[I. CALL TO ORDER]
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IT IS 10:00 ON THE BUTTON YOUR CHILD IN THE ROOM. GOOD MORNING AND THANK ALL FOR JOINING US TODAY. JUST AS A REMINDER FOR ANYONE WHO IS NOT ON THE EMAIL LIST AND YOU WANT TO BE THERE'S THE SIGN IN SHEET. IF YOU ALREADY ARE GETTING EMAILS FROM SO LOCAL YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY YOU. OKAY SO WE HAVE THREE SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DELIVER TODAY AND AS YOU KNOW WE ASKED THESE SUBCOMMITTEES TO GET AND THERE ARE SOME UNFINISHED AGENDA ITEMS IN TERMS OF OUR PARTICIPATION. SO WE'LL GO THROUGH EACH ONE OF THEM AND TAKE FROM THERE AND
[II.1. Child Care Subcommittee update. Olandor Lewis]
WE'LL START THE FIRST ONE I HAVE ON THE LIST IS THE CHILDCARE SUBCOMMITTEE.ORLANDO LEWIS IS THE CHAIR IS NOT WITH US TODAY BUT WE HAVE JOHN SQUIRE AND JODY LEAVITT.
WELCOME. THANK YOU ALL. WE'RE THRILLED TO BE HERE AND.
IT'S GREAT TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO UPDATE YOU. THE CHILD CARE, EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION TASK FORCE. AS YOU KNOW, OUR FOCUS HAS BEEN WORKING ON WHAT'S CALLED THE TRI SHARE MODEL WHICH IS AN ADDITIONAL WAY FOR PARENTS TO ACCESS AFFORDABLE CHILD CARE AND THE TRI SHARE MODEL MEANS THAT A PUBLIC ENTITY AND EMPLOYER AND A PARENT SHARE THE COST OF CHILD CARE. AND THROUGH THIS TASK FORCE WE COME TO THIS DISTINGUISHED GROUP AND AS DUE TO HELP US TO COLUMBIA BUT PASSING IN YOUR OWN AREA A RESOLUTION THAT THE CHILD CARE TASK FORCE CAN THEN SHARE WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS TO SHOW THAT THE LOW COUNTRY AS A WHOLE IS IN FAVOR OF ADDITIONAL OPTIONS TO HELP PARENTS AFFORD CHILD CARE.
SO TODAY WAS ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO WE SHARED THAT RESOLUTION WITH EVERYONE.
TO DATE WE'VE MADE PRESENTATIONS IN THE HART CIVIL PARTY BILL HAS PASSED THE RESOLUTION. WE'VE MADE A PRESENTATION AND. BLUFFTON AND BLUFFTON HAS PASSED THE RESOLUTION AND WE'VE HAD INFORMAL CONVERSATIONS WITH HILTON HEAD AND I HAVE FULL FAITH AND CONFIDENCE THAT MY HOMETOWN AS WELL WILL PASS THE RESOLUTION.
BUT I STAND HERE TODAY TO ASK EVERYONE ELSE TO PLEASE CONSIDER JOINING US IN GETTING THIS DONE. THE TIMING RIGHT NOW IS CRITICAL AND WE ARE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS TO MAKE A PRESENTATION TO THE NECESSARY PEOPLE IN A FORMAL SETTING.
SO I'M JUST HERE TO OFFER THAT OPPORTUNITY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND TO ENCOURAGE AS A GROUP IN THE LOWCOUNTRY TO COME TOGETHER ON BEHALF OF OUR AND OUR CHILDREN.
JODY THAT MORNING MY NAME IS CHARLES SCORE. I'M CHAIR OF THE GSC CHILD CARE TASK FORCE AND I AM A MINION. SO IT'S OUR FEEDBACK FROM OUR AUDIENCE MAYBE NOT SO LOUD IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? NO, IT'S IT'S PLAYING BACK THIS CLAIM.
WHAT WE'VE ALREADY DONE IS THAT THERE'S A DELAY OUR BROADCAST AND IT'S COMING BACK THROUGH THE SPEAKERS. IT'S OKAY. JUST KEEP ON.
YOU'VE BROKEN OUR SYSTEM. WE'LL SEND YOU A BILL. THIS IS A TECHNIQUE.
HAVE TO THROW PEOPLE OFF YOUR STRIDE. I IT.
IT'S UNDER SIX FIGURES FOR MY PART I LIKE TO ASK AND ANSWER TWO QUESTIONS.
FIRST, WHY IS THIS ISSUE IMPORTANT? AND SECOND, WHY YOUR VOICE IMPORTANT? FIRST, THE CHILDREN YOU HAVE ALL HEARD THE STATISTICS THAT TWO THIRDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA CHILDREN GET TO KINDERGARTEN OR FIRST GRADE WITHOUT HAVING DEVELOPED THE SKILLS NECESSARY TO LET THEM BEGIN A LIFETIME OF SUCCESSFUL LEARNING NOT HAVING ACCESS TO QUALITY CARE AND EARLY LEARNING EXPLAINS MUCH OF THAT.
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BUT BEYOND THE CHILDREN YOUR CONSTITUTION DOES INCLUDE IN BEAUFORT COUNTY 5000 SMALL BUSINESSES THAT REQUIRE EMPLOYEES IN JASPER COUNTY THAT NUMBERS ABOUT 838.YOUR CONCERN INCLUDE IN BEAUFORT COUNTY 18,800 PEOPLE WHO LIVE BELOW THE POVERTY LINE AND 5000 PEOPLE IN CHANGE IN JASPER AND IN THE TWO COUNTIES THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH FOOD INSECURITY IS 15,006 IN BEAUFORT AND THOUSAND 500 IN JASPER COUNTY IN BEAUFORT.
WE LIKE TO THINK OF OURSELVES AS AN AFFLUENT COUNTY BUT THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS THAT STATEWIDE WE ARE THE SECOND WORST COUNTY. IT COMES TO PEOPLE LIVING BELOW THE POVERTY LINE. SO WE HAVE BUSINESSES THAT NEED MORE PEOPLE TO WORK AND PEOPLE AT LEAST SOME OF WHOM NEED TO WORK WANT TO WORK. WHAT STANDS IN THE WAY FOR WITH SMALL CHILDREN THE LACK OF AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE CARE IS A MAJOR ISSUE.
IF IT'S NOT THERE IT MEANS THAT AT LEAST ONE PARENT SPOUSE HAS TO STAY HOME AND TAKE CARE OF A LITTLE GREMLINS. FIXING CHILDCARE AND EARLY LEARNING MEANS THAT YOUR BUSINESSES AND YOUR CONSTITUENTS WILL BE BETTER OFF.
WHY IS YOUR VOICE IMPORTANT? WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE REPRESENTATIVE SHANNON ERICKSON LEADING A LEGISLATIVE TASK FORCE ON CHILD CARE AND EARLY LEARNING.
HER TASK FORCE HAS BEEN HOLDING HEARINGS AND CAN'T HANDLE THOSE TOGETHER.
OVER THE LAST AND A HALF NOT MUCH HAS HAPPENED TO DATE BUT THAT WAS TO BE EXPECTED.
THE LEGISLATURE IN COLUMBIA DID NOT INTEND TO TAKE UP CHILD CARE AND EARLY LEARNING IN THE LAST. BUT THERE IS AN INTENT TO DO SO IN THE SESSION THAT BEGINS NEXT JANUARY. WE HAVE PUT FORWARD A PROPOSAL FOR THE TRI SHARE INITIATIVE THAT WILL ENABLE FACILITIES TO GROW AND MORE CHILDREN GET IN THE SEATS.
IT WILL ENABLE THE STATE'S MONEY BE USED MORE EFFECTIVELY AND MORE EFFICIENTLY.
IT ONE FACET OF THE POSSIBLE SOLUTION SET. IT'S NOT THE ONLY ONE.
THERE ARE OTHERS WHICH IS A POSITIVE OUTCOME OR GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION. I AM NOT SO SURE. FOR EVERY REPRESENTATIVE LIKE SHANNON ERICKSON WHOSE HEART IS IN THE RIGHT PLACE THERE IS A A LEGISLATOR WHO ONLY WANTS TO REDUCE TAXES AND TO HELP WITH THE NECESSARY FUNCTIONS OF GOVERNMENT.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW IT WILL COME OUT BUT WE HAVE IN BEAUFORT AND JASPER COUNTY A VERY POWERFUL LEGISLATIVE BODY AND THAT IS THE TWO COUNTY LEGISLATIVE DELEGATIONS.
