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

NO. YEAH NOW OKAY SO AS PUBLIC NOTIFICATION OF THIS MEETING

[4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA]

BEEN PUBLISHED POSTED AND DISTRIBUTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SOUTH CAROLINA OF INFORMATION ACT. THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION OF APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA SO MOVE. MADAM CHAIR, I HAVE A MOTION BY

[5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES- February 13, 2023]

VICE CHAIRMAN GLOVER DO WE HAVE A SECOND THAT ALL RIGHT. A SECOND BY MS. BROWN I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM FEBRUARY 13TH MOVE. OKAY.

COUNCILMAN DAWSON, DO WE HAVE A SECOND SECOND AND A SECOND BACK.

COUNCILMAN LAWSON OKAY. WE HAVE A HUGE CROWD TODAY THAT'S.

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

GREAT. THIS IS DEMOCRACY. I WOULD LIKE TO READ FIRST BEFORE WE GO INTO CITIZEN COMMENTS EVERY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO IS RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK SHALL LIMIT THEIR COMMENTS 3 MINUTES AND OBSERVE THE FOLLOWING PROTOCOL ADDRESS THE CHAIRMAN AND IN SPEAKING AVOID DISRESPECT TO IN ANY PERSONALITIES CONFINE THEMSELVES TO QUESTIONS UNDER JURISDICTION OF THE COUNCIL. BE MINDFUL AND RESPECTFUL OF THOSE WHO ARE PRESENT AND OTHERS WHO MAY BE WATCHING ON TELEVISION.

AND I THINK WE HAVE AN OVERFLOW CROWD IN THE OTHER TOO AT THIS TIME DURING THE SIGNUP WE HAD A TOTAL OF SEVEN PEOPLE PLUS OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE MICHAEL RIVERS WHO IS HERE.

WE ARE GOING TO HEAR FIVE OF THOSE PEOPLE AS WE NORMALLY DO IN ANY OF OUR PUBLIC MEETINGS. THEY WILL BE LIMITED TO 3 MINUTES.

WE ARE GOING TO OUT OF RESPECT FOR AN ELECTED OFFICIAL LET REPRESENTATIVE RIVERS BE THE FIRST PERSON AND HE IS ACTUALLY NUMBER HE WILL BE PART OF SIX WE HAVE FIVE CITIZENS BUT HE WILL BE FIRST AND HE WILL SPEAK FOR 3 MINUTES AT THIS TIME I LIKE TO CALL REPRESENTATIVE RIVERS FOR IF YOU'LL STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS AND WHICH AGENDA ITEM YOU CAME TO SPEAK.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIRMAN. MICHAEL RIVERS 734 SEASIDE ROAD SAINT HELENA ISLAND.

YES. WELL, I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON THE ISSUE THAT MOST PEOPLE HEAR ABOUT. MOST IMPORTANTLY FOR MY LOVE PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE.

BUT IT'S THREE SPECIFIC ISSUES IN REFERENCE THIS THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT ON LAST WEEK GOVERNOR SPOKE WITH GOVERNOR MACMASTER ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND HE THINKS ALSO THAT IT'S INCOMPATIBLE. FIRST OF ALL WITH THE LAND USE AND ENVIRONMENT, THE CULTURAL CENTER ON THE ISLAND ALSO FOR ME IT'S A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE CURRENTLY THE INFRASTRUCTURE CAN BARELY HANDLE THE TRAFFIC AND EVERYTHING WE HAVE NOW AND I THINK THAT WILL ONLY EXACERBATE THINGS. LASTLY I THINK IT'S IS KIND OF KIND OF DISRESPECTFUL.

I THINK FOR ME IT'S IT'S IT'S THE ANALOGY OR I SEE IT LIKE THIS YOU YOU INVITE SOME PEOPLE TO YOUR HOUSE AND THEY LIKE THE ENVIRONMENT THAT THEY ARE LIVING IN THAT THEY WERE INTRODUCED TO BUT NOW THEY WANT TO REARRANGE THE FURNITURE IN YOUR HOUSE AND BECAUSE YOU SAY YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU KNOW YOU'RE LOSING YOUR MIND.

AND WHAT WE ARE SAYING IS THAT 2040 THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN BUT RIGHT NOW THIS IS NOT 2040 AND THE GOLF COURSE AND THE THINGS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED IT DOES NOT FIT IN WITH THE CHARACTER OF IT'S YOU KNOW AN ISLAND AND DON'T INSULT US WHILE WE ARE LIVING BECAUSE WE KNOW WHEN THE FURNITURE IS BEING MOVED THANKS. THANK YOU, REPRESENTATIVE RIVERS. I'M I'M GOING TO CALL THE NAMES OF THE PEOPLE IN THE ORDER OF WHICH THEY WILL COME FORWARD. WE HAVE MR. KENNETH DOE, JACKIE FRAZIER, SARAH REYNOLDS GREEN, PASTOR CHISHOLM AND CARRIE MAJOR ARE THE KNICKS ARE THE FIVE PEOPLE WHO SIGNED UP FIRST SO THIS TIME REVEREND DOE LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND THE CHAIRMAN AND EVERYBODY ASSEMBLED. I WANT TO BE REALLY BRIEF TRYING TO SAY A LOT WE JUST ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG AND THE PLEDGE ENDED WITH LIBERTY AND

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JUSTICE FOR ALL WE'RE SIMPLY LOOKING FOR LIBERTY AND FOR ALL AND WE ASK THAT YOU YOUR CONSCIENCE LEAD YOU IN THAT DIRECTION. I'VE OFTEN HEARD PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THE LETTER OF THE LAW AND THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW. I BELIEVE THAT THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW PRECEDES THE LETTER OF THE LAW AND AS THE FOUNDATION ON WHICH THE LETTER IS WRITTEN WHEN THE IS CONTRARY TO THE SPIRIT THEN THE LETTER NEEDS TO BE TWEAKED NOT THE SPIRIT. SO WE NEED TO PROTECT WE NEED TO GIVE THE PROTECTION WE'VE PROMISED TO TO THIS CULTURAL PROTECTION OVERLAY. DISTRICT THERE'S A POINT BY EDGAR GUEST I INVITE AND ENCOURAGE YOU TO CHECK OUT IS ENTITLED MYSELF AND IT BEGINS I HAVE TO LIVE WITH MYSELF AND SO I WANT TO BE FIT FOR MYSELF TO KNOW I WANT TO BE ABLE AS DAYS GO BY ALWAYS TO LOOK MYSELF STRAIGHT IN THE EYE. I DON'T WANT TO STAND WITH THE SETTING SUN AND HATE MYSELF FOR THE THINGS I'VE DONE. IF ANYBODY DOES THE WRONG NOW WE'VE GOT A LONG TIME TO HATE YOURSELF DO THE RIGHT THING FOR IN IRELAND AND THAT WILL BE THE RIGHT THING FOR COUNTY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR.

HE THANKED NEXT. JACKIE FRAZIER COME FORWARD. JACKIE FRAZIER OKAY.

SARAH REYNOLDS GREEN COME FORWARD IF YOU'LL JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.

MY NAME IS SARAH. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS SARAH REYNOLDS GREEN. I ON 12 GEORGES SAINT HELENA ISLAND.

I'M HERE AND I GIVE THANKS TO YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE AND WE ARE A FAMILY FARM ON MARY JENKINS PLANTATION FARM SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITY AND MANY WAYS WE PROVIDE TO YOU PROGRAMS HOME COOKED MEALS FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND WE ALSO MENTOR OUR YOUTH AND ADULTS IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND HOW BE GOOD STEWARDS OF OUR ENVIRONMENT.

