Jul 22, 2022 Northern Regional Plan Implementation Committee

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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MEANING OF THE COUNTY NORTH REGIONAL PLANNER COMPENSATION COMMITTEE HARDER IF WE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND 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

LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

BEFORE WE GET INTO THIS SINCE I AM NO LONGER AN APPOINTED OR ELECTED OFFICIAL, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT I CAN CONTINUE TO CHAIR THIS MEETING EVEN THOUGH IT'S WE DON'T HAVE A QUORUM.

SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I REALLY APPRECIATED BEING ABLE TO BE YOUR CHAIR FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND MAY LOOK FORWARD TO DOING SOMETHING WITH SOMEBODY DIFFERENT IN THE NEAR FUTURE. BUT WITH THAT I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND ASK THE VISE CHAIR TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE OVER AND I THINK FOR NOW YOU'LL BE THE TEMPORARY CHAIR UNTIL UNTIL THERE'S A QUORUM AND THERE'S EITHER AN ELECTION OR WINGNUT APPOINTMENT.

SO SO THERE IS NO REPLACEMENT FOR YOU AT THIS POINT THERE IS NO REPLACEMENT ON FROM THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING COMMISSION SIDE. MY LAST MEETING OUR LAST MEETING THAT WE HAD MOST EVERYBODY WAS VIRTUAL. I ONLY HAD THREE MEMBERS PRESENT AND SO WE WENT AHEAD AND DID A TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN SHIFT FOR THE NPC THE LAST MEETING. AND I GUESS HE WILL CONTINUE TO BE TEMPORARY UNTIL THERE'S ENOUGH PEOPLE THERE TO GO AHEAD AND DO AN ELECTION. WE ARE ONE NEW ONE NEW MEMBER THAT REPLACE ME WAS THERE AND THAT WAS THIS FIRST EVENING. THEY DID NOT ELECT A CHAIR.

NO, NO, NO. DECIDED TO TEMPERATURE. ALL RIGHT.

ONE OTHER QUESTIONS, OK? THERE IS AN OVER I MAY HAVE TO LEAVE EARLY BECAUSE I'VE GOT A FUNERAL TODAY UNFORTUNATELY. SORRY TO HEAR THAT. OH MY GOD.

I HAD I KNOW MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. AND I WANT TO WISH YOU ALL THE SUCCESS I KNOW YOU'LL CONTINUE IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY HEALTH. BEST WISHES FOR THAT AS WELL.

THANKS TO HER. >> THERE'S NO QUESTION AT IT, MIKE.

IT'S BEEN A GREAT LEADER AND I'M A HUGE HAVE TO GIVE BIRTH FOR EMPTY EFFORT.

SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. I ASSUME THIS MEETING IS BEING RECORDED SO WE COULD PROCEED ON THE BASIS THAT THE PRESENTATIONS WILL BE OF VALUE TO THOSE WHO MAY TUNE IN LATER OR WE COULD POSTPONE THEM TO ANOTHER TIME, ANOTHER MEETING AS SURE.

>> ANY PREFERENCE FROM THE THREE COMMITTEE MEMBERS HERE? I'M FINE TO PROCEED IF THEY'RE PREPARED. GRASSLEY JR. IT'S NOT YOURS. WELL, I GUESS I KIND OF HAVE EVERYBODY ON A SHORT NOTICE TO DO THIS. I WANTED TO GIVE AN UPDATE BEFORE I LEFT BECAUSE IT'S BEEN A WHILE BEFORE WE HAVE HAD ANY UPDATES.

AND SO I I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH PRESENTATIONS AND THEN MAYBE WE DO THEM AGAIN. LATER DATE WHEN WE DO HAVE MORE THAN TWO PEOPLE HERE. SURE. GREAT.

ALL RIGHT. OH, GREAT. I AGREE AS WELL.

SO WITH THAT AND MORE UNDERSTANDING, I WILL PROCEED FORWARD WITH THE AGENDA ITEMS.

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

[6. JARED FRALIX, LADY’S ISLAND TRANSPORTATION UPDATE]

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YEAH I'LL BE STANDING IN FOR JARED. HE'S NOT HE'S NOT HERE TODAY.

MY NAME'S BRITTANY FIELDS ON THE COUNTY'S TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM MANAGER LEADING THE TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN ONE CENT SALES TAX PROGRAM. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ONE PROJECT THAT IS BEEN FULLY DESIGNED. WE HAVE PUT THAT OUT FOR CONSTRUCTION BID AND WE ARE LOOKING TO BRING RECOMMENDATION TO AWARD THAT CONTRACT TO OUR COUNTY COUNCIL IN SEPTEMBER AND A NOTICE TO PROCEED FOR CONSTRUCTION BY OCTOBER . WHICH PROJECT IS THAT? THAT'S AIRPORT FRONTAGE. PHASE 1. THAT'S FROM LOST ISLAND TO AIRPORT CIRCLE. WE HAVE TWO PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ON HOLD.

>> ONE OF THEM IS MAYFAIR COURT THAT WAS PUT ON HOLD DUE TO CITIZENS RESPONSES CONNECTING THAT ROAD TO A PRIVATE ROAD ALONG WITH THE B FOR HIGH SCHOOL REALIGNMENT.

SO WE'RE HERE FOR THE PIPER HIGH SCHOOL REALIGNMENT LOOKING AT ALTERNATIVES TO TO MAKE

THEIR CURRENT ENTRANCE BETTER FOR TRANSPORTATION NEEDS. >> YOU SEE WITHIN THE NEXT 30 DAYS OR SO THOSE TWO PROJECTS MIGHT BE PUT FORWARD TO YOUR TURN.

NOW I'VE MET MY FAIR COURT PERMANENTLY OLD HIGH SCHOOL REALIGNMENT.

IT'S ON HOLD AT THE MOMENT UNTIL WE CAN HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSIONS WITH BOTH THE CHURCH AND THE PARKS AND REC. I'M SORRY THE PASSIVE PARK PROPERTY AS THE ALIGNMENT WAS GOING TO GO THROUGH BOTH THOSE PROPERTIES AND THE REDEPLOY BOY OPTION IS NOT FEASIBLE FOR THE PROGRAM'S LIMITED FUNDS. IS THIS THE ONE THAT COMES NEXT FOR YOU HAZEL FARM? YES, SIR. AND SO THAT THAT'S STILL IN DISCUSSION WITH THE CHURCH AND IT'S NOT ALL PROJECTS ON HOLD. YES, SIR. YOU WENT TO THE PUBLIC FACILITIES COMMITTEE. YES. AND I CAN.

YEAH, I CAN PROVIDE THAT POWERPOINT SLIDE. WE WENT TO THE PUBLIC FACILITIES COMMITTEE IN JUNE TO BRING SOME ALTERNATIVES. AND FROM THAT POINT WE WERE PUT ON HOLD. THE MAINLINE CORRIDOR, SUNSET BOULEVARD, MILLER DRIVE WEST AND HAZEL FARM GATE DRIVE ALONG WITH THE NEW REALIGNMENT OF LADY'S ISLAND DRIVE ARE ALL DESIGNED. WE'RE WORKING THROUGH SETI COMMENTS.

SO HIGHLY UNFAIR QUESTION SINCE THE ONES THAT DIDN'T SINCE COUNTY TURNED DOWN THE INFRASTRUCTURE. WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT FOR FUNDING SOURCES? SO WE WILL FIND OUT IN AUGUST WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE APPROVED FOR A TWENTY FIVE MILLION DOLLAR RAISE GRANT AND WE ARE JUST ACTIVELY LOOKING AT OTHER GRANT OPPORTUNITIES STRUCTURE MONEY AS IT'S COMING DOWN. WOULD YOU SAY THIS GRANTS FROM THIS IS A RAISE GRANT THROUGH

THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION US. >> THAT'S THE SAME AS THE OLD TIGER GRANT. CORRECT. GOOD QUESTION.

I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING. AS IT TURNED DOWN A PLAY CITIZEN COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS ON TRANSPORTATION WERE FEW THINGS ON HOLD I WOULD IMAGINE IT HAS THROUGH THE 2018 SALES TAX WE DID COLLECT AN ADDITIONAL ABOUT SIXTEEN MILLION DOLLARS WHICH HAS BEEN ALLOCATED TO THE PATHWAYS SIDEWALKS PROGRAM. SO THE PATHWAYS AND SIDEWALKS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ON LADY'S ISLAND ARE MIDDLE ROAD WHICH IS CURRENTLY IN DESIGN AND WE ARE ALSO GOING TO BE LOOKING AT MERIDIAN ROAD FOR A PATHWAY AND SIDEWALK.

