULD LIKE TO FINISH UP AS IT ROLLS INTO JULY.
WE WERE A BIT PUSHED BACK AND WHAT WE'RE FINDING IS WITH TRAINING AND NEEDING TO GET FACE TO FACE, IT'S TAKEN LONGER TO GET ON CALENDARS.
WHAT WE'RE FINDING IS WE SHOULD BE NEARING A HUNDRED.
WE'VE GOT ANOTHER SESSION PLANNED IN LATE, IN LATE JUNE COMING UP IN MID TO LATE JUNE.
THE, THE NUMBERS FOR THE VIRTUAL SESSIONS ARE SLOWLY GOING DOWN.
PEOPLE WANT FACE-TO-FACE AND THIS THE SCHOOL YEAR ENDS, WE EXPECT THAT TO RAISE.
SO WE'RE LEARNING AS WE'RE GOING WITH THE CARRIAGE HOUSE, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY CAN ONLY HOST SIX PEOPLE.
WE'VE SPOKEN WITH THE OWNERS OF THE BLESSED END.
THEY'VE GRACIOUSLY VOLUNTEERED TO HOST US, BUT THAT'S ONLY UP TO 12.
SO WE WOULD LOVE TO USE THE FACILITIES HERE WHEN WE CAN GET ON THE SCHEDULE OR YOU KNOW, I HEAR YOU HAVE A CAPTIVE AUDIENCE WHEN YOU HAVE COURT.
WE COULD ALWAYS COME IN AND PRESENT.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT $40,000 A YEAR AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ABOUT A HUNDRED PEOPLE, LIKE I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT NUMBER INCREASE WITH THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY.
I MEAN, I THINK GOING INTO THE GATED COMMUNITIES, AS YOU SAID, Y'ALL ARE DOING IS A GREAT 'CAUSE.
I FEEL LIKE MOST OF THEM HAVE ONE A MEETING A MONTH AND ARE LOOKING FOR SPEAKERS.
AND SO I THINK TO GET CAPPED, YOU KNOW, A LARGE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
AND THOSE HAVE BEEN OUR LARGER AUDIENCES.
UM, WHEN WE MET WITH MS. EVANS AND DEBBIE, YOUR COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR, WE HAD ASKED FOR YOUR POINTS OF
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CONTACT TO LEVERAGE THAT INFORMATION AND AT ONE POINT THERE WAS A CONVERSATION FOR US TO FOLLOW THE MOBILE TOWN HALLS.BUT MY UNDERSTANDING THAT DIDN'T NECESSARILY WORK OUT, THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL INTENT.
SO WE'RE STILL WORKING TO FOLLOW UP TO TRY AND GET ON THE BEST ROAD RADAR.
AND I WOULD HATE TO SAY THE COATTAILS, BUT OBVIOUSLY THE ENDORSEMENT OF THE TOWN.
AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CONTACTING THE CORRECT PEOPLE ON BEHALF OF THE PROGRAM AND THE TOWN TO, TO LET THEM KNOW THAT WE ARE A TOWN ENDORSED PROGRAMMING SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM AS WELL.
AND OBVIOUSLY WITH THE TECHNOLOGY THAT TAKES A MINUTE TO CATCH UP AND REBUILD TO MAKE SURE WE'RE PRODUCING THE HIGHEST LEVEL AND QUALITY PROGRAMMING THAT WE CAN TO GET THAT AND ALONG WITH THE STUDENTS AND THE SCHOOLS.
SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR.
THE OTHER THING THAT WE HAVE FOUND WOULD BE GETTING INTO BOSTON AND MAY RIVER HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL.
BECAUSE ONE OF, AS YOU HAD ASKED, WHO ELSE ARE WE WORKING WITH? ONE OF THE POINTS OF FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD IS IT'S VERY HARD TO PULL PEOPLE OFF THE FLOOR, RIGHT IN THE TOWN OF WORKFORCE AND STAFFING.
WE HAVE SO MANY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT ARE WORKING OUT IN OUR INDUSTRIES AND THEY REALLY ARE THE FACE OF THE TOWN AND THE GREATEST ASSETS THAT WE HAVE HERE THAT CAN SPEAK ON BEHALF OF WHO WE ARE AND WHY WE'RE THE HEART OF THE LOW COUNTRY WHEN THEY INTERFACE WITH EVERYONE BECAUSE THEY ARE, THEY CAN BE PROUD OF WHERE THEY'RE FROM.
IT USED TO BE A VERY SMALL, CLOSE KNIT COMMUNITY.
IT'S STILL A CLOSE KNIT, BUT LARGE COMMUNITY NOW MUCH LARGER THAN WHAT IT USED TO BE.
SO BEING ABLE TO GO INTO THE SCHOOLS IS ALSO A GOAL BECAUSE YOU CAN CAPTURE SEVERAL HUNDRED STUDENTS.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE CAPTURED 300 STUDENTS AT HILTON HEAD ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL WITHIN A SEVERAL DAY PERIOD WHO WERE ALL WORKING THROUGH CAREER AND TECHNICAL ED WORKING OUT IN THE WORKFORCE.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S A QUICK AND EASY, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY WE CAN GET TO THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE IN A CONTAINED ATMOSPHERE, BUT WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE ALSO COMING AND GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY KNOW THAT'S EDUCATION AND THEY CAN UTILIZE WITHIN THEIR JOB.
SO THEN THEY FEEL EMPOWERED TO SPEAK ABOUT THEIR TOWN AS WELL BECAUSE THEY MAY OR MAY NOT BE GETTING IT FROM THEIR, THEIR HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION.
WELL, UM, YOU KNOW, WE GOT OUR BUDGET SO WE'LL DISCUSS IT AND TALK ABOUT THE CONTRACT.
I, I DIDN'T CATCH THE CONTRACT PART, BUT I GUESS WE'LL WE'LL GET INFORMATION FROM STAFF AND SEE WHAT'S RECOMMENDED AND GO FROM THERE.
UP NEXT WE HAVE OUR HEAD MANAGER, MR.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
SO WE'RE GONNA KIND OF KNOCK OUT THE NEXT TWO THINGS HERE TOGETHER.
THE FIRST IS KIND OF SOME CARRY OVER ITEMS FROM LAST BUDGET, UH, WORKSHOP AND THEN, UM, WHICH IS A PRETTY QUICK TURNAROUND SINCE WE MET ON THURSDAY AND WE WERE OFF ON MONDAY AND THEN THERE.
SO IT'S TRIED TO GET SOME THINGS TOGETHER, UM, AS FAST AS WE COULD.
UM, AND THEN I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THAT AND THEN WE CAN TRY TO GO THROUGH THE QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ON THAT BEFORE WE GET TO CIP AND UH, TRY TO DO THAT BEFORE.
I KNOW CHRIS HAS TO HEAD OUTTA HERE A LITTLE BIT EARLY.
HE'S ALL DRESSED UP, NOT JUST FOR Y'ALL BUT FOR, HE'S GOTTA GO TO ANOTHER EVENT AS WELL.
SO, UM, WE TRY TO GET THAT BEFORE HE HEADS OUT.
SO WE'RE AT THE SECOND BUDGET WORKSHOP.
UH, A COUPLE THINGS BETWEEN, UM, FIRST READING AND FIRST WORKSHOP, UM, WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT AS IT RE PERTAINS TO NOT JUST THE BUDGET BUT ALSO CAPITAL IS THERE IS A INCREASE THE CONSOLIDATED BUDGET OF 2.48 THAT COMES FROM INCREASING THE LAND ACQUISITION BUDGET FOR THE PROPERTIES THAT WE'VE PUT UNDER CONTRACT.
WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO CLOSE ON ANY OF THOSE BEFORE JUNE 30TH.
SO WE'LL NEED THOSE MONIES IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.
SO THAT IS AN INCREASE TO CARRY THOSE MONIES FORWARD.
AND THE MONEY FOR LAND ACQUISITION IS IN CIP.
