[I. CALL TO ORDER]
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          WELCOME, EVERYONE. NEXT TUESDAY MAY 25 BUT THANK YOU FOR IT. 
          THIS IS A GREAT. HEAVENLY FATHER YOU GRACE ISWE M AND GUIDANCE SO WE MAKE IT WISDOM ALSO GIVE US THE FORTITUDE TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF YOUR OF YOU, OF YOUR WISH. 
          SERVE BLUFFTON WITH KINDNESS, RESPECT, DIGNITY FATHER THAT EVERYONE WILL BE SERVE AND FATHER GIVE US LOVE AND PEACE THROUGHOUT OUR NATION. THESE AND ALL BLESSINGS JACK 
          [IV. ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES]
YOUR SON JESUS NAME AMEN. OKAY, WE'LL MOVE TO THE ADOPTION OF THE MAN BECAUSE HER NOT UNANIMOUS WITH OUR MOVE TO THE REGULAR MEETING MINUTES OF SIX 1025 I THOUGHT I PROBABLY THAT'S WHAT YOU JUST DID. YES, SIR. 
          [V. PRESENTATIONS, CELEBRATIONS, AND RECOGNITIONS]
OH, IT'S JUST BEEN AROUND 30 MINUTES. I NOTE THE PRESENTATION CELEBRATIONS AND RECOGNITION YOU WERE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT CHARACTER STUDENT OF THE MONTH TO ANTONIO SANTIAGO ARE WE HERE? YES SIR. 
          I'M ON A TEACHER A LOT OF ATHANASIUS THE FIRST GRADE STUDENT MICHAEL C REILLY AND HIS CHARACTER RESPONSIBILITY CORPORATION GOING ON TO SAY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIM AND TELL US HOW GREAT HE IS THAT'S I HAD THE PLEASURE OF TEACHING ANTHONY LAST YEAR WHEN HE WAS IN AND HE IS AN EXCELLENT YOUNG MAN. HE HAS GREAT MANNERS, EXTREMELY RESPECTFUL AND GETS ALONG WITH EVERYBODY. RIGHT. 
          HE WON'T SAY ANYTHING COVENANTS ARE YOU ALL RIGHT? YOU READY? ONE, TWO, THREE. I GOT IT. THANK YOU. 
          THANK THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT YOU REALLY DON'T TO BE OUT HERE MORE SET. 
          THAT'S ALL WE GOT UP HERE RIGHT ? FOR. 
          OKAY. UP NEXT WE HAVE AN INTRODUCTION NEW EMPLOYEES PROMOTIONS AND IN OF ANY EVANS OF HUMAN RESOURCES SO GO FIRST AND NOT LOOK LIKE ANY I KNOW AND DISAPPOINTING SO HOPE SORRY I HAVE LINDA IN FRONT OF ME SO WITH THE BEGINNING OF THE NEW BUDGET YEAR LINDY WAS MOVED INTO A NEW PROMOTION WHERE SHE IS THE DIRECTOR OF EVENTS AND VENUES? I THINK YOU'RE ALL VERY FAMILIAR WITH LINDY. SHE'S BEEN THE TOWN FOR FIVE YEARS AND SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE HER IN THAT ROLE. SO AS A NEW PROMOTION JUST BRINGING HER BACK TO INTRODUCE YOU AND AND TALK ABOUT PROMOTION SO THANK YOU CHRIS YOU'RE NEXT SO NEXT WE HAVE PAUL URBAN TIDIES. HE WAS WITH US AS INNOVATION MANAGER. HE CAME TO US FROM AN IN NEW YORK STATE, HAS A GREAT DEAL OF SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE. HE IS NOW THE CEO OF JOHN RYAN CENTER FOR INNOVATION INNOVATION. UP NEXT WE HAVE THE TOWN INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO. 
          WE'RE NOT DONE YET. WE'VE GOT A COUPLE MORE OF CLAIRE DIDN'T GET UP THERE FAST ENOUGH SORRY. SORRY ABOUT THAT BUT WE HAVE CYNTHIA MENDIETA, SHE IS OUR 
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PUBLIC SERVICE WORKER TOO. SHE SPECIALIZES IN LANDSCAPES. SHE'S BEEN WITH US FOR MONTHS NOW PREVIOUSLY WITH THE GREENERY IT'S ALREADY BEEN A PARTNER TEAM AND WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE HER WITH US. GREAT LOVE. GOOD EVENING. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU DAVID BARBER HE IS THE GARVIN GARVEY HOUSE DOCENT. 
          HE'S BEEN WITH THE TOWN ABOUT FOUR MONTHS AND HE HAS A BACHELOR OF ARTS SPEECH COMMUNICATION FROM GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY AND WAS LOGISTICS COORDINATOR AT THE ARLINGTON SOCCER ASSOCIATION. THANK AND THEN AND GARVEY HOUSE JOE SAID HE WAS NOT ABLE MAKE IT TONIGHT AND THEN WE HAVE A PROMOTION I'D LIKE TO WELCOME LEANN MANEK SHE IS OUR WELCOME CENTER COORDINATOR AND SHE'S BEEN PROMOTED TO THE ASSISTANT MANAGER OF THE WELCOME CENTER AND SHE UNFORTUNATELY ONE OF MY STAFF MEMBERS WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND BUT I STILL WANT TO RECOGNIZE HER PROMOTION. SHANNON MELROY WAS RECENTLY PROMOTED TO THE AND PROCUREMENT MANAGER EFFECTIVE THIS FISCAL YEAR GET YOUR OWN MAYOR AND COUNCIL TONIGHT I HAVE THE DISTINCT PLEASURE OF INTRODUCING YOU TO THE TOWN SUMMER INTERNS SO HERE WE HAVE TO MY SHARON MURRAY SHE IS THE INTERN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SHE IS CURRENTLY OBTAINING HER BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN ACCOUNTING AND H.R. MANAGEMENT FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA PAYTON BE WITH US TONIGHT. HE HE COULDN'T ATTEND PAYTON CHAPIN HE IS IN OUR PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT SO HE'S THE INTERN FOR THE PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT HE IS CURRENTLY OBTAINING HIS HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA FROM MAE RIVER HIGH SCHOOL. ZOE WE HAVE ZOE SHE'S IN OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT. 
          SHE IS WORKING AS THE WELCOME CENTER INTERN. SHE IS CURRENTLY OBTAINING HER BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN POLITICAL SCIENCE FROM ANDERSON UNIVERSITY WE HAVE YOUR VIEWERS OVER TO MY LEFT. SHE IS OUR FINAL INTERN. SHE IS CURRENTLY OBTAINING HER MASTER'S DEGREE FROM LIMESTONE UNIVERSITY. WE HAVE RYAN DEEGAN. 
          HE IS IN OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT. HE IS CURRENTLY OBTAINING HIS BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND ACCOUNTING FROM THE CLEMSON UNIVERSITY WE HAVE RANSOM ALBERTSON. HE IS ALSO IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND HE IS CURRENTLY OBTAINING HIS HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA FROM CHOATE ROSEMARY. OKAY. 
          AND WE HAVE ANGELINA CARDONA. SHE IS IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT INTERNING FOR THE SUMMER SHE IS CURRENTLY OBTAINING HER BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN SOCIOLOGY FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CAROLINA BE HER CAMPUS. SO IT IS MY DISTINCT PLEASURE TO YOU A GREAT COHORT OF SUMMER INTERNS THAT WE HAVE FOR THE GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR ONCE WE DO NOT HAVE THE BIGGEST GROUP STANDING BEFORE YOU BUT HAPPY TO INTRODUCE OUR ONE NEW HIRE MICHAEL SMILEY WHO'S COMING UP RIGHT NOW MICHAEL IS FROM DEER PARK YORK . 
          HE WAS AN HVAC INSTALLER AND APPRENTICE WITH PYRAMID AIR CONDITIONING PRIOR TO COMING DOWN HERE HE IS A POLICE RECRUIT AND BELIEVE HE GOES TO THE ACADEMY NEXT WEEK. 
          YES, NEXT NEXT TO HIM IS ED KING PROMOTIONS. ED KING IS WAS A POLICE OFFICER. HE WAS PROMOTED TO CORPORAL EFFECTIVE IN FEBRUARY AND HE IS A CORPORAL OVER PATROL TERRY HARDIN HE WAS PROMOTED TO CORPORAL AS WELL AND HE IS A CORPORAL OVER SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS JOSEPH RHINO WAS PROMOTED TO POLICE OFFICER TO POLICE CORPORAL AND HE IS A CORPORAL OVER PATROL AS WELL AS OUR K-9 UNITS. 
          AND FINALLY ANTHONY POLO, HE WAS PROMOTED. HE OUR SECOND INTERN RIGHT AFTER CHRIS CASH WHO WAS ACTUALLY GETTING READY TO COMPLETE FTO AND MR. POLO IS GETTING READY TO GO TO THE ACADEMY AS WELL. HE WAS PROMOTED TO RECRUIT POSITION AND HE WILL GO TO THE ACADEMY WITH MR. SMILEY SO THEY ACTUALLY MORE FROM OUR 
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INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO UPSTATE CITIZENS WELL NEAL CHAPMAN SENIOR PORTFOLIO STRATEGIST IN GRANT INSTITUTIONAL CONSULTANT . GOOD AFTERNOON I'M GRANT CATO INSTITUTIONAL CONSULTANT WITH VERSUS SINCE THIS IS NEAL CHAPMAN OUR PORTFOLIO AND I WANT TO GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE FORECAST AT THE BASE FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR AND HOW THE PORTFOLIO THINK YOU. AFTERNOON EVERYONE THANKS FOR BEING WITH YOU. I'LL START ON PAGE THREE OF THE MATERIAL SO I ABOUT IT BECAUSE THAT WAS A FOUR TRANSCRIPT OF THAT IS BASED ON THE PROGRAM SO HERE ON PAGE THREE YOU'LL SEE THE TRAGEDY OCCURRED SO THE YELLOW LINE IS WHERE WE ARE PRETTY MUCH TODAY YOU'LL SEE THE DATE ON THIS WAS ACTUALLY JUNETEENTH PRETTY MUCH WHERE WE ARE AS WE SIT HERE TODAY AND THEN THE BLUE LINE AND SO WE START IT UP SO YOU CAN SEE A FAIRLY NORMALLY SHAPED CURVE FOR THE COMPANY YOU GO OUT TO AND FOUR AND FIVE YEAR TREASURY BEHIND YOU TALKING ABOUT VERY IMPORTANT INSIGHT AND SOME THOSE RATES ARE STILL HIGHER TODAY SO A LITTLE BIT OF AN INVERSION IN YIELD CURVE. THAT'S WHEN THE FED DOES THEIR WORK. 
          YOU KNOW THAT THE NEXT PAGE WE TALK ABOUT THIS SO RATES AGAIN NORMALLY SHAPE THE SUMMER SO JUST TO TALK ABOUT THE FED NOT IN TOO MUCH DETAIL BUT YOU KNOW THE YIELD CURVE AS I MENTIONED FAIRLY NORMALLY SHAPE VERY NORMAL ALSO OR OR HISTORY. SO YOU KNOW IF YOU GO BACK JUST A COUPLE OF YEARS PEOPLE FORGET HOW LOW RATES WERE SO GREEN CDS OR EVEN TYPE INSTRUMENTS OF RATES HOW LOW RATES WERE AT THE TIME RATES HAVE GONE UP THE BOARD AND SO WE'RE MORE NORMAL SO ON THOSE YIELDS THAT YOU SAW THERE AFTER TEN YEARS OF PRETTY NORMAL RATES HISTORICALLY THAT VERY SHORT END OF THE CURVE IN THE FED LOWER RATE THAT'S GETTING THOSE RATES AND REMEMBER ON THAT FIVE PAGE RATES FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL THERE UP TO SIX MONTHS OR SO IN THE YIELD CURVE SO HERE ON THIS PAGE WE TALKED ABOUT THE FED AT LEAST THE MARKET EXPECTATIONS FOR WHAT THE FED IS GOING TO DO AND SO IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT THE MARKET EXPECTS TODAY, YOU CAN SEE THERE ON THE PAGE WE'RE AT ABOUT 4.4% OF THE FED FUNDS RATE. 
          SO IN THE PRIOR PAGES WE SAW THAT FOR THREE SO THAT THE ACTUAL FED RATE IS SOMEWHERE IN THAT RANGE OF 20 QUARTER FOUR AND A HALF. THAT'S HOW THEY TALK ABOUT IT AND. SO THE RATE IS USUALLY IN THE MIDDLE THERE. 
          SO THE EXPECTATION IS BY THE END OF 2025 THEY'RE GOING TO CUT TWICE AND THEN MAYBE THREE TIMES NEXT YEAR. SO THAT SHORTENING THE CURVE ONE REASON TO HAVE A LADDER BOND PORTFOLIO WHERE YOU HAVE A GROUND TALKED ABOUT AND SECONDLY YOU WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE RATES AND JUST BASED ON THE ONE THING WE KNOW IS THAT 45 DAYS BREAK COME BACK FOR THREE PIECES OF PROPERTY BEFORE AND PROBABLY BE 37 FIVE. 
          SO YOU WANT TO HAVE THAT LADDER BUT TAKE CARE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE RATES FOR THAT AND WE'LL SEE WHAT THE FED DOES AT LEAST AS OF RIGHT NOW THE MARKET EXPECTS IT BUT IN SEPTEMBER AND IT CUT IN DECEMBER SO THREE OR FOUR POINT OF VIEW AND I'LL STOP THERE IF YOU WANT TO THINK AND IF WE COULD FLIP PAGE SEVEN KIND OF PIGGYBACKING ON WHAT NEIL HAD TO SAY ABOUT THE TREASURY LADDER, REMEMBER THAT WE HAVE THREE PORTFOLIOS THAT ARE INVESTED IN THREE DIFFERENT TREASURY LADDERS. SO THESE ARE U.S. TREASURY SECURITIES BACKED BY THE FULL FAITH THE GOVERNMENT. THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT IT IS IS THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON HAS BEEN WELL CAPITALIZED ON SOME OF THE HIGHER RATES THAT WE'VE HAD OVER THE LAST YEAR. 
          SO THE FIRST TRUSS PORTFOLIO YOU'LL SEE THAT WE ACHIEVED AN ADDITIONAL REVENUE AMOUNT OF CLOSE $1,000,000 ON THAT PORTFOLIO SINCE INCEPTION. FANTASTIC. 
          LOOKING AT THAT TRAILING ONE YEAR RETURN OF 6.2% AS NEAL MENTIONED FOR THOSE OF US DO REMEMBER THE RATES WERE LOWER THAT'S ALMOST UNHEARD OF SO REALLY A LOT OF THAT IS TIED TO BEING IN THE TREASURY AT THE RIGHT TIME. SO IMPRESSIVE INVESTMENT WHILE WE DO EXPECT RATES TO COME DOWN TO THE FED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS IN TREASURY THAT KIND OF INSULATES THE PORTFOLIO FROM FEELING WILL AFFECT SOME OF THE U.S. TREASURIES ARE STILL LOCKED IN FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND OVER 4% AS PORTFOLIO LOOKS FANTASTIC NOW AND GOING FORWARD 
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IF WE FLIP OVER TO PAGE EIGHT JUST A LITTLE MORE STATISTICAL DATA ON THE PORTFOLIO YOU CAN SEE THE VALUE OF THIS PORTFOLIO WHEN THE US TREASURIES MATURE IS 16,370,000 SO THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE REINVESTED AND GENERATE MORE INTEREST ON THAT PORTFOLIO BUT THAT THE CURRENT PAR VALUE MATURITY OF THE PORTFOLIO THERE THAT'S THE FIRST PORTFOLIO WE HAVE A SECOND PORTFOLIO ON PAGE TEN IS THE HOSPITALITY TAX PORTFOLIO RECENTLY NEW INVESTMENT BUT WE WERE STILL ABLE TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE TREASURY RATES THAT WERE REALLY ATTRACTIVE AND CREATE A LADDER AROUND THAT SO YOU'LL SEE THAT THIS PORTFOLIO CURRENTLY HAS GENERATED OVER $150,000 IN REVENUE AND LOOKING AT A PAR VALUE OF OVER 5.3 MATURITY VALUE WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR. SO WE EXPECT TO SEE A AS NEIL MENTIONED A NORMALIZED RATE OF RETURN BUT THE FORWARD LOOKING YIELD MATURITY ON THAT PORTFOLIO IS 3.88% AND THAT IS THAT MATURITY VALUE THAT'S LOCKED IN GOING FORWARD ONCE AGAIN INSULATING US FROM THOSE RATE CUTS THAT THE FED WILL HAVE OVER THE NEXT SIX, 12, 18 MONTHS. 