ANYTHING ELSE YOU CAN TELL US? I'M SURE WE'LL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FURTHER UPDATES.

SURE. YES, OF COURSE. I MET WITH THE CATHOLIC DIOCESE LAST WEEK AS AN EXTENSION, SO TO SPEAK OF THE COUNTY WITH MY CONVERSATION WITH THE DIOCESE.

I THINK WE HAD SEVERAL PERSONS THERE INCLUDING THEIR REAL ESTATE ATTORNEY AND THE DIOCESE. SO THEY THEY WEREN'T TOTALLY OBJECTIONABLE TO THIS AS A

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I BELIEVE THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF WRITING A LETTER TO THE COUNTY.

I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT IT'S GOING TO SAY BUT I WOULD GUESS THAT IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY RECEIVED ON THAT YOU WILL BE RECEIVING ONE. MY MY PURPOSE IN GOING THERE WAS TO NOT TALK ABOUT THE ENGINEERING BUT TO TALK ABOUT THE LATEST HIGHLAND VILLAGE CENTER PROJECT. BUT OBVIOUSLY WE DID HAVE TO GET INTO THE ROADWAY SYSTEMS DAY. AND I WORRY SPOKEN WITH YOU ABOUT SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT I DON'T THINK I NEED TO BRING UP OR THE ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT WAS THAT WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE VILLAGE CENTER PROJECT THEY SAW THAT AS A REAL POSITIVE THING FOR THEM IN THE WAY IT MIGHT BE ABLE TO COME ABOUT. AND I ALSO DISCUSSED WITH THEM THE POTENTIAL OF A TROLLEY SYSTEM BEING INCORPORATED IN A FEUD THAT IS VERY POSITIVE THING AS WELL. SO I THINK THERE'S THAT THERE ARE SOME POSITIVES THAT COULD COME OUT OF THIS. AND PART OF THAT I TALKED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL WITH GOOD WITH THE WAY THE VILLAGE CENTER PLAN IS DEVELOPED THAT THERE MAY BE ABLE TO BE SHARED PARKING AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE BETWEEN THEIR FACILITIES AND WHAT DEVELOPS MAYBE FOR THE SHOPPING CENTER. THAT'S GOOD. THAT IS ADJACENT TO THEM.

THEY SAW THAT AS A POSITIVE AS WELL AS THE HAVING THE TRANSPORTER AVAILABLE.

SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE IN THAT. RIGHT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WELL, YOU'LL BE CONTINUING FORMAL PUBLIC SERVICE WORKING WITH I AND MY DISCUSSIONS WITH ERIKA TO LEAVE THAT I'LL STAY

ENGAGED. >> RIGHT. THAT'S AT SOME.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS TOPIC? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, BRITNEY.

[7. ROB MERCHANT, LADY’S ISLAND VILLAGE CENTER MASTER PLAN]

AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON IN OUR COMMUNICATIONS WITH STAFF WITH THE FIRM THAT WE'RE NEGOTIATING WITH IS HOW CAN WE USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF JUMPSTART REDEVELOPMENT TO BETTER COMMUNICATE THE VILLAGE CENTER IDEAS TO WORK THROUGH SOME STICKING POINTS SUCH AS YOU KNOW. I MEAN ONE THAT COMES TO MIND IS DRIVE THROUGH AS YOU KNOW, HAVING A BETTER APPROACH TO THAT SAID THAT WHERE THERE IS AN EXPECTATION WHAT YOU CAN'T DO IN THE AREA AND ALSO THAT WE'RE NOT ENTERTAINING DEVELOPMENT THAT IS COUNTER TO THE VISION FOR THAT AREA. SO IN THE IDEAS THAT WE WORK THROUGH THOSE ISSUES KIND OF ON A HIGHER LEVEL. AND THEN WE TEST STAFF WITH IMPLEMENTING THEM IN THE ORDINANCE WORK. SO I REALLY DON'T HAVE WORK TO REPORT AT THIS POINT BECAUSE WE'RE STILL UNIFICATION WITH YOU SEE THAT COMING TO FRUITION AND NEGOTIATIONS AND SETTLEMENT. YES.

FORWARD TO THE NEXT YEAR TO SAY THE TIMING IS BAD FOR RIGHT NOW.

SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO NETWORK REPORT TO THE AUGUST MANAGEMENT.

YES. I'M I THINK THAT THERE IS A REAL OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE YOU KNOW, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN ADVOCATING THE CITY AND THE COUNTY ARE NINETY FIVE PERCENT WAY THERE WITH OUR ORDINANCES. WE HAVE THESE PROJECTS COMING ONLINE.

WE HAVE A LOT OF POSITIVE THINGS HAPPENING. AND I SEE THE PURPOSE OF THIS VILLAGE CENTER IS KIND OF WORKING THROUGH HOW TO REALLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ALL

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AT THAT AT THAT POINT AND THE WORK THE TASK FORCE DONE UP UNTIL THEN WE THOUGHT WE WERE FAIRLY SOLID WHAT THE ROAD ACCESS ROADS WERE GOING TO BE. AND I THINK THAT IF THERE IS ANY WAY THAT THOSE ACCESS ROADS CAN BE TIED DOWN PRIOR TO ACTUALLY HAVING THE SURAT DEAL WOULD BE A KIND OF A CHICKEN AND THE EGG I THINK COULD BE REALLY AT LEAST AT THE MINIMUM HELPFUL BECAUSE THAT PLANNING PROCESS REALLY NEEDS TO HAPPEN AROUND THE DETERMINATION OF ACCESS ROADS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK MOST PEOPLE ARE AWARE THE COUNTY TOOK OFFICIAL ACTION TO ALLOCATE TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND FOR THIS PROJECT IN THE CITY AS WELL. SO WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. WE'RE WORKING WITH A BUNCH OF THE FIFTY THOUSAND SO SO THAT KIND OF YOU KNOW, THAT'S KIND WHERE WE ARE AS FAR AS THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT REALLY HAS TO KIND OF MATCH THAT BUDGET OR WE NEED TO WORK WITH THE CITY AND THE COUNTY TO READJUST THAT THOSE NUMBERS. BUT THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. I THINK THERE'S A LOT GOING ON AT LEAST TO THE TASK FORCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE VILLAGE CENTER AS THE AS THE FINANCIAL BUDGET AND PITFALLS FROM THE STANDPOINT OF THE CONSULTANT. I THINK IT'S IT'S A CHALLENGE LET'S PUT IT THAT WAY.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE MAY BE WORKING WITH, YOU KNOW, WITH THE COUNTY AND THE CITY AS FORWARD DEMANDING A LOT MORE. IT'S VERY HARD TO GET THINGS DONE FOR THAT AMOUNT.

YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMEBODY BRINGING IN A TEAM MOBILIZING FOR SEVERAL DAYS. SO WE'RE CHALLENGED WITH STAFF HAS BEEN HOW DO WE CRAFT THIS IN SUCH A WAY THAT WE'RE GETTING THE MOST OUT OF WITH THE BUDGET? WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE. THANK YOU. THE THE LAST DISCUSSION TOPIC

[8. JULIANA SMITH, PLANNING DEPARTMENT RESILIENCE UPDATE]

WE FOR IN A IF IT'S ALL RIGHT WITH YOU STAND UP AT THE PODIUM.

SURE. I'M SURE I CAN. PEOPLE LIKE PATRICK JUST LIKE THIS A HOPEFULLY. OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE ISSUES THAT YOU PRESUME YOU'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE. MICHAEL, I FEEL OK. I UNDERSTAND.

I MUCH I DON'T TAKE IT AS ACTUALLY I LEARN SOMETHING NEW FROM THE LAST.

AND I JUST WANT MAKE SURE STEPHANIE, I KNOW YOU'RE ONLINE .

CAN YOU SEE THIS? OK. YES.

>> THANK YOU. OK, SO THANK YOU ALL FOR ALLOWING ME TO TAKE SOME TIME OFF YOUR MORNING TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE MOST RECENT SEA LEVEL RISE DATA COMING FROM NOAH. IT WAS RELEASED THIS PAST FEBRUARY AS WELL AS UPDATES ON

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SEVENTEEN TECHNICAL SEA LEVEL RISE TECHNICAL REPORT. THIS IS SERVING AS THE TWENTY TO SEA LEVEL RISE TECHNICAL REPORT. WHAT THE SCIENTISTS DID IS THEY WENT IN WITH THE MOST UPDATED DATA MODELING. THEY HAVE ADDED OBSERVATIONAL DATA SINCE 2017 AND UPDATED OUR EXTRAPOLATIONS FOR WHAT SEA LEVEL RISE WILL BE NOT JUST OUT TO TWENTY ONE HUNDRED WHICH IS THE TYPICAL TIME HORIZON. WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THAT ALSO TO 2050 BRINGING IT WITHIN A CLOSER RANGE OVER THE NEXT TWENTY EIGHT YEARS.

