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EATING NORTH BUFORD COUNTY, NORTH REGIONAL PLAN IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE, UH, TO ORDER.
UM, AND WE'LL START WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL YOUR WORK YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO STAND UP.
AND I THINK THAT, UH, THE, UH, UH, OUR FOYER, UH, REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN MET, UM, AND I'LL LIKE TO GO AROUND AND ASK EVERYBODY TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES.
AND IF THEY'RE REPRESENTING, UH, SOMEBODY PLEASE STATE WHO THEY'RE REPRESENTING, I AM JULIANA SMITH.
I AM THE LONG RANGE PLANNER FOR BEAVER COUNTY.
I AM THE LIAISON REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE PUPIL COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION.
UM, FORMER PLANNING DIRECTOR, LOW COUNTRY COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS.
AND NOW JUST, NO, I'M ACTUALLY TAKING SOME PART IN THE PROJECT THAT'S GOING ON, UH, THE MIRROR STUDY AND I'M ALSO A CITIZEN AND MEMBER OF THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE AT BUFORD COUNTY, STEPHANIE ROSSI, PLANNING, DIRECTOR, LITTLE COUNTRY COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, ANDERSON BUFORD COUNTY PLANNING.
DO YOU HAVE A KIND OF PLANNING AND I'M LIKE, TELL ME, UM, UH, MPC AND CHAIRMAN FOR NORTH REGIONAL.
UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, ON, UH, JOINING US ON THE SCREEN ALSO COUNCIL MALITA HUCKABEE CONCERNS, RYAN KRIEGER, UM, MARINE CORPS AIR STATION.
BEEFER SHARE WITH DESIGN ENGINEERS.
UH, AND I DO APPRECIATE YOUR BOARD BEING REPRESENTED HERE.
UH, I THINK, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE REPRESENTATION HERE FOR WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.
THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF THINGS THAT, UH, WE'RE DOING HERE AND ON SOME OF THE OTHER COMMITTEES THAT HAVE DIRECT IMPACTS WITH, UH, WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD.
UM, LET'S GO TO, UH, UH, WELL, UH, I'LL STATE FOR THE RECORD HERE ALSO THAT, UM, WE DO NOT HAVE A QUORUM, SO WE WON'T BE, UM, DOING ANY VOTING, UH, UH, MAKING ANY DECISIONS RELATED TO ANY OF THE ISSUES IF THEY COME UP.
UH, I THINK MOSTLY WE HAVE UPDATES AND PRESENTATIONS.
UM, SO WE'LL MOVE ON FROM THERE.
MEETING PROBABLY WILL BE A LITTLE SHORTER THAN USUAL, UM, BUT LET'S MOVE FORWARD.
AND DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, WELLNESS, UH, GO BACK TO THE MINUTES TO HAVE A, UH, MOTION OR DISCUSSION ON THE MINUTES? AND THERE'S ONLY A COUPLE OF US, I GUESS I WOULD DO THAT ACTUALLY.
UH, I GUESS WE'LL HAVE TO MOVE THE MINUTES TO THE NEXT MEETING BECAUSE WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T APPROVE THOSE EITHER.
DO WE HAVE ANY CITIZEN COMMENTS? YOU'LL HAVE TO LET ME KNOW IF YOU DON'T HAVE NOTHING ONLINE, NO CITIZEN COMMENTS.
SO I'LL CLICK CLOSE THE CITIZEN COMMENT SECTION.
UM, AND LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO PRESENTATIONS AND START WITH, UH, MS. ROSSI.
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WELL IN A TURN, TURN IT OVER TO HIGH FEM IN A SECOND, BUT, UH, JUST DO AN UPDATE ON THE LOW COUNTRY, MILITARY INSTALLATION, RESILIENCY REVIEW PROJECT THAT WE'VE MADE.WE'VE TALKED TO YOU ABOUT IT A FEW TIMES, ABOUT EVERY OTHER MONTH.
UM, WE RECENTLY HAD SOME STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND HAD THEM IS GOING TO KIND OF SUMMARIZE WHAT WE HEARD OVER THE TWO DAYS OF ABOUT SIX HOURS WORTH OF MEETINGS AND HEARD FROM ABOUT, I THINK I COUNTED ABOUT 38 DIFFERENT GROUPS REPRESENTED AT THE MEETING, SO, UM, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU, HIDE THEM AND HEY GUYS, UM, I'M GOING TO SHARE MY SCREEN.
CAN YOU SEE IT? HEY GUYS, MY NAME'S
UM, IT REALLY, IT WAS REALLY ENGAGING.
UM, IT WAS CLEAR THAT EVERYONE REALLY HAD SOMETHING TO OFFER, SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
UM, SO GOING THROUGH IT, UM, ONE QUESTION WE WANTED TO ASK EVERY GROUP, BUT THEN WHAT DO YOU WANT TO GET OUT OF THIS STUDY? UM, THINGS RANGE FROM STRUCTURAL TO NON-STRUCTURAL, UM, STRONG RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE BRING IN, UH, THE GREENPRINT PLAN AND COMP PLAN AND TRY TO KNIT THEM TOGETHER, UNDERSTAND WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM THEM AND WHAT WE CAN ADD TO IT.
UM, SOME TANGIBLE RECOMMENDATIONS, PRIORITY PROJECTS WITH VISIBLE MARKERS TO FUTURE ISSUES, UM, UNDERSTANDING THAT WE CAN'T FIX EVERYTHING, BUT WE CAN REALLY PROVIDE SOME NEXT STEPS THAT ARE VERY TANGIBLE.
UM, AND IT, IT, IT INCLUDES INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT IT INCLUDES EDUCATION.
UM, A LOT OF WHAT WE HEARD IS HOW DO WE MAKE THIS CONVERSATION MORE APPROACHABLE AND MORE INCLUSIVE? AND HOW CAN WE THINK ABOUT SOLUTIONS THAT, UM, APPROACH THINGS SOCIOECONOMICALLY AND ALSO ELEVATIONAL AND PHYSICALLY, SO THAT, THAT WAS A LOT OF WHAT WE'VE HEARD.
THIS IS JUST SOME OF IT, BUT, UM, WE HAD THREE VERY GREAT SESSIONS.
UH, SOME OF YOU WERE IN THIS FIRST SESSION THAT THIS MORNING, REALLY, WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT COLLABORATING, COLLABORATING WITH FACES, COLLABORATING WITH EACH OTHER ON THE SECOND SESSION WAS REALLY KIND OF TALKING ABOUT THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROPERTIES, HOW THE MILITARY IS BEARING COMMUNITIES, UM, CULTURE AND ECONOMIC DIVERSITY.
AND SO, UH, AND THEN ON THE THIRD ONE, UM, IT WAS A LOT MORE, UM, ENVIRONMENTALLY FOCUSED.
UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW DO WE DEAL WITH PROPERTIES, UM, HEIRS PROPERTIES, HOW DO WE DEAL WITH CONSERVATION AND HOW DO WE COLLABORATE BETWEEN SOME OF THEM, THE ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS AND MORE LOCAL GROUPS AS WELL.
AND WE ALSO SPENT SOME TIME VISITING THE BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY.
UH, WE, WE TOOK SOME KAYAK TOURS WHERE W WE REALLY PADDED PERSE HAND LOOK AT THE ECOLOGY, THE BENEFITS OF THE MARSHLAND BUFFERING, UM, EFFECTS AND THE HISTORIC CHARACTER THAT REALLY IS RIGHT ON THE WATERS AT, UM, WE TOOK A LOOK AT SOME OF YOUR NEW INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, UH, REALLY, UH, THIS WAS REALLY AWESOME.
HONESTLY, WHEN WE WENT OUT HERE, SAW HOW THIS WORKED AND ALSO SAW HOW IT, HOW IT RESPONDS TO TIES.
