Jul 19, 2021 Public Facilities Committee

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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THINK IT'S POST UP TO TWO O'CLOCK THAT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND START IF YOU WOULD RISE FOR THE PIPES OF THE REGIONS 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 LIBERTY JUSTICE FOR

ALL. >> THIS IS MAY. I'M SORRY.

THIS IS A JULY THE 19TH AND THAT'S A PUBLIC FACILITIES COMMITTEE BEAUFORT COUNTY AND I BELIEVE THAT WE'VE PROBABLY DONE THE NOTIFICATIONS FOR CORRECTLY.

YES, I SEE YOU'RE NOT. SARA. THAT'S GOOD.

BEFORE WE GET STARTED, LET'S GO AROUND THE ROOM AND JUST TO INTRODUCE EVERYBODY KNOWS WHO IS WHO IS HERE. AND I'LL START WITH THAT AND WE'LL GO AROUND THIS WAY.

VAN WELL IT'S GENERAL LEADER HUCKABEE WITH COUNTRY AND SIDE TRACKS FOR JIM CROW.

OK, TIFFANY VAUGHN YOU FOR INADEQUATE COUNSEL THOMAS FRIEDMAN, CLARK COUNTY.

I'M SORRY. ROBIN ZERO. THEREFORE I LEARNED TO COUNSEL FOR TAYLOR COUNTY ATTORNEY WHICH THE DEPUTY COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR HERE PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE HERE. ORDERING IT'S NOT CHEAP FOR COUNTING TOP GIVING HIM BEFORE COUNTY ERIC GREENWAY FOR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AND HE YOUR GLOVER TO SEEK THREE COUNSEL.

GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH OK. THE FIRST THING WE HAVE IS THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.

[4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA]

YES. WHAT ON IS WHAT IS A RECEIPT OF LEGAL ADVICE WE'RE GETTING DEPENDING CLAIMS AND THE OTHER IS A DISCUSSION OF A PERSON WHO AN EMPLOYEE REGULATED BY A PUBLIC BODY. OK. ANY OTHER CHANGES TO THE AGENDA SEEING NOT HAVING APPROVED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA? NO MOVE, CHAIRMAN.

>> I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT. SECOND ALSO. OK.

ANY OBJECTION SAYING NO OBJECTION. THE AGENDA IS APPROVED.

NEXT ITEM WE HAVE IS THE APPROVAL OF OUR MINUTES FROM MAY 17TH FOR THE COMMITTEE.

HOPEFULLY GET A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THOSE AND PASS ALONG ANY CORRECTIONS BUT I'M SORRY.

APPROVAL THE MINUTE FULL FRAME. YES. SO I DIDN'T SEE THE MOTION YET.

I'M SORRY. WE PROBABLY EITHER APPROVE OF OR HAVE TO APPROVE THE AMENDED AGENDA. GOOD THING WE HAD OUR CLERKS HERE TO KEEP ME ON THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW. NOW I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AMENDED AGENDA.

I'LL MOVE IT AGAIN, MR. CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU, BRIAN.

I'LL SEE YOU THEN. OK. I ASSUME THERE'S NO OBJECTIONS AND IF SO THE AMENDED OBJECTION AGENDA IS APPROVED AS AMENDED THAT DOES MOVE US TO THE

[5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – MAY 17, 2021]

OKAY. SECOND, I'LL SAY OK OBJECTIONS SAYING NOT THE MINUTES FROM MAY 17 APPROVED WITHOUT OBJECTION. THAT TAKES US TO ITEM NUMBER SIX WHICH IS A DISCUSSION ON

[6. TRANSPORTATION SALES TAX REFERENDUM DISCUSSION]

JARED CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M GET OFF BASE BUT THE COUNTY IS IN THE MIDDLE OF PUTTING TOGETHER THE 10 YEAR TRANSPORTATION PLAN WHICH ACTUALLY WAS A LOT OF DOLLARS AND THE TERM BEAUFORT BILLION GOT POINT THIS AS PART OF THAT. BUT I THINK YOU'RE NO ACTUALLY THE FIRST PASS OF IT WAS REALLY ABOUT ONE QUARTER BILLION OVER THE 10 YEARS IN ITS CURRENT DOLLARS. AND RELATIVE TO A POTENTIAL REFERENDUM WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS AT COMMITTEE IN THE PAST AND AND THE COUNCIL'S DIRECTION WAS THAT WE NOT THAT WE WOULD DO ONE BUT WE COULD NEEDED TO CONTINUE TO EVALUATE ONE. I ALSO HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH SEVERAL OF THE MAYORS THAT ACKNOWLEDGED THAT IT PROBABLY DOES NEED ONE AND WHAT I SEE

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SO THERE'S A REASON EVERYBODY IS UP TO SPEED ON WHAT THE DOLLARS THAT ARE THAT ARE FLOATING AROUND THAT THAT WOULD GIVE THE STAFF A COUPLE OF MONTHS TO ACTUALLY DO A LOT OF DETAIL WORK BECAUSE IF IN FACT WE WERE TO DO ONE NOW THERE'S A FAIR AMOUNT OF WORK THAT'S REQUIRED IN ORDER TO DEVELOP ITEMS AND IN DOING IT THAT WAY WILL ALLOW SOME TIME SO THAT IT'S NOT INTERFERING CONFUSING THE PUBLIC WITH THE REFERENDUM ON LOSS THAT IS CURRENTLY IN PROCESS. SO WHAT I WANT TO DO IS JUST WALK THROUGH IT.

BASICALLY SLIGHTLY UPDATED PRESENTATION THAT I USED. WE WITH THE MAYORS AND I THINK I'M SURE WITH COUNCIL PAST. BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU A KIND OF AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. SO YOU SHOULD HAVE ON YOUR SCREEN THE FIRST OF FIVE PAGES AND THIS IS JUST CAPTURING THE THE THE DOLLARS AND GO TO THE ONE THAT HAS NORTHERN BEAUFORT COUNTY OR THE SAME SEQUENCE I CAN READ FROM THE SCREEN NOW YOU GET THE RIGHT SLIDE UP THERE. IT'S POSSIBLE WHEN I SEND IT OVER I HAD IT IN OR OUT.

OK, HERE WE GO. SO IF YOU KIND OF LOOK AT THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY AND YOU LOOK IN MILLIONS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS DOWN THE LEFT HAND SIDE ARE KIND OF A ROUGH CUT. AND YOU KNOW WHAT THE THE VARIOUS PROJECTS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED. AND THEN THERE'S A LARGE NUMBER OF SMALLER ONES BUT ALL OF THAT ADDS UP TO ABOUT SEVEN HUNDRED NINETY MILLION DOLLARS. AND ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE ARE SOME OBSERVATIONS WHEN YOU LOOK ACROSS THE COUNTY. IT'S A IT'S A HIGHER COST PER CAPITA PER PERSON IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY, THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY. IT'S ALSO GOT A HIGHER COST PER VEHICLE MILE AND IT STRIKES ME THAT OTHER FUNDING AVENUES ARE SOMEWHAT LIMITED. OK, AND WITH YOU IF I COULD INTERRUPT REAL QUICK I'M LOOKING AT YOUR LIST AND I'M NOT SURE I AGREE THAT SOME OF THESE PROJECTS ARE ARE NECESSARY AND THAT WOULD CHANGE YOUR CALCULATIONS REGARDING 0 HOUSEWORK, CAPITAL COSTS OR VEHICLE EVERYTHING AND SO. SO YOU KNOW, I JUST THINK MORE

ABOUT WHAT YOU HAVE ON THE LIST HERE. >> BRIAN, YOU'RE CORRECT.

