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UTILITY BOARD A DIFFERENT COUNTY. SHE'S UP FRONT.
>> FORTUNATELY WE DO HAVE A QUORUM AND SHINY FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL
OF THE AGENDA. >> I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA FOR TODAY'S MEETING.
I COLLUSION WITH AGENDA. THANK YOU ALL. SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY WE SHOULD PASS THIS NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR THE MAY 18TH MEETING. I HAVE EMOTIONAL CREWS THE MINUTES AS RECORDED FOR THE MAY 18TH MEETING I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ABOUT AS OF LATE MAY 18TH MEETING.
I HAVE A SECOND WHETHER HERE L HAVE A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I.
HIGH MOTION PASSES. MINUTES ARE APPROVED AS RECORDED.
>> WAIT FOR THIS GENTLEMAN HAS A SEAT ANGER. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS
[2. INTRODUCTIONS]
INTRODUCTIONS. WE WILL START ON MY RIGHT BILL BAUER WITH THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON WATERSHED MANAGEMENT JAMES CLERK REPRESENTING UNINCORPORATED PORT ROYAL I AM MARK FEINBERG AND I REPRESENT UNINCORPORATED BLUFFTON TOWNSHIP.>> AND TO FUSCA ISLAND ANALOGY CHINA AND I REPRESENT UNINCORPORATED SOUTHERN WE'VE HAD COUNTY AND THIS WILL BE MY LAST MEANING AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD AFTER 12 YEARS.
>> PATRICK MITCHELL I REPRESENT LAKE ZONE DENNIS ROSS AND I'M AT LARGE IN BRAND NEW WELCOME ALL STAFF AND OKATIE AREA FROM OUR I'M JULIANNA HOWARD DISTRICT FOR ON ALASTAIR VICTOR CAPITAL MAJOR INJURY THE AND JOHN SPENCER SENIOR MINISTER PERSONAL WE COULD NOT DO
WITHOUT. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU WANT AND ALL FOR
COMING ON THIS VERY HOT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. >> THE FIRST THING I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS FOR THE STORM WATER UTILITY BOARD. WE WISH TO CONGRATULATE MRS. ALICE HOWARD ON HER SUCCESSFUL PRIMARY BID TO THE BEAUFORT COUNTY COUNCIL.
>> MRS. HOWARD HAS BEEN A STAUNCH SUPPORTER FOR THE COUNT WATER WITH THE COUNTY STORMWATER EFFORTS FOR MANY YEARS AND WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO HER REELECTED ON THE BOARD.
>> SO CONGRATULATIONS AND NEXT ITEM WOULD BE PUBLIC COMMENT. >> IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME? VAN, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU. LAST MEETING IN YOUR ABSENCE.
WE THANK YOU PROFUSELY FOR LETTING US COME TO THE CYPRESS WETLANDS AND WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE WONDERFUL WORK OF YOUR TOWN. THANK YOU. WITH RESPECT TO STORM WATER AND THE ENVIRONMENT AND PROVIDING WHAT APPEARS TO BE AND I DIDN'T REALIZE A PHOTOGRAPHER'S DREAM
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FOR WILDLIFE IN THE TOWN OF PORT ROYAL SO GREAT JOB. >> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. >> NEXT WOULD BE THE REPORTS AND THE FIRST REPORT WILL BE
THE UTILITY UPDATE BY MESURIER . >> YES.
THIS IS THE LAST START IN A NEW START EMPLOYEE BASE CIVIC ORGANIZATION AND SO WE HAD OUR
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FIRST KICKOFF MEETING YESTERDAY. >> TO BE CARED FOR AT THE UTILITY BOARD THIS AFTERNOON. THAT FIRST ITEM ON MY AIR FORCE IS THE UTILITY OF UPDATE.
>> WE KIM JONES AND I WENT TO PRISON. THE EFFORTS OF THE SOLAR IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEES AT SOUTH CAROLINA'S DECISION IS FAR MORE MANAGERS ON JUNE 2ND.
THAT WAS VERY WELL RECEIVED. WE'VE ALREADY HAD SEVERAL WEEKS OF HOLIDAYS FOLLOW UP WITH US ABOUT THOSE EFFORTS AND WE CONTINUE TO ENJOY IMPLEMENTING THE MANUAL INFORMATION.
WE HAVE BEGUN HAVING MORE COORDINATED DISCUSSIONS WITH THOSE OF US THAT HAVE IMPLEMENTED THE MANUAL. AND ANY MAJOR UPDATES CERTAINLY BROUGHT TO THE TECHNICAL SUBCOMMITTEE TO DO THAT AS WELL . WE ARE I GUESS.
LAST WEEK I PRESENTED FOR THE SOUTH CAROLINA ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES.
VERY, VERY. THERE ARE MORE REGIONAL COORDINATE.
THERE ARE FIVE OTHER COMPETITORS IN THAT CATEGORY. >> WE'LL FIND OUT NEXT WEEK WHO ONE WHO RECEIVE THANK YOU MESS THAT UP TO SERVE FROM THE TOP BEFORE BEFORE YOU START HERE.
