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AND THEN, UH, I'M GONNA CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER, AND THEN I GUESS WE NEED TO SAY A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
CAN WE DO THAT? UH, THERE'S ERIC, YOU'RE VERY BUSY.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES.
BETTER STAND UP AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
UM, AND DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING OR THE AGENDA? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU, JESSE.
AND THEN A SECOND AND ALL IN FAVOR.
UM, DID WE HAVE ANY CITIZEN COMMENTS COMING IN? PROBABLY NOT.
WE'LL MOVE ON ANY COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD.
SO I'LL MOVE ON INTO MY COMMENTS.
I'M GOING TO BE A LITTLE TYPICAL OF MAY A LOT GOING ON.
I'VE BEEN NOTICING AND TALKING TO ROBERT AND GOING TO THE SRT AND TALKING TO SOME OF THE SHAREHOLDERS LIKE FRED TRASK AND PEOPLE LIKE THAT, THAT WE'VE GOT A TON OF ACTIVITY GOING ON UPPER CANE, 540 HOUSES KNOW MILLER ROAD, 50 WHITE HALL, GREEN HEATH.
AND I JUST DON'T SEE ANY END TO THE DEVELOPMENTS COMING DOWN THE PIPE, I GUESS.
AND ERIC MADE COMMENTS TO THAT TOO, THAT THEY'RE GOING TO NEED SOME HELP FROM US OR AT LEAST TO BACK THEM UP AND TO MAKE SURE THAT SOMETHING GETS DONE THAT FOLLOWS THE PLAN AND INCORPORATES A VILLAGE CENTER.
AND WE DON'T END UP WITH LIKE EVERY OTHER CITY WITH APARTMENTS AT OUR ENTRANCE TO EVERY, A NICE VIEW.
SO I'M TRYING TO WORK ALL THAT OUT AND KEEP EVERYBODY HAPPY.
THERE ARE SOME ISSUES WITH TRAFFIC THAT I THINK THAT THE BOARD OUGHT TO WORK WITH.
I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN THAT AND I KNOW MR FRALEY IS NEW AND THEN GOT HIS HANDS FULL.
AND I WILL, I WANT TO WORK WITH HIM ON THAT.
AND I KNOW ROB HAS BEEN WORKING WITH HIM ON TRAILS AND PATHWAYS, AND WE JUST NEED TO TAKE SOME TIME AND TOUCH BASE WITH HIM.
AND MIKE TOLD ME THAT HIS AT HIS GROUP OVER AT METRO, UM, ACTUALLY DID A LOT OF WORK WITH THAT.
GOT SOME COMMENTS FROM HIM AND WILL, AND I'LL LET HIM TALK ABOUT THAT AS SOON AS WE CAN GET F OVER ON THAT.
BUT, UM, I'LL LET HIM GO AHEAD AND MAKE SOME COMMENTS ON THE VILLAGE CENTER PLAN.
YEAH, WE MET, UH, ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF AGO.
I'M GETTING A LOT OF FEEDBACK.
DO YOU GUYS, UM, THAT'S BETTER NOW? UM, OKAY.
SO WE MET, UH, UH, WE MET AT, UH, A LITTLE OVER A WEEK AGO AND WE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS ABOUT, UH, UH, THINGS MOVING FORWARD.
WE, WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THE SEA ISLAND CORRIDOR DEFINITION, AS WELL AS THE, UH, VILLAGE CENTER, UH, BOUNDARIES IN THE DEFINITION OF WHAT, UH, WHERE THAT WAS, WHAT WAS GOING ON.
UH, WE TALKED WITH ROB A LOT ABOUT THE PATHWAYS, UM, AND, UH, UH, UM, DOING A LOT OF WORK RIGHT NOW WITH, UH, WORKING ON THE, THE PASSWORD ZONING THAT WE HAVE AT LEAST ON THE SEA ISLAND CORRIDOR GOING UP, UH, AND, UH, UM, KIND OF TRYING TO GET A START
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TO GET A HANDLE ON SOME OF THE, UH, UH, THE ZONING ISSUES AND ZONING REQUIREMENTS.BUT I THINK MOST OF THE TIME WHAT WE SPENT OUR TIME WAS THE, UH, UM, THE ROADWAY DEVELOPMENT AND, UH, TALKING ABOUT THE, UH, ROADWAY, POTENTIAL ROADWAY AT ROADBLOCK, AS WELL AS THE, UH, HAZEL FARMS ROAD, UH, INTERSECTING ON UP TO A GATE.
