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CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY BUFORT COUNTY.
[1. Call to Order]
EVERYONE TO OUR, UM, EVENING MEETING THAT WE'VE SCHEDULED TO ACCOMMODATE THE, THE ISLAND THAT'S HERE.WE WILL RECOGNIZE AND RESPECT YOUR TIME.
REALIZING THE DAY HAS BEEN A FULL DAY FOR ASSAULT, AND SO WE WILL EXPEDITE THIS, UH, MEETING AND MAKE IT AS SHORT AS IT CAN BE.
UM, THE AGENDA HAS, UH, BEEN, UH, UH, DISSEMINATED.
[2. Adoption of the Agenda]
TO ADOPT THE AGENDA? SO SECOND.ALRIGHT, MOVING TO SECOND THAT AMEND, UH, UH, ADOPTION OF THE AGENDAS.
[3. Approval of the Minutes]
MINUTES AS WELL HAS BEEN ISSUED AND REVIEWED.CAN I GET A MOTION TO SO MOVED? SECOND.
PROPERLY MOVED AND SECOND
UH, AND SO NOW WE ARE PROCESSING DOWN THE WAY.
[4. Presentations]
DIRECTOR PRESENTATIONS ON THE NEXT THING AND ORDER FOR US, AND WE WILL YIELD THE FLOOR TO HIM TO LET HIM COME FORWARD.UM, SEEMS LIKE WE HAVEN'T SEEN EACH OTHER IN ABOUT A MONTH OR SUNDAY, SO GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY'S FACE.
UM, WE HAVE, UM, ANDRE TRAVELING AND SARAH TRAVELING, UM, AND THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO JOIN US, BUT I WANTED TO TAKE A SECOND AND, UM, AND HAVE EVERYBODY TO JUST CONSIDER AND, AND WISH SARAH WELL.
SHE'S ACTUALLY, UM, PREMIERING AN ART EXHIBIT AT CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY TOMORROW.
UM, GOOD LUCK, SARAH, IF YOU ARE WATCHING, UM, WE SUPPORTING YOU IN YOUR ART EXHIBIT, AND HOPEFULLY EVERYTHING GOES WELL.
UM, FIRST ITEM THAT I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS IN THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT IS COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS ACTIVE IN DISASTER.
WE HAVE, UH, DISCUSSED THIS IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS, UM, BUT TODAY, UH, WE ARE GOING TO, I'M GOING TO ASK FOR A VOTE OF SUPPORT FROM THE BOARD IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE CDC, BECOMING THE FISCAL AGENT AND LEAD ORGANIZATION IN THIS, UM, IN THIS COORDINATED EFFORT TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY, UM, IN DISASTER IN TIMES OF DISASTER.
UM, SECOND PIECE, THE LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE, UH, FOCUS GROUP THAT WE HAVE BEEN CONVENING, THAT IS ALSO AN AGENDA ITEM THAT WE HAVE FOR, FOR TONIGHT.
UM, AND IN YOUR AGENDA PACKET, YOU WILL SEE THAT WE HAVE, UM, SOME RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE BEING BROUGHT FORTH BY, UM, A SMALL GROUP OF, OF A FOCUS GROUP OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN MEETING SINCE OCTOBER AND HAVING SOME DISCUSSIONS RELATED TO, UM, ITEMS IN THE LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE THAT IMPACT THE GULLAH COMMUNITY.
SO THAT'S IN YOUR AGENDA PACKET.
UM, AND YOU'LL WE'LL VOTE ON, UH, SUPPORT FOR THAT PARTICULAR ITEM A LITTLE BIT LATER.
THE THE NEXT ITEM IS, UM, OUR STONY CORRIDOR HIGHWAY 2 78 PROJECT.
UM, THE UPDATE, WE HOSTED A MEETING WITH THE COMMUNITY BACK, UM, NOVEMBER 17TH.
UM, MKSK WAS PRESENT, AND WE HAD ABOUT 30 MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, BOTH VIRTUAL AND IN PERSON THAT PARTICIPATED IN THAT MEETING AT THAT TIME.
