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ANOTHER ELECTRONIC MEETING WASTE FOLLOWED FACEBOOK HAS IT SLOBS.
IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, SOMEONE FROM THE TOWN WILL FOLLOW UP.
MOST OF THEM, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
MS. FRAZIER, YOU'VE GOT INDICATION HEAVENLY FATHER RIGHT NOW.
WE JUST COME THANKING YOU FOR ALL YOUR BLESSINGS.
WE ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO GIVE US ON THE STRENGTH, COURAGE, AND THE GUIDANCE NECESSARY TO LEAD.
AND WE ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO BE A SOURCE OF OUR REFUGE AND A SOURCE OF LIGHT THESE IN ALL OF LESSONS WE ASK IN JESUS NAME.
MA'AM NEXT IS THE ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA.
IT'S SHOWN PAGE ONE OF THREE OR FOURS ON THE SCREEN.
IS THERE ANY CHANGES ON THE AGENDA? NO, MA'AM NO CHANGES.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA? THAT SECOND WE'LL DO DAN.
FIRST, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY BY SAYING AYE.
AND ARE THERE ANY OPPOSED THAT'S UNANIMOUS NEXT? WE HAVE MINUTES.
UM, FIRST IS THE WORKSHOP MINUTES FROM JULY 21ST, 2020.
ARE THERE ANY CHANGES, IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THEIR SECOND? ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR STATE BY SAYING AYE.
AND ARE THERE ANY OPPOSED THAT'S UNANIMOUS NUMBER TWO OR THE REGULAR MEETING? MINUTES OF AUGUST 11TH, 2020.
ANY CHANGES? IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT OR SECOND? ANY DISCUSSION? ALL.
IS THERE A SECOND? ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR STATE BY SAYING AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? THAT'S UNANIMOUS FOLLOWED BY OUR WORK SESSION MINUTES OF AUGUST 13TH, 2020.
IF YOU'VE READ OVER THEM, ARE THERE ANY CHANGES, ANY EDITS, IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT? IS THERE A SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR STATE OF SAYING AYE, AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? THAT IS UNANIMOUS AS WELL.
UM, WE HAVE ONE PRESENTATION, WHICH IS WHY THE MAJORITY OF US ARE WEARING TEAL TODAY.
UM, IT'S IN SUPPORT OF OVARIAN CANCER AWARENESS MONTH IN KIM.
WHO DO WE HAVE? IS THERE SOMEONE COMING ON THAT'S GOING TO REPRESENT.
HEY LAUREN, HOW ARE YOU? GOOD.
HOW ARE YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TO REPRESENT THIS, THIS GROUP AND ALL OF US? UM, THIS PROCLAMATION, I'M GONNA READ IT.
AND IF YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS YOU WANT TO SAY, FEEL FREE AFTER I READ THE PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS OVARIAN CANCER CLAIMS MORE WOMEN'S LIVES THAN ANY OTHER GYNECOLOGICAL CANCER AND WE'RE AS VARYING CANCERS, DIFFICULT TO DETECT AND WOMEN ARE OFTEN NOT DIAGNOSED UNTIL THE DISEASE HAS REACHED AN ADVENT STAGE, WHEREAS IT WILL BE DIAGNOSED WITH OVARIAN CANCER CAN INCREASE SURVIVAL RATE TO AS HIGH AS 94%.
WHEREAS CERTAIN FACTORS CAN REDUCE THE RISK OF OVARIAN CANCER AND PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN ITS PREVENTION.
AND WHEREAS AWARENESS AND EARLY DETECTION OF OVARIAN CANCER IS THE BEST MEANS OF PROTECTING WOMEN'S LIVES FROM THIS DISEASE.
WHEREAS SEPTEMBER HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS NATIONAL OVARIAN CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.
WHEREAS THE TOWN WHERE HAS TURNED THE TOWNS TEAL IS A CAMPAIGN TO CREATE AWARENESS OF OVARIAN CANCER IN ITS SYMPTOMS. THIS CAMPAIGN WAS THE INSPIRATION WITH GAIL MCNEIL AND GOES FORWARD IN HER NAME AND IN HER HONOR, WHEREAS TILL RIBBONS HAVE BEEN TODD ALL AT ALL THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON BUILDINGS TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THIS DISEASE, ALONG WITH SYMPTOM AND INFORMATION CARDS THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE AT ALL LOCATIONS, ODDLY SALT, C'MERE THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON ALONG WITH BLUFFTON TOWN COUNCIL HEREBY PROCLAIM THAT SEPTEMBER, 2020 IS A VARYING CANCER AWARENESS MONTH IN THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON.
