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AND AND I LIKE TO CALL THE MEDIA THE NATURAL RESOURCE COMMITTEE THE ORDER OF WILL PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE THE G OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR ONE NATION UNDER GOD WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. OKAY.

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

MUST CALL THE ROLE OF WHO IS HERE ON ONLINE. WE HAVE COUNCILMAN DAWSON AIR COUNCILMAN CUNNINGHAM PRESENT AN ONLINE MR. GLOVER HERE AND CHAIRMAN PASSMAN I'M HERE IN

[4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA]

PERSON AND I'M HERE SO WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. I WOULD LIKE ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA PLEASE. SO MOVE A SECOND MRS. STEWART I DON'T UP WITHOUT OPPOSITION THE AGENDA IS APPROVED DO WE HAVE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK WITH CITIZEN COMMENTS? NO MA'AM. RIGHT.

CITIZENS COMMENTS AND AGENDA WAS APPROVED. WE HAD A BYE BYE.

[6. RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS AND PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE PURCHASE OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS ON TAX MAP SERIAL NUMBER R700 037 000 0131 0000 AND ALSO KNOWN AS LOBECO FARMS]

MR. PRESIDENT AND MR. BROK GOT THAT ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON NUMBER SIX ON THE AGENDA IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE THIS NECESSARY DOCUMENTS AND PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE PURCHASE OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS ON THE PROPERTY KNOWN AS LITTLE RICO FARMS. AND THIS WILL MS. SCHAFER TO SPEAK ABOUT THAT FROM RURAL AND CRITICAL LANDS YES AND IN THE PACKET WAS A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY AND ALSO OF THE TRANSFER DEVELOPMENT RIGHT CONDITIONS HAD JUST PASSED THROUGH COUNTY RURAL AND LANDS BOARD AND HERE WE ARE FOR THE NATURAL RESOURCE.

YES GOOD AFTERNOON AND I'M HOPEFUL YES SCREEN IS SHARING PERFECT.

OKAY. SO PLEASED TO PRESENT TO YOU A PROJECT IN ITS FINAL FORM WITH A RECOMMENDATION APPROVAL BY THE RURAL AND CRITICAL LANDS BOARD THIS PROPERTY WAS ONE YOU SAW ABOUT A YEAR AGO. IT IS IN IT WILL BE GO AND YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE ON HIGHWAY 21 THIS IS THE PROPERTY RIGHT HERE IN THE BLUE OUTLINE. IT IS AGRICULTURAL PROPERTY AND WHEN I REMEMBER BACK TO THE DUE DILIGENCE VOTE I REMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER DAWSON SAYING THAT THIS PROPERTY HAD BEEN IN AGRICULTURE FOR VERY LONG TIME, MANY DECADES AND I THINK THAT SPEAKS THE REAL THE NICE FIT BETWEEN THIS PROPERTY AND RURAL AND CRITICAL PROGRAM BEING ABLE TO SUPPORT CONTINUED AGRICULTURAL AND KIND OF CONTINUED AGRICULTURAL VIEW SHEDS ALONG A MAJOR HIGHWAY IN THE RURAL AREA IN COUNTY SO THE PROPERTY IS 115 ACRES THE OPPORTUNITY HERE IS TO PURCHASE THE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS THE URBAN LAND TRUST WOULD HOLD A CONSERVATION EASEMENT. IT IS IN DISTRICT ONE. THE ZONING IS TO RURAL AND BASED ON THE APPRAISAL THE PURCHASE PRICE OF THE EASEMENT WOULD BE $529,000 AND THE OTHERWISE USE WOULD BE RURAL, RESIDENTIAL OR T2 ARE WHICH WOULD ALLOW ABOUT ONE UNIT PER THREE HOMES. THERE ARE SOME AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS ON PROPERTY AND AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN IN AGRICULTURE FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME PRIOR TO ITS CURRENT OWNERSHIP IT WAS THE PARAGON. IT WAS A TOMATO GROWING CAN SEE IN THE THE SO THOSE ARE JUST SOME MORE SPECIFICS ABOUT THE PROPERTY IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE THE DUE DILIGENCE REPORTS WE DID AN ADDITIONAL SOIL ANALYSIS TO CONFIRM THE SOIL WAS NOT WOUNDED BY YEARS OF INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE AND IT IS IN FACT NOT.

AND IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE OH SORRY THAT'S THE AERIAL AGAIN THERE IS A SLIDE THAT WILL SHOW YOU THE SOILS OF STATEWIDE IMPORTANCE WHICH FURTHER CONFIRMS ITS AGRICULTURAL VALUE. THIS IS AN IMAGE OF THE GREEN PLANT.

WE SEE SOME WARM COLORS ESPECIALLY TOWARD THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY AND SO THE GREEN IS RIGHT ALONG THE HIGHWAY FRONTAGE WHICH AGAIN HAS A LOT OF PUBLIC VALUE BECAUSE IT PROTECTS AN AGRICULTURAL VIEW SHED AND THEN THE SOIL QUALITY REALLY IMPROVES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PROPERTY. THE PROPERTY EXISTS AS ONE TODAY THE EASEMENT TERMS WOULD ALLOW IT TO BE DIVIDED INTO FOUR PARCELS WITH EACH BEING NO SMALLER THAN 20 ACRES. I MENTIONED THIS JUST TO SAY SOME CONSERVATION EASEMENTS ARE

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TAILORED TO ENCOURAGE LIKE HOUSING TO BE CLOSE TO ONE ANOTHER AND CLUSTERED BECAUSE THIS IS IN THE RURAL AREA THE IDEA HERE IS THAT IF IT EVER WERE TO BE SUBDIVIDED WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LARGE RURAL LOT LIKE LARGE RURAL LOTS FOR FARMING OR FOR HORSES OR FOR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE. WE DON'T WANT THE PROPERTY TO BE DIVIDED INTO SMALL PIECES BECAUSE AGAIN THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IS AGRICULTURAL USES IN THIS AREA.