AND THEY BROKE DOWN THE UNITED STATES. THEY GAVE IT AN AVERAGE FOR WHAT WE EXPECT FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. BUT OF COURSE AN AVERAGE IS PRETTY BROAD WHEN CONSIDERING THAT BIG OF A LAND PIECE LAND MASS.

SO THEY BROKE IT DOWN TO EIGHT DIFFERENT REGIONS. EACH REGION HAS ITS OWN AVERAGE OF SEA LEVEL RISE TO BE ANTICIPATED. SOME PLACES WILL HAVE MORE, SOME WILL HAVE LESS. FOR EXAMPLE, ALASKA IS EXPECTING TO SEE A SEA LEVEL RISE OR SEA LEVEL REDUCTION NOT ARISE. SO TO START US OFF THE UNITED STATES IN GENERAL MAYBE WE CAN DO CAN WE MINIMIZE THE LITTLE YEAH.

YEAH. THERE WE GO. SO FOR THE UNITED STATES THE AVERAGE IS BETWEEN 10 TO 14 INCHES BY 2050. SO OVER THE NEXT TWENTY EIGHT YEARS NOW HERE IN THE SOUTHEAST LIKE OTHER REGIONS IN THE LOWER 48 WE EXPECT TO SEE MORE THAN THAT AVERAGE. WE WILL SEE IN THE SOUTHEAST REGION 12 TO 19 INCHES OF SEA LEVEL RISE BY 20 50. SO THE NEXT EIGHT YEARS. NOW I WANTED TO TRY AND FIND AS MUCH INFORMATION AS I COULD ABOUT WHAT WE WILL SEE HERE IN BEAUFORT COUNTY LOCALLY BECAUSE THE SOUTHEASTERN REGION COVERS FOUR DIFFERENT STATES. SO FORTUNATELY NOAH HAS GONE IN TO EACH OF THE TIDE GAGES OR NASA ACTUALLY HAS GONE INTO EACH OF THE NOAH TIDE GAGES TO TAKE A LOOK AT ANY TIME GAGE HAS AT LEAST 50 PLUS YEARS OF DATA AND EXTRAPOLATE.

SEA LEVEL RISE INCHES OR METERS UP TO THE YEAR 2050. SO WE HAVE 20 30 DATA, 20, 40 DATA AND WE HAVE 20 50 DATA. BUT I'M GOING TO BE TAKING A LOOK FOR THE PURPOSES OF TODAY STICKING TO THAT 2050 TIMEFRAME. NOW HERE IN COUNTY WE DON'T HAVE OUR OWN NOAH A GAGE. SO I'M GOING TO USE THE TWO CLOSEST AND THIS IS ACTUALLY WHAT'S DONE TO PREDICT OUR SCHEDULES ON A REGULAR BASIS. SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT FORT OLASKY CHARLESTON'S TIDE GAGES. WE'LL START WITH FORT LEFTY. SO I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON THIS SLIDE IS GOING TO BE THE LINE CHART THAT YOU SEE THERE AND THE FIGURES TO THE LEFT OF IT. SO THE LINE CHART SHOWS THE SEA LEVEL RISE THAT WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN OVER THE LAST 100 YEARS. SO THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROCESS.

WE HAVE SEEN FOR FORT PULASKI A FOOT OF SEA LEVEL RISE SINCE THE 1930S.

SO OVER THE PAST CENTURY WHAT WE ANTICIPATE TO SEE OUT TO 2050 BASED ON THIS DATA AND OTHER GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES HAPPENING HERE LOCALLY IS BETWEEN A FOOT TO A FOOT AND A HALF BY 2050. SO WE WILL SEE THE SAME AMOUNT OF SEA LEVEL RISE IN THE NEXT TWENTY YEARS THAT WE HAVE SEEN OVER THE LAST CENTURY. SO THE BIG TAKEAWAY THERE'S THERE IS AN ACCELERATION IN THE RATE OF SEA LEVEL RISE HAPPENING NOW BE THE TWENTY THIS RANGE RIGHT HERE REALLY HAS A LOT TO DO WITH CARBON EMISSIONS SO YOUR FOOT IS GOING TO BE THE CONSERVATIVE END AND YOUR FOOT AND A HALF IS DEPENDENT ON HOW EXTREME THOSE CARBON EMISSIONS GET OVER THE NEXT 30 YEARS. AND IT IS ABOUT THE SAME FOR CHARLESTON. SO I THINK WE CAN IT'S PRETTY SAFE TO SAY THAT THIS IS GENERALLY WHAT OUR REGION WILL SEE BY 2050 WITH REGARD TO SEA LEVEL RISE BETWEEN TWELVE TO 20 INCHES. THE BIG DIFFERENCE HERE AND BIG IS IT'S KIND OF MINOR I GUESS IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT NUMBERS BY CHARLESTON HAS SEEN ONE FOOT ONE INCH SEA LEVEL RISE THE PAST HUNDRED YEARS SO THEY'RE ON A LITTLE BIT OF A HIGHER RATE THERE.

SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR US? WELL, WE KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF WETLANDS HERE BEFORE COUNTY.

SO ABOUT 50 PERCENT OF THE ACREAGE FOR A COUNTY IS SALT MARSH.

WE ALL PROBABLY IN THIS ROOM HAVE PRETTY GOOD IDEA OF WHAT SEA LEVEL RISE WILL DO WITH REGARD TO OUR SALT WATER SURFACES. WE'LL HAVE MARSH MIGRATION.

WE'LL HAVE OPEN WATER WHERE SALT MARSHES PREVIOUSLY EXISTED.

WE'LL HAVE THAT SURFACE FLOODING COMING IN FROM OUR COASTAL EDGES.

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WE KNOW IT WILL HAPPEN AT AN INCREASED FREQUENCY THROUGH THE SEA LEVEL RISE TECHNICAL REPORT DATA THAT JUST CAME OUT 20 22 THIS PAST YEAR THIS YEAR WHAT THEY TALKED ABOUT IN ADDITION TO SEA LEVEL RISE IS INCREASED FREQUENCIES OF FLOOD EVENTS. AND SO GENERALLY SPEAKING WE ARE GOING TO SEE INCREASED INSTANCES OF FLOODING HAPPENING THROUGHOUT COUNTY WHERE KING TIDES GOING TO BECOME A MORE REGULAR THING. AND I PERSONALLY FEEL LIKE I'M SEEING THAT ALREADY AND MAYBE SOME OF YOU ALL AGREE IT FEELS LIKE WE'RE HITTING KING TIDES MORE AND MORE FREQUENTLY. ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS TO NOTE SOME OF THESE EVENTS THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST AND BEAUFORT COUNTY WITH REGARD TO WHAT WE WOULD CALL MAJOR COASTAL FLOODING OR EXTREME FLOODING IS ASSOCIATED TROPICAL EVENTS THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO BE THE CASE IN THE FUTURE AS WE HAVE SEA LEVEL RISE HAPPEN.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE VOLUMES OF WATER. AND SO IF YOU HAVE A PARTICULARLY HIGH KING TIDE WITH THE RIGHT WINDS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AT THE RIGHT SPEED AND STRENGTH, YOU MIGHT HIT A MAJOR COASTAL FLOODING EVENT WITHOUT EVEN HAVING THAT TROPICAL EVENT KIND OF PROMOTING IT AND CREATING IT.

SO THIS IS AN INCREASE FREQUENCY IS OUR TAKEAWAY FROM THAT.

WE WILL SEE THIS MORE MORE FREQUENTLY AND MORE TO THE NORM IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

SO WHAT CAN WE DO? HOW CAN WE RESPOND TO THIS? FORTUNATELY THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE THROUGHOUT BEFORE COUNTY THAT'S ALREADY GIVEN US THE LEG UP ON A LOT OF THIS. WE HAVE REALLY STRONG ZONING CODES THAT HELP PROMOTE PROTECTING PLACES LIKE OUR RIVER BUFFERS OR OPEN SPACE AREAS WETLAND PRESERVATION ALL OF THAT WORKS TOGETHER TO PROTECT NOT JUST THOSE ECOSYSTEMS SERVICES THEY PROVIDE LIKE BUFFERING STORM SURGE TAKING IN FLOOD WATERS BUT ALSO HELPS US GUIDE WHERE INFRASTRUCTURE SO THAT WE'RE NOT PUTTING IT IN THOSE VULNERABLE AREAS.

