Jan 13, 2026 Hilton Head Town Council

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. GOOD AFTERNOON. I LIKE TO CALL THIS JANUARY 30TH 2026 TOWN COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER IF YOU WILL PLEASE RISE TO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC WHICH IS STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. IF YOU WILL CONTINUE WHILE WE HAVE THE REVEREND GENERAL HAY FROMST THE FIRST HISTORIC AFRICAN BAPTIST CHURCH TO JOIN US NAVIGATION NAVIGATION GREEN IS MY BELOVED BANNER SPRING. ALMIGHTY GOD KEEPER OF OUR LIVES LIGHT TO OUR MINDS AND FEEDER OF OUR SOULS WE COME BACK IN YOU FOR UNMERITED FAVOR WE COME QUIETLY CONTEMPLATE IT IN THE BENEFITS YOU HAVE BESTOWED UPON THIS ALTERNATE ISLAND OF AMIR ALUM PERRY AND THIS TOWN COUNCIL WE CONFESS THAT WE TAKE MUCH FOR GRANTED AS WE FIND OURSELVES CAUGHT UP IN THE FRANTIC PURSUIT OF GOLD. OH GOD OPEN OUR EYES WHICH HAVE SOMETIMES FAILED TO SEE THE BLESSINGS WE HAVE RECEIVE AND GIVE US A NEW SIGHT TO SEE THIS COMMUNITY AS YOU SEE POUR INTO OUR HEARTS THE WATERS OF GRATITUDE THAT WILL NOURISH THE SEEDS, GROWTH AND COMMITMENT BY THIS COUNCIL FOSTERING A HARVEST FOR ALL YOUR PEOPLE IN THE YEAR OF 2026 CONTINUE TO PROVIDE WISDOM, KNOWLEDGE AND, UNDERSTANDING TO ALL OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS IN CHRIST NAME WE DO PRAY AND GIVE YOU THANKS A MAN LIKE THE REVEREND MR. LEONARD AND WE

[4. Adoption of the Agenda]

[5. Approval of the Minutes]

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ME OR I HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT THOSE MINUTES AND I WOULD ASK THEM TO BE PUT OFF UNTIL THEY BE RESOLVED. CAN YOU JUST A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THOSE CHANGES ARE? SURE.

YES. WITH TO THE MINUTES DECEMBER NINE PERHAPS IT'S MY SOUTHERN ACCENT WHEN SOME OF WORDS ARE NOT UNDERSTOOD BUT THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE MOTION ON, THE BOND ISSUE AND THERE WERE SOME TYPOGRAPHICAL HOLES IN THERE AND THEN ALSO SOME LANGUAGE THAT I THINK I SPOKE THAT WAS NOT UNDERSTOOD AND THE CLERK OFFERED FOR ME TO LISTEN THE VERBATIM TRANSCRIPT BUT I DID NOT HAVE A CHANCE TO DO THAT BEFORE TODAY'S MEETING AND BECAUSE IT INVOLVES A BOND ISSUE AND BOND COUNSEL WAS INVOLVED, THE BOND COUNSEL WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MINUTES ARE ACCURATE. WE COULD PUT THOSE OFF AS PRESTON HAS A MOTION TO HOLD OFF UNTIL THE MEETING. IS THERE A SECOND SECOND AND A QUICK DISCUSSION ON IT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY RAISING YOUR RIGHT HAND SO MOVE

[6. Presentations and Recognitions]

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC A FEW THINGS A FEW THINGS TO SHARE WITH WITH YOU PART OF MY UPDATE TODAY FIRST AND FOREMOST WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SPENDING TIME WITH YOU TOWN COUNCIL AT UPCOMING FY 2628 STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN WORKSHOP REALLY TO GO OVER THE WORK AND THE PROGRESS MADE TO DATE ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT HAS BEEN IN EFFECT SINCE JULY 1ST, WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME ITEMS THAT ARE IN IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT HAVE BEEN LONGER THAN JULY 1ST. SO WE LOOK FORWARD THAT AND THEN JUST SHARE WITH YOU OUR PROGRESS TODAY. WE HAVE SOME THINGS THAT ARE COMPLETE. WE HAVE SOME THINGS ARE UNDER WAY.

WE KNOW YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR US. WE KNOW WE HAVE QUESTIONS FOR YOU AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. WE AS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO PROVIDE SPANISH TRANSLATION AND THAT THIS WILL BE HELD AT THE WESTIN AND THE DRAYTON HAYWARD ROOMS FROM 30 TILL FOUR PROBABLY 330 OR SO LIKE THAT DEPENDING ON WHEN WE FINISH ON ON JANUARY SEVENTH ALAMO TASK FORCE CHAIRMAN OF THE ALAMO TASK FORCE COUNCIL MEMBER STEVE DE SIMON LED THE FIRST MEETING ON JANUARY 6TH WHERE THE STAFF AND THE TASK FORCE TALKED ABOUT THE PROCESS TO MOVE THE DISTRICT PLANS AND THE ALAMO FORWARD TALKED ABOUT TASK FORCE

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WELL WE'LL GET OUT IN FRONT OF THAT MESSAGE AND INFORM EVERYBODY THEY'RE HERE AT TOWN HALL HERE IN TOWN COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND THEY'RE ON THE TOWN WEBSITE AND CALENDAR BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF MAY . SO CONSTRUCTION MOBILIZATION NEXT TOPIC CONSTRUCTION MOBILIZATION BEGAN AT NORTH POINT ON JARVIS CREEK SITE WORK BEGAN AROUND JANUARY 8TH ARE MOBILIZING WITH EQUIPMENT AND SITE PREP AND WE ALSO HAVE A GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY SO PLEASE ATTEND IF YOU'RE ABLE AND SHARE THE NEWS WE ARE AS WELL FEBRUARY 12TH IS THE GROUNDBREAKING I BELIEVE IT'S AT 1 P.M. NEEDLESS TO WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO CELEBRATE THIS MILESTONE. I KNOW THERE'LL BE SOME WORK RIGHT SURVEY WORK AND A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER WORK ALONG MARSH POINT ROAD ALONG GUM TREE AND THE BUS DRIVE. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE OUT THERE DOING SOME SURVEYING TO PREP FOR THOSE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS COME COME COME THROUGH ROAD SO THEY'LL BE WORKING IN THAT IN THAT WHOLE AREA FOR A LITTLE WHILE A FEW MORE THINGS THE RFQ THE REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS FOR, THE BRYANT ROAD WORKFORCE HOUSING NEIGHBORHOOD THAT YOU ALL TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST IS NOW LIVE. IT'S ON THE TOWN WEBSITE.

THE BIDS ARE OPEN AND WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE WHAT SOME QUALIFIED POTENTIAL PARTNER BIDS LOOK LIKE. THOSE BIDS ARE DUE IN EARLY APRIL AND AGAIN AS A REMINDER WE BID OUT LOOKING FOR INTEREST AND QUALIFICATIONS TO ESTABLISH A WORKFORCE HOUSING SINGLE FAMILY HOMEOWNERSHIP NEIGHBORHOOD SO STAY TUNED FOR SOME MORE FEW THINGS A COUPLE OF CAPITAL PROJECTS UPDATES THAT I THINK ARE IMPORTANT ALSO TO CELEBRATE WE CLOSED A PORTION OF THE BOARDWALK A COLLIGNON BEACH PARK TO REPLACE SOME DECK BOARDS SURVEY CREWS ARE WORKING ON ALONG WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY BETWEEN SHELTER COVE LANE AND MATHEWS DRIVE TO SURVEY THE WORK FOR OUR FUTURE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT. CONSTRUCTION CREWS ALSO BEGAN WORK TO RESTORE AND CLEAN SOME STORMWATER RETENTION PONDS ON TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND LAND LOCATED NEAR BRYANT ADJACENT TO DEEP FORDING ROAD SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THAT.

THAT'S US THERE WITH OUR CONTRACTORS DOING THAT WORK TOMORROW I BELIEVE TOMORROW OR NO LATER THAN THIS WEEK WE'LL BEGIN MAINTENANCE WORK ON THE JARVIS CREEK STORMWATER PUMP AND SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES WILL REQUIRE SOME TEMPORARY LANE CLOSURES ON NATURE'S WAY AND WEST OF PEMBROKE DRIVE OR CONTINUES AT BARKER FIELD TO IMPROVE SOCCER AND STORMWATER AND PARKING AND THEN SURVEY WORK YOU WILL SEE ALSO ALONG AREA ROAD TO WEXFORD DRIVE IN PREPARATION FOR A NEW MULTI-USE AND THAT'S IN CONJUNCTION AND FUNDED THROUGH A GRANT IN PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE TOWN AND THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

SO MITCHELL VILLE ROAD STILL REMAINS ON HOLD WHILE THE ROAD'S NOT CLOSED THE THE PLANT TEMPORARILY IS CLOSED THE ASPHALT PLANT AND SO IS THAT REOPENS THE PROJECT WILL START AND THE VERY FIRST FOLKS THAT WILL BE NOTICED THAT THE PROJECT WILL START SOON WILL BE THEIR RESIDENTS AND THEN AND THEN THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY INCLUDING YOU ANOTHER REMINDER OLD SCHOOL HOUSE PARK REMAINS CLOSED UNTIL FEBRUARY TO REPLACE THE PICKLEBALL COURTS BUILD A NEW RESTROOM AND PUT SOME ACCESSIBILITY ADA IMPROVEMENTS IN AND THEN ALMOST DONE SAND IS COMPLETE AND THE BEACH RENOURISHMENT AT FISHEL BEACH PARK PINE ISLAND PORT ROYAL AND NOW WE'RE FULLY IMMERSED PHASE TWO WHICH IS THE CENTRAL SECTION IN AND AROUND PALMETTO CONTRACTORS ALSO RESUMED WORK RESUMED EXCUSE ME ON THE BREAKWATER STRUCTURES AT PINE ISLAND ON JANUARY 3RD AFTER A BRIEF HOLIDAY PAUSE AND THE WAY I'M MANAGING THIS PROJECT IS IS KNOWING THAT WE ARE ON SCHEDULE, ON BUDGET AND AN INCREDIBLE GROUP OF FOLKS

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WE'RE STILL ON TO COMPLETE BY THE END OF MAY. AND THEN LASTLY DO WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE MAN STANDING OVER THERE WITH HIS FOOT ON A CHAIR.

