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OF THE BUFORD STORM[1. CALL TO ORDER – 2:00 p.m.]
ORDER MANAGEMENT UTILITY BOARD TO ORDER, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA FOR TODAY'S MEETING? I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED.IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.
NEXT ITEM IS THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR FEBRUARY 10TH AS SUBMITTED.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OR ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS? I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? UH, WE HAVE A SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES FOR FEBRUARY 2ND, 2020 WIVES, AI MOTION CARRIES MINUTES ARE APPROVED AS SUBMITTED, UH,
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INTRODUCTIONS.WE'LL START FROM LEFT TO RIGHT STEVE ANDREWS, UNINCORPORATED SHELDON PATRICK MITCHELL REPRESENTING LADIES ISLAND AND SCHNEIDER REPRESENTING UNINCORPORATED SOUTHERN BUFORD COUNTY, JAMES CLARK, REPRESENTING THAT INCORPORATED PORT ROYAL.
WALK-INS A MEMBER AT LARGE, UH, AIR FORCE BASE LACHLAN IN TEXAS AT THE MOMENT.
UH, AND I'M MARK FEINBERG, UH, REPRESENTING UNINCORPORATED DISTRICT NINE HUSKY ISLAND.
UH, EVERYONE WHO IS PRESENT, UH, I GUESS WE WILL, UH, ASK FOR INTRODUCTIONS OF PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE.
HEBER COUNTY STORMWATER KIBERA
UH, ANYBODY WHO ELSE IS ON ZOOM OR WATCHING US AGAIN? WELCOME TO THE FIRST, UH, I GUESS IN OVER A YEAR OF LIVE IN-PERSON, UH, STORMWATER UTILITY BOARD MEETING, UH, AT THIS TIME, I'LL ASK, ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS OR ANYONE WISH TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT? UH, SEEING THAT THERE IS NO ONE FROM THE, UH, AT LARGE PUBLIC PRESENT, WE
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WILL MOVE ON TO REPORTS.AND I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE, UH, BEFORE I INTRODUCE KATIE HERRERA TO START OFF, UH, I LIKE THE WELCOMING WELCOME AGAIN, OUR NEW ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT FOR THE STORMWATER, UH, BOARD AND THAT'S TIFFANY PATRICK, AND A WELCOME TO TIFFANY, UH, AND OUR NEWEST, UH, UH, EXECUTIVE, UH, UH, MANAGER, UH, UH, KATIE HERRERA WILL NOW PRESENT OUR UTILITY UPDATE.
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND LOWER MY MASK JUST SO EVERYONE CAN HEAR ME BETTER.
UM, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE INTRODUCTION, AND I'M VERY HAPPY TO SEE ALL OF YOU ALL IN PERSON AFTER BEING APART FOR SO LONG MEETING, JUST VIRTUALLY.
SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND START WITH OUR UTILITY UPDATE.
UM, AT THIS TIME ALL PROJECT MILESTONES FOR THE SOUTHERN LOW COUNTRY, UM, DESIGN MANUAL HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED THE NEW DESIGN STANDARDS AS OF FEBRUARY 1ST OF THIS YEAR.
SO FAR, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY NEW SUBMITTALS, BUT WE STILL DO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH, UM, ANY CONTRACTORS OR DEVELOPERS TO FULLY UNDERSTAND THE NEW DESIGN STANDARDS FOR SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS.
WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON TO SCHEDULE THE STREET SCAPE PRESENTATION.
UM, THE WETLANDS IS CARBON SINKS.
AND THEN WE RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM MR. ANDREWS TO PRESENT ON BATTERY CREEK THAT WATERSHED AND KIND OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH BACTERIA DUE TO THE SCHEDULE OF THE UTILITY BOARD.
UM, I'LL BE PRESENTING IN ON THAT IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR.
THAT IS THE NEXT SCHEDULED BOARD MEETING.
AND THEN THE AUGUST MEETING WE'LL HAVE DE HEC PRESENT THEIR FULL ANNUAL REPORT SUMMARIES AND DO A LITTLE BIT DEEPER OF A DIVE SPECIFIC TO VETERAN CREEK WATERSHED IN AREA 15.
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THE COUNTY DOES CONTINUE TO WORK ON DELINQUENT ACCOUNTS FOR THE MILITARY INSTALLATIONS, UM, THAT IS STILL BEING HANDLED BY OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT, KATIE K INTERRUPT AND ASK THAT WE ASK THEM TO PRESENT WHAT THEY'VE DONE SINCE LAST YEAR, MAYBE AT THE NEXT MEETING OR THE NECK OR THE FOLLOWING MEETING, JUST TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON WHAT THEY ACTUALLY ARE DOING.I CAN DEFINITELY REACH OUT AND SEE IF THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE COULD HAVE THEM PARTICIPATE IN.
UM, FOR ANNUAL, FOR FINANCIAL REPORTS, I DID WANT TO MAKE A CLARIFYING STATEMENT.
I DID SEE THAT BEAVER COUNTY HAD SUBMITTED THEIR ANNUAL REPORT SUMMARIES, BUT THAT IS NOT TRUE.
WE HAVE, WE'RE STILL WAITING ON THE CAFFER TO BE RELEASED.
AND ONCE THAT HAPPENS, WE CAN ISSUE, UM, THE ANNUAL REPORT.
SO WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT THAT WILL BE READY APRIL.
SO JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT, UM, WE'RE STILL WAITING ON THE ANNUAL REPORTS FROM THE TOWN OF PORT ROYAL AND THE CITY OF BUFORD, BUT YEAH, ALL OTHERS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AT THIS TIME, MOVING ON TO THE LAB UPDATE.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY WE'RE WERE NOT ABLE TO PARTICIPATE TODAY, BUT THEY DID PROVIDE A SUMMARY OF THEIR WORK.
WE, IN JANUARY, WE BEGAN THE DRAINAGE STUDIES FOR PEPPER HALL, AS WE ALL KNOW, IT'S A BIG DEVELOPMENT COMING IN.
SO WE WANT TO HAVE BASELINE DATA AND SEE HOW THE WATER QUALITY IS PROVES.
UM, BASED ON THE DESIGN STANDARDS THEY'RE IMPLEMENTING ON SITE, THAT PROJECT IS GOING TO CONTINUE FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS.
THEY CONTINUE TO DO WORK, UM, AT CRYSTAL LAKE ARC, I'M SORRY.
THEY COMPLETED THAT IN SEPTEMBER, THE OCA T WEST POND GOLD AND GOLD.
THEY, WE DID RECEIVE A FINAL REPORT FOR THEM ON THAT, THE RESULTS, UNFORTUNATELY, TO STUDY THE MATERIAL THEMSELVES, THE FILTRATION MEDIA, UM, THEY THEY'VE BEEN ON SUCCESS WELL BECAUSE BACTERIA NUMBERS IN THE POND IN THAT AREA ARE SO LOW.
AND THAT BACTERIA IS THE POND IS EFFICIENTLY WORKING, BUT THEY AREN'T ABLE TO REALLY GET GOOD RESULTS ON THE EFFICIENCY OF THAT FILTRATION MEDIA.
WARREN PROVIDED THAT FINAL REPORT TO ME BACK IN, I'M SORRY, MARCH 5TH.
UM, THEY CONTINUE TO SAMPLE AT THE PORT ROYAL FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT.
AND NOW THAT THE CYPRESS WETLANDS HAVE RENOVATED RESTORATION HAS BEEN, I THINK, CLOSE TO COMPLETION, THEY'LL BEGIN SAMPLING THERE AS WELL, MOVING TO THE STORMWATER IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE REPORT ON AND FEBRUARY 17TH, THE ANNUAL REPORT MEMO, AS WELL AS THE MANAGEMENT FEE MEMO WAS SUBMITTED TO THE MUNICIPALITIES THEY HAVE UNTIL APRIL 1ST TO PROVIDE CONCURRENCE LETTERS FOR US.
UM, THEY'RE DUE APRIL 1ST FOR OUR STORMWATER RELATED PROJECTS.
STAFF CONTINUES TO WORK ON GETTING EASEMENTS AND, AND WE MEET MONTHLY TO REVIEW, OKAY.
WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE BLUFFTON FLYOVER BRIDGE.
I WILL SAY I DO APPRECIATE ALL THE CONSULTANTS AND ENGINEERING FIRMS WE WORK WITH FOR PROVIDING THESE MONTHLY UPDATES IN A TIMELY MANNER.
THE FLAVOR, THE FLAVOR BRIDGE HAS BEEN COMPLETED AS FAR PERMITTING AND, UM, UPDATING THEIR NEW COST ESTIMATE.
WE'LL WE WILL BE USING THE S THE LIST OF CONTRACTORS UNDER 15,000 TO COMPLETE THE WORK.
SO ONCE I GET THAT COST ESTIMATE, I CAN CHOOSE A CONTRACTOR AND WE CAN GO AHEAD AND FINISH THAT PROJECT OUT FOR SHELL POINT, WE WILL BE MEETING WITH CRANSTON ENGINEERING ON THE 12TH.
SO THIS FRIDAY, UM, WE HAVE DECIDED TO EXTEND THAT CONTRACT UNTIL MAY 31ST, JUST TO ENSURE ALL PROJECTS, MILESTONES HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
I THINK THE BIGGEST ONE FOR US IS THE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MEETINGS THAT WE WANT THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'VE EXTENDED UNTIL MAY 31ST.
