[VIII.1. Consideration and Direction on Proposed Amendments to the Municipal Code of Ordinances, Chapter 12 Environmental, Article 3 Noise Control - Heather Colin, Assistant Town Manager]

YOU AND PLEASE REACH OUT TO THEM AND GIVE THEM YOUR SUPPORT.

ALL RIGHT. UP NEXT WE HAVE A WORKSHOP AGENDA ITEM FOR THE COUNCIL.

WE HAVE HEATHER GIVING THIS IT'S GOING TO BE ON CONSIDERATION AND DIRECTION ON

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A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE REASONABLE CODE OF ORDINANCES. OKAY.

THANK YOU SO AS YOU STATED THIS IS A WORKSHOP ITEM. SO ONE JUST TO KIND OF GO BACK WHY ARE WE HERE? WELL, THIS IS OUR MISSION STATEMENT AS WE TAKE CARE OF OUR CITIZENS AND CONTINUING TO TRY TO MAKE IT BETTER SO WHEN ISSUES COME UP AND ARISE WE ADDRESS THEM AND COUNCIL GIVES US DIRECTION TO MOVE FORWARD.

AS YOU MAY RECALL I WAS HERE BACK IN JANUARY FOR A WORKSHOP ON THIS ITEM.

THE DIRECTION TO STAFF WAS TO GO BACK AND LET'S LOOK AT OUR EVENTS OVER THE PAST YEAR AND SEE WHAT THAT DATA IS, HOW MANY EVENTS ARE HAVING AMPLIFIED MUSIC, HOW MANY EVENTS ARE GOING BEYOND THE 9:00. SO WE DID WORK AND ALSO WORK WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AS FAR AS MONITOR AND MONITORING THE COMPLAINTS THAT CAME THROUGH AND WHAT ARE THEY WHERE ARE THEY AND HOW DO WE ADDRESS IT? SO I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH SOME MORE INFORMATION HERE. BUT WHAT WE DID FIND IS THAT BOTH IN 2024 AND ALSO 2025 TO DATE FIVE EVENTS HAD OUTDOOR MUSIC AND NOISE AND NOISE FOR FACTORY PARK OVER 4 HOURS.

SO THAT WAS THE DURATION WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS DISCUSSED AT EVENTS AND THAT NOISE AFTER 9 P.M. AND IT WAS THE SAME DATA DIFFERENT MONTHS JUST HAPPEN TO BE SAME NUMBERS TO DATE FOR THOSE TWO PARKS SO WE DID LOOK AT THAT SO IF THERE WERE CHANGES IN THAT THAT'S HOW MANY WOULD AFFECT AT OYSTER FACTORY PARK ALSO REVIEWED THE COMPLAINTS AND ISSUES THERE WERE SOME ISSUES WITH COMPLAINTS WHERE THERE WERE MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS FOR SAME LOCATION SAME EVENT ONLY ONE WAS LOGGED MADE SOME CORRECTIONS TO THAT SO WE COULD BETTER ACCOUNT FOR THAT INFORMATION BUT IN THE END WHAT WE REALLY FOUND WAS THAT ENFORCEMENT AND CONSISTENCY THE ORDINANCE WAS ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES AS WELL.

SO WHAT WE BROUGHT BEFORE YOU IN YOUR PACKET TODAY FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES TO MOVE FORWARD IS LIKE SAID TO RESOLVE THAT CONFLICTING LANGUAGE FOR PARTICULARLY SPECIAL EVENTS AND APPLICABILITY OF THE NOISE ORDINANCE. SO IN YOUR PACKET WE DO HAVE SOME LANGUAGE AND WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS THAT SPECIAL AGAIN FOR DISCUSSION TO MOVE FORWARD IS SPECIAL EVENTS MAY AND HIGHLIGHTED BE CONSIDERED FOR EXCEPTIONS TO ORDINANCE AND THOSE CONDITIONS BE OUTLINED BY THE TOWN MANAGER AND APPROVED AND THEN THE IDEA WOULD BE THAT THE SPECIAL EVENT ORGANIZER OR SOMEONE INVOLVED IN THAT EVENT WOULD HAVE THOSE APPROVED CONDITIONS OF THE EXCEPTIONS ON SITE WITH THEM. SO IF THERE ARE COMPLAINTS THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT COULD DEAL WITH APPROPRIATELY FOR EXAMPLE FIREWORKS FIREWORKS MOST LIKELY ARE GOING TO BE AFTER THE TIME AND THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO BE TOO LOUD OVER OUR NOISE ORDINANCE. SO THAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF AN EXCEPTION THAT STEVE AND THE TOWN MANAGER COULD APPROVE. THE OTHER THING IS THAT AGAIN BASED ON THIS DISCUSSION AND CONSISTENT MESSAGES WE HEARD WAS A DECREASE IN THE DECIBEL LEVEL DURING SPECIFIC TIMES.

SO AGAIN THAT RELATES TO THAT 9:00 CUTOFF OR NOT 9:00 EXCUSE ME 10 P.M. LIMITATION DO WE ADJUST THAT? SO AGAIN TONIGHT'S WORKSHOP IS BASED ON THE NOISE ORDINANCE.

HOWEVER SHOULD COUNCIL DECIDE TO THAT THAT'S PART OF THE FACILITIES TOWN FACILITIES ORDINANCE OR PART OF SPECIAL EVENTS OBVIOUSLY WE CAN ADJUST ACCORDINGLY BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD CONSIDER. ALSO THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT DURATION LIKE I SAID THAT'S SOMETHING WE DID LOG THERE IS IN THERE IS SOME DRAFT LANGUAGE IN THE ORDINANCE NOW WHERE THERE'S THE DURATION IS ADDRESSED.

AGAIN THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT'S IN THE NOISE ORDINANCE APPLIES TOWN WIDE OR SPECIFIC AND THEN AGAIN WE WOULD JUST ADJUST WHERE THAT LANGUAGE IS HOUSED.

THIS IS THE EXACT LANGUAGE AGAIN JUST FOR DISCUSSION BUT THE IDEA IS THAT SPECIAL EVENTS WOULD HAVE TO MEET THE ORDINANCE UNLESS EXCEPTIONS ARE GRANTED BY THE TOWN MANAGER AND AGAIN THAT'S A MAY. IT'S NOT AN AUTOMATIC OR SOMETHING THAT IS THEY'RE ENTITLED TO GO BEYOND THE OTHER THING JUST AGAIN FOR CLARITY PURPOSES IS TO DEFINE LAWFUL NOISE LIMITATION AND THIS IS WHERE BASED THE DISCUSSION THE DECIBEL LEVELS WERE ADDRESSED AS FAR AS 12 TO 9 AND THEN 9 TO 10 JUST FROM THE DAYS OF SUNDAY TO THURSDAY AND THEN FRIDAY AND

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SATURDAY. SO AGAIN THIS IS JUST A STARTING POINT FOR DISCUSSION SHOULD YOU WISH TO ADDRESS THE DECIBEL LEVELS? WE DID NOT IN THE ORDINANCE ADDRESS LEVELS OF BASE. WE HAVE INFORMATION THAT WE MEASURE IT AND WE KNOW WHAT TOOLS ARE OUT THERE AND AVAILABLE. HOWEVER I DON'T WE WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED INPUT AS FAR AS WHAT'S AN ACCEPTABLE BASE LEVEL SO I DO KNOW SO THAT MIGHT TAKE MORE ADDITIONAL WORK FIELD TRIPS. UM I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT COUNCIL'S DESIRES ON THAT BUT AGAIN THIS IS THAT 6 HOURS OF CONTINUOUS PLAY SO AGAIN YOU COULD ADDRESS THIS SEVERAL DIFFERENT WAYS WHETHER JUST A WINDOW OF A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME HOURS THAT THEY HAVE TO INDICATE ON THEIR SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT IF YOU WANT TO INCLUDE IT IN THAT PORTION OF THE ORDINANCE OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT ACROSS THE BOARD IN THE NOISE AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT IS IN THE PROPOSED LANGUAGE IN YOUR PACKET.

SO I'M HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS. I KNOW LINDSEY SEMEDO IS HERE TO. TALK ABOUT SPECIAL EVENTS IF YOU HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS OR CHIEF HAS A LOT OF ON VIOLATIONS MR. FRAZIER THANK YOU HAVE THAT WANTED TO GO BACK OVER SOME OF THE POINTS THAT YOU RAISED JUST FOR CLARIFICATION.

SO THE COMPLAINTS IN REGARDS TO NOISE THAT WAS RECEIVED THIS WAS FOUR YEAR WORTH OF EVENTS THAT THIS DATA WAS COLLECTED FOR? I BELIEVE SO.

AND OF THAT THAT YEAR OF DATA COLLECTION THERE WERE FOUR COMPLAINTS FOR EVENTS THAT OCCURRED BEFORE THAT 9:00 TIME PERIOD AND THERE WERE EIGHT THAT OCCURRED AFTER IN OUR PARKS. YES, I BELIEVE SO. AND OF THOSE COMPLAINTS THEY ALL SEEM TO HAVE BEEN COLLECTED FOR ONE EVENT IN SPECIFIC I WOULD HAVE TO DIG FURTHER.

I DON'T THIEVE SO BECAUSE I WAS JUST REPEATING WHAT YOU SAID THE OF THE COMPLAINTS THAT CAME AFTER THAT PERIOD WERE ALL COLLECTED FROM ONE PARTICULAR EVENT I DON'T KNOW IF CHIEF COULD EXPOUND A LITTLE MORE ON THAT TRYING TO SEE WHAT THE FOUR BEFORE NINE AND EIGHT AFTER WHICH WERE IN REGARDS TO SO MORE OF THAT AS FAR AS THAT CHART GOES I BELIEVE THAT WAS JUST STARTED ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO SO DOES NOT COVER THE ENTIRE YEAR COMES APPRAISER WHAT I WILL SAY IS FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR FROM NOW THE TOWN HAS HAD 280 NOISE COMPLAINTS THAT WE HAVE RESPONDED TO AND OF THOSE 280 NOISE COMPLAINTS 54% OR 152 OF THEM WERE WELL THAT NIGHT ABOUT 10% OF THOSE HAVE BEEN DONE AT THE OYSTER FACTORY.

SO OUT OF 10% OF THE 280 SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT ROUGHLY AROUND 28 FOR THE YEAR HAVE BEEN THAT OYSTER FACTORY. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YES.

I WANTED TO GET IN GET IN SPECIFICS ON THAT BECAUSE I KNOW THE LAST TIME THIS CAME UP IN JANUARY JUST TO BE ABLE TO GIVE CLARITY FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND THOSE WHO ARE HEARING AND WANT IT TO BE LUMPED IN THAT ALL OF OUR COMPLAINTS ARE COMING IN FROM PARKS THAT WE DO HAVE IN CONSIDERATION OF THAT DATA COMPLAINTS THAT COME FROM NEIGHBORHOODS AND PRIVATE COMMUNITIES TOO. BUT THIS PARTICULAR ORDINANCE IS GOING TO IMPACT OUR PARKS THAT WE GOVERN AND OPERATE ON. I AM IN FAVOR OF A LOT OF WHAT WAS MENTIONED IN TERMS OF THE AMENDMENT SOME OF THOSE JUST SOME OF THOSE ADJUSTMENTS SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT HOW SPECIAL EVENTS CAN GET INCLUDED IN THAT TOO. BUT I ALSO WANT TO TO CAUTION THAT WE ARE NOT MAKING DECISIONS THAT GOING TO IMPACT ALL OF THOSE WHO DO ABIDE BY AND UTILIZE THE PARKS IN THE WAY THAT THE WAY THAT EXPECT AND HAVE SET FOR THE OPPOSITION AND OF A SMALL HANDFUL OF ESPECIALLY IF THE DATA DOESN'T SUPPORT IT I THINK OUR DECISION SHOULD ALWAYS BE MADE ON IF IT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE SEE IS BECOMING OBSESSIVE AMOUNT OF COMPLAINTS. WE SHOULD ALWAYS BE GOING WITH WHAT'S GOING TO BE IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE COLLECTIVE AND NOT PUNISHING IN SOME SENSE THOSE WHO DO ABIDE BY OUR ORDINANCES AND BASED ON WHAT'S BEEN PROVIDED HERE IT SEEMS THAT THAT WE DO HAVE A MAJORITY OF THOSE ARE ABIDING BY THAT SPECIFICALLY IN REGARDS TO OUR PARKS AND THE COMMUNITY OKAY. SO YOU DID MENTION THERE WERE PARTS OF WHAT SHE PRESENTED.