SO YOU'LL SEE THAT INCREASE TO CIP FROM FIRST READING TO CARRY THAT MONEY AS WELL.
SO OVERALL IT'S THAT 2.486 NUMBER.
LAND ACQUISITION WENT UP BY THAT AMOUNT AND CIP INCREASED BY THAT AMOUNT.
UM, THEY ALSO WENT BACK WITH COUNCIL'S COMMENTS AND THEY TOOK THE RESIDENT RATES THAT, UH, WE DISCUSSED AND INCLUDED PROPERTY OWNERS FOR RENTALS ON THAT MASTER FEE SCHEDULE TO BE CONSIDERED AS RESIDENTS.
UM, WE HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO REALLY DO ANY MORE DIGGING SINCE, UH, THE CON CONVERSATION ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING POSITION.
BUT, AND CONVERSATION WITH CHRIS, WHAT MY RECOMMENDATION WAS IS TO GO AHEAD AND ADD AN FTE.
THERE WILL BE NO FUNDING ASSOCIATED WITH IT AT THIS POINT IN TIME, BUT WHAT WE WOULD DO IS WE WOULD PUT TOGETHER THE, UM, WHAT THE POSITION'S GONNA DO, MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION, BRING
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IT TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING, LET THEM RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL.AND THEN ONCE COUNCIL IS GOOD TO GO FORWARD, WE'LL BRING A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO DETERMINE, 'CAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WITH THE JOB DESCRIPTION, THE PAY SCALE, HOW MUCH WE NEED TO SET ASIDE.
SO WE'LL FIGURE WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO THE BUDGET AMENDMENT ONCE WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT COST IS GONNA BE.
BUT THE POSITION WILL BE THERE.
SO WHENEVER WE'RE READY TO MOVE FORWARD, WE WON'T HAVE TO AMEND THE BUDGET FOR THAT.
UM, WE ALSO REDUCED THE, THE ESTIMATED, UH, RE THE, THE AMOUNT THAT IS RECOMMENDED FOR THE PALMETTO BREEZE BASED, BASED ON THE CONVERSATION AND SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE FOR THEM INCREASING THEIR RATES OR THEIR RE RECOMMENDATION PRETTY MUCH DOUBLING IT.
UM, SO WHAT WE RECOMMENDED WAS TO, UH, DO A 30% INCREASE OVER THEIR AMOUNT FROM FISCAL YEAR 20.
THEIR CURRENT BUDGET, 24 25, THAT WOULD TAKE THEM UP TO 194,000 AND CHANGE.
UM, THEIR CURRENT REQUEST AS YOU CAN SEE IS 328, ALMOST 329,000.
UM, AND SO THIS WOULD TAKE 'EM DOWN ABOUT $130,000 OVER WHAT THEIR REQUEST WAS FOR NEXT YEAR.
WE ARE WANNA KIND OF STOP THERE BEFORE WE GO INTO THE CAPITAL PROJECTS TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY CONTINUED DISCUSSION FROM THOSE ITEMS. QUESTIONS FOR MR. WOOD, MR. HAMILTON? UM, I MISSED THE END OF THE, UH, FAMILY, THE BREED DISCUSSION.
UM, BUT I THINK 30% WASN'T QUITE WHAT I WANTED.
WANTED A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN 30% INCREASE, DECREASE, BUT, BUT YOU INCREASE
UHHUH
79 DOES THAT SAY? YEAH, A HUNDRED, YEAH.
UM, WHAT THEY HAD ASKED FOR WAS ALMOST $150,000 MORE OVER THAT.
SO IT'S ONLY ABOUT A, A $15,000 INCREASE.
AND THAT DOES GO ALONG WITH INCREASED COSTS THAT THEY HAVE SHARED WITH CHRIS AND I AND NATALIE THAT WE FEEL THAT ARE JUSTIFIABLE VERSUS JUST COMPLETELY, ALMOST DOUBLING THEIR REQUEST.
AND THEY, THEY ARE GOING TO, AFTER YOU LEFT, UM, THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK AT A DIFFERENT WAY TO CALCULATE IT TOO BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S BEING DONE OFF THE POPULATION.
AND DIDN'T MAKE MUCH SENSE TO ME.
SO I ASKED THE QUESTION, THE POPULATION, WE DIDN'T DOUBLE OUR POPULATION IN ONE YEAR, EVEN THOUGH THE MONEY REQUEST WAS NOT QUITE DOUBLE, BUT, UM, CLOSE.
SO IN THE FUTURE THEY'RE GOING TO BRING US SOME MORE INFORMATION, BETTER INFORMATION AS FAR AS ROUTERS.
WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE MORE, UH, WE'LL I THINK WE'LL FEEL A LITTLE CLEARER ON WHAT WE'RE PAYING FOR.
AND COUNCILMAN FRAZIER BROUGHT UP SOME FOR THEM TO CONSIDER, SOME ALTERNATIVES FOR, I THINK SHE'S BROUGHT IT UP EVERY YEAR TO 'EM, UM, TO LOOK VERSUS JUST THE CONTINUED, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S GONNA BE NINE PEOPLE A DAY RIDING THE BUS, SOME ALTERNATIVES TO KEEP.
MS. MARTIN? UM, I'M GOOD ON THIS.
YOU KNOW WHERE WE, ALRIGHT, THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING FROM THE FIRST BUDGET THAT WE BRING TO THE SECOND.
SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WENT OVER THAT.
SO NOW WE'RE GONNA GET INTO THE CAPITAL PROJECTS, WHICH IS WHERE WE SPEND A LOT OF OUR MONEY EACH YEAR.
AND WE TRY TO DO PROJECTS THAT MAKE THE COMMUNITY HAPPY AND MAKE COUNCIL PROUD.
UM, SO AS YOU CAN SEE, SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE IN THERE WILL BE CONTINUATION OF SOME PROJECTS THAT ARE GONNA BE STARTING OR SOME THAT ARE GONNA BE KIND OF STRADDLING THE FISCAL YEAR, THE NEW RIVERSIDE BARN PARK AS WELL AS THE BARN, THE PLAYGROUND'S DONE, BUT WE'VE GOT THE BARN AND SOME OTHER THINGS.
UM, YOU'LL HAVE ACTUALLY, I THINK THEY APPROVED SARAH EARLY HOOKS LAST MONTH OR IS IT ON, Y'ALL APPROVED IT LAST MONTH, RIGHT? SO THAT, THAT'S GETTING READY TO START.
UM, NEW RIVER, NEW RIVER TRAIL IS WHAT'S COMING IN JUNE.
THAT'S ON THE DRAFT AGENDA TO AWARD BOTH PHASES OF THE NEW RIVERSIDE TRAIL.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE FOUR, FIVE, AND SIX THAT Y'ALL HAVE AWARDED THAT ARE, IT WILL CONTINUE ON TO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR AND THEN YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE CONTINUING ON OR THAT WILL BE NEW QUESTION.
THIS STARTED WHEN THAT'S SUPPOSED TO START NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
UM, THAT'S SPRING OF NEXT YEAR OR FALL.
IT'S GONNA, IT'S GONNA BE THE END OF, OF NEXT YEAR.
'CAUSE WE'RE STILL WORKING ON EASEMENTS AND FOR THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
SO SPRING ABOUT A YEAR FROM NOW, HOPEFULLY SOONER BUT NEXT SPRING AND WE'LL BE IS THERE A REASON THAT IT'S TAKING SO LONG? YEAH, WELL WE'RE TALK RICHARD STREET STREET, SO WE DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE MULTIPLE STREET
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SCAPE PROJECTS GOING ON AT ONE TIME.WE DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE MULTIPLE ROADS BEING IMPACTED BY STREET SCAPES.
SO WE'VE TIMED THESE OUT SO THAT PRICHARD STREET WILL HAPPEN.
THIS IS GETTING READY TO COME TO Y'ALL FOR AWARD THIS SUMMER.
UM, AND THEN WE WOULD MOVE TO BRIDGE STREET PHASE TWO.