THANK YOU FOR, FOR BEING PART OF US TO SAY A FEW WORDS AND WE'LL GIVE YOU THE MIC FOR A LITTLE BIT.
OVARIAN CANCER IS OBVIOUSLY VERY IMPORTANT TO ME AS WELL AS KATIE MAXWELL WHO LIVES IN BLUFFTON.
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I AM ACTUALLY THE DAUGHTER OF A MOTHER WHO PASSED AWAY TWO YEARS AGO FROM OVARIAN CANCER.SO ADVOCATING IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME AND SPREADING AWARENESS IN OUR TOWN IS SO IMPORTANT AS WELL.
THERE'S OVER 22,000 PEOPLE IN 2020 THAT WILL BE DIAGNOSED WITH OVARIAN CANCER AND 14,000 WILL PASS AWAY.
IT'S EXTREMELY HIGH FATALITY RATE.
AND SO THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO RAISE THE AWARENESS AND GET THE SYMPTOMS OUT BECAUSE THEY'RE SO MINOR AND MINIMAL THAT MOST PEOPLE EITHER GET MISDIAGNOSED OR JUST PUT THEM ASIDE AND WITH TREATMENT AND EARLY STAGES BEING CAUGHT, THIS IS VERY MUCH SO SOMETHING THAT CAN BE TREATED WELL.
IT'S UM, KATIE, I MEAN, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT YOUR, SHE'S GOT A HUSBAND THAT WORKS FOR US IN THE PD AND IT'S EVEN MORE SPECIAL TO OUR FAMILY.
I WANT TO TELL YOU, THERE'S A MAN, I'M IN A BOOK CLUB IN MY BOOKS THIS MONTH.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE READ IT OR NOT.
I SEE SHE GOT, UH, WAS DIAGNOSED WHEN SHE WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL AND IT'S JUST A STORY OF HER LIFE.
AND, AND SHE, NOW I HAVE CHILL BUMPS THINKING ABOUT IT AND NEVER EXPECTED TO HAVE CHILDREN, YOU KNOW, JUST THE REST OF HER LIFE.
SHE'S PREGNANT AND OH MY GOSH, 27.
SO HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE AND FOLLOWED IT AND WROTE THIS VERY THIN BOOK IT'S ON AMAZON.
I USUALLY DON'T PROMOTE, BUT IT'S A QUICK READ AND IT REALLY DOES PUT YOU IN YOUR SHOES.
I'LL DEFINITELY BE ORDERING THAT.
AND AGAIN, THAT JUST SHOWS THAT HAVING AWARENESS AND BEING ABLE TO KNOW WHEN YOU HAVE THIS FIGHTING IT EARLY, THERE'S SO MUCH GOOD THAT CAN COME OUT OF THAT.
WE WILL WEAR OUR TEAL AND SPREAD THE NEWS AND IT'S ALL OVER TOWN.
AND IF ANYONE ON COUNCIL WANTS TO SAY ANYTHING, THEY WILL THANK YOU AND PRAYER.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR SALGADO.
WE HAVE COMMUNICATIONS FROM MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND IF Y'ALL WOULD HUMOR ME A LITTLE BIT, I WROTE DOWN SOME THOUGHTS.
I JUST LIKE TO SAY LIKE TWO MINUTES OF YOUR TIME.
UM, AND IT REALLY HAS HAD TO DO A LOT WITH WHAT'S GOING ON REALLY THE PAST FIVE YEARS, BUT REALLY HIGHLIGHTED OVER THE LAST TWO MONTHS FOCUSED ON TWO OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I WAS ELECTED IN EIGHT AND THE DAY I WAS ELECTED, WE HAD TO DEAL WITH THE MAY RIVER.
A COUPLE OF YEARS LATER, WE HAD A RECESSION.
WE'VE HAD HURRICANES, WE'VE HAD FLOODS, EVERY ISSUE YOU THINK WE WOULD HAVE TO DEAL WITH IN THE WORST POSSIBLE WAY.
BUT THIS, THIS YEAR, UM, HAS BEEN REALLY TOUGH, HATE ANGER, DIVISIVENESS, LACK OF TRUST, VERSUS UNDERSTANDING AND BEING THANKFUL.
AND THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN THROWN RIGHT INTO THE MIDDLE OF IT WITH ACCUSATIONS AND FACEBOOK, KIM CALLED IT THE KEYBOARD, BANDITS, TYPING, WHATEVER THEY WANT WITH NO FACTUAL INFORMATION BEHIND IT.
THEY'VE CALLED ME AND SOME OF US CORRUPT THEY'VE CALLED US EVIL, NOT FIT TO SERVE SELF-SERVING.
