[2. Pledge to the Flag]
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, LIBERTY, AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[3. Adoption of the Agenda]
DO WE HAVE AN ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA? MOVED SECOND.ALL IN FAVOR, RIGHT HAND UNANIMOUS
[4. Approval of the Minutes ]
AND APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.THERE WAS A SPECIAL MIN, UH, MEETING MINUTES OF OCTOBER 7TH, 2025, AS WELL AS A REGULAR MEETING MINUTES OCTOBER 20TH, 2025.
LEMME GET A MOTION TO APPROVE.
THERE'S AN OMISSION THAT I'M NOTIFIED.
THAT'S BEEN, THERE'S OMISSION, THE OCTO OCTOBER 7TH.
HOW DO YOU WANNA DEAL WITH THAT? YEAH.
ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE OCTOBER 7TH THAT YOU EMAILED ME ABOUT OCTOBER? YEAH, WE'RE FIXING THAT.
WE'RE GONNA FIX IT IN, IN THE MINUTES.
ARE YOU COMFORTABLE APPROVING WAS PERMISSION OF AND OF YOUR APPROVAL, OF YOUR MOTION? SHORT TERMING.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO WE CAN HOLD THEM.
WHAT? YEAH, LET'S HOLD IT UNTIL SECOND.
SO WE'RE GOING TO PULL THE SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES AND APPROVE THOSE AT THE NEXT MEETING.
AND SO, UM, I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REGULAR, UH, MEETING MINUTES FROM OCTOBER 20TH.
ALL IN FAVOR? ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT ARE UNRELATED TO AGENDA ITEMS? I HAVE CHET WILLIAMS, UM, AND
[6.a. Consideration of a Resolution Authorizing the Acceptance of Roadways in the Cedar Woods Subdivision Known as Song Sparrow Lane, Phoebe Lane, and Goldfinch Lane - Jeff Netzinger, Engineering & Public Projects Director]
WE HAVE UNFINISHED BUSINESS THEN, AS IT'S A CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE, EXCUSE ME, OF ROADWAYS AND CEDARWOOD SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS SONG SPARROW LANE, PHOEBE LANE AND GOLDFINCH LANE.AND JEFF MESSINGER, OUR ENGINEER AND THE PUBLIC PROJECTS DIRECTOR WILL JOIN US HERE AND TALK ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT.
SO THIS IS THE SECOND TIME WE'RE HEARING ABOUT THIS, UM, FORMALLY CORRECT? YES.
UM, SO TWO WEEKS AGO, I THINK IT WAS, WAS IT MORE THAN THAT MONTH? AT THE LAST MEETING, ROUGHLY, UH, WE BROUGHT THIS ITEM TO YOUR ATTENTION.
THE, UH, UM, CEDAR WOODS OWNERS ASSOCIATION IS REQUESTING THAT THE TOWN, UH, ACCEPT, UM, THREE PRIVATE ROADS IN THEIR COMMUNITY, UH, THAT HAVE PLATTED RIGHTS OF WAY.
UM, AT THE LAST MEETING, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, WE TOOK AWAY TOWN COUNCIL OR TOWN COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THE ITEM BE TABLED.
UM, WE, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE COMMITTEE WOULD BE INTERESTED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT, UM, WHAT SORT OF, OF FUNDING MIGHT BE AVAILABLE THAT THE, THAT THE COMMUNITY MIGHT BE WILLING TO OFFER UP IN EXCHANGE FOR ACCEPTANCE OF THE ROADS.
AND ALSO THE COMMITTEE REQUESTED THE PRESENCE OF REPRESENTATION FROM CEDAR WOODS.
LESLIE FORD, THE PRESIDENT, BOARD PRESIDENT IS, IS HERE AND AVAILABLE TO, TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
SO WITH THAT, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, UM, FROM THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS? I WOULD, I NEED TO POINT OUT ONE OTHER THING.
THERE IS A LETTER THAT, THAT JUST RECENTLY MADE IT TO THE, UH, THE ATTENDED PACKAGE HERE.
SO WE RECEIVED THIS LETTER IN RESPONSE.
I, UH, AFTER THE MEETING, I, I SENT AN EMAIL TO THE, UH, CEDAR WOODS BOARD, AND, UH, THEY RESPONDED WITH THIS EMAIL DATED, UH, 10 27 25.
UH, UNFORTUNATELY IT DIDN'T MAKE IT TO THE ORIGINAL PACKAGE, BUT IT'S NOW PART OF THE PACKAGE BEEN UPLOADED.
BUT, UH, THEY HAVE SOME JUSTIFICATION FOR THEIR REQUEST IN THIS, UH, PAGE AND A HALF LETTER.
AND LESLIE, UH, LESLIE FORD IS AVAILABLE TO GO OVER THAT TO, UH, REINFORCE THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS, UH, OF THIS LETTER.
UM, UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE, THEY, THEY ASSERT THAT THEY'VE BEEN PAYING PROPERTY TAXES AND STORMWATER FEES FOR MANY YEARS, UM, AND HAVE RECEIVED NO DIRECT BENEFITS, UM, FROM THAT AS IT RELATES TO THEIR LOCAL ROADS.
AND POINTING OUT THAT, UH, YEARS AGO, POINT COMFORT
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WAS THE COMMUNITY ADJACENT.UH, THE TOWN ACCEPTED BOTH KINGBIRD AND BOB WHITE.
UM, AND, UH, STATING THAT THERE WAS NO EXCHANGE OF FUNDS FOR THAT ADOPTION OF THE ROADS.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT.
UM, AND, UH, THEN IT GOES ON TO, TO DISCUSS THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE LIMITED RESOURCES.
AND IT WAS INITIALLY A, A VOLUNTEER, UM, POA, UM, COLLECTING ANNUAL DUES CURRENTLY AT $400,000 PER HOUSEHOLD.
UM, AND THEN THEY INDICATE A WILLINGNESS TO CONTRIBUTE A REASONABLE PORTION OF THEIR LIMITED RESERVES.
UH, I DO NOT MYSELF SEE THIS AS A FAIR PRESENTATION OF WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED AND WHAT THE ISSUES ARE.
UM, AT THE PRIOR MEETING THERE, THERE WAS NOT A DENIAL, UH, OF ACCEPTANCE OR REFUSAL BY THE TOWN TO ACCEPT THIS.
THE ISSUE THAT I RAISED WAS THAT THE TOWN ACCEPTS ROADS IN A VARIETY OF SITUATIONS, AND THAT THE STANDARD PRACTICE IN MUNICIPALITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY IS TO ACCEPT ROADS ONLY WHEN THEY ARE IN, UH, FIRST CLASS CONDITION.
UM, THAT'S NOT ALWAYS GONNA WORK OUT.
UH, SOMETIMES THE, UH, ROADS ARE WELL MAINTAINED, SOMETIMES THEY'RE NOT.
BUT FINANCIAL RESOURCES ARE THERE AND SOMETIMES THE ROADS ARE NOT MAINTAINED AND THE FINANCIAL RESOURCES ARE NOT THERE.
SO WHAT THE BOTTOM LINE OF THAT LAST MEETING WAS A REQUEST FOR STAFF TO PREPARE A, UM, GUIDELINE ON RULES AS TO WHEN AND UNDER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES.
THE TOWN WILL ACCEPT THE DEDICATION OF, UH, OF ROADWAYS, UH, FROM PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS.
UH, THAT PLAN, UM, THERE'S NOT BEEN ENOUGH TIME FOR THAT PLAN TO BE DEVELOPED.
SO WE DO NOT HAVE A PLAN AVAILABLE AT TODAY'S MEETING.
AND, UH, I THINK UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES WE DON'T WANNA HOLD UP, UH, THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE, THESE PARTICULAR ROADWAYS AND CAESAR WOODS BE BECAUSE WE DO NOT YET HAVE A PLAN.
UM, SO, UM, MY THOUGHT IS WE WILL GO AHEAD AND ACCEPT, OR WE SHOULD GO AHEAD AND ACCEPT THE DEDICATION OF THE ROADWAYS IN THIS CIRCUMSTANCE, UH, WITH AN INDICATION.
THIS IS NOT TO BE A PRECEDENT OF ANY KIND.
STATE, IS THAT A MOTION? UM, IS THAT A MOTION? YES.
AND DID YOU GET THAT AS A MOTION? OKAY.
AND, UM, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION THEN? NOT UNDER THE, UNDER THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES? NO.
WELL, UM, I, I DO RECALL THAT WE HAD A PRESENTATION, UM, I BELIEVE DURING AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, UM, DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS, WHERE AN ASSESSMENT HAD BEEN MADE WITH REGARD TO THE CONDITIONS OF THE ROAD.
AND THAT'S WHY THE REC, THAT THEY WERE ACCEPTABLE.
AND, UM, AND THAT IS WHY IT WAS MOVED FORWARD TO OUR COMMITTEE MEETING TODAY.
SO I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THE FACT THAT WE ARE TAKING ROADS THAT ARE IN CONDITION THAT'S BEEN ASSESSED AND, UM, REASONABLE FOR US TO, TO MOVE FORWARD ON, UM, A PROCESS AND POLICY.
CERTAINLY, UM, SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE PUT IN PLACE.
BUT I THINK AT THIS POINT I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THE CONDITIONS AND THE SITUATION IN CEDAR WOODS, UM, AND THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, THAT THEY SHOULD BE, UM, WE SHOULD ACCEPT THE ROADS AND THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO, UM, HAVE AN AFFILIATED AGENCY AGREEMENT WITH THE TOWN.
SO, HAVING SAID THAT, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT OR DISCUSSION ON THIS MATTER? THIS NOW PRE THE LAST STEP? I'M JUST, I THOUGHT
IS IT NOW A DONE DEAL? WE NEED YOU, WE, YOU ON HER PHONE COME UP, LESLIE.
I JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE PROCEDURE, YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
SO, PARDON ME, YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD? LESLIE FORD.
LESLIE, YOU JUST STAND CLOSER TO THE MIC AGAIN? LESLIE FORD.
SO, UM, WHAT WE ARE DOING IS PASSING THIS, UM, IF, IF IT'S VOTED ON HERE, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WILL BE, UM, ONTO TOWN COUNCIL.
AND FROM THERE TOWN COUNCIL WILL TAKE A VOTE AND TO ACCEPT THE, UH, ROADWAYS.
SO THERE'S A COUPLE MORE WEEKS OF, FEW MORE STEPS TO TAKE.
UM, AND ASSUMING EVERYTHING GOES WELL THERE, THAT WILL FINALIZE EVERYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE FROM THE COUNCIL'S END.
SO SHOULD I BE AT THE TOWN COUNCIL MEETING?
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PROBABLY A GOOD IDEA.AND SOMEBODY WILL LET ME KNOW? YES, MA'AM.
AS SOON AS IT'S ON THE AGENDA, UM, UM, OUR CLERK WILL REACH OUT TO YOU AND I'M SURE YOU'LL HEAR FROM JEFF AS WELL.
AND I'LL PUT IT ON MY CALENDAR TO REACH OUT.
JEFF, DO YOU HAVE HER CONTACT INFO? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I'M JUST CURIOUS, MS. FORD? YES.
UM, OVERALL THE YEARS, HOW DID YOU, HOW DID YOU MAINTAIN YOUR ROADS? WAS, I MEAN, DID YOU GUYS HAVE ANNUAL ALLOCATION TOWARDS, THERE HAS NOT BEEN STORM WATERTON OF MAINTENANCE DONE, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN POTHOLES FILLED.
UM, WE HAVE SOME SPEED BUMPS THAT MY HUSBAND AND I PERSONALLY PAINTED WITH A LITTLE BIT OF YELLOW PAINT, JUST SO YOU PEOPLE COULD SEE THEM.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE A PRETTY, UH, MODERATE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE PROBABLY HAVE MORE TRUCKS THAN PER CAPITA THAN ANY OTHER COMMUNITY ON THE ISLAND.
WE DID A BIG PLANT PLANTING PROJECT A WHILE AGO.
YOU'RE NOT INTERESTED IN ANY OF THIS.
BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S KIND OF HOW WE'VE FUNCTIONED.
WE ARE A, A, YOU KNOW, I'M A VOLUNTEER.
BUT I ASSURE YOU, IF THERE CAME A TIME, JUST COLLECTING THE ANNUAL DUES IS A CHALLENGE TO SAY THE LEAST.
IF THERE CAME A TIME THAT WE HAD TO ASSESS FOR ROADS, I WOULD RESIGN IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE IT WOULD BE AN IMPOSSIBLE JOB.
I MEAN, THAT'S THE KIND OF JOB THAT YOU NEED GOVERNMENT FOR, AND WE'RE GRATEFUL TO YOU GUYS FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR SERVICE TO THE TOWN.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO BEING, UH, CONTINUED TO BE GOOD TAXPAYERS.
SO YOUR YOUR $400 ASSESSMENT THAT YOU, YOU GUYS HAVE YEAH.
HOW LONG HAS THAT BEEN IN EFFECT? OH, WHEN I BECAME PRESIDENT IT WAS 2 85 A YEAR.
OUR, OUR COVENANTS WERE WRITTEN BY SEA PINES A HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
THEY'RE LIKE TWO, THREE PAGES LONG.
UM, THEY'RE WHAT WE'VE GOT, BUT THEY'RE NOT GOOD.
BUT ANYWAY, IN THERE WE ARE LIMITED TO HOW MUCH WE CAN RAISE THE ANNUAL FEE.
I THINK IT'S LIKE 15% EVERY FIVE YEARS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I MEAN, SO GETTING IT TO 400 WAS MOVING US ALONG.
BUT, UH, YEAH, WE, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF FUNDS.
AND AGAIN, WE NEED YOUR HELP, SO WE THANK YOU.
WELL, I MEAN, I'M SURE YOU SEE THE TOWN'S POINT OF VIEW.
IT'S LIKE, UH, SOME COMMUNITIES THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE ENOUGH TO AT LEAST TRY AND TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES BEFORE TURNING THE, UH, THE ROADWAYS OF THE PROPERTY OVER TO THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD.
YOU KNOW, IT'S BECAUSE IT'S DEFINITELY A, A FINANCIAL BURDEN YES.
FOR THE TOWN TO TAKE THESE ON.
AND, UM, WELL, OUR PROBLEM STARTED WHEN SEA PINES WENT BANKRUPT.
I'M SURE YOU GUYS RECOGNIZE THAT.
THIS IS KIND OF A UNIQUE SITUATION TO OWNED SEAWOOD OWNED BY SEA PINES.
SEA PINES HAS THE WHEREWITHAL TO MAINTAIN ROADS.
OUR COMMUNITY IS 50 HOMES WITH $400 A YEAR, AND WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO MAINTAIN ROADS.
AND YOU GUYS HAVE WHOLE DEPARTMENTS AND ENGINEERS AND SMART PEOPLE THAT DO THINGS LIKE ROADS AND DRAINAGE AND, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO BE A, A PART OF THAT AND HAPPY TO GET ACCESS TO THOSE SERVICES.
BUT THE REASON THAT THE TOWN NEEDS TO HAVE A GUIDELINES HERE IS THAT WE DO NOT WANNA BE IN THE POSITION OF ENCOURAGING, UH, POAS TO KEEP THEIR ANNUAL DUES LOW WITH THE ASSUMPTION THAT THEY CAN LET THE ROADS RUN DOWN AND HAVE THE TOWN TAKE THEM OVER.
SO WE, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO PROTECT THE TOWN'S POSITION IN THAT AS WELL.