MKSK GAVE AN UPDATE, UM, RELATED TO, UM, THE CORRIDOR PROJECT AND WHERE WE STAND TODAY.
AND, AND, UM, I KNOW THAT THE MAYOR HAS HAD MARATHON MEETINGS TODAY, UH, RELATED TO, AND AS WELL AS, UH, UH, MR. BROWN, COUNCILMAN BROWN HERE AS WELL, PARTICIPATING IN MEETINGS IN SUPPORT OF, UM, UM, OR WORKING TOWARDS, UM, THE NEXT PHASE OF DEVELOPMENT IN THE CORRIDOR.
UM, WE'LL CONVENE ANOTHER MEETING PROBABLY SOMETIME IN LATE MARCH, EARLY APRIL, AGAIN, WITH THE COMMUNITY, UM, TO KINDA GIVE THEM AN UPDATE AS TO, UM, WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE STAND AND, UM, WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT.
BUT MORE TO COME ON THAT LATER.
WE'RE STILL MOVING ON THAT, STILL MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION.
UM, MONEY TALKS, FINANCIAL EDUCATION WORKSHOP SERIES.
UM, WE HAD A, A VERY GOOD MEETING IN NOVEMBER DOING BUSINESS WITH THE TOWN.
AND, UM, WE HAVE, WE'LL, WE WILL HAVE THE PLANNING, ACTUALLY PLANNING HAS BEGUN, AND WE'LL ROLL OUT OUR 2026 SERIES, YEAR THREE OF OUR FINANCIAL EDUCATION WORKSHOP SERIES.
SOME OF THE TOPICS OF INTEREST THAT WE HAVE, UH, THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, IS PERSONAL FINANCE AND CREDIT, UM, AND CREDIT
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HEALTH.SO THOSE ARE TWO TOPICS THAT WE KNOW WE WILL HAVE THROUGH THE SURVEYS THAT WE HAVE DISSEMINATED.
UM, SO, SO WE'RE WORKING ON 2026 FOR THAT.
UM, ONE THING THAT I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT TOO IS THAT, UM, WE ARE THIS YEAR, UM, A PARTNER WITH THE HERITAGE CLASSIC FOUNDATION FOR THE, THE GOLF TOURNAMENT.
SO WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY, UH, SECURED A PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM IN BOTH THE CHAMPIONS FOR CHARITY AND THE BIRDIES FOR CHARITY PROGRAMS. AND SO THE FOUNDATION MATCHES THE DONATIONS.
UM, UH, 20% OF OF THE FINAL AMOUNT OF FUNDS RAISED THE, THE CHAMPIONS FOR CHARITY IS A, A OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS TO DONATE AT A, AT A LARGER RATE.
UM, UH, MINIMUM DONATION IS, IS $1,000, AND THEN THE BIRDIES FOR CHARITY OPERATES KIND OF LIKE A, A WALKATHON, IF YOU WILL.
AND, UM, A PERSON CAN MAKE A FLAT DONATION, UH, PER, PER BIRDIE MADE IN THE TOURNAMENT.
SO, UH, WE'RE EXCITED TO PARTNER WITH, WITH THE, UH, HERITAGE FOUNDATION IN THAT.
AND SO, UH, WITH THAT, UM, I'M GONNA CONCLUDE MY REPORT AND ASK IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, I, I, I JUST WANTED TO, I GUESS, SORT OF PLANT A SEED WITH THE BOARD ON THE STONY CORRIDOR, UH, ITEM THAT, UH, MR. BOXLEY DISCUSSED IN HIS REPORT.
UM, AS HE MENTIONED, WE, WE AS COUNSEL, ARE STEADFAST IN DELIVERING A MASTER PLAN FOR THAT AREA.
