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CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY BUFORT COUNTY.
[I. CALL TO ORDER ]
IT IS 10 O'CLOCK AND THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING MEETING IS NOW CALL TO APART.ALRIGHT, GOOD MORNING AND HAPPY JUNE TO YOU ALL.
UH, COUNCILWOMAN EMILY BURDEN HERE.
AND VERONICA NAVARRO IS TRYING TO CONNECT WITH US ON TEAM.
SHE'S STILL TRYING TO CONNECT.
YES, SHE'S STILL TRYING TO CONNECT.
I WE'RE TEXTING NOW, SO I'LL HAVE HER, UM, YELL PRESENT WHEN SHE COMES OVER.
[ III. ADOPTION OF MINUTES]
MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES FROM APRIL THE SECOND? SO MOVE SECOND.OPPOSED? SECOND PUBLIC COMMENTS? WE HAVE A VISITOR, BUT I'M GONNA HOLD HIM TO THE LAST, HE IS GONNA TAKE US OUT HERE WITH THE NAME.
I'M GONNA BE FOR CONGRESS NOW,
[VI.1.FY26 Neighborhood Assistance Budget Update ]
THE NEW BUSINESS PLEASE.ALRIGHT, SO AS YOU ALL KNOW, FISCAL YEAR 2026 IS COMING TO AN END.
WE HAVE ABOUT, UH, TWO WEEKS, TWO OR THREE WEEKS LEFT IN THE MONTH OF JUNE WHEN OUR BUDGET WILL SHUT DOWN.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, FISCAL YEAR 2026 WILL END ON JUNE 30TH.
TO DATE, 42 HOMES HAVE RECEIVED ASSISTANCE FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
A TOTAL OF 424,000 3 37 HAS BEEN SPENT ON 34 HOMES FOR MINOR MAJOR REPAIRS RANGING FROM ENTRY STEPS TO COMPLETE RERO.
FIVE HOMES HAVE RECEIVED PROPERTY CLEANUP ASSISTANCE AT A TOTAL OF 2003 92 AND THREE HOMES HAVE RECEIVED ASSISTANCE WITH TREE CARE AT A TOTAL OF 2007 91.
A GRAND TOTAL OF 4 29 5 20 HAS BEEN SPENT AND THE PROGRAM HAS AN AVAILABLE BUDGET OF 64,590.
THOSE FUNDS WILL BE HELD FOR EMERGENCY REPAIRS OVER THE NEXT MONTH.
APPLICATIONS ARE STILL BEING RECEIVED, BUT WILL NOT BE INCOME VERIFIED UNTIL FISCAL YEAR 2027 BEGINS ON JULY 1ST.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS WITH THE MEMO? YES.
BUT, UM, HOW FAR CAN YOU GO BACK IN, UH, HOME REPAIRS IN YEARS? SO, I DID GO BACK, I DID ONE YEAR JUST 'CAUSE I KNEW WE WOULD HAVE A QUESTION.
SO LAST YEAR, FISCAL YEAR 2025, OVERALL WE HAD A TOTAL BUDGET OF 5 44 AND THAT WAS BECAUSE OF OUR 1 44 GRANT FROM YOU FOR JASPER HOUSING.
WE, UM, WE HELPED 48 HOMES AND WE HAD A REMAINING BUDGET OF 180 LAST YEAR.
SO, UM, WHAT I, WHAT I MEANT BY THAT IS, UM, PART OF THAT, BUT THE OTHER PART IS HOW MANY, HOW FAR, HOW FAR CAN WE GO BACK IN YEARS? EVEN IF IT'S 10 YEARS? HOW FAR CAN WE GO BACK? OH, WE CAN GO BACK.
UM, SINCE I STARTED, I, I GOT THIS POSITION IN 2018, SO WE CAN GO BACK VERY FAR.
SO WITHOUT, WHAT CAN YOU WORK ON IN GIVING US A TOTAL OF HOW MANY HOMES HAS BEEN DURING THAT TIMEFRAME? RIGHT.
AND, AND, AND, AND THE REP AND THE EXPENDITURES.
I'M TRYING TO GET, UM, SAME AS CLEANUP AND OKAY.
A BREAKDOWN OF EVERYTHING RIGHT.
ARE YOU THINKING OF DOING PRESS RELEASES LIKE THAT ALMOST? I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
UM, AND THEN AS ALWAYS I GIVE YOU GUYS THE EXCEL SPREADSHEETS.
MOVE IT DOWN SO YOU CAN SEE IN SIZE.
GOOD MORNING, MS. VERONICA, CAN YOU HEAR US? IF YOU COULD JUST GIMME A PRESENT.
WE HAVE MS. VERONICA ON BOARD AND I'M GONNA MUTE YOU HERE.
WE HAVE MS. DES HAS JOINED US.
SO AS ALWAYS WE HAVE OUR EXCEL SPREADSHEET WHERE YOU HAVE A BREAKDOWN OF ALL OF OUR NUMBERS, SEEING WHERE EVERYTHING IS, WHERE EVERYTHING WENT.
AND I HAVE OUR TOTAL IN YELLOW JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE STARTED.
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THAT ENCUMBRANCE WILL BE PAID OUT TOMORROW.AND THEN OUR REMAINING WILL BE THE 64 5 90 WHAT THE 42 HOMES SERVED.
ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, OR CONCERNS? AND LIKE I SAID, UM, WE ARE GONNA HOLD, WHEN I SAY EMERGENCY, IF YOUR ROOF IS CA IN, I CAN SEE A HOLE, YOU CAN SEE THE SUN.
IF YOUR FLOOR IS COMING IN, YOU CAN STEP THROUGH.
THAT'S WHAT WE WILL PICK UP RIGHT NOW WITH THESE REMAINING FUNDS.
IF THERE'S A TREE, YOU KNOW, WE ENTERED HURRICANE SEASON ABOUT FOUR DAYS AGO, SO IF YOU HAVE A TREE THAT NEEDS TO COME DOWN, UM, WITH THE TREE REPORT, OF COURSE WE'LL TAKE THAT TREE DOWN.
BUT I JUST WANNA HOLD THESE 64 FOR THOSE PURPOSES RIGHT NOW.
I, SOMEONE BEHIND ME, I, HE'S, HE HAD TO VISIT.
[IV. PUBLIC COMMENT ]
YOU WANNA COMMENT? I DIDN'T.UM, HI EVERYBODY, YOU GUYS, UH, MY NAME IS SEAN RIVERS AND UH, I'M A STUDENT AT USCB.
UH, I AM, MY MAJOR IS PROJECT MANAGEMENT.
UH, AND I'M INTERNING TO, UH, SEE WHAT YOU GUYS OR WHAT I CAN OFFER BRING VALUE TO YOU GUYS.
CAN YOU STAY WHERE YOU ARE FROM USCB? YES.
WHAT DEPARTMENT? PROJECT MANAGEMENT.
WE'LL TALK WE HAVEN'T HAD, OKAY.
WE HAVEN'T SEEN THE INTERNS YET, SO WE HAVEN'T HAD THE INTERN.
[VII. 1. 2026 Area Median Income Limits ]
TO OUR A MI NUMBERS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026.UM, I SENT THIS OUT TO YOU GUYS LAST WEEK.
DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD A CHANCE TO KIND OF LOOK AT IT.
WE ALWAYS LOOK AT THE FAMILY OF FOUR AND WE LOOK AT THE 60% FOR OUR PROGRAM.
SO OUR 60% FAMILY OF FOUR, UH, A LITTLE OVER 67,000, ALMOST 68,000.
UM, THAT'S WHAT WE ARE LOOKING TO HELP.
ANYTHING BELOW THAT IS WHAT WE ARE LOOKING TO HELP.
ANY QUESTIONS, THESE NUMBERS SOMETIMES SCARE US, BUT THIS IS WHERE WE ARE IN OUR ECONOMY RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING WITH BE FOR JASPER HOUSING TRUST FUND AND THEY ARE LOOKING AT THE SAME NUMBERS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT.
OF COURSE, JASPER COUNTY IS SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN US.
THEY ARE MOVING UP AS WELL ON THEIR CHART.
UM, NOTHING WE CAN CHANGE HERE.
THIS COMES DOWN FROM HUD, THIS IS NATIONAL, THIS IS ACROSS THE BOARD.
SO SAVE THIS IN YOUR PHONE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, IF ANYONE ASKS YOU WHAT'S THE A MI JUST GO AHEAD AND DOWNLOAD THIS SO YOU HAVE IT AT ALL TIMES AT YOUR REACH.
I USUALLY JUST KEEP IT ON MY PHONE WHEN THE CONVERSATION COMES UP.
AND YOU ALSO HAVE IT IN YOUR PACKET IF YOU JUST WANNA CARRY ONE PIECE OF PAPER.
I ALSO PUT IN THERE, UH, THE FAIR MARKET VALUE NUMBERS FOR WHAT, UM, RENTAL SHOULD BE AT THE 60% BETWEEN THE 60 AND 80%.
UM, SO FOR INSTANCE, OUR BRISTOL AT NEW RIVERSIDE, WHICH USED TO BE MADISON AT NEW RIVERSIDE ON ONE 70 ACROSS FROM THE THE PUBLIX AREA.
I SPOKE WITH THEIR, UM, COMMUNITY MANAGER.
SHE'S BEEN TO A COUPLE ODD MEETINGS SUMMER NICHOLS.
AND I SENT HER BOTH CHARTS AND SHE WAS SAYING, OUR NUMBERS ARE SO HIGH, OUR NUMBERS ARE SO HIGH, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA HAVE THESE UNITS SET.
THEY DO HAVE THE UNIT SET ASIDE, BUT THE NUMBERS ARE LOOKING THE SAME WAY AS THEIR MARKET RATE NUMBERS.
SO WHAT I DID WAS, UM, CALL BEFORD HOUSING AUTHORITY BECAUSE WE REACHED OUT TO THEM A WHILE AGO WHEN SUMMER CAME, BUT THEY WERE DOING STAFF CHANGEOVERS.
SO NOBODY WAS REALLY ABLE TO SIT DOWN AND HAVE A MEETING WITH THE THREE DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE DOING THE AFFORDABLE NUMBERS.
I SPOKE WITH A LOVELY YOUNG LADY, SHE WAS ABLE TO TALK TO ME FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES.
