[1. Call to Order]
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BEFORE WE GET I WILL LET YOU KNOW THAT UNFORTUNATELY THE WEEKEND OUR SYSTEMS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY COMING THROUGH THE SPEAKERS.
THOSE ARE ALL ONLINE WE'VE GOT SOME SMALL MICROPHR THE ONLINE WHEN WE DO PUBLIC COMMENTS AND WE SPEAK FROM THE PODIUM THERE WILL BE A SOUND THAT'S GOING BACK TO THE AUDIENCE WHEN YOU'RE SPEAKING AND THAT GOES FOR COUNCIL AS WELL. PLEASE SPEAK UP SO THAT PEOPLE STAND AND JOIN IN SAYING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE IN THE FLAG UNITED STATES AT THE SUPER BOWL. THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO HEAR FROM PEOPLE LIKE THE 30 PEOPLE.
BUT CONTINUE STANDING WHILE WE HAVE THE INVOCATION. REVEREND JONATHAN HOPKINS FROM ST ANDREW'S SERVICES. GOOD AFTERNOON FRIENDS. THIS IS A THAT I HAVE ADAPTED FROM THE PRAYER OF SAINT FRANCIS TO REFLECT THE CONTEXT OF TODAY.
LET US PRAY LORD MAKE US INSTRUMENTS OF YOUR PEACE WHERE THERE IS HATRED.
LET US SO LOVE WHERE THERE IS ARGUMENT. LET US SEARCH FOR AGREEMENT WHERE THERE IS DOUBT ABOUT DEMOCRACY. LET RESTORE FAITH IN OUR FREEDOMS. WHERE THERE IS DESPAIR. THE STATE OF THE WORLD.
LET US BE A BEACON OF HOPE FOR OUR TOWN. WHERE THERE IS DARKNESS ANYWHERE ON OUR ISLAND. LET US BRING THE LIGHT OF DIVINE MASTER GRANT THAT WE MAY NOT SO MUCH SEEK TO BE CONSOLED AS TO CONSOLE, TO BE UNDERSTOOD AS TO UNDERSTAND TO BE LOVED AS TO LOVE. WE OFFER THESE PRAYERS IN A HUMBLE AND LISTENING SPIRIT.
AMEN. THANK YOU, MR. VLADIMIR. ANY CHANGES TO THE AGENDA
[4. Adoption of the Agenda]
TODAY? NO, SIR. OKAY.I'VE SEEN THAT THERE CHANGES OR THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA SO MAY I ASK FOR A CHANGE TO THE AGENDA IN FORM OF A MOTION? I WOULD TO MOVE AN EXPANDED JUST PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS. DO WE HAVE ANY I GUESS IT WOULD SEEM AND SO THAT AGENDA ITEMS PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE HEARD PRIOR TO US GOING TO OUR MEETING AND THAT WAY ANYONE WHO IS HERE WHO'S INTERESTED WRITING SOMETHING THAT'S ON MY MIND WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT AND TO WAIT ON A SECOND. OKAY I WOULD BEFORE WE GO THERE YOU SAID THREE AND WE'RE ALL I MEAN GREETING. WELL NO NO WE'RE ALL FOUR WHO WERE ON THAT WAS YOU KNOW OKAY YOU HAD TO GO BEFORE THE ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA.
THREE THINGS HOWEVER YOU WANT TO DO IT CALL. SO WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST IS THAT WE MOVE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS OF THERE WE PUT IT UP FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AFTER THE REPORTS OF COUNCIL RECOMMENDED THAT OKAY AND AMEND YES IT. OKAY SO THERE IS A MOTION ON THE TABLE MOVE IT FROM DONE AFTER TEN FROM TEN UNTIL BACK TO RIGHT RIGHT BEFORE THE CONSENT AGENDA WHICH WOULD BE ABOUT RATIFYING THE CONSENT AGENDA.
OKAY LET'S JUST DO IT NOW THE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF MOVING PUBLIC COMMENT TO SIGNIFY BY RAISING YOUR RIGHT HAND PROPOSED SO IT MOVES SEVEN ZERO AND OKAY ALL RIGHT NOW WE MOVE
[5. Approval of the Minutes]
ON TO THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES WE HAVE JUNE 17TH AND JULY 15TH.IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ON THE SECOND PERSON THE SECOND ANY DISCUSSION FROM COUNCIL
[6. Presentations and Recognitions]
SEEN ON ALL THOSE LISTING ABOVE OR IN YOUR RIGHT HAND MOVE SEVEN ZERO.MR. ORLANDO HAVE NEW REPORTS FOR US TODAY? YES, SIR.
I'LL TALK AS LOUD AS I CAN. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY. GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR COUNCIL YOUR THANKS TO UPDATE YOU ON A IT'S AN INTERNAL ONE IN JULY SLED THE SOUTH CAROLINA LAW ENFORCEMENT DIVISION AWARDED THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND, A CYBERSECURITY GRANT IN THE AMOUNT $49,000. WE'RE PROUD OF THIS WE'RE PROUD OF SUNDAY'S LEADERSHIP AND THE TEAM AS WELL AS MICHELLE VANCE ARE GRAND MINISTRY. THE GRANT MONEY WILL BE USED
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FOR OUR CYBERSECURITY INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT AND SOFTWARE FOR THE TOWN TO BE PROACTIVE IN POTENTIAL MALWARE OR CYBER ATTACKS ON THE TOWN. SO JUST WANT TO SOMETIMES BRAG ABOUT THE INTERNAL THINGS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE SEE IN HERE AND IN A GREAT JOB TOO.TOM SUN WE'VE ALL TALKED BEACH RENOURISHMENT WITH THIS STORM DEFINITELY PAYING ATTENTION TO IT BEING CAREFUL ON HOW WE'RE MOBILIZING. BUT MAYOR NEXT OUR CONTRACTOR MOBILIZED AT FISH BEACH PARK. I WAS DOWN THERE YESTERDAY SEEING WITH MY OWN EYES GOING ON THERE STAGING THEIR EQUIPMENT ON THE BEACH SAND PLACEMENT IS CURRENTLY SCHEDULED RIGHT. THE PUMPS OFFSHORE ON SHORE CURRENTLY SCHEDULED TO BEGIN AFTER LABOR WEEKEND AND THEN THE PINE ISLAND ROCK REVETMENT AS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THOSE BIDS ARE ON TRACK AND DUE SEPTEMBER 11. LASTLY WHERE IS BOB? I SEE BOB STANDING OVER THERE WITH WITH BOB BROMAGE IS OUR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY CODE ENFORCEMENT AND THEN SOME WITH A LOT OF LEADERSHIP IN A IN A A QUICK MOBILIZE WE HAVE STARTED TO ADDRESS ABANDONED DERELICT SUNKEN WATERCRAFT IN THE WATERWAYS.
A LOT OF FOLKS DON'T SEE IT? MAYOR PERRY, YOU YOU BROUGHT BOB AND I OUT THERE ALONG WITH JOSH GRUBER. FEELS LIKE MAYBE EVEN CLOSER TO A YEAR AGO IT LOOKED LIKE MODERN DAY PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN WITH THE WITH THE BOATS HAVE SUNK AND FULLY SUNK AND SALES AND BOARDED UP BOATS WE THAT BECAUSE IT OPENED OUR EYES A LITTLE BIT AND SINCE THEN WE'VE CONNECTED WITH OUR DELEGATION WE'VE CONNECTED WITH OUR NEIGHBORING JURISDICTIONS YOU TOWN COUNCIL PUT FBI 25 BUDGET A VESSEL A BOAT THAT WAS PURCHASED FOR SHARED USE BY COMMUNITY CODE ENFORCEMENT AND FIRE RESCUE IN THE BUDGET WE ALSO PUT IN $50,000 TO ALLOCATE TOWARD THE REMOVAL OF THESE ABANDONED BOATS. WE ALWAYS HAD THIS GREAT IDEA AND THIS GREAT NEED BUT WE DIDN'T THE FUNDS TO SUPPORT IT IN JULY AS WELL WE AND FOR THE LAST LITTLE WHILE WE'VE BEEN COORDINATING WITH A GENTLEMAN BY THE NAME OF RUSSELL PATTERSON BUT HE IS WITH THE HILTON HEAD REEF FOUNDATION ALSO COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS COMMUNITY ENFORCEMENT AND WE'VE ALREADY REMOVED THREE DERELICT BOATS.
HERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF DETAIL THAT WE'RE WE'RE CHASING RIGHT NOW AND WE'RE BETTER AT THIS.
IN JULY 25 CODE ENFORCEMENT PARTNERED DNR AND I THINK THAT'S A BIG TO DO BECAUSE IN THE PAST WEREN'T ALWAYS ABLE TO PARTNER WITH DNR. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO TELL DNR WHAT WE SEE IS DIFFERENT. THEY CAME HERE THEY CONDUCTED WITH BOB BOB'S LEADERS IN HIS DEPARTMENT AS WELL CONDUCTED AN INVENTORY OF NUMEROUS SUSPECTED BOATS AND BROUGHT IN SCOTT GREASE THAT TOTALED 16 VOTES FOR FOR IDENTIFICATION OF THE 16 SEVEN OR MORE SUNKEN HAVE BEEN DECLARED ABANDONED SO THERE'S A PROCESS BOB KNOWS HE MADE SURE THEY'RE DECLARED ABANDONED SO OF THE 16 SEVEN HAVE BEEN DECLARED ABANDONED SIX HAVE BEEN CLAIMED BY OWNERS AND REMAIN MOORED THREE ARE UNDER INVESTIGATION WEEK IN COORDINATION WITH COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS AND A BIG THANK YOU TO THEM HILTON HEAD REEF FOUNDATION AND OUR TEAM WE'VE PLANNED THE REMOVAL AND DESTRUCTION OF FOUR OF THOSE SEVEN BOATS WITH BUDGETED FUNDS WILL CONTRIBUTE THE LANDFILL FEES. THAT'S WHERE SOME OF THAT COST IS. I SAW BOB TONER BOAT ON A LINE LAST NIGHT.
HE WAS EXCITED ABOUT THAT THE COST IS THE LANDFILL IN ADDITION OVER THE NEXT DNR IS SCHEDULING TO DOVE AND FLOAT THE THREE RIGHT SO FOUR OF SEVEN GONE THIS WEEK THREE MORE LEFT WE'RE GOING TO DOVE AND FLOAT THE THREE ABANDONED SUNKEN BOATS IN BROAD CREEK.
SO WHEN THE SUNKEN BOATS ARE FLOATED DEPENDING ON THE CONDITIONS WE'LL USE OUR FUNDS TO CONTRACT WITH SEA PUMP MONEY TO MOVE THE BOATS IF WE CAN'T MOVE THEM OURSELF AND WHAT TO DO COUNTING TO THE BOAT LANDINGS SO MOVING FORWARD WE'RE AN ABANDONED BOAT ORDINANCE AND MAYOR PERRY, YOU AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT TO ALIGN WITH THE NEW STATE LAW THAT WAS RECENTLY UPDATED IN MAY OF FIVE. SO GREAT JOB TO SOUTH CAROLINA AS WELL FOR AMENDING THE STATE LAW TO HELP US MORE AND THEN WE'LL BRING THOSE FORWARD TO COMMITTEE IN SEPTEMBER OCTOBER TIMEFRAME INCLUDED IN THOSE AMENDMENTS WILL BE SOME REQUIREMENTS TO OBTAIN PERMITS FOR MOORING WHICH WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE AND SO THIS WILL IMPACT NEWLY ARRIVING BOATS AND THE SIX BOATS THAT ARE CURRENTLY MOORED HAVE BEEN CLAIMED BY THE OWNER. SO ULTIMATELY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO TRYING TO ACHIEVE IS THAT REQUIRING PERMITS TO MORE WILL HELP US MONITOR ANY NEW OR EXISTING BOATS TO ENSURE THEY
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BECOME PROPERLY MOORED AT MARINAS AND ON PRIVATELY OWNED DOCKS SO I COULD GO ON AND ON PROTECTING MARINE ECOSYSTEMS, PREVENTING HABITAT DESTRUCTION ,PREVENTING NAVIGATION, NAVIGATIONAL HAZARDS IMPROVING PUBLIC SAFETY, IMPROVING WATER FRONT PROPERTY VALUES AND SUPPORTING RECREATION BUT ARGUABLY CLEAN, SAFE AND ENJOYABLE WATERWAYS.THANK YOU TO PROPERTY AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE THE USCCB CENTER CHARTER.
WELCOME. WELCOME WEEK PROCLAMATION. COULD YOU ASK IF YOU STUDENTS DANIELLE LOPEZ AND JOANNA CRUZ COME FORWARD TO ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION IMPORTANTLY YOU ABOUT IT? COULD IT MAKE IT? WELL, THAT'S THAT'S GREAT.
WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU. SO THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND PROCLAMATION WHEREAS THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA BEAUFORT IS A FULLY ACCREDITED BACCALAUREATE INSTITUTION WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SYSTEM. AND.
WHEREAS, UCB PROVIDES INSTRUCTION IN 19 UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE AND TWO GRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAMS TO FULFILL ITS MISSION TO RESPOND REGIONAL NEEDS DRAW UPON REGIONAL STRENGTHS TO PREPARE GRADUATES TO CONTRIBUTE LOCALLY, NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY.
AND WHEREAS UCB IS A PRIMARY RESOURCE FOR EXCEPTIONAL EXCEPTIONAL SKILLED HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS TEACHERS, HOSPITALITY MANAGERS SCIENCE BASED RESEARCHERS AND COMPUTATIONAL SPECIALISTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA LOWCOUNTRY. AND.
WHEREAS, UCB HAS A REPUTATION INSTITUTIONAL PROMINENCE AS A REGIONAL CATALYST FOR PROGRESS AND ENGINE FOR CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC GROWTH. AND.
WHEREAS, KBS REGIONAL ECONOMIC IMPACT IS IN EXCESS OF 1230 JOBS $63 MILLION IN LABOR INCOME AND $141 MILLION IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND.
WHEREAS, UCB UCB WELCOMES MORE THAN 2200 STUDENTS THEIR PARENTS, FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS TO CAMPUSES IN BOSTON, BEAUFORT AND HILTON HEAD ISLAND AND THROUGH ATHLETIC FACILITIES AND HARD TO BUILD FOR THE START OF THE 2526 ACADEMIC YEAR. NOW THEREFORE ELEANOR PERRY, MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF HILTON, HEAD OF SOUTH CAROLINA HEREBY RECLAIM THIS WEEK AUGUST 18TH, THE 22ND 2025 AS US INSURER WELCOME WEEK SENDS US UP I'LL SEE.
YESTERDAY I ATTENDED THE CONVOCATION FOR NEW STUDENTS COMING OUT AND IT IS THE LARGEST ENROLLMENT EVER. AND AT ONE POINT IN TIME THEY WERE RUNNING OUT OF SPACES FOR STUDENTS AND THEY SAID WE START ENROLLMENT. AND DR. NEWT SAID NO, WE'VE GOT OTHER SPACES THAT WE CAN PUT UP. THAT WAS A GREAT DAY.