THEN WE WOULD GO BOUNDARY AND THEN CALHOUN AND WE WOULD ONLY HAVE ONE SPRING GATE PROJECT GOING AT A TIME.
SO WE WOULDN'T HAVE MULTIPLE ROADS OR BUSINESS AREAS IMPACTED AT THE SAME TIME.
BUT, BUT ON THAT SAME TOKEN, ON ON THAT SAME LINE, STEVEN, CAN'T WE GO AHEAD AND GET OUR EASEMENTS AND BE WORKING? WE'RE WORKING ON THAT NOW.
I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND NOT BLOCKING THE ROADS, BUT IF WE GOT THE MONEY FIGURED OUT, THAT'S NORMALLY SUPPOSED TO BE THE HARDEST PART, BUT THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE WORKING ON NOW.
WE SHOULDN'T I'M SIGNING EASEMENTS ON BOUNDARY STREET NOW, SO YEAH, SO I'M JUST SAYING SO THAT WE DON'T GO PUSH THIS THING OUT ANOTHER FIVE YEARS OR 10 YEARS AND IT'S UM, YOU KNOW, IT IS JUST SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY ASK ABOUT AND WE'VE BEEN SUPPORTING IT FOR A LONG TIME, SO I THINK LET'S DON'T WAIT UNTIL WE FINISH PRITCHARD STREET TO START GETTING EASEMENTS ON CALHOUN STREET.
YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA USE COUNCILOR HAMILTON'S THE OTHER NIGHT.
I'M GONNA USE HAMILTON'S WORDS THE OTHER NIGHT.
I'D LIKE TO SEE IT WHILE I'M STILL HERE.
YEAH, LIKE SAID THEY WERE ALREADY BRINGING ME EASEMENTS TO SIGN FOR BOUNDARY STREET, SO I'M ALREADY IN, THEY'RE ALREADY IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING THOSE AHEAD TO GET, GET AHEAD.
I KNOW, UH, I THINK, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'VE MET WITH YOUR CHURCH YET OR NOT, BUT I THINK THEY'VE REACHED OUT TO Y'ALL ABOUT THE EASEMENTS FOR THE PARKING UP THERE, FOR THE PUBLIC PARKING SPOT OR WHICHEVER CHURCH.
I MEAN, I MEAN THAT'S HOLDING SEVEN IS NOT HOLDING, HOLDING SEVEN, SORRY.
UM, AND THEN, UH, I KNOW THEY'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, UM, HAYWARD HOUSE AND OTHERS, BUT LIKE I SAID, I, I SIGNED AN EASEMENT I THINK JUST TODAY OR LAST WEEK FOR WHAT I'M YEAH, BOUNDARY SHOULD BE THE EASIEST STREET WE HAVE.
THE HARDEST IS GONNA, WE NEED ENERGY AND UNDERGROUNDING.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER PIECE OF, IT'S NOT ONLY CONSTRUCTION, BUT WE NEED EXHIBITS FROM THEM SO THAT WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT EASEMENTS WE NEED TO ASK FOR ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.
SO IT'S COORDINATION WITH THE UTILITY AS WELL.
ARE THEY, ARE THEY DOING IT'S COORDINATION WITH THE UTILITY? WE'RE PULLING TEETH.
WELL THAT'S WHAT DOMINION IS NOT THE MOST, DOMINION IS NOT THE MOST COOPERATIVE COMPANY THAT WE'VE EVER DONE.
BUT THEY SHOULD, WE'RE STILL PULLING TEETH, BUT WE'RE GETTING THERE.
THE HARDEST ONE THAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS CALHOUN.
AND THAT IS JUST BECAUSE THE NUMBER OF BUSINESSES THAT ARE ON THERE, AND THAT ONE'S GONNA BE DONE IN SECTIONS AS WE GO THROUGH OR HOW WE'RE WORKING TO FIGURE THAT OUT AS WE GO NOW.
BUT THAT BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF STORES AND THE TRAFFIC THAT GO UP CALHOUN, THAT'S GONNA BE OUR TOUGHEST, TOUGHEST PROJECT.
WELL, I, I JUST NOTICED SEEMS LIKE MORE AND MORE EVERY DAY.
'CAUSE I GO UP AND DOWN BOUNDARY STREET A LOT.
UM, OUR SIDEWALKS HERE ARE TERRIBLE.
AND WE NEED TO CO-PACK ALREADY WHAT WE ALREADY CALLED PACK EARLIER.
WHAT, WHAT'S TIGHTENED MY MIND THAT MADE ME PAY REALLY CLOSE ATTENTION IS SOMETIME I MIGHT TAKE A BOAT UP TO NICKEL PUMPERS TO GET GAS IN IT OR WHATEVER AND YOU'RE COMING BACK IF THERE'S TWO OR THREE PEOPLE ON THE SIDEWALK AND ANOTHER VEHICLE COMING THE OTHER WAY, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO ALMOST SCRUB THE SIDEWALK TO KEEP IN YOUR LANE BECAUSE THAT LANE'S NOT MUCH.
AND I SEE IT AS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE, WE NEED TO GET IT DONE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
DO YOU NEED ANY HELP FROM COUNSEL WITH PUTTING A LITTLE DOMINION OR ANYBODY THAT WE CAN KNOW? DOMINION'S ARMED.
WELL, I MEAN, DO WE NEED TO SEND A LETTER OR SOMETHING? I MEAN, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE SEND A LETTER WITH ALL OF OUR SIGNATURE.
WE'VE GOT TIME RIGHT NOW, BUT IF WE GET TO THAT POINT, WE MAY BRING AND HAVE COUNSEL ADOPT A RESOLUTION ASKING FOR THEM TO EXPEDITE.
THERE'S ANOTHER ISSUE ON BOUNDARY, WHICH IS, UM, WATER MM-HMM
AND THAT, THAT'S WHAT THIS WILL PUT DRAINAGE SYSTEM IN ON BOUNDARY AS WELL.
HOW LONG ARE YOU EXPECTING THAT PROJECT? DO YOU KNOW? I THINK IT'S 18 MONTHS.
BUT WE ALREADY FUNDED THAT LAST YEAR.
WELL IT'S, YEAH, WE'LL GO THROUGH.
WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL GET THERE.
THIS HAS THE FUNDING IN THERE FOR THAT PROJECT AS WELL.
SO, UM, SO 26 PROPOSED CONSOLIDATED BUDGET.
JUST A REMINDER, UM, AS I MENTIONED ON THE SLIDE BEFORE, IT IS A SLIGHT INCREASE BECAUSE WE'RE AT CARRYING FORWARD FOR THE LAND ACQUISITION.
THIS IS WHERE THE FUNDS ARE COMING FROM.
WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AT THE FIRST WORKSHOP AND THE FIRST BUDGET PRESENTATION.
THIS IS THE GENERAL FUND FUNDS GOING IN THE HOSPITALITY FUND, PROJECT FUNDED PROJECTS, LAND ACT, LOCAL ACCOMMODATIONS TAX,
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AS WELL AS STORM WATER AND OUR DEBT SERVICE.SO NOW WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH THE ACTUAL FUND.
UM, AS I MENTIONED, IT'S GOT A SLIGHT INCREASE NOW.
UM, THE CIP BUDGET MAKES UP THE LARGEST PART OF OUR OVERALL BUDGET.
IT'S ABOUT A THIRD OF OUR, UH, TOWN'S BUDGET.
WE USE SEVERAL REGARDING DOCUMENTS.
WE USE OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, OUR COMP PLAN, OUR DIFFERENT PROJECT, UH, MASTER PLANS OR, UH, COMP PLANS THAT WE HAVE TO COVER, LIKE THE OLD TOWN, UH, CORRIDOR, NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS AND SO FORTH TO HELP GUIDE THE PROJECTS.
UM, WE DO A REVIEW OF CURRENT NEEDS AND AVAILABLE FUNDING SOURCES, WHICH FUNDING IS ALWAYS ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS AS WE'RE TRYING TO COMPLETE PROJECTS.