AGAIN THE RURAL AND CRITICAL BOARD RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AND THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THE APPRAISAL WE HAD THE APPRAISAL REVIEWED AGAIN AND YOU SAW IN THE SLIDES IT SAID PRICE ADJUSTMENT ADJUSTED IN OUR FAVOR IT'S ACTUALLY LOWER THAN THAN THE ORIGINAL WE CAUGHT AN ERROR THERE AND 529,000 AND AND THAT'S THE THE PROJECT NOW AN ADDENDUM TO THIS IS CAME FROM SOME CONVERSATION THAT THE COUNTY AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAD BEEN HAVING WITH WHICH EXPRESSED THE DESIRE FOR A COMMUNITY GARDEN IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY SO THIS PROJECT IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM JUST A STRAIGHT UP EASEMENT IN THAT THE LANDOWNER AND THE COUNTY HAVE HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT ENGAGING IN A RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL SUCH THAT IF THE COUNTY IS EVER FINANCIALLY READY TO TAKE ON WHAT A COMMUNITY GARDEN ENTAIL THEY'LL HAVE THE RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL ON THIS PROPERTY THAT WOULD BE SIGNED AT THE TIME OF THE EASEMENT AND THE EASEMENT IS WRITTEN WHEREAS THE EASEMENT TERMS ENCOURAGE COMMUNITY GARDENS SO THAT WOULD BE AN ALLOWED USE SHOULD THE COUNTY EVER BE AN OWNER OF SOME PORTION OF THIS PROPERTY IN THE FUTURE IT WOULD BE PROTECTED BY A CONSERVATION EASEMENT THAT ALLOWED A COMMUNITY GARDEN FINANCIALLY SPEAKING AND KIND OF FROM A READINESS PERSPECTIVE . COMMUNITY GARDEN IS A WONDERFUL IDEA RIGHT NOW BUT IT'S NOT IN THE TIER ONE PLANS OF OF THE COUNTY PASSIVE PARKS PROGRAMING .

THE RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL KIND OF EXTENDS THE RUNWAY SUCH THAT IF THE COUNTY IS EVER IN THE POSITION TO DO THAT THIS IS A SUITABLE PROPERTY FOR THAT ENDEAVOR.

I MIGHT OPEN IT UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS FROM COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

ALICE, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, MISS DODSON. YES.

I'D JUST LIKE TO CONFIRM THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS NO DESIRE TO SEE THIS THIS PROPERTY DEVELOP INTO HOUSING. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN AGRICULTURAL AND THEY SUPPORT KEEPING IT AGRICULTURE. I DON'T FORESEE THE COUNTY AT ANY TIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE OR EVEN IN THE EXTENDED FUTURE HAVE ANY DESIRE TO GET INVOLVED A COMMUNITY GARDEN.

BUT THEN I CAN'T SEE THAT FAR INTO THE FUTURE BUT NEVERTHELESS I WILL SUPPORT MOVING FORWARD WITH THE NO BINDING DEVELOPER LAND RIGHTS FOR PROPERTY ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE THAT A MOTION? COUNCILMAN DAWSON MOVE ALL RIGHT I'M SECOND WITHOUT OBJECTION WE'LL MOVE THIS

[7. RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION TO THE AMENDED OYSTER FACTORY PARK MASTER PLAN (2022 OYSTER FACTORY PARK MASTER PLAN) AND SITE LAYOUT PLAN]

FORWARD TO THE NEXT COUNTY COUNCILWOMAN. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO NUMBER SEVEN IS UM, RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION TO THE AMENDED OYSTER FACTORY PARK MASTER PLAN THAT'S THE 2022 OYSTER FACTOR PARK MASTER PLAN IN SITE PLAN THIS CAME BACK TO US AFTER SOME DISCUSSION BEFORE NAG NAG IS GOING ON PRESENTS. YES, MA'AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH .

STEPHANIE MAGID, PASSIVE PARKS MANAGER AS YOU RECALL FROM LAST MONTH'S NATURAL RESOURCE COMMITTEE MEETING THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON HAS ASKED US TO APPROVE THEIR UPDATED MASTER PLAN FOR OYSTER FACTORY PARK AND AT THAT MEETING THERE WERE SOME ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THE TREE HOUSE AND REGARDING SOME UPDATED MAPPING TO MAKE IT CLEAR WHAT'S HAPPENING.

SO WE DO HAVE THAT INFORMATION FROM THE TOWN BLUFFTON THEY PROVIDED THAT TO US IN YOUR BACKUP THERE IS A EXHIBIT A 2022 OYSTER FACTORY PARK MASTER PLAN ATTACHED TO THE RESOLUTION. IT DOES INDICATE POTENTIAL TREE HOUSE LOCATION HAS BEEN MOVED FROM SOLE OWNED COUNTY PROPERTY OVER TO THE CO-OWNED TOWN IN COUNTY PROPERTY.

IT ALSO INDICATES THE OPEN SPACE AND THE PARKING ON THAT SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE PROPERTY THAT'S THE COUNTY PROPERTY AND THEN EXHIBIT B OF THAT IS THE UPDATED SITE LAYOUT PLAN TO SHOW EXACTLY HOW THE PARKING LOT IS LAID OUT IN REGARDS TO WHERE THE THE OPEN SPACE GRASSY AREA IS GOING TO REMAIN. DID YOU WANT THAT BROUGHT UP ON THE SCREEN? I THINKS THEY'RE TRYING TO DO THAT.

THEY'RE THE COUNTY PROPERTY WILL NOT HAVE A TREEHOUSE EXACTLY.

THERE'S A NOTATION ON THE UPPER LEFT CORNER JUST UNDER THE LARGER GREEN TREE BLOB THAT

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SAYS POTENTIAL TREEHOUSE LOCATION. ANY COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT HAVE QUESTIONS YOU NEED FROM US OR MOTION TO MOVE IT OR TWO. YES MA'AM.

I WILL MAKE THAT MOTION. COUNCILWOMAN, I WOULD THANK YOU FOR CUNNINGHAM.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT.

COUNCILMAN DAWSON, I HEARD YOU FIRST. SO THIS WILL WITHOUT OBJECTION

[8. RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION TO UPDATE POLICY 19- ACQUISITION OF STORMWATER DRAINAGE EASEMENTS]

MOVE FORWARD TO FULL COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. THANK YOU.

THE NEXT ITEM IS RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION TO UPDATE THE POLICY OF ACQUISITION OF DRAINAGE EASEMENTS AND MR. IS GOING TO PRESENT THIS.

GOOD AFTERNOON. CHAIRWOMAN HOWARD AND OF COMMITTEE.

BEFORE YOU TODAY IS THE UPDATE FOR 19. THAT'S THE EXISTING POLICY TO BRINGING TO BRINGING EXISTING DRAINAGE EASEMENTS INTO COUNTY MAINTENANCE EFFORTS.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TODAY TO DO IS TO UPDATE THE POLICY TO ADD SOME STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES TO MAKE THE PROCESS MORE CUSTOMER FRIENDLY, PARTICULARLY WITH THE ENTITIES THAT APPLY FOR IT. THE OPERATING PROCEDURES ARE OUTLINED AND HAVE GONE THROUGH LEGAL REVIEW. THERE'S UPDATE TO THE ACTUAL POLICY ITSELF BUT JUST AN OUTLINE OF HOW TO GO THE PROCESS. YOU GAVE AN EXAMPLE EARLIER WHEN WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS IT WILL HELP PEOPLE FROM OTHER PLACES STATES WHEN THEY COME IN TO DO WORK AND BUILD THEIR STORM WATER. CORRECT AND TURN IT OVER TO US.

