[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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BUFORD NORTH REGIONAL PLAN IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE, UH, TO ORDER AND ASK FOR EVERYBODY TO STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
SO I ALWAYS APPRECIATE WHEN WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.
UM, I BELIEVE ALL OF THE FOYER REQUESTS, UH, UH, PUBLICATION, SO GOING OUT, UH, AND I'LL ASK, WELL, I CAN'T ASK FOR AN APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
SO THESE MEDS HAVE BEEN CARRYING OVER SINCE WHAT MAY YEAH.
THESE MEDS HAVE BEEN CARRYING OVER SINCE MAY.
AND I THINK, UH, I WAS HOPING THAT AFTER, UM, UH, SUMMER, WE, WE START GETTING MORE SERIOUS ABOUT GETTING THE QUORUM AND, AND GETTING PEOPLE HERE.
UH, I THINK PRIOR TO SUMMER, WE REALLY HAD A LOT OF PRETTY GOOD ATTENDANCE, A LOT OF GOOD INTERACTION.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S HAPPENED, BUT, UH, LET'S SEE IF WE CAN'T ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY ELSE TO COME AND, AND DO THAT WITH US.
ARE THERE ANY CITIZEN COMMENTS SEEING NONE? I'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THAT, UH, UH, CLOSE THAT.
UH, WE, UH, UM, I KNOW ON THE AGENDA
[6. DISCUSSION OF GROWTH BOUNDARIES – NORTHERN BEAUFORT COUNTY]
HERE, WE HAVE A DISCUSSION OF GROWTH BOUNDARIES.UH, UH, THE MAYOR, UH, UH, MAYOR BARRY IS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND TODAY BECAUSE HE'S HAD A DEATH IN THE FAMILY.
SO, UH, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE CAN HAVE A REAL MEANINGFUL DISCUSSION ABOUT GROWTH BOUNDARIES, UH, LAST ASKED FOR ANY COMMENTS FROM ANYBODY ABOUT THAT, OR IF THEY WANT TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSION RECOMMEND WE TABLE IT.
OH MY GOD, WE CAN'T EVEN VOTE.
UH, I REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE VERY LIMITED IN WHAT WE CAN DO HERE AND I GUESS, DO WE STOP A MINUTE AND EVEN HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS MEETING FOR THE THIRD TIME IN THIS FORMAT? UH, BECAUSE JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING WE'VE BEEN DOING AND INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES IS GREAT.
AND THE REST OF THE GROUP, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO BACK AND DO THIS STUFF AGAIN.
AND I JUST WONDER IF IT MAKE SENSE TO STOP AND PUT TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, TRY TO DO SOME COMMUNICATION WITH THE REST OF THIS TEAM AND THIS, THIS GROUP, AND SAY, GUYS, WE HAVE GOT TO HAVE A MEETING.
I MEAN, IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ASK STAFF AND EVERYBODY TO PREPARE, TO COME FORWARD TO PRESENT TO US AND NOTHING CAN BE DONE WITH THE INFORMATION.
I JUST, I WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL TO EVERYBODY'S TIME STAFF AND ALL THESE VOLUNTEERS AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE TO, WE JUST SAY, THERE'S NO MEETING TODAY DUE TO LACK OF QUORUM AND REACH OUT TO THE REST OF THE GROUP.
I JUST, I WANTED TO POSE THAT QUESTION CAUSE IT'S THE THIRD ONE, MIKE, IN A ROW THIRD MEETING NOW THAT WE HAVE NO, IT'S, IT'S EITHER THE FOURTH OR FIFTH, QUITE FRANKLY.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE COMING UP ON SIX MONTHS, A HALF A YEAR OF NOT HAVING THAT.
UH, AND I, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENT JOKE.
UM, THOSE OF US THAT HAVE BEEN HERE EVERY TIME FOR THE LAST FIVE MONTHS, UM, IT, IT GETS FRUSTRATING WHEN WE CAN'T REALLY CONDUCT BUSINESS AND I, I REALLY BELIEVE, AND THE REASON, THE REASON I'M HERE IS BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT FORUM.
UH, AND, AND IT'S A WAY FOR US TO INTERREACT WITH EACH OTHER.
AND, UH, UM, I JUST HOPE WE'RE NOT LOSING ALL OF THE MOMENTUM THAT WE HAD.
AND I THINK WE JUST, WE TAKE A PAUSE AND WE REACH OUT TO THE GROUP, REACH OUT TO THE OTHER MEMBERS AND SAY, YOU KNOW, WE GOT TO DECIDE WHAT WE WANT TO DO, BECAUSE I JUST FEEL LIKE WE'RE WASTING VERY, PEOPLE'S VERY VALUABLE TIME BECAUSE EVERYTHING WE'VE DONE IN THESE MEETINGS, WE HAVE TO DO OVER WHEN THE REST OF THE GROUP IS HERE.
AND I JUST DON'T WANT TO KEEP DOING THAT TO STAFF AND TO THE, TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE PRESENTING TO US.
IT'S SO MUCH EASIER NOW FOR PEOPLE TO ATTEND WAS ZOOM TOO.
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THERE'S NOT REALLY AN EXCUSE.UM, MIKE AND MY GRADE, DID YOU CHIME IN HERE? ANY THOUGHTS BE I AGREE.