THIS IS JUST A STARTING POINT. IT'S NOT SAYING THAT THESE ARE THE ONES I THINK THERE WILL BE A LOT OF REFINING AS WE GO FORWARD AND YOU'RE CORRECT. IF SO, THEN HOW CAN WE COP TO TALK ABOUT THE HIGH COST PER CAPITA OF THE HIGH COST PER VEHICLE MILE IF WE CAN'T AGREE

ON WHAT MILES WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? >> WELL, I THINK IN TERMS OF THE INITIAL PASS FROM STAFF THAT IS A CORRECT NUMBER. NOW IF ITEMS FALL OUT THEN OF COURSE THAT WOULD TOTALLY INFLUENCE THE NUMBER YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

BUT IT IS THE CALCULATED NUMBER BASED ON WHAT WHAT'S IN THE 10 YEAR PLAN THAT'S GOING TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. SO I DON'T DISAGREE WITH YOU.

I THINK IT IS THAT IT IS WHAT IT IS AS A FIRST PASS. IT ALSO STRIKES ME THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LOWER IMPACT FEES IN THIS PART OF THE COUNTY. THERE'S SOME LIMITATIONS ON WHERE WE'RE GOING TO FIND OTHER FUNDING AND MY PERSONAL OBSERVATION IS THAT UNLIKE THE BLUFFTON AREA WITH ITS HIGH GROWTH WE DON'T SEE A LOT OF PRESSING REQUIREMENTS.

SO THAT DOES MEAN THAT THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE VERY PRESSING OF COURSE AND A BREAKDOWN OF WHERE THOSE PIECES FALL. YOU CAN SEE THE PERCENTAGES ABOUT 71 PERCENT HAS TO DO WITH ACCESS MANAGEMENT. TWELVE PERCENT FOR WIDENING, EIGHT PERCENT FOR SWEET STREETSCAPE AND 5 PERCENT FOR NEW ROADS. SO IF I IF I THINK ABOUT IT IN TERMS OF A POTENTIAL REFERENDUM AT SOME POINT THERE'S NOT A LOT OF OTHER FUNDING ALTERNATIVES AND IF YOU TOOK THE CURRENT VALUE OF WHAT IS BEING COLLECTED ON THE SALES TAX AND LOOKED AT OVER EIGHT YEARS AND ASSUME 40 PERCENT WENT TO THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY,

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NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. OK. JUST KIND OF LOOKING AT HILTON HEAD AND IT'S GOT SOME PIECES IN THERE RELATIVE TO WHAT HAPPENS.

AND WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY AND THE 278 CORRIDOR BEYOND WHAT IS IN THE TO 78 CORRIDOR PROJECT AND THERE MAY BE A PIECE AND SUBSEQUENTLY ADDED HAS TO DO WITH THE SEAT BY CIRCLE WHICH MAY BE REACHING CAPACITY. BUT GIVEN THAT WE'VE GOT THE CORRIDOR FACE TAKING CARE OF MOST OF WHAT'S NEEDED THAT TENDS TO BE A LITTLE BIT SMALLER.

NO. OF COURSE THERE'S A LOWER COST PER CAPITA LOWER COST PER VEHICLE MILE. NOT A LOT OF IMPACT FEES BECAUSE THERE'S LITTLE GROWTH ON HELPING IT. SOME OF IT SOME FUNDING WILL TEND TO BE THE AVAILABLE I DON'T SEE A LOT OF PRESSING REQUIREMENTS AT THIS POINT IN TIME BUT IT'S WHAT THEY DO SPEND WHAT'S IN THE PLAN WOULD BE HIGH CAPACITY INCREASE AND FAIRLY LOW ON THE ACCESS MANAGEMENT. SO IF YOU ALLOCATED 10 PERCENT OF THE REFERENDUM WOULD RIBAUT 35 MILLION TENDS TO BE NEEDED FOR PASSAGE. SO LAST TO BE A GOOD CASE TO BE MADE BUT I THINK THE COUNTY HAS BEEN VERY GENEROUS IN TERMS OF APPROVING THE LAST REFERENDUM AND THEREFORE I THINK HELPING THAT IS A STRONG CASE TO BE MADE THAT THEY THEY'LL BUY THE PRETTIEST FOR IT BECAUSE THEY THEY BECAUSE THE CORONER GOT THAT BRINGS US THEN TO THE BLUFFTON SIDE. THIRD SLIDE IF YOU WOULD CENTER THAT PLEASE.

>> OK, THIS IS KIND OF A LOOK AT THE ARTERY WALLS AND THERE'S A COUPLE OF COUPLE OF INTERESTING PIECES HERE. ONE HAS TO DO WITH THE CONNECTION FROM THE SOUTH TO THE EAST IF YOU WILL THINK ABOUT FROM SAVANNAH TO TO HILTON HEAD AND MAKE A SLIGHTLY LARGER AND THERE'S A ONE ONE ALTERNATIVE IF THAT IS IN THERE WHICH WOULD BE TO CONNECT FROM FORTY SIX WHICH IS TO ALL THE WAY OUT TO. WHICH WOULD BE FORTY SIX FROM BUCK ISLAND TO 170 WHICH IS THE BIG CIRCLE AND THEN HAVE A WIDENING OF BUCK ISLAND.

BUT IN TERMS OF TALKING TO THE STAFF IN TERMS OF TALKING OFTEN THAT'S FINE THAT WOULD BE IS NOT ATTRACTIVE BECAUSE IT WOULD TAKE A LOT OF TRAFFIC TO THE HISTORIC AND THE MORE HISTORIC DISTRICT. ANOTHER PIECE THAT IS A POSSIBILITY IN ALL OF THIS IS THE SO-CALLED FIVE B. YOU MAY REMEMBER THIS WAS IN I THINK THE 2000 SIX REFERENDUM THAT WE RAN OUT OF MONEY THAT WAS LEFT IN FRONT OF US IN CASE THERE WAS OTHER STATE MONEY THAT COULD BE FOUND. BUT THAT HAS NOT BEEN FOUND. IT'S ALSO ONE THAT'S A POLITICALLY SENSITIVE IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE LOCAL RESIDENTS DO AND DON'T WANT IT.