NEXT I'D LIKE TO CALL SHAWN COLON FOR YOU RECOGNIZE HIS YEARS OF SERVICE AND RETIREMENT IN THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD I ALMOST LIVE RIGHT HERE. BUT YOU WANT TO GO DOWN THERE MORE ACADEMIC? WHERE'S YEAR? NO, THAT'S COOL.
IT'S ME. THANK YOU. YOU GOT IT? I GOT IT. ALL RIGHT. TODAY WE HONOR THE CAREER OF SOMEONE WHO HAS HELPED SHAPE HILTON HEAD ISLAND FOR NEARLY TWO DECADES.
OUR ASSISTANT TOWN MANAGER AND STRATEGIC INITIATIVES AND RESIDENT FUNNY MAN MR. SHAWN.
SOME SAY COLIN AND OTHERS WOULD SAY COLIN. SINCE JOINING THE TOWN IN 2006 AS A SENIOR PLANNER, SHAWN HAS RISEN TO LEADERSHIP ROLES ALWAYS BRINGING VISION, RESPONSIBILITY AND HEART. MOST RECENTLY HE GUIDED OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, LEAVING US WITH A ROADMAP THAT WILL SERVE THIS COMMUNITY WELL INTO THE FUTURE .
SHAWN IS KNOWN FOR HIS INSIGHT, INTEGRITY, MENTORSHIP AND QUICK WIT.
TOWN COUNCIL STAFF AND RESIDENTS ALIKE ARE BETTER BECAUSE OF HIS SERVICE THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. AFTER NEARLY 19 YEARS, SHAWN BEGAN BEGINS A NEW CHAPTER AS CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER OF SEA PINES SEASIDE. WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH HIM AND THE SEA PINES TEAM IN THIS NEW ROLE. SHAWN ON BEHALF OF TOWN COUNCIL ,OUR TOWN MANAGER AND TOWN STAFF THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, FOR CARING FOR ALL YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS AND YOUR DEDICATION TO THIS ORGANIZATION AND ESPECIALLY.
WE HAVE A GIFT FOR YOU AS OF OUR APPRECIATION AND I INVITE EVERYONE TO JOIN US FOR A ON THURSDAY AUGUST 28 AT 3 P.M. HERE IN CHAMBERS TO CELEBRATE.
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BEST WISHES TO YOU HEATHER. YOUR FAMILY. MAY YOU EMBRACE THE LEGACY YOU'VE LEFT ON THIS ORGANIZATION AND THIS TOWN AND MAY YOUR NEXT CHAPTER BE FILLED . CONTINUED SUCCESS AND FULFILLMENT.THIS MAY BE ANOTHER BEACH. THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE WITH MAY I A MONTH OR SO I'LL LET YOU DO THAT. I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH YOU ALL WEEKEND INSTEAD OF MANY MANY YEARS. DOING WHAT DO AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT ON IF I MAY BE SO PRESUMPTUOUS AS TO SPEAK FOR THE PUBLIC AS A WHOLE HAVING FOLKS LIKE SHAWN ON THE STAFF SOMEONE WHO IS CARING, KNOWLEDGEABLE, INSIGHTFUL AND SEEMS TO WANT TO DO THE RIGHT THING MAKES MY JOB SO MUCH EASIER. AND AS YOU MENTIONED, THE RESIDENTS HERE ARE MUCH BETTER OFF BECAUSE OF HAVING SHAWN HERE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.
SO YOU'RE BACK ON THE STAGE NOW . GET THE MOST OUT OF ALL RIGHT.
THE GATEWAY BOARDWALK MASTER PLAN GOING FORWARD IS TO GIVE A BRIEF UPDATE ON WHERE WE STAND WITH THAT AND WHAT TO EXPECT GOING FORWARD. THANK YOU, SIR.
THANK YOU FOR THAT RECOGNITION . ALL RIGHT.
WE'LL GET THROUGH WHAT I THINK IS MY LAST UPDATE ON THE WINDOW PARKWAY GATEWAY PROJECT THE SIDE OF THE DAIS ONE. I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THE PROJECT IS IN GOOD HANDS.
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS OVER THE LAST YEAR WITH A FAILED REFERENDUM SCOPE AND ABILITY TO ACHIEVE MORE FUNDING HAVE LEFT US IN A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFICULT POSITION WITH NO LOCAL FUNDING FOR THE ISLANDS PORTION OF WHAT WAS THE OVERALL PROJECT AND WHAT THE TOWN HAS COMMITTED TO DO IS TO DEVELOP A MASTER PLAN BASED ON ALL THE PREVIOUS GOOD WORK THAT'S GONE OVER THE EIGHT OR NINE YEARS I GUESS ON THIS PROJECT TO PUT THOSE IN A MASTER PLAN TO HELP THE TOWN OF DUBLIN ISLAND SECURE FUNDING TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE NECESSARY WITHIN THIS CORRIDOR AND TO PROVIDE BETTER ACCESS MOBILE MOBILITY AND A SENSE OF PLACE FOR THE STONEY COMMUNITY. SO WHAT I GOT HERE IS I DON'T PLAN TO GO THROUGH EVERYTHING IN DETAIL BUT I WANT TO LET TOWN AND THE COMMUNITY KNOW WHAT IS IN THE MASTER PLAN IN GENERAL AND THERE MIGHT BE AN ELEMENT HERE THAT NEEDS TO MOVE FROM ONE SECTION TO ANOTHER AND AND YOU'LL HAVE PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS TO DISCUSS AND REFINE AND FINALIZE THE PLAN. BUT WE HAVE BEGUN WORK ON THE MASTER.
WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR CONSULTANTS A MUTUAL SUSPECTS WITH THEM KSK AND THEIR ENGINEERING TEAM AND WE'VE GOT LOCAL ENGINEERING SUPPORT AS WELL.
BUT THE PLAN TO LOOK AT THE COMPLETE MASTER NOT JUST FOR STONEY BUT IT'LL BE FOCUSED ON STONEY BUT BUT REALLY FROM I-95 ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE CROSS ISLAND PARKWAY AND SO WE'VE GOT SECTIONS THAT WILL BE INCLUDED IN THIS MASTER PLAN OFF ISLAND WESTERN GATEWAY GOES ALL THE WAY UP TO I-95 WITH A POTENTIAL FOR ADAPTIVE SIGNALS THE FLOW FROM I-95 THAT'S BEING WIDENED OF THE GROUND BREAKING ON THE BUT THAT IMPROVEMENTS ALL THE WAY THROUGH CREEK INTERSECTION WE TALK ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES WHERE THE DERELICT GAS STATION IS IMPROVEMENTS LEADING UP TO AND THROUGH THE MACKIE CREEK BRIDGES AND THEN IMPROVEMENTS TO THE BRIDGE THE BRIDGES THEMSELVES THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE COMMUNITIES THAT THROUGH THAT CORRIDOR EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK FOR FOR MANY AND I CAN SAY THAT ROADWAY AND JUST THE CONDITION COULD BE IMPROVED WITH SOME ATTENTION. THEN THERE'S THE PINCKNEY ISLAND WE TALKED ABOUT AT ONE POINT THERE WAS NOT GOING TO BE ACCESS FROM A NEW EASTBOUND BRIDGE ELEVATED MORE RECENTLY SUCH DISCUSSIONS ARE THAT THEY'VE THE DESIGN TEAM SPONSOR AND THE ENGINEERS HAVE FOUND A WAY TO PROVIDE ACCESS FROM THE NEW EASTBOUND. THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES TO RELOCATE THE EXISTING FERRY EMBARKATION FROM PINCKNEY ISLAND POTENTIALLY TO JENKINS ISLAND AND SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THAT SECTION PINCKNEY IN PARTICULAR JENKINS AND HOG ISLAND. HOW DO HOW DO THEY HOW DO YOU ACCESS THE NEIGHBORHOODS THERE
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? IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ACCESS MANAGEMENT TO ELIMINATE SOME OF THE CONFLICT POINTS ON JENKINS ISLAND? AGAIN, POTENTIALLY BUT THE THE EMBARKATION PARKING AND CENTER ON THE ON THE JENKINS ISLAND PIECE IS A PIECE RATHER THAN ON PINCKNEY ISLAND IMPROVE ACCESS TO THE JENKINS ISLAND CEMETERY THAT SORT OF THING SO WE'VE INCLUDED THERE POTENTIAL FOR A PARK AND RIDE. WE'VE HEARD THAT IN OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING WORKSHOPS AND OTHERS SO THAT JENKINS ISLAND MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT IN THE HISTORIC STONEY COMMUNITY LOOK BACK AT OUR PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED PLANS THE STONEY INITIATIVE AREA THE WARD ONE MASTER PLAN THE THE PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY CONNECTIVITY ENHANCEMENTS THAT WE DISCUSSED US SOME ITERATIONS OF WHAT WE LOOKED FROM THE CORRIDOR INCLUDES STORMWATER AND RESILIENCE IMPROVEMENTS IN THAT SECTION ACCESS MANAGEMENT LOOK AT SOME PEDESTRIAN OPPORTUNITIES FOR BIKING PATHS TO CROSS AT AN ELEVATED OPTION ALSO CROSSWALKS ISLAND CORRIDOR ENHANCEMENTS LOOK AT THE GEECHEE LINEAR PARK THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT IN THAT AREA. WE'VE MOVED FORWARD WITH POTENTIAL ACQUISITION OF PROPERTIES IN THAT COMMUNITY AND THEN LOOK AT IF IF THE IF THE ULTIMATE OUTCOME OF THIS IS A NEW THREE LANE BRIDGE RIGHT FOR TWO LANES THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXTEND A THIRD LANE ON ISLAND AND TAKE ADVANTAGE CAPACITY SHOULD BE LOOKED AT SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A PLAN OF A POTENTIAL PHASING WITH WHAT THE COUNTY IS CURRENTLY PROPOSING WITH A $300 MILLION THREE LANE EASTBOUND BRIDGE BUT ALSO LOOKING ULTIMATELY AT POTENTIAL FUTURE PHASES SHOULD THE FULL FUNDING A PROJECT COME COME TO FRUITION KNOW THAT THERE THE COUNTY THERE THE COUNTY IS APPLYING FOR A LARGE BRIDGE GRANT AND SHOULD THAT COME THROUGH WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER DISCUSSION NEXT SPRING ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS. WE TALKED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE INTERSECTIONS THROUGHOUT THAT THROUGHOUT THE CORRIDOR SO WE'LL AT ALL OF THOSE STARTING ON JENKINS ISLAND WHERE WOMEN HARBOR THROUGH SPIRE OF OLD WILDHORSE ROAD SPANISH AND WILDHORSE AND THEN GUM TREE AND ACROSS BRIDGE POINT. TAKING A LOOK AT THOSE AND WE'VE COME UP WITH DIFFERENT IDEAS OUR ENGINEERING TEAM IS LOOKING AT OTHERS AND YOU'LL WILL HAVE COST ESTIMATES SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THE ORDER OF MAGNITUDE OF EACH OPTION AND AND WHAT THOSE THE BENEFITS WILL BE FROM THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR THE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS I MENTIONED CONNECTIVITY YOU ARE LOOKING AT OLD WILD HORSE ROAD FOR SOME STREETSCAPE I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO ACTIVATE A SPACE IN STONEY AND LOOK AT KIND OF PROMOTING SOME LOCAL COMMERCE THERE SOME ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME NEW ACCESS ROADS. THESE ARE NOT NEW CONCEPTS. MY FIRST YEAR WE WERE LOOKING AT STONEY CONNECTOR ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF PARKWAY AND WE STARTED TO BUILD IT AND THEN THE RECESSION HIT. SO THERE'S SOME OPTIONS THERE AND THEN LOOK AT EAST WEST CONNECTIONS BEYOND JUST THE PARKWAY THERE'S OF REFERENCE DOCUMENTS OF ACTION THE TOWN COUNCIL HAS TAKEN AND I'VE LISTED IN HERE IN THIS STAFF REPORT SO HOPEFULLY IF IF IF WE NEED ANY OF THOSE THEY'LL BE EASY TO FIND AND AND READILY ACCESSIBLE.AND THEN I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE IMPLEMENTING IN TIME TIMELINE.
SO WE HEARD FROM COUNCIL BACK IN THE SPRING WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS WITH THE COUNTY AND THE REQUEST WAS GOING TO THE STATE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE BANK WHAT WE SHOULD DO AND IT WAS WE NEED TO MOVE OVER THEIR OWN MASTER PLAN.
SO WE STARTED WORKING ON THAT BACK IN MAY. RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN THIS PHASE WHAT I WOULD CALL THE PHASE THREE THE JUNE THROUGH SEPTEMBER TO ABOUT THE MASTER PLAN BUT JUST AS IMPORTANTLY GET THE ENGINEERING OPINION AND PROBABLY PAST WE REALLY NEED TO KNOW WHAT THINGS COST WITH AN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE SO YOU CAN MAKE GOOD DECISIONS ON THE OPTIONS THAT YOU WOULD SUPPORT MOVING FORWARD PHASE FOR THE PLANT.
WELL LET ME GO BACK HERE THERE WILL BE SOME DISCUSSIONS WITH TOWN COUNCIL.
