Oct 04, 2021 Natural Resources Committee

A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.

I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN

[4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA ]

THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE PACKET ARE FROM SEPTEMBER 7TH, 2021.

SO WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE AGENDA IS APPROVED.

THE MINUTES

[5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - SEPTEMBER 7, 2021]

ANYONE HAVE ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS OR CORRECTIONS HEARING? NONE.

I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.

SECOND WITHOUT OBJECTION.

THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED AT THIS TIME.

[6. CITIZEN COMMENTS]

UH, WE WILL OPEN IT UP FOR CITIZENS' COMMENTS AND I DO HAVE SOME COMMENTS TO READ INTO THE RECORD.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? CITIZENS COMMENTS? NONE.

JESSE WHITE SOUTH COAST OFFICE DIRECTOR.

UM, WE RECEIVED THIS FROM THE COASTAL CONSERVATION LEAGUE.

IT'S DEAR BUFORD COUNTY.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE COMMENTS ON BEHALF OF THE COASTAL CONSERVATION LEAGUE REGARDING THE PROPOSED REZONING OF 56 ACRES ON GASTON ROAD FROM T R T TO OUR TO C3 NEIGHBORHOOD MIX USE TO ALLOW DEVELOPMENT OF 110 SINGLE FAMILY UNITS ON THE SITE, WE RESPECTFULLY ASK THE COMMISSION TO DENY THIS REQUEST.

THIS WAS SENT TO THE COMMISSION, BUT THEY WANTED US TO READ IT FOR THE NATURAL RESOURCE COMMITTEE TO SAME COMMENTS AS LAID OUT IN THE STAFF REPORT.

THE REQUEST IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH BUFORD COUNTIES, EXISTING 2010 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OR THE DRAFT 2040 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

BEFORE YOU, BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING, BOTH DOCUMENTS IDENTIFIED THIS PORTION AS A COUNTY, AS REMAINING RURAL IN NATURE, THE REQUESTS WOULD AMOUNT TO SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN DENSITY FROM THE 18 DWELLING UNITS THAT COULD BE PERMITTED UNDER THE CURRENT ZONING.

AND IT WOULD BE INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA.

EXISTING LAND USES IN THE AREA INCLUDE RURAL RESIDENTIAL GOLF COURSES AND FORESTRY, NO NEIGHBORING OR EVEN NEARBY PROPERTIES ARE ZONED TO SUPPORT THIS KIND OF RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT REZONING.

THIS INDIVIDUAL PARCEL COULD OPEN THE DOOR TO SUBSEQUENT REZONINGS NEARBY, WHICH WHICH COULD CHANGE THE RURAL CHARACTER OF THE AREA AND FURTHER STRAIN THE SOUTH CAROLINA, ONE 70 CORRIDOR, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN INTENTIONALLY DESIGNATES THIS AREA AS RURAL TO MINIMIZE STRAIN THE SCHOOLS AND TO SEE SERVICES AND TO HELP PROTECT WATER QUALITY AND THE OBESITY AND POLITAN RIVERS.

THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION IS CORRECT.

AND WE AGREE WITH THE PLANNING STAFF THAT THE EXISTING ZONING SHOULD REMAIN IN PLACE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.

WE HAVE NO OTHER FURTHER PUBLIC MADAM CHAIR.

YOU MIGHT WANT TO DO.

YOU MIGHT WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR IF YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE COMMENT FROM THE APPLICANT ON THIS ITEM WHEN WE GET TO THAT AGENDA ITEM, OR IF YOU WANT TO DO IT NOW.

TO, UM, HIRE A ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANT, TO DO CONCEPTUAL PLANS FOR BOTH THE PINE VIEW AND MAYLEE CHECKS.

UM, SO IT'S UP TO YOU THERE.

THE APPLICANT IS HERE AND THEY MAY WANT TO SPEAK TO THE APPLICATION.

I JUST DON'T KNOW IF YOU ARE GOING TO DO IT NOW OR ARE WHEN WE GET TO THAT ITEM, I'LL LEAVE IT UP TO THE APPLICANT.

WOULD YOU RATHER DO IT IN THERE OR WAIT UNTIL THE PRESENTATION ENTIRELY YOUR DISCRETION? WE CAN, WE'RE HAPPY TO ACCOMMODATE THAT OR, OKAY.

UM, SO IT IS LATER ON THE AGENDA, SO LET'S, UM, LET'S GO FORWARD AND WE'LL LET YOU MAKE COMMENT WHEN WE GET TO IT ON THE AGENDA.

[7. PRESENTATION OF PINEVIEW PRESERVE AND BAILEY MEMORIAL PARK CONCEPTUAL PLANS]

WILL FOLLOW THE AGENDA.

NUMBER SEVEN IS A PRESENTATION ON PALM VIEW PRESERVE AND BAILEY MEMORIAL PARK CONCEPTUAL PLANS.

AND THIS IS MS. MEGAN FROM THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

PLEASE GO AHEAD.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

UH, TIFFANY, CAN YOU PUT THE SARAH, SO WHILE THEY'RE GETTING THAT UP, UM, JUST TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF HISTORY OF THIS, UM, BECAUSE THIS IS ACTUALLY THE FIRST TIME YOU'RE SEEING THIS, UM, BECAUSE THE CONTRACT AMOUNT TO DO THE CONCEPTUAL PLAN DID NOT FALL INTO THE, UM, THE AMOUNT TO COME FORWARD TO COMMITTEE OR COUNCIL.

UM, SO LAST SUMMER WE DID A REQUEST.

WELL, I SHOULDN'T SAY LAST OCTOBER, WE DID A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS

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THOSE TWO PROPERTIES DID HAVE, UM, A BIT OF DONATION MONEY THAT CAME TO US FROM THE SELLERS OF THOSE PROPERTIES.

AND SO WE'RE USING THAT TOWARDS THE INITIAL PLANNING IN NOVEMBER, UH, DESIGN WORKSHOP WAS HIRED TO COMPLETE THOSE CONCEPTUAL PLANS, UM, DUE TO COVID, WE HAD SOME ONLINE COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.

WE, WE PRESENTED SOME INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC AND A SURVEY IN FEBRUARY.

AND THEN BASED ON THAT INFORMATION, UM, AN INPUT WE RECEIVED FROM THE PUBLIC, WE RECEIVED OVER 250 RESPONSES TO THE SURVEY.

SO THAT WAS REALLY GREAT.

AND WE DRAFTED SOME CONCEPTUAL PLANS, AND THEN WE PRESENTED THOSE PLANS TO THE PUBLIC AT OPEN HOUSE, UM, WORKSHOPS, BOTH ONSITE IN THE ALL JOY COMMUNITY.

AND THEN ALSO, UM, NEAR WHERE THE OAK TO RIVER PARK, OR I'M SORRY, NEAR WHERE PINE VIEW CURRENTLY IS.

AND WE DID THOSE IN MAY.

WE HAD THREE WORKSHOPS IN MAY, SO GET THEM ALL CONFUSED.

UM, BUT WE DID GET SOME ADDITIONAL COMMENTS DURING THOSE OPEN HOUSE WORKSHOPS AND THEN TWEAK THE PLANS TO THOSE.

SO TODAY IS THE PLAN FOR BOTH OF THOSE PROPERTIES, UM, THAT WE, UH, THAT I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT AND HAPPY TO PRESENT TO YOU HERE, UM, TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, OTHER CONCERNS.

SO THE FIRST ONE UP THERE IS THE PINE VIEW PROPERTY AND THAT THE OVERALL ONE I'M GOING TO HAVE HIM, UM, SWITCH TO PAGE TWO HERE IN A SECOND, BUT THE OVERALL PLAN SHOWS, UM, AN ENTRANCE AREA THAT WE ARE ADJUSTING OFF OF THE EXISTING ENTRANCE RIGHT NOW, THE EXISTING ENTRANCE IS KIND OF A CO DRIVEWAY BETWEEN THE NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE AND OUR PROPERTY.

AND I FELT THAT COULD END UP BECOMING MAYBE A USER CONFLICT AREA.

SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE MOVED OUR DRIVEWAY UP INTO OUR PROPERTY AND AWAY FROM THAT, UM, UH, KIND OF SHARED PROPERTY LINE.

SO WE'VE MOVED IT SLIGHTLY NORTH, BUT STILL WITHIN OUR, OUR PROPERTY LINE.

AND WE'LL HAVE SOME EARTH AND TRAILS THAT, UM, YOU CAN SEE OUTLINED THERE.

THE CREEK COMES IN VERY CLOSE TO ONE SECTION OF THE PROPERTY.

SO WHERE YOU HAVE A LITTLE SIDE TRAIL THERE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO DO A LITTLE VIEWING DOCK, THE CREEK IS NOT DEEP ENOUGH TO REALLY ALLOW FOR ANY KIND OF, UM, KAYAKER OR NON, UM, MOTORIZED VESSEL.

UM, BUT IT IS A VERY NICE PLACE WHERE PEOPLE COULD GO AND POTENTIALLY FISH AT HIGH TIDE OR JUST ENJOY THE VIEW.

UM, WE ALSO HAVE A COUPLE OF WILDLIFE BLINDS, UM, THAT COULD BE PUT NEXT TO SOME OF THE, UM, ISOLATED WETLANDS.

THERE'S A VERY UNIQUE HABITAT ON THIS PROPERTY, WHERE WE HAVE THESE, UM, ISOLATED DEPRESSIONAL WETLANDS THAT ARE MOSTLY MARSH WITH A NICE TREE EDGE.

UM, AND SINCE IT'S A UNIQUE HABITAT FOR THE COUNTY, UH, WE DEFINITELY WANT TO, UM, WANT TO GET PEOPLE OUT THERE TO SEE THE WILDLIFE THAT YOU MIGHT SEE THERE, A LOT OF SECRETS AND HERONS AND SUCH.

SO IF YOU GO TO PAGE TWO, WE'LL ZOOM IN ON THE ENTRANCE AREA A LITTLE BIT, THAT'S WHERE MOST OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS GOING TO TAKE PLACE.

UM, THE REST OF THE PROPERTY, ALL THE TRAILS ARE GOING TO EITHER BE EARTH OR BOARDWALK SECTIONS THROUGH THE WETLANDS.

IF, IF AREAS ARE A LITTLE TOO MUDDY, THE ENTRANCE AREA, THOUGH, WE HAVE, UM, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID AT ONE POINT AND ASPHALT DRIVE IN AN AUTOMATIC, UM, TIME TO GATE TO OPEN AND CLOSE THAT DON'T, YOU KNOW, DAWN TO DUSK HOURS, PERVIOUS PARKING LOT WITH AN ADA PARKING SPACE, SOME BIKE RACKS AND A RESTROOM.

UM, THE RESTROOM IS GOING TO BE A PREFABRICATED, UM, CONCRETE, UM, KIND OF VAULT LIKE RESTROOM, BUT IT'S, IT, THERE IS AN ABILITY TO CONNECT THAT VOLT TO SEWER.

SO IT'S NOT GOING TO BE LIKE SEPTIC TANK.

IT'LL BE CONNECTED TO THE SEWER LINE.

THAT'S OUT THERE OFF OF, UH, SAM'S POINT ROAD.

SO WE'LL HAVE WATER FOUNTAINS ON THAT AS WELL.

UM, SO THAT'S THE MAIN PART OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE WITH A SPLIT RAIL FENCE, UM, KIND OF KEEPING PEOPLE WITHIN THAT SO THAT THERE AREN'T CARS TRYING TO DRIVE OFF INTO THE TRAILS AND WHATNOT.

UM, SO VERY, VERY BASIC.

UM, WE DID NOT RECEIVE A TON OF FEEDBACK FOR THIS PROPERTY, BUT ALL THE FEEDBACK THAT WE DID RECEIVE FROM THE PUBLIC, THEY WERE JUST HAPPY AND EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT ON THE PROPERTY.

AND, UM, OF COURSE THE TRAILS ARE GOING TO BE WIDE ENOUGH TO ALLOW FOR PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS.

KIND OF TRAIL OR IS IT JUST A, IT'S AN EARTH AND TRAIL LIKE WE HAVE, UM, AT WHICH POINT THE NATURE TRAIL, IT'LL BE, UH, EIGHT TO 10 FEET WIDE MEANDERING THROUGH THE TREES, UM, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE EXISTING ROADS THAT ARE OUT THERE AT ROADS THAT ARE OUT THERE, UM, AND THEN CONNECTING THEM AND TO MAKING LOOPS SO PEOPLE CAN TAKE THEIR MOUNTAIN BIKES OUT ON THE TRAIL.

SO CAN WE TAKE QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS ONE FIRST AND THEN WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT ONE, ANY QUESTIONS I HAVE ONE, UM, MAKING THE GYM CHAIRMAN, UM, ONE OF THE COMMENTS I HEARD FROM SOME PEOPLE WITH THE BICYCLE TRAIL AND YOU, YOU HAVE THAT YOU HAVE A TRAIL, UM, IS IT A ROBUST

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UM, WHAT WE ARE NOT DOING IS CREATING RAMPS AND DIPS AND JUMPS AND BANKS LIKE THAT KIND OF CONSTRUCTED MOUNTAIN BIKING TRAIL IS NOT, UM, A PASSIVE RECREATION ACTIVITY, BUT MOUNTAIN BIKERS ARE ABSOLUTELY PERMITTED TO COME TO THE PROPERTY AND BIKE ON THE EARTH AND TRAILS THAT WE INSTALL.

OH, WHAT, WELL, WHY WOULDN'T THAT BE, UM, A PASSIVE PARK? UM, WE GET MANY SPECIFICATIONS WITH THE DIPS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

I MEAN, IS IT, I MEAN, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE, RIGHT? THE DIFFERENCE IS THE, UM, THE TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION THAT IT IS AND WHERE THE, WHERE THOSE TYPE OF ACTIVITIES LIKE TO OCCUR.

UM, WE DO BECAUSE THIS IS A AND CRITICAL PROPERTY.

MY FIRST, UM, PROTECTION IS FOR THE CONSERVATION NATURE OF THE PROPERTY.

AND SO I'M BALANCING RECREATION ON THE PROPERTY WITH CONSERVATION USE.

UM, SO I'VE BEEN ASKED TO PUT MILES AND MILES AND MILES OF TRAILS OUT ON THIS VERY RELATIVELY SMALL PROPERTY.

AND IT'S JUST, IT'S NOT CONDUCIVE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD SURROUNDING IT, THE CONSERVATION NATURE OF THE PROPERTY, THE POTENTIAL FOR EROSION IN THE ISOLATED WETLANDS OR ALONG THE CREEK BANK.

UM, THE POSSIBILITY OF PEOPLE GOING OFF, OFF TRAIL THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF ISSUES TO HAVE TO KIND OF CONSIDER AND CONSIDERING THIS PROPERTY WAS PURCHASED FOR CONSERVATION OF THE NATURAL RESOURCE.

