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CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY COUNTY.
THIS IS A FINAL MEETING OF THIS AFTERNOON.
UM, AND IT'S THE MEETING OF THE NATURAL RESOURCE COMMITTEE AND LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.
AND WE WILL START WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
IF EVERYONE WILL PLEASE STAND AND PUT, YOU CAN PUT YOURSELF ON MUTE IF YOU WANT TO, OR NOT.
DURING 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.
UM, MS. BROCK, HAVE WE DONE THE PUBLIC NOTIFICATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH, UH, SOUTH CAROLINA? FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT? YES MA'AM WE HAVE.
I'D LIKE, UH, SOMEONE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.
MS. MS. CHAIRMAN, IF WE COULD MAKE ONE, UH, ONE TWEAK TO THAT PLEASE, BECAUSE PAUL'S OF OUR SCHEDULE TODAY, UH, WITH SOME OF OUR EMPLOYEES WHO NEED TO LEAVE AND BE DONE AT FIVE, WE WOULD REQUEST THAT WE SWITCH SIX AND FIVE AND DO THE FORT FREDERICK PRESERVATION, UH, PRESERVE PASSIVE APART PROJECT FIRST.
DO WE NEED AN EMOTION TO THAT EFFECT BEFORE WE APPROVE THE AGENDA, PLEASE? I WILL BE GLAD TO MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE SWITCH ITEMS FIVE AND SIX.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, ONE SECOND.
MISS COUNCILMAN GLOVER A SECOND.
UH, WITHOUT, WITHOUT EXCEPTION, IS THAT APPROVE BY COMMITTING? OKAY.
I HEAR NO OBJECTION OR EXCEPTION, SO WE WILL SWITCH THOSE TWO.
NOW I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA WITH THAT CHANGE.
I WILL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA WITH THE CHANGE THAT HAS BEEN MADE.
THAT WAS SECOND BY MR. GLOVER.
WE'D GO FORWARD TO APPROVE THAT WITHOUT OBJECTION.
THEREFORE WE WILL START, UH, WE'LL START WITH A PRESENTATION ON FOR FREDERICK AND MS. WHO'S GOING TO DO THAT ONE, MISS.
UM, THAT'D BE A MISMATCH IT AND MISS ATHERTON, WHENEVER THEY'RE AVAILABLE.
I THINK THEY'RE PROBABLY PULLING OUT THEIR PRESENTATION.
I'LL UH, I'LL SHARE THE SCREEN NOW WITH THE PRESENTATION THAT WE DID TO, UH, FOR THE TOWN OF PORT ROYAL ABOUT A WEEK OR ABOUT A WEEK OR TWO AGO, RIGHT.
I'VE GOTTEN SUCH POSITIVE FEEDBACK.
UM, THEY'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
OKAY, GO AHEAD WHEN YOU'RE READY.
SO, UH, THIS IS AN UPDATE, A CONSTRUCTION UPDATE ON FORT FREDERICK HERITAGE PRESERVE.
AND FIRST I'D LIKE TO, UH, INTRODUCE THE CONTRACTOR AND ENGINEERING TEAM.
THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR WAS, UH, O'QUINN MARINE CONSTRUCTION.
AND AS A CIVIL ENGINEERING GROUP, IT WAS ANDREW'S ENGINEERING, UH, STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING AND MARINE ENGINEERING WAS, UH, COMPLETED BY MCSWEENEY ENGINEERS.
THIS IS A PICTURE ON THE RIGHT.
THIS IS A, THIS IS THE SECTION.
SO THIS, THIS PROPERTY IS HA IT WAS THREE PROPERTIES INVOLVED, UH, A RURAL AND CRITICAL PROPERTY, WHICH IS ATTACHED TO ANOTHER RURAL AND CRITICAL PROPERTY ON THE BUFORD RIVER BY WAY OF, UH, UH, PROPERTY OWNED BY, UH, SED DNR.
THIS IS THE ROADWAY ON STD AND R'S PROPERTY INTO LOOKING EAST, UH, TO THE BUFORD RIVER, GOING INTO THE PAVILION AREA.
UM, THIS CONTRACT WAS A DESIGN BUILD CONTRACT AND THE CONSTRUCTION STARTED ON AUGUST 30.
FIRST OF THIS YEAR, WE ARE SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION AND ON SCHEDULE TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT BY DECEMBER 31ST, A PICTURE ON THE RIGHT AGAIN IS AS WE'VE ARRIVED AT THE PAVILION, LOOKING OUT ONTO THE BUFORD RIVER, AND THIS IS THE PAVILION ALMOST COMPLETE.
AND AGAIN, THIS PICTURE IS ABOUT TWO WEEKS OLD.
WE HAVE PICNIC TABLES, UH, ONSITE, AND ALL THE SIGNAGE IS UP AT THIS POINT, UH, PROJECT FUNDING.
SO THERE'S TWO PHASES TO THIS PROJECT.
PHASE ONE WAS THE LAND SIDE, ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION WORK DESIGN OF EVERYTHING, BOTH LANDSIDE AND WATERSIDE AND PERMITTING OF EVERYTHING.
LANDSIDE AND WATERSIDE PHASE TWO WAS SIMPLY WATERSIDE CONSTRUCTION
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PHASE ONE CONTRACT AMOUNT.AGAIN, DESIGN BUILD WAS A MILLION $80,000 THEREABOUT.
THE FUNDING WAS A PARTNERSHIP.
UH, IT WAS PARTIALLY FUNDED THROUGH BUFORD COUNTY, RURAL AND CRITICAL LANDS.
AND PARTIALLY THROUGH THE 2017 GEO BOND.
THE PHASE TWO WATERSIDE WORK, THE CONTRACT AMOUNT HAS NOT YET BEEN DETERMINED AND CURRENTLY IT IS NOT FUNDED AS THE PLAN FOR THIS.
UH, WHEN WE ARE READY, WE'LL BE TO GO FOR A OR H TAX APPLICATION FOR THE FUNDING FOR PHASE TWO.
THE ACTUAL SCOPE OF WORK IN PHASE ONE WAS ALL NEW FENCING, AN AUTOMATIC ENTRY GATE, AND THE ENTRY GATE SEVEN DAYS A WEEK WOULD BE OPEN FROM DAWN TO DUSK.
UH, IT IS EQUIPPED WITH REQUIRED CLICK TO ENTER FOR FIRST RESPONDERS, LAW ENFORCEMENT EMS. THE GATE ALSO INCLUDES AN AUTO EXIT IN CASE SOMEONE GETS STUCK INSIDE THE GATED AREA AFTER THE GATE HAS CLOSED AT DUSK.
UH, THE ROADWAY, UM, IS ALL CRUSHED AGGREGATE FROM OLD FORT ROAD TO THE PASSIVE PARK.
AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, UH, AT THE END, IF YOU LOOK TO THE RIGHT ON THE PICTURE THERE, WE HAD TO PUT IN A EMERGENCY TURNAROUND FOR OBVIOUSLY EMERGENCY VEHICLES, FIRE TRUCKS.
SO A GRASS PAVED SYSTEM WAS USED SO STRUCTURALLY IT IS SUPPORTED, UH, BUT YOU WILL SEE GRASS GROW IN THIS AREA.
SO IT'LL LOOK TO BE PART OF THE PARK, A 20 BY 50 COVERED PAVILION SIX OR SO PICNIC TABLES, ONE OF WHICH IS A HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE PARKING AREAS DOWN NEAR THE PAVILION.
THERE'S A TOTAL OF SIX PARKING SPOTS AT THE PAVILION.
ONE IS HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE AND UP AT THE FRONT ENTRY GATE, WHICH WE'LL SHOW YOU A CONCEPT.
SO THIS IS THE FIRST PARCEL I TALKED ABOUT THE TRIANGULAR PARCEL THAT COMES OFF OF OLD FORT ROAD.