>> I'D JUST LIKE TO WELCOME STEVE ANDREWS, MEMBER OF THE BOARD FLIGHT AGENDA.
>> I'VE GOT. ALL RIGHT. >> SO LIKE YOU SAID, WE WILL BE FINDING OUT EARLY NEXT WEEK IF THEY MEAN JURISDICTIONS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THAT EFFORT WON
OR RECEIVED HONORABLE MENTION. >> SO FINGERS CROSSED. AND THEN LASTLY, WILL WE ALSO BE PRESENTING ABOUT OUR EFFORTS AT THE NATIONAL STORM STORM CON CONFERENCE IN MARYLAND IN
SEPTEMBER AS WELL AS SAYS WELL IN OCTOBER . >> THAT IS THE LOCAL SOUTHEAST STORMWATER ASSOCIATION KIM JONES AND I'LL BE DOING AS WELL.
SO YOU MENTIONED IT WAS HOT. THANKFULLY WE'RE TO SOME DEGREE.
I'M THANKFUL WE'RE NOT OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW OUT AT THE THE EVERGREEN POND.
THERE IS STILL ONE MINOR COMPONENT THAT NEEDS TO GET WRAPPED UP AND THEN AFTER THAT WE'LL BE HOSTING OUR OPEN HOUSE. SO HOPEFULLY FOR MAYBE THE AUGUST OR OCTOBER MEETING WE'LL BE ON SITE FOR THAT ONE PROBABLY OCTOBER WITH THE HEAT AND THEN WE ALSO WERE CONTACTED BY A ONE OF THE PARTNERS FOR CPM P PIPE TO DO A SPECIAL
PRESENTATION. >> THEY LIKE TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THEIR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT WITH THE BOARD. AND SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET HIM SCHEDULED MAYBE FOR THE AUGUST MEETING IF YOU ALL WERE INTERESTED. GREAT.
AND HEARING FROM FROM SOME OF THE THE PEOPLE BOOTS ON THE GROUND GETTING THESE MAJOR
PROJECTS DONE FOR US. >> SO SOUTHEASTERN PIPE OR IS IT SOMEONE C P AND P?
>> OH GOSH I CAN REMEMBER THAT GUY NAMED STEVE DEAR RECAST FACILITIES IN SOMERVILLE IS
THERE. >> REID HAS HE WENT UP IN OREGON AS WELL.
SO WE'VE BEEN THEY'VE BEEN ALLOWING OUR STAFF TO GO VISIT THE PLANT AS THEY MAKE SOME
OF THESE THESE BIG PIPES. >> AND IT'S BEEN GREAT FEEDBACK FOR EVERYBODY.
THEY'RE LOOKING TO POTENTIALLY HOST SOME TRAININGS FOR COUNTY STAFF.
SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE THEM INVOLVED AND CERTAINLY IF ANY OF THE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES WANT TO PARTICIPATE, WE'D BE HAPPY TO EXTEND THAT INVITATION TO YOU ALL AS WELL.
>> SO GOING DOWN TO THE IGAD WE'RE JUST WAITING ON THOSE SIGNED COPIES BACK FROM THE CITY IN THE TOWN AND THEN WE'LL BE READY TO ROCK ON THOSE BUT THEY ARE HAVE BEEN APPROVED AND
READY TO GO NEXT. >> I'M GOING TO GO TO THE MONITORING UPDATE.
AND SINCE DANIELLE IS HERE TO HAVE HER COME UP AND SPEAK FOR US WELCOME DANIELLE.
>> WASN'T PREPARED FOR THIS. THE ONLY UPDATE REALLY FOR THE LAB IS WITH ME FOR COUNTY.
A COUPLE OF THINGS. WE FINISHED THE MONITORING AND MOSSY OAKS PROJECT SO THAT'S A YEAR OF DATA. WE CURRENTLY JUST FINISH. SO WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER A REPORT FOR THAT THE SECOND QUARTER OF THE M.S. FOR WATER COLLECTION IS DONE AND WE JUST SIGNED TO BOTHER YOU WITH YOU FOR COUNTY AND USC WATER QUALITY LAB.
SO THAT WAS THAT WAS EXCITING AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. >> THANK YOU.
>> YES. WE'RE REAL EXCITED TO CONTINUE OUR EFFORTS WITH THE USC LAB.
SO THAT WILL END ON JUNE 30TH AND KICK BACK UP JULY 1ST. >> SO FOR THE STORMWATER
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IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE I DON'T REALLY HAVE MUCH TO ADD. THE ONLY THING I'LL SAY DURING THIS TIME IS WE WILL ALL BE MEETING ON FRIDAY FOR WITH THE LOW COUNTRIES STORMWATER PARTNERS WE'VE BEGAN HAVING MY ANNUAL MEETINGS FOR JUST THE M.S. FOR PARTNERS ENTOURAGE AND LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING WITH ELLEN AND SOME OF HER LEADERSHIP FRIDAY FRIDAYMORNING. >> SO AND NEXT IS STORMWATER RELATED PROJECTS.