UM, I DO HAVE TO CREATE THAT BALANCE.

TYPICALLY, TYPICALLY IN THESE PARTICULAR SITUATIONS, YOU DON'T WANT TO ALTER THE NATURAL TOPOGRAPHY OF THE LAND.

YOU WANT TO PRESERVE THE NATURAL LAY OF THE LAND, AND THAT'S WHAT STEPHANIE HAS A NEVER ENDEAVORED TO DO, UH, WITH THIS, UM, MOUNTAIN BIKING AND THE AMOUNT AND THE TYPE OF DIRT YOU'D HAVE TO BRING IN THERE TO DO THAT, TO GET THOSE, UH, SLOPES AND ALL OF THAT TO STAY PUT OR WITHOUT A ROAD IN THE WAY, UH, PROBABLY WOULD BE A DETRIMENT TO THE NATURAL, UH, LAY IN THE PROPERTY.

AND WE'RE, WE'RE, WE DON'T PROPOSE DOING THAT.

HOWEVER, IF YOU ALL WANT US TO, UM, LOOK INTO THAT, WE CAN DO THAT WITH THAT.

UM, I, THERE'S GOING TO BE PLENTY OF THEM.

THERE'S GOING TO BE PLENTY OF, OF ALL ROAD BIKING ACTIVITIES OUT THERE, PEOPLE THAT WANT TO MOUNTAIN BIKE.

THERE'S A REASON WHY IT'S CALLED MOUNTAIN BIKING.

UM, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT THE MOUNTAINS.

SO, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, SO BECAUSE I WILL PROBABLY GET PHONE CALLS ON IT AND I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO ARTICULATE WHY WE WERE NOT CONSIDERING THAT AND STUFF.

THAT'S, THAT'S THE REASON THAT I SEE THE PERSON THAT'S.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I HAD A QUESTION.

UM, WHAT ABOUT GRACE HILL? I MEAN, COULDN'T, WE DO SOMETHING, WHICH ONE IS THAT? GREAT, GREAT SEAL OUT THERE IT IS.

THAT'S WHAT HE WAS.

HE WAS MAKING A JOKE ABOUT COVID DANIELLE WETLANDS.

ARE THEY ALL SALT WATER OR THERE'S SOME FRESH WATER WELLS, THE ISOLATED DEPRESSIONS ARE ALL FRESHWATER MARSHES, WHICH, WHICH IS WHY IT'S KIND OF A UNIQUE HABITAT IN THE AREA.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS JUST TO QUICKLY, MR. ? UM, WHAT IS THE, UM, THE LINEAR FEET? UM, HOW MANY MILES ARE IN THESE TRAILS HAVING THE IDEA? YES.

I BELIEVE WE HAVE TWO AND A HALF MILES AT PINE VIEW.

CRYSTAL, IF YOU DO ALL THE LOOT, ALL THE LOOPS.

PAGE TWO, BUT FOR THE OVERALL, WE DO HAVE APPROXIMATELY 55 ACRES.

YOU WANT TO GO ONTO THE NEXT ONE, THEN WE'LL VOTE ON THEM TOGETHER.

SO BAILEY MEMORIAL PARK AND I, I'M SORRY.

I FORGOT TO MENTION WHERE PINE VIEW WAS EARLIER.

UM, BAILEY MEMORIAL PARK IS OFF OF CONFEDERATE AVENUE IN THE ALL JOY COMMUNITY IN BLUFFTON.

UM, IT IS, UH, A, UH, UH, COUNTY, UM, ZONED PROPERTY KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE OF OTHER BLUFFTON ZONE PROPERTIES.

SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A UNIQUE SITUATION THERE.

UM, AGAIN, WE, UM, RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM THE PUBLIC, UH, ABOUT, SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE ENTRANCE.

AND SO WE MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO THE PLAN.

AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT WHEN WE GET TO

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UM, THE PROPERTY JUST NORTH OF OUR PROPERTY LINE IS ALSO, UM, VACANT LAND AT THE MOMENT, ALTHOUGH IT'S BEEN UP FOR SALE FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

UM, THE PROPERTY SIMILAR TO PINE VIEW WILL HAVE EARTH AND TRAILS.

UM, SOME OF THE TRAILS MAY HAVE SOME BOARDWALKS WHEN THEY GO THROUGH SOME OF THE WETTER AREAS.

UH, BAILEY HAS A LOT MORE HYDRIC SOILS AND WETLANDS, FRESHWATER SWAMP THEN, UH, PINE VIEW DOES IT'S.

IT DEFINITELY HAS MORE OF THAT BAY HEAD, UM, HARDWOOD, SWAMP FOREST IN IT, THEN THOSE ISOLATED DEPRESSIONS.

SO WE MAY HAVE SOME BOARD WALKING TO DO A, UH, WILDLIFE BIRD BLIND OR TWO, AND THEN ON THE WEST, WAIT EAST PROPERTY LINE.

UM, I AM PROPOSING A FENCE, A, UM, BLACK COATED CHAIN LINK FENCE TO GO DOWN BASICALLY OUR ENTIRE WEST LINE.

AND, UM, I'M PROPOSING THAT BECAUSE WE CURRENTLY HAVE SOME EXISTING ENCROACHMENT ISSUES, UM, WITH SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS, UM, PUTTING THEIR STORAGE OR BOATS OR TRASH, OR WHAT HAVE YOU, UM, KIND OF RIGHT ON THAT EDGE.

AND I WANT TO PREVENT, I WANT TO PREVENT THAT ENCROACHMENT FROM CONTINUING FURTHER AND FURTHER INTO THE PROPERTY.

UM, SO I'M GOING TO WORK WITH WHOEVER I CAN TO TRY AND GET THOSE ENCROACHMENTS REMOVED IF I CAN.

UM, BUT SOMETIMES THAT'S NOT ALWAYS DONE IN A VERY TIMELY MANNER.

THE ENCROACHMENTS THAT WE HAVE, THE, THE DUMPSTERS IN THE, IN THE BOAT TRAILERS AND THAT KIND OF STUFF.

UM, WHAT ROAD IS THAT ON THAT YOU'LL PUT THE FENCE IS THAT IT'S NOT ON A ROAD IT'S ACTUALLY BEHIND, IT'S BEHIND A WHOLE BUNCH OF HOUSES AND RESIDENTIAL LIVING AREA.

UM, SO IT'S A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO GET TO, UH, SO ON PAGE TWO IS A UP, NOPE, THERE'S SOMETHING ON, THAT'S NOT RELATED TO THIS.

WAIT A MINUTE TO GET PAGE TWO UP PAGE TWO IS A CLOSEUP OF THE ENTRANCE.

UM, ONE OF THE COMMENTS WE GOT FROM THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY WAS TO HAVE SOME GOLF CART PARKING BECAUSE APPARENTLY THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT DRIVE GOLF CARTS DOWN IN THE ELDERLY COMMUNITY.

AND SO WE DID ADD SOME SMALLER, SHORTER GOLF CART SPACES.

THAT'LL BE SIGNED GOLF CART, PARKING VERSUS OTHER CAR PARKING AND AN ADA PARKING SPACE, BIKE RACK, OUR ENTRANCE SIGN, AND THEN A SPLIT RAIL FENCE, UM, SURROUNDING THE PARKING AREA TO KEEP VEHICLES COMBINED OR, OR NO, WE DECIDED NOT TO PUT A RESTROOM HERE, GIVEN THE LOCATION OF THE, OF BEING SO CLOSE TO DOWNTOWN BLUFFTON, UM, AND BEING RIGHT NEXT TO OTHER RESIDENTIALS, IF PEOPLE ARE COMING FROM THEIR HOME.

SURELY IT'S LESS OF A NEED, UM, THAN PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE COMING FROM FURTHER AWAY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT IT? IS THIS MARTIN LARSON STIS OR, YEAH.

ALRIGHT.

NO OTHER QUESTIONS ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO MOVE BOTH OF THESE.

THEY NEED TO GO TO FULL COUNCIL.

CORRECT.

UM, I WAS, I GUESS I WAS JUST GIVING A PRESENTATION.

I DIDN'T KNOW IF THEY NEEDED TO BE APPROVED UNNECESSARILY OR JUST OBTAIN THE FUNDS.

DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE COMPLYING WITH THE RESTRICTIONS TO DEED RESTRICTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN PLACED ON THIS PROPERTY WHEN WE PURCHASED IT? YES.

SO WE DON'T, THERE'S NO ACTION.

JUST PRESENTATION, NOT UNTIL WE AWARD THE CONTRACT.

ONCE WE START CON AWARDING CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS ACTUALLY DO THE WORK, YOU ALL WILL SEE IT AND IT'LL GO THROUGH THE APPROPRIATE CHANNELS BASED ON THE COST OF THAT WORK.

UM, I'M CURRENTLY GETTING, UM, THE ORIGINAL RFQ THAT WE DID OCTOBER LAST YEAR INCLUDED A PROVISION TO HIRE THE SAME CONSULTANT TO DO THE PHASE TWO OF A PLANNING.

AND SO THEY ARE WORKING ON A PROPOSAL FOR ME NOW, AND THEN THAT'LL COME TO, UM, COMMITTEE AGAIN FOR, UM, IT'LL PROBABLY END UP BEING AT A COST THAT WOULD HAVE TO GO TO COUNCIL.

SO YOU'LL SEE, UM, THAT HOPEFULLY COMING UP IN NOVEMBER.

BOTH WONDERFUL ASSETS I'M SURE.

A PR APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE ON THE ZONING AMENDMENT REZONING REQUESTS FOR 56 ACRES AT 60 GASTON PLANTATION ROAD FROM T2 RURAL TO C3 NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE.

AND NUMBER EIGHT IS

[8. APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE REGARDING A ZONING MAP AMENDMENT/REZONING REQUEST FOR 56 ACRES (R600 009 000 0113 0000) AT 60 GASTON PLANTATION ROAD FROM T2 RURAL TO C3 NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED-USE. ]

UM, I WOULD NOTE THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION VOTED TO DENY THIS, UH, I'M SURE THAT WILL BE IN MR. MERCHANT'S REPORT, BUT, UM,

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AND WHAT OTHER, AND WE'LL LET THE APPLICANT SPEAK AFTER YOU SPEAK.

UM, WELL THANK YOU.

UM, GOOD AFTERNOON.

UM, THIS IS A REZONING REQUEST, UH, FOR 60 GUESTS GASTON PLANTATION ROAD, AND IT'S 56 ACRES.

UM, THE CURRENT ZONING IS RURAL AND THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO CHANGE THE ZONING TO C3 NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE, UM, UNDER RURAL THE MAIN DIFFERENCE.

WELL, THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENCES, BUT I WOULD SAY IN THE CASE OF THIS PARTICULAR REZONING, THE MAIN ISSUE HERE IS THAT UNDER RURAL THERE'S 18 DWELLING UNITS, THAT WOULD BE PERMITTED, UM, UNDER C3 NEIGHBORHOOD AND EXCUSED AT THE MAXIMUM SINGLE FAMILY DENSITY WAS EXERCISE.

IT WOULD BE 145.

SO IT'S QUITE AN INCREASE IN RESIDENTIAL DENSITY.

UM, WE HAD, UH, IT'S YOUR REQUEST.

WE HAVE A VIDEO, A DRONE VIDEO.

WE CAN SHOW YOU RIGHT NOW AND JUST SO PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE KNOW WE DO THIS SO THAT PEOPLE ON COUNTY COUNCIL GET A FEEL OF WHAT THE AREA AROUND IT LOOKS LIKE IN CASE THEY DON'T KNOW OR HAVEN'T BEEN THERE.

SO THAT'S LOOKING AT, UH, CALABASAS ROAD, UM, AND THIS IS LOOKING INTO THE PROPERTY AND IT'S, AGAIN, WE'RE AT KELSEY ROAD LOOKING AT THE INTERSECTION OF GAS, PLANTATION ROAD AS VERY SMALL, UH, FRONTAGE ON CATALEPSY ROAD, BUT IT EXPANDS AND GOES DEEP INTO THE PROPERTY.

AND YOU CAN SEE THERE THROUGH THE TREES, UM, YOU KNOW, THE MAJORITY OF THE PROPERTY THERE THAT, UM, CURRENTLY IT'S VERY RURAL, VERY WOODED AND AS YOU COULD SEE FROM THE AERIAL FOOTAGE THAT THE SURROUNDING AREAS ALSO HEAVILY WOODED AND VERY LITTLE DEVELOPMENT AND THIS ISN'T A SMALL PART OF THE COUNTY, BASICALLY BETWEEN ONE 70 AND CALLAWAY LACI ISLAND.

UH, THERE'S A LARGE AREA HERE AND I'LL SHOW A MAP KIND OF GIVING SOME CONTEXT OF OUR LAND, USE POLICIES IN THE AREA.

ISLAND, EVEN THOUGH IT'S, IT'S DEVELOPED, IT'S DEVELOPED AT A VERY LOW DENSITY IN CONSISTENT WITH OUR RURAL ZONING.

I THINK THAT'S IT, UNLESS THAT HELPS.

SO IF WE NEED TO REVISIT THAT, LET ME KNOW.

UM, SO AS I SAID EARLIER, THIS WOULD REALLY RESULT IN AN INCREASE IN DENSITY.

UM, THE COMPETENCE OF PLAN HAS THIS AREA IT'S FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION IS RURAL.

UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE REQUIRED IN THE STAFF REPORT WAS BECAUSE OF THE CHANGE IN, UH, DENSITY, IT WOULD TRIGGER A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS.

UH, THE APPLICANT PROVIDED THAT, UM, THE IMPACT, THE TIA BASICALLY INDICATED THIS WOULD ADD ABOUT 1,136 NEW TRIPS ON CALABASAS ROAD, BUT THAT NUMBER DIDN'T REALLY CHANGE VERY MUCH AT THE INTERSECTION.

YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS LEVEL OF SERVICE, THE BIGGEST ISSUE THAT WAS INDICATED TO TIA WAS THAT THERE ARE SITE ISSUES AT THE ENTRANCE OF, OF GASOLINE PLANTATION ROAD ONTO KELSEY DRIVE BECAUSE THERE'S A BEND IN THE ROAD.

AND SO THAT WAS THE MAIN CONCERN OF THE TIA.

UM, WE CONTACTED THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

UM, THEY WROTE BACK OF COURSE, TO LET US KNOW, UM, THE SCHOOLS THAT WOULD BE SERVING THE SITE ARE ALREADY AT CAPACITY, ESPECIALLY OTT ELEMENTARY.

AND THERE'S ALL A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT GOING ON IN THEIR ATTENDANCE ZONE.