THEY ARE REPRESENTATIVES WHO BY VIRTUE OF SENIORITY AND SERVICE HAVE ACHIEVED CHAIRMANSHIP OF IMPORTANT COMMITTEES. WE WANT THEM IN THE FIGHT AND ON THE SIDE OF CHILD CARE AND EARLY LEARNING. MY OWN TINY CHILD CARE TASK FORCE DOESN'T HAVE THE WEIGHT TO ENSURE OUR LEGISLATIVE DELEGATIONS ARE ON BOARD. BUT YOU DO FOLLOW COMB HAS A BEST STATEMENT I HAVE EVER READ. IT SAYS IN PERTINENT PART TO BE A REGIONAL THINK TANK THAT WILL IDENTIFY THE PROBLEMS AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT FACE THE ENTIRE SOUTHERN LOWCOUNTRY AND PROPOSE ACTION PLANS FOR THE APPROPRIATE LEGISLATIVE BODIES PURSUANT TO YOUR MISSION STATEMENT. YOU HAVE IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM AND THE OPPORTUNITY SOLUTION. NOW IS THE TIME TO PROPOSE THE ACTION PLAN FOR THE BEAUFORT AND JASPER COUNTY LEGISLATIVE DELEGATIONS. NOW IS THE TIME TO ACT ON BEHALF OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE NOT YET DONE SO WE ASK PLEASE GO HOME AND PASS THIS RESOLUTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
JODY JOHN. FIRST ANYONE FROM THE BOARD WHO HAS COMMENT OR QUESTION I'LL MAKE A QUICK COMMENT THAT FROM HILTON HEAD STANDPOINT IT IS GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW OF BEING BEING PREPARED TO BE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE A ROLL. I DON'T THINK THIS IS THE APPROPRIATE PLACE TO EVERYONE.
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BUT WHAT I WILL DO IS SEND EMAIL TO EACH OF THE JURISDICTIONS WHO ARE STILL AND IF YOU WOULD JUST GIVE ME AN UPDATE WHERE YOU ARE IF YOU'VE DECIDED NOT TO GO FORWARD AT LEAST LET US KNOW OUR SUBCOMMITTEES AND HEAR FROM TWO MORE.THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK AND WE OWE THEM AN WHETHER IT'S POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE THAT THAT'S FINE. EACH JURISDICTION HAS TO DECIDE THAT ON THEIR OWN.
WE DO OWE THEM AN ANSWER. SO AND ONCE WE HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS WE WANT, TAKE THIS TO THE NEXT STEP SO THAT GETS GETS TO THE COMMITTEES PRIOR TO THE BUDGET SEASON AND THAT ROLLS AROUND THAN WE THINK. SO I WILL SEND AN EMAIL OUT. I HAVE PROPOSED OUR COUNCIL THAT WE DO A SMALL TEST. I STILL HAVEN'T GOTTEN THAT ALL TOGETHER.
BUT I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A SMALL TEST TO SEE IF WE COULD GET SOME IDEA OF WHAT KIND OF COST WE WERE GOING TO THAT THE STATE CAN EXPECT TO HAVE. SO HOPEFULLY I'LL I'LL FOLLOW UP ON THAT AND GET THAT DONE THIS YEAR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? YES, SIR. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A QUICK NOTE THAT WE DID HAVE THE COMMITTEE COME PRESENT IN THE BLUFFTON AND ORLANDO CAME AND I THINK TOM CAME AND JODY WAS THERE. THEY DID A GREAT JOB AT ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS OUR COUNCIL HAD AND EXPLAINING THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PROGRAM.
SO I WOULD SAY IF WANT TO HAVE THEM THERE IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL AND I THINK THEY'RE WILLING TO COME TO SPEAK TO ANY COUNCIL SHOULD YOU WANT TO HAVE THEM BE THERE.
THANK YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU, STEVEN.
AND WE DO HAVE THEY DO HAVE AN SLIDE DECK TO AND I DON'T KNOW THE WAS THAT SENT OUT TO EVERYBODY YOU KNOW NO SIR. IT'S JUST WITHIN THE TASK FORCE RIGHT NOW IF YOU'D LIKE IT, WE'RE HAPPY TO SHARE IT. OKAY. WOULD THE BOARD LIKE IT SHARED IN ADVANCE OR JUST UNTIL YOU'RE READY TO PRESENT TO YOUR COUNCILS? WE'VE ALREADY ADOPTED IT AND BEFORE IT'S IN A COPY. OH, GOOD.
OH, YOU DID? OKAY I DIDN'T KNOW THAT MY MAYOR WE WE NOT HAD A PRESENTATION. OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE SEPTEMBER 2ND IF AND DAVID BARTHOLOMEW IS CHAIRMAN OF THAT AND IF ONE OF YOUR TASK FORCE COULD CONTACT HIM ABOUT PRESENTING WE I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE WHY DON'T WE JUST SEND IT OUT ANY. CINDY AND KARI IF WE COULD GET THAT AND WE'LL GET THAT TO THE BOARD BECAUSE I DID I DID SEE IT AND I THINK IT'S IT'S VERY GOOD BUT I DIDN'T SEND IT OUT.
MY FAULT. SEPTEMBER SEVEN SEPTEMBER 2ND. THANK YOU.
AFTER YOU KNOW YOU KNOW THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD, ARE THERE QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC LAST TIME? OKAY, JODY, JOHN, ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU.
[II.2. GIC 20-year plan Subcommittee. Tom Lennox and Jennie Johnson]
NEXT UP WE HAVE GRC 20 YEAR PLAN SUBCOMMITTEE WHICH SOCO HAS ADOPTED.SO OUR OUR STEPCHILDREN ARE HERE. MR. LET'S TAKE IT AWAY.
I'VE BEEN CALLED WORK SO ALL RIGHT WE ALL A LITTLE OVER 60 DAYS AGO THIS BOARD APPROVED GRC TASK FORCE ON THE 20 YEAR REGIONAL PLAN STRUCTURE. SINCE THEN WE MET SIX TIMES WE'VE CONFIRMED OUR MISSION DEFINED OUR GEOGRAPHIC SCOPE AND BEGUN ON REGIONAL THEMES AND ALIGNMENTS. ADDITIONALLY WE HAVE ONE NEW MEMBER TO THE TASK FORCE
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SOMEONE WHO HAD THE RESONANT AND ABILITIES EXPERIENCE EDUCATION TO MAKE US AS TASK FORCE MEMBER. SOMEONE BY THE WAY WHO IS A NEW RESIDENT PARTY A ALONG WITH HER HUSBAND ROB. THEY RELOCATED FROM INDIANA SOMEONE WHO WAS FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF AN ORGANIZATION CALLED THE SPURS PUBLIC MANAGEMENT, A GROUP THAT ADVOCATES THE EMPOWERMENT OF ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS TO BE AGENTS OF CHANGE . AND FINALLY SOMEONE THAT HAS A DRAMATIC IMPACT ON OUR TASK FORCE. AND CREATING A WORK PLAN THAT KEEPS US LASER FOCUSED.I WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH CHRISTINE'S WORK THAT GIVEN THE TO BE BEFORE YOU THIS MORNING I ASKED HER TO REVIEW THE PLAN WITH YOU AND YOUR AUDIENCE. AFTER REVIEW RETURN AND UPDATE YOU ON FIVE OR SIX OF THE 12 TASKS KRISTI WILL DESCRIBE IN THE PLAN.
SO MAYOR WILLIAMS MAY I KRISTI TO EVERYTHING BUT A DRUM ROLL. I WELL, I GOT TO LIVE UP TO THAT NOW. SO THANKS. GOOD MORNING AGAIN.
THANK FOR THAT WONDERFUL INTRODUCTION. AND JUST JUST BRIEFLY MENTIONED WE JUST RELOCATED HERE IN 2023 FROM THE FORT WAYNE, INDIANA AREA.
MY BACKGROUND I'M A CERTIFIED PLANNER AND HAVE EXPERTIZE IN LONG RANGE PLANNING WORKING WITH REGIONS SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENT PLANS AND ALSO COLLECTIVE ACTION AND ACTUALLY GETTING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION THOSE PLANS. AND SO YOU KNOW AS WE WERE STARTING TO MEET AND GETTING TO KNOW THE THE GROUP PEOPLE ON THE TASK FORCE IT'S BEEN REALLY REWARDING BUT HAD A NUMBER OF DISCUSSIONS AND THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE TIME TO KIND OF HONE AND BRING THAT ALL TOGETHER. SO WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE ABOUT WHAT THE PURPOSES AND HOW WE'RE GOING ABOUT THIS WORK. THE FIRST POINT I'D LIKE TO MAKE IS THAT WE ARE NOT DOING THE PLAN EVEN THOUGH I'M A PLANNER WE'VE I LIKE TO PUSH THAT A LITTLE BIT BUT SOMETIMES IN GRANT WRITING IN PARTICULAR YOU GOT TO GET IF YOU'RE GOING TO GET TO A TEN WHICH IS ACTUALLY DOING THE WORK YOU'VE GOT TO GET TO A TWO TO BE ABLE TO ALIGN THE RESOURCES AND GET PEOPLE AROUND WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND THAT'S THE POINT OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE.
THE PHASES THAT WE HAVE THE FIRST IS JUST DEFINING THAT PURPOSE AND SCOPE AS TOM HAD SUGGESTED. AND SO YOU KNOW, THE MISSION IS TO CREATE A STRUCTURED, INCLUSIVE AND ADAPTIVE FRAMEWORK, ENABLE US TO COLLABORATE EFFECTIVELY, ALIGN REGIONAL PRIORITIES AND ADDRESS SHARED CHALLENGES. THE THE YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE MISSION THAT THAT WAS PUT BEFORE US AND YOU KNOW, WE'VE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IS IS IT A PLAN? IS IT A FRAMEWORK? IS IT AN INITIATIVE? IS COMBINATION OF ALL THE ABOVE AND THAT'S PART OF THE WORK OF TASK FORCE IS TO DETERMINE WHAT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS WOULD BE TO CONFIRMING THE GEOGRAPHIC SCOPE.