THIS IS WHERE THE ENTRY POINT WILL BE, AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S FIVE ADDITIONAL PARKING SPOTS UP AT THIS AREA.
UM, STEPHANIE, I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO, UH, ADD IN ABOUT MAYBE SOME FUTURE PLANS, UM, IN PARCEL.
UM, TO THE RIGHT OF THAT DIAGRAM, OPPOSITE THE PARKING AREA.
UM, THERE'S ROOM THERE FOR, UM, JUST SOME SMALL KIND OF NATURAL PLAY ELEMENTS FOR CHILDREN.
UM, I KNOW A VENDOR WHO DOES THINGS LIKE, UM, LOGS AND STUMPS AND THINGS THAT DON'T REALLY FIT INTO THE NATURAL PARK CHARACTER OF THE PROPERTY, BUT THAT WILL GIVE KIDS SOMETHING TO KIND OF CLIMB AND PLAY ON.
UH, THIS IS DOWN NEAR THE PASSIVE PARK, UH, JUST, UH, AERIAL CIVIL ENGINEERING, UH, DRAWING HERE.
IT SHOWS THE SIX PARKING SPOTS, THE ACTUAL GREAT GRASS PAVE AREA, WHICH IS THE HAMMERHEAD TURNAROUND FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES.
WHAT IS NOT SHOWN ON HERE THAT MARINE, UH, ADDED WAS, UM, THERE'S A LITTLE DITCH ALONGSIDE GOING FROM THE PASSIVE PART PROPERTY TO SED AND R HE PULLED A VERY SMALL BOARDWALK ACROSS THAT DITCH.
SO, UH, THERE IS A NATURAL PATHWAY FROM THE PAVILION TO WALK AND GO OVER TO THE RUINS OF FORT FREDERICK.
THIS IS A CONCEPT DRAWING OF THE MONUMENT SIGN THAT WILL GO OUTSIDE THE AUTO GATE AT THE END OF OLD FORT, WHERE THE CUL-DE-SAC IS.
UM, IT WAS BEING CONSTRUCTED AS WE SPEAK.
AND IT IS KIND OF THE LAST ELEMENT THAT NEEDS TO BE COMPLETED.
UM, THE, AND FINISHED ON TOP OF THE CONCRETE AND THE, UH, AND THE EMBLEMS, UH, BUFORD COUNTY, S C D AND R, AND HERITAGE TRUST THAT NEEDED TO BE APPLIED TO THE SIGN, UH, PHASE TWO, WHICH IS THE WATERSIDE WORK AGAIN, NOT FUNDED CURRENTLY, BUT DESIGNED AND NOT PERMITTED YET, UM, WAS TO INCLUDE A PEER OR A BOARDWALK, UH, OUT TO A POINT WHERE THERE WAS GOOD FISHING, A A, THERE'D BE A PEER HEAD FOR FISHING AND CRABBING A GANGWAY DOWN TO A COURTESY FLOAT AND A KAYAK LAUNCH, MEANING THAT BOATERS AND KAYAKERS COULD COME TO OUR PARK.
UM, UH, DOCK AT THE COURTESY DOCK, COME UP AT A PICNIC, GO OVER AND SEE THE RUINS, UH, ADDITIONAL TOPICS THAT WE TALKED TO THE TOWN OF PORT ROYAL ABOUT WERE, UM, THE REPAIR OR RESURFACING OF OLD FORKS.
AND, UM, WE SPOKE WITH THE TOWN OF PORT ROYAL AND WE WERE ABLE TO THROUGH CONTINGENCY FUND THE COMPLETE RESURFACING OF FORT ROAD.
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GREAT CONDITION WHEN WE STARTED AND WITH ALL THE WORK THAT OBVIOUSLY DETERIORATED, UH, TODAY.UH, O'QUINN MARINE'S CONTRACTOR WAS OUT THERE MILLING THE ROAD.
THEY WILL DO A FINAL BREEDING TOMORROW AND WEATHER PERMITTING.
UH, THAT ROAD WILL BE RESURFACED ALL THE WAY UP TO, UH, WHERE WE ENTER, UH, THE PARK AREA.
AND THAT SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY WEDNESDAY.
UM, AND THEN, UH, STEPHANIE, DID YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT ROUNDS MAINTENANCE? SURE.
UH, WE ALSO DISCUSSED WITH, UM, MR. WILLIS, THE, UM, WITH TOWN OF PORT ROYAL ABOUT, UM, AN MOU BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE TOWN REGARDING MAINTENANCE OF THE PARK.
AND SO HE AND I ARE GOING TO BE WORKING TOGETHER TO, UM, TO DRAFT THAT MOU, UH, HOPEFULLY TO START SHORTLY AFTER THE PARK OPENS.
UM, THAT'LL EVENTUALLY COME TO THE COUNTY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.
UM, THAT'S IT FOR THE, UH, THE PROGRESS AND THE, AND THE PRESENTATION.
UH, AND IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS STEPHANIE, AND I'LL TAKE, UH, TAKE THE QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBERS? I HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, THE PARKING THAT YOU'VE DESCRIBED, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF PARKS.
IF WE GIVE THE WHITE HALL ROAD, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO GET THERE? HOW ARE YOU GOING TO GET THAT KIND OF CAR GO IN THERE? I'M CONFUSED ABOUT YOU HAVE PARKING HERE, SEE HOW CARS CAN GET IN THERE WHEN YOU SHUT OFF THE WHITE HALL ROAD, MR. SOMERVILLE, THIS IS FOR, UM, FORT FREDERICK.
SO I'M GOING BACK TO WHITE HALL.
WE SWITCHED ON THE AGENDA ON YOU.
YEAH, WE'RE DOING FORT FREDERICK RIGHT NOW.
UM, ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? YES, SIR.
I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE, UM, THE STAFF.
UM, AND, UM, WHAT'S REALLY, UM, SPARING ABOUT PHASE TWO.
AND IS THE FUNDING FOR PHASE TWO TO BE A PART OF THE RULE IN CRITICAL LAND, OR IS THAT GOING TO BE COMING FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE? UM, BECAUSE I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT ON THE PHASE TWO, BUT ALSO THAT GROUND THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT WITH THE KIDS LOVE TO SEE THAT OUT THERE TOO.
THAT WOULD BE A NICE ENHANCEMENT FOR THAT AREA.
YOU WANT TO ADDRESS IT OR BOTH OF Y'ALL ADDRESS THAT PLEASE? YES.
FUNDING FOR THE WATERSIDE WORK WILL BE THROUGH AN ANH TAX APPLICATION.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE PLANS ARE FOR THE ACTUAL PLAYGROUND.
SO THE, UM, THIS PROPERTY ACTUALLY HAD A DONATION OF A CERTAIN AMOUNT, AND SO I'M GOING TO USE THAT DONATION FUNDING TO DO THOSE, UM, NATURAL PLAY ELEMENTS, BUT THE WATERSIDE WORK, UM, UH, WILL NOT BE FROM RURAL AND CRITICAL.
WE'VE ALREADY SPENT THE COUNCIL'S ALLOCATED, UM, FUNDING TOWARDS THAT WHEN YOU GUYS APPROVE THAT IN, UM, AT THE END OF 2018 AND, UM, FOR THE COUNSEL'S INFORMATION, THERE WAS SOME, THERE'S STILL A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MARSH, UM, THE RIGHTS TO THE MARSH, AND WE WERE RUNNING INTO SOME, UH, QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, WHICH KIND OF MADE IT EASIER TO SPLIT THIS UP THE PROJECT.
AND, AND ONCE ALL THAT IS, UM, SOLVED, WE CAN COME BACK WITH THE H TAX APPLICATION FOR IT.
