May 08, 2023 Community Services and Land Use Committee

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, SIR. I THINK THE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND YOU VERY MUCH IS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY JUSTICE FOR ALL. OKAY, GOOD AFTERNOON. PUBLIC NOTICE OF THIS MEETING

[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]

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

EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THOSE. CAN WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE MINUTES? OKAY. MISS BROWN, THE MOTION IS THERE

[6. CITIZEN COMMENT PERIOD]

AT THIS TIME WE HAVE CITIZEN COMMENTS. WE HAD EIGHT PEOPLE SIGN UP LIKE YES WE JUST DID 2 MINUTES AND THIS IS THE ONLY PERIOD OF .

AND THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SIGNED UP IS ALL FOR ITEM NUMBER TEN. IF THERE'S ANYONE.

SO WE HAVE EIGHT PEOPLE WHO SIGNED UP BUT WE ONLY HAVE TIME FOR FIVE PEOPLE AT 3 MINUTES EACH AND I WILL NOT BE GIVING ANYONE TIME FROM SOMEONE ELSE'S TIME SO THE FIRST FIVE PEOPLE WHO SIGNED UP PLEASE COME FORWARD WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED AND GIVE US YOUR ADDRESS AND THE ITEM YOU ARE WISHING TO SPEAK ABOUT STEWART YARBOROUGH .

MY NAME'S STEWART YARBOROUGH. MY ADDRESS IS 28 PROSPECT ROAD TO, FUSCHIA ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA AND I AM SPEAKING ON THE SHORT TERM RENTAL PROPOSAL FOR TOPOLSKY ISLAND.

WOULD YOU LIKE FOR ME TO START? SURE. COX STARTED BY TELLING.

MY NAME IS STEWART YARBOROUGH AND MY FAMILY LIVED ON THE FIRST FOR 102 YEARS IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT. I AM THE SPOKESPERSON FOR DA AND I REPRESENT 120 PEOPLE ON THE FIRST YEAR THAT HAVE COME TOGETHER TO TRY TO MAKE A COMMON SENSE RECOMMENDATION THAT FIT THE PACIFIC ISLANDS UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES. YOU SEE THE FIRST ISLAND HAS NO BRIDGE. THOSE THAT COME OVER STAY AT SHORT TERM RENTALS.

IT IS THE LIFEBLOOD OF THE FIRST U.S. ECONOMY. THERE ARE CURRENTLY 24 ACTIVE SHORT TERM RENTALS IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT IS APPROXIMATELY FOUR SQUARE MILES. THE PROPOSAL BY THE DEFENSE HOUSING COUNCIL WE BELIEVE WILL AFFECT THE POOREST GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT LIVE ON FIRST ALL SUBDIVISION.

ALL THE SUBDIVISIONS HAVE WAYS THAT WILL BE EXEMPT FROM THE RULES.

THESE WILL INCLUDE SUBDIVISION IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT. SO LET ME EXPLAIN.

THE COUNCIL SAID THEY DO NOT WANT LARGE INVESTORS COMING IN AND TURNING THE ISLAND INTO A MINI CAMP BUT LARGE INVESTORS COULD BUY TRACTS OF LAND, TURN THEM INTO SUBDIVISIONS AND FOR FORM ARCHWAYS THAT WILL ALLOW STARS THEIR STARS TO BYPASS THE RULES BEFORE YOU.

THE WHAT THIS PROPOSAL WILL DO IN WILL WILL AFFECT US THE THE POOREST PEOPLE ON THE BASICALLY THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HAVING A HARD TIME MOVING TO WANT TO OFFSET THE COSTS BY HAVING STARS. WE OFFERED THREE DIFFERENT COMPROMISES THAT WE FEEL ARE FAIR TO ALL PARTIES. ONE CONDITIONAL USE FOR HISTORIC RESIDENTS IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT. THESE RESIDENTS WOULD HAVE TO ABIDE BY A LIST OF CONDITIONS OF THIS LIST OF CONDITIONS WOULD RESULT IN THEIR LICENSING BEING REVOKED.

LIMITED CONDITIONAL USE BASED ON RESIDENT WOULD BE LIMITED CONDITIONAL USE BASED ON RESIDENCES STATUS OF THE INDIVIDUALS APPLYING FOR LICENSING.

