Mar 13, 2023 Community Services and Land Use Committee

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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,AN AFTERNOON LET'S CALL A MEETING THE COMMUNITY SERVICES AND LAND USE COMMITTEE TO ORDER AND PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE PUBLIC STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. EVERYONE PLEASE BE SEATED.

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

[4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA]

I WILL MAKE THAT MOTION IN BEFORE WE MOVE ON I'D LIKE TO REMIND EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER WHO'S SITTING AT THE DAIS WHEN IT'S TURN TO SPEAK WILL YOU PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR MICROPHONE IS ENOUGH TO YOU AND THAT YOU SPEAK CLEARLY BECAUSE IT IS TAPED? PEOPLE ONLINE ARE CONSTANTLY TEXTING THAT SAYS WE CAN'T HEAR YOU SO PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU GET CLOSE TO THE MICROPHONE. A CIRCULAR MOTION THEN THINK ANYBODY HEARD YOU SAY THAT? ALL RIGHT. SO WE A SECOND ON APPROVAL THE AGENDA ALL IN FAVOR, RIGHT? ALL RIGHT, MISS PRODUCT, WE NEED TO HAVE A ROLL CALL OF ATTENDEES BEFORE WE DO THE MINUTES. COUNCILMEMBER TAVEN AT PRESENT COUNCILMEMBER REID'S HERE.

COUNCILMEMBER LAWSON ABSENT COUNCILMEMBER DODSON HERE COUNCILMEMBER CUNNINGHAM HAVE COUNCILMEMBER BROWN HERE COUNCILMEMBER BARTHOLOMEW ABSENT VICE CHAIRMAN MAGELLAN PRESENT CHAIRMAN PAST PRESENT VICE CHAIR MR. GLOVER PRESENT COMMITTEE CHAIR HOWARD PRESENT

[5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - January 9, 2023]

[6. CITIZEN COMMENTS - (ANYONE who wishes to speak during the Citizen Comment portion of the meeting will limit their comments to no longer than three (3) minutes ( a total of 15 minutes ) and will address Council in a respectful manner appropriate to the decorum of the meeting, refraining from the use of profane, abusive, or obscene language)]

WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 15 MINUTES WHICH MEANS APPROXIMATELY FIVE PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO SPEAK AND WILL ADDRESS THE COUNCIL IN A RESPECTFUL MANNER APPROPRIATE TO THE DECORUM OF THE MEETING REFRAINING FROM THE USE OF PROFANE ABUSIVE OR OBSCENE LANGUAGE.

WE WILL TAKE THESE THE ORDER WHICH THEY SIGNED UP. WE HAVE FIVE PEOPLE WHO SIGNED UP. I WOULD LIKE TO YOU THAT IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A SPOKESMAN FOR ONE OF THE SUBJECT AREAS I NOTICE THAT THREE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT THE SAME SUBJECT YOU COULD DESIGNATE ONE PERSON AND THAT MEANS MORE PEOPLE ON THE LIST SPEAK BUT IF NOT WE'LL GO STRAIGHT DOWN THE LIST IS THERE ANYONE THAT WANTS THE FIRST PERSON IS C HOPE CUNNINGHAM THANK YOU FOR YOUR STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD MY NAME IS CONSTANCE HOPE CUNNINGHAM. PEOPLE WHO LOVE ME CALL ME HOPE .

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YEAH. OKAY.

THANK YOU COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY. I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT COUNTY IS SEEKING PARTNERS FOR THE CARE AND MAINTENANCE OF THE CHERRY HILL PLANTATION PARCEL ON THE MARSHES OF BATTERY CREEK. I REPRESENT A GROUP OF INDIVIDUAL SOULS WHO PLAN TO CREATE A FRIENDS OF CHERRY HILL PARK GROUP TO WORK IN COLLABORATION WITH BEAUFORT COUNTY. OUR MISSION IS TO PRESERVE AND

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WE ALSO PLAN TO PROVIDE MATERIAL SUPPORT FOR INFRASTRUCTURE SHORE IMPROVEMENTS AND TO ORGANIZE VOLUNTEERS FOR LANDSCAPE CLEANUP AND PERIODIC TRASH SWEEPS. THESE ARE NOT EMPTY PROMISES THEY A FIRM COMMITMENT AS SOON AS THE IS NAMED WE WILL LAUNCH A WEBSITE AND A FUND RAISING PLATFORM.

THERE IS TREMENDOUS COMMUNITY IN THIS EFFORT AS EVIDENCED BY THE NUMBER OF PETITION SIGNATURES WITH COUNCILWOMAN HOWARD AND THE MANY TALENTED CITIZENS THAT HAVE STEPPED FORWARD TO ASSIST THIS EFFORT AND ACT AS ADVISORS. WHEN THE COUNTY COUNCIL MEETS TO VOTE ON THIS PURCHASE YOU WILL SEE MEASURABLE PROGRESS TOWARDS GOALS.

BEAUFORT COUNTY RESIDENTS WANT THIS PARK AND WE ARE READY TO WORK FOR IT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK. OKAY.

THE NEXT PERSON IS CAROLINE CARPENTER. DO YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON THE SAME SUBJECT STILL? OKAY OKAY, WE'LL START YOUR 3 MINUTES NOW AND STATE YOUR.

CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? YES. IT'S TIME TO CAROLINE CARPENTER 712 WATER STREET VIEW FOR Y'ALL AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE CHAIR HILL OAK. I'M A MEMBER OF THE BEAUFORT SENIOR LEADERSHIP CLASS OF 2023 AND ONE OF A GROUP OF SIX WHO CHOSE TO FOCUS ON THE COUNTY'S LIVE OAKS FOR OUR PINNACLE SMALL SMALL GROUP PROJECT WHILE EXPLORING THE IMPORTANCE OF THE OAKS WE DISCOVER AT THE PORT ROYAL HERITAGE OAK ALSO KNOWN AS THE CHERRY HILL OAK WHICH HAD BEEN DESIGNATED THE TREE'S SOUTH CAROLINA HERITAGE OF THE YEAR IN 2013. WE FOUND THAT TEN YEARS LATER THIS SPECTACULAR TREE THE OLDEST AND LARGEST IN THE COUNTY IS OVERGROWN AND NEGLECTED DESPITE A GIRTH THAT'S LARGER THAN THE LEGENDARY ANGELA OAK IN CHARLESTON. IT IS GENERALLY UNKNOWN AND UNAPPRECIATED.

IT SITS ON NEARLY 12 BEAUTIFUL ACRES AN IMPORTANT ROYAL OVERLOOK IN THE MARSHES OF THE WEST. A BATTERY CRAIG. AFTER VISITING THE TREE OUR GROUP FELT COMPELLED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT SECURING FOR A PASSIVE PARK.

TO THAT END WE HAVE REVIEWED THE COUNTY AND TOWN OF PORT ROYAL'S COMPREHENSIVE PLANS WHICH LAY OUT VALUES THAT ARGUE STRONGLY FOR THE PARK. WE'VE ESTABLISHED A WORKING WITH HOPE CUNNINGHAM WHO YOU JUST HEARD FROM A NEIGHBOR OF THE POTENTIAL PARK AND CURATOR OF THE FACEBOOK PAGE SAVE THE PORT HERITAGE OAK WHO'S BEEN RAISING AWARENESS SIGNATURES AND INVESTIGATING FUNDING AND SUPPORT OF SAVING THIS TREE.

WE HAVE POLLED IMMEDIATE AND COUNTY RESIDENTS AND FOUND NEAR UNANIMOUS SUPPORT FOR PRESERVING THE OAK AND THE LAND AND WE HAVE CONTACTED TREE COMPANIES TO EXPLORE POTENTIAL COMMITMENTS FOR ONGOING TREE CARE AND MAINTENANCE. AFTER OUR COURSE IS FINISHED SEVERAL OF OUR GROUP PLAN TO CONTINUE WORKING TO ENSURE THE CONTINUED HEALTH OF THE TREE.

WE ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORT THE RURAL AND CRITICAL PROGRAM'S RECOMMENDATION TO PROCEED WITH DUE DILIGENCE ON FATE PURCHASE OF THAT LAND TO CREATE A PASSIVE PARK.

THE CHERRY HILL OAK PROJECT IS IN TOTAL COMPLIANCE WITH THE INTENT AND SPIRIT OF THE PORT ROYAL AND BEAUFORT COUNTY'S COMPREHENSIVE. WE URGE YOU TO APPROVE THE NEXT STEP FOR THIS GIVEN ALL OF US BEAUFORT COUNTY PRIVATE CITIZENS CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESSES THE CHANCE WORK TOGETHER TO PRESERVE A MAGNIFICENT NATURAL ASSET. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.

NEXT ON ON THE LIST IS MICHAEL MURPHY. IF YOU'LL STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS. MICHAEL MURPHY 13 PRESIDENT AVENUE.

LADIES. GOOD AFTERNOON. SO SINCE 1999 THE BEAUFORT COUNTY RURAL AND CRITICAL LAND PRESERVATION HAS SECURED 113 LAND PARCELS FOR JUST UNDER

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THE CROWD OF PEOPLE HERE THIS AFTERNOON IN ADDITION TO THE PETITION SIGNERS ARE SHOWING YOU THE LARGE SCALE OF PUBLIC INTEREST THAT THERE IS IN THIS SITE.

THEY WOULDN'T BE HERE NOT FOR THE CALIBER OF THE TREES AND THE IMPORTANCE THIS SITE TO BE PRESERVED FOR POSTERITY. SO WE HOPE AT THE OF THE DAY THAT YOU WILL ALL AGREE WITH US. THANK YOU VERY. THANK YOU.

NEXT IS GIBSON SOLOMONS AND IF YOU'LL STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS PLEASE.

YES, MA'AM. MADAM CHAIRPERSON, MY NAME IS GIBSON SOLOMONS.

I AM A RESIDENT AND LIVE AT 35 RIGHTS POINT CIRCLE. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT A MATTER THAT IS BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE ALTHOUGH NOT SPECIFICALLY ON THE AGENDA TODAY AS A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF THE LOWCOUNTRY I'VE SPENT MY ENTIRE GOING TO ST HELENA ISLAND AS A CHILD MY FAVORITE PLACE TO BE WAS IN THE MARSHES ON ST HELEN'S ISLAND. MY FAMILY'S PROPERTY ON ST HELEN'S ISLAND FOR OVER THREE GENERATIONS. I AM ATTORNEY AND IN MY WORK I'VE SPENT A LARGE CHUNK OF MY TIME MAKING SURE PEOPLE TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT I ADVOCATE FREQUENTLY FOR PEOPLE WHO'VE SUFFERED ENVIRONMENTAL HARMS AND DAMAGE AT THE HANDS OF IRRESPONSIBLE CORPORATIONS. I SPECIALIZE IN PROPERTY BASED CLASS ACTIONS I CURRENTLY AM WORKING ON SEPARATE PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE THAT TACKLE CLEANER AIR CLEANER DRINKING WATER, CLEANER RIVERS, CLEANER LAKES ALL AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. I BELIEVE IN ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP.

I WOULD NOT INVOLVE MYSELF IN ANYTHING UNLESS I BELIEVED IT FOR THE BEST USE OF OUR HOME.