IT WAS NEVER, IT'S ALWAYS OVERCOME AND VERY LITTLE TO COME, COME UP AGAINST IT.
SO THE ARTICLE THAT IT WAS WRITTEN IN THE PAST MONTH TO FOCUS ON TWO OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, HONESTLY THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL.
AND I ACTUALLY TOLD LARRY THIS, AND I CAN SAY THE SAME TO BRIDGETTE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN SAID ABOUT Y'ALL FROM YOUR FRIENDS IN THIS COMMUNITY ARE THINGS WE USUALLY HEAR ABOUT AT FUNERALS.
AND I DON'T MEAN THAT LIGHTLY, BUT THANK IF THERE'S A LIGHT, YOU SEE YOUR, YOUR GROUP AND YOUR CIRCLES ARE BIG AND THE LOVE AND SUPPORT THAT'S BEEN SHOWN TO YOU FROM, FROM JUST REALLY BAD INFORMATION IS JUST, I WOULD HOPE THAT ALL OF US GET THAT SAME THING.
UM, BUT I JUST WANTED TO LET THIS FACEBOOK GROUP KNOW A FEW THINGS ABOUT THIS COUNCIL.
I SIT WITH, I'M GONNA START WITH FRED, FRED HAMILTON.
HE THINKS BEFORE HE SPEAKS, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU GET FROM HIM? YOU KNOW, WHETHER YOU AGREE WITH THEM OR NOT, YOU KNOW WHERE HE'S COMING FROM BECAUSE ALL OF HIS RESPONSES AND HIS ACTIONS COME FROM HIS HEART.
HE VOLUNTEERS ON BOARDS WITH HIS TOWN.
HE WORKS DAY IN AND DAY OUT ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND KEEPING HOUSING, DRY AND SAFE FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
THAT'S FRED HAMILTON, BRIDGES, BRIDGES, NEW TO COUNCIL, POOR BRIDGET.
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AND, AND SHE, SHE CARRIES ON HIS HEART AND COMPASSION.SHE IS MORE OUTSPOKEN THAN ANYONE I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE.
AND I DON'T ALWAYS AGREE WITH EVERYTHING SHE PUTS OUT THERE, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, AGAIN, YOU GET, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU GET WHEN YOU'RE A FRIEND WITH BRIDGETTE, SHE SET ASIDE MONTHS OF HER WEEKENDS TO TAKE ON A MISSION TO FEED SCHOOL, CHILDREN THAT WERE IN NEED.
AND SHE GATHERED SO MANY PEOPLE TO COME TOGETHER FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, ALL DIVERSITY'S TO COME AND DELIVER LUNCHES TO PEOPLE IN NEED.
AND I THINK WE COUNTED ABOUT 20,000 LUNCHES, I THINK IS WHAT WE'VE DELIVERED.
IF THERE'S EVER PUSHED YOUR CHILD FOR SERVICE BEFORE SELF IS DAN WOOD.
I MEAN, I HAVE KNOWN DAN FOR MANY, MANY, MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS, AND ANYTHING YOU SEE THAT'S GONE ON THIS TOWN, THAT'S BEEN PUT ON BY THE ROTARY CLUB, DANCE FINGERPRINTS HAD DENTAL ALL OVER IT.
I MEAN, HE ASKED THE QUESTIONS.
HE ASKED TO EDUCATE HIMSELF THAT HE ASKS TO ASK THINGS.
A LOT OF TIMES THAT THING FOR PEOPLE WATCHING TO ALSO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE ANSWERS ARE.
SO IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE WE'RE PREACHING TO THEM.
HE'S THE FIRST OF ALL, SENTIER ON.
ANYTHING YOU ASK HIM TO DO THAT IS DAN WOULD IN LARRY.
IF WE DIDN'T THINK HE WAS THE MOST BELOVED RESONANT IN THIS TOWN AFTER THIS PAST WEEK.
AND THEN WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE WORD BELOVED MEANS.
HE, HE HAS THE MOST CARING HEART AND SOUL.
HE'S YOU SEE IT EVERY DAY, PEOPLE ARE IN NEED.
LEARY'S THERE WITH MONEY WITH THE ROOM.
I MEAN, I HEARD TINA SAY SHE'S RAISED IN THE WORK.
PEOPLE NOT RELATED TO YOU THEN THAN HAVE BEEN RELATED TO YOU.
IF YOU DON'T LIKE WHAT WE SAY, YOU'RE GOING TO CALL IT OUT.
BUT WITH SO MUCH RESPECT AND SO MUCH CONSIDERATION FOR OTHERS AROUND YOU, UM, YOU LOVE EVERYTHING.
SO THAT'S WHO I SIT WITH AND I WAS TALKING ABOUT WANTING TO DO THIS TONIGHT.