THAT'S CORRECT. YES. AND EVEN CITIZENS LIVE IN COUNTY CURRENTLY WANT TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS THIS WILL OUTLINE HOW FOR THEM TO DO THAT. IT NEEDS TO GO TO A FULL COUNCIL, CORRECT? YES. YES. BECAUSE IT'S A RESOLUTION.

ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? THERE WAS A LOT OF GOOD BACKGROUND INFORMATION IN THE PACKAGE BUT YOU CONSOLIDATED THAT VERY WELL FOR THIS.

YEAH. I HAVE A MOTION. I'LL BE GLAD TO MAKE THAT MOTION. ALL RIGHT. CHAIRMAN PASSED IT MADE A

[9. RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE ARTHUR HORNE PARK STORMWATER PROJECT FUNDING OPPORTUNITY (Fiscal Impact for this project is $400,000 per FY23 and FY24 Stormwater Utility budget) ]

MOTION SIGNIFICANT BY COUNCILMAN GLOVER AND WE'LL TAKE IT TO FULL COUNCIL.

THANK YOU. THANK. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT IS THIS IS A DISCUSSION OF THE ARTHUR HORNE PART STORMWATER PROJECT AND A FUNDING OPPORTUNITY. YOU'RE GOING TO DO THAT? THAT'S CORRECT. SO THE AFTERNOON PARK. DUE TO HURRICANE MATTHEW WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED. MOST OF THE TREES DOWN IN THAT PARK AS AS IT REMAINS TODAY.

THE GOAL OF THIS WAS TO APPLY FOR FUNDING THROUGH THE NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION SERVICE.

CURRENTLY WE'VE APPLIED FOR AND WE'RE WAITING TO HEAR BACK WITHIN SEVERAL WEEKS TO SEVERAL MONTHS. THE GOAL FOR THAT IS TO OBTAIN THE MILLION GRANT REQUEST AND HOPEFULLY IF WE ARE ABLE TO SEEK THAT WITH THAT AND SOME ADDITIONAL STORMWATER FUNDS IS TO HAVE A WATER QUALITY AND QUANTITY PROJECT FOR THIS AS WELL AS CLEAN UP THE PARK AND MAYBE UPDATE THE PARK AS WELL. AND IN THE PACKET THERE IS A VERY NICE SCHEMATIC OF HOW IT BE DONE WHERE IT WILL BE OPEN THE PUBLIC PLUS IT WILL HELP WITH FRESH WATER.

THAT'S CORRECT. CONTAMINATE OCEAN AND STORMWATER AND THIS IS PART OF HAS MULTIPLE DRAINAGE COMING FROM THE TOWN OF PORT ROYAL CITY OF IT'S A COUNTY OWNED PROPERTY AND IT'S PART OF THE MOSSY OAKS STRANGE EASEMENT. RIGHT.

SO ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT IT? THIS IS IN MY DISTRICT.

I'M REAL FAMILIAR WITH IT BUT ANYONE ELSE I REALLY QUESTIONS IT WILL BE SOMEWHAT SIMILAR MAYBE TO CYPRUS WETLANDS AND PORT WALL SAME KIND OF SAME CONCEPT.

THEY WON'T LOOK EXACTLY. IT WILL BE A BOARDWALK AND WE HAVE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENHANCEMENTS TYPE OF OBSERVATION. THAT'S CORRECT.

CRUDER DIFFERENT ANIMALS PROBABLY DID INCLUDE BIRDS AND ALLIGATORS AND TURTLES.

YOU WON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. YOU DON'T NEED ANYTHING FROM US JUST TO PRESENT THOSE BACKGROUND ONLY. OKAY. THANK YOU RE REALLY GLAD TO SEE

[10. RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE APPOINTMENTS TO A CULTURAL PROTECTION OVERLAY DISTRICT COMMITTEE ]

THIS GOING THROUGH AS A PROJECT IT WILL HELP. NUMBER TEN IS RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF APPOINTMENTS TO THE COASTAL PROTECTION OVERLAY DISTRICT IN IS AN ATTACHED LIST OF NAMES AND A LETTER FROM COUNCILMAN GLOVER AND COUNCILMAN SOMERVILLE.

IT WAS IN THE PACKET AND ARE YOU GOING TO BRIEF THAT MR. MARTINEZ.

OKAY. THIS IS ALL I'M SAYING. YES.

IN YOUR PACKET YOU HAVE THE AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY AND THEN ALSO A MEMO THAT LISTS THE

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PURPOSE OF THE COMMITTEE, THEN A LIST OF RECOMMENDED NAMES. AND JUST A QUICK OF YOU KNOW, THE CULTURAL PROTECTION OVERLAY DISTRICT HAS BEEN IN PLACE SINCE THE LATE NINETIES.

AT THAT TIME THERE A COMMITTEE PUT TOGETHER THAT MADE UP OF , YOU KNOW, A BROAD CROSS-SECTION OF THE ISLAND COMMUNITY ON SAINT HELENA ISLAND AND WHEN WE ADOPTED OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODE IN 2014, WE THAT OVERLAY DISTRICT INTO THE NEW CODE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT WE ADOPTED A YEAR AGO FOR PUTTING TOGETHER A STEERING COMMITTEE TO REEVALUATE THE CULTURAL PROTECTION OVERLAY. AND AS WORDED IT WAS TO SEE IF ADDITIONAL ARE NECESSARY TO MEET THE INTENT OF THE OVERLAY DISTRICT. ALSO LOOK AT THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME ADDITIONAL DESIGN STANDARDS REQUIREMENTS BUT IT ALSO CALLED FOR IN THE MAKEUP OF THIS COMMITTEE TO HAVE A GOOD DIVERSE REPRESENTATION FROM THE ISLAND AND OUR STAFF HAS WORKED WITH COUNCILMAN GLOVER AND SOMERVILLE TO PUT TOGETHER A LIST AND I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A DIVERSE LIST OF PEOPLE WHO REPRESENT DIFFERENT AREAS GEOGRAPHICALLY YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT ON THE ISLAND. SO I GUESS NELSON GLOVER KNOWING EVERYTHING THAT I KNOW ,I FIRST I JUST WANT TO THANK THE STAFF FOR WORKING WITH AND COMING UP WITH THIS LIST OF PEOPLE. AND I WANT TO THANK THE THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIRMAN FOR ALLOWING THIS TO HAPPEN. I THINK THAT WE A COMMITTEE WAS FORMED AND REPORTED THE CORN PRESERVATION COMMITTEE JUST BEFORE THE PANDEMIC CAME IN AND THEY REALLY DID A GREAT JOB AND . A LOT OF THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AT THIS TIME. BUT THIS IS THEY WANTED TO TALK ABOUT CONTINUING AND LOOKING AT THE BROADER CALENDAR AND SO THIS IS WHAT THIS COMMITTEE HERE WILL BE DOING AND I THINK IS A GREAT MIX OF PEOPLE HERE A LITTLE BIT OF YOUTH NOT ENOUGH YOUTH FOOD FOR THE YOUTH HERE AND I THINK IT WILL SORT OF CAPTURE WHAT THE CITIZENS OF HOLLYWOOD WANT AT THIS TIME. SO I YOU NEED A MOTION TO MOVE AS WE DO IN THE NAMES READ TO YOU WANT THE NAMES READ. YES OH SO WE'LL HAVE THEM OKAY ON RECORD.