I THINK THE TOWN CLERK IS GOING TO PULL YOU UP TO HAVE SOME TWO BY TWO MEETING SO THAT WE UNDERSTAND AND CAN AND AND CAN PRESENT TO YOU SOME OF THESE INITIAL CONCEPTS FOR CONSIDERATION AND THEN DOVE THOSE THAT WE HAVE OF WE THINK ARE READY TO MOVE FORWARD AND AND FLUSH THOSE OUT A BIT MORE SO THAT'LL HAPPEN IN SEPTEMBER THE PLAN RIGHT NOW AND WE WE
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PUT IT ON A DRAFT AGENDA FOR OCTOBER TO HAVE A WORKSHOP DISCUSSION OF ON THE DRAFT PLAN THAT MAY OR NOT NEED TO MOVE TO NOVEMBER JUST WITH ALL HONESTY IT DEPENDS ON WHEN WE CAN GET THE FINAL FEEDBACK THE CONSULTANTS BECAUSE THE ENGINEERS NEED A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME TO DO THAT COSTING. SO IT'LL BE LATE OCTOBER OR MID-NOVEMBER WHEN I THINK TOWN COUNCIL COULD BE READY TO HAVE THAT WORKSHOP AND THEN FROM THAT WORKSHOP LIKE WE DO WITH EVERY WORKSHOP ITEM THAT REQUIRES ACTION WOULD COME BACK TO A TOWN COUNCIL MEETING FOR ACTION OR WHETHER THAT'S 15TH OR THE SUBSEQUENT MEETING THAT'S THE TIMELINE AND ULTIMATELY WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION TO HELP OUR OUR LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES FOR FOR THE ELEMENTS THAT TOWN COUNCIL SUPPORTS AND BASED ON A PHASING PLAN LOOK A WAY TO KIND OF METER THIS AND OVER TIME AND THEN ULTIMATELY THE DECISION ON THE LARGE BRIDGE GRANT IN THE SPRING AND FINAL DISPOSITION OF THE BRIDGE PROJECT WILL GO THAT DECISION MAKING PROCESSES MARK AND YOU ALL AND TEAM WORK ON BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE AT THIS TIME AND I'M HERE UNTIL NEXT THURSDAY IF YOU HAVE YOU KNOW WE'LL FIND THEM I THINK WE'LL COVER MOST IT DURING THE WORKSHOPS AND THE TWO BY TWOS AND THIS IS JUST KIND OF OUTLINES IT SO THAT'S IT. THAT'S RIGHT AND THAT I'LL HAVE A BUTTON TO PUSH MY FIGURE TO COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TIMELINE AND INPUT AND AREAS IN PHASE TWO TO ADDITIONAL ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR LOCAL DELEGATIONS. SO I'M ASSUMING THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE. WE WANTED TO KNOW THE TIME TO DELIVER THE INFORMATION RELATED TO PROJECT AND COST AND COSTS SO THAT OUR DELEGATION CAN BE EFFECTIVE IN BUDGET DEVELOPMENT AND POTENTIAL IDENTIFICATION OF FUNDS TO TO CONTRIBUTE TOWARD THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROJECT. AND SO THE LOCAL DELEGATION IS OKAY WITH THIS TIMELINE INITIALLY THAT OUR WAS TO HAVE THE INFORMATION BY JANUARY. I THINK THEY START SOME THE DOT STARTS A LITTLE EARLIER AND BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS AND I THINK WE GOT TO NOVEMBER NOVEMBER DAY ON THAT SO WE'RE PUSHING WELL YOU KNOW I SAY WE'RE PUSHING WE WILL WORK AS AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN TO GET YOU THE RIGHT INFORMATION TO MAKE A DECISION AND THEN FOR THAT INFORMATION AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME AGAIN, I'M NOT SURE IF THE COUNTY IS GOING TO GET THE ON THE GRANT IN MARCH OR APRIL. I THINK YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME BEFORE YOU KNOW ULTIMATELY WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE CORRIDOR VERSUS JUST THE BRIDGE.MR. LINDA FOLLOWING UP ON WHAT JOHN'S SAYING IN REGARD TO YOUR QUESTION, THE DELEGATION IS VERY AWARE THAT WE ARE WORKING ON THIS RIGHT SENATOR DAVIS INCLUDED BUT BUT SEVERAL OTHER OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH LOW COUNTRY DELEGATION WHO I'VE SPOKE WITH I WANT TO JUST REALLY SET THE EXPECTATION THAT THIS SHOULD NOT BE A RACE TO A SPECIFIC FINISH LINE.
RIGHT. I DO NOT WANT TO PUT US ON A 24/2 SHOT CLOCK AND WITH BIG SIGN OVER THE BACKBOARD THIS WORK THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO ALL DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU ALL WANT US TO DO. WE KNOW THAT THE STATE AGENCIES PARTICULARLY IS GOING TO WORK ON THEIR BUDGET NEAR THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR IN THE OVERALL BUDGET EARLY IN THE YEAR I WILL NOT WAIT UNTIL EVERYTHING IS COMPLETELY BUTTONED UP BEFORE I'M TALKING TO SENATOR DAVIS IN POWELL AND A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHERS. THIS WILL HAVE TO BE A WORK IN MOTION BUT THAT THAT THESE DATES THAT ARE OUTLINED IN HERE KEEP US ON TRACK TO MAKE SURE THAT SENATOR DAVIS REPRESENT AS WELL AS OTHERS THE TOWNS IMMEDIATE AND PRIMARY ASK IN THOSE FOR THOSE FIRST TRANCHE OF DOLLARS I DON'T WANT TO SET AN EXPECTATION THAT WE COME UP WITH A $60 MILLION PLAN AND WE'RE GOING TO GO FIND $60 MILLION.
THAT'S WHY I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS AS WELL AS UNDERSTAND OR REALLY STATE EXPECTATIONS. SO IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS THIS IS A GOOD SCHEDULE.
THEY'RE VERY AWARE OF IT. WE'VE LEARNED FROM THEM WHAT THE SCHEDULE NEEDS TO BE AND WE KEEP OUR FEET MOVING. AND THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS ABOUT THE PUBLIC BEING ABLE TO SEE THE DRAFT PLAN AND EVERYBODY COMMENT ON IT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S ESSENTIAL THAT
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WE'D BE UPFRONT ABOUT WHAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT DOING AND HAVE MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT INPUT AND IN I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT FINDING IN THE TIMELINE MAN MADE JUDGMENT BASED FOR OCTOBER NOVEMBER SPECIAL TOWN COUNCIL WORKSHOP A PUBLIC REVIEW AND PLAN CONSIDERATION AND IN MY CONCERN IS IT THE ONLY TIME PUBLIC HAS INPUT IS THAT IN A WORKSHOP THEN OFTEN WE HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT IT AND THEN THE PUBLIC IS LEFT TO THE END. I WOULD ADVOCATE FOR US HAVING OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PUBLIC TO HAVE AND EVEN LOOKING AT TIME OF DAY FOR PUBLIC INPUT MESSAGE AND I'M GOING TO JUMP IN BECAUSE GOING TO SEE POINTS BUT I WILL SAY MESSAGE HEARD WE HAVE THE ENTIRE MONTH OF OCTOBER AND THE ENTIRE MONTH OF NOVEMBER WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE ADD AN S AT THE END OF WORKSHOP WE HAVE COMMENTS COUNCIL THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR.I THINK THAT'S MY LAST OFFICIAL BEFORE TOWN COUNCIL. WELL WHAT A JOURNEY.
THANK YOU ALL THEN. THAT'S ONE OF A MIXTURE OF ALL RIGHT NEXT WE WILL MOVE ON TO MY APPOINTMENTS AS ULTIMATELY THE SUBCOMMITTEES FOR FINANCE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES HOLIDAY PEOPLE HONEST ADMINISTRATIVE IT WILL BE MR. STEVE ALFORD COMMUNITY SERVICES PUBLIC
[7. Reports from Members of Town Council ]
SAFETY WILL BE MR. LINDA TURNER . NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO GENERAL REPORTS FROM COUNCIL. ANYBODY HAVE ANY GENERAL REPORTS AND STUFF? YES, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT A PROCLAMATION TO LEO TO RECOGNIZE THEIR 50TH ANNIVERSARY CAMP. LEO IS A FREE WEEK LONG CAMP FOR CHILDREN OF SOUTH CAROLINA THAT ARE BLIND. IT'S SPONSORED BY THE HILTON HEAD, BLUFFTON AND SUN CITY LIONS CLUB. THE CAMP PROVIDES A SAFE AND SIGNED UP OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUR CAMP ACTIVITIES ST ANDREW BY THE SEA METHODIST CHURCH WHICH I AM A MEMBER TRANSFORMED THEIR CELEBRATION CENTER INTO THAT CAMP ENVIRONMENT AND AFTER THE PROCLAMATION I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY ATTEND THEIR TALENT SHOW I GOT TO KNOW CAMP DIRECTOR BEN SNEED WHO IS A VERY INTERESTING AND FUNNY MAN AND LEARNED A LOT OF HISTORY AND STORIES OVER THE LAST 50 YEARS AND SPENT SOME TIME WITH THE LIONS CLUB SUPPORT MEMBERS AS WELL AS THE CAMP COUNSELORS AND CAMPERS SO AGAIN CONGRATULATIONS TO CAMP LEO FOR 50 YEARS MR. ALFORD I WANTED TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON GOING ON WITH SUPINE CIRCLE FOR THOSE WHO IN AND OUT OF SEA PINES OR TO THE COLONY CIRCLE AREA. THE TOWN HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT FOR SOME TIME NOW FOR SEVERAL YEARS WE'VE HAD OUTSIDE ENGINEERING INPUT INCLUDING SUGGESTED DESIGN INS FOR THE CIRCLE ITSELF NONE OF WHICH SO FAR HAVE BEEN RECEIVED WITH OVERWHELMING ENTHUSIASM AND AT THE SAME TIME SEA PINES AND CSA HAVE BEEN WORKING ON PROBLEMS ON GREENWOOD DRIVE WHICH FEEDS INTO THE CIRCLE WHERE MUCH OF THE DELAYS ARE AS WELL AS IMPROVING THE GAY SEA AND THE TOWN HAVE BEEN WORKING RELATIVELY ON THAT MATTER AND I SUSPECT ONE OF THE PRIVILEGES THAT I THAT WILL EXIST IS THAT IT'S QUITE POSSIBLE THAT JOHN CULLEN WILL BE INVOLVED IN THOSE ON OTHER SIDE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.THE CIRCLE ITSELF IS A STATE HIGHWAY. THREE OUT OF FOUR OF THE ROADWAYS THAT GO INTO THE CIRCLE ARE STATE HIGHWAYS. GREENWOOD IS OWNED BY CSA.
IT'S A PRIVATE ROAD THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE BEEN MOVING TOWARD IN RECENT MONTHS IS THE POSSIBILITY OF INVOLVING THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO GET INVOLVED THIS PROJECT. SO AMONG OTHER THINGS THEY HAVE ACCESS TO FUNDS.
THEY HAVE EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN ROUNDABOUTS AND IN TRAFFIC MANAGE AND SO A MEETING WAS HELD ON 15 THAT INVOLVED REPRESENTATIVES OF CSA, THE TOWN, THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION THE RESORT AND SENATOR DAVIS AND MYSELF AND AS A RESULT THAT MEETING THE TOWN HAS FORWARDED TO THE STATE NEW YORK TO ALL OF THE ENGINEERING STUDIES THAT WE
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HAVE RECEIVED SO FAR OUR TRAFFIC STUDIES AND SO FORTH THE D.O.T. SAY D.O.T. BE ANALYZING THOSE, THEY WILL REVIEW THE DESIGNS, THE CIRCLE THAT WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED AND THEY POTENTIALLY MAY ADD ON SOME OF THEIR OWN AND AT THE MOMENT WE'RE QUITE EARLY IN THE PROCESS BUT IT LOOK LIKE DO NOT YOU HAVE SOME INTEREST IN PURSUING THIS PROJECT AND THERE ARE A LOT OF BENEFITS TO EVERYBODY IF THEY IF THEY PROCEED TO DO THAT.SO THIS PROJECT IS MOVING ALONG WITH ALL THE SPIRIT OF A TURTLE .
SO THANK YOU ALL THE GENERAL NOMINATION GENTLEMEN. I'VE GOT I'VE GOT FIRST AND FOREMOST COUPLE THE COUNCIL AGO I ASKED TO GIVE SOME UPDATE ON THAT BUILDING THE GAS STATION OFF ISLAND AND I'VE RECEIVED COMMUNICATION BACK FROM CHAIR HOWARD AND THEY THE COUNTY HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY THEY'RE LOOKING TO REDEVELOP IT FOR A GAS STATION AND SOME THINGS BUT IT'S STILL HELD UP. THEY'RE WORKING ON IT, THEY'RE PUSHING IT. NOT A WHOLE LOT THAT WE CAN DO SINCE.
IT'S NOT ON HILTON HEAD BUT WE'LL JUST STAY IN CONTACT TO KEEP EVERYBODY ABREAST OF THAT LIKE TO INVITE EVERYBODY TO MEXICO, FREEDOM PARK THE 27TH OF AUGUST AT 930 THERE WILL BE A GROUNDBREAKING IN THIS TIME MR. BROWN AND MYSELF ALL THREE BE SPEAKING AT THAT AT THAT EVENT. SO THIS WOULD BE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE WHICH WOULD BE AWESOME. AND I GOT TWO MORE THINGS AND ONE OF THEM IS I WANT TO TALK ABOUT REAL BRIEFLY THE MORATORIUM THAT'S GOING TO BE DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND THE EXPECTATIONS THAT WE'RE GETTING LEGAL GUIDANCE FOR PROCESS WHAT IS IT THAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT? HOW DO WE WORK THIS IN THE PUBLIC EYE AND EVERYTHING THAT WE DO WITH THE DISCUSSIONS ON IT IS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO WILL BE IN THE PUBLIC BUT WE JUST NEED THAT ADVICE TO GUIDE US AS TO HOW WE MOVE FORWARD OR HOW WE DON'T MOVE FORWARD.
I DON'T WANT TO PUT THAT PREEMPTIVE OUT THERE JUST SO THAT WE'VE GOT THE THE GOVERNANCE OF IT, THE GUIDANCE IT AND ALL THAT. SO I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE SO THE PUBLIC IS AWARE AND THEN LASTLY LAST FRIDAY I BELIEVE IT WAS THE 15TH WAS MR. ALFRED'S BIRTHDAY SO I WISH HIM A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY. NEXT WE WILL MOVE ON TO COMMITTEES OF COMMITTEES. MR. BECKER WHAT COUNTRY? GARY TRANSPORTATION 707 FIVE YOU DID BRING UP THE MATTER OF THE DISCUSSION ON A POTENTIAL REFERENDUM AND I'M WE CLASS THAT WE DO AS MUCH OF THAT CONVERSATION IN THE PUBLIC BETWEEN US I'M SURE WHAT WE'RE GETTING LEGAL ADVICE UNTIL WE COME TO SOME IDEAS OR THAT AND I SAID REFERENDUM MORE TIME UNTIL WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE ASKING LEGAL ADVICE ON AND I THINK THAT CONVERSATION THAT GETS US THERE SHOULD BE PUBLIC SO PERHAPS TONIGHT INSTEAD OF MOVING DIRECTLY INTO EXECUTIVE ON THAT WE HAVE SOME OF THAT DISCUSSION IN PUBLIC WHERE IT BELONGS SO MOVING ON TO THE LOWCOUNTRY AREA THE TRANSPORTATION STUDY WE DID A DATE ON FRIDAY AUGUST FIRST AND A NUMBER OF THINGS WERE DISCUSSED MOSTLY INFORMATION RELATED HAVING DO WITH FIVE DAYS ALL OF THAT MOSTLY PERTAINS TO BLUFFTON AND THAT WAS A VERY INTERESTING CONVERSATION I THINK HAD SOME POSITIVE ASPECTS THAT CAME UP FROM THAT CONVERSATION.
THERE WAS A REPORT FROM THE ABOUT 278 MUCH OF WHICH ARE MORE THAN WHAT WE HEARD THERE.
WE HEARD TODAY FROM SHAWN AND THANKS FOR YOUR UPDATE. APPRECIATE THE DETAILS.
THERE WAS AN UPDATE FROM PALMETTO WHO HAD SOME CONCERNS WITH REGARD TO THEIR BUDGETING AND HOW THAT MAY AFFECT US HERE . BUT NO AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO IN ADDITION TO THERE WAS SOME MINOR CORRECTIONS ETC. THAT TOOK PLACE THAT'S IMPORTANT. LET'S DO THIS.
SO THIS MONTH THE NEXT MEETING THESE ARE OPEN MEETINGS AND YOU CAN AT 1030 YOU'LL SEE THE NEXT MEETING IS THURSDAY AT 10 A.M. SO YOU'RE FREE AND INTERESTING BY A LOT OF PEOPLE SO IT'S A GOOD MEETING THANK YOU MR. ALFRED LOWCOUNTRY COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS THE LOWCOUNTRY
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COUNCIL HAS MOVED AN A MONTH SCHEDULE SO THERE WAS NO MEETING LAST MONTH.THANK YOU. JUST WHAT ARE PEOPLE GOING TO AIRPORTS FOR? OKAY THERE'S A LOT GOING ON AT THE COUNTY AIRPORT BOARD AND. I'VE GOT THREE PROJECTS THAT I WANT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION . THE FIRST ONE IS PROJECT CLOUD.