UM, OBVIOUSLY, UH, WHEN THE COUNTY ESTATE MOVED ON WITH THE BRIDGE PROJECT, UM, THERE WERE A LOT OF ITEMS THAT WERE LEFT ON THE TABLE, OKAY? AND THOSE ITEMS ARE ON HILTON HEAD GROUND AND, UM, OBVIOUSLY AFFECT OUR CONSTITUENTS, UH, PARTICULARLY THOSE IN THE STONY NEIGHBORHOOD.
MY CONCERN, AFTER DEALING WITH THIS FOR, I DON'T KNOW, ALMOST EIGHT YEARS NOW, AND, UM, HAVING VERY INTIMATE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE STONY AREA, I THINK WE'VE MADE HUGE STRIDES AND SORTA REPAIRING RELATIONSHIPS THAT WERE BROKEN IN THE PAST.
OKAY? AND, UM, THAT'S A GOOD THING.
UH, BUT WE CAN'T LOSE SIGHT OF, IT'S SORT OF EASY TO FORGIVE, BUT HARD TO FORGET, RIGHT?
UH, SO WE'RE GONNA RUN UP AGAINST THAT AS WE MOVE ALONG.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE PLAN THAT'S GOING TO BE PROPOSED IS NOT A TOMORROW PLAN.
IT'S GONNA TAKE SEVERAL YEARS FOR IT TO COME TO FRUITION, BUT I FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT WE WILL HAVE LOST EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE TRIED TO DO AS FAR AS BUILDING THAT RELATIONSHIP IF WE DON'T HELP THE FAMILIES MASTER PLAN AS WELL.
OKAY? IT'S ONE THING FOR US TO PUBLICLY INVEST HUGE DOLLARS TO GET THINGS IN A DIFFERENT PLACE, BUT IT'S GONNA BE, HA THERE'S, AT SOME POINT IT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE THEM MAKING DECISION AS TO WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO FROM A FUTURISTIC STANDPOINT WITH THEIR PROPERTY, OKAY? UM, THERE'S A LOT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMPONENTS THAT WILL HAPPEN ONCE THIS MASTER PLAN COMES INTO LIGHT, BUT AGAIN, WE ARE DEALING WITH FAMILIES THAT HAVE A HISTORY OF MISTRUST, HISTORY OF MISUNDERSTANDING.
SO I GUESS WHAT I'M PRESENTING TO THE BOARD, NOT FOR ANY ACTION TONIGHT, THAT'S ONE US TO THINK ABOUT IT, THAT WE POTENTIALLY LOOK AT SOME TYPE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY FOR FAMILIES TO MASTER PLAN, OKAY? BECAUSE THOSE THAT ARE CALLING THE SHOTS TODAY MAY NOT BE THE ONES THAT ARE CALLING THE SHOTS 15 YEARS FROM NOW.
AND WHY NOT GIVE THEM SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN BUILD UPON OVER TIME? ALRIGHT, SO, UM, AGAIN, I'M JUST SORT OF PLANTING SEEDS HERE THIS EVENING ON THAT TOPIC.
LET ME SAY ON THAT, UM, I WANNA PIGGYBACK ON THE COMMENT THAT YOU MADE ABOUT FORGIVENESS.
IT'S A GOOD THING THAT FORGETTING IS NOT A PREREQUISITE FOR FORGIVENESS, BECAUSE NONE OF US COULD EVER MOVE BEYOND WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
SO I, I APPLAUD THE EFFORTS TO BUILD RELATIONSHIP TO MEND, UH, BRIDGES, UM, THE, THE FULL TRANSPARENCY SO THAT THEY CAN SEE THAT WE ARE AS INVESTED IN, UM, THEIR WELLBEING, WELLBEING AS THEY ARE.
SO, SO, KUDOS, UH, YOU HAVE MY SUPPORT, UM, UM, MOVING FORWARD, IF THERE, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN NEED FROM, FROM US, LET US KNOW.
