[3. FOIA – PUBLIC NOTIFICATION OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN PUBLISHED, POSTED, AND DISTRIBUTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SOUTH CAROLINA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT]

THANK YOU. ALL WE KNOW IS YOU POSTED. CAN PROCEED WITH THE APPROVAL

[4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – August 2, 2021]

MINUTES. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS QUESTION MARTHA CASES TO THE MINUTES OF AUGUST 21ST. DURING AN EMOTIONAL FOUR MINUTES.

ONCE AGAIN ALL THOSE THEY RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. I LEFT.

[5. APPROVAL OF AGENDA]

WE HAVE ONE EXTENSION AND WE ARE AT WAR HERE. ALL RIGHT.

APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. >> I'M AWARE THAT A COUPLE OF APPLICANTS HAVE PULLED THEIR REZONING REQUEST AND SO WE WILL NOT BE HEARING THOSE THIS EVENING BUT THEY WILL MAY BE

BEING DEFERRED TO ACCEPTED MEETING. >> NOT SURE IF THAT'LL BE NEXT MONTH OR SUBSEQUENTLY MONTH, MAYBE NEXT MONTH. THAT WOULD BE ITEM NUMBER 10.

ZONING MAP AMENDMENT REQUESTS FOR TWO ACRES ON 27 0 6 TRASK PARKWAY FROM T TO WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD SEAPORT MANY CENTER. AND NUMBER ELEVEN ZONING MAP AMENDMENT REZONING REQUESTS FOR SIX POINT TO SIX ACRES 1 8 6 CHEROKEE FARMS ROAD FROM KEY TO RURAL TO T4 NEIGHBORHOOD WHICH CENTER WITH ALWAYS GO I HAVE APPROVAL FOR MODIFICATION AND REMOVE THOSE TWO MAJOR ANY OBJECTIONS? NO.

ALL RIGHT. OK. THOSE THEN ARE WILL THE

[6. CITIZEN COMMENTS]

REMAINING AGENDA WILL BE MAINTAINED. AND THEN WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR AGENDA. I'VE GOT SOME HANDOUTS WERE JUST FORWARDED TO ME ABOUT PARSONS MADE COMMENTS. I SEE MOST OF THE COMMENTS ARE RELATING TO THE ISSUES THAT WERE ON THE AGENDA. SO IF YOU'RE STILL HERE ONLY I'M NOT SURE HOW WE CAN DO THAT. I WILL DO IT THIS WAY. IF YOU'D LIKE TO GO ON RECORD MAKING A COMMENT ON ONE OF THE PROPOSALS THAT'S BEEN REMOVED, I THINK THAT'S APPROPRIATE.

OKATIE DO THAT. SO WE'LL DO THAT DURING A GENERAL COMMENTS TO BE MADE.

BY CITIZEN NOT AGENDA ITEMS SO I'M GOING TO CALL YOUR NAME AND IF YOU WOULD COME UP DURING THE SPEAKER INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND SHARE THIS WITH US HERE. THREE MINUTES.

I WANT TO READ THIS FOR PUBLIC SOMETHING. AND REMEMBER THE PUBLIC IS RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK SHALL LIMIT COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES AND OBSERVE THE FOLLOWING PROTOCOL . JUST THE CHAIRMAN AND SPEAKING AVOID DISRESPECT THE ACCOUNTS OF THIS COUNCIL TO A COMMISSION AND ANY OTHER PERSONALITIES YOU CAN FIND YOURSELVES TO QUESTIONS UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE COMMISSION. BE MINDFUL, RESPECTFUL ALL THOSE WHO ARE PRESENT OR OTHERS WHO MAY BE WATCHING ON TELEVISION.

OK. TONY AND KRISTA, TELL ALL YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS THREE MINUTES

PLEASE. >> GOOD EVENING. MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING HAVE

THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU CAME HERE. >> I'M HERE TONIGHT TO INFORM

YOU THAT THE THOSE YOU FIND CAN'T QUITE. >> I'M HERE TO INFORM YOU THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION IN REGARD TO THE APPLICATION THAT I MADE BEFORE YOU ON JUNE 6, 2021 WAS NOT FORWARDED TO THE COUNTY COUNCIL IN A TIMELY MANNER AND THEY DID NOT PROCEED ACCORDING TO THE LAW ADOPTED BY THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT.

>> NOW I WROTE A LETTER OR AN EMAIL TO THE COUNTY COUNCIL. AS OF YESTERDAY I FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE A MEETING OF THE NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE AND THAT

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WOULD DEAL WITH MY ISSUE OR THOUGHT THE DEAL WITH MY ISSUE BECAUSE IT WAS AN EXECUTIVE SESSION. I WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND SO I COULDN'T SPEAK.

>> SO I WROTE AN EMAIL AND I SAID AS FOLLOWS I AM EMAILING REGARDING AN URGENT MATTER IS IN REGARD TO THE VINCENT PLANTATION I AM THE APPLICANT OF THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT FOR A

TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. >> I HAVE A RIGHT TO BE HEARD BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL HAVING FIRST RECEIVE A FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION. THESE RIGHTS ARE EQUAL TO THOSE OF THE LAND PURCHASE OR

PROPERTY OF DENTON PLANTATION. >> I HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THE REASON THAT THEY MET YESTERDAY WAS BECAUSE OF A LAND PURCHASE. FURTHERMORE, THERE IS A CONSERVATION EASEMENT THAT THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT PAID OUT THE REAL CRITICAL LAST PROGRAM OF 2.5 MILLION DOLLARS. YOU'LL BE WELL ADVISED THAT ANY SUCH SALE CORRECTLY RECOGNIZED THE SPIRIT AND INTENT OF THE CONSERVATION. HE'S BEEN THERE ESPECIALLY TRUE IF FEDERAL MONEY FROM NOLA IS INVOLVED FROM THE KELP PROGRAM .

>> I'VE MENTIONED THAT BECAUSE IT'S IN THE CONSERVATION EASEMENT THAT BENTON PLANTATION

WAS NUMBER TWO IN THE NATION RATED FOR THE GUARD. >> THE KELP I CALLED I CALLED NOVA AND FOUND OUT THAT IN FACT AN APPLICATION WAS IN FACT RECEIVED.

NOW I WILL SAY TO YOU THAT I WROTE A LETTER TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO THE COUNTY COUNCIL AND I SAID IT IS SURPRISING THAT I FIND MYSELF EQUAL TO REQUIRED TO INFORM YOU ABOUT THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT'S LAW GOVERNING THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS AND THE BEAUFORT

COUNTY DEVELOPMENT CODE . >> I HAVE ENUMERATED ABOVE CERTAIN SECTIONS FOR YOUR REFERRAL SEVEN POINT FORTY EIGHT SEVEN POINT FOUR NINE DEALING WITH THE POWERS DUTIES RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE COUNTY COUNCIL SAYS INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH IN THOSE TWO SECTION AS PROMPTLY AS POSSIBLE IN CONSIDERATION

OF THE INTERESTS OF THE APPLICANT I AM THE APPLICANT. >> I RECEIVED ZERO.

WHAT I GOT WAS NO I RECEIVED NO ANSWER NO YES NO NO NOTHING. I GOT ZERO FROM THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT NOW WHAT I WOULD SAY TO YOU IS THIS THAT THE COUNTY COUNCIL IS IN ERROR WITH RESPECT TO ITS OWN LAW. IF THIS COULD HAPPEN TO THE FORMER PLANNING DIRECTOR, IT CAN HAPPEN TO ANYBODY. THIS IS SERIOUS STUFF. WHETHER COUNTY COUNCIL BREAKS ITS OWN LAW IS VERY SERIOUS BECAUSE WHEN IT DOES IS SAYING THAT DO NOT DO WHAT WE DO DO AS WE SAY THAT NEVER WORKS. IF SOMEONE SAYS TO YOU I DON'T WANT TO BUILD A RIVER BUFFER SETBACK WITH NATURAL VEGETATION ,PUT ROSES THERE THAT HAPPENED TO ME AT BERKELEY ALL THE DEVELOPERS SAY THAT THE MYTHICAL WOMEN HAD LONG STOCKINGS AND DIDN'T WANT TO

PAY OTHERS THEIR LEGS AFFECTED BY THE RIVER BUFFER. >> I WAS TOLD THAT BY A DEVELOPER IF A COUNTY DEVELOPER WANTED TO BUILD A SHOPPING CENTER AND PUT PARKING IN AND DIDN'T WANT TO MEET THE PARKING STANDARDS WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? THE COUNTY COUNCIL DOESN'T FAVOR ITS OWN LAWS. HOW DO WE EXPECT PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS TO PAY WHAT YOU CANNOT EXPECT PEOPLE TO DO? WOULD YOU SAY IF YOU DO NOT DO WHAT YOU DO NOW? NOW I WOULD TELL YOU THIS THAT IN THE CONSERVATION EASEMENTS SECTION IT SAYS THAT IF YOU CHANGE THE CONSERVATION YOU NEED TO GO TO A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION IF YOU CHANGE THE COCKPIT, THE CONSERVATION EASEMENT, YOU NEED

TO GO TO A COURT OF CONGRESS. >> OF COMPETENT NEAREST ENERGY. MR. STONE THREE MR. CHAIRMAN, I WOULD ONLY SAY THIS TO THE. THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED IN THE HISTORY REVIEW BEAUFORT COUNTY OR A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION WAS READ WAS WAS IGNORED, IGNORED BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL. IF IT HAPPENS THROUGH THE PLANNING FOR THE PLANNING DIRECTOR IT CAN HAPPEN TO ANYBODY. THIS IS VERY, VERY DANGEROUS STUFF AND I WOULD SAY THAT IT WOULD BE WELL ADVISED FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO ONCE AGAIN INFORM COUNTY COUNCIL THAT A DECISION WAS MADE BY THE COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION AND FORWARDED TO THE COUNTY COUNCIL AND I WOULD SUGGEST THAT MAYBE YOU OR MAY NOT HEAR ANYTHING IN REGARD TO FUTURE MEMBERS OF THE CONFERENCE A PLAN OR CONFERENCE A PLAN UNTIL THIS IS CURRENTLY DEALT WITH PROPERLY. MR. CHAIRMAN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU, CONNIE. MR. MERCHANT, DID YOU WANT TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS REGARDING THIS? THE STATE HAS ITS OWN AGENDA AN FOR THE 13 ITS ON THE COUNTY COUNCIL AGENDA FOR SEPTEMBER 13TH. YES, THEY HAD A NICE COMMUNITY MEETING YESTERDAY. IT WAS AN EXECUTIVE SESSION. I WAS NOT INVITED TO SPEAK GETS

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. >> IT'S. YES.

YES. OUT SOME ASSISTANT HEALTH MINISTER FOR DEVELOPMENT

RECREATION. >> IT WAS NOT ON THE NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE MEETING YESTERDAY BECAUSE THE MEETING WAS HELD ON TUESDAY. YESTERDAY WAS A GENDER REVIEW FOR COUNTY COUNCIL AND THERE WAS. IT WAS PUT ON THE AGENDA AND IT WAS FORWARDED FROM THE NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE WHICH BEGAN ON TUESDAY TO NEXT MONDAY'S

COUNCIL MEETING WHICH IS THE 13TH. >> ALL RIGHT.

>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR CLARIFICATION. YOU'RE WELCOME.

ALL RIGHT. LET'S MOVE FORWARD. I HAVE A COMMENT HERE FROM

DEBRA HOLBROOK REGARDING CHEROKEE FARMS ROAD REZONING. >> YES, I WAS JUST THIRTY NINE JAMES HABERSHAM AND THERE'S BEEN A ZONING BOARD THAT WE DRIVE BACK AND FORTH PASSED FOR A MONTH AND I WAS CALLED NO ONE ASKED WHAT THAT WAS FOR A LOOK LIKE I'M THE ONLY PERSON FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD BUT WHEN THEY FILED FOR A ZONING REZONING REQUEST OF THE SIX POINT IN

THEIR WHAT IS IT TO BE ZONED FOR? >> THEY'RE ASKING FOR A ZONING FROM T TO RURAL WHICH IT'S CURRENTLY ZONED AS TEETH FOR NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER FOR NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER THE DEVELOPER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD

BY THE OWNER OF THE APPLICANT IS RALPH. >> THEY ARE THE CALLS TO ALL THIS INFORMATION SHOULD BE ON THE ON THE Z THERE SHOULD BE ON THAT POST THAT I THINK IT'S

RIGHT. >> AT THE BEGINNING OF THE ROAD THERE A DIRT ROAD THAT GOES BACK BY THE PROPERTY. I GUESS WHAT I'M ASKING IS WHAT DOES IT MEAN SOMETHING FOR YOU

KNOW? >> WELL, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IT WOULD SAY THE CLASSIFICATION ALLOWS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER AND IT COULD IT COULD TAKE FORM SEVERAL DIFFERENT FASHIONS RETAIL OUTRELET, COMMERCIAL OUTLET. SO UNTIL UNTIL THERE IS A FILE WILL BE DEVELOPMENT PLAN. I COULDN'T TELL YOU WHAT'S GOING ON.

WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING AND WE'LL HEAR THAT IF HE WOULD BE INTERESTED.

IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU. WE'LL BE BACK ON THE AGENDA NEXT MONTH.

THANK THANK YOU. OK. JESSE WHITE.

JESSE, YOU HERE LOVE YOUR. >> NO, IT IS ON THE AGENDA. YOU'RE RIGHT.

THAT'S CORRECT. IT WILL BE. SO IF YOU WOULD HOLD YOUR COMMENTS TILL THEN I'M STILL DOING TO WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE ON REZONING RELATED TO THAT PROPERTY FROM AWAY. I THINK THAT'S IN THERE. RIGHT.

YOU DO THINK MR. MUSIC CAN WE HOLD OUT UNTIL WE GET TO THAT ISSUE? THIS IS IT WAS OPEN MEDICINE. YES. I CALL IT.

AND SO IS THIS ONE BY THOMAS MIKE THOMAS. THOMAS MIKE SENIOR.

YES. OK, WE'LL HEAR IT. >> WE'LL HEAR THAT ALSO WHEN THE ISSUE IS DISCUSSED AND IT IS WE'LL BE ON THE AGENDA. I THINK IT'S A THREE ITEMS FROM NOW. ALL RIGHT. SO YOUR COMMENTS WHAT WE'VE TAKEN DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME WITH YOU. ALL RIGHT.

OK, ANYBODY WHO DIDN'T FILE A COMMENT REQUEST WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK AT THIS POINT REGARDING

ISSUES NOT ON THE AGENDA. >> ANYTHING ON THE ONLINE PRESSES OR ANYTHING ONLINE

MAYBE NOTHING. >> OK, ALL RIGHT. FIRST ITEM FOR THE NIGHT IS THE

[7. 2040 BEAUFORT COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN (THIS INCLUDES THE BEAUFORT COUNTY ATLAS AND THE 2040 ACTION PLAN PLAYBOOK)]

20 40 BEAUFORT COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WHICH INCLUDES THE COUNTY ATLAS AND THE 20 40 ACTION PLAN WILL PLAYBOOK THEN A YEAR AND A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AND A HALF IN THE MAKING. WE'RE ROUNDING THE FINAL STRETCH HOPEFULLY HERE WITH THIS PLEASE JUST FROM TO START THE NEXT ONE GET THEY'LL SAY THAT WOULD COME IN.

WELL, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION WORKS TO BRING BEFORE YOU THE LATEST DRAFT OF THE BEFORE COUNTY 2014 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND GO TO

THE NEXT SLIDE. >> I GUESS BEFORE WE GET STARTED I JUST WANTED TO.

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WE FOUND SOME OF THESE QUOTES HERE ON THE EPA WEB SITE. AND I THINK THAT THEY SPEAK TO THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CONFERENCE A PLAN AND I THINK IT REALLY KIND OF GIVES SOME

PERSPECTIVE TO THE DECISION YOU'RE MAKING TODAY. >> YEAH.

>> THERE WE GO. AND I THOUGHT THAT THESE ARE REALLY GOOD.

KIND OF GIVING AN OVERVIEW OF WHY THE CONFERENCE A PLAN IS IMPORTANT AND REALLY WE SEE IT AS KIND OF A VERY DETAILED VISION STATEMENT FOR THE COUNTY .

I THINK WE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT WE ALL LOVE BEAUFORT COUNTY AND THAT THERE ARE ASPECTS OF LIVING HERE AND THINGS THAT WE VALUE ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY AND BEING ABLE TO QUANTIFY THAT FEELING. BUT THINGS ARE DETERMINED AND WHAT IT IS THAT WE WANT TO PRESERVE WHAT IT IS THAT WE WANT TO PROTECT FROM WHAT WE SEE AS POTENTIAL THREATS TO OUR

QUALITY OF LIFE HERE. >> THAT IS REALLY WHAT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS AND IT PROVIDES A IT'S A IT'S A DOCUMENT THAT REALLY GIVES GUIDANCE FOR DECISION MAKING BUT ALSO HAS VERY SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS AND ACTIONS. SO THESE ARE JUST SOME QUOTES A CONFERENCE PLANT IS A FOUNDATIONAL POLICY DOCUMENT FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, YOU

KNOW. >> SO IT KIND OF TELLS US HOW TO ACT.

IT'S AN IMPORTANT TOOL FOR COORDINATING LOCAL DECISION MAKING.

>> THE LOCAL CONFERENCE AND PLANNING PROCESS GIVES THE COMMUNITY AN OPPORTUNITY TO

STEP BACK AND SEE THE BIG PICTURE. >> AND I THINK THAT THAT'S A

GOOD ONE. >> YOU KNOW, YOU REALLY START WITH VERY BROAD QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT IT IS THAT WE VALUE FOR THE COUNTY AND WHAT WE SEE AS THE GREATEST SHAPE ISSUES THAT WE'RE FACING. THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT ONE. IT'S THE LEGAL FOUNDATION THAT LEGITIMIZES LOCAL DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. SO WE HAVE A ZONING ORDINANCE AND IT'S VERY DETAILED THAT TELLS WHAT PEOPLE CAN DO WITH THEIR PROPERTY.

BUT THAT ZONING ORDINANCE IN AND OF ITSELF WITHOUT THE BACKING OF A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS ON VERY SHAKY LEGAL GROUNDS AND ESPECIALLY IN SOUTH CAROLINA.

AND I'LL SAY THAT'S SOMETHING FOR OUR STATE IS THAT WE PUT A LOT OF VALUE IN THE CORPORATE PLAN AND REQUIRE IT FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WHO HAVE ZONING ORDINANCES IN WHEN YOU HAVE AN UP TO DATE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN YOU'D HAVE MORE CERTAINTY FOR PROPERTY OWNERS AND FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO DEVELOP AND ALSO FOR LOCAL OFFICIALS AND HOW TO MAKE DECISIONS AND THEN ULTIMATELY, YOU KNOW, HAVING A GOOD CONFERENCE, A PLAN AND A GOOD PROCESS MEANS AN INFORMED

CONSTITUENTS. >> SO I THINK THAT I REALLY LIKED THAT SUMMARY BECAUSE I THINK IT KIND OF REMINDS US OF , YOU KNOW, I GUESS THE WEIGHT OF WHAT WE'RE THE DECISION WE'RE MAKING TODAY IN REVISING OUR CONFERENCE PLAN. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE STATE REQUIRES IS THAT EVERY 10 YEARS WE'RE REQUIRED TO REVISIT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN EVERY FIVE YEARS. WE DO KIND OF AN EVALUATION OF WHERE WE ARE.

SO WE'RE AT ONE OF THOSE 10 YEAR MILESTONES WE GO TO NEXT SLIDE AND STARTING OUT.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO SAY THAT A LOT HEAVY LIFTING HAS BEEN DONE ALREADY.

YOU KNOW, GOING BACK TO OUR 97 CONFERENCE OF PLANNED A LOT OF IMPORTANT DECISIONS WERE MADE AND POLICIES SET FORTH WHEN WE DID THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN REGIONAL PLANS, YOU KNOW. AND SO THE IDEA HERE IS NOT TO REWRITE THE PLAN BUT TO REALLY BUILD ON THOSE THINGS AND DECIDE WHERE WE ARE TODAY. IN INTRODUCING, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT NEW ISSUES, WE FACE ANOTHER. SO THAT'S ONE THING WHEN YOU'RE READING THE DOCUMENTS TO KEEP IN MIND. THE OTHER THING IS THAT WE REALLY FELT THIS TIME AND I THINK YOU'RE ALL AWARE WE HIRED DESIGN WORKSHOP AND THEY WERE OUR CONSULTANTS THAT ASSISTED US AND GUIDED US THROUGH THE PROCESS.

>> BUT WE REALLY WANTED TO HAVE A PLAN THAT WAS EASY TO READ AND EASY TO.

THAT WAS VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD ARTICULATING THE IDEAS IN THE PLAN.

ONE I THINK THE DOWNFALL AS IT HAPPENS WITH COMPREHENSIVE PLANS IS THAT ONCE YOU ADD ALL THE DATA SOMETIMES IT GETS MINED NOTHING. YOU'RE LOOKING AT A LOT OF NUMBERS AND FIGURES AND MAPS AND WHEN YOU KNOW WHEN YOU FINALLY GET TO THE POLICIES, YOU KNOW IT JUST MAKES FOR A VERY DIFFICULT READ. SO WHAT WE DID IN THIS CASE IS THAT THE BACKGROUND PORTION OF THE PLAN IS IN A DOCUMENT CALLED THE BEAUFORT COUNTY ATLAS AND THE GOAL THERE WAS TO TAKE ALL THOSE, YOU KNOW, POPULATION AND LAND USE NATURAL RESOURCE, ALL THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION PUT IT IN THAT WOULD SAY VERY VISUALLY FRIENDLY FORMAT WITH LOTS OF CHARTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS, YOU KNOW, TO TO I GUESS MAKE THE

INFORMATION POP OUT AND BE EASY TO READ. >> SO ONCE YOU GET TO THE ACTUAL DOCUMENT 20 40 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THE ONE SHOWN IN THE CENTER THERE IT REALLY GOES REALLY CUTS TO THE CHASE IN THAT EACH CHAPTER YOU'VE GOT YOU HAVE A CONTEXT WHERE YOU PROVIDE THIS IS YOU KNOW WHAT WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT

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THEREFORE YOU KNOW WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? >> AND SO IT IMMEDIATELY LAUNCHES INTO THE STRATEGIES AND THE ACTION ITEMS FOR EACH OF THOSE SECTIONS.

AND I THINK THAT MAKES FOR A MUCH EASIER TO READ DOCUMENT WHEN YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT IT IS THAT COUNTY IS DOING ABOUT NATURAL RESOURCES. THAT'S A MUCH EASIER YOU NO AMOUNT OF INFORMATION TO DIGEST AND MOST OF THE ESSENTIALS THERE IN IT IF YOU WANT TO KNOW SPECIFICALLY WHERE WHERE ARE THE WETLANDS, WHERE ARE THE SOILS THAT THAT LIMIT DEVELOPMENT SHOULD GO TO THE ATLAS AND THAT INFORMATION IS THERE.

AND THEN FINALLY WITHIN THE PLAN THERE ARE STRATEGIES AND THEN OUR ACTUAL ACTION ITEMS, YOU KNOW, STEPS THAT WE COULD TAKE THAT COULD BE CHECKED OFF ,YOU KNOW, A BOX SAYING WE'VE DONE THIS THING THAT WAS IN THE PLAN IT RECOMMENDED WE DO THIS. WE DID IT.

AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS ARE IN WHAT WE CALL THE ACTION PLAYBOOK.

WE'VE TAKEN ALL THE ACTION ITEMS. WE'VE CATEGORIZED THEM BY SHORT ,MEDIUM AND LONG RANGE WITHIN A 10 YEAR TIMEFRAME. WHO IS GOING TO IMPLEMENT THEM ,YOU KNOW. AND SO ALL OF THAT I THINK WILL ALLOW FOR MUCH BETTER TRACKING AND YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO ASSESS WHERE WE ARE AS FAR AS IMPLEMENTING THIS PLAN.

IN ADDITION IN THAT ACTION PLAYBOOK IS A 10 YEAR CFP. SO NOT ONLY ARE THE THIS THE ACTION ITEMS BUT THE ACTUAL PROJECTS. AND SO WE WORKED WITH THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT TO DEVELOP A TENURE CFP THAT IS PART OF THIS CFP IS ON CAPITAL

IMPROVEMENTS IS FOR THE AUDIENCE. >> SO THAT'S JUST A REAL QUICK OVERVIEW. YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. ANOTHER THING YOU KNOW WHEN I SAID REALLY BUILDS OFF, I WOULD SAY SOME SOLID PLANNING FOUNDATION BUT WE REALLY IDENTIFIED I WOULD SAY THREE EMPHASIS EMPHASIS IS IN THIS PLAN.