AND THERE'S TWO OTHER PIECES OF IT. ONE WOULD BE WHAT I WOULD CALL IT CONNECTORS TO THE WEST AND THE NORTH AND YOU COULD THINK ABOUT THAT ON ONE 70 RUNNING FROM 278 TO 462 AND LATS HAS DONE A STUDY ON THAT AND THERE'S NEAR-TERM, MID-TERM AND LONG TERM SECTIONS OF THAT. WE HAVE APPROVED THE DESIGN FOR THE NEAR-TERM PIECE AND THAT CONTRACT IS UNDER WAY. THE OTHER WOULD BE WHETHER OR NOT 278 NEEDS TO BE WIDENED FROM 170 THROUGH JASPER COUNTY HOW TO WRITE NINETY FIVE. THAT'S OUTSIDE THE COUNTY BUT IT'S WHERE WE YOU KNOW IT'S WE AS A COUNTY DEPENDENT ON THAT AND IF IT STARTS TO EXCEED CAPACITY IT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO CONSIDER BEING PART OF THE FUNDING EQUATION IN TERMS OF FUNDING STRATEGY'S FOR THESE THE. I THINK THAT THESE ARE ONES THAT GENERALLY WE NEED TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE DELEGATION, THE OKATIE

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CLEARLY THERE'S PRESSING REQUIREMENTS THERE ON US AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE HOW IT BREAKS OUT, IT'S ABOUT 48 PERCENT WIDENING 27 PERCENT ACCESS MANAGEMENT 21 PERCENT NEW ROADS . SO IF 50 PERCENT OF THE POWER OF AN EIGHT YEAR REFERENDUM WAS ALLOCATED BE ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY MILLION DOLLARS, A LOT OF JUSTIFICATION ON GROWTH BUT AGAIN A LITTLE BIT UP TO THE SOUTH THE BROAD FOCUS AS TO WHETHER THEY LIKE IT.

>> THE LAST PAGE WOULD BE AND THIS IS KIND OF A REALLY A WHAT IF DON'T DON'T TAKE THE NUMBERS FOR WHAT YOU AND I JUST STUCK SOME NUMBERS IN TO BE REFINED BUT IT DOES STRIKE ME THAT SOUTH OF THE BROAD WHERE WAS FAIRLY HEAVILY DEPENDENT ON A REFERENDUM THIS I THINK IMPACT FEES ARE GOING TO CONTRIBUTE HOW HE GETS SOME FROM THE FED, SOME FROM THE STATE, SOME FROM THE COUNTY YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY GET SOME FROM JESTER AN DESPERATE HARDY VILLE TO HEAD UP TO THAT 374 AND NOW STRONG SUPPORT FROM BLUFFTON BE REQUIRED IF WE DO THIS IF BROUGHT AGAIN A REFERENDUM FUNDING WOULD BE A BIG PIECE. BUT I THINK SOME OF THE OTHER ONES YOU KNOW, TEND TO BE A LITTLE BIT SMALLER. SO IT ACTUALLY LEAVES A VERY LARGE NUMBER THAT 528 WHICH WOULD BE THE ONES THAT YOU DO EVEN WITH SOME OF THOSE FINDINGS WE STILL HAVE PROBABLY GOT TO DO A LOT OF TRIMMING AND COMING BACK TO BRIAN'S POINT SO MY THOUGHT PROCESS IS THAT, YOU KNOW, BRING EVERYBODY UP TO DATE, LET THE STAFF DO THEIR THING FOR THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS, OBVIOUSLY HAVE INTERFACE WITH THEIR COUNTERPARTS IN THE MUNICIPALITIES WITHIN THE STATE AND COME BACK TO US BEFORE YEAR END WITH A MORE DEFINITIVE PROPOSAL ON WHETHER WE SHOULD OR SHOULDN'T HAVE A REFERENDUM AND IF SO WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE AND HOW LONG WE MIGHT MIGHT HAVE IT FOR.

SO THAT'S KIND OF I THOUGHT AS WE JUST OPEN UP FOR DISCUSSION AND COMMENTS AS WE MOVE MOVE THIS REVIEW WITH THE STAFF WHICH WE'VE ALREADY DIRECTED THEM TO DO, WE JUST CONTINUE DOING THIS. SO OPEN IT UP FOR ANY COMMENTS OR A CONVERSATION AT THIS POINT. I KNOW I THREW A LOT AT YOU REAL QUICKLY.

>> BUT I ALSO WANT TO TALK MAKE AN IMAGE OF THIS. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU. WITH ALL OF THESE PROJECTS ACTUALLY TAKE OFF AND THAT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT STORY BUT AT LEAST IT ALLOWS FOR DISCUSSION AT THIS TIME IN INCLUSION AND JUST JUST RECENTLY THERE WAS A BOTTLENECK AND ON ST. HELENA MLK AND C C PARKWAY MERGES AND GOT ME THINKING THAT SOMETHING MAY HAVE TO BE DONE IN THAT

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YOU SEE WHAT I SAW THE POSSIBILITIES ON COMMUNITY SEVERAL YEARS AGO REFUSE TO ALLOW OR FIVE LANE. WE'LL SEE. HOLD IT.

I THINK WE NEED EAST. I NEED TO STAY WITHIN THAT SPIRIT THAT TWO OR THREE LANES IS PERMISSIBLE. AND LET'S SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. PARTICULAR AREA WHAT I CALL THE CALL A COMMUNITY WHICH WOULD BE FROM SEEING ALL THE ELEMENTS GO THE WEST I MEAN EAST SIDE OF IT TO PROBABLY THE POST OFFICE WHICH WOULD BE THE WESTERN SIDE SEEING WHAT CAN BE DONE IN THAT AREA TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC. AND IF WE NEED TO START LOOKING AT ALTERNATIVE ROUTING, LET'S GO AHEAD AND PLAN FOR IT NOW SO THAT WE CAN SORT OF CARVE OUT THAT SECTION.

SO I JUST WANNA STAY UP TO KIND OF THIS IS NOTHING IN THE NEAR FUTURE WITH THE STAFF TO START LOOKING AT IT AND START PLANNING FOR SOME CONSIDERATIONS FOR THAT AREA OF SINGLE LIKE YOU. OUR CURRENT IF I MIGHT DESCRIBE .

ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU FOR FOR WRAPPING THIS UP TO GIVE US SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT IN RELATION TO THIS WHOLE PROJECT. I THINK THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD CLEARLY WE'LL SEE SEE THE NUMBERS NORTH AND NORTH OF THE BROAD START TO CHANGE AND COME DOWN A LITTLE. BUT THERE'S SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE CLEARLY JUST NOT NECESSARY. YOU KNOW, MAYBE A TOP OF MY HEAD THE PARRIS ISLAND TO CONTRAST PARKWAY THE ACTUAL HIGHWAY 21 YOU KNOW, IT'S ALREADY FOUR LANES THERE MIGHT BE SOME IMPROVEMENT. YOU KNOW, CERTAIN SECTIONS OF IT AS FAR AS ACCESS MANAGEMENT AND CROSSOVERS MAYBE A LIGHTER TO ALONG THE WAY AND THEN ALSO 21 THROUGH THE DOWNTOWN AREA. BEAUFORT, I DOUBT VERY MUCH YOU KNOW, YOU'LL SEE WE ACTUALLY TOOK AWAY RECENTLY BUT THEN MEMORY TOOK AWAY FOREIGN LANDS AND BROUGHT IT DOWN TO TWO LANES THROUGH THAT SECTION WOULD INCLUDE CARTER ADD IN BOUNDARY STREET.

