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          I'M GONNA CALL THIS MEETING ORDER. 
          I'M, 
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UM, 
          [3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – September 26, 2025]
ORDER BUSINESS SCHOOL MINUTES, SEPTEMBER 20 ADDITION, JUST ONE CHANGE. 
          THE DISTRICT ISLAND IS ACTUALLY JUST SENT PAGE TWO. 
          ARE ANY OTHER TECHNIC , UH, CITIZEN COMMENTS, TIME FOR CITIZEN COMMENTS, UH, ON THE SUBJECT NOT RELATED TO SUCH GENDER AGENDA. 
          AGENDA. 
          OKAY. 
          [5. UPDATE ON SINGLE-USE PLASTICS SURVEY--JULIANA ZADIK, ENVIRONMENTAL LONG RANGE PLANNER, BEAUFORT COUNTY]
AND LET'S JUST MOVE ON TO OUR AGENDA VERSUS ITEMS FOR ALL BUSINESSES. 
          UPDATE ON THE SINGLE USE PLASTIC SURVEY. 
          JULIANA FIRE. 
          THANK YOU CHAIRMAN, OUR TEMPORARY . 
          UM, GOOD MORNING ALL, UH, MR. . 
          MY NAME IS JULIAN. 
          I'M THE ENVIRONMENTAL LONG RANGE PLANNER FOR REEFER COUNTY, AND IT IS MY PLEASURE THIS MORNING. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          TO GIVE YOU ALL AN UPDATE ON POTENTIAL MENTS THAT THE COUNTY IS CONSIDERING FOR OUR 2018 PLASTIC BAG ORDINANCE AND THE SURVEY RESULTS THAT WE RECEIVED THAT WE RAN IN ORDER TO ASSESS THIS ISSUE. 
          WHAT I'M GONNA DO THIS MORNING IS I'M GONNA GO THROUGH SEVERAL REASONS WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO CONSERV, CONSIDER WASTE REDUCTION STRATEGIES FOR OUR REGION. 
          I'M GOING TO DISCUSS WHAT ACTIONS HAVE BEEN TAKEN THUS FAR. 
          I'LL GO OVER SOME SURVEY RESULTS FROM OUR SURVEYS, AND I WILL DISCUSS THE IMPLEMENT, UH, THE, UM, WHAT THAT MIGHT MEAN FOR OUR AMENDMENT. 
          AMENDMENT. 
          SO WE'LL GET STARTED. 
          ONE OF THE BIGGEST REASONS IT'S IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER WASTE, TO REDUCE WASTE THAT OUR LANDFILLS LIKE IS LIMITED. 
          IT'S NOT AN INFINITE RESOURCE, AND WE DO SHARE IT WITH JASPER COUNTY. 
          IT HAS SIX YEARS CURRENTLY LEFT ON IT, AND THAT IS BASED ON CURRENT RATES OF WASTE DISPOSAL. 
          THAT DOES NOT TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION FUTURE RATES. 
          MORE AND MORE PEOPLE MOVE TO BOTH ER AND JASPER COUNTY. 
          SO JUST FLAGGING THAT FOR US. 
          OFF AND FISCAL YEAR 24, BEAUFORT COUNTY THREW AWAY ALMOST A HUNDRED AND OH OH YEP, OVER JUST OVER 150,000 TONS OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE. 
          SO THIS IS WASTE COMING FROM, UM, HOMES, THE RESIDENTIAL, INDUSTRIAL, AND COMMERCIAL SOURCES, THAT'S WHERE THAT'S COMING FROM. 
          ONLY 12% OF THAT TONNAGE WAS RECYCLED. 
          NOW, FOR OUR PLASTIC BAG ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS, WE ARE CONSIDERING FIVE UNNECESSARY SINGLE USE PLASTIC ITEMS. THEY ARE THICK PLASTIC BAGS, STYROFOAM CUPS, STYROFOAM TAKEOUT CONTAINERS, PLASTIC STRAWS, AND PLASTIC UTENSILS. 
          NONE OF THESE ITEMS ARE RECYCLABLE THROUGH TRADITIONAL MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE AVENUES. 
          SO WE CAN'T INCREASE RECYCLING RATES AND EDUCATION OF THESE ITEMS AND REDUCE THEM FROM THE WASTE STREAM. 
          AND BECAUSE THEY'RE SINGLE USE, THEY HAVE VERY LIMITED LIFETIME IN USE, RIGHT? AND THEN IMMEDIATELY GO INTO OUR WASTE STREAM. 
          SO REDUCING THEM ALIGNS WITH BOTH STATE AND COUNTY GOALS FOR SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT, JUST AS THEY IMPACT OUR LANDFILL, OF COURSE, THEY IMPACT THE QUALITY OF LIFE WE HAVE HERE IN OUR COMMUNITIES AROUND US BY APPEARING IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND OUR ENVIRONMENT AS AS LITTER. 
          AND THE FIRST FIVE MONTHS OF 2025. 
          SO THAT'S THIS YEAR, ALMOST 200,000 POUNDS OF LITTER WE'RE PICKED UP BY BEAUFORT COUNTY LITTER CREW. 
          THAT'S NOT EVEN HALFWAY THROUGH THE YEAR. 
          SO WE'VE GOT AN ISSUE WITH LITTER OUT THERE. 
          ONCE IN OUR ENVIRONMENT, SINGLE USE PLASTICS CAN PRESENT ISSUES FOR OTHER TYPES OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE OUR STORM WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, WHERE THEY CAN CAUSE CLOGS AND REDUCE THOSE SYSTEMS' ABILITY TO APPROPRIATELY PROCESS THAT WATER, UH, DISCHARGING IT INTO OUR MARSHES. 
          AND OF COURSE, THESE ITEMS CAN GET OUT INTO OUR ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY THREATEN THE WILDLIFE THAT WE SHARE OUR HOME WITH. 
          SO, ENTANGLEMENT, ENTRAPMENT, AND STARVATION ARE ALL RISKS. 
          THAT LITTER POSE TO WILDLIFE AND STARVATION IS BECAUSE SOMETIMES OUR WILDLIFE WILL EAT THESE ITEMS INSTEAD OF WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO, SO THAT CAN END UP KILLING THEM. 
          ONCE THE PLASTIC ITEMS ARE OUT IN THE ENVIRONMENT AND EXPOSED TO THE ELEMENTS, THEY DO BEGIN TO BREAK DOWN INTO SOMETHING CALLED MICROPLASTICS. 
          WHEN THEY GET SMALL 
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ENOUGH AND AT THAT SIZE, THEY BECOME A PART OF OUR FOOD WEB. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, THEY MAY UNINTENTIONALLY BE TAKEN UP BY ALL KINDS OF CRITTERS IN OUR MARINE SYSTEMS, AND THEY HAVE BEEN FOUND IN FOODS THAT WE ENJOY EATING HERE IN THE LOW COUNTRY AND THAT WE HAVE FESTIVALS CELEBRATING. 
          SO, SHRIMP, CRABS, OYSTERS AND FISH HAVE BEEN FOUND WITH MICROPLASTICS IN THEM, WHICH MEANS THAT THEY'RE IN OUR BODIES. 
          SO PRETTY MUCH EVERYWHERE SCIENTISTS HAVE LOOKED FOR MICROPLASTICS IN THE HUMAN BODY. 
          THEY HAVE FOUND THEM, THEY'VE BEEN FOUND IN THE BRAIN IN OUR LIVER, OUR KIDNEYS, OUR DIGESTIVE TRACT. 
          THEY'VE BEEN FOUND IN URINE, THEY'VE BEEN FOUND IN BLOOD STOOL, BREAST MILK, PLACENTA. 
          AND THEY'VE BEEN FOUND IN THE FIRST BOWEL MOVEMENT THAT INFANTS NEWBORNS HAVE IN THE FIRST 24 HOURS OF LIFE, WHICH MEANS THAT THESE PLASTICS ARE MOVING FROM OUR ADULTS INTO OUR NEXT GENERATION. 
          NOW, THE TYPES OF MICROPHO THAT ARE MOST COMMONLY FOUND IN THE HUMAN BODY ARE POLYETHYLENE BASED AND POLYPROPYLENE BASED. 
          THESE ARE THE PLASTICS USED TO MAKE THICK PLASTIC BAGS AND USED TO MAKE OUR PLASTIC UTENSILS AND OUR PLASTIC STRAWS. 
          ONCE IN THE HUMAN SYSTEM, THEY ARE LINKED TO HIGHER RATES OF RISK FOR CANCERS AND DISEASES. 
          SO YOU ARE 4.5 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO SUFFER A HEART ATTACK OR STROKE IF YOU HAVE MICROPLASTICS IN THE PLAQUE IN YOUR ARTERIES. 
          AND THEY ARE FINDING IT IN THE PLAQUE IN OUR ARTERIES. 
          SO THAT IS A REAL LEGITIMATE RISK. 
          NOW, UNFORTUNATELY, THERE'S NOT REALLY A WAY TO GLOBALLY MANAGE THIS, AND THERE HAVE BEEN EFFORTS MADE, BUT THEY FAIL. 
          SO THAT'S NOT A PLACE THAT WE'RE GONNA SEE ANY IMPACT. 
          WE ALSO AREN'T SEEING ANY MEANINGFUL IMPACT FROM THE FEDERAL LEVEL ACROSS ADMINISTRATIONS. 
          THERE HAVE BEEN ATTEMPTS, BUT NOT NECESSARILY MEANINGFUL ACTION. 
          WHERE WE SEE THE GREATEST IMPACT IS LOCALLY. 
          AND WE KNOW THIS BECAUSE OF THE 2018 EFFORTS WITH THE PLASTIC BAG COORDINATES. 
          AND THIS IS WHY COUNCIL DIRECTED STAFF TO INVESTIGATE WAYS TO IMPROVE AND STRENGTHEN OUR 2018 ORDINANCE. 
          SO LAST MAY STAFF PULLED TOGETHER A MULTIDISCIPLINARY WORKING GROUP TO LOOK AT THIS MULTIFACETED ISSUE. 
          WE HAVE REPRESENTATION FROM SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS AT BEAUFORT COUNTY. 
          SO IT INCLUDES THE PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT, WHICH I REPRESENT, AS WELL AS OUR SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT, OUR STORM WATER DEPARTMENT, AND OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY DEPARTMENT. 
          WE ALSO HAVE REPRESENT, HAVE REPRESENTATION ON THIS WORKING GROUP FROM THE KEEP BUFORT COUNTY BEAUTIFUL BOARD WHO'S ON THE FRONT LINES GLITTER PICKUPS AND ARE REACHING. 
          SO THEY REALLY KNOW FIRSTHAND HOW THESE FIVE UNNECESSARY SINGLE USE FTS ARE SHOWING UP IN THE ENVIRONMENT. 
          WE HAVE REPRESENTATION FROM THE COASTAL CONSERVATION LEAGUE WHO REALLY HELPED TO LEAD THE 2018 EFFORT WITH THE, UM, PLASTIC FLAG ORDINANCE. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE REPRESENTATION FROM THE PORT ROYAL SOUND FOUNDATION, WHO IS HEAVILY INVESTED IN THE HEALTH OF THE PORT ROYAL SOUND. 
          AND THAT SYSTEM HAS AN IMPACT ON EVERYONE LIVING IN BEBERG COUNTY. 
          SO WHAT WE DID IS WE DUG INTO THE ISSUE AND STARTED LOOKING AT WAYS TO UNDERSTAND HOW OUR COMMUNITY MADE FEEL ABOUT REGULATING THE FIVE SINGLE USE PLASTICS THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING. 
          SO AGAIN, THAT'S THICK PLASTIC BAGS, STYROFOAM TAKEOUT CONTAINERS, STYROFOAM CUPS, PLASTIC STRAWS, AND PLASTIC UTENSILS. 
          WE TALKED WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES UP THE COAST TO LEARN HOW THEY APPROACHED THIS, AND ONE THING THAT WE HEARD FROM THEM WAS THAT A SURVEY CAN BE REALLY HELPFUL IN HELPING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR COMMUNITY WANTS. 
          SO WE DECIDED TO TAKE THAT ROUTE. 
          THE WORKING GROUP DEVELOPED TWO DIFFERENT SURVEY TYPES, ONE FOR BUSINESSES AND ONE FOR RESIDENTS BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND THAT TWO DIFFERENT GROUPS ARE GOING TO HAVE EXPERIENCE THE IMPACTS DIFFERENTLY IF A REGULATION GOES INTO PLACE. 
          AND OUR SURVEYS ASSESS REGULATORY PREFERENCES OF THESE TWO AUDIENCES. 
          AND I'LL GET INTO THAT HERE IN JUST A MOMENT. 
          THE SURVEYS RAN FROM JANUARY 13TH TO APRIL 3RD, SO JUST UNDER THREE MONTHS. 
          AND IT WAS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT TO US THAT WE GOT AS MANY RESPONSES TO THE SURVEYS AS POSSIBLE. 
          SO WE UNDERTOOK WHAT WE THOUGHT TO BE A ROBUST MEDIA AND OUTREACH CAMPAIGN. 
          WE WORKED WITH OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE TO GET STORIES OUT TO OUR NEWSPAPERS, WHICH WAS RUN THROUGH SEVERAL TIMES. 
          WE HAD SOCIAL MEDIA OUTREACH CAMPAIGNS, WE HAD EMAIL BLASTS AMONGST ALL OF THE PARTNERS AND THE COUNTY SEVERAL TIMES. 
          WE HAD, UM, PARTNERSHIPS WORKING WITH BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE BROAD AS WELL AS CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE SO THAT THEIR MEMBERSHIPS WOULD BE NOTIFIED ABOUT THE SURVEY OPPORTUNITIES SO WE COULD REALLY CAPTURE THE BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE. 
          AND WE ALSO PRINTED THE POSTCARDS THAT YOU SEE HERE SPECIFICALLY FOR BUSINESSES AND TOOK THEM DOOR TO DOOR IN THE BUSINESS CENTERS OF OUR, OUR COUNTY. 
          SO SEVERAL OF OUR WORKING GROUP MEMBERS DID THAT WORK IN ORDER TO CAPTURE, AGAIN, AS MUCH BUSINESS INPUT AS WE COULD AS POSSIBLE. 
          AND THE LAST THING WE DID WAS WE PRINTED FLYERS. 
          WE HAVE THEM PUT UP AT OUR LOCAL LIBRARIES TO HELP CAPTURE EVEN MORE. 
          SO WE TRIED TO LEAD AS MANY HORSES TO WATER AS POSSIBLE, AND WE FEEL LIKE A LOT OF HORSES DRANK THAT WATER BECAUSE WE ENDED UP WITH 6,200 RESPONSES TOTAL ACROSS BOTH SURVEYS IN JUST UNDER THREE MONTHS. 
          SO THAT WAS A REALLY, REALLY SURPRISING NUMBER AND I THINK INDICATES 
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THAT THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST IN THE, THROUGHOUT THE REGION. 
          NOW ON THE SCREEN HERE, YOU CAN SEE A BREAKDOWN OF THE GEOGRAPHIC REGION FROM WHICH OUR RESPONDENTS CAME FROM. 
          AND WE SAW ACROSS BOTH SURVEYS, UH, A PRETTY EVEN DISTRIBUTION. 
          SO WE HAD ABOUT A THIRD OF OUR RESPONDENTS COMING FROM THE HILTON HEAD ISLAND DUSKY AREA, A THIRD COMING FROM THE BLUFFTON OKEE AREA, AND JUST OVER A THIRD COMING FROM THE NORTHERN BUFORD COUNTY AREA. 
          AND THIS REALLY REFLECTS POPULATION TRENDS IN OUR REGION, AND IT SIGNIFIES TO US THAT THERE'S A REGIONAL CONSENSUS ON WHAT'S TO BE DONE WITH THESE FIVE SINGLE USE FACETS REPRESENTED IN OUR SURVEY RESULTS. 
          SO LET'S GET INTO IT. 
          ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WE ASKED BOTH RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES WAS HOW, UM, HOW SUPPORTIVE ARE YOU OF A COMPLETE BAN? AND WE PUT COMPLETE BAN IN ALL CAPS SO THAT IT COULDN'T BE MISSED IN THAT QUESTION OF EACH OF THESE ITEMS. AND SO THEY COULD VOTE ABOUT THEIR SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION FOR EACH ITEM. 
          AND WHAT WE FOUND, AND WERE REALLY INTERESTED TO SEE WAS HOW STRONGLY SUPPORTED TAKING A BAN ACTION ON EACH FIVE ITEMS IS SUPPORTED BY OUR RESIDENTS. 
          YOU CAN SEE THAT IT IS THE LARGE MAJORITY HERE NOW, BECAUSE I KNEW I WAS TALKING TO OUR NORTHERN BEAUFORT COUNTY FOLKS TODAY. 
          I PULLED OUT JUST THE NORTHERN BEAUFORT COUNTY RESPONSES. 
          SO YOU COULD SEE HOW THESE TRENDS TRACK HERE. 