HELLO BOB. SIR BOB RECEIVED THIS WEEK AND IT WAS TO BOB BUT THERE WERE SO INVOLVED WITH SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES COUNTY MAYOR PERRY AND A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER PEOPLE INVOLVED TOWN COUNCIL YOU NOT LONG AGO AMENDED THE TOWN CODE AMENDED THE TOWN CODE TO ALLOW FOR ABANDONED AND HAZARDOUS BOAT REMOVAL AS WELL AS PLACED SOME DOLLARS CONSIDERABLE DOLLARS IN THE TOWN'S BUDGET. WELL THE NET RESULT OF THAT IS AS A REMINDER WE REMOVED 12 ABANDONED BOATS HAZARDOUS BOATS FROM OUR LOCAL WATERWAYS SOUTH CAROLINA OF NATURAL RESOURCES SHOWED UP AND AND HONORED BOB HONORED THE TOWN AND SENT A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO US SO I KNOW THAT BOB TOOK THIS BOB TOOK THIS UPON HIMSELF TO REMOVE ALL THE NOT JUST SOME OF THE BOATS AND AND DNR HAS RECENTLY SHOWED UP AND EXPRESSED THEIR GRATITUDE SO CONGRATS TO YOU BOB AND CONGRATS TO EVERYBODY INVOLVED AND THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL YOUR SUPPORT AND THEN ANOTHER ONE FOR BOB HERE I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SO BOB AS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE TOWN AND A GREAT COLLEAGUE OF MINE AND OURS ALSO SERVES AS A RESERVE OFFICER FOR THE BEAUFORT COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

SO BOB HAS BEEN A COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICER FOR YOUR ENTIRE CAREER MOST OF YOUR CAREER AND THEN BOB ALSO NOW WITH US SERVES AS THAT RESERVE OFFICER.

HE'S STILL INVOLVED WITH CASE CASES AND COLD CASES PARTICULARLY AND MOST AS A RESERVE OFFICER. BOB WORKED A COLD CASE THAT LED TO THE ARREST FOR A MURDER IN BREWSTER COUNTY THAT OCCURRED BACK IN 1987. SO HE WORKED THE CASE THAT LED TO THE ARREST THAT OCCURRED IN 1987 AS PART OF YOUR COLD CASE DUTIES NOT ALONE BUT WITH VOLUNTEERS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE BUT DEFINITELY AS THE LEAD OF THAT AND I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE BOB AND SAY A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO HIM FOR THAT SO I'M OUT OF BREATH AND I'M OUT OF TIME AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, MR. ORLANDO. NEXT WE'LL HAVE THE COUNTY STUDENT STUDENT OF THE MONTH.

SO IF I COULD HAVE A CHARACTER EDUCATION STUDENT A MONTH FROM NOVEMBER 2025 FOR HILTON HEAD ISLAND AS A KINDERGARTNER ANGEL ALCORN AGUADO FROM HILTON HEAD ISLAND EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER THE CHARACTER TRAIT CHOSEN FOR NOVEMBER NOVEMBER WAS GRATITUDE.

SO I'D LIKE YOU TO COME ON UP AND YOUR MOM AND DAD COME ON. THIS IS GREAT.

SO ANGEL CONSISTENTLY SHOWS GRATITUDE EACH DAY WITH HIS PEERS AND, TEACHERS HE USES HIS MANNERS, TREATS EACH OTHERS TREATS OTHERS WITH KINDNESS AND RESPECT AND IS THANKFUL EACH DAY TO BE WITH HIS FRIENDS AND TO LEARN ANGELS TEACHER DANIEL CARLETON HE IS JOINED BY HIS MOTHER VERONICA GARRIDO AND HIS FATHER JAIME EL GORHAM. CONGRATULATIONS ANGEL ALL FOR EXHIBITING CHARACTER TRAITS THAT WE ALL AGREE AS BEING ESSENTIAL ESSENTIAL TO SUCCESS SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'VE GOT THIS GREAT CERTIFICATE WHICH IS SUITABLE FOR FRAME THAT'S FOR SO HOLD THAT BUT I ALSO HAVE THIS COIN HOW TO BUILD THAT ALL IMPORTANT FOR YOU AS WELL SO CONGRATULATIONS KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK AND LET'S TAKE A RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A PRESENTATION RECOGNITIONS WE HAVE A FISCAL YEAR 2025 ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCE REPORT OF THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND BY MAULDIN AND JENKINS CPAS JOHN CARPENTER, ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR WILL PRESENT GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR PERRY COUNCIL MR..

THE TOWN'S FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2025 AUDIT AN ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT

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THE AUDIT WAS COMPLETED BY MAULDIN AND JENKINS AND KIRK ERIC DIRECTOR WITH MORNING JENKINS IS HERE TO PRESENT HIGHLIGHTS AND REQUIRED COMMUNICATIONS TO THE COUNCIL BEFORE. I TURN IT OVER TO KIRK. I DID WANT TO EXPRESS SOME GRATITUDE TO JEFF HERMAN WHO CAME BACK OUT OF RETIREMENT TO MAKE SURE ARTWORK AND ACTOR WERE COMPLETED IN ADDITION, THE TOWN'S TWO SENIOR ACCOUNTANT CRYSTAL BALL EXCUSE ME BELLINO AND LORI MALIK WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND AGAIN TO MAKE SURE THE DEADLINE WAS MET AND OF COURSE LAST BUT NOT LEAST WAS JOHN TOYER WHO CAME BACK IN THE INTERIM ROLE AND HE PROVIDED HIS INVALUABLE GUIDANCE AND WITH THAT I'LL TURN IT OVER TO KIRK HEY.

AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. AFTERNOON, DON WHOSE HOME? AFTERNOON.

IT'S MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE TODAY. I HAVE SOME RESULTS TO PRESENT YOU ALL WITH THE FISCAL YEAR 25 AND YOUR FINANCIAL STATE AUDIT WILL INTO IT QUICKLY KIND OF GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW GO OVER THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS REPORTS THE COMPLIANCE REPORTS THAT WE ISSUE THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS WE GOT A COUPLE OF REQUIRED COMMUNICATIONS AND I'LL BE HAPPY TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AT THE END SO I'M PRESENTED HERE.

MY NAME IS KIRK ARCH. AS I MENTIONED FIRST DIRECTOR OF MALDEN JENKINS.

I SERVED GOVERNMENTS 100% OF MY TIME. I'VE RECENTLY RELOCATED TO THE AREA FROM ONE OF OUR MIDDLE GEORGIA OFFICES WHICH IS WHY YOU DIDN'T SEE ME LAST YEAR GOING ON 14 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AND REALLY LOVE WHAT WE DO. WE GOT THIS CHART HERE JUST TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT THAT WE DO HAVE A DEDICATED GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO SERVE GOVERNMENTS FULL TIME THE STAFF PEOPLE THAT WORK ON Y'ALL'S AUDIT DON'T SPLIT THEIR TIME BETWEEN TAXES AND OTHER DUTIES. GOVERNMENT ALL IS FAIRLY UNIQUE ACCOUNTING BASIS AND HAVING A DEDICATED GROUP OF PEOPLE SERVE YOU ALL WE FEEL IS VERY SO OKAY SO TO THE MAIN AUDIT OPINION THIS IS THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS REPORT IS THE MAIN REPORT THIS IS INCLUDED IN IN THE ACT FOR IT IS INTENDED SAY WHETHER OR NOT WE BELIEVE AS A BASIS OF THE RESULTS OF OUR AUDIT PROCEDURES YOU ALSO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE MATERIALLY CORRECT AS OF THE YEAR IN I'M HAPPY TO POINT OUT THAT WE ISSUED CLEAN OR UNMODIFIED OPINIONS THAT MEANS THAT WE DO BELIEVE AS I SAW THE RESULTS OF OUR AUDIT PROCEDURES THAT YOU ALL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE MATERIALLY CORRECT THAT CAN BE RELIED UPON BY YOU ALL AND BY ANY OTHER PARTIES MAY BE INTERESTED. I DO LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT OUR ROLE IS AND WHAT TOWN'S ROLE IS AS IT RELATES TO THE AUDIT. OUR ROLE IS TO GIVE THE OPINION I MENTIONED WE DO FOLLOW GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING STANDARDS AND GOVERNMENTAL AUDITING STANDARDS.