          THE FINAL PORTFOLIO I WANT TO TOUCH ON IS THE BOND REVENUE PORTFOLIO. 
          THIS IS FOR PROJECT PARK PROJECT AND THIS IS A PORTFOLIO THAT HAS BEEN USED TO FACILITATE THAT CONSTRUCTION ENOUGH AS THE FUNDS WERE SITTING THERE THEY WERE STILL EARNING SO THIS PORTFOLIO ON PAGE 13 YOU'LL SEE THAT THE YIELD TO MATURITY AND THIS IS A FORWARD LOOKING RATE OF RETURN ON THIS PORTFOLIO IS STILL AT 4.32% SO WHILE THOSE FUNDS ARE BEING USED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION THEY WERE STILL GENERATING INCOME FOR THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON AND THAT'S BEEN A NICE WAY TO BUFFER THAT SPAN AND HAVE ADDITIONAL REVENUE WHILE THOSE BONDS WERE SITTING THERE DURING THAT CONSTRUCTION PROCESS. SO THOSE ARE OUR THREE PORTFOLIOS RIGHT NOW. THE LATTER THE DURATION OF THE LADDERS ARE IN GREAT SHAPE ANYWHERE FROM 0 TO 3 TO 0 TO 5 ONCE AGAIN THAT'S THERE TO INSULATE AGAINST FEDERAL RESERVE RATE DROPS AND WE EXPECT THESE PORTFOLIOS CONTINUE TO PERFORM ALONG THAT ROUTE OPEN ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PORTFOLIOS? QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL MS. FRAZIER YEAH, I HAVE A QUESTION. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          VERY INFORMATIVE ALSO GREAT TO KNOW WHERE WE WHERE WE STAND. I WOULD ALSO SAY A GREAT REFLECTION I BELIEVE OF OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND THOSE STEWARDING THOSE FUNDS. 
          BUT IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO FOR THOSE WHO MAY BE UNFAMILIAR HOW OUR MODERATING OUR TRIPLE-A RATING HOW IT IMPACTS OUR PORTFOLIO, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IS MADE US MORE AMENABLE IN OUR PORTFOLIO IS IT AN ADVANTAGE TO HAVE THAT OH THIS IS A PORTFOLIO THAT'S BUILT ON U.S. TREASURIES. SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT THE PORTFOLIO LIKE IT WOULD IT FEELS LIKE CORPORATE TRUST ENTITY. THE ONE THING ABOUT HAVING A MUNICIPALITY IS THAT WE HAVE TO ABIDE SOUTH CAROLINA TITLE SIX SO THAT LIMITS THE SCOPE OF THE INVESTMENT CAN USE AND THAT BECOMES LIMITED TO U.S. TREASURY BONDS, BILLS NOTES AND CERTAIN US AGENCIES. SO THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE AS BIG OF A FACTOR AS IT WOULD IF YOU WERE OUTSIDE AND AS A CORPORATE BOND INSTRUMENT OR MIX OF THOSE. 
          SO THANK YOU. MR. WOOD I'M GOOD, SIR. THANK YOU. 
          ALDEN THANK YOU FOR YOUR BRIEF PRESENTATION. I DON'T ANY QUESTIONS BUT I DON'T THINK THAT YOU MAKE US LOOK GOOD IS MAKING US LOOK AT YEAH. 
          CHRIS HAS DONE A GREAT JOB AT THE TIMING AND THAT'S BEEN FANTASTIC SO I THINK WHAT MR. HAMILTON SAID GREAT. I JUST WANT TO ADD AND THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT AND THANK YOU TO CHRIS AND AND NATALIE YOU KNOW FOR DOING THIS THIS MAKES A LOT OF SENSE TO ME. 
          YOU HAVE MONEY SITTING THERE THAT YOU HAVE PLANS FOR THE IF IT CAN WORK AND GROW IT MAKES GOOD COMMON BUSINESS SENSE. SO THANKS FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU GENTLEMEN. THANK YOU ALL. OKAY. 
          [VI. PUBLIC COMMENT]
UP NEXT WE ARE MOVE INTO PUBLIC COMMENT SO I CAN HAVE A LITTLE SPEECH DURING PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          EACH SPEAKER IS LIMITED TO A TOTAL OF 3 MINUTES PER MEETING REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE PERSON IS ON THEIR BEHALF OR AS AN AGENT FOR OTHERS MEETING ATTENDEES MAY NOT DONATE, TRANSFER, YIELD OR GIVE OR ANY PORTION OF THEIR SPEAKING TIME TO ANOTHER PERSON. 
          ALL PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE TO BE CONDUCTED FROM THE PODIUM AND DIRECTED THE TOWN COUNCIL AS A WHOLE AND NOT TO ANY MEMBER THEREOF. ALL SPEAKERS SHALL BE MINDFUL 
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AND RESPECTFUL OF THOSE PARTICIPANTS PRESENT AT THE MEETING. 
          SPEAKERS SHALL BE EXPECTED, BE CIVIL IN THEIR LANGUAGE AND SHALL REFRAIN FROM COMMENT OR BEHAVIOR THAT INVOLVES DISORDERLY SPEECH OR ACTION NAME CALLING, ATTACK THREATS OBSCENE OR INDECENT REMARKS AND OR DISRUPTIVE ACTIONS ALL SPEAKERS SHALL THEIR COMMENTS TO THE ISSUES UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THIS TOWN COUNCIL. 
          SPEAKERS SHALL NOT USE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD TO PROMOTE OR ADVERTISE AWARDS BUSINESSES SERVICES, GOODS OR CANDIDATES FOR PUBLIC OFFICE ANY SPEAKER THAT VIOLATES THESE RULES OR PROTOCOLS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT MAY BE RULED OUT OF ORDER BY THE PRESIDING OFFICER WHICH WOULD MEAN AND THE PERSON WHOSE COMMENTS HAVE BEEN RULED OUT OF ORDER IMMEDIATELY CEASE AND DESIST FROM FURTHER IMPROPER THE REFUSAL OF ANY INDIVIDUAL TO DISCUSS IMPROPER COMMENTS MAY BE SUBJECT MAY SUBJECT THE INDIVIDUAL TO REMOVAL FROM THE MEETING AND OR A CITATION UNDER SECTION TWO DASHBOARD NOW AND OF THE TOWN CODE THOSE PEOPLE ARE IN THE BACK YOU'RE MAKING ME TIRED PLEASE CONSIDER SIT THEN YOUR SEATS APPEAR UP FIRST AND BEFORE EVEN START COLONIES WHEN YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM PLEASE SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE AND GIVE YOUR NAME YOUR ADDRESS AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU ARE LEFT THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON RESIDENT MINUTES OF FIRST WILL BE ANDREA PRESLEY . 
          MY NAME IS ANDREA PRESLEY. I LIVE AT 21 PINEHURST WAY AND I AM LIVE IN THE TOWN BLUFFTON MAYOR TOOMER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS SAID I LIVE IN PINEHURST COMMUNITY THAT BORDERS BLUFFTON PARKWAY MASTER'S WAY AND MCCRACKEN CIRCLE THE PANCREAS GOLF OWNERS REPRESENTATIVE PRESENTED OUR COMMUNITY WITH DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR 360 APARTMENTS ONE, TWO AND THREE BEDROOM ENTERING AND EXISTING EXITING OH MASTER'S WAY IN MCCRACKEN CIRCLE CONSISTING 628 PARKING SPACES FOR THEIR PLANS. SAFETY IS A MAJOR CONCERN IN THIS AREA MASTER'S AND ACTUALLY MCCRACKEN CIRCLE ALREADY STRUGGLED TO SUPPORT VOLUMES OF VEHICLE AND PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC FROM HILTON CHRISTIAN ACADEMY, LOWCOUNTRY BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB AND FACILITIES FOR THE DUPAGE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT ROADS ARE BEYOND CAPACITY AND UNUSABLE FOR RESIDENTS DURING SCHOOL DAYS DURING THE EARLY MORNING LATE AFTERNOONS. IN ADDITION, A NEW HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL BOOT WILL IN CONSTRUCTION IN THIS AREA TRAFFIC FROM MASTERS WAY MCCRACKEN AT SOME POINT WILL ENTER ON BUCKWALTER AND BLUFFTON BASED ON THE TRAFFIC STUDY COLLISION AND FROM MAP ON TO 2021 THAT WAS TAKEN FROM THE TOWN'S WEBSITE AND THE FEBRUARY 2025 UPLAND PARKWAY CORRIDOR STUDY WHICH WE HAVE ATTENDED THESE AREAS ARE A MAJOR CONCERN. 
          THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF ROADS TO MAINTAIN THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC IN THIS AREA HAS NOT CAUGHT UP WITH THE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT IS CALLED DRIVING BIKES PEDESTRIANS WITH SAFETY ISSUES THE CONTROVERSIAL BOB PROJECT MAY OR MAY NOT ELIMINATE SOME OF THE TRAFFIC IS QUESTIONABLE ADDING MORE TRAFFIC TO THE SAME AREA IS IMPOSSIBLE TO UNDERSTAND WHY PUTTING MORE TRAFFIC IN THAT AREA SO THE PLANS TO BUILD 360 APARTMENTS BE PRESENTED TO THE TOWN COUNCIL BLOCK THEM. I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR CONSIDERATION OF NO PARKING STRUCTURE AT ALL. THIS AREA CAN NOTWITHSTANDING ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC DEPARTMENTS WOULD BRING TO THIS AREA THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TODAY AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY COMMUNITY. 
          WE HAVE DAVID COWART AND DAVID COWART 23 QUEST WAY I AM A BLUFFTON ITE MAJOR TUMOR AND COUNCIL THANK YOU FOR THIS TIME I APPRECIATE IT. A YEAR AGO MY WIFE AND I BOUGHT PROPERTY HERE WE CAME TO BLUFFTON. WE WERE WALKING AROUND ONE DAY IN THE RAIN AND ABOUT 20 MINUTES WE LOOKED AT EACH OTHER AND SAID I THINK WE COULD LIVE 
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HERE SO HERE WE ARE. WE MADE IT HAPPEN. BUT I HAVE CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT ANDREA JUST MENTIONED THE GOLF COURSE DEVELOPMENT IT WILL CHANGE A 480 PLUS SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT INTO APARTMENTS AND CHANGE THE CHARACTER OF THE DEVELOPMENT FOREVER. 
          WE IN FEBRUARY PARDON ME FOR LOOKING AT MY NOTES IN FEBRUARY MEGAN TOLD ME YOU CAME AND SPOKE TO OUR HRA MEETING AND SAID BASICALLY NO WAY NO HOW I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF IT COUNCIL IS NOT IN FAVOR OF IT BUT SINCE THEN THERE HAVE BEEN RUMORS SPREADING AT LEAST TWO MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL I'M NOT ASKING WHO OR WHATEVER I'M NOT HERE TO SPREAD. 
          I'M JUST LETTING YOU KNOW THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON IN PRIME TIME CREST RIGHT NOW AND FIND OUT IF YOU WILL TWO MEMBERS WHAT TWO MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL HAVE ARE NOW EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT. THAT'S THE RUMOR AS A RUMOR. THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO CLARIFY BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW IT'S RUMOR. I'M NOT I'M NOT HERE TO HEY, RAISE YOUR HANDS. SHOW ME. NO, I'M NOT I'M NOT ASKING THAT . BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, WHAT ANDREA PRESLEY JUST MENTIONED TRAFFIC ISSUES AND ALL THE REST OF IT WE'RE JUST SAYING IT'S NOT WHAT WE BOUGHT INTO I WOULDN'T MOVE I WOULDN'T HAVE MOVED FROM ATLANTA TO HERE TO MOVE NEXT DOOR TO APARTMENTS JUST THAT SIMPLE ANYWAY AGAIN I BOUGHT MY HOUSE AS AN TODAY I HAVE NUMEROUS PRIME CREDITS COME OVER SAYING BUT I WANT TO RAISE IT INSTEAD OF RAISING THE VAST MAJORITY WE HAVE INTERNET WITH WHICH WE WILL SHARE THE INFORMATION. WE HAVE INTERNAL NUMBERS THAT SAY THE VAST MAJORITY HOMEOWNERS ARE AGAINST THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE GOLF COURSE . WE ALSO HAVE A LETTER FROM SHELL HALL STATING THEIR OPPOSITION IT SO SEVERAL OF THE COMMUNITIES AROUND PINE FOREST ARE EXPRESSING THEIR OPPOSITION TO IT AS WELL AND WE'LL BE GLAD TO SHARE THAT LETTER WITH YOU GUYS LATER. 
          SO JUST WE ASK RESPECTFULLY HOPEFULLY YOU CAN YOUR ORIGINAL COMMITMENT THAT YOU KNOW NO WAY, NO HOW AND I UNDERSTAND THINGS CHANGE BUT YOU KNOW WE JUST ASK THAT I HAVE NO CLUE WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE WITHOUT MY KNOWLEDGE ON THIS SITUATION HAS NOT CHANGED OF ANY ANYTHING OTHER THAN WHAT I TOLD YOU THEN AND THAT'S A FACT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RUMORS BUT THAT'S A FACT BUT I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          WELL, UP NEXT, MR. ZIRKLE JORDAN AND THANK A LITTLE TIME FOR EVERYTHING RIGHT NEXT TO THE NEW RIVER TRAIL. NEW TRAIL LETTER GETS YOUR NAME ZIG ZAG JORDAN ADDRESS 3792 OKATIE HIGHWAY AND THAT'S IN THE TOWN OF MELISSA IS NOT IN THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON JUST WE'RE JUST MAKING ON IT IS ADJACENT TO THE LANIER TRAIL ON THE DELAWARE UPSIDE OF 278 NOT TO SEND IT 46 YEAH I OWN A 2600 FOOT OF THAT TRAIL IS MY PROPERTY LINE IS USED VERY LITTLE FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN I'VE HAD PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE STREET HAVE COME ON MY PROPERTY FROM THOSE APARTMENTS AND DONE $26,000 WORTH OF DAMAGE TO EQUIPMENT. 