AND THIS IS, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, THANK YOU AGAIN TO ALL THE STAFF THAT MADE THIS POSSIBLE AND WORKING WITH, YOU KNOW, DNR IS, UM, ANOTHER AGENCY IS I'M SURE, ALWAYS A CHALLENGE, AND THIS IS GOING TO BE SUCH AN ASSET, NOT ONLY TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN OF PORT ROYAL, BUT EVERYONE, UH, IN THE AREA.
AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY CLOSE TO THE PARK ACROSS FROM THE NAVAL HOSPITAL AND IT WILL, UM, OF COURSE BE A, UM, ASSET FOR EVERYBODY FROM BOTH THE WATER AND WALKING AND BICYCLING TOO.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS JUST LIKE TO TELL BOTH OF Y'ALL AND JARED'S ON THE PHONE TOO, I MEAN, ON THE CALL, THANK FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS.
NOW, IF WE'RE READY, READY FOR WHITE HALL.
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IS THAT GOING TO BE, IS THERE SOMETHING ON THE SCREEN GOING TO BE PUT UP FOR THAT ONE? OKAY.I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE SHARE.
CAUSE I CAN'T, I CAN'T SEE YOU GUYS ANYMORE.
SORRY, EVERYTHING ELSE AROUND MY CAMERA'S OVER HERE, BUT THE DOCUMENTS OVER THERE.
SO THIS IS THE PLAN I'M GOING TO TRY.
AND IS THAT A LITTLE BIT BETTER? THAT HELPS.
UM, SO THIS IS THE FULL CONCEPTUAL PLAN WOULDN'T PARTNERS, UH, WAS HIRED TO, UM, HELP US WITH THIS, UH, AT THE END OF LAST YEAR, UH, WE HAD HOPED TO HAVE THIS DONE BY JUNE, BUT BECAUSE OF COVID, WE COULDN'T HOLD THE, UM, STAKEHOLDER WORKSHOPS IN PERSON LIKE WE WANTED.
SO WE DID, UM, TWO DIFFERENT SURVEY METHODS.
UM, SO THE PUBLIC AND GOT TREMENDOUS RESPONSE.
WE GOT OVER 300 RESPONSES FROM THE PUBLIC FOR EACH SURVEY EVENT.
AND SO THE FIRST SURVEY EVENT PROVIDED INFORMATION ABOUT POSSIBLE OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS OF THE PROPERTY, INCLUDING THE CONSERVATION EASEMENT THAT IS ON THIS PROPERTY, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY.
UM, AND FROM THAT FIRST SURVEY, WE RECEIVED A LOT OF INPUT INTO, UM, THE MAIN STRUCTURES THAT THE PUBLIC WAS INTERESTED IN SEEING PROPERTY, WHICH INCLUDED ESSENTIALLY A PUBLIC ACCESS POINT PARKING, UM, SOME KIND OF PICNIC PAVILION OR EVENT PAVILION, A BIG OPEN LAWN PICNIC TABLES, BENCHES SWINGS, PEER AND DOCK, UM, AND OBSERVATION AREAS.
SO WITH THAT INFORMATION, WE DRAFTED, UM, A PLAN THAT LOOKED VERY SIMILAR TO THIS.
AND THEN WE SENT THAT OUT TO THE PUBLIC FOR A SECOND SURVEY.
AND IN THAT SECOND SURVEY, WE ASKED THEM IF THEY LIKED THE LOCATION AND THE ELEMENTS, AND IF IT LOOKED, YOU KNOW, LIKE A USABLE SPACE AND THEN ALSO, UM, IF THERE WAS ANYTHING MISSING THAT THEY THOUGHT WOULD BE, UM, IMPORTANT TO THEM.
AND SO EVERYBODY ESSENTIALLY SAID, UH, THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE SAID THAT THEY LIKED THE WAY THE PLAN LOOKED, UH, AS IT WAS PRESENTED.
UM, BUT A DOG PARK CAME OUT AS A VERY TOP NEED FOR PEOPLE IN THIS AREA.
SO THE TEAM WHICH INVOLVES, UM, MYSELF, LINDA ROPER FROM CITY OF BUFORD, KAYLOR REMINDS FROM KOHL'S AND PAUL
UH, WE ALL DISCUSSED THAT AND TRIED TO FIGURE OUT IF THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS FEASIBLE BASED ON WHAT A DOG PARK NEEDS WOULD BE AS FAR AS AMOUNT OF ACREAGE, WHAT TYPE OF TURF FENCING, ET CETERA.
AND WE CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT, UM, A DOG PARK AT WHITE HALL COULD BE POSSIBLE IF THERE WASN'T A CONSERVATION EASEMENT ON THE PROPERTY.
AND SO BECAUSE THE CONSERVATION EASEMENT RESTRICTS CERTAIN THINGS, UM, AND BECAUSE THE ACREAGE AMOUNT WAS NOT ENOUGH BEYOND THAT CONSERVATION EASEMENT, THEN, UM, WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT AT THIS PLACE.
HOWEVER, THE CITY OF BUFORD TOOK THAT INFORMATION.
AND NOW AS THAT KNOWLEDGE, SO IF THERE'S ANOTHER PROPERTY THAT COMES UP IN THE AREA, THAT'S MORE APPROPRIATE FOR IT, THEN THEY KNOW THAT PEOPLE WANT THAT.
SO WE'VE SAW THAT AS A DEFINITE BENEFIT.
UM, YOU CAN SEE ON THE PROPERTY, WE DO HAVE THE TWO ROADS ROADS, A AND ROAD B COMING IN FROM MR. LEVIN'S PROPOSED, UM, PLAN.
WE WORKED WITH HIS ENGINEERS TO GET INFORMATION ON HOW TO INTERACT FACED WITH HIS PROPERTY.
AND SO ASSUMING THAT THOSE ROADS ARE BUILT, THAT WOULD BE THE ENTRANCEWAY INTO THE PARK AT LOCATION.
AND SEE, WE WOULD HAVE AN AUTOMATIC ENTRANCE GATE, UM, SIMILAR TO THE, UH,
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THE, SOME OF THE OTHER PASSIVE PARKS THAT I'M DOING NOW.SO IT WOULD AUTOMATICALLY OPEN AND CLOSE AT DAWN AND THEN CLOSE AT DUSK, UM, WITH THAT OPTION TO BE ABLE TO EXIT IF YOU WERE STUCK IN THERE AFTER DARK, THERE'S A PATHWAY THAT CONNECTS FROM ROAD A ALL THE WAY DOWN THE CAUSEWAY TO ITEM J, WHICH IS THE SOON, HOPEFULLY THE BOARDWALK ACROSS THE SALT MARKS THERE TO SEA ISLAND PARKWAY.
AND THERE'S A PICNIC PAVILION WITH RESTROOMS AND OPEN, UM, LAWN AREA ITEM F.
AND THEN THERE ARE SOME, UH, PICNIC TABLES IN ITEM G AS WELL AS, UH, RECONSTRUCTED PIER AND DOCK, UM, AT H AND THEN IT M THERE IS THAT OBSERVATIONAL PLATFORM.
THAT'S MORE FOR WILDLIFE VIEWING, SUNSET WATCHING, ET CETERA.
AND THEN THERE'S A PATH AND THERE'LL BE A NATURAL PATH THAT RUNS AROUND THE PROPERTY.
SO WE TRIED TO PROVIDE CONNECTION ACROSS THE BRIDGE ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO THE EXTERIOR STREETS, OUT TO MERIDIAN, AND THEN ALSO HIGHWAY 21, UM, BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT, THAT PATHWAY FOR BIKING AND PEDESTRIANS AT NIGHT, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S A SEPARATION THERE BETWEEN THAT PATH IN THE ACTUAL INTERIOR OF THE PARK.
SO WE CAN STILL HAVE CONTROL OVER ACCESS INTO THE PARK AFTER HOURS, BUT STILL PROVIDE PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRAVEL, TO TRAVERSE BACK AND FORTH ACROSS THE BRIDGE AT NIGHT TO DOWNTOWN WATERFRONT PARK.