I WANT TO APPLAUD OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
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CONTINUE TO SAY IN PRIVATE AND IN PUBLIC SESSIONS THAT WE GOT THE RIGHT PERSON WHEN WE GOT YOU, UH, FOR YOUR EFFORTS, UM, BEHIND THE SCENES.UM, THERE ARE A LOT OF THE, THE ISSUES THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT ARE PARAMOUNT TO US ON THE ISLAND, ESPECIALLY WITH THE SITUATION THAT WE LIVE IN NOW WITH THE, THE FINANCIAL WELLNESS AND EDUCATION THAT, THAT PORTION TO CREDIT HEALTH.
UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S AN AWESOME, UM, WIN FOR US.
AND ALSO THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HERITAGE, UM, KUDOS TO, TO YOU FOR AND, AND WHOEVER IT IS THAT PARTNER WITH YOU TO MAKE THAT, UH, COME ABOUT.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE WE, ARE WE, UM, HAPPY FOR THE WORK THAT THAT'S GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES AND THE UPDATES THAT YOU BRING TO US ON A REGULAR BASIS? MY PLEASURE HERE.
ADDING, UM, EXCUSE ME, UH, ADDING TO WHAT, UH, ALEX SAID, UM, THAT, THAT IS OUR MISSION OF THE CDC, AND IT'S ONLY ONE PART OF MAKING THE SITUATION IN ESTONIA SUCCESS.
THEY'RE GONNA NEED CONSTRUCTION HELP.
THEY'RE GONNA NEED FINANCING HELP, THEY'RE GONNA, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A PART OF THE PROCESS.
AND THE FIRST PART IS HELPING THEM UNDERSTAND WHAT THE VISION CAN BE AND WHAT THAT ENTAILS.
SO I, I AGREE AND SUPPORT WHAT YOU WERE SAYING, IF I MAY.
UH, ONE PIECE THAT I DID, UH, NEGLECT TO MENTION, UM, AND IF ANY OF YOU ARE AVAILABLE NEXT FRIDAY, FEBRUARY THE 27TH FROM 10:00 AM TO NOON, UM, THE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE, UH, QUARTERLY MEETING WE WILL HOST HERE ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND.
IT WAS PART OF MY REPORT, BUT, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, MS. STEWART AND I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND IN CHARLESTON IN DECEMBER.
AND IT'S, UM, THE PLANNING COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, IT'S A GROUP OF PLANNERS THAT REPRESENT DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES ALONG THE CORRIDOR IN, IN THE GULLAH GEECHEE HERITAGE CORRIDOR, UM, THAT GET TOGETHER, THAT HAVE COMMENCED, UM, A MEETING TO BEGIN TO LOOK AT AND ADDRESS SOME OF THE SIMILAR ISSUES THAT EACH OF OUR COMMUNITIES FACE ALONG THE CORRIDOR.
AND, UM, THEY WERE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO HOST.
AND, UH, MS. STEWART AND I VOLUNTEERED TO HOST FOR THE FEBRUARY MEETING, AND IT WILL BE AT, UM, THE HILTON HEAD LIBRARY FROM 10:00 AM TO NOON.
AT THE DECEMBER MEETING, THERE WERE ABOUT 45 PLANNERS PRESENT THERE.
AND SO, UM, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO, UM, HOSTING THEM HERE ON HILTON HEAD AND, UM, HAVING A PANEL DISCUSSION WITH SOME OF OUR, UM, SOME OF OUR ELDERS AND SOME OF OUR, UH, YOUNGER PEOPLE AS WELL, SO THAT THE, THE PLANNERS CAN GET AN IDEA AS TO WHAT WE HAVE EXPERIENCED HERE ON HILTON HEAD AND, UM, AND, AND WE CAN ALL LEARN FROM EACH OTHER AS A COMMUNITY.
ALRIGHT, ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON, UM, MR. BOX'S PRESENTATION FOR THIS REPORTS? ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ALRIGHT, THERE ARE BEING NONE.
[5. Unfinished Business]
FORWARD.WHAT DO OUR UNFINISHED BUSINESS ALSO, UM, MR. BOX IS GONNA CHAMPION THAT FOR US AS WELL.