OKAY BECAUSE RIGHT NOW UNTIL EVERYBODY WILL ACCEPT THERE'S LIST HERE OF NAMES SO I MAKE A MOTION THAT THIS COMMITTEE BE FORMED AND THE LIST OF NAMES THAT ARE ON THIS LIST AT THIS TIME SCREEN QUIT. GEOFFREY GARDNER DARRELL ORANGE GREEN IS RIGHT.

PHILANDER MCDONALD HELPFUL. SOME DO ILENE SCOTT, MAX SANDERS AND BOB SIM.

OKAY I HAVE A SECOND I'LL BE GLAD TO SECOND. ALL RIGHT.

WITHOUT OBJECTION THESE NINE PEOPLE ARE NOMINATED FOR THE CULTURAL PROTECTION DISTRICT

[11. RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF A REQUEST FOR DUE DILIGENCE ON THE PURCHASE OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS (PDR) FOR TMS# R600 038 000 0023 KNOWN AS THE TARVER TRACT]

COMMITTEE AND WE'LL MOVE IT FORWARD TO FULL COUNCIL MEETING.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NUMBER 11 ON THE AGENDA IS AGAIN MAYOR SHAFER RECOMMEND APPROVAL REQUESTS FOR DUE DILIGENCE.

THIS IS JUST DUE DILIGENCE ONLY NO NO OTHER DECISION ON THE PURCHASE OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS FOR THE PROPERTY AS THE TAVERN I'M SORRY NOT RIGHT THE TARVER TRACT? YES. OKAY. HARVARD TRACK.

OKAY. YEAH. SO THIS PROJECT IS AT THE BEGINNING OF ITS REVIEW WITH YOU WILL GO NEXT SLIDE. YEAH THIS IS IT IT'S IN COUNTY IN TO THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON. THIS WAS REVIEWED AT RURAL AND CRITICAL FOR DUE DILIGENCE AND DUE DILIGENCE RECOMMENDED UNDERSTANDING THAT ONE OF THE FIRST PIECES OF DUE DILIGENCE IS AN APPRAISAL AND OBVIOUSLY EVERYBODY NEEDS TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE WITH PRICE EXPECTATIONS BUT THIS IS 101 HUNDRED ACRES PROXIMATE TO THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON BUT IN BEAUFORT COUNTY IN THE MAE RIVER WATERSHED IT IS OWNED BY RIVER COMMUNITY PRESERVATION AND IT IS AND IT IS RELATIVELY HIGHER ELEVATION DRAINING INTO THE MAE RIVER SO THERE WERE EXPRESSED ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS FROM LESS DENSITY AND LAND PROTECTION OCCUR ON THIS PROPERTY THE FAMILY IS OPEN TO CONSIDERING EASEMENT TERMS BUT THIS IS JUST A DUE DILIGENCE VOTE SO I DON'T HAVE ANY EASEMENT TERMS FOR TODAY BUT I DO HAVE INFORMATION ON THE

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PROPERTY. IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE IN TERMS OF ITS CONSERVATION VALUE, THIS IS AN AERIAL OF WHERE THE PROPERTY LIES REMAINING GREENSPACE IN THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON IS IS SOMETIMES HARD TO COME BY KEEP GOING FRONTAGE ALONG HIGHWAY 46 WHERE IT IS STILL HOME TO ITS SCENIC DESIGNATION. THIS IS THE PROPERTY AND LOCATION SURROUNDING THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON. THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON BOUNDARIES ARE IN GREEN. THE IN YELLOW YOU CAN KEEP GOING IT IS PROXIMATE TO ADDITIONAL LAND THAT HAS BEEN PROTECTED ACROSS THE STREET ON THE WATER SIDE OF MAY RIVER ROAD AND HIGHWAY 46. AND I JUST LIKE TO SHOW YOU THIS FROM A CONTIGUITY PERSPECTIVE TO SEE WHERE OTHER EASEMENTS ARE IS THE COUNTY'S NATURAL RESOURCE MAP.

YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE THIS IS THE GREEN PRINT AND THE KIND OF 2022 RANGE IS THAT YELLOW IN THE MIDDLE? THIS IS ALONG SCENIC HIGHWAY 46 AND CDOT HAS RECENTLY STOOD BACK UP THEIR SCENIC HIGHWAY COMMITTEE. AND SO ONE THING WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE RURAL AND CRITICAL BOARD LEVEL IS REACHING TO DOT AND SEEING WHAT TYPE OF ENGAGEMENT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN TERMS PROTECTING PROPERTY ALONG SCENIC HIGHWAYS.

THEY'VE BEEN DOING SOME OF THAT AND SEE ALONG SCENIC 11 IN THE UPSTATE AND THIS MAY BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY BUT AGAIN THAT'S AN IDEA AT THIS POINT IT'S AN EXAMPLE OF SOME PARTNER FUNDING THAT COULD BE AVAILABLE. AND THEN IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THIS IS THE GREEN PRINT MAP AS CATEGORY IZED BY I THINK THIS MIGHT BE THE COMPOSITE CAN'T REMEMBER FROM THE LOOK I DID PRINT IT OUT I CAN'T READ THAT UP ON THE SCREEN IF YOU ALL CAN JUMP IN THE WATER QUALITY I'M SORRY THE WATER QUALITY LAYER SO IT KIND OF RANKS IN THAT MID-TIER PRIORITY FOR WATER QUALITY WHICH SENSE GIVEN WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS IN THE MAY RIVER WATERSHED AND THE IMPORTANCE OF PROTECTING UPLANDS TO ENHANCE WATER QUALITY SO THE PURPLE IS THE THE THE ORANGE BOX IS KIND OF THE GENERAL AREA OF WHERE THE PROPERTY IS IN THE ORANGE COLOR IS THE RANKING OF SPECIFIC PROPERTY YEAH THE PURPLE THE DEEP LIKE THE GARNET IS A HIGH AND YOU CAN SEE YOU KNOW JUST NOT TO GO TOO FAR ON A TANGENT BUT THAT REMAINING GREENSPACE IN A BUILT ENVIRONMENT YOU SEE SHOWS UP AS THAT THAT DEEP GARNET RED IN A BUILT NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE FROM A WATER QUALITY PERSPECTIVE THAT IS THE GREEN SPACE THAT THEN FILTERS THE STORMWATER POLLUTANTS INTO THE MAE RIVER.

