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[1. CALL TO ORDER – 2:00p.m.]
I'D LIKE TO CALL, UH, TO ORDER THE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT UTILITY, THE BOARD OCTOBER 19TH.UH, THANKFULLY WE HAVE A TODAY, SO WE'LL, AND, UH, TEN NINE MINUTES IS APPROVAL OF TODAY'S AGENDA.
AND I GET A SECOND NO FOR APPROVAL AGENDA TODAY.
THAT MOTION? DO I HAVE A SECOND? THOSE IN FAVOR OF TODAY'S AGENDA, PLEASE.
BY SAYING, UH, I THINK MOTION PASSES.
YOU NEED TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM AUGUST 17TH MEETING.
DO I HAVE MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? I HEAR MOTION APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM AUGUST 17TH.
I FEEL LIKE
WE'LL NEED TO APPROVE AND I I'LL MOVE TO
[2. INTRODUCTIONS]
INTRODUCTIONS.IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT, BUT IF YOU COULD STAND IN PLACE RATHER THAN EVERYONE COMING UP WITH A PODIUM, I'LL, SO YOU START IN THAT BACK UP CORNER.
WHAT? I SAID, THIS IS A OLD'S PLANTATION, EXCUSE ME.
JOHN'S WATER OVER WOMAN'S PLANTATION'S, MAER OLD'S PLANTATION.
SO ME, COUNT OF BLUFF WATER MEDICAL.
I, THE LAST ONE QUESTION, WE'LL PUT THIS OUT.
I REPRESENT DISTRICT NINE AND TOSKI ISLAND, AND I AM YOUR CHAIRMAN.
[3. PUBLIC COMMENT]
AT THIS TIME, WE WILL MOVE TO, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT.IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? SOMEONE LIKE TO COME TO THE PODIUM AND PLEASE STAND UP AND COME UP TO THE PODIUM.
CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? I'M DEBBIE FELTON.
I'M A RESIDENT IN OLD WOODLANDS, UM, OF HOME HANG ISLAND AND I AM HERE BECAUSE WE ARE HAVING CHALLENGES IN OUR COMMUNITY WITH SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IN OUR FRONT AND BACKYARDS.
AND WE'VE GONE THROUGH SOME PROCESSES AND WE'VE WORKED WITH SOME PEOPLE AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY HELPFUL TO A CERTAIN POINT.
UM, AND WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR HELP AND WE'RE NOT UNDERSTANDING THE PROCESS AND WE'RE NOT UNDERSTANDING WHY, UM, OUR COMMUNITY CANNOT BE HELPED.
WE HAVE DRAINAGE SYSTEMS IN THERE THAT WE KNOW WE'RE NOT FUNCTIONAL PROPERLY, THAT ARE AFFECTING OUR HOMES AND OUR QUALITY OF LIFE ORDERS COMING UP TO OUR HOMES ON OUR FRONT YARDS, OUR BACKYARDS UNDER OUR HOMES, AND WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR SOME SORT OF ASSISTANCE.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT DIRECTION TO GO ANY FURTHER, SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE.
CAN I ASK SOME QUESTIONS? THERE'S JUST COMMENTS.
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HI, I'M JOHN.UM, ABOUT 2018 IS WHEN WE FIRST CONTACTED THE COUNTY WITH THE ONLINE FORM, UH, CUZ WE WERE HAVING DRAINAGE ISSUES BOTH FRONT AND BACK.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE EXPOSED TREES IN THE BACK DITCH WHERE THE DRAINAGE, SO OBVIOUSLY IF THEY DIDN'T WORK, THEY'D HAVE TO BE REMOVED.
UM, MATT ROSS REPLIED TO ME, WE'VE BEEN BACK AND FORTH FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS NOW.
IT'S BEEN A LITTLE WHILE SINCE I TALKED TO HIM, BUT WE WERE ALWAYS TOLD WE WOULD GET ON THE SCHEDULE FOR SOMETHING TO BE DONE AND THAT WAS IT.
NOTHING EVER MOVED FORWARD EXCEPT WE WERE, YOU KNOW, KEPT ME TOLD TO BE ON THE SCHEDULE.
UH, HE DID COME OUT ONCE, TAKE A LOOK AT THINGS LIKE A DAMAGED PIPE, YOU KNOW, RIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR HOUSE.
UM, WASN'T SURE, YOU KNOW, HOW THEY HANDLED THAT, BUT WE HAVE HAD NOTHING SINCE THEN.
SO WE'RE HERE TODAY TO TRY TO KIND OF LEAD OUR CASE AND SEE IF WE CAN GET SOMETHING DONE.
HI, MY NAME IS LORI MAER AND I LIVE AT 32 INDIAN TRAIL IN OLD WOODLANDS PLANTATION.
UM, I HAVE ALSO BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE COUNTY AND HAVE SPOKEN WITH SOME OF THE PEOPLE.
UM, AS DEB SORT OF TOOK THE LEAD, I BACKED OFF A LITTLE BIT, SO MAYBE I SHOULDN'T HAVE.
UM, I'VE LIVED IN MY HOME IN OLD WOODLANDS FOR 42 YEARS AND, UM, WE HAVE HAD DRAINAGE PROBLEMS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER.
HOWEVER, WHAT IS HAPPENING IN MY BACKYARD, WHICH BUMPS UP TO GARDENER DRIVE, UM, DEVELOPMENT, IS THAT WE ARE HAVING FREQUENT FLOODING THAT HAS GOTTEN MUCH HIGHER BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING RUNOFF.
WE GOT RUNOFF FROM THE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY AND NOW WITH GARDENER DRIVE TO THE POINT THAT I HAVE SEDIMENT CONSTANTLY IN MY BACKYARD, WHICH I HAVE BEEN ADVISED BY PEOPLE WHO KNOW MUCH MORE THAN ME, THAT I SHOULDN'T GO NEAR IT AND MY GRANDCHILDREN SHOULDN'T GO NEAR IT.
AND MY GRANDCHILDREN PLAY IN MY BACKYARD.
UM, IF YOU GO ALL ALONG INDIAN TRAIL, YOU WILL FIND PEOPLE WITH WATER THAT THEY'RE, THAT GOES UP TO THEIR KNEES.
IT USED TO BE WHEN A HURRICANE WOULD COME THROUGH, WE WOULD HAVE THIS KIND OF WATER.
NOW IT IS WHEN WE HAVE HEAVY RAIN.
WHEN I MOVED IN, WE WERE SURROUNDED BY WETLANDS.
IT'S AMAZING THAT WHEN WE FIRST WENT IN, BEFORE THE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY HAD STARTED DEVELOPING AND RAISING THE PROPERTY, AND IT WAS JUST THE WETLANDS, WE DID NOT HAVE AS MANY DRAINAGE PROBLEMS. UNFORTUNATELY, ALL THIS DEVELOPMENT, THE WATER HAS NOWHERE TO GO.
SO IT COMES TO US AND ALL WE'RE ASKING IS THAT THE TOWN AND THE COUNTY SOMEHOW WORKED TOGETHER TO HELP US FIND A SOLUTION.
AND WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR ANY OF THAT HELP.
WE HAVE 20 HOMES THAT HAVE TURNED IN COMPLAINTS TO US, OR THAT WE HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF THAT ARE HAVING DRAINAGE PROBLEMS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE ONLY HAVE 64 HOMES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, SO THAT PERCENTAGE IS VERY HIGH AND WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE THAT PROBABLY HAVE PROBLEMS THAT DIDN'T RESPOND TO OUR REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION.
OH, WE HAVE PICTURES OF ALL THESE DRAINAGE PROBLEMS SO WE CAN PROVE IT.
AND, UM, AND WE ALSO HAVE THE ORIGINAL PLATS FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT SHOW WHERE THE DRAINAGE IS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN.
AT THIS POINT, I'M GOING TO HAVE MS. HERRERA COME UP AND SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO WHAT HAS BEEN DONE SO FAR.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, ED WARNER IS YOUR REPRESENTATIVE WHO'S NOT HERE TODAY, BUT I WILL CONTACT HIM, UH, TO
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ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY GO OUT TO YOUR SITE.BUT I WOULD LIKE KATIE TO COME IN AND TALK ABOUT WHAT'S BEEN DONE SO FAR.
UH, WE HAVE DISCUSSED THIS TODAY.
UH, IT IS ON OUR RADAR SCREEN, UH, JUST SO YOU KNOW IT.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR BEING HERE TODAY AND FOR PROVIDING YOUR COMMENTS.
UM, I WILL SAY, JUST STAND BACK FROM THIS A LITTLE BIT.
IT'S A LITTLE WEIRD, THE FEEDBACK, UM,
SO WHEN WE BECAME NOTIFIED OF SOME OF THE PROBLEMS THAT IS ARE BEING EXPERIENCED WITHIN THE OLD WOODLAND SUBDIVISION, UH, WE INCORPORATED WHAT WE THOUGHT WOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE BUDGET IN FISCAL YEAR 23 TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE ISSUES.