GROWING UP IN THE BLACK I LEARNED EARLY THAT WE HAD A TRADITION ABOUT WE HELP ONE ANOTHER, WE HELP. IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE AND I HAD LITTLE YOU GAVE ME OR HELPED ME TO COME TO DO WHATEVER IT NEEDS I NEEDED TO DO ORDER TO DO WHATEVER WE NEEDED TO DO TO GET THINGS DONE. WE LIVE IN HARMONY WITH NATURE BECAUSE IT SUSTAINS US AND OUR WAY OF LIFE IN THIS PRESENT ERA. WE ARE MOVING MORE INTO THE MEAT CULTURE AND LESS OF THE WHEAT CULTURE WITHIN AFFLUENT HOMEOWNERS AS IN AFFLUENT HOMEOWNER AND HOMEOWNERS MOVE HERE. IT IS NOT LONG BEFORE WE SEE AN INCREASE IN THE COST LIVING PROPERTY TAXES, GOODS AND SERVICES MEDIUM, INCOME AND THE QUALITY OF LIVING FOR THE POOREST MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY WHITES, BLACKS, HISPANICS, HISPANIC WHOEVER SUFFERS THE MOST. LISTEN TO THESE DATA POINTS AT SAINT HELENA ON SAINT HELENA AND BEAUFORT COUNTY THE AVERAGE COST OF LIVING THE AVERAGE COST OF A SINGLE FAMILY HOME 20 IN 2022 WAS $414,000. SAINT ALLEN HAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST RATES OF POVERTY. THE ANNUAL HOUSEHOLD IN COUNTY IS $80,000 AND THE MEDIAN INCOME IS 63,000. REMEMBER THE MEDIUM INCOME IS THE BENCHMARK TO DETERMINE INCOME ELIGIBLE ELIGIBILITY FOR ESSENTIAL SERVICES LIKE HOUSING.

PRESENTLY IS THE COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY HAS 4000 FAMILIES WAITING FOR HOUSING.

THESE INCOMES DOES NOT REFLECT THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN OUR GULLAH COMMUNITY.

JUST IMAGINE THE IMPACT OF ADDING 100 LUXURY HOMES AND 72 DOCKS AND PINE ISLAND.

HOW THIS EASE THE ALREADY BURDENED COUNCIL OF CULTURAL RIVERS LEAD AND CREEKS, OCEANS, MARSHES, SOIL AND AIR QUALITY AND CLOSING. I WANT OUR LEADERS TO DO THE RIGHT THING TO LOOK AT TAKE A SEAT, TAKE A STEP BACK AND LOOK AT WHAT THE DEVELOPMENT IN THIS COMMUNITY IS CAUSING OUR COASTAL TO FALL APART AND DESTROY.

AND WE WOULD LIKE OUR OWN THE OWNER TO COME TOGETHER AND WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY AND FEDERAL STATE ORGANIZATIONS AND COME TO AN AGREEMENT, NEGOTIATE A WAY WHERE ALL OF US CAN ENJOY PINE ISLAND AND SIT. THANK YOU, MS.. GREENE.

PASTOR HENRY CHISHOLM, PLEASE COME FORWARD. MADAM CHAIRMAN, MY NAME IS HENRY CHISHOLM JUNIOR PASTOR ST HELENA. YOU HOLD THE CHURCH OF JESUS

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CRISIS IN HELENA ISLAND AND I LIVE OVER THERE ON EDDINGS POINT LOCUST LANE 20 LOCUST LANE. I WAS A COMMERCIAL SHRIMPER FOR AROUND YEARS IN BUSINESS AND ALSO I WORKED AS A SHRIMP ON THE ON THE SHRIMP BOAT FOR NINE YEARS.

I HAD A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WITH THE OCEAN ALMOST 50 YEARS OF IT AND WHAT I SEE HAPPENING TODAY AND WHAT I HAVE SEEN IN OUR ESTUARY FROM THE RUNOFF FROM GOLF COURSES DIFFERENT THINGS IS DESTROYED. THE OYSTER SHELL BANKS, THE SHRIMP, THE CRABS, THE CLOWN.

SO THAT'S OF THE REASON WHY I'M HERE. I'M ONE OF THOSE BENEIL THAT'S WHY I AM BORN AND RAISED RIGHT HERE ON SAINT HELENA AND I SAW A LOT OF THINGS HAPPEN BUT I SAW A LOT OF CHANGES ALSO AND THE CHANGES THAT I SEEN WAS NOT GOOD.

IT WAS NOT FOR OUR ESTUARIES. NOW I HAVE SEEN THE CLAM. IT JUST DISAPPEARED.

I SEEN THE OYSTERS SHELLS THAT WERE NOT PRODUCE ITSELF ALL BECAUSE THE RUNOFF ON DIFFERENT THINGS FROM DIFFERENT THINGS AND AND IF YOU WANTED TO TAKE SOME EXAMPLE RIDE DOWN IT'LL ERODE TO AND LOOK OVER THERE ON THAT ISLAND YOU SEE ALL THE TREES THAT YOU'LL SEE THE MOSS DON'T COME BACK IT TELLS THAT SOMETHING IS HAPPENING ON THE LAND THAT, CAUSES THE WATER TO RUN DOWN AND THE TREES AND THE ROOT OF THE MARSH. THIS WHAT A GOLF COURSE WILL DO IT WILL DESTROY IT. I WILL SHRIMP I WILL CLAMS AUGUSTA'S AND BLUE CRABS I KNOW I GOT 30 MINUTES. WELL LET ME SAY THIS THAT I USED TO MAKE TRIPS OVER THERE TO CHARLESTON IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND AND I A DIFFERENT ONE THAT DOES THE STUDY AND SO THEY WERE SAYING SOME 20 YEARS AGO IT SAID BY PUTTING THESE BAITS AND STUFF IN THE RIVER IT WILL NOT DESTROY ANYTHING WELL IT IT PLEADED THE CATFISH ALL BECAUSE THE FEED OFF THE BOTTOM AND I KNOW MY TIME IS UP ON VERY PERSON TIMELY PLEASE I SAID THIS TODAY THAT SOMEBODY GET SOMEONE AND THANK YOU CAN'T CARRY MAJOR CARRY MAJOR THANK YOU BECAUSE YOU CUT OFF AT SEVEN PERSONS AND I WILL A LOT IN MY TIME TO MAY AND WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT NO. OKAY WELL WELL THEN I WILL SPEAK.

I'M CARRIE MAJOR. I'M A NATIVE OF SAINT HELENA ISLAND.

I'VE BEEN THERE FOR 62 YEARS EIGHT YEARS I'VE SPENT IN THE CITY OF BEAUFORT.

I'M 70 YEARS OLD AND I WAS A PART OF THE INITIAL PLANNING WITH MR. JOEL AND OTHERS.

AND THE REASON THAT WE DID THAT BECAUSE WE SAW WHAT DEVELOPMENT DID TO HILTON HEAD AND WE DO NOT WANT THAT ON SAINT HELENA ISLAND WE WANT SAINT HELENA TO STAY COOL.

WE TO SAVE OUR ECOSYSTEM. WE WANT TO SAVE OUR SHRIMP, OUR CRABS AND ALL THOSE THINGS AND NO MORE GATED COMMUNITIES, NO GOLF COURSES. THE TRAFFIC IS HEAVY NOW AND SO CAN YOU IMAGINE ONCE YOU BUILD UP WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN? MY FATHER ON WHAT THEY CALL TIME FOR IT PLANTATION RIGHT DOWN DAUGHTER THAT DAUGHTER OWNED ALAMO ROAD IT USED TO BE TORN ROAD WAS CHANGED TO THE LAMAR ROAD AND SO PINEAPPLE IS THERE MY GRANDFATHER WORKED ON PINEAPPLES WELL I KNOW THE AREA AND. I KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IF WE ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN TO SAINT HELENA ISLAND. NOT ONLY WILL THEY START THE BUILDING ON PINE ISLAND THEY WILL MOVE IN OTHER AREAS LIKE LAND'S END IT WILL DESTROY ISLAND. SO AS WE STAND YOU'LL SEE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT CAME TODAY WE ARE AGAINST IT AND. WE PRAY THAT ALL OF YOU HERE WILL MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION TO NOT GIVE THE DEVELOPERS PERMISSION TO DESTROY OUR ISLAND.