THE FIRST ONE IS RESILIENCE. THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING WITHIN THE LAST 10 YEARS THAT WE HAVE TAKEN A LOT CLOSER LOOK AT AND THAT IS THE IMPACTS OF FLOODING ESPECIALLY EXACERBATE BY SEA LEVEL RISE AND CLIMATE CHANGE BEING ABLE TO ASSESS THE RISKS AND DECIDE WHAT ARE NECESSARY STEPS THAT WE COULD TAKE AS A LOCAL COMMUNITY TO BE MORE RESILIENT.

THE OTHER THING THIS PLAN DOES AND THIS IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE'VE TOUCHED ON IN PREVIOUS EFFORTS BUT IT REALLY LOOKS AT EQUITY. YOU KNOW, IS THIS PLAN EQUITABLE AND BEAUFORT COUNTY IS A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE BUT IT'S NOT NECESSARY ONLY.

THIS IS A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE FOR ALL RESIDENTS. AND SO ANYTHING THAT WE COULD DO IS LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE MORE EQUITY IN SERVICES IN QUALITY OF LIFE.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS AN IMPORTANT FACTOR IN DECISION MAKING.

AND THEN ALSO YOU NEED TO PLACE THIS REALLY BUILDING OFF OF OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODE WHICH EMPHASIZES NOT ONLY WHERE WE DEVELOP WHAT IS IT QUALITY OF DEVELOPMENT IN OR WE CREATING TRUE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE PLACES THAT WE WANT TO LIVE OR WE YOU KNOW, JUST SAYING WELL THIS IS WHERE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT GOES HERE. AND IT DOESN'T REALLY CREATE THAT SENSE OF PLACE. THIS PLAN REALLY EMPHASIZES THAT ALL OF THOSE POLICIES ARE

AIMED AT BUILDING QUALITY COMMUNITIES. >> SO THESE THREE THEMES ARE WOVEN INTO THE PLAN. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE STRATEGIES YOU'LL SEE A LITTLE E IN FRONT OF IT OR A LITTLE R THAT'S KIND OF THAT'S WHAT THAT MEANS.

IT'S KIND OF TYING IT BACK TO ONE OF THOSE THREE CONCEPTS YOU CAN GO THE NEXT SLIDE THAT WE CAN MOVE ON. SEE, I JUST WANT TO REAL QUICKLY GO THROUGH THE WE HAD A REAL CHALLENGE WITH THE COMMUNITY ENGAGED BECAUSE OF THE NEXT SLIDE.

>> YOU KNOW, WE HAD OUR KICKOFF WORKSHOPS MARCH 4TH AND 5TH 2020 AND IF YOU'RE AWARE THAT WAS ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF PRIOR TO EVERYTHING SHUTTING DOWN.

WE HAD A REALLY GOOD KICKOFF WORKSHOP AND GOOD ATTENDANCE. WE HAD STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT BUT THEN EVERYTHING WAS PUT ON HOLD. AND SO WHAT WE DID IS WE PUT TO A LOT OF EMPHASIS ON THAT ATLAS IN GATHERING THE EXISTING INFORMATION THAT WE HAD AND THEN BY THE END OF SUMMER OF 2020. NEXT SLIDE WE HAD TWO VIRTUAL WORKSHOPS REALIZING THIS IS NOT QUITE THE SAME AS IN-PERSON BUT IT WAS A WAY TO PROVIDE SOME PUBLIC INPUT INTO THE PROCESS DURING THIS REALLY DIFFICULT TIME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PANDEMIC. WE HAD ONE SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO NATURAL RESOURCES PRESERVATION AND THE GREEN PRINT PLAN WHICH IS A PLAN THAT INFORMS ARE OF RURAL CRITICAL LANDS PRESERVATION PRIORITIES. AND THEN NEXT SLIDE WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE RELATED TO GROWTH

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MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. SO WE HAD A LOT OF INPUT FROM THOSE SURVEYS BUT ONLINE ENGAGEMENT IS NOT NECESSARILY YOU'RE REACHING THE SAME POPULATION AS WHEN YOU'RE IN THE COMMUNITY. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID AND THIS WAS VERY DIFFICULT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE THREE SUCCESSFUL SOCIALLY DISTANCED WORKSHOPS IN OCTOBER 20 20. THAT FIRST PICTURE JUST KIND OF CRACKS ME UP THAT THEY CAN'T GET MUCH MORE SOCIALLY DISTANCE THAN THAT.

BUT WE DID HAVE A GOOD TURNOUT AND THEY WERE BASICALLY SET UP AS IS OPEN HOUSE.

SO WE'VE NEVER MET A LARGE GROUP PEOPLE ONE TIME BUT WE DID WE DID GET SOME PRETTY GOOD

ATTENDANCE AT THOSE MOVING ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE. >> WE PRESENTED THE VERY FIRST

DRAFT AS YOU REMEMBER IN APRIL 15. >> WE RELEASED THE FIRST DRAFT OF THIS PLAN AND OPENED IT UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON AND WE LEARNED SHORTLY INTO THAT PROCESS THAT WE REALLY NEEDED TO GO BACK OUT INTO THE COMMUNITIES WE HAD ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED A PUBLIC HEARING AT ABOUT BOULDER RECREATION CENTER WHICH WE HAD ON ON JUNE 7.

BUT WE FOLLOWED UP WITH TWO IN-PERSON WORKSHOPS ONE TO KURT WELLS ON JUNE 8TH AND ONE AT THE ST. HELENA PUBLIC LIBRARY ON JUNE 10TH. IN ADDITION, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR ST. HELENA ISLAND LADIES SILENCE COUNCILMAN GLOVER AND COUNCILMAN SOMERVILLE HELD A JOINT MEETING WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD REPRESENTATIVES AND ALSO WITH THE STATE REPRESENTATIVES AND HAD A VERY LARGE COMMUNITY MEETING THAT THE FOCUS OF THAT WAS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. SO REALLY THROUGH THAT ENGAGEMENT AND THROUGH THE PUBLIC COMMENTS WE RECEIVED VERY GOOD INPUT AND A LOT OF COMMENTS WHICH AS YOU'RE AWARE AT THE AUGUST 2ND MEETING WE PRESENTED BACK TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

IT WAS A GIANT SPREADSHEET WITH EACH OF THE COMMENTS AND IN OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HOW TO MOVE FORWARD. SO SINCE THAT AUGUST AUGUST 2ND MEETING WE SCRAMBLED HIS STAFF

TO DO DIRECT THE CONSULT TO MAKE THE EDITS. >> WE GOT THAT BACK FINALIZED ON AUGUST 30 FIRST AND WE RELEASED THIS DRAFT TO THE PUBLIC AND AND ALSO TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. SO WITH THAT I WAS JUST GOING TO GO THROUGH.

I WOULD SAY IT MAYBE A 20000 FOOT OVERVIEW OF THE PLAN AND THEN ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE YOU KNOW, NOTHING TOO DETAILED FOR IT. I MEAN ANYTHING FOR THE MOST

GENERAL TO THE MOST DETAILED IS PERFECTLY FINE. >> WHAT I WANTED TO DO REAL QUICK IS KIND OF WALK YOU THROUGH HOW THIS IS ARRANGED. GIVEN THE NEXT SLIDE EACH OF THE CHAPTERS YOU KNOW YOU'LL SEE US SPREAD LIKE THIS FOR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT WHERE WE HAVE KIND OF A GENERAL STATEMENT, YOU KNOW, VALUE STATEMENT ABOUT NATURAL RESOURCES PROTECTION THEN WE HAVE CORE VALUES AND THAT REALLY KIND OF TALKS ABOUT THE WHAT IT IS WE VALUE OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND WHAT KIND OF GUIDES OR DECISION

MAKING. >> IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT PAGE WE HAVE CONTEXT.

SO THIS IS BASICALLY SUMMING UP THE INFORMATION THAT'S IN THE ATLAS, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF TAKING STOCK OF OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, NATURAL RESOURCES, ASSESSING WHAT WE'VE DONE, WHAT ARE THE, YOU KNOW, CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE IN AND KIND OF SUMMARIZING THEREFORE WE RECOMMEND THESE STEPS. SO WHEN YOU GO TO THE NEXT PAGE YOU GET INTO THE HEART OF THE RECOMMENDER ASIANS. SO STRATEGIES ARE THESE ITEMS THAT ARE IN THE GREEN AND THEN THOSE ARE FOLLOWED UP BY ACTION ITEMS. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THIS PLAN DOES THAT WE DIDN'T DO BEFORE WHICH I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT IS WE MAKE A DISTINCTION BETWEEN A POLICY STATEMENT WHICH IS SAYING, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE FOR A ROAD NETWORK WE RECOMMEND A LEVEL OF SERVICE D.C. FOR ALL FUTURE COUNTY ROADWAYS THAT IS MORE A STATEMENT THAT GUIDES HOW WE MAKE DECISIONS. BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU SAY OK, TODAY I KNOW WE HAVE MADE AN IMPROVEMENT THIS LEVEL OF SERVICE.

WE CHECK THAT BOX AND WE FIND IT NEXT. THAT'S A STRATEGY THAT'S THAT'S SOMETHING THAT GUIDES HOW WE THINK AN ACTION ITEM IS SOMETHING THAT IS YOU KNOW, THAT YOU COULD THAT'S ACTUALLY ACTIONABLE AND SOMETHING YOU COULD SAY WELL I YOU INITIATING THIS ACTION AND WE'VE COMPLETED IT. CHECK THE BOX.

SOME OF THEM ARE ONGOING BUT THEY ARE DEFINITELY THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE.

SO THAT DISTINCTION IS DRAWN AND I THINK THAT THAT REALLY HELPS BECAUSE PLANS DO SEVERAL THINGS. YOU KNOW, HAVING A STRATEGY IS IMPORTANT.

YOU KNOW, MANY TIMES WHEN WE'RE WRITING A GRANT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO SHOW THAT WE VALUE THESE THINGS AND THAT SHOWS, YOU KNOW, WHOEVER IS EVALUATING THE GRANTS THAT WE HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS. IT'S IN OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN .

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AN ACTION ITEM IS MORE KIND OF SAYING WE'RE GOING TO PURSUE THIS PROJECT OVER HERE.

WE'RE GOING TO PURSUE THIS NEW POLICY OVER HERE. BUT THEY'RE BOTH IMPORTANT YOU KNOW, VITAL ELEMENTS PLAN. SO JUST REAL QUICK OVERVIEW NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS.

YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THIS IS, YOU KNOW, CONTINUING OUR NATURAL RESOURCE PROTECTION STRENGTHEN YOU KNOW, ASSESSING WHETHER THEY'RE WORKING ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO IN THIS CHAPTER IS THAT WE INCORPORATE THE GREEN PRINT PLAN RECOGNIZING THAT PRESERVATION IS ONE STEP IN PRESERVING THE ENVIRONMENT BUT HAVING GOOD RESOURCE PROTECTION STANDARDS AND OUR ORDINANCES IS ANOTHER THING WE CAN DO WITH IT KIND OF HAS A CONTINUUM OF PRESERVATION DEPENDING ON HOW IMPORTANT FOR RESOURCE IT IS TO PROTECT.

BUT THIS ALSO EMPHASIZES A LOT MORE THAN OUR LAST COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

THIS WHOLE IDEA OF RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND SEA LEVEL RISE AND THIS IS IMPORTANT NOT ONLY BECAUSE THIS IS A CHALLENGE IF THE COUNTY IS FACING THAT ALSO BECAUSE THE STATE IS NOW REQUIRING THIS AND COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO REQUIRE US TO ADDRESS RESILIENCY.