THE TOWN IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FINANCIAL REPORT ITSELF ALL THE CONTAINED THEREIN AND THE SYSTEM OF INTERNAL CONTROL THAT KEEPS YOU ALL ROLLING THAT DAY .

IN ADDITION TO THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS REPORT THERE ARE TWO COMPLIANCE REPORTS THEY'RE PART OF YOUR REPORTING PACKAGE. THE FIRST IS CALLED YELLOW BOOK REPORT IS A REPORT OR THE TOWN'S INTERNAL CONTROL OR FINANCIAL REPORTING AND OUR COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS OR REGULATIONS. THIS REPORT IS NOT INTENDED TO GIVE AN OPINION.

I KIND OF I'D SAY IS OF A IF YOU SEE SOMETHING SAY SOMETHING KIND OF REPORT HAPPY TO MODEL TO SAY THAT WE DID ISSUE A CLEAN OR UNMODIFIED REPORT THERE AND WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY REPORTABLE CONDITIONS THAT WE CONSIDER TO BE MATERIAL WEAKNESSES OR SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES. SO AGAIN, THAT'S THE BEST CASE SCENARIO IN THAT TYPE OF FOR THAT REPORT. AND YOU KNOW, CONGRATULATIONS THERE.

THE THIRD REPORT FOR YOU ALL IS A SINGLE AUDIT REPORT. SO ANYTIME AN ENTITY SPENDS MORE THAN 750000 HOURS OF FEDERAL FUNDING, YOU'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE SEEN LOT OF REPORT IS ESSENTIALLY A COMPLIANCE REPORT TO MAKE SURE THAT COMPLIANCE TEST TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TERMS OF THE GRANT WERE WERE FOLLOWED AND ALL THE THINGS THAT WERE REQUIRED TO BE DONE WERE PERFORMED ARE AGAIN ISSUED CLEAN OR UNMODIFIED OPINIONS.

THERE AGAIN THAT'S THE BEST CASE SCENARIO THAT YOU CAN GET FOR THAT FOR THAT PARTICULAR REPORT. ADDITIONALLY WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY POINTS IN REPORTABLE CONDITIONS SO THAT'S THAT'S REALLY THE BEST CASE SCENARIO. I LIKE TO CALL THAT THE CLEAN SWEEP AS AS ALL OPINIONS GO. SO YOU KNOW, HATS OFF TO YOUR MANAGEMENT.

THEY DO ALL THE FOOTWORK THAT ALLOWS YOU TO GET ALL THESE GOOD OPINIONS AND YOU KNOW, IN ADDITION TO DO THEIR DAY TO DAY JOBS, THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE AUDITORS THEM FOR STUFF ALL THE TIME. SO THEY'VE BEEN GREAT TO WORK WITH AND YOU KNOW YOU'VE GOT A GREAT TEAM IN PLACE. I DO LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT YOU ALL DO PRODUCE WHAT'S CALLED AN ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT AND THE REASON I'D LIKE TO POINT THIS OUT BECAUSE IT GOES REALLY KIND OF ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT'S REQUIRED TO BE PRESENTED AS FAR THE REPORTING IS CONCERNED INCLUDES SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SUCH AS A TRANSMITTAL LETTER OF MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS. THERE'S SOME INFORMATION ABOUT YOU ALL'S ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND TEN YEARS OF STATISTICAL INFORMATION ON SOME KEY FINANCIAL AS WELL AS SOME KEY DEMOGRAPHIC METRICS. SO ANNUALLY YOU ALL HAVE

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YOU DID HAVE 18.5 BILLION IN CAPITAL ASSET ADDITIONS AS ARE PURCHASES FOR THE YEAR CAME THAT 12.6 MILLION IN DEBT WE DO HAVE A PENSION LIABILITY AND OTHER POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS LIABILITIES OF AROUND 17.94 MILLION AND THEN JUST THERE THE BOTTOM THE GAS WAS ALWAYS COMING OUT WITH NEW STANDARDS AND SHOULDN'T BE THAT WOULD HAVE A BIG EFFECT ON YOUR GOING FORWARD. NEXT UP WE HAVE GENERAL FUND. I ALWAYS WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE GENERAL FUND BECAUSE IT IS YOUR MAIN OPERATING FUND THAT'S WHERE YOUR PUBLIC SAFETY YOUR PUBLIC WORKS, ALL THAT STUFF IS PAID OUT OF THAT FUND. THAT'S WHERE YOU PROVIDE PRIMARILY YOUR EARNINGS ARE COLLECTED AS WELL. SO THESE ARE JUST KIND OF THE HIGHLIGHTS END OF THE YEAR 75.1 MILLION AND ASSETS ARE BY 22 POINT A LIABILITIES AND DEFERRED INFLOWS ENDING THE YEAR OF 52.4 BILLION OF FUND BALANCE OF THAT 27.9 IS ON ASIDE AND AVAILABLE FOR OPERATIONS ON THE INCOME SIDE AND SO WE HAVE 56.2 MILLION OF REVENUE ALSO ABOVE 57.8 MILLION OF EXPENSE. WE DID HAVE SOME TRANSFERS IN THAT ULTIMATELY LED US TO AN INCREASE IN AMOUNTS OF AROUND 12.8 FOR THE YEAR WE LOOK AT ON BALANCE WE LIKE TO KIND OF ANALYZE BY SAYING HOW MANY MONTHS COULD YOU SURVIVE IT IF NO FURTHER FUNDING CAME IN? SO YOU ALL HAVE ABOUT 5.8 MONTHS ON A CELL PHONE BALANCE AND 10.8 MONTHS TOTAL FOR A BALANCE AVAILABLE. IT COULD FUND OPERATIONS.

THAT'S A REALLY STRONG POSITION. ANYTHING OVER FOUR YOU'RE IN GOOD SHAPE BUT EVERYTHING ON TOP IS JUST JUST KIND OF CUSHION THERE.

SO WRITE LIQUID RATIO ANYTHING OVER KIND OF 2 TO 1 IS REALLY 1 TO 1 IS GOOD TO OUR 3.3 THAT'S GOING TO BE ASSETS LIABILITIES ARE A GOOD PLACE BE THEY'RE HERE'S KIND OF A GRAPH OF YOU KNOW KIND OF ALL IN THE SAME THING GOT REVENUES EXPENDITURES AND THE OTHER FINANCING SOME USES AN ON BALANCE I TO JUST LIKE HOW I HEAR THAT ALL THOSE HAVE GONE UP THIS YEAR WAS SIGNIFICANTLY WITH THE FARM BALANCE WHICH IS A GREAT THING THIS CHART KIND OF FOCUSES SPECIFICALLY ON FINE BALANCE. WHAT I LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT IS OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS THAT WE GOT PRESENTED HERE EVERY YEAR YOU DO SEE AN INCREASE IN YOUR FARM OUTPUTS.

GOOD THING YOUR STORMWATER FUNDS REALLY THE ONLY BUSINESS OF FUND THAT YOU ALL HAVE IT DOES HAVE A DIFFERENT MEASUREMENT BASIS GOVERNMENT FUNDS IT ENDED THE YEAR AT 18.3 MILLION WITH ASSETS AT 4.7 MILLION OF LIABILITIES. THAT POSITION TURNED TO BE 36.6 MILLION AT THE END OF THE YEAR WITH AROUND HALF OF THAT SIX POINT TO BE AN UNRESTRICTED ON

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BUT YOU KNOW, YOUR OPERATING INCOME IS VERY STRONG, YOU KNOW, VERY HEALTHY FUND THAT'S GOING TO ALLOW YOU TO CONTINUE TO GROW TO MAKE THAT STRUCTURE PROVISION TO KIND OF OKAY.

SO HERE'S ANOTHER LITTLE CHART AS YOU SEE HERE EXPENSES NET POSITION AND OPERATING CASH FLOWS THAT IS TRENDING UPWARDS. THAT'S A GOOD THING. YOUR REVENUES ARE INCREASING A RATE TO KIND OF OUTPACES THE INCREASE IN YOUR EXPENDITURES WHICH IS GOOD AND YOU HAVE POSITIVE OPERATING CASH FLOWS FOR ALL PERIODS PRESENTED. YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT PLACE TO BE. I THINK THIS IS THE LAST SLIDE I HAVE FOR YOU ALL THESE JUST ME CASES AS I MENTIONED YOU ALL GOT CLEAN OPINIONS ALL AROUND THERE WERE NO FINDINGS, NO MANAGEMENT POINTS FOR A MANAGEMENT LETTER. THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE ACCOMPANIED BY DISCLOSURES. THOSE DISCLOSURES HAVE SOME SIGNIFICANT ESTIMATES THAT ARE THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF MANAGEMENT BUT THESE ASSESSMENTS ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND YOUR AUDITOR. WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY DISAGREEMENTS OR DIFFICULTIES WITH ANYBODY WE ENJOYED WORKING WITH THE MANAGEMENT TEAM.