SO, UM, IN NOVEMBER, UH, WAIT, SORRY.
WE'VE GOT, NEXT UP THE ROWING AND SAILING CENTER RENAMING, SORRY, I GOT AHEAD OF MYSELF.
IN OUR NOVEMBER MEETING WE DISCUSSED, UM, THE POTENTIAL OF, UM, RENAMING THE SQUIRE POPE, UH, THE ROWING AND SAILING CENTER AT SQUIRE POPE PARK TO, UM, THE FISHING CO-OP PARK.
AND, UM, I WAS DIRECTED AT THAT POINT TO HAVE MORE CONVERSATIONS WITH FAMILY MEMBERS AND OF, OF THE DESCENDANTS OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS WE WERE ABLE TO SPEAK WITH, WITH, UM, REPRESENTATIVES OF FIVE OF THE 15 FAMILIES THAT FOUNDED THE FISH AND CO-OP.
AND THEY WERE VERY EXCITED TO HEAR THAT, UM, THAT AT LEAST THE NAME WOULD, WOULD HONOR THE, THE HISTORY OF, UM, WHO OWNED THE, UM, THE DOCKS IN THAT AREA AND, AND WHAT IT MEANT TO THAT COMMUNITY, UM, WHAT IT MEANT TO THE STONY COMMUNITY, WHAT IT MEANT TO THE SQUIRE POPE COMMUNITY AND HILTON HEAD AS A WHOLE.
SO, UM, WITH THAT, OUR, OUR RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE THAT THE BOARD APPROVE, AND THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE FOR US TO PRESENT THIS TO TOWN COUNCIL, TO THE LARGER BODY OF TOWN COUNCIL FOR AN OFFICIAL VOTE.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE ALSO THOUGHT ABOUT THROUGH THIS PROCESS IS, UM, IS ENGAGING YOUNG PEOPLE IN THIS PROCESS.
AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, SHOULD TOWN COUNCIL, UH,
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MOVE TO ACCEPT THIS, UH, THIS NAME CHANGE, I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO GO, UM, AND, AND HAVE A, AN ART COMPETITION FOR A LOGO DESIGN, UH, THAT REPRESENTS THE NEW NAME AND HAVE OUR YOUNG PEOPLE PARTICIPATE IN THAT PROCESS.SO JUST PUTTING THAT OUT THERE IN THE PUBLIC SPACE.
FOR FUTURE REFERENCE COMMENTS, MOVE TO APPROVE THE, UH, RECOMMENDATION TO CHANGE THE NAME TO THE ROWING CENTER OR TO THE, UH,
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? ALRIGHT, SOME PROPERTY MOVING.
AND SECOND BEFORE TO SUPPORT THE NAME CHANGE TO HILTON HEAD ISLAND FISHING CO-OP.
UM, YOU NEED TO ASK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, MR. WILLIAMS. ALRIGHT.
A PUBLIC COMMENT ON THAT, MR. OKAY.
I'M JUST, JUST MAKING SURE YOU WERE READY, MR. CHAIRMAN, I'M WITH YOU.
ALRIGHT, OUR NEXT ITEM UP IS, UM, THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS ACTIVE IN DISASTER.
UH, THE COMMUNITY BASED NETWORK DESIGNED TO COORDINATE SOME OF OUR NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, AS WELL AS OUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS TEAM, UH, REPRESENTED BY MR. TOM DUNN, WHO IS HERE PRESENT WITH ME TODAY, UM, ATTACHED FOR YOUR REVIEW, UM, OR THE, THE BYLAWS AS WELL AS OUR OPERATIONAL GUIDELINES.
AND, UM, I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR ANY, ANY COMMENTARY RELATED TO THAT.
AND I'D ALSO INVITE MR. DUNN UP IF ANYBODY HAS ANY DIRECT QUESTIONS FOR, UH, MR. DUNN.
AND, AND HE CAN EXPLAIN SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE, THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE NECESSARY DURING THOSE TIMES.
