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[I. CALL TO ORDER]
RIGHT.COUNCIL MEMBER EMILY BURDEN HERE.
COMMISSIONER VERONICA NAVARRO.
COMMISSIONER GWEN CHAMBERS HERE.
DOUG MCGILL HAD JUST HAD SURGERY AND HE'S RECOVERING.
SO, UM, EMILY, HE IS FAITHFUL AND MM-HMM
[III. ADOPTION OF MINUTES]
ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES FOR OCTOBER THE SECOND 2025 WITH THE, IS THE MOTION TO ACCEPT.MOTION TO ACCEPT THE SECOND, SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR, LET YOU KNOW BY SAYING AYE.
OPPOSES AYES TO MY EXCITEMENT.
[IV. PUBLIC COMMENT]
SO WE WILL DO OUR INTRODUCTIONS.
A COUPLE OF OUR PUBLIC IS ON SCHEDULE UNDER DISCUSSION, BUT WE WILL GO AHEAD AND GET NAMES FOR THE RECORD.
IF YOU WOULD COME AND SPEAK INTO THE MIC JUST TO LET US KNOW WHO YOU ARE THIS MORNING.
OH, AM I SUPPOSED TO? YOU DON'T HAVE TO GIVE US ANYTHING.
JUST, I WAS JUST HERE BECAUSE YOU TOLD ME.
AND WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO GIVE AN ADDRESS OR JUST PURE SCOTT ARCHITECTS.
HI, JOCELYN STEIGER, GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS DIRECTOR FOR THE HILTON HEAD AREA REALTORS AND THE BEAUFORT, JASPER COUNTY REALTORS.
LUCY SOULS FROM THE L THANK YOU
AND YOU CAN SIT UP CLOSE IF YOU LIKE
WE THINK, UM, LIKE I SAID, WE DO HAVE QUITE A FEW OF OUR, UM, ATTENDEES ARE ON THE AGENDA FOR TODAY.
SO WE WILL GET TO THEM ONCE WE, UM, HIT THAT SPOT.
SO, BACK TO YOU CHAIRMAN ALL AND NEW BUSINESS, WHICH WE WILL START WITH.
[VI.1. FY26 Neighborhood Assistance Budget Update]
BUDGET UPDATE, PLEASE.SO AS WE ARE IN OUR LAST MONTH OF 2025, UH, FISCAL YEAR ARE STILL ROLLING.
AS YOU KNOW, FISCAL YEAR GOES FROM JUNE TO JULY, SO WE ARE STILL SPENDING SOME FUNDS.
THE BUDGET FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM WAS ADOPTED FOR $450,000 BY TOWN COUNCIL.
A TOTAL OF 22 HOMES HAVE RECEIVED REPAIRS.
AS OF TODAY, A TOTAL OF $170,097 HAS BEEN SPENT.
THESE REPAIR CONSIST OF ROOFING, FLOORING, DECKS, PLUMBING AND TREE SERVICE APPLICATIONS ARE BEING PROCESSED WEEKLY.
AND STAFF IS REVIEWING THOSE ESTIMATES ALONG WITH BUILDING SAFETY TO MAKE SURE THAT FUNDS ARE SPENT ACCURATELY AND ALL REQUESTED REPAIRS ARE BEING MADE.
REPAIR ESTIMATES CONTINUE TO RISE AND STAFF WILL MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO ENSURE OUR RESIDENTS HAVE SAFE, DECENT AND SUITABLE LIVING ENVIRONMENTS.
UH, TO DATE, FOUR HOMES ARE WAITING ON ESTIMATES TO BE SUBMITTED AND TWO APPLICATIONS ARE OUT FOR INCOME VERIFICATION.
I DO WANNA GO BACK UP TO THE BUILDING SAFETY COMMENT.
UM, WE ARE SHORT A COUPLE OF BUILDING INSPECTORS, SO IT IS TAKING A LITTLE BIT OF TIME FOR, UM, THINGS TO BE INSPECTED.
SO IT'S JUST, UM, MOVING A LITTLE SLOWER FOR US.
THE GUYS ARE KIND OF TRIPLING THEMSELVES OUT ON THE TOWN GETTING STUFF LOOKED AT, SO IF ANYONE KNOWS ANYBODY, UM, WE'RE LOOKING FOR WELL QUALIFIED UNCERTIFIED BUILDING INSPECTORS.
SO ANY QUESTIONS THERE, JUST CALL CUSTOMER SERVICE.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE MEMO, DON? AS ALWAYS, I GIVE YOU, LET'S TAKE THAT DOWN.
I GIVE YOU OUR EXCEL SHEET SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE EVERYTHING IS SITTING, WHERE EVERYTHING IS GOING OUT.
AND AS ALWAYS YOU CAN SEE THAT OUR, UM, HOME REPAIR REHABILITATION IS ALWAYS OUR BIG NUMBER, IS OUR BIG LINE.
SO, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE DOING PRETTY GOOD FUND WISE, LIKE WE SAID, 22 TO DATE.
UM, WE HAVE AVAILABLE BUDGET A LITTLE UNDER $280,000, STILL AVAILABLE WITH FOUR OR FIVE HOMES WAITING ON ESTIMATES TO COME IN.
UM, I DID STATE A COUPLE, MAYBE TWO MONTHS AGO THAT BEAUFORT, JASPER HOUSING FUND HAS OPENED UP THEIR PLATE AGAIN TO THE RECIPIENTS THAT RECEIVED FUNDS BEFORE.
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ANOTHER ASKING OR REQUEST FROM THEM.UH, SO WE SHOULD PROBABLY KNOW SOMETHING BACK BETWEEN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY IF WE WERE ALLOTTED THOSE FUNDS.
UM, JUST FOR THE RECORD, MS. MEG JAMES HAS JOINED US.
SO WE'LL LET MS. MEG GET CAUGHT UP, GET SETTLED IN, GET COZY.
SO MS. MEG, WE ARE NOW JUST GIVING UP THE BUDGET REPORT.
WE HAVE REPAIRED 22 HOMES SO FAR THIS, UH, FISCAL YEAR, NOT CALENDAR YEAR, BUT FISCAL YEAR.
SO WE ARE HOLDING A LITTLE UNDER $280,000.