AND FOR US TO WORK ON A PROJECT, WE REALLY NEEDED TO GROUND TRUTH WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO THE ORGANIZATION ENGAGED WITH A SURVEYOR AND AN ENGINEER FIRM, UM, TO TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE REPORTED ISSUES WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, SPECIFICALLY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MS. FELTON'S PROPERTY, UM, AND HER NEIGHBOR MS. B THERE SIX AND EIGHT, I THINK MYSTIC DRIVE.
SO WHEN THE OLD WOODLANDS SUBDIVISION WAS BUILT BACK IN THE MID TO LATE EIGHTIES, UM, THERE WERE DEDICATED EASEMENTS FOR DRAINAGE TO OCCUR.
BUT WHAT WE DID WITH THIS GROUND TRUTH THING IS FIND THAT ONLY ONE OF THE PROPOSED THREE DRAINAGE SYSTEMS WAS ACTUALLY BUILT.
AND, UM, THAT'S BETWEEN INDIAN TRAIL AND I WANNA SAY MARBLEHEAD.
UM, SO SOME OF THE DRAINAGE SYSTEMS LIKE MISS FELTON IS EXPERIENCING, UM, WE WANTED TO LOOK AT, OKAY, IF AN A CONVEYANCE WASN'T ESTABLISHED, CAN WE ESTABLISH A DRAINAGE CONVEYANCE TO HELP ALLEVIATE SOME OF THOSE FLOODING ISSUES ON THOSE NEIGHBORS PROPERTIES? AND WHAT THE SURVEYING CAME BACK AND SAID WAS THAT TO, IN ORDER TO CONNECT TO THE WETLAND THAT'S WITHIN THE TOWN OF POOR OILS, I'M SORRY, HILTON HEAD'S JURISDICTION, UM, IT WOULD ACTUALLY INUNDATE BACK UP THE SYSTEM, CREATING A LARGER FLOOD PLANE AND MAKING SITU THE SITUATION IN MISS FELTON'S YARD.
UM, THE MISS MAER NOWER, UM, WE HAVE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION AND LIKE SHE MENTIONED, UM, THE, A LOT OF THE ISSUES STEMMING FROM THAT THE FLOODING IN HER BACKYARD DO COME FROM A, THE TOWN OF HILTON HEADS JURISDICTION AND A PROJECTS APPROVED BY THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
SO I'LL LET HILTON HEADS SPEAK TO THAT IF THEY WOULD LIKE.
UM, WE DID AN ASSESSMENT OF ALL OF THE ROADSIDE DRAINAGE AND WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT THE SYSTEM IS FUNCTIONING.
UM, IT DOES NEED ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, BUT OVERALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS WORKING AS DESIGNED.
THE PROJECT WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ROUTINE MAINTENANCE PLAN AND NOTIFICATION OF THAT WILL BE SENT TO THE RESIDENTS, UM, ONCE IT'S ON THE SCHEDULE.
IF SO, THAT IS THE REPLACEMENT OF THES.
UM, AGAIN, WE ALLOCATED SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO TRY AND DO A COMPREHENSIVE OVERHAUL OF THE SYSTEM.
AND THEN A LOT OF WHAT WE FOUND THROUGH OUR INVESTIGATION WAS THAT THE BULK OF THAT WE WERE TRYING TO SOLVE WOULD
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NOT BE SOLVABLE.UM, NOW CERTAINLY THE DRAINAGE DITCH BETWEEN INDIAN HEAD, INDIAN TRAIL AND MARBLE HEAD, UM, IS PART OF OUR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE.
AND, UM, AT THAT TIME WE WOULD ADDRESS TREES.
SO ALL THIS WE HAD ALLOCATED FUNDS TO DO THE WORK WE THOUGHT WOULD BE NECESSARY FOR MISS FELTON'S, UM, NEIGHBORS AND HER PROPERTY IN FISCAL YEAR 23 FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE.
NO, IT'S ALREADY ACCOUNTED FOR.
IF IT'S WITHIN OUR EXTENT OF SERVICE AND LEVEL OF SERVICE POLICIES, IT WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE, THE MAINTENANCE.
IT WOULDN'T BE THE FIRST ONE THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT IN A BUDGETARY PROCESS.
WE NEED TO GRANT, WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT.
WE ALSO NEED, UH, YOU ALL, UH, TO AGREE WITH WHATEVER THE COUNTY AND THE TOWN BUILDING COMES UP WITH, UH, AS AN APPROACH MANY TIMES TO GET THREE, FOUR OF THE ACRES TO AGREE AND ONE DOESN'T WANT YOU THERE, UH, FOR AN EASEMENT AND PRESENTS A PROBLEM.
SO I THINK FROM THE COUNTY STANDPOINT, WE, WE NEED TO CHALLENGE THE COUNTY TO LOOK AT A HOLISTIC APPROACH, GET A REPORT, LOOK AT THE LAST ENGINEERING STUDY TO SEE IF IT'S ACCURATE, THEN GO FORWARD AND LET YOU ALL KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING.
CAN YOU, CAN YOU STAND IN FRONT OF THE MIC?
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I CAN ANSWER THIS.SO I WISH IT WAS OLDER THAN ME.
WELL, I THINK YOU, WE HAVE EASEMENTS TOO.
SO WE DON'T, WE CAN GET BACK THERE DURING THE RAIN.
WELL, THANK YOU, UH, AGAIN FOR BRINGING TO OUR ATTENTION FEEDBACK FROM NOT LADIES.
WE HAVE, WE HAVE EXTRA FEEDBACK TO GET YOUR WEED TO IT IS THREE.
UM, BEING THAT OLD WOODLANDS IS AN OLDER NEIGHBORHOOD, WE'VE DONE SEVERAL DRAINAGE STUDIES IN OTHER AREAS TO TAKE A LOOK COMPREHENSIVELY AT WHAT'S GOING ON, UM, AGAINST THAT, THAT IF YOU'VE BEEN THERE 40 YEARS, YOU'RE, IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE IT'S BEEN INSTALLED AND IN PLACE.
SO I'M SURE WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY CONSTRUCTED IS PROBABLY NOT THE SAME, ESPECIALLY IF EVERYONE'S HAVING SHIFTS IN DRIVEWAY PIPES AND WHATNOT.
SO AGAIN, IT REALLY, LIKE MR. FEINBERG MENTIONED, WOULD TAKE MORE OF A COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT.
NOW AGAIN, THAT ASSESSMENT HAS TO OCCUR WITHIN THE GUIDELINES OF OUR EXTENT AND LEVEL OF SERVICE, BUT I DON'T DISAGREE WITH, WITH MR. FEINBERG OR ANOTHER SIX MONTHS.
WELL, JUST TO PUT IT INTO PERSPECTIVE FOR YOU, UM, WE DID SOMETHING SIMILAR IN SHELL POINT AND SHELL POINT, WE ORIGINALLY DID THE DRAINAGE STUDY BACK IN 2019, UM, THAT TOOK A LITTLE OVER A YEAR TO COMPLETE, AND THEN WE HAD TO BEGIN THE BUDGET PROCESS.
NOW WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, WHAT THEIR PROPOSED INITIATIVES ARE.
TO FIX IT, WE HAVE TO BUDGET APPROPRIATELY, WHICH COULD TAKE, UM, UPWARDS OF A YEAR AGAIN.
AND THEN FROM THERE, AFTER BUDGETS, A NEW BUDGET YEAR STARTS, THE BUDGET WAS APPROVED, THEN WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS.
ON AVERAGE, THE COUNTY'S PROCUREMENT PROCESS IS SIX MONTHS LONG BY THE TIME YOU PUT SOMETHING OUT TO BID AND THEN, UM, TAKE APPROVALS TO THE UTILITY BOARD, UM, THEIR COMMITTEE, NATURAL RESOURCES, AND THEN ONTO COUNTY COUNCIL READINGS.
SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.
JUST WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, I GET IT.
QUESTION IS ASSESSMENT YOU AT LEAST SEE WITH PLANS KINDA IF, WELL, WE HAVE BEEN DOING THINGS, UM, I CAN ASSURE YOU.
AND THAT WOULD JUST DEPEND ON WHAT OUR BUDGETARY, UM, PROCESS LOOKS LIKE FOR THIS YEAR.
IF THERE ARE EXTRA FUNDS THAT SOMETHING COULD HAPPEN, IF WE WERE TO GET A GRANT FROM SOME OF THE OTHER, UM, RESOURCES WE'VE CONTACTED, IT WILL ALLEVIATE SOME OF OUR UTILITY BUDGET AND SOMETHING COULD BE FREE.
UM, WE HAVE SEVERAL IRONS IN THE FIRE TO GET LARGER SCALE PROJECTS DONE, AND WE'RE FEELING HOPEFUL.
SO THAT BEING SAID, THE UTILITY COULD BE, UH, MADE FREE.
