Dec 06, 2021 Natural Resources Committee

READY TO ORDER,

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THANK YOU.

MS. BROCK HAS THE PUBLIC NOTIFICATION, HAS THIS MEETING BEEN PUBLISHED, POSTED AND DISTRIBUTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SOUTH CAROLINA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT? YES, MA'AM.

ALL RIGHT.

I'D LIKE TO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF

[4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA ]

SO MOVED WITHOUT OBJECTION.

THE AGENDA IS APPROVED.

WE HAVE THE MINUTES INCLUDED

[5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

I'D LIKE TO HEAR A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE MINUTES.

SO MOOD WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 1ST OR APPROVED CITIZENS COMMENTS.

DO WE HAVE ANYONE TO SPEAK DURING THE CITIZENS COMMENTS? WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY ONLINE.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

AT THIS TIME.

UM,

[6. CITIZEN COMMENTS]

ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS YOU HAVE LONGER THAN THREE MINUTES.

SO, CAUSE I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN VERY BUSY DISCUSSION.

LAST TWO HOURS, JUST FASCINATING, ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT YOU'RE DOING IN THE VISIONS THAT YOU'RE CREATING AND THE ACTION PLANS AROUND THOSE.

UM, I AM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PLANNING COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION POINTED IN 2016.

PRIOR TO THAT, I WORKED WITH THE RURAL AND CRITICAL AND CONSERVATION FOR 10 YEARS.

SO I'VE BEEN AROUND A LITTLE BIT.

I'M WORKING WITH BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS OVER A LITTLE BIT.

YES.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? ALL RIGHT.

UM, JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND, AS YOU KNOW, THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS MADE UP OF NINE COMMISSIONERS FOR NORTH OF THE BROAD, UH, FOR SOUTH OF THE BROAD AND ONE AT LARGE.

SO, UH, THAT'S OUR MAKEUP.

UM, ROB TELLS ME THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS KIND OF THE GRANDDADDY, THE BIG DADDY OF, UH, OF COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS SINCE IT'S BEEN AROUND FOR SO LONG.

AND IT'S, UH, IT BRINGS THEM MANY, MANY ISSUES BEFORE THE NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE FOR THEIR FURTHERING.

UM, OUR AUTHORITY OBVIOUSLY COMES FROM THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND AS ADOPTED IN THE CODE IN THE MORTON SAYS BY YOUR OFF BY YOURSELVES, UM, ARE OUR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITY ARE OUTLINED IN THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODE, SECTION SEVEN DOT FIVE.

I DON'T NEED TO ENUMERATE ALL THOSE FOR YOU.

UM, IF YOU WANT A HAND OUT, I CAN GIVE YOU A HANDOUT ON THOSE, BUT I'LL, I'LL SET THAT ASIDE FOR THE MOMENT.

UM, WE'RE PRIMARILY AN ADVISORY.

WE ARE AN ADVISORY BODY TO COUNTY COUNCIL ON APPLICATIONS INVOLVING A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS, COMP PLAN AMENDMENTS, UH, TEXTS, THE MINUTES, MEN MITTS TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CONE ZONE MAP, AMENDMENTS REZONING MATTERS OF LONG RANGE PLANNING, UM, INCLUDING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM.

UM, WE ALSO SERVE AS AN APPLET BODY ON APPEALS AS SPECIFIED IN SECTION 7.2 OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODE DURING 2011.

IT'S BEEN A VERY UNUSUAL YEAR, OBVIOUSLY EVERYBODY WITH THE PANDEMIC AND WE WERE CONFINED AS YOU WERE MANY TIMES WITH ZOOM MEETINGS, TRYING TO FIND OUR WAY THROUGH THE TECHNOLOGIES.

WE COULD UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER AND READ EACH OTHER'S LIPS WHEN WE'RE OUT OF SYNC WITH THE WORDS.

UM, BUT WE WORKED BEAUTIFULLY ON 11 TEXT AMENDMENTS, UH, EIGHT MAP REQUESTS TO ROAD RENAMING, AND MOST SIGNIFICANTLY, UH, THE REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL OF THE 2040 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

THE VISION HAS BEEN COMPLETED.

UM, IT'S, IT WAS A LENGTHY PROCESS THAT WAS INTENDED TO BE ABOUT A YEAR THAT EXTENDS ITSELF TO TWO YEARS, UH, AS A RESULT OF PANDEMIC AS A RESULT OF THAT, UH, IT'S A, IT'S A PRODUCT THAT, THAT, UH, WE'RE VERY PROUD OF AND I KNOW YOU'RE VERY PROUD OF IT AND PASSING IT AND APPROVING IT, MOVING FORWARD WITH IT.