I'M ONLY ONE OF MANY LONG TERM LOCALS WHO ARE NOW WORKING ON WHAT WE BELIEVE IS A SMART DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR PINE ISLAND. SO WHEN I WAS ASKED MEET WITH THE CURRENT OWNER OF PINE ISLAND OVER A YEAR AGO I HEARD HIS VISION OF HOW HE WANTED TO EXPAND SIGNIFICANT EXPENSE SIGNIFICANTLY ENERGY AND RESOURCES TO TAKE A PIECE OF PROPERTY, PRESERVE HIS AND COMMIT TO BEING AN ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARD.

I WAS IMMEDIATELY ENCOURAGED. I THOUGHT THIS CAN BE A WIN FOR EVERYONE ON THE ISLAND HAS BECOME A LITTLE BIT OF A POLITICAL FOOTBALL BUT PINE ISLAND IS A PRIVATE ISLAND IT HAS BEEN A PRIVATE ISLAND FOR OVER 100 YEARS AND IT'LL REMAIN A PRIVATE BUT PEOPLE SHOULD UNDERSTAND AND WHAT YOU SHOULD CONSIDER AS ABOUT PINE ISLAND COME BEFORE YOU IS THERE SEEMS TO BE PREVAILING THOUGHT THAT IF YOU KILL A PARTICULAR PROJECT YOU STOP TIME BUT THAT'S NOT TRUE. YOU CAN'T PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE MOVING TO BEAUFORT AND WE WANT THAT TO HAPPEN. WE WANT THAT WELL AND WE WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OPPORTUNITIES WHEN ENABLED DEVELOPMENT COMMITTED TO ENVIRONMENTAL AND CULTURAL STEWARDSHIP. I WOULD RATHER SEE OUR COUNTY PARTNER WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE A PASSION AND THE ABILITY TO DEVELOP THOUGHTFULLY WITH WITH CARETAKING FOR THE LAND AND THE PEOPLE IN IT I PLACE SUBSTANCE OVER FORM I ASK THIS COMMITTEE PLACE SUBSTANCE OVER FORM THIS IS OPPOSED TO SHOOTING DOWN ANYTHING SO THAT WHAT HAPPENS IS WE DEFAULT TO AN AD HOC SPRAWL THAT'S NOT WHAT ANYONE WANTS OR ANYONE CAN BENEFIT FROM.

I ASK THIS COMMITTEE TO LISTEN TO THE PROPERTY OWNER AND HIS VISION.

IT'S FULL OF SUBSTANCE AND IS FULL OF A THOUGHT FOR THE FUTURE AND A PASSION TOWARDS ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP. I NOT HAVE ATTACHED MY NAME TO THIS IF NOT FOR IF IF THAT.

SO THANK YOU MA'AM. THANK YOU MR. SOLOMONS. AND THE LAST ONE ON THE LIST IS MICHAEL R CAMPBELL TILL WE GET SOMEONE. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT WE'LL GO. SO ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE ONE MORE. DAVID STRANGE SINCE THAT WILL

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I RESIDE AT 32 RIGHT POINT CIRCLE IN PORT ROYAL COINCIDENTALLY A LOT THAT LOOKS DIRECTLY NORTH AND OUT TO THE TOPS OF THE TREES AND THIS EXACT PARCEL THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CHERRY POINT BUT THE MAIN REASON THAT I WANTED TO SPEAK TODAY THAT I HAD THE THE HONOR TO SERVE ON THE TASK FOR THE TOWN OF PORT ROYAL FOR THE REWRITE AND THE OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT WE CONDUCTED DURING THOUSAND 20 AND 21.

I WAS SPECIFICALLY ASKED TO BE ON THAT COMMITTEE OF THE FACT THAT I LIVE ON THE WEST SIDE OF WHAT IS PORT ROYAL. I WAS THE ONLY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE FOUR AND I FELT IT MY DUTY AND CONTINUED TO TO REPRESENT THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF PORT ROYAL ON THE WEST OF BATTERY CREEK DURING THE WRITING OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WE WE SOUGHT AND RECEIVED A LOT OF INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE IMMEDIATELY DISCOVERED THAT IN ADDITION TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS AND THE LAND USE CONCERNS THAT EVERYBODY THAT WAS QUERIED HAD THE SECOND MOST SIGNIFICANT COMMENT THAT WE RECEIVED WAS TO BALANCE OR THE OVERRIDING THEME WAS TO BALANCE THE HARMONY, THE BALANCE AND HAVE HARMONY WITH THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND. THAT'S REALLY NOT THE MAIN THRUST OF WHAT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S BEEN SPOKEN TO ALREADY.

WHAT I REALLY WANT TO ADDRESS IS THE FACT THAT ONE OF THE GREAT REVEALS THAT WE CAME UP WITH WAS THE FACT THAT THE COMMUNITY OF ALL THE THINGS THEY DEEMED TO BE MOST IMPORTANT THE NUMBER TWO ISSUE WAS PARKS, PARKS AND RECREATION ON THAT SIDE OF PORT ROYAL THERE IS ONLY ONE PART THAT'S IN THE INCORPORATED PORT ROYAL BOUND SO ONLY ONE IN A SERVER AND SHOW POINT. WE HAVE NO OTHER PARKS THAT SERVE THIS PARTICULAR AREA DURING THE COURSE OF TIME WE IDENTIFIED THE CORRIDOR OF PARRIS ISLAND GATEWAY AS AS A REAL TARGET. COGNIZANT NOTED NEED FOR A PASSIVE PARK THAT WOULD BE SERVED SPECIFICALLY BY THE CHERRY POINT LOCATION AND SO THEREFORE I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO ADVOCATE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER MOVING WITH THIS PROCESS. IT'S A NEED OF THE OF THE THAT'S BEEN IDENTIFIED CONTINUOUSLY THROUGHOUT ALL OF THE 140 PAGES THAT WE HAVE IN THIS PLAN. AND AND IT WOULD SERVE THE COMMUNITY IN A NEW WAY THAT IT'S NOT CURRENTLY SERVED TODAY. SO THANK YOU MR. SHADE THAT

[7. UPDATE ON THE STAFF REVIEW TEAM (SRT) DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS DASHBOARD]

THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS UPDATE ON THE STAFF REVIEW TEAM'S DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AND MR. MERCHANT IS GOING TO SPEAK TO THAT. IT WILL BE SHOWN UP ON THE SCREEN AS WE GO THROUGH IT. THIS IS GOING TO BE THE COUNTY IT IS ON THE COUNTY WEBSITE.

YES. WELL GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M EXCITED TO BRING THIS FORWARD THIS IS MERELY FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES BUT THIS SOMETHING THAT OUR DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN WORKING ON OVER THE LAST FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS WITH THE GOAL OF BEING MORE TRANSPARENT ABOUT PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE COUNTY. THIS SPECIFICALLY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AND YOU KNOW WE'VE RECEIVED MANY PHONE CALLS OR EVEN BEING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY THE MINUTES YOU FLAGS ARE PUT ON TREES FOR A TREE SURVEY TO BEING PUT UP WHEN PEOPLE FINALLY KNOW WHAT A BUSINESS IS GOING TO BE PEOPLE VERY CURIOUS ABOUT WHEN DEVELOPMENT IS GOING ON AND SO THE GOAL OF THIS IS EARLY ON IN THE PROCESS THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS WHEN CONCEPTUAL APPROVAL IS GIVEN TO BE ABLE TO THESE PROJECTS ON A MAP WITH AS MUCH SO THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE THE SITE PLAN ELEVATIONS AND KEEP THAT UP UNTIL A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY IS IS ISSUED FOR THAT. SO JUST REALLY QUICKLY YOU CAN KIND OF WALK THROUGH THIS AND MARK DAVIS WHO IS REALLY SPEARHEADED THIS FOR OUR DEPARTMENT I GIVE HIM A LOT OF ALMOST ALL THE CREDIT OF SAY IT CAN KIND OF WALK YOU THROUGH IT BUT ON THE VERY THE FAR SIDE OF THE PAGE WE HAVE THE TYPES OF PROJECTS YOU KNOW THE DEVELOPMENT OR DESIGN REVIEW BOARDS AND THEN STAFF REVIEWED PROJECTS SO YOU CAN EITHER CLICK ON THAT AN ALL OF THOSE TYPES OF PROJECTS APPEAR OR YOU CAN GO THROUGH EACH INDIVIDUAL PROJECT EITHER ON THE MAP YOU KNOW BY CLICKING ON A SYMBOL THAT IS THE MAP OR ON THE LIST

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MADAM CHAIR YES. SO I ACTUALLY WHEN THIS CAME OUT WITH THE THING I ACTUALLY WENT ON AND PLAYED WITH THIS I THOUGHT IT WAS WRONG THAT PEOPLE USED IT.

I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY HELPFUL AND I AM PRESENTING TO ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS THURSDAY AND THEY'VE ASKED ME TO SHOW HOW THIS WORKS SO I THINK THIS IS REALLY GOOD INFORMATION.

I THINK THE ISSUE WILL BE YOU KEEPING IT UP. YES MEAN THAT'S A CHALLENGE BUT I THINK IT'S GREAT INFORMATION AND MAKES GOOD INFORMATION FOR THE PUBLIC TO SEE.

YEAH AND WE'RE I MEAN WE'RE COMMITTED YOU KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE INTERNALLY PLACE A LOT OF VALUE ON GETTING THIS INFORMATION OUT THERE BUT IT'S VERY NICE.

THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS OR OTHER COMMENTS ? IT WOULD BE A GREAT TOOL. YEAH, I THINK THIS IS WONDERFUL .

[8. RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO UNDERTAKE DUE DILIGENCE AND DISCUSSIONS/NEGOTIATIONS FOR PROPOSED PURCHASE OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS ON REAL PROPERTY KNOWN AS STATION CREEK PDR]

THANK YOU. STEP IN THE RIGHT. SO ALL RIGHT.

MOVING ON TO NUMBER EIGHT RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO UNDERTAKE DUE DILIGENCE DISCUSSIONS AND NEGOTIATIONS FOR PROPOSED PURCHASE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS ON REAL PROPERTY KNOWN AS STATION PDR AND AS SCHAEFER'S GOING TO TALK TO US ABOUT. ALL RIGHT.

GOOD AFTERNOON AND YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF RURAL AND CRITICAL PROJECTS THAT ARE BEFORE YOU AFTERNOON THAT HAVE COME OUT OF QUARTER FOUR OF OUR APPLICATION PROCESS.

AS A REMINDER FOR THOSE LISTENING AND THOSE IN THE ROOM WE TAKE ROLLING CRITICAL APPLICATIONS QUARTERLY OUR NEXT DEADLINE IS MARCH 30TH. THE TWO PROJECTS WERE DUE DILIGENCE BEFORE YOU TODAY CAME FROM THE DECEMBER 31ST DEADLINE AND OUR PROCESS SUCH THAT WE BRING PROJECTS TO THE RURAL CRITICAL BOARD THEY MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DUE DILIGENCE WHICH COME TO YOU ALL FOR RECOMMENDATION AND THEN THEY MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR APPROVAL OR NOT ONCE THE DUE DILIGENCE IS COMPLETE. THE FIRST TWO PROJECTS ARE DUE DILIGENCE PROJECTS ONLY THE FIRST IS CALLED STATION CREEK WHICH IS A CONSERVATION EASEMENT PROJECT SAINT HELENA IT'S 124 ACRES OFF OF SEASIDE ROAD.