I MEAN, I THINK AT THE LAST LAST TIME, THE, UM, THE NOTICE NOTIFICATION FOR ME GOT LOST, SO I MISSED THE MEETING, WHICH I APOLOGIZE FOR, BUT THE, UM, AND FROM OUR SIDE, I, I'M NOT, UH, WE CAN CERTAINLY MAKE SURE THAT MITCH IS GOING TO BE HERE WHEN THE MAYOR CAN'T BE HERE AS WELL, SO THAT WE HAVE MORE REPRESENTATION FROM OUR SIDE.
I THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE SIX MEMBERS FOR THE SEVEN.
OH, I THINK YOUR COMMENTS ARE RIGHT ON.
I'VE NEVER QUITE RUN INTO SOMETHING QUITE LIKE THIS WHERE YOU HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET A QUORUM FOR SO MANY CONSECUTIVE MEETINGS.
SO QUESTION TO ME IS NOT, SO AM I ABLE TO ATTEND AS OPPOSED TO DO, I PERCEIVE THIS AS EVALUATED THAT I NEED TO EMBRACE? AND IF THEY, EACH OF THE MEMBERS WOULD KIND OF EXAMINE FOR THEMSELVES AND BE FORTHRIGHT WITH THE GROUP, PERHAPS WE CAN FIGURE OUT A DIFFERENT WAY OF DOING THIS, MAYBE MONTHLY MEETINGS.
AREN'T THE THING, YOU KNOW, WE HAD TALKED LAST YEAR ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR SEMI, UH, EVERY OTHER MONTH, UH, MEETINGS.
UM, AND MAYBE THAT DOESN'T WORK EITHER, BUT SOMETHING NEEDS TO WORK BECAUSE THERE IS A VALUE ADDED TO GETTING, UH, THE MUNICIPALITIES AND THE COUNTY TOGETHER TO DISCUSS ISSUES OF MUTUAL CONCERN.
SO I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS THING, UM, WAY, BUT I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE REEXAMINED AS TO THE VALUE PERCEIVED VALUE OR HOW DO WE GET MORE VALUE OUT OF IT? I DO AGREE THAT A STAFF'S TIME TO PREPARE IS VALUED.
UH, WE HAVE SO MANY THINGS ON OUR PLATE.
WE JUST DON'T NEED TO TAKE TIME WITH EXAMINING AND DISCUSSING.
AND I THINK, UM, LOTS IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF BIMONTHLY SEEMS TO BE WORKING BETTER WORKING GOOD FOR THAT GROUP AS WELL.
MAYBE WE SEND SOMETHING OUT AND SAY, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO BIMONTHLY.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE SEVEN MEMBERS WE'VE GIVEN.
WE'RE GIVING EVERYBODY EVERY OPTION.
UM, I JUST, THE MORE PART OF ME BELIEVES THAT THE MORE WE KEEP DOING THESE MEETINGS WITH INFORMATIONAL PURPOSE, WE'RE NOT REALLY SAYING WE NEED A QUORUM.
UM, THERE ARE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE.
WE HAVE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH TO DEAL WITH IT.
WE HAVE TO HAVE A QUORUM OR NOT SO THAT THESE THINGS ARE ON THE TABLE TO GET DONE, UH, WORK ON MY END, TO SEE WHAT I CAN DO, REACHING OUT TO PEOPLE.
I THINK EACH OF US THAT HAVE BEEN HERE OR DONE OUR BEST TO BE AT EVERY ONE OF THESE LAST FIVE.
AND I NEEDED TO REALIZE IT WAS EVEN THAT LONG, BUT THE MEETING MINUTES CLEARLY IDENTIFIED AS BEING ALMOST AT THAT LONG.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE JUST NEED TO REACH OUT TO OUR FELLOW MEMBERS ON THE TEAM AND SAY, LISTEN, WE WE'VE GOT SOME IMPORTANT ITEMS. LET'S SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.
LET'S GET A MEETING DATE, THE NEXT MEETING DATE AND DO OUR BEST FOR AS MANY POSSIBLE TO ATTEND.
WELL, I'D LIKE TO KEEP THEM, UH, I'D LIKE TO KEEP NEXT MONTH MEETING DATE, BUT I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE A QUORUM HERE BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO DO A PRESENTATION BASED ON THE, UH, LADIES ISLAND TASK FORCE, WHICH IS PART OF EVERYBODY'S, UM, COMPREHENSIVE PLANS.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO DO A PRESENTATION OF WHERE THAT IS AND WHAT WE'RE DOING.
UH, THE OTHER THING THAT I'D LIKE TO ASK IS, UM, AND, AND, AND ROB, IF WE CAN PUT THIS OUT AS A MEMORANDUM TO EVERYBODY, I WOULD LIKE EVERYBODY TO REVIEW THE, UH, ACTION ITEMS LIST FOR 2021.
UH, AND, UH, I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE GET THE INTERACTION WITH DIFFERENT PEOPLE, UH, FROM DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES RELATED TO WHAT THE OUTSTANDING ISSUES ARE, UH, THAT CONCERN EACH AND EACH OF US.
SO IF EVERYBODY COULD, UH, REVIEW THAT ACTION ITEM LIST, I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IT AND WE'LL UPDATE IT.
AND THEN WE'LL, UH, MAYBE, MAYBE THAT'LL HAVE, UH, HELP BRING SOME ADDED VALUE AGAIN, BACK.
I THINK THERE'S IMPORTANT ITEMS ON THAT AGENDA LIST STILL, BUT, UH, THERE'S PROBABLY MORE NOW AFTER FIVE MONTHS, THERE'S GOTTA BE SOME MORE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE ADDED TO IT.
UH, I THINK THERE'S AT LEAST ONE MEMBER ON HERE THAT HASN'T BEEN TO ANY OF THE MEETINGS IN THE LAST YEAR.