AND, UM, THERE WERE A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS RELATIVE TO, UH, ACTUAL IMPLEMENTATION, UH, AND MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT.
I THINK THAT OUR COMMITTEE THOUGH, IS, UH, REALLY TAPED, WANTING, NEEDING TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE PHILOSOPHY OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
UM, I, UH, WE, WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A MEETING WITH JARED WITH, UH, UH, DAVE AND MYSELF, UH, BUT, UH, UM, HE MUST HAVE GOTTEN TIED UP IN SOME OTHER MEETINGS BECAUSE THAT ONE DIDN'T COME OFF.
I'VE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS, GETTING A HOLD OF HIM.
I REALLY, REALLY NEED TO HAVE A MEETING WITH HIM.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO BEST FACILITATE THAT.
I'VE TRIED TO GET IN CONTACT, BUT, YOU KNOW, WITH HIM BEING NEW, I DON'T KNOW, UM, IF, UH, HE'S GETTING MESSAGES OR NOT, OR, OR, OR TEXTS EMAILS.
UH, SO, UM, I THINK WHAT'S CRITICAL TO ME AND TO OUR GROUP IS THAT NUMBER ONE? UH, I THINK HE OUGHT TO BE A PART OF THE GROUP, AND I DID INVITE HIM TO COME, UH, TO THE NEXT MEETING, WHICH IS NEXT THURSDAY.
I WAS GOING TO TRY AND DO IT ON WEDNESDAY, BUT THE PROBLEM WAS THAT'S VETERAN'S DAY.
SO I'VE MOVED THAT TO THURSDAY AT THREE O'CLOCK.
UM, BUT IS THERE A WAY TO GET IN TOUCH WITH HIM ROB OR ANYBODY THAT I MIGHT BE ABLE TO TALK TO HIM? SO LET ME LOOK, IF I MAY, LET ME TALK ABOUT THAT REAL QUICK.
UM, SO JARED IS GETTING PULLED IN A HUNDRED DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS RIGHT NOW, UM, AND I'M NOT MAKING EXCUSES.
UM, I'VE JUST GOT, UH, I WILL GET WITH HIM AND FOCUS HIS ATTENTION ALL ON THIS AREA AS WELL.
UH, HE'S BEEN SPENDING A GOOD DEAL OF HIS TIME WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RODMAN AND SOME OF THE HILTON HEAD COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THIS, UH, TWO 78, UH, ISSUE AND SETTING UP AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW THERE.
SO THAT'S TAKEN A LOT OF HIS TIME BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THAT'S, UH, THAT'S BEEN MORE POLITICAL THAN ANYTHING, BUT I WILL, I WILL GET WITH HIM.
I HAVE A MEETING WITH HIM TOMORROW AND I'M GOING TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT HIS NEEDS ARE AND WHAT HE NEEDS ASSISTANCE WITH.
UM, AND HONESTLY, UH, QUITE HONESTLY, OUR LAST REORG, UM, ASSIGNED A LOT OF DEPARTMENTS TO THESE GUYS THAT THEY JUST SIMPLY CAN'T KEEP TRACK OF EVERYTHING.
SO, UM, BUT, UM, THAT'S NOT ANYTHING FOR YOU ALL TO WORRY ABOUT AND, AND I WILL, I WILL MAKE SURE THAT HE FOLLOWS UP WITH YOU, UM, MR. TOMI, AND GET YOU, UH, GET YOU AN ANSWER.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT ERIC AND I, WASN'T TRYING TO POINT A FAIR CAUSE I KNOW HE'S BUSY, UH, AND PROBABLY MORE SO THESE DAYS THAN ANYTHING ELSE, BUT WHAT I REALLY NEED, JUST SO THAT, UH, WHEN YOU TALK TO HIM IS I NEED TO BE ABLE TO, UH, GET TOGETHER WITH HIM FOR PROBABLY 30 OR 45 MINUTES.
AND THEN IF THERE'S ANY WAY HE COULD, UH, BE A PART OF OUR MEETINGS, I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY BECAUSE, UH, THE VILLAGE CENTER PLAN AND, AND EVERYTHING THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT IS REALLY DEPENDENT ON WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE ROADS AND ROADWAYS.
AND THERE MAY NOT BE ANYTHING RIGHT NOW, BUT I THINK THAT IF, IF HE CAN AT LEAST UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE COMING FROM AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH, IT MAY HELP NOT WASTE SOME TIME IN WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DEVELOP AT THE SAME TIME, TOO, THAT, UM, WE HAVE THAT SET UP.