I WANTED TO WRITE IT, BUT YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T WANT 25 NEGATIVE POSTS COMING BACK AT ME.
UM, MY KIDS LATELY HAVE ASKED ME, LIKE, WHY DO Y'ALL DO WHAT YOU DO? WHY DO YOU PUT UP WITH ALL OF THIS? AND I REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT IT, BOND WOULDN'T PEOPLE WANT US ON COUNCIL, LOOK AT OUR BIOS.
WE'RE THE FIRST TO GIVE BACK OR THE FIRST TO STAND IN LINE FOR THE FIRST TO HELP OUT.
OR THE FIRST OF THE WE'RE THE FIRST TO SAY, HOW CAN WE DO SOMETHING? THAT'S WHO YOU NEED TO LOOK AT WHEN YOU'RE ELECTING SOMEONE TO SERVE YOU.
AND, AND THAT NONE OF US HAVE AN AGENDA WE SERVE BEFORE OURSELF.
AND I'M PRETTY DARN PROUD OF ALL OF Y'ALL.
SO I'LL TAKE THE BULLET, I'LL HAVE YOUR BACK.
I KNOW WE'RE NOT AGREEING TONIGHT ON PROBABLY A LOT OF THESE THINGS, BUT WE HAVE CONSIDERATION FOR EACH OTHER.
WE HAVE RESPECT FOR EACH OTHER AND WE BELIEVE IN KINDNESS.
AND FOR THAT, I'M GOING TO END IT WITH AN AMEN.
AND I JUST WANT TO THANK Y'ALL BECAUSE I'M SURE WORSE TO COME.
AND IT'S JUST, IT'S TOUGH TIMES OUT THERE NOW AND PROBABLY FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS.
AND I JUST WANT TO THANK Y'ALL.
SO THAT'S MY TWO MINUTES DONE.
I'M GOING TO SAY THANK YOU, LISA, BECAUSE EVERYTHING THAT YOU SAID ABOUT US, I FEEL SURE THAT WE WOULD SAY THE SAME IF NOT MORE ABOUT YOU.
ANYONE ELSE? SOME COUNSEL PLEASE.
I'M GOING TO SHARE A PRIVATE CONVERSATION I HAD WITH LISA A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO.
WE DON'T NORMALLY TELL PEOPLE WHEN WE APPRECIATE THEM, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE THINK, ESPECIALLY ME, BECAUSE I THINK ONCE YOU'RE DOING YOUR JOB, YOU'RE DOING YOUR JOB.
UM, AND BEING A ELECTED OFFICIAL, THIS WILL BE DOING YOUR JOB.
SO YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PAT SOMEBODY ON THE BACK FOR WHAT YOU KNOW THAT THEY SIGNED UP FOR.
BUT LISA HAS BEEN, UM, IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS, SHE HAS BEEN ON TOP OF HER JOB.
SHE HAS BEEN ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT I CALL A LEADER BECAUSE THERE ARE TIMES WHEN 300 EMAILS.
I DON'T WANT TO ANSWER 300 EMAILS, UM, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY, UM, COPY AND PASTE.
SO, BUT LISA TAKES THE TIME OUT TO ANSWER THOSE EMAILS ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL.
AND SHE, IT VERY PRESIDENTIAL, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT MAKES ME PROUD TO SAY SHE LEAVES, UM, UH,
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NOT ONLY, UH, THIS COMMUNITY, BUT SHE, AND THEN SHE LEAVES FROM THE HEART.AND I WASN'T PREPARED TO SAY THIS TONIGHT.
I REALLY DON'T THINK IT'S TRULY NECESSARY BECAUSE I CALLED HER AND TOLD HER I APPRECIATE ALL THAT SHE WAS DOING.
AND, UM, AND I WANTED HER TO KNOW, UM, WE DON'T NORMALLY DO THAT.
YOU KNOW, WE DON'T NORMALLY TELL EACH OTHER, YOU'RE DOING A GOOD JOB.
SOMETIME IT, POLITICS IS COMPETITION.
YOU WANT, EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE THE FIRST.
UM, EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE PAT ON THE BACK AND, AND, AND, AND BE RECOGNIZED AS THE MOST VALUABLE LEADER IN, IN, IN, IN THAT, IN THAT ENVIRONMENT, PLEASE CONTINUE TO KNOW, CONTINUE TO WHAT YOU'RE DOING THIS, UH, AND KNOW THAT YOU HAVE MY SUPPORT.
UM, AS MAYOR YOU HAVE MY SUPPORT AS A FRIEND AND YOU HAVE MY SUPPORT AS A LEADER.