SO I DOUBT THAT THERE'S MUCH IMPROVEMENT THAT THAT THERE WOULD BE ANY KIND OF CAUSE TO MAKE PEOPLE VOTE FOR. BUT THERE ARE SOME PROJECTS ON THERE THAT ARE CLEARLY WORTH TALKING ABOUT. YEAH, I GO BACK TO THE LIST I DON'T HAVE IT RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME BUT THERE ARE A COUPLE PROJECTS CLEARLY NORTH OF THE BROAD THAT ARE WARRANTED AT THIS TIME AND PROBABLY OVERDUE ALREADY. SO YEAH IT GIVES SOME TALK ABOUT AND GOOD LUCK TO START TRYING TO WHITTLE IT DOWN TO IT UNTIL IT GETS TO BE SOMETHING THAT IS DOABLE WITH A REFERENDUM FOR IT TO AT LEAST GIVE THE VOTERS A CHOICE.

I THINK GIVEN WHAT'S ON THE LIST RIGHT NOW YOU WOULDN'T GET A LOT OF SUPPORT.

THERE WOULDN'T BE VERY MUCH SUPPORT FOR COUNTY RESIDENTS TO BE ASKED TO PAY FOR ANY IMPROVEMENTS IN JASPER COUNTY. AND QUITE FRANKLY I DON'T THINK WE'VE EXHAUSTED WHERE THE RELIANCE OR THE REQUEST TO THE STATE TO STEP UP FOR THEIR RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR ROADS WITHIN BEAUFORT COUNTY. SO BUT THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP THE TOPIC.

CHAIR LARRY, I SEE YOUR HAND. I GUESS THAT WAS A NO OK. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? GEORGE, ANY COMMENTS ON SO. OKAY WELL LET'S LET'S LEAVE IT AT THAT.

ONE OTHER THING I THINK IT'S THE STAFF LOOKS AT IT. THERE'S TWO PIECES OF WHAT WE DO A REFERENDUM. WE DON'T WANT TO LIVE WITH IT WHETHER WHEN WE NEED TO DO IT.

WHERE DO WE START IN 20 TO START STARTING 24? AND I THINK THE OTHER PIECE IS HOW LONG IT MIGHT RUN AND WHEN I WAS ORIGINALLY STARTED THINKING ABOUT THIS I JUST NATURALLY ASSUME WE MIGHT DO IT IN FOUR YEAR CHUNKS. BUT AS JERRY JUST POINTED OUT THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE VERY LOW INTEREST RATES NOW CONSTRUCTION COSTS ARE RISING FASTER AND IT'S ACTUALLY MAYBE A GOOD TIME IF WE DO ONE TO ACTUALLY LOOK OUT FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME AS I STARTED TO COME AROUND TO HIS WAY OF THINKING THAT LONGER RATHER THAN SHORTER YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOMETHING TO SERIOUSLY CONSIDER. SO OK, I THINK THAT HOW WELL I THINK ON THIS WE DO NEED TO INTERFACE WITH LATS ON THIS MAY HAVE SOME KIND I'VE TALKED

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[EXECUTIVE SESSION]

AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK OUT AND DO THE REST OF OUR AGENDA BY DOING WRITING AHEAD. YES, WE'RE BACK ON. OK.

WE'RE WE'RE BACK IN OUR REGULAR PUBLIC FACILITIES AND WE HAVE NO ACTION ITEMS COMING OUT

[7. INTRODUCTION OF THE COUNTY FACILITIES 10 YEAR PLAN]

WE'LL LET HIM GO. WELL LET'S IF THERE'S ACTUALLY ME TO ACTUALLY GO.

OK, I YES I WOULD. I APOLOGIZE. YES, SIR.

BACK IN MY KIND OF TAKE US INTRODUCTION. RIGHT.

THEY WILL NOT MAKE BACK IN JULY 2012 AND CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATES BEGAN A COMPANY UPS'S COMPREHENSIVE SPACE NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND MASTER MASTER FOR THE COUNTY.

THE COUNTY OWNS ONE HUNDRED AND FOUR FACILITIES THAT STUDY WHAT YOU WILL SEE ASSESSED 50 TO BUILDINGS OF THE HUNDRED AND FOUR FACILITIES IN 2020. OUR DEPARTMENT STAFF HERE AT THE COUNTY EMPLOY 1000 ARE 8 9 EMPLOYEES. THIS SPACE NEEDS ASSESSMENT ALSO INCLUDES THE BIG THREE ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENTS THAT CURRENTLY RESIDE APPROXIMATELY SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND SQUARE FEET OF BUILDING SPACE. THE PROJECTED 30 YEAR PLAN IS THAT YOU WILL SEE WHEN WE SEND THIS OUT LATER TODAY IT'S BASED ON AS BASED ON POPULATION CREATED IDENTIFY AS A COUNTY EMPLOYEE GROWTH OF 60 PERCENT OVER THE NEXT 30 YEARS WHICH WILL TAKE US TO TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY SEVEN EMPLOYEES AND WITH A 100 PERCENT NEED OF ADDITIONAL SPACE. TOTALING ONE MILLION TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND SQUARE FEET. SO OUR SQUARE FOOTAGE OVER THE NEXT 30 YEARS IS PROJECTED TO DOUBLE AND OUR POPULATION FOR EMPLOYEES WILL ALMOST DOUBLE DURING THAT TIME.

THE COST OF THE FACILITY PLAN THAT YOU WILL SEE WILL TOTAL THREE HUNDRED BILLION DOLLARS.

JARED WILL SEND THIS OUT LATER TODAY TO YOU ALL. THE DRAFT COPY.

THERE ARE A LOT OF PROPERTIES IN THERE. A LOT OF CONCEPTS THERE THAT WE KNOW WILL CHANGE AND CONCEPTS THAT WE WILL NOT DO OR ENTERTAIN.

BUT THIS IS A ROUGH DRAFT. WE WANT TO GET IT IN YOUR HANDS AS REQUESTED BY COUNCILMAN FLEW ALLEN TO GIVE YOU AMPLE TIME TO REVIEW THE STUDY SO THAT WHEN WE DO A WORKSHOP THAT YOU ALL WILL BE ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT IT AND NOT HAVEN'T SEEN THE STUDY FOR THE FIRST TIME.

SO IT'S A VERY COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF OUR CURRENT SITUATION AND OUR FUTURE NAMES . CREECH AND ASSOCIATES DID A REALLY GOOD JOB.

JERRY DID A GREAT JOB. MARK ROSEN AND ALL OF THE STAFF MEMBERS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE STUDY DID AN EXCELLENT JOB WITH COMING UP WITH A SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS IN THAT.