DID YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH. YES. BY CHANGING IT TO WHERE SPECIAL

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EVENTS HAVE TO GO UNDER THIS UMBRELLA TO OR ARE THERE EXCEPTIONS WITH THAT? I THINK THE DECIBEL THAT WAS MENTIONED HERE BETWEEN THURSDAYS AND SUNDAYS I'M IN FAVOR OF AND THEN HAVING A TIME PERIOD I SAW THEM FROM FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS UM I THINK WOULD BE GOOD ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THAT ANY TIME THERE IS A COMPLAINT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS CONTACTED AND CHIEF FROM ANY OF THOSE INSTANCES HAS IT EVER OR NOT HAS IT EVER IS THERE AN THAT YOU CAN THINK OF OR KNOW WHERE YOU'VE EVER HAD AN AN EVENT ORGANIZE OR NOT COMPLY BY WHATEVER YOUR OFFICERS HAVE INDICATED EVAC THEM TO TO GO DOWN TO THE REQUIRED DECIBEL NO THEY'LL GO DOWN BUT WE HAVE SEEN INSTANCES WHERE THE NOISE WILL PICK BACK UP AFTER WE LEAVE AND THEN THERE'S BEEN SO COUPLE OF TIMES WHERE WE'VE HAD TO GO BACK.

WE HAVEN'T TAKEN ENFORCEMENT ACTION BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE ORDINANCE IS WRITTEN BUT WE HAVE GONE THERE AND TOLD THEM HEY IS THE SECOND TIME WE'VE COME OUT HERE PLEASE TURN IT DOWN AND GO BACK TO YOUR STANCE REAL QUICK. COUNCILWOMAN FRAZIER THEY ARE A LITTLE INACCURATE BECAUSE WHAT WE NOTICED WAS OUR DISPATCHER IS DOING IS AS CALLS ARE COMING IN WE MAY GET THREE OR FOUR COMPLAINTS ON ONE NOISE ISSUE AND THEY ONLY CATEGORIZE IT AS ONE CALL FOR COMPLAINT. THEY KIND OF COMBINE ALL THE CALLS AT ONCE.

SO JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE ONE NOISE COMPLAINT FOR A NIGHT IT COULD HAVE BEEN CALLED IN BY THREE OR FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT PEOPLE AT ONCE. SO FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE I JUST WANT YOU TO TAKE THAT IN MIND AS WELL THAT JUST BECAUSE IT'S BEEN ONLY SAYS EIGHT FOR SIX MONTHS IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THERE WEREN'T MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS ON THE SAME NOISE COMPLAINT. NO IT DOES. I GET THAT I'M LOOKING AT THIS FOR THE SAME EVENT SO I'M SURE IF IT'S YOU KNOW, ONE PERSON WAS CALLING FOR A PARTICULAR HE PROBABLY DIDN'T HAVE JUST ONE CALL THAT NIGHT FOR THAT. I MEAN IF I WAS LOOKING ON HOW MANY EVENTS AS THAT IMPACTED SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, A LOT OF IT ALSO FALLS BACK ON US IN TERMS OF THERE SHOULD BE ENFORCEMENT AND HOPEFULLY THE LANGUAGE THERE IS GOING TO HELP WITH THAT. I DON'T KNOW IT WAS MENTIONED HERE HAVE THERE I KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS WE SPOKE ABOUT THAT SHOULD ADDED IS THAT IF AN EVENT ORGANIZER DOES NOT ABIDE BY OUR POLICY IN TERMS OF ADHERING TO THOSE REQUIREMENTS THEN THEY WOULD HAVE THOSE PRIVILEGES REVOKED IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO CONTINUE TO EVENTS IN THE PARKS IF THEY HAVE TO BE CONTACTED IN MULTIPLE TIMES FOR THAT. THAT WAS NOT PART OF THIS DRAFT JUST BECAUSE THIS JUST FOCUSED ON NOISE BUT WE CERTAINLY INCLUDE THAT IN THE SPECIAL EVENT ORDINANCE AND AGAIN AFTER THE DISCUSSION AND STAFF HAS DIRECTION WILL MAKE SURE THAT LANGUAGE IS DRAFTED AND IN ALL SECTIONS YOU KNOW WHETHER IT BE SPECIAL EVENTS TOWN FACILITIES AND NOISE AND GET ALL OF THAT ORGANIZED AND BRING IT BACK YOU SO IT'S NOT IN THIS PACKET BUT I HEAR YOU AND WE CAN IF THAT'S A CONSENSUS INCLUDE THAT BUT I THINK MAKE SURE WE HAVE LANGUAGE THAT THEY CAN ENFORCE BECAUSE IF THE ISSUE WHERE THEY COME OUT BUT THEY CAN'T NECESSARILY ENFORCE SOMETHING GIVE SOME TYPE OF CITATION WE DON'T WANT IT WE DON'T WANT TO CREATE SOMETHING THAT PRETTY MUCH JUST BECOMES PLAIN BUREAUCRACY.

WE CAN'T ACTUALLY FOLLOW UP ON . OKAY, MR. HAMILTON AND TELL ME WHAT LANGUAGE WE'RE GOING TO IMPLEMENT HERE THAT THEY THAT THEY CAN ENFORCE AND WHY AND I'M NOT SURE WHY CAN'T ENFORCE WHAT WE HAVE WHAT CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO BE CHANGE? IT'S UNCERTAIN AND IT WOULD BE VERY CLOSE TO THIS BUT WE WOULD MAKE SURE IT WOULD BE VERY SIMILAR IF NOT EXACT TO THIS TO MAKE SURE LEGAL HAS ALREADY REVIEWED THIS REVIEW AND AGREEMENT BUT BASICALLY AND YOU CAN READ THIS OR I CAN READ IT OUT LOUD IF YOU'D LIKE BASICALLY WHAT THIS STATES AND THE INTENT WE MAKE SURE IT'S CLEAR THIS IS IF COUNCIL AGREES IS THAT SPECIAL THIS IS UNDER THE EXCEPTION SECTION SO IF YOU'VE OBTAINED A SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT SPECIAL CONDITIONS MAY BE ESTABLISHED IN THAT PERMIT AND THAT'S A MAY SO THAT'S IF WITH THAT SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT YOU INDICATE ON THAT SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT WHICH WE'RE WORKING THROUGH TO MAKE SURE ALL OF THIS IS IN THAT AGREEMENT IF YOU STATE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE OUTDOOR LIVE MUSIC WHICH IS SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO INDICATE AND YOU STATE IT'S GOING TO BE BEYOND 10:00 AT NIGHT THEN IT WOULD BE UP TO THE TOWN MANAGER SAY THAT'S REASONABLE YES OR NO. LIKE I SAID, THE EASIEST EXAMPLE I CAN GIVE IS FIREWORKS OUR CHRISTMAS PARADE, ARTS AND SEAFOOD IF THERE WAS A BACH IN

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THE PARK TYPE OF EVENT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE LOTS OF BARKING DOGS.

CHANCES ARE YOU MAY NOT MEET YOU'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO MEET THE NOISE ORDINANCE POSSIBLY SO THAT BE SOMETHING YOU COULD ASK FOR AN EXCEPTION FOR.

SO THAT'S THE INTENT OF A LOT OF THESE WORDS THAT LEGAL HELP DESK DRAFT AND AGAIN THAT I SAID I TO ALONG WITH THAT IN THE PACKET AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE GOT A SLOT FOR IT FOR SECTION 1288 HEATHER I DO NOT. OKAY SO IN 1288 THERE'S A SECTION B IN THE SECTION V TALKS THAT B TALKS ABOUT SPECIAL EVENT PERMITS AND IT SAYS THAT THEY ARE REQUIRED FOR ANY ACTION THAT TAKES PLACE ON A NON-RECURRING. AND SO IF YOU GET A SPECIAL PERMIT THAT YOU HAVE TO MEET THE SOUND LEVELS THAT WE'RE SETTING IN HERE.

THE ISSUE WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS IN THE SPECIAL EVENT ORDINANCE THERE'S SOME CONFLICTING LANGUAGE THAT MAKES IT SOUND LIKE IF YOU GET A SPECIAL EVENT THAT IT'S EXEMPT FROM THE CURRENT NOISE ORDINANCE. THIS WILL CLARIFY THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT SPECIAL EVENTS ARE NOT EXEMPT AND HAVE TO ACTUALLY MEET THE SAME STANDARDS. SO RIGHT NOW TO PLEASE GET A CALL IN SPECIAL EVENT THERE'S SOME CONFLICTING LANGUAGE ON THEY ACTUALLY HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE NOISE ORDINANCE OR NOT SO THAT'S ONE OF THE MAJOR THINGS THAT STAFF THAT WE WANT TO FIX BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN ENFORCE THAT PROPERLY BUT THAT WON'T BE FAIR WITH YOU. I KNOW THAT YES SIR BUT THEY DON'T KNOW THAT CORRECT? YES SIR. YOU'VE GOT TO SPELL IT OUT. EDUCATE AS WE GO ALONG.

YES, SIR. AND SECTION 1289 HAS THE PENALTIES IN IT SO THE PENALTY ARE STILL THERE. AND CHIEF, QUESTION FOR YOU SIR SORRY IF WE CHANGE THIS LANGUAGE IF YOU CHANGE THE REQUIREMENT IT GIVES YOU THE RIGHT TO YOU CAN SHUT THE DOWN OR I'LL WRITE A CITATION. IS THAT EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO ENFORCE OUR NOISE ORDINANCE THAT DOES WHEN DOES WHEN DOES NOT CONTRADICT AND THAT WAS IT ONLY ANSWERS BACK FROM ACTUALLY ENFORCING IT SO IT'S TRYING TO FIND SUITABLE IT'S WITHIN READINGS THEN WE'LL BE BACK IN FRONT TO BACK UP AND THAT'S THE POINT WE SAT DOWN WITH BOTH AND YOU THIS IS BIRD I AM IN FAVOR OF APPLYING AH NOISE ORDINANCE TO THESE SPECIAL EVENTS SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. THE COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT FURTHER IS THE DURATION I THINK CURRENTLY YOU HAVE IT AT 6 HOURS AND THEN THE END TIME AND THIS IS GOING TO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT IS TO THE ENTIRE TOWN NOT TO ANY PARK TONIGHT IT WAS A NOISE WORKSHOP AND WHAT WE'VE DRAFTED ALREADY IS JUST RELATED TO THE NOISE ORDINANCE BUT CERTAINLY AS IT RELATES THIS IS A WORKSHOP SO I ENCOURAGE ANY ANY DIRECTION OR INFORMATION THAT MAY TOUCH OTHER ORDINANCES BUT AS IT READS NOW IT ANY OUTDOOR LIVE WOULD BE CAPPED AT 6 HOURS AND WOULD HAVE TO STOP GO BACK. I MEAN ACCORDING TO THAT SLIDE EITHER AT 9:00 OR 10:00, CORRECT. DO WE HAVE WE RECEIVED ANY COMPLAINTS AT ANY THE PARKS BESIDES THE FACTORY? I KNOW WE HAVE RECEIVED ALL 280 NOISE COMPLAINTS PLUS PLUS PLUS . BUT WHAT ABOUT THE LIKE SPECIFICALLY TO THE PARKS PEOPLE SHARED ABOUT MY BIASES? I'M HAPPY I'M HAPPY TO TRY.

THAT'S OKAY. NO, NO. THE ONLY TOWN PARK THAT WE'VE RECEIVED COMPLAINTS ABOUT IS FROM NOISE STEMMING FROM THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE PARK.