THERE AREN'T ANY INCORRECT THIS STATEMENT AND WE ARE INDEPENDENT OF THE TOWN AS WE'RE REQUIRED TO BE OUR PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS IN ORDER TO GIVE THESE ORAL OPINIONS.

SO WITH THAT I'LL JUST KIND OF END WITH YOU KNOW YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT MANAGEMENT TEAM IN PLACE YOU ALL ARE LOOKING GOOD FINANCIALLY AND HAD GOOD YEAR. CONGRATULATIONS ON HAVING ALL CLEAN OPINIONS AND NO FINDINGS OR MANAGEMENT POINTS. I DON'T ALWAYS GET TO SAY THAT WE DIDN'T REALLY SAY ANYTHING BUT WE WE DIDN'T REALLY SAY ANYTHING SO YOU KNOW OFF TO YOU ALL AND AND MANAGEMENT TEAM WE LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING YOU ALL IN THE FUTURE BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS? JUST DINNER. THANK YOU.

WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT. IT'S SATISFYING TO KNOW THAT ON ALL AREAS THAT WERE REVIEWED WE HAD A CLEAN OPINION. THAT'S FANTASTIC AND I WANT TO THANK THE EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATED IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN VERY MANY AUDITS OVER MY CAREER AND I KNOW HOW MUCH TIME IT TAKES TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT ALL THAT WORK AND PUT THIS VERY LENGTHY FINANCIAL REPORT. SO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT WAS INVOLVED IN THAT. I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD LET IT GO BY.

I THINK YOUR POINT ABOUT HAVING A VERY STRONG BALANCE SHEET IS A VERY IMPORTANT POINT AND IT'S GREAT HAVE SOMEONE INDEPENDENT VALIDATE THAT. YOU TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE HAVE ALMOST $600 MILLION IN ASSETS AND YOU TALK ABOUT 250 MILLION OF THAT IS IN CASH INVESTMENTS. BUT WHAT'S ALSO INTERESTING IS 196 MILLION OF THAT IS IN THE LAND AND SO JUST GOES TO THE POINT OF THE INVESTMENT THAT THE TOWN HAS MADE OVER YEARS TO INVEST IN LAND AND TO HAVE THAT LAND FOR USE AND PRESERVATION. IT ALSO IS INTERESTING IN THE STATISTICAL FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT LIKE TO LOOK AT THESE KINDS OF THINGS IT LAYS OUT TEN YEARS OF DATA AND SO IT WAS VERY INTERESTING TO LOOK AT HOW THAT TINY TOWN'S FINANCIAL POSITION HAS CHANGED SO FOR EXAMPLE WE SAID ASSETS MINUS LIABILITIES WE'VE GOT AN EQUITY OF $474 MILLION THAT HAS MORE THAN DOUBLED IN TEN YEARS. IT'S INCREDIBLE.

SO IF YOU HAVE AN INTEREST IN THAT, THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION INVOLVED THERE.

IT WILL BE POSTED OUT ON THE WEBSITE, THE FINANCIAL AREA IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT THAT AND A LOT OF GREAT DATA AND A LOT OF GOOD WORK TO PUT ALL TOGETHER SO THANK YOU.

I THINK OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AS I SAID I CAN'T TOP THAT COMMENT THOSE COMMENTS BY MS. TURNER AND I'M NOT GOING TO EVEN TRY BUT THE ONLY THING I WOULD DO IS ECHO THANKS YOU.

IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO GET A CLEAN OPINION AND THANKS MR. LANDO AND HIS TEAM FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT GOES INTO IT WE HAVE A THIS TOWN HAS A GREAT TRACK RECORD OF GOOD FINANCIAL AND GOOD STEWARDSHIP OF THE FUNDS AND IT'S GOOD TO HEAR THAT FROM AN INDEPENDENT AUDITOR. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ? SURE. IF WERE GOING TO SAY SOMETHING.

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CONGRATULATIONS OVER THE YEARS. I KNOW HOW HARD THAT. I SEE WE HAVE FORMER COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY TOO. HOW HARD AND HOW DILIGENTLY WE WORKED AT MAKING SURE THAT THE TOWN REMAINED IN A STABLE POSITION AND CONTINUED TO GROW AND AND I'M PROUD OF THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE BY THE STAFF AND EVERYONE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT AND THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT. YOU KNOW PIGGYBACK ON THAT AND JUST SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, KUDOS TO CURRENT MANAGEMENT, CURRENT STAFF, PREVIOUS MANAGEMENT, PREVIOUS STAFF AND COUNCILS BECAUSE THEY'VE ALL SET THE ROAD WORK FOR US TODAY AS WE HEAD OFF NEXT WEEK TO THE MUNICIPAL OF SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE.

YOU WILL HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT WILL BE ENVIOUS OF THE POSITIONS THAT WE ARE IN. SO WE ARE FORTUNATE AS A COMMUNITY TO HAVE THE FUNDING THAT WE DO HAVE AND HAVE THE STRONG BALANCE SHEET THAT WE DO HAVE.

AND AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR INDEPENDENT AND UNBIASED REVIEW OF OUR FINANCIAL STANDINGS.

SO THANK. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

[7. Reports from Members of Town Council]

IT'S VERY INTERESTING TO SEE THE DATA THAT THEY HAVE BEEN GATHERING AND TO ALSO LOOK THE THE CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS AND THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO IMPACT OUR REGION.

SO I COMMEND TO YOUR VIEW IT'S YET AVAILABLE. YOU'LL SEE ON THEIR WEBSITE THAT THE MASTER PLAN IS IN PROGRESS. IT WAS VERY INTERESTING TO HEAR ABOUT THE DATA COLLECTED AND TO LOOK AT THE IMPACT OF PENDING DEVELOPMENT IN OUR REGION.

THINK KEYNOTE SPEAKER WAS SENATOR TOM DAVIS WHO IS CONCERNED ABOUT DEVELOPMENT AND ALSO THE IMPACT ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE. HE'S CONSIDERING INTRODUCING SOME LEGISLATION THERE MODELED AFTER THE STATES OF MARYLAND AND FLORIDA ABOUT TRYING TO TO MATCH CONCUR INFRASTRUCTURE WITH DEVELOPMENT AND SO WE'LL BE FOLLOWING WHATEVER EFFORTS HE MIGHT MAKE AT THE STATE LEGISLATURE WITH REGARD TO THAT DEVELOPMENT, ESPECIALLY AS WE LOOK AT REWRITE OF OUR LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER KIND OF REPORTS? ALL RIGHT. SO WE'LL GET A COMMITTEE.

MS.. PARKER LOWCOUNTRY AREA TRANSPORTATION STUDY.

I DO NOT HAVE A REPORT FOR YOU. MR. ALFRED LOWCOUNTRY COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS REPORT THANK YOU. MR. BEFORE COUNTY AIRPORTS. YES, I DO HAVE AN UPDATE ON PHASE ONE RENOVATION OF THE AIRPORT CONTINUES THEY'RE CURRENTLY AT 87% COMPLETION.

YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED REALLY LONG SEMIS COMING ON TO THE ISLAND.

THEY WERE DELIVERING THE THREE JET BRIDGES WHICH IS A HUGE PART OF THE AND IMPROVEMENTS AT THE AIRPORT. THEY ARE GOING TO BE FINISHING THE AIRPORT IN THE SPRING.

THE HOPE IS TO HAVE IT DONE IN TIME FOR HERITAGE BUT WE'RE NOT SURE YET.

GOT FINGERS CROSSED. GRANT APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED FOR PHASE TWO OF THE TERMINAL EXPANSION THAT WILL INCLUDE THE AREAS THE LEFT OF THE CURRENT CONSTRUCTION TO INCLUDE EXPANSION AREAS IN THE CHECK IN COUNTERS RENTAL COUNTERS AND BAGGAGE CLAIM.

THE AIRPORT IN DECEMBER WENT TO ATLANTA AND MET WITH THE FAA TO SHARE POTENTIAL CHANGES TO THE AIRPORT AS PART OF THE MASTER PLAN I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR THE LAST FEW MONTHS.

THEY'RE WAITING FOR FEEDBACK AND ONCE THEY GET THAT FEEDBACK FROM THE FAA THEN THEY WILL PLAN THAT AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN MEETING IN THE FUTURE. SO AS A I'M ON THE STAKEHOLDER LIST AND SO I'LL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT MEETING IN THE FUTURE.

LASTLY ARBER NATURE CAME AS A SAFETY RELATED CONCERN AT THE AIRPORT DUE TO DUST AND PARTICULATES FROM THE GRANITE I'M SORRY CONCRETE OPERATIONS DUST AND PARTICULATES BE HAZARDOUS TO PLANE ENGINES. THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES CAME OUT TO REVIEW THE SITUATION AND WE'RE WAITING FOR OUR FOLLOW UP AND CODE ENFORCEMENT AGAIN THANK YOU HAS BEEN MONITORING THE SITUATION AS WELL ON A REGULAR BASIS AND I WOULD ASK ANY COMPLAINTS REGARDING THAT SHOULD BE MADE TO SOUTH CAROLINA DHS AND THE TOWN MANAGER OR CODE ENFORCEMENT SO THAT WE CAN TRACK ANY CONCERNS MOVING FORWARD.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS BRICE SOUTHERN LOWCOUNTRY REGIONAL BOARD.