THERE MAY BE OTHERS, BUT, UM, AT THAT PERSON MAYBE COULD BE APPROACHED AND ASKED IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE REPLACED.
UM, SO I THINK THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS NOT HAD A REP HERE AT ALL.
SO IF YOU WANT, I CAN, I CAN, UM, I'LL TAKE THAT ASSIGNMENT TO CONTACT ALL OUR COUNTY REPS HERE TO
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THANK YOU MY HOUSE.WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE BETTER REPRESENTATION IN NOVEMBER.
IF NOTHING ELSE, WE CAN DO A PROXY.
WE'VE DONE THAT BEFORE IT'S WORKED WELL IN THE PAST.
HAVE WE ALMOST CAN'T MAKE IT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN ASK SOMEBODY TO SIT IN FOR US, IT'S, YOU KNOW, ANY OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS OR EVEN OUR, OUR MANAGERS CAN DO THAT FOR US.
SO WE DON'T HAVE TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT THAT'S AN OPTION.
UM, AND, AND WE CAN DO THAT AS WELL.
UH, IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE TO DO THAT.
AND SO LET'S, WE'RE GOING TO LOCK IN THE DATE OF NOVEMBER 19TH.
UH, AND, AND LET'S GET THAT OUT AND LET'S TALK, UH, MY CHAIRMAN, IF YOU COULD JUST HIGHLIGHT OR HIGHLIGHT THOSE ITEMS THAT YOU THINK ARE REALLY IMPORTANT, LET'S KEEP THE LIST TO A, UH, YOU KNOW, IMPORTANT, A SMALL NUMBER TO SEE IF WE CAN'T GAIN SOME EXCITEMENT AND GET THE PEOPLE BACK IN THE ROOM.
AND THEN WE CAN TO ASK WHAT THEY WANT ON THE NEXT AGENDA FROM THERE AND WHEN THE NEXT MEETING WOULD BE.
SO I THINK THAT LADY'S ISLAND PLAN IS A GREAT, A GREAT THOUGHT THERE, AND MAYBE THE, JUST THAT LIST GOING OVER THAT LIST.
AND WE KEEP IT TO A COUPLE OF SMALL THINGS.
WE TRY TO GET EVERYBODY BACK IN THE ROOM, AND THEN IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A LIST OF ITEMS THAT WE'VE GOT TO GO BACK AND DEAL WITH FROM THE LAST FIVE MONTHS AND SAY, OKAY, WHEN WOULD YOU LIKE THIS ON THE AGENDA? WHEN DO YOU WANT THE NEXT MEETING TO SEE IF WE CAN GET THE COURT SET, SOME AGENDAS TO KIND OF MOVE FORWARD? THAT SOUNDS GOOD.
I'LL WORK ON GETTING THAT OUT.
I'LL GET SOMETHING OUT ALSO THAT STARTS TO TALK ABOUT, UH, WHAT THIS DISCUSSION WAS.
UM, AND, UH, THE, THE ONLY, THE ONLY THING I'D ADD TO THE COMMENTS THAT I'VE HAD SO FAR IS THAT WE DO
[7. STEPHANIE ROSSI, LOWCOUNTRY COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS – BEAUFORT MILITARY RESILIENCEY PROJECT UPDATE]
HAVE A PRESENTATION WITH STEPHANIE ROSSI.AND, UH, I'D LIKE TO ASK, UH, WHETHER OR NOT SINCE SHE'S HERE TAKING THE TIME, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DEFER YOUR PRESENTATION, OR IF YOU'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND DO SOMETHING NOW, UM, CAN YOU TELL HIM, HI, I DO NOT SEE HIM ONLINE.
UM, DO YOU HAVE, ARE YOU ABLE TO LOAD THE PRESENTATION? YEAH, I HAVE IT UP AND READY.
UM, I MEAN, IT'S UP TO YOU FOLKS, IF WE HAVE A PRESENTATION ABOUT HOW LONG DO YOU THINK ABOUT 10, 15 MINUTES? YEAH.
I CAN MAKE IT 10 OR 15 MINUTES.
UM, IT'S A PRESENTATION, A UPDATE ON THE MILITARY INSTALLATION RESILIENCY REVIEW PROJECT, JUST TO SHOW WHAT, WHERE WE WERE, WHERE WE ARE NOW KIND OF WHERE WE'RE GOING.
WE'RE KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PROJECT AND WE JUST DIDN'T WANT TO LIKE SHOW UP IN ANOTHER MONTH WITH HERE'S THE DRAFT.
SO WE WERE TRYING TO GIVE YOU ALL AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE NOW, AND WE MAY ALSO HAVE SOME FOLKS FROM THE BASIS ON THAT.
I CAN'T TELL THEM ALL ONLINE, INVITED THEM.
MIKE, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? I'M FINE.
I'VE COMMITTED THE TIME FOR THIS FINDING THAT I'M FINE.
LET'S DO THE ONE PRESENTATION AND THEN LET'S, UH, HEADPHONE WITH THE WAY WE TALKED ABOUT.
I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO THEM THEN SINCE SHE ALREADY KIND OF GAVE YOU A, I TOLD YOU WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING, BUT, UM, HE'S GOING TO NEED TO SHARE HIS SCREEN SO WE CAN DO THE, MAYBE FREE FOOD AND DRINK THE MEMBERS AND SHOW.
I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT'S AN INCENTIVE.
WELL, MAYBE DONUTS WOULD BE, CAN YOU SEE MY SCREEN? YES, YES, EVERYONE.