          AND FOR OUR RESIDENTS, IT PRETTY MUCH MIRRORS THAT COUNTY-WIDE TREND THAT WE SAW. 
          SO SUPPORT ACROSS THE BOARD FOR TAKING ACTION ON ALL FIVE OF THESE ITEMS. OUR BUSINESSES FELT SIMILARLY AS WELL. 
          SO WE DO SEE MAJORITY SUPPORT FOR A COMPLETE BAN ON ALL FIVE ITEMS. THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE HERE IS FOR OUR PLASTIC UTENSILS AND PLASTIC STRAWS, THERE ARE HIGHER RATES OF OPPOSITION THAN WE SAW WITH OUR RESIDENTS. 
          SO THAT'S STARTING TO SHOW US THAT MAYBE VANS AREN'T GOING TO BE, UM, WHAT EVERYBODY WANTS TO SEE NECESSARILY FOR EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE ITEMS. SO WE MAY NEED TO TAKE DIFFERENT TACTICS FOR DIFFERENT ITEMS. AND THEN I PULLED OUR NORTHERN  COUNTY BUSINESSES AND WE DO SEE SIMILAR TRENDS. 
          WE HAVE THAT MAJORITY SUPPORT HERE FOR BAGS AND OUR STYROFOAM CONTAINERS. 
          BUT WHEN IT CAME TO PLASTIC UTENSILS AND PLASTIC STRAWS, WERE SEEING MUCH HIGHER RATES OF OPPOSITION FOR COMPLETE BANS. 
          SO AGAIN, REALLY REINFORCING THAT WE MAY NEED TO TAKE DIFFERENT TYPES OF ACTION FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF ITEMS. FORTUNATELY, WE ASKED OUR SURVEY RESPONDENTS WHAT REGULATORY ACTION THEY THOUGHT WAS MOST APPROPRIATE FOR EACH ITEM. 
          SO THEY HAD FOUR CHOICES TO CHOOSE FROM. 
          ONE OF THEM WAS NONE OF THESE NO REGULATORY ACTION. 
          SO TAKING NO ACTION BUY REQUEST. 
          SO THAT'S, UM, IN THE PEACH BUY REQUEST ONLY IS THE DARK BLUE. 
          AND THAT BASICALLY MEANS THAT THESE ITEMS ARE STILL AVAILABLE, BUT YOU DON'T AUTOMATICALLY RECEIVE THEM. 
          SO A GOOD EXAMPLE IS IF YOU GO TO A RESTAURANT AND YOU ORDER A DRINK, A STRAW DOESN'T AUTOMATICALLY COME IN THAT CUP. 
          YOU HAVE TO ASK FOR IT. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT FIRE REQUEST ONLY IS. 
          CUSTOMER FEE MEANS THAT THE A FEE IS IMPLEMENTED FOR THESE ITEMS IF YOU WANT THEM TO HELP DISSUADE CUSTOMERS FROM USING THEM. 
          AND THEN A BAM IS OF COURSE, COMPLETELY ELIMINATING THE ITEMS AT THE POINT OF SALE AND REPLACING THEM WITH ALTERNATIVES. 
          TYPICALLY ECO-FRIENDLY ALTERNATIVES GOING WITH THAT, UM, WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT THERE IS BROADLY, THERE'S INTEREST IN REGULATION FOR ALL FIVE ITEMS. NOWHERE DO YOU SEE NO ACTION BEING THE ONE THAT WENT OUT FOR ANY OF THESE FIVE ITEMS. UM, FOR PLASTIC BAGS, STYROFOAM CONTAINERS AND STYROFOAM CUPS BANDS WERE THE MOST PREFERRED. 
          BUT WHEN IT CAME TO OUR PLASTIC UTENSILS AND OUR PLASTIC STRAWS, WE STARTED TO SEE THAT FIVE REQUEST ONLY REGULATION COME OUT ON TOP. 
          OF COURSE, IT'S A LITTLE BIT EVENLY SPLIT THERE ON PLASTIC STRAWS, BUT AGAIN, THIS KIND OF LENDS BACK TO THOSE, UM, OPPOSITION INTO THE LEVELS FOR COMPLETE BANS ON THOSE ITEMS AS WELL. 
          SO THAT TRACKS THE LEAST POPULAR ITEM ACROSS THE BOARD, OR LEAST POPULAR TYPE OF REGULATION WAS CUSTOMER FEE, WHICH IS NO SURPRISE THERE FOR NORTHERN BEAUFORT COUNTY RESIDENTS PRETTY MUCH MIRRORS WHAT WE SAW FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY AS FAR AS THEIR PREFERENCES GO. 
          BANS FOR THE FIRST THREE AND MAYBE OUR BY REQUEST ONLY IS GOING TO BE THE BETTER OPTION FOR THE PLASTIC STRAWS AND PLASTIC UTENSILS FOR BUSINESSES. 
          WE ALSO SAW THESE SIMILAR RESPONSES COUNTYWIDE. 
          SO BANDS CAME ACROSS THE BOARD AS MOST, UH, PREFERRED ACTION FOR PLASTIC STRAW, UH, SORRY, PLASTIC BAGS AND THE STYROFOAM ITEMS, AND THEN BUY REQUESTS ONLY FOR PLASTIC UTENSILS. 
          INTERESTINGLY, BUSINESSES WERE MORE SUPPORTIVE OF BANS ON STRAWS THAN THEY WERE FOR BUY REQUEST ONLY. 
          SO IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE THAT THAT DIFFERENCE THERE. 
          WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR BUSINESSES ON HOW YOU LOOK AT MY CALENDAR. 
          WE TAKE A, AT NORTHERN, WHEN WE TAKE A NORTHERN BEAUFORT COUNTY BUSINESS PROJECT, WE'RE SEEING ESSENTIALLY THE SAME THING HERE AS WELL. 
          UM, AND STILL NOTING THAT  JUST BY A MINOR AMOUNT HAVE, UM, BANDS AS THE, THE HIGHER PREFERENCE, BUT ESSENTIALLY MIRRORS WHAT WE'VE SEEN. 
          SO 
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THESE ARE THE KIND OF THE RESULTS WE'RE GETTING ON WHAT TYPES OF ACTION TO TAKE. 
          AND THIS REFLECTS FOR SOMEONE ONLINE. 
          YOU MIGHT NEED TO MUTE YOURSELF THERE. 
          SECOND, MUTE HIMSELF DOESN'T. 
          YES, I THINK HE HAS TO MUTE HIMSELF. 
          YEAH, THAT'S OKAY. 
          THAT'S BAD SITTING AHEAD. 
          BUT YOU GUYS ARE COLONEL GUY, CAN YOU MUTE YOURSELF? OKAY. 
          KEYBOARD, WE MOSTLY HIT THE, WHOEVER'S CONTROLLING THE COMPUTER THERE SHOULD BE. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THIS IS NOVEMBER 3RD, 4:00 PM OKAY. 
          THE COUNTY BUILDING. 
          I JUST HIM HERE. 
          CAN ANYBODY THERE? THERE WE GO. 
          SORRY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, THE, THANK YOU. 
          I WAS ON DELAY, SO I DIDN'T QUITE GET THAT. 
          ALRIGHT, SO THAT WAS A NICE THANK YOUR MISSION FOR US ALL. 
          UM, THE, THE RESULTS OF OUR SURVEY REALLY REFLECT TRENDS UP AND DOWN THE COAST OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 
          SO ALL FIVE OF THESE ITEMS HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED OR ARE BEING CONSIDERED IN SOME FORM OR FASHION BY COMMUNITIES TO THE NORTH OF US. 
          AND MOST OF THEM ARE TAKING ACTION ON THEM, INCLUDING BY REQUEST ONLY REGULATION FOR DISPOSABLE CUT AND ANY ACTION WE TAKE. 
          WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT IT WOULD BE AMPLIFIED. 
          OH YEAH, THANK YOU AGAIN. 
          THAT'S OKAY. 
          UM, IT WOULD BE AMPLIFIED BY THEIR ACTION IF WE TAKE ACTION ON THESE ITEMS BECAUSE OF COURSE, ALL THE AUDITORS REALLY NO, NO DIFFERENCES. 
          START THE SHOW. 
          OKAY. 
          WE ALSO HEARD CONCERNS FROM OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS AS WELL AS THE SURVEY RESPONDENTS ABOUT THE COST TO TRANSITION AWAY FROM TRADITIONAL PLASTICS TO MORE ECO TABLEWARE. 
          AND SO THE COMMITTEE OR OUR WORKING GROUP RATHER, UM, TOOK THIS VERY SERIOUSLY BECAUSE OF COURSE WE DON'T WANT TO OVERBURDEN ANYONE. 
          IF WE TAKE ON ANY REGULATORY ACTION, WE ARE THINKING ABOUT THOSE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES. 
          AND WE DID SOME RESEARCH INTO THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN TRADITIONAL PLASTICWARE VERSUS ECO, UH, TABLEWARE. 
          AND WE FOUND THAT IT'S REALLY ONLY PENNIES DIFFERENCE WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, THESE, THESE TYPES OF CUTLERY AND TABLEWARE. 
          SO CIRCLED, I HAVE THE MOST EXPENSIVE DIFFERENCE HERE ON THIS CHART. 
          SO FOR YOUR TRADITIONAL PLASTIC, UM, COMPARTMENT CLAM SHELL, SO YOUR TAKEOUT CONTAINER, YOU HAVE 0.05. 
          SO 5 CENTS FOR TRADITIONAL PLASTIC WHEN IT COMES TO THE ECO TABLEWARE, THE, THE GAS, I THINK THAT'S HOW YOU SAY THAT, BUT THAT'S MADE OUT OF SUGARCANE. 
          UM, LEFTOVER SUGARCANE PLANT FIBERS, UH, AT MOST THREE PENNIES DIFFERENT. 
          SO 0.08 IS THE, THE MOST EXPENSIVE END OF THAT ITEM THERE ON THIS CHART'S SHOWING YOU THOSE DIFFERENCES. 
          SO IT IS GOING TO BE A SMALL INCREASE IN CUTS, UM, FOR SOME OF THESE ITEMS IF WE COMPLETELY BAN THEM. 
          ANOTHER THING TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THOUGH, IS THAT THERE ARE THOSE LONG-TERM COST SAVINGS BY REDUCING WASTE IN OUR REGION. 
          SO OF COURSE WE COULD PROLONG THE LIFE OF OUR LANDFILL IF WE'RE REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF WASTE THAT'S GOING TO IT. 
          WE CAN, UM, SUPPORT THE LIFETIMES OF OUR STORMWATER SYSTEMS AND REDUCE THE NEED FOR OUR LIRES TO BE OUT SO OFTEN. 
          AND OF COURSE, THOSE HEALTH IMPACTS THAT WE MAY BE EXPERIENCING FROM MICROPLASTICS POTENTIALLY BE REDUCED BY TAKING ACTION ON UNNECESSARY SINGLE USE PLASTICS. 
          WE WERE ALSO REALLY INTERESTED TO KNOW WHETHER OR NOT BY REQUESTS ONLY REGULATION IS EFFECTIVE, DOES THIS WORK? AND SO WE FOUND A CASE STUDY IN RED, RED BANK, NEW JERSEY THAT HAPPENED JUST THIS PAST YEAR WHERE THEY IMPLEMENTED ONLY FOR TAKEOUT ORDERS, A BUY REQUEST ONLY ORDINANCE. 
          AND FOR TAKEOUT ORDERS SPECIFICALLY, THEY WERE SAYING THAT CUTLERY AND CONDIMENTS WERE ONLY TO BE GIVEN OUT IF A CUSTOMER REQUESTED THEM WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR, THEY FOUND THAT BUSINESSES WHO WERE, WHO WERE IN COMPLIANCE, THEY DID A SURVEY OF THEM, UH, SAID THAT ONLY 6% OF THEIR CUSTOMERS WERE REQUESTING THESE ITEMS, WHICH MEANS THAT 94%, THERE WAS A 94% REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WALKING AWAY FROM THESE BUSINESSES WITH CUTLERY 
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AND CONDIMENT PACKETS. 
          FOR THE CUTLERY ALONE, THAT EQUATED TO OVER 1.5 MILLIONS OF UNNECESSARY SINGLE USE PLASTIC CUTLERY, UH, PIECES BEING REMOVED FROM THE WASTE STREAM, WHICH EQUATED TO OVER 10,000 POUNDS OF WASTE. 
          THAT'S JUST 16 RESTAURANTS, AND THAT'S JUST PLASTIC CUTLERY. 
          SO THAT'S THINK WHAT COULD HAPPEN HERE, RIGHT? WITH THE MANY MORE RESTAURANTS WE HAVE AND TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER THIS FOR STRAWS. 
          AND THAT ALSO MEANS THEY DON'T HAVE ANY NUMBERS ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY SAFE THERE, BUT THAT MEANS THEY'RE REDUCED NEED FOR STOCK BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GIVING THESE THINGS OUT ALL THE TIME. 
          SO THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF OUR SURVEY ARE PRETTY CLEAR ACROSS THE BOARD FOR RESIDENCES, RESIDENTS, AND BUSINESSES. 
          THEY WANT US TO ELIMINATE AND REPLACE STYRO TAKEOUT CONTAINERS, STYROFOAM CUPS, AND A THICK PLASTIC BAGS. 
          AND THEY'D LIKE TO SEE BY REQUEST ONLY ORDINANCES IN PLACE FOR PLASTIC CUTLERY AND PLASTIC STRAWS, RECOGNIZING THAT THERE IS A TIME AND A PLACE WHERE YOU MAY NEED THESE THINGS. 
          ALSO, NOTE BY REQUEST ONLY DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU HAVE TO GET RID OF THE PLASTIC ITEMS. IT JUST MEANS YOU'RE NOT GIVING THEM OUT ALL. 
          SO NEXT STEPS RIGHT NOW, WE ARE GOING ON OUR ROAD SHOW LETTING ALL OF OUR PREVIOUS PARTNERS IN THE 2018 PLASTIC BAG ORDINANCE KNOW ABOUT OUR INTENTIONS AND THE, UM, STEPS WE'VE TAKEN TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE MIGHT AMEND OUR ORDINANCE. 
          WE WANT FEEDBACK FROM YOU ALL. 
          SO OUR MUNICIPAL PARTNERS, WE DEFINITELY WANNA KNOW WHAT CONSIDERATIONS WE NEED TO TAKE IN, UH, TAKE IN WHEN WE ARE WORKING ON OUR AMENDMENT LANGUAGE AS WELL AS OUR IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM. 
          AND OF COURSE WE WOULD REALLY, REALLY HOPE FOR, UM, A UNIFIED EFFORT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY BECAUSE IF ONLY BEAUFORT COUNTY IS MAKING THE AMENDMENTS TO THE PLASTIC BAG ORDINANCE, IT REALLY HAS A LIMITED EFFECT, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THAT OUR BUSINESS CENTERS ARE IN OUR MUNICIPALITIES. 
          AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GONNA SEE THE GREATEST IMPACT ON WASTE REDUCTION OF THESE UNNECESSARY SINGLE USE PLASTIC ITEMS. SO I'M IN THE EARLY STAGES OF THAT ROAD SHOW, I'LL BE GOING ALL THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AND I WILL BE MAKING CONTACT WITH JASPER COUNTY AS WELL TO JUST SEE IF THEY'RE INTERESTED IN LEARNING ABOUT THIS AND IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY MAY LIKE TO TAKE ON. 
          ONCE WE FINISH THAT, WE'LL START TO DEVELOP OUR AMENDMENT LANGUAGE. 
          SO THAT'LL TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE SURVEY RESULTS AND FEEDBACK WE GET FROM UNITED WILL PARTNERS. 
          AND THEN WE'LL BEGIN WORKING ON THAT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. 
          AND THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN'S GONNA HAVE, WE WE'RE ALREADY STARTING A LIST OF WHAT WE'D LIKE TO INCLUDE. 
          UM, THE COUNTY IS DEVELOPING A GREEN BUSINESS PROGRAM, SO WE'D LIKE TO TIE THAT IN. 
          WE ARE STARTING OUR PILOT COMPOSTING PROGRAM, SO WE'D LIKE TO INCORPORATE THAT. 
          AND WE'D ALSO LIKE TO DEVELOP, UM, KIND OF A GRANT RESOURCE BASE FOR ANY BUSINESSES THAT NEED FINANCIAL AID AND TRANSITIONING AWAY FROM TRADITIONAL PLASTIC ITEMS THAT END UP BEING BANNED. 
          AND AS WELL AS CREATING EDUCATION OUTREACH AND TRAINING PROGRAMS TO HELP BUSINESSES THROUGH THAT TRANSITION. 
          UM, SO THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE CONSIDERING NOW, BUT OF COURSE WE ARE OPEN FOR MORE IDEAS ON THAT AS WELL. 
          I DID CITE ALL OF THE SOURCES THAT WERE USED IN CREATING THIS PRESENTATION, SO IF YOU ARE LIKE ME AND YOU WANNA GET INTO THE NITTY GRITTY OF THESE DETAILS, IF YOU CAN, SO PLEASE FEEL FREE TO DO THAT. 
