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YOU KNOW YOU'LL JOIN ME FOR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE AND THIS IS INDIVISIBLE FROM THANK YOU TO I HAVE A MIKE. PUBLIC NOTICE WAS WE HAVE THE
[4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – January 5, 2023]
GENUINE MINUTES TO PROVE SO MOVED NOTE NO CORRECTIONS OR ADDITIONS NOT 3 SECONDS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. ALL RIGHT. OKAY.[5. APPROVAL OF AGENDA ]
THAT WAS NOT EASY. ALL RIGHT, YOU HAVE AN AGENDA. DOES ANYBODY WANT TO ADD MODIFY ? SO YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT BEING THE CASE MOVE THE ITEM NOT ON THE AGENDA. NOT ON THE AGENDA. OKAY.[7. ZONING MAP AMENDMENT/REZONING REQUEST FOR 1.00 ACRE AT 3 BENTON LANE (R600 036 000 0369 0000) FROM T3 EDGE (T3E) TO T2 RURAL CENTER (T2RC), APPLICANT: MICHAEL CAMPBELL ]
SO WE'RE READY TO GET INTO OUR ACTION ITEMS. THE FIRST ITEM HERE IS ITEM NUMBER SEVEN ON THE AGENDA ZONING MAP AMENDMENT REQUEST FOR 1.0 ACRES AT THREE BENTON LANE FROM ZONING THREE H TO T TWO RURAL CENTER THIS EMERGENT .GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIRMAN. THIS IS THE PLANNING COMMISSION .
WHAT WE HAVE THIS AGENDA ITEM IS A SMALL ZONING MAP AMENDMENT LOCATED IN PRICHARD HILL AREA.
THIS IS ALONG THE RIVER ROAD ALTHOUGH THE ADDRESS PROPERTY IS THREE BENTON LANE IT'S CONSISTS ONE ACRE IN THE APPLETON SEEKING TO CHANGE THE ZONING T THREE EDGE WHICH IS PRIMARILY A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT PRIMARILY THE ALLOWS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ON LOTS THAT ARE 75 BY 150 SEATS SO IT'S RELATIVELY MODERATE AND SEVERE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.
THEY'RE WANTING TO CHANGE THAT TO TO RURAL CENTER IS A MIXED USE DISTRICT THAT ALLOWS FOR A PRETTY WIDE RANGE OF RETAIL SERVICES IS LIMITED IN SIZE SCALE BUT THERE'S A WIDE RANGE OF SERVICE AND RETAIL USES ALONG WITH LEAD IN THIS COMMUNITY.
PRICHARD BILL. THIS WAS A COMMITTEE THAT WHEN DEVELOPED THE REDEVELOPMENT CODE WE HAD A WORKSHOP AND THIS NEIGHBORHOOD THE AREA THAT WAS DESIGNATED FOR COMMERCIAL WAS MORE IN PROXIMITY TO THE INTERSECTION WITH NEW RIVER ROAD IN IN GIVE IT ROADS IN THAT DOESN'T REALLY SHOW UP ON THIS MAP BUT IT'S A LITTLE BIT FURTHER TO THE EAST.
AND TWO YEARS AGO THE PLANNING COMMISSION LOOKED AT A REZONING THAT IS RIGHT NEXT DOOR JUST TO THE WEST OF THIS PROJECT. GENTLEMAN CAME WITH THIS TWO ACRE PARCEL HE REQUESTED FOR A REZONING TO RURAL CENTER. AT THAT TIME STAFF HAD CONCERNS ABOUT THIS BEING A SPOT ZONING AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION AT THAT TIME VOTED NOT TO APPROVE THAT.
HOWEVER, WHEN IT GOT TO THEY VOTED TO APPROVE IT SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THAT T TWO RURAL CENTER PIECE OF PROPERTY THERE. AS FAR AS STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THIS PARTICULAR PARCEL, THERE ARE TWO CONCERNS. ONE IS THAT THERE WAS RECENTLY A REZONING OF PROPERTY IN THIS AREA AND THAT PROPERTY REMAINS UNDEVELOPED. SO IS BASICALLY ADDING TO AN EXISTING COMMERCIAL DISTRICT WITH I GUESS THE RATIONALE THAT IS NOT CAPACITY IN THAT CURRENT PARCEL FOR TO ACCOMMODATE A MEDICAL OFFICE WHICH IS WHAT THE APPLICANT WANTS TO DO.
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AND SO MY CONCERN IS WE'VE JUST SOLD A PIECE OF PROPERTY. IT STILL REMAINS VACANT AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THE ADJOINING PROPERTY BEING REZONE ACCOMMODATE THE SURFACE USE.THE OTHER IS THAT THIS PROPERTY BECAUSE OF ITS LOCATION AT THE INTERSECTION OF MAE RIVER ROAD FENTON LANE WOULD TAKE ACCESS OFF OF DENTON LANE DUE TO CDOT ACCESS MANAGEMENT STANDARDS.
THAT'S PRIMARILY A RESIDENTIAL ROAD THAT SERVES A SMALL SUBDIVISION.
IT'S A CUL DE AND THIS WOULD BASICALLY BE PUTTING COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC ON TO A RESIDENTIAL ROAD. SO FOR THOSE TWO REASONS STAFF DOES NOT RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE ZONING AMENDMENT. IF ANY QUESTIONS QUESTIONS I AGREE IN PRINCIPLE WITH YOU'RE SAYING 100%. ONE THING IT WOULD HELP ME TO KNOW NORTH AND SOUTH EAST AND WEST OVER HERE SO THE PIECE OF THE OH THE PIECE THAT WASN'T ZONED IS WHICH PIECE.
SO THE YOU MEAN THE PIECE THAT RECENTLY WAS RESERVED. THE REASON WE KNOW IS THE T TWO OR THREE. YEAH. SO THE ONE THAT HAS THE TOP WITH THE REDS RECTANGLE AROUND IT WHICH ONE RIGHT THERE. THERE'S TWO MAPS ON THE TOP THERE'S A RED RECTANGLE AROUND PROPERTY THAT'S T THREE EDGE THE PIECE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW. YES. AND SO ON THE BOTTOM IS WHAT THE PROPOSED ZONING UM IF YOU COULD JUST SCROLL. YEAH THAT'S WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE IF THE WAS APPROVED OTHER POINT IS BUSINESS UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING WITH RESIDENTIAL BUT EVERY RESIDENTIAL ROAD EVENTUALLY GOES TO A MAJOR ROAD.
LOOK AT BLUFFTON IT'S OF PLUS A LIVING AND SO I'M ALSO SAYING THAT BETWEEN PALMETTO BLUFF PRITCHARD BILL AND GROWTH IN THAT AREA WERE ARE THE CLOSEST MEDICAL SERVICES IF IN FACT THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO GO THERE. I LIKE THE MEDICAL SERVICES THERE TO SERVE THE PUBLIC AND I WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR AND THAT'S ONE THE ONE REASON WHY I'M GOING TO VOTE AFFIRMATIVE THIS ITEM BECAUSE WE NEED MEDICAL HELP NOW IF SOMEONE SAYS THE MEDICAL OFFICER AND TURNS AROUND AND PUT HAMBURGER JOINT THEN I'M NOT GOING TO BE HAPPY. WELL AND LIKE ANY STRAIGHT FORWARD ZONING CHANGE THAT VERY EASILY COULD HAPPEN. THERE'S THIS IS NOT THERE'S CONTRACT THERE'S NO YOU KNOW SO WE'RE BASICALLY YOU KNOW, WE'RE CHANGING THE ZONING OF A PROPERTY SO ANYTHING ALLOWED IN TO RURAL CENTER IS ALLOWED THIS PROPERTY. IS THERE A ZONING SIMILAR TO TO TO OUR FEET IN THIS AREA THAT THE APPLICANT COULD USE WITH CUT AND DRY IS GOING TO BE MINIMAL. THERE'S NOTHING THAT WOULD RIGHT THAT WOULD PASS SO WE CAN SERVE THIS THING AND UNDERSTAND I KNEW THE ANSWER BUT I'M MAKING THAT CLEAR BECAUSE AGAIN THERE'S MORE AND MORE PEOPLE MOVING BLUFF WHICH IS OPEN FROM THERE.
WHERE IS THE CLOSEST MEDICAL FACILITY? WELL, FROM STAFF STANDPOINT AND I REALIZE THAT THERE ARE OTHER FACTORS SUCH AS LAND BASED DIRECTLY TO THE WEST OF HERE, THE NEW RIVERSIDE, YOU KNOW, SO THERE IS A COMMERCIAL CENTER THAT IS DEVELOPING THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON THAT IS PROXIMITY TO THE CIRCLE BOTH THE INTERSECTION OF A 170 AND 46.
YOU KNOW, AND THEN YOU KNOW FURTHER UP, YOU KNOW WE HAVE BUCKWALTER AND ATWATER AND BLUFFTON PARKWAY SO THERE ARE OTHER AREAS IN PROXIMITY TO THIS AND THERE IS ALSO A COMMERCIAL ABOUT A HALF A MILE TO THE EAST OF THIS ONE AT GILBERT ROAD WHICH IS A REGIONAL. YES. WHERE THE DOLLAR CHAIN IS.
ROB, COULD YOU TELL US THE PROPERTY TO RIGHT TO THE BOTTOM OF THE ZONING TRACT WHAT WHAT ARE THOSE TWO EXISTING HOUSES THERE RIGHT NOW WE'D HAVE TO BRING UP AN AERIAL TO THE RIGHT AND TO THE SO BASICALLY EVERYTHING SOUTH OF HERE IS RESIDENTIAL.
WELL IT IS IS THAT YOU KNOW? YES. SOUTH IS DOWN.
OKAY. SO WHAT'S IT TO THE RIGHT AND EAST OF EAST NEXT DOOR THE LARGER TRACTS THAT YEAH THEY CAN THEY CAN BRING THAT UP THREE.
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YEAH WELL IT'S A 2 TO 3 AND SO THREE IS IT. IT'S ALL OVER WE'LL GET AN AREA WITH A HOME A RESIDENTIAL ONE. YEAH. IF YOU TURN OFF THE ZONING LAYER AND PUT ON THE THE AREA WE CAN IN JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE YOU KNOW BEING COVERED WHERE IT'S RESIDENTIAL . OH HELPS.IT'S A SINGLE FAMILY HOME AND DO I UNDERSTAND THAT THE CURRENTLY ZONED LARGER TRACK IT HAS BEEN ZONED BUT NOT PLANNED . NOTHING IS PROPOSED TO BE BUILT. YES THE ZONING CHANGES APPROVED APRIL 12, 2021 SO IT'S BEEN LESS THAN TWO YEARS SINCE THAT WAS UP ZONED AND THAT HAS NOT BEEN DEVELOPED.
IS THERE AN EXPIRATION DATE ON WHEN YOU KNOW? NO, NO, NO, NO.
EVEN IF THEY BUILT A MEDICAL FACILITY TWO YEARS LATER SOMEBODY COULD COME IN, KNOCK IT DOWN, PUT UP A HAMBURGER JOINT BECAUSE IT'S NOW ZONED THAT WAY.
YEAH. AND I MEAN ANY TIME THE PLANNING COMMISSION CONSIDERS A ZONING CHANGE YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT EVERYTHING THAT'S PERMITTED IN THAT DISTRICT WITHIN REASON OBVIOUSLY THE SIZE OF THE PARCEL OR WHETHER IT'S LOCATED ON THE MAJOR ROAD THOSE ARE GOING TO HAVE A HUGE ON THE TYPES OF USES THAT MIGHT BE LOCATED THERE BUT THIS IS TOO RURAL CENTER ON YOU I BELIEVE THIS IS A MINOR ARTERIALS SO THAT THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR A WIDE RANGE USES. A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS YOU KEEP SAYING SERVICES IS AN EYE DOCTOR. YES. OKAY.