SHOULD ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S PARAMOUNT.
WE ARE HEADING INTO OUR HURRICANE SEASON, UH, AND BY US LIVING ON THIS ISLAND, IT, IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT WE BE PROACTIVE, THAT WE HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE.
AND I'M, I'M, I'M EXCITED TO HEAR THAT THERE'S, THERE'S A COALITION, THERE'S A TEAM THAT THERE'S A MASTER PLAN THAT'S BEING PUT IN PLACE FOR THIS AS WELL.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE TO KNOW THAT THIS IS DONE IN THE COOPER WITH, UH, THE COOPERATION OF THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE LOW COUNTRY AND THE FUNDS ARE GOING TO BE HOUSED IN THAT AREA.
UH, MR. AMES, OUR GOAL IS, IS TO, IS TO RAISE THE FUNDS AND TO COORDINATE THE EFFORTS OF THE VOLUNTEERS THAT, UM, THAT MOBILIZE, UH, SEAMLESSLY WHEN THESE TYPES OF EVENTS HAPPEN, TO DO IT IN A MORE ORGANIZED FASHION, AND ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE FUNDS AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY, THAT, THAT MAY HAVE DIFFICULTY AFFORDING SOME OF THOSE DIFFERENT, UH, DISASTER EVENTS.
MR. BOXING, ARE YOU LOOKING FOR ACTION ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM TONIGHT? YES, SIR.
IF I RECALL YOU LOOKING FOR ACTION TO, SO OUR ACTION, OUR ACTION ITEM WOULD BE TO VOTE IN, IN FAVOR OF THE CDC BECOMING THE LEAD ENTITY AND FISCAL AGENT OF THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS ACTIVE IN DISASTER.
ALRIGHT, WE HEAR REQUESTS ON THE FOUR.
ALRIGHT, IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED.
AND SECOND FOR, UM, THE CC TO TAKE A LEAD ROLE IN, UM, DISASTER PREPARATION FOR HURRICANES AND STORM, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. ALL RIGHT.
[6. New Business]
NEXT ITEM UP.UM, YOU HAVE IN YOUR AGENDA PACKET, UM, THE COMMENTARY RELATED TO SOME OF OUR FOCUSED GROUP EFFORT AT ADDRESSING THE LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE.
UM, THESE, UM, THIS, THIS SMALL GROUP OF, UH, A FOCUS GROUP IN THE TRUEST SENSE OF THE WORD, WE'VE GOT ABOUT SEVEN INDIVIDUALS THAT WE PUT TOGETHER THAT REPRESENT, UM, ACTUALLY WE HAVE SOME YOUNG PEOPLE THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN THIS AND LEARNING ABOUT THE LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE.
AND SO THAT'S BEEN VERY EXCITING.
UM, WE'VE ALSO BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH FOR MR. BROWN TO ATTEND SOME OF THOSE MEETINGS TO GIVE US SOME CONTEXT AS WELL.
BUT, UM, BUT OUR GOAL THROUGH THIS WAS AGAIN, TO TO LIFT
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UP COMMENTARY THAT WOULD SUPPORT, UM, THE NEEDS OF THE GULLAH COMMUNITY AS WE PROCESS THROUGH THE LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE.AND SO, UM, WHAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU, UM, YOU KNOW, ARE SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE AND THAT BUBBLED UP TO THE TOP, UM, UM, ENSURE THAT DEVELOPERS ARE HELD LIABLE FOR MITIGATING STORMWATER IMPACTS AND DISRUPTIONS IN ALL DOWNSTREAM DIRECTIONS OF PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE SEE OVER, YOU KNOW, SPECIFICALLY, UM, IT, UH, WELL IN LOTS OF PLACES AROUND THE ISLAND, BUT, UM, VERY IMPACTFUL IN THE JONESVILLE AREA WITH ALL OF THE CONSTRUCTION THAT'S GOING ON IN, IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA.