SO PROJECT CLOUD IS A NEW PROPOSED FIXED BASE OPERATION THAT WOULD BE HILTON HEAD AIRPORT AND PROVIDE SERVICES TO GENERAL AVIATION. SO THAT'S PRIVATE AND CORPORATE JETS. THAT PROPOSAL INCLUDES PROVIDING FUEL PARKING, NEW HANGAR SPACE AND OTHER AMENITIES. IT'S AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT WITH LONE PALMETTO. THEY'RE THE LARGEST RESELLER SERIOUS AIRCRAFT AND IT BRINGS 51 JOBS WITH AN AVERAGE SALARY OF $80,000 TO THE ISLAND AT THE MEETING THE BEAUFORT COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND A REPRESENTATIVE FROM LONE PALMETTO CAME TO GIVE THEIR PRESENTATION AND THEY RECEIVED UNANIMOUS APPROVAL AT THE BOARD MEETING LAST TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A NON-BINDING LETTER OF INTENT AND THAT FOCUS IS GOING TO BE ON THE LEASE AND THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THIS WILL BE PREPARED AND WILL BE PUT IN FRONT OF COUNTY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL SHORTLY. SO FROM A TOWN PERSPECTIVE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY CONCERNS WE HAVE ARE ADDRESSED IN THIS AGREEMENT AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE RESIDENTS THE AIRPORT AS WELL TO IDENTIFY THOSE AND MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN THESE AGREEMENTS. THERE IS NO COMMITMENT TO A TIMELINE AS THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS NEEDS TO DO THEIR WORK BUT IT IS INCLUDED IN THEIR MASTER PLAN WHICH LAYS OUT THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. SO THAT'S PROJECT NUMBER ONE.
PROJECT NUMBER TWO IS THE MOVEMENT OF TAXIWAY F. SO THIS IS THE TAXIWAY.
SO THE AIRPORT IS GOING TO MOVE TAXIWAY F WHICH IS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE AIRPORT AN ADDITIONAL 100 FEET CLOSER TO BEACH CITY ROAD. THE REASON FOR THE WORK IS A SAFETY RELATED ISSUE. SO AS THE RUNWAY WAS EXTENDED TO 5000 FEET LARGER PLANES ARE COMING AND THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND THE TAXIWAY DOESN'T MEET THE FAA REQUIREMENTS AND THAT'S WHY THE TAXIWAY NEEDS TO BE MOVED OVER 100 FEET.
THE OTHER TAXIWAY WHICH IS PARALLEL TAXIWAY HAS ALREADY BEEN MOVED AT LAST WEEK'S BOARD MEETING THE AIRPORT APPROVED A CONTRACT TO HIRE TALBERT BRIGHT AND ELLINGTON TO PREPARE THE ENVIRONMENTAL FOR THIS PROJECT WHICH IS THE FIRST STEP IN ORDER TO MOVE 100 FEET THERE WILL BE AN IMPACT TO 12 PROPERTIES WHICH HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED ALONG FENCELINE OF THE AIRPORT. THOSE PROPERTIES NEED TO BE ACQUIRED AND DEMOED IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THIS WORK. IT INCLUDES A BUSINESS ON MATTHEWS DRIVE FOUR ON HUNTER DRIVE TWO ON BLUEJAY WAY THREE ON FRENCH STREET AND TWO ON BEACH CITY ROAD.
AND ALTHOUGH THERE ARE 12 PROPERTIES THERE ARE MORE THAN 12 BUSINESSES.
SO SOME OF THOSE PROPERTIES ARE ONE ENTITY AND PROPERTIES HAVE WAREHOUSES FOR MULTIPLE BUSINESSES OFFICES FOR MULTIPLE BUSINESSES. SO AT THE AIRPORT BOARD MEETING I MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT BUSINESS RETENTION A PRIORITY FOR TOWN THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD AND WE FACING CONCERNS REGARDING RELOCATIONS OF OFF THE ISLAND AND THAT THE AIRPORT WILL NEED TO STEP UP TO SUPPORT THESE BUSINESSES BOTH THE OWNERS OF THE LAND AS WELL AS THE BUSINESSES THE LAND SO TO FACILITATE THAT PROCESS JOHN RAMBLES AND I TALKED ABOUT A WORKSHOP TO LAY OUT TRANSITION PLAN, LOOK FOR GRANTS AND RELOCATION PROGRAMS THAT MAY BE AVAILABLE BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE AIRPORT WOULD LEAD AND THE PUBLIC WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE COMMENTS AND FEEDBACK AS THIS PROJECT MOVES ALONG THE LAST PROJECT IS THE MASTER PLAN. SO THE MASTER PLAN IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEFINE WHAT THE AIRPORT GOING TO BE OVER THE NEXT 10 TO 20 YEARS. WE HAD OUR FIRST MEETING I AM ON THE STAKEHOLDER GROUP SO THE FIRST MEETING WAS YOUR TRADITIONAL CONSULTANT MEETING WHERE YOU DO A SWOT AND YOU KNOW YOU LOOK AT THE HISTORY AND ALL OF THAT SO NOT A LOT OUT OF THAT FIRST MEETING WE WILL MEET EVERY SIX WEEKS AND THE WORK WILL BE COMPLETED OVER THE NEXT 12 TO 18 MONTHS. DELIVERABLES INCLUDE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AN UPDATED AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN THERE SEE IP FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AND A PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY.
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SO GOING TO SET UP ALL THE MATERIALS TO BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC DURING THE PROCESS I DON'T HAVE THAT YET. WE JUST RECEIVED OUR FIRST COPY OF OUR NOTES BUT ONCE I KNOW WHERE THE MATERIALS WILL BE. I MAKE SURE THAT THAT GETS COMMUNICATED.THERE WILL BE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC FEEDBACK DURING PROCESS.
SO AS I SAID THERE'S A LOT GOING ON AT THE AIRPORT ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU. VERY COMPREHENSIVE. MR. MAYOR, IF WE MOVE OFF OF THAT, I APPRECIATE MS.. TURNER'S BEING INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS.
OKAY. OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT GOING ON AS FAR AS A MASTERPLAN IS CONCERNED EVEN THOUGH IS A COUNTY PROJECT WITH FEDERAL FUNDING I THINK WE NEED THIS IS OUTSIDE OF WHAT WE'VE GOT IN OUR CURRENT STRATEGIC PLAN. BUT I'M BRINGING IT UP HERE BECAUSE I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE. I AT SOME POINT WE NEED TO STATE A POSITION FROM THIS COUNCIL AS TO THAT MASTER PLAN. OKAY SO THAT MR. TUTTLE'S NOT THE SORT OF A LONE WOLF TRYING TO CARRY THE LOAD. I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO CONSIDER. I AGREE WITH THAT. I UNDERSTAND I AGREE WITH THAT AS WELL. AND WE ALSO NEED TO ACTIVATE THE COMMUNITIES AROUND.
I'VE ALREADY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO THE PLANTATION TERMINAL HALL AND PORT ROYAL AND I HAVE A MEETING IN IN THE BACAL AREA IN SEPTEMBER AND SO WE TO MAKE SURE OUR RESIDENTS ARE ACTIVATED AS WELL. THANK YOU.
CAN I JUMP IN AND SAY THAT I AGREE WITH THE IDEA THAT WE NEED TO SUPPORT MELINDA AND THOSE ARE REPRESENTATIVE TO THE BOARD AND THAT WE COME UP A POSITION STATEMENT FOR HER TO BE ABLE TO CARRY THAT CONFIDENCE INTO THIS WE'LL TAKE THAT BOARD DEFINITELY SLOCOMBE . MCPHERSON AND THEN I'LL JUST ADD TO THAT ACTUALLY WHEN WE HAVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LIKE THAT RIGHT OUT OF THERE SO AS FAR AS LOCAL GOES IT'S LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS THAT PROJECT IS MOVING FORWARD AS THE CENTER HAS REPORTED THAT MRS..
SO FIRST OF ALL THOSE ARE QUESTIONS COUNTY FOR A LETTER THAT GEORGE FOR THE FEDERAL GRANT ON THE WESTBOUND LANE TO SAN DIEGO THE BRIDGE PROJECT THE LOCAL BOARD MEMBERS SEEM TO SUPPORT THAT SO A LETTER WAS SENT ALSO LAST NIGHT THROUGH THE SAME TYPE OF LETTER OF SUPPORT SO THAT THEN THERE WERE THREE REPORTS FROM SUBCOMMITTEES ONE IS THE CHILD CARE SUBCOMMITTEE LOOKING AT PROVIDING FOR ADVOCATING FOR SOME STATE FUNDING FOR A CHILD CARE MODEL PARTY BILL BLUFFTON AND UBER HAVE ALL THE RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT AND I UNDERSTAND FROM THE MAYOR THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT SCHEDULED AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE THAT WILL IN SEPTEMBER AND WITH REGARD TO 20 YEAR PLAN THAT HAS BEEN SHEPHERDED SHEPHERDED BUT CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT WITHOUT A MICROPHONE I CAN'T SPEAK ON THE RECORD ANYWAY SO FOR EXAMPLE THE TOWN COUNCIL MEMBER TIME COMPLEX LOOKING AT COLLECTING AND REVIEWING EXISTING DATA INCLUDING ECONOMIC DATA AND A LOT OF QUESTIONS SO THE BOARD IS CONCERNED ABOUT DUPLICATION SO THERE'S MORE OF OUR PEOPLE THAT REPORT ON THIS OR BE MORE REPORTS ABOUT THEIR FUTURE. THEN THERE WAS ALSO A VISUAL TRACK PLAN OF COMMITTEE LED BY BOARD BURGESS PLANNING DIRECTOR FOR DUPAGE COUNTY AND THEY HAD RECOMMENDED A WORKSHOP BUT I THINK IF A VERY STRONG SENSE OF HOW THAT SEEMED TO GET CONSENSUS SO THEY WERE VERY WILLIAMS WHO CHAIRS THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE EMAILED BEFORE AND ASKED EACH JURISDICTION FOR INPUT ON WHETHER OR NOT TO PROCEED WITH THE WORKSHOPS AND THE CONSENSUS AT THAT MEETING.
THEN THE NEXT MEETING AND ONE MORE THING THERE BECAUSE THE CREATION OF REGIONAL DIRECTLY THE TEAM WILL HAVE SOME INPUT PROVIDED ON THAT AND SO IT COMES OUT THAT IN FUTURE THE NEXT MEETING DATE IS NEXT TUESDAY, AUGUST 26 AT THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON, 10 A.M. AND THAT'S ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. BROWN, THE RECREATION ASSOCIATION.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. LAST WEEK OVER 100 CHILDREN STARTED THAT SCHOOL PROGRAM AT A COMPUTER. WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THE SENIOR CENTER STAFF FOR ANOTHER TWO YEARS TO PROVIDE CLASSES AND TECH SUPPORT FOR OUR SENIORS FIVE LOCAL SWIM TEAM WILL BE USING THE RECS IN A POOL FOR PRACTICES AND MEETS THIS FALL I RECOMMENDED JOG WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT BY THE WAY YOUTH SOCCER SIGN UP FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS THERE'S A NEW EVENT ON THE OUTDOOR REC STAFF CALLED PADDLE FEST ON SEPTEMBER 6TH AT
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SAILING AND ROWING CENTER. CHECK OUT THE WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION.AND FINALLY 40 STAFF MEMBERS FROM THE TOWN TOOK PART IN AN ORIENTATION SESSION PROVIDED BY THE ASSOCIATION AND THE SESSION FOCUSED ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TOWN AND THE ASSOCIATION AND THE GENERAL OPERATION OF THE ISLAND. THAT'S MY REPORT, SIR.
THANK YOU. THIS IS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION A MEETING ON JULY 24TH. PROBABLY THE MAIN THINGS THAT WE DID THAT WE APPROVED BOTH THE ACCOUNTING FOR AND THE AUDIT FIRM AND AS WE PUBLICIZED IN THE PAPER THAT WILL BE AN AUDIT DONE 2425 AND THERE WERE THERE WERE SEVERAL DISCUSSIONS THE GRANT REQUEST.
ONE WERE PROJECT GLORY WHICH WAS $75,000 REQUEST WHICH WAS APPROVED AND IT'S A LOW SPEED ELECTRIC VEHICLES CORPORATION ANOTHER ONE FOR PROJECT AG WHICH WAS AN EXPANSION OF OF AN EXISTING BUSINESS $30,000 RECOMMENDED SALE OF 31 ACRES AND B FOR CAMPUS PARK AT ROUGHLY 40,000 AN ACRE FOR TOTAL OF 1.29 MILLION. THERE WAS ANOTHER DISCUSSION ON 10.25 ACRES ON SAINT HELENA FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WHERE SOUTH CAROLINA PARKS, RECREATION AND TOURISM PROVIDED $1,000,000 GRANT TO ACQUIRE THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY FOR $500,000 ROUGHLY HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR INVESTMENTS FROM EDC IN THE COUNTY AND THERE IS ALSO ANOTHER BUYER ON THE OTHER SIDE TO TAKE THAT PROPERTY IF THAT IS DESIRED BY THE EDC TO MOVE THAT FORWARD TO THAT ROOM IS ANOTHER COMMUNITY EVENT SO A LOT OF THINGS ARE GOING ON OUTSIDE HEAD SO BUT WE STILL PUSH FOR SOME ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR HEAD AND WE HOPE TO SEE SOME OF THAT COMING OUR WAY SO DELEGATES WHO SUPPORT THE CORPORATION MR. BROWN THERE WILL BE A MEETING TOMORROW AT 10 A.M. WE WILL RECEIVE AN UPDATE ON THE WE FUND THE APPLICATION FOR THE CDC WEBSITE. WE WILL ALSO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF NOMINATING ELECTING OFFICES AND THE BOARD WILL MEET IN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS POTENTIAL PROPERTY PURCHASES IN THEIR COMMUNITY SERVICE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE SO OUR COMMITTEE CANCELED A MEETING FOR YESTERDAY. THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA WAS NOT QUITE READY YET AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD BRINGING THAT FORWARD AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
IT MAY BE BEFORE OUR SEPTEMBER 15TH SPECIAL BOARD MEETING DATE AND IF NOT WE WILL BE ADDRESSING BY THEN OR ON THAT DATE. SO SEPTEMBER IS THE NEXT MEETING OF COMMUNITY SERVICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY THAT REGULARLY SCHEDULED AT THIS TIME. AND MR. BROWN FINANCE MINISTRY IS COMING UP FOR A COMMITTEE ON AUGUST 25TH. WE WILL BE HEARING AN UPDATE FROM.
COASTAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ALSO KNOWN AS C CDC.