UM, THEY'VE ENDED UP FINDING AN ADDITIONAL OUTFALL THAT DISCHARGES D UM, DOD RUNOFF STRAIGHT TO THE MARSH, AND WE'RE WORKING ON A CONSISTENT GIS NAMING CONVENTION, ONE FOR INTERNAL STAFF
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AND FOR OUR GIS DEPARTMENT, BUT ALSO TO MAKE IT EASIER ON THESE CONSULTANTS AND ENGINEERS TO COME IN AND SEE HOW, I GUESS, HOW TO INTEGRATE THEIR INFORMATION.THEY'RE PROVIDING US IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE.
THE FACTORY CREEK WATERSHED, THE PHASE ONE FOR ACADEMY PARK THAT POND HAS BEEN COMPLETED, AND THE PROJECT IS READY FOR CLOSE OUT.
UM, ANDREW'S ENGINEERING IS SCHEDULED TO COMPLETE THE AS-BUILT BY THE END OF MARCH, AND THEN WE'LL BE WORKING WITH LAND ACQUISITION THROUGH OUR LEGAL TEAM.
THE FACTORY CREEK WATERSHED PHASE TWO CONSTRUCTION HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
THIS IS ONLY GOING TO REQUIRE AN EASEMENT ACQUISITION.
SO, UM, ONCE WE GET THOSE AS-BUILTS, WE CAN FINALIZE THAT EASEMENT THROUGH OUR COORDINATION TEAM AND FINISH THAT PROJECT AS WELL.
FOR THE GRAPES PROPERTY STAFF IS MEETING WITH THE DEVELOPERS AND OWNERS ON A BI-MONTHLY BASIS TO MAKE SURE ALL THE DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE COUNTY ARE FULLY AWARE OF THE, THE STEPS THEY'RE TAKING AND THE STEPS WE STILL NEED THEM TO TAKE.
WE HAVE ISSUED OUR FIRST PAYMENT FOR $375,000 BEAVER COUNTY STORM WATER BASED ON THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IS REQUIRED TO PAY 50% OF STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE AND DRAINAGE COSTS THAT THE DEVELOPER OCCUR IN CURVES.
SO I, NO QUESTION, I UNDERSTAND THAT CONTRACT WAS, WAS PASSED BY COUNTY COUNCIL A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
UH, HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE TRACK? IN OTHER WORDS, WE ARE THE ONES WHO APPROVED THE WATER DRAINAGE SYSTEM AS A COUNTY.
SO WE GET TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE DOING IT NOT GOING OVERBOARD OR UNDER BOARD, UH, NOT DOING TOO LITTLE OR TOO MUCH FOR OUR DOLLARS SINCE WE DECIDE WHAT THEY NEED.
AND THEN WE HAVE TO PAY 50% OF IT.
SO THEY'RE HELD TO THE SAME STANDARDS.
ALL OTHER, ALL COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT IS HELD TO, UM, THIS PROJECT IS BEING LOOKED AT VERY CLOSELY.
AGAIN, THAT'S WHY WE'RE HAVING THESE BI-MONTHLY COORDINATION MEETINGS, BECAUSE EVERYBODY WANTS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.
MOVING FORWARD, WE ARE PROVIDED INVOICES AND THOSE INVOICES ARE REVIEWED FOR ACCURACY.
AND, YOU KNOW, AT THIS TIME WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY ISSUES ARISE FROM THAT.
SO WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER VERY CLOSELY.
UM, NO UPDATES ON THE WHITEHALL PROPERTY PURCHASE.
AND THEN FOR THE SEA LEVEL RISE COMMITTEE RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE JUST WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES WITH, UM, THE CHARLESTON GROUP AND THEN OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, MR. ROD MERCHANT, TO FINALIZE THE, THE FIELD ORDINANCE AND SEA LEVEL RISE PLAN FOR OUR PROFESSIONAL CONTRACTS, SALT CREEK AND SHANKLIN ROAD.
WE ARE, WE HAVE OBTAINED ALL THE NECESSARY PERMITS.
UM, WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH DLT.
THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN SOMETHING WE'VE, WE'VE HAD THESE PROJECTS ON THE LIST FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND THE FEEDBACK WE'RE GETTING WELL, WE'RE NOT GETTING ANY FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY ON THIS.
SO STORMWATER HAS MADE THE DETERMINATION THAT AFTER QUARTER ONE OF FISCAL YEAR 22, IF THERE ARE NO, IF THERE'S NO INTEREST IN PROPERTY OWNERS TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE REGIONAL PONDS OR THESE REGIONAL BMPS, WE WILL BE TAKING THESE OFF OF THE CIP LIST.
UM, BUT AS FAR AS PERMITTING AND LAND ACQUISITION, WHERE WE ARE MOVING THROUGH THE PIECES AS WE NEED TO, UM, I THINK THE NEXT STEP IS TO GET THE LAND ACQUISITION LAWYER INVOLVED JUST TO, AGAIN, ENSURE THAT PEOPLE ARE AREN'T INTERESTED IN THIS PROJECT AND THEN MOVE FORWARD.
ACCORDINGLY BIEBER MEMORIAL PROJECT HAS RECEIVED ITS CONDITIONAL FINAL SRT APPROVAL.
WE DID HAVE CONCURRENCE WITH THE BEAVER COUNTY OPENLY INTERESTS THAT THEY APPROVE THE PLANS AS DESIGNED FOR THAT PROPERTY.
RIGHT NOW, WE ARE WAITING ON THE FINAL SRT APPROVAL.
AND AT THAT POINT WE CAN BEGIN THE BIG PROCESS FOR A CONTRACTOR AT THIS LOCATION, BE EVERGREEN, THE THREE 19 PROJECT.
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WE, THE COUNTY COUNCIL AWARDED THAT CONTRACT ON FEBRUARY 22ND, THE CONTRACT BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND OUR LOWEST, MOST RESPONSIBLE AND BITTER, WHICH WAS CBG INCORPORATED HAS BEEN APPROVED BY FINANCE AND LEGAL AT THIS TIME.AND WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR CBG TO SIGN, SIGN THE CONTRACT.
SO WE CAN ISSUE THE NOTICE TO PROCEED ON THIS PROJECT FOR OUR CONSULTANT SERVICES, WILBERT CONDUCTED AN IN-HOUSE TRAINING FOR OUR PLAN REVIEW STAFF.
LAST MONTH, IT WAS VERY WELL RECEIVED.
WE HAD THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON PARTICIPATE ALONG WITH US AS THEY'RE CLOSE TO IMPLEMENTING THIS AS WELL.
AND THAT PRESENTATION WAS ALSO PROVIDED TO SOUND OF HILL IN THE HEAD, THE TOWN OF PORT ROYAL AND THE CITY OF BUFORD STAFF.
I ALSO COMPLETED A REVIEW OF A, THE TMDL THAT'S TO BE WRITTEN FOR CAPERS CREEK.
AND THAT NOTICE WAS PLACED WITHIN THE PACKET FOR REGIONAL COORDINATION.
UM, NO UPDATES ON THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON AND THE SANITARY SEWER EXTENSIONS FOR THE MAY RIVER.
WE, I DID RECEIVE AN UPDATE FROM THE YOLKS TASK FORCE AFTER THE BOARD PACKET WAS COMPLETED, AND THEY ARE NOW RAPIDLY CLOSING OUT THE COMPLETION OF CONSTRUCTION FOR BOTH PHASES OF THE PROJECTS.
THE ENGINEERING ANALYSIS HAS DEMONSTRATED THAT THE PREVIOUS DRAINAGE SYSTEM WITHIN THAT SYSTEM WAS NOT CONSTRUCTED TAKING THE ENTIRE AREA INTO CONSIDERATION.
SO THIS HAS NOW BEEN CORRECTED WITH THE NEW PLAN.
THEY ARE ANTICIPATING THE FINAL PROJECT CLOSE OUT TO BE WITHIN LATE APRIL, LATE APRIL, EARLY MAY.
AND THEY HAVE RECOMMENDED THAT WE DON'T BEGIN SAMPLING UNTIL AFTER ALL PHASES OF CONSTRUCTION HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
ONCE THEY INDICATE THAT THEY'RE READY, OUR STAFF, AS WELL AS US CB IS PREPARED TO BE, AND THAT MONITORING EFFORT, UM, BUT VERY PROUD THAT THEIR PROJECT HAS BEEN ON SCHEDULE AND ON BUDGET.
SO QUICK UPDATE FROM THE CITY, THE LOCAL MS. FORD GROUP, BRIAN YBOR FROM THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD BILL BOWER FROM THE TOWN OF PORT BLUFFTON, EXCUSE ME.
AND THEN MYSELF ALL MET, UM, MID FEBRUARY TO DISCUSS OUR EFFORTS WITH MS FOR COMPLIANCE.
WE HAVE NOT BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE CHARLESTON AREA, MS. FOUR MANAGERS, UM, STILL NO UPDATE ON, WELL, I'M SORRY.
THE MIRROR RIVER WATERSHED MODELING IS WITHIN THEIR PACKET AND NO UPDATE FOR PORT ROYAL SOUND CONSERVATION GROUP.
ANY QUESTIONS SO FAR? I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION AND IT GOES BACK TO, UH, DR.
DID WE NOT AS A BOARD IN THE PAST, GIVE HIM MONEY OR, OR FUND A PROJECT THAT HE WAS WORKING ON? YES.
AND IS HE GOING TO GIVE US A REPORT? CAN WE ASK HIM TO COME AND PRESENT WHAT HIS FINDINGS WERE OR WHERE HE IS? WOULD THAT WORK? ABSOLUTELY.
I THINK IT WOULD BE WHO OF US TO SEE WHAT WE GOT FOR OUR MONEY? OF COURSE, YES.
THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON AND THE TOWN, UM, BEAVER COUNTY WENT IN JOINTLY TO FUND THAT WORK.