YES SIR. THERE WAS NO MEETING IN DECEMBER.

THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE JANUARY 27 TUESDAY WHICH IS THE SAME DAY AS THE TOWN STRATEGIC

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THANK YOU MR. BROWN ISLAND RECREATION ASSOCIATION. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR.

FIRST OFF I WANT TO CONGRATULATE LEO ARNAUD WHO OFFICIALLY THE NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE OLYMPICS FOLLOWING MR. FRANCO'S RETIREMENT AS HE SENT ME A PRETTY LENGTHY REPORT BUT I'M A HANDSOME SO WE'LL HAVE SNOW ON HILTON THANKS.

NO THAT IS ON SATURDAY, JANUARY FIRST FROM 11 TO 4 AND SO BECAUSE COMMUNITY PARK WILL HAVE DADDY DAUGHTER DANCE ON FEBRUARY FROM 4 TO 6 OR 630 TO 8 MOTHERS CAN COME WITH THEIR SONS ON SATURDAY FEBRUARY 7TH FROM 5 TO 730 THE SENIOR CENTER WHICH HAS BEEN A MUCH DISCUSSION INTERESTING THERE ARE 620 MEMBERS AT THE SENIOR SET OF 376 OF THEM ARE FULL TIME RESIDENTS. THE FITNESS AND POOL MEMBERSHIPS ARE 600 MEMBERS.

THE LIFEGUARD CERTIFICATION CLASS IS ONGOING AND LESSONS FOR 2050 KIDS FOR HILTON HEAD I'LL BE SECOND GRADE STUDENTS YOUTH BASKETBALL IS STARTING THIS SATURDAY AND THIS IS SOMETHING I DID NOT KNOW THEY ARE COLLABORATING WITH HOME SCHOOL AGENCIES TO PROVIDE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES AS A FORM OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION SO A LOT GOING ON AND DYNAMICS AND A GREAT THANK YOU BEFORE FOR ECONOMIC VELLUM CORPORATION TO REPORT WE DO HAVE A MEETING THIS THURSDAY. MR. BROWN BACK TO YOU WITH GO LOOK AT HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION SIR CDC YOU WILL BE MEETING ON WEDNESDAY JANUARY 21ST IS 6 P.M. IS THE EVENING MEETING THE AGENDA WILL INCLUDE A MONTHLY REPORT FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. THE VISION BOARD WILL DISCUSS THE RENAMING OF THIS ROLLING AND CENTER AS WELL COMMUNITY PARK AND WE WILL ALSO HAVE EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS POTENTIAL CEO PURCHASE PROPERTY IN THE STONELEIGH AREA IN MS. BECKER COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES COMMITTEE ARE MEETING FOR JANUARY 12TH HAD GOTTEN CANCELED DUE TO A LACK OF AGENDA ITEMS BUT WE MEET ON FEBRUARY 9TH AND WE INVITE EVERYONE TO ATTEND.

THANKS AND FINALLY MR. BROWN FINANCE AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT YES SIR.

WE WILL BE MEETING AGAIN ON FEBRUARY 9TH. AS OF RIGHT NOW WE'LL HAVE A MONTHLY UPDATE. I'M SURE THERE MAY BE SOME OTHER THINGS ADDED TO THE AGENDA BELIEVABLE YESTERDAY AND WE RECOMMENDED TO FULL COUNCIL THAT WE SPONSOR HERITAGE GOLF TOURNAMENT ONCE AGAIN THIS YEAR WITH THE SAME AMOUNT THAT WAS ASKED LAST YEAR AND MR. DE BIRD OUR THOMAS SAID YOU GOT TO BE A YEAR BEFORE WE START STOP CALLING YOU KNEW SO NEW FINANCE DIRECTOR MR. BIRD IT WAS A VERY COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT ON YESTERDAY MS. BECKER AND MR. ALFRED WERE WOULD BE AS WELL AS THE NEXT OF COUNCIL MUST AS POSTED TO TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

MR. BIRD HAS PIVOTED GIVING US A LOT OF INFORMATION AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT WE WILL NOT LOOK IN OPPOSITION IN THE PAST JUST GET COMFORTABLE WITH THAT REPORT AS WE MOVE INTO BUDGET SEASON. OKAY THANK YOU SIR.

THANK YOU. I LIKE TO ADD THAT YOUR REPORT WAS VERY WELL RECEIVED AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE DETAIL THAT YOU WENT INTO BECAUSE I BROUGHT A LOT OF NEW

[8. New Business]

THE COMMITTEE DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY PUBLIC SERVICES COMMITTEE HELD A HEARING ON DECEMBER 15, 2025 AND VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO RECOMMEND THAT TOWN COUNCIL APPROVE THE TEXT AMENDMENT. MR. GORDON PLANNING DIRECTOR WILL MAKE THE PRESENTATION.

GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. GOOD TO BE HERE. THERE ARE TWO AGENDA ITEMS BEFORE YOU. ONE IS A TEXT AMENDMENT FOR THE MED MEDICAL DISTRICT.

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YOU CAN SEE FROM THE OVERLAY OF PLAN ABOUT 12.6 ACRES IS LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE HOSPITAL THE CURRENT ZONING IS AND ZONING AND THERE'S ALSO PD TO OVERLAY ON THE PARCEL SO THE HOW OR I SHOULD SAY THE STRUCTURES THAT ARE PROPOSED TO BE DEMOLISHED YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN ARE ARE NOT IN IN GOOD SHAPE REALLY NOT CAPABLE TO BE ADAPTED OR REFURBISHED AND SO THE PLAN IS TO DEMOLISH THESE STRUCTURES AND AND USE THIS AREA FOR CONSTRUCTION OF NEW HOUSING. SO ON THE LEFT YOU CAN SEE THERE'S TWO IMAGES HERE ON THE LEFT YOU SEE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY OUTLINED IN YELLOW THIS THE IMMEDIATE DISTRICT IN THE BROWN WITHIN THIS DISTRICT CURRENTLY THE CONSTRUCTION OF MULTIFAMILY HOUSING WORKFORCE HOUSING IS ONLY PERMITTED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CONVERSION OF COMMERCIAL SPACE. ON THE RIGHT IS THE IMAGE SHOWING AGAIN THE PROPERTY AND THIS BLUE AREA IS LOCATION FOR A LOCATION THE PPD TO OVERLAY SO AS I THE MAYOR ALLUDED TO THIS IS A PROPOSAL THAT TAKES AN AMENDMENT THAT HAS GONE THROUGH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND THE CDP THE PLANNING STAFF BOTH HAVE HAVE REVIEWED AND IT JUST PROPOSAL ALIGNS THE REVIEW CRITERIA AS YOU CAN SEE ON SCREEN WHICH SUPPORTING ECONOMIC GROWTH HOUSING GOALS OF THE CURRENT PLAN BEING ABLE TO RESPOND TO CHANGING CONDITIONS ALIGNING DEVELOPMENT WITH STRATEGIC ADDRESSING A COMMUNITY NEED FOR HOUSING TO UPHOLD THE ZONING REGULATIONS BY ALLOWING FOR REASONABLE LIMITED INCREASES IN RESIDENTIAL DENSITY WHEN DENSITY WHEN CONSISTENT WITH THE TOWN'S GOALS TO ENSURE WORKFORCE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN THE MIDST OF INCOMPATIBLE AND APPROPRIATE AND COMPATIBLE LOCATIONS SO THE COUNCIL ACTION REQUESTED IS TO APPROVE THE TEXT AMENDMENT SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE CONDITION THAT YOU SEE SCREEN WITH STORMWATER GENERATED ON SITE TO BE RETAINED AND MANAGED WITHIN THE PROJECT LIMITS NO DISCHARGE DIRECTED TOWARD THE HILTON HEAD PLANTATION AND ANY EXISTING DRAINAGE ISSUES ALONG THE COMMON PROPERTY LINE WAS. THAT PLANTATION WILL BE RESOLVED TO THE GREATEST EXTENT POSSIBLE AND WITH THAT I WILL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. WE HAVE A MOTION MOVE MOTION THIS AFTERNOON.

THANK ROMAN BECKER. CAN YOU HAVE ANYBODY SIGN UP TO SPEAK ON THIS AGENDA ITEM MR. WILLIAMS PASSES? I SAID ALL RIGHT, SO ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL AND JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION. THIS IS MEDICAL DISTRICT AND THEN THERE IS AN OVERLAY ARE THERE ANY OTHER AREAS THE TOWN'S JURISDICTION WHICH HAVE A MEDICAL DISTRICT AND? NO, NO. AND HOW ABOUT THE PD TO OVERLAY THE PD TO OVERLAY IS COTERMINOUS WITH THE MEDICAL DISTRICT AND SO THIS WOULD ONLY APPLY TO THAT PD TO SHOULD YOU ADOPT THE ZONING MAP AMENDMENT THAT FOLLOWS ALL OUR OTHER AREAS ON THE ISLAND THAT ARE PD TO CORRECT NOT TO THIS RIGHT THAT'S CORRECT CONFINE TO THIS

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I AGREE WITH MS. TUNNEY AS FAR AS THE CLEAR COMMUNICATION IS CONCERNED AND THESE COMMENTS ARE NOT NECESSARY DIRECTED TO THE DEVELOPER BUT TO THE TOWN AS WELL.