SO IT'S AN EYE DOCTOR SERVICES. IT'S NOT IT'S NOT A EMERGENCY. EMERGENCY CARE.
OH, NO HOSPITALIZATION. IT'S AN INPATIENT CARE TYPE OF FACILITY IT'S AN EYE DOCTOR'S OFFICE. OKAY. YEAH, I CAN CAN SPEAK TO THAT.
OKAY. BUT THAT'S WHAT I UNDERSTAND. LIKE CAMPBELL'S SERVICE TO BE EYE DOCTOR OR IT COULD BE A BAR NIGHTCLUB GAS STATION, RESTAURANT GENERAL RETAIL IF WAS HELP. YES. AND I UNDERSTAND TOO AND THIS WAS AN ISSUE WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE OTHER PROPERTY IT'S NOT SERVED BY SEWER RIGHT NOW.
IT'S IT WOULD BE SEPTIC SYSTEMS . CORRECT.
AND FOR SOME PERIOD OF TIME YOU HAVE YOUR JASPER WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY PEOPLE CAME IN AND BUILT FOR AND FOR SURE. YEAH. I MEAN I NOT 100% CERTAIN OF WHERE SEWER LINE IS IN PROXIMITY OF THIS IT IS CLOSE ENOUGH THAT IT COULD BE EXTENDED BUT THAT YOU KNOW THAT WOULD BE A FACTOR OF YOU KNOW, THIS OTHER PROPERTY WHO WOULD HAVE SAID THE SAME THING TWO YEARS AGO AND THEY ARE STILL ON SEPTIC.
THAT PROPERTY HAS NOT BEEN DEVELOPED. IT'S STILL SEPTIC SYSTEM.
IT WOULD HAVE TO COME DOWN FROM PROBABLY FROM THE NORTH AND NOT NORTH FROM WEST.
YEAH THAT'S TRUE. NORTH AREA THAT'S WHAT IS IF I MAY THE OLD SCHOOL AND HORSE STABLES IF YOU WANT TO MOVE THE THING TO THE RIGHT THAT'S THE BIG LAKE THERE WITH THE BARN AND THE OWNER UNLESS THEY HANDS OWNS THE PIECE ALL THE WAY TO ME RIVER ROAD YES.
ON THAT YEAH. WHAT IS THAT. THAT'S IN THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON.
THAT'S THE TOWN? MM HMM. THIS IS.
IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO NEW RIVERSIDE NEW RIVERSIDE. OKAY.
GO AHEAD. I DIDN'T DIDN'T CATCH YOU KNOW, I WAS JUST I THOUGHT I ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION. YEAH. OKAY.
YOU KNOW, NEW RIVERSIDE IS IS DIRECTLY TO THE WEST OF THERE AND THAT THAT IS ALL IN THE TOWN OF WENTWORTH, YOU KNOW THAT AND THAT'S THAT'S ALL UNDER DEVELOPMENT RIGHT NOW.
YEAH THE APARTMENTS AND SO COMING JUST UP TO THE WEST AS TIME GOES ON.
WELL WE'VE GOT THEM RIGHT THERE IN PITTSFIELD. THERE'S NOTHING THAT THEY HAVE TO OUT TO THE TRAFFIC CIRCLE TO GET WHERE THE DEVELOPMENT TO THE SHOPPING CENTER.
WHAT DO YOU BY? WE'RE TALKING WITH YOU. I MEAN WHAT ARE YOU REFERRING
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TO? YOU TALK ABOUT IN HIGH DOCTOR'S OFFICE OR YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT EMERGENT CARE? WELL, I'D THAN A DOCTOR'S A DOCTOR.OKAY. SO IF YOU SEE ON THIS MAP THERE ARE TWO LOW AREAS OF GREEN.
ONE IS THAT TWO ACRE PARCEL THIS RECENT RECENTLY OKAY RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THIS ONE AND THEN THERE'S A LARGER AREA THAT IS ZONED, YOU KNOW, ON BOTH SIDES AND GIVE IT ROAD WHICH TAKES IN A NUMBER OF PARCELS OVER THERE THAT COULD POSSIBLY ACCOMMODATE MEDICAL OFFICE OR THE ENTIRE YOU KNOW YOU RIVERSIDE'S MIXED USE COMPLEXES IN THE TOWN OF BOSTON.
SO YOU'RE SAYING THE LARGE GREEN PARCEL THAT YOU WERE DOES PERMIT MEDICAL IN THE ZONE? YES. IT'S THE SAME ZONING IT THAT'S TWO RURAL CENTER, THE SAME ONES BEING PROPOSED FOR THIS PROPERTY AND THAT ALLOWS YES. ARE THERE VACANT AND UNDEVELOPED SITES IN THAT AREA ,LARGER GREEN AREA? THERE ARE SOME OF I MEAN YOU SEE THE AERIAL THERE'S RECENTLY A DOLLAR GENERAL DEVELOP THERE'S A BUSINESS THERE'S SOME RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES IN THERE SO. IT'S A MATTER OF YOU KNOW SOME VACANT SOME THE POSSIBLY COULD BE REDEVELOPED OR REPURPOSED. OTHER QUESTIONS I HAVE A QUESTION, ROBIN. I'M SORRY I WASN'T ABLE TO WRITE FAST ENOUGH.
ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT YOU BROUGHT IS THAT THIS PROPOSAL PUTTING COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC ON RURAL BUT SAID RESIDENTIAL ROAD THAT SEEMS TO BE AN ISSUE THAT'S TO BE COMING UP A LOT IN OUR WORK. IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY.
YEAH. IT'S JUST SIMPLY BECAUSE IS NOT LIKELY I BELIEVE THIS PARCEL CURRENTLY TAKES ACCESS OFF OF BENTON LANE. RIGHT.
AND NOT ON 46. SO ANY DEVELOPMENT OF THIS D.O.T. IS GOING TO REQUIRE THAT YOU KNOW WHERE THE CURRENTLY IS TAKEN FROM AND SO IT'S GOING TO PUT YOU ON THAT YOU KNOW, CLOSE TO THE INTERSECTION OF THAT RESIDENTIAL 46 MORE RESIDENTIAL GOT IT INCLUDING EMERGENCY VEHICLES, POSSIBLY A LITTLE UNKNOWN. I MEAN I WAS OF MORE WORRIED ABOUT NIGHTCLUB AND DRUNKEN DRIVER VEHICLES BUT YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE EMERGENCY IF THEY'RE GOING TO THE EYE DOCTOR. YEAH.
NO, BUT ROB, YOU'RE SAYING THE RESIDENTIAL BECAUSE THAT IS CLEARLY SOMETHING THAT I HEAR ABOUT FROM FOLKS WHO SAY WE DON'T WANT ACCESS BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO INCREASE TRAFFIC ON WHAT IS A RESIDENTIAL ROAD. SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT THAT'S JUST SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE FOR THIS PARTICULAR THIS HE SAID YES, I GUESS I'D POSIT THAT THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT. YOU KNOW, LONG TERM I KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS ISSUE AT THE MOMENT. THANKS. OKAY.
THANK YOU MR. MERCHANT. MR. ECONOMISTS. THANK YOU.
MM HMM. SO WELCOME. THANKS, ROB.
ACCORDING TO ERIC ARCHITECTS JUST WANT TO EXTRAPOLATE A LITTLE FURTHER.
BUT ROB HAD SAID I HAVE A COUPLE OF PICTURES CAN ONLY MEET THREE.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU PUT THEM YOU CAN DO I THINK THESE MAPS OR TWO DIFFERENT MAPS BUT THEY'RE EXACTLY THE SAME. EACH ONE SHOWS THE COUNTY AND THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON AS WELL AND REALLY OVERLAPPING EACH OTHER SO YOU CAN SEE EXACTLY THE REAL THING IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE A COUNTY WEBSITE YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THERE'S INFORMATION MISSING ON THE COUNTY, ON THE TOWN YOU GO TO THE TOWN WEBSITE YOU MISSING INFORMATION ON THE COUNTY.
SO THE PROPERTY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ONE ACRE PARCEL IS THE IS THE ONE WE'RE TRYING TO REZONE THE CAMPBELLS WHICH THE REASON WE'RE TRYING TO DO THIS IS THE THE AREA THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PROPERTY NEXT DOOR WAS RE ZONED TWO YEARS AGO FOR T TO OUR CITY IT'S A ONE ACRE PARCEL. IT'S VERY SMALL. THEY'RE LOOKING TO DO A MEDI&-PY AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE MAP WHAT YOU HAVE THERE EVERYTHING GREEN LIGHT GREEN TO YOUR LEFT.
THERE'S A TOWN OF BLUFFTON EVERYTHING EVEN EXAMPLE THE LARGER CHUNK THAT SAYS TO OUR RURAL THE TEN ACRE PIECE THAT'S BEING SOLD THE SOUTH CAROLINA FORESTRY DIVISION RIGHT NOW FOR 1,000,002 THAT'S T TO R AND THAT ALLOWS THREE HOUSES THAT'S IT ONE HOUSE FOR THREE ACRES.
AND IF YOU LOOK RIGHT NEXT IT THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON HAS PUT 20 HOUSES ON THE SAME PIECE
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OF LAND. SO WHAT AT IS THERE IS SO MUCH NEED FOR COMMERCIAL OR IN THIS AREA BESIDES PALMETTO BLOOD BESIDES NEW RIVERSIDE YOU CAN SEE ALL THE DENSITY THAT'S GROWING THERE. THE REASON I KNOW THIS IS I'M WORKING ON A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS AS WE'RE CURRENTLY SPEAKING. SO TO THE NORTH OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE THE THE SHOPPING CENTER THERE WITH PUBLIX AND TO THE SOUTH IS GIAMATTI'S PROPERTY AND HE IS NOW DEVELOPING CONDOS AND TOWNHOUSES. HE HAS THREE RESTAURANTS AND HE HAS A DENTIST OFFICE GOING IN AND A COUPLE OF LITTLE BOUTIQUES THAT ARE ON THE CORNER. BUT THIS PROPERTY AS YOU CAN SEE I CALL IT THE TRIANGLE THAT GOES FROM THE CIRCLE ALL THE WAY TO GIVE IT ROAD AND YOU CAN SEE THE CLUSTER OF GREEN DARK GREEN THAT'S A GIVE IT ROAD WHICH IS MEANT TO DEVELOP A CORNER THING.WE WERE MEANT TO DEVELOP THE CIRCLE SO EVENTUALLY OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THIS CONNECTION HAPPEN BETWEEN SMALL BUILDINGS THAT ARE GOING TO HAPPEN.
IT JUST HAPPENS PROGRESS. THE REASON THE CENTER TO THE LEFT HAS NOT BEEN DEVELOPED TWO ACRE PARCEL IS THAT THERE IS NO WATER AND SEWER AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT HONESTLY BECAUSE I'VE WORKED ON IT TWICE IN THE LAST YEAR AT LOCUST THE LOCAL SEWER IS THAT RIGHT BEHIND PUBLIX ON THAT THAT SHOPPING DEVELOPMENT RIGHT THERE YOU SEE ON YOUR BOTTOM LINE THAT AND THIS IS WHERE THE LOCAL SEWER IS IS 1400 FEET AWAY AND IT WAS COSTING MY FUTURE OWNER $700,000 TO BRING WATER AND SEWER TO THE PROPERTY 700,000. SO THERE IS NO WATER AND SEWER BETWEEN TWO ARE GET IT AND THE PUBLIX SO THE COST OF THE PROPERTY THAT THE OWNER IS ASKING IN EXCESS OF $800,000 PLUS $900,000 TO DEVELOP IT IT MAKES IT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO DEVELOP AT THIS TIME AND THAT'S BECAUSE I'M SORRY YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE KEY TO OUR PROPERTY ONE THAT'S RIGHT NEXT TO US THAT'S TALKING ABOUT THE PROPERTY THAT WE'RE CORRECT.