I DON'T WANT TO SAY NO SOME OF THAT CAME FROM DOWNTOWN. I CAME THAT CAME FROM A PARK AND ANOTHER PARK OR NOT BECAUSE THAT'S ABOUT THE EXACT LOCATION THE WAY WE LOOK UP OUR STANCE IT JUST SAID DOWNTOWN OKAY SO THAT COULD BE EITHER ONE OF THE RESTAURANTS OR IT COULD BE ONE OF OUR EXCUSE BE RIGHT FAMILY COULD BE MARTIN THE BOYS AND MY MY QUESTION IS MY COMMENTS ARE I DON'T I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US AS A TOWN HAVE VENUES OR PARKS THAT PEOPLE CAN RENT HAVE SOME OF THESE FESTIVALS OR THESE ALL DAY EVENTS THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST.

I DON'T WANT TO STOP THEM COMPLETELY. I JUST WOULD LIKE THEM NOT TO BE IN A PARK THAT'S SURROUNDED BY RESIDENTIAL AREAS. SO FOR INSTANCE OUR NEW

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RIVERSIDE PARK BUCKWALTER AMPITHEATER AND SO I'M MY SUGGESTION IS GOING TO BE FOR US TO APPLY THIS NOISE ORDINANCE TO THE SPECIAL EVENTS AS TALKED ABOUT BUT TO SPECIFICALLY HAVE RULES FOR ABOUT WICHITA FACTORY WHERE THE DURATION IS LIMITED TO 4 HOURS AND THE END TIME IS AT 9:00 I DON'T WANT TO PENALIZE AGAIN OTHER WHEN IT JUST SEEMS LIKE ONE PARK IS CAUSING OUR ISSUES . OKAY.

YES MA'AM. HOWEVER GOING BACK TO THAT COUNCILMAN BARTON MENTIONED AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU GET CLARIFICATION IN TERMS OF THE APPLICATION OF THIS ORDINANCE TO BROADER AREAS THIS NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH WE STILL DON'T HAVE JURISDICTIONS OVER PRIVATE COMMUNITIES GOVERNED BY AGENCIES AND POISED WE ARE CORRECT THERE'S STILL THE LIST OF EXCEPTIONS AND AT THIS TIME STAFF PROPOSING ANY CHANGES TO THE TO THAT LIST OF EXCEPTIONS WANTED MAKE THAT MAKE THAT CLEAR SO MY TAKE AWAY IN JUST TO SUMMARIZE WERE COUNCIL CAN SAY KNOW IF THEY DISAGREE WHAT I'M SUMMERING I THINK YOU GOT WAS EVERYBODY THAT SUPPORTS THE SPECIAL PERMIT BLENDING IN WITH THE NOISE ORDINANCE OR VICE VERSA EVERYBODY SUPPORTED DECIBEL LEVEL IN THE NOISE ORDINANCE. THE ONE THING THAT I WANTED TO BRING UP IS THE 45 DECIBELS AFTER 9:00. I THINK THAT'S FOR ME IT'S FRUITLESS. I DON'T WANT TO OF COURSE IF IT'S AFTER IF WE LIMIT THE TIME TO 9:00 IT GOES AWAY DOES IT NOT? IT IT IT COULD CERTAINLY RIGHT NOW THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN IS BETWEEN 12 THIS ONE'S A LITTLE BIT SIMPLER TO CALL 12 AND NINE IT'S 50 DECIBELS AND THEN 9 TO 10 SUNDAY'S THROUGH THURSDAYS DROPS TO 45.

I MEAN THE REASON I MOVE THAT I BRING IT UP BECAUSE AGAIN AGAIN IF THE TIME IS NINE AND I DID SEEM TO HEAR THAT WE DROPPED IT AN HOUR THEN THAT MAY NOT NEED TO BE NECESSARY AND WRITTEN ANYWHERE BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT THE POLICE TO HAVE TO GO OUT 30 MINUTES LATER AFTER A TIME AND TRY TO POLICE SOMETHING THAT FOR ONE HOUR IT'S JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME.

I WAS GLAD TO HEAR MR. FRAZIER BRING UP THE ENFORCEMENT AND IT IS OUT THERE THE THE ONLY OTHER THING I HEARD MENTIONED WAS TO MAKE THIS ORDINANCE SPECIFIC TO ONE PARK NOT UNIVERSAL THROUGHOUT I THINK IS WHAT I HEARD MR. BURDEN SAY AND I DON'T HAVE A DID YOU SAY THAT OR NOT? I DID THAT. OKAY.

I I CONCUR MYSELF. I SEE BECAUSE EVERY PARK IS DIFFERENT AND I THINK WE ILLUSTRATE THAT JUST A SECOND AGO BASED ON THE NUMBERS OF COMPLAINTS EMANATING FROM ONE BUT NOT FROM ALL THE OTHERS AND ONLY OTHER THING I WOULD ENCOURAGE AT SOME POINT YOU KNOW THE BIGGEST THING THAT WE'VE ALWAYS HEARD THE BIGGEST OFFENSE FROM WAS BASE AND I THINK IN RECENT DISCUSSIONS WE KNOW THAT BASE IS ON A DIFFERENT FREQUENCY LIKE A C FREQUENCY VERSUS A FREQUENCY. SO I THINK AT SOME POINT WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND BASE JUST A LITTLE BIT BETTER. I KNOW THERE ARE PLACES IN THE COUNTRY THAT CONTROL THAT OUTCOME OF WHAT BASE PRODUCES. SO ANYWAY I JUST LIKE TO LOOK AT THAT AT SOME POINT ALL THAT BEING IN SUMMARY THIS COUNCIL WILL HAVE ANY OTHER INPUT IT GIVES ON THIS SUBJECT.

I'M NOT SURE YOU CORRECT ON THE BASE BEING AT A DIFFERENT DECIBEL DECIBEL IS DECIBEL IF IS IF IF YOU USE A METER IN AS A 50 DECIBEL BASE WOULD NOT CHANGE THAT RIGHT I CAN CHANGE THE MUSIC OF SOUND AS SOUND NO MATTER WHAT KIND OF SOUND IT IS.

SO OUR MEDIA IS GOING TO MEASURE SOUND. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT PROBABLY WOULD MAKE SENSE IF YOU'RE GOING TO CHANGE SOMETHING THAT COST EFFECTIVE PART MAYBE THEY JUST WON'T NEVER NEED TO BE CHANGED TO 45 INSTEAD OF 50 I DON'T KNOW 50 TO 60 DB IS IS CONVERSATION AND TALK AND IT'S A LITTLE LOW AND THE ONLY REASON I BROUGHT UP THE THING, MR. HAMILTON ABOUT THE THE BASE IS AGAIN EVERYBODY'S USING CHAT GPT NOW AND I WENT ONLINE AND LOOKED IT UP AND AND IT'S SPECIFICALLY SPELLED OUT AND I DID SEND IT TO STAFF THAT IT'S ON A DIFFERENT C FREQUENCY WHICH PERMEATES THE LOWER RANGE SO

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MOST PEOPLE IT DOESN'T GET PICKED UP ON A METER UNLESS THE METER IS GAUGE TO PICK IT UP AND SO THAT'S THE ONLY REASON I BROUGHT THAT UP. BUT AGAIN WE CAN GO WITH WHAT WE HAVE AND ADDRESS THAT DOWN THE ROAD IF IT IS A PROBLEM IT NOT BE.

I DO ALSO WANT TO CLARIFY IT'S NOT ON THE SCREEN BUT FOR EVERYONE EVEN THE PUBLIC LISTENING IS THAT THE DECIBELS ARE MEASURED 250 FEET. OKAY SO SO SO TO FOLLOW UP WITH THE COMMENT ON THE BASE BUT JUST THE SUMMARIZATION JUST SO WE GO BACK AND WE MAKE SURE WE BRING WHAT COUNCIL WANTS FOR THAT FIRST READING IS THE CONSENSUS THAT WE MAKE THIS SPECIFIC TO JUST THE ONE PARK I WAS TOLD THAT I WOULD SUPPORT THAT BECAUSE I WAS SAYING BECAUSE JUST THAT GOES BACK I THINK WHEN WE ORIGINALLY BROUGHT THIS THAT WAS THE PROPOSAL SO WE CAN GO BACK TO THAT SIMILAR LANGUAGE AND WE'LL LOOK AT THE COMMENTS THAT CAME FROM TONIGHT AND TO MAKE SURE WE MELD EVERYTHING TOGETHER WITH THE SPECIAL EVENTS.

BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE . SO THAT WHEN WE PUT THE LANGUAGE TOGETHER BRING BACK FOR FIRST READING WE WERE REPRESENTING THE MAJORITY COUNCIL'S DECISION AND COULD I ALSO ASK FOR CLARIFICATION THE HOURS 12 TILL 9 P.M. IS THAT FOR TWO SUNDAYS THROUGH THURSDAYS OR ALL I'M IN FAVOR OF THIS 12 THROUGH NINE SUNDAY TO THURSDAYS I THINK FRIDAYS SATURDAYS THAT TEN TIME PERIOD IS I'M I'M GOOD WITH NINE UNIVERSAL I AM TWO AGAIN SPECIFIC TO THE OYSTER FACTORY I'M NOT SURE I'M READY TO SAY NINE HERE'S A REASON WHY IF YOU HAVE AN EVENT AS WANT TO BE 4 HOURS TIME THAT IT THAT THEY HAVE TO START BREAKING DOWN AT 8:00 WHAT CAN WE DO TO AMPLIFY MUSIC TILL NINE AND THEN THE EVENT TECHNICALLY DOESN'T HAVE TO UNTIL TEN. SURE ELICIT THIS OF COURSE SORRY WE COULD DO THAT. THIS IS RELATED TO THE NOISE IN THAT THE NOISE ORDINANCE SO THIS EVENT COULD STILL CONTINUE WE SHOULD PLAYING MUSIC IT'S OVER AND THE COUNCILMAN HAMILTON POINT LIKE WE DO A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS HERE ABOUT CHANGING THE WAY OF LIFE AND THINGS THAT PEOPLE ARE USED AND YOU KNOW I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO A PLACE WHERE WE'RE BECOMING WE'RE RESTRICTING SO MUCH IN TERMS IMPACTING OR IMPLEMENTING THESE ORDINANCES BUT ALSO NOW CHANGING HOW PEOPLE DO ENGAGE IN OUR PARKS. WE ARE SPENDING TAX DOLLARS AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO COME AND HOST AND HOST EVENTS.

AND I THINK AGAIN IF WE HAVE FOLKS WHO ARE ABIDING BY OUR ORDINANCES I DON'T SEE THE POINT IN REDUCING THAT HOUR ESPECIALLY IF THOSE ARE HAPPENING IN A FOUR HOUR TIME PERIOD WE'RE RESTRICTING EVEN MORE SO BY TAKING THAT AWAY IF ANYONE HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THAT DECIBEL LEVEL 250 FEET FROM WHERE THAT POINT OF MUSIC IS OCCURRING.

IT'S A EVEN LESS THAN A CONVERSATION AT THAT POINT IF SOMEONE THE MUSIC IS EXCEEDING THAT, THAT IS SOMEONE WHO IS CLEARLY IN VIOLATION OUTSIDE OF OUR DECIBEL LEVELS AND SOMEONE AS STATED IT SHOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE THOSE EVENTS THERE.

BUT I THINK RESTRICTING IT TO NINE ON THE WEEKENDS ISN'T IT'S NOT FAIR PRACTICAL TO THOSE WHO ARE DOING EVENTS IN ADHERING TO WHAT WE WANT THEM TO DO. ONE MORE THING, CHIEF.

I THINK WE MAY HAVE TO WE MAY HAVE TO USE SOME BIG SOME BIG BROTHER STUFF IS ON THIS ONE.

IF SOMEONE IS IF YOU CALLED OUT AND YOU AND YOU DID YOU HAD YOUR IMMEDIATE SAY OVER THE ALLOWED DECIBEL YOU KNOW PERMIT TO SIMPLY TELL THAT YOU HAVE TO KEEP YOUR MUSIC OR YOUR NOISE AT A CERTAIN DECIBEL ESPECIALLY THOSE THE PART THEY ARE NOT GOING TO ABIDE OR TO THOSE RULES YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO SAY THIS PARTY IS OVER IT'S A WE DO YOU MAY HAVE TO USE THAT YES I THINK WE HELPED YOU AS MUCH AS WE COULD I THINK I HAVE WHAT WE NEED SOUNDS LIKE JUST

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TO RECAP TO MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR IS TO TO FIX THE DISCREPANCY ABOUT SPECIAL EVENTS IN THE NOISE ORDINANCE THAT SPECIAL EVENTS ARE NOT EXEMPT THERE YOU RECEIVE EXCEPTIONS AND THEN MAKE CHANGES TO EITHER THE FACILITY RENTALS OR THE SPECIAL EVENTS.