SO MAYBE KIM AND YOU CAN GET TOGETHER WITH HIM OR HIS STAFF TO FIND OUT WHAT, WHERE IT IS AND IF THEY'RE WRAPPING IT UP OR HAVE THEY HAVE WRAPPED IT UP, MAYBE THEY WANT TO JOIN, UH, BASICALLY FOR HIM TO COME IN AND GIVE TO US AND KIM REPRESENTING THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON AND UPDATE ON WHAT THEY FOUND.
I'D BE HAPPY TO REACH OUT AND COORDINATE THAT.
I KNOW LAST YEAR WE ATTEMPTED TO GET HIM TO PRESENT, BUT HIS TEACHING SCHEDULE WAS IN CONFLICT WITH THE MEETING.
AND THEN OF COURSE COVID SO, UM, THE, THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD AND THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON HAVE BOTH PROVIDED MUNICIPAL REPORTS, UM, KIM OR JEFF, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TOUCH ON THOSE, I'D BE HAPPY TO, UM, I'LL GIVE YOU BREAKFAST, UH, AS FAR AS YOU DON'T HAVE TO REPORT IT TO THE INTERN.
UM, I GUESS THE MAIN KNOW THE VENDORS CONTINUE TO BE OUR
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IMPROVEMENTS WITH THE UPGRADES OF THE FACILITIES AS WE COMPLETED.IT LAID OVER ALL THE JARS FROM STATE AND LAST YEAR WE'RE DOING THE SAME WITH A REALLY IMPORTANT, UH,
OH, I NEED TO GO TO THE MOUNTAINS.
SOME PEOPLE, MOST PEOPLE REMOTELY WON'T BE ABLE TO HEAR YOU ON THAT, THEN IT MIGHT HELP.
THE MAIN INTEREST FROM THE HILTON HEAD MUNICIPAL COURT IS I THINK, RELATED TO THE, UH, IMPROVEMENTS AT THE PUMP STATIONS.
WE COMPLETED A MAJOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.
UH, LAST YEAR OVERHAULING, THE JARVIS CREEK PUMP STATION.
AND THIS YEAR WE, UH, STARTING IN THE FALL, WE, WE TAKING THE SAME THING WITH THE AND PUMP STATION IN SEA PINES, WHICH PROTECTS A LOT OF THE WHOLESALE WHOLESALE FOR HIS BEACH, IN ADDITION TO A GOOD PORTION OF THE NORTHERN PART OF PINES.
UM, WE HAVE BEEN TIMING THESE PROJECTS, SUCH THAT THE PUMP STATIONS ARE DOWN FOR MAINTENANCE AND, UH, HOP FULLY OPERATIONAL BEFORE HURRICANE SEASON STARTS.
AND THAT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL AGAIN.
UH, I RECENTLY SUBMITTED A APPLICATION FOR OUR WORK ON THESE PUMP STATIONS IN MINNESOTA ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH CAROLINA, AND THEN PUBLIC WORKS CATEGORY.
AND, UH, WE'RE NOTIFIED LAST WEEK THAT WE WERE SELECTED AS THE WINNER FOR THAT AWARD.
SO WE'RE KIND OF PROUD OF THAT.
ANY QUESTIONS, KATIE? I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY FROM CONSUME AND SPEAK.
I DON'T KNOW WHO'S ON OR WHO'S NOT ON, YOU CAN, THERE SHE IS NOT OKAY, BUT THEY CAN SPEAK, THEY CAN SPEAK IF THEY NEED THEIR HEADSET MICROPHONE.
UH, I GUESS WE CAN ASK AT THIS TIME, IF, I GUESS NONE OF THOSE REPRESENTATIVES THAT ARE ON ZOOM ARE REPRESENTING US INCORPORATED TOWN, SO WE'LL CONTINUE.
THANK YOU INTO THE MS. FOUR UPDATE.
WE CONTINUE TO STAY VERY BUSY WITH ALL OF OUR PLAN REVIEWS, PERMITS, PERMIT, ISSUANCE, AND, UM, INSPECTIONS, PROPS UP THERE FOR YOU.
UM, I THINK WE HAD OVER 700 INSPECTIONS LAST MONTH, SO WE'RE, WE KEEP EYES ALL OVER THE COUNTY.
UM, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE FINALLY GOT SOME RAIN, QUITE A BIT OF RAIN, UM, ALL AT ONE TIME, THANKFULLY IT'S DRIED OUT A LITTLE BIT, BUT I'M STILL NOT SEEING AN INFLUX OF DRAINAGE ISSUES FROM THAT EVENT.
I THINK JUST BECAUSE IT'S BEEN SO DRY, UM, WE STILL HAVE ENOUGH CAPACITY WITHIN ALL OF OUR SYSTEMS. UM, AGAIN, WE'RE NOT SEEING THE USUAL UPRISE IN COMPLAINTS, WHICH IS, IS GOOD, UM, FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO ELLEN, UM, WE, I WILL BE FILMING TOMORROW WITH THE COUNTY CHANNEL.
I'M GOING TO TAKE THEM ON THE SCENE TO OT WEST POND, TALK ABOUT THE
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO DRILL DOWN TO WHAT WE DO WITHIN THE COUNTY FOR WATER QUALITY AT THE POND, AND THEN JUST BRIEFLY TOUCH ON THE THREE 19 PROJECT AS WELL.
SO I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO A FIELD DAY AND GETTING TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH OUR BROADCAST DEPARTMENT, UM, FOR INNER GOV THAT IS STILL IN THE WORKS.
WE DO MEET WITH THEM CONTINUOUSLY.
WE DO CONTINUE TO TEST THAT SOFTWARE SO THAT IT'S FUNCTIONAL WHEN IT GOES LIVE.
WE ARE STILL LOOKING AT OF LATE MAY, UM, LIVE DATE FOR THAT.
SO, UM, JUST A QUICK UPDATE FOR THE MS FOR STATEWIDE GENERAL PERMIT.
I WAS MADE AWARE MONDAY THAT THEY STORM WATER MANAGER FOR DIAG, MR. QUATO BOMB HAS LEFT TO WORK FOR THE DLT.
AND AT THIS TIME I'M UNSURE IF THAT POSITION HAS BEEN FILLED.
SO I'M ANTICIPATING THERE BEING MORE OF A DELAY ON THAT.
THE MS. FOUR PERMIT, UM, THE STATEWIDE GENERAL PERMIT FOR CONSTRUCTION WAS, UM, EFFECTIVE AS OF MARCH 1ST OF THIS
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YEAR.UM, AGAIN, WHEN WE DID OUR PLAN REVIEW PROJECT, WE HAD OUR CONSULTANT COME IN AND TALK ABOUT THE MAJOR CHANGES.
UM, ESSENTIALLY ANYTHING LESS THAN ONE ACRE IS GOING TO RECEIVE AUTOMATIC COVERAGE FOR THE NOI, REGARDLESS OF WHERE YOU ARE IN RELATION TO THE WATER.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY REGULATES DOWN TO 5,000 SQUARE FEET.
SO WE'RE CAPTURING PRACTICALLY ANY TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT'S COMING IN.
UM, INDIVIDUAL LOT QUALIFICATIONS UNDER THE LARGER COMMON PLAN HAVE CHANGED.
SOME OF THE LANGUAGE WAS VERY PRETTY VAGUE AND THEY'VE CLARIFIED A LOT OF THAT.
UM, CERTAINLY CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES RELATED TO A PUBLIC EMERGENCY.
WE'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT REQUIRING PERMITS TO BE IN PLACE PRIOR TO THE WORK BEING STARTED.
UM, BUT THEY HAVE 30 DAYS TO LET THE STATE KNOW THAT WORK HAS, HAS BEGUN.
UM, AND THEN THERE WERE A FEW ITEMS ON JUST CONSTRUCTION REGULATING ACTIVITIES AS FAR AS SCHEDULING RE INSPECTIONS.
SO OVERALL, NOT TOO, TOO, TOO MANY MAJOR UPDATES FOR THAT PERMIT.
AND ELLEN, IF YOU WANT TO DISCUSS YOUR EDUCATION REPORT, I WILL GIVE THE 40 YOU.
UH, CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME? HAVE YOU SPEAK UP A LITTLE LOUDER? OKAY.
BUT GLAD TO HEAR THAT EVERYONE CAN HEAR ME.
SO AAA WAS A REALLY INTERESTING MONTH.
UH, WE STARTED OFF WITH LOTS OF PRESENTATIONS.
I GAVE A RAIN GARDEN PRESENTATION TO THE LADY'S ISLAND GARDEN CLUB, AS WELL AS A PRESENTATION ON PROTECTING BEAVER COUNTY WATERWAYS TO THE WOMEN'S GROUP ON HILTON HEAD PLANTATION.
UM, I DID ALSO PRESENT TO, UM, THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON RE-PACK COMMITTEE AND THAT PRESENTATION IS ALL ABOUT THE LOW COUNTRY STORM WATER PARTNERS, OUR WORK, OUR SUCCESSES.
BUT, UM, I WAS JUST SAYING THAT I PRESENTED TO THE MAYOR OF OUR WAY PACK COMMITTEE.
IT WAS THE 25TH OF FEBRUARY, AND THAT PARTICULAR PRESENTATION WAS VERY WELL.
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE LOW COUNTRY, STORMWATER PARTNERS, OUR WORK, OUR SUCCESSES, AND OUR HISTORY AND THAT PRESENTATION.
YOU COULD ACTUALLY STILL WATCH ON THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON SPACEBOOK RATES.
