Jul 21, 2026 Bluffton Town Council Quarterly Workshop

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TODAY IS TUESDAY, JULY 21ST, AND WE WILL CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.

STARTED BY THE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE.

PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN MISSISSIPPI REPUBLIC COURT STANDS NATION UNDER GOD, THE MIDST WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

MR. HAMILTON HEAVEN.

FATHER, WE THANK YOU NOW FOR YOUR GRACE AND YOUR MERCY.

FATHER, NOW WE ASK YOU FOR YOUR WISDOM SO WE MAY BE WISE ENOUGH TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT ARE FRUITFUL TO OUR COMMUNITY.

FATHER, YOU BLESS ALL THAT IS HERE.

FATHER ACTS THAT YOU GIVE THEM THE SAME CIVILITY TO HIRE US, TO BE PEACEFUL, TO BE RESPECTFUL.

AND FATHER, THESE BLESSING ASK IN YOUR ONLY SON JESUS NAME.

AMEN.

AMEN.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

I FIRST WE'LL HAVE THE,

[IV. ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES]

IS THERE ANY CHANGES OF ANYTHING OR IS THERE A MOTION? MOVE SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

WE'RE GONNA BE TRADING UP A LOT TONIGHT.

YES.

YEAH.

Y'ALL HAVE TO SAY.

ALRIGHT.

WE HAVE NO PRESENTATIONS OR CELEBRATIONS TONIGHT.

SO WE GONNA START OUT WITH OUR PUBLIC

[VI. PUBLIC COMMENTS]

MARY, IF YOU, DURING PUBLIC COMMENT, EACH SPEAKER IS LIMITED TO A TOTAL OF THREE MINUTES PER MEETING, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE PERSON IS SPEAKING ON THEIR OWN BEHALF OR AS AN AGENT FOR OTHERS, MEETING ATTENDEES MAY NOT DONATE, TRANSFER YIELD, OR GIVE ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THEIR SPEAKING TIME TO ANOTHER PERSON.

ALL PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE TO BE CONDUCTED FROM THE PODIUM AND DIRECTED TO THE TOWN COUNCIL AS A WHOLE AND NOT TO ANY MEMBER THEREOF.

ALL SPEAKERS SHALL BE MINDFUL AND RESPECTFUL OF THOSE PARTICIPATING IN OR PRESENT AT THE MEETING.

SPEAKERS SHALL BE EXPECTED TO BE CIVIL IN THEIR LANGUAGE AND SHALL REFRAIN FROM COMMENT OR BEHAVIOR THAT INVOLVES DISORDERLY SPEECH OR ACTION, NAME CALLING, PERSONAL ATTACKS, THREATS, OBSCENE OR INDECENT REMARKS AND OR DISRUPTIVE ACTIONS.

ALSO, ALL SPEAKERS SHALL CONFINE THEIR COMMENTS TO ISSUES UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE TOWN COUNCIL.

SPEAKERS SHALL NOT USE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD TO PROMOTE OR ADVERTISE AWARDS, BUSINESSES, SERVICES, GOODS, OR CANDIDATES FOR PUBLIC OFFICE.

ANY SPEAKER THAT VIOLATES THESE RULES AND PROTOCOLS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT MAY BE RULED OUT OF ORDER BY THE PRESIDING OFFICER.

ANY PERSON WHOSE COMMENTS HAVE BEEN RULED OUT OF ORDER SHALL IMMEDIATELY CEASE AND DESIST FROM FURTHER IMPROPER COMMENTS.

THE, THE REFUSAL OF AN INDIVIDUAL TO DESIST FROM FURTHER IMPROPER COMMENTS MAY SUBJECT THE INDIVIDUAL TO REMOVAL FROM THE MEETING AND OR A CITATION UNDER SECTION TWO DASH FOUR NINE OF THE TOWN CODE.

YES, SIR.

GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY.

UM, MY NAME IS BOB CRIMMON.

I'M BASED HERE IN BEAUFORT COUNTY AS A PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE SOUTH CAROLINA COASTAL CONSERVATION LEAGUE, WHICH IS A 5 0 1 C3 THAT ADVOCATES TO PROTECT THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT OF SOUTH CAROLINA'S COAST FOR BENEFIT OF ALL.

WE ENVISION A SOUTH CAROLINA COAST WHERE WILDLIFE THRIVES AIR AND WATER ARE CLEAN AND THE NATURAL LANDSCAPE TO PROTECT IT FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.

I'M HERE TO ASK FOR THIS COUNCIL AND THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON TO TAKE UP AND HOPEFULLY ADOPT AN UPDATED PLASTICS ORDINANCE THAT BEAUFORD COUNTY HAS ALREADY ADOPTED.

EARLIER THIS SUMMER, BEAUFORD COUNTY COUNCIL VOTED TO PASS AN UPDATED PLASTIC ORDINANCE THAT ESTABLISHES A FRAMEWORK TO REGULATE PLASTIC BAGS, ELIMINATE POLY STYROFOAM, STYROFOAM, INGO PRODUCTS, AND MAKE KARA CUTLERY AND PLASTIC STRAWS AVAILABLE.

UPON REQUEST, THE 2018 PLASTIC ORDINANCE BANNED THIN PLASTIC BAGS COUNTYWIDE, WHICH IS STILL IN PLACE NOW, BUT ALLOWED RETAILERS TO DISTRIBUTE THICKER PLASTIC BAGS LABELED AS REUSABLE, WHICH HAVE BEEN PROVEN TO INDEED NOT BE REUSABLE AND ACTUALLY CAUSE MORE HARM TO THE ENVIRONMENT.

THE ORIGINAL OR ORDINANCE ALSO LACKED RESTRICTIONS ON STYROFOAM CUPS AND PLASTIC UTENSILS.

SPECIFICALLY, THIS REVISED ORDINANCE WILL PROHIBIT THICK AND THIN PLASTIC BAGS, ELIMINATE POLISH TYING FOAM PRODUCTS, AND MAKE CARRY OUT COLORY AND PLASTIC STRAWS AVAILABLE BY A CUSTOMER REQUEST ONLY SHOPPERS CAN STILL BRING THEIR OWN PLASTIC BAGS THAT THEY CHOOSE, AND PLASTIC WRAP REMAINS LEGAL FOR RAW MEATS, SEAFOOD, AND LOOSE PRODUCE TO MEET FOOD SAFETY STANDARDS.

THESE CHANGES WILL HELP TO IMPROVE LONGEVITY OF OUR LANDFILLS AND KEEP OUR STORM DRAINS FLOWING, REDUCE WASTE ENTERING THE ENVIRONMENT, AND ROADSIDE LITTER MITIGATE MICROPLASTICS, WHICH IMPROVES THE HEALTH OF PEOPLE AND WILDLIFE, AND OUTLINES OUR REGION WITH POLICIES ALREADY ADOPTED IN THE CHARLESTON AREA FOR THIS ORDINANCE TO TAKE EFFECT.

HOWEVER, THOUGH EACH MUNICIPALITY WHOLLY WITHIN

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ONCE EACH MUNICIPALITY ADOPTS THAT ORDINANCE, THE COUNTY AND THE MUNICIPALITY OF EIGHT MONTHS TO TRANSITION TO THIS NEW ORDINANCE SINCE, OR COME OUTTA NOWHERE.

THAT'S ACTUALLY BEEN YEARS IN, IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING THIS TWO SURVEYS THROUGH RESPONSES FROM MORE THAN 6,000 RESIDENTS.

AND 138 BUSINESSES ARE ACROSS THE COUNTY, AND INCLUDING IN BLUFFTON, SHOWING THE STRONGEST OVERALL SUPPORT FOR BANNING STYROFOAM CUPS AND CONTAINERS.

PRESIDENTS ALSO FAVOR PLASTIC BAND, UM, BAN BY FOUR TO ONE MARGIN WITH BUSINESSES BACKING IT TWO TO ONE PLASTIC STRAWS AND, UM, COLOR WERE A LITTLE MORE SPLIT.