UM, AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, UH, I SAID THAT BECAUSE YOU TOOK THE TIME OUT TO, TO FIND THE GOOD IN ALL OF US, BUT I FEEL THAT WAY SERIOUSLY.
UM, AND YOU GUYS KNOW, I DON'T SAY IT UNLESS, I MEAN, I FEEL THAT WAY ABOUT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, I FEEL THAT WAY ABOUT DAN.
I FEEL THAT WAY ABOUT LARRY AND I FEEL THAT WAY ABOUT BRIDGETTE.
I FEEL THAT WE HAVE A STRONG, UM, WILL TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I MOST TIMES I LIKE TO USE GOD AS MY GUIDING TOOL.
AND, AND I SEE SOMETIMES SOME OF THE, THE VALUES THAT YOU GUYS, UM, USE WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE DECISION, BECAUSE YOU WANT TO REPRESENT EVERYONE.
AND, UM, I SPEND TIME SOMETIME CALLING YOU GUYS MOST TIMES TO MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU UNDERSTAND.
AND THAT'S HOW WE, I THINK WE ALL GET ALONG.
I KNOW I'VE TAKEN UP A LOT OF THE TIME AND I WOULDN'T EVEN PREPARE TO SAY THIS, BUT WE ARE A TRUE TEAM OF CARING LEADERS THAT HAS NO, UM, HIDDEN AGENDA.
AND I ENJOY WORKING WITH THIS WITH THIS TEAM.
WELL, REAL QUICK, I, AGAIN, SINCE WE'RE, UH, SITTING AROUND THE CAMP OR DOING OUR AFFECTION, I, UH, I DO HAVE TRUE AFFECTION FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT I'M SERVING WITH, INCLUDING OUR STAFF AND OUR POLICE CHIEF, UH, EVERYONE.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN I ENDED MY CAREER, IT WAS A DREAM OF MINE TO RUN FOR OFFICE, AND IT'S BEEN THE GREATEST, MOST REWARDING SATISFACTION OF MY LIFE.
AND I NEVER DREAMED THAT I WOULD BE STANDING PEOPLE DEDICATED AND HONEST AND HARDWORKING AS THIS GROUP.
AND I WILL SAY VERY QUICKLY, UM, I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO COME TO A COUNCIL WHERE WE HAVE A SUPERSTAR MAYOR.
UM, THIS WOMAN IS, UH, SELFLESS IN HER RESPONSES, HER ENDEAVOR, HER WORK ETHIC.
UM, SHE WORKS FAR MORE BEING A MAYOR THAN SHE DOES A REALTOR.
AND SHE PUTS IN NUMEROUS HOURS EVERY SINGLE DAY, EVERY WEEK.
SO AGAIN, I'M LIKE FRED AND LARRY AND LISA, AND I'M SURE BRIDGET WILL FOLLOW UP AND I'M PROUD TO SERVE.
UM, FOR THOSE WHO DON'T, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE FRUSTRATED, SCARED.
UH, THERE'S A LOT OF BAD THINGS HAPPENING TO A LOT OF PEOPLE NOW.
AND SO SOMETIMES THEY JUST NEED TO LASH OUT AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT, UM, WE'RE HERE.
WE'RE GOING TO STAY HERE FOR YOU.
AND, UH, HOPEFULLY WE CAN CONTINUE TO MAKE THIS A GREAT TOWN AND THANK YOU.
AND I'LL JUST FOLLOW UP WITH THEM IN CHAIRING ON THE SEDIMENTS OF EVERYONE.
UM, WHAT I'VE RESPECTED AND VALUED HERE, ESPECIALLY IN MY NOT SHORT TERM OF BEING AN ELECTED OFFICIAL IS THAT, UM, OUR OPERATION IS REALLY A TESTAMENT FOR SOCIETY RIGHT NOW.
THERE'S A LOT OF VITRIOL, THERE'S A LOT OF DIVISIVENESS GOING ON.
AND THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN ALL ALWAYS COME TOGETHER AND UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA ALIGN POLITICALLY ALL THE TIME.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION AND A BELIEF ON CERTAIN THINGS, BUT WE HOLD TRUE TO THE FACT THAT WE LOVE OUR COMMUNITY AND WE LOVE PUTTING THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE FIRST, EVEN IF, SOMETIMES IT MEANS WE'RE GONNA BECOME THE UNPOPULAR PERSON.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S REALLY REFRESHING TO BE ABLE TO SHARE
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IN MOMENTS LIKE THIS AND KIND OF ENCOURAGING IN A SENSE OF THIS IS WHERE, WHERE WE ALL SHOULD BE.SOMETIMES IT'S GOOD TO BE ABLE TO GET AWAY FROM BEING THE KEYBOARD BANDED OR, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE SOCIAL MEDIA NEGATIVE PERSON, AND JUST KIND OF LOOK AROUND AND APPRECIATE BE GRATEFUL FOR WHERE WE ARE.
