Town Council - Regular Meeting

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Good afternoon. I'd like to call this January 13th, 2026 town council meeting to order. If you will please rise and say the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. If you will continue standing while we have the Reverend General Haye from Firstto African Baptist Church join us in the invocation. [snorts] Greetings, my beloved. Let us pray. Almighty God, keeper of our lives, [snorts] light to our minds, and feeder of our souls. We come thanking you for unmmerited favor. We come quietly contemplating the benefits you have bestowed upon this Hilton Head Island community. our mayor, Alan Perry, and this town council. We confess that we take much for granted as we find ourselves caught up in the frantic pursuit of goals. Oh God, open our eyes which have sometimes failed to see the blessings we have received, and give us a new sight to see this community as you see it. Pour into our hearts the waters of gratitude that will nourish the seeds of growth and commitment by this council, fostering a harvest for all your people in the year of 2026. Continue to provide wisdom, knowledge, and understanding to all of our elected

officials. In Christ's name we do pray and give you thanks. Amen. Amen. Thank you, Reverend.

Mr. Orlando, do we have any changes to the agenda today? [clears throat] No, sir. With that, is there a motion to accept the agenda as moved? Second. We have a first and a second. All those in favor signify by raising your hand. So moved. 7. Next, we have the regular meeting minutes of December 9th, 2025, and the special meeting minutes of December 18th, 2025. Is there a motion to approve? Uh, mayor, I had some questions about both those minutes and I would ask them to be put off until they can be resolved. Um, can you just give a a brief description of what those changes are?

Sure. Sure. Yes. With regard to the minutes of December 9, perhaps it's my southern accent when uh some of my words are not understood. Um, but this has to do with the motion on the uh the bond issue. Um, and there were some typographicals in there and then also some language that I think I spoke that was not understood. Um, and the clerk offered for me to listen to the verbatim transcript, but I did not have a chance to do that before today's meeting. And because involve a bond issue under bond council's involve, perhaps the bond council would like to make sure that the minutes are accurate. So, if we could put those off. Miss Bryson has a motion to hold off until the next meeting. Is there a second? Second.

Okay. Any quick discussion on it? All those in favor signify by raising your right hand. So move 70. [snorts] Next, uh we'll hear from the town manager, Mr. Orlando, on your reports. Yes, sir.

Good afternoon, mayor, council, members of the public. Uh a few things uh a few things to share with with you as part of my update uh today. First uh and foremost, we're looking forward to spending time with you, town council, at the upcoming FY2628 strategic action plan workshop. Um really to go over the work and the progress made to date on the strategic plan that has been in effect since July 1st. We know that there's some items that are in in the strategic plan that have been ongoing longer than July 1st. So, um we look forward to that and then just share with you our progress today. We have some things that are complete. We have some things that are underway. We know you have questions for us. We know we have questions for you and we look forward to that. Um, we as always will be a uh available to provide Spanish translation and that this will be held at the Weston in the Elliot Drayton Hayward rooms um from 8:30 till 4, probably 3:30 or so like that depending on when we finish on on January 27th. Elmo task force. Chairman of the Elmo task force, council member uh Steve D Simone led the first meeting on January 6th where the staff and the task force talked about the process to move the district plans and the LMO forward. Um talked about the task force role, the staff role, the consultant role and expectations on how this group will start working together. It was our first meeting. It was more of an intro than it was a working meeting. um it was a let's get started and and hit the start button more than it was bringing forward any real schedule and framework. Those meetings will come um and we're prepared for that. Uh the meetings will be broadcast on the Bufort County channel and also and then also available on the town's YouTube page. So that wasn't something that we started out with. It

was something that we were able to work with Bufort County with. So, a big thank you to Tom Sunday, our IT lead, and Kim, uh, our Kim Gam, our our town clerk, as well as Buer County. They've really worked with us to accommodate that. All meetings are scheduled to begin at 5, unless we have some special workshop meeting uh, in the future. We'll we'll get out in front of that message and inform everybody. They're here at town hall. They're here in town council chambers. Um, and they're on the town website and calendared between now and the end of May. So, construction mobilization, uh, next topic, construction mobilization began at, uh, North Point on Jarvis Creek. Um, site work began around January 8th. They're mobilizing, uh, with equipment and site prep. And we also have a groundbreaking ceremony, so please attend if you're able. Um, and share the news. We are as well. February 12th is the groundbreaking. I believe it's at 100 p.m. Needless to say, we're very excited to celebrate this milestone. Uh know there'll be some work, right? Survey work and a whole bunch of other work along Marsh Point Road along Gumree and the bus drive. We're also going to be out there doing some surveying to prep for those road improvements on Gum Gum Tree Road. So, they'll be working in that in that whole area for a little while. Uh a few more things. The RFQ, the request for qualifications for the Bryant Road Workforce Housing Neighborhood that you all talked about in the past is now live. It's on the town website. The bids are open. Um, and we are excited to see what some qualified potential partner bids look like. Those bids are due in early April. And again, as a reminder, um we bidded out uh looking for interest and qualifications to establish a workforce housing single family homeownership

neighborhood. So stay tuned for some more few things, a couple projects updates that I think are important and also to celebrate. We closed a portion of the boardwalk at Calgney Beach Park to replace some deck boards. Survey crews are working on along William Hilton Parkway between Shelter Cove Lane and Matthews Drive um to survey the work for our future infrastructure project. Um construction crews also began work to restore and clean some storm water retention ponds on town of Hilton Head Island land located near Bryant Road adjacent to Deep Foring Road. So be on the lookout for that. That's us out there with our contractors doing that work. Um tomorrow, I believe tomorrow or no later than this week, we'll begin maintenance work on the Jarvis Creek storm water pump station. Um and some of the activities will require some temporary lane closures on Nature's Way and west of Pemrook Drive. Work continues at Barker Field uh to improve soccer and storm water and parking. Uh and then survey work you will see also along Arrow Road to Wexford Drive in preparation for a new multi-use path and that's in conjunction and funded through a grant in partnership between the town and the South Carolina Department of Transportation. So um Mitchellville Road still remains on hold. While the road's not closed, the the plant temporarily is closed, the asphalt plant. And so as that reopens, the project will start and the very first folks that'll be noticed um that the project will start soon will be the residents and then and then the rest of the community including you. Another reminder, Old Schoolhouse Park remains closed until February to replace the pickle ball courts, build a new restroom, and put some accessibility ADA improvements in. And then almost done.