SO THAT'S KIND OF IN A NUTSHELL, UM, AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, KATZMAN SOMERVILLE, DO YOU WANNA ASK YOUR QUESTION? I DO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
I UNDERSTAND THE CAR ACCESS IS GOING TO BE TURNED OFF.
WOULD YOU SAY AT 11 O'CLOCK? WELL, THE PARK WILL BE OPEN FROM DAWN TO DUSK, SO IT'LL CHANGE SLIGHTLY WITH THE TIME CHANGE, BUT ESSENTIALLY SIX TO SIX IN THE WINTER AND THEN PROBABLY SIX TO EIGHT IN THE SUMMER.
BUT WHAT ABOUT THE J THE WALK-IN KITTENS? THEY CAN, YOU CAN'T CLOSE THAT, CAN YOU, OR DO YOU TEND TO CLOSE THE WALKING ENTRANCE AS WELL? NO, THE WALKING ENTRANCE WILL BE THERE, THERE WILL BE A FENCE, UM, LIKE PROBABLY A SPLIT RAIL FENCE OR SOME KIND OF, UM, FENCING BETWEEN THE WALKING TRAIL, UM, AND THE INTERIOR OF THE PARK.
SO PEOPLE CAN STILL WALK AND STILL TRAVERSE THROUGH THERE AT NIGHT WHERE IT WILL BE LIGHTED, BUT NOT BE, UM, INSIDE LIKE THE PICNIC AREA IN THE PAVILION, YOU KNOW, CAUSING A RUCKUS TO NEIGHBORS.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME KIND OF BARRIER AFTER K JUST AS YOU GET INTO THE PARK TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM TAKING A WALK ALONG THAT LITTLE CAUSE WAY, BUT THEY CAN'T COME INTO THE PARK WHENEVER YOU QUOTE, RIGHT.
THEY'LL BE ABLE TO WALK FROM THE K AREA THROUGH THE EL AREA OVER TO STREETS A AND B.
SO IT'S A CONNECTION TO A MULTI-USE COMMERCIAL AREA ON A PROPOSED MULTI-USE COMMERCIAL AREA ON MR. LEVIN'S PROPERTY TO WATERFRONT PARK, TRYING TO KEEP THAT COMMERCIAL CONNECTION.
BUT YOU'RE GOING TO BLOCK THEM FROM COMING DOWN INTO G AND D AND ME AFTER DEATH.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS I HAD ONE OF THE SAME, ONE ELSE HAVE SOME QUESTIONS, UH, JUST QUICKLY HAVE, UH, SHE MAY HAVE SAID IT, BUT, UH, I MAY HAVE MISSED IT.
UM, WHAT IS THE PARKING BECAUSE PARKING CAPABLE FIELD CAPACITY RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE PLANNED FOR 25 SPOTS.
UM, BUT THERE IS, UH, YOU KNOW, IF THE PARK ENDS UP BECOMING EXCEEDINGLY POPULAR, UM, WE DO HAVE PLENTY OF SPACE THERE OUTSIDE OF THE DESIGNATED RED CONSERVATION EASEMENT LINE THAT WE COULD ADD SOME ADDITIONAL PARKING IN THE FUTURE IF NECESSARY.
UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS JUST QUICK ON IT? THE BREAD DOTTED BORDER IS SYNDICATOR.
THAT IS THE INDICATION OF THE EIGHT ACRE CONSERVATION AREA THAT WAS APPROVED AT THE TIME OF ACQUISITION.
THAT'S, THAT'S THE AREA THAT HAS THE CONSERVATION EASEMENT ON IT.
DOES I UNDERSTAND THAT? CORRECT.
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COULD BE LIKE THE PAVILION COULD BE RESERVED AFTER HOURS FOR WEDDINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.LIKE THEY TALKED ABOUT ORIGINALLY, OR, I MEAN, THIS IS GETTING INTO THE WEEDS PROBABLY TOO MUCH NOW.
AND THEN I WAS WONDERING ABOUT, UM, THE FUNDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION PART.
COULD YOU GO OVER THAT AGAIN, HOW THAT'S GOING TO BE PROPOSED TO HAPPEN? THE, UM, THE PARK WILL BE ABLE TO BE RESERVED AFTER HOURS FOR WEDDINGS EVENTS AND WHATNOT.
UM, THAT WILL BE DONE THROUGH THE CITY OF BEAVER.
WE HAVE OUR OWN PROCESS RIGHT NOW, BUT ONCE IT'S ACTUALLY CONSTRUCTED, UM, THE CITY OF BUFORD IS GOING TO BE TAKING OVER MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF ARC JULY ONE OF NEXT YEAR, 2021.
AND, UM, THE FUNDING FOR THIS, UH, COUNTY COUNCIL HAS ALREADY APPROVED IN A PRIOR, UM, PASSIVE PART OF FUNDING REQUESTS, $500,000.
SHE ALREADY SAID $500,000 TO GO TOWARDS CONSTRUCTION, UM, APPLICATIONS.
SO THIS WILL VERY LIKELY BE A PHASE PROJECT.
AND IN OUR SECOND SURVEY, WE DID ASK THE PUBLIC WHAT THEIR MOST IMPORTANT ELEMENTS WERE.
AND SO WE TOOK THOSE AS OUR FIRST PHASE, AND THEN WE'LL DO A SECOND PHASE OF THE OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE LESS IMPORTANT TO THE PUBLIC.
I APPRECIATE THE UPDATE ON THAT BECAUSE I THINK SOME OF US HAVE KIND OF FORGOTTEN HOW THAT WAS ALL, HOW ALL THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, JUST, UM, THE BOARDWALK, UM, COMING FROM THE CONNECTING FROM DOWNTOWN, UM, WAS THAT FUNDED SEPARATELY OR IS THAT INCLUDED IN THE FUNDING THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, WHERE IT WAS FUNDED? UM, GO AHEAD, STEPHANIE, I'M SORRY.
THAT IS A PROJECT THROUGH THE CITY OF BEEFER AND WE ARE, UM, CO UM, COLLABORATORS WITH, UM, THEY DID BID THAT, THAT PROJECT OUT, UM, ACTUALLY RECEIVED AN UPDATE THIS MORNING ABOUT IT.
AND, UM, THE BIDS CAME IN MUCH, MUCH HIGHER THAN WHAT THE ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE ANTICIPATED.
AND SO THEY'VE PUT THAT PROJECT ON HOLD, UM, AND MADE, TRY TO REBID, UM, SOMETIME NEXT YEAR.
THE ONE THING I'LL ADD TO THAT FOR COUNSEL'S KNOWLEDGE AND AS SHARED WITH ME FROM, UH, UH, JARED FRAY SAYS THAT, UH, THE REASON THE BIDS CAME IN HIGH IS DUE TO COVID THE COST OF LUMBER HAS SKYROCKETED CURRENTLY.
SO WE DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO COMPLETE THAT AT THIS POINT.
SO I, I FOUND IT INTERESTING THAT THE SURVEY COMMENTS WAS IT FOR THE DOG PARK, BECAUSE I KNOW THE DOG PARK THAT SOUTH SIDE IN THE CITY OF BUFORD IS HEAVILY USED.
AND THERE ARE PEOPLE THERE WHO COME FROM LADY'S ISLAND AND ALL OVER TO USE IT.
BUT I THINK SOUTH SIDE IS CLOSE ENOUGH TO THIS PARK THAT ANYONE WHO WANTED TO USE A SMALL AND PERSONAL OPINION COULD USE THE DOG PARK AT SOUTH SIDE.
AND THEN AS, AS YOU SAID, IT MAY BE APPROPRIATE MORE APPROPRIATE, AND THEY CAN'T DO IT ANYWAY AT ANOTHER LOCATION TO SATISFY THOSE THOSE NEEDS.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THAT WAS OUTSTANDING TO GET AN UPDATE ON THAT.