AGAIN, NOT A WHOLE LOT IS KNOWN AT THIS POINT BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T YET DONE THE APPRAISAL AND THE SURVEY AND THE PHASE ONE THAT ARE PART AND PARCEL OF OUR DUE DILIGENCE.

BUT THIS IS JUST SOME BACKGROUND ON THE IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE YOU CAN SEE A LOCATION MAP IN CONTEXT WITH THE OTHER PROTECTED LANDS ON SAINT HELENA THIS IS A WATERFRONT PROPERTY AGAIN OFF OF SEASIDE ROAD SURROUNDED BY A LOT OF AGRICULTURAL FIELDS AND AG USE TYPE OF PROPERTIES IF GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE YOU'LL SEE OUR PICTURE HIGHLIGHTING THE CRITICAL HABITAT PRIORITY LAYER IN THE GREEN PRINT AS WE COMMONLY SEE MARSH FRONT AND MARITIME FOREST ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH OUR ISLANDS OR SCORE HIGH ACCORDING TO CRITICAL HABITAT PRIORITY BECAUSE OF THE ECOSYSTEM SERVICES THEY PROVIDE FOR BIRDS AND OTHER SPECIES CRITICAL IN COUNTY. AND THEN THE LAST SLIDE IS SOME PICTURES OF THE PROPERTY AND I BELIEVE YOU HAVE OUR PROJECT ANALYSIS ALL THESE MAPS AND LOCATION INFORMATION THE PROPERTY IS HIGH GROUND. THERE'S SOME CATTLE ON IT TODAY.

THERE'S ONE DOCK EXISTING THE ISLAND PIECE AND THE CONCEPT ENVISIONED FOR A CONSERVATION EASEMENT ON THE PROPERTY AND THE STAFF RECOMMENDS AND THE BOARD IS SENDING TO YOU WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR SPENDING DUE DILIGENCE TO DO AN APPRAISAL AND DISCUSS EASEMENT TERMS AND COME BACK TO YOU WITH A FINAL PRODUCT. OKAY I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR

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YOU CAN FIND A LOT ECOSYSTEM SERVICES AND HABITAT VALUE ON THIS HAMMOCK OR HAMMOCK THEY'RE ESSENTIALLY PROTECTED ISLANDS OF REFUGE SO BOTH THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION AND THE USE FROM A HUMAN AND ANIMAL PERSPECTIVE IS REST AND WE HAVE A LOT OF MARSH ISLANDS THAT ARE HAMMOCK OR HAMMOCK ISLANDS AND COUNTY AND COUNTY REALLY LED THE WAY IN PROTECTING THOSE ISLANDS BOTH WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND LAND PROTECTION EFFORTS BUT ALSO THE ORIGIN OF SOME BRIDGES TO MARSH ISLAND LEGISLATION THAT WAS REPLICATED STATEWIDE. SO IT'S A GREAT QUESTION HAPPY THAT THAT'S MY LEARNING FOR THERE YOU GO RIGHT THERE. ALL REAL NATURALISTS AND ECOLOGISTS IN THE ROOM CAN SEND YOU EMAILS TO CORRECT ME BUT I WAS A KAYAK GUIDE THAT WAS THE NECESSARY INTERPRETATION FOR TOURISTS SO. I CAN STAND CORRECTED IF THERE'S MORE TO LEARN OTHER QUESTIONS WHILE WE'RE IN DISCUSSION.

GREAT QUESTION. ALL RIGHT NOW IS 124 YES. ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION IF NOT I I'M ALL IN FAVOR. RIGHT WE GO FORWARD WAS DUE DILIGENCE THANK YOU THANK YOU

[9. RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO UNDERTAKE DUE DILIGENCE AND DISCUSSIONS/NEGOTIATIONS FOR PROPOSED PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY KNOWN AS CHERRY HILL OAK FEE]

THAT'S A OPENLY ADDRESSED CONSERVATION EASEMENT THAT WAS A SEPARATE PRIVATE EASEMENT SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND THEN THE PROPERTY IN YELLOW IS THE OLD DISTRICT JUST A FAMILIARIZE IF YOU'VE BEEN ON THE OLD OR THE ADMIN BUILDING IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE AND JUST AS WE LOOKED AT WITH CRITICAL HABITAT FOR A CONSERVATION EASEMENT PROPERTY WE THE POTENTIAL FOR PUBLIC USE OF C OWNED PROPERTIES AND THIS PROPERTY SCORES HIGH ACCORDING TO PASSIVE RECREATION THE DEEP RED COLORS ARE THE HIGHEST RANKING PASSIVE RECREATION.

SO AS YOU HEARD IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT A LOT OF THE CONVERSATION THE BOARD LEVEL WAS ABOUT THE LACK OF PUBLIC ACCESS OPPORTUNITIES IN THIS AREA AND THE WAYS THIS MIGHT YOU KNOW, IN TEN OR 15 YEARS LOOK LIKE A VERY PROACTIVE MEASURE TO PROVIDE WATER ACCESS IN THIS LOCATION IN THE GROWING PARTS OF THE TOWN IN THE COUNTY .

IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE AND THIS IS JUST A COMPOSITE GREEN PRINT THAT ALIGNS ALL SEVEN LAYERS FOR THE GREEN PRINT JUST TO SHOW YOU KIND OF WHERE WE ARE IN CONTEXT YOU'LL SEE THOSE TWO SPINE ROADS AND THE NEXT PIECE IS WHY A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN TODAY AND THAT IS THE ESTHETICS AND THE TREE CANOPY ALREADY PROVIDED ON THE PROPERTIES IF YOU GO TO THE THESE ARE THESE ARE NOT THE CHERRY HILL OAK TREES BUT THE OTHER SPECIMEN TREES THAT EXIST ON THE PROPERTY IT'S RATHER TERRACING AND NATURE SO IT'S GRADUALLY SLOPES DOWNWARD TOWARD THE WATER AND TO THE MARSHES OF BATTERY CREEK WHICH YOU CAN SEE ON THE NEXT SLIDE THERE'S A GROUND THERE. THERE'S THIS PIECE OF SOLID GROUND THAT TOWARD THE MARSHES ENDING IN A SANDY SPIT THERE THAT DOES PROVIDE VISUAL VISUAL AND PHYSICAL WATER ACCESS WHICH WAS AFTER HEARING SO MUCH ABOUT THE TREE A REALLY SURPRISING ELEMENT AND AN INTERESTING FEATURE ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING PUBLIC TO THE WATER BEING A CRITERIA WE TALK A LOT ABOUT WITH RURAL AND LAND. SO THIS WAS A THIS WAS A PLEASANT SURPRISE ON THE SITE VISIT. THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS YOU PICTURES OF THE TREE ITSELF AS

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THE TREE DOES IN FACT LOOK BEAUTIFUL. I JUST COULDN'T CAPTURE THAT ON MY IPHONE SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS CHERRY HILL OAK PROPERTY.

AGAIN THIS IS A DUE DILIGENCE VOTE DURING WE WOULD DO AN APPRAISAL, A SURVEY, A PHASE ONE ANALYSIS AND WE WOULD TALK TO PARTNERS FOR PARTNERSHIP BOTH IN TERMS OF FUNDS AND MAINTENANCE AND OTHER THINGS IN THE DUE DILIGENCE IT SOUNDS LIKE I MAY HAVE A LOT OF DUE DILIGENCE PARTNERS TO FOLLOW UP WITH AFTER TODAY'S MEETING BUT THAT IS WHERE ARE AGAIN COMING TO YOU WITH A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE STAFF IN THE ROLE AND CRITICAL LANDS BOARD TO PURSUE DUE DILIGENCE. ARE THERE ANY KIND OF MOTION AND A SECOND SO WE CAN DISCUSS IT AND SO MOVE THE FOR A SECOND OKAY TO GET THE THIS BROUGHT. ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL OPEN FOR DISCUSSION AND QUESTIONS. YES, SIR.

I HAVE ONE I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS APPROPRIATE THAT BUT I WOULD LOVE FOR MR. MURPHY TO MAKE COMMENT ON THE OAK TREE, THE HEALTH, THE CONDITION OF THAT TREE.

SURE. IF IT'S AS CLOSE TO YOU. CAN YOU HEAR ME? WOULD YOU? YES, MR. MURPHY COULD, YOU DO THAT FOR US.

JUST JUST CONDITION YOU PROFESSIONAL ASSESSMENT. WE'RE NOT GOING TO HOLE YOU, YOU KNOW. OKAY. WHEN IT WAS ORIGINALLY DISCOVERED AND 2009 WITH THE BEAUFORT THREE CENTURY PROJECT, IT HADN'T BEEN MAINTAINED IN MAYBE FOREVER. MIKE MCPHEE YOU STILL LIVE NEXT AND HE GAVE US A LITTLE BIT OF A HISTORY OF WHAT YOU KNOW THAT THE TREE WAS JUST ALWAYS THERE BUT IN 1959 A HURRICANE GRACIE A HUGE SECTION OF IT OUT AND IT JUST LAID THERE ON THE GROUND.

SO WHEN WE CAME UPON AND I OWNED A TREE COMPANY AT THE TIME WE WERE ABLE TO START MAINTENANCE ON IT AND TO TRY TO GET IT YOU KNOW, KIND OF BRING IT UP TO PAR FOR YOU KNOW, A TREE OF THAT AGE. AND SO RIGHT NOW IT HASN'T BEEN MAINTAINED IN ABOUT TEN OR 12 YEARS AND IT NEEDS IT NEEDS TO GET INTO THAT CYCLE. THIS IS A NEW KIND OF REGIME FOR MATURE A MATURE VETERAN TREES LIKE THIS AND IT'S EVERY 15, TEN OR 15 YEARS THEY NEED A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF REDUCTION DONE TO THEIR LIMBS AND IT MAKES THEM AND INCREASES THEIR STABILITY AND DOESN'T LET THEM BREAK LESSONS THEIR CHANCES OF BREAKING IN STORMS. SO YOU KNOW WITHOUT AN INSECT OR DISEASE PASSED FOR THE LIVE OAK THIS IS THE WAY TO KEEP IT MAINTAINED FOR FOREVER REALLY AS FAR AS WE AS FAR AS WE'RE CONCERNED.

SO RIGHT NOW IT'S IT'S NOT AND SO THE THE BIG CONDITION IS THE TREE THE TREE HASN'T BEEN IT'S JUST BEEN KIND OF LET TO GROW. THERE'S A LOT OF YAUPON AND STUFF COMING UP SO THERE'S A LOT OF , YOU KNOW, GROUND MAINTENANCE THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE UNDER DIRECTION.

I MEAN THAT WE DON'T WANT THE COUNTIES TO GO AND THE COUNTY CREW TO GO OUT THERE AND ROUGH IT UP YET. SO YOU KNOW, WE'RE MAKING A LIST OF THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE TO THE TREE AND LIKE HOPE IT SAID GEE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PARTNERS COMING IN AND WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO BUT. YOU KNOW WHO'S IN GOOD SHAPE. GOOD.