Um sand is complete in the beach renourishment at Fishall Beach Park, Pine Island, Port Royal. Um and now we're fully immersed in phase two, which is the central section in and around Palmetto Dunes. Contractors also resumed work uh resumed work, excuse me, on the breakwater structures at Pine Island on January 3rd after a brief holiday pause. And the way I'm managing this project is is knowing that we are on schedule, on budget, and an incredible group of folks both internally with great staff and our our consultant and contractor partners are are doing a fabulous job. So, a big thank you to all of them, but we're still on schedule to complete by the end of May. And then lastly, I do want to congratulate uh the man standing over there with his foot on a chair. Hello, Bob. Sir, Bob uh received this week and it was to Bob, but there were so many involved with South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, Bufort County, Mayor Perry, and a whole bunch of other people involved, town council. You not long ago amended the town code, amended the town code to allow for abandoned and hazardous boat removal, um as well as placed uh some dollars, considerable dollars in the town's budget. Well, the net result of that as as a reminder, we removed 12 abandoned boats and hazardous boats from our local waterways, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources showed up and and honored Bob, honored the town and and said a special thank you to us. So, I know that Bob took this uh Bob took this upon himself to remove all the boats, not just some of the boats, and and DNR has recently showed up and expressed their gratitude. So, congrats to you, Bob, and congrats to everybody involved. And thank you, mayor and council, for your support.

And then another another uh one for Bob here. I do want to highlight. So, Bob, as an employee of the town and a great uh colleague of mine and ours, also serves as a reserve officer for the Buer County Sheriff's Office. So Bob has been a Buer County Sheriff's officer for your entire career, if not most of your career. Um, and then Bob also now with us serves as that reserve officer. He's still involved with case uh cases and cold cases particularly and most recently as a reserve officer. Bob worked a cold case that led to the arrest for a murder in Bru County um that occurred back in 19 87. So he worked a case that led to the arrest that occurred in 1987 as part of your cold case duties um not alone but with volunteers and Buer County Sheriff's Office but definitely as the lead of that and I do want to recognize Bob and say a special thank you to him for that. So, I'm out of breath and I'm out of time. And that concludes my report. All right. Thank you, Mr. Orlando. Next, we'll have the Buer County School District student of the month.

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So, if I could have [snorts] character education student of the month for November 2025 for Hilton Head Island is a kindergartenner. Angel Alicorn Aguardo from Hilton Head Island Early Childhood Center. The character trait chosen for no November was gratitude. So, I'd like for you to come on up and your mom and dad. Come on. This is great. So, Angel consistently shows gratitude each day with his peers and teachers. He uses his manners, treats each others, treats others with kindness and respect, and is thankful each day to be with his friends and to learn. Angel's teacher is Danielle Carton. He is joined by his mother, Veronica Guerrero, and his father, Haimey Alcorin. Congratulations an angel for exhibiting character traits that we all agree as being [clears throat] essent essential to success. So with that being said, I've got this great certificate which is suitable for framing. Okay, that's for you. Okay, so hold that. But I also have this coin out of building that island coin for you as well. So congratulations and keep up the good work. And let's take a picture. All right. Now we have a presentation recognitions. We have a fiscal year 2025 annual comprehensive finance report of the town of Hilton Head Island by Malding and Jenkins CPAs. John Carpenter, assistant finance director will present. [snorts]

Uh good afternoon, Mayor Perry, Council, Mr. Orlando. Uh the town's fiscal year ended June 30th, 2025. audit and annual comprehensive financial report um have been completed prior to the December 31st deadline. Um the audit was completed by Molden and Jenkins um and Kirk Aric uh director with Molden and Jenkins is here to present the highlights and required communications to the council. Um before I turn it over to Kirk, I did want to um express some uh gratitude um to Jeff Herman who came back out of retirement to make sure this uh audit and a were completed. In addition, um the town's two senior accountants, Crystal B, excuse me, Bolino and Lorie Malik, uh went above and beyond again to make sure the deadline was met. And of course, last but not least was John Tory, who came back in the interim role and um he provided his invaluable guidance. And with that, I'll turn it over to Kirk.

Hey, good afternoon everyone. Afternoon.

Don't move. I don't move it. Um, [snorts] good afternoon. It's my pleasure to be here today. I have some great results to present you all with the uh fiscal year 25 annual financial statement audit. Um, we'll jump into it. Uh, quickly kind of give you a per overview. We'll go over the independent auditor's reports, the compliance reports that we issue, uh the financial statements, we got a couple of required communications, and I'll be happy to take any questions at the end. So, presented here, uh my name is Kirk Arch. As I mentioned at first, I'm director with Malden Jenkins. I serve governments 100% of my time. I re recently relocated to the area from one of our middle Georgia offices, which is why you didn't see me last year going on 14 years of experience and really love what we do. Um, we got this chart here just to kind of highlight that we do have a dedicated group of people who serve governments full-time. The staff people that work on you all's audit don't split their time between taxes and other duties. Governmental audit is fairly unique um accounting basis and having a dedicated group of people serve you all we feel is very important. So, okay. Okay. So to the main audit opinion, this is the independent auditor's report. It's the main report that's that is included in the in the acter. It is intended to say whether or not we believe as based on the results of our audit procedures, you all's financial statements are materially correct as of the year end. I'm happy to point out that uh we issue clean or unmodified opinions. That means that we do believe as based on the results of our audit procedures that you all's financial statements are particularly correct. They can be relied upon by you all and by any outside parties who may be interested. I do like to highlight what our role is and what the town's role is as it relates to the audit. Our role is to give the opinion. As I mentioned, we do follow generally accepted auditing standards and governmental auditing standards. The town is responsible for the financial report itself, all the information contained therein and the system of internal control that keeps you all

rolling dayto day. In addition to the independent auditors report, there are two compliance reports that are part of your reporting package. Uh the first is called a yellowbook report is a report over the town's internal control over financial reporting and over compliance with laws and regulations. This report is not intended to give an opinion. I kind of like to say it's more of a if you see something say something kind of report. Uh happy to mod to to say that we did issue a clean or unmodified report there. meaning we didn't have any reportable conditions that we consider to be material weaknesses or significant deficiencies. So again that's the best case scenario in that type of uh for that report and you know congratulations there. The third report for you all is a single audit report. So, anytime an entity spends more than um $750,000 of federal funding, you're required to have a single audit report is essentially a compliance report to make sure that or compliance test to make sure that the terms of the grant were were followed and all the things that were required to be done were performed. Uh we again issued clean or unmodified opinions there. So again, that's the best case scenario that you can get uh for that for that particular report. Additionally, we didn't have any management points or reportable conditions. So, um that's that's really the best case scenario. I like to call that the clean sweep as far as audit opinions go. So, um you know, hats off to your management team. They do all the footwork that allows you to get all the to to get these good opinions. And, you know, in addition to doing their day-to-day jobs, they have to deal with the auditors asking them for stuff all the time. So, they've been great to work with and uh you know, you got a great team in place. do like to point out that you all do produce what's called an annual comprehensive financial report. And the reason I like to point this out is because it goes really kind of above and beyond what's required to be presented as far as the reporting is concerned. It includes some additional information

