Apr 10, 2023 County Council

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING OF MONDAY APRIL TEN, 2023 TO ORDER WOULD YOU ALL RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND THEN PLEASE REMAIN STANDING F THE INVOCATION I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC IS ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THAT'S ALL YOU FOR FUN AND GOD WE THANK YOU FOR THE DAY FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR WHAT YOU HAVE ENTRUSTED US TO DO HERE AT COUNTY COUNCIL FOR THE CITIZENS DIFFICULTY TAKING IN CONSIDERATION EVERYONE HERE REGARDLESS OF THEIR RESOURCE IN THEIR MEANS ALWAYS LOOKING THE LEAST AMONG US NO FATHER WE JUST ASK THAT YOU WILL BLESS THIS MEETING, BLESS THOSE THAT ARE HERE AND THOSE THAT ARE LISTENING, THOSE WHO DESIRE TO BE HERE BUT FOR WHATEVER REASON THEY COULD NOT WE BE BE WITH THOSE WHO STAND BY THOSE IN GOVERNMENT GOVERN OUR MINDS THAT WE WILL MAKE THE DECISION THAT WILL BE PLEASING AND YOU SAY AND YOUR SON JESUS NAME AMEN.

AMEN. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. THE AUDIENCE AND WHO ARE ONLINE WITH US AS YOU CAN SEE WE DO HAVE A FULL COUNCIL THIS EVENING.

TEN OF US ARE WITHIN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND. ONE MEMBER OF COUNCIL, MR. MCKELLAN IS ONLINE SO WE ARE READY TO TO CONDUCT THE BUSINESS PUBLIC NOTICE OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN PUBLISHED POSTED AND DISTRIBUTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SOUTH

[4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA]

[5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES- February 27, 2023]

I'LL IT AND MADAM TABERNER DULY MOTIONED AND SECONDED FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.

ARE THERE ANY SEEING NONE. THE MINUTES WILL BE APPROVED WITHOUT OBJECTION WE ARE AT OUR

[6. ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT]

I EVENING MEMBERS AND COUNTY COUNCIL AND THOSE WHO ARE HERE WITH US ARE IN CHAMBERS THIS EVENING AS I CUSTOMARILY DO AND WILL INTRODUCE A COUPLE OF EMPLOYEES TONIGHT STANDING WITH ME HERE IS ROBIN ROB NEAL WHO IS WITH THE HILTON HEAD AIRPORT.

SO IF YOU CAN'T TELL BY HIS SHIRT HE HAS A OVER 42 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN FIREFIGHTER, 30 YEARS WITH HILTON HEAD ISLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT AND 12 YEARS HAVE BEEN WITH THE HILTON HEAD ISLAND A ARE OF 12 AS IN HIS DUTIES HE OPERATES AIRPORT EMERGENCY VEHICLES AND SPECIALIZED RESCUE EQUIPMENT. IN RESPONSE AIRCRAFT ALERTS AND INCIDENTS HE OPERATES COMMUNICATION ON DISPATCH FIRE AND AVIATION FREQUENCY, SUPERVISES AND PARTICIPATES IN PERFORMING RESCUE FIREFIGHTING TASK CONDUCTS AIRPORT SAFE DRIVING AND SECURITY CLASSES FOR ALL TEN EMPLOYEES AND SUPERVISES AND ASSIST AND PERFORM A SAFETY AND SECURITY PATROLS OF AIRFIELD FUEL FACILITIES AND AIRPORT PROPERTY.

YOU'RE VERY BUSY AREN'T YOU? YEAH, IT'S HIS CLAIM TO FAME AS THEY SAY CAME WHEN ROB WAS DISPATCHED ON AN ALARM TO A VEHICLE VERSUS A TREE INCIDENT UPON ARRIVAL HE AND HIS PARTNER PULLED A 17 YEAR OLD MALE FROM A BURNING CAR AND SAVED HIS LIFE.

AS A RESULT THEY BOTH RECEIVED THE SOUTH CAROLINA MEDAL OF VALOR.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. YOU HAVE AN IMPORTANT JOB. HERE IS A JOB I HOPE.

I NEVER HAVE TO HAVE. YOU ALL KNOW THAT MEANS I'LL BE IN A PLANE THAT HAD SOMETHING GO WRONG BUT ANYWAY I'M I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU IF YOU TO SAY A FEW WORDS.

IF NOT THEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO. OKAY, SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

IT'S NICE TO BE THANKED. BEEN DOING THIS A LONG TIME I'D LIKE TO LEAVE.

I LOVE THE COUNTY I JUST LOVE WORKING HERE AND IT'S LIKE FAMILY 42 YEARS I GUESS.

YEAH. THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO KICK ME OUT ANYWAY.

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THEY HAVE A JOB AND IT'S A JOB WHERE THEY ARE EITHER DOING TOO MUCH OR TOO LITTLE AT SAME TIME DEPENDING ON WHO'S RINGING THEIR PHONE. SO THE IS THE PERSON THAT SAYS THEY'RE DOING TOO MUCH AND GOING TOO FAST. THE PERSON COMPLAINING IS SAYING THAT THEY'RE MOVING TOO SLOW AND NOT DOING ENOUGH. SO IT'S VERY DIFFICULT JOB AND IT'S BUT IT'S KEY TO MAINTAINING THE QUALITY OF LIFE THAT WE ENJOY HERE IN COUNTY.

THIS IS TRAVIS ROBERTS. HE IS A CODE ENFORCEMENT. HE'S BEEN WITH US FOR SIX YEARS AS A RESULT OF HIS JOB HE MONITORS AND ENFORCES COMPLIANCE WITH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODE AND COUNTY ORDINANCES GOVERNS OWNING BUSINESS LICENSE TRASH AND LITTER CONTROL JUNK AND ABANDONED VEHICLES. HE TRAVELS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY INDIVIDUALLY, INSPECT SITES AND PROPERTIES HE RECEIVES AND INVESTIGATES COMPLAINTS OF POTENTIAL VIOLATIONS CONDUCT SITE REVIEWS ,INSPECTIONS AND DOCUMENTS HIS COMPLAINTS AND HIS FINDINGS AND PROBABLY HAS TO GO OCCASIONALLY WITH ONE OF OUR COUNTY ATTORNEYS TO THE MAGISTRATE'S OFFICE FOR ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS BEFORE THE MAGISTRATES, RIGHT? YES. SO OF ALL FOUR OFFICER ROBERTS WAS, A TRUMPET PLAYER IN THE WALTERBORO HIGH SCHOOL BAND OF BELL, A MEMBER OF THE BAND OF BLUE HE MARCHED IN THE NEW YEAR'S ROSE BOWL PARADE IN PASADENA, CALIFORNIA. FRIEND OF MIKE I WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS WE WANT TO APPRECIATE SERVICE. IT'S A THANKLESS JOB BUT I APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH SO IF YOU WON'T SAY A FEW FINE. JUST THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE RECOGNITION AND WE GET MY CHAIRMAN. THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

[7. PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING LIBRARY WEEK]

OUR FIRST PROCLAMATION IS RECOGNIZING LIBRARY WEEK. MISS HOWARD, WOULD YOU DO THE HONORS FOR THAT PROCLAMATION? MISS AMANDA LICHTMAN I'M FOR DIRECTOR SO MICROPHONE LIKE THIS IS VERY EXCITING I WAS LIAISON TO THE LIBRARY FOR MANY YEARS AND GOT TO KNOW MS..

STICKMAN. THEY DO A WONDERFUL JOB. EVERYONE THERE EVEN DURING COVID THEY MANAGED TO PROVIDE SERVICE TO EVERYONE WHEREAS LIBRARIES PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYONE, PURSUE THEIR PASSIONS AND ENGAGE IN LIFELONG LEARNING ALLOWING THEM TO LIVE THEIR BEST LIFE. WHEREAS LIBRARIES HAVE LONG SERVED AS TRUSTED INSTITUTIONS FOR ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY REGARDLESS OF RACE, ETHNICITY, CREED, ABILITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER OR SOCIO ECONOMIC STATUS WHEREAS LIBRARIES TO DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PROGRAMS AND COLLECTIONS THEY'RE AS DIVERSE AS THE POPULATIONS THEY SERVE AND ENSURE EQUITY OF FOR ALL WHEREAS LIBRARIES ADAPT TO THE EVER CHANGING NEEDS OF THEIR COMMUNITIES CONTINUALLY EXPANDING THEIR COLLECTION AND PARTNERSHIPS. WHEREAS LIBRARIES PLAY A CRITICAL IN THE ECONOMIC VITALITY OF COMMUNITIES BY PROVIDING INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY ACCESS LITERACY SKILLS AND SUPPORT FOR JOB SEEKERS, SMALL BUSINESSES AND ENTREPRENEURS.

WHEREAS LIBRARIES ARE ACCESSIBLE AND EXCLUSIVE PLACES PROMISE A SENSE OF LOCAL CONNECTION ADVANCING UNDERSTANDING ENGAGEMENT AND SHARED COMMUNITY GOALS.