AND ALSO IF YOU ALL NEED TO GET IN TOUCH WITH HIM, UM, OR SEND HIM AN EMAIL, I WOULD ALSO, AND I CAN, I CAN HAVE ROB OR NOAH ONE SEND OUT TO THIS COMMITTEE, HER CONTACT INFORMATION.
BUT IF YOU WILL EMAIL BRITTANY FIELDS AND I'LL HAVE TO, WE'LL HAVE TO SEND YOU THAT SPELLING BECAUSE SHE SPELLS BRITTANY DIFFERENT.
UH, WE CAN SEND YOU HER CONTACT INFORMATION.
IT WOULD BE BEST FOR YOU TO, UM, EITHER GET THE EMAIL TO HER, COPY HER ON EMAIL, OR CALL HER AND SAY, HEY, CAN YOU HAVE HIM CALL
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ME? AND HE WILL CALL YOU BACK.EVENTUALLY I MAY TAKE A DAY OR TWO, BUT, UH, HE WILL DO IT, BUT I'LL, I'M MEETING WITH HIM TOMORROW AND I'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE FOCUS IN ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT AND WE DO NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO IT AND, UH, START, UM, DOING THIS PLAN OVER HERE.
UM, SO THAT'S JUST AN OVERVIEW.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UM, OR INPUT THAT THEY'D LIKE TO GIVE ME GOING INTO THIS? AND ERIC, DO YOU WANT ME TO PUT YOU ON THE INVITE LIST? I'VE GOT ROM ON THERE FOR THESE MEETINGS? UH, I FIGURED YOU WERE SO BUSY.
YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SHOW UP TO THOSE, BUT I CAN CERTAINLY PUT YOU ON OUR INVITE LIST.
YEAH, I PREFER, I WOULD PREFER IF YOU CAN INCLUDE ME, UH, JUST FOR NOTICE, BUT I PREFER YOU INCLUDE, UH, ROB AND NOAH, UH, MORE THAN ANYONE.
AND THEN THAT ROB, ROB WILL BE ASSUMING SOME ADDITIONAL DUTIES HERE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL, UH, FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS WHILE I'M IN THIS ROLE.
UH, SO HE'LL COMMUNICATE WITH ME AS NECESSARY.
I'LL SHOW YOU ON THE INVITE LIST THEN.
UH, DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY INPUT INTO THIS, INTO THIS COMMITTEE? UH, AND ANYTHING THAT I MIGHT BE ABLE TO BRING UP, UH, TO THE TASK FORCE ON NEXT THURSDAY? OKAY.
I DO HAVE, UH, I DO HAVE A QUESTION, UM, AND, UH, THIS CAME UP AT, UH, UH, NORTH REGIONAL, UH, AND THAT IS THAT, UH, UM, PORT ROYAL DEFINITELY WANTS TO BE A PART OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.
AND, UM, PROBABLY MORE SO IF, AND WHEN THE CONSULTANT COMES ON BOARD, BUT, UH, THEY MADE A, UH, UH, SPECIFIC, THEY HAD TO SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS THE FACT THAT, UH, UH, WHEN YOU COME OFF OF THE, UH, UH, THE OTHER BRIDGE AND THE CONNECTOR TO THAT BRIDGE, UH, ON MERIDIAN THAT, UH, THAT DESK HAS AN IMPACT ON PORT ROYAL.
I HAVE NOT DONE ANYTHING TO TRY AND INVOLVE THEM TO DATE BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'RE TRYING TO GET OUR FEET ON THE GROUND, JUST WITH THE VILLAGE CENTER PROJECT.
BUT EVENTUALLY I THINK AS WE MOVE FORWARD, IT PROBABLY WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO EITHER HAVE A LINDA OR SOMEBODY ELSE, UH, JOIN OUR TEAM OR COMMITTEE.
AND I, I, I DON'T OPPOSE HAVING THEM A PART OF THE TASK FORCE NOW.
UH, I JUST DON'T KNOW IF, UH, UH, IT WOULD BE VALUABLE TO THEIR TIME RIGHT NOW.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT, LINDA? THANK YOU, MIKE.
