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CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY BUFORT COUNTY.
I CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER, UM, THE AGENDA.
I'D LIKE TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.
CAN I GET A VOTE ON APPROVING THE AGENDA, PLEASE? AYE.
UH, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE JUNE 11TH, 2025 MEETING.
WE HAVE A COPY OF IT IF ANYBODY NEEDS TO LOOK THEM OVER.
DO WE APPROVE THE MINUTES OR, OR ANY QUESTIONS? I SUBMIT SECOND.
OH, EVERYBODY AGREE? YOU IN FAVOR? YEP.
I'M THE CHAIRMAN OF KEEP BEAUFORT COUNTY, PROUDLY THE CHAIRMAN OF KEEP BEAUFORT COUNTY.
UM, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY, AND I WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT PERSON, JEAN ZEPPO, UM, CO-CHAIR AND HEAD OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
PAM FLOYD, UH, REPRESENTING DISTRICT THREE.
I'M ON BEAUTIFICATION AND FINANCE.
UH, JESSICA WRIGHTS EDUCATION OUTREACH.
I'M COUNCIL OF DISTRICT 11, AND I BELIEVE I'M ON EDUCATION AND ONE OTHER COMMITTEE, WHICH I THINK MIGHT BE, AND I LOOKED AT IT AND NOW I'VE LOST IT.
ANYWAYS, I SERVE ON TWO CANADIANS.
CAN, CAN YOU UNMUTE YOURSELF PLEASE, BRENDA? YES.
BRENDA, ARE YOU THERE? HAVING A LITTLE TROUBLE, I THINK HERE.
SO, LET'S, LET'S GO ON, LET'S GO ON.
SERGEANT MATT BUFORD, COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
PAULA BROWN, BUFORD COUNTY COUNTY COUNSEL, DISTRICT GATE.
CHRIS, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES, I CAN.
OKAY, CHRIS, I'LL, I'LL TAKE IT FROM HERE.
IS THAT OKAY? YEAH, I DO, BECAUSE I'M, YOU KNOW, I, I CAN JUMP AROUND HERE WITH THIS COMPUTER, SO YES, PLEASE.
UM, ACTUALLY ABOUT A WEEK OR SO AGO, I SENT OUT A, UM, A, UM, A EMAIL WITH UPDATES ON SEVERAL OF THESE THINGS.
THESE ARE SOME OF ARE JUST KIND OF THOUGHTS THAT I'VE BEEN ENGAGED WITH.
UM, PLEASE WHOEVER'S ON THE COMMITTEES, ADD YOUR THOUGHTS TO IT.
DON'T THINK THIS IS THE ONLY LIST TO TALK ABOUT.
ANYTHING WE NEED TO ADD TO IT? UM, I JUST FIGURED I'D START IT OUT.
SO, UM, FIRST ITEM THERE WAS THE STATUS OF OUTREACH MATERIAL ACQUISITION.
JESSICA, YOU WANT TO GIVE US A QUICK UPDATE? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
SO, UM, JEAN AND I ACTUALLY DID, UH, WELL, I DID TWO DAYS.
HE DID A DAY AT WATER FESTIVAL, WHICH WAS A LOT OF FUN.
UM, THE STRAWS WENT LIKE CRAZY.
UH, WE ACTUALLY, I THINK WE HAD 250 AND WE WENT THROUGH MORE THAN HALF OF THEM IN ONE DAY.
SO WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE ENOUGH FOR THE SECOND DAY.
AND THEN WE ALSO, UM, GOT SOME IDEAS FROM, FROM OTHER TABLES.
UM, SO LIKE THE LITTLE FANS, THE PAPER FANS WERE REALLY POPULAR.
SO THAT WAS, THAT WAS REALLY POPULAR.
AND THEN, UM, REUSABLE WATER BOTTLES THAT, THAT SEEMED TO GO REALLY QUICKLY AS WELL.
UH, THE REASONABLE OR THE WATER BOTTLE STICKERS, LIKE ALL OF THAT STUFF.
SO, UM, I'VE GOT THE PURCHASE REQUEST FORMS. SHOULD WE JUST GO AHEAD AND JUMP INTO THAT? I, I THINK WE, UH, PROBABLY DON'T NEED TO GO THROUGH EACH ONE OF THEM.
UM, WE HAVE, I DON'T KNOW, SIX OR SEVEN OF THEM THERE.
IT WILL JUST PASS 'EM AROUND SO FOLKS CAN SEE THEM.
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THEN AFTERWARDS, YOU AND I WILL REVIEW IT, I THINK, AS LONG AS WE AGREE TO BUY THIS STUFF.UM, JUST, IT'S JUST, I JUST HAVE TO SIGN IT AND THEN WE CAN GO FROM THERE.
AND THEN OF COURSE WE'LL WORK WITH VICTORIA AND CHLOE TO ACTUALLY DO THE BUY.
UM, TALK ABOUT JUST FOR A MINUTE, IF YOU WOULD, WHAT, UM, IT, DOES THIS FINISH THE PROCUREMENTS THAT WE ANTICIPATED LAST YEAR? YES.
UM, PLUS SOME, I MEAN, THE ADDITIONAL STRAWS AS WELL.
SO THAT'LL CLOSE OUT KIND OF THAT FIRST TRAUNCH OF, OF MATERIALS.
WE WON'T NEED ANYTHING FOR A WHILE.
AND THEN THE REALLY, THE ITEMS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WERE IDENTIFIED LAST YEAR YES.
SO IT'S LAST YEAR'S, IT'S LAST YEAR'S APPROVALS, BUT IT'LL BE THIS YEAR'S DOLLARS.
DO WE NEED TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS OF REVIEW AND APPROVAL AGAIN? NO.
SO, WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE, WE, WE'LL HAVE FORMS FOR YOU TODAY.
WE'LL HAND YOU THE, WE'LL HAVE TO GIVE YOU THE ORIGINALS AS WHAT WE HAVE, BUT, UM, WE'LL HAVE THAT DONE TODAY AS WELL, BUT, OKAY.
DON'T WE NEED TO VOTE ON NO, YOU'VE ALREADY VOTED ON ALLOTTING CERTAIN AMENDMENT.
DO YOU WANT ONE OF, YOU CAN JUST GRAB ONE, RIGHT? YEAH.
IF YOU'VE ALREADY VOTED ON ALLOTTING THOSE FUNDS DON'T NEED TO VOTE AGAIN.
THE ONLY THING THAT WE NEED TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING TRACK OF THE ITEMS THAT YOU ARE APPROVING TO PURCHASE.
SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THOSE FORMS. THEY'VE ALREADY VOTED ON ALLOCATING FUNDS FOR EACH OF THE SUBCOMMITTEES.
ANYTHING ELSE ON THE MATERIALS PURCHASE? I'LL HAVE SHIRTS WHILE AVAILABLE FOR EVERYONE, BECAUSE THAT'LL BE EXCITING.
UH, THERE WAS A HICCUP, UM, INTERNALLY.
UM, WE HAD A BIT OF A STAFF CHANGEOVER AND THEN OUR BUILDING, UM, FLOODED.
UH, SO THINGS KIND OF, UH, WENT HAYWIRE A LITTLE BIT.
BUT WE DO HAVE OUR CURRENT BUSINESS MANAGER VOICE AND GET THE SHIRTS WORK HERE.
THERE'S ENOUGH FOR EVERYONE ELSE OUTSIDE.
AND I ACTUALLY, VALENTINA SHOWED ME THE, THE STORE ROOM.
I DON'T, DID YOU GET IT? FINISH CLEANED UP.
IT'S WORKING HARD, BUT, BUT ALL THE MATERIALS ARE RIGHT THERE, WHICH IS REALLY, REALLY HELPFUL AND IT'S REALLY HELPFUL.
YOU TALKED ABOUT, UH, BEAUFORT CITY.
ANY OTHER EVENTS WE'VE FORWARDED THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS? MM-HMM.
JUST THE KIDS DAY AT WATER FESTIVAL AND THEN THE WATER FESTIVAL.
THE, UM, SORRY, LIKE THE CONCERT DAY.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY LIKE IT'S CALLED.
JEAN, OR I GUESS JEAN, MAYBE YOU HAD TALKED FOR A MINUTE ABOUT SHARK AND PALOOZA, WHICH IS COMING UP NEXT WEEK, I THINK, WHICH IS GOOD.
SO, UM, CHARCO PALOOZA IS A WAY IN WHICH THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA BEAUFORT, UH, WELCOMES BACK THEIR STUDENTS.
THE, UM, PAM, PAM AND JEAN AND I, UH, HAD A MEETING, UH, WITH, UM, SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THEIR ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF AND THEY HAVE WELCOMED US TO BRING, UH, A TABLE FOR KEEP BEAUFORD COUNTY.
AND, UH, I AM A MEMBER OF THE HILTON HEAD ISLAND, UH, LOW COUNTRY ENVIRONMENTAL, UM, CLUB, UH, WHICH IS BASICALLY A SATELLITE CLUB OF OUR BIGGER ROTARY.
AND WE FUNDRAISED, UM, OVER $75,000 LAST YEAR TO ACQUIRE A 300 GALLON PORTABLE, UM, SOLAR PANEL RUN, FILTERED, UH, WATER, UH, QUENCH BUGGY.