IT HAS A DEMONSTRABLE IMPACT ON WATER QUALITY THE REMAINING PURPLE AROUND THAT GARNET IS DEVELOPED AND SO IT DOES NOT HAVE WATER QUALITY BENEFIT AND THAT'S KIND OF HOW THESE MAPS CAN BE READ. SO RELISHING THE REMAINING GREENSPACE WE DO HAVE IN A BUILT ENVIRONMENT WE PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO NOT ONLY HOW THOSE WETLANDS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD FUNCTION THEN WHAT UNPROTECTED PROPERTY CAN CONTINUE TO ADD BENEFIT TO WATER QUALITY AND THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE THE NUMBER TWO SCALE THE KIND OF ORANGE AND THEN THE FINAL MAP IS A SIMILAR PRIORITIZATION MAP. THE STATE CONSERVATION BANK ALSO PUTS OUT AND SO WE LOOK AT THE STATE BANK MAPS FROM TIME TO TIME THIS IS AN UPDATED STATE BANK MAP AND FROM WHAT I CAN TELL THE PROPERTY IN THAT KIND OF BRIGHT RED AND ORANGE WHICH IN THIS CASE IS TWO UNIT TIER ONE AND TWO IN TERMS OF PRIORITY OF PROTECTION.

SO I KNOW LOTS OF DIFFERENT MAPS WITH DIFFERENT LEGENDS AND DIFFERENT COLORS AND ALL THE ORANGE AND PURPLE IS ESPECIALLY EMBARRASSING AFTER A TERRIBLY PLAYED FOOTBALL GAME.

BUT THIS WAS THIS WAS DONE FREE SATURDAY. SO SO EVERY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE QUESTIONS AND A QUESTION ABOUT HOW MUCH DOES DUE DILIGENCE DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA HOW MUCH DUE DILIGENCE WILL COST? YEAH.

I MEAN APPRAISALS HAVE TO TYPICALLY RUN BETWEEN FIVE AND 15,000 SURVEYS ARE MORE EXPENSIVE. I THINK THE FIRST DUE DILIGENCE ITEM IS DEFINITELY THE BECAUSE YOU KNOW AS WE EXPERIENCE COUNTY WIDE WHEN PROPERTIES CARRY RELATIVELY RURAL ZONING BUT ARE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO RAPIDLY DEVELOPING PEOPLE CAN HAVE EXPECTATIONS THOSE LAND USERS NEXT DOOR CAN TRANSFER IT TO THE PROPERTY THAT IS ZONED RELATIVELY RURAL AND THAT AFFECTS APPRAISALS SO WE WOULD DEFINITELY WANT TO GET AN APPRAISAL FROM A QUALIFIED EASEMENT APPRAISER AND AND SEE WHERE WE ARE. OKAY ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS? IT NEEDS TO GO TO FULL COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL FOR DUE DILIGENCE AND YOU KNOW IT NOT IT WILL BE BELOW THE LIMIT SO MOVE AND JIM YOU EVEN MAKE A MOTION OF MAKING THE TO MOVE FORWARD RIGHT DO I HAVE A SECOND SO GAME OKAY I THINK I HEARD

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COUNCIL CHAIRMAN PRESIDENT FIRST THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YEAH I WAS ASKING THE QUESTION

[12. RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION TO ADOPT A COUNTY-OWNED REAL PROPERTY LEASE POLICY (Fiscal Impact: No immediate fiscal impact. If adopted the County would receive the monthly lease rates moving forward)]

ON MOVING THIS PICTURE. OKAY. NUMBER 12 RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION TO ADOPT A COUNTY OWNED REAL PROPERTY LEASE POLICY.

SO FOR THIS DISCUSSION WE HAVE THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR MR. MR. GREENWAY IN MS. WARD YEAH, I'M JUST GOING TO INTRODUCE TO COUNCIL COMMITTEE WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE A BACK DURING THE RETREAT LAST YEAR AND THROUGH SOME THE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT BOAT LANDING MAINTENANCE AND HAVING US HAVE IT AND FOLKS IN A VERBAL AGREEMENT WITH THE INDIVIDUALS ON DOING MAINTENANCE AND LEASING BUILDINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT YOU ALL REQUESTED THAT WE BRING FORTH AND GET RID OF THOSE VERBAL AGREEMENTS AND GET SOMETHING ON PAPER WITH ALL THE ENTITIES THAT WE HAVE AGREEMENTS WITH INCLUDING BOAT LANDING PROPERTIES AND ANY OTHER PROPERTY THAT WE MIGHT BE INVOLVED WITH. SO BRITTANY HAS DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB IN PUTTING TOGETHER A TEMPLATE WAS MEMBERS WITH THE WHITNEY AND WITH THE FACILITIES MAINTENANCE FOLKS SHE'S GOING TO COME UP AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT THIS WILL BE A TEMPLATE THAT WE WILL FOLLOW FOR ALL OF THE PROPERTIES. EACH INDIVIDUAL CASE WILL BE HANDLED INDIVIDUALLY SO YOU'LL APPROVE THE LEASE TEMPLATE. DID THEY HOPEFULLY RECOMMEND THAT GET BY COUNCIL? THEN WE'LL GO OUT AND DEAL WITH THESE INDIVIDUAL ENTITIES AND THEN THOSE LEASES AND THE DETAILS OF THOSE INDIVIDUAL LEASES THEY DON'T COME BACK BEFORE COUNCIL IN COMMITTEE FOR AUTHORIZATION ME TO ENTER INTO THOSE LEASE AGREEMENTS SO YOU'LL SEE IT TWICE SO EACH LEASE WILL BE UNIQUE UNTO ITSELF.

THAT'S CORRECT. WE'LL SEE THEM. SO THIS ISN'T THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING. THIS IS JUST FOR YOU ALL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK WITH THE FRAMEWORK FOR ESTABLISHING THE LEASES. MS. WORD WOULD YOU RATHER THAT YOU PRESENT EVERYTHING THEN CAN ASK YOU QUESTIONS AT THE END SO I CAN GO THROUGH THE LEASE POLICY THERE. THERE'S ONLY A FEW THINGS I WANT TO BE SURE THAT COUNCIL IS OF AND THEN IF YOU HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW IT THEN I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND WE'LL DO THAT AGAIN. OKAY.