UM, BUT I'M VERY EXCITED MOVING INTO SPRING AS WE ARE GOING TO BE JUST AS BUSY.
UH, WE ARE GROWING, I HAVE A PLANNED WEBINAR CALLED, UM, KEEPING PONDS HEALTHY WITH PROACTIVE MANAGEMENT ON MARCH 31ST REGISTRATIONS LIVE ON THAT.
AND YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION ON THAT AT THE LOCAL EASTERN WATER PARTNERS, FACEBOOK PAGE, AND SOME OF THE LEAD, THE CLEMSON EXTENSION WATER RESOURCES TEAM IS BRINGING BACK THE, BEING A NEIGHBOR FOR CLEAN WATER WEBINARS SERIES AND HAVE EXPANDED IT TO AN EIGHT PART THREE WEBINARS SERIES ALL ABOUT DIFFERENT WAYS TO KEEP OUR WATER CLEAN, WHETHER THAT BE WATER CONSERVATION, MANAGING WATER ENOUGH, MOBILE LANDSCAPE AND MORE BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES.
AND YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION, UM, ONCE YOU GET ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE.
AND, UM, I, EVERYONE'S EXCITED.
I'M FINALLY MADE CONTACT WITH AMERICAN WATER SOLUTIONS AND WE ARE IN THE WORKS.
WE'RE GETTING OUR FIRST EVER RAIN BARREL SALE OFF THE GROUND.
YOU HAVE A DATE FOR THAT RAIN MARROW CELL.
THEIR SPRING WAS ALREADY BOOKED.
AND I EMAILED KIM AND DEREK, BUT I JUST WAS CURIOUS IF, HAS THERE BEEN AN UPDATE AS FAR AS SCHEDULING AND PARTICIPATING IN IN-PERSON EVENTS FOR CLEMSON, OR IS IT STILL PUSHED OUT TILL SAY SUMMER? UM, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I'M, YOU'RE STILL WORKING OFF OF THEIR RETURN TO WORK PLAN AND THAT IS COUNTY SPECIFIC IN TERMS OF VIRUS, LOADS, INCIDENT RATES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, I'M HAPPY TO TALK WITH YOU AND KIND OF LOOP YOU INTO MORE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE OF THOSE THINGS LATER ON.
UH, ARE YOU STILL OPEN TO PEOPLE ASKING, UH, YOU AND YOUR, UH, COLLEAGUES TO GIVE PRESENTATIONS OR ARE YOU FULLY BOOKED FOR 2021? I AM HAPPY TO PRESENT.
I CAN ALWAYS TRY AND FIND SOME ROOM, BUT I'M VERY FLEXIBLE WITH MY SCHEDULING.
SO I'M HAPPY TO GIVE A PRESENTATION.
I KNOW IT'S KIND OF DIFFICULT WITH, YOU KNOW, ZOOM IN AND NOT BEING IN PERSON IN FRONT OF AN AUDIENCE, BUT, UH, ARE YOU OPEN TO TWO AUDIENCES WITH SOCIAL DISTANCING
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AT THIS POINT IN TIME? I AM STILL A BIT LIMITED IN MY ABILITY TO DO IN-PERSON EVENTS, UM, CURRENTLY WITH, UH, DUE TO THE FRAMEWORK PLAN AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I NEED TO STILL GET APPROVAL FROM, UM, MY SUPERIORS IN CLEMSON EXTENSION TO DO IN PERSON EVENTS.RIGHT NOW I'M PRETTY MUCH LIMITED TO ON-SITE VISITS WITH, UM, THREE OR LESS PEOPLE OUTSIDE, SOCIAL LISTENS AND MASS AT THIS TIME.
SO MORE LOWER-SKILLED PRESENTATIONS, I'M PROMOTING IT IN THROUGH ZOOM.
UM, LAST UP FOR ME BEFORE I QUICK BREAK IS THE MAINTENANCE REPORT.
UNFORTUNATELY, OUR SUPERINTENDENT, MATT ROUSH WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND TODAY, BUT HE HAS LEFT IT IN MY HANDS FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY.
THEY COMPLETED ONE MAJOR PROJECT AND SIX MINORS.
UM, AGAIN, WORKING ON DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, GRUBBING AND CLEARING THE WORK SHELVES, PUSH HOGGING DITCHES, AND THEN, UM, ON OFF OF BLUFFTON PARKWAY, REPAIRING A SINK HOLE AND INSTALLING RIP RAP AND SEEDING FOR EROSION CONTROL, SOME OF THE MINOR DITCH, I'M SORRY, THE MINOR PROJECTS FOR, UH, LILY'S ISLAND AREA, UH, BUSH HOGGING ALMOST 30,000 FEET WHERE THE, THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM AND, UM, THE ROADSIDE DITCHES FOR ST.
HELENA BACK WORK FOR THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM, INCLUDING JETTING CLEANING OUT AND CATCH BASINS, JETTING CROSS-LINE PIPES, DRIVEWAY, PIPES, CHANNEL PIPE.
AND THEN IN THAT, I'M SORRY, ROADSIDE PIPE FOR THE ROSETTA AREA, WE HAD 1300 FEET OF DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT, WHICH INCLUDED BUSH HOGGING, AND THEN CLEANING OUT THAT DITCH SO THAT WATER CAN FLOW.
AND THESE RAIN EVENTS, PORT ROYAL ISLAND IMPROVEMENTS TO ALMOST 4,000 FEET OF THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM AND CLEANING OUT SOME CHANNELS OR BLUFFTON ON TOP OF THE WORK DONE ON BUCK WALTER PARKWAY.
THEY ALSO IMPROVED ALMOST 2000 FEET OF THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM, WHICH INCLUDED BUSH HOGGING AND THEN SOME CHANNEL WORK, UM, AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST THERE MINOR PROJECT, A SECOND MINOR PROJECT ON LADY'S ISLAND, IMPROVING 603 FEET OF CHANNEL DRAINAGE.
AND MATT DID INFORM ME THAT IF YOU DID HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS RELATED TO THOSE FORMER PROJECTS PRESENTED, HE'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE FOR YOU AS WOULD I, BUT I HAVE ONE IN THAT IS, UH, SINCE I REPRESENT THE HUSKY ISLAND, DO WE VISIT THE
I CANNOT THINK OF THE GENTLEMAN'S NAME.
THAT IS OUR PUBLIC WORKS LIAISON IN THAT AREA, BUT YES, SHOULD THEY NEED ASSISTANCE ON SOMETHING FOR WITHIN A COUNTY EASEMENT, A COUNTY ROAD OR THE COUNTY RIGHT AWAY? WE WOULD BE, WE WORK TO COORDINATE THAT EFFORT ON THAT ISLAND AS WELL.
MATT COULD SEND ME THAT LIAISON NAME SO I CAN MAKE CONTACT WITH THEM.
HE LIVES ON DUSKY AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, HE'S VERY, HE REACHES OUT WHEN, WHEN MADE IT SO PERFECT.
AND TO STEP BACK FOR A MINUTE, MS. HOWARD, WHO IS OUR LIAISON TO THE COUNTY COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC WORKS COUNTY COUNCIL, I WILL JUST LEAVE IT AT COUNTY COUNCIL.
THE ONLY THING I KNOW THAT REPORT, UM, THE MAYOR, UH, THE CITY OF BUFORD AND THE MAYOR OF TOWN IN PORT ROYAL, BOTH WRITTEN LETTERS.
I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL HAVE SEEN THOSE REGARDING THE STORMWATER FEES IN THE, UM, PARIS ISLAND IN THE AIR STATION.
I DON'T KNOW IF KATIE SEEN THEM EITHER.
UH, THEY, THEY ARE BASICALLY OPPOSED TO TRYING TO DO THAT.
SO ANYWAY, I'LL GET THOSE LETTERS TO KATIE AND SH AND, AND THEY'RE OPPOSED TO US TRYING TO COLLECT FEES FROM THE MILITARY.
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UM, ECONOMICS.YEAH, THAT'S THE
THEY WERE SENT ALL AT COUNTY COUNCIL, SO.
UM, AND WHAT ELSE, I GUESS THE OTHER THING, WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU LIKE IN THE FUTURE FOR ME TO SHARE BACK WITH Y'ALL WHATEVER COUNTY COUNCILS, I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR ALL OF US AND THOSE NOT PRESENT, UH, THAT, THAT IF THERE'S ANY DISCUSSION AT COUNCIL THAT, THAT, THAT HAS ANY BEARING ON WHAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO DO HERE.
I THINK GOOD FOR US, SINCE MANY OF US DON'T GET TO, UH, LISTEN IN TO THE ENTIRE, UH, COUNTY COUNCIL MEETINGS OR THE COMMITTEES THAT BASICALLY WE ADVISE TO, BECAUSE THEY, THEY MAY TAKE OUR ADVICE.
AND THEN SOMETIMES IN THE PAST, THEY'VE NOT TAKEN OUR ADVICE.
SO WE WANT TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY WHAT THEY'RE THINKING BASED ON WHAT WE, WHAT WE THINK I CAN DO THAT.
UH, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, UNLESS MS. HERRERA HAS ANY UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
IS THERE ANYBODY FROM THE COUNCIL HAVE ANY UNFINISHED BUSINESS THAT WE DID NOT DISCUSS LAST MEETING THAT I'M AWARE OF? THAT
[6A. FY22 Budget – Katie Herrera ]
BEING SAID, WE'LL MOVE INTO NEW BUSINESS AND A NEW BUSINESS, A MAJOR TOPIC IS OUR FYI 22 BUDGET.I HAVE TALKED LONGER TO GIVE YOU MORE OF A REST.