WHEREAS LIBRARIES ARE THE CORNERSTONES OF DEMOCRACY PROMOTING THE FREE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION AND IDEAS FOR ALL. WHEREAS LIBRARIES, LIBRARIANS, LIBRARY WORKERS ARE JOINING LIBRARIES, SUPPORTERS AND ADVOCATES ACROSS NATION TO CELEBRATE NATIONAL LIBRARY WORK NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT BEAUFORT COUNTY DECLARE THE WEEK OF APRIL 23RD THROUGH APRIL 29TH IS NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK SIGN JOE PERSIMMON CHAIRMAN COUNTY COUNCIL WE KNOW JUST HOW OUR SECOND PROCLAMATION AND MR. GLOVER IS

[8. PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING APRIL AS SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH]

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MR. GLOVER YES I'M NOT TOO SURE IS SOMEONE VERIZON HERE KNOW WHO KEY YOU WANT TO GO WITH YOU DO IT HERE. YOU MAY DO IT RIGHT FROM THE VERY WELL DO THIS IS THE PROCLAMATION WHEREAS SEXUAL HARASSMENT ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH CALLS ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT SEXUAL VIOLENCE A PERVASIVE PROBLEM IN ALL COMMUNITIES AND IS PUBLIC HEALTH IMPLICATIONS FOR EVERY INDIVIDUAL CAN BE TEN AND WHERE WHERE IS RAPE, SEXUAL ASSAULT AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT IMPACT? OUR COMMUNITY AS SEEN BY STATISTICS INDICATING NATIONAL NATIONALLY 81% OF WOMEN AND 48% OF MEN REPORT SOME FORM OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND OR IN THEIR LIFETIMES AND. WHEREAS CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE PREVENTION MUST BE TO CONFRONT THE REALITY THAT ONE IN SEVEN GIRLS AND ONE IN 25 BOYS WILL EXPERIENCE SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN LIFETIME. AND. WHEREAS, HOPE HORIZONS OF LOCAL CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY DOMESTIC AND RAPE CRISIS ORGANIZATIONS ORGANIZED AND SERVED MORE THAN 1200 PRIMARY VICTIMS AND MORE THAN 700 SECONDARY VICTIMS IN THE YEAR 2022.

AND WHERE IS THIS STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS OF HOPE HORIZONS URGES EVERY PERSON TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST POWERFUL ATTITUDES AND ACTIONS THAT LEND TO HOWEVER SMALL AND WHEREAS ALL PEOPLE ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT AND SPEAK OUT AGAINST ALL TYPES OF VIOLENCE IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND. WHEREAS PREVENTION OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE IS POSSIBLE THEREFORE WE MUST WORK TO INCREASE EDUCATION AWARENESS AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AS WELL AS SUPPORT SURVIVORS IN THE EFFORT TO CONNECT THEM WITH SERVICES NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED THAT THE COUNTY COUNCIL WILL JOIN ADVOCACY ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND AND ALSO IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA TO PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF APRIL 2023 AS SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH AND URGES ALL CITIZENS TO OBSERVE THIS MONTH BY BECOMING AWARE OF TRAGEDY, SEXUAL ASSAULT, SUPPORTING THOSE WHO ARE WORKING TOWARDS ITS END AND PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY EFFORTS AIMED AT CHANGING THE CULTURE VIOLENCE THEY DID THIS 10TH DAY OF APRIL 2023 AND IS SIGNED BY CHAIRMAN MR. JOSEPH PERCIVAL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[9. CITIZEN COMMENTS PERIOD - 15 MINUTES TOTAL]

I SAW THAT PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED UP FOR THE FIRST COMMENT PERIOD AND THE SECOND COMMENT PERIOD TO SPEAK ABOUT THE CPO WE HAVE ONLY 15 MINUTES 3 MINUTES PER PERSON THE FIVE PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO SPEAK IF YOU WERE HERE FOR THE COMMUNITY SERVICE AND LAND USE COMMITTEE IT WAS THOROUGHLY DISCUSSED TO MOVE ON TO COUNTY COUNCIL ACTION. IT WAS PASSED THERE IT IS ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT FOR ACTION HERE. SO THAT BEING SAID, OUR FIRST PERSON TO SPEAK IS, JANET MACAULAY THANK YOU. OUR RESIDENT DELANO BLUFFS ST HELENA I SUPPORTED THE 1% GREEN SPACE SALES TAX PASSED OVERWHELMINGLY BY RESIDENTS THAT GOES INTO EFFECT MAY 1ST AND WILL IMPACT ALL OF US AND THAT IS TO PRESERVE LAND SCENIC NATURAL RECREATIONAL RULE OPEN SPACE DEEMED ESSENTIAL TO THE COUNTY'S QUALITY LIFE.

I HAVE SAT THROUGH HOURS OF MEETINGS AND IN THE LAST MEETING FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME I HEARD MR. GREENWAY STATE THAT THE COUNTY HAD TRIED TO PURCHASE PINE ISLAND AND THE OWNER WAS UNWILLING TO DEAL WITH THE COUNTY. I JUST RECEIVED A 200 MONTHLY INCREASE TO MY MORTGAGE ESCROW DUE TO INSURANCE AND TAXES. I FEAR FOR OUR RURAL COMMUNITY

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BEAUFORT COUNTY JUST REVISED IMPACT FEEDS BECAUSE OF THE GROWTH HERE BUT THOSE FEES DO NOT COVER ALL THE COSTS IMPACTS OF DEVELOPMENT. I WATCHED THE DEVELOPER FOR PINE ISLAND REPRESENTATIVE OF PINE ISLAND PROPERTY HOLDINGS LLC AS SPOKE BEFORE COUNCIL AND STATED HE COULD NOW SPEAK IN PUBLIC SINCE. HE LIVES AT ONE SAINT HELENA ROAD A WOODED LOT BY WAY MR. TROPICANA A DEVELOPER FROM BOSTON WAS ABLE TO SECURE THIS PROPERTY ORIGINALLY LISTED AT 28.5 MILLION FOR 18 MILLION AND HIS WORLD CLASS TEAM AS STATED HAS ALWAYS HAD A VISION OF BIGGER AND BETTER. HE COMMENDS HIS STAFF OF HIGH PAID EXPERTS FOR WORKING EXTREMELY HARD WITH COUNCIL OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS ON HIS BUSINESS MODEL THAT ALLOWS FOR SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC IMPACT TO THE COUNTY MAKING COUNTY A FINE PLACE TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY. DOES THIS NOT SEEM LIKE A BIT OF A CONFLICT THAT THE COUNTY IS PUTTING AN OFFER TO ISLAND BUT THEY'RE WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPER? I I SERIOUSLY DON'T BUY THAT A PRIVATE EXCLUSIVE GOLF COURSE WILL ADD ANYTHING POSITIVE TO OUR RESIDENTS I IMPLORE AS OUR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES NOT TO ALLOW FOR PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS ON LARGE TRACTS OF LAND. AND BY THE WAY, HE HAS NEVER ONCE SPOKEN TO THOSE OF US DIRECTLY IMPACTED WHOSE POWER LINES TO PINE ISLAND OR ON OUR YARDS NEVER ONCE AND. SO I WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS THE COUNTY DOING TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE INCLUDED IN THE DISCUSSIONS FREQUENT THE READING GLAD IF A DEAL ONE MORE AGAIN I THE QUEEN COULD HEAD ONE BODY TO GET YOU NATION FROM SAINT HELENA ISLAND MUFAMADI FROM PALAWAN ISLAND AS WE SAID FINALLY ONE AND ATOLL ISLAND AND OF ISSUE I KNOW A VENUE I KNOW WE BINION AND WE AIN'T GOING NOWHERE TO ALL THE TIME SO ME CRACK FOR DEEP LIKE A NATION THING I GOT AT IT FOR ALL OF WE WHO TOOK OUT A GUY WHO THIS YEAR CULTURAL PROTECTION OVERLAY DISTRICT FOR TECH I CORRECT MY DAUGHTER AS WE SO FUN THE RECORD I COULD GET THIS SHUTTING RIGHT BECAUSE YOU'RE AND WHEN I SPOKE BEFORE SAID I TALKED ABOUT KOREA AND ALL KIND OF THINGS I NEVER SAID SO I'M GOING TO SPEAK THIS WAY SO HOPEFULLY YOUR TRANSCRIPT IS CORRECT.

I AM ALSO THE CHAIR OF THE CULTURAL PROTECTION OVERLAY DISTRICT COMMITTEE.