RECENTLY WE HAVE CHANGES ON OUR LIMITS TO DIRT. PHIL SO AGAIN THIS IS SPECIFIC TO SOME OF OUR LOWEST LYING AREAS AND THAT HELPS AGAIN KEEP US FROM BUILDING IN PLACES THAT WE KNOW ARE GOING TO FLOOD IN THE NEAR FUTURE. WE ALSO RECENTLY UPDATED OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND OUR GREEN PLANS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS ADOPTED THIS PAST NOVEMBER. I'M SURE Y'ALL ARE ALL AWARE OF THIS.

THIS ISN'T NEWS TO YOU BUT ONE OF THE REALLY EXCITING NEW THINGS FOR OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLANT UPDATE IS THAT A RESILIENCE ELEMENT WAS INTENTIONALLY INTERWOVEN THROUGHOUT THAT DOCUMENT SO IT HELPS GUIDE MANY OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR POLICIES AND ACTIONS TO TAKE OVER THE NEXT 10 TO 20 YEARS HERE AND BE FOR A COUNTY IN ADDITION TO THAT DURING OUR GREEN PRINT PLAN UPDATE. WE HAD A GREEN PRINT MAPPING UPDATE AS WELL AND FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT MAPPING WAS CONVERTED INTO WHAT WE CALL A GREEN PRINT OVERLAY AND INTEGRATED INTO OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND WITH THAT MAPPING DOES IS HELP OUR RURAL CRITICAL LANDS BOARD KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHERE TO TARGET CONSERVATION EFFORTS. BUT WHEN YOU WHEN YOU COMPARE IT OR REPAIR WITH OUR SEA LEVEL RISE DATA AND WHAT WE ANTICIPATE FROM CLIMATE CHANGE ,IT HELPS US UNDERSTAND OUR FUTURE LAND USES AND HOW GROWTH SHOULD BE BALANCED WITH THAT AS WELL.

SO THAT'S A NEW COMPONENT TO OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THIS YEAR SO THAT SOME OF THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE WORK THAT'S ONGOING.

SO THE FIRST THING THAT'S HAPPENING IS WE HAVE IN 2018 A SEA LEVEL RISE FORCE CAME TOGETHER AT THE COUNTY AND STARTED CREATING A LONG TERM RESILIENCE PLAN.

NOW OF COURSE WE WORKED IT THROUGH THE PANDEMIC AND STAFF CHANGES AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN LIFE REGULARLY OUTSIDE OF THAT. AND SO WE HAVE A DRAFT.

IT IS IT JUST NEEDS SOME BUTTONING TO GET OUT INTO THE WORLD AND BEGIN TO MAKE THE

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SO WE DO HAVE SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THIS PLAN ALREADY IN ACTION THROUGH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. OVERALL THOUGH, JUST AS A I GUESS A PREVIEW, THE GENERAL STRATEGY YOU OUTLINED IN THE LONG TERM RESILIENCE PLAN AND THIS MIRRORS THE STATE'S COMING RESILIENCE PLAN BECAUSE THE STATE IS WORKING ON ONE AS WELL IS A GENERAL POLICY OF COLLECTING DATA SHARING DATA PLANNING BASED ON THAT DATA TAKING ACTION AND THEN WE EVALUATING AS WE OBSERVE MORE IMPACTS, LEARN MORE INFORMATION .

>> WE ALSO RECENTLY INSTALLED TIDE GAGES HERE AND BEFORE COMING I KNOW THE CITY DID THAT AS WELL. AND THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE AS YOU SAW FROM OUR PREVIOUS SLIDES WE HAVE TO KNOW GAGES WITHIN THE REGION ONE IN FORT PULASKI, ONE IN CHARLESTON AND WE'RE TAKING EXTRAPOLATIONS FROM THOSE TIDE GAGES TO UNDERSTAND THE REAL LIFE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING HERE. SO THIS PAST THROUGH THE SOUTH CAROLINA SEA GRANT CONSORTIUM AND BEFORE COUNTY AND THE CITY AS WELL WAS ABLE TO PURCHASE TIDE GAGES WITH SOME FUNDING ASSISTANCE AND HAVE THEM INSTALLED WHERE THEY NEED IT. I THINK THE CITY IS OUT AT THE WATERFRONT PARK RIGHT ON THE MARINA THERE AND THEN FOR COUNTY WE PARTNERED WITH THE PORT ROYAL SOUND FOUNDATION. THEY PUT ONE UP AT THEIR MARITIME CENTER OBSTACLES TO CREATE WHICH IS WHAT THIS PHOTO IS RIGHT HERE. WE ALSO PARTNERED WITH THE FRIPP ISLAND NATURE CENTER TO GET ONE OUT ON THE WADDELL FISHING PIER OUT IN SKOAL CREEK. SO THE TIDE GAGE FOR THE PORT ROLL SOUND FOUNDATION WENT ONLINE IN THE FALL AND THE FRUIT ISLAND TIDE GAGE WENT ONLINE THIS PAST SPRING.

IT'S STILL GOING THROUGH ITS 90 DAYS GETTING EVERYTHING RIGHT. PERIOD.

BUT I THINK WHAT'S REALLY INTERESTING IS WE'RE ALREADY SEEING WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE LOCAL DATA. SO IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THAT CHART ON THE BOTTOM THERE THAT IS TIDE DATA COMING FROM THIS PAST JUNE. AND WHAT YOU'LL SEE WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT IS THE BOTTOM. LIGHT COLORED DOT LINE, THAT LIGHT BLUE DOTTED LINE THAT IS THE NOAH PREDICTION FOR OUR TIME SCHEDULES HERE. SO THIS IS THE INFORMATION THAT THEY'RE GETTING FROM THE CHARLESTON GAGE AND THE FORT CLASS KEY GAGE TO ESTIMATE WHAT WE EXPECT TO SEE HERE. THE DARK BLUE LINE IS WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY OBSERVING.

SO WE'RE ALREADY SEEING WE'RE ALREADY LEARNING THAT THEIR PREDICTION ISN'T QUITE WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE. WE ARE SEEING SLIGHTLY HIGHER TIDES THAN WHAT THEY ANTICIPATE THAT WE WILL SEE. SO THAT'S LET'S GO. WE'RE GETTING REAL TIME DATA AS WE COLLECT DATA. THIS WILL GIVE US A BETTER PICTURE OF WHAT TO ANTICIPATE IN THE FUTURE. BUT IT'S ALSO IMPACTING RESILIENCE TODAY.

THE FLIP ISLAND THE FLIP SEA ISLAND RESCUE TEAM WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM OUT ON FOOT IS VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE TIDE GAGE THAT SPANS ALL OUT THERE BECAUSE IT WILL HELP THEM KNOW WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING AROUND FRIPP HYPER LOCALLY WHEN THEY'RE RESPONDING TO EMERGENCIES. SO IT'S GIVING US DAILY RESILIENCE IMPROVEMENTS AND HELPING US PLAN FOR OUR FUTURE .

AND THEN THE LAST ONE I TO TALK ABOUT IS ONE OF THE BIG PROJECTS THAT IS ONGOING RIGHT NOW. THIS IS A STUDY TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING TO GROUND WATER. I MENTIONED AT THE TOP THAT WE'RE NOT ENTIRELY SURE HOW OUR FRESHWATER SYSTEMS ARE GOING TO RESPOND WITH SEA LEVEL RISE. THE BIG ONE OF THE BIG PRIORITIES FOR THIS PROJECT IS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW GROUNDWATER SO IF YOU LOOK HERE THAT'S THE WATER IN THE INFO GRAPHIC THERE. THE WATER BENEATH THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH. HOW OUR GROUNDWATER WILL CHANGE WITH SEA LEVEL RISE AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR UNDERGROUND INFRASTRUCTURE. ONE OF OUR HIGHER PRIORITIES BEING WHAT THAT MEANS FOR SEPTIC SYSTEMS THAT ARE THROUGHOUT UNINCORPORATED BEFORE IT COUNTY HERE ON OUR SIDE IS ONE OF OUR GROUNDWATER RESEARCHERS FROM UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA WITH A GROUND WATER MONITORING WELL THAT WAS INSTALLED AT SOUTH SIDE PARK.

SO THAT'S WHAT THAT IS THERE. THERE ARE TWO SIDES TO THIS STUDY.

THERE'S THE DATA COLLECTION ON GROUNDWATER SIDE AND THERE'S ALSO THE COMMUNITY CAPACITY ENGAGEMENT SIDE. SO I'LL TALK ABOUT WHERE WE ARE ON BOTH OF THOSE AND GIVE JUST A GENERAL OVERVIEW. BUT THESE GROUNDWATER MONITORING WELLS HAVE BEEN PUT ALL THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. I'LL GET INTO THAT HERE IN JUST A SECOND.