WELL, IF I CAN MAY JUST SHARE SOMETHING QUICKLY WITH YOU.
UM, THE PRIOR TOWN MANAGER, GOSH, HIS NAME IS ESCAPING ME AT THE MOMENT, BUT I KNOW WHEN WE MET WITH HIM A LONG TIME AGO ABOUT THIS SUBJECT, HIS COMEBACK WAS, WELL, WE ARE A LIMITED TOWN GOVERNMENT.
AND I USED THAT PHRASE TO MARK ORLANDO AND HE SAID, WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN? THAT HAS NO MEANING.
WE'RE EITHER A GOVERNMENT OR WE'RE NOT A GOVERNMENT.
AND I, I FOUND THAT SO REFRESHING AFTER SO MANY YEARS OF, OF THAT PHILOSOPHY THAT I, I FEEL LIKE, UM, MARK ORLANDO'S GOT A REAL VESTED INTEREST IN DRAINAGE.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT, DRAINAGE IS NOT COMMUNITY TO COMMUNITY.
AND I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE IT'S ABSOLUTELY TRUE.
WHEN THE CROSS ISLAND WAS BUILT, THE DRAINAGE IN OUR AREA, AND YOU KNOW ABOUT BAY PINES, OF COURSE, AND CEDAR WOODS AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS ALL, IT IMPACTED NEGATIVELY AND TIDE POINT, KIND OF A LITTLE BIT THE SAME THING.
NOT TO THE POINT THAT IT'S MONUMENTAL, BUT IT JUST, I'M JUST TRYING TO ILLUSTRATE THE IMPORTANCE OF DRAINAGE WORKING ISLAND WIDE, NOT COMMUNITY TO COMMUNITY.
'CAUSE IT DOES NOT WORK THAT WAY.
YOUR, EXCUSE ME, YOUR ANNUAL DUES, IS THAT VOLUNTARY?
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NO, NO.SOME PEOPLE THINK IT'S VOLUNTARY 'CAUSE IT'S LIKE PULLING TEETH TO GET IT FROM 'EM.
BUT
SO WILL YOU CONTINUE YOUR PPOA OR WILL THAT BE DISSOLVED? OH, DEFINITELY.
WE, WE, WE HAVE SOME AMENITIES, NOT MANY MM-HMM.
BUT WE HAVE A PLAYGROUND THAT HAS TO BE MAINTAINED, AND WE HAVE TREES THAT ARE VERY EXPENSIVE TO MAINTAIN.
AND, UM, INSURANCE FOR OFFICERS LIKE ME, AND YOU KNOW, THAT $400 DOESN'T GO VERY FAR.
AND, UM, A LIMITED GOVERNMENT GENERALLY MEANS THAT WE DON'T EXPAND PUBLIC SERVICES.
UM, TAKING ON THE ROADS AS YOU, IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE WITH REGARD TO STORMWATER, ET CETERA, AS YOU CORRECTLY POINTED OUT, IS ALL INTERRELATED.
SO IT'S HARD TO SEPARATE ONE FROM THE OTHER AND REALLY DOESN'T FALL WITHIN A DEFINED LIMITED GOVERNMENT, UM, THAT IT DOES EXIST.
SO I THINK THIS IS AN APPROPRIATE THING TO DO.
AND, UM, I'M GLAD THAT WE WILL BE MOVING THIS FORWARD IF WE CAN TAKE A VOTE.
UM, THANK YOU, JEFF, FOR YOUR HELP WITH THAT
[7.a. Beaufort County Sheriff's Office Quarterly Reports for Q4 - 2024, Q1-Q3 - 2025 - Major Jeff Purdy, Beaufort County Sheriff's Office]
NEW BUSINESS.TODAY WE HAVE, UM, SOME REPORTS.
AND FIRST WE HAVE THE BEAUFORT COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE'S QUARTERLY REPORT, UM, FOR Q4, 2024 Q1 TO Q3 FOR 2025.
AND MAJOR JEFF PURDY OF THE BEAUFORT COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICES.
SO THIS REPORT IS BASED ON THE UNIFORM CRIME REPORTS THAT WE SENT UP TO SLED SOUTH CAROLINA LAW ENFORCEMENT DIVISION.
AND FROM THERE IT GOES TO THE FBI.
AND THAT'S HOW WE OBTAIN OUR REPORTS, IS, IS EVERYONE ABLE TO HEAR.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I CAN MOVE THIS OUTTA MY NUMBERS.
SO, IN THE, THE THIRD QUARTER, EXCUSE ME, WE HAD ONE MURDER ON THE ISLAND THIS YEAR AS A, AS A RESULT OF, UH, IT WAS A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASE, IF YOU WILL.
IT WAS OUT AT, UM, AT THE, IN THE, UH, HILTON HEAD PLANTATION AREA.
AS A DIRECT RESULT OF THAT, WE MADE AN ARREST.
THE, UM, THE INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBLE FOR IT WAS INCARCERATED, AND SHE'S SINCE BEEN RELEASED, IF YOU'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THE LOCAL NEWS.
UM, FOLLOWING THAT, WE'VE GOT OUR AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS, AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS.
AS I BREAK THE NUMBERS DOWN OF 11, AS I LOOK AT THEM, FOUR OF 'EM ARE DOMESTIC RELATED.
TWO ARE WHAT WE CLASSIFY AS SIMPLE ASSAULT AND BATTERIES.
AND FOUR OF 'EM WERE POINTING, PRESENTING OF A FIREARM, WHICH IS, WHICH IS DISTURBING.
ONE OF THOSE FOUR IS A, UH, A ROAD RAGE, ROAD RAGE INCIDENT.
UM, ONE OF 'EM IS AN UNKNOWN SUSPECT, AND THE OTHER TWO ARE ACQUAINTANCES, ARE FRIENDS.
AND THEN THE, THE 11TH ONE OUT OF THE, UH, ASSAULT AND BATTERIES, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND BATTERIES WAS A, WAS A, UH, ANOTHER DOMESTIC FRIEND INCIDENT WHERE AN INDIVIDUAL WAS HURT.
AND HAS SINCE RECOVERED MY UNDERSTANDING.
MAY I ASK YOU A QUESTION AS YOU'RE MOVING FORWARD, I THINK IS HELPFUL.
YOU MAY HAVE, YOU MAY HAVE BRIEFLY.
UM, BUT CAN YOU JUST DESCRIBE IT? WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF AN AGGRAVATED ASSAULT? IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT CAUSES INJURY TO ANOTHER, NOT JUST A SIMPLE ASSAULT.
WOULD BE A SIMPLE ASSAULT WOULD BE SOMEONE, MAYBE SOMEBODY PUNCHES SOMEBODY AND THERE'S MINOR INJURY, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT.
IT'S A LITTLE MORE THAN JUST A, JUST A LITTLE ASSAULT.
IT WOULD, UM, TYPICALLY SOMEBODY WOULD NEED SOME MEDICAL ATTENTION FOR IT.
AND DOES IT, IS THERE A DIFFERENCE WITH BETWEEN THE TWO? IF IT RE IF IT INVOLVES, UM, A WEAPON OF SOME SORT? UH, NOT NECESSARILY THE A THE AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WHERE THE, UM, THE ATTEMPTED MURDER CASE DID INVOLVE A WEAPON.
SOME OF THE OTHER ONES, THE POINTING AND PRESENTING OF A FIREARM, THAT'S, THAT'S AGGRAVATED, THAT'S ANOTHER LEVEL.
SO IF SOMEBODY POINTS A GUN AT YOU, THAT WOULD BE AGGRAVATED.
UM, AND AGAIN, THERE WERE FOUR OF THOSE.
UM, THE DOMESTICS WERE, WERE NOT YOUR TYPICAL,
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I I HATE TO SAY MINOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, BUT THEY WERE, THEY'RE NOT TO THE EXTREME.UM, AND THEN AS I'LL GO INTO THE ROBBERIES A LITTLE BIT, THERE'S DIFFERENT ROBBERIES.
A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK A BURGLARY IS A ROBBERY.
A ROBBERY IS WHEN SOMEONE TAKES SOMETHING FROM ANOTHER PERSON, EITHER PHYSICALLY, WHICH WOULD BE A STRONG ARMED ROBBERY OR ARMED WITH A, WITH SOME SORT OF WEAPON.
SO THIS QUARTER WE'RE FORTUNATE WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY ARMED ROBBERIES, HOWEVER, LAST QUARTER AND THE FIRST QUARTER WE DID.
SO THAT DOESN'T, SO THE ROBBERIES DOESN'T INCLUDE THE BURGLARY THEN? NO, MA'AM.
AND THAT'LL BE, THESE ARE CRIMES AGAINST PARSONS.
THE BURGLARY WOULD BE A PROPERTY CRIME.
WE HAD, UM, FIVE SEXUAL ASSAULTS THIS QUARTER.
UM, ONE OF US WAS TURNED OVER TO THE LOW COUNTRY BUD, UM, OMAN'S OFFICE.
THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE NOT FOLLOWING UP ON IT.
THE STATE IS HANDLING THAT, DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS, DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BEEN VERIFIED OR VALIDATED.
UM, AND THEN, UM, SEVERAL OF 'EM WERE JUVENILES.
AND WHEN, WHEN I LOOK AT THE NUMBERS FOR THE WHOLE YEAR, SO FAR, THE 11 OF 'EM, SEVERAL OF 'EM WERE GUESTS AT THE ISLAND.
SO THAT THERE'S, THERE WEREN'T PEOPLE THAT, THAT LIVE HERE.
FIVE OF 'EM WERE ACTUALLY SEXUAL ASSAULTS WITH A MINOR.
SO THERE ARE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF YOUR SEXUAL BATTERIES.
YOU, SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT LIKE STRANGER RAPES, NONE OF THOSE MEET THAT CA CATEGORY.
SO THAT, THAT, TO ME, THEY'RE ALL BAD.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF THOSE COMPARING 'EM TO LAST YEAR.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE, WE'RE DOING PRETTY GOOD ON THE MURDER RATES AS FAR AS HILTON HEAD ISLAND IS CONCERNED.
THE, UH, THE ASSAULTS THEY'RE CLOSE TO LAST YEAR WERE DROPPED A LITTLE BIT.
THE ROBBERIES THIS MONTH, WE'VE DROPPED A LITTLE BIT IN THE SEXUAL ASSAULTS.
UM, SO ALL IN ALL THE SEXUAL ASSAULTS ARE UP SO FAR THIS YEAR AND EVERYTHING ELSE LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE RIGHT ALONG WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR.
IF NOT, THEY DROPPED A LITTLE BIT.
IS EVERYONE, IS EACH TIME A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER IS CALLED OUT, UM, IS THERE A REPORT TAKEN EACH TIME THAT SOMETHING HAPPENS? OR IS, ARE THERE TIMES WHEN IT'S DETERMINED THAT IT DOESN'T RISE TO WHATEVER THAT PARTICULAR DEFINITION IS OR WHAT THE CASE MAY BE, UM, IN A REPORT AND IT DOESN'T SHOW UP IN THESE STATISTICS? S SO I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION.
SO IF SOMEBODY CALLS IN A, A SEXUAL ASSAULT AND WE GET THERE AND WE ARRIVE ON SCREEN, ON SCENE, WE LOOK INTO IT AND WE JUST, WE DISCOVER IT'S NOT A SEXUAL ASSAULT, THEN THAT WOULD NOT BE IN THIS REPORT.
BUT IF WE DISCOVER THAT IT IS, THEN IT WOULDN'T BE IN THIS REPORT AND IT WOULD BE PROVIDED TO SOUTH TO THE STATE, WHICH IS ALSO PROVIDED TO THE UCR FOR THE, FOR THE FEDERAL NUMBERS.
THAT'S HOW THEY GET THEIR NUMBERS.
HAS IT EVER HAPPENED THAT WHEN IT'S NOT DETERMINED THAT IT FALLS INTO THE CATEGORY? NO.
THE DEFINITION THAT IT'S ASSESSED AT A, AT AT SOME AS SOMETHING ELSE.
SO THE PERSON WHO CALLED, WHO EXPERIENCED SOMETHING IS, IS THERE SOMEWHERE ELSE THAT IF IT DOESN'T FALL INTO THE DEFINITION THAT YOU'RE DESCRIBED TO US AND HAS A DIFFERENT DEFINITION THAT IT FITS INTO THAT? OR IS IT JUST THAT THAT CASE, THAT SITUATION IS, IS INVESTIGATED BUT LEFT ALONE? DOES THAT PERSON'S CALL EVER REGISTER ANYWHERE IF, IF YOU FILE A REPORT AND IT SAYS, I'VE BEEN SEXUALLY ASSAULTED, AND THEN WE INVESTIGATE IT, AND THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A SIMPLE ASSAULT AND BATTERY OR SOMETHING ELSE.
UHHUH
ALRIGHT, THAT'S, THAT WAS MY QUESTION.
IN THE, UM, THE THIRD QUARTER WE HAVE BURGLARIES.
BURGLARIES IS BASICALLY WHEN SOMEBODY BREAKS INTO A HOME, A BUSINESS OR A SHED OR AN OUTHOUSE OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.
WE HAD 10 BURGLARIES ON THE ISLAND.
AND AS I, CAN I BREAK THOSE DOWN? FOUR OF 'EM WERE BUSINESSES.
AND DIG A LITTLE DEEPER INTO THIS.
TWO OF THOSE SIXES WERE DOMESTICS.
UM, ONE WAS AN ACQUAINTANCE AND THREE WERE UNKNOWN.
OUT OF THOSE, OUT OF THOSE THREE THAT WERE UNKNOWN, TWO WERE VACANT RENTALS.
AND ONE WAS ONE WE HAVE IDENTIFIED AS A GROUP OF KIDS, THAT WAS A PLACE THAT WAS ON A RENOVATION BEING WORKED ON.
SO, AND THAT WOULD'VE BEEN OUR RESIDENTIALS.
AND THE BUSINESSES, OUT OF THE BUSINESSES, TWO OF 'EM WERE ATTEMPTED BURGLARIES WHERE THEY DIDN'T COMPLETE THE JOB.
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THE OTHER TWO, ONE WAS A STORAGE BUILDING AND ONE WAS A VACANT BUILDING.THEY WERE, THEY WERE FOUR BUSINESSES AND SIX RESIDENTS.
UM, IF, IF SOMEONE BREAKS IN, UH, ON THE STEALS THREE LANDSCAPE TRAILERS, OR IS THAT THREE OFFENSES OR ONE, IF THEY BROKE INTO YOUR SHOP AND BROKE THREE LANDSCAPE TRAILERS.
NOW, IF THEY BROKE INTO THREE DIFFERENT PLACES AND STOLE THREE DIFFERENT LANDSCAPE TRAILERS, THREE DIFFERENT BURGLARIES, THREE DIFFERENT, IF THEY CAME BACK MONDAY, TUESDAY, AND WEDNESDAY, IT WOULD BE THREE.
BUT IF IT ALL OCCURS AT ONE, AT ONE TIME, IT'S ONE, IT'S ONE.
BUT THEN YOU HAVE THREE LARCENIES ATTACHED TO IT.
AND UNDER THE UCR, THE WAY IT'S REPORTED, IT'S THE HIGHER CRIME.
SO THE BURGLARY IS THE HIGHER CRIME.
THE LARCENIES, THE LARCENY IS PART OF THE BURGLARY.
'CAUSE IN ORDER TO COMMIT A BURGLARY, THERE HAS TO BE A CRIME THEREIN, OR THE INTENT TO COMMIT A CRIME THEREIN.