BUT IN ADDITION, THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL, UM, FOR THIS PARTICULAR SITE ARE VERY CLOSE TO CAPACITY.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT, UM, BASED ON THEIR PROPOSAL OF 110 SINGLE FAMILY HOUSES WITH IMPACT FEES THAT WOULD PRODUCE ABOUT 1 MILLION, $382,000.

SO THERE IS NOW SOME MONEY GENERATED TO OFFSET THAT NEED, UM, AND THIS, UH, SLIDE RIGHT HERE, OUR MAIN CONCERN WITH THIS REZONING IS THAT ALONG THE ONE 70 CORE OR REALLY BETWEEN OLDFIELD AND THE BROAD RIVER BRIDGE, UM, THIS AREA IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS DESIGNATED AS RURAL.

AND THIS WAS THE CASE, UM, GOING BACK TO, I WOULD SAY THE 1999 OR 1997 COMP PLAN, THE 2010 COMP PLAN, AND THEN OUR CURRENT COMP PLAN.

UM, THE ONE ANOMALY IN THIS AREA IS CATALOG SEA ISLAND, WHICH IS A PUD THAT WAS APPROVED, I BELIEVE IN THE EARLY EIGHTIES.

UM, YOU KNOW, SPRING

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AND I WOULD SAY THAT THAT PARTICULAR LAND USE ALONG THAT CORE, OR WE RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S A LOT GOING ON IN JASPER COUNTY AND HARTSVILLE, BUT, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO AND BE FOR COUNTIES IS MANAGED GROWTH ALONG THAT CORRIDOR WITH THE MAIN CONCERN OF, OF WATER QUALITY IN THE OTT AND, AND, UM, CALL IT IN RIVERS, UM, TRAFFIC.

UM, WE HAVE INCREASED TRAFFIC VOLUMES ALONG ONE 70, AND THAT'S A CONCERN AS WELL IN ADDITION TO RETAINING RURAL CHARACTER AND THAT SEPARATION BETWEEN NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN BUFORD COUNTY.

UM, SO AT THIS TIME THIS LAND USE POLICY REMAINS.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS MAP TO CHANGE THIS TO, YOU KNOW, THE YELLOW RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE IS, IS REALLY KIND OF, UH, SETTING A NEW PRECEDENT.

AND I WILL ECHO IN OUR PLANNING COMMISSION VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO DENY THIS APPLICATION.

AND ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS SAID, AND I THINK THAT THIS IS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF ILLUSTRATES THE CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE.

THIS IS NOT APPROVING A HUNDRED OR 130 NEW HOUSES.

THIS COULD TRIGGER APPROVING THOUSANDS OF HOUSES BECAUSE IT MAY LEAD TO ADDITIONAL RESET INNINGS IN THE AREA.

SO, UM, WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR, THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS NOT TO APPROVE IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION AS WELL, MADE THAT RECOMMENDATION.

THANK YOU, ROLAND APPLICANT, MAKE SOME REMARKS AND THEN WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS FOR YOU.

AND IF YOU'LL JUST STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.

GOOD.

MY NAME IS NICOLE SCOTT.

I'M AN ATTORNEY WITH NEXEN PRUITT AND, UH, CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA ON KING STREET.

AND I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT.

I'M GOING TO KEEP MY COMMENTS VERY BRIEF, BUT, UM, I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL MAY HAVE AS IS THE APPLICANT, UM, THE PROPERTY OWNER AND THE ENGINEER, IF WE CAN GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE NEED THAT.

UM, I KNOW YOU ALL KNOW THE HISTORY OF THIS PROPERTY.

THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME I'VE BEEN IN FRONT OF COUNCIL AND THIS COMMITTEE REGARDING THIS PROPERTY AND THE, UM, CAMPGROUND THAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED ON THERE AND THE OPPOSITION TO THAT CAMPGROUND.

UM, THE APPLICANT IS EXPLORING OPTIONS.

UM, THEY HAVE BEEN APPROACHED BOTH BY CAMPGROUND OPERATORS AND ALSO RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPERS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THIS PROPERTY AND GIVEN THE PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT WE HAVE HEARD THROUGH THE CAMPGROUND PROCESS.

UM, THE APPLICANT THOUGHT IT WAS PRUDENT TO EXPLORE A RESIDENTIAL POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, UM, IN ORDER TO MAYBE COME TO SOME SORT OF A PLAN THAT WOULD WORK FOR POTENTIALLY EVERYONE.

UM, SO THAT'S HOW WE GOT HERE.

UM, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND WITH TALKING WITH, UM, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, WE CAN'T DO T2 RN BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE ORDINANCE IS DRAFTED.

SO REALLY OUR ONLY OPTION TO GET THE DENSITY THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO APPLES AND APPLES TO WHAT THEY COULD MAKE OFF OF THE PROPERTY AS A, AS A CAMPGROUND IS TO GO TO A C3.

WHAT DO WE DO UNDERSTAND IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, OUR PROPOSAL, HOWEVER, HAVE AN ACCOMPANYING DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

I THINK WE COULD ACHIEVE CONSISTENCY WITH THE COMP PLAN IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THIS COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL, UM, WANTED TO DO, BUT, UM, WE DO HAVE AN APPROVED CONCEPTUAL PLAN FOR THE CAMPGROUND THAT CAN GO FORWARD, SHOULD THIS REZONING NOT GO FORWARD.

UM, AND, UM, AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT PLANNING DEPARTMENT PLANNING COMMISSION AND THIS COUNCIL IS A BOUND BY CERTAIN THINGS AND CERTAIN CONSIDERATIONS, BUT THAT'S THE BACKGROUND OF HOW WE GOT HERE.

UM, WE'RE OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS IF COUNCIL DOES NOT WANT A CAMPGROUND THERE AND WOULD RATHER SEE SOMETHING ELSE THERE, UM, THAT WOULD RESULT IN A RETURN THAT'S EQUIVALENT TO WHAT THEY COULD MAKE ON THE CAMPGROUND.

BUT IF THIS REZONING DOESN'T GO FORWARD TO CAMBRA AND WE'LL GO FORWARD.

I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS FOR MR. .

ANY QUESTIONS? NO, I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.

LET ME MAKE SURE NOBODY ON THE LINE HAS ANY QUESTIONS.

I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

MOTION TO DENY THE REQUEST TO REZONE.

I'LL SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? YES, SIR.

YEAH, THIS IS SO INTERESTING,

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UH, REQUEST.

UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE, UH, CAMPGROUND HAS GOT CONCEPTIONAL APPROVAL, UH, WHICH I GUESS IS A GOOD START.

AND I GUESS THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE PROPOSED 2040 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THEN THE EXISTING ONE AND THE ONE BEFORE THAT.

SO THAT, THAT GIVES ME SOME COMFORT.

I MEAN, THIS IS PRIMITIVE CAMPGROUND, IT'S CALLED A PRIMITIVE CAMPGROUND AND I'M NOT SURE, I'M NOT SURE I KNOW WHY, UH, MAYBE ONLY PRIMITIVE PEOPLE CAN GO THERE ON A, I DON'T KNOW, BUT ANYWAY, IT'S, UH, THAT, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE THERE.

UM, IT DOES CONFLICT.

I THINK ROB MENTIONED IT CONFLICTS WITH EVERY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WITH FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT OF EVERY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WE WE'VE EVER CREATED, INCLUDING THE 2040 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHICH IS IN DRAFT FORM.

UM, IT'S IN A PROTECTED AREA BECAUSE OF THE IMPACT, POTENTIAL IMPACT ON THE OCA T AND THE COLLARD RIVERS.

AND WE'VE SPENT, I THINK MOST OF US KNOW WE SPENT CLOSE TO A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS DETECTING THE A O K T ALONE SO FAR.

I'M PROBABLY, THAT'S PROBABLY A LITTLE LIGHT, BUT CLOSE TO A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS.

UM, SO FOR THESE REASONS ALONE, I'M GOING TO SAY NO, UM, FOR, FOR, I'M GOING TO SAY NO AND VOTE AGAINST IT, BUT, UM, I'M HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS THAT APPLICANT MAY HAVE.

PAUL PAUL'S COMMENT.

UM, YOU KNOW, THE PLANNING STAFF, UM, TALKED ABOUT, UM, IF WE OPEN THIS UP, WHAT, WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS WHOLE ENTIRE AREA IS NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT.

AND, UM, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE SENTIMENT THAT I'VE GOTTEN SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL IS THAT, UM, THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE, UM, MOVED HERE AND, UM, THEY REALLY WANT US TO CLOSE THE DOOR.

UM, SO, UM, YOU WERE HERE MAKING A PROPOSAL AND IF COUNCIL MOVED FORWARD WITH THIS AND, UH, GRANT YOU THIS, I CAN TELL YOU THAT, UM, FOUR OR FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, THERE'LL BE A WHOLE LOT OF MASSIVE PEOPLE COMING BEFORE US WONDERING WHY WE DID WHAT WE DID.

UM, THE, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN IN, IN ROB, YOU CAN HELP ME WITH THIS IS THAT THE CAMPSITE, UH, CAME US, UM, RECENTLY WITH AN INCREASE IN NUMBERS.

AM I NOT MISTAKEN? THEY W THEY WANTED MORE NUMBERS.

THEY, THEY HAVE THE APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PRIMITIVE SITE CAMPSITE, BUT THEY WANTED TO INCREASE THAT NUMBER TO A LARGER NUMBER AND STUFF.

AND I THINK WE DENIED THAT.

UM, AND THAT'S, THAT'S NOT CLARIFY ME.

WE CAN TO KEEP IT MOVING FORWARD.

SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT HAPPENED IS, UH, THE TOSKI HAS PRESENTED A PLAN TO DEVELOP A SEMI DEVELOPED CAMPGROUND ON THIS PARTICULAR PATIENT PROPERTY THAT, UH, REQUIRED A HUNDRED FOOT BUFFERS AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE PROPERTY AND A REDUCED NUMBER OF COUNT SITES AS RESULT OF DOING THE SEMI DEVELOP CAMPGROUND, THE PROPERTY OWNERS OUT THERE HIRED MEMBERS OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS, UM, TO APPEAL THE STAFF'S DECISION TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, TO OVERTURN THE SEMI DEVELOPMENT CAMPGROUND.

SO, UM, I WENT TO MET WITH TOM KEVIN, AND WE AGREED WITH THE POSITION OF THE LEGAL COUNCIL THAT A SEMI DEVELOPED CAMPGROUND AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME WAS NOT ALLOWED UNDERNEATH T2 ZONING DISTRICT, THAT THE TALL COULD ONLY DO A PRIMITIVE CAMPGROUND.

WELL, THAT KIND OF BACKFIRED ON THE COMMUNITY OUT THERE BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT BY TELLING THE TUSKEGEE IS THAT THEY COULD DO A PRIMITIVE CAMPGROUND, THAT THEY WOULD ABANDONED THEIR PLANS AND GOALS.

BUT ESSENTIALLY WHAT OCCURRED IS THE TOSCA IS AMENDED THEIR PLAN TO ADD MORE COUNT SITES BECAUSE THE BUFFER UNDER A PRIMITIVE COUNT GROUND IS ONLY 30 FEET, AND THEY COULD ADD MORE TENT SITES TO THE, TO THE PROPERTY.

AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY HAVE DONE.

WE HAVE BEEN IN A LEGAL WRANGLING WITH THOSE, UH, ATTORNEYS, UH, FOR MANY, MANY MONTHS.

AND TOM, KEVIN, HE, I THINK, UH, USES SOME SORT OF TERM AS THAT THESE ATTORNEYS THAT ARE REPRESENTING THE COMMUNITY OUT THERE HAVE TIED THIS UP IN SOME SORT OF GORDIAN KNOT, I THINK IS THE TERM TOM KEVIN.

HE USED I, AND ARE USING THE DEVELOPMENT CODE TO BASICALLY STRANGLE THE FINANCIAL VIABILITY OF THE TUSK.

HE'S HOPING THAT THEY WILL ABANDON THEIR PLANS.

AND I MEAN, STAFF HAS DONE EVERYTHING

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UH, WHERE IN COURT RIGHT NOW, THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS FOUND IN OUR FAVOR STAFF'S FAVOR.

UH, AND TOM TAYLOR, WHO WAS WORKING WITH CHAD WILLIAMS, A MEMBER OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS, UM, HAS, UH, ESSENTIALLY APPEALED THAT DECISION TO COURT.

AND THAT'S WHERE IT STANDS CURRENTLY.

AND THAT'S WHY YOU'RE GOING TO SEE RIGHT AFTER THIS, AN AMENDMENT TO THE, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODE ON CAMPGROUNDS TO TRY TO CLEAN ALL OF THAT UP FOR THE, FOR THE, UH, FOR FUTURE CAMPGROUND DEVELOPERS.

THANK YOU FOR THAT HISTORY.

DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS, COUNCILMAN GLOVER? NOPE.

SO WE HAVE EMOTIONAL WHO SECOND, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS.

IT'S A MOTION TO DENY.

IT'S A MOTION TO DENY THE C THE ZONING THAT'S PROPOSED, WHICH IS THREE C3 NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE.

IF I COULD JUST ADD SOMETHING REAL QUICK, APPLICANT'S ASKED ME TO CLARIFY SOMETHING IN RESPONSE TO, UM, AND SOME OF OUR SUMMER VILLA SAID THE PLAN SINCE WE INITIALLY, AND IT'S A DIFFERENCE THAT MAY NOT MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN YOUR ANALYSIS, BUT JUST TO GET IT ON THE RECORD, THE PLAN THAT WE INITIALLY SUBMITTED TO, UM, FOR, TO, FOR THE REZONING WAS THAT 110 HOMES, THEY HAVE REDUCED THAT TO 68.

AND AGAIN, IT'S A DIFFERENCE.

IT MAY NOT MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN YOUR ANALYSIS, BUT AT LEAST WANT TO GET THAT WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.

DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS? ALL RIGHT.

UH, DO WE NEED A ROLL CALL VOTE OR, OR WITHOUT OBJECTION.

I HEAR WITHOUT OBJECTION TO DENY THE REZONING REQUESTS FROM T2 RURAL DOES C3 NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE.

SO THIS HAS BEEN, UM, THIS REZONING REQUEST HAS BEEN DENIED.

NINE, WHICH IS APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE REGARDING TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODE, SECTION 3.1 0.60.

SO WE'RE GOING TO GO ON TO NUMBER

[9. APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE REGARDING TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODE (CDC): SECTION 3.1.60 (CONSOLIDATED USE TABLE) AND SECTION 4.1.190 (RECREATION FACILITY: CAMPGROUNDS) TO REVISE THE CAMPGROUND STANDARDS ]

THAT'S THE CONSOLIDATE USE TABLE AND SECTION 4.1 0.190 RECREATION FACILITY, CAMP GROUNDS TO REVISE THE CAMPGROUND STANDARDS.