HOWEVER GET THAT WHERE THE TIMES WHICH IS STILL UP FOR CONVERSATION AND WE CAN CONTINUE TO MONITOR AND SEE WHAT THOSE TIMES ARE THAT EVENTS OCCUR FOR OYSTER FACTORY PARK AND THEN MAKE THE VIOLATIONS VERY CLEAR AS FAR AS WHAT THE ENFORCEMENT ENFORCEMENT IS. ALSO LOOK AT BASS AT A FUTURE THE BAR MAYBE IF SOMEBODY VIOLATES THAT THEY CAN'T GET ANOTHER. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. NEXT MONTH'S NEXT ON THE FORMAL

[X.1. Ordinance Amending Section 21 – Emergency Management to Define a Local Civil Emergency, its Declaration and Termination, Authority and Powers, and Additional Amendments to the Town’s Emergency Management Policies and Procedures – Second & Final Reading – Stephen Steese, Town Manager]

AGENDA ITEM THAT CHRISTIE'S IS GOING TO TALK TO US ABOUT THE ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 21, THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TO DEFINE A LOCAL CIVIL EMERGENCY AND THIS WILL BE OUR SECOND AND FINAL READING. THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL I'M GOING TO PULL A KEVIN HERE AND SAY THAT NOTHING HAS CHANGED SINCE FIRST READING IF YOU ARE GOOD WITH THAT I A MOTION FOR YOU TO APPROVE A SECOND FINAL READING IF NOT I WILL HAVE A PRESENTATION BEHIND THAT I CAN RE REVISIT FROM LAST MONTH YEAH WHAT IS COUNCIL'S WISH THAT KEVIN DO IT BUT YOU READY TO GO STRAIGHT TO VOTE OR YOU WANT THE PRESENTATION I DON'T WANT TO GO TO THE VOTE.

ALL RIGHT SO WE WE NEED A MOTION IS PRESENTED ON SCREEN WE NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 21 I MOVED TO IMPROVE YOUR MOTION AND INDICATED ON SCREEN OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL RIGHT. YES I WITH ME AS WELL AND BOY THAT WAS GOOD.

MR. STEVE'S GOING TO HAVE KEVIN WITH EVERYBODY ELSE. ALL RIGHT, SO NEXT WE HAVE

[X.2. Resolution to Approve Multi Party Agreement Between Buckwalter Association Inc., Beaufort County, and Town of Bluffton to Construct the Connection Road Between Buckwalter Place and Washington Square – Heather Colin, Assistant Town Manager]

RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE MULTIPARTY AGREEMENT BETWEEN BUCKWALTER ASSOCIATION AND INC AND COUNTY AND TOWN OF BLUFFTON TO CONSTRUCT THE CONNECTOR ROAD MR. COLLIN SO THANK YOU. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HERE TO PRESENT IS A RESOLUTION TO TO APPROVE THAT THROUGH THROUGH EXCUSE ME THREE PARTY AGREEMENT SO WHAT THIS REQUEST IS AND WHAT THE RESOLUTION WILL DO IS FORMALIZE SHARED RESPONSIBILITIES BETWEEN THE TOWN VIEW FOR COUNTY AS WELL AS BUCKWALTER ASSOCIATION INC AND I'LL REFER THOSE BACK AND FORTH AS SEE TO SOUTHEASTERN DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATES WHO IS ALSO BUCKWALTER ASSOCIATION INC AND THAT'S CONSTRUCT WHAT WE CALL THE BUCKWALTER PLACE CONNECTOR ROAD TO SQUARE DEVELOPMENT AND THEN THE TOWN TO ACCEPT THE DONATION OF THE OF WAY AND I'LL GET TO SHOW YOU SOME MAPS WHERE I'M TALKING ABOUT. SO BACK IN 2007 THE INITIAL MASTER PLAN BUCKWALTER PLACE WAS APPROVED AND THEN IT'S BEEN SINCE AMENDED 2019 AND WHAT THAT DID IS IT IDENTIFIED A CONNECTOR ROAD SO BASICALLY A PARALLEL ROAD TO BUCKWALTER PARKWAY FROM THAT DEVELOPMENT TO WASHINGTON SQUARE SEE TO OWNED THAT PROPERTY LIKE I SAID USE THAT LITTLE INTERCHANGEABLY SO WHERE THAT ROAD EXISTS AND THE EXISTING ROADS NEEDED TO COMPLETE THAT CONNECTION WASHINGTON SQUARE WHEN THAT WAS BUILT THEY CONSTRUCTED THE ROAD TO THE PROPERTY LINE NEEDED THAT FOR THEIR INTERNAL NETWORK SO WE SAID JUST IT TO THE PROPERTY LINE AND EVENTUALLY THAT ROAD WILL CONNECT THAT IS CURRENTLY ON BUILT IT HAS BEEN PLANNED BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR TODAY. WHAT THAT WILL DO IS THAT IS ACTUALLY ON THE BEAUFORT COUNTY ACCESS MANAGEMENT PLAN AND THAT WILL PROVIDE A CROSS ACCESS CORRIDOR WHICH WILL REDUCE TRAFFIC WHICH WE'VE HEARD THROUGH SURVEYS AND WE KNOW THAT'S AN ISSUE WITH DEVELOPMENT IN THE TOWN AND WE'LL PROVIDE ANOTHER ALTERNATE ROUTE. THIS SHOWS THAT ACCESS MANAGEMENT PLAN THAT YES THE THAT AREA IS THERE YOU SEE THAT UNBILLED KIND OF DIRT AREA TO THE LEFT OF THE SCREEN THAT'S WASHINGTON SQUARE AND YOU CAN SEE THAT YELLOW THAT'S BUCKWALTER PLACE AND THAT CONNECTION RIGHT OVER HERE AND WE'RE ABOUT TO MOUNT SO IN THIS ATTACHED TO THE ATTACHED AGREEMENT AGAIN IT OUTLINES WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT SO BECAUSE IT WOULD BE A PUBLIC WE WANT THIS TO BE A PUBLIC ROAD THE TOWN WOULD BE INVOLVED WE WANT TO WE WOULD ACCEPT THAT RIGHT OF WAY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S IN AN UNGUARDED AN UNOBSTRUCTED ACCESS THAT THAT

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IS TRULY A PUBLIC ROAD TO HELP ALLEVIATE THE TRAFFIC ISSUES SITO WILL CONSTRUCT THE ROAD THE AGREEMENT THAT CEDAR WILL THEY ARE IN THE CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS THEY HAVE THE PLANS THEY HAVE THE PERMITS IN HAND SO THEY WOULD CONSTRUCT THAT ROAD AND THEN BE REIMBURSED BY THE TOWN AND COUNTY EVERYONE WOULD PARTICIPATE WITH A THIRD OF THE COSTS AND THOSE NUMBERS ARE ESTIMATED AT A LITTLE BIT OVER $654,000 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION SO THE AMOUNT WOULD NOT EXCEED THAT 261 FOR THE TOWN'S SHARE THIS IS JUST A MORE VISUAL DRAWING SHOWING WHERE THAT ROAD CONNECTION IS. YOU SEE OBVIOUSLY THE BUCKWALTER PLACE COMMERCE PARK AND THEN THAT CONNECTION JUST A LITTLE BIT CLOSER THERE OFF OF INNOVATION DRIVE AND THAT'S REALLY IF YOU'RE VISUALIZING DRIVING THROUGH THERE NEAR THE GAS STATION FROM THE KROGER GAS STATION THAT WOULD TAKE YOU DIRECTLY INTO WASHINGTON. IT SHOWS THAT CONNECTION TO WASHINGTON SQUARE AND AS I STATED THEY DID BUILD THE ROAD TO THE PROPERTY LINE SO WE WOULD NOT HAVE TO DO ANY IMPROVEMENTS. NO IMPROVEMENTS WOULD BE NECESSARY ON THAT PART. SO PART OF THE PROPERTY AGAIN JUST ANOTHER VISUAL TO SHOW THAT CONNECTION AND WHERE THAT WOULD OCCUR. AND SO TONIGHT WHAT WE'RE ASKING IS THAT YOU ENTER THIS AND APPROVE THE AGREEMENT FOR SERVICES IN, THE DONATION OF THAT REAL PROPERTY SO THAT YOU CAN BECOME A PUBLIC ROAD FOR THE TOWN MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS INCLUDING THAT RIGHT OF WAY DEED.

AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM OR IS A MOTION ON THE SCREEN SURFACE BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AND YOU GO BACK TO THE ROUTE TO THE THREE WAY COURSE CEDAR IS IS THAT ONE OF THE PARTNERS RIGHT? CORRECT AND THEY GIVE A BID THAT WE GET IN THE OTHER BIDS. NO THEY SUBMITTED THE BID AND WE ARE NEGOTIATE SOME ADDITIONAL TERMS OF THAT. THERE ARE SOME ITEM ITEMS IN THERE THAT THE TOWN ATTORNEYS ARE STILL WITH THEIR ATTORNEYS TO GET THOSE LOWER BUT WE DO NOT SINCE THEY'RE CONSTRUCTING THE ROAD THEY ALREADY HAD THE PERMITS IN PLACE AND ALL THAT INFORMATION ARE TO I MEAN STEVEN IF YOU COMPARE THESE NUMBERS TO OTHER WORDS, IF YOU DONE THIS IN LINE OR NOT WILL VERIFY THAT I SAY IT'S IN LINE TO WHAT WE'RE GETTING PRICING ON FOR THE OTHER CONNECTION WE'RE LOOKING TO OVER A NEW RIVERSIDE IT'S IN LINE WITH THOSE PRICING BUT I'LL COMPARE IT TO PROJECTS THAT WE'RE RIGHT AS WELL TO VERIFY TO MAKE SURE IT MEETS THE RESULTS.

SO IF YOU IF YOU APPROVE THIS AND THEY WHAT WE APPROVE YOU'RE APPROVING THIS PRICE OF YOU APPROVING THE VERIFICATION YOU'RE APPROVING ME TO BE ABLE TO EXECUTE ALL THE DOCUMENTS TO MAKE THAT AND PART OF THAT IS COMMITTING US TO THE COST IT'S NOT TO EXCEED IT WOULD BE A NOT TO EXCEED NUMBER AGAIN AND NOT TO EXCEED THAT NOT TO EXCEED HUNDRED AND $61,939 AND 89 SET.

SO OUR QUESTIONS WHEN HE CHECKS THE NUMBERS HE CAN SEND IN ALL OF COUNSEL EVERYBODY PUT THEIR EYES ON IT RIGHT. FRAZIER AND I HAVE NOTHING SO WE'LL GO INTO I NEED A MOTION IN A SECOND ON THE TO APPROVE THE MULTIPARTY AGREEMENT BETWEEN BURKHALTER ASSOCIATION COUNTY AND THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE TOWN MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS INCLUDING THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE RIGHT OF WAY DEED FOR MEETING ALL REQUIRED PARTS AND TO MAKE ANY AMENDMENTS THAT DO NOT CHANGE THE PROJECT SCOPE OR OVERALL COST OUTLINED IN THE ATTACHMENTS AND EXHIBITS THAT WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR I MOTION CARRY. THANK YOU. WELL, YOU'RE WORKING A LOT

[X.3. Proposed Amendments to the Town of Bluffton Code of Ordinances to include Regulations Addressing Abandoned and Derelict Boats in the Town’s Waterways – First Reading – Heather Colin, Assistant Town Manager]

TONIGHT. YOU ALL RIGHT? SO THE NEXT ONE IS THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON CODE OF ORDINANCES TO INCLUDE REGULATIONS ADDRESSING DERELICT BOATS IN THE TOWN WATERWAYS. AND ON THE TOPIC OF ME JUST

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CALLING ALL RIGHT SO ME AGAIN SO THIS IS FIRST READING OF AMENDMENTS TO THE CODE ADDRESSING ABANDONED DERELICT AND ACTUALLY SUNKEN VESSELS ON THE TOWN'S WATERWAYS SO I WAS BEFORE YOU NOT QUITE A YEAR AGO INTRODUCING THIS STATE LAW TO YOU AND A PARTNERSHIP WITH SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCE IS TO ASSIST THEM IN THE PUBLIC NOTIFICATION AND THE PROCESS TO IDENTIFY AND REMOVE THESE BOATS.

