Oct 24, 2022 County Council Regular Session

ORDER.

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[1. CALL TO ORDER]

WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLE COUNCIL MEMBER CUNNINGHAM? PRESENT IN PERSON.

COUNCIL MEMBER FLEW ELLEN PRESENT.

COUNCIL MEMBER DAWSON.

PRESENT.

COUNCIL MEMBER MCALLEN.

COUNCIL MEMBER LAWSON MARK LAWSON.

HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER HOWARD.

HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER RODMAN.

HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER HERON PRESENT.

COUNCIL MEMBER GLOVER, YOU VICE CHAIR SOMERVILLE.

PRESENT CHAIR.

DO YOU HAVE A QUORUM? YES, MA'AM.

UH, WOULD YOU ALL RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND THEN PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE INVOCATION? I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDERDOG, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

WHEN THE INVOCATION IS DONE BY OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, IT'S A REFLECTION OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.

I STUDIED OUR AGENDA TONIGHT, SO I'M COMBINING TWO DIFFERENT INVOCATIONS TOGETHER.

ONE IS CALLED ALL VOICES HEARD AND THE OTHER IS CALLED WISE USE OF TIME.

ALMIGHTY GOD.

MAY YOUR GRACE COVER EACH ASPECT OF THIS MEETING.

WE PRAY THAT ALL VOICES WILL BE HEARD AND THAT WE WILL HAVE A MINDSET OF INCLUSIVITY.

MAY THIS BE A SAFE PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO EXPRESS THEIR OPINIONS AND A PLACE WHERE IDEAS MATTER MORE THAN TITLES.

MAY EVERYONE BE ENGAGED AND INVOLVED AND MAY ALL CONCERNS BE ADDRESSED.

ENABLE US TO WISELY AND EFFICIENTLY MANAGE OUR TIME IN THIS MEETING TODAY.

HELP US STICK TO THE AGENDA AND NOT GET DISTRACTED WITH DISCUSSIONS THAT AREN'T PERTINENT TO OUR OBJECTIVES.

HELP US TO CLEARLY UNDERSTAND THE OBJECTIVES AND EXPECTATIONS OF THIS MEETING AND STAY FOCUSED ON THOSE THINGS.

AMEN? AMEN.

SO WE WELCOME EVERYBODY WHO IS IN THE AUDIENCE ONLINE WATCHING US EITHER ON THE COUNTY CHANNEL OR FACEBOOK OR YOUTUBE, OR HOWEVER YOU GET US.

PUBLIC NOTICE OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN PUBLISHED, POSTED, AND DISTRIBUTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SOUTH CAROLINA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT.

I WOULD ASK

[4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA]

STILL MOVE MR. CHAIRMAN? MR. RODMAN MAKES THE MOTION A SECOND, PLEASE.

I'LL MAKE A SECOND, MR. CHAIR.

MS. HOWARD MAKES THE SECOND DULY MOTION IN SECOND.

IN ANY DISCUSSION, SEEING NONE, THE AGENDA WILL BE APPROVED WITHOUT OBJECTION.

AND I SEE NO OBJECTIONS, SEE NO OBJECTIONS.

NEXT IS

[5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - October 3, 2022]

A MOTION PLEASE.

SO MOVED.

MR. SOMERVILLE MAKES THE MOTION A SECOND PLEASE.

SECOND, MR. CUNNINGHAM MAKES THE SECOND DUALLY MOTION.

AND SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION? SAY NONE.

THE MI THE MINUTES WILL BE APPROVED WITHOUT OBJECTION.

AND I SEE NO OBJECTIONS.

[6. ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT]

THANK YOU.

BY THE WAY, SPECIAL, SPECIAL EVENT EARLIER THIS EVENING.

THOUGHT I'D WEAR MY SUPERHERO SOCKS TONIGHT.

ANYWAY, UM, GOOD AFTERNOON.

UH, CHAIRMAN, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, CITIZENS WHO ARE HERE WITH US AND THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING US ONLINE.

UH, TYPICALLY DURING THIS TIME I INTRODUCE, UH, EMPLOYEES, COUNTY EMPLOYEES.

BUT TONIGHT I'VE CHOSEN TO FORGO THAT OPPORTUNITY, UH, IN EXCHANGE FOR ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY AND MAKE YOU ALL AWARE OF A PROGRAM THAT HAS RECENTLY BEEN IMPLEMENTED HERE BY NONE OTHER THAN OUR, ONE OF OUR ROCKSTAR ACAS, MR. JARED FRAX.

THIS WAS HIS IDEA.

UH, HE PUT TOGETHER A GROUP OF GROUP OF FOLKS TO, UH, SPEARHEAD PUTTING TOGETHER WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE BEAUFORD COUNTY EMERGING LEADERS PROGRAM.

SO I'M GONNA CALL ON KATIE HERRERA, WHO IS ONE OF THE LEADERS OF THAT GROUP.

AND SHE'S GONNA COME UP AND GIVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION ABOUT THAT PROGRAM, ABOUT WHAT IT'S DESIGNED TO DO AND THE PARTICIPATION BY THE STAFF.

I THINK, UH, THERE ARE A LOT OF COUNTY STAFF MEMBERS HERE BEHIND ME, ALL OF WHOM ARE MEMBERS OF THE EMERGING LEADERS PROGRAM.

SO HOPEFULLY SHE WILL RECOGNIZE THOSE AS WELL.

SO COME ON UP, KATIE.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING COUNSEL.

THANK YOU ERIC, FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE TODAY.

I KNOW USUALLY I'M HERE TALKING ABOUT STORM WATER, BUT I DO WANNA PRESENT TO YOU ALL, UH, THE EMERGING LEADERS PROGRAM.

UM, LIKE ANY GOOD STORY WITH, UH, KE BUFORD COUNTY INVOLVED.

THIS ONE STARTS WITH JARED

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HE CAME TO SOME OF US WITH AN IDEA OF GETTING STAFF MEMBERS INVOLVED TO CREATE BETTER RELATIONSHIPS AMONGST US ALL, WHETHER THEY BE PERSONAL, UM, OR PROFESSIONAL.

AND SO INITIALLY WE STARTED THIS GROUP VERY SMALL.

WE HAD ABOUT NINE MEMBERS FROM OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND ENGINEERING TEAM THAT GOT TOGETHER TO START TALKING ABOUT WAYS WE CAN DEVELOP OURSELVES AS PROFESSIONALS AND ULTIMATELY MAKE BETTER STEWARDS FOR BEAUFORD COUNTY.

SO THE VISION OF THIS GROUP IS TO PROVIDE AN ORGANIZATION OF EMERGING LEADERS WITHIN THE COUNTY TO BETTER ALL OF, UM, OUR DEPARTMENTS AS WELL AS OURSELVES.

AND TO CONTINUE TO MAKE THIS PLACE A WONDERFUL PLACE TO LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY.

THE MISSION OF OUR ORGANIZATION IS TO ATTRACT, DEVELOP, AND RETAIN, UM, EMERGING LEADERS WITHIN THE BU COUNTY ORGANIZATION, THE ORGANIZATION THROUGH ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES, AGAIN TO INTENDED TO FOSTER THOSE PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTS.

NEXT SLIDE.