          COUNTY FOR THEIR PART I HAD TO COVER THEM ALL TEN OF THEM AND THEY'RE EXPRESS REASON FOR DOING IT WAS THERE'S NOTHING ELSE DO OUT HERE I THINK THE MONEY IS GOING TO BE TAKEN TO DO THAT AND YOU TRAIL ON THAT SECTION UP THERE WHICH JUST GOES THE WAY UP TO THE POWER LINE EASEMENT IS ALREADY IS CAN BE SPENT A LOT BETTER ON SEWER WATER OTHER THINGS THAT THE TOWN HAS CAN CAN USE IT FOR WE'VE GOT PEOPLE AGAINST SEPTIC TANKS THAT ARE FLOWING EVERY TIME IT RAINS OR OVERFLOW AND SEWAGE INTO THE YARD AS THE PRIMARY THING AND I KNOW I'M IN THAT BUSINESS AND IT SOUNDS LIKE I'M TRYING TO DRUM UP BUSINESS TO THAT UP AND WE'VE 
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GOT FOLKS WHO CAN AFFORD TO TIE THEIR IN AND THAT MONEY COULD BE SPENT THEY CLEAN UP THE SEPTIC TANKS AS LONG AS ALL I NEED TO SAY THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU, MISS SHARON BROWN. 
          I DON'T SEE HER. UP NEXT WE HAVE SCHUYLER JEWEL . 
          I THINK I PRONOUNCE THAT RIGHT PERFECT. GREAT. 
          MY NAME IS SCHUYLER JEWEL. I'M AT 27 PIONEER POINT NEAR THE LINEAR TRAIL IN THE TOWN IN THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AND EVERYTHING THAT ALL OF YOU DO. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WHEN I FIRST MOVED HERE IN 2017 WAS INTRIGUING TO ME ABOUT BLUFFTON IS THE ON THE TREE LINE THAT IS MAINTAINED BETWEEN BUSINESSES AND EVERYONE EVERYONE THAT CAME TO VISIT ME WAS ALWAYS CONFUSED ON WHERE TO GO TO GO TO CERTAIN BUSINESSES TO SEE THINGS. 
          AND SO THAT'S PART OF THE NATURE AND THAT'S PART OF THE WHAT ENCHANTS PEOPLE WHO ARE INVOLVED AND PART OF THAT I THINK NEEDS TO BE REVIEWED FOR THE LINEAR TRAIL ITSELF. 
          IT'S A NATURALIZED TRAIL THAT WAS BUILT ON A RAIL BED THAT HAS IS ALREADY FORTIFIED, CAN BE RIDDEN ON PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY WILL ILLEGALLY RIDE DIRT BIKES AND TAKE THINGS ON THAT TRAIL. AND I THINK FURTHER ESTABLISHING IT CREATES MORE TRAFFIC AND MORE ABILITY FOR PEOPLE TO USE THAT SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HEARD BEFORE FOR ILLICIT PURPOSES OR TO CONGREGATE OR TO BE ABLE TO GO DIFFERENT PLACES. 
          I'M A HUGE PROPONENT FOR THE PARKS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DIFFERENT GREEN SPACES THAT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED AND I THINK THE OLD CAROLINA PROPERTY THAT IS UNDER THAT WAS MENTIONED BEFORE FOR I GUESS THE APARTMENTS AND THE PIECES IN YOUR PINE CREST COULD BE A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT INTO NOT A PARK BUT ALSO PAVILIONS DISC GOLF AND BIG DISC GOLFER BUT ALSO A PUBLIC SPACE WHERE PEOPLE COULD CONGREGATE THAT ALLOWS FOR THAT CONTINUATION OF A BEAUTIFUL GREEN SPACE FOR THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON I DON'T KNOW WHAT PURCHASING THAT OR WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE BUT BEING 15 MINUTES OUTSIDE OF THE TOWN AND THE LINEAR TRAIL ITSELF I THE ORIGINAL POD WAS CONDUCTED IN 1998 AND SO THE BLACK RAIL IS ACTUALLY A BIRD THAT HAS POTENTIAL HABITAT IN THAT AREA THAT WAS LISTED AS AN ENDANGERED AND 22 AND THREATENED IN 2018 THERE HAS NOT BEEN AN ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY TO DEVELOPING THE NEW RIVERSIDE TRAIL SO IF IT IS A PLAN DO SO I WOULD ASK THAT WE COME TOGETHER AND MAYBE AT ANY POTENTIAL IMPACTS ALONG WITH ALL OF THE HOUSES THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT THE DIFFERENT STORMWATER WATER DRAINAGE AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN REROUTED AND THE NATURAL AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN AWAY JUST UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT OF DEVELOPMENT FURTHER DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA AND CONSIDERATION FOR DEVELOPMENT IN OTHER AREAS. 
          THANK YOU. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THAT BIRD CLAPPER RAIL. 
          BLACK YEAH. THANK YOU. UP NEXT THE ONE AND ONLY MCCRACKEN WHO RAN THE FIVE K THE OTHER DAY BECAUSE I WITNESSED IT WHEN I TELL YOU. 
          WELL, MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL I'M MCCRACKEN ALL OVER 50 START FARM ROAD WITH RESPECT FIVE K RUN IS NOT THE OPERATIVE VERB COMBINATION OF A NUMBER OF THINGS. 
          ANYWAY I WANTED TO THANK THE STAFF COUNCIL FOR THE DETERMINED AND SPEEDY MANNER IN WHICH THEY TOOK TO FILL SEAT OF IN THE MILITARY ENHANCEMENT COMMITTEE THAT BETSY WAS JUST VACATED LAST MONTH. AND YOU THE BEST I CAN READ THE AGENDA YOU ARE PREPARED FOR IT TONIGHT AND I NEVER RECALL GOVERNMENT HAVING MOVED THAT FAST SO CONGRATULATIONS. 
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BUT I WANT TO AS YOU KNOW AS A SOLID REPRESENTATIVE HOPE YOU WILL ENJOY YOUR UNANIMOUS SUPPORT AND UNRELATED COMPLETELY UNRELATED TO THIS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS STILL HERE BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT I'VE EVER SHARED THE PODIUM. JORDAN AND I THINK IT'S QUITE AN HONOR TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. I HAVEN'T SEEN ZEKE IN A LONG BUT IS A GRATEFUL AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH THANK WE'LL HAVE MISS LAURA STERLING. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND THANK YOU COUNSEL ADDRESS. LAURA STERLING 113 FOREMAN HILL ROAD IT IS NOT IN THE OF BLUFFTON IT IS UNINCORPORATED COUNTY AND I WOULD LIKE EVERYBODY WHO'S HERE FOR THE LINEAR TRAIL AND TO SEE A LITTLE LESS PAVEMENT IN BLUFFTON IF YOU COULD I'LL JUST STAND BEHIND ME. I COULDN'T GET TO 100 BUT I TRIED. 
          24 HOURS IS NOT A LOT OF TIME. YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT IS GETTING PEOPLE TO COME TO A COUNTY MEETING OR ANY MEETING. SO I'M REALLY PROUD TO SEE ALL THESE PEOPLE AT THIS MEETING. 
          I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU. I'LL HAND YOU ALL THESE PICTURES IN A MINUTE. 
          THESE ARE JUST PICTURES VERIFIES SOME OF THE INFORMATION I SHARED ON FACEBOOK. I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT I DO NOT CALL NAMES ON FACEBOOK. 
          I MODERATE MY PAGES ALMOST A NEWS PAGE AND WHEN I MAKE MISTAKES I TAKE THEM DOWN AND I LET FOLKS KNOW I'M A BIT STRONG IN MY OPINIONS AND THIS TRAIL IS VERY IMPORTANT AND SO WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS I'M GOING TO READ REAL QUICK LETTER AS QUICK AS I CAN THE LETTER THAT GOT ME GOING AND GAL AND SEVERAL PEOPLE CALLED ME AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS AND WHY I GET INVOLVED IN THINGS IS NOT BECAUSE THIS IS FUN. I LIVE RIGHT BY THIS FROM JEN MCCARTHY AND SHE YOU'LL HEAR IN THE LETTER WHO SHE IS AND WHY SHE WROTE THE LETTER. 
          I LIVE BY THE NEW RIVER LINEAR TRAIL AND I WALKED IT ALMOST EVERY DAY FOR FIVE YEARS. 
          I'VE SEEN IT IN EVERY SEASON. I'VE SEEN DIRT RIPPED THROUGH IT. 
          I'VE SEEN PEOPLE MOW IT SO SHORT THE PLANTS NEVER GREW BACK. 
          I'VE SEEN FOLKS SHOOTING GUNS INTO THE MARSH AND YET THIS TRAIL IS STILL ONE OF THE MOST ALIVE BEAUTIFUL PLACES LEFT IN BLUFFTON. THERE ARE MORE DRAGONFLIES RABBITS HERE THAN ANYWHERE I'VE BEEN IN THE LOWCOUNTRY FROGS THING AT DUSK BIRD'S NEST IN THE REEDS I HEAR VOICES FROM RADIOS FLOAT ACROSS THE MARSH CATTAILS SWAY IN THE WIND IT FEELS LIKE WHAT AREA USED TO BE BEFORE EVERYTHING GOT BOUGHT UP AND FLATTENED. 
          SO WHEN I HEAR PEOPLE ARE THINKING ABOUT PAVING IT MY STOMACH SINKS. 
          THIS TRAIL DESERVES BETTER. AND THE HORTICULTURISTS AT THE COASTAL DISCOVERY MUSEUM I TAKE CARE OF BREED GREET OF AND BREED BUTTERFLIES. SORRY. 
          DIG IT. DON'T BEAT ME. HOLD ON. 
          IS THIS THING PHONE I RAN OVER IT WITH MY TRUCK FOR I CAN GOD HELP ME I'M A CERTIFIED BEEKEEPER AND USED BE A LAB MANAGER AT CLEMSON AND A PLANT POLLINATOR. 
          I HAVE A BIOLOGY DEGREE FROM UCB AND. I'VE SPENT YEARS BUILDING REAL HABITAT NOT JUST PRETTY LANDSCAPES. I WORK WITH EXPERTS AND I'M ACTIVELY LEARNING HOW TO WRITE GRANTS. I'VE SUBMITTED SEVERAL AND I'M ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO BRING IN SUPPORT FOR NATIVE PLANTING EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION WORK. I KNOW TO DESIGN GARDENS AND TRAIL PLANTINGS THAT ARE NATIVE, BEAUTIFUL AND USEFUL TO WILDLIFE. THIS TRAIL SITS TOP OF WHAT USED TO BE THE NEW RIVER PLANTATION. IT WAS RICE GROWING DURING THE COLONIAL PERIOD AND LATER BECAME A RAILROAD CORRIDOR. YOU CAN STILL SEE THE OLD IRRIGATION DITCHES IN THE RACE BED AND LOOK PEOPLE WERE ENSLAVED HERE THAT NOT SOMETHING I'M TRYING TO HONOR OR PRESERVE IN SOME ROMANTICIZED WAY I'M I'M GOING TO FINISH IF THAT'S OKAY I'M SORRY I DROVE ALL THE WAY FROM VIRGINIA FOR THIS I'M SAYING WE HAVE TO ACCEPT WHAT HAPPENED AND USE TRUTH TO MAKE SOMETHING BETTER SOMETHING HONEST AND USEFUL, SOMETHING THAT TEACHES PEOPLE HOW TO TAKE CARE OF LAND INSTEAD OF DESTROY IT AND SOMETHING RESPECTS ALL PEOPLE AND CREATURES WHETHER BLACK, WHITE, A BUG OR PLANT AND IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE PAST. I PHOTOGRAPHED THIS TRAIL AND SEASONAL HIGHWAY FOR THE EASTERN LUBER GRASSHOPPERS EASTERN LUBER GRASSHOPPERS I'VE SEEN THE MADE OUT IN THE OPEN ON THE TRAIL THEY NEED THAT SPACE NOT. ALL RIGHT, WE GOT YOUR MESSAGE. 
          OKAY BUT YOU CAN READ ALL OF THIS ON MY FACEBOOK ALL OF IT'S HERE AND I WOULD LIKE THE WHOLE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER CHANGING WHAT YOUR PLAN IS YOU'RE ONLY CHECKING WITH ME. 
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GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL KIM COUNTY 90 BIG BLUFF ROAD AND BLUFFTON AND NOT IN THE TOWN THAT'S CORRECT AND I AM HERE TO SHARE THAT JUST. LAST MONTH YOUR FORMER TOWN MANAGER MARK ORLANDO AND, THE ELECTED OFFICIALS THERE PASSED AN ORGANIC LAND MANAGEMENT POLICY. IT'S THE FIRST IN THE STATE FOR SOUTH CAROLINA AND SELFISHLY FOR ME YOU KNOW, I WOULD LOVE THE SAME PROTECTION FOR THIS MAGICAL TOWN AND PLACE THAT WE ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO CALL HOME. ALL OF THESE PEOPLE REALLY SEEM TO CARE ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT AND PROTECTING WHAT MAKES BLUFFTON SPECIAL AND WHY WE WANT TO WORK WITH THE TOWN TO ADOPT SIMILAR SAFEGUARDS. THE GOOD NEWS IS OUR STATE REP BILL HERB IS 1,000% ON BOARD AFTER THE POLICY. WE MET AT HIS DISTRICT OFFICE AND HE COMMITTED TO TAKE HILTON HEAD POLICY AND TURN IT INTO A STATEWIDE LEGISLATION. SO THE GOAL IS TO SWITCH FROM DEPENDENT LAND MANAGEMENT LIKE USING ROUNDUP AND SWITCHING TO FOCUSING ON SOIL AND PROTECTING ECOSYSTEM IN ENDANGERED SPECIES LIKE THE BIRD. UNFORTUNATELY RIGHT NOW THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON IS USING PROSECUTOR PRO I MEAN THE NAME KIND OF DESCRIBES HOW HOW NASTY IT IS BUT FOR EXAMPLE ROUNDUP GLYPHOSATE IS THAT 12% PROSECUTOR PRO GLYPHOSATE AT 50% AND WITH GLYPHOSATE THE EPA WAS FORCED TO RELEASE A REPORT THAT GLYPHOSATE OR KILLS 93% OF THE TOTAL LIST OF ENDANGERED SPECIES. SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY NEED TO GET IN FRONT OF AND CONSULTING VERSUS WORKING BILL. 
          THE GOAL IS TO MAKE IT SAFE FOR EVERYBODY REGARDLESS OF ZIP CODE TO GO TO A PARK, WALK ON A SIDEWALK AND BE PROTECTED THESE CHEMICALS. AND WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR AMAZING TOWN STAFF. WE HAVE THREE ORGANIC PARKS CURRENTLY ONLINE FOR THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON AND ARE BEAUTIFUL AND STUNNING AND THE KIDS CAN ROLL ON THE GRASS, THE DOGS CAN EAT THE GRASS AND EVERYBODY BENEFITS. SO WE REALLY JUST WANT TO WORK WITH THE TOWN TO GET THIS DONE. WE'RE WORKING WITH SITE ONE, THE CHEMICAL DISTRIBUTOR THAT IS PUSHING BACK BUT WE'VE SEEN THIS ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A DECADE AND IF YOU LOOK AT CENTRAL PARK STUNNING AND IT'S BEEN ORGANICALLY MAINTAINED FOR OVER 40 YEARS NOW SO WE CAN DO IT THERE. WE CAN DO IT ANYWHERE. 
          THANK YOU. SO MY COMMENT IS NOW THAT COMMUNICATIONS FOR MAYOR AND 
          [VII. COMMUNICATIONS FROM MAYOR AND COUNCIL]
COUNCIL START WITH THIS REGIME BECOMING MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO COMMEND THE STAFF AGAIN FOR A GOOD 4TH OF JULY HOLIDAY PERIOD. WE HAD AND I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE IT MAYBE JUST CONSIDER IN THE TO MOVE COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL AHEAD OF PUBLIC COMMENT BUT IT IS JUST WHAT HAPPENS BUT ANYWAY I JUST WANT TO SAY IT WAS A FUN TIME DOWN AT THE PARK AT THE RIGHT FAMILY PARK AND I DIDN'T GO DOWN TO THE OYSTER FACTORY. 