SO THAT'S WHY IT'S AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST ONLY ENOUGH OUTRIGHT BANNED.

SO RECOGNIZING THIS CHANGE IS SOMETHING LOCAL SHOP OWNERS WOULD NEED TO ADJUST TO.

BEAVER COUNTY ACTUALLY DOWNGRADED A VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE FROM CRIMINAL MISDEMEANORS TO CIVIL INFRACTIONS.

SO TO KEEP THAT IN MIND, WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT ALL MUNICIPALITIES WILL UPDATE THEIR PLASTIC POLICIES TO ALIGN WITH THE COUNTY'S ORDINANCE FOR THE PROTECTING THE REGION WE ALL CALL HOME.

AND I ENCOURAGE BLUFF TO BE A LEADING MUNICIPALITY IN THIS EFFORT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU.

NEXT WE HAVE JACK SHEARER, JACK YOUR A CROSSINGS BOULEVARD PINE CREST COMMUNITY.

I'M HERE TODAY TO CONSIDER OUR OPPOSITION TO ANY KIND OF DEVELOPMENT TO THE GOLF COURSE.

I'M AWARE THAT THE OF THE PAA HAS BEEN ASKED IF THEY HAVE ANY INTEREST IN INQUIRING THE GOLF COURSE WITH THE PARTICULAR CAVEAT.

ANY PURCHASE BY HAA WOULD'VE TO INCLUDE AN AGREEMENT BY HOA, NOT TO OBJECT TO ITS DEVELOPMENT PLAN.

I ALSO HEARD THE COURSE IS CONSIDERING INCLUDING A SALE TO UNRELATED PARTIES, THE SALE OF DRIVING RANGE ONLY, AND OTHER DEVELOPMENT ALTERNATIVES.

LAST YEAR, THE GOLF COURSE SENT A SURVEY IS A SCARE TACTIC THAT MORE THAN THEN 35% OF OUR HOME VALUES WOULD DECREASE.

AS YOU HEARD, FOR MONTHS WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR MONTHS.

THREE SURVEYS RESULTED IN 93% OR MORE OF THE POA ARE OPPOSING ANY KIND OF DEVELOPMENT ON THE GOLF COURSE.

WE KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THE GOLF COURSE HAS TURNED OUT MULTIPLE OFFERS SINCE 2023 TO PURCHASE THE COURSE IN ITS ENTIRETY.

AS A RESIDENT, WE HAD A PINE, A GOLF COURSE, A CLUBHOUSE, A DRIVING RANGE.

IT WAS A PLACE FOR US TO GATHER AND FOR OUR WONDERFUL COMMUNITY.

IF YOU LIVED IN PINECREST, WOULD YOU LIKE THE FOLLOWING? BOOM.

ALL A SUDDEN, YOU HAVE CONSTRUCTION FENCES, HEAVY EQUIPMENT, DUST, MUD, LOUD NOISES FOR SEVERAL MONTHS.

WE LOSE THE DRIVING RANGE, POTENTIALLY THE CLUBHOUSE AND GOLF COURSE.

AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS OF CONSTRUCTION, WE HAVE AN EYESORE.

IF YOU, IF YOU LIVED HERE, WOULD YOU LIKE THE FOLLOWING 360 APARTMENTS, 628 PARKING SPACES, A LARGE SCHOOL PERFORMING ART CENTER, OR A CHURCH PARKING LOT? WOULD YOU LIKE YOUR ANNUAL FEES INCREASE FOR SECURITY COVERAGE? TRAFFIC GETS WORSE.

WE ALREADY HAVE OUR PRIVATE ROADS BEING UTILIZED AS A CUT THROUGH TO AND FROM SCHOOL AND WORK.

VARIOUS MOTORIZED VEHICLE CLASS TYPES INCREASE ON OUR ROADS FROM NON-RESIDENTS.

SO WE ARE HOPING THE TOWN CAPSULE TAKES IN THIS INTO CONSIDERATION AND CONTINUE TO OPPOSE ANY KIND OF DEVELOPMENT TO THE GOLF COURSE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU, SIR.

OKAY, UP NEXT WE HAVE BRENT LEE .

INTRODUCE MYSELF.

PARDON ME.

INTRODUCE MYSELF.

DO I INTRODUCE MYSELF OR I JUST YES, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, YOUR ADDRESS, WHERE YOU LIVE.

I'M BRENTLEY BARNHILL.

I LIVE AT 10 71 SOUTH INNOVATION DRIVE.

AND TODAY I COME HERE BECAUSE COUNCIL MEMBERS, THERE'S A PIECE OF SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY SPREADING ACROSS THIS COUNTRY.

AND IT'S ARRIVED HERE IN BLUFFTON.

YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN THE CAMERAS AROUND THE CORNERS, BUT WHAT YOU MAY NOT KNOW IS THAT CITY AFTER CITY, THIS SIM COMPANY HAS BEEN CAUGHT SHARING DATA WITH THE FEDERAL AGENCIES OUTSIDE OF POLICE DEPARTMENTS WITHOUT THE REGARD FOR THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AS THEY NEVER APPROVED IT.

OVER 600,000 UNAUTHORIZED SEARCHES IN CALIFORNIA AND ONE CITY ALONE.

THIS WASN'T A HYPOTHETICAL.

IT'S ALREADY HAPPENING AND DOZENS OF CITIES HAVE TRUSTED IT BEFORE WE HAVE TODAY, I COME TO SAY FLOCK IS NOT ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT IT SAYS.

WE HAVE THREE DOCUMENTED LIES TO COUNCILS AND OSHA, WISCONSIN.

THE COUNCIL APPROVED FLOCK IN A CONTRACTING MEETING THE VERY NEXT MORNING.

THE CITY STAFF LEARNED THAT FLOCK HAD MISREPRESENTED MATERIAL FACTS TO THEM DURING THAT SAME APPROVAL PROCESS, FORCING THE COUNCIL TO RECONVENE THE VERY NEXT DAY TO DEAL WITH WHAT THEY JUST LEARNED.

ANOTHER INCIDENT IN MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA, WHERE STATEWIDE LOOKUPS SETTING HAD ALREADY BEEN SILENTLY ACTIVE ON 29 OF THE CITY'S 30 CAMERAS.

SINCE INSTALLATION, WITHOUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S KNOWLEDGE, OVER 12 MONTHS, MORE THAN 250 AGENCIES HAD NEVER SIGNED A DATA SHARING AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY, AND THEY RAN AN ESTIMATED

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THIS ISN'T A QUESTION OF WHETHER FLOCK'S TECHNOLOGY WORKS, IT'S A QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT THIS COMPANY'S REPRESENTATIVE REPRESENTATIONS TO AN ELECTED OFFICIALS CAN BE TRUSTED ENOUGH BEHIND A CITY CONTRACT.

MULTIPLE CITIES HAVE FOUND OUT AFTER SIGNING THAT THE SHARING DEFAULTS WERE NOT WHAT THEY WERE TOLD INITIALLY.

THE CONTRACT LANGUAGE ITSELF IS THE PROBLEM AND ITS MISUSE SECONDARY.

THE A CLU OF MASSACHUSETTS FOUND THAT BURIED IN THE TEMPLATE'S LANGUAGE.

IT STATED THAT EVEN WHEN A POLICE DEPARTMENT RESTRICTS DATA ACCESS TO ITS OWN, OFFICER'S FLOCKS TEMPLATE AGREES TO GIVE THE COMPANY THE RIGHTS TO DISCLOSE THAT THE DEPARTMENT'S DATA CAN BE SPREAD TO LAW ENFORCEMENT NATIONWIDE AND TO THE FEDERAL AGENCIES FOR INVESTIGATIVE PURPOSES.