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UM, DO YOU HAVE AN ASSOCIATION? WE DO, WE DO.WELL,
THE WEIRS, TO MY UNDERSTANDING, THE WEIRS FOR DRAINAGE ARE GONNA BE FOR, UM, IN THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD'S JURISDICTION.
I MEAN THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S TRAIL DRY PROJECT, BUT MY PROBLEMS, MY, THEIR DRAIN GOT IS BIG THING.
SO THAT'S, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK I, WE NEED TO CONTACT HILTON HEAD.
WE DON'T HAVE JURISDICTION AND I, I CAN'T MAKE PROMISES FOR THEM, BUT WE WILL TRY TO WORK IN CONCERT WITH THEM.
I WILL GET WITH YOU FOR YOUR ASSOCIATION INFORMATION AFTER THE MEETING AND WE WILL PROMISE TO LEAVE YOU INFORMED AT WHAT'S GOING ON, WHETHER IT'S DELAYED OR NOT.
MAY NOT WANNA GO TOO FAR, KATIE.
[4. REPORTS]
IS REPORTS AND, UH, WE'LL TAKE A MOMENT, UH, TO DELAY.UH, WOULD ANYONE WANT SOME WATER? SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, UH, OUR UTILITY UPDATE WILL BE PRESENTED BY MISS HERRA.
ALL RIGHT, LET ME FLIP TO MY PAGE HERE.
SO NORMALLY WE HAVE A POWERPOINT THAT YOU ALL COULD SEE BEHIND ME OR IN FRONT OF YOU, AND WE DON'T HAVE THAT TODAY.
SO IF YOU TURN TO ABOUT THE FIFTH PAGE, UM, WE'RE GONNA START OFF ON THE STORM WATER UTILITY UPDATE.
UM, I DO WANNA HIGHLIGHT SEVERAL THINGS FROM THE REGIONALIZATION OF THIS SOUTHERN LOW COUNTRY DESIGN MANUAL.
UM, A REGIONAL MEETING WAS HELD BACK ON AUGUST 18TH WITH THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON AND ACTUALLY ALL OF THE JURISDICTIONAL PARTNERS FOR THE TECHNICAL SUBCOMMITTEE.
AND WE WERE BROUGHT INFORMATION FROM BOTH JULIANA CORBIN, UM, OUR ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER AND TOWN OF LEFTON STAFF, MISS LYDIA DEL HOME, ABOUT WAYS THEY THOUGHT WE COULD IMPROVE UPON OUR EXISTING MANUAL.
SO FROM THAT MEETING, WE HAD SEVERAL COMMENTS THAT WE SENT OUT TO THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION, TO COMMENT AS APPROPRIATELY TO PROVIDE US FEEDBACK ON WHAT WE WERE PROPOSING TO CHANGE.
AND, UM, WE ALLOWED THEM, WHAT, LIKE THREE WEEKS, THREE WEEKS TO PROVIDE COMMENTS.
WE DID GET SEVERAL BACK AND SOME OF WHICH WERE REALLY, UM, CONSTRUCTIVE AND WE PLANNED TO INCORPORATE THOSE CHANGES AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME.
RIGHT NOW, WE ARE TRACKING TO BRING THOSE, UM, AMENDED CHANGES TO THE UTILITY BOARD AT THE DECEMBER MEETING.
SO THEY'LL BE A COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE OF THE SO LOCO MANUAL AT THAT TIME JUST TO GET IT ON Y'ALL'S RADAR.
SOME VERY EXCITING NEWS ABOUT THE SOUTHERN LOW COUNTRY DESIGN MANUAL IS THE CITY OF BEAUFORT ADOPTED THOSE STANDARDS ON AUGUST 23RD.
NEIL AND I WERE BOTH IN ATTENDANCE FOR THAT MEETING TO PROVIDE COMMENT AND SUPPORT TO THE CITY OF BEAUFORT STAFF.
AND AT THAT MEETING, THEY VOTED YES TO ADOPT THOSE STANDARDS.
WENT INTO IMPLEMENTATION IMMEDIATELY, AND WE CONTINUE NOT ONLY AS THE COUNTY BUT OUR OTHER PARTNERS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AS NECESSARY FOR THAT.
THE OTHER EXCITING NEWS IS THAT WHILE JASPER COUNTY HAS NOT ADOPTED THE SO LOCO DESIGN STANDARDS, THEY ARE REQUIRING ONE OF THEIR NEW LARGE DEVELOPMENTS TO MEET THOSE REGIONAL STANDARDS.
THERE WERE A LOT OF, THERE WAS A
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LOT OF PUSHBACK FROM NEIGHBORING AREAS AND CONCERN OVER THE LARGE SCALE PROJECT.AND SO THEY HAVE BEEN REQUIRED TO MEET THE SOLO STANDARDS.
WE WILL HAPPILY ASSIST THEM WITH THE PLAN REVIEW PROCESS AND CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER AS THE TECHNICAL SUBCOMMITTEE.
AND I KNOW WE WERE ON A BIT OF A ROAD SHOW WITH THE SO LOCO REGIONAL STANDARDS WE'RE SPREADING THE GOOD WORD ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN BEFORD COUNTY AND THE VARIOUS JURISDICTIONS WE'RE INVOLVED WITH.
UM, TOMORROW IS ACTUALLY THE LAST PRESENTATION PLAN FOR THAT.
THE MANUAL, UH, KIM JONES WILL BE PRESENTING AT THE SOUTH CAROLINA WATER RESOURCES CONFERENCE IN COLUMBIA.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY I WON'T BE ABLE TO JOIN HER WITH THAT.
UM, UPCOMING SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS.
WE DO HAVE WILBERT ON BOARD TO PRESENT AT THE DECEMBER MEETING ABOUT THE ST.
HELENA DRAINAGE STUDY AND THE RESULTS OF THAT.
NEIL AND I ARE ACTUALLY MEETING TOMORROW WITH MR. GLOVER TO BRING HIM UP TO SPEED ON THE RESULTS OF THAT STUDY.
AND, UM, WE LOOK FORWARD TO SHARING THE RESULTS.
WE ALSO HAVE MR. MIKE JOHNSON COMING IN THE SPRING OF 2023.
SOUNDS WEIRD TO SAY ALREADY,
UM, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT AND WE'VE ACTUALLY GOT A SPECIAL PRESENTATION NEXT WEEK FROM A CONCRETE PLANT FOR OUR INFRASTRUCTURE STAFF.
SO WE'RE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO HOST SOME ADDITIONAL TRAINING FOR THEM AS WELL.
NOTHING MUCH TO ADD AS FAR AS DELINQUENT ACCOUNTS ARE CONCERNED.
UH, WE HAVE BEGAN RECEIVING THE YEAR END OF FINANCIAL REPORTS FROM EACH JURISDICTION OF THE JURISDICTIONS WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED REPORTS FROM, AND IT'S NOT WORKING.
UM, THE, PROBABLY THE 2021 TAX RUN WAS COMPLETED ON TIME, ACTUALLY EARLY, UH, WITH MANY THINGS GOING TO MS. CAROLYN WALLACE, OUR BUSINESS MANAGERS, MOST OF YOU KNOW.
UM, SHE GOT THAT IN, EVEN WITH HURRICANE IAN KIND OF KNOCKING AT OUR DOOR, SHE WAS ABLE TO STAY ON TRACK AND ON TIME.
AND THAT REPORT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE.
UM, THERE'S STILL SOME THINGS THAT SHE'S WORKING ON WITH THE ASSESSOR, BUT OVERALL THIS WAS ONCE AGAIN, ANOTHER VERY SUCCESSFUL TAX RUN FOR THE BUSINESS MANAGEMENT SIDE OF THE UTILITY.
IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE FOR YOU TO COME BACK UP AND, ALL RIGHT.
A LOT OF ME Y'ALL TODAY, SO FOR THE MONITORING OF DAD UPDATE, UH, DANIELLE MIEL HAS PROVIDED THAT REPORT.
I WANNA SAY IT'S JUST BEFORE THE BLUE, UM, DIVIDER IN THE PACKET.
AND BY THE WAY, THANK YOU, JOHN, NOT ONLY FOR ORGANIZING THIS, BUT CREATING SUCH AN AMAZING PACKET.
UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR EFFORTS WITH THIS.
UM, ONE OF THE BIGGEST UPDATES FROM THE LAB AT THIS TIME IS THAT DR.
WARREN WAS LET GO FROM THE LAB AND IS NO LONGER ASSOCIATED WITH U S C V.
UH, WE WERE INFORMED BY THE UNIVERSITY THAT THIS WAS DUE TO, UM, FINANCIAL CHANGES IN THEIR SYSTEM.
UM, AS OF TODAY, DANIELLE MIEL IS OUR, OUR CURRENT AND WILL BE OUR DESIGNATED PRIVATE, AND I'M SORRY, PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR, NOT A PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR, THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR FOR NOT ONLY US AS WELL AS TOWN OF BLUFFTON.
SO WE STILL HAVE A GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH LAB STAFF AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH DANIELLE.
WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE DANIELLE FOR BEING NAMED, UH, DIRECTLY OF THE LABORATORY.
MOVING ON TO THE STORM WATER IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE REPORTS.
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IGAS, WE HAVE ESTABLISHED WITH ALL THE MUNICIPALITIES, THE COUNTYWIDE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS WERE PROVIDED TO EACH OF THE FIVE JURISDICTIONS WITHIN THE COUNTY.UM, FROM THAT WE'LL BE COORDINATING A MEETING TO TALK ABOUT PROPOSED CHANGES TO THAT C WWI FEE.
UM, WE HOPE TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THAT PROGRAM AND DO WHAT'S BEST, UM, NOT ONLY FOR OURSELVES, BUT FOR THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.
SO NOW ONTO STORM WATER RELATED PROJECTS.
GOOD AFTERNOON FOR STORMWATER RELATED PROJECTS.
WE CONTINUE TO WORK REALLY HARD ON THE SHELL POINT DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
SINCE WE LAST MET THE CONSULTANT, JAY BRAD CONSULTING HAS DEVELOPED A WEBSITE FOR THE PROJECTS.
AT THE TIME THAT THIS REPORT WAS DUE, I DID NOT HAVE THE LINK TO THAT.
SO THAT WILL BE IN FUTURE REPORTS.
THAT WEBSITE IS TO BE THE HUB OF ALL THAT'S GOING ON.
THE PROPOSED PROJECTS WHERE WE ARE NOW.
AND THERE WILL BE AN INTERACTIVE MAP AS WELL AS SOME BUDGET INFORMATION.
WE HAD A COMMUNITY MEETING LAST TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11TH TO SHARE THE WEBSITE WITH RESIDENTS AND TALK ABOUT SOME OTHER FACETS OF THE PROJECT AND THAT WAS REALLY SUCCESSFUL.
AND JUST YESTERDAY KATIE AND I REVIEWED THE SCOPE AND FEE FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT.
I RECEIVED ANOTHER SCOPE AND FEE FROM THE CONSULTANT TODAY.
AND THEN MOST NOTABLY, THEY'VE PREPARED AN INTERGOVERNMENT AGREEMENT TO BE SET IN PLACE WITH THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR THESE EFFORTS.
AND THAT BEGAN LEGAL REVIEW ON THE COUNTY SIDE TODAY FOR THE FACTORY CREEK WATERSHED REGIONAL DETENTION BASIN AND PHASE TWO PROJECT THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING.
AN OUTSIDE ATTORNEY IS GONNA BE HIRED FOR THAT LITIGATION EFFORT.
CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES AT THE GRAVES PROPERTY AND ON THE WHITEHALL PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY OF BEAUFORT.
I WANNA TOUCH ON THE HUSA COURT NORTH AND BESSIE'S LANE PROJECTS.
THE RFQ REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATION POSTING WAS PUT UP IN EARLY OCTOBER AND WILL CLOSE NOVEMBER 4TH.
THAT RFQ WILL PROVIDE US WITH A LIST OF ON-CALL CONTRACTORS THAT WE CAN USE TO ACCOMPLISH PROJECTS THAT ARE A LITTLE MORE THAN WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO IN HOUSE.
AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET THOSE DONE QUICKER THAN IF WE WERE TO BID THEM OUT INDIVIDUALLY.
SINCE OUR LAST MEETING, THE ARTHUR HORN PART AND THE PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION, INVESTORY, EXCUSE ME, FEASIBILITY REPORT WAS DRAFTED AND SENT TO US FOR APPROVAL.
UM, ALSO SINCE THEN THE DRAFT WAS FINALIZED.
IT WAS SENT TO THE STATE CONSERVATIONIST FOR HER APPROVAL.
IT WAS APPROVED AND APPROVED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PLANNING PHASE.
ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS HAS BEEN ALLOCATED FOR THIS EFFORT.
AND SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING STARTED WITH OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE.
THE PROJECTS THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THAT PIFER ARE SOUTHSIDE PARK, WHICH IS WITHIN THE CITY OF BEAUFORT, THE HANLIN ROAD WETLAND RETROFIT, WHICH AS YOU MAY REMEMBER, WAS PREVIOUSLY REMOVED FROM THE C I P PLAN.
IMPROVEMENTS TO THE STORM WATER POND AT THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, AND THEN SOME ADDITIONAL ALLOCATIONS TO OUR STORM WATER EDUCATION PROGRAM.
I'LL NOW MOVE TO PROFESSIONAL CONTRACTS.
THE BREWER MEMORIAL PARK THAT ORIGINATED IN FISCAL YEAR 2018.
THAT CONSTRUCTION HA HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
THE PUNCH LIST WAS ISSUED TO THE CONTRACTOR IN LATE SEPTEMBER.
WE HAD A GRAND OPENING EVENT SCHEDULED FOR LATER IN OCTOBER THAT HAS BEEN PUSHED BACK TO ALLOW OUR OTHER PARTNERS IN THE PROJECT PASSIVE PARKS AND OPEN LAND TRUST COMPLETE SOME IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY'D LIKE TO MAKE BEFORE WE OFFICIALLY OPEN THE SITE.
THE EVERGREEN REGIONAL POND, WHICH WE HAVE THE PLEASURE OF BEING AT TODAY.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY TO BE HERE AND I'M EXCITED THAT WE'RE ALL OUT HERE.
THE CLOSEOUT PROCESS CONTINUES.
TOWN OF BLUFFTON HAS BEEN, UM, DELIVERED THE PAPERWORK TO CLOSE OUT THAT PROCESS.
AND SO WE'LL DO THAT AND ARE ALSO WORKING WITH FOUR WATERS TO CLOSE OUT THE THREE 19 GRANT THAT FUNDED PART OF THIS PROJECT.
AND I'LL TALK ABOUT EVERGREEN MORE IN A LITTLE WHILE.
WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH WAL AND HAVE BIWEEKLY MEETINGS WITH THEM FOR OUR ON-CALL EFFORTS.
I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE SCOPES, BUT
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THE ONES THAT I WILL HIGHLIGHT ARE H, WHICH IS SCOPE EIGHT, THE ST.HELEN A DRAINAGE STUDY, AS KATIE MENTIONED EARLIER, WILL HAVE WILPERT WITH US IN DECEMBER TO PRESENT THOSE FINDINGS.
AND ALSO SCOPE 10, WHICH IS ITEM J IN YOUR REPORTS.
THE LADIES ISLAND DRAINAGE STUDY.
I GUESS NOW WE'RE IN PHASE TWO BECAUSE WILPERT HAS COMPLETED THE MODEL AND IS RUNNING STORM SCENARIOS.
WE CONTINUE TO FINE TUNE THE SCOPE FOR OUR RIVERS END AND IN EXPLORING DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR THAT.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL TOSS IT BACK TO KATIE.
FOR REGIONAL COORDINATION, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MENTION, UH, TO EVERYONE, UH, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE FROM THE OLD WOODLAND PLANTATION.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE A LOT OF DRAINAGE STUDIES GOING ON.
AND IF YOU LOOK OVER ON THE SECOND PAGE, YOU CAN SEE THE BATTERY CREEK POND TO LANE DRAINAGE STUDIES SAYING, HELEN, HELEN DRAINAGE STUDY, ARTHUR HORN PARK, LADIES ISLAND DRAINAGE STUDY.
WE ARE BUSY WITHIN THE COUNTY WORKING ON BEHALF OF ALL THE CONSTITUENTS IN BUFORD COUNTY.
SO IT'S NOT JUST THAT WE DO ONE THING AND STOP ALL THESE ARE GOING ON CONCURRENTLY.
AGAIN, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT STARTED IN APRIL OF 2021.
HERE WE ARE, THE END ALMOST OF 2022, ALMOST COMPLETED.
SO JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF LENGTH OF TIME IT TAKES AND ALL THE OTHERS COMPETING FOR RESOURCES OF THE COUNTY AND THE COUNTY ENGINEERING STAFF.
SO TO MAKE YOU JUST A LITTLE BIT AWARE OF THAT, WE DON'T IGNORE OUR CONSTITUENTS, MS. RARE IF YOU CONTINUE.
SO FOR REGIONAL COORDINATION, I DO JUST WANNA MENTION AGAIN, THAT EFFORT THAT THE COUNTY HAS UNDERTAKEN TO RECEIVE GRANT MONEY FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
UM, LIKE JULIANA MENTIONED, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CITY AND THE TOWN OF PORT ROYAL TO RETROFIT THAT EXISTING WETLAND.
AND UM, RIGHT NOW WE ARE, WE ARE IN THE APPLICATION PHASE FOR A MILLION DOLLARS TO SET FOR THE PLANNING OF THAT PROJECT.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE BEEN APPROVED AT THE STATE LEVEL.
I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE, THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST RECENT ONES IN THE LAST DECADE OR TWO THAT THE U S D A HAS ALLOCATED FUNDING.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED THAT THIS CONTINUES TO MOVE FORWARD.