CORRECT. AND I'M JUST BRINGING THE FACTS .
I'VE GONE THROUGH TWO DIFFERENT CLIENTS RIGHT NOW TRYING TO DEVELOP THE PROPERTY IS OVERPRICED AND THE COST INFRASTRUCTURE IS NOT THERE YET.
SO THAT'S WHY THAT HAS NOT BEEN DEVELOPED BEEN HUGE DEMAND FOR IT.
IT HASN'T HAPPENED REASON THE RURAL TO OUR ON GIVE IT ROAD THE SEVEN PARCELS HAVEN'T BEEN DEVELOPED IS BECAUSE HE'S ASKING MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE PROPERTY SO OBVIOUSLY HE DOESN'T WANT TO SELL IT SO MY CLIENT COME TO US AND SAID HEY WE HAVE A ONE ACRE PIECE WE JUST WANT TO KEEP THE ZONE THE SAME DUE TO OUR SEE THE WE CAN DO THERE'S A SMALL SMALL BUILDING ON AN ACRE WE KNOW THERE'S ALREADY BEEN REZONING NEXT DOOR WE KNOW ACCESS OVER BETTER AND WHEN WILL WE KNOW COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC WILL GO AROUND AND IT'S AN OFFICE BUILDING IT'S ONE ACRE THE MOST I'M GOING TO GET THE AT ALL 7 TO 8000 SQUARE FEET THE MOST WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING 45,001ST AND MAYBE AN EXPANSION OF TWO OR 3000 SEWER DOESN'T NEED IT SEPTIC FINE BECAUSE A DRAW ON VIEW FOR JASPER YOU TO THE CALCULATIONS IT ONLY REQUIRES TWO BATHROOMS SO WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE SEWER AND WATER THE PRICE IS GREAT THE LOCATION'S GREAT NEXT TO US TO THE RIGHT I'M NOT SURE WHO LIVES THERE. IT SAYS SOME CAR CANOPY OR FIXING PLACE AND TO THE LEFT IT SAYS FOR THE COUNTY RECORDS ARE OWNED BY SOME FISHERMAN COMPANY SO I DON'T KNOW WHO'S BUT DEVELOPMENT IS COMING BETWEEN THESE PIECES.
IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN THE TO OUR RC IS A VERY LOW ZONE IT'S NOT THAT BIG USUALLY YOU SEE THIS IN AMERICA WHERE YOU GO BETWEEN TWO PIECES AND THEY GROW TOGETHER.
YOU DO HAVE SHOPPING CENTER AND PROBABLY ABOUT 25,000 PEOPLE LIVING WITHIN THREE MILES OF AREA. SO COMMERCIAL GROWTH IS GOING TO EXTEND THE OWNERS ARE HERE TO TO TALK ALSO PURCHASING THE PROPERTY AND THEY ARE DOCTORS AND THEY WANT TO DEVELOP IT I'M HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS TECHNICALLY BUT WE THINK SINCE THIS PROPERTY WAS ZONED FOR I TALKED TO THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT NOT THE ONE THE OTHER PIECE THEY WANT TO DEVELOP IT INTO RESTAURANTS AND BAR AND DEVELOPMENT WHICH THEY CAN AND DONE STUDIES THEY'RE ALLOWED UP TO 12,000 SQUARE FEET OF RESTAURANTS AND BARS ON THEIR PROPERTY FOR THE ZONING LAST TIME THEY HAVE ACCESS OFF ROADS THEY'RE ALLOWED BY THE COUNTY. I MEAN BUT THIS IS A SMALLER PROJECT JUST RIGHT NEXT DOOR SO I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS THIS TIME THANK EITHER ONE OF YOUR CLIENTS LIKE TO SPEAK OR YOU JUST TELL US YOUR NAME PLEASE DR. CAMPBELL AND ANYWAY I JUST WANTED TO
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STATE THAT BEEN IN THE AREA SINCE 1987 AS AN OPTOMETRIST AND YOU KNOW I'VE HAD THREE LOCATIONS OR CURRENTLY HAVE THREE LOCATIONS AND THE AH SHELTER COVE LOCATION ON HILTON HEAD HAS BEEN THERE SINCE 1987 AND AGAIN IT'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE.THE HOSPITAL LOCATION ON HILTON HEAD BEEN THERE SINCE 2000 SINCE THE HOSPITAL CENTER COMES BUILT AS ONE OF THE FIRST RESIDENTS IN THERE PHYSICIANS IN THAT AREA AND THEN RECENTLY WE BUILT A A BLUFFTON AND CLOSE TO OLD TOWN BLUFFTON AND AGAIN IT I THINK IT'S A VERY NICE STRUCTURE IT IT'S NOT I THINK IT IS VERY NICELY DONE AND I WOULD I WOULD BE DOING EXACT SAME THING IN THIS LOCATION AS A DOCTOR'S FOR THE AREA I MEAN HE JUST BROUGHT UP A FIGURE ABOUT 25,000 PEOPLE IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA RIGHT NOW AND WHAT OPTOMETRISTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE LOOKING FOR A RATIO OF 1 TO 5000 SO 1 TO 25000 OBVIOUSLY IS IS A VERY GOOD REASON AN OPTOMETRIST WOULD WANT TO BE IN THIS AREA IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I CAME FROM INDIANA DOWN TO SOUTH CAROLINA BECAUSE OF THE THE NEED FOR EYE CARE IN THE RATIOS ARE SO MUCH BETTER THAN THEY ARE IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. SO AGAIN IT WE'RE NOT I'M NOT LOOKING TO BUY THIS AND SELL TO A RESTAURANT. I'M NOT IN THE RESTAURANT BUSINESS. I'VE NEVER BEEN IN THE RESTAURANT BUSINESS OR ANY OTHER BUSINESS. SO AGAIN HOPEFULLY YOU'LL UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS IT'S GOING TO BE VERY DONE IF IT'S APPROVED AND WE'LL BE THERE FOR A LONG TIME TO SERVE THIS GROWING CONTINGENCY THAT'S COMING TO THIS AREA AGAIN. WE DON'T WANT TO PUT OUR OFFICES TOO CLOSE TOGETHER FOR OBVIOUS REASONS WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK FOR AREAS OF GROWTH IN MY MY TWO SONS THAT ARE OPTOMETRISTS AS WELL THEY'LL TAKING OVER MY PRACTICE HERE PROBABLY IN 4 TO 5 YEARS AND THEY'LL BE THIS WILL BE A VERY NICE OFFICE THAT WILL BE I THINK EASILY STAFFED. IT'S YOU KNOW IF ANY WE HAVE BUSINESSES ON HILTON HEAD YOU UNDERSTAND STAFFING PROBLEMS ON NEWTON THAT ARE GETTING TOUGHER AND TOUGHER BECAUSE OF ALL THE GROWTH OFF THE ISLAND IN THIS GROWTH IN THIS AREA IS GOING TO BE TAKING MORE AND MORE STAFF FROM DOWN HERE IN EVEN BLUFFTON. SO I THINK IT WILL BE AND I'LL BE IN AN OFFICE THAT THAT WILL THRIVE. WE'LL HAVE GOOD STAFF THERE.
WE'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF YOU KNOW THERE'S NOT AN OPTOMETRIST I WOULD I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT DISTANCE BUT I'M GUESSING IT HAS TO BE WITHIN PROBABLY TEN MILES OF THERE WOULD BE THE CLOSEST OPTOMETRIST THERE'S AN OPHTHALMOLOGIST OFFICES OF THE PARKWAY ON BLUFFTON AND ALSO IN SAVANNAH. BUT AGAIN I FEEL LIKE THERE'S A NEED THERE AND HOPEFULLY YOU'LL AGREE THAT AND WITH THE WITH THE WATER SITUATION AND THE SEWER SITUATION THAT'S HERE AGAIN BUILDING WOULD I THINK IN THIS LOT CAN HANDLE WE HAVE PLANNED FOR FOR THE AN OFFICE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ANY QUESTIONS NO THANK YOU DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO YOU TELL US YOUR NAME AND I'M MICHAEL RICHARD CAMPBELL SO GOING TO BE PRACTICING HOPEFULLY ONE DAY AT THIS SPOT. AND JUST LIKE YOU SAID, IF HE'S RETIRING FIVE YEARS OF YOUNGER BROTHERS OPTOMETRISTS ALSO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE IT OVER AND WE'RE GOING TO KEEP IT AS AN OPTOMETRIST BUILDING YOU CAN SIT THERE AND SAY WELL THE ZONING FOR RIGHT NEXT DOOR WAS TO OUR SEE WHAT COULD BE FOUR BARS.
IT COULD BE FOR ANYTHING. I'M HERE TO TELL YOU IT'S NOT GOING TO BE AND WE'RE HERE TO MAKE A MEDICAL FACILITY TO TREAT THE PEOPLE OF PRINCIPLES SO.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT AND IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE THE PROPER TREATMENT THE PEOPLE OF THE TOWN AND THIS WOULD BE A BENEFIT TO THE AREA AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. OKAY. WE HAVE ONE REQUEST TO SPEAK FROM MS.. SO ALICIA ROTH, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.
GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIRMAN. MY NAME IS FELICIA ROTH. I OWN THE PROPERTY AT FOUR STILWELL ROAD WHICH IS DIRECTLY TO THE EAST OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY THREE BENSON LANE AND
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I'M HERE THIS EVENING TO ASK THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO DENY THIS APPLICATION FOR REZONING WHICH WOULD PERMIT USES SUCH MEDICAL OFFICE GENERAL RETAIL BAR NIGHTCLUB GAS STATION RESTAURANT FIRST OUR PROPERTIES ARE PART OF THE MAE RIVER COMMUNITY DISTRICT AND SUBJECT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THE PURPOSE OF THE NAACP AND THE CURRENT T-3 EDGE DESIGNATION IS TO PROMOTE LOW DENSITY RURAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE AREA WHICH NATURALLY MAY RIVER ROAD SCENIC BYWAY DESIGNATION. IT IS INTENDED TO ALLOW THE AREA TO REMAIN GREEN AND OPEN AND CHANGING THE ZONING IS CLEARLY INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WITH ITS EMPHASIS ON WALKABILITY AND INTERCONNECTED STREETS THERE IS NO SIDEWALK ON THE RIVER ROAD NOR VINTON LANE NOR ON STILLWELL ROAD AND BENTON LANE IS A DEAD END. SO ACCESS TO THIS PROPERTY IS NEITHER WALKABLE NOR INTERCONNECTED FURTHER. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SPECIFICALLY DESIGNATES AREAS OF CONCENTRATION FOR COMMERCIAL USES AS YOU HEARD THIS EVENING DILUTING THOSE AREAS CONCENTRATION AND ALLOWING COMMERCIAL TO BE INTERSPERSED WITH LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL IS CONTRARY TO SOUND ECONOMIC POLICY AND DOES PROMOTE THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE OF THE LAND AS THE APPLICANT NOTES THERE IS AVAILABLE COMMERCIAL SPACE LESS THAN HALF A MILE AWAY AVAILABLE SPACE AT MANY RIVER CROSSING AVAILABLE SPACE AT RIVERSIDE VILLAGE UNDEVELOPED LOTS AT THE INTERSECTION OF GIVE AND ME ROAD WHEN LANDLORDS AREN'T RENTING THEIR COMMERCIAL SPACE TO CAPACITY ABILITY TO MAINTAIN SUCH SPACES DECLINES WHICH LEADS TO BLIGHT AND. THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT THIS WILL REMAIN A NICE EYE DOCTOR'S OFFICE ONCE IT'S ZONED. IT CANNOT BE ZONED. THE APPLICANT KNOWS THEIR APPLICATION DOES NOT MEET THE CRITERIA FOR REZONING SO THEIR PRIMARY ARGUMENT IS THE PROPERTY AT ONE TWO TO MAY RIVER ROAD WAS RE ZONED THEREFORE PROPERTY SHOULD ALSO BE RE ZONED EXCEPT THAT THE REZONING 1 TO 2 MI RIVER ROAD WAS BASED ON THAT OWNER'S HISTORY OF ATTEMPTING COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT FOR PERHAPS A DECADE PRIOR TO THE ADOPTION OF THE COMMERCIAL SORRY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODE THOSE FACTS NOT APPLY TO THREE BENTON LANE THE SALE OF THREE BENTON IS CONTINGENT ON THIS REZONING NO ONE'S GRANDFATHERED RIGHTS ARE BEING CURTAILED AS WAS CONSIDERED BY COUNCIL.IN FACT YOU'VE HEARD THIS EVENING THAT 1 TO 2 MI RIVER ROAD HAS BEEN AVAILABLE FOR SUBDIVISION SINCE ITS DEVELOPMENT AGO AND NO ONE IS INVESTING IN IT.