UH, I MET YOU BEFORE, BUT NOW IT'S HEIGHTENED SHADOW SHOW, DESIGN ENGINEERS.
UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH L TALK FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.
I'M DIGGING INTO SOME OF THE RESILIENCE ISSUES AND UNDERSTANDING HOW WE CAN HELP.
AND WE STARTED OFF, WE PRESENTED A LOT OF THIS BEFORE, SO, UH, I MAY BREEZE THROUGH, BUT PLEASE PAUSE ME IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, UNDERSTANDING THE AREA'S INTERESTS SINCE RELATIONSHIP TO THE MILITARY BASIS.
AND WHAT WE'RE FINDING IS, UM, THE COMMUNITY IS A LARGE PART OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS A LARGE, LARGE PART OF THE FACES IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO, BUT THAT, THAT'S PART OF WHY WE AREN'T JUST FOCUSING ON THE BASIS FOR IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE BASIS.
BUT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE BREADTH, THE IMPACT UNMET NEEDS OF THE HUMIDITY, THE RISKS INVOLVED IN THE MAPS, INVOLVED WITH UNDERSTANDING THOSE RISKS AND CREATING A SERIES OF VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS, PRIORITY ASSESSMENTS THAT DEFINE PROJECTS, POSSIBLE PARTIES AND TIMELINES.
UM, WE ARE DEVELOPING MAPS AND WE'RE ENTERING, WE STARTED SOME VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT AND WE WANTED TO GET YOUR INPUT ON WHAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED SO FAR.
UM, UH, WELL, BC C RELEASED SOME NEW FRAMEWORK ITEMS SINCE WE LAST MET.
THANKFULLY IT WAS VERY CLOSE TO WHAT WE HAD ALREADY STARTED PRODUCING.
UM, BUT WHERE WE ARE NOW IS REALLY PUTTING TOGETHER THE ASSETS TO HAZARDS, EXPOSURES PROBABILITY, AND UNDERSTANDING THE CONSEQUENCES TO PRIORITIZE AND CONCEPTUALIZE IMPACTFUL PROJECT.
UM, WHERE WE ARE TODAY IS REALLY WE'LL SHOW YOU SOME OF THE MAPS.
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WE STARTED SOME OF THE VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS AND WE'RE HOPING TO COME OUT THERE, LOOK AT THINGS ON THE GROUND, HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE AND STAKEHOLDERS, UNDERSTANDING AND PRIORITIZE CLUSTERS AND PILOTS THAT CAN REALLY PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR, FOR IMPACT, BUT ALSO ABILITY TO BE SOCIALIZE THROUGHOUT THE STUDY AREA.UH, WE, THIS IS KIND OF OUR DOODLE OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.
UM, WE REALLY WENT FROM IDENTIFYING OR PRIORITIZING WE'RE UNDERSTANDING.
I APOLOGIES WE'RE STARTING TO INTERSECT THOSE THINGS AND OUR LEADS AND ZONING.
AND WE'RE VALIDATING THAT AS WE GO WITH STAKEHOLDERS AND COMMITTEES, UM, AND BUILDING OFF OF THAT, WE'RE HELPING TO APPLY TOOLKIT THAT CAN BE REPLICATED AND DEVELOP A PHASING STRATEGY THAT REALLY UNDERSTANDS HOW TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE ISSUES IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, WE SHOWED YOU SOME DIFFERENT MODEL LAST, BUT WE STARTED DIGGING INTO GREAT DATA, UM, ARMY CORPS, LOCAL DATA, AND COMPILING IN A PLACE FOR, UM, UNDERSTANDING THE RISKS.
UM, THIS IS WHAT WE SHOWED YOU LAST TIME.
THERE'S REALLY THIS COUPLE OF COMPOUNDING ISSUE THAT IS OCCURRING TODAY WILL CONTINUE OCCURRING IN THE FUTURE.
AND THERE'S LOW INTENSITY PROCESSES.
YOUR MARSHES ARE MIGRATING, YOUR MARSHES ARE ERODING.
AND THEN THERE'S ALSO THE HIGH INTENSITY OF EVENT-BASED IMPACT FLOODING STORM SURGE THAT WE'VE BEEN BUILDING OFF OF THIS LAST TIME.
WE TOOK SOME TAKEAWAYS FROM STAKEHOLDERS AND TAKEAWAYS FROM MEETINGS.
I THINK ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS WE NOTICED IS HOW REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS ARE REALLY TAKING INITIATIVE.
AND WE SHOULD BUILD OFF OF THAT INFORMATION AND DATA AND PROVIDE CONSISTENT COLLABORATION.
UNDERSTANDING THAT MILITARY IS CRITICAL TO THE COMMUNITY TODAY AND IN THE FUTURE AND EDUCATING THE RESIDENTS ON THEIR RISKS AND EDUCATING THE RESIDENTS ON WHAT THEY CAN DO IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE ISSUE, UNDERSTANDING THAT THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE LOW COUNTRY IS A PRIORITY FOR YOUR ECONOMY AND YOUR CULTURE AND UNDERSTANDING THAT WE SHOULD CONTINUE PRIORITIZING CULTURAL CONTINUATION IN THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY WITH THE MILITARY GROUPS.
UM, AND ONE PART OF THIS THAT WE HEARD A LOT OF IS THAT WE REALLY SHOULD THINK ABOUT OUR STATISTICAL FINDINGS AND ANALYSIS IN LANGUAGES AS APPROACHABLE.