UM, WITHOUT HAVING TO DO MULTIPLE PHASES.
SOMETIMES IT'S, UH, HAVING THE FUNDS TO COMPLETE 'EM AND HAVING TO PRIORITIZE IF WE WANT TO DO A PROJECT OVER ANOTHER.
UM, THAT'S WHERE THREE COMES IN WITH THE PRIORITIZATION AT THE STRATEGIC PLANNING WORKSHOP.
UM, JUST DISCUSSING WITH COUNSEL TO SEE WHAT, UM, ANY PRIORITIES THEY HAVE GOING INTO THE, UH, NEXT TWO YEAR OR THE THE YEAR.
UM, AND THEN AGAIN, WE GO THROUGH ALL THE DIFFERENT WORK TO MAKE 'EM HAPPEN.
SO THIS TAKES WHERE THE REVENUE COMES FROM AND KIND OF SHOWS THAT AS A POD CHART AS WELL AS THOSE OVERALL NUMBERS.
AND THIS TELLS YOU WHERE THEY'RE GOING.
SO YOU CAN SEE FOR THIS YEAR OUR LARGEST IS ACTUALLY LAND ACQUISITION.
JUST LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE A LOT UNDER CONTRACT AND WE'RE NEEDING TO MOVE THAT MONEY FORWARD INTO THIS YEAR TO ACCOMMODATE THAT.
YOU CAN SEE THAT REPRESENTED ON THE RIGHT, IT'S TOTAL ABOUT $9.7 MILLION.
NEXT ONE IS PARK PROJECTS, WHICH IS USUALLY OUR LARGEST.
THAT NUMBER'S DOWN A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE WE'VE COMPLETED THE PLAYGROUND AT NEW RIVERSIDE, WHICH IS A LARGE PROJECT AS WELL AS A SPLASH PAD, WHICH IS ANOTHER LARGE PROJECT.
UM, THEN YOU'VE GOT STORMWATER AND SEWER PROJECTS FOLLOWED BY ROAD.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT, UM, FACILITIES, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SOME OTHERS.
THIS TELLS YOU WHERE THEY'RE AT.
AS YOU CAN SEE THERE'S WITH THE STREET PROJECTS SOME OF THE OTHER PROJECTS.
OLD TOWN IS, UH, A HUB AND THEN YOU CAN SEE 'EM SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE TOWN WITH BUCK WALTER, NEW RIVERSIDE AND SOME OTHER AREAS ACROSS THE TOWN.
AGAIN, THAT JUST GIVES YOU A KIND OF A ZOOMED IN OF OLD TOWN SINCE THEY WERE A LITTLE HARD TO READ ON THE PREVIOUS ONE.
ALRIGHT, SO NOW WE'RE GONNA GET INTO THE DIFFERENT AREAS OF, UH, CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE.
SO THE FIRST ONE'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, HOUSING AND LAND ACQUISITION.
SO THIS IS WHAT IS RECOMMENDED FOR THE 26 BUDGET.
YOU CAN SEE THE FINISH OF THE BUCK WALTER PLACE, MULTI-COUNTY COMMERCE PARK THAT IS FINISHING THAT OVERALL PROJECT AS WELL AS FINISHING OUT THE BUILDING.
UM, THAT IS THE PROJECT IN RED ON THE BOTTOM COMPLETION OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT THAT WE'RE CONSTRUCTING AT 10 95 MAY RIVER, AS IT WILL CONTINUE ON PAST JULY ONE.
THE REST OF THAT MONEY WILL COME OUT AFTER THAT POINT IN TIME.
AND THEN AGAIN, THE BIG CHUNK IS LAND ACQUISITION.
SO THESE ARE THE DIFFERENT, UM, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, UM, FOR FACILITIES.
OKAY, SO NOW WE'RE GETTING INTO FACILITIES.
SO YOU CAN SEE IN HERE WE HAVE THE LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER THAT IS THE BACK PARKING AREA.
IF YOU REMEMBER WHEN WE DID THE SPACE NEEDS, THEY HAD TALKED ABOUT AN AREA TO, FOR THEM TO STORE CARS AS WELL AS PUT OUT THEIR, UM, EXERCISE, THE WAY THEY DO THEIR PT AND ALL OF THAT.
UM, IT ALSO INCLUDES, UM, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, I THINK IT'S GOT A-H-V-A-C UNIT REPLACEMENT IN IT, OR IS THAT NATURE? THAT'S THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THE SARAH RILEY HOOKS COTTAGE.
THAT'S A RENOVATION OF IT CONTINUING ON INTO FISCAL YEAR, UH, NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
UM, AS PART OF THE FACILITY STUDIES, WE DID A, A DA COMPLIANCE OF ALL THE BUILDINGS THE TOWN HAS.
SO THEY'VE RECOMMENDED SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TOWN'S, FACILITIES AND AMENITIES ARE A DA ACCESSIBLE.
SO THAT IS A NEW PROJECT GOING INTO NEXT YEAR IS TO MAKE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS ON TOWN PROJECT FACILITIES.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE THE NEW RIVERSIDE BARN EVENT LAWN, WHICH IS THE, UM, GAZEBO THAT WE WORKSHOPPED WITH Y'ALL.
UH, I THINK IT WAS ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO.
WENT THROUGH A COUPLE DIFFERENT OPTIONS TO PUT OUT RIGHT, UH, IN FRONT OF THE BARN SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE, UH, CONCERT EVENTS EITHER FACING OUT ONTO THE BIG LAWN OR EITHER FACING BACK UP TOWARDS THE BARN.
WE ALSO HAVE A, UM, PROPOSED PUBLIC SERVICES BUILDING DOWN AT NEW RIVERSIDE BARN THAT IS A, UM, SATELLITE LOCATION FOR THEM TO KEEP, UH, EQUIPMENT AND STUFF THAT IS NEEDED TO MAINTAIN
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THE PARKS ON THAT SIDE OF TOWN SO THAT IT ACTUALLY HAVE A CREW OR TWO THAT'S GONNA LIKE, I THINK, UH, TWO, TWO MAN OR THREE MAN CREWS THAT ACTUALLY WILL REPORT OVER THERE TO GET THEIR EQUIPMENT AND THEN START THEIR DAY OUT AT NEW RIVERSIDE BARN.THEY'LL COVER EVERYTHING LIKE BUCK WALTER WEST FOR THE ENTIRE TOWN.
THE OTHER CREWS WOULD REPORT BACK IN, BUT MOSTLY IT'S GONNA BE A BAY WITH TWO TRUCKS PARKED IN IT, AS WELL AS WHAT THEY NEED FOR THOSE PARKS, LIKE, UH, SEEDS, SAND, FERTILIZER AND EVERYTHING.
AND IT'S LOOKING TO GO IN THE VERY BACK CORNER, BACK BEHIND, NEAR WHERE THAT CHURCH IS AT THE VERY, VERY BACK OF THE PROPERTY AND GIVE 'EM ACCESS TO THAT SIDE OF TOWN.
AND THIS SAYS AND WATERSHED FACILITY.
THAT'S WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE SPACE NEEDS.
UM, THERE WAS A PROPOSAL WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT IN A COUPLE YEARS, LOOKING TO RENOVATE AND EXPAND THE PUBLIC SERVICES FACILITY BUILDING THEY CURRENTLY HAVE AND POTENTIALLY BUILDING THE NEW WATERSHED FACILITY RIGHT THERE ON THE SAME PREMISE WITH THEM.
UM, SO THIS WOULD BE THE DESIGN WORK FOR THAT.
OH, YOU MEAN RIGHT HERE WHERE THE, WHERE THE CURRENT ONE IS? YES SIR.
SO, SO WE GOT ROOM TO ADD ON THERE, IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? WE DO.
WE HAVE SOME LAND THAT GOES, GOES BACK BEHIND THERE.
AND RIGHT NOW THE INDOOR SPACE IS PRETTY MUCH OUT THERE.