          I ALSO, UM, LINKED TO OUR OVERALL SURVEY RESULTS, WE HAVE A FINAL REPORT ON IT THAT TALKS ABOUT THE OTHER QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED AND THE DATA THAT CAME OUT FROM THOSE. 
          SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN SEEING THAT YOU MAY, THOSE OTHER QUESTIONS WERE REALLY ABOUT BEHAVIOR. 
          HOW MUCH ARE YOU RECEIVING THESE ITEMS? WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THEM AFTER YOU RECEIVE THEM, RECEIVE THEM? IF YOU'RE A BUSINESS, HOW MANY OF THEM ARE YOU GIVING THEM OUT TODAY? AND SO WITH THAT, I WILL TAKE QUESTIONS IF THERE ARE ANY. 
          YES, SIR. 
          UM, LANDFILL, YOU SAID HAD SIX YEARS LEFT. 
          YES, SIR. 
          SIR, THE CURRENT, RIGHT? UM, ARE THERE PLANS FOR ANOTHER LANDFILL AT SOME POINT? THERE ARE PLANS TO EXPAND THE LANDFILL AND SO I BELIEVE, UM, HICKORY HILL LANDFILL IS GETTING PERMITTED FOR AN EXPANSION THAT WILL GIVE IT 15 YEARS. 
          BUT AGAIN, THAT'S BASED ON TODAY'S RATES OF WASTE DISPOSAL. 
          SO WHEN YOU TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION ALL OF THE APPROVED UNITS IN OUR NEIGHBORING COUNTY, JASPER COUNTY, UM, AND ANY GROWTH WE SEE IN BEFORD COUNTY, IT'S NOT TAKING THOSE, THOSE FUTURE RATES INTO, UM, CONSIDERATION. 
          SO 15 YEARS ISN'T QUITE WHAT IT'S GONNA BE. 
          NOW AS FAR AS A NEW LANDFILL BEING CITED, I DON'T, LOOKING AT THE, THE, THE STATE'S MAPS OF WHERE THE LANDFILLS ARE AND THE REGULATIONS FOR CITING THEM, I'M NOT SURE THAT THERE WOULD BE ONE, UM, THAT WE COULD HAVE A NEW ONE NEARBY. 
          WE'D HAVE TO EXPORT OUR WASTE TO A LANDFILL THAT HAD CAPACITY. 
          SO THERE WOULD BE IN INCREASED COSTS ASSOCIATED FURTHER UP STATE YES. 
          AND THE JAPA COUNTY GO THE WAY IT IS. 
          YES. 
          I, YEAH. 
          AND JASPER, I WAS INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT THEIR RATE WASTE DISPOSAL ARE. 
          AND FOR THEIR FISCAL YEAR 24, IT WAS JUST OVER 30,000 TONS. 
          FAR MORE LESS THAN WHAT BEAVER COUNTY IS DOING. 
          BUT OF COURSE, THEY'RE NOT QUITE AS FAR UP AS COUNTY. 
          THEIR RECYCLING RATES WERE ABOUT 5% OF THAT MUNICIPAL SELLER WASTE. 
          ALSO 
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ON THE BUY REQUEST ONLY, UM, IS THAT GONNA BE INITIATED BY THE CUSTOMER? EVERY RESTAURANT I GO INTO, THEY ASK ME IF I WANT. 
          THAT'S GREAT. 
          I TELL THEM WHAT. 
          YEAH. 
          SO WILL IT BE AN ISSUE FOR THE CUSTOMER? WHAT DO YOU, WELL, IN OTHER WORDS, IF, IF THE, UM, THE BUSINESS DOESN'T ASK YOU IF YOU WANT A CUSTOMER HAS TO ASK FOR THEM, I THINK THAT'S GONNA REDUCE THE FEE. 
          YES, ABSOLUTELY. 
          AND IN CHARLESTON COUNTY, IN THE CITY OF CHARLESTON, WHAT THEY DID WAS THEY ACTUALLY CREATED LITTLE, UM, INFORMATIONAL PAMPHLETS THAT THEY HAD BUSINESSES DISPLAY FRONT AND CENTER FOR, FOR THEIR CUSTOMERS TO SEE THAT BASICALLY SAID, IT'S NOT OUR FAULT THAT WE'RE NOT GIVING YOU A STRAW AUTOMATICALLY, IT'S THE GOVERNMENT'S FAULT. 
          SO THAT CAN KIND OF, YOU KNOW, TAKE THE BLAME OFF OF THEM AND HELP CUSTOMERS UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS GOING ON. 
          WE PUT  BASE ON . 
          YES. 
          UH, WHERE, WHERE DID YOU PULL THE DATA FROM FOR THE, UH, REPLACEMENT COST ON THAT? THAT, UM, CAME FROM, LET'S SEE THAT SLIDE. 
          AND THE REASON I ASK, I WENT THROUGH WITH A FEW BUSINESS OWNERS, WITH THE LARGER COMPANIES THAT THEY HAVE CONTRACTS WITH MM-HMM . 
          AND THE COST IS ACTUALLY THREE TO FOUR TIMES HIGHER. 
          AND WE, WE ALSO WORKED WITH, I BELIEVE IT WAS THE MARRIOTT HILTON HEAD AND THE FORT ROYAL SOUND FOUNDATION. 
          DID THE LEG WORK ON THAT FOR US? UM, SO THIS IS IT'S BIO LEADER, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, IT'S THE PACK FROM THE 2025 ANALYSIS FOR THE COST OF TRADITIONAL VERSUS GO FRIENDLY TABLEWARE. 
          SO IF YOU TAKE, TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, IT IS GLOBAL PRICES SO THAT WE MAY A DIFFERENCE HERE. 
          AND THEN, UM, LIKE I SAID, WE WORK WITH THE MARRIOTT AS WELL TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY'RE GETTING THEIRS FROM AND WHAT DIFFERENCES THEY'RE SEEING. 
          SO WE COULD USE THAT INFORMATION IF THAT'S, YEAH, LIKE I SAID, THE, THE COMPANIES AROUND HERE THAT THEY'RE IN CONTRACT WITH FOR THEIR SUPPLIES, IT WAS, IT WAS THREE TO FOUR TIMES. 
          OKAY. 
          COULD YOU PROVIDE THAT TO ME? YEAH, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. 
          THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 
          THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL. 
          YEAH. 
          DURING MY LEADERSHIP BEAUTY CLASS THAT ONE OF THE GROUPS DID A STUDY, UM, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF ACTUAL RECYCLABLE ACTUALLY ARE RECYCLED MM-HMM . 
          AND WE FOUND OUT THAT IT WAS A FAIRLY LOW RATE BECAUSE SOMETHING COULD BE IN THAT RECYCLABLE LARGE BIN THAT WOULD CONTAMINATE AND CAUSE IT ALL TO GO TO THE REFILL. 
          ARE THERE PROGRAMS, ARE YOU THINKING OF PROGRAMS TO TRY TO EDUCATE THE CITIZENS SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE AS LARGE, YOU KNOW, WASTE OF RECYCLABLES? YES. 
          OUR, SO WE HAVE, UM, VICTORIA HOFFMAN ON STAFF IN OUR SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT WHO WORKS REALLY HARD ON EDUCATION OUTREACH FOR WHAT TYPES OF THINGS CAN BE RECYCLED, WHAT CAN'T. 
          NOW, OF COURSE WE HAVE KIND OF PURVIEW OVER OUR CONVENIENCE CENTERS. 
          WE'RE NOT WORKING WITH A HAULER. 
          SO OUR MUNICIPALITIES ARE WORKING WITH THE HAULERS, WHICH I READ THE BENEFIT UP LIVING IN A MUNICIPALITY. 
          UM, AND ALL OF THOSE RECYCLING BINS COME WITH INFORMATION ON THEM ABOUT WHAT CAN GO IN AND WHAT CAN'T. 
          SO IT'S, I THINK, AGAIN, IT'S A MORE, OUTREACH CAN DEFINITELY BE DONE IN MORE EDUCATION, BUT IT'S ALSO A LEADING PERSONAL WATER TYPE THING. 
          SO IF THERE, IF WE CAN ADDRESS WHERE THOSE ITEMS END UP, LIKE USERS' HANDS AS WELL AS WHERE THEY MIGHT, UM, ARE BEING SOURCED FROM, I THINK THAT'S A, A TWOFOLD STRATEGY TO HELP REALLY REDUCE UNNECESSARY ITEMS. OH, WE, WE GO TO FIRST FLIGHT PROBABLY TOO MUCH, BUT , WE GO THERE A LOT. 
          THEY CHARGE IF YOU GET A TAKEOUT. 
          OKAY. 
          IT IS A SET FEE. 
          SO THEY'RE CHARGING YOU FOR, EVEN IF YOU TELL 'EM YOU DON'T WANT THE BICYCLE STICKER, THEY STILL, I GUESS THEY'RE CHARGING FOR THE BAG AND THE, NOW THEY USE THE CONTAINERS, THE PAPER OR WHATEVER THAT'S CALLED. 
          YOU USE A CREDIT CARD. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          AND SO THEY CHARGE THEY EVERYWHERE. 
          EVERYWHERE. 
          JUST THAT. 
          YEAH. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR THOUGHTS? YES. 
          DO YOU HAVE AN ANTICIPATED TIMEFRAME FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AMENDED AND OR THIS WOULD BE, IS THERE GONNA BE AN ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURE OR A PROCESS? HOW DO YOU WANNA KNOW WHAT'S WORKING? RIGHT. 
          SO THE, FOR YOUR FIRST QUESTION, WE ANTICIPATE BEING THROUGH THE ROAD SHOW BY THE END OF THE YEAR ESSENTIALLY. 
          AND THEN WE CAN START LOOKING AT DRAFTING AMENDMENT LANGUAGE STARTING IN 2026. 
          UM, SO, AND AGAIN, I WANT MUNICIPAL INPUT ON THAT. 
          WE DON'T WANNA JUST LIKE, GO THROUGH WITHOUT COLLABORATING. 
          UM, AS FAR AS ENFORCEMENT GOES, IT'S REALLY GOING TO BE KIND OF A, WE'VE DONE IT ORIGINALLY THROUGH OUR BUILDING CODES. 
          THAT'S WHERE WE GET OUR, OR OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT RATHER. 
          THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE ENFORCEMENT NOW FOR THE, UM, SINGLE USE THEN PLASTIC BAGS. 
          BUT IN ORDER FOR THEM TO RECOGNIZE THAT THAT'S HAPPENING, WE NEED COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO BE LETTING THEM KNOW AND REPORTING THAT. 
          UM, AND I THINK IT'S A LETTER INITIALLY IS WHAT THEY RECEIVED TO LET THEM KNOW ABOUT THE ORDINANCE. 
          AND THEN I'M NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THAT. 
          SO I CAN DIG INTO THAT. 
          I THINK, UM, THE FIRST TIME, FIRST GO AROUND, SOME OF Y'ALL MAY REMEMBER WE, WE KIND OF GAVE A GRACE PERIOD BECAUSE WE WANTED TO GIVE THEM TIME TO GET RID TRANSITION TO FULLY TRANSITION. 
          SO IT WOULDN'T BE A BUSINESS TRANSITION. 
          AND, AND I'LL JUST SAY IT, I'VE SAID IT PUBLICLY, I'M REALLY DISAPPOINTED IN HARRIS TEETER THAT THEY ARE DID NOT, THEY CHOSE NOT TO COMPLY. 
          YEAH. 
          WAS OUR, I MEAN, THEY WENT RIGHT AWAY 
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TO, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN IN OTHER HARRIS TEETERS WHERE THEY ONLY USE THE PAPER BAGS, BUT I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE CITY BUFORD. 
          BUT THAT, BUT THAT BECAUSE OUR WAY OUR ORDINANCES ARE WRITTEN, THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO RIGHT. 
          THEY'RE, THEY'RE, YES, THEY ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THOSE THICK PLASTIC BAGS. 
          AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT INITIATED THIS, RIGHT. 
          WHY WE'RE EVEN LOOKING AT MAKING AMENDMENTS TO THE ORDINANCE IS THOSE THICK CLASS FACTS AND OUR SURVEY COMMENTS THAT CAME UP REPEATEDLY, SPECIFICALLY CALLING OUT BIG BOX STORES BY NAME, BOTH FROM OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR BUSINESSES WHO ARE UPSET BY THOSE THICK CLASS FACTS. 
          YOU'RE NOT ALONE ENOUGH AS A VERY COMMON TREND THAT WE SAW IN THE COMMENTS. 
          I WILL SAY, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO LOOKING AT THE LANGUAGE. 
          I, I THINK THIS IS, I THINK THE INTENT IS GREAT, BUT SEEING THE PLASTIC BAG BANNED FROM 18 ACTUALLY IS MAKING IT WORSE. 
          IN MY MIND. 
          THERE'S NO ENFORCEMENT REALLY, AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW. 
          I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE A LARGER GREEN INITIATIVE AND INCENTIVIZE THE BEHAVIOR MM-HMM . 
          RATHER THAN USING THE POLICE POWERS TO BAN. 
          MM-HMM . 
          I THINK WE'RE GONNA GET MORE COMPLIANCE IF WE INCENTIVIZE THE BUSINESS THROUGH A REDUCTION OF THE BUSINESS LICENSE IF THEY CAN COMPLY AND MAKE IT ACROSS THE BOARD, NOT JUST FOCUS ON PLASTICS. 
          RIGHT? YES. 
          AND I, I DON'T WANT Y'ALL TO THINK I'M NOT FOR THIS. 
          I, I THINK IT'S, I THINK WE NEED TO WORK IN THAT DIRECTION. 
          I'M JUST OPPOSED TO USING THE GOVERNMENT POWER TO BAN AND INTERFERE WITH BUSINESS. 
          VERY UCH . 
          I I, WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THE PLASTIC BAN, I KNOW, UM, LOCAL WALGREENS THAT I GO TO, IT WAS JUST A MATTER OF AWARENESS AND THEY DID IT RIGHT AWAY. 
          NO MORE PLASTIC BAGS, NO MORE THAN PLASTIC BAGS. 
          UM, AND THEY WENT TO PAY FOR OR BRING YOUR OWN STUFF. 
          UM, I THINK MOST OF THE BUSINESSES PEOPLE COOPERATE AND I HOPE THE GREEN BUSINESS, UH, PROGRAM THAT THE SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENTS DEVELOPING WILL BE HELPFUL IN THAT MORE HOLISTIC, WHAT, WHAT'S THE MOST RECYCLABLE, UM, MATERIAL. 
          THE REASON I ASK THAT IS I ALWAYS THOUGHT CARDBOARD WAS A BIG THING. 
          MM-HMM . 
          UH, EVERY PIZZA BOX I'VE EVER GOTTEN IS CONTAMINATED. 
          YES. 
          YOU GOT, THAT'S RIGHT. 
          UM, I, SO AS FAR AS AN ITEM THAT CAN BE REPETITIVELY RECYCLED OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER, THAT'S GONNA BE YOUR ALUMINUM CAN THEY THEY CAN GO FOREVER, ESSENTIALLY. 
          UM, I THINK THE MOST COMMONLY, AND I, I THOUGHT I HEARD THIS PERSON IN THE CROWD, BUT I WOULD, I WOULD GO, UM, WITH THE CARDBOARD BEING THE MOST COMMONLY RECYCLED AND PROBABLY THE MOST COMMONLY RECEIVED FOR A LOT OF US. 
          RIGHT. 
          ESPECIALLY WITH ORDERING ONLINE. 
          UM, SO, BUT I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE. 
          I'M SPECULATING THAT IT'S JUST ME MAKING A GUEST. 
          SORRY, WENDY. 
          AND THEN ANTICIPATING STARTING THE COMPOSTING. 
          AND WHERE DO Y'ALL KNOW THAT THIS IS FINE. 
          THINK THEY'RE GONNA DO IT AT THE DROP OFF POINTS FIRST? YES. 
          UM, I THINK THERE'S A COUPLE OF CONVENIENCE CENTERS THAT ARE GONNA BE COLLECTING YEAH. 
          COLLECTING THE COMPOST MATERIALS AND THEN THOSE I BELIEVE HAVE TO BE TRANSPORTED TO THE LOCATION OF WHERE OUR COMPOSTING UNIT IS. 
          UM, BUT VICTORIA HOFFMAN IS GOING TO BE YOUR POINT OF CONTACT ON THAT. 
          SHE IS SPEARHEADING THAT. 
          WE'RE SO LUCKY TO HAVE HER. 
          IT'S REALLY EXCITING. 
          YES. 
          COUNCILMAN GLOVER. 
          UM, I THINK WE, WHEN WE DID THE FIRST ONE, WE HAD A FEW EXEMPTIONS, UM, PARTICULARLY WITH THE AGRICULTURE AND, UM, YES. 
          FISHERMAN'S YES. 
          YEAH. 
          SO I HOPE WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. 