IN THE PAST I CHAIRED THAT COMMITTEE AND WE WERE ALLOWED IN AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ON THE OFFICIAL AGENDA TO PRESENT OUR WORK TO THIS BODY THIS TIME THAT IS NOT THE CASE AND I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW WHY THE PROTOCOL NOW V4 HAS DISPLACED EVEN THE LEADER OF A COMMITTEE THAT THE COUNTY INSTALLED FROM PRESENTING ON BEHALF OF THAT COMMITTEE THAT WE HAVE TAX AMENDMENTS THAT STRENGTHEN THE CULTURAL PROTECTION OVERLAY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE 2040 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. I WANT TO TAKE MY TIME NOW IN A PUBLIC PART TO SAY THIS I HAVE A LETTER OFFICIALLY FROM ME AS THE CHIEF AND HEAD OF STATE FROM THE GULF NATION A LETTER THAT LAYS THE LEGALITIES AND HOW THE CPO DISTRICT IS LEGALLY DEFENSIBLE FROM THE SOUTH CAROLINA ENVIRONMENTAL LAW PROJECT AND ALSO LETTER IN SUPPORT OF CONTINUING TO KEEP THE CULTURE OF PROTECTION LAKE DISTRICT INTACT FROM SENATOR CHIP CAMPS. THEN I ALSO SENT EARLIER BY EMAIL THE 9230 SIGNATURES WE ARE NOW AT 9300 SIGNATURES ON A PETITION ON CHANGE.ORG TO SAY TO THIS COUNTY THAT AS THE BIBLE SAYS WHERE THERE IS NO VISION, THE PEOPLE PERISH. THIS COUNTY HAD A VISION BROUGHT TO THEM BY NATIVES OF SAINT HELENA ISLAND ME BEING ONE OF THEM IN 1998 THIS COUNTY THEN IN 1999 VOTED TO CREATE THE CULTURAL PROTECTION OVERLAY DISTRICT IN ACCORDANCE WITH EVEN SOUTH CAROLINA LAW. IT EVEN MORE CRITICAL NOW TO CONTINUE TO KEEP AN INTACT AND TO STRENGTHEN IT SO I HOPE THAT WHAT HAS JUST COME BEFORE YOU FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING THAT TOOK PLACE AT 3:00 WILL BE VOTED FAVOR OF BY THIS BODY BECAUSE SAINT HELENA ISLAND IS THE EPICENTER OF GULLAH GEECHEE CULTURE. IT STILL EXISTS AND IN THIS TIME OF CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUES. YOU NEED RECOGNIZE THE IMPACTS AND WHAT THE SEA ISLAND BARRIER

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GOOD EVENING. I'M DR. DIANE HOSKINS BROWN AND I CHAIR THE GEECHEE CULTURAL HERITAGE CORRIDOR COMMISSION AS A NATIONAL AREA AND THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE.

WE OPPOSE ANY ACTION THAT CONTRADICTS OR CHANGES THE CURRENT 30 YEAR CULTURAL PROTECTION OVERLAY. IT PROTECTS THE UNIQUE HERITAGE ASSET THAT IS SAINT HELENA ISLAND SAINT HELENA ISLAND AND SAINT HELENA ARE THE HEART OF THE CORRIDOR.

SAINT HELENA RETAINED ITS SENSE OF PLACE, COLOR, HERITAGE AND RURAL QUALITY OF LIFE DESPITE DEVELOPMENT OVER DEVELOPMENT IN BEAUFORT COUNTY AND THE REGION DO NOT EXCHANGE GOLF RESORT LIVING AND GATED LUXURY PLANTATIONS FOR A NATIONAL HERITAGE ASSET STATUS HELD THERE IS DEEP IN THE HEART OF THE CORRIDOR IT IS THE WRONG PLACE FOR SOULLESS DEVELOPMENT . THANK YOU IAN. MR. ARNOLD BROWN EVERYONE GOOD . GOOD EVENING. LET'S SUPPOSE THAT JOHN DOE FROM NEW JERSEY WANTED TO PURCHASE THE ROBERT SMALLS HOUSE IN BEAUFORT FOR $2 MILLION AND LET'S SUPPOSE THAT HE TO CONVERT THE HOUSE TO A PANCAKE HOUSE AFTER ALL, ROBB SUPPOSEDLY PANCAKES. OKAY. I THINK THE OVERWHELMING SENTIMENT IN THE COMMUNITY WOULD BE NO THAT YOU CANNOT HAVE A PANCAKE HOUSE THERE.

OKAY BECAUSE OF ZONING BY THE WAY THIS NOT A JOBS PROGRAM EITHER.

I WORKED ON PHILLIP ISLAND GOLF COURSE. I WORKED ON PARRIS ISLAND GOLF COURSE. I HAVE SOME EXPERIENCE IN INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING AND DOES NOT CREATE A LOT OF JOBS. THE JOBS THAT WE HAD BACK THEN HAVE BEEN REPLACED BY AUTOMATION. OKAY SO I PASSED OUT A ON EVERYONE'S DESK TO TAKE A LOOK FROM A LEGAL STANDPOINT. OKAY WHAT DOES THE WHAT DOES THE PC2 OF THE CPO SAY OKAY UNDER SITE DESIGN EVERYTHING UNDER DESIGN IS PROHIBITED EXCEPT.

ONE ITEM OKAY. AND THEN THE SECOND PARAGRAPH WITHOUT FILING THE LIMIT LIMITING AND FOREGOING C THE FOLLOWING SPECIFIC NEW ITEMS THEY ARE EXCLUDED SO EVERYTHING UNDER IS EXCLUDED EVERYTHING THAT IS EXCLUDED EXCEPT ONE ITEM PARAGRAPH NUMBER ONE RESTRICTED GAIN COMMUNITY THAT IS NOT INCLUDED PARAGRAPH NUMBER TWO KEY KEITH SIMMONS THESE USE INCLUDES DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S ALLOWED EXCLUDED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PARAGRAPH GOLF WE GO TO PLAY GOLF GOLF IS NOT ALLOWED THAT IN A PARAGRAPH THIS NOT INCLUDE AIRCREW TOURISM SO THAT IS ALLOWED OR EVERYTHING IS DISALLOWED EXCEPT THAT GOLF COURSES NOTICE IT SAYS THIS USE INCLUDES IS THE SAME AS PARAGRAPH NUMBER TWO SO IF IT'S INCLUDED EXCLUDED IN NUMBER TWO THEREFORE IS EXCLUDED IN NUMBER THREE. OKAY THAT IS LOGICAL.

WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT IS LOGICAL, WHAT IS PRACTICAL, WHAT MAKES SENSE, WHAT'S COMMON SENSE IS COMMON SENSE. MR. EMERY CAMPBELL WHO SITTING RIGHT HERE HE IS ONE OF THE AUTHORS THAT WROTE THIS DOCUMENT. IF YOU WANTED TO KNOW THE TRUTH THEN ASK HIM. ASK HIM. WE'LL ASK QUEEN QUINN.

IF YOU WANTED TO KNOW THE TRUTH IF YOU DON'T WANT KNOW THE TRUTH DON'T TALK TO MR. CAMPBELL. HE'S AN AUTHOR. HE'S A BUSINESS OWNER, VERY

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THANK YOU ELVIA OTERO PIANO GERMPLASM COUNSEL THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME THIS EVENING.

MY NAME IS JOE PIANO. I LIVE THE ONES IN ELLISVILLE ROAD.

I'M THE OWNER OF PINE ISLAND. TONIGHT'S MEETING WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT MY PROPERTY. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT STRENGTHENING AN ORDINANCE THAT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO THIS COMMUNITY AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL SAINT HELENA RESIDENTS. UNFORTUNATELY THAT CERTAINLY IS NOT THE CASE.

ON NOVEMBER 16TH MY MY TEAM IS 2022. MY TEAM HAD A FREE HAND MEETING WITH COUNTY STAFF BEFORE SUBMITTING THE ZONING MAP AMENDMENT FOR PINE ISLAND.

I SOUGHT TO REMOVE THE PROPERTY FROM THE CPO FOR MULTIPLE REASONS BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY BECAUSE OUR TEAM TO DO SOMETHING BIGGER AND BETTER THAN THE CURRENT ZONING ALLOWS . AS THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR JUST POINTED OUT IN HIS PRESENTATION MY PROPERTY IS ZONED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF DENSITY AND DOCKS.

OUR PLANS OUR PLANS WERE TO REDUCE HOUSING DENSITY BY OVER 60%, REDUCE DOCKS BY 99% AND PUT AND PUT 250 TO 400 ACRES INTO CONSERVATION FOREVER TO PROTECT SPACE IN THE WATERWAYS.

WE PLAN TO HAVE NO PERMANENT RESIDENCE DISPLACE ZERO LOCAL RESIDENTS, REDUCE TRAFFIC AND CREATE NEW SEASONAL PUBLIC ACCESS THAT'S NEVER BEEN HAD TO MY PROPERTY.

WE WANTED TO CREATE A BUSINESS ALLOWING FOR LOCAL EDUCATION NOT INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES CREATE 35 TO 70 NEW FULL TIME JOBS AND GENERATE A RECURRING REVENUE BUSINESS THAT WOULD KICK OFF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS IF NOT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS A YEAR INTO A FOUNDATION BUILT TO FOCUS EXCLUSIVELY ON SUPPORTING THE SAINT HELENA COMMUNITY, YOUTH, ITS BUSINESSES AND LONG TIME RESIDENTS. THAT'S BIGGER AND BETTER. COUNTY ADMINISTRATION ASKED ME IF THEY COULD TABLE OUR MAP AMENDMENT BECAUSE THEY REALIZE THE CURRENT LANGUAGE OF THE OVERLAY WAS EXTREMELY WEAK. WE RESPECTFULLY AGREED BECAUSE IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

APPLICATION WAS NEVER DENIED BUT RATHER COLLECTIVELY WE DECIDED TO PAUSE TO FIX A GLARING WEAKNESS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS OF SAINT HELENA.