SO THE POLICY ITSELF AS MR. GREENWAY STATED THIS IS GOING TO BE AN OVERARCHING POLICY MEANING. WE'RE GOING TO APPLY IT TO ALL PROPERTIES.

THE COUNTY IS GOING TO LEASE OUT AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS TO HAVE CONSISTENCY AND APPLICATION FAIRLY FOR ALL PARTIES. ARE YOU SHARING THIS SO I CAN I CAN SHARE MY SCREEN HERE. MR. SOMERVILLE HAS JOINED COUNCIL ON SO THE FIRST THING I WANT TO POINT OUT IS IS GOING TO BE AN APPLICATION PROCESS AN APPLICATION IS GOING TO BE REVIEWED THROUGH THE ADMINISTRATOR OR HIS DESIGNEE WHEN REVIEWING THOSE RIGHTS TO TAKE CERTAIN THINGS INTO CONSIDERATION ONE WILL BE THE USE OF THE PROPERTY AND THE SECOND WILL COME INTO PLAY WHEN WE DISCUSS THE LEASE RATES. SO WHEN DISCUSSING THE LEASE RATES I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE ARE GOING TO PROVIDE LEASE RATES ADDED THE OTHER GUYS THAT ARE SHARING THERE WE WILL HAVE LEASE RATES SET BY AN APPRAISER .

THAT APPRAISER IS GOING TO BE HIRED BY US EVERY FIVE YEARS TO COME BACK AND REASSESS DURING THAT FIVE YEAR PERIOD WE'VE SET UP THAT THERE WILL BE A CPI INCREASE SO IT'LL BE AT 3%.

SO WHEN IT'S FIRST ESTABLISHED. THEN EVERY YEAR AFTER THAT IT'LL GO UP 3% ON THE FIFTH YEAR IT'LL GET REAPPRAISED THE APPRAISER WE HAVE AN ESTIMATED COST OF BETWEEN TWO AND $5,000 DEPENDING ON HOW MANY PROPERTIES HAVE. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO GET THE APPRAISAL DONE NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE BROAD. OH SO THEY'LL BE A THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROPERTIES APPRAISED BY THE APPRAISER RESIDENTIAL BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A RESIDENTIAL HOMES SOME OF WHICH ARE ON SOME ON CRITICAL PROPERTIES OTHERS THAT WE JUST PURCHASED LIKE TCL NOT SAYING THAT WE ARE DOING FOR SALE PROPERTIES BUT WE DO HAVE OTHER PROPERTIES IN OUR INVENTORY. THE SECOND IS GOING TO BE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES THAT IS OFFICE SPACE AND WAREHOUSE SPACE AND SPEAKING WITH THE APPRAISER OR WITH A APPRAISER IT HAS BEEN STATED TO ME THAT ALTHOUGH OFFICE SPACE CAN BE DIFFERENT WE CAN GENERALIZE IT IN A LARGE ENOUGH CAPACITY SAYING BASING IT ON THE SQUARE

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FOOTAGE BEING USED. SO FOR EACH OF THESE WILL GET IT BASED ON THE SQUARE FOOTAGE . SO WHEN THE ADMINISTRATOR IS GOING TO BE LOOKING THE APPLICATIONS HE'LL LOOK AT THE USE AS WELL AS THE TYPE OF PROPERTY HE'S GOING TO PROVIDE THEM WITH THAT AMOUNT THAT WILL BE ALREADY IN THE ADVERTISEMENT SO THEY WILL KNOW AHEAD OF TIME WHAT THE RATE IS GOING TO BE. THEN WHEN LOOKING AT THE APPLICANT WE WILL LOOK TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT THAT CAN RECEIVE A DEDUCTION IN THE LEASE RATE FOR NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS THEY CAN RECEIVE UP TO 50. THEY WILL RECEIVE 50% OF THE LEASE RATE THAT WAS DETERMINED BY THE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WHICH WE HAVE HAD SOME LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS OCCUPY SOME OF THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES BECAUSE OF THE BENEFIT OF HAVING THEM ON THE PROPERTY WHICH WAS DISCUSSED WITH STAFF.

THEY WOULD RECEIVE A 25% OF THE LEASE RATE AND THAT IS BECAUSE AGAIN OF THE BENEFIT OF HAVING THEIR VEHICLE THERE OF MONITORING THE PROPERTY SO AND SO FORTH.

OKAY THESE DEDUCTIONS AND THE LEASE RATES DO NOT APPLY TO THE UTILITIES.

SO THE POLICY DOES STATE THAT REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE A NONPROFIT OR A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER YOU STILL ARE GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO PAY FOR THAT UTILITY AND ALSO SAYS MAINTENANCE COSTS ON THEIR MAINTENANCE COSTS IS DEFINED IN THE LEASE AGREEMENTS AND THAT MAINTENANCE COST IS GOING TO BE FOR SIMPLE THINGS HINGE ON A DOOR AND THAT'S KIND OF JUST GENERAL. BUT ANY OTHER TENANT WOULD PAY ANY QUESTIONS SO FAR ANY QUESTIONS I DON'T SEE ANYONE. OKAY. OKAY.

AS MR. GREENWAY POINTED OUT, THIS IS A POLICY SO YOU ARE SIMPLY APPROVING THE STEPS THAT ARE GOING TO BE TAKEN FROM A STAFF LEVEL THE APPLICATION OF THE DEDUCTIONS AND, THE COST OF THE UTILITIES AND THE TERMS OF THE LEASE AGREEMENT THAT APPLICATION IS STILL GOING TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL PURSUANT TO SOUTH LINE OF CODE REQUIREMENTS FOR COUNCIL TO APPROVE. THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS IN THE LEASE AGREEMENTS BECAUSE OF THE CONSISTENCY THAT WE ARE TRYING TO CREATE. THERE ARE THREE THINGS THAT WE HAVE DETERMINED MUST BE IN EVERY LEASE AGREEMENT. OKAY NOW THERE IS A TEMPLATE THAT I CAN SHOW AND PROVIDE AND SHARE MY SCREEN WITH BUT DEFINITIVELY WE MUST HAVE A TERM FOR EACH TENANCY AND MUST BE A RENEWAL CLAUSE. NOW THAT RENEWAL CLAUSE MAY BE THAT THERE IS NO RENEWAL BUT WE NEED TO SPECIFY THAT IN REVIEWING THIS WITH CHRISTINE OVER IN FINANCE AND TRYING TO GATHER ALL THESE LEASE DOCUMENTS TOGETHER AND THAT HAS BEEN MISSING IN SOME OF THEM SO WE'LL IMPLEMENT IT NOW THE LEASE RATE AND AN EXPLANATION OF THE DEDUCTIONS AND 3.3% INFLATION RATE MUST BE INCLUDED .