AND SO YOU KNOW, OUR CONFERENCE A PLAN EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A NEW POLICY BY THE STATE WE'RE FOLLOWING THE LATEST STATE GUIDELINES. SO THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S ONLY IN THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT SECTION. WE ADDRESS IT ELSEWHERE ESPECIALLY IN COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND WHERE WE SITE FUTURE FACILITIES SOME OF THE FIGURE. THE NEXT SLIDE WELL THEN NEXT CHAPTERS CULTURE OF CULTURAL RESOURCE IS ONCE AGAIN BUILDING ON WHAT WE HAVE DONE. WE HAVE GOOD POLICIES IN PLACE TO PROTECT HISTORIC RESOURCES, ARCHEOLOGICAL RESOURCES. WE REALLY SEE, YOU KNOW, PRESERVING OUR RURAL AREAS AND IN THE RURAL WAY OF LIFE IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THIS PLANNING EFFORTS RECOGNIZING DISTINCTIVENESS OF THE CALLING EACH COMMUNITY ACKNOWLEDGING THE IMPORTANCE OF FARMING, FISHING AND FORESTRY TO THE LOCAL ECONOMY A WAY OF LIFE AND THEN ALSO FROM THE INPUT WE GOT THE PLAN NOW PLACES GREATER EMPHASIS ON PROTECTING AND

PRESERVING HISTORIC CEMETERIES THAT HAS COME UP. >> YOU KNOW, SEVERAL TIMES, YOU KNOW, SINCE JUST WITHIN THE LAST YEAR. BUT IT'S BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE.

LOOKING AT THE ISSUE OF HEIRS PROPERTY, HOW DO WE PROVIDE MORE SUPPORT TO IT TO FAMILIES WITH HEIRS PROPERTY AND THEN ALSO ADDRESSING THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF MINING RESOURCE EXTRACTION ON THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES? THOSE ARE SOME THINGS THAT CAME THROUGH OUR ENGAGEMENT THIS SUMMER AT OUR MEETINGS AND THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

NEXT SLIDE ECONOMY. YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT WHAT ARE OUR EXISTING ECONOMIC DRIVERS AND REALLY EMPHASIZING, YOU KNOW, BUILDING ON THOSE STRENGTHS ESPECIALLY THE MILITARY AND TOURISM PROMOTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SKILLED WORKFORCE, PROVIDING INCENTIVES FOR BUSINESS RECRUITMENT, RETENTION AND AN EXPANSION AND THEN CALLING FOR CREATING IT'S STRENGTHENING REGIONAL AND STATE PARTNERSHIPS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF AS A FOUNDATION FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE COUNTY. SOME ADDITIONAL COMMENTS AND THIS IS SOMETHING PROVIDED BY THE PORTRAYAL SOUND FOUNDATION IS REALLY THAT OUR OUR NATURAL BEAUTY OF OUR COUNTY IS ONE OF OUR BIGGEST ECONOMIC DRIVERS INTO RECOGNIZE THAT YOU KNOW, IN THAT IF WE DEVELOP IN SUCH A WAY THAT WE'RE REALLY COMPROMISING THOSE THINGS THAT MAKE OUR COMMUNITY WHAT IT IS THEY COULD AFFECT OUR ABILITY TO ATTRACT PEOPLE FROM FROM ELSEWHERE PROVIDING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING BROWNFIELD SITES AND CLEANUP

PROGRAMS. >> WE HAVE SOME THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY THAT CAN BE A BARRIER TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THEN LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE LIVING ON THEIR PROPERTY FOR HOME BUSINESS AND COTTAGE INDUSTRY PROVIDING FLEXIBILITY BUT STILL PROTECTING THAT YOU KNOW THE QUALITY OF NEIGHBORHOODS. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CERTAINLY WANT TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUALLY REVISIT AND MAKE SURE WE'RE PROVIDING MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, TO USE OUR OWN PROPERTIES FOR FOR SMALL BUSINESSES

MOBILITY. >> THIS IS OUR NEW TERM FOR TRANSPORTATION SECTION THAT REALLY THE EMPHASIS ON ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE LAST 10 YEARS IS THAT WE ARE NOW AT AN MPO. WE HAVE LATS WHICH IS A ONCE WE REACH A CERTAIN POPULATION THRESHOLD. WE NOW ARE DIRECT RECIPIENTS OF FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION DOLLARS AND SO LOW COUNTRY COUNCIL GOVERNMENTS ADMINISTERS THAT FOR US AND SO WE HAVE STRUCTURES IN PLACE AND A PLANNING PROCESS. SO OUR PLAN REALLY RECOGNIZED IS YOU KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT COOPERATION THAT WE PUT SOME EMPHASIS MORE EMPHASIS ON, YOU KNOW, COMPLETE STREETS AND PROMOTING A MULTI-MODAL TRANSPORTATION NETWORK.

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HISTORICALLY WE HAVE BEEN VERY DEPENDENT ON PRIVATE AUTOMOBILE TRAFFIC TO GET AROUND THE COUNTY. AND SO TAKING WHATEVER NECESSARY STEPS TO PROVIDE MORE TRANSPORTATION CHOICES FOR FOUR RESIDENTS PROMOTING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE RATHER THAN BUILDING NEW ROADS, HOW MUCH CAN WE MAXIMIZE THE CAPACITY OF OUR EXISTING ROADS THROUGH ACCESS MANAGEMENT INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS PROVIDING A NETWORK OF STREETS? THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE PROPOSING LADIES ISLAND PROMOTING WALKING AND CYCLING AND THAT'S SOMETHING I'LL BE ADDRESSING AFTER THIS SUPPORTING EXPANSION OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND LOOKING AT ALSO WATER TRANSPORTATION WHICH IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT HAS GREAT POTENTIAL AND HAS A LOT OF LOGISTICAL ISSUES THAT CERTAINLY AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW SOMETHING THAT COULD HELP US IN GETTING AROUND OUR COUNTY HOUSING YOU KNOW, PROMOTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN AREAS WITH SUPPORT, SUPPORTING INFRASTRUCTURE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO SERVICES, EMPLOYMENT.

>> YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE YOU KNOW, PART OF IT IS A POLICY OF WHERE WE'RE DIRECTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, EMPHASIZING REDUCING THOSE BARRIERS, SOMETHING THAT WE ALWAYS NEED TO BE LOOKING AT AS WELL. WHAT ARE THE BARRIERS TO DEVELOPING AFFORDABLE HOUSING? ARE THEY AND ARE ZONING ORDINANCE OR ARE THEY AND OTHER POLICIES THAT WE HAVE IN BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE BALANCE BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, SAID THAT WE COULD PROMOTE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THEN REALLY CALLING FOR THE COUNTY TO BE PROACTIVE AND THAT'S SOMETHING.

>> OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WE'VE TAKEN STEPS TO ESTABLISH A REGIONAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND WHICH WE THINK WILL GO A LONG WAY. AND WHEN YOU HAVE AN IDENTIFIED FUNDING SOURCE AND YOU KNOW, PERSONNEL TO ADMINISTER THAT THAT WILL THEN REALLY HELP NOT ONLY THE COUNTY BUT THE REGION AND OUR MUNICIPALITIES TO BE ABLE TO PROMOTE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS. WE'RE ALSO RECOMMENDING AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING LAND TRUST LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO IDENTIFY LANDS AND ACQUIRE LANDS APPROPRIATE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. ALONG WITH THAT, ACTIVELY PURSUING GRANTS AND OTHER PROGRAMS. IN ADDITION, SOME COMMENTS THAT CAME IN THAT WE'VE MADE SOME

REVISIONS. >> CONSIDERING REESTABLISHING THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TASK FORCE TO PROVIDE THE CONTINUAL EVALUATION OF OUR POLICIES FROM DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS IN THE COMMUNITY AND IN PROMOTING WHAT WE CALL MAYBE MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING, THIS IS A TERM THAT REFERS TO IF YOU LOOK AT HOUSING AS YOUR SINGLE FAMILY AND YOUR APARTMENT COMPLEX.

THIS IS EVERYTHING IN THE MIDDLE OF DUPLEXES, TOWNHOUSES, SMALL APARTMENT BUILDINGS.

WHAT IN WHAT WAYS CAN WE PROMOTE THAT TYPE OF HOUSING IN A MUCH MORE NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE VERSUS HAVING TO LOOK AT KIND OF THE DICHOTOMY OF SINGLE FAMILY VERSUS MULTI-FAMILY AND THAT PROVIDES MORE EQUITY AND YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY IT'S MORE CONDUCIVE TO A WALKABLE COMMUNITY AND YOU KNOW, CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR MORE MIX OF INCOMES THAT PEOPLE

LIVING IN AN AREA THAT SLIDE COMMUNITY FACILITIES. >> YOU KNOW, ONCE AGAIN WE REALLY FOCUS ON SUSTAINABILITY ,EQUITY AND RESILIENCY AND CITING PUBLIC FACILITIES AND DELIVERING PUBLIC SERVICES. YOU KNOW WHERE THE GOVERNMENT CITES NEW STATIONS OR BUILDINGS. A LOT OF THAT SHOULD FOLLOW OUR LAND USE POLICIES.

THEY SHOULD BE EQUITY EQUITABLY DISTRIBUTED AND ALSO FOCUS ON YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE WE'RE BUILDING OUT OF HARM'S WAY IN TERMS OF , YOU KNOW, THE THREATS OF FLOODING.

>> WE HAD A LOT OF EMPHASIS ON OUR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ABOUT EXPANSION OF PUBLIC SEWER AND WATER INTO COMMUNITIES WITH FAILING SEPTIC SYSTEMS OR ALSO WITH COMPROMISED GROUNDWATER OR VERY LOW WATER PRESSURE THAT IS COMPROMISING FIRE PROTECTION IN THE COMMUNITIES PROMOTING A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN APPROACH TO WASTE REMOVAL DISPOSAL, HELPING LIBRARIES THAT MEET OUR CURRENT NEEDS AS OUR POPULATION BUT ALSO REFLECTING CURRENT TRENDS AND PROGRAMING.

AND THEN ALSO CITING FUTURE SCHOOLS IN A WAY THAT IT'S SERVING OUR POPULATION FAIRLY

SO FINALLY BUILT ENVIRONMENT. >> THIS IS REALLY GETTING TO THE HEART OF , YOU KNOW, A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. IT'S IT'S LAND USE COMPONENT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID AS PART OF THIS IS TO LOOK AT A BILL TO HAVE ANALYSIS JUST LOOKING AT OUR CURRENT APPROVED PLANNING DEVELOPMENTS IN SUBDIVISIONS. AND WHAT WE LEARNED IS THAT WITHIN MUNICIPALITIES AND WITHIN THE APPROVED SUBDIVISIONS IN THE COUNTY THAT

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THERE IS PLENTY OF CAPACITY FOR FUTURE GROWTH. I'M NOT SAYING THAT THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE IT'S ALL GOING TO OCCUR, BUT I THINK IT PUTS IN PERSPECTIVE THAT WE WE STILL HAVE YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT AT A POINT WHERE WE NEED TO BE JUMPING OVER THE WHALE BRANCH RIVER OVER CHALLENGE CREEK FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. WE HAVE PLENTY OF CAPACITY WITHIN THOSE AREAS THAT WE HAVE ALREADY IDENTIFIED AS FUTURE GROWTH AREAS OF THE COUNTY.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALWAYS GETTING PRESSURE.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S THAT TOO TO MOVE BEYOND YOU KNOW, WHERE WE CURRENTLY HAVEN'T IN THAT SUPPORTS HIGHER DENSITY DEVELOPMENT AND SO THAT KIND OF GROUNDS US IN TO TO PROMOTING. I WOULD SAY MAKING SURE THAT NEW DEVELOPMENTS OCCURRING IN AREAS THAT CAN SUPPORT IT HAVE THE FACILITIES YOU KNOW, THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT IT AND ALSO WHERE PEOPLE HAVE MUCH MORE READILY AVAILABLE SERVICES AND ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT.

>> SO THE OTHER THING IS THAT YOU KNOW, ONCE AGAIN THOSE THEMES MAKING SURE LAND USE POLICIES PROMOTING RESILIENCY AND AN EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT WITH A SENSE OF PLACE.