SO IF I JUST COME IN HERE TO YOUR SHOP TO, TO TAKE A NAP, I'M TRESPASSING.
BUT IF I GO INTO YOUR SHOP AND I CAN PROVE INTENT THAT SOMEBODY WAS TRYING TO STEAL YOUR LAWN TRAILER, THEN I HAVE A BURGLARY.
AND IF I STEAL ONE TRAILER OR 10 TRAILERS, IT'S STILL ONE BURGLARY.
BUT ALL THOSE LARCENIES WOULD ATTACH 'CAUSE THAT'S PART OF THE BURGLARY.
HOW ARE THE CAR BREAK-INS THAT WE KNOW ARE THAT HAPPENED ACROSS THE ISLAND? I SORRY.
HOW DO THE CAR BREAK-INS THAT WE KNOW, UM, HAPPEN ACROSS THE ISLAND? WHICH CATEGORY DO THEY FALL INTO? JUST FALL INTO CAR BREAK-INS, AUTO BREAK-INS, VEHICLE BREAK-INS.
ARE THEY LISTED IN HERE? THEY ARE NOT.
I WENT OVER WHAT WAS DONE IN THE PAST, BROUGHT IT FORWARD, AND, AND THEY'RE NOT, BUT, AND IF, IF WE WANNA LOOK AT THAT IN THE FUTURE, WE CAN CERTAINLY PUT THAT ON THE TABLE.
I, I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT THAT.
AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO LOOK AT, UM, WHERE THE, UM, WHERE IT HAPPENS, THE HEAT MAP OF WHERE IT HAPPENS ACROSS THE ISLAND.
LARCENIES, THERE'S 110, 110 LARCENIES.
THAT COULD BE ANYTHING FROM A BICYCLE TO A SHOPLIFTING.
SO SHOPLIFTINGS ARE INCLUDED IN THOSE.
UM, AND THAT WOULD JUST BE THE SIMPLE LARCENY.
COULD BE PETTY LARSON OR GRAND LARCENY.
VEHICLES IN A SEPARATE CATEGORY ITSELF AS A TRANSITION OF VEHICLES.
THAT NUMBER, TO ME, WHEN I FIRST LOOKED AT 10 STOLEN VEHICLES IN THE LAST QUARTER, IT, IT CERTAINLY GOT MY ATTENTION.
BUT WHEN YOU LOOK UNDER THE UCR FOR THE DEFINITION OF VEHICLES, THAT INCLUDES CARS, TRUCKS, MOTORCYCLES, GOLF CARTS, ELECTRIC BICYCLES, IT, EVERYTHING, ANYTHING THAT CAN BE PROPELLED ON A ROADWAY, IT INCLUDES, AND THAT'S THE STANDARD FOR THE UCR.
SO AS I'M LOOKING AT THOSE, ONE WAS A VEHICLE, ONE WAS A MOPED, AND THE OTHER EIGHT WERE ELECTRIC BICYCLES.
SO THAT'S BASICALLY SUGGESTING THAT ELECTRIC BICYCLES ARE HOT PROPERTIES FOR THEFT.
THEY'RE, AND THEY'RE NOT CHEAP.
THEY, UM, YOU KNOW, THE REGULAR BICYCLES AREN'T AS FUN TO TAKE AS THE ELECTRIC ONES.
YOU CAN GET SOMEWHERE A LITTLE QUICKER WITH THOSE.
BUT YES, THEY, UM, THEY'VE BEEN POPULAR LATELY FOR SURE.
UM, LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, WE'RE A LITTLE DOWN THIS QUARTER ON THE, UH, THE BURGLARIES, THE LARCENIES, AND WE'RE UP TWO ON THE AUTO THEFTS.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S, EIGHT OF THOSE ARE ELECTRIC BICYCLES.
THOSE ARE THE NUMBERS FOR THE COLLISIONS WE HAD THIS YEAR, UM, THIS QUARTER, EXCUSE ME, 229, UH, WITHOUT INJURIES, WITH INJURY 62 HIT AND RUNS 1 0 6, LOOKING AT THE HIT AND RUNS.
I, I WOULD, I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS.
UH, SOUTH CAROLINA WENT FROM REPORT BEAM REPORTING SYSTEM TO ANOTHER SYSTEM CALLED ETHOS.
SO I'M, WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE SOME OF THAT STUFF OUT.
THE NUMBERS ARE THERE, BUT TO KIND OF WHITTLE DOWN AND SEE EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE IS A LITTLE MORE CHALLENGING RIGHT NOW TILL WE GET USED TO IT.
UM, THE FATALITIES, UH, THIS QUARTER WE'VE HAD ONE, IT WAS A SINGLE CAR WRECK, UM, WITH A FATALITY.
SO WHEN YOU SAY, WHEN YOU SAY VEHICLE COLLISIONS, NOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AUTOMOBILES
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ONLY.IT COULD BE, COULD A LOT OF NOT ELECTRIC BIKES.
'CAUSE WE HAVE, IN BEAUFORT COUNTY, WE HAVE FATALITIES WITH GOLF CARTS.
UM, ACTUALLY WE HAVE MORE THAN I'D LIKE TO, TO ADMIT TO.
THERE'S SEVERAL A YEAR THAT WE DEAL WITH THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, NOT JUST HILTON HEAD ISLAND, BUT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
AND A LOT OF 'EM ARE, UH, PEOPLE FALLING OFF OF 'EM, YOU KNOW, TURNING LEFT AND YOUR PASSENGER GOES OUT ON THE RIGHT AS A MASSIVE HEAD INJURY.
UM, BUT, BUT AS FAR AS HILTON HEAD, THESE ARE VEHICLE, THE TWO ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND THIS YEAR WERE SINGLE CAR WRECKS.
ONE WAS ON 2 2 78 BY THE, UH, CRAZY CRAB.
I BELIEVE THAT WAS IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY, EXCUSE ME, FEBRUARY 8TH.
THAT WAS AT TWO 30 IN THE MORNING.
UM, WE HAD A COUPLE DEPUTIES GET THERE.
THEY TRIED TO TO GET THE PEOPLE OUT, PERSON OUT, BUT THEY WERE UNSUCCESSFUL.
UH, JULY 21ST, WE HAD ANOTHER FATALITY.
IT'S ON MUSEUM STREET, 2 78, SINGLE CAR WRECK HIT A TREE.
AND, UM, THE INDIVIDUAL THAT WAS IN IT PASSED.
THAT WAS ON THE 21ST AT 0 1 30 IN THE MORNING.
UM, SO IS THERE A WAY IN FUTURE REPORTS TO, TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHAT TYPE OF VEHICLE, UM, WHAT TYPE OF VEHICLE? WELL, IF IT'S A BICYCLE OR A CAR, I THINK THAT WAS YOUR QUESTION, RIGHT? FOR THE FATALITIES? YES.
THESE ARE, THESE ARE BOTH VEHICLES, WHAT WE WOULD CONSIDER AUTOMOBILES.
IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET THAT SAME INFORMATION FOR COLLISIONS, ET CETERA? OR JUST FOR ALL THESE, FOR ALL THESE WRECKS? WELL, I'M JUST, IT'D BE, IT'D BE GOOD TO KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING, UM, AND WHAT ARE OUR HIGH POINTS, WHAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON.
IF, IF THEY'RE BICYCLES, I'D LIKE TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION, UM, SO THAT WE KNOW HOW OUR BIKE PATHS ARE FUNCTIONING.
UM, I'LL SEE IF I CAN'T NARROW THAT DOWN TO SEE HOW MANY OF THESE WERE ELECTRIC BICYCLES AND GOLF CARTS VERSUS WHAT WE AUTOMOBILES.
AND, AND I, I GUESS I HAVE A QUESTION HIT AND RUN WITHOUT INJURY 106.
THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER INTERESTING THING TO KNOW.
ARE THOSE WITH CARS HIT AND RUNS WITH CARS OR BICYCLES? THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE CARS.
AND WHAT IM TRYING TO WAIT FOR IN GOING TO THIS NEW SYSTEM, I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS YET.
I'VE ASKED THE STATE FOR THE NUMBERS TO FIND OUT HOW MANY OF 'EM ARE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.
AS I, AS I LOOK AT 'EM AT A GLANCE, KNOWING WHAT I KNOW THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, NOT TRYING TO WHITTLE DOWN ON EXACTLY WHERE THEY ARE.
A LOT OF 'EM ARE PRIVATE PROPERTY PARKING LOTS WHERE, WHERE SOMEONE BUMPS THEIR CAR AND LEAVES.
THAT IS, THAT'S A HIT AND RUN.
YOU COME OUT TO YOUR CAR AT, AT LOWE'S OR YOU KNOW, AT PUBLIX AND SOMEBODY DENT YOUR BACK FENDER, THAT THAT'S A HIT AND RUN.
AND THAT WOULD CERTAINLY FALL INTO THAT CATEGORY.
AND, AND THE DEFINITION FOR THE UCR DEALING WITH, WITH STEALING VEHICLES AND VEHICLE COLLISIONS, COLLISIONS.
I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA LOOK AT THAT AND SEE HOW THAT IS DEFINED.
IF THE ELECTRIC BIKES ACTUALLY IS INCLUDED IN SOME OF THESE, BUT I KNOW GOLF CARTS, THEY, UM, WE DEAL WITH THE GOLF CARTS OFTEN.
I MEAN, ALL OF THE REFINEMENT AND THE DETAILS IN, IN TERMS OF THE REPORTING HELPS US HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING HERE AND WHAT WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF AND RESPONDING TO, UM, AS A COUNCIL.
THIS IS, IN COMPARISON TO LAST YEAR, THE, UH, ON THIS QUARTER, THE WRECKS WERE UP A LITTLE BIT, UM, WITH INJURIES, WITHOUT INJURIES WITH THE HIT AND RUNS.
UM, IT WAS UP ONE WITH THE, EXCUSE ME, OR THE SAME WITH THE PEDESTRIANS.
AND WERE DOWN ONE WITH, WITH VEHICLES VERSUS BICYCLES.
I THINK OVERALL, IF, AS I CONT AS I LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, WE'RE KIND OF WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR, GIVE OR TAKE A LITTLE BIT.
THERE'S, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF VEHICLES AND A LOT OF TRAFFIC ON THESE ROADS HERE.
AND, AND I, WHAT I, I THINK LAST TIME WE, WE MET TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE CAUSE OF THESE WRECKS IS, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK IT'S SPEEDING OR RED LIGHTS.
AND I'M WAITING FOR THE RESULTS BECAUSE I MEAN, I THINK THIS IS KEY, UM, FOR DISTRACTED DRIVING.
THERE'S A LOT OF DISTRACTED DRIVING IS TO TRY TO IDENTIFY THAT AND LET YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT THAT IS.
I'M WORKING ON THAT, BUT I DON'T HAVE THOSE ANSWERS FOR YOU RIGHT NOW.
WELL, RELATED TO THAT, WE HAVE THE NEW, UH, SOUTH CAROLINA LAW THAT YOU CAN'T TEXT AND
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DRIVE, RIGHT? YES, MA'AM.ARE Y'ALL FINDING YOU'RE DOING A LOT OF PULLING OVER FOR THAT? I KNOW IT'S A WARNING OR SOMETHING THE FIRST TIME, BUT, AND I'M GONNA, I'LL GET TO THAT IN JUST A MINUTE.
THAT'S HOW I DON'T WANNA GET AHEAD.
UM, SO THE TICKETS HERE, UM, COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, WE'RE DOWN A LITTLE BIT AND WRITING SOME TICKETS THIS YEAR.
AND I'M TRYING, I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY WE'RE DOWN WITH TICKETS AND WARNINGS THIS YEAR COMPARED TO LAST YEAR SO FAR.
AND THE CONCLUSION THAT I CAME UP WITH IS DOING SOME RESEARCH.
WE, WE OFFER OVERTIME FOR GUYS TO COME IN ON THEIR DAYS OFF, MEN AND WOMEN WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO DO TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT.
THERE'S SO MANY OTHER SPECIAL EVENTS AND OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO.
AND WE'RE TASKING THESE MEN AND WOMEN TO DO, THEY'RE JUST NOT SIGNING UP FOR THE DETAILS AS MUCH.
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED AND WE'RE GONNA WORK ON.
UM, I'LL TRY TO MOVE IT, MOTIVATE THESE FOLKS ON THEIR DAYS OFF TO COME IN AND WORK SOME MORE TRAFFIC CONTROL, TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT.
SO THAT'S, I CAN SAY ANECDOTALLY, WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT WE HAVE, UH, WE HAVEN'T DECREASED IN THE AMOUNT OF SPEEDING AND RUNNING OF RED LIGHTS, ET CETERA.
BUT YOU ALSO DON'T HAVE FIGURES HERE FOR OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, AND DECEMBER IS THOSE WEREN'T, THAT'S THIS YEAR.
THIS IS THE THIRD QUARTER OF 25.
THAT, THAT WOULD BE WHY
WELL, OCTOBER IS IN, I DID IT BY QUARTERS.
UM, SAME THING WITH THE WARNINGS.
UH, THE WARNINGS ARE DOWN A LITTLE BIT AND I, I JUST, THE ONLY THING I CAN SUM UP IS WE DON'T HAVE THE, UH, EXTRA TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT THAT WE HAD.
AND AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING ON IT.
UH, THE CALLS FOR SERVICE, THESE ARE THE CALLS FOR SERVICE THIS QUARTER.
UM, THE AMOUNT OF INCIDENT REPORTS WE WROTE, ARRESTS, WE'VE HAD TR THREE OH NINES, WHICH IS A, A SELF-REPORTING FORM.
AND THEN COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, OUR CALLS FOR SERVICE ARE ACROSS THE BORDER DOWN A LITTLE BIT, WHICH IS A GOOD THING.
UH, OUR REPORTS ARE ACTUALLY, THEY'RE ABOUT THE SAME.
OUR ARRESTS ARE ABOUT THE SAME.
AND OUR THREE OH NINES ARE DOWN.
AND I THINK A LOT OF THE 3 0 9 FORMS, THEY'RE SELF-REPORTING ARE DOWN.
'CAUSE THE COST OF GETTING YOUR CAR REPAIRED INSTEAD OF DOING A 3 0 9, THEY'RE DOING REGULAR TRAFFIC ACCIDENT REPORTS.
NOW, CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO US WHAT A 3 0 9 IS? I, IT'S A SELF-REPORTING FORM.
IF YOU GET, IF YOU HAVE MINOR DAMAGE, YOU CAN DO IT WITH THAT.
BUT IF IT'S OVER, I BELIEVE THE NUMBER'S A THOUSAND DOLLARS.
IF IT'S OVER A THOUSAND OR $1,500 WORTH OF DAMAGE, YOU DON'T GET ONE OF THOSE.
AND, UM, AS WE KNOW, THE COST OF REPAIRING CARS THESE DAYS IS A LITTLE MORE THAN IT WAS A YEAR OR TWO AGO.
HOW WAS THAT DETERMINED, MA'AM? HOW IS THAT DETERMINED? IS THAT, UM, DETERMINED ON SITE WHEN YES.
AND AN OFFICER WILL JUST SAY, THIS IS SOMETHING YOU CAN REPORT ON YOUR OWN? YEP.
THEY HAND 'EM A FORM AND, AND SOMETIMES IT'S OVER THE TELEPHONE.