BUT AGAIN, WE UNDERSTAND THAT IT WILL NEED TO BE TWEAKED, THAT IT WILL NEED TO CHANGE SOMEWHAT. AND WE'RE CERTAINLY OPEN TO HAVING THAT DISCUSSION WITH THE COUNCIL AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME. AND THAT'S ALL I WANT SEE WHY HAVING QUESTIONS FROM YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ALSO ABOUT THE PATH FORWARD, WHETHER OR NOT A

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[8. ASSISTANT COUNTY ADMINISTRATORS REPORT - JARED FRALIX]

JOHN RUBEL HAS BEEN WORKING WITH MULTIPLE FOLKS FROM THE TSA TO THEIR AIR CRAFT CARRIERS AND ALL TO FACILITATE SOME SHORT TERM IMPROVEMENTS. HE'S ACTUALLY WORKED WITH TSA AND THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED A PIECE OF SECURITY HARDWARE I BELIEVE THAT ONE WHERE JAMES AND THEY ARE GOING TO MOVE THAT INTO THE TO THE TSA SECURITY LINE HERE COMING SOON.

SO WE'VE DONE A LITTLE BIT OF CONSTRUCTION ARE WORKING ON THAT TO MAKE SPACE FOR THAT AND HOPEFULLY THAT'LL HELP SOME OF THE WEIGHT LINES THERE. ONE INTERESTING NOTE THERE FOR IS IN THE MONTH OF JUNE THERE WAS MORE TRAFFIC PASSENGER TRAFFIC PASSED THROUGH OUR AIRPORT THAN THE ENTIRE YEAR 2017. SO WE PASSED OVER FIFTY FOUR THOUSAND PASSENGERS THROUGH OUR AIRPORT OF WHICH IT'S ONLY BEEN IMPROVED BY ABOUT EIGHTEEN HUNDRED SQUARE FEET. SO YOU CAN DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND THERE IS NEED FOR IMPROVEMENT AT AIRPORT DELAYS FOR ALL WORKING TOWARDS ON OUR TERMINAL IMPROVEMENTS.

A COUPLE OTHER PROJECTS THE THINGS THAT ARE WE'RE WORKING ON WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS SPECIAL MONTH OF YOU THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE THE YEAR DURING OUR OUR BUSY SEASON IN

THE SUMMERTIME? >> THAT THAT LOOKS LIKE THE TREND.

YES. SEASONAL. YEAH.

THE SEASONAL HAS EXPANDED TO SEASONAL USED TO BE KIND OF MADE THROUGH AUGUST AND IT SEEMS LIKE EACH YEAR IS GETTING CENTER AND CENTER ALL THE WAY STARTED AND KIND PICKING UP IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR. YEAH MAYBE IT WAS REALLY HEAVY AND WE EXPECT YOU TO BE JUST AS HEAVY OR HEAVIER. SO A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING BECOME IN THE PFC IN THE NEAR FUTURE. WE'VE PUT OUT A RFP FOR A BOAT MASTER A BOAT LANDING MASTER PLAN STUDY TO TAKE A LOOK AT ALL OF OUR FACILITIES AND THEN HELP US COME UP WITH A MASTER PLAN WHAT WE SHOULD IMPROVE PRIORITY LIST AND THOSE IMPROVEMENTS.

SO WE'VE HAD SOME PROPOSERS MADE COMMENTS OF THAT AND WE'RE GOING THROUGH THAT HOPEFULLY COMING IN THE NEXT AND ALWAYS WILL COME TO BFC WITH A RECOMMENDATION OF WARD ON THAT . ANOTHER THING IS ELECTRIC VEHICLES.

SO THIS HAS BEEN DISCUSSION THROUGH STAFF AND SOME OTHER FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FROM THE FEDS. AND SO AS WE STARTED LOOKING INTO THIS AND WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR YOU FOR A COUNTY, WE QUICKLY LEARNED THAT WE ARE NOT EXPERTS IN THIS FIELD.

THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION TO DIGEST. SO WE SUGGEST THAT WE FIRST HIRE CONSULTANTS TO HELP US WITH STRATEGIZE WHAT THIS WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR US.

SO WE'RE WORKING CURRENTLY ON AN RF Q FOR A ELECTRIC VEHICLE CONSULTANT TO HELP US WITH THAT PROCESS. SO THAT WILL BE COMING UP HERE IN NOW TO THE SCHEDULED EVENTS A THROUGH D THE FIRST ONE IS AS BEING A SANTA DECAF SYSTEM UPDATE AS YOU'RE WHERE WE'VE BEEN WE'VE HAD OUR DECALS SERVICED NOW SINCE JANUARY. AND JUST LIKE TO GIVE A QUICK UPDATE OF WHAT THOSE LOOK LIKE AND ALSO A FEW OTHER UPDATES INSIDE SOLID WASTE.

SO ONLINE IS CINDY SO CINDY, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU. >> OKAY.

WE GOT OUR FISCAL YEAR 21 DATA FROM HAULING IN DISPOSAL. SARAH, I'M NOT SURE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO PULL UP THAT CHART. WE ARE. HOLD ON ONE SECOND.

THIS SLIDE IS BASICALLY PULL FROM OUR SOLID WASTE TO RECYCLING BOARD REPORT AND SHOWS THE COST OF FALLING FOR EACH OF THE TWELVE MONTHS AND THE NUMBER OF CONTAINERS THAT ARE PULLED FROM THE CONVENTION CENTER. WE STARTED THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF FISCAL YEAR 21 A FIVE AND A HALF PERCENT INCREASE IN HAULING COST TO THE TUNE OF FORTY SEVEN THOUSAND SEVENTY THREE DOLLARS. YOU CAN SEE THAT THE ORANGE BARS ARE A LITTLE OVER LAST YEAR FOR THOSE FIRST FEW MONTHS.

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ASSOCIATED WITH HAULING FROM THE CONVENIENCE CENTER'S SO TWO HUNDRED NINETY THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED FOURTEEN DOLLARS PER SAY OVER THE SAME PERIOD IF Y TWINNING IF YOU CAN PULL THE NEXT SLIDE YOU CAN SEE JUST CALLS. YOU CAN SEE THE DEFINITE TREND DOWNWARD IN JANUARY. SO IF YOU TAKE THE OVERAGE THAT WE HAD THE FIRST SIX MONTHS AND SAVINGS FROM THE LAST SIX MONTHS TOTAL HAULING SAVINGS IS TWO HUNDRED FORTY THREE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND FORTY ONE DOLLARS AND WE HAD FIFTEEN HUNDRED JUST OVER FIFTEEN HUNDRED LIST CONTAINER BILLS FROM THE SENATORS. THE NEXT SLIDE IS DISPOSAL.

THE DISPOSAL SLIDE SHOWS THE COST OF DISPOSAL FOR EACH OF THE 12 MONTHS AND THE TOTAL TONNAGE GENERATED FROM BEAUFORT COUNTY. NOW THIS IS DOES NOT JUST INCLUDE THE CONVENIENCE CENTERS. THIS ALSO INCLUDES THE RESIN DENTAL CURBSIDE THAT WE PAY FOR FROM UNINCORPORATED AND FROM THE MUNICIPALITIES.

SO THE FIRST SIX MONTHS STARTED WITH A 16 AND A HALF PERCENT INCREASE IN AN OVERAGE CALLS FROM LAST YEAR OF TWO HUNDRED SIXTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND MORE THAN SIXTY THREE HUNDRED TONS OF WASTE GENERATED. IF YOU'LL GET TO THE LAST SLOT PLEASE.