AND THE WHOLE, UH, PURPOSE BEHIND THAT IS TO MAKE THAT AVAILABLE FOR VENTS, UM, AROUND, UM, PARTICULARLY HILTON HEAD INTO BLUFFTON AND OF COURSE BUFORT.
AND SO WE'RE JUST REALLY KIND OF KICKING THAT OFF AND TROUBLESHOOTING IT AND FIGURING THINGS OUT.
BUT, UH, KEEP BEAUFORT COUNTY BEAUTIFUL IS A SPONSOR AND WE ARE SO INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
WE DON'T HAVE IT WRAPPED, BUT WE HAVE SIGNAGE ON IT.
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THIS STUDENT GROUP.WE, WORKING WITH THE ADMINISTRATION, UM, AND THEIR STUDENT AFFAIRS.
THEY HAVE SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'D REALLY LOVE TO HAVE A MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY CAMPUS AND THEY'VE ALREADY TAKEN MANY STEPS TO GET THERE.
BUT, UH, WELCOMING THE STUDENTS BACK WITH A REUSABLE WATER BOTTLE.
AND WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE, UH, THE QUENCH BUGGIES.
SO WE'RE ORGANIZING ON THE ROTARY SIDE, UH, TO HAVE THAT TOWED, UH, SET UP, FILLED, CHILLED, DOWN TO A NICE, NICE LEVEL.
AND, UM, WE'LL BE, YOU KNOW, RIGHT THERE NEXT TO KEEP YOU FOR COUNTY.
AND THAT EVENT TAKES PLACE, UM, FROM ONE O'CLOCK TO THREE O'CLOCK ON THE 22ND.
AND I KNOW THAT, UH, VALENTINA WILL BE AT THE BUFORT VERSION OF THAT EVENT.
SO WE WE'RE TAKING THE LEFT SIDE AND, AND, UH, VALENTINA'S TAKING THE BUFORT SIDE, WHICH IS A GREAT, GREAT COMBINATION.
ALRIGHT, ANYTHING ELSE? ANY OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS PEOPLE WANT ADDRESS? UM, NOT RIGHT NOW.
UM, IF YOU NEED HELP WITH TELLING, JUST LEMME KNOW.
WE, THE ROTARY HAS HAD, HAS A SIGNUP THAT WHERE THE CHAMBER IS ACTUALLY, UM, ASSISTING US WITH.
AND SO ROTARY HAS A, A SHORT LIST OF DRIVERS, BUT UM, WHEN IT COMES TO BRINGING THINGS TO THE BUFORT AREA, WE MIGHT BE SOLICITING.
UM, BUT WE CERTAINLY TALKED ABOUT THE AIR SHOW AND, AND SOME OTHER FUN THINGS.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK WE'LL NEED IT AT THE OYSTER FEST 'CAUSE IT WOULD BE LIKE HOT CHOCOLATE FILLED FOR THAT.
BUT, UM, WE, UH, WE DEFINITELY WANT TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT BUFORD COUNTY BEAUTIFUL HAS THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, PRESENCE WITH THE QUENCH BUGGY, UM, THROUGHOUT OUR COUNTY.
SO CITY OF BUFORD HAS, UM, SHOWED INTEREST IN THAT AS WELL AT THEIR EVENT.
GET THE MAC DADDY, 'CAUSE YOU'VE GOT THE SOLAR PANELS UP TOP.
AND, UM, SO YEAH, SO WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED.
WE ALREADY ROLLED IT OUT AT THE KEEP THE BROAD CREEK CLEAN WATER FESTIVAL.
UM, AND, UM, PEOPLE WERE JUST WALKING UP, CAN I FILL MY, AND WE'RE LIKE, ABSOLUTELY.
IT ALSO HAS FOUNTAINS WHERE YOU CAN JUST TAKE A, A SIP OF WATER.
AND SO WE'RE ACTUALLY HAVING OUR, UM, BASICALLY OUR, UH, PSA ON THE ISLAND.
HE'S GONNA BRING IN HIS, HIS BIG FILTRATION PERSON, AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY GONNA INSPECT, RECOMMEND, AND STICKER.
AND ALTHOUGH WE DON'T REALLY NEED THAT, WE'RE USING A REALLY HIGH LEVEL.
WE, WE THINK IT'S A REALLY KIND OF A SEAL OF APPROVAL.
AND SO WE WOULD WANT YOU ALL TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH YOUR NAME ON IT, THERE'S CONFIDENCE THAT IT'S NICE, COLD, FILTERED WATER.
UM, NOTHING ELSE ON EDUCATION BREACH.
GONNA MOVE ON, UM, LEGISLATION.
UH, BRENDA, THERE'S A COUPLE OF ITEMS HERE THAT I KNOW THAT I CAN TALK TO.
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD SPECIFICALLY LIKE TO TALK TO AS WELL? UM, OTHER THAN THOSE TWO NO, GO AHEAD.
DO YOU HEAR ME? UM, SORRY, GO AHEAD.
UM, VALENTINA MET A GENTLEMAN AT A CONFERENCE, UH, FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS AGO WHO WORKS FOR A COMPANY CALLED JUST ZERO.
UM, IT'S A NONPROFIT CONSULTING COMPANY IN BOSTON, OUTSIDE OF BOSTON.
AND THEIR WORLD IS HELPING NONPROFITS FIGURING OUT, UM, HOW TO REDUCE PLASTICS.
AND THEY'RE REALLY BROADER THAN THAT.
BUT THE APPLICA THE APPLICATION APPLICATION TO US IS AROUND, UH, SINGLE USE PLASTIC.
UM, JULIANA FROM THE, UH, COUNTY IS WORKING THE SINGLE USE PLASTIC ORDINANCE.
AND, UM, VALENTINA AND I HAD, UH, MET KEVIN ON THE, KEVIN BORES ON THE TELEPHONE, HAD A NICE CHAT, WHO ARE WE, WHAT ARE WE DOING, ET CETERA.
AND THEN WE HAD A FOLLOW UP CHAT LAST WEEK, UM, AND HE SENT A LOT OF MATERIAL, WHICH IS GOOD.
UM, STUDIES AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND SOME STRATEGIES ABOUT HOW DO YOU MOVE TOWARD REDUCING SINGLE WASTE PLASTIC IN COMMUNITIES, IN MUNICIPALITIES.
WE'RE NOT LEADING THIS, BUT ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP, UM, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA KEEP CER CERTAINLY KEEP DOING THAT.
UM, JULIANA'S TEAM IS GONNA MEET, UH, I BELIEVE IT'S NEXT WEEK.
UM, ARE YOU, YOU GONNA BE ABLE TO BE THERE? VALENTINA? OKAY.
I THINK IT'S A WEEK FROM MONDAY, ACTUALLY.
CHRIS, YOU SAID YOU COULD BE THERE, RIGHT? YES, I'LL BE THERE AND PAM WILL BE THERE.
WHAT TIME IS THIS, JANE? WHAT TIME ARE THE MEETING? ONE, ONE O'CLOCK, TWO 30.
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OKAY.ANYTHING ELSE ON, UH, LEGISLATIONS OR QUESTIONS? I, I DO HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD TO THAT.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING, UH, AS A NONPROFIT, AND I REPRESENT THE OUTSIDE FOUNDATION HERE IN BEAUFORT COUNTY, AND WE HAVE, THIS IS OUR SECOND YEAR OF NO SINGLE USE PLASTIC BOTTLES, UM, AS OUR OPERATIONS.
AND OF COURSE WE'VE MOVED WITH THE, WITH THE QUENCH BUGGY TO BE A SPONSOR OF THAT.
BUT ONE OF THE, THE NEXT STEPS THAT IS, IS GOING BACK TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA AQUARIUM, UH, LITTER DATA JOURNAL.
AND SO WE'RE HAVING KELLY THON COME TO A CLEANUP HERE ON, ON, ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND ON THE 30TH, UH, JIMMY BUFFET DAY.
AND WHAT KELLY'S GONNA DO IS BRING DOWN ALL OF THE NEW REPORTING FORMS. UH, THAT WAS AN INITIATIVE THAT WE USED, UM, ALL THE TIME.
AND I WAS THERE AS PART OF THAT, UH, FIRST SINGLE, UH, USED PLASTIC, UM, BAN, THE PLASTIC BAG BAN.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD AS A STRENGTH WAS DATA AND COME COVID AND SOME OTHER THINGS.
THAT PROGRAM SORT OF DRIFTED AWAY, BUT THAT IS A VERY POWERFUL SOURCE OF DATA.
WHAT ARE WE PICKING UP ON OUR BEACHES? SO WE AS A FOUNDATION ARE COMMITTED TO THAT.
WE WILL ENCOURAGE OUR TURTLE TRACKERS AND OTHER GROUPS TO DO THAT.
AND I'VE JUST REALIZED THAT I'M NOT HELPING JESUS MUCH BECAUSE I'M NOT ACTUALLY SENDING MY DATA TO HIM.
SO THE NEXT BIG CONNECTION THAT WE CAN DO IS TAKE OUR DATA AND HAND THAT TO YOU AT THE COUNTY LEVEL.
SO WE HAVEN'T REALLY BEEN DOING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING A COUPLE TONS OF TRASH A YEAR.
SO, BUT ANYWAYS, I THINK HAVING THAT TYPE OF DATA IS ESSENTIAL WHEN WE WALK INTO THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PLASTICS INDUSTRY AND LOBBYISTS AND US.