SO WE'VE HAD DIFFERENT ABOUT DO WE LIMIT IT TO BEAUFORT JASPER DO WE LOOK AT SOME OF THE OUTLYING AREAS AS WELL. WE'VE ALSO TALKED ABOUT KEY THEMES AND BROUGHT BACK, YOU KNOW, A NUMBER OF THE THEMES THAT ARE PART OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING PROCESS THAT IS THAT'S PRESCRIBED THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. I THINK ONE IN PARTICULAR THAT'S INTERESTING IS THAT RESILIENCE WAS ADDED ONE OF THOSE TEN I BELIEVE IN 2020.
AND YOU KNOW, IN LIGHT OF CHANGES AT THE FEDERAL STATE LEVEL THAT MIGHT BE AN AREA THAT THAT WE MAY WANT TO KIND OF TAKE A LOOK AT MOVING FORWARD.
WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT CAPACITY BUILDING AND THE IMPORTANCE OF , YOU KNOW, INCREASE THE ABILITY TO DO PROJECTS AND TO WORK TOGETHER. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT DOING THE
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PLAN. IT'S IMPLEMENTING THE PLAN AND HOW DO WE GO ABOUT DOING THAT? THE NEXT PHASE IS STATE OF PLAY AND WE'RE WORKING ON THAT RIGHT NOW AND.TOM WILL GIVE YOU SOME UPDATES ON THAT BUT WE'RE COLLECTING AND REVIEWING EXISTING PLANS SO NOT WANTING TO RECREATE THE ALL UNDERSTANDING ALL THE GREAT WORK THAT'S OCCURRED SO FAR.
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO GATHER SOME DEMOGRAPHIC AND ECONOMIC DATA NOT GET REAL DEEP INTO THAT BUT JUST GIVE A GOOD SNAPSHOT FOR THE AS A WHOLE. WE WENT TO IDENTIFY SOME KEY STAKEHOLDERS TO DO OUTREACH AND I KNOW TOM WILL TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT BUT WE'D LIKE TO DO SOME SURVEYS AS WELL AS SOME KEY STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS KRISTIE.
SORRY. I'M SORRY. DANIEL COULD YOU MOVE THIS SLIDE UP SO EVERYBODY CAN FOLLOW ALONG? I THINK ON THE SECOND PAGE.
YEAH. OKAY. SO YOU'RE ON FIVE SIX IS THE KEY STAKEHOLDERS AND THEN TASK SEVEN YOU KNOW AFTER WE COMPILE A LOT OF THIS AND I'M GOING TO SHARE BY THE YOU ONCE AGAIN I HOPE I DON'T THROW YOU OFF CINDY LIKE THIS CINDY WOULD YOU GIVE THESE GIVE TO ANYBODY WHO WANTS EVERYBODY UP HERE HAS. I'M SORRY.
THAT'S OKAY. NOW I PROMISE I WON'T. THAT'S ALL THE NEXT TIME.
OKAY. AFTER WE COLLECT THIS INFORMATION, UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE AT, WE WANT TO GIVE YOU A SWOT ANALYSIS AND THROUGH WHERE WE NEED TO GO MOVING FORWARD.
THEN WE WILL MOVE INTO THE NEXT PHASE. PHASE THREE WHICH IS PREPARING FOR FORWARD AND PART OF THAT IS BENCHMARKING WHAT ARE OTHER REGIONS ACROSS NATION DOING? HOW ARE THEY ORGANIZING? WHAT ARE SOME OF THE BEST PRACTICES THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO LEARN FROM MOVING. SO ALSO RESEARCH AND COMPILE POTENTIAL SOURCES TO SUPPORT THE INITIATIVE IN MY EXPERI. I KNOW THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSION ABOUT YOU KNOW EACH EACH JURISDICTION IT'S GOOD TO HAVE A STAKE IN THE WORK BUT SOMETIMES LOCAL FOUNDATIONS OR PRIVATE STATES AND FEDERAL MONEY AS WELL CAN ALL BE, YOU KNOW, BROUGHT TO THE TABLE IN REGARDS TO MOVING YOUR REGION FORWARD AND THEN FINALLY, YOU KNOW THAT REPORTING AND COMMUNICATION I KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE TIMES THAN DOING MONTHLY REPORTS SO YOUR BOARD WILL ALSO PREPARE SOME ACTIONABLE RECOMMENDATIONS AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS WE EXPECT THIS TO TAKE 4 TO 6 MONTHS AND THEN WE'LL PREPARE A SUMMARY REPORT AS WELL AS A PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD. BUT THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT I HAD IS BEFORE TOM TAKES OVER I KNOW YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME BUT I WISH ALL AT ALL SCOTT GO FIRST.
GOOD MORNING, CHRISTI. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION THIS MORNING AND I LOOK THROUGH THE PHASES AND I LISTENED TO YOUR EXPLANATION ON THIS SO I UNDERSTAND THE WHAT PART OF IT WHAT YOU'RE DOING WHAT I HAVEN'T UNDERSTOOD YET AND I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND IS WHY WHY IS THE GREATER HIGHLAND COUNCIL TAKING THIS ON? IS THAT A TOM QUESTION? I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. SURE. THIS IS THE LOWCOUNTRY COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS MISSION. HAVE YOU MET WITH THEM, STEPHANIE? DO YOU KNOW STEPHANIE IN OVER HERE IN THE BACK? HAVE YOU MET WITH THEM? THEY'RE ON OUR LIST STAKEHOLDERS. THEY THEY DO THESE THINGS ALREADY. SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND. THEY HAVE THE DATA.
THEY KNOW WE'RE ALL ADDED COLLETON AND HAMPTON COUNTY WHICH IS GREAT.
THAT'S PART OF LOW CARB. I I I AGREE WITH SCOTT THINK WE'RE DOING A REPETITIVE ACTION AND. I ADMIRE THAT YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT APPLYING FOR GRANTS YOU MAY NOT KNOW IT BUT NORTHERN BEAUFORT COUNTY LOCOG HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL GETTING SOME GRANTS FOR RESILIENCY WORK AND ALONG WITH THE MILITARY AT PARRIS ISLAND.
SO YEAH RESILIENCY IS ONE OF THE KEY THINGS TO OUR AREA BUT I, I, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE GREATER ISLAND COUNCIL IS DOING IT WHEN WE HAVE WE HAVE THE LOCOG WHICH HAS THE FOUR COUNTIES SO THEY ALSO HAVE BEEN WORKING ON TRANSPORTATION FOR THE WHOLE TO WHICH YOU KNOW THESE THINGS ARE ALL GREAT BUT THEY HAVE ALL THE DATA ON THEIR WEBSITE ABOUT THE INCOME, POPULATION, AGE, RACE THEY UPDATE IT, THEY GET THE UPDATES REGULARLY, THE INITIATIVE WAS
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BORN OUT OF THE G I C REGIONAL COMMITTEE AND TO SEE AND RECOGNIZE THE VALUE INITIATIVES THAT ARE REGIONAL SCOPE NOT SINGLE JERSEY SECTION WHICH LOCOG DOES TOO.YES. SO I MEAN I YOU KNOW I SEE PARALLEL PASS BUT YOU SAID YOU HAVEN'T EVEN TALKED TO THE LOCOG YET. NO THEY ARE ONE OF THREE STAKEHOLDERS THAT WE WANT TO COLLABORATE WITH AND WE'LL DO THAT.
BUT BACK TO THE BASIC QUESTION OF WHY DOES THE GREATER ALLEN COUNCIL WANT TO DO THIS BECAUSE THE SHIP HAS BEEN IN THE FOCUS OF GRC FROM WAY AWAY FROM HILTON HEAD AND BLUFFTON TO THE REGION AS A WHOLE AND IN A PRESENTATION THAT MADE IN MARCH OR APRIL TO A LOT OF THE IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT THE GRC TASK FORCE AFFILIATE COLLABORATE WITH THANK YOU.
IF THERE'S OVERLAP WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO DO EVERYTHING THAT'S BEING ALREADY THERE'S VALUE AND COLLABORATE AND IT WON'T BE DONE I'M NOT SURE I WOULD CALL IT OVERLAP.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? ANY COMMENTS? QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC? I MEAN MY BACKGROUND IS PLANNING TO SO UNDERSTAND THIS BUT I ALSO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE LOW COGS MISSION IS. I'M ON THEIR BOARD TO HAVE TO HAVE AN X ON THEIR BOARD. SEVERAL PEOPLE ARE HERE AND I, I YOU KNOW SOMETIMES YOU HAVE COLLABORATION BUT SOMETIMES YOU HAVE SOMEONE SOME AGENCIES AND I KNOW YOU'RE GROUP AND I ADMIRE THAT BUT THEY APPLY FOR GRANTS. THEY'RE VERY GOOD AT IT.
THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF GOOD WORK IN THIS SCOPE AS IS THEIR MISSION STATEMENT.
SO OKAY SO WE GOT A BRIGHT. ARE ARE YOU DUPLICATE? RIGHT.