          YES. 
          UM, AND WE EVEN SAW IN THE COMMENTS IN THE SURVEY RESPONSES, PARTICULARLY FROM BUSINESSES, CONCERNS FROM NONPROFITS WHO HAVE TO USE THESE ITEMS FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER. 
          AND I KNOW IN PREVIOUS ITERATIONS, NONPROFITS WERE EXEMPTED AS WELL. 
          SO THERE, THERE WILL BE EXEMPTIONS AND WE'LL GET INTO THOSE DETAILS WHEN WE START DRAFTING THOSE AMENDMENTS. 
          BUT OF COURSE, UM, WELCOME FEEDBACK ON WHERE THAT MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ME THIS MORNING? OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MY , I MET, I JUST PUT GROUPS. 
          THEY DID A LOT OF HARD WORK, WHOLE PROJECT. 
          I LIKE BRAG ON JULIE AND THANK YOU. 
          [6. UPDATE ON NORTHERN BEAUFORT TRANSIT MASTER PLAN— RACHEL HATCHER, RS&H]
OKAY. 
          UH, SECOND ITEM WE HAD UP DISCUSSION WAS AN UPDATE ON THE NORTHERN BUFORD FRANCIS MASTER PLAN. 
          AND I GUESS RACHEL, EVERYBODY ON THIS. 
          GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 
          THAT'S A TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW, SO I'M GONNA BE REALLY SPIRITED TO KEEP YOUR ATTENTION. 
          UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME BACK FOR A SECOND TIME. 
          UH, RACHEL HATCHER WITH RS NH I'M REALLY PROUD TO BE SUPPORTING THE LOW COUNTRY COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS 
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AS WELL AS PALMETTO BREEZES AND DEVELOPING YOUR NORTHERN BEAUFORT TRANSIT MASTER PLAN, UH, FOR ALL OF THE AREAS AND COMMUNITIES NORTH OF ABROAD. 
          UM, IF YOU QUICK FOR ME, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA DO IT THIS WAY ON MY PRE SENSATION. 
          UM, SO I KNOW THERE'S, UH, BEEN A LOT OF INFORMATION SHARED WITH YOU ALL, BOTH FROM SERVING ON OUR STAKEHOLDERS COMMITTEE, SEEING INFORMATION IN THE PUBLIC IN OUR LAST PRESENTATION, BUT WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK SINCE Y'ALL SAW US LAST. 
          UM, SO WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU A STATUS UPDATE AND RECAP ON THE THINGS THAT YOU SAW IN YOUR PREVIOUS MEETING VERY BRIEFLY. 
          'CAUSE WE REALLY WANNA GET TO THE MEAT, MEAT OF THE PRESENTATION TODAY, WHICH IS THE STUDY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE IN DRAFT, UH, FINAL REPORT FORMAT AND HOW CAN THE PUBLIC FOR COMMENTS STARTING NEXT WEEK. 
          UM, SO WE HAVE SOME IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES THAT I THINK YOU'LL BE EXCITED TO SEE WITH SOME PRELIMINARY BOTTOM LINE. 
          WHAT WILL THIS COST US AND WHAT WILL THIS COST OUR COMMUNITY? UM, AND THEN NEXT STEPS IN DISCUSSION. 
          UM, YOU ALL ARE A UNIQUE, UH, BOARD FOR US BECAUSE YOU ARE ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION. 
          AND I WANNA START BEFORE WE GET INTO THIS PRESENTATION WITH, UH, CHALLENGING YOU ALL TO SEE THE BENEFITS FOR YOUR COMMUNITY AND RECOGNIZING THAT IMPLEMENTATION DOES NOT HAPPEN WITHOUT LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS. 
          UM, THEY ARE CRITICAL. 
          WITHOUT THOSE LOCAL DOLLARS, WITHOUT THOSE LOCAL CHAMPIONS AND COMMITMENTS, THIS IS JUST A REALLY NICE PLAN. 
          UH, NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO GOING BACK TO THE IDEA OF A TRANSIT MASTER PLAN. 
          WHY ARE WE STUDYING IT? WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE? IT REALLY BOILS DOWN TO THREE BASIC QUESTIONS. 
          WHAT DO WE NEED? WHY DO WE NEED IT? AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO WORK WITH THAT NEXT SLIDE. 
          UM, SO VARIOUS COMPONENTS OF THE PROCESS. 
          I LOVE THIS GRAPHIC 'CAUSE IT, UH, DEMONSTRATES FOLLOW UP PROCESS IN A REALLY, UM, REALLY SHORT AND CONDENSED WAY. 
          BUT, UM, BACKGROUND AND INTRODUCTION, INTRODUCING OURSELVES TO THE COMMUNITY, UM, BUILDING SOME TRUST AND CONVERSATIONS, SOMETIMES VERY DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS WHILE GATHERING INFORMATION BOTH FROM THOSE CONVERSATIONS AS WELL AS FROM DATA, UM, SO THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND THE EXISTING CONDITIONS THAT THE COMMUNITY IS FACING. 
          AS WELL AS SOME OF THE THINGS ON THE HORIZON. 
          UM, SETTING WITH YOU ALL SOME MISSIONS GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AND UNDERSTANDING THROUGH COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH. 
          AND A REALLY GREAT EXAMPLE OF THAT IS IF YOU SAY, I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC IS A PROBLEM, BUT YOUR NUMBER ONE INVESTMENT IS TO GO AS FAR OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AS POSSIBLE TO PICK UP THOSE THAT DON'T HAVE VEHICLES. 
          YOU'RE NOT INCENTIVIZING A REDUCTION IN TRAFFIC BECAUSE NOW YOU'RE NOT PROVIDING A SERVICE FOR THOSE THAT HAVE A VEHICLE AND FIND IT CONVENIENT TO USE A VEHICLE. 
          SO ALIGNING THOSE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES IN A WAY THAT SERVES ALL OF THOSE OBJECTIVES, UM, IN A VERY CONCISE WAY, USING YOUR RESOURCES TO SERVE BOTH THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE A VEHICLE AND THOSE THAT DO AND NEED TO HAVE A CHOICE INCENTIVE. 
          UM, SO THAT FALLS INTO YOUR TRANSIT NEEDS. 
          WHAT ARE YOUR NEEDS? WHY ARE YOU CHOOSING THAT VEHICLE OVER ANOTHER MODE OF TRANSPORTATION? COULD IT BE ONE OF THOSE TOOLS IN YOUR TOOLBOX? UM, AS WELL AS FOR THOSE OBVIOUSLY WHO DON'T HAVE A METHOD OF TRANSPORTATION OR AGING INTO NEEDING SUPPORT. 
          UM, SCENARIOS AND ALTERNATIVES. 
          AS YOU'LL RECALL IN YOUR LAST MEETING WE SHOWED YOU FOUR DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES WHERE WE HEARD THE COMMUNITY, WE SAW THE DATA, AND WE CREATED ESSENTIALLY A VERY SOPHISTICATED CONNECT THE DOTS PROGRAM. 
          IF WE'RE GONNA BE CONNECTING THESE DOTS IN VERY SOPHISTICATED WAYS, WHAT DO THESE DOTS NEED IN ORDER TO BE INCENTIVIZED TO WRITE? AND WHAT DO THESE DOTS NEED IN ORDER TO BE INCENTIVIZED, RIGHT? AND WHERE ARE THEY GOING? WE TESTED FOUR SEPARATE ALTERNATIVES TO SEE WHICH ONE WAS MOST COST EFFECTIVE AND WHICH ONE HAS THE GREATEST RETURN ON THAT INVESTMENT AND RIDERSHIP AS WELL AS EFFICIENCY. 
          UM, SO WE HAVE MOVED FORWARD WITH RECOMMENDATIONS ON, I'LL SHARE WITH YOU, ALTERNATIVE NUMBER FOUR WAS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL. 
          UM, SO WE WENT THROUGH LOTS OF ITERATIONS TO GET TO THAT MOST SUCCESSFUL, UM, ONE TO MOVE FORWARD FOR YOUR FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS AS WELL AS ITS IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY. 
          SO WE ARE APPROACHING THE END OF THE PROCESS. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          UM, A LOT MORE DETAIL, BUT ESSENTIALLY THIS WAS A 12 MONTH PROCESS AND WE ARE IN THE FINAL TWO MONTHS, WHICH YOU SEE IN THE CORNER, WHICH IS SHARING THE DRAFT RECOMMENDATIONS WITH YOU ALL AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC. 
          UM, AND THEN WE'LL BE MOVING FORWARD WITH FINAL PRESENTATIONS AND ADOPTION IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          THIS IS A VERY SHORT SECTION. 
          WE ARE CURRENTLY COLLECTING INFORMATION FROM THE PUBLIC. 
          IF YOU'LL GO TO THE NEXT ONE FOR ME. 
          UH, WE HAVE BEEN ROLLING OUT IN-PERSON EVENTS. 
          UM, MY PERSONAL FAVORITE ASIDE FROM Y'ALL'S FIRST PRESENTATION WAS GREEN DRINKS. 
          UM, WE REALLY ENJOYED BEING IN THE COMMUNITY AND HEARING A LOT OF FANTASTIC FEEDBACK AND WE ABSOLUTELY ADJUSTED ROUTES AND, AND THE WAY THAT WE SHARE INFORMATION BASED ON THE FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED FOR THAT MEETING. 
          UM, SO WE WILL BE ROLLING OUT OUR NEXT IN-PERSON EVENT AT FIRST FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7TH. 
          WE REALLY HOPE YOU ALL WILL COME OUT AND JOIN US AND IF YOU CAN'T JOIN US, PLEASE MAKE SURE OTHER PEOPLE KNOW THAT HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN TRANSIT THAT WE'LL BE THERE AND WE'LL BE, UM, SHARING INFORMATION BUT HAVING SOME INTERACTIVE EXERCISES SO THEY CAN TELL 
          [00:40:01]
US WHAT THEIR MOST IMPORTANT HIGHEST PRIORITY SELECTION IS FOR WHAT WE WOULD ROLL OUT POTENTIALLY FIRST AND WHAT THEY BE LIKELY TO USE. 
          UM, AND THEN OF COURSE ALWAYS IMPORTANT INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION. 
          Y'ALL HAD A FANTASTIC PRESENTATION THAT SHE SHARED THE INFORMATION ABOUT WHY IT'S IMPORTANT AND MAKING SURE THE COMMUNITY GETS THE WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT. 
          EVEN IF TRANSIT IS NOT THEIR PREFERRED METHOD OF TRANSPORTATION WILL BE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO IMPLEMENTATION SUPPORT. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          UM, SO WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH STRATEGIES AND ALTERNATIVES AND AGAIN, THIS IS A RECAP FROM YOUR PREVIOUS UH, PRESENTATION. 
          GO TO THE NEXT. 
          UM, SO WE HAD A LOT OF STRATEGIES THAT WE ROLLED OUT AND SHARED WITH YOU ALL AND EXPLAINED AT YOUR LAST MEETING. 
          AND SOME OF THOSE ARE GONNA BE TRANSPORTATION OR TRANSIT RELATED WHERE YOU'RE USED TO SEEING THINGS LIKE THE BUS COMING TO A STOP. 
          THAT IS THE TRADITIONAL METHOD OF TRANSIT AND IT STILL CERTAINLY PLAYS A ROLE IN THIS COMMUNITY, BUT THAT UM, PARTICULAR TYPE OF TRANSPORTATION IS ONLY APPROPRIATE IF YOU HAVE SUPPORTING INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE SIDEWALKS. 
          IF YOU HAVE NEARBY ORIGINS AND DESTINATIONS WITH ENOUGH DENSITY TO SUPPORT IT, MEANING ENOUGH HUMANS LIVE IN ONE AREA AND ENOUGH HUMANS ARE TRYING TO GET TO ANOTHER AREA, THAT A PERCENTAGE OF THOSE WILL BE A GOOD INVESTMENT BY THIS COMMUNITY. 
          IF YOU DO NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT POPULATION AND SUFFICIENT DESTINATION DENSITIES, YOU WILL BE WASTING YOUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS RUNNING THAT METHOD OF TRANSPORTATION OUT THERE. 
          UM, SO WE TOOK THAT VERY SERIOUSLY IN THIS COMMUNITY BECAUSE THAT IS THE MOST COMMONLY UNDERSTOOD METHOD OF EXPLOITATION IS FIXED ROUTE. 
          UM, THERE ARE ALSO CIRCULATORS THAT ARE NOT MEANT TO COLLECT PEOPLE IN THE SAME WAY THEY'RE MEANT TO MOVE, MOVE PEOPLE REALLY FAST ONCE THEY GET TO WHERE THEY'RE GOING IN THAT REALLY CORE DESTINATION. 
          VERY DIFFERENT METHODS OF A FIXED ROUTE SYSTEM. 
          MICRO TRANSIT, YOU HAVE A CELL PHONE YOU CALL UBER OR LYFT. 
          THIS IS A PUBLIC TRANSIT VERSION OF THAT. 
          SO IN VERY BROAD AREAS WHERE YOU MAYBE DON'T HAVE AS DENSE OF POPULATION, IF YOU WERE TO RUN A LINE DOWN THE CENTER OF A ROADWAY AND YOU ONLY SEE ONE OR TWO HOUSES , THAT'S NOT EFFICIENT FOR THEM. 
          SO USING SOMETHING LIKE MICRO TRANSIT THAT CAN DEVIATE AND MOVE THROUGH THOSE SMALLER BACK ROADS TO PICK UP IN AREAS WHERE THERE ARE CLUSTERS OF PEOPLE THAT NEED TO GO SOMEWHERE THAT'S MORE RURAL. 
          MICRO TRANSIT IS THE MORE APPROPRIATE METHOD. 
          GO EVEN MORE RURAL AND DIAL ARRIVE IS MOST APPROPRIATE BECAUSE THEN YOU GET 24 HOUR ADVANCED RESERVATION REQUIREMENTS WHERE YOU CAN CLUSTER AS MANY TRIPS AND SCHEDULE 'EM AS EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE. 
          AND THEN OF COURSE SEASONAL SHUTTLES. 
          WE'VE WORKED ALL THAT IN. 
          WE KNOW THAT WE LIVE IN A VERY, UM, WONDERFUL PLACE TO VISIT AND OUR COMMUNITY ALSO WANTS TO ENJOY THOSE RESOURCES. 
          SO MAKING SURE WE COST THAT IN. 
          UM, SO THAT IT'S PART OF YOUR OVERALL TRANSPORTATION SOLUTIONS. 
          THERE ARE ALSO SUPPORTING STRATEGIES WHICH ARE REALLY IMPORTANT, ALMOST AS IMPORTANT AS RUNNING THE SERVICE ITSELF. 
          UM, BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE A FANTASTIC SPANISH MOSS TRAIL THAT YOU CAN USE AS A RESOURCE AND LEVERAGE THAT TO GET PEOPLE TO A BUS STOP AND THEY NEVER HAVE TO GET IN THE CAR AT ALL. 
          AND THEY CAN ENJOY THAT BOTH AS A RECREATION OPPORTUNITY BUT ALSO AS A TRANSPORTATION SOLUTION. 
          BIKE SHARE HAS A REALLY STRONG PLACE IN YOUR COMMUNITY WHERE YOU CAN HAVE FOLKS MOVING FROM ONE METHOD OF ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION TO THE OTHER AND THEY DON'T NEED TO BRING THAT VEHICLE OUT AT ALL FOR THEIR DAILY TRIP. 
          UM, BY COMPETITIVE INTENSIVE CORRIDORS, MAKING SURE THAT IF SOMEONE OWNS A BICYCLE AND THAT'S THEIR PRIMARY METHOD OF TRANSPORTATION, THEY CAN USE THAT AND USE THE BUS AS A CONNECTOR FOR THAT MODE. 
          UM, VAN POOL PROGRAMS, YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT IN OUR, OUR PERSONAS AS WE WALK THROUGH THE VAN POOL IS A FANTASTIC AND HIGHLY FLEXIBLE TOOL FOR THOSE FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT SAID, WE NEED HELP WITH TRANSPORTATION TO WORK. 
          WE NEED TO GET OUR FOLKS BROUGHT BROADER AND GREATER ACCESS TO THE AREAS WHERE THEY WANNA WORK. 
          AND WE HAVE REALLY GREAT REGIONAL SHUTTLES THAT DO THAT, BUT THEY DON'T GO EVERYWHERE AND THEY CAN'T GO EVERYWHERE. 
          SO VERY SCALABLE SOLUTION TO ADDITIONAL TRANSPORTATION FOR EMPLOYMENT PURPOSES. 
          AND THEN I KNOW Y'ALL LOVE THIS ONE AND WE DO HAVE A SCENARIO FOR IT. 
          FUTURE FERRY. 
          WE NEED TO SHOW HOW THE SYSTEM COULD SUPPORT FERRY SERVICES IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          UM, AND THEN OF COURSE ALL OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE STRATEGIES, WHICH WE WON'T TALK AS GREAT FOR DETAIL ABOUT TODAY. 