UM, AND WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN IT UP TO OUR MUNICIPAL PARTNERS.
YES, IF Y'ALL HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD OR SAY, DO YOU NEED THE ATV? YEAH, I DO.
I'VE BEEN OUT WALKING ALL DAY.
UH, BILL BARR, TOWN OF BLUFFS AND WATERSHED MANAGER.
UH, A COUPLE LITTLE COORDINATION THINGS.
AGAIN, THE, UH, SOLO COOL DESIGN MANUAL, WHICH IS TRULY A GREAT COORDINATING EFFORT BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND OURSELVES.
NOW WITH THE NEW PARTNERS COMING ON BOARD, UH, IT'S EXCITING TIME.
UH, OCTOBER 31ST, WE ARE HAVING A CONTRACTOR, UH, AND LAND DISTURBANCE PEOPLE COME IN TO GIVE US THEIR COMMENTS ON THE DESIGN MANUAL SO WE CAN SHARE WITH THE COUNTY.
AND AS OUR ORDINANCES EVOLVE AND GROW, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THAT EFFORT AND MAKING SURE WE HAVE, UH, COORDINATING EFFORTS.
AND THE DESIGN MANUALS IS A TRUE REGIONAL EFFORT.
UM, LUCKILY WE WERE NOT AFFECTED TOO BADLY BY A HURRICANE.
WE DID GO THROUGH ALL FOUR PRIMARY CHANNEL PUMP OUT STATIONS AND MAKE SURE THEY WOULD BE FUNCTIONAL.
AND LUCKILY THEY WERE, UH, WE DO, WE DO NEED TO UPGRADE THE LOT PUMP STATION LOCATED CPIS AND WE ARE WORKING ON THAT.
UH, IT ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE LOGS AND HEAVY DEBRIS THAT ALWAYS ACCUMULATES AROUND THERE.
UH, OTHER THAN THAT, ON OUR NEW SIDE, WE ARE TRYING TO HIRE A SECOND STORMWATER PROJECT MANAGER, UH, STILL IN THE WORKS.
WE'VE GOT SOME PRETTY GOOD CANDIDATES THAT WE'RE CYCLING THROUGH RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO POTENTIALLY EXPAND THE FEEDS ASSOCIATED WITH TOWN.
THANK YOU GENTLEMEN, ONTO THE MS FOUR
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REPORTS.AT THE END OF, AT THE END OF THE REPORTS, THERE SHOULD BE SOME CHARTS FOR Y'ALL TO TAKE A LOOK AT.
DID Y'ALL FIND THEM? WELL, WE'VE INCLUDED THE REPORTS FOR THE AMOUNT OF PLAN REVIEWS AND PERMITS WE'VE ISSUED.
YOU'LL SEE ON THE CHART THAT PLAN REVIEW HAS, UM, GONE DOWN SLIGHTLY AND SO HAS THE AMOUNT OF PROJECTS THAT ARE GETTING PERMITTED.
I'M NOT SURE IF THAT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE ECONOMY OR, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE'VE BEEN REALLY FAST PACED FOR THE LAST YEAR GETTING THINGS, UM, SENT AND APPLIED FOR, BUT WE ARE SEEING A LITTLE BIT OF SLOW DOWN THERE.
UM, AGAIN, LIKE I MENTIONED, THE INSPECTION REPORT IS ALSO IN THE BACK OF YOUR PA PACKET.
UM, INSPECTIONS ARE GOING DOWN.
WE DO CONTINUE TO, TO LOOK FOR OUR SENIOR INSPECTOR POSITION AND WE HOPE TO COME TO A DECISION ON THAT SOON TO HELP ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE WORKLOAD THAT OUR CURRENT STAFF IS EXPERIENCING.
UH, WE WILL BE ENGAGING WITH WILPERT TO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR, UH, RAIN GAUGE STATIONS AND KIND OF WEATHER NETWORK THAT WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
ONE, WE WANNA SEE IF WHAT WE HAVE IN PLACE IS CURRENTLY MAKES THE MOST SENSE.
AND IF WE DO NEED TO MAKE UPGRADES, WE WANT THEM TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE ON HOW TO MAKE THAT PROGRAM EVEN BETTER.
UM, AS WE ALL HAVE EXPERIENCED, THE RAIN IN OUR AREA IS CHANGING, NOT ONLY FOR US, BUT FOR JURISDICTIONS EVERYWHERE.
WE'RE SEEING A LOT MORE POWERFUL STORMS IN A QUICK AMOUNT OF TIME.
AND SO AGAIN, AS AS WE SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE FIELD THROUGH THESE STATIONS, WE WANNA MAKE ANY IMPROVEMENTS WE CAN AND WE'LL BE ENGAGING WITH WILBER TOMORROW.
ELLEN COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY.
SHE IS SICK, BUT SHE HAD A COUPLE PROJECTS THAT SHE WANTED TO ME TO SPEAK ABOUT FOR, UM, THE LAST MONTH.
SHE'S BEEN RELATIVELY BUSY GETTING THE SEPTIC TANK PROGRAMS STARTED AND GOING TO INCLUDE HAVING ALL OF THAT INFORMATION TRANSLATED INTO SPANISH AS THAT'S A REQUIREMENT OF CLEMSON UNIVERSITY.
UM, SHE IS, SHE HAS A HEALTHY WORKS HEALTHY POND SERIES EVENT, UM, TOMORROW ACTUALLY THAT SHE'S GONNA BE RUNNING, UM, AT THE END OF THIS MONTH.
SHE'LL ALSO BE PARTI PARTICIPATING AT THE J S L B TOUCHER TRUCK EVENT IN, AT THE CITY OF BEAUFORT ON OCTOBER 29TH.
SHE IS CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THE SOIL SAMPLE DRIVE THAT THEY'VE, THAT CLEMSON UNIVERSITY IS PUSHING FOR THE FALL SEASON.
UM, AND SHE'S SETTING UP SOME ADDITIONAL MS FOUR MEETINGS WITH ALL OF THE PARTICIPANTS OF THAT CONTRACT, UM, IN EARLY NOVEMBER.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? AND THE LAST THING I WANNA TOUCH ON IS JUST A STAFF UPDATE.
UM, WE DO CONTINUE TO HIRE FOR VACANT POSITIONS WITHIN STORM WATER.
UM, WE CURRENTLY HAVE TWO OF OUR REGULATORY STAFF, MR. SCOTT YEMENS AND TIM THON.
THEY'RE IN THE RAIN, THE MASTER RAIN GARDEN CLASS.
THEY ACTUALLY JUST DID THE RAIN GARDEN INSTALL IN FOLLEY BEACH, SOUTH CAROLINA.
AND THERE'S A REALLY NEAT YOUTUBE VIDEO.
UM, TIM, YOU'RE NOT IN IT, SO I KIND OF QUESTION IF YOU WERE THERE.
UM, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S ON YOUTUBE IF, IF YOU'D LIKE TO LOOK IT UP.
UM, I WAS RECENTLY APPOINTED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN STORM WATER ASSOCIATION AT OUR ANNUAL CONFERENCE.
SO MY TERMS OF SERVICE BEGAN JANUARY OF NEXT YEAR AND RUN FOR TWO YEARS.
AND WE HAD MISS JOANNA ZORAN, WHO'S THE SENIOR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT FOR OUR INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM, BE SELECTED AS THE FIRST EMPLOYEE OF THE QUARTER FOR PUBLIC WORKS.
SHE'S CURRENTLY ON VACATION NOT WATCHING THIS, BUT JULIANA, WE APPRECIATE YOU
UH, WE'VE ALSO HAD SEVERAL STAFF WITHIN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE DEPARTMENT COMPLETE SOME ANNUAL AND QUARTERLY TRAINING.
UM, I THINK THE MOST RECENT ONE WAS CHAINSAW SAFETY.
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CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE ALL OF OUR STAFF IS KEPT UP TO SPEED ON SAFETY INFORMATION.AND WITH THAT, I THINK MS. HOWARD ISN'T HERE.
SO STEVEN, WOULD YOU WANNA COME UP AND TALK ABOUT THE, THE PROJECTS? GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN EVERYONE.
HOW'S STEPHEN CARTER BU COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS AND I'M GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MAINTENANCE PROJECT REPORT.
UH, THE REPORT WILL COVER FIVE MAJOR PROJECTS AND LEVEL MINOR PROJECTS.
UM, I WILL NOT BE, I WOULD, UH, JUST BE GOING THROUGH A COUPLE OF THEM, A COUPLE OF THE MAJOR AND A COUPLE OF THE MINOR.
UM, ALSO, UH, I KNOW THEY SHOULD BE AN ORDER.
IF YOU SCROLL, UM, TO THE NEXT PAGE, THEY, IT WILL GIVE YOU A DESCRIPTION AND PICTURES OF JOBS, THE COST OF THE JOB YOU HAVE BEFORE, DURING, AFTER PICTURE OF THE SCOPE OF WORK, THE FIRST JOB, THE MAJOR PROJECT.