LOCAL RESTRICTIONS, SETTINGS DO NOT OVERRIDE THIS NO MATTER WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN THE COUNCIL.

ANOTHER CASE IN HILLSBOROUGH, NORTH CAROLINA, WHERE IT ENDED ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH FLOCK, SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE THE TOWN LEADERS WERE FLAGGED WITH CONTRACT LANGUAGE THAT COULD BE READ AS ALLOWING FLOCK TO DISCLOSE DATA TO ANY GOVERNMENT ENTITY OR THIRD PARTY IF THE COMPANY HAD A GOOD FAITH BELIEF DISCLOSURE.

BUT THIS DISCLOSURE, DISCLOSURE WAS NOT WARRANTED A STANDARD THAT THE COMPANY ITSELF GETS TO DEFINE FINE FURTHER WITH THE RECENT ONGOINGS OF ICE.

AND PEOPLE DID NOT LIKING WHAT THEY'RE GOING ON ABOUT CAPTURING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.

THEY USE THIS WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION FROM THE LOCAL CITIES IN CALIFORNIA FLOCK'S.

A HUNDRED THOUSAND CAMERAS NETWORK HAS ROUTED LOCAL POLICE DATA TO ICE AND OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION OF THE CITY'S KNOWLEDGE OR CONSENT, WHICH APPROXIMATES CAUSE.

I'LL LEAVE THE REST IN WRITING.

THANK YOU.

WHERE SHOULD I PUT THIS

[VII. COMMUNICATIONS FROM MAYOR AND COUNCIL ]

MR. WOOD.

HEY, UM, I'M GOOD MAYOR.

MR. HARRIS.

I HAVE THE GIFT TO BRING ATIONS THAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE AT THIS MEETING, BUT SINCE WE WERE SHORT LAST WEEK, WE'RE, WE'RE HERE TODAY AND WE'RE GONNA GET IT DONE.

SO GLAD TO BE BACK ON THE JOB.

EVERYTHING IS GOOD.

UM, SO UP FIRST HERE ON OUR FORMAL AGENDA ITEMS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE OR CERTAIN AMENDMENTS TO BLUFFTON.

NO, NO, NO, NO.

DID I SKIP SOMETHING? YEAH, THE

[VIII.1. Wayfinding Master Planning Study to the July Workshop Agenda - CJ Wilson, Sky Design]

CJ WILSON SKY DESIGN.

I WANNA INTRODUCE.

YEAH, THANK YOU.

SEE YOU NEXT MONTH.

.

WE'LL BE HERE COUNSEL.

WILL WE GET THEM, UH, TEED UP TO PRESENT HERE? JUST, UM, UM, ALRIGHT.

UM, THESE WERE TWO WORK.

WHAT'S COMING UP ARE TWO WORKSHOP ITEMS THAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE.

IS THIS AS A WORKSHOP MEETING TONIGHT? SO WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE MORE WORKSHOP, A LITTLE LESS BUSINESS THIS EVENING, BUT, UM, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET THEM IN FOR PROBABLY SIX MONTHS TO COME IN AND TALK TO Y'ALL.

SO I APPRECIATE THEM WORKING.

THIS IS, UM, WE'VE GONE THROUGH KIND OF, UM, THE INITIAL, UH, SIT DOWN AND DISCUSSION WITH THEM.

SO WE WANTED TO BRING BACK AND GET COUNCIL'S INPUT ON LOOKING, UM, OUR CURRENT WAY, FINDING DESIGNS WERE DONE ABOUT 10, 12 YEARS AGO.

THOSE, WHEN WE'RE REFERRING TO THE YELLOW AND KIND OF ORANGEISH RED STREET SIGNS, THE WAY FINDING SIGNS AND EVEN THE, THE LITTLE MAPS IN OLD TOWN, UM, WANTING TO LOOK AT, WE'RE AT THE TIME WHERE WE NEED TO EITHER REPLACE, UPDATE, OR JUST, UM, UPDATE WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.

'CAUSE LIKE THE LETTERING ON THE STREET SIGNS DON'T MEET REFLECTIVE STANDARDS FOR DOT.

THEY'RE STARTING TO FADE IN A LOT OF THE HIGH SUN AREAS.

SO WE'RE DUE TO EITHER UPDATE THEM OR IT GAVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT 'EM AND SAY, WHEN WE GO TO UPDATE 'EM, DO WE WANNA LOOK AT WAYS TO EXPAND THEM AND MAYBE UPDATE THE LOOK AND MAYBE CHANGE, MAKE 'EM FIT A LITTLE BETTER FOR TODAY.

GET INPUT FROM COUNCIL AND GET DIRECTION ON WHERE WE WANTED TO GO FROM THERE.

SO WE'VE GOT, UM, SCOTT IS OUT ON HERE AND I THINK CJ'S GONNA TAKE THE LEAD ON IT.

AND THEY'RE OUT OF ATLANTA, SO WE TRIED TO SAVE THEM A TRIP DOWN HERE TONIGHT AND GET 'EM IN VIRTUALLY.

SO.

CJ, YOU'RE GOOD TO GO.

THANK Y'ALL.

CAN Y Y'ALL HEAR ME OKAY ON YOUR END? YES.

PERFECT.

WELL, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME, MARK.

APPRECIATE THE, THE WONDERFUL INTRODUCTION.

UH, I JUST WANNA INTRODUCE MYSELF, CJ WILSON WITH SCOTT DESIGN.

I'M ASSOCIATE, BEEN WITH THE TEAM 11 YEARS, UH, AND ON THE CALL I HAVE TWO ADDITIONAL TEAM MEMBERS, UH, TIFFANY CHEN, OUR,

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AND WHAT WE HAVE ON SCREEN TODAY IS, UH, OUR SCHEMATIC DESIGN PACKAGE THAT WE DELIVERED TO THE, UH, TO YOUR TOWN COMMUNITY, UH, LAST YEAR.

AND WE HAVE A NUMBER OF, UH, DESIGN OPTIONS THAT WE ARE HOPING TO GET COUNCIL'S BLESSING AND APPROVAL ON ONE DIRECTION OR SOME FEEDBACK OF WHICH WE COULD THEN TAKE OUR DESIGN INTO DESIGN DEVELOPMENT.

UH, SO THIS PACKAGE WILL WALK US THROUGH HOW WE ARRIVED AT WHERE WE ARE.

SO WE BEGAN, UH, THIS JOURNEY WAS TAKING A, UH, A SITE VISIT TO YOUR COMMUNITY TO ESTABLISH THE OVERALL, UH, CITY CHARACTER AND, AND THE OVERALL EXPERIENCE OF WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE IN THE COMMUNITY AND TRY TO TRAVERSE, UH, YOU KNOW, GETTING FROM DESTINATION TO DESTINATION, UNDERSTANDING WHERE WE ARE IN CONTEXT TO THE COMMUNITY BOUNDARIES.

UH, AND THAT LED US TO THEN HAVING A, A VISIONING SESSION WHERE WE, UH, SPOKE WITH A COUPLE OF YOUR, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHERE WE SHOWED THEM A LOT OF IMAGERY AND HAD A LONG DISCUSSION, UH, ABOUT A 90 MINUTE DISCUSSION OF HOW THE, UH, SIGNAGE AND BRANDING SHOULD EVOLVE FOR YOUR COMMUNITY.

AND WHAT YOU SEE HERE ON THE SCREEN IS THE SMATTERING OF THE RESPONSES WE RECEIVED IN THAT INITIAL VISIONING.

UH, AND THERE WERE THREE KEY THINGS THAT STOOD OUT TO OUR TEAM THAT WE WANTED TO CARRY OVER INTO THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN.

UH, KEY ONE WAS, UH, WE WERE NOT, UH, UH, IN LOVE WITH THE CURRENT COLOR SCHEME OF THE EXISTING SIGNAGE THAT'S IN PLACE TODAY.