UM, THIS WAS A LOW TIDE BECAUSE IT WAS CLEAR THAT THE SYSTEM HAS A PRETTY LARGE IMPACT THAT THE WATERSHED AND THE ECOLOGY AROUND IT.
CHRIS MARSH TOOK US ON A NICE TOUR ON THE SPRING ISLAND.
WE REALLY WERE ABLE TO SEE THE FULL SPECTRUM OF, UM, UH, OF ECOLOGY FROM DENSE WOODED AREAS TO MARSHLANDS, TO, UH, SORT OF SOME PINE GROVES.
AND SO IT WAS REALLY HELPFUL TO SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN A MORE NATURAL STATE.
AND HE ALSO HELPED US KIND OF SEE SOME OF THE NATURE AND, AND, UH, HISTORY OF THE, OF THE AREA.
UM, THERE'S WE SAW A HUGE FOX SQUIRREL AT THE TOP, RIGHT.
RARELY SEE IT, BUT IT'S ALL ROOKERY IS REALLY AMAZING BEING THERE AND SOME OF THE HISTORY AND THE ARCHITECTURE AROUND THE LOW COUNTRY, YOU KNOW, AND HOW IT RESPONDED TO NATURE.
AND THESE BUILDINGS STILL STAND TODAY.
UM, IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY EDUCATIONAL.
WE DEFINITELY HOPE TO COME BACK.
UM, AND THEN ONE OF OUR, UH, MEMBERS ACTUALLY CAME DOWN, UH, TO SEED SOME OYSTERS.
UH, AND SO SHE HAD FUN IN THE, IN THE RAIN, IN THE MUD, UH, REALLY TRYING TO HELP HELPING OUT WITH, UM, AND FROM THAT, WE REALLY, UH, WE, WE HAVE SOME KIND OF THESE, AREN'T THE ONLY TAKEAWAYS, BUT I THINK THESE ARE ROSE TO THE TOP, UH, REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS LIKE YOURS ARE REALLY TAKING INITIATIVE THROUGHOUT THE AREA, BUT CAN WE FIND WAYS OF UNLOCKING FURTHER ACTION THROUGH DIFFERENT TYPES AND MORE CONSISTENT COMMUNICATION? HOW DO WE IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES
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ACROSS TEAM, ACROSS ORGANIZATION COLLABORATION THAT CAN BE TRANSPARENT IN THE PIR MORE FREQUENTLY? UM, NUMBER TWO, THE MILITARY PRESENCE IS CRITICAL TO THE COMMUNITY AND IT IS INVESTED IN SUPPORTING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE LOW COUNTRY AND THE MILITARY.THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO UNDERSTAND HOW THEY CAN HELP THE MILITARY IN THE MILITARY, WANTS TO UNDERSTAND HOW THEY CAN HELP THE COMMUNITY AND HOW CAN THEY CAN PLAY BIGGER ROLES AND EDUCATION, AND ALSO, UM, OPPORTUNITIES TO, TO ACTUALLY DIRECTLY HELP THE COMMUNITY.
RESIDENTS SHOULD BE PROVIDED FURTHER EDUCATION ON THE SCIENCE OF LOCAL CLIMATE CHANGE.
SO THEY CAN RECOGNIZE THE IMPACT, FEEL INVESTED IN THE BETTERMENT, BECAUSE WHAT IS IT THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE? WHAT WILL YOU SEE THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE? AND ONE OF THE LARGER QUESTIONS THAT KEPT ASKING YOU FOLKS WAS, DO YOU KNOW YOUR ELEVATION? DO YOU KNOW YOUR PROPERTY'S LOCATION? DO YOU KNOW YOUR LOVED ONE'S ELEVATION? DO YOU KNOW YOUR ROADWAY CROSSING ELEVATIONS? DO YOU KNOW WHEN THAT MAY BE AN ISSUE? HOW CAN WE MAKE INFORMATION LIKE THAT? APPROACHABLE AND, UM, EASILY ACCESSIBLE TO AVERAGE, AVERAGE DRESSING AND THE APP, THE ENVIRONMENT IS A KEY ECONOMIC DRIVER.
IT'S THE GYM OF THE LOW COUNTRY.
THEREFORE IT SHOULD BE A KEY PRIORITY IN FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.
UM, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN ANY ANTI-DEPRESSANT THAT MEANS INTELLIGENT ABOUT HOW CAN WE NOT JUST, UM, PUSH IT THROUGH POLICY, BUT WE CAN PUSH IT THROUGH TACTICAL ZONING.
WE CAN PUSH IT THROUGH, UM, INCENTIVIZATION THROUGH TACTICAL PERMITTING AS WELL, AND MAKE SURE THAT THE ENVIRONMENT IS SOMETHING THAT IS PART OF THE DESIGN PROCESS.
AND, UM, LAST BUT NOT LEAST IS CULTURAL CONTINUATION SHOULD BE UNEQUIVOCALLY PRIORITIZED THROUGHOUT ANY RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONVERSATIONS.
THE CULTURE OF THE LOW COUNTRIES, VERY DIVERSE FROM THE GOLDEN U2 COMMUNITY TO JUST THE MILITARY ITSELF.
UM, THE, THE REALITY OF HOW DIVERSE THE COMMUNITY IS MEANS THERE'S NOT ONE CULTURE, BUT CONTINUING THIS GROWTH OF CULTURE IS IMPORTANT TO MAINTAIN THE COMMUNITY IDENTITY AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE ABOUT THE PEOPLE FIRST.
UM, AND GO FROM THE BOTTOM UP, NOT THE TOP OF THE BOX, THAT'S JUST KIND OF A BRIEF GLIMPSE OF WHERE WE'RE AT.
UM, UH, WE REALLY KIND OF ARE WE IDENTIFIED WHAT DATA WE NEED STILL.
UM, WE'D REACHED OUT TO SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS TO TRY TO GET THAT INFORMATION WHERE IDENTIFYING WHAT CRITICAL ASSETS AND NEEDS ARE IN SOME OF THE TARGET AREAS.
WE'RE UNDERSTANDING THE INTERDEPENDENCE, INFRASTRUCTURE, RELATIONSHIPS, ESSENTIAL NEEDS AND HOW THE HUMAN ELEMENT IS A PRIORITY IN THIS.
UM, WE'RE TRYING TO FIND WAYS OF NOT JUST MAKING A NUMBER, BUT THERE NEEDS TO BE A WAY OF PRIORITIZATION THAT UNDERSTANDS THE CHARACTER, THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE BEING IMPACTED.
AND ALSO WE'RE TRYING TO THEN OUR NEXT STEPS REALLY IS DEVELOPING THESE ASSETS, UM, UNDERSTANDING WHERE THEY ARE USING THIS ADDITIONAL DATA AND REALLY THE VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT PRIORITIZES THE SENSITIVITIES, THE CAPACITY, THE RESILIENCY, THE ABILITY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO ADAPT IN THE FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE AND EXPOSURE TO FUTURE THREATS, UM, AND CURRENT THREATS OUT THERE.
THAT'S WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
I'M HOPING BY THE END OF JULY, WE CAN START ACTUALLY CREATING DIFFERENT PRIORITY AREAS AND THROUGH AUGUST, UM, W WE'RE GOING TO START HAVING CONVERSATIONS ON WHAT PROJECTS INTERSECT COULD BE SCARY, BUT CAPITAL PROJECTS, BUT PLANNING PROJECTS, WHAT COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT THERE ISN'T A SINGLE FUNCTION AND PROJECT THAT WE PROPOSE IT IS LAYERED WITHIN EXISTING INITIATIVES AND ALSO FUTURE, UH, FUTURE CHANGES THAT ARE HAPPENING.
BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
UM, FEEL FREE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS OR REACH OUT, UH, TO THE LOCAL COUNTRY, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
AND IF THERE'S ANY INTEREST IN A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE TODAY, WE CAN SEND THAT OUT AS A PDF, UH, MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA TO RESCHEDULE YOU IN ANOTHER COUPLE OF MONTHS WHEN WE HAVE A FULL BOARD HERE.
I THINK WE'VE BEEN COMING ABOUT EVERY TWO MONTHS.
UM, MS. SMITH POWERPOINT, IS THAT OKAY? GREAT FURNITURE CALL MY PERSONAL
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CELL PHONE.YOU ANSWER THURSDAY, EVERYBODY.
THE ONSCREEN CAN SEE THAT RIGHT.
I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU ALL ABOUT THE BEAVER COUNTY CONNECTS BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN 2021 PLAN, WHICH AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE SIDE IS A MULTI JURISDICTIONAL COOPERATIVE EFFORT TO GET MORE ACCESS TO BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE ACROSS THE COUNTY.
UM, SO WE INCORPORATED LEFT IN PORT ROYAL HILTON HEAD BUFORD, AND THE ELK WAS HERE AS WELL AS A PART OF THE TASK FORCE.
THAT'S PUSHING THIS INITIATIVE.
THERE WERE ADVOCACY GROUPS FOR BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN AND CITIZENS AND ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES ON THE TASK FORCE AS WELL.
I ACTUALLY GOT TO SERVE IN THAT ROLE BEFORE BECOMING THIS ROLE HERE.
SO I'VE BEEN ABLE TO WORK ON THIS PROJECT IN TWO DIFFERENT ROLES.
UM, AND WHAT THIS PROJECT AIMS TO DO IS TO PLAN FOR AN INTERCONNECTED NETWORK OF BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE COUNTY-WIDE, AND WE'RE PLANNING FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT REASONS.
SOME OF THEM ARE KIND OF NO-BRAINERS RIGHT.
IF YOU SPEND MORE TIME COMMUTING ON BICYCLE OR BY FOOT, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE BETTER PHYSICAL HEALTH, BETTER MENTAL HEALTH.
IT'S A GOOD SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT WHERE YOU'RE GETTING PEOPLE OUT IN THEIR COMMUNITY MEETING AND SEEING FAMILIAR FACES IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.
IT HELPS IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF NOT JUST THE PEOPLE, BUT THE ENVIRONMENT AS WELL.
SO YOU'RE REDUCING CARBON EMISSIONS.
IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE USING FEWER CARS, DAILY CAR RIDES TO GET TO AND FROM WORK OR THE PLACES YOU NEED TO GO, AND INSTEAD USING BICYCLES OR WALKING, IT'S ALSO AN, AN PROJECT.
SO IT BRINGS PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO CARS, CAN'T DRIVE A CAR.
IT BRINGS THEM ACCESS TO A NETWORK THAT CAN GET THEM WHERE THEY NEED TO GO, WHETHER THAT BE JOBS AND AN ECONOMIC HUB, UM, TO SOME OF OUR MEDICAL FACILITIES, GROCERY STORES, ET CETERA.
SO IT HELPS LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD FOR A LOT OF OUR RURAL COMMUNITIES AND TO PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE LOCALLY AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE AN INCREASED SENSE OF COMMUNITY IN PLACE.
WE REDUCE COLLISIONS OUT ON THE ROADWAYS JUST LAST WEEK, THERE WAS A PEDESTRIAN FATALITY, UM, ON 21 WERE HIT BY A CAR AND WALKING ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.
SO THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT PROJECT, NOT JUST FOR YOUR MENTAL HEALTH, YOUR PHYSICAL HEALTH, BUT FOR KEEPING THE HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITY STRONG.
SO PEOPLE CAN MOVE AROUND FREELY AND SAFELY.
UM, AND FINALLY IT ALSO HELPS DRIVE OUR ECONOMIC VIABILITY HERE IN THE COUNTY.
AND SO SOME OF THE NUMBERS THAT WE FOUND THROUGH THE RESEARCHING OF THIS, THIS PLAN AND PLANNING FOR THIS PROJECT WERE THAT THERE ARE TENS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS SPENT NATIONWIDE.
SO $83 BILLION SPENT, UM, JUST ON TRIPS FOR BIKING.
SO PEOPLE WHO WANT TO GO TO DIFFERENT PLACES TO BIKE IN DIFFERENT AREAS ARE SPENDING THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY NATIONWIDE.
UM, AND THEN 97 BILLION FOR THE RETAIL SPENDING THAT THEY DO ONCE THEY GET THERE.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY IN THIS.
THE SPANISH MONSTER TRAIL SEES 40,000 VISITORS EVERY YEAR COMING FROM.
AND 40% OF THOSE VISITORS ARE FROM 25 MILES AWAY.
SO WE'RE BRINGING PEOPLE IN WHO ARE SPENDING MONEY HERE LOCALLY.
HILTON HEAD IS A REALLY GREAT EXAMPLE OF THIS AS WELL, MILES AND MILES OF BIKE TRAILS, PEOPLE COMING TO AND, AND SPENDING LOTS OF MONEY, THEY'RE GOING VACATION.
IT'S A REALLY BIG AMENITY TO HAVE THOSE BIKE TRAILS.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF REASONS WHY WE WANT TO DO THIS BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE APPEAR AND HELP BE A LITTLE BIT OF A, A PUMP TO OUR ECONOMIC VIABILITY OF THE TASK FORCE.
WORKING ON THIS CAME UP WITH SEVERAL OBJECTIVES.
THE FIRST ONE, OF COURSE, THE HIGHEST PRIORITY IS TO CREATE THIS INCIDENT INTEGRATED NETWORK OF SIDEWALKS, MULTI-USE PATHS AND ON-STREET BICYCLE CONNECTIONS.
SO LINKING PEOPLE TO THE PLACES THAT THEY NEED TO GO SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO GET INTO A CAR TO DO THAT.
UM, IT ALSO IS HELPING TO NORMALIZE BIKING AND WALKING AS A ROUTINE WAY OF GETTING AROUND.
UH, SINCE I'VE STARTED WORKING HERE, I WALKED TO WORK EVERY DAY AND IT'S REALLY A LOT OF FUN.
IT'S A GOOD DECOMPRESSION AFTER WORK.
IT'S A GREAT WAY TO GET IN THE RIGHT MINDSET AND WAY TO WORK.
SO, UM, MAKE, MAKE PEOPLE FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE DOING THAT AND THEN ENHANCING YOUR QUALITY OF LIFE AND LEVELING THAT PLAYING FIELD.
SO PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS, UM, TO OUR ECONOMIC HUBS, TO OUR MEDICAL CENTERS, ALL OF THAT.
SO THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT CAME OUT OF THIS EXERCISE, UM, ARE THESE THREE RIGHT HERE.
SO THE FIRST ONE TO REITERATE, WE'RE MAKING CONNECTIONS, RIGHT? WE'RE CONNECTING THE COUNTY THROUGH A NETWORK OF BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE SECOND ONE SECOND ONE, THERE CAME FROM OUR SURVEY PROJECT THAT HAPPENED LAST SUMMER IN 2020.
UM, SO THE INTERESTED BUT CONCERNED GROUP IS WHO WE WANT TO TARGET.
SO THIS SURVEY WAS PUT OUT INTO THE PUBLIC REALM.
WE HAD ALMOST 2000 RESPONDENTS AND THEY SELF-DESCRIBED WHO THEY WERE.
AND WHAT WE FOUND WAS THAT 46% OF THOSE RESPONDENTS PUT THEMSELVES IN THE INTERESTED BUT CONCERNED.
WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT THEY'RE INTERESTED
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IN WALKING AND BIKING MORE USING IT AS A MORE ROUTINE TRANSPORTATION MODE, BUT THEY'RE CONCERNED.THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS.