THIRD IS GOING TO BE THE UTILITY AND MAINTENANCE CLAUSE AND AS I STATED THE UTILITY AND MAINTENANCE CLAUSE CAN BE ADJUSTED DETERMINING DETERMINED BY THE PROPERTY ITSELF SO MEANING IF THERE'S NO INTERNET CLEARLY DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR INTERNET WITH THE EXAMPLE OF SAY THE SANDS IMPORT WORLD YOU USE THAT AS A LEASE THAT WOULD BE A LEASE AGREEMENT WITH IT. NO THAT'S DIFFERENT. WE ARE NOT TO HAVE A LEASE AGREEMENT THEN THAT WILL BE IT. I INTER-GOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT THAT WE WILL BE ENTERING INTO THE TOWN OF PORT. WELL IT WILL NOT BE RIGHT KIDNEY AND THIS SPECIFIC POLICY IS ONLY FOR COUNTY OWNED PROPERTY NOT FOR PROPERTY THAT WE ARE RENTING.

SO THE ROOM NOW SO THIS THIS WILL APPLY TO ENTITIES THAT ARE ACTUALLY OCCUPYING SPACE AND COUNTING ON THE BUILDINGS AND SO IT WOULD BE LIKE WE WILL NEED TO DO THIS WITH THE MUTUAL WILL FOLKS THAT ARE HOUSED IN OUR GOVERNMENT CENTER OR HILTON HEAD ISLAND I THERE'S ALSO SOME SORT OF AIR SERVICE PATROL IN THAT BUILDING THEY WILL HAVE TO ENTER INTO A LEASE AS WELL ALL THE ENTITIES THAT WE SPACE FOR WILL NEED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT INCLUDING STATE AGENCIES. SO THAT IS CLEAR PRESENT THAT WAS MY ONLY QUESTION.

ANYONE ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS DIDN'T MEAN TO JUMP AHEAD OF THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY.

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ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO I DO. OKAY.

JUST BECAUSE I THINK I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR AND WE COULD USE AN EXAMPLE MITCHELL WILL IS DIFFERENT TO ME THAN ANYTHING ELSE BUT I WANT TO USE WELL LET ME ASK THIS QUESTION FIRST AN AGENCY LIKE EEOC WOULD THAT APPLIED TO THEM? YES YOU CAN SO LET ME WALK ME THROUGH YOU'LL SEE HIS RELATIONSHIP RIGHT NOW WITH THE COUNTY AND WITH THIS LEASE AGREEMENT THAT'S GOING TO DO FOR EXAMPLE ARE THE IS THAT AGENCY PAYING ANY ANY FEES AT THIS TIME TO THE COUNTY? IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY ARE NOT OKAY THIS POLICY WILL APPLY TO ALL NONPROFIT GROUPS ACROSS THE BOARD AND IT'S BECAUSE OF THE CONSISTENCY THAT WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE. SO THEY WOULD COME FORWARD WITH THEIR APPLICATION.

I THINK YOU DEFENDING THE POLICY AND I DON'T WANT YOU TO DO THAT.

NO, I WANT YOU TO EXPLAIN TO ME YOU'LL SEE AND HOW THIS POLICY WILL IMPACT THEM AT THIS TIME I'M NOT OF ALL THE DETAILS THAT WE SEE. OKAY.

BUT IF THEY ARE A NONPROFIT THEN THEY WOULD BE TREATED AS A NONPROFIT UNDER THE POLICY.

CAN YOU NOT TODAY BUT CAN YOU CAN YOU AND I DON'T KNOW WHO WOULD DO THIS BUT CAN YOU USE THEM AS AN EXAMPLE WITH THIS POLICY TO EXPLAIN TO ME EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO THEM AND? SHARE THAT WITH ME LATER AND I CAN SHARE IT RIGHT NOW.

OH OKAY. SO JUST LIKE ANY OTHER NONPROFIT GROUP THE COUNTY HAS WILL JUST HYPOTHETICALLY SAY WE HAVE 2000 SQUARE FEET AND WE HAVE 2000 SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE SPACE AVAILABLE. THEY'LL SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO THE COUNTY FOR THAT LEASED SPACE AT WHICH POINT THE ADMINISTRATOR WILL RECEIVE IT. YOU CAN SEE THE APPLICATION HERE ON YOUR SCREEN. I UNDERSTAND THAT PART. OKAY YEAH, I GUESS I I'M LOOKING FOR THE BEFORE AND AFTER. OKAY SO THE BEFORE WOULD BE THAT THERE'S SOME PROPERTY IDENTIFIED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR FIRST I WAS JUST USING EEOC AS AN EXAMPLE. ALL RIGHT, SO BEFORE AND AFTER THE POLICY DO THEM DO YOU THINK LET ME HELP ME OUT WITH WHAT'S WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE. OKAY.

SO BOTH BEFORE BEFORE RIGHT NOW THERE IS NO WRITTEN DOCUMENT WITH THE EEOC AND THEY ARE THEY ARE IN A COUNTY BUILDING WITH NO LEASE, NO WRITTEN TERMS, NO DETAIL ON THEIR OBLIGATIONS UNDERNEATH THE OF THAT LEASE ONCE THIS POLICY IS DONE WE WILL GO MEET WITH THEM.

WE WILL WORK OUT A DRAFT LEASE THAT WE CAN GET WRITTEN TERMS ON.

WE WILL BRING THAT WRITTEN LEASE DRAFT BEFORE COUNCIL AND COMMITTEE.

YOU ALL WILL THAT YOU WILL DECIDE WHICH OF THOSE TERMS WE'RE RECOMMENDING TO YOU ALL THAT YOU WANT TO INCLUDE OR NOT INCLUDE IN THE LEASE AND THEN ONCE COUNCIL APPROVES THAT THEN WE WILL EXECUTE THAT LEASE THE EEOC SO EEOC NOT TO MAKE CHANGES WITH THEM OTHER THAN HAVING SOME DETAILS ON PAPER FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THEY'VE BEEN IN OUR BUILDING AND SO THEY NOT AT THIS TIME PAY ANY UTILITY. OKAY I'M JUST YEAH WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT AWARE THAT THE EEOC PAYS ANYTHING TO THE COUNTY IN THE WAY OF OCCUPY OF THE SPACE IN THE HUMAN SERVICES BUILDING THEY PROBABLY THEY MAY PAY FOR THEIR OWN CLEANING IN THERE THEY ARE DEFINITELY PAID FOR THEIR OWN OFFICE SUPPLIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT BUT THAT WOULD BE THE THING THAT I COULD THINK THEY WOULD THEY WOULD BE PAYING I THINK.

HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION FROM COUNCILMAN DAWSON. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? WE CAN YES. I'M HAVING I'M HAVING PROBLEM OVER HERE.

