Jul 29, 2025 Hilton Head Town Council Workshop

[1. Call to Order]

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. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY. IF I COULD HAVE EVERYBODY TAKE SEATS THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US TODAY FOR TOWN COUNCIL

[2. Adoption of the Agenda]

I GOT A FIRST AND SECOND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY RAISING YOUR RIGHT HAND.

IF I MAY ONLY TAKE OFFENSE I WAS TRYING TO GET THIS TO COME ON.

I WOULD LIKE TO AMEND THE AGENDA TO REMOVE PUBLIC COMMENT UP TO THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING SO THAT THOSE WHO ARE IN ATTENDANCE WHO MAY NOT BE ABLE TO STAY HERE FOR 3 HOURS FOR THE FULL DISCUSSION CAN BE CAN BE HEARD WITH WHATEVER THEY MAY WANT TO SAY TODAY.

THERE NOT BE ANYONE HERE BUT THAT OPPORTUNITY. SO THAT'S MOTION IS TO MOVE PUBLIC COMMENT UP TO A I GUESS TO BE A SECOND FOR THAT TO BE SCHEDULED ONE BEFORE.

YEP. YEAH. OKAY.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE TO THE MOTION PLEASE THINK IF I WERE RAISING YOUR RIGHT HAND OKAY WITH IT OPPOSED. OKAY. SO THE MOTION ON THE TABLE TO ADOPT THE AGENDA AS IS OBVIOUSLY RAISING YOUR RIGHT AND IT WAS APPROVED PROPOSED 6 TO 1. ALL RIGHT, AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING TODAY.

[3.a. Workforce Housing Program Update]

MR. LINNEGAR. GO RIGHT AHEAD AND TAKE AWAY GIVE ME THAT FOR GIVE OR I'LL KIM'S DOING SHAWN ON YOUR ASSISTANT TOWN MANAGER OPERATIONS.

CAN ANYBODY HEAR ME OKAY? THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE ROOM I SAW SOME EARLIER GOING HOLD THEIR EARS UP. OKAY, SO MAYOR MEMBERS OF COUNCIL WE HAVE A PRESENTATION IS GOING TO WALK US THROUGH A VARIETY OF TOPICS TO WORKFORCE HOUSING WITH THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF REALLY HERE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE DOING WE'LL HEAR ABOUT WHAT THE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO SUPPORT WORKFORCE HOUSING IN OUR COMMUNITY. BUT THEN ALSO MAKE SURE WE ARE ALL ALIGNED ON THE DIRECTION AS A AS A TOWN OF WHAT OUR ROLE IS AND THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE HEADED AND WE'RE GOING TO THAT I HAVE AN AGENDA ON THE SCREEN. WE'LL SPEND A FEW MINUTES TALKING ABOUT WORKFORCE HOUSING GENERALLY SOME TERMINOLOGY, SOME DATA ARE IT'S STUFF THAT I THINK WE ALL KNOW BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE WE TAKE A MOMENT AND COVER AND SPEND A MINUTE ON THE SET LEVEL SET THE DISCUSSION THEN WE'RE GOING TO SPEND A FEW MINUTES GOING THROUGH GOT DOCUMENTS AND SO BEING RELATIVELY NEW IN MY ROLE STILL EVEN AFTER YEAR GOING BACK AND LOOKING AT THE DOCUMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN IN PLACE FOR THE LAST SIX OR SO YEARS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT PAST COUNCILS CURRENT COUNCILS HAVE ASKED US TO DO AND THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE ON AND THEN FOCUS IN ON THOSE THOSE CURRENT DOCUMENTS THAT WE'RE WORKING FROM HAVE SET OUR DIRECTION FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING WELL SPENT A LOT OF THAT IS CONTAINED WITHIN THE STRATEGIC ACTION WHICH TOWN COUNCIL JUST ADOPTED TWO WEEKS AGO.

WE'LL SPEND A LOT OF OUR TIME THERE AND THEN WE'LL LOOK AT SOME SAMPLE REPRESENTATIVE PRIVATE WORKFORCE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS TO TALK ABOUT THAT THOSE ACTIVITIES ARE HAPPENING OUTSIDE OF THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD AND THEN WRAP UP WITH A DISCUSSION OF OUR ROLE AND THEN SOME GENERAL DISCUSSION. SO WITH THAT LET'S TALK ABOUT

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THAT'S WE DEFINE IT FROM A ZONING STANDPOINT BUT THERE ARE MANY OTHER OR MANY OTHER EXPERTS IN THIS FIELD WHETHER IT'S THE URBAN DEVELOPMENT, WHETHER IT'S UTILIZING FREDDIE MAE, FREDDIE THAT THERE'S A THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OTHER INDUSTRY OR EXPERTS IN THIS FIELD THAT DEFINE IT. SOMETIMES WE USE THE TERMS AFFORDABLE AND WORKFORCE INTERCHANGEABLE BUT THERE ARE DIFFERENCES IN WHAT AFFORDABLE VERSUS WHAT IS WORKFORCE AND SO THESE ARE NOT MY ARE NOT THE TOWN DEFINITION THESE ARE DEFINITIONS OF KIND OF COLD CALL LATER TOGETHER FROM ALL THESE OTHER SOURCES THAT ARE LISTED ON THE SCREEN BUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS HOUSING THAT IS NOT MORE THAN 30% OF A HOUSEHOLD INCOME AND GENERALLY FOR THOSE INCOME THOSE INCOMES EARNING BELOW 80% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME AND WE CAN SEE THAT THAT GENERALLY INVOLVES PEOPLE ON FIXED INCOMES INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCE IN POVERTY AND EVEN THOSE RECEIVING HOUSING SUBSIDIES AND THAT COULD BE SENIORS COULD BE INDIVIDUALS DISABILITIES AND THEN HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE EARNING LESS THAN $50,000 PER YEAR. AGAIN NOT BY DEFINITION DEFINITION THAT IS USED IN THE IN THE INDUSTRY SORRY THE WORKFORCE HOUSING IS DEFINED AS HOUSING THAT IS AFFORDABLE AGAIN THAT NO MORE THAN 30% OF THE HOUSEHOLDS INCOME TO ESSENTIAL WORKERS IN THAT RANGE RUNS GENERALLY FROM 80 TO 120% AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT AM I IN A FUTURE SLIDE BUT CAN GO UP TO AS HIGH AS 150% DEPENDING ON THE LOCAL CHARACTERISTICS LOCAL HOUSING AND THAT INCLUDES TEACHERS, POLICE OFFICERS, FIREFIGHTERS, HOSPITAL HOSPITALITY, TOURISM WORKERS ALL OF THOSE THOSE ESSENTIAL WORKFORCE THEN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WORKFORCE HOUSING THOSE ARE THOSE RESIDENTS THAT ARE PROVIDING THOSE SERVICES HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY GENERALLY THAT HOUSING IS NOT SUBSIDIZED NOT SUBSIDIZED BUT IT MAY BE INCENTIVIZED THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS, THROUGH DENSITY BONUSES ARE THINGS THINGS THAT WE WE ARE CURRENTLY DOING HERE AS A TOWN WE TALK ABOUT HOUSING JUST AS A BIGGER PICTURE THE END OF DAY THE INDUSTRY ALSO REFERENCES ATTAINABLE HOUSING ATTAINABLE HOUSING IS HOUSING AGAIN NOT AFFORDABILITY NOT.

MORE THAN 30% OF THE INCOME IS EXPENDED ON HOUSING AND THAT'S GENERALLY TO 120% CAN ALSO GO TO 150%. AND YOU CAN LOOK AT THE FULL SPECTRUM OF WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ATTAINABLE HOUSING, WHETHER IT'S AFFORDABLE WORKFORCE WHICH IS OR TO IDEAS WE JUST TALKED ABOUT YOU MAY HAVE HEARD THE TERM MISSING MIDDLE YOU MAY HAVE HEARD THE TERM AND THEN WELL THEN OF COURSE MARKET RATE AND THE INCOME RANGES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH EACH AND THEN REALLY JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A DESCRIPTION ON WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FROM A HOUSING TYPE WHEN WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ATTAINABLE HOUSING AND IN THOSE DIFFERENT HOUSING SPECTRUMS AS I MENTIONED WELL LET'S LET'S MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL CLEAR ON ONE AREA MEDIAN INCOME IS AM-I WE USE TERM A LOT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ALL UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS SO SIMPLE AS WHAT THE WORDS ARE IN THIS REGARD. IF WE TAKE ALL OF THE HOUSEHOLDS IN THE IN THE THE COUNTY, WE LINE THEM UP, WE PICK THE PATH FROM FROM HIGHEST TO LOWEST. WE PICK THE PERSON THE MIDDLE THAT'S WHAT OUR OUR AREA MEDIAN INCOME IS. IN THIS CASE IT IS 112. THEY LOOK AT THE HUD LOOKS AT THE PERSONS PER HOUSEHOLD OF FOUR SO THEIR MEDIAN INCOME IS 112,500.

HUD THEN ALSO GOES AND BRINGS US DOWN ON THE PERSONS PER HOUSEHOLD AND SO WE CAN SEE GENERALLY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WORKFORCE HOUSING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A SINGLE EARNING 46,000 UP TO A HOUSEHOLD OF EARNING UP TO 178 TO $222000 TO SOME DATA POINTS ON WHO WE ARE AS A COMMUNITY THIS IS SOME NUMBERS THAT SHOW US HOW MANY HOUSING UNITS ARE IN ON THE ISLAND.

SO THEY'RE JUST UNDER 35,000 HOUSING UNITS AS OF THE 2020 CENSUS.

IT'S BROKEN OUT PRETTY EVENLY BETWEEN SINGLE FAMILY UNITS AND MULTIFAMILY UNITS.

WE OF COURSE HAVE A NUMBER OF MOBILE HOMES AROUND 100 MOBILE HOMES AND THEN THERE'S ALSO A MEASUREMENT IN THERE ABOUT NATURALLY OCCURRING AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THERE'S THERE'S A NUMBER OF FACTORS THAT GO INTO BUT BUT BASICALLY NATURALLY OCCURRING AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS IS THAT HOUSING THAT EXISTS THAT IS GENERALLY AFFORDABLE TO THE WORKFORCE AGAIN USING THAT 30% MAXIMUM INCOME AND IT ALSO IS REALLY MARKET DRIVEN IS THAT'S WHY THEY CALL NATURALLY OCCURRING BECAUSE OF ITS AGE COULD BE BECAUSE OF ITS LOCATION BUT OTHER FACTORS THAT GO INTO HOW YOU DETERMINE WHAT NATURALLY OCCURRING AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS THIS IS THE NUMBER THAT WE UNDERSTAND ON OTHER SOURCES BUT IT IS A NUMBER THAT ALSO WE NEED TO GET A LOT ABOUT AND UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THAT ACTUAL NUMBER AND WE'LL ABOUT SOME

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ONE, WHENEVER TALK ABOUT WORKFORCE HOUSING, WHENEVER WE TALK ABOUT SHORT TERM RENTALS WE'RE ALWAYS TALKING EACH ONE OF THOSE TOPICS TOGETHER THEY TEND TO JOINED AT THE HIP AND OF IT GOES BACK 2020 YOU WILL SEE ON THE LAST SLIDE WHEN WE SAW A RISE BOTH THE NUMBER OF SHORT TERM RENTALS BUT WE ALSO SAW A RISE IN OUR HOUSING PRICES.

BUT RIGHT NOW THERE ARE AS OF LAST YEAR SHOULD SAY THERE WERE AROUND 77,158 SHORT TERM RENTAL PERMITS THAT WERE APPROVED IN THE TOWN BASED ON CURRENT THAT WE'RE SEEING FOR THIS YEAR, WE ARE RIGHT AROUND THAT NUMBER. IT'S NOT I MEAN IT'S NOT MOVING TOO FAR UP. IT'S NOT MOVING TOO FAR DOWN. IT'S STARTING TO TO TO TO EQUALIZE IN THE MARKETPLACE AND I'LL TAKE A LITTLE BIT DEEPER DOVE ON THE NEXT SLIDE AS FAR AS THE HOUSING UNITS AND WHAT COSTS WERE. BUT AS OF DECEMBER 2024 THIS WAS WHAT THE MEDIAN SALES PRICE WAS FOR FOR CONDOS AND VILLAS AND SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ON THE ON THE ISLAND I'M SORRY TO BE TO SLIDE BEFORE I GET THIS LITTLE MORE DETAIL ON THE WORK OR I'M SORRY IN THE SHORT TERM RENTALS ARE ONE IN FIVE 20% OF OUR ISLAND IS SHORT TERM RENTAL AND THIS IS REALLY KIND OF HIGHLIGHTED THIS IS A SLIDE OUT OF OUR CONDITIONS AND TRENDS ASSESSMENT THAT WAS ADOPTED OR APPROVED IN 2020 FOR REALLY TALKS ABOUT WHAT THAT TREND HAS DONE OVER THE LAST FIVE OR SIX YEARS AS IT RELATES TO THE HOUSING MARKET AGAIN WORKFORCE IN THE SHORT TERM RENTALS THEY TEND TO BE THE TERM WE TALKED ABOUT TOGETHER.

SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE SOME DATA POINTS THAT WE CAN ALL UNDERSTAND WHAT EACH ONE OF THOSE ARE AND THIS IS THE DATA THAT SHOWS THE OVERALL HOUSING MARKET CHANGES FROM 2020 TO 2025. SO ON THE TOP HAVE OUR MEDIAN SALES PRICE AND THANK YOU TO THE HILL COUNTRY REALTORS FOR PROMISES DATA WE HAVE THE OVERALL SALES PRICE FOR $438,000 IN 2020 UP 75% SO FAR IN 2025 TO $771000. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT BREAKDOWN THEN FOR SINGLE FAMILY AND FOR CONDOMINIUM DEVELOPMENTS AND WHAT'S WHAT'S IMPORTANT HERE WHEN WE WHEN WE TRY TO CORRELATE THIS BACK TO WORKFORCE HOUSING IS HOUSING COSTS AT LEAST ON THE SALES MARKET HAS INCREASED 72 TO 75% I'M SORRY 72 TO 82%.

OTHER WAGES INCREASE 70 TO 83% AND I DON'T KNOW THAT NECESSARILY HAVE FOR EVERYBODY'S INSTANCE ON THE LAST SLIDE ON THE DATA JUST LEVEL SET IS WHERE IS OUR WORKFORCE COMING FROM SO THIS TABLE SHOULD LOOK FAMILIAR FROM OUR CONDITIONS AND TRENDS ASSESSMENT THE CENSUS TRACKS THIS INFORMATION ABOUT WHERE WHERE WORKERS THAT WORK ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND WHERE DO THEY COME FROM 14,800 WORKERS COME FROM OFF THE ONTO THE ISLAND EVERY DAY THAT'S A 26% INCREASE OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS AND WE SEND ABOUT 6400 WORKERS OFF THE ISLAND TO GO WORK ELSEWHERE. THAT WAS A 56% INCREASE OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS AND IN THE MIDDLE THEN IS EVERYBODY WHO LIVES AND WORKS ON THE ISLAND THE 8400 NUMBER WHICH ACTUALLY REPRESENTS A 34% DECLINE FROM 2002 TO 2020.

AND WE CAN SEE OF COURSE AS AS A TOURISM VACATION ECONOMY, IT'S NO SURPRISE WHO ARE TOP EMPLOYERS ARE HERE ON THE ISLAND WITH VACATION WITH RESTAURANTS MEDICAL AND OUR PUBLIC SERVICES WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE TOWN HALL AND ISLAND AS WELL.

SO APPRECIATE IT. GIVE ME SOME TIME TO WALK US THROUGH AND KIND OF LEVEL SET WHERE WE ARE FROM A DATA STANDPOINT. MOVING ON DOWN TO THE GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS AS I MENTIONED BEFORE TOOK A LOOK BACK TO UNDERSTAND KIND OF WHERE WE'VE BEEN AND WHERE WE'RE GOING. SO OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS WE HAVE ADOPTED A WORKFORCE HOUSING STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN THAT THEN INFORMS SOME AMENDMENTS TO OUR ALAMO THAT WE ADOPTED IN 2020 TO CREATE WORKFORCE HOUSING, CREATE THE INCENTIVES WE HAVE IN OUR ZONING TODAY. IT FURTHER EVOLVED INTO PLAN OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FROM 2020 TO 2040 THAT WE STILL USE AND HELP GUIDE OUR STRATEGIC ACTION PLANS OTHER.

OTHER POLICY DOCUMENTS TODAY AND THEN THE MOST RECENT WORK ON WORKFORCE HOUSING CAME FROM THE FINDING HOME THE WORKFORCE HOUSING FRAMEWORK THAT WAS ADOPTED 2022 AND WE'LL SPEND A MINUTE ON IT BECAUSE IS PART OF THE TO THE 2026 2028 ACTION PLAN WE'LL SPEND A MINUTE ON ON THE FINDING HOME DOCUMENT HERE IN A SECOND. AS I MENTIONED IN THE OPENING TOWN COUNCIL DID JUST ADOPT AND THIS IS THIS IS REALLY THE KEY DOCUMENT WE'RE WORKING FROM AS FAR AS ACTIONS OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS. THIS IS THE STRATEGIC ACTION

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AS PART OF THAT WE LAID OUT OR YOU ALL HAVE LAID OUT NINE ACTIONS YOU WANT US TO TAKE.

I'M GOING TO SPEND MINUTE AND DOVE INTO EACH ONE OF THOSE ACTIONS JUST SO YOU CAN ALL UNDERSTAND WHERE ARE TODAY AND WHERE WE'RE HEADED TOMORROW WITH EACH ONE OF THOSE ITEMS. SO NOW TAKING A LOOK AT THE STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN, THE FIRST STRATEGY IS 8.1 AND I'M JUST GOING TO READ EXACTLY WHAT 8.1 SAYS IN THE ACTION PLAN. IT SAYS THAT WE GOING TO REVIEW THE FUNDING HOME PLAN TO ESTABLISH A UNIFIED POSITION AND TO STRENGTHEN WORKFORCE HOUSING TOOLS, PARTNERSHIPS AND SERVICES. AND SO THIS IS THE FIGHTING HOME PLAN AS IT WAS ADOPTED IN 2020 TO IT LAYS OUT FOUR DIFFERENT GOALS AND THEN A SERIES OF STRATEGIES AND FIRST STEPS TO TAKE WITH EACH OF THOSE FOUR GOALS.

SO THE FIRST GOAL IS TO ENGAGE COLLABORATE, INFORM COMMUNITY ON HOUSING CHALLENGES AND IDENTIFY THE COMMUNITY LED HOUSING PROGRAMS AND SOLUTIONS. WE ARE GOING TO DO THAT THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WHETHER IT'S AT THE COMMUNITY LEVEL, WHETHER IT'S AT THE REGIONAL OR STATE LEVEL WORK COLLABORATIVELY COLLABORATIVELY ON THESE NEEDS .

WE ARE ALSO GOING TO COMMIT TO A WORKFORCE I'M SORRY A HOUSING COMMITTEE THAT WILL THEN COORDINATE AMONG WITH COUNCIL AND ALSO WITH THE COMMUNITY TO ENGAGE AND CULTIVATE WORKFORCE HOUSING IN THE COMMUNITY. AND THERE ARE SOME CRITICAL FIRST STEPS DEVELOPING AN ONLINE HOUSING COMMUNICATIONS PLAN DISTRIBUTING REGULAR UPDATES ON RENT SURVEYS AND DEVELOPING AN ASSET MAP OF LOCAL GROUPS GOAL. TWO IS TO CREATE A SOCIAL, POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT THAT STIMULATES WORKFORCE HOUSING THROUGH PLANNING, POLICY MAKING AND PROGRAMING. WE ARE GOING TO DO WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO IS FROM A STRATEGY IS CREATING A MULTI YEAR WORKFORCE HOUSING ACTION PLAN THAT INCLUDES PRIORITIZED HOUSING TAXES TOOLS AND WE'RE DOING THAT THROUGH OUR STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN. THE CRITICAL FIRST STEPS WERE THE HOUSING TOOLBOX AND DEVELOPMENT AND MAP AND DATABASE OF WORKFORCE HOUSING AS WELL AS WE WILL TALK ON A LATER GOAL WE ARE WE ARE BEGINNING OUR WORK ON THAT THE FINAL TWO GOALS WERE TO ESTABLISH A MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AND POLICIES ADVANCE WORKFORCE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH THREE DIFFERENT STRATEGIES WE'RE GOING TO COMMIT TO ADDING A DEDICATED STAFF TO PROVIDE COORDINATION AND PLANNING. WE WERE COMMITTED TO EXPLORE FOR THE CREATION OF A PROFESSIONALLY MANAGED HOUSING ORGANIZATION WE'VE DONE THROUGH BEFORE JUST FOR HOUSING TRUST.

WE'VE DONE THAT COLLECTIVELY AS A REGION AND WE'RE ALSO GOING TO COMMIT TO A DASHBOARD OF CORE METRICS WHICH AGAIN AS WE'LL TALK ABOUT A MINUTE, WE ARE SOMETHING THAT WE ARE WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON. SO AGAIN FIRST STEPS WERE AN ASSET MAP AND THEN TO RECRUIT AND HIRE AT LEAST ONE STAFF MEMBER AND THEN THE FINAL GOAL WAS RELATED TO REVENUE WANT TO PROVIDE A CONSISTENT SUSTAINABLE MULTI SOURCE REVENUE MODEL FOR FUNDING WORKFORCE HOUSING SOLUTIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS WE WERE GOING TO COMMIT TO A FUNDING PLAN WHICH WE ESTABLISHED A COUPLE OF YEARS IN THE YEAR FOR 24 BUDGET A HOUSING FUND.

WE HAVE FURTHER ADVANCED THE WORK ON THAT HOUSING FUND AS AS A RESULT SOME APPROVALS THAT HAD OCCURRED ON TWO WEEKS AGO WAS WHEN TOWN AN ALLOCATION OF EIGHT TAX SOURCES AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT HERE A SECOND AND THOSE CRITICAL FIRST STEPS ARE ALIGNED WITH WITH ESTABLISHING THAT FUNDING PLAN SO IT ESTABLISHED A PLAN LOOK AT OTHER SOURCES TO SUPPORT WORKFORCE HOUSING AND THEN ESTABLISH A NETWORK WELL THROUGH THOSE THROUGH PHILANTHROPIC THROUGH LOCAL, STATE AND REGIONAL AGENCIES. ITEM TWO WAS TO ALIGN THE HOUSING ACTION COMMITTEE WITH THAT WITH TOWN DIRECTION TO ENSURE POLICY ALIGNMENT PROJECT PRIORITIZED ACTION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. SO A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO YOU ALL ESTABLISHED THE HOUSING COMMITTEE JOINED US HERE AT THE TABLE TODAY TO TAKE A COUPLE OF KEY ROLES OR A KEY ROLE AS IT RELATES TO NEW TASK THEM WITH REVIEWING THE TOWN'S WORKFORCE HOUSING STRATEGIC THE HOUSING ELEMENT OF THE TOWN'S ART PLAN AND THE WORKFORCE HOUSING FRAMEWORK AS WELL AS ANY OTHER PLANS THAT MAY BE ADOPTED TO ADDRESS WORKFORCE HOUSING NEEDS AND ALSO ASK THE HOUSING ACTUALLY NOW TO HELP STRATEGIZE AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO HOW THOSE SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED. YOU ALSO ASKED THE HOUSING ACTION COMMITTEE TO ASSIST THE TOWN IN DETERMINING THE RELEVANT HOUSING POLICIES THAT ARE NECESSARY TO ACCOMPLISH THOSE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS IN NEW OR INNOVATIVE IDEAS THAT MAY BE PART OF THE TOWN ADAPTED HOUSING TOOLKIT AND HOW WE MIGHT ACCOMPLISH THOSE WORKFORCE HOUSING GOALS. SO THREE YEARS TWO YEARS AGO, A LITTLE OVER TWO YEARS AGO THAT'S THE DIRECTION THAT WE PUT TO A TO A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING THE HOUSING ACTION COMMITTEE. ONE OF THE THINGS WE NEED TO DO AS PART OF THIS CONVERSATION MOVING FORWARD IS TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ALL STILL ALIGNED WITH

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SO THIS A PROJECT THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON TO MAP TO PROVIDE MAPPING AND A DATA DRIVEN TOOL TO HELP US VISUALIZE DATA AND MAKE SURE IT'S INTERACTIVE, IT'S USER FRIENDLY, IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE HELP US UNDERSTAND DATA POINTS BUT MOST ALSO PROVIDE A COUNT OF WHERE OUR UNITS WORKFORCE HOUSING AND BEDROOMS ARE ON THE ISLAND AND WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED ON THE ISLAND. WE HAVE ASKED FOR SOME ASSISTANCE FROM THE ARTISTS A COMPANY CALLED OUR CIELO R C LC ON THIS COMPANY WORK MOST RECENTLY WITH THE URBAN LAND INSTITUTE TO PROVIDE THEM SOME DATA ON A NATIONAL LEVEL AS IT RELATES TO HOUSING.

THEY ARE ALSO WORKING. WE ALSO HAVE ENGAGED WITH THEM HELP US PROVIDE SIMILAR DATA HERE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL TO HELP US UNDERSTAND WORKFORCE HOUSING AND IN OUR COMMUNITY WE'RE WORKING ON THIS CURRENTLY AND WE EXPECT TO HAVE A DRAFT COMPLETED HERE AUGUST 2025 AND THIS ISN'T UNIQUE TO THE TOWN. THERE'S ALL OTHER SOURCES THAT YOU SEE HERE.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA HAS RECENTLY COME OUT WITH OR HAS HAS A HOUSING MAP PORTFOLIO WITH A WHOLE BUNCH OF DATA OF YOUR DATA SITTING UP HERE BEHIND THAT.