THEY NEED SOME COVERED STORAGE AND SOME ADDITIONAL SPACE BASED ON THE NEEDS ANALYSIS AND SOME LAY DOWN YARDS BECAUSE I CAN'T SAY IT, BUT WHEN THE 10 ACRES PROJECT MOVES FORWARD FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THEY'LL NEED A PLACE TO STORE STUFF BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IF THERE'S A HURRICANE AND WE HAVE TO PULL DEBRIS OFF THE ROAD, IT'S GOING TO THAT 10 ACRES.
SO THEY'LL NEED SOME LAY DOWN AREA THERE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE DEBRIS AND LEAVES AND STUFF UNTIL THEY CAN MULCH IT.
SO, BUT RIGHT NOW THEY'VE BEEN USING THAT 10 ACRE PARCEL THAT WE HAVE THAT'S UP ON BLUFFTON ROADS.
SO HOW MUCH, HOW MUCH DO WE HAVE OF BEHIND THE, I I CALL IT THE OLD CLINIC BUILDING? NOT A TON, BUT ENOUGH WHERE THEY CAN FIT WHAT THEY NEED.
I WANNA SAY IT'S OVER LITTLE OVER AN ACRE.
OH, I, YEAH, A LITTLE OVER AN ACRE BACK THERE.
I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT PROPERTY WAS THAT BIG.
YEAH, IT'S ALL TREE AND, AND MOST OF IT IS IS SCRUBS, BUT IT, WE, WE CAN GO BACK SO FAR AND THEN THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF WETLANDS, BUT WE CAN GO BACK FAR ENOUGH AND ACTUALLY WE CAN GO BACK UP TOWARDS, BEHIND THE DOG PARK, BACK UP TOWARDS THE BALL FIELDS.
WE HAVE LAND UP THAT WAY AS WELL AT OSCAR FRAZIER.
SO SOME FACILITY PROJECTS WE ARE COMPLETING THIS YEAR WAS TOWN HALL IMPROVEMENTS.
WE ARE FINALLY REMOVING THAT OFF OF THE CIP PROJECT LIST.
IT, UM, WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER IMPROVEMENTS RIGHT NOW THAT WE NEED TO MAKE HERE, AS WELL AS THE SQUIRE POPE CARRIAGE HOUSE.
WE CONTINUE WITH THE PUBLIC SAFETY CAMERAS.
THIS HAS TWO DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY CAMERAS IN IT.
IT HAS THE, UH, CONTINUATION OF THE FLOCK CAMERA SYSTEM THAT COUNCIL APPROVED.
UM, AND THEN IT ALSO HAS OUR CONTINUED REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT OF THE, UH, SAFETY CAMERAS THAT WE HAVE AT OUR PARKS THROUGHOUT TOWN.
AND THEN, UH, AGAIN, UH, NETWORK IMPROVEMENTS.
WE, THIS IS ONE THAT'S NORMALLY ON THERE EVERY YEAR TO REPLACE DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE OUR WIRELESS ACCESS POINTS.
UM, OUR PHONE SYSTEM, WHICH WE DID THIS PAST YEAR, AND THEN LIKE VM HO WAREHOUSE AND SWITCHES AND STUFF LIKE THAT THROUGHOUT THE TOWN.
SO EVEN THOUGH NETWORK IMPROVEMENTS IS STILL ON THERE, WE COMPLETED SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WE HAD IN THERE FOR THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE PARK IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH IS KIND OF A, A CATCHALL FOR JUST PARK IMPROVEMENTS THAT AREN'T SPECIFIC TO NECESSARILY ONE PARK THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
YOU MAY SEE THINGS LIKE WE, UM, PUT IN, UM, LIKE, LIKE THE SPLASH PAD.
WE MAY GO OUT THERE WHERE SINCE IT OPENED, WE PUT IN SOME SHADE CELLS OVER THERE FOR SOME SHADE OVER THE BENCHES.
WE FIX SOME OF THE, UM, MULCH AND REPLACE IT WITH SOME TURF TO GIVE A PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO GO.
SO THINGS LIKE THAT THROUGHOUT THE DIFFERENT PARKS THAT IMPROVE THE PARK.
UM, THAT'S KIND OF, KIND OF THE CATCHALL.
SO IT MAY HAVE MULTIPLE PARKS WITHIN THERE BESIDES JUST ONE LARGE PROJECT OF A PARK.
UM, OYSTER FACTORY PARK IS CONTINUATION OF THAT MASTER PLAN.
WE'RE REPLACING THE, UM, SHELTER THAT'S OUT THERE.
IF YOU'VE BEEN OUT THERE RECENTLY, I WOULD, IF YOU HAVEN'T LOOKED, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK AT THE FOOTING OF IT.
UM, A LOT OF THAT IS JUST BEING HELD UP BY THE MAIN BRACKET IS ROTTED AND NOT TOUCHING THE GROUND.
SO WE'RE REPLACING THAT, UH, STRUCTURE TO GET IT, UH,
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WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE LONG TERM, MAKE IT SAFE.UM, WE'RE ALSO EXPANDING THE BATHROOMS OUT THERE TO ADD ADDITIONAL STALLS.
AND WE'LL START THE WORK ON PREPARING FOR THE FU NEXT PHASE, WHICH IS THE BULKHEAD THAT'S SUPPOSED TO GO AROUND THE OYSTER FACTORY TO, UM, PROTECT FROM THE RIVER, KEEP IT FROM WASHING AWAY, UM, AND PUT ADDITIONAL PARKING.
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT SHED, YOU'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT REPLACING THE ENTIRE SHED, ARE YOU? UH, POTENTIALLY.
IT DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH THE COST IS FOR THE LEGS VERSUS TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE THING.
I WOULD THINK THERE'S A WAY TO REPLACE SOME OF THE LEGS.
EASY, MUCH LESS THAN REBUILDING THAT ENTIRE SHED.
JUST DEPENDS ON, SOMETIMES THEY SURPRISE US WITH THE COST TO DO THINGS.
STEVEN DOES THIS, THIS 9 73, DOES THAT INCLUDE SOME ENGINEERING DESIGN OR WHATEVER FOR THE SEAWALL THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT? IT BEGIN, IT STARTS THAT PROCESS.
ISN'T THAT RIGHT, PAT? SO THE ENGINEERING, YEAH.
AND THEN THE, THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION OF IT WON'T BE UNTIL THE NEXT IS PROPOSED.
22ND, BECAUSE THIS 9 73 DOES NOT INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION, NOT THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SEA WALL.
WHAT ELSE IS IN THIS NINE 70? THE EXPANSION OF THE BATHROOMS, THE, UM, REPLACEMENT OF THE SHELTER.
WHAT ELSE AM I MISSING, PAT? I KNOW THE BATHROOMS IS THE BIGGEST PART OF IT.
IT'S MOSTLY HEAVY DESIGN RELATED TO THE BULKHEAD.
DOES THIS INCLUDE THE PAVING PROJECT THAT WE'RE DOING TOO? THAT'S IN THE BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR? IT'S OUT NOW.
SO NEXT YEAR WOULD BE MOSTLY RESTROOM CONSTRUCTION AND THEN THE FOLLOWING YEAR WOULD BE THE BULKHEAD AND ALL THAT.
SO THE RESTROOM CONSTRUCTION IS ABOUT 890,000 ISH.
NO, WE'D HAVE TO, WE CAN GET YOU THE BREAKDOWN.
I MEAN, NO, 'CAUSE IT ALSO INCLUDES THE SHELTER TOO, NOT JUST THE BATHROOMS. SO IT'S A, IT'S THE REPLACEMENT OF THE SHELTER, WHICH MAY BE A HUNDRED, 150 PLUS THE BATHROOMS, PLUS THE BULKHEAD DESIGN.
UM, SO THE OTHER ONE IS THE NEW RIVERSIDE PARK BARN SITE.