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YOU YOU YOU ME HERE? YES. BECAUSE ONE SPEAKER DIDN'T SPEAK.

DID YOU ALLOW WELL WE HAVE PERSON ON THE LIST. THE NEXT PERSON ON THE LIST WOULD BE EMMANUEL AUSTEN. IS THAT PERSON HERE? YES.

SO I'M NOT HERE AND THEN THE LAST PERSON WAS JEREMIAH MOORE. IF I'M SAYING THAT CORRECTLY AND MORE AND THAT'S THE LAST ONE ON THE LIST. THANK YOU YES IS TO MOORE HITOMI IT'S FINE THIS TIME THANKING GOOD EVENING I AM DEMI MOORE I RESIDE ON SAINT HELENA ISLAND WHERE MY ZIP CODE IS 29920 I'M A RECENT GRADUATE COASTAL CAROLINA UNIVERSITY AND AN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT GRADUATE STUDENT. IN ADDITION TO THAT I WORK WITH MARSH VIEW COMMUNITY FARMING COOPERATIVE AND I AM IN SAINT HELENA.

SAINT HELENA NATIVE AS WELL MY GRAND UNCLE JOSEPH CABIN LEGREE WAS THE LONGEST LIVING CABINETMAKER HE HIS LIVING BY FISHING, CRABBING AND PICKING OYSTERS IN THE SAME CREEKS OF PINE ISLAND. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE RIGHTS TO DO THE SAME ALONG WITH MY PEERS AFTER GOING TO COLLEGE AND EXPLORING OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD I'VE REALIZED THERE IS NO OTHER PLACE LIKE SAINT HELENA ISLAND. THE ENVIRONMENT, THE CULTURE AND THE PEOPLE ARE UNIQUE AND SHOULD BE HIGHLY VALUED. EACH OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF SAINT HELENA ISLAND ARE MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE TO EACH OTHER AT THE ENVIRONMENT AND AGRICULTURE WHAT TO CHANGE SO WOULD THE CULTURE AND IF THE CULTURE SHIFTS THEN THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE WOULD CHANGE AS WELL THIS IS ONE OF THE MANY REASONS WHY I AM AGAINST THE PINE ISLAND DEVELOPMENT AND THE SAINT HELENA ISLAND. THE HELENA ISLAND BILL DEVELOPMENT I CONSIDER MYSELF TO BE A PART OF THE YOUTH COMMUNITY THAT BE FILLING THE SHOES OF THOSE THAT CAME BEFORE US VERY, VERY SOON MANY OF US IN THAT COMMUNITY ARE WORKING TO BUILD A FOUNDATION THE LIFE AHEAD OF US. MANY OF US ARE RECEIVING AN EDUCATION LEARNING A TRADE, RUNNING OUR OWN BUSINESSES, PURCHASING LAND AND EVEN BUYING HOUSES IN HOPES OF SECURING OUR FUTURE. THE PINE ISLAND DEVELOPMENT WOULD NOT CONTRIBUTE TO OUR DEVELOPMENT A COMMUNITY IT COULD POTENTIALLY DRIVE US AWAY FROM SAINT HELENA IT WOULD ALSO WE WOULD ALSO LOOK TO OTHER AREAS FULFILLMENT OF OUR LONGING FOR A SECURE FUTURE FOR US IN OUR FAMILY SOMEDAY THE DEVELOPMENT WOULD CREATE WOULD CREATE MORE JOBS, PROVIDE MORE HOUSING AVAILABLE TO OUR RESIDENTS OR ALLOW OUR ECOSYSTEM TO THRIVE OR BE BETTER THAN IT IS NOW. THIS COULD DRIVE THE FUTURE LEADERS AND RESIDENTS OF SAINT HELENA AWAY AND DISINTEGRATE EVERYTHING THAT OUR ANCESTORS WORKED SO HARD TO BUILD AND MAINTAIN. PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT THE DEVELOPMENT OF PINE ISLAND AND SAINT HELENA VILLE WOULD NOT ONLY GO AGAINST THE CULTURAL PROTECTION OVERLAY BUT ALSO NEGATIVELY IMPACT SAINT HELENA ISLAND'S ENVIRONMENT, CULTURE AND ITS PEOPLE. THANK YOU. THANK MY CHAIR AT THIS TIME

[7. RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE FOR TEXT AMENDMENTS TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODE ("CDC"): ARTICLE 3, DIVISION 3.1, SECTION 3.1.70 LAND USE DEFINITIONS, DIVISION 3.4, SECTIONS 3.4.10- OVERLAY ZONES PURPOSE AND 3.4.50- CULTURAL PROTECTION OVERLAY (CPO) ZONE STANDARDS TO UPDATE LAND USE DEFINITIONS, RECREATION FACILITY: GOLF COURSE; TO UPDATE DEFINITIONS, REGULATIONS, AND STANDARDS IN THE CULTURAL PROTECTION OVERLAY ZONE]

SUZANNE COMMENT PERIOD IS CLOSED WE WILL MOVE ON WITH THE AGENDA NUMBER SEVEN AND THAT WILL BE MR. MERCHANT. MR. GREENWAY RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE FOR TEXOMA TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODE ARTICLE THREE DIVISION 3.1 SECTION 3.1.70 LAND USE DEFINITIONS DIVISIONS THREE FOR SECTIONS AND OVERLAY PURPOSE AND CULTURAL PROTECTION OVERLAY ZONE STANDARDS TO UPDATE LAND USE DEFINITIONS RECREATION FACILITY GOLF COURSE TO DEFINITIONS AND STANDARDS IN THE CULTURAL PROTECTION OVERLAY ZONE.

OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. YES, ABSOLUTELY.

IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU, I LIKE TO OFFER THE MOTIONS SO THEY CAN IF I CAN GET A SECOND THEN THEY CAN MAKE THEIR PRESENTATION. OKAY.

WE HAVE A MOTION SO MOMENTUM TO A SECOND. A SECOND, THE SECOND.

ALL RIGHT. NOW WE'RE OPEN FOR DISCUSSION AND PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU. AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE COMMITTEE THE CPO COMMITTEE THEY MET FOUR TIMES. THEY DID A LOT OF WITH OUR STAFF AND OTHER PEOPLE AND JUST PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO THANK THEM FOR ALL THE WORK THEY DID .

OKAY. GO AHEAD. ALL RIGHT.

WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON. SO WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE US IS AN REVISIONS TO THE CULTURAL PROTECTION OVERLAY DISTRICT AND IS THE FIRST SENTENCE IN THE PURPOSE STATEMENT IT'S DESIGNED TO ESTABLISH OR IS ESTABLISHED TO PRESERVE THE RURAL CHARACTER AND PROTECT THE CULTURAL NATURAL HISTORIC RESOURCES ON SAINT HELENA ISLAND ORDINANCE WAS ORIGINALLY ADOPTED BY COUNTY COUNCIL IN 1999 AND THAT CAME OUT OF A COMMUNITY BASED PLANNING EFFORT THAT OCCURRED

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BEFORE THAT AND IT WAS BROUGHT FORWARD AND ADOPTED WHEN THE COUNTY ADOPTED ITS EARNING AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS ORDINANCE AND THEN IN 2014 WHEN THE COUNTY ADOPTED ITS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODE THAT SAME DISTRICT WAS CARRIED OVER IN THE NEW ORDINANCE IT AN OVERLAY ZONE AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THAT TERMINAL OLOGY BUT THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA ALLOWS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO OPT TO HAVE OVERLAY ZONES AND IT DEFINES HOW THIS TO IMPOSE A SET OF REQUIREMENTS OR RELAX THE SET OF REQUIREMENTS IMPOSED BY THE UNDERLYING ZONING DISTRICT WHEN THERE IS SPECIAL PUBLIC INTEREST IN A PARTICULAR GEOGRAPHIC AREA THAT DOES NOT COINCIDE WITH THE UNDERLYING ZONE.

SO THAT'S OF THAT'S FROM THE STATE ENABLING LEGISLATION BUT WHAT IT IS IS YOU HAVE ON SAINT HELENA ISLAND FOR EXAMPLE, MOST OF THE ZONING ON THE ISLAND IS TO RURAL WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SOME AREAS SUCH AS THE CORNERS COMMUNITY WHERE THERE ARE MORE INTENSE ZONING DISTRICTS THAT ZONING IN ITSELF GOVERNS THE USES THAT ARE ALLOWED ON SAINT HELENA ISLAND IT'S PRIMARILY A LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT WITH AGRICULTURAL USES AND SOME COMMERCIAL WHAT AN OVERLAY DISTRICT DOES IT'S ALMOST LIKE A COVERING IT AND THAT IN THIS CASE SETS THREE ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS SPECIFICALLY PROHIBITING GOLF COURSES, RESORTS AND GATED COMMUNITIES. SO THAT'S IN EFFECT WHAT THE CULTURAL PROTECTION OVERLAY DISTRICT AT THE JANUARY 9TH LAND USE COMMITTEE OR PUBLIC FACILITY PUBLIC SERVICES AND LAND USE COMMITTEE THE COMMITTEE MOTION TO REFER THE MATTER TO THE CULTURAL PROTECTION OVERLAY DISTRICT COMMITTEE TO STUDY THE EXISTING ORDINANCE WITH THE COUNTY'S LEGAL DEPARTMENT WITH OTHER OUTSIDE ENTITIES OF THE COMMITTEE CHOOSING TO SUGGEST REVISIONS THAT COULD BE TO REINFORCE THE OVERLAYS PURPOSE AND TO IMPROVE THE PROTECTION OF PROVIDES A SAINT HELENA ISLAND THAT'S A QUOTE OF THE MOTION MADE AT THE JANUARY MEETING AND. THE DEADLINE WAS SET FOR TODAY FOR FOR APRIL 10TH SO SINCE THAT MOTION WAS MADE AND I WILL MENTION THAT THE CULTURAL PROTECTION OVERLAY DISTRICT COMMITTEE WAS THE COMMITTEE THAT WAS CALLED FOR IN CONFERENCE A PLAN APPOINTED BY COUNTY COUNCIL BACK IN NOVEMBER OF 2022. SO THEY HAD BEEN JUST NEWLY APPOINTED SINCE THAT MOTION WAS MADE. THEY MET FOUR TIMES JANUARY 17TH, JANUARY 31ST, FEBRUARY 21ST AND THEN MARCH 21ST BASICALLY USING THAT TO KIND OF GO OVER AN OVERVIEW OF LAND USE POLICIES ON SITE ON ISLANDS, WORK WITH MEMBERS WITH COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO KIND OF YOU KNOW, GOING AROUND THE TABLE TRYING TO TO IDENTIFY WHAT IT IS ABOUT THE ISLAND THAT THEY ARE WANTING TO PROTECT.

IT IS THAT THEY SEE AS THREATS TO THE COMMUNITY AND USING THAT AS KIND OF A BASIS TO BEGIN TO GUIDE THE DISCUSSION WHEN THE THE WORK STARTED TO TAKE SOME FORM WE LOOKED AT OTHER DOCUMENTS OUT THERE. ONE WAS THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE THE CULTURAL PROTECTION OVERLAY DISTRICT FROM 99 WHICH HAD A MUCH MORE DETAILED PURPOSE STATEMENT.

WE LOOKED AT THE COMP THE COUNTIES PLAN. WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE THE WORK THAT WAS DONE BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN PREPARATION FOR THE NATIONAL CORRIDOR.

SO ALL OF THAT WAS INFORMATION THAT THE COMMITTEE AT IN DETERMINING AND THE PRIMARY GOAL WAS TO MAKE THAT CONNECTION IN A PURPOSE STATEMENT BETWEEN WHAT IT IS THAT THIS OVERLAY DISTRICT DOES AND WHAT TRYING TO PROTECT AND WHAT THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THOSE TWO ARE THAT ARE REFERRED TO AS RATIONAL NEXUS. AND I WANTED TO REALLY COMMEND THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEE AND THE CHAIR QUEEN QUOTE IT WAS IT WAS A LOT OF WORK IN PUTTING THAT TOGETHER AND IT MEETING THE DEADLINE AND THEY DID A REALLY GOOD JOB AND KEEPING THE CONVERSATION MOVING AND WORKING TOWARD THE SCHOOLS SO. THAT'S THE DOCUMENTS YOU HAVE IS WHAT HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE COMMITTEE AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE MAIN EFFORTS OR THE MAIN CHANGES THAT YOU SEE OR THE PURPOSE THE PURPOSE STATEMENT HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY REVISED AND ADDED TO BRINGING IN THE WORK THAT I MENTIONED AND MAKING THAT CONNECTION IN ADDITION THIS REVISED LANGUAGE LOOKS SOME OF THE DEFINITIONS TIGHTENING UP THE LANGUAGE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DEFINITION MET WHAT WITH THE COMMITTEE BELIEVED TO

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BE THE INTENT OF WHAT THEY WERE TRYING TO PROTECT. DO YOU WANT ANY OF THAT BROUGHT UP ON THE SCREEN OR? WELL IT'S IN OUR PACKET. YEAH.

I WAS GOING TO KIND OF LEAVE THAT TO TO QUESTION AND ANSWER IF PEOPLE WANTED TO GET INTO TO TO THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL I GUESS I WILL THAT'S KIND OF AN OVERVIEW OF THE WORK THAT THE COMMITTEE DID AND I WILL SAY THAT THESE CHANGES NOT REALLY THEY DON'T CONSTITUTE SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES THE CULTURAL PROTECTION OVERLAY DISTRICT THEY MERELY ADDRESS THE PURPOSE STATEMENT AND THEN REWORKING SOME OF THE DEFINITION ONES TO TO MEET THE INTENT OF WHAT WAS TO BE PROTECTED. SO WITH THAT I YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY LIKE TO ENTERTAIN THE QUESTIONS, OKAY. QUESTIONS FROM A COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL MEMBER JUST COUNCILMAN GOING HERE. UM, I GUESS FIRST QUESTION WOULD BE JUST SO I UNDERSTAND AND EVERYONE ELSE IN COUNTY COUNCIL UNDERSTANDS THE PROCESS THAT THIS HAPPENED NEXT IF THIS FAILS THIS COMMITTEE DOES IT STILL GO TOWARDS THE COUNTY COUNCIL? SO EITHER WAY IT'S STILL GOING TO KIND OF COUNCIL.

SO ANY DEBATE WE HAVE THIS REALLY IS GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN IN 30 MINUTES IN AN HOUR AND A HALF HOUR AT 5:00. I KNOW IT'S ON OUR AGENDA ALREADY.