THIS IS IS DON'T LOOK AT THE NUMBERS ON HERE BUT THIS IS JUST KIND OF A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT THE DRAFT WHERE WE ARE ON A ON A DASHBOARD FOR THE TOWN OF YORK ISLANDERS AND THE NEXT ITEM IS 8.4 DELIVER THE NORTH POINT NEIGHBORHOOD AND SPECIFICALLY WHAT THE STRATEGIC ACTION SAYS TO DELIVER THE NORTH POINT WORKFORCE HOUSING NEIGHBORHOOD THROUGH THE COORDINATED PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP. NOW YOU ALL KNOW THIS YOU'VE HEARD US TALK ABOUT THIS PROJECT A LOT OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS LAST YEAR OR SO . THERE'S IT'S IMPORTANT TO JUST LET'S TALK ABOUT FROM A HIGH LEVEL BUT WE ALSO HAVE SOME INFORMATION TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL THIS AFTERNOON ABOUT THE STATUS OF THAT PROJECT AND THE EVOLUTION OF THAT PROJECT AS IT CONTINUES TO MOVE FORWARD TOWARDS CONSTRUCTION. SO JUST AS A RESET THE TOWN PROVIDE 11 ACRES ON WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY JUST WEST OF THE GUM TREE ROAD INTERSECTION AND STATE THAT WAS ACQUIRED OR A LAND THAT WAS ACQUIRED FROM THE A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO IT'S PROXIMATE TO HILTON HEAD ISLAND SCHOOLS TO THE ISLAND REC CENTER TO THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB AND A LOT OF OUR JOB CENTERS WITH MAIN STREET WITH THE MEDICAL HOME AND HOSPITAL IN THE SCHOOLS IT IS AN EFFICIENT SUSTAINABLE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'LL PROVIDE 157 APARTMENTS WITH AMENITIES AND PROGRAMING ON SITE. YOU HAVE TO BE A YOU MUST WORK ON THE ISLAND TO LIVE IN A NORTH POINT NEIGHBORHOOD. YOU ALSO HAVE TO EARN BETWEEN 60 AND 150% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME TO LIVE IN THE NORTH POINT NEIGHBORHOOD WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED A LOT OVER THE LAST LITTLE BIT WITH THE COASTAL ZONE CONSISTENCY PERMIT BEING ISSUED WE TOWN COUNCIL YOU RECENTLY ADOPTED A ZONING TEXT A MAP AND MAP AMENDMENT THAT ENABLED THE SITE AND ENTITLED THE SITE FOR IT TO BE CONSTRUCTED WE'RE WORKING ON THE GROUND LEASE THAT WILL BE CONSIDERED HERE I THINK THAT'S ACTUALLY SUPPOSED TO BE SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR, NOT 29 AUGUST BUT WE'LL CORRECT THAT AND THEN WE'LL BEGIN TO DEVELOP A DESIGN REVIEW AND GET INTO CONSTRUCTION AND BY THE END SITE SHOULD BE IRONED INTO THIS YEAR WE'LL GET INTO CONSTRUCTION TO BE CLEAR ON WHAT EVERYBODY'S ROLE IN THIS ONE STREET WHO'S HERE IN THE AUDIENCE WITH US TODAY ONE STREET IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FINANCING.

THEY HAVE PROVIDED $1 MILLION OF INVESTMENT TO THIS PROJECT TO DATE JUST IN GETTING THE PROJECT READY FOR FOR ZONING, FOR DEVELOPMENT, FOR PERMITS. SO THAT'S PART OF DESIGN AND PERMITTING THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT, THE CONSTRUCTION ULTIMATELY RESPONSIBLE FOR LEASING OFF THE SITE AND THE LONG TERM PROGRAM AND THE PROPERTY OF IT.

OUR ROLE WAS TO ESTABLISH THAT ORIGINAL VISION BECAUSE OUR PROPERTY WAS RFQ RFP THAT WE PUT OUT SO WE ESTABLISHED VISION OF WHAT WE WANTED TO ESTABLISH ON THE PROPERTY WE MADE AVAILABLE THE 11 ACRES AND WE PROVIDED AND WE'RE PROVIDING THAT THROUGH A 65 YEAR GROUNDING. SO THE TOWN WILL STILL RETAIN OWNERSHIP AND CONTROL OF THE PROPERTY WE PROVIDE THE ZONING ENTITLEMENTS WE PROVIDED $1 MILLION GRANT AND CONTRIBUTION WAS SECURED FROM ARPA SO USING THE USE OF FEDERAL MONEY TO HELP SUPPORT THE PROJECT THEN WE'RE ALSO HELPING WITH SOME OF THE CONSTRUCTION ON THE SITE TO PROVIDE INFRASTRUCTURE TO IT AND SUPPORT IT WHETHER THAT'S THROUGH THE FRONTAGE ROAD THROUGH THE POST OFFICE SERVICE PROVIDING A BETTER CONNECTION TO OUR SCHOOLS TO THE TO THE REC CENTER WITH GUM TREE ROAD AND SAVE FOR OUR SCHOOL AND THEN ULTIMATELY LONG TERM IN MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AND SUPPORT FOR THE PROJECT YOU CAN SEE THE PROJECT PHASE IN THE PROJECT PHASE AND IS CORRECT ON THE SLIDE WHERE WE HAVE PHASE ONE DUE DILIGENCE PHASE TWO ZONING APPROVAL, PHASE THREE WHICH IS REALLY WHERE WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW WHICH IS THAT PRE-DEVELOPMENT AND

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IT'S NOT JUST TUCKED IN THE BACK CORNER AS A RETENTION POND IT IS ACTIVE USABLE SPACE WITH WITH A IF I CAN FIGURE ON THE BUTTONS WITH A WITH A MANY SPACE FOR THE POOL BUT THEN REALLY THE THE MOST IMPORTANT PART ALONG JARVIS CREEK PROTECTING SOME SENSITIVE LAND ALONG THE EDGE OF THAT CREEK AND TURN IT INTO JUST A PASSIVE SPACE FOR FOR RESIDENTS TO UTILIZE AND GATHER AND ENJOY THE VIEWS OVER TIME IS CREEK AND THEN A RENDERING OF WHAT THAT PROJECT IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE AND SOME OF THE MORE RECENT CONCEPTS THAT THAT ARE THAT ARE THAT ARE COMING LIGHT NOW THAT WE'VE WE'VE ADVANCED THE CONSTRUCTION IF I MIGHT.

MR. I SEE THE STATE DIXON IN THE CROWD FROM STREET PARTNER SO YOU WANT TO YEAH.

HEY DIXON'S HERE IS WITH US TODAY THE PRESIDENT CEO OF ONE STREET.

I'LL LET YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF AS WE BID OUT THE PROJECT QUITE QUITE SOME TIME BACK.

FOLKS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY BID AND WE THROUGH A THROUGH A THROUGH BIDDING AND QUALIFICATION ESTABLISHED A PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH ONE STREET RESIDENTIAL AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING ALONG THIS ROAD FOR SOME TIME NOW. HAPPY TO HAVE YOU BACK HERE WITH US TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK MAYOR COUNCILMEMBERS AND AND I GUESS HERE LET YOU JUST FIRST SAY WHAT AN HONOR IT IS TO BE HERE TODAY AND WE'VE GOT SOME NEWS TO SHARE THAT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT A LONG TIME COMING AND LISTENING TO THE PRESENTATION HERE. JUST A FEW THINGS TO NOTE. ONE IS THAT WE'VE GOT AN INCREDIBLE COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVE CONCEIVED. YOU'VE SEEN THE YOU LOOK LIKE THE SITE PLAN AND THE ARCHITECTURAL THAT ARE GOING TO BE BEAUTIFUL.

WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO IN PARTNERSHIP PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP THAT JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN WITHOUT. HEAVY INVOLVEMENT OF FEDERAL HOUSING PROGRAMS WHICH WE DO NOT HAVE HERE IT IS TO CREATE SOMETHING VERY QUALITY THAT COMPLETELY MEETS THE HIGH DESIGN LANDSCAPE QUALITY STANDARDS THIS BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY PROVIDES A PLACE FOR BOTH AFFORDABLE AND WORKFORCE AND JUST AS A ASIDE OFTENTIMES AND THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I TALK ABOUT A LOT WHEN I'M TRYING TO INFLUENCE STATE HOUSING AGENCY IS THAT WE MAKE A DISTINCTION BETWEEN AFFORDABLE AND WORKFORCE REALLY IT'S THE SAME GROUP OF FOLKS WHO NEED HOUSING, WORK HARD, SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES AND CAN AFFORD THE HOUSING THEY WANT CERTAINLY AT A HIGH QUALITY LEVEL BUT IN FACT SOMETIMES THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS BETWEEN ONE INCOME AND TWO INCOMES IN THE HOUSEHOLD TO WORKING PEOPLE OR SOMETIMES YOU KNOW GET YOU INTO THAT ARE WORKING AN AFFORDABLE JOB OR GET YOU INTO THE WORKFORCE CATEGORY AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO HERE WHICH IS SO DIFFICULT AND I CAN SAY WE'VE WORKED I'VE WORKED ALL OVER THE SOUTHEAST FOR 35 PLUS YEARS. I'VE NEVER SEEN THIS KIND OF INVESTMENT WHEN THEY WERE STARTING OUT JUST NOTING WHAT A LEADER OF THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND IS IN THIS AND THIS ON I WOULD FULLY TELL YOU ON SUPPORT THAT WITH IT WE JUST NEVER HAVE SEEN A LEVEL OF INVESTMENT THAT THE TOWN IS MAKING HERE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS IT IS NOT EASY IT TAKES A LONG TERM COMMITMENT TO DO SOMETHING HIGH QUALITY FINANCEABLE THAT IS ACTUALLY ALSO SUSTAINABLE AND MEETS ALL OF THE GOALS AND THEN WE CAN ACTUALLY BUILD IT AND FINANCE IT. AND TO THAT I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE HERE WITH ME TODAY. FIRST IS ROBIN HADDOCK WHO IS REALLY ONE OF THE PREMIER AND MOM ON OUR DEVELOPERS IN THE SOUTHEAST.

SHE'S WON AWARDS FOR LOT OF THE DEVELOPMENT SHE'S DONE IN SAVANNAH HERE AND SHE'S OUR LEAD DEVELOPER. AND THEN MR. BRIAN FLANAGAN WHO'S WITH RBC COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS AND WE HAVE JUST IN THE PAST FEW DAYS EXECUTED A COMPLETE FINANCING COMMITMENT

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SO IT'S NOT JUST AN INTENTION, IT'S IT'S A COMMITMENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO START CONSTRUCTION AND WE'RE WE'RE PLANNING NOW WE'RE ON A CLOSING SO WE'RE HEADING TOWARDS THE START OF CONSTRUCTION IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER I'M PUSHING FOR OCTOBER .

THE WAY THINGS HAPPEN IS IT'S PROBABLY NOVEMBER. BUT BRIAN, WOULD YOU MIND GETTING UP AND JUST SHARING A LITTLE BIT OF YOUR PERSPECTIVE? SURE.

YEAH. THANKS. THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR HAVING ME UP HERE. I'M BRIAN WITH RBC COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS.

I'M BASED IN THE CHARLOTTE OFFICE. OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A LONG PARTNERSHIP TOGETHER WITH TOM JUST DOWN THE STREET AND WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE THIS PROJECT NORTH POINT BE OUR NEXT VENTURE INTO SOMETHING EXCITING. WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU HAVE DONE TO ADDRESS HOUSING ISSUE ON THE ISLAND. A LOT OF FOLKS ARE DOING THIS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. IT'S BEEN A UNIQUE YEAR SO WE UNDER LIKE DAVE SAID A COMMITMENT LETTER. WE HAVE STARTED CLOSING CALLS, HAVE A THIRD PARTY DUE DILIGENCE GOING WE HAVE LEGAL TEAM GOING WITH THE GOAL TO WRAP UP OUR CLOSING AND OFF CONSTRUCTION AT THE END OF THE END OF THE YEAR. SO WE'VE GOT OUR BANK INVESTOR LINED UP. WE ALSO HAVE A CO-INVEST FROM RBC ITSELF IN THE TRANSACTION SO WE'RE EXCITED TO BE AT THIS POINT THANKS. THAT'S AWESOME.

YOU KNOW I JUST GOT TO SAY THIS HAS BEEN IT STARTED WITH THE PREVIOUS PREVIOUS COUNCILS AND THIS HAS BEEN THREE YEARS OVER THREE YEARS IN THE WORKS AND. GOOD THINGS TAKE A LONG TIME.

GREAT THINGS TAKE A LITTLE BIT . THANK YOU ALL FOR STICKING THROUGH THIS AS WELL REALLY IS A MOMENTOUS DAY FOR FOR HILTON IN THE LOWCOUNTRY AND I WOULD DARE SAY THE SAME FOR ONE STREET AND RBC YOU CREATED THE PRODUCTS THAT NOW CAN BE UTILIZED IN OTHER AREAS AND I JUST I I'VE GOT GOOSE CALLS THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT FOR DECADES. IF YOU MAY LET ME JUST KIND OF GET BACK TO JUST THANK YOU.

I KNOW YOU'VE GOT OTHER THINGS TO DO SO I'LL SIT DOWN HERE. BUT I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU HOW GRATEFUL WE ARE FOR YOUR YEARS LONG CONTINUED TRUST IN OUR ABILITY TO DO THIS TOGETHER.

AND SO WE'RE JUST EXCITED TO ACTUALLY SEE SOME DIRT MOVING AND SOME BUILDINGS GOING UP YOURSELF. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE THAT. DAVE SAYS OCTOBER AND THE REST OF US ARE LOOKING AT EACH SAYING SAYING ARE WE READY BEN? THEN IN THE VAN IN THE BACK LEFT CORNER HE PROBABLY SHOULDN'T BE IN THE BACK LEFT CORNER BECAUSE BROWN HAS BEEN OUR PROJECT EXECUTIVE AND OUR OUR INTERNAL PROJECT CHAMPION ON THIS PROJECT. SO I LET THE DAY GO BY WITHOUT TELLING BEN A VERY IMPORTANT THANK I KNOW THAT WE ALSO HAVE A NORTH POINT ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT THE TOWN COUNCIL HAS SET UP AND I SEE A FEW MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE HERE WITH US TODAY MR. LENNOX, MR. SCOTT WURMAN I DON'T KNOW WHO ELSE IS HERE BUT I JUST SEE A LOT OF FACES. SO I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THEM BECAUSE THIS THIS REALLY STARTED AS AN IDEA AT A SIMILAR WORKSHOP A FEW YEARS AGO AND IT WAS PUTTING AN IDEA ON THE TABLE TO LEVERAGE UTILIZE SOME OF OUR LAND RIGHT. AND SO THROUGH A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP THAT IS AN INDUSTRY PRACTICE WE COULDN'T DO THIS OURSELF AND WE WE STARTED TO REALIZE THAT THE PRIVATE SECTOR COULDN'T DO THIS THEMSELVES. SO WE CAME TOGETHER ESTABLISHED THE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP AND AND REALLY WHAT OUR ROLE WAS WAS PLEDGING AND LEVERAGING WHAT WE ALREADY OWNED BUT ALSO ESTABLISHING THAT PROJECT VISION.

SO ONE BEN'S BEING HAVE BEEN BEHIND IT ALL BUT DEFINITELY A THINK A BIG THANK YOU TO DAVE AND YOUR WHOLE TEAM AND AND I THINK WHAT WE'RE REALLY MATTERS AND I'M NOT SURE IF EVERYBODY HEARD THE RBC IS YOU KNOW PROVIDING SOME FINANCING THE DEBT BUT THERE'S THE EQUITY PARTNERSHIP THAT THAT I'M I'M SO ECSTATIC ABOUT RIGHT RBC THROUGH INVESTMENT BECOMES OUR EQUITY PARTNER IN OUR VERY FIRST PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP SO AN AMAZING CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYBODY INVOLVED MAY WE SHOW A PROJECT VIDEO THAT WE'VE WE'VE BUILT A LITTLE WHILE AGO AND BEFORE AT LEAST FEW OF US IN THE VIDEO LOOK TOO MUCH OLDER CAN WE SHOW IT? I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK I WON'T SPEAK FOR YOU ON SPEAKING FOR ME BUT ALSO NEED TO MENTION THAT MR. STANFORD'S HERE AS WELL.

YES, HE'S HERE. HELLO, SIR. THANK WELL YOU BROUGHT MAESTRO AND I ARE FORWARD LIVE ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND TO WORK ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND SO MANY COMMUNITIES NOW ARE INVOLVED IN ADDRESSING THE SHORTAGE OF AFFORDABLE UNTENABLE HOUSING

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FOR 35 YEARS ONE STREET HAS BEEN COMMITTED TO CREATING WORKFORCE HOUSING.

I THINK WE'VE LEARNED A LOT ALONG THE WAY OVER THE YEARS ABOUT HOW TO DO THAT SUCCESSFULLY PREVIOUSLY CAME OUT WITH THIS IDEA AND COUNCIL CURRENTLY IS TAKING PAUSE SO IT IT REALLY IS A CHAMPIONSHIP OF COUNCIL RIGHT TO CREATE A PUBLIC PRIVATE AND UTILIZE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THE TOWN TO MAKE THAT WE CREATE AN ATMOSPHERE THAT IS IS ONE TO PROMOTE HEALTH AND WEALTH AND GROWTH AND JUST HAVE THE ASSETS AND THE AMENITIES HERE TO CREATE A FUN LIFESTYLE TOO. IT'S SITE THAT THE TOWN ACQUIRED SOME YEARS AGO BACK THAT WE HAVE THE LAND TO AND NEGOTIATE OUR OUTCOMES WITH BY PUTTING THE LAND IN HERE RECEIVING THE FEDERAL GRANT THE STIMULUS MONEY FROM COVID THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN GRANT WE HAVE $1,000,000 EARMARKED. YOU HAVE TO WORK ON THE ISLAND TO LIVE AT THE SITE.

WE HAVE ONE, TWO, THREE BEDROOM APARTMENTS FOR THE WIDE RANGE OF INCOMES FROM FIREFIGHTERS TO NURSES TO POLICE OFFICERS BUT ALSO THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE WORKING IN FOOD AND, BEVERAGE AND LANDSCAPING AND ALL OF THOSE CORE YOU KNOW, JUST PRIMARY JOBS BUT THOSE CORE JOBS THAT OUR ISLAND WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO CREATE A BOUTIQUE SCALE COMMUNITY WITH A LOT OF GREENSPACE WALKING TRAILS, SIDEWALKS, AMENITIES, COMMUNITY GARDENS BUT ALSO THINGS THAT WILL HELP THESE RESIDENTS TOGETHER AS A TRUE COMMUNITY.

IT REALLY IS A SPECIAL THING TO COME IN HERE AND CREATE A QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR WORKERS YOU KNOW, FOR THE PEOPLE THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND PLEDGE PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB WITH THE REC CENTER WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND TO BRING A DIFFERENT AND UNIQUE QUALITY OF LIFE ASPECT TO WORKFORCE HOUSING.

THERE'S NO PLACE THAT I KNOW OF BY HILTON HEAD ISLAND SO IS A SPECIAL PLACE WITH A SPECIAL FORM OF BEAUTY. MANY OF US FLOCK HERE BECAUSE WE JUST WE LOVE TO BE HERE.

THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS WITH A FORWARD THINKING TOWN AND TOWN COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY THAT INCLUDES NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESSES IS UNLIKE ANYTHING WE'VE EVER BEEN ABLE TO DO. AND I THINK THE RESULT IS GOING TO BE MORE BEAUTIFUL AND MORE LIVABLE THAN ANYTHING WE'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO IN THE PAST.

THEY CAN DRAW I'M NOT SURE I CAN FOLLOW THAT BUT. KEEP GOING KNOWING YOU ALWAYS LIKE WHAT'S NEXT? NO ONE IN ADDITION. SO WE'RE DIVING BACK INTO THE STRATEGIC PLANNING FRAMEWORK THAT YOU THAT YOU SET OUT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WHEN YOU APPROVED IT WAS AS FAR AS WHAT'S NEXT WHAT'S NEXT IS IS PART OF YOUR PLAN AGAIN GETTING BACK WHERE WE WERE HEADED 8.5 WAS ESTABLISHED AT BRYANT ROAD PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP ESTABLISHED AND TALKED ESTABLISH A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP TO ADVANCE THE BRYANT ROAD WORKFORCE HOUSING INITIATIVES. SO THIS IS WHAT'S NEXT THIS IS TAKING THE MODEL THAT WE JUST WE JUST BUILT WITH WITH NORTHPOINT AND THAT PROJECT AND EXTENDING THAT TO A SMALLER SITE ON THE DIFFERENT SITE SEVEN ACRES OF TOWN ON LAND IN THE MUDDY CREEK NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE ACQUIRED 2023 THIS IS WHEREAS NORTHPOINT IS A RENTAL MODEL THIS IS WE ARE EARMARKING THIS AS A HOME OWNERSHIP MODEL AND LOOKING WITH SUPPORT FOR FIRST TIME HOMEBUYERS AGAIN FOLLOWING THAT SUSTAINABLE ENERGY EFFICIENT DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION TALKED ABOUT WITH NORTHPOINT BUT ALSO HAVING MIXED INCOME A MIXED USE MAYBE THERE'S A COMMERCIAL USE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT SUPPORTS OWNERSHIP AND SUPPORTS FIRST TIME HOMEBUYERS. A DEVELOPMENT PARTNER WILL HAVE A SIMILAR ROLE PROVIDING THAT FIRST TIME HOMEBUYER SUPPORT BUILDING THE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT, THE COMMUNITY AMENITIES, THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL BEING SUSTAINABLE INNOVATIVE RUNNING THAT LONG TERM OPERATIONS AND THEN ALSO IS THERE CONSIDERATION FOR HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF THE LOWCOUNTRY OR OTHER NONPROFIT ALIGNMENT AS PART OF THIS AS PART OF THIS PROJECT AND THEN THE TOWN'S ROLE IS SIMILAR TO NORTH POINT THAT WE HAVE WE HAVE THE VISION BECAUSE IT IS OUR PROPERTY, IT IS OUR LAND, IT'S OUR RFQ AND OUR RFP. SO WE ARE IN CONTROL.

HOW WE CONTRIBUTE LAND OR HOW DO WE CONTRIBUTE THE LAND WE PROVIDE WE PROVIDE PERMANENT SUPPORT AND SUPPORT AND THEN AS PART OF YOUR BUDGET FOR FY 26 WE'VE ALREADY SET ASIDE $1,000,000 TO SUPPORT THE PARTNERSHIP. WE'VE SET ASIDE A NINE AND A

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AND SO NEXT STEPS ARE WE'RE GOING SPEND PHASE ONE IS TO PROVIDE UPON YOUR DIRECTION RELEASE THE RFQ AND ESTABLISH A SHORTLIST OF PREFERRED DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS WILL THEN BRING BACK THE TOWN COUNCIL FOR PHASE TWO OR RELEASE THE RFP TO THE PREFERRED DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS. PHASE THREE WILL AWARD THE RFP TO THE SELECTED DEVELOPMENT PARTNER AND THEN NEGOTIATE A WORKFORCE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR TOWN COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION. AND ON THE SCREEN YOU CAN SEE YOU HEARD AT A MEETING I SAID AT A TOWN COUNCIL MEETING NOT TOO LONG AGO THAT WE HAVE STUDIED THIS SITE TO UNDERSTAND ITS CAPACITY AND WHAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH ON IT FROM FROM AN INFRASTRUCTURE STANDPOINT FROM A ZONING STANDPOINT THIS IS SOME OF THAT THAT EFFORT TO HELP US UNDERSTAND WE CAN BE ABLE TO SAY PROVIDE HOUSING, PROVIDE OPEN SPACE, PROVIDE NECESSARY STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE, HELP SUPPORT THE NEIGHBORHOODS, HELP SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT ITSELF AND WHAT DOES THAT CAPACITY LOOK LIKE? SO THIS IS SOME OF OUR WORK THAT HAS LED US TO THIS POINT THUS FAR. NEXT ACTION ITEM IS TO ASSESS THE HOUSING FUNDS SUSTAINABILITY AND MULTIYEAR INVESTMENT STRATEGY BY IDENTIFYING A DIVERSE RECURRING BY IDENTIFYING DIVERSE RECURRING FUNDING TO IMPLEMENT TOWN WORKFORCE HOUSING PRIORITIES. THESE SLIDES HOPEFULLY LOOK FAMILIAR THEY WERE TAKEN FROM THE SLIDE 26 BUDGET PRESENTATION SO I'VE ALREADY MENTIONED THE TOWN DOES HAVE A HOUSING FUND THAT IS TO ACCOUNT OR ACCOUNT FOR ALL OF THE EXPENDITURES THE REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES RELATED TO IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WORKFORCE FRAMEWORK PRIOR TO JULY 15TH 2025 THE FUNDING SOURCES FROM TRANSFERS FROM STATE ACCOMMODATIONS AND ARPA FUNDING AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED ON JULY 25TH HERE AND IN THE SLIDE AT THE SECOND.

THIS IS THE BUDGET DOCUMENT ITSELF THAT WAS ALL ADOPTED AS PART OF THE 2026 BUDGET SHOWING THOSE SHOWING THOSE PRIOR YEAR TRANSFERS OF ABOUT A $4 MILLION BUDGET FOR FY 26.

HOW WE'RE GOING TO SPEND THAT MONEY OVER THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

MANY OF THESE PROJECTS WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT WITH NORTH POINT PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP, THE MILLION DOLLARS TOWARDS THAT PARTNERSHIP, THE MONEY CREEK STABILIZATION WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN A MINUTE. BUT AS REFERENCED, THE POINT $5 MILLION INVESTMENT THAT WILL BE INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE BRYAN ROAD PARTNERSHIP $1,000,000 AND THEN OF COURSE OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BE FOR JASPER HOUSING TRUST FEES AND THEN HOW DO WE HOW DO WE PROGRAM PERSONNEL AND OPERATING EXPENSES INTO THAT ACCOUNT JUST PROVIDE JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE OF WHAT I JUST SAID OUTLINING HOW WE SPEND THE MILLION NORTH POINT THE MILLION FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION PLAN ON INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS LIKE ROADS, WATER, SEWER STORM, STORMWATER SUPPORTING THAT PARTNERSHIP I'LL JUST MORE GRANULAR DETAIL ON INDIVIDUAL LINE ITEMS OF AS I NOTED ON A COUPLE OF SLIDES AGO ON JULY 15 TOWN COUNCIL TOOK ACTION TO AMEND OUR POLICIES OR DISTRIBUTION POLICY OR CREATE A DISTRIBUTION POLICY FOR FOR A TAX AS PART OF THAT BECAUSE WE ARE ALLOWED DO SO BY SOUTH CAROLINA STATE LAW TOWN COUNCIL DID AUTHORIZE THE DISTRIBUTION OF 5% OF THE OF THE EIGHT TAX PROGRAMS AND BASED ON OUR OUR OUR ESTIMATED REVENUES THAT'S ABOUT A $600,000 AND EIGHT TAX DISTRIBUTIONS TO HELP SUPPORT WORKFORCE HOUSING INITIATIVES AND ON HOLD AN ISLAND IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS IS IN STATE LAW THAT PROVISION DOES HAVE A SHELF LIFE IN A SHELF LIFE RUNS THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST 2030. SO THIS DOES PROVIDE US SAY THIS IS A REVENUE SOURCE AT LEAST UNTIL THAT POINT UNLESS COUNCIL SHOULD CHANGE THE DISPOSITION POLICY BEFORE THEN AND LAST COUPLE OF ITEMS ON THE STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN PERTAIN TO SOME EXISTING PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE SPECIFICALLY AND I'LL TAKE 8.7 AND 8.8 TOGETHER BECAUSE THEY ARE WE HAVE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THEM TOGETHER FOR THE LAST COUPLE YEARS USING ARPA DOLLARS TO SUPPORT THE LATERAL SEWER CONNECTION THE HOME REPAIR GRANT. BUT BASICALLY WHAT WHAT WHAT IT IN HERE AND YOU'RE SEEING THE ACTION PLAN IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO SECURE GRANT FUNDING THE LATERAL SEWER CONNECTION GRANT PROGRAM TO SUPPORT AND SO HOUSING LEGACY NEIGHBORHOODS IMPROVE WATER QUALITY AND PROMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SO MORE LANGUAGE IS INCLUDED FOR THE HOME REPAIR PROGRAM AND ITEM 8.8 WHICH IS SECURE GRANT FUNDING FOR THE HOME REPAIR GRANT PROGRAM FOR INCOME QUALIFIED HOUSEHOLDS TO IMPROVE SAFETY ACCESSIBILITY AND HOUSING PRESERVATION OVER THE LIFE THIS PROGRAM AND WE HAVE EXPENDED ALL THE DOLLARS THAT ARE ALLOCATED THIS PROGRAM THIS POINT IN TIME BUT FOR THE LATERAL SEWER AND THOSE WERE

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WE WERE ABLE TO CONNECT 35 HOUSEHOLDS TO A PUBLIC SEWER THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY ON SEPTIC SYSTEM AND WE USED ABOUT $370,000 TO DO THAT. WE STILL HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL CONTRACTORS OUT THERE THAT WE HAD ENTERED INTO A CONTRACT PRIOR TO THE END OF THE YEAR.