THAT'S A CONTINUATION OF THE BARN, WHICH WILL COME UP FOR COMPLETION.
I, WHEN I SAY END OF THIS YEAR, END OF 25, NOT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE THE NEW RIVERSIDE, THE NEW, UH, YEAH.
THIS NUMBER INCLUDES BOTH PHASES BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE, UH, APPROPRIATIONS IN THE BUDGET LAST YEAR FOR $2 MILLION.
WE'RE ABLE TO TAKE WHAT WE HAD APPROPRIATED PLUS THE FUNDS THAT WE'RE GETTING BACK FROM THE POWER COMPANY TO HELP UPFIT THE BRIDGES THAT ARE OUT THERE, REPAIR THE BRIDGES, AND DO THE ENTIRE TRAIL IN ONE PHASE INSTEAD OF HAVING TO BREAK IT UP OVER MULTIPLE YEARS.
SO THAT COST IS TO PAY THE ENTIRE TRAIL, THE ENTIRE TRAIL AND REBUILD THE BRIDGE, THE BRIDGES OUT THERE AS WELL.
AND THE GRANT MONEY IS NOT INCLUDED IN THAT? IT IS, IT'S $2 MILLION OF THAT 2 MILLION.
SO OUT OF THE TOWN'S PART OF IT'S ABOUT 1.6 MILLION.
AND THAT'S STARTED ALREADY, RIGHT? OR IT WILL COME TO Y'ALL FOR AWARD AT THE JUNE COUNCIL MEETING.
YOU ALSO HAVE THE BUCK WALTER PLACE, WEST PARK IMPROVEMENTS, IF YOU REMEMBER BACK WHEN THEY CAME AND WORKSHOPPED THAT WITH Y'ALL, THERE WERE KIND OF FOUR PHASES THEY HAD PROPOSED.
Y'ALL ASKED THEM TO ESCALATE THAT.
SO THEY'RE DOING PHASE ONE AND TWO.
CURRENTLY, THIS IS PHASES THREE AND FOUR, WHICH INCLUDES, UH, PICNIC SHELTERS, TWO SHELTERS AS YOU COME IN, AS WELL AS PUTTING A CANOPY OVER THE, UM, THE STAGE.
UM, SOME, SOME COVER OVER THE STAGE AS WELL AS, I THINK IT'S AN, AN INTERACT, NOT A SPLASH PAD, BUT AN INTERACTIVE FOUNTAIN FEATURE AS WELL AS AN, A COUPLE OTHER IMPROVEMENTS ON THE INTERIOR.
THE ONES THEY FOCUSED ON NOW HAS BEEN MOSTLY SAFETY, WHICH IS, UH, SIDEWALKS AROUND IT, LIGHTING, IMPROVING THE ENTRANCES, UM, AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO THE NEXT ONE IS A NEW PROJECT, WHICH IS THE BUCKEYE SIMMONS NEIGHBORHOOD PARK, WHICH IS ONE 40 BUCK ISLAND ROAD THAT WE PURCHASED.
THIS IS THE DESIGN COST TO GET THE PARK DESIGNED, ENGINEERED, AND READY TO GO OUT FOR BID IN FISCAL YEAR 26, 27.
WE DID A, UM, WE TALKED ABOUT IT.
I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER ON WHAT WE WANTED TO SEE THERE.
I MEAN, HAVE WE COUNCIL HAS NOT.
WELL, WE, WE, WE'VE GONE AND DONE SOME.
UM, WE, WE ACTUALLY WENT AND TALKED TO THE MILL SCHOOL AND GOT SOME INPUT FROM THEM.
WE'RE GONNA BE BRINGING Y'ALL ONE OF THE UPCOMING QUARTERLY WORKSHOPS, SOME RECOMMENDATIONS AND SOME, AND LET AND GO THROUGH THAT.
AND THEN WE'LL TAKE THAT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY ONCE COUNCIL GIVES SOME INPUT ON THAT TO GET INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEN BEFORE WE FINALIZE ANY DESIGN AND BEGIN ENGINEERING.
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SO THIS MONEY ALLOCATED FOR THAT PARK IS FOR DESIGN AND ENGINEERING, INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN.HOW ARE WE GONNA DESIGN IT BEFORE WE FIGURE OUT WHAT WE WANNA BUILD THAT WE'RE, WE REMEMBER THIS WILL GO UNTIL JUNE OF NEXT YEAR.
SO WE WILL, WE WILL BE START DESIGN THIS FALL.
AND THEN ALSO YOU HAVE TO GIVE CONSIDERATION TO THAT DESIGN PROPOSALS A LOT OF TIMES, UM, ARE THEM LOOKING AT THE LANDMASS OR WHATEVER'S THERE AND EVEN GIVING US A SCOPE OF WHAT COULD GO OUT THERE OR WHAT PROJECTIONS ARE OUT THERE BASED ON SOME OF THE PRELIMINARY INFORMATION THAT'S ALREADY BEEN SHARED, KNOWING THAT PARTS OF UPLANDS, PARTS OF WETLANDS AND THE SURVEY FROM, UM, THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND CONSIDERATION OF SOME OF THE OTHER, UH, PARKS WE'VE DONE.
SO ARE, ARE WE GONNA BE, AND I'M KIND OF ASKING PAT, BUT IN THE PAST ON PARKS, WE'VE UM, DONE A LITTLE ON THE SITE SURVEYS, YOU KNOW, WITH THE DOTS.
WE DID 'EM OVER AT, UH, VOES BARN.
IT'S HARD TO DO THAT OUT THERE BECAUSE IT'S A GOOD PLACE TO DO IT.
WE WERE GONNA DO THAT AT THE MAYFEST AND IT GOT RAINED OUT.
SO, UM, WE CAN DO THAT AT THE 4TH OF JULY FESTIVAL IN, IN THE, IN, UM, INSTEAD.
UM, BUT WE ALREADY DID THAT WITH MIDDLE SCHOOLERS.
WE DID THAT WITH THE SIXTH, SEVENTH, AND EIGHTH GRADERS HAVE BLUFF AND MIDDLE AND GOT INPUT FROM THEM.
UM, WE DID THAT DURING CAREER DAY.
UM, KEVIN, HEATHER AND I, UM, WE TALKED TO THREE DIFFERENT CLASSES EACH.
SO WE TOOK THE BOARDS IN THERE AND GAVE THEM THEIR DOTS AND LET THEM GIVE US IDEAS AND WRITE IN IDEAS OF WHAT THEY WANTED TO SEE WITHIN THE PARK.
SO WE ALREADY STARTED THAT PROCESS.
WHAT WAS THE MOST POPULAR AS ASSET ASPECT? UH, THE VOLLEYBALL.
UM, APPARENTLY THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PUBLIC PLACES TO BE ABLE TO PLAY VOLLEYBALL, SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME IN THAT, THAT IS A WALKING DISTANCE FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOLERS OR BIKING DISTANCE THAT CAME IN.
UM, A FIELD TO BE ABLE TO, LIKE A MULTIPURPOSE TURF FIELD WAS A VERY HIGH ONE.
UM, AND LIKE A HIGHER LEVEL PLAY AREA, LIKE A MORE CHALLENGING PLAYGROUND TYPE THING.
LIKE A NINJA WARRIOR OR INTERACT OR EXTREME PLAY COURSE WAS PRETTY HIGH UP THERE AS WELL.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, VOLLEYBALL WAS ONE THAT WE PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE.
LET ME, UH, AND IT DOESN'T TAKE UP MUCH SPACE EITHER.
WELL, I WAS GONNA SAY, I, I REMEMBER, UM, OVER AT OSCAR FRAZIER PARK, I GUESS IT WAS LAST YEAR, UM, SOMEBODY PUT ON A BIG TOURNAMENT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OPEN FIELD THAT WE HAVE WITH THE, WHERE THE WALKWAY GOES AROUND IT.
THEY HAD, IT MUST HAVE HAD SIX TO EIGHT VOLLEYBALL NETS UP WITH TEAMS PLAYING AT THE SAME TIME, LADIES.