THERE IS NO FOR ANY SORT OF COMMERCIAL USE IN THIS RESIDENTIAL AREA PARTICULAR IS NOT A BAR OR A NIGHTCLUB A GAS STATION WERE RESTAURANT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.
MOVE THIS UP TO THE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS.
LASTLY, I THINK WE TABLE THIS. THAT'S CORRECT AND I THINK THERE WERE TWO PEOPLE THAT GOT UP AT THAT POINT FROM THE PUBLIC. THEY SPOKE OUT ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR ONE. WE SHOULD PROBABLY INCLUDE THEIR COMMENTS IN THIS WHOLE APPLICATION PROCESS. WELL, SEARCH AND SEE IF WE HAVE THOSE.
I DON'T THINK YOU CAN YOU YEAH YOU CAN TAKE ANYTHING. LOOK, JUST POINTING OUT THAT AGAIN ROBERTSON WAS AWARDED YOU CAN'T COMMENTS FROM ANOTHER MEETING THOUGH IT HURT YOU BUT YOU NEEDED TO BE PRESENT AT THIS MEETING BUT YOU CAN REFERENCE THEM AND I DO REMEMBER OKAY IF YOU CARE TO REFERENCE THEM. YOU CAN RECALL REFERENCE.
WOULD YOU CARE TO DO THAT? YEAH, THAT'S FINE. I'M INVITING YOU TO DO THAT.
YEAH. I MEAN OTHERWISE YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TAKEN THE COMMENTS YEAR THEN SET A TABLE YOU KNOW I MEAN YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE A WAY. WELL ANY COMMENTS THAT WE GET FROM THE PUBLIC AT WOULD BE PART OF THE MINUTES THAT WE WOULD KEEP.
I DON'T RECALL WHETHER OR YOU DID THAT WASN'T IN IT WASN'T SPECIFICALLY AND I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE VIDEO TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH I JUST DON'T LIKE I JUST REMEMBER SOMEBODY GETTING UP TO PEOPLE I THINK YOU KNOW I DON'T I DON'T RECALL THAT I'M SORRY I DON'T BUT YOUR POINT IS WELL TAKEN. OKAY. ANY OTHER YES.
I'M SORRY I COULD I HAVE A LITTLE MORE CLARIFICATION I THINK FROM THE GENTLEMAN THERE ON THAT SIDE WITH THE GRATIA. YES. REMIND ME AGAIN WHY BIG WATER AND SEWER DOES NEED TO SIGN OFF ON THIS. I MEAN I UNDERSTAND THE TWO BATHROOMS BUT THIS IS CONFUSING TO ME SO THERE'S NO PUBLIC WATER OR SEWER FROM THE PUBLIC'S THAT ROAD TO GIVE IT RIGHT. SO YOU SAID IT WOULD COST 700,000 TO YES. HOOK INTO WATER NOT SEWAGE WATER.
BOTH MA'AM. SO THE RIGHT SO WHAT HAPPENED IS WE HAD TWO CLIENTS THIS YEAR FOR THE LARGER WE GOT THROUGH THE MATH AND REALIZED THERE WAS WATER AND SEWER CALLED VIEW FOR
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JASPER AND SAID WE NEED TO CONNECT TO YOUR MAIN GOT IT. THEY WROTE US A NICE LETTER SAYING YOU'RE 1400 FEET AWAY WE WILL NOT PAY FOR IT. YOU CAN PAY IT OF COURSE 700,000 YOU CAN PAY FOR IT. SO WE WERE GOING TO TRY TO GET SOME NEIGHBORS TO CHIP IN AND THEN IT DIDN'T GO ANYWHERE DUE DILIGENCE TIME IN THAT SO SINCE IT WAS GOING TO TO BE A RESTAURANT THE PLACE TO CONGREGATE YOU NEED WATER AND SEWER YOU CAN'T GO BY SEPTIC SO THAT'S WHY I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY ROBIN AND EXTRAPOLATE FURTHER THAT THE REASON THE PROPERTY HAS NOT BEEN PURCHASED IS IT'S A LITTLE EXPENSIVE LIKE EVERYTHING THESE DAYS HAS BEEN BUMPED AND THE COST TO DEVELOP THE LAND NORMALLY TAKES 250 TO 300 AN ACRE WHERE WE'RE AT A MILLION BECAUSE OF THE SEWER AND WATER THAT DOESN'T EXIST. THEN BEING NEXT DOOR THE ONE ACRE PIECE AND THEIR DRAW ON WATER IS MINIMAL AND THEY CAN USE THE WELL AND THEY CAN USE SEPTIC OUTSIDE THAT EXISTS ALREADY THAT MEETS MEETS ALL CODES OF SOUTH CAROLINA THANKS.THAT'S VERY HELPFUL TO ME. ONE OF THE DIFFICULTIES HOWEVER IS THAT I DON'T THINK IT'S THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S RESPONSIBILITY TO GET INTO YOUR ECONOMIC BUSINESS.
NO, I UNDERSTAND THAT BUT I'M JUST ME. I'M SORRY COST SO MUCH.
I WAS LIKE OH NO NO. THE REASON I WAS SAYING THAT I WAS JUST ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP WITH ROB WAS WHY HASN'T DEVELOPED WHY HAVEN'T PIECES OUT? AND THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS THINKING BECAUSE OF ECONOMICS. BUT MY QUESTION I HAD ONE MORE QUESTION TO THE LADY BEHIND US THAT WAS AT FORT STILLWELL. I PULLED UP MY ADDRESS AND IT CAME UP I'M I'M SORRY YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT.
OKAY. WELL, YOU SHOULD LOOK INTO IT. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS AT THIS POINT FROM MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION OR QUESTIONS? YEAH. OKAY.
I'D JUST LIKE TO OFFER I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU ROBIN AND I HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS I UNDERSTAND THAT. WELL, BLUFFTON IS RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD AND THEY'RE DEVELOPING CRAZY ALONG 446 YOU KNOW AT THE AT THE CIRCLE AND ACROSS FROM THE PUBLIX COMPLEX WHILE THERE IS NOT IN BLUFFTON VERY CLOSE TO IT VERY JASON JUST A FEW LOTS AWAY DO YOU KNOW HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT THIS PROPERTY BEING OFFERED FOR TO BE ZONED IS THIS WORKING I CAN HEAR YOU WE CAN HEAR YOU. OH HOW ABOUT NOW? OKAY.
I COULD REMEMBER THERE WAS ONE WHERE IF YOU PUSH ABOUT THEY'D ACTUALLY TURNED IT OFF SO IT I DID SEND A COPY OF THE STAFF REPORT TO THE BLUFFTON PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND THEY ACKNOWLEDGED AND YOU BUT I DIDN'T GET ANY INPUT AS FAR AS THEIR POSITION ON THIS.
OKAY OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THE COMMENTS I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE I HAVE CONCERN ABOUT CONTINUING POTENTIALLY BY THE ZONING BECAUSE I'M WAITING THEN FOR THE THIRD ONE IN THE FOURTH ONE IN THE FIFTH ONE IT'S BAD ZONING IS NOT A GOOD IT DOES INTERJECT ITSELF IN AMONG THE DIFFERENT TYPE OF ZONING THAT'S APPROPRIATE IN THIS CASE FOR RESIDENTIAL. I KNOW THAT THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON ALL ALONG THE RIVER IS GOT HORRENDOUS PROBLEMS WITH SEPTIC SYSTEMS TO THE EXTENT THAT I THINK SOMETHING IN EXCESS OF $25 MILLION THAT NEEDS TO BE DEDICATED JUST TO CLEAN CLEANUP THE OVERFLOWS AND SPILLS AND SO ON THAT INTO THE MAIN RIVER SO I'M NOT A BIG FAN AT ALL OF SEPTIC PROVIDED HOUSING AND I DO NOTE THAT THE COMP PLAN WHICH WAS JUST REINFORCED VOTED ON BY A COUNTY COUNCIL AND SHARED BY MANY PEOPLE VOTED TO LEAVE THIS PROPERTY AT THIS WHEN IT'S CURRENTLY ZONED SO THAT THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS ANYBODY ELSE I'D LIKE TO ASK ROB IF HE COULD LOOK OUT WITH US FOR THE NEXT 5 TO 10 YEAR HORIZON AND TELL US WHAT HE THINKS HAPPEN WITH THIS CORRIDOR AND THE LIKELIHOOD TO CONNECTING ANY COMMERCIAL THAT IS NOW IN THE RIGHT HAND PART OF THE CHART HERE WHERE THERE IS CONSIDERABLE COMMERCIAL ZONING YOU CAN GET IT, YOU CAN
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GIVE IT TO THE CIRCLE. YEAH, I THINK ONE ANSWER IS WE HAVE ZONING IN PLACE AND COMPREHENSIVE AND SUPPORT SET FOR ZONING AND SO IS THIS CURRENT ZONING MAP THIS FOLLOW THAT IT'LL BE AN ENHANCED VERSION OF WHAT'S THERE TODAY YOU KNOW THE RURAL RESIDENTIAL LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL WITH SOME COMMERCIAL AT THESE NODES THAT ARE IDENTIFIED HERE THE MAE RIVER ROAD CORRIDOR THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF INTEREST BOTH AT THE COUNTY AND THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON BECAUSE IT'S SEEN THE QUALITIES AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE FURTHER TO THE EAST OF HERE THE MAE RIVER ROAD COMMUNITY PRESERVATION DISTRICT AND THEN PRITCHARD VILLE WHICH WAS A COMMUNITY LONG BEFORE YOU KNOW IT USED TO BE SURROUNDED TIMBER TRACTS AND NOW IS SURROUNDED BY YOU KNOW THERE'S ON MOST FLOWS ON MOST SIDES PRITCHARD VILLE COMMUNITY BUT THE GOAL OF THAT CORRIDOR TO TRY TO RETAIN AS MUCH OF THE SCENIC QUALITY AS POSSIBLE YOU KNOW THERE'S YOU KNOW CANOPY OVER THE ROAD YOU KNOW IN KIND OF A RURAL QUALITY IT EVEN THOUGH IT'S SURROUNDED BY DEVELOPMENT IN THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON SO I MEAN THAT'S CURRENTLY WHAT THE LAND USE POLICIES IN THAT AREA ARE DESIGNED AND AS FAR AS TEN YEARS FROM NOW I THINK A LOT OF THAT WILL BE A RESULT OF . WHAT YOU KNOW WHAT TYPE OF INCREMENTAL CHANGES HAVE MADE TO THE LAND USE PLANNING AND ZONING ALONG THAT CORRIDOR . OKAY THANK YOU RON. THANKS.THERE ARE OTHER QUESTIONS COMMENTS. IF NOT CAN I HAVE A MOTION ON THIS PARTICULAR REQUEST? I KNEW THAT WE DENIED ZONING MAP AMENDMENT REZONING REQUEST FOR ONE ACRE AT THREE BENTON LANE SECOND OKAY I HAVE A MOTION IN THE SECOND AND ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ALL RIGHT FOR THE DISCUSSION ALL THOSE WHO APPROVE OF THE MOTION.