UM, ALLOW FOR COTTAGE STYLE HOME DEVELOPMENT THAT INCORPORAT, THAT INCORPORATES A SMALLER FOOTPRINT, UH, FOR CONSTRUCTION COST EFFECTIVENESS.
UM, AS WE MOVE THROUGH THAT, UH, THE, THE ORDINANCE, UM, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT FOLKS FELT LIKE WAS VERY IMPORTANT, THAT, THAT PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO UTILIZE A SMALLER FOOTPRINT FOR AFFORDABILITY AND THE CONSTRUCTION, UM, UM, STRONGER, MORE CONSISTENT INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIREMENTS.
UM, THAT, AGAIN, THAT SPEAKS TO, UH, THE ISSUE OF STORM WATER, WHICH IS A PRIORITY FOR TOWN COUNCIL AS WELL.
SO, UM, AS YOU, THESE ARE THE, THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE MADE BY THE SMALL GROUP.
THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE FOR THESE RECOMMENDATIONS TO BE PRESENTED TO THE LMO TASK FORCE, FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO, UM, UM, TO HAVE A DISCUSSION AMONGST THE LARGER GROUP.
AND, AND THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, IT CAN BE INCORPORATED INTO THE REWRITE OF THE LMO, UH, MANDATORY SEWER CONNECTION FOR ALL DEVELOPMENT, WORKING, WORKING TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO, UM, TO MOVE EVERYONE THAT IS REMAINING ON SEPTIC TO SEWER.
UM, AND THEN THE REIN, UH, INTRODUCTION OF, OF INCENTIVES THAT ENCOURAGE WORKFORCE HOUSING WITHIN THE, THE MIXED, UH, RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS, UM, THAT EXIST.
SO, UH, AND THEN ONE OF THE MORE, THE MORE IMPORTANT PIECES THAT KEPT COMING UP WAS, UM, DENSITY, RIGHT? AND, UM, THE SMALL, THE FOCUS GROUP DETERMINED, UM, TO NORM DENSITY AROUND, UH, SIX DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE IF WE'RE MOVING AWAY FROM A SLIDING SCALE FOR DENSITY TO NORM AROUND SIX UNITS PER ACRE, SO THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO UTILIZE, UM, YOU KNOW, TO BE ABLE TO GET SOME DENSITY OUT OF THE CHANGE.
AND ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT WITHIN OUR HISTORIC COMMUNITIES, THAT WE ARE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO UTILIZE PROPERTY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
SO THOSE WERE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, THAT, UM, WERE DISCUSSED THERE.
AND AGAIN, OUR RECOMMENDATION TONIGHT IS, UM, IT'S FOR ACTION.
AND IF APPROVED, LIKE I SAY, THE RECOMMENDATION WOULD GO TOWARD THE LAR, GO BACK TO THE LARGER LMO TASK FORCE.
ANY COMMENTS? I I, I, I HAVE ONE.
UM, I I, I DON'T WANT TO DIVE INTO THIS TONIGHT, UM, THOMAS, BUT, UM, WE RUN INTO ANOTHER PROBLEM IN THE BROADER COMMUNITY WITH WHAT DOES DENSITY MEAN, AND, UM, MASS AND SCALE IS A PART OF THAT ISSUE.
AND SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOUR GROUP AND THE, UH, TOWN TO CONSIDER ATTACHING A SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT GIVES NATIVE ISLANDERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SIX DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE THAT SERVES THEIR PURPOSES, BUT NOT NECESSARILY SIX DWELLING UNITS THAT SERVES A SHORT TERM RENTAL.
SO IT'S, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU'RE ATTACH HOW YOU'RE MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO, UH, DEAL WITH THAT ISSUE OR WHETHER IT'S EVEN AN ISSUE.
THIS, THE RECOMMENDATION OR THESE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU'RE GIVEN TO THE LARGER LAND MANAGEMENT, UH, GROUP IS THE EXPECTATION THAT THEY FOLLOW UP WITH YOU WITH REAL VISIBLE, UH, ACCEPTANCE OR REJECTION OF THESE.