AND SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO WITH THIS PLAN IS TARGET THIS REALLY BIG GROUP OF OUR POPULATION TO GET THEM MORE COMFORTABLE WITH BIKING AND WALKING AND GET MORE PEOPLE OUT ON THIS INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO WE'RE REDUCING CAR TRIPS WHERE CONNECTING OUR COMMUNITIES.
SO THAT'S WHO WE'RE TARGETING THAT INTERESTED, BUT CONCERNED GROUP.
THERE WERE ALSO FEARLESS GROUPS, UM, PEOPLE WHO ARE COMFORTABLE, NO MATTER WHAT, THERE WERE EXPERIENCED GROUPS WHO GO OUT, RE ALREADY GO OUT ALREADY EXPERIENCED WITH THIS.
AND THEN THERE WERE GROUPS, NO WAY, NO.
HOW, UM, BUT WE'RE WORKING TO TARGET THIS INTERESTED BUT CONCERNED GROUP.
AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST IS THE SPINE SPUR APPROACH.
THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE PLANNING FOR THESE PROJECTS.
AND SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THERE HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED ROUTES THAT WILL CREATE A SPINE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, WHICH WILL, WE'LL SEE A LITTLE BIT OF IT IN SOME MAPS HERE IN JUST A MOMENT IS PRETTY MUCH STARTING FROM THE HARRIET, HAVE BRIDGE ON 17, MOVING DOWN AND CONNECTING TO 21 GOING ACROSS ONE 70 ACROSS THE BROAD RIVER BRIDGE DOWN IN SOME LUFTON ACROSS THE BLUFFTON PARKWAY, UP TO THE 2 78 BRIDGE TO HILTON HEAD AND INTO HILTON HEAD.
AND THE SPURS COMING OFF ARE THE BRANCHING NODES THAT COME OUT OF THAT AREA.
SO CONNECTING COMMUNITIES TO THAT SPINE, CONNECTING ECONOMIC HUBS TO THAT SPINE, CONNECTING NATURAL RESOURCES TO THAT SPINE.
SO THAT'S WHAT THAT MEANS APPROACH MEANS.
SO THIS IS WHAT, WHAT GUIDES THE REST OF THIS, THIS PROJECT HERE.
SO GIVE YOU AN, UM, GIVE YOU A BROAD SENSE OF THE CHANGES WE HOPE TO SEE OVER THE NEXT DECADE OR SO ON OUR LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN, THERE THAT'S THE EXISTING AND COMMITTED PROJECTS.
UM, WE'LL, WE'LL ZOOM IN CLOSER FOR OUR NORTHERN REGION AND JUST A MOMENT.
SO IF YOU'RE HAVING TROUBLE SAYING THAT WE'LL GET IT A LITTLE BIT CLOSER, BUT THE PURPLE OR THE DARK PURPLE OR OUR PROJECTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN COMMITTED TO.
SO YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE EXTENSIONS OF THE SPANISH MOSS TRAIL.
UM, THERE IS SEE IF MY MOUSE SHOWS UP.
THERE, UM, THE LAUREL BAY AREA, WE GO THIS PROJECT HERE, WHICH GRANT FUNDING IS BEING APPLIED FOR FOR THAT AREA.
UM, YOU'VE GOT AREAS, YOU KNOW, THE 2 78 BRIDGE DOWN IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION.
WE KNOW THAT THAT'S GOING TO INCORPORATE BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE EXISTING THAT KIND OF PINK COLOR ARE OUR EXISTING NETWORKS THAT ALREADY ARE HERE.
SO IT'S A BIG, IT'S A REALLY GREAT STARTING POINT TO BUILD THE SPINE AND TO BUILD THE SPURS.
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SCREEN, YOU'RE SEEING ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT ROSE TO THE TOP OUT OF ALL OF THE INPUT THAT WAS GATHERED.
SO WE'VE GOT INPUT FROM OUR VARIOUS MUNICIPALITIES INPUT FROM OUR ENGINEERS HERE IN BUFORD COUNTY.
WE'VE GOT INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC, AS WELL AS A PART OF THAT SURVEYING EXERCISE.
THEY WERE ABLE TO SAY WHAT PROJECTS THEY'D LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN, WHAT WOULD MAKE THEIR COMMUNITIES BETTER? SO THESE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT, THAT CAME FROM ALL OF THAT, AND THEY'RE WEIGHTED ON DIFFERENT TIMELINES.
SO YOU'VE GOT IMMEDIATE TERM, WHICH ARE YOUR GREEN AREAS.
SO DOWN HERE IN BLUFFTON, YOU SEE SOME IMMEDIATE TERMS UP HERE IN BUFORD AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN YOU HAVE YOUR MIDTERM.
SO IMMEDIATE HAPPENS IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
SO THOSE ARE THE YELLOW PROJECTS, A LITTLE BIT BIGGER, TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER TO IMPLEMENT AND SECURE FUNDING.
AND THEN YOUR RED ARE THE LONG-TERM.
SO IT MIGHT TAKE 10 PLUS YEARS TO GET THOSE PROJECTS FULLY COMPLETED.
IS THERE SOME OF OUR BIGGEST PROJECTS YOU SEE THE SPINE, ESPECIALLY, UM, HAS A LOT OF RED KIND OF MOVING THROUGHOUT HERE.
SO THAT'S WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE MAPS, AS I MOVED THROUGH THE CLOSER ZOOMED IN AREAS, THERE WILL BE A LEGEND TO REMIND, BUT THAT'S KIND OF THE FRAMEWORK WHERE WE'RE WORKING WITHIN.
SO WE'LL START IN THE NORTHERN MOST PART OF THE COUNTY.
THIS IS A SEABROOK STATES, UM, HERE.
SO THIS IS THE TUBMAN BRIDGE ALL THE WAY UP HERE.
THIS IS A BIKE PATH AND SIDEWALK THAT WILL HAPPEN FOR BIGGEST STATES AND THEN CONNECTING 17 INTO 21 AND ULTIMATELY INTO THE SPANISH MODEL TRAIL DOWN HERE.
SO SPANISH MOSS TRAIL EXTENSION, THIS RIGHT HERE IS A SIDEWALK CONNECTING DETOUR ROAD TO OUR SCHOOLS.
SO A BIG PART OF THIS DRIVING PART OF THIS IS MAKING SURE THERE ARE SAFE WAYS FOR PEOPLE TO GET TO SCHOOLS FROM THEIR COMMUNITIES.
UM, AGAIN, I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT 21 BEING A LITTLE BIT OF A PROBLEM FOR PEDESTRIANS WALKING ON.
SO REALLY IMPORTANT PROJECT TO HAVE GOING, AS WE MOVE INTO THE ISLAND, WE'VE GOT MERTON BEAVER AND PORT ROYAL HERE.
SO, SO WE'VE GOT AGAIN THAT COMMITTED PROJECT AND LAUREL BAY LOOKING TO GET THAT GRANT FUNDING TO CONNECT OUR LAUREL BAY COMMUNITY OUT TO ECONOMIC CENTERS WHERE JOBS ARE TO THE SPANISH MONASH TRAIL.
AND WE ALSO HAVE DREW FRAZIER ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE COMING IN HERE ARE THESE CONNECTIONS FROM OUR PORT ROYAL COMMUNITIES TO THE SPANISH MONASH TRAIL.
AND THEN OVER HERE ON OUR RIGHT, WE ARE LOOKING AT CONNECTING PLACES
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LIKE OUR PARKS.WE'VE GOT THE NAVAL PARK, LET ME GET RID OF THIS.
SORRY, WE'VE GOT THE NAVAL PARK OVER HERE CONNECTING TO A PORT ROYAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OR SCHOOLS OR OIL CONNECTING INTO THE SPANISH MODERN TRAIL, JUST REALLY IMPORTANT.