THANK YOU, MR. MURPHY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? I HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS FOR THE COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER. YES, SIR. IS MY UNDERSTANDING TYPICALLY WHEN WE ACQUIRE PROPERTY INSIDE OF A MUNICIPALITY WE LOOK FOR SOME SORT OF PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY WITH REGARDS TO MAINTENANCE OF PARTS AND TREES AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WERE PURCHASED. WE HAVE THAT AGREEMENT THE CITY BEFORE A WHITEHALL PART THAT WAS RECENTLY COMPLETED A SHOWPIECE FOR BOTH THE COUNTY AND THE CITY OF BEAUFORT.

THE TOWN OF PORT ROYAL HAS REFUSED TO ENGAGE IN SUCH PARTNERSHIP ON THIS ACQUISITION AS I UNDERSTAND IT. SO I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE THE COMMITTEE YOU VOTE I'M OKAY WITH THE DUE DILIGENCE BUT. I WOULD NOT BE IN FAVOR OF YOU ALL GOING THROUGH WITH THE FEE SIMPLE ACQUISITION WITHOUT SOME SORT OF FINANCIAL COMMITMENT FROM THE TOWN OF PORT ROYAL TO ASSIST WITH THE MAINTENANCE OF THE PARK AND THE SO THAT THE COUNTY IS NOT BEARING THAT

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OH YEAH SO SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND THIS IS JUST FOR DUE DILIGENCE AND WE WILL REMEMBER THAT IF IT COMES BACK FOR US FOR ACQUISITION AND THOSE OF YOU IN THE AUDIENCE WHO LIVE IN THE TOWN OF PORT ROYAL MIGHT WANT TO PAY HEED TO WHAT WAS SAID TO IN WHATEVER MANNER YOU CAN. THIS IS A PLANNING SITUATION IN MY MIND IF PROPERTY IS UNDER DEVELOPMENT PRESSURE AND WAS A OF A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT WAS RECENTLY ENTERED INTO BY THE TOWN GIVEN THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS TREE THEN THE TOWN STAFF SHOULD HAVE THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT THAT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT I'M SPECULATING NOW I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT THAT'S THE SITUATION I THINK IT IS THEY SHOULD HAVE IT THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT REQUIRED THE PRESERVATION OF THIS OF THIS TREE AND AND PROTECTED THIS TREE THAT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT PROCESS BUT WE WILL WORK WITH THE TOWN AND COMMUNICATE WITH THEM ON WHAT WE NEED THERE WITH AND WE HOPE THAT WE WILL GET THAT OKAY WITHOUT OBJECTION. GREENWAY IS IT YOUR UNDERSTANDING THAT THE CURRENT OWNER IS ENGAGED IN A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH A PARTY TO DEVELOP THAT LAND AT? I THINK THAT'S THE HISTORY BUT I'M NOT 100% SURE THAT THAT'S THE HISTORY. I'M I'M PRETTY SURE THAT THIS TREE WAS SUBJECT OF SOME CONTROVERSY SOME TIME AGO. I MAY BE GETTING TO ISSUES IN PORT ROYAL CONFUSED BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT'S THE SAME TREE RIGHT IF I MAY. AND THE FIRST OF ALL, AS A REMINDER, THE RURAL AND CRITICAL PROGRAM WORKS WITH WILLING LANDOWNERS AND THIS THIS PROPERTY WAS UNDER CONTRACT WITH A A PARTY THAT HAD INTENTIONS FOR PREVIOUSLY LAST SUMMER THAT PARTY LEFT THE CONTRACT AND IS LONGER INVOLVED AND THE LANDOWNER IN PURSUING OTHER OPTIONS REACHED OUT AND APPLIED TO THE RURAL AND CRITICAL PROGRAM AND SAID THERE IS NO NO KIND OF COMPETING DEVELOPMENT PENDING RIGHT NOW THE LANDOWNER APPLIED TO THE PROGRAM AND I DID SPEAK WITH THE TOWN OF PORT ROYAL AND THE PLANNING DIRECTOR WITH RESPECT TO SENSITIVITIES YOU KNOW BUYING DOWN THE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS IN AREAS ARE GROWTH AREAS AND THERE'S THERE'S ALWAYS A BALANCE TO BE ACHIEVED RIGHT IN TERMS OF INCENTIVIZING A DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY AND YOU KNOW, BUYING LAND FOR CONSERVATION AREAS THAT ARE DESIGNATED FOR GROWTH AND THERE WAS SOME THERE WAS COMMON UNDERSTANDING ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF THE PASSIVE RECREATION POTENTIAL OF THIS PROPERTY WHICH IS WHY THAT GREEN PRINT LAYER IS SO INFORMATIVE AND AGAIN WHY I THINK IN A GROWING PART OF THE TOWN THIS COULD LOOK LIKE A PROACTIVE OPPORTUNITY A COUPLE OF YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.

BUT THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE TOWN OF PORT ROYAL HAVE BEEN STARTED.

THEY'VE BEEN POSITIVE AND I'M HAPPY TO CONTINUE THEM IN DUE DILIGENCE AND AGAIN TO ANYONE YOU KNOW, LISTENING OR WATCHING OR EVER WONDERING ABOUT ROLLING CRITICAL PROJECT WE WE AGAIN RELY ON WILLING LANDOWNERS AND PARTNERSHIPS MAKE THE DEALS THE BEST THEY CAN BE FOR THE BEAUFORT COUNTY TAXPAYER SO HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ALL THOUGHTS ON PARTNERSHIPS AND POTENTIAL THERE WITHOUT OBJECTION THE MOTION WILL PASS DUE DILIGENCE .

[10. RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE FOR TEXT AMENDMENTS TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODE (CDC): SECTIONS 3.1.60 (CONSOLIDATED USE TABLE), 3.2.60 (T2 RURAL CENTER (T2RC) STANDARDS), AND 4.1.220 (RESIDENTIAL STORAGE FACILITY) TO CONDITIONALLY ALLOW THE USAGE OF RESIDENTIAL STORAGE FACILITY IN T2 RURAL CENTER]

ALL RIGHT. NUMBER TEN RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE FOR TAX AMENDMENTS TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODE SECTION 3.1.60 AND 3.2. 60T RULE CENTER STANDARDS AND THE 4.1. 2 TO 0 RESIDENTIAL STORAGE FACILITY TO CONDITIONALLY ALLOW THE USE OF RESIDENTIAL STORAGE FACILITY WITHIN THE TWO RURAL CENTER AND MR. MERCHANT WILL TALK TO US ABOUT THIS ITEM. OKAY. THIS IS A CITIZEN INITIATED TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE COMMUNITY CODE AND WHAT THEY ARE REQUESTING IS TO WE HAVE AN EXISTING DISTRICT TWO RURAL CENTER AND IS TO ADD A USE CALLED RESIDENTIAL STORAGE FACILITIES AS A CONDITIONAL USE IN THAT DISTRICT AND JUST TO CLEAR UP SOME CONFUSION RESIDENTIAL STORAGE FACILITIES IN OUR CODE THAT'S THE NAME FOR YOUR TYPICAL STORAGE RENTAL UNITS YOU KNOW THE PEOPLE WHEN THEY HAVE RUN OUT OF ROOM IN THEIR OWN HOUSE THEY PAY MONEY AND YOU KNOW RENT SOME ADDITIONAL SPACE AND SO IT'S YOUR SELF-STORAGE OR

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IT ALLOWS RETAIL AND OFFICES UP TO ABOUT 15,000 SQUARE FEET. IT DOES ALLOW A LOT OF OTHER TYPES OF USES SUCH AS VEHICLE SALES, OUTDOOR MAINTENANCE, STORAGE YARDS, WAREHOUSES AND WHOLESALING AND DISTRIBUTION AND BECAUSE OF THOSE OTHER USES WHEN THIS REQUEST WAS MADE TO ADD THIS PARTICULAR USE TO THE TO RURAL CENTER IT SEEMED TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH THIS OTHER KIND OF USES AND WITH THE INTENT OF THE DISTRICT AS FAR AS THE LOCATION OF THE TWO RURAL CENTER DISTRICTS THERE'S THERE'S ONLY LOCATIONS IN THE COUNTY FOUR OF THEM ARE NORTH OF THE BROAD AND LOCATED MORE RURAL AREAS LA ECO GARDENS CORNER NORTH OF THE WHALE BRANCH THE INTERSECTION OF SEA ISLAND PARKWAY AND DISTANT ISLAND ROADS AND THE USED TO COMMUNITY AND THEN ON THE WESTERN EDGES OF THE CORNERS COMMUNITY AND SAINT HELENA ALL HAVE THAT ZONING IN SOUTHERN BEAUFORT COUNTY THERE IS AN AREA IN PRICHARD VILLE THE COMMERCIAL AREA PRICHARD VILLE IS ZONED TO RURAL CENTER IN ADDITION TO A PIECE OF LAND SEVERAL PARCELS ALONG BYRD CHURCH ROAD AND ALMA ROADS GOING EAST TO BLUFFTON TOWARD THE ALSO A COMMUNITY THIS IS BEING PROPOSED AS A CONDITIONAL USE WHICH MEANS THAT YOU KNOW IT'S IT'S A PERMITTED USE AS LONG AS THE APPLICANT MEETS AN ADDITIONAL SET OF CONDITIONS THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY OUTLINED IN OR IN OUR CODE AND WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED FOR THIS PARTICULAR AMENDMENT IS THAT WHERE THIS USE BE ALLOWED IN THE T TWO RURAL CENTER IF IF THIS WERE ADOPTED THE BUILDINGS COULD ONLY BE LOCATED ON THE INTERIOR OF THE BLOCK IF THEY'RE FACING A MAJOR COLLECTOR OR ARTILLERY STREET. SO THE IDEA IS IF YOU'RE ON 46 OR YOU'RE ON SEA ISLAND PARKWAY THIS YOU WOULDN'T BE FRONTING THE ROAD.

IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD THERE BE USES IN THAT DISTRICT IN FRONT OF IT AND IT WOULD BE PLACED THAT PARTICULAR USE A LOT THAT IS IS JUST TRYING TO MAXIMIZE THE AVAILABLE IN THAT PARTICULAR DISTRICT TWO MORE HIGHER AND BETTER USES THAT ARE MORE RETAIL AND SERVICE ORIENTED RATHER THAN A USE LIKE THIS WHICH IS YOU KNOW RATHER LAND INTENSIVE DOESN'T GENERATE A LOT OF TRAFFIC AND NEED TO BE RIGHT ON THE ROADS SO WITH THAT THIS IS A CITIZEN INITIATED AMENDMENT STAFF IN REVIEWING THIS OUR RECOMMENDATION AND ITS APPROVAL THIS DID GO BEFORE A PLANNING COMMISSION AT THEIR FEBRUARY MEETING AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED DENIAL OF THIS APPLICATION AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE NANCY HOBBS OKAY WE WILL GIVE HER THE 3 MINUTES TO SPEAK. YEAH.