AND YOU'RE GOING TO DO THIS.

ROB IS GOING TO DO THE PRESENTATION, BUT BEFORE YOU ALL DO I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THE, UM, THE LANGUAGE ON THE AGENDA, UM, WHAT YOU ALL ASK US TO DO THIS, ISN'T AN APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE REGARDING THAT, BECAUSE YOU'VE ALREADY GIVEN THAT SECOND READING AT SECOND READING, YOU'VE ASKED YOU ASK US TO EVALUATE WHETHER OR NOT EXTENDING THE PERIOD OF TIME THAT SOMEONE COULD RESIDE IN THE CAMPGROUND COULD DO THAT.

ROB'S GONNA MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THAT TONIGHT, SO THAT, UH, THIS AFTERNOON, SO THAT YOU ALL CAN CONSIDER THAT TO SEE IF YOU WANT TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO THE ORDINANCE AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING PRIOR TO THE THIRD READING, BECAUSE IT DID SAY 30 DAYS, AND THERE WAS A SUGGESTION TO EXTEND IT.

SO WHEN I WENT TO SECOND READING AT COUNCIL, AND AT THAT TIME, UM, I BELIEVE IT WAS, UH, JOHN TRASK MADE THE COMMENT THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, HE REALLY FELT THAT THAT WAS TOO RESTRICTIVE, THAT SOME PEOPLE TRAVEL AND THEY MIGHT WANT TO BE HERE FOR, FOR MOST OF THE SEASON.

UM, THE PURPOSE OF THE, THE LIMITED STAY IS TO KEEP CAMPGROUNDS FROM SERVING AS DEFACTO HOUSING.

UM, YOU KNOW, AND SO IN THE OTHER THING IS THAT WE HAVE A RANGE, YOU KNOW, IN, IN THE EXISTING DRAFT THAT WENT FOR, FOR FIRST READING, I BELIEVE IT WAS 30 CONSECUTIVE DAYS IN A 45 DAY PERIOD.

SO WHAT THAT DOES IS ELIMINATES, I GUESS, SOMEBODY FROM, YOU KNOW, LEAVING THE CAMPGROUND, TURNING AROUND THE GATE AND COMING BACK IN AND STAYING ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, NONE OF THE 30 DAY, NONE OF THE 30 DAYS WE LOOKED AT AS FAR AS THE INTENT OF THE S THE LIMIT IN STAY.

UM, AND WE DID NOT SEE A PROBLEM WITH INCREASING IT FROM 30 TO 60, BECAUSE IT STILL WAS ENOUGH OF A SAFEGUARD.

I BELIEVE THAT, UM, THE NUMBER THERE'S A MAGIC NUMBER OF IS IT 70, 80 TO 82 TO 82.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE, I THINK AT ONCE YOU STAY BEYOND THAT POINT, IT'S NO LONGER CONSIDERED TRANSIENT IS CONSIDERED PERMANENT, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF TAX.

AND SO WE'RE WELL WITHIN THAT WINDOW WITH, WITH THE WAY THE CURRENT LANGUAGE IS.

SO WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING IS, IS TO INCREASE IT FROM 30 TO 60 DAYS FOR ALL THREE TYPES OF CAMPGROUNDS.

SO WE'D BE AMENDED.

AND THEN AT OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, IT WILL STAND AS AMENDED.

NO, OR WE'LL HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE FIRST YEAR.

YOU DON'T NEED TO TAKE ANY ACTION.

TODAY IS IF YOU ALL BY CONSENSUS DECIDE WHAT YOU WANT TO DO, SOMEONE JUST NEEDS TO MAKE A MOTION PRIOR TO THIRD READING AT COUNCIL MEETING NEXT MONDAY TO AMEND IT ON THIRD READING, TO ADD THOSE PROVISIONS IN AS TO HOW YOU ALL WANT TO FEEL.

WE DON'T NEED YOU TO TAKE ANY ACTION TODAY.

IT SEEMS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.

SO YOU MAY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

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YEP.

THANK YOU FOR LOOKING AT THAT.

THE NEXT ONE IS, UM, TWO PEOPLE ARE GOING TO PRESENT, CORRECT.

MR. MERCHANT, MS. JULIAN, IS THAT RIGHT? YES.

OF ENVISIONED BUFORD COUNTY, 2040 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IN BUFORD COUNTY CONNECTS BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN PLANS, 2021 AS AN APPENDIX TO THE PLAN.

ADOPTION

[10. ADOPTION OF ENVISION BEAUFORT COUNTY 2040 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND BEAUFORT COUNTY CONNECTS BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN PLAN 2021 AS AN APPENDIX TO THE PLAN]

AND THIS HAS BEEN LONG AWAITED, AND WE'RE VERY GLAD TO HEAR ABOUT IT.

GOOD.

WE'RE EXCITED TO, UM, I HAVE A PRESENTATION.

I JUST WANT TO KIND OF GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE PLAN AND THE PROCESS OF WE CAN GET STARTED.

BUT AS YOU HAD MENTIONED, WE'VE HAD TO ACTUALLY KIND OF PARALLEL PROJECTS WORKING, UM, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAD BEEN WORKING WITH THE BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN COMMUNITY AND, AND THE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES, UH, IN BEAVER COUNTY AND ALSO JASPER COUNTY IN A REGIONAL BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN PLAN.

AND IS THAT ADVANCED FORWARD AND THE TIMING OF THE CONFERENCE OF PLAN, WE REALIZED THAT IT MADE SENSE TO ADOPT THAT SECOND ITEM AS AN APPENDIX.

AND SO THAT'S WHY THE TWO ITEMS THAT WERE ORIGINALLY TWO AGENDA ITEMS MERGED INTO ONE.

SO, YEAH.

RIGHT.

THIS IS A WORK HERE THAT THIS ADVANCED THAT'S ME.

OH, OKAY.

THAT'S THE PLAN.

THAT'S NOT THE, IT WOULD BE THE POWERPOINT.

OH, WAIT.

NO, THIS IS THE SECOND PRESENTATION.

LET ME SEE IF THIS WORKS.

NO, I DON'T THINK SO.

I'LL JUST LET YOU KNOW.

I BELIEVE THAT WE DO, YOU KNOW, FROM, FROM GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

WELL, I WE'RE PLEASED TO BRING FORWARD THE 20, 40 BEEFER COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

UM, AND I WANTED TO SHARE THIS SLIDE.

WE SHARED THIS WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION THAT, YOU KNOW, REALLY GIVES WEIGHT TO THIS DOCUMENT AND THE IMPORTANCE.

UM, THESE ARE DIFFERENT QUOTES FROM THE APA WEBSITE, AND IT SAYS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS A FOUNDATIONAL POLICY DOCUMENT FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

SO REALLY IT'S KIND OF, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE DERIVE OUR POLICY AND DECISION-MAKING, IT'S AN IMPORTANT TOOL FOR COORDINATING LOCAL DECISION-MAKING.

UM, THE LOCAL CONFERENCE OF PLANNING PROCESS GIVES THE COMMUNITY AN OPPORTUNITY TO STEP BACK AND SEE THE BIG PICTURE.

THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS A LEGAL FOUNDATION THAT LEGITIMIZES LOCAL DEVELOPMENT REGULATION SETS A REALLY IMPORTANT ONE IN SOUTH CAROLINA.

YOU NEED AN UP-TO-DATE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IN ORDER TO HAVE STONING, UM, AND UPDATE TAKE CONFERENCE.

A PLAN PROVIDES SOME MEASURE OF CERTAINTY TO LANDOWNERS AND DEVELOPERS, AND REDUCES THE LIKELIHOOD OF ARBITRARY DECISIONS BY LOCAL OFFICIALS.

SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT'S IMPORTANT.

IT'S NOT ONLY OUR VISION, BUT ALSO HAVING A VERY WELL-DEFINED VISION IS HELPFUL TO THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY AS WELL TO KNOW WHAT OUR EXPECTATIONS ARE.

AND THEN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROCESS MAKES FOR AN INFORMED CONSTITUENCY.

SO THE MORE THAT WE'RE OUT THERE PROMOTING THE CONFERENCE OF PLAN, THE MORE YOU'RE A CONSTITUENCY IN OUR, YOU KNOW, CITIZENS OF BUFORD COUNTY COULD BE AWARE OF WHAT THE BIG ISSUES ARE, UM, IN, IN FRAMING, WHAT A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOES.

UM, I REMEMBER SOMEBODY MADE THE STATEMENT THAT WE ALL LOVE BUFORD COUNTY.

AND IF YOU START WITH THAT PREMISE, YOU KNOW, THAT THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE, WE HAVE A VERY LARGE DIVERSITY OF OPINIONS, BUT WE LOVE OUR COUNTY.

AND WE, IF YOU WERE TO ASK PEOPLE TO DEFINE WHAT IT IS THEY LOVE ABOUT YOU FOR COUNTY, I THINK YOU WOULD FIND SOME COMMON THEMES.

YOU KNOW, THEY LOVE THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND THE CLIMATE AND THE, UM, THE HISTORIC, UH, COMMUNITIES THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE SMALL TOWN WAY OF LIFE, OR WHAT REMAINS OF IT OR RURAL AREAS THERE, YOU KNOW, THOSE WOULD BE THINGS THAT, UM, I THINK YOU WOULD HEAR FROM A LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE, AND THAT REALLY PROVIDES THE BASIS.

WHERE ARE THOSE COMMONALITIES? DO WE HAVE A SHARED VISION FOR BUFORD COUNTY? AND

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AND IT ALSO, I THINK THAT MOST OF US WHO LIVE HERE HAVE VERY, UM, NOT ONLY, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT WHAT MAKES OUR COUNTY GREAT, BUT WE ALSO KNOW WHAT THREATS ARE OUT THERE AND HOW WE CAN SAVE THE THINGS THAT WE LOVE ABOUT THE COUNTY IN A VERY DYNAMIC AND CHANGING ENVIRONMENT.

SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOES AND OUTLINES STEPS OF WHAT WE CAN DO AS A LOCAL COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY AS COUNTY COUNCIL THROUGH DECISION-MAKING TO PRESERVE THOSE THINGS.

UM, THIS PLAN IN PARTICULAR, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IS, UM, WE'RE REALLY MADE UP OF THREE DOCUMENTS.

WE HAVE THE, THE ACTUAL 2040 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHICH IN THIS CASE, UM, IS A MUCH MORE ABBREVIATED DOCUMENTS THAT PROVIDES CONTEXT FOR EACH OF THE CHAPTERS THAT IMMEDIATELY LAUNCHES INTO, UM, WHAT DOES ALL THIS MEAN IN TERMS, YOU KNOW, AND THEN GOES INTO RECOMMENDATIONS AND ACTION ITEMS. UM, TYPICALLY IN A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THERE ARE PAGES AND PAGES OF MAPS AND DATA AND NUMBERS AND CHARTS.

WE PUT THOSE THINGS IN THE BUFORD COUNTY ATLAS.

UM, THE IDEA WAS THAT, YOU KNOW, THOSE WHO WANT TO DIG IN DEEPER AND KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT ASSETS WE HAVE WITH THE COUNTY, WHAT, WHAT ARE OUR NATURAL RESOURCES? WHERE ARE THEY LOCATED? UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS OUR ECONOMY MADE UP OF ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE IN THE BEAVER COUNTY ATLAS, UM, HOPEFULLY IN A MORE VISUALLY FRIENDLY PRESENTATION, UM, THAT THAT WOULD ENGAGE READERS.

BUT IF YOU WANT TO GET DOWN TO THE HEART OF WHAT THE PLAN IS, YOU GO TO THE DOCUMENT 20, 40 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

AND THEN FINALLY WE HAVE A THIRD DOCUMENT, UM, WHICH IS THE 2040 ACTION PLAN PLAYBOOK.

AND SO WITH EACH OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS, WE HAVE, UM, POLICY, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE MORE, YOU KNOW, POSITIONS THAT THE COUNTY TAKES, BUT THERE ARE ALSO ACTIONABLE ITEMS, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT WE COULD SAY THAT WE ARE DOING AND EITHER CHECK A BOX OR IT'S AN ONGOING ACTION.

ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE IN A MATRIX IN THIS THIRD DOCUMENT, THE ACTION PLAYBOOK, AND THEY ARE ORGANIZED IN SUCH A WAY AS WHETHER THEY ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, SHORT TERM, MID TERM OR LONGTERM AND OUR PRIORITIZATION, WHAT THE COSTS ARE DIFFICULTY TO IMPLEMENT THEM ARE.

AND THEN WHAT ENTITIES WILL TAKE ACTION ON THOSE ITEMS. IN ADDITION, THAT ACTION PLAYBOOK HAS OUR TEN-YEAR CIP.

SO THE HOPE IS THAT WE HAVE A GOOD DOCUMENT TO TRACK IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN.

UM, ALL OF THIS IS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF LOOKING BACK AND SEEING WHERE OUR SUCCESSES AND MAYBE WERE A CHALLENGE HAS BEEN AN IN PAST CONFERENCE, A PLAN.

SO WITH ALL OF THAT, WE'RE HOPING THIS IS A DOCUMENT THAT WE, AS A DEPARTMENT, AS A PLANNING COMMISSION, AND ULTIMATELY AS COUNTY COUNCIL, WE CAN KIND OF TAKE DIRECTION FROM AND MOVE FORWARD AND GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

UM, IN THE PLAN WE HAVE THREE, UM, I WOULD SAY UNDERLYING THEMES THAT ARE WOVEN THROUGH IT.

UM, ONE OF THEM IS RESILIENCE.

UH, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS, UM, I WOULD SAY IT'S A NEW DIRECTION FOR THE COUNTY GIVEN THAT WE HAVE HAD A VERY DYNAMIC LAST FIVE YEARS.

UM, I THINK WE'VE HAD, UH, A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK THIS YEAR, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF STORMS, A LOT OF FLOODING AND, YOU KNOW, SO WE'VE TAKEN A LOOK AT WHAT STEPS THE COUNTY CAN TAKE TO, TO PREPARE FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR DYNAMIC COASTAL ENVIRONMENT.

THIS IS ALSO A NEW REQUIREMENT, UH, IN THE STATE ENABLING LEGISLATION THAT WE HAVE.

IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A CHAPTER, BUT THAT RESILIENCE, UM, IS, IS WOVEN INTO A PLAN.

SO, SO WE BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE DONE THAT THROUGH THIS.

ANOTHER ITEM IS EQUITABLE OR EQUITABILITY AND LOOKING AT, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE LOOK AT THE DELIVERY OF SERVICES OR LAND USE POLICIES, MAKING SURE THAT, UM, WE WERE PROVIDING EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO ALL PEOPLE OR THAT OUR ACTIONS ARE NOT, UM, INADVERTENTLY DISADVANTAGING ONE GROUP OVER ANOTHER.