AND I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE ANSWERS TO THEIR QUESTIONS.
YEAH, I, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
I'M DISAPPOINTED I'M NOT GONNA BE HERE NEXT WEEK.
I'M GONNA TRY TO BE ON THE TELEPHONE.
UM, BUT JULIANA WAS OUT FOR FOUR MONTHS, SO WE'VE KIND OF STALLED, BUT IT FEELS LIKE THE ENERGY'S COMING BACK TO IT.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE CONSULTANT TOLD US WAS EVERYBODY IS GETTING RID OF STYROFOAM.
SO IT ISN'T JUST US TRYING TO DO IT, IT'S LIKE MANY COMMUNITIES ARE DOING THAT.
AND THEN THE ASK FOR, UH, PLASTIC SILVERWARE AND ASK FOR STRAWS, THAT'S ANOTHER ONE THAT'S COMING THAT MANY, MANY, UH, COMMUNITIES ARE DOING THAT AS WELL.
UM, SO I I, I'M, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
I THINK THAT CAN HELP US SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF LITTERING AT THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM, STOP THE FLOW OF BAD STUFF INTO THE ENVIRONMENT.
SO I, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT THING.
ANY OTHER THOUGHTS ON, UM, LEGISLATION AND SEGAL USE PLASTICS? OKAY.
CONTINUING ON ONTO BEAUTIFICATION, UM, BULB AND PLANNING MATERIAL PURCHASE, PAM, JUST A QUICK SUMMARY MAYBE WHERE WE STAND.
WE GOT IT PURCHASED BEFORE THE END OF OUR CALENDAR YEAR, SO, UM, THE BULBS AND THE FERTILIZER WILL COME IN SOMETIME THIS FALL, EITHER LATE SEPTEMBER OCTOBER.
SO BETWEEN NOW AND THEN THE BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE IS GONNA GET TOGETHER AND TRY AND FIGURE OUT LOCATE
SO WE HAVE 1800 MIXED DAFFODIL BULBS THAT ARE APPROPRIATE FOR THIS, UM, ENVIRONMENT.
SO, UM, IF ANYBODY HAS ANY SUGGESTIONS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
AND, UM, THE BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE WILL BE GETTING TOGETHER AND ALSO TALKING TO VICTORIA ABOUT WHERE WE CAN PLANT BULB IN NORTH AND SOUTH ABROAD.
THERE WAS A SUGGESTION, UM, BY OUR ASSISTANT COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR,
UM, BUT THE BLUFFTON PARKWAY AREA, UM, THERE IS, UM, A STRETCH, UM, I, I THINK A STRETCH OF ROADWAY THAT WE CAN ALSO PARTNER WITH THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON.
AND SO THAT'S A POTENTIAL LOCATION.
AND THEN TO CONFIRM, UH, THE PURCHASE OF BULBS WAS, THE QUANTITY OF BULBS WAS 1500, AND THEN THERE WAS ALSO TWO BAGS OF 10 POUND FERTILIZER PURCHASED.
I DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT WE'LL COME BACK FOR A VOTE IN TERMS OF SPECIFICALLY WHERE TO PLANT THE BULBS.
I'M JUST GONNA LET THE PURIFICATION, WHAT DO WE WANNA BUY THIS YEAR FOR EXECUTION LATER OR MAYBE IN THE SPRING, AND THEN ALSO, UM, FOR PLANNING FOR NEXT YEAR.
UH, ANY OTHER THOUGHTS ON THAT? NOPE.
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OKAY.BEAUFORT COUNTY SIGNS, UM, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR A WHILE.
UM, I KNOW THAT, UM, CHRIS HAS BEEN DISCUSSING, UM, THE RICE TRUNK SIGNS FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
UM, AND THEN WHEN I JOINED, I STARTED DISCUSSING, UH, UH, A MUCH MORE CONVENTIONAL, MAYBE YOU COULD CALL IT BORING COMPARED TO THE RICE TRUNK SIGNS.
UH, WELCOME TO BEAUFORT COUNTY SIGNS.
UM, AND SO WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE SIDEBAR CONVERSATIONS.
UH, WE MET WITH, UM, VICTORIA AND, AND BRADLEY HARRIET, UH, WE MET WITH THE USCB FOLKS THAT, UM, GENE MENTIONED EARLIER.
WE ALSO MET WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OF THE, UH, BUFORT, UM, UH, PERMITTING GROUP.
UM, AND WE HAD MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT SHOULD WE DO IN TERMS OF SIGNS.
AND I THINK THE GENERAL REACTION IS YES, LET'S DO SOMETHING.
UM, I THINK THE, UM, UH, IDEA OF A, OF A CONSISTENT KEEP YOU FOR COUNTY BEAUTIFUL SIGN ACROSS THE MAIN ENTRANCE POINTS INTO THE COUNTY IS IMPORTANT.
UM, WE AS A TEAM HAVE TALKED ABOUT ONE ON ROUTE 2 78, AND THAT'S THE ONE THAT SITS PRETTY MUCH OUT FRONT OF USCV ON 2 78.
UM, AND THEN CHRIS HAD BEEN TALKING ABOUT, UH, POTENTIALLY ONE OR TWO OTHERS.
UM, THE RICE TRUNK AS SIGN HAS, UM, GOTTEN SOME RESISTANCE FROM DOT.
UM, BECAUSE OF THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE NATURE OF IT, IT MIGHT NOT PASS THE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS.
ANYTHING CLOSE TO THE ROAD HAS TO BE BREAKAWAY.
IT CAN'T BECOME A HAZARD TO TRAFFIC.
UM, EVEN IF SOMEBODY RUNS OFF THE ROAD, YOU GOTTA BE ABLE TO RUN THROUGH IT.
UM, AND SO THERE'S, THERE'S SOME HESITATION ABOUT, UM, WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO USE THE RIGHT TRUNK AS SIGNS.
UM, I THINK, YOU KNOW, IN LAST CONVERSATION WITH CHRIS AND WITH, UH, VICTORIA AND BRADLEY, IT WAS, LET'S KIND OF THINK ABOUT THE RICE TRUNKS MAYBE AS A HISTORICAL MARKER INSTEAD OF A WEALTH OF THE COUNTY SIGN.
UM, AND THAT'S A CONVERSATION TO HAVE AND TO THINK ABOUT.
UM, IT MIGHT TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO THINK THAT THROUGH.
SO WHETHER WE'RE GONNA GET THAT DONE THIS YEAR OR NOT, DON'T KNOW YET, BUT IT'S ON THE TABLE TO, TO TALK ABOUT, UH, INCLUDING WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? WHERE DOES IT GO? WHERE DO WE WANT, WHERE CAN WE PUT IT TO MAKE SURE THAT LOTS OF PEOPLE SEE IT? WE DON'T WANNA PUT IT IN A CORNER SOMEWHERE THAT PEOPLE AREN'T GONNA SEE IT.
RIGHT? IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A, A MARKER AND EDUCATIONAL.
UM, BUT I DO THINK THE, THE 2 78 SIGN INITIATIVE IS, IS GETTING ENERGY.
AND I THINK MOST FOLKS ARE SAYING, YES, LET'S GO FORWARD WITH IT.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, WE WANTED TO CONSIDER AND HAVE EVERYBODY EXPRESS AN OPINION ON IS USING THE USCB, UH, UH, FACULTY AND STUDENTS TO ACTUALLY DESIGN THE SIGN.
UM, THEY EXPRESS THEY USCB EXPRESSED INTEREST IN DOING THAT.
IT'S A, WE, WE DID TALK ABOUT POTENTIALLY COMING UP WITH A, YOU KNOW, CAN WE PUT A $200 PRIZE OR SOMETHING OUT FOR WHATEVER DESIGN GETS SELECTED? AND VICTORIA'S LOOKING AT WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN ACTUALLY DO THAT.
WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO LEGALLY DO THAT.
UM, BUT THEY'RE IN NO MATTER WHAT.
SO THE UCB IS IN, THEY'RE WAITING ON US TO GIVE THEM THE CONSTRAINTS AROUND WHICH THE DESIGN SHOULD BE MADE, THE SPEC, THE SPEC, THE COLUMNS, AND THE SIZE AND THE SHAPE AND THE DE AND THE, THE COLORS THAT THE COUNTY WANTS TO USE, THE SCRIPT THE COUNTY WANTS TO USE.
SO I THINK WE'VE GOT THE CONTENT, IT'S NOW UP TO US TO AGREE AS A TEAM THAT THIS IS SOMETHING WE WANT USCB TO DO.
UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED A FIELD VOTE, BUT MAYBE JUST A, A QUICK DISCUSSION ON WHETHER OR NOT WE THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
UM, ANY THOUGHTS ON YOU USING USCB TO DO THE DESIGN? I LOVE IT.
I THINK IT'S GREAT TO BRING THEM IN INTO THE PROCESS, GET THEM INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY.
THOUGHTS? YEAH, I, I THINK IT'S GREAT.
CHRIS? BRENDA, YOU GOOD COMMENTS? YOU'RE ON MUTE AGAIN.
I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA FOR THAT SIDE.
CAN YOU, JEAN, JEAN? JEAN? CAN'T HEAR YOU.
BRENDA, CAN YOU HEAR ME? BRENDA? MAY.