>> JULIAN, COME UP AND TALK. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. >> FOR STORMWATER RELATED PROJECTS WE CONTINUE TO MEET ABOUT EASEMENTS MONTHLY AND ACT ACCORDINGLY WHERE WE CAN BE OF SERVICE FOR THE SHAREPOINT COMMUNITY IN THE PROJECTS WE HAVE GOING ON THERE FOLLOWING THE APPROVAL FROM YOU ALL LAST MONTH WE TOOK THIS TO NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE FOR APPROVAL ON JUNE 6TH AND THEN MONDAY NIGHT IT HAD IT FOR ITS FIRST READING AT COUNTY COUNCIL
AND SO THAT WAS APPROVED. >> IT WILL BE READ TWO MORE TIMES.
THE THIRD READING AND FINAL APPROVAL TO BE JULY 11TH AND THEN WILL GO AHEAD WITH A
CONTRACT AND START WORK THERE HOPEFULLY BY AUGUST. >> WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON
EASEMENTS IN THAT AREA AND MAKE VISITS WHERE NECESSARY. >> ONE THING I WILL ADD WE JULIAN AND I DID A SITE VISIT LAST FRIDAY MORNING WITH SOME OF THE RESIDENTS IN MOTH SHELL POINT AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET TWO MORE CONFIRMED EASEMENTS FOR THAT PROJECT.
>> SO MOVING ALONG RELATIVELY QUICKLY THAT GETTING THOSE TWO. WE NOW HAVE A FULL SEGMENT OF EASEMENT BETWEEN CYPRESS AND WALNUT WHICH IS GOOD. VERY HELPFUL.
WE ALSO GOT ONE JUST NORTH OF THAT CONNECTING WALNUT INTO THE PALMETTO RIDGE EASEMENT AND THAT EVENTUALLY OUTFALL WAS UNDER BROAD RIVER THROUGH THE COUNTY PASSIVE PART AND IT'S BROAD BROADER. SO THE UPDATE FOR THE COMMON POND WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO WORK WITH THAT PROPERTY OWNER AND BE FOR COUNTY LEGAL TO OBTAIN THAT EASEMENT AT THIS POINT. THE WE HAVE TWO OPTIONS BECAUSE THE COUNTY EXTENDED FUNDS ON THAT PROJECT. WE EITHER HAVE TO GET COMPENSATED FOR ALL WAS EXPENDED OR WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT EASEMENT GRANTED IN FULL. SO WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT
CONVERSATION BUT WE ARE LOOKING TO FINISH AND MOVE FORWARD. >> DO YOU BELIEVE THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET THE EASEMENT SINCE WE ALREADY EXPENDED THE MONEY OR SOME OF THE MONIES THE R TRYING TO NEGOTIATE THE BEST PATH TO MOVE FORWARD THAT THERE IS SOME HESITATION WITH THESE MEN ON BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY OWNER AND DESPITE SOME OF OUR REASSURANCES THERE IS STILL A
LITTLE BIT OF HESITATION ON HIS PART. >> WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO GET YOU FOR LEGAL INVOLVED BUT WE'RE KIND OF AT THE END OF THE LINE.
THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN LINGERING FOR THIS ASPECT FOR SOME TIME NOW.
SO WE'RE AT THE POINT WHERE IT NEEDS TO END. BUT WE'VE THEY CAN WE CONTINUE TO HAVE DISCUSSION. SO THAT COMMUNICATION IS STILL OPEN JUST AS FAST AS IT SHOULD.
ANYONE WOULD LIKE. THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT FOR THAT ONE.
KATIE KNOWS FAR MORE ABOUT THAT SITUATION THAN I DO FOR THE TUXEDO PARK POND DREDGING PROJECT THAT BID DOCUMENT WAS POSTED ABOUT AN HOUR AGO AND SO LIKE ANY GOOD JOB I'M STILL LEARNING A YEAR INTO THIS AND DECIDED MAYBE A PROPOSAL WAS NOT THE BEST THING TO DO.
>> SO WE'VE REISSUED THE BID DOCUMENT NEARLY THE EXACT SAME AS THE FIRST TIME EXCEPT THIS TIME THE CONTRACTOR WILL PROVIDE US WITH THE SCHEDULE ABOUT USE SO HOPEFULLY THIS WILL BE MORE OF THE DIRECTION THAT WE NEED TO GO IN AND WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
FOLLOWING THE BID CLOSES IN A MONTH SO JULY 16TH MID-JULY WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT DESIGN IS COMPLETE FOR HUSBAND COURT NORTH AND PURCHASING IS REVIEWING THOSE DOCUMENTS NOW.
>> ACTUALLY THEY SENT IT BACK ALSO ABOUT AN HOUR AGO SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL BE POSTED
BY THE END OF THE WEEK. >> NOW TO MOVE TO PROFESSIONAL CONTRACTS.