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. IT'S ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE.
ANY NAMES ON THAT? IT'S ONE OF THE THE THE MOTION TO REZONE IS HAS BEEN DENIED AND THANK YOU YES AND I'LL TELL YOU THE SITUATION NEXT IS OCCURRING AS YOU NEED YOUR MAPS BACK PLEASE DO YOU KNOW THAT'S WHAT MR. GREENWICH DID YOU WANT YOUR MAPS? NO, I DON'T BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, YOU HAVE BUT THAT SORT AND I'M SORRY BECAUSE I AGREE WITH YOU. ALL RIGHT? AND I HATE TO SEE THESE GUYS.
OKAY. RIGHT HERE WE COME TO ORDER. PLEASE.
[8. TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODE (CDC): SECTION 3.1.60 (CONSOLIDATED USE TABLE), SECTION 3.2.60 (T2 RURAL CENTER STANDARDS) AND 4.1.220 (RESIDENTIAL STORAGE FACILITY) TO ALLOW RESIDENTIAL STORAGE FACILITIES IN T2 RURAL CENTER AS A CONDITIONAL USE ]
ITEM NUMBER PRICES ARE ORDER PLEASE. EACH ITEM NUMBER EIGHT ON THE AGENDA IS TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODE SECTION 3.1.60 4.1.220 TO ALLOW RESIDENTIAL STORAGE FACILITIES IN T TO CENTER AS A CONDITIONAL USE IS EMERGENT RIGHT SO THIS I WON'T HAVE TO INTRODUCE TO THE T TWO RURAL CENTER DISTRICT AS MUCH BUT THIS APPLIES TO THE SAME DISTRICT THAT WAS BEING PROPOSED FOR THE SITE.THERE'S NO CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TWO THIS IS A CITIZEN INITIATED TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE WHICH MEANS THAT A CITIZEN HAS REQUESTED THAT WE AMEND THE T TO RURAL CENTER DISTRICT SPECIFICALLY TO ADD ONE ADDITIONAL USE AS A CONDITIONAL USE AND THAT IS RESIDENTIAL STORAGE FACILITY FACILITY. DO YOU HAVE A I'M HAVING A THANK YOU YEAH I LOST MY WAY IN THE PACKET THEIR FIRST SECOND SO CURRENTLY T TWO RURAL CENTER DISTRICT IS DEFINED AS IT APPLIES TO AREAS ARE IMMEDIATELY VICINITY OF RURAL CROSSROADS AND OTHER IMPORTANT RURAL INTERSECTIONS WHERE AND LIMITED COMMERCIAL USES CAN
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CLUSTER THE CLOSELY SPACED BUILDINGS ARE RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER THE DISTRICT IS LOCATED PRIMARILY IN RURAL PARTS OF THE COUNTY BUT THERE SOME AREAS OF THE COUNTY THAT ARE MORE SUBURBAN IN NATURE WHERE DISTRICT IS LOCATED ONE IN PARTICULAR THE BURN CHURCH ROAD SO THERE'S SEVERAL PARCELS ALONG BURNT CHURCH ROAD AND THEN ALSO ALMER ROAD.THIS DISTRICT ALLOWS FOR A NUMBER OF RETAIL AND SERVICE USES AND THEN ALSO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL RECENTLY AND THIS IS RELATED TO THE APPLICANT WHO IS BRINGING THIS FORWARD ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO THE PLANNING COMMISSION CONSIDERED A AREA WIDE REZONING OF AN AREA CALLED LOST HOLLOW BUSINESS PARK WHICH IS LOCATED ALONG BYRD CHURCH ROADS NEAR THE INTERSECTION BYRD CHURCH AND BRUIN ROAD AT THAT DEVELOPMENT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF USES THAT I WOULD QUALIFY AS I WOULD SAY VERY LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USES SUCH AS CONTRACTORS OFFICES WHERE THERE'S A NEED OF A COMBINATION OF SMALL RETAIL SPACE BUT ALSO AREAS FOR EQUIPMENT AND OUTSOURCE STORAGE. AND AT THAT TIME THE TWO RURAL CENTER DISTRICT WAS SEEN TO BE THE BEST FIT FOR THAT TYPE OF AND SO THAT AREA WAS REZONE FOR THAT JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE CHARACTER OF THIS DISTRICT. SO IT'S A COMBINATION OF RETAIL AND YOU KNOW RURAL COMMERCIAL ALONG WITH I WOULD SAY THAT THERE IS A LIGHT INDUSTRIAL COMPONENT AS WELL CAN I ASK YOU A QUICK QUESTION? YES.
HOW MANY T TO PARTIAL DUE TO RC DO YOU HAVE AND DO FOR COUNTY WHERE WOULD THIS FOR WHICH THIS MIGHT BECOME ELIGIBLE IF IT'S SO THERE'S THE AREAS THAT ARE HAVE THE ZONING IN THE NORTHERN PART OF OUR COUNTY THAT ECO AREA AND GARDENS CORNER NORTH OF THE WELL BRANCH RIVER ON LADY'S ISLANDS IN THE EUSTIS COMMUNITY AS YOU'RE GOING OUT PAST THE AIRPORT THERE'S AN AREA OVER THERE AT THE INTERSECTION OF DISTANT ISLAND ROADS IN SEATTLE AND PARKWAY AND THEN AS YOU'RE APPROACHING THE CORNERS ON SAINT HELENA ISLANDS THERE'S AN AREA OF T TO RURAL OVER THERE THAT'S IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN VIEW FOR COUNTY THERE ARE THE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT THE COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS IN PRICHARD VILLE ALONG WITH AN AREA ALONG BYRD CHURCH ROAD THEN GOING DOWN ALMA ROAD THAT WAS AND T TO CENTER AS WELL SO IT'S A VERY LIMITED AREA OF THE COUNTY IN WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED IS ALLOWING THE USE RESIDENTIAL SELF-STORAGE THESE ARE BASICALLY THE STORAGE UNITS THAT PEOPLE CAN RENT AS A CONDITIONAL USE IN THAT DISTRICT IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THE APPLICANT IT WAS STAFF'S OPINION THAT THIS IS A TYPE USE THAT IS VERY SIMILAR TO OTHER USES THAT ARE ALREADY PERMITTED IN THAT DISTRICT SUCH AS CONTRACTORS OFFICES AND IN LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND SO WE SAID THAT WE WOULD AS STAFF WE FELT THAT THIS WAS A CONSISTENT CHANGE TO THEY KEPT ITS CHARACTER AND IT WOULD HAVE LIMITED IMPACT IT ONLY APPLIES TO A FEW AREAS OF THE COUNTY ONE OF THE THING BECAUSE IT IS CONDITIONAL USE IT MEANS THAT THERE ARE ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS ON THIS USE AND ONE OF THEM IS THAT IT WOULD BE REQUIRED IF IT'S IN THE TWO RURAL CENTER DISTRICT IT COULD NOT RIGHT UP FRONT ON A MAJOR COLLECTOR ARTERIAL ROAD SUCH AS MAY RIVER ROAD IT WOULD HAVE TO BE IN THE INTERIOR OF A SITE WITH SOME SORT OF USE FRONTING A MAJOR ROAD SO THAT OF I BELIEVE SOLVES I WOULD SAY A VISUAL ISSUE.
YOU KNOW IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT RURAL SCENIC CORRIDOR YOU WOULDN'T HAVE RESIDENTS WITH STORAGE UNITS RIGHT UP ON THE ROADS THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE BEHIND ANOTHER USE.
SO THAT'S ALONG WITH THIS AMENDMENT ADDING THAT IS IT CAN AS USE IN THAT DISTRICT ALONG WITH SOME ADDITIONAL STANDARDS IN ARTICLE IN ARTICLE FOUR THAT WOULD PROVIDE ADDITIONAL STANDARDS FOR THAT USE. SO YOU'RE NOT BUT YOU'RE ASKING FOR A CHANGE TO ANY T TO RC TO BE ADDED SO IT GOES WAY BEYOND THE PROPER SOME OF THE PROPERTIES YOU MENTIONED AND IS
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EXTRA CONVERT CHURCH YEAH AND IN OUR STAFF REPORT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE CONSIDERED IS THERE A LIMIT ON SIZE OF THESE TYPES OF FACILITIES? THERE ARE A LOT OF CONDITIONAL STANDARDS IN ARTICLE ONE OF THE ISSUES THEY'RE LIMITED 20 FEET SO IN THE IN HEIGHT BASICALLY IN ANY THE HEIGHT OF THESE ARE LIMITED TO 20 FEET. SO I'M THINKING THE HEIGHT OF THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE IS AS YOU'RE TRAVELING AROUND THE COUNTRY THIS TYPE OF USE IS GOING MORE AND MORE VERTICAL. YEAH. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DEVELOPED THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODE THAT WAS A CONCERN WHICH WAS TO KEEP THE HEIGHT. THE REASON I ASK QUESTION IS NOT SO MUCH HEIGHT AS IT IS THE EXTENSIVE LAYOUT. THESE ARE GOING UP ALL OVER THE COUNTY THERE'S NOT A MAJOR ROAD OR ARTERIAL ROAD WELL MAJOR ROAD I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT THAT DOESN'T HAVE MULTIPLE STORAGE FACILITIES ON AND THEY'RE JUST GOING UP FASTER THAN PARKERS GAS STATIONS THAT'S NOT NATURAL THAT'S GOOD OR BAD BUT THAT'S THE THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING SO THIS IS ADDING TO THAT OF POTENTIAL BUSINESSES THAT COULD ACCELERATE BEAUFORT COUNTY IN THE QUESTION OF APPEARANCE IS CRITICAL AND IF YOU DRIVE BY ANY OF THE MAJOR ONES WE SEE NOW A MAJOR THEY'RE PRETTY OPEN. YOU CAN SEE THE FENCES CAN SEE RUSTED OUT SOME CASES UNITS AND YOU SEE ALL SHAPES AND SIZES AND SPREAD OVER LOTS OF LAND IN QUESTION CONCERN AND I KNOW WE'RE NOT INTO DESIGN ANYTHING LIKE THAT IS THE AMOUNT OF SPACE IT WOULD TAKE TO PUT IN AA1 OF THESE FACILITIES IN ORDER TO MAKE A PROFIT WOULD HAVE TO BE SOME SIZE THAT MIGHT NOT BE TOLERATED BY THE PEOPLE IN AREA IS MY GUESS. I DON'T KNOW THAT RINGS TRUE OR YOU WOULD REFUTE THAT OR NOT. I WOULD CLASSIFY THIS USE AS SOMETHING THAT IN VERY HIGH DEMAND AND MAYBE NOT THE MOST POPULAR YOU KNOW IN TERMS OF DON'T GET ALL EXCITED THE RESIDENTIAL STORAGE FACILITY OPENS UP UNTIL MAY BE OUT SHOPPING FOR ADDITIONAL STORAGE SPACE THE ROAD I WILL SAY THAT WE DO HAVE DESIGN STANDARDS IN OUR CODES WE HAVE ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS. THERE'S SCREENING FOR OUTDOOR STORAGE SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE IN PLACE IN ADDITION TO THE CONDITIONAL USE STANDARDS IN ARTICLE FLOOR. SO YOU KNOW IT'S NOT ALWAYS THE MOST VISUALLY APPEALING USE BUT WE DO HAVE, YOU KNOW, THOSE STANDARDS IN THE ORDINANCE TO ADDRESS THAT BUT IN OUR STAFF REVIEW OF THIS PARTICULAR YOU KNOW I WAS SURPRISED IT ALLOWED BECAUSE THIS IS THE TYPE OF USE THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE OTHER USES IN TEACHING RURAL CENTER IF ANYTHING AND I WILL BE I WANT TO GIVE CREDIT TO OUR NEW PLANNER OF CHRISTIAN WHEN SHE STARTED LARRY IN DECEMBER GAVE HER TWO STAFF REPORTS TO WRITE. AND SO IF YOU NOTICE HER NAME IS ON I DON'T SEE IT ON THIS ONE. OKAY.THAT IS ON THE LAST ONE. SO YOU KNOW, SHE DID A LOT OF THE RESEARCH AND YOU KNOW THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SHE BROUGHT UP IS THAT THIS DISTRICT TWO RURAL CENTER IS MORE APPROPRIATE FOR THIS USE SOME OF THE OTHER DISTRICTS T FOR HAMLET CENTER FOR NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER WHICH ARE YOU KNOW KIND OF HIGHER UP IN THE TRANSECT AND SUPPOSED TO BE MORE LIKE A MAIN STREET SO YOU KNOW WE FELT THAT THIS USE IS MORE APPROPRIATE IN THIS DISTRICT THAN SOME OF THE DISTRICTS ALREADY PERMITTED IN. SO I MEAN I DO SHARE CONCERNS THEY ARE POPPING UP EVERYWHERE. THERE IS A NEED THEM BECAUSE YOU SEE MORE AND MORE SMALLER HOUSES WITH LESS STORAGE SPACE ARE GETTING BUILT EVERY DAY IN COUNTY.