THAT'S THE WORD I WAS LOOKING FOR. IF I CAN JUST SAY I'M NEW TO THIS SO TO UNDERSTAND THAT I'VE BEEN KIND OF DIGGING INTO EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN DONE AND AS WE'VE BEEN COMPILING A LOT OF THE PLANS A LOT OF YOU KNOW WHAT I WAS DOING, YOU KNOW IT'S BECOME THAT THEY'RE LEADING IN TERMS OF REGIONAL PLANNING AND I THINK THAT'S PART OF WHERE CONVERSATION HAS EVOLVED MORE TOWARDS IS THIS AND AND IS IN A WAY TO ORGANIZE TO BE ABLE TO THINGS AND THAT'S WHERE MY BACKGROUND HAS BEEN MORE THAT AND I HAVE WORKED IN CAPACITIES WITH COUNCILS IN GOVERNMENT AND OTHER AREAS OUTSIDE AND HELP TO HELP WITH THAT ORGANIZATION.
SO JUST JUST TO GIVE I GUESS A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPLANATION OF THE EVOLUTION AS WE'VE KIND OF WENT THROUGH OUR RESEARCH HERE AND OUR SENSE YOU KNOW, SO LOCAL HAS BEEN ISSUE BASED THROUGHOUT THE REGION AND THE MISSION WAS DEFINE AND CRAFT A STRUCTURE THAT SO LOCAL COULD USE FOR THAT ARE REGIONAL AND NATURE AND I HAVE NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? JUST PERSONALLY. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND I KNOW THAT THIS ALL BEGAN THE CIC LEVEL AND YOU CAME HERE PERSONALLY I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE END PRODUCT. I HAVEN'T SEEN AN END PRODUCT FROM LOCOG IN THE TEN YEARS I'VE BEEN HERE AND SO PERHAPS THERE'S SOMETHING NEW THAT WE COULD ALL LEARN.
THAT'S JUST MY OPINION THAT WE SHOULD SEE THIS TOUR THROUGH TO TEST 12 AND SEE WHAT WHAT COMES
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IT AS LONG AS WE HAVE VOLUNTEER WHO OBVIOUSLY HAVE ABILITY TO BRING FORTH SOMETHING WORK AT YOUR PLEASURE SO ANYWAY I THINK WELL THANK YOU ONLY YES I MIGHT I THINK A CRITICAL STEP IS HAVING THE CONVERSATIONS WITH AND GETTING THEIR BUY IN AS WELL.I ALSO LOOK AT THIS AS A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE OUTSIDE OF THE ELECTED OFFICIALS PERSPECTIVE WHICH IS ALL BRINGS VALUE TO THE TABLE YOU KNOW READING OVER KNOW SECTION ONE AND THE FINDING AND POPE AND SCOPE THERE MIGHT BE DATA THAT COMES THROUGH THERE THAT COULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL FOR US THAT MAY NOT COME THROUGH EL COG OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT BUT BUT WORKING TOGETHER MAKE A MORE COMPLETE PRODUCT IN THE END AND SO IT YOU KNOW I GET THERE'S SOME DUPLICATION BUT IT'S ALSO DIFFERENT RESOURCES THAT ARE PROVIDING THAT THAT INFORMATION TO US. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING IT. OKAY.
OKAY YOU. NEXT WE HAVE ROB MERCHANT WHO ALSO A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO
[II.3. Regional Growth Plan Subcommittee. Rob Merchant]
BEGAN A LOOK AT A GROWTH PLAN FOR THE REGION AND A COUPLE MONTHS AGO HE BROUGHT US A PROPOSAL AND SO WE WANTED TO BRING HIM BACK, REVIEW WHAT YOU PROPOSED AND SEE IF WE HAVE A STATUS TO THAT. THANK YOU, ROB, FOR COMING. OKAY.WELL, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. SO YEAH, IS AS THE MAYOR HAS THE SO LOCO CREATED A GROWTH COMMITTEE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND THE COMMITTEE IS MADE UP PRIMARILY OF PLANNING STAFF YOU KNOW, STAFF OF THE VARIOUS LOCAL JURISDICTIONS AND THROUGH THE PROCESS OF MEETING AND LOOKING AT MAPS YOU KNOW IN ALL OF THIS, YOU KNOW, AS YOU'RE WHAT WE RECOMMEND RATHER THAN DEVELOPING A REGIONAL GROWTH FRAMEWORK AT THE STAFF LEVEL WE RECOMMEND IT GETTING THE ELECTED OFFICIALS THE MEMBERS OF THE SPORT AT SOME FORM OF WORKSHOP YOU KNOW WHETHER TO HAVE THEIR WHOLE DAY BASICALLY FACILITATED BY AN FACILITATOR TO REALLY KIND OF ASK SOME SOME DIFFICULT QUESTIONS ABOUT REGIONAL GROWTH A LAND USE PLANNING WITH THE PURPOSE OF IDENTIFYING THOSE AREAS WHERE HAVING A SHARED VISION WOULD HELP THE REGION.
SO WE PREPARED I GUESS WE PRESENTED TO THIS COMMITTEE SEVERAL MONTHS AGO A PROPOSAL OF WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE TO HIRE AN INDEPENDENT FACILITATOR TO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF GATHERING BACKGROUND INFORMATION, HOLDING WORKSHOPS AND THEN PREPARING SOME FORM OF DELIVERABLE WHETHER. IT'S A ROADMAP THAT OUTLINES FUTURE STEPS FOR US TO TOGETHER AS A REGION AND SO WE PRESENTED THIS GOT SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMITTEE AND THEN BACK IN MAY WE PRESENTED IT OVERVIEW OF HOW WE SEE THIS PROCESS MOVING FORWARD IN ADDITION TO A RECOMMENDATION FOR COST SHARE AND HOW THE COST OF THIS WOULD BE.
AND SO THAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE IN MAY AND I THINK AT THAT THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED TO THAT BACK TO VARIOUS LOCAL JURISDICTIONS AND TO REPORT BACK TO THIS COMMITTEE. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE ARE AT THE STAFF LEVEL AND I GUESS WHERE WHERE THE COMMITTEE IS YOU KNOW AS OF MAY IT WILL CERTAINLY CONSIDER LIKE WE SAID BEFORE WITH THE OTHER COMMITTEES ROB HAS PUT A LOT OF WORK THIS AND HE MADE A PROPOSAL SEVERAL MONTHS AGO AND TO HAVE A COST SHARING ROB IF YOU REMIND US IT WAS AROUND $75,000. YES. I MEAN AND OBVIOUSLY THAT'S SOMETHING ONCE YOU PROCURE YOU KNOW, A CONSULTANCY THAT THAT THAT FIGURES CAN BECOME MUCH
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MORE YOU KNOW REALLY BUT WE WE LOOKED AT THE COST AND TALKED TO SEVERAL CONSULTANTS ABOUT 75,000 SEEMED REASONABLE FOR THE TASKS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROJECT SO THE IDEA YOU'D HAVE 75,000 AND WE CREATED A FORMULA I MEAN A STAFF RECOMMENDATION WHICH TO GO AFTER POPULATION EACH JURISDICTION SO THAT'S WHAT WE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD.OKAY THERE'S ANYONE FROM THE BOARD HAVE ANYONE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR? I'VE GOT SOME COMMENTS SO AT OUR LAST ECONOMIC FOUR COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING IT CAME OUT THAT MR. O'TOOLE IS LOOKING TO DO SOME WORKSHOPS WITH THE MUNICIPALITIES EITHER TOGETHER OR INDIVIDUALLY THAT IS DIRECTLY ALIGNED WITH GROWTH AND WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. SO WHERE'S THE WHERE'S THE THE COLLABORATION ALL THESE OTHER GROUPS BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS ARE HAPPENING AND WE MAY NOT KNOW WHAT'S BUT ONE GROUP IS WORKING ON VERSUS ANOTHER GROUP SO I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THAT FROM THE STANCE OF HILTON HEAD YOU KNOW WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IT HAS NOT COME FORMALLY TO COUNCIL AND THERE HAS NOT BEEN A DESIRE TO PARTICIPATE BECAUSE OF THE ECONOMICS OF IT. AND WHAT VALUE DOES IT BRING TO US WHEN WE'RE CONFINED BY WATER? WHAT IS OUR GROWTH YOU KNOW, THE THE FUTURE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE COMMUNITY THE GREATER COMMUNITY THAT'S GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT US BUT YOU KNOW, OUR GROWTH IS PRETTY MUCH DEFINED SO.
I'M NOT CERTAIN THAT WE WOULD HAVE A SUPPORT FROM COUNCIL TO FUND THIS OF ANY OTHER THOUGHTS COULD YOU DESCRIBE I WASN'T AT THE MEETING I WHEN HE TALKED ABOUT THE WORKSHOPS JOHN O'TOOLE COULD YOU DESCRIBE WHAT THE SCOPE OF THOSE ARE? YEAH, I WOULD NOT FULLY DEFINED BUT TO THE POINT OF WHAT IS EACH COMMUNITY FOR IN TERMS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND, YOU KNOW, COMMERCIAL GROWTH BECAUSE FOR ONE COMMUNITY IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT TO ANOTHER COMMUNITY AND HE WANTS TO GET AN INPUT ON THAT AND HE'S ALREADY OUT.
HE MADE MENTION THAT HE'S LOOKING TO DO THAT STARTING THIS FALL.