YES, MA'AM. THIS THIS IS JUST A MAP AND WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU JUST 3 MINUTES EXCUSE ME JUST 3 MINUTES. SO YES, THAT JUST SHOWS HOW IT IS AND THE RESPONSE IS WHAT THE KEY TO THE ONLY THING TO SEE COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. I HOPE DOING WELL. I APPRECIATE YOU LETTING ME SPEAK. MY NAME IS NANCY HOUSE AND I HAVE OWNED THE PROPERTY OFF BURNT CHURCH ROAD SINCE 1995. IT WAS ORIGINALLY ZONED GENERAL COMMERCIAL AND WAS REZONE BY THE COUNTY WHICH IS ANOTHER CONVERSATION I WILL NOT INTO HERE AS A FOUR PLUS YEARS AGO IT WAS ZONED T TO DO TO OUR C I INITIATED THE ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT CHANGE REQUEST TO THE DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN MY PROPERTY FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A STORAGE FACILITY TO SERVE RESIDENTIAL AREAS ADJACENT TO OLD TOWN BLUFFTON ALONG THE RIVER ROAD AROUND O JOHN ALGER ROAD AND ALONG BOWEN CHURCH STORAGE OPTIONS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE TO THESE AREAS REQUIRE RESIDENTS DRIVE SIGNIFICANT DISTANCES ON HIGH TRAFFIC ROADWAYS.

I RESEARCHED THE ALLOWED USES IN MY ZONING CLASSIFICATION DISCOURAGE STORAGE YARDS WAREHOUSING AND DISTRIBUTE DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES ARE ALLOWED BUT NOT RESIDENTIAL SELF-STORAGE. I THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A MINOR TO EXCHANGE.

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IF YOU COULD COME BACK TO THE PODIUM AND THEN YOU CAN WE MAY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR HIM SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS BEFORE I ENTERTAIN A MOTION DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS IT WILL START WITH YOU. HOW HOW IS THE PROPERTY MY NEIGHBORS LIKE YEAH ANSWER SORRY. WELL HOUSE PROPERTY IS FIVE ACRES BUT THIS TEXT AMENDMENT WOULD ALLOW THIS USE ANYWHERE WHERE IT'S OWN TO RURAL CENTER IN THOSE SIX AREAS AROUND THE COUNTY. IS THIS PROPERTY INTENDED BE SOLD TO A DEVELOPER TO PUT UP THE SELF-STORAGE OR IS THE CURRENT OWNER KEEPING IT? I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT.

I IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IT WOULD BE SOLD BUT I WAS SOLD WITH THE PROMISE OF BUILDING A SELF-STORAGE YEAH YEAH RIGHT. NOT BUT THEY WANT TO PUT UP A SELF-STORAGE CAN IF THEY DON'T THEY GO ELSEWHERE. I'M JUST SO WE'RE UNCERTAIN IF WHOEVER BUYS THE PROPERTY WILL ACTUALLY PUT UP A SELF-STORAGE. THAT IS CORRECT THAT. YES, MY QUESTION EXACTLY IS IT ON BURT CHURCH ROAD? IT'S NOT ON THE ROAD IS THE FUTURE ON LANE WHICH IS 500 FEET IN WHAT LANE YOU KNOW. YEAH. YES I DO.

WHERE ALL BLUFFTON FLORIST IS ON THE CORNER THERE GERTRUDE PARK.

OKAY ALL RIGHT. AND IF YOU GO IF YOU CAME OUT OF ROARING ROAD TO LIVE TO GO TO 78. YES. STRAIGHT ACROSS.

YES. THAT GOES TO THE OVER PROPERTY. OH OKAY.

IT'S DOWN 500 FEET. IT'S NOT EVEN ON PUBLIC ROADS. DO YOU HAVE A MAP OR NOT FOR THIS. I MEAN WE COULD PROBABLY BRING ONE OUT BUT IT'S I DON'T KNOW IF KNOW WHERE THE WALK IS. THAT'S A NEW DEVELOPMENT ON BYRD CHURCH ROAD IF YOU'RE ON FOUR CHURCH ROAD AND THE WALK ON YOUR LEFT, THIS WOULD BE BACK BEHIND PROPERTIES.

IT'S BEHIND A DEVELOPMENT CALLED LOST HALL BUSINESS PARK .

YEAH. OKAY. OH, COUNCILMAN ROB, IF THIS IS SOLD AT A STORAGE FACILITY IS NOT ERECTED, WHAT ARE THE OTHER POSSIBILITIES THAT COULD GO ON THAT LAND WITH THIS CHANGE IN THE IT'S A HOLISTIC COMMUNITY SO THE PROPERTY IS ZONED TO RURAL CENTER SO ANY USE YOU KNOW AS FAR AS LONG AS IT'S MEETING THE RESTRICTIONS AND REQUIREMENTS ALL OF THAT DISTRICT SO IT WOULD IT COULD ALLOW A NUMBER OF SMALLER SCALE I'M PROBABLY NOT RETAIL IN THAT LOCATION BUT IT WOULD BE PERMITTED SERVICE USES OFFICES YOU KNOW THAT THAT ARE UP TO 15,000 SQUARE FEET ALONG WITH SOME LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USES I KNOW OTHER RESIDENTIAL AREAS ADJACENT TO THIS PROPERTY IT IS IT DOES ADJOIN ACROSS THE STREET THE WALK WHICH IS A NEW DEVELOPMENT WOULD LEAVE THAT'S A POTENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY HOME . YES. OKAY.

I HAVE A QUESTION. YES, MA'AM. SO IF I LOOK AT THIS MAP AS TO MERGER, YOU'RE TELLING ME THERE'S SIX FACILITIES CURRENTLY, CORRECT? SIX AREAS ZONES SIX AREAS ARE ALL CENTER THIS BUT THEN I HEARD YOU SAY JUST A MOMENT AGO THIS IF WE CHANGES TEXT AMENDMENT IT OPENS UP OTHER ZONES THAT'S THE PLANNING

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SO I THE OTHER THING I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED IS THAT THIS PARTICULAR USE SELF-STORAGE IS ALLOWED IN ALL OF OUR OTHER COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS SEE THREE AND RC4 AND C FIVE WHICH ARE TWO MIXED USE COMMUNITY SCALE AND REGIONAL SCALE COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS ALONG WITH THE T FOR DISTRICT SO IT IS ALLOWED IN BASICALLY EVERY OTHER COMMERCIAL DISTRICT ALONG WITH OUR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND SO IS STAFF WE YOU KNOW WHEN SOMEBODY MAKES A TEX AMENDMENT WE'RE CAREFUL BECAUSE A TEX AMENDMENT DOES NOT JUST APPLY TO ONE PROPERTY APPLIES TO EVERYWHERE THAT IS ZONED FOR THAT USE AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY LOCATION WHERE THIS PARTICULAR COULD OCCUR IS THAT IT WOULD BE COMPATIBLE AND SO YOU KNOW, IN OUR EVALUATION OF THE DISTRICT THIS USE WAS VERY SIMILAR TO OTHER USES THAT THAT DISTRICT ALLOWED AND SO THAT YOU KNOW BUT YES WE'RE YOU KNOW WHEN IT'S A MAP AMENDMENT APPLYING TO ONE AREA AND YOU'RE GOING TO SIMPLY AFFECT THAT AREA WHEN MAKING A TEX AMENDMENT IT'S EVERYWHERE THAT THAT DISTRICT LOCATED OKAY TERM INVESTMENT YES AM I READING THIS INCORRECTLY THE PLANNING COMMISSION VOTED THE TAX CHANGE DOWN CITING POSSIBLE PROLIFERATION OF UNKEMPT FACILITIES IN THE TWO HOUR ZONE . ARE THEY SAYING THAT IF YOU ALLOW THE RESIDENTIAL STORAGE UNIT THERE GOING TO BE AN UNCANNY FACILITY I THINK TO WORRY ABOUT? MA'AM NO. LET'S LET THE STAFF ANSWER HIS QUESTION. YEAH. AND IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING OF THAT CONVERSATION I TO LISTEN TO IT AGAIN IS THAT THEY WERE CONCERNS THAT MANY THESE TYPES OF USES AROUND THE COUNTY ARE NOT KEPT MAYBE SOME OF THE OLDER FACILITIES, YOU KNOW, REGARDLESS THEY WOULD HAVE TO FOLLOW ALL OF THE COUNTY'S REQUIREMENTS FOR SCREENING ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS. SO YOU KNOW BUT THAT WAS THAT WAS THE THE CONCERN THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAD. OKAY. SO WE HAVE RESIDENTIAL STORAGE UNITS IN OTHER TO TO OUR ZONES NOT IN T TO T TO RURAL CENTER BUT WE ALLOW THEM IN JUST ABOUT YOU KNOW OR OTHER COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS C FOR C FIVE S1 INDUSTRIAL ALL OF THOSE ALLOW THIS PARTICULAR USE AND SO YOU KNOW, WE HAVE QUITE A NUMBER OF THEM JUST SOUTH OF THE BROAD . COUNCILMAN GLOVER YEAH. JUST WANT TO RESPOND TO CHAIRMAN PARSON QUESTION AND COMMENTS IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN THERE IS AN ABANDONED STORAGE FACILITY SING HELENA THAT THAT'S THE REASON RIGHT NOW IS NOT BEING USED AS A STORAGE FACILITY IS OPEN AND IT'S ALMOST LIKE A HABITAT FOR HOMELESS AND I THINK THERE WAS A KIND OF THINGS THAT PEOPLE ARE VERY NERVOUS ABOUT I MEAN I THINK THAT THAT IS THAT'S A OF ANY OLDER BUILDING YOU KNOW THAT'S NOT KEPT UP I DON'T KNOW THAT THIS YOU KNOW FROM MY KNOWLEDGE OF THIS PARTICULAR USE WHETHER IT'S THIS PARTICULAR USE IS SUSCEPTIBLE TO THAT TYPE OF DECAY, YOU KNOW YOU KNOW, WE TREAT IT AS ANY OTHER TYPE OF USE BUT IF IT'S NOT KEPT UP AND ABANDONED I MEAN IT COULD LEAD TO, YOU KNOW, BEING A HAZARD OR YOU KNOW, THE WELL IS RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IT'S NOT BEING USED AND IT IT'S ALMOST LIKE A SHELTER FOR THE HOMELESS AND MR. X AND ADDRESS SURE THANK YOU VERY MUCH A COUPLE OF POINTS IF YOU'LL LET ME WHERE THAT IS I HAVE CODE ENFORCEMENT STAFF WE WILL TAKE CARE OF THAT ANY ANY BUILDING THAT'S UNSECURED OR DILAPIDATED WE HAVE ORDINANCES IN PLACE CAN TAKE CARE OF THAT.

SO I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT WOULD BE A CONCERN IN THIS CASE BECAUSE WE HAVE TOOLS TO HANDLE THAT. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THE POINT THAT THIS IS NOT A REZONING REQUEST. THIS IS ADDING THIS PARTICULAR USE IN PARTICULAR ZONING DISTRICT. I THINK WE MAY HAVE GOTTEN A LITTLE SIDEWAYS LOOKING AT ONE PARCEL THIS IS ALL OF THE PARCELS IN THIS DISTRICT AND STAFF FEELS LIKE THAT IT IS A IT'S AN ACCEPTABLE USE. IT FITS BECAUSE OF THE OVERALL ESTHETIC AND USE IN THE CENTER DISTRICTS. SO THAT'S SORT OF THE NEXUS OF THE CONVERSATION.