OKAY, GOOD QUESTIONS COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT. JUST A COMMENT.
I'VE GOT THIS VISUAL OF A BUILDING AND JUST LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE WITH THE BUILDING THINGS GET STOPPED ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING IT LOOKS LIKE A MESS JUST GO AND HUMAN NATURE ROBERT MY MISTAKE BUT I THINK IS THE INTERSECTION OF WHERE THE OLD NOW SEASIDE GRILLE AT SEASIDE AND HIGHWAY 21 IS THAT T TO RC NO THAT'S IS THAT THAT'S ACTUALLY C FOR A
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COMMUNITY CENTER MIXED USE BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S WHAT I WOULD TO THAT THERE WOULD BE A CLEAR CUT LOT IN ONE OF THESE FACILITIES WOULD BE PUT THERE I MEAN DIFFICULTY WITH THESE FACILITIES AGAIN IT'S NOT FOR US TO DECIDE WHAT THE MARKET BEARS BUT YOU KNOW IT DOESN'T PROVIDE EMPLOYMENT LIKE THERE'S NOBODY ALL RIGHT. EVERYONE GOES IN, UNLOCKS THE GATE, GOES IN, GETS THEIR STUFF, GETS THEIR STUFF, WHATEVER.SO I SEE IT NOT ONLY AS A VISUAL BLIGHT TRULY BUT DON'T SEE THE VALUE ADD AS AN ECONOMIC DRIVER IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WOULD THAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON IF WE'RE DOING YOU KNOW A TEXT AMENDMENT SO SO THAT'S KIND MY ISSUE WITH IT I MEAN WE JUST SAW ONE ON LADY'S ISLAND OF COURSE NOT THE CITY OF BEAUFORT I MEAN JUST CLEAR CUT THIS CLEAR CUT THE LOT OFF OF HIGHWAY 21 AND PUT THIS IN SO SO I DON'T THINK THERE'S THERE ARE BEST BEHAVIOR GUIDELINES, LET'S PUT IT THAT WAY. AND AGAIN, I DON'T THINK IT'S AN ECONOMIC DRIVER IN ANY WAY AND I THINK THERE ARE PLENTY OF THEM ALL OVER THE PLACE.
SO THAT THAT'S MY COMMENT OTHER COMMENTS I THINK IN RESPONSE AND I AGREE IN PART WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING GOING UP IS MUCH HIGHER MUCH DENSER THAN YOU SAY THIS IS GOING TO HAVE A LIMIT THE HEIGHT YOU KNOW IT'S 20 FEET AND THESE OTHERS ARE MOFFATT NO, I MEAN I WAS GOING WHAT IN THE SHELF AREA? OKAY.
SO I'M THINKING ON THE WAY IT FELT LIKE ON UP THERE AND IN BEAUFORT THEY ARE LOWER SO THEY'RE 20 FEET HIGH BUT I'M LIKE ON THE SHELF POINT ROAD IF YOU'RE GOING BACK THROUGH SHARP POINT ON THE WAY FROM BEAUFORT TO THE BROAD RIVER BRIDGE FOR EXAMPLE, I THINK THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, LIKE FIVE OR TEN ON BOTH SIDES. YEAH.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I JUST DON'T SEE THE VALUE ADD MEAN WHAT WE ARE BEING ASKED IS TO CHANGE THE CDC THE NEXT AMENDMENT AND FOR ME DO THAT I TRULY FEEL IT HAS TO BE LIKE THERE'S A TREMENDOUS LIKE A PLUS PLUS I SIMPLY DON'T SEE IT. OKAY.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR ROBERT.
YOU WANT TO TALK AMONG OURSELVES? NO IN THE APPLICANT IS HERE SO OH OKAY GREAT. LET'S HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT. SURE.
YES. YES MA'AM. WOULD YOU PLEASE GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS? PLEASE DON'T DO I'M SORRY NANCY HOUSE GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY.
EVENING. I HAVE FIVE ACRES THAT'S TWO TO RC R TO WHATEVER T TO OUR C I THINK THERE APPEARS TO BE A NEED FOR IT BECAUSE THE BUILDINGS GOING UP EVERYWHERE AND IT'S THEY'RE ALL FULL AND IT'S JUST IT'S JUST KIND OF SIGN AND MAKE SENSE AND IN THE AREA THAT I'M IN IT FITS VERY WELL BECAUSE THERE'S ALREADY WAREHOUSING, FENCING AND OFFICE BUILDINGS YOU KNOW, WORKERS AND EVERYTHING. SO IT JUST IT'S A LOW IMPACT ONCE IT'S DONE IS THERE'S NOT A LOT OF TRAFFIC. SO I, I JUST JUST THAT'S HOW I FEEL ABOUT IT. I THINK IT FITS THE AREA. ALL RIGHT THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT. ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO TOSS THIS BACK TO THE COMMISSIONERS QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS TO EACH OTHER YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE OR OBSERVATIONS I LIKE TO MAKE. OKAY. HERE WE NONE CAN I HAVE NO URINE? NONE CAN I HAVE A MOTION ON THIS PARTICULAR REQUEST? I'LL MAKE A MOTION BUT I. I DON'T THE TEXT IN FRONT OF ME AND I'M SOMETIMES NOT SO GREAT AT MOTION FOR I'M NOT SAYING THIS IS EXACTLY YOU KNOW X, Y, Z, Z THING AND IF YOU SEE WHAT I MEAN RIGHT SO AND NUMBER EIGHT AGENDA SHEET. SO IN THE MATTER OF TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODE SECTION 3.1 60 SECTION POINT TWO 64.1 TO 20 I RECOMMEND THAT WE DENY THE DENIED THE APPLICATION FOR THE REASONS DISCUSSED AS TO USE A NECESSITY AND WHY THIS TEXT AMENDMENT IS NECESSARY NO I HAVE A SECOND I'LL SECOND I HAVE A MOTION AND I HAVE A SECOND ANY DISCUSSION FURTHER DISCUSSION.
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LET ME ASK JUST ONE LAST QUESTION. YES, SIR.WE PERMIT THIS TYPE OF USE FOR THE PROPERTY. WHAT DOES IT CURRENTLY ALLOW WHEN YOU WANT TO ENSURE THAT MORE OF A NUISANCE THAN THIS? WELL, THIS IS NOT JUST THE THE PARCEL IT YOU SEE THE WHOLE CODE , RIGHT? I MEAN I I WAS WONDERING NO NO IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. NO, THAT'S THE CORE MY MOTION AND IT WOULD PERTAIN TO T TO R C PROPERTY ACROSS THE COUNTY AND I THINK ROB ENUMERATED A BUNCH OF THEM PARTICULARLY IN SAINT HELEN AND LADY'S ISLAND AREA AND THE LESS IN THE MORE RURAL AREAS RESPOND TO THAT AND I AGREE THAT THIS IS FOR A SPECIFIC OF PROPERTY. I ALSO LIVE IN BLUFFTON NOT SAINT HELENA OR BEAUFORT ONE AND THAT ROAD HOLDS DIRT ALL DAY LONG WITH MINING GOING ON BEHIND IT AND IN FRONT IT THERE ARE SUBCONTRACTOR BUILDINGS, ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR GOLF, CAR REPAIR ETC. SO IT'S AN AREA WHERE ESPECIALLY WITH THE HEIGHT AND THING THAT THAT'S YOU EXPEC TWICE AS HIGH OR THREE TIMES HIGHER THAN THE ITSELF.
OKAY SO AND IT'S IT DOESN'T FACE THE MAIN ROAD. IT FACES A DIRT THEN ROAD FACES A PRIVATE ROAD. SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE COULD CONDITION THAT THIS IS A THIS IS A CHANGE TO THE CDC SO IT WOULD AFFECT ALL OF THEM I UNDERSTAND CONDITION THAT IF MY ABOUT TO SOMETHING THIS OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A NEED AND THERE'S PROTECTION AND THERE'S MINING TRUCKS AND DUMP TRUCKS TO GO BACK ALL DAY LONG. I THINK THAT'S A QUESTION FOR ROB. MAYBE THE APPLICATION TO COME BACK IN A DIFFERENT EXACT FOR A PARTICULAR MAY BE THE WAY RIGHT AND IT DOES CONCERN ME THAT WE'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION YOU KNOW AMONG OURSELVES WHEN MAYBE WE'RE INCLINED TO BUT THEN WE LEARNED ON YOU KNOW, SEVEN CONDITIONS. I JUST THINK THAT'S DANGEROUS TO GO THAT WAY.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S AN EFFECTIVE WAY OF MANAGEMENT. YOU KNOW, I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THERE'S THERE ARE AREAS WHERE WE NEED TO HAVE A USE WITH SOME CONDITIONS BUT THIS IS JUST TOO FAR FOR ME. YEAH, THIS IS A THIS IS A BROAD AGAINST THE WHOLE THE CODE AGAINST THE T TO RC ZONING BUT TO THE QUESTION OF COMING BACK TO GET A SPECIAL COATING NOT COATING ZONING FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY THAT CAN ALWAYS BE BROUGHT UP BUT NOT NECESSARILY TO BE APPROVED BUT THAT'S A DIFFERENT SUBJECT IF YOU WANTED TO DO SOMETHING JUST WITH THIS PROPERTY THAT WOULD BE UNIQUE UNLESS I'M SAYING SOMETHING WRONG HERE YOU'RE LOOKING AT ME. NO, I WAS JUST THIS IS ON I WAS MERELY GOING TO MENTION THAT ONE OF THE CONDITION TESTS THAT WE DID PLACE ON THERE WOULD NOT ALLOW THIS USE TO FRONT A MINOR COLLECTOR MAJOR COLLECTOR ARTERIALS SO THAT LIMIT ITS LOCATION TO THE BACK OR REAR PORTION OF SITES OR TO SITES THAT ARE NOT LOCATED ON ON MAJOR ROADS THAT WAS LISTED IN THE CONDITIONS. YES. AND I THINK YOU KNOW THAT'S THAT WAS LISTENING I WAS TALKING SO OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
WE HAVE WE HAVE THE MOTION YOU HAVE THE SECOND WE'VE HAD A DISCUSSION THE TIME FOR A VOTE AND THE MOTION WAS TO DENY THE CHANGE AND RECOMMEND I RECOMMEND DENIAL ON THE TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE DEVELOPMENT CODE OF ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION RAISE YOUR HAND.