CONSTRUCTION DOES CONTINUE AT THE MEMORIAL PROJECT. >> WE'RE HOPING THAT THAT WILL WRAP UP AT THE END OF THE MONTH AS IT'S NOT BUDGETED FOR NEXT YEAR.
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>> I SPOKE WITH THE CONTRACTOR THIS MORNING AND LANDSCAPING WILL START ON MONDAY AND THEY
WILL POUR THE PERVIOUS CONCRETE ON TUESDAY. >> AND I BELIEVE THEY'VE GOT
SOME ASPHALT TO POUR IN THEN THAT'S IT. >> SO NEXT WEEK IS GONNA BE A BIG WEEK OUT THERE AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE THAT ALL DRESSED .
THEY'RE CONTINUING TO WORK EVEN THOUGH THEIR CONTRACT SAYS JUNE 10TH WAS IT WAS EXTENDED
EXTENDED YESSIR. >> THROUGH JULY 6TH THROUGH KATIE MENTIONED THE EVERGREEN
REGIONAL POND THAT THINGS ARE STILL CONTINUING OUT THERE. >> DOMINION WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THERE TODAY TO ADJUST THE GAS LINE AS THEY NEEDED TO AND AT THE TIME THAT IT WAS TIME FOR ME TO PULL THIS REPORT TOGETHER, WE ANTICIPATED IT TO BE DONE OR THAT WAS THE BEST WE KNEW SINCE THEN RECEIVED A MORE TAILORED TIMELINE FROM THE CONTRACTOR AND ACCORDING TO
THAT EXPECT THAT IT'LL BE DONE AT THE END OF JULY. >> WE CAN WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH WOLPERT FOR VARIOUS THINGS AND I WON'T GO THROUGH THIS WHOLE LIST BUT JUST TO TOUCH ON A FEW SCOPED NUMBER FIVE WHICH IS ITEM E ABOUT THE BATTERY CREEK BEHIND THAT TRASH RACK IS IN AND STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE IS WORKING TO INSTALL THAT SCOPE NUMBER EIGHT
OR ITEM H THE ST. HELENA DRAINAGE STUDY. >> KATIE, NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME OF THAT DATA THIS MORNING AND THEY'VE DONE A LOT. IT'S A HUGE PACKET OF INFORMATION BUT A LOT OF GOOD THINGS THERE AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO DELVING FURTHER INTO THAT SCOPE. NO NONE FOR THE ARTHUR HORNE PARK WOLPERT DID COMPLETE THE THREE 19 GRANT APPLICATION AND THAT WAS SUBMITTED TO DEAC ON JUNE 3RD AS CIRCUMVENT OF THAT
. >> WE SPOKE WITH NRC US I BELIEVE IT WAS RIGHT BEFORE THE LAST REMAINING UTILITY BOARD MEETING AND I HAD A LOT OF GREAT IDEAS THERE AND ONE IDEAS THAT WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT TODAY WAS THE POSSIBLE INCLUSION OF SOUTHSIDE PARK INTO THIS PROJECT AND LUMP THOSE TOGETHER IN THOSE EFFORTS AND THEN SKIPPED NUMBER 10 ITEM
J FOR THE LADIES ISLAND DRAINAGE STUDY. >> I BELIEVE THEY HAVE BEGUN TO CONSTRUCT THE MODEL FOR THAT. SO IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS I'LL TURN IT BACK TO
KATIE. >> QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.
>> REGIONAL COORDINATION BY MISS DANIELLE MENTIONED WE'RE DONE WITH SOME OF THAT MOSSY OAKS DATA COLLECTION BECAUSE OF THE WORK WE ARE PLANNING ON DOING AT ARTHUR HORNE PARK.
WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING IN ANOTHER REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE OF WITH THE LAB TO HELP GET SOME FREE CONSTRUCTION DATA AND GEARING CONSTRUCTION DATA AND POST CONSTRUCTION DATA ON WATER QUALITY AND WHAT THOSE IMPROVEMENTS MAY LOOK LIKE. OVERALL WE'VE GOT A PRETTY GOOD BASELINE FROM SOME OF THE OUTFLOWS THAT WE WERE DOING ASSOCIATED WITH THE MOSSY OAKS DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO GET MORE SITE SPECIFIC INFORMATION.
>> ARTHUR HORNE ONCE WE GET THAT RFA OFF THE GROUND. SO FOR THE MUNICIPAL REPORTS I KNOW WE HAVE SEVERAL OF OUR PARTNERS IN THE ROOM ALL KIND OF GIVE THE FLOOR OVER TO THEM IF THEY LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THEIR RESPECTIVE NEXT TO THE WOODS TO
OUR THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> FIRST THING IS I WANT TO INTRODUCE ANDREW MARINO AS THERE ARE NEW EMMIS FOR PROGRAM MANAGER. SO AS I MOVED UP SHE'S COMING IN TO FILL MY SPOT. I MEAN ANDREW HAS WORKED TOGETHER FOR WHAT FIVE, FIVE
YEARS NOW? >> AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT MOVING HER UP TO TO BRING HER INTO THAT. THAT SPOT GOING TO OUR PROJECTS.