          I'M SURE THERE WAS QUITE A CROWD THERE AND I JUST WANT TO SAY I WANT TO COMMEND THE STAFF AS WELL AS THE TOWN MANAGER ALL THESE EVENTS THAT WE DO THROUGHOUT THE TOWN WHETHER THE MUSIC IS THE PLAYGROUND ACTIVITIES FOR THE CHILDREN ALL OF THAT IS WHERE THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY IS. SO I COMMEND EVERYBODY DOING A GREAT JOB. 
          THANK YOU. MR. HAMILTON. I USUALLY DON'T RESPOND PUBLIC COMMENTS BUT TODAY I WILL KEEP NEXT DOOR ON FACEBOOK AND. OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA IS TURNING TO A PLAYGROUND FOR ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING. SOMEBODY'S HAVING A BAD DAY WE USE SO THOSE RUMORS THAT YOU HEARD SO PLEASE CONSIDER THEM RUMORS. 
          THANK YOU. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE MR. BELL I HAD A FEW THINGS BUT UNFORTUNATELY MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT I THINK GOING TO ANSWER HOPEFULLY SOME OF THEIR QUESTIONS I MIGHT STILL CALL ANOTHER I WANT MY STANCE ON IT HAS NOT TO DO WITH THE RECORD I'M NOT GOING TO SAY WHAT FRED SAID BUT I KNOW THIS NEW RIVER LINEAR TRAIL IS NOT AN AGENDA BUT I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE WORTH TRYING TO GET HEATHER TO ANSWER SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF PEOPLE DO HAVE CONCERNS. I KNOW THAT THIS IS SOMETHING 
          [00:45:02]
THAT HAS BEEN PLANNED FOR A LONG, LONG TIME LONG LONG BEFORE I SAT IN A SEAT. 
          SO HOW DO YOU MIND? JUST GIVING A QUICK HISTORY OF WHEN? SURE I'M HAPPY TO AND I KNOW MANY LAUGHS BUT IF THEY'RE STILL TO THE PLAYBACK WE DO HAVE A SIP STORY MAP ON OUR WEBSITE THAT HAS A SUMMARY OF THIS PROJECT LISTED THERE UNDER NEW LINEAR NEW RIVER LINEAR TRAIL. SO A LOT OF THE INFORMATION THAT THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO GO TO THAT AND LOOK AT THAT BUT REALLY THE PROJECT START WAS CONTEMPLATED BACK IN 2003 WHEN THE MASTER PLAN FOR THE NEW RIVER LINEAR TRAIL WAS CONDUCTED AND IN THAT DOCUMENT THERE IS SUGGESTIONS AND LISTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS AND IT EVEN GOES ON TO SAY THE WIDTH OF THE PATHWAYS MEET ADA COMPLIANCE AND DIFFERENT SURFACE MATERIALS THAT ARE APPROPRIATE SO THOSE ARE RECOMMENDATIONS. SO THAT WAS CONTEMPLATED AND. 
          I WAS NOT HERE THEN EITHER BUT DISCUSSED WAY BACK AT THE BEGINNING WHEN IT WAS INITIALLY DONATED AS PART OF THE JONES ESTATE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT SO THAT NEW RIVER TRAIL THE IT WAS ALSO SHOWN ON THE CONCEPT PLAN AS FAR AS A LINEAR PARK AND IT'S BEEN SHOWN AS THAT THE DETAILS OF WHAT WOULD BE DONE WITH THAT NOT IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BUT IT IS DISCUSSED IN THE NARRATIVE AND THEN AGAIN FURTHER OUTLINED IN THAT PLAN THEN GOING FURTHER IT'S BEEN ON THE CIP PRIORITY LIST THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO COUNCIL FROM PLANNING COMMISSION FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS AND THEN ALSO INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET WE'VE HAD MEETINGS WITH THE BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE THROUGHOUT THAT TIME PART OF STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          ALL OF OUR CIP PROJECTS ARE IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND ALSO UPDATED AND PART OF THE WEBSITE AND THAT DOCUMENT THAT EVERYONE CAN SEE. SO IT HAS BEEN CONTEMPLATED FOR A WHILE FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS WE HAVE ON WE WERE NOT REQUIRED IT IS NOT A FEDERALLY A FEDERAL PROJECT SO AND IT'S AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT AND ALSO NEPA NOT APPLY THIS IS NOT A FEDERAL PROJECT WE DID RECEIVE OUR PERMITS FROM DEQ NOW YES I THINK BUT ALL OF THOSE PERMITS WERE OBTAINED LATE 2004, EARLY 2005. SO ALL OF THAT HAS BEEN RECEIVED. SO AGAIN ALL OF THAT HAS BEEN CONTEMPLATED. 
          THE DESIGN IT IS ON IT FOLLOWS THAT SAME PATH AS THE RAIL BED AND THEN ALSO THE UTILITY EASEMENT. SO THERE'S ADDITIONAL IMPACT AS FAR AS TREES BEING REMOVED OR OF THAT NATURE. THE GOAL IS FOR ADA COMPLIANCE TO GET MORE PEOPLE TO REALLY APPRECIATE THAT UNIQUE ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES THE RICE FIELDS, THE NEW RIVER, THINGS LIKE THAT. WE ALSO HAD THE GROUNDBREAKING FOR THE GREEN FLUSH BATHROOM FACILITY WHICH IS YOU KNOW, THE ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVE BATHROOM THAT WE HAD OUT THERE WHICH WE HAD OUR GROUNDBREAKING LAST I BELIEVE. AND SO THAT WAS PART OF THAT FIRST PHASE OF THE PROJECT. SO THAT'S A BRIEF SUMMARY. I'M HAPPY TO MEET WITH ANYONE WHO IS JUST RECENTLY FINDING OUT ABOUT THE PROJECT TO THAT HISTORY BUT AGAIN STAFF IS MOVING FORWARD WITH THOSE BUDGET APPROVALS FROM COUNCIL LAST MONTH DID AWARD THE COUNCIL APPROVAL AWARD THE CONTRACT TO BEGIN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT FUNDING HAS BEEN ALLOCATED AND WE ALSO RECEIVED FUNDS FROM GRANTS AND ALSO OUR STATE FUNDING SO JUST TO CONFIRM THE TEN SO POSSIBLE WAS THE FUNDING DEVELOPMENT IT WAS RECOMMENDED FOR AREAS AND OBVIOUSLY WE HAD A LOT OF CONCERNS YOU IN MICHIGAN? NO, I ACTUALLY HAVE NOT AND LIKE SAID THE PROJECT HAS BEEN CONTEMPLATED FOR FOR A WHILE QUITE HONESTLY SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE IT'S ALWAYS BEEN CONTEMPLATED. 
          IT IS A BIG PROJECT. IT'S OVER 3.2 MILES OF PATHWAY. SO IT IS A IT IS A BIG TANGIBLE PROJECT WITH A COST TO IT. SO MY KNOWLEDGE I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY I HAVE NOT RECEIVED SUCH AS TONIGHT. THANK YOU. AND THEN ONE LAST QUESTION WILL THAT WILL THE PATHWAY BE USED BY THE POWER THAT YOU MENTIONED? THEY DO HAVE AN EASEMENT SO WE WORKED WITH THE POWER COMPANY AND THEY'VE ACTUALLY CONTRIBUTED COST WISE BECAUSE HAD TO DESIGN SOME UPGRADES TO THE BRIDGES AND THE CROSSINGS AND TO MEET THEIR NEEDS AS WELL. SO YES THEY COULD USE PORTIONS OF THAT CONFIRM THEY HAVE AN EASEMENT TO MAINTAIN AND CUT THOSE TREES IN CERTAIN AREAS. 
          YES, IN CERTAIN AREAS AND THEY RESPONSIBLE FOR ALSO CLEANING UP ANY MESS THAT THEY MAKE FROM THAT. YES BELIEVE SO AND THANK YOU. YOU TEN FOR POWER PLEASE. 
          IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE DO AND ALL THE TRAILS WE TRY TO MEET A TEN FOOT PATHWAY FOR OUR 
          [00:50:04]
MULTIPURPOSE PATH WHENEVER WE CAN. YES AND THAT'S THE RECOMMENDATION AND AND WHY DO WE WHY DO WE THINK TEN FOOT IS THE NUMBER THAT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION AND THEN THE PLAN THAT'S JUST BEST PRACTICES WHAT'S BEEN RECOMMENDED AND I BELIEVE THAT'S CURRENTLY WHAT EXISTS AT THIS IS THAT IT CAN BE LESSENED IN CERTAIN AREAS I'M SURE IT CAN CERTAINLY IT ALSO ALLOWS FOR BIKERS AND WALKERS TO PASS EACH OTHER GO IN BOTH DIRECTIONS IN A MANNER WITHOUT HAVING TO PUT ANYBODY AT RISK BECAUSE TECHNICALLY HAVE TWO LANES OF TRAVEL YOU HAVE ONE GO IN ONE DIRECTION, ONE COME IN THE OTHER DIRECTION. IT ALLOWS A BIKE AND TO PASS EACH OTHER ON EACH SIDE WITHOUT CREATING A CONFLICT. BUT THE MULTIPURPOSE PATHS THAT ARE BUILT ALONG THE PARKWAYS THERE ARE TEN FEET AS WELL. THAT'S A PRETTY SIZE FOR MULTIPURPOSE PATHWAYS. 
          OKAY SO MOST OF CONCERNS THAT I HEARD THE NAME WAS PAVING THE PATHWAY AND THE OTHER CONCERN WAS PROTECTING SOME MAYBE WHAT MIGHT BE ENDANGERED SPECIES. I KNOW WE PROBABLY DID A WORKSHOP YEARS AGO IS MY RECOMMENDATION THAT IN THE FUTURE WHEN ARE WE GOING TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS THAT WE DO A WORKSHOP AND SEND OUT NOTICES TO NOT ONLY THE PEOPLE AS TEN OF THE TEN HOUSES AWAY BUT MAYBE TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITIES BECAUSE THE TRAIL THIS TRAIL IS NOT JUST USED BY PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE. IT IS FOR ALL OF THEM MAY BE ABLE TO BE OF A COUNTY. SO WE GOT TO GET THE WORD OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE INTENSIVELY. 
          SO WE DON'T GET OF RESPONSE BECAUSE NOBODY SEEMS TO UNDERSTAND OR REMEMBER AND THIS IS NOT TO SAY THE STAFF NOT DOING A GREAT JOB I'M I APPLAUD WHAT YOU DO BUT I KNOW THAT ON IS ALMOST LIKE FACEBOOK AND NEXT DOOR AGAIN SO SOMETIME YOU GET A FEED GET A FEED THE NOISE OKAY AND ALL OF THAT I APPRECIATE. ALL RIGHT. 
          AND CERTAINLY WE'RE TRYING TO YOU AT LEAST BECAUSE THE PROJECT HAS BEEN UNDERWAY SO LONG PUT OUT MORE INFORMATION AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS FAR AS WHAT IS GOING ON AND THAT HISTORY AND YES, I CERTAINLY WE'VE I THINK CHANGED ALREADY HOW WE DO WORKSHOPS AND MAKE THAT WE BRING KEY PROJECTS TO YOU WHETHER IT'S THE WORKSHOP DURING OUR IP WORKSHOP MEETINGS OR WORKSHOP AT TOWN COUNCIL SO YES THANK YOU. GO AHEAD. 
          THANK YOU FOR GIVING THE CLARIFICATION AND FOR COUNCIL ON BURDEN FOR ASK AND FOR THAT I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE THAT WE OFTEN DISAGREE AND I THINK THAT'S A GOOD THING ABOUT BEING IN IN POLITICS THAT WE CAN AND STILL BE FRIENDS. UM I WOULD COMMENT I WANTED TO OFFER OFTEN I WOULD DISAGREE COUNCILOR NIELSEN IN THE SENSE THAT IT'S GREAT TO SEE HOW PASSIONATE OUR RESIDENTS ARE WHEN. IT COMES TO THE CONCERNS OF PROJECTS AND THINGS WE HAVE COMING THAT ARE GOING TO AFFECT THEM. 
          BUT WHAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING A LOT LATELY IS THAT WHILE WE HAVE PASSIONATE VOICES ALSO HAVE THOSE WHO HAVE GIVEN INTO MISINFORMATION THAT A LOT TIMES CREATES A LEVEL OF MISTRUST AND SOMETIMES EVEN FOR GOVERNMENT AS WELL AS THOSE WHO ARE ACTUALLY STEWARDING THE PROJECT AND. I WOULD SAY ONE THING THAT BLUFFTON HAS DONE IN MY TIME ON COUNCIL EVEN THE TIME BEFORE IS MAKING SURE THAT PROJECTS DO MEET THE ESTHETICS NOT ONLY OF THE TOWN, THE FEEL OF IT IN A WAY THAT IS SENSITIVE TO EVERYONE. 
          SO WHERE SOMEONE MIGHT SEE ASPHALT AS BEING ANOTHER WAY TO UM YOU KNOW, DISTURB THE NATURAL HABITAT OR WE DO AN INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY AND SO A PERSON IN A WHEELCHAIR OR WHO HAS ACCESSIBILITY ISSUES SHOULD BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE FEATURES AND GREEN SPACES THAT WE HAVE COMMENT THAT WAS MADE IN TERMS OF THEIR OTHER USES FOR THE MINING I'M SURE PEOPLE THOUGHT BIG TICKET NUMBER AND WOULD WANT SEE THAT GO ELSEWHERE AS WE DO HAVE OTHER NEEDS BUT GRANTS ARE EARMARKED FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE AND WHILE WE WOULD LIKE FIND ANOTHER WAY TO PUT THAT THAT MONEY THAT PRICE OF THE $2 MILLION CANNOT BE USED IN ANY OTHER AREA INTENDED FOR THE PURPOSES THAT THAT GRANT WAS WRITTEN. SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE THOSE WHO 
          [00:55:02]
ALWAYS IN AND ASK QUESTIONS WE HAVE AN OPEN DOOR POLICY HERE THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON NOT JUST AT A COUNCIL MEETING BUT WITH ANY DEPARTMENT WITH OUR TOWN MANAGER AND WITH COUNCIL AND ANYONE WHO HAS QUESTIONS I WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM TO FOLLOW PATHWAY PLEASE STAY OFF OF SOCIAL MEDIA SENSATIONALISM . A LOT OF TIMES IT LEADS PEOPLE DOWN A RABBIT HOLE THAT BECOMES MORE BAD THAN GOOD. BUT I'M TO SEE THAT WITH THIS PROJECT ARE BEING SENSITIVE TO THE ENVIRONMENT BUT ALSO KEEPING IT AN INCLUSIVE SPACE FOR THOSE WHO NEED TO ACCESS IT ANYTHING. MR. WELLS I'M SURE I JUST WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THAT THIS ALL KIND OF BLEW UP STARTING ON FRIDAY GUESS THURSDAY OR FRIDAY OR SOMETHING IS WHEN I FIRST GOT WIND OF IT SO TO SPEAK ON FACEBOOK. 
          I UNDERSTAND WHY NOBODY WANTS ANYTHING IMPROVED IN THEIR BACKYARD. 