OKAY. THANK YOU. I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY FOLLOW UP ON IT YET. ANYONE ELSE FROM BOARD? YES, I THINK WITH JASPER AND ALL THAT I THINK WE JUST STARTED THE PROCESS OURSELVES. WE HAD A WORKSHOP ABOUT GROWTH AND ALL THAT I THINK IT'S A LITTLE PREMATURE RIGHT NOW UNTIL WE DEFINE WHAT WE WANT BEFORE WE GO OUT AND DO IT WE HAVE TO DO IT PERSONALLY? WE'RE AN INFANCY OF SHARING SERVICES AND SHARING THOUGHTS AND ALL THAT THE COUNTY AND I THINK RIGHT NOW TO SOMETHING MORE FORMAL WOULD BE DISRUPTIVE IN QUEST TO BE TOGETHER IN JASPER COUNTY.
SO GOOD IDEA BUT NOT RIGHT NOW FOR US AND THAT'S JUST MY FEELING ABOUT IT.
ROB I KNOW YOU'RE WELL FAMILIAR WITH THE NORTHERN REGIONAL PLAN AND SO FOR THE COMMUNITIES ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE RIVER THAT ARE SUBJECT TO THE NORTHERN REGIONAL PLAN, WE'VE ALL AGREED UPON THE ANNEXATION AND GROWTH BOUNDARIES ETC. WHAT WILL THIS PROCESS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW GIVE US THAT THAT PLAN DOES NOT? WELL, I WOULD SAY THAT THE ROUTE THAT PORT ROYAL BEAUFORT IN COUNTY THAT WAS A PART OF THE COUNTY I THINK THAT THAT AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE IS A MODEL FOR I THINK WHAT OUR GROUP ENVISIONS FOR THE REGION AND SO I THINK THE BENEFIT TO YOU FOR THE PORT ROYAL IT MAY BE THAT THERE'S NO CHANGES TO BOUNDARIES AS PART OF THIS PROCESS BUT I THINK THAT DUE TO COMMUNITIES WILL GREATLY BENEFIT IF THE REGION IS WORKING TOGETHER BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH BACK AND FORTH COMMUTING BETWEEN NORTHERN SOUTHERN COUNTY SAVANNAH AND SO YOU KNOW I SEE THIS IS KIND OF A EACH JURISDICTION MAY BENEFIT TO SOME DEGREE BUT I THINK AS A REGION THE BENEFIT IS GREATER THAN THE SUM OF THE PARTS I HAVE HEARD SOME OF MY CONSTITUENTS SAY WE WON'T BE ABLE TO GO TO SAVANNAH IF THE GROWTH CONTINUES AND IN THE SOUTH OF US THEY SAY IT JOKINGLY BUT IT'S IT'S TRUE IT'S ALMOST TRUE. WE'LL HAVE TO GO NORTH IF WE WANT GET OUT OF GET OUT OF BEAUFORT RIGHT GO UP 17 AND DOWN AND I WILL SAY WE ANTICIPATE THAT THIS WOULD BE ELECTED OFFICIALS IN ADDITION TO STAKEHOLDERS AND SO ECONOMIC
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DEVELOPMENT THAT THAT'S AN ISSUE THIS IS KIND OF FOCUS ON LAND USE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AS IS CERTAINLY VERY MUCH RELATED BUT I DON'T NECESSARILY SEE THE TWO EFFORTS AS BEING YOU KNOW THERE MIGHT BE SOME DUPLICATION BUT. I THINK THAT I DISAGREE ON THAT BECAUSE THERE'S LAND ACQUISITION THROUGH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF GROWTH. SO IT DOES HAVE A DIRECT CORRELATION BACK TO WHAT I THINK WE'RE TALKING YEAH. OH YEAH OF COURSE THE RELATED BUT I'VE JUST BEEN THAT ONE IS FOCUSED ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR THE REGION THE OTHER ONE IS FOCUSED ON LAND USE.BUT ROB I KNOW I MENTIONED THIS THE LAST TIME THAT WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION AND STILL STRUGGLE WITH IT A LITTLE BIT AND AGAIN TRYING TO SEE THE BIG PICTURE BECAUSE WHEN I START LOOKING AT THE INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THE NORTH REGIONAL PLAN AND THAT NOT A LOT IS GOING TO LIKELY CHANGE AS A RESULT OF THIS REPORT. AND THEN I START LOOKING AT THE SOUTHERN PORTION AND AGAIN HILTON HEADS DEFINED BY THEIR GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ANNEXING OFF THE ISLAND. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE GROWING BLUFFTON IS ESSENTIALLY GETTING CONFINED BY THEIR GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES AND EVERYTHING THAT'S IN THEIR JURISDICTIONS APD AND THEREFORE CALLED FOR FROM HARTVILLE STANDPOINT AGAIN A LOT OF OUR PROJECTS ARE IN PDS THEY'RE ALREADY VESTED SO AS MUCH AS THE NORTHERN RESIDENTS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT FUTURE GROWTH IT'S GOING TO COME THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A REPORT THAT SAYS HEY TO TAKE A TIMEOUT AND PAUSE ON THAT THAT WE CAN THEN TAKE AN APPLIED TO IT WHICH GOING TO CHANGE OUR FUTURE GROWTH PATTERNS SO I THINK ABOUT WHAT THE OUTCOME OF THIS REPORT AND HOW WOULD WE BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT IN SOME KIND OF MEANINGFUL WAY WHEN A LOT OF OUR FUTURE GROWTH ARE ALREADY REALLY KIND OF LOCKED IN PLACE BY AND LARGE? WELL IF I CAN PIGGYBACK ON WHAT JOSH SAID WE JUST HEARD THE PRESENTATION THE GREATER ISLAND COUNCIL TALKING ABOUT DOING ALMOST THE EXACT SAME THING BY LOOKING AT ALMOST LIKE A PLAN FOR THE ENTIRE REGION AND WHICH ADDRESSES GROWTH AND LAND USE ALL OF THAT IS IT MORE OF A IF THIS ONE DO THEY NEED TO BE A COMPONENT OF ONE OF ANOTHER? AND TO ECHO WHAT JOSH SAID, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY AS WELL AS WELL 90% OF THE TOWN IS IN DEVELOPMENT AND YOU KNOW THERE'S VERY LITTLE THAT WE CAN UNILATERALLY CHANGE INSIDE OF THOSE.
SO IT MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO PLAN, YOU KNOW THE AREAS JUST OUTSIDE THE TOWN THAT ARE IN UNINCORPORATED COUNTY MAY MAKE MORE SENSE BUT AGAIN I ECHO WHAT JOSH SAID AND JUST TRY TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY EVEN WITH THE THE WHAT WE JUST HEARD FROM GREATER ISLAND COUNCIL AND FROM THIS IS WHEN WE GET THE END RESULT WHAT WILL IT BE USED FOR LIKE ARE WE GOING TO ACTUALLY HAVE WHEN ARE WE GOING TO SIT DOWN AS A GROUP AND ACTUALLY PULL THIS OUT AND SAY THIS SAYS X SO WE'RE GOING TO EXPECT YOUR COUNCIL TO VOTE ON THIS OR YOUR COUNCIL VOTE THIS WAY OR THIS BOARD TO RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL'S TO THAT WAY WHAT IS THE WHAT ARE WE GOING TO GET WHAT'S THE OUTCOME FROM IT AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO IMPLEMENT THAT OR USE IT YOU KNOW, FIVE, TEN, 15 YEARS DOWN THE LINE I JUST LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT IN THIS GROUP GATHERED A LOT AND SHOWED US THE OH MY GOSH MAP THAT AND I WONDERED WHY THE GREATER ISLAND COUNCIL WAS DOING WHAT THEY WERE DOING TO BE HONEST WITH YOU WHEN THIS GROUP HAD ALREADY DONE SOME OF THOSE STEPS AND IT WAS THE GROUP OF THE, YOU KNOW, PROFESSIONAL STAFF. SO IT ALMOST SOUNDS LIKE TO ME THAT WE PUT ON THE SHELF UNTIL WE HEAR FROM JOHN O'TOOLE AND HIS MEETINGS AND THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO A WILL TO DO A A MEETING OF ALL THE ELECTED OFFICIALS AT THIS TIME.
I GREAT I DO APPRECIATE WHAT JOHN KEMP SAID THAT THEY ARE WE'D LIKE TO DO SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE BUT NOT RIGHT NOW THEY'RE NOT READY FOR IT. YOU'VE HAD LOT OF CHANGES IN YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS TOO SO I COMMEND YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE ON IT.