IT BECOMES A LENS TO VIEW KIND OF OUR, UM, POLICY AND OUR ACTIONS IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

AND THEN FINALLY UNIQUE TO PLACE.

THIS IS REALLY BUILDING OFF OF WHAT, IN OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODE.

WE PUT A LOT OF EMPHASIS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNITIES, OF WALKABLE COMMUNITIES.

UM, WE HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, A DIVERSE BUILT ENVIRONMENT B FOR COUNTY AND HOW WE BUILD ON THAT.

SO THOSE ARE REALLY KIND OF THREE THEMES WORK THROUGH THE DOCUMENT.

WE HAVE LABELED WHERE WE HAVE A ACTION ITEM OR A, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, POLICY RECOMMENDATION AND ARE AN E OR A P AFTER IT.

SO WHEN YOU LOOK THROUGH THE DOCUMENT THAT KIND OF EXPLAINS GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

UM, YOU CAN KEEP GOING,

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ENGAGE IN THE COMMUNITY.

UM, MANY OF YOU REMEMBER, WE BEGAN THIS PROCESS IN EARNEST IT BEGINNING OF 2020, AND WE'RE REAL EXCITED AND MARCH, UH, WITH TWO, UM, KICKOFF MEETINGS.

AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN WE HAD THE CARPET FOR RUG PULLED OUT FROM UNDER US, YOU KNOW, WITH COVID.

BUT, UM, WE STARTED OFF THE PROCESS WITH SOME COMMUNITY MEETINGS, ONE NORTH, THE BROADS, ONE SOUTH OF THE BROAD, UM, AND, AND HAD AN ONLINE SURVEY AS A RESULT OF THAT.

AND THEN OF COURSE COVID HITS.

AND I SPENT A LOT OF THAT TIME WORKING WITH OUR, UM, CONSULTANT DESIGN WORKSHOP TO FIGURE OUT WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? AND THAT WAS THE TIME WHEN WE PUT TOGETHER A LOT OF OUR BACKGROUND INFORMATION.

AND AS WE BEGAN TO UNDERSTAND THE NEW LANDSCAPE HERE WITH COVID, WE HAD A SERIES OF, UM, TO THE NEXT SLIDE, ONLINE ENGAGEMENTS, ONE DEALT WITH THE GREEN PRINT, WHICH THAT DOCUMENT IS A LOT OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE VERY MUCH INTERWOVEN WITH OUR LANDIS' RECOMMENDATIONS HERE.

AND THEN WE HAD A SECOND WORKSHOP THAT WAS AN AUGUST, 2020, AND THEN THE SECOND WORKSHOP WAS ON GROWTH MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AT THAT TIME.

UM, WE REALIZED THAT WE NEEDED TO GO OUT INTO COMMUNITIES AT THIS POINT.

AND SO WE HELD, IF YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THREE IN-PERSON SOCIALLY DISTANCED, UM, WORKSHOPS, THESE ARE MORE DONE IN A OPEN HOUSE FASHION TO TRY TO LIMIT CROWDS, BUT WE DID HAVE A GOOD TURNOUT.

UM, IN, IN EACH OF THE, OF THESE WORKSHOPS, ESPECIALLY IN PENN CENTER, WE HAD QUITE A FEW PEOPLE FILTERING THROUGH THE ROOM OVER A FOUR, FOUR HOUR TIMEFRAME.

UM, SO WE, UM, AT THAT POINT WE DRAFTED, UH, A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND WE RELEASED THAT TO THE PUBLIC ON, UM, IN APRIL OF 2021.

AND AT THAT TIME WE REALIZED THAT HE THAT'S WHY IT'S GOOD, UM, THAT WE STILL, EVEN THOUGH WE ARE OPENING THIS UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, WE REALIZED THAT WE REALLY NEEDED TO GO BACK OUT IN THE COMMUNITIES.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LEARNED THROUGH THE ONLINE ENGAGEMENT WAS THAT OUR, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A LOT OF GOOD INPUTS AND A LOT OF HIGH NUMBERS, AS FAR AS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WE WERE NOT, IT WAS NOT REC, YOU KNOW, MAKING UP A GOOD CROSS SECTION OF THE COUNTY.

I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO, UM, YOU KNOW, WERE, WERE OLDER, YOU KNOW, THE, AND, AND SO YOUNGER PEOPLE WERE NOT NECESSARILY BEING REACHED.

PEOPLE WHO LIVED OUT IN THE RURAL PARTS OF THE COUNTY WERE NOT BEING REACHED.

AND SO WE REALLY TARGETED WITH, UM, THESE IN-PERSON WORKSHOPS IN JUNE TO, TO GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITIES.

UH, WE HAD ONE IN, IN JUNE 7TH AT BURTON WELLS PARK, AND THEN AROUND JUNE 8TH AT BIRDWELLS PARK, JUNE 10TH AT, UM, ST.

HELENA PUBLIC LIBRARY, BOTH OF THOSE WERE VERY WELL ATTENDED.

UM, THERE WAS ALSO A JOINT MEETING WITH, UM, TWO OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, SOMERVILLE AND CLEVER ALONG WITH THE SCHOOL BOARDS, BUT THE, THE TOPIC OF THAT MEETING WAS THE CONFERENCE A PLAN.

AND SO WE GOT A LOT OF GOOD INPUT THERE AS WELL.

UM, STAFF TOOK IN ALL THE COMMENTS WE RECEIVED ONLINE, AND THESE, THESE MEETINGS, WE PUT INTO A HUGE KIND OF WORK THROUGH, YOU KNOW, HOW TO TAKE EACH OF THE COMMENTS INTO ACCOUNT.

AND WE REWORKED THE DOCUMENTS, UM, HAD OUR CONSULTANT DESIGN WORKSHOP, MAKE ALL THE EDITS, AND THEN WE FINALLY RELEASED A REVISED PLAN TO THE PUBLIC ON AUGUST 31ST.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT'S BEFORE YOU, UM, AND I'LL JUST GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT A TYPICAL CHAPTER LOOKS LIKE.

AND I THINK I'LL SKIP OVER THE SYNOPSIS OF EACH CHAPTER, BUT I'LL LEAVE THAT UP TO, YOU KNOW, IF PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS, THE WAY I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT WE KIND OF LAUNCH INTO, UM, IMMEDIATELY INTO, I WOULD SAY THE HEART OF THE PLAN.

SO CHAPTERS ARE ARRANGED, THIS IS NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.

WE START WITH CORE VALUES, WHAT IT IS THAT WE VALUE ABOUT THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT.

IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THEN WE LAUNCH INTO CONTEXT.

SO REALLY THIS IS TAKING ALL THE DATA THAT'S IN THE ATLAS AND REALLY SAYING, WELL, SO WHAT, WHAT DOES ALL THAT MEAN? AND SO THROUGH READING THESE PARAGRAPHS, IT KIND OF GIVES YOU AN IDEA ABOUT WHAT NATURAL RESOURCES WE HAVE, WHAT ARE THE THREATS AND WHAT ACTIONS HAVE WE TAKEN, WHERE DO WE NEED TO BUILD OFF THOSE ACTIONS? AND ALL OF THAT SERVES AS A LAUNCHING POINT, IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE FOR WHEN WE GET INTO OUR STRATEGIES AND ACTIONS.

AND SO IN THIS SECTION, EACH OF THE STRATEGIES ARE KIND OF IN THESE BOLD GREEN, AND THEN THOSE ARE MORE LIKE POLICY STATEMENTS.

THERE WERE THINGS YOU, UM, THEY KIND OF GIVE YOU GOVERN HOW TO TAKE ACTION OR HOW, YOU KNOW,

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HOW TO THINK ABOUT AN ISSUE, BUT THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY THINGS THAT YOU WOULD CHECK OFF THE BOX.

LIKE AN EXAMPLE ON TRANSPORTATION WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, ADOPT A LEVEL OF SERVICE D YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU IMPLEMENT IN ONE ACTION.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT GUIDES DECISIONS.

UM, WHEN WE GET TO THE ACTION ITEMS THAT ARE IN THIS CHAPTER, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE MORE ACTIONABLE.

AND SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING WE DIDN'T REALLY DRAW THAT DISTINCTION AT OUR OLD CARPET PLAN.

AND IT LED TO KIND OF AN OVERWHELMING LAUNDRY LIST OF THINGS.

AND THERE WERE KIND OF A MIXTURE OF POLICY STATEMENTS, ACTION ITEMS. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE GOALS IN THIS IS TO KIND OF GET AWAY FROM THAT AND, UM, YOU KNOW, REALLY MAKE IT EASY TO, TO USE THE DOCUMENT.

UM, I'M GOING TO JUST SKIP THROUGH THESE SLIDES, IF YOU CAN KEEP GOING.

AND I'LL, UM, THAT THIS KIND OF SHOWS YOU THE KIND OF HIGHLIGHTS OF EACH OF THE CHAPTERS.

UM, AND WE CAN GO REVISIT THIS.

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, UH, ONE THING WE CAN STOP HERE.

ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT HEART'S THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS IT'S FUTURE LAND USE PLAN IS, YOU KNOW, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, IT REALLY GUIDES OUR DECISIONS.

WHEN, YOU KNOW, WHEN SOMEBODY COMES TO US WITH A ZONING REC ZONING AMENDMENTS, THIS IS THE MAP WE USE TO KIND OF DETERMINE, IS IT CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OR AT LEAST ONE OF FIRST ITEMS WE GO TO? UM, AND SO THIS IS THE, WE HAVE A FUTURE LAND USE MAP THAT KIND OF SETS THAT FRAMEWORK.

IN ADDITION, THIS FAT, WE HAVE OUR GROWTH BOUNDARIES THAT WE SHARE WITH THE CITY OF BUFORD NATANA PORT ROYAL, BUT WE ALSO INTRODUCE THE IDEA OF TWO ADDITIONAL GROWTH BOUNDARIES.

UM, ONE, WE HAVE INITIATED SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH THE TOWN, THE MOC ABOUT WHERE THEY SEE FUTURE GROWTH OCCURRING, AND THAT'S A CONVERSATION WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE IN THE FUTURE, ESPECIALLY AS THEY THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO EMBARK ON THEIR CONFERENCE, A PLANNING FUTURE, AND THEN ALSO HARTVILLE AND JASPER COUNTY ALONG THE ONE 70 CORRIDOR.

THOSE SEEM TO BE TWO AREAS WHERE GROWTH BOUNDARIES WOULD REALLY GO A LONG WAY TO KIND OF HELP TAKE AWAY SOME UNCERTAINTY.

AND I THINK REALLY KIND OF GET US ALL ON THE SAME PAGE AS WHAT OUR EXPECTATIONS ARE FOR GROWTH IN THOSE AREAS.

THE NEXT SLIDE YOU CAN KEEP GOING.

AND THIS IS AN EXAMPLE, WE DID A WORK WITH THE TOWNIE MSC ABOUT KIND OF WHAT THEIR VISION IS BECAUSE THEY'VE HAD SOME LARGE-SCALE ANNEXATIONS, UM, YOU KNOW, UH BENDON AND THEN, UH, TWO MORE RECENT MOTLEY.

AND I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER THE THIRD ONE, BUT THEY'RE, UM, YOU KNOW, VERY LARGE TRACKS OF LAND.

AND I'M SITTING DOWN WITH THEIR STAFF, THEY HAVE A CLERK, UM, MATT GARNS, WHO IS VERY INTERESTED IN WORKING REGIONALLY.

AND SO WE SEE A, REALLY, A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THEM AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT OUR SHARED VISION IS FOR THIS AREA.

UM, AND THEN FINALLY, YOU GO ON THE ACTION PLAN.

I KIND OF MENTIONED THAT EARLIER, BUT THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

IT HAS EACH OF THE ACTION ITEMS THAT ARE IN EACH OF THE CHAPTERS WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, AS FAR AS THE AMOUNT OF MONEY, THE, THE, WHEN THE TIMING IS, AND THEN WHO WOULD, UM, IMPLEMENT THESE ACTIONS, AND THIS KIND OF HELPS IN, IN TRACKING THE DOCUMENT AND, AND GIVING DIRECTION ABOUT WHERE WE NEED TO, UM, WHERE WE NEED TO FOCUS.

AND THEN FINALLY WE HAVE THE CIP, WE WORK WITH THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT THAT WE HAVE A TEN-YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN, WHICH OF COURSE, ANY KIND OF PLAN LIKE THIS.

IT GETS A LITTLE MORE SKETCHY AS YOU GO ON IN THE FUTURE, BUT THIS PROVIDES A GOOD BASIS FOR, YOU KNOW, TAKING THAT AND THEN UPDATING TO A FOUR YEAR CIP AND THEN A ONE-YEAR, YOU KNOW, LIST OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.

THIS BECOMES A GOOD FRAMEWORK TO WORK WITH.

UM, WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS TIME, OUR 10 YEAR CIP IS A LITTLE MORE GROUNDED IN WHAT OUR REVENUES ARE, WHERE I THINK LAST TIME WAS A LITTLE MORE OF A WISHLIST.

UM, BUT THAT'S ALWAYS THE HOPE IS THAT WE HAVE TRIED TO TAKE A VERY SOBER AND CLEAR VIEW OF WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE AND WHAT WE CAN AFFORD TO PAY FOR, I BELIEVE.

OKAY, NEXT STEP.

SO WE'RE AT OCTOBER 4TH, NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE, AND DEPENDING ON THE ACTION OF THE COMMITTEE TODAY, THEN, YOU KNOW, THIS DOCUMENT WOULD GO FORWARD FOR THREE READINGS OF COUNTY COUNCIL.

SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.

AND, UM, IF YOU, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WOULD WISH TO COMMENT OR ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS BEFORE WE GO TO THE MIC PEN PLAN.

SURE.

I THINK THAT'D BE GOOD.

RIGHT.

AND YOU WOULDN'T HAVE QUESTIONS.

WITH, UM, I'M NOT GOING TO SAY EMOTIONAL LISTS, BUT, UM, BEING ABLE TO LISTEN AND TO CIPHER DECIPHER EVERYTHING THAT WAS SAY, AND TRY TO PUT IT INTO A NICE PRESENTATION, UM, TO MOVE THIS COUNTY FORWARD.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT.

UM, UH, WHAT ABOUT A, UM, WHAT A COMMUNION, UM, FOR PUTTING FORTH THE, I THINK I HAD A GOOD DOCUMENT, UM, AND COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR, UM, YOUR ABILITY TO, UH, LISTEN WITH, UM,

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UM, 20, 24, I WOULD ALSO WANT TO COMMEND YOU FOR PUTTING TOGETHER AN ACTION PLAN, UH, IN THE BACK, UH, SO THAT WE WILL HAVE A GUIDE TO FOLLOW.