WE WILL ALSO BE PRESENTED WITH THE 2026 MONTHLY FINANCIAL UPDATE CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION DELINEATING NAMES AREAS OF FOCUS FOR TOWN COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEES AND CONSIDERATION A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE 25 TO 29 FIVE YEAR CONSOLIDATED PLAN REQUIRED BY THE U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GRANT ENTITLEMENT PROGRAM SAID SIR THANK YOU NEXT GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON
[10. Public Comment - Non Agenda Items ]
NON AGENDA ITEMS SECTION 2 TO 570 OF THE TOWN SO LIMITS EACH PERSON TO ONE THREE MINUTE COMMENT WHEN ADDRESSING COUNCIL AT THE END OF YOUR 3 MINUTES YOU'RE ASKED TO INCLUDE YOUR COMMENTS PLEASE MAKE OF THE FORUM SUITABLE FOR THE MEETING AND REFRAIN FROM USING ANY PROFANE, ABUSIVE OR OBSCENE. IF YOU HAVE ANY MATERIALS LEFT TO GIVE THE COUNCIL PLEASE GIVE THEM TO THE TOWN AFTER YOU ARE FINISHED SPEAKING AND ALSO REMEMBER WE DON'T HAVE MICROPHONES ARE WORKING SO TO SPEAK. SO KEN, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP? WE DO RICHARD BUSY AFTERNOON WHICH IS BUSY AND THEN GO RUN.YOU'RE ABOUT TO DISCUSS PROBABLY IN MY VIEW THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE FACING OUR TOWN THE MORATORIUM SHORT TERM RENTALS, TIMESHARES AND NEW SUBDIVISIONS AND YOU HAVE THIS DISCUSSION IS NOT IN PUBLIC BUT RATHER BEHIND DOORS THE TOWN ATTORNEY HAS TOLD YOU THAT IT'S LEGAL I'M WILLING TO BET THAT I COULD FIND AN ATTORNEY WHO WOULD TELL YOU IT'S NOT LEGAL.
USE YOUR COMMON SENSE EXECUTIVE SESSIONS ARE ONLY INTENDED FOR LIMITED TOPICS SUCH AS LEGAL PERSONNEL ISSUES OR CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS. THEY ARE NOT MEANT TO DISCUSS PUBLIC POLICY WHEN THAT HAPPENS THIS IS NOT WORK WHEN THAT RESIDENTS ARE DEPRIVED
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OF HEARING YOUR RATIONALE AND WE THE PUBLIC LOSE OUR CHANCE TO SHARE OUR THOUGHTS BEFORE VOTES ARE TAKEN NOT I UNDERSTAND THAT LEGALLY NO VOTES ARE TAKEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT LET'S NOT KID OURSELVES THE WAY IT USUALLY WORKS IS THIS THE COUNCIL NEEDS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS AND IF THERE'S A CONSENSUS THAT COUNCIL WILL COME OUT THE MAYOR WILL ASK IF THERE ARE MOTIONS COMING FROM THE SECRET MEETING.A COUNCIL MEMBER WILL MAKE A MOTION AND ABOVE IS TAKEN TYPICALLY WITH NO PUBLIC.
IT'S THAT DEMOCRACY IN ACTION MANY TOWNS IN SOUTH CAROLINA HAVE ISSUED MORATORIUMS ACROSS THE BUTTON. IT TAKES SIX MONTHS TO EVALUATE OUR SITTING BACK.
MANY PEOPLE HAVE SAID, YOU KNOW, IT'S TOO WHILE SITTING BACK AND DOING NOTHING AND LETTING OUR IRONY TO CONTINUE TO ERODE SHOULD NOT BE AN OPTION AND SHOULD NOT BE AFRAID BECAUSE SOMEONE YELLS LAWSUIT. AND FOR THOSE RESIDENTS THIS AT HOME IF YOU'D LIKE TO ADD YOUR NAME TO OUR PETITIONS GO TO CHANGE.ORG AND SEARCH FOR HELP AND MORATORIUM AND ADD YOUR VOICE. THE LAST TIME I CHECKED THE TOWN'S ORGANIZATION CHART SHOWS THE RESIDENTS THERE ARE ON TOP AND EVERYTHING UP CLOSE FOR MAYOR.
WELL THAT'S NOT HOW IT FEELS. I GOT HONEST WITH YOU AND AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER RECENTLY NOTED ON NEXTDOOR I QUOTE HER IMPORTANT COMMUNITY DECISIONS SHOULD BE MADE IN THE OPEN WHERE EVERY RESIDENT CAN HEAR SEE AND PARTICIPATE. THAT'S HOW TRANSPARENCY WORKS AND HOW OUR COUNCIL SHOULD WORK FOR US. THANK YOU.
YOU DAVE FERGUSON BUT AFTERNOON DAVE FERGUSON. FOR A START I'M TALKING ABOUT THE STRATEGIC PLAN SO WHAT'S A TEAM TO DO? IMPACTFUL JOB WORK? YEAH SO THANK YOU. BUT DO WE HAVE A STRATEGIC PLAN ? DO WE HAVE A STRATEGIC DISTRACTION? THINK ABOUT THAT FOR A MINUTE BECAUSE WE CAN'T ANSWER THAT HONESTLY. WE'RE NOT REALLY GOING TO GET VERY FAR. I'VE WORKED WITH MANY ORGANIZATIONS BUSINESSES, NONPROFITS AND LOCAL ON STRATEGIC PLANS. AND ONE TRUTH IS ALWAYS THE SAME THAT TRIES TO DO EVERYTHING HE USUALLY ENDS UP DOING.
NOT MUCH OF ANYTHING. THE CURRENT STRATEGIC PLAN IS FILLED WITH GOOD INTENTIONS, WORTHY IDEAS. BUT LIKE THE LAST FEW PLANS WE'VE SEEN, IT TRIES TO TAKE ON TOO MUCH AT ONCE. WHEN THAT HAPPENS, PROJECTS DELAY, PRIORITIES SHIFT, PROGRESS FALLS AND YOU DON'T YOUR GOALS. A REAL STRATEGIC PLAN HAS THREE NON-NEGOTIABLES. FOCUS CLEAR LIMITED PRIORITIES. ACCOUNTABLE SPECIFIC PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR EACH ACTION. MEASURABLE RESULTS. DEADLINES AND METRICS.
THE PUBLIC CAN TRACK BOLD SMART PLANS. RIGHT NOW A PLAN HAS FAR TOO MANY GOALS AND PROJECTS TO BE CREDIBLE. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MANY MAJOR INITIATIVES AT THE SAME TIME WITHOUT CLEAR TRADEOFFS OR REALISTIC TIMELINES.
IT'S LIKE TRYING TO BUILD TEN HOUSES WITH ONE CREW IN ONE TOOLBOX.
MY STORY IS THIS. BUT THE NUMBER OF GOALS AND PROJECT AT LEAST HALF FOCUS ON THE 3 TO 5 PRIORITIES THAT WILL HAVE THE GREATEST IMPACT WITH HILTON HEAD RIGHT NOW.
WHY NOT THE FIVE YOU VOTED ON AT THE FIRST STRATEGIC PLANNING WORKSHOP? PUT IN WRITING. SIGN RESPONSIBILITY MEASURE OUTCOMES AND GIVE THE PUBLIC REGULAR PROGRESS REPORTS. I UNDERSTAND WHY THE PLAN LOOKS THE WAY IT DOES.
IT'S TEMPTING TO INCLUDE SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE. IT FEELS GOOD IN THE MOMENT AND AVOIDS CONFLICT. IT'S PEOPLE PLEASING BUT THAT'S NOT LEADERSHIP.
LEADERSHIP IS ABOUT MAKING HARD CHOICES SAYING NO TO SOMETHING SO WE TRULY SAY YES TO THE IMPORTANT ONES. YOUR JOB IS NOT TO MAKE PEOPLE HAPPY.
I'M NOT SUGGESTING YOU LOWER AMBITION. SUGGESTING YOU RAISE YOUR ODDS OF SUCCESS. A SHORTER SHARPER PLAN WILL PRODUCE VISIBLE WINS THE COMMUNITY CAN RALLY BEHIND AND WHEN RESIDENTS SEE REAL PROGRESS, TRUST IN THE LEADERS GROW. IF WE KEEP PASSING THESE EVERYTHING PLANS WILL KEEP GETTING NOTHING RESULTS. BUT IF YOU FOCUS AND HOLD OURSELVES YOURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE WE CAN MAKE THIS YOU LOOK BACK ON AND SAY THAT'S WHEN HILTON HEAD TRULY STARTED MOVING FORWARD. YOU. THANK YOU.
CHESTER WILLIAMS. WELL, THAT'S LINDA HARRINGTON AND CHRISTOPHER CLIFF.
CHRISTOPHER CLIFF. I JUST HAVE TO SAY I'VE LIVED IN SPAIN SINCE 2000 AN ABSOLUTE
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DELIGHT. SEAN CONNERY, I HOPE YOU'RE BRINGING WITHIN ITS COMMITMENT TO AND OPENNESS. INDEED. AND WE REFERRING TO THE MASTER PLAN. I THINK IF PEOPLE CHECK THE CAMELOT OF EVENTS SINCE JUNE 25 THAT THIS DISCOVER THAT THE CBO AND BEAUFORT COUNT TO THE CALL N PROPOSAL.I'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH U.S. SECURITY AND THESE B.C. AND HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE SOUTH CAROLINA TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE. THEY HAD NO KNOWLEDGE THAT THE D.O.T. SUBMITTED THE 31ST JULY AN APPLICATION TO THE FHA BE A FOR A 200 MILLION GRANT UNDER THE BRIDGE INVESTMENT PROGRAM NCDOT CANNOT EXPLAIN WHY IN THE PAST 18 MONTHS THEY APPLIED FOR AND A GRANT OF 175 MILLION FOR THE BRIDGES OVER THE MARION. WE'RE COMMITTED TO APPLY TO THE CITY NEW WAY FOR 200 MILLION FOR THE U.S. TO 17 AND THE COUNTY CAN'T EXPLAIN YOUR MISSION EITHER. MOVING ON. BEAUFORT COUNTY PROJECT MANAGER HAS NOT GOT A COPY OF THE APPLICATION AND HE'S TOLD ME IN WRITING TO KNOW THE HE'S GOING TO GET ONE. WHAT'S WORSE, THE PROJECT MANAGER OR I SEE HIM TO CREDIT MAN HE'S A REALLY NICE GUY VERY TO TRANSPARENCY. HE DOESN'T WANT A COPY.
WHAT HE SAY TO ME IN WRITING. JUST SAY YOUR BEST CHANCE OF GETTING A COPY IS TO MAKE ENOUGH FOR AN APPLICATION. I'M TRYING TO GET A COPY ALSO. SO WHAT'S GOING ON? THE SIDOTI IS NOT COMMITTED TO THAT SINGLE PIECE ON THE BRIDGE NOR IS BEAUFORT COUNTY.
AND IF THEY ACTUALLY WIN THE AWARD WHICH I'M SURE THEY'RE GOING TO GET BECAUSE LINDSEY GRANGER FOR YOUR ELECTION DAVIS IS BEHIND IT THEY'RE GOING TO GET IT UNAMBIGUOUSLY THEY'RE GOING TO GET IT. YOU HAVE FAITH TAUBIRA HAS GOT AN ABSENCE OF APPLICATIONS AND THEY'VE GOT #9.2 BILLION TO AWARD AND THEY'VE ACTUALLY SENT OUT A MEMORANDUM THE SECOND WOULD YOU SAY PLEASE APPLY WHICH IS SOUTH CAROLINA D.O.T. CLAIM THAT WAS AN AMENDMENT TO THE PROCEDURE. THAT'S NONSENSE. ALL THEY WERE DOING WAS SAYING PLEASE APPLY SO WHAT COULD HAPPEN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS IS SHOWN PROGRAM BEFORE PA.
NOW PICKING UP DAVID FERGUSON'S POINT I THINK I HOPE ANYWAY I COULD AGREE WHERE DAVID JOHNSON'S COMMITTEE WENT ASTRAY. IT'S DIGRESS OUTSIDE ITS ORIGINAL TERMS OF REFERENCE. AND IT BECAME LET'S DO EVERYTHING JOB AND WE LOST OUR FOCUS AND WE GOT INTO A TERRIBLE MESS. AND WHO WAS PRESENT DOES 32,024. MR. NO THIS GETS YOUR TIME. OH YOU COME.
I'VE GOT SOMETHING TO TELL YOU . THERE'S NOT MUCH OF THIS I HAVE BETH PETRO JUST AFTERNOON COUNCIL ON THAT PICTURE WITH BEACH GETAWAY IN A 35 YEAR ISLAND RESIDENT. THE MORATORIUM WELL I APPRECIATE THAT THE LEGAL ADVICE NEEDS TO BE DONE. I AGREE WITH EVERYBODY STATEMENT THAT THESE ARE CONVERSATIONS THAT NEED TO BE DONE WITH THE PUBLIC'S INVOLVEMENT AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE 3 MINUTES BUT IN A VERY QUICK AND SHORT CONSIDERATION RENTALS ARE DOWN THIS YEAR ISLANDWIDE ARE CHANGING THINGS. WE ARE DEFINITELY POST-COVID BUBBLE AND THERE IS A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT IN PLACE THAT ARE WORKING THE CODE ENFORCEMENT WORKING SO WELL THAT I ACTUALLY HAD A PROPERTY OWNER GET CALL BY CODE ENFORCEMENT TODAY FOR USING THEIR POOL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY SO LET'S USE WHAT WE HAVE IN PLACE AND GET PERFECTED. FINISH THE ALAMO BEFORE WE MAKE THESE ADDITIONAL CHANGES.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL.
THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. LET'S SEE THEM.
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FIND OUT WHERE WE ARE NO NETWORK CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS EIGHT C AND EIGHT D.THESE ITEMS WERE APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY AT FIRST MEETING ON JULY 15TH AND THERE HAVE BEEN NO CHANGES. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AT THE TIME OF YES. THREE SIX? YES.
DOES ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE SIGN UP TO SPEAK ON THIS? YEAH.
JUST LIKE THEY'RE COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M GOING TO REITERATE THE COMMENTS I MADE ON FIRST READING APPROVAL OF THESE WITH RESPECT THE TREE ORDINANCE AND THE DELETION OF THE EXCEPTION OR SPECIMEN TREES ON PREVIOUSLY PLATTED SUBDIVISION.