NOW THE PROJECT ITSELF IS CALLED BEAUFORT COUNTY AND. SEA LEVEL RISE IMPACTS BENEATH OUR FEET. IT IS A NOAH FUNDED PROJECT THROUGH THEIR AD PROGRAM.

WE ARE DOING IT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SOUTH CAROLINA SEA ISLAND COALITION.

SORRY NO SEA GRANT CONSORTIUM. SO MANY SO MANY THE SCC GRANT CONSORTIA I WANTED TO SAY BECAUSE THE CONSERVATION LEAGUE BECAUSE JUSTICE THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA THAT'S OUR GROUNDWATER RESEARCHING SIDE OF THE PARTNERSHIP THE COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON WHERE OUR SOCIAL SCIENTISTS AND SOME OF OUR EXTRA G.I. S HELP IS COMING FROM THE SOUTH CAROLINA

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IT'S A TWO YEAR LONG GRANT PERIOD. THERE IS THE OPTION THE OPTION TO TAKE IT FURTHER AS WE GET CLOSER TO THAT TIMELINE AND SEE IF WE NEED MORE INFORMATION AND DATA AND WHAT IT IS DOING IS LOOKING AT GROUNDWATER. SO THIS IS JUST AN EXTRA GRAPHIC TO SHOW YOU ALL SOME OF THE. TO KIND OF ILLUSTRATE SOME OF THE CONCERNS WE HAVE ABOUT WHAT GROUNDWATER WILL DO. IF YOU LOOK AT THE DARK BLUE AREA BEFORE SEA LEVEL RISE VERSUS YOUR LIGHT BLUE AREA AFTER SEA LEVEL RISE, IT'S ANTICIPATED THAT SEA LEVEL RISE WILL SHIFT GROUNDWATER UP IF YOU SEE THE DARK BLACK LINE THERE THAT SQUIGGLY ACROSS THE GRAPHIC, THE LIGHT BLUE IS ABOVE THAT LINE IN SOME INSTANCES AND THIS IS YOUR LAND LINE HERE. AND SO YOU'RE SEEING HOW PREVIOUSLY DRY AREAS BEFORE SEA LEVEL RISE ARE NOW WET AREA. SO THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE CONCERN US. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE FULLY UNDERSTAND SO WE CAN PREPARE SO TO DO THIS PROJECT WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS IDENTIFIED FOR LOW LYING AREAS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY THAT WE NOW HAVE CHRONIC HAVE HAD AND CONTINUE TO HAVE CHRONIC FLOODING ISSUES IN SOME INSTANCES THEY ARE COMMUNITIES IN ST. HELENA. SO THAT IS WARSAW ISLAND AND THEY USE WORTHWHILE ISLAND IN THE CORNERS COMMUNITY WE HAVE THE MASSIVE OAKS COMMUNITY IN THE CITY OF BEAUFORT, THE SHELL POINT COMMUNITY AND THE TOWN OF PORT ROYAL AND THE ALL JOY COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OF BLUFFTON. AND SO THESE ARE THE FOUR COMMUNITIES WE'RE WORKING IN.

THESE ARE OUR GROUNDWATER RESEARCHERS ON THE FAR SIDE HERE AND THE BLACK IS DR.

ALICIA WILSON. SHE IS OUR PREMIER GROUNDWATER RESEARCHER.

THAT'S HER TEAM OF STUDENTS WHO ARE WORKING ON THIS PROJECT WITH HER.

THEY GOT 15 GROUNDWATER MONITORING WELLS INSTALLED IN BEAUFORT COUNTY THIS PAST SPRING. SO THOSE WELLS ARE AUGURED DOWN INTO THE GROUND.

THEY SAID 10 FEET BELOW THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH. THEY ARE TAKING DATA ON THE HEIGHT OF GROUNDWATER AS IT MOVES AND THEY ARE TAKING DATA ON THE SALINITY OF GROUNDWATER.

THAT'S ANOTHER CONCERN WITH WITH SEA LEVEL RISE AND SALTWATER INTRUSION INTO GROUNDWATER SYSTEMS. WHAT THEY WILL DO WITH THAT DATA WHICH THEY'RE COLLECTING OVER AT LEAST THE NEXT YEAR IS THEY WILL COMPARE IT TO THE OBSERVED TIDE RANGES WE HAVE HERE AND FOR A COUNTY DURING THE TIME THAT THEY'RE COLLECTING THE DATA ON THE GROUNDWATER THEY WILL COMPARE IT TO WEATHER EVENTS. SO OUR STORMS WE'VE BEEN HAVING RECENTLY. HOPEFULLY THEY WON'T HAVE HURRICANES TO COMPARE IT TO.

BUT IF THAT HAPPENS, THAT TYPE OF INFORMATION AND THEN COMPARING IT TO DROUGHTS IN ORDER FOR US TO UNDERSTAND HOW GROUNDWATER REACTS TO THESE DIFFERENT IMPACTS WITH REGARD TO THE TIME DATA, THE COMPARISONS BETWEEN THE TIDE DATA AND THE GROUNDWATER, WHAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO DO FROM THERE IS DEVELOP UNDERSTANDINGS OF TRENDS BETWEEN HOW HIGH OUR TIDES ARE AND HOW HIGHER GROUNDWATER IS AT THAT TIME AND THEN EXTRAPOLATE OUT BASED ON THE NOAH PREDICTIONS FOR SEA LEVEL RISE SO THAT TWELVE TO TO 20 INCHES THAT WE ANTICIPATE SEEING. SO THAT WILL HELP GIVE US A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW MUCH OUR GROUNDWATER WILL FLUCTUATE. THEY'VE ALSO ARRANGED THESE GROUNDWATER MONITORING WELLS SO THAT SOME ARE CLOSE TO THE MARSH AND SOME ARE FURTHER INLAND AND A LITTLE UPLAND. SO WE CAN ALSO ANTICIPATE HOW FAR IN THOSE IMPACTS GO WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THE ELEVATION OF THE COUNTY AT. SO AS FAR AS WHERE THESE THINGS ARE, WE HAVE SEVEN GRANDMA MONITORING WELLS IN THE ST. HELENA AREA.

THREE OF THEM ARE ON MARSH ISLAND. WE WORKED WITH A PRIVATE CITIZEN TO PUT WELLS ON HIS PROPERTY. HE WAS VERY, VERY GREAT TO WORK WITH US ON THAT TWO OR ALONG HIGHWAY 21 BETWEEN MORSE ON THE CORNERS COMMUNITY WE WORKED WITH THE BEAUFORT COUNTY OPEN LAND TRUST TO DO THAT. YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE IN THE PHOTO IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S GOING ON IT BEFORE OPEN LAND TRUST PROPERTY OVER THERE BY SUPERIOR COFFEE AND THEN TO WE WORKED WITH THE PEN CENTER TO GET PLACED IN THE QUIET COMMUNITY. SO ONE IS OUT AT THE MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. PARK THE GREEN AND THEN THE OTHERS OVER BY THE ST. LIBRARY IN THE MOSSY OAKS COMMUNITY WE HAVE FOUR WELLS THREE OF THEM ARE OUT SOUTH SIDE. WE WORK WITH THE CITY UP FOR STAFF TO GET THAT DONE, MAKE SURE WE PUT THOSE WELLS OUTSIDE OF THE ENVELOPE OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE EXPECT TO BE HAPPENING THERE. WE ALSO HAVE ONE ON BEFORE COUNTY PROPERTY OVER THE PICKLE BOWL CAUSE SO VERY NEARBY THE SAME AREA TO OUR INITIAL POINT . THESE ARE ON BEFORE COUNTY PARKS PROPERTY WITH THE SHELL POINT PARK AND THEN TWO ARE IN THE ALSO COMMUNITY ON PARK PROPERTY THERE SO WELLS ARE AND TAKEN DATA. THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS OF THE ENGAGEMENT UPDATE.

SO WE HAVE WE'RE ABOUT TO REALLY GEAR UP OUR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SIDE OF THIS. WHAT'S BEEN DONE THUS FAR IS WE'VE STARTED MAKING CONTACTS AND RELATIONSHIPS AND THE SHELL POINT ALL JOY COMMUNITIES AND WE HAVE HAD ONE PUBLIC MEETING

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SHE'S WORKING ON CREATING PUBLIC OUTREACH PRODUCTS AND MATERIALS TO BETTER EXPLAIN GROUNDWATER. THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION UNDERSTANDABLE BETWEEN STORMWATER AND GROUNDWATER AND THEY DO INTERMIX. THEY DO HAVE IMPACTS ON EACH OTHER BUT WE'RE SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT THE GROUNDWATER SIDE OF THINGS.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE THAT AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE. SHE'S ALSO HELPING US CREATE A WEBSITE AND THEN THIS IS FROM OUR MEETING WE WORKED WITH COUNCILMAN GLOVER THIS PAST SPRING TO GET A MEETING WITH THE USDA'S WARSAW COMMUNITY. SO WE'LL BE GEARING UP MORE HERE IN THE COMING MONTHS TO GET MORE INFORMATION AND MORE OUTREACH HAPPENING IN OUR SELECTED COMMUNITIES. BUT THAT IS WHERE THAT PROJECT STANDS.