THIS PROPOSAL WOULD CREATE THE FUSCHIA WOULD CREATE WAS CREATED BY THE DUSKY ISLAND CODES COMMITTEE. IT WOULD ALLOW THREE SHORT TERM RENTALS PER RESIDENT ON THE FIRST WEEK AND ONE SHORT TERM RENTAL FOR THOSE THAT DO NOT LIVE ON TOPOLSKY.

UNDER CONDITIONAL USE AFTERWARD THERE'D BE SUBJECT SPECIAL USE PERMITTING AGAIN VIOLATING THE LIST OF CONDITIONS OF THE PROPOSAL WOULD VIE WOULD RESULT IN THEIR LICENSING BEING REVOKED. THREE GRANDFATHERING UNDER CONDITIONAL USE THOSE THAT ALREADY PROPERTY. AGAIN THESE PEOPLE WOULD HAVE TO FOLLOW THE SAME LIST CONDITIONS OR THEIR LICENSING WOULD BE REVOKED. THIS WOULD ALLOW PEOPLE THAT HAVE ALREADY INVESTED HEAVILY INTO FUSCHIA ISLAND PROPERTIES NOT TO BE INFECTED BUT BY WHAT WE CONSIDER AN EFFORT TO LIMIT OR RESTRICT CAP STARS IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE.

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THANK YOU. THANKS. CAN I PRESENT SOME PLEASE? PLEASE. YOU CAN HAND THEM OUT. HAND THEM TO OUR RECORD.

ONE THING AND THIS IS THE DATA THAT WAS COLLECTED BY THE COAST COUNCIL AND THIS IS THE ELECTION RESULTS FOR THE LAST ELECTION. OKAY.

THE NEXT PERSON ON OUR AND SHE WILL PROVIDE IT TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THANK YOU. THE NEXT PERSON ON THE LIST IS KAY YARBOROUGH AND IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR ADDRESS TO NAME. HI, I'M KATE YARBOROUGH. I LIVE AT 28 PROSPECT ROAD TO FUSCHIA ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA . MY NAME IS KATE YARBOROUGH.

I'VE BEEN A MEMBER OF THE FUSCHIA HIGHLAND COUNCIL AND LIVE ON THE HISTORICAL DISTRICT. I'M THE YOUNGEST PERSON WHO'S EVER SERVED ON THE COUNCIL.

I'M FIFTH GENERATION ISLANDER AND I COME FROM THE WORKING PEOPLE WHO LOVE THE SPECIAL ISLAND AND HELP MAKE IT WHAT IT IS TODAY. MY FAMILY WAS HERE DURING THE ISLANDS AND THE RECESSION THAT STARTED IN 2008 AND I'LL NEVER FORGET THE HARDSHIPS THAT WE WENT THROUGH WHEN IT WAS DIFFICULT TO EARN A LIVING. THE MAIN REASON I DECIDED TO RUN FOR COUNCIL EARLIER THIS YEAR WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT NO OTHER FAMILIES HAVE TO GO THROUGH WHAT WE DID. WHEN I RAN FOR COUNCIL THIS PAST FEBRUARY I OPENLY SUPPORTED REASONABLE REGULATIONS FOR VACATION RENTALS AND THAT MEANS CONDITIONAL USE PERMITTING INSTEAD OF SPECIAL USE PERMANENT.

I BELIEVE MY POSITION ON THE ISSUE IS THE REASON WHY I WAS THE SECOND HIGHEST VOTE GETTER AFTER JOHN OUT OF SIX CANDIDATES. I ALSO STRONGLY SUPPORTED OPEN MEETINGS AND A TRANSPARENT PROCESS WITH WHICH QUITE HONESTLY HAD BEEN LACKING OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. LAST MONTH I WAS INVITED BY A GROUP OF TO A MEETING WITH COUNCILMAN MARK LAWSON TO DISCUSS THE SDR ISSUE. MR. LAWSON RECOMMENDED THE BEST WAY TO APPROACH THE ISSUE WAS THROUGH THE THE FIRST YEAR ISLAND COUNCIL A MONTHLY THAT IS HELD THAT WAS HELD THAT DAY WHICH WAS WHEN I SPONSORED A MOTION TO CHANGE THE COUNCIL'S POSITION ON THE SDR ISSUE. IN OTHER WORDS, THE MOTION SUPPORTED CONDITIONAL USE PERMITTING INSTEAD OF SPECIAL USE PERMANENT. I HAVE GIVEN A COPY OF THAT MOTION. THE COUNCIL WAS NOT AT THE MEETING AND LATER THAT NIGHT I WAS SHOCKED TO RECEIVE AN EMAIL FROM HIM SAYING THAT THE MOTION WAS ILLEGAL BECAUSE THERE WAS NOT A SEVEN DAY NOTICE AS BY THE BYLAWS. IN FACT THAT WAS NOT TRUE AND I PROVED AND THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT THAT REQUIREMENT WAS NOT IN THE BYLAWS.