GIVE ME THE FORMULA OF DIFFERENT THINGS OF HOW YOU BREAK THESE NUMBERS DOWN WHEN AFFORDABILITY COMES INTO THE PLAY.
SO I GAVE THAT FORMULA TO SUMMER AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT A THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR ONE BEDROOM.
RIGHT NOW THEY ARE CHARGING, UH, 14 AND SOME CHANGE BECAUSE THEIR ALGORITHM WAS OFF.
BUT SHE'S SAYING THAT HER CORPORATE MIGHT BE KICKING AT THAT CORPORATE IS LIKE WE ARE GONNA BE LOSING OUT IF WE'RE DOING THAT.
BUT THEY ARE TIED TO US FOR 10 YEARS.
SO THEY HAVE TO, THAT, UH, DEVELOPMENT ISN'T TIED TO US IN AGREEMENT
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FOR 10 YEARS.SO SUMMER'S GONNA BE GETTING WITH HER, UM, REGIONAL OFFICE AND SAYING, HEY, WE'VE BEEN DOING THESE NUMBERS WRONG.
'CAUSE IF YOU CAN REMEMBER YEARS BACK, THEY WERE CHARGING 8, 9 9 AND THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE JUST BEING ROBBED, BUT THAT'S WHERE THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE.
SO THEY HAVE TO RECALCULATE THEIR NUMBERS AND I'M GLAD I DIDN'T REACH OUT TO THEM TO LET HER KNOW YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE NOT PULLING, YOU'RE IN THE BARGAIN.
SO THEY'RE GONNA BE REDOING THEIR NUMBERS AND HOPEFULLY, UM, IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO, WE CAN GET BACK ON BOARD BECAUSE THEY ARE FILLED, THEIR ROOMS ARE VACANT, BUT THEY'RE NOT CHARGING THAT RIGHT FEE.
SO WE ARE LOOKING TO YOU MEAN THEY HAVE OPENINGS? NO, THEY'RE FILLED.
BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS THEY'RE NOT CHARGING.
HOW, HOW IS THE RENT DE CHARGE? THE RENT DETERMINES, SO IT'S DETERMINED ON THEIR MARKET RATE AND THEN DIVIDED BY EITHER THE 60% THAT THEY HAVE ASIDE OR THE 80% THAT THEY HAVE ASIDE.
AND THAT BREAKS DOWN THE FORMULA.
I HAVE THE FORMULA WRITTEN DOWN, I DON'T WANT TO PUT IT ACROSS, YOU KNOW, THE UNIVERSE, BUT I'LL SEND IT TO YOU.
SO THEY HAVE TO TAKE THEIR MARKET RATE AND THEY HAVE TO DO SOME DIVIDING AND SOME CALCULATIONS, SOME PERCENTAGES IN ORDER TO GET THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING RATE.
WHO COMES THE MARKET RATE? SORRY, WHO COMES UP WITH THE MARKET? THEY'RE REGIONAL, HOWEVER, THEY WORK THEIR NUMBERS WAY ABOVE ME.
SO THEIR NUMBER COMES FROM THE RATE THEY CHARGE FOR WHAT'S CONSIDERED AFFORDABLE.
IT'S NOT BASED AT ALL ON IT IS, BUT IT, THEY HAD A DIFFERENT FORMULA.
THEY WERE WORKING ON THEIR REGIONAL FORMULA.
THEY WEREN'T WORKING ON BEAUFORT COUNTY FORMULA.
THEY WERE WORKING ON A WHOLE DIFFERENT NUMBER OF COMPLEX THAN WHAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE WORKING WITH.
FROM WHAT HUD DROPS DOWN, IF YOU READ THESE LITTLE FINE LINES DOWN TO THE BOTTOM, HUD GIVES YOU A FORMULA TO WORK WITH TO CALCULATE BASED ON YOUR A MI FOR YOUR AREA.
SO THEY WERE JUST PULLING A NUMBER OUT OF THE HAT AND WEREN'T CALCULATING THE CORRECT NUMBERS FOR THIS AREA.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE WHAT I'M SAYING? SO THEY ARE GOING TO BE REWORKING THEIR NUMBERS AND I TOLD HER ONCE SHE GETS HER NUMBERS RIGHT, LET'S SIT DOWN AT THE TABLE AND GIVE THE OTHER TWO, UH, DEVELOPMENTS.
THE L AND CHRONIC ONE 70, THEY ARE NOT TIED TO US, THEY'RE JUST DOING THAT OUT THE GOODEST OF THEIR HEART.
BUT MADISON AT NEW RIVERSIDE IS MY SUGGESTION IS THAT WE, WE, WE GIVE THEM WHAT THE RATE SHOULD BE.
WE TELL THEM WHAT THE RATE SHOULD BE FOR 60 AND 80 AND A HUNDRED.
I DUNNO IF THEY HAVE A HUNDRED.
LET'S TELL THEM WHAT THE RATE SHOULD BE AND THEN FOLLOW UP TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY THEY, THAT THEY'RE HOLDING.
CAN YOU SEND US WHAT THEY SHOULD BE TOO? SURE.
BASED ON THE 60, 80 AND A HUNDRED MM-HMM
AND YOU SAID THAT THIS, WHAT'S UP CURRENTLY UP ON THE SCREEN? THIS IS COMING FROM HUD AND THIS IS BASED ON A FOUR PERSON AT 80%? YES.