AND AT SOME POINT IN TIME, UH, IN THE FUTURE, UM, IF SOMETHING IS NOT DONE, IT'S NOT BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T BE BECAUSE IT'S NOT IN THE PLAN IS BECAUSE COUNCIL OR THE COMMUNITY FAILED TO RESPOND.

SO I JUST WANT TO COMMEND YOU FOR THAT.

I LOOK FORWARD TO READING THROUGH THE DOCUMENT, UM, GOING FORWARD BEFORE THE THIRD AND FINAL READING, UH, IF I HAVE ANY COMMENTS, I'LL MAKE IT AT THAT TIME AND STUFF, BUT I JUST WANTED TO COMMEND YOU FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE AND YOUR STAFF, YOU AND YOUR STAFF.

I'M NOT, I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE IT ALL TO YOU.

I THINK YOU GOT A GOOD TEAM BEHIND YOU AND STUFF.

SO THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS I'D LIKE TO ECHO WHAT COUNCILMAN GLOVER SAID, YOU DIDN'T OUTSTANDING JOB OF TAKING WHAT THE PUBLIC HAD TO SAY AND PUTTING IT IN THE DOCUMENT.

UM, AND ALSO DURING SOME VERY TRYING TIMES, BECAUSE THOSE FIRST MEETINGS BACK IN OCTOBER OF 2020, WE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE.

AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IN THE SPRING, WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE A YEAR WARN A YEAR LATER.

SO, UM, ALMOST A YEAR LATER, AND I, I THINK HE DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB, UM, WITH YOUR STAFF AND YOUR CONSULTANT TO INCORPORATE WHAT THE PUBLIC SAID AND WORKING WITH THE OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO, UH, SO THAT WE WERE ALL HOPEFULLY PROTECTING WHAT WE LOVE AND BUFORD COUNTY.

I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO MOVE THIS FORWARD.

SO MOVE SOMERVILLE AND SECOND BY COUNCIL GLOVER, ANY DISCUSSION.

WITHOUT OBJECTION, THIS FLEW FORWARD FOR FIRST.

I ALSO WANT TO MENTION I, UM, GIULIANA SITTING HERE, UM, SHE WAS, SHE CAME IN, I WOULD SAY AT THE 11TH HOUR, BUT THERE'S A REAL BIG HELP ALONG WITH NOAH KREPS WHO MOVED ON TO PORT ROYAL AND LIBBY ANDERSON AND OUR WHOLE STAFF.

UM, I WILL SAY ONE OF THE MEETINGS, THEY ALL CAME OUT ON ENFORCED TO HELP OUT.

AND SO I DO WANT TO BRING A LOT OF RECOGNITION TO OUR STAFF.

THEY'VE BEEN WONDERFUL THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROCESS.

YUP.

NOW WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE, UM, APPENDIX TO THE PLAN.

GET TO WHERE YOU MIGHT NEED TO GO.

MADAM CHAIR.

WE ARE, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE BEAUFORT COUNTY CONNECTS BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN PLAN 2021.

AND I DO HAVE A PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU, TIFFANY.

A LOT OF INTEREST IN THIS WIDE, I THINK YES THERE IS, WHICH MAKES IT A REALLY FUN PROJECT TO WORK ON TO HAVE SO MUCH FEEDBACK FROM OUR, OUR COUNTY AS A WHOLE.

SO, OKAY.

SO THE BUFORD COUNTY CONNECTS BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN PLAN 2021 IS THE PRODUCT OF A, JUST OVER PROBABLY CLOSE TO A TWO YEAR EFFORT NOW AND FALL OF 2019 A TASK FORCE CONVENED.

THE TASK FORCE IS MADE UP OF MUNICIPAL REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE MUNICIPALITIES WITHIN BEAVER COUNTY, INCLUDING REPRESENTATIVES FROM JASPER COUNTY AND HARTSVILLE.

WE ALSO HAD BICYCLE AND ADVOCACY GROUP REPRESENTATIVES.

SO THE EAST COAST GREENWAY WAS A PART OF THIS, THE FRIENDS OF THE SPANISH MONASH TRAIL REPRESENTATIVES FROM, UM, BIKE WALK, HILTON, HEAD ISLAND.

AND WE ALSO HAD, UH, THE COASTAL CONSERVATION LEAGUE WAS INVOLVED AS WELL AS INDEPENDENT MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN ADVOCATES.

AND THEY ALL GOT TOGETHER TO CREATE THE PLAN THAT IS BEFORE YOU ALL THIS AFTERNOON.

AND WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE AND WHAT THIS PLAN DOES IS IT HELPS BRING MORE BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE GENERALLY TO HUBERT COUNTY.

AND THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY GREAT BENEFITS AS A RESULT OF THIS.

IT IMPROVES OUR HEALTH, BOTH OUR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH.

I THINK WE CAN ALL RELATE LAST YEAR WAS A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHY WE NEED ACCESS TO SAFE FACILITIES, OUTDOORS, TO GET AROUND, TO WALK, TO BIKE, TO USE YOUR SCOOTER OR SKATEBOARD, WHATEVER IT IS, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE WERE ALL GOING THROUGH LOCKDOWN SITUATIONS DURING COVID LAST YEAR, IT ALSO HELPS IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF OUR ENVIRONMENT BY MOVING SHORT TRIPS OUT OF CARS, INTO BICYCLES AND WALKING, I MYSELF WALK TO WORK BECAUSE I HAVE SAFE INFRASTRUCTURE TO DO SO.

AND I KNOW THAT SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES BICYCLE TO WORK AS WELL.

AND SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS HELP INCREASE THAT.

SO WE CAN LESSEN OUR CARBON FOOTPRINT.

COUNTY-WIDE PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND KEEP PEOPLE SAFE, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER DOWN THERE ON THE LIST.

BUT WHEN YOU HAVE FACILITIES FOR PEOPLE TO USE, THEY AREN'T ON THE ROADS, PUTTING THEIR LIVES AT RISK OUT THERE ALONGSIDE CARS.

IT ALSO INCREASES ACCESS TO THESE TYPES OF FACILITIES, BUT ALSO WHAT THESE FACILITIES CONNECT TO.

SO IF YOU ARE IN A HOUSEHOLD THAT DOESN'T HAVE A CAR, DOESN'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO HAVE A CAR YOU AREN'T OLD ENOUGH TO DRIVE YET, OR YOU'RE NOT COMFORTABLE DRIVING.

YOU CAN STILL

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WHETHER THAT BE YOUR GROCERY STORES, SCHOOLS, JOBS, PARKS, OUR, UM, HOSPITAL DOWN HERE IS JUST OFF OF THE SPANISH TRAIL.

SO PLACES LIKE THAT, BRINGING PEOPLE EASIER ACCESS TO THOSE AREAS, REGARDLESS OF WHAT RESOURCES THEY MIGHT HAVE HANDY.

IT ALSO INCREASES YOUR SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND PLACE BRINGING YOUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER.

YOU SEE YOUR NEIGHBORS MORE REGULARLY, YOU GET A TIGHTER KNIT GROUP AND FEEL IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, IMPROVE SAFETY, REDUCING THOSE COLLISIONS WITH BICYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS ON OUR MAJOR ROADWAYS, GETTING THEM ONTO SAFER FACILITIES, AND THEN IT DRIVES ECONOMIC SUCCESS.

AND I THINK WE HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD EXAMPLES HERE IN BUFORD COUNTY, HILTON, HEAD BEING ONE OF THE MOST OBVIOUS YOU'VE GOT 60 MILES OF PUBLIC PATHWAYS ON HILTON HEAD.

PEOPLE ARE COMING OUT FOR THE BEACHES, BUT THEY CAN PARK AND JUST GET AROUND ON FOOT AND BY BICYCLE THERE.

AND YOU DO SEE THAT REFLECTED IN A LOT OF THE REVIEWS ON HILTON, HEAD FROM VISITORS WHO COME HERE, THEY REALLY ENJOY THOSE BIKE PAD PATHWAYS.

UM, BUT THE SPANISH MOSS TRAIL HERE IN NORTHERN BUFORD COUNTY IS ANOTHER REALLY GREAT EXAMPLE.

IT BRINGS IN 50,000 VISITORS AND RESIDENTS ANNUALLY USING THE TRAIL AND OF THOSE VISITORS ABOUT 25% OF THEM ARE COMING FROM OUTSIDE OF A 50 MILE RADIUS OF BUFORD.

SO IT'S BRINGING PEOPLE IN AND BIKE BY CAN IN GENERAL, AS A GROWING TOURISM INDUSTRY IN THE, IN THE NATION, I WAS READING EARLIER IN 2017, IT BROUGHT ON $83 BILLION TO THE UNITED STATES.

SO IT'S GROWING AND THAT'S EXCITING AND WE CAN REAP THE BENEFITS OF THAT.

SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE PLANNING FOR BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE AND EXPANDING IT AND BE FREE AT COUNTY.

AND WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT AND THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, SOME OF THE REALLY OBVIOUS OBJECTIVES THAT WE RAN INTO IS THAT WE WANT TO INCREASE CONNECTIONS FIRST OFF.

I THINK THAT'S KIND OF A NO BRAINER WHEN YOU'RE TAKING A LOOK AT THIS, WE WANT TO BRING PEOPLE TO THE PLACES THAT THEY NEED TO GET WITH BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES, LINKING THEM TO THEIR JOBS, THEIR SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, PARKS, WHEREVER THEY'D LIKE TO GO.

WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE WALKING AND BIKING MORE ROUTINE FOR PEOPLE.

AND I'M PART OF THE PROCESS OF BUILDING THIS PLAN.

WE HAD OUR TASK FORCE THAT INFORMED AND GAVE A LOT OF INITIAL INPUT.

AND THEN WE WENT OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY WITH A SURVEY EXERCISE.

AND THIS SURVEY BROUGHT IN ALMOST 2000 RESPONSES FROM THE COMMUNITY, WHICH IS PRETTY INCREDIBLE.

SO, AS YOU WERE SAYING EARLIER, IT IS A REALLY IMPORTANT THING FOR PEOPLE HERE IN BUFORD COUNTY, THEIR SURVEY DID TWO THINGS.

IT ALLOWED FOLKS TO IDENTIFY WHO THEY WERE AS BICYCLES, BICYCLISTS, AND PEDESTRIANS, WHETHER THEY'RE COMFORTABLE ON BIKES, WHETHER THEY'RE COMFORTABLE WALKING, AND IF THEY HAVE ANY GAPS OR NEEDS WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITIES WITH BIKE PED INFRASTRUCTURE, IT ALSO GAVE THEM THE ABILITY TO MAP OUT GAPS.

SO THERE WAS, UH, AN ACTUAL MAP THAT THEY COULD DRAW ON TO SAY, THIS IS WHERE WE THINK THERE SHOULD BE SOME FACILITIES FOR BIKE PED INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND SO AS A PART OF THAT, WHAT WE LEARNED IS THAT ABOUT HALF OF THE RESPONDENTS IDENTIFIED AS INTERESTED BUT CONCERNED.

SO THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN BIKING AND WALKING MORE, BUT THEY'RE NOT COMFORTABLE DOING IT, WHETHER IT'S BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO FACILITIES, OR THEY'RE NOT SURE WHERE FACILITIES ARE, OR THEY KNOW WHERE THEY ARE, BUT THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY GO OR HOW TO GET AROUND AND NAVIGATE THEM.

AND SO WHAT THIS PLAN HOPES TO DO IS TO PUT RESOURCES TOWARDS THAT GROUP, WHICH IS ALMOST HALF OF THE POPULATION THAT RESPONDED AND TO GIVE THEM THE SUPPORT THEY NEED TO GET OUT AND WALK AND BIKE MORE.

AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND PUBLIC HEALTH.

ALL OF THOSE BENEFITS THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT ON THAT FIRST SLIDE FOR THE RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS HERE IN BUFORD COUNTY AND GIVE PEOPLE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO THE PLACES THEY NEED TO GO, REGARDLESS OF THEIR ECONOMIC STATUS, THEIR RACE, THEIR AGE, THEIR ABILITY TO MOVE AROUND.

SO THAT'S WHAT DROVE THIS PLAN.

AND THROUGH THE PROCESS, WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

THEN WE CAME TO THREE GUIDING PRINCIPLES.

UM, THIS IS WHAT REALLY ROSE TO THE TOP THROUGH THIS EXERCISE.

SO MAKING CONNECTIONS, I CAN'T SAY IT ENOUGH, THE REALLY BIG, UH, GOAL OF THIS PLAN IS TO MAKE CONNECTIONS THROUGHOUT BUFORD COUNTY, BUT ALSO TARGETING THAT INTERESTED BUT CONCERNED GROUP THAT I TALKED ABOUT RESEARCH ON OTHER SURVEYS NATIONWIDE HAVE SHOWN THAT THE INTERESTED BUT CONCERNED GROUP IS THE GROUP THAT JUST NEEDS A LITTLE NUDGE TO HIM TO IMPROVE BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN NUMBERS IN YOUR AREA.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, AND THIS REALLY HOLDS UP A LOT OF THE PLAN IS THE SPINE AND SPUR APPROACH.

AND SO THIS IS HOW THE NETWORK HAS BEEN DESIGNED THROUGH THIS PLAN.

AND WE'LL LOOK AT MAPS HERE MOMENTARILY, BUT THERE IS A SPINE THAT ACTS AS YOUR PRIMARY SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

IT STARTS IN NORTHERN BUFORD COUNTY ON HIGHWAY 17, UP NEAR THE COMBI AND COMES ALL THE WAY DOWN 21 SWEEPS ONTO ONE 70.

IT DOES BRANCH OUT TO 78 OUT TOWARDS HILTON HEAD, BUT ULTIMATELY GOES DOWN TO 46 AND THEN SWEEPS OFF INTO JASPER COUNTY.

SO THAT IS YOUR SPINE.

THAT'S YOUR PRIMARY STRUCTURE THERE.

AND THEN COMING OFF OF IT, LIKE RIBS FROM THE SPINE ARE A LOT OF TRAILS THAT BRANCH OUT INTO DESTINATIONS COMMUNITIES, ECONOMIC CENTERS, TO CONNECT PEOPLE TO THAT SPINE.

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AND REALLY THE GOAL, THE VISION HERE IS TO CONNECT THE ENTIRE COUNTY NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY TOGETHER.

WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

SO TO DO THIS, WE HAD TO IDENTIFY WHAT WE HAVE AND WHERE WE WANT TO GO.

SO YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF YOUR SCREENS, THE EXISTING AND COMMITTED PROJECTS IN PINK AND PURPLE, YOUR DARK PURPLE OR, OR WHAT ALREADY EXISTS HERE.

AND YOUR LIGHTER PINK COLORS ARE WHAT IS COMMITTED.

WHAT'S COMING IN THE FUTURE.