ONE, 2345 THOSE OPPOSING THAT'S ONE OPPOSING THE NEGATIVE. YES.
DO YOU THINK I SURVIVED THE THE MOTION IS DEFEATED AND THE MOTION PASSED CHOOSE ME MOTION IS PASSED THE TAX AMENDMENT IS DEFEATED TONIGHT. ALL RIGHT.
SHOULD PROBABLY GO AHEAD AND NEVER MIND THAT WE GIVE THEM ASSISTANCE.
HER COMMENT EARLIER ABOUT THIS WOULD BE BETTER HANDLED. I THINK JAMES I THINK HE SHOULD HE WANTS TO CONTACT THEM IN THE ADVISEMENT THAT'S ALL. ABSOLUTELY.
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I CAN COME BACK ANYTIME THEY WANT. OKAY.[9. ONE YEAR REVIEW OF THE 2040 BEAUFORT COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IMPLEMENTATION]
WE'RE I THINK THE ITEM NUMBER NINE, THE ONE YEAR REVIEW OF THE 2014 BEAUTIFUL COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE IMPLEMENTATION RATHER AGAIN AGAIN. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION REQUESTS IS PROVIDE KIND OF A ONE YEAR UPDATE OR REVIEW OF THE COMPREHENSIVE AND I KIND OF LOOK AT THIS AS A PROGRESS REPORT AS FAR AS IMPLEMENTING WHAT JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT TO EXPECT, I STARTED THIS WORK I'VE BEEN WORKING ON A SPREADSHEET TAKING ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS THE PLAN AND THEN CHARTING THE PROGRESS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF EACH OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS. WHAT I WAS GOING TO PRESENT THIS OR THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE FIRST FOUR CHAPTER WITH THE HOPE THAT AT THE MARCH MEETING I'LL COME BACK WITH THE REMAINDER OF THE PLAN AND THEN I'LL BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU A COPY OF THE SPREADSHEET SEE HAVE A RECORD OF KIND OF WHAT'S BEEN DONE BASICALLY.IT'S KIND OF A SNAPSHOT OF WHERE WE ARE TODAY. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS ADOPTED IN NOVEMBER OF 2021. SO IT'S JUST LITTLE BIT MORE THAN ONE YEAR OLD IN ACTUALLY IN GOING THROUGH IT WAS KIND OF EXCITING TO SEE HOW MANY STEPS WE ACTUALLY HAVE TAKEN TO IMPLEMENT IT AND. THIS IS JUST LOOKING AT THE ACTION ITEMS. I MEAN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN REALLY SERVES NOT ONLY AS A TO DO LIST BUT ALSO AS POLICY DOCUMENT. SO IT KIND OF SETS A FRAMEWORK NOT JUST OF SPECIFIC ACTIONS YOU TAKE BUT ALSO KIND OF THE WAY YOU NEED TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT THINGS EVERY WE REVIEW A SITE PLAN OR EVERY TIME WE LOOK AT A ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT OR MAP AMENDMENT, WE'RE USING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANS AT ALL. SO YOU KNOW, IT SERVES MANY FUNCTIONS BUT THIS IS, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE CRITICISMS OF THE 2010 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS THERE WAS JUST SO MUCH IN IT THAT IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO ACCOMPLISH EVERYTHING.
AND SO WHEN WE WERE WORKING WITH THE CONSULTANTS TO DEVELOP THIS PLAN OF THE GOALS IS I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS VERY REALISTIC AND THAT WE REALLY WHEN WE CAME TO RECOMMENDATIONS THEY WERE ACTIONABLE ITEMS, YOU KNOW, AND THINGS THAT ACTUALLY COULD BE ACCOMPLISHED AND I TO SAY THAT BECAUSE YOU KNOW AS FAR AS SUCCESS YOU GET VERY BUSY SO YOU KNOW IT IS STILL A BIG TO DO LIST SOME OF THE NOW JUST TO PROVIDE SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DIFFERENT CHAPTERS AND THIS YOU CAN IMAGINE THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT WAS I WOULD SAY THE LION'S SHARE OF THE OF THE ACTIONS ARE RELATED TO NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND PROBABLY THE SECOND MOST MIGHT HAVE TO BE TRANSPORTATION WHAT WE CALL MOBILITY.
THE FIRST RECOMMENDATION TALKS ABOUT LOOKING AT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF OUR ORDINANCES IN TERMS OF THEIR PROTECTION OF WATER QUALITY AND NATURAL RESOURCES.
AND SO OVER THE LAST YEAR WE'VE BEEN COMING WITH BATCHES OF DIFFERENT AMENDMENTS.
MANY OF THEM WERE BASICALLY THAT YOU KNOW, RELATED TO NATURAL RESOURCE PROTECTION.
SO TOOK A LOOK AT HOW THEY SITE AREAS DETERMINE ON SITE TO MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE PROTECTING NON JURISDICTIONAL WETLANDS WE'VE YOU KNOW PROVIDED GREATER PROTECTION FOR SPECIMEN TREES YOU KNOW FOR WHEN PROPERTY IS DEVELOPED THAT IT DOESN'T THE MINUTE THAT SOLD TO A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL THEY'RE ABLE TO TAKE DOWN THE TREE SO. THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A PERIOD OF TIME WHERE TREES ARE PROTECTED. WE ALSO CLARIFIED THE PENALTIES FOR REMOVING TREES SO A LOT OF THIS IS KIND OF MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE GOOD STANDARDS IN THERE BUT MAKING SURE THAT IN IMPLEMENTATION IS ACTUALLY WORKING.
GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. WE HAVE SOME OTHER VERY SPECIFIC THINGS I WE TALKED ABOUT SEEKING REFERENDUMS FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR ROOM CRITICAL LANDS.
ONE THING THAT KIND OF FELL IN OUR LAP LAST YEAR DUE TO A NEW STATE LAW THAT CAME DOWN IS COUNTY COUNCIL PUT THE GREEN SPACE PROGRAM ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER AND IT WAS SUCCESSFUL.
SO WE'VE BEEN PUTTING A LOT OF EFFORT INTO GETTING THAT PROGRAM UP AND RUNNING CURRENTLY WORKING ON PUTTING THE GREEN SPACE ADVISORY COMMITTEE TOGETHER AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING THE HEAVY LIFTING AS FAR AS DEFINING THE PROGRAM GUIDELINES AND THEN WE'RE HOPING BY THE OF THE SUMMER THE REVENUE STARTS TRICKLING IN TO GET THAT PROGRAM UP AND RUNNING. NEXT SLIDE THIS IS ANOTHER ZONING TAX AMENDMENT THAT THIS
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WAS SPECIFICALLY CALLED AND THIS IS TO DO WITH WHAT WE PRESENTED I THINK TWO MEETINGS AGO THE IDEA OF OF FORESTRY AND MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, ACTUAL SILVER CULTURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING ONE TIME PERIOD THAT IF SOMEBODY IS JUST CLEARING WITHOUT A FORESTRY PLAN, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE WAITING A MUCH LONGER PERIOD OR HAVE TO MITIGATE THEIR SITE SO THAT THAT ACTUAL AMENDMENT GOT FIRST READING AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING.SO THAT'S FORWARD LOOKING AT RESILIENCE, ONE OF THE BIG THINGS IS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION ABOUT THE NATURE OF OUR TIDES AND SEA LEVEL AND WE I GUESS CAME AN OPPORTUNITY WITH YOU WERE ABLE TO ACQUIRE SOME TIDE GAUGES AND GET THEM SET UP.
WE PARTNERED WITH RURAL SOUND FOUNDATION WHICH WAS MORE THAN HAPPY PUT ONE OF OUR OUR GAUGES THEIR SITE OVER IN JESSE CREEK WE HAVE AT FRIPP ISLAND THE CITY OF BEAUFORT LOCATED ONE AT THE WATERFRONT PARK. THERE'S ONE AT PARRIS ISLAND AND HILTON HEAD ISLAND AND BROAD CREEK. SO WE NOW HAVE YOU KNOW IN THE OLD DAYS HERE LOOK AT FORT PULASKI OR CHARLES CHARLESTON HARBOR TO LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH TIDES NOW WE HAVE LOCAL DATA AND WE CAN KIND OF LOOK AT THERE'S A LOT VARIATION IN OUR CREEK SO THAT'LL HELP US UNDERSTAND WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT SEA LEVEL RISE OR DIFFERENT STORM EVENTS HOW THESE THINGS AFFECT COUNTY. WE ALSO LOOKED AT MONITORING GROUNDWATER THAT'S A PROGRAM WE'RE CURRENTLY WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH SOUTH CAROLINA SEA GRANT CONSORTIUM.
WE HAVE MONITORING WELLS INSTALLED IN THE OLD JOINT COMMUNITY SHOAL POINT MARKS IN A DIFFERENT LOCATIONS ON SAINT HELENA. ONCE AGAIN THIS IS LOOKING AT THE IMPACT OF SEA LEVEL ON GROUNDWATER. IT'S SORT OF LIKE WE PAY A LOT OF ATTENTION TO FLOODING AND FORGETTING THAT THERE'S ALSO AN IMPACT OF GROUNDWATER AND THAT COULD AFFECT EVERYTHING FROM SEPTIC SYSTEMS TO WELLS AND SO THAT'S DEFINITELY HARMING OURSELVES WITH MORE MORE DATA AND INFORMATION SO WE CAN MAKE GOOD DECISIONS.
NEXT SLIDE LOOKING AT CULTURE ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS HAS TALKED ABOUT PARTNERING WITH TOWN OF HILTON HEAD TO PLAN AND IMPLEMENT THE HISTORIC MITCHELL BILL FREEDOM COUNTY AND THE TOWN OF ENTERED INTO A LEASE AGREEMENT WITH HISTORIC MITCHELL BILL FREEDOM PARK SO THEY'RE NOW FREE TO START LOOKING AT IMPLEMENTING THEIR MASTER PLAN SO.