I HEARD IT MENTIONED MANY TIMES TODAY AS, UH, AS A EMBODIMENT OF THE PLANS THAT ARE BEING RECOMMENDED TO GO FORWARD WITH THE FUNDS, UM, WAS A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE.

WE ONLINE SURVEYS, UM, COMMUNITY FORUMS, PUBLIC MEETINGS, UM, REALLY GOING OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY.

HE WAS REALLY HAPPY.

THAT'S WHAT I THINK MADE THE PLAN IS, IS AS GOOD AS IT IS.

UM, LISTENING TO WHAT THE PEOPLE HAVE TO SAY TO THEM AS

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I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, A PLAN IS GREAT TO HAVE STRATEGIC PLAN.

I SPENT MY CAREER BIG CORPORATE AMERICA WORKING ON STRATEGIC PLANS AT SOUTH THAT SAT NICELY ON A SHELF.

AND WEREN'T LOOKED AT WINTER, I SET OFF THE UNIQUENESS OF THIS PARTICULAR PLAN IS IT HAS A WORK PLAN.

IT HAS AN ACTION PLAN.

IT HAS THE WHO, WHAT, WHY, WHEN AND HOW SO THAT YOU CAN TAKE THE STRATEGIC ELEMENTS AND MOVE FORWARD, AS YOU SAID, ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THINGS TO GET DONE.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT MAKES THIS PLAN UNIQUE ALONG WITH ALL OF THE DATA THAT SUPPORTS IT, THAT, UH, I'M SURE IT WILL HAVE TO BE UPDATED IN THE CENSUS REPORTS AND SO ON, BUT, UH, IT'S, IT'S A GREAT PRODUCT.

I'M VERY PROUD OF IT.

OF COURSE, ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT THAT CAME FROM THE STAFF AND THE, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT STAFF IS, IS PAR EXCELLENCE.

UH, THEY'RE A GREAT TEAM.

THEY'VE GOT GREAT PLAYERS, UH, GOOD, GREAT LEADERSHIP.

AND THEY WORKED ON SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS, INCLUDING THINGS LIKE THE PHIL WARDEN.

IT'S IN THE COASTAL RESILIENCY OVERLAY INITIATIVES, UH THAT'S TO ADDRESS THE COASTAL ENVIRONMENTAL VULNERABILITY AND RESILIENCY AND THE IMPACTS OF COASTAL FLOODING.

I THINK THAT'S ENOUGH FROM ME RIGHT NOW.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS YOU WOULD LIKE TO ASK ME? YOU CERTAINLY TEND TO OUR MEETINGS AND THERE'S ONE TONIGHT.

YES.

OH, I THINK I SAW AND WE DON'T, IF WE DON'T GET TO SEE VERY OFTEN, WE KNOW YOU LABOR, UH, ANONYMOUSLY, UH, FAR AS WORKING.

SO WE DON'T SEE YOU THAT OFTEN.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

AND THANK YOU FOR COMING AND TAKING YOUR TIME TO COME AND SPEAK TO US TONIGHT.

IT'S A PLEASURE.

IT'S AN HONOR TO HAVE YOU, AND WE KNOW, WE KNOW YOU CARRY THE LOAD FOR US.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU.

THAT WAS AT MY EXACT SENTIMENTS.

MR. PEPPER HAS SAID, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO ON THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

WE KNOW THAT IT IS A DIFFICULT TIME DOING IT, BUT, UH, ON BEHALF OF COUNTY COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK YOU'VE DONE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR, UM, I APPRECIATE YOU.

I MEAN, I'VE KNOWN ED FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND, UM, WHEN I SAW THE ACTION PLAN, UH, ELEMENTS IN YOUR HAND IS ALL INTO, SO I APPRECIATE IT.

CAUSE YOU ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY AND, UM, COMMUNITY OR ORGANIZATION TO BE ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PEOPLE.

UM, THERE'S BEEN YOUR LIFELINE EVER SINCE I MET YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU AGAIN.

THANKS.

AND WE PLAN TO HAVE OTHER CHAIRMANS OF OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS COME THROUGH THE YEAR TO GIVE US AN UPDATE, BUT WE'RE VERY GLAD TO HAVE YOU AS OUR FIRST ONE TODAY.

UM, AND GOOD LUCK TONIGHT WITH A PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING TO AT SIX O'CLOCK.

UH, NUMBER SEVEN

[7. A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS AND PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE FEE SIMPLE PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY KNOWN AS TMS# R300 028 000 0016 0000 AND ALSO KNOWN AS BERMUDA BLUFF]

KNOWN AS TMS ARE 300 0 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 0.

ALSO KNOWN AS WELL MUDA BLUFF.