NUMBER TWO IS THAT THE SIGNAGE THAT IS THERE DID NOT EXPRESS THE CURRENT BRANDING THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS, UH, GONE THROUGH AND WAS WANTING TO SEE THAT EXPRESSED IN THE NEW SIGNAGE.

AND THEN THREE, THAT WE WANTED TO INCORPORATE SOME LEVEL OF LOCAL MATERIALITY, SOME LOCAL, UH, PRIDE IN THE SIGNAGE PACKAGE ITSELF THROUGH THE INTRODUCTION OF THE USE OF THE TABBY CONCRETE, UH, MATERIALITY.

AND THAT LED US TO THEN TAKING, UH, YOU KNOW, TAKING A LOOK AT THE MAPS AND UNDERSTANDING THE COMMUNITY BOUNDARIES AND RECOMMENDING A COUPLE OF LOCATIONS WHERE WE, UH, STRATEGICALLY LIKE TO PLACE A PRIMARY, UH, WELCOMING MOMENT TO, YOU KNOW, ALLOW PEOPLE, VISITORS, TO KNOW YOU HAVE ENTERED INTO THIS COMMUNITY.

UH, AND THAT IS THE FIRST IMPRESSION OF WHICH A PERSON WILL GET.

AND ALL OF THE ADDITIONAL SIGNAGE WOULD BE A REFLECTION OF THIS PRIMARY WELCOMING MOMENT.

AND SO, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, WE HAVE THREE OPTIONS THAT WE PRESENTED TO THE TEAM.

UM, WE HAD THE FIRST OPTION, WHAT WE LIKE TO CALL, UH, BLUFFTON ELEVATED.

THIS WAS THE CLOSEST ALIGNED TO WHAT IS EXISTING ON THE PROPERTY, UH, AROUND THE COMMUNITY TODAY.

UH, TAKING CUES FROM WHAT IS THERE, WE'RE REALLY JUST LOOKING TO SUPPLEMENT YOUR EXISTING, UH, SIGNAGE PACKAGE, BUT ADD IN THAT MAIN WELCOMING MOMENT THAT YOU JUST SAW IN THE THREE LOCATIONS.

THAT'S YOUR BOUNDARIES.

BUT TAKING SOME, UH, HISTORICAL CUES FROM, UH, YOU KNOW, KEY HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND BRINGING THAT INTO THE VISUAL LANGUAGE OF THE SIGNAGE MONUMENT ITSELF IN A VERY CLEAR COMMUNICATED WAY.

IT'S INTENDED TO FEEL VERY, UH, IN PLACE WITH THE COMMUNITY.

IT'S INTENDED TO HAVE AN IMPACT, UH, AND FEEL LIKE IT WAS ALWAYS INTENDED TO BE THERE AND BELONG WITH THE REST OF THE SIGNAGE FAMILY ITSELF.

AND SEE HERE WE HAVE JUST, UH, THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT OYSTER TABBY, UH, CONCRETE, UH, AND, AND THE SIGNAGE ITSELF AND BRINGING IN AND WEAVING IN THE, UH, UPDATED BRANDING MOMENTS.

BUT THE CRITICAL ASPECT, UH, THAT DIFFERENTIATES THIS OPTION FROM THE OTHER TWO THAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE IS THAT THIS OPTION OPTED TO, UH, REPURPOSE THE EXISTING SIGNAGE THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE THROUGHOUT YOUR COMMUNITY.

ADDING JUST A NEW LAYER OF PAINT TO CREATE A, A, UH, A MORE, UH, COHESIVE ALIGNMENT WITH, UH, WITHIN THE ENTIRE SYSTEM ITSELF, BUT GIVE IT THAT NICE CLEAN POLISH TO MAKE IT, UH, MORE EXCITING AND, AND A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO READ.

UH, JUST IMPROVING THE CONTRAST, ADDING IN, AS MARK HAD MENTIONED, THE REFLECTIVE VINYL, UH, WHICH WILL BE ALL THE AREAS SHOWN IN WHITE HERE SO THAT WE CAN IMPROVE THE, UH, THE, THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THE SIGNAGE SYSTEM ITSELF.

AND THEN OPTION TWO, UH, WAS WHAT WE'RE CALLING OYSTER ELEGANCE.

UH, THIS TAKES A, A BIT OF THE CUES FROM THE, THE ARCHITECTURAL LANGUAGE OF THE COMMUNITY ITSELF.

WHEN WE WERE WALKING THROUGH THE COMMUNITY, WE SAW A LOT OF THIS SHIPLAP, UH, STYLE OF BUILDING.

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SO WE REALLY WANTED TO CELEBRATE BOTH OF THOSE DESIGN MOTIFS AND THE SIGNAGE PACKAGE ITSELF, BUT IN A MUCH MORE MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY, UH, RECTILINEAR FORM FACTOR.

BUT STILL HAVING A LEVEL OF ORGANIC FEELING AND INTRIGUE INFUSED INTO THE SIGNAGE FAMILY ITSELF.

AND, AND YOU CAN SEE HERE IMPROVING THE HEIGHT AND, AND THE, THE OVERALL EXPERIENCE OF THE WAY FINDING, GETTING THROUGH THE COMMUNITY ITSELF, REALLY MAKING THIS STAND OUT.

ONE THING THAT WE HAD NOTED WAS THE EXISTING SIGNAGE IS VERY EASY TO, UH, TO MISS, UH, WHEN YOU'RE TRAVELING THROUGH THE COMMUNITY JUST DUE TO THE, UH, ABUNDANCE OF VEGETATION.

SO JUST WANTING TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF, UH, SQUARE, UH, SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE SIGN ITSELF SO THAT WE CAN IMPROVE THE SIZE AND THE DISTANCE OF, UH, LEGIBILITY OF THE MESSAGING.

YOU CAN SEE HERE, UH, JUST HOW THESE COMPARE MUCH LARGER IN SCALE, BUT AS I HAD MENTIONED, IF OPTION ONE WAS UTILIZING THE EXISTING SIGNAGE THAT'S THERE, OPTIONS TWO AND THREE ARE LOOKING AT COMPLETELY DEMOING THE EXISTING SIGNAGE AND RE UH, REINSTALLING A BRAND NEW SIGNAGE SYSTEM ACROSS YOUR COMMUNITY.

AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, OUR OPTION THREE IS WHAT WE ARE CALLING WETLANDS MINIMAL, A MUCH MORE SCULPTURAL, UH, ABSTRACTED APPROACH TOWARDS A SIGNAGE PACKAGE, TAKING A LOT OF CUES AND REFERENCE FROM THE WETLANDS AND THE, THE WINDING MOMENTS OF THE, UH, THE, THE NATURAL ELEMENTS THERE AND TRYING TO WEAVE THOSE INTO THE FORMS, BUT ALSO ALLUDING TO TOWARDS THE, UM, THE, THE COASTAL WAY OF LIFE THAT THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON HAS.

UH, SO, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL SEE A REFERENCE TO WHAT WE, UH, WERE TRYING TO ALIGN TO A, A SAIL, A SHIP SAIL, UH, AND HAVING SOME OF THESE MORE NAUTICAL MOMENTS, UH, INFUSED, BUT IN A, NOT IN A VERY ABSTRACT AND NOT OVER THE TOP IN YOUR FACE WAY INTO THE SIGNAGE.

SO YOU'LL SEE HERE HOW WE ARE STARTING TO INTRODUCE THESE ELEGANT WINDING SCULPTURAL MOMENTS TO INTRODUCE THE, THE WELCOMING MOMENT AND THEN HOW THE ABSTRACTED DOWN SAIL, UH, BOAT SAIL, UH, LANGUAGE STARTS TO WEAVE ITSELF INTO THE WAYFINDING MESSAGING ITSELF.

AGAIN, INTRODUCING LARGER PANELS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE LARGER COPY, UH, AND MAINTAIN THAT DARK BACKGROUND, UH, REFLECTIVE VINYL COPY OF STRATEGY.