such as a transmitt letter, management's discussion and analysis. There's some information about you all's organizational structure and 10 years of statistical information on some key financial metrics as well as some key uh demographic metrics. So um annually you all have submitted that to the government finance officers association and for 2024 you received the certificate of financial reporting excellence which is included in this year's report and this year's report will be uh submitted to the GFOA if it's not already for the certificate program again this year. So congratulations. That's kind of the gold seal. Um just kind of have some financial statement highlights here. I don't want to jump into anything too deep, but these are just kind of the big line numbers that come off of your governmentwide financial statements. Uh governments have report financial statements in two ways. There's governmentwide which is everything together kind of on a more traditional acral basis and then we have fund level statements which are or can have a different reporting basis. Um and there's their statements for those that are contained in your acter as well. So topline numbers here uh you all you all have strong kind of balance sheet. That's what we'll go over first. uh end of the year of 50 598.8 million in total assets and deferred outflows. Of that 323 million are capital assets. That's going to be infrastructure um facilities owned machinery equipment those type of things. Of that uh 598 around 250.5 million are cash in or cash in investments at the year end. Those uh assets are all set by 124.6 six million in liabilities and deferred outflows. Of that about 88.8 are non-current liabilities such as bonds, leases, financing instruments, things like that. Uh at the end of the year, we ended with 474 million of net position or equity. Um and that's a really strong place to be. So that's really strong balance sheet. There at the the last bullet point we have

there's kind of the income statement side of it. You'll see we had 136.3 million of revenues offset by 98.5 million in expense with the increase to our net position entity lot of 37.8. So that's a very strong performance for the year. Got a little graph here [snorts] just kind of lays out the capital asset activity. What I'd like to kind of point out is that every year they they increase which is what you want to see and you all that means you all are investing in your facilities in a way that you should to keep them viable for the future. Just a couple of things to pull out of the statements uh that don't necessarily kind of show up all that easily. You did have 18.5 million in capital asset additions as your purchases for the year. Uh paid back 12.6 million in debt. We do have uh net pension liability and other post-employment benefits liabilities of around 17.9 and 4 million. And then just there at the bottom, the Gatsby is always coming out with new standards and shouldn't be any that have a big effect on you all going forward. Uh next up we have the general fund. I always like to highlight the general fund because it is your main operating fund. That's where your public safety, your public works, all that stuff is paid out of that fund. That's where your primarily your revenues are collected as well. So these are just kind of the highlights. Uh ending the year at 75.1 million in assets offset by 22.8 liabilities and deferred inflows. ending the year of 52.4 million of fund balance. Of that 27.9 is unassigned and available for operations. Uh on the income statement side, we have 56.2 million of revenue offset by 57.8 million of expense. And we did have some transfers in that ultimately led us to an increase in fund balance of around 12.8 for the year. When we look at fund balance, we like to kind of analyze it by saying how many months could you survive if no if no further funding came in. So, you all have about 5.8 months of

unassigned fund balance and 10.8 months of total fund balance available that could fund operations. Um, that's a really strong position. Anything over four, you're in good shape. And everything on top is just kind of just kind of a little cushion there. So, great. [snorts] Um, liquid ratio, anything over kind of two to one's good. Anything over one to one's good, but you all are at 3.3. That's going to be assets, liabilities, a good place to be there. Here's kind of a graph. uh you know kind of on the same thing. We've got revenues, expenditures, uh the other financing sources and uses and fund balance. Kind of like to just like to highlight here that all those have gone up this year uh with significantly with the fund balance which is a great thing. This chart kind of focuses specifically on fund balance. But what I'd like to highlight is over the past five years that we've got presented here, every year you do see an increase in your fund balance. So that's a good thing. Your storm water fund is really the only business type of uh fund that you all have. It does have a different measurement basis than the government funds. Uh it ended the year at 18.3 million uh al with assets and 4.7 million of liabilities. Net position turned out to be 36.6 million at the end of the year with around half of that 6.2 being unrestricted. Uh on the income statement side we had around 5.6 million in revenues, 4.6 6 million of expense and then a net operating out of 1.3 million. So overall we had a little bit of a decrease in that position, but that's primarily just because it transfers out. But uh you know overall your operating income is very strong. You have a very healthy fund that's going to allow you to continue to uh to make the infrastructure improvements you need. Okay.

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Okay, so here's another little chart. Uh, as you see here, revenues, expenses, uh, net position, and operating cash flows, all those trending upwards. That's a good thing. Your revenues are increasing at a rate that kind of outpaces the increase in your expenditures, which is good. And you have positive operating cash flows for all the periods presented. Again, uh that's a great place to be. I think this is the last slide I have for you all. These are just some required communications. As I mentioned, you all got clean opinions all around. There were no findings, no management points uh for a management letter. The financial statements are accompanied by disclosures. Those disclosures do have some significant estimates that that are the responsibilities of management, but these estimates are an integrated part of your financial statements. As your auditor, we didn't have any disagreements or difficulties with anybody. Uh we enjoyed working with the management team. There aren't any uncorrected misstatements and we are independent of the town as required to be by professional standards uh in order to give these audit opinions. Uh so with that, I'll just kind of end with uh you know, you all have a great management team in place. You all are looking good financially and had a good year. Congratulations on having all clean opinions and no findings or management points. I don't always get to say that we didn't really see anything, but we we didn't really see anything. So, um you know, hats off to you all and your management team. We look forward to serving you all in the future. Be happy to take any questions.

Okay. Thank you. Any questions for council members? Mr. Honor.