AND NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO NUMBER SEVEN, WHICH IS AN ORDINANCE REGARDING FIELD STANDARDS, UH, AMENDING DIVISION 5.13 OF THE CDC TO LIMIT FILL IN LOW LYING AREAS.
AND THIS IS A DISCUSSION ITEM.
SO I HOPE, UM, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO READ THAT AND LOOK AT IT.
AND WHO WILL BE PRESENTING THAT, THAT BE MR. MERCHANT? IT WILL BE, YES, MA'AM.
I HAVE A REAL BRIEF POWERPOINT THAT KIND OF SOME SUMMARIZES THE HIGHLIGHTS OF BOTH THE ORDINANCES I LIKE TO SHARE ON THE SCREEN.
UM, AND BY BRIEF, IT'S JUST TWO SLIDES, BUT I THINK IT JUST KIND OF COVERS THE SALE.
AND IF YOU, IF YOU WILL, MR. MERCHANT GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON HOW THIS CAME ABOUT.
UM, SO THIS, BOTH OF THESE ORDINANCES CAME ABOUT AS RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE LADY ISLAND PLAN AND, UM, YOU KNOW, PART OF THAT PLANNING EFFORT WAS A RESPONSE TO SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS OCCURRED ON LADY'S ISLAND WITHIN THE LAST FIVE OR SO YEARS.
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MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAS CAUSED A LOT OF PEOPLE TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF CHANGES IN THE CHARACTER OF THE AREA HAS BEEN THE WALMART.AND, YOU KNOW, SPECIFIC TO THAT DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN THE AMOUNT OF FILL THAT WAS NECESSARY TO BRING IN ON THAT PROPERTY IN ORDER TO BRING IT UP TO BASE FLOOD ELEVATION AND, AND, YOU KNOW, AND MAKE IT WORK ON A VERY LOW LINE PROPERTY.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS KIND OF ON EVERYONE'S MIND DURING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT PLAN.
AND IT BECAME ONE OF THE MAJOR RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, THAT WE REALIZED EARLY ON IS, IS STAFF THAT THIS ISSUE WAS NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, ISOLATED TO LADY'S ISLAND.
IT WAS, IT WOULD BE A COUNTY-WIDE ISSUE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OTHER AREAS OF THE COUNTY THAT ARE LOW-LYING.
AND THAT THERE'S CONCERN THAT AS YOU KNOW, LAND BECOMES MORE AND MORE DEVELOPED, PEOPLE WILL BE WANTING TO DEVELOP LOW LINE PROPERTIES THAT MAYBE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED PRIME DEVELOPMENT AREAS THAT IS LAND GETS DEVELOPED.
PEOPLE START MOVING OUT TO THESE AREAS.
SO THIS BECAME A RECOMMENDATION OF THE PLAN.
WE PUT TOGETHER A TASK FORCE TO LOOK AT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT SHOULD BE REQUIRED IN THIS TYPE OF ORDINANCE.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THE BILL ORDINANCE, ANOTHER RECOMMENDATIONS, THE PLAN, WHICH WE REALIZED HAD COUNTYWIDE IMPLEMENT IMPLICATIONS WAS THE ADOPTION OF A C AT THE TIME, THE SEA LEVEL RISE OVER LAKE DISTRICT, WHICH WE'RE CALLING A COASTAL RESILIENCE.
SO THE WAY, UM, SO THESE TWO ORDINANCES HAVE COME OUT OF THAT EFFORT.
UM, SO WE PUT TOGETHER A TASK FORCE MADE UP OF PLANNERS, UM, FLOODPLAIN MANAGERS, THOSE FOLKS INVOLVED IN STORMWATER, UH, NEW MUNICIPAL REPRESENTATIVES, REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY AND REALLY DELIBERATED THROUGH WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS IT THAT WE WANT TO LIMIT FROM HAPPENING? AND WHAT ARE THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES? IF WE ADOPTED A FILL ORDINANCE AND WE KIND OF WENT OVER THIS VERY DETAILED, UH, FASHION, WE GOT INPUT FROM PEOPLE LIKE DAVID
SO HE WAS ABLE TO KIND OF WALK US THROUGH, YOU KNOW, CARRY US THAT WE MAY WANT TO EXEMPT.
UM, SO THERE'S, THERE WAS A LOT OF VETTING OF THIS.
WE ALSO PRESENTED TO THE, UM, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, WHERE WE HAD A LOT OF HOME BUILDERS PRESENCE, UM, YOU KNOW, AND SO THIS KIND OF WENT THROUGH AT A REFINEMENT PROCESS AND BECAUSE IT WAS A RECOMMENDATION OF THE LADY'S ITEM PLAN, WE HAVE AN IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE THAT REVIEWED AND APPROVED THIS LANGUAGE, AND IT ALSO WENT ON TO THE NORTHERN BUFORD COUNTY, UH, IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE.
THEY APPROVED IT ON, UM, NOVEMBER 20TH.
SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A BACKGROUND OF HOW WE GOT TO THIS POINT.
UM, RIGHT NOW THE COUNTY DOES NOT REALLY REGULATE SILL AS SUCH FOR DEVELOPMENT, EXCEPT FOR WITHIN THE, UM, THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE FLOOD AREAS ALONG OUR BARRIER ISLANDS.
SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CURRENTLY REGULATE.
AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY I'VE LEARNED IT VERY CAREFULLY TO CONSIDER THE IMPLICATIONS THAT REAL BRIEFLY, UM, THIS APPLIES TO ALL LANDS THAT ARE AT, OR BELOW 10 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL.
UM, IT BASICALLY LIMITS PHIL TO THREE VERTICAL FEET OR LESS IN THESE AREAS.
UM, SO WHAT DOES IS IT WOULD REALLY LIMIT THOSE LOW LYING AREAS WHERE THEY WOULD NEED TO BRING IN, FILL TO BRING IT UP TO BASE FLOOD ELEVATION.
IT WOULD ELIMINATE A SITUATION LIKE WALMART'S WHERE YOU WOULD HAVE A LARGE DEVELOPMENT OCCURRING IN A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, VERY LOW IN ELEVATION.
THERE ARE MODULATIONS AND FLEXIBILITY FOR SMALL RESIDENTIAL LOTS.
UM, IT'S MAINLY HARD TARGETED TOWARD LARGER COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS, UH, IN THESE LOW AREAS.
AND ALSO WE ARE, UM, MAKING THE SAME PRESENTATION TO THE CITY OF BUFORD.
SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE WANTING TO ADOPT MULTILATERALLY.
UM, I'M GOING TO BE GIVING THE SAME PRESENTATION ON WEDNESDAY TO SUPPORT ROYAL TOWN COUNCIL.
AND THEN AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR, WE'LL BE PRESENTING IN A WORK SESSION WITH THE CITY OF BUFORD.
SO, UM, THAT'S JUST A REAL BRIEF OVERVIEW, BUT I, YOU KNOW, WOULD ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
LET'S OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS, PLEASE.
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UH, COUNCILMAN RODMAN.AND THEN THE QUESTION, HOW DOES THIS RELATE TO WETLANDS AND THE VARIOUS FEDERAL LAWS? AND SO ON THAT RESTRICT, SOME OF THAT IS, IT'S A LOT OF THIS LAND WETLANDS ANYWAY.
AND HOW DOES THAT RELATE? WELL, YOU'RE RIGHT.
SOME OF IT, THEY ARE JURISDICTIONAL WETLANDS, BUT OTHERS ARE SIMPLY LOW LYING AREAS.
THEY'RE LOW IN ELEVATION AND, YOU KNOW, OR WITHIN THE COUNTY'S FLOOD PLAIN OR NOT NECESSARILY WETLANDS, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT.
THERE IS SOME, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE RESTRICTIONS FOR FILLING WETLANDS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN PLACE.