WHAT'S TRANSPIRED SINCE THEN HAS BEEN THE SEA OF MISINFORMATION HAS LED TO A VISCERAL REACTION RATHER THAN CAREFUL CONSIDERATION OF ALL THE THINGS I TALK TALK TO YOU ABOUT. I CAME TO BE FOR COUNTY OVER TWO YEARS AGO TO BUILD A BUSINESS. I FEAR THAT THE CHANGE IN LAWS IS TRYING TO PREVENT ME FROM ACCOMPLISHING THAT AND PREVENTING ME FROM THE MISSION AND PREVENTING ME FROM ACCOMPLISHING MISSION OF USING MY PROPERTY AND MY DEVELOPMENT AS AN INSTRUMENT TO PRESERVE THE COMMUNITY OF SAINT HELENA WHILE CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ITS CITIZENS.

WE WANTED TO FUEL A MISSION OF PHILANTHROPY, COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITY DRIVEN INITIATIVES AND CULTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP. I SINCERELY HOPE THAT EACH AND EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER RECOGNIZES THE DEEP I HAVE FOR ALL CITIZENS OF THE COUNTY.

THE ORIGINAL CENTER MISSION WAS TO HONOR A PROUD HISTORY AND POINT TOWARDS PROMISING FUTURE.

THAT'S WHAT TONIGHT'S SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABOUT. THAT'S WHAT WE'VE ALWAYS ASPIRED TO DO. THANK YOU AND I APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO FOR ME.

I HAVE TIME FOR ONE MORE PERSON. IS THERE ANY PERSON IN HERE WHO NEEDS TO SPEAK ABOUT ANY OTHER ITEM ON THE AGENDA? IS THAT YOU, SIR? MY NAME WAS ON THE LIST. YOU SPEAK IN FAVOR OF MEMORIAL HERE.

ARE YOU HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT SOME OTHER ITEM ON THE AGENDA? YES SIR I AM.

PLEASE COME. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND THE ITEM YOU'RE REFERRING TO.

I BELIEVE IT'S AGENDA ITEM 15. GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. CHAIRMAN AND COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME FELICIA ROTH AND I'M THE PROPERTY OWNER OF FOUR STILLWELL ROAD WHICH IS DIRECTLY TO THE EAST OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY THREE BENTON LANE WHICH I THINK IS NUMBER 15. THE APPLICATION THAT IS BEFORE YOU DOES NOT MEET THE LEGAL STANDARD FOR REZONING. PLANNING STAFF SAID AS MUCH WHEN THEY RECOMMENDED DENIAL THAT APPLICATION. THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED DENIAL OF THAT APPLICATION. COMMUNITY SERVICES AND LAND USE RECOMMENDED DENIAL OF THAT APPLICATION BUT THE ARGUMENT THAT THEY MAKE IS THAT PROPERTY NEXT DOOR WAS REZONE THEREFORE THEY TOO SHOULD BE REZONE. BUT THE FACT PATTERN OF THAT PARCEL ONE TWO TO ME RIVER ROAD IS VASTLY DIFFERENT THAN THAT OF THIS PARCEL. I SENT YOU ON EMAIL AND WILL NOT REHASH THE DETAILS OF THAT BUT IS NO CASE FOR GRANDFATHERING TO BE MADE FOR

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MY CONCERN IS THAT ONCE THREE BENTON LANE IS UP ZONED A HOST OF OBJECTIONABLE USES WOULD BE ALLOWED AS A MATTER OF RIGHT. I MAY FIND MYSELF RAISING MY CHILD NEXT TO A BAR OR RESTAURANT WITH LATE NIGHT HOURS AND VERMIN ATTRACTING DUMPSTERS A FEW YEARS DOWN THE ROAD. WHEN THESE FOLKS REALIZE THAT THEIR IS NOT AS PROFITABLE AS IT COULD BE ONCE THAT PARCEL IS UP ZONED IT CAN NEVER GO BACK. I URGE THE COUNCIL TO PLEASE CONSIDER THE QUIET ENJOYMENT AND PROPERTY RIGHTS OF EXISTING OWNERS OVER THE DEVELOPMENT DESIRES OF A POTENTIAL OWNER. THIS APPLICANT IS FREE TO PLY HIS TRADE AS AN OPTOMETRIST IN BEAUFORT AND THERE'S PLENTY OF COMMERCIAL SPACE AVAILABLE FOR RENT IN NEARBY NEW RIVERSIDE. BUT IF HIS HEART DESIRES TO OWN THE PARCEL OF LAND FOR HIS BUSINESS TO BE ON HE MAY DO SO BY PURCHASING ONE OF THE SEVERAL OUT PARCELS AVAILABLE AT NEW RIVERSIDE OR AN UNDEVELOPED PARCEL IN THE GILBERT ROAD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT. THERE IS NOTHING THAT INTERFERES WITH HIS RIGHTS TO DO SO ON THAT IS ZONED FOR THAT PURPOSE. INSTEAD HE WANTS TO BUY LAND CHEAPLY AND INTERFERE WITH THE QUIET ENJOYMENT OF THE RURAL RESIDENTIAL AREA THAT SURROUNDS HIM. PLEASE DO NOT UNDERMINE THE ORDINANCE THAT THIS BODY PUT IN PLACE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IT WAS JUST RECENTLY PASSED. DOING SO GRANTING HIS APPLICATION WOULD COMPLETELY UNDERMINE YOUR OWN AUTHORITY FOR THE LAW THAT YOU PASSED.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YOU.

OKAY. WE WILL CLOSE THIS SECTION PUBLIC COMMENTS.

WE ARE NOW AT ITEM NUMBER TEN WHICH IS OUR LIAISON AND COMMITTEE REPORTS.

IS ANY MEMBER WHO HAS A COMMITTEE REPORT? MISS BROWN, I JUST WANT LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT EARTH DAY IS NEXT IS APRIL 21ST AND THAT YOU AND MR. GREENWAY WILL BE SPEAKING THE AFTERNOON AT THE CEREMONY AND WE'RE PEOPLE GET OUT THAT DAY AND PICK UP LITTER OFF THE STREET. TAKE IT TO YOUR HEAD. OH, YOU CAN'T HEAR ME.

OH, I'M SORRY. ANYWAY, APRIL 21ST IS EARTH EARTH DAY AND MR. PASS.

MISS AND MR. GREENWAY WILL BE SPEAKING IN THE AFTERNOON CEREMONY.

YOU KNOW THAT ANY OTHER MEMBER OF COUNCIL. MISS HOWARD BRIEFLY MR. CHAIRMAN, PORT ROYAL IS HAVING A WORKSHOP TONIGHT ON THEIR TREE ORDINANCE.

IT IS GETTING TO THE FINAL STAGES. THEY WORKING ON A MORE STRINGENT TREE ORDINANCE. STAY TUNED THAT. THANK YOU.

ANYONE ELSE? THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO MAKE A PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT THAT TOMORROW AT 530 AT THE SINKHOLE ALIVE VERY I'M HOSTING A STORMWATER AND DEALING WITH A STUDY THAT WAS DONE FOR HELENA ISLAND AND SO INVITING THE PUBLIC TO COME OUT AT THAT TIME TO ASK QUESTIONS BUT IT WAS A STUDY DONE SPECIFICALLY FOR SELF ENFORCING ON THE ISLAND. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE?

[11. APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA]

MAY I HAVE A MOTION? AND SECOND FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.

MR. CHAIRMAN. MR. CUNNINGHAM MAKES THE MOTION A SECOND, PLEASE.

MR. LAWSON MAKES THE SECOND DULY MOTION AND SECONDED ANY QUESTIONS?

[12. TIME-SENSITIVE ITEM ORIGINATING FROM THE APRIL 10TH COMMUNITY SERVICES AND LAND USE COMMITTEE - FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE FOR TEXT AMENDMENTS TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODE (CDC): ARTICLE 3, DIVISION 3.4, SECTION 3.4.50- CULTURAL PROTECTION OVERLAY (CPO); SECTION 3.4.10- PURPOSE; AND DIVISION 3.1, SECTION 3.1.70- LAND USE DEFINITIONS, RECREATION FACILITY: GOLF COURSE, TO UPDATE DEFINITIONS, REGULATIONS, AND STANDARDS IN THE CULTURAL PROTECTION OVERLAY ZONE]

MAY I HAVE A MOTION SECOND PLEASE MOVE. MR. DAWSON MAKES THE MOTION A SECOND. MR. GLOVER MAKES THIS SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION BEFORE WE VOTE? MR. CUNNINGHAM BUT I'LL GO AFTER MR. CUNNINGHAM.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. WHERE TO START WITH IT, I GUESS.