          IT'S THE SAME THING WE DEAL EVERYBODY AGREES WE NEED AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WE NEED CHILD CARE FACILITIES. WE NEED MORE PARKS, PUBLIC PARKS AND EVERYTHING PLAYGROUNDS BUT NOT TOO CLOSE TO MY HOUSE, YOU KNOW? I MEAN IT'S WHAT DEAL WITH WITH EVERY PROJECT THAT WE DO EVEN WHEN WE WERE DOING THE PARK RIGHT FAMILY PARK AS BEAUTIFUL AS THAT HAS TURNED OUT TO BE AND AS THOUSANDS AND MILLIONS OF PEOPLE THAT GO THERE AND ENJOY IT WE WENT THROUGH HECK TRYING TO CONVINCE PEOPLE THAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING GOOD THAT PEOPLE WOULD LOVE AND ENJOY FOREVER. WE WEREN'T TRYING TO TO DO ANYTHING BUT GOOD AND MY INTENTIONS ON THIS TRAIL FROM THE INCEPTION OF IT HAVE ALWAYS BEEN TO SATISFY THESE PEOPLE FOR 12 YEARS OR SO THAT I'VE BEEN SITTING UP HERE I'VE HEARD TONS PEOPLE APPROACH US ASKING US FOR TRAILS, BIKE PATHS I'LL KEEP YOU KNOW, BUILD US SOMETHING WE CAN STAY OFF THE DANGEROUS HIGHWAYS. SO FOR THIS TO POP UP, YOU KNOW, JUST THIS QUICK AFTER ALL THESE YEARS ON THE BOOKS I, I UNDERSTAND AND AND IF I HAD A MAGIC WAND I COULD TRY TO MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY ON BOTH SIDES BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO STICK TO OUR PLAN AND MOVE FORWARD AND HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY WILL GET USED TO IT AND ENJOY IT AND THAT'S ALL I CAN DO. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU KNOW IT'S UP NEXT WE 
          [VIII. WORKSHOP AGENDA ITEMS ]
GOT A WORKSHOP AGENDA ITEM PERFORMING ARTS FEASIBILITY STUDY REPORT RUN PROJECT MANAGER JOHNSON CONSULTING 3 MINUTES OR NO I'M JUST PUT ME UNDER SOME PRESSURE GOOD EVENING OUT THERE IN COUNCIL ARE RYAN JOHNSON WITH JOHNSON CONSULTING I'M A PRACTICE LEADER FOR A PERFORMING ARTS AND CONVENTION CENTER PRACTICES IN BILLINGS YOURSELF HI COUNCIL THANKS FOR HAVING US TONIGHT I'M RYAN ALSO WITH JOHNSON CONSULTING I'M GOING TO BE LEADING OUR PRESENTATION TONIGHT SO WE KICK THIS PROJECT OFF IN MARCH WITH KRIS I THINK WE MET WITH A COUPLE OF YOU BACK THEN AND WE WERE AT THE FEASIBILITY FOR A PERFORMING ARTS CENTER HERE IN BLUFFTON. JUST TO GIVE A QUICK BACKGROUND ON OUR FIRM STANCE CONSULTING HAS BEEN WORKING IN THE INDUSTRY FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS. WE HAVE EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND INTERNATIONALLY. RYAN I HAVE JUST WRAPPED UP PROJECTS IN CORNELIUS ON THE KANE CENTER WHERE WERE INVOLVED IN THE INITIAL FEASIBILITY STUDY AND UPDATED BUSINESS PLANNING AFTER THEY OPENED. WE ALSO JUST WRAPPED UP TWO OTHER PROJECTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA A PERFORMING ARTS CENTER STUDY ON SAINT HELENA ISLAND AND AN OPTIMIZATION OF OPERATIONS FOR THE SPARTANBURG MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM . THE FOCUS OF THE STUDY WAS THE PERFORMING CENTER FEASIBILITY STUDY BASED ON THE COMPREHENSIVE RESEARCH THAT WE CONDUCTED AND THE STAKEHOLDER OUTREACH THERE IS A DEMAND AND A STRONG STRATEGIC CASE FOR DEVELOPING A FLEXIBLE MULTI-USE CULTURAL AND CIVIC VENUE IN BLUFFTON THE. PROPOSED VENUE WOULD HAVE TWO PRIMARY DEMAND VERTICALS ONE WOULD BE PERFORMING ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT AND THE SECOND WOULD BE THE FLEXIBLE EVENINGS, CONFERENCES, MEETINGS AND SOCIAL EVENTS LATER THIS IS A MULTIPURPOSE CAPABILITY THAT THE VENUE IS UTILIZED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WHERE WE ATTEND AND JUST TO GIVE A OVERVIEW OF WHAT I'LL BE SHARING WITH YOU ALL TODAY GOING TO GO THROUGH SOME KEY OBSERVATIONS FROM OUR MARKET RESEARCH STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT CASE STUDY ANALYSIS ALL OF WHICH HAVE INFORMED OUR RECOMMENDATIONS. SOMETHING HERE IN BLUFFTON WILL 
          [01:00:03]
CONCLUDE THE PRESENTATION WITH SOME NEXT ON ADVANCING THIS PROJECT AND RYAN AND I ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. AS YOU ALL KNOW THERE HAS BEEN EXPLOSIVE POPULATION GROWTH IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS WITH THE NEAR 200% INCREASE IN POPULATION OVER THE LAST 15 YEARS. THE AREA ALSO FEATURES PRIME DEMOGRAPHIC ATTRIBUTES TO SUPPORT QUALITY OF LIFE ASSETS FURTHER SUBSTANTIATING THE CASE TO DEVELOP A MULTIPURPOSE. WE TOOK A DEEPER LOOK AT CONSUMER BEHAVIORS OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH CIVIC EVENT VENUES. BLUFFTON IS AFFLUENT AND RESIDENTS ARE ACTIVE IN FUNDRAISING VOLUNTEERING AND ATTENDING LIVE THEATER DEMONSTRATING A STRONG BASE FOR POTENTIAL DEMAND IN ARTS AND CULTURAL ENGAGEMENT. 
          WHICH EXISTING VENUES IN THE REGION MAY COMPLEMENT OR COMPETE WITH THE NEW FACILITY IS ESSENTIAL TO EVALUATING THE PROJECT VIABILITY. 
          FOR INSTANCE, UCB IS PLANNING A LARGE NEW ARENA ON ITS CAMPUS. THE VENUE WILL PRIMARILY SERVE UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS AND CAMPUS RELATED PROGRAMS LIMITING ITS AVAILABILITY FOR BROADER COMMUNITY USE. CURRENTLY MOST MEETING AND EVENT SPACES IN THE BLUFFTON AREA ARE HOTEL OR SMALLER VENUES THAT WERE REPURPOSED FOR WEDDINGS AND OTHER SMALL SOCIAL GATHERINGS. HIGH QUALITY EVENT SPACES ARE LARGELY CONCENTRATED IN SAVANNAH AND CHARLESTON, LEAVING BLUFFTON WITH LOCAL OPTIONS. 
          AS A RESULT, BLUFFTON LACKS A LARGE VERSATILE AIR CONDITIONED INDOOR VENUE HIGHLIGHTING CLEAR MARKET GAP AND A STRONG OPPORTUNITY FOR A NEW FACILITY TO MEET UNMET DEMAND. 
          BLUFFTON RESIDENTS ARE TRAVELING OUT OF BLUFFTON FOR ARTS AND CULTURE EVENTS. 
          CURRENTLY 10% OF VISITS TO THE ART CENTER OF COASTAL CAROLINA AND 6% TO JOHNNY MERCER THEATER COME FROM BLUFFTON SHOWING ABOUT 8500 BLUFFTON RESIDENTS TRAVELING OUTSIDE OF COMMUNITY TO ATTEND THESE EVENTS. THIS IS CITING A CLEAR OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE LOCAL DEMAND. BLUFFTON RESIDENTS ARE ALREADY ENGAGED IN THE ARTS. 
          PATRONS LACK A STRONG HOMETOWN VENUE TO GO TO A NEW PROGRAM FACILITY IN BLUFFTON COULD CAPTURE LOCAL AND REGIONAL AUDIENCES REDUCING TRAVEL OUTFLOW AND ENHANCING COMMUNITY ACCESS, BRINGING ADDITIONAL VISITORS TO THE BLUFFTON COMMUNITY AS IT RISES AS A CENTRAL HUB FOR SUCCESSFUL VENUES OFTEN INCORPORATE MULTIPURPOSE DESIGNS WITH TECHNOLOGY FORWARD FEATURES. NOTABLY THE H-E-B PERFORMANCE HALL AND THE COASTAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA CENTER THE ARTS WHICH IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION FEATURE ADVANCED SEATING TECHNOLOGY THAT ALLOWS THEIR MAIN EVENT SPACES TO EASILY TRANSITION THEATER STYLE SEATING AND PLATFORMS OFFERING THE ABILITY HAVE BANQUET STYLE EVENTS, CONSUMER SHOWS AND THE LIKE. MAXIMIZING FUNCTIONALITY AND BROADENING THEIR MARKET APPEAL SINCE. MARCH OVER 30 ORGANIZATIONS WERE ENGAGED AS PART OF THIS STUDY REPRESENTING A WIDE CROSS-SECTION OF BLUFFTON CULTURAL CIVIC BUSINESS COMMUNITIES. A CLEAR CONSENSUS EMERGED THAT THERE IS A STRONG FOR A HIGH QUALITY FLEXIBLE EVENT VENUE THAT CAN SUPPORT A WIDE VARIETY OF USES FROM COMMUNITY FUNCTIONS TO LARGE SCALE EVENTS . MANY NOTED THEY ARE LEAVING THE AREA AND TAKING THEIR SPENDING WITH THEM DUE TO THE LACK OF SUITABLE LOCAL OPTIONS. 
          IN ADDITION RESPONDENTS HIGHLIGHTED THE IMPORTANCE OF A CONSISTENT HIGH QUALITY PROGRAMING CALENDAR WITH COMPELLING TICKETED EVENTS TO DRAW BOTH LOCAL ATTENDEES REGIONAL VISITORS. THIS DUAL PURPOSE APPROACH WOULD ALLOW BLUFFTON BETTER SERVE ITS OWN COMMUNITY WHILE ESTABLISHING ITSELF AS A CULTURAL ENTERTAINMENT DESTINATION IN THE REGION. IN OUR REPORT WE DETAIL THESE SIX CASE STUDIES AND I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THREE THAT OFFER ESPECIALLY RELEVANT FINDINGS FOR BLUFFTON. 
          THE CENTER FOR THE ARTS IN CORNELIUS IS LOCATED IN A SUBURBAN COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OF CHARLOTTE. IT'S SIMILAR IN SIZE AND GROWTH TRAJECTORY TO BLUFFTON. 
          THE PROJECT MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH A HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL CAPITAL CAMPAIGN THAT DREW STRONG COMMUNITY SUPPORT HIGHLIGHTING THE ROLE OF LOCAL ENGAGEMENT IN BOTH FUNDING AND PROGRAMING. A PEACE CENTER IN GREENVILLE IS A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED VENUE THAT DEMONSTRATES THE TRANSFORMATIVE ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL A WELL-EXECUTED PERFORMING ARTS CENTER CAN HAVE ON A COMMUNITY AND UNDERSCORES THE LONG TERM POTENTIAL IN INVESTING IN A SIGNATURE VENUE . THE COLLEGE OF COASTAL GEORGIA CENTER FOR THE ARTS AS I SAID IT'S CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION BUT IT'S A PARTICULARLY CLOSE COMPARISON TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR BLUFFTON ESPECIALLY IN TERMS OF DESIGN FLEXIBILITY AND TARGET AUDIENCES. BASED ON OUR MARKET AGAIN THERE'S A CLEAR OPPORTUNITY HERE TO DEVELOP THE BLUFFTON VENUE BASED ON THE CASE STUDIES. BLUFFTON CAN EXPECT A DIVERSE DEMAND ANCHORED BY ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT. PRIMARY USERS WOULD BE TICKETED CONCERTS, CONFERENCES, PRIVATE 
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EVENTS, SOCIAL GATHERINGS. SECONDARY USES WOULD BE CIVIC EVENTS, TOWN USE AND EDUCATION AND CULTURAL PROGRAMING INCLUDING EDUCATION CLASSES. THE GOAL IS TO ACTIVATE MULTIPLE DEMAND LAYERS TO MAXIMIZE USAGE AND REVENUE GENERATION. 
          IT WOULD BE SUPER IMPORTANT TO COLLABORATE WITH TOURISM AGENCIES, LOCAL BUSINESSES, SCHOOLS AND PHILANTHROPIC DONORS. PARTNERSHIPS ARE CRITICAL FOR DRIVING UTILIZATION FUNDING AND TERM SUPPORT OF THE VENUE. AND I THINK ONE OTHER POINT HERE REALLY HAVING MULTIPLE DIFFERENT DEMAND LAYERS IS A REALLY CRITICAL COMPONENT OF OUR STRATEGY FOR THIS PROJECT RIGHT. YOU KNOW, THE ARTS ORGANIZATIONS ARE VERY ACTIVE. THEY DON'T HAVE A HOME BUT THERE'S NOT NECESSARILY ENOUGH EVENTS OR ACTIVITY ON THEIR OWN TO SUSTAIN A PERFORMING ARTS CENTER. 
          SO THAT'S REALLY WHY WE'RE FOCUSING ON THE MULTIPURPOSE OPPORTUNITIES SO YOU CAN HAVE THE ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT AS ONE PILLAR AND THEN ALSO REALLY LOOKING AT CONFERENCE AND SOCIAL BUSINESS IS ANOTHER AND I THINK EQUALLY IMPORTANT IS ARTS EDUCATION. 
          WE SAW THE CHILDREN HERE TODAY THIS EVENING AND REALLY YOU KNOW THERE'S A LOT GROWTH NOT ONLY IN BLUFFTON BUT IN THE SURROUNDING AREAS IN BLUFFTON THE NATURAL CENTRAL LOCATION. 
          SO WE THINK NOT ONLY YOU SERVE, YOU KNOW, YOUR RESIDENTS BUT ALSO LOOKING AT POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIPS WITH SURROUNDINGS AND HAVING YOUR FACILITY FOR THE REGION HERE IN BLUFFTON WOULD BE A REAL OPPORTUNITY. ABSOLUTELY SO WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING HERE IS A MULTIPURPOSE ARTS AND EVENT CENTER. THE MAIN PERFORMANCE HALL WOULD BE 10,000 SQUARE FEET. IT WOULD BE ABLE TO SEAT ABOUT 600 PATRONS FOR A THEATER STYLE AND WITH THE FLAT FLOOR FOR A BANQUET EVENT WE COULD HAVE 800 ATTENDEES OR THAT 50 BOOTH FOR AN EXHIBITION TYPE OF EVENT. THERE'S ALSO GOING TO BE A SECONDARY THEATER OR BREAKOUT SPACE WITHIN THAT SQUARE FOOTAGE OF 3000 WHATEVER CONFIGURATION WE CAN FIT UP TO 175 SEATS IN THERE FOR MEETINGS BREAKOUT, SPACE REHEARSALS AND ARTS EDUCATION ALL BASED ON THE PROGRAM JUST PUT FORTH IN THE DEMAND STRATEGY WE DESCRIBED WE'RE FORECASTING THE PROJECTED DEMAND IN ATTENDANCE FOR A NEW MULTIPURPOSE ARTS AND EVENT CENTER IN BLUFFTON IS GOING TO IN YEAR FIVE. GENERATE A TOTAL OF 226 EVENTS . 
          YEAR FIVE IS TYPICALLY THE YEAR OF STABILIZATION FOR THESE TYPES OF AS THEY RAMP UP AND GET ON THE MAP IS 226 EVENTS ARE EXPECTED TO NEARLY 55,000 ATTENDEES TO THE VENUE. 