SO I'LL INTRODUCE MYSELF AGAIN.

MY NAME IS KATIE.

I'M THE STORMWATER MANAGER AND I SERVE AS THE PRESIDENT OF THIS ORGANIZATION WITH NINE PEOPLE.

UM, IT'S REALLY KIND OF EASY, TORA US ALL, BUT WE BEGAN TO GROW AND WE BEGAN TO GO GROW RATHER QUICKLY AFTER GETTING THE GO AHEAD FROM, UM, MR. GREENWAY.

UH, AT THAT STAGE, WE BROUGHT ON A VICE PRESIDENT, MS. VICTORIA HOFFMAN.

SHE'S THE PUBLIC WORKS, UH, PROJECT COORDINATOR.

AND THEN AGAIN, AS WE CONTINUED TO EVOLVE THIS ORGANIZATION AMONGST COUNTY STAFF AND THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, WE REALIZED THAT THERE WAS SO MUCH MORE THAT WE COULD DO, UM, HAVING A STRONGER LEADERSHIP GROUP.

SO, UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'VE GOT ANGEL MAREN KOSKI FROM SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING.

SHE'S OUR MEMBERSHIP DIRECTOR.

WE HAVE MS. PAMELA COBB, THE PLANNING DIRECTOR.

SHE'S OUR DISASTER RECOVERY COORDINATOR.

WE HAVE SIERRA HALL, A COMMUNITY OUTREACH, UH, DIRECTOR OF THE ORGANIZATION.

SHE'S A SENIOR ADMIN OVER IN ENGINEERING.

AND THEN WE HAVE MS. BRITTANY FIELDS, UH, THE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM MANAGER.

UM, AGAIN, NEXT SLIDE REPRESENTED AMONGST US.

WE STARTED, LIKE I SAID, VERY SMALL BETWEEN PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING.

AND NOW WE HAVE WELL OVER 13 DEPARTMENTS REPRESENTED AMONGST THE COUNTY ORGANIZATION.

THERE ARE CURRENTLY 36 ACTIVE MEMBERS, AND IT'S BEEN SUCH AN EXCITING PROGRAM TO GET TO SPEARHEAD, BUT ALSO BE A PART OF, UM, WITH EVERYONE THAT, THAT WE WORK CLOSELY WITH.

NEXT SLIDE.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY LIKE TO DO IS GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, UM, AND COORDINATION WITH SOME OF OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS OPENING UP.

WE DID A KAYAK CLEANUP OF THE WHITE HALL BOAT LANDING AREA, AS WELL AS IN FRONT OF BREW MEMORIAL PARK, NEXT SLIDE.

AND THIS PAST WEEKEND, WE WERE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TRICK OR TREAT EVENT WITH THE CITY OF BEAUFORT.

UM, HAVING A CANDY, OUR LITTLE CANDY CASTLE, UM, HAVING KIDS COME THROUGH.

AND, UM, AGAIN, JUST A REALLY GREAT WAY TO ENGAGE OUR MEMBERSHIP WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

WE HAD A LOT OF EXCITED KIDS AND PARENTS AND LEADERSHIP EVEN WITHIN THE CITY ORGANIZATION THAT, UH, WERE EXCITED TO HAVE US THERE.

WE DO PARTICIPATE IN A LOT OF SOCIALS AND A COUPLE OF US EVEN WENT TO THE WHITE HOUSE TO TALK ABOUT EMERGING LEADERS TO JOE BIDEN.

UH, HE WASN'T THERE.

HE WAS IN DELAWARE, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE TRIED .

UM, AND NEXT SLIDE.

SO AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE A GROWING ORGANIZATION.

WE REALLY ENJOY BEING TOGETHER, UM, PROFESSIONALLY AND PERSONALLY OUTSIDE OF THIS.

WE DO CONTINUE TO, UH, RECRUIT STAFF MEMBERS WITHIN THE BEAUFORD COUNTY ORGANIZATION.

WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THE MEMBERS THAT WE HAVE AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO GROW OUR NUMBERS.

THAT WAY WE CAN DO MORE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

UM, AGAIN, WE LIKE TO SUPPORT OUR OURSELVES AND AS INDIVIDUALS AND JUST THE COUNTY AS A WHOLE.

SO, UM, WE WANNA CONTINUE TO KEEP BEFOR THE GREAT PLACE TO LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY.

AND WE APPRECIATE ALL OF THE SUPPORT FROM SENIOR LEADERSHIP.

MR. GREENWAY, WHITNEY RICHLAND, JARED FRA OF COURSE, AND ALL OTHER, UM, YOU KNOW, SENIOR STAFF AT THE COUNTY.

SO THANK YOU.

MM-HMM.

.

WOW.

VERY GOOD.

WELL, THAT WAS A NICE BRIEF REPORT.

THEY THANK YOU BEFORE .

THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

EXCELLENT.

[7. PRESENTATION OF A PROCLAMATION TO THE YOUNG MARINES IN OBSERVANCE OF RED RIBBON WEEK - CHAIRMAN PASSIMENT]

AND I'M GOING TO ASK VICE CHAIR SOMERVILLE TO READ THAT PROCLAMATION.

AND THEN AFTER THAT IS DONE, THEY HAVE REQUESTED A PICTURE TO BE TAKEN WITH THE ENTIRE COUNSEL.

SO WE WILL ASSEMBLE OUT FRONT FOR A PICTURE, UM, WHEREAS IT ALL START OFF, WHEREAS DID

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WHEREAS ONE OF THE PILLARS OF THE YOUNG MARINE PROGRAM IS TO LEAVE POSITIVE DRUG-FREE LIFESTYLES AND TO EDUCATE AND ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO DO THE SAME.

WHEREAS YOUNG MARINE UNITS ARE MANDATED TO TEACH A STANDARDIZED CURRICULUM THAT FOCUSES ON GATEWAY DRUGS, BUT ALSO STAYS CURRENT WITH DRUGS THAT AFFECT OUR YOUTH.

AND WHEREAS YOUNG MARINES PARTICIPATE YEAR ROUND COMMUNITY PROJECTS AND EVENTS THAT FOCUS ON REDUCING AND ELIMINATING DRUG ABUSE BY OUR YOUTH.

AND WHEREAS GOVERNMENTS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS KNOW THAT CITIZEN SUPPORT IS ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE TOOLS IN THE EFFORT TO REDUCE THE USE OF ILLICIT DRUGS IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

AND WHEREAS THE RED RIBBON HAS BEEN CHOSEN AS A SYMBOL COMMEMORATING THE WORK OF ENRIQUE, KIKI TORE A DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION AGENT WHO WAS MURDERED IN THE LINE OF JUDY AND REPRESENTS THE BELIEF THAT ONE PERSON CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

AND WHEREAS THE RED RIBBON CAMPAIGN WAS ESTABLISHED BY CONGRESS IN 1988 TO ENCOURAGE A DRUG FREE LIFESTYLE AND INVOLVEMENT IN DRUG PREVENTION AND REDUCTION EFFORTS.