IT'S SUPPOSED TO WRAP UP IN 2023 BUT WE'LL SEE. WE MIGHT MAKE GO LONGER AND WITH THAT. THOSE ARE MY UPDATES ON EVERYTHING.

SO IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M OPEN FOR THAT CONTACT INFORMATION.

IF I HAVE A QUESTION. YES, I MENTIONED FURTHER FACES TO YOUR RESEARCH IS COMPLETE.

YOU'VE COLLECTED THE DATA AND ANALYZE AND I TELL YOU I DON'T KNOW BUT ARE YOU PREPARING FOR SOME INVOLVEMENT FURTHER INVOLVEMENT DOWN THE ROAD WHEN YOU SAY THESE FURTHER PHASES OR CORRECTIVE ACTION PLANS OR MITIGATION EFFORTS? I THINK AND BROKEN BACK ME UP OR NOT THAT'S HAPPENING ON WHAT I SAY ABOUT THE DATA WILL GIVE US A BASELINE TO WORK WITH ON WHAT WE ANTICIPATE A TIMELINE WE ANTICIPATE IMPACTS HAPPENING TO UNDERGROUND INFRASTRUCTURE AND HOW MUCH HOW BIG THOSE IMPACTS ARE GOING TO BE. SO THAT WILL HELP GIVE US GUIDANCE ON WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. I DON'T KNOW YET THAT WE KNOW IF SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS WILL COME FROM THIS AT LEAST WE'LL HAVE THE DATA.

NOW WITH REGARD TO OUR COMMUNITY SIDE OF THINGS, THE INTENTION IS TO START CREATING THIS RELATIONSHIP SO WE CAN WORK WITH THEM ON FINDING SOLUTIONS.

AND UNDERSTAND THEIR CAPACITY TO FIND GO ALONG AND BE PART OF IMPLEMENTING THOSE SOLUTIONS AS WELL. SO THAT'S THAT'S WHERE WE ARE THAT IF THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION. NO, I'LL JUST SAY THAT ONE OF OUR CONCERNS IS, YOU KNOW, THE EUSTACE WE'RE SILENT IN THESE WONDERFUL WORK WITH YOU KNOW.

BUT I THINK THERE'S CAN BE A POINT IN THE FUTURE WHERE IT'S LIKE NOW WHAT YOU KNOW WHAT WHAT WHAT CAN WE DO TO TAKE ACTION? AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING WE WANT TO LOOK AT CAREFULLY. AND YOU KNOW, PART OF THE DANGER IS WE DON'T WANT THERE'S A LOT OF GRANT MONEY OUT RIGHT NOW AND A LOT OF IDEAS AND WE DON'T WANT TO OVER PROMISE. YOU KNOW, ONE EXAMPLE IS WE'VE BEEN LOOKING LIVING SHORELINES AS A POSSIBLE SOLUTION TO STABILIZE SOME OF THE SHORES. BUT WE'RE LEARNING THAT CERTAIN TYPES OF SHAW'S IT'S NOT VERY EFFECTIVE. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN VERY CAREFUL ABOUT OFFERING SOLUTIONS AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WANT TO LEARN FROM THIS STUDY AND FIGURE OUT WHAT ARE SOME STEPS WE CAN TAKE TO HELP PLACES LIKE WARSAW, IRELAND WHERE YOUR FAMILIES HAVE BEEN THERE FOR GENERATIONS.

REMAIN ON THE ISLAND. YOU KNOW THAT CERTAIN YOU KNOW ,CERTAIN POINT WHERE THERE ARE THINGS WE CAN'T DO AND THINGS WE CAN'T DO. I MEAN I DON'T THINK WE'RE LOOKING AT LEVIES, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE JUST HAVE SUCH A VERY LONG SHORELINE THAT THAT TYPE OF SOLUTION THAT MIGHT WORK IN AN URBAN AREA LIKE CHARLESTON.

I DON'T THINK IT'S REALISTIC IN BEAUFORT. SO WE ARE ANXIOUS TO IDENTIFY WHAT THIS NEXT STEPS ARE. BUT WE ALSO WANT TO BE REALLY CAREFUL AND NOT OVER PROMISE AND TAKE A REALISTIC VIEW. WHAT REALLY CAN'T BE DONE TO HELP PREPARE AND I WILL ADD, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WORKING ON UNDERSTANDING THE GROUNDWATER, OUR SOIL, OUR MODERN ENVIRONMENTS, WORKING ON UNDERSTANDING THE SURFACE AND THE STORMWATER.

SO WHEN WE GET ALL OF OUR DATA INDEPENDENTLY AND BRING IT TOGETHER TO GIVE US A FULLER PICTURE OF THE IMPACTS HAPPENING AS WELL SO HOPEFULLY OPEN MORE AVENUES.

WELL, I THINK JUST THE USE OF WATER, THE INCREASE OF THE POPULATION AND THE USE OF WATER RECENTLY WAS DUE FOR JASPER OR SOME AUTHORITIES WERE ASKING PEOPLE TO CUT BACK ON WATERING

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A LOT OF THE NEGATIVE THINGS HAPPENING TO OUR WATER SYSTEM THINGS LIKE SEPTIC TANKS AND SEEPAGE. YEAH. SO IS THIS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT ISSUE AND YOU CAN'T GET STARTED TOO SOON. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THESE THINGS FOR A LONG TIME. AGREED. SCREWED.

I THINK YOU DO THIS YEAR RELATIONS FOR REALTORS. YOU KNOW, WE'VE MADE THAT ADVOCACY NEEDS TO BE FINE TUNED BECAUSE THEY REALLY NEED TO BE MORE ATTUNED TO WHAT'S HAPPENING FROM THAT STANDPOINT . YEAH.

AND I THINK YOU KNOW, WE CERTAINLY HAD A WE HAD TO KIND OF TAKE A STEP BACK.

YOU KNOW, WE WERE WORKING ON NOTIFICATION OR DISCLOSURE AND I THINK THAT MAYBE AT THIS POINT IT'S A STEP TOO FAR. BUT I THINK IN EDUCATION THAT HAVING A REALISTIC VIEW OF THESE LOW LYING AREAS AND AS WE DO THIS WORK ON A DAY TO DAY, YOU KNOW, OUR STAFF REVIEW TEAM WERE LOOKING AT LOTS ON FRIPP AND HARBOR THE SORT OF LEFTOVER BARELY PICK IT UP ABOVE THE SALT MARSH AND PEOPLE WANT TO BUILD ON IT. SO WE'RE KIND WE'RE SEEING THAT THE MARKET IS NOT NECESSARY GETTING A SOBER VIEW OF WHERE WE'RE GOING AND WE DON'T HAVE ISSUES WITH SEPTIC OR WHETHER YOU STILL HAVE INFILTRATION AND EXPOSURE OR SOME STONEWALLING.

AND I THINK THE DAMAGE IS FLOODING AND ALL OF THAT. YES, ABSOLUTELY.

ESPECIALLY IN THIS MARSH. AGNES, I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTARY ABOUT THE LIVING SHORELINES BECAUSE I REMEMBER A HUGE STUDY THEY DID DOWN IN FLORIDA REGARDING THE LIVING SHORELINES AND IMPLEMENTED MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR IT TO ERODE

AWAY. >> YEAH, BECAUSE IT DIDN'T WORK.

SO RESILIENCY TO THE RESILIENCY PLAN WOULD BE REALLY SMART. YEAH, YEAH.

AND WE CAN LEARN FROM PAST ERRORS. YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IF I WERE THINKING ABOUT LIVING TRANSFER LIKE RIBAUT AND THAT IN PLACES WHERE THEY MAKE SITES WHERE THEY'RE NOT JUST THROWING THEM OUT THERE HOPING FOR THAT'S WHAT IT IS GOING TO BE THE GOLD SILVER RIGHT. THAT'S RIGHT.

IT ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE DEALING WITH PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS AT A PLACE LIKE LA SALLE ISLAND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE SEEING THE IMPACTS OF THE LOTTERY UP ON OUR PROPERTY AND YOU GET INTO A SITUATION WHERE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, SAYING HEY, LOOK AT US, WHERE DO YOU KNOW WE'RE HELPING YOU? WE'RE DOING THIS FLIPPING SHORELINE.