          BUT IF YOU CAN'T HOUSE THE SOMEWHERE, IF YOU CAN'T MAINTAIN THE VEHICLE SOMEWHERE AND IF FOLKS CAN'T, IF THEY ARE BRINGING A CAR IN, PARK IT SOMEWHERE AND BOARD A VEHICLE, THEN YOU WILL NOT HAVE A SUCCESSFUL TOURISM BASED, UH, TRANSIT SYSTEM OR REDUCE THE VEHICLES THAT ARE CIRCLING DOWNTOWN. 
          ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE? 'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA GO MORE RAPIDLY THROUGH THE SCENARIOS AFTER THAT. 
          OKAY, NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO NOW WE'RE GONNA THE, THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE SHOW, THE RECOMMENDATIONS NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO THE RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDE A LOT OF SOLUTIONS THAT ARE CAREFULLY CRAFTED FOR THE AREAS IN THE COMMUNITY WHERE WE HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC AND THE STAKEHOLDERS THAT THERE WAS EXTREME INTEREST AND WE SAW THE DATA SUPPORT THAT THAT INCLUDES THREE BIG DROUGHTS, UM, THAT ARE OPERATING ON 30 TO 60 MINUTE HEADWAYS, UM, WITH REBA ROAD BEING THE FASTEST OF THOSE THREE. 
          AND THE OTHER TWO ARE ON THE OUTSIDES. 
          THAT WOULD BE COLLECTORS THAT WILL BRING FOLKS INTO THAT RIVER ROAD CORE ONE DOWNTOWN BEAUFORT CIRCULATOR, UM, THAT COULD BE SEASONAL OR ALL YEAR ROUND. 
          WE HAVE COSTED IT AS ALL YEAR ROUND. 
          UM, A SEASONAL BEACH SHUTTLE THAT WOULD TAKE YOU OUT TO HUNTING BEACH 
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IN THE SURROUNDING AREA WITH FIVE STOP LOCATIONS. 
          UM, TRANSIT SURFACE ZONES LOCATED, WE'LL GET TOO CLOSE 'CAUSE I KNOW IT'S SENSITIVE HERE AND HERE AGAIN, THOSE ARE, THOSE USE YOUR CELL PHONE WITHIN 20 MINUTES A VEHICLE WILL ARRIVE AT YOUR ORIGIN AND DROP YOU OFF AT YOUR DESTINATION. 
          UM, ONE DIAL WILL ARRIVE WITH SOME, WHICH IS THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE STUDY AREA, UM, WHICH IS CERTAINLY TWO RURAL FOR THE OTHER SOLUTIONS CURRENTLY. 
          BUT IN THE FUTURE, THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT YOU'RE BUILDING COULD OF COURSE EXPAND INTO THAT AREA AS UM, ONE DIAL AIDE, UM, OR I'M SORRY, UH, FOUR MOBILITY HUB SUPER STOPS. 
          AND WE'RE GONNA SHOW YOU, WE ACTUALLY DID SOME TEST FITS ON PROPERTIES IN THE AREA TO SHOW WHAT TYPE OF SUPER STOPS YOU WOULD NEED IN ORDER TO HAVE MULTIPLE VEHICLE STAGING AND PICKING UP AND DROPPING OFF AT THESE KEY TRANSFER LOCATIONS. 
          UM, AND THEN WE DO HAVE THE, UM, REQUIREMENT FOR ONE MAINTENANCE AND STORAGE, WHETHER YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SECURELY STORE THESE VEHICLES IN THE EVENING. 
          UM, ONE BIKE SHARE SYSTEM WITH FIVE LOCATIONS, UM, ONE EMPLOYMENT BAM PROGRAM AND TWO FUTURE CONNECTIONS TO FERRY SERVICE. 
          AND THOSE ARE ALL SHOWN ON THE MAP HERE WHERE THEY'RE APPROPRIATE. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          A LITTLE BIT OF ADDITIONAL DETAIL. 
          WE WON'T GO INTO GREAT, UM, EXPLANATION ON THIS SLIDE, BUT THIS IS PROVIDING YOU WITH HOW MANY VEHICLES EACH WOULD REQUIRE, WHAT THOSE PEAK HEADWAYS ARE, MEANING IF YOU'RE STANDING AT A STOP, HOW FREQUENTLY WILL YOU SEE A VEHICLE GO BY? UM, THE DAYS OF SERVICE, YOU'LL SEE THAT IT DOES VARY BY, UM, EACH OF THOSE SCENARIOS OR RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT GENERALLY MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY FOR THE TRADITIONAL BUS FACILITIES AND THEN, UM, ALL WEEK LONG FOR THE DOWNTOWN CIRCULATOR SO THAT WE CAN TRY TO GET FOLKS OUT OF THEIR VEHICLES AND STOP CLOGGING UP ETTE,  IN THE SURROUNDING AREA. 
          UM, AND THEN WE DID, UM, HAVE THOSE MICRO FOR TRANSIT ZONES AND THE 24, UH, HOUR ADVANCED RESERVATION OPERATING AT THE SAME, UM, SCHEDULE AS THE FIXED ROUTE, WHICH IS A FEDERAL REQUIREMENT. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          UM, SO A LITTLE ADDITIONAL GLIMPSE OF OUR TRANSIT SUPPORTIVE INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          WE HAVE MORE GRAPHICS LIKE THIS IN THE DRAFT REPORT, UM, BUT MOBILITY HUBS AND SUPER STOPS ARE IMPORTANT FOR THE SUCCESS OF THE SYSTEM. 
          WE ARE NOT RECOMMENDING THESE ON DAY ONE, THE SERVICE WOULD ROLL OUT, UM, BUT SHOWING HOW IT COULD FIT WITHIN YOUR COMMUNITY AND HOW IT COULD SUPPORT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          WHAT YOU WOULD SEE IN THE YEAR ONE ROLLOUT WOULD BE THE USE OF EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          AND WE ARE VERY CAREFUL TO RECOMMEND SERVICES AND SYSTEMS THAT WORK WITH WHAT YOU HAVE TODAY, BUT THEN DEMONSTRATING HOW YOU COULD EVOLVE INTO, UM, A STRONGER SUPPORT INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM. 
          UM, FOR EXAMPLE, THIS IS IN DOWNTOWN BUFORT. 
          UM, THIS IS ESSENTIALLY AN EMPTY LOT. 
          WE LAID IT OUT TO PROTECT THE EXISTING OAK TREES, WHICH YOU CAN'T TOTALLY SEE IN THIS VIEW. 
          UM, IT'S A COUNTY OWNED PARCEL AND WE'RE SHOWING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF AREA FOR BIKE SHARE. 
          UM, SOME PARKING ROOM FOR THE SHUTTLES TO PULL IN AND CHARGE BECAUSE WE'RE RECOMMENDING ELECTRIC VEHICLES SO WE'RE NOT CONTRIBUTING TO, UM, AIR POLLUTION, UM, IN THE DOWNTOWN WHILE THEY'RE CIRCULATING ON 10 TO 15 MINUTE HEADWAYS. 
          AND THEN OTHER AMENITIES FOR THOSE THAT ARE USING MICRO MOBILITY AS A SOLUTION. 
          UM, AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING FOR THE PUBLIC AS WELL IF THEY'RE IN THOSE PARKING SPACES. 
          THIS LOCATION IS IN THE BEAUFORT TOWN CENTER. 
          WE'VE GOT FOOD LION UP NORTH. 
          THIS IS THE BANK. 
          UM, SO YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A SUPER STOP LOCATION HERE, WHICH WOULD BE SHORT TERM AND THE POTENTIAL, IT'S A TEST FIT. 
          WE KNOW THAT THERE'S LOTS OF STEPS BETWEEN A TEST FIT AND PROCUREMENT AND CONSTRUCTION, BUT THE NEARBY PROPERTY THAT'S NOT DEVELOPED SHOWS, UM, SOMETHING LIKE A SMALL URBAN TRANSFER CENTER WHERE YOU COULD PULL THE VEHICLES IN. 
          YOU COULD GET INFORMATION FOR THE PUBLIC AND HAVE GREATER AMENITIES FOR THEM. 
          SO THIS TEST FIT CAN FIT ON OTHER PARCELS, BUT JUST DEMONSTRATING IT SO THAT YOU COULD SEE TWO NEARBY. 
          UM, SO ALL THE POTENTIAL SERVICES THAT YOU CAN INCLUDE IN A MOBILITY HUB, YOU'LL HEAR ME TALK ABOUT MOBILITY HUBS A LOT. 
          IT IS CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SO THAT FOLKS KNOW HOW TO APPROACH THE SYSTEM THAT THEY CAN MAKE PARK AND RIDE TRANSFERS AND THEY KNOW WHERE TO GO TO TRANSFER TO THESE OTHER SERVICES WHERE THEY ALL CONNECT. 
          UM, IT ALSO SERVES AS PARK AND RIDES, WHICH ARE IMPORTANT FOR THAT REGIONAL, UM, SERVICE CONNECTION AND OUR BIKE SHARE STATIONS AND OUR SERVICES LEVERAGE THE SPANISH MOSS TRAILHEADS. 
          WE ARE TRYING VERY HARD TO INTEGRATE WITH THAT SO FOLKS DON'T HAVE TO GET IN THEIR VEHICLE TO ACCESS IT AND WHERE POSSIBLE WE CAN LEVERAGE THAT PROVIDERSHIP. 
          ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT MOBILITY HUBS? ALL RIGHT, NEXT SLIDE. 
          POLICIES. 
          YOU ALL LOVE POLICIES, YOU ALL POLICY MAKERS AND ENFORCERS. 
          UM, SO THERE ARE SOME THAT WILL MAKE THE SYSTEM MORE SUCCESSFUL AND SOME THAT WILL REALLY ESSENTIALLY BE REQUIRED FOR THE SERVICE TO THRIVE. 
          TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT IS REALLY LOOKING FORWARD AND LOOKING AT DEVELOPERS AS THEY'RE COMING IN AND DEVELOPING THESE HIGH DENSITY, UM, 
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LOCATIONS, MAKING SURE THAT THEY RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF A VEHICLE, BEING ABLE TO ACCESS THAT PROPERTY. 
          UM, THERE'S A LOT OF VERY SIMPLE DESIGN SOLUTIONS. 
          IF YOU DO IT WITH TRANSIT IN MIND, UM, YOU'LL HAVE A MUCH MORE SUCCESSFUL OPPORTUNITY TO SERVICE THAT HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL LOCATION. 
          UM, TRANSIT ACCESS EASEMENT AND FACILITY ORDINANCES. 
          UM, IF YOU HAVE A NEW DEVELOPMENT AND THEY DON'T HAVE IT ON THE CHECKLIST DURING THE REZONING OR DURING THE PLANNING PRO PRO PRELIMINARY PLATING PROCESS, THEN YOU'RE GONNA MISS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, I CAN'T GET A BUS IN HERE. 
          I NEED TO BE ABLE TO SERVICE THIS AREA OF PETS ON MY TRANSIT LINE. 
          OH, THIS IS ON A FUTURE TRANSIT LINE. 
          THIS WILL BE IMPORTANT. 
          SO MAKING SURE THAT NOT ONLY THE ORDINANCES ARE ADJUSTED, BUT ALSO THE REVIEW PROCESSES ADJUSTED FOR YOUR COMMUNITY SO THAT YOU CAN CATCH IT EARLY AND YOU CAN COMMUNICATE IT EARLY AND DEMONSTRATE TO YOUR DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY THAT THIS IS IMPORTANT AND IT BECOMES PART OF YOUR, UM, OVERSIGHT PROCESS. 
          UM, AND IT DOES LEAD TO ACCESS EASEMENTS SAYING IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE ACCESS EASEMENT IN PLACE BEFORE THEY DEVELOP AND YOU DON'T CATCH IT EARLY, AND YOU HAVE TO ASK FOR PERMISSION TO ENTER THE PROPERTY AFTER, AND YOU DON'T ALWAYS GET IT. 
          SO IF WE SAY WALMART, CAN I COME ON YOUR PROPERTY? YOU MAY NOT GET A YES, BUT IF YOU SAY YOU WANNA DEVELOP A WALMART IN MY COMMUNITY, WE MUST HAVE TRANSIT ACCESS. 
          YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK AND ASK FOR IT AFTER THE FACT. 
          VERY, VERY IMPORTANT PIECE, UH, MARKETING AND PUBLIC INFORMATION. 
          WE WON'T GO INTO SIGNIFICANT DETAIL ABOUT THIS, BUT ANYTHING YOU ROLL OUT THAT'S NEW MUST BE COMMUNICATED WITH THE COMMUNITY AND IF EVERYONE'S DOING IT IN A POSITIVE MANNER, IT WOULD BE MORE SUCCESSFUL. 
          UM, SO MAKING SURE THEY GET THAT INFORMATION REPETITIVELY, THEY UNDERSTAND HOW TO USE IT, THEY UNDERSTAND HOW IT BENEFITS THEM EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT A WRITER. 
          AND THEN CONDUCTING RIDER TRAINING, MAKING SURE THAT PARTICULARLY OUR VULNERABLE AND SENIOR COMMUNITIES HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET ON A BUS, LEARN HOW TO USE THE APP AND LEARN THIS NEW MODE OF TRANSPORTATION IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          SUPER IMPORTANT FOR THE SUCCESS OF A ROLLOUT OF A SYSTEM. 
          AND THEN MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF OUR SERVICES ARE APPROACHABLE. 
          WE ALL LOVE OUR CELL PHONES, MAKING SURE THE INFORMATION IS ACCESSIBLE TO THEM SO THEY KNOW IN REAL TIME WHEN VEHICLES ARE COMING. 
          UM, WE HAVE ACCESSIBILITY AND EQUITY OPTIONS AT EACH OF THOSE INFORMATION COLLECTION ZONES AND THAT WE'RE PROVIDING SHADE AND SAFETY AND COMFORT. 
          AND THAT WAS ACTUALLY SHARED TO US IN ONE OF THE PRIMARY GOALS. 
          WE JUST WANT TO SEE BE SAFE. 
          WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE FOLKS COMING IN HERE, COMING INTO OUR COMMUNITIES AND CREATING AN UNSAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR US. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF FEAR ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO THIS IS MY FAVORITE PART OF THE PRESENTATION. 
          WE'RE GONNA TAKE VARIOUS CONSTITUENTS FROM YOUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE TARGET AUDIENCES THAT WE HEARD, BOTH FROM PUBLIC AND STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT, BUT ALSO FROM OUR KEY, UM, STAKEHOLDERS ABOUT THOSE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO SERVE AND THOSE THAT ARE MOST IMPORTANT FOR US TO REMEMBER WHEN WE'RE DESIGNING THIS SYSTEM. 
          AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THEIR BACKSTORIES AND HOW THEY'RE GONNA USE THIS SYSTEM TO SOLVE THEIR DAILY TRANSPORTATION ISSUES AND CHALLENGES. 
          SO OUR FIRST IS A FAMILY OF SIX, BUT THEY ONLY HAVE ONE VEHICLE. 
          UM, THEY'RE LIVING AT LAUREL BAY AND MOM TAKES THE CAR TO WORK AT THE AIR STATION, BUT DAD IS UM, LUCKY HE GETS TO WORK FROM HOME, BUT I'M LUCKY IN THAT HE'S GOT FOUR KIDS AND HE HAS TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THEM AROUND TOWN WHEN THEY HAVE TO MAKE DAILY TRIPS WHEN MOM HAS THE CAR. 
          OUR NEXT UM, LOCAL COMMUNITY MEMBER IS A STUDENT AND HE HAS NO VEHICLE, HIS BICYCLE'S, HIS PRIMARY MODE OF TRANSPORTATION. 
          UM, HE LIVES WITH HIS FAMILY IN SHELL POINT. 
          UM, AND WHILE THE BICYCLE HAS WORKED FOR HIM IN THE PAST, HE'S NOW TRYING TO GET OUT FURTHER, LIKE GOING TO THE CAMPUS DOWNTOWN. 
          AND HE'S A FASTER METHOD OF TRANSPORTATION. 
          IT'S TAKING HIM TOO LONG TO GET TO PLACES AND IT'S UNCOMFORTABLE IN THE HOT AND RAINY TIME OF TIMES OF YEAR. 
          OUR NEXT GROUP, WE'VE GOT A LOT, LOT OF LOCAL RESIDENTS THAT ARE COMMUTING TO WORK AND THEY'RE COMMUTING REGIONALLY AND NOT JUST THE LOCAL TRIPS. 
          UM, THEY COMMUTE TO SAVANNAH HILTON HEAD DAILY. 
          UH, TRAFFIC IS JUST GETTING WORSE. 
          THEY'RE SITTING IN TRAFFIC FOR LONGER AND LONGER PERIODS OF TIME, SO THEY'RE AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILY FOR LONGER PERIODS OF TIME AND THE COST TO MAINTAIN THEIR PERSONALLY OWNED VEHICLE IS RISING AND BECOMING UNSUSTAINABLE FOR 'EM. 