UM, TALK ABOUT THE E LANE CHANNEL THAT'S ON HILL FEET.
SCOPE OF WORK INCLUDED A GRIN AND CLEARING A THOUSAND LINEAR FEET OF WORK SHELF BY SUBCONTRACTOR RECONSTRUCTING AND HEATING OUT 9 35 LINEAR FEET OF CHANNEL DITCH.
INSTALLING TWO ACCESS PIPES, TWO BLEEDER PIPES WRAP AND HIGH DECEIVING FOR LOAD CONTROL AND GET.
ANOTHER OF THE MAJOR PROJECTS I LIKE SPEAK ABOUT IS THE, UH, OUT PALM PALM MAINTENANCE.
UM, THE SCOPE OF WORK INCLUDED THE ORDERING PALM, REMOVING DEBRIS FROM THE PER THE POND, REPAIRING CHECK, INSTALLING ALSO FOR EROSION CONTROL AROUND THE POND.
MOST OF OUR PONDS OVER THERE ARE OUR CHANNEL DITCHES FLOW FLOW INTO THE, OR DRAIN THE POND AND, AND FLOWS OUT TO THE, THE RIVER.
THEY TWO PREVENT FLOODING FROM, UH, THE HOMEOWNERS AND, UM, EVERYONE YOU KNOW AND THE LANDOWNERS ON LABOR VALLEY.
UH, SOME OF THE MIN THE MINOR PROJECTS, UM, SOME OF THE MINOR PROJECTS THAT STORMWATER HAD DONE IS, UH, PARK AND THAT SCOPE WORK INCLUDED THE SINK POOL AROUND ONE OF THE, WE CATCH BASIN ENDS IN THE PARKING LOT, UH, IN THE PARK.
AND ANOTHER ONE OF THE MINOR PROJECTS WILL BE, UM, THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD BAT TRUCK, VACUUM TRUCK.
THE PRO, THIS PROJECT IMPROVED 514 LINEAR FEET OF JANER SYSTEM.
THE SCOPE OF WORK INCLUDED CLEANING OUT TWO CATCH BASINS, SETTING ONE DRIVEWAY PIPE, FOUR CROSSLINE PIPE, AND 174 LINEAR FEET OF CHANNEL PIPE AND 320 LINEAR FEET OF ROADSIDE PIPE.
CLEAN AND JETTED, 20 LINEAR FEET OF TROUGH PIPE.
YEAH, TROUGH OF UM, LIKE I SAID AGAIN, IF ALL OF THE WORK, THE SCOPE OF WORK DONE IS IN THE BACK, UM, AFTER THE NEXT PAGE OVER, IF YOU LOOK, YOU HAVE THE MAP OF THE AREA OF THE WORK, UH, WHERE THE WORK WAS DONE AND THE PRESCRIPTION OF HOW THE WORK WAS DONE.
AND EVERYTHING THAT WAS DONE ON THAT JOB TO COMPLETE, SIR.
IS THIS POINT I WOULD ASK, UH, UTILITY BOARD MEMBERS, UH, IS THERE ANY UNFINISHED BUSINESS THERE NOT BEING ANY MORE UNFINISHED BUSINESS? WE WILL MOVE TO ANY
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NEW BUSINESS.IS THERE ANYTHING FROM THE MEMBERSHIP OR THE STAFF OR UNDER NEW BUSINESS? I'M BACK TO GIVE THIS SPECIAL, THIS FEEDBACK IS SOMETHING PRESENTATION ON THE EVERGREEN REGIONAL POND.
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OF PREPARED IS BEHIND THE BLUE DIVIDER IN YOUR PACKET AND INSTEAD OF POINTING TO A SCREEN, IF YOU'LL FOLLOW ALONG WITH ME.SO THIS IS THE EVERGREEN TRACKED STORMWATER BMP PROJECT.
THIS WAS DONE IN CONJUNCTION WITH ANDREWS ENGINEERING AND FOUR WATERS ENGINEERING.
I'M NOW KIND OF ON THE SECOND SLIDE.
STEVE ANDREWS, ONE OF OUR STORMWATER UTILITY BOARD MEMBERS, HELPED US OUT WITH THIS PROJECT.
ANDREW KLOSTERMAN WAS THE PROJECT ENGINEER AND WE DEALT WITH ARTHUR O' KELLY IN THE CE AND I PORTION OF THE PROJECT.
MICHAEL KLINK WITH FOUR WATERS HAS HELPED OUT WITH THE GRANT EXECUTION.
AND THEN KATIE AND I HAVE MANAGED THE PROJECT ON THE COUNTY SIDE.
I'M HERE IN LIEU OF ANDREWS TODAY, BUT HOPE I CAN DO THE PROJECT JUSTICE.
SO NOW GOING TO THIS MATH SLIDE, THIS SHOWS THE COLLAGEN RIVER BASIN WHERE WE ARE STANDING TODAY AND WHERE THE PROJECT IS LOCATED.
THIS SHOWS THE DIFFERENT SOIL TYPES AND THE WATER AND WHAT IS WETLANDS AND GIVES CONTEXT FOR THIS PROJECT AND THE, THE NEED FOR IT.
YOU'LL FLIP TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
THE OK T RIVER THAT THIS POND DISCHARGES INTO IS AN APPROVED T M D L A T M D L IS A TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOAD DESIGNATED WATER BODY.
AND IT'S AN IMPAIRMENT DESIGNATION THAT DOES NOT GO AWAY.
BASICALLY THE TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOAD IS THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF POLLUTANT THE WATER BODY CAN TAKE ON IN A DAY FOR THE STANDARDS IN THIS CASE IN THE OT, WHICH ARE SHELLFISH TO BE FULLY SUPPORTED.
ULTIMATELY WE WANTED TO CAPTURE AND TREAT THE STORMWATER RUNOFF, WHICH IN THIS CASE COMES FROM THE S SC D O T ROADWAY.
AND SO WE ACCOMPLISHED THAT THROUGH A WEIR AND STORMWATER PIPE CONNECTION FROM THE HIGHWAY TO THE POND.
AND THEN WE WANT TO IMPROVE WATER QUALITY IN THE O E T RIVER WITH THE OPEN OR NOT THE OPEN WITH THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF REOPENING THE SHELLFISH BEDS FOR HARVEST.
AS AN MS FOUR, IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO TREAT WATER AND OUR PORTION OF DISCHARGE INTO THOSE TMDL IMPAIRED WATER BODIES.
AND SO THIS IS THE WAY THAT WE'VE TRIED TO DO THAT.
MOVING TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THE PROJECT DETAILS.
WE ARE ON A JUST OVER 20 ACRE LOTS THAT WAS PURCHASED BY BUFORT COUNTY.
THE LARGE MAJORITY OF IT WAS IN PLANTED PINE, WHICH YOU STILL SEE REMNANTS OF BEHIND YOU.
AND THEN NINE ACRES OF THIS PROJECT IS FORESTED WETLAND.
WE'RE RIGHT OFF OF THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE HIGHWAY ONE 70, ALSO KNOWN AS OKEE HIGHWAY.
AND IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO SUN CITY JUST ACROSS THE WAY.
AND LIKE I'VE SAID BEFORE, WE WANT TO REDIRECT THAT STORM WATER RUNOFF FROM THE ROADWAY TO THIS POND TO HOPEFULLY TREAT IT BEFORE IT DISCHARGES INTO THE OKEE RIVER.
I REALLY LIKED THIS PICTURE FOUND IN SOME PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS.
I THOUGHT IT GAVE GOOD CONTEXT TO THE POND'S PROXIMITY TO THE HEADWATERS OF THE OT RIVER.
YOU'LL ALSO SEE PREVIOUS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT OKEE WEST IN THE SCOPE OF THIS MAP.
MOVING ON TO THE DESIGN DETAIL SLIDE.
THE POND ITSELF IS THREE AND A HALF ACRES.
IT'S NINE FEET DEEP WITH A SEVEN FOOT TREATMENT DEPTH, WHICH REMEMBER THAT I'M GONNA COME BACK TO THAT DEPTH.
AND THE ESTIMATES BEFORE CONSTRUCTION FOR POLLUTANT REMOVAL WERE THOSE NUMBERS THAT YOU SEE THERE.
JUST TO HIT ON THE BRIGHT ONE, THE FECAL COLIFORM, WHICH IS THE IMPAIRMENT DESIGNATION OF THE OT, WE HOPE TO REMOVE JUST ABOUT 3 TRILLION COUNTS A YEAR.
THIS PICTURE IS A SCREENSHOT OF ONE OF THE ORIGINAL PLAN SETS AND YOU'LL SEE THE AERIAL PLAN VIEW OF WHERE WE ARE NOW.
WE ARE SITTING HERE, I KNOW MY FINGER IS FUTILE IN THIS CASE, BUT THAT'S WHERE WE ARE NOW FOR REFERENCE.
NEXT SLIDE WITH THE CHARTS, THESE ARE THE ORIGINAL NUMBERS.