DEFINITELY A LOT OF ACTIVITY OVER THERE AND THEN GOING ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU KNOW A LOT OF EMPHASIS ON OUR AGRICULTURAL HERITAGE AND SO SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATION FOR USING THE RURAL CRITICAL LANDS PRESERVATION PROGRAM PURCHASING AGRICULTURAL YOU KNOW CONSERVATION AND AGRICULTURAL AREAS. YOU MENTIONED LUBEC FARMS HERE . THERE'S BEEN SOME OTHER PURCHASES, SOME THAT ARE IN THE HOPPER BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ACTIVELY DOING WITH AN EMPHASIS ON SAINT HELENA AND NORTH OF THE WHALE BRANCH NEXT TO ONE AND THEN THIS IS A BIG ONE RIGHT NOW REEVALUATE THE CULTURAL PROTECTION OVERLAY DISTRICT TO ASSESS ADDITIONAL LAND USE RESTRICTIONS ARE NECESSARY TO MEET INTEND TO THE DISTRICT CPO DISTRICT COMMITTEE WAS APPOINTED IN LAST NOVEMBER AND THEY'VE MET THREE TIMES AND I THINK WE'RE BEGINNING TO SEE SOME PROGRESS.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THE EXISTING DOCUMENT. THIS WAS A DIRECTION GIVEN BY THE LAND USE COMMITTEE TO TO LOOK AT THE LANGUAGE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE BELIEVE THAT IT IS ADEQUATE TO PROVIDE A CONNECTION BETWEEN THE PURPOSE AND THEN WHAT THE DISTRICT ACTUALLY DOES. SO THAT'S WORK THAT'S BEING DONE WITH THE APRIL DEADLINE AND THEN THE COMMITTEE WILL THEN CONTINUE TO EVALUATE DISTRICT AND WHETHER THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THEY WANT TO INCLUDE IN THERE. MOVING ON TO THE ECONOMY THERE'S A LOT OF LANGUAGE ABOUT SUPPORTING THE AIR, SOME SPECIFIC REFERENCES TO THE MILITARY RESILIENCE REVIEW OR MIRROR AND THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITY MOVING FORWARDS L L COG IS WORKING ON DOING SOME DEMONSTRATE AND PROJECTS OVER NEAR PARRIS ISLAND THERE'S NO IF YOU'VE HEARD OF LIVING SHORELINES BUT THE IDEA OF USING OYSTERS TO STABILIZE SHORELINES ARE LOOKING AT SOME DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS OVER THERE IN ADDITION TO
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CONSERVATION LEAGUE AND DNR WERE AWARDED THEY CALL IT A NICE LIST IT'S OF THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE FOUNDATION THE NATIONAL COASTAL RESILIENCE FUND GRANT DOING SIMILAR WORK IN THAT AREA. SO WE'RE BEGINNING TO SEE THIS A LOT OF THESE STUDIES LOOKING AT DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS COMING OUT OF THEM AND THEN HOPEFULLY MOVING MORE TOWARD IMPLEMENTATION OF STUDIES WORKING WITH THE COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION IN IDENTIFYING THE APPROPRIATE SITES FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THEM OVER THE LAST YEAR LOOKING AT THE LUPICA SITE WHICH IS CURRENTLY THE SITE A FORMER CHEMICAL PLANT TO LOOK AT THE ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS AND DETERMINE WHETHER THAT COULD BE CLEANED UP AND BE REPURPOSED FOR FUTURE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY.WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH THE TOWN EMC AND LOOKING AT SOME SITES UP THERE BECAUSE THEY HAVE A VERY UNIQUE QUALITY OF BEING NEAR I-95 AND HAVING RAIL ACCESS AND SO THERE ARE SOME SPECIFIC SITES THERE WHERE THOSE TWO CONDITIONS COULD BE MET SO YOU KNOW DEFINITELY GOOD PARTNERSHIP GOING ON IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THE NEXT SLIDE AND THEN TRANSPORTATION THERE'S A LOT ON IT'S REALLY HARD TO SUM UP IN TERMS OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS BECAUSE IT MAKES IT LOOK SMALL BUT THERE'S A LOT GOING ON IN IMPLEMENTATION OF TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IS PREPARING CORRIDOR MASTER PLANS AND THERE ARE ACTUALLY TWO THAT ARE CURRENTLY MOVING FORWARD PORT ROYAL THE CITY OF BEAUFORT AND COUNTY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON WE ENGAGED A CONTRACTOR STANTEC TO DEVELOP A CORRIDOR PLAN FOR REMOTE ROADS SO LOOKING ALL THE WAY FROM CITY HALL IN BEAUFORT DOWN TO THE BRIDGE TO PARRIS SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. I TRAVEL THAT I TRAVELED TO THAT EXTENT GOING ON MAYBE A THOUSAND TIMES IN THE LAST 20 YEARS.
SO I SEE IT EVERY DAY AND I'D LOVE SEE SOMETHING JUST A LITTLE NICER.
THERE'S SOME SECTIONS THAT ARE NICE ALONG THERE BUT I THINK THAT HAVING A BETTER CORRIDOR BETTER FLOW OF TRAFFIC ALONG WITH ACCOMMODATING OTHER MODES OF TRANSPORTATION WOULD BE A GREAT IMPROVEMENT. WE'RE ALSO HOPING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CITY BEAUFORT ON THE LADY'S ISLAND VILLAGE CENTER MASTER PLAN PART OF THAT IS LOOKING AT THE CROSS SECTION OF SEATTLE AND PARKWAY. WE CAN GO ON A FEW MORE HERE. LET'S THIS IS OUR LOCAL MPO WHICH OVERSEES FEDERAL DOT FUNDS THAT THEY'VE PRODUCED. SO WE TALK ABOUT THE LONG RANGE TRANSPORT PLAN TO MAKE SURE WE REALLY UTILIZE THOSE FUNDS FOR LOCAL.
THAT PLAN WAS ADOPTED IN MAY 2022 AND THERE'S A LIST OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS SPECIFICALLY IN COUNTY MANY OF THEM RELATED TO THESE KIND OF CORRIDOR PLANNING MOVING TOWARD SHOVEL READY PROJECTS. ALL OF THIS IS A HOPE TO GO IN THE FUTURE TO LOOK AT SOME PENNY SALES TAX FOR TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS AS WE DEFINITELY HAVE A GREAT NEED IF WE CAN GET OUR GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE HAVE THOSE PROJECTS IDENTIFIED WE CAN GO AFTER FUNDING SOURCES TO TO SEE THEM TO IMPLEMENT THEM. SPANISH MOSS TRAIL WE'VE HAD SOME PROGRESS IN GETTING THE TRAIL TO CROSS RIVER ROAD INTO ROYAL AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR NCDOT APPROVAL AND THIS SHOULD BE MOVING FORWARD SHORTLY. WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT IS A HAWK SIGNAL AND IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE THAT'S BASICALLY A CROSSWALK FOR PEDESTRIAN OR CYCLE TRAFFIC WHERE THAT WOULD CROSS RIVER ROAD THERE'S CURRENTLY 121 70 WHERE YEAH YEAH AND THESE JUST YOU KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS ARE DOING AND IN AND OF THEMSELVES THEY LOOK SMALL BUT YOU KNOW JUST YOU KNOW PORTRAYAL SOUND FOUNDATION ACTIVELY WORKING ON GETTING THE MAP YOU KNOW ENTRANCE TO THE NATIONAL ESTUARY. IT'S KIND OF IT'S NOT A PROCESS THAT IS WELL MAPPED OUT BUT IT'S IT'S A DIRECTION THEY'RE GOING AND IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT THE COUNTY WANTS TO SUPPORT THEM IN. WE'VE GOT OUR GREEN PRINT MAPPING ON THE COUNTY'S GAS SITE. THAT WAS ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS WE'RE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT UPDATING THE ABOVE GROUND SURVEY AND GOING AFTER SOME GRANT MONEY TO DO THAT. THESE ARE JUST THERE'S ALWAYS THINGS SOMETIMES OR EVEN WHEN
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YOU LOOK AT FILLING IN A BOX THAT THERE'S MOVEMENT TOWARD A LOT OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS AND CRITICALLY CRITICAL LANDS PROGRAM. YOU KNOW WE HAD A RECOMMENDATION TALKING ABOUT YOU KNOW, PRESERVATION AROUND THE ACRES OR THE AIRPORT OVERLAY DISTRICT AROUND MSI SPU FOR AND SO YOU KNOW WE'VE MADE SOME PURCHASE IN THAT AREA THAT'S ACTUALLY THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SECTION. WE SEE THE AIR STATION AS AN ECONOMIC DRIVER BUT IT'S TO PROGRESS THERE AND THEN ALSO ECONOMIC CORPORATION THEY'RE LOOKING AT GROUNDBREAKING FOR A 72,000 SQUARE FOOT SPEC BUILDING.SO YOU KNOW A LOT OF LITTLE PIECES MOVING IN SO WE'RE KIND OF EXCITED TO DO THIS AND KIND OF SEE WHERE THE PROGRESS IS NEXT MEETING WE'LL FOCUS A LITTLE MORE ON LAND USE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND ALSO OUR CIP PROCESS AND MARK HAS BEEN WORKING WITH WE'RE DEVELOPING THAT TEN YEAR INTO SMALLER INCREMENTS MOVING FORWARD TO MEET OUR BUDGET THAT'S BEEN I GUESS AN INTERESTING PROCESS. ONE THING I'LL SAY THAT I THINK IS POSITIVE THAT WE'RE IN A BETTER POSITION NOW THAN I BELIEVE WE WERE YEARS AGO THAT THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF THE PLAN. YOU KNOW IT'S VALUABLE EVEN THE MOST SIMPLE THINGS LIKE IF YOU'RE WRITING A GRANT TO BE ABLE TO SAY THIS PROJECT IS IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OR THE IT'S IT'S SUPPORTED SO WE'RE EXCITED THINGS ARE HAPPENING AND WE'RE HOPING THAT WE HAVE A SIMILAR PRESENTATIONS IN THE IN THE YEARS COME.
WELL I'M SURE MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS WILL JOIN ME IN RECOGNIZING AND THANK YOU FOR THE REVIEW THE IMPORTANT WORK THAT YOUR DEPARTMENT AND ALL THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS THE COUNTY HAVE TAKEN OWNERSHIP OF SOME OF THESE ISSUES AND ARE MOVING FORWARD ON IT I THINK AND I HOPE THAT THIS REVIEW WILL GO FORWARD WITH THE LAND USE AND CONTINUE SERVICES COMMITTEE AND COUNTY COUNCIL MAYBE NOT IN AN OPPORTUNITY GO THROUGH EACH ITEM BUT A SOME SORT OF A SPREADSHEET OR A MAPPING OF THE PROGRESS THAT'S BEEN MADE BECAUSE THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT AS YOU'VE SAID THAT IT TOOK A TREMENDOUS, TREMENDOUS EFFORT ORGANIZED AND UNDERWAY SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU ALL DONE WELL. THANK.
ANYBODY I'LL TAKE UP AGAIN. YOU KNOW WHAT I I'M TAKING AWAY WHICH IS NEW AND IS BEING IMPLEMENTED IN PARTNERSHIP IS ISSUES AROUND SUSTAINABILITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE.
I MEAN I'VE SEEN THERE ARE SEVERAL ISSUES THERE'S MORE IN FACT ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND ON TREES AND ON SILVER CULTURE WE'RE STANDING UP THE GREEN SPACE PROGRAM WHICH I THINK IS GREAT. THE TIDE GAUGE IS VERY EFFECTIVE.
CRAZY ENOUGH NOT ONLY IS IT A GREAT BUT PEOPLE HAVE COME OUT AND TALKED TO ME FROM THE BASIN AND DNR ABOUT THE TIDE GAUGES THAT YOU MENTIONED EARLIER ON BUT THERE'S ONE AKU SO THERE ARE A COUPLE ON NOW IN THE ONE ON WARSAW ISLAND THIS IS ALL EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
THEY MAY SEEM TINY TO ALL OF US BUT IN AGGREGATE IT JUST FOCUSES US ON, YOU KNOW A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF OUR FUTURE. SO I REALLY THANK YOU FOR THAT AND FOR PUTTING ME IN TOUCH WITH FOLKS WHO CALL ME UP AND YOU KNOW, I THEM AROUND MY EDGE OF THE SPACE AND THEN ST HELENS TOWN AND AND THE COMPONENT THAT I CARE SO MUCH ABOUT IS THAT THE FOLKS FROM DNR IN THE SPACE AND IN SECRET CONSORTIUM REALLY WANT COMMUNITY INPUT LIKE THEY WANT TO FIND AND SUSTAINABLE YOU KNOW SMALL COMMITTEE FIVE PEOPLE YOU KNOW TO REACH OUT TO THEIR NEIGHBORS MAYBE WE COULD PUT A WATER LEVEL GAUGE IN A TIE GAUGE THE FLOOD GAUGE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND I THINK THIS WILL GROW AND I'M JUST SO HAPPY TO SEE THAT THE COUNTY IS BEHIND THAT SO THANKS VERY MUCH FOR THAT PIECE. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS YOU THANK YOU SO MUCH. YEAH, THANKS, ROB. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.
I THINK WE'RE AT THE POINT OF THE WHERE CHAIRMAN TO REPORT I HAVE NOTHING NEW TO REPORT WE PRETTY MUCH DISCUSSED EVERYTHING THAT'S ON THE IMMEDIATE AGENDA.
UM, SO IS THERE ANY OTHER BUSINESS THAT YOU ALL LIKE TO DISCUSS? OKAY, YOU'RE BEING DONE
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