SO WE'RE GOING, WELL, WE HAVE FOUR TO FIVE APPLICATIONS THAT ARE OUT WAITING ON ESTIMATES.
UM, I ACTUALLY HAVE THREE APPLICATIONS ON MY DESK THAT ARE WAITING FOR MORE INCOME, FOR INCOME VERIFICATION PURPOSES.
SO BETWEEN FEBRUARY, MARCH WE SHOULD HAVE PUT DOWN ANOTHER SEVEN OR EIGHT HOMES FOR REPAIR.
UM, AND AGAIN, SOME OF THOSE ARE REPEAT HOMES BECAUSE YOU CAN COME BACK TO US ONCE A CALENDAR YEAR.
UM, SO JUST FOR DIFFERENT ISSUES THAT THEY COME BACK.
AND THEN MOST OF THEM ARE NEW HOMES.
SO WE ARE STILL, UH, PEOPLE ARE STILL SEEKING US THAT HAVE NEVER DID NOT KNOW THAT WE HAD THIS PROGRAM.
SO WORD OF MOUTH, UM, SOUP, KITCHEN, CHURCHES, A FRIEND SAYS, OH, WELL CALL SUCH AND SUCH.
SO THE WORD IS STILL GETTING OUT.
SO WE ARE MORE THAN GRATEFUL TO HELP AND DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO THERE.
UM, SAVE THE SHUTTERS WITH MISS AMANDA.
WE, I JUST FINISHED PROJECT NUMBER FIVE FIVE AND WE GO OUT TO PROJECT NUMBER SIX TOMORROW.
SO THAT HAS BEEN A GREAT TEAMWORK.
UM, AND AGAIN, SAVE THE SHUTTERS IS HELPING BACK US BECAUSE THEY GET DONATIONS.
SO WE ARE ABLE TO DO LABOR, THEY DO KIND OF THE MATERIAL GATHERING ALL THAT, AND WE'RE ABLE TO PAY THE LABOR PART.
SO IT'S A BIG JOINT EFFORT AND GETTING THINGS DONE.
IF IT'S A BIG PROJECT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING THINGS DONE.
NOT TO SAY WE DON'T HANDLE THE BIG PROJECTS, BUT THEY'RE ABLE TO GET IN DIFFERENT THINGS THAT CUT COSTS FOR US.
SO THAT HAS BEEN A GOOD, UM, JOINT VENTURE.
DO YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING ABOUT YES, I NEED TO
UM, DO YOU HAVE STORAGE? DO YOU HAVE PLACE WHERE YOU CAN STORE? UM, NO, WE DO NOT SUPPLIES.
THAT'S A, A BIG THING IS THAT, UM, SINCE I'M IN THE ARCHITECTURE WORLD AND I HAVE CONTACTS WITH BUILDERS AND SUPPLIERS, UM, AND I'M ALWAYS REACHING OUT FOR MATERIALS AND, UM, ANY TYPE OF, YOU KNOW, LEFTOVER THINGS, PEOPLE WILL HAVE 'EM AT DIFFERENT TIMES, BUT WE MIGHT NOT NEED 'EM AT THAT TIME.
AND SO THEN IT JUST GOES IN THE TRASH AND WE WOULD JUST, IF WE HAD SOMEWHERE TO STORE THINGS, WE COULD SAVE THEM UP FOR THE NEXT PROJECTS AND WE COULD HELP VICKI OUT A LOT MORE WITH ITEMS AND THINGS.
UM, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A LOT OF GREAT PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WANNA DONATE AND WITH OUR AREA AND THE TYPE OF WORK WE DO, THE UPPER END WORK, THERE'S A LOT OF DISPOSAL OF THINGS THAT OTHER PEOPLE COULD USE, NICE THINGS THAT OTHER PEOPLE COULD USE.
SO WE, WE RIGHT NOW CURRENTLY CAN'T SAVE ANYTHING 'CAUSE WE HAVE NOWHERE TO PUT IT HOW MANY STORES YOU USE.
I WOULDN'T EVEN, I WOULDN'T EVEN KNOW RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IT WOULD ALL VARY DEPENDING ON WHAT PEOPLE GIVE US.
A LOT OF TIMES I'M ASKING FOR COUNTERTOPS OR LIKE VANITIES, TOILETS, LIKE A WAREHOUSE, LIKE A, YEAH, SOMETHING PROBABLY SMALL TO START OFF WITH UNTIL LIKE WE HAD MORE PROJECTS, BUT LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WORKING ON ONE TO TWO PROJECTS EVERY FEW MONTHS.
UM, AND DEPENDING ON THE SCALE OF THE PROJECT, OBVIOUSLY OUR FIRST PROJECT WAS QUITE LARGE AND THAT WAS A DIFFERENT THING.
BUT THE LAST FEW HAVE BEEN A SMALLER SCALE, BUT IT WOULD'VE BEEN NICE TO HAVE A STORAGE AREA.
UM, I DID HAVE A CLIENT THAT HE LET US USE OUR GARAGE.
HIS GARAGE WAS ON BRIDGE STREET AND SO HE DID LET US USE THAT TO STORE MATERIALS.
BUT YOU KNOW, I CAN'T DO THAT ALL THE TIME.
SO IF I KNEW PEOPLE THAT HAD SOMETHING AVAILABLE,
AND THEN THAT WAY WHEN I DO, UM, EMAIL TO THE MASSES AND SAY, HEY, DO YOU HAVE THESE THINGS? AND A LOT OF TIMES THEY'LL SAY, WELL, I DON'T HAVE THIS, BUT I HAVE THIS RIGHT NOW.
AND IT'S LIKE, I DON'T NEED THAT RIGHT NOW, BUT NOW THEN I COULD SAY, OKAY, I'LL TAKE IT.
YOU KNOW, MAYBE FOR THE NEXT, SO, OR YEAH, IF YOU GET TO THAT POINT AND YOU NEED STORAGE.
YEAH, JUST HAVE VICTORIA SEND A QUICK EMAIL.
LET'S JUST SEE IF WE CAN FIND A PLACE.
YEAH, THEY SAVE THE SHUTTERS AN OFFICIAL 5 0 1 C3.
IT IS THROUGH THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE LOW COUNTRY.
SO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOW COUNTRY IS THE 5 0 1 3 C THAT HOLDS MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS.