SOMEBODY WILL CALL IN AND SAY, HEY, I HIT A DEER AND IT JUST DAMAGED MY HEADLIGHT.
AND THEY'LL EXPLAIN TO 'EM HOW TO GO, GO GET A 3 0 9 ON, ON THE STATE WEBSITE.
AND YOU DON'T NEED A POLICE REPORT TO DO A FILING FOR THAT, FOR INSURANCE OR NO, MA'AM.
HERE WE ARE, THE HANDS FREE LAW.
SO THE HANDS FREE LAW HAS, IT WAS PASSED AND IT CAME INTO EFFECT SEPTEMBER 1ST.
HOWEVER, FOR THE FIRST 120 DAYS, THERE ARE WARNINGS.
UM, AS OF FEBRUARY 28TH, PEOPLE WILL BE GETTING TICKETS FOR 'EM.
FIRST VIOLATION'S GONNA BE A HUNDRED DOLLARS.
SECOND ONE'S TWO POINTS AND $200.
THAT'S THE, THE NEW STATE LAW.
AND THAT'S WHAT THE PENALTIES ARE FOR THOSE.
SO AN ANY DEVICE IN YOUR HAND, YOU CAN'T HAVE ANYTHING IN YOUR HAND TALKING ON THE PHONE, TEXTING GPS, WHATEVER.
YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE ANYTHING IN YOUR HAND ANYMORE.
AND IF YOU'RE, IF SOMEBODY WI, IF A OFFICER WITNESSES YOU SEEING 'EM, THEN THEY CAN WRITE CITE YOU FOR IT.
WHAT WAS THE DATE WHEN THAT GOES FULLY INTO EFFECT S FEBRUARY 28TH.
AND THE QR CODE THERE, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO HIT THE QR CODE, THAT'LL TAKE YOU RIGHT TO THE, TO THE STATE BROCHURE THAT GIVES YOU MORE DETAILS ABOUT IT.
SO, SO IF YOU, YEAH, I KNOW I COULD PROBABLY READ ABOUT IT, BUT I KNOW YOU HAVE, I KNOW YOU KNOW THE ANSWER.
SO IF YOU NEED TO MAKE A PHONE CALL, IF YOU CAN'T DO IT BY VOICE ACTIVATION, YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO PUNCH THE NUMBERS IN AND PULL OVER AND TALK ON THE MIC.
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TO TEXT AND TALK TO CALL IS YEAH.IS GREAT IF YOU HAVE THE NUMBER IN YOUR PHONE OR YOU KNOW, WHAT THE NUMBER IS.
IF YOU, AND, AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT, I KNOW, UM, THERE'S SEVERAL, THERE'S PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY STILL THAT DON'T HAVE THAT LUXURY IN THEIR VEHICLES.
I THINK THE EASY ANSWER TO THAT IS PULL TO FIND A SAFE PLACE AND PULL OVER AND, UM, AND MAKE THE CALL.
SO, AND THAT, AND THAT'S THE END OF THE PRESENTATION.
UM, WE'D LIKE TO THANK YOU AND I THANK THE SUPPORT FROM Y'ALL, THE TOWN COMMUNITY.
IT TAKES US ALL TO MAKE IT HAPPEN AND WE CAN'T DO WITHOUT YOUR HELP.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT, UM, YOU DO AND THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT HERE IN BEAVER COUNTY AND THE WORK THAT YOU DO ON HILTON HEAD IN PARTICULAR, WE APPRECIATE YOU.
UM, I'M GONNA ASK, I'VE ASKED A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
I HAVE A COUPLE MORE, BUT, UM, TO SEE WHAT MY COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAVE TO HAVE ON MIND.
FOR YOU, OUR STATEMENT OR WHATEVER IT WOULD BE, BUT IT JUST SEEMS TO ME, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
DOES THAT MEAN A BIKE? DOES THAT MEAN A CAR DOES THAT, TO GET ALL OF THIS IN A 'CAUSE YOU HAVE IT OBVIOUSLY 'CAUSE YOU'RE READING IT FROM SOMEWHERE TO GET IT ALL.
IS IT IN A BROKEN DOWN FORM? YOU KNOW, I SEE WHERE I LIVE JUST OFF OF POPE AVENUE.
A LOT OF TOURISTS IN THAT AREA FOR SURE.
I SEE A LOT OF, UM, VEHICLE BICYCLE CONTACTS.
AND THAT WOULD FALL UNDER WHAT CATEGORY TALKING AND WHERE DID IT OCCUR? BECAUSE I SEE THIS A LOT HAPPENING, ESPECIALLY ON POPE AVENUE BECAUSE IT'S ONE WAY TRAFFIC AND YOU KNOW, WITH THE MEDIAN, THE WAY IT'S SET UP.
AND SO I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, UH, WHERE, UH, NEW YORK CITY PIZZA IS, AND IT CAN'T JUST BE THAT EVERY TIME I GO BY THERE AND SEE AN ACCIDENT, YOU KNOW, IT'S, THERE'S GOTTA BE MANY, MANY MORE THAN I DON'T SEE IS THESE BICYCLISTS ARE COMING DOWN THE BIKE PATHS, THE, UH, THE DRIVER OF THE CAR LOOKS BECAUSE IT'S ONLY ONE WAY.
AND, AND THEY, AND THEY EXPECT NOTHING TO BE COMING.
AND SO THEY LOOK THIS WAY, IT'S CLEAR AND THEY PULL OUT AND THIS BICYCLE IS ALREADY PULLED IN FRONT OF'EM, THEY RUN OVER THE BIKE.
UM, HOW DO YOU FIND THAT CATEGORY SO THAT WE'LL KNOW THAT PEOPLE RIDING BIKES ARE NOT EITHER SEEING THE STOP SIGNS OR THEY'RE ABOUT A YEAR TO THE STOP SIGN? YEAH, THE, UH, THE, THE ELECTRIC BIKES ARE EVERYWHERE.
AND THE BICYCLES, WELL, JUST A, JUST A PEDAL BIKE.
I MEAN, I SEE THEM RUN OVER KIDS AND THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO, THEY'RE SUPPOSED GET HIT ALL THE TIME RIGHT IN THAT ONE.
THEY, IF THEY HAVE A STOP SIGN, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO FOLLOW THE RULES, JUST LIKE THE ROADWAY.
STEVE, DID YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES.
OH, STEVE, ARE ARE YOU FINISHED? YEAH.
UH, DOES YOUR OFFICE KEEP TRACK OF, UM, CRIMES BY GEOGRAPHICALLY GRAPHIC LOCATION SO THAT YOU FIND IF YOU LOOKED AT A HEAT MAP, YOU'D SEE IT AT CERTAIN PLACES ATTRACT? WE HAVE A GRID.
WE HAVE, WE, ALL THE STUFF IS DOCUMENTED BY GRIDS.
SO THERE'S, THERE'S TONS OF GRIDS ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND, AND THERE'S EVEN MORE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, BUT EVERY, EVERY AREA HAS A GRID, SO WE CAN SEARCH BY A CERTAIN GRID.
AND I KNOW THAT, UM, KAGEY HAD SOME ISSUES THAT WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH AND WE'VE BEEN GETTING GUYS OUT THERE TO DO EXTRA DUTIES TO BE OUT THERE IN THAT AREA DURING THOSE PEAK HOURS.
AND THERE'S SEVERAL DIFFERENT GRIDS IN KAGEY.
WE HAVE TO COLLECT ALL THE GRIDS AND LOOK AT 'EM THAT WAY.
IF, IF YOU SEE PATTERNS, FOR EXAMPLE, KAGEY OR ELSEWHERE, DOES THAT, UH, HOW DOES THAT IMPACT HOW YOU ALLOCATE YOUR RESOURCES? WELL, JUST LIKE WE'VE DONE AT KAGEY, WE, WE MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE EXTRA FOLKS DOWN THERE DURING THOSE, THOSE HOURS, THOSE PEAK HOURS.
AND WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT COME IN AND WE PAY 'EM OVERTIME TO COME IN AND DO THE SAME.
SO I HAVE A COUPLE OF EXTRA QUESTIONS, UM, THAT I WANTED TO ASK YOU AND TO FOLLOW UP ON THE QUESTION.
WITH REGARD TO, UM, BIKES, UM, OR VEHICLES, ELECTRIC BIKES, UM, GOLF CARTS ARE THE FIGURES THAT YOU GAVE TO US.
I WAS A LITTLE CONFUSED ABOUT THE ANSWER OR THE FIGURES THAT YOU GAVE TO US.
UM, ON THE ROADWAYS OR ON THE PATHWAYS OR BOTH? YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE COLLISIONS, CORRECT? THOSE ARE, I, I WOULD SAY THAT THOSE ARE PROBABLY 99%
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ON THE ROADWAYS.ON THE ROADWAYS DO, BUT THEY DO INCLUDE THE BIKE PATHS, INCIDENTS.
I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE DO INCLUDE THE BIKE PATHS ON THOSE, THAT THAT WOULD NOT BE A ROADWAY.
EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE IS A ROADWAY, AND SOME OF IT MAY BE PRIVATE PROPERTY, SO THAT WOULDN'T BE CONSIDERED A ROADWAY, SO.
UM, AND YOU MENTIONED THE, THE GRIDS QUITE A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN WE GOT THESE REPORTS, WE WOULD GET THE INCIDENTS AND THE, UM, THE GRID WAS IDENTIFIED, AND I THINK IN SOME OF THE REPORTS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, THERE WAS ACTUALLY THE ADDRESSES SO THAT WE WOULD KNOW WHERE, IN PARTICULAR ACROSS THE ISLAND THERE WERE, UM, ISSUES, SOMETHING THAT WAS HAPPENING.
AND SO IF, IF WE COULD GO BACK TO, TO GETTING SOME OF THAT GRID INFORMATION SO THAT WE WOULD KNOW OF THE, UM, CAR BREAK-INS OF THE ASSAULTS, ALL OF THE CATEGORIES WHERE ON THE ISLAND THEY WERE TAKING PLACE, THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL.
UM, AND THEN, UM, SO CONNECT, SO IF WE CAN GET THE INFORMATION ABOUT CAR BREAK-INS AND LOCATION OF INCIDENCES ACROSS THE ISLAND, THAT WOULD BE GREAT FOR THE NEXT REPORT.
UM, ALSO, UM, SOME INFORMATION, I KNOW Y'ALL HAVE BEEN, UM, HELPING OUT WITH SOME OF THE, UM, BEACH PATROL, UM, ACTIVITY.
UM, AND I'D LIKE TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THOSE EXPERIENCES IN THE FUTURE.
UM, AND THEN I KNOW, UM, IF, IF NOT FIRSTHAND FROM, FROM EYE WITNESSING IT MYSELF, UM, ANECDOTALLY THAT, UM, WE HAVE, UH, SOME ISSUES WITH REGARD TO SOME PROSTITUTION ON THE ISLAND.
I'D LIKE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT, WHAT'S ACTUALLY TRANSPIRING AND, UM, WITH REGARD TO THAT AND DRUG RELATED ACTIVITIES, UM, ON THE ISLAND, IT, THOSE ARE IMPORTANT STATISTICS, UM, AND DATA FOR US TO KNOW.
AND ALSO, I KNOW ON A POSITIVE NOTE THAT Y'ALL DO EXTRA WORK ON THE ISLAND WITH REGARD TO REACHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, I KNOW THAT, UM, THERE WERE, WE WERE INTRODUCED TO A WONDERFUL, UM, OFFICER OR CANINE MEMBER, UM, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
AND, UM, I THINK IT'D BE GREAT IF YOU INCLUDE SOME OF THAT AS WELL, SO THE COMMUNITY KNOWS THAT YOU'RE OUT THERE WORKING FOR US.
UM, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE PUBLIC EVENTS WHERE THESE YEAH, WELL, PUBLIC EVENTS, EVENTS OFFICERS GO AND DO YEAH.
TRAINING OR THEY DO EDUCATIONAL THINGS, DEALING WITH FRAUD OR WHATEVER.
YEAH, THOSE, WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE, THAT KIND OF COMMUNITY WORK THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING.
I KNOW THAT YOU'RE WORKING HARD WITH CRIME AND TRYING TO, UM, YOU KNOW, HELP US IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS, UM, WITH REGARD TO THAT.
BUT I ALSO THINK IT'D BE IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY TO HEAR ABOUT THE OUTREACH AND TO THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU DO.
SO HAVING, HAVING SAID THAT, ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE ANYONE IN ATTENDANCE THAT THEY'D LIKE? THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AGAIN AND HOPE THAT YOU, UM, STAY SAFE AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO FOR US.
[7.b. Shore Beach Services Annual Report - Mike Wagner, Beach Patrol Director]
SO NEXT, UM, ON OUR AGENDA, WE HAVE ANOTHER REPORT FROM SHORE BEACH SERVICES.THIS IS THE ANNUAL REPORT, AND MIKE WAGNER, BEACH PATROL, UM, DIRECTOR IS HERE WITH US TODAY.
I'LL WAIT UNTIL THE, UH, REPORT COMES UP.
UM, DO YOU HAVE THE SHEET THAT STARTED LIKE THAT? WE'LL GO THROUGH THAT FIRST.
UM, IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE, IS THAT
THERE'S ONE MORE THAT I, IT WAS IN THE PACKET
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IN THE LEGITIMATE PACKET.SO, JUST TO START OFF, TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR, UM, OUR SEASON, OBVIOUSLY ANOTHER BUSY SEASON ON HILTON HEAD, AS IT ALWAYS IS ON THE BEACH.
UH, OUR STAFF WAS MADE UP OF 81 LIFEGUARD PERSONNEL, SEVEN SUPERVISORS, NINE SUPPORT STAFF, AND FOUR SENIOR MANAGEMENT.
AND OF NOTE, THOSE PEOPLE CAME FROM 20 DIFFERENT STATES AND, UH, 10 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES OUTSIDE THE US.
SO WE'RE RECRUITING FROM EVERYWHERE TO STAFF THE ISLAND.
UH, I'LL GO DOWN TO SERVICE SUMMARY.
AS FAR AS OUR TOP INCIDENT CATEGORIES, UH, MINOR MEDICAL AID WOULD BE THINGS THAT, UH, WE DON'T HAVE TO CALL ON EMS TO COME OUT AND GIVE US A H WITH, UH, THAT'S OUR BIGGEST NUMBER.
UH, I'LL GET INTO MORE DETAILS ON EACH OF THOSE AS WE GO THROUGH.
UH, PREVENTION PRIMARILY ENDS UP BEING, UM, PULLING PEOPLE OUT OF THE WATER FOR, UH, SURF CONDITIONS AND THINGS OF THE, UH, ALONG THOSE LINES, UH, CONTACT IS PRIMARILY, UH, CONTACTING PEOPLE TO GET 'EM OUT OF THE WATER FOR SHARK SIGHTINGS.
AND LIGHTNING, UH, ENFORCEMENT WOULD BE ALL OF THE ORDINANCE ADVISEMENT THAT WE DO.
UH, MISSING PERSONS, UH, FORTUNATELY NOT AS SEVERE AS YOU MIGHT GET WITH LIKE THE, THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
WE TRIED TO, UH, GET THEM BACK WITH THEIR FAMILIES.
UH, MAJOR MEDICAL AIDS WOULD BE ANYTHING THAT WE WERE CALLING THE, ON THE EMS TO COME OUT FOR.
SOMETIMES THEY'VE CALLED US FIRST IF, UH, THEY GOT THE 9 1 1 CALL.