I NOTICED THAT THE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN PARTICIPATING IN NORTHERN REGIONAL, UM, I'VE SAID MANY TIMES ALL ALONG, UM, OVER THE YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF THAT WE'VE BEEN STUDYING THIS PROBLEM THAT, UM, EVENTUALLY THE TOWN IS INVOLVED IN THE DYNAMICS THAT ARE LADY'S ISLAND, AND WE WANT TO BE AT THE TABLE, UM, FOR THE IMMEDIACY.
UH, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN, I'M ALWAYS INCLUDED IN THE INVITE LIST AND I TRY TO MAKE THE MEETINGS, UH, AS BEST I CAN I'M HERE TODAY.
AND, UM, I THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE THAT THE, MAYBE AN ELECTED PERSON, UH, MAYBE ONE OF THE COUNCIL PERSONS OR, OR, UH, MAYBE EVEN A PLANNING COMMISSIONER, UH, FROM THE TOWN BE ALSO A PART OF THIS EFFORT.
WELL, LINDA, UM, WE'RE GONNA MEET NEXT THURSDAY IF, UH, YOU HAVE SOMEBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO TOUCH BASE AND JUST SEE WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT SO THAT YOU CAN, UH, SATISFY YOURSELF OF WHERE WE ARE AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU NEED TO BE IN ADDITIONAL MEETINGS.
UH, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME OR HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE REPRESENTING PORT ROYAL COM.
I WILL TAKE THAT TO TOWN MANAGER.
AND IT'S AT THREE O'CLOCK AT CITY HALL ON THURSDAY.
CHUCK IS NOT GOING TO BE HERE.
AND, UH, THE, UH, ZONING HARMONIZATION IS, IS A PART OF, UH, THE COMMITTEE.
AND, UH, AND I, I TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, THE FACT THAT I'M SPENDING QUITE A BIT OF TIME NOW LOOKING AT THE, UH, THE COUNTY AND THE CITY ZONING AND THE INTERRELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE TWO.
UM, AND, UH, HOPEFULLY BY THE THURSDAY MEETING,
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I'LL HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION, BUT I KNOW THAT, UH, UM, CHUCK HERE, SCOTT, HIS, UH, HIS TEAM, UH, THAT SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT ZONING, THAT'S GONNA, I THINK, TRY TO GET TOGETHER NEXT WEEK.I DON'T REMEMBER THE, UH, ANYTHING EXACTLY ABOUT THAT.
JESSE, DID YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT? UH, NO.
I HAVEN'T HEARD, HE SENT, UM, ROBIN ON EMAIL THING.
I THINK ROBIN, WAS IT THE 10TH OF NOVEMBER THAT THEY'RE MEETING? YEAH.
CINDY KIND OF INDICATED HE WANT TO HAVE AN INITIAL KICKOFF MEETING, KEEP IT SMALL AND THEN BRING DAY PER SHARD.
AND I AM IN THE LOOP ON THEIR WORK.
IS THAT KIND OF THE IMPRESSION YOU GOT FROM THAT EMAIL, DAVID? YEAH, LET ME SEE IF I CAN FIND IT REAL QUICK.
THAT IS A 10TH OF THE, UH, VETERAN'S DAY.
NO, NO, THAT'S THE 11TH OR THE CLF.
UM, WELL, UH, I, I JUST RE DID NOT REMEMBER THE DATE, BUT, UH, UH, HE'S, HE'S GOING TO BE KIND OF KICKING HIS GROUP OFF THEN.
SO I'LL, I'LL, I'M PLANNING ON JOINING THEM AT THAT MEETING.
I JUST NEED TO GET IT ON MY CALENDAR.
IT SAID NOON TUESDAY, THE 10TH AT NOON.
YOU'LL HAVE TO BE BLINDFOLDED BEFORE YOU, UH, ENTER THE COMPOUND.
UM, MY PAST MILITARY EXPERIENCE, I'M FAMILIAR WITH THAT.
UM, THAT THAT'S REALLY ALL THE UPDATES THAT I'VE GOT RIGHT NOW ON THAT.
UH, THERE'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF INFORMATION THAT'S GOT TO BE PUT FORWARD.
IT'S GOING TO BE AN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TASK TO REALLY GET A HANDLE ON THAT WHOLE VILLAGE CENTER AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND TO ACCOMPLISH WITH IT.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE AN UPDATE? IS ANYTHING GOING ON WITH THE CONSULTANTS AT THIS POINT THAT, UH, ANYBODY CAN SPEAK TO? OKAY.
I FIGURED IT, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING GOING ON WITH SOMETHING OR OTHER, BUT I'M BRINGING A CONSULTANT ON FOR THE VILLAGE.