THE AWARD CONTRACT FOR BRIDGE STREET HAS BEEN APPROVED BY TECH COUNCIL AND WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION GUYS TO TELL US WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY START ON THE PROJECT. THE HISTORIC DRAINAGE STUDY THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IN OLD TOWN. BLUFFTON IS MOVING ALONG GOOD. WE ARE ADDING CHOKE POINTS TO OUR DRAINAGE MODELS. SO THAT'S EXCITING. AND THEN THE LAST BIG THING IS AGAIN OUR MAIN RIVER ACTION PLAN. AH, MAY RIVER WATERSHED ACTION PLAN COMMITTEE IS MEETING THIS THURSDAY TO GO OVER THE ELEVEN TO ELEVEN PLUS ADDITIONAL 15 SITES FOR POTENTIAL WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS. THEY'RE GONNA GO OVER THAT THIS THURSDAY AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN MOVE FORWARD ON THAT. THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE FOR
HIM IS WATER. >> THANK YOU, MR. WELLS. A COUPLE OF THINGS.
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>> WE HAVE TWO PRETTY SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE SAME BASIN AS THE CYPRESS WETLANDS. SO WE DID AN UPDATE TO THE HYDRO GRAPH AS TO WHAT THE CAPACITY OF THAT THE WETLAND CAN BE. SO WE'RE FAIRLY SATISFIED THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE ON THAT ADDITIONAL WATER WHICH IS WHAT WOULD THE PLAN WAS IN THE FIRST PLACE. SECOND MASCARA LANE WHICH WE TOOK FROM SC DOTY A WHILE BACK LESS THAN A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND NOW IDENTIFIED SOME DRAINAGE PROBLEMS AND PIPE THAT GOES PLACES WE HAVE NO CLUE WHERE IT GOES. SO WE'RE WORKING ON NOW AND NEXT. SO VERY EXCITING TIMES. BUT THAT'S WHAT I GET.
THANK YOU WALTER OR OPERATIONS CLASS IT'S VERY EXCITING AND WE WILL BE FOCUSING WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. I THINK A STORM WATER UTILITY DASHBOARD ONGOING PRODUCTS THAT WE HAVE COMING UP. SO GIVEN OUR THAT YOU WANT TO COST COMPARISONS FUTURE WHAT OUR PARKS ARE. COME ON. I DON'T WANT TO SEE OUTAGES AROUND TOWN AND FOR THE EMS FOR REPORTS WE CONTINUE TO STAY EXTREMELY BUSY.
GOSH, I FEEL LIKE ONE OF THESE DAYS WILL SLOW DOWN BUT IT HASN'T BEEN YET.
SO FROM THE GRAPHS THAT I'VE BEEN INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKAGE. WE CONTINUE TO HAVE LOTS OF PERMITS ISSUED NOT AS MANY PROJECTS CLOSING OUT THIS LAST MONTH BUT WE DO HAVE SOME STARTING UP IN THE NEXT WAS COMING TO A CLOSE IN THIS NEXT MONTH INSPECTIONS I THINK WE'RE AVERAGING JUST OVER 700. WE ARE DEFINITELY LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THE FOURTH INSPECTOR POSITION COME ONLINE LINE THAT IS GOING TO BE CLASSIFIED AS A SENIOR LEVEL INSPECTOR. AND THEN AGAIN WE'LL HAVE THREE THREE OTHER INSPECTORS AS WELL.
>> SO SEVERAL IDP ISSUES I.E. DDT ISSUES. >> BUT THROUGH SOME MONITORING AND TESTING WE'RE ABLE TO RESOLVE THOSE OR CLOSE OUT. SO THAT WAS ALSO A GREAT EFFORT FOR OUR INSPECTION STAFF IN COORDINATION AS WELL WITH THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON.
THEY BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION AND WE WERE ABLE TO CLOSE THAT CLOSE THAT OUT WITH THE WITH
THE LAB AND PUBLIC EDUCATION. >> MISS ELLEN IS HERE. SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO HER WONDERFUL. GOOD AFTERNOON. IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN. I'VE BEEN ABSENT UNFORTUNATELY FOR THE LAST FEW MEETINGS DUE TO SCHEDULING CONFLICTS BUT THAT MEANS I WAS OUT IN THE FIELDS.
THAT'S ALSO A GREAT THING. WE HAD A REALLY BUSY APRIL AND MAY WITH DIFFERENT FESTIVALS.
WE ACTUALLY HAD A ROUSING SUCCESS AND GOT SEVERAL HUNDRED SIGNATURES FOR OUR PET WASTE PLEDGE. IN TERMS OF BASICALLY INCENTIVIZING PEOPLE WITH PET WASTE BAGS TO PICK UP AFTER THEIR OWN PET BOTH ON WALKS AND IN YARDS TO REDUCE BACTERIA POLLUTION. BUT WE ALSO HAD SOME GREAT SUCCESSES.