SINCE JANUARY WE HAD A 6 PERCENT. THE GREAT GRACE AND SAVINGS OF ONE HUNDRED AND SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS SAID FOR DISPOSAL WE STILL WERE OVER LASHED TO YOUR BAR HUNDRED FIFTY EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS. BUT I THINK WE'RE TRENDING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. JUST SO YOU'LL KNOW WE'VE ISSUED FORTY EIGHT THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED THIRTY NINE DECALS. WE PLAN TO GO INTO THE NEXT QUARTER WITH THE LAST OF THE REGISTRATIONS. WE'RE GOING TO DO A BRAIN YELLOW RED SYSTEM FOR ANYBODY THAT COMES INTO THE CENTERS NOW AND DOES NOT HAVE A DETAIL ON NOBODY'S BEEN TURNED WHITE OTHER THAN CONTRACTORS AT THIS MOMENT BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET ALL THE REST OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE SYSTEM. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE UNLESS YOU HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. GRETCHEN'S COMMENT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE DRIVING THE RIGHT DIRECTION. YEAH, I APPRECIATE THIS CALLER .

WITH THE EXTENSION FOR THE DISPOSAL IN MY DISTRICT IF USE AFTER TWO MONTHS BEFORE THE THIRD MONTH IS OVER WITH IF YOU STILL HAVE A PROBLEM WITH YOU PEOPLE PEOPLE NOT GETTING THE DECAF FOR WHATEVER REASON. COULD YOU JUST E-MAIL ME THOSE NAMES AND LET ME FOLLOW UP ON IT? WHAT I DON'T WANT TO SEE HAPPEN IS THAT IN OCTOBER WHEN WE GO INTO THE FULL IMPLEMENTATION DETAIL SYSTEM THAT WE START SEEING GARBAGE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY SO. IF YOU DON'T HAVE EVERYBODY SIGNING THIS, LET ME HAVE A NICE LIST OF THOSE NAMES AND SEE WHERE I CAN REACH OUT TO THEM AND WORK THINGS THROUGH.

I APPRECIATE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THE COMMENTS AT SANDY HOOK. MR. ERIC, ONE THING ON THAT GREEN THE OTHER IS SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE KIND OF SOFT OPENING SO NOBODY'S BEING TURNED AWAY. AND WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH A GREEN YELLOW RED IS THAT STARTING IN AUGUST FIRST IF SOMEBODY SHOWS UP TO THE CENTER AND THEY DO NOT HAVE A WEEK OUT, WE'RE GOING TO ISSUE THEM A GREEN CARD DURING PAPER THAT IS GOOD FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST AND IN THAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THEIR INFORMATION AGAIN AND TRY TO GET TOGETHER AND PROCESS A DECAF FOR THEM. THEN COME THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER WE'RE GOING TO THEY COME TO THE CENTER STILL HAVE DECAF.

DON'T TAKE THAT GREEN DEKALB AWAY AND GIVE THEM A TANGIBLE YELLOW CARD.

AND AGAIN, THEY'VE GOT TIME AND TO COORDINATE WITH THE COUNTY STAFF TO GET THAT DETAIL.

AND THEN LASTLY, I HAVE ONE LAST CHANCE IN OCTOBER TO COME IF THEY DON'T TAKE THAT YELLOW DEKALB WAY AND GET THEM READY CAP FOR THE LAST FINAL TANGIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO GET YOUR DECALS IN PLACE AND THEN ON NOVEMBER 1ST THEY SHOW UP AND DON'T HAVE A DECAF.

THEY'LL BE TURNED AWAY. SOUNDS LIKE IT SOUNDS LIKE A SOCCER GAME.

JOE, DID I MISS YOUR HAND? I SAY I APOLOGIZE. JOHN WAS JUST GOING TO MAKE THE COMMENT TO CINDY AND JERRY. YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THIS PARTICULAR YEAR WE'VE HAD A

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KIND OF STEADY SINCE THEN. >> SO NOW WE'RE SEEING THAT TURNOVER.

SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A STEADY FLOW PRETTY MUCH FROM HERE ON OUT DURING PEAK DECAF SYSTEM.

GERARD, HAVE YOU. HAVE YOU GIVEN THEM AN UPDATE ON OTHER JURISDICTIONS REACHING OUT TO US? NO, MADE MENTION OF IT IN THE PAST.

BUT WE HAVE HAD OTHER JURISDICTIONS BOTH IN STATE AND OUT OF STATE AS FAR AS I BELIEVE NEW JERSEY. CINDY, IS THAT SOMEWHAT SOMEWHERE UP NORTH? ASKING ABOUT OUR DECAF AND SO I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY'RE GETTING THE INTEL BUT THE WORD IS GETTING OUT AND THAT THEY'VE TRIED TO IMPLEMENT A SIMILAR SYSTEM AND HAVE FIGURED OUT A TECHNIQUE. SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THOSE ON THE INDIVIDUAL BASIS AS THEY ASK US. BUT WHO KNOWS? WE MIGHT TRADEMARK JOE'S.

JOE IS PROBABLY TALKING UP WITH HIS FRIENDS IN NEW JERSEY. RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT, SIR. A FEW OTHER THINGS BEFORE WE GET INTO THE ACTUAL AGENDA ITEMS, JUST UPDATE FOR ONE IS THE SALES TAX UPDATE ITEM B AND THEN ALSO I'M GOING TO TAKE A ITEM D AS WELL THE FUNDING FOR 270. THOSE GO HAND IN HAND.

SO JUST ON OUR QUARTERLY QUARTERLY UPDATE ON OUR 2018 SALES TAX SO TO DATE WE HAVE COLLECTED JUST OVER 100 MILLION DOLLARS OUT OF THE 120 MILLION DOLLARS.

SO THAT'S THROUGH FISCAL FOURTH HERE. FOURTH QUARTER FISCAL TWENTY TWENTY ONE. SO IT'S INTENDED THAT BY THE END OF THE YEAR WE WILL HAVE REACHED THE TWO HUNDRED TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE PROGRAM AS FAR AS THE PATHWAY THE ALGERIA VIRTUAL MEETING IS BEING HELD THROUGH THE END OF THE MONTH OF JULY ASSETS JULY 1ST, JULY 30TH. SO IF YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE YOU CAN STILL MAKE COMMENTS ON THAT PROJECT HAS BE CANNING PENNY DOT COM FORWARD SLASH MEETINGS ARE REBUILDING ROADS SIDEWALK AND BLUFFTON PARKWAY CONNECTIONS ARE BOTH FINALIZING RIGHT AWAY RIGHT NOW AND THEY'LL BE HOPEFULLY OUT TO BID FOR CONSTRUCTION THIS FALL AND THEN ALL OTHER APPROVED PATHWAYS INSIDE WALLS ARE CURRENTLY ON SCHEDULE AND GOING THROUGH THE PLANNING AND SERVING AND DESIGN PROCESS LAYS OUT A TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.