YES, ROB, WHEN I WAS AT, UH, THE BLUFFTON RECREATION CENTER, WHEN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN MAPS WERE BEING SHOWN, IS THIS IN, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE OVERALL COMPREHENSIVE PLAN? BECAUSE I KNOW THEY HAD VARIOUS SECTIONS THAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT DEVELOPMENT AND LOW-LYING AREAS THAT WE WANT TO, UH, DEAL WITH, UH, IN AN APPROPRIATE MANNER OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
SO IS, IS THIS PART AND PARCEL OF THAT? UM, THIS IS ONE SMALL ELEMENT OF THAT.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID IS THAT WHEN WE PUT TOGETHER THIS TASK FORCE, WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME LOOKING AT BROADER POLICY ISSUES RELATED TO COASTAL FLOODING AND SEA LEVEL RISE.
AND SO A LOT OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE GOING TO BE PART OF THE CONFERENCE OF PLAN.
UM, WE'RE NOW REQUIRED AS, AS LOCAL JURISDICTIONS TO HAVE A RESILIENCE ELEMENT, UM, THAT THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, A CHANGE MADE TO OUR STATE ENABLING LEGISLATION.
SO IT'LL BE ADDRESSED TO THAT IN OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? YEAH, I DON'T, MAYBE YOU CAN'T SEE ME.
THE, UH, USING THE WALMART EXAMPLE OF LADIES ISLAND, THEY, UH, THEY RAISED THAT ENTIRE PROPERTY ECONOMY.
THEN I SEE THAT WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING, YOU CAN ONLY RAISE A THIRD OF IT.
THE THIRD IT'S A THIRD FOUR PROPERTIES, AND I BELIEVE IT'S 20 ACRES OR GREATER.
THE OTHER THING IS I HAVE SEEN EXAMPLE AFTER EXAMPLE OF THIS, UH, WHERE, UM, WHERE A LOT START SELLING OUT, I GUESS TYPICALLY PEOPLE BUY THE HIGHER LAUNCH.
NOT ALWAYS, BUT OFTEN THEY BUY THE HIGHER LOTS AND THE OTHER ONES SELL OUT SLOWER LATER.
AND SO WHEN THOSE SLOWER LATER LOTS CAN BELONG.
SO SOME GUYS WERE REASONABLY A LOT.
THEY BUILD A LITTLE HIGHER THAN THE HIGHLIGHTS AND THEN RUNS WITH HIS YARD.
AGAIN, SETTLEMENT ONE, UPSMANSHIP HAS BEEN PLAYED OLD ADDRESSES THAT THOUGH, DOES IT, WOULDN'T ADDRESS IT FOR, YOU KNOW, IT STILL APPLIES TO RESIDENTIAL LOTS.
SO THERE'S SOME FLEXIBILITY, UM, YOU KNOW, BUILD IN FOR THE SMALLER RESIDENTIAL LOTS, BUT IT, IT MAY ADDRESS THAT FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE 10 FEET OR BELOW SEA LEVEL, YOU KNOW, IT LIMITED TO 30 FEET OR SORRY, THREE FEET OF VERTICAL FEET OF FILL COUNCIL MEMBER SOMEWHERE ELSE I COULD ADD TO THAT, THE SITUATION YOU JUST DESCRIBED JUST FOR YOURS AND, UM, KNOWLEDGE THAT IS GENERALLY COVERED UNDERNEATH A STORMWATER REGULATIONS IN STATE LAW.
UH, IT IS TECHNICALLY ILLEGAL FOR FOLKS TO ALTER THEIR LOT IN A MANNER THAT ALTERS THE FLOW OF WATER FROM ITS NATURAL COURSE.
UH, AS IT FLOWS PRIOR TO CONSTRUCTION, THEY CANNOT ALTER THAT AFTER CONSTRUCTIONS AND, AND FLUID ON TO SOMEONE ELSE.
IF IT DIDN'T GO THERE TO BEGIN WITH, I HAD A QUESTION REGARDING, I SAID, I'VE SEEN SOME LOTS THAT WOULDN'T PARK, UM, IN THE PAST, AND NOW THEY'RE DOING THE ENGINEERED SEPTIC TANKS WHERE THEY BRING IN PHIL JUST REALLY DOESN'T ADDRESS THAT THOUGH.
DOES IT, I MEAN, WE CAN STILL HAVE THOSE SITUATIONS AND SOME OF THESE LOWER LYING, UM, PROPERTIES THAT DON'T PARK.
IS THAT TRUE? THAT'S A DIFFERENT SITUATION.
THIS WASN'T MEANT TO APPLY TO, UH, ENGINEERED SEPTIC SYSTEMS. OKAY.
UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS KEVIN? YES.
I APPRECIATE, UM, UM, STAFF BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
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UM, PARTICULARLY AS IT IMPACT, UM, NEIGHBORS, UM, IN A LOT OF FIELD DIRT'S ACTUALLY WITH AMEN AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS IMPACTS SEVERELY.AND SO THIS WILL ADDRESS THAT.
UM, THE, THE THING THAT I WAS LOOKING FOR, UM, AND I THINK I'VE TALKED ABOUT ADDRESSING THIS OR TAKING THIS TO THE MUNICIPALITIES, UM, AND YOU KNOW, WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T PUT THINGS IN PLACE THAT, UH, THAT DEMO DEVELOPERS CAN GO TO MUNICIPALITIES AND, AND, UM, ANNEX PROPERTY, YOU KNOW, THAT WE WOULD NOT ALLOW THINGS LIKE THAT TO HAPPEN.
AND THAT'S A CLASSIC EXAMPLE OF OUR WALMART.
SO I'M GLAD THAT YOU ARE TAKING THIS TO THE MUNICIPALITY.
HOPEFULLY THEY WILL BUY INTO IT, BUT THIS WHOLE ISSUE OF HIGH LEVEL SEA RISE, UM, IS A FACTOR FOR ALL OF US.
AND WE NEED TO BE IN THIS TOGETHER.
UM, I, I, I GUESS THE NEXT STEP FOR OUR COMMITTEE IS TO WAIT TO HEAR BACK FROM YOU AFTER YOU BRIEF, UM, TOWN OF PORT ROYAL AND CITY OF BUFORD IS BLUFFED AND ON YOUR RADAR TOO, BLUFFTON WAS PART OF THE TASK FORCE.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS WE DETERMINED IS WE KIND OF LEFT IT UP TO, TO THEM BECAUSE THERE'S VERY FEW AREAS IN THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON THAT ARE THE AREAS THAT ARE LOW LYING OR NOT COMMERCIAL AREAS.
AND SO THERE'S VERY LITTLE DEMAND FOR, UM, FULFILL LARGE FOOTPRINT BUILDINGS.
UM, WE ALSO, YOU KNOW, HILTON HEAD WAS ALSO PART OF THE PROCESS THERE, THE OPPOSITE SITUATION WHERE A LARGE PORTION OF THE ISLAND WOULD BE IMPACTED.
SO WE KIND OF LEFT IT TO THOSE, TO WHERE THERE'S LESS OF THIS, YOU KNOW, SHARED JURISDICTION IN THESE LOW LYING AREAS, UM, YOU KNOW, TO, TO TAKE THIS UNDER THE CONSIDERATION AT THEIR OWN TIME.
SO WE'LL WAIT UNLESS THERE'S NO, ANY OTHER COMMENTS, COUNCILMAN GLOVER, WHAT KIND OF IMPACT WILL THIS HAVE ON STAFF AS FAR AS STAFF REVIEW, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, AND MOVING FORWARD? UM, WELL THIS IS BUILT INTO, YOU KNOW, IT'S TRIGGERED BY DEVELOPMENT.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN DEVELOPMENT PERMITS WOULD BE CON YOU KNOW, REVIEWED BY US, THEY WOULD BE SUBMITTING THEIR GRADING PLANS AND, AND, AND, UM, SURVEYS, YOU KNOW, SHOWING ELEVATION CONTOUR LINES.