AND WHEREAS OCTOBER 23 THROUGH 31 HAS BEEN DESIGNATED NATIONAL RED RIBBON WEEK, WHICH ENCOURAGES AMERICANS TO WEAR A RED RIBBON TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT FOR A DRUG-FREE ENVIRONMENT.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT BUFORD COUNTY COUNCIL RECOGNIZES THE YOUNG MARINES DURING RED RIBBON WEEK FOR THEIR EFFORTS IN EDUCATING THE YOUTH ALL YEAR LONG THROUGH VARIOUS EVENTS AND COMMUNITY PROJECTS.

NOW, WOULD ONE YOU ALL LIKE TO COMMENT ON WHAT YOU ALL DO? WE'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU, PLEASE.

GOOD EVENING, COUNSEL.

UM, THE YOUNG MARINE PROGRAM IS NOT ONLY, UM, A PROGRAM TO FOCUS ON DRUG ENFORCEMENT AND, UM, GETTING RID OF DRUGS, BUT IT FOCUSES MAINLY ON THE YOUTH SUCH AS MYSELF.

UM, WE'LL COME UP AND WE WILL, THEY GIVE US UNIFORMS AND IT GIVES US A SENSE OF PRIDE AND HELPS US TO STAY AWAY FROM THE DRUGS THAT CAN BE IMPLEMENTED INTO OUR LIVES IN MULTIPLE WAYS, NOT ONLY THROUGH SCHOOL, BUT IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.

THANKS.

QUESTION.

GOOD EVENING COUNCIL.

WE JUST WANTED TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THANK YOU FOR PARTNERING WITH US.

THIS IS A FIGHT THAT ISN'T HANDLED JUST IN OUR BACKYARD, BUT ACROSS OUR COUNTY.

AND EVEN THOUGH WE ARE, UM, WE ARE REPRESENTING UPSTATE YOUNG MARINES, WHICH IS KIND OF IN THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

WE RESIDE IN HAMPTON COUNTY.

AND SO THIS IS ACROSS COUNTY, ACROSS THE STATE, ACROSS THE NATION, AND ACROSS THE WORLD.

AND SO WE JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR PARTNERING WITH US YEAR AFTER YEAR.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

WE PROVIDED A FEW RED RIBBONS.

I'LL HAND OVER TO THE CLERK OF COUNCIL IF ANY OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO WEAR THEM THIS WEEK.

WE INVITE COUNCIL TO COME DOWN AND, UH, LET'S HAVE A PHOTO OFF.

DON'T GET THESE VERY WELL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I SURE CAN IN.

ALL RIGHT.

EVERYBODY RIGHT HERE ON THE COUNT OF THREE.

OH, OKAY.

HOLD.

THERE YOU GO.

ONE, TWO, AND THREE.

AND ONE MORE.

THANK YOU.

WAIT, WAIT.

MORE MY WAY.

ONE MORE PICTURE.

.

SO PLEASE HOLD, HOLD.

ONE MORE.

ONE MORE, ONE MORE PICTURE.

OH, .

1, 2, 3.

GOT IT.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

[8. CITIZEN COMMENTS]

UH, DANNY, WILL YOU COME FORWARD PLEASE TO ADDRESS? THAT'S FINE.

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MR. CHAIRMAN, I WANT THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BEFORE COUNSEL AND SPEAK.

I'M DANNY LUANE, PRESIDENT OF BEAUFORT COUNTY FARM BUREAU FEDERATION AND CHILD MICHAEL WITH FARM BUREAU GOVERNMENT RELATIONS.

UM, I HAVE HERE A LETTER THAT WAS SENT TO ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I BELIEVE IT WAS MADE A LOT LAST FRIDAY.

UM, CONCERNING THE ALTERNATE, IT SAYS PASSED ON LIVESTOCK EVACUATION ON THE EVACUATION ORDER IS CALLED FOR IN BUFORD COUNTY.

I'M NOT GOING TO READ THE LETTER, BUT I HOPE THAT EACH ONE OF Y'ALL HAVE TAKEN TIME TO READ IT AND STUDY OVER IT AS FARM BUREAU FEELS LIKE IT IS UNNEEDED AND UNLAWFUL AS STATED IN THE LETTER.

AND WE HOPE THE COUNCIL WILL RECONSIDER AND STRIKE THE ORDINANCE FROM THE BOOKS.

THANK YOU.

AND I'LL TURN OVER CALVIN.

WELL, THANK YOU.

HI, I'M CHOWERS MICHAEL.

UM, I WORK WITH THE SOUTH COUNTY FARM BUREAU FEDERATION IN COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA.

I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND, UM, SPEAK WITH YOU GUYS.

WHAT I MAINLY WANTED TO SAY WAS JUST TO AGREE AND SUPPORT, UH, MR. LU'S LETTER AND, UH, THE FACT THAT, THAT WE FEEL THAT, THAT, UH, THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET SERVE, GET SOLVED.

UM, WE HAD A GREAT OPPORTUNITY WITH A LIVESTOCK, UH, CONTROL OFFICER.

CAME TO OUR COUNTY FARM BUREAU MEETING HERE IN BUFORD, AND WE HAD GOOD DISCUSSION.

UM, THIS IS AFTER THE ORDINANCE HAD PASSED ALREADY, BUT WE HAD GOOD DISCUSSION AND BEGAN, AND THEN, UH, MS. HOWARD CAME TO THE ANNUAL MEETING AND WE REALLY DIDN'T DISCUSS, BUT, BUT SHE HEARD, SHE HEARD A LOT OF THE CONCERNS OF THE FARM BUREAU AREA.

SO, UM, WE JUST APPRECIATE THE FACT OF, OF THEM BEING PRESENT AND BEING A PART OF OUR GROUP.

AND, UH, WE HOPE THAT WE'LL TAKE EVERY ADVANTAGE TO TAKE IT, TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ON TASK FORCE AND COMMITTEES THAT WOULD, UH, RELATED IT TO OUR AGRICULTURE, THE LIVELIHOOD, AND ALSO FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE COMMUNITY.

BUT JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

GREAT.

THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE IT.

YES.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS COUNSEL? GO BACK LUNCH.

SEEING NONE, WE WILL END THE CITIZEN COMMENT SECTION.

WE WILL GO

[9. LIASION AND COMMITTEE REPORTS]

MS. HOWARD, YOU SAID YOU HAD A BRIEF REPORT? I, I DO.

UH, TWO THINGS.

UH, LAST WEEK, LAST WEEK WE HAD A OUTSTANDING, UM, STORM WATER BOARD MEETING.

IT WAS A FIELD TRIP.

I WISH KATIE HADN'T LEFT YET.

I WAS GONNA THANK HER PERSONALLY.

IT WAS WENT VERY WELL.

AND IT WAS AT THE STORM WATER RETENTION AREA IN OKEE, UH, VERY EDUCATIONAL FOR ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS.

UH, AND THEN ALSO I WENT TO THE FORT ROYALS, UH, CONSULTANT'S PRESENTATION ON THEIR FINAL REPORT, UH, FOR THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OF REEBOK ROAD ON AS FAR AS COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES AND OTHER, UH, THINGS BETWEEN PARA ISLAND AND GATEWAY AND BURGER KING, PIG WIGGLY AREA.

SO IT WAS VERY INTERESTING.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

ANY OTHERS? UM, BRIEF.

WE'RE CUTTING IN.

THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN.