UM, WHO ON THE, WHO ON THE COUNTY CAN IN THE COUNTY, DO WE HAVE TO COORDINATE THIS WITH? UH, PROBABLY LOTS.
EVERYBODY, PROBABLY LOTS OF PEOPLE.
UM, WE'VE ALREADY TALKED TO, UM, VICTORIA AND BRADLEY.
UM, WE HAVE A REQUEST IN TO MEET WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
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YEAH.PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
WE'VE REQUESTED COMMITTEE TO, UH, MEET WITH THEM.
UM, WE KIND OF FEEL LIKE IF WE HAVE USCB DO THE DESIGN AND THEY DELIVER US A DESIGN PACKAGE, UM, YOU KNOW, ACTUAL DESIGN, UM, WE THEN HAVE SOMETHING WE CAN GO TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT.
RIGHT NOW, ALL WE HAVE IS BEING SIMPLY SIMPLE POWERPOINT, WHICH IS JUST REALLY NOT A DESIGN.
WE CAN'T GO, WE CAN'T DO A PERMIT, WE CAN'T REALLY SEE THE ZONING PEOPLE BEFORE WE HAVE SOME BETTER DESIGN IDEAS.
UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF THE PATH.
BUT WE, WE'D HAVE TO COORDINATE WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE, CERTAINLY TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
SO ONCE YOU DO GET THE DESIGN PACKAGE TOGETHER, UM, AND IT'S FINALIZED, THEN THE NEXT STEP WILL BE TO TAKE IT TO THE PUBLIC FACILITIES AND SAFETY COMMITTEE.
THAT'S, UM, THE COMMITTEE THAT OVERSEES OUR DEPARTMENT.
UM, BUT THAT WOULD BE ONCE YOU HAVE THAT FINALIZED PACKET.
UM, AND WE DO HAVE TO SUBMIT AN A IS FORM TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
UM, SO ONCE YOU DO HAUL UP ALL OF THAT GATHERED, UH, GET IT OVER TO US, WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET YOU ON THAT, THE AGENDA FOR WHATEVER NEXT MONTH COMES THAT WE CAN BE ABLE TO FIT YOU IN.
UM, BUT THAT WOULD BE THE NEXT STEP.
AND THEN ONCE, UM, PUBLIC FACILITIES AND SAFETY COMMITTEE APPROVES IT AND AGREES IT AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR SAYS IT'S OKAY, IT'LL THEN GO TO COUNTY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL AND, AND PLANNING AND, UM, ZONING IS BEFORE, UH, PLANNING AND SAFETY.
PAMELA PLANNING AND ZONING WOULD BE BEFORE BECAUSE YOU NEED, UH, THE PARAMETERS OF THE SIGN AND, UM, THE APPROVAL FROM THEM PARTY EVEN BRINGING IT TO PFC.
'CAUSE THAT WOULD BE A QUESTION.
SO YOU'RE BASICALLY CHECKING ALL THE BOXES THAT THEY'RE ALREADY GONNA ASK YOU.
SO YOU'RE BRINGING THEM WITH A, A FINALIZED PRODUCT, HOPEFULLY THAT WILL GET APPROVED.
SO OUR PLAN IS TO ACTUALLY HAVE THE SIGN INSTALLED THIS FISCAL YEAR.
SO JUNE 30TH NEXT YEAR IS THE DROP DEAD DATE TO HAVE THIS THING INSTALLED.
UNDERSTANDING THERE'S A PROCURE CYCLE THAT HAS TO HAPPEN, AND THAT COMPETITION TAKES TIME.
YOU KNOW, SO THERE'S LOTS OF STEPS TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
UM, BUT IT FEELS LIKE WE'RE ALL, YOU KNOW, HEADING DOWN THE, THE SAME PATH.
UM, I KNOW BRADLEY HAD MENTIONED THAT HE WAS INTERESTED IN MULTIPLE SIGNS, UM, AND I THINK THAT'D BE GREAT, BUT I THINK WE AS A TEAM WILL TAKE ON ONE.
UM, AND THEN IF THEY WANT TO COPY THE DESIGN, FINE, THAT'S EASY TO DO.
UM, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD KIND OF STAY FOCUSED AND WE TRY TO GET SOMETHING DONE THAT WE CAN PUT OUR THUMBS ON AND SAY, WE GOT THIS DONE.
AND SO THAT'S KIND OF, FOR ME, THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG THINGS.
AND THEN ONCE WE GET IT THROUGH ALL BEAUFORT COUNTY, THEN DOESN'T IT NEED TO GO TO DOT? IT NEEDS TO GO TO DOT BEFORE THAT.
AND WE'LL, WE'LL, WHEN WE TALK TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING, UH, WE'LL ASK THEM IF THEY'RE PLANNING AND ZONING BEFORE OR AFTER PERMIT FROM THE STATE.
UH, I'M NOT SURE WHICH ONE, BUT WE, WE HAVE TO TALK TO PLANNING ZONING FIRST.
AND SO THAT'S KIND OF THE MOST IMMEDIATE NEXT STEP.
UM, ASSOCIATED WITH THIS, UH, CHRIS HAS FOUND A ARCHITECT, A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, UM, WHO HAS AGREED TO DO THE SITE PLAN FOR US.
UM, SHE'S GIVEN US A QUOTE, WE HAVE THAT PUT IN HAND.
AND, AND, UH, SALLY AND AND VICTORIA HAVE A COPY OF THAT QUOTE, UM, LATER WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BUDGET ALLOCATIONS AND AUTHORIZATIONS.
UM, WE'LL, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE GONNA ASK IS THAT WE AUTHORIZE THE SPENDING OF FUNDS ON THAT ARCHITECT.
UM, WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW MUCH MONEY IT'S GONNA BE YET.
WE HAVE THE QUOTE, BUT YOU NEVER KNOW UNTIL YOU GET THERE.
THERE WON'T BE MORE THAN THAT.
WE COMMIT NOT TO SPENDING MORE THAN THAT.
UH, ALSO NEED TO BE REAL CLEAR THAT WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY YET.
THE MONEY DOESN'T COME UNTIL IT SHOWS UP IN THE ACCOUNTING SYSTEM.
SO WE CAN APPROVE ALL WE WANT, BUT WE CAN'T ACTUALLY BUY ANYTHING UNTIL THE MONEY SHOWS UP, WHICH, YOU KNOW, IT, IT SHOWS UP WHEN IT SHOWS UP, I GUESS PROBABLY SOMETIME IN SEPTEMBER.
FINANCE IS STILL WORKING ON JEAN, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.
WHEN YOU SAY SITE PLAN, ARE YOU TALKING GARDENS CORNER OR ARE YOU TALKING THE, THE, UH, 2 78.
WELCOME TO BEAUFORT COUNTY SIGN.
JUST THE WELCOME TO BEAUFORD COUNTY SIGN.
GARDENS CORNER, UM, IS A MAINTENANCE ACTIVITY.
WE DON'T HAVE TO GET, WE DON'T HAVE TO GET A PERMIT.
YOU CAN'T GO ON THE PROPERTY UNLESS YOU HAVE APPROVAL.
UH, BUT YOU DON'T NEED A, A PERMIT FROM DOT.
IS THAT PRETTY GOOD? VICTORIA? OKAY.
UM, ANYTHING ELSE ON THE SIGNS, CHRIS, ANY ANY THOUGHTS YOU WANNA ADD ON THE SIGNS? YEAH, I'M, I'M HAPPY WITH HOWEVER
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WE END UP HERE WITH EVERYTHING.I'M GONNA KEEP GOING DOWN THE AGENDA.
UM, USCB INITIATIVES, UM, JEAN ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE, UH, SHE CAPAL AND THE SUPPORT FOR THAT.
UM, I'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE SIGN DESIGN.
UM, WE ACTUALLY WALKED THE SITE WITH THE USCB LEADERSHIP, WHICH WAS WONDERFUL TO DO.
WE'RE OUT THERE LOOKING AT THE SIGN AND LOCATION AND SPACING, ET CETERA.
UM, WE ALSO WANNA ENGAGE WITH USCB IN A MUCH BROADER WAY.
UM, WE WANNA WORK WITH THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEE AND COME UP WITH, I'M SORRY, ENVIRONMENTAL CLUB AND COME UP WITH SOME IDEAS OF HOW TO ENGAGE.
WE SEVEN ON THE BOARD, UM, NEED SOME ARMS AND LEGS TO DO THINGS, AND WE'RE NOT ARMS AND LEGS ANYMORE THAT CAN DO THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
AND STUDENTS CAN BE, AND SO MAYBE WE CAN GET SOME RELATIONSHIPS GOING THERE.
AND, AND THIS SHARK APPALOOZA EVENT IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDENT BODY.
SO THE FACT THAT WE'RE THERE IS JUST, IT'S JUST A GREAT STEP FORWARD.
IT ALSO SHOWS SUPPORT FOR THE SCHOOL, WHICH IS WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
UM, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE MORE CONVERSATIONS WITH USCB.
UM, I THINK I'VE BEEN VERY CAREFUL WHEN I SEND OUT, UH, INVITATIONS AND EVERYBODY'S GETTING EVERY INVITATION TO EVERYTHING THAT I AM TRYING TO DO MYSELF, AND ENCOURAGING EVERYBODY TO JUMP IN AND GO HAVE YOUR OWN CONVERSATIONS AS WELL.