SO THAT'S DRIVING THE POINT, HUH? YEAH.
I LIKE, I LOVE THAT HERE, THAT Y'ALL ARE TALKING TO THE KIDS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE I GET MOST OF MY GUYS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT DOES CHANGE FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION.
AND HOPEFULLY IF YOU LISTEN TO THEM, THEY'LL TEACH YOU MORE THAN WHAT YOU'LL LEARN ON YOUR OWN.
WELL, I'LL TALK ABOUT CHRIS SINCE HE LEFT, BUT LIKE WE WERE TALKING TODAY ABOUT THE SPLASH PAD AND HE TOOK HIS BOYS, OR WAS HIS DAUGHTERS AND BOY THERE YESTERDAY.
AND SO HE HAD SOME, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT AN ISSUE WITH THE CONCRETE AND HE GAVE INPUT ON IT.
SO AGAIN, THOSE THAT HAVE KIDS AND THOSE THAT, UM, THE CHILDREN THEMSELVES THAT PLAY IN IT CAN'T ASK FOR BETTER INPUT.
AND DON'T PUT WIFI OUT THERE EITHER.
SO THEY HAVE TO STAY OFF THE COMPUTER.
SO THE NEXT ONE IS CONTINUATION OF OUR PUBLIC ART PROGRAM.
THAT'S JUST AN ANNUAL, THE GOAL IS TO PUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND IN EVERY YEAR TO CONTINUE TO FUND PUBLIC ART.
UM, NEW RIVERSIDE BARN PARK, PHASE TWO TRAIL AND DISC GOLF.
SO THIS IS THE PHASE TWO OF THE TRAILS.
THESE ARE THE MORE WOODED NATURAL TRAILS THAT GO ALONG IN THE BACK.
AND, UM, WHAT WE'VE BEEN CONSTRUCTED RIGHT NOW IS PHASE ONE.
THIS WILL BE PHASE TWO, AS WELL AS PUTTING IN A DISC GOLF COURSE THAT GOES ALONG IN THERE.
SPEAKING OF THE ART, DID, UM, DID ANYBODY, WHICH I CAN'T SPEAK FOR EACH OF US, I, I'D LIKED IT, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, AMIR, HE'S GOT HIS PIECE OF ART OVER THERE AT THE BRIDGE, MURAL.
IT'S LIKE THE ONE HE'S GOT OVER THERE AT, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, OSCAR FRAZIER PARK ON THE, ON THE PAVILION THERE.
SO JUST ME, IF YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER, I'D BE MORE THAN GLAD TO TAKE IT TO HIM.
WELL, I, I, NOW THAT CHRIS ISN'T HERE, I CAN TALK FOR HIM.
I, I THINK ONCE WE START OUR STREETSCAPE PROJECTS, LIKE I THINK WE'VE ALL ENJOYED GREENVILLE.
I, I CAN'T, AGAIN, I JUST, WHEN I WALK THE STREETS AND I SEE THOSE MONUMENTS IN THE, IN THE CONCRETE WITH LITTLE HISTORICAL SAYINGS OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, JUST, THERE'S SO MANY THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH ART.
SO I'M, I'M WIDE OPEN TO SEE WHAT
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WE COME UP WITH.WE GET A STATUE OF DAN
WE'LL HAVE TO DRAW A FRED RIGHT HERE, BECAUSE I'M GONNA LEAVE Y'ALL IN A MINUTE.
SO WE HAD A BIG YEAR FOR PARKS.
SO THESE ARE, THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE PHASING OUT AFTER FISCAL YEAR.
AT THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR, THE OSCAR FRAZIER PARK SPLASH PAD, NEW RIVERSIDE BARN PARK PLAYGROUND, THE NEW RIVERSIDE VILLAGE PARK, AND THE BUCK WALTER PLACE PARK PHASE ONE AND TWO IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE DONE BY THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR THREE AND FOUR.
THAT'S WHAT I TALKED ABOUT STARTING IN NEXT YEAR.
ALL RIGHT, SO ROADWAYS, SO WE HAVE, UM, PATHWAY PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS.
I KNOW WE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT THAT AT LAST ONE.
THIS IS, UM, A LAR TRYING TO EXPEDITE A SET OF PHASING IT OUT OVER MANY YEARS.
WE ARE ACTUALLY, UH, WE TALKED TODAY ABOUT THEY'RE WORKING TO SUBMIT OUR PERMITS WITH DOT FOR THOSE RAPID FLASHING TO GO AT THOSE INTERSECTIONS AT CALHOUN AND THOMAS HAYWARD.
SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH DOT, UH, WITH THE PERMITTING FOR THOSE RIGHT NOW.
SO WE'RE ARE MOVING THOSE FORWARD.
BUT THESE ARE, UH, PATHWAY IMPROVEMENTS FOR OLD TOWN OUTSIDE OF THE STREET SCAPES THAT WE'LL BE DOING.
WE HAVE THE, THE ENGINEERING FOR CALHOUN STREET STREET SCAPE AGAIN, AND, AND TO START THAT CONSTRUCTION, UM, WAR STREET LIGHTING.
WE WERE HOPING TO HAVE THAT DONE THIS FIELD SCHOOL YEAR.
Y'ALL ACTUALLY, WE'VE SIGNED THE CONTRACT.
WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR THEM TO ACTUALLY DO IT.
SO, UM, WE'RE JUST WAITING ON DOMINION FOR THAT, UH, BOUNDARY STREET THAT IS THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION TO FINISH UP THE ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION FOR THAT 3.359.
SO THAT'S ONE OF OUR LARGER PROJECTS GOING IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
AND THEN WE HAVE WITH THAT, THE OVERHEAD POWER LINE CONVERSION, WHICH PAT MENTIONED A MINUTE AGO OR, UM, AND THEN CONTINUATION THAT GHOST ROADS, THAT WAS THE LUMP SUM THAT WE'RE JUST CONTINUING TO CARRY FORWARD AS WE NEED THOSE FUNDS TO SPEND THEM DOWN.
UM, THOSE FUNDS THAT PAYS FOR THE ACQUISITION OR ANY ATTORNEY FEES THAT MAY BE ASSOCIATED.
SO THAT'S JUST CARRYING THAT MONEY FORWARD.
PROJECTS AND ROADS THAT WE WERE COMPLETED FOR THIS YEAR WAS THE FIRST PHASE OF SOME PATHWAY PEDESTRIANS THAT WAS PHASE OR PHASE TWO A DXS.
THAT'S, UH, MOSTLY JUST CROSSING AND REDOING THE, UM, THE GRADES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE A DA ACCESSIBLE.
THE BOUNDARY STREET LIGHTING, WE COMPLETED THE INSTALLATION OF PHASE TWO OF THE STREET LIGHTS, SO THE LIGHTING'S THERE.
NOW WE JUST NEED THE ROAD TO MATCH IT.
SO NEXT ONE IS STORM WATER AND SEWER.
WE HAVE SEVERAL PROJECTS HERE, UM, CONTINUING AGAIN OF OUR SEWER CONNECTIONS POLICY.
THIS IS A, A FUNDING THAT WE JUST CONTINUE FORWARD YEAR OVER YEAR AS WE CONTINUE THE POLICY FORWARD.
UM, AS PEOPLE COME FORWARD AND THEY MEET AND APPLY AND THEY CAN GET, UH, REIMBURSEMENTS FOR SEWER.
WE CONTINUE TO SPEND THAT MONEY DOWN.
UH, PHASE FOUR, FIVE AND SIX IS ALREADY AWARDED.
THEY SHOULD BE STARTING CONSTRUCTION SHORTLY, UM, LIKE WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO.
AND THEN, UM, WE'RE JUST, THEY WON'T BE DONE BY JUNE 30TH.
SO THAT MONEY WILL JUST CONTINUE FORWARD UNTIL THE, UH, DURING THE SUMMER UNTIL WE GET IT COMPLETE.