UH, RESCUES WOULD BE PEOPLE PHYSICALLY PULLED OUT OF THE WATER.
AND THEN, UH, WILDLIFE, UH, WE DEAL WITH A MYRIAD OF THINGS FROM TURTLES AND WHALES AND ALLIGATORS AND ALL SORTS OF THINGS LIKE THAT.
UH, BOATS, NOT TOO MANY ISSUES WITH BOATS, AS YOU CAN SEE.
UM, AS FAR AS THE MONTHLY TRENDS ON THAT IS NOT SURPRISING.
JULY, UH, IS DEFINITELY THE PEAK OF THE SEASON.
UH, BUT WE DO REMAIN BUSY FROM WHEN WE OPEN IN MARCH ALL THE WAY UNTIL THE END OF OCTOBER.
AGAIN, NOT TOO SURPRISING THAT THE, THE WEEKENDS ARE THE BUSIEST, BUT, UH, WE DO REMAIN BUSY ALL THROUGHOUT THE WEEK.
UH, THE BEACH IS ALWAYS CROWDED OUT THERE.
UH, IT GIVES YOU, I MEAN, YOU CAN GET KIND OF A SENSE, UH, OF THE GEOGRAPHY OF IT.
I'VE GOT MORE DETAILED NUMBERS IN THE BACK END OF THE REPORT THAT I WON'T GO THROUGH WITH YOU GUYS HERE.
BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST SPREAD WHERE, WHEREVER THERE'S PEOPLE ON THE BEACH WHERE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE DEALING WITH A LOT OF INCIDENTS WITH ALL OF THEM.
UH, AS FAR AS ENFORCEMENT GOES, UM, AGAIN, THE TREND, UH, OBVIOUSLY JULY IS THE PEAK AND WE, WE CALM DOWN QUITE A BIT AFTER JULY.
UM, WITH THE TOP RESOURCES, THOSE WOULD JUST BE THE, EITHER THE LIFEGUARDS OR THE RENTAL ATTENDANTS OR THE SUPERVISORS THAT ARE DEALING WITH THE MOST INCIDENTS, UH, WITH ENFORCEMENT.
AND, UH, SO, UH, THE BREAK'S LOCATION, SEACREST BOTH RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER IN KAGEY, UH, AREA FOUR SUPERVISOR WOULD BE MORE DOWN, UH, IN THE SEA PINES AREA.
UH, ESA, OBVIOUSLY UP BY SHIPYARD.
AND THEN THE AREA THREE SUPERVISOR IS THE PERSON THAT'S, UH, THE SUPERVISOR OVER BREAKERS, SEACREST ESA.
SO COLIGNY AREA IS, IS OBVIOUSLY PARTICULARLY THE, THE BUSIEST AREA AS FAR AS THE ENFORCEMENT.
UM, THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF, WE'RE NOT REALLY ENFORCEMENT AS MUCH AS ADVISEMENT.
THAT'S WHY CODE ENFORCEMENT AND THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IS THERE FOR.
BUT, UH, AS FAR AS ADVISEMENTS OF OUR 8,000 PLUS ADVISEMENTS, ABOUT 3000 OF THOSE ARE THE ANIMAL ORDINANCE.
'CAUSE THOSE USUALLY GO HAND IN HAND.
AND 780, UH, UM, HOLE ORDINANCE, PEOPLE WHO'VE DUG A HOLE EITHER TOO DEEP OR NOT FILLED IT IN.
UM, MINOR MEDICAL AID WAS OUR BIGGEST CATEGORY.
UM, AGAIN, TOP RESOURCES ARE PRIMARILY GONNA
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BE IN THE, THE COLIGNY AREA.UH, AS, AS EVERY YEAR OUR BIGGEST MINOR MEDICAL AID, UH, IS GOING TO BE JELLYFISH STINKS.
UM, THAT'S BEEN PRETTY TYPICAL OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS TO HAVE ABOUT 9,000.
BUT WE'VE HAD BAD YEARS WHERE THEY PEAK INTO 25, 30,000.
SO, UH, THOSE ARE ALWAYS, WILL SKEW OUR NUMBERS REALLY HIGH IF WE HAVE A LOT.
UH, AND THEN THE, THE NEXT BIGGEST CATEGORY, AND THERE WOULD BE STINGRAY WOUNDS.
UH, WE DEAL WITH ABOUT 500 STINGRAY WOUNDS A YEAR.
AS FAR AS CONTACTS, UM, THESE, AGAIN, THESE ARE PRIMARILY, UH, WE HAD ABOUT NINE, JUST SHY OF 10,000 CONTACTS WITH THE PUBLIC, PRIMARILY ABOUT, UH, SHARK, UH, SHARK SIGHTINGS.
UH, AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE SEE ACTUAL SHARKS OR SIGNS OF SHARKS.
WE CLEAR THE WATER IN THE AREA FOR A HALF HOUR FROM THE LAST TIME WE SEE 'EM.
UH, WE DID THAT ABOUT 6,000 TIMES THIS SUMMER.
UM, AND LIGHTNING, UH, CLEARING THE WATER FOR LIGHTNING, WE DO THAT ABOUT 3000 TIMES.
UH, PREVENTION AGAIN, IS, UM, PRIMARILY SURF RELATED.
SO IF WE SEE SOMEBODY THAT'S OUT TOO FAR, UH, WE'LL WHISTLE AT 'EM, WAVE 'EM IN, UH, AND, AND TRY TO GET THEM IN FROM, UH, FROM ANY TROUBLE.
USUALLY IT'S, UH, JUST WE, WE SORT OF HAVE AN IMAGINARY LINE THAT WE SEE THAT THEY CAN'T GO PAST.
UM, IT'S, YOU KNOW, MOST DAYS THAT'S CHEST DEEP.
SOME DAYS IT'S WAIST DEEP, SOME DAYS IT'S KNEE DEEP.
UM, SO WE HAD ABOUT 8,000 TIMES DURING THE SUMMER THAT WE DID THAT.
UM, AND THEN THE OTHER BULK OF THOSE, UH, OF THE REST OF THE PREVENTION ARE GETTING PEOPLE TO FILL IN HOLES, UH, MISSING PEOPLE.
UH, WE HAD, UH, 546 THIS YEAR.
UH, IT ALWAYS SEEMS THAT THE 4TH OF JULY WEEKEND AND THE BUSY, THOSE BUSY WEEKENDS COULD BE COMPLETELY CALM FOR US ON THE BEACH.
AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN WE CAN'T KEEP UP WITH HOW MANY WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK ON 4TH OF JULY WE COUNTED ABOUT, UH, 15 THAT I FEEL LIKE ALL HAPPENED WITHIN ABOUT TWO HOURS OF EACH OTHER.
SO THAT, THOSE DEFINITELY KEEP US BUSY.
UM, AGAIN, AS YOU SEE THE TOP RESOURCES FOR THAT, THEY'RE VERY TYPICALLY THE SAME PEOPLE.
UH, RESCUES WOULD BE ANYBODY THAT WE HAVE TO PHYSICALLY BRING INTO SAFETY.
UM, AND THAT COULD BE SOMEBODY THAT IS ACTIVELY DROWNING AND WE HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, SWIM OUT, PULL 'EM IN.
A LOT OF TIMES IT'S JUST PEOPLE THAT WE SEE THAT ARE OUT TOO FAR.
AND WHEN WE SWIM OUT TO THEM, I SHOULD SAY, THEY DON'T RESPOND TO A WHISTLE FIRST.
AND WE MIGHT FIND, WE DO IN FACT NEED TO PULL 'EM IN.
UM, FORTUNATELY, NOT TOO MANY, UM, SUPER INTERESTING RESCUES THIS YEAR.
BUT, UH, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE DID ABOUT 50 TIMES THIS YEAR, WHICH IS VERY TYPICAL OF PAST SEASONS.
UM, AGAIN, THAT WOULD BE PRIMARILY WHEN WE'RE CONTACTING EMS TO COME OUT AND ASSIST US.
UM, I'D SAY MOST NOTABLY THIS YEAR, UH, THINGS THAT WERE IN THE NEWS, UH, WE HAD A, A COUPLE SHARK BITES THAT WERE ABOUT A WEEK APART FROM EACH OTHER.
ONE, RIGHT IN COLIGNY ONE WERE DOWN IN, UH, CLOSER TO SOUTH BEACH, UH, UH, MORE OF A RESIDENTIAL AREA.
AND THEN WE DID HAVE TWO AFTER HOURS DROWNINGS.
UM, SO THAT WAS AFTER WE WENT OFF DUTY.
UM, BUT WE WERE STILL ON CALL FOR THOSE.
AND ACTUALLY, IN BOTH CASES WE WERE DOING TRAININGS THOSE DAYS.
WE WERE ABLE TO SEND ABOUT, UH, IN BOTH CASES ABOUT SIX PEOPLE OUT TO ASSIST WITH THOSE.
BUT, UH, ONE WAS AT COLIGNY, UM, AT, AT AROUND SIX 15.
AND THEN THE OTHER ONE WAS DOWN IN SOUTH BEACH, RIGHT AROUND LANDS END, UH, AT ABOUT SEVEN AT NIGHT.
BUT WE WERE ABLE TO GET RESOURCES OUT TO ASSIST WITH THOSE.
BUT, UH, UNFORTUNATELY THE INDIVIDUALS DID NOT MAKE IT.
AND THEN, UH, WILDLIFE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE DO, LIKE I SAID, DO A MYRIAD OF THINGS.
AND THIS CAN INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, LIVE ANIMALS.
WE'VE TAKEN OFF THE BEACH, PRIMARILY BIRDS WITH THAT.
SOMETIMES IT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, LIVE TURTLES.
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WE'RE HELPING GET BACK INTO THE WATER.WE ALSO, THIS WOULD INCLUDE, UM, THINGS WE BURIED BECAUSE THEY WASHED IN DEAD.
UH, SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, KEEPS US BUSY.
AMBER'S OFTEN CALLING US TO ASSIST WITH THOSE THINGS.
UH, YEAH, THE BOAT'S NOTHING TOO INTERESTING THERE.
UM, I DO HAVE A FURTHER INCIDENT BREAKDOWN.
I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO GO THROUGH EACH INDIVIDUAL.
UM, THAT WOULD INCLUDE WHERE THE LOCATION, YOU KNOW, LOCATIONS, EACH ONE WHERE, HOW MANY, UH, OF EACH TYPE OF INCIDENT WE HAD AT EACH OF THOSE.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE? AND THEN IF I COULD GET THOSE OTHER THREE REPORTS TO COME UP.
YEAH, THE PUBLIC DASHBOARD IS GOOD.
ANY OF THOSE, ANY OF THOSE YOU PUT UP ARE FINE.
UH, JUST A COUPLE DIFFERENT THINGS WE DID THIS YEAR VERSUS PAST YEARS, UM, IN COORDINATION WITH THE TOWN.
UM, WE STARTED PUTTING OUT RED FLAGS IN SOME, UH, UNGUARDED AREAS ABOUT EVERY THREE TENTHS OF A MILE, UH, AT, AT SOME MAJOR ACCESSES.
UH, AND WE FLEW THOSE ANYTIME THAT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ISSUED A, UM, HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS.
UM, SO WE, WE WOULD ALREADY HAVE FLOWN THOSE AT OUR LOCATIONS LIKE YOU SEE WITH THE LIFEGUARD IN THE CHAIR.
UM, BUT WE STARTED FLYING THOSE ON OUR TRUCKS SO THAT ANYBODY IN BETWEEN WOULD SEE THOSE.
AND THEN ALSO, UM, JUST LIKE I SAID AT, AT ABOUT EVERY THREE TENTHS OF A MILE, UH, I THINK THAT WENT, THAT WENT WELL.
UM, AND THEN THERE SHOULD BE ANOTHER ONE WITH THE SAND HOLE COLLAPSE TRAINING.
UM, THIS YEAR WE WORKED WITH THE FIRE AND RESCUE DEPARTMENT.
WE ACTUALLY CALLED THEM TO, UH, WORK ON, UH, WORK ON IT TOGETHER.
WE'VE FORTUNATELY NOT HAD THAT HAPPEN HERE, BUT, UH, IN A LOT OF OTHER BEACHES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, UH, YOU MIGHT GET SOMEBODY DIGGING A DEEP HOLE.
UH, THEY'RE IN THE BOTTOM OF IT AND THE SAND COLLAPSES AROUND THEM AND IT'S NOT JUST AS EASY AS JUST DIGGING THEM STRAIGHT OUT 'CAUSE THE SAND KEEPS FALLING OVER THEM.
UH, SO IT WAS ACTUALLY, UH, A VERY GOOD TRAINING, UH, A LOT OF PRE-TRAINING TO DECIDE EXACTLY HOW WE WOULD HANDLE IT, BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME INFORMATION FROM OTHER BEACHES AS TO HOW THEY'VE DONE IT.
AND WE WORKED WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO, UH, TO WORK ON THAT.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE, AGAIN, WE'RE ALL ABOUT PREVENTION.
HOPEFULLY WE NEVER HAVE TO DO IT.
UH, BUT THE, UH, WE HAD A, A, A GREAT TRAINING WITH I THINK ABOUT 30 OF OUR STAFF AND, UH, ABOUT 10 OF THEIR PEOPLE CAME OUT TO, TO HELP WITH THAT AFTER WORK.
AND THEN ONE MORE, THERE WAS A DASHBOARD.
SO, UM, THIS YEAR WITH IT, IT WAS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SOFTWARE COMPANY THAT HELPS US COMPILE OUR STATISTICS.
UH, WE'VE GOT A PUBLIC DASHBOARD ON OUR WEBSITE.
UH, THE, THE SIGN THAT HAS THE WARNING FLAGS, WE, WE PUT THOSE SIGNS OUT ON THE BEACH.
UH, AND THEN WE PUT THE QR CODE THAT TAKES THEM TO OUR WEBSITE WHERE THEY CAN GET A PUBLIC DASHBOARD.
UM, CAN I SCROLL THIS DOWN? YEAH.
SO WHEN THEY COME TO OUR WEBSITE, THEY'LL HAVE A LIVE CONDITIONS AREA UP IN THE CORNER, AND THEN THEY CAN SCROLL THROUGH EACH DIFFERENT SECTION OF BEACH.
UH, FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE HAVE JELLYFISH THINGS HAPPENING ONE DAY, UH, AND WE'VE RECORDED THOSE, EVERYTHING SHOWS UP PURPLE TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THERE'S PER, UH, MARINE PESTS IN THE AREA.
UH, IF WE HAVE A RED WARNING FLAG DAY, WE'LL POST THAT ACROSS THE BEACH, UH, WITH ANY KIND OF INFORMATION AND ANY KIND OF, UH, WEATHER, UM, WEATHER ALERT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GETS PUT ON THERE AS WELL.
UH, WE REALLY GOT THAT GOING IN ABOUT JUNE THIS YEAR.
AND SO, SO FAR WE'VE HAD ABOUT 16,000 VISITORS TO IT, BUT IT'S BEEN, UH, I THINK IT'S BEEN A REAL USEFUL TOOL FOR US.
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ANY QUESTIONS? WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT.APPRECIATE ALL OF THE EFFORT AND TIME THAT YOU PUT INTO THIS AND ALL THE WORK THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM DO ON THE BEACHES.
UM, IT'S IN CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.
SO, UM, STEVE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO, UM, LEAD OFF WITH QUESTIONS? YES.