AND SO WE'RE ONE OF THOSE ACCOUNTS.
THEY MANAGE OUR FUNDS, THEY HAVE A FIDUCIARY AGENT FOR THEM.
SO, UM, I WANTED YOU TO, UM, TO SPEAK TO THAT BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE
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CAN ALSO ADVERTISE ON OUR WEBSITE.AND I MEAN, WE'RE REALLY ENJOYING WORKING WITH VICKY AND HELPING ANYBODY THAT WE CAN.
AND YOU KNOW, LIKE SHE HAS SOMEONE THAT MAYBE THEY, UM, AND I THINK SHE, THIS MIGHT BE ONE OF THE INCOME VERIFICATIONS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST MAKING SURE THAT THAT'S VERIFIED BEFORE SHE SENDS IT OFF TO US BECAUSE THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT THE TOWN CAN'T HELP WITH, SO OBVIOUSLY WE COULD PICK UP INSTEAD.
SO IT'S JUST BEEN GREAT TO BE ABLE TO HELP EACH OTHER BACK AND FORTH AND THEN TO HELP SAVE THE TOWN WITH, YOU KNOW, ITEMS AND MONEY THAT YOU DON'T NEED TO SPEND BECAUSE I CAN GET IT FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE.
SO FOR THE RECORD, CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT LIKE WHAT THE TOWN CANNOT DO, BUT THAT Y'ALL CAN, UM, LIKE WHAT TYPE TYPES OF WORK AND THINGS LIKE THAT? UM, MOLD ABATEMENT.
AND THEN SOME TYPE OF WEATHERIZATION OF JUST WINDOWS.
WE'RE NOT EQUIPPED FOR, WHEN I SAY WEATHERIZATION, UM, MY LIGHT BILL IS TOO HIGH, I NEED A SEAL AROUND MY WINDOW.
BUT I AM REWRITING OUR POLICY SO THAT WE CAN
WE ALSO, UM, WORK WITH THE EOC AS WELL 'CAUSE THEY CAN DO THOSE PROJECTS AS WELL.
AND I, I'VE SENT A COUPLE WITH THE WEATHER RIGHT NOW I'VE SENT A COUPLE PEOPLE TO EOC AND ELCON AND THEY'RE OUT OF FUNDS.
SO THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING FOR, SO THEN THAT'S WHEN, OKAY.
SO PART OF OUR REQUIREMENT IN ORDER TO QUALIFY WITH US IS THAT THEY HAVE TO GONE THROUGH THE TOWN FIRST.
AND BECAUSE YOU GUYS VET THEM AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, A LEGITIMATE CASE AND THEN WHATEVER THE TOWN CAN'T WORK ON.
AND IF THEY WENT OUT TO BLUFF AND SELL HELP OR WHOEVER THE OTHER AGENCIES OUT THERE AND THEY CAN'T HELP, OR THEIR FUNDS ARE RUN OUT, WE'LL COME IN AND WE'LL STEP IN AND PICK IT UP.
A LOT OF TIMES THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE TO GO TO THOSE OTHER AGENCIES BECAUSE IF IT'S SOMETHING SMALL WE CAN JUST EASILY HANDLE.
BUT LIKE HVAC, THAT'S A BIG ONE.
AND SO, LIKE WE HAD, HAD BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS ONE PARTICULAR PERSON THAT MIGHT NEED A WHOLE UNIT.
SO WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IS ONCE SHE GETS THEM VERIFIED, THEN WE'RE GONNA SET UP A MEETING TO GO WALK THE PROPERTY WITH A BUILDER AND THEN DECIDE BUDGET AND FIGURE OUT WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP.
THE OTHER, UM, IMPORTANT PARTNERSHIP WE HAVE WITH THE, WITH THEM IS THAT WE HAVE A LIMITED AMOUNT OF FUNDS THAT WE CAN SPEND PER HOUSE.
SO THAT, THAT SUPPLEMENT IS, IS, IS IS VERY FAVORABLE, RIGHT? YEAH.
AND EVERY, I MEAN, WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT, LIKE I SAID, OUR COMMUNITY HAS BEEN GREAT DONATING TIME, DOING MATERIALS.
LIKE YOU JUST WOULDN'T, IT'S, IT'S JUST AMAZING THAT IF YOU ASK PEOPLE, ARE THERE SOM PROUD OF OUR COMMUNITY? JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, D DOES A HOMEOWNER HAVE TO BRING ANYTHING TO THE TABLE? NO.
NO, WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING.
UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE TO GIVE.
YOU KNOW, THEY BRING EXTRA PAPER, I'M LIKE, NO, I DON'T NEED THAT.
YOU KNOW? 'CAUSE WHEN THEY SEE GOVERNMENT, THEY THINK THAT, OH, YOU'RE ASKING FOR, YOU KNOW, MY BLOOD TYPE AND ALL THAT.
BUT NO, WE'RE JUST SHOW ME THAT HERE TO HELP WHO ARE INCOME QUALIFIED, EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT EMPLOYED, YOU KNOW, WE STILL TRY TO DO OUR BEST, MAKE SURE THEY FIT IN.
THERE ARE 60%, 80% GUIDELINES FOR DIFFERENT THINGS.
SAY FOR INSTANCE, WHEN IT COMES TO THE PRIVATE HOME REPAIRS, I DID HAVE SOMEONE REACH OUT FOR THE PRIVATE ROAD REPAIR.
NOW THAT IS AT, I THINK THAT'S 80%, BUT IT HAS TO BE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF RESIDENTS ON THAT ROAD.
UM, AND THEN HOW THAT WORKS, ALL OF THEM HAVE TO QUALIFY FOR THE, THE PROGRAM IN ORDER TO GET THAT PRIVATE ROAD SCRAPED DOWN.
SO I HAD TO CALL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, SUCH AS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, JUST TO MAKE SURE, NO, I CANNOT GET THROUGH HERE WITHOUT BUMPING, GOING UP AND DOWN MY TRUCKS CAN'T GET THROUGH MM-HMM
SO, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF CALLS FOR THAT, BUT MAYBE ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR WE DO HAVE CALLS FOR THAT.