SO PLEASE PROVIDE US FEEDBACK ON IT'S TOO SIMPLE OR NOT SIMPLE ENOUGH ON SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND WE COMPILED DATA IN A WAY THAT THAT SHOULD HOPEFULLY BE HELPFUL FOR OUR EXERCISE, BUT HELPFUL FOR YOUR FUTURE AS WELL.
UM, SO THERE, THERE ARE REALLY TWO THINGS THAT WE'RE ANALYZING THERE'S CLIMATE EVENT AND THERE'S COMMUNITY ASSETS AND SERVICES, AND THEIR INTERACTION CREATES A RISK.
UM, AND BUILDING OFF OF THAT RISKS, THERE'S PROBABILITIES THERE'S CONSEQUENCES TO THOSE IMPACTS.
AND SO HOW DO WE PRIORITIZE IT? CAN WE THINK ABOUT AREAS WHERE THREATS ARE COMPOUNDING AND START THINKING ABOUT WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT CLIMATE EVENTS THAT WE WERE MODELING? UM, THESE ARE THE THREE MAJOR ONES WE'RE UNDERSTANDING SUNNY DAY FLOODING.
UM, NOT EVERY KING TIDE IS A SUNNY DAY, BUT SOMETIMES THERE'S A PROBABILITY THAT WIND OR, OR STORMS OR SOME TYPE OF A SECONDARY ISSUE CAUSES WATER TO REALLY ENTER AREAS WHERE IT CAUSES PROBLEMS. AND WE EVALUATED THE MONTHLY PROBABILITY OF THAT HAPPENING.
AND BUILDING OFF OF THAT, WE LOOKED AT STORM SURGE WITHIN OUR TIME PERIOD, OR TIME PERIOD IS PRETTY SHORT AND UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS TODAY, WHERE IT WILL CHANGE IN THE FUTURE.
AND WE ALSO TOOK IT AND TOOK ANOTHER LOOK AT FLUVIAL FLOODING.
SO YOU'LL HAVE FLOODING REALLY AS THE RAIN BOMBS, UM, YOUR LOW POINTS THAT ARE DRAINED BY INFRASTRUCTURE OR STREAM THAT WHEN A VERY INTENSE STORM COMES IN, OUR AREAS WERE RUN RUNOFF ACCUMULATE.
UM, BUILDING OFF OF THAT, WE LOOKED AT THE COMMUNITY ASSETS.
WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THESE, UM, UNDERSTANDING MARSH IS A STRONG CULTURAL AND PHYSICAL IMPACT OF PHYSICAL PART OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND WE TOOK THE LOOK BACK AT EROSION, UM, ALL THE WAY TO THE 18 HUNDREDS, BUT WE REALLY STARTED WITH THE 1930S TO 2016 AND HIGHLIGHTED AREAS WHERE EROSION HAS BEEN A PROBLEM AND WHERE EROSION CAN BE APPROACHED, UM, OUR STORM SURGE AND OUR SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING.
WE SHOWED YOU A GRAPH LAST TIME.
THIS WAS MORE OF THE MAP, WHAT WE'RE NOTICING, UM, WITHIN THIS TIME PERIOD THAT THE RISK OF STORM SURGE, UM, AND THE RISKS OF SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING ARE APPROACHING A SIMILAR ELEVATION.
AND SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT YOU PLAN FOR WHEN IT COMES TO HURRICANES AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE, THAT THE SAME IMPACTS OR IMPACTS THAT WE MAY NEED TO START CONSIDERING AS TIDE GET HIGHER AND CHALLENGE, COASTAL FLOODING BECOMES MORE PREVALENT.
UM, AND YOU'VE PROBABLY NOTICED SOME OF THE SUNNY DAY FLOODING IN YOUR PAST.
UM, I HEARD THE KING TIDE BLAST WAS NOT AS HIGH AS NORMAL, BUT SOME OF THAT, THOSE ELEVATIONS DO RELATE TO YOUR ISSUES WITH STORM SURGE.
AND SO BUILDING COMBINING THOSE TWO UNDERSTANDINGS MEANS THAT WE NEED TO START THINKING ABOUT MULTILAYERED RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE, SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU'VE ALREADY IMPLEMENTED AT MAFIA, TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS
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MULTIPLE THREATS AND CHALLENGES WHO FEEL FLOODING IS A DIFFERENT CATEGORY, BUT IT'S A SIMILAR CONTEXT UNDERSTANDING WHERE THESE STORAGE AND STORMWATER AREAS ARE EXISTING, WHERE THEY NEED TO BE IMPROVED OR PRIORITIZE AND WHERE FUTURE STORM SURGE AND TIDES MAY IMPACT THEIR ABILITY TO CONVEYOR SCORE.UM, AND WHEN IT COMES TO MARSH LOSS, UM, YOU'VE PROBABLY NOTICED STANDS TREES THAT ARE SLOWLY DYING OFF.
UH, WE ARE PRIORITIZING, UM, AREAS THAT HAVE THE RISK OF LOSS WITHIN ONE FOOT OF TITLE CHANGE FOR TITLE, UM, RANGE.
AND WE ARE PRIORITIZING THE LARGEST CONTIGUOUS AREAS.
UM, WE WILL START INTERSECTING THAT WITH, UM, AREAS OF INTEREST, UM, CULTURAL AREAS, ENVIRONMENTAL TOURISM AREAS, UM, BUT MAYBE STARTING OFF WITH SOME OF THE DATA OF YOUR HISTORY.
WE CAN START ZOOMING IN TO WHERE PRIORITY AREAS MAY RELATE TO INFRASTRUCTURE AND ECOLOGY.