          AGAIN TOP DEMAND GENERATOR HERE IS GOING TO BE EXTERNAL RENTALS IN THE HIGH VALUE VOLUME OF CLASSES AND I THINK THE OF ACTIVITY YOU'RE SEEING HERE AS BEING PROJECTED YOU THESE FACILITIES REALLY ANCHOR DEVELOPMENTS AND THEY YOU KNOW IF YOU HAVE 50,000 PEOPLE COMING TO THIS TYPE OF PROJECT THEY'RE GOING TO DO THINGS BEFORE AND AFTER EVENTS AND THAT REALLY CAUSES ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT. SO WE REALLY SEE THESE FACILITIES ANCHORING MIXED USE DEVELOPMENTS AND THEN ALSO CAN POTENTIALLY LEAD TO ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF HOTELS AND OTHER SUPPORTING INFRASTRUCTURE TO REALLY SUPPORT THEM TO ENSURE A FORWARD LIKE I MENTIONED THEM BEGINNING THIS PHASE OF WORK WAS REALLY ABOUT FIGURING OUT IF THE MARKET CAN SUPPORT A VENUE LIKE THIS AND IF SO WHAT SHOULD IT LOOK LIKE AND WHAT TYPES OF EVENTS COULD HAPPEN THERE? OUR SUGGESTS THAT THERE'S A SOLID OPPORTUNITY HERE SUPPORTED BY BOTH THE MARKET DEMAND AND THE COMMUNITY INTEREST. NEXT WE'LL MOVE FROM CONCEPT MORE DETAILED PLANNING LOOKING CLOSELY AT HOW THE VENUE COULD OPERATE TO DAY, WHAT THE FINANCES MIGHT LOOK LIKE AND WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO KEEP IT RUNNING SUCCESSFULLY OVER THE LONG TERM AS WE KEEP MOVING FORWARD, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT ALL PARTS OF THE PLANNING FINANCIAL SITE SELECTION AND PROGRAMING CONTINUE TO INFORM ONE ANOTHER RECONNECTING WITH STAKEHOLDERS AND BUILDING THE RIGHT PARTNERSHIP WILL ALSO BE KEY AS WE GET CLOSER TO MAKING THIS A REALITY. 
          BLUFFTON IS IN A GREAT POSITION TO CREATE A VENUE THAT NOT ONLY SERVES THE LOCAL COMMUNITY BUT ALSO STANDS OUT AS A CULTURAL AND REGIONAL. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU MS.. BURTON ANY QUESTIONS? I DO HAVE SOME THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. FIRST OF ALL, DO YOU HAVE AN ESTIMATED COST ON WHAT YOU PROPOSED. WE DO NOT. SO THIS THIS REALLY WAS LOOKING TO MAKE SURE THE APPROACH THAT YOU ALL TOOK I THINK WAS A GOOD 1/1. 
          UNDERSTAND THERE'S A MARKET THAT CAN SUPPORT THIS TYPE OF PROJECT AND WE'VE ANSWERED WE BELIEVE THAT THERE IS. SO NOW THE ADDITIONAL PLANNING STEPS WILL IDENTIFY THE FINANCIAL FORMA AS WELL AS A COST ESTIMATE HOW MUCH THE PROJECT WOULD COST. 
          SO WE HAVE NOT DEVELOPED YOU KNOW, A ROUGH ORDER OF MAGNITUDE OR ANY TYPE OF COST. OKAY I MEAN THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT I'M SAYING I DON'T THINK THAT WE NEED BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD ASK ME FOR THIS WHETHER IN MY POSITION NOW OR 
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JUST IN THE CIRCLES I YOU KNOW ,NOBODY'S EVER ASKED OH I REALLY THINK BLUFFTON NEEDS A PERFORMING ARTS AND OR I HEAR SPORTS FIELDS ON A VERY, VERY REGULAR BASIS MORE AND MORE ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS TO KEEP THEM FROM GETTING IN TROUBLE MORE OPEN SPACE. 
          I THINK WE ALL HEAR LESS DEVELOPMENT AND SO AS YOU TALK ABOUT MORE DEVELOPMENT, I MEAN WE'RE TRYING OUR CONSTITUENTS WANT US TO SLOW IT DOWN. SO FOR ME THIS IS A LITTLE BIT TOUGH ONE BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE HIGHER PRIORITY FOR ME THAN AT THE MOMENT PERFORMING ARTS CENTER. I ALSO AM CONCERNED I JUST FEEL LIKE QUITE OFTEN YOU HEAR ABOUT THESE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AND HOW THEY STRUGGLE WITH FUNDING FINANCIAL STABILITY AND SO I DO I WORRY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT OR WE WOULD WE BE GETTING AN OVERHEAD SOMETHING THAT WE'RE CONSTANTLY PUTTING MONEY INTO TO KEEP IT FINANCIALLY STABLE IT JUST TO ADDRESS THAT POINT IF I MAY I THINK IT'S REALLY TO AS WE DEVELOP YOU KNOW A FINANCIAL THAT DON'T REALLY INDICATE YOU KNOW THE FINANCIAL OBVIOUSLY PERFORMANCE BUT THOSE DEMAND VERTICALS THAT I TALKED ABOUT. IT WOULDN'T BE JUST SERVING AND YOU KNOW GENERATING REVENUE FROM ARTS ENTERTAINMENT. IT WOULD ALSO BE HAVING THINGS LIKE CONFERENCES AND SOCIAL EVENTS AND THOSE ALSO HAVE A VERY HIGH SPENDING PROFILE FROM ,A FOOD AND BEVERAGE PERSPECTIVE. AND THEN ALSO I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF WEALTH IN THE COMMUNITY AS RYAN HAS ALLUDED TO. 
          SO YOU KNOW, REALLY DOING A CAPITAL CAMPAIGN THERE'S A LOT OF GRANTS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE. SO I THINK DEVELOPING THE FUNDING STRATEGY HOW YOU PUT TOGETHER THE CAPITAL STACK, THE FUNDED AND THEN ALSO THE PHILANTHROPIC EFFORT TO DEVELOP A RESERVE OR A FUND THAT COULD HELP OFFSET ANY YOU KNOW, RISK THE TOWN FOR ANY OPERATING SUBSIDIES THAT MIGHT SPIKE YOU HAVE SOME OF THE OTHER PROJECTS YOU'VE WORKED ON THEY'VE DONE THAT WHICH THEY HAVE. SO FINANCIAL I MEAN DO YOU HAVE A BALLPARK NUMBER OF WHAT IT COSTS THEM ON SOME OF THE OTHER PROJECTS YOU DID WITH SIMILAR SIZES AS AND WHAT THE REVENUE? SURE. OUR CASE STUDIES AND WE'LL HAVE IN OUR FULL REPORT WHICH I THINK HAS BEEN ISSUED YOU KNOW WE GO THROUGH THE ACTUAL REVENUE AND EXPENSE EVEN OF THOSE CASE STUDIES BUT YOU KNOW DEPENDING ON HOW YOU STRUCTURE THE OVERALL FUNDING MODEL FOR IT YOU KNOW YOU HAVE A YOU KNOW IF YOU HAVE A RESERVE FUND OR A PHILANTHROPIC COMPONENT TO IT THAT CAN OFFSET THE SUBSIDY. SOMETIMES AS YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, BREAK EVEN TO LOSING YOU KNOW QUARTER MILLION TO A HALF MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR POTENTIALLY THIS IS A SMALLER SCALE FACILITY SO WE THINK IT'S MORE OF A BREAK EVEN TO A SMALL LOSS. BUT THEN I THINK THE OTHER COMPONENT TO THAT THE ACTIVITY THAT OCCURS SO THERE'S A LOT OF ECONOMIC IMPACTS AND FISCAL IMPACTS AS A RESULT OF THE ACTIVITY THAT OCCURS HERE. SO IT GENERATES ADDITIONAL TAX REVENUE, GENERATES ADDITIONAL VISITATION AND THEY SPEND A LOT OF RESOURCES. SO THERE'S ANOTHER LENS TO LOOK THROUGH AS TO HOW THESE PROJECTS FUNDED AND SUSTAINED. SO YOU CAN'T EVEN GIVE ME A BALLPARK NUMBER OF WHAT IT MIGHT COST IN TERMS OF THE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BUILDING FOR THE BUILDING, YOU KNOW, OUR OTHER BUT SOME OF THE OTHER PROJECTS YOU DID LIKE WHAT DID SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS FOR THE COASTAL CAROLINA FOR EXAMPLE SORRY COASTAL GEORGIA PROJECT THAT HAS A DEVELOPMENT COSTS OF ABOUT $25 MILLION OR RATES IT'S DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS THE ONE IN BRUNSWICK THAT YOU IT IS IT'S AND HOW BIG IS THAT ONE. IT'S SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING FOR YOU ALL HERE IT'S ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT BIGGER THAN THE WHOLE RECOMMENDED. MR. HAMILTON EMILY, STAY OUT OF MY FACEBOOK PAGE. 
          WE ARE ON THE SAME PAGE. I'M I'M NOT I'M NOT READY TO SIGN OFF ON ON A PROJECT LIKE THIS BUT HAVE YOU HAVE YOU SPENT ENOUGH TIME IN BLUFFTON ON 7:00 TO 9:00 IN THE MORNING AND 6:00 TO 8:00 IN THE EVENING? YEAH, I HAVE AND I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE ALLUDING TO WITH THE TRAFFIC AND THE CHALLENGES THERE. 
          SO YES, I UNDERSTAND THAT IS A REAL CHALLENGE. IF WE HAD THE CENTER THEN EVERYBODY WOULD BE THERE. NO, I'M NO THEY HAPPY TO HAVE TO GET THROUGH THIS AND AND THEY HAVE TO COME TO BLUFFTON TO GET THE WE REALLY WE REALLY NEED MORE TRANSPORTATION WE SAW BEFORE WE CAN TRY TO BRING IN MORE TRAFFIC MOVING AROUND SO JUST THIS IS PROBABLY LIGHT YEARS AWAY FROM US BUT YOU KNOW HAVING RESEARCHED THIS THE AREAS THAT YOU WANT IN AND 
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GETTING IT, HOW WOULD THERE TEMPTATION SYSTEM I USE OUR WAKE FOREST NORTH CAROLINA AS AN EXAMPLE SO THEY HAVE AN EXISTING FACILITY VERY DYNAMIC A FAST GROWING COMMUNITY THEY ALSO HAVE A LOT OF THE SAME TRANSPORTATION ROAD CHALLENGES THAT YOU ALL HAVE RIGHT OUTSIDE OF RALEIGH NORTH, CAROLINA. AND THEY HAVE AN EXISTING FACILITY CALLED THE RENAISSANCE CENTER AND THAT'S YOU KNOW, BASICALLY AN ADAPTIVE REUSE OF A YOU KNOW, A WAS A YOU KNOW, A STORE THEY TURNED INTO A PERFORMING ARTS CENTER SPACE AND THAT HAS CAPACITY OF ABOUT 600 PEOPLE WHICH IS SIMILAR TO THIS. SO ON A NIGHT YOU KNOW SATURDAY NIGHT WHEN THOSE THAT EVENT ACTIVITIES WOULD BE OCCURRING, YOU KNOW, THERE'S USUALLY 2 TO 3 PEOPLE PER CAR. YOU KNOW WHEN THEY'RE COMING TO AN EVENT LIKE THIS. 
          THERE'S UBER SO THERE'S OTHER, YOU KNOW, TRANSIT OPTIONS THAT PEOPLE FIND THEIR WAY TO THESE TYPES OF SPACES SO THAT EXISTING FACILITY HAS BEEN VERY WELL-RECEIVED BY THE COMMUNITY. 
          WE'RE ACTUALLY RIGHT NOW WORKING WITH THEM TO YOU KNOW BASICALLY REPLACE OVER THAT FACILITY JUST BECAUSE OF THE NEEDS AND HOW MUCH THE USE THAT SPACE. 
          SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THE IMPACT PERSPECTIVE IS PRETTY LOW ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS COMPARED TO, YOU KNOW, THE 5000 SEAT ARENA FOR EXAMPLE, I HAVE A MUCH LARGER TRAFFIC IMPACT VERSUS AND MY LAST QUESTION WHAT AREA WOULD YOU RECOMMEND? SO WE DID NOT LOOK AT ANY SPECIFIC SITES. WE DID DO A DRIVING TO SEE SITES THAT COULD BE AVAILABLE SO WE REALLY DON'T HAVE RECOMMENDATION AT THIS POINT ON THIS SITE. 
          THANK YOU. MAY I GO BACK TO WHAT YOU BROUGHT UP? WAS THAT WAKE FOREST AND YOU SAID THAT WAS THE 600 FEET? I JUST THAT ONE UP REAL QUICK WAS THAT ONE REALLY 43 TO $53 MILLION THE WAY IT SAYS ON LINE SO JUST SO IT IS YOU KNOW THEY HAVE A DEVELOPING AND STRATEGIES TO DO A LOT OF THE PHILANTHROPIC FUNDRAISERS AND SO THE TOWN THERE IS ACTUALLY HOPING TO COVER YOU KNOW A THIRD POTENTIALLY OF THE CAPITAL COST OUT OF THAT TOTAL . MR. HAMILTON I MEAN MR. WOULD KNOW WE LOOK A LOT LIKE YOU KNOW YOU FIRST OF ALL A GREAT PRESENTATION, VERY IN-DEPTH WORK. ONE THING I DID WAS CURIOUS ABOUT ON YOUR POPULATION FORECAST FOR BLUFFTON IT LOOKS LIKE IN 2029 THE NUMBERS WENT DOWN. 
          I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT. YEAH I CAN ADDRESS THAT. THOSE NUMBERS ARE PULLED FROM EVERY AND NOT THE CENSUS. THEY ALSO I DON'T THINK TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT THAT THE MUNICIPALITIES HAVE A HANDLE ON THIS IS JUST AN EXTRAPOLATION OF HISTORIC POPULATION GROWTH SO WE'LL MAKE SURE TO HAVE OUR POPULATION IN LINE WITH THE NUMBERS THAT YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH. WELL I LIKE THE WORD I WANT TO SAY THAT AND FOR ME PERSONALLY I KNOW WE ALL HAVE OUR OWN VIEWS AND OPINIONS IS WHAT YOU'RE HEARING. I HAVE HEARD THE PERFORMING ARTS QUESTION COME UP WHEN COUNCILMAN HARRY LES WAS ON THE COUNCIL. I'VE HEARD IT FROM THE FORMER CHAIRMAN OF COUNTY COUNCIL AND OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT I SIT WITH ON SOME OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. I THINK IT'S OBVIOUSLY IN THE CARDS US MAYBE DOWN THE ROAD SOMEWHERE THE COST OF IT TODAY'S TODAY YES I UNDERSTAND I LOOK BACK AT THE THE ROTARY COMMUNITY CENTER WHEN BUILT THAT THE TOWN WAS DIFFERENT THAN IT IS TODAY NO ONE COULD VISION BECAUSE THERE WAS NO PLACE TO EVEN GO TO HAVE A FAMILY REUNION OR GO TO EVEN GET A HAVE A WEDDING AND. SO NOW ALL KINDS OF ACTIVITIES ARE TAKING PLACE HERE BUT THE PEOPLE WHO LIVED THERE AT THE TIME COULD SEE THAT AND FORTUNATELY ROTARY BUILT SOMETHING THAT ENDED UP WORKING FOR ALL THE THE OTHER THING WE'RE DOING AS A COUNCIL IS WE FINALLY HAVE STARTED TO DIP OUR INTO THE ART ARENA. SOME MAY NOT AGREE I THINK THAT'S WONDERFUL. IT ADDS CHARACTER AND CHARM CHARISMA TO EVERY COMMUNITY YOU KNOW SO I THINK AS YOU WATCH COMMUNITIES GROW AND EVOLVE OVER TIME THAT THESE ARE NATURAL PATHWAYS WHICH ART AND WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING WHETHER THERE'S A NEED HERE IN BLUFFTON OR NOT FOR A PERFORMING ARTS CENTER SO YOU DIDN'T COME HERE ASKING WHETHER WE NEEDED TO BUILD IT TODAY OR WHERE YOU CAME HERE JUST TO SAY THAT YOUR STUDY INDICATES THERE'S A POTENTIAL POSSIBLE OF IT FOR THE COMMUNITY AT SOME POINT. SO WITH THAT IN MIND I EMBRACE 
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IT FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE I'M NOT PREPARED TO GO ANY FURTHER THAN THAT TODAY BECAUSE AGAIN THE COST FIGURING OUT WHERE YOU WOULD PUT IT I MEAN I THINK WE NEED MORE DISCUSSION ON THIS TOPIC AS A COUNCIL GOING FORWARD TO FIGURE OUT WHEN WHERE HOW SO BUT THANK YOU. 