AND IF IT DOESN'T WORK, THEN I THINK THE WORST SITUATION IN THE FUTURE.

SO I THINK JUST HAVING A VERY REALISTIC VIEW OF WHAT WHAT CAN BE DONE, WHAT CAN'T.

TRYING TO TAKE THOSE STEPS, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THEM AND BE ABLE TO DO THE MOST GOOD AND HELP HELP THESE COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU. JULIANNE IS YOUR MESSAGE AS WELL RECEIVED AND I WOULD SAY SPREAD IT WIDE AND FAR. I'LL YES I LOOK OUT ON DEUS EX.

OK. ALL RIGHT. HOPEFULLY HOPEFULLY YOU'LL BE

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I'M SURE LET'S GET YOU UPDATED. I DON'T KNOW HOW FOR TO START ALL EXPO BUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING MIKE IN PARTICULAR YOU ENJOY ATTENTION, YOU KNOW? I MEAN I READ THEM ALL AND I GOT THE REVIEWS FOR FOR TODAY AND I THINK MOST OF IT'S PRETTY MUCH CARTE WHERE WHERE WE ARE AND WHAT WE'RE LIKE HALF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE STILL ANALYZING THE THINGS YOU BASICALLY PUT ON HOLD OR BASIC RIGHT WHERE WE ARE. SO I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY MAJOR SHIFTS. I HAD TWO THINGS THAT I JUST WANTED TO BRING UP QUICKLY.

I SEE THEIR IMPACT FEES ADDED AT THE MARCH MEETING BY MURRAY HAVEN'T HEARD A THING MUCH

RECENTLY. >> DO YOU KNOW WHERE THINGS STAND? WELL, WHEN WE'VE GOTTEN I MEAN WE HAVE WE HAVE PROGRESSED BUT I REVIEW ON ONE THAT WE'VE WE'VE RECEIVED AND STAFF IS REVIEWING AND THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS AND SO I MEAN WE ARE WORKING ON THAT. SO I THINK I'M NOT SPEAKING FOR THE OTHER NATIONALITIES BUT THEY THOUGHT WE ALL GOT IT AT THE SAME TIME. SO THERE IS A WORKING COMMITTEE HERE. WORKING GROUP. YEAH I'M NOT REALLY PACK TO SPEAK ON. OK. CONGRESS RIGHT NOW.

RIGHT. I UNDERSTAND. DID YOU WANT ANYTHING, ROB REGARDING THE NORTHERN PLAY AN IMPROVEMENT IN GOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT?

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I THINK THAT THAT'S A PROJECT THAT INVOLVES THAT JOINT LAND USE PLAN OR AGREEMENT ON FUTURE ZONING IN THE USE COMMUNITY AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I PROBABLY WANT TO WORK WITH THE NEW PLANNING DIRECTOR ONCE THEY'RE ON BOARD. USE THIS COMMUNITY ALSO THE NORTHERN REGIONAL CORRIDOR. OK. I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING THE ACTION ITEMS. JUST ONE.

ONE THING I WANTED TO BRING UP IS, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY DON'T HAVE AND THIS IS I WISH WE HAD A FEW MORE MEMBERS HERE. WE DON'T HAVE A VERY DETAILED SYSTEM OF HOW WE APPOINT MEMBERS. BUT I THINK THAT WE'RE WE WOULD BE LOOKING TO THE CITY TO IDENTIFY WHO YOU WANT TO REPRESENT FROM FROM THAT ROOM. YOU KNOW, SINCE MIKE TOLD ME SO. WELL, I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT .

IT'S GOING TO BE OF MY COMMENTS. YEAH, BUT I'LL PAY YOU BACK ON . YES. YOU KNOW THE WITH THE TURNOVER A FEW COUNTY COUNCIL PEOPLE FOR AS WELL. CITY YES.

ACTUALLY LEAVING THE METROPOLITAN. THERE ARE NO DEFINITIVE GUIDELINES ON HOW TO GO ABOUT HOW MANY FROM EACH. BUT IT'S DEFINITELY IN THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT THAT REPRESENTATIVES WILL BE INCLUDED.

YEAH. FROM ALCOCK AS WELL. AND HAVE MISSY.

>> SO YES, WE NEED REAFFIRMED I PLAN TO BE IN DISCUSSION WITH POLITIES IN THE COUNTY REGARDING A MEMBERSHIP, SEE WHAT THEIR TAKE ON IT IS. AND I GUESS WE'LL HAVE TO DEVELOP A PROCESS. WE DON'T HAVE ONE STILL. HOW WE DO THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW A DESIGNATED 13 MEMBERS. AS YOU CAN TELL WITH THE ATTENDANCE HAS BEEN SOMEWHAT SPOTTY AND I'M MADE SURE THERE'S A TOTAL UNDERSTANDING WITH THE FULL MEMBERSHIP.

HE IS CURRENTLY THAT'S JUST MY OBSERVATIONS BUT I'M THE NEW GUY IN THE PARK.

AND WE'VE TYPICALLY IT'S MORE TRADITIONALLY THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE FOUR COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION OR FROM NPC OR YOU KNOW, CHAIR VISE CHAIR BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ELECTED OFFICIALS. SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING YOU KNOW, WE'VE LOST BOTH THE MEMBER AND THE CHAIR. YEAH, I TASTING COMMITTEE WHEN I FIRST CAME ON THE TOPIC I REMEMBER THAT DISCUSSION. I THINK MR. MURRAY IS THERE TO VETO REGARDING THE ALTERNATE USE OF THE CHAIRS FOR THE MET NPC PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION.

I'VE WE'LL FIND ANYTHING IN WRITING ANYTHING I CAN GET MY HANDS ON AND THE I SHOULD SAY SOMETHING THAT PROBABLY GOT OVER THE YEARS. SO I THINK AS LONG AS THE COMMITTEE CAN COME TO AN AGREEMENT HOW WE WANT TO DO IT. YOU KNOW, I'M OPEN TO THAT PROCESS. ALL RIGHT. ACTUALLY THAT WAS GOING TO BE

[10. ROUND THE TABLE COMMENTS]

AND THE CITY IN ITSELF TOPOGRAPHICAL LOCATION IS SPECIFIC.

BURDENED WITH DEALING WITH THOSE KINDS OF ISSUES AS WELL, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE THE NETWORK GAGE ON THIS WATERFRONT MARKET AS WELL. SO CERTAINLY A LOT GOING ON

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AROUND THE COUNTY'S MUNICIPALITIES IN THAT REGARD. >> IS THERE ANY PRESENTATION OR DO YOU THINK THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO THIS GROUP? THE NEXT MEETING? ANY MAJOR INITIATIVE OR PROJECT INCLUSIVE OF THE REGIONAL AWARENESS? I WOULD ENCOURAGE IT'S BEEN IT'S RECORDED IN OUR BOTH FRIDAY'S MEETING AND THAT WORK SESSION MEETING WHICH WAS ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO WITH RYAN PHILLIPS AND THE ENGINEERING GROUP FROM I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO WATCH THAT. IT IS IT'S VERY INTERESTING AND ROB, YOU'VE SEEN IT. YOU'VE SEEN THE PRECIPICE, HAVEN'T YOU? IF I HAVE THE MOST RECENT WHAT IS THE UPDATE THAT THEY'VE DONE ON THAT ONE IS IS PRETTY INTERESTING AND OF COURSE A LOT OF IT IS TECHNICAL WITH REFERENCE TO ENGINEERING AND AL FALLS AND ALL OF THAT STUFF. BUT YOU COME TO REALITY WHICH I'M SURE ALL OF THE INTERVIEWS, ALL THE CONSTITUENTS WILL COME TO THE REALITY THAT MUCH OF WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH AS FAR AS THE PROBLEMS ARE THE FACT THAT OUTDATED SYSTEMS ARE JUST FAILING AND THEY'RE NOT IT'S NOT THAT THE ENGINEERING OF WHAT THEY INTENDED TO DO IS IS INAPPROPRIATE.