AND, UM, CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR, EVERYTHING THAT WE DO IS ALWAYS ALIGNED WITH UNDERSTANDING THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS THE MOST VALUABLE RESOURCE.
SO WE HAVE, AND WE'RE GREATER TOGETHER THAN WE ARE BEING, BEING SEPARATE IN, IN MEAN AND DIVISIVE TO EACH OTHER.
SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR YOU GUYS AND LET'S SAY KUDOS FOR EVERYONE ON, ON WHAT WE'RE DOING.
AND EVEN IN ADVERSITY, LET'S CONTINUE TO DO THE JOB ALL BEEN ELECTED TO DO THAT'S RIGHT.
ANYTHING ELSE FROM ME OR COUNCIL NEXT WEEK WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT, KIM PUBLIC COMMENT, NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR WORKSHOP ITEMS. WE HAVE HEATHER UP ON THE PUBLIC PROJECT APPLICATION UPDATE FROM BUFORD JASPER WATER SEWER TO INSTALL A WATER MAIN LINE WITHIN THE SOUTH CAROLINA HIGHWAY 46, RIGHT AWAY FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH KEEP IT ROAD WEST TO THE INTERSECTION OF HERITAGE PARKWAY AT THE NORTHERN ENTRANCE OF HERITAGE AT NEW RIVERSIDE, WHERE IT WILL TIE INTO EXISTING MAIN LAWN.
SO WILL WE SEE SOMETHING LIKE THIS AGAIN, HEATHER? OR IS THIS JUST TO GET OUT TO THE PUBLIC NOW, JUST TO GET, TO GET SOME FEET, TO GET FEEDBACK, TO GET THIS OUT TO THE PUBLIC, AND I'LL GO THROUGH AND EXPLAIN JUST WHY IT'S A VERY LARGE PROJECT THAT WILL HAVE A VERY VISUAL IMPACT.
SO FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO BRING IT TO COUNCIL AS A WORKSHOP ITEM.
AND I DO BELIEVE IF, UM, THAT WE HAVE ANDREW DEADLY FROM BUFORD JASPER WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY, THAT'S BEEN INVITED TO THE MEETING AS WELL.
IF YOU HAVE ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS THAT I CAN'T ANSWER.
UM, LIKE I SAID, THIS IS A PUBLIC PROJECT REVIEW FOR A WATER MAIN EXTENSION BY BUFORD GASPAR WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY.
UM, BASICALLY THERE ARE THE ONES THAT SUPPLY WATER THROUGHOUT THE TOWN, AND AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW AND SEE MORE ROOFTOPS AND HOUSES AND DEVELOPMENT OCCURRING, THERE IS A NEED FOR, UM, THEM TO ADDRESS THAT THESE PROPOSED WATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE, UM, TO SERVE THE, SERVE THE REGION AND THE AREA, AS WELL AS, UM, BEING COMPLIANCE WITH THE STATE DRINKING WATER REGULATIONS.
SO THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OVER TWO AND A HALF MILES OF 36 INCH WATER MAIN.
AND AGAIN, THAT WILL PROVIDE THAT COMPLETE LOOP OF, UM, WATER FOR THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THAT WATER DISTRICT.
THIS IS LOCATED ALONG HIGHWAY 46, WHICH IS A SOUTH CAROLINA DESIGNATED SCENIC BYWAY.
UM, IT ALSO HAS A CORRIDOR MANAGEMENT PLAN THAT WAS DEVELOPED BY THE TOWN THAT COUNTS STAFF IS REVIEWING, UM, COMPLIANCE WITH THAT ALONG WITH THE PROPOSED PLANS.
AND ONE OF THE MAIN GOALS OF THAT PLAN IS TO CONSERVE THAT NATURAL AND SCENIC RESOURCES THAT MAKE THIS AREA SO IMPORTANT.
THIS AREA, THIS PROJECT DOES AFFECT EXISTING VEGETATED BUFFERS.
THESE ARE NOT REQUIRED BUFFERS.
ALL OF THE AREA IS LOCATED WITHIN THE SOUTH CAROLINA DLT RIGHT OF WAY.
HOWEVER, IT DOES PROVIDE THAT VISUAL BUFFER BETWEEN THE ROAD AND THE ADJACENT DEVELOPMENT GOING THROUGH HERE BECAUSE THE PROJECT LENGTH IS SO LONG, IT WAS HARD TO GET REALLY GREAT MAPS OUT HERE.