UM, BUT I'M TRYING TO BE VERY CAREFUL NOT TO, UM, UH, DO ANYTHING BY MYSELF.
I DON'T LIKE TO GO ANYWHERE BY MYSELF.
I WANNA BE WITH THE TEAM AND WHOEVER CAN MAKE THOSE, UH, MEETINGS AT THE TIME.
BUT LOTS MORE CONVERSATIONS WITH USCB, UM, UH, GOING FORWARD.
I SENT YOU ALL THE IDEAS, UM, ON MY SPACE YEP.
WE, WE DO, WE HAVE, WE HAVE PLENTY OF GOOD IDEAS WITH THEM.
AND THEIR, THEIR WORLD KIND OF KICKS OFF IN 10 DAYS WHEN SCHOOL COMES BACK IN SESSION.
SO SEPTEMBER WE'LL BE, UH, HITTING THE, HITTING THE GROUND, RUNNING WITH THEM.
ANY OTHER THOUGHTS, COMMENTS? NONE.
UM, UH, ENHANCEMENTS, MAINTENANCE AT GARDNER GARDEN'S CORNERS.
CHRIS, DO YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THAT FOR A MINUTE? YEAH, I DON'T MIND.
WE HAD A MEETING WITH, UH, NOW IT SEEMS THE COUNTY WANTS TO TAKE OVER ALL THE WORK IN THE ENHANCEMENTS AND WHAT HAVE YOU TO GARDEN'S CORNER WASN'T, WASN'T THAT, AS YOU INTERPRETED THAT CONVERSATION, WE HAD, UH, JEAN, THAT, THAT'S HOW I HEARD IT TOO.
WE, UM, WE MET LAST MONTH, CORRECT? IT WAS LAST MONTH.
UM, AND, AND, UH, THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, MR. HARRIET DID STATE THAT, UH, THE GREENERY WAS OVERSEEING THE MAINTENANCE IN THAT LOCATION, AND WE ARE TAKING IT BACK FROM THE GREENERY.
SO IT WILL NOW BE, UM, UNDER PUBLIC WORKS, UM, FOR THE, THE MAINTENANCE OF THAT AREA.
AND I KNOW WE DISCUSSED A COUPLE OF OTHER ITEMS TOO, SO.
UM, I, I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THE ENHANCEMENTS AS WELL.
UH, DO YOU REMEMBER THAT PAUSED YOU, THAT CONTRACT FOR THAT AREA? AND SO, OKAY.
SO GUARDS CORNER IS, UM, YOU KNOW, CONTINUES TO BE A FOCUS, BUT PROBABLY IN FY 26, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE IN NOW, IS KIND OF THE LAST TIME WE'RE GONNA PUT A LOT OF ENERGY ONTO S CORNER, I WOULD THINK, BECAUSE THE COUNTY IS GONNA STEP UP AND REALLY, UH, KIND OF OWN THAT.
UH, MAYBE SOME FUTURE ENHANCEMENT PROJECT DOWN THE ROAD WITH MAINTENANCE.
AND THAT WOULD BE A COLLABORATION WITH THE KBCB AND B COUNTY.
AND THAT'S A, A GREAT, UH, PLACE TO INVEST.
I, I DROVE MY CAR AND WENT AROUND IT A COUPLE TIMES, TOOK A LITTLE VIDEO OF IT, OF THE, OF THE CIRCLE, AND, UH, I HAD NOT SEEN IT BEFORE.
AND YOU ALL HAVE BEEN TALKING.
CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YEAH, YEAH, I CAN HEAR.
I THINK THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT WAS WITH RESPECT TO THE SIGNS, BUT HERE WE CONVERSATION.
WE'RE GONNA DO THAT WHEN WE GET TO THE FINANCE.
COULD YOU BRING UP THE, UH, SPREADSHEET? THE FY 25? NOPE, KEEP GOING.
UM, ADMITTEDLY A LITTLE BIT HARD TO SEE.
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YOU EXPAND THAT OR, I, I CANNOT.I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN DO IT ON MY, ON MY SCREEN.
ACTUALLY DO TWO AS LONG AS YOU'RE THERE.
SO I THINK IT'S, OH, THERE YOU GO.
UM, WE, YOU KNOW, THE INITIAL BUDGET REQUEST IS ITEM, UH, COST ESTIMATE IN THE MIDDLE.
WE ASKED FOR TWO 70 LAST YEAR.
UH, WE THEN AS A TEAM, UM, ALLOCATED THE 50, WHICH IS IN THE KBCB AUTHORIZED BUDGET AMOUNT COLUMN.
AND YOU CAN SEE HOW WE, UH, ALLOCATED THE DOLLARS.
UM, AND THEN THE LAST COLUMN THERE, ACTUAL EXPENSES.
THIS IS THE MONEY WE SPENT ALL, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT, UH, WE SPENT MONEY ON BEAUTIFICATION.
THAT WAS A CONFERENCE CHRIS AND I WENT TO.
UM, WE DID OUTREACH, WE DID THE BILLBOARDS, UM, AND WE DID MORE OUTREACH.
WE BOUGHT, UM, SOME OUTREACH, EDUCATION, OUTREACH MATERIALS.
WE LEFT ON THE TABLE, $37,090.
UM, I'M HOPING THIS YEAR, UM, WE DON'T LEAVE ANYTHING ON THE TABLE.
UM, UH, UH, A WELL RUN PROGRAM SHOULD BE ABLE TO SPEND ALL THE MONEY THAT IT GETS ALLOCATED, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO DROP TO.
AND SO TODAY, UH, WE'LL HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW DO WE WANNA ALLOCATE THE 50 K, WHICH WE THINK IS COMING FOR NEXT YEAR.
SO THIS IS THE SPEND FROM LAST YEAR.
IT'S COORDINATED WITH THE ACCOUNTING SYSTEM.
THAT'S WHERE THE DOLLARS ARE COMING FROM.
UM, I THINK THIS IS A LITTLE EASIER TO READ THAN THE FINANCIAL REPORTS.
SO THIS KIND OF HELPS US, I THINK.
ANY COMMENTS OR THOUGHTS ON THE WAY THE MONEY WAS SPENT ABOUT LAST YEAR? ANY ANYBODY WANNA SAY ANYTHING ABOUT LAST YEAR? NO, IT SEEMED TO BE BETTER ACTUALLY.
WE WERE LEARNING LAST YEAR ON HOW TO DO THINGS.
AND FOUND OUT THAT A LOT OF THINGS TAKE A LOT LONGER TO WORK THROUGH ALL THE STEPS, UM, THAN WE ORIGINALLY THOUGHT.
AND, AND THE END OF THE YEAR LOST.
YOU ALSO, I THINK, UM, DIDN'T DO MUCH BEFORE WE WERE AUTHORIZED THE BUDGET.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF THAT TODAY.
AND TODAY WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT ALLOCATING, UH, THE, THE EXPECTED BUDGET OF 50 K.
SO IF, IF EVERYONE'S OKAY, I'M GONNA MOVE TO, UM, GENE'S DRAFT.
THIS IS IMPORTANT, MY DRAFT OF WHAT THE ALLOCATION MIGHT LOOK LIKE FOR NEXT YEAR, FOR, ACTUALLY FOR THIS YEAR.
YOU MIGHT HAVE TO SHRINK IT ALL THE WAY BACK AGAIN.
TAKE IT UP TO ABOUT THE SAME SIZE, PLEASE.
WE DON'T NEED ALL THE COLORED SLIDE, THE COLORED LINES IN THE BOTTOM.
THAT'S PRETTY GOOD RIGHT THERE.
WAIT, IS, IT IS LAG, ISN'T IT? YEAH.
I, I, UM, SPENT MOST OF MY LIFE ACTUALLY IN NEAR ASHBURN, VIRGINIA.
AND SO ALL THESE COMMUNICATIONS GO TO ASHBURN IN VIRGINIA, THEN THEY COME BACK HERE, EVERY SINGLE TIME GOES BACK THERE.
SO THAT'S WHERE THE DATA CENTERS ARE
I KNOW I'M NOT, I'M NOT A PATIENT PERSON.
SO HERE'S, HERE'S AGAIN, THIS IS MY THINKING AND WHAT YOU CAN'T SEE ON THIS PAGE, BUT IS IN THE DOCUMENTATION, IT SAYS DRAFT AT THE TOP MM-HMM
RIGHT? SO, UM, CORNER INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, I'M SUGGESTING THAT WE ALLOCATE $3,000 TO IT, UM, MORE AS A, UH, MAYBE IT'S NOT THE, UM, A A GREAT BIG ENHANCEMENT OF GARDENS PO AND, AND REALLY MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT'S A THINKING.
WE'RE GONNA SPEND SOME MONEY ON, UH, BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS LIKE GARDENS PO THE
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COMMITTEE WILL DECIDE WHERE TO ACTUALLY SPEND THE MONEY.UM, AND THEN THE OTHER EXAMPLE IS WILDFLOWER PLANTINGS AT, AT TWO NEW LOCATIONS.
AGAIN, UM, AGAIN, IT'S A QUEST.
IT'S A, UM, INDICATOR, I THINK FOR US TO SAY THAT WE'RE GONNA SPEND THESE DOLLARS ON BEAUTIFICATION.
SO THOSE ARE THE, THE TOP TWO LINES.
THIS IS IN, THIS IS INTERRUPT.
UM, I'M JUST GOING BACK TO THE PREVIOUS LAST YEAR.