I, I WOULD LIKE INFORMATION NOT IN THIS REPORT, AND AT THE SAME TIME WOULD LIKE TO SEE A REPORT THAT IS LESS LENGTHY AND LESS, UH, CHARGE, LIKE THE ONE ON THE FIRST PAGE HERE.
THAT'S PRETTY HARD FOR US TO FIGURE OUT WHAT, WHAT THAT ALL MEANS.
UM, FOR EXAMPLE, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHERE THE LIFEGUARDS ARE PHYSICALLY LOCATED.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT STATISTICS ARE IN COMPARISON TO PRIOR YEARS.
IF YOU'RE GONNA USE STATISTICS, UH, I'D LIKE TO KNOW HOW YOU COMMUNICATE IN THE AREAS FOR WHICH THERE ARE NO LIFEGUARDS.
UH, I GATHER IT'S HAVING A TRUCK GOING UP AND DOWN.
UM, I WONDER ABOUT A QUESTION IF IN A LOCATION WHERE THERE ARE NO LIFEGUARD STANDS, THERE IS AN INCIDENT, AN INJURY, A BITE, WHATEVER, WHAT IS THE BEACH GOER SUPPOSED TO DO TO GET THE ATTENTION OF A LIFEGUARD? ARE THERE COMMUNICATION POSSIBILITIES THAT MAY BE IN THE ELECTRONIC AREA? UM, EMERGENCY PHONE SITUATIONS? UM, SO I THINK OVERALL WHAT I'M THINKING ABOUT IN MY MIND IS, IS WHETHER, UH, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THIS IS THE FIRST REPORTER OF THIS TYPE THAT YOU HAVE PRESENTED.
UM, BUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN MY MIND IS WHETHER IT, IT MIGHT BE WORTHWHILE FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION AND THE TOWN TO SIT DOWN AND SPEND A LITTLE TIME ABOUT HOW AND WHAT MATERIAL SHOULD BE PRESENTED AND IN WHAT WAY CAN DO.
WE'VE DONE A FEW REPORTS, BUT IT'S, IT'S KIND OF BEEN WHEN WE'RE ASKED, AND IT'S BEEN SPORADIC OVER THE YEARS, THIS, THIS IS A GOOD START.
BUT I THINK THE WHAT GOES ON IN YOUR OFFICE AND KIND POLICY OR INTO MATTERS THAT WE'RE CONSIDERED ARE PROBABLY NOT THE SAME.
AND TRYING TO MELD THOSE TOGETHER MIGHT BE HELPFUL.
AND TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ABOUT WHAT, AS FAR AS IN THE AREAS WHERE THERE'S NOT LIFEGUARDS, UH, AS YOU KNOW, THERE'S THE MARKER SIGNS ALL UP AND DOWN THE BEACH THAT WILL LET PEOPLE KNOW WHERE THEY ARE.
AND IT'S, UH, PRIMARILY A 9 1 1 CALL.
IF WE, IF THEY DON'T SEE US, TO FLAG US DOWN, UM, A 9 1 1 CALL.
AND, AND WE'RE CONTACTED BY EMS RIGHT AWAY.
UM, I NOTICE THAT YOUR, UM, EMPLOYEES INSTALL BEACH CHAIRS AND UMBRELLAS MM-HMM
ARE IS THAT A SEPARATE OPERATION GOING ON? NO, IT'S THE SAME.
OR ARE THOSE INDIVIDUALS ON DUTY OR OUR BEACH? SO WE'VE GOT, AS THEY'RE GOING, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE DIFFERENT, SO WE'VE GOT OUR HIGHCHAIR GUARDS THAT ARE ASSIGNED ONLY TO WATER SURVEILLANCE.
YOU'D SEE THEM IN AND THEY'RE IN A DIFFERENT UNIFORM.
UH, YELLOW, YOU KNOW, IN A HIGHCHAIR.
UH, WE'VE GOT OUR RENTAL ATTENDANTS ON THE, UM, YOU KNOW, AT, AT THE SAME LOCATIONS WHERE THE, THE HIGHCHAIR GUARDS ARE, ALL OF THE RENTAL ATTENDANTS ARE CERTIFIED LIFEGUARDS.
THEY DROP EVERYTHING AND FOCUS ON THE EMERGENCY.
UH, THEY SIT THE BRAKES FOR THE HIGHCHAIR GUARDS.
AND WHEN THEY'RE SITTING A BRAKE FOR A HIGHCHAIR GUARD, THEY DON'T DEAL ANYTHING WITH RENTALS WHATSOEVER IN THE IN-BETWEEN AREAS.
UH, WE PUT EXTRA, WE'VE GOT SUPERVISORS THAT WILL SET THAT EQUIPMENT UP IN THE MORNING.
UM, AND THEN THROUGHOUT THE DAY WE WILL HAVE EXTRA PEOPLE THAT ARE ALSO, UH, YOU KNOW, CAPABLE OF SUPERVISOR CAP, UH, SUPERVISING, UH, CAPABLE OF DEALING WITH ANY EMERGENCY, BUT THEY'RE NOT OFFICIALLY ON DUTY.
SO THAT, THAT ALLOWS US TO PUT EXTRA PEOPLE OUT THERE.
BUT I ASSUME YOU HAVE CONTRACTS WITH THESE RESORTS THAT YOU'RE DOING ALL THIS WITH, RIGHT? UH, NOT WITH, WITH OUR CONTRACT'S.
I'M TALKING ABOUT FOR ALL OF THE, UH, ADDITIONAL BEACH CHAIRS AND UMBRELLAS THAT YOU'RE PUTTING UP IN FRONT OF THE RESORTS.
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CONTRACT IS WITH YOU TO HAVE THE, UH, FRANCHISE AGREEMENT TO DO THAT.THAT WE DON'T HAVE INDIVIDUAL CONTRACTS WITH THE RESORTS.
THE ONLY, THE ONLY ARRANGEMENT WE HAVE WITH RESORTS, UH, WOULD BE IF WE DO ROOM CHARGES AT ONE OF THE LOCATIONS.
AND THERE'S JUST A COUPLE THAT DO THAT.
I'LL HAVE TO, I'LL HAVE TO ASK THE QUESTION IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
I DO APPRECIATE, UM, THE REPORT AND THE INFORMATION THAT YOU PROVIDED IN IT.
I THINK THE STATISTICAL COMPARISONS YEAR OVER YEAR IS VERY HELPFUL.
UM, TO, TO BE ABLE TO, WHEN LOOKING AT THIS, TO HAVE, UM, AT OUR FINGERTIPS, UM, THE, I THINK A LOT YES.
AND IN TERMS OF THE LOCATIONS OF THE GUARDS AND THAT SORT OF THING, AND I THINK THAT'S ACTUALLY IN THE CONTRACT SOMEWHERE.
BUT, UM, I THINK THIS WEBSITE IS A REALLY GOOD IDEA.
UM, AND I THINK A LOT OF THAT INFORMATION WHERE YOU CAN POSITION YOURSELF ON THE BEACH TO BE SURE YOU'RE WITHIN A, UM, LIFEGUARD STATION THAT MAY, UM, I THINK THAT WOULD BE USEFUL INFORMATION FOR FAMILIES TO HAVE WHEN VISITING HILTON HEAD, UM, AND HOW YOU COMMUNICATE THE WEBSITE.
I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S A PLACE ON THE BACK OF THE GUARD'S CHAIR THAT YOU CAN PUT THAT SO SOMEONE CAN LOG INTO IT TO GET SOME OF THESE IMPORTANT PIECES OF INFORMATION THAT YOU'RE SHARING.
UM, YEAH, I DIDN'T CLARIFY THAT.
THOSE SIGNS ARE ON THE BACK OF ALL OF THE HIGH CHAIRS.
AND THEY'VE ALSO GOT THE, THERE'S A CHALKBOARD BELOW IT THAT'S GOT THE CURRENT TIGHT INFORMATION, THE DATE, AND THEN THE RENTAL ATTENDANTS ALSO HAVE A, A, THE SAME SIGN AT THEIR LOCATIONS.
WELL, I THINK THAT'S A, A GREAT SOURCE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION, UM, THAT CAN, UM, THAT I'M HAPPY TO SEE THE, UM, THE FLAGS.
THANK YOU FOR, UM, PUTTING THOSE ADDITIONAL FLAGS OUT.
I KNOW THAT, UM, A LOT OF MY CONSTITUENTS OVER IN THE PALMETTO DUNES AREA HAD ASKED FOR THOSE FOR A WHILE AND, AND THAT'S REALLY GOOD.
SO THANK YOU FOR, UM, DOING THAT.
THE SAND COLLAPSE TRAINING I THINK IS WONDERFUL.
MAY MAY NOT HAVE EVER HAPPENED HERE YET, BUT WHEN IT DOES, UM, WE'RE READY FOR IT.
SO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE INITIATIVE.
UM, NO ONE WHO HAS, I'M READING MY NOTES, SORRY, UH, WITH REGARD TO THE CHAIR.
SO I RECALL THAT YOU HAVE THE LIFEGUARDS AND THEN YOU HAVE THE ATTENDANCE AND YES, THEY WILL, EVERYONE WILL RESPOND IN AN EMERGENCY.
UM, AND I JUST WANT CONFIRMATION, SINCE THE QUESTION WAS BROUGHT UP, IF A, IF A LIFEGUARD WHO IS ON DUTY AS A SITTING LIFEGUARD, THEY, I HEARD YOU SAY IT, I'M JUST GONNA REPEAT IT AND YOU CAN CONFIRM FOR ME.
THEY NEVER LEAVE THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES TO MANAGE UMBRELLAS AND CHAIRS.
THAT WAITS ON THE SIDE UNTIL SOMEONE ELSE IS AVAILABLE TO DO IT.
THE ONLY REASON THEY WOULD EVER GET DOWN FROM THE CHAIR WOULD BE, UM, AND, AND QUIT.
DO, I SHOULDN'T SAY NEVER GET DOWN FROM THE CHAIR.
THEY MIGHT GET DOWN JUST FOR A BREAK.
AND WATCH THE WATER ON THE BEACH FOR A SECOND.
UM, YOU KNOW, FIRST AID SITUATION OR GOING IN THE WATER OR AN ORDINANCE ADVISEMENT.
BUT EVEN WITH THAT, USUALLY A LOT OF THE FIRST AID THINGS, THEY'LL CALL A RENTAL ATTENDANT OVER TO EITHER SIT WHILE THEY DO THE FIRST AID OR BRING THE RENTAL ATTENDANT OVER TO DO THE FIRST AID.
UM, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE WHO'S HERE WITH US THAT'D LIKE, THAT WE DIDN'T ASK THAT YOU'D LIKE TO KNOW THE ANSWERS TO WHILE WE CAN? ALL RIGHT.
SEEING NONE, UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT.
AND, UM, WE HAVE ONE LAST ONE, BUT I'VE BEEN ASKED FOR A THREE MINUTE BREAK, SO WE'RE GONNA TAKE A QUICK THREE MINUTE BREAK.
I WAS GONNA ASK THAT BOB BREM, THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY FOR THE TOWN OF HILTON
[7.c. Community Code Enforcement Annual Report - Bob Bromage, Director of Public Safety]
HEAD, UM, UP, HE'S GOING TO GIVE US A REPORT ON COMMUNITY CODE ENFORCEMENT.UM, AND IT'S AN ANNUAL REPORT.
GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR, UH, COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
BOB MAGE, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY TOWN OF HILTON, NEVADA.
SO WE TALK ABOUT THE ROLE OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
WHY, WHY WE'RE DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING.
UH, VIOLATIONS OF TOWN CODE PROTECTION OF OUR NATURAL
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RESOURCES, PHYSICAL SECURITY AT TOWN HALL, WHICH HAS MARKEDLY IMPROVED.UH, THANKFULLY WE GOT A NEW COMPANY IN.
THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB AND SAFETY OF RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ON TOWN PROPERTIES.
THAT'S TOWN PARKS, BEACH, BEACH, PARKING LOTS, ET CETERA.
SO COMMUNITY CODE ENFORCEMENT, UH, ONE OF OUR MAIN ROLES IS TO PATROL THE BEACH.
EVERY CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER HAS A PICKUP TRUCK, UH, SOMETIMES ON FOOT.
BUT IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT 2024, WE HAD BIGGER NUMBERS.
UH, WE HAD, UH, MORE THAN 11,000 ALCOHOL VIOLATIONS.
UH, THIS, THIS YEAR, UH, JUST OVER 4,200.
UM, PEOPLE, BIKES IN THE DUNES, DOGS OFF LEASHES, DOGS ON THE BEACH WHEN THEY SHOULDN'T BE ON THE BEACH.
UH, GLASS VIOLATIONS, METAL SHOVELS, AND OF COURSE HOLES AND OTHER VIOLATIONS.
THAT'S A LOT OF TIMES WORKING WITH SHORE BEACH SERVICES, WHETHER THEY HAVE A MISSING PERSON OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.
SO SOME OF THE REASON THOSE NUMBERS ARE DOWN THIS YEAR, ONE, WE GOT A WASHOUT IN AUGUST, AS WE KNOW, WE HAD 20 SOME ODD INCHES OF RAIN.
SO THERE REALLY WASN'T A LOT GOING ON THE BEACH.
BUT ALSO WE, WE INHERITED OUR NEW PROGRAM OF, UH, PAY FOR PARKING ENFORCEMENT.
MAY I ASK YOU A QUESTION? YES, MA'AM.
SO WHEN, WHEN YOU'RE DOING YOUR TALLY OF, UM, INTERACTIONS, YOUR NUMBERS ARE SEPARATE FROM THOSE FROM BEACH SERVICES? THAT IS CORRECT.
AND SEPARATE FROM WHAT THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT MIGHT HAVE? THAT IS CORRECT.
THOSE ARE OUR, THOSE ARE OUR NUMBERS.
OUR, IN ACTUALLY INDIVIDUAL VIOLATIONS, UH, THERE MAY BE MORE CONTACTS 'CAUSE YOU'RE GONNA HAVE PEOPLE IN A GROUP.
SO WE COULD INTERACT WITH 10 PEOPLE AT A TIME, AND THEY ALL MAY HAVE AN LC ALCOHOL VIOLATION OR HAVE BIKES IN THE DUNES OR WHAT HAVE YOU.
SO, THE WAY WE ENFORCE, UH, PAY FOR PARKING, WE HAVE SCANNERS.
UH, THE SCANNERS ARE PROVIDED BY PCI OR PARKING VENDOR.
A CODE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WILL GO THROUGH THE PARKING LOT AND SCAN EVERY TAG.
AND SOMETIMES WE HAVE VIOLATIONS, UH, LESS THAN 10%.
BUT WHAT WE'RE FINDING A LOT OF TIMES IS PEOPLE HAVE, THEY MANUALLY ENTER THEIR LICENSE PLATE NUMBERS AND SOMETIMES THAT'S WRONG.
SO WE'LL END UP ISSUING A VIOLATION.
SO I'VE HAD MORE THAN 350 APPEALS THIS YEAR FOR PARKING TICKETS.
A VAST MAJORITY ARE, ARE INPUT ERROR ON A PART OF THE, UH, OF THE CUSTOMER.
SO THE REASON WE TOOK THIS ON IS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL MADE AN OPINION THAT, UH, HE, HE DECIDED THAT, UH, THIRD PARTY VENDOR CAN'T, UH, ENFORCE PARKING.
SO THIS DEFINITELY IMPACTED OUR NUMBERS ON THE BEACH, UH, BECAUSE WE HAD TO REDIRECT TO THE PARKING LOTS.