WHAT THE STATE HAS SINCE DONE THE GOVERNOR APPROVED IN MAY WAS CHANGES THE ORDINANCE AND WHAT HE STATED IN THAT ORDINANCE WAS THAT IF LOCAL JURISDICTIONS WANTED TO PARTNER AND ASSIST THIS THEY HAD TO ADOPT THE EXACT SAME LANGUAGE THAT THE STATE HAD.

SO THERE'S REALLY NO ROOM FOR AMENDMENTS TO THE ACTUAL LAW ITSELF JUST WHETHER OR NOT YOU'D LIKE TO THE TOWN TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT AND AGAIN INCLUDE THAT IN OUR LOCAL ORDINANCE THIS I DO NOT HAVE UPDATED COORDINATES BUT THIS IS JUST AN IDEA OF THAT YES THERE ARE ABANDONED BOATS IN THE TOWN'S WATERWAYS. THIS WAS WHAT I PRESENTED TO YOU LAST YEAR SO THIS MAY HAVE CHANGED BUT THERE COULD BE BECAUSE WE DO HAVE JURISDICTIONAL WATERS AND BOATS THAT COULD BE IN THIS IN OUR JURISDICTION.

WHAT THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS DO IS OUTLINE HOW THE SEIZURE AND DISPOSAL OF ABANDONED BOATS POLICY AND PROCEDURES, THE VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES AND HOW YOU ENFORCE THAT.

SO WHAT I KNOW THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD HAS DONE BEAUFORT COUNTY IS BRINGING IT FORWARD. THEIR COMMITTEE NEXT WEEK I BELIEVE IS TO JUST TO PARTNER AND TO WORK TOGETHER IN ORDER TO GET THAT DONE SHOULD YOU APPROVE THIS ON FIRST READING OUR NEXT ARE WE'RE TRYING TO COORDINATE A MEETING WITH BEAUFORT COUNTY THE OF NATURAL RESOURCES TO REALLY DOCUMENT WHAT THAT PROCESS LOOKS LIKE EXACTLY WOULD THE TOWN DO WHAT WE ENVISION IS THAT THE TOWN WOULD NOT BE IN THE BUSINESS OF THE REMOVAL OF THE BOAT.

HOWEVER WOULD BE IN THE ASSISTANCE WITH THE IDENTIFICATION THE LEGAL PROCESS AND SHOULD AN EMERGENCY ARISE WE COULD AGAIN ASSIST WITH THAT AND IF YOU DO MOVE FORWARD SECOND AND FINAL READING WOULD BE ANTICIPATED FOR OCTOBER IN ROUGHLY WITH COUNTY'S SCHEDULE. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.

ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ONCE WE APPROVE THIS IS THERE GOING TO BE ANOTHER HOW ARE YOU GOING TO KNOW THE CAUSE TO LOOK FOR THESE ABANDONED BOATS AND WHERE WE WOULD TAKE THEM AND WHEN WHEN DO WE TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS TO A BUDGET? IT SHOULD NOT AFFECT OUR BUDGET HOWEVER THE SPECIFIC WHAT WE WOULD OUTLINE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO COORDINATE RIGHT NOW WITH WITH THE DNR AND COUNTY IS WHAT WHAT IS THE PROCESS ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE AND AGAIN ALL THAT'S OUTLINED IN THE STATE LAW AS FAR AS THAT GOES AND THERE'S AGAIN WE SHOULDN'T BE BUT THE GOAL WITH THE WAY THAT THE STATE LAW WAS ADOPTED IS WE CAN ADOPT LOCALLY TO GIVE NOTICE AND TAG THEM AND START THE PROCESS SO THE DNR CAN THEN COME IN AND REMOVE AND DISPOSE OF THEM. YOU KNOW WE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS LAW CORRECT THEM AND THE COUNTY WORKING TOGETHER AND THE WERE ONE OF THE REASONS WE WANTED TO ADOPT WHEN THE COUNTY DID IS BECAUSE SEVERAL OF THE BOATS THAT ARE IN THE MAE RIVER ARE WITHIN 100 FEET OR SO OR LESS OF BEING OUT OF JURISDICTION. SO LITERALLY IF WE ADOPTED IN THE COUNTY DID SOME OF THOSE BOATS COULD JUST MOVE IT TO THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE RIVER AND NOT ME AND NOT HAVE AN ISSUE ANYMORE. SO GOAL IS US AND THE COUNTY ADOPTED THE SAME THING WORKING WITH DNR SO WE WOULD START THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS AND THEN DNR AND THE COUNTY WOULD WORK TO REMOVE THEM AND THERE'S ALSO BEEN A NONPROFIT ON HILTON HEAD THAT HAS BEEN ACTIVELY MOVING BOATS REMOVING DERELICT SOME HELP FROM THE COUNTY.

I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THAT'S POSSIBLE OUT HERE BUT IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT HILTON HEAD LEFT THE COUNTY HAVE ALL BEEN TALKING TOGETHER ABOUT. YEAH AND ACTIVELY TRYING TO SCHEDULE THAT MEETING AND INCLUDE HILTON HEAD AS WELL WE JUST HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET ALL THE SCHEDULES TO THINK JUST YET AND I WILL SAY OUR LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION IS VERY ACTIVE IN THIS AND IS PUSHING DNR TO GET DOWN HERE AND REMOVE THE THAT ARE IN OUR WATERWAYS

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THIS BIRD YOU HAVEN'T EITHER WELL I WAS LOOKING AT THE DEFINITIONS OF AN ABANDONED VERSUS A DERELICT AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE FULLY UNDERSTAND THIS SO ABANDONED DOES NOT HAVE ANY KIND OF REGISTRATION NUMBERS ON IT CORRECT.

AND THEY THEY WOULD GET A NOTICE ON THE BOAT IS THAT CORRECT THAT IT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS AN ABANDONED YES . YES.

THERE'S THE PROCESS TO KIND OF PUT A PLACARD ON THE BOAT SO TO SPEAK AND ATTEMPT TO FIND WHO THE OWNER IS. BUT CORRECT. AND THEN A DERELICT IS THAT IT HAS A REGISTRATION. IT HAS A REGISTRATION AND I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME BUT THERE'S AND I BELIEVE A HORN OR A SOUND DEVICE THREE THINGS THAT IF IT DOESN'T HAVE THINGS THEN IT'S CONSIDERED A DERELICT BOAT AND JUST TO GO ALONG WITH THAT THE DEFINITION IS STATE LAW THAT WAS ADOPTED WAS VERY SPECIFIC THAT WE HAVE TO ADOPT IT EXACTLY AS THEY WROTE THOSE DEFINITIONS ARE NOT OURS THEY'RE WHAT THE STATE ADOPT LEGISLATORS ADOPTED AND SAID WE TO ADOPT THAT LANGUAGE I'M SORRY IF WE CHANGED THE DEFINITION THEN WE CAN'T ENFORCE PER THE STATE LAW I HAVE NO I THINK MR. HAMILTON ASKED A GREAT QUESTION AND IF POSSIBLE I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT TO CONCRETE IDENTIFY WHETHER WE OR SOMEONE ELSE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REMOVAL AND DISPOSAL OF THE BOAT BECAUSE YOU REMEMBER PORT ROYAL WENT THROUGH THIS OVER THERE WHERE THEY HAD TO TAKE OVER AND JUST EXORBITANT AMOUNT OF MONEY.

SO I THINK IT'S A WORTHY QUESTION TO CLARIFY BECAUSE NOTHING IN THIS STATUTE REALLY INDICATED THAT FROM THE STATE LEVEL TO MY KNOWLEDGE. RIGHT.

AND THAT'S WHY I SAID IT MAY WE'LL DEFINITELY GET THOSE ANSWERS AND SEE WHAT HELP THAT ISLAND HAS DONE OR BE COUNTY AGAIN IT'S NOT OUR INTENTION TO SPEND ANY MONEY AND TO ACTUALLY LIKE MR. CITY STATED IT'S NOT OUR OUR INTENTION IS TO HELP WITH THE LEGAL NOTIFICATION THE IDENTIFYING NATION AND THEN DNR TO ACTUALLY REMOVE THE BOATS WOULD COUNTY SO HOWEVER YOU NEVER KNOW IF THERE'S AN EMERGENCY SITUATION THE COUNTY OR DNR MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO GET THERE AND WELL I'LL GET ALL THAT INFORMATION AND I WOULD THINK THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING COUNCIL WOULD HAVE TO INCLUDE BECAUSE THAT'S NOT A BUDGETED ITEM THAT WE HAVE IN OUR YOU KNOW APPROVED BUDGET AT THIS POINT. SO I CERTAINLY GET THAT INFORMATION BUT IT'S IT'S NOT OUR AND THAT'S NOT STAFF INTENT IN TALKING WITH LEGAL COUNSEL THAT WE WOULD BE IN THE BUSINESS OF THE ACTUAL REMOVAL OF THE BOATS.

OKAY. IF YOU FOLLOW UP FIRST. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU LOOKING FOR A MOTION FOR ITEM THREE? I PROPOSE AMENDMENTS TO THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON CODE OF ORDINANCES REGARDING THE ABANDONED DERELICT BOATS.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE? AND SECOND I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED ON THE SCREEN I THINK IN THE MOTION MOTION AND A SECOND IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION HEARING NONE ALL IN FAVOR SAY ARE ALL RIGHT ALL RIGHT UNANIMOUS THANK YOU THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THEM THE BOTH DO I ONE ON AN ABANDONED BOAT ABSOLUTELY MY KIDS WOULD LOVE

[X.4. Consideration of an Ordinance Approving a Real Property Exchange Agreement between the Town of Bluffton and the Beaufort County School District for Certain Real Property Owned by the Town of Bluffton within Buckwalter Planned Unit Development Identified as R610-022- 000-1094-0000; and Authorizing Execution and Recording of Certain Documents Therewith – First Reading – Kevin Icard, Director of Growth Management]

THAT MAKE ANOTHER WE PUT ANOTHER ONE AND PUT THEM IN THE PARK.

THAT'S RIGHT. ITEM FOUR YES, SIR. MR. IGER.

YES. GREAT. YOU WE ARE HERE THIS EVENING FOR CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE THE REAL PROPERTY EXCHANGE AGREEMENT BETWEEN TOWN OF BLUFFTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR CERTAIN PROPERTIES IN BUCKWALTER BEAUTY AS LISTED ON THE SCREEN AND THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTION OF THOSE DOCUMENTS SO WE'RE HERE FOR THAT INFORMATION IS REFERRED TO AS THE WILLOW RUN TRACK WE'VE BEEN TALKING I'VE BEEN IN FRONT OF YOU A COUPLE OF TIMES ALREADY ABOUT THIS PROJECT. SO ONE OF THE PROCESSES THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU IS FOR THE EASEMENT AND THE EXCHANGE OF LAND AND THEN THE THE PURCHASE OR THE PURCHASE OF THE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS SO GOT THIS SCREEN ON HERE PLEASE PAY ATTENTION OR APPROVAL THIS EVENING THE APPROVAL IS PREDICATED ON BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT ACQUIRING PROPERTIES SO PLEASE NOTE THAT WHEN YOU MAKE THIS APPROVAL THIS DOCUMENTATION WHAT THAT DOES IS WE'RE TEEING UP ALL OF THE ALL OF THE PROCESSES WE HAVE.