BUT, UM, I KNOW WE'VE ALL DRIVEN THAT ROAD QUITE A BIT.
I'M SURE OVER TIME, BUT HERE'S THE PROJECT LIMITS DOWN HERE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN, THE LEFT-HAND CORNER, THAT'S THE HERITAGE PARKWAY ENTRANCE TO HERITAGE AT NEW RIVERSIDE AND GOING THROUGH HERE AND LATER IN THE PRESENTATION, I'LL HAVE PHOTOGRAPHS OF AREAS WHERE THERE ARE THE LARGER TREES, WHAT WE WILL, WHAT WE REFER TO THEM AS SIGNIFICANT TREES.
SO HER, THE REGULATIONS, ANY TREE THAT IS OVER 24 INCHES, DIAMETER, BREAST HEIGHT IS DETERMINED TO BE A SIGNIFICANT TREE.
ANYTHING THAT'S GREATER THAN EIGHT INCHES IN DIAMETER OR MORE IS CONSIDERED A TREE AND SOMETHING THAT THEY DO TALLY AS FAR AS, UM, HOW MANY ARE BEING REMOVED AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO AGAIN, KIND OF, YOU CAN SEE THE BLUE LINE HERE THAT GOES ALONG THE SOUTH CAROLINA, 46.
AND AGAIN, IT IS A VERY TWO AND A HALF MILES.
SO TRYING TO GO THROUGH ALL HERE, UM, CONTINUING THROUGHOUT THERE, THERE'S THE, UH, CIRCLE AT NEW RIVERSIDE.
HERE'S WHERE THE DEVELOPMENT THAT IS OCCURRING RIGHT NOW FOR THE, UH, THE PUBLICS, THE,
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UM, THE BARN PROPERTY, AS WELL AS, UM, THOSE OTHER CORNERS THERE.AND AGAIN, ONCE I GO THROUGH HERE, THERE'LL BE SOME MORE PHOTOS AGAIN, OF THOSE TREES.
CONTINUING ON, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE IS AN AREA OF THE PROJECT THAT IS LOCATED IN UNINCORPORATED BUFORD COUNTY.
SO HERE'S, UM, PALMETTO TOWNS, LANDINGS AT NEW RIVERSIDE, BOTH RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.
UM, AND THEN IT DOES PROCEED TO EXTEND INTO THE COUNTY PROPERTY.
AND THE PROJECT LIMITS DO END HERE AT IT ROAD AND SOUTH CAROLINA HIGHWAY 46, B FOR COUNTY HAS APPROVED THE PROJECT FOR THE IMPACT IN THE COUNTY AREA OF THE PROJECT GOING THROUGH HERE.
AND WHAT IS ATTACHED TO THE PACKET.
AND WHAT IS POSTED IS THERE IS A TOTAL OF 137 TREES THAT ARE PROPOSED TO BE REMOVED AGAIN WITHIN THE TOWN LIMITS.
WHAT, UM, YOU'VE HEARD JASPER WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY, AS WELL AS TOWN STAFF WILL FEEL LOCATE TREE PROTECTION, FENCE TREE PROTECTION FENCING IN ORDER TO POTENTIALLY REDUCE THE NUMBER OF REMOVALS.
SO IT'S, UM, AGAIN, ONCE YOU GET OUT THERE IN THE FIELD FIELD CONDITIONS, WE WILL, WE WILL WORK WITH, WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE LEAST IMPACT AS POSSIBLE.
UH, OTHER PROPOSALS INCLUDE A CERTIFIED ARBORIST THAT WOULD BE ON SITE TO OVERSEE THE CONSTRUCTION, UM, AGAIN, AROUND THOSE SIGNIFICANT TREES TO LIMIT DISTURBANCE AND TO ENSURE THAT THE BEST PRACTICES FOR THE TREE PRESERVATION ARE FOLLOWED, WHETHER THAT'S A DIRECTIONAL BORE, UM, MOVING SLIGHTLY ONE DIRECTION OR ANOTHER, UH, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED ONSITE CONTINUING ON.
UM, THERE ARE 10 SIGNIFICANT TREES.
THEY ARE NOT LIVE OAKS, THERE'S OTHER OAKS, UM, RED OAKS, UH, OTHER OAKS LAUREL OAKS THAT ARE, UM, PROPOSED TO BE REMOVED.
AND AGAIN, THERE ARE ALSO OTHER TREES THAT ARE OUTLINED THERE, SEVERAL PINE TREES OF SIGNIFICANT SIZE.
AGAIN, THOSE OAKS, AS WELL AS OMEGA BALL PUBLIC PROJECT APPLICATION.