WORKING FULL PERSON, WORKING FOR A PERSON AT 80%.
THIS RIGHT HERE, THIS PARTICULAR CHART, THIS PARTICULAR, BUT THE MADISON AT NEW RIVERSIDE HAS 60 AND 80% HOMES.
SO 60 WOULD BE LESS, MUCH LESS SIGNIFICANT THAN WHAT YOU'VE SEEN HERE.
BUT I WILL SEND YOU ALL OF THOSE NUMBERS THAT WE SAT DOWN AND TALKED ABOUT.
ANY QUESTIONS? I KNOW THERE WAS A LOT OF NUMBERS, A LOT OF
AND ANY QUESTIONS THERE I WILL GET WITH, UH, SUMMER? SHE'S OUT OF THE OFFICE.
I THINK SHE SAID FOR THIS WEEK SHE'LL COME BACK EITHER TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY.
BUT WHAT DO YOU MEAN PLEASE, PLEASE SHARE WITH US WHAT MS. YES.
AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE ON THIS SIDE.
I WANTED TO GET THE NUMBERS TO YOU, UM, LET YOU SEE WHERE WE ARE MONEY-WISE.
I AM GOING TO BREAK MS. FELICIA
[VII. 2. 115 Bluffton Road Affordable Housing RFP, Felicia Roth, Director of Compliance & Contracts ]
ROTH UP FIRST.MS. FELICIA IS WORKING WITH A ONE 15 BLACKTON ROAD, UH, OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT THAT WILL BE NEXT ON THE MARKET.
AND MS. FELICIA, THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
GOOD MORNING MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE FOR THE RECORD, I'M FELICIA ROTH AND I'M THE PROCUREMENT OFFICIAL FOR THE TOWN OF BLACKTON.
UM, I HAVE PUBLISHED FOR YOU, UH, OUR LATEST, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT SOLICITATION.
UH, WE HAVE DONE THIS AS A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL.
UH, WE PUT OUT A NUMBER OF PARAMETERS AND INFORMATION ABOUT THE SUBJECT PARCEL, UH, TO GIVE POTENTIAL DEVELOPERS, UH, AS MUCH INFORMATION AS THEY COULD POSSIBLY HAVE IN ORDER TO GET CREATIVE AND BRING TO YOU THEIR IDEAS OF SOLUTIONS.
UM, THESE ARE GONNA BE SOMEWHAT HIGH LEVEL.
IT TAKES TIME TO PUT THESE KINDS OF PROPOSALS TOGETHER, BUT THEY DO HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE LIMITATIONS OF THE PARCEL.
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THAT THERE'S A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY WITH THE FINANCIAL TERMS THAT THEY MIGHT BRING TO THE TABLE.AND HOPEFULLY THAT OPENNESS IS GONNA ALLOW THEM TO BE CREATIVE AND BRING SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY SUSTAINABLE TO YOU.
UM, IF YOU RECALL OUR LAST GO AROUND AT THIS, WE HAD SOME PARAMETERS WE WANTED TO ADHERE TO.
WE REALLY DIDN'T WANT A RENTAL MODEL.
WE WANTED THE FOCUS TO BE ON SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING IN THIS INSTANCE.
AND THAT FOR, FOR MANY RESPONDENTS THAT THEY FELT THAT WAS TOO LIMITING.
WE'RE NOT SURE WE CAN DO THAT.
WE CAN'T MAXIMIZE THE NUMBER OF UNITS BECAUSE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES HAVE PARKING REQUIREMENTS AND SPACE REQUIREMENTS.
AND SO THERE WERE PEOPLE WE DID GET, UH, WE GOT LIKE, WE WERE ABLE TO DOWN SELECT TO LIKE A TOP FOUR THE LAST GO AROUND AND REALLY LOOK AT SOME THINGS.
I'M HOPEFUL THAT PERHAPS THIS TIME WE'LL BE EVEN MORE OPEN.
WE DID NOT SAY, YOU MUST HAVE THIS KIND OF HOUSING, YOU MUST DO THIS.
WE SAID THE LIMITATIONS OF THE PARCEL ARE YOUR LIMITATIONS.
AND SO HOPEFULLY THAT'S GONNA GIVE YOU ALL, UH, REALLY INTERESTING THINGS TO TAKE A LOOK AT AND TO CONSIDER.
SO THE OPPORTUNITY WAS PUBLISHED ON FOUR 13.
UH, I DID SEND A COURTESY EMAIL TO NINE FIRMS THAT ARE IN THE REGION, YOU KNOW, SOME AS FAR AWAY AS ATLANTA OR FLORIDA THAT WERE PART OF, UM, AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING KIND OF CONSORTIUM OR GROUP.
SO WE SPECIFICALLY SAID WE WOULD REALLY LOVE FOR YOU ALL TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS OPPORTUNITY.
PLEASE DOWNLOAD IT, TAKE A LOOK.
UM, WE HOSTED A ZONING DISCUSSION SO THAT POTENTIAL, UH, DEVELOPERS COULD LOG INTO A MEETING AND HEAR FROM DAN FRAZIER, UH, AND VICTORIA AND I ABOUT THE PARCEL ITSELF.
THERE ARE WETLANDS ON THIS PARCEL.