THE NEXT MORNING THE CHAIRMAN THEN NOTIFIED ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT I HAD VIOLATED THE COUNCIL'S CODE OF ETHICS BECAUSE I SUPPOSEDLY HAD FINANCIAL INTEREST IN THE ISSUE BECAUSE ONE OF MY JOBS WAS DRIVING A TRANSPORTATION VAN FOR MY DAD'S BUSINESS.

MY BUSINESS. HE THREATENED ME WITH REMOVAL FROM THE COUNCIL WHEN MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBER TAYLOR MORAN DISAGREED, THE CHAIRMAN THEN THREATENED HER WITH REMOVAL BECAUSE OF OF HER JOBS AS CLEANING HOUSES INCLUDING A FEW STORES.

AND THE TRUTH IS EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER EXCEPT JOHN CHARTER EARNS INCOME FROM VACATION GUESTS INCLUDING THE CHAIRMAN WHO SELLS BOOKS AND GIVES TOURS TO TOURISTS.

IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE HERE TO MAKE A LIVING WITHOUT BEING INVOLVED WITH A TOURIST ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. THE CHAIRMAN THEN CALLED FOR A CLOSED MEETING A CLOSED COUNCIL MEETING TO INVESTIGATE THE TWO OF US AND THAT THE MEETING WAS HELD ON THE FRONT PORCH SUN ON SUNDAY MORNING. HE UP NOT HAVING A QUORUM AND THEN REFERRED THE MATTER TO A COMMITTEE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. YARBOROUGH.

NEXT ON THE LIST IS IS IT DEBORAH SMITH? CORRECT.

GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS DEBORAH SMITH. MY ARE TWO ADDRESSES UNDER 37 FORCE DRIVE AND 293 SCHOOL ROAD. I'M THE FORMER CHAIR OF THE FIRST YEAR AND COUNCIL I SERVED ON IT FOR SIX YEARS WAS THE CHAIR FOR LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

I HAVE BEEN A SUPPORTER OF REASONABLE STR REGULATIONS. THIS IS AN APPROACH SDR ANTI SDR THERE'S NOBODY WHO'S BEEN INVOLVED THIS DOESN'T THINK THAT SDR SHOULD BE REGULATED.

THE COMPROMISE THAT WAS HARD FOUGHT AND CAME AFTER ALMOST A YEAR OF HEARINGS AND PUBLIC FORUMS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH INCLUDES THE MOST EXTENSIVE LIST OF CONDITIONS THAT WE'VE SEEN ANYWHERE IN BEAUFORT COUNTY OR MOST OTHER PLACES. EVERYBODY WENT ALONG WITH THIS LIST BASED ON THEIR BEING CONDITIONAL PER MEANING INSTEAD OF SPECIAL USE PERMITTING.

HOWEVER AND IT PASSED UNANIMOUSLY FROM THE CODES COMMITTEE WHEN IT GOT TO THE FULL COUNCIL THE CHAIRMAN DIDN'T LIKE THAT LED THE FIGHT AGAINST IT.

THE MOTION WAS DEFEATED. HE CAME BACK WITH HIS OWN PROPOSAL THAT HAD EVERYTHING IN THERE THAT WE HAD CONCEDED ON BUT HAD TAKEN OUT CONDITIONAL USE INSTEAD PUT IN SPECIAL USE PERMITTING. IT'S A GREAT BURDEN AND IT'S VERY OWNERS FOR PEOPLE UNDER

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YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT OTHER PEOPLE IN UNINCORPORATED BEAUFORT COUNTY THIS.

THE FIRST IS DIFFERENT. FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE OUR OWN ISLAND CODE AND PLAN WE WERE TOLD IT OF THAT THE COMMUNITY MAKE ITS VIEWS KNOWN THE CODE WOULD BE AMENDED BY THE COUNCIL. AND SECOND WE HAVE TO TAKE A BOAT AND THAT MAKES IT MUCH MORE DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY WITH 5:00 MEETINGS BY THE PLANNING BY THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS.