UM, WHEN YOU CONSIDER WE'VE GOT A FARMER'S MARKET THERE EVERY WEEKENDS, RIGHT? GETTING PEOPLE SAFER, ACCESS TO THOSE TYPES OF COMMUNITY EVENTS, AGAIN, BRINGING PEOPLE ACROSS THE RIVER TO GET INTO DOWNTOWN PORT ROYAL OR INTO YOUR COMMUNITY HUBS OVER HERE AS WELL.
AND I WILL NOTE THERE'S A PROTECTED BIKE LANES OF HOPED FOR OUT HERE ON THE MCTEER BRIDGE, WHICH WILL CONNECT US TO OUR NEXT AREA IN NORTHERN BEAVER COUNTY, LADIES ISLAND, ST.
HELENA ISLAND REACHING ALL THE WAY OUT TO HUNTING ISLANDS ON 21.
SO WE'VE GOT, AGAIN, CONNECTIONS WITH SCHOOLS, COMMITTED PROJECTS OUT HERE ON, I BELIEVE THAT'S MIDDLE, MIDDLE ROAD RIGHT THERE.
UM, CONNECTING ON LADIES' ISLANDS, CONNECTING TO SCHOOLS ON CHALLEN CREEK BLUFF, UM, OUT HERE ON ST.
HELENA, CONNECTING MLK DRIVE TO YOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
AND THEN ULTIMATELY FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO BIKE ALL THE WAY OUT TO ONE OF OUR REGIONS, WE CREATE RESOURCES, NATURAL RESOURCES HERE IN THE COUNTY, THE STATE PARKS, YOU'VE GOT A BIKE LANE THAT WILL HAPPEN ON 21 OUT TOO, AND GARLANDS HELP PROTECT THOSE BIKERS.
SO THESE ARE KIND OF THE PLANS MOVING FORWARD OVER THE NEXT 10 OR SO YEARS FOR CREATING A MORE INTERCONNECTED NETWORK HERE IN BEAUFORT COUNTY.
THERE'S A LOT GOING ON IN THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY.
AND I'M HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT ANY OF THAT.
IF YOU'D LIKE AS A PART OF THE PROJECT, WE'VE IDENTIFIED BUCKETS OF FUNDING FOR HOW WE GET THIS DONE.
AND IT'S REALLY GOING TO BE A REGIONAL COOPERATIVE EFFORT TO GET THIS DONE.
UM, EVERYBODY PULLING TOGETHER RESOURCES TO MAKE SURE WE CAN PAY FOR THESE IMPORTANT PROJECTS, KEEPING OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR VISITORS SAFE AND GETTING THEM OUT INTO THE NATURAL HABITATS THAT ARE OUT HERE AND THEN OUR PLAN IMPLEMENTATION.
UM, SO THERE'S A LOT THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO GET THIS DONE.
I THINK THE FIRST THING THAT WE'RE WORKING ON IS GETTING OUR LOCAL JURISDICTIONS TO ADOPT THIS INTO, UM, THEIR COMPREHENSIVE PLANS SO THAT WE'RE ALL WORKING FROM THE SAME PAGE.
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO INCORPORATE INTO THE LAPS LONG RANGE, TRANSPORTATION STUDY.
AGAIN, MAKING SURE EVERYONE'S ON THE SAME PAGE, WORKING TOWARDS THE SAME GOALS, UM, DEVELOPING FUNDING.
I THINK ONE OF THE REALLY IMPORTANT THINGS, THIS IS ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE PLAN IS CREATING A STAFF POSITION WHO WILL CARRY FORWARD THIS PLAN AND MAKE SURE IT GETS IMPLEMENTED THAT EVERYONE'S WORKING TOGETHER.
OUR FUNDING SOURCES ARE IDENTIFIED WORKING SPECIFICALLY ON THIS PLAN, SO IT DOESN'T DISAPPEAR ON A SHELF SOMEWHERE.
AND WE REALLY GET THESE PROJECTS OFF THE GROUND.
ANOTHER IMPORTANT PART OF THAT, KEEPING THAT MOMENTUM GOING IS GETTING A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION TO ADVOCATE ACROSS THE COUNTY FOR PATHWAYS PROJECTS AND BIKE PEDESTRIAN PROJECTS TO HELP KEEP THAT MOMENTUM THERE, KEEP IT IN FRONT OF OUR, UM, ELECTED AND APPOINTED OFFICIALS TO MAKE SURE WHERE WE'RE MOVING THAT BICYCLE ALONG THAT TRAIN THE BICYCLE.
UM, AND THEN ADOPTING COMPLETE STREETS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF THIS AS WELL, COMPLETE STREETS NATURALLY, OR INHERENTLY INCLUDE BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
THAT'S WHAT MAKES THAT STREET HELPS MAKE THAT STREET COMPLETE.
AND A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE OF THIS HAPPENING IS OUT ON BURTON CHARTER IN BLUFFTON.
UM, THERE WAS A BICYCLE PROJECT THAT WE HAD ON OUR LIST AS BEING DONE AS A PART OF THE PATHWAYS PENNY SALES TAX.
IT ACTUALLY WAS PULLED OVER INTO A ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT BECAUSE THEY'RE DOING COMPLETE STREETS, THEY'RE DOING ROAD IMPROVEMENTS.
SO IT GOT FOLDED INTO THAT FUNDING POT, AND DOESN'T NEED TO BE SEPARATELY FUNDED AND ADVOCATED FOR SO COMPLETE STREETS WILL REALLY HELP PUSH THIS ALONG, GETTING OUR MUNICIPALITIES TO ADOPT, UM, THAT POLICY PROMOTING SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WERE TALKING A BIT ABOUT YESTERDAY AND HOW, UM, FUNDING FOR THIS CAN WORK, MAKING SURE WE'RE BRINGING OUR COMMUNITIES TO SCHOOL SAFELY AND HELPING, HELPING TO CREATE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR OUR STUDENTS.
UM, AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST JUST GENERAL OUTREACH EDUCATION ADVOCACY TO OUR COMMUNITIES TO HYPE UP WHAT WE'RE DOING AND LET PEOPLE KNOW WHAT'S COMING DOWN THE LINE AND GET PEOPLE OUT THERE AND WALKING AND CYCLING THROUGHOUT THE REGION.
I'LL TURN IT OVER FOR ANY QUESTIONS, HAPPY TO MOVE BACK TO ANY SLIDES IF YOU NEED IT AS WELL.
I'VE KIND OF A MINOR QUESTION.
UM, ARE THERE ANY PLANS FOR A SIDEWALK BETWEEN THE SKATE PARK AND BALL ROLL AND LIKE THE Y AREA ON THAT ROUTE? I WOULD SAY THAT IS WE GO BACK.
UM, SO YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT I THINK THAT'S RIGHT WHERE THE PARK IS HERE AND THERE'S THIS YELLOW IS A CONNECTING TOWARDS THE CYPRESS WETLANDS, WHICH OF COURSE CONNECTS TO.
THAT'S DEFINITELY A PLACE OF NEED.
I SEE PEOPLE WALKING ON THE SIDE ALL THE TIME.
WE USED TO RUN IN PORT ROYAL AND IT'S LIKE A PRETTY IMPORTANT PATHWAY.
SO THAT'S ON THAT MID RANGE, BUT WE'LL GET IT UP.
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PRIVATE SECTOR FUNDERS BROUGHT INTO THE DISCUSSIONS? DO YOU HAVE THAT? NOT, I MEAN, NO.IS THE SHORT ANSWER? THE REASON I ASK IS BECAUSE THE SPANISH MOSS TRAIL WOULDN'T EXIST WITHOUT, I MEAN, HE TOOK THE INITIATIVE AND EVERYTHING AND YEAH.
UM, NOT NECESSARILY, YOU KNOW, JIM CONEX KENNEDY, BUT SOMEBODY ELSE WHO'S ALSO LIKE MAYBE A BILLIONAIRE LIKE HIM AND INTERESTED IN THESE THINGS AND A MILE HERE OR TWO WITHOUT, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? VERY SERIOUSLY.