I MISSED THE LAST TWO 3 MINUTES OF THE DISCUSSION SO I DON'T I DON'T I DON'T KNOW WHAT ALL WAS SAID. I I CAN'T COULDN'T MAKE UP THROUGH THE TO THE AUDIO WHAT WAS BEING SAID. AND SO IF WOULD LOOK AT IT CAN YOU HEAR ME? WE CAN HEAR YOU CAN MR. GREENWAY CAN YOU REPEAT CAN YOU SUMMARIZE? YES. REAL REAL QUICKLY WE WERE ASKED HOW THE PROPOSED POLICY WOULD

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AFFECT SONGS LIKE GARBLE OVER HERE. YEAH THIS IS PAUL ALL THE AUDIO FOR THE FEW MINUTES HAD BEEN COMPLETELY GARBLED. I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE OR CAN YOU HEAR ME, MR. SOMERVILLE ? CAN YOU HEAR ME CLEARLY PAUL? CAN YOU HEAR AS CLEARLY WHAT YOU SAY TO YOU AND YOU HEAR IT HERE WE ARE MUFFLED BUT WE CAN'T HEAR EXACTLY WHAT'S BEING SAID. ALL RIGHT, WE CAN'T HEAR YOU.

OKAY, WELL, WE'LL WORK THAT. YEAH, I WAS ALL RIGHT. WE'RE WORKING ON IT.

YOU'RE FIND OUT THE PRESENTATION WAS FINE. IT WAS JUST WHEN THE QUESTION STARTED TO COME FROM MR. GLOVER I THINK IT WAS ERIC SPEAKING. THAT'S WHAT WE COULDN'T HEAR EVERYTHING BEFORE THAT I COULD HEAR PERFECTLY FINE FROM BRITTANY.

WE'VE BEEN DOING SOME AUDIO UPGRADES IN THE ROOM OVER THE LAST A WEEK SO THAT'S PROBABLY HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT. WE HAVE TO TURN CERTAIN THINGS ON AND READJUST SO OH CAN CAN ALL OF YOU HEAR GREENWAY AND IF HE SUMMARIZES WHAT COUNCILMAN GLOVER ASKS CAN YOU ME? OKAY SO THE THE QUESTION WAS HOW THIS POLICY WOULD AFFECT THE EOC WHO WAS NOT A NONPROFIT AGENCY THAT HAS CONSIDERABLE AMOUNTS OF SPACE IN THE HUMAN SERVICES BUILDING HERE IN BEAUFORT SO THE POLICY C WOULD BE AND THE EFFECT UPON THEM IS THAT THERE IS NOTHING IN WRITING CURRENTLY WITH THE EOC AGENCY IT'S JUST A VERBAL THERE ARE NO DETAILS TO THE TERMS OF THEIR LEASE AGREEMENT NO NOTHING SPECIFYING THEIR OBLIGATIONS UNDERNEATH TERMS OF THOSE AGREEMENT IF YOU ALL RECOMMEND THIS POLICY THE COUNCIL AND THE COUNCIL APPROVES IT AT THE APPROPRIATE MEETING THEN WE WILL GO MEET WITH THE EOC WE WILL DEVELOP A LEASE IN WRITING WITH THE TERMS THAT WE HAVE FOLLOWED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS POLICY AND THEN WE WILL BRING THAT DRAFT BACK TO THE COUNTY COUNCIL THROUGH THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE AND TO THE COUNTY COUNCIL FOR YOU ALL TO APPROVE AND AT THAT TIME YOU ALL CAN DECIDE WHAT FINANCIAL CONSIDERATION OR OTHER THINGS THAT YOU ALL MAY WANT TO INCLUDE OR NOT INCLUDE IN THAT LEASE AND THEN WHEN YOU APPROVE THE LEASE THEN YOU WILL AUTHORIZE ME TO ENTER INTO THAT LEASE WITH THE EOC BUT WE REALLY NEED TO GET AWAY FROM HAVING THESE AGENCIES IN OUR BUILDING WITH NO WRITTEN IN TERMS TO GO BY AND THIS WILL APPLY TO ALL ALL OCCUPANTS OF COUNTY BUILDING WILL APPLY TO ALL OCCUPANTS OF COUNTY NO CONSIDERATION AGAIN FINANCIAL CONSIDERATION THAT IT'LL BE UP TO YOU ALL TO DECIDE WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WHAT YOU WANT PAY FOR FOR THESE AGENCIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT YEAH ALL THE LEASES WILL BE IN WRITING. CAN EVERYONE ON LINE AND EVERYONE GET THAT GIVE ME YEAH WE GOT IT I GOT IT. OKAY QUESTIONS HAVE QUESTIONS.

YEAH CAN CAN WE CAN STAFF PROVIDE A CONSTANT LIST OF ALL THE PROPERTIES THAT WE CURRENTLY LEASE? YES, THAT CAN BE PROVIDED. ALL RIGHT BRITTANY.

DID I UNDERSTAND YOU TO SAY THAT ACCORDING TO THE LEASE AS BEING DRAFTED THE LEASE WILL INCREASE ANNUALLY ACCORDING TO THE CIP? DID I HEAR THAT CORRECTLY? WE HAVEN'T SET IN THE POLICY FOR A 3% INCREASE. UM IF YOU WOULD LIKE FOR IT TO BE BASED ON THE CFP, WE CAN PUT THAT VERBIAGE IN THERE BUT AS IT IS TODAY IT IS A FLAT 3% INFLATION WHICH IS THE AVERAGE AND THAT WE FOUND OF THAT INCREASE AND YOU HAVE THAT'S AN ANNUAL THING. YES OKAY. AND AGAIN THAT WOULD BE WHAT THE LEASE RATE INCREASES ANNUALLY FOR BUT IT WOULD BE EVERY FIVE YEARS BY AN APPRAISER. ALL RIGHT. JUST TO ENSURE WE'RE NOT OVER INFLATED SO TODAY YOU NEED A TO GO FORWARD TO FULL COUNCIL. YES.

FOR THIS IS A RESOLUTION THAT WOULD BE HEARD AT THE THE SKELETON SKELETON POLICY.

YES. AND NEED BY COUNCIL MEETING COUNT COULD HAVE THAT LIST TO US BY WHATEVER COUNCIL MEETING THIS COMES UP. YES MA'AM.

OKAY. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE THE ONE TO HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE THIS FORWARD TO THE FULL COUNCIL. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.

WE HAVE A SECOND AND SECOND. ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMAN GLOVER. SECOND WITHOUT OBJECTION THIS WILL MOVE FORWARD TO FULL COUNCIL AND WE'LL GET A LIST OF THE PROPERTIES THAT WE HAVE

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TENANTS IN AT THIS TIME. YES, MA'AM. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER BUSINESS FOR THE NATURAL RESOURCE COMMITTEE? IF NOT, WE STAND ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.