          A GREAT WORK. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. 
          BY THE WAY, I'M GOING TO GO TO THE PEACE CENTER HERE IN SEPTEMBER. 
          THINGS WORK OUT FOR ME. THANK SAME THING. GREAT PRESENTATION AND GREAT GATHERING OF INFORMATION. YEAH. AND ALL THE GROUPS SEEM LIKE HAVE EVENTS OR WOULD HAVE AN IMPACT HERE UM I SEE THIS ON A DIFFERENT SIDE THAN SOME OF COLLEAGUES. UM DEFINITELY NO IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE BUT IT IS INDEED UM ON TWO DIFFERENT SIDES I HAVE ATTENDED OF THE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATIONS HERE LOCALLY IN THE PAST FOUR YEARS AND I'VE BEEN RAINED ON PROBABLY FOUR TIMES OUT OF THOSE YEARS AND RECENTLY ALMOST HAD A DELAY WITH BLUFFTON HIGH'S GRADUATION AND THE CHAIR OUR LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD MADE THE REMARK IT WOULD BE NICE IF THERE WAS SOME TYPE OF CENTER TO ACCOMMODATE THAT ONLY BECAUSE IF IT DOES RAIN OUT THEN YOU RUN INTO THE EVENT OF . EACH GRADUATE GETS TWO TICKETS AND THEN YOU KNOW FAMILIES TRAVELED. HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHO GETS YOU KNOW, THOSE TWO ON THE OTHER SIDE A PART OF AN ORGANIZATION THAT HOSTED AN EVENT EACH YEAR FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS IN THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD GETS OF OUR MONEY THIS YEAR WE SOLD ALMOST A THOUSAND TICKETS FOR THIS CHARITY EVENT AND SO IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE A CENTER AND A SPACE IN OUR TO ACCOMMODATE THAT AND A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE TREPIDATION IN TERMS OF BUILDING AND ADDING MORE THINGS BUT IT'S ALSO ON THE FLIP SIDE OF THAT WHEN WE DON'T RESPOND IN A WAY THAT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY IS LOOKING FOR CERTAIN FACILITIES AND WE EXCLUDE SOME FOLKS IF YOU KNOW MANY OF US HAD OUR WAY I DO REMEMBER GROWING UP IN BLUFFTON WHERE THERE WAS ONE GROCERY STORE NO HOTELS, ONE RESTAURANT AND NO SHOPPING MARKETS AND MOST THE PEOPLE HERE WOULD NOT BE IN BLUFFTON IF IT LOOKED THAT WAY TODAY AND I LOVED IT THEN. I LOVE IT NOW AND I THINK WITH IT BEING A FEASIBILITY STUDY, IT'S GOOD TO BE ABLE TO PUT DATA TO NOT JUST SAYING WHAT SOMEONE WOULD WANT TO HAVE BUT HAVING THE SUPPORT FROM COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS AND THEY WANT TO SEE AND HOW THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE AND. I'D ALSO BE INTERESTED TO KNOW IN YOUR FUNDING PLAN WHEN YOU MAKE THESE PROPOSALS WHO COMMUNITIES THAT IT INCLUDES THE IDEA THAT IT'S IT'S NOT JUST THE RESPONSIBILITY OF A MUNICIPALITY BUT LOOKING AT OTHER THINGS WHERE IT COULD BE GIVING NAMING RIGHTS YOU KNOW, TO CORPORATE SPONSORS OR IT COULD BE IN A WAY SIMILAR TO HOW THEY FUND IT IN MARKET ARENA WHICH ALSO GETS A LOT OF OUR RESIDENTS WHO TRAVEL TO ATTEND DIFFERENT EVENTS AND THINGS THERE. AND THE ONLY QUESTION I HAD IS YOU MENTIONED BRIEFLY BUT THIS IS MORE THAN JUST A PERFORMING ARTS CENTER. 
          THIS IS A FLEX SPACE OF SOME SORT. I REMEMBER HEARING WHEN WE HAD BEFORE ABOUT IT YEAH. SO ORIGINALLY THE FEASIBILITY WAS FOCUSED ON PERFORMING ARTS BUT OUR OUR FIRST DAY HERE I THINK WE QUICKLY REALIZED THAT THERE IS A NEED FOR GRADUATIONS IN INDOOR SPACES A TON OF FUNDRAISERS AND, OTHER SOCIAL GATHERINGS THAT THERE THERE'S NO INDOOR SPACE HERE IN BLUFFTON. AND SO I THINK THAT'S WHY WE'RE REALLY FOCUSING ON THAT FLEXIBLE SEATING TECHNOLOGY THAT WE TALKED ABOUT BECAUSE THE SPACE WOULD BE ABLE TO HOST LIVE PERFORMANCE EVENTS WITH A THEATER STYLE AND THEN CONVERT TO PLATFORM FOR ANY TYPE OF EVENT THAT YOU GUYS MIGHT NEED TO HAVE. 
          AND I THINK ONE BENEFIT OF THAT YOU KNOW AS YOU LOOK AT YOUR SHOULDER SEASONS FOR TOURISM ROAD AND HOTELS ARE A LITTLE QUIETER THERE TO BE TO BRING IN A CONFERENCE THAT COULD GENERATE A COUPLE HUNDRED ROOM NIGHTS FOR FOR SOME PROPERTIES IN THOSE SLOWER MONTHS SO I THINK A REAL GOOD DIVERSIFICATION STRATEGY. SO YOU'RE NOT SO DEPENDENT ON LEISURE SPECIFICALLY. THANK YOU. YEAH I SHE SHE JUST REMINDED AND MY WIFE IF SHE'S WATCHING THIS WOULD KILL ME IF I DIDN'T SAY IT BUT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IT AGAIN OUR MONEY ONE OF OUR GRANDDAUGHTERS CAME IN FROM NASHVILLE ON SUNDAY AND SHE'S PART OF AN ENSEMBLE. SHE'S HIGH SCHOOL AND WENT TO SOME PLAYS ON HILTON HEAD LAST YEAR AND THEY ARE LOCKED IN I SAY LOCKED THEIR THEY HAVE TO STAY AT UCB DORM AND IT'S LIKE A SIX WEEK PROGRAM AND THEY DO IS THEY WORK WORK WORK WORK AND YOU CAN'T GO VISIT THEM THEY DON'T LET YOU VISIT THEM YOU CAN INTERRUPT THEM BUT ANYWAY WERE PUTTING ON SOME PLAYS ON HILTON HEAD SO MY WIFE'S ALREADY A LOT OF MONEY BUYING TICKETS TO TAKE A LOT OF PEOPLE 
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TO HILTON HEAD SO THANK YOU BRIDGET FOR REMINDING ME. I WAS HERE. 
          WE HAD TO START SOMEWHERE WHEN IT WAS MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, OFF AND ON FOR 30 YEARS I'VE HEARD PEOPLE TALK ABOUT IT FOR YEARS SO PERSONALLY I HAVE A LITTLE DIFFERENT OUTLOOK FOR IT. 
          I THINK THAT THE TOWN OUGHT TO SEND COUNCIL TO ONE OF THESE THAT YOU ALL ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH SO THAT WE CAN GO ON EXPERIENCE AND PERSON AND WE CAN GET KNOW MAYBE THE LEADERSHIP THERE AND GET SOME REAL GOOD FROM YOU KNOW, THE FACTS NOT THE PROJECTIONS. 
          THIS IS WHAT WE DO. THIS IS WHAT WORKS. THIS DOESN'T WORK. 
          JUST GETTING AN EDUCATION AND I FEEL LIKE THERE IS A NEED THERE IS A GROWING NEED AND IT WILL AND IT WILL BE HERE IF IT'S NOT ENOUGH NOW IT WILL BE SOMEDAY. AND I ALSO FEEL LIKE WITH WITH THE GROWING OF THE HARTSVILLE AREA YOU KNOW YOU'VE GOT HILTON HEAD THE TOURIST INDUSTRY THERE THE THE WHAT HAVE HERE IN THE AREA AND THE HORRIBLE GROWING MUCH THAT WE HAVE LEADERSHIP NOW THAT WE ACTUALLY LIKE EACH OTHER WE GET ALONG AND I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT POSSIBLY DOING SOMETHING TOGETHER YOU KNOW IT'S MORE OF A REGIONAL THING INSTEAD OF ALL OF THE WEIGHT YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S RIGHT HERE OR WHETHER IT'S NO MATTER WHERE IS IT COULD STILL BE A POSSIBLE JOINT VENTURE WITH THE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AND WE COULD DO SOMETHING EVEN BIGGER AND BIGGER AND BETTER THAN WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING WITHOUT BREAKING THE BANK, SO TO SPEAK, OR PUTTING A BURDEN ON ON OUR WE DON'T WANT TO RAISE TAXES SO WE JUST NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO PAY FOR IT AND HOW IT CAN PAY FOR ITSELF. IN MY OPINION EVERYTHING THAT EXISTS NEEDS TO JUSTIFY ITS EXISTENCE IS UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU. 
          WE HAD TO START SOMEWHERE AND I'M SURE CRYSTAL FINISH UP WITH YOU GUYS. 
          WHATEVER WE HAVE LEFT TO DO SO WE WILL DISCUSS MORE THINGS AND MOVE FORWARD. 
          THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. OKAY. 
          [X. FORMAL AGENDA ITEMS ]
UP NEXT WE A FORMAL AGENDA ITEM OF CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FOR A CHILD CARE AND EARLY LEARNING PROJECT UTILIZING THE TRASH SHARE MODELING FUNDING MODELING TRANSPORT OF ANYTHING SO THIS CAME OUT OF A WORK GROUP FROM THE SO LOCAL COMMITTEE A CHARGED LANDRIEU WITH THE CHAIRING OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE AND HAS A SHORT PRESENTATION FOR YOU TODAY AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET YOUR INPUT ON A POTENTIAL RESOLUTION LIKE AFTERNOON I'M VERY THANKFUL THAT THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR HAS GIVEN US OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU ALL REGARDING THE TRASH YOUR MODEL IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW THAT 90% OF A CHILD'S BRAIN DEVELOPMENT TAKES PLACE BUT AGE WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY MIND BOGGLING 90% NOW OFTENTIMES USE THIS IMAGE TO SHOWCASE A LOT OF DIFFERENT SCENARIOS. 
          BUT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT 90% OF A CHILD'S BRAIN DEVELOPMENT TAKING PLACE BY THE AGE FIVE, THAT'S THE INDICATOR THAT OUR ADULT PERSONALITIES ARE OFTENTIMES SHAPED BY WHAT TAKES WHEN WE'RE CHILDREN. WHAT ABOUT EVEN MORE INTERESTING IS WE UNDERSTAND THAT 95 OR 90% OF BRAIN DEVELOPMENT TAKES PLACE BY AGE FIVE BUT ONLY 5 TO 1 AND GO TOWARD EARLY CHILD EDUCATION. THAT'S ABSOLUTELY MIND BOGGLING 5% WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BRAIN TAKING PLACE WITH THESE CHILDREN. BUT ONE THING THAT WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT AGAIN MY NAME WAS ORLANDO LEWIS FORGIVE ME. I AM THE DIRECTOR OF THE HISTORIC PROGRAM HERE IN BEAUFORT AND JASPER COUNTIES ALSO SERVE AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE SUBCOMMITTEES THAT HE HAS TAUGHT ASSOCIATION AND I'M ALSO THE CHAIR FOR YOUR EARLY CHILDHOOD ON TASK FOR WHICH LOGO AND WE WERE CHARGED WITH IDENTIFIES WITH CIVIC SOLUTIONS REGARDING THE CHILD CARE CRISIS THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING HERE IN THE LOWCOUNTRY AND ONE OF THE STRATEGIES THAT WE IDENTIFIED THAT WOULD BE A USABLE AND FEASIBLE SOLUTION THAT WE COULD TACKLE WOULD BE THE TRI FRIO MODEL AND HERE BEFORE YOU WE JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THIS FIVE YEAR MODEL IS AND HOW IT WOULD BENEFIT OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY. 
          THE TRISHA MODEL IS A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP. IT IS SHARED BETWEEN EMPLOYEE THE STATE AND THE EMPLOYER AND AGAIN WHEN I SAY INITIATE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE COST OF CHILD CARE IS SHARED BETWEEN THOSE THREE ENTITIES IS THE PARENT CHOICE OPTION AND THEN IT CAN BE ADMINISTERED LOCALLY AND COULD ALSO ADMINISTERED BY THE STATE AS WELL. 
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WE CURRENTLY KNOW THAT DACA HAS MADE THIS PROPOSAL TO THE STATE SO THEY ARE LOOKING TO BE THE STATE. WHAT ADMINISTRATOR OF THIS PARTICULAR MODEL SHOULD IT BE ADOPTED. BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT EXACTLY IS PRAOTIOE WHAT IS WHYS. WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS BEING A MODEL THAT BE USED FOR PARENTS WHO FALL IN BETWEEN THE LOW TO MIDDLE INCOME RANGE. WE HAVE SOME PARENTS WHO DO NOT QUALIFY WITH CHILD CARE SUBSIDIES BUT IT CAN'T WASH OUT HERE. 
          SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THESE FAMILIES HAVE OPTIONS FOR CHILD HERE. 
          WE ALSO LOOK AT THIS AS BEING A POSITIVE EMPLOYEE RETENTION AND ATTENDANCE OPTION AS WELL IN TERMS OF IF WE HAVE EMPLOYERS WHO PARTICIPATE WITH THIS PARTICULAR MODEL THIS COULD BE A WAY HOW WE CAN ENHANCE RETENTION AND ATTENDANCE AT A JOB SITE INCREASE AFFORDABILITY OPTIONS AND WE BELIEVE THAT THIS PARTICULAR MODEL GIVE US MORE OPTIONS IN TERMS OF PARENTS BEING ABLE TO AFFORD CHILD CARE IN OUR AREA WHICH OF COURSE WILL IMPACT OUR ECONOMY AND. ONE OF THE THINGS I DON'T THINK WE'RE THINKING ABOUT BUT I WANTED TO PROPOSE IS IS A POSSIBILITY TO ENHANCE CHILD CARE QUALITY. 
          OFTENTIMES YOU HAVE CHILD CARE ENTITIES THAT MAY BE STRUGGLING BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT RECEIVING PAYMENTS ON TIME AND ALSO THINGS WOULD THEIR ABILITY TO OPERATE. 