WE TALKED ABOUT ACCESS TO THE PARCEL, ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY MIGHT NEED TO MAKE SOME, UM, TO GET THE IDEAS FLOWING ON HOW THEY COULD USE THIS PARTICULAR PARCEL.
UM, I THEN POSTED THAT FOR ANYONE WHO DID NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DIAL INTO THAT MEETING, THEY COULD AT LEAST GET THE BENEFIT OF HEARING IT.
UM, THERE IS A LOT OF DUE DILIGENCE ABOUT THE PARCEL, A BOUNDARY SURVEY TITLE, THINGS LIKE THAT THAT I POSTED THAT IS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD.
UM, WE HAD SOME QUESTION AND ANSWER THAT WAS POSTED 5 22.
THE CLOSING DATE FOR THEM TO PROVIDE THEIR PROPOSAL PACKAGES IS SIX 11.
WE'LL HAVE IT THIS MONTH, THEN WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO THE REVIEW COMMITTEE.
WE WILL HAVE AN ODD NUMBER OF REVIEWERS.
WE ALWAYS TRY AND STRIVE FOR AN ODD NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN CASE WE HAVE SOME KIND OF A TIEBREAKER SITUATION.
UM, I REMAIN AT ARM'S LENGTH FROM THAT DECISION MAKING.
I'M THERE SIMPLY TO FACILITATE AND KEEP THEM ON TRACK.
UM, BUT I'M HOPEFUL THAT THAT COMMITTEE WILL THEN DOWN SELECT AND THEN HOST, UM, THE TOP RANKED DEVELOPER PROPOSALS TO COME IN FOR PRESENTATIONS TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THEIR DETAILED IDEAS.
AND AGAIN, UM, ONCE THE TOP ONE IS CHOSEN AND, AND A RECOMMENDATION IS MADE, THEN THE REAL PEN TO PAPER PLANNING CAN BEGIN.
SO THEY CAN SAY, OKAY, NOW WE UNDERSTAND WHAT COUNCIL IS LOOKING FOR.
YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ALL ARE LOOKING FOR AND NOW WE CAN REALLY PUT TOGETHER A FIRM, UM, PROPOSAL FOR YOUR APPROVAL.
UH, SO THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THE TOWN OWNS THE PARCEL, THAT AS PART OF THE, UM, OPPORTUNITY COST, WE'RE WILLING TO DONATE THAT PARCEL AT THE PROPER TIME IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, UH, FOR THEM TO, UM, TO HAVE AS PART OF THE FINANCIAL BALANCE SHEET.
UM, I HAVE HAD 65 UNIQUE DOWNLOADS OF OUR OPPORTUNITY.
YOU'RE LOOKING VERY HOPEFUL, SIR.
SOMETIMES IT'S JUST PEOPLE TROLLING FOR INFORMATION.
SO I SHARE YOUR OPTIMISM, BUT IT WON'T BE 65, UH, DEVELOPERS,
BUT THAT SAID, UM, THE INVITEES, THE VICTORIA RECOMMENDED HAVE BEEN INTERESTED DOWNLOADING, ASKING QUESTIONS.
SO I I AM OPTIMISTIC THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME REALLY INTERESTING THINGS, UM, TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT TO YOU AND, AND SEE IF YOU LIKE THEM.
WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU ALL HAVE FOR ME? PROCESS YOU COMMITTEE? UH, WHOMEVER VICTORIA DECIDES IS THE THAT'S UP TO ME.
SO, OKAY, SO WE'LL HAVE AN ODD NUMBER OF PEOPLE AND THEN FOR THE DOWN SELECT THEN I KNOW THAT UM, MR. FEAST WOULD LIKE TO BE INVOLVED.
HEATHER AND CHRIS WILL BE INVOLVED WITH THAT.
UM, BUT SOMETIMES YOU CAN JUST WADE THROUGH THE PACKAGES AND SAY, OH, THIS, THIS ONE ISN'T, ISN'T FINANCIALLY REALISTIC.
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THEY WANT FAR TOO MUCH, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.HOW LONG WOULD THAT TAKE? UH, THESE ARE GONNA BE DETAILED PROPOSALS.
IT'S IN THE, UM, RFPI DID NOT, I APOLOGIZE, I WAS LATE TO THE MEETING AND I DID NOT PRINT THAT OUT AND BRING IT WITH ME.
I CAN, YEAH, WE CAN PROVIDE THAT TO YOU.
THE RFP ITSELF OUTLINES ALL OF THE STEPS SO THAT POTENTIAL APPLICANTS WILL UNDERSTAND WHAT THE TIMEFRAME IS.
SO IF WE DO HAVE THAT FOR YOU SIR, WHERE IS THE RFP? IT'S ON THE TOWN'S WEBSITE.
SO IN ORDER TO ACCESS IT, THE PUBLIC CAN ACCESS IT.
YOU PROBABLY HAVE TO REGISTER AS A VENDOR, BUT IT'S FREE.
SO IF YOU GO TO THE TOWN WEBPAGE AND YOU'RE UNDER THE GOVERNMENT TAB, UM, AND YOU GO TO DEPARTMENTS, IT WILL BE UNDER FINANCE.
UNDERNEATH THE FINANCE IS A WHOLE PURCHASING PAGE AND THERE WILL BE A WAY TO ACCESS ALL OF THE BIDS.