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LOTS OF YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE MAJORITY OF THAT IMPACT IS GOING TO FALL ON THE NATIVE ISLAND COMMUNITY I MEAN THE TOWN'S PRACTICE FOR THE LAST PROBABLY SIX OR SEVEN YEARS HAS BEEN THEY DON'T APPROVE SUBDIVISIONS ANYMORE THAT SHOW SPECIMEN TREES ON SINGLE FAMILY LOTS SO IS GOING TO AFFECT THINGS THAT WERE APPROVED PRIOR TO THAT AND I SUSPECT THE MAJORITY OF THAT IMPACT IS GOING TO FALL ON THE NATIVE ISLAND COMMUNITY SO BE PREPARED FOR SOME BLOWBACK IF THE SECOND ONE ON THE THE THE PROCEDURES IF YOU LOOK AT PAGE IN YOUR PACKET PAGE 76 OF 237 IT'S GOT THE CHART FOR OUT OF THE ELEMENT OF THE HEARING NOTICE REQUIREMENTS AND THERE'S A NEW PROVISION IN THERE FOR MAJOR SUBDIVISION SLASH MAJOR DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS. THE PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION BUT THEN WHEN YOU LOOK BACK A LITTLE FURTHER THERE'S GOTCHA HERE IN I DON'T LIKE SEEING IT'S A COUPLE OF PAGES BACK UNDER MINOR DEVELOPMENT PLANT REVIEW WHICH IS NOT MENTIONED HERE IT SAYS OH IF YOU HAVE A MINOR DEVELOPED PLAN REVIEW A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT'S ADJACENT TO OR ACROSS THE STREET FROM A RESIDENTIAL USE THEN YOU GOT TO GO TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION JUST LIKE YOU IMMEDIATELY JUST PUT IT IN THE NOTICE REQUIREMENTS THERE SO YOU DON'T HAVE A GOTCHA LIKE THAT FOR SOMEONE WHO HAS A MINOR DEVELOPMENT PLAN APPLICATION AND OH THERE HAPPENS TO BE A HOME ACROSS THE STREET I THAT YOU THAT'S ALL ALL RIGHT SO WE HAVE A MOTION BUT BUT THEN MR. HARPER TAKE AMENDMENT IS BRYSON AND HE JUST SAYS FOR COUNSEL[9.a. Consideration of a Resolution Authorizing Application to the South Carolina Arts Commission for a Cultural District Designation on Hilton Head Island - Natalie Harvey, Office of Cultural Affairs Director]
OTHERS SIGNIFY BY RAISING YOUR RIGHT HAND SO MOVE SEVEN ZERO AWESOME THANK YOU NEW BUSINESS WILL MOVE ON TO THE CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING APPLICATION THE SOUTH CAROLINA ARTS COMMISSION FOR A CULTURAL DISTRICT DESIGNATION ON BUILDINGS THAT ARE THAT RESOLUTION WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE SERVICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE ON JULY 21ST AND APPROVED 3 TO 0 FOR REFERRAL. THE FALL DOWN COUNCIL CONSIDERATION. NATALIE WOOD GOOD AFTERNOON YOU VERY MUCH.I WON'T TAKE UP VERY MUCH OF YOUR TIME. I DO THAT WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THIS MEMO AND THE ATTACHMENTS TO THE COMMITTEE ABOUT A MONTH AGO AND THERE WAS SOME VERY GOOD FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMITTEE AND ALSO SOME SOME STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC IN SUPPORT. SO JUST TO GIVE A VERY HIGH LEVEL THE SOUTH CAROLINA ARTS COMMISSION HAS ESTABLISHED THIS DISTRICT PROGRAM TO SUPPORT PLACEMAKING AND PROMOTE LOCAL ECONOMIES THROUGH THE ARTS. AND THE REAL KEY FOR THIS IN OUR COMMUNITY IS THAT IT'S A GEOGRAPHIC AREA OF A CITY OR TOWN, A CONCENTRATION OF ARTISTIC ASSETS, CULTURAL CREATIVE BUSINESSES AND PLACEMAKING DISTRICTS. ANOTHER KEY PART OF THIS IS THAT IT NEEDS TO BE WALKABLE. WE HAD SOME VISITORS FROM THE SOUTH CAROLINA ARTS COMMISSION HERE ON JULY 31ST AND WE WALKED IT AT NOON. I DO NOT RECOMMEND THAT TO ANYONE AND THEY WERE A LITTLE CURIOUS WHY THERE WASN'T A LOT OF CULTURAL ACTIVITY HAPPENING INSIDE THIS PROPOSED DISTRICT AND I THINK BECAUSE WE'RE ALL TOO MUCH SO I WILL JUST MOVE FORWARD AND SAY THAT THEY WERE VERY IMPRESSED WITH WHAT WE SHOWED THEM INITIALLY WE MAY HAVE SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT SHRINKING THE BOUNDARIES SLIGHTLY TO ACTUALLY MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE WALKABLE EVEN NOT IN THE 95 100 DEGREE DAY BUT THERE ARE 11 OF THESE COMMUNITIES IN OUR STATE THAT HAVE RECEIVED THIS DESIGNATION AND WE HOPE TO MAKE THAT AN EVEN DOZEN AND THERE ARE SOME GREAT BENEFITS FOR HILTON HEAD ISLAND TO HAVE DISTRICT WHICH WOULD BE TO PROMOTE OUR VISIBILITY AS ARTS AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT THAT WE SUPPORT STANDING CULTURE AND ARTS HERE ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND AND IT ALIGNS WITH OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES RELATING TO PLACEMAKING TOURISM AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
SO THERE ARE SOME SOME GREAT OPPORTUNITIES HERE AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
I DON'T THINK I NEED TO GO THROUGH ALL THE ATTACHMENTS. WE HAVE A LONG AGENDA HERE THIS EVENING AND I THINK I SHOULD LEAVE IT AT THAT WE HAVE A MOTION ON THIS SO AGAIN AS ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS AGENDA, IT LOOKS ANY DISCUSSION FROM COUNCIL? A COUPLE OF QUICK COMMENTS IT WONDERFUL THAT WE'RE GOING TO STAY YOU AND I THINK IT STARTS TO GAIN SUPPORT FOR THIS PROJECT AND IT GOT MY ATTENTION THERE'S A WONDERFUL ARTICLE ABOUT HILTON HEAD AND ITS CULTURAL ARTS AND SOUTHERN LIVING MAGAZINE SO I COMMEND YOUR REGIME TO BAN ALL STATEMENTS ABOUT OTHER LOCAL ACTIVITIES AND THEN SECONDLY IT'S VERY ARTFUL ABOUT THE ARTIST WHO DOES HIS ARTWORK ALONG THE TRAIL THERE.
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SO I COMMEND THAT TO YOU AS WELL THIS IS WONDERFUL I LOOK TO IT AND I SURE HOPE THEY APPROVE US. I THINK OTHER COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL YOU SAID SHRINKING BUT IT MAY MEAN THAT THE ARTS CENTER PROPER IS NOT INCLUDED BUT CAN BE CALLED OUT.THERE'S REALLY NOT A GREAT PEDESTRIAN ACCESS FROM THE ARTS CENTER INTO SHELTER COVE HARBOR AND MARINA THE REST OF THE TRAILS THEY WERE VERY IMPRESSED WITH OUR RECREATIONAL PATHWAYS AND YOU KNOW WE MIGHT ASK FOR A FEW MORE SCULPTURES IN BETWEEN A COUPLE OF THESE AREAS BUT OVERALL IT WAS NOT A NEGATIVE VISIT AT ALL. THEY HAD A LOT OF VERY POSITIVE INPUT FOR US SO WOULD THERE BE A FUTURE POTENTIAL FUTURE CONVERSATION WITH GREENWOOD ON IMPROVING THE WALKWAY? I HAVE IDENTIFIED A COUPLE OF AREAS WHERE I MIGHT SUGGEST THEY CONSIDER A DIFFERENT ROUTE SLIGHTLY THAT WOULD WOULD SORT OF CUT A CORNER OR TWO AND THAT MAYBE THEY WOULD CONSIDER SOME SPACES ON THEIR PROPERTY FOR PUBLIC ART OR ENGAGEMENT.
OKAY, AWESOME. THE OTHER COMMENTS BUT YOU'RE RIGHT WE'VE GOT TO REMEMBER THAT MR. ALFRED SECOND AND MRS. BECKER ALL IN SIGNIFY BY RAISING THEIR RIGHT HAND SO
[9.b & 9.c.]
MOVE SEVEN ZERO NEXT WE HAVE A FIRST READING OF CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND TO AMEND CHAPTER 16 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE DRAFT IMPACT ANALYSIS PLANNING REQUIREMENTS NOW STANDARDS IN LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE SECTION 16 THAT DO DASH 1236.5.16 AND EXCEED THE PLANNING COMMISSION HELD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 16TH AND VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO RECOMMEND THE TOWN COUNCIL APPROVED PROPOSED TAX AMENDMENT AMENDMENT ON MAY 19TH.THE COMMUNITIES PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE VOTED ANNUALLY TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO TOWN COUNCIL. MR. BLACK GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR PERRY MEMBERS OF TOWN COUNCIL MR. ORLANDO. JUST TO REITERATE THE MAYOR SAID THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS HAVE REVIEWED BY BOTH THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND CSPI THE COMMUNITY SAFETY AND COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE AND IN BOTH CASES THEY WERE RECOMMENDED FOR UNANIMOUSLY IF ADOPTED THIS AFTERNOON THIS ORDINANCE WILL AMEND OUR LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS AND PROVIDE BETTER BETTER RESOURCES FOR TOWN STAFF TO MITIGATE TRAFFIC IMPACTS THAT RESULT FROM NEW DEVELOPMENT.
THOSE KEY IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE REQUIRING NOT ONLY OF SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS AND ROUNDABOUTS BUT ALSO UNSEEN LINES INTERSECTIONS THAT STRETCH IN BETWEEN THOSE AREAS . WE'RE ALSO GOING TO ENSURE THAT MORE DEVELOPMENTS ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS BY REDUCING THE THRESHOLD FOR WHEN NEW ANALYSIS IS REQUIRED. HOW THAT IS CURRENTLY REQUIRED IS THAT A NO AND GENERATES AT LEAST 100 PEAK HOUR TRIPS IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT AN ANALYSIS REDUCING THAT BY HALF TO 50 PEAK HOUR TRIPS. ADDITIONALLY WE'RE PROVIDING STAFF WITH CLEAR STANDARDS AND BETTER MITIGATION MEASURES RIGHT. NOW WE CONSIDER SIGNAL TIMING PHASING OF SIGNALS STRIPING AND TURN LANES AS POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR MITIGATING TRAFFIC IMPACTS WE'RE ADDING A WHOLE HOST OF OTHER TOOLS IN OUR TOOLBOX INCLUDING GEOMETRIC IMPROVEMENTS, ROAD WIDENING ABILITY TO CHANGE AND MODIFY CROSSOVERS TO MEDIANS AND A HOST OF OTHER MECHANISMS THAT ARE THAT ARE SET OUT IN THE CODE TO GIVE US SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT THIS WOULD LOOK LIKE AND AS IT WAS APPLIED TO SOME RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IF WE THINK ABOUT THE JANESVILLE NEIGHBORHOOD JONESBORO ROAD AREA AND SUBDIVISION THAT WAS RECENTLY APPROVED THERE AS WELL AS A TIMESHARE DEVELOPMENT AND PROBABLY FEEL ROAD IN THE CASE OF THE FIVE TWO ROAD DEVELOPMENT THERE WAS NOT A TIME THERE WAS NOT IN A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS WAS REQUIRED BASED ON THE CURRENT STANDARDS UNDER THESE NEW STANDARDS AN ANALYSIS BE REQUIRED ADDITIONALLY FOR THE JONESBORO ROAD PROJECT AND ALSO FOR THE FOR THE TIMESHARE MITIGATION MEASURES THAT WE WOULD LOOK AT WOULDN'T JUST LOOK OUT AT THE NEAREST SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION WHICH MAY BE WAY OFF IN WILLIAM HILL PARKWAY OR SOME OF OR OTHER AREA. WE WILL ANALYZE EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN.
SO SIGNAL HAS INTERSECTIONS AND OTHER MEASURES UP. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO ALSO NOTE WHAT IT DOESN'T ALLOW OR DOESN'T REQUIRE. IT WILL NOT REQUIRE A DEVELOPER TO PUT IN TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES, SPEED HUMPS, OTHER MEASURES THAT THE DEVELOPER IS REQUIRED TO MITIGATE THE IMPACTS OF THEIR TRAFFIC. SO WE ARE NOT LOOKING AT LONG STANDING ISSUES OR ISSUES THAT ARE RELATED TO THEIR TRAFFIC. THAT'S AN IMPORTANT NOTE TO MAKE AS FAR AS THE APPROVAL PROCESS. AS I MENTIONED BOTH PLANNING COMMISSION CSPS DID REVIEW THIS AND RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL IN THE CASE OF THE COMMITTEE APPROVAL WAS A RECOMMENDED CHANGE THAT CHANGED AS A RESULT OF THE COMMITTEE REVIEW.
THERE WERE CONCERNS EXPRESSED BY BOTH MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE AND THE PUBLIC
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REGARDING THE REMOVAL OF A PROVISION THAT ALLOWED THE NUMBER OF PEAK HOUR TRIPS THAT ARE GENERATED BY NEW DEVELOPMENT TO BE DISCOUNTED BY PREEXISTING THAT MAY HAVE BEEN GENERATED FROM THE SITE BASED ON THAT THE COMMITTEE ASKED TOWN STAFF GO BACK AND REALLY ADDRESS THAT ISSUE AND PUT TOGETHER SOME AMENDED LANGUAGE .WE HAVE DONE THAT IN THIS AMENDMENT THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU THIS AFTERNOON.
THERE'S LANGUAGE THAT WAS ALREADY IN THE CODE THAT WAS STRUCK.
WE PUT THAT CODE BACK IN. HOWEVER WHAT WE DID DO IS THAT DISCOUNT ALLOWED INDEFINITELY BASED ON THE CODE TO HAVE A PROPERTY WAS VACANT TEN YEARS THEY WOULD STILL GET THAT DISCOUNT. WE HAVE PUT A TWO YEAR CLOCK ON THAT AND THAT'S ALIGNED WITH BEST PRACTICES A TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS STANDPOINT.
SO WITH THAT IF TOWN COUNCIL SHOULD AGREE WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE WHAT I WOULD RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR TOWN COUNCIL TO DO IS TO MAKE A MOTION APPROVING FIRST READING WHAT WE MEAN THIS BACK TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION THE REASON FOR THAT IS THE PLANNING COMMISSION BY STATE LAW IN MY OWN ALAMO HAS TO REVIEW ANY CHANGES TO THE TO THE ZONING CODE AMENDMENT WHICH IS IS THAT TO COME BACK TO YOU ALL FOUR FOR SECOND READING APPROVAL AND THEN ANY SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES FROM IT PROBABLY YOUR OCTOBER MEETING OKAY IS THERE A MOTION I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD ON ON FIRST READING THE ORDINANCE AS IT'S CURRENTLY AND MAYBE A PENDING ORDINANCE AT THIS THAT'S APPROPRIATE. I NEED TO ASK MR. COLTRANE ABOUT MAKING IT A PENDING ORDINANCE SO ANY WITH THAT THAT YOU CAN SEE THE MICROPHONE DOESN'T WORK YOU COME ON UP YOU GOT NO THAT'S GOOD CHUNK MAY MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL MY NAME IS CURTIS COLTRANE AND THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE TEXT HAS BEEN THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION BEEN THE SUBJECT OF A PUBLIC AIRING. THE COUNCIL HAS STATED ITS INTENTION TO MOVE FORWARD THIS AND THE LAW GOVERNING DEPENDANCE LAW AND ORDER PENDING ORGAN AND IN SOUTH CAROLINA YES YOU CAN DO THAT AT THIS TIME. OKAY THANK YOU.