BUT I THINK IN MY MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE THAT WE ALSO HAVE LOCAL COME TO OUR NEXT MEETING SO THAT GREATER ISLAND COUNCIL IS NOT WORKING COUNTERPRODUCTIVE TO WHAT THEY'RE ALREADY DOING AND WE THIS IN THE BACK OF OUR MIND MAYBE TO DO LATER WITH ALL THE ELECTED OFFICIALS YEAH. IF ONE OF YOU WANT TO WANT TO PARTICIPATE KNOW WE RECOGNIZE THERE'S DUPLICATION SOME OVERLAP IN DATA AND ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES IF IF THERE'S AN INTEREST IN SOME SORT OF REGIONAL PLANNING YOU KNOW WHETHER IT'S TO HELP COG OR GREATER ISLAND COUNCIL THIS TYPE OF WORKSHOP COULD HELP FOCUS YOU KNOW BECAUSE IT MAY BE THAT IS A REGION AND A PLAN WE DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH SINGLE ITEM THAT THE STATE MANDATES FOR A PLAN BUT THERE MIGHT BE CERTAIN AREAS THAT REALLY RISE TO THE SURFACE THAT YOU KNOW YOU KNOW THE INFRASTRUCTURE OR RESILIENCE OR WHATEVER ISSUES RISE TO THE
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SURFACE. THEN THAT BECOMES KIND OF LIKE THE THE MARCHING ORDERS FOR GOING ON TO A FURTHER PLANNING EFFORT. SO I WOULD JUST SAY THAT IF THE WITH THE TWO EFFORTS THAT WOULD MIGHT BE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO IS THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HELPS THE REGIONAL FOCUS AND ASK THE HARD QUESTIONS WHAT ARE THE BIG ISSUES YOU WANT TO ADDRESS AND THEN PLANNING EFFORTS MOVING FORWARD FOR? YEAH, I APPRECIATE THE BOARD'S COMMENTS. WE'LL DO ACCORDINGLY.WHAT WHAT YOU HOW YOU WANT YOU KNOW ONE THING I'M LOOKING AT HERE IS FOR EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S COMING RIGHT? WHAT DO WE REALLY EXPECT? YOU KNOW, I WAS TELLING MAYOR I WAS A LITTLE EARLY TODAY AND I LIKE MAYOR TUMA DID SOME DRIVE AROUND AND I SAW SOME AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT. I WAS SHOCKED. IT'S NOT OFTEN I GET OFF OF MY ROCK BUT BUT I'M LIKE OKAY, IT'S TIME TO GET UP ON A HELICOPTER AND FLY AROUND AND SEE WHAT REALLY IS GOING ON SEE WHAT'S BEHIND THE TREES. IT'S CHANGED MY PERSPECTIVE A LITTLE BIT AND AS TO WHAT DAMAGE IS COMING TO THE LOW COUNTRY AND YOU KNOW, WE JUST WENT THROUGH A WHOLE BEACH PARKING EXERCISE AND WHY DID WE DO THAT? WE DID THAT BECAUSE OF THE GROWTH THAT'S HAPPENING OFF ISLAND AND WHAT IS THE QUALITY OF LIFE THE RESIDENTS ON HILTON HEAD AND OUR GUESTS ON HILTON HEAD BUT THEN AGAIN WHAT IS THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR EVERYBODY ELSE? SO KIND OF LOOKING AT THIS THAT YOU KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GETTING EVERYBODY TOGETHER IT'S A MORE OF AN INFORMATIONAL EXERCISE SO THAT EVERYBODY IS AWARE WHAT REALLY IS HAPPENING AND SO THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO EACH MUNICIPALITY TRYING TO FIND OUT WHO'S DOING WHAT WHO'S GOT WHAT PERMITS IN WHAT'S THE FUTURE GROWTH EXPECTATIONS. BUT HERE'S THE REALITY OF WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THE LOW COUNTRY AND HOW DO WE HOW DO ALL OF US DEAL WITH IT AND MAKE THAT IT DOESN'T TAKE AWAY THE CHARACTER AS TO WHAT WE ARE? SO YOU KNOW, I THINK MAYBE A SHIFT IN DIRECTION OF IT A LITTLE BIT TO A INFORMATIONAL PIECE SO THAT ELECTED OFFICIALS AND THE COMMUNITY ARE REALLY AWARE AS TO WHAT'S HAPPENING. I THINK THAT'S BEEN A LITTLE REMISS YOU KNOW THERE ARE STORIES IN THE PAPER THAT ARE SOMETIMES SKEWED BY IT BY A COMMA 1400 TO 14000.
RIGHT. SO SO WHAT'S THE REALITY AND THE REALITY COMES FROM CONVERSATION. SO I THINK YOU A PUBLIC WORKSHOP SESSION WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR COMMUNITY SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE MY THOUGHTS ARE ON THIS.
YEAH I'LL JUST I'VE BEEN HERE LONG ENOUGH BEFORE WE HAD THE NORTHERN REGIONAL PLAN WE HAD THE SOUTHERN REACH PLAN AND THAT WAS YOU KNOW BLUFFTON HAD YOU KNOW, GROWN ONE SQUARE MILE AND PART OF THAT WAS JUST GETTING A HANDLE ON THE AMOUNT OF GROWTH THAT HAS ALREADY APPROVED WHAT THAT'S GOING TO MEAN FOR THE FOR THE REGION IN TERMS OF INFRASTRUCTURE COST OF GROWTH AND THAT PROCESS LEAD TO WE HAD A THIS IS GOING BACK TO THE FIRST DECADE OF THE 2000 SPENT LED TO A SUCCESSFUL ONE STATE SALES TAX REFERENDUM WE CHANGED THE IMPACT FEES AND SO IT LED TO SOME STEPS THAT REALLY HELPED YOU THE REGION GROW AND KIND OF GET YOU KNOW AND MAYBE THE MODEL AT THIS POINT YOU KNOW I'M JUST SAYING IS MIGHT BE MORE LIKE THAT THAN THE NORTHERN MAYBE IT'S THAT IT'S A HYBRID OF THE TWO BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT SEEMED TO BE YOU KNOW AN INTEREST TO TO THE GROUP SO MAYOR YES YOU KNOW I JUST COME AND JUST THOUGHT ABOUT SOMETHING MAYBE WE HAVE THE THREE AND THE TWO ENTITIES CAME HERE AND THERE'S A DUPLICATION WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT DUPLICATION MAYBE WE SHOULD LOOK AT WHAT'S NOT DUPLICATED WHAT'S OUT OF SIGHT FOR AND I JUST ONE EXAMPLE IS LET'S IN LET'S IT'S CONFINED TO A CERTAIN AREA BUT IT LEAVES OUT IT LEAVES OUT MOST JASPER COUNTY BECAUSE IT GOES UP TO FORT 62 AND STOPS THERE AND THE GROWTH THERE WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE I'LL CALL IS VOID OF AND I'M NOT THAT'S NOT CONDEMNATION BUT THERE'S SOME THINGS THERE THAT MAY FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT RATHER THAN TRYING TO DO A THING AND MAYBE DO A STUDY ON WHAT CAN WE GO WHERE CAN WE PINPOINT THINGS THAT ARE NOT BEING DONE RIGHT NOW AND THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT AGAIN I'VE NOT BEEN WITH ALCOCK THAT MUCH BUT THERE'S GOT TO BE SOME PLACES WHERE THEY'RE WEAK AND WE CAN SUPPORT THEM AND I'M SURE ALCOCK WOULD LOVE THAT STATUE IF JUST FOR EXAMPLE I WAS AT ELCOCK MEETING AND WE
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TALKED ABOUT ATTACKS THEY DIDN'T THEY WEREN'T REALLY SURE ABOUT ATTACKS THEY DIDN'T KNOW THAT AT THE MEAN AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO AS GROUP LOOK AT AND TALK ABOUT TO ALTECH SO WE'RE NOT COMPETING BUT WE'RE SUPPORTING I THINK WE SHOULD LOOK AT SUPPORTING NATURE NOT AS A COMPETITION BUT THANK YOU. THANK YOU.OKAY. WELL ULTIMATELY WHAT WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH TODAY AND THANK YOU AGAIN ROB WE INITIATED THIS SUBCOMMITTEE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND A LOT OF THESE THINGS WERE DISCUSSED BUT WHAT WE OWE MR. MERCHANT IS AN ANSWER ON OR NOT WE WANT THIS RETREAT WHICH WAS DESIGNED SO THOSE CONVERSATIONS COULD TAKE PLACE IN IN A IN A RETREAT FORMAT WITH A STRUCTURE AND A MONITOR. SO I THINK WHAT I'LL WHAT I WOULD PROPOSE I HEAR WE HAVE LITTLE SUPPORT TO IN FOR A RETREAT BUT JUST TO CONFIRM THAT AND I WILL SEND AN EMAIL TO THE BOARD AND ASK FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL JURISDICTION TO TO GIVE AN ANSWER AS TO YES OR NO WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO PROCEED THAT WAY. DON'T PUT ANYBODY ON THE SPOT HERE. WE'LL JUST WE'LL JUST DO WE'RE NOT A LEGISLATIVE BODY ANYWAY AND WE'LL GET YOU THAT ANSWER. SO I WOULD ASK MEMBER EACH JURISDICTION ON THE BOARD TO PLEASE SEND YOU AN EMAIL AND LET'S ROB KNOW WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD CHIP IN FOR A RETREAT. OKAY. SORRY SO ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU, ROB. YOU'RE WELCOME. OKAY NEW BUSINESS ON THE AGENDA
[III.1. Endorsement Letter for DOT Grant. See Attached. Chair.]
EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE AND IS A LETTER ACTUALLY CAME FROM JARED FREILICH AND AS YOU THERE IS OF THERE ARE SOME MONIES POSSIBLY AVAILABLE I WON'T GO INTO THE PROBABILITY THAT WE CAN GET IT BUT THIS IS A LETTER OF SUPPORT ASKING FOR MONIES TO BE GRANTED THIS THROUGH THE BRIDGE PROJECT. WHAT I'M ASKING EVERYONE TODAY IS IF YOU WANT YOUR NAME ATTACHED TO THIS LETTER IT IS NO TO ANYBODY BUT IF IF YOU SUPPORT THIS AND YOU WANT TO SEND IT GET THIS SENT TO JOHN DUFFY THEN THERE'S LOTS HAS ALREADY APPROVED THIS AND I THINK STEPHANIE HAS THIS AS THIS GO TO FUND LET'S MAKE SURE OKAY SO THE LAT SAYS APPROVE THIS THIS IS JUST A SAME JUST ADAPTED TO THE TO TO SALAKO AGAIN OPEN UP FOR DISCUSSION BUT I'M NOT GOING TO ASK IN PUBLIC TO GIVE A YES OR NO BUT .I THINK JARED NEEDS THIS BY THE END OF THE WEEK. SO IF YOU WANT YOUR NAME INCLUDED ON THIS EACH JURISTIC PLEASE SIGN YOUR LETTER AND GIVE IT TO ME AND OUR CLERK IS GOING TO SEND IT OUT? NO NO PRESSURE IF YOU IF WANT TO BE PART OF IT RIGHT? IF NOT THAT'S FINE. ALSO FOR THE PURPOSE OF KNOWLEDGE JUNE OF LAST YEAR THAT TOWN COUNCIL GAVE ME THIS BOOK AND SENT TO THE COUNTY TO THE STATE TO MOVE FORWARD THE EXPANDED BRIDGE PROJECT WE CONTINUALLY SUPPORTED MODIFICATIONS MOVE THE PROJECT FORWARD. THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN A COUNCIL VOTE OR RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT SO I JUST WANT TO KIND OF PUT THAT OUT THERE SO EVERYBODY IS AWARE I PERSONALLY PERSONALLY THINK THAT BREAKING THE PROJECT UP INTO TWO DIFFERENT TIMELINES IS A DISASTER AND COMPLETING IT A ONE SHOT IS MUCH BETTER THAN DOING ONE SECTION AND COMING BACK 2025 YEARS LATER AND DOING THE OTHER SECTION. SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS AND ALSO I DID PUT OUT AN EMAIL TO
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ALL OF COUNCIL YESTERDAY LETTING THEM KNOW ABOUT THIS BEING ON HERE TODAY AND THERE WERE NO NO RESPONSES. SO THIS IS AN INDIVIDUAL THING AND IT BUT THE LETTER DOES SAY ON BEHALF OF THE SOUTHERN LOWCOUNTRY REGIONAL BOARD AND THE IT USES THAT I WORD SO BUT THIS IS AS YOU CAN SEE ROOM FOR EVERYBODY TO SIGN SO JUST LET ME KNOW MAYOR JUST QUICK QUESTION ON THIS. HOW DOES THIS OR DOESN'T IT IMPACT THE TIMELINE FOR THE BRIDGE SCHEDULE ITSELF? I MEAN IS IT NOW WAITING AND CONTINGENT UPON OR GOING FORWARD MY UNDERSTANDING AND CONVERSATIONS WITH MR. FREILICH IS THAT THE THE CURRENT PROPOSAL OF THE THREE LANE SPAN OVER STAYS ON TRACK. THERE ARE PLANS THAT WERE BUILT FOR THE ENTIRE PROJECT AND THOSE WILL IF THE FUNDING WERE TO SHOW UP IT WOULD MOVE TO THAT SO IT DOESN'T IT DOESN'T HINDER WHAT IS CURRENTLY ON THE SCHEDULE ANY OTHER THOUGHTS BY THE BOARD AND I'LL ALSO OPEN IT UP TO THE PUBLIC OKAY. SURE SORRY GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS TOPIC, ROB. I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THE ORIGINAL SOUTHERN DUE FOR PLAN I FORGET WORD VARIANCE BACK OVER THERE THAT WAS CAN WE SEND THAT OUT AND SEE WHAT WAS ON IT SO WE CAN GET AN IDEA AGAIN I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT THE GOAL OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH IS IF WE BECAUSE THAT MY UNDERSTANDING AND I'LL SEE MAYOR STOKER THERE BECAUSE SHE'S MENTIONED IT BEFORE IS A A LOT OF WHAT WE ACCOMPLISH AS A BOARD WAS DEFINED ON THAT PLAN AND MAYBE IT'S JUST UPDATING THE PLAN. AND THE OTHER THING IS I KNOW WE USED TO HAVE NOTHING IT'S BEEN A YEAR MAYBE A COUPLE YEAR AND A HALF THE MUNICIPALITIES WOULD TAKE A TURN IN THE COUNTIES AND KIND OF JUST PRESENT GOING ON IN THE AREA TO HELP KEEP EACH OTHER UP TO DATE. AND I KNOW WE DID THAT AT OUR JOINT MEETING WITH HARDEE THOUGH AND A LOT OF POSITIVE ON THAT AND I KNOW EVEN FROM THE COUNTY THE PRESENTATIONS THAT WE DID THEY THEY WENT BACK AND WATCHED AND HAVE SHARED SO MAYBE IT'S JUST IF THAT'S STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE USE AS A BOARD IS MAYBE REVISITING UPDATING IT AND TAKING THAT TO MOVE FORWARD AND THEN GETTING MORE OF THE UPDATES LIKE WE USED TO DO AND THAT'S JUST KIND OF WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH MY HEAD AFTER WE GOT DONE SO JUST A THOUGHT. THANK YOU. PLEASE.OH I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT WHETHER EVERYONE THE LETTER OR NOT LAPSED IT APPROVE IT YOU HAVE REPRESENTATION THROUGH THIS MOST JURISDICTIONS SO BY THE FALL A LOT OF THAT IS REAL APPROVED SO I'M JUST PULLING IT OUT OF THE TABLE SO IF THE LETTER AS WE GET SIGNED BY EVERYBODY BASICALLY TO LATCH YOU'VE ALREADY ACCEPTED IT AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT USEFUL IF OUR MAYOR'S GOOD WITH IT TO ADD THEIR SIGNATURE BLOCK ONTO THE LETTER.
YEAH, WELL, I'LL WHAT? I HAD ASKED OUR CLERK DO IS TO PUT THE SO LOCAL LETTERHEAD AND AND INCLUDE EVERYONE'S NAME AND TITLE WHO WANTS TO BE PART OF IT.
OKAY ALL RIGHT SO AGAIN IT'S INDIVIDUAL CHOICE. YES PLEASE.
NOW I WASN'T GOING TO COME UP I'M SORRY. BUT FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU ALL FOR TAKING ALL OF YOUR TIME TO DO THIS. JUST A LITTLE HISTORY AND I'M LOOKING AROUND THE ROOM VERY FEW OF US WERE HERE IN 2004 I WOULD SAY MAYBE ROB AND I WERE THE ONLY YOU WERE HERE BUT NOT PART OF THE SOUTHERN. THAT'S RIGHT.
AND FOR MONTHS ROB AND I WERE THE ONLY THAT CAME TO ME AND WHEN I STOPPED COMING I WAS APPOINTED CHAIR TO THE SOUTHERN PLANT, NEVER REALLY GOT TO REACH IT JUST FELL APART.
THE LEADERSHIP, THE TIME IT WASN'T A FOCUS. EVERYONE WAS SO INTO THEIR TERRITORY NO ONE TALKED TO HARDY BILL. NO ONE TALKED TO HILTON HEAD.
EVERYONE THOUGHT BLUFFTON WAS THE REDHEADED STEPCHILD I MEAN IT'S ALL VERY HONEST TO Y'ALL.
SO SEEING THIS GROUP WHICH IS SO PASSIONATE AND I HAVE TO THANK FRED HAMILTON ALWAYS FOR SETTING THIS BACK ON AND THIS REALLY WASN'T THE SOUTHERN PLAN.
IT WAS A KIND OF A THINK AND IT WAS AN OBJECTIVE WAY TO LOOK AT THINGS.
SO I LOVE WHAT ROB IS BRINGING. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE COST IN THIS CLIMATE OF TODAY AND
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EVERYONE'S KIND OF GOING BACK IN THEIR OWN SILOS A LITTLE BIT NOT YOU ALL BUT LOOKING AT CENTER PLAN STEPHEN AND I TALKED ABOUT IT. WE COULD GET IT.IT REALLY WAS GREAT BASE. WE JUST NEVER COMMITTED TO BEING AT THE MEETINGS AND YOU LOOK AT THE NORTHERN PLAN AND THEY'RE STEAMROLLING AND THEY HAVE IMPOSE AND EVERYTHING SO DON'T GIVE UP ON THAT AND THEN MY FINAL REALLY TO JASPER IN HILTON HEAD YES HILTON HEAD HAS BOUNDARIES YES PARK ON PARTS OF JASPER WANT TO STAY RURAL EVERYTHING IN THE MIDDLE GUYS AFFECTS SO DON'T FEEL LIKE BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE ANY MORE GROWTH THE GROWTH OUR AND TO 95 IS GOING TO AFFECT YOU SO I WOULD BEG YOU TO THINK REGIONALLY TO THINK TOGETHER YOU MIGHT HAVE TO PUT SOME MONEY ON IT BUT I REALLY DO THINK IT HELPS MORE THE BOOKENDS THOUGH I THINK YOU THANK YOU JOE JOE FOR GAYLE REGIONAL CONNECTICUT I WENT TO A MEETING MUCH LIKE THIS AND TALKED ABOUT 1520 YEARS AGO ARTICLE WAS AT THE MEETING THEY KICKED HIM OUT BECAUSE I DIDN'T APPLY TO THE PLAN. THING I REMEMBER FROM THAT MEETING WAS EVERY JURISDICTION SAID WHEN THEY DID SOMETHING WOULD LET THE OTHER JURISDICTION KNOW AND I FEEL THAT HAS THESE SURVEYS AND THAT GO OUT ON THE SHELF AND COLLECT US OBVIOUSLY ARE ABOUT THAT 1520 YEARS AGO IF YOU ALL DECIDED YOU WOULD LET PEOPLE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE SPEECH. THANK YOU.