PLANNING CONSULTANTS, OR ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE WORK THAT OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT IS DOING TO PROCURE FUNDING FOR A PLANNING CONSULTANT AND BRINGING A PLANNING CONSULTANT ONBOARD IS, IS ANYTHING MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT, THAT, UH, THAT ANYBODY CAN SPEAK TO? OKAY.
I CAN SPEAK TO A PLAN STILL THE SAME AS FOR US TO REACH OUT AND GET SOME PRICES FOR WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE ON OUR SCOPE OF POTENTIAL ESTIMATES FOR FOLKS SO THAT WE CAN SPEAK WITH THE CITY ABOUT, UM, POTENTIALLY AND THE COUNTY COUNCIL ABOUT POTENTIALLY FUNDING THAT WORK IN NEXT YEAR'S FISCAL BUDGET.
I DO NOT THINK IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO DO IT IN THIS PARTICULAR BUDGET CYCLE, BUT IT WOULD DEFINITELY BE SOMETHING WE WOULD CONSIDER WORKING ON IN THE FUTURE, UM, IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.
SO WE'RE PLANNING TO DO THAT, UM, AT SOME POINT, UM, AND I MAY HAVE TO LEAVE HERE BECAUSE I'VE GOT MASHED PROTESTERS THAT ARE SHOWING UP RIGHT OUTSIDE OF MY WINDOW.
SO IF Y'ALL SEE ME DISAPPEAR, THAT'S WHY ANYWAY.
I FIND IT IRONIC THAT THE GUY THAT'S OUT HERE PROTESTING THE MASS ORDINANCE HAS A FULL FACE MASK ON RIGHT NOW.
ALL RIGHT, ERIC, UH, THAT'S UH, THAT'S REALLY ALL, I'VE GOT ALAN, UH, AS UPDATES TO ANY OF THOSE.
AND, UH, AND LIKE I SAID BEFORE, THERE ARE MEETINGS NOW SCHEDULED FOR NEXT WEEK TO MAYBE ALL RIGHT, JUST SEND US OUT A MEMO.
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YOU KNOW, I KIND OF THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT A TRAFFIC ENGINEER AND THE STUDY AND EVERYTHING, UM, AND I KNOW YOU'RE WORKING ON IT.ROBERT, IF YOU COULD KEEP US UP THE LOOP ON SOME OF THAT STUFF WITH ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT DOES IT'S AND I KNOW YOU'RE WORKING ON TRAILS AND PATHWAYS, BUT IT'S GOING TO AFFECT A LOT OF WHAT WE DO.
AND A LOT OF THE CONCERNS ON LADY'S ISLAND.
I MEAN, THE VILLAGE CENTER IS GOOD AND MIKE'S GOT A LOT OF STEAM BEHIND THAT, BUT, UH, TRAFFIC IS STILL GOING TO BE A MAIN CONCERN AND, AND WE JUST NEED TO KEEP THE PUBLIC INFORMED AND SOME OF THESE SHAREHOLDERS, UM, IF YOU REMEMBER, UM, THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF HIRING A CONSULTANT TOO, THAT WILL BE INVOLVED IN THE OF THOSE ROADWAYS.
AND I THINK THAT THAT'S WHERE OUR COMMITTEE, YOU KNOW, TAKES A FRONT AND CENTER WORKING WITH THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT WITH THAT CONSULTANT TO MAKE SURE THESE PROJECTS ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE LADY ASYLUM PLAN.
AND I, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE CAN BE GREAT HELP TO THEM, BUT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE REALLY NEED TO, TO BE INVOLVED IN LOCKSTEP WITH, WOW, I COULDN'T AGREE MORE.
AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'LL BE AS MUCH AS A SEVEN OR 800 DEVELOPMENT HOMESIDE DEVELOPMENTS COMING ON BOARD, AND WE JUST NEED TO LET THEM KNOW THAT WE CAN ANTICIPATE IT AND MAKE, MAKE SUGGESTIONS AND GUIDE THAT A LITTLE BIT.
YEAH, IT, RIGHT NOW THEY'RE DOING A, AN UPDATE OF THE STANTEC TRANSPORTATION STUDY AND THAT TYPE OF DATA IS WHAT NEEDS TO FEED INTO THAT.
UM, BUT I THINK THE CITY YOU'VE BEEN PROVIDING INFORMATION, UM, YOU KNOW, ABOUT NEW DEVELOPMENTS.