IT IS HOSTED ON A, UH, THIRD PARTY SITE CALLED BID NET DIRECT, WHICH ALLOWS FOR, UM, THE INTEGRITY OF THE BID PROCESS TO, TO BE MAINTAINED.
I CANNOT GET A SNEAK PEEK AT ANY PROPOSALS OR INVITATIONS FOR BID OR ANY PRICING UNTIL THE DUE DATE IS UP.
SO THAT TO AVOID ANY IMPROPRIETY IN, IN LEAKING PRICING AND TELLING MY FAVORITE VENDORS, OH YOU HAVE TO BE BELOW THIS NUMBER, THAT KIND OF A THING.
SO TO PRESERVE THE INTEGRITY OF THE BID PROCESS, WE HAVE A THIRD PARTY HOSTING SITE.
I ALSO PUBLISH ALL OF OUR OPPORTUNITIES ON SOUTH CAROLINA BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES, WHICH IS A PLACE WHERE VENDORS COMMONLY LOOK, UM, FOR THAT SUCH THINGS.
AND THEN AS I SAID, I ALSO, UH, SINCE SELECTED INVITATIONS OUT TO WELL-KNOWN AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS THAT ARE IN THE REGION.
AND BY REGION I MEAN MULTIPLE STATES SOUTHEAST AS FAR AS ATLANTA, FLORIDA.
SO TRIED TO GET A LARGE REACH FOR THIS ONE, BUT I DID NOT THINK THAT AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPER BASED IN SEATTLE WAS GOING TO BE INTERESTED IN OUR OPPORTUNITY.
WHAT OTHER QUESTIONS MAY I ANSWER FOR YOU? ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT FELICIA? IF YOU THINK OF ANYTHING IN THE MEANTIME, PLEASE YOU CAN REACH OUT TO ME DIRECTLY.
YOU CAN ALWAYS GO THROUGH VICTORIA.
I AM AT YOUR DISPOSAL TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND TO KEEP YOU APPRISED ON THE PROCESS.
SO YOU DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE RECEIVED ANY BID SO FAR? I DO KNOW THAT WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY BID SO FAR.
THANK, I JUST CAN'T OPEN THEM SO WHEN THEY COME IN I CAN SEE THAT THEY'VE BEEN SUBMITTED, BUT I CANNOT OPEN THEM UNTIL THE TIME TO BID HAS EXPIRED.
WANNA MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THAT.
YOU SAID AS OF NOW THERE'S NOTHING TO LOOK AT? THAT'S CORRECT.
NO ONE HAS SUBMITTED A PROPOSAL YET, BUT THE DUE DATE IS NOT UNTIL THE 11TH? CORRECT.
IT'S A PRETTY STANDARD THAT EVERYBODY TURNS 'EM IN LAST HALF A MINUTE.
YEAH,
THEY'RE I'M SURE NEED ALL THE ALL THE TIME.
YEAH, BECAUSE WHAT WE'VE ASKED THEM TO PROVIDE IS PRETTY DETAILED.
WE WANNA SEE A REALLY HIGH LEVEL BALANCE SHEET.
WHAT DO YOU EXPECT THE TOWN TO PUT IN, WHAT ARE YOU ALL GONNA PUT IN AND WHAT DOES THAT COST? SO THEY HAVE TO UNDERSTAND HOW MANY UNITS THEY CAN BUILD AND THE LEVEL OF MATERIALS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO USE, YOU KNOW, AND HOW THEY'RE GOING TO FINANCE THAT.
IS IT GOING TO BE THE TAX CREDITS? DO THEY SELF-FINANCE? SO THEY HAVE A BANK PARTNER THAT THEY'RE BRINGING TO THE TABLE.
IS THIS A JOINT VENTURE? SO IT'S QUITE A LOT.
SO EVEN IF IT'S HIGH LEVEL THOUGH, WE EXPECT THEM TO HAVE A GRASP ON SOME OF THESE DETAILS, HOW Y'ALL GONNA MAKE THIS WORK.
AND FOR SOME THAT MAY MEAN IN THE FRONT OF THAT PARCEL THEY PUT SOME COMMERCIAL TO HELP BALANCE OUT AND, AND MAKE IT A PROFITABLE ENTITY.
YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE DEVELOPERS ARE GONNA BUILD IT, THEY'RE GONNA PACKAGE IT AND THEY'RE GONNA SELL IT.
SOME ARE GONNA HOLD ONTO IT AS PART OF A PORTFOLIO THAT THEY MANAGE AND THAT MAY PLAY A PART IN YOUR DECISION MAKING.
I APPRECIATE THE COMMITTEE'S TIME.
YOU TOOK, UM, YOU TOOK MS. VERONICA, SHE'S ON THE PHONE.
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STIR WHO IS FROM STIR ENGINEERING AND HE'S GONNA GIVE US AN UPDATE ON OUR MAIN PROJECT, THE MAY LOCATED AT 10 95 MAY RIVER ROAD.NATHAN STURDY STIR ENGINEERING.
UM, SO WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS ON 10 95 MAY RIVER ROAD, WE'RE WORKING ON THE SUBDIVISION PLAT TO TURN INTO THE TOWN.