          UM, OUR SECOND TO LAST GROUP OR ACTIVE SENIORS WITH LIMITED MOBILITY. 
          UH, THEY LIVE IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE COUNTY, BUT THEY LOVE WEDNESDAY BRIDGE AT THE DOWNTOWN LIBRARY. 
          UM, THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO DRIVE, BUT THEY WANT TO REMAIN INDEPENDENT. 
          SO THEY'RE LOOKING AT TRANSPORTATION SOLUTIONS TO HELP THEM THERE SO THEY DON'T COME A PERCEIVED BURDEN ON THOSE THAT ARE HELPING THEM BY DRIVING THEM TO THOSE LOCATIONS. 
          AND THEN OUR LAST FELLOW HERE, HE'S A LOCAL TEAM WITH NO DRIVER'S LICENSE AND HE'S ENJOYING SUMMER BREAK AND LOVES SURFING, BUT HIS PARENTS HAVE THE VEHICLES FOR WORK AND THEY'RE NOT WILLING TO LET HIM USE THAT DURING THE DAY. 
          UM, HE'S TRYING TO AVOID GETTING BORED AND UP TO NO GOOD. 
          KEEPS HEARING IT FROM FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO HE'S LOOKING FOR TRANSPORTATION TO HELP HIM GET SOME RECREATION AND OUTLETS FOR FUN, UH, DURING THE DAY. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA GO INTO EACH OF THESE AND I'M GONNA SHOW YOU HOW TO USE THE SYSTEM FOR EACH OF THEIR NEEDS. 
          GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          ALL RIGHT, SO THE JONES ORTIZ FAMILY. 
          ASHLEY HAS THE CAR FOR THE DAY. 
          SO MR. JONES ORTIZ IS READY TO TAKE THE KIDS AND HE NEEDS TO GET TO WALMART. 
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THE NEARBY FOOD LION FROM HOME IS NOT NOT GONNA HAVE THE THINGS THAT HE NEEDS FOR THE DAY. 
          THEY'VE GOTTA HAVE A BROAD TRIP. 
          THEY COULD TYPICALLY WALK TO THEIR CLOSEST GROCERY STORE, BUT NOW THEY'RE GONNA NEED TRANSIT. 
          SO HE'S DETERMINED THAT HE'S BEEN THE MICRO TRANSIT ZONE, SO HE'S GONNA TAKE MINE FOR A TRANSIT WITH HIS KIDS TO THE LOCAL WALMART. 
          AND HE DOES THAT BY, AT 9:30 AM GRABBING HIS PHONE AND SCHEDULING HIS TRIP ON THE MICRO TRANSIT APP. 
          HE DID THAT AT NINE 40. 
          BY 9 55 HE'S ARRIVED AT WALMART. 
          THE VEHICLE PULLED UP TO HIS HOUSE, IT DROVE HIM DIRECTLY TO WALMART WITH THE KIDS AND LET THEM OFF AT THE FRONT DOOR. 
          HE DOES HIS SHOPPING AND AT 10 45 HE RETAILS THE MICROT TRANSIT USING THE SAME APP. 
          IT'S THERE WITHIN 20 MINUTES AND THEY'VE COMPLETED THEIR TRIP BY 1105 AND THEY'RE BACK HOME WITH THEIR GROCERIES. 
          UM, MICRO TRANSITS IS A SHARED TRIP SERVICE, SO YOU WOULD NEED TO LET THE DISPATCHERS AND THE APP KNOW THAT YOU WOULD HAVE MULTIPLE RIDERS, UM, BUT THEY WOULD BE BRINGING YOU TO YOUR HOME LOCATION OR WITHIN ONE BLOCK OF YOUR DESTINATION. 
          RECOGNIZING THAT ORAL BAY IS GATED. 
          THERE WOULD NEED TO BE AGREEMENTS WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S AT THE FRONT GATE OR AT THE FRONT DOOR. 
          UM, SOME REALLY GREAT STATISTICS ABOUT THIS. 
          UM, 15 TO 20 MINUTES IS TYPICALLY THE RANGE, BUT THE, THE FASTER IT IS, THE MORE YOU PAY. 
          SO YOU CAN CONTROL THE COSTS BY SAYING WE WANT TO HAVE 30 MINUTE HEADWAYS OR ONE HOUR HEADWAYS. 
          YOU TYPICALLY SEE ABOUT 15 TO 20 MINUTES. 
          UM, THEY ARE VANS, UM, THEY'RE MUCH SMALLER, SO THEY'RE MORE NIMBLE. 
          THEY CAN GET IN AND OUT OF THESE AREAS THAT DON'T HAVE THE MORE ROBUST TRANSPORTATION NETWORK. 
          UM, AND THEY'RE VERY FLEXIBLE. 
          UM, SO IF YOU DON'T NEED THE TRIP, YOU DON'T NEED THE APP. 
          UM, WHEN YOU DO NEED THE TRIP, IT'S THERE FOR YOU IN THAT ZONE. 
          UM, ALSO VERY IMPORTANT NOTE, THIS TRIP IS WITHIN THE ZONE, BUT THERE ARE SEVERAL APPROVED EXTERNAL STATIONS. 
          UM, SO IF YOU'RE, YOU CAN OPERATE ANYWHERE WITHIN THE ZONE, BUT IF YOU NEED TO GO OUTSIDE THE ZONE, YOU HAVE TO CONNECT TO ANOTHER MODE OF TRANSPORTATION AT A AN APPROVED CONNECTION POINT. 
          ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR JONES ORTIZ FAMILY GETTING TO WALMART? OKAY, NEXT SLIDE. 
          OKAY, THIS TIME WE WANT A DAY TRIP. 
          DAD HAS TO PLAN A DAY TRIP WITH THE KIDDOS. 
          MOM'S WORKING SATURDAY. 
          UM, SO WE'RE GOING TO AGAIN, USE MICRO TRANSIT BECAUSE WE LIVE IN A MICRO TRANSIT ZONE OF ORAL BAY. 
          UM, BUT IN THIS CASE, WE'RE GONNA TAKE THE MICRO TRANSIT ZONE DOWN TO AN EXTERNAL APPROVED LOCATION AT FOOD LINE. 
          THE FOOD LINE IS AN EXTERNAL APPROVED LOCATION BECAUSE THAT IS A MEGA STOP OR SUPER STOP THAT IS ONE OF OUR MOBILITY HUBS. 
          SO WE WILL ALLOW OUR MICRO TRANSIT PASSENGERS TO GET TO ANY OF OUR MAJOR MOBILITY HUBS THAT'S CLOSEST BY THAT ZONE. 
          SO THE ORTIZ JONES FAMILY WILL RIDE TO THE FOOD LION. 
          THEY WILL PICK UP THE RED ROUTE TO MAKE A TRANSFER TO A FIXED ROUTE RED ROUTE, AND THEY'RE GONNA RIDE THAT JUST TO THE BIKE SHARE STATION AT PORT ROYAL WHERE WE JUST GOT THE APPROVED EXTENSION OF THE SPANISH MOSS TRAIL THAT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION NOW. 
          SO THEY'RE GONNA RIDE THEIR BICYCLES DOWN TO GET A BIKE AND GO TO THE PLAYGROUND, GET THOSE BIKES TURNED BACK IN AND MAKE THAT RETURN TRIP. 
          UM, SO ALL IN INCLUDING THEIR FUN FOR THE DAY. 
          UM, THE TRANSPORTATION TO GET THERE AND THE FUN, UM, AND ENJOYMENT WAS ABOUT AN HOUR 45. 
          SO THEY WOULD THEN MAKE THAT RETURN TRIP HOME. 
          UM, SO IMPORTANT STATISTICS ABOUT THIS TRIP. 
          YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY WOULD USE THIS FOR RECREATION, BUT THEY COULD ALSO USE THAT FOR GROCERY SHOPPING IF THERE WAS SOMETHING IN THIS LOCATION THEY NEEDED AND MAKE IT TO THE DOWNTOWN IF THAT WAS THEIR PREFERRED DESTINATION AS WELL. 
          ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS CONNECTION OF FIXED ROUTE BIKE SHARE AND MICRO TRANSIT FOR OUR FAMILY? IF I HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I I'M HAVE TO LEAVE. 
          SO YES, SIR. 
          LEMME JUST GET THIS IN. 
          UM, YOU, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE, UH, A PARK RIDE. 
          YES, SIR. 
          UH, I'D LOVE FOR YOU TO CONSIDER A PARKING RIDE, UM, TO HONEY. 
          DO WE HAVE A CONNECTION THERE? SO WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS OUR SHUTTLE, OUR UM, SEASONAL SHUTTLE WOULD COME ALL THE WAY BACK TO BUFORD TOWN CENTER, WHICH WOULD BE A NEGOTIATED, UM, MAJOR HUB FOR THE SYSTEM, WHICH HAS PARKING THAT IS VERY UNDERUTILIZED AND THAT SHUTTLE WOULD TAKE THEM ALL THE WAY OUT TO HUNTING ISLAND. 
          BUT IT DOES HAVE FIVE. 
          YES. 
          UM, COUNTY HAS ABOUT TWO ACRES OF LAND PRETTY CLOSE, ABOUT THREE MILES FROM HOUR. 
          OKAY. 
          ONE YOU TO CONSIDER THAT, THAT WITH THE, BETWEEN THAT AREA SURE. 
          OUR FUTURE, YEAH. 
          THAT WOULD ESSENTIALLY BECOME A STOP ON THAT SHUTTLE ROUTE. 
          SO YEAH, WE'LL ABSOLUTELY INCORPORATE THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE JUDGE OR HUGHES FAMILY, I'M GONNA MOVE ON SO WE CAN GET YOU THROUGH ALL OF OUR PERSONAS. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          ALRIGHT, IF ANY OF Y'ALL HAVE WORKED CLOSELY WITH OUR TEAM, YOU KNOW THAT JUSTIN IS MY RIGHT HAND IN DESIGNING ALL THESE. 
          SO HE GOT A SHOUT OUT. 
          JUSTIN RELIES ON HIS BICYCLE. 
          UM, SO JUSTIN IS LIVING, UM, NEAR SHELL POINT WITH HIS FAMILY. 
          UH, HE RELIES ON HIS BICYCLE TO GET TO AND FROM, UM, ALL OF THE PLACES THAT HE NEEDS TO 
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TRAVEL, BUT HE'S BEEN TRYING TO GET DOWNTOWN TO THE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS AND IT'S A LONG DRIVE. 
          SO HE'S GONNA TAKE HIS BICYCLE AND PICK UP THE GREEN ROUTE, WHICH HE'S THEN AGAIN GONNA TAKE TO THE FOOD LION AND MAKE A TRANSFER TO THE RED ROUTE, WHICH IS OUR FASTEST REBO ROAD ROUTE. 
          HE'S GONNA RIDE THAT ROUTE ALL THE WAY TO THE DOWNTOWN. 
          HE'S GONNA, UM, ALIGHT THE VEHICLE, GET HIS BICYCLE OFF THE FRONT, WHICH THEY HAVE BICYCLE CARRIERS, SO HE IS GONNA RIDE IT TO THE CAMPUS ON THE WAY BACK. 
          HE DOESN'T NEED TO BE AS FAST. 
          SO HE'S GONNA TAKE THE SLOWER OF THE TWO ROUTES, THE GREEN ROUTE. 
          ON HIS WAY BACK, HE'S GONNA RIDE HIS BICYCLE DOWN TO THE BEAUFORT TOWN CENTER AND THEN HE IS GONNA RIDE THAT ROUTE HOME. 
          UM, SO JUST A CLASSIC TRANSIT TRIP USING TWO ROUTES, BUT INCORPORATING THAT BICYCLE SO THAT HE CAN MAKE THOSE FIRST AND LAST MILE CONNECTIONS. 
          UM, THE BEAUTY OF THE FLEXIBILITY IN HIS BICYCLE IS THAT HE CAN GO DOWNTOWN FOR A BITE TO EAT. 
          HE CAN STOP BY THE LIBRARY. 
          HE HAS THAT FLEXIBILITY. 
          THIS ROUTE WILL COME EVERY 30 MINUTES. 
          THIS ROUTE WILL COME EVERY 60 MINUTES. 
          SO HE MISSES THIS ONE, HE CAN PICK THIS ONE UP AND GET HOME. 
          SO HE HAS REDUNDANCY IN THAT SYSTEM THAT HELPS HIM TO GET WHERE HE NEEDS TO GO RAPIDLY. 
          ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT JUSTIN'S TRIP? ALL RIGHT, NEXT SLIDE. 
          ONE ABOUT THE BICYCLES. 
          IF, IF THEY HAVE TO TO UM, PARK THEIR BIKES TO GET ON SOMETHING AND LEAVE IT AT A LOCATION, HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE IT'S, IT'S SECURE? SO, UM, THAT'S A REALLY GREAT QUESTION AND ALL OF OUR MOBILITY HUBS WE HAVE CITED, UM, BIKE RACKS. 
          UM, AND THEN THE VEHICLES THEMSELVES HAVE BICYCLE CARRIERS ON THEM SO THEY'RE ABLE TO CARRY THE BIKE WITH THEM FOR THE MOST PART AND THEN WHERE THEY'RE GOING THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, BE UP TO THEM WHEN HE GETS TO THE UNIVERSITY. 
          BUT THERE'S ALWAYS ADVOCACY PROGRAMS WHEN YOU HAVE A REALLY STRONG BICYCLE COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE SPACED AND COMFORTABLE LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE, BUT EACH OF THE TRAIL HEADS HAVE, UM, BIKE, UH, RACK FACILITIES. 
          UM, THE HUBS ARE RECOMMENDED TO HAVE BIKE RACK FACILITIES AND THAT WOULD BE IN, IN THE PHASE ONE ROLLOUT. 
          UM, AND THEN LONG TERM THOSE BIG MOBILITY HUBS CAN HAVE ENHANCED INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          BICYCLING BECOMES A REALLY STRONG COMPONENT OF THE SYSTEM. 
          WE'VE EVEN SEEN IN SOME COMMUNITIES LOCK BOXES FOR THEM. 
          UM, IF IT BECOMES SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE KIND OF THE DOUBLE DECKER LOCK, UM, EQUIPMENT ON IT THAT YOU SEE SO FREQUENTLY IN PLACES LIKE AMSTERDAM ACTUALLY SEEING 'EM IN THE US IN CERTAIN COMMUNITIES. 
          UM, DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? GREAT. 
          UM, ALRIGHT. 
          INTRODUCING OUR COMMUTER CLUB. 
          UM, THESE FOLKS ARE TIRED OF DRIVING THEIR VEHICLES AND THEY HAVE SOME BUDDIES WHO DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO A VEHICLE AND THEY ARE TRYING TO GET THROUGHOUT THE REGION, UM, A NEED A METHOD OF TRAVEL. 
          SO THIS IS OUR VAN POOL PROGRAM SLASH CARPOOL PROGRAM IS VERY SCALABLE SYSTEM. 
          UM, IT'S GENERALLY OPERATED FOR A THIRD PARTY OPERATOR. 
          ONE OF THE LARGEST IN THE REGION IS, UM, THEY USE THEIR FLEET OF VEHICLES TO SUPPLEMENT AND AUGMENT AS NEEDED, PROVIDE THOSE VEHICLES TO OUR VAN, POOL AND CARPOOL RIDERS. 
          UM, SO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY PROVIDES A STIPEND, AN AMOUNT OF MONEY THEY'LL PAY PER VEHICLE WITH A MINIMUM NUMBER OF RIDERS. 
          SO WE HAVE OUR COMMUTER CLUB NUMBER ONE THAT'S COMING FROM THREE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. 
          SO THEY'RE A CARPOOL, UM, AND THEY'RE GONNA MEET UP IN PORT ROYAL AT OUR LITTLE LOCATION, TRAVEL TO THE BAM POOL SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MINUTES TO GET THERE. 
          OTHERWISE IT'S NOT INCENTIVIZED TO THEM AND THEY WOULDN'T LIKELY BE A CLUSTER. 
          THEY GET THERE AGREED UPON BAM POOL MEETING AREA AND THEY CAN TRAVEL ANYWHERE IN THE DESIGNATED REGION TO GET TO WORK AS LONG AS THEY'RE STARTING. 
          LOCATION IS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          WE'RE TRYING TO GET OUR FOLKS TO EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES WHEREVER THEY NEED TO GO. 
          THEY GET VOUCHERS FOR GAS, THEY GET VOUCHERS FOR MAINTAINING THAT VEHICLE AND IT'S A VOLUNTEER DRIVER WHO CLEARS ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS IN ORDER TO BE THE DRIVER OF THAT VEHICLE. 
          SO IT KEEPS OUR COST VERY LOW. 
          WE'RE PROVIDING ESSENTIALLY A GROUP TRIP, A GROUP VEHICLE, WE'RE SUBSIDIZING IT. 