SO THOSE, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THESE HOUSES SHOULD BE FACTORED INTO THAT, UH, THIS UPDATE OF THE TRANSPORTATION STUDY.
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE DOING THAT RIGHT NOW, BUT THEN ONCE THEY GET THAT DATA, THEY'RE HIRING A, OR THEY'RE IN A PROCESS OF HIRING A CONSULTANT THAT WILL OVERSEE THE DESIGN OF THE PROJECTS.
UM, YOU KNOW, BASED ON THE OUTCOME OF THAT TRANSPORTATION STUDY, UM, WHO WHO'S DOING THE UPDATE OF THE STANTEC STUDY.
I BELIEVE IT'S, IS IT STANTEC? YOU KNOW, DAVE, I DON'T KNOW.
I SHOULD KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION, BUT, UM, PEOPLE IN ANOTHER, EITHER IN ENGINEERING OR, UM, TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING FIRM, AND THEY'RE BASICALLY LOOKING AT REVISED PROJECTIONS FOR GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OR THE AREA, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, RE REVISITING LIST OF PROJECTS THAT ARE ALREADY FUNDED BY THE 1 CENT SALES TAX.
AND, AND I GUESS JARED'S, IS, IS HE INVOLVED WITH THEM? YES.
AND DO YOU KNOW HOW OFTEN, AND HE MEETS WITH THEM AT ALL? NO, I DON'T.
AND THAT'S PROBABLY WHEN WE DO MEET WITH HIM AND, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY AT THAT POINT, WE'LL BEGIN TO GET SOME PRELIMINARY INFORMATION FROM THAT STUDY.
UM, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
I JUST DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, HIS DAY TO DAY INVOLVEMENT WITH THEM.
I DON'T WANT TO MISS AN OPPORTUNITY HERE.
THE STANTEC STUDY REALLY HAS A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AS PART OF THE VILLAGE CENTER DEVELOPMENT WITH THE ROADWAY SYSTEMS. AND, UM, I'M WONDERING IF, UH, IF THERE SHOULD, IF THE NEXT TIME THERE'S A MEETING WITH THE, UH, STANTEC ENGINEERS, IF THAT'S, WHO'S DOING THAT OR WHOEVER, IF, UH, IF, UH, I SHOULDN'T BE, UH, AVAILABLE TO THEM TO AT LEAST LISTEN TO WHAT THEIR UPDATES ARE AND INPUT ANYTHING, ANY INFORMATION THAT WE MAY BE, UH, MAY HAVE, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO THEM ABOUT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH.
AND ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, SO THAT STUDY IS MORE AT THE 30,000 FOOT LEVEL WHERE THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE IMPACT OF DEVELOPMENT, THE EXISTING ROADWAY, AND THEN PROJECTIONS OF TRAFFIC VOLUMES IN THE FUTURE, THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOME POLICY QUESTIONS THAT WE NEED TO WEIGH IN ON, BECAUSE ONE THING ABOUT THE STANTEC STUDY IS IT FOCUSED ON IMPROVING THE NETWORK OF STREETS, YOU KNOW, HAVING
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ALTERNATIVE ROUTES TO GO TO BYPASS THE INTERSECTION, WHICH I BELIEVE ARE MORE CONSISTENT WITH OUR LADY'S ISLAND PLAN.THE OTHER APPROACH IS TO SIMPLY WIDEN EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, AND THAT MAY NOT, YOU KNOW, IN, SO THERE MAY BE POLICY QUESTIONS THAT IT'S, IT'S AN EITHER OR, YOU KNOW, WE COULD PROVIDE MORE NETWORK OR MORE OR LANES.
AND I THINK THAT OUR, THE LATEST ISLAND PLAN, UH, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY FAVORED THE IDEA OF IMPROVING THE NETWORK OF STREETS.
UM, YOU KNOW, SO OVERWHELMED WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, FIVE LANE CROSS SECTION GOING ALL THE WAY THROUGH THAT DILLARD CENTER.
UM, YEAH, I, I THINK IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE AT LEAST GET WITH THEM AND SEE WHERE THEY ARE, LET THEM KNOW WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH AND THEN TRY AND MESH THOSE THINGS TOGETHER.
SO MAYBE, MAYBE, MAYBE BY THURSDAY, UH, IF YOU HAVE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON, WE COULD, UH, PUT THAT ON THE TABLE AND, UH, IF THERE'S, UH, A DATE FOR AN UPCOMING MEETING OR SOMETHING, WE CAN, UH, I CAN GET THAT FROM YOU.