WHAT EVER HAPPENED AT JOE FRAZIER CIRCLE? HAS ANYTHING PLANTINGS BEEN DONE THERE THAT WE'VE APPROVED? NO, I, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT, I MEAN, WE HAD IT IN THE LAST YEAR'S BUDGET.
WE DON'T HAVE IT IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, SO I THINK, UM, WE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING LAST YEAR.
WE CAN MOVE THE ACTUAL LOCATION OF THE WORK WE DO.
IT CAN BE, UM, YOU CAN PUT IT INTO PLACE OF GARDENS CORNER.
YOU CAN PUT IT IN THE PLACE OF THE WILDFLOWER PLANTING, ET CETERA.
WHERE WE DO THE WORK IS LESS IMPORTANT.
THAN TODAY, THAN AGREEING, WE'RE GONNA SPEND MONEY ON THIS.
AND THEN THE COMMITTEE SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, UH, WHERE, WHERE, WHAT'S THE BEST WAY WE CAN IMPACT, UM, FROM OUR PLANTINGS.
UM, THE TWO, UM, WELCOME SIGNS OF ROUTE 17 WERE INITIALLY CONCEIVED OF AS THE RICE TRUNKS.
UM, AND SINCE WE GOT A PRETTY NEGATIVE RESPONSE FROM THE, UH, DOT PERMITTING FOLKS, UM, WE JUST TOOK THAT FUNDING OUT AND, AND I, IN CONVERSATION WITH, UM, BRADLEY AND VICTORIA AND CHRIS.
YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT'S A LET'S WAIT TILL NEXT YEAR, UH, AND FIGURE THAT OUT.
UM, AND, AND AGAIN, MAYBE IT BECOMES A MEMORIAL RATHER THAN A, UM, UM, A STREET SIGN.
UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF, WE WERE DEFUNDING THAT, IF YOU WILL, OR NOT FUNDING THAT, UM, FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.
UM, ONE, WELCOME TO FER COUNTY.
UM, NEW SIGN, WHICH IS A 2 78 SIGN.
UM, LAST YEAR WE HAD PUT 10 10 K IN THE BUDGET, SORRY, IN THE, IN THE BUDGET REQUEST THAT WENT FORWARD.
UM, I'VE INCREASED THAT A LITTLE BIT FOR TWO REASONS.
ONE, TO PAY FOR THE ARCHITECT, THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT HAS TO GET PAID.
UM, AND THEN EVERY TIME IT'S A YEAR LATER, INFLATION KEEPS EATING UP DOLLARS.
SO WE PUT A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY IN HERE.
UM, SINCE IT'S OVER $5,000, IT'LL BE A, UM, IT'LL BE A FORMAL PROCUREMENT BY THE COUNTY.
IT'S ALWAYS A FORMAL PROCUREMENT.
THIS WILL BE A COMPETITOR PROCUREMENT, I PRESUME.
UM, IF IT'S ABOVE $5,000, THAT'S WHEN YOU NEED, UM, THREE QUOTES.
SO THE ONLY THING THAT DOES NEED TO GO TO AN RFP PROCESS WOULD BE $50,000 NUMBER.
WE DON'T, WE'RE NOT GONNA DO THAT.
THAT SHORTENS THE TIME A LITTLE BIT ACTUALLY FOR EXECUTION.
SO THAT, THAT'S KIND OF THE THINKING THAT, YOU KNOW, ORIGINALLY IT WAS 10, IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPENSIVE, AND OBVIOUSLY THESE ARE GONNA BE BID, THESE ARE GONNA BE BID, THESE ARE GONNA BE BID.
UM, SO THE PRICE WILL BE WHAT THE PRICE WILL BE, BUT IT WILL NOT BE MORE THAN THE MONIES THAT WE SET ASIDE.
UM, MARKETING MATERIALS AND SERVICES.
UM, WE ARE, TODAY I'M RECOMMENDING WE PUT ASIDE 16 K.
UM, AGAIN, DON'T HAVE OUR THUMB ON EXACTLY WHAT TO SPEND THAT MONEY ON YET.
UM, IT'S JUST A MATTER FOR US TODAY TO SAY, YEP, WE THINK WE WANNA SPEND MONEY THERE.
UM, AND THIS IS THE CONVERSATION.
SO IF PEOPLE THINK, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE NEED TO PUT MORE MONEY INTO BEAUTIFICATION AND BUYING PLANTS, ET CETERA, LET'S HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND DECIDE.
UM, OTHERWISE WE CAN LEAVE IT THERE.
AND AT THE NEXT MEETING WE CAN HAVE MORE SPECIFIC PLANS AND, AND MAKE CHANGES DONE.
THAT WOULD INCLUDE, THAT INCLUDES THE COST OF EVENTS, IT INCLUDES THE COST OF ALL THE EVENTS.
UM, I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE COULD DO, UM, UH, REUSABLE CUPS, ET CETERA.
TO CONNECT WITH THE, UH, CLENCH BUGGY.
AND THAT, THAT WOULD BE THE IDEAL SITUATION.
SO I'M SURE WE'RE WORKING TOWARD THAT.
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES IS JUST $2,000, JUST MISCELLANEOUS.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THAT'S FOR YET, BUT JUST MISCELLANEOUS.
UM, AND THEN LASTLY, UM, WE STILL WOULD LOVE FOLKS TO GO TO CONFERENCES.
UM, THERE'S ONE COMING UP NEXT MONTH.
I KNOW CHRIS IS GONNA GO, I THINK IT'S IN MYRTLE BEACH.
UM, ANY, ANYONE CAN GO, IN MY EXPERIENCE, TWO PEOPLE ARE BETTER THAN ONE.
SOMETIMES THREE IS NOT REALLY NECESSARY JUST BECAUSE.
AND WHY ARE WE BUDGETING FOR FIVE
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FIVE? YES.WE, WE ARE, WE ARE BUDGETING FOR FIVE PEOPLE TO ATTEND A CONFERENCE.
UH, SOME WILL BE LESS THAN 2000.
YOU, YOU SAID TWO IS GOOD, THREE IS NOT NECESSARY.
THEN WHY BUDGET FOR FIVE? NOT, I'M SORRY.
UM, DIFFERENT D DIFFERENT DIFFERENT TOPIC, BRENDA.
UM, I THINK TWO PEOPLE GOING TO ONE SPECIFIC CONFERENCE MAKES SENSE.
BUT THREE PEOPLE GOING TO THAT SAME CONFERENCE IS PROBABLY NOT A GOOD INVESTMENT FOR US.
SO WE WE'RE SUGGESTING, I, I LOST YOU.
UH, BRENDA, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GOING TO MULTIPLE CONFERENCES, RIGHT.
SO THAT'S WHY WE BUDGET OR SUGGESTING BUDGET FOR 10,000.
SO WE CAN GO TO, UM, FIVE PEOPLE CAN GO TO DIFFERENT CONFERENCES, YOU KNOW.
BUT IT'S NICE TO HAVE TWO PEOPLE GO AT A TON, BUT NOT ALWAYS.
AND, AND I THINK THAT'S GREAT.
BUT THIS IS THE, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.
IF I'M ON THE CITY COUNCIL AND I LOOK AT THIS US THIRD HIGHEST BUDGET LINE IS SENDING PEOPLE TO CONFERENCES AND YOU KNOW, I'D RATHER SEE YOU PUTTING IT INTO THE COMMUNITY.
I HEAR YOUR, I HEAR YOUR, THIS IS MY OPINION.
I HEAR YOUR, UM, YOUR COMMENT THERE.
AND AS A RULE, YES, WE WANNA SPEND EVERY DOLLAR ON THE GROUND AS BEST WE CAN.
A AFFILIATES OR OTHER ENVIRONMENTALLY IMPACTFUL ORGANIZATIONS.
THE CONFERENCE THAT, UH, VIC THAT, UM, VALENTINA WENT TO CONNECTED US WITH A CONSULTANT, WHICH WE NEVER WOULD'VE MET OTHERWISE.
SO THERE'S VALUE IN DOING CONFERENCES, I BELIEVE.
UM, HOW MANY AND HOW MUCH MONEY DO WE WANNA SPEND ON IT? THAT'S FOR ALL OF US TO DECIDE.
UM, WE'RE NOT VOTING ON THIS TODAY, ARE WE? MAY I ADD SOMETHING, BRENDA? HOLD ON ONE SECOND.
I DUNNO IF
HEY BRENDA, THIS IS PAULA BROWN.
UM, NEXT YEAR IS THE 250 ANNIVERSARY OF, OF, UM, OF AMERICA.
AND I KNOW THIS GROUP WENT TO THE CONFERENCE LAST YEAR IN WASHINGTON DC SO IN MY OPINION, THEY NEED THIS MONEY TO GO TO THAT CONFERENCE NEXT YEAR IN 2026, WHICH IS THE 250 ANNIVERSARY OF OUR COUNTRY.
SO I THINK THAT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
AND I DO KNOW, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, JEAN, UH, UM, WHEN YOU GUYS WENT THERE, YOU MET WITH SOME OF THE, UH, LEGISLATIVE PEOPLE, SOME CONGRESSMEN, SENATORS.
SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, THIS LITTLE BIT OF MONEY TO GO TO A CONFERENCE IS GONNA GO A LONG WAY, ESPECIALLY WITH THE 250 YEAR ANNIVERSARY.