UM, JUST THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS SAW THE EMAIL TODAY, BUT IN PARKS AND REC, UM, THE TENNIS COURTS ARE GONNA BE OPENING ON THE 25TH AT 10:00 AM THEY'RE DOING THE RIBBON CUTTING FOR THAT, UM, IN BEAUFORT.

THANK YOU.

ANY OTHERS? SEEING NONE, WE WILL NOW MOVE TO THE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ACTION ITEMS. THERE

[10. MATTERS ARISING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION]

THAT WILL BE TAKEN UP UNDER ITEM NUMBER 12.

SO WE'RE

[11. APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA]

MAY I HAVE A MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA? SO I'LL SECOND.

MR. DAWSON MAKES THE MOTION.

MR. LAWSON MAKES THE SECOND DUALLY MOTIONED AND SECONDED.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, CONCERNS? SEEING NONE, THIS WILL BE APPROVED WITHOUT OBJECTION AND I SEE NO OBJECTIONS.

[12. PUBLIC HEARING AND THIRD READING OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY FOR THE SALE OF COUNTY OWNED REAL PROPERTIES IDENTIFIED AS 1407 KING STREET AND 600 WILMINGTON STREET, CITY OF BEAUFORT]

I WOULD ASK MR. GLOVER TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT AND THEN, UH, MS. HOWARD TO SECOND THAT AND THAT MR. GLOVER WILL MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO THAT.

OKAY.

UH, MS. CHAIRMAN, I WOULD DO EXACTLY WHAT YOU JUST SAID.

SO THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 12 AS WRITTEN.

UM, I THINK HE'S READY TO RAISE.

SO, YEP, THAT'S THE MOTION.

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OKAY.

UH, AND MR. GLOVER, YOU WISH TO AMEND THE MOTION? I I WOULD LOVE TO, UH, AMEND, AMEND THE MOTION, UM, TO READ AS FOLLOW TO CORRECT THE HOUSING CONSTRUCTION ON 600 WILMINGTON STREET THAT IS DEDICATED TO WORKFORCE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND TO REMOVE THE CONTINGENCY FOR CONSTRUCTION AND LEASING OR WILMINGTON STREET PROPERTY TO BE COMPLETED BEFORE, UH, VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION IS COMMENCED ON THE KING STREET PROPERTY.

AND TO INCLUDE A CONTINGENCY THAT UNTIL ALL THE UNITS ON WILMINGTON STREET PROPERTY ARE ISSUED, IT'S A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY ONLY.

NOPE, I'M SORRY.

YEP.

INCLUDE A CONTINGENCY THAT WILL, THAT UNTIL ALL THE UNITS ON WILMINGTON STREET PROPERTY ARE ISSUED A CERTIFICATE OF, OF OCCUPANCY ONLY SEVEN UNITS ON THE KING STREET PROPERTY CAN BE ISSUED A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.

AND IF I CAN GET A SECOND, I'LL CLARIFY ANYTHING OR ANY QUESTION, ANYBODY THAT MAY HAVE.

I'D LIKE TO SECOND MS. HOWARD MAKES IT SECOND.

UM, OKAY, MR. GLOVER, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? UM, BASICALLY IN SENSE, UH, WHAT WE WANT TO DO, UM, IS TO, UM, BEFORE IN THE PREVIOUS, UH, UH, ORDINANCE, UH, WE STATED THAT NO WORK, UM, ON THE, MAKE SURE I GOT IT RIGHT ON THE, UH, KING STREET, UM, WILL TAKE PLACE, RIGHT, UH, UNTIL THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON THE WILMINGTON STREET IS COMPLETED.

UM, WE ARE NOW REVERSING THAT TO ALLOW THE, THE, UH, CONSTRUCTION OF SEVEN UNITS ON THE WILMINGTON STREET TO GO FORWARD.

AND A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY WILL BE ISSUED AFTER THAT.

UM, THE REMAINING, UM, ON, ON KING STREET, UH, WILL NOT RECEIVE CONTIN, UH, CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY UNTIL ALL THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS ON WILMINGTON STREET IS COMPLETED.

THAT'S ESSENTIAL, WHAT THAT MOTION DOES.

GREAT.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

WE WILL, I WANNA MAKE SURE I GOT THAT RIGHT.

WE WILL TAKE THE VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT FIRST, AND THEN WE WILL HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN THE VOTE ON THE AMENDED MOTION.

SO, UH, ARE, IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE WE VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT? OKAY, IT'S BEEN DUALLY MOTIONED IN SECOND TO AMEND.

UM, IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THE AMENDMENT? I SEE NO OBJECTION.

SO THE AMENDMENT IS APPROVED AND NOW WE WILL TURN TO THE PUBLIC.

IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO MAKE COMMENT ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR ITEM AS AMENDED? SEEING NONE, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC SECTION.

UH, ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS BEFORE WE VOTE ON THE AMENDED MOTION? SEEING NONE, IT'S BEEN DULY, MOTIONED, SECONDED THE AMENDMENT HAS BEEN APPROVED.

SO NOW IT READS THE PUB, THE ORDINANCE AS AMENDED.

UM, IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THIS MOTION PASSING? I SEE NO OBJECTIONS.

UH, MR. SOWELL? YEAH, YOU KNOW, I, I'D LIKE A RULING FROM THE CHAIR.

YES.

I BELIEVE THAT, THAT THIS MAY AT SOME FUTURE POINT BE CONSTRUED AS A SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE TO THE MOTION AND THEREFORE WOULD REQUIRE REVERSION, REVERSION BACK TO SECOND READING.

BUT I'D LIKE A RULING FROM THE CHAIR THAT THIS IS, UH, TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT YOU DETERMINE THIS IS A, UM, A SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE.

UH, I DON'T THINK IT IS, BRIAN.

I DON'T THINK IT'S THE INTENT, UH, OF, UH, A SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE.

I THINK IT'S JUST REMOVING THE CONTINGENCY BECAUSE THE CITY OF BEAUFORT HAS, UH, RECOMMENDED TO THE DEVELOPER THAT THE TWO PROPERTIES NOT BE, UM, TREATED AS TWO DIFFERENT PROPERTIES, BUT ONE SINGLE PROPERTY.

AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE MAKING THIS AMENDMENT TO THAT SO THAT HE CAN FULFILL THAT OBLIGATION.

SO I DON'T THINK IT'S SUBSTANTIAL ONE.

IS THERE ANYONE I'M NOT MAKING A MOTION.

SORRY, I'M JUST ASKING THE QUE A QUESTION AND I WANT YOU TO NO, I, I THOUGHT THAT WAS A GOOD CLARIFICATION ON YOUR PART AS AS TO WHY WE ARE DOING THIS.

SURE.

UH, OKAY.

UH, SEEING NONE THEN THIS WILL BE, UH, APPROVED WITHOUT OBJECTION.

AND IC NO OBJECTIONS.

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[13. PUBLIC HEARING AND THIRD READING OF AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND BEAUFORT COUNTY ORDINANCE 2022/33 FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2022-23 BEAUFORT COUNTY BUDGET TO PROVIDE FOR ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS TO PAY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022 CARRYOVERS, USE OF FUND BALANCE FOR PROPERTY ACQUISITION AND TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS AND THE USE OF CURRENT YEAR FUNDS FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS AND EQUIPMENT PURCHASES, DEFEASE/REFUND GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, AND OTHER MATTERS RELATED THERETO]

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THAT'S NOT TW.