BUT I JUST SAID THAT TO SAY THEY DON'T HAVE TO BRING ANYTHING TO THE TABLE, JUST MAKE SURE THAT THEIR INCOME, SOME ARE NOT EVEN WORKING.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S A PLUS.
AND FOR SAVE THE SHUTTERS, OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE A SAFE LIVING ENVIRONMENT.
SO IT'S HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE.
ANYTHING ELSE WE GET WOULD BE BONUS.
SO FOR INSTANCE, IF THEY WANTED THEIR HOUSE PAINTED OR SOMETHING, LIKE WE WOULDN'T DO THAT.
'CAUSE THAT, THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH BEING SAFE.
BUT WE, WE HAD A VOLUNTEER, WE HAD SOMEONE THAT WANTED TO DONATE THAT TO HAVE THEIR HOUSE PAINTED.
UM, MS. BARBARA AND, UM, WAS OUR FIRST PROJECT AND SHE NEVER HAD A WASHER AND DRYER.
WELL THAT WASN'T REALLY IN OUR SCOPE BECAUSE THAT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH LIFE SAFETY.
BUT WE DID HAVE SOMEONE DONATE A WASHER AND DRYER.
SO THAT'S HOW WE KIND OF COME IN AND HELP.
THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE TO DRAW THE LINE, IS WE HAVE TO DETERMINE, OKAY, IS THIS SAFE ENVIRONMENT? LIKE WE WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S, YOU KNOW, IN A HEALTHY SPOT.
SO, UM, AND THEN IF, IF THERE ARE NO, LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE HOMEOWNER HAS TO GIVE US THIS OR DO THAT, BUT IF THEY WOULD, LIKE, WE ASK FOR PARTICIPATION.
FOR INSTANCE, IF SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE PAINTED, HEY, LET'S GET A GROUP OF PEOPLE IN THIS PAINT AND COME ON, WHY DON'T YOU GUYS PAINT? OR DO YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOME FAMILY MEMBERS THAT WANNA COME HELP.
SO, I MEAN, WE WANNA MAKE IT A GROUP COMMUNITY EFFORT AND WE WANNA
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TEACH THE YOUTH, UM, ABOUT VOLUNTEERING AND HELPING EACH OTHER.SO, UM, WHENEVER WE DO HAVE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, WE REACH OUT.
BUT LATELY WE HAVEN'T HAD OPPORTUNITIES FOR VOLUNTEERING BECAUSE A LOT OF THINGS ARE SAFETY RELATED AND WE CAN'T JUST HAVE ANY OLD PEOPLE COME IN.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THE PROFESSIONALS ARE IN THERE DOING THAT.
SO YOU MEAN ANY JUST PER PERSON? JUST ANY PERSON.
JUST ANY OLD PERSON, ANY YOUNG PERSON.
I MEAN, EVERYBODY WANTS TO HELP AND SAY, CAN WE DO IT? AND IT'S LIKE, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE LIABILITY TOO, YOU KNOW? RIGHT.
SO YES, AS YOU CAN SEE, GREAT TEAMWORK, GREAT PARTNERSHIP.
UM, NEXT ON OUR AGENDA, AN UPDATE ON, NO, NOT YET
[VI.2. Adoption of Affordable Housing Committee 2026 Meeting Dates]
IS OUR 2026 MEETING DATES, 2026 MEETING DATES.SO I JUST NEED YOU GUYS, DON'T TELL ME RIGHT NOW, BUT JUST KIND OF LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE HERE.
SEE IF YOU BELIEVE YOU'RE FREE.
UM, THE ONLY CHANGE IS JANUARY 8TH BECAUSE THAT FIRST THURSDAY FALLS ON THAT NEW YEAR'S TIMEFRAME.
SO OUR FIRST JANUARY MEETING WILL BE THE SECOND WEEK OF JANUARY.
UM, ONCE WE APPROVE THESE, I WILL GO AHEAD AND PUT IT ON A CALENDAR, SEND YOU OUT A SAVE THE DATE AND HOLD IT ON YOUR CALENDAR.
BUT JUST KIND OF BROWSE AND SEE WHAT YOU THINK.
WELL I'M, UM, I I WANT US TO GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THIS AND IF YOU HAVE TO CHANGE IT AND WE CHANGE IT, RIGHT, EXACTLY.
YEAH, THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE MEETING DATES ALL A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MEETING DATES.
I'M SORRY, SECOND 20, 26 AND MOVE AND SECOND.
A AYES HAVE SECOND WITH JAMES.
[VII.1. Update on The May Housing Development]
DOWN.TELL ME WHICH ONE YOU WANT FIRST.
NONE BECAUSE I BELIEVE YOU'RE GIVING US GOOD NEWS JUST TO GIVE US BAD NEWS.
SO I HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE MAY AND UM, AMANDA IS, IS AMANDA'S BACK, BUT I GOT AN UPDATE.
AMANDA SENT ME AN EMAIL UPDATE FROM MATT LYLE.
I SAID REQUESTING OF COUNCILMAN CHAIRMAN FRED HAMILTON.
HE WANTS A BODY IN THE BUILDING.
NOBODY WAS ABLE TO REPRESENT BESIDES
BUT, SO I'M GONNA GIVE YOU THE, UM, YOU'RE GONNA READ THAT, RIGHT? I'M GONNA GIVE YOU THE BULLETINS THAT CAME FROM MAD AND IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, AMANDA WILL TRY.
SO AS OF DECEMBER 2ND ROAD BEDS ARE CURRENTLY IN WATER AND SEWER ARE COMPLETE.
WE ARE WAITING ON DOMINION ENERGY TO RUN POWER.
WE ARE IN THE QUEUE WITH NO SPECIFIC DATE AS OF YET.
HARRAY WILL DROP IN TELECOM AT THE SAME TIME AS DOMINION ENERGY.
UH, WESTIN AND TOWN ATTORNEY WESTON NEWTON AND TOWN ATTORNEYS ARE FINALIZING PROPERTY TRANSFER DETAILS SO WE CAN TAKE TO PERMITTING.
CHANGE FROM HARD RATE TO SPARK LIGHT.
SO IT, IT'S SOME GOOD THINGS IN THERE.
THERE, THERE IS SOME GOOD THINGS IN THERE.