IT WAS AN ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL FOR SOME OF THE BIG PROJECTS, JENNY.
AND I DO THINK THAT IS LISTED IN THE PLAN UNDER OUR FUNDING SOURCES, BUT IT IS IMPORTANT TO REITERATE HOW IMPORTANT THEY ARE.
SO WE DON'T FORGET THOSE PEOPLE BECAUSE YOU CAN NEVER REALLY COUNT ON THE GRANTS EVEN BEING THERE THE NEXT YEAR.
I MEAN, YOU MIGHT HAVE DONE A GREAT APPLICATION AND DESERVED IT, BUT WE'VE ALL GONE THROUGH THINGS WHERE THE MONEY JUST WASN'T THERE AND YEAH.
UM, AND MAYBE WE DO NEED TO IDENTIFY DIRECTLY OUTREACH TO PRIVATE FUNDERS AND NOT JUST OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, LIKE IT COULD BE AN ADDITION.
DIFFERENT FOUNDATIONS AND EVEN JIM KENNEDY.
CAUSE HE MIGHT, YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS IT CONNECTS TO THE SPANISH WASH TRAIL, SOMEHOW HE, I COULD SEE HIM, YOU KNOW, CAUSE HIS PATH FOUNDATION IS FUNDED WITH 120 OR SO MILES IN ATLANTA.
SO HAVING THIS PLAYER WILL MAKE IT EVEN EASIER TO REACH OUT TO PRIVATE AGENCIES AND SAY, LOOK IT, HERE IT IS.
WE'VE GOT A, YOU KNOW, A GUY, WHICH ONE DO YOU WANT? SO YEAH.
ALL GOOD AND MAKE A COMPETITION AMONG THEM.
UM, THERE ARE SOME SIDEWALKS TALKING TO ROOM RULE, EVERY GRADE SKILL, BUT GOOD.
I DID NOT MAINTAIN, MAINTAIN FOLKS CAN'T THEY LIKE TO WALK, BUT THEY CAN'T BE.
THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT POINT.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID IN OUR PROJECT PRIORITIZATION MATRIX WAS PUT THE ANNUAL COST TO MANAGE THESE THINGS AND MAINTAIN THEM.
IF THEY'RE BUILT AND WE'RE NOT MAINTAINING THEM, THEY'RE NOT USABLE.
SO IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT PART.
NOW ALONG THE SAME LINES, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE LIKE ROADS AND LET ME GO WHEN THEY'RE DOING THE ROAD CONSTRUCTIONS, THERE'S REALLY NOT ANY ROOM BETWEEN THE DITCHES IN THE SIDE.
AND THERE'S JUST LIKE, YOU CAN'T EVEN GET OFF THE ROAD WHEN A CAR COMES IN SOME OF THE RURAL COMMUNITIES.
SO IF, AND EVEN IN THE PROCESS OF DOING ROADWORK, IF, UM, THERE'S A WAY TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO PROMOTE JUST MAKING ROOM FOR FUTURE SIDEWALKS.
I, I, THAT GETS INTO THE WHOLE ISSUE.
I REMEMBER WE DISCUSSED IT AT ONE OF THE MEETINGS OF YOUR GROUP AND THAT'S UM, IF YOU GET, IF YOU TALK TO SED, OT, BEFORE THEY'VE DONE THE PLANNING AND DESIGN FOR LIGHTNINGS, THEY CAN INCLUDE IT.
IF YOU GET TO THEM WHEN THE ROAD'S ALREADY DONE.
I MEAN, IT'S JUST, THERE'S NO POINT IN EVEN DISCUSSING IT.
AND A LOT OF IT ALSO DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH RIGHT AWAY THEY ALREADY OWN.
IF THEY HAVE A GOOD RIGHT AWAY SECTION OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, TWO YARDS OR SOMETHING, THEN YOU'VE GOT, THEY'LL DO IT.
AND, AND, BUT AGAIN, IT MEANS THAT SOMEBODY HAS TO, YOU KNOW, DISCUSS IT WITH THEM QUITE EARLY ON AND YOU CAN FIND OUT WHAT PROJECTS ARE BEING FUNDED ON THEIR WEBSITE.
AND SO, I MEAN, THAT SHOULD BE ONE OF THE TASKS IS TO GET IN THERE BECAUSE I MEAN, I'M ALWAYS HEARING PEOPLE SAY, OH, YOU KNOW, WHY DIDN'T SE DLT DO THIS OR THAT NOBODY ASKED THEM.
AND I KNOW THERE WAS A PUSH THIS PAST YEAR DURING THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION WHERE KRISTI HALL HAD OUT, UM, AMENDMENT OF SAYING THAT A CDT WOULD START FROM THE COMPLETE STREETS AND NOT THINK OF IT AS AN AFTERTHOUGHT, WHICH HOPEFULLY WILL HELP THAT.
IT'S AND AGAIN, IT'S GETTING THE CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENTS OUT THERE AND THEN YOU CALLED THE STD OT AND SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, IT WAS JUST GOING TO BE A COMPLETE STREET.
AND WHAT DOES, WHAT DOES S C D O T ENGINEERING LOOK LIKE FOR A COMPLETE STREET? SO IT'S AN INTERESTING QUESTION.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH THEM FROM EARLY ON IN THAT CALL AND JUST AT HIM IS NOT TO CALL THIS DEPARTMENT IN THE OFFICE IN BUFORD, BUT YOU HAVE TO CALL THE PLANNING SECTION OF STD OT IN COLUMBIA.
AND BY THE TIME IT GETS HERE, THEY'RE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE ORDERS AND IT'S MUCH, MUCH TOO LATE TO, THEY DON'T MAKE THE DECISIONS.
WELL, WHAT ABOUT, I MEAN, THIS IS A SILLY LITTLE THING, BUT WHAT ABOUT WHEN THE PLAN IS ADOPTED? GO AHEAD AND SEND IT TO DMT PLANNING SESSION AND COLUMBIA.
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I DON'T KNOW WHAT'LL HAPPEN TO IT, BUT SEND IT HARD HAPPENING IN DIGITALLY AND ALSO FOLLOW OR FOLLOW UP.CAUSE THEY HAVE PLANNING ENGINEERS ASSIGNED TO EACH AREA THEY ARE UP THERE AND IT MAKES SURE THAT PERSON'S IN ON IT.
JULIANA I SPOKE, I MET WITH, UH, I THINK IT'S, ARE THEY USING KIMBERLEY HORNS, THEY'RE NEW FOR THE STATE PLAN.
UM, AND THEY WANTED A COPY OF THE PLAN WHEN IT WAS COMPLETE SO THAT THEY CAN INCORPORATE SOME OF THE LOCAL STUFF INTO THE STATE SAFETY PLAN.
UM, SO I CAN TRY, I DON'T KNOW HOW I WOULD FIND WHO I TALKED TO, BUT I'M SURE IF YOU CALL THE STATE PLANNING OFFICE.
ANY OTHER THOUGHTS, IDEAS, CONSIDERATIONS.
I WOULD JUST ADD THAT ON THE LADY'S ISLAND, ALL OF THE ACCESS ROADS OF 20 MONTH ARE INCORPORATING THESE PATHWAYS AS PART OF THEIR PROJECTS.
SO, UM, IT SEEMS THAT ANYTHING THAT GETS DEVELOPED SHOULD HAVE THAT ATTACHED TO IT.
WHAT IT DOES DO IS IT BRINGS UP AN AWARENESS OF ADDITIONAL, UH, PATHWAYS THAT NEED TO BE, UH, USED, UH, OR, OR DEVELOPED, UH, IN ADDITION TO WHAT'S ALREADY OUT THERE.
SO IT'S AN EVOLUTIONARY KIND OF A PROCESS.