I WENT IN THE BEGINNING OF JUNE TO THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES EXTENSION PROFESSIONALS CONFERENCE IN KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN WHERE ONE OF OUR PROGRAMS THE HEALTHY PORN SERIES WAS FEATURED AND STARTED A ROUSING CONVERSATION ABOUT STORMWATER POND HEALTH BETWEEN GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND HEALTH CAROLINA EXTENSION AGENTS.
>> SO IT'S NICE TO KNOW THAT WE ALL SHARE THE SAME ISSUES WITH STORMWATER PONDS.
CAN I ASK YOU WHAT WAS THE COMMON THREAD? >> WAS THE DEPTH WAS IT DREDGING? WHAT WAS THE COMMON THREAD? YOUR FINGERS.
IT WAS MAINTENANCE AND INGRESS OF LAND INTO THE PONDS OR FOR THE MOST PART IT WAS THAT VERY
SIMILAR TO SOUTH CAROLINA. >> IT IS A PROPERTY OWNERS RESPONSIBILITY TO CARE FOR PONDS AND THEIR MAINTENANCE WHICH INCLUDES DREDGING EVERY 10 TO 15 YEARS HAVING STABLE BUFFER SHORELINES, NUTRIENTS, POLLUTION AND THINGS LIKE THAT. UNFORTUNATELY A LOT OF AREAS DID NOT FOLLOW THROUGH WITH BEST MET MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR STORMWATER PONDS AND SO NOW IT'S KIND OF LIKE A MAD DASH TO TRY AND REHAB THESE PONDS THAT WERE BUILT IN THE 80S, 90S, 2000S AND GET THEM FUNCTIONING ONCE AGAIN SO THAT THEY CAN ACT AS A POLLUTANT SINK INSTEAD
OF A POLLUTANT SOURCE. >> GOOD TO KNOW, RIGHT? >> BUT WE ALSO HAD A FEW OTHER EVENTS SUCH AS PULLING UP MY CALENDAR REAL QUICK TO ACCIDENTALLY CLOSED ON ME.
SO FOR THIS MONTH COMING WE ARE CURRENTLY IN HALFWAY THROUGH OUR FLOODING FOR 1 1 WEBINAR
SERIES. >> THIS IS A STATEWIDE PROGRAM THAT WE FOCUS A LOT ON COASTAL FLOODING BUT WE'VE ALSO INCLUDED UPSTATE FLOODING IN THIS PARTICULAR GO ROUND.
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WE HAVE OVER 200 PEOPLE REGISTERED FOR THESE WEBINARS. WE'VE BEEN GETTING AN AUDIENCE OF ABOUT 30 TO 40 AT EACH ONE THEY'LL BE GOING ON THE NEXT TWO WEDNESDAYS.IF YOU CAN'T PLEASE JOIN THE LAST WEDNESDAY IN JUNE WHEN JULIANNA IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE GIVING A SMALL PRESENTATION ON THE WORK IN SHELL POINT BECAUSE THAT PARTICULAR WEBINAR IS GONNA BE ALL ABOUT CASE STUDIES ACROSS THE STATE ON COMMUNITIES TACKLING FLOODING ISSUES. ALSO ON JUNE 30TH I HAVE A HEALTHY BOND SERIES WORKSHOP GOING PARTNERING WITH CRYSTAL LAKE TO DO CULTIVATING A CAROLINA YARD SALE, TALKING ABOUT SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPING FOR POND HEALTH SO THEY'LL COVER EVERYTHING FROM SOIL
TESTING TO FERTILIZING TO NATIVE PLANTS. >> AND THEN FINALLY I HOPE YOU GUYS GET THE BLUFFTON SUN BECAUSE I WAS INTERVIEWED FOR AN ARTICLE AND THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT RAINWATER HARVESTING IN NATIVE PLANTS AS WAYS TO CONSERVE WATER.
>> THANK YOU. YOU'VE BEEN BUSY, RIGHT? >> NO UPDATES FROM THE STATE AT THIS TIME. WE HAD A QUARTERLY ASSOCIATION OF STORM WATER MANAGERS MEETINGS AND THEY WERE NOT PARTICIPATE. SO NO UPDATES TO TALK ABOUT
FROM THAT MEETING. >> I HAVE ONE QUESTION ABOUT THE STATE AS HAS ALL OF OUR ASSOCIATED TOWNS AND CLEANNESS OF OUR ENDLESS REPORTS ALL BEEN APPROVED TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE? WE ALL HAVE TURNED THEM IN THAT I'M AWARE OF BUT WE'RE STILL NOT.
>> HAS ANYBODY EVER RECEIVED ANYTHING SINCE WE BEGAN SENDING THEM IN 2015?
I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVER GOTTEN A RESPONSE. >> SO THAT IS I.
>> WE'VE NEVER RECEIVED A RESPONSE EITHER OTHER THAN X. THEY'VE RECEIVED IT SO I MEAN OVER THE YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE. WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT ONE WAY TRAFFIC OF OF INFORMATION TO DETECT AND IT'S INTERESTING THAT WE DON'T GET ANY FEEDBACK ON OUR REPORTS OR THE TOWNSHIPS OR INCORPORATED TOWNS DON'T GET THEIRS EITHER.