WE'RE NOT VOTING ON THIS TODAY ANYWAY.
ARE WE? UH, WE'RE VOTE WE'RE, WE'RE NOT VOTING ON THE $10,000.
WE ARE, UM, GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, UM, ATTENDANCE AT A CONFERENCE NEXT MONTH.
AND WE'LL MAKE THAT MOTION IN JUST A COUPLE OF MORE MINUTES.
I, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD ONE POINT AND THAT I THINK THAT NETWORKING, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PRETTY SMALL.
WE'RE A VOLUNTEER BOARD AND I THINK THAT THE OPPORTUNITY TO NETWORK IS A SENTIMENT.
UH, IN TERMS OF, UM, INITIAL ALLOCATION OF A $50,000 BUDGET, WHICH WE DON'T HAVE YET.
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THE CONFERENCE LINE.ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THE INITIAL ALLOCATION? REMEMBER, WE'RE NOT SPENDING ANY MONEY WITH THIS AGREEMENT.
THIS IS JUST OUR FIRST CUT AT WHAT WE THINK WE WANNA SPEND MONEY ON THIS YEAR.
EVERYBODY GOOD? WE, WE DON'T REALLY NEED TO VOTE, WE JUST NEED TO OPINIONS FIRST OFF ON THE 50,000 AND THEY CUT IT.
WE DON'T, IT DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T COME TO US UNTIL IT SHOWS UP IN THEIR ACCOUNTING SYSTEM.
ONCE IT SHOWS UP IN THE ACCOUNTING SYSTEM, THEN WE, PROCUREMENT COULD SPEND IT FOR US.
UM, MOVING TO THE, THE AGENDA ITEMS NOW.
CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE FOR BOARD MEMBERS.
SO WE HAVE, UM, I WANNA KEEP GOING 'CAUSE I KNOW WE'RE A LITTLE SHORT ON, WE'RE ALWAYS SHORT ON TIME.
UM, SO THERE'S A CONFERENCE, UH, NEXT MONTH IN MYRTLE BEACH.
CHRIS IS GONNA GO, IF NO ONE ELSE WANTS TO GO, I WILL GO.
WHY DON'T YOU CONTACT CHRIS AND I WON'T GO.
I, I'M GOOD TO GO AND I'M GOOD NOT TO GO.
SO JUST CONTACT CHRIS, OKAY? MM-HMM
SO, UM, I WANT TO, I THINK NOW'S A GOOD TIME TO MAKE SOME MOTIONS FOR APPROVING PROCUREMENTS.
WE'VE AGREED THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO OR WE HAVEN'T AGREED.
VICTORIA TELLS US WE DON'T HAVE TO, UM, REAPPROVE THE PROCUREMENT FOR, DO WE? SO I'D LIKE TO, COULD YOU MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE TO MEMBERS ATTEND THE CONFERENCE IN MYRLE BEACH? I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE TWO MEMBERS TO ATTEND THE, UM, IT KEEP YOU COUNTY I KEEP TO PALMETTO PRIDE.
PALMETTO PRIDE, UH, CONFERENCE IN MYRTLE BEACH IN SEPTEMBER 2ND.
CHRIS, BRENDA, YOU IN? YOU'RE IN? YEP.
UM, ARE WE, WE'RE NOT REALLY PREPARED FOR THE EXTRA $6,000.
SO YOU WANNA DO APPROVE? WE'LL DO THE FANS YES.
WE DON'T READY FOR ANYTHING ELSE REALLY YET.
WE'VE END AND MORE AND MORE STRAWS.
YEAH, YOU DO HAVE, YOU DO HAVE STRAWS.
SO WHAT DO YOU THINK? DO WE, OKAY.
SO WE DON'T NEED THE, WE DON'T NEED THE PAPER.
SO 1000 HAND FANS, THAT 33 CENTS EACH, SO TOTAL OF THREE 30.
I MOVE THAT WE, UM, SPEND, UM, $330 TO BUY THE 1000 HAND FANS.
IT'S THE, THE SAME ONES WE HAD BEFORE.
IT'S THE FIRST PACK OF THREE KIDS DRAWS AND A LITTLE REUSABLE POUCH.
UM, SO I MOVE THAT WE SEND $650 TO BUY 500 OF THE KIDS DRAWS SECOND.
AND THEN THOSE ARE THE RE OKAY.
AND THEN I MOVE, WE SPEND $1,850, UH, TO BUY 1000 OF THE REUSABLE STRAWS.
THAT'S ALL THE OTHER ITEMS THAT YOU HAVE THAT YOU'RE NOT REVIEWING, UM, IT WAS THE PRIZE WHEEL.
SO THAT WAS, THAT WAS ALREADY VOTED.
UM, I MOVE THAT WE ALLOCATE $1,200 TO PAY LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE.
TO PAY FOR A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT TO HELP WITH THE, UM, PAPERWORK FOR THE APPROACHMENT PURPOSE, UH, PERMIT FOR THE SIGN
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ON 2 78.AND IT'S NOT ALLOCATED, IT'S IT, UM, SALLY, IT'S NOT ALLOCATED, IT'S AUTHORIZED.
WE WE'RE GONNA SPEND THE MONEY.
SO YOU'LL GET AN INVOICE, ET CETERA FOR OKAY.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S MY PROBLEM.
UM, THAT'S IT ON THE AUTHORIZATIONS, THE ALLOCATIONS, THE DISTRIBUTIONS I THINK SET UP TO SPEND SOME MONEY IN A GOOD WAY, UH, THIS YEAR.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON FINANCE BUDGET? JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT EVERYONE'S AWARE IF IT IS OVER $5,000, WE NEED THREE QUOTES.
WE CAN, WE CAN, BUT DON'T SEND ME AN INVOICE FOR $5,000.
UM, IF IT IS GOING, DID MY COMPUTER IS NOT HERE REAL GOOD HERE.
UM, BUT SHE, SHE'S NO LONGER EMPLOYED WITH BUFORT COUNTY.
UM, SHE'S DECIDED TO, UM, BE A FULL-TIME MOM AT HOME.
SO SHE'S ON TO BIGGER AND BETTER THINGS.
UM, BUT IN THE, UM, MEANTIME, UM, MS. SALLY WILL BE OVERSEEING THE PROCUREMENT OF THINGS AND WITH THE HELP OF VALENTINA AS WELL.
UM, BUT ALSO THAT'S A LOT MORE ON VALENTINA'S SHOULDERS.
SO WE'RE GONNA BE, UH, UTILIZING MS. SALLY FOR A LOT OF THESE THINGS UNTIL WE DO FILL THAT POSITION.
UM, AND THEN WE DO HAVE, UM, JESUS IN VALENTINA HERE.
I DON'T WANNA TAKE ANY MORE TIME UP.
UM, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF GREAT WORK, UM, BEHIND THE SCENES.
UH, VALENTINA'S, UM, MET WITH SOME REALLY GREAT PEOPLE, UM, AND DID, UM, A LITTER CLEAN UP AND A SURVEY TO BRING INFORMATION HERE.
AND JESUS HAS BEEN WORKING JUST AROUND THE CLOCK WITH HIS LITTER CREW.
UM, HE'S FULL, FULLY STAFFED NOW, UM, AND HAS BEEN PROVIDING A LOT OF REALLY GREAT REPORTS IF YOU'RE NOT PART OF AN ADOPT A HIGHWAY GROUP.
UM, AND WOULD LIKE ANY OF HIS LITTLE REPORTS, UM, DEFINITELY ASK.
'CAUSE IT IS A LOT OF REALLY GREAT INFORMATION, UM, AS FAR AS WHAT THE LITTER CREWS ARE PICKING UP AND, UM, WHAT THE ADOPT A HIGHWAY CREWS ARE PICKING UP.
BUT, UM, THERE WAS ONE MORE THING.
I BELIEVE MS. SALLY, YOU WANTED TO DISCUSS THE BOARD MEMBERS, AS Y'ALL KNOW, WE'RE DOWN THREE BOARD MEMBERS, SO THAT MEANS THAT YOU HAVE SEVEN, SEVEN TOTAL NOW.
SO WE HAVE TO BE VERY MINDFUL WHEN WE'RE HAVING SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS OR ANY SORT OF OTHER MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP THOSE NUMBERS UNDER THREE, THREE PEOPLE OR LESS.
SO IF YOU HAVE A BOARD, A SUBCOMMITTEE RIGHT NOW, THERE'S A FEW OF THE SUBCOMMITTEES THAT HAVE FOUR PEOPLE ON THEM.
SOMEBODY'S NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO BE IN THAT MEETING BECAUSE WE CAN'T HAVE A QUORUM IN FORUM.
WE HAVE TO PUT IT OUT FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW.
SO, UH, REMEMBER THREE OR LESS, THE WEBSITE SAYS THAT THERE ARE 11 POSITIONS.
THERE ARE CURRENT, HOWEVER, THERE'S THREE OPEN IS WHAT I WAS TOLD.
OH, THERE'S, WE HAVE FOUR, WE HAVE SEVEN SITTING.
I THINK YOU NEED A RESIGNATION LETTER STILL FROM NOPE, I HAVE THAT.
SO THERE'S SEVEN SITTING IN THE WEBSITE SAYS THERE ARE 11 POSITIONS.
SO YOU'LL HAVE THE FOUR VA VACANCIES NONETHELESS.