Hey, thank you. Well, first of all, uh thank you for that report and it's uh satisfying to know that uh on all three areas that were reviewed, we had a clean opinion. That's uh fantastic. And I want to thank the um employees associated in the uh finance department. Uh I have been involved in very many audits over my career and I know how much time it takes uh to be able to support all that work and to put this very lengthy financial report together. Uh so thank you to everyone uh that was involved in that. Um I don't think we should let it go by. Um I think your point about having a very strong balance sheet is uh uh is a very important point and it's great to have someone um independent validate that. Um you talked about the fact that we have uh almost $600 million in assets and you talked about 250 uh million of that is in cash and investments but what's also interesting is 196 million of that is in land. And so it just goes to the point of the investment that the town has made over the years uh to invest in land and to have that land uh for use and preservation. Um it also is interesting uh in the statistical section for those of you that like to look at these kinds of things. It lays out 10 years of data and so it was it's very interesting to look at how the time town's financial position has changed. Uh so for example, we you know assets minus liabilities. We've got a uh equity of $474 million. That has more than doubled in 10 years. That's incredible. Uh so if you have an interest in that, there's a lot of great information involved there. It will be posted out on the website under the

financial area uh if you are interested in in looking at that. a lot of great data and a lot of good work to put it all together. So, thank you. Thank you. Other questions or comments, Miss Bryson? Um I I I can't top that com those comments by Miss Toner. I'm not going to even try. But the only thing I would do is echo thanks to you. It's always great to get a clean opinion. Um and thanks to Mr. Orlando and his team uh for all the hard work that goes into it. We have a uh this town has a great track record of good financial reporting and good stewardship of the funds and it's good to hear that from an independent auditor. Thank you.

Any other questions or comments? Sure. [laughter] If I were going to say something, thank you so much, Mayor.

I would I would simply echo what's been said. Um congratulations um over the years. I know how hard that and I see we have former town council members in the audience today too. How hard and how um diligently we worked at making sure that the town remained in a stable position and continued to grow and um and I'm proud of the work that's been done by the staff and and everyone associated with that and thank you for the report. Yeah, I'll um I'll piggyback on that and just say that um you know kudos to current management, current staff, previous management, previous staff and councils because they've all set the roadwork for us today. Um as we head off next week to the Municipal Association of South Carolina conference, you will have conversations with other communities that will be envious of the positions that we are in. So, we are very fortunate as a community to have the funding that we do have um and have the strong balance sheet that we do have and and thank you for your independent and an unbiased review of our financial standings. So, thank you.

Thank you. All right. Next, we'll move on to general reports from council. Anybody have any general reports? Miss Bryson?

Yes, sir. Last Thursday, um I was fortunate to attend the Buford Jasper Water and Sewer Authority partner breakfast um serving on the Saloo board, a regional board. It's it's great to see folks from the two counties come together. Uh the water and sewer author, the Bufort Jasper water and sewer authority is preparing a master plan. It's very interesting to see uh the data that they have been gathering and to also look at the the the current developments and the future developments that are going to impact our region. So I' I'd commend to your view. It's not yet available. You'll see on their website that the master plan is in progress, but it was very interesting to hear about the data collected and to look at the impact of pending u development in our region. The keynote speaker was Senator Tom Davis who is concerned about development and also the impact on the infrastructure. He's considering introducing some legislation that are modeled after the states of Maryland and Florida about trying [clears throat] to um to match concurrent um infrastructure with development. Um and so uh we'll be following uh whatever efforts he might make at the state legislature with regard to that development, especially as we look at the rewrite of our land management ordinance. Thank you.

All right. Any other general reports? All right. Seeing none, we'll go to committee reports. Miss Becker, Low Country Area Transportation Study. I do not have a report for this. Thank you. Mr. Alfred, Low Country Council of Governments. No report. Thank you. Miss Toner, Buer County Airports Board.

Yes, I do have an update. Uh phase one renovation of the airport continues. They're currently at 87% completion. You may have noticed some really long semis coming on to the island. They were delivering the three jet bridges, which is a huge part of the renovation and improvements at the airport. Uh they are going to be finishing the airport in the spring. The hope is to have it done in time for uh heritage, but uh we're not sure yet. We got fingers crossed. Grant applications have been submitted for phase two of the terminal expansion. That will include the areas to the left of uh the current construction to include uh expansion areas in the check-in counters, rental car counters, and baggage claim. Uh the airport staff in December went to Atlanta and met with the FAA to share potential changes to the airport as part of the master plan, which I've been talking about for the last few months. they're waiting for feedback and once they get that feedback from the FAA then they will plan that airport layout plan uh meeting in the future. So, uh as a I'm on the stakeholder committee list um and so I'll be looking forward to that meeting in the future. Uh lastly, Arbor Nature came up as a safety related concern at the airport um due to dust and particullet from the granite I'm sorry, concrete grinding operations. Um dust and particulates can be hazardous to uh plane engines. Uh the Department of Environmental Services came out to review the situation and we're waiting for our follow-up and code [clears throat] enforcement again, Bob, thank you, has been monitoring the situation there as well on a regular basis. Um and I would ask that any complaints uh regarding that should be made to South Carolina dees and the town manager and code enforcement so that we

can track any concerns moving forward. Thank you. Okay. Thank you, Miss Bryson. Southern Low Country Regional Board. Yes, sir. Uh there was no meeting in December. The next meeting will be January 27, Tuesday, which is the same day as the town council strategic plan workshop. Um so the mayor and I will not be able to attend nor senior staff members. Uh the agenda is not yet available. Um but we will be able to uh review that meeting later because it is uh video recorded. Thank you, sir. Thank you, Mr. Brown. Island Recreation Association.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Uh first off, I want to congratulate uh Leah Arnold, who is officially the new executive director of the Allen Rec Center uh following Mr. Frank Soul's uh retirement. [clears throat] Uh she sent me a pretty lengthy report here, but I'm going to hit some highlights. [laughter] Um so we'll have snow on Hilton Head, uh fake snow, that is on Saturday, January 31st from 11 to 4, Shelter Cove Community Park. Uh we'll have daddy daughter dance on February 7th from 4:00 to 6:00 or 6:30 to 8. Mothers can come with their sons on Saturday, February 7th from 5 to 7:30. Um the senior center uh which has been a much discussion uh interesting here. There are 620 members at the senior center. 376 of them are full-time residents. Um the fitness and pool memberships are uh 1,600 members. Uh there are lifeguard certification classes ongoing and swim lessons for 250 kids for Hilton Head IB um second grade uh students. Uh youth basketball is starting uh this Saturday. And this is something I did not know. They are collaborating with homeschool uh agencies to provide uh outdoor activities as uh a form of physical education. So um a lot going on at the rec center.

Great. Thank you. Uh Beer County Economic Development Corporation report. We do have a meeting uh this Thursday. Uh Mr. Brown, back to you with Goligichi Historic Neighborhoods Community Development Corporation. Yes, sir. The CDC will be meeting on Wednesday, January 21st at 6 PM. It's the evening meeting. Uh the agenda will include the monthly report from the executive director. In addition, the board will discuss the renaming of the rolling and sailing center at Wild Poke Community Park. And we will also have executive session to discuss potential sale purchase of property in the Stony area.