THAT IS IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING COMPLETED RIGHT NOW .

SIMILARLY WITH THE HOME SAFETY REPAIR PROGRAM WE UTILIZE THOSE FUNDS TO ADDRESS URGENT REPAIR NEEDS AND ON HOMES IN AROUND THE COMMUNITY AGAIN ALSO FUNDED THROUGH THE ARP AND THE AMERICAN PLAN FUNDS WE WERE ABLE TO COMPLETE 106 PROJECTS WHICH ARE OUTLINED THERE ON THE SCREEN, MOST OF WHICH WERE OF COURSE ESSENTIAL HOME REPAIRS.

WE ALSO HAD SOME TREE REMOVALS TO HELP REMOVE SOME HAZARD OF TREES THAT WERE IMPACTED POTENTIALLY GOING TO IMPACT THE HOMES THAT THEY WERE ADJACENT TO.

AND WE HAVE TWO ADDITIONAL CONTRACTS THAT ARE WE'RE WAITING ON TOO FOR PENDING COMPLETION RIGHT NOW. AND SO IT'S ALMOST $1.5 MILLION THAT WE SPENT ON THOSE TWO PROGRAMS ALONE. WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING TO TRY TO FIND ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO HELP SUPPORT THAT PROGRAM. WE'RE DOING THAT THROUGH THE VIEW FOR JASPER HOUSING TRUST AND THROUGH THIS AND CITY HOUSING HELP CONTINUE THAT WORK .

AND FINALLY AS RELATES TO TUESDAY'S ACTION PLAN, WE WE WE WERE TASKED WITH PARTICIPATING IN AN ANNUAL HOUSING SUMMIT TO REPORT PROGRESS FOR INNOVATION ALIGN REGIONAL NONPROFIT EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS. SO THERE ARE HOUSING FORUMS IN THE REGION ONE THAT IS IS AVAILABLE IS THE LOWCOUNTRY AFFORDABLE HOUSING FORUM AND SOME OTHER EVENTS BUT THAT'S THE FORUM WHERE WE CAN GO TO AND AND HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS SHARING GREAT NEWS OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING BUT ALSO GOING TO HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH OTHERS IN THE REGION AND IN THE STATE ABOUT AND LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO HELP SUPPORT WORKFORCE HOUSING AND JUST TO CLOSE THE THE THE STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN AND THE ACTION PLAN THERE IS THERE ARE THERE ARE DOTS NEXT TO EACH FISCAL YEAR THIS IS A LITTLE BIT MORE GRANULAR LOOK AT ALL ALL NINE OF THOSE ITEMS TO REALLY SHOW YOU WHERE WE ARE AS RELATES TO EACH ONE OF THEM THE FIRST THREE WERE OF COURSE HERE THE FIRST TWO WE'RE HERE TODAY TALKING ABOUT FINDING HOME ASSESSMENT HOUSING ACTION COMMITTEE ALIGNMENT.

WE'RE WORKING ON OUR WORKFORCE HOUSING DASHBOARD. WE'RE WELL INTO THE PROCESS FOR THE DELIVERING THE NORTH POINT NEIGHBORHOOD GETTING PRETTY STEADY MOMENTUM IS BUILDING ON THE BRYAN ROAD PROJECT THAT WILL CONTINUE ON THROUGH THROUGH THE 2018 FISCAL YEAR THEN A LOT OF THESE OTHER THINGS ARE JUST ONGOING THAT WE JUST HAVE TO DO EVERY ALL THE TIME TO JUST MAKE SURE WE FUND WE HAVE FUND SUSTAINABILITY, THAT WE HAVE FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE PROGRAM, PARTICIPATE IN THOSE SUMMITS. SO I WANT YOU ALL TO SEE AT LEAST FROM A SCHEDULE THAT WE'RE NOT WAITING UNTIL THE OF 24 OR 26 TO GET SOME OF THIS WORK DONE. WE'RE GETTING IT DONE RIGHT NOW AS OF THIS MEETING THERE ARE A COUPLE OF ADDITIONAL TOWN PROJECTS THAT ARE WORTH NOTING. THEY'RE ALSO CIVIC ACTION PLAN.

ONE IS THE MONEY CREEK STABILIZATION PLAN AND THAT'S NOT WHERE MONEY CREEK NEIGHBORHOOD IS LOCATED ON. THE SPANISH WELLS ROAD IT WAS IT IS PART OF THE SPANISH COAST HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD. IT WAS FORMERLY KNOWN AS SPANISH GREW.

THIS AREA BOASTS A NUMBER OF GOING GOING U.S. BUSINESSES LONG TERM GENERATIONAL RESIDENTS THAT REALLY ARE CORE TO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. THE STUDY HERE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT INCLUDES MUDDY CREEK. IT ALSO INCLUDES THE OXLEY NEIGHBORHOOD WHICH IS JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE OF OF OF SPANISH WELLS ROAD MUDDY CREEK IS THIS ALL LIME OAK VIEW AS OF THIS AREA BUT WE'RE TAKING AND TAKING A LOOK AT THOSE TWO NEIGHBORHOODS AS PART OF THIS STABILIZATION PLAN AND THIS PLAN IS IS IT'S A COMMUNITY DRIVEN INITIATIVE AND WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT DO WE ENHANCE HOUSING INFRASTRUCTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESILIENCE AND PUBLIC SAFETY WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD? IT'S LOOKING AT LONG TERM INVESTMENTS AND THOSE INVESTMENTS ARE FOCUSED ON A HANDFUL OF AREAS THAT ARE HERE ON THE SCREEN HOUSING, REDEVELOPMENT, PUBLIC UTILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE TRAFFIC, ENVIRONMENTAL RESILIENCE, PARKS AND REC, PUBLIC SAFETY FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY AND CULTURAL PRESERVATION. I'M GOING TO READ ALL THESE TO YOU BUT THIS IS SOME DETAIL ABOUT. WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE AS FAR AS ACTION ITEMS AS IT RELATES TO EACH ONE OF THOSE CATEGORIES? AND I'LL NOTE THAT YOU KNOW, THE THOSE THINGS THAT HAVE AN ASTERISK NEXT TO THEM THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE TO UTILIZE THAT $1.5 MILLION THAT'S IN THE HOUSING TO INVEST IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WHETHER THAT'S STORMWATER IMPROVEMENTS IN THE COMMUNITY WORKING WITH THE COUNTY AND D.O.T. ON SPEED CALMING AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY ENHANCEMENTS BUILDING SOME OF THOSE PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, ADDRESSING SOME OF THE DARK ZONES AND OVERGROWTH AND HELP BOTH PUBLIC SUPPORT PUBLIC SAFETY AND IN THE COMMUNITY

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THIS REALLY CAME OUT THE CHIMNEY COVE EXAMPLE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AS PART OF A PART OF THAT PROJECT. AND FINALLY WE HAVE RECOMMITTED TO DO FOR JASPER HOUSING TRUST WE RECENTLY THERE WERE BYLAW AMENDMENTS THAT WERE ADOPTED THIS IS THE THAT WE ARE A FOUNDING MEMBER OF A MEMBER OF THEIR MISSION TO CREATE AND PRESERVE WORKFORCE HOUSING BOTH OF YOU FROM JASPER COUNTIES THEY PROVIDE A WHOLE HOST OF SERVICES THEY ARE REALLY THE EXPERTS IN THE ROOM WHEN IT COMES TO SOME OF THESE SERVICES IN THE REGION AND SO WE'RE WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH I THINK MR. HICKS IS HERE CALLED AND HIS TEAM TO REALLY WORK CLOSELY AND LEARN WE CAN WE CAN PARTNER BETTER TO HELP ESTABLISH A LOT OF THE COMMON GOALS THAT WE HAVE BETWEEN OUR COMMUNITY AND THAT ORGANIZATION .

SO I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF SAMPLE REPRESENTATIVE WORKFORCE HOUSING PRIVATE PROJECTS THAT ARE THAT ARE OCCURRING THROUGH OR HAVE OCCURRED IN OUR CURRENT THROUGHOUT OUR REGION AND REALLY START THIS SLIDE BECAUSE I THINK THIS TELLS KIND OF THE TALE OF OF WHERE WE'VE AT LEAST FROM FROM FROM WHAT WE UNDERSTAND A SAMPLING STANDPOINT CAN DO THAT FROM A SAMPLING STANDPOINT AS IT RELATES TO PRIVATELY LED INITIATIVES BUT ALSO SOME INITIATIVES FROM NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT RELY ON LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDITS, RELY ON SOME OF THE HUD PROGRAMS. AND THEN THERE'S A COUPLE OF ACTIVITIES THAT WE'VE SUPPORTED THROUGH THE CD AS WELL AS HABITAT FOR HUMANITY. SO THE WHAT'S IMPORTANT HERE IS THAT JUST BASED ON THIS SAMPLE REPRESENTATIVE LISTING OF NEIGHBORHOODS WE HAVE ABOUT 389 UNITS THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE ALSO KNOW THAT THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE'VE ESTABLISHED THROUGH OTHERS THAT HAVE CONTACTED US ABOUT WORK THEY'RE DOING, THERE'S ANOTHER 417 TO 427 UNITS THAT ARE BEING TALKED ABOUT BEING CONSIDERED PLANNED IN THE COMMUNITY THAT'S TOTAL OF OVER 800 UNITS THAT ARE LEAST DOCUMENTED ON THE SCREEN.

UNDERSTAND THERE THERE MAY BE SOME OTHERS THAT WE'RE MISSING. MAYBE THERE'S OTHER WAYS WE CAN LOOK AT THEM BECAUSE FOR EXAMPLE, ONE PARKLANDS HAS THREE UNITS BUT WE KNOW THERE'S A LOT MORE BEDROOMS ON THAT UNIT THAN THAN OTHERS BUT THIS IS REALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND THE PRIVATE MARKET IS COMING AND HELPING WITH THIS. OTHER NONPROFITS ARE COMING TO HELP LEAD THIS AND THE TOWN IS COMING TO HOPEFULLY THIS. WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT NONE OF US ARE IN THIS ALONE JUST TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THOSE PROJECTS DO WANT HEALTH AND HOSPITAL THIS IS A MORE RECENT PROJECT THAT IS COMING TO LIGHT IT'S A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN BETWEEN NOVANT HEALTH ABOUT DEVELOPMENT AND THE COASTAL GREEN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION IS CDC. THIS IS THE REDEVELOPMENT OF OF 12.6 ACRES ON ADJACENT TO THE HOSPITAL WILL RESULT IN 126 UNITS THROUGH A MULTITUDE OF DIFFERENT BEDROOM TYPES THAT ARE ON THE SCREEN AGAIN VERY SIMILAR TO SOME OF THE PROJECTS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WITH AMENITIES WITH SPACE, WITH CONNECTIVITY, HAVING INCOME LIMITS, HAVING TO ALSO LIVE I'M SORRY REQUIREMENTS TO ALSO WORK IN OUR IN HEALTH AND COMMUNITY EARLIER THIS MONTH IN CASE YOU WEREN'T AWARE EARLIER THIS MONTH THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID AUTHORIZE INITIATION OF A ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE MEDICAL ZONING DISTRICT HELP SUPPORT THIS PROJECT AND WE'LL START TO WORK THROUGH THAT THROUGH WITH PLANNING COMMISSION ALL WE LAND IN FRONT OF TOWN COUNCIL THROUGH YOUR COMMITTEE AND THEN WAITING FOR FIRST AND SECOND READING SEE CDC HAS BEEN ANOTHER PARTNER THAT WE HAVE WORKED WITH. THEY ARE WORKING TO INCREASE THE AVAILABILITY OF HOMES IN THE IN THE IN THE REGION. THEIR EFFORTS HAVE REALLY BEEN IN AND I DON'T KNOW BLUFFTON BUT ALSO LOOKING INTO THE LARGER BEAUFORT COUNTY AREA TOWN COUNCIL AUTHORIZED $600,000 AND I BELIEVE WAS 2024 BUDGET TO HELP SUPPORT THE ACQUISITION WORKFORCE HOUSING UNITS AND WITH THOSE FUNDS THEY'VE ACQUIRED 14 UNITS HERE ON THE ISLAND FOR APPROXIMATELY A TOTAL INVESTMENT TAKING IN $600,000 AND TURNED IN $3.3 MILLION OF INVESTMENT. SAME IS ALSO TRUE FOR HABITAT FOR HUMANITY.

WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM WHERE WE AUTHORIZED $500,000 TO HELP SUPPORT WORKFORCE HOUSING HABITAT TOOK THAT MONEY AND ACQUIRED ABOUT 1.5 ACRES AT THE CORNER OF MARSHLAND AND OAKVILLE ROAD IN THE CREEK NEIGHBORHOOD AREA THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SOCIALLY HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOOD BUT IN THAT MUDDY NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION AREA THAT WE'RE WHERE WE TALKED A COUPLE OF SLIDES AGO, THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD SIX HOUSES WITH SIX

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WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO DO IS TO DEMO THAT PROJECT OR DEMO THE EXISTING BUILDINGS AND REBOOT REBUILD NEW NEW HOUSING . IT WILL BE SUPPORTED BY HUD PROGRAMS THE TOWN DOESN'T HAVE THE TOWN'S IN THIS PROGRAM IS IS REALLY A DIVIDE SIGNAL SO AS TO THE BBJ HELP THEM NAVIGATE ZONING HELP THEM NAVIGATE NAVIGATE ZONING AND DEVELOPER REVIEW PROCESSES AND FINALLY THEY'LL DO THAT THE LAST TOPIC IS THE DISCUSSION OF THE HEAD ROLE IN WORKFORCE HOUSING AND SO THROUGH THE COURSE OF THIS PRESENTATION I'VE TALKED ABOUT WHAT OUR ROLE HAS BEEN TO THIS POINT IN PUBLIC POLICY AND ESTABLISHING THOSE GUIDING DOCUMENTS GUIDING ACTION STRATEGIES IT'S ESTABLISHING A HOUSING ACTION COMMITTEE IS PROVIDING FUNDING THROUGH THE HOUSING FUND THROUGH A TAX ESTABLISHING PARTNERSHIPS LIKE WE HAVE WITH WITH ONE STREET RESIDENTIAL LIKE WE WILL WITH THE BRYAN ROAD RFQ MAKING CAPITAL INVESTMENT THROUGH OUR SCHOLARSHIP EVERY YEAR PROVIDING STAFFING TO THIS WE OBVIOUSLY HAD A CHEAP HOUSING OFFSET POSITIONS VACANT WHERE WE'RE CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THE HOUSING ISSUES THOUGH THROUGH THROUGH SHARED AMONG STAFF WITH THE DESIGN CONTACT WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH AUTHORIZED ZONING LAND USE ALIGNMENT AND INCENTIVES AND WE ALSO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO THOSE THAT NEED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN PREPARING THEIR DEVELOPMENTS SO THAT'S OUR ROLE. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO AS AS TO A CONVERSATION ABOUT IS THAT OUR IS THIS THE ROLE ARE WE ALIGNED WITH THE ROLE OR THE POLICY DOCUMENTS ALIGN? DOES THIS ROLE WITH THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE HEADED? WE BELIEVE IT IS BASED ON WHERE WE ARE TODAY. THAT'S PART OF THE CONVERSATION HERE TOO AND I THINK THAT IS ALL THE HEADS. YEAH.

SO THEN I'LL TURN IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL FOR CONVERSATION. GREAT.

THANK YOU JOHN. A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION BEFORE COUNCIL COMES IN.

I LIKE TO GIVE THE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSING ACTION COMMITTEE TO GO AROUND THE TABLE WANT INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AND TO PROVIDE FROM WHAT YOU JUST SAW AND WHATEVER THOUGHTS YOU MIGHT HAVE. WE'LL START WITH YOU. I AM SARAH JONES ANDERSON.

I'M A SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF DEVELOPMENT I'VE BEEN ON THE HOUSING ACTION COMMITTEE FOR 2022 OH EIGHT. I PREFER TO BE THE FIRST PERSON TO START.

WE'RE GOING TO BE HERE. PROMISE I WILL PARTICIPATE. THANK YOU.

ALEX CASTELLANOS. I'VE BEEN A MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE SINCE WE GOT STARTED AND OBVIOUSLY A LOT EXCITING THINGS ABOUT HAPPENING AROUND THE ISLAND AND THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS TO BE DONE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SO I GOT TO BE HERE I GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M SANDY GILLIS. I MY DAY JOB AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE HILTON HEAD PROJECT AND ONE OF THE SEATS ON THE HOUSING ACTION COMMITTEE IS DEVOTED TO SOMEBODY WHO WORKS IN SOCIAL SERVICES WITH THE PEOPLE THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHO LIVES IN WORKFORCE HOUSING. SOME OF MY FEEDBACK FROM, THE PRESENTATION, THE CHALLENGES SHARED IS WE ACTUALLY HAVE COME A LITTLE FURTHER THAN I THOUGHT WE HAVE. THERE WAS A STANDING JOKE FOR A LITTLE WHILE THERE ON THE HOUSING ACTION COMMITTEE THAT A MORE PROPER NAME WOULD HAVE BEEN THE HOUSING IN ACTION COMMITTEE. BUT THIS GIVES ME HOPE THAT. THERE WAS A LOT MORE HAPPENING THERE THAN PERHAPS WE GAVE OURSELVES CREDIT FOR. I THINK PART OF THE CHALLENGE IS WE DO FEEL THAT TIME IS SHORT AND WE DO NEED TO BE MOVING QUICKLY.

IT'S DEFINITELY THINGS JUST DON'T FAST SOMETIMES LIKE WE WOULD LIKE TO BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SALUTE TOWN STAFF ALL THE DIFFERENT COMMITTEES. THIS SHOWS THAT WE HAVE MADE GREAT PROGRESS AND I THINK MORE NOW IS HOW DO WE KEEP THIS MOMENTUM GOING? HOW DO WE SEE PEOPLE MOVING INTO THESE HOUSES? HOW CAN WE STEM THE LOSS OF LOT OF THAT THAT THOSE KNOW OF HOMES AS NATURALLY OCCURRING? I LIKE WE'VE BEEN HERE IN THE MARKET FOR 40 YEARS A LOT OF PLACES WHERE ME AND MY 20 SOMETHING YEAR OLD FRIENDS USED TO LIVE ARE ALL SHORT TERM RENTALS.

I JUST FEEL LIKE WE'VE GOT SOME OPPORTUNITIES THERE THAT WON'T NECESSARILY KNOCKING A TREE DOWN OR DOING ANYTHING DIFFERENT. JUST HOW CAN WE REPURPOSE WHAT'S ALREADY HERE SO THANK YOU FOR THE GOOD WORK THAT'S BEING DONE BUT LET'S ROLL THE SLEEVES. WE'VE GOT MORE WORK TO DO. THANK YOU AGAIN FONTANA I JOINED THE IDEA ABOUT A YEAR AGO I'M A RETIRED CPA AND MY FOCUS WITH THE COMMITTEE WAS TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. I AGREE WITH SANDY THAT IT IS A FRUSTRATION ON THIS COMMITTEE

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BUT THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT NEED THE HOUSING THAT CAN HELP PROVIDE AND I ECHO YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE DOING IT QUICKLY ENOUGH AND I THINK THAT WE HAVE THE RESOURCES TO DO IT AND WE HAVE THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO DO IT AS EVIDENCED HERE.

I JUST ASK THAT YOU LET US WORK FOR YOU INSTEAD OF MAKING US ANOTHER BOX TO CHECK AND SO I'M GOING TO YOU KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS ANSWER TODAY AND I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH AND ASK THEM RIGHT NOW BUT A COUNSEL GO AHEAD FOR THOSE THAT WANT TO SPEAK AND KNOW WHAT WHAT WAS WHAT THEIR FEELINGS ARE, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HEAR THAT.

SO WE HAVE ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WANT TO SPEAK UP. PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

MR. BROWN I'LL BREAK DICE I WANT TO START WITH THIS IS THIS IS A GREAT DAY.

UM, I'M GLAD TO SEE SO MANY FOLKS HERE INTERESTED IN THIS TOPIC ORTHOSTATIC THIS JONES ANDERSON BRINGING LITTLE BABY HERE TO DAY ALL THINGS TO ALL OF Y'ALL OUT THERE BUT THAT'S WHY I DO THIS OKAY FOR OUR FUTURE. UM, I'LL START WITH THE HOUSING ACTION COMMITTEE. I'VE THANK THEM AND APPLAUD THEM FOR HANGING IN THERE AND BEING HERE WITH US TODAY AND BEING CANDID WITH YOUR COMMENTS.

AND ALSO THE ONE THING THAT IS A NEED FOR THE COMMITTEE TO CARRY FORWARD PARTICULARLY WITH THE MOMENTUM IT MUST GIVE US IS THAT THEY'RE STARTING TO SEE THROUGH TODAY'S PRESENTATION UM THE DATA THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE REALLY DOVE INTO SOME DATA HERE.

OKAY AND THANKS FOR PUTTING IT TOGETHER FOR US. I WAS GOING TO ASK MR. ORLANDO WE PLAN ON OWNING MR. LAMICA UH BECAUSE HE'S GOT A LOT OF IN THE COMMENTS THAT'S TOO MANY PEOPLE WATCHING. I WAS GOING TO SAY I THOUGHT I CLOSED MYSELF WITH HIM.

I WANT SAY THAT SHAWN IS A BIG ADDITION. SHAWN IS AN ASSISTANT TOWN MANAGER AND I WILL SAY THIS HE DOVE INTO THE DETAILS HERE AND STARTED MEASURING SOME OF THE INFORMATION. WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO IN FRONT OF US BUT I WILL TELL YOU THIS SHAWN WILL BE LEADING AND STAFF WILL BE WORKING FOR HIM AND WITH HIM AS HE LEADS. SO I'M NOT SURE WE'RE GOING TO CLONE HIM BUT WE DO HAVE A LOT OF STAFF HERE THAT'S THAT'S VERY CAPABLE ESPECIALLY WORKING ALONGSIDE WITH HIM.

SO I GUESS I'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND PLUG MY EXPECTATION. YOU KNOW WE HAVE A HOUSING FUND

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WE TALK A LOT ABOUT WHAT'S HERE ,WHAT'S NOT HERE. I DID A LITTLE CRUNCHING ON SOME OF THESE NUMBERS SO WE ABOUT HOME OWNERSHIP A LOT BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT THEY'VE LAID OUT IN OUR PACKAGE HERE A LITTLE OVER 10% OF THE UNITS THAT ARE ON THE GROUND RIGHT NOW THAT ARE HOME OWNERSHIP IN THIS CATEGORY OUT OF 35,000 THAT DOES TO TALK ABOUT OKAY, I THINK WE NEED TO FIGURE THAT OUT WE TO FIGURE THAT OUT WITH OUR NONPROFIT PARTNERS.

UM, THE METRIC THAT I THINK WE CAN GET BETTER AT AND THE OTHER THING THAT WAS ALARMING TO ME WAS THE 30% DECLINE AND WORKERS THAT LIVE ON HILTON HEAD START TO THINK ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENED ON THE MAINLAND. WE'VE GOT TO GET READY TO PUNCH BACK.

THIS IS A COMPETITIVE SPACE. WE NEED TO BE LEADERS. AS THE MAYOR OPENED THIS MEETING. OKAY. AND AGAIN, I THINK THAT YOU BRING FORTH A LOT OF OUT OF THE BOX CREATIVE IDEAS OF HAVING PEOPLE AT THE TABLE THAT HAVE EXPERTIZE LIKE THE ACTION COMMITTEE. THE LAST THING I'LL SEE IN CLOSING AND I'M HOPING I'M BEING VERY DIRECT WITH WHAT I'M THINKING AS FAR AS DIRECTIVE IS CONCERNED SO WE GOT GREAT NEWS FROM OUR PARTNERS FROM ONE STREET AND I SEE COUNCILMAN AMES IN THE BACK AS WELL. HE SERVED ON THAT COMMITTEE AND I GOT TO TELL YOU ALL THOSE MEETINGS WERE INTENSE VERY MUCH SO. OKAY.

AND I APPRECIATE OUR PARTNERS BECAUSE THEY WALKED IN THE DOOR WITH AN OPEN MIND KNOWING THAT THIS COMMUNITY HAD DIFFERENT EXPECTATIONS AND THEY RESPONDED TO THAT AND YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY I REMEMBER IN A MEETING LAST YEAR SOMETIME AND YOU KNOW, JUST SORT OF SLOW ABOUT IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO RAISE THEIR MONEY BUT NOW THEY HAVE OKAY SO KUDOS TO YOU GUYS OBVIOUSLY IS VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE FINANCING ASPECT ALONG WITH IT.

SO WE CONGRATULATE YOU AND APPRECIATE YOU BEING STEADFAST IN THIS MOMENT.

SO WE SAID WHAT'S NEXT MR. MONICA SAID BRYANT ROAD WHICH ALSO INCLUDES THE MUDDY CREEK STABILIZATION PLAN. THERE'S A LOT IN THERE. WE'VE LAID OUT SOME BULLET POINTS. WE ALL KNOW THAT THE DETAILS CAN SOMETIMES BE THE DEVIL.

I FEEL VERY STRONGLY BECAUSE THAT IS IN A HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD THAT THE HISTORIC COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BE A STRONGHOLD AS WE MOVE THEIR PROJECT FORWARD.

I'VE SAID FROM THE BEGINNING WHEN SAID LET'S BUY THE LAND THAT I'M NOT INTERESTED IN GENTRIFICATION, I'M INTERESTED IN ENHANCEMENT AND NO WAY BETTER TO DO THAT THAN HAVE THE CDC ON THE GROUND WORKING ALONG WITH THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS SO THAT WE CAN BRING FORTH A PROJECT THAT IT MAKES SENSE IN THAT AREA BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT BUILDING SOME HOUSES, IT'S ABOUT BUILDING COMMUNITY. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU.

OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS. BRYSON THANK YOU MAYOR I AGREE WITH PROBABLY EVERYTHING.

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TOWN COUNCIL NEEDS BETTER COMMUNICATION WITH YOU. TOWN STAFF TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOU ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING. YOU HEARD SOME THINGS TODAY THAT IT SOUNDS AS THOUGH YOU HADN'T HEARD ABOUT BEFORE AND. THAT'S A SHAME BECAUSE WE NEED YOUR EXPERTIZE ON CARRYING OUT THESE DRAFT PLAN ITEMS. THAT'S WHY WE ASKED YOU TO SERVE AND I HOPE YOU'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. I DO SEE A CONTINUING ROLE FOR THE HOUSING ACTION COMMITTEE.

THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALWAYS BEEN CALLED. THAT'S WHAT IT WAS CALLED IN THE RESOLUTION ADOPTED IN 2023 NOT THE HOUSING IN ACTION COMMITTEE.