THE CONDITION AS FAR AS THE DISCHARGE OF THE RUNOFF BEING MAINTAINED ON THE PROPERTY OBVIOUSLY I'M NOT AN ENGINEER SO KNOW WE WILL ALL WORK VERY HARD TO ACCOMPLISH THAT GOAL.

HOWEVER I ALSO KNOW THAT WATER HAS A MIND OF ITS OWN SO I JUST ENCOURAGE US PARTICULARLY ON THE TOWN SIDE TO LOOK A LITTLE FURTHER THAN JUST THE SITE BECAUSE THERE'S GOING TO BE RUNOFF IN OTHER PLACES. IN SOME PLACES IT MAY EVEN BE PUBLIC OWNED PLACES THAT POTENTIALLY CAUSE ISSUES DOWNSTREAM SOMEWHERE TO SOME FOLKS THEY MAY NOT EVEN KNOW ABOUT THE PROJECT HERE TODAY. OKAY SO WHERE I'M GOING IS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS BIG DISCUSSION AROUND STORMWATER HERE AS A COUNCIL, AS A COMMUNITY AND THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT IS OF FLAGSHIP HOW WE MOVE FORWARD. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THOSE COMMENTS FOR US MR. MAYOR THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENTS. MOSBACHER WELL, IN THAT SAME VEIN THAT'S BEEN RAISED, IF YOU GO BACK ONE SLIDE WITH THE CONDITIONAL APPROVAL IS THAT THE LANGUAGE TO WHERE IT SAYS AND ANY EXISTING DRAINAGE ISSUES ALONG THE COMMON PROPERTY LINE TO THE GREATEST EXTENT POSSIBLE AND AND I BRING THIS UP I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS JUST SO YOU KNOW BUT I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT IN THE PROJECT ON THE ISLAND THERE WAS GREAT CONCERN ABOUT WATER RUNOFF AND EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD ADJACENT TO THE NEW AND THROUGH THE PROCESS JUST LIKE THIS ONE THERE WAS GREAT AGREEMENT GOING IN AND AND A THUMBS UP FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY HAD GOTTEN ALL OF WHAT THEY WANTED ANSWERED BY BOTH THE TOWN AND THE DEVELOPER AND THEN AFTER FACT THERE WERE ISSUES.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT SAME SCENARIO DOESN'T GET REPEATED AND THAT THAT'S THE STRONGEST THAT WE HAVE THE GREATEST EXTENT POSSIBLE. THANK YOU SIR.

I'LL BE SUPPORTIVE. THIS TEXT AMENDMENT I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE REMEMBER THAT THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE ACTIONS BEING TAKEN AND AS I UNDERSTAND THE STORMWATER LANGUAGE IS PART OF THE MASTER NOT A PART OF THE TEXT AMENDMENT.

I'M LOOKING AT THE TEXT AMENDMENT THAT WE'VE BEEN PROVIDED.

I THINK IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL IF WE HAVE THE ORDINANCE AND THE TEXT AMENDMENT IN FRONT OF US TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE'RE VOTING ON BOTH OF THESE THINGS AT THE SAME TIME AND THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE ACTIONS. SO CAN WE BRING UP THE YEAH THE FOR THIS PARTICULAR ACTION EIGHT A NEW ORDINANCE WHICH HAS SOME IMPORTANT FINDINGS ON IT AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THE TIME TO READ ALL THOSE BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE LOOK AT THOSE AND RECOGNIZE THAT WE'RE WE'RE FIGHTING THERE'S A SHORTAGE OF SUITABLE

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BUT IF WE CAN KEEP SCROLLING UP ON ALL THAT I THINK THERE'S NOT TOO MANY MORE FINDINGS THERE BUT PASS NUMBER SIX WHICH WE'RE THAT'S UP OR DOWN I'M SORRY. ANYHOW IT GOES ON TO TALK ABOUT THE REST OF THE PROCESS AND THEN IF WE COULD GO TO THE TEXT AMENDMENT ITSELF EIGHT TWO AND THIS ONE IF WE CAN GO TO BASICALLY THE LAST COUPLE OF PAGES IS THERE ARE SOME TABLES HERE SHOWING CHANGE BUT THE LANGUAGE ITSELF YES KEEP ON GOING ALMOST THERE THERE WE GO AGAIN. SO HERE'S WHERE IT WAS EXISTING LANGUAGE ABOUT CONVERSION WHICH MEANS EXISTING BUILDINGS WHERE YOU CONVERT TO WORKFORCE HOUSING BUT THEN IT GOES ON TO SAY OR AS PART OF THE PD TO DISTRICT OVERLAY IT INCLUDES WORKFORCE HOUSING AND THEN WHERE MULTIFAMILY IS ALLOWED WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT. SO MIXED USE AND MULTIPHASE IN IT. YES MA'AM IF YOU'LL KEEP SCROLLING.

THANK YOU. ON ON KEEP ON GOING. OH, THERE WE GO.

AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT IN THIS DISTRICT THE PROPERTIES DEVELOPED FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING SHOULD THEN BE PART OF A COMMERCIAL OR PART OF THE PD TO IT INCLUDES AND THEN IF WE CAN SCROLL ON SOME MORE BECAUSE THERE'S ALSO A MAXIMUM I'M LOOKING FOR.

YES, SUBSECTION FOR THE MAXIMUM IN ANY WORKFORCE HOUSING IS TEN UNITS PHONETIC OR IF LEAST 30% OF ALL UNITS ARE WORKFORCE HOUSING UNITS. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON NOW AND THAT'S WHY I'M GOING TO ASK THE QUESTION ABOUT IS THIS THE ONLY PLACE OR ARE THERE OTHER PLACES ON THE ISLAND BECAUSE WHEN WE DO A TEXT AMENDMENT IT CAN APPLY TO OTHER PLACES AS WELL. SO I WOULD JUST ASK THE TOWN ATTORNEY IS THAT CONDITION ABOUT STORMWATER A PART OF THIS ACTION OR IS IT A PART OF THE CONSIDERATION OF SUBSECTION SORRY NEW BUSINESS A B WHICH IS THE MAP AMENDMENT IT IS THE NEXT ONE, CORRECT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU AND I'M SUPPORTIVE OF IT.

I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THOSE THOSE MATTERS ABOUT THE TEXT AMENDMENT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER LAST COMMENTS? SO I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT JUST TO TALK ABOUT THIS FOR SECOND. THREE YEARS AGO I ASKED JOEL MR. TAYLOR AND MR. ORLANDO TO GET TOGETHER FOR A MEETING BECAUSE WE WERE GETTING PHONE CALLS, HEALTH CARE ON HILTON HEAD AND WE SAT WITH MR. TAYLOR AND HE ASKED WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO ABOUT HOUSING AND I SAID WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT NURSES? AND THIS WAS THREE YEARS AGO AND TODAY WE'RE VOTING ON AN AMENDMENT TO BRING FORTH A PROJECT THAT ADDRESSES BOTH. YES, THERE HAS BEEN AN OWNERSHIP CHANGE IN THE HOTEL WHICH HAS BEEN VERY BENEFICIAL FOR OUR COMMUNITY A YEAR AGO TODAY IN THE PAPER WAS ANNOUNCEMENT OF NOVANT HOUSING PROJECT IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS THIS IS SEEING GREAT STRIFE, GREAT QUESTIONS, GREAT COMMUNAL INPUT AND AS THE TOWN COUNCIL WE HAVE DONE EXACTLY WE NEED TO DO AND THAT IS TO INCORPORATE EVERYBODY TO MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

I CAN'T TO THANK NOVANT HEALTH AND ITS PARTNERS FOR COMING IN WITH A SOLUTION THAT ADDRESSES OUR CARE AND I CAN'T THANK COUNCIL ENOUGH FOR STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE'VE GOT A PRODUCT THAT IS ACCEPTABLE TO THE NEIGHBORS AROUND THE DEVELOPMENT.

OBVIOUSLY I'M IN FULL SUPPORT OF THIS ALL THE WAY THROUGH AND THINGS GOOD THINGS TIME AND WE'RE LEARNING THAT THREE YEARS IS NOT NECESSARILY A LONG TIME IN TERMS BUREAUCRACY SO WITH THAT BEING WE HAVE A MOTION BY OFFERED A SECOND BY MR. BACKER FOR CONSIDERATION OF AN AUDIT OF THE TOWN OF HILTON HOTEL TO AMEND TITLE 60 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE WHEREIN ORDERS TO AMEND SECTIONS 16 DASH 3-105. 816 DASH 4-1 OR 2.8. 616 DASH FOR DASH 105 AND 16 DASH FOR DASH

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MR. ZACH GORDON YOU'RE UP AGAIN . SO THIS IS THE COMPANION AGENDA TWO THE FIRST OF THE FIRST WAS FOR TEX AMENDMENT TO ALLOW WITHIN THE MEDI DISTRICT OR ENFORCE MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING THAT IS NOT IN CONJUNCTION WITH A COMMERCIAL CONVERSION.