THE PROGRAM HAS APPLIED FOR THE RAISE GRANT WE HAD IN MIND EARLIER IN THE MONTH OF JULY WE APPLIED FOR TWENTY FIVE MILLION DOLLAR GRANT TOWARDS THAT PROJECT TO GO TOWARDS THE MAINLINE CORRIDOR OF TWENTY ONE AND EIGHT TO SO WE'LL CROSS OUR FINGERS ON THAT AND SEE WHAT COMES OF THAT. HE'S ALSO BEEN IN COLLABORATION WITH CITY OF BEAUTY FOR AND BE FOR A COUNTY STAFFING AND PLAYS ALLEN MIDDLE SCHOOL TO DETERMINE THE PREFERRED OPTION FOR THE LADIES OUT OF MIDDLE ACCESS ROAD. SO WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT PROJECT NOW AND THAT'LL GIVE US CONNECTIVITY ON THE NORTH EAST QUADRANT OF THE SANDS POINT TWENTY TWO AND TWENTY ONE INTERSECTION. AND LASTLY WITH THE LADIES OUTLINED PLANS IS THE AIRPORT FRONTAGE ROAD AND THE MEADOW GROWTH AND DRIVE EXTENSION ARE CURRENTLY FINALIZING THEIR CONSTRUCTION PLANS AND RIGHT AWAY EFFORTS ARE ABOUT THE PERMITS AND WE'LL HOPE TO BE GOING OUT TO BID ON BOTH OF THOSE PROPERTIES BY THE END OF THE YEAR. AND LASTLY, 278 SO ON JULY 7TH A FORTY FIVE DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD WAS STARTED AND WILL RUN THROUGH AUGUST 22ND. THIS PAST SATURDAY DFT HOSTED A COMMUNITY MEETING FOR THE STONEY COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO DISCUSS THE PROJECT PLANS.

IT WAS WELL ATTENDED ON THURSDAY. THE CITY WILL HOST THE PUBLIC HEARING THAT WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR AT THE ISLAND REC CENTER FROM 2 TO 7 P.M. VERBAL COMMENTS WILL BE RECEIVED 6 P.M. AND IF YOU'RE INTERESTED YOU CAN CHOOSE TO SPEED THINGS UP ON THE WEBSITE. PROJECT WEB SITE W W W SVP OF TEAM TO SET THE RECORD NORCO SO THAT'S THE UPDATES. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY SIX O'CLOCK COMMENTS?

>> SO THE PUBLIC HEARING IS BASICALLY AN INFORMATION CENTER AND YOU CAN COME AND THEY HAVE ALL THE DISPLAYS SO YOU CAN COME ANYTIME FROM 2 TO 7 BUT AT 6 P.M. THOSE PEOPLE THAT HAVE WISHED TO MAKE A VERBAL COMMENT ARE GOING TO BE PROVIDED THE OPPORTUNITY.

WHO WILL MAKE THOSE VERBAL COMMENTS TO TO D.A. OK, THANK YOU.

>> AND THEN JUST TO UPDATE WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THAT. >> SO D.A. FROM THAT POINT

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THEY'LL HAVE TO GO BACK TO FEDERAL HIGHWAY TO EITHER GET WHAT'S CALLED A FONZIE, FIND NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS OF WASTE THEN THEY CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT OR IF THEY ARE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS THEY'VE GOT COME THOSE IMPACTS AND THEN AT THAT POINT COME BACK TO FEDERAL HIGHWAY. SO THAT'S GONNA AFTER THIS THAT'S THE NEXT STEP IN THE TO 78 PROJECT. SO AND AS LONG AS WE STAY IN THE COURT OR ONCE APPROVED WE CAN MODIFY THE DESIGN BASED UPON FINDING ANOTHER THING THAT IS CORRECT.

SO RIGHT NOW IN ORDER TO GET APPROVAL TO GET TO THE NEXT STAGE IS WE HAVE TO FIRST GET THIS PUBLIC HEARING WHICH WE'RE DOING. SECONDLY, GO TO THE FUNDS WHICH WOULD BE THE NEXT STEP IF EVERYTHING IS FOUND SUFFICIENT. AND THEN THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES TO MODIFY AND TWEAK THE DESIGN THROUGHOUT THE DESIGN PERIOD AS LONG AS IT STAYS PREFERRED AND APPROVED CORRIDOR BY FEDERAL HARBOR. AND IF WE DON'T STAND THAT CORRIDOR, HOW LONG WILL DELAY THE PROJECT? SO WE BASICALLY HAVE TO START THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS OVER AND AT TWELVE 18 MONTHS TO THE PROJECT IF IF WE DON'T QUALIFY AS A SIGNIFICANT NO SIGNIFICANT EFFECTS. ONE OTHER NOTE AS FAR AS THE

FUNDING ON TO SYDNEY. >> SO AS YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN IN THE DOCUMENTS EITHER MY ON THE WEBSITE OR THROUGH THE NEWSPAPER THE REASONABLE ALTERNATIVE HAS BEEN PUT OUT THERE FOR CONSUMPTION AND THE COST IS SEEN TO APPEAR TO GO UP TO TO 90 TO 90 IS THEY WERE LOOKING AT A WINDOW FROM ABOUT TWO HUNDRED TWENTY TO THREE HUNDRED FIFTY.

SO ANY OF THESE SIX ALTERNATIVES THAT THEY WERE LOOKING AT WERE IN THAT RANGE.

WHAT HAD BEEN COMMITTED UP TO THAT POINT WAS TWO HUNDRED FORTY MILLION DOLLARS THE TWO HUNDRED FORTY MILLION DOLLARS WAS MADE UP OF 80 MILLION FROM THE COUNTY 2018 SALES TAX PROGRAM 40 MILLION FROM THE OKATIE BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM AND THEN 120 FROM THE GRANT THAT WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN AND OBTAINING. SO THAT WAS THE TWO 40.

SO NOW IS THE PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE THE ENGINEERED COST ON THAT IS APPROXIMATELY TWO HUNDRED NINETY MILLION. AND IN ORDER AGAIN TO GET TO THE PUBLIC HEARING AND GET A CHECK OFF FROM FEDERAL HIGHWAY WE HAVE REASONABLE AVAILABILITY OF THOSE FUNDS.

SO DEAR HE WAS ABLE TO SHOW THAT BY SHOWING WHAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY SHOWN IN OUR CIB APPLICATION AS WELL AS LOOKING AT THE COST OF THEIR BRIDGE REPLACEMENT WHICH THEY'RE THERE 40 MILLION IS ATTRIBUTED TO THE ONE OF THE FOUR BRIDGES THEY WILL BE REPLACING.

BUT BASED OFF THE COST ESTIMATES THEIR COST ESTIMATE HAS INCREASED FROM FORTY MILLION TO SIXTY FIVE MILLION. THAT SPAN. SO ALL IN ALL THIS IS THE FUNDING THAT IS ACCOUNTED FOR INSIDE OF THAT 290 MILLION. AND SO AGAIN 80 MILLION IS FROM THE COUNTY SALES TAX, 120 MILLION IS FROM THE CIB APPLICATION AND NOW SIXTY FIVE MILLION IS FROM THE DFT BRIDGE PLACEMENT FUND. THE OTHER FUNDS INCLUDE TWELVE POINT THREE MILLION DOLLARS FROM BEFORE COUNTY IMPACT FEES .