REALLY BEFORE I DOVE INTO IT I'D SAY IT'S NOT THAT I DON'T BELIEVE WE NEED TO STRENGTHEN

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THAT IS YOUR RIGHT YOU PURCHASE SOMETHING BASED ON A BELIEF OF WHAT YOU COULD DO ON IT.

I'VE READ THIS OVER AND OVER. I'VE GOTTEN MULTIPLE DIFFERENT VERSIONS AND COPIES OF IT AS WELL PEOPLE COPY CUTTING PASTING SENDING THE PARTS THAT THEY WANT READ THE PARTS THEY DON'T WANT READ ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE SO THE ISSUE THAT I RUN INTO IS AND I WANT EVERYBODY TO ACTUALLY THINK ABOUT THE STATEMENTS THAT MR. GREENWAY SAID BEFORE THIS IS IT THAT WE DON'T WANT A GOLF COURSE AND WE DON'T WANT A GATED COMMUNITY OR IT THAT WE DON'T WANT IT DEVELOPED AT ALL BECAUSE NONE DEVELOPMENT AT ALL IS NOT AN OPTION.

THIS IS THIS PROPERTY IS STILL ZONED AND IS ALLOWED GET A 143 HOUSES, 143 SEPTIC TANKS AND BETWEEN 75 AND 95 DOCKS. THIS PROPERTY IS ALLOWED TO DO THAT EVEN IN THE CURRENT OVERLAY PLAN AND THE NEW OVERLAY PLAN THAT WE WE'RE GIVING HERE THE NEW ONE.

IT IS STILL ALLOWED. NO MATTER WHICH WAY THERE'S VOTES THAT DOES NOT STOP DEVELOPMENT OF PINE ISLAND. THIS IS WHERE MY ISSUE LIES IS WHAT'S MORE DETRIMENTAL TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO THE AND THE WATERWAYS. IS IT 145 RESIDENCES AND 90 DOCKS WITH THE WELLS SEPTIC TANKS OR IS IT 50 HOUSES, TEN COTTAGES AND A GOLF COURSE AND THEN 250 ACRES PRESERVED? EXACTLY. AND THAT AND THAT IS THE ISSUE THAT I HAVE FOUND EVERY AT THE PAST THREE WEEKS THAT PEOPLE PERFECT.

I'LL WAIT FOR Y'ALL BUT I DEFINITELY RESPECTED EVERYBODY'S TIME AND GET MY FULL ATTENTION WHEN THEY SPOKE AND I WOULD ASK FOR THE SAME EVERYBODY CAME UP HERE TALKING ABOUT PRESERVING THE LAND. EVERYBODY CAME UP HERE TALKING ABOUT KEEPING THE LAW.

UM TALKED ABOUT DEVELOPMENT TALKED ABOUT THE PROBLEMS ON THE ROADS BUT PUTTING IN 1400 CARS BACK AND FORTH ON 143 RESIDENCES IS WHAT WE'RE ESTIMATING WHETHER IT BE GOING IN AND ON THE ISLAND AS MORE OF A TRAFFIC FLOW THAN A GOLF COURSE.

AGAIN, NOT SAYING I AGREE WITH THE GOLF COURSE. I UNDERSTAND THE PROPERTY WAS ZONED INTO THREE DIFFERENT DISTRICTS I BELIEVE ARE THREE DIFFERENT PARCELS 15 YEARS AGO.

SO IT'S NOT THE BUYER SUBDIVIDED THAT HE PURCHASED IT SUBDIVIDED.

I UNDERSTAND THE LOOPHOLES THAT COULD BE TAKEN. NOT SAYING SUPPORT THOSE EITHER BUT I DO BELIEVE AND PEOPLE'S INVESTMENTS FOR EVERY SINGLE PERSON AND FOR THE PROPERTY RIGHTS AND INVESTMENTS WERE MADE. THAT'S OUR TIME TO SPEAK.

CONTINUE INVESTMENTS WERE MADE FROM YOU GUYS AND AS WELL FROM THE INDIVIDUAL THAT BOUGHT THE PROPERTY JUST LIKE INVESTMENTS WERE MADE ON PEOPLE FOR HILTON HEAD WHEN THAT GOT DEVELOPED AND I'LL BE HONEST AND I'LL SAY IT BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T WANT EVERYBODY LOVES TO HATE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF HILTON HEAD BUT THEY CREATE OVER 60% OF OUR TAX REVENUE AND WITHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT HILTON HEAD YOU FOUR COUNTY WOULD NOT BE A COUNTY IS TODAY ACROSS BOARD SO THE QUIET PLACE. SO WITH THAT SAID WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S THE BEST THING NOT EMOTIONALLY BUT FISCALLY ECONOMICALLY FOR TRANSPORTATION, FOR SAFETY, FOR SCHOOLS ACROSS THE BOARD WHAT IS THE BEST THING FOR SAINT HELENA AND COUNTY AND I'LL BE HONEST I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE IT IS BUT I CAN TELL YOU THIS I THINK THAT THIS DECISION TO MOVE THIS FORWARD WAS 100% BECAUSE OF THIS PROPERTY. WE ALL KNOW THAT THAT'S WHY EVERYONE'S HERE TODAY. EVERYBODY SIGNED THAT. I SUPPORT MOVING FORWARD WITH THE CPA BUT FOR MOVING FORWARD JUST BECAUSE OF THIS ONE PROPERTY BENEFITS AND NO WITCH QUEEN SAYING IT'S NOT BUT I GUARANTEE YOU NOBODY WOULD WANT TO SAY THAT THEN WE CAN ALLOW

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SO IT IS FOR THIS BECAUSE WE WANT TO STOP THIS DEVELOPMENT AS WHAT IT'S COME ACROSS TO ME.

SO WITH THAT SAID I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS IS GOING TO GO BUT I AM GOING TO MOTION FOR POSTPONEMENT FOR THIS BECAUSE I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE A HARD LOOK AT WHAT IS THE BEST THING FOR THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE I PROMISE YOU 145 HOUSES AND 90 DOCS IS A HUGE IMPACT ON SAINT HELENA AND YOUR ROADS. VERY MUCH SO. SO I WILL MAKE THAT MOTION AND POSTPONE THIS. MR. CHAIRMAN, YOU ALREADY HAVE THE ROOM AS HE'S AMENDING THE MOTION. HE DIDN'T SAY A MINUTE POSTPONEMENT, A MOTION OF ORDER. SO I WILL AMEND IT TO POSTPONE .

YEAH. IS THAT RIGHT? IS THERE A SECOND I SECOND THAT AGAIN DULY MOTION SECONDED FOR POSTPONING NOW POSTPONING THE ACTION ACTION UNTIL WHEN YOU DIDN'T SEE IT SAY FOR POSTPONEMENT BY ITSELF MEANS THAT IT'S KILLED NO THAT'S NOT CORRECT IT REQUIRES THE SECOND IT IS DEBATABLE. TIME PACIFIC YEAH YOU NEED TIME FOR SPECIFIC SO WE'RE SECOND WEEK OF APRIL NOW MR. WOOD A MONTH A HALF BE ENOUGH TIME FOR STAFF TO COORDINATE WHAT WOULD MR. GREENWAY WHAT A MONTH AND A HALF BE ENOUGH TIME FOR THE STAFF TO COORDINATE CONVERSATIONS WITH WHETHER IT BE THE DEVELOPER OR THE PUBLIC TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THE BEST THING FOR THIS COMMUNITY AND WHOLE COMMUNITY MORE TO KNOW THE STAFF THE STAFF WILL COMPLY WITH WHATEVER DIRECTION THE COUNCIL DO WITH THIS SORT OF DIFFICULT SITUATION. IF YOU ALL FEEL 45 DAYS IS APPROPRIATE DELAY THEN WE WILL DO WHAT WE CAN IN THAT PARTICULAR TIME FRAME TO TO TRY TO REACH SOME SORT OF COMPROMISE. WE DO THE FIRST MEETING OF JUNE THAT WHICH I BELIEVE IS JUNE 5TH THAT'S THAT'S THE MOTION YES. OKAY.

THAT'S THE MOTION. AND SECOND, THIS IS WHAT WE WILL DEBATE.

MR. GLOVER MR. CHAIRMAN, THERE IS THERE IS NO NEED TO NEGOTIATE IN WHO IS NEGOTIATING . I DON'T THINK THIS COUNCIL WANTS TO TELL HELENA RESIDENTS WHAT THEY SHOULD DO WITH THEIR PROPERTY OR WHAT THEY SHOULD HAVE IN THEIR COMPLAINT.

I MEAN THAT'S NOT A QUESTION OF DEBATE AT THIS TIME. ALL ARE ASKING FOR RIGHT NOW IS TO MOVE THIS LANGUAGE IN THE COMP PLAN TO STRENGTHEN THE LANGUAGE OF THE COMPLAINT IS NOT TO CHANGE IT IT IS REALLY TO STRENGTHEN IT. SO IT'S CLEAR AND THAT'S ALL WE ASKING FOR NEGOTIATING IS NOW YOU ABOUT NEGOTIATING WITH DEVELOPERS.