AND, UM, I THINK WE WILL HAVE THAT PRESENTED BY MS. SHAFFER IS THE DIRECTOR OF LAND PROTECTION AND BEAVER COUNTY WIND TRUST.

AND THEN YOUR PACKET.

I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THAT GOOD EVENING.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

I'M SO HAPPY TO PRESENT THIS PROJECT TO YOU.

UM, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

AND IT'S ALSO THE FIRST PROJECT THAT I RECEIVED AN APPLICATION FOR THAT HAS MOVED ITS WAY THROUGH THE ENTIRE PROCESS.

SO Y'ALL KNOW, UM, I'VE BEEN IN THIS ROLE A YEAR NOW AND THAT'S ABOUT HOW LONG IT TAKES, BUT YOU'VE GOT A REALLY GREAT PRODUCT IN FRONT OF YOU, A REALLY GREAT PROPERTY AND OPPORTUNITY IN FRONT OF YOU.

UM, I BELIEVE IN, ON BEHALF OF THE STAFF, I THINK THEY WOULD, UM, WHOLEHEARTEDLY ECHO THAT RECOMMENDATION FOR ME TO BLUFF IS APPROXIMATELY 24 ACRES.

UM, 19.9 OF WHICH ARE HIGH, UM, AND IT SURROUNDS AN EXISTING COUNTY PROPERTY ON ST.

HELENA AND PROVIDES WATER ACCESS.

UM, THE COUNTY PROPERTY IS, IS OFTEN USED AS, UM, A FISHING SPOT OR KIND OF A QUIET SPOT FOR QUIET MOMENTS, UM, OVERLOOKING THE PORT ROYAL SOUND AND PARRIS ISLAND.

UM, IT IS SURROUNDED BY OTHER PROTECTED LAND ON ST.

HELENA, INCLUDING SEVERAL FARMS. AND, UM, IT IS YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE IT WITH A CLEAN PHASE ONE AND ALL THE DUE DILIGENCE CHECKING OUT.

SO, UM, IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO ANSWER SOME OF THE NEEDS OF THE GREENPRINT WITH RESPECT, TO BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE WATER ACCESS AND PASSIVE RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES.

AND IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO COMPLIMENT EXISTING COUNTY OWNED FACILITIES.

SO, UM, THAT IS A SHORT UPDATE ON BERMUDA BLUFF.

WELL, UNDER ERIC'S REQUESTED 10 MINUTES, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

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SO YOU BIRTHED THIS WAY.

I WILL MAKE THAT MOTION.

DO I HAVE A SECOND DISCUSSION? WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO MAKE COMMENTS ON THIS PRIVATE, WANT TO DISCUSS IT? AND THIS IS GREAT TO HAVE THIS ONE COME TO FRUITION.

ALL RIGHT, MR. GREENWAY, DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT OR, OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

SO THIS WILL BE MOVED TO COUNTY COUNSEL WITHOUT OBJECTION.

THIS WILL MOVE TO COUNTY COUNCIL.

NO OBJECTION.

JUST QUICKLY MOVE THE RANKING ON THIS ONE.

WE'LL SEE THE LAKE.

THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

I DON'T REMEMBER FROM OUR, UM, RURAL AND CRITICAL MEETING, BUT I CAN LET YOU KNOW BEFORE YOUR COUNCIL THEN NO, IT'S NOT ON THE PROJECT ANALYSIS.

I'LL FIND IT.

OKAY.

THE NEXT ITEM

[8. A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO REFUND THE $3001.54 AMOUNT OF IMPACT FEES PAID BY BEAUFORT HOUSING AUTHORITY ON 2 RESIDENTIAL UNITS FRONTING RIBAUT ROAD.]

AND CAN WE DO THE NEXT ONE WITH IT? WE WILL TAKE BOTH EIGHT AND NINE TOGETHER IN ACCOUNTS.

REMEMBER RODMAN FAIRISH AND WE'LL DO A MINI CONSENT AGENDA ON EIGHT NINE, AND NUMBER NINE, TAKE ONE MOTION.

SO ANYWAY, NUMBER NINE IS IMPACT FEES PAID BY THE HILTON HEAD REGIONAL HABITAT FOR HUMANITY ON UNITS ON ALEX PATTERSON ROAD.

YES, SIR.

GO AHEAD.

YEAH.

SO, UM, TWO THINGS, ONE IS, I'M NOT SURE THIS HAS TO COME BEFORE COUNCIL BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNTS BECAUSE IT'S SWELLED WITHIN MY, UH, LIMIT OF $50,000.

BUT SINCE IT IS AN IMPACT FEE, WAIVER AND REFUND, I DID THINK IT ROSE TO THE LEVEL OF AT LEAST HAVING COMMITTEE REVIEW, UH, BEFORE WE DID THIS, UM, THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT HAVE ESSENTIALLY, UH, BEEN BUILT IN THE CASE OF THE BUFORD HOUSING AUTHORITY, UH, SITUATION REFUND.