I KNOW YOU, YOU, YOU COULD TURN IT OVER TO MS. WALLACE WHO WERE SO HAPPY TO SEE SINCE SHE KNOWS SO MUCH ABOUT THE BUDGET SHE DEFINITELY DOES.
AND ACTUALLY THAT COMES TO MY FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT.
WE DID RECEIVE THE STORM WATER DEPARTMENT, PAY A LOT OF PRAISE FROM FINANCE ON HOW WELL ORGANIZED AND PUT TOGETHER THE STORM WATER BUDGET WAS THIS YEAR.
AND CERTAINLY ALL IS ALWAYS IS.
AND AGAIN, A LOT OF THAT GOES HOME, PRACTICALLY THAT WHOLE CAR, ALL THE CREDIT GOES TO CAROLYN, SO SHE DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING.
UM, AND WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE THAT SHE IS HERE ON OUR TEAM, UM, FROM THIS BOARD MANY THANKS, FRANKIE.
UM, NEIL AND JARED ARE STILL REVIEWING, UM, THEY'RE GOING DEPARTMENT BY DEPARTMENT FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DIVISION.
AND WE ARE THE LAST ONE AS OF THIS MORNING WHEN I SPOKE TO NEIL, THERE HAVE NOT BEEN ANY CHANGES REQUESTED TO OUR BUDGET.
UM, BUT WE'LL CERTAINLY INFORM YOU IF THERE'S ANYTHING MAJOR.
THE BUDGET SUMMARY WAS SENT TO THE BOARD ON THE 1ST OF MARCH, JUST TO KIND OF GET A HEAD START PRIOR TO SEEING THE FULL, THE SUMMARY AND THE BOARD PACKET.
UM, I DID ONLY RECEIVE ONE QUESTION AND THAT WAS FROM COUNCILMAN HOWARD.
AND HER QUESTION WAS ABOUT THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE STORMWATER ENGINEERING STUDY OF THE SHELL POINT AREA AND WHETHER OR NOT THAT WAS INCLUDED IN A CATEGORY UNDERNEATH THE BUDGET.
IT WAS A GREAT QUESTION RIGHT NOW.
WE ARE STILL WAITING ON THE RESULTS OF THAT STUDY FROM THERE A TASK FORCE GOING TO BE CREATED TO ENSURE THAT THE RIGHT PLAYERS ARE AT THE TABLE AND THAT THEY'RE FUNDING THE, THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE NECESSARY FOR THIS AREA.
UM, SO ONCE WE HAVE ALL THE PLAYERS AT THE TABLE AND DETERMINE THE FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF THOSE PLAYERS, THAT WILL BE INCLUDED IN, IN THE BUDGET.
SO AT THIS TIME WE, WE HAVE A INDEFINITE DELIVERABLE CONTRACT WITH CRANSTON ENGINEERING, AND ONCE THAT'S COMPLETED, WHICH SHOULD BE RELATIVELY SOON.
UM, AGAIN, WE GAVE THE EXTENSION TILL MAY 31ST TO FINISH THE PUBLIC MEETING, UM, SCOPES WITHIN THEIR PROPOSAL.
UM, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S, THAT WAS THE ONLY QUESTION I RECEIVED.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE HAD QUESTIONS PRIOR TO ME, IS THIS THE SAME PROJECT THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO GET A REPORT WITH A YEAR AGO? I'M SORRY, THIS IS THE SAME PROJECT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GET THAT REPORT A YEAR AGO FOR YES.
AND WE'RE STILL PAYING THEM FOR WHAT THEY SHOULD HAVE ALREADY HAD A DELIVERABLE ONE.
OH, SO WE GET TO PAY BORE BECAUSE OF COVID AND I CERTAINLY NOT PAYING ANY MORE, BUT YEAH.
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IN GETTING THINGS COMPLETED ON TIME WITH, WITH THAT ENGINEERING FIRM, AGAIN, THEY'VE KIND OF WRAPPED UP THE STUDY, WE'RE JUST WAITING TO GET THEIR RESULTS THIS FRIDAY.SO THEY'RE GOING TO PRESENT TO US A LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND THEN FROM THERE WE CAN FORM THAT TASK FORCE.
IT SEEMS LIKE A JANUARY LAST YEAR THAT, UH, THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE WRAPPING UP THAT REPORT AND WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GET IT IN MARCH, WHICH WE DID HAVE A MEETING FOR, BUT YOU'RE PROBABLY NOT WRONG.
UM, I THINK THE PROJECT WAS INITIATED IN 2018.
UM, I COULD BE WRONG ON THOSE DATES, BUT YES THERE'S YEAH.
I WAS THINKING IT WAS THE END OF 18, BUT WHERE THEY GOT THAT CONTRACT GONE UNNOTICED BY COUNTY STAFF, THAT THERE HAVE BEEN DELIVERABLE ISSUES COMING FROM THEM.
SO ALL AS THIS BEING REGISTERED, THAT WE'VE GOT SOME GOOD TERMS ON THAT, BUT ABSOLUTELY.
AND WE HAVE TO, UM, BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS JUST TO GET IT DONE SO WE CAN GET TO WORK AND MAKE THESE IMPROVEMENTS FOR THAT COMMUNITY.
SO I DID JUST WANT TO KIND OF REAL QUICKLY RUN THROUGH THE SUMMARY REPORT.
I KNOW YOU'VE ALL HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT AND, UM, JUST TO TALK ABOUT SOME DIFFERENCES IN PLACES WHERE WE ARE SPENDING MORE THIS YEAR VERSUS 2021.
UM, THE FIRST THING YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED IS THAT OUR REVENUE IS DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT, UM, JUST OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND.
UM, AGAIN, WE'RE, WE ARE COLLECTING A LITTLE LESS WITH COUNTY-WIDE INFRASTRUCTURE FEES AND THEN THE, THE OTHER HALF OF THAT REFLECTS TO JUST THE DROP IN COLLECTION RATES.
THIS COMES STRAIGHT OUT OF OUR BUDGET MODEL, BUT I FIGURED THAT MAYBE SOMETHING YOU ALL NOTICE.
SO I WANTED TO, SO WE'RE COLLECTING LESS, EVEN THOUGH WE HAD AN INCREASE IN OUR DUES OR FEES.
WELL, THE COUNTY WIDE INFRASTRUCTURE FEE ISN'T CHANGING.
SO WHAT ARE THE INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THE COUNTY GOT AN INCREASE IN THEIR STORM WATER FEES, UNINCORPORATED COUNTY, UNINCORPORATED COUNTY HAS NOT, THE FEES HAVE NOT CHANGED.
WE WROTE WHERE WE WALKED IN THAT FIVE-YEAR RATE SO THAT THE FEES WERE STANDARDIZED AND THEY WOULDN'T SEE AN INCREASE AND COUNTY UNINCORPORATED COUNTY IS NOT, DID NOT PAY INTO THE COUNTY WIDE INFRASTRUCTURE FUND.
THAT IS FOR THE MUNICIPALITIES.
UM, WE'VE ALSO SEEN THAT THE INTEREST FROM COUNTY INVESTMENTS HAS BEEN ALLOCATED THAN THE CURRENT AMOUNT LISTED.
THAT INFORMATION WAS ONLY RECENTLY GIVEN TO US AND DID NOT MAKE IT INTO THIS SUMMARY REPORT.
I SHOULD ALSO MENTION THAT THIS BUDGET HAS ALREADY BEEN ENTERED INTO OUR FINANCIAL SYSTEM, AND WE'LL BE GOING TO COUNTY COUNCIL REVIEW STARTING IN APRIL, UM, OUR CONSULTANT FEES.
WE ARE BUDGETING NEXT YEAR FOR $500,000 WORTH OF WORK FROM OUR CONSULTANT.
UM, THIS, THIS YEAR WE'RE PLANNING ON BEGINNING OUR AUDIT, AS WELL AS I'M SORRY, THE PROGRAM AUDIT.
AND THEN NEXT YEAR WE ANTICIPATE EXPANDING INTO MORE DRAINAGE STUDIES, UM, COMPLIANCE GOALS, AND THEN COUNTYWIDE IMPROVEMENTS TO BE MADE AS PART OF THAT, THE STUDIES THAT THEY'LL BE PERFORMING ON OUR BEHALF, THE U S CB CONTRACT HAS GONE FROM 120,000 TO 170,000.
THIS YEAR, WE WERE MADE AWARE IN EARLY FEBRUARY THAT WE HAD IN FACT BEEN OPERATING AT A DEFICIT WITH THE LAB AND THEY WERE USING FUNDS COLLECTED FROM OTHER PROJECTS TO COVER THAT.
UM, AND ONCE WE BECAME AWARE OF THAT, WE, WE KNEW IT COULDN'T CONTINUE.
UM, THEY'VE ALSO REQUESTED, UM, INCREASE IN FUNDS FOR EQUIPMENT, REPAIRS AND REPLACEMENTS.
AND, UM, WHILE WE'RE STILL WAITING ON THE CONCURRENCE LETTERS FROM THE TOWN AND THE CITY ON THE COST SHARES, THEY WERE PART OF THE CON CARD, EXCUSE ME, THE
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MOU DISCUSSIONS, AS FAR AS THE COST IS CONCERNED.SO EVERYONE WAS AT THE TABLE THAT NEEDED TO BE IN DISCUSSING THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS TO BE GIVEN TO THE UNIVERSITY.
I WISH THE LAB DIRECTOR WAS HERE.
I WOULD ASK HIM, ARE WE HIS BIGGEST CUSTOMER? I BELIEVE SO.