SO THAT LEADS US TO OUR THREE OPTIONS.

SO AGAIN, WE ARE HOPING TO GET COUNCIL'S FEEDBACK ON THESE THREE DIRECTIONS OF, YOU KNOW, SO THAT WE CAN, UH, FURTHER PUSH THESE SIGN SYSTEMS INTO DESIGN DEVELOPMENT BASED OFF OF YOUR FEEDBACK OR WHICHEVER, UH, DIRECTION YOUR TEAM PREFERS AND JUST WANTING TO CLOSE OUT WITH, YOU KNOW, AFTER WE GET YOUR FEEDBACK, THE NEXT STEPS WOULD BE, UH, THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT AND TO GATHER ADDITIONAL LEVELS OF FEEDBACK FROM YOUR TEAM AND THEN DO ANOTHER ROUND OF DESIGN DEVELOPMENT AS NEEDED BEFORE WE GO INTO, UH, THE DOCUMENTATION OF THE FULL DESIGN INTENT.

SO A REMINDER, WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE SCHEMATIC PHASE, SO WE HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO MOLD THIS TO YOUR PREFERENCES AS, AS, UH, AS WE RECEIVE YOUR FEEDBACK.

THANK YOU.

AND HAPPY TO RECEIVE.

THANK YOU.

UM, SO JUST TO REITERATE WHAT YOU HEARD FROM THEM IS THESE ARE KIND OF, YOU CAN SEE THEY KIND OF VARY FROM, I'M GONNA SAY KIND OF CONSERVATIVELY BASED ON WHAT WE HAVE NOW INTO A LITTLE MORE ARTISTIC ABSTRACT AS WE GO THROUGH.

SO THERE'S A VARYING SETS OF OPTIONS IN THERE.

WANTED TO HEAR WHAT COUNCIL'S INPUT IS SO THAT WE CAN THEN MAYBE AMEND TO NARROW DOWN TO ONE, TRY TO CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH, IF YOU LIKE, ASPECTS OF THE ONE, BUT YOU ALSO LIKE ASPECTS OF THE OTHER, WE CAN TRY TO WORK WITH SKY DESIGN TO KIND OF MERGE THOSE TOGETHER, GET TO THE, UH, LIKE HE SAID, THE 66, 60%, UM, NEXT SET OF SCHEMATICS, BRING THOSE BACK, MAKE SURE WE'RE ON THE RIGHT PATH, AND THEN TRY TO FINALIZE SOMETHING.

THE GOAL WOULD BE, SHOULD WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD, IS TO TRY TO GET THIS DONE THIS YEAR'S BUDGET AND THEN THE NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET LOOK TO START PUTTING MO MONEY ASIDE TO START PHASING INTO WHETHER IT'S UPDATING THE ONES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE AND KEEPING WHAT WE HAVE.

IF COUNCIL'S GOOD WITH THAT OR, OR THAT THAT'S THE DIRECTION WE WANNA GO.

OR IF WE CHOOSE, WE WANT TO CHANGE AND GO TO A DIFFERENT DESIGN, START CHANGING

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UM, COMMENTS FROM MR. WOOD? WELL, DID I HEAR CJ SAY THAT THEY HAD SPOKEN WITH PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, STAFF? STAFF, HE SPOKE TO THE STAFF WITHIN THE, THE TOWN? YES, SIR.

I'D BE CURIOUS TO WHAT SOME OF THE BUSINESS OWNERS WOULD VOICE AN OPINION ON SOME OF THIS.

AND, UM, I, UM, I ALSO THINK WE SHOULD, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT HERE THIS EVENING, IT WOULD BE VERY SIMPLE FOR THE OTHER TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS TO VOICE AN OPINION TO YOU ON THIS.

AND I DID SEND OUT THE SCHEMATICS EARLY SO THE COUNCIL HAD A CHANCE AND FOR THOSE TWO THAT WOULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT.

RIGHT.

AND I'LL SEEK FEEDBACK FROM THEM AS WELL.

AND, UM, FOR ME PERSONALLY, WITH THE THREE OPTIONS AVAILABLE, I'M NOT A FAN OF NUMBER THREE.

UM, I KINDA LIKE NUMBER TWO, ALTHOUGH WHERE IT SAYS BLUFFTON, I WOULD LIKE TO THINK UNDERNEATH IT, IT COULD STILL SAY HEART OF THE LOW COUNTRY.

AND UH, AND THEN UNDER NUMBER TWO, I DON'T LIKE THE, UH, THE SIGN WITH THE DOUBLE POST COMING DOWN.

LIKE THAT SHOWS THAT ONE, MAYBE ONE OF THOSE PULL DOWN FROM OPTION ONE, BUT THAT'S JUST ME AND THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO HEAR MORE INPUT FROM, FROM OTHERS.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT IF IT, IF SPEAKING WITH STAFF, WHAT DID STAFF LEAN TOWARDS? SO WHAT OUR INITIAL CONVERSATION WITH THEM, WITH STAFF WAS TO PROVIDE THESE OPTIONS, THESE THREE OPTIONS.

AND WE TRIED, LIKE I SAID, WE TRIED TO RANGE THEM FROM MORE ABSTRACT AND, AND I, UM, CJ I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN GO BACK TO YOUR ORIGINAL SLIDE WHERE YOU SHOWED THE DIFFERENT, UM, LIKE THE VISIONING.

SO, UM, WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS THEY KIND OF WENT THROUGH THESE FIVE CATEGORIES AND THEY WERE LIKE, WOULD THE TOWN BE MORE MINIMALIST OR MORE MAXIMALIST? AND SO THE EXAMPLES YOU CAN KIND OF SEE MAXIMALIST IS IT'S VERY BUSY, IT'S, IT'S AUDACIOUS, IT'S GONNA DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO IT.

VERSUS MINIMALIST IS MORE, SAME THING WITH BOLD VERSUS SUBTLE.

LIKE DO YOU WANT THE WORD SUBTLE? FOR EXAMPLE, I'D GIVE AS LIKE CORD, ATKINS SIGN WHERE WHEN YOU DRIVE BY DURING THE DAY, THE WORDS ALMOST BLEED IN TO THE BACKGROUND VERSUS DO YOU WANT YOUR WORDING TO STAND OUT.

AND UM, SO WE KIND OF WENT THROUGH AND WHAT WE DID IS WITH THEM, AND IT'S WHEN THEY SAID THEY MET WITH, UM, TOWN, IT WAS US TO GO THROUGH AND KIND OF SAY, WHERE DOES OUR TOWN KIND OF LEAN MORE ON WHAT WE ANTICIPATE THAT WE WOULD WANT TO SEE? AND THAT'S WHERE THEY CAME BACK WITH THESE THREE DESIGNS AND KIND OF GAVE THE RANGE FROM, WE KNOW YOU ALREADY LIKE THIS BECAUSE YOU HAVE IT IN ORANGE AND YELLOW OR BURNT OR FADED RED AND YELLOW NOW TO SOME OF THESE ALTERNATIVES.

SO, UM, THAT'S WHERE WE TOOK THIS TO COME TO THIS POINT TO SEE AGAIN, ARE WE ON THE RIGHT PATH OR, OR COMPLETELY ON THE WRONG PATH.

UM, FRED COMMENTS FOR ME BEFORE I BOB GOT UP.

YOU WANT HIM TO GO BACK TO THE THREE OPTIONS? OKAY.

UM, I REALLY WISH WE HAD SOME BUSINESS OWNERS AND SOME RESIDENTS, UH, TALKING WITH, WITH THE CONSULTANTS ON THIS.

UM, BECAUSE I THINK THEY ARE WHO WE TRYING TO, TO, TO PLEASE STAFF, UM, PROBABLY DID DO A GOOD JOB OF BRINGING THESE OPTIONS.

SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GIVE THE, UM, AND, AND PROBABLY MORE MORE IMPORTANTLY THE BUSINESS OWNERS A CHANCE TO, TO HAVE A WAY IN WEIGH IN ON ON ON THESE OPTIONS.

THE, THE LARGE SIGN, WHICH IS ONE AND TWO RIGHT HERE, WHERE WOULD THEY GO? UH, SO THE EXAMPLE HE SHOWED WAS AT 2 78 AND ONE 70 WHERE THAT INTERCHANGE IS UP ON THE, ON THE GRASS THERE COMING INTO TOWN.

THAT WOULD BE, 'CAUSE TECHNICALLY THAT IS YOUR ENTRANCE AND WHENEVER YOU COME IN THAT ONE CORNER ON THE SIDE OVER THERE IS THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON, THEN THE OTHER THREE ARE NOT.

SO THAT WOULD BE YOUR, YOUR ENTRANCE ON 2 78 WHERE THE SOUTH SIDE'S IN THE TOWN.

UM, THAT'S LIKE SAYING SUN CITY, HILTON HEAD .

WELL, UM, AND AGAIN, PART OF THE CONVERSATION IS DO YOU EVEN WANNA SEE THOSE OR DO YOU WANT US TO STAY WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW, IT'S JUST AN OLD TOWN AND THEN THERE'S SOME MINOR ONES ALONG THE WAY TO DIRECT YOU TO OLD TOWN OR TO, UM, THE, THE BIGGER ONES WOULD BE

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RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THE WAY FINDING SIGNS THAT YOU SEE DOWN THERE WHERE IT SAYS OLD TOWN BLUFFTON.

THOSE ARE THE ONES YOU SEE OUT THERE NEAR LIKE NEW RIVERSIDE TRAIL.

THAT'S THE SCALE AND SCOPE WE HAVE.

NOW.

WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING IS A LITTLE BIGGER.

SOME OF 'EM ARE A LITTLE BOLDER AND UH, BUT THE LOCATION COULD BE ALTERED AT ANY TIME.

YES.

YEAH, I THINK AND, AND AGAIN, THE PHASE IN COULD BE THAT WE REPLACE THE ONES THAT CURRENTLY EXIST NOW AND THEN WE EXPAND AND DO THE BIGGER STUFF OR LOOK AT THE BIGGER STUFF IN THE FUTURE.

UM, THE INPUT FROM THE RES FROM BUSINESSES COMMUNITY AGREE A HUNDRED PERCENT.

WE WANTED TO GET THROUGH THIS FIRST STEP BECAUSE THE LAST THING WE WANNA DO IS SIT DOWN WITH THEM AND GIVE THEM 50 OPTIONS TO CHOOSE FROM AND HAVE 'EM DIVIDED OVER 50 OPTIONS.

WE WOULD RATHER SIT DOWN WITH Y'ALL AND NARROW DOWN TO TWO GOOD OPTIONS, SO TO SAY, AND THEN GO BACK TO THEM AND SAY, COUNCIL IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE KIND OF LOOKING AT THESE.

GIVE US YOUR FEEDBACK COMMENTS.

BECAUSE AGAIN, IF YOU OPEN IT UP TO, YOU KNOW, TOO MANY OPTIONS, WE, WE WE'RE GONNA END UP SPLIT AND THAT'S WHERE WE WERE HOPING TO GET THROUGH THIS 30% WAS TO NARROW DOWN.

SO IF THAT'S THE DIRECTION COUNCIL WANTS TO GO, WE CAN THEN SIT DOWN WITH SOME BUSINESS OWNERS, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH THE CHAMBER, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH OLD TOWN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION, UM, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH DIFFERENT COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND SIT DOWN AND HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM.

THE, UM, I CAN'T TELL WHAT OPTION THIS IS, BUT ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW, ON THE TOP RIGHT, THE MIDDLE SIGN IS PROBABLY MY FAVORITE.

THE GREEN.

YES.

AND THAT'S AGAIN, VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE NOW, RIGHT? AND IT WOULD BE, UM, JUST UPDATING THE COLOR SCHEME AND THE WORDING TO MATCH OUR 'CAUSE AGAIN, THESE WERE ALL DONE PRE OUR HEART OF THE LOW COUNTRY REBRAND.

SO THIS WOULD BRING THEM UP TO OUR CURRENT BRANDING STANDARDS.

UM, WHATEVER WE DECIDE TO GO WITH, I WOULD PERSONALLY LIKE THIS TO STAY WHO WE ARE.

YOU KNOW, THESE ARE BEAUTIFUL.

UM, AND THEY, Y'ALL HAVE A PLACE IN SOMEWHERE.

UM, YOU KNOW, THE DESIGNS, WHETHER IT'S THE MODERN ONE ON NUMBER THREE OR WHATEVER, UM, I APPRECIATE AND WOULD TOTALLY WANT TO THINK, YOU KNOW, THE TABBY LOOK, WE'VE INSISTED ON OUR HOME BUILDERS TO INCORPORATE IN THEIR SKIRTING AND THEIR STEPS AND THEIR SIDEWALKS AND, YOU KNOW, ALL THOSE THINGS.

UM, I, I THINK SHOULD BE CARRIED ON BECAUSE IT'S A LITTLE, SHOWS A LITTLE PART OF OUR HISTORY ALONG WITH THE WATER.

AND I'M NOT SAYING THIS JUST 'CAUSE IT'S KIND OF MY LIFE, BUT , YOU KNOW, THAT'S, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT FAMOUS FOR A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS.

SO I WOULD MUCH RATHER IT STAY KIND OF IN, IN CONTROL OR, OR IN VISION OF WHO WE ARE, WHAT WE ARE THEN LIKE SOME BIG BRAND NEW STAR WARS CITY THAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO COME INTO, YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S JUST ME.

SIMPLE IS GOOD, OLD IS BETTER.

SO JUST BASED ON WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM COUNCIL TONIGHT, IT SOUNDS LIKE OPTION THREE WOULD BE ONE THAT WE WOULD DROP AND THEN MAYBE CONTINUE TO HASH OUT OPTION ONE, WHICH INCLUDES THE, THE BIGGER NEW ENTRY SIGNS AND THEN KIND OF THE REPURPOSING.

AND THEN MAYBE LOOK AT OPTION TWO FOR WAYS I, I KNOW WE HEARD FROM COUNCILMAN WOOD ABOUT WHETHER THE TWO POSTS OR WHETHER THAT'S TOO MU TOO BIG OR TOO MUCH, UM, MAYBE HASH THAT OUT A LITTLE BIT TO PROVIDE A COUPLE OPTIONS AND GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY, FROM OUR BUSINESSES AND STUFF TO SEE WHAT THEIR INPUT IS.

YEAH, I, I THINK THAT GETTING MORE INPUT, THIS IS PART OF OUR IDENTITY OF WHO WE ARE AND, UH, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S, IT'S A BIG MOVE, UM, TO IMPROVE WHAT WE DO HAVE.

AND SO YEAH, I, I THINK WHEN YOU GET MORE FEEDBACK THAT WILL LEND MORE CLARITY TO IT AND EVEN HELP US OUT.

AND THE OTHER TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE MAY COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT MAKES MORE SENSE THAN WE, OR EVEN SEEING.

SO, UM, ALSO JUST DIDN'T WANT TO GO AND US GO GET COMMENT AND EVERYBODY LOVES NUMBER THREE ACCOUNT CAN BE LIKE NUMBER THREE.

NO, I THINK I THINK YOU HAVE A LOT TO WORK WITH ONE AND TWO.

YEAH, I AGREE.

AND AGAIN, THE OTHER PEOPLE MAY GO, THEY, WELL, NUMBER TWO, THEY MAY LIKE THE DOUBLE POST SIGN.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT LOCKED IN ON ANYTHING.