Okay. And Miss Becker, Community Development Public Services Committee. Our meeting for um January 12th had gotten cancelled due to a lack of agenda items, but we will meet on February 9th and we invite everyone to attend. Thanks. And finally, Mr. Brown, Finance and Executive Committee report.

Uh yes, sir. Uh we will be meeting again on February 9th. Um as of right now, uh we'll have a monthly update. I'm sure there may be some other things added to that agenda, but we met on yesterday and we uh recommended to full council that we sponsor the heritage golf tournament once again this year with the um same amount that was asked uh last year and um Mr. Dave Bird our Miss Tunner said you got to be here a year before we start stop calling you new. So our new finance director uh Mr. Ber gave us a very comprehensive uh financial report on yesterday. Um Miss Becca and Mr. Alfred were were there as well. I just ask all of council u once that's posted to to take a look at it. Um Mr. Bird is pivoting giving us a lot of information in a lot of different ways some additional information that we were not um looking or budgeting um in the past. So, um, just get comfortable with that report as we move into budget season. Okay. Thank you, sir.

Thank you. I'd like to add that that your report was very wellreceived. Um, and I really appreciate the detailed that you went into because it brought a lot of new information forward to us and which is really beneficial. Uh, next we'll move on to new business. We have a consideration of an ordinance of the town of Hilton Island to amend title 16 of the municipal code, the land management ordinance to amend section 616-3-105.H. H 16-4-102.8.6-4-105 and 16-4-102B [snorts]

uh.1 to allow residential workforce housing within the medical me zoning district first reading. On November 19th, 2025, after reviewing the updated application, the planning commission voted unanimously to recommend approval of the text amendment to town council. The community development and public safety public services committee held a public hearing on December 15, 2025 and voted unanimously to recommend that town council approve the text amendment. Mr. Gordon, planning director will make the presentation.

Good afternoon everyone. Good to be here. Um there are two agenda items before you. One is a text amendment uh for the med medical district. The second will be a zoning map amendment. So, we'll uh we'll we'll consider those in order. Uh but as the uh the mayor just described, this is a uh text amendment to um allow for uh multifamily workforce housing within the uh medical zoning district. This is a partnership between the uh Abode Development, Novanton Health, and Coastal Community uh Development Corporation proposing to build workforce housing on previously developed land that's adjacent to the medical center. This would serve health care staff, first responders, and other essential workers on the island. Um the site you can see from the uh overlay plan um about 12.6 acres. Um it is uh located adjacent to the hospital. Um the current zoning is MED zoning and there's also a PD2 overlay on the uh parcel. So the um how or I should say the structures that are proposed to be demolished uh you can see on the screen um are are not in in good shape uh really not uh capable to be uh adapted or uh refurbished. And so the plan is to demolish these structures and uh and use this area for uh construction of of new housing. So on the left you can see there there's two images here. On the left you see the uh uh subject property outlined in yellow. This is the MEED district in the

brown. Uh within this district currently um the uh construction of multifamily housing uh workforce housing is only permitted in conjunction with the conversion of commercial space. Um on the right is the um image showing uh again the property uh and uh this blue area is the location for uh a location of the P PD2 um overlay. So, as I think the mayor alluded to, this is a uh proposal that the text amendment that has gone through the uh planning and zoning commission um and the CDPS. Um the uh planning commission staff uh both uh have uh have reviewed this and uh it uh this proposal aligns with the uh review criteria as you can see on the screen uh which supporting economic growth housing goals of the comp plan uh being able to respond to changing conditions aligning development with strategic objectives addressing a community need uh for workforce housing uh to uphold the zoning regulations by allowing for reasonable limited increases in residential density when density uh when consistent with the town's goals and to ensure workforce housing development uh in the MEED district um uh in compatible and appropriate and compatible locations. So the uh council action uh requested is to uh approve the text amendment uh subject to the approve of the condition

that you see on the screen with storm water generated on site uh to be retained and managed within the project limits. uh no discharge directed toward the Hilton Head Plantation and any existing drainage issues along the common property line with Hilton Head Plantation will be resolved to the greatest extent possible. And with that, I will be glad to answer uh any questions. Do we have a motion? Moved second. Motion Miss Alfred, second by Miss Becker. Kim, do we have anybody signed up to speak on this agenda item? Mr. Williams. He passes. That's it. All right. So, any questions, comments from council?

Mayor, just one quick question. Um, this is a medical district and then there is an overlay. Are there any other areas within the town's jurisdiction which have a medical district and or No. No. Okay. Um, and how about the PD2 overlay? the the PD2 overlay um is uh co-terminus with the medical district and so this would only apply to that PD2 should you adopt the zoning map amendment that follows but there are other areas on the island that are PD2 correct that are not subject to this amendment correct that's correct confined to this is the only location where this amendment applies right

Mer um I just like to make some comments about this project as a whole. I think it's a great example of cooperation and working towards a common goal. The hospital defined a need. They helped to build a solution along with their partners of Adobe Development and the CCDC. The town is working on modifications to the LMO to accommodate. The public was involved early, which I truly appreciate. They expressed concerns and the developer spent a lot of time communicating and addressing those concerns and here we are today. So again, I think this is a great example of cooperation and working towards a common goal. Um, moving forward, I think it'll be important to make sure that there is clear communication by the developer to the Crooked Pond homeowners and to Hilton Head Plantation regarding when this project will start. what can they expect during the building process and always keeping an eye to mitigate any negative impacts during the building process. So, uh, thank you for your cooperation and support of our residents concerns.

Thank you, Mr. Brown.

Yes. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Um, I'll be supporting the text amendment um, today. I agree with Miss Tunner as far as the clear communication is concerned and these comments are not necessarily uh directed to the developer but to the town as well. Um the condition as far as the discharge of the runoff being maintained on the property. Um obviously I'm not an engineer. Uh, so I know we will all work very hard to accomplish that goal. However, I also know that water has a mind of its own. So I just encourage us, particularly on the town side, to look a little further than just the site because there's going to be runoff in other places. In some places, it may even be publicowned places um that could potentially cause issues downstream somewhere else to some folks that may not even know about the project here today. Okay. So, where I'm going is we're going to have this big discussion around storm water here as a council, as a community, and this particular project could sort of flagship how we move forward. Uh just wanted to make those comments for for us, Mr. Mayor.

Thank you. Other comments, M. Becker. Well, in that same vein that's been raised, if you go back one slide with the conditional approval, [clears throat]

um is that the strongest language um to where it says and any existing drainage issues along the common property line to the greatest extent possible. And I and I bring this up. I will be supporting this just so you know, but I do want to highlight that um in a past project on the island, there was a great concern about water runoff and an existing neighborhood um adjacent to the new project. And through the process, just like this one, there was great agreement going in and and a thumbs up from the community that they had gotten all of what they wanted um answered by both the town and the developer. And then after the fact there were issues. So I just want to make sure that that same scenario doesn't get repeated and that that's the strongest language that we have um greatest extent possible. Thank you.