SO OKAY WITH THE UM, COMMENT THOUGH, MR. FORD BARLOW, THIS IS HIS SECOND ABSENT, SO IF YOU CAN REACH OUT TO HIM AND LET HIM KNOW BECAUSE, UM, THREE CONSECUTIVE ABSENCES YOU'RE REMOVED.
IS IT, IS IT AUTOMATIC? IT'S, UH, 4, 5, 7.
WHICH I SOMEBODY DISTRICT SIX.
THIS HAS BEEN A, THIS IS AN EASIER BOARD TO GET FULL ON THAN, THAN THE OTHER
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ONES.SO, BECAUSE THIS IS A MORE FUN, THEY'RE MORE INTERACTIVE.
THESE ALL THREE HAVE COME UP REAL.
WE HAD A, WE HAD A DRAFT THEN WE HAD IF SOMEONE JUST SICKNESS AND THEN, THEN, UM, JUST OVER VERY RECENT TIME.
SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE SOME NEWS ON THAT.
DO YOU WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT THEN I HAVE ONE TOO.
SO I HAVE TWO PEOPLE INTERESTED.
UM, ONE, HER NAME'S AMBER, SHE'S REALLY THE COMMUNITY, UM, SENT INFORMATION ABOUT HER AND THEN, UM, ANOTHER ONE COMING FROM A DIFFERENT WAKE COMPANY MANY YEARS IN WAS AND RECYCLING.
UM, AND HE'S VERY INTERESTED IN, WELL, SO, UH, REALLY SORRY.
AND I MENTIONED IT USCB AND THE WOMAN THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH CAROL WEIR, UH, SHE'S IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE, UH, BUT A SENIOR, SENIOR MANAGERS, UM, HER EYES LIT UP AND HER BOSS'S EYES LIT UP.
SO I THINK SOMEBODY FROM USCB WOULD BE AWESOME.
YEAH, I MEAN IT WOULD JUST BE, WE WOULD GET THAT WHOLE COMMUNITY TO DRAW 'EM RIGHT IN.
YEAH, THIS WOULD BE, THIS WOULD BE GREAT.
AND IF ONE OF OUR OBJECTIVE THAT I THINK THIS YEAR IS TO GET A FULL BOARD.
WELL UNTIL THAT HAPPENS, JUST KEEP IT ONE UNDER YOUR, UNDER UNDER MEETING THEN WE'RE ALL GOOD.
I WANNA GO BACK FOR A MINUTE TO, UH, BEAUFORT COUNTY, UH, PUBLIC SCHOOLS IF WE CAN COLLABORATION.
UM, CHRIS, UM, AND I BOTH HAVE A, HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE COO IN MEETINGS, NOT A MEETING.
WE DIDN'T MEET WITH HER, WE JUST HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH HER.
WE WILL WANNA GO MEET WITH HER.
UM, AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAD TALKED ABOUT AS TEAM IS HOW DO WE ENGAGE WITH THE SCHOOLS BETTER AND HOW DO WE GET INTO THE SCHOOLS TO HELP ET CETERA.
AND THE CONNECTION BETWEEN USCB AND DCPS COULD BE A VERY POWERFUL THING IF WE COULD MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
SO WE'RE GONNA START THAT CONVERSATION.
INVITE EVERYONE TO JOIN WHO CAN JOIN, UM, AND THEN SEE WHERE THAT GOES.
I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN, UM, HELP INFLUENCE THEIR FACILITIES MANAGEMENT AND HOW MUCH THEY RECYCLE THEMSELVES AND HOW THEY DO IT, AS WELL AS HAVE A BE IN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW DO WE ENHANCE THAT EDUCATION.
UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT'S GONNA WORK.
MAYBE NOTHING HAPPENS THIS YEAR, BUT WE'RE GONNA START THOSE CONVERSATIONS THIS YEAR.
ANY OTHER, UH, BUSINESS? OH, DO WE WANT TO, DO WE NEED TO VALIDATE THE SUBCOMMITTEES YOU WANTED TO, YOU, YOU VERIFY THE SUBCOMMITTEES, YOU WANTED THEM ON THERE AND TO GO OVER, BUT THAT'S WHY WE WANTED TO GIVE THAT CAVEAT OF YOU JUST GOTTA KEEP IT APPROVED.
SO THIS IS THE SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS TODAY.
UM, ANYONE HAVE ANY THOUGHTS, COMMENTS, YOU WANNA MAKE CHANGES? ANYTHING PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN? EVERYBODY GOOD WITH WHERE THEY'RE, WHAT THEY DO? OTHER THAN HOPE'S NAME? NO, IT CAN NOW BE TAKEN OFF.
UM, OH, MINE ACTUALLY, MY, MY VERSION IS NEWER, RIGHT? I ALREADY ALREADY HAD
SO WE'LL LEAVE IT THE WAY IT IS.
ANY OTHER GENERAL THOUGHTS? COMMENTS? OH, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT UNLESS YOU'D LIKE A MEETING OR ANYBODY WANNA SAY ANYTHING VALENTINA AND TALK ABOUT, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT LITTER OR, UM, EDUCATION, OUTREACH ON VALENTINA AND JESUS RIGHT HERE.
CHRIS, BRENDA, ANY FINAL THOUGHTS? THANK YOU ALLALL FOR COMING.
EVERYBODY, UH, WE KEEP GOOD JOB.
BRENDA, DO YOU HAVE A I JUST SAID GOOD JOB EVERYBODY.
THE PROCESS FOR GETTING, UM, SOCIAL MEDIA POST APPROVED, WHO DO WE SEND THAT STUFF TO YOU? THANK YOU.
THEM
BROADCASTING AND NO PIO AND WHAT IS CHLOE'S TITLE? COMMUNICATION.
BUT UM, THERE IS, ALRIGHT, BUT MAY, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE, VICTORIA, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU THINK THIS IS NECESSARY, BUT THERE IS THAT WHOLE BRANDING GUIDELINE NECESSARY FOR ALL SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS AND STUFF.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'D BE, COULD THEY HAVE IT AND STUFF? OKAY.
BECAUSE IN CANVA SOMETIMES IT'S LIKE REALLY NICE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A WAY, BECAUSE THEY HAVE A METHOD WHERE ON CANVA YOU CAN UPLOAD THE BRANDING AND LIKE THE, THE FONTS AND ALL OF IT.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'D BE WORTH, IF YOU COULD GET A MEETING WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM SOME WAY OR ANOTHER.
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HAPPY TO DO THAT.UM, AND THAT WOULD JUST BE A LOT BETTER AND THAT WAY JUST DIRECT KIND OF UNDERSTANDING ON THE GUIDELINES FOR THAT.
I GET SENT BACK EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, EVEN THOUGH I'VE BEEN DOING IT.
I WOULD LIKE MAKE IT KNOWN THAT I'M STEALING THAT
WHEN WE, WHEN WE MET WITH VICTORIA AND BRADLEY, THAT WAS ONE OF THE TAKEAWAYS THAT WE NEED THAT PIO CONVERSATION.
SO IF YOU COULD HELP US MAKE THAT HAPPEN, UH, VALENTINA, THAT'D BE TERRIFIC.
SORRY, I SOMETHING OFF TO YOU REAL QUICK.
AND LASTLY, I WILL MAKE, MAKE YOU ALL NOTE, NOTE THAT WE'RE GONNA TRY TO HAVE OUR NEXT MEETING AT PUBLIC WORKS CONFERENCE ROOM, BUT WE DO NOT HAVE FURNITURE YET, SO, UM, HOPEFULLY WE WON BUY, HOPEFULLY, BUT IF NOT BE WATCH, BE WATCHFUL.
WE'RE TRYING TO SIMPLIFY YOUR LIVES, BUT I IT'S A LITTLE CLOSER.
CHRIS, DO YOU WANNA CLOSE THE MEETING? YEAH, LET'S CLOSE THE MEETING.
THANKS FOR WATCHING BEAUFORT COUNTY TV.
I'M NATALIE HEFTER, AND THIS IS YOUR BEAUFORT COUNTY MOMENT, ORIGINALLY CALLED KIRK'S BLUFF.
BLUFFTON WAS CHARTERED IN 1852.
WHEN YOU VISIT BLUFFTON, BE SURE TO STOP AT THE HAYWARD HOUSE HISTORIC CENTER OPERATED BY THE BLUFFTON HISTORICAL PRESERVATION SOCIETY.
THERE YOU CAN LEARN ABOUT ALL OF THE ANTEBELLUM STRUCTURES IN BLUFFTON IN THE NATIONAL HISTORIC DISTRICT.
YOU CAN SEE CHURCH OF THE CROSS AS WELL AS THE CAMPBELL CHAPEL.
THESE BUILDINGS SURVIVED THE BURNING OF BLUFFTON BY UNION FORCES IN 1863.
ORIGINALLY, PLANTERS VISITED BLUFFTON IN THE SUMMER MONTHS TO ESCAPE THE MALARIA AND THE HEAT OF THEIR PLANTATIONS ON THE OUTLYING AREAS OF BLUFFTON.
BE SURE TO STROLL DOWN CALHOUN STREET VISITING GALLERIES AND SEEING THE ARCHITECTURE AND ENJOY YOUR VISIT TO BLUFFTON.
I'M NATALIE HEFTER, AND THIS HAS BEEN YOUR BEAUFORT COUNTY MOMENT.
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