WE DO NOT HAVE A TIMEFRAME YET, UM, AS WHEN WE WILL SEE ACTUAL STRUCTURE
UM, WE DON'T WANNA FEEL DEFEATED.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS AND WE WANNA STAY HANDS UP.
YEAH, IT'S BEEN A WHILE, AMANDA.
OKAY, AMANDA, GIVE US BAD NEWS.
AND, UM, THEN THERE'S ME AND I'M NOT A PART OF THAT PART, RIGHT? ALL I KNOW IS IF YOU'VE DRIVEN BY YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF STUFF HAS HAPPENED.
SO WE WON'T TALK ABOUT HOW LONG AND, AND, YOU KNOW, AND AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK HAVING CANCELED THAT WORKSHOP, UM, I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED.
I KNOW, YOU KNOW, NO ONE'S AT FAULT OR, OR ANYTHING, BUT ESPECIALLY IF THERE'S A LITTLE SETBACK HERE THAT WOULD'VE AT LEAST BEEN ABLE TO FEEL GOOD, UH, WITH THE PUBLIC.
BECAUSE I KNOW SEVERAL PEOPLE, AND I KNOW THEY'RE AWFUL AT REGISTERING, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO TONIGHT'S WORKSHOP AND I'M VERY HOT.
SO DANNY'S, DEBRA STEWART AND DANNY GERALD FROM PINNACLE PARTNERS OVERBOOKED THEMSELVES.
THEY DID NOT REALIZE AND SHE WANTED TO COME IN VIRTUAL, BUT I SAID NO, I WOULD RATHER HAVE US HANDS-ON, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT SOMEBODY COMING AND SITTING AT A SCREEN WHEN THIS IS OUR FIRST ONE WE WANTED BE HANDS ON, WE WANNA BE VIRTUAL.
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ME BACK.WE'RE LOOKING AT JANUARY 28TH DATE.
SO THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T SAY CANCELED.
I WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, MARK IT POSTPONE.
SO I AM GONNA GET WITH, UM, THE ROTARY CENTER, LINDY, TO GO AHEAD AND BOOK THAT DATE, BOOK IT TO MAKE SURE THE 28TH IS FREE.
SO YEAH, I WAS VERY BUMMED WHEN I LET KEVIN AND UM, HEATHER KNOW IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF ODD IN MY HANDS, BUT I DIDN'T WANT IT TO BE VIRTUAL.
UM, SO BY JANUARY 28TH, WILL WE HAVE A FOUNDATION? I WOULD LOVE IT.
I MEAN, I'M NOT THE I LOVE YOUR, LET'S SPEAK THAT INTO YES.
YEAH, I I, I'M, I'M, I'M GONNA BE A LITTLE PESSIMISTIC BECAUSE, UM, HOLIDAYS, THE NEW YEAR AND THE 28TH WOULD JUST BE TOO, TOO SOON I WOULD THINK.
SO IF SOMEBODY, SOMEBODY WANTS TO GIVE A CALL TO DOMINION, THAT WOULD BE NICE.
SO YEAH, I WOULD, I WOULD PUT STEVEN ON THAT TASK.
SO YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE FOR THE MAY.
UM, AND AGAIN, I DO APOLOGIZE ABOUT THE HOUSING.
I DID HAVE, 'CAUSE I WAS SHARING IT, SHARING IT ALL OVER AND A COUPLE PEOPLE WERE ALSO SHARING IT.
SO I DID HAVE TO REACH OUT TO ABOUT SIX OR SEVEN RESIDENTS YESTERDAY, UM, TO LET THEM KNOW THAT IT WAS CANCELED, NOT CANCELED, POSTPONED, BUT CROSS FINGERS THAT JANUARY 28TH WE CAN GET IN THE ROTARY CENTER AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND PUT THAT BACK OUT TODAY.
ON THE MAY WEREN'T YOU WAITING TO START ACCEPTING APPLICATION? SO DOES THIS POSTPONE ALL OF THAT? NOT YET.
WELL, THE WORKSHOP HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE RIGHT, YEAH.
THE WORKSHOP HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT.
I BELIEVE JOEY WAS WAITING TO SEE WHEN WE WERE GONNA GET CLOSER TO CONSTRUCTION.
SO THAT WHEN YOU, WHEN THE RESIDENTS STARTED FILLING OUT THEIR APPLICATION, IT WOULDN'T BE SUCH A DELAY, YOU KNOW, IT'LL BE KIND OF BOOM, BOOM, BOOM.
SO IT IS KIND OF DELAYING ALL OF THAT TOO.
IT IS DELAYING THAT APPLICATION PROCESS TIME PLUS, UM, IF YOU'RE TRYING TO GET A MORTGAGE, YOU NEED TO BE AT LEAST 90 DAYS OUT.
SO YOU CAN'T DO THAT TOO FAR AHEAD OF TIME.
SO IT, IT IS KIND OF LINGERING A LOT OF DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE TOPIC.
I WILL SAY THAT WHENEVER IT DOES START, IT WILL GO FAIRLY QUICKLY.
[VII.2. Workforce Housing Rental Units Update]
GAVE YOU TWO UPDATES.THE MAY AND THEN THE WORKSHOP.
UM, WE DO HAVE THE WORKFORCE HOUSING RENTAL UNITS IS GOING REALLY WELL AS YOU KNOW, UM, THE ELDERS CAME ON BOARD AND, UH, THEY WERE, THEY REACHED OUT, THEY CAME TO ONE OF THE MEETINGS DURING THE SUMMER AND THEY REACHED OUT AND WANTED TO KNOW HOW THEY COULD GO ABOUT MAKING SOME OF THEIR UNITS WORKFORCE, UH, PRICING AS WELL.
THE TOWN HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.
IT'S ALL ABOUT THEM FOLLOWING THAT A MI, THAT ANNUAL NUMBER THAT COMES OUT.
WE SPOKE, UM, I WENT TO KEVIN, I WENT TO THE POWERS THAT BE THAT CAN SAY, NO, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT.
IF THEY WANNA DO IT, LET'S DO IT.
SO WE ARE HOPING THAT, UM, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THREE.
WE ARE HOPING THAT WE CAN GET OTHER DEVELOPMENTS TO, UH, JUMP ON BOARD WITH THIS AS WELL.