AND OF COURSE, YOU'RE NOW THE SANTEC STUDY AND THOSE THINGS WERE BASED ON A CERTAIN GROWTH LEVEL.
I'M PRETTY SURE ALL THOSE NUMBERS ARE FAR OUT THE WINDOW.
THEY GROW CRAZY AND IT'S GOING TO MAKE A, IT IT'S TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE TRAFFIC DOWN THE LINE.
NOW, I THINK WE DO NEED TO HAVE SOME INPUT THERE, OR AT LEAST LISTEN TO WHAT THEY'RE SAYING, BECAUSE EVEN MIKE MCGEE AND THEM CHANGED AROUND SOME OF THE STUDIES BEFORE HE LEFT, HE WENT THROUGH THE 13 PROGRAMS AND SAID, WELL, THIS DOESN'T NEED TO HAPPEN.
THAT DOESN'T NEED TO HAVE ANY, BECAUSE SCHOOL ENROLLMENT WAS DOWN THE ROAD THEN MADE THE DOD STANDARDS.
SO A LOT OF, WE JUST NEED TO GET AN UPDATE ON ALL THAT.
I LIKED HOW HE APPROACHED IT, BUT NOW I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON UP THERE.
UH, DID YOU HEAR WHAT I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THE GROWTH AND EVERYTHING? YEAH.
WELL, I DO THINK WE NEED TO GET WITH THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERS AND THE SANTEC STUDY PEOPLE.
AND I KNOW HE'S TOOK OVER A HARD JOB AND HE'S OVERWORKED AND Y'ALL HAVE A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON.
AND I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THAT HE'S A HILTON HEAD WITH THOSE GUYS, BUT, UH, WE JUST NEED TO AT LEAST HEAR WHAT HE'S GOT TO SAY.
SO A PIECE AT THAT MEETING AT THE VILLAGE CENTER, THAT WOULD BE GREAT, OR EVEN ERIC COULD STEP IN AND TELL US WHAT HE KNOWS.
ARE YOU ROB? BUT WE, WE JUST NEED TO BE FILLED IN ON IT.
UM, I GUESS OUR NEXT STEPS ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THE VILLAGE CENTER, THAT MEETING NEXT THURSDAY.
AND JESSE, IF I'LL REACH OUT TO CHUCK AGAIN AND, AND LET'S TRY TO GET, UH, Y'ALL GONNA HAVE YOUR MEETING ON WEDNESDAY, RIGHT? I BELIEVE I'M SO SORRY.
I'M GETTING A LOT OF INTERFERENCE.
I'VE, WASN'T PART OF HIS ZONING HARMONIZATION TASK FORCE.
SO I WASN'T BEING KEPT IN THE LOOP ON WHEN THOSE ARE, BUT I'M HAPPY TO, IF IT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
WELL, I'LL CHECK, I'LL CHECK MY NOTES AND SEE WHO IT WAS AND SEE IF WE CAN GET SOME INPUT FROM THEM, BUT WE DO, THEY DO, WE DO NEED TO GET THEM GOING.
AND THEY'RE WORKING UNDERNEATH MIKE THEY'RE IN THE VILLAGE CENTER.
I, I THINK WE'RE, WE'VE GOT A GOOD, A GOOD PUSH GOING ON WITH THE VILLAGE CENTER.
UM, AND THEN WE JUST NEED TO GET TRAFFIC INVOLVED AND, AND ZONING.
SO WE WORK ON THOSE THREE PRONGS.
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I THINK WE'LL, WE'LL MAKE GOOD PROGRESS HERE.UM, BUT I THINK IT WAS GOING TO TAKE AN AWFUL LOT OF WORK.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS CHANGED IN OUT HERE AS FAR AS GROWTH AND NEW PROJECTS.
AND, UH, I'LL MAKE ANOTHER LIST OF THEM, BUT I KNOW OF SIX OR 700 HOME SITES THAT ARE GOING TO COME ONLINE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
AND I KNOW ROB MERCHANT IS CONCERNED ABOUT IT AND, AND I KNOW ERIC IS ALSO, SO WE'LL JUST NEED TO KEEP PUSHING FORWARD ON THAT TO MAKE SURE SOMETHING DOESN'T GET AWAY FROM US.
UM, IS THE FILL ORDINANCE AND THE RESILIENCE OVERLAY, IS THAT STILL PENDING WITH THE, UM, NEAR PECK OR HAS IT MOVED? IS IT MOVING AT ALL? UM, HE WENT BEFORE THE NORTHERN REGIONAL PLAN IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE, UH, IN THE END OF OCTOBER, THEY GAVE IT APPROVAL.