Yes, sir. I I'll I'll be supportive of this text amendment. I think it's really important that we remember that there are two separate actions being taken and as I understand the um the stormwater language is part of the master plan, not a part of the text amendment. I'm I'm looking at the text amendment that we've been provided. I think it might be helpful if we have um the ordinance and the text amendment in front of us to know what we're voting on right now. uh because we're not voting on both of these things at the same time. Um and that there are two separate actions. So, can we bring up the the uh the ordinance for um this particular action 8A? Um the ordinance which has some important findings in it. Um and um I'm not going to take the time to read all those, but I think it's very important that we look at those and recognize that we're we're finding that there's a shortage of suitable housing. Um and um if we can scroll uh madam clerk if if you can do that pass number three. Thank you ma'am. Um and that properties available um in the vicinity of Hiltonet hospital because we certainly have a need for um housing for those who uh work and serve the hospital. Um and then amendment is necessary in the medical district which is where the hospital is located. And then it goes on to talk about the public hearing before the planning commission. and and I echo what Miss Tuner said about involvement. I'm particularly concerned about within HHP uh the neighboring uh residential area um and and looking at what's been done to communicate all along, but if we can keep scrolling up on on that, I think there's not too many more findings there.

Uh pass number six, which way whether that's up or down, sorry. Um anyhow, it goes on to talk about the the rest of the process. Um and then if we could go to the text amendment itself 8A2 and this one if we can go to uh basically the last couple of pages because there are some tables here showing the change but the language itself. Yes ma'am. Keep on going. Almost there. There we go. There we go. Um, so here's where there was existing language about conversion, which means existing buildings where you convert to workforce housing. Uh, but then it goes on to say or as part of the PD2 district overlay that includes workforce housing. Um, and then um where multif family is allowed, which is very important. So mixed use of multif family and then yes ma'am if you'll keep scrolling. Thank you. On on keep on going. Oh, there we go. Um, in it's important to note that in this district, the properties developed for workforce housing u be part of a commercial conversion or part of a PD2 that includes and then um if we can scroll on some more because there's also maximum density I'm looking for. Yes, subsection four. Uh the maximum density in any workforce housing is 10 units per net acre if at least 30% of all units are workforce housing units. So that's actually what we're voting on now. And that's why I wanted to ask the question about is this the only place or there other places on the island because when we do a text amendment it could apply other places as well. Um so um I would just ask the town attorney is that condition about storm water a part of this action or is it a part of the consideration of subsection uh sorry new business 8B which is the map amendment.

It is the next one. You're correct. All right. Thank you. Okay. And I'm supportive of it. I just wanted to point out uh those those matters about the text amendment. Thank you.

Right. Thank you. Any other last comments? So I I want to take a moment just to talk about this for a second. Um three years ago, I asked Joel, Mr. Taylor, and Mr. Orlando to get together for a meeting because we were getting phone calls about healthcare on Hilton Head. Um, and we sat with Mr. Taylor and he asked what we were going to do about housing. And I said, "What are you going to do about nurses?" And, um, this was three years ago. Um, and today we're voting on an amendment to bring forth a project that addresses both. Um, yes, there has been an ownership change in the hotel, which has been very beneficial for our community. Um, a year ago today in the paper was the announcement of Novant housing project. In the past 12 months, this has seen great strife, great questions, great communal input, and as the town council, we have done exactly what we need to do, and that is to incorporate everybody to make the best decisions possible for our community. um I can't begin to thank Novant Health and its partners um for coming in with a solution that addresses our care. Um and I can't thank council enough for stepping up to the plate to make certain that we've got a product that is acceptable to the neighbors around the development. Um, obviously I'm in full support of this all the way through and things good things take time and we're learning that three years is not necessarily a long time in terms of bureaucracy. So with that being said, we have a motion by Mr. [snorts] I offered a second by Miss Becker for consideration of an ordinance the town of Hilton Head Island to amend title 16 of the municipal code

land management ordinance to amend section 16-3-105.h 16-4-102.8.6-4-105 and 16-4-102.b.1 to allow residential workforce housing within the medical med zoning district first reading. All those in favor, please signify by raising public comment. Oh, I No, I did public comment. Did Yeah, I did.

Don't throw me off. Okay. All those in favor signify by raising your right hand. [laughter] So move 70. Made me think I missed something there, Alex. And finally, under new business, we have a consideration of an ordinance of the town of Hilton Head Island Town Council to amend the official zoning map with respect to the real property located at Bethe Drive to amend the Palmetto Headlands Hilton Head Hospital Master Plan with the planned development overlay district PD2 to change the allowed use of parcels R5 510800 337A 0 R51000800 033700 00 0 and R51000008 0000452 000000 from commercial use to commercial or residential use and to provide severability and an effective date. This is the first reading. The planning commission held a public hearing on November 19th, 2025 and after consideration of the criteria set forth in the land management ordinance LMO section 16-2-103 voted 7 to2 to recommend the town's c the town council approve the proposed zoning map amendment za00001007-2025. The community development and public services committee held a hearing public hearing on December 15, 2025. And after consideration of the criteria set forth in the land management ordinance, LMO section 16-2103 voted unanimously to recommend that town council approve the proposed zoning amendment ZA-00001007-2025. Mr. Zack Gordon, you're up again. So this is the companion um agenda item to the first. The first was for a text amendment to allow uh within the MEED uh district uh workforce multifamily

housing uh that is not in conjunction with a commercial conversion. Um this uh map just gives you an overview of of land use um and just shows the the zoning map and what we're proposing uh to change. Uh on the right you can see the location of um PD2 um parcel or I should say uh parcels that are uh um that are regulated by a PD2 overlay uh which imposes certain conditions and requirements that are special um and which are restricted to those uh those particular areas. Again, here is the property uh that shows the three parcels within the uh MEED district. This is a uh again within a PD2 overlay. Um as uh you saw earlier the condition of the homes uh or the buildings on the property uh were were not good and uh therefore the plan is to demolish and to build suitable housing uh for uh for workforce for for employees and and and staff. Um you can see the uh PD2 master plan on the right for Palmetto Headlands and Hilton Head Hospital. um that uh that's a current use uh map and you can see the various uses from um uh the multifamily nursing uh home, Palmetto uh rightway uh all all the the existing uses on the property. Um and again this would uh would allow for uh the workforce housing uh to to be constructed. And so in the PD2 you can see the uh