BECAUSE EVEN IF IT'S TWO, IT'S HELPING A FAMILY OR IT'S HELPING A SINGLE PERSON, IT'S HELPING, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY IN HOSPITALITY HAVE A PLACE TO STAY.
SO WE DO HAVE TWO OF OUR RENTAL UNIT DEVELOPMENTS HERE AND I'LL HAVE MISS, UH, SUMMER NICOLE, SUMMER NICHOLS COME UP FIRST FROM BRISTOL AT NEW RIVERSIDE.
SO THIS IS ACTUALLY PRETTY IMPORTANT TO ME.
UM, THE WORKFORCE UNITS ARE AMAZING.
HOWEVER, I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK HARD AT THEM.
CURRENTLY, MOST OF OUR COMPETITORS AROUND THE AREA, UM, ARE OFFERING TWO MONTHS FREE ON RENT.
WE CAN'T GIVE CONCESSIONS ON WORKFORCE.
IF YOU TAKE A UNIT THAT'S A ONE BEDROOM THAT'S 1650 A MONTH, YOU GIVE THEM TWO MONTHS FREE, THEY TAKE THAT CONCESSION AND SPREAD IT OUT OVER THEIR LEASE.
A ONE BEDROOM WORKFORCE IS 1472.
THAT'S THE PROBLEM IN MY EYES, IT'S A PROBLEM.
SO I THINK THE WORKFORCE HOUSING UNITS ARE TOO HIGH AND I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY, OBVIOUSLY I'M NOT INVOLVED TOO MUCH, BUT I DUNNO HOW THE YEARLY, WHAT THE A MI, THE A THE, I MEAN I GET THE A MI, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW WE COME UP WITH THAT NUMBER.
THE YEARLY, THE ANNUAL NUMBER THAT THEY PAY FOR RENT.
SO WAS IT, WAS IT YOUR APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT WAS EIGHT 50 A MONTH INITIALLY?
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YEAH.WE WERE GOING FROM LIKE, YEAH, THEY CHEATED THEMSELVES FIRST.
WE WERE GOING OFF OF LIKE 2021 PRICING.
UM, FROM WHEN THEY FIRST STARTED THE DEVELOPMENT.
UM, BUT NOW, I MEAN EVEN THOUGH ALL OF MY WORKFORCE HOUSING IS FULL, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE LS AT THIS POINT.
UM, THE WATERSIDE AT PEPPER HALL, WHICH IS RIGHT.
THEY'RE, UM, REGULAR PRICING BRINGS THEM DOWN TO 13 SOMETHING A MONTH AS WELL.
FOUR ONE BEDROOM, FOUR A ONE BEDROOM.
SO, SO, SO YOU'RE SEEING AN ISSUE OF BEING TOO, TOO HIGH.
THE WORKFORCE HOUSING IS TOO HIGH, RIGHT? YEAH, UNFORTUNATELY, AND I DON'T KNOW, THEY'RE PRICING IT NOW AT 14, 1400 LIKE THE ONE BEDROOMS OR 1472.
AND THAT'S WITHOUT UTILITIES, WE DON'T, UM, ADD THE UTILITIES IN.
UM, AND LIKE I SAID, WE WERE DOING, WE BEDROOMS AT 1652 MONTHS FREE.
SO IT, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE FULL, IT'S HARD FOR ME TO JUSTIFY PUSHING WORKFORCE HOUSING AND SAYING, HEY, WE'VE GOT THIS REALLY GREAT DEAL WHEN IT'S NOT A DEAL AND I'M SENDING THEM TO, UH, WHAT IS IT, LAKEVIEW TERRACE, I'M SENDING THEM TO WATERSIDE AT PEPPER HALL BECAUSE THEY CAN AFFORD TO LIVE THERE.
SO, AND I DON'T KNOW IF MAYBE WHEN, I DON'T KNOW IF IT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT YEAR OVER YEAR WHAT CONCESSIONS ARE AND ADDING THAT IN AND NEW, UM, DEVELOPMENT COMING IN BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL GONNA GIVE TWO MONTHS OF CONCESSIONS.
SO THOSE NUMBERS, HOW DOES THE A MI, THE ANNUAL A MI AND THEN WHEN WE LOOK AT THE FAIR MARKET RATE AND THE OTHER RATES, THOSE COME FROM BEAUFORT, RIGHT? SO TOWN OF BLUFFTON HAS NOTHING, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST NO WAY WE CAN REGULATE THOSE NUMBERS OURSELF.
THOSE ARE JUST NUMBERS THAT COME FROM I THINK IT, IT IS, YEAH.
SO, UM, AND TRULY WE CAN PETITION, I DUNNO HOW MUCH MORE WORKING.
AND I'VE WORKED IN BEAUFORT COUNTY.
I MEAN THIS IS STILL HIGH FOR BEAUFORT COUNTY AS WELL.
I DON'T KNOW, LIKE THE VILLAGE AT BROAD RIVER, WHICH IS, UM, I DON'T, IS A TAX CREDIT COMMUNITY.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THERE'S RENT FOR.
I HONESTLY, I HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO DIG INTO IT, BUT JUST FOR BLUFFTON, IT'S JUST, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
AND I MEAN, LOOK, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO DO WORKFORCE BECAUSE WE'RE MAKING MONEY ON THEM, BUT IT'S NOT RIGHT, IT'S NOT FAIR.
YOU KEEP A WAITING LIST REP TEAM.
OUR UNIT, UH, WE ONLY HAVE 166 UNITS.
SO WE'RE A PRETTY SMALL COMMUNITY.
UM, AND I HAVE THREE PEOPLE ON THE WAIT LIST.
I'VE SENT A COUPLE TO THE L BUT THEN I'M LOOKING AT ALL THE PRICING AND I'M LIKE, YOU NEED TO GO HERE INSTEAD.
AND THIS IS THE, UM, ISSUE THAT WE RAN INTO IN 20 OR 2021 WHEN PRICES WERE GOING UP.
AND LIKE I SAID, I JUST DON'T KNOW IF BUFORT COUNTY IS TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE CONCESSIONS AND ALL OF THAT STUFF.
I KNOW BEAUFORT COUNTY, THEY HAVE A BUNCH OF NEW PRODUCT COMING OUT TOO.