UM, I'LL TAKE YOU THROUGH ONE QUICKLY AND MAYBE I'LL JUST KIND OF PAUSE THERE AND GET SOME INPUT.
BUT, UM, ONE IS, UH, THE, THE, UH, JUNCTION OF 21 AND LOOKING BACK AT HISTORY AND UNDERSTANDING HOW IT'S CHANGED AS PART OF OUR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE CAN DO.
AND WHAT WE FOUND IS WHEN YOU START SEEING THE TITLE IMPACTS EROSION IMPACT THE MARSHLAND SLOWLY DEGRADING, WE START REALIZING THAT THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES OF IMPROVING DRAINAGE AND IMPROVING ECOLOGY IN SOME LOCATIONS.
UM, THINKING ABOUT THE RESILIENCY OF THIS TODDLER RESILIENCY OF THIS INTERSECTION, WHEN IT COMES TO THE DAY TO DAY EVENTS, UM, LIKE SUNNY DAY FLOODING, AND WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, LARGER CATASTROPHIC EVENTS THAT MAY REQUIRE PRIORITIZATION AT THE BACKYARD.
AND WHAT WE'VE FOUND WITH THIS SPECIFIC SITE IS IT IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND A GREAT PLACE FOR A LIVING SHORELINE TECHNIQUE AND A WAY OF EMBEDDING, UM, LIVING OYSTERS OR LIVING SH OYSTER SHELLS TO REALLY HELP, UH, ARMOR, BUT ALSO THE CREEP AND ALLOW THE SHORELINE TO GROW OVER ITS, UM, OVER ITS LIFETIME.
UH, AND MAYBE I'LL PAUSE THERE.
ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE I TELL YOU KIND OF OUR NEXT STEPS, I VOLUNTEERED TO EAT THE OYSTERS TO GET THE SHELLS OUT THERE, AEROSOL AND GATEWAY.
IS THIS A PARASOL AND GATEWAY KINDA KEEP GOING.
SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC AREA AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHEN IT COMES TO RESILIENCE AND RESILIENCY, WELL, YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE ENOUGH ROOM TO SOLVE ALL YOUR PROBLEMS. AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS PRIORITIZE PROBLEM AREAS IN WAYS THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED.
SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THIS AREA AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, BE COLOGY THAT EXISTS AND USE TWEAK THIS, WE START THINKING ABOUT ITS RELATIONSHIP TO EVACUATION AND ACCESS ROUTES.
UM, ITS IMPACTS DURING A RAIN BOMBS AND ITS IMPACTS DURING STORM AND CIGARETTES.
YOU START UNDERSTANDING THE AREAS LIKE THIS WILL BE PRIORITIZED FOR GETTING THE MOST BANG OUT OF YOUR BUTT AND THINKING ABOUT, UM, FUTURE RESILIENCE AS A WAY OF PRIORITIZING AREAS OF MOST, UM, SENSITIVITY FIRST, UM, AND KIND OF BUILDING OFF OF THAT, THAT'S KIND OF OUR NEXT STEP.
YOU SAW ONE OF OUR INTERACTIONS AND ONE OF OUR INTERSECTIONS, BUT WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
UM, AND WE'RE OPEN TO IDEAS, UM, IN AREAS OF ALREADY, UH, THE LARGER STUDY, UM, WE'VE MAPPED YOUR PDMS, WE'VE MAPPED THE AREAS, OBSTETRICS AND WATER, AND REALLY TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHERE OTHER AREAS HAVE SIMILAR COMPOUNDING ISSUES THAT CAN BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY AND THE MILITARY AS A WHOLE.
UM, AND I KNOW PART OF THE LARGEST FEEDBACK, UH, YOU'VE PROBABLY ALL AWARE THESE PLANS WAS REALLY COMBINING THE GREENPRINT PLAN AND THE COMP PLAN IN A WAY THAT TAKES THEIR TAKEAWAYS AND APPLY OUR RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND WE STARTED UNDERSTANDING KEY TAKEAWAYS AND UNDERSTANDING COMMUNITY SURVEYS AND, UM, PRIORITIES, UH, UNDERSTANDING THAT ALL AREAS ARE WANTED TO BE DEVELOPED, EVEN THOUGH THEY MAKE SENSE TO DEVELOP WITH THAT DATA.
AND WE'RE PRIORITIZING THAT WITH ECOLOGY AND GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE AND UNDERSTANDING WHERE THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT INTERSECTS.
UM, WE'RE FINDING GREAT LINKS BETWEEN THE TWO, UM, WE'RE BUILDING OFF OF THAT TO MAKE SURE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS CAN RELATE TO THE HIERARCHY FOR THE TIERS THAT HAVE BEEN PROPOSED AND THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AND ZONING THAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED AS WELL.
UM, WE HAVE A BUNCH OF PRECEDENTS, BUT I THINK YOU GUYS NEED TO GET BACK TO THE MEETING, BUT LET ME KNOW IF
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I WOULD LIKE TO PUT YOU IN TOUCH WITH HER STORMWATER PEOPLE.IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY TALKED TO THEM ABOUT SHELL POINT, THEY JUST FINISHED A STUDY OF SHAREPOINT AND I CAN GIVE THAT TO STEPHANIE.
UM, KATE, UH, UM, IRA AND NEIL DECIDE HAVE, UH, WE HAD A CONTRACTOR DO A STUDY OF THAT AREA.