THOSE ARE PARTS OF OUR CURRENT ORDINANCES DESIGNED TO DO THAT. AND THAT'S A POLICY THAT WE'RE

CARRYING FORWARD. >> FOCUSING ON TRANSIT READY DEVELOPMENT THIS IS KIND OF A FANCY WORD. THERE'S WE DO HAVE AN EXPANSION OF OUR CURRENT OFFERINGS FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION WORKS BETTER WHEN YOU HAVE NODES OR WALKABLE COMMUNITIES FOR IT TO SERVE. AND SO PART OF THAT IS LOOKING AT LET'S SAY AN AREA LIKE BLUFFTON PARKWAY OR THE U.S. 278 CORRIDOR AS AN OLDER POP SHOPPING CENTER. REDEVELOPED IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROMOTE MORE NIXON USES AND PROVIDE MORE WALKABLE COMMUNITY . AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THIS PLAN LOOKS. AND THEN FINALLY USING OUR GREEN PRINT PLAN RECOGNIZING THOSE AREAS THAT ARE ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE THAT WE MAY WANT TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, FEATURE DEVELOPED IN THOSE AREAS IS COMPATIBLE WITH WHAT THE LAND CAN SUPPORT. GO ON THE NEXT SLIDE IN THE HEART OF THIS PLAN AND SORT FUTURE LAND USE MAP EVERY TIME WE DO A ZONING AMENDMENT WE'RE

REFERRING TO THIS. >> AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WILL BE FORWARDING AS WELL IN THIS PLAN. THERE IS NOT A LOT OF RADICAL CHANGES FROM OUR 2010 PLAN.

I THINK THAT IT'S RECOGNIZING THAT THAT LAND THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED FOR FUTURE GROWTH THERE'S STILL A LOT OF CAPACITY TO GROW. ONE OF THE THINGS YOU'LL NOTICE ON HERE WE HAVE THE GROWTH BOUNDARY FOR BEAUFORT IN PORT ROYAL THAT ENCOMPASSES MOST OF LADY'S ISLAND AND PORT ROYAL ISLAND THAT IS IN THE PLAN. BUT WE ALSO HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR GROWTH BATTERIES IN THE NSC AREA. MANY IF YOU'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THE MSE HAS BEEN GROWING RATHER SIGNIFICANTLY LATELY. AND SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THEIR STAFF TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR LAND USE POLICIES ARE ALIGNED IN THAT AREA AND THEN REALLY KIND OF IDENTIFYING MEETING WILL WORK WITH THEM.

THIS IS REALLY A STARTING POINT OF DISCUSSION IN OUR PLAN. THE TOWN IS EMBARKING ON A PLAN FOR THE TOWN OF THE EMBASSY. IT SHOULD BE THIS FALL AND WE INTEND TO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THEM AS WELL. THEY HAVE A VERY GOOD STAFF MEMBER WHO'S WHO'S VERY YOU KNOW, INTERESTED IN REGIONAL COOPERATION AND SO WE'RE HOPING THAT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY.

ANOTHER ONE IS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH HARDY BILL JASPER COUNTY LOOKING AT THE 170 CORRIDOR AND FUTURE GROWTH OF THE CITY OF HARDY VILLE. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE STARTED DISCUSSION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PLAN THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE AS WELL. SO THOSE ARE TWO PROPOSED NEW GROWTH BOUNDARIES THAT ARE COMING OUT OF THIS CONFERENCE A PLAN. FINALLY AT THE END OF THE PLAN

YOU WILL SEE FOCUSED PLANNING AREAS. >> WE LOOK AT US TO SEPARATE CORRIDOR 170 LADY'S ISLAND ST. HELENA. I WANTED TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO NEXT SLIDE. WE ADDED A NEW ONE SINCE THE LAST TIME YOU LOOKED AT AND THAT'S GMAC. WE SAT DOWN WITH THEIR STAFF AND KIND OF LOOKED AT THE AREA WHERE THEY HAVE CURRENTLY ANNEX LAND AND WHERE THEY SEE THE TOWN WANTING TO GROW IN THE FUTURE. AND SO WE HAVE KIND OF A ROUGH LINE THAT GOES ALONG 17 AND UP JUST SHORT OF RIVER ROAD. BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE

DISCUSSIONS WITH THE TOWN ABOUT. >> SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS.

I THINK JUST HAVING THIS COOPERATION WITH YOU KNOW, WITH THE TOWN OF GMAC IS REALLY THIS

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IS REALLY PROBABLY THE MOST WE'VE WORKED TOGETHER IN THE 20 YEARS I'VE BEEN HERE.

NEXT ONE IS THE ACTION PLAN AND I THINK I WENT OVER THIS THIS IS JUST A VISUAL.

YOU KNOW, WE GO THROUGH EACH RECOMMENDATION OR EACH ACTION ITEM AND TALK ABOUT WHERE IT FALLS IN TERMS OF TIMING. WHAT NEEDS TO BE INVESTED IS, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S A LOW YOU KNOW, SOME PROJECTS ARE FREE. IT'S ENACTING AN ORDINANCE OR YOU KNOW, SOME MAY BE VERY EXPENSIVE AND SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE IS MATCHED WITH THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT. AND THEN WE IDENTIFY WHO'S GOING TO DO IT. AND SO WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS WILL REALLY ASSIST US IN TRACKING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN. AND THEN FINALLY AND THIS IS JUST OFFICIAL THE NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS A WE HAVE A VERY DETAILED THIS IS ONE OF ABOUT SEVEN PAGES OF OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN IDENTIFYING EACH PROJECT WITHIN THE COST ESTIMATE AND WHERE IT FALLS WITHIN THE NEXT 10 YEARS ALSO IDENTIFY AS POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL

FUNDING SOURCES. >> OUR NEXT STEPS RIGHT NOW WERE WE'RE AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION. SO DEPENDING ON YOU KNOW, WHAT DIRECTION YOU TAKE, OUR NEXT STEP WOULD BE GO TO NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE ON OCTOBER 4TH.

IF ALL GOES SMOOTHLY YOU'D BE LOOKING AT THE NEXT THREE READINGS OF COUNTY COUNCIL AND ADOPTION IN NOVEMBER. IT'S BEEN EXPRESSED BY COUNTY COUNCIL.

THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS ADOPTED BY THE END OF THE YEAR AND CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE LEARNED LAST SUMMER IS, YOU KNOW, PLANS ARE NOT SOMETHING YOU KNOW, IF THERE ARE TIMES YOU NEED TO TAKE A STEP BACK, YOU KNOW AND WE CERTAINLY DID LAST SUMMER.

>> SO I'D SAY THAT AS A CAVEAT. BUT THIS IS OUR GOAL AND WE WILL LOOKING FOR DIRECTION FROM YOU AND ALSO FROM COUNTY COUNCIL ON HOW TO MOVE FORWARD .

>> OKAY. WE DO TAKE QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS.

I'D LIKE TO HAVE CHANGES. DO YOU THINK YOU'VE MADE SINCE YOU HANDED OUT ALL COPY?

WELL, WE WERE ALL GIVEN THE COPY. >> YOU REMEMBER THAT?

NO, NO I DOUBT. >> I MEAN I WOULD SAY SEVERAL HUNDREDS.

YOU KNOW, WE IF WE HAD A SPREADSHEET THAT TRACKED ALL THE COMMENTS THERE WERE SOME THERE WERE SOME OVERLAP YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEM POINTING TO THE SAME RECONCILIATION.

>> BUT I WOULD SAY PROBABLY ABOUT ONE HUNDREDTHS THAT IS THAT WE SAID, YOU KNOW, FROM THOSE COMMENTS TO OUR CONSULTANT, DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD TAKE A LOOK AT THEM

BEFORE WE VOTE ON THEM? >> WELL, YES. SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE WE BROUGHT THOSE FORWARD TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AT THEIR AUGUST MEETING WITH WHAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WE HAD ALL THE COMMENTS AND WE HAVE THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION FOR HOW WE WANTED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE COMMENTS.

>> SO WE WERE HOPING YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY IT'S UP TO YOU ALL BUT WE'RE HOPING THAT THAT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSIONERS TO WELL, AS YOU'VE SAID, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A LOT OF CHANGES THAT THEY MADE. I THINK ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY NINE PAGE DOCUMENT BETWEEN THAT AND THE ACTION PLAN A LOT OF DETAIL YOU JUST HIT THE 20000 FOOT LEVEL BUT WE'VE HAD WE'VE SEEN IT HAS BEEN FOR US AT LEAST FOR PUBLIC MEETINGS OF THIS NATURE OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF. I HAVE AMPLE OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC INPUT. I THINK IT'S A VERY, VERY GOOD DOCUMENT AND I APPLAUD THE DEPTH THAT YOU WENT INTO AND THE EXTRA EFFORT TO TALK TO SOME OF THE AREAS WHERE PERHAPS OTHER UNDERSERVED POPULATION CONCERNS AND THERE'S A LOT OF THAT IS ADDRESSED IN THE PLAN. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND THIS IS A LIVING BREATHING DOCUMENT AND THAT IT CAN BE CHANGED. THERE'S A PROCESS FOR THAT TO HAPPEN. THIS IS OUR FIRST STAKE IN THE GROUND.

>> SO HOW WE'D LIKE TO PROCEED WITH OUR PLANNING NEAR TERM AND LONG TERM THE NEXT 10 YEARS.

VERY CAPABLE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PUT TO TASK TO WORK ON THIS. YOU HAVE MY ENDORSEMENT AT THIS POINT IN TIME. I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM ANYBODY ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE COMMENTS. BRENDON, I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE YOU STAFF AND THE

COMPANY THAT YOU USED WORKING WITH THIS DOCUMENT. >> IT'S IT'S NIGHT AND DAY FROM 20 YEARS AGO WHEN I FIRST CAME TO TOWN AND I SEE A LOT OF WORK AND A LOT OF THOUGHT HAS GONE

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INTO IT. >> AND I WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO APPROVE IT AND MOVE IT FORWARD TO COMPLETION TO THE TWO COUNTY COUNCIL.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS BY ADMISSIONS SYSTEM? I AGREE WITH RANDY.

HAVING WORKED ON THE 2000 YOU KNOW PROVIDED INPUT ON THE 2000 PLAN, I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL BECAUSE THIS IS A PARTICULAR MOMENT IN TIME WHERE THERE MAY BE FEDERAL MONEY FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND IT'S ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC.

YOU DIDN'T PREDICT THIS BUT YOU NOW HAVE A PLAN IS THAT PEOPLE COUNTRY COUNCIL GOVERNMENTS OR WITHIN A KIND OF COUNCIL WITHIN THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION WHOMEVER YOU NOW HAVE A PRODUCT THAT YOU CAN BASE FOR ANY GRANT APPLICATION. SO SO FOR YOU KNOW, FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE ENHANCEMENT. SO I'M PARTICULARLY THRILLED ABOUT THE TIMING OF THIS.

I HAVE ONE QUESTION AND I'M SURE THE PUBLIC WAS JUST DYING TO KNOW THE ANSWER TO YOU KNOW,

THIS IS A 10 YEAR PLAN. >> HOWEVER, WE CALL IT THE 2014 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WHICH WILL EXPLAIN ONE MORE TIME WHY WE'VE DONE THAT. YEAH, IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE I NEVER GOTTEN A LOT OF FLACK. I THINK ALSO FROM THE CONSULTANT BECAUSE I THINK A TOWN OF PORT ROYAL COLLEGE OF 2030 PLAN THAT YOU KNOW ARE MY ANSWER IS THAT YOU KNOW, YOU

LOOK OUT TO 2040 IN ORDER TO MAKE DECISIONS FOR TODAY. >> I MEAN IT YOU KNOW, WHERE WERE THE ACTION ITEMS THE ARE REALLY MEANT TO BE THINGS THAT COULD BE IMPLEMENTED 10 YEAR TIMEFRAME. BUT IN ORDER TO REALLY HAVE A GOOD FRAMEWORK, YOU'RE NOT JUST LOOKING AT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN 2030 OR LOOKING 10 YEARS BEYOND THAT IS KIND OF HOW I SEE AND YOU HAVE GREAT DEMOGRAPHIC AND SACRED TRAFFIC DATA TO BACK THAT OUT UP TO

2040. >> YOU KNOW, COURSE THAT IT HAS THAT CHANGES THAT WILL BE MODIFIED. I WOULD IMAGINE YES. YOU KNOW, IF IT'S ALWAYS AS YOU MENTIONED, IT'S HARD TO PICK A PERFECT TIME TO DO CONFERENCE AND PLANNING BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT LATZ IS UPDATING THEIR LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION STUDY AND PART OF THAT WILL BE OUR LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN. THEY'RE GOING TO BE REVISING THE TRANSPORTATION MODEL WHICH IS A LOT OF WHAT IS BUILT INTO THAT OUR POPULATION PROJECTIONS. SO AND WE ALSO ARE JUST RECEIVING THE INITIAL FIGURES FROM THE 2020 CENSUS SO THAT AS MORE INFORMATION MORE DATA IS AVAILABLE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PRESS ON. AND SO WHEN WE DEVELOP OUR TRANSPORTATION MODEL WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS IT MAY BE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT PROJECTIONS AND WHAT'S IN HERE BECAUSE

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION. >> BUT I THINK THAT'S JUST THE NATURE OF PLANNING. YOU KNOW, YOU MAKE YOUR BEST ESTIMATE AT THE TIME AND THEN YOU SURE YOU DON'T COMPLETELY TIE YOUR HANDS TO WHAT YOU DID TO NAME THE PUBLIC INTENDING TO

MAKE A COMMENTS REGARDING THE PLAN. >> THE PLAN IS IT WILL CONTINUE TO STAY ON LINE. WELL, THEY'RE ALSO UNDERSTAND COPIES IN THE LIBRARIES FOR PEOPLE TO ACCESS. YEAH. AND I'VE JUST BEEN INFORMED THAT WE NEED TO PRINT SOME MORE. SO YES.