IF YOU'RE SEEING HOW WE STARTED OFF, UH, HEAVY ON THE, ON THE WARNINGS.
AND THEN YOU SEE AFTER THE EDUCATION PERIOD'S OVER A SPIKE, UH, A SPIKE IN THE ACTUAL, UH, TICKETS BEING WRITTEN, QUESTIONS ON THAT.
SOME MORE THAN 21,000 VEHICLES WERE SCANNED OVER, OVER THE SUM AND A PARKING PAY FOR PARKING ENFORCEMENTS FROM MARCH TO SEPTEMBER, MARCH ONE THROUGH LABOR DAY EVERY YEAR.
WE STILL DO WRITE TICKETS FOR PARKING IN THE LANDSCAPE OR HANDICAP PARKING, SO ON AND SO FORTH.
ONE OF OUR SUCCESS STORIES IS THE ABANDONED BOAT PROGRAM.
UH, WHICH TOWN COUNCIL, UH, FUNDED THE REMOVAL OF ABANDONED BOATS.
$50,000 WAS ALLOTTED, UH, THIS BUDGET YEAR.
AND WE'VE, UH, PUT THAT MONEY TO WORK.
THOSE ARE BOATS MOORED OUT IN OUR WATERWAYS.
UH, WE'RE CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING ONE EIGHT.
WERE DETERMINED, NOT ABANDONED, WERE CLAIMED.
AND WE HAD, WE HAD REMOVED UP TO LAST WEEK, 10 BOATS AND DESTROYED 'EM.
AND THAT'S, THAT COST US ROUGHLY AROUND $30,000 IN CO IN COOPERATION WITH SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, BEAUFORT COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS.
AND, UH, THE HILTON HEAD RE FOUNDATION, WHICH IS A NONPROFIT.
ARE EACH OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS, UM, UM, HELPING TO OFFSET THE COST? OR WE
I MEAN, OF COURSE, THE, UM, HUMAN RESOURCES, THE DIVERS, THAT'S MM-HMM
UH, BUT WE HAD TO, WE HAVE TO, UH, COORDINATE THROUGH LIKE CC TOE, WHICH IS A PRIVATE COMPANY TO GET THOSE BOATS TOWED.
AND OF COURSE, UM, THE LANDFILL FEES FOR, UH, DISPOSAL OF THOSE DESTROYED BOATS.
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YOU.LAST WEEK WE GOT NUMBER 11 OUT.
THIS WAS A 40 FOOT SAILBOAT NAMED THE MAKAY.
IT WAS SUNK IN, UH, SKULL CREEK OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.
UH, YOU COULD SEE THE MASS STICKING OUTTA THE WATER.
THAT WAS A, THAT WAS A NAVIGATION HAZARD.
SO THAT IS, THAT TOOK ABOUT THREE OR FOUR DAYS TO GET OUTTA THE WATER BECAUSE THEY FLOATED IT, IT SUNK AGAIN, AND THEY HAD TO BRING IT TO, UH, PINCKNEY ISLAND INSTEAD OF BUCKNAM LANDING.
WHAT DID YOU DO WITH IT, SIR? WHAT DID YOU DO WITH IT? IT GETS DESTROYED RIGHT THERE.
I MEAN, THEY DEMOLISHED IT, PUT IT IN A DUMPSTER, AND IT WAS GONE.
ACTUALLY, THESE ARE DUMP TRUCKS FROM THE COUNTY.
SO WE HAVE ACTUALLY JUST REALLY ONE BOAT OUT THERE RIGHT NOW.
THE BOAT THAT'S BURNT, IT'S, UH, SITTING IN SKULL CREEK, UH, RIGHT NEAR JENKA.
SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT BOAT AND WE SHOULD, UH, HAVE THAT OUT HOPEFULLY THE END OF THE YEAR.
ONE OF OUR BIGGEST AREAS, AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO SHORT-TERM RENTAL COMPLAINTS.
UH, THE COMPLAINTS COME IN THROUGH GOBOS, UH, WHICH IS OUR, OUR VENDOR.
UH, THEY COME IN THROUGH A CODE ENFORCEMENT EMAIL, OR THEY COME IN THROUGH CCL FIX OR MY HHI APP.
WE RESPOND TO EVERY COMPLAINT, REGARDLESS IF IT'S SHORT TERM RENTAL RELATED OR NOT.
BUT WE DON'T GET A LOT FROM THE, FROM THE GATED COMMUNITIES.
WE HAVE A, A FEW REGULAR COMPLAINANTS FROM SEA PINES.
WE HAVE A FEW REGULAR COMPLAINANTS FROM PALMETTO DUNES, BUT BY AND LARGE, THEY USE THEIR, THEIR SECURITY TO ANSWER THESE CALLS.
AND OFTENTIMES THEIR POA REGULATIONS ARE MORE RESTRICTIVE THAN OUR TOWN CODE.
SO IF A TOWEL'S HANGING ON A BALCONY, THEY CAN ADDRESS THAT.
SO THE BULL, OUR CORALS ARE OUTSIDE THE GATED COMMUNITIES, UH, OFF OF FOLLY FIELD, OF COURSE.
UM, BRADLEY CIRCLE, UM, SEAFRONT LANE SOUTH AND NORTH FOREST BEACH.
AND AGAIN, WE RESPOND TO EVERY ONE.
SO WHAT WE END UP WITH IS THE, THE VAST MAJORITY ARE GONNA BE NOISE COMPLAINTS.
THOSE ARE VERY HARD TO, UH, VALIDATE BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE COMMIT AT TWO O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.
AND COMMUNITY CODE ENFORCEMENT, CURRENTLY THERE'S SIX COMMUNITY CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND ONE SUPERVISOR, AND WE JUST INHERITED, UH, BEACH OPERATIONS AS WELL.
BUT WE'RE NOT OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, UH, UNLESS IT'S SOMETHING PROACTIVE ON, ON SOMETHING ELSE.
SO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WILL RESPOND.
AND I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO ENSURE THE DEPUTIES ARE PUTTING IN DATA.
'CAUSE HISTORICALLY, AS I POLICED HILTON HEAD FOR 35 YEARS, WE'D GO OUT TO NOISE COMPLAINTS.
SOUTH FOREST BEACH, NORTH, NORTH, NORTH FOREST BEACH, WE'VE ALWAYS HAD SHORT TERM RENTALS.
YOU KNOCK ON A DOOR, YOU TELL 'EM TO KEEP IT DOWN, AND 99.9% OF THE TIME THEY DO.
SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THE DEPUTIES TO GET BETTER NOTES SO WE'RE ABLE TO SUBSTANTIATE THE COMPLAINTS AND, AND TAKE ENFORCEMENT ACTION IF NECESSARY.
SO ONE OF, ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT TOWN COUNCIL DID IS PUT INTO EFFECT THE ADMIN ADMINISTRATIVE CITATIONS IN MAY OF THIS YEAR.
FIRST DEFENSE IS 250, $50, SECOND OFFENSE IS $500.
THIRD OFFENSE IS OFFENSE IS $1,000.
AND A SUBSEQUENT OFFENSE AFTER THAT CAN RESULT IN A SUSPENSION OF THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL, UH, LICENSE OR PERMIT.
UH, TO DATE, SEVEN ADMINISTRATIVE FINES HAVE BEEN WRITTEN.
UH, AND I, I'M REALLY FINDING THAT THEIR, THEY COME INTO COMPLIANCE REALLY QUICK WHEN THEY'RE HITTING THEIR POCKETBOOK.
UH, BEFORE ALL WE COULD DO IS BRING 'EM TO COURT OUT IN BLUFFTON, BUT THE PUNISHMENT, PUNISHMENT SHOULD FIT THE CRIME.
I MEAN, YOU, YOU, YOU'RE CHARGED SOMEBODY CRIMINALLY WITH A TENANT MAKING TOO MUCH NOISE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF A HARD, THAT PROSECUTION, IF YOU'RE FOLLOWING ME.
SO THESE ADMINISTRATIVE CITATIONS SO FAR ARE WORKING REALLY WELL.
UH, THAT WHAT I'LL DO INITIALLY IS AFTER TALKING TO A COMMUNITY CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, IS THIS A PROBLEM PROPERTY? YES.
WE'RE HAVING REPEATED OFFENSES HERE.
I'LL SEND AN EMAIL AND JUST SAY, LOOK, NEXT ONE'S GONNA RESULT IN AN ADMINISTRATIVE CITATION.
IF IT OCCURS AGAIN, THEY'RE GONNA GET AN ADMINISTRATIVE CITATION, UH, MAILED TO 'EM.
UM, AND AGAIN, THAT, THAT'LL HAVE A LETTER FOR ME SAYING THAT THE NEXT ONE WILL BE THE SECOND OFFENSE AND THEN THE THIRD OFFENSE AND SO ON.
SO, UH, AGAIN, WE FOUND, UH, VERY GOOD COMPLIANCE SO FAR WITH THE NEW ADMINISTRATIVE CITATIONS.
PARKING ON THE STREET, PARKING IN THE YARD.
THAT'S PROHIBITED BY OUR, OUR SHORT-TERM RENTAL ORDINANCE.
UH, THAT'S, WE DO GET QUITE A FEW OF THESE COMPLAINTS.
AND WHAT WE DO IS URGE PROPERTY OWNERS AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT TO PUT, UH, SYSTEMS IN PLACE TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE AREN'T PARKING IN THE YARD.
WHETHER IT BE PUT UP A BALLARD OR, YOU KNOW, PUT UP A LITTLE STONE GARDEN OR SOMETHING JUST TO KEEP THE CARS FROM, UH, FROM, FROM IT BEING DESIRABLE TO PARK IN THE YARD, JUST LAZY, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.
TRASH THAT WE, WE GET VERY FEW OF THESE COMPLAINTS AND, AND OFTENTIMES IT'LL
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BE AS RE RESULT OF THE, UH, THE TRASH COMPANY NOT SHOWING UP TO PICK UP THE TRASH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.SO, I MEAN, THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE IT OUT 24 HOURS BEFORE PICK UP AND NO LATER THAN 24 HOURS AFTER PICKUP NOISE REGULATIONS.
UM, AGAIN, GOING BACK TO THAT, THAT'S OUR, THAT'S OUR BIGGEST COMPLAINT.
SOME OF THESE COMPLAINTS ARE DURING THE DAY, THERE ARE KIDS PLAYING IN A POOL.
I MEAN, AND IS THAT REASONABLE? I, I SUGGEST NOT.
UH, CAN IT BE OBNOXIOUS? SURE.
SO WE WILL RESPOND TO EVERY ONE OF THESE COMPLAINTS AND MAKE CONTACT WITH THE TENANT.
IF THE COMPLAINANT ISN'T ANONYMOUS, WE MAKE CONTACT WITH THE COMPLAINANT AND THEN DOCUMENT IT.
OF COURSE, ONE OF OUR DUTIES AS WELL IS, IS CHECKING ON BUILDING PERMITS, BUILDING SITES, UM, SITE CHECKS.
WE'RE SEEING BETTER COMPLIANCE THAN WE EVER HAVE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY AMPED IT UP IN 2024 AT 1,017 SITE CHECKS, UM, AND 4 0 8 THIS YEAR.
OF COURSE, WE'RE ALWAYS PROACTIVELY THROUGH THESE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THAT PROVIDES A DETERRENT FOR SURE.
UH, WE HAVE ISSUED CITATIONS AS WELL.
BUSINESS LICENSE CHECKS, ALL THE BUSINESS LICENSE COME THROUGH COMMUNITY CODE ENFORCEMENT, UH, FOR APPROVAL.
SO WE HAVE OUR EYES ON EVERY ONE OF THEM.
LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE FOUND PEOPLE DIGGING INTO DUNES.
WE'VE FOUND PEOPLE CUTTING TREES DOWN TO GET A BETTER VIEW TO THE OCEAN.
UM, AND WE ARE SEEING MORE COMPLIANCE.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S PART OF OUR PROACTIVE PATROL GOING THROUGH THESE NEIGHBORHOODS, GOING TO THESE JOBS SITES, WALKING AROUND, LETTING 'EM KNOW WE'RE THERE AND MAKING SURE THEY'RE WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THEIR, OF THEIR BUILDING PERMIT.
BECAUSE I MEAN, THEY'LL TRY TO STEAL ON YOU SOME, SOME WILL IF YOU LET 'EM.
SO, SO AGAIN, PROVIDING THAT DETERRENT AND COMMUNICATION WITH THESE BUILDING SITES.
SEA TURTLE LIGHT VIOLATIONS JUNE, JULY, AND AUGUST FROM 10:00 PM TO 2:00 AM ON SATURDAY NIGHTS, A COMMUNITY CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER ACCOMPANIES, UH, SEA TURTLE PATROL ON THE BEACH.
UH, IDENTIFYING LIGHT VIOLATIONS.
GENERALLY, I SAY ALL THE TIME THEY'RE GONNA BE WARNINGS 'CAUSE IT'S AN EDUCATIONAL PROCESS KNOCKING ON A DOOR, LETTING THE PEOPLE KNOW, KEEP THAT LIGHT OFF BECAUSE IT'S IMPACTING OUR, OUR NATURAL RESOURCES.
KNOCK ON THE DOOR AT 2:00 AM
THIS IS SOMETHING I, I, WE'RE REWORKING IN THE LMO, UM, SIGNS IN THE RIGHT OF WAY.
WE HAVE A FEW PROBLEM PROPERTIES WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH, UH, THROUGH OUR LEGAL TEAM.
BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, AGAIN, WE, WE GET COMPLIANCE.
PEOPLE UNDERSTAND ONCE WE LET 'EM KNOW WHAT THE CODE IS.
IN ONE OF THE, UM, EXAMPLES, THE, THE LIGHTS, UM, ONE OF THE NOTES I HAVE HERE IS WE INCREASINGLY SEEING STRING LIGHTS YES.
BEING STRUNG, WHERE PREVIOUSLY THEY DIDN'T SEEM TO BE PERMITTED.
SO THANK YOU FOR KEEPING YOUR EYES ON THAT AS WELL.
PROACTIVE, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING A PRESENCE, UH, CREATING A DETERRENT FOR CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.
WE DO HAVE, UH, HOMELESSNESS, UH, PEOPLE LOITERING IN OUR TOWN PARKS.
UH, IF WE NEED BE, WE CALL THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND HAVE 'EM REMOVED.
UH, BUT WE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE KEEP AN EYE ON JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING IN THE TOWN, WHETHER IT BE MOBY MATS LEADING TO THE BEACH, MAKING SURE THOSE ARE SERVICEABLE TO, UH, MAKE SURE WE HAVE AN INGRESS.
AND EGRESS AND EMERGENCY VEHICLES HAVE INGRESS, EGRESS.
UM, I MEAN WE, WE, WE HAVE REALLY EXPANDED OUR ROLES TO QUITE A DIVERSE, IT'S HARD TO KEEP ATTENTION ON.
SO AGAIN, WE STARTED MONITOR OR OR DOCUMENTING OUR PROACTIVE PATROLS THIS YEAR.
UH, AND THAT, THAT'S, AGAIN, THAT'S GOING THROUGH SHORT-TERM RENTAL HEAVY NEIGHBORHOODS THAT'S GOING, UH, THROUGH TOWN PARKS, THAT'S LOOKING FOR TRASH, LOOKING FOR PROPERTIES THAT AREN'T BEING KEPT UP.
IT'S, IT'S A'S VARIETY OF THINGS.