IS THERE A SECOND SECOND GIVE US A BASELINE TO SPEAK ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? YES, WE HAVE ONE PERSON THIS AFTERNOON AGAIN RICHARD BUSY AND GO RUN ONCE AGAIN THE COUNCIL IS CONTINUING TO TINKER WITH REVISING THE ALAMO AND FOR THOSE RESIDENTS ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE THINK OF IT AS THE BINDING FOR TOWN RULES AND BUILDING ORDINANCE ARE A MASSIVE OF REGULATIONS INTENDING TO PREVENT UNCHECKED DEVELOPMENT FROM DESTROYING THE CHARACTER OR I'M AN EARLY 23 RESIDENTS WERE INFORMED IN THIS CHAMBER THAT THE ALAMO WOULD BE COMPLETELY REVAMPED IN ABOUT 90 DAYS THEY WERE TOLD THAT THE ALAMO WAS THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY FOR TOWN STAFF AND THAT'S WHY THE PUBLIC PLANNING COMMISSION SAID NO TO A MORATORIUM AT THAT POINT. FAST FORWARD TWO AND A HALF YEARS LATER AND THE REVISED ALAMO IS STILL NOT COMPLETED. TOWN MANAGER MARK ROLANDO TELLS ME THAT A DRAFT OF THE REVISED ALAMO WILL BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THIS YEAR NEARLY THREE YEARS AFTER IT WAS PROMISED AND CONTRARY. MR. BROWN CONTRARY TO WHAT YOU TOLD WCI SINCE 23 THE TOWN HAS ADOPTED 12 AMENDMENTS TO THE ALAMO ANOTHER SIX AMENDMENTS CURRENTLY BEFORE YOU AND WHILE THOSE CHANGES MATTER SOMEWHAT THEY DON'T SOLVE THE DENSITY ISSUE. THE TOWN STILL ALLOWS EIGHT UNITS PER ACRE ON LOTS OF FIVE ACRES OR MORE AND UP TO SIX UNITS PER ACRE AND 3 TO 5 ACRES AS A RESULT HIGH DENSITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS HAVE EMERGED SHORT, TERM RENTALS AND RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE NOT BEEN ADDRESSED BY THESE CHANGES THAT YOU'RE TINKERING WITH AND WHAT WE NOW HAVE IS HIGH DENSITY COOKIE CUTTER NEIGHBORHOODS, TERM RENTALS TAKING OVER WELL-ESTABLISHED RESIDENTS NEIGHBORHOODS. RESIDENTS OUTSIDE THE GATES ARE WITH LITTLE PROTECTION.
JUST ASK JOHN AND STEVEN OF SOUTH FOR SPEECH WHO DON'T HAVE A REAL NEIGHBORHOOD ANYMORE OR ASK THE RESIDENTS OF BRADLEY CIRCLE OR HOLIDAY HOMES.
THESE SHORT TERM RENTALS ARE COMMERCIAL ENTITIES. THEY'RE NOT RESIDENTS IN ESSENCE THEY'RE SMALL HOTELS. WE ALL KNOW IT. LOTS OF PEOPLE OF COURSE ARE GETTING RICH AT THE EXPENSE OF RESIDENTS AND PARTICULAR OUT OF TOWN DEVELOPERS AND REAL
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ESTATE AGENTS WHO SPECIALIZE IN FLIPPING THESE SHORT TERM RENTALS.I THINK IT'S CALLED GREED AND LET US BE VERY CLEAR HILTON HEAD IS VIRTUALLY BUILT OUT AND SUBJECT TO THE FACT CHECKERS OUT THERE. MY CALCULATIONS SHOW THAT NINE 7.5% OF OUR ISLAND HAS BEEN DEVELOPED 97.5. SO ANY MORATORIUM IS GOING TO HAVE A LIMITED IMPACT ON NEW DEVELOPMENTS BUT IT WOULD IMPACT SHORT TERM RENTALS AND TIMESHARES SO LET'S STOP FOOLING AND APPROVE THE MORATORIUM NOW.
THANK THANK YOU TO THE FLOOR. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'VE GOT A FIRST FROM THE SPEAKER SECOND MR. DESMOND IN DISCUSSION FROM COUNSEL I'VE GOT A QUESTION THIS COULD YOU EXPLAIN SINCE YOU'RE HAVING SORT OF A HYPOTHETICAL NUMBER IN ITSELF FOR A HYPOTHETICAL LET'S SAY THERE'S A BILLION THAT COMES IN AND THEY ARE GOING TO GENERATE 100 PEAK HOUR TRIPS WITH THE PREEXISTING SITE BEFORE THIS DEVELOPMENT CAME IN THE PREVIOUS DEVELOPMENT HAD 50 TRIPS OF 75 TRIPS YOU WOULD COUNT THE HUNDRED TRIPS BY 75 TO GET TO 25 AND THEREFORE A NEW AND THEREFORE A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS WOULDN'T BE REQUIRED IF I RECALL FROM THE COMMUNITY DISCUSSION THE REASON WE WERE ASKED TO PUT THE STAFF WAS ASKED TO PUT THAT BACK IN AND THERE WAS CONCERN ABOUT HOW WELL WE IMPACT THE REDEVELOPMENT OF OF THE POTENTIAL REDEVELOPMENT OF CERTAIN PROPERTIES AROUND THE ISLAND BY NOT ALLOWING THAT TO BE PUT BACK INTO THE CODE . SO WE PUT IT BACK IN TO THE EXCEPTIONS AVAILABLE BUT WE PUT A TIME WE PUT IT WE PUT A SHOT CLOCK ON THAT IT'S ONLY GOOD FOR TWO YEARS AND THAT'S TO HELP PROMOTE REDEVELOPMENT. WE ALSO HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC DURING THAT SAME CONVERSATION AND AS FAR AS A LEGAL CONCERN ABOUT NOT PROVIDING FOR THAT NOT PROVIDING FOR THAT EXEMPTION FOR THAT CONSIDERATION FOR AN EXISTING DRAFT THAT'S BEEN GENERATED FROM SITE. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS ISN'T SO MUCH AN EXISTING AND EXISTING DEVELOPMENT PROCESS THAT YOU KNOW, BUT IF YOU GO FROM 150 AND YOU HAVE TO READ IT HERE, YOU HAVE TO AT THE LEVEL OF SERVICE OF IT RIGHT LEVEL LEVEL SERVICE SB AND D WE DON'T ACCEPT LEVEL OF RIGHT SO WE HAVE TO BE WE HAVE TO BE BETTER BUT IF YOU CAN IF YOU CAN YOU'D HAVE TO WE'D HAVE TO WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO HAVE A YOU'RE DEVELOPING HAVE MAKE A MODIFICATION TO DEVELOPMENT TO OFFSET THAT THAT MITIGATION YOU NEED TO HAVE A MITIGATED OR ADJUSTER DEVELOPMENT CAP ON MITIGATION PROJECTS A CAP ON A NORTH ISLAND A CAP ON MITIGATION TO MITIGATE THE PROBLEM INTERSECTIONS OR ACCELERATION DECELERATION. SO YOU HAVE TO MITIGATE IF IT WAS TO A POINT WHERE YOU COULDN'T MITIGATE THEN WE'D HAVE TO LOOK AT MODIFYING THE DEVELOPMENT GET WITHIN THE THAT THE MITIGATION ALLOWANCE THE BUSINESS WORKING FOR WHAT IS A PASSIVE COLLECTION THAT FOR ON BUT I THINK I'VE HEARD REQUEST OR AN OFFSET OR A MECHANIC PUT IT OUT AND THEN GET OUR VERSION . DOES THAT NEED TO BE A SEPARATE MOTION OR DOES THAT NEED TO BE A PART OF THE PRINCIPLE MOTION ORDINANCES REVIEWED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS CHANGED SO AS A MATTER OF STATE LAW IN THE ALAMO IT HAS TO GO. NO IT'S NOT.
IT'S NOT ONLY A REMAND, IT'S COMPLIANCE. THE STATE LAW IN THE ALAMO THAT YOU HAVE TO SEND IT THAT GOES BACK TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION SO.
IT CAN WEIGH IN BEFORE IT COMES BACK TO YOU FOR THE SECOND READING.
SO IN OTHER WE DON'T NEED TO INCLUDE ANY MOTION OR TO HAVE A SEPARATE MOTION NOW IT HAS TO GO BACK AS A MATTER OF LAW. OKAY. I MEAN YOU CAN DO THAT.
THAT DOESN'T HURT THAT YOU SHOULD DO THAT ASKING FOR CLARITY SO WE DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK. BUT NOW THE QUESTION IS ABOUT THE IMPACT OF SAY YES I'VE NEVER MET A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS THAT DEVELOPER DID NOT LOOK BECAUSE THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THE DEVELOPER HAS IS AND THEY ALWAYS GET RESULTS WHAT SO I DON'T WANT THE PUBLIC TO THINK THAT BECAUSE YOU'RE MAKING SOME A THAT'S NOT TO ACCURATE READING YES IT'S GOING TO MAKE MAJOR DIFFERENCES SO MY QUESTION IS THAT YOU MENTIONED THE TWO PROJECTS THAT I ASKED ABOUT PREVIOUS SO FOR INSTANCE THE SUBDIVISIONS ALONG JAMES RIGHT.
WOULD THIS AMENDMENT CREATE A REQUIREMENT TO IMPLEMENT ANY ANALYSIS THE OF THE
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INTERSECTION OF FOR SPANISH AND YES OKAY AND WHAT MIGHT BE THE TOOLS THE STAFF COULD USE TO ENFORCE THE OUTCOME OF THAT INTERSECTION AS A RESULT THE CEMENT AND WELL THE AS FAR AS THE TOOLS IT'S A IT'S A VERY DATA DRIVEN PROCESS IT'S A PRETTY DIFFERENT TREE TO DATA DECISION THAT IS MADE WHEN WE'RE DOING A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS THERE ARE THERE ARE STANDARDS OR MANUALS THAT ARE GOING TO DICTATE HOW MUCH TRAFFIC IS IS PROJECTED TO BE GENERATED BY THAT DEVELOPMENT AND THEN WHAT THAT THAT TRAFFIC IS GOING TO HAVE FOR AS FAR AS AN IMPACT ON TO THAT SPECIFIC INTERSECTION IS AS FAR AS THE TOOLS AS ONCE THERE'S A THRESHOLD ONCE THEY'VE ONCE AN IMPACT TO AN INTERSECTION HAS BEEN DEMONSTRATED THEN WE CAN INTO THE TOOLBOX AND WE CAN IT IT'LL BE A PROCESS THE ENGINEERS WORK THROUGH TO UNDERSTAND IF THERE IS IF WE'RE GOING TO GET A LONG QUEUE FOR RIGHT TURNS WE NEED TO ADD A RIGHT TURN LANE IF THERE'S A CONVERSELY IF THERE'S WAIT A LONG QUEUE FOR LEFT TURNS WE'D HAVE TO WRITE A LEFT TURN WAY SO THE DATA IS GOING TO LEAD US TO DECISIONS AND THEN THOSE DECISIONS WILL WILL PUT US BACK INTO OUR TOOLBOX TO SAY OKAY WELL THIS IS THE ISSUE HERE'S HERE'S THE RESOURCE. I'LL BE ABLE TO FIX THAT. SO WHAT HAPPENS IF THE ANALYSIS THE ENGINEER SAYS YOU DON'T NEED ANY MITIGATION AT THAT INTERSECTION THEN THEY WOULDN'T BE REQUIRED TO MITIGATION. BUT IT'S ALL BASED ON STANDARDS THAT THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERING WORLD WORKS FROM SO IT'S NOT AN ARBITRARY IT'S SOMETHING BASED ON AND STANDARDS SPECIFICATIONS THAT I JUST WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW WE'RE DOING WHAT WE CAN BUT IT'S GOING TO BE BASED ON THOSE STANDARDS AND THAT INTERPRETATIONS BETTER. SURE.AND A COUPLE OF THINGS ACTUALLY IF ALL OF THAT COMES FROM BRYSON'S COMMENTS.
THE FIRST ONE IS WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS INSTANCE IF THEY WERE THE DEVELOPERS, THE DEVELOPER, THE DEVELOPERS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COST OF THOSE TESTS JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS CLEAR FOR EVERYONE. I THINK YOU MENTIONED THE TIMESHARES ON POINT YOU KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THIS I WOULD HAVE PREFERRED TO SEE THIS DO IS TO HELP PROVIDE SOME OF THE SAFETY FOR SOME OF THE SAFETY CONCERNS THAT NOW WE'RE GOING TO LIVE WITH OR THOSE WHO LIVE IN THE QUALITY OF THE AREA ARE GOING TO HAVE TO LIVE WITH THE TRAFFIC IS ONE THING WE'VE DISCUSSED THAT AND I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE ALL IN TRYING TO FIND SOLUTIONS FOR THAT YOU KNOW THIS BUT THERE ARE SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUES THIS IS NOT SEATBELTS BUT SPEED TABLES, TYPES OF THINGS THE REDUCTION OF THE SPEED LIMIT ON THOSE ROADS ARE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE DEMONSTRA LEE WAS AS THAT I'M SURE DEVELOPMENT STARTS TO BE OPENED UP SO I WOULD I DON'T KNOW I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH NOW I WANT TO SEE WHAT WE HAVE GOING GO THROUGH NOW BUT I HOPE THAT WE CAN ADDRESS JUST AS A MATTER OF SAFETY BUT SECONDLY AS WE CAN MOVE FORWARD TO THE FULL GREEN LIGHT AND WE CAN START PUTTING SOME OF PROVISIONS TOO THAT REALLY ADDRESS THE SAFETY ISSUES THAT ARE CREATED BY THE TRAFFIC THAT IS CAUSED BY THESE DEVELOPMENTS.