SO I, I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RIGHT ANSWER IS, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU ALL UNDERSTOOD THAT THEY'RE NOT GETTING A BENEFIT, UNFORTUNATELY.
THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU ARE DOING.
I MEAN, YEAH, BUT I JUST FOR CARING, RIGHT? YEAH.
I MEAN, AND I JUST, I FEEL LIKE PROBABLY NOBODY REALLY REALIZES THAT.
AND THAT WAS ONE BIG REASON WHY I TOLD LISA, WHO WAS HER MANAGER AT THE TIME, YOU ALL NEED TO DO WORKFORCE BECAUSE IT'S STILL BRINGING IN MORE INCOME.
AND I KNOW THAT SOUNDS TERRIBLE, BUT IT'S, WE'RE STILL RUNNING A BUSINESS.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT LOSING ANYTHING.
YOU'RE LOSING MORE ON CONCESSIONS.
SO JUST MY YES MA'AM, MY 2 CENTS.
UM, WE JUST STARTED WORKFORCE HOUSING JUST LAST MONTH, SO WE'RE STILL PRETTY NEW TO IT.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE 10 UNITS THAT ARE WORKFORCE HOUSING.
SO FAR WE FILLED FOUR OF THEM, UM, WHICH IS GREAT.
WE HAVE SOME FIREFIGHTERS, WE HAVE SOME FOOD SERVICE.
UM, OUR ONE BEDROOM BASE RENT JUST REGULAR IS 1900.
SO IF SOMEONE DOES THAT AND THEY DO GET THE TWO MONTHS FREE, IT ALSO BRINGS IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
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UM, BUT IT, IT'S A SIMILAR, JUST THE OTHER DAY WE HAD SOMEONE THAT CAME IN, UM, THEY QUALIFIED FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING, BUT THEN THEY ALSO LOOKED AT IF THEY SIGNED JUST REGULAR IN THE TWO MONTHS FREE.AND IT WAS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME.
THEY DID GO WITH THE WORKFORCE HOUSING ONE.
UM, BUT SIMILAR, SIMILAR ISSUE.
WE'RE STILL NEW TO IT, SO STILL A LOT TO LEARN, BUT, UM, WE'VE, WE'VE DONE FOUR SO FAR.
SO, SO I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION.
IF THEY SIGN ON FOR THE WORKFORCE, WELL, THE REGULAR BASE RATE AND THEY GET THE TWO MONTHS FREE, THAT'S ONLY A CONTRACT FOR A YEAR TYPICALLY.
SO RIGHT NOW WE, IF THEY GET, IF THEY WANT THE TWO MONTHS FREE, THEY HAVE TO SIGN A 15 TO 18 MONTH LEASE.
AND THEN THE WORKFORCE HOUSING IS JUST A 12 MONTH LEASE.
AND THEN, OKAY, SO THAT'S THE, SO ONCE THE 15 EIGHT MONTH IS COMPLETE, CAN THEN THEY THEN GO BACK AND DO THE WORKFORCE HOUSING? I'M NOT SURE.
UM, AND THEN RIGHT NOW, LIKE IF SOMEONE DOES HAVE THE TWO MONTHS FREE AND THEN IT'S TIME FOR THEM TO RENEW THEIR LEASE, THEY DON'T GET THOSE TWO MONTHS AGAIN.
SO THEIR RENT DOES GO BACK UP.
SO THAT'S ALSO IN CONSIDERATION ALSO THAT THE RENT.
WHAT'S THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF A ONE BEDROOM? 812? WHAT IS THE, WHAT IS THE REGULAR RATE IF THEY'RE NOT WORK FOR, IF THEY'RE NOT, IF YOU'RE NOT GIVEN THE WORKFORCE DISCOUNT 1900.
SO IT'S NORMALLY IT IS THE SAME RATE, NO MATTER IF IT'S WORKFORCE OR NOT, ONLY THING THEY GET IS TWO MONTHS FREE.
OR DID YOU SAY WHAT, WHAT THE RATE WAS FOR YOUR WORKFORCE UNIT? THE WORKFORCE HOUSING.
UM, THE WORKFORCE HOUSING IS 1646 AND THAT'S THE EIGHT 12 SQUARE.
AT 1646, THEY GET TWO MONTHS FREE.
1900 THEY GET TWO MONTHS FREE.
SO YOU'RE DOING, YOU'RE INCLUDING NOT OKAY THEN THAT'S NOT RIGHT.
VICTORIA AND I HAVE GONE BACK AND FORTH ABOUT THIS WORKFORCE FOR A LONG TIME.
THEN WE ARE SUPPOSED TO INCLUDE UTILITIES AND THE CROWN IS DOING IT THIS WAY AS WELL.
SO WE NEED TO HAVE CONVERSATION, BIG CONVERSATION.
WE JUST BRING EVERYBODY TOGETHER SO EVERYBODY CAN GET ON THE SAME PAGE.
LIKE YOU SAID, YOU'RE NEW, YOU'RE LEARNING.
AND THAT, LIKE I SAID, WITH US, IT TOOK US A LONG, IT TOOK US A WHILE TO FIGURE IT OUT AND I MEAN, WE, WE DID 8 99 AND WE WERE GIVING THEM A MONTH FREE.
I MEAN, I MEAN I LOVE THAT WE
BUT I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION WITH THE UTILITIES WITHOUT THE UTILITIES.
UM, AND THIS IS OH, AND WHERE, OH, I, AND THIS IS WHERE I'VE LIKE REALLY DUG IN BECAUSE I WANNA MAKE SURE IF THERE'S ANY IMPLICATIONS, WE'RE DOING IT 100%.
SO, SO I, I THINK WE NEED, WE NEED TO SIT DOWN THE THREE DEVELOPMENTS AND MYSELF AND SIT DOWN WITH 100%.
THERE'S ONLY THREE THAT ARE IN THE TOWN.
THIS IS WHY WE HAVE A HUGE WAIT LIST BECAUSE WE'RE NOT INCLU WE'RE NOT DOING UTILITIES.
WE'RE MAKING THEM DO, THEY'RE INCLUDING UTILITIES AT THAT 1646 PRICE.
AND THEN THE RESIDENTS ARE STILL HAVING TO PAY UTILITIES ON TOP.