OUR TOWN PARKS, UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THE PARK PATROLS, I MEAN THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S UP THROUGH OCTOBER.
UH, SO WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT THE SAME NUMBER FROM LAST YEAR.
BUT THE PROACTIVE PATROLS IN ADDITION, ARE ALMOST, UH, 3000 TO THIS POINT.
IN ADDITION, WE WERE AT ALL THE TOWN SPECIAL EVENTS.
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WE'RE ON THE BEACHES, WE'RE IN THE WATER.WE NOW HAVE A MARINE PATROL, UM, COMMUNITY CLEANUPS.
WE'RE THERE TO MAKE, MAKE SURE THAT PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.
AND I, I HEARD THE QUESTION ABOUT PEDESTRIAN AND, UH, BICYCLE COLLISIONS.
WE ARE GONNA HAVE THAT DATA NEXT TIME I'M WORKING WITH ENGINEERING TO GET THAT.
SO THE NEXT PRESENTATION, WE WILL HAVE THAT, UH, BROKEN OUT WITH A HEAT MAP AS WELL.
IS THIS SOMETHING WE DID WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE? THESE ARE AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE READERS THAT WE INSTALLED 16 OF THESE CAMERAS STRATEGICALLY THROUGHOUT THE TOWN, UH, THROUGH ON, ON THE ROADWAYS.
UM, I TALKED TO ONE OF THE DETECTIVES THE OTHER DAY, AND IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS, IT'S AIDED IN THE RECOVERY OF O OVER $100,000 WORTH OF STOLEN PROPERTY.
THREE MISSING PERSON CASES, LOCATING MISSING PERSONS.
THAT IS A REAL IMPACT RIGHT THERE.
AND NUMEROUS FELONY ARRESTS FROM ROBBERY TO, UM, FIREARMS POSSESSION.
SO IT'S, IT'S REALLY, IT'S REALLY PAYING DIVIDENDS AS FAR AS FIGHTING CRIME.
AND WHAT IT DOES IS MONITORS VEHICLES AS YOU MOVE THROUGHOUT THE TOWN.
IF A DEPUTY PUTS MY LICENSE PLATE NUMBER IN THERE AND I GO BUY ONE OF THE CAMERAS, IT'LL ALERT 'EM OR HER.
AND IF I GO THROUGH ANOTHER AREA AND IT ALERTS AGAIN.
SO YOU KIND OF TRACK A VEHICLE AND IT'S A GREAT, GREAT, UH, CRIME SOLVING TOOL.
AND WHAT'S WORKING THE NEXT STEPS OF THE AUTHORIZATION.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE AUTHORIZATION FOR ADMINISTRATIVE FINES THAT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL SO FAR.
AND WE LOOK FOR THAT TO CONTINUE INTO NEXT YEAR.
UM, AND THE ABILITY TO WRITE, UH, PARKING CITATIONS FOR VEHICLES AND PUBLIC RIGHTS AWAY.
ALL WE HAD BEFORE WAS A CRIMINAL CHARGE.
AGAIN, GIVES US THE ABILITY TO CITE 'EM MONETARY FINE AND, AND GET THEIR ATTENTION.
AND FOSTERING PARTNERSHIPS WITH STATE AND COUNTY AGENCIES AS WELL AS THE LOCAL NONPROFIT TO REMOVE, REMOVE ABANDONED OF DERELICT AND SUNKEN BOATS FROM OUR WATERWAYS THROUGH TOWN COUNCIL APPROVED FUNDING.
AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE ABOUT THE ONLY TOWN THAT'S HAD THAT SUCCESS STORY.
BLUFFTON HAS GOT A PROBLEM WITH BOATS IN THEIR WATERWAYS.
BEAUFORT, UH, THE CITY OF BEAUFORT HAD SOME SUCCESS, BUT WE HAVE REALLY MADE A DENT IN OUR, IN OUR CLEANING UP OUR WATERWAYS.
AND WE'RE ALSO LOOKING INTO, WE'RE THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS FOR TOM BEACH PARKS CURRENTLY.
WE HAVE, UH, GREAT SURVEILLANCE EQUIPMENT, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT HARDENING THE TARGET, ESPECIALLY KANT, MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO LAWYER, IDENTIFY THOSE PEOPLE, GET THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE INVOLVED.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING TO PROBABLY INVEST IN SOME, UH, BETTER EQUIPMENT FOR THAT PARTICULAR AREA AND ANY OTHER BEACH PARKS.
AND, UH, WE'RE LOOKING TO GET A MORE DEDICATED SHORT-TERM RENTAL ENFORCEMENT TEAM.
UH, WE KNOW WE'RE NOT GETTING ALL THE COMPLAINTS FROM THE GATED COMMUNITIES.
UM, WE DO INTERACT, I INTERACT WITH THE SECURITY CHIEFS AND, UH, POA, UH, BUT WE COULD DO A BETTER JOB IN GETTING THAT DATA, THAT'S FOR SURE.
UM, AND WE'RE LOOKING TO BRING ON A FIRE ALARM INSPECTOR BASED ON THE, UH, AMENDED ORDINANCE WHERE MORE THAN 3 30, 600, 3600 SQUARE FEET.
UH, WE MAY, UH, INSPECT THAT RESIDENCE.
SO WE'RE GONNA NEED ADDITIONAL PEOPLE FOR THAT.
AND, UH, BRINGING IN BEACH OPERATIONS PLAN ON PUTTING, UH, SEASONAL PART-TIME STAFF, UH, TO ENFORCE PARKING MARCH THROUGH SEPTEMBER.
AND THAT'LL FREE THE COMMUNITY CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS UP TO DO THE BEACH PATROLS AND THINGS WHERE THE, THE MAJORITY OF THE POPULATION IS WHERE WE NEED TO SERVE.
ANY QUESTIONS? I'M SURE THERE IS.
OH, THANK YOU, UM, FOR THE DETAILED REPORT.
UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU ALL DO IT AND, UM, AT LEAST THIS COUNCIL MEMBER IS GOING TO FIND WAYS TO TRY TO HELP.
SO, UM, QUESTIONS FROM THE REST OF THE COMMITTEE.
I JUST THINK YOU'RE, I THINK YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB.
I THINK YOU'VE HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS.
AND IT'S GONNA BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW SOME OF THESE, UH, NEW ITEMS YOU HAVE IN YOUR POCKET NOW WILL WORK THROUGH NEXT SUMMER.
UM, I'LL BE CURIOUS TO SEE HOW THAT WORKS OUT.
UM, A COMMENT ON TWO MATTERS THAT YOU RAISED.
UM, ONE WITH REGARD TO BICYCLE SAFETY.
UH, IN THE OLD DAYS WHEN DARREN SHOEMAKER WAS HERE, WE HAD ACTUALLY MONTHLY REPORTS SHOWING WHERE, UM, BICYCLE AUTO COLLISIONS OCCURRED.
AND THAT WAS VERY HELPFUL IN TERMS OF FIGURING OUT WHAT TO DO TO REDUCE THAT.
DO WE NEED MORE SIGNAGE? DO WE NEED CHANGES IN OUR TRAFFIC LIGHT SITUATIONS AND SO FORTH.
UM, AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU WERE, UM, AMENABLE TO CONTINUING THAT PRACTICE 'CAUSE IT CAN BE VERY HELPFUL.
UM, THE OTHER IS REGARD WITH REGARD TO SHORT TERM RENTALS, WHICH YOU ALSO MENTIONED.
UM, I WANTED TO THROW OUT ONE POSSIBLE IDEA AS TO HOW TO APPROACH THE PROBLEM, WHICH MAY BE TO, UM, PUT TOGETHER A TASK FORCE OF TOWN PEOPLE, UM, SEA PINES PEOPLE, PALMETTO DUNES PEOPLE
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IN TERMS OF ARE THERE WAYS IN IN WHICH, UM, INFORMATION THAT IS AVAILABLE TO THE GATED COMMUNITIES CAN BE COMMUNICATED TO THE TOWN SO THAT, UM, ADMINISTRATIVE CITATIONS CAN BE IMPOSED WHERE APPROPRIATE.'CAUSE RIGHT NOW, THAT'S PRETTY HARD TO DO.
SO, UM, MY, MY THOUGHT IS GIVE SOME CONSIDERATION TO A, A TASK FORCE THAT INVOLVES THE VARIOUS ENTITIES.
LEMME REPEAT MYSELF, BUT IT CAN'T BE SAID ENOUGH.
UM, I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT YOU HAD NOW OVERSIGHT OF BEACH OPERATIONS AS WELL AS OF ABOUT A WEEK AGO, SO, OKAY.
UM, WE, WE'LL WORK WITH MIKE ON ITS NEXT PRESENTATION.
IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT COLLABORATION.
I'M CERTAIN, UM, THANK YOU FOR THE ABANDONED BOAT REMOVAL.
THAT'S BEEN A BIG ISSUE FOR A LONG TIME.
I'M GLAD THAT WE ARE, UM, ON TOP OF THAT, I KNOW WE HAD A FIRST TRY IT, THAT ORDINANCE AND, UM, AND NOW IT LOOKS LIKE WE'VE GOT, WE'VE GOT THE KEY TO GETTING THAT DONE.
YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING WITH, I THINK IT WAS THE FLOCK SYSTEM AND I, I, I MAY HAVE, I JUST WANT CLARIFICATION.
I I'M PRETTY SURE I UNDERSTAND, BUT IF AN OFFICER WERE TO PUT IN INFORMATION, IT COULD TRACK THEM THROUGH A SYSTEM, BUT THE FLOCK SYSTEM PICKS UP THE INFORMATION ON ITS OWN.
IT'S NOT REQUIRED THAT SOMEONE INPUTS A, THAT A LICENSE PLATE FOLLOWING A CRIME.
YOU CAN PUT IN THE TAG NUMBER AND IT'LL SHOW YOU WHERE THAT, THAT LICENSE PLATE.
IS THAT YOUR, UM, MY PERSPECTIVE, UM, IS HOW MANY CODE ENFORCERS DO YOU HAVE? WE HAVE SIX COMMUNITY CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND ONE SUPERVISOR.
TODD IS THE SUPERVISOR, TODD MCNEIL.
AND MORGAN THOMPSON ACTUALLY HELPED PUT THIS, UH, POWERPOINT PRESENTATION TOGETHER.
SHE'S OUR RESIDENT EXPERT IN SEA TURTLES AS WELL.
AH, WELL, IT'S ALL GOOD THINGS TO HAVE ON YOUR STAFF.
UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GET ALL OF THESE THINGS DONE.
UM, I THINK IT'S A HUGE TASK AND, UM, I KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE DISCUSSION FORTHCOMING WITH REGARD TO SOME OF THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL FEES BEING USED TO HELP OFFSET AND TO INCREASE, UM, THAT STAFF AND THE TECHNOLOGIES FOR THAT.
BUT ACROSS THE BOARD, I THINK THAT, UM, IT, IT WOULD BE MY OPINION AND, UH, IF OTHERS AGREE, I HOPE WE'LL DISCUSS IT.
I THINK YOU NEED MORE TECHNOLOGY.
UM, I THINK PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW MORE WHAT Y'ALL DO AND HOW IMPORTANT EVERYTHING IT IS THAT YOU ARE DOING, THAT YOU'RE TOUCHING, UM, IS TO THIS ISLAND.
WE, UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF ISSUES THAT WE DEAL WITH.
AND WITHOUT YOU, NONE OF THEM WOULD GET ADDRESSED.
AND THESE ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECES BECAUSE THEY FULFILL THE REQUIREMENT THAT WE AS ELECTED OFFICIALS HAVE, WHICH IS TO PROVIDE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT.
AND, UM, AND ANYTHING YOU NEED, UM, I'M ALL EARS, BUT I'D LOVE TO SEE YOU HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL, UM, ASSISTANCE IN EVERY REGARD.
WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU HAVE TO PUSH A HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT OFF, IS IS IT ALWAYS THAT BEAUFORT COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICERS ARE NOTIFIED OR DO WE TRACK THAT IN TERMS OF KEEPING STATISTICS AND LOCATIONS AND THE REST SO THAT WE CAN I, I CERTAINLY CAN INCORPORATE THAT.
WE, WE DO DOCUMENT ALL OF OUR CONTACTS, WHETHER IT'S AN EMPTY ENCAMPMENT, WHICH A LOT OF TIMES THEY MOVE, MOVED ON AND LEFT THEIR TENTS IN THE WOODS OR, YEAH.
SO, AND WE KNOW IT JUST DISPLACES A PROBLEM.
SO WE DON'T HAVE SERVICES TO, WELL, I'M THINKING OF IT.
HAVE, HAVE, HAVE YOU BEEN NOTIFIED ABOUT THE SPOTLIGHTS AT WA WATUSI IN THAT PARKING LOT? JUST WE HAVE BEEN.
NOW, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
IT'S LIKE A, I DON'T KNOW, LIGHTING UP FOR A CONCERT ON POPE AVENUE AT NIGHT.
UM, I KNOW THAT WE, WE JUMPED OVER A LITTLE BIT, UM, BEACH PARKING, UM, AND HOW THAT WENT.
UM, BUT JUST YOU THINK IT WENT WELL? I DO.
I, IT, IT TOOK, IT TOOK A MONTH OR SO FOR PEOPLE TO GET USED TO IT.
THERE'S A LOT ON SOCIAL MEDIA INITIALLY ABOUT HOW BAD WE WERE FOR DOING IT, BUT THAT JUST, THAT DIED OUT LIKE ANYTHING ELSE.
UM, I THINK IT'S HELPS US BETTER MANAGE THE BEACH PARKING LOTS.
AND WE, YOU KNOW, FACILITIES, UH, HAS, HAS PUT IN BOLLARDS WHERE WE NEED THEM, SO WE'RE PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM PARKING IN THE LANDSCAPE.
NOW IT'S, I THINK OUR PARKING PROGRAM'S
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GETTING BETTER AND BETTER.SO JUST ONE OBSERVATION FOR WHATEVER IT'S WORTH NOW THAT WE AREN'T IN PARKING, UM, SEASON WITH REGARD TO, UM, PAYMENT AND FEES AND THAT SORT OF THING, I HAVE NOTICED, UM, A NUMBER OF, UM, RVS THAT SEEM TO HAVE TAKEN UP RESIDENCY.
MAYBE IT'S ONE NIGHT OR TWO, UM, IN OUR BEACH PARKING LOTS.
SO I REALIZE IT'S MOSTLY AFTER HOURS ISSUES THAT Y'ALL CAN'T ADDRESS.
UM, BUT OUR BEACH PARKS CLOSE AT 10, THEY CAN'T BE IN THERE, SO, WE'LL, UH, WE'LL KEEP AN EYE ON THAT.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE HERE? UM, WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THEM SEEING NONE? UM, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.
WE APPRECIATE ALL OF THE, UM, COMMUNITY WORK.
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, BOTH FROM BEACH SERVICES, FROM BEAUFORT COUNTY AND FROM OUR CODE OFFICIALS.
AND WITH THAT, THAT IS OUR LAST ITEM.
AND SO WE'RE READY TO ADJOURN.
I'M GONNA MAKE ONE, UM, PUBLIC, UM, SERVICE COMMENT.
UM, TONIGHT I'M HOLDING A TOWN HALL IF ANYONE'S INTERESTED IN ATTENDING, HAVE ANYTHING, ANY THOUGHTS THAT COME TO MIND.
IT'S AT THE LIBRARY AT FIVE 30 AND YOU'RE EVERYONE'S WELCOME.