IT'S THE FACT THAT SULTAN AND COLLAPSE OTHERWISE HAVE CREATED FUNCTIONING OUTLETS SO THAT IT CREATES A LOT OF IMMEDIATE ADDRESSING STUFF THAT WE CAN MAKE SOME CHANGES THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY INEXPENSIVE IDENTIFIABLE FROM THE STANDPOINT THAT NOT NOW ON THE TOPOGRAPHICAL SHIFT OR CHANGE THAT WE DO IN THE AREA BUT THEN ALWAYS HAVING THAT DATA AVAILABLE FOR US SO THAT AS WE GO INTO PUT UNDERGROUND UTILITIES AND A NEW PAYMENT AND SO FORTH THAT WE PUT WE PUT THOSE THOUGHTS IN PROCESS WHEN WE DO THAT WHEN WE HAVE PLANNING WITH THAT WITH OUR PARTNERS. WITH REFERENCE TO IMPROVEMENTS IN THOSE AREAS SO IF YOU ARE COMMENTING THAT PERHAPS I COULD APPARENT PRESENTATION FROM THE AIR OR AT LEAST MAKE MAKE THE POWER POINTS PROVIDE TO OUR COMMITTEE WHICH WE CAN

CERTAINLY WOULD THAT BE THROUGH YOU CHAD? >> YEAH I CAN HAVE THE CITY GREAT. ANYTHING I MEAN OFF? NO, I'M SURE I'LL BE HEARING FROM YOU ALONG. I WAS GOING TO SAY ONE THING. JUST FOR FUTURE KING OR EVERYONE IN THE ROOM. ONE OF THE BIG DATA GAPS THAT WE HAVE AND I GUESS MIGHT BE ACROSS THE BOARD IN A LOT OF PLACES WE DON'T HAVE ANY REALLY ANY DATA ON WHAT FRAMES TRENDS ARE IN THE AREA BECAUSE THEY VARY SO HYPER LOCALLY I'M SURE WHICH DRAIN RAIN TRENDS RAINFALL WE ANTICIPATE IMPACTS AS A RESULT OF CLIMATE CHANGE BUT WE HAVE NO DATA TO LOOK BACK ON TO SEE WHAT THAT MIGHT BE. WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE SENSORS OUT THERE TO REALLY COLLECT THAT INFORMATION OTHER THAN CITIZEN SCIENTIST YOU MIGHT BE A PART OF THAT COCO ROSS. SO THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT AND I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE . ANY MORE INFORMATION ON THE LAST TWO WEEKENDS OR ANY INDICATION? WE CERTAINLY ARE SEEING AN UPTICK. THERE IS A CITIZEN SCIENCE GROUP AS YOU KNOW PROBABLY PUT REAL S FOUNDATION OKATIE TRAINED ABOUT 75 PEOPLE BUT THEY DO MOSTLY, YOU KNOW, SAMPLING WATER, SAMPLING SALINITY HAVE ALL OF THAT. BUT I CAN'T SEE WHY RAIN GAGES COULDN'T BE PART OF THEIR WORK . THEY'VE DONE SOME THEY'VE GOT SOME PRESENCE SIGNIFICANT PRESENCE. I CALLAWAY THE ISLAND BUT I BELIEVE ALSO OUR OLD FIELD SPRING ISLAND AND WE COULD SPREAD THAT OUT OBVIOUSLY THAT COULD BE A SOURCE OF SOME INFORMATION THIS IS SCIENCE GROUP.

I'VE GOT RAIN GAGE IN MY ART. I CAN ALWAYS SAY WHERE IT IS. I CAN REMEMBER IF I CAN REMEMBER TO EMPTY IT OUT IF THE THERE'S A STATEWIDE PROGRAM HERE THAT I THINK YES.

AND ONE THAT WE MAY KNOW IT MAY BE THAT SOME GOOD AS HAVING CITIZEN SCIENTISTS MAYBE JUST INVESTING IN DIFFERENT AREAS AROUND THE COUNTY YOU ARE MONITORING INFORMATION.

>> IS THERE A STATEWIDE PROGRAM STATEWIDE? IS THAT CAN YOU DISSEMINATE THAT WITH REFERENCE TO THE BOOK HOW YOU PUT HOW YOU. BECAUSE I'M SEEING THIS PROGRAM SCRAM. IS THAT IS THAT THE ONE THAT TELLS YOU HOW TO MONITOR YOUR GAGES AND WHERE TO PLACE THEM TO ME THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL.

>> I THINK YOU GO THROUGH TRAINING IF YOU'RE A PART OF THE OFFICIAL PROGRAM.

I BELIEVE YOUR REPORTING EVERY EVERY MORNING AND BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT YOU SEE IN YOUR GAGE OR DON'T SEE BREAKAGE. OH YES.

VERY TIME. JUST GET RUNNING WATER SOURCE. OH YEAH YEAH.

WELL WE'RE IN THE PIGEON POINT AREA IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA WE HAVE CITIZENS THAT ARE MONITORING BECAUSE THEY'VE CALLED ME ON THE AMOUNT OF RAIN THAT WE'VE GOT AND I REALLY WANT TO KNOW WHERE THE RAIN GAGES ARE LOCATED TO KNOW BECAUSE LIKE FROM PIGEON POINT

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I WAS SERIOUS THAT I THINK MAYBE A PRESENTATION TO THE REALTORS ASSOCIATION THIS WOULD BE ENGAGED AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO SPEAK WITH JANET TO THE BOARD. WE WE KIND OF LEFT IT YOU KNOW, WHEN WE KIND TOOK A STEP BACK FROM THAT COURSE RESILIENCE OVERLAY THAT WE WOULD DO MORE OUTREACH AND SO I THINK BE KIND THAT'S PERFECTLY YOU KNOW, WE HAVE KIND OF A FOOT IN THE DOOR ALREADY AND SOME WATER INTRUSION AND THINGS GOING BACK TO THE COLEMAN AND YOU KNOW, INITIATIVES FROM THAT FROM DEEPAK AND FROM THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WHEN THE WATER AT THE WELL WATER BEING IN INFILTRATED BY THE GROUNDWATER ISSUES AND A SEPTIC

SYSTEMS AND SO FORTH AND THAT WAS 50 YEARS AGO. >> I MEAN IT'S THE SAME.

IT REALLY IS THE SAME KIND OF OF ANALYSIS FROM THE STANDPOINT OF HOW NOW A NATURALLY OCCURRING EVENT IS GOING TO AFFECT THE SAME SITUATION THAT WE COULD HAVE AND INFILTRATION AND IN ADDITION THE SEPTIC SYSTEMS AND EXPOSURES.

YES, WE DID HAVE A MEETING WITH DEEPAK SEPTIC DEPARTMENT ISSUES AS PERMITS JUST FAR MORE ABOUT IT SINCE IT IS SUCH FOR US HERE GROUNDWATER IMPACTING THEIR SYSTEMS AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT REALLY WAS KIND OF A WOW FACTOR FOR ME WALKING AWAY FROM THAT MEETING IS THAT THEY DO NOT KEEP TRACK OF WHERE THE SEPTIC SYSTEMS ARE OR HOW OLD THEY ARE.

SO YOU DON'T KNOW THERE'S A PROBLEM UNLESS SOMEONE NOTICES IT AND REPORTS IT OTHERWISE THERE ON THE GROUNDS HAVING THESE IMPACTS HAPPEN TO THEM. SO THAT'S A BIG CONCERN.

I MEAN FROM PERMITTING STANDPOINTS THEY'RE VERY SPECIFIC WITH REFERENCE TO THE GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS OF THE HELPFUL ABSOLUTELY. GREENFIELDS AND WELLS AND SO FORTH BY BEST PRACTICES IF THOSE ARE ADHERED TO WHEN PEOPLE PUT THEM.

THE DOWNSIDE IS OF COURSE AS WE KNOW IN ALL SITUATIONS AT FINAL FINAL FINAL PERMITTING ON THE SEPTIC SYSTEM TYPICALLY IT'S FAIRLY FAIRLY REGIMENTED. BUT THEN WHEN NEW WELLS ARE DRILLED AND PEOPLE FAIL TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE DISTANCE TO AND FROM AND VERY FEW OF THE WELDERS WORRY ABOUT THAT AS MUCH AS THEY SHOULD FROM THE STANDPOINT OF WHERE YOUR SEPTIC SYSTEM IS, WHERE YOU'RE DOING AND SO FORTH. SO THERE CAN BE UNINTENTIONAL INFILTRATION WHERE YOU KNOW IT WAS NOT OBVIOUSLY AS KEEN FROM THE AWARENESS OF WHERE THINGS ARE LOCATED. REALTORS COULD HELP SOME THEIR HELP OR HINDER BUT WE WOULD BE

HAPPY THAT HASN'T. >> I'LL TALK TO JANET. I THINK IT WOULD BE SOMETHING GOOD. AND JUST TO BRING IN BECAUSE IT COULD ALSO OPEN UP AVENUES FOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTHER GROUNDWATER WELLS TO BE ADMINISTRATIVE.

WE FEEL THERE'S A NEED TO ADD TO THAT NETWORK BECAUSE PROPERTY OWNERS AND REALTORS CONTACTS IN THAT RESPECT. SO I'M OK WITH THAT. I DON'T THINK THAT WE EVERYTHING ELSE FOR THE AGENDA

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