THE COMMUNITY NEVER DEALT DEVELOPERS. IT DEALT WITH THE COMP PLAN AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD. SO I DON'T SEE WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO NEGOTIATE AT THIS TIME AND WHO DO YOU NEGOTIATE WITH THE COMMUNITY RIGHT HERE JUST TELL ME THEY WANT TO HEAR ME SO I WILL WIN IS FOR NEGOTIATION YOU'LL SEE THAT PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM TODAY AND FOUND OUT NEW INFORMATION MYSELF INCLUDED AND WITH SAID I KNOW SOME OF THEIR LEADERS RIGHT IN THE FRONT ROW WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE COMMENT AND TALK WITH THE DEVELOPER BUT YOU SAID THAT WE'RE NOT HERE TO TELL SAINT HELENA WHAT TO DO WITH THEIR PROPERTY BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER IN SAINT HELENA. NO WE DON'T DO THEM.

ALL WE'RE DOING IS CLARIFYING ALREADY THERE THE MEETING CHANGING ANYTHING IS CLARIFYING AND IS STRENGTHENING THE COMMUNITY ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE THE MEETING WILL BE JUNE 12 NOT JUNE 12TH. OKAY MY MOTION STANDS THERE. OKAY THIS IS WE'RE DEBATING WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE GOING TO POSTPONE THE ACTION OF THIS UNTIL JUNE 12TH.

THAT'S THE DEBATE WE'RE HAVING THIS HOUR. MR. CHAIRMAN, I'M TOTALLY AGAINST DELAYING THIS VOTE TONIGHT. IT IT IS ABOUT THE CPO.

I WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, COUNCILMAN CUNNINGHAM, I DON'T SEE ANY PURPOSE IN DELAYING THIS. WE NEED TO GO FORWARD WITH THIS FIRST READING NO MATTER WHETHER NO MATTER WHAT THE VOTE IS MR. LAWSUIT. YES AND I'VE BEEN KIND OF WAITING TO SPEAK AND USUALLY WHEN I TRY TO SPEAK I TO SPEAK WITHOUT EMOTION AND TRY TO THINK ABOUT BOTH SIDES OF THIS AND AS WE LOOK FORWARD I AM PROBABLY NOT FOR IT BECAUSE I

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WE'VE ALL HEARD HIM SAY THAT AND IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE LANGUAGE IN THE CURRENT CPO DOES NOT EXCLUDE ANYTHING EXCEPT FOR A GOLF COURSE THAT'S OVER NINE HOLES IF YOU READ THIS THAT CPO CURRENTLY HAVE THAT CPO SAYS YOU CAN YOU CAN BUILD LESS THAN NINE HOLES FOR EACH PARCEL YOU HAVE SO YES IT'S PROBABLY A LOOP LOOPHOLE THAT GOES AROUND BUT THOSE PEOPLE. HE WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY THEN TO COME BACK AND AND GO AHEAD AND BUILD THAT GOLF COURSE SIX HOLES IN EACH. SO THAT IS WHY WE HAVE SEEN THIS RUSH AND THE PUSH FOR THIS TO FOR US TO GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THE THE NEW LANGUAGE.

WE'RE NOT APPROVING THE DEVELOPMENT. WE'RE NOT GOING RIGHT NOW WHAT WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO DO IS TO APPROVE THE NEW LANGUAGE THAT SAYS NO GOLF COURSES.

THIS WOULD BEEN SO MUCH EASIER IF IF THAT LANGUAGE WAS IN THERE FROM 25 YEARS AGO.

SO THAT'S WHAT IS LACKING WHEN YOU WHEN YOU READ THAT AND GO THROUGH AND I'VE READ THE CPO, I'VE GONE THROUGH A READ THE CPO AND AND AGAIN SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE TODAY. IT'S ACTUALLY STRENGTHENING THE LANGUAGE TO GET RID OF A GOLF COURSE. SO THAT'S THE ISSUE THAT WE HAVE THE ISSUE I HAVE IS IT MAKES ME FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE THAT MR. TRAPIANTO HAS PURCHASED THIS PROPERTY THINKING THAT HE'D BE ABLE TO DEVELOP IT AND WE ARE NOW MAKING THIS CHANGE TONIGHT TO PUSH THIS FORWARD TO CHANGE A CPO SO IT SAYS NO GOLF COURSES, NO RESORTS SO AGAIN THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. SO THAT'S WHY I FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE AS GOT TO SOMEONE WHO PURCHASED PROPERTY AND AGAIN I'VE HAD THIS SAME ARGUMENT THE SAME FIGHT WHETHER SOMEONE OWNED ONE ACRE OR TEN ACRES THAT IF YOU BUY THE PROPERTY AND THEN WE TURN AROUND AND CHANGE THE ZONING I'M GOING TO VOTE TODAY TO ACTUALLY APPROVE THE CPO OR ACTUALLY FIRST OF ALL TO TO NOT TO TO TO PUSH IT FORWARD TO TO NOT DELAY IT.

THAT'S THE VOTE TONIGHT BECAUSE I DON'T THINK YOU'RE GOING TO CHANGE YOUR MIND.

BUT THE BIGGEST THING I WANT TO MAKE SURE IS EVERYONE UNDERSTOOD THE REAL THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED AND HOW THIS IS HAPPENING AND WHY IT'S HAPPENING BECAUSE AGAIN ALL THOSE EMAILS I GOT THAT THAT HAD THAT IN THERE OBVIOUSLY THERE WAS MISSED UNDERSTANDING OF EXACTLY WHERE WE ARE AND HOW WE GOT TO WE ARE TODAY. MR..

YOU KNOW I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF KICKING THIS DOWN THE ROAD AND IN FACT I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE AT LEAST A FIRST READING HERE.

I'M OPEN. I WOULD LOVE FOR EVERYBODY TO SIT DOWN AND TALK AND TRY TO WORK THIS OUT BUT THERE'S NO REASON TO KICK IT DOWN THE ROAD.

WE NEED TO TAKE ACTION IT NOW AND THEN OPEN IT UP FOR MORE PUBLIC COMMENT.

WE NEED MORE PUBLIC INPUT DURING THIS PROCESS ANYONE IS THE CHAIRMAN IF I MAY MR. MCCALLUM, GO AHEAD. I THINK WE HAVE TO BE VERY CLEAR EYED ABOUT THIS MATTER CONSIDERING BOTH THE OWNER'S PROPERTY RIGHTS AND THE SENTIMENT OF THE RESIDENTS REGARDING THEIR WISHES AND EFFORTS TO PRESERVE THE HISTORY ,CULTURE AND HERITAGE OF THEIR COMMUNITY. THE OWNER OF THE CURRENT ZONING CAN BUILD HUNDRED AND 40 HOMES AS LOGAN SAID AND 95 DOCKS AND HE WOULD HAVE TO ACCOMPANY THOSE WITH ABOUT 140 SEPTIC TANKS AND DEEP WATER WELLS. THE OWNER SAID HE WANTS TO BUILD AN 18 HOLE GOLF COURSE CREATING A GOLF RESORT IN A GATED COMMUNITY ALL IN COUNTRY ADDICTION TO THE STATED PROHIBITIONS OF THE 25 YEAR OLD COMMUNITY OVERLAY PROTECTION ZONE.

THE RESIDENTS AND SEVERAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND CONSERVATION GROUPS HAVE STATED THEY WANT THE PROPERTY TO BE PRESERVED AS IS WITH NO DEVELOPMENT FINE DIRECT CONTRAVENTION OF CURRENT ZONING REGULATIONS. SO WITH REGARD TO THIS MATTER I'LL SUPPORT THIS ORDINANCE ON THE FIRST READING WITH THE HOPE THAT BY THE SECOND AND THIRD READING WE CAN ALL AGREE ON A REASONABLE PATH FORWARD THAT'S SATISFACTORY TO EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY AND THAT PATH FORWARD

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MOVE MY MOTION. YOU WILL REMOVE THE MOTION TO WILL YOU TAKE BACK THE SECOND.

YES. OKAY WE'RE AT THE ORIGINAL MOTION.

ARE WE READY TO VOTE? DOES ANYONE NEED TO SAY ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY. WOULD YOU PLEASE THE ROLL BEGINNING WITH MR. DAWSON WHO MADE THE MOTION MR. GLOVER MADE THE SECOND COUNCILMAN DAWSON? YES, COUNCILMAN GLOVER? YES, COUNCILMEMBER HOWARD? YES COUNCILMEMBER LAWSON. MARK LAWSON YES.

COUNCILMEMBER REEVES YES. COUNCILMEMBER TAVERNIER. YES.

COUNCILMEMBER BARTHOLOMEW YES COUNCILMEMBER BROWN. YES.

COUNCILMEMBER CUNNINGHAM NO. VICE-CHAIR ALLEN YES AND CHAIRMAN YES.

THAT MOTION WAS SUCCESSFUL. I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE ITEMS AND 14 AS ONE MOTION PLEASE SO

[Items 13 & 14]

[15. SECOND READING 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]

ITEM NUMBER IS A SECOND READING OF AN ORDINANCE FOR A ZONING MAP AMENDMENT REZONING REQUEST FOR ONE ACRE AT THREE BENTON LANE FROM T3 EDGE 2 TO 2 RURAL CENTER MR. CHAIRMAN, IF I MAY I THOUGHT THIS WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE SENT BACK OUT FOR TO LOOK AT THAT ENTIRE ROADWAY.