I JUST LIKE TO HEAR MORE FEEDBACK AND, AND, AND SO THE COUNCIL'S GOOD WITH THAT.

AGAIN, WE WORKSHOPPING THIS, THIS IS NOT ASKING Y'ALL TO MAKE A DECISION TONIGHT, JUST REALLY AGAIN, WHAT YOU'VE PROVIDED, WHICH IS DIRECTION FORWARD.

SO WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE, AND WE'LL GET WITH, UM, SCOTT ANTS AFTER THIS, OR EXCUSE ME, SCOTT DESIGN, SCOTT ANTS MOVIE, UH, SKY DESIGN AND, UM, WORK WITH THEM AFTER THIS TO HASH IN, HASH OUT NUMBER ONE AND TWO OPTIONS A LITTLE MORE.

UM, I'LL GET WITH STAFF AND WE'LL

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IF YOU HAVE ANY YOU RECOMMEND THAT YOU WANT US TO GET INPUT FROM, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU LET ME KNOW THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO TONIGHT, BUT WHAT I DO, THERE'S TWO BUSINESS OWNERS SITTING RIGHT OVER THERE I'D LOVE, OKAY.

YEAH.

AND, AND YOU KNOW, STEVEN, FOR US TO MAKE A, YOU KNOW, FRED, UM, COSTING THINGS ALSO MATTERS.

SO IF THEY COME UP WITH SOME TYPE OF, THIS IS BEAUTIFUL RIGHT HERE AND THIS IS WHAT WE THINK WE WANT, BUT IT'S 12 TIMES MORE THAN WHAT WE HAVE OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, THAT COULD SLOW THINGS DOWN TOO.

SO JUST SOME KIND OF AGREE.

WE'LL MAKE SURE WE WORK ON THAT AS WELL.

SO THE, THE NEXT TIME WE BRING IT BACK TO WORKSHOP WITH YOU, WE'LL BE FURTHER ALONG, HAVE INPUT AND HOPEFULLY, UH, COME BACK WITH SOME, UH, OPTIONS THAT, UH, SUPPORT FOR BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY AND, UH, BRING Y'ALL SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN IMPROVE.

SO THANK YOU.

YEP.

THANK YOU CJ AND TEAM, I APPRECIATE IT.

WILL AND, UH, MARK, AND I'LL GET BACK WITH YOU, UH, NEXT FEW DAYS.

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME AND WE APPRECIATE ALL THE FEEDBACK.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU.

[VIII.2. Update and Discussion Related to Proposed Uses at the Buck Island Road Park - Pat Rooney, Capital Improvement Program Manager ]

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

YES.

I'M HERE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE PUBLIC INPUT WE'VE RECEIVED FOR THE BUCK ISLAND ROAD PARK.

UM, I'M GONNA FLIP THROUGH THESE PRETTY FAST BECAUSE IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, BUT YOU'VE SEEN THESE P PRIOR AND THIS IS A SITE, IT'S LOCATED AT BUCK ISLAND ROAD AND BLUFFTON PARKWAY.

IT'S 15.12 ACRES, UH, AND 8.53 OF THAT IS UPLAND ACREAGE.

THIS WAS A, AN IMAGE THAT I PRESENTED IN THE LAST MEETING THAT SHOWED WHAT WOULD FIT ON THAT 8.51 ACRES OF UPLAND ACREAGE.

AND ESSENTIALLY THIS IS AN OVERLAY SUPERIMPOSED OF, UH, OYSTER FACTOR OR OSCAR FRAZIER PARK ON TOP OF THE UPLAND ACREAGE AT BUCK ISLAND ROAD PARK.

SO EVERYTHING SOUTH OF THE ROAD REASON WOULD FIT, BUT OBVIOUSLY NONE OF THE, THE BALL FIELDS WOULD FIT ON THE SITE.

SO WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROJECT, WE KIND OF MET WITH, UM, A CONSULTANT, WOODEN PARTNERS WITH THE EXECUTIVE STAFF, AND WE KIND OF CAME UP WITH THINGS WE THOUGHT MIGHT FIT ON THE PROPERTY.

AND THOSE INCLUDED A PAVILION WITH RESTROOMS, A SMALL COMMUNITY BUILDING, PLAYGROUNDS, MULTIPURPOSE FIELD FOR PICKUP SPORTS, BUT NOT NECESSARILY A REGULATION SIDE SIZE FIELD.

WE ALSO DISCUSSED THE OPTION OF DOING SYNTHETIC TURF AS OPPOSED TO NATURAL GRASS, UH, AS AN OPTION.

UM, PERIMETER TRAILS AND BOARDWALKS SPORTS COURT, LIKE BASKETBALL OR VOLLEYBALL, UH, FLEXIBLE PLAY AREAS FOR LONG GAMES LIKE BOCCE AND HORSESHOE AND CORNHOLE.

AND THEN PUMP TRACK WAS ANOTHER ONE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.

UH, AND I PRESENTED THAT AT THE LAST MEETING, I'LL SHOW YOU AN IMAGE OF IN A SECOND.

UM, AND THEN DUE TO SPACE AND LIMITATIONS AND MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS, WE, WE DISCUSSED THINGS THAT PROBABLY WOULDN'T WORK HERE.

UH, LIKE THE REGULATION SIZE, SOCCER FIELDS OR BASEBALL COMPLEX DOG PARK, SPLASH PAD, HIGH MAINTENANCE ITEM, UH, SKATE PARK.

SO THE ITEMS THAT I KIND OF PUT AN ASTERISK BESIDE ARE ITEMS THAT, UH, WE DO NOT HAVE IN ANY OF OUR OTHER PARTS LIKE THE, THE SYNTHETIC TURF FIELDS OR BOARDWALK VOLLEYBALL, BOCCE HORSESHOES, CORN BALL, PUMP TRACK.

THESE ARE THINGS THAT WOULD BE NEW TO THIS OR UNIQUE TO THIS PARK.

AND WE TRY TO DO THAT ON OUR PARKS, COME UP AT LEAST ONE ITEM THAT IS UNIQUE TO THAT PARTICULAR PARK.

AND I WON'T GO THROUGH THESE TOO MUCH, BUT THIS, THESE ARE THE IMAGES THAT WE PRESENTED IN ALL OUR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENTS, UH, TO KIND OF GIVE PEOPLE A VISUAL IMAGE OF WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING.

THESE WERE THE VERTICAL STRUCTURES, LIKE A SMALL COMMUNITY CENTER AND, UH, PICNIC SHELTER, DIFFERENT TYPES OF FIELDS, VOLLEYBALL COURT, UM, DIFFERENT TYPES OF MULTI-USE TRAILS, UM, DIFFERENT TYPES OF, UH, PLAY EQUIPMENT, FITNESS, BASKETBALL, SHELTERS, LAWN GAMES, ZIP LINE AND AMPHITHEATER.

SO THOSE, THOSE WERE THE KIND OF IMAGES THAT WE USED TO KINDA, UH, OBTAIN PUBLIC INPUT.

UM, BACK IN MARCH OF 2025, THIS IS WHAT WE PRESENTED TO YOU IN OCTOBER, WAS THE EXERCISE THAT STEVE AND HEATHER AND KEVIN DID WHEN THEY INVITED TO CAREER DAY, THEY TURNED THE TABLE ON 'EM AND ASKED THEM TO GIVE THIS THEIR OPINION OF WHAT THEY'D LIKE TO SEE ON THE SITE.

UH, AND THEY WENT THROUGH THIS EXERCISE.

THEY WERE EACH GIVEN THREE DOTS AND THEY WERE ASKED TO, UM, PUT A DOT ON THE IMAGE THAT THEY PREFERRED AT THE PARK.