BUT I WANT TO GET ON THE RECORD AND SHOULD MAKE A STRONG RECOMMENDATION AND STRICTLY SPECIFIC. THANK YOU MR., AMANDA. I WANT TO MAKE ONE GREAT POINT AND THANK YOU FOR THAT FEEDBACK AND APPRECIATE HOW MUCH SEAN'S WORKED ON THIS AMENDMENT.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THAT WE ALSO ADD JUST BECAUSE A TRAFFIC ENGINEER SUBMITS IT, WE PART OF OUR DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROGRAM WITH SEVERAL PROFESSIONAL CIVIL WE ALSO HAVE ACCESS TO TRANSPORT LEVEL OUTSOURCED CONSULTANTS WE WILL QUESTION AND ABSOLUTELY WE WILL QUESTION IF NEED TO THOSE TRAFFIC IMPACT ASSESSMENTS IT'S NOT JUST A SUBMITTAL IN A GIVEN WE ASSESS IT WE REVIEW WE ASSESS IT AND WE WILL COMMENT ON IT LIKE WE DO WITH A TREE LIKE WE DO WITH WITH ANY TYPE OF CIVIL THIS IS TRANSPORTATION REVIEW ALSO OCCURS AS A DILIGENT REVIEW OF OUR PROGRAM OKAY I THINK JUST I JUST I JUST WANTED TO SAY I, I KNOW THAT I KNOW THE STAFF DOES THAT THEY DON'T RUBBER STAMP THE ROAD JUST BECAUSE IT'S SO AS A REPORT WE HAVE A GREAT THAT'S LOOKING OVER YOUR SHOULDER AND MAKING SURE THAT THIS THING IS DONE TO THE BEST FOR THE COMMUNITY SAFETY. AND I TRUST THAT YEAH I DON'T
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DOUBT THAT BUT BUT I DO THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT EVEN THOUGH WE DO THAT AND IN THE END OUR HANDS MAY BE THAI BECAUSE THERE'S NO DENIAL BASED ON THIS AGREEMENT WITH THAT WE GET AROUND REPORTED THAT WHICH BECOME A A CONCERN IS IT A POSSIBILITY THAT THE TOWN WITH INITIATED ANALYSIS I JUST WANT TO GIVE SOME COMFORT TO THOSE YEAH I THINK THE QUESTION IS AT WHAT POINT AFTER A STAFF REVIEW IF THERE ARE ERRORS THEN WHAT IS THE PROCEDURE AT THAT POINT . SO THE PROCEDURE IS THAT WE WOULD WE WOULD ASK FOR THOSE AREAS TO BE CORRECTED ULTIMATELY THOUGH WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS THESE TRAFFIC IMPACTS REPORT WILL ASSUMING THERE IS MITIGATION REQUIRED WILL BE PUT IN FRONT OF THE CLINICAL PROSECUTOR PUBLIC REVIEW OF THAT REPORT THROUGH THAT PROCESS WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THROUGH WITH THIS AS MR. ORLANDO SAID THE TRUTH THE WORK AND REACH OUT TO OUR OWN CONSULTANTS AND HELP VALIDATE OUR AND DEMONSTRATE TO THE AFRICAN AND THEN THAT THAT THROUGH THE PUBLIC WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION WELL OKAY MR. BREMNER YEAH, I WANTED TO TRY TO GRAB ON TO WHAT DECIBEL WAS NOODLING. I'M NOT QUITE SURE 100% THERE.SO THAT'S GOING TO ADD ON IF I'M NOT NEAR THERE'S ANOTHER COMPONENT OF THIS WHICH IS THE COMPONENT. OKAY. AND I CAN APPRECIATE THE SHOT CLOCK OF TWO YEARS TO SORT OF SPURT IT IF IT WAS TO HAPPEN .
BUT IF YOU GOT INTO A SITUATION WHERE WE'RE PINCHED BECAUSE OF THE DEVELOPMENT GEOGRAPHICALLY THIS WITH THE MITIGATION PIECE BUT THIS ALSO ALLOW ITSELF TO GO TO THE BORDERS ON AN APPEALS TO COME TO SOME RESOLUTION IF IT'S AN EXTRAORDINARY SITUATION IT'S PART OF THE IT'S PART OF THE ZONING CODE PART OF THE ELEMENT ALSO ANYTHING THERE IS APPEALABLE TO SOME EXCEPTIONS I SHOULD SAY, BUT THAT WOULD NOT BE EXEMPTIONS.
WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU GET INTO A BIGGER SITUATION AS FAR AS THE DEVELOPMENT THERE SINCE YOU CAN'T SO BY ROAD YOU STILL HAVE TO EVEN THOUGH IF YOUR USE IS PERMITTED BY WRITING YOU MAY BE CHANGING FROM YOU SEARCH BY RIGHT TO A NEW USE JUST BY RIGHT IF THERE IS A CHANGE THE TRAFFIC IMPACT YOU STILL HAVE TO STUDY THAT YOU STILL HAVE TO MITIGATE THE BUY RIGHT IS STILL THE BUY RIGHT. BUT IT'S A IT'S A SEPARATE ISSUE FROM FROM TRAFFIC IMPACT . YOU STILL HAVE TO MITIGATE YOUR TRAFFIC IF INCREASING TRAFFIC EVEN YOUR USE MAYBE YOU'RE NOT LOOKING AT 24 MONTHS DOWN OFF OF THE EXISTING STRUCTURE NOW.
WE WOULD GO BACK 24 MONTHS. WHAT ARE THE STRUCTURES THAT ARE NOT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK BACK 24 MONTHS. ALL RIGHT. SO I JUST WANT TO ADD SOMETHING, MR. MAYOR. YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THIS THIS IS NOT THIS IS NOT US ANY GUARANTEES THAT WE TO STOP DEVELOPMENTAL HILTON HERE OKAY THIS DOES NOT PROVIDE US ANY GUARANTEES THAT IS GOING BE PERFECT TO MS. BRYSON'S POINT. I'D ALSO POINT OUT TO US THAT WITHIN THE STAFF REPORT IS THAT ON SEPTEMBER 24TH OF 2024 DOING A WORKSHOP WE GAVE MR. ORLANDO DIRECTION AS TO BRING US BACK SO WE'RE ALMOST YEAR INTO THIS AND I THINK YOU CAN TELL BY SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE COMING UP THAT IT'S NOT PERFECT AND WHAT ARE LIKELY AS WE HAVE REDEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO SEE DILAPIDATED ON AN ISLAND EITHER THINGS ARE GOING TO GO TO THE BORDERS ON APPEALS OR SOMEONE'S GOING TO TO BE IN FRONT OF US SAYING CAN YOU CHANGE IT? I THINK THAT'S THE REALITY THAT WE HAVE TO PIECE OURSELVES WITH HERE AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR AMENDMENTS. I CLOSE THIS SIR.
THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENTS. YOU BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO HURT OF OUR BORDER AREAS? YEAH, YOU KNOW I AGREE WITH WHAT YOU PROMISED AND IT ALLOWS TOO MUCH SUPPORT RIGHT? WHERE IS THAT HAPPY MEDIUM AND WHAT WE TRY TO AVOID OF THE UNATTENDED WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED IN 2014. THE CONSEQUENCES BUT THIS PUTS SOMETHING BETTER IN PLACE.
IT HAS MORE CONTROL IN AND THEN JUST WE HAVE FAITH AND TRUST AND SAY THAT THEY'RE GOING TO ANALYZE THIS THEY'RE GOING TO UNDERWRITE THIS REPORT TO THE BENEFIT MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE THE QUALIFICATIONS SO YOU'RE I THINK IT IMPROVES SO YOUR PREMISE SEEING WE'VE GOT A
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FIRST FOR MS. BECKER THE SECOND MR. DESMOND'S TO MOVE THIS FORWARD WITH THE CHANGE IN LANGUAGE OBVIOUSLY GOING BACK TO PLANNING AS EXTENDING THE ORDINANCE GOING FORWARD ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY RAISING YOUR RIGHT HAND DID WE GET SOME OF WE PUBLIC COMMENT THERE WAS THERE WAS NO THERE WAS NOT DID NOT IN FACT I DIDN'T START A DEBATE THAT'S A SIGN OF PROGRESS. YOU SIGNED UP OKAY IF I MAY JUST WAIVED I MEAN IF I CAN EXPLAIN THE REASON THE REASON THIS LANGUAGE IS IN THERE YOU KNOW, IF I'M A DEVELOPER AND I'VE GOT A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT HAS A RETAIL STORE AND I WANT TO REDEVELOP IT FOR MULTIFAMILY, RESIDENTIAL, WHATEVER, WHATEVER YOU KNOW THE LAW SAYS THAT THE TOWN REQUIRE THAT I MITIGATE THE ADVERSE EFFECTS THAT MY DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO CAUSE.BUT IF YOU DON'T ALLOW ME AND RIGHT NOW THE PROPERTY ALREADY IS GENERATING TRAFFIC BECAUSE OF THAT RETAIL USE THERE I'M TO GET RID RETAIL USE AND I'M GOING TO GET RID OF THE TRAFFIC THAT IS GENERATED WITH IT IN RETURN I'M GOING TO PUT SOMETHING ELSE THERE NOW IF IF YOU DON'T ALLOW ME A CREDIT FOR WHAT I MOVING THEN YOU ARE FORCING ME TO MITIGATE FOR PREEXISTING EFFECTS THAT I DID NOT PASS AND THAT IS NOT PERMITTED UNDER THE SUPREME COURT RULINGS UNDER THE U.S. CONSTITUTION. SO THAT'S THAT'S THE REASON THE LEGAL REASON WHY YOU NEED TO ADD THAT KEEP THAT EXEMPTION IN .
SO SINCE WE HAD A PUBLIC COMMENT, I'M GOING TO ASK IT ONE MORE IF THERE'S ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL RIGHT. SAYING NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR THEY SUPPORT VERY RAISE YOUR
[9.d. Consideration of an Ordinance of the Town Council of the Town of Hilton Head Island Authorizing the Conveyance of a 0.02 Acre of Real Property Located at 25 Dunnagans Alley and Providing for Severability and an Effective Date - First Reading - Ben Brown, Director of Strategic Initiatives ]
RIGHT HAND OPPOSE THAT MOST SEVEN ZERO THANK YOU LET'S SEE NEXT WE HAVE FIRST BRILLIANT CONSIDERATION OF THE ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF HILTON BROWN AUTHORIZING THE CONVEYANCE OF A .02 ACRE OF REAL PROPERTY AT ITS ALLEY AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY IN AN EFFECTIVE DATE ON JUNE 17TH, 2025 TOWN COUNCIL REVIEWED THE REQUEST FROM THE OWNERS AT 144 ARROW ROAD TO PURCHASE APPROXIMATELY 2.02 ACRES FROM 2125 VENEGAS ALLEY AND DIRECT FROM THE TOWN ATTORNEY THEIR ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING PAYMENTS FOR COUNTIES CONSIDERATION IS BROWN THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON MR. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL TOWN MANAGER AS WE DISCUSSED ON JUNE 17TH THERE WERE A LOT OF EVENTS THAT LED UP TO THIS REQUEST.THERE WAS A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF RESEARCH BY STAFF AS WELL AS THE TOWN ATTORNEY AND HAVING HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET ON SITE WITH BOTH THE CURRENT OWNER, THE PROSPECTIVE BUYER THIS THIS IS A FAIR RESOLUTION TO ENCROACHMENT ISSUES AND CLEANING UP THE PROPERTY LINE BETWEEN THE TOWN OWNED PROPERTY AT 25 DONOVAN'S ALLEY AND 144 HOUR THANK YOU IS THERE MOTION IS THAT THE APPROVED THE SECOND HAND ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS KIM YES, THAT'S THE DISCUSSION FROM COUNSEL SO YOU GOT THOSE IN FAVOR FIRST FROM MR. BECKER SECOND ROW.
MR. ALFRED TRANSFER .02 ACRES. P.S. IF I WERE RAISING YOUR RIGHT HAND PROPOSED SUM
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OF SEVEN ZEROS MR. LEONARD WE HAVE A NEED TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.YES, SIR. AS SHOWN ON EXACT OR AS SHOWN ON TOWN COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM 11 EXACT SESSION ITEMS A C AND D SIR I HAVE HAVE THE MOTION TO GO ON EXECUTIVE SESSION SO THE SECOND, SECOND, FIRST AND SECOND VOTE ALL THOSE VACANCIES HAVE ARISEN WITH THIS MATTER DISCUSSION FOR A MOMENTS SO WITH REGARD TO THE MORATORIUM THE DISCUSSION AND LEGAL ADVICE AGAIN I JUST WANT TO SAY AS CLEARLY AS I CAN THAT IN THE DOCUMENTS THAT WE HAVE OR IN SESSION THERE IS AN OUTLINE OF SOME SOME SIGNIFICANT LEGAL ADVICE THAT WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED. WHAT WE HAVEN'T DONE IS HOW TO CONVERSATION AND I DON'T BELIEVE STRONGLY THAT BELIEVE THAT THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE EVEN ASKING LEGAL ADVICE ABOUT SHOULD HAPPEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION BUT RATHER SHOULD BE HAPPENING HERE SO THAT EVERYONE CAN HEAR HERE, UNDERSTAND OUR PERSPECTIVES AND OUR POINTS
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OF VIEW IN OUR DEBATE ABOUT. SO I WOULD RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT WE HAVE THIS DISCUSSION IN SO NEVER RESPOND TO THE DISCUSSION ON THE FLOOR. MR. MAYOR YES WE TOO OFTEN SORT OF VILLAINIZE EXECUTIVE SESSION IT MATTERS THAT WE HAVE TO DISCUSS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS WHEN IT COMES TO LEGAL ACTIVITIES, WHEN IT COMES TO PROPERTY SALES WHICH ARE VERY PERSONAL ENDEAVORS, I THINK WE CAN FIND OTHER TOPICS THAT WE CAN ARGUE ABOUT THAT WE SHOULD DO IN THE PUBLIC REALM ONE EXAMPLE THE APPOINTMENTS OF OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.WE INTERVIEW PEOPLE BEHIND CLOSED DOORS FOR AND TONIGHT IT IS CLEAR THAT WE ARE SIMPLY RECEIVING LEGAL ADVICE ON POTENTIALLY ACTIVATION OR NOT OF A MORATORIUM IF WE COME OF IT TONIGHT AND SAY WE WANT TO FURTHER EXPLORE THAT YOU BETTER BELIEVE THAT THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO FALL ON THE COMMITTEE'S AGENDA OR WORKSHOP. WE WILL TALK ABOUT IT IN FRONT OF SO I CAN I HAVE THE FLOOR THAT I JUST SO AS FAR AS DISCUSSION ABOUT EXECUTIVE SESSION THIS EVENING MR. MAYOR, I AM READY TO SUPPORT A MOVING FORWARD WITH OUR BUSINESS AT HAND. THANK YOU AND GUESS I WOULD JUST RESPOND TO THAT WITH TWO THINGS. ONE IS WHAT ARE WE ASKING LEGAL ADVICE FOR A SIMPLE MORATORIUM WHAT DOES THAT MORATORIUM MEAN WHAT DOES IT MEAN WHAT THE THREE POINTS THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT TIMESHARE SUBDIVISIONS SHORT TERM RENTALS IS IT JUST A MORE I DON'T KNOW WHAT MORATORIUM I'VE BEEN ASKING PEOPLE WHAT DOES MORATORIUM MEAN TO YOU? AND I'VE GOTTEN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT RESPONSES ABOUT THAT.
SO I THINK THAT THAT'S PART OF THE DISCUSSION THAT I THINK WE SHOULD BE HAVING.
I DON'T BELIEVE IT BECAUSE I CAN SEE THAT ON THE PODIUM ON THIS BUT LET ME ALSO MAKE ANOTHER POINT ABOUT EXECUTIVE SESSION. IT IS A CONFIDENTIAL ASPECT AND I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT TO THIS GUY WHO'S SITTING UP HERE THAT THERE HAVE BEEN AT LEAST ONE RECENT EXPERIENCE WITH THAT CONFIDENTIALITY HAS BEEN BROKEN AND I'M NOT SURE WHO WAS GOING NOWHERE BUT IT'S CAUSED RON UNNECESSARY TRAUMA AND LOTS OF PROBLEMS WERE TO COME AND I'M GOING TO REQUEST THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION BUT WE RETAIN THAT CONFIDENTIALITY WHICH NEEDS TO BE WHICH WE ALL NEED TO DO. THAT'S WHY THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT DID THE MORATORIUM MEAN WHAT ARE WE GETTING LEGAL ADVICE ABOUT THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE ALREADY SEE SHOULD BE PUT NOW? THANK YOU.
SO ON THE PHONE NOW WE'VE GOT A FIRST AND SECOND ALL THOSE PAPER BUILDING EXECUTIVE SESSION. PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HERE OPPOSED IN A
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