AND THERE IS REVIEW CRITERIA THAT TOWN'S STAFF USES WHEN REVIEWING A PROJECT.
AND IT DOES ALSO GO BEFORE THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE, THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE IS COMPRISED OF OTHER TOWNS STAFF FROM THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, BUILDING SAFETY, AS WELL AS THE FIRE MARSHALL AND THE UTILITY PROVIDERS.
SO THEY HAVE REVIEWED AND PROVIDED COMMENTS ON THE APPLICATION AND THE REVIEW CRITERIA ARE LOCATED ON YOUR SCREEN.
UM, ESSENTIALLY IT NEEDS TO BE IN CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UM, IF IT'S IN A HISTORIC DISTRICT THAT IT COMPLIES WITH, WITH THOSE REQUIREMENTS AND ANY CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS REQUIREMENTS THAT MAY BE REQUIRED.
AND ALSO THE, UM, THE PUBLICIZED METHODS TO NOTIFY THE PUBLIC OF THE PROJECTS.
AND ONCE THIS CONTINUES TO PROCEED, BOTH BUFORD, JASPER, WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY ARE WELL AWARE OF THAT.
AND DO YOU HAVE A PLAN AS FAR AS HOW TO SIGN IT, WHERE TO PLACE THOSE SIGNS AND TO WORK WITH THE MEDIA, TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT ALL OF THAT IS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.
HERE'S WHERE I WILL SHOW SOME PICTURES AGAIN, THIS IS THE AREA OF THE NEW RIVER TRAIL HERE YOU CAN SEE KIND OF IN THE RED WHERE THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON PROPERTY IS, AND THIS SHOWS YOU A PERSPECTIVE OF THE TREES IN THAT AREA.
SO THERE'S THE ENTRANCE AND HERE, SOME OF THE TREES, AND AGAIN, THE TREES ARE LOCATED WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY.
HOWEVER, THEY DO PROVIDE, LIKE I SAID, THAT VISUAL SEPARATION, LET ME STOP YOU FOR A MINUTE, HEATHER, SINCE THIS IS A WORKSHOP.
SO YOU'RE JUST TELLING US A SIGNIFICANT TREES THAT EVERYTHING ON THAT BUFFER'S COMING DOWN, NOT NECESSARILY, NO.
SO THERE ARE SOME TREES, AGAIN, IT'S THE TREES OF WHAT WE HAD THEM LOOK AT AS TREES.
WELL, WHAT THE REGULATIONS REQUIRE IS ANY TREE THAT'S EIGHT INCHES OR MORE.
AND THEN THE 24 INCHES IS SIGNIFICANT TREES.
I DIDN'T PULL IT UP HERE, BUT THERE IS THE PLANS FROM BUFORD, UM, DESPERATE, UH, WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY THAT OUTLINED ALL OF THE TREES THAT ARE EXED OUT.
AND YOU CAN SEE SNIPPETS OF HERE THAT SHOWS WHAT IS CLEAR.
SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A FULL CLEARED AREA, UM, BUT IT MAY BE IN PARTS.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE HAVEN'T, UM, GONE THAT FAR RIGHT NOW.
WE'VE JUST PROVIDED OUR REVIEW COMMENTS AND, UM, THEY HAVE NOT YET ADDRESSED EXACTLY HOW IT'S GOING TO GET DONE IT JUST SO WE'LL BE AWARE THAT PICTURE, THAT YOU IS THIS BLACK AND WHITE, YOU HAVE, AND YOU HAVE LIKE EIGHT EXES, BUT THEN THERE ARE A LOT OF LITTLE BLACK SQUIGGLIES OR, OR JUST THE EIGHT IS COMING DOWN OR ALL THE LITTLE SQUIGGLIES THAT ARE THE RED AXIS.
THE RED XS ARE THE TREES THAT ARE COMING DOWN.
WHAT WE DID WAS SUPERIMPOSED THE
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PICTURE ON THEIR PLANS.SO HERE YOU'LL SEE THE, UM, HERE'S THE ROAD, HERE'S THE RIGHT OF WAY WITH THE DASH.
UM, AND THEN YOU WILL SEE SOME OTHER, SOME OTHER EXES, YES.
THAT ARE EX OUT THAT ARE WHAT WE DIDN'T NECESSARILY TALLY IS TREES THAT WOULD BE COMING OUT WETLANDS AREA.
UM, AGAIN, JUST TRYING TO GIVE A SENSE OF WHAT'S COMING OUT.
THIS PICTURE HERE REPRESENTS THIS INTERSECTION HERE.
SO THIS AREA HERE ARE THESE, I GUESS, BUT LOOKING DOWN THERE.