SO I HOPE THAT WE WILL CALL UPON THAT EXPERTIZE IF WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER DOING REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS ON BRIGHT ROAD, WHY CAN'T WE HAVE YOUR INPUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE VALUABLE IF WE'RE GOING BE DEVELOPING A STABILIZATION PLAN THEN WHY WE HAVE YOUR INPUT THAT WOULD BE VALUABLE. WE OTHER FOLKS WHO ARE WORKING ON THAT I SEE IT'S PART OF THE MARSH'S DISTRICT PLAN AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW FROM STAFF A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE PROPOSED SCHEDULE AND HOW THE HOUSING ACTION COMMITTEE CAN BE INVOLVED AND I AGREE THAT THE GOAL AGAINST YOU CBC SHOULD HAVE A SEAT AT THAT TABLE AS WELL BECAUSE IT'S TOO IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO NOT HAVE THE KIND OF EXPERTIZE THAT WE HAVE RIGHT HERE AT OUR FINGERTIPS AND WE NEED TO USE THEM SO WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE VACANCIES ON THE HOUSING ACTION COMMITTEE AND FILL THEM AND WE NEED FOR THE HOUSING ACTION COMMITTEE TO CONTINUE TO MEET AND TO ADDRESS THE ITEMS IN OUR STRAT PLAN THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE THERE FOR THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO HAVE THEM DO FINALLY AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS ON OUR CURRENT AS IT WERE TO ADDRESS ANOTHER ONE IS THE PUBLIC POLICY FINDING HOME I LIKE THE FRAMEWORK OF FINDING HOME. I FRANKLY DON'T SEE A NEED TO REVISIT I WANT US TO USE THAT STRUCTURE. WE USE THAT TO COME UP WITH OUR PLAN.

WE USE THAT TO COME UP WITH A HOUSING ACTION PLAN. SO I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK AND WORDSMITHS FINDING HOME THAT PLAN I'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THAT HOUSING ACTION I TALKED ABOUT THAT FUNDING OF SUPPORT THE HOUSING FUND FROM ITS INCEPTION HERE AND I'VE SUPPORTED EVEN TAX MONEY AS YOU ALL KNOW TO SPEND ON WORKFORCE HOUSING BUT I'M GLAD AT LEAST WE HAVE SOME AND I SEE SOME NEED TO PUT THAT TO USE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS.

I'VE ALWAYS SAID THAT NO ONE CAN ADDRESS HOUSING NEEDS ALONE AND I THINK THAT WE SHOULD ALL AGREE THAT HAVE A HOUSING CHALLENGE HERE ON THE ISLAND. IT'S EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK.

EVERYONE YOU TALK TO IN THE COMMUNITY SAYS A HOUSING CHALLENGE HERE FOLKS TO FIND DIFFERENT WAYS. BUT I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE WE HAVE A HOUSING CHALLENGE AND WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT SO HOUSING FUND HELPS OUT WITH THAT PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS BUT I'VE SAID ALSO NO ONE CAN DO IT ALONE THE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT CAN'T DO IT ALONE THE TOWN CAN'T DO IT ALONE IT TAKES A MENU OF OPPORTUNITIES TO ADDRESS HOUSING CHALLENGES APP IMPROVEMENT, PROJECT INVESTMENT WE'RE DOING THAT WE HAVE SOME MONEY SET ASIDE FOR BRYANT ROAD AND MUDDY CREEK SO WE DO HAVE THAT SET ASIDE STAFFING AS I SAID I AGREE WITH A LOT OF WHAT MR. BROWN SAID. I HOPE THAT THE TOWN MANAGER AND I LIKE MR. LINNEGAR TO TRY TO MAKE ME SIT BESIDE HIM AS IS SO HE'S ALREADY ADDRESSED ALL MY QUESTION SO BUT I'M GOING TO LIKE I LIKE SIT BESIDE MR. LINNEGAR.

IT MAKES ME LOOK GOOD ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO A LOT OF DATA AND INFORMATION AND ABILITY. BUT I HOPE WE DO LOOK SOMEONE TO BE A DEDICATED STAFF MEMBER TO HELP MR. LINNEGAR AND THE OTHERS SAY WE HAVE WONDERFUL STAFF HERE AND I APPRECIATE ALL THEIR WORK AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO AND THE ZONING INCENTIVES WE DO NEED TO TAKE A LOOK WHEN LOOKING AT THE AMENDMENTS BECAUSE WE HAVE INCENTIVES IN THERE BUT THEY'RE NOT DELIVERING. AND SO I'VE SAID BEFORE THAT I THINK THAT THE MARKET THAT MIGHT BE THERE TO LOOK AT DEVELOPING HOUSING WITH INCENTIVES THAT ARE EARMARKS ARE NOT QUITE RIGHT. I DON'T KNOW TO CHANGE BUT I THINK WE NEED SOME ADVICE FROM FOLKS AND I'M GLAD THAT THE REALTORS ASSOCIATION IS HERE TO THIS DISCUSSION BECAUSE I THINK THEY CAN HELP US LOOK AT THAT AND THE HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION CAN HELP US TO LOOK

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I THINK OTHER COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL WAS DONE HERE. OH, THE PRESENTATION DID A GREAT JOB OF LAYING OUT ALL THE WORK THAT'S GOING ON. I THINK THE BIG TAKEAWAY IS THERE IS A LOT GOING ON AND I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STAY FOCUSED ON THOSE ITEMS BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF WORK FROM NOT ONLY TOWN COUNCIL BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY FROM OUR TOWN STAFF TO EXECUTE ON ALL OF THESE ITEMS YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL UNITS WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT AND SOME OF THEM WEREN'T EVEN LISTED LIKE NOVANT COMING UP SANDALWOOD AS WELL IF THEY EXPAND NUMBER OF UNITS ETC. SO THE OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR HOUSING IS EVEN MORE THAN WHAT'S DESCRIBED HERE. SO I DON'T WANT TO SIGHT OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN FOCUSING ON THAT AND GETTING THOSE DONE BECAUSE IT'S ALSO VERY EXCITING FOR PEOPLE TO ADD NEW ITEMS THE LIST BUT I DON'T THINK WE WANT TO LOSE SIGHT OF WHAT WE HAVE DECIDED ON A COUNCIL ARE OUR TOP PRIORITIES. THE SECOND TAKE AWAY FROM THE PRESENTATION IS IN MY OPINION THERE'S A BIG MISSING AND MS. GILLIS BROUGHT IT UP AND IT'S SHORT TERM RENTALS WORKFORCE HOUSING HAS BEEN AN ISSUE AND A CONCERN PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC AND AFTER THE PANDEMIC AND I WOULD SAY THAT EVEN THOUGH WE'VE MADE SOME PROGRESS WITH SOME WORKFORCE UNITS WE ARE IN WORSE SHAPE NOW THAN WE WERE PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC.

AND I BELIEVE ONE OF THE REASONS IS SHORT TERM HOUSING WHEN YOU HAVE AN INCREASE 3500 TO OVER 7000 THINK ABOUT 3500 UNITS. AND WHO WERE THE PEOPLE THAT WERE DISPLACED FROM UNITS GOING TO SHORT TERM RENTALS? THOSE WERE PERMANENT AS NOW SOME WERE BEING BUILT AND I THINK IT'S A VERY SMALL NUMBER THAT WERE BEING BUILT THAT ADDED TO THAT BUT. MOST OF THESE WERE CURRENT HOUSING WHERE PEOPLE AND FAMILIES LIVED OR PEOPLE RENTED OR OWNED AND SO I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE UPON OURSELVES TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AS A WAY TO PROVIDE MORE HOUSING BECAUSE. I SEE THIS AS A HOUSING ISSUE SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ANSWER IS FOR THAT BUT I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT AND WHEN PEOPLE PUSH BACK ON ME I WELL WITHOUT ANYTHING IN PLACE HOW WOULD WE FEEL IF WE WOKE FIVE YEARS FROM NOW AND WE HAD 10,000 SHORT TERM UNITS? HOW WOULD WE FEEL ABOUT THAT? AND WITHOUT TYPE OF PROGRAM THAT COULD BE A REALITY. SO I IT'S A VERY CONTROVERSIAL TOPIC BUT I THINK IT'S ONE THAT WE NEED TO TAKE ON IN REGARDS TO OVERALL HOUSING.

THANK YOU. SO DOES MY FULLY AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUE HERE AND I AGREE WITH THE REST OF THEM IN GENERAL I CAN ALMOST SAY 100% SO YOU KNOW, PUTTING TOGETHER A PROGRAM TO SUCH A THING THAT WE'RE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED ALREADY AND WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH YOU YOU GATHER EXPERTS AND I FEEL LIKE THAT WE HAVE WHAT WE NEED IN THIS ROOM TO TO OBTAIN OUR GOAL ON WHAT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO DO I SECOND IN THIS MOTION EARLIER TO LISTEN TO THE EVENING PRIOR TO OUR MEETING AND I WOULD HAVE REALLY LIKED TO HAVE HEARD WHAT PEOPLE HAD TO SAY SO THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY FORMULATE OUR CONVERSATION COMMENTS SO I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING WHAT EVERYONE HAS TO SAY HERE IS AN EXPERT IN THEIR FIELD.

I MEAN THE ROOM'S FULL OF EXPERTS AND A LOT OF TALENT AND THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM PROBABLY KNOW IT BUT THE PEOPLE WATCHING ITALY HOPE NOW IT HAS A A WORLD CLASS AND THEY DO A BANG UP JOB FOR US AND THIS IS ONLY ITEM OF MANY ITEMS THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON.

BUT I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY AND FOLLOWING UP IT AND AND THE PRESENTATION KIND OF ENLIGHTEN ME A LITTLE BIT WHEN YOU WE KNOW THIS IS ALL GOING ON BUT WHEN YOU PUT IT ALL IN AND AT ONE TIME AND PRESENT IT AND IT TAKES QUITE A FEW MINUTES TO PRESENT IT MEANS THERE'S QUITE A FEW THINGS GOING ON AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU, SEAN. AND THANK YOU, MARK. THANK YOU, MR. ALFRED.

FIRST I WANT TO THANK MR. LEININGER AND HIS STAFF FOR THE REPORT THAT THEY PUT TOGETHER

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I WAS REALLY VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE WORK THAT WAS DONE IT WAS MENTIONED BY THE GENTLEMAN FROM ONE STREET HILTON THAT IS A GREAT PLACE TO WORK HAS LOTS OF BEAUTY AND AMENITY AND ATTRACTIONS OF ALL KINDS, HAS A GREAT REPUTATION IN A LOT OF AREAS.

ONE OF THEM THAT IT DOES NOT HAVE A GREAT REPUTATION FOR IS MOVING PUBLIC PROJECTS THROUGH AND A REASONABLE PERIOD OF TIME . BACK IN 2018 THERE WAS AN OUTSIDE PRESENTATION OF THE NEED FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING AND AN INDICATION THAT WE 200 NEW WORKFORCE HOUSING FACILITIES EVERY YEAR FOR TEN YEARS NOW WE HAVEN'T GONE VERY ALONG THAT ALL OF THESE PAGES HERE INDICATE THAT WE'RE SOME PROGRESS.

THERE'S A LOT TO BE DONE. WE ALL KNOW THAT WORKFORCE HOUSING IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR SO MANY ASPECTS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND I'M VERY MUCH HOPEFUL THAT THIS EXCELLENT REPORT THAT MR. LEININGER PUT TOGETHER GIVES US A KICK IN THE TO GET MOVING AND, TRY TO DO THINGS MUCH FASTER IN THE COMING MONTHS BUT RESPECT I THINK YOU'RE NEXT.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. WELL, FIRST I WANTED TO THANK EVERYONE FOR COMING TODAY AND TO JOINING IN TO THIS CONVERSATION AND I APOLOGIZE FOR MY COUGH AND THE TONE OF MY VOICE. I'M JUST GETTING OVER A PRETTY BAD COLD.

AND SO WITH THAT STUFF IT HAS PUT TOGETHER AN EXCELLENT REPORT AND BROWN WAS MENTIONED EARLIER AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I MENTION BROWN BECAUSE IT'S BECAUSE OF ED BROWN'S DEDICATION TO THE ONE STREET PROJECT THAT I AM RELUCTANT PARTICIPANT HAS COME FULL AND I BELIEVE IN WHAT IT IS THAT STREET HAS COMMITTED TO THE TOWN THAT THEY WILL PROVIDE AND I'M COUNTING ON THAT FOR THE FUTURE IS NOT ONLY SEE IT AS A CLASS A PROJECT WITH A SUBSTANTIAL IMPORTANCE IN TERMS OF ITS POSITION TO HELP A COMMUNITY BUT ALSO AS A WORLD CLASS PROJECT THAT WE TOGETHER SHOULD BE PROUD OF AND SHOULD BE HIGHLIGHTED FOR OTHER COMMUNITIES TO FOLLOW SO. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I CLEARLY THANK YOU ALL IN TERMS OF I'M GOING TO TRY TO MAKE THIS FLOW AS EASILY AS I POSSIBLY CAN.

BUT BACK TO THE TO THE RECORD, LET ME START BECAUSE THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT I THINK ARE IMPORTANT THAT ARE ONLY THE SURFACE IS ONLY BRUSHED HERE WITH THE SAMPLING REPRESENTATIVE WORKFORCE HOUSING.

THOSE IN PARTICULAR THAT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ARE THOSE THAT COME FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND THEY'RE NOT ALL FULLY DOCUMENTED HERE. WE KNOW THAT ARE MANY HOUSING UNITS AND I'LL GET TO THAT IN A MOMENT. BUT WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE MANY HOUSING UNITS THAT EXIST WORKFORCE HOUSING UNITS THAT EXIST ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND THAT ARE BUILT AND MANAGED AND RUN BY PRIVATE ENTERPRISES PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS COMPANIES AND THEY'RE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS DATA AND YOU KNOW WHY THEY'RE NOT IS BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T COME TO THE TOWN ASKING US FOR ANYTHING THEY DO OF THEIR OWN VOLITION AND THEIR OWN GOODWILL AND THEIR OWN FINANCES. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT DON'T BRUSH THAT ASIDE BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT OF WHAT EVERY COMMUNITY SHOULD ENCOURAGE AND. CELEBRATE IS THE FACT THAT WE HAVE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY STILL STAND UP AND DO THE RIGHT THING TO HELP A FULL COMMUNITY BUT ALSO IN PARTICULAR ARE MANY OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS, ENTERPRISES ETC. ARE PEOPLE WHO OWN BUSINESSES ON THE ISLAND AND SO THEY HAVE A NEED. I THINK THEY'VE EXPRESSED THAT WE ALL HEAR IT THAT'S WHAT WE TALK ABOUT ALL THE TIME THE WORKFORCE NEED PEOPLE CAN'T HIRE THEY CAN'T GET PEOPLE TO STAY AND INSTEAD COMING AND KNOCKING ON THE DOOR OF GOVERNMENT THEY STOOD AND THEY TOOK THEIR OWN RESOURCES AND THEY PROVIDED THEIR OWN SOLUTIONS AND I DO NOT WANT THAT TO BE BYPASSED AND I TO STRONGLY ENCOURAGE ALL OF US TO CELEBRATE AND DISPEL AND BRING UP AND ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO COME AND DO EXACTLY THE SAME THING BECAUSE GOVERNMENT WORKS BEST WHEN GOVERNMENT STAYS OUT OF THE WAY. SO HAVING SAID THAT, I DON'T

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SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WORKERS NEEDED NOT EVERYBODY WANTS TO LIVE IN A DORMITORY STYLE. I'VE ARGUED THAT FROM THE BEGINNING. I DON'T THINK WE'RE CREATING THE KIND OF HOUSING THAT ENCOURAGES COMMUNITY THAT ENCOURAGES DEVELOPMENT OF AN ISLAND THAT WORKS COLLABORATIVELY TOGETHER FOR THE FUTURE. I THINK WE'RE WE'RE SO WE'RE OFF TARGET AND I'VE SAID FROM THE BEGINNING AND FROM THE BEGINNING AS FROM MY SEAT ON THIS COUNCIL IN 2018 WHEN ALL OF THESE DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN APPROVED.

SO I HAVE A PARTICIPANT IN APPROVING WHAT YOU SEE HERE TODAY AS PROGRESS.

THESE DON'T LOSE SIGHT OF THE FACT THAT WE'RE LOOKING PEOPLE AND WE'RE LOOKING AT EMPLOYEES AND WE'RE LOOKING AT HOUSING ON THE ISLAND OF ALL DIFFERENT TYPES AND LEVELS THOSE WHO WANT TO LIVE IN A DORMITORY STYLE, THOSE WHO WANT TO LIVE WITH THEIR FAMILIES IN GENERATION AND THERE'S A LOT MORE TO BE SAID ON THAT AND THE RECORD IS CLEAR ON THOSE ISSUES.

I ALSO WANT TO ADDRESS SOMETHING ELSE THAT I HEARD MUCH OF WHAT I HAVE TO SAY BEYOND THIS IS REALLY REACTIONARY TO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE ALREADY HEARD . I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT WHAT THE COMMITMENT OF THE 5% THAT DIDN'T COME OUT OF THIN AIR THAT CAME OUT OF CITY AND SO THOSE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS WE'LL HAVE LESS MONEY TO MOVE FORWARD AND THAT MAY BE IT MAY BE THAT THE TOWN DOES MORE THAN WE NEED TO DO IT. WE'RE MORE THAT WE NEED TO DO. ALTHOUGH WE JUST HEARD MY COLLEAGUE THAT WE PROMISE TO DELIVER IN A TIMELY FASHION IT TAKES MONEY TO DO THAT SO WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE MONEY THAT IT TAKES TO MAKE THOSE DELIVERIES YOU HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THE DOLLARS AND WHERE THEY COME FROM. A LOT OF THESE DOLLARS ARE COMING FROM TOURISM AND WE START TO TALK ABOUT TOURISM WE START TO CHASE OUR TAIL A LITTLE BIT AND I JUST WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT BECAUSE IT RELATES TO WORKERS AND WORKFORCE HOUSING. THE MORE SHORT TERM RENTALS WE HAVE, THE MORE TOURISTS WE BRING IN, THE LOWER OUR DAILY AVERAGE RATES GO BUT IT DOES GET MORE PEOPLE THAT COME IN MORE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE NEEDED, MORE BUSINESSES THAT SAY WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH EMPLOYEES BECAUSE THERE'S NOWHERE FOR THEM TO LIVE AND THERE'S THAT MANY MORE THAT WE HAVE TO SERVICE SEE THE VICIOUS CIRCLE WE GET OURSELVES INTO. SO IN THE SHORT TERM RENTAL ISSUE IS IMPORTANT. WE MUST TALK ABOUT THAT WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT SOMETHING ABOUT THAT IS VERY COMPLICATED AND THERE'S MANY THINGS TO TEASE OUT OF IT.

WE ALSO HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WITH THE TOURIST COME ON THE SERVICES THAT ARE NEEDED AND HOW MUCH WE CAN ACTUALLY PAY FOR WE BECOME PART OF THIS BECOMES AN ADDICTION TO THAT $8 RIGHT WE NEED MORE MONEY TO PUT HOUSING WE NEED MORE MONEY DEPENDENCY AND WE NEED MORE MONEY TO PUT INTO THESE THINGS AND WE CAN'T GET THAT MONEY UNLESS WE DRIVE MORE TOURISTS ON SO WE HAVE TO HAVE MORE RENTALS AND WE HAVE TO HAVE MORE BUSINESSES TO SERVICE THEM AND WE HAVE TO HAVE MORE EMPLOYEES AND WE'RE STUCK IN A QUAGMIRE GETTING NOWHERE BUT FURTHER AND FURTHER INTO THE PROBLEM ITSELF. SO THIS ISN'T A HOUSING PROBLEM. THIS IS A MULTILAYERED PROBLEM AND A REALITY AND I THINK WE ALL BETTER NEED TO FOCUS AND HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE PROGRESS IS SUBSTANTIAL.

I'M PROUD OF IT. I'M PROUD TO HAVE BEEN A PART OF IT.

I'M PROUD OF MY FORMER COLLEAGUES, THE TOWN COUNCIL AND FORMER MAYOR WHO STARTED WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT I HAD A LITTLE BIT OF I HEARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT POLITICAL STANDINGS AND THAT'S WHY WE NEED A HOUSING ACTION COMMITTEE. WELL, THIS IS A THIS IS

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I DO NOT NEED OR DO BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD HAVE A HOUSING ACTION COMMITTEE WHO WAS PART OF OUR DECISION MAKING PROCESS AND OUR ROLES ALONG WITH THAT IN TERMS COSTS AND BUDGETS AND ADDICTION TO TAX IS THE CRY FOR MORE STAFF MORE STAFF AND MORE STAFF.

AGAIN THE SAME PROBLEM AS OUR BUDGET ALMOST DOUBLING OUR STAFF BEING OVERBURDENED MORE STAFF MEANS MORE MONEY AND YOU THE CIRCLE ALSO WANT TO ASK THIS QUESTION BECAUSE NO ONE EVER SEEMS TO REALLY WANT TO IT . I THINK TODAY'S DISCUSSION HAS COME AS CLOSE TO BEING TRANSPARENT AS ANY TIME BEFORE. BUT WHO IS IT? AS I'VE ASKED MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES ON THIS COUNCIL WHO IS IT THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO SERVE WE TALK ABOUT AMRS BELOW THIS NUMBER 50% ABOVE THIS NUMBER AND VARIOUS COMBINATIONS OF ALL OF THE REST. AND THEN WE ALSO TALK SPECIFICALLY OH THESE ARE JUST OUR ESSENTIAL WORKERS, THESE ARE OUR TEACHERS AND WE PULL IN THOSE EMOTIONAL HEARTSTRINGS OUR TEACHERS, OUR FIREMEN, OUR SHERIFF, OUR STAFF I'M SURE THAT'S EXACTLY THE INTENTION AND I THINK TRANSPARENCY NEEDS TO BE FORTHCOMING. I'VE ASKED THE WHO WHAT, WHEN AND WHERE ON THAT WHAT IS THE REAL GOAL IN ALL OF THIS? I'VE ALSO ASKED SINCE FOREVER FOR SURVEY AN ACCOUNTING OF WHO IT IS ON THE ISLAND WHO WORKS HERE.

NOT EVERYONE WANTS TO LIVE ON AS OUR FORMER MAYOR USED TO SAY ALL THE TIME.

RIGHT. IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE. I WANT TO LIVE HERE.

I WORKED MY WHOLE LIFE. HUSBAND'S A MECHANIC AND I COME FROM EDUCATION.

THIS ISN'T A GIVEN FOR US TO LIVE ON HILTON HEAD WE WORKED MY HUSBAND WORKED IN BEAUFORT NOT HILTON HEAD. I DROVE AN HOUR TO BEAUFORT BECAUSE THEY PAID MORE AND THEY GAVE THEM BETTER BENEFITS AND HE DID THAT SIX DAYS A WEEK. YOU'RE NOT TALKING TO SOMEBODY WHO DOESN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS YOU'RE TRYING TO DRIVE AND I GET IT I LIVE THAT AND I KNOW IT AND NOT EVERYBODY WANTS TO LIVE ON HILTON HEAD. NOT EVERYBODY SAVE THEIR PENNIES TO GET HERE AND TO PUT THEIR FOOT IN THE DOOR WHO IS IT THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY TRYING BUILD HOUSING FOR EVERYONE WHO LIVES ON HELP WHO WORKS ON HELP? IS THAT WHAT WE'RE SAYING IN THAT 2018 REPORT THAT EVERY SINGLE SOLITARY WORK ON HILTON HEAD WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE A HOUSE FOR I'VE ASKED FOR A SURVEY I JUST WANT TO KNOW GENERALLY OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO LIVE ON HILTON HEAD. SO SOME MAY JUST CASUALLY SAY OF COURSE I WANT TO LIVE ON HILTON HEAD. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A PERFECT SURVEY BUT I'D LIKE TO HAVE SOME INFORMATION WHAT KIND OF HOUSING DO THEY WANT TO LIVE IN? THESE ARE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE GONE UNANSWERED BECAUSE IT MAKES IT TO ACHIEVE AND THE GOAL AND IS YET TO BE CLEARLY AND TRANSPARENT TO EVERYONE SO IF WE ARE TO GET TO AND I HATE TO USE THIS TERM BUT FROM THE HOUSING CHALLENGE THAT I HEARD ABOUT AND AS IT WAS CALLED I'D LIKE TO GET TO THE ROOT CAUSE OF I THINK YOU HEARD OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT ACTUALLY DRIVES US TO THE ROOT CAUSE OF WHAT IT IS A PROBLEM THAT WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE. SO WITH MAYOR I DON'T HAVE MUCH

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SO REAL QUICK, YOU KNOW, SOON THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP AND WHEN THE TOWN WAS FORMED AS A LIMITED SERVICES GOVERNMENT WHICH THERE IS NO REAL TRUE DEFINITION IT IS ABOUT THE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP TO BUILD A TEAM AND ONE THING THAT YOU HAVEN'T HEARD HERE TODAY WHICH I'M REALLY GLAD IS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO A HOUSING AUTHORITY THAT WE'RE TRYING TO COME IN AND BUILD ALL THESE PROPERTIES AND WE'RE TRYING TO MANAGE ALL THESE PROPERTIES. THAT'S NOT WHAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED TODAY.

SO SO I'M TO POINT THAT OUT BECAUSE IT IS ABOUT US BEING AT THE TABLE WITH THE ORGANIZATIONS OR THE GROUPS AND THE PUBLIC AND THE PRIVATE GROUPS TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY. SO YOU KNOW, THE HOUSING ACTION COMMITTEE I'LL BE HONEST I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND MAYBE REDEFINE A LITTLE BIT BETTER AND HAVE BETTER EXPECTATIONS. I HAD ONE POINT IN TIME THOUGHT ABOUT MAYBE THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME EMPLOYEE ECONOMIC ASPECT TO IT AS WELL. WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? SHAWN YOU HAVE GIVEN US A DOCUMENT THAT IS JUST LOADED GREAT INFORMATION AT MEETING LAST IT'S THE LOGO THEY WERE ALL TALKING ABOUT THE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AND WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW THEY CREATE A DASHBOARD, HOW THEY GET SAME INFORMATION.

SO AGAIN WE'RE THE WAY IN HOW TO DO IT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE KNOW WHAT'S OUT THERE AND WHAT'S AVAILABLE TO MRS. POINT 2020 1819 YOU KNOW WELL REALLY 2018 IS WHEN ALL THIS STARTED.

IT'S TAKEN A LONG TIME US TO GET HERE BUT THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED THE THE STRATEGIC PLAN THE ALAMO COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FRAMEWORK HOUSING HAS GOTTEN US TO A POINT TODAY WHERE WE'RE ACTUALLY MOVING FORWARD. IT HAS TAKEN A LOT LONGER THAN ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SEEN. BUT BUT BUT MOVING FORWARD.

SO YOU KNOW, I LOOK AT SOME OF THESE OTHER THINGS THAT MAY NOT ALL BE PERTINENT RIGHT NOW BUT IT'S GOTTEN TO A POINT TODAY WHERE WE'RE WE'RE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT.

A SHOVEL IS GOING IN THE GROUND AND WE WILL SEE RESULTS. DOES IT NEED TO BE TWEAKED A LITTLE BIT? YEAH, PROBABLY. YOU KNOW BUT THERE ARE A THERE ARE NINE ITEMS THE STAFF HAS GOT TO WORK ON THAT IS OUTLINED RIGHT HERE UNTIL THE YEAR 2028.