THAT'S RIGHT. I'M JUST TRYING TO BE TIME SENSITIVE.

I DO HAVE A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS AND QUESTIONS ABOUT IT. BUT IF THIS IS GOING TO GO FORWARD NO MATTER WHAT BUT EVEN IF IT FAILS THEN I MIGHT AS WELL JUST SAVE ARGUMENT FOR COUNTY COUNCIL BECAUSE I WILL JUST BE REPEATING MYSELF. YEAH AND THAT IS WE JUST UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS OF HOW IT'S GOING TO GO. YEAH HOWEVER YOU ALL WANT TO IT AND JUST KEEP IN MIND THAT FOR THE COMMITTEE OR FOR COUNCIL EVEN THOUGH THE ITEM IS NOT LISTED ON YOUR AGENDA AT ANY TIME IF THE COMMITTEE OR COUNCIL FEELS THAT SOMEONE NEEDS TO MAKE A MOTION FOR AN EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE RECEIPT OF LEGAL ADVICE ON THIS OR ANY OTHER MATTER ON YOUR AGENDA YOU MAY MAKE THAT MOTION IF YOU FEEL THERE ARE QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE THAT YOU DO NOT WANT TO HAVE ANSWERED LEGAL QUESTIONS PARTICULARLY HAVE ANSWERED IN OPEN SESSION WHETHER THAT BE DURING THIS COMMITTEE MORE BENEFICIAL THAN THE COUNTY COUNCIL WITH TIME THIS IS STRICTLY UP TO YOU ALL. I WILL MAKE THAT TO GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR LEGAL ADVICE. SECONDLY, THE OKAY DO WE NEED A ROLL CALL VOTE FOR THAT. I NEED TO UNDERSTAND MADAM CHAIRMAN, THE OF LEGAL ADVICE THAT CANNOT BE DISCUSSED IN OPEN SESSION I MEAN I LEGAL ADVICE BUT THE ISSUE THAT WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS IN ALL IN CLOSED SESSION IS ONE THAT CANNOT BE ASCERTAINED HERE.

AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO HAVE THE ADVICE FROM OUR COUNTY ATTORNEYS THAT IS OUR OUR ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE TO HAVE THAT. AND I WOULD SAY TO YOU THAT THE AS WE MOVE FORWARD OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT HAS ALREADY PART OF THIS WHOLE DISCUSSION.

SO I THINK THEY CAN DISCUSS THAT IN THE PUBLIC NOW BUT IS THERE SOMETHING LET ME ASK SPECIFICALLY DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE REPERCUSSIONS WOULD BE IF WE TOOK ACTION A OR B TOWARDS THE COUNTY? BECAUSE I DO NOT AND I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR WHAT THE OPTIONS OF OUTCOMES COULD BE FROM OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT IF WE DECIDED TO PASS THIS OR NOT PASS THIS IF. YOU ARE ASKING THE QUESTION CAN THE COUNTY BE SUED REGARDLESS OR WILL IT TAKE A OR B? I WOULD SAY TO YOU LIKE YOU ALREADY YOU CAN SUE ANYBODY FOR ANYTHING. SO YES THE COUNTY CAN BE SUED WHETHER YOU GO E OR GO BE SO THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S NO THAT'S KNOWLEDGE OF THE QUESTION IT BECOMES WHICH WAY DO WE GO WHETHER WE GO A OR B EITHER WAY WE GO WE'LL BE SUED AND IS JUST LIKE AND I'LL SAY MY MOTION STILL STANDS FOR EXECUTIVE. OKAY WE HAD SECOND SECOND NO WE I HAD A SECOND MISSED HAVING HAD A SECOND AND WOULD YOU MIGHT LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT BEFORE DO NOT I'M JUST I'M JUST HERE TO ANSWERING ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS I THINK I'D PROBABLY SAFE FOR YOU TO DO A DO TO DO A ROLL CALL VOTE REAL WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION BEFORE WE TAKE THE ROLL CALL VOTE I'D LIKE THE DISCUSSION REAL QUICK YES SIR MY QUESTIONS ARE OBVIOUSLY MR. MERCHANT YOU KNOW THIS IS WHAT'S IN OUR PACKET AND. YOU SEEM KIND OF LIKE GENERAL TERMS. I HAVE NOT SEEN USUALLY WE GET THE THE WHATEVER BEING PRESENTED THAT HAS WHAT'S WHAT'S BEEN CHANGED WHAT'S THERE.

WE HAVE IT IN HERE. IT'S IN THERE. YES IT'S ON PAGE 4014.

YEAH THE EXHIBIT STARTS ON 14 STARTS ON 40 I WAS LOOKING AT ONLINE AND IT'S ON EXHIBIT A OKAY. YEAH IT GOES RIGHT THROUGH THE WHOLE THAT IS ALL I NEED AND IF THAT'S THERE OKAY ANY OTHER DISCUSSION WE TAKE THEM TO HIM. I MAKE THE STATEMENT HERE.

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YES SIR. THERE'S NOTHING IS BEING RECOMMENDED THAT CHANGES THE SPIRIT THE OVERLAY DISTRICT. IT MORE OR LESS ENHANCES CLARIFY THE DEFINITION OF ALL OF THE COMMUNITIES IT DOESN'T CHANGE ANYTHING OTHER THAN TO CLARIFY WHAT I THINK IF I UNDERSTAND COUNCILMAN CUNNINGHAM HE ONCE HE WANTS LEGAL ADVICE AS TO IF IT HAPPENS OR B HAPPENS. YES, MA'AM. SUMMARIZING IT.

OKAY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? WE'LL TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE WHETHER TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. DO WE READ THE MEMO MEMBERS OF COUNCIL YES MA'AM. I COUNCIL MEMBER CUNNINGHAM YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER CABINET YES COUNCIL MEMBER BARTHOLOMEW NO I COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER DAWSON NO COUNCIL MEMBER GLOVER NO. COUNCILMEMBER HOWARD NO COUNCIL MEMBER LAWSON. MARK LAWSON YES COUNCIL MEMBER REACHED NO CHAIRMAN TESTAMENT YES AND VICE CHAIRMAN MCCLELLAN YES. SIX FIVE IN FAVOR OF INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION I'D LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT WHEN WE COME OUT WE WILL BE SAID IN PUBLIC RESULTS IF ANY OF LEGAL ADVICE SO WE WILL ADJOURN TO THE EXECUTIVE ACR R WE WE ARE OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION THERE. THERE WAS NOTHING TO REPORT FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION AT THIS TIME WE WILL HAVE MR. GREENWAY WHO'S GOING TO MAKE THE SECOND PART OF THE PRESENTATION REGARDING NUMBER SEVEN AND WE ALREADY HAD A MOTION SO AFTER HIS PRESENTATION WE WILL VOTE. SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH INFORMATION.

THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. THIS IS FOR INFORMATION JUST SO THE RECORD IS CLEAR EVERYONE IN THE ROOM WHO MIGHT BE WATCHING ONLINE OR ON THE COUNTY CHANNEL AND SO THE COUNTY COUNCIL CANNOT THAT THE ISSUE HERE THIS EVENING IS ABOUT AMENDMENTS TO THE CPO AND IT'S ALREADY BEEN CLEARLY STATED THAT THERE ARE NOT SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES TO THE CURRENT LANGUAGE OF THE CULTURAL PRESERVATION OVERLAY ORDINANCE BUT I'VE HEARD OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS WHEN PEOPLE SPEAK ABOUT THE ISSUE HAS REPLACED PINE ISLAND THAT THEY NOT WANT TO SEE DEVELOPMENT ON PINE ISLAND . SO I WANT TO MAKE THE RECORD CLEAR AS TO WHAT TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT CAN OCCUR ON PINE ISLAND CURRENTLY UNDER THE CURRENT ZONING UNDER THE CURRENT ORDINANCE. SO BRANDON CAN YOU PULL UP MY PRESENTATION PLEASE? THANK YOU. THANK YOU BRANDON.