MS. DANIELLE, UM, SHE COULDN'T, SHE DIDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO A HEADSET, WHICH IS WHY SHE WASN'T ABLE TO PARTICIPATE TODAY, BUT I THINK WE ARE DON'T QUOTE ME, BUT, BUT YES, OUR CLEMSON CONTRACT COST-WISE, THAT'S GOING TO REMAIN THE SAME.
UM, WE ARE WORKING ON UPDATING THE MOU USE AS WELL AS THE MOS WITHIN MUNICIPALITIES TO REFLECT THESE CHANGES.
THE DRAFT DOCUMENTS FOR THAT WAS, WERE, HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO THE MUNICIPALITIES AND WE'LL MOVE THROUGH COUNTY COUNCIL APPROVAL AS REQUIRED.
I KNOW WE'RE NOT MEETING AGAIN UNTIL JUNE.
SO I DO WANT TO BE ON THE RECORD STATING THAT THAT'S WHERE WE'RE MOVING FOR YOUR Y'ALL'S INFORMATION.
AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE HAVE OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT SECTION.
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PROJECTS DROPPING OFF BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A FEW PROJECTS THAT BE WRAPPING UP OR FUNDING WILL BE ALLOCATED BY THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR.
AND WON'T ROLL OVER INTO NEXT.
UM, TWO, THOSE ARE THE FACTORY CREEP CREEK PROJECTS I SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER FOR A MEMORIAL IS SET TO GO TO CONSTRUCTION PRIOR TO THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 21.
SO THEY'RE NOT ON THE CAPITAL PROJECT LIST ANYMORE.
UH, WE ARE ANTICIPATING TO GETTING OUR MOSSY OAK STRAIGHT-EDGE FUNDING, UM, INVOICE BY THE END OF APRIL.
SO THAT FUND WILL BE EXPENDED AND GIVEN TO THE CITY AND OUR ROCK SPRINGS CREEK WAS TAKEN OFF THE BUDGET.
WE WERE TRYING TO GET A GRANT TO DO THIS, BUT IT DID NOT QUALIFY.
UM, AND WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS HAVE, BECAUSE OUR CONSULTANTS ARE COMING IN TO DO THESE DRAINAGE STUDIES.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROJECTS THAT HAVEN'T ALREADY STARTED, UM, IN DESIGN OR PERMITTING PHASES THEY'RE RE REVIEWED FOR TRUE AND SERVICE, UM, FOR WATER QUALITY GOALS WITHIN THE COUNTY.
UM, SAME THING WITH CAMP ST MARY'S EXCUSE ME, ROCK SPRINGS CREEK DID NOT.
WE HAD, WE WERE GOING, WE WERE WORKING WITH THE LOW COUNTRY, THE LOW COG TO WORK ON A GRANT, THE CDBG GRANT TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS, UM, ON LADY'S ISLAND, UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE OF CERTAIN PERMIT REQUIREMENTS, I'M SORRY, APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.
THIS PROJECT DID NOT MAKE, DID NOT MEET THOSE.
SO ARE ALWAYS SAYING THAT THERE'S A PROBLEM ON LADY'S ISLAND, AND WE'LL JUST FORGET ABOUT IT BECAUSE WE COULDN'T GET A GRANT OR DO, OR DO WE TACKLE IT OURSELVES? HOW DO WE KNOW IT'LL BE PART OF THE DRAINAGE STUDIES THAT ARE BEING PERFORMED, AND THEN WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHICH IF THERE'S A GRANT THAT'S MORE APPROPRIATE TO APPLY FOR, OR IF WE JUST TAKE ON THE WORK OURSELVES.
THEY'RE NOT BEING FORGOTTEN, YOU KNOW? YES.
UM, SHELL POINT WE'VE TOUCHED ON AGAIN, WE'LL BE MEETING THIS FRIDAY AND HAPPY TO SHARE ALL THAT INFORMATION WITH YOU AS SOON AS WE GET IT.
AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE ARE ALLOCATING $750,000 FOR THE WORK BEING DONE AT THE PEPPER HALL, THE GRAVES' PROPERTY.
AGAIN, THIS IS BECAUSE OF OUR, THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THE COUNTY ENTERED INTO, AND WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR 50% OF THE STORM WATER INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER ITEM THAT'S BEEN ADDED.
AND OVERALL, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S IT FOR MY SUMMARY.
AND CERTAINLY IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
UH, LAST YEAR WE ANTICIPATED THAT EACH YEAR IT WOULD BE $500,000, AND NOW IT'S ALREADY UP TO $750,000 FOR NEXT YEAR.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE THE FOLLOWING YEAR, BUT WE OBVIOUSLY ENTERED INTO A SINK HOLE HERE WITH THE COSTS.
AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT THE STORM WATER BUDGET HAS TO ABSORB IT.
I JUST LIKE TO PUT THAT ON THERE.
THE INCREASE FOR NEXT YEAR IS THE, THE
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WORK FOR THE ROADS AND INFRASTRUCTURE IS GOING FOR FINAL PERMITTING AT THIS TIME.SO WE DO ANTICIPATE THE BULK OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE CONSTRUCTION TO BE COMPLETED IN FISCAL YEAR 22.
IF MY MEMORY SERVES ME RIGHT THAT TWO YEARS AGO, WE ANTICIPATED THAT OUR COST YEARLY GOING FORWARD WOULD BE ALMOST $500,000 FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THAT.
HOPEFULLY THERE'S A DROP-OFF POINT THAT IT DOESN'T KEEP INCREASING OR STAY AT THAT HIGH LEVEL.
THAT'S SEVEN AND A HALF PERCENT OF OUR BUDGET.
NO, I THINK CHAIRMAN, CHAIRMAN, I HAVE A QUESTION.
IF WE'RE, IF WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THIS FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG AND IT WASN'T USED TO BE 500,000 NOW IT'S 750,000.
WHAT ARE WE DOING TO CORRECT THE SHORTFALL? W W WELL, UH, I'LL LET MS. HERRERA TALK ABOUT IT, BUT THE WAY THAT THE CONTRACT WAS WRITTEN, WE ARE SHARING THE COST.
SO IF THERE'S A COST OVERRUN OR ANTICIPATED HIGHER COSTS, WE HAVE TO ABSORB THOSE 50% OF THOSE HIGHER COSTS, WHETHER WE ANTICIPATED THEM OR NOT IN THE PAST.
SO AGAIN, UM, WE DO CHECK ALL THE INVOICING AGAIN BECAUSE OF HOW THEIR PERMITTING IS WORKING OUT.
A LOT OF THE CONSTRUCTION IS GOING TO OCCUR DURING
I WOULD MUCH RATHER HAVE MONEY LEFT OVER, THEN BE SCRAMBLING TO TRY AND PAY THESE INVOICES FROM THE UTILITY FUND.
SO WHAT ARE WE DOING TO ANTICIPATE THAT SHORTFALL AND STOP IT FROM HAPPENING? OR DO WE NEED TO HAVE A, MORE OF A BREAKDOWN IN THE FUTURE ON REPORTS SHOWING, UH, WHERE WE NEED TO MAKE THIS UP FROM? WELL, I'M NOT SURE WE CAN, UH, I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR MS. HERRERA, BUT, UH, SA SADLY THIS BOARD, UH, WAS, WAS OVERRULED BY COUNCIL AND, UH, ENTERED INTO THIS AGREEMENT, UH, AND WE'RE STUCK WITH IT AND, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT IS GOING FORWARD AND I'M NOT SURE WE CAN TOTALLY ANTICIPATE AGAIN WHAT THE TOTAL COSTS WILL BE.
HOPEFULLY ONCE THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS DONE, THEN OUR COSTS OF MAINTENANCE, UH, OF, OF THE RETENTION POND THAT WE'RE LIABLE FOREIGN AND I GUESS 50% OF THE, UH, STORM WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FALLS ON US.
UH, SO HOPEFULLY WE WON'T REALLY KNOW THOSE NUMBERS UNTIL THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS IN PLACE, CORRECT? YES.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT A FIVE-YEAR LOCK-IN RATE ON THAT 500,000.
I DON'T THINK WE KNOW RIGHT NOW.
YEAH, WE DO HAVE FUNDS IN STORMWATER'S THERE, OUR RESERVE FUND, BUT AGAIN, TRYING TO MAKE IT WORK WITH JUST HER ANNUAL REVENUE ONLY, THAT'S WHY WE'VE INCREASED THE COST, BUT THERE WOULD BE, SHOULD WE, SHOULD THE FUNDS GO OVER? WE DO HAVE IN RESERVES THE ABILITY TO COVER THAT WE IN THE FUTURE, CAN WE IN A FEATURE SHOW THAT THAT BREAK DOWN SO WE CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND THAT? SURE.
I CAN PROVIDE INVOICES AND WE, THE STORM OWNER HAS NO CONTROL OVER THE OVERRUNS, CORRECT.
THAT'S THE WAY THIS WAS WRITTEN.
I'M JUST WONDERING HOW WE COULD SAVE THE TAXPAYERS THAT MONEY AND NOT TRYING TO LET THIS HAPPEN AGAIN, IF THAT'S EVEN POSSIBLE, BE KIND OF COUNSEL, UH, AGAIN, UH, I KNOW YOU'RE NEW TO THE BOARD AND, UH, UH, JUST PASS HISTORY.
YOU KNOW, WE MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS JUST LIKE WITH THIS BUDGET, YOU KNOW, W W WE CAN RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS BUDGET.
WE DON'T HAVE THE FINAL SAY IN THE BUDGET.
AND IT'S JUST LIKE THIS CONTRACT THAT WAS LET, UH, THE DECISION FOR THIS, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE OF STORMWATER WAS, WAS, UH, I WON'T SAY HIGHLY CONTESTED, BUT IT WAS, UH, IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR SOME TIME.