I JUST GOT OFF THE PHONE WITH SURVEY CONSULTANTS, UM, ON THE WAY OVER HERE.
THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE ME SOMETHING LATER TODAY OR TOMORROW TO REVIEW.
SO WE'LL HOPEFULLY GET THAT INTO THE TOWN NEXT WEEK TO START THAT PROCESS.
UM, ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS IN,
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ASIDE FROM THE WATERLINE TIE IN AT MA RIVER ROAD, WHICH CLEVELAND IS PLANNING TO DO NEXT WEEK FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND.AND THEN ONCE THEY MAKE THAT TIE IN, WE'LL BE ABLE TO WORK THROUGH THE EU FOR JASPER CLOSEOUT PROCESS AND GET ALL THE SITE WORK CLOSED OUT FOR, FOR EVERYTHING.
UM, I DON'T HAVE A HARD NUMBER FOR YOU GUYS OR A HARD DATE ON WHEN THEY'RE GONNA GO VERTICAL.
I THINK, UM, SPEAKING WITH MATT LYLE, HE INDICATED THEY WERE GONNA START TRYING TO PULL PERMITS THIS MONTH.
UM, I DON'T WANNA SPEAK FOR HIM AND SPEAK OUT OF TURN, BUT THAT'S JUST KIND OF THE MORE OR LESS WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE PROJECT RIGHT NOW.
UM, WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU GUYS HAVE.
UH, IT SEEMS A LITTLE BIT DISCOURAGING THAT YOU CAN'T ANSWER THE QUESTION THAT WE NEED.
WHAT IS THE QUESTION THAT, THAT YOU, THAT YOU HAVE SCHEDULE THE SCHEDULE? YEAH.
UM, BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, YOUR JOB IS BASICALLY TO HELP THEM, BUT THEIR JOB IS TO, UM, KEEP US INFORMED OF, OF THE PROCESS OR, OR THE TIMELINE.
AND AT THIS POINT IT'S VERY DISCOURAGING THAT THE TIMELINE IS TWO YEARS BEHIND.
SO, UM, IF YOU WOULD, YOU CAN SHARE MY SENTIMENTS THAT, UM, WE NEED SOMEONE TO GIVE US MORE DETAILED INFORMATION AND NEED.
WE NEED TO SEE PROGRESS ON THE, UM, ONGOING VERTICAL IS WHAT YOU'RE MOSTLY CONCERNED WITH.
OKAY, BECAUSE I HAVE A NOTE THAT WE WERE THINKING PERMITTING WAS GONNA BE SUBMITTED BY END OF APRIL AND NOW WE'RE LIKE, MAYBE, MAYBE THIS ONE.
UNFORTUNATELY I DON'T CONTROL THAT ASPECT OF THE PROJECT, BUT EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING HAS TO BE DONE BEFORE THEY CAN SUBMIT FOR PERMITTING.
I'M, I'M NOT SURE, UM, ON THEIR END.
I, I DON'T WANNA SPEAK FOR THEM.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? APPRECIATE, SORRY, WASN'T MORE HELP.
I WISH, I WISH I COULD GIVE YOU GUYS SOME HARD ANSWERS.
IT SOUNDS LIKE WE NEED MR. MATT AND WE NEED TO BRING HIM IN.
UM, THAT IS IT FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE.
IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAVEN'T BEEN TOGETHER SINCE APRIL, BUT UM, MAY WAS AT THE LAST MONTH.
UM, SO I'LL SEE YOU GUYS AGAIN.
OH, WE DO HAVE THE LIVEWELL TERRANCE, THE WATERPROOF PROJECT WITH BEFORD MEMORIAL.
THEY WILL BE DOING THEIR GROUNDBREAKING ON NEXT WEEK, THURSDAY THE 11TH AT ONE AT LORD LIFE LUTHERAN CHURCH.
I AM ON, UM, AGENDA TO SPEAK, SO IF YOU GUYS WOULD BE THERE, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOUR SUPPORT.
WE KNOW WE HAVE IT 'CAUSE WE, THE PROJECT IS COMING, BUT COME AND HEAR ME SAY SOME WORDS FOR THE PROJECT.
WHAT THAT AGAIN? NEXT THURSDAY, 11TH AT LAU OF LIFE AT 1:00 PM FOR THE LIVEWELL TOURS.
UH, WATER COOPER YOUTH MEMORIAL PROJECT.
ANY GOOD SENIOR YOU DON'T WANT SAY ANYTHING
JUST THE, LIKE FELICIA SAID AND VICKY, THE UM, HOPEFULLY WE GET BACK.
WE ARE ANTICIPATING TO GET BACK SOME REALLY GOOD PROPOSALS, UM, NEXT WEEK.
SO WE'LL SEE WHAT THAT BRINGS AND PUT TOGETHER A REVIEW COMMITTEE AND BRING YOU ALL THE IDEAS.
SO YEAH, I KNOW VICKY'S WORKING REALLY HARD IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE BIG PILE OF DIRT LOOK.
WELL TERRACE IS
YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S COMING SO
YES, I KNOW
AND THERE'S ALWAYS CHALLENGES WITH, YOU KNOW, UNDEVELOPED SITES.