THE RESULTS OF THIS, UM, WAS, UM, THE

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SO THOSE ARE THE TOP 10 ITEMS FROM THE SIXTH, SEVENTH, AND EIGHTH GRADERS AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

SO AT THAT TIME, YOU ASKED US TO GO OUT AND GET ADDITIONAL INPUT FROM THE ADULTS IN THE ROOM, AND WE WENT OUT, WE, UM, ADVERTISED FOR AN OPEN HOUSE AT THE ROTARY CENTER BACK IN FEBRUARY.

UH, UNFORTUNATELY WE DIDN'T GET A WHOLE LOT OF PARTICIPATION.

UM, BUT WE, WE GOT SOME INFORMATION.

WE PUT 'EM THROUGH THE SAME GENERAL EXERCISE OF DOING A DEMOCRACY, PUT DOTS ON WHAT YOU PREFER.

AND THE, THE TOP ITEMS REALLY FROM THAT GROUP, WHICH WAS MOSTLY ADULTS, WAS MULTIPURPOSE FIELDS.

EITHER NATURAL ARTIFICIAL BASKETBALL COURT, PICNIC SHELTERS, AND OPEN SPACE AMPHITHEATER.

THOSE KIND OF THE HIGHEST LEVEL.

THE NEXT LEVEL DOWN WAS COMMUNITY, UH, INDOOR COMMUNITY CENTER, PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, UH, OUTDOOR FITNESS EQUIPMENT AND ZIP LINE.

AND NEXT LEVEL DOWN WOULD BE WETLAND, BOARDWALK TRAILS FOR JOGGING, WALKING.

AND THEN THE, THE LAST THREE ITEMS REALLY HAD, WERE NOT, DIDN'T GET A WHOLE LOT OF INTEREST FROM THE WHOLE GROUP.

SO, UM, AFTER THAT EXERCISE WE, WE TRIED TO GET ANOTHER, UM, PUBLIC INPUT SESSION ORGANIZED AT THE, UM, AT THE SCHOOL CAMPUS, THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

BUT UNFORTUNATELY WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OVER THE SUMMER, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO DO THAT.

SO WE SPENT, WE WON A DIFFERENT ROUTE.

WE SENT OUT, UM, SURVEYS, 900 OF 'EM TO ALL THE RESIDENTS IN BUCK ISLAND, SIMMONS, AND PINE CROSS.

AND THIS IS, WE, WE SENT OUT WITH A SELF ADDRESS STAMP POSTCARD THAT WE ASKED THEM TO, YOU KNOW, WE GAVE 'EM A INFORMATION SHEET AND THIS CARD TOLD 'EM THAT IT'S, IT'S ALREADY GOT POST SHEETS ON IT, JUST SEND IT BACK AND LET ME GIVE YOU A COPY OF SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT I, WHAT WAS SENT.

SO, UH, WE GOT OVER 200 RESPONSES, WHICH IS A PRETTY GOOD RESPONSE LEVEL FOR THAT.

UM, AND IT WAS PRETTY CLEAR THAT THE, UM, THE RANKING OF THE DIFFERENT, UM, TYPES OF RECREATIONAL USES, UH, THE TRAILS WERE KIND OF THE NUMBER ONE AND NATURE BOARDWALK AND WILDLIFE VIEWING WAS THE SECOND MOST POPULAR ITEM.

IF YOU LOOK AT THIS SURVEY, IT WAS MORE OF A HIGH INTEREST TO LOW INTEREST.

YOU KNOW, THEY WERE, THEY WERE ASKED TO KIND OF RANK 'EM.

UH, IF, IF IT'S SOMETHING THEY REALLY STRONGLY WANTED TO SEE, THEY PUT IT AT EXTREMELY NEEDED OR IF THEY DIDN'T WANNA SEE IT ALL THEY COULD PUT NOT AT ALL.

SO THE FIRST TWO COMMS ON THE LEFT REALLY ARE KIND OF THE HIGH INTEREST ITEMS AND THEN THE TWO COLUMNS ON THE RIGHT ARE THE LOW INTEREST ITEMS, AND THEN SOMEWHAT IS KIND OF A TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT KIND OF OPINION.

SO THE TRAILS WERE IMPORTANT.

NATURE ACCESS TO NATURE WAS IMPORTANT KIND OF.

UM, THE NEXT LEVEL DOWN WAS PLAY FOR ZIP LINE, OPEN SPACE, PLAYGROUND.

THOSE KIND OF THINGS WERE IMPORTANT, BUT NOT AS MUCH AS THOSE FIRST TWO ITEMS. AND THEN KIND OF THE NEXT LEVEL DOWN FROM THAT WOULD BE THE SPORTS COURTS.

UM, AND THEN COMMUNITY FACILITIES LIKE THE STAGE, THE MEETING FACILITY AND THE PICNIC SHELTERS.

SO, UH, AND THEN OF COURSE THE LEISURE ACTIVITIES WERE, UH, KIND OF NOT RANKED VERY HIGH AT ALL.

SO I TRIED TO SYNTHESIZE, YOU KNOW, OR SUMMARIZE, OH WAIT, ONE MORE ITEM.

THEY WERE ASKED AT THE BOTTOM, IF THEY HAD SOMETHING ELSE THEY WANTED TO SEE AT THE PARK, THEY COULD PUT IT RIGHT IT IN AT THE BOTTOM.

AND THIS IS KIND OF A SPLATTER WORD CHART OF THINGS THAT WERE, WERE MENTIONED, BUT UNFOR, I DON'T REALLY, UM, MOST OF 'EM WERE ONLY MENTIONED ONCE, YOU KNOW, UH, PICKLEBALL THE DOG PARK AND THE SPLASH PAD HAD THREE PEOPLE HAD ACTUALLY REQUESTED THOSE THINGS.

SO OUT OF THE 200 SURVEYS, IT'S PRETTY LOW LEVEL OF STATISTICAL, UH, STATIC, UH, SIGNIFICANCE OF WHAT THESE, UM, WORDS WERE IN TERMS OF.

SO WE DIDN'T REALLY GET ANYBODY THAT SAID THERE WAS, WEREN'T LIKE 30 PEOPLE THAT SAID, I WANT HAVE PICKLEBALL COURT.

SO IT WASN'T REALLY SIGNIFICANT WHAT THE, UH, WRITE-INS REALLY HAD TO SAY TO US.

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AGAIN, THE NEXT LEVEL DOWN, WHICH WE SAW SOME SUPPORT, BUT NOT, I WOULDN'T SAY A CLEAR CONSENSUS FOR THE SPORTS COURT, THE PUMP TRACK, THE PICNIC SHELTERS, AND THE COMMUNITY CENTER.

I'LL COME BACK TO THIS SLIDE IN A SECOND, BUT I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO PROVIDE INPUT BACK TO US SO THAT WE COULD KIND OF INCORPORATE IT INTO THE CONCEPTUAL DESIGN OF THE FIRST ONE IS, AND I'M JUST GONNA READ THROUGH THESE AND I'LL GO BACK TO THAT SUMMARY, SO YOU COULD LOOK AT THAT AS WELL.

DOES TOWN COUNCIL AGREE TO PROCEED WITH PLANNING FOR THE RECREATION USES SUGGESTED IN THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT SUMMARY? THAT'S THE PREVIOUS SLIDE I JUST TALKED ABOUT.

ARE THERE ANY FEATURES THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THE PARK THAT HAVEN'T REALLY CURRENTLY BEEN SUGGESTED IN THAT SURVEY? AND DO YOU, DO YOU THINK A SMALL COMMUNITY CENTER IS NEEDED AT THIS LOCATION? AND IF YES, HOW WOULD YOU SEE IT BEING USED OR MANAGED? UH, AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS RELATED TO PHASING IN THE PROJECT.

THIS PROJECT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE A SIX OR $7 MILLION PROJECT.

SO DO WE WANNA DO IT ALL AT ONCE OR DO YOU WANNA DO IT IN PHASES LIKE WE'VE DONE AT SOME OF OUR PARKS? WE'VE DONE IT BOTH WAYS.