ON THE RIGHT SIDE, WE SEE THE FULLY IMPLEMENTED BY A BEAVER COUNTY CONNECTS PLAN.

SO IT'S BROKEN DOWN BY RANGE AND WITHIN THE PLAN, WE ALSO HAVE EACH PROJECT WRITTEN DOWN.

SO YOU HAVE ESTIMATED PRICES.

YOU HAVE ESTIMATED LENGTHS, THE OPERATIONAL PRICES AND THE JURISDICTIONS THAT WILL WORK TO GET THOSE IN.

SO YOU HAVE ROADWAYS AND THE END POINTS AND BEGINNING POINTS WRITTEN OUT IN YOUR PLAN AND THEY GO THROUGH A FIVE-YEAR RANGE, WHICH IS THE GREEN.

THE YELLOW IS YOUR SIX TO 10, AND THEN 10 PLUS IS YOUR RED.

WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT ONE.

I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET IN A LOT CLOSER HERE.

THAT CAN TAKE PLACE AND MIRRORING OFF OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

SO WE'VE GOT NORTHERN BUFORD COUNTY AND OF COURSE, A LOT OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE WE HAVE AND THAT LIGHT PINK IS THE SPANISH MUSH TRAIL UP ON 17 AS A PART OF THE EAST COAST GREENWAY AND THE SPANISH MACHO MAKING UP A BULK OF WHAT WE'VE GOT HERE.

SO YOU CAN SEE THERE'S, UM, PLANS TO CONNECT.

LIKE I SAID, AT HIGHWAY 17, FROM THE COLUMBIA RIVER, AND THEN COME ALL THE WAY DOWN THROUGH OUR COMMUNITIES IN NORTHERN BUFORD COUNTY, STRETCHING ALL THE WAY OUT TO HUNTING ISLAND, CONNECTING TO THAT, THAT JIM AND THE CROWN FOR OUR STATE PARK SYSTEMS, GETTING PEOPLE SAFELY TO HUNTING ISLAND.

WE'VE ALSO GOT CONNECTIONS IN LADY'S ISLAND REACHING UP MIDDLE ROAD AND UP SAM'S POINT PAST THE ROUNDABOUT THERE AND CONNECTING INTO PORT ROYAL SO THAT FOLKS CAN GET ACROSS THE BRIDGE SAFELY ON BICYCLES AND GET OUT TO THE SPANISH WATCH TRAIL IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO.

WE ALSO HAVE CONNECTIONS GOING THROUGH BUFORD, THE CITY OF BUFORD.

CAN WE GO BACK ONE? THANKS, TIFFANY.

UM, AND CONNECTIONS TO SCHOOLS IN PORT ROYAL CONNECTING THE CYPRUS WETLANDS, UH, AND THE, THE PARK WITH THE FARMER'S MARKET THERE.

AND THEN ALSO OUT IN THE LAUREL BAY AREA, WE'VE GOT CONNECTIONS ON JOE FRAZIER AND CASTLE ROCK.

UM, AND THEN ONTO ONE 70 AND ONE 70 IS AGAIN, THAT SPINE IT'S GOING TO CONNECT THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN HALVES OF THE COUNTY.

AND NOW WE CAN SCOOT TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

SO SHOWING OUR SOUTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY, WE'VE GOT OUR PRIMARY CONNECTION, OUR PRIMARY VEIN ON ONE 70, BRINGING US INTO THE BLUFFTON AND HILTON HEAD AREAS.

AND THERE ARE SOME OUT THERE AND DUSKY AS WELL.

WE DIDN'T LEAVE TO FESCUE OUT CAUSE THERE IS SOME DEMAND FOR CRUSHING AND RUN PATH ON DEFENSE SKI.

SO PEOPLE AREN'T ON THESE SANDY ROADS, THEY HAVE AN EASIER TIME MOVING AROUND ON HAY POINT ROAD AND SOME OF THE BEACH ACCESS ROADS OUT THERE AS WELL.

AND THEN FROM ONE 70, MOVING DOWN 46 THROUGH PRICHARD VILLE, AND THEN IN THE OTHER DIRECTION OUT TOWARDS JASPER COUNTY.

UM, AND THERE'S LOTS OF GREAT PATHWAYS ALREADY IN THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY, WHICH IS SOMETHING TO BE VERY PROUD OF, BUT WE ARE FILLING IN SOME OF THOSE GAPS AND CONNECTING TO ON, I THINK THAT SAWMILL CREEK UP THERE WITH OUR, SOME OF OUR BOAT LAUNCHES CONNECTING THOSE FACILITIES BY BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN PATHWAYS.

AND THE NEXT ONE SHOWS SOME OF OUR MORE REGIONAL CLINICIANS INTO HARDY VILLE.

SO THIS IS WHERE WE WORKED WITH JASPER COUNTY AND HARTSVILLE TO IDENTIFY SOME OF THE PLANNING THEY'VE BEEN DOING SINCE 2018 AND 2017 AND 2018 CONNECTING INTO THE TRAILS THAT THEY IDENTIFY AND HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER.

AND REGIONAL LEADS REALLY GET SOME OF THIS GOING SO THAT OUR STUDENTS CAN GET TO USC, BE OUT THERE ON 2 78 INTO THE TCL BRANCH OUT THERE ON 2 78.

AND IF THEY WANTED TO, PEOPLE COULD GO ALL THE WAY OUT TO THE HOSPITAL IN HARTSVILLE OR INTO DOWNTOWN HARTSVILLE.

AND IT WOULD JUST, IF YOU COULD IMAGINE FOLKS BEING IN HARTSVILLE AND BEING ABLE TO BIKE ALL THE WAY TO HILTON HEAD AND BACK, IF THEY WANTED TO, IT'S KIND OF AN EXCITING IDEA.

UM, SO THIS IS REALLY DRIVING THE MOTIVATION TO PARTNER UP AND MAKE SURE WE CAN REGIONALLY WORK TO ACHIEVE SOME OF THESE THINGS.

YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT.

SO THIS PLAN IDENTIFY AS, LIKE I SAID, ALL OF THESE TRAILS, THERE ARE 139 MILES THAT ARE IDENTIFIED THAT ARE GOING TO COST APPROXIMATELY $84 MILLION TO ACHIEVE.

ONE OF THE REALLY IMPORTANT PARTS OF THE PLAN IS THAT IT IDENTIFIES FUNDING SOURCES.

IT WOULD TAKE A LOT OF DIFFERENT CREATIVE FUNDING SOURCES TO GET THIS DONE.

SO YOU'VE GOT FOUNDATIONAL GRANTS.

CDBG IS, UM, PENNY SALES TAXES, UM, FEDERAL DISTRICT OR DISCRETIONARY GRANTS.

AND WE WOULD NEED TO PULL FROM A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT POOL POTS OF MONEY TO GET THIS DONE AND WORK REGIONALLY TO GET THIS DONE.

SO YOUR DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES CAN PARTNER UP TO DO THIS WITH THE COUNTY.

SO THAT'S A, AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE PLAN.

AND ON OUR NEXT SLIDE IS WE ALSO IDENTIFY POLICIES

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THERE'S AN UN AN ACTION MATRIX AS WELL AT THE END OF THIS PLAN, SO THAT WE CAN KEEP TRACK OF THE WHO WORKED WITH IT, IDENTIFY AS PARTNERS AND STEPS TO TAKE.

I THINK SOME OF THE FOUR, THE FOUR MOST IMPORTANT POLICIES THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED WITHIN THE PLAN IS ONE THAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW TODAY, WHICH IS TO GET THIS ADOPTED IN BEAVER COUNTY.

AND ALL OF THE PARTICIPATING MUNICIPALITIES BLUFFTON IS ACTUALLY ALREADY ADOPTED THIS BY RESOLUTION.

THEY DID THAT IN SEPTEMBER, ON SEPTEMBER 14TH.

UM, THE TOWN OF PORT ROYAL WILL BEGIN HEARING IT THIS WEEK.

AND THIS MONTH, THE CITY OF BEAVER AND HILTON HEAD ISLAND WILL ALSO BEGIN TO HEARING IT.

AND WE'RE GETTING ON THE SCHEDULES FOR JASPER COUNTY AND HARDY VILLAGE AS WELL.

SO THAT'S NUMBER ONE.

WE WANT TO GET THIS ADOPTED AS AN APPENDIX TO THE COMP PLAN.

THERE'S ANOTHER IMPORTANT RECOMMENDATION OF IDENTIFYING OR CREATING A STAFF POSITION TO HELP CARRY THIS TO FRUITION SO THAT IT DOESN'T JUST END UP ON A SHELF SOMEWHERE THAT WE DO SEE SOME PROGRESS IDENTIFYING, PICKING OUT THE VARIOUS TRAILS AND GETTING THEM IMPLEMENTED.

ANOTHER REALLY IMPORTANT ONE IS CONSIDERING TO THE CONSIDERATION OF REIMPOSING, A CAPITAL ONE OR A 1% CAPITAL PROJECT SALES TAX ON THE 2022 BALLOT.

AND THEN ANOTHER ONE THAT'S ALREADY UNDERWAY THAT WAS IN OUR TOP FOUR IS COORDINATE COORDINATING WITH FLATS IN THEIR LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION STUDY TO GET THESE PATHWAYS IN THEIR PLAN AS WELL.

SO WE HAVE AS MUCH REDUNDANCY AS POSSIBLE AND WE CAN GO AHEAD AND SKIP TO THE NEXT ONE.

AND ONE OF, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S NOT IN THIS SLIDE, BUT THAT I DID WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ALL UNDERSTOOD IS THAT CDO T CAME OUT WITH A MEMO THIS PAST YEAR IN FEBRUARY THAT REALLY PRIORITIZES LOCAL TRANSPORTATION PLANS.

AND SO HAVING A BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN PLAN ON THE FRONT END FOR FUTURE ROAD PROJECTS WILL BE REALLY HELPFUL TO HELPING US GET THESE BIKE PED INFRASTRUCTURE IMPLEMENTED IN THOSE PROJECTS EARLY ON.

IT WON'T BE A STRUGGLE AFTER THE FACT IT'LL BE, IT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN START FROM THE FRONT END.

SO IT'S, IT'S REALLY TIMELY THAT THAT CAME OUT AND THAT WE WERE ALREADY WORKING ON THIS SO THAT WE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT NEW INITIATIVE AND PRIORITY.

OPEN IT UP FOR SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT IT.

NO COUNCILMAN GLOVER.

DID HE HAVE SOME PAUL KASMIN SUBURBAN? YEAH.

I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT, UM, YOU, YOU MENTIONED IMAGINE PEDESTRIAN, I MEAN, CYCLE IS LEAVING HOTVILLE, UH, GOING TO HILTON HEAD.

UH, I I'M IMAGINING, UH, PEDESTRIAN CYCLIST LEAVING HARLEYSVILLE HILTON HEAD AND COMING TO FORT FREMONT.

SO I NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE NOT ONLY LOOK AT A HUNTING ISLAND, WHICH THE STATE PARK AND THAT TRAFFIC GOING THERE, BUT I WANT TO DIRECT SOME TRAFFIC DOWN TO FORT FREMONT AS WELL.

CALCIUM SOURDOUGH.

UM, THE MAPS ARE, WERE OUTSTANDING IN THIS REPORT.

I THINK WE ALL WANT, UM, THINGS LIKE SPANISH FROM AUSTRALIA TO CROSS REBUILT ROAD OIL.

I MEAN, THAT'S ONE OF THOSE IMMEDIATE THINGS, BUT, UM, I'M WONDERING LIKE ON HIGHWAY ONE 70, IF WE HAVE PATHWAYS, WOULD THEY BE S ADJACENT TO THE EXISTING ROAD? IS THAT WHAT WAS ENVISIONED OR WOULD THEY BE MORE LIKE WHAT THEY HAVE ON HILTON HEAD? IT'S REALLY SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU SEE SOUTH OF 2 78 ON ONE 70 NEAR SUN CITIES AND TRENDS, UM, BETWEEN 2 78 AND 46, THERE'S AN ADJACENT PATHWAY OFF OF THE ROADWAY.

THERE'S SOME, YOU KNOW, WATER, WETLANDS CROSSINGS THERE AS WELL.

AND SO IT'S, IT'S A REALLY, I'VE WRITTEN MY BIKE ON THAT PORTION.

IT'S REALLY LOVELY TO HAVE THERE.

AND I THINK THAT'S THE VISION, UM, FROM 21 ALL THE WAY DOWN, BE MUCH SAFER PROBABLY.

I WOULD AGREE.

THE CHALLENGE WILL BE THE BRIDGE, THE BROAD RIVER BRIDGE.

AND WHAT ABOUT THE BRIDGE TO HILTON HEAD? YES.

UM, SO THAT, AND I'M SURE YOU ALL HAVE BEEN REALLY DEEPLY IN TUNE WITH THAT IS A BIG PART OF THIS.

SO THE BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S BEING IMPLEMENTED ON THAT BRIDGE TO HILTON HEAD IS INCLUDED IN OUR MAPPING.

IT'S IN THE NEXT, IT'S IN THE EARLY RANGE.

UM, CAUSE WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT COMING THROUGH SOONER RATHER THAN LATER, BUT YES, THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PART.

SO YOU NEED A MOTION FROM US ON THIS TOO, IS THAT CORRECT? NO, CHUCK'S SHIT.

UM, MR. AS PART OF THE COMP PLAN, SO WE'RE GOOD.

PEOPLE ALWAYS CONSCIOUS THAT THERE ARE BICYCLISTS ON THE ROAD? UM, UH, IT JUST, CAUSE IT'S VERY DANGEROUS BEING OUT THERE ON A BICYCLE RIGHT NOW.

ONE MORE QUESTION, MAYOR KIM, UM, EVEN, EVEN NOW, TODAY, UM, THERE, THERE ARE A LOT OF CYCLISTS THAT ARE COMING AND THEY REALLY ARE BRAVE PEOPLE RIGHT NOW, UH, GETTING ON THE ROAD.

IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO NOW, EITHER THROUGH, UM, THE COUNTY PUTTING UP KIND OF SIGNS ON THE ROAD OR THE STATE PUTTING THEM SIGNS THIS THROUGH WE'RE BUYING MOTORISTS THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, I'VE SEEN SHARED ROADSIDES AND THAT SORT OF STUFF.

IS THERE ANY WAY WE COULD, YOU KNOW, ENHANCE THAT SOMEHOW SO THAT

[01:20:01]

I THINK OUR COUNTY, ADMINISTRATOR'S GOING TO LEAD THAT ONE REGARDING DISCUSSION ON THE STATUS OF THE SOUTHERN FOR BEAUTIFICATION BOARD.

AND I AGREE WITH YOU AND YES, I THINK THERE'S, UM, SOME PARTNERSHIPS THAT CAN HAPPEN TO HELP IMPROVE SIGNAGE.