NINE MILLION DOLLARS FOR ME FOR COUNTY GEO BOND STORES. THE JENKIN ISLANDS ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS FOUR POINT TWO MILLION DOLLARS FEDERAL GOD SHARE FUNDS WHICH ARE FROM THROUGH THROUGH LATS AND THREE AND THEN THE LAST AND THREE POINT THREE DOLLARS IS FROM THE TOWN AT HILTON HEAD. READ RIGHT AWAY AND DEDICATE SO ALTOGETHER IT'S A TOTAL VALUE OF TWO HUNDRED NINETY THREE POINT EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE PROJECTED FITS WITHIN THE 290 MILLION DOLLAR THAT IS ESTIMATED FOR THE PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE. SO THAT'S ALL THE UPDATES ON THE SALES TAX PROGRAM AND 278 BLINDLY TAKING ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. THE PROCESS STARTED AS THE POSSIBILITY OF WHAT'S CALLED THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT.

I THINK MY SENSE IS THAT THAT'S OFF THE TABLE AT THIS POINT IN TIME IF I UNDERSTAND IT CORRECTLY. YES. WHAT DO YOU HAS GONE THROUGH OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS AS BEING PART OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT PROJECT? WHAT THEY'VE DONE IS BASICALLY THEY'RE MORE THAN THE BASIC THERE'S THREE LEVELS IN THAT PROCESS. THERE'S THE BASIC LIMIT AND THEN THE LONG RANGE.

BASICALLY BECAUSE WE'RE PRETTY MUCH IN THE SAME CORRIDOR BEING ABLE TO JUSTIFY THAT WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS. IF WE CAN'T STAY IN THAT PROCESS THEN WE HAVE TO GO TO THE FULL PROCESS WHICH IS THE 12 18 ADDITIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL

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FROM OUR BEFORE FOR COUNTY IMPACT FEES WE PICKED THIS WAY. >> THANK YOU.

>> AND THESE ARE ALL PART OF THE SIV APPLICATION THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED AT ONE POINT WE HAD TO UPDATE SOMETHING WITH THE. IS THAT SOMETHING WE STILL HAVE TO DO? SO WE'RE STILL IN COORDINATION WITH THE CIB TO FINALIZE THAT HUNDRED TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS. WE JUST HAVE TO FINALIZE THE PAPERWORK THAT GOES ON THAT AND THEY WANTED TO DO THAT AFTER WE GOT THROUGH THE PERIOD LAST

WAVE OF LITTERING. >> SO THE LITTERING LITTERING IS SOMETHING THAT CAME UP AT PREVIOUS MEETINGS SUCH JUST THE BRINGING BACK UP TO YOU. ALL RIGHT.

NOW WE HAVE A LITTERING CREW, THREE PEOPLE THEY HAVE SUPERVISOR AND TWO GUYS AND THEY DO A FULL TIME LITTER. AND SO IF THERE IS AN ISSUE THAT'S IDENTIFIED OR WE NOTIFIED OF A DUMPING THAT'S ILLEGAL DUMPING THAT'S TAKEN PLACE, THOSE GUYS ARE GOING AND TAKING CARE OF IT SINCE THAT GUY INSTITUTED A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK.

I THINK IT'S THEY'VE DRAMATICALLY IMPROVED WHAT WE'VE SEEN OUT THERE ON OUR LOCAL ROADWAYS. I THINK WE ALL AGREE ON THAT. SO THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCUSSION AT PREVIOUS MEANS OF WHETHER WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THAT EFFORT AND PUT MORE RESOURCES TOWARDS THAT. SO IF WE DID THAT, WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE? AND IN ORDER TO INSTALL ANOTHER CREW WE NEED A TWO MAN CREW AND THE ASSOCIATED CAPITAL VEHICLE AND STUFF THAT GOES WITH THAT. SO THAT IS NOT INCLUDED IN OUR CURRENT BUDGET BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT FOR FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATIONS BUT JUST SOMETHING TO BRING BACK SINCE IT WAS TALKED ABOUT IN PREVIOUS MEETING AND WE'LL LET YOU GUYS TALK FROM THAT. DO THEY HAVE A SENSE OF WHETHER THEY CAN KEEP UP WITH THE MILITARY THAT'S OUT THERE? WELL, I GUESS THAT'S A CHANGE IN COMMENTS.

I THINK, PAUL, THAT BROUGHT THIS UP AT ONE POINT AS TO WHETHER WE NEEDED TO EXPAND IT.

SO ANY COMMENTS ON THAT, IF I MIGHT? MR CHAIRMAN, THEY ARE DOING A GREAT JOB AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THEIR EFFORTS KNOWING THAT WELL I CAN GO ON BEAUFORT COUNTY CONNECT IN AND PINPOINT AN ILLEGAL DUMPING OR AN ACCIDENT.

SOMETIMES STUFF BLOWS OFF A TRUCK. WE ALL KNOW THAT HAPPENS.

AND SO I APPRECIATE THAT AND I THINK THERE THERE THEY'RE TAKING THE THINKING THE BIGGEST BITE OUT OF THE APPLES. BUT TO REALLY GET DOWN LITERALLY IN THIS SENSE IS DOWN INTO THE WEEDS TO GET THIS STUFF. I THINK IT REALLY IS ADVISABLE FOR US TO AT LEAST PLAN FOR ANOTHER CREW IN THE NEAR FUTURE IN ANY ANY CHANGES IN OUR CURRENT SITUATION. CURRENT YEAR BUDGET THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE PURCHASE ANOTHER VEHICLE AND PUTTING TWO NEW PEOPLE ON AS CREW.

I THINK WE REALLY SHOULD SHOULD DO THAT. IT MAKES A BIG IMPACT ON WHAT WE SEE. I WILL ECHO THOSE SENTIMENTS. ONE SEVENTY BETWEEN TO 70 EIGHT DOWN TO ARGENT USED TO BE HANDLED BY A CREW FROM RIVER BEND THAT WAS DISBANDED BECAUSE OF SAFETY ISSUES. SO THERE'S NOBODY THAT PICKS UP LITTER THERE.

THAT SECTION IS ALSO WHERE THE MAJOR VEHICLES COME CARRYING THE GARBAGE, GOING TO THE LANDFILLS AND A LOT OF THAT SPILLS OUT ONTO THE ROADWAY. SO THERE IS A DEFINITE NEED FOR ANOTHER CREW IN THE FUTURE. WE WILL EVACUATE AGAIN AS WE EVALUATE OUR STAFF AND ALSO PROVIDE A COST ESTIMATE WHAT THAT CREW AND TRUCK VEHICLE NEEDS.

IT WOULD BE A FORCE THAT WOULD JOIN BRIAN AND JOE. I'D LIKE TO THINK PUTTING OUR BEST FOOT FORWARD IN THE COUNTY PROBABLY SURPRISE WE GET BY WITH THREE FRANKLY.

SO LET'S LEAVE IT WITH STAFF. AND WHEN YOU ALL SEE THAT IT'S APPROPRIATE, I DO THINK THERE IS A SENSE OF THOSE THAT SPOKE THAT IS PROBABLY A GOOD IDEA. OK.

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