THE YEAR 2022 TO 33 IS JUST, UH, ORDINANCE NUMBER 33 IN THE YEAR 2022 FOR THE FISCAL YEAR.

20 22 23 BEAUFORD COUNTY BUDGET TO PROVIDE FOR ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS TO PRAY FOR, TO PAY FOR THE 2022 CARRYOVERS USE OF FUND FOR PROPERTY ACQUISITION AND TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS AND THE USE OF CURRENT YEAR FUNDS FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS AND EQUIPMENT PURCHASES, FEES, REFUND, GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, AND OTHER MATTERS THERE TOO.

A MOTION, PLEASE.

SO, MR. CHAIRMAN, MR. RODMAN MAKES THE MOTION A SECOND, PLEASE.

SECOND.

MR. SUMMERVILLE MAKES THE SECOND DUALLY MOTION DIDN'T.

SECOND IT.

IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE? SEEING NONE, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC PORTION.

IS THERE ANY MEMBER OF COUNSEL WHO WISHES TO MAKE COMMENTS ABOUT THIS? SEEING NONE.

THIS WILL BE APPROVED WITHOUT OBJECTION AND I SEE NO OBJECTIONS.

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[14. PUBLIC HEARING AND THIRD READING OF AN ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH A REGIONAL HOUSING TRUST FUND AND OTHER MATTERS RELATED THERETO]

A MOTION PLEASE.

SO MOVE.

CHAIRMAN, I'LL SECOND.

MR. CUNNINGHAM MAKES THE MOTION.

MR. DAWSON MAKES THE SECOND DUALLY MOTIONED AND SECONDED.

UH, IS THERE ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO COMMENT ABOUT ITEM NUMBER 14? SEEING NONE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC PORTION.

IS THERE ANY MEMBER OF COUNSEL WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? SEEING NONE.

THIS WILL BE APPROVED WITHOUT OBJECTION AND I SEE NO OBJECTIONS.

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[15. PUBLIC HEARING AND THIRD READING OF AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND BEAUFORT COUNTY ORDINANCE 2022/33 FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2022-23 BEAUFORT COUNTY BUDGET TO PROVIDE FOR DISTRIBUTIONS FROM MYRTLE PARK PHASE II FUND AND OTHER MATTERS RELATED THERETO. (FISCAL IMPACT: Beaufort County put a substantial amount of capital into this project $828,576. Staff feels that the County should be reimbursed for its investment in the property)]

22 20 22 33 FOR THE FISCAL YEAR.

2223.

BEAUFORT COUNTY BUDGET TO PROVIDE FOR THE DISTRIBUTION FROM BEAL PARK PHASE TWO FUND AND OTHER MATTERS RELATED THERE TOO.

A MOTION PLEASE.

SOME MISS JIM.

MR. GLOVER MAKES THE MOTION A SECOND PLEASE.

SECOND, MR. SOMERVILLE MAKES THE SECOND DULY MOTION.

AND SECONDED.

UH, ANY REMAINING MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO ARE HERE NOW WISH TO MAKE A COMMENT? SEEING NONE, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION.

ANY, UH, MEMBER OF COUNSEL WISH TO MAKE A STATEMENT ABOUT THIS? SEEING NONE.

THEREFORE, THIS WILL BE APPROVED WITHOUT OBJECTION AND I SEE NO OBJECTIONS.

[16. PUBLIC HEARING AND THIRD READING OF AN ORDINANCE FOR A TEXT AMENDMENT TO BEAUFORT COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE VIII, DIVISION 2, SECTION 2-619 TO REQUIRE A PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON QUIT CLAIM DEEDS]

CHAPTER TWO, ARTICLE EIGHT, DIVISION TWO, SECTION TWO DASH 619 TO REQUIRE A PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON QUICK CLAIM DEEDS.

A MOTION PLEASE.

MR. GLOVER MAKES THE MOTION A SECOND, PLEASE.

I'LL SECOND.

MS. HOWARD MAKES THE SECOND DULY MOTIONED AND SECONDED.

ANY MEMBER OF COUNSEL WISH TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THIS MR. FLU DWELLING? YOU'RE ON MUTE.

DON'T FORGET YOU'RE ON MUTE.

NO COMMENTS, SIR.

I JUST OBJECT.

YES, I, I DULY NOTED.

UM, ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? THIS WILL BE APPROVED WITH ONE OBJECTION.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER OBJECTIONS? SEEING NONE, UH, MR. FLUELLING WILL BE THE OBJECTOR.

SO THIS PASSES WITH NINE YES.

ONE, NO ONE ABSENT.

ITEM

[17. PUBLIC HEARING AND THIRD READING OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO ENTER INTO AN EXCHANGE, PURCHASE AND/OR SALE AGREEMENT WITH THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND FOR THE SALE AND PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY CONSISTING OF 68 HELMSMAN WAY, 43 JENKINS ROAD, 70 BAYGALL ROAD, AND 152 WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY]

WAY 43 JENKINS ROAD, 70 BEAL ROAD AND 1 52 WILLIAM HELTON PARKWAY.

A MOTION PLEASE? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.

MR. CHAIRMAN.

MS. HOWARD MAKES THE MOTION A SECOND, PLEASE.

MR. RODMAN MAKES THE SECOND DUALLY MOTION.

AND SECOND, ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WISHES TO COMMENT REGARDING THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE.

WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC SESSION.

ANY COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL MEMBERS SAYING NONE.

THIS WILL BE APPROVED WITHOUT OBJECTION.

AND IC NO OBJECTIONS.

[18. PUBLIC HEARING AND SECOND READING OF AN ORDINANCE FOR A TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE BEAUFORT COUNTY PROCUREMENT CODE, DIVISION 4, SECTION 2-509, AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF PURCHASING DIRECTOR AND THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER]

SO MOVED.

SECOND.

MR. SOMERVILLE MAKES THE MOTION MR. CUNNINGHAM MAKES THE SECOND.

ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WISH TO COMMENT ABOUT

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ANY MEMBER OF COUNSEL WISH TO MAKE A STATEMENT? SEEING NONE, THIS WILL BE APPROVED WITHOUT OBJECTION AND I SEE NO OBJECTIONS.

[19. PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO ENTER INTO A PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF BEAUFORT FOR THE PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY WITH AN ADDRESS OF 1505 NORTH STREET (FISCAL IMPACT: $630,000 from General Fund-Fund Balance)]

MOTION PLEASE.

SO VOTE MR. SOMERVILLE MAKES THE MOTION.

SECOND.

I'LL SECOND.

MS. HOWARD MAKES THE SECOND DUALLY MOTIONED IN SECOND.

ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC PORTION.

COMMENTS FROM MR. ROB? JUST ONE.

I MAY HAVE MISSED THIS ALONG THE WAY, BUT, UH, WHY IS THIS A RESOLUTION AND NOT AN ORDINANCE IF WE'RE APPROPRIATING MONEY? UM, QUESTION.