SO I DON'T SEE THAT AS CHANGING MUCH IS GOING TO REALLY ALTER THAT WORK PROGRAM THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE ATTAIN THE GOALS HAVE BEEN SET FORTH IN FRONT OF US NORTH POINT IS IT'S A REAL GAME CHANGER YOU KNOW I WAS HOPING THAT WE WOULD HAVE MORE EXCITEMENT IN THE ROOM TODAY WITH THAT I REALLY WAS AND I'M HOPING THAT AFTERWARDS EVERYBODY WILL REALIZE HOW VALUABLE THIS WILL BE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. WE NEED TO ADDRESS SHORT TERM RENTALS. WE NEED TO ADDRESS WHAT IS RIGHT OUR ISLAND.

WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE DATA. WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPLEMENTATION WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE POSITIVES, THE NEGATIVES. THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS BUT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HOUSING, WORKFORCE HOUSING FOR WELL OVER 20 YEARS.

IT CHANGED A LOT OF THINGS TO GENERATE ADDITIONAL REVENUE THAT THE PEOPLE MAY NOT HAVE REALIZED THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AND THEM TO MOVE DIFFERENT PLACES.

SO THE WHOLE SCOPE HAS CHANGED . WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT A LITTLE BIT BETTER BUT I'M EXCITED THAT WE'RE GOING FORWARD ON SOME THINGS AND GOING TO HAVE SOME TOUGH DISCUSSIONS. YOU KNOW WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT SHORT TERM RENTALS AND HOW THAT AFFECTS THE MARKETS AND WE NEED TO HAVE OTHER PEOPLE TO TABLE TO HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS SO THAT IS VETTED PROPERLY.

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WE'RE ADDRESSING OUR QUALITY OF LIFE. SO NOT TO GO ON THIS FUTURE THING BUT I'M JUST GOING TO POINT OUT A COUPLE OF THINGS TO KIND OF DRIVE AT HOME A LITTLE BIT THAT WE'RE DOING SOME GREAT THINGS. WE'VE GOT WORK TO DO OBVIOUSLY WE NEED TO HEAR FROM Y'ALL OBVIOUSLY BUT WE'RE GOING TO ALWAYS LISTEN TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. YOU AND YOU KNOW, FORMULATE THE OPINION.

MR. SAID YOU KNOW WE ALL HAVE CONSTITUENTS AND SUPPORTERS AND ALL THAT AND AND I HEAR SIDES ALL THE TIME IT DOESN'T MEAN ONE IS RIGHT, ONE IS WRONG. IT MEANS YOU GOT TO UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF IT AND HOW YOU MOVE IT FORWARD. SO IT WAS AT A SCHOOL OF MIND I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP TO TO THE PUBLIC COMMENTS MR. MAYOR MA'AM I'M MAKING THESE THANK YOU THANK ALL FOR YOUR COMMENTS VERY WELL THOUGHT OUT I WOULD LIKE TO AND ALSO THANK THE HOUSING ACTION COMMITTEE FOR THEIR WORK. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ENCOURAGE THIS COUNCIL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THESE WORKFORCE HOUSING INITIATIVES BECAUSE WITHOUT THE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS THESE ARE VERY DIFFICULT NUMBERS TO MAKE WORK.

THANK YOU TO WALL STREET AND TO RBC FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY.

I WOULD ALSO BE REMISS IF WE DIDN'T HONOR SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN WORKING TOWARDS WORKFORCE HOUSING WHO IS HERE WITH US TODAY WHO TOOK FAMILY LAND AND THEIR INHERITANCE AND WHEN WE LOOK AT THE SAMPLING OF REPRESENTATIVE WORKFORCE ON THE SLIDE OUT OF 389 UNITS SOMEONE DEVELOPED 42 UNITS ON THEIR OWN WHICH IS A TESTAMENT TO HIS COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY SO I'D LIKE TO THANK MR. TOM BAUM WILL AND THE BARNWELL FAMILY THE COMMITMENT THAT THEY'VE MADE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. SOWELL FOR PAYING YOUR TITHES TO THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THAT REPRESENTS 10% A LITTLE BETTER THAN 10% OF THOSE UNITS THAT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED. SO I AGREE THAT WE YOU KNOW, THIS IS A MONUMENTAL TASK BUT HE SET THE GROUNDWORK AND LAID THE FRAMEWORK FOR US TO FOLLOW.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. THANK YOU. AGAIN WE HAVE EVERYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE MATTER BEFORE YOU BEGIN TONIGHT, CAN I ASK A QUICK QUICK QUESTION? SO IT'S QUARTER TO THREE. I THINK WE'RE SCHEDULED TO BE DONE BY FOURTH.

THAT'S CORRECT. AND I KNOW THERE'S A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THEY'VE GOT 3 MINUTES. I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT TOO. BUT YOU'VE GOT 3 MINUTES.

WOULD IT BE OKAY TIME ALLOWING THAT WE COME BACK WE ACTUALLY HAVE A DISCUSSION OF AFTER HEARD FROM THEM SO WE CHESTER WILLIAMS MAY WE ASK THE EXPERT SPEAKING QUESTIONS IT IS A WORKSHOP NOT COUNCIL MEETING SO I'M JUST TRYING GATHER INFORMATION AND THEY MAY HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S OKAY THANKS. DAVE FERGUSON AFTERNOON. I THINK WE MISSED THIS.

I DIDN'T SET UP ANYONE SOME PEOPLE CAN USE A LITTLE BIT MORE WE COULD START A LITTLE BIT MORE. WHAT YOU SHOULD SHOULD GROW WHICH I SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH PEOPLE WANT TO FIND A BALANCE THAT THEY SHOULD LIKE WORK FULL AND I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THAT'S ONE OF SOLVING I DON'T KNOW POST WORKFORCE HOUSING BUT THIS TOWN GOVERNMENT ROLE SHOULD BE AT BEST LIMITED AT BEST. THIS IS NOT A GOVERNMENT ISSUE.

THIS IS A LEADERSHIP ISSUE AND LEADERSHIP DOESN'T JUST LIVE IN TOWN HALL.

IT LIVES IN BOARDROOMS CONSTRUCTION SITES, RESTAURANTS AND STOREFRONTS ACROSS THE ISLAND AND SOME OF THEM HAVE LED QUIETLY. WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THAT MUCH TODAY. RIGHT NOW THE VERY PEOPLE WHO KEEP HILTON HEAD RUNNING OR

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IT'S AN ISLAND IT'S TOUGH TO AFFORD TO LIVE ON AN ISLAND. I'VE LIVED ON SEVERAL AND THAT SHOULD CONCERN EVERY ONE OF US BECAUSE WHEN THE WORKFORCE LEAVES SO DOES THE QUALITY OF SERVICE THE CONTINUED OF CARE AND THE SPIRIT OF THIS COMMUNITY THE TOWN SHOULDN'T BE LEADING THESE CONVERSATIONS AND THAT MOVEMENT THAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE THE PRIVATE SECTOR OR LOCAL BUSINESSES DEVELOPERS EMPLOYERS SHOULD AND MUST LEAD THE WAY ORGANIZATIONS LIKE HILTON HEAD BLUFFTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WHICH WE TALK ABOUT A LOT OF TOWN COUNCIL MEETINGS HAVE THE POWER TO RALLY THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND DRIVE THIS INVESTMENT WHERE ARE THEY IT OR LARGEST BUSINESSES AND LEADERS WHO RELY HEAVILY ON YEAR ROUND STAFF MUST CONTINUE TO MOVE FROM AN ADVOCACY TO ACTION. THAT MEANS PUTTING CAPITAL REAL PARTNERSHIPS AND REAL PROJECTS INTO MOTION BUSINESS AND PARTNERS.

IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO VIEW WORKFORCE HOUSING AS PART OF YOUR LONG TERM BUSINESS STRATEGY NOT THE STRATEGY OF THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD BECAUSE OF SENIOR STAFF CAN'T LIVE NEARBY YOUR OPERATIONS WILL EVENTUALLY SUFFER. IT'S NOT THE TOWN'S JOB DO THIS DEVELOPERS COME TO THE TABLE WITH COMMUNITY PROPOSALS, SHARE RESPONSIBILITY AND PRESERVING THE ISLAND'S OR CREATING SPACE FOR ITS PEOPLE WHILE THE TOWN BE INCLUDED IN THESE CONVERSATIONS AROUND WORKFORCE HOUSING, THE TOWN SHOULD NOT BE LEADING THESE CONVERSATIONS.

THE CHAMBER LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS AND DEVELOPERS SHOULD BE WE NEED BALANCE.

WE DON'T NEED MORE STUDIES, PLANS, CONSULTANTS AND COMMITTEES AND EXPENSES WE NEED ACTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

JUST A QUICK REMINDER STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE WHEN YOU COME OUT TO SPEAK SANDY WEST. GOOD AFTERNOON MR. MAYOR. TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MR. ORLANDO, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. I ALSO WANT TO SAY HELLO AND THANK YOU TO THE HOUSING ACTION COMMITTEE AND THE LITTLE ONE THAT'S WITH YOU.

SO I HAVE SOME PREPARED BUT BEFORE I GET INTO THOSE I JUST WANT TO HAVE A REACTION IF MAY TO WHAT I'VE LEARNED TODAY. THE REPORT WAS TERRIFIC AND SO WE ALL APPRECIATE THAT.

I DO THINK IT WAS SOME NEW NEWS TO SOME MEMBERS OF THE HOUSING ACTION COMMITTEE AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT'S IMPORTANT WHAT TO ME IS IMPORTANT IS THAT AND I MADE THIS RECOMMENDATION WHEN I RESIGNED FROM THE COMMITTEE TO BOTH MR. ORLANDO AND MR. PERRY MAYOR PERRY THAT I DO THINK THERE'S A TIME AND IT'S NOW TO TAKE A MOMENT AND SAY WHAT WAS WORKING, WHAT WASN'T HOW CAN WE MAKE THIS BETTER? I PERSONALLY BELIEVE THIS IS IN A VERY IMPORTANT COMMITTEE. THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE WORKED VERY HARD.

I APPRECIATE THEM AND I APPRECIATED THEM IN THE LAST MEETING SO ME JUST MOVE ON.

WE DID START JUST TO THIS PARTICULAR BY CALLING IT AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THEN AS JACK I WERE PUT INTO LEADERSHIP POSITIONS AND WE MOVED FROM MAYBE MEETING TIMES A YEAR TO EVERY MONTH IT BECAME AN COMMITTEE. SO THAT MAY BE ONE POINT THAT WE SHOULD REVISIT. THAT'S REALLY NOT WHAT THIS IS AND MAYBE THAT'S HOW WE'VE GOTTEN A BIT OF KILTER KILTER SO THESE WERE MY PREPARED COMMENTS IN MAY THE TOWN STATED OUR COLLECTIVE GOAL IS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE ON THE ISLAND FOR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS AND HELP OUR BUSINESSES THRIVE. WE ALL SHARE THAT GOAL BUT WORDS ALONE WON'T SOLVE THE CRISIS WE FACE. WORKFORCE HOUSING IS ONE OF THE MOST URGENT THREATS TO OUR COMMUNITIES STABILITY AND NOT LONG AGO IT WAS THE TOWN'S TOP PRIORITY AND OF YOU RAN ON THIS AND WERE ELECTED BECAUSE OF THAT.

THE COASTAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION IS THE ONLY INITIATIVE THAT HAS ACTIVELY HOW IT IS ACTIVELY HOUSING WORKERS WITH MORE SUPPORT FINANCIAL SUPPORT THEIR WORK CAN EXPAND AND SOME OF THIS PRESSURE SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE OPENLY SAID THE TOWN DOESN'T WANT TO BE IN THE HOUSING BUSINESS BUT YOU'RE ALREADY IN THE BUSINESS OF BEACHES PARKS, TRANSPORTATION, PUBLIC SAFETY AND SO ON.

HOUSING IS ABOUT PEOPLE. IT'S ABOUT WORKERS AND IT'S ABOUT SUSTAINING THE THRIVING COMMUNITY YOU SAY YOU WANT BECAUSE A COMMUNITY WITHOUT WORKERS NOT A COMMUNITY AT ALL.

RIGHT NOW WE'RE SHAPING HISTORY WILL REMEMBER WILL THIS BE THE MOMENT THAT WE CHOOSE TO IN THE PEOPLE THAT MAKE THIS PLACE WORK? THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE.

THANK YOU, RICHARD. RICHARD BUSY INDIGO RUN LIKE SO MANY OTHER ISSUES SO MANY OTHER

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I'VE NEVER HEARD THAT ADDRESSED. ONE CANNOT DISAGREE WITH THE ARGUMENT THAT A RELIABLE WORKFORCE IS ESSENTIAL TO OUR ISLAND'S FUTURE ECONOMIC VITALITY. HOWEVER, THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE TOWN SHOULD IN THE HOUSING BUSINESS THAT ROLE IS IN THE HANDS OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

THE TOWN'S LARGEST EMPLOYERS INCLUDING SURGE GROUP HILTON HEAD HOSPITAL AND SEA PINES RESORT TO NAME A FEW. THOSE EMPLOYERS ARE STEPPING UP BUT MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE.

THE TOWN CAN CERTAINLY BE INVOLVED WITH PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR BUT SHOULD NOT BE IN THE HOUSING BUSINESS PER SAY AND DESPITE WHAT COUNCIL MEMBERS THINK THE WORK FAIR HOUSING CRISIS IS NOT THE BIGGEST THREAT TO OUR COMMUNITY .

IT IS CLEAR THAT THE BIGGEST THREAT IS UNCONTROLLED GROWTH. YOUR STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN THAT YOU JUST APPROVED LISTED AS THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY PROTECTING ISLAND CHARACTER THROUGH MANAGING GROWTH WORK FOR HOUSING WAS IDENTIFIED AS THE NUMBER SEVEN GOAL SHORT TERM RENTALS AND TIMESHARES ARE DESTROYING SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS OUTSIDE OF THE GATED COMMUNITIES AND WE DON'T NEED TO TAKE A YEAR TO STUDY THE ISSUE AN IMMEDIATE MORATORIUM ON SHORT TERM RENTALS AND NEW SUBDIVISIONS SHOULD BE ENACTED NOW.

AND THERE'S A REASON WHY DEVELOPERS AWAY FROM CONSTRUCTED WORK FOR HOUSING IT'S ALL ABOUT THE BENJAMINS. REMEMBER YOUR OWN WORDS IN THE STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN GET THE BIG THINGS RIGHT AND NOT EVERYTHING IS A BIG THING. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, SALLY. I'M I CAN'T PRONOUNCE THE LAST NAME SO NATE ZUNIGA ZUNIGA.

OH, I DIDN'T THINK I MEANT OKAY . I'VE GOT IT.

YES. THANK YOU. ASHLEY PHILLIPS PHILLIPS.

GOOD AFTERNOON, ASHLEY PHILLIPS FULL, TIME RESIDENT OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND AND INDIGO RUN.

SO WE REALLY CAN'T TALK ABOUT WORKFORCE HOUSING WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT SHORT RENTALS AND AS MELINDA WAS SAYING WHICH I DIDN'T I GUESS PUT THE MATH TOGETHER THAT THE SHORT TERM RENTALS HAVE INCREASED BY 3500 SINCE 2020. AND CAN YOU IMAGINE IF WE HAD UNITS AVAILABLE NOW THE IMPACT IT WOULD HAVE ON OUR WORKFORCE HOUSING AVAILABILITY I THINK WOULD BE PRETTY GREAT. SO I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE THE UNREGULATED EXPANSION OF SHORT TERM RENTALS HAS CHANGED THE CHARACTER OF OUR ISLAND AND NOT FOR THE BETTER.

SO LET'S START WITH THE BASIC QUESTION OF SHORT TERM RENTALS OPERATE LIKE A BUSINESS WHY AREN'T THEY TREATED AS SUCH DO THEY CARRY COMMERCIAL INSURANCE POLICIES AND IF SO WHY WOULD THEY BE ALLOWED IN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE NOT ZONED FOR BUSINESSES? ACCORDING TO MY RESEARCH, THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS AS AMENDED BY BILL 442 AND THE 2020 526 LEGISLA OBSESSION PROPERTY OWNERS MUST MAINTAIN A COMMERCIAL VIABILITY POLICY OR A VALID ENDORSEMENT TO A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY INSURANCE POLICY WITH A MINIMUM COVERAGE OF $1,000,000 PER OCCURRENCE FOR PERSONAL INJURY AND PERSONAL PROPERTY.

THIS POLICY MUST BE ISSUED BY A COMPANY AUTHORIZED TO INSURE RISK IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND REMAIN IN EFFECT AT ALL TIMES AT THE PROPERTY AS OPERATED, MARKETED OR REGISTERED AS A SHORT TERM RENTAL. SO MAKE NO MISTAKE SHORT TERM RENTALS ARE BUSINESSES.

THEY GENERATE PROFIT, THEY ATTRACT HIGH TURNOVER. THEY HEAVIER TRASH LOADS INCREASE PARKING DEMANDS, RAISE POLICE AND EMERGENCY CALL VOLUME.

AND THIS ISN'T SPECULATION. THIS IS OUR REALITY WHEN RESIDENTIAL HOMES TURN INTO REVOLVING HOTEL ROOMS WE LOSE SOMETHING IRREPLACEABLE A COMMUNITY.

FEWER LONG TERM RESIDENTS MEAN FEWER CHILDREN IN OUR SCHOOLS, FEWER VOTERS IN OUR ELECTIONS AND FEWER NEIGHBORHOODS INVESTED IN HILTON HEAD'S FUTURE.

WHILE SHORT TERM RENTAL INVESTORS CHASE PROFIT WORKING FAMILIES ARE PRICED OUT

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IT'S ABOUT VALUES. IT'S ABOUT WHETHER WE LET GREED ERODE THE CHARACTER OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND OR WHETHER WE STAND UP FOR THE PEOPLE WHO CALL THIS ISLAND HOME.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I URGE YOU TO ACT NOW BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DAVE WETMORE, FOR I AM DAVE WETMORE. I'M VICE CHAIRMAN CC DC AND A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF LONG COVE AND I'VE BEEN EITHER OPERATING OR OVERSEEING BUSINESSES FOR OVER 50 YEARS AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT WOULD NEVER EVER LOOK TO GOVERNMENT TO HELP SOLVE MY AND SO IT'S WEIRD FOR ME TO BE STANDING UP HERE AND TALKING ABOUT THIS BUT WHEN THEY FIRST ASKED ME TO GET INVOLVED IN CC DC DID SOME RESEARCH AND I FOUND OUT THAT IN SOLVING WORKFORCE PROBLEMS IT ALMOST ALWAYS INVOLVED THE PUBLIC PRIVATE. I FOUND VIRTUALLY EVERY EXAMPLE THAT I COULD. IT WAS AN EXAMPLE WHERE SOMEBODY A GOVERNMENT ENTITY GOT TOGETHER WITH A PRIVATE ENTITY AND THEY FIGURED OUT A WAY TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM.

SO WHY IS THIS ONE WORD ECONOMICS? SOMEBODY THE BENJAMINS.

THE BENJAMINS RULE YOU CAN'T DO ANY DEVELOPMENT AND IN A CAPITALISTIC SOCIETY WE CAN'T MAKE THE NUMBERS WORK. I'M SURE THAT'S WHY NORTHPOINT TOOK SO LONG.

IT JUST IS SO DIFFICULT TO MAKE THE NUMBERS WORK SO YOU HAVE TO HAVE EITHER SOMEBODY DONATE SOMETHING OR IT HAS TO BE SOMEBODY HAS TO GIVE SOMEWHERE. CC DC WAS ABLE TO BE SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO CONVINCE INVESTORS TO ACCEPT LESS RETURN IN RETURN FOR SOLVING A COMMUNITY PROBLEM. YOU KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER EXISTS IN A MULTITUDE OF APPROACHES BUT WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER IN THE TOWN HAS TO BE INVOLVED NOT AS THE DRIVING FORCE BUT THEY NEED TO FACILITATE AND THE RESOURCES HAVE TO BE ALLOCATED.

IF YOU IDENTIFY FROM A STRATEGIC STANDPOINT THAT HOUSING IS ONE OF YOUR MAJOR PROBLEMS IF YOU'RE RUNNING BUSINESS YOU ALLOCATE RESOURCES BASED ON WHAT YOU DETERMINE IS STRATEGIC THIS IS A STRATEGIC ISSUE. RESOURCES NEED TO BE ALLOCATED . THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ANDY TISDALE JUST CALLED ANDY ARSDALE. YEAH, GOOD AFTERNOON AND IT WAS DALE. I LIVE AT 300 WOODHAVEN. I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 1971.

I SPENT 20 YEARS IN THE RESTAURANT BUSINESS. I KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO GET EMPLOYEES AND I'VE SPENT 32 YEARS AS A REALTOR SPEAKING REAL ESTATE AN IDEA OFFER SHORT TERM RENTAL PROPERTIES IF THEY'LL RENT THEIR PROPERTY FOR 12 MONTHS 4% INTEREST RATE TAX VERSUS 6 A.M. I GIVE THEM AN INCENTIVE BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE BUY CONDOS TO EVENTUALLY LIVE IN THEM FULL TIME CONDO SALES ARE NOW SAYING 17% THIS YEAR.

SOME PEOPLE MAY LISTEN TO THAT. SECOND OF ALL, 730 WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? ONE BEDROOM UNEMPLOYED LIVING ON HILTON HEAD YOU SAVE 730 TRIPS ON A BRIDGE A YEAR.

WE CAN'T BUILD A BRIDGE. WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO BUILD BEDROOMS. ANOTHER THING 30,000 LESS PEOPLE COMING TO THE ALLEN I CALL FIVE PAINTERS PRICES BETWEEN 125 TO $145 AN HOUR FOR A PAINTER SO WE DON'T THINK WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM AFFECTING A LOT OF PEOPLE. THAT'S A PROBLEM. I DON'T LIVE HERE AND WHO LIVES HERE AND HAVE AS FAR TO DRIVE AND WHAT I SAY IS HITTING US IN THE POCKETBOOK SOME IDEAS THIS COMES CARTER FREEMAN A LOT RETAIL PLACES HAVE PARKING SPACES ARE NOT BEING USED BUILD HOUSING ABOVE THE PARKING LOTS BUT HELP THEM DO IT INCENTIVIZE THEM TO DO IT I THINK THEY WOULD LOVE TO HAVE MORE WALK FROM WALK WORK HOUSING CLOSE BY SECOND OF ALL WHATEVER HAPPENED

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EVERY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION THE WORLD IN OUR STATE IN OUR WORLD THERE'S INCENTIVES PROVIDED THE DEVELOPMENT OF MAKE IT WORK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO THAT.

WE CAN NOT DO THAT BACK IN PROBABLY 2020 THE CHAMBER HAD A WHOLE SERIES ON HOUSING THE HEAD THE SOUTH CAROLINA HOSPITALITY ASSOCIATION SAID IF ONE RESTAURANT HAS ONE EMPLOYEE SURE HOSPITALITY GO DOWN BY $50,000 A YEAR. SO THAT'S WHERE HE'S CONCERNED.

THANK YOU. LINDA HARRINGTON. I THINK IT IS LINDA HARRINGTON IN THE PROGRAM I HAPPEN TO LIVE B I GUESS YOU'D CALL IT BEHIND ACROSS FROM SPANISH WELLS MAESTRI AND I HEAR THE HIGHWAY AND SPANISH WELLS IS RIGHT THERE NOW YOU'RE GOING TO PUT SOMETHING IN MUDDY CREEK. DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY GUNSHOTS I HEAR COMING OUT OF MUDDY CREEK ? DO YOU KNOW THAT THE SHERIFF DOESN'T RESPOND? DO YOU KNOW THAT WHEN THEY HAD RESIDUE IN THAT AREA THEY WERE TOLD WE WE CAN'T SOMEONE ALL THE TIME SO JUST KEEP TRACK OF THE GUNSHOTS THAT'S IT. NOW YOU'RE GOING TO GET TO ME YOU'RE PUTTING PRAY IN A BAD AREA SO UNTIL YOU CLEAN UP THE MESS YOU'VE GOT AND I DON'T HEAR GUNSHOTS ANYMORE I'D BE REAL CAREFUL WHERE I BUILT BECAUSE YOU ALSO HAVE A LIABILITY AND DON'T FORGET THAT IF YOU PUT HOUSING YOU, HAVE ANY FUNDING AND ANY BACKING IT BECOMES LIABLE FOR THE ENTIRE TOWN. AND IF YOU WANT TO PUT YOUR MONEY PAGE TEN OR ADDRESSING IT YOU'RE WELCOME TO I HEAR THE GUNSHOTS.

I DON'T ANY OF YOU DO. THE OTHER ISSUE I HAVE IS I HAVE SEEN PUBLIC PRIVATE HOUSING WORK AMAZINGLY SUCCESSFULLY. I ACTUALLY SEEN THE MUNICIPALITY GET DIVIDENDS FROM THE HOUSING. THE HOUSING IS IN THE BLACK SINGLE YEAR BUT IN MY TOWN WE DIDN'T RUN OUT AND BUILD NILLY.

WE DIDN'T SAY OH MY GOODNESS WE HAVE TO HELP EVERY PRIVATE ENTERPRISE IN MY WAY OF THINKING. IF SURGE HAS THAT MANY EMPLOYEES THEY'RE MAKING A LOT OF MONEY IF THEY'RE MAKING A LOT OF MONEY LET'S SEE THEM PONY UP.

WHY ASK ME AS A TAXPAYER TO PUT MY MONEY TOWARDS YOUR PROFITS? THAT'S I HAVE TO SAY THANK YOU, PETER CHRISTIAN MR. MAYOR FOR THE TOWN COUNCIL WORKFORCE HOUSING AFICIONADOS THREE PRONGS TRANSPORTATION, WORKFORCE HOUSING AND MODERATING SHORT TERM RENTALS PLEASE REMEMBER NOT TO VILIFY SHORT TERM RENTALS TOO MUCH THEY PAY THE TAX ON IT.

THEY PAY THE HIGHER RATE OF TAXES, THEY PAY THE SCHOOL TAX AND THEY ALLOW LIKE US WHO LIVE HERE FULL TIME TO ENJOY A WONDERFUL LIFESTYLE ALL AT A VERY LOW PRICE SO BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR GOVERNMENT WITH THOSE PRIVATE ENTITIES THAT ARE TRYING TO BUILD GET THE HECK OUT OF THE WAY AND MAKE IT EASY FOR THEM TO BUILD. THIS IS THE MOST COMPLEX ALAMO ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH AND IT IS VERY VERY DIFFICULT TO BUILD ANYTHING ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND AND THE INSPECTION PROCESS NOW ALONE IS GOING TO TAKE LONGER. SO YOU WONDER WHY THINGS DON'T MOVE ALONG. WE NEED TO LOOK AT OURSELVES AND WE NEED TO SPEED THE

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THEY HATE COMING OVER THAT BRIDGE EVERY DAY I DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR THEM MODERATELY TO WORK SCHEDULE PAYING THEM GAS CARDS YOU NAME IT HOWEVER IT'S A LOSING BATTLE WHEN THERE'S A SLIGHT ACCIDENT THE BRIDGE AND IT'S BACKED UP AND THEY CAN'T GET HERE OR ONE OF THEIR CHILDREN IS SICK AND THEY HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY HOME TO GET THERE OR A PLUMBER OVER THE BRIDGE AND A PLUMBER DOESN'T WANT TO LIVE HERE WANTS TO LIVE OUT WHERE HE CAN PARK HIS TRUCK, HAVE A SUPPLIES, HAVE A GARAGE AND DO ALL THOSE THINGS.