AND WE DO HAVE, UM, UH, PASTOR, UH, CHAIR JOHNSON IS, UM, A MEMBER OF THE LMO TASK FORCE AS WELL AS, UM, UH, LOLA CAMPBELL AND, UM, LEVON STEVENS.
AND SO THERE'S, THERE'S ADEQUATE REPRESENTATION FROM THE GULLAH COMMUNITY, OKAY.
UM, ON THE TASK FORCE THAT IS, THAT IS ALSO WORKING WITHIN THAT NETWORK OF
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THE, THE LARGER BODY, UM, TO, TO KIND OF MANAGE THAT PROCESS.I JUST DON'T WANT IT TO GET LOST AS SO MANY THINGS GET LOST.
I, I THINK ONE OF THE KEY IMPERATIVES FOR THIS IS, UH, SUSTAINABILITY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LAND MANAGEMENT.
AND SO WHAT ARE THE KEY COMPONENTS OF SUSTAINABILITY YEARS DOWN THE ROAD? AND, AND IT'S GOOD THAT YOU'RE GETTING THE YOUTH INVOLVED IN IT, UH, BECAUSE IT'S ALL ABOUT STEWARDSHIP OF THE LAND.
SO IF WE DON'T HAVE A, A PLAN TO HAVE STEWARDSHIP OF THE LAND, IF WE DON'T HAVE THE KEY COMPONENTS TO SUSTAINABILITY, WHAT ARE, IS IT DENSITY PART OF IT? WHAT ARE KEY COMPONENTS TO BE CERTAIN THAT, UH, WHAT WE HAVE NOW EXISTS IN, YOU KNOW, YEARS AND YEARS DOWN THE ROAD? SO KUDOS.
THIS IS, UM, WELL THOUGHT OUT.
UM, PRAYERFULLY IT WILL GET IMPLEMENTED AND WE WILL GET SOMETHING THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IS PLEASING AND, AND ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMMUNITY AS IN ITS ENTIRETY.
SO THERE IS A REQUEST TO, UH, YOU WANT THIS TO DO, TO APPROVE, TO APPROVE THIS AS A SUBMISSION IS A MOTION TO DO SO.
SO MOVED THEN AND APPROVED THAT.
ALL RIGHT, Y'ALL NEED TO TEACH ME.
FOR
AND WE ARE RECOMMENDING OUR, OUR, UM, OUR TA, OUR SMALL GROUP, OUR FOCUS GROUP, UH, TO ATTEND THE NEXT MEETING OF THE TASK FORCE IS THE 26TH.
AND, UM, RECOMMENDING FOR THEM TO ATTEND THAT PARTICULAR MEETING AND THEN WE'LL RECONVENE IN IN MARCH.
SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH IT.
NOW WE'VE MEET, I THINK WE'VE COVERED ALL THE AGENDA ITEMS. NEW BUSINESS, UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
WE'RE NOW AT THE PORTION FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
SIR, IS THERE ANY FROM THE FLOOR TONIGHT? ALL RIGHT, ANY CLOSING COMMENTS BEFORE
[8. Executive Session]
WE, UM, GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR ANY OF THE, THE MEMBERS? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR ATTENDANCE, YOUR PARTICIPATION.I'M GONNA MOVE
I GOTTA THANK THEM FOR BEING HERE.
[9. Action from Executive Session]
ALL RIGHT.THERE'S BEEN NO ACTION FROM THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
NO, YOU GOTTA MOVE, MOVE OUT OF IT.
YOU GOTTA MOVE OUT OF EXECUTIVE.
CAN I GET A MOTION TO MOVE OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION? SO MOVED.
PROPERLY MOVE SECOND THAT WE REMOVE THAT WE, UH, MOVE FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION.
A OPPOSES ALL A MOTION FOR ADJOURN? NO, NO.
SO NO ACTION FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION.
DO I ENTERTAIN NOW? MOTION TO ADJOURN.
PROBABLY MOVE THE SECOND THAT WE ADJOURN.