UH, BRIDGE STREET STREET SCAPE, THAT IS PHASE TWO.
UH, WELL, YEAH, FROM CALHOUN STREET DOWN TO THOMAS HAYWARD.
SO WE'LL CONTINUE WHAT WE DID IN THE FIRST PHASE OF BRIDGE ALL THE WAY DOWN.
YOU'VE WORKSHOP THAT AND SO LAST YEAR I BELIEVE IT WAS, SO THAT WILL BE THE CONTINUATION OF THAT STREET SCAPE.
AND THEN, UH, STONY CREST CAMPGROUND THAT IS SUPPOSED TO GO OUT TO WARD, SORRY, THEY'RE RUNNING TOGETHER ON ME.
IT'S EITHER JULY OR AUGUST AND IT HAS 11 MONTH CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE TO BE COMPLETE BY NEXT SUMMER.
THE WAY THAT IS SET UP IS ONCE THEY ACTUALLY AWARD IT, WE WILL SEND ALL OF OUR FUNDING THAT WE'VE OBLIGATED TO BEAUFORT JASPER TO PAY FOR THE PROJECT.
SO WE'RE ANTICIPATE PAYING THAT FUNDING OUT HERE PROBABLY WITHIN AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER.
AND THIS ONE SHOULD HOPEFULLY NOT CONTINUE ON BEYOND THIS FISCAL YEAR.
UM, PRITCHARD STREET DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, AGAIN, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT, THAT IT'S, UH, PUTTING DRAINAGE DOWN THIS ROAD AS WELL AS COMING BACK WITH THE, AND REPLACING THE TEMPORARY SPEED BUMPS WITH PERMANENT SPEED BUMPS AND MAKING SOME IMPROVEMENTS ON SIDEWALKS ALONG THE ROADWAY.
SO WHAT, WHAT KIND OF DRAINAGE? UM, I REMEMBER US TALKING ABOUT IT, BUT SEEMS LIKE IT'S BEEN A WHILE TOO ON PRITCHARD.
YEAH, WELL THERE IS NO DRAINAGE ON PRITCHARD.
SO WE WILL INSTALL DRAINAGE ON PRITCHARD, UM, PARDON ME, AS WELL AS RUN SIDEWALKS ON THIS SIDE OF THE ROAD AND REPLACE THOSE TEMPORARY SPEED BUMPS WITH PERMANENT ONES.
WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, SO
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WHEN THIS PROJECT'S DONE, THE GOAL IS FOR THEM TO REDO THE PARKING LOT BACK BEHIND, UM, TOWN HALL HERE, THEY THEIR PARKING LOT, UM, AND RE AND REDO THAT PARKING LOT AS PART OF THE PROJECT AS WELL.THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL COVER THAT.
I DON'T WANNA PROLONG THE MEETING, BUT WHY ARE WE PUTTING A SIDEWALK ON THIS SIDE WHEN THERE'S MORE EASEMENT REQUIREMENT? THERE IS SIDEWALK ON THAT SIDE.
WE'RE PUTTING SIDEWALK ON THIS, SO IT'LL BE ON BOTH SIDES.
IT'LL BE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD.
YEAH, SO SOME OF THE ONES WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE OFF WAS, UH, UH, PHASE FIVE SEWER FOR BUCK ISLAND SIMMONS V AS WELL AS, UM, SOME PREVIOUS RESTORATION PROJECTS.
YOU CAN SEE THOSE OUTLINED IN THERE THAT DID SOME PRELIMINARY DESIGN FOR, UH, POTENTIAL FUTURE, UM, IMPLEMENTATION THAT WOULD BE PAID BY A FEE IN LIEU THAT COUNCIL PUT IN PLACE.
SO IF THERE'S EVER ANY REVENUE GENERATED FOR THAT, IT COULD POTENTIALLY GO FOR PROJECTS.
AND THEN THESE ARE AGAIN, ONES THAT ARE CARRYING FORWARD THAT WE HOPE TO HAVE COMPLETE.
SO THIS GIVES YOU KIND OF A FIVE YEAR LOOK OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE FOR THE BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR.
THE ONE BLUE YOU CAN SEE UP THERE IS PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 25, 26.
YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A COUPLE THAT 27, 26, 27 THAT WE'RE KIND OF PLANNING FOR.
AND THEN REALLY ONCE YOU GET PAST 26, 27, IT STARTS KIND OF FADING OUT.
UM, AS I MENTIONED, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR THIS YEAR, PROPOSED FOR 25, 26 IS TO COMPLETE A PARKS AND RECREATION STUDY FOR THE ENTIRE TOWN.
SO WHAT THAT WILL DO IS COME BACK AS WE'RE STARTING TO DESIGN BUCK ISLAND, SIMMONS VILLAGE, AS WE'RE LOOKING AT OTHER PROPERTY THROUGHOUT THE TOWN, IT'LL HELP US PLAN FOR THE NEXT 10, 15 YEARS OF PARK IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE WANT TO SEE THROUGHOUT THE TOWN.
SO WE CAN START LOOKING AT OUR PARKS AND START POPULATING PROJECTS FOR THE NEXT FIVE, 10 YEARS AS WELL.
THAT, THAT'S JUST SO SOMETHING THAT CATCHES MY, THE, UM, ESTIMATED COST OF CALHOUN STREET.
UM, NOW THAT'S SPLIT OVER TWO FISCAL YEARS.
SO, SO IT'S DOUBLE THAT THEN IS WHAT I MEAN.
WELL, I'M LOOKING DOWN HERE, IT'S GONNA BE ABOUT $3 MILLION.
SO YOU CAN SEE THERE'S ONE AND A HALF FOR ONE YEAR AND ONE AND A HALF FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR PLUS DESIGN.
WELL, WELL, I MEAN, BOUNDARY STREET IS 3.7 MILLION.
I WOULD JUST, YOU KNOW, HYPOTHETICALLY LOOKING AT CALHOUN STREET, THINK THAT THAT'S GONNA BE A WHOLE LOT MORE THAN BOUNDARY STREET.
WE, WE DON'T HAVE FIRM NUMBERS ON CALHOUN STREET.
THAT'S WHAT WE ESTIMATED PROBABLY THREE YEARS AGO BASED ON COMPARISON WITH OTHER STREETSCAPE PROJECTS.
YEAH, IT JUST KIND OF CAUGHT MY EYE.
ONCE WE START FINALIZING ENGINEERING, WE WILL UPDATE, WE'LL HAVE MORE UPDATE ON THOSE NUMBERS.
THE FINAL DESIGN TELLS US, AND BOUNDARY STREET CONSTRUCTION WILL DEFINITELY GIVE US REAL CURRENT COSTS INSTEAD OF ESTIMATED COSTS SO THAT WE CAN PROJECT FORWARD THAT.
YEAH, JUST REMEMBER ANYTHING BEYOND THE CURRENT PROPOSED BUDGET, WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL WE GET FURTHER ALONG WITHIN THE BUDGET YOU'RE TALKING, WE'RE PROJECTING OUT 30 MONTHS AHEAD OF TIME AT THAT POINT, OR 24 TO 30 MONTHS OUT AHEAD OF TIME.
SO TO WRAP BACK UP, THIS BRINGS US BACK TO THE OVERALL PROPOSED CONSOLIDATED BUDGET THAT'S BEEN PRESENTED TO COUNCIL.
THIS IS OUR SECOND BUDGET WORKSHOP.
OUR NEXT ONE WOULD BE TO HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SECOND AND FINAL READING AT THE JUNE 10TH COUNCIL MEETING.
BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE NOT DISCUSSED DURING THE PAST TWO WORKSHOPS OR THAT COUNCIL MAY WANT TO GO OVER.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR NOT ON THIS, ANYBODY? I'VE GOT SOME TO KEEP THE MEETING GOING IF YOU WANT.
I, I KNOW, I KNOW FRED'S GOT A LEGAL, I THINK FRED BEHIND FRED SECOND.