ENCOURAGING. YES, SIR. >> OKAY.

HAVE A HEARING. NO FURTHER COMMENTS. JUST THAT THE NEXT STEPS.

THEIR NEXT STEPS TO THIS THERE WERE. YEAH.

THE NEXT STEP WILL BE THE PENDING YOU KNOW, THE ACTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

IT WOULD GO TO THE NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE AT THEIR OCTOBER MEETING AND THEN ULTIMATELY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THREE READINGS AT COUNTY COUNCIL AND YOU KNOW REALLY EVERY SINGLE AND I EMPHASIZE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE IS A PUBLIC MEETING.

AND SO THERE'S ALWAYS OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC INPUT AND YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER FROM THE LAST TIME WE WENT THROUGH THIS SOMETIMES COUNCIL WILL HAVE THEIR OWN COMMENTS AND RECOMMENDATION. SO YOU KNOW, IT'S THIS IS AN IDEALIZED TIMELINE BUT IT'S

CERTAINLY A IT'S OUR GOAL. >> ANYTHING ELSE CAN BE HELPFUL .

JUST ONE QUICK THING. >> UM, ROB, YOU'VE BEEN SO GOOD YOU AND YOUR STAFF ABOUT COMMUNICATION. I WOULD JUST URGE YOU TO REMIND THE PUBLIC THAT THERE ARE YOU KNOW, IT GOES NATURAL RESOURCES BUT THERE ARE GOING TO BE THREE READINGS BEFORE COUNTY COUNCIL LIKE DON'T EVER LET UP ON THAT. I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE IDEA THAT X NUMBER OF DOCUMENTS WENT OUT TO A PUBLIC LIBRARY AND THERE ARE ONLY THREE LEFT WHICH IS YES OR NO LIKE 1 PERCENT LEFT OR SOMETHING. THERE'S CLEARLY TREMENDOUS INTEREST.

I KNOW WE HAVE SEEN IT A LOT AND WE, YOU KNOW, HAVE A FINE GRAINED VIEW BUT I WOULD JUST

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URGE YOU TO KEEP THAT KIND OUTFLOW OF COMMUNICATION. YEAH, WE HAVE A EXCELLENT NEW

PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER WHO JOINED US THIS SUMMER. >> HE'S REALLY, REALLY EMPHASIZING THAT FACT THAT EVERY SINGLE TIME THIS GOES TO COUNCIL OR TO THE NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE THAT'S A YOU KNOW, THAT'S ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC.

WELL, IT'S EXCITING BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A GOOD PRODUCT. RIGHT.

SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT MAKES THAT KIND OF GOODSELL A LITTLE LESS DIFFICULT.

IT'S BECAUSE IT'S SO GOOD PEOPLE ARE ENGAGED AND THAT'S THANKS TO YOU.

OK, EVERY NO OTHER COMMENTS I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE 24 20, 40 BEAUFORT COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. SO THAT AND MOTIONS TO BE MADE IN SECONDS.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND FOLKS. >> IS THAT WHAT YOU DID?

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YES, I WAS UNANIMOUS. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OK.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TOO FAR. >> NO, I IS THE BEAUFORT COUNTY CONNEX BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN

PLAN FOR TWENTY FOUR ONE. >> I ASSUME THAT YOU WANT US TO IT'S INCLUDED AS PART OF THE

COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF WHAT YOU'RE ASKING. >> YES.

WHAT WHAT WE'RE REQUESTING IS THAT THIS AND I HAVE A SHORT PRESENTATION THAT WE'RE REQUESTING THIS PLAN BE INCLUDED AS AN APPENDIX TO THE CONFERENCE AND I THINK I CAN

REMEMBER HAVE WE SHARED THIS WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION? >> SO WE'VE BEEN.

OK. YEAH. YOU HAVE THE DOCUMENT WE'VE GONE TO OUR REGIONAL BOARDS QUITE A BIT WITH THIS PLAN. NEXT YEAR REMEMBER IF WE'VE GIVEN YOU A HEADS UP THAT THIS IS A BEFORE COUNTY CONNEX IS A COUNTY WIDE.

>> AND I WOULD SAY EMPHASIZE IT'S COUNTY AND MUNICIPALITY BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN PLAN AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THAT SLIDE. WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF PARTNERS BOTH THE COUNTY, THE MUNICIPALITIES, DIFFERENT ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS, FRIENDS OF THE SPANISH MOSS TRAIL, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. YOU'RE REALLY RECTOR SENSE I WOULD SAY A BROAD CROSS-SECTION OF INTERESTS IN WALKING AND BIKING. WE FORMED A TASK FORCE I WANTED TO COMMEND THE WORK OF I THINK WE ALL REMEMBER NOAH CRAFTS HAS MOVED ON TO THE TOWN OF PORT ROYAL. HE REALLY SPEARHEADED THIS EFFORT AND GOT THIS GROUP TOGETHER AND ADMINISTERED IT THROUGH A LOT OF IT THROUGH CODIS THROUGH REMOTE MEETINGS WHICH HAD ITS OWN SHARE OF CHALLENGES AND GIULIANI'S SMITH WHO IS OUR NEW LONG RANGE PLANNER HAS DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB AND TYING UP ALL THE LOOSE ENDS AND GETTING THIS FINAL

PRODUCT TOGETHER. >> SO I JUST WANTED TO REALLY COMMEND THOSE IN THEIR WORK.

GIULIANI'S SHE'S ON VACATION SO OTHERWISE I'D BE HAVING HER DO THIS PRESENTATION.

JUST REAL BRIEFLY, WHAT IS YOUR WIFE PLANNED FOR FOR BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIANS IF THIS IS REALLY ONE OF THOSE ACTIVITIES OR ACTIONS THAT WE COULD TAKE THAT REALLY ACHIEVES A LOT OF DIFFERENT GOALS. YOU KNOW, HAVING GOOD OPPORTUNITIES FOR CYCLING AND WALKING IMPROVES PUBLIC HEALTH. IT INCREASES TRAFFIC AND EMISSIONS IF IT'S A VIABLE TRANSPORTATION CHOICE, IT PROVIDES EQUITABLE ACCESS TO FACILITIES AND SERVICES THAT NOT EVERYONE CAN DRIVE A CAR. INCREASED SENSE OF COMMUNITY IN PLACE.

I'VE NOTICED THIS JUST ON THE SPANISH MOSS TRAIL. IT'S REALLY TRANSFORMING THE COMMUNITIES THAT IT IS PASSED THROUGH REDUCES COLLISIONS INVOLVING PEDESTRIANS A HAVE GOU KNOW MEAN FEWER OF PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS AND THEN FINALLY IT'S A DRIVER OF ECONOMIC SUCCESS.

YOU KNOW THESE THINGS ARE YOU KNOW, MAKE A REGION MORE ATTRACTIVE AND RAISE PROPERTY VALUES. AND SO ALL OF THOSE REASONS ALONG WITH DIFFERENT COUNTY TODAY IS A MUCH DIFFERENT PLACE THAN LET'S SAY 20 YEARS AGO WHEN THE ONLY VIABLE OPTIONS FOR RIDING A BIKE OFF OF MAIN ROAD WOULD HAVE BEEN HILTON HEAD ISLAND.

BUT NOW WE HAVE A GOOD NETWORK IN SOUTHERN BEFORE COUNTY ALONG THE BLUFFTON PARKWAY OLDER PARKWAY 170 AND THEN IN NORTHERN BEAUFORT COUNTY WITH THE SPANISH MOSS TRAIL AND ALL OF THOSE REALLY OPEN UP OPPORTUNITIES. ONCE YOU HAVE A GOOD SPINE YOU KNOW, LIGHT NETWORK. HOW CAN YOU CONNECT MORE COMMUNITIES AND MAKE IT A VIABLE MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION? THERE'S REALLY THREE OF CHECKED OBJECTIVES HERE.

THE FIRST IS CONNECTIONS, YOU KNOW, REALLY TRYING TO CONNECT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE COMMUNITIES

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. THESE TWO ARE BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN NETWORK ESTABLISHING WALKING, BIKING THIS ROUTINE, MAKING IT EFFICIENT AND SAY FOR ALL FOR ALL RESIDENTS WHO WISH

TO DO SO. >> AND THEN FINALLY THIS IS AN EQUITY ISSUE.

YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S CREATING A YOU KNOW, A FREE RESOURCE AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT HAVE A CAR OR MAY NOT BE ABLE TO DRIVE A CAR. IT REALLY SERVES A CROSS-SECTION OF , YOU KNOW, OUR POPULATION AND GO ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE THE THREE PRINCIPLES

GUIDING THIS PLAN. >> THE FIRST IS MAKING CONNECTIONS.

YOU KNOW, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, CONNECTING RESIDENTS TO JOBS, SCHOOLS, PARK SHOPPING ,YOU KNOW, SAID THAT THEY HAD MEANINGFUL DESTINATIONS. SO IT'S NOT JUST SOMETHING SOLELY FOR RECREATION TARGETING WHAT WE CALL THE INTERESTED BUT CONCERNED.

IT'S YOU KNOW, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO TAKE THEIR BIKE ON TO THE BUSIEST ROAD AND BATTLE TRAFFIC AND THEY WOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM, YOU KNOW, RIDING ALONG ANY ROADWAY THAT THAT REPRESENTS A VERY SMALL SEGMENT OF THE POPULATION. THERE IS A LARGE GROUP I WOULD SAY THAT MAYBE THE SILENT MAJORITY WHO WOULD BIKE MORE OFTEN IF THERE WERE SAFE FACILITIES THAT WERE CONVENIENT WHERE THEY LIVED. AND THAT'S REALLY THE GROUP THAT WE'RE TARGETING BECAUSE THAT'S A GROUP THAT CHANGE HABITS.

YOU KNOW, IF THERE ARE FACILITIES AVAILABLE NOT THAT WE HAVE THIS PLAN ALSO LOOKS AT ROAD CYCLING AS WELL. AND THEN ALSO SPINE AND SPUR APPROACH RECOGNIZING WHERE THE MAIN MULTI USE PATH CORRIDORS ARE IN BUILDING OFTEN THEM AND MAKING CONNECTIONS TO

COMMUNITIES. >> SO WE'VE WORKED WITH WHAT WE CALL EXISTING IN COMPRESSION PROJECTS. IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO READ ON THIS AND I APOLOGIZE.

AND THEN WE LOOKED AT OK, WELL HOW DO WE MAKE A MORE COMPLETE AND COMPREHENSIVE NETWORK? SO THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE WITH OUR FULLY IMPLEMENTED BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN PLAN OF WITHIN EACH YOU KNOW, WITHIN OUR MAPS WE HAVE WE EVER EXISTING AND COMMITTED PROJECTS WHICH WE'RE

TAKING AS A GIVEN. >> AND THEN WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING ARE IMMEDIATE MID AND LONG TERM BIKE OR MULTI USE FACILITIES IN THE SEABROOK AREA.