SO IT IS WHAT WHAT'S THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF YOUR ONE BEDROOM? 7 45.
I JUST, I MEAN IS THERE ANY WAY TO INCLUDE, UM, BEAUFORT COUNTY OR OR BEAUFORT OR COUNTY? YEAH, THEY HAVE AN INTERIM ONE.
AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT FOR ALL OF US TO COME TOGETHER BECAUSE I MEAN, LOOK LIKE WE'RE DOING AN AMAZING DEAL, BUT WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, RIGHT.
THERE IS, IF I CAN, IF I'M UNDERSTANDING IT RIGHT, THEN YOU'RE CHARGING UTILITIES AND THEY'RE PAYING UTILITIES, SO DOUBLING.
RIGHT? SO, YOU KNOW, GREAT, YOU'RE GETTING THE HIGHER RATE, BUT ARE YOU REALLY SUPPOSED TO BE HAVING THAT HIGHER RATE? IT'S JUST, IT'S, WE STARTED, GOSH, 21 WHEN 21 IS WHEN THE DEVELOPMENT STARTED.
WE MOVED PEOPLE IN AUGUST,
BUT UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAD TO REALLY DIG THROUGH AND FIGURE OUT WHAT THE DIFFERENCE WAS BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF EDUCATION
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ON IT.WELL I DEFINITELY CHAMPION YOU FOR DOING THE WORK AND HAVING THE EDUCATION ON IT.
'CAUSE I MEAN, IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME, RIGHT? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY AND THE PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE.
THAT'S WHY I LOOK, I HATE TO TURN PEOPLE AWAY AND SAY, GO SOMEWHERE THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO AFFORD AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA MONEY IN YOUR POCKET.
I MEAN, OUR OCCUPANCY IS STARTING TO TANK, SO I NEED ALL THE MONEY, BUT I JUST FEEL LIKE IT NEEDS TO BE RIGHT AND IT NEEDS TO BE FAIR.
SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN TO THAT'S INTEGRITY.
YOU GOTTA FIGURE US OUT TO BE FAIR ACROSS THE BOARD.
THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
UM, THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU GUYS.
DO WE HAVE, UM, ANY ASSIGNMENTS YOU WANT ME TO WORK ON BESIDES GETTING THESE DEVELOPMENTS TOGETHER AND, AND DOING SOME WORK THERE? HOLD ONE SECOND ON THAT ONE.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER CONCERNS FROM THE COMMITTEE? ANY QUESTIONS? NOT AT THIS POINT, NO.
AND ARE YOU GUYS FREE JANUARY 28TH? 'CAUSE I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO BE AT THE WORKSHOP.
YOU WERE GETTING READY? I WAS EXCITED.
I WAS LIKE, OH NO, I DON'T WANT IT TO BE VIRTUAL.
I REALLY DIDN'T WANT IT TO BE VIRTUAL.
SO NO, YOU MADE THE RIGHT CALL.
TIME AGAIN, SIX TO EIGHT AT THE ROTARY
FRED KNOWS I USED TO NEVER MISS THIS MEETING AND IT'S BEEN A WHILE.
SO, UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE WORKFORCE, HOUSING RENTAL UNITS AND WHAT YOU'RE ALL DOING.
SO I WAS GONNA ASK FRED, UM, OR SOMEBODY ELSE IS THERE'S, MAYBE IT WOULD BE YOU COULD WE HAVE SOMEONE COME TO THE ASSOCIATION AND GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THIS PROGRAM? FOR SOME REASON, I HAVE MISSED THIS IN ALL THE INFORMATION I GATHER AND I'M REALLY EXCITED.
MAYBE AFTER THEY ALL GET ON THE SAME PAGE,
AND THE, AND THE MAY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT WE TRY ONCE A YEAR AT LEAST.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW, WE'RE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND WHATEVER WE TO HELP YOU.
THERE MAY BE A GRANT I COULD BE WRITING WITH SOMETHING.
AND YOU TALKED ABOUT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES, OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH COMMITTEE IS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR PROJECTS, PAINTING HOUSES, HELP, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ALL
ANYWAY, SO WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE SOMEONE COME, UH, I KNOW YOU'VE COME IN THE PAST TO SPEAK TO US MAYBE, UM, SOMEBODY ELSE, WHATEVER YOU THINK IS BEST, BUT WE NEED AN UPDATE ON THIS STUFF.
I'VE GOTTEN LAX, I THINK, AND I, THE OTHER THING I THINK COULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR THEM TO SPEAK OF IF, IF YOU OR WHOEVER GOES IS THAT DENSITY BONUS LIKE THAT HAPPENED WITH GOTHE ROAD.
BUT I MEAN I THINK THAT THAT AND FOR THE REAL ESTATE AGENTS TO KNOW THAT WHEN THEY TALK TO THE DIFFERENT BUYERS.
SO, UM, SO WE'LL GET TOGETHER.
I'LL GET, LET US IRON OUT THIS RENTAL UNIT, THIS RENTAL UNIT.
AND IT'S MORE UNDERSTANDING THE PROGRAM AND WHAT YOU'VE SET UP.
I DON'T KNOW HOW I MISSED THIS.
I'M VERY EMBARRASSED RIGHT NOW, SO I'M SORRY,
WELL, WE'RE JUST GLAD YOU'RE HERE.
WE'RE ALL TRYING TO THINK OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO MAKE IT WORK FOR THOSE THAT NEED IT THE MOST.
WE'RE ALWAYS AT THE FOREFRONT.
SHE'S ALWAYS, SHE IS ALWAYS SAYING THAT WHEREVER SHE GOES, TRUST ME.
UM, WE'VE, WE'VE HAD A GOOD YEAR.
UM, WE'RE JUST GONNA KEEP PUSHING, KEEP DOING THINGS, KEEP PUTTING IDEAS, KEEP DOING EVENTS.
AND, UM, LET'S KEEP MR. DOUG MCGILL IN OUR PRAYERS, UM, AS WELL AS MR. HAM.
WELL I HAVE, ALRIGHT, HAVE A GOOD BREAK.
AND THEN TO REST,
PASS IT BACK TO YOU MR. HAMILTON.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS.
UM, I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REACHED OUT NOW.
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WE ARE OFFICIALLY ADJOURNED FOR THE YEAR.