AND, UH, COUNTY COUNCIL PASSED IT, UH, OVER OUR OBJECTION AND NOT POSSIBLY SOME OTHERS ON THE COUNCIL AT THE TIME.
IT STILL REMAINED ON COUNCIL OBJECTED, BUT IT STILL PASSED AND WE'RE STUCK WITH IT.
AND I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO CHANGE.
I THINK MAYBE SEE WHERE IT GOES AND WE MIGHT REQUEST THEM FROM COUNSELING, MS. HOWARD, LET US KNOW WHERE IT STANDS
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AND HOW IT'S MOVING.THAT DOCUMENT TO COUNCIL, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT THESE COSTS I'VE STARTED TO LOOK, REALLY LOOK LIKE FEIS, WHAT WE THOUGHT THEY WERE.
SO THE BOARD WILL NEED TO DO THAT AND REPORT BACK TO THE WHOLE COUNCIL AS A LESSONS LEARNED HARD LESSONS LEARNED, MAYBE I SHOULD SAY, BECAUSE I DIDN'T VOTE FOR IT.
UM, AND THERE WERE SOME, THERE WERE SEVERAL COUNCIL DID NOT VOTE FOR THAT DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE THIS WOULD HAPPEN IN OTHER REASONS, TOO, NOT GETTING INTO THAT.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD TO DO FOR THE BOARD AND COUNTY COUNCIL TO SEE WHAT THE REAL LEVEL WAS.
I THINK WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD CONSTANTLY UPDATE MRS. HOWARD ON THOSE SO SHE CAN BRING IT TO THE BOARD'S ATTENTION.
IF HE COULDN'T HEAR CAROLYN, UM, WE HAVE ISSUED OUR FIRST PAYMENT OF 375,000, AND THEN WHATEVER ELSE IS NOT EXPENDED IN THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE'LL ROLL OVER AS PART OF THAT 750, SO GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS.
UM, ONE OTHER THING THAT, UH, COME I AS THE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS PROFESSIONAL SERVICE FOR LITIGATION, DELINQUENT STORM WATER FEES.
AND AGAIN, I DON'T THINK IT'S ANYTHING WE CAN GET INTO TODAY, BUT MS. HOWARD BROUGHT UP THE LETTERS FROM THE MUNICIPALITIES URGENT AGAINST THAT, WHICH, YOU KNOW, PERSONALLY, I WAS AGAINST IT WHEN WE VOTED ON IT, BUT MOVING INTO NEXT YEAR, IF IT'S, IF IT'S SOMETHING WHERE YOU MISS VALLEYS, AREN'T GOING TO SUPPORT US.
AND WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE POINT IN THAT THAT'S SPECIFIC, DOESN'T SAY SPECIFICALLY DELINQUENT TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
IS THAT ALSO FINDING DELINQUENCIES IN OTHER, OTHER PEOPLE BESIDES THE FEDERAL GRANT? NO, THAT'S JUST THE TREES.
AND THAT'S WHY I ASKED FOR A PRESENTATION, BUT BY OUR LEGAL TEAM, YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT THEY CAN'T HANDLE IT, SO THEY'RE HAVING TO PAY SOMEBODY ELSE FOR LITIGATION.
AND AGAIN, IT MIGHT BE JUST A WHOLE THAT, THAT WE JUST KEEP POURING MONEY IN.
NO HOPE OF EVER GETTING ANY MONEY BACK.
SO THE, THE $100,000 I DO WANT TO POINT OUT IS FULLY FUNDED BY BUFORD COUNTY.
IT'S THIS IS NOT SOMETHING COST SHARED WITH THE MUNICIPALITIES, BUT THIS INFORMATION FROM, YEAH, I KNOW, BUT IT'S THEIR, IT'S THEIR INPUT.
I MEAN, IF WE'RE GOING TO GET OPPOSITION, YOU KNOW, FROM MUNICIPALITIES ON IT, IT MIGHT BE WORTH THE DISCUSSION REVISITING, WE DIDN'T KNOW, KNOWING, KNOWING THE OPPOSITION.
AND I'M SURE WE'LL BE HAVING DISCUSSIONS ON THAT RELATIVELY.
AGAIN, NOTHING WE CAN REALLY, I DON'T THINK IT'S WORTH LONG DISCUSSION BED, BUT THANK YOU, MS. FERRERA.
IF THERE IS ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT, SINCE I SEE NO ONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC HERE TO MAKE COMMENT, WE WILL
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MOVE ON TO THE NEXT MEETING AGENDA.I JUST WANT TO ASK BEFORE I ASK FOR AN APPROVAL, THE NEXT MEETING AGENDA, WE DON'T MEET AGAIN UNTIL JUNE.
DID WE DECIDE TO MEET QUARTERLY? NO.
HOWEVER, THERE IS THE OPTION YOU ALL DECIDE, OR WE DECIDE THERE, WE NEED TO HAVE A MEETING IN BETWEEN THEM.
YOU WILL STILL BE PROVIDING MONTHLY BOARD PACKETS WITH ALL THE INFORMATION YOU SEE TODAY.
AND CERTAINLY WE'RE ALWAYS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS, BUT IF THE BOARD REQUESTS OR, YOU KNOW, IF WE, THAT WE HOLD A MEETING PRIOR TO JUNE, WELL, TH TH THAT'S, THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE MEETING QUARTERLY.
AND, UH, I'M NOT SURE WE VOTED ON DELAYING HAVING ACTUAL MEETINGS TO QUARTERLY MEETINGS.
AND IF WE DID, I DON'T, I DON'T RECALL IF WE DID, I MISSED IT.
AND, AND BEFORE I WOULD MOVE TO QUARTERLY MEETINGS, I WOULD MOVE TO A MONTH BY MONTH, FIVE MONTHS LATER, MEANING EVERY OTHER MONTH, UH, TO SEE, UH, IF IT'S NECESSARY AND THEN MOVE IT OUT FARTHER.
IF WE FEEL WE DEEM IT APPROPRIATE, UH, WOULD, WOULD THE, UH, WOULD YOUR OFFICE HAVE ANY PROBLEM
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WITH SAYING THAT INSTEAD OF MEETING IN JUNE, WE WOULD MEET IN MAY.SO THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WE VOTED ON IN NOVEMBER AND IT WAS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.
UM, IF THEIR REQUEST IS THAT WE DO MOVE TO EVERY OTHER MONTH MEETINGS, WE ARE HAPPY TO AMEND THE SCHEDULE.
I WOULDN'T MEAN TO CERTAINLY INFORM THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
SO WE'RE FOLLOWING ALL OF THE EMPLOYER REQUIREMENTS.
UM, BUT AGAIN, WE CREATED THAT SCHEDULE FOR THE UTILITY BOARD BASED ON IMPORTANT MILESTONES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
CERTAINLY THE BUDGET IS A BIG MEETING, UM, MOVING INTO AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT YEAR, HURRICANE SEASON, WE REALLY TRIED TO FINE TUNE MEETING.
NOT THAT WE DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU ALL EVERY MONTH, BUT, UM, AGAIN, SOMETIMES THERE MAY NOT BE A NEED TO MEET IN PERSON WHEN THE INFORMATION IS PROVIDED IN THE PACKET.
WHAT EXACTLY DID WE VOTE ON IN NOVEMBER? WE REFRESH MY MEMORY.
SO EVERY NOVEMBER WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THE NEXT YEAR'S CALENDAR.
AND WE WERE BROUGHT A DRAFT SCHEDULE FOR MEETINGS IN FEBRUARY, MARCH, JUNE, I'M SORRY, JUNE, AUGUST, AND I BELIEVE NOVEMBER.
SO WE CAN PRESENT OUR ANNUAL REPORTS TO YOU ALL AS WELL PRIOR TO SENDING THEM TO D HECK.
UM, AGAIN, THAT WAS JUST TO REALLY TAILOR DOWN THE MEETINGS THAT WE HOLD IN PERSON FOR THE BIGGER AGENDA ITEMS, AND THEN THE MONTHLY BOARD PACKET BEING WHAT IT IS, YOU KNOW, WE PRO WE STILL PROVIDE IT, BUT IF THERE'S NOT A NEED TO COME IN PERSON, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY DURING THESE TIMES, WE, WE VOTED TO LIMIT ON THAT.
THE, THE INTERACTION, NOT THE INTERACTION I'M SHOT, I'M SORRY, THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT WORD, BUT LIMIT THE, THE NUMBER OF MEETINGS EVERYONE NEEDS TO ATTEND.
I OPEN THIS UP FOR DISCUSSION.
ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT, THINK WHAT KIND OF HAPPENED WAS, IS THAT, UH, THAT WAS BILLY'S LAST MEETING AND THAT, UH, BECAUSE OF COVID AND ALL LIKE THAT, THAT HE KIND OF BROUGHT IT UP AT VIRTUALLY.
WE WEREN'T ABLE TO REALLY DISCUSS IT TO THE FULL EXTENT THAT IT KIND OF JUST SWEPT THROUGH.
BUT IN HINDSIGHT, I THINK QUARTERLY MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT LONG IN BETWEEN MEETINGS.
WELL, WHY DON'T WE LEAVE IT AT JUNE AND SEE WHAT DEVELOPED AND IF THERE'S NO PROBLEM.
I MEAN, I SEE BOTH WAYS IS THAT THERE HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OF MEETINGS WHERE WE JUST ROLL THROUGH AND IT'S 20 MINUTES AND IT'S LIKE, WHY DIDN'T WE GO ONCE OR TWICE LAST YEAR, WE COULDN'T REALLY GET INTO IT VERY WELL.