SO, I MEAN, THAT'S WHEN IT WOULD BE AN EXTRA STEP IN THAT PROCESS, BUT IT'S NOT INTRODUCING A WHOLE NEW PROCESS.
SO WE WOULD NEED ADDITIONAL DRAWINGS SUBMITTED WHEN DEVELOPMENT IS, IS SUBMITTED TO OUR DEPARTMENT FOR CONSIDERATION.
ARE YOU, ARE YOU AWARE OF ANY OTHER COUNTIES IN THE STATE THAT HAVE A SIMILAR ORDINANCE YET, OR? WELL, WE TOOK SOME OF THE LANGUAGE FROM CHATHAM COUNTY AND GEORGIA.
UM, I KNOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE THAT HAS BEEN, UM, BROUGHT UP IN THE CITY OF CHARLESTON.
WE'RE ACTUALLY, THEY WANT TO STEP FURTHER IN, IN LIMITING.
AT LEAST THE FIRST RECOMMENDATION WAS LIMITING PHIL, YOU KNOW, ACROSS THE BOARD, NOT APPLYING TO LOW LYING AREAS, YOU KNOW? SO IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT, THAT OTHER JURISDICTIONS HAVE CONSIDERED OR ADOPTED.
WELL, WE, WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING BACK FROM YOU AFTER YOUR PR, AFTER YOU TALK WITH THE TOWN OF PORT ROYAL AND CITY OF BUFORD, AND ARE YOU GOING TO BE HANDLING THE NEXT ONE, THE NUMBER EIGHT, COUNCILMAN SOMERVILLE ON ITEM A, UM, NON-CONFORMING STRUCTURES MAY UTILIZE FILL UP AT 15% OF GROSS FLOOR AREA.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS.
SO THAT WOULD MEAN IF YOU HAD A SITE WHERE SOMEBODY HAD ALREADY BROUGHT IN, LET'S SAY FOUR FEET OF FILL, YOU KNOW, AND IT WAS BUILT 10 YEARS AGO AND THEY WANTED TO EXPAND THE STRUCTURE AND IT REQUIRED THEM TO BILL BRING IN ADDITIONAL FILL SO THAT THE ADDITION WOULD BE AT THE SAME ELEVATION AS THE EXISTING BUILDING.
UM, THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO THAT FOR A 15% EXPANSION.
IT'S SIMILAR TO OUR OTHER, UM, RESTRICTIONS WE HAVE ON NON-CONFORMING BUILDINGS WHERE YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY CAN DO AN ADDITION.
DO YOU NEED A FEW MINUTES TO SET UP? NO, IT'S THE NEXT SLIDE? HOLD ON A SECOND.
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STRAIGHT FORWARD.UM, WE WERE GIVEN THE INSTRUCTIONS WITH THE LATEST ISLAND PLAN TO CONSIDER A SEA LEVEL RISE OVERLAY.
UM, AND WE'VE CONCLUDED AT THIS POINT.
UM, WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING IS, UM, IN ORDINANCE, IT WOULD REQUIRE DISCLOSURE AT REAL ESTATE CLOSINGS.
THIS WOULD BE VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE REQUIRE WITH THE E AIRPORT OVERLAY DISTRICT, UH, THE MARINE CORPS AIR STATION, WHERE PROPERTY, AND ONCE AGAIN, THE SUPPLIES TO LANDS AT, OR BELOW 10 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL PROPERTY IN THESE LOCATIONS, THERE WOULD BE A DISCLOSURE THAT IS INCLUDED AS PART OF THE ORDINANCE, SO IT NEEDED NEED TO BE SIGNED SO THAT ALL PARTIES ARE, ARE AWARE THAT THIS IS A PROPERTY THAT MAY VERY LIKELY, YOU KNOW, FACE GREATER.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE THREAT OF FLOODING IN THE FUTURE, YOU KNOW, DUE TO SEA LEVEL RISE, KING TIDES, YOU KNOW, THE TYPE OF COASTAL FLOODING THAT WE'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING, YOU KNOW, WITHIN INCREASING FREQUENCY.
UM, SO THIS IS PRETTY MUCH THE MAJORITY OF THE LANGUAGE IN THIS OVERLAY HAS TO DO WITH THE, UM, WORDING THAT WOULD BE ON THE FORMS. UM, AND WE ARE PLANNING ON REACHING OUT TO THE BOARD OF REALTORS AND JUST, YOU KNOW, AS AN FYI AT THIS POINT, AND THAT LATER ON, WE WILL LOOK AT MORE OF A, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S AN AWARENESS, YOU KNOW, W IF THIS IS ADOPTED, YOU KNOW, THAT THIS IS A REQUIREMENT, I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS ON THIS PLACE.
MS. MS. CHAIRMAN, JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION, ROB, UM, IF A COUPLE BOARD, UH, SOME PROPERTY ON CAT ALLEN SOME TIME AGO, AND THE SETBACK REQUIREMENT WAS NOT, UM, A PART OF THAT, UH, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WOULD INCORPORATE THE SETBACK REQUIREMENT BECAUSE THEY ENDED UP BUILDING ON AREAS THAT WAS RESTRICTED WERE NOT ALLOWED TO, THEY DID NOT, THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF THAT WHEN THEY BOUGHT THE PROPERTY.
AND THEY SAID THAT THEY'RE KNOWN THAT, UM, THEY WILL NOT HAVE BOUGHT THAT PROPERTY.
IS THERE ANY WAY THAT THIS WOULD INCORPORATE SETBACK REQUIREMENTS AS WELL? UM, WELL, NO, NOT THE WAY IT'S CURRENTLY WORDED.
I MEAN, I THINK IT'S KIND OF ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE SOMEBODY DIDN'T DO THEIR, YOU KNOW, THE RESEARCH.
WELL, THE PROBLEM BECOMES WHEN, WHEN THEY, UM, WHEN, WHEN THEY ARE UNABLE TO DO OR THEY'RE FUN THINGS THAT, UM, UH, IN THE, IN THE, UM, UM, IT'S OWN, THAT'S NOT BILLABLE.
UM, NOW, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE EITHER PLACED FENCING THERE OR THEY'VE DONE SOME, ALL THE THINGS THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN THERE, BUT JUST ON THE WAY OFF.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW WE GET THAT INFORMATION OUT TO PEOPLE, BUT TO HAVE THAT INCLUDED WITH THE REAL ESTATE ANNOUNCEMENT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS NOW, WE HAD THIS LISTED AS A DISCUSSION.
I DON'T, UH, DO WE NEED TO MOVE IT FORWARD TO FULL COUNCIL MR. GREENWAY, OR IT WASN'T AN ACTION ITEM? OH, WELL, WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO DO IS SINCE WE'RE, AND THIS WAS A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE NORTHERN PLAN IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE, IS THAT SINCE WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS BEAM ADOPTED BY THE CITY AND THE TOWN, THEY REALLY WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO GET THE WORD OUT THAT THIS WAS IN THE OFFING BEFORE WE STARTED THE OFFICIAL ADOPTION PROCESS.
SO WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO DO IS ONCE WE MAKE THE PRESENTATIONS TO OTHER JURISDICTIONS, AND WE BELIEVE THAT MOST OF KNOW THE QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED, WE WILL THEN SUBMIT TO THE METRO PLANNING COMMISSION AND OUR PLANNING COMMISSION, AND THEN GO THROUGH A FORMAL ADOPTION PROCESS.
AND I, I DIDN'T MEAN TO, I'M SORRY.
I WAS SKIPPING A COUPLE OF STEPS THERE, BUT, UM, VERY SIMILAR TO YOUR OTHER ONE.
WE'LL WAIT FOR YOU TO COME BACK WITH THIS.