IT'S VERY SIMILAR MAFIA, YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS, I THINK BE VALUABLE IN YOUR FINGER OVERALL, LOOK AT THAT AREA, WHICH IS RIGHT OFF OF THIS GATEWAY.
UM, OUR KEY GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A SHORT TIMEFRAME OF OUR STUDY, MAKE SURE TO INTEGRATE IT WITH PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING STUDIED AND REALLY PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LAYERS IN IMPROVE RESILIENCY, BUT ALSO IMPROVE YOUR FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES.
I WASN'T SURE IF ANYONE KNOWS WHY IT'S CALLED SHELL POINT, I'M IMAGINING BECAUSE THERE USED TO BE A LOT OF VOICE FOR YOURSELVES THERE, BUT THAT'S ONE PART OF WHY WE KIND OF DO THEM.
I DO, YOU KNOW, SHELL POINT HISTORY.
I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY, BUT I KNOW THAT THERE WERE STRING ON THE BROAD RIVER SIDE.
SO IT'S VERY LIKELY THAT IS WHERE IT CAME FROM.
WHEN DO YOU THINK YOU'D, UH, BE READY TO DO THE NEXT PRESENTATION AND WOULD THAT BE A, A DRAFT FINAL OR DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER INTERMEDIATE STEP YOU'D LIKE TO DO, LET ME GO BACK TO OUR SCHEDULE.
UM, SO, UM, WE CAN, UH, ONE THING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO ANYONE THAT WANTS TO TALK TO US, PLEASE REACH OUT.
WE'RE HAPPY TO PRESENT MORE DETAIL AND WITH MORE INFORMATION, BUT, UM, WHAT OUR GOAL IS TO KIND OF MEET WITH YOU, MEET THE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE, GO ONSITE, UM, AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THINGS LOOK LIKE ON THE GROUND AND HAVE MORE CONVERSATIONS START COMPILING THOSE CLUSTERS AND THINKING ABOUT PILOT PROJECTS AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS TO COME BACK TO YOU, UM, AND COME BACK TO THE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE AND PROBABLY COME BACK AGAIN ONSITE, UM, TO SHOW AN UNDERSTAND WHERE THESE CLUSTERS AND PILOTS ARE, UH, UH, FEASIBLE AND, UM, PROVIDE SOME MORE CONTEXT AROUND THOSE.
SO I'D SAY WE WERE HOPING TO COME OUT THERE, UH, EARLY NOVEMBER 1ST WEEK, NOVEMBER IS WHAT WE'RE SHOOTING FOR RIGHT NOW.
I'M HAPPY TO MEET WITH ANY OF YOU FOLKS AND THEN COME DECEMBER AGAIN.
WE'RE HOPING TO COME OUT THERE.
UH, BEFORE WE REALLY KICK INTO THE DRAFT REPORT IN DECEMBER AND THE FINAL REPORT IN JANUARY ON THE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE, THE TECHNO VIDEO IS MOSTLY MADE UP OF A STAFF REPRESENTATIVE FROM EACH OF THE JURISDICTIONS, THE COUNTY.
UM, AND THEN FROM THE CLO OR WHO'S THE ONE FROM MY COUNTY.
UM, WELL I'VE HAD BOTH OF YOU DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS THE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE MEETING THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD ONE IN AWHILE.
UM, AND THEN WE HEARD THE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT, WHICH WAS KIND OF A MIX OF, WE WENT A LITTLE BEYOND THE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE AND EXPANDED THAT.
CHRIS MARSH IS ALSO LOCAL COMMITTEE, ONE OF ONE OF YOUR EARLIER SLIDES.
AND I APOLOGIZE, I DIDN'T CATCH, BUT IT WAS A, IT WAS AN EARLIER SLIDE WHERE YOU WERE LISTING STORM WATER AND ALL THE WAY ON THE RIGHT SLIDE.
IT SAID, WASTEWATER, YOU DIDN'T TALK ABOUT IT.
AND I JUST, THE QUESTION THAT KEEPS GOING THROUGH MY MIND ON, ON THESE TYPE OF ISSUES IS YEAH, WELL, THAT WAS VERY GOOD.
UM, YOU KNOW, TRADITIONALLY BUFORD COUNTY, WE'VE USED SEWER AS AN ABILITY TO CONTROL GROWTH.
UH, WE GETTING TO THE POINT THAT WE NEED TO THINK MORE ABOUT THE FACT THAT, UM, CONTROLLING GROWTH WITH SEWER, IT MAY BE THE RIGHT THING TO DO, BUT ALLOWING SEPTIC SYSTEMS TO STILL EXIST IN AREAS WE WANT RURAL OR LESS DENSE IS HURTING THE ENVIRONMENT.
AND DO WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THAT? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOUR STUDY IS EVEN THINKING ABOUT IN THAT WAY? THAT'S EXACTLY THAT MAP THAT WE'RE DOING IN PROGRESS RIGHT NOW.
UM, SO, AND THE REASON I HAVEN'T PULLED IT UP AS WE'RE PLAYING WITH THE COLORS AND THE DATA, AND IT'S, IT'S, IT'S HARD TO COMBINE YOUR SEWER AND YOUR SEPTIC ISSUES, BUT WHAT WE'VE ALREADY IDENTIFIED IS WHERE THAT IT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE, UM, AREAS OF SOILS THAT DON'T MAKE SENSE AREAS THAT WILL HAVE COMMON INUNDATION AREAS NEAR WATER BODIES OR, UM, OPEN WATER.