AND THOSE, THIS ONE GOES ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE TIME THAT JOHN WEAVER WAS HERE AS INTERIM COUNTY ADMINISTRATORS TO THIS TIME, UH, THE, UH, HILTON HEAD REGIONAL HABITAT, UH, FOR THOSE UNITS, I BELIEVE HAVE BEEN BUILT AND HAVE BEEN PERMITTED FOR UNITS HAVE YET TO BE PERMITTED.

UH, SO IT WILL BE A REFUND ON, UH, A PORTION OF IT, A WAIVER ON THOSE THAT HAVE NOT YET REQUESTED A WAIVER.

UM, I'M NOT SURE THAT THESE AMOUNTS IN PARTICULAR TO BUBERT HOUSING AUTHORITY, UH, THING IS CORRECT.

I'VE GOT TO VERIFY THAT WITH CHUCK AND ANGELA, BECAUSE WE HAVE IT AS TWO UNITS.

AND I THINK IT IS BECAUSE THESE ARE NOT, THESE ARE NON-RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS, SO THEY ONLY PAID IMPACT FEES AS IF THEY WERE TWO SEPARATE UNITS INSTEAD OF INDIVIDUAL RESIDENTIAL UNITS.

BUT I WOULD, UM, ASK YOU ALL TO CONSIDER THESE, UH, THIS EVENING, UH, THE REGIONAL HABITAT FOR HUMANITY REQUEST.

THE ONLY THING THAT'S UNIQUE ON THAT IS THERE'S A ROAD IMPACT FEE.

THAT'S CHARGED BY HILTON HEAD ISLAND.

THAT'S OUTSIDE OF BUFORD COUNTY'S IMPACT FEE.

THIS WAIVER AND REFUND WOULD NOT COVER THAT AMOUNT.

SO THAT NEEDS TO BE CLEAR, UH, TO COUNCIL.

SO IF YOU ALL DO MAKE A MOTION, PARTICULARLY ON THE ONE, SINCE I'M A LITTLE UNCLEAR ON THE NUMBERS, THAT IF YOU WOULD JUST MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE WAIVE AND REFUND THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF IMPACT FEES FOR THESE TWO PROJECTS THAT WERE EITHER PAID OR DO, THEN WE WILL SORT THAT OUT AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE APPROPRIATE RECEIPTS.

UH, AT THAT POINT, IF YOU DON'T MIND, IT'LL EITHER BE FOR THE HOUSING AUTHORITY.

IT'LL EITHER BE IN THE AMOUNT OF 3054, OR, UM, COULD BE SIX TO 12, DEPENDING ON HOW IT'S CALCULATED.

SO MOVED.

SO I WILL MAKE THAT MOTION.

I THINK I'VE HEARD COUNCILMAN SOME ARE REAL FIRST AND SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION OR OTHER QUESTIONS, WE'LL JUST TAKE THE WORDS, UM, A RESOLUTION OUT AND JUST GIVE HIM THE AUTHORIZATION AUTHORIZATION, BECAUSE WE CAN DO IT AT THE COUNTY LEVEL.

YES, SIR.

IS IT ALEX PATTERSON ROAD OR IS IT ALAN PATTERSON ROAD? ALEX PATTERSON ROAD? ALEX IS CORRECT.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

UM, WITHOUT OBJECTION, RESOLUTION DOES STATE THAT THE NUMBERS ARE NOT EXACT AND IT GIVES YOU PERMISSION TO IN THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT TO CALCULATE THEM PROPERLY.

SO, YEAH.

OKAY.

SO WE'RE GOOD WITHOUT AN OBJECTION, THIS WILL PASS AND IT WILL NOT NEED TO GO TO FULL COUNT, CORRECT.

THE COUNCIL USED TO NEED TO DO THE RESOLUTION THAT FULL COUNCIL

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YOU STARTED IT THROUGH THE COUNCIL PROCESS.

SO I THINK IT WOULDN'T HURT AND IT PROBABLY ISN'T TO, IT WILL BE ON THE AGENDA FOR DECEMBER.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

IN YOUR PACKET, THERE IS, UM, A LIST OF ALL THE AGENCIES, BOARDS, AND COMMISSIONS, AND NUMBER OF VACANCIES.

UH, THIS WAS INCLUDED BY OUR CLARK AND, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE DOING PRETTY GOOD, BUT THERE'S A FEW VACANCIES TO FILL AND WE'RE WORKING ON THOSE.

SO, UM, IS THERE ANY OTHER BUSINESS OR THE NATURAL RESOURCE COMMITTEE SAYING NONE? WE ARE ADJOURNED.