WE HAVE THIS COOPERATIVE ATTITUDE ABOUT, UM, TRYING TO KIND OF STOP THE, UH, SELECTIVE ANNEXATIONS THAT MAY IN, IN LONG TIME AGO, THAT HAPPENED BY HAVING EVERYBODY FALL IN THE SAME, UM, GUIDANCE AND RULES.
SO AT THIS TIME WE WILL GO INTO
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EXECUTIVE SESSION, CORRECT.AND MS. BROCK, WILL YOU LET US KNOW WHEN WE'RE READY FOR THAT? I WILL MAKE THE MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
UM, APPROVE WITHOUT EXCEPTION SAID.
WE WILL NOW GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND THANK YOU FOR MAKING THAT MOTION.
THIS IS THE SALT MARSH AND ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND PRODUCTIVE HABITATS ON EARTH.
IT'S HOME TO AN INCREDIBLE DIVERSITY OF MARINA, VERTEBRATES, FISH, AND EVEN REPTILE SPECIES LIKE THIS DIAMOND BACK TERROR.
MANY OF THE ANIMALS THAT LIVE HERE GROW UP IN THIS SPARKED TYNA NURSERY BEFORE THEY MOVE INTO THE RIVERS SOUNDS AND OPEN OCEAN.
JOIN US FOR COASTAL KINGDOM, A FIELD TRIP TO THE LOW COUNTRY, AND A CHANCE TO MEET SOME OF THE ANIMALS THAT LIVE HERE.
CARS ALL OVER BUFORD COUNTY ARE BEING TARGETED BY THESE.
WE WANT TO REMIND YOU NOT LEAVE VALUABLES IN YOUR CAR AND TO KEEP YOUR DOORS LOCKED.
IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT RECENT DEATHS, PLEASE CONTACT THE BUFORD COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE OR CRIMESTOPPERS WAITING ON.
I'M JUST WAITING ON IT TO COME BACK UP ON THE TV QUICKLY, KURT, THE, UM, THE AGENDA DIDN'T STATE THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE ACTION.
I NOTICED THAT, UM, I THINK SINCE YOU'RE TAKING NEGATIVE ACTION, YOU'VE GOT LESS LIKELIHOOD OF A CHALLENGE YOU'RE NOT MOVING FORWARD TO PURCHASE.
SO I THINK WE CAN PERHAPS SKIRT THAT THIS TIME.
UM, IT'S MUCH BETTER TO SAY THAT AND, AND, AND ON THE AGENDA.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE'S PATIENCE ON THIS LAST MEETING, WE GOT A LOT DONE NOW.
WE ARE NOW OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION AND WE DO HAVE SOME ITEMS, UH, ARISING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION.
I, HERE ARE ANY MOTIONS, UM, MADAM CHAIRMAN, UM, I CAN PUT A MOTION FOR BOTH OF THESE RECOMMENDATION IN ONE, OR YOU WANT TO SEPARATE, I THINK WE CAN DO THEM TOGETHER.
IF, IF OUR ATTORNEY SAYS THAT'S OKAY, GET THAT MOTION THAT WE PULL THE RECOMMENDATION COMING FROM THE RURAL AND CRITICAL LAND PROGRAM.
I HAVE A SECOND IS IF, IF, UH, IF IT IS WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE WILL APPROVE IT.
AND THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE NOT TO GO FORWARD WITH EITHER ONE OF THESE LISTED IN THE AGENDA, RIGHT? YES.
WE HAVE ONE MORE ITEM AND THAT IS A CONSIDERATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF JIMMY LAWRENCE TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
UH, AND WE HAVE SOME PUBLIC COMMENT, ANY OBJECTIONS TO HIS APPOINTMENT OR ENDORSEMENTS.
I KNOW IN, UM, I THINK HE'S IN COUNCILMAN DAWSON.
HE'LL BE REPRESENTING HIS DISTRICT, CORRECT? HE IS.
AND I, UM, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE APPOINT HIM TO I MOVE.
ANY SECOND, WE'LL HEAR A SECOND FOR THAT.
WELL, WELL ACTUALLY ALICE AND ALICE, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, I CAN.
YEAH, ACTUALLY HE'S NOT IN MY DISTRICT.
WELL, HIS DISTRICT, BUT HIS FAMILY, HE GREW UP IN MY DISTRICT.
AND SO HE'LL REPRESENT YOUR DISTRICT, CORRECT? WELL, YEAH.
WE WILL MOVE WITHOUT OBJECTION TO FORWARD THAT TO FULL COUNCIL.
AND, UM, I'M, I'M VERY GLAD TO SEE HIS NAME COME FORWARD.
THE LAST THING WE HAVE IS SOME PUBLIC COMMENT FROM THE COASTAL CONSERVATION LEAGUE AND MS. BROCK, CAN YOU BRING THAT UP OR NOT ON THE SCREEN? I CAN READ IT FROM MY EMAIL.
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THIS IS A LETTER FROM, UM, JESSE WHITE.THIS IS COMMENTS SUBMITTED ON BEHALF OF THE COASTAL CONSERVATION LEAGUE FOR TODAY'S MEETING.
AND IT WAS OFFERED IN SUPPORT OF ITEMS SEVEN AND EIGHT PERTAINING TO FILL DIRT AND COASTAL RESILIENCE, OVERLAY ORDINANCES.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION OF THESE IMPORTANT MANNERS SIGNED MY BEST, JESSICA WHITE SOUTH COAST OFFICE DIRECTOR.
I WILL READ THIS QUICKLY, UM, DEAR NATURAL RESOURCE COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON BEHALF OF THE COASTAL CONSERVATION LEAGUE IN SUPPORT OF AGENDA ITEM SEVEN, AN ORDINANCE REGARDING PHIL'S STANDARDS, AMENDING DIVISION FI 5.13 OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODE TO LIMIT, FILL, AND LOW LYING AREAS AND AGENDA ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, A COASTAL RESILIENCE OVERLAY DISTRICT ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 3.4 0.90 OF THE CDC CODE TO REQUIRE REAL ESTATE DISCLOSURE.
WHEN PROPERTY IS TRANSFERRED IN LOW LYING AREAS, WE HAVE BEEN HONORED TO WORK ALONGSIDE BUFORD COUNTY SCIENTIFIC EXPERTS AND LOCAL ADVOCACY AND COMMUNITY GROUPS TO BEGIN UNDERSTANDING AND ADDRESSING HOW OUR COMMUNITIES CAN ADAPT TO THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND PROJECTED LEVEL RISE.
TO THIS END, THE CONSERVATION LEAGUE PARTICIPATED IN THE COUNTY SEA LEVEL RISE TASK FORCE, WHICH HAS MET SINCE THE FALL OF 2019 SOLICITED FEEDBACK FROM A WIDE RANGE OF STAKEHOLDERS, AND ULTIMATELY PUT FORWARD THE DRAFT ORDINANCES THAT ARE NOW BEFORE THE COMMITTEE FOR CONSIDERATION.
ADDITIONALLY, BOTH OF THESE ORDINANCES ACHIEVED GOALS LAID OUT BY THE LADY'S ISLAND PLAN, WHICH WAS CREATED TO ENSURE LADY'S ISLAND GROWS WITH RESILIENCE AND MIND.
THE PASSAGE OF THESE ORDINANCES WOULD INITIATE THE CITY OF BUFORD'S COMMITMENT TO PULL IN THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY ON LADY'S ISLAND.
WE ENCOURAGE THE COMMITTEE TO SUPPORT PASSAGE OF THESE ORDINANCES, WHICH IMPLEMENT REASONABLE SCIENTIFIC BASE REQUIREMENTS TO INFORM AND PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES AND ENHANCE THE RESILIENCE OF OUR NATURAL LANDSCAPES.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION MS. JESSE WHITE.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS, MS. BROCK? OKAY.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR, UH, ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS? IF OKAY.
NONE WE WILL ADJOURN AND THANK YOU.
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