SO THAT WAY WHEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HOPEFULLY PURCHASES PROPERTY WE THEN HAVE ALL THE DOCUMENT TATION READY TO GO FOR THE TOWN MANAGER TO SIGN OFF ON THE PAPERWORK SO WE CAN DO ALL THE TRANSITIONS SO WE'RE NOT WAITING AN ADDITIONAL TWO MONTHS AFTER THE FACT TO GET THIS TAKEN CARE OF . SO SO WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR APPROVAL IT'S IT IS TO AUTHORIZE HIM TO TO MOVE FORWARD WITH WITH THESE APPROVALS PREDICATED ON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT PURCHASING THE PROPERTY. SO AS WE STATED THIS IS THE

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WILLOW RUN TRACT THAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU HIGHLIGHTED ALL IN ORANGE AND THE PROPERTY THAT THE TOWN OWNS IS IN THE RED THIS THE TOWN OWNS THE 19.75 ACRES THAT WAS DONATED TO THE TOWN THROUGH THE NINTH AGREEMENT. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS DETERMINED THAT THIS PROPERTY IS APPROPRIATE LOCATION FOR ANY OF THEIR POSSIBLE NEEDS IN THE FUTURE. IT'S ONE OF THE LAST KNOWN LARGE TRACTS OF LAND WHICH IS WHY THEY ARE TRYING TO ACTIVELY MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PURCHASE OF THIS PROPERTY MAY CONTAIN SPORTS COMPLEX SCHOOLS, LOWER COMPLEX MIDDLE SCHOOLS, ATHLETIC FIELDS, ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES THEY'RE NOT 100% SURE WHAT THEY WILL DO WITH IT BUT IT'S BETTER TO HAVE THE LAND READILY AVAILABLE SO THAT WAY THEY CAN PLAN FOR IT IN THE FUTURE.

AGAIN, HERE'S AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPERTY. AS YOU CAN SEE WE OWNED THE PROPERTY IN THE REAR SO TONIGHT WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT ITEMS THAT ARE THAT ARE MOVING FORWARD. SO THE EASEMENT AGREEMENT AND THAT IS THERE'S AN EASEMENT THROUGH THE PROPERTY AND I HAVE A MAP HERE IN A SECOND TO SHOW YOU THIS IS A EASEMENT AGREEMENT IS A PIECE OF PROPERTY OR EXCUSE ME IT'S A STRIP THAT ALLOWS ACCESS FROM 278 THROUGH THE PROPERTY TO THE TOWN OWNED PROPERTY AND THEN ONCE WE GO AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OWNS IT AND WE GO TO EXCHANGE LANDS WHICH IS THE LAND SWAP THAT EASEMENT NO LONGER NEEDED. SO WE DON'T NEED TO HAVE AN EASEMENT TO A PIECE OF PROPERTY AT THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY WHEN WE ARE GOING TO IN ESSENCE SWAP LAND WITH THEM AT THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY AND THEN ALSO THE PURCHASE AND SALES AGREEMENT IS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS SO. YOU KNOW AS WE JUST DESCRIBED PREVIOUSLY THAT THE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS FOR THE 260 RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS ARE TO USE 162 ACRES OF COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE TO 150 UNIT HOTELS. SO WE'LL BE PURCHASING THOSE SO THAT'S PART OF THIS AGREEMENT.

THIS VISUAL HELPS TO REPRESENT THE THE ORANGE LINE REPRESENTS THE TOWN'S EASEMENT AGREEMENT AND THEN THE RED LINE REPRESENTS THAT THERE'S AN EASEMENT WITH INDIAN HILL AND THE BOYLES PROPERTY WHICH IS THE PROPERTY ADJACENT WHICH IS AN UNINCORPORATED COUNTY.

SO ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT THAT THE SELLER OF THE PROPERTY OR INDIAN HILLS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR WORKING WITH THE BOYLES IS THEY HAVE AN EASEMENT AGREEMENT THROUGH PROPERTY TO HAVE ACCESS TO 278 SO THEY ARE WORKING THROUGH EITHER THE EXTINGUISHMENT OR THE REMOVAL OR YOU KNOW WHATEVER PRIVATE AGREEMENT THAT THEY COME UP WITH IN ORDER TO TO TO REMOVE THAT ACCESS FOR THEM. BUT THEN ALSO FOR US THE SO WE TALKED ABOUT THE LAND SWAP, YOU KNOW, JUST AN IMAGE HERE OF WHAT WE OWN IN THE GREEN WHERE WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF FLIP FLOP AND GO TO THE PROPERTIES IN WHAT WOULD BE THE RED UP HERE.

SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE WHERE WE'VE REQUESTED IT WAS A MINIMUM OF TEN ACRES I BELIEVE WE HAVE THIS LISTED AS A TOTAL OF 11 ACRES OF UPLAND AREA NOW THAT DOES INCLUDE A PORTION OF THE WETLAND BUFFER. SO WE DO HAVE A BUFFER OFF OF THE WETLAND, WE OWN A PORTION OF IT AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WOULD OWN A PORTION OF IT SO THAT WAY THEY CAN STILL HAVE MAINTENANCE AROUND AS NEEDED AND THEN THERE'S A BUFFER OFF OF 278 AS WELL.

THAT'S THAT KIND OF DOTTED LINE UP THERE. WE REFER TO THE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS AGAIN THE 260 ARE TO USE 162 ACRES OF GENERAL COMMERCIAL THE TWO 150 UNIT HOTELS.

SO THOSE ARE ALL BEING PURCHASED. PART OF THAT WAS THAT FOR THE $2.5 MILLION AND IT SHOWS THE DOCUMENTATION THAT THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO PURCHASE BACK COMMERCIAL RIGHTS IF THEY SO CHOOSE.

HOWEVER, IF THEY START TO DEVELOP THE SITE THEN THAT THAT IS NULL AND VOID.

THEY'RE NO LONGER ALLOWED TO PURCHASE ANY OF RIGHTS AND THE TIME FRAME IS FIVE YEARS AFTER THE SALE AND UP TO I BELIEVE IT'S 20 YEARS. SO IN THAT TIME FRAME THEY WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY IF THEY HAVE NO DEVELOPMENT ON THE PROPERTY THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING WITH THE SITE THEY WOULD HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY BUT THE SECOND THAT THEY START THE DEVELOPMENT OF IT THAT THAT AGREEMENT GOES AWAY AND THEN THOSE RIGHTS OBVIOUSLY STAY WITH US IN PERPETUITY FROM A PROCESS STANDPOINT WE HAVE ALL THREE OF THESE IN FRONT OF YOU THIS EVENING. THIS IS THE FIRST READING IT'S ANTICIPATED.

WE'LL BRING THIS BACK TO YOU FOR SECOND FINAL AND OBVIOUSLY FOR THE TOWN MANAGER TO MOVE FORWARD AS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT GOES THROUGH THEIR PROCESS I HAVE A MOTION IN FRONT OF YOU HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AND GOVERNOR FRAZIER, ANY QUESTIONS WITHOUT MAKING IS TOO PREEMPTIVE DO WE HAVE AN IDEA WHERE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THIS PARTICULAR

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PARTY IS IN TERMS OF COMING TO AN AGREEMENT VERY CLOSE THAT IS SUBJECTIVE SO IT'S VERY CLOSE.

THERE IS JUST SOME SOME PRIVATE ISSUES BETWEEN THE SELLER AND THE FAMILY THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO WORK THROUGH AND WE'VE WE REALLY NEED TO LET THE BOYLES FAMILY KNOW WHAT THE TOWN IS DOING SO WE JUST EDUCATED THEM IN NO WAYS DID WE TRY TO PERSUADE THEM OR ANYTHING JUST GIVE THEM EDUCATION AS TO ALL THE DOCUMENTATION THAT I HAVE PROVIDED TO YOU OVER THE MONTHS AND THESE PRESENTATIONS WE JUST GAVE THAT TO THEM SO THAT WAY THEY HAD THE INFORMATION.

SO I THINK THAT THE THE SELLER AND THE BOYLES FAMILY OUR ARE WORKING THROUGH SOME TYPE OF AGREEMENTS I KNOW THAT WAS A HICCUP WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SO AS SOON AS THAT WE CAN GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF MY SHANE THAT'S OF THE FINAL ITEMS FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ONE OF THEIR HURDLES TO GET THROUGH IN ORDER FOR THEM TO MOVE FORWARD ANY OTHER NO THANK YOU.

GOVERNMENT? YES I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AND QUESTIONS.

ALL RIGHT. I GUESS WE'VE SEEN QUITE A FEW TIMES YES.

OUR DISCUSSIONS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS REGARDING THIS SITE.

SO SO WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR IS A MOTION ON ITEM FOR PLEASE IN A SECOND A MOVE TO THE PROPOSED MOTION THAT'S ON THE SCREEN FOR APPROVAL. SECOND WE HAVE MR. HAMILTON WITH THE MOTION AS FRAZIER WITH THE SECOND ANY OTHER DISCUSSION .

ALL RIGHT ALL IN FAVOR SAY I UNANIMOUS GREAT THANK YOU THANK YOU THE LEGAL COUNSEL WE'D LIKE TO THANK STAFF STEVEN FOR THE EFFORTS THAT THEY HAVE PUT IN GETTING THIS TO BEFORE YOU TODAY. IT'S BEEN A IT'S BEEN OF WORK AND A MOVING TARGET.

SO WHERE WE WE WE GOT IT TO YOU IT'S MORNING QUITE A WHILE. ALL RIGHT.

[X.5. Consideration of an Ordinance Amending the Town of Bluffton Fiscal Year 2026 Budget to Provide for the Expenditures of Certain Funds; and to Allocate Sources of Revenue for the Said Funds to Carryover Unspent Expenditures and Encumbrances from the FY2025 Budget to the FY2026 Budget. First Reading - Natalie Majorkiewicz, Director of Finance]

UP NEXT NUMBER FIVE IS NATALIE CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON IN FISCAL YEAR 2026 BUDGET TO PROVIDE EXPENDITURE A CERTAIN FUNDS CARRYOVER WHICH IS FAIRLY NORMAL FOR US SO PLEASE GOOD EVENING. SO YES THIS IS THE FIRST BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR FISCAL 2026 INCLUDED IN THE AMENDMENT ARE ADJUSTMENTS USE OF PART OF YOUR FUND BALANCE AND THEN ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO THE CAPITAL ASSET FUND CURRENTLY THIS IS UNAUDITED FISCAL YEAR 2025 ANALYSIS WITH OVER $6.8 MILLION PROJECTED TO ADD TO FUND BALANCE VERSUS THE GENERAL FUND FOR REVENUES WE ARE RECOGNIZING GRANTS BOTH NEW AND CARRYOVER.

THOSE GRANTS ARE REIMBURSEMENT SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE GOING TO CARRY THEM OVER INTO FISCAL YEAR 26 AND THEN USE THE PRIOR YEAR FUND BALANCE. THERE IS A CYBERSECURITY PROJECT, THERE'S A CAN I K-9 GREAT GRANT AND THEN THE FEDERAL TECH THAT'S GOING TO BE CARRIED OVER AND THEN NEW IS THE COMMUNICATIONS TOWN LOGO AND THEN SOME ADDITIONAL CONTRACTS ENCUMBRANCES THAT THAT WERE NOT COMPLETED AND 25 THAT WILL BE COMPLETED IN 26 AND THEN THE TRANSFER OUT TO THE IP FOR PROJECTS AGAIN ON THE EXPENDITURES THOSE LIST OF GRANTS TO OFFSET THE REVENUE THAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING AND THEN THE COMMITMENT TO THE CAPITAL ASSET RESERVE IS $500,000 FOR LOCAL HOSPITALITY TAX.

IT WILL BE FUNDING THE PROJECTS AND SEE IP THOSE LISTED THEY'RE FOR FACILITIES ROADS AND STORMWATER PROJECTS AND THEN WITH LOCAL TAX FUNDS SIMILAR SITUATION TO SUPPORT CIP PROJECTS TOTALING $606,760 FOR WITH NC IP WE WILL BE RECOGNIZING AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT ONE OF OUR PROJECTS WITH THE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT AS WELL AS THE PENDING GRANT PAN GRANTS ANY AWARD LAND ACQUISITION AND THEN THIS SLIDE THE TRANSFER IN FROM GENERAL FUND WITH SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO THE CURRENT BUDGET AND THEN HERE ON THE IP SIDE THE TRANSFERS IN FOR THOSE FUNDS THAT WE JUST WENT THROUGH

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FOR STORMWATER. I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT THERE IS A SLIGHT INCREASE WHAT WAS PRESENTED IN YOUR PACKET IT IS FOR THE PENDING GRANT FOR THE HAZARD MITIGATION.