ONE MISSING PART HE'S GOT DRIVE ALL THE WAY TO HECK OVER TO A SUPPLY CHAIN OVER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BREAK AND COME SO KEEP IT IN MIND IT'S NOT JUST WORKFORCE HOUSING IT'S TRANSPORTATION AND IT IS CONTROLLING SHORT TERM RENTAL TO APPROPRIATE DEGREE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, ANTHONY ANTHONY. GOOD AFTERNOON.

MY NAME IS ANTHONY FOR THE RECORD, JANESVILLE ROAD. GREAT PRESENTATION, GREAT QUESTIONS, GREAT FEEDBACK. JUST TO SAY THAT THE TOWN IS DOING NOTHING FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING IS AN INSULT AND IF YOU LOOK THE DOLLARS THEY'RE SPENT EVEN WITH STAFF HOURS HELPING OUT ALL THESE ORGANIZATIONS. SO I WANT TO KNOW WHEN WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT NUMBER ONE ON THE STRAT PLAN GROWTH MANAGEMENT. WE ALREADY HAVE A COMMUNITY MR. BROWN, YOU TALKED ABOUT COMMUNITY. WE HAVE A COMMUNITY AT THIS COMMUNITY. IT'S IGNORED CONSTANTLY. WE HAVE WORKFORCE.

WE HAVE WORKING CLASS PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. YOU WHAT'S HAPPENED TO OUR COMMUNITY IS GETTING CLEAR CUT . IT'S GETTING HIGH DENSITY WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED BE A FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD AND IT IS HOUSES COOKIE CUTTERS STUCK ON STREETS. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITY.

THE ONLY THING I'D ONE THING I DO KNOW ABOUT THERE ARE ALL THESE NEW COMMUNITIES THAT WE'RE. THEY ARE ADVERTISING FOR SHORT TERM RENTALS AS AN INVESTMENT.

WHAT'S BEING DONE? NOTHING. SO WHEN WE GOING TO STOP LETTING THEM DESTROY OUR COMMUNITIES OR SELLING OUT OUR COMMUNITIES TO SHORT TERM RENTALS. THAT AFFECTS OUR WORKFORCE. EVERYONE I KEEP TELLING YOU IS YOU'RE IGNORING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THAT'S ALL. THAT'S ALL. SO I THINK I'D LIKE TO COME BACK IN AND HEAR FROM THE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSING ACTION COMMITTEE BECAUSE WE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING ON, WHAT WE SEE HAPPENING.

SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT MAYBE HOW THE HSC COULD BE REDEFINED A LITTLE BIT.

SO WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS AND SPEAK FREELY. PLEASE GO YOU GRAB THE MIC.

WELL I THINK WE PUT A GREAT PLAN TOGETHER AND WE LOOKED AT THE KIND OF EXPERTIZE WE WANTED ON THAT COMMITTEE AND I THINK WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB OF BRINGING THAT TOGETHER.

I THINK PART OF THE REASON IT'S IT'S STUMBLED IS OUR OPINION OF WHAT WE WERE GOING TO BE DOING AS HOUSING ACTION COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND WHAT THE REALITY WAS.

IT JUST WAS INCONGRUENT. IT DID NOT FIT AND IT DIDN'T MATCH AND THAT KIND OF THAT NATURALLY IS GOING TO BREED FRUSTRATION. I DO THINK THE SUGGESTION TO AND SAY WHAT WORKED WHAT DIDN'T WORK AND LET'S FIND THE RIGHT PATH FORWARD IS THE RIGHT APPROACH. I THINK THE RESOURCES THAT ARE ARE POWERFUL AND CAN BE REALLY HELPFUL. I DO LIKE WE CAN HAVE UP TO 11 MEMBERS ON THAT COMMITTEE.

I THINK I COUNTED OF US HERE TODAY SO WE'VE GOT A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY THERE BUT I THINK THERE'S GOT TO BE CLEAR EXPECTATIONS OF WHAT THE HOUSING ACTION COMMITTEE'S JOB IS AND WHAT IT IS NOT. AND AS LONG AS EVERYBODY HAS THOSE OF ENGAGEMENT AND ARE ON BOARD WITH THIS IS WHAT WE NEED TO DO I THINK WE WILL SEE GREAT PROGRESS MOVING FORWARD.

YOU ALL HAD CONVERSATIONS AMONG THE HSC THAT. NOT AT THIS POINT.

OKAY. JUST CURIOUS OTHER COMMENT I MEAN LET'S HAVE A CONVERSATION

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WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAKING ENOUGH MONEY OFTENTIMES JUST TO PAY STAFF AND KEEP UTILITIES ON IN THE CASE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SO YOU KNOW, I THINK THE ROLE OF THE HOUSING ACTION COMMITTEE CAN BE TALKING ABOUT THINGS JUST LIKE THAT IS WHAT ARE WE SEEING IN OTHER COMMUNITIES WHERE WE MIGHT BE WORKING THAT WE COULD BRING TO THE HILTON HEAD ISLAND TOWN THAT WILL STILL THE COMFORT LEVEL OF WHAT THE TOWN HALL SHOULD BE.

WE'LL ALSO ABLE TO CALL UPON BEST PRACTICES OF WHAT WE SEE AND BE SUCCESSFUL.

I THINK THAT'S QUICKLY TO PIGGYBACK ON SOMETHING THAT SARAH SAID.

YOU KNOW, EXPERIENCE IS OBVIOUSLY YOU KNOW, SHE SHE'S ABLE TO RELAY THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO RELAY HAVING DEVELOPED IN THE TOWN AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT DEVELOPERS HAVE TO DO THAT ARE ABOVE AND BEYOND ANY OTHER JURISDICTION AROUND AND SOME TIMES ACTUALLY THROWING MONEY AWAY. I MEAN AND I AM FIRM BELIEVER IN A BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY AND THINGS LIKE THAT BUT FOR EXAMPLE THE TOWN REQUIRES THAT A BUFFER YARD IS PLANTED BEFORE HOMES ARE CONSTRUCTED. SO A DEVELOPER WILL PLANT PLANTINGS AND THEN DROP A LUMBER PACKAGE AND THEN HAVE TO REPLANT THOSE PLANTINGS AT THE END.

THE GOAL WOULD BE TO HAVE THE PLANTINGS AT END. SO THERE'S LITTLE THINGS LIKE THAT THAT ARE EASILY CHANGED EVEN IF YOU ONLY MAYBE YOU ONLY CHANGE IT FOR THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS YOU KNOW MAYBE YOU DO AND IT HAS TO BE DONE BUT THERE'S LITTLE THINGS THAT THE EXPERIENCE IS THERE, THE COMMON SENSE IS THERE US MAKE YOU KNOW SUGGESTIONS SO THAT THINGS BECOME EASIER FOR THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS TO TO GET UP AND RUNNING AND LET US SPEND OUR TIME LIKE TALKING ABOUT ALL THOSE REALLY REALLY MIGHT USE DETAILS YOU GUYS HAVE. THIS IS ONE PRIORITY OF A MILLION PRIORITIES THE COUNCIL HAS. I JUST JUMP IN FOR A MOMENT ON THAT.

THE ISSUE THAT YOU JUST BROUGHT UP WITH REGARD TO THE PLANTINGS THAT'S ONE PIECE OF TOWN COUNCIL. THE ELECTED BODY MAKING POLICY HAS CHANGED AND SO AGAIN THESE ARE AREAS THE EXPERTIZE IS GREAT WE APPRECIATE THE VOICE BUT.

THOSE WHO ARE RUNNING THE POLICIES HAVE IDENTIFIED THEM AND RESOLVE THAT ISSUE AS WELL.

I GOT A QUESTION MAYBE A COMMENT OR TWO TECHNICAL SIDE OF ME WHICH IS ALL OF ME KNOW YOU AND YOUR PRESENTATION SEAN I'VE SEEN IT BEFORE BUT I'VE NEVER ASKED THE QUESTION.

14,000 PEOPLE COME ACROSS THE BRIDGE TO WORK HERE. AT WHAT TIME AND POINT WAS THAT SNAPSHOT? IS IT WAS IT TAKEN IN THE SUMMER? IS IT AVERAGE? WHAT IS WHAT IS 14,000 AND IF YOU KNOW THE ANSWER GREAT IF YOU DON'T. SO IT WAS TIED TO THE U.S. CENSUS AND I BELIEVE PARTICULAR DATA POINT WAS FROM 2002. THEY TAKE OVER THEY TAKE A SURVEY OVER TIME.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE EXACT TIME IS BUT THE YEAR IS 2000. YEAH.

WELL TO THAT POINT IT LIKE THING ANY PROCESS YOU TRY TO GATHER I'D LIKE TO I WANT TO CLARIFY 22,022 IS ABOUT 2000. I REMEMBER I THINK TWO PASSED THAT POINT.

CAN ANY PROJECT YOU GATHER INFORMATION AND THEN YOU TRY ASSESS THE SITUATION AND YOU DO THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO? I WOULD BE INTERESTING TO ME TO KNOW EXACTLY WHEN THAT BECAUSE ARE THOSE IS THAT A SUMMER COUNT? IS THAT AN AVERAGE COUNT? HOW MANY FULL EMPLOYEES COME ACROSS THAT BRIDGE EVERY DAY NOT PART TIME EMPLOYEES THAT ARE STAFFING THREE AND FOUR MONTHS IN THE SUMMERTIME. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? BECAUSE I THINK WHEN WE TAKE A LOOK AT WORKFORCE HOUSING AND TAKE OUR SHOTGUN OUT AND WE'RE SPRAYING AND WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE THE WORKFORCE HOUSING. I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE A BULLET AND HIT THE BULL'S EYE AND AND SAY LET'S FOCUS ON FULL TIME SHORT TERM OUT.

I MEAN WORKFORCE HOUSING AND SO YOU GATHER THAT AND YOU TRY TO YOU KNOW WE CAN'T SOLVE IN MY OPINION I DON'T THINK THAT UNLESS SOMEONE GENIUS IN THE CROWD CAN DO IT I DON'T THINK

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I THINK IT HELPS US, YOU KNOW, RATHER THAN WORKING US TO YOU GUYS YOU KNOW, COMING DOWN WITH TOWN COUNCIL IS TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH. YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID TO SOLVE THE COMPLEX ISSUE WE SEE A LOT OF GREAT THINGS AND I AGREE WE HAVE TO CELEBRATE THE VICTORIES WE GET, YOU KNOW, AND TAKE THAT. THERE'S MORE TO DO OBVIOUSLY AND YOU KNOW, I THINK THE HOUSING ACTION COMMITTEE HAS A LOT OF MEMBERS THAT CAN HAVE A LOT OF RESOURCES THAT YOU KNOW, NOT NECESSARILY YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE EVERY SINGLE ONE IDEAS THAT WE PROVIDE BUT THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD IN THERE AND I THINK JUST COMMUNICATION IS KEY SAYS OH, MAY I JUMP IN WITH A COUPLE OF THINGS AS LONG AS THERE'S A BREAK.

THERE WERE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WERE SAID AND I'M JUST GOING PICK UP ON BECAUSE I'M LISTENING AND I'M REACTING AND I WANT SHARE SOME THINGS I THINK YOU MENTIONED THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO SOLVE THE WORKFORCE HOUSING PROBLEM FOR 20 YEARS SO WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR 20 YEARS. WELL, IT ACTUALLY GOES BACK LONGER THAN THAT, RIGHT? IT GOES BACK FROM THE BEGINNING OF HELP HAD AS WE KNOW IT TODAY.

CHARLES FRAZIER WHEN HE FIRST BEGAN TO DEVELOP SEE PATTERNS AND WORKFORCE HOUSING IMPACTS, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF RUNNING INTO A WOMAN WENT OUT IN VIEW FOR HAVING LUNCH WITH MY HUSBAND ONE DAY IN A SMALL BOX SHOP PICKED UP A BOOK AND THE AUTHOR WAS THERE.

THE AUTHOR'S HUSBAND'S NAME WAS JOHN KELLY WHO WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL EMPLOYEES OF CHARLES FRAZIER AND HE CAME TO WORK ON HILTON HEAD AS ONE OF THE MARKETING EXPERTS.

HE CAME FROM UPSTATE AND A BEAUTIFUL AREA VERY RURAL AND HELPED HER TO TAKE THIS JOB WITH HIS FAMILY TO LIVE IN WORKFORCE HOUSING THAT CHARLES WAS PROVIDING AND THAT'S REALLY ESSENCE OF WHERE OUR BELIEF OR MY BELIEF OTHERS I'M GOING TO SAY POWER BECAUSE IT'S A MAJORITY OF A BELIEF THAT THE EMPLOYEES SHOULD BE STEPPING UP AND DOING THEIR FAIR SHARE AND MR. WHITMORE I APPRECIATED HOW YOU STARTED YOUR COMMENTS BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT ON THAT AND THE QUESTION I HAVE FOR THE CDC IS THIS THEY'VE TAKEN MONEY FROM BOTH THE COUNTY AND I THINK OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AND THE COUNTY AND THE COUNTY AND OTHER MUNICIPALITIES.

I NEVER GET A FULL READ OUT AND I'D LOVE TO HAVE ONE IF IT EXISTS WHERE THOSE UNITS THAT HAVE BEEN PURCHASED ARE WHO'S LIVING THEM AND WHERE THEY'RE WORKING BECAUSE IF IF WE KEEP BEING TOLD THIS IS WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE OUR PROBLEMS ON HILTON HEAD I APPRECIATE THAT OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVE THE PROBLEM TOO BUT OUR DOLLARS SHOULD BE SPENT HERE.

HILTON HEAD FOR THE WORKERS WHO ARE ON HILTON HEAD AND THAT'S THE QUESTION I HAVE WITH REGARD TO THAT. ANOTHER THING I WANTED TO REMIND MYSELF OF AS I WAS LISTENING IN COUNCILMAN BROWN, YOU REMEMBER THIS I'M SURE WHEN I WAS A NEWLY ELECTED COUNCILPERSON PROBABLY BACK IN THE BEGINNING OF 2018, MAYBE EARLY 19, I HAD A VISIT FROM MEMBERS OF THE GSA WHO CAME TO MY HOME TO TALK TO ME ABOUT A WHITE PAPER THAT THEY DEVELOPED ABOUT PROPERTY VALUES ON HILTON HEAD AND HOW WERE WE GOING TO REACH THE PROPERTY VALUE HEIGHT THAT WE HAD ONCE EXPERIENCE. BECAUSE IF YOU RECALL AFTER THE GREAT DEPRESSION THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A RECESSION. THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A DIP AND THAT WAS WAS A HUGE FOCUS.

WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO TO GET PROPERTY VALUES UP? WELL, THAT PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE

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I'M SURE THAT MY ANSWERS TO CAN HAVE A POLICY DECISION ARE THE ONES THAT AREN'T GOING TO HAVE REPERCUSSIONS EITHER WHILE I'M HERE OR FOR SOME TIME WHEN I'M NOT.

OTHER THINGS THAT I HEARD AND YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT WHERE IS OFFICE PARK? WELL, LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. I KNOW OF MAYBE IT'S NOT THE MOST RECENT BUT IT'S IN PROGRESS. IT'S BEING WORKED ON.

THINGS ARE MOVING. NOT EVERYTHING MOVES AT RAPID SPEED BUT I'LL TELL YOU THAT'S ANOTHER PROJECT THAT WE SHOULD CELEBRATE GREENSPACE THAT IS IT FOR REDEVELOPMENT THAT MONEY IS FOR CONSERVATION AND EVERY COMMUNITY WHO'S WORRIED ABOUT THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE TODAY OUGHT TO BE FOCUSED ON CONSERVING AS MUCH LAND AS WE POSSIBLY CAN BUYING DOWN DENSITY AND PUTTING IN SAFE AWAY SO THAT NOT ONLY DO WE SAVE THE WE SAVE EVERYTHING THAT WAY. LET ME BELABOR YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I MEAN THAT GREEN SPACE MONEY IS VALUABLE AND IT'S THERE TO PROTECT US AND THE FUTURE FROM OVERDEVELOPMENT WE HAVE TAXPAYER MONEY FROM A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT CONCEPTS THROUGH ATTACK RIGHT AND NOW WE'RE SEPARATING IT OUT SOME IS GOING TO HOUSING NOT GOING TO SEE IT WE TALKED ABOUT ALL OF THAT BUT LET'S JUST TALK ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S MISSING ON HILTON HEAD THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. WE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT THERE IS AN INCREASING WITH PUBLIC SAFETY AND I'M THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE HERE ON HILTON HEAD AND I HEAR WHOLE LOT ABOUT THIS AND WE BETTER START ADDRESSING IT. AND WHERE DO THOSE FUNDS COME FROM? THOSE FUNDS CAN COME OUR ATTACK.

SO EVERY TIME YOU KEEP DRAWING MONEY OUT JUST THAT YOU'RE TAKING MONEY AWAY FROM SOMETHING AS IMPORTANT AS EVERYBODY'S SAFETY YOUR SAFETY MY SAFETY THE VISITOR SAFETY ACROSS THIS ISLAND AND THOSE ARE REAL TOPICS THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER TRANSPORTATION.

MR. CHRISTIAN, YOU HIT NAIL ON THE HEAD. I HAVE BEEN SAYING FROM DAY ONE THAT WE CANNOT SOLVE ANY OF OUR PROBLEMS ON HILTON HEAD BY DEVELOPMENT.

IT HAS TO BE A TRANSPORTATION PIECE AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE ABOUT DISCUSSING TRANSPORTATION THROUGH SEVEN AND A HALF YEARS OF TALKING ABOUT A BRIDGE. NOBODY TALKS ABOUT PROVIDING SOME SORT OF PARK AND RIDE OR SOME SORT OF SITUATION SO THOSE CARS CAN STAY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BRIDGE AND BE PROVIDED TRANSPORTATION ON TO THE ISLAND .

IF WE DON'T TALK ABOUT THAT, I DON'T CARE IF YOU DEVELOP A 22 LANE BRIDGE INSTEAD OF THE 11 LANE BRIDGE THAT IT LOOKS LIKE WE MIGHT STUCK WITH. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. IN FACT YOU'RE ONLY GOING TO MAKE IT WORSE.

SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. AND AS PART OF YOUR COMMENTS YOU TALKED ABOUT QUALITY LIFE THAT WE ALL ENJOY QUALITY OF IS NOT JUST FOR THOSE WHO LIVE BEHIND THE GATES AND. I SAY THIS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THOSE BEHIND THE GATE LIKE SEA PINES AND PALMETTO DUNES THAT HAVE SHORT RENTALS, THOSE WHO LIVE OUTSIDE THE GATES AS I DO AS COUNCILMAN DE SIMON AND COUNCILMAN BROWN DOES AIR THE BRUNT OF THE BURDEN.

THE SHORT TERM RENTALS ARE QUALITY OF LIFE IS DETERIORATING EVERY SINGLE DAY OR CHASING OUR TAIL. WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION .

WE HAVE TO FIGURE THIS OUT AND WE HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE WELL IT MAY BE THAT 70% OF THE PEOPLE LIVE BEHIND THE GATES. NOT ALL SEVEN PEOPLE ARE SAFE BECAUSE AS WE KNOW THERE ARE SHORT TERM RENTALS. AT LEAST TWO AT THAT. THE REST OF US WHO LIVE OUTSIDE GATES HAVE INVESTED OUR MONEY HERE FOR OUR HOME, OUR PERMANENT HOME, OUR QUALITY OF LIFE AND FOR OUR GENERATIONS OF GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN TO COME TO AND WE COUNT. SO QUALITY OF LIFE IS FAIR AND EQUAL FOR ALL OF THE 37,000 PLUS PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE THINK YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. OUR STRATEGIC PLAN NUMBER ONE PRIORITY AND THESE WEREN'T JUST THROWN IN THERE, BY THE WAY. THESE WERE RANK ORDERED BY US COUNCIL MEMBERS IN TERMS OF THEIR PRIORITY IMPORTANCE TO US TWICE NOT ONCE, TWICE.

NUMBER ONE WAS GROWTH MANAGEMENT AND FOR THOSE WHO DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT I'VE SAID

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SO THE BOTTOM BY THE TOWN COUNCIL THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS WITH REGARD THE THINGS THAT I'VE HEARD. I THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

I WISH THERE WERE MORE AND BECAUSE OF THAT YOU KNOW MY NUMBER YOU KNOW MY EMAIL I'LL HAVE COFFEE WITH ANYONE ANY GROUP ANY TIME TO DISCUSS ANYTHING.

THANK YOU PERSON. THANK YOU MAYOR. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GET BACK TO THE QUESTIONS THAT THE STAFF HAS PUT BEFORE US. WE'VE KIND OF GOTTEN SIDEWAYS HERE ON LOOKING AT WHAT THE QUESTIONS WE NEED TO ADDRESS AND SO I APPRECIATE THE HOUSING ACTION MEMBERS BEING HERE. I APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT NOW ON WHAT WE CAN DO MOVE FORWARD AND I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF I I'VE MADE A LIST OF A FEW THINGS THAT YOU SAID THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL. ONE IS A COME BACK AND DO KIND OF AN EVALUATION OF WHAT WORKED WHAT DIDN'T BUT I KNOW THAT WE NEED TO GET SOME FOLKS TO COME AND HELP YOU BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO GO AHEAD AND MAYBE SCHEDULE A MEETING TO START THAT PROCESS.

AND SO I DON'T I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A AND A VICE CHAIR NOW BUT I THINK THE STAFF OUGHT TO SCHEDULE A MEETING FOR SO YOU CAN DO THAT AND CAN PROCEED AND THEN I THINK THAT YOU PROBABLY NEED OTHER TOOLS DURING THAT MEETING. IT'D BE GREAT FOR YOU ALL TO EVALUATE WHAT WORKED AND WHAT DIDN'T BUT MEANWHILE WE'VE GOT STUFF MARCHING DOWN THE ROAD AND AND SO I WOULD ASK TOWN MANAGER IF WE CAN SHARE WITH THE HOUSING ACTION COMMITTEE THE DRAFT INFORMATION WE ABOUT THE STABILIZATION PLAN I SEE AN OUTLINE HERE AND WE CAN GET SOME INPUT FROM YOU ON THAT BECAUSE WE WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT AS LIKE WHAT'S NEXT AND I DON'T I THINK WE NEED TO HEAR WHAT IS PROPOSED SCHEDULE IS FOR THE RFQ ON BRYANT ROAD AND I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE GET INPUT ON THAT AND I THINK THOSE ARE A COUPLE OF WE CAN DO.

AND THE OTHER THING IS THAT WHENEVER WE HAVE LIKE TODAY A PRESENTATION I THINK IT'D BE HELPFUL IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE SITTING AT THE TABLE WITH US THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THAT AHEAD OF TIME SO YOU CAN HELP YOU REACT TO THE PRESENTATION. SO I THINK WE NEED TO IMPROVE OUR COMMUNICATION AND I WOULD LOOK TO THE MANAGER AND MAYOR TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP UP THAT COMMUNICATION WITH THE COMMITTEE. SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT I'M KIND LISTING RIGHT NOW AND IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT I SAID THAT YOU DON'T LIKE OR SOMETHING THAT I DIDN'T SAY THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THE LIST BUT I'M IN FULL SUPPORT OF MOVING FORWARD WITH A HOUSING ACTION COMMITTEE AND CLARIFYING THAT ROLE WITH THAT LIST AS FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO SPOKE TODAY I ALWAYS LISTEN AND I ALWAYS GET A NUGGET FROM EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU AND I ESPECIALLY WANT TO THANK MR. BECAUSE I LOVE TO GET SUGGESTIONS AND SO TO ACTUALLY SAY SOMETHING TANGIBLE THAT CAN BE CONSIDERED I THINK IS VERY POWERFUL. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

IN REGARDS THE COMMITTEE YOU KNOW IT'S UNFORTUNATE WHAT HAD HAPPENED IN THE AND I THINK MR. MILLER SAID INCONGRUENT GOALS AND PRIORITIES BETWEEN THE COMMITTEE AND THE TOWN LEFT COMMITTEE MEMBERS FEELING NOT VALUED AND THE TOWN FRUSTRATED AS WELL.

SO I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL GET ON THE SAME.

FOR ME THAT LOOKS LIKE TAKING THE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES AND PLAN A'S AND LAYING OUT FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND HOW CAN YOU ADD VALUE WITH THAT PROCESS? YOU KNOW, I, I I'M NOT SAYING I DON'T WANT TO THINK ABOUT THE THEORETICAL I'D LOVE TO HEAR THE PRACTICAL ABOUT WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE. I WAS ALSO REALLY ENCOURAGED BY HEARING ABOUT IDEAS ABOUT HOW TO REDUCE COST IN REGARDS TO DEVELOPMENT, YOU KNOW AND ALTHOUGH THAT ISSUE THAT YOU BROUGHT UP HAS BEEN ADDRESSED THROUGH THE ALAMO THERE MAY OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO TAKE A LOOK AT ITEMS BECAUSE I'M A BIG BELIEVER IN DEVELOPER INCENTIVES PUBLIC, PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS AND IF WE CAN FIND WAYS TO REDUCE COSTS FOR DEVELOPERS AND CREATE MORE INCENTIVES, THINK EVERYONE WINS FOR THAT. SO THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS IN REGARDS TO WHAT I'VE HEARD TODAY IT WILL HELP WE'LL PUT YOU ON THAT COMMITTEE WELL THANK YOU FOR MR. BROWN. I JUST WANT TO EXPAND ON AS MUCH AS I'VE ENJOYED BEING HERE YOU ALL FOR TWO AND A HALF HOURS I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT WE ARE IN POSITION TO BE IN

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OKAY I THINK WE AND WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME THEY EACH ONE OF THE POINTS THAT THEY MADE IS FOR US TO LOSE SOME CONCERN COULD TAKE ANOTHER ONE OR TWO MEETINGS TO GET BETTER SO I JUST THINK IT'S TOTALLY APPROPRIATE FOR US TO KEEP THE COMMITTEE IN PLACE AND IF NO OBJECTION FROM MY COLLEAGUES ONE THOUGHT THAT I'VE HAD SINCE WE'VE HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC AND FROM ALL AT THE TABLE SO WE'VE GOT A GOAL THAT WE DEEM TO BE NUMBER ONE AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT. I'M GOING TO FOCUS ON WORD MANAGEMENT A AND WE'VE GOT THIS AFFORDABLE HOUSING ISSUE AND THE SKY IS FALLING WHEN IT COMES TO HOW MANY SHORT TERM RENTALS HAVE BLOWN UP. I'D ASK THAT ALONG WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN ITEMS UNDER THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING THE BILL ALSO ASKED THE COMMITTEE TO LOOK AT SOME IDEAS ON WE CAN CONVERT SHORT TERM TO LONG TERM THAT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME OUT-OF-THE-BOX THINKING.