AND EVEN NOW, I GUESS AT THE VETTING OF THE STAFF, JUST MAKING SURE THAT THE THREE JURISDICTIONS ARE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE OF HOW WE WANT TO IMPLEMENT IT.
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN TO START PUSHING IT TOWARD IMPLEMENTATION.
SO IT, IT HAS ALREADY ACHIEVED THAT EFFORT.
AND THAT BRINGS ME TO ANOTHER COMMENT I GOT ON THREAD PRESS PROPERTY IS, UH, IS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED, NOT APPROVED RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE AIRPORT TRAFFIC LIGHTS, BECAUSE HE'S CONTACTED ME TO BRING IN A LOT OF FAILS DOWN THE ROAD HERE TWO OR THREE MONTHS.
ANYTHING WE HAVE JURISDICTION OVER, IS THAT CORRECT? WELL, UH, WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING YET.
I MEAN, HE'S BEEN TALKING, HE'S BEEN TRYING TO WORK OUT WITH THE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION ENGINEER EXACTLY WHERE THE ROAD'S GOING TO GO AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
WE HAVEN'T SEEN A DEVELOPMENT PLAN OR ANYTHING, OR A APPLICATION FOR A PERMIT YET.
SO WE HAD THAT I'LL DOUBLE CHECK, BUT I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ALAN YOU'RE ON MUTE AGAIN.
UM, I KEEP WANTING TO HIT THE ONE UP ON MY PICTURE AND IT'S DOWN ON THE BOTTOM.
WELL, I'M ASSUMING THAT HE'S GOT A WAY OUT OF THAT AND HE'S GOING TO BRING IN ALL THAT SALE AND BUILD WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CROSS THE ROAD THERE.
BUT, UM, AND THAT, AND I GUESS THAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH THE, WITH THE PUDS AND THE AGREEMENTS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS IS THAT THEY GIVE THEM A WAY OUT, BUT, UH, WE'LL LIVE WITH THAT.
I GUESS LET'S, EVERYBODY'S AGREED TO IT.
UM, BUT I THINK WE JUST NEED TO BE AWARE OF WHAT WE GOT IS AN AWFUL LOT OF GROWTH MORE THAN WE EVER ANTICIPATED COMING DOWN THE PIPELINE.
AND, UH, IT'S, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EVERY LOT GETTING SOLD ON PREP AND DOG TALK, YOU KNOW, AND THEN IF THERE'S A PIECE OF LAND, THEY CAN SNAP IT UP.
AND IF WE CAN GET KNOW, THEY GET A DEVELOPED, THEY'LL SELL IT.
SO WE JUST NEED TO WORK HARD AND KIND OF KEEP OUR EARS TO THE GROUND AND MAKE SURE WE CATCH THIS STUFF AND, UH, AND TRY TO PERSUADE THEM TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
SO THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT IT, BUT, UH, IT'S A LOT OF WORK.
WE NEED TO GET THE ZONE ZONING, HARMONIZATION THING UP AND RUNNING.
AND THEN ROB IS BUSY AS HELL TRYING TO GET THE COMP PLAN AND TRAILS AND RATES THROUGH THE WAY.
SO, UM, AND ERIC'S THE ADMINISTRATOR, SO TEMPORARY ADMINISTRATOR.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE A TOUGH COUPLE OF MONTHS PULLING THROUGH, BUT, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL JUST KEEP PUSHING FORWARD.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR ANYTHING OR MIKE ROB YOU GOOD? ALL RIGHT.
WELL THEN I'LL, I'LL ADJOURN THE MEETING AND THEN WE GOT TWO MEETINGS NEXT WEEK, TUESDAY AND THURSDAY.
AND, UH, WE'LL STAY WITH NOAH AND ROB AND, UH, HEAT, MENTAL LIVE AND BUG THEM A LITTLE BIT.
AND LINDA, I KNOW WE NEED TO ADDRESS Y'ALL WITH THE TRAFFIC, DUMPING THEM INTO THE, UH, INTO PORT ROYAL AND, AND IN THE END OF BUFORD.
SO, UH, I GUESS THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL HAVE TO ADDRESS WITH THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER.
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OKAY.ANY, ANY COMMENTS OR ANYTHING WE'LL ADJOURN? IT DID NOT FINISH.