SO THIS IS THE AREA OF PINE ISLAND HERE YOU CAN SEE THE ISLAND AT THE END OF SAINT HELENA MILL ROAD THERE THE PROPERTY DOES COME BACK AND LONG NARROW STRIPS AND I'LL SHOW YOU APPLIED TO THE ENTIRE BEACH PROPERTY ON MY SLIDE BUT AS YOU CAN SEE THE ROAD THAT RUNS PARALLEL TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN THEY ARE WHERE THE PURPLE AND BRIGHT GREEN AND THE STRIPED GREEN AREAS ARE THAT'S THE ISLAND PARKWAY ON YOUR WAY OUT THE HUNTING ISLAND AND FRIPP ISLAND DARTMOOR THE PURPLE AREA THERE IS COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE CORNERS COMMUNITY OR SOME REFERRED TO IT AS FROGMORE BUT IT'S REALLY CORNERS COMMUNITY SO ALL RIGHT SO LET'S GO WITH THIS REALM I THOUGHT ALL RIGHT SO AGAIN THE ZONING OF THE PROPERTY IS TO OUR THAT ALLOWS YOU TO ONE DWELLING UNIT PER THREE ACRES WITH A MINIMUM SIZE OF HALF ACRE PER LOT WHENEVER YOU'RE DEALING WITH WELLS SEPTIC SYSTEMS IT'S REALLY GENERALLY HARD TO GET A SEPTIC SYSTEM A WELL ON A PIECE OF PROPERTY OF ANYTHING LESS THAN THREE QUARTERS OF AN ACRE SO ABOUT 7.70.75 TO AN ACRE IN ORDER TO DO THAT REALLY YOU NEED AS MUCH LAND AS IT TAKES GET BOTH THE WELL AND THE SEPTIC SYSTEM ON THE PROPERTY TO DEVELOPMENT BUT

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GENERALLY ON AVERAGE IT'S ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF AN ACRE WHENEVER YOU'RE DEALING WITH WELLS AND SEPTIC SYSTEMS. THIS IS THE PROPERTY HERE OVERALL LAID OUT OUT THROUGH THERE AS YOU GO BACK TO THE THING THE REASON I HAVE PUT THIS HERE IS BECAUSE I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO SAY WELL THAT'S NOT REALLY THE THAT'S NOT REALLY THE PLANT THAT'S REALLY THE WAY THE PROPERTY LOOKS AND IT'S NOT REALLY THE SIZE OF THE PROPERTY.

SO I'LL PUT IN A BIG RED CIRCLE THERE AND THE RECORDING STARTS TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCREEN SO THAT FOLKS WOULD KNOW THAT THESE ARE THE PLANTS ARE RECORDED IN THE REGISTERED DEEDS OFFICE PROPERTY IS 429 ACRES OF OF WAS SIX ACRES OF WETLANDS TO GIVE YOU A TOTAL ACRES OF ABOUT 435 ACRES OVERALL SO AS YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN SUBDIVIDED INTO THREE SEPARATE PARCELS THERE THAT TOTAL 360 ACRES ON THE MAIN LAND AREA I'M NOT GOING TO SHOW YOU THAT BUT ONE PROPERTY IS REAL NARROW WITH A NECK AND THEN YOU HAVE TWO OTHER PROPERTIES ONE TO THE NORTH AND ONE TO THE SOUTH OF THE PROPERTY THAT'S ABOUT 363 ACRES. AND THEN I'M GOING BACK SHOW YOU THE NEXT THING I'M ZOOM IN ON IS THAT ISLAND OUT TO THE RIGHT THERE OFF OF THE OFF OF THE CAUSEWAY AND THIS IS THE PLOT OF THAT AREA WHICH IS ABOUT 72 ACRES OF PROPERTY. THIS IS SURROUNDED BY WATER AND MARSH ALL THE WAY ALL THE WAY AROUND THE PROPERTY SO UNDER THE CURRENT ZONING WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT IN THE WAY OF DEVELOPMENT SO 429 ACRES DIVIDED BY THREE OR IF YOU PUT IN 435 YOU DIVIDE IT BY THREE YOU'RE EITHER LOOKING AT 143 145 HALF ACRE OR GREATER LOTS FOR. THIS PROPERTY THAT'S 143 SEPTIC SYSTEMS 143 WELLS, ABOUT 1430 VEHICLE TRIPS PER DAY EACH RESIDENTIAL LOT, SINGLE FAMILY LOT ACCORDING TO THE INSTITUTE OF TRAFFIC MANUAL GENERATES ABOUT 9.89 TRIPS PER DAY ON THE ROAD AND THERE ARE HAVE BEEN IT'S BEEN ALLEGED THAT THERE COULD BE ANYWHERE FROM 70 TO 95 PIERS AND DOCKS CONSTRUCTED ON THIS PROPERTY TO MEET DNR FOR A DEVELOPMENT ON THIS PROPERTY NOW THE 72 ACRE ISLAND DEVELOPMENT YOUR LOSE ABOUT 6% OF YOUR PROPERTY FOR ROAD CONSTRUCT AND ARE DEDUCTED 10% FROM THAT TAKES YOU DOWN TO ABOUT 64.8 ACRES OF DEVELOP THE LAND AREA YOU MULTIPLY THAT BY 43 560 SQUARE FEET WHICH IS THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF AN ACRE GIVES YOU 2,822,000 SQUARE FEET OF PROPERTY. YOU'RE LOOK LIKELY LOOKING AT ON AVERAGE ABOUT A THREE QUARTER ACRE LOT SIZE FOR THE WELLS AND SETTLEMENTS SO THAT'S ABOUT 32,000 SQUARE FEET YOU DIVIDE THAT TO 82 TO 2688 BY 32 670 GIVES YOU ABOUT 86 POTENTIAL LOTS ON THAT ISLAND AFTER DEVELOPMENT WE HAVE REPEATEDLY REPEATEDLY AND BEAUFORT COUNTY SPENT TAXPAYER MONEY THROUGH THE RURAL AND CRITICAL LANDS PROGRAM TO PURCHASE PROPERTY AND CONSERVATION EASEMENT. SO USING ALL OF THESE ARGUMENTS TO REDUCE VEHICLE TRIPS, TO REDUCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEPTIC SYSTEMS, TO REDUCE INSTALLATION OF WELLS, TO REDUCE PIERS AND DOCKS ON WATERWAYS AS A REASON TO SPEND MONEY TO PURCHASE THAT PROPERTY . I WANTED TO BE CLEAR THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT IF IS DEVELOPED UNDERNEATH THIS SCENARIO THERE IS NO WAY THAT THE COUNTY CAN INTERVENE AND REQUIRE THE DEVELOPER OF THE PROPERTY TO SELL US HIS LAND FOR CONSERVATION WE CANNOT FORCE THE SALE OF LAND FOR CONSERVATION AND THE REASON I TELL YOU ALL THAT IS BECAUSE I'VE SEEN COMMENTS SAY IN THE COUNTY SHOULD HAVE STOPPED THE SALE OF THIS LAND THE COUNTY SHOULD HAVE PURCHASED THIS LAND. WE HAVE TRIED TO DO THAT.

WE TRIED TO DO IT BEFORE IT WAS SOLD TO THE PRESENT OWNER THE DID NOT WANT TO DEAL WITH THE COUNTY THERE IS NOTHING THE COUNTY CAN DO LEGALLY TO INTERVENE TO MAKE PEOPLE SELL US THEIR PROPERTY. WE CANNOT DO IT IF THEY DON'T WANT TO SELL IT TO US.

THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO HERE AND. THIS WILL BE THE DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL UNDER THE CURRENT ZONING WE'VE GOT TO ANSWER QUESTIONS FOR YOU.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THE RECORDS CLEAR ON THAT. SO NOW EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM, EVERYBODY WATCHING EVERYBODY PAYING ATTENTION TO THIS CAN KNOW THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE

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POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ON THIS PROJECT. WE HAVE QUESTIONS.

YES. IF I UNDERSTAND YOU I GOT THE 143 POTENTIAL LOTS ON THE ONE PROPERTY. DOES THAT MEAN THERE'S ANOTHER 86 LOTS BESIDES B B 143 TOTAL? SO IF 86 GO OUT ON THE ISLAND, THE 363 PORTION OF THAT WOULD BE DEVELOPED WITH THE REMAINING LOTS AND THEN THE REST OF IT WOULD BE OPEN. OKAY THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS JUST QUICKLY? YES, SIR.

PURSUING THE AND WE TALKING ABOUT A WHOLE NOTHER ISSUE THAT WAS ON AGENDA.

WHAT'S BEEN THAT YOU BROUGHT IT UP. I ONE QUICK QUESTION ARE THEY SUBJECT TO THIS DEVELOPMENT? IT WOULD BE SUBJECT TO TRAFFIC IMPACTS.

THEY WOULD BE SUBJECT TO ALL THE IMPACTS. OKAY.

ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS? YEAH.

YES THERE WILL BE A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS, YES. OKAY.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. OKAY.

SO WE HAD A WE HAD A MOTION IN A SECOND REGARDING THIS A NUMBER SEVEN THE CHANGES TO THE CPO AND THE CDCC DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION THIS TIME BEFORE WE GO TO VOTE ? ANYONE AND YES SIR COUNCILMAN I DO HAVE COMMENTS BUT I WILL SAVE THEM FOR THE COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMAN GLOVER, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? I KNOW THE THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION HAS BEEN RESOLVED AND STUFF WOULD YOU KNOW ONE OF THE THE COMMITTEE DID A OF A JOB BRINGING FORTH THIS RECOMMENDATION IN THE CHAIRPERSON OF THAT COMMITTEE IS HERE AND I'VE JUST WONDERED WOULD YOU ALLOW THE CHAIRPERSON TO MAKE SENSE? WE WE DID RECOGNIZE THAT AND WE APPRECIATE ALL HER HARD WORK QUINQUENNAT AND AND WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY MORE PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME. I'M READY TO CALL THE VOTE. LET'S DO A ROLL CALL VOTE AND YOU DO THAT. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S A DECISION OF CHAIRMAN GO AHEAD, COUNCILMEMBER GLOVER YES, COUNCILMEMBER YES. COUNCILMEMBER BARTHOLOMEW YES.

COUNCILMEMBER BROWN YES. COUNCILMEMBER CUNNINGHAM NO COUNCILMEMBER DODSON YES.

COUNCILMEMBER HOWARD YES. COUNCILMEMBER LAWSON. MARK LAWSON YES.

COUNCILMEMBER TAVERNER YES VICE-CHAIR MIKE ALLEN YOU'RE ON MUTE.

YOU'RE ON MUTE COUNCILMAN BYRNE I GOT THAT, YES AND CHAIRMAN PASSMAN YES ONE PASSES THANK YOU AT THIS TIME WE'RE GOING TO GO ON WITH THE AGENDA BUT WE'LL TAKE A BREAK RIGHT IN CASE WANTS TO GO OTHER PLACES YOU WANT TO STATE THAT IT'S GOING TO BE A COUNCIL MEETING OR AN VOTE? OH YEAH I, I WOULD LIKE TO STATE THAT THIS ONE WILL BE ON THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT'S COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING TO THE SAME NIGHT IT WILL GO ON TONIGHT.

[Items 8 & 9 ]

YES. ALL RIGHT. IS ANYONE EVERYONE STAY IN WHAT'S GOING ON? OKAY CHAIRMAN, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE TAKE ITEMS EIGHT AND NINE AS ONE SINGLE MOTION SECONDED. OKAY, WE'LL SECOND THAT MOTION WITHOUT OBJECTION WE WILL TAKE EIGHT AND NINE TOGETHER THESE ARE RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE TO ACCEPT AND ALLOCATE FUNDS RECEIVED FROM THE SOUTH CAROLINA OPIOID RECOVERY FUND AND IN AMOUNTS OF $612,733 AND $299,376. YES, SIR.

GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU FOR HEARING THIS REQUEST FOR A COUPLE OF ORDINANCES STEVE DONALDSON I REPRESENT BEAUFORT ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE DEPARTMENT.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING WITH THE SOUTH CAROLINA OPIATE RECOVERY FUND IS WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT WAYS FOR IT TO HELP COUNTY AND ITS CITIZENS AND THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS WE SUBMITTED WE SUBMITTED ONE WHICH IS ORDINANCE NUMBER NINE TO ALLOW FOR THE EXPENDITURE TWO $299,376 FOR US TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND CAPACITY WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT AND ALSO TO SERVE CITIZENS THAT ARE IN THE DETENTION CENTER AND ALSO THOSE COME TO THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AND THE SECOND ORDINANCE WHAT WE DID WAS WE

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SUBMITTED A SECOND APPLICATION FOR $612,733. IF YOU RECALL, WE CAME HERE ONCE AND ASKED YOU FOR TO BE ABLE TO SUBMIT A NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY TO THE COMMUNITY. WELL, WE DID THAT AND WE SCORED NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS AND WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT FIVE OF THOSE GET FUNDED. WE HAD TO KNOW THAT BEFORE WE SUBMITTED OUR APPLICATION AND THEN A SECOND PORTION OF THIS ORDINANCE WOULD BE TO CONTINUE THE FUNDING FOR THOSE POSITIONS AND THE FIRST ORDINANCE SO THAT WE DON'T FALL OFF THE FISCAL CLIFF AND LOSE THE FUNDING SO. WE CAN CONTINUE THOSE PROGRAMS AND THEN THE LAST PORTION OF THIS TO ALLOW US TO DO A PREVENTION IMMEDIATE CAMPAIGN TO, MAKE SERVICES THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN COUNTY MUCH MORE VISIBLE. SO WE'RE ASKING FOR THE COUNTY TO PASS THESE ORDINANCES TO ALLOW US TO SPEND THIS MONEY SO THAT WE CAN PUT THESE PROGRAMS INTO IMPLEMENTATION OKAY. ANYONE ON COUNTY COUNCIL HAVE QUESTIONS JUST MENTIONED, MR. DONALDSON WILL THIS INCLUDE REPEATING THE PROGRAM THAT WAS OFFERED DECEMBER 20TH, 2022 WHERE THE LIBRARIES IF YOU WENT YOU WATCHED A FIVE MINUTE VIDEO OF WHAT TO LOOK FOR AND THEN THE PUBLIC COULD GET FREE NARCAN ACTUALLY THAT'S THAT'S A DIFFERENT FUNDING COMPLETELY EXCEPT FOR THERE IS ONE OF THE APPLICANTS THAT WAS FUNDED THAT WOULD BE DOING THAT SORT OF WORK THAT WOULD BE ACTUALLY ENHANCING ON THAT. BUT THOSE ARE DIFFERENT FUNDS.