>> AND WE SPEND ALL THIS MONEY ON THIS UNFUNDED MANDATE AND IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE COUNTY WHERE WE SHOULD SEND IT UP THE LINE THAT THE COUNTY REALLY OUGHT TO SEND SOMETHING TO THE STATE SAYING, YOU KNOW, WE'VE SUBMITTED ALL THIS DATA AND WE'VE NEVER RECEIVED A COMMENT BACK IN LESS. THE MINDSET IS THAT NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS .
I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU STAND. WELL, THEY DID. >> THEY DEFINITELY DO HEAR ABOUT US AT THE STATE LEVEL. WHEN JULIANNA AND I PRESENTED AT THE ASHEVILLE CONFERENCE THE INTERNATIONAL EROSION CONTROL ASSOCIATION AND THEY I THINK ALL OF THEIR STORMWATER STAFF WAS IN ATTENDANCE OF THAT AND WE GOT REALLY GREAT FEEDBACK ABOUT THE LOCAL MANUAL ON WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THAT IN THE LOW COUNTRY. BUT AT THAT TIME THAT WAS THAT
WAS ALL WE HEARD. >> NO HILTON IN BLUFFTON DID GET A AUDIT.
>> WAS IT TWO YEARS AGO NOW TIME FLIES. SO THEY THEY DO COME DOWN AND TALK TO US AND INTERACT WITH US. BUT AS FAR AS THE ANNUAL REPORT GOES, WE THEY ONLY HAD ONE GUY DOING THEIR REPORT. SO IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO GET THROUGH. I'D SAY. OR THE STAFF OF DADE.
WE DO CONTINUE TO HIRE FOR VACANT POSITIONS. TWO OF OUR STORMWATER INSPECTORS I'M SORRY ONE INSPECTOR AND ONE OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNICIANS RECEIVED THEIR POST CONSTRUCTION BNP INSPECTORS CERTIFICATION.
SCOTT YEOMANS AND JUDAH WOOD. SO WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THEM. THEY BOTH PASSED WITH OVER 90 PERCENT SO GLOWING REVIEWS FROM ME AND THEN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE DEPARTMENT.
THEY RECENTLY HIRED A NEW FOREMAN MR. RILEY HARRIET AND MR. MITCH YORK RECENTLY RECEIVED HIS CDL PERMIT. SO WHERE HE'S GOING FOR HIS FULL LICENSE AND MR. ROSS
WANTED ME TO MENTION THAT TODAY. >> SO MOVING ON TO THE MAINTENANCE REPORT PROVIDED BY THE INFRASTRUCTURE DEPARTMENT SEVERAL MAJOR PROJECTS AND AS WELL AS MINOR PROJECTS IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE, I'D BE HAPPY TO.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT BEFORE AND AFTER PHOTOS GROUP YES.
>> THEY REALLY SHOW WHAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY COMPLETING OUT THERE.
AND I THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER PHOTOS IT REALLY HELPS.
AND I WOULD THINK THAT WE CAN STORMWATER GROUP CAN USE THAT AS HAS A GREAT SPRINGBOARDS
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GOING FORWARD FOR WHEN YOU NEED EQUIPMENT AND PERSONNEL. >> YEAH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD TO REITERATE JUST HOW IMPORTANT GETTING THOSE IMAGES FROM THE STAFF ARE SO THEY CAN BE INTEGRATED AND YOU ALL CAN SEE EXACTLY WHERE THE EFFORTS AND THE WORK IS GOING HOME AND JUST ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT THEY GET ACCOMPLISHED SO PEOPLE COME IN.
>> TOMAS WELL DONE RIGHT. THAT'S IT FOR ME. THANK YOU.
>> THIS IS HOW DO WE HAVE ANYTHING FROM NATURAL RESOURCE COMMITTEE?
NOTHING AT THIS TIME. >> THANK YOU. I WOULD ASK IS THERE ANY UNFINISHED BUSINESS EVERYONE ON BOARD AS WE MOVE INTO NEW BUSINESS AND A NEW BUSINESS I'D
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LIKE TO START BY SAYING A WELCOME TO MR. DENNIS ROSS, OUR NEWEST MEMBER OF THE STORMWATER UTILITY BOARD WHO JOINS US AS A MEMBER AT LARGE. >> SO HE TAKES CARE OF THE
ENTIRE COUNTY. >> SO IF THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING ON TV WANT TO CALL HIM
HIS NAME IS DENNIS ROSS. I WANT. >> THANKS.
BUT YOU'RE HOME FOR THE. DENNIS, DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING?
I'M JUST GLAD TO BE HERE. >> WELL, WE'RE GLAD FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU AT THIS TIME. >> I WOULD LIKE OKATIE HERRERA
TO COME UP, PLEASE. >> HOW WOULD YOU STAND, PLEASE? I'M HERE, MAMA.
