Mr. Patrick Melton

South Street Partners

Happy New Year Patrick!

We hope that you, your associates, and families have had a terrific holiday period and that the New Year is one of health, happiness, and prosperity for all of you. 

Today we are writing you to respectfully request that South Street Partners conduct a Town Hall Meeting with all property owners of Palmetto Bluff and address both the recent changes to the Palmetto Bluff Club and the changes you have requested of our elected officials to the proposed marina at Anson.  The previous developer held quarterly Town Halls that were scheduled a full year out.

We are aware that you have sent a letter to club members concerning the changes to the Club but none of us believe that this one way communication is adequate on this subject.  We would all appreciate understanding your rationale for these changes and how you see these changes enhancing the Member experience. 

With respect to the proposed changes to the Anson Marina, you have been silent as it relates to the property owners here.  At a meeting of the Bluffton Town Council on November 9, 2021, Mr. Will Culp incorrectly informed our elected officials that you had conducted a Town Hall meeting on these specific requested changes.  We have corrected the record with the Mayor and the Council and hope that you will come and address this issue with all of the property owners. The Town Council has been clear that they require that South Street Partners ‘conduct a community meeting to present the proposal and receive feedback from owners and residents’ prior to actually negotiating. 

Our growing Palmetto Bluff Neighborhood Association membership is anxious to have you meet with all residents in an open and collaborative way.  Frankly, many residents are struggling to see how your changes to the Club that are now in effect add to the quality of our experience.  The implementation of these changes has been, as a minimum, disruptive to the Member experience.  Moreover, your unwillingness to personally address all residents in an open forum on your requests of our Town officials is breeding distrust.  We believe all of this can be partly mitigated with a Town Hall meeting.

Kindly consider our request. 

Thank you very much.

Warmest regards,

Palmetto Bluff PBNA Volunteers 

Bob Morette, Arian Ellis, Harry Haslam, Graz Graziano, Ford Bartholow, Eric Sutherland, Richard Cedrone