IT'S NOT IS REZONING, IT'S ADDING THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT IN THAT ZONING

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ANY UNSECURED BUILDING LIKE THAT YOU'LL LET ME KNOW WHERE THEY ARE, WE'LL CERTAINLY TAKE ACTION ON IT. AND I HAD ONE QUESTION THE 15,000 SQUARE FEET WOULD BE APPLIED THIS FACILITY IF NO MATTER WHERE IF IT WAS ADDED OR WHETHER OR NOT 15,000 IS THE MAX I WOULD RATHER ANSWER THAT QUESTION THAT IS NOT IN THE CONDITIONS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED CERTAINLY SOMETHING COUNCIL COULD ADD BUT WE WERE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE LOCATION OF THE FACILITY ON MAJOR ROADS AND PUTTING IN A LOCATION THAT IS NOT RUNNING TO MAJOR HIGHWAYS. COUNCILMAN DAWSON, SOME OF THESE ARE IN YOUR DISTRICT THE ZONING IN PARTICULAR. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO, I WAS JUST GOING TO ADD SOME SUGAR TO THE CONCERN THAT PLANNING COMMISSION CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THE CONCERN THE PLANNING COMMISSION MAY HAVE HAD AS FAR AS THIS BEING NOT KEPT UPKEEP AND BECOMING UNSIGHTLY OR HAZARD TO THE COMMUNITY AND SURROUNDING PROPERTIES.

BUILDING CODE BUILDING CODES ENFORCEMENT WHAT WOULD APPLY TO THIS THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT AS WELL AS? ANY PROJECT OF THIS MAGNITUDE AND ACCOUNTABILITY NOT TO TO INSTEAD OF JUST GIVING YOU A SIMPLE YES I DO WANT TO SAY THAT I APPRECIATE WHAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION DOES THEY HAVE A TOUGH JOB AND THEY WEIGH THIS THERE'S A LOT OF SUBJECTIVITY AND OPINION THAT GOES INTO THEIR DECISIONS AND I RESPECT WHAT THEY DO.

YES, WE HAVE THE TOOLS IN A COMMERCIAL BUILDING THAT IS DILAPIDATED, THAT IS THAT IS VACANT AND OPEN IF IT'S VACANT AND SECURED AND BEING WE DON'T GET INVOLVED WITH IT IF IT IS DEVELOPING ATED IF IF IT HAS WINDOWS BROKEN OUT, DOORS OPEN, IF BECOMES A BLIGHT OR A THREAT TO THE COMMUNITY WE WILL ABSOLUTELY STEP IN AND WE DO IT ALL THE TIME.

WE HAVE THE ORDINANCES PLACE TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE TYPES OF ISSUES.

YES, MY QUESTION YES, SIR. MR. ATKINSON, IS IT SAFE TO SAY THAT IF THIS ORDINANCE REJECTS THE AMENDMENT CHANGES TO TO A TEACHER, A RURAL CENTER IT ALLOWS I'M SORRY TO ALLOW RESIDENTIAL STORAGE FACILITIES IN TWO RURAL CENTERS NOT JUST IN THIS DISTRICT BUT ANYWHERE A TEACHER RURAL IF THAT'S A TEXT CHANGE IT APPLIES TO THE WHOLE COUNTY NOT JUST THERE.

RIGHT COUNTYWIDE IN THIS DISTRICT? YES, SIR.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN? OKAY, SO THE TWO RURAL CENTER IS A ZONING DISTRICT THAT IS A ZONING DESIGNATION ANYWHERE THAT ZONING DESIGNATION IS LOCATED THROUGH THE COUNTY.

ADDING THIS TO THE LIST I'M ALLOWED EVEN THOUGH IT'S A CONDITIONAL USE ALLOW THOSE TYPES OF DEVELOPMENTS TO GO ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTY IN THOSE IN THAT ZONING DISTRICT.

YES SO IF THE OTHER FIVE EXISTS THEY CAN DO IT THERE WHEREVER THERE'S A TEACHER, A RURAL CENTER NOW STORAGE FACILITIES WOULD BE ALLOWED. YES SIR.

AND STAFF FEELS LIKE THAT'S AN ACCEPTABLE USE IN THE CENTER. OKAY, THANK YOU.

OKAY, SO IF THERE'S NO FURTHER QUESTIONS ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO EITHER EITHER TO APPROVE THE AMENDMENT OR NOT TO APPROVE THE TEXT AMENDMENT, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE.

I HAVE A SECOND. ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A SECOND. BUT COUNCILMAN DAWSON, WE'RE GOING TO DO A ROLL VOTE ALL IN FAVOR OF THE TEX AMENDMENT. ARE YOU'RE GOING TO CALL FUNDING? ARE YOU IN FAVOR OF THE COUNCILMEMBER TAVERNIER I'M IN FAVOR COUNCILMEMBER REED'S YES, I'M IN FAVOR COUNCILMEMBER DAWSON YES.

COUNCILMEMBER BROWN YES. VICE CHAIR MCGOWAN YES. CHAIRMAN HIM YES VICE-CHAIR MR. GLOVER NO. COMMITTEE CHAIR HOWARD YES. OKAY.

[11. RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE FOR A ZONING MAP AMENDMENT/REZONING REQUEST FOR 1 ACRE (R600 036 000 0369 0000) AT 3 BENTON LANE FROM T3 EDGE TO T2 RURAL CENTER]

MOVING ON TO NUMBER 11 JUST GO TO FULL COUNCIL. YES YES.

ALL RIGHT THE NEXT ITEM IS RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE FOR A ZONING MAP AMENDMENT SLASH REZONING FOR ONE ACRE AT THREE BENTON LANE FROM T3 EDGE TO T TO RURAL CENTER AND MR. MERCHANT OKAY SO THIS ONE IS A ZONING MAP AMENDMENT SO THIS SPECIFIC ONLY APPLIES TO ONE ARD VILLE COMMUNU WILL, TO THE COPIES IN THE PACKET.

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BILL IF YOU GO ABOUT A MILE TO THE WEST YOU REACH THE CIRCLE AND NEW RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY IN THE COMMERCIAL AREA THAT'S OVER THERE. IF YOU GO ABOUT A QUARTER MILE TO THE EAST YOU REACH THE INTERSECTION WITH GILBERT ROADS WHERE THERE IS ANOTHER SMALL AREA THAT IS ZONED TO RURAL CENTER THE CURRENT ZONING OF THIS PROPERTY IS T THREE EDGE AND THAT IS PRIMARILY A RESIDENTIAL SINGLE DISTRICT. IT IS APPLIED TO THE MAJORITY OF THE PRICHARD VILLE COMMUNITY PRETTY MUCH BY GIVE IT ROADS 170 IT'S THE LAND THAT IS IN THE COUNTY AND THEN SOME OF THE LANDS THAT ARE TO THE SOUTH OF 46 BECAUSE OF THAT ZONING AND THAT IS PRIMARILY RESIDENTIAL. WHAT THE APPLICANT HAS WANTING TO DO IS CHANGE THE ZONING TO T TO RURAL CENTER WHICH YOU SHOULD HAVE SOME FAMILIARITY WITH NOW IN THAT DISTRICT WOULD ALLOW A MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING ON THIS SITE SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT STAFF HAS IS THAT THERE IS CURRENTLY A PROPERTY THAT RECTANGULAR SHAPED PROPERTY THAT'S LOCATED DIRECTLY TO THE WEST OF THIS WAS REZONINGS BY COUNTY COUNCIL 2021 THAT WAS A SPECIFIC CASE WHERE THE OWNER OF THAT PROPERTY HAD WHAT HE BELIEVES WERE VESTED RIGHT THERE WAS A HISTORY IN THAT PROPERTY WHERE AT ONE TIME THEY HAD A PERMIT TO DEVELOP A CONVENIENCE STORE AND GAS STATION THAT PERMIT EXPIRED IN THE EARLY 2000S BUT THEY WERE INTERESTED IN DEVELOPING THAT AS A COMMERCIAL SITE THEY SUBMITTED FOR ZONING IN THAT AMENDMENT PASSED COUNTY COUNCIL IN 2021 STAFF AT THAT TIME CONCERNS BECAUSE IT'S LOCATED IN BETWEEN TWO OTHER COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS AND THE CONCERN WAS NOT TO STRIP THE ENTIRE FRONTAGE OF 46 WITH COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT BUT HAVE IT CLUSTERED AT THE EXISTING COMMERCIAL MOTOR ROADS AND THEN THE ONE THAT IS IN THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON OVER AT 170 AND 46 AND SO WHAT OUR CONCERN IS WHAT WE SEE IS AN EXPANSION OF A DISTRICT.

YOU KNOW, WE REALLY YOU KNOW WE REALLY DON'T BELIEVE NEEDS TO BE HERE.

THE OTHER CONCERN IS THAT THIS SITE, THE NEAREST WATER AND SEWER IS LOCATED BASICALLY WHERE THE PUBLIX IS. IT 46 AND 170 IN THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON.

THE OTHER THING IS THAT THE THE TWO RURAL CENTER THAT LARGER RECTANGULAR PROPERTY IS UNDEVELOPED SO IT WAS UP ZONES BUT THAT PROPERTY IS NOT DEVELOPED.

SO IN ADDITION WHAT WE SEE IS ADDING ANOTHER COMMERCIAL PROPERTY TO A DISTRICT WHERE THERE'S STILL CAPACITY THE PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT'S LOCATED DIRECTLY TO THE WEST FOR THESE STAFF RECOMMENDED DENIAL OF THIS APPLICATION CERTAINLY UNDERSTANDS THE NEEDS AND THE INTEREST OF DEVELOPING ANOTHER MEDICAL OFFICE FACILITY AND WHY THIS PROPERTY MAY BE ATTRACTIVE. BUT WE BELIEVE THAT YOU KNOW, WE HAVE CONCERNS INTRODUCING A NEW COMMERCIAL DISTRICT IN THIS LOCATION THE PLANNING COMMISSION ALSO AT THE FEBRUARY MEETING RECOMMENDED DENIAL OF THIS APPLICATION. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? WILL THE APPLICANT IS HERE SO TO SPEAK OKAY AFRICAN IF YOUR CURRENT STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS MS. CHAIRMAN CAN I CAN I GET ROB CAN YOU IS THE TWO HOUR SEAT TO THE LEFT IS IT ALREADY DEVELOPED? NO. NO.