BEAUFORT COUNTY STORM WATER BOARD WISHES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE MANY YEARS OF FAITHFUL SERVICE OF ALAN SNYDER. ALLEN HAS SERVED AS A VISE CHAIR, PROMOTED THE BOARD'S EFFORTS FOR MANY, MANY YEARS FOR THE BETTERMENT OF BEAUFORT COUNTY.
WE'D LIKE TO THANK YOU, ALAN AND WE'LL MISS YOU AND EVERYONE WHO IN YOUR.
AND AN APPRECIATION OF YOUR EFFORT. HERRERA HAS THIS WONDERFUL PLAQUE. SO AGAIN, THIS IS THE SCOTT LEE GET SERVICE AWARD FOR ALL
OF YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE. >> YOU'VE BEEN WITH US SINCE 2006 AND YOU'VE BEEN A GREAT INSTRUMENT FOR US TO LEAN ON AND WE'LL CERTAINLY MISS YOU WHEN YOU'RE GONE.
BUT ENJOYING RETIREMENT? WELL, THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.
>> AND WE HOPE THAT MAYBE THE PEOPLE OF GREENWOOD GET TO USE YOUR SERVICES SHOULD YOU OFFER THEM RIGHT. I AM SAT NEXT TO SCOTT LIGGETT FOR MANY YEARS ON THIS FOR REMEMBER HIM WELL IT WAS A SHAME THAT HE PASSED AWAY SO SUDDENLY THE GREAT I SAID TO
THE BOARD AND ESPECIALLY TO A OF HILTON HEAD. >> WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> LET'S GET TOGETHER HERE. THIS IS MY BAD SIDE. >> ALL RIGHT.
READY? ONE, TWO, THREE. THIS GUY ON TICKTOCK LINKED IN.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU ALL. ALSO IMPART A NEW BUSINESS I AM PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE WITH ALAN RETIRING THAT MR. PATRICK MILT MITCHELL HAS AGREED TO BECOME THE VISE CHAIR THE STORMWATER
UTILITY BOARD. >> I WANT TO THANK PATRICK FROM BASES KERRVILLE OF THE MEMBER THE BIG SHOES PATRICK, I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER NEW BUSINESS LIST THAT THE MANAGER OR OUR
ESTEEMED PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR MR. NEIL DECIDE. >> DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE?
>> WELL, WELCOMED. I DON'T WANT TO BELABOR THIS MEETING ANY ANY LONGER.
IT'S WE HAVE FLIPPED FOR EVERY MONTH TO EVERY OTHER MONTH AND LATELY WE'VE BEEN EVERY MONTH
AND I THINK IT'S IT'S REALLY HER PEOPLE'S SCHEDULE. >> I KNOW WE CAN'T REALLY CHANGE THE TIME AND THE DAY OF THE MONTH BECAUSE IT'S IT'S LOCKED IN THE COUNTY HERE.
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>> BUT WE WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHEN THE REST OF THE MEETINGS ARE GOING TO BE HELD FOR THE YEAR. SO EVERYONE'S CALENDAR COMES IN SYNC.
SO I WOULD ASK OUR ADMINISTRATOR GOING FORWARD TO SEND OUT IN THE NEXT EMAIL TO EVERYONE WHAT THE REST OF THE YEAR'S CALENDAR LOOKS LIKE. SO EVERYBODY CAN PLAN ACCORDINGLY. IT LOOKS LIKE TO ME THAT OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE AUGUST 18TH, 17TH, AUGUST 17TH SO YOU CAN CHECK YOUR CALENDARS AGAIN IN THE MIDDLE OF AUGUST MAY NOT BE THE BEST TIME TO HAVE AN OUTSIDE MEETING IF JUNE IS ANY INDICATION OF WHAT'S TO BE IN
THE FUTURE OF THE SUMMER. >> AS FAR AS HEAT INDEXES SO WE PROBABLY SHOULD WAIT UNLESS SOMEBODY HAS AN OBJECTION UNTIL THE FALL TO DO SOME PHYSICAL VISITS TO HEAR ANY OBJECTIONS
OR ANY COMMENTS. >> SO OKATIE WELL WE'LL TRY THAT FOR THE FALL.
[8. NEXT MEETING AGENDA A. Wednesday, August 17TH 2022 (backup)]
>> I THINK YOU ALL HAVE A DRAFT OF THE NEXT MEETING AGENDA. CAN I GET AN.
CAN I GET EMOTIONAL PROVES THE MOTION TO APPROVE. >> NEXT MINUTE JIM HAS PRESENTED I'LL SECOND THAT. ANY DISCUSSION ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF MY MOTION PASSES THE
AGENDA SET. >> THE ONLY THING LEFT IS A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
LATELY I'VE JUST BEEN ADJOURNING THE MEETINGS. TOLD THAT THAT'S NOT QUITE THROUGH ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER . SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? I MOVE THAT WE ADJOURN THE MEETING.
WELL, THANK YOU, ALAN. IT'S CLOSING HERE A SECOND. ALSO COMMEMORATION ALL THOSE IN FAVOR ADJOURNING THE MEETING SAY I I MEETING ADJOURNED
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.