          THEY PAY THE REMAINDER OF THAT, WHICH IS FAR CHEAPER THAN OWNING AND OPERATING A PERSONAL CAR AND A REALLY GREAT, UM, ENTRANCE OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE THAT DON'T HAVE A VEHICLE, THAT CAN'T GET TO THESE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A WAY TO GET THERE. 
          VERY SCALABLE, EASY TO IMPLEMENT AND EASY TO SHUT DOWN IF IT DOESN'T BECOME A SUCCESSFUL, UH, TEST PILOT. 
          THE OTHER PEOPLE WHO DROP, WHO DRIVE THEIR CAR TO WHERE THEIR THE SPAN IS MM-HMM . 
          WHERE WOULD YOU FOR SAFE PARKING FROM THOSE PEOPLE? SO IT'S REALLY GREAT QUESTION AND THE BEAUTY OF THE AM IS THAT IT IS ALL UP TO THEM. 
          THEY AGREE ON WHERE THEY'RE GONNA DROP THEIR VEHICLES OFF. 
          THEY AGREE ON WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO KEEP THE VAN. 
          UM, AND SO THE DRIVER'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE VAN WHERE IT'S BEING PARKED, IT TYPICALLY IS, UH, LOCATED AT THEIR HOME AND THEN THE PICKUP AND DROP OFF LOCATION FOR THE OTHER VEHICLES IS COMPLETELY UP TO THAT VAN POOL AND CARPOOL. 
          THE GOAL OF THIS IS ABSOLUTE FLEXIBILITY BECAUSE WHEN WE START PUTTING PARAMETERS AND RULES AND REQUIREMENTS ON IT, THEN IT BECOMES NOT THE INTENT OF WHICH IS ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM FLEXIBILITY. 
          WE JUST PAY A STIPEND TOWARDS IT. 
          THE INSURANCE AND THE LIABILITY IS ON THE THIRD PARTY OPERATOR AND NOT ON US. 
          SO WE LET THEM HANDLE IT. 
          IT'S JUST 
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ACCESS TO A VEHICLE. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS ONE? OKAY, NEXT, OUR COMMUTER CLUB, WE'RE LOOKING LONG TERM. 
          THIS COMMUTER CLUB IS TRYING TO GET TO WORK VIA FERRY. 
          UM, SO NOW WE HAVE A NEW FERRY SERVICE. 
          IT IS, UM, OUR MARINA'S AT PORT ROYAL IN THIS INSTANCE. 
          UM, SO WE'VE GOT VARIOUS HOME LOCATIONS. 
          UM, THEY'RE GETTING TO THIS, UH, PICKUP LOCATION, THE MARINA, AND THEN TAKING IT TO THIS ONE LOCATION. 
          BUT THERE ARE VARIOUS AREAS THROUGHOUT THE REGION THAT ARE DESIGNATED FOR THOSE MARINA STOPS. 
          BUT THIS IS JUST TO DEMONSTRATE TO YOU HOW YOU COULD POTENTIALLY USE THE BLUE ROUTE TO GET TO PORT ROYAL TO GET ON THE FERRY AND THEN TO RIDE TO THAT LOCATION OR USE YOUR PERSONAL VEHICLE TO GET FROM THE HOME TO THAT MARINA TO GET THROUGHOUT THE REGION. 
          UM, REALLY RAPID SERVICE, REALLY GREAT SERVICE. 
          YOU'RE AVOIDING THE LOG JAM ON THE HIGHWAY SYSTEM THAT WE ALL FIND OURSELVES IN. 
          UM, AND WE'RE TRAVELING REGIONALLY. 
          UM, SO, UH, A FEW MORE STEPS TO GET THIS IMPLEMENTED, BUT IT ABSOLUTELY HAS BEEN CONSIDERED AS PART OF OUR DESIGN. 
          UM, SO THAT WHEN AND IF THE SERVICE DOES BECOME IMPLEMENTED, IT'S SEAMLESS WITH OUR TRANSIT SERVICES AND OUR FLEXIBLE SERVICES. 
          IT'S A PASSAGE FAIR THAT'S UP FOR YOU TO DECIDE. 
          , WE'RE TRYING TO TRANSPORT VEHICLES, FIND PLACE, SOMEBODY'S GOTTA PICK THEM UP. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          UM, SO WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING THAT INTERNALLY. 
          IT'S OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF THE NORTHERN BUFORD STUDY, BUT WE HAVE, UM, WE HAVE DISCUSSED THAT THEY'RE GOING TO SAVANNAH, CHATHAM MARY TRANSIT IS THERE AND THAT'S AN EASY SOLUTION. 
          BUT IF THEY'RE GOING TO AREAS LIKE HILTON HEAD THAT DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE A ROBUST LOCAL TRANSIT SERVICE THAT WOULD NEED TO BE INVESTED IN BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T BE SUCCESSFUL OTHERWISE, UNLESS IT'S A, UM, TOURISM BASED THREAT AND THEY HAVE ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION. 
          ANY QUE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FERRY FUTURE? ALL RIGHT, NEXT SLIDE. 
          UM, IN THIS SCENARIO WE'VE GOT BOB AND SUE. 
          BOB AND SUE REALLY TRYING TO GET TO BRIDGE CLUB ON WEDNESDAY. 
          UM, BOB LIVES FURTHER OUT. 
          HE LIVES, UM, NEAR FROGMORE AND HE IS IN A MICRO TRANSIT ZONE. 
          UM, HE'S ALSO A DA PARATRANSIT ELIGIBLE, WHICH MEANS HE HAS MOBILITY LIMITATIONS. 
          HE'S CALLED PALMETTO BREEZE. 
          HE'S FILLED OUT THE FORM AND IT'S BEEN APPROVED AND NOW HE IS ELIGIBLE FOR A LITTLE ADDITIONAL SERVICES. 
          SO IT WILL STILL, HE'LL USE THE APP, IT'LL COME TO HIS HOME, BUT INSTEAD OF DROPPING HIM OFF OR MAKING HIM CONNECT TO A FIXED ROUTE SYSTEM, HE CAN IF HE'D LIKE TO, AND IT'S CHEAPER IF HE DOES, BUT IF HE WOULD LIKE TO USE THAT SYSTEM TO GET ALL THE WAY TO THE LIBRARY, IT WILL EXTERNALLY DROP HIM AT HIS REQUESTED DESTINATION BECAUSE HE IS A DA ELIGIBLE. 
          UM, AND THAT IS BASED ON MOBILITY LIMITATIONS AND IT IS MORE EXPENSIVE TO USE THOSE SERVICES BECAUSE IT IS MORE DIRECT. 
          UM, SO ONCE HE GETS TO THE LIBRARY AND ENJOYS HIS BRIDGE GAME, UM, WITH HIS PARTNER, HE'S THEN GONNA BE ABLE TO BORE THE DOWNTOWN CIRCULATOR AND GET THE COFFEE AFTERWARD BEFORE HE SCHEDULES HIS TRIP HOME, PICK HIM UP DIRECTLY FROM THE COFFEE SHOP AND TAKE HIM BACK HOME NEAR FROGMORE. 
          UM, SUE ON THE OTHER HAND, UM, SHE LIVES IN TOWN. 
          SHE'S LIVING AT THE SENIOR APARTMENTS THAT ARE CLOSE TO THE SKATE PARK AND SHE, UM, IS GOING TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR WHAT'S CALLED A DA PARATRANSIT FROM A FIXED ROUTE. 
          SO YOU SEE THIS BUFFER THAT EXISTS ON EITHER SIDE OF OUR BLUE ROUTE, THAT MEANS THAT THE VEHICLE WILL DEVIATE OR A SPECIALIZED VEHICLE WILL GO TO HER LOCATION ON A PRE-SCHEDULED TRIP. 
          SO ON MONDAY, SOON AS SHE WANTS TO GET TO THE LIBRARY ON WEDNESDAY, ON MONDAY, SUE IS GONNA CALL THE DISPATCHER AND SHE'S GONNA SAY, I'D LIKE TO BE PICKED UP FROM MY HOME AT NINE 20 SO THAT I CAN GET TO THE LIBRARY BEFORE MY BRIDGE GAME. 
          THAT STARTS AT 10 AND I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND I'M GONNA SCHEDULE MY PICKUP TRIP AT ONE, UM, 10 BECAUSE I WANT TO BE, UH, BACK HOME BY ONE 30. 
          I WANT YOU TO PICK ME UP BY ONE 30. 
          SO THAT LITTLE BIT OF WIGGLE ROOM IN THERE. 
          SO THE TWO OF THEM MEET UP USING VERY DIFFERENT METHODS OF TRANSPORTATION. 
          24 HOUR ADVANCED RESERVATION MINIMUM. 
          SO SHE SCHEDULED IT ON MONDAY. 
          ADVANCED RESERVATION ONLY REQUIRES ABOUT 20 MINUTES HERE, BUT WE'RE A DA PARA TRAN, SO IT'S GONNA TAKE US A LITTLE FURTHER. 
          WE'RE GONNA MEET UP FOR BRIDGE. 
          WE'RE GONNA BOTH BOARD THE A DAA ACCESSIBLE SHUTTLE BECAUSE IT CAN HAVE A WHEELCHAIR, LIFT A RAMP AND DROP US BOTH OFF AT COFFEE TO ENJOY IT TOGETHER AND THEN USE OUR METHODS TO GET BACK HOME. 
          SO OUR ACTIVE SENIORS WERE ABLE TO GET THE BRIDGE CLUB AND HAVE COFFEE TOGETHER AND JUST REQUIRED VERY DIFFERENT BUT SOMEWHAT SIMILAR TACTICS TO DO THAT. 
          ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT BOB AND SUE? ALL RIGHT, NEXT SLIDE. 
          THIS IS OUR LAST GUY, JAYDEN. 
          HE'S JUST TRYING TO GET TO THE BEACH AND STAY OUT OF TROUBLE. 
          UM, SO AGAIN, JAYDEN IS LIVING WITH HIS FAMILY NEARBY THE GREEN ROUTE. 
          UM, SO HE IS GOING TO WALK TO THE NEAREST PICKUP LOCATION, WHICH IS ABOUT A QUARTER OF A MILE FROM HIS HOME. 
          HE'S GOING TO BOARD AND RIDE TO OUR TRANSFER LOCATION, WHICH AGAIN IS THE BEAUFORT TOWN CENTER NEAR THE FOOD LION. 
          THAT IS A SUPER STOP. 
          SO OUR 
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UM, SHUTTLE WILL PICK UP AT THAT LOCATION. 
          IT HAS FOUR OTHER STOPS ALONG THE WAY AND TAKE 'EM STRAIGHT OUT TO HUNTING BEACH OVER SIX TIMES PER DAY. 
          THAT'S HOW OFTEN THE SHUTTLE WILL RUN. 
          SO HE'S TAKING THE MORNING SHUTTLE AND HE'S GONNA TAKE THE SECOND TO LAST SHUTTLE HOME BECAUSE HE NEEDS TIME WHEN HE GETS BACK, WHICH IS ABOUT A 45 MINUTE DRIVE TO GET ON THE GREEN ROUTE TO GET HOME BEFORE THE SERVICE ENDS, UM, AT THE END OF THE DAY. 
          SO A LITTLE BIT OF PRE-PLANNING FOR JAYDEN, BUT AN EASY TRANSFER AND TRIP OUT TO THE BEACH. 
          VERY AFFORDABLE. 
          UM, AND HE HAS OPTIONS IF HE WANTS TO LEAVE A LITTLE EARLIER, HE CAN. 
          IF HE WANTS TO LEAVE A LITTLE LATE LATER AND HAS FLEXIBILITY ON THE OTHER END FOR TRANSPORTATION, HE CAN DO THEY HAVE PRACTICAL SIR? CAN HE GET, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION. 
          I KNOW BRIAN ON THERE. 
          . 
          UH, IT'S REALLY, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION. 
          WE'LL HAVE TO COST THAT IN. 
          ALL RIGHT, NEXT SLIDE. 
          IMPLEMENTATION. 
          SO HOW TO MAKE ANY OR ALL OF THIS HAPPEN NEXT SLIDE 20. 
          UM, NUMBER ONE, IT RELIES ON STRONG LOCAL FINANCIAL PARTNERSHIPS. 
          THERE ARE VERY FEW. 
          EVERYONE SAYS, WHAT ABOUT GRANTS? THERE ARE VERY FEW FEDERAL GRANTS THAT DON'T REQUIRE A LOCAL MATCH AND ALL OF THEM HAVE A CEILING, THEY HAVE A CAP. 
          SO IF WE GO BEYOND THAT CAP, IT'S 100% LOCAL. 
          AND WHAT I LOVE ABOUT FEDERAL GRANTS, AND I'LL SHOW YOU A COUPLE OF SLIDES, IS THAT YOU TAKE THE REVENUE OFF THE TOP BEFORE THEY START PAYING IT. 
          SO IF YOU SAY, WELL, FAIRS WILL HAVE TWO, THEY DO, THEY DO, BUT NOT IF YOU AREN'T FULLY MAXIMIZING YOUR FEDERAL GRANT. 
          SO, UM, LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS ARE CRITICAL. 
          WE CAN'T MOVE FORWARD TO STEP ONE WITHOUT 'EM. 
          UM, WE HAVE TO HAVE DEDICATED CHAMPIONS TO LEAD IMPLEMENTATION BOTH ON THE STAFF SIDE AS WELL AS ON THE GOVERNMENT ENTITY SIDE, AND THOSE THAT ARE REALLY COMMUNICATING WITH THE PUBLIC AND HELPING THEM UNDERSTAND THE BENEFIT, UM, PRIORITIZING THOSE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES. 
          IF WE KEEP HAVING DEVELOPMENTS COMING ONLINE FASTER AND FASTER THAT ARE NOT ACCOMMODATING FOR TRANSIT VEHICLES. 
          I, I'M GONNA SHARE WITH YOU ALL ON OUR RIDE AROUND, WE RODE EVERY ONE OF THESE ROUTES AND MADE ADJUSTMENTS BASED ON THINGS THAT WE FOUND IN THE FIELD. 
          WE COULD NOT GET THROUGH THE HOSPITAL PROPERTY. 
          WE WANTED TO ENTER AND SERVICE THE FRONT DOOR OF THE HOSPITAL AND COULD NOT DO IT. 
          IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE EVEN WITH OUR SMALLEST VEHICLE THAT WE WERE OPERATING. 
          SO IF WE DON'T HAVE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT, WE CAN'T PROVIDE GOOD SERVICE TO AREAS THAT ARE EVEN THE MOST CRITICAL AND VULNERABLE. 
          UM, LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY IS A GAME CHANGER. 
          IT REQUIRES BEST INVESTMENT AND EDUCATION. 
          IF SOMEONE SAYS, I DON'T WANNA DO AN APP, I JUST WANNA GET ON THE BUS, THEY DIDN'T, THEY DID NOT LEVERAGE THE GAME CHANGER FOR THEM. 
          THE APP IS BETTER, THE APP IS FASTER, THE APP IS SMARTER FOR THEM, IT'S BETTER SERVICE FOR THEM. 
          SO MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE EDUCATING ON THOSE GAME CHANGERS FOR THIS COMMUNITY INSTEAD OF TREATING 'EM AS THESE, UH, AS THESE BARRIERS. 
          UM, AND THEN LAST IS DELIVERING SERVICES THAT PEOPLE WANT AND WILL USE. 
          YEAR ONE BUILDS TRUST. 
          SO REALLY BEING SMART AND PICKING THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE THE MOST VALUE IN SO THAT THOSE THAT COULD POTENTIALLY MAKE OR BREAK THE FUTURE SUCCESS OF IT AND SAY, NO, I RODE THE DOWNTOWN CIRCULATOR. 
          IT WAS GREAT. 
          I GOT TO LEAVE MY CAR, I JUMPED RIGHT ON. 
          IT WAS EASY. 
          I I RENTED ONE OF THE BICYCLES. 
          IT WAS FANTASTIC. 
          SO SOMETIMES THOSE WHO ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE ARE NOT THOSE THAT ARE GOING TO MAKE OR BREAK THE SYSTEM. 
          SO BEING REALLY SMART ABOUT THOSE INITIAL INVESTMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT REAL CHAMPIONS IN THE COMMUNITY BACK TO THE HOSPITAL, THE COME OUT A BREEZE. 
          SHORTER BUS COULDN MAKE IT THROUGH. 
          WE COULDN'T NAVIGATE THROUGH. 
          OKAY. 
          WE DO ACTUALLY GO IN THERE. 
          IT IS NOT , I'M NOT FAMILY. 
          I CAN TALK TO YOU LATER, BUT WHAT RECOMMENDATIONS? A TOUGH ONE. 
          I MEAN  IS SO, SO TIGHT, SO HAS SO SPOKEN FOR. 
          I MEAN IF THE HOSPITAL, I WONDER IF THEY COULD MAKE ACCOMMODATIONS. 
          IT MAY BE. 
          I MEAN THERE MIGHT BE A WAY TO WORK WITH THE HOSPITAL AND, AND OF COURSE IT'S DIFFERENT MEMORIAL, SO IT MAKES IT A LITTLE EASIER. 