I AGREE WITH THAT. YEAH, I DIDN'T THINK IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE BACK ON THE AGENDA. IT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE OH IT'S ON THE SO YOU CAN MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO HAVE IT POST AMENDMENT OR SEND IT BACK TO SECOND DATE AS WELL.

WE GOING TO SEND IT BACK COMMITTEE? CORRECT.

GO AHEAD, MR. GRAY WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE IF YOU ARE LEAVING PLEASE LEAVE QUIETLY AND YOU MIGHT WANT TO CALL A BREAK AFTER WE DO THIS SO THAT FOLKS CAN LEAVE, SO WE CAN GET ON WITH OUR AGENDA SO WE WERE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT WE WERE TO KEEP THIS MOVING FORWARD AND HOLD IT PRIOR TO THIRD READING. OKAY.

SO WE'RE GOING TO HOLD A COMMUNITY ON APRIL 24TH. THIS WAS SCHEDULED FOR THE 25TH. ON THE 25TH THIS WAS SCHEDULED FOR THIRD READING ON APRIL 24TH WE WILL HOLD A THIRD READING ABOUT HOW TO READ. YOU ALL WANT TO HANDLE IT.

IT'S FINE WITH US. YEAH, WE'RE AWARE OF THAT. SO THE MEETING WILL BE APRIL 25TH. THE PUBLIC MEETING ON THE PLAN AMENDMENT WILL APRIL 25TH.

OKAY. TEMPERATURE WILL PREVAIL. YES, GO AHEAD.

WE REGARDING THIS ITEM WE'RE GOING TO VOTE WE'RE GOING TO DO A SECOND READING TONIGHT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THEN WE GO TO A PUBLIC MEETING AT PORTERVILLE HIGH'S ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ON TUESDAY 25TH I BELIEVE IT IS AT 6:00. AND THEN WE GO TO THE THIRD READING AFTER THAT AND IN COMMENT TO THE LADY THAT CAME UP HERE AND SPOKE EARLIER THE CAMPBELLS MR. DR. CAMPBELL HAS BEEN ON HILTON HEAD IN THE BLUFFTON AREA FOR 35 YEARS HE HAS TWO SONS THAT ARE KNOW NOW GOING INTO THE FAMILY BUSINESS THE RATIO FOR OPTOMETRISTS AND ANY ONE GIVEN AREA IS 1 TO 5000 PEOPLE GUESS WHAT IT IS IN THIS AREA WHERE HE WANTS TO BUILD AN OFFICE 0 TO 20000 THEY DON'T HAVE THE ME THE CAMPBELLS DO NOT HAVE THE MEANS LIKE PUBLIX AND PARKER'S AND THE BIG THE BIG BOX STORES TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD WHAT PROPERTY IS AND SO I'M ASKING ALL OF US TO PLEASE VOTE YES FOR THE SECOND READING.

OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE WE VOTE? I YES, GO AHEAD. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I VOTED TO MOVE IT TO THE FIRST READING JUST SO WE COULD GET INFORMATION. I JUST WAS REELECTED TALKING TO

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I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION. OKAY. MR. CUNNINGHAM AND MR. BOTH MADE THE MOTION IN SECOND. NOW IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION KNOW I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH MR. LAWSON. THIS I BELIEVE IS IN MY DISTRICT AND WHAT WE HEAR FROM PEOPLE IS TRAFFIC IS HORRIFIC ESPECIALLY AT THE NEW RIVER TRAFFIC CIRCLE.

THEY WANT TO SLOW GROWTH. THEY WANT TO REDUCE DENSITY. THEY HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE ELECTRICAL I'M TOLD BY PEOPLE IN NEW RIVERSIDE IT GOES ON AND OFF ALL THE THEM THANKS TO MR. CUNNINGHAM NO RELATION THERE ARE THERE ARE ISSUES PEOPLE HAVE AND I'M GOING TO VOTE NO AGAIN I VOTED NO THE FIRST THING. OKAY.

ANY OTHER QUESTION I WOULD LIKE TO SAY WITH I LIKE TO ASK IF EITHER A COUNCIL MEMBER TABERNACLE COUNCILMEMBER LAWSON HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN OUT TO WHERE THE PROPERTY IS I KNOW WHERE IT IS. I USED TO REPRESENT NOW HAVING BEEN PRESENT THERE THREE TIMES AND IN THE LAST WEEK OR SO AND ACTUALLY I'M SURPRISED THAT IT'S ACTUALLY NOT EVEN HIGHWAY SIX IT'S ACTUALLY BACK A LOT INTO THE RESIDENTIAL AREA WHICH MAKES ME EVEN WANT TO EVEN MORE NOT VOTING AND ALSO THE PEOPLE GOING BY THERE EVERY SINGLE DAY ARE COMING OUT OF PALMETTO BLUFF OR NEAR RIVERSIDE AND THEY'RE GOING BY THERE ANYWAY TO GO TO THE STORE, GO DOWNTOWN CLIFTON OR WHEREVER GOING IT'S NOT GOING TO ADD THAT MUCH TRAFFIC HE'S ONLY GETS 18 PATIENTS A DAY. OKAY. OKAY.

THAT'S ALL RIGHT, MR. CHAIRMAN . GOOD.

YEAH, I THINK I JUST WANT TO GET THE PUBLIC COMING. THAT'S WE TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME NOT SAYING I'M FOR OR AGAINST IT AFTER VISITING THE PROPERTY FOR THE SECOND TIME BUT WE DIDN'T GET TO THAT PUBLIC COMMENT. SO I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT THROUGH ESPECIALLY EVEN IF IT'S NOT FOR THIS PROPERTY ITSELF BUT TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH THE REST OF THAT CORRIDOR AFTER I'D LIKE TO HAVE THIS ON THE TABLE WHEN WE HAVE THAT.

OKAY. WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL PLEASE ? MR. CUNNINGHAM MADE THE MOTION MR. BARTHOLOMEW MADE THE SECOND OKAY.

COUNCILMAN CUNNINGHAM? YES. COUNCILMAN BARTHOLOMEW? YES. COUNCILMEMBER BROWN. YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER DAWSON. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER GLOVER AND YOU KNOW DO NOT SUPPORT THIS AND WHAT I HOPING THAT WE HAD PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS BEFORE WOULD BE BEFORE BUT THERE'S NOT SO I'M TO ABSTAIN AND IF IT ALLOW FOR THE PASSAGE BUT I'M IN FAVOR OF IT AT ALL THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER HOWARD NO COUNCILMEMBER LAWSON MARK LAWSON NO COUNCILMEMBER. YES. COUNCILMEMBER TAMINA I KNOW VICE CHAIR MCCLELLAN MY INCLINATION ON THIS MATTER VOTE NO.

HOWEVER I DO WANT TO HEAR FROM THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE POSITION THAT THEY TAKE AND IF WE ARE SUCCESSFUL WITH NO VOTES THERE WON'T A PUBLIC MEETING.

SO I THINK THAT WE HAVE FRAUGHT HERE WITH DIFFICULT I WOULD HAVE PREFERRED THE PUBLIC MEETING BEFORE THE SECOND VOTE BUT I'LL VOTE YES TONIGHT JUST TO KEEP IT ALIVE SO.

WE CAN HAVE THE PUBLIC MEETING HEAR FROM THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE AND THEN THE THIRD READING I'LL MAKE A DECISION AS TO WHICH WAY I'LL GO. I'M A NO OKAY BUT IT DOES PASS.

[16. PUBLIC HEARING AND SECOND READING 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]

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[17. PUBLIC HEARING AND SECOND READING 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 (T2R) TO C4 COMMUNITY CENTER MIXED-USE (C4CCMU)]

OKAY. THERE IS OBJECTION. WE NEED NOT CALL THE ROLL IF THERE IS ONLY ONE OBJECTION AND I SEE NO OTHER OBJECTIONS SO THIS WILL BE PASSED TEN ONE

[18. PUBLIC HEARING AND 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]

YES, I DO AND A SECOND PLEASE HAVE A SECOND MOTION. MISS HOWARD MAKES THE SECOND DULY MOTION AND SECONDED ANY DISCUSSION SAYING NO DISCUSSION THIS WILL BE APPROVED WITHOUT

[19. APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT A 30,000 GRANT FROM AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (ASPCA) FOR DISASTER RESPONSE]

[20. CITIZEN COMMENT PERIOD- 15 MINUTES TOTAL]

HOW ARE YOU DOING? MY NAME IS WILLIAM SMITH TONIGHT YOU LIVE ON IN A WATERWAY TO THE PUBLIC LIBRARY. I'VE BEEN COMING TO THIS COUNCIL FOR INTENSELY TIME NOW ABOUT COMMUNITY LIBRARIES. WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL STATE LIBRARY SYSTEM ISLAND BUT THE LIBRARY CLOSED ALL BANKER'S HOURS. HOW CAN MY KIDS GET THINGS DONE WHEN LIBRARIES IS CLOSED SO? IT'S GOOD TO HAVE IT BUT WE CAN'T UTILIZE IT SO.