A LOT OF THIS EMPHASIS IS WE HAVE EXISTING PATHWAY ALONG 17 AND WE HAVE THE EAST COAST GREENWAY WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO USE 17 TO GO INTO FOR COUNTY AND IT'S LOOKING AT WHICH WHICH ROADS ARE PROBABLY GOING TO BE THE SAFEST TO CYCLE ALONG AND IT IDENTIFIES IN THE DALE COMMUNITY LIKE KIM'S NECK ROAD AS IS EXAMPLES, YOU KNOW. SO ONCE THEY GET DOWN TO PORT ROYAL ISLAND THEY CAN GET ON THE SPANISH MOSS TRAIL AND THEN CONTINUE SOUTH AND THEN MAKE THEIR WAY TOWARD BLUFFTON ALONG 170. SO THAT WAS ONE FACTOR THAT FIT INTO THIS PLAN. THE NEXT SLIDE AND I CAN GO THROUGH THESE BRIEFLY AND IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS THIS IS THE BEAUFORT URBAN AREA ST. HELENA ISLAND AND LADY ISLANDS AND THEN WE LOOKED AT BLUFFTON ESPECIALLY AROUND NEW RIVERSIDE AND THEY HAVE A LINEAR TRAIL OVER THERE ON AN OLD RAIL BED ALONG THE 170 CORRIDOR AND THEN WORKING WITH THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON ON YOU KNOW HOW TO BUILD OFF OF NOT ONLY THE EXISTING TRAIL NETWORK THERE BUT HOW TO PROVIDE MORE CONNECTIVITY TO THE MORE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY PART OLD

TOWN OF BLUFFTON. >> AND THEN FINALLY HILTON HEAD ISLAND WHICH OF COURSE IS A LEADER IN THE COMMUNITY AND DEVELOPING MULTI USE PATHWAYS AND THEN FINALLY WE REACHED OUT TO HARDY VILLAGE JASPER COUNTY AND YOU KNOW, INTEGRATED OUR PLAN WITH WHAT THEY HAVE IN

THEIR LONG RANGE PEDESTRIAN PLANTS. >> WE LOOKED AT FUNDING SOURCES RECOGNIZING THAT THIS IS OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING THAT WILL TAKE A MULTI YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT MANY DIFFERENT OFF OPTIONS THE CAPITAL PROJECTS SALES TAX HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT IS YOU KNOW, WE'RE USING RIGHT NOW FOR PATHWAYS THAT THAT'S AN OPTION IN THE FUTURE.

>> OUR LOCAL ACCOMMODATIONS TAX WORKING WITH LATS WHEN THEY GET FEDERAL FUNDS A LOT OF THOSE ARE FOR NOT JUST FOR TRANSIT, YOU KNOW, ROAD PROJECTS BUT FOR MULTI-MODAL OR PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS. AND SO AGAIN, AS IT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, THERE'S THERE'S A LOT OF EXCITEMENT USSR'S YOU KNOW, POSSIBILITY OF MORE FEDERAL DOLLARS BEING AVAILABLE FOR THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS. AND SO HAVING THIS PLAN IN PLACE HAD A LINK AS THE CONFERENCE PLAN REALLY POSITIONS US WELL IN BEING ABLE TO PURSUE OTHER FUNDING SOURCES FOR PROJECTS LIKE IMPLEMENTATION.

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>> THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE NET SOMEONE'S ON THE ZONE OF THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH EACH OF THE LOCAL JURISDICTIONS AND THEIR LOCAL PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT REQUIRES A LOT OF ATTENTION TO DETAIL WORKING TO DEVELOP A NONPROFIT ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION FOR THESE PROJECTS.

>> SO ALL OF THESE IT'S REALLY NOT ONLY A RECOMMENDATION OF PROJECTS BUT A STRATEGY FOR HOW TO POSITION OURSELVES BETTER TO IMPLEMENT. THE OTHER THING THE PLAN DOES IS WE COME UP WITH A PRIORITIZATION MATRIX. SO IF THE PROJECTS WE HAVE ARE MEDIA SHORT AND LONG TERM BUT WE ALSO HAVE CRITERIA THAT WE LOOK AT BECAUSE THERE ARE ALWAYS CHANGES ALWAYS NEW PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED.

AND SO WE HAVE A MATRIX OF EVALUATE THAT THIS IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY BUILDING OFF OF OUR CURRENT NETWORK AND MEETING THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS PLAN PROVIDING THAT CONNECTIVITY OR IS IT SOMETHING REALLY JUST SERVING ONE SMALL AREA?

>> GO ON THE THAT THAT'S THAT'S ABOUT IT. >> I HOPE YOU WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE DOCUMENT. I'M WILLING TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE IS PLANNED AND IN THE MAKING I THINK OUR FIRST MEETING WAS LATE FALL

OF 2000 19. >> SO THROUGH THE PANDEMIC AND WE'VE BEEN REALLY YOU KNOW, SINCE LAST SPRING FINALIZING THE DOCUMENT. SO I GUESS IT WAS ABOUT GOING ON TWO YEARS AND I RECALL BACK GOING TO BE ALMOST 20 YEARS AGO WHEN THE WHOLE IDEA OF PATHWAYS AND SPANISH MOSS TRAIL WAS KIND OF A GLINT IN SOMEONE'S EYES AND PEOPLE WOULD GET TOGETHER AND TALK ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES I REMEMBER BEING ASKED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PATHWAY DOWN 117 WHICH I SAID OH I KNOW HOW THAT CAN EVER HAPPEN.

>> SO I MEAN BY STICKING TO IT AND RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE TO MAKE PEOPLE TO HAVE THAT MULTI-MODAL CAPABILITY AND SAY IT'S A BIG TASK AND I'M VERY PLEASED TO SEE THAT WE HAVE A INITIAL PLAN THAT WE THINK IS WORKABLE AND NOW IT'S THE IMPLEMENTATION THAT'S GOING TO

BE NECESSARY. >> I THINK IT'S A LOT EASIER TO ENVISION WHEN YOU HAVE ACTUAL

PATH IDEAS THAT WERE 20 YEARS GOES. >> YEAH.

IT'S REALLY HARD. YEAH. I DO HAVE A LOT OF COMMENTS ON FIRST OF ALL I HEARTILY APPROVE IT. I THINK IT'S IT'S A GREAT WHERE I THINK IT GETS THE BICYCLISTS GO UP THE STREET BUT I DON'T THINK IT GOES FAR ENOUGH.

MY WIFE AND I GO INTO THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON MAYBE TWO OR THREE NIGHTS A WEEK IN THE TOWN LEFT IN THE STREET WOMEN IS 30 MILES AN HOUR AND ON ANY GIVEN NIGHT YOU CAN SEE 15 TO 20 GOLF QUITE POOR IN THE TOWN SQUARE DRIVING ROUND THE STREETS. I LOOK AT WHAT I GO BY THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS LIKE THE CHRISTINA CANNOT BE JUST FINISHED ON BUCHWALD MY INFLECTED PARKWAY AND THE OTHER PRIVATE SCHOOL THAT'S JUST A 170.

THE TRAFFIC IS BACKED UP EVERY DAY FOR HALF A MILE THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE WITH CARS RUNNING BECAUSE THEIR PARENTS ARE PICKING UP THEIR CHILDREN AT SCHOOL.

I LOOK AT COMMUNITIES LIKE HAMPTON LAKES, HAMPTON HALL ALL WITHIN EARSHOT OF A PUBLIC THINK FOR OGRES I LOOK AT DOWN AND PRITCHARD BILL THEY'RE BUILDING LIKE CRAZY AND THEY PUT NEW PUBLICS IN THOSE PEOPLE AT LEAST IN THOSE AREAS. THE BICYCLE PART SHOULD BE WIDENED TO ACCOMMODATE THE MOST GREEN TRANSPORTATION WE HAVE AND THAT'S A GOLF CART RIGHT?

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MOST BIKE IS IN THIS FEEL THAT IT'S VERY SAFE GOING, YOU KNOW, 25 TO 30 MILES PER HOUR WITH CARS GOING BY. I THERE'S ALSO A HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE ELECTRIC BIKE

MANUFACTURERS. >> NOW THOSE BIKES GO UP TO 28 MILES PER HOUR.

I IF YOU'RE GOING TO PERMIT AN ELECTRIC BIKE RIDE ON A BICYCLE PACK, THERE'S NO REASON WHY YOU CAN'T WIDEN THEM IN CERTAIN AREAS. I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE SPANISH MORSE TRAIL OR YOU KNOW, GOING I'M TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO DRIVE OUT

OF THEIR COMMUNITY AND GO TO MILES TO A SHOPPING CENTER. >> ALL RIGHT.

LIKE RICHARD PHIL I MEAN WE'RE LUCKY WHERE I LIVE. WE CAN GO TO A FOOD LINE AND WE CAN GO TO A BURGER KING. WE CAN GO TO A DUNKIN DONUTS, A BARREL.

BUT MOST PEOPLE WHO WANT TO GO SHOPPING ARE NOT GOING IN THEIR BICYCLE.

THEY'RE GETTING IN THEIR CAR TO GO TO THAT SHOPPING CENTER BECAUSE MAYBE THEY SEND THEIR CHILDREN UP FOR WANTING TO RIDE . AND I JUST FEEL THAT WE HAVE TO. I MEAN IT'S THE MOST GREEN THING OF TRANSPORTATION WE HAVE BESIDES OF LIFE ELECTRIC SEVEN POINT SIX BILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF GOLF CARTS WILL BE ON THE ROAD BY TWO THOUSAND BY TWO THOUSAND TWENTY SIX SEVEN POINT EIGHT BILLION DOLLARS.

WHY? BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S USING THEM TO GO GREEN AND WE ARE IGNORING THAT FACT THAT IT'S A KEY. NOW CAN EVERYBODY GET A GOLF CART? NO. DO THE WEALTHY PEOPLE OF PEOPLE WHO WHO ARE RETIRED GET A GOLF CART? YES. ALL RIGHT.

BUT JUST THINK IF YOU CAN TAKE 30 CORES OUT OF THAT NOISE FROM PEOPLE WHO LIVE WITHIN TWO MILES EVERY DAY, THE EMISSIONS THAT ARE GOING TO BE TAKEN DOWN .

>> ALL I'M SAYING IS THAT WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY.

I MEAN WE COULD PUT UP SIGNS NO GOLF CARTS PERMITTED ON THIS AREA.

I SAW A SIGN TODAY THAT SAID NO MORE TWICE COSTS WILL THERE BE PEOPLE GET BREAK THE RULE? YES. JUST LIKE PEOPLE WHO SPEAK ON TO 78 IN A 45 MILE AN HOUR IS ONLY 160 MILES AN HOUR. SO I'M JUST ASKING YOU I KNOW IT CAN'T BE DONE NOW BUT IT HAS TO BE CONSIDERED FOR FUTURE MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION. SO HOPEFULLY YOU WILL TAKE THAT

INTO CONSIDER. >> I DON'T KNOW HOW ANYBODY ELSE.

>> BUT HAVE YOU LOOKED AT THAT ISSUE? >> HAVE YOU LOOKED AT GOLF CART

TRANSPORTATION FOR CERTAIN HUBS? >> THAT THAT WAS NOT PART.

>> THAT'S RIGHT. THIS IS AN ICICLE DUST TRAIN A NIGHT.

NO, IT'S NOT A GATE TRAFFIC. I MEAN I THINK THAT'S A TOWN OF BLUFFTON ISSUE TO MITIGATE BUT ALSO IT GETS THE PEOPLE I MEAN I THINK IT WILL. HAVE YOU SEEN THE AMOUNT OF CLOTHES THAT BACK UP PICKING UP THE CHILDREN AT PRIVATE SCHOOLS? IT'S OUTRAGEOUS WHAT SOME OF THE AGAIN WHAT THE ROLE OF THE GULF HAS TO DO WITH PARENTS PICKING UP THEIR KIDS TO I CAN USE A GOLF CART. GET YOUR KID.

>> YEAH. OK. NO, I DON'T.

I'M JUST GOING TO SAY IN WHITE COMMUNITY MOST PEOPLE USE A GOLF CART TO GO UP SHOPPING.

>> SUN CITY. YES. ALL RIGHT.

IF IT HAD BEEN LAKES HAD THAT CAPABILITY, YOU DON'T THINK THEY WOULD RIGHT.

THE PUBLIC'S OH. >> I KNOW I LIVE IN ONE OF THOSE COMMUNITIES.

OH, WELL SO AS A CYCLIST I'M VERY PLEASED WITH NO, I. >> I JUST THINK IN CERTAIN AREAS I THINK BASIC IT DID LOOK WHERE IT SAID THAT THEY ALL FEEL SAFE WITH CAUSE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE GROUP GOING 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR WILL ELECTRIC BICYCLE BE ALLOWED TO DRIVE ON THE BICYCLE PATH THAT GO UP TO 28 MILES PER HOUR? THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO TRAIL.