THIS MAP JUST GIVES YOU AN OVERVIEW OF OF LAND USE AND JUST SHOWS THE ZONING MAP AND WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO CHANGE ON THE RIGHT YOU CAN SEE THE LOCATION OF PD TWO PARTIAL OR I SHOULD SAY PARCELS THAT ARE REGULATED BY PD TO OVERLAY WHICH IMPOSES CERTAIN CONDITIONS AND REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE SPECIAL AND WHICH ARE RESTRICTED TO THOSE THOSE PARTICULAR AREAS. AGAIN HERE IS THE PROPERTY THAT SHOWS THE THREE PARCELS WITHIN THE MEDI DISTRICT THIS IS A WITHIN A PD TO OVERLAY AS YOU SAW EARLIER THE CONDITION OF THE HOMES OR THE BUILDINGS ON THE PROPERTY WERE NOT GOOD AND THEREFORE THE PLAN IS TO DEMOLISH AND TO BUILD SUITABLE HOUSING FOR A WORKFORCE FOR EMPLOYEES AND AND STAFF.

YOU CAN SEE THE PD TWO MASTER PLAN ON THE RIGHT FOR PALMETTO HEADLANDS AND HILTON HEAD HOSPITAL THAT THAT'S A CURRENT USE MAP AND YOU CAN SEE THE VARIOUS USES FROM THE MULTIFAMILY NURSING HOME PALMETTO RIGHT AWAY ALL THE EXISTING ON THE PROPERTY AND AGAIN THIS WOULD WOULD ALLOW FOR THE WORKFORCE HOUSING TO TO BE CONSTRUCTED AND SO IN THE PD TWO YOU CAN SEE THE ALLOWABLE USES AND ABSENT FROM THAT IS THE ABILITY TO HAVE RESIDENTIAL USES THE PROPOSED PD TO AMENDMENT WOULD ALLOW FOR RESIDENTIAL USES INCLUDING MULTIFAMILY AND WORKFORCE HOUSING THE THE REQUEST DOES NOT APPROVE CONSTRUCTION.

WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN REVIEW PROCESS DOESN'T REMOVE ANY MEDICAL USES THOSE ARE STILL ALLOWED DOESN'T CHANGE THE BASE ZONING DISTRICT AND DOESN'T INCREASE DENSITY BEYOND WHAT IS ALLOWED OR WHAT THE ALAMO WILL ON THE ON SITE AND HERE'S A AN OVERVIEW THAT DEPICTS THE TOWNHOMES THAT ARE PROPOSED FOR THE FOR THE SITE AND I BELIEVE THE NUMBER IS 114

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AND I ALSO WANTED TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO NOVANT FOR THEIR EFFORTS FORWARD BUT I KNOW I SAID THIS AT THE COMMITTEE LEVEL AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE I THINK IT'S WORTHY OF SAYING HERE AGAIN THIS IS A THIS IS NOBLE AND WORKING WITH CDC AND LIKE ALL GOOD THINGS THAT HAPPEN OVER I THINK CDC HAS REALLY COME INTO ITS OWN AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS COOPERATION, THIS COLLABORATION AND THE END RESULTS BENEFITS US ALL.

SO THANK YOU AS OUR AND I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THIS AS WE ALL KNOW NO QUESTION ABOUT AND I WANT TO IF WE COULD PULL UP THE MAP THAT HAS ALL THE DIFFERENT COLORED PARCELS OF THE THE MASTER PLAN FOR THE AREA. YES. THANK YOU.

SO WHILE THE MEDICAL DISTRICT IS AS UNDERSTAND IT, THE AREA OUTLINED IN BLUE IS CORRECT.

THEY'RE YELLOW AND BLUE ALL THE WAY AROUND AND THE MASTER PLAN FOR THE PD TO ALSO INCLUDE ALL OF THE AREA OUTLINED IN BLUE. BUT THIS AMENDMENT ONLY APPLIES AND IT WAS A COMMISSION MEMBER A PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBER. WELL WHO SAID. YOU DESCRIBED IT AS A SALMON COLORED AREA SO I'LL PICK UP ON LANGUAGE. SO IT'S IT'S ALONG THE LAMONT DRIVE AND I THINK IT SAYS BUSY A DRIVE THANK YOU AND SO IT'S ONLY THOSE THREE LINES THAT WOULD BE SUBJECT TO WORKFORCE HOUSING IT IS NOT THE REST OF THE AREA OUTLINED IN BLUE SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. SO IF YOU LOOK AT OTHER AREAS WITHIN HEAD PLANTATION FOLKS SHOULD NOT GET NERVOUS ABOUT ALL OF THIS BECOMING WORKFORCE HOUSING AT THIS MOMENT WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT THOSE THREE LOTS AND AS AS MR. GORDON OUT THIS IS NOT SITE PLAN APPROVAL

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TURNER FOR HER WORK WITH THAT COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT'S ACTUALLY WITHIN HER WARD BUT SHE'S BEEN RIGHT THERE WITH THOSE FOLKS THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN THAT AREA AND ALSO WITH THE APPLICANT FOR THIS THIS PROJECT. SO IT'S BEEN VERY IMPORTANT TO SEE PROGRESSION OF REDUCING THE IMPACT ON THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY OWNERS.

THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF MITIGATION DONE TO ADDRESS THAT AND AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AND TO THANK THE APPLICANT FOR THOSE MITIGATION EFFORTS AND IT WOULD ALSO ENCOURAGE THE APPLICANT AND HAVE SUGGESTED TO THEM THAT DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS WHICH WAS WHAT WAS RAISED THE PLANNING COMMISSION AS IT OF NEIGHBORS TO HAVE AN OMBUDSMAN PRESENT DURING CONSTRUCTION SO THAT WHENEVER A RESIDENT MIGHT HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT CONSTRUCTION NOISE OR ACTIVITY THERE WOULD BE SOMEONE WITH WHOM THEY COULD SPEAK AND CARRY THAT BACK TO THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY AND THE CONTRACT ETC. THAT HAS WORKED IN A LOT OF CASES WHERE I'VE SEEN IT HAS BEEN VERY DURING THAT PROCESS I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE APPLICANT DURING SITE PLAN APPROVAL TO TALK ABOUT THE USE OF AN OMBUDSMAN FOR PROJECT THAT GOING GOING BACK TO THIS IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT THOSE THREE LOTS WITHIN THAT WHOLE AREA OUTLINED IN BLUE AND LOOKING AT THE TEXT OF THE ORDINANCE MADAM PARK I'M NOT GOING TO ASK YOU TO PULL IT AGAIN BUT THE CONDITION ABOUT THE STORMWATER IS INCLUDED WITHIN THE ORDINANCE TEXT SO IT IS IN THERE AND THAT'S WHEN WE ACT ON IT BUT OTHER THAN THAT I IT'S A IT'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE TO ME OF A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP IN ADDRESSING OUR WORKFORCE HOUSING NEEDS AND THE NEEDS OF THE HOSPITAL.

AND I COMMEND ALL OF THOSE WHO'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS AND I'M GLAD TO SEE IT MOVING ALONG BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL NEED FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING IN THE COMMUNITY AND IN OUR PARTICIPATION IS TO CHANGE LANGUAGE OVERLAY MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE TO ENCOURAGE DEVELOPMENT. THANK YOU. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? THIS IS MR. MAYOR. I'LL BE SUPPORTING THIS AS WELL . I WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE PARTNERS IN THIS PROJECT.

IT'S GOOD TO SEE CTSI AS A PART OF THIS PROJECT AS WELL. YOUR TOWN HAS HELPED KIDS GET OFF THEIR FEET THROUGH A GRANT IN THE PAST SO IT'S GOOD TO SEE THAT WE ARE MOVING THAT ORGANIZATION FORWARD IN THIS TYPE ACTIVITY. I ALSO WANTED TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO ENCOURAGE US AS A COUNCIL, US AS A COMMUNITY THIS THAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF US IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF THE COMPLEXITY OF THIS LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE REWRITE AMOUNT IS SIX DIFFERENT COLORS ON HERE THE MEANS SIX DIFFERENT THINGS AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE PROPOSED SITE THERE'S A LITTLE GREEN SPECK IN THERE RIGHT NEXT TO IT.