SO IT'S VACANT. ROB, WHAT WAS THE HISTORY? THERE WAS THERE WAS SOME CONTROVERSY OVER, THE REZONING OF THAT PROPERTY, THOSE GUYS THAT WERE HERE THAT HERE REPRESENTING THAT REZONING SAID THEY WERE GOING TO BUILD SOMETHING IMMEDIATELY ON THE PROPERTY. WHAT WAS THAT IT WAS LIKE SOME SORT OF BANK OR IT WAS SOME SORT OF OFFICE USE WAS IT NOT AND THEY CLAIMED THAT IT USED TO BE ZONED COMMERCIAL AND THEN

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THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT COUNTY COUNCIL OWNED PROPERTY TO COMMERCIAL BECAUSE SOMEONE MADE A CLAIM THAT THE COUNTY HAD CHANGED ZONING OF PEOPLE'S PROPERTY WITHOUT AND THEY DON'T HAVE A KNOWLEDGE OF THAT. THEY HAD NO KNOWLEDGE THAT THEIR ZONING YES AND IT IT WAS AT THE TIME THAT THEY RECEIVED A PERMIT THIS WAS IN THE EARLY 2000 I BELIEVE IT WAS 2004 AND THIS IS FOR THAT LARGE RECTANGLE THE PROPERTY THEY WERE ABLE TO GET A PERMIT FOR A CONVENIENCE STORE GAS STATION THAT PERMIT EXPIRED THEY NEVER ACTED ON IT AND THEN IN TRUTH I'M SORRY I SHOULD HAVE ALSO THAT IN 2014 BEFORE COUNTY ADOPTED THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODE AT THAT TIME THAT WAS RENDERED YOU KNOW, NON-CONFORMING WAS RESIDENTIAL AND SO THAT WAS THE ARGUMENT THAT THE APPLICANT YEARS AGO USED TO RECOMMEND CHANGING ZONING OF THAT PROPERTY TO TO WORLD CENTER AND THERE'S NOTHING NOW THERE'S NO DEVELOPMENT ON THE PROPERTY BECAUSE THERE'S NO THERE'S NO MARKET FOR DEVELOPMENT ON THE PROPERTY. THE PROPERTY CANNOT BE SOLD BECAUSE NO ONE WANTS TO PUT A COMMERCIAL BUSINESS THERE BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY COMMERCIALISM PROPERTIES WHERE PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO THIS IS PURELY REZONING AND IS A BAD PLANNING IDEA TO CONTINUE TO RISE ON PROPERTY DOWN THAT FRONTAGE ON THAT TWO LANE ROAD TO COMMERCIAL YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE THE ENTIRE CHARACTER OF THAT CORRIDOR IF THIS CONTINUES AT THIS TIME LET THE APPLICANT HAVE 3 MINUTES AND YOU'LL STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS JUST ONE PERSON I THAT'S THE OWNER. I'M THE ARCHITECT. YOU CAN SPEAK AND JUST DECIDE WHO SO I'M MICHAEL CAMPBELL AND I AM LOOKING MY FATHER LOOKING TO PURCHASE AND PUT A MEDICAL OFFICE OPTOMETRIST ON THERE. I HAVE PHOTOS OF WHAT WE DID IN THE AREA FOR THE OFFICE AND THEN THERE'S A PIECE OF LAND THAT SHOWS YOU WHAT WE'RE PUTTING IN ALONG CAMPGROUNDS TO AND WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IS TO TRY TO MAKE IT WHERE IT'S NOT THE ESSENCE OF PRINCEVILLE OR BEAUFORT COUNTY BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THAT PIECE OF LAND WE HAVE THE BUILDING OURSELVES THAT WE PUT IN BLUFFTON IS WHAT WE'RE SIMILARLY PUTTING ON THAT PIECE OF LAND AND THAT LAND ITSELF RIGHT NOW DOESN'T HAVE ANY TREES OR ANY DEVELOPMENT ON RIGHT NOW.

THE REASON WHY WE'RE USING THIS LAND IN THE OTHER IS BECAUSE IS NO WATER OR SEWAGE.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, LAND THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET DOES HAVE WATER AND SEWAGE THAT WILL ALLOW US THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO TAP IN FROM THE PUBLIX DOWN THE ROAD NOW WITH THIS OFFICE, YOU KNOW ARE TRYING TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF PRICHARD BILL. I MEAN RECENTLY I HAD A PATIENT THAT WAS ACTUALLY FROM SAVANNAH. THERE WAS NO ONE THE EMERGENCY ROOM WAS IT TAKE YOU KNOW AND THEY CALLED US BECAUSE WE'RE THE ONLY ONE THAT'S 24 SEVEN AND AN ISSUE THEY CALLED AND THEY HAD TO DRIVE ALL THE WAY FROM SAVANNAH NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS THIS IN PRICHARD BILL THIS HAPPENS THEY'RE CLOSE THEY HAVE SOMEONE TO TAKE CARE OF SO THE WHAT WE'RE TRYING PUSH HERE IS A BUILDING TO SERVE THE AT PRINCEVILLE TO GIVE THEM THE ACCESS THAT THEY WILL SERVE AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE PICTURES HAVE THE BUILDING AND THEN THERE'S A PIECE OF LAND WITH NO THAT'S ALREADY HAS NO TREES ON IT SO WE'RE NOT TAKING ANY OF THE TREES WE'RE NOT TRYING TO STRIP DOWN WE'RE ACTUALLY TRYING TO ADD SOME BEAUTY TO THAT AREA, THAT ROAD THAT WILL GIVE PEOPLE WHAT THEY LIKE OR WHAT THEY WANT FOR EYECARE THAT'S TO SAY COULD YOU STATE YOUR TO FOR THE RECORD MY ADDRESS I'M 181 ALL JULIE ROAN IS WHERE I LIVE THANK YOU. OKAY ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME I'VE GOT A QUESTION.

YES, WELL, YOU'RE TAKING QUESTIONS BEFORE WE HAVE A MOTION WHAT IS THIS A PICTURE OF IS THIS A CURRENT OFFICE OR RENDERING THE CURRENT OFFICE WHERE IS THIS LOCATED? OLD TOWN BLUFFTON 27 DR.. OH OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION? IT'S ALL RIGHT. I ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR EITHER FOR APPROVAL OR OR NOT APPROVAL . WE'LL MAKE A MOTION RECOMMENDING APPROVAL. I HAVE A SECOND IN THAT DISCUSSION.

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I DO HAVE A DISCUSSION GROUP SO THIS IS A VERY CONGESTED AREA. IT'S RIGHT AROUND MY DISTRICT AND I AGREE WITH THE STAFF ABOUT THE SPOT ZONING AND JUST MORE CONCERNS COMMERCIAL IN THAT AREA THIS IS KIND OF AN EXPLODING AND I QUESTION SINCE THIS IS ON AN OLD BLUFFTON IT'S REALLY NOT THAT FAR AWAY FOR SOMEBODY YOU KNOW IF YOU'RE COMING FROM SAVANNAH YOU'RE NOT THAT FAR TO GET TO THIS ONE. THAT'S WHY I ASKED WHERE THIS ONE DOES ANY OTHER QUESTIONS DISCUSSION AND CHAIRMAN OF THIS IS YOUR DISTRICT YEAH I THINK IT'S MINE.

I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT ADDRESS EITHER. OH, IT'S GIB.

IT WROTE IN MAY RIVER. THAT'S EITHER ME OR LOGAN RIGHT DOWN THERE.

OKAY. YES. WELL, WHAT WERE YOU THINKING OF HERE? I THINK I'M GOING TO STICK WITH STAFF AS WELL.

I THINK COUNCILMAN, MAY I ASK THAT DR. CAMPBELL COME BACK UP BECAUSE HE HAD HIS 3 MINUTES? NO, I'M JUST SAYING THERE WAS AN ISSUE IN RELATION TO COUNCILMAN DEVANEY.

THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN SUN CITY NEED AN EYE DOCTOR AND THIS IS A LOT CLOSER THIS AREA IS CLOSER TO THEM THAN THE OTHER OFFICE. WELL, THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.

WELL, THAT'S FINE IF YOU WANTED TO STATE THAT THAT'S FINE. BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO ALLOW ANY MORE PUBLIC COMMENT ABOUT ANY OTHER DISCUSSION. THIS IS JUST AS CHAIRMAN I WOULD LIKE TO STATE THAT I THINK THIS IS SPOT ZONING AND IN LIGHT OF THE OTHER PARCEL THAT WAS RE ZONED I VOTED AGAINST IT WHEN IT CAME UP BEFORE I I I I THINK THIS IS SPOT ZONING AND NOT NOT GOOD PLANNING PRACTICES SO WE NEED TO WE HAVE A MOTION IN MOTION SECOND AND SECOND WHAT DO YOU CALL A ROLL CALL? YES I AM GOING TO ASK FOR ROLL CALL. THANK YOU. OKAY COUNCILMEMBER I NO COUNCILMEMBER READS YES COUNCILMEMBER DAWSON NO COUNCILMEMBER BROWN YES.

VICE-CHAIR MAGELLAN YES CHAIRMAN PASS IT. NO COMMITTEE VICE-CHAIR GLOVER NO COMMITTEE CHAIR HOWARD NO. FIVE NO THE MOTION FAILS. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON.

IT WON'T. SO JUST SO EVERYONE CLEARS THIS WILL THIS IS A RECOMMENDATION SO WE WILL DEAL PROCEED TO FULL COUNCIL WITH A NEGATIVE RECOMMENDATION FROM USE.

THANK YOU SIR. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO THE NEXT RIGHT

[12. RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE FOR A ZONING MAP AMENDMENT/REZONING REQUEST FOR 2.81 ACRES (R600 008 000 0625 0000) AT THE INTERSECTION OF OKATIE HIGHWAY (170) AND LOWCOUNTRY DRIVE (462) FROM T2 RURAL (TR2) TO C4 COMMUNITY CENTER MIXED-USE (C4CCMU)]

YEAH, YEAH. ALL RIGHT, THIS PARTICULAR REZONING HAS A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY TO IT. THE FIRST IS IF YOU'RE WONDERING WHY THERE'S TWO LITTLE PROPERTIES THAT ARE KIND OF SITTING OUT THERE ON THEIR OWN GOING ALL THE WAY BACK TO 2000. THIS USED TO BE A T INTERSECTION WITH 171 IT WAS TWO LANES AND COLORED TRACT WAS BOUNDED YOU KNOW BY 170 AND THEN IT HIT FOR 62 AND THEN TURNED INTO 170 AND WENT TOWARD BLUFFTON IN THE EARLY 2000S HIGHWAY 170 WAS WIDENED TO FOUR LANES. THAT INTERSECTION SMOOTHED OUT. SO THAT WOULD BE YOU KNOW, WOULDN'T A T INTERSECTION AND IT RENDERED TWO SMALL PROPERTIES ON THE OTHER SIDE STILL PART OF THE COLOR TRACT BUT YOU KNOW BASICALLY ON THE JASPER COUNTY SIDE BUT STILL IT'D COUNTY THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY COLOR TRACT IS SURROUNDED ON THREE SIDES BY OLDFIELD AND BACK EARLIER IT ACTUALLY YEAR IN THE SPRING THIS WENT BEFORE THE PLANNING

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I DON'T KNOW. I DIDN'T LOOK AT IT SPECIFICALLY TO SEE WHAT THAT DISTANCE IS BUT SO THEY WOULD BE LIMITED TO A WRITE IN WRITE OUT MOST LIKELY ON THE POINT IN THE TRIANGLE END OF THE PROPERTY AND LIMITED ON WHERE IF IF WHEN AN ACCESS COULD BE GRANTED ON THE 462 SIDE OF THE PORTIONS. SO IT MAY BE TOO CLOSE TO THE SIGNAL AS WELL. SO WITH THOSE RESTRICTIONS WHERE THE DRIVEWAY ACCESS IT WOULD REALLY CONSTRICT WHAT TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT COULD BE SITE OR SITE DEVELOPMENT COULD BE LAID OUT ON THIS SITE. SO REGARDLESS OF WHAT TYPE OF COMMERCIAL USE IT IS, I WOULD BE I WOULD THINK THAT USE WOULD BE VERY LIMITED ON WHAT TYPE OF FACILITY COULD BE ON THIS SMALL THREE ACRE PARCEL HOMES. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS BEFORE WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION? I DO.