I'M NOT SURE IF THEY'LL ALLOW IT ON THESE END BUT THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED ON THE TRAIL.

THERE ARE ELECTRIC IS ON THERE. MY WIFE WAS AN OVERNIGHT STAY SO THEY'RE NOT STUDENT SO

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THEY'RE NOT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE MOTORIZED VEHICLES WHICH IS WE NEED BE.

OTHERWISE THERE'S NO WAY WE'RE GOING TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE. I MEAN I THINK IT'S LIKE JUST TAKING A FEW DAYS. I HOPE IT'S TAKING OFF FOR FUTURE USE BECAUSE IT IS A VERY GREEN WAY OF TRANSPORTATION IN BEAUFORT COUNTY AND I'M THINKING MY SCHOOL WOULD BE

FUNDED BY BUT YET THE PAINT THE WHITE WALKING DOWN THE STREET. >> GONE.

>> ONE THING I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER ISSUES THAT THROUGH TIME BUT AGAIN I'D LIKE TO SAY KUDOS NOT BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE BUT LOOK ON THAT SLIDE AND I SEE EVERY MUNICIPAL INCLUDING THE COUNTY AND OTHER COUNTIES PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROGRAM.

>> AND I LOVE TO SEE WHEN THE REGION GETS TOGETHER AND WORKS ON A PROGRAM AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED. SO CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT THINKS YOU'RE WORKING ON ROB.

HOW? I WAS ALSO IMPRESSED KNOWING THAT RANDY WEST LIKE THE AMAZING GROUP THAT YOU ALL ASSEMBLED HERE THAT KNOW ASSEMBLED.

TELL ME HOW TO BE PARISH SCHOOL DISTRICT IS RESPONDING. BECAUSE I THINK LIKE MY PRIORITY IN FACT WOULD BE TO GET SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOLS FOR KIDS THAT WOULD LIKE MUCH MORE THAN TOURISTS, FOR EXAMPLE. AND I THINK MY OWN OPINION IS THAT THE OUTSIDE THE PLANTATION WORLD IS HELPING THAT A LOT OF THOSE BIKE PATHS ARE ACCESS BY TOURISTS AND ARE A BIG TOURIST DRAW WHICH IS GREAT. BUT ON THIS SIDE OF THE RIVER I THINK THAT AGAIN ONLY MY BIAS WOULD TO HAVE KIDS BE ABLE TO RIDE THEIR BIKES TO SCHOOL IF THAT'S POSSIBLE IN SOME NEIGHBORHOODS AND HOW THEY DO IT. SO I WONDER HOW SCHOOL DISTRICT IS RESPONDING. YOU KNOW, THEY WERE YOU KNOW, CAROL CRUTCHFIELD WAS ON TASK FORCE AND I WAS VERY ACTIVE AND A LOT OF THAT WAS ONE OF THE CRITERIA WITH THAT GROUP, YOU KNOW, EVALUATE PROJECTS WAS IS THIS PROVIDING ACCESS TO SCHOOLS SO THAT YOU KNOW, IS THE OTHER THING IS THERE SOME SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS TO TALK YOU KNOW ABOUT? THERE'S A PROGRAM SAFER OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL. RIGHT.

AND UNFORTUNATELY IN SOUTH CAROLINA IT'S NOT FUNDED. YOU KNOW, THERE'S DIRECTION ON HOW WE CAN START WORKING IN ADVOCATING FOR THAT AT THE STATE LEVEL.

I MEAN THERE ARE SOME SCHOOLS THAT ARE ABSOLUTELY LIKE RIPE FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY AND SOME THAT AREN'T. RIGHT. SO THERE YOU GO.

BUT I MEAN THERE THERE THERE IS POTENTIAL THERE. YEAH.

YEAH NO I THERE'S I WOULD THINK A PREACHER DEAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS SITUATED WITHIN WALKING VERY CLOSE TO A LOT OF SUBDIVISIONS BUT THERE'S NO GOOD CONNECTIONS.

>> EXACTLY. SETTING THAT SYSTEM OF HANGING FRUIT YOU KNOW MAYBE MAKING JUST A FEW CONNECTIONS TO EVERYTHING YAKUZA ON LADY'S ISLAND WOULD BE IN.

ANOTHER ONE TO ONE OF THE PROJECTS IT'S MOVING FORWARD AS MIDDLE ROAD PATHWAY COMING FROM

OUR 1 CENT SALES TAX. >> HOPEFULLY THAT WILL ACCOMPLISH SOME CONNECTED YOU KNOW ESPECIALLY BETWEEN RURAL PINES AND CRUSOE ELEMENTARY. JUST ONE LAST THING IN THE BLUFFTON MAGAZINE TODAY ICON. THERE WERE THERE WERE SEVEN NOW GOLF CART DEALERS IN BUTTE COUNTY ICON GOLF CARTS. WE HAD A BIG AD SAYING THE FUTURE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD TRANSPORTATION. ALL RIGHT. I DON'T KNOW.

WE SAW WITH BLUFFTON MAGAZINE I WENT IN AND I SPOKE TO THEM AND THEY SAID MOSTLY THEY HAD GOLF CARTS ARE NOT GOING OUT ON THE GOLF COURSE. THEY FOR PRIVATE TRANSPORTATION THEY'RE NOT EQUIPPED TO GO OUT ON THE GOLF. I LIVE IN PORT ROYAL AND THAT'S A VERY COMMON ON THE STREETS THERE. OK.

>> SO ALL RIGHT. >> FURTHER COMMENTS I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT.

BEAUFORT COUNTY CONNECTS BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN PLAN 20 21 AS AN APPENDIX TO THE PLAN

RIGHT SECOND. ALL RIGHT. >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION GOES. THAT'S A UNANIMOUS APPROVAL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ROB.

>> I WILL MAKE THIS ONE COMMENT. I'M JUST GOING TO MAKE THIS TO

IN ASSOCIATION'S CONFERENCE THAT THEY HELD IN JUNE. >> THERE WAS MANY, MANY DISCUSSIONS ABOUT MULTI-MODAL TRANSPORT PATIENT AND JUST ABOUT ANYTHING THAT WHEELS OR MORE MOTORIZED OR ELECTRIC CARS WAS THOUGHT OF AS A POTENTIAL USE TO IMPROVE TRANSPORTATION,

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TO WORK TO PARTICULAR KNOWS WHERE THEN YOU COULD LEAVE YOUR YOUR CAR.

>> AND NO. AND SO ON. SO I DON'T RULE OUT ANY WAY IN THE FUTURE. I DO KNOW IN THE COMMUNITY THAT I LIVE IN GOLF CARTS ARE A BIG DEAL. BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT IT NEEDS TO BE A GOOD PUBLIC EDUCATION SAFETY OF GOLF CARTS. MOST OF THE GOLF CARTS I SEE THEY DON'T HAVE THEY DON'T HAVE MIRRORS. THEY DON'T HAVE SEATBELTS. THEY'RE ONLY TWO PASSENGER UNLESS YOU HAVE SOMETHING ON THE BACK. AND I'VE SEEN MANY, MANY PEOPLE WITH CHILDREN AND CHILDREN DRIVING AROUND A GOLF CART AND MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR HAS UNFORTUNATELY DIED FROM A GOLF CART ACCIDENT FALLING OUT, HITTING HER HEAD ON THE ROAD,

JUST SPEEDING AROUND A CURVE TONIGHT A BOY SOMEBODY. >> SO I THINK BEFORE WE GET INTO THAT MULTIMODAL ONE, BE SURE THAT WHAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND AS A COUNTY GOVERNMENT WOULD BE INSURE SAFETY AND TRANSPORTATION SO THAT WE DON'T LOSE ANYBODY FROM MY INCONSIDERATE ACTION THAT'S TAKEN BECAUSE WE DIDN'T DEVELOP AN APPROPRIATE POLICY.

NO ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED WAS EVEN THE GOLF CARTS THAT ARE OLDER TO BE RETROFITTED

WITH SEATBELTS. >> ALL RIGHT. BECAUSE THERE'S CHILDREN DRIVING AROUND IN BLUFFTON SITTING ON THEIR PARENTS LAPS AND VERY FEW OF THEM HAVE THE

SOUTH CAROLINA PERMIT. >> RIGHT. WHICH HAS TO BE ENFORCED.

SAFETY HAS TO BE ENFORCED. THEY'VE GOT TO BE EQUIPPED WITH THE TURN SIGNAL HEADLIGHTS

[9. ZONING MAP AMENDMENT/REZONING REQUEST FOR 56 ACRES (R600 009 000 0113 0000) 60 GASTON PLANTATION RD FROM T2 RURAL TO C3 NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE; APPLICANT: KENNETH S. TOSKY]

BEFORE ANYTHING LIKE WE THIS HAPPENED. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS, FRANK. OKAY. WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ISSUE WHICH IS I THINK THE LAST ISSUE ON THE AGENDA. AND THAT IS A ZONING MAP AMENDMENT ZONING REQUEST 56 ACRES AT 60 GUEST PLANTATION ROAD 42 FOR ALL TO SEE THREE NEIGHBORHOOD NEXT YEAR. I'M RECUSING MYSELF FROM THIS DISCUSSION TO AVOID THE PERCEPTION OF A CONFLICT OF INTEREST RETURNING ME LONGER TO MY VISE CHAIR OF CONDUCT THE MEETING ON THIS ISSUE. PLEASE DON'T FORGET THAT I'M WAITING TO COME BACK.

CAN I THANK YOU? NO ONE THINGS GO YEAH. COMMENTS BY THE CHIEF.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF COMPANIES HOWEVER YOU WANT TO DO YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE THE ISSUE HERE AT THIS TIME TWO YEARS FROM I THINK THAT THE ORDER ISSUE SHOULD BE WITH THE WHAT WHAT ROB WOULD BE LIKE FIRST THEN THE APPLICANT, THEN COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD IN COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC AND THEN WE'LL REVIEW AGAIN UNTIL UNTIL WE MAKE AN ACTION ACTION ON THIS

IMPORTANT ISSUE. >> SO RON, PLEASE A VISE CHAIRMAN AGAIN.

SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TODAY IS A REQUEST FOR A ZONING AMENDMENT FOR US 56 ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 60 GARDEN GASTON PLANTATION ROAD WHICH IS RIGHT OFF ACTUALLY IN ABOUT CATALYZING ROADS ABOUT HALFWAY BETWEEN THE INTERSECTION OF 170 AND THE BRIDGE OVER TO KELSEY ISLAND. THE APPLICANT IS KENNETH TOSCA AND THEY'RE THE CURRENT ZONING OF THE PROPERTY IS T2 RURAL AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE GREEN UP THERE ON THE TOP.

THE PROPOSED ZONING C 3 NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE T2 RURAL ALLOWS A DENSITY ONE TO

ELLINGTON AT PER 3 ACRES. >> SO FOR THE ENTIRE 56 ACRE SITE THAT WOULD ALLOW A TEAM DWELLING UNITS ON THE SITE AND THAT'S OF COURSE PENDING KNOW ACCESS AND WETLANDS AND ALL THOSE TYPES OF ISSUES BUT THAT'S GENERALLY THE WATER ORDINANCE ALLOWS WITH THE CHANGE TO SEE THREE NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE WHICH IS PRIMARILY A SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT THAT WOULD ALLOW TWO POINT SIX DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE WHICH COULD ALLOW UNDER THIS ZONING UP TO ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY FIVE DWELLING UNITS.

THE APPLICANT IS INTERESTED TO SEE STATED IN THEIR APPLICATION IN DEVELOPING LESS THAN THAT.

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>> SORRY I HAVE THE NUMBER THERE I BELIEVE IT'S ONE HUNDRED AND TEN BEFORE YOU I

THINK IT'S ONE HUNDRED OKATIE. >> SORRY ABOUT THAT. SO THEY'RE INTERESTED IN YOU KNOW, DEVELOPING A SUBDIVISION WHICH WITH A LOWER DENSITY BUT IT'S IMPORTANT.

REMEMBER WHEN WE'RE REVIEWING A REZONING APPLICATION YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT THE DISTRICT ALLOWS AND SO THAT IS GENERALLY THE RECORD THAT REQUESTED IS BEING MADE.