AND THAT IS A PART OF THIS IS TO IMPROVE WAYFINDING SIGNS AND EDUCATION THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE KEEPING IT FRONT FRONT OF MIND, WHETHER THEY'RE ON A BICYCLE OR WALKING OR IN THE CARS.

BUT I AGREE WITH YOU THAT HAVING MORE SAFETY MEASURES OUT THERE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE KEEPING UP AND, AND STAFF YOUR COMMITTEE, UH, YOU GET SOME MEMBERS FROM A RURAL COMMUNITY WHO MAY NOT EVEN BE THINKING ABOUT BICYCLING, BUT BY HAVING THEM ON A COMMITTEE, MAY THEY ENCOURAGE THAT COMMUNITY IS TO LOOK AT CYCLING AND BICYCLE SAFETY AND STUFF.

SO I GOT A ROAD, UM, YOU KNOW, I JUST TALKED ABOUT IT, BUT LANDS IN, YOU KNOW, UM, YEARS AGO I TOOK UP SO FULL WAGES NOW TO THE FOOD FROM PENN CENTER DOWN, UH, IT WAS, IT WAS DANGEROUS, YOU KNOW, EARLY SATURDAY MORNING, BUT TRAFFIC WAS GOOD IN THE MORNING, BUT BY THE TIME WE GOT BACK AFTER LUNCH, YOU GOT VERY HECTIC THERE AND STUFF.

SO, YEAH.

UM, I ONLY DID ONE TAB, BUT IT'D BE GOOD TO HAVE THAT KIND OF ACTIVITY, UH, ON SINGLE ON AS WELL.

[11. DISCUSSION REGARDING STATUS OF THE SOUTHERN BEAUFORT BEAUTIFICATION BOARD]

SO I DON'T REALLY, I'M NOT REALLY ASKING FOR ANY ACTION A DAY.

MADAM CHAIR.

WE'VE, WE'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION BEFORE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, THERE'S BEEN SOME HESITANCY TO DO, UH, TO DEAL WITH THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE.

UH, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THE SOUTHERN BEAUTIFICATION BOARD WAS ESTABLISHED BY COUNTY COUNCIL SOMETIME AGO FOR THE PURPOSE OF GOING OUT BY AND LARGE TO RAISE FUNDING, UH, TO DO LANDSCAPE PROJECTS ALONG ONE 70 AND 2 78 FOR COUNTY.

UM, ESSENTIALLY WHAT THEY, BASED ON THE TIME THAT I HAVE SPENT WITH THEM, ONE OF THEIR MEETINGS AND ALL ESSENTIALLY WHAT HAS OCCURRED THERE IS THAT THEY'RE JUST BASICALLY REVIEWING LANDSCAPE PLANS, UH, THAT STYLE PREPARES NANCY MOSS AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT DOES A GREAT JOB WORKING ON THAT REVIEWING ENCROACHMENT PERMIT APPLICATIONS WITH D O T AND AUTHORIZING, UH, NANCY MOSS TO GO OUT AND, AND DO THAT WORK.

UM, I'M NOT SURE AS COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR NOW THAT THAT'S A WORTHY, UH, EXERCISE OR A NECESSARY EXERCISE BY A BORDER COMMISSION.

AND I THINK IT'S TIME FOR COUNCIL TO START EVALUATING THE CONTINUED NEED FOR THAT ENTITY, GIVEN THE FACT THAT THEY ARE NOT OUT AND HAVE NO DESIRE TO GO OUT AND ACTIVELY FUNDRAISE, UH, TO TRY TO GET PRIVATE BUSINESSES TO DONATE MONEY, TO DO LANDSCAPINGS IN THE MEETING, UH, MEDIUMS AT ONE 70 AND 2 78, WE'VE DONE SOME THINGS WITH THE COUNTY.

WE USE SOME TREE FUND MONEY WHEN PEOPLE WANT TO TAKE DOWN TREES AND DEVELOPMENTS, THEY HAVE TO PAY MONEY INTO TREE FOAM.

WE'VE USED THAT MONEY FOR THAT.

WE ALSO, IF YOU ALL RECALL THE SOLAR PROJECT OUT IN DALE, UH, HAD SOME, HAD A LITTLE BIT OF PUSHBACK ON THAT RECOMMENDATION THAT I MADE THAT, UH, THE COMPANY THAT COULDN'T MEET, THAT COULDN'T PAY ALL THE TREE FUND MONEY, ENTER INTO A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY AND THEY DONATED $475,000 FOR LANDSCAPING SOUTH OF THE BROAD 475,000 NORTH AND ABROAD FOR LANDSCAPING AROUND.

AND THEN IN TWO YEARS THEY HAVE TO GIVE ANOTHER $200,000 TO THE COUNTY FOR US TO USE HOWEVER WE SEE FIT.

UM, SO WE'VE USED SOME OF THAT 4 75 TO FINISH OFF OTHER, UH, SECTIONS OF 2 78, BUT THERE'S NO MONEY TO DO THAT.

THEY'VE MADE REQUESTS THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS TO HAVE MONEY BUDGETED THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND, UH, FOR THAT I'M NEVER GOING TO RECOMMEND AS A COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR THAT WE DO THAT PARTLY BECAUSE, UM, NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE TO SPEND THE MONEY TO PUT THE LANDSCAPING IN THE MEDIAN, BUT DDOT REQUIRES US TO SPEND MONEY, TO DO THE MAINTENANCE ON THOSE SECTIONS OF THE ROADWAYS.

ONCE WE DO THAT LANDSCAPING AND THEY DON'T GIVE US ANY MONEY BACK FOR THEIR REDUCED AREAS OF NOT HAVING TO MOW AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND I THINK MANY OF THOSE SECTIONS COST US IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF $200,000 A YEAR, UH, TO MAINTAIN THAT LANDSCAPE AND IN THOSE TO MOW THE GRASS OUT THERE AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BECAUSE WE CAN'T DO, WE CAN'T GENERALLY DO THAT WITH OUR CREWS, UH, BECAUSE WE'RE JUST NOT SET UP FROM A SAFETY PROTOCOL.

SO WE, WE, WE CONTRACT THOSE OUT, USUALLY GOES TO THE GREENERY OR SOME COMPANY LIKE THAT.

[01:25:01]

I JUST WANT YOU ALL TO CONSIDER THIS.

THE BEAUTIFICATION BOARD MEETS ON OCTOBER 21ST.

THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS SAME DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT TO CONTINUE, UH, AS A BOARD.

SO IT'D BE MY RECOMMENDATION TO YOU, ALL THAT YOU, AND I'M GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THEY, THAT YOU LET THEM HOLD THEIR MEETINGS TO DECIDE WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO, UH, WITH THEMSELVES.

AND THEN WE WOULD COME BACK TO YOU ALL IN NOVEMBER.

AND IF THEY DECIDED, IF THEY RECOMMEND YOU ALL THAT THEY DISBAND AND WE'LL START THE PROCESS THROUGH YOUR COMMITTEE IN NOVEMBER OF GIVING YOU THE ORDINANCE TO DISSOLVE THAT, THAT BOARD, IF THEY COME BACK AND DO THAT, IF THEY DON'T DECIDE TO DO THAT, THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE A REAL HARD DISCUSSION AS WITH THE NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE AS TO WHAT YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO SEE DONE.

UM, OUR STAFF HAS THE CAPABILITY OF DOING THAT WORK.

AND NANCY MOSS IS REALLY GIFTED IN DOING THOSE LANDSCAPE DRAWINGS.

SHE CAN APPLY FOR THE ENCROACHMENT PERMITS.

SHE DOESN'T REALLY NEED ANYBODY TO GIVE HER OVERSIGHT OR RECOMMEND WHAT TO DO.

SHE'S FULLY CAPABLE OF DOING THAT.

UM, AS A PART OF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENTS, UH, RESPONSIBILITIES, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU ALL DECIDED TO DO, BUT THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION THAT WE LET THEM MEET ON OCTOBER 21ST.

AND THEN WE CAN GIVE YOU AN UPDATE, UH, AT THE NOVEMBER, UH, NRC MEETING.

AND YOU ALL CAN DECIDE THEN WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WITH THEM.

SO THEY WOULDN'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM, FROM MR. GREENWAY.

I KNOW THEY'VE HAD ATTENDANCE ISSUES TOO.

SOMETIMES WE HAD ATTENDANCE ISSUES.

THEY'VE COUNSELED THE MEETING A LOT, UM, BECAUSE THERE'S JUST NOT ITEMS FOR THEM TO DISCUSS EVERY MONTH.

THAT ALSO IS A BURDEN OF STOUT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO MONITOR THAT AND WE HAVE TO SEND OUT, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF THEY COUNSEL THE MEETING, WE HAVE TO SEND OUT COUNSELATION NOTICES TO THE MEDIA SAYING THAT IT'S BEEN COUNSELED.

IF WE HAVE A MEETING AND WE HAVE TO PUT TOGETHER AN AGENDA, SEND THOSE OUT.

AND USUALLY THE MEETINGS DON'T LAST ONE, WHEREVER WE DO MEET, THEY DON'T LAST MORE THAN, YOU KNOW, 20, 15, 20 MINUTES AT THE MOST.

SO YEAH, ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? APPRECIATE THE DISCUSSION OF THAT.

AND IMAGE BROUGHT ME HAVE ADDITIONAL DETAILS ABOUT THE MEETINGS STUFF THERE.

I'M NOT SURE SHE HAD, UM, MENTIONED THAT TO ME, BUT I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, WITH HER, UH, SITUATION RIGHT NOW, SHE'S HAD A CHANCE.

YOU TOUCHED ON THE FACT THAT THEY, THEY HAVEN'T BEEN IN COMPLIANT WITH THE REQUIREMENTS FOR QUARTERLY MEETINGS.

OH, OKAY.

SO THEY'RE NOT MEETING THEIR OWN, THEIR OWN CHARTER.

I AM.

AND I BELIEVE THE ORDINANCE PERMIT FOR THAT BOARD WAS IN THE PACKET.

WELL, THANK YOU.

MOVE.

SEE WHAT THEY SAY ON THE 21ST.

TO FULFILL A PARTIAL FIRST TERM ON THE BEAVER COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION.

WE HAVE TWO APPOINTMENTS BEFORE WE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

UM, ONE IS

[12. APPROVAL OF THE APPOINTMENT OF ARMIN WAHL FOR A PARTIAL 1ST TERM TO THE BEAUFORT COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION WITH AN EXPIRATION DATE OF 2023]

DID I HEAR A MOTION? THIS IS, UM, SOUTHERN BUFORD COUNTY REPRESENTATIVE ARMIN WALL AND EMOTION TO NOMINATE.

I ASSUME HE APPLIED.

HE DID HE APPLY AND HE'S, UM, IT'S ALL THE REQUIREMENTS I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.

TO THE RURAL AND CRITICAL LANDS PRESERVATION BOARD.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? WAS THAT OBJECTION? HE WILL BE APPOINTED FOR A PARTIAL FIRST TERM TO THE BUFORD COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION.

AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, TWO INDIVIDUALS

[13. APPROVAL OF THE APPOINTMENT OF 2 INDIVIDUALS TO THE BEAUFORT COUNTY RURAL AND CRITICAL LANDS PRESERVATION BOARD]

ONE IS WE'LL DO THESE TOGETHER.

KENNETH FRAZIER FOR DISTRICT NINE.

AND THEN FOR THE FALL OTHELLO, I HOPE I SAY THAT RIGHT.

DISTRICT NINE TWO WILL BE A SWAP TO REPRESENT DISTRICT EIGHT.

DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPOINT THESE PEOPLE? WE NEED? OKAY.

THAT'S MADE BY COUNCIL AND GLOVER.

WE NEED TO FILL THESE VACANCIES.

AND, UM, THE REPRESENTATIVES WERE AGREEABLE TO THAT.

GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

WITHOUT OBJECTION, THOSE TWO PEOPLE ARE APPOINTED AND NOW WE NEED TO

[EXECUTIVE SESSION]

I'LL I'LL READ WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS.

UH, FIRST ONE IS PERSUADED TO SOUTH CAROLINA CODE SECTION 30 DASH FOUR DASH 78, 2 DISCUSSION OF NEGOTIATIONS INCIDENT TO PROPOSE CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS AND PROPOSED SALE OR PURCHASE OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS ON REAL PROPERTY KNOWN AS MIDDLE ROAD PDR.

AND THEN NUMBER 15 IS DISCUSSION OF NEGOTIATIONS, INCIDENT TO PR PROS, CONGRATULATE ARRANGEMENTS, AND PROPOSED SALE OR PURCHASE OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS ON REAL PROPERTY KNOWN AS LYNDON PDR SLASH FEE.

AND AFTER THAT, IF WE HAVE ANY MANNERS ARISING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SOCIAL WE'LL READDRESS TURN IN HERE.

SO WE WILL MOVE.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO THE SMALLER, SMALLER ROOM, HOW MUCH OPEN THE, UM, THE ROOM FOR EVERYONE TO JOIN.

[01:30:01]

WE DO HAVE MANNERS ARISING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION.

WE NEED A MOTION.

WE NEED A MOTION TO GO AND EXECUTIVE SESSION.

I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN SOMERVILLE AND SECOND BY COUNCILMAN GLOVER HEARING NO OBJECTIONS.

WE'LL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

THANK YOU, UM, SESSION.

AND

[16. MATTERS ARISING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION]

YOU HAVE A MOTION CONCERNING THE FIRST ONE.

UM, CHAIRMAN.

YES, I DO HAVE A MOTION REGARDING ITEM NUMBER 14 ON TODAY'S AGENDA.

UH, MY MOTION IS A RECOMMENDATION TO CONCUR WITH HER BUFORD COUNTY RURAL AND CRITICAL LANDS BOARD TO NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH DUE DILIGENCE.

THAT'S ON AUDIT ON ITEM NUMBER 14.

SECOND BY COUNCILMAN GLOVER.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE MOTION PASSES, UH, AND WE HAVE ANOTHER ITEM OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION PLEASE.

UH, MOUNTAIN CHAIRMAN.

I HAVE A MOTION FOR ITEM 16 ON THE, ON THE AGENDA.

AND MY MOTION IS A RECOMMENDATION TO CONCUR WITH THE BUFORD COUNTY RURAL AND CRITICAL LANDS BOARD TO NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH DUE DILIGENCE ON ITEM NUMBER 15 ON OUR AGENDA.

ANY DISCUSSION? I DO NOT HEAR ANY.

SO WITHOUT OBJECTION, UH, THIS WILL, THIS WILL PASS NOT TO DO THE DUE DILIGENCE ON ITEM 15 TO ANY OTHER BUSINESS IN FRONT OF THE COMMITTEE.

WE'RE GOOD MEETING A DERM.