          IT'S NOT COVERED. 
          PUBLIC HOSPITAL, UM, CHRISTIE, SHE HELP GET OUT BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE TRAFFIC CLEAR TO, TO MAKE THE TURN SAFELY. 
          SO NOW YOU'RE RISKING HER REAR END ON REBO. 
          MM-HMM . 
          BY A WAY. 
          WE GO IN AND THEN I'LL PUSH YOUR CONGESTING THE TRAFFIC A LITTLE BIT IN A VERY SHORT DRIVEWAY. 
          IT WAS DEFINITELY NOT DESIGNED FOR TRANSIT. 
          NOW THE MICRO TRANSIT FOR A DA WOULD WOULD GO THERE. 
          YEAH. 
          AND THAT'D BE EASY. 
          SO THAT AS IS WOULD BE GOOD. 
          SO THAT'D BE AN IMMEDIATE BENEFIT. 
          OKAY, THANKS. 
          ALRIGHT, NEXT SLIDE. 
          UM, WE ARE GOING TO GO INTO EXHAUSTIVE DETAIL, BUT OF COURSE EVERYTHING ISN'T GOING TO HAPPEN YEAR ONE. 
          WE TYPICALLY DON'T SEE THE FIRST ROLLOUT OF WHEELS ON THE GROUND FOR AT LEAST 18 MONTHS. 
          AND THAT'S ASSUMING YOU HAVE ALL OF YOUR PARTNERSHIPS AND ALL OF YOUR FINANCES READY TO ROLL. 
          SO WE KNOW BRIAN AND HIS TEAM HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD TO TEE YOU UP FOR THAT. 
          TYPICALLY THE FIRST 12 MONTHS ARE, UM, SECURED FOR PROCURING EQUIPMENT, MAKING SURE THAT YOU HAVE THOSE AREAS TO STORE VEHICLES, UM, INVESTMENTS LIKE BUS STOP, SIGNAGE AND PERMITTING, ALL OF THOSE REALLY IMPORTANT BIG LIFT ITEMS THAT, UM, ARE REQUIRED TO ROLL THAT FIRST BUS OUT. 
          UM, AND SO THEN IN YOUR NEXT, UM, FULL CALENDAR YEAR, HIRING AND 
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TRAINING THE STAFF, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE INTEGRATING WITH THE EXISTING SERVICES OF PALMETTO BREEZE AND THEN STARTING THOSE IMPLEMENTATION, UM, UH, THE ACTUAL VEHICLE SERVICES 2028 TO 2030, WE'VE COMPLETED OUR FIRST YEAR OF SERVICE. 
          NOW WE'RE GATHERING INFORMATION, MAKING ADJUSTMENTS, UM, INITIATING PHASE TWO OF EXPANSIONS. 
          IF WE WERE NOT ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THE FULL SUITE OF RECOMMENDATIONS YEAR ONE, WE WOULD NOW BE IMPLEMENTING THOSE YEAR TWO, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          CONTINUING THOSE LONG TERM STRATEGIES TO MAKE SURE THINGS LIKE FERRY DON'T COMPLETELY FALL OFF THE TABLE. 
          SO THERE'S STILL THAT PLANNING HAPPENING IN THE BACKGROUND. 
          AND THEN BEGINNING TRAINING, SUPPORTIVE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. 
          WE'RE GONNA START BUILDING IN THAT PHASE. 
          UM, AND THEN UPDATING YOUR TMP BY THAT POINT, EVERYTHING WE'VE DONE IS NOW OUTDATED BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE NEW HOMES, NEW BUSINESSES, NEW TRAVEL EXPERIENCES THAT NEED TO BE ACCOMMODATED AND THE SYSTEM NEEDS A GOOD HEALTHY CHECKUP AT FIVE YEARS. 
          UM, REALLY IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT THESE FIRST THREE YEARS. 
          A HOLISTIC GROWTH FOR RIDERSHIP TAKES THREE YEARS. 
          SO IF YOU'RE TRYING TO GAUGE THE SUCCESS OF THE SYSTEM IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS, YOU'RE DOING YOURSELF A DISSERVICE. 
          SO YOU REALLY WANNA START LOOKING AT THE SUCCESS OF THE SYSTEM AT THAT NEXT TMP UPDATE. 
          OF COURSE, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE WORKING IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION BUT NOT FEELING LIKE YOU NEED TO HIT A SPECIFIC TARGET IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS, 12 MONTHS, 24 MONTHS. 
          UM, AND THEN 2031 TO 2035 CONFIRMING THOSE PARTNERSHIPS AND SECURING THAT FOR THOSE BIG LONG-TERM INVESTMENT PROJECTS THAT YOU'VE BEEN PUSHING TOWARDS THROUGH THOSE FIRST FIVE YEARS. 
          UM, AND THEN INITIATING THE 2030 TMP RECOMMENDATIONS 'CAUSE YOU STARTED PLANNING ALL OVER AGAIN AND ADJUSTING THE SYSTEM AND MAKING SURE THAT IT'S DYNAMIC AND CHANGING AS YOUR COMMUNITY CHANGES. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          YOUR TYPICAL FUNDING SOURCES, FAIRS, DIRECTLY GENERATED FUNDS. 
          SO IF YOU'RE PUTTING VENDING MACHINES AT YOUR SUPER STOPS, THAT'S DIRECTLY GENERATED REVENUES AS WELL. 
          YOUR LOCAL FUNDS, LOCAL MATCH FUNDS, UM, PERHAPS YOUR STATE AID FUNDS AND THEN FEDERAL ASSISTANCE. 
          THIS IS YOUR PRIMARY FUNDING SOURCE. 
          UM, THAT'S BOTH FOR CAPITAL AND OPERATING. 
          UM, YOUR TRADITIONAL FUNDING SOURCES FROM FEDERAL ARE, UM, YOU'LL HEAR A LOT OF FIFTIES, 53 0 7, 53, 11 53 39. 
          THAT 50 NUMBER IS DEDICATED TO TRANSIT. 
          UM, TWO OF THOSE ARE FORMULA FUNDS. 
          YOU'RE GONNA GET THOSE BASED ON YOUR POPULATION. 
          THOSE ARE YOUR FUNDS, BUT YOU STILL HAVE TO APPLY FOR THOSE. 
          YOUR 53 39 IS DISCRETIONARY, BUT IT'S A MUCH LARGER POT. 
          SO IF YOU WANTED TO BUILD A MAJOR FACILITY, THOSE WOULD BE THE APPLICATIONS YOU WOULD NEED TO BE PUTTING IN IN ORDER TO SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL INITIATIVES. 
          UM, WE JUST, UH, GOT A GRANT APPLICATION APPROVED FOR A COMMUNITY. 
          A LITTLE BIT LARGER THAN THIS ONE FOR ABOUT $39 MILLION FOR A MAJOR MULTIMODAL HUB FOR THEIR SYSTEM. 
          SO LOTS OF RESOURCES IN 53, 39. 
          IT CAN ALSO PURCHASE VEHICLES, SO THAT'LL BE AN IMPORTANT ONE. 
          UM, USES AND LIMITATIONS. 
          THEY ALL REQUIRE LOCAL MATCH FUNDS. 
          SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE A MATCH ON 39 MILLION, YOU'RE NOT NOT GETTING 39 MILLION. 
          SO YOU HAVE TO HAVE AT LEAST A 20% MATCH FOR CAPITAL AND GENERALLY A 50 50 MATCH FOR OPERATING. 
          AND THAT IS AFTER YOU TAKE OFF REVENUES. 
          SO A LITTLE BIT OF A FUN EXERCISE HERE. 
          IF OUR SYSTEM COSTS $3 MILLION AND WE BROUGHT IN A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN FAIR REVENUE, THEN THAT GIVES 3 MILLION GROSS. 
          THAT'S HOW MUCH WE NEED TO OPERATE OUR SYSTEM. 
          TAKE AWAY THE FARES. 
          NOW WE'VE GOT 2.9 MILLION, THAT'S OUR NET, BUT OUR FEDERAL GRANTS ONLY A MILLION UP TO A MILLION. 
          THAT MEANS WE HAVE TO HAVE 1.9 MILLION LOCALLY IN ORDER TO OPERATE THAT $3 MILLION SYSTEM. 
          SO EVERY ONE OF THESE FEDERAL GRANTS WILL HAVE A CEILING AND YOU'LL HAVE TO MAKE UP THE DELTA OF THAT WITH YOUR LOCAL FUNDS, LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          UM, SO WE HAVE BROKEN DOWN EACH OF THOSE RECOMMENDED STRATEGIES AND SHOW YOU THE SHORT TERM MIDTERM AND LONG TERM COSTS. 
          UM, THE DETAILS OF THIS ARE IN THE DRAFT REPORT. 
          SO THIS IS JUST AN EXERCISE TO DEMONSTRATE WHAT THAT POTENTIAL COST COULD BE. 
          THERE ARE A LOT OF VARIABLES. 
          YOU ALL COULD SAY, WELL WE WANNA PUSH FIXED ROUTE BUS AND PARATRANSIT OUT BY A YEAR TO MIDTERM AND WE WANNA JUST DO THESE SMALLER MICRO MOBILITY OPTIONS FIRST. 
          THAT WOULD ABSOLUTELY IMPACT YOUR SHORT TERM COST. 
          UM, BUT GENERALLY WHAT YOU WOULD SEE IS AROUND A MILLION DOLLARS. 
          UM, BECAUSE THERE ARE VARIABLES. 
          IF YOU SAY, WELL I DON'T WANNA DO THE 24 HOUR ADVANCE RESERVATION MICRO TRANSIT, WELL THOSE ARE RURAL FUNDS, THAT'S A DIFFERENT POT. 
          SO THAT'LL CHANGE THAT REVENUE NUMBER. 
          WELL, I ONLY WANNA DO URBAN SERVICES. 
          WELL THAT'S ANOTHER POT. 
          SO THAT'S A DIFFERENT AMOUNT OF MONEY. 
          SO MAKING SURE THAT YOUR REVENUES ARE MATCHING UP WITH THE STRATEGY. 
          SO WE SAY ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS AND WHAT YOU'RE LIKELY TO SEE, UM, FOR FEDERAL FUNDS IN THIS AREA, YEAR ONE, THAT WILL BE USED FOR CAPITAL ONLY. 
          IF YOU DON'T HAVE VEHICLES, YOU CAN'T OPERATE VEHICLES. 
          IF YOU DON'T HAVE BUS STOP SIGNAGE, YOU CAN'T IMPLEMENT A BUS STOP. 
          SO MAKING SURE THAT YEAR ONE YOU'RE USING ALL OF THOSE RESOURCES FOR THAT 80 20 PURCHASE, THE VEHICLES PURCHASE THE EQUIPMENT. 
          AND THEN YEAR TWO IN YOUR 
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SHORT TERM PREPARING FOR THE ROLLOUT OF SERVICES. 
          UM, SO YOU CAN SEE THAT YOUR FIXED ROUTE AND PARATRANSIT SERVICES, UM, THAT'S THAT BUFFER ON EITHER SIDE WHERE THEY'LL DEVIATE AND PICK YOU UP ABOUT 1.5 MILLION. 
          UM, AND THAT IS GROSS. 
          UM, DOWNTOWN, THAT'S ANNUAL COST. 
          DOWNTOWN CIRCULATOR 345,000 GIVE OR TAKE. 
          UM, AND THAT IS ALL YEAR ROUND, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK WITH, UM, REDUCED SCHEDULE ON SUNDAY. 
          UM, THE BEACH SHUTTLE IS ONLY SCHEDULED FOR THREE MONTHS OUT OF OR FOUR MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR. 
          THAT'S $104,025. 
          UM, MICRO TRANSIT, 1.6 MILLION. 
          UM, AND THEN THE VAN POOL PROGRAM WE'VE PUSHED OUT INTO THE MIDTERM, BUT IT IS VERY, UM, AFFORDABLE. 
          THAT IS A PILOT PROGRAM WITH FIVE, FOUR TO FIVE VEHICLES. 
          UM, AND THAT IS ONLY THE LOCAL MATCH PORTION. 
          UM, AND THEN THE BIKE SHARE PROGRAM, UM, IS PROBABLY THE MOST AFFORDABLE RECOMMENDATION, UM, BECAUSE THAT IS ALSO VERY SCALABLE. 
          THIS IS CONSIDERING 60 BICYCLES, UM, AND THEY'RE ASSOCIATED DOCKING STATIONS. 
          THAT WOULD BE FIVE DOCKING STATIONS AT 106,000. 
          BUT AGAIN, YOU PICK TWO LOCATIONS AND THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT WOULD GO DOWN. 
          UM, SO AGAIN, ESTIMATED FEDERAL, ABOUT A MILLION DEPENDING ON WHICH SCENARIO WE CHOOSE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH FOR IMPLEMENTATION. 
          UM, SO YOU REDUCE THOSE $140,000 IN FAIR REVENUES AND YOU'D SEE YOU'D HAVE A NET OF 2.5 MILLION IF YOU IMPLEMENTED MOST OF THOSE SOLUTIONS STAY FINE. 
          THAT WOULD REQUIRE THOSE LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS TO PICK UP THE DELTA. 
          AND SO THERE'S MORE POWER AND MORE PARTNERSHIPS THE MORE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS JOIN TOGETHER. 
          IF YOU DIVIDE DIVIDED THAT ESSENTIALLY EVENLY BY THREE, IT'S UNDER A MILLION DOLLARS FOR EACH. 
          AND I REALLY LOVE THIS LITTLE TROLLEY WE RECOGNIZE AND WE'VE COSTED THAT YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE  AND A LITTLE LESS MODERN. 
          UM, SO THOSE COST ESTIMATES FOR CAPITAL DO INCLUDE TROLLEY BASED SYSTEM. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          THE NEXT STEP IN DISCUSSION. 
          ROLLING FOR ME. 
          UM, REALLY SHORT SLIDE. 
          JOIN US FOR FIRST FRIDAY PLEASE. 
          WE'LL HAVE LOTS OF INFORMATION AND SOME FUN EXERCISES. 
          WE KNOW WE'LL BE COMPETING WITH VENDORS, BUT I PROMISE WE'LL MAKE IT FUN. 
          UM, ADDRESSING COMMENTS FROM YOU ALL. 
          UM, REALLY GREAT COMMENT ABOUT THE COUNTY PROPERTY. 
          WE'LL MAKE SURE THERE'S A STOP LOCATED THERE, UM, AS WELL AS FROM THE PUBLIC. 
          AND THOSE WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE FINAL REPORT. 
          THERE WILL BE A DRAFT REPORT WITH A PLACEHOLDER FOR PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT AND ANY ADJUSTMENTS WE NEED TO MAKE BE INCLUDED AND THEN PRESENT, UH, THE PLAN FOR FINAL ADOPTION OR ACCEPTANCE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS Y'ALL MIGHT HAVE. 
          I KNOW THAT WAS LONG AND WE'RE OVER TIME. 
          YES SIR. 
          , THE DRAFT REPORT BE BUILT FOR DISTRIBUTION NEXT WEEK, SO WE'RE FINALIZING IT. 
          I HOPE IT WOULD BE FINALIZED YESTERDAY. 
          WE'RE IN THE FINAL GRAPHIC TWEAKS, UM, PULLING IT OUT OF OUR GRAPHIC DESIGNER'S HANDS. 
          UM, SO WE'LL BE CIRCULATING IT NEXT WEEK. 
          WE'LL BE IN  SIGN. 
          I HOPE SO. 
          YES. 
          YEAH, WE'LL HAVE IT PUBLISHED THERE. 
          YES MA'AM. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH. 
          I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING YOUR FEEDBACK. 
          THANK YOU MITCHELL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          [7. SELECTION OF NEXT MEETING AGENDA ITEM(S)]
OKAY, RIGHT FOR SELECTING OUR NEXT MEETING AGENDA. 
          OUR NEXT UM, MEETING IS IN NOVEMBER 21ST AND THE LAST MEETING OF BE YEAR AS WE LET DON MEETING IN DECEMBER. 
          WE'VE GOT A LIST HERE OF, UH, POTENTIAL TOPICS THERE. 
          ANYTHING THAT, UH, YOU'D LIKE TO ADD TO THE, THE LIST OF TOPICS OR JUST LAST MEETING? THE, UM, MR. , UM, FOR A BOARD MEMBER, WE HAVE LINED UP A PRESENTATION BY KEVIN SULLIVAN, THE COUNTY, UH, TRANSPORTATION PLANNER. 
          HE'S GONNA GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THE QUARTER STUDIES THAT ARE RECENTLY BEEN COMPLETED OR ARE UNDERWAY IN  COUNTY. 
          SO WE DO HAVE A SPEAKER FOR NOVEMBER AND THAT SHOULD, I THINK SO I THINK THAT SHOULD PROBABLY DO IT FOR ABOUT, WE COULD BE THINKING ABOUT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          ANYTHING ELSE FOR DISCUSSION? OKAY, WE GOT OBJECTION AND WE USE ADJOURN.
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