OKAY. AND I WANT TO BE VERY, VERY CLEAR IS THE THINGS THAT HELP WITH THIS EXPLOSION OF SHORT TERM ONE IS CALLED HAD NO CONTROL THAT BUT IF WE REALLY LOOK UNDER THE TENT WE HAVE INCENTIVIZED SHORT TERM RENTALS HERE ON HILTON HEAD I SPEND ABOUT $40 MILLION TO MAKE THE BEACH WAY OUT OF HERE. THAT'S NOT FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING FOR A WORKFORCE HOUSING THAT'S FOR THE SHORT RENTAL MARKET.

OH HOW DO WE HAVE TO BE JUST AS AGGRESSIVE AND JUST COMMITTED TO SOLVING THIS ISSUE? THE SHORT TERM RENTALS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO BACK OFF ON AND CONVERT THEM TO TERM DEBT. LET'S GET SERIOUS ABOUT THAT AND LET'S ASK THE COMMITTEE TO HELP US WITH IT. OKAY. AND THE LAST THING ON THIS I'LL MENTION MR. BEFORE I GO BECAUSE THIS ONE HERE IN THE BACK OF MY NECK STANDING UP SO MY GRANDMOTHER SISTER ARID SOMEONE FROM THE WILLIAMS FAMILY WHO LIVES IN MUDDY CREEK SECOND COUSINS AND CREEK FAMILY MEMBERS WITH DAD IN MUDDY CREEK I'M STRUGGLING WITH THIS WHOLE IDEA OF CLEANING IT UP. I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT THAT MEANS.

I'D SEE US BE MORE INTENTIONAL ABOUT EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AGREES OPPORTUNITIES MAKE IT A TRUE NEIGHBORHOOD AND A TRUE COMMUNITY AND A SAFE FOR EVERYONE SO THAT'S ANOTHER CHARGE A HARMFUL TO COMMIT. WE'RE NOT JUST CLEANING UP OKAY? IT CAN HELP THERE THE BEST THAT IT CAN BE IN ALL AREAS. ALL RIGHT.

GREAT GREAT INFORMATION RIGHT. AND I THINK THAT NOT NOT TO MAKE THIS ABOUT THE HOUSING MAYBE BUT I THINK WE'RE GETTING SOME GOOD DIRECTION ABOUT WHERE IT NEEDS GO.

BUT IT'S ALSO ABOUT WHAT COUNCIL'S DRIVE WITH OCCURRING WITHIN OUR ROLE AS TO HOUSING AND I THINK WE'VE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT FOR A PRETTY GOOD DEGREE TODAY AND MARK I'M GOING TO ASK YOU AND SEAN AS YOU ALL HAVE GOTTEN SOME GOOD DIRECTIVES ON THIS OR IF YOU NEED MORE FROM THANK YOU FOR ASKING I HAVE ASKED I USE THE FACILITY A SECOND AGO AND A COUPLE OF MENTIONED THAT THEY DID NOT SIGN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

ABSOLUTELY. AND THEY ASKED IF THEY COULD SPEAK SO I'D ASK YOU WOULD PREFER ME TO SPEAK FIRST AND TALK ABOUT WHAT I HEARD TODAY, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS ASK COUNSEL IF ANYBODY HAS ANY OBJECTIONS TO ALLOWING THOSE WHO DIDN'T SIGN UP TO SPEAK TO SPEAK. OKAY. WE HAVE SOME AUDIENCE MEMBERS SORCHA WANT TO GO 1ST OF MAY YOUR NEXT WHAT'S HER NAME WELL THANK YOU NOT FOR NOT SAYING I WAS MAYOR FORMER MAYOR JUST PROVE THAT NOT EVERYBODY'S CALLED MAYOR.

THANK YOU THANK YOU VERY MUCH LISA SALKA I LIVE IN BLUFFTON. HOWEVER I MET MY HUSBAND ON HILTON HEAD. I IN CHARLES FRAZIER'S CAUDILLO COURT WITH FOUR OTHER PEOPLE WHILE I WORKED IN FOOD AND BEVERAGE SO I RAISED MY FAMILY HERE.

THELMA HAS BEEN HERE I HAVE A TRUE HEART FOR HILTON HEAD BUT I HAVE A BIGGER HEART FOR

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BUT THE 30 YEAR TIME IS WAY TOO SHORT. IT IS TINKLING UPON US AND THOSE HOUSES ARE GOING TO BE $1,000,000 AND RIGHT NOW THEY CAN BE SOLD AT THE CURRENT RMR LEVELS. SO I WOULD REALLY URGE ALL TO KEEP THAT IN MIND THINK ABOUT THOSE OF US WHO LIVED IN A SIX UNIT TRAILER CAMPER. THINK ABOUT TWO SINGLE GRADUATES FROM SCHOOL OR COLLEGE THAT ARE GOING INTO THE WORKFORCE.

IT KILLS THEM IF YOU HAVE TO AND IN AMMO LEVELS. SO KEEP THAT IN MIND SOME PEOPLE WANT TO STILL LIVE TOGETHER BUT IF YOU PUT TWO INDEPENDENT PEOPLE IN THERE IT MIGHT MESS UP WITH THE INCOME LEVELS SO PLEASE THINK ABOUT THAT.

I LOVE ANDY'S IDEAS AND I LOVED YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE SURVEY. MRS. BECKER THE PRIVATE AFFORDABLE RENTALS I THINK THEY CAN BE FACTORED IN WITH AN EASY CALL TO BUSINESSES WE KNOW WE KNOW WHO THEY THEY'RE PROBABLY SIX OR SEVEN COMPANIES NOW THAT DO IT GO AND PUT THAT IN THE NUMBERS AND SEE WHERE IT WHERE IT LANDS. I DID HEAR A LOT ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD NOT WORRY ABOUT WORKFORCE BUT A SENIOR CAN'T PLAN HOUSING IS A VERY CHAPTER IN YOUR PLAN SO IS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND I FAULT FAULT AND FAULT COUNCILS AND I SAID IF WE WE SUPPORT ONE WE SHOULD SUPPORT THE OTHERS SO I DO TAKE A LITTLE SIDE ON THAT. THE DASHBOARD IS GREAT YOU I WILL STAND UP AND CHEER BUT I DON'T BELIEVE IN CLAPPING A PUBLIC COMMENT THAT NORTH POINT IS AMAZING.

THANK VERY MUCH. TRAVELING NURSES AND INTERNSHIPS THINK THROUGH THAT.

I HAD A CALL YESTERDAY FROM A TRAVELING NURSE WHO'S COMING TO HILTON HEAD.

SHE CAN'T FIND THE PLACE SO THEY'RE HAVING TO FIND A PLACE FOR HER IN HARTSVILLE WHICH IS WHERE A LOT OF WORKERS ARE GOING TO GET EVENTUALLY SURVEYS TAMARA PUT THEM IN THE BUSINESS LICENSE RENEWAL ASK YOUR BUSINESSES RIGHT THEY ARE HOW MANY OF YOUR EMPLOYEES COME OVER EVERY DAY BILL I ANSWER IT. I MEAN THEY HAVE TO PAY THEIR BUSINESS LICENSE FEE FINALLY THE KDC AND IF ANYONE ELSE SPEAKS AFTER ME WE HAVE RAISED OVER $10 MILLION WITH VERY LITTLE COMING FROM GOVERNMENT BUT PEOPLE WHO GIVE MONEY WANT TO KNOW IF THE GOVERNMENT DOES SUPPORT IT SO WE DO DO NEED YOUR HELP AND THAT IS SO AND WE'RE READY TO GO WE'RE READY TO HAVE MORE MAYOR SORCHA IS THE FOR THE AND AFTER THIS FITZPATRICK HELLO MEGHAN FITZPATRICK I LIVE IN ASHTON COVE I DIDN'T SIGN UP TO SPEAK SO IF MY COMMENTS ARE SOMEWHAT DISJOINTED I'M JUST REACTING TO WHAT I HEARD FIRST OFF IS TODAY ABOUT ESTABLISHING MORE HOUSING OR IS IT ABOUT GETTING DONE WHAT'S ALREADY ON THE BOOKS NORTH POINT BRYANT NO EVENT SO I'M JUST KIND OF CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT WE'RE REALLY TALKING SOMEONE HAD MENTIONED SINCE SERGE IS THE LARGEST EMPLOYER I OWNED A BUSINESS IF I WANTED MY EMPLOYEES TO HAVE A NICE PLACE TO LIVE. IT WAS UP TO ME TO THEM MORE SO I WOULD DEFINITELY SUGGEST THAT SERGE AND SOME OF THESE OTHER EMPLOYERS PAY THEIR EMPLOYEES MORE FAIR WAGE. ALSO TO MISS BECKER'S I ACTUALLY LIVE OUTSIDE OF THE GATES THAT 30% OF US HAVE TO ABSORB 100% OF THE ISLAND'S ISSUES.

HAD I KNOWN THIS I WOULD HAVE NEVER PURCHASED A NATIONAL COVE I WOULD HAVE BOUGHT BEHIND THE GATES. IT'S NOT FAIR SO IF LONG COVE IN WEXFORD AND HILTON HEAD PLANTATION WANT WORKFORCE HOUSING BY ALL MEANS PLEASE ESTABLISH IT WITH BEHIND YOUR GATES QUESTION HOW MANY MORE ARPA FUNDS DO WE HAVE FROM COVID? I THAT WOULD REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO KNOW THAT IF WE'RE IF WE SPENT ALL OF THOSE OR NOT TODAY THE HOUSING ACTION ACTION COMMITTEE MEMBERS YOU GUYS FOR BEING HERE YOU KEEP REFERRING TO IT AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUT THE TOWN IS CALLING IT WORKFORCE.

SO WHICH ONE IS IT? I WOULD JUST LIKE TO KNOW THAT AND THANK YOU MR. DECIMAL ONE FOR THE SEASONAL EMPLOYEES AND HOW THEY'RE ACCOUNTED FOR. OH LET'S FAST.

I'LL END WITH ONE OF MY FAVORITE QUOTES THE NINE MOST TERRIFYING WORDS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE I'M FROM GOVERNMENT AND I'M HERE TO HELP. THANK YOU.

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WE DROVE IN. WE SAID THIS ISN'T REALLY THAT ISLAND OF HILTON ISLAND THAT WE KNEW AND WE DO LIVE BEHIND THE GATE. I DON'T KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS OR ISN'T BUT WE BECAME AWARE OF THE PROBLEM OF TRYING TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION AND WE KNOW THAT GOVERNMENT HAS TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION. GOVERNMENT'S BEEN PART HOUSING SOLUTIONS FOR OVER A CENTURY. WE CAN GO BACK TO THE HOMESTEAD ACT, WE CAN GO BACK TO THE ESTABLISHED MEAN OF THE FHA IN THE DEPRESSION WE GO BACK TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF VA AFTER WORLD WAR ONE TWO WE CAN GO TO OTHER COMMUNITIES PARTICULARLY RESORT COMMUNITIES THE ASPENS, THE CAPE COD'S, THE EAST AND THE LONG ISLAND. THEY HAVE TO COME UP WITH AND GOVERNMENT IS PART OF THE SOLUTION. I WOULD ADD WHAT I'VE HEARD TODAY I WOULD CONSIDER THINKING ABOUT IF WE KNOW THAT VISITORS TO THE ISLAND ARE TOURISTS THAT HELP MAKE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE ENJOY ON THE ISLAND POSSIBLE BUT THEY DO CAUSE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL WORKERS. YOU MORE OF SOMETHING WHEN YOU SUBSIDIZE IT YOU GET OF IT WHEN YOU TAX IT. LOOK AT THE COMBINATION MAYBE THERE SHOULD BE MUCH HIGHER TAXES AND WHETHER IT'S 5% OF RENTALS, 10% OF RENTALS 1% OR 20% I DON'T KNOW.

I'M SURE THE TERM AND PUT IT TOWARDS TAKING CARE OF WORKERS GETTING THEM PROVIDED WITH HOUSING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ONE MORE COMMENT IF I COULD WITH RESPECT TO YOUR TIME. OH, WITH RESPECT TO THE HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND OR ACTION COMMITTEE EXCUSE ME OF PROBABLY THE THING THAT I SAW MOST I ATTENDED A COUPLE OF MEETINGS A COUPLE OF TIMES AND I DID WATCH SOME OF THE PRESENTATIONS TO TOWN COMMUNITIES AND THE BIG THING IS THE TOWN COMMITTEES AND TOWN COUNCIL PEOPLE NEED SHOW GREAT RESPECT TO THE RESIDENTS THEY OFTEN SERVE ON COMMITTEES.

THAT'S WHAT I SAW MISSING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

HI, EVERYBODY. CAITLYN WE ARE THERE. THERE IT IS LIVE ON HILTON HEAD. I'VE LIVED ON MAD FOR 13 YEARS AND YOU KNOW WHAT I HAVE I DON'T FORESEE THE NEED THAT I'M GOING NEED A AMBULANCE OR TO BE PICKED UP OFF OF THE FLOOR MY BATHROOM OR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE IN MY HOME TIME SOON SO I TAKE REAL UMBRAGE THAT SO OF MY TAX DOLLARS GOES TO FUND FIRE AND RESCUE DOESN'T THAT SOUND CRAZY OR WE'RE A COMMUNITY I'M PART OF THE WORKING COMMUNITY HAVE I LIVED IN SHARED A MARSH APARTMENT WITH FOUR GIRLS IN 2009 WHICH I PAID 400 AND KNOW I PAID $600 A MONTH TO LIVE THERE WHEN I WAS MAKING $8.50 AN HOUR. THAT WAS MY FIRST INTRODUCTION TO WORKFORCE HOUSING ON HILTON HEAD. I HAVE A REAL ISSUE WITH MANY OF THE SPEAKERS TODAY AND AS WE TALK HOUSING WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY JUST TALKING ABOUT HOUSING FOLKS.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL HAVE BEEN OUT AND ABOUT LATELY BUT LIKE EVERYTHING. PEOPLE'S ATTITUDE. NO ONE'S SMILING, NO ONE'S NICE TO EACH OTHER IT'S REALLY HOT OUT HERE BUT LIKE THE ATTITUDE IN THIS ROOM HOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE CONTRIBUTES TO THAT I GOT I COULDN'T MOVE TO CHICAGO TOMORROW FOUND THAT OUT TODAY WHAT IS KEEPING ME HERE IS IT THE WONDERFUL VIBRANT COMMUNITY THAT I HAVE WORKED SO HARD TO BUILD THE PAST 16 YEARS? DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY OF THOSE FOLKS HAVE MOVED AWAY BECAUSE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE HERE THIS VIBRANT COMMUNITY THAT

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I'M THINKING EVERY DAY WHY I CONTINUE TO DO THIS AND SIT IN THESE MEETINGS AND LISTEN TO YOU ALL TALK ABOUT THE WORKFORCE THE WAY YOU DO IT'S REALLY DISHEARTENING AND IT'S NOT ENCOURAGING OF COMMUNITY AND IT'S NOT ENCOURAGING OF BUILDING THIS COMMUNITY UP AND TO THE EXCELLENCE IT SHOULD BE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. BUT THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. ADRIAN KANE I'M THE CEO OF THE HILTON THAT AREA HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION AND THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN BURNS FOR MENTIONING THIS EARLIER. WE WERE BORN AND RAISED ON THIS ISLAND NEARLY SEVEN YEARS AGO 3 TO 6 SPANISH WALLS BOULEVARD AND I REPRESENT BUILDERS THAT BUILD ON THIS INCREDIBLY SPECIAL PLACE WE ALL CALL HOME AND IT SHOULD NOT BE LOST. THAT HOME IS THE ROOT OF WHY ALL OF YOU SITTING HERE IN THE PEOPLE BEHIND ME AND TALK SO PASSIONATELY ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF A HOME AND HAVING A PLACE TO REST YOUR HEAD AND HAVING A SAFE PLACE TO BE YOU PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE AND LET IT NOT BE AFFORDABLE AND WORKFORCE HOUSING DOES NOT HAPPEN IN ANY CAPACITY WITHOUT AN ACTIVE PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR PUBLIC PARTNERS LAND.

COSTS ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE SIMPLY TOO HIGH SURE DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPERS CAN BE SAID THEY'RE THEY'RE THERE FOR THE PROFIT. WE LIVE IN A CAPITALISTIC SOCIETY MOST OF OUR FOLKS ARE MAKING 10 TO 15% ON MOST OF THE DEALS THEY STRUCTURE YOUR CONTRIBUTION WHETHER LAND OR PROCESS IS CRITICAL TO THAT TO OUR ACTION MEMBERS YOUR SERVICE SHOULD BE COMMENDED AND CELEBRATED. THANK FOR ALL THAT YOU CONTINUE TO DO TO ADVANCE THIS CONVERSATION. HILTON HEAD IS ONE OF THE MOST RIGOROUS PLACES ON THE ENTIRE EIGHT COUNTIES I WORK TO BUILD A HOME LET IT BE KNOWN ADDITION TO ANY INCENTIVES THAT MAY BE IN PLACE, HILTON HEAD PLAYS A CRITICAL ROLE AND SHOULD LOOK INTROSPECTIVELY AT YOUR PROCESSES TO ENSURE YOUR PARTNER NOT JUST IN HELPING TO BRING WORKFORCE HOUSING BUT TO BRING HOUSING TO MARKET IN A FASTER PACE.

IT'D BE EASY TO PAY PARADISE AND YOU'VE HEARD A LOT OF PEOPLE CONCERNED THE QUALITY AND THE BALANCE OF PARTY LIFE. WE ARE RAISING OUR I HAVE A 17 YEAR OLD IS ABOUT TO GO OFF TO COLLEGE I'M RAISING IN OUR COMMUNITIES SHE SIMPLY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO BUY A HOME WHERE BEING RAISED THAT MEMBERS OF COUNCIL MR. MAYOR IS A PROBLEM IT'S A PROBLEM ACROSS ALL EIGHT COUNTIES AND THOSE WHO MOVED HERE THREE YEARS AGO AND NOW SUDDENLY WANT TO SHUT THE GATE NEED TO FACE THAT THEY'RE PART OF THE PROBLEM THAT WE ALL NOW ARE TRYING FROM A PUBLIC POLICY STANDPOINT TO SOLVE I HEARD THE WORD MORATORIUM A MORATORIUM IS A LAZY MECHANISM BY ELECTED OFFICIALS TO SOLVE PROBLEM THAT YOU'VE NOT SHOWN THE BRAVERY TO STEP FORWARD A GOOD GOOD TO DO GOOD POLICY IN LIEU OF THAT'S NOT ANSWER THE ANSWER IS TO LOOK INSIDE AND OUT PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, INCENTIVES THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT AND HOW DO WE MOVE THAT TOGETHER IN A PARTNERSHIP THAT MAKES SENSE THIS ASSOCIATION AND OUR NEARLY 600 MEMBERS STAND READY TO PARTNER WITH YOU THE WORD EXPERTS USED A FEW TIMES WE HAVE EXPERTS SEVERAL MEMBERS ARE BEHIND ME CELEBRATING LEFT.

WE CAN AND WILL BE PART OF THE SOLUTION WE A COUNCIL THIS PROACTIVE IN THINKING ABOUT HOW WE BUILD A COALITION A WORKING SESSION LIKE THIS IS HARD TO DO.

IT'S HARD TO HAVE A CONDUCIVE CONVERSATION IN A PLACE LIKE THIS BUT I ENCOURAGE YOU TO USE US USER EXPERTIZE TO ADVANCE THIS CONVERSATION AND FINALLY LEADERSHIP.

THANK YOU. IT'S HARD I'VE SAT IN YOUR SEAT.

I THE PRESSURE OF COMMENTS THAT DON'T ALWAYS MAKE SENSE OR ARE A LITTLE OFF MARK OR HAVE AN AGENDA OUTSIDE OF WHAT'S REALLY TRYING TO BE SOLVED HERE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND ALL THAT YOU DO. THANK YOU. IT WAS A HEALTHY JUST BOUGHT THIS LAST WEEK AT BURKE'S 99 JOIN THE CLUB YEAH SO NICE TO SEE I THANK YOU MAYOR PERRY FOR TEN YEARS I'VE BEEN DISCUSSING THIS TOPIC WITH STAFF OF THE PREVIOUS COUNCILS AND BUSINESS LEADERS AROUND THE COMMUNITY THE OVERVIEW OF THE WORKFORCE HOUSING EFFORTS WE ALL SAW TODAY ARE INCREDIBLE AND I BELIEVE AS A RESULT OF THOSE PREVIOUS EFFORTS BY PREVIOUS GUARDS MANY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS SITTING HERE BEHIND ME TODAY AND THEY PUT PIECES IN PLACE TO LEAD TO THESE RESULTS THE STAFF IS IN IN PLACE TO PUSH FORWARD AND I ENCOURAGE

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I ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK AT THE SHORT TERM RENTALS WHICH SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE POINTED OUT TODAY IS A PRIME OPPORTUNITY TO TURN THE TIDE. I LOOK AT OUR CUATRO A 260 YEAR IN THE COMPLEX THAT WILL SELL LIKELY IN THE NEXT 5 TO 7 YEARS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PULL BACK UNITS AND ENSURE THAT THEY ARE PRESERVED FOR AFFORDABLE WORKFORCE HOUSING FOR YEARS TO COME CONDOS AND TIMESHARES LIKE THE ONE FORMER MAYOR SONKO LIVED IN THAT WILL GENTRIFY BECOME RIPE FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT IN THE NEXT TEN YEARS WITH THESE ITEMS ON THE HORIZON IF TO BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION DEMAND AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF CAPITAL IN CDC CAN PRESERVE AND DOVETAIL WITH GROWTH MANAGEMENT IF WE FIND CAPITAL TO PRESERVE AND BUY THESE UNITS, THE TOWN CAN PLAY ITS STRONGEST IN FACILITATING THAT CAPITAL AND ACCESS TO IT.

FORTUNATELY WE HAVE COUNCILWOMAN TURNER WHO IS OUR BONDS SPECIALIST NOW ON THE COUNCIL. YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THIS COUNCIL FORWARD TO BRING BONDS AS A SOURCE OF OF RAISING FUNDS FOR THE WORK THAT WE ALL WANT TO DONE HERE TODAY.

THE TOWN CAN ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE ARE ENORMOUS AMOUNTS OF CAPITAL THEY CAN LEAD THEIR WAY FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO TAP INTO THE DC STANDS READY TO TAP INTO THOSE CAPITAL SOURCES AND MAKE SURE TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE AVAILABLE FOR OUR WORKERS FOR THE NEXT 100 YEARS WHICH IS THE TIMELINE THAT WE ARE FOCUSED ON TO PUT A BIG HAIRY AUDACIOUS GOAL OUT THERE FOR 400 UNITS TO BE PURCHASED ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND AND PRESERVED IT WOULD TAKE $150 MILLION. SO THAT'S THE NUMBER. THOSE ARE KIND OF THE BIG THINGS WE HAVE TO BE LOOKING AT FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS TO MAKE A BIG IMPACT.

THANK YOU ALL I CAN ADDRESS THE SURGE ONE SEPARATELY IF YOU WANT TO GIVE ME ANOTHER 3 MINUTES. NO, COME OUT. OH THAT'S SO THE RESTAURANT GROUP HAS DEDICATED TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF RESOURCES TIME TREASURE INTO TRYING TO CREATE MORE WORKFORCE HOUSING FOR FOREIGN WORKERS IN TERMS OF PAYMENT I AGREE 100 I DON'T KNOW WHY WE WERE SINGLED OUT BUT I'M SURE THERE'S EMPLOYERS IN ALL DIFFERENT THAT PAY VERY WELL. I SIGNED QUARTERLY BONUS CHECKS YESTERDAY FOR 150 MANAGERS AND THE NUMBERS WERE FROM 2000 TO $24000. SO TO SEE THAT FOR SINGLE PARENTS AND AND INDIVIDUALS THAT I SEE SUCCEEDING WITH US EVERY DAY IS JUST A HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT. SO THE MONEY IS IS REALLY BEEN NOT THE ISSUE.

I WILL SAY THAT 90% AND I LIVE IN BLUFFTON SO BE GREAT TO FIND WAYS TO KEEP THEM HERE.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO TO FOCUS ON THAT SIDE OF IT. I THINK THAT WAS THERE WAS ONE OF THE SHORT CONCERNS I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS BUT I WOULD JUST THANK THANK YOU YOU KNOW ANYBODY ELSE PAGES SO I TALK TO THAT'S HOW THEY DO IT. GOOD AFTERNOON.

MY NAME IS PETERS OR SHIRLEY PETERSON AMERICAN YEAR RESIDENT OF THE ISLAND I'M IN I LIVE IN SEA PINES BEHIND THE GATES. BUT COUNCILMAN TAMRA, I SPEND 95% OF MY TIME OUTSIDE OF THE GATES. SO LET ME JUST START BY SAYING I APPLAUD YOU.

COUNCILMAN BRYSON COUNTS COUNCILMAN ALFORD COUNCILMAN I DON'T KNOW YOUR LAST NAME TURNER TANNER TANNER THANK YOU AND COUNCILMAN BROWN AND ACTUALLY THE MAYOR AND ALSO MARK ORLANDO FOR YOUR COMMENTS TODAY. I THINK ALL OF THEM WERE RIGHT ON WORKFORCE HOUSING IS A CRITICAL ISSUE ON THIS ISLAND AND THOSE WHO DON'T THINK IT IS NOT YOU NEED TO SPEND TIME WITH ME WHEN I TALK TO GARDENERS, WHEN I TALK TO PAINTERS, WHEN I TALK TO HOUSEKEEPER CARS THAT SPEND MOST OF THEIR TIME COMING ON THIS THIS ISLAND, I ASKED HIM THE QUESTION IF YOU HAD A CHOICE WOULD RATHER LIVE IN BLUFFTON SORRY.

FORMER MAYOR OR WOULD YOU RATHER LIVE ON THE ISLAND TO REDUCE YOUR COMMUTE TIME IN 95% OF THOSE PEOPLE SAY I AM WHERE I AM BECAUSE I CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE ON THE ISLAND.

I WOULD LOVE TO LIVE ON ISLAND AND I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT THIS ISLAND COULD BE WHEN YOU HAVE A MIXTURE OF PEOPLE LIVING ON THIS ISLAND IT WOULD DO NOTHING BUT POSITIVELY IMPACT THIS ISLAND. WE TALK A LOT ABOUT CHARLES. CHARLES PRAISED HIS VISION WAS HERE BUT HE WASN'T THE FIRST PEOPLE THAT WERE HERE ON THIS ISLAND.

SO WHATEVER WE DO ON THIS ISLAND WE NEED TO INCLUDE THE GULLAH COMMUNITY TOO.

MR. BOX THESE POINTS SO WE NEED MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE INVOLVING THOSE PEOPLE WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MUDDY AND GOING FORWARD AND PUTTING AFFORDABLE WORKFORCE HOUSING THERE.

SEAN I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION I WANT TO THANK ALSO SCOTT WURMAN WHO EDUCATED ON THE WORKFORCE HOUSING ISSUE TO MAKE SURE I KNEW WHAT WAS TALKING ABOUT.