WE HAD A LOT TO TALK ABOUT AS IT RELATES TO THE BUDGET.
BUT AGAIN, THAT, WELL, I THINK I LIKE ALLEN'S SUGGESTION THAT WE, WE, WE LEAVE IT TO JUNE AND SEE HOW MUCH INFORMATION FLOWS BACK AND FORTH IN THE JUNE MEETING.
WE CAN THEN DECIDE WHETHER WE NEED IT MORE OFTEN, OR WHETHER THIS, WHETHER THE, THE CALENDAR AS EXISTS.
AND I WOULD ASK THAT YOU RESCIND THE CALENDAR TO ALL THE MEMBERS, SO THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE AS TO WHEN WE'RE GOING TO BE HERE NEXT.
AND THEN AT THE NEXT MEETING, WE W WE CAN SEE WHAT HAS PROGRESSED DURING THE TWO MONTH PERIOD OR WHETHER WE HAVE TO MEET EVERY OTHER MONTH OR WE CAN LEAVE IT.
IS EVERYBODY IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT? I'M GOING TO GRANT THEM YET.
UH, THERE'S SOMEBODY OUT THERE, BRIAN? YES, SIR.
UM, THE ONLY THING I WOULD THINK THAT PUTTING IT OUT TO THREE MONTHS MORE, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO MISS SOMETHING THERE.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO PUT IT UP MOTION AND TO BRING IT DOWN EVERY TWO MONTHS.
IS THERE A SECOND FOR THAT MOTION? WELL, I'M IN SECOND NAP, BUT LIKE YOU SAID, NO, GO FORWARD TO JUNE AND WE'LL MAKE THE DECISION AT THAT TIME.
SO MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING WE'D HAVE TO VOTE ON AT THAT POINT.
BUT BRIAN, HIS MOTION WOULD BE, WE WOULD MEET IN MAY.
I WOULD ASK BRIAN TO, TO RESCIND HIS MOTION.
IF THAT'S A PRO, IF, IF WE DON'T GET IT SECOND TO THE MOTION, THEN IT'S WHO TO SEND IT.
EXACTLY DIES FOR LACK OF A SECOND.
CAN YOU, I DID SECOND, BUT OKAY.
SO IT'S EVERY OTHER MONTH, BUT THERE'S EMOTIONAL ON THE FLOOR.
UM, UH, THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR THAT WE MEET EVERY OTHER MONTH.
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AYE.DO I HAVE ANOTHER MOTION ABOUT THE MEETINGS? WELL, MY MOTION WAS TO CONTINUE THE WAY WE VOTED IN NOVEMBER.
I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE MEET JUNE 9TH PER OUR PRE VOTED SCHEDULE.
AND WE REVISIT, UM, ON, IN JUNE TO POSSIBLY MAKE IT BY MONTHLY.
WE HAVE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, MOTION PASSES.
YOU ALL HAVE THE JUNE AGENDA IN FRONT OF YOU OR PROPOSED DRAFT AGENDA.
THAT'S FOR YOU TO LOOK AT IT FOR A MOMENT.
KATIE, YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? YES.
ON MY END, FIND OUT WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN WITH BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
SHOULD WE DECIDE TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO THE SCHEDULE? I DON'T ANTICIPATE IT BEING TERRIBLY COMPLICATED, BUT I DO WANT TO GIVE THEM THE COURTESY TO KNOW THAT WE MAY DECIDE TO MAKE CHANGES LATER, RIGHT? AND THEN YOU CAN BE BEFORE WE MEET AND MAKE A DISCUSSION ABOUT IT, YOU CAN REPORT TO US WHAT THEY SAY.
I ALSO THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE BUDGET AS IS AS PRESENTED.
UH, DO, DO WE WITH DIRECT, WOULD THE MOTION BE THAT WE MAKE A RECOMMENDATION? WE'LL APPROVE THIS BUDGET AS WALLACE, AS OPPOSED WE DON'T APPROVE THE BUDGET.
WE MAKE A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE BUDGET.
SO DO I HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT THE STORMWATER UTILITY BOARD OR RECOMMEND THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVE THE BUDGET AS PRESENTED.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, OPPOSED, MOTION APPROVED.
NOW WE CAN MOVE TO THE AGENDA.
I APOLOGIZE FOR JUMPING AHEAD.
ON THE AGENDA, WE MENTIONED TWO THINGS.
YOU MENTIONED THE MILITARY, BUT I ASSUME BASED ON WHAT WE'VE HEARD IS THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO HEAR IT FROM THE MILITARY, NOT THE MILITARY, BUT FROM THAT, THAT'S THE ONLY, I THINK THAT WE SHOULD HEAR FROM OUR LEGAL STAFF WHO IS PURSUING THIS, THEY'RE THE ONES LETTING OUT THE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO ANOTHER OUTSIDE COUNSEL TO PURSUE THIS, RIGHT? SO WE WANT TO HEAR FROM OUR LEGAL PEOPLE, JUST WHAT IS GOING ON AND WHAT, WHAT ARE OUR CHANCES LAST TIME LIKE CAME BEFORE US.
THEY THOUGHT WE HAD A REALLY GOOD SHOT AT WINNING THIS BECAUSE OF OTHER PRECEDENTS, BUT IT SEEMS TO BE DRAGGING OUT YEAR AFTER YEAR WITH NO RESOLUTION IN SIGHT.
SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS REALLY IT'S, WE COULD PROCEED WITH IT, REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE MUNICIPALITY SAY, CLINICAL STANDPOINT IS WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM.
WE KNOW THAT, BUT WE COULD STILL SAY LET'S PURSUE IT.
WELL, THAT'S ACTUALLY, THAT'S WHY I WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THIS AGENDA TO HAVE OUR LI UH, BUFORD COUNTIES, LEGAL PERSONNEL WHO ARE WORKING ON THIS, UM, MAKE A PRESENTATION TO US AS THEY DID IN THE PAST.
I USED TO GOOD MOVE THAT WE'D DONE THAT.
ALSO, YOU WANTED A REPORT FROM, UH, MR. UH, UH, DR.
MONTES, UH, WORK THAT, SO WITH THAT, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE AGENDA FOR THE JUNE 9TH MEETING WITH THE TWO ADDITIONS.
IS THERE ANY THAT YOU MIGHT HEAR A SECOND? OKAY.
EVERYBODY'S LOOKING IF YOU'VE READ IT.
I'M JUST WAITING FOR THE SECOND IS I KNOW WE HAVE A SECOND NOW WE'LL VOTE.
I JUST WANT TO GIVE EVERYBODY OPPORTUNITY IF THEY WERE LOOKING AT IT, ANY DISCUSSION WE'RE GOOD.
IT WAS ONE OF YOUR FELLOWS COULD INCLUDE THE SHELL POINT, UH, PRESENTATION DURING THAT TIME PERIOD, BECAUSE SEVERAL MORE MONTHS THEY HAD THE AGENDA THAT WOULD BE ADDED TO THE AGENDA.
DO WE NEED TO MAKE MS. HERRERA, DO WE NEED TO MAKE THAT AS SPECIAL, OR WOULD THAT BE COVERED IN YOUR REPORTS? THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO MAKE THAT PRESENT.
I'VE HEARD IN THE REPORTS THAT WE PROVIDE, BUT WE CAN ALSO, BECAUSE THEY, THEY MAY, THEY MAY JUST,
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ARE THEY NOT JUST GOING TO PROVIDE YOU WITH A REPORT? YES.SO SHE WILL HAVE THE REPORT, WHICH SHE CAN GIVE US COPIES OF AS OPPOSED TO SOMEONE, NOBODY FROM THERE I THINK IS MAKING, WOULD BE MAKING A PRESENTATION TO MICROPHONE.
UH, MR. WILLIS HAD SAID LAST YEAR, UH, IN JANUARY THAT THEY WOULD BE MAKING A PRESENTATION THAT WAY WE COULD HAVE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS TO IT.
WE CAN'T ASK QUESTIONS AND GET ANSWERS FROM A REPORT.
WE'D BE HAPPY TO DO A PRESENTATION.
UM, AGAIN, WE WILL BE WORKING WITH THE CONSULTANT TO HOST PUBLIC MEETINGS AS WELL.
SO ONCE THOSE ARE ESTABLISHED EITHER VIRTUALLY OR IN PERSON OR SIMILAR TO THIS HYBRID, WILL WE HAVE SO THAT YOU ALL CAN AS WELL? WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO ADD TWO POINTS.
WE NEED TO ADD THREE, UH, THAT PATRICK AMEND HIS MOTION.
PATRICK, WOULD YOU AMEND YOUR MOTION SHELL REPORT? YEAH.
UM, FOR THE, THE, UM, JUNE 9TH MEETING WITH THE THREE AMENDED DISCUSSIONS WE HAVE, I HEAR A SECOND.
I SECOND, THE MOTION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
MR. WILLIS SAID HE WAS GONNA DO THAT.
UM, I'LL MAKE SURE HE USED, I DON'T WANT TO PUT WORDS IN HIS MOUTH WHEN HE'S NOT HERE, BUT THAT WAS A YEAR AGO.
I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO SHOWED UP IN PERSON.
HOPEFULLY EVERYONE WILL RECEIVE THEIR VACCINATION, UH, UH, TO BE COVID FREE BEFORE OUR JUNE MEETING.
AND WE CAN CONTINUE TO HAVE IT IN PERSON.
UH, AGAIN, UH, I WISH EVERYBODY WELL, AND IN, IN, IN GOOD HEALTH IN THE COMING MONTHS, IF NOTHING FURTHER MEETING ADJOURNED.