THOSE ARE AREAS THAT WE'RE HIGHLIGHTING THAT SEPTIC DOES NOT MAKE SENSE, BUT WE'RE ALSO HIGHLIGHTING AREAS WHERE SEPTIC DOES MAKE SENSE BECAUSE YOUR, YOUR LIMITATIONS OF YOUR SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE ARE GRAVITY BASED.
UM, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THERE AREN'T AREAS WHERE IT MAY BE DISTRICT SCALE TO HER INFRASTRUCTURES ISN'T POSSIBLE.
AND MAYBE THERE ARE AREAS FOR NEEDS, WATER REUSE AS POSSIBLE.
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UM, BECAUSE ONE THING WE'RE NOTICING IS YOU HAVE REGIONAL ISSUES WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, YOUR, YOUR WELLS.UM, AND SO UNDERSTANDING WHERE YOUR NEED FOR WELL, WHERE YOU NEED PERCEPTIVE, WHERE YOUR NEED FOR DOMESTIC WATER AND WHERE YOUR NEEDS FOR, UM, SEWER ARE PART OF WHAT WE'RE COMPILING RIGHT NOW.
AND WE GOT A GUN, WE GOT ALL THE DATA SURPRISINGLY.
SO THANK YOU FOR LETTING FOR PASSING THAT ON.
I WAS JUST SOMETHING I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UM, AND, UH, UH, I, I THINK THIS IS INFORMATION THAT EVERYBODY IS GOING TO FIND REALLY IMPORTANT, UH, WITH
SO, UM, WE MIGHT WANT TO TALK ABOUT, UH, SCHEDULING ANOTHER MEETING WHEN WE DO HAVE A QUORUM, WE DO HAVE PROPER REPRESENTATION.
UH, I THINK THERE'S SOME WORK, ESPECIALLY WITH ISSUES, UH, LIKE JOE BROUGHT UP, UH, THAT, THAT, THAT THAT'S A REAL, UH, UH, THAT'S INTERESTING FOR OUR AREA, UH, UH, WHAT, WHAT TO DO WITH THAT.
UH, WE, HAVEN'T DONE A GOOD JOB SO FAR, UH, IN A LOT OF AREAS, UH, THAT ARE OUT THERE.
UM, ALTHOUGH THINKING OF A FIELD POINT, THEY THOUGHT SEPTIC, BUT IT'S SO EXPENSIVE.
IT'S NOT ELIGIBLE FOR CDBG GRANTS.
AND SO IT'S A CATCH 22 IN SOME AREAS.
AND, AND WE, WE'VE GOT SEPTIC RIGHT UP AGAINST THE, UH, LAUNCH COURSES MAKE A LOT OF SENSE.
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THAT ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE BEFORE WE ADJOURN THE DIMENSION SOMETHING? AND I REALIZED IN A WAY I'M KIND OF PREACHING TO THE CHOIR BECAUSE WE'RE ALL THE PEOPLE WHO SHOWED UP, BUT, UM, I WAS INVITED TO WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE.UH, THIS IS BY GREG DALE, YOU KNOW, WHO I WORKED WITH ON DIFFERENT PROJECTS TO TALK ABOUT THE GROWTH BOUNDARIES IN OUR AGREEMENTS, WITH THE MUNICIPALITIES ABOUT ANNEXATION.
AND, UM, THEY WERE VERY INTERESTED IN THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS WE MADE.
AND I GUESS, I, I JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT THOSE EFFORTS 15 YEARS AGO, WHEN WE ESTABLISHED THE GROWTH BOUNDARIES WERE MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENT.
AND THAT JUST THAT, AND THE FACT THAT THIS COMMITTEE HAS MET CONSISTENTLY FOR THE MOST PART SINCE THAT TIME.
UM, I JUST THINK THAT THOSE ARE TWO REALLY GOOD THINGS THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE AND VALUE IN ORDER TO BE FOR COUNTY.
I THINK WE ALL WANT TO GO BACK TO THE DAYS WHERE WE WERE JUST NOT COOPERATING AND THERE WAS JUST A LOT OF ILL WILL, YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME THERE WAS AN ANNEXATION OR DEVELOPMENT OR REZONING.
UM, SO, UH, I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS COMMITTEE TO CONTINUE TO THRIVE AND, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IT TAKES FOR US TO KIND OF GET THE MEMBERSHIP BACK AND ENGAGED AND AT THE TABLE.
UM, THAT'S A GOOD POINT NOW, AS I WAS TELLING ROB, THAT I DID THE COURTHOUSE THERE IN FRANKLIN, WHICH IS THE COUNTY SEAT FOR WILLIAMSON COUNTY.
AND IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE THEIR, UH, UH, THEIR COUNTY, OR IS I THINK, 12 MEMBERS, OR MAYBE IT BE, AND IT 24, THEY HAVE 24, 2 REPRESENTATIVES FOR EACH DISTRICT ONE AND A HALF THE COUNTY MAYOR, WHICH I WASN'T FAMILIAR WITH THAT CONCEPT.
IF YOU'RE PROFESSIONAL, TRYING TO CORRAL THAT GROUP TO GET CONSENSUS, YOU NEED A STRONG LEADER IN THAT SENSE.
UH, ANY OTHER COMMENTS SEEING NONE, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN AND EVERYBODY ENCOURAGE OUR PEER PARTICIPATION AND, UH, LET'S HOPE FOR, UH, NEXT MONTH, UH, GETTING, GETTING A CORE OF AT LEAST IF NOT A LARGER CROWD, WE USED TO ALMOST NOT HAVE ENOUGH CHAIRS FOR PEOPLE.