CAUSE IT'S ALREADY, UH, I'M BEING TOLD IT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY AN ORDINANCE.

OKAY.

THE FINDING HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY ORDINANCE, SO WE'RE JUST THANK YOU.

WE'RE JUST MAKING THE FINAL ACTION DUE TO CLOSING.

I HAD A, A QUESTION REGARDING THE, ON THAT PROPERTY, THE TREE THAT WILL NEED PROTECTION.

WE HAVE WE NEGOTIATED ANYTHING WITH THE CITY ON THAT AS FAR AS THE COST OF THE PROPERTY? THAT'S NOT ON THIS BUCKET? IT'S ON THIS PROPERTY, ISN'T IT? IT'S IT'S NOT, NO, THIS IS ON THE, THAT TREE THAT YOU'RE SPEAKING OF.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE WITNESS OAK, RIGHT? YEAH.

YEAH.

THAT'S ON THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES WE'VE ALREADY PURCHASED CALLED THE DOUBTING LOT, TRIED TO CROSS THE STREET FROM THE, UH, I JUST AT CONWOOD LITERARY CENTER AND WE'RE WORKING ON AN AGREEMENT WITH THAT GROUP, UH, AND A LEASE AGREEMENT AND DEFINING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE AREA TO BE LEASED FOR ESTABLISHING A POCKET PARK AROUND THAT TREE WITH THAT PARTICULAR GROUP.

YOU ALL WILL SEE THAT HERE, UH, IN, UH, HOPEFULLY, UM, NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER.

I APOLOGIZE.

I I WAS GETTING THE TWO PIECES OF PROPERTY.

WE'VE ALREADY PURCHASED A DOUBTING WALL.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

WAIT WHILE YOU THERE LET ME ASK A QUESTION.

YES, GO AHEAD MR. GLOVER.

WHEN, WHEN YOU DO THAT, UM, WORKING OUT WITH THE, UM, WITH THE PET CON MM-HMM.

CONROY, UM, YOU GOING TO INVOLVE THE ARBORIST WITH THAT AS WELL? YEAH, THE ARBOR HAS ALREADY BEEN ENGAGED AND THEY ALREADY DID THE WORK ON THE TREE, UH, LAST THURSDAY.

UH, SO I'M WORKING WITH THEM ALREADY TO, UH, IF YOU RIDE THROUGH THERE NOW AND LOOK AT THAT TREE, UH, IT LOOKS VASTLY DIFFERENT, UM, SINCE LAST THURSDAY.

SO IT'S, UH, THEY'VE ENTERED INTO A, INTO A, UM, INKIN AGREEMENT WITH BARTLETT TREE SERVICE AND THEY DID THE WORK ON IT LAST WEEK.

OKAY.

ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? UM, AND DULY MOTIONED IN SECONDS.

THIS WILL BE APPROVED WITHOUT OBJECTIONS.

I, I OBJECT.

THERE ARE OBJECTIONS, SIR.

UH, MR. FLYWELL, YOU ARE AN OBJECTOR.

MR. HARON IS AN OBJECTOR AND MR. CUNNINGHAM IS AN OBJECTOR.

SO WE HAVE THREE OBJECTIONS AND THE OTHERS SEEING NONE, WE WILL HAVE, UH, SIX YES.

THREE OBJECTIONS.

ONE A, THE, THE MOTION WILL PASS.

THAT'S NOT, THAT ONLY ADDS UP TO 10.

YEAH, CUZ THERE'S ONLY 10 OF US HERE.

LARRY'S, LARRY'S GONE.

YOU SAID SIX THREE IN ONE.

I'M SORRY.

SEVEN THREE.

JUST CHECKING.

YEAH.

MATT, YOU'RE, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

AND IT SHOULD BE SEVEN THREE.

IT'S RIGHT.

YOU HAD ME NOW YOU HAD ME THINKING I WAS CRAZY.

YEAH.

ALL RIGHT.

OKAY.

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[20. FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE ZONING MAP OF BEAUFORT COUNTY TO CHANGE 175 FORDING ISLAND ROAD (PARCEL ID NUMBER R600 022 000 011A 0000) FROM T2 RURAL TO C5 REGIONAL CENTER MIXED USE]

I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO DO THIS.

MS. HOWARD MAKES THE MOTION A SECOND, PLEASE.

SECOND, MR. CHAIRMAN.

MR. RODMAN MAKES THE SECOND DUALLY MOTIONED AND SECONDED.

ANY DISCUSSION MR. CHAIRMAN? I WOULD, UH, LIKE TO JUST CLARIFY AND LET COUNSEL KNOW THAT WE WILL BE BRINGING THE SECOND PARCEL THAT IT RELATES TO THIS, UH, FOLLOWED, UH, PROBABLY, UH, DURING NOVEMBER.

IT'LL GO TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN NOVEMBER.

ROB, NEED TO GO TO DECEMBER.

DECEMBER.

OKAY.

SO WE'LL BE BRINGING THAT FORWARD IN DECEMBER.

OKAY.

VERY GOOD.

DUALLY MOTION.

SECOND.

THIS WILL BE APPROVED WITHOUT OBJECTION.

ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS? I SEE NONE.

[21. FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE FOR A TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODE (CDC): SECTION 5.11.60 (RIVER BUFFER) TO CLARIFY PENALTIES FOR REMOVING TREES FROM THE RIVER BUFFER WITHOUT APPROPRIATE PERMITS.]

TO CLARIFY PENALTIES FOR REMOVING TREES FROM THE RIVER BUFFER WITHOUT APPROPRIATE PERMITS.

MOTION PLEASE.

I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.

MR. CHAIRMAN.

MS. HOWARD MAKES THE MOTION.

SECOND.

MR. SUMMERVILLE MAKES THE SECOND DUALLY MOTIONED IN SECOND.

ANY COMMENTS BY COUNCIL MEMBERS?

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[22. FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE BEAUFORT COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 74 – BUILDING AND BUILDING REGULATIONS, SECTION 74-64, ADOPTION OF BUILDING CODES (AMENDS CODE OF ORDINANCES TO ADOPT THE 2021 STATE MANDATED CODE EDITIONS)]

CHAPTER 74, BUILDING AND BUILDING REGULATIONS SECTION 74 DASH 64.

ADOPTION OF BUILDING CODES, AMENDS THE CODE OF ORDINANCE TO ADOPT THE 2021 STATE MANDATE.

STATE MANDATED CODE EDITIONS A MOTION PLEASE.

I'D MAKE THE MOTION.

MR. CHAIRMAN.

MS. HOWARD MAKES THE MOTION THE SECOND PLEASE.

SECOND, MR. CHAIRMAN.

CHAIRMAN.

MR. RODMAN MAKES THE SECOND DULY MOTIONED AND SECONDED.

ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE.

THIS WILL BE APPROVED WITHOUT OBJECTION AND I SEE NO OBJECTIONS.

23

[23. FIRST READING BY TITLE ONLY OF AN OF AN ORDINANCE FOR A TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODE (CDC): SECTION 5.3.20 (ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES APPLICABILITY) AND APPENDIX, DIVISION A.1.20 (COMMUNITY PRESERVATION DISTRICTS - RELATIONSHIP TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODE) TO RESTRICT THAT A SHIPPING CONTAINER OR OTHER SIMILAR PORTABLE STORAGE CONTAINER IS NOT CONSIDERED A DWELLING.]