YES, MA'AM. WHY DID THE PLANNING COMMISSION DENY A A I'M JUST LOOKING FOR A QUESTION ON THAT. WELL, I KNOW THAT THEY THEY'RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE 170 CORRIDOR AND SO WHEN STAFF PRESENTED THIS YOU KNOW, WE REALLY WANTED TO CONTRAST BETWEEN WHAT BEING PROPOSED LAST SUMMER WHEN IT WAS THE ENTIRE COOLER TRACTS THE UP ZONING TO JUST THIS REMNANT AND SO YOU KNOW SO I WOULD SAY THAT IT MAINLY TO DO WITH CONCERNS ABOUT ONE 7170 CORRIDOR WHICH WHATEVER YOU WANT TO SPEAK ALL I'LL SAY TRAFFIC TRAFFIC WAS THE BIGGEST CONCERN ADDITIONALLY WITH THE CONTRACT THAT THAT IS BEING POTENTIALLY VERSUS ON A SEPARATE ISSUE TO THE SOUTH AS MENTIONED IN THE PREVIOUS REZONING THAT ARE SOME ZONING REQUESTS THERE WHETHER THAT WAS TO HAPPEN OR NOT TO BE A DIFFERENT STORY BUT WITH THE PROPOSED USE AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER THAT IS REDUCING THE THE TRAFFIC IMPACT SPECIFIC TO THAT AREA AND THAT INTERSECTION ALONE. SO THOSE 97 ACRES ARE GOING TO BE PROTECTED WITH THAT DIFFERENT USE THAN WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO HAVE IT BE A SINGLE FAMILY OR A MULTI-FAMILY OR MIXED COMMERCIAL THERE. SO THEN YOU WERE AND SO A LOT OF THE DISCUSSION AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION WAS ABOUT THE LEFT TURNING LANE AND THE

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SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO MAKE THE MOTION FROM THAT MOTION WAS MADE BY CHAIRMAN PASSMAN SECOND BUT VICE CHAIRMAN MCMILLAN, YOU HAVE A QUESTION ON THERE? YES, MR. GLOVER THE THERE ARE TWO AND WE JUST DECIDED TO PARCEL THERE THERE'S A ROAD THAT GOES IN THE MIDDLE IS THAT FOR 62 IS THE WHAT THE SPLITS THE TWO TRIANGLES IS SPLIT BY THE EXISTING 462 SO IS BOTH PROPERTY AS BEING UNDER CONSIDERATION NO ONE NO ONE ON THE LEFT IS ALREADY ZONED AS WELL AS THE FROM THE RIGHT. SO THIS WILL BE ZONED TO MATCH THAT ZONE.

RIGHT. BUT WHAT I NEED IF I THINK ALL RIGHT DO WE NEED A ROLL CALL VOTE ARE WE TRYING WITHOUT IT LET'S TRY IT WITHOUT OBJECTION OBJECTION.

OH, OKAY. ALL RIGHT, ROLL CALL FOR FOR REZONING COUNCILMEMBER TAVERNER. YES. COUNCILMEMBER LAWSON MARK LAWSON. YES. GIVE YOUR COUNCILMEMBER READS YES. COUNCILMEMBER DAWSON NO COUNCILMEMBER BROWN YES YES.

VICE CHAIR MCGOWAN CHAIRMAN PASSING IT YES. COMMITTEE VICE-CHAIR GLOVER NO AND CHAIRMAN HOWARD YES. THE MOTION PASSES AGAIN. THIS WILL GO TO THE FULL COUNCIL. IT WILL GO TO VOTE COUNCIL AND JUST SO COUNCIL IS AWARE THAT WE ARE WORKING TO PROVIDE A LITTLE MORE TO OUR PLANNING COMMISSION.

THEY ARE IN DESPERATE NEED OF INSIGHT AND TRAINING FOR THEIR ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITY SO WE ARE WORKING ON GETTING THAT IN PLACE. THANK YOU.

ALSO JUST SO PEOPLE KNOW WE WILL OFFER SOME KIND OF WORKSHOP FOR ALL OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS PLANNING AND ZONING. UM SO IN THE NEAR FUTURE OKAY NUMBER 32 IS THREE WAYS THAT YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION THAT DO WHAT WOULD A COMMISSION TO DO I THINK THE POINT I THINK THE PLANNING COMMISSION SO IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS CHARGED IMPLEMENTING AND CARRYING OUT THE PLANS THAT ARE GIVEN TO THEM BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL AND BEING THAT VOLUNTARY BODY TO YOU ALL.

SO THEIR JOB IS TO LOOK AT THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, TRANSPORTATION PLANS AND CONSIDER ALL OF THOSE LONG TERM PLANS AND THEIR DECISION MAKING PROCESS. IT APPEARS TO ME THAT OUR PLANNING COMMISSION GETS BOGGED DOWN INTO ONE TOO MUCH PUBLIC INPUT FROM PEOPLE THAT DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE PLANNING PROCESS AND ARE JUST STATING THEIR OPINION ABOUT WHAT THEY THINK SHOULD OCCUR AND TO THEIR INTERJECTING OWN PERSONAL BELIEFS TOO MUCH INTO THE PLANNING PROCESS ABOUT THINGS.

SO YEAH TRAFFIC IS BAD ON 172 DAY BUT WE HAVE PLANS IN PLACE TO THAT THAT YOU ARE BEING SHARED THE PLANNING COMMISSION NEEDS TO CONSIDER OF THAT AND SAY HEY YOU KNOW WHAT IS THIS LIKE TEN, 15, 20 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD IN THIS AREA I'M ACCORDINGLY NOT MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE PRESENT SITUATION. THANK YOU SIR.

I WOULD ASK THAT WHEN WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR TRAINING FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION I SURE LIKE TO BE THERE MYSELF TO GET TRAINED AS WELL. YEAH, WE WILL BE SIR WE'RE GOING TO BRING IN THE WE'RE GOING TO BRING IN A MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATION THE COUNTY'S LEGAL TEAM, A GUY BY THE NAME OF JOHN DELOACH. YOU ALL HAVE PROBABLY RECEIVED SOME OF YOUR PRIOR RECEIVED TRAINING FOR ME IS AN EXCELLENT PERSON AND HE UNDERSTANDS PLANNING AND ZONING RULES AND REGULATIONS TOM AND I WILL BE WORKING WITH HIM TO BRING THAT IN BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE COORDINATE THAT WITH THE CLERK'S OFFICE SO THAT COUNSEL

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OH, ABSOLUTELY. YEAH, THAT'S WE'RE NOT DOING IT.

WE'RE OFFERING TO BRING IT IN. THAT'S WHY WE'RE BRINGING IN OUTSIDE.

[13. RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS AND PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY IDENTIFIED AS TAX MAP SERIAL NUMBER R300 015 000 076B 0000 AND ALSO KNOWN AS BLOCKER FIELD EXTENSION]

OKAY. NUMBER 13 WE'RE ALMOST DONE. RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS AND PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY. IDENTIFY AS THE BLOCKER FIELD EXTENSION. YES MA'AM AND BACK THIS TIME AND WITH A PROJECT THAT HAS MADE IT THROUGH THE DUE DILIGENCE PROCESS THIS IS THE BLOCKER FIELD EXTENSION PROPOSED A FEE PURCHASED BY COUNTY YEAH DIFFERENT. YES THANK YOU.

IT IS A LONG SEA ISLAND PARKWAY RIGHT ACROSS RIGHT NEARBY WHAT WE CALL BLOCKER FIELD AND THE ENTRANCE TO SAINT HELENA AND THE CURRENT ZONING IS TO RURAL WITH THE CPO AND THE TOTAL PRICE FOR THIS PROPERTY IS $80,000. IT'S APPROXIMATELY 1.15 ACRES.

A SURVEY HAS BEEN COMPLETED IN A PHASE ONE HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND RETURNED TO NO ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS. THIS PROPERTY IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE IS AS BEST SEEN AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IT ADDS TO A COUPLE OF OTHER SHALLOW PROPERTIES THAT OFFER IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO THE WATER AND THE MARSHES BEYOND CHOWAN RIGHT IS THE ENTRANCE TO SAINT HELENA REINFORCING RURAL AND USE POLICIES AS YOU TRAVEL ESSENTIALLY ACROSS AN URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY WHICH OF COURSE IS A POLICY LINE. BUT AS A VISUAL REMINDER, TRAVELING FROM A SUBURBAN TO A RURAL COMMUNITY AND IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE AND OH THIS IS THE SURVEY OF THE PROPERTY I FORGOT I ADDED THAT IN THERE BUT YOU CAN SEE IT'S A SHALLOW LOT AND ON THE NEXT SLIDE HOW SEVERAL SHALLOW LOTS ALONG SEA ISLAND PARKWAY HAVE ADDED TO THE VISUAL ESTHETIC THAT YOU SEE AND FEEL WHEN YOU DRIVE ON TO SAINT HELENA.

THE LANDOWNER APPLIED TO THE RURAL AND CRITICAL PROGRAM LAST YEAR AND AGAIN THE BOARD HAS RECOMMENDED A PURCHASE OF THIS PROPERTY AND BECAUSE OF THE SCENIC NATURE AS WELL AS THE COOPERATIVE RELATION BETWEEN THE URBAN LAND TRUST AND COUNTY IN THIS AREA AND THE URBAN LAND TRUST OWNS AND MAINTAINS NEARBY BLOCKER FIELD AND WILL PROVIDE A MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT THAT IS AGREEABLE TO YOUR LEGAL TEAM AND ADMINISTRATION PRIOR TO CLOSING SUCH THAT THE URBAN LAND TRUST CAN CONTINUE AS A MAINTENANCE PARTNER SHOULD YOU APPROVE TO PURCHASE THIS PROPERTY AND THE PROPERTY WOULD BE MAINTAINED IN KEEPING WITH THE WAY THE URBAN LAND TRUST MAINTAINS BLOCKER FIELD OR IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER REQUESTS BUT THAT'S ANOTHER RECOMMENDATION SOME OF THE SECOND I'LL SECOND SECOND BY MOST IVANEK WITHOUT OBJECTION OR DISCUSSION ANY DISCUSSION. NO I JUST WANT TO ECHO WOULD YOU SAID ABOUT THIS PROPERTY WHEN LOOK AT THE BLOCK OF FIELD WAS THE ORIGINAL PLAN FROM CONSERVATION BOUGHT BY THIS COUNTY THAT STARTED THE WHOLE ENTIRE PROGRAM AND IT HAS A NICE VISTA ON THE LEFT SIDE GOING ON SEE OLD AND IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT CLOSING A DONUT HOLE THIS IS LIKE CLOSING ANOTHER DONUT HOLE TO THAT GOING ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE BECAUSE BEYOND THAT IS ALSO PROPERTY THAT THE REALLY CRITICAL HAVE HAS IN THEIR POSSESSION AND SO THERE'S ONLY A FEW OTHER LITTLE POCKETS THERE THAT EVENTUALLY I HOPE WE CAN ACTUALLY ACQUIRE AS WELL SO THANK YOU YOU WITHOUT OBJECTION WE WIL

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