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HELLO, I'M EMILY FROM THE STUDIO. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

AM A NEWLY SMALL BUSINESS OWNER ON THE ISLAND. I HAVE LIVED HERE SINCE I WAS TEN YEARS OLD AND I AM FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO STILL BE LIVING ON HILTON HEAD WITHIN THE REALM OF THE ISLAND AND I LIVED OFF ISLAND FOR A LITTLE BIT AS WELL SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE DAY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO LEARNING MORE ABOUT WHAT THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN DOING AND ARE GOING TO DO BECAUSE IT'S NOT NECESSARILY AFFECTING ME IN THIS WORLD RIGHT NOW BUT IT IS GOING TO BE AFFECTING MY NEPHEWS AND THE GIRLS THAT I EMPLOY AND WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO LIVE AFTER SCHOOL AND I HOPE THAT THEY WANT TO COME BACK TO HELP NOT AFTERWARDS BUT THEY DO NEED A PLACE TO LIVE AND I THINK THAT THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS ARE ALL DOING SOUNDS GREAT AND I HOPE IT CONTINUES TO BE GREAT AND BE THIS WONDERFUL COMMUNITY WE ALL KNOW AND LOVE AND I HOPE MORE PEOPLE IN MY START COMING TO THESE MEETINGS AND START LEARNING A LITTLE BIT AND SPEAKING UP BECAUSE WE DO HAVE VOICES AND THEY AREN'T BEING REPRESENTED RIGHT NOW. SO I HOPE THAT THERE IS A WAY THAT WE CAN GET THAT GOING AS WELL. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I ASSUME LIKE ANYBODY ELSE I ASK THOSE QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT, DEEP BREATH. I'VE GOT A FEW THINGS.

ONE, THERE'S BEEN A FEW MINUTES I THINK YOU ASKED ME A QUESTION OF YOU KNOW, KIND OF SOME OF MY TAKEAWAYS AND REALLY, YOU KNOW, PUSH AN PATH FORWARD. I'LL SHARE A COUPLE OF THINGS.

YOU KNOW, SHAWN, I WORKED ON THE PRESENTATION AND HE WORKED ON 99% OF IT AND I WAS A SOUNDING BOARD FOR THE LAST MONTHS OFF AND ON IS BECAUSE IT MEANT THAT MUCH TO US TO PREPARE FOR TODAY AND SO I'D SAY THAT I DID HAVE IN MY OWN MIND SOME HOPES AND SOME EXPECTATIONS OF WHAT I WAS JUST IN AND TALKED AND I'VE TALKED WITH TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS OF WHAT I WAS HOPING AND EXPECTING OCCUR TODAY AND I SHARE THAT I'LL SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF MY OBSERVATIONS AND THEN REALLY BEFORE WE LEAVE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TOWN MS. BRYSON STARTED AS SHE ALWAYS HELPS ME TO PROVIDE THAT CLARITY ON OUR UNDERSTANDING OF OUR NEXT BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S NEEDED IN THE ROOM.

I THINK THAT'S MORE NEEDED ANYTHING ELSE IN THIS ROOM AND SO ONE JUST SOME PUBLIC COMMENTS SHAWN DID TELL ME THAT HE HELPED WITH THE BLUFFTON HOME SITE.

HE WANTED ME TO MAKE SURE THAT HE HELPED WITH THAT TOO. SO HE'S LIKE YEAH, HE LEFT.

HE LEFT, WENT BACK TO OHIO AND I TOOK THE CREDIT. IT'S JUST ANOTHER ONE I WISH I COULD PAINT BECAUSE THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY FOR PAINTING AND I UNDERSTAND THE THE THE NEED FOR WORKERS IT'S ALL A SUPPLY AND DEMAND PUZZLE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF .

THERE ARE ZERO FUNDS LEFT IN ARPA OR LESS TO ALL THE APPLICATIONS THAT ARE AND ALL THE FUNDS ARE SPENT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE EARMARKS THAT WE HAVE FOR SOME OF OUR P3 PROJECTS. SO TODAY I HEARD SOME CLARITY RIGHT? I WAS HOPING TODAY TO HAVE SOME CONFIDENCE AND REALLY SOME SOME ENERGY AND SOME GREAT SPIRIT TO TO CONFIDENTLY MOVE FORWARD. AND SO I HEARD THE CLARITY KNOW I BELIEVE AND WE BELIEVE IN EACH OTHER THAT THERE IS URGENCY THE ROOM ESPECIALLY WHEN WE KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND WHEN WE NEED TO DO IT. I THINK THAT'S SOME OF THE COMPETING THINGS THAT I HAVE IS YOU KNOW, WHERE DO YOU START? I HEARD EXPECTATIONS THROUGH THE TOWN COUNCIL ADOPTED STRATEGIC PLAN. I HEARD ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGH THE STRATEGIC PLANS PERFORMANCE INDICATORS BUT ALSO WITH THE HOUSING ACTION AND DEFINITELY WITH AND FOR TOWN COUNCIL.

SO I HEARD THAT TODAY. I ALSO HEARD THAT WE SHOULD CELEBRATE AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE GREAT WORK WE'RE DOING RIGHT WE ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS I DON'T KNOW ANOTHER MUNICIPALITY I'M PLUGGED INTO MY NETWORK IN MY BUSINESS SPACE I DON'T KNOW A LOT OF TOWNS WITH A 40,000 POPULATION IN A LOW GENERAL FUND VILLAGE PUTTING UP 35 PLUS OR MINUS Y'ALL CAN TELL ME THE REAL NUMBER AT A CERTAIN POINT WHEN IT'S ALL PRICED A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NEXT ONE ON YOU KNOW, ROLL IN OFF THE SHELF. SO I THINK WE'RE THERE AND AGAIN I DON'T KNOW IF EXCITED, RELIEVED OR ENCOURAGED BY LOT OF THIS I WILL SAY THAT WE'RE

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THE TRAVEL TIME TO HILTON HEAD ISLAND IS LONGER BUT WHAT ABOUT THE TRAFFIC CONGESTION ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND? WE'RE BUILDING GREAT CITY PROJECTS PARKS AND ROADS ACQUIRE AND PRESERVE LAND VALUE . OUR ECONOMIC DRIVER OF TOURISM OR OUR WORKFORCE UNDERSTAND THE RISING AND CONSTRUCTION COSTS AND SO ON AND SO ON AND SAY THAT BECAUSE AND I'M AND I THINK WE'RE FORTUNATE TO HAVE HOUSING ACTION COMMITTEE SET AT THE TABLE IT'S A PUZZLE AND THERE'S LAYERS IT AND AS SOON AS WE START FOCUSING ONLY ON WORKFORCE HOUSING ONLY ON A PARK MASTER PLAN AND ON A BRIDGE WE START FALLING APART AND AS A STAFF THE TOWN COUNCIL IS NOT ALONG. OUR WORK WITH THE HOUSING ACTION COMMITTEE STRUGGLED BECAUSE OF THAT BECAUSE WE ARE TRYING TO IMPLEMENT THE STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN ON YOUR BEHALF AND FOR YOU. BUT WHEN WE'RE IN THE ROOM WE'RE HEARING THERE'S SO MUCH MORE TO DO WHICH IS GREAT AND I THINK THAT'S A GOOD TAKEAWAY BECAUSE. WE WANT MORE BUT WE STRUGGLED WITH WHERE DO WE START? HOW DO WE GET NORTH POINT? HOW DO WE BRING CREEK? HOW DO WE GET BRYAN ROAD? AND I FEEL ENCOURAGED TODAY BECAUSE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT ALL AND I HAVE SOME TAKEAWAYS AND I WANT THE HOUSING ACTION COMMITTEE TO HEAR US FIRST AND FOREMOST AND AS PRICE I SAID IT TO GET THE ACTION COMMITTEE BACK TOGETHER I'LL COME TO THE MEETING.

SHAWN WILL BE AT THE MEETING WITH WILL YOU OKAY. BECAUSE THE STRUCTURE OF THE CHAIR THE VICE CHAIR THE ASSESSMENT THE EVALUATION I THINK IS BUSINESS ITEM NUMBER ONE. WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT STAFFING I FROZE THE CHIEF HOUSING OFFICER POSITION FOR A MINUTE. I'M NOT SURE THAT WAS THE RIGHT ROLE LET ALONE WHAT WE REALLY NEED WHEN WE LOOK AT THE ACTION PLAN. SO THAT'S NUMBER ONE WE'VE GOING TO WORK WITH THE HOUSING ACTION COMMITTEE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE FINDING HOME PLAN AND REVIEW IT. THERE ARE SOME ELEMENTS IN THERE THAT WERE COMPLETE AND THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON AND I THINK PERSONALLY I THINK THERE'S SOME THINGS IN THERE THAT Y'ALL WANT US TO DO THAT WE A WE DON'T HAVE MAY HAVE NOT HAVE TIME YET OR MAYBE IT'S A LITTLE PREMATURE I THINK WE JUST HAVE TO HONESTLY TALK AND OPENLY TALK ABOUT THAT WE HAVE TO IMPLEMENT WITH YOU AND WITH SOME GUIDANCE STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN THE STRATEGIES RIGHT ALAMO WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF AN ALAMO AND WHETHER THAT'S DEVELOPMENT CODE HOLDING GOOD HOUSING PROJECTS OR AND OR STARS AND OR ANY OTHER TYPE WORK WE'VE LEARNED THAT DENSITY BONUSES AREN'T WORKING AND AND DENSITY BONUSES PROBABLY AREN'T THE BEST THING TO SOLVE WORKFORCE HOUSING IN AREAS THAT ARE COMPETING RIGHT.

NOT IN HARMONY BUT WITH ONE OF THOSE LAYERS OF ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY RIGHT. BECAUSE SOME OF THEM ARE ON THE EDGES OF OUR WATERWAYS AND THE DENSITY ISN'T VALUED. NORTH POINT PATH FORWARD I THINK THAT'S CLEAR.

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AND TO YOUR WHOLE TEAM AND ESPECIALLY FOR COMING ALL THIS WAY TODAY TO BE WITH US AND TALK WITH US TODAY. BRYANT ROAD, RFQ. THE QUESTION WAS ASKED WHAT'S NEXT? I WILL BRING THAT WE HAVE A DRAFT OF THE RFQ PREPARED I WASN'T GOING TO PUT THAT OUT ON THE STREET SO TO SPEAK WITHOUT HAVING NORTHPOINT UNDERSTOOD AND I WASN'T GOING TO PUT THAT OUT ON THE STREET WITH SOME DIRECTION SOME GREAT GUIDANCE AND INTEL TO NOT PUT THAT OUT THERE WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING THE NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION INVESTMENT BECAUSE WITH THAT WOULD COME GENTRIFICATION WHOLEHEARTEDLY.

RIGHT. AND SO THOMAS AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT AT LENGTH AS AS SHAUN AND BEN AND OTHERS INCLUDED. BUT BRIAN WROTE WE COULD TALK HOUSING ACTION COMMITTEE, WE COULD TALK TO EACH HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD CDC AND DEFINITELY BRING THIS TO TOWN COUNCIL IN SEPTEMBER TO GET YOUR AGREEMENT .

IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'VE PROPOSED TODAY.

WE HAVE TO PUT A HELP WANTED SIGN UP AND WE NEED TO SEE WHO'S INTERESTED IN THE SAME WAY WE DID FOR NORTH POINT. WE'RE GOING TO KEEP BUILDING THIS HOUSING DATA INDEX PRICING INVENTORY SHORT TERM RENTAL BY TYPE COST BEDROOMS OUR WORKFORCE AND PREPARE A REAL DASHBOARD THAT'S FLUID OVER TIME I THINK WHAT WE'VE STRUGGLED WITH IN THE PAST IS BY THE TIME WE GO COUNT SOME UNITS CHANGE BY THE TIME WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME TELL YOU HOW MANY THERE ARE AND WE'RE NOT WIRED TO GO COUNT AND OUT COST OF HOME BEDROOM THERE WE'RE BUSY TAKING CARE OF CUSTOMERS TO OUR BEST ABILITY AND AND SOME OF OUR OTHER OTHER WORK MONEY CREEK NSP PRIORITIES RIGHT THE NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION PRIORITIES THE POLICY THE OPERATIONS AND THE CITY WITH THE COMMUNITY CORP'S INVOLVEMENT WE WILL BRING THAT TO THE HOUSING ACTION COMMITTEE FOR FOR SOME BACK AND FORTH ON THAT WE CONTINUE TO LOOK GRANT APPS HOME REPAIR LATERAL SEWER I THINK IT'S THROUGH THIS STRATEGIC PLAN WE CAN START DEFINING AND MEASURING THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT AND THAT'S THROUGH THOSE KPIS AND THEN OF COURSE AND THAT WAS A COUPLE MORE GET READY FOR THE ANNUAL HOUSING SUMMIT I THINK IF WE'RE EVERY DAY PREPARING FOR THE ANNUAL HOUSING SUMMIT WE'LL HAVE SOME RESULTS TO SHOW WHEN WE GET THERE AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST IS THE NEW IDEA PART OF THE THINGS WE'RE DOING? WHAT ELSE IS THERE THAT'S? FRANKLY THAT'S MY CONCERN IS WE'RE ALREADY DOING NINE TOWN COUNCIL BLESSED IT AND I'M I HAVING AN EXPECTATION THE 13TH AND 14TH ITEM AND THEN THERE'S GOING TO BE AT LEAST I'M DIFFERENCE OF OPINION BETWEEN YOUR APPOINTMENT OF A HOUSING ACTION COMMITTEE AND ME MY DIRECTION FROM YOU TO ME TO MY TEAM I THINK THE SOONER WE ALL TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE ROOM BECAUSE THAT THAT'S THE ISSUE AND AT THE END OF THE DAY IF WE JUST ADD UP A FEW OF THE WE TALKED ABOUT RESOURCES I WROTE SOME WORDS DOWN EARLIER AND I SAID THEM I KNOW IF I WAS EXCITED RELIEVED OR ENCOURAGED BUT WE'VE PUT RESOURCES THIS IF IF YOU LOOK AT THE INVESTMENT FOR POINT LOOK AT LAND VALUE AND AT THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT THAT COULD BE THE POST OFFICE THE MILLION DOLLARS OF OF OF MONEY AS AN INCENTIVE TO THE PROJECT. WE'RE NOT THAT RIGHT.

THERE IS ABOUT $11 MILLION OF IF YOU REALLY START ADDING IT UP WHEN YOU ADD THE COUNTRY ROAD. BRYANT ROAD $4 MILLION ACQUISITION BY TOWN COUNCIL OF LAND $2.5 MILLION EARMARKED IN THE BUDGET THAT'S $6.5 MILLION.

HOW MUCH IS THAT? 6.5 AND 11.5 $1,818 MILLION AND THEN IN THE HOME REPAIR AND LATERAL SEWER $2 MILLION I SO I'M I'M WE WE'RE PROUD OF THIS AND I AND I THINK THAT IF WE CAN BE PROUD OF THIS TODAY AND BUILD SOME MOMENTUM AND REALIZE THAT TWO YEARS AGO WHILE WE'RE THERE I THINK THERE WAS SOME GOALS I DON'T I DON'T KNOW DIDN'T SEE IT AND I WASN'T HERE THERE WAS NOT A DEFINED PROGRAM AND SO IF I COULD ASK EVERYONE TODAY Y'ALL Y'ALL ALL THIS WAY TO JUST WALK OUT OF THE ROOM ENCOURAGED BECAUSE AND NOT FORGET THAT THIS IS A LAYER OF A PUZZLE THAT SOMETIMES IS COMPETING AND SOMETIMES IS IN AND IT'S HARD AND THAT'S HOW YOU ANSWER THE QUESTION. THAT'S THAT'S HOW WE DO THIS. WE UNDERSTAND THE LAYERS AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S A FLOW SO WITH THAT I'M I'M I'M I'M DEDICATED TO TO SPENDING SOME TIME WITH THE HOUSING ACTION COMMITTEE AS MUCH TIME AS MY SCHEDULE ALLOW WE ARE DEDICATED AS A STAFF TO ADVANCE THESE VERY CLEAR ITEMS NOW THAT I THINK THAT WE JUST SAT AT THE

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SO THAT'S A THAT'S A HUGE POSITIVE. SO I JUST I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE. CAN I ADD SOMETHING? YES.

OKAY. SO MARK, THANK YOU FOR THAT FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF ISSUES I DID NOT HEAR FROM THIS BODY A CONSENSUS TO CONTINUING THE HOUSING ACTION COMMITTEE THAT'S FIRST I HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL WHO LAID IT OUT AND THEN THAT SEEMS TO BE WHAT WAS NOTED. I ALSO DIDN'T HEAR CONSENSUS ON IF THERE WAS A CONTINUATION OF A COMMITTEE WHAT THAT NAMING IS OR WHETHER IT'S HOUSING ACTION COMMITTEE HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE. AND THERE WAS A DIFFERENCE AS WAS NOTED BY OUR FRIEND SANDY WEST THE EXPECTATIONS ARE DIFFERENT BASED ON THE TITLE AND AND SO I'VE MADE THE POINT WITH REGARD TO THAT WE HAVE NOT AND SOMEONE BROUGHT IT UP AND IT WAS NOT ADDRESSED ARE WE TALKING ABOUT WORKFORCE HOUSING OR TALKING ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING? WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? I KNOW I MADE THE POINT PREVIOUSLY AND I HEARD IT AGAIN AND I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER AND IT'S DIFFERENT AND I WANT TO KNOW AN ANSWER AND I DO NOT WANT TO LEAVE THIS ROOM WITHOUT REITERATING BECAUSE WE'VE HEARD A LOT TO THE CONTRARY GOVERNMENT IS NOT THE ANSWER GOVERNMENT IS NOT THE ANSWER. WE HAVE DOZENS OF PLACES WE CAN LOOK TO WHERE THE PRIVATE SECTOR HAS A NUMBER. I'M REPEATING MYSELF BUT I FEEL I HAVE TO ASK WITH LISTENING TO WHAT I DID WHERE THE PRIVATE SECTOR IS STEPPED UP AND HAS WITHOUT ANY GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT PROVIDED WORKFORCE HOUSING TO SATISFY THE NEEDS OF THEIR OWN BUSINESSES FOR OTHERS AND I WANT THOSE SUCCESSES WE HEARD MR. BOSWELL MENTION MR. BARNWELL ONE OF THE ORIGINAL PEOPLE AND AS I RECALL MAYBE YOU I'LL CAN CORRECT ME THERE WASN'T GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT THERE. HE DID THAT ON HIS OWN HIS GREAT CREDIT AND WE CAN CELEBRATE ONE WITHOUT CELEBRATING ALL WHO WE'RE DOING THAT AND IT SOUNDS AS THOUGH BY SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT'S GETTING AND I HEAR MANY OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SPOKEN AND I ALSO HEAR BEHIND THEIR SPEECHES SOME AGENDAS THAT ARE INTERESTING. SO THE PROGRESS IS THERE. THIS COMMITTEE DIDN'T LIKE THE WAY THINGS WERE GOING. THEY DIDN'T APPARENTLY KNOW ABOUT PROGRESS AND THAT'S ALL UNFORTUNATE. IT HAS BEEN DEMONSTRATED HERE THROUGH 3 HOURS PLUS NOW OF CONVERSATION. HILTON HEAD HAS A LOT TO BE PROUD OF AND I ENCOURAGE THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO CONTINUE TO PARTICIPATE AND WHERE APPROPRIATE A PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP LIKE WE WITH NORTH POINT. BUT IT'S NOT THE ANSWER IT IS INDIVIDUAL DOING THE RIGHT THING FOR THEIR OWN NEEDS AND. THAT IS THE BOTTOM LINE.

SO I DO NOT AGREE WITH THE HOUSING ACTION COMMITTEE I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT CAME FROM EXCEPT FOR A STATEMENT MADE BY ONE COUNCIL MEMBER TRYING TO DIRECT THE TRAIN AND I THINK THAT TRAIN IS OFF TRACK. THANK YOU MAYOR LAND ALWAYS WITH SOME PRETTY SHOES.

YOU GOT TO BE DANCING TO A WHOLE LOT OF MUSIC, DIFFERENT MUSIC.

SO I WANT TO SURE THAT HE IS CLEAR FROM THIS COUNCIL FAR AS THE HOUSING COMMITTEE I'LL USE THAT FOR NOW. OKAY. AND THE MOVEMENT FORWARD AND SUPPORTING AND THEIR ROLE. SO I WANT TO GO ON THE RECORD SAY THAT I AM SUPPORTIVE OF THE

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WHAT I'M HEARING IS QUALIFICATION. I'M NOT HEARING AGREEMENT, I'M HEARING QUALIFICATION SO THAT'S NOT AGREEMENT TO WALK OUT THE DOOR BUT THAT'S WHERE IT STANDS AND I REALIZE WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM EVERYONE BUT I'VE HEARD QUALIFICATION FROM A TENDER AND QUALIFICATION FROM OUR MAYOR I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT IT AMONG OURSELVES AND THE REASON IS I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT THE COMMITTEES DO AND THEY BRING VERY VALUABLE INFORMATION US SOMETIMES YOU CAN GET TOO MUCH INFORMATION AND IT MAKES IT HARD TO DECIDE BECAUSE IT BRINGS IN OPPOSING ATMOSPHERE NOW BUT I'M YOU BET I'M VERY OPEN TO TALKING ABOUT IT AND SEE WHERE WE LAND ON IT. ABSOLUTELY.

I'M ABSOLUTELY MR. MAMOU HAS MARCHING ORDERS HERE BECAUSE WHAT HE JUST THROUGH HIS SYNOPSIS IN SAYING WAS THAT HE WAS GOING TO TAKE NOTES AND THEN GO BACK AND WORK WITH THE COMMITTEE AND TOGETHER SOMETHING THAT MAKES SENSE FOR ALL OF US.

OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I HEARD SAY. NOW WE ARE SAYING COME BACK AND TALK TO US. NOT QUITE SURE WHAT THAT CONVERSATION LOOKS LIKE BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR 3 HOURS AND 3 HOURS NOW. SO WHAT THAT CONVERSATION LOOK LIKE WITH THE TOWN MANAGER AND WHERE DOES THAT TAKE PLACE? FAR AS NEXT STEPS ARE CONCERNED I WANT TO BE CONFIDENT MOVING RIGHT NOW WE PUT HIM IN A VERY, VERY PECULIAR SITUATION WHICH OFTEN DO BY THE WAY, WE OFTEN DO THINK I THINK IT SHOULD BE TABLED.

I THINK THAT WE'RE OBVIOUSLY NOT READY TO MOVE ON AT THIS FURTHER DISCUSSION AND THAT'S AN UNFAIR THING DO TO PUT THAT TYPE OF PRESSURE FROM US ON TO THE TOWN WHEN WE'RE NOT IN AGREEMENT AND WE HAVEN'T THAT FULL DISCUSSION THIS THREE AND A HALF HOURS WASN'T ABOUT DISCUSSING THAT PARTICULAR TOPIC AND MAYBE THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO CONVERSATION TO BUY DUES HOWEVER YOU WANT TO DO IT BUT TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION FULL AND AND WITH OUR TOWN WHICH I THINK IT IS TO BE A DISCUSSION WITH THE HOUSING ACTION COMMITTEE AS TO WHAT HOW WE'VE HAD SOME OF TODAY HOW THEY CAN THEY CAN BENEFIT US AND AS AS WE WERE DISCUSSING WHAT PRIVATE EMPLOYERS DOING FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES FOR HOUSING GATHER THAT INFORMATION BECAUSE IT ALL DRIVES INTO WHAT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES ARE OUT THERE, HOW TO CREATE IT AND THAT WOULD BECOME THE ARM THAT WORKS ON THAT AND HAS THOSE UNDERSTANDINGS.

SO I THINK THERE ARE DISCUSSIONS THAT NEED TO BE HAVE WITH HHC AND YOU KNOW AND FOR US TO DETERMINE IS THE BEST INTEREST YOU KNOW THAT DIRECTION WHICH THEY SEE BECAUSE YOU ALL HAVE BEEN WORKING ON IT FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS AND IT HASN'T BEEN VERY WELL DIRECTED FROM COUNCIL AND OR STAFF SO THAT'S THAT'S I THINK IT OPENS UP A WHOLE NOTHER LINE OF CONVERSATION TO DETERMINE IF THERE IS VALUE IN RESTRUCTURING AS WE DISCUSSED EARLIER WITH ALL DUE RESPECT WE'VE SPENT HOW MANY HOURS NOW TALKING ABOUT A LARGE PART OF THE CONVERSATION HAS BEEN ABOUT THE HOUSING ACTION COMMITTEE.

SO I I UNDERSTAND THE DIRECTION IS FOR THE MANAGER TO GO AND MEET WITH THE HOUSING ACTION COMMITTEE HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND THEN IF WE NEED TO CHANGE THERE'S AN EXISTING RESOLUTION ON THE BOOKS. YES.

AND THAT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED AND THAT'S ANOTHER CONVERSATION.

BUT RIGHT NOW THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE AND THAT'S HOW WE'RE SUPPOSED TO OPERATE THAT'S AN OPINION AND I GET TO SAY MY OPINION AS WELL AND MY OPINION IS THAT'S THE DIRECTION WE ARE GIVING TO MR. ORLANDO. AND I JUST THINK THE SPEAKER'S QUESTION WAS IS THE CONSENSUS THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO. OKAY.

GOT TO ASK OURSELVES THAT QUESTION BECAUSE THE TOWN MANAGER DIRECTION CONSENSUS NOT OPINIONS THAT IF WE HAD A SWORD IN THE STICK ON THAT BUT WHERE'S THE CONSENSUS CONSENSUS FOR HIM TO MOVE FORWARD WITH CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM IS I FEEL IS THERE AND I'M SAYING HANDSHAKE YES SIR I WILL ADD THAT I, I MIGHT HAVE JUMPED OVER IT.

I MEAN WE SAID IT TOO FAST. I DID SAY AN ASSESSMENT AND AN EVALUATION WITH THE HOUSING

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I CAN'T BE IN EVERY ROOM WITH YOU ALL AND I I JUST WANT THE TOWN COUNCIL TO MAYBE REITERATE THAT MY FOCUS IS THIS STRATEGIC PLAN AND I'LL GO TO THE HOUSING ACTION HOUSING COMMITTEE AND TALK ABOUT AND ASSESS AN ASSESSMENT EVALUATION SOME OF THIS A 360 RIGHT.

WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO BETTER. THAT'S WHAT WANT TO LEARN AS WELL. SO THAT'S WHAT THE PLAN IS THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND I JUST HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION ABOUT A DATE OF THE ANNUAL HOUSING SYMPOSIUM SYMPOSIUM.

DO YOU HAVE A DATE FOR THAT? I THOUGHT I HEARD SOMETHING ABOUT THE FALL BUT DO WE HAVE A DATE THAT I KNOW THAT SCOTT NEUMAN HAD TO LEAVE AND I'M SORRY WE DIDN'T RECOGNIZE THE CEO THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE LOWCOUNTRY BUT I UNDERSTAND THERE'S PERHAPS A TENTATIVE DATE BEING DISCUSSED BUT I THINK IT'D BE FOR US TO KNOW THAT DATE ONCE IT'S DECIDED. THANK YOU. OKAY.

AND WAS THERE ANYBODY SIGNED UP FOR A PUBLIC COMMENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE ITEMS? NO. OKAY. I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY THEIR INPUT TODAY. WE'RE IN A GREAT PLACE AND GREAT THINGS ARE FORWARD AND WE STILL LIVE IN A WONDERFUL TOWN .

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.