DESIGN CHANGED A LITTLE BIT AS WE WERE IN CONSTRUCTION, WHICH I'LL EXPLAIN IN A MINUTE.
NUMBERS ARE HARD TO PRESENT, BUT I DO WANNA HIT ON THE PERCENT REDUCTION
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AND THAT'S IN FLOW.I TALKED ABOUT THE WATER QUALITY.
THIS IS WATER QUANTITY REDUCTION.
AND SO FOR THE TWO YEAR STORM THAT WE EXPERIENCE MOST FREQUENTLY, THIS POND WOULD REDUCE THE PEAK FLOW BY OVER 75% AND STILL REDUCE THE PEAK FLOW BY OVER 50% AT THE A HUNDRED YEAR STORM.
NEXT, GOING TO THE DESIGN ALTERATION SLIDE, STORMWATER UTILITY BOARD MEMBERS, YOU REMEMBER THAT THIS PROJECT WAS HALTED BACK IN THE WINTER DUE TO A UTILITY CONFLICT.
AND WE TOLD Y'ALL ABOUT THAT, BUT I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO PRESENT WHAT ACTUALLY CHANGED IN THAT AND WHY THINGS WERE SLOWED DOWN.
SO THE PICTURE BEHIND THIS IS THE ALTERED PLAN SET, AND YOU'LL SEE THESE REVIEW CLOUDS.
THEY POINT OUT WHAT WAS CHANGED IN THE PLAN AND THEN I'LL SUM THAT UP IN THE CENTER.
SO THE PROPOSED SIX FOOT CATCH BASIN, OR EXCUSE ME, THAT WAS EXISTING, AND WE WERE GONNA USE THAT FOR THIS NEW CONSTRUCTION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED WITH A DEEPER CATCH BASIN SO THAT WE COULD GET UNDER THE FORCE MAIN, THE SEWER PIPE WITHOUT HAVING TO MOVE IT.
THAT WOULD'VE BEEN A COSTLY EFFORT AND PROLONGED THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE POND.
ALSO, TO GET UNDER THAT FORCE VEIN, WE NEEDED TO USE ELLIPTICAL PIPE.
THAT WAS REALLY COOL FOR ME, SIZING THOSE IN SCHOOL AND THEN COMING HERE AND GETTING TO USE THAT SO QUICKLY.
AND AS A RESULT OF NEEDING TO GET THE PIPE LOWER, THE NORMAL WATER LEVEL OF THE POND ALSO NEEDED TO BE LOWER.
AND SO THAT RESULTED IN EXCAVATION OF THE FOR BAY, WHICH IT'S EXCAVATED AND NOTCH IN THE FAR SIDE ON THAT END.
AND ALSO FORESTS WERE NEEDED TO BE MADE IN THE OUTLET STRUCTURE THAT YOU'LL SEE ACROSS THE POND IN THE CORNER.
THIS WOULD PROMOTE POSITIVE DRAINAGE BY PROVIDING A SUFFICIENT HEAD PRESSURE THAT ALLOWED THE PIPE DOWN UNDER THAT RIP WRAP APRON TO DRAIN AND NOT IMPACT THE C D O T ROADWAY.
AS A RESULT, A LOWER NORMAL WATER LEVEL GIVES A LOWER TOTAL VOLUME OF THE POND, WHICH RESULTS IN A LOWER HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME.
AND SO WATER QUALITY NUMBERS ARE AFFECTED A LITTLE BIT BY THAT, BUT WE'RE NOT SURE TO WHAT EXTENT YET.
MOVING TO THE NEXT SLIDE ABOUT FUNDING.
AS WE'VE MENTIONED, THIS PROJECT WAS FUNDED BY SECTION THREE 19 NONPOINT SOURCE IMPLEMENTATION GRANT, WHICH IS A PRODUCT OF THE EPA CLEAN WATER ACT, WHICH TURNED 50 YESTERDAY.
AND IT'S ADMINISTERED THROUGH THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL.
SO WE'VE WORKED WITH OUR STATE OFFICE ON THIS EFFORT.
THE GRANTS A THREE YEAR GRANT.
IT WAS AWARDED IN 2018, AND YOU'LL NOTICE THAT WE'RE SITTING HERE IN 2022.
SO WE HAD SOME EXTENSIONS GRANTED DUE TO THE UTILITY CONFLICT AND THE PROLONGED CONSTRUCTION AS A RESULT OF THAT.
YOU'LL SEE HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PAGE THAT THIS GRANT FUNDED A THIRD OF THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE THREE 19 GRANTS JUST FUND THE WATER QUALITY PORTIONS OF THE PROJECT.
AND SO THE REST OF THE COSTS RECOVERED BY THE STORMWATER UTILITY FUNDS AND MORE SPECIFICALLY OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
THE GRANT WAS JUSTIFIED AS THE PROJECT IS PROPOSED AND EX IS EXPECTED TO REDUCE 80% OF THE VEHICLE COLIFORM BACTERIA FOR THIS DRAINAGE BASIN.
MOVING ON TO THE FIRST PICTURE SLIDE.
THIS IS FROM LATE JUNE OF 2021.
I TOOK THIS PICTURE, MY FIRST VISIT OUT HERE, THEY WERE STILL ACTIVELY CLEARING THE TREES FROM THIS AREA.
YOU'LL NOTE THAT IT'S REALLY WET AND BOGGY, WHICH WE EXPECTED IT TO BE TODAY.
SO FROM THERE, FLIPPING TO THE JULY 30TH PICTURE, YOU'LL SEE THAT IN JUST OVER A MONTH, THE SITE CAME A LONG WAY.
THEY STARTED SCORING OUT WHERE THEY WOULD DIG THE POND.
MOVING TO THE NEXT PICTURE IN MID AUGUST, THE POND GOT A LITTLE DEEPER.
THE SLOPES ARE PRETTY STEEP AND YOU'LL SEE THAT THEY HIT GROUNDWATER.
IN THIS TIME, THE CONTRACTOR OVER EXCAVATED THE POND IN ORDER TO FLIP SOME DIRT, PUT SOME OF THE GOOD DIRT THAT WAS IN THE BOTTOM OF THE POND UP HERE ON THE BANK, AND SOME OF THE LESS IDEAL DIRT STRUCTURALLY IN THE BOTTOM OF THE POND.
GOING TO THE NEXT SLIDE, NOVEMBER 5TH, 2021, THIS WAS TAKEN FROM THAT END OF THE POND BACK HERE.
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DEWATERING FROM THE GROUNDWATER IMPACTS.AND YOU'LL NOTE THAT THE FOUR BAY WAS NOT YET CONSTRUCTED.
BUT THEN WHEN WE FAST FORWARD TO NOVEMBER 23RD, IT'S A VERY DIFFERENT SCENE.
THE POND CAME TOGETHER QUICKLY.
AND I LIKE THIS PICTURE BECAUSE YOU GET A DRIVE VIEW OF WHAT'S UNDERWATER.
NOW THE FOUR BAY CATCHES, THE INITIAL RUNOFF THAT'S ENTERING THE POND, ALLOWS IT TO PRETRE AND HOPEFULLY CATCH SOME OF THAT TRASH THAT ROADWAYS ARE PRONE TO.
AND THEN FROM THERE, WHEN THE WATER'S READY TO OVERFLOW THE FOUR BASE STRUCTURE, IT CAN FLOW INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE POND AND ULTIMATELY OUT TO THE OUTLET.
WHICH ON THAT NOTE, THE NEXT PICTURE FROM EARLY JANUARY OF THIS YEAR WAS ONE THAT KATIE TOOK ON HER DRONE.
I LOVE THIS SHOT BECAUSE IT GIVES PERSPECTIVE ON THE OUTLET STRUCTURE.
AND YOU'LL SEE THE EMERGENCY OUTFLOW IS THE RIP WRAP APRON TO THE RIGHT OF THE OUTFLOW STRUCTURE.
THIS IS THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PREVIOUS PICTURE.
SO OUTLET STRUCTURE ON ONE SIDE, BUT THEN FROM WHAT WE CAN'T SEE, IF WE WERE LOOKING BACK THIS WAY, THIS IS WHAT WE'D SEE THE OUTLET STRUCTURE DISCHARGES TO SOME RIP WRAP AND THEN THE WATER IS ABLE TO SHEET FLOW TO THE NATURAL WETLAND A COUPLE HUNDRED YARDS THAT WAY.
SO WHAT'S NEXT AS WE WRAP THIS PROJECT UP? I'M SURE YOU'RE WONDERING WHAT WE'RE DOING, WHY THIS IS STILL ACTIVE.
WE'RE COORDINATING WITH D H AND ALSO OUR FOR WATERS CONSULTANT TO PROVIDE THE FINAL REPORT NEEDED TO CLOSE OUT THE THREE 19 GRANT.
WE'VE SUBMITTED THE CLOSEOUT PAPERWORK TO THE TOWN OF LEFTON IN COORDINATION WITH ANDREWS ENGINEERING AND R C E AND I INSPECTOR THERE.