ANYONE ELSE? YES, PLEASE. GOOD MORNING.
TAYLOR CLAYTON MANAGER FOR THE WOMAN SEWER. JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU GUYS A LITTLE UPDATE ON OUR WATER SEWER MASTER PLANNING EFFORTS. WE ARE ON TRACK TO HAVE IT BEFORE OUR BOARD IN SEPTEMBER FOR FINAL REVIEW AND APPROVAL AND AS YOU MIGHT RECALL IN MY PRIORITY CITATIONS TO YOU ABOUT THIS PLAN, IT IS VERY PLANNING CENTRIC LAND USE ANALYSIS CENTRIC DATA DRIVEN PLAN AND IN THE PAST IT HAS BEEN VERY ENGINEERING AND TECHNICAL.
THAT PART WILL BE IN THERE. BUT AS FAR AS HOW WE ARE DELIVERING OUR PROJECTIONS FOR FUTURE GROWTH AND HOW THAT WILL IMPACT WATER AND SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE WHICH IS TAKES ABOUT EXCUSE ME TANTAMOUNT TO EVERYTHING WE ARE DOING IN THIS AREA.
WE ARE TAKING A VERY LAND USE ANALYSIS BASIS THIS AND WE HAVE BEEN CONSULTING WITH ALL OF YOUR PLANNING TEAMS AND OUR STAKEHOLDERS TO BE ENGAGED THIS PROCESS WHICH HAS BEEN A VERY POSITIVE PART OF IT. SO JUST I LOOK FORWARD TO SHARING WITH YOU GUYS THE RESULTS FROM THIS AND. I HOPE THAT IT WILL HELP CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION AND DRIVE THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT IN OUR REGION FORWARD RIGHT QUESTIONS THIS MORNING THANK YOU, KIMBERLY. OKAY. GREAT COMMENTS TODAY.
THANK YOU EVERYONE WHO OFFERED THEIR COMMENTS THE LAST PIECE OF BUSINESS ARE THE COMING
[IV.1. August agenda proposal]
AGENDAS. I'VE BEEN ASKED BY SEVERAL GROUPS TO COME FORWARD AND TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING. IT'S ON YOUR AGENDA LISTED AS A PROPOSAL FOR AUGUST THE AMERICAN RED CROSS THE ALZHEIMER'S WALK IN BLUFFTON THIS COMING OCTOBER AND A REPORT FROM THE NEW YMCA BEING BUILT IN HARTSVILLE THEY WOULD LIKE TO ALL SHARE WHAT'S GOING ON SO I WOULD LIKE TO FROM THE BOARD WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR FROM THESE FOLKS OR IF NOT DO YOU HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE FOR AUGUST AGENDA? I'M GOING TO MAKE ANYONE ELSE OKAY SEEING. NO OTHER OFFERINGS LOOKS LIKE WHAT AUGUST IS GOING TO BE ALSO AND WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE ANY DECISION. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS MORE IN[IV.2. September agenda proposal]
AUGUST. WE HAVE A PROPOSAL AND I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD ONE AND THAT I BRING IT UP TO THIS BOARD AND THAT'S THE CREATION OF A REGIONAL DIRECTORY OF ATTAINABLE HOUSING PROJECTS AS WE ALL KNOW, EACH JURISDICTION IS ENGAGED IN EFFORTS TO INCREASE THE INVENTORY OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HOUSING IN THIS REGION AND[01:05:02]
THIS SUGGESTION I'M GOING TO GIVE THEM CREDIT THAT THEY WOULD CAME UP WITH THE SUGGESTION THAT PERHAPS IF WE CREATED A DIRECTORY OF SORTS THAT INCLUDED ALL THE DIFFERENT AREAS OF THESE EFFORTS OF ATTAINABLE HOUSING AND IT INCLUDES EVEN HABITAT FOR HUMANITY AS PART OF THAT AS A SEPARATE GROUP. SO JUST GIVE THAT SOME THOUGHT WE'LL DISCUSS WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO BRING THIS FORWARD AND HOW TO BRING IT FORWARD IN A FUTURE AGENDA. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THAT? JUST ONE COMMENT I'M SURE THE BEAUFORT JASPER HOUSING TRUST FUND WOULD HELP WITH THAT INFORMATION. DO THEY SOME OF THAT THAT SHOULD I'M JUST LOOKING TO AND HE'S PROBABLY ALREADY THOUGHT OF THAT BUT IT'S MAY MAYOR NO THE THE IDEA IS FOR YEARS DECADE OR MORE COUPLE OF DECADES WE'VE ALL TALKED ABOUT AN AFFORDABLE ATTAINABLE AND SO I FEEL LIKE WE'RE STARTING TO PROGRESS BUT WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT PROGRESS LOOKS LIKE UNLESS WE IDENTIFY IT. RIGHT.AND SO WHAT THE MAYOR IS SAYING IT SHOULD BE INCLUSIVE OF EVERYTHING, RIGHT? I MEAN THEY HAVE LISTS WHAT EVERYTHING THERE IS THE NEW HOUSING REGIONAL TRUST FUND, WHETHER IT'S THE BLUEPRINT FOR HOUSING AUTHORITY, WHETHER IT'S HABITAT, WHATEVER IT MAY OR MAYBE YOU HAVE SOMETHING ON THE PLATE. I KNOW THE ISLAND DOES ABOUT TO KICK OFF OF CERTAIN THINGS. IT'S NOT TOO COMPLETE. NO.
IT'S JUST TO SHOW THAT WE THINK WE ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE NOW AND THAT CAN BUILD MOMENTUM FORWARD AND I THINK THEY HAVE DATA ON WHAT'S COMING OR NOT COMING BUT WHAT'S BEEN DONE.
THEY HAVE DATA WANTING TO INCLUDE LIKE I KNOW Y'ALL HAVE ON YOURS COMING UP FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSISTANCE KIND OF PROGRAM. WE HAVE ONE AND AS WE CONSIDER THOSE AFFORDABLE HOUSING EVEN THOUGH THEY TRUE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND BUILDING ANYTHING BUT THEY'RE KEEPING PEOPLE IN AFFORDABLE HOMES SO ONE LAST THING AND I WON'T KEEP YOU ANY LONGER PASSAGE OF YOUR TO YOU'LL BE FINED ACCORDINGLY IF YOU DIDN'T YOU WEREN'T TOLD ABOUT THE FINES OKAY THE SEPTEMBER AGENDA DO WE WANT TO USE THAT AS A TIME START HAVING AN UPDATE FROM THE TOWNS ABOUT GROWTH AND ACTIONS WERE TAKEN AND DO LIKE A 20 MINUTE PRESENTATION AT THE BEGINNING AND THEN GO INTO THE TOPIC AND IT'S AND I COULD WE CERTAINLY HAVE FINE TO GO FOR THE WELL I I THINK IT'S JUST TO KEEP WITH THE NORM WHOEVER MAKES THE SUGGESTION LEADS THE PROJECT RIGHT WHERE I HEARD THAT BUT I JUST KNOW WHEN I EVERYBODY HEARD IT IS BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO IT SO NO FURTHER DISCUSSION I'M CUTTING IT BUT THERE A REAL QUICK JUST SO WE'RE ACTUALLY CREATING A HOUSING DASHBOARD NOW THAT WE HOPE TO PRESENT ON THE 29TH OF JULY WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ALL THE AVAILABLE AVAILABLE YOU KNOW, WORKFORCE HOUSING UNITS. WE WENT TO JULY AND GOT NATIONAL NUMBERS YOU KNOW, REGIONAL NUMBERS AND THEN LOCAL NUMBERS AND WE'RE PUTTING THAT TOGETHER SO IT'LL BE ON OUR DASHBOARD AND I THINK IF EVERY MUNICIPALITY WAS WOULD HAVE THAT AND ALSO CONNECTED TO EACH OTHERS WHO WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL FOR US TO SEE WHAT IS GOING ON HOUSING WISE FOR BOTH HIGH END MID AND LOW END AND I THINK ONE OF THE YOU KNOW THE PURPOSES OF THIS IS SO THAT WE ALL LEARN FROM EACH OTHER YOU KNOW I'D SAY THIS ALL THE TIME I WANT A COPY EVERYTHING BLUFFTON WANTS TO DO ALL THE TIME BECAUSE HEY IF IT WORKED WHY NOT AND IF WE HAD THIS DIRECTORY THEN COULD SEE THAT JURISDICTION IS DOING SOMETHING GOOD. MAYBE WE WANT A COMPETENT JURISDICTION BE AND SO JUST IT'S THAT BUILDING AWARENESS WHICH IS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL MISSIONS OF SO LOCAL TO MAKE SURE WE ALL GET TOGETHER AND THINK OKAY THAT'S A GOOD I LIKE THE DASHBOARD THING SO WE'LL TAKE UP AGAIN NEXT MONTH SO TO FIRM UP WHAT WE WANT TO DO FOR SEPTEMBER.
THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US TODAY AND WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT MONTH IN BLUFFTON I THANK Y
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