THOSE WE GET FROM THE SOUTH CAROLINA RELIEF FUND THROUGH STATE NOTICE AND THROUGH A FIRST RESPONDER GRANT THAT WE GOT THROUGH RECEIVE CARE A GRANT WHERE WE HAVE OUR FIRST RESPONDERS PROGRAM SO THEY DO PROGRAM TOGETHER SO THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT'S GOING TO RUN AGAIN BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY A GOOD WAY TO INVOLVE CITIZENS IN AWARENESS WE ACTUALLY ARE DOING THAT AGAIN IN APRIL THIS MONTH . ALL RIGHT, THANKS.

IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS WE WILL ADOPT. WE WILL RECOMMEND BOTH OF THESE TO FURTHER ACTION TO FULL COUNCIL EIGHT AND NINE ITEMS WITHOUT OBJECTION.

WITHOUT OBJECTION THIS PASSES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

[10. RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE A LEASE AGREEMENT ENCUMBERING PROPERTY OWNED BY BEAUFORT COUNTY KNOWN AS A PORTION OF THE CRYSTAL LAKE PARK OFFICE BUILDING]

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NUMBER TEN IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY TO EXECUTE A LEASE AGREEMENT ENCUMBERING PROPERTY BY COUNTY KNOWN AS THE PORTION OF THE CRYSTAL LAKE PARK OFFICE BUILDING. THIS IS NOT JUST A STANDARD RENEWAL OF LEASE THAT WE HAVE WITH SOAP AND WATER CONSERVATION. UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS WE WERE READY FOR YOU ALL TO ADOPT. YOU HAVE A MOTION SO I'LL MOVE THE SECOND OFF SO I CAN WRITE ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS. YES SIR.

THIS RESOLUTION DOES GO TO COUNCIL OR IS IT WAS APPROVED ENDS RIGHT HERE ALL RESOLUTION GOES TO IT HAS TO GO TO COUNCIL. OH BECAUSE OF TIME I'VE DISCUSSED IT IN OAK OAK WITHOUT WITHOUT OBJECTION THIS GOES FORWARD TO FULL COUNTY COUNCIL.

[11. RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO UNDERTAKE DUE DILIGENCE AND DISCUSSIONS/NEGOTIATIONS FOR PROPOSED FEE SIMPLE PURCHASE OF A SMALL PORTION OF REAL PROPERTY KNOWN AS COTTON HALL]

THANK YOU. NUMBER 11 RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO UNDERTAKE DUE DILIGENCE AND DISCUSSIONS SLASH NEGOTIATIONS FOR PROPOSED FEE SIMPLE OF A SMALL OF A PORTION OF REAL PROPERTY KNOWN AS COTTON. AND ARE YOU GOING TO PRESENT THAT MR. GREENLEE OKAY, THIS ONE THIS ONE'S MINE. OKAY. ANYWAY YEAH.

SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE THAT AS I COMMITTED YOU SOME TIME AGO TO ACQUIRE PROPERTY FOR PUBLIC ACCESS TO PROPERTY IN THE EAST BASIN THIS ISN'T TOTALLY IDEAL FOR THE SITUATION BECAUSE THIS PROPERTY ONLY HAS A LITTLE BIT OF WATER IT DOES NOT GIVE YOU ACCESS TO THE WATERWAYS BUT IS A PROPERTY SIZABLE ENOUGH FOR US TO WORK WITH DNR TO TURN THIS INTO SOME SORT OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA TO ALLOW FOLKS THAT DO NOT HAVE BOATS TO ACTUALLY ENJOY AND PARTICIPATE IN RECREATION IN THE ACE BASIN WHICH WILL THE FIRST PROPERTY IN THE AREA WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR ACCESS TO THE ACE BASIN FOR PUBLIC WITHOUT ACTUAL FRONTAGE ON THE WATER IF THEY DON'T OWN PROPERTY ON THE WATER OR THEY DON'T OWN A BOAT SO I'M VERY PROUD OF THIS.

WE I HAVE WORKED WITH THE STATE CONSERVATION BANK WHO HAS ENDORSED THIS ROAD CRITICAL LANDS HAS RECOMMENDED THIS SO WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR YOU ALL TO RECOMMEND THAT WE GO AHEAD AND PROCEED WITH THE DUE DILIGENCE ON THE ON THE MOTION SO COUNCILMAN AND SECOND MADAM CHAIRMAN ANY DISCUSSION ON I WOULD LOVE I DON'T KNOW WHETHER WE NEED TO AMEND THIS OR NOT BUT WILL LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR COUNCIL TO HAVE VISITATION AND IF THE IF THE STAFF CAN I

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WOULD LOVE TO GO SEE NOW I HAVE PERSONAL INTERESTS AT THIS TIME AS A PERSONAL BUT A COMMUNITY INTEREST AND THAT IS THIS THIS PROPERTY HAS RICE FIELDS AND I AM VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN PURSUING RICE OPPORTUNITIES ETCETERA ETCETERA AND IN MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN HAVE CONTROL OF THE I WORK I WILL WORK WITH MR. THAT MANY OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THAT RUNS THE FOUNDATION AND IS AS OWNERSHIP INTEREST IN THE MARSH PLANTATION WHO I'VE WORKING WITH ON THIS AND WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN FOR COUNCIL I APPRECIATE YOU'RE WELCOME IF NOBODY ELSE WANT TO GO I WOULD LOVE TO GO. YEAH, I WOULD SAY OKAY WE'LL MAKE SURE IT HAPPENS RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. WITHOUT OBJECTION WE'LL MOVE

[12. RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE DEMOLITION OF STRUCTURES ON COUNTY OWNED PROPERTY NOW KNOWN AS CHERRY POINT PRESERVE LOCATED ON HIGHWAY 170]

THIS FORWARD TO. DO THE DUE DILIGENCE ON THIS PROPERTY.

ALL RIGHT, MOVE THAT ONE UP NUMBER 12 RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZE AND THE DEMOLITION OF STRUCTURES ON COUNTY OWNED PROPERTY KNOWN AS THE CHERRY POINT PRESERVE LOCATED ON HIGHWAY 170. SO MADAM CHAIR OKAY DO WE NEED A SECOND PLEASE? I'LL SECOND. WE MADE THE ORIGINAL. I'M SORRY MA'AM.

I APOLOGIZE. OKAY. IN THE SECOND MY COUNCILMAN BARTHOLOMEW ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? MISS NAGY IS AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY RIGHT. WITHOUT OBJECTION THIS WILL MOVE TO FULL COUNCIL.

[Items 13 & 14 ]

ALL RIGHT. YOU ALL CAN TAKE 13 AND 14 DOES THE SAME OUT OF YOU KNOW THAT ARE DIFFERENT PROPERTIES IF YOU WANT I'LL MAKE MOTION TAKE 13 AND 14 TOGETHER AS ONE ITEM NOW DO WE HAVE A SECOND? A SECOND? LET'S GO SO WHEN YOU ARE READY I'M READY. ALL RIGHT, SECOND BACK. COUNCILMAN GLOVER, THIS IS APPROVAL OF AWARDED J.H. HIRES FOR THE CHURCH OF GOD DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT AND ALSO APPROVAL OF A CONTRACT TO THE HOSPITAL PORT IN THE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.

THOSE TWO ANY ANY QUESTIONS FROM MR. DESAI? OH, NO.

RIGHT. NO, I DON'T HAVE ANY SMILING FACES.

YOU ANY IMPROVEMENTS LIKE THAT BOTH OF THESE THIS MOVES FORWARD BOTH OF THESE WILL NEED ACCOUNT APPROVAL BECAUSE THEY EXCEED THE AMOUNT. ALL RIGHT.

OKAY. WE HAVE A BREAK. WE ARE TURN UNTIL THE TIME TIME

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

Apr 10, 2023 Community Services and Land Use Committee

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