AS SOON AS YOU START LOOKING MORE DETAIL IN CERTAIN AREAS, YOU START TO SEE WHERE CONNECTIONS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT.
WELL, YOU CAN STOP THE SHARING.
UH, I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION.
UM, I THINK ONE OF THE UNFORTUNATE THAT WE, UM, WE FAILED CLUE BECAUSE WE DIDN'T REGISTER WITH YOUR TEAM, UH, WITH THE HOBBLE HOLLAND AND I THINK WE SHOULD NEVER ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN AGAIN.
SO I THINK WHAT YOU SAID EARLIER AS REGISTERING WITH PLANS, UM, VERY CENTRAL.
UM, THE OTHER THING THAT I, A QUESTION I HAVE IS, UM, WHAT, WHAT, HOW MANY, UM, I DON'T KNOW, MANY FEET OR MILES OF THE PATH ARE WE PROPOSING HERE? DO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF, I THINK WE DO HAVE IS IT'S 106, A HUNDRED AND 106 IS THE NUMBER.
UM, AND THOSE ARE UNCOMPLETED PATHWAYS AT THIS TIME.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, BUT I JUST HAVE ONE COMMENT, UM, AND IT KIND OF STEMS FROM, UM, THE SIDEWALKS ON SAM'S POINT ROAD AND ALL THE WAYS ON THE SAME SORT OF IDEAS THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE NEED TO START THINKING ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING FUND MAINTAINING ALL OF THESE AREAS AS WELL, BECAUSE SOMETIMES THEY JUST ARE MAINTAINED BY THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS.
BUT IF, YOU KNOW, A PIECE OF PROPERTY IS NOT, UM, DEVELOPED, THEN THEY JUST GET KINDA GROWN OVER.
AND IF THERE'S A MECHANISM IN THE FUTURE TO MAINTAIN IT, I THINK THAT WOULD BE, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.
I, I CAN TELL YOU THAT THESE, UH, BIKEWAYS AND PATHWAYS ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
AND ESPECIALLY TO OUR VISITORS, I RUN A SMALL VRVO AND WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT COME FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.
WE'VE HAD GUESTS, UH, FROM, UH, A LOT OF THE EUROPEAN NATIONS OF SCANDINAVIAN, UH, AREAS, UH, CANADA, AND THEN FROM ALL PARTS OF THIS COUNTRY.
AND I WOULD SAY THAT AT LEAST 50 TO 70% OF THE VISITORS THAT COME GET A BIKE RENTAL BUY, OR BRING A BIKE AND WANT TO HIT WHATEVER PATHWAYS IN THERE, THEIR QUESTION IS, WHERE CAN I GO FROM HERE? AND WE'RE IN DOWNTOWN, UH, BUFORD.
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TO, UH, GO DOWN A STREET IN ORDER TO GET TO SPANISH PAWS TRAIL.I DIRECT THEM TO THE SPANISH MOSS TRAIL.
THEY, THEY LOVE IT WHEN IT, WHEN IT GOES UNDER CONSTRUCTION, THEY'RE REALLY DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE IT STOPS THEM FROM REALLY USING, UH, THE ENTIRE AREA IN THE FACILITIES.
SO FROM A VISITOR STANDPOINT, UH, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE, UH, THE CITY IS IN THE BUSINESS OF IN LARGE PART, I THINK THE COUNTY IS A LARGE PART.
I DO HEAR A LOT OF COMMENTS, UH, ON, UH, BOARDS AND COMMITTEES THAT, UH, SOME PEOPLE JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE HAVE THOSE.
THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND BECAUSE THEY, THEY SAY, WELL, I DON'T EVER SEE ANYBODY USING THEM.
UH, AND OBVIOUSLY THEY DON'T USE THEM.
I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY THEY DON'T SEE IT, PEOPLE USE IT.
BUT, UH, BUT I'LL SAY THAT, THAT, THAT, UM, UH, THE EXPERIENCES FROM A VISITOR STANDPOINT, AT LEAST IF NOT LOCAL, AND I THINK THERE IS A LOT MORE LOCAL USE OF, OF THESE THINGS, UH, THEN, AND IT CONTINUES TO INCREASE.
I THINK THEY'RE EXTREMELY VALUABLE TO OUR ECONOMICS, UH, UH, SENSE HERE IN THE COUNTY AND IN THE CITIES REGARDING THE MAINTENANCE QUESTION, IF THEY RECEIVED STATE FUNDING FROM A C D O T UM, THEY TO HAVE A MAINTENANCE PLAN, THAT'S ACTUALLY SIGNED BY THE RESPONSIBLE BODY.
YOU CAN'T JUST, YOU DON'T GET MONEY.
THEY USED TO JUST GIVE MONEY AND THEN THE THING WOULD GET BUILT.
AND THEN IT WOULD BE IN FIVE YEARS A DUMP, BUT NOW, AND I MEAN, AND THEY REALLY WILL, IF THERE ARE COMPLAINTS, THEY'LL HOLD PEOPLE TO IT.
I MEAN, IT SAYS WHICH BODIES OR BODY IS RESPONSIBLE AND IT HAS TO BE SIGNED BY THE OFFICIAL.
SO IT'S, UM, KEPT UP AND IF IT ISN'T, THERE WILL BE SOME QUESTIONING AND COMPLAINTS ALWAYS GET MADE.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT.
UM, GOOD PRESENTATION, JULIANA.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON.
WHAT I'M GOING TO DO HERE IS, UH, WE HAVE THIS PRIORITY AND A PRIORITIZED LIST OF ACTION ITEMS THAT I'VE HAD OUT THERE.
AND WE TRACK FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS.
UH, BUT MOST OF THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE ATTACHED TO A LOT OF THESE THINGS ARE NOT PRESENT TODAY.
SO I'M GONNA, UH, ASK IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT SOMEBODY WOULD LIKE TO, UH, ADDRESS.
I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO TAKE THAT, THOSE COMMENTS.
UH, BUT BEFORE WE GET TO THAT, UH, THERE'S, UH, TWO AREAS HERE, UH, THAT, THAT, UM, UM, MR. GLOVER, YOU, YOU HAVE ON THE LIST AND, UH, I'D LIKE YOU TO, IF YOU CAN MAKE SOME COMMENTS AS A RE RELATES TO BOTH THE RURAL COMMUNITY, PUBLIC WATER, UH, AND THEN, UH, UH, THE FIRE PROTECTION, UH, YOU, YOU HAD PUT THOSE ON AND, UH, SINCE YOU'RE HERE, I THOUGHT MAYBE IT'D BE A GOOD IDEA.
IF YOU HAD SOME COMMENTS ON THOSE, YOU COULD MAKE THOSE SURE.
UM, UM, YOU CAN'T ALWAYS EMPHASIZE MORE PUBLIC WATER, UM, AND THEY'RE ALL CERTAIN TO HAVE ACCESS TO PUBLIC WATER DEPENDING ON WELLS AND WITH A LOT OF SALT INTRUSION OF WILLS AND THAT WATER SOURCE, NEW WATER LOUD, UM, THE RURAL COMMUNITIES.
I HAVE POCKETS ON SOME FELONY, UH, WITHOUT PUBLIC WATER.
UH, MR. DAWSON HAS A LOT OF AREAS IN HIS DISTRICT WITHOUT PUBLIC.
UM, THE ACCESS TO WATER TIES, UM, TO ALL OF THE FIVE LOOKING AT IT.
UM, RATES WILL GO DOWN TO LESS, UM, IF, UM, IF THE NET ACTUALLY PUBLIC WATER.
SO THOSE AREAS I THINK IS, UM, THAT'S WHY I GOT THAT ON THE AGENDA FOR US TO MOVE TO THIS.