allowable uses um and absent from that is uh the ability to uh have residential uses. The proposed PD2 uh amendment would allow for residential uses including multifamily and workforce housing. The con the uh request does not approve construction. We have to go through the uh development plan review process. Uh doesn't remove any medical uses. Those are still allowed. Doesn't change the base zoning district and doesn't increase density beyond what is allowed uh or what the LMO will allow on the uh on the site. Again, here's a uh an overview uh that depicts the uh town homes that are proposed uh for the uh for the site. Um and uh I believe the number is 114 latest number. Uh we will work through with the developer uh in Novant Abode to uh to refine this. And to the to the point um made earlier about the drainage uh that will be an acute concern. Um and we will uh we will focus on that um and and and do everything that's possible uh to to mitigate that and make sure there is no uh impact on the adjoining properties. This is the original schematic u for the um the PD2 and again the uh proposed uh zoning map amendment would allow for that residential housing uh to be built. Um, so the again the the the zoning map

amendment will uh activate or allow for the text amendment uh to actually uh occur and to to uh per permit the housing within this PD2. Uh currently uh you cannot build uh residential or multif family within this PD2. Um the uh council approval as I said does not uh signal um shovel uh tomorrow. Uh but it does signal the beginning of development plan review, engineering review, planning review to make sure that this is uh a site which is um something that the hospital can be proud of uh community can be proud of and people want to live there. Um, and this site is uh is appropriate. It's uh uh it's one that's being um underutilized now. You saw the condition of those uh structures. Um the uh proposed uh homes will create a community uh where um we can address, as the mayor pointed out, the need for additional staff um in uh an affordable house uh housing uh setting. And so, um, as Miss Bryson pointed out earlier, uh, I was I was so anxious to get to the end result. Uh, the condition for the zoning of map amendment is stated here, which is that the storm water uh, generated shall be retained and managed within the project limits and no discharge um, will be directed towards Hilton Head Plantation. and uh any any drainage issue along the common property line line with Hilton Head Plantation will be resolved to the greatest extent possible. And uh with that, I will glad to answer any questions. Um if you if you have one.

Okay. Do we have a motion on the table? So moved. Second. [clears throat] First and a second. Kim, do we have anybody sign up to speak on this agenda item? Mr. Williams. He passes.

All right. Questions, comments from council. Miss Becker. Um, first of all, thank you for the presentation. Um, Zach, appreciate all the details. And I also wanted to say congratulations to um, Novant for their efforts moving forward, but I I know I said this at the committee level, but I want to make sure I think it's worthy of saying here again, this is a collaboration. This is Noviant working with CCDC. And um like all good things that happen over time, I think CCDC has really come into its own and I look forward to this cooperation, this collaboration and the end results which benefits us all. So thank you,

Miss Bryson. Yes, sir. Um I I'm going to support this as well. No, no question about that. Um, and I want to if we could uh pull up the map that has all the different colored parcels of the um uh the master plan for the area. Yes. Thank you. Um so while the medical district is, as I understand it, the area outlined in blue. Is that correct there? Yeah. Yeah.

In blue all the way around. Um, and then the master plan for the PD2 also includes all of the area outlined in blue, but this amendment only applies to and and it was uh commission member planning commission member way who said who described it as the salmon colored area. So I'll pick up on her language. So it's it's along the Lamont Drive and um I think it says Bethea Drive. Thank you. Um, and so it's only those three lots um that would be subject to workforce housing. It is not the rest of the area outlined in blue. So we're we're we're keying in on that. So if you look at uh other areas within Hilton Head Plantation, folks should not get nervous about all of this becoming workforce housing. At this moment, we're just talking about those three lots. Um and as as Mr. Gordon pointed out, this is not site plan approval, although we were shown a site plan. Um, but I think it's important to think about it. We're not doing conditional zoning. We're not doing site plan approval here. We are doing a map amendment, but what has been proposed has moved from um something that had more impact on the adjacent property owners in the Crooked Pond area. Um, and and I was there when this presentation was first made to residents in Hilton Head Plantation. And I want to thank Miss Toner for her work with that community because it's actually within her ward. Uh but she's been right there with those folks, the residents who live in that area and also with the applicant for this uh this project. Um so it's been very important to see the progression of reducing um the impact on the neighboring property owners. there's been a lot of mitigation done um to address that and and I want to acknowledge that and to thank the applicant for those mitigation efforts and I would also encourage um the applicant um and have suggested to them

that during the construction process which was what was raised before the planning commission as a concern of neighbors to have an unbudsman uh present during construction so that whenever a a resident might have a concern about construction noise or activity there would be someone with whom they could speak um and carry that back to uh the owner of the property and the contractor etc. That has worked in a lot of cases what I've seen has been very helpful during that process. So I'd encourage the applicant during site plan approval to talk about you the use of an onbudsman for the project. Um, but going going back to this, um, it's important to note, um, that we're just talking about those three lots within that whole area outlined in blue. And looking at the text of the ordinance, Madam Clerk, I'm not going to ask you to pull it up again. Uh, but the condition about the storm water is included within the ordinance text. So, it it it is in there and that's when we act on it. Um but other than that um I think it's a it's another example to me of a public private partnership in addressing our workforce housing needs and certainly the needs of the hospital and I commend all of those who've been working on this effort and I'm glad to see it moving along uh because we do have a substantial need for workforce housing in the community um and in our our participation is to change language over land management ordinance to encourage development. Thank you. Any other comments, questions from council? Mr. Brown?

Yes, Mr. Mayor. Um, I'll be supporting this as well. Um, wanted to give a shout out to uh the partners in this project. Uh, it's good to see CCDC as a part of this project as well. Um, you know, town has uh helped CCDC get off their feet uh through a grant um in in the past. Uh so it's good to see that we are moving that organization forward in this type of activity. Um I also wanted to take this moment to encourage us as a council, encourage us as a community. This that you see in front of us is a prime example of the complexity of this land management ordinance rewrite. I know there's six different colors on here to mean six different things. And if you look at the proposed site, there's a little green speck in there right next to it that is not being reszoned. So my mind automatically goes to well as we go through a rewrite process how do we provide opportunity for redevelopment? How do we not devalue folks property because of all these different colors and what you can and can't do. It's easy to sit here today and say we want to see multifamily and workforce housing right there in that one little spot. What happens five years from now when the green spot may want to do something that's market

demand? So, I just ask us to sort of open our minds and not get so caught up in the moment because as we go through this rewrite, this will have to change if we're going to be successful as a community. Uh, so again, I'll be supporting this, Mr. Mayor.