          WE HAVE A MODEL IN PLACE THAT COUNTERS THAT WE COULD SEE A GREAT IMPACT OR GREAT INCREASE IN THE QUALITY OF CHILD CARE. I WANT TO DOWN TO THE FINAL BULLET POINT BECAUSE IT WILL ENHANCE WHAT CHILD CARE LOOKS WE COULD POTENTIALLY IMPACT POSITIVELY KINDERGARTNER THE SCORES WE SEE IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA GET THE CREDIT SCORES ARE LOW AND THAT'S NOT GOOD SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PUT MODELS IN PLACE THAT THAT DO ADDRESS THAT WE DON'T WANT GET BACK UP HERE TO THE NEXT TO THE BOTTOM BULLET POINT WHICH IS ADDRESS THE CHILD CARE CRISIS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE THAT COULD COUNTER WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN TERMS OF THE CROWD THE CHILD CARE CRISIS HERE IN THE LOW COUNTRY AND WE BELIEVE IS A MODEL THAT COULD BE FEASIBLE AND WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT MODELS THAT THAT HAVE BEEN BEEN UTILIZED AND BEEN EXECUTED SUCCESSFULLY. 
          SO I WANT TO TALK ABOUT MICHIGAN. MICHIGAN WAS THE FIRST STATE TO ACTUALLY SPEARHEAD THIS PARTICULAR MODEL ON THE PART OF THIS MODEL IN 2021 IN NOW WHICH IS PRETTY NINE OF THE 83 COUNTIES AND THEY TOOK IT ONLY AS A STATE MODEL AS YOU SEE IT IS CURRENT 189 CHILDREN FROM 376 FAMILIES AND THEN ALSO THE FUTURE PROJECTED 77,500 CHILDREN ACROSS 5000 HOUSEHOLDS. OF COURSE, YOU KNOW IT TOOK SOME TIME FOR THEM TO TO TO GET THIS INITIATIVE GOING AND WE ACTUALLY SAT IN A SETTING ON A VIRTUAL CALL WITH THEM AND THEY TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THIS MODEL LOOKED LIKE INTO AND THE BEGINNING PHASES OF IT AND THOSE TYPE THINGS AS WELL. WE'LL ALSO WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO NOBLE COUNTY, INDIANA. THEY PUT AN INVESTMENT IN THIS WAS A LOCAL COUNTY ENTITY TO PUT IN AN INVESTMENT OF $50,000 WITH THE COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCOME TAX TO WANT TO GENERATE MONEY AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. SO YOU CAN SEE THIS BEING EXECUTED AT THE LEVEL BUT ALSO BEING EXECUTED AT THE LOCAL LEVEL AS WELL. 
          KENTUCKY HOUSE BILL 499 YOU SEE IN 2022 THIS YEAR THE EMPLOYEE CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE INVESTMENT AND THEY PUT IN $15 MILLION TO EXECUTE THIS PARTICULAR MODEL AS WILL WE THE SAME THING IN NORTH CAROLINA AND ALSO NEW YORK AS WELL. SO THE POSSIBILITIES DO EXIST SOUTH CAROLINA HAS NOT IN EMBARKED ON THIS PARTICULAR ENDEAVOR AS OF YET BUT IT HAS BEEN PROPOSED AND IT WAS PROPOSED THE LATTER PART OF LAST YEAR. 
          AND WHAT WE WANT TO DO HERE WITH PARTICULAR LOCAL CHILD CARE TASK FORCE IS MADE A PROPOSAL THAT EACH MUNICIPALITY THAT PARTICIPATES IN SOME LOCAL ADOPTIONS HAS A RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU AS YOU SEE THE CURRENT BREAKDOWN HOW MOST ENTITIES WILL USE THIS PARTICULAR MODEL THEY DO A DIVIDE IN TERMS OF 3% PER ENTITY SO YOU HAVE EMPLOYER WHO IS PAYING 33%, THE EMPLOYEE WHO IS PAYING 33% AND THEN THE STATE ALSO KICKS IN ON 30% AS WELL. SO THIS SEEMS TO BE THE MODEL THERE'S BEEN EXECUTED ACROSS MULTIPLE ENTITIES SO IS WHAT ARE SOME OF THE BENEFITS? OF COURSE WE TALK ABOUT AFFORDABILITY FOR FAMILIES. WE UNDERSTAND THAT HERE IN THE LOW COUNTRY WE'RE VERY PROUD OF OUR PRICES IN, TERMS OF OUR LAND AND SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS WHO CAN AFFORD, YOU KNOW, THOSE TYPE THINGS SO WE CAN SOFTEN THE BLOW SO TO SPEAK ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO CHILD CARE MAKE IT MORE AFFORDABLE. WE THAT THIS WILL BE A BENEFIT FOR OUR WORKFORCE HERE IN OUR LOCAL ECONOMY O CONSISTENT TIMELY PAYMENTS TO PROVIDERS YOU KNOW ONCE AGAIN, YOU KNOW YOU HAVE CHILD CARE ENTITIES WHO ARE IN EXISTENCE OBVIOUSLY TO PROVIDE A SERVICE BUT ALSO TO MAKE MONEY AND IF THOSE ONES AREN'T COMING IN ROUTINELY AND REGULARLY THAT DOES IMPACT CHILD CARE THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE SERVICES, WORKFORCE AND LIFE BALANCE FOR EMPLOYEES AND ALSO INCREASE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION FOR EMPLOYERS. 
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IF YOU HAVE EMPLOYEES WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN THIS PARTICULAR MODEL, THIS COULD BE A SELLING POINT FOR THEM TO RECRUIT MORE QUALITY EMPLOYEES FOR THEIR PARTICULAR PROGRAM OR FOR THE FRANCHISE OR BUSINESS WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE. AND AGAIN WE STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO YOU ALL TO ADOPT THIS RESOLUTION. 
          YOU HAVE IT. YOU SHOULD HAVE THIS NEW PACKET NOT ONLY JUST TO ADOPT IT HERE IN WITHIN HOURS WE WOULD LIKE TO HELP LOCAL MUNICIPALITY SO THAT WE CAN TAKE THIS BACK TO THE STATE SO THAT THEY CAN LOOK AT LOWCOUNTRY AS BEING THE TEST PILOT WAS A PARTICULAR TRY. 
          YOU'RE MORE IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA SO I JUST WANT TO OPEN UP ANY QUESTIONS SHOULD THERE BE ANY AND I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO INTRODUCE MY TEAM AND WE HAVE MAJORITY WHO WAS HERE TODAY JOINING US GORE WHO'S ALSO HERE TOM HINES. AND THEN WE HAVE MR. DAN WOOD WHO ALSO WORKS WITH US AS WELL. WE'D LIKE TO OPEN FOR ME ANY QUESTIONS SHOULD THERE BE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE TREASURER? NO I HAVEN'T MR. WOOD YOU'VE ALREADY PICKED UP THE RESOLUTION AND FIRST OF ALL THERE'S NO MONEY INVOLVED THIS IS A RESOLUTION TO TO GET STATE SUPPORT. YOU'VE ALREADY GOT TO DO SO LOCAL. 
          YOU'VE RECEIVED SOME RESOLUTIONS FROM WHICH COMMUNITIES WHERE RIGHT NOW WE PRESENT IT TO HORRIBLE AND THIS IS THE SECOND ENTITY THAT WE PRESENT IT TO WHAT WE KNOW WE RECEIVED SUPPORT FROM HARVEY ALL SPECIFICALLY. RIGHT SO I THOUGHT PORT ROYAL AND YOU'RE NOT RECEIVED FROM PORO YET AS OF YET I WAS TOLD ON YESTERDAY BY ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT THEY WILL LOOK TO PUT US ON IN AUGUST. OKAY. 
          AND THEN BEAUFORT, WE HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING FROM YOU ON THAT AS OF YET OR HAVE YOU PRESENTED TO THEM YET? WE HAVE NOT I HAVEN'T ASKED FOR A PRESIDENT NOT AS OF YET. 
          SO YOU WOULD BE SECOND WELL THIRD IF A COUNCIL LOCAL NEEDED TO BE HONORED AND THEN IF YOU GET THESE RESOLUTIONS, REPRESENTATIVE ERICKSEN, ARE YOU STILL WORKING WITH YES, WE STILL HAVE CONTACT WE'RE REPRESENTING ALL RIGHT. AND SHE ON CHILD CARE FACILITIES AND SHE'S BEEN AN ADVOCATE AT THE STATE HOUSE AND I AM ASSUMING I DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU WOULD DELIVER THE RESOLUTIONS TO HER OR WHO. WELL, OUR OUR EXPECTATION IS THAT SOMEHOW WITH HERE IN THE LOCAL AREA WE WOULD PUT SOME PRESSURE ON OUR STATE ENTITIES TO PUSH THIS THROUGH, PAUSE OH ,THAT'S THE EXPECTATION, MR. ALLEN YOU SHOWED THEN THOSE ON YOUR COMMITTEE I DIDN'T KNOW UNTIL I SAW IT IN PRINT ABOUT AND I SO THAT IT DOESN'T TAKE OUT OF THE THE TRI MODEL THAT YOU WOULD HAVE THE WORD DOES THE STATE EMPLOY IN THE EMPLOYEE EMPLOYEE BUT JUST SAY THE STATE HAVE NOT ADOPTED YET RIGHT THEY HAVE NOT I KNOW AS MR. WALKER STATED SHARON ERICKSON SITS ON A COMMITTEE OF TASK FORCE AT THE STATE LEVEL IN SAYS I WAS THERE THIS WAS THE LATTER PART OF LAST YEAR WHEN THEY DID A PRESENTATION REGARDING THE TREASURER MODEL RIGHT BEFORE WE ADOPTED IT AS A SOLUTION THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO EXECUTE HERE IN THE LOWCOUNTRY BUT THEY HAVE PRESENTED THIS TO THE STATE AND THERE WAS DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THEM ACCEPTING IT AND IF THEY DO ACCEPT IT THEY WOULD BE THE OF THIS PARTICULAR MODEL AND OUR EXPECTATION IS IF THE STATE DOES ACCEPT THAT WE BE LOOKED AT AS THE PILOT HERE IN THE LOWCOUNTRY OF THIS PARTICULAR MODEL SO SHOULD A MUNICIPALITY WANT TO TAKE IT ON THEMSELVES? OKAY LET'S SAY THE STATE ACCEPT IT. 
          DO THEY HAVE A I GUESS INCOME BRACKET THAT THEY WOULD WOULD RECOMMEND THAT COULD BE A RECIPIENT OF THIS WELL IT WOULD HAVE TO BE ESTABLISHED BY THE ADMINISTRATING ENTITY BUT WHAT WE DO KNOW THE ELIGIBILITY THAT THEY'VE BEEN LOOKING AT FROM OTHER STATES IS THE ARE THOSE FAMILIES WHO DO NOT QUALIFY FOR THE CHILD CARE SUBSIDY BUT BUT DO NOT MAKE ENOUGH MONEY TO COMFORTABLY AFFORD SHELL HERE WAS THOUGHT WOULD HAVE THEIR NUMBER WHAT IS THE NUMBER? I DON'T KNOW I DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN GET OVER TO TO THE COUNCIL. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THE COMMITTEE WILL DO RESEARCH OR SOMETHING THAT THE STATE SAYS? WELL WHAT WE CAN DO IS WE CAN ACTUALLY CONTACT DIOCESE AND SEE WHAT WHAT NUMBERS THEY'VE IDENTIFIED WILL BE FEASIBLE FOR THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 
          THAT'S ALL I AM THINKING. I THINK I THINK SOME OF MY QUESTIONS WERE ON THE SAME LINE OBVIOUSLY I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING WE CAN ALL AGREE ON IS AN ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE SOLVED. SO THANK YOU FOR COMING TO US. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US MEAN THAT WITH WITH THE DAYCARE SUBSIDY, IS IT A PERSON I CORRECT THAT IT'S A PERCENTAGE OF AM I TO QUALIFY FOR YOU KNOW SORRY A PERCENTAGE OF THAT AMI IS HOW YOU QUALIFY FOR THE 
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TABLE IS BASED BASED ON INCOME IN A NAME AND SO MOST LIKELY TO FOR THIS IT WOULD BE GREATER THAN WHAT THAT IS BUT LESS THAN YES SO EITHER 80 OR 100% OR SOMETHING OF OUR U.S. ARMY BASE HILTON HEAD I DON'T THINK I DIDN'T HEAR YOU MENTIONED HAVE YOU PRESENTED TO HILTON HEAD NO WE HAVE NOT YET SO WE ONLY PRESENTED TO ONLY TWO MUNICIPALITIES AND THERE WILL BE HARDBALL IN THE TOWN OF ON HIJACK WELL IF THEY CALL US WE WILL BE THERE KNOW MR. SCORE HE'S WORKING I KNOW IN THE COMMUNITY SO AS AS AS OF NOW I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO MEAN I DON'T THINK WE PRESENT IT TO THE COUNTY HILTON YOU KNOW WE'VE MET WITH THEM INDIVIDUALLY. WE HAVE NOT MADE A FULL PRESENTATION SO WE'RE WAITING TO BE PUT ON THAT AGENDA AND THEN WE'LL BE INVITED. EXCUSE ME. 
          I THOUGHT OR I MEAN A HEARTY VEAL AND HEARTY WILL'S APPROVE OF YOUR HANDS. 
          YES SO WE JUST I GUESS BASICALLY MAKING OUR ROUNDS AND A FORMAL PRESENTATION DISABILITY IS ALL WE'RE IN. REVOLUTION IS SHOWING SUPPORT FOR THE CAUSE YES AND TRYING TO GIVE YOU BACKING OR SUPPORT OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT. SO WHEN YOU GO TO THE STATE LEVEL THEY HEAR OUR AS WELL AS YOURS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF TRYING TO GET SOMETHING PUT TOGETHER ANY PILOT PROGRAM OR SOME TYPE. YES, SIR. 
          AND THEN ALSO WE'RE THAT SOME OF OUR POLICYMAKERS HERE IN THE LOWCOUNTRY WILL GO BACK TO THE STATE AND ALSO ECHO, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU HEARD AND HOW WE COULD POSSIBLY BE A STRONG PILOT. 
          RIGHT. YOU KNOW, FOR THIS PARTICULAR MODEL. 
          OKAY. SO WE HAVE A MOTION OR ANY OPTION COUNCIL THAT IT WAS QUICK IS THERE A MOTION IS WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION I SAID I'LL MAKE THE MOTION ON THE SCREEN YOU WANT READ IT I WANT TO READ IT FIRST SEE IF I WANT TO CHANGE A MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION X IN THE BEAUFORT KIND OF STATE LEGISLATOR DELEGATION TO SUPPORT A PROJECT PILOT IMPLEMENTING A TRI SHARE FUNDING MODEL TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO CHILD CARE. IS THERE A SECOND SECTOR IN THE DISCUSSION? OKAY I WAS IF EVERYBODY IS UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU SIR. 
          THANK YOU. GREAT PRESENTATION. OKAY. 
          [XI. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS ]
THAT MOVES US ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. ANYTHING ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT ANY OF COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS OR REMOVE? IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION APPROVED? SO I'M A SERIOUS BUT ALL IN FAVOR SAY I I THAT'S UNANIMOUS 
          [XII. EXECUTIVE SESSION ]
. IS THERE A MOTION TO MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR LEGAL ADVICE REGARDING CONTRACTUAL NEG NEG NEGOTIATIONS INVOLVING THE VOTE YOUR VIEW DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT PURSUANT TO SOUTH CAROLINA PRE FREEDOM ACT 30 DASH 4-7A TO AND LEGAL ADVICE EMERGENCY DECLARATION SURE TO FREEDOM INFORMATION 30 .4. 7A2 IS THERE A SIMPLE IS THERE A SECOND SECOND WE ARE IN EXECUTIVE SESSI
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