A MOTION PLEASE.

SOMEONE OF US CHAIRMAN MR. GLOVER .

A SECOND PLEASE.

I'LL MAKE A SECOND.

MS. HOWARD, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, UM, JUST IF SOMEONE COULD GIVE THE PUBLIC A BRIEF EXPLANATION WHY THIS ONE IS JUST BY TITLE ONLY AT THIS POINT.

IS THERE A RUSH? ? HOW DID YOU GUESS ? SO WE HAVE A SITUATION, UM, IN BEAUFORD COUNTY WHERE, UH, INDIVIDUALS ARE TRYING TO ESTABLISH CARGO CONTAINERS AND AREAS WHERE WE DO NOT ALLOW CARGO CONTAINERS.

SO THEY HAVE CLAIMED NOW THAT THEY'RE GONNA DO ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS TO CONVERT THOSE CARGO CONTAINERS INTO DWELLINGS.

IT WOULD BE MY ADVICE TO YOU ALL NOT TO ALLOW THAT PRACTICE TO START IN THIS COUNTY, UH, BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO BE VERY DIFFICULT, UH, FOR FOLKS TO DO THAT.

FOR ONE, IT'S GONNA BE EXPENSIVE AND COSTLY.

UH, TWO, AND, UH, IT WILL IS SOMEBODY'S COMPUTER ON THE DA, SOMEBODY JUST STACK FEE, SOMEBODY JUST UNMUTED THEIR COMPUTER.

UH, SO WE ARE DOING IT BY TITLE ONLY.

WE'RE ADVERTISING FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING TOMORROW, AND WE WILL INVOKE PENDING ORDINANCE DOCTORING, UH, TOMORROW.

AND WE WILL ENFORCE THIS ORDINANCE UNTIL THE OUTCOME, UH, AND COUNSEL DECIDES FINAL ACTION ON IT AS NOT ALLOWING THOSE TO GET PERMITS.

THANK YOU MR. IAN.

THANK YOU.

YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO SELL YOUR RESIDENCE IN.

YEAH, I KNOW, RIGHT? YEAH.

THANKS PAUL .

UM, MAN, YOU'RE HAVING A TOTAL, I TOTALLY LOST MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT.

UH, HOW PERVASIVE IS THIS AND CAN YOU PROVIDE SOME MORE CONTEXT ON THE COMMENT ABOUT IT WOULD BE EXPENSIVE? WELL, SO, UM, YOU HAVE TO GET STRUCTURAL DRAWINGS FROM DESIGN PROFESSIONALS IN ORDER TO DO THIS WORK.

UH, ESSENTIALLY THE CARGO CONTAINERS ARE THEN, YOU KNOW, MASSIVELY OVERHAULED TO COM BE CONVERTED INTO THE DWELLINGS, AND IT MAY TAKE, YOU KNOW, MULTIPLE CARGO CONTAINERS IN ORDER TO MAKE THESE DWELLINGS OF ANY SIZE WHERE THEY CAN REASONABLY ACCOMMODATE PEOPLE.

UH, THEY, IT CAN BE DONE AND IT IS DONE IN PLACES.

UH, I'M JUST NOT SURE.

IT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO ALLOW IN BUFORD COUNTY.

AND I'D GO ONE STEP FORWARD FURTHER TO SAY THAT MANY, UH, COVENANTS AND RESTRICTIONS DON'T ADDRESS THE CONVERSION OF CARGO CONTAINERS BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S RELATIVELY NEW.

IT'S NOT A MODULAR HOME, IT'S NOT A MOBILE HOME.

SO YOU MAY BE PUTTING YOURSELF IN THE MIDDLE OF A LOT OF NEIGHBORHOOD DISPUTES IF WE DO NOT DO THIS.

SO THIS WOULD BE EXPENSIVE TO, I GUESS WHAT YOU WOULD CALL A DEVELOPER, RIGHT? NOT NECESSARILY THE COUNTY PER SE.

THAT WOULD BE EXPENSIVE TO A COUNTY.

IT WOULD BE EXPENSIVE.

AND I'LL, I'LL LET CHUCK COME UP AND ELABORATE ON ALL THE BUILDING CODE, UH, ISSUES.

THANK YOU CHUCK, FOR DOING THAT.

WELL, REAL QUICK, WHAT ABOUT THE FIRST PART OF THAT? ABOUT HOW PERVASIVE THIS IS? UH, HOW PER FACE PERVASIVE IT IS? YEAH.

UH, IT'S NOT VERY PERVASIVE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE WOULD NOT TELL SOMEONE THEY COULD DO IT.

UH, WE HAD A SITUATION WHERE SOMEONE DID IT PUT CARGO CONTAINERS OUT ON A PIECE OF PROPERTY, UH, ON ST.

ELNA.

WE GOT A COMPLAINT FROM THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS.

AND THEN WHEN WE APPROACHED THE INDIVIDUALS ABOUT THE CARGO CONTAINER BEING THERE, THEY SAID, WELL, WE'LL JUST CONVERT THEM AND GET DESIGN DRAWINGS SO WE CAN CONVERT THEM INTO A DWELLING.

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SO THANKS SIR.

SO A COUPLE OF THINGS TO ADD.

GOOD AFTERNOON TO EVERYONE.

SO WE LIVE IN A COASTAL REGION, RIGHT? BUILDING CODES AND STANDARDS EXIST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE LONG TERM OWNERSHIP OF HOMES AND RESIDENTS AND DWELLINGS.

IMAGINE A STEEL CONTAINER WITH, IN A SALT ENVIRONMENT THAT FOR ALL PRACTICAL PURPOSES WOULD HAVE TO BE ENGINEERED LIKE A LITTLE NASA, UM, CAPSULE TO MANAGE THE MOISTURE.

THEN TO INSULATE IT PROPERLY, YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE SOME KIND OF A SYSTEM TO SEPARATE THAT MOISTURE FROM THE INSIDE OF THE CONTAINER.

ALL OF THIS WOULD HAVE TO BE ENGINEERED.

SO THEN YOU HAVE YOUR PLUMBING, MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS INSIDE OF A METAL BOX.

SO YOU HAVE ISSUES THERE.

THEN WE HAVE ACCESS ISSUES.

ALL THE ADMINISTRATIONS, DOORS, WINDOWS, AND THE LIKE THAT HAVE MANUFACTURE INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS THAT ARE UL LISTED FOR USE IN WOOD FRAME OR METAL FRAME STRUCTURES OR EVEN MASONRY STRUCTURES, BUT NONE OF THOSE, UH, ADDRESS SHIPPING CONTAINERS OR METAL STEEL STRUCTURES.

SO IF WE WERE TO ALLOW THIS, IT WOULD BE PROBLEMATIC ON MANY FRONTS, BUT IMAGINE BEING THE OWNER WHO BUYS THAT IN 10, 15, 20 YEARS, YOU WOULD LITERALLY HAVE TO DISASSEMBLE THAT TO SEE WHAT THE HEALTH OF THAT METAL CONTAINER IS.