THE EXPENDITURES WERE OMITTED WHENEVER THE BUDGET WAS SUBMITTED SO THERE IS GOING TO BE A SLIGHT OR AN INCREASE OF JUST UNDER $400,000 FROM WHAT YOU'RE RECEIVED IN YOUR PACKET SO WE HAVE THE PENDING GRANT RECOGNIZING IT, RECOGNIZING THE REVENUES AS WELL AS THE USE OF PRIOR FUND BALANCE FOR CONTRACTS AND CARRYFORWARDS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN COMPLETED FISCAL YEAR 25 AND THEN ALSO THE TRANSFERS OUT TO THE IP FOR TWO PROJECTS AND THEN IN DEBT SERVICE JUST AN INCREASE OF JUST UNDER $60,000 FOR PROJECTS IN THE IP THAT ARE BUDGETED SO IN TOTAL THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2026 BUDGET IS HUNDRED $8,276 AND $456,456. MY APOLOGIES AND AGAIN THIS IS AN INCREASE FROM WHAT WAS RECEIVED IN YOUR PACKET JUST UNDER $400,000 AND THAT IS ALL WITHIN THE FUND OR I'M SORRY THE STORMWATER FUND AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE FOR QUESTIONS.

THE FRAZIER OKAY. YEAH NO. OKAY.

UM, SO WE NEED NOW A MOTION ITEM FIVE THE CONSIDERATION OF AN AUDIENCE MEANING THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON FISCAL YEAR 2026 BUDGET EXPENDITURES MAY I HAVE MOTION TO PROVE A MOTION AS PRESENTED ON THE SCREEN SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND IN THE OTHER DISCUSSION I'M ALL IN FAVOR SAY I I UNANIMOUS THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. SHOOT THERE YOU KNOW YOU'RE STILL UP YOU'RE STILL STUCK

[X.6. Consideration of Accommodations Tax Advisory Committee Funding Recommendations for Quarter Ending June 30, 2025. Natalie Majorkiewicz, Director of Finance]

WITH ME. OKAY WE CAN DO THAT. SO NEXT IS ITEM SIX WHICH I'M SURE YOU'LL BE GLAD TO WALK US THROUGH. YES.

SO IS THE ATTACK RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE QUARTER ENDING JUNE 30TH 2025 WE HAD SEVEN APPLICANTS. ONE OF THEM WAS TABLED FROM THE PRIOR QUARTER.

THE TOTAL REQUESTED AMOUNT IS 275,500 AND THAT IS WHAT IS RECOMMENDED BY ATTACK AND I'LL GO THROUGH EACH APPLICANT INDIVIDUALLY FOR VOTE CURRENTLY THERE IS OVER HUNDRED AND $50,000 AVAILABLE FOR DISTRIBUTION. YOU CAN SEE HERE WHERE WE RECEIVED THE FINAL QUARTER FOR THE FISCAL YEAR THOSE ALLOCATIONS AND THEN WE DID HAVE $17,000 IN LAPSED GRANTS THAT WE PUT BACK INTO THE FUND BALANCE.

THIS IS A SUMMARY OF THE APPLICANTS AND HOW THEY WERE SCORED BY THE COMMITTEE AND THEN THE FIRST APPLICANT THAT WE'LL GO THROUGH IS THE MICHAEL C RILEY HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION. THIS IS FOR PHASE THREE OF A PROJECT THAT IS DONE AT THE AMC RILEY SKATE SITE. THEY DO HAVE AN ANNUAL GATHERING WHERE THE ALUMNI COMES BACK AND GETS TOGETHER AND SO THIS IS TO ENHANCE THAT AREA.

THEY'RE REQUESTING $20,000. YOU WOULDN'T WANT US TO SAY SOMETHING.

WANT TO KEEP GOING? I CAN KEEP GOING. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, JUST FEEL FREE TO STOP ME. AND SO THIS IS A RECOMMENDED MOTION THE COMMITTEE DID UNANIMOUS UNANIMOUS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMEND $20,000. LET ME ASK THE QUESTION OF COUNCIL. SHE HAD THE FIRST SEAT UP THERE AND IF ANYBODY HAS AN ISSUE OR SOMETHING WE CAN DO THEM ITEM BY ITEM. IF NO ONE HAS AN ISSUE WITH WHAT'S PRESENTED AND WE COULD APPROVE THEM AT ONE TIME WE NEED TO DO IT ALL IN ONE ITEM BY ITEM BY ITEM OKAY. ALL RIGHT. YOU WANT TO GO BACK TO YOUR FIRST ONE THAT YOU JUST BROUGHT UP AND WITH YOUR MOTION. THERE YOU GO.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ONE HEARING NONE. OKAY. AND NEED A MOTION.

I'M SORRY, DO YOU MIND REMINDING THE AVERAGE SCORE OF 18 AND THE PERCENTAGE OF 45%? I DON'T KNOW TWO SLIDES AGO IT MIGHT EXPLAIN SO THE COMMITTEE AND THEN IT'S ALSO IN YOUR PACKET A SCORING SHEET THAT THEY GO THROUGH AN EVALUATION OF THE APPLICANT THE PROJECT AND SO THIS WAS THE SCORE THAT WAS RECEIVED BACK AND IF WE WERE TO WAIT THAT AGAINST WHAT THE REQUESTED AMOUNT IS THAT'S WHAT THE PERCENTAGE WOULD BE

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BUT THEY NEGLECTED TO RECOMMEND THE FULL REQUEST TO YOU. WHAT ELSE? ALL RIGHT, WE NEED A MOTION PLEASE. THE EMCEE RILEY OKAY.

MOVE TO APPROVE $20,000 GRANT TO MICHAEL TO RALLY SCHOOL ALUMNI IN SUPPORT OF A PHASE THREE OF THE I'M RALLY COMMEMORATIVE GARDEN AND WALL REFURBISHING PROJECT.

SO ALL RIGHT WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION HERE IN AN ALL IN FAVOR SAY I I I'M ALL RIGHT OKAY THE NEXT APPLICANT IS THE COASTAL CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION. THIS IS AN ANNUAL REQUEST OF $10,000 IN THE EVENT WILL BE HELD THIS MONTH OVER THE WEEKEND OF THE 19TH THROUGH THE 21ST AND ALL TOWN BLUFFTON IS GOING TO BE FROM THE 19TH ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE 21ST IS GOING TO BE HELD IN AN OLD TOWN BLUFFTON I BELIEVE THEY HELD IT IN MARTIN FAMILY PARK LAST YEAR IT'S IT'S GOING TO BE I THINK THERE HAVE ONLY BEEN THE 17TH TO THE 20TH AND THEY NORMALLY DO A ONE NIGHT I THOUGHT THIS IS A WEEKEND PROJECT THAT WAS PRESENTED RIGHT. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT.

WE NEED A MOTION ON THE COASTAL CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION. I MOVE TO APPROVE MOTION AS PRESENTED ON THE SCREEN SO MOTION AND A SECOND ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION AND NONE ALL IN FAVOR SAY I UNANIMOUS. OKAY SO THE HAS COME BACK WITH THEIR ANNUAL REQUEST OF $40,000 THIS IS TO ALIGN WITH THEIR FISCAL YEAR WITH PROJECT OF GETTING THE WORD OUT AND THEY ARE REQUESTING $40,000 AND THAT IS WHAT WAS RECOMMENDED BY A TECH IN QUESTIONS DONE IN A MOTION PLEASE WAS REBUFFED IN OUR MOVE TO APPROVE $40,000 TO SOCIAL ASIDE TO BLOCK NOT IN SUPPORT OF GETTING THE WORD WORD WORK OUT OH SHOOT YEAH GETTING THE WORD OUT PROJECT FROM ONE MORE UNDERLYING SOMETHING THAT'S HOW YOU WERE WORKING OUT ALL RIGHT WE HAVE A MOTION WE NEED A SECOND SECOND MOTION AND SECOND ANY DISCUSSION AND ALL IN FAVOR SAY I OKAY THE HISTORIC PLUS BUTTON ARTS AND SEAFOOD FESTIVAL IS REQUESTING $80,000 FOR THIS EVENT. IT WILL BE HELD OVER NINE DAYS IN OCTOBER AND THIS IS THE SAME REQUEST THAT WAS REQUESTED LAST YEAR AS WELL ARE SAME AMOUNT. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS I NEED TO RECUSE MYSELF ON THIS AND WHAT AN EVENT THIS PARTICULAR WEEK IS BEING AWESOME. SO ONE OF THE EVENTS WE'RE PARTNERING WITH THIS YEAR OKAY SO I NEED A MOTION THE HISTORIC BLUFFTON ARTS AND SEAFOOD FESTIVAL INC THE MOTION THAT'S PRESENTED ON THE SCREEN LIKE ALL RIGHT WE HAVE FIRST AND SECOND ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? NONE ALL IN FAVOR SIGNAL MY UNANIMOUS MENTION CAMPBELL CHAPEL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MINISTRY IS COMING BACK FOR A REQUEST FOR PHASE THREE OF THE RESTORATION OR OF THE HISTORIC CAMPBELL CHAPEL THEY'RE REQUESTING HUNDRED AND 9000 AND THIS IS JUST FOR THAT PHASE THREE OF THE PROJECT. THIS IS WHERE I WORSHIP WORSHIP . OKAY. ANY COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION.

SO ANOTHER RECUSAL SO AND WE NEED A MOTION FOR CAMPBELL CHAPEL COMMUNITY MINISTRY PLEASE. I'M ABLE TO APPROVE THE GRANT AS PRESENTED ON OUR SCREEN SECOND IN MOTION AND A SECOND ANY OTHER DISCUSSION HEARING ALL IN FAVOR IS PLEASE SAY I CAMPBELL CHAPEL CHURCH IS COMING TO REQUEST $10,000 IN SUPPORT OF THE 162ND SOUTH

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CAROLINA CONFERENCE WHICH WILL BE HELD IN BLUFFTON SEPTEMBER 17TH THROUGH THE 20TH.

QUESTIONS HEY, WE NEED A MOTION ON CAMPBELL CHAMBLEE CHAPEL AME CHURCH REGARDING THE 10,000 REQUEST I MOVE TO APPROVE THE MOTION AS ON THE SCREEN I GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? NONE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I AND THE FINAL REQUEST IS FROM HISTORIC BLUFFTON FOUNDATION ARE REQUESTING 60 $500 FOR THE FALL TOUR OF HOMES WHICH WILL HELD ON OCTOBER 4TH. I HAVE A QUESTION COUNSEL.

I'M GOING TO BE HELPING DIRECT TRAFFIC OR SOMETHING ON THAT DAY AS PART OF THAT EVENT DO I TO RECUSE MYSELF AGAIN RECUSAL WAS IF YOU HAVE A DIRECT OR INDIRECT FINANCIAL BENEFIT THANK YOU. IT WAS FOUND THAT WAY. OKAY.

ANY COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION HERE ? NONE.

SO WE NEED A MOTION FOR THE HISTORIC BLUFFTON FOUNDATION, PLEASE APPROVE THE MOTION.

IT'S ON THE SCREEN SECOND A MOTION AND A SECOND DISCUSSION HEARING NONE ALL IN FAVOR SAY ARE YOU OKAY? THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR GETTING IT.

[X.7. Approval to Authorize the Purchase of a Streetsweeper from AMICK Equipment as Approved in the FY25-26 Budget (Fiscal Impact: $228,027.50) - Larry Beckler, Director of Public Services]

ALL RIGHT NEXT WE HAVE ITEMS SEVEN MR. BECKLER TALKED TO US ABOUT A STREET SWEEPER.

YES, SIR. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, COUNSEL.

AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOW ME TO PRESENT TO YOU THIS EVENING'S TOWN STAFF'S LOOKING TO REQUEST OF COUNCIL TO AUTHORIZE THE TOWN MANAGER TO A NEW STREET SWEEPER FOR TOWN OF BLUFFTON AND REQUEST IS BASED ON THREE MAJOR POINTS HERE ONE BEING THE M IS FOR GOOD HOUSEKEEPING PROGRAM WHICH I'M SURE BILL DRILLED INTO ALL OF YOU OVER THE YEARS HERE.

SECONDLY, PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE TO OUR ROADS WHICH WILL HELP PREVENT AGAINST DEGRADATION OF THE ASPHALT AND STRIPING AND ALL THE OTHER ASPECTS OF OUR ROAD AND ALSO TO TO SUPPORT THE EXPANDED ROAD NETWORK AS BLUFFTON GROWS WE NEED TO GROW WITH MACHINE AND COVER MORE OF THE EXISTING MACHINE. IT WAS REALLY SET UP TO DO PARKING LOTS AND IT DOESN'T HANDLES THE AMOUNT OF ROAD WORK WE NOW HAVE TO MAINTAIN.

HERE'S MY RECOMMENDATION IF I IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS WE CAN ADDRESS THEM.

WE WILL BE REUSING THE EXISTING TRUCK MINUS STREET SWEEPER EQUIPMENT ON IT TO SUPPORT THE GROUNDS MAINTENANCE CREW ONCE THE NEW EQUIPMENT COMES ON BOARD.

ALL RIGHT, LARRY, IF YOU WOULD OUTLINE THAT THIS WAS YES, IN THE BUDGET THE COUNCIL APPROVED AND IT IS ON A PURCHASE CONTRACT THAT WE ARE USING THAT'S BEEN NEGOTIATED FOR THE PURCHASE PRICE. AND SO AS STEVEN OUTLINED FOR US, YES IT IS THROUGH CONTRACT IT WAS IN THE BUDGET AS PROPOSED FOR THIS YEAR AND WE SHOULD BE ALL COVERED FOR THAT SO NEXT STEPS WOULD BE KIND OF OUTLINED HERE AS WELL. OKAY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR YOU DIDN'T FINISH SORRY WAS JUST A PICTURE SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. IT LOOKS FOR YOU DRIVING DOWN STREET WE LOVE IT.

IT ALSO HAS THE ADDED IMPLEMENT IMPLEMENTATION TO CLEAN OUT CATCH BASINS WHICH IN THE GULF OF FINLAND IS NOT NEARLY AS MUCH DIRT UP IN THE AIR AS IT DOES RIGHT NOW.

WE HAVE TO FOLLOW BEHIND THE STREET SWEEPER TO KEEP IT CLEAN .

I'M ASSUMING THEY WILL HAVE THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON ON IT SO OF COURSE YOU WILL HAVE A I'M SORRY I SHOULD HAVE ASKED WE WILL HAVE LOGOS ALL OVER AND THEN YOU'LL PROBABLY SEE FAMILIAR DRIVING LIKE THOMAS OR OR MACK MR. THERE IS JUST IS THIS YOUR FIRST REQUEST OR

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PRESENTATION? IT IS AND YOU ASK FOR ALL THIS MONEY WENT TO THE YEAR OF WATCHING I GOT IT JUST GO FOR THE BIG BUCKS RIGHT? ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, SIR. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OR QUESTIONS AND SO NEED A MOTION ON ITEM SEVEN PLEASE REGARDING THE STREET SWEEPER I'M GOING TO ACCEPT SET PROPOSED MOTION ON THE SCREEN IN MOTION AND A SECOND ANY OTHER DISCUSSION DURING ALL IN FAVOR OF A VOTE BY SAYING I ASK UNANIMOUS THANK YOU ALL RIGHT TO THE END CLOSURE YOU KNOW ON TABLE SOME

[X.8. Consideration of an Ordinance Authorizing an Economic Development Incentive Agreement between the Town of Bluffton and Spartina 449, LLC. First Reading – David Nelems – Director of Special Projects, Don Ryan Center For Innovation.]

I'M GOING TO HAVE ANY LIMBS DOING ITEM EIGHT OR NINE I'M SORRY FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SIDE OF A GREATER EFFORT I JUST FOUND OUT KEVIN'S TIME IN ALL THESE PRESENTATIONS AGAIN GOOD TO BE IN FRONT OF YOU AGAIN MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THANK YOU.

WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT YET ANOTHER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE GRANT OPPORTUNITY BUT WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR TWO YEARS. I THOUGHT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE WE HAVE HAD THIS IS OUR NINTH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT GRANT REQUEST AND THUS FAR IF THIS ONE PASSES THIS WILL BE A CAPITAL INVESTMENT OF $56,100,000 FOR THE TOWN INTO THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON WHICH WILL COMPRISE 90,500 SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE SPACE AND CREATE 161 NEW JOBS. THE ORDINANCE YOU PASSED TWO YEARS AGO THIS MONTH DOING THIS JOB SO I JUST THOUGHT YOU'D LIKE SEE THAT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY IS PARTNER FOUR FOR NINE YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD OF THIS COMPANY BEFORE TALKED ABOUT THE BACKGROUND, HOW THIS WORKS FOR THIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GRANT. THIS IS A CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS SO IT FALLS UNDER THAT PURVIEW AND THE WAY THIS PROCESS WORKS WE'VE HEARD THIS AGAIN BEFORE THE TOWN EXCUSE ME THE THE APPLICANT IN THIS CASE CONJUNCTION WITH COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CAME TO THE TOWN AND SAID HEY, WE'RE ABOUT PUTTING OUR HEADQUARTERS IN BLUFFTON. BUT WE'VE ALSO LOOKED AT CHARLESTON, WE'VE ALSO LOOKED AT SAVANNAH BUT WE REALLY LIKE TO DO BLUFFTON AND WE HEAR YOU HAVE A GRANT.

HOW DOES THAT WORK AND EXPLAIN THAT TO THEM THEY GET A 50% REDUCTION ON THEIR BUILDING PERMIT FEE USING YOUR 100% REDUCTION ON THEIR STORMWATER FEES, 50% REDUCTION ON THEIR BUSINESS LICENSE FEES FOR YEARS 1 TO 5. AND AS ALL GRANTS AS I'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE THIS IS A REIMBURSEMENT GRANT SO THEY PAY YOU THE MONEY FIRST AND THEN WE REIMBURSE THEM ON THE BACK OF THE ANNIVERSARY OF THEIR BUSINESS OPENING.

AND MR. HAMILTON, OF THE THINGS WE ALWAYS DO WHEN WE TALK TO THESE PEOPLE IS YOU'RE GOING TO HIRE BLUFFTON FOLKS AS YOU TALK ABOUT THAT. THAT'S RIGHT.

IN THE THEN WE HAVE THE REVIEW RECOMMENDATION AND THEN I COME IN FRONT OF YOU AND ASK FOR MONEY. SO STARTING AT 4.9 THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE THE FACADE OF THEIR HEADQUARTERS WOULD LOOK LIKE. IT'S A 14,000 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY IN BLUFFTON VILLAGE A $6.1 MILLION INVESTMENT, 15 NEW JOBS, AN AVERAGE SALARY OF $40.71 PER HOUR AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO BREAK GROUND BY THE END THE YEAR. SO A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING FOR A BEAUTIFUL COMPANY THAT REPRESENTS LOWCOUNTRY AGAIN. SO HERE IS WHERE IT IS BLUFFTON VILLAGE. YOU CAN SEE BLUFFTON ROAD DOWN THERE AT THE BOTTOM YOU GO THURMOND ROAD ON THE LEFT YOU'D GO TO THE POST OFFICE. IF YOU GO TO THE RIGHT YOU YOU GO TO THE LIBRARY. BUT THAT AREA IN RED IS WHERE THE BUILDING WOULD BE LOCATED IN YOUR BEARINGS THE WAY THE GRANT WORKS THE GRANT FOR SPARKING AT FOUR FOR NINE WOULD BE $196,487 OVER FIVE YEARS. AGAIN THIS IS A REIMBURSED GRANT BUT THE TOWN IS STILL REALIZED THIS ARE NET REVENUE $140,000 OVER THE FIVE YEAR PERIOD.

SO A GOOD GRANT FOR BOTH PARTIES INVOLVED COULD BRING 15 HIGH PAYING JOBS TO BLUFFTON AND IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS I HAVE A MOTION READY FOR YOU FOR FIRST READING.

ARE THERE QUESTIONS MR. FRAZIER SO NO BUT I THINK MY BUDDY OF COURSE I WISH IN QUESTION B I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTION SO THE PRODUCT THAT SHE SELLS ONE THING THAT YOU COULD ASK THAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION DID APPROVE I THINK THEY'RE PROVIDING A GRANT AS WELL BELIEVES THAT SOME ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES TO HELP MAKE THIS HAPPEN AS WELL SO THIS IS IN THE TOWN GOING ALONG THIS IS OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION SUPPORTING THIS AS WELL FOR US.

SO THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. WE WORK WITH THEM A LOT AND IT WORKS REALLY WELL RIGHT NOW.

SO WE NEED A MOTION REGARDING THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT'S BEEN PRESENTED. I MAKE A TO APPROVE THEM AS PRESENTED ON THE SCREEN SO WE HAVE THE MOTION THE SECOND ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION THEORY NONE ALL SIGNIFY BY VOTING I OR

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NAY BUT I I WE GOT IT UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. YOU LOOK SHARP AND I VERY IT'S TIME FOR THE FIRST AND KNOW WHATEVER POINT FIVE YOUR STUDENT ALL YOU GET TO TALK OVER ONE THING WHEN MR. HAMILTON WANTED YOU TO TAKE YOUR GAME UP A LITTLE BIT A YEAR YOU DON'T WANT TO OUTDO HIM WELL THAT'S CORRECT. I WANT IT I KNOW. ALL RIGHT.

[XI. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS]

SO NEXT WE HAVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS AND IS ANYTHING ON THE CONSENT AGENDA IT NEEDS TO BE REMOVED OR DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE I WOULD LIKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. PLEASE REMOVE THE SECOND SECOND HAVE A MOTION AND SECONDLY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION NONE ALL IN FAVOR OF VOTE SAYING I ALL RIGHT IT'S UNANIMOUS AND NOW WE NEED A MOTION TO A VOTE TO ADJOURN.

I MAKE THAT MOTION THAT. ALL RIGHT. YOU GOT OUR BRIDGES RIGHT.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. DO THAT IN A WELL YOU LOSE THE GAMBIT YOU DO IT

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

I. CALL TO ORDER

IV. ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES

VI. PUBLIC COMMENT

VII. COMMUNICATIONS FROM MAYOR AND COUNCIL

X.1. Ordinance Amending Section 21 – Emergency Management to Define a Local Civil Emergency, its Declaration and Termination, Authority and Powers, and Additional Amendments to the Town’s Emergency Management Policies and Procedures – Second & Final Reading – Stephen Steese, Town Manager

X.2. Resolution to Approve Multi Party Agreement Between Buckwalter Association Inc., Beaufort County, and Town of Bluffton to Construct the Connection Road Between Buckwalter Place and Washington Square – Heather Colin, Assistant Town Manager

X.3. Proposed Amendments to the Town of Bluffton Code of Ordinances to include Regulations Addressing Abandoned and Derelict Boats in the Town’s Waterways – First Reading – Heather Colin, Assistant Town Manager

X.6. Consideration of Accommodations Tax Advisory Committee Funding Recommendations for Quarter Ending June 30, 2025. Natalie Majorkiewicz, Director of Finance

X.7. Approval to Authorize the Purchase of a Streetsweeper from AMICK Equipment as Approved in the FY25-26 Budget (Fiscal Impact: $228,027.50) - Larry Beckler, Director of Public Services

X.8. Consideration of an Ordinance Authorizing an Economic Development Incentive Agreement between the Town of Bluffton and Spartina 449, LLC. First Reading – David Nelems – Director of Special Projects, Don Ryan Center For Innovation.

XI. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS

Sep 09, 2025 Bluffton Town Council