IT IS NOT BEING RESOLVED. SOME OF MINE AUTOMATICALLY GOES WALL AS WE GO THROUGH A REWRITE PROCESS HOW DO WE PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY REDEVELOPMENT? HOW DO WE NOT DEVALUE FOLKS PROPERTY BECAUSE OF ALL THESE DIFFERENT COLORS AND WHAT YOU CAN AND CAN'T DO IS EASY TO SIT HERE TODAY AND SAY WE WANT TO SEE MULTI-FAMILY YOUR WORKFORCE HOUSING RIGHT THERE IN THAT ONE LITTLE SPOT WHAT HAPPENS FIVE YEARS FROM NOW WHEN THE GREEN SPOT THEY WANT TO DO THERE'S MARKET DEMAND SO THEY ASK US TO SORT OF OPEN OUR MINDS NOT GET SO CAUGHT UP IN THE MOMENT BECAUSE AS WE GO THROUGH THIS REWRITE THIS WILL HAVE TO CHANGE IF WE'RE GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL AS A COMMUNITY. SO AGAIN, I'LL SUPPORTING THIS. MR. MAYOR, THE OTHER COMMENTS SO MR. BROWN I COULDN'T AGREE WITH YOUR COMMENTS MORE BUT I DO WANT TO CORRECT YOU ON ONE THING THERE ARE NOT SIX COLORS THERE. THERE ARE TEN COLORS THERE.

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[9. Public Comment - Non Agenda Items]

JAN WAS ADDED NAME FOR JANICE THE GOD OF BEGINNINGS AND TRANSITIONS.

JANICE LOOKS BOTH BACKWARDS AND FORWARD ASKING TWO ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS WHERE HAVE WE BEEN AND WHERE ARE WE GOING? AND THAT FEELS ESPECIALLY RELEVANT TODAY.

THE LONG PROMISED REVISION OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND IS LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE IS FINALLY UNDERWAY THREE YEARS LATER THAN PROMISED BUT IT'S UNDERWAY AND NOW SUDDENLY TOWN IS IN A HURRY. PERHAPS THAT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH AN ELECTION YEAR.

A 21 MEMBER TASK FORCE IS EXPECTED TO COMPLETE THIS ENORMOUSLY CONSEQUENTIAL BY JULY BREATHTAKING SPEED FOR AN ORDINANCE THAT WILL SHAPE THE FUTURE OF THIS ISLAND FOR DECADES. AND I HOPE THE TASK FORCE REMEMBERS WHAT MADE HILTON HEAD DIFFERENT IN THE FIRST PLACE. DAVID LAUDERDALE RECENTLY WROTE AND I QUOTE SOMEHOW HILTON HEAD GOT OFF TRACK WHAT IS BEING ALLOWED TODAY BY THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD IS A POCKMARK AND ITS VERY SOUL PERHAPS THE TASK FORCE CORRECT THAT WHICH BRINGS ME TO TRANSPARENCY.

LAST MONTH THE COUNCIL APPROVED THE DESTINATION MARKETING ORGANIZATION AND CONTRACT EFFECTIVELY IN SECRET THE DEMO WAS DISCUSSED FOUR TIMES IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

MOST RECENTLY ON DECEMBER 9TH AND THEN NINE DAYS LATER THE COUNCIL VOTED SEVEN NOTHING TO A WARD OF THREE YEAR CONTRACT TO THE CHAMBER WITH VIRTUALLY NO PUBLIC.

THE OUTCOME HAD CLEARLY BEEN DECIDED OTHERWISE. HOLLYWOOD STAFF ARRIVE WITH A COMPLETED CONTRACT AND RESOLUTION IN HAND. ONE OF THE ASSISTANT TOWN SAID QUOTE WE DETERMINED THE CHAMBER WAS THE MOST QUALIFIED HAD RESPONDED WELL IT RAISES AN IMPORTANT QUESTION. ISN'T THAT DETERMINATION SUPPOSED TO BE MADE BY THE ELECTED COUNCIL AFTER OPEN DEBATE AND NOT BEHIND CLOSED DOORS? AND OF COURSE YOU COULD SAY THAT EVERYTHING WAS LEGAL BUT LEGALITY IS NOT THE SAME AS TRANSPARENCY. AND OF COURSE WE'RE BEING TOLD THE CHAMBER IS GOING TO PROVIDE RECEIPTS GOING FORWARD. BUT WAS THAT TRANSPARENCY FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS AND FINALLY MONTH WE'RE GOING TO CELEBRATE A GROUNDBREAKING EVENT FOR FAIRS, WORKFORCE HOUSING.

THAT'S PROGRESS AND A MILESTONE HAS BEEN POINTED OUT. BUT WE NEED TO BE HONEST ABOUT THE SCALE. MORE THAN 14,000 PEOPLE WORK ON THIS SILENT BUT CANNOT AFFORD TO LIVE AT THE CURRENT PACE. IT WOULD TAKE ABOUT 46 YEARS. THE HOUSES ALL OF THEM.

MOMENTS OF TRANSITION, DEMAND, REFLECTION WHERE WE'VE BEEN MATTERS AND WHERE WE'RE GOING MATTERS EVEN MORE. I WOULD URGE THIS COUNCIL TO SLOW DOWN, OPEN THE DOORS AND HONOR THE PRINCIPLES THAT MADE HILTON HEAD WORTH PROTECTING IN THE FIRST PLACE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. PERCY. RIGHT, MR. ORLANDO.

THERE'S NOBODY ELSE I. MR. ORLANDO, DO WE HAVE A NEED FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION? YES, SIR. AS IS I GUESS I. DID YOU WANT TO? WE'LL MAKE AN EXCEPTION FOR YOU. YES.

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IT GET TO ONE OF THE MICROPHONES BUT IT SHOULD BE ON ON.

OH, MY NAME IS GABRIEL HICKS. OKAY. PETITION ASKING.

I HAVE A PETITION FOR A SKATEPARK. OKAY.

I'VE GOT 53 SIGNATURES. AWESOME. RIGHT.

IF YOU COULD. YOU HAVE ANY HOUSEKEEPING TO SAY ABOUT THE SKATE PARK? I I DO. I WOULD LIKE YOU TO SAY SO A FEW YEARS AGO THERE WAS A LITTLE THING AND WHERE WE WERE DECIDE ADDING ON SOME OF AIDS FOR THE SKATE PARK AND AND WE'VE. I THINK THIS WAS LA THE SUMMER BEFORE THE THE SUMMER AND I THINK IT WAS THE SUMMER OF 2024. WE WERE PROMISED THAT AND WE WERE GET A NEW SKATE PARK HERE BUT IT'S BEEN TWO BUT IT'S BEEN YEARS RUSSIA AND CONSTRUCTION AND STILL HASN'T EVEN STARTED YET SO. OH WE STARTED A PETITION ISSUE AND GET DONE AND GOT A FEW MORE MODERN SKATE OSCARS I MEAN AND AND ONE SAY ONE THING TO THEM SO SORRY I'M OUT IT'S LIKE THIS IS THE FUTURE OF LIKE AMERICA RIGHT HERE YOU KNOW SKATEBOARDING IS AN OLYMPIC EVENT NOW LIKE WE REALLY DESERVE MAN WE GOT THE MONEY I JUST SAW LIKE PILES OF MONEY WE HAVE FOR THINGS LIKE IT WOULD IT WOULD BE JUST REALLY, REALLY NICE IF WE COULD HAVE LIKE A DECENT FACILITY FOR THESE KIDS TO TRAIN BECAUSE THEY HELP GET THROUGH LIFE. YEP. YOU KNOW, LIFE'S TOUGH WHEN WHEN THERE'S A LOT OF ADVERSITY AND WHEN YOU'RE GROWING UP AND SKATEBOARDING IS THE ONE THING LIKE WE'RE A REAL COMMUNITY SPORT. THERE'S NO BIGOTRY, THERE'S NO HATRED. IT'S JUST PURE TRAINING, PURE EXERCISE AND A REALLY GOOD OUTLET FOR THESE KIDS. AND IT'S NOT JUST THEM A WHOLE ISLAND.

AND WHEN WHEN THINGS ARE GOOD WHEN THEY'RE SKATE PARKS GOOD. IT'S FOR YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GET A DECENT PARK KIDS COME FROM EVERYWHERE. I WORKED FOR SHANE FROM A FEW YEARS BACK AND. HE ACTUALLY WAS THE ONE THAT GOT THE ORIGINAL SKATE PARK BUILT. I WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF THEM WITH MY HANDS ACTUALLY BUILT L BUILD THE SKATE PARK AND THIS OTHER ONE TOO AND WE JUST LIKE TO SEE, YOU KNOW THIS PROJECT MOVING FORWARD. WE FEEL LIKE WE'VE KIND OF DONE A LOT OF WORK AND AND WE'RE WILLING TO DO WHATEVER IT TAKES . WE NEED TO HAVE FUN RAISERS OR WHATEVER. YOU JUST LET US KNOW. I WILL.

THANK YOU. SO NEXT TIME WHEN Y'ALL COME IN UP TO SPEAK YET WE BROKE THE RULES TODAY A LITTLE BIT BUT. YOU GOT IT? YOU GOT A PETITION.

THERE WERE SIGNATURES IF YOU COULD DROP IT OFF TO THAT LADY RIGHT THERE AT THE END ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE DROP IT OFF TO HER THAT BE WONDERFUL. SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

[10. Executive Session]

OKAY WE'VE GOT A FIRST AND SECOND ALL IN FAVOR .

PUSHING TO COME OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION SECOND WE GOT A FIRST AND SECOND ALL IN

[11. Action from Executive Session]

MOTION TO ADJOURN ADJOURNED. SO GET

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.