AND WE ARE ALSO GONNA START ENGAGING IN THE ROUTINE MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE.
SO THE GRASS CUTTING, INSPECTING THE OUTLET, INSPECTING THE INLET, AND ANY OTHER THINGS THAT MAY NEED TO BE DONE.
WE'LL START KEEPING AN EYE OUT FOR THAT.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE POND.
DO LONG TERM WATER? WE ARE, AND THAT'LL BE PART, KATIE MENTIONED THE WATER QUALITY EFFORTS WITH WILPERT AND A STATION, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THIS COULD COORDINATE TO SLOW PUTTING IN A DOWNSTREAM MONITORING STATION.
AND THEN AS, AS, SINCE IT'S BEEN INSTALLED AND CONNECTED FROM THE RIGHT WAY, WE ACTUALLY, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE NOW THE PAWN HAS NOT YET OUT, WHICH IS GREAT.
THERE'S A LOT OF TOBACCO TRANSPIRATION HAPPENING.
SO RIGHT NOW THERE'S NOT MUCH FOR US TO SAMPLE BECAUSE AGAIN, NOTHING'S, NOTHING'S LEFT THE SYSTEM.
BILL YOU, UH, A GOOD BIT IN THE UTILITY CONFLICT PERIOD.
THE POND WAS NOT CONNECTED TO THE ROADWAY.
LET ME GO BACK TO THE PICTURES AND I'LL SHOW YOU ONE THIS NOVEMBER PICTURE WHERE THE POND'S COMPLETED.
SO THERE IS A GOOD BIT OF GROUNDWATER INFLUENCE HERE.
DID SOMEBODY EVER HEAR YOU? OKAY.
THAT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT A YEAR AGO, UH, ALAN SNYDER, UH, WHO SPENT MANY YEARS ON OUR BOARD, UH, MADE THE SUGGESTION THAT WE COME OUT ON SOME OF OUR MEETINGS AND ACTUALLY SEE AND VISIT, UH, THE ACTUAL PROJECTS, UH, THE BUFORD COUNTY STORMWATER CONTRACTS.
AND THIS IS A CASE OF A SUPER SUCCESSFUL ONE THAT WE HOPEFULLY ALL WILL BE AS SUCCESSFUL AS THIS ONE.
UH, AT THIS STAGE, UH, I WOULD ASK IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENT? YEAH, SO THIS IS MOSTLY FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS.
I JUST WANNA MAKE YOU AWARE THAT DECEMBER IS GOING
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TO BE A REALLY BIG MONTH FOR Y'ALL AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ASKING FOR.SO, UM, WE HAVE NOT YET HEARD ANY GUIDANCE FROM THE COUNTY AS FAR AS WHEN OUR BUDGETS ARE GONNA BE DUE, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT TYPICALLY IN THE DECEMBER OR JANUARY TIMEFRAME WE'RE BRINGING TO Y'ALL'S ATTENTION FOR APPROVAL.
UM, AND THAT'S A BIG PORTION OF WHAT WE TALK ABOUT.
WE'RE ALSO GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT OUR SETTING OUR MEETING SCHEDULE FOR NEXT YEAR.
SO IF YOU LIKE THE EVERY OTHER MONTH, LET US KNOW.
IF YOU WANNA GO BACK TO EVERY MONTH, LET US KNOW IF YOU WANT A DIFFERENT HYBRID.
THAT'LL BE SOMETHING THAT WE ALSO TALK ABOUT AT THE DECEMBER MEETING.
UM, LIKE JULIANA MENTIONED, AND I THINK I DID TOO, THE MANUAL, WE'RE GONNA BE BRINGING ALL PROPOSED AMENDMENTS.
SO WE WILL BE GIVING YOU THE 600 PAGE DOCUMENT AGAIN FOR YOUR REVIEW.
WE WILL BE CERTAIN TO CALL OUT THOSE AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN CHANGED AND AMENDED, BUT JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT'S GONNA BE ON THE RADAR FOR THAT MEETING.
AND THEN LASTLY, LIKE JACOB TERRY MENTIONED WITH THE TOWN, WE ARE ALSO TAKING A LOOK AT OUR STORM WATER FEES.
WE REALLY, AS FAR AS I SHOULD SAY, PERMITTING GOES, WE'RE A LITTLE BEHIND THE BALL.
AND WHEN I SAY A LITTLE, I REALLY MEAN A LOT BEHIND THE BALL WITH WHAT WE, UM, CHARGE CONTRACTORS AND DEVELOPERS TO DO WORK AND BE FOR COUNTY.
UM, BECAUSE IT IS SO AFFORDABLE TO DO WORK.
UH, AS FAR AS OBTAINING A PERMIT, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF BURDEN THAT'S PLACED ON JULIANA'S POSITION BECAUSE SHE ENDS UP ACTING LIKE A QA QC PERSON FOR DEVELOPMENT.
AND THAT IS NOT THE PURPOSE OF JULIANA'S JOB.
SO THAT BEING SAID, WE ARE BRINGING A REVISED FEE SCHEDULE FOR YOU ALL TO VOTE ON.
I WILL SAY IT'S GONNA BE A LOT MORE AGGRESSIVE THAN THE EXISTING $75.
WE CHARGE FOR A PERMIT FOR STORM WATER IN BEAUFORT COUNTY.
UM, AND WE'RE ALSO PLANNING ON INCREASING THE FEE FOR THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL HOMES.
THAT ONE WON'T BE QUITE AS AGGRESSIVE.
UM, AGAIN, WE TOOK A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT WHAT PEOPLE IN THE STATE ARE CHARGING, WHAT OUR LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES ARE CHARGING, AND REALLY KIND OF WAS ABLE TO PICK AND CHOOSE WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS MOST APPROPRIATE FOR OUR AREA.
SO JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, BE PREPARED FOR THAT TWO PLUS HOUR MEETING BECAUSE DECEMBER IS GONNA TAKE EVERY SECOND OF THAT.
BEFORE WE MOVE ON, UH, UH, FOR OUR TWO NEW MEMBERS OR NEWER MEMBERS, UH, WE HAVE ANOTHER NEWER MEMBER WHO'S NOT HERE TODAY, BUT WE WANT TO CAPTURE IT IN OUR MINUTES.
UH, AGAIN, WHEN I JOINED THE STORM WATER BOARD SOME FIVE, SIX YEARS AGO, I THINK IT'S BEEN FIVE OR SIX YEARS, UH, WE MET EVERY MONTH.
WE FOUND THAT OUR AGENDA WAS, WAS FAIRLY SMALL.
THE MEETINGS USUALLY LASTED LESS THAN ONE HOUR.
AND SO WE MOVED, UH, TO A QUARTERLY MEETING.
WE HAD ONE EVERY THREE MONTHS, AND THE AGENDA GOT EXTREMELY LONG.
SO THEN WE SAID, WELL, LET'S TRY TO MEET IN THE MIDDLE.
IT MADE THE STAFF, UH, A LITTLE MORE EFFECTIVE AND A LITTLE LESS, UH, UH, MONTHLY, UH, PAPERWORK INTENSIVE FOR THEM, UH, TO PUT TOGETHER THE, THE BOOKLETS AND THE AGENDA AND GET THE INFORMATION AND, UH, TABLES.
SO WE MOVED TO EVERY OTHER MONTH AND WE SAID SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR WE DO OUTSIDE MEETINGS, UH, AT COMPLETED OR NEAR COMPLETED PROJECTS TO GIVE EVERYONE A CHANCE TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT WAS GOING ON.
SO AGAIN, WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT AT OUR NEXT MEETING FOR 2023, WHETHER WE WANNA MAINTAIN THE EVERY OTHER MONTH.
SO YOU'VE GOT A FEEL FOR FOR MANY SEVERAL OF YOU, FOR, UH, JIM FOR A LONG TIME.
BUT SEVERAL OF YOU, UH, FOR THE LAST TWO MONTHS HAVE SEEN, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST THE LAST TWO MEETINGS OVER THE LAST FOUR MONTHS, WHAT'S TRANSPIRED AND WHETHER THAT'S A GOOD OR BAD THING.
I WON'T TELL YOU, UH, MY POSITION, BUT WE'LL LET EVERYONE DISCUSS IT AND THEN WE'LL VOTE ON IT.
UH, AT THIS TIME, I CALL YOUR INTENTION, UH, TO THE NEXT, TO THE LAST PAGE BEFORE THE BLUE DIVIDER.
[8. NEXT MEETING AGENDA]
IS OUR AGENDA, A PROPOSED AGENDA FOR OUR NEXT MEETING ON DECEMBER 14TH.AND I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED AGENDA.
I HAVE A MOTIONAL APPROVE PROPOSED AGENDA FOR DECEMBER 14TH.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? WE HAVE A SECOND.
[01:15:02]
THE AGENDA, THE PROPOSED AGENDA FOR DECEMBER 14TH IS APPROVED AS STATED IN YOUR BOOKBOOK.THIS TIME I WILL ADJOURN THE MEETING.