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YOU COULD PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER THAT WOULD BE AN ACTION ITEM THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE A BOARD TO EITHER DEVELOP, UH, OTHER COMMITTEES OR THAT NEEDS TO BE RESPONDED TO FROM, UH, ANY OF THESE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO, UH, THE COMMITTEE THAT WOULD MAKE IT AN ACTION ITEM THAT WE COULD SEE, UH, SOMETHING THAT, UH, UH, UH, PRODUCTIVE, UH, VISION FOR THIS ITEM.I'D BE GLAD TO I'LL HAVE THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UM, ONE JUST SORT OF AN UPDATE ON THAT, OR ADD A LITTLE BIT, UM, IN THE COUNTY, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THERE'S BEEN A TWO, I THINK, STRATEGIES THAT HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THAT REGARDING RURAL WATER SUPPLY WHEN THE RELATES TO ST.
HELENA ISLAND, WARSAW ISLAND IN PARTICULARLY, AND THE OTHER ISSUE UP THERE AND SEABROOK AND STEWART POINT, I GUESS IT IS.
AND WE'VE TALKED TO EL COG ABOUT POSSIBILITIES FOR GRANT FUNDING, OR, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S BEEN DONE IN THE PAST AND WE REACHED OUT TO THE RURAL FIRE DISTRICT.
SO ANYWAY, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFICITY SPECIFICITY IN THE COMP PLAN ABOUT THAT, THOSE TUITION.
UM, IF, IF WE COULD COORDINATE BETWEEN WHAT THE COMP PLAN SAYS, UH, WHAT, WHAT THE ISSUES ARE AND HOW TO WE GET AN ACTION ITEM OF SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE, UH, TO, TO MOVE THAT FORWARD.
UH, I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE A POSITIVE RESPONSE FROM THE NORTHERN REGIONAL HERE.
UM, ANY, ANY OTHER, UH, ITEMS ON THE ACTION ITEM LIST THAT ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO, UH, MAKE COMMENT ON? OKAY.
UH, HEARING NONE, I'D LIKE TO GO TO THE, UH, UM, LADIES ISLAND, COMMUNITY PRESERVATION COMMITTEE UPDATE.
I'VE ASKED JASON AS CHAIR OF THAT COMMITTEE TO GIVE US AN UPDATE.
AND THE REASON I'M ASKING FOR AN UPDATE FROM HIM, AND THEN I HAVE ANOTHER ONE HAS AN UPDATE FROM THE VILLAGE CENTER TASK FORCE IS THAT A NORTHERN REGIONAL NOW IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE TWO, UH, COMMITTEES, UH, BASED ON, UH, THE MANDATE THAT WE HAD AND THE DISSOLUTION OF THE OTHER LADY SOUND PLANNING, IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE.
SO PERIODICALLY I'D LIKE, AT LEAST PERIODICALLY, I'D LIKE TO GET UPDATES FROM BOTH THOSE COMMITTEES COMING BACK TO NORTHERN REGIONAL.
SO JASON, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND.
IF YOU CAN USE THE, UM, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, WE ARE TRYING TO MEET AGAIN EVERY THIRD MONDAY, UH, WITH OUR COMMITTEE AND RECEIVE FEEDBACK FROM THE LADIES OUT ON VILLAGE CENTER PLAN, AS WELL AS OTHER ITEMS. UM, AND WE WELCOME THE PUBLIC AND ANYONE WHO'S INTERESTED TO COME AND MEET WITH US.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY OTHER INFORMATION THAT, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO KNOW, UH, WHAT, WHAT ARE THE KINDS OF ISSUES THAT YOU'VE, I KNOW YOU'VE JUST STARTED BACK AND YOU'VE ONLY HAD A COUPLE OF MEETINGS, SO IT'S JUST GETTING STARTED ABOUT WHAT IS YOUR ATTENDANCE, UH, AT, AT THIS POINT, UH, UH, AND WHAT ARE THE KINDS OF ISSUES THAT ARE COMING UP IN THE MEETING? WELL, LIKE YOU SAID, WE JUST GET THEM STARTED AGAIN, OUR ATTENDANCE MAINLY HAS BEEN OUR MEMBERS, WHICH IS SIX OF US.
UM, BUT STARTING NEXT MONTH, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE SOME ALSO THE PLANNING PEOPLE TO COME, UM, DAVID AND ROBERT AND LIBBY AND WHOEVER ELSE CAN MAKE IT.
I KNOW EVERYBODY HAS A LOT OF MEETINGS, UM, AND ONCE WE GET, UM, CRANKED UP, UM, WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE SOME MORE, UM, GENERAL PUBLIC TO COME AND, UM, PROVIDE INPUT.
IS THAT SOMETHING YOU MIGHT ADVERTISE IN LOCAL MEDIA? UH, YES, SIR.
WE'VE OBVIOUSLY JUST STARTED THE LIP BORA AS WELL.
I'M GOING TO TRY AND USE THAT MEDIA, UM, AND THERE IS LETTER TO TRY AND BRING PEOPLE IN.
UM, AND THE LAST ITEM HERE IS THE LADY'S ISLAND VILLAGE TASK FORCE.
UM, I KNOW THAT, UH, UH, WE ARE, UH, GETTING A LOT OF INPUT FROM, UH, THE COUNTY ENGINEERING FOR ALL THE, UH, ACCESS ROADS TO THE 21, UH, ROADWAY.
UH, I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN, UH, AN APPLICATION FOR A GRANT, UH, JUST RECENTLY PLACED, UH, FOR THE COUNTY FOR THAT SPECIFIC AREA ON LADY'S ISLAND.
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STILL IN NEED OF A CONSULTANT, UH, WHICH, UH, THE, BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY ARE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET A CONSULTANT ON BOARD.UH, THE TASK FORCE IS MOVING FORWARD INTO A LOT OF DIFFERENT AREAS OF THAT, UH, MASTER PLAN, NOT, I DON'T WANT TO CALL IT A MASTER PLAN, BUT IT'S A QUASI MASTER PLAN TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE, SOMETHING THAT, UH, WILL BE A POSITIVE IMPACT FOR THE, UH, FOR THE LADY'S ISLAND.
AND WE ARE STARTING TO MEET WITH MAJOR, UH, STAKEHOLDERS, UH, AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT, UH, THE ISSUES THAT THEY HAVE AND WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE AS PLANNING MOVES FORWARD, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE 21 QUARTER.
UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S JUST A REAL BRIEF UPDATE AT SOME POINT IN TIME, UH, WHEN IT'S APPROPRIATE, UH, WE MAY SHARE WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT, UH, SOME OF THE PLANNING PROCESS THAT THE TASK FORCE IS DEALING WITH.
UM, BUT I THINK THAT IS PROBABLY GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN EVER WE CAN START TO HAVE SOME, UH, MORE PUBLIC MEETINGS, UH, RELATED TO THAT.
UM, SO THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF OUR AGENDA.
ARE THERE ANY ROUND TABLE, UH, COMMENTS HEARING NONE.
UM, I'D ASK FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND, BUT THAT'S ALL WE HAVE IS EMOTION IN A SECOND.
UH, UH, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL SAY, UH, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN UNLESS I HAVE ANYBODY OBJECT TO IT SAYING NO OBJECTIONS.
THIS, UH, THIS MEETING, THE NEXT MEETING IS AUGUST 27TH WOULD BE GREAT IF WE COULD HAVE A GOOD PARTICIPATION IN THAT.
I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S SUMMER AND PEOPLE ARE ON VACATION, BUT, UH, IT'D BE GREAT TO HAVE AT LEAST, UH, A QUORUM, UH, HERE, UM, TO IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.
I THINK THIS COMMITTEE IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR COORDINATION AND COMMUNICATION, UH, WITH ALL OF THE ELEMENTS THAT ARE MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD, JUST LIKE IT IS FOR THE PATHWAYS AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
I APPRECIATE YOUR PARTICIPATION AND WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT MONTH.