Any other comments? So, Mr. Brown, I I couldn't agree with your comments more, but I do want to correct you on one thing. There are not six colors there. There are 10 colors [clears throat] there. So, so yeah, sorry I had to count. All right, so we've got a motion on the table from Mr. Alfred, seconded by Miss Becker for consideration of an ordinance to the town of Hilton Head Island Town Council Island to amend the official zoning map with respect to the real property located at Bethe Drive to amend the Pamel Headlands Hilton Head Hospital master plan within the planned development overlay district PD2 to change the allowed use of parcels R51000800 0 337A000000 51000800 0337 700 0 0 and R51000800000045200 0 from commercial use to commercial or residential use and to provide for sever severability and effective date. All those in favor please signify by raising your hand. So moved 70. Congratulations.

I comment the mayor and be able to read all those numbers. [laughter] Thank you. Um, next we move on to public comment. Uh, non-aggenda items. Public comment section 2-5-70 of the town codes limits each person to one three-minute comment when addressing town council. At the end of your three minutes, you are asked to conclude your comments. Please maintain at a quorum suitable for the meeting and refrain from using any profane, abusive, or obscene language. If you have any materials you like to give to town council, please give them to the town clerk after you are finished speaking. Kim, has anybody signed up to speak on this? We have two. We have Chester Williams. He passes. and Richard Bissy. Mr. Bissy,

good afternoon. Richard Bizzy and to go run. The original Roman calendar had only 10 months beginning with March and ending in December. Winter existed, but it had no name. Eventually, January was added, named for Janice, the god of beginnings, endings, and transitions. Janice looks both backwards and forward, asking two essential questions. Where have we been? And where are we going? And that feels especially relevant today. The long promised revision of Hilton Head Island's land management ordinance is finally underway. Three years later than promised, but it's underway. And now suddenly the town is in a hurry. Perhaps that has something to do with an election year. A 21 member task force is expected to complete this enormously consequential work by July. Breathtaking speed for an ordinance that will shape the future of this island for decades. And I hope the task force remembers what made Hilton Head different in the first place. David Lauderdale recently wrote, and I quote, "Somehow Hilton Head got off track. What is being allowed today by the town of Hilton Head is a pockmark on its very soul. Perhaps the task force can correct that. Which brings me to transparency. Last month, the council approved the destination marketing organization contract effectively in secret. The DMO contract was discussed four times in executive session, most recently on December 9th. And then nine days later, the council voted 7 nothing to award a three-year contract to the chamber with virtually no public discussion. The outcome had clearly been decided. Otherwise, how would staff arrive with a completed contract and resolution in hand? One of the assistant town managers

said, quote, "We determined the chamber was the most qualified respondent." Well, it raises an important question. Isn't that determination supposed to be made by the elected council after open debate and not behind closed doors? And of course, you can say that everything was legal, but legality is not the same as transparency. And of course, we're being told the chambers is going to provide receipts going forward, but where was that transparency for the last 5 years? And finally, next month we're going to celebrate a groundbreaking event for workforce housing. That's progress and a milestone has been pointed out. But we need to be honest about the scale. More than 14,000 people work on this island, but cannot afford to live here. At the current pace, it would take about 46 years to house all of them. Moments of transition demand reflection. Where have we been matters, and where we're going matters even more. I would urge this council to slow down, open the doors, and honor the principles that made Hilton Head worth protecting in the first place. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. B. All right, Mr. Orlando. Can there's nobody else signed on? Okay, Mr. Orlando, do we have a need for executive session? Yes, sir. As Hang on a second. Did you want to We'll make an exception for you. Yes. Come on up. State your name. My name is Gabriel Hicks. Get to one of the microphones. Yeah. Press it. It should be on. My name is Gabriel Hicks. Okay.

Um, petition skate park. I have a petition for the skate park and [clears throat] Okay. I've got for 53 signatures. Awesome. All right. If you could um do you have anything else you want to say about the skate park? I [clears throat] like it. I I would like [laughter] give me give me

uh so a few years back there was a little thing where uh we were deciding on some upgrades for the skate park and and we've [clears throat] uh I think this was at uh LA the summer before the the the summer I think it it was the summer of 2024. Uh uh we were promised that that uh we were get a new skate park, but it's been two but it's been 2 years or so. Oh, in construction and still hasn't even started yet. Uh

so oh uh we started a petition and to uh get something done about and got a more modern skate park cuz I mean and and could I one say one thing too? I'm so sorry. Uh I like this is the future of of like America right here. You know, skateboarding is an Olympic event now. Like we really deserve, man. We got the money. I just saw like piles of money we have for things. [clears throat] like it would it would be just really really nice if we could have like a decent facility for these kids to train cuz it it'll help them get through life.

Yep.

You know, life's tough when when there's a lot of adversity and when you're growing up and skateboarding is the one thing like we're a real community sport. There's no bigotry. There's no hatred. It's just pure training, pure exercise, and it's a really good outlet for these kids. And it's not just them. There's a whole island. And when when things are good, when the skate park's good, it's full. You know, when we got a decent park, kids come from everywhere. I worked for Shane from Fuel uh years back and uh he actually was the one that got the original skate park built. I was actually one of them with my hands actually built helped build the skate park and this other one too. And we just like to see, you know, this this project moving forward. Um we feel like we we've kind of done a lot of work and and and we're willing to do whatever it takes if we need to have fun razors or whatever. you just let us know.

All right. Well, well, thank you. So, next time when y'all come in, sign up to speak. Yes. We broke the rules today a little bit, but you got a you've got a petition there with signatures. If you could drop it off to that that lady right there at the end on the right hand side, drop it off to her, that would be wonderful. So, thank you all very much. Thank you. Thank you. All right. Mr. Land, do we have a need for executive session? Yes, sir. uh as shown on item 10 A, excuse me, 10 A through D on the town council agenda. Okay. Do I have a motion? Second. Okay, we've got a first and a second. All in favor, please signify by raise your right hand. We're in executive session. Okay.

motion to come out of executive session. Second. We got a first and a second. All in favor, please signify by raising your right hand. We are out of executive session. Mr. Brown, do we have any action coming out of executive session? Yes, sir. I move to appoint Chuck Lobalt and Margaret Hwitt as planning commission representatives on the Golagichi land and preservation task force. Terms will align with existing terms being served on the planning commission. Second. Have a first and a second. Any discussion from councel? Seeing none, all those in favor, please signify by raising your right hand. So moved. 70. And uh is there any other action coming out of executive session?

No, sir. All right. Motion to agend. So move to a gym. [laughter] I move we go to a gym.