AND ONCE RUST WERE TO SET IN, IN A COASTAL ENVIRONMENT, KATIE BORROWED THE DOOR.

SO ANYWAY, I HOPE THAT HELPED.

IT DID, BUT I JUST HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION.

WOULDN'T THAT BE ON THE PURCHASER OF THAT UNIT TO DO A, AN INSPECTION AT THAT POINT AS OPPOSED TO, I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY THE COUNTY NEEDS TO GET IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT.

YEAH, SURE.

SO YOU COULD SAY THAT FOR ANY CODE, RIGHT? ANY CODE STANDARD.

THE REASON THEY EXIST, THE REASON WE, UM, ALLOW CERTAIN GRADE MATERIALS, THE REASON WE ALLOW, UM, CERTAIN STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS IN A BUILDING, WE COULD SAY THAT FOR PRETTY MUCH ANY STRUCTURE OR ANY METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION, RIGHT? IT'S, IT'S ALL THEIR FAULT OR IT'S ALL THEIR RESPONSIBILITY, OR THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY SHOULD HAVE THE LIABILITY TO, TO SEE WHETHER THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IS VIABLE INSIDE OF A WALL OR WHATNOT.

SO THE STANDARD IS THERE AS A MINIMUM STANDARD FOR THE PROTECTION AND INSURABILITY, THE LONG TERM INSURABILITY AND VIABILITY OF THE STRUCTURE ITSELF.

SO COULD YOU LOOK AT IT THAT WAY? YES, BUT I REALLY WOULDN'T WANNA PUT THAT ONUS ON THE END USER IN 10 YEARS TO BUY A PROPERTY, UH, MUCH LIKE TERMITES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

WE REQUIRE PRETREATS.

UM, THE CODE REQUIRES PRETREATS, THEY REQUIRE CERTAIN TREATMENTS, UM, SO THAT THAT PROTECTION IS THERE.

SO ANYWAY, WOULD THIS BE A DIFFERENT ISSUE IF IT WASN'T MADE OF STEEL? SO IF IT WASN'T MADE OF STEEL, THERE ARE PRESCRIPTIVE CODE THAT ALLOWS FOR WOOD FRAME, OTHER UL LISTED MATERIALS.

IT'S JUST THIS PARTICULAR ONE.

A STEEL BOX IS VERY PROBLEMATIC ON MANY DIFFERENT FRONTS.

SO I, I ENDORSE THE, THE ORDINANCE AND I ASK FOR YOU TO PASS IT, PLEASE.

GOT IT.

THANK YOU.

YEP, THANK YOU.

I'M DONE.

NOW, MR. GLOVE.

YEAH.

UM, YEAH, DON'T GO WITH, UM, BECAUSE, UM, THE, HOW WOULD, HOW WOULD THIS IMPACT AGRICULTURE AT THIS TIME? NONE.

ZERO.

AND THE REASON WHY, SO, SO IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO PUT A METAL BUILDING THESE CONTAINERS ON THEIR PROPERTY FOR THE PURPOSE OF AGRICULTURE USE AND NEEDING ELECTRICITY THERE, WOULD THAT PROHIBIT THEM FROM GETTING ELECTRICITY? BECAUSE YOU MAY THINK IT'S A DWELLING AND THEY'RE USING IT FOR AGRICULTURE USE.

SURE.

SO ANYTIME WE ISSUE A PERMIT, WE TAKE THE USE OCCUPANCY TYPE AND CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS INTO CONSIDERATION.

IF THEY APPLY FOR A PERMIT FOR A BUILDING, THE BUILDING CODE SPECIFICALLY STATES HOW THEY SHOULD DO THAT AS A COMMERCIAL BUILDING, UM, CONVERTING A SHIPPING CONTAINER INTO A BUILDING, I WOULD SAY IT WOULD PROBABLY BE THE SAME ISSUE.

BUT THIS ORDINANCE SAYS SPECIFICALLY DWELLING.

SO IT WOULD ONLY BE FOR THE, THE RESIDENTIAL USE, THEY WOULD NEED ELECTRICITY.

SO HOW DO YOU DETERMINE WHETHER WHEN YOU ISSUE THAT PERMIT TO ALLOW ELECTRICITY, THAT DWELLING THAT IS, I MEAN, TO THAT BUILDING, THAT UNIT IS NOT GONNA BE CONVERTED INTO A DWELLING.

THAT'S MY QUESTION.

SURE.

SO ANY TEMPORARY STRUCTURE, WE DON'T PUT ELECTRICITY ON THE BUILDING.

WE PUT IT NEXT TO THE BUILDING IN A, IN A SERVICE POLE, AND THEN THEY RUN THE

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THAT WAY WE MAKE SURE THAT IT'S A STANDALONE GROUND FAULT, UM, COMPLIANT, UM, POWER POLE.

AND THEN THEY USE IT AS SORT OF A PLUGIN DEVICE.

SO THAT WOULD BE ANY CARGO CONT UH, CONTAINER THAT'S ON WHEELS, ANY REFRIGERATED TRUCKS, ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

SO THEY PLUG THEM IN.

WE WOULDN'T ACTUALLY PUT A METER ON SOMETHING THAT'S TEMPORARY AND MOVABLE.

OKAY.

YEP.

BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THOSE UNITS FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES AT THIS TIME.

OKAY.

YES SIR.

MR. CUNNINGHAM.

YEAH.

UM, I DO SHARE SOME OF THE SAME CONCERNS CHRIS, UM, WAS POINTING OUT AS WELL.

ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT, UH, KIND OF RAISES MY EYEBROWS A LITTLE BIT IS THAT WE'RE SIMILAR PORTABLE STORAGE CONTAINERS.

WOULDN'T THAT BE CONSIDERED A SHED AS WELL? BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE CONVERT SHEDS, UM, FOR RENTAL PROPERTIES, MOTHER-IN-LAW SUITES, POOL HOUSES, UH, THAT SEEMS LIKE WE COULD BE PUTTING THE CLAMPS ON A LOT OF THOSE USES THAT ARE ALREADY DONE IN BEAUFORT COUNTY.

UM, AND SOME OF THOSE ARE MADE OF METAL, SOME ARE MADE OF WOOD.

UM, SO HOW DO WE ADDRESS THAT? SURE.

SO THIS IS GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT NUANCED.

THEY DON'T CONVERT THEM.

THEY USE THE MATERIALS AND RECONSTRUCT THEM.

SO YOU CAN'T GO BUY, UH, A SHED FROM LIKE A BIG BOX STORE AND WITHOUT DOING MAJOR MODIFICATIONS, BASICALLY PULLING IT APART AND THEN REASSEMBLING IT ACCORDING TO THE CODE STANDARD.

YOU CAN'T LIVE IN IT.

THE, THE ONLY THING THAT YOU CAN DO IS USE THEM AS ACCESSORY STORAGE UNITS.

THEY CANNOT BECOME HABITABLE SPACE.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, A LOT OF THEM HAVE, UM, LIKE MASONITE, T ONE 11 SIDING.

TO MAKE THAT WORK IN A COASTAL AREA, YOU WOULD HAVE TO PULL THAT OFF, RE SHEET IT, AND DEPENDING ON THE ENGINEER, YOU MAY HAVE TO ADD A NUMBER OF STUDS.