I MEAN ONCE AGAIN I BRING THE QUESTION TO YOU WHEN ARE WE GOING TO CHANGE THE HOURS THE LIBRARY ALSO IN SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY GOOD USE OF THE USE OF THE LIBRARY AND HAVE IT OPEN LATE AFTERNOONS BECAUSE IT IS DIFFERENT WHEN YOU WHEN YOU GO TO THE BANK GET SOMEONE YOU GOT YOU GOT A CREDIT CARD BUT WHEN YOU HAVE THAT ACCESS AT HOME YOU NEED THE LIBRARY TO GO SO THAT'S WHY WE PAY TAX OURSELVES TO KEEP THAT UP AND RUNNING. SO ONCE AGAIN PLEASE LOOK AT THE LIBRARY TAX I LOOK AT THE LIBRARIES I WAS IN ALSO THIS MEETING HERE I'M SO DISAPPOINTED THIS COUNCIL STARTED MEETING AT 5:00 BECAUSE I WAS ONCE AGAIN WHEN PEOPLE AT WORK REGARDS TO SOMETHING IS ON THE AGENDA THAT THAT MAY BE FRUITFUL THAT THEY MAY WANT TO PUT TEETH IN YOU ALL WITH ALONG WITH ME WE WORK FOR PEOPLE WHO REPRESENT US WELL THE OFFICIALS WE ELECTED MY PEOPLE TO SAY THAT YOU WANT TO MEET AT 5:00 WHEN PEOPLE ARE AT WORK OR JUST GETTING OFF THAT'S A BOLD STATEMENT THAT SAYS THAT YOU DON'T CARE WHAT THEY SAY YOU'RE GOING TO MEET WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE ME AND YOU DON'T WANT THEM TO THE MEETING I MEAN I CAN'T PUT IT NO OTHER WAY IT'S TOXIC AND IT'S UNHEALTHY AND THEN YOU SAY YOU WANT YOUNGER PEOPLE OR YOU WANT THE PEOPLE THE COMMUNITY BEING GET INVOLVED. OH MAN I SAID BABY DON'T DON'T DON'T TELL ME YOU CRY AND GIVE ME CROCODILE TEARS SHOW ME OR SHOW US AND PUT THIS MEAN AT A TIME THAT'S FEASIBLE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE WHO ARE INVOLVED AND WHO WANT TO HEAR AND WHO WANT TO SPEAK AND THEY CAN GET FROM WORKING NOT TO GET A SPEEDING TICKET TOGETHER AND VOICE THEIR OPINIONS THEN BRING TO THE MEETING BY TIME LATER NO ONE ASKED.

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BUT THIRDLY AND LASTLY WE TALKED ABOUT YA'LL TALK ABOUT THAT LAST SITUATION YOU GAVE US STUDY FOR HILTON GULLAH PEOPLE. WELL WHY NOT GIVE US A STUDY FUSSING HELENA SAY I SAY HELLO GULLAH PEOPLE SEE HOW LONG THE PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN OVER TO WHO WE ARE FROM WE'RE BORN AND RAISED HERE TO SEE IF THAT'S WHAT REALLY BENEFIT AND SEE HOW Y'ALL HOW JUST TAKE THIS VACATION IT'S TAKING PLACE IF YOU REALLY CARED I MEAN WE KEEP WE KEEP KICKING THIS THING KICKING THIS THING I'M GONNA ROLL HEAD AND WE AND WE AND WE AS BLACK PEOPLE WE HAVE TO STOP LETTING PEOPLE PIMPLES BECAUSE WHEN THE NEXT PERSON WHO WHO COMES HERE AND THEY WANT TO PUT A GOLF COURSE WANT TO PUT THEIR MOTHER IN THEY'LL BE USING US TO THE CONSULTATION IN THERE AND EVERYBODY ELSE. IT'S TIME THAT THE FORCE IS OVER.

THANK YOU. PUT YOUR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH IS BUT THE PEOPLE FIRST.

THANK YOU, SIR. ANYONE ELSE? WHAT DO YOU WISH TO SPEAK ABOUT, SIR? YOU KNOW WE ALREADY DID THAT RIGHT? WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NON AGENDA ITEMS. THAT WAS AN AGENDA ITEM.

WE DISCUSSED IT. WE VOTED ON YES SIR. NO, I HAVE NOTHING.

YES SIR. RICHMOND COUNTY COUNCIL MY NAME IS JOE MACY GREW UP IN THE CITY OF BEAUFORT SINCE 1975. THAT WOULD MAKE ME I'VE BEEN HERE THROUGH KINDERGARTEN RIGHT HERE IN THE CITY. HONESTLY BE NEXT TO THE CITY OF BEAUFORT.

AND THEN I MOVED INTO THE CITY OF BEAUFORT. I SPEAK ABOUT PARKS AND REC.

I BIKED A BIKE ALL OVER BY CONEY ISLAND. I HAVE BIKE PANEL FOUR YEARS AGO AND NOW THAT I THINK ABOUT IT I THINK I WAS THINKING TODAY OR YESTERDAY ALL THE BIKE RIDES I'VE BEEN ON WHICH ONES AROUND BEAUFORT COUNTY WHAT I PUT IN THE TOP 20 HUNTING ISLAND PINE ISLAND NOT ONLY PINE ISLAND BUT THE ROAD LEADING TO PINE ISLAND IS BEAUTIFUL IN ITS OWN RIGHT AND I MIGHT ADD MCPHERSON A ROAD I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S IN YOU FOR COUNTY OR NOT.

I DON'T KNOW WHICH COUNTY THAT'S IN BUT NOW THEY CAN FENCE THAT OFF.

THERE'S A TWO MILE ROAD UP THERE. IT'S NOT UP BUT EDGE POINT SOUTH AND GO UP NORTH. MY PERSONAL OPINION IS PINE ISLAND IS THE HUNTING ISLAND OF SAINT HELENA. MAYBE IT SHOULD JUST BE LEFT ALONE.

NO, DON'T LET THE CARS GO IN THEIR PARK. LET THEM RIDE YOUR BIKE AND DO WHATEVER. ONCE THE CARS GO WHO KNOWS WHAT HAPPENED? BUT MAYBE YOU SHOULD BACK PEOPLE SAYING BUY IT FROM THE GENTLEMAN WE WE WHO GREW UP IN BEAUFORT OR SAINT HELENA AIRPORT ROAD AND A LOT OF THESE FOLKS WE'VE BEEN CHEATED ON OUR PARKS AND SUMMER AND I KNOW SOMEBODY MADE A COMMENT IT'S LIKE PACMAN IT CAN BE NOT THE LAND IF THE PARK'S NOT GOING PINE ISLAND WHERE'S IT GOING? WHERE ARE THESE PARKS GOING? AND I COULD GO ON YOU KNOW THE GREEN STREET GYM, THE TENNIS COURTS WE NEVER GOT OUR CENTER AND THIS AND THIS WAS DOWN WITH THIS PARKS AND REC ISSUES THE SAME IT'S NOT THE SAME ISSUES BUT IT'S THE SAME OLD YEAH IT'S NOT ONLY THE PERFORMANCE IT'S NOT A NICE THING TO SAY BUT IT'S NOT IT'S NOT ONLY THE PERFORMANCE BUT IT'S THE RESPONSE WHEN WE START SCREAMING AND YELLING AND HOW SOMEBODY WANT WON FOR THE GOLF COURSE THERE I CHALLENGE ALL OF YOU TO GO SEE PINE ISLAND I'LL GIVE YOU I'LL LET YOU BORROW A BICYCLE HECK I'LL GIVE YOU A BICYCLE IF YOU WANT TO GO SEE IT IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT YOU CAN GO SEE IT YOU WOULD NEVER PUT A GOLF COURSE. WELL MAYBE IF YOU'RE A GOLF FANATIC YOU WOULD BUT A LOT OF DON'T WANT TO PLAY GOLF SO MAYBE YOU WANT MAYBE WE'LL PLAY PING PONG WITH THAT NEW ONE.

PICKLEBALL. YEAH. THANK YOU.

PICKLEBALL. SO PROTECT THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE WHO GREW UP HERE? YES WE SEE IT EVERY DAY. YOU CAN'T CON US YOU CAN'T CHEAT US.

YOU CAN'T ROB US YOU CAN'T BETRAY IT STOP IT. HOW MANY TIMES DID IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WISHES TO MAKE ? YES SIR.

I WAS ON THE LIST EARLIER. I DON'T THINK MANY. ARE YOU TALKING THE CPO? ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT PINE ISLAND PINE ISLAND NUMBER FIVE ON THE LIST BUT SOMEHOW I GUESS THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE DID IN THE FIRST ROUND. WE'VE DONE THAT.

WE'VE HEARD FROM EVERYBODY WE'VE PASSED IT WELL WHEN YOU COME BACK NEXT TIME COME BACK NEXT TIME WE'LL DO IT AGAIN BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SECOND READING.

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WE ARE THANK YOU VERY

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.