THE EASY, I ALWAYS SAY THE EASY SITES ARE ALREADY DONE, SO NOW IT'S THE DIFFICULT ONES THAT JUST PRESENT SOME CHALLENGES, BUT WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK THROUGH IT AND, UM, WE APPRECIATE, APPRECIATE UM, HIM STILL, YOU KNOW, WORKING ON THAT PROJECT AND MOVING IT FORWARD AND SOMETIMES YOU JUST HAVE TO WAIT LONGER FOR, SO, OKAY.
AND IS IS, IS LIKE THE COMMITTEE NOTE THAT COUNCIL IT IS ALSO VERY, UM, CONCERNED ABOUT WHERE WE ARE AND WHEN ALL THE COUNSELORS READY TO, UM, TO SEE WHAT THE NEXT STEP'S GONNA BE.
UH, ANYTHING YOU GUYS WANT ME TO WORK ON BESIDES WORKING
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ON THOSE NUMBERS FOR OUR PAST YEARS? GETTING YOU ALL OF THE, UM, AFFORDABLE RATINGS FOR MADISON AT YOUR RIVERSIDE AND THEN ALSO THE RFP SCHEDULE, THE RFP SCHEDULE, HAVE THAT WRITTEN DOWN HERE AND THEN WORK ON MY REVIEW COMMITTEE.ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ANYTHING GUYS YOU WANT ME TO ADD TO MY PAD TO WORK ON VICTORIA? I'M, I'M, I'M VERY, UM, APPRECIATIVE OF, OF YOUR WORK.
KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK AND, AND ITS, AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT, UM, THE OTHER REASON I WANTED THOSE NUMBERS BECAUSE I WANTED TO SHOW NOT ONLY THE PRESS BUT UM, EVERYONE THAT YOUR TIME HAS BEEN VERY VALUABLE AND, AND HAS TRULY MADE A DIFFERENCE IN THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR PEOPLE THAT THIS PROGRAM, UM, DESERVE.
IT'S FUNNY, I ASKED UM, HEATHER YESTERDAY WHEN WE MET, I WAS LIKE, UH, SIX MONTHS IN THIS POSITION IS AUGUST BUT I REALLY DON'T HAVE NOTHING TO SHOW UP FOR YOU.
SO I DON'T KNOW
SO HAVE A SLIP, BUT I AM WORKING IT, IT TAKES TIME.
UM, SO WITH OUR ONE 15 BLUFF AND RAIL, HOPEFULLY THAT ONE WILL PICK UP AND WE CAN REALLY RUN WITH THAT AND LET IT SEE WHAT IT'S BEEN DONE.
I SPOKE WITH JUDGE BUSH ON YESTERDAY, SO THEY'RE ALMOST READY TO GET THEIR UM, CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, UM, AS SOON AS WE GET SOME PAPERWORK BACK FROM THEM.
SO IT'S MOVING, IT'S MOVING, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT IS ONE WIN AT A TIME.
UM, MY DAD ACTUALLY ASKED WHAT'S GOING ON WITH YOUR PROJECT? AND HE WAS LIKE, HOW MANY IS IT? I SAID 12.
I SAID 12 IS SOMETHING
SO IF WE CAN GET IT GOING, WE HELP ONE PERSON AT A TIME.
SO DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER LEADS SIMILAR TO JUDGE BUSH'S ON GOOFY ROAD? LIKE, 'CAUSE THAT WAS THREE UNITS BETWEEN THE HOUSE AND THE TWO.
MM-HMM
YOU KNOW, NOBODY'S REACHED OUT, LIKE NO INQUIRIES INTERESTED, NO.
I WISH THERE WAS A LIST TO SEE WHO HAD BIG TRACKS OF LAND SOMEWHERE, BUT IT'S KIND OF HARD TO FIND THAT PAPERWORK AND ONCE I REALLY HAVE A, IN A INSIDE CONNECTION WITH UH, BEFORD COUNTY, LIKE THE TAX OFFICE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO SOMETHING THAT SOMETHING I CAN LOOK INTO.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR WORK AND YOUR DEDICATION.
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THE MARSH TACKY IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ASSETS IN THE GULLAH CULTURE.
THE MARSH TACKY WAS USED FOR PLOWING, FOR CARRYING PEOPLE TO CHURCH, AS WELL AS TO PULL WAGONS.
IT'S A BREED OF HORSE THAT WAS LEFT BY THE SPANISH IN THE 15 HUNDREDS AND SINCE THAT TIME IT HAS BEEN INNER BRED.
THE MARSH TACKY HAS A NARROW CHEST AND SLENDER LEGS, BUT IT'S VERY TOUGH HORSE.
AND BEFORE MODERN DEVELOPMENT, EVERY FAMILY HAD AT LEAST ONE MOSH TACKY.
IT WAS LIKE A CAR OR A TRUCK TODAY.
AND SO WE HAVE ALWAYS ADMIRED THE MOSH TACKY.
IT IS ALSO ONE OF THE ENTERTAINERS OF THE AREA BECAUSE WE HAD RACES WITH MARSH TACKY AT LEAST TWICE A YEAR.
TODAY THE MARSH TACKY HAS BEEN PRESERVED BY CERTAIN PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, THROUGHOUT THE LOW COUNTRY AREA.
THIS IS EMORY CAMPBELL AND THIS HAS BEEN YOUR BEAUFORT COUNTY MOMENT.
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