IT MEANS AN OVERNIGHT STAY FOR FOUR GUESTS. IT'S AN ONEROUS AND IT'S ONLY ONE THAT'S BEING OPPOSED OR BEING PROPOSED FOR WHO LIVE IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT WHICH IS EVERYTHING OUTSIDE OF THE PRIVATE COMMUNITIES. SO PEOPLE WHO HAVE PROPERTIES IN THE MORE AFFLUENT POINT MELROSE AND OTHER AREAS THEY DON'T TO GO THROUGH THIS IT'S ONLY WHAT'S ESSENTIALLY THE WORKING FOLKS IN THE FIRST KEY THAT HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS ONEROUS PROCESS AND THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO SAY IT'S NOT A PROBLEM AND CAN DO TWEAKS AND THEY CAN MAKE IT EASIER. THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO ARE SAYING THAT ARE PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS THEMSELVES. WE'RE ASKING YOU TO WE AS STUART MENTIONED WE HAVE IT'S BEEN SAID NOT COMPROMISING. WE HAVE COMPROMISED OVER AND OVER AGAIN. WE'VE GONE ALONG WITH THREE COMPROMISE VERSIONS AND EVERY ONE OF THEM HAS BEEN TORPEDOED IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. WE STILL STAND READY COMPROMISE AND WE ASK YOU TO EITHER AMEND THIS VERSION SO THAT IT'S CONDITIONAL USE INSTEAD OF SPECIAL USE OR TABLE IT BOTH SIDES TO GET TOGETHER AND COME UP WITH ANOTHER COMPROMISE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. OKAY.

THANK YOU. ON THE LIST IS TYLER MORAN PRONOUNCED IN THE LAST NAME? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME AND PLEASE. HI. MY NAME IS TAYLOR MORAN.

MY ADDRESS IS 323 SCHOOL ROAD AND I AM A MEMBER OF THE DEPRESSION COUNCIL.

I'VE LIVED OVER ON THE FESCUE FOR FOUR YEARS AND I CLEAN STARS I CLEAN RESIDENTIAL HOUSES. I WALK, I SEE OUR GUEST DOGS. I TAKE CARE OF THEIR DOGS.

I ALSO TAKE CARE OF A NUMBER OF OTHER PROPERTIES WITH STR OWNERS ETC. AND THERE ARE A GROUP OF THE STORE OWNERS THAT I CARE OF THEY ARE OUT STATE SO THEY CAN'T ALWAYS GET DOWN HERE TO SOUTH CAROLINA TO COME TO THESE MEETINGS TO TALK ABOUT GETTING THEIR PERMITS AND THE ZONING AND STUFF. SO I AM ASKING TO CONDITIONAL USE ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE THAT I HELP WITH THEIR STORIES JUST BECAUSE THAT'S A HUGE HASSLE AND WITH IT WITH THEIR AND THEIR JOBS THEY CAN'T ALWAYS COME DOWN HERE FOR ALL OF THE MEETINGS AND WHATNOT.

SO I ALSO WANT YOU GUYS TO KNOW THAT WE ARE US ON THE PROCESS TR CONDITIONAL USE WE ARE MORE HAPPY TO SIT DOWN WITH THE PEOPLE THAT OPPOSE THAT AND TALK ABOUT IT AND A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK WE ARE NOT TO COMPROMISE BUT WE ARE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. OKAY. THE LAST PERSON ON THE LIST IS THE DALE SALLY ROBERTSON IS CORRECT. YES, MA'AM.

THANK YOU. THANK EVERYONE FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY.

MY NAME IS SHELLY-ANN ROBERSON . I AM SIXTH GENERATION BORN NATIVE OF THE FIRST ISLAND. I LIVE AT 188 SCHOOL ROAD. I LIKE TO SAY THAT THE FUSCHIA ISLAND IS MY HOME BORN AND RAISED AND I'VE SEEN MANY THINGS COME AND GO TO AND FROM THAT ISLAND AND I KNOW WHEN PEOPLE COME THERE THE FIRST THING THEY DO IS FALL IN LOVE WITH IT WHILE BEING IN LOVE WITH IT ALL MY LIFE AND SHE'LL CONTINUE ON BEHALF ACR THE PURPOSE OF ME AND SPEAKING ON WHAT'S GOING ON A LOT OF IT I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU IT'S CONFUSING BECAUSE PEOPLE KEEP TALKING FROM ONE EAR TO THE OTHER BUT ALL IN ALL I MYSELF IS WORKING ON RESTORING SOME OF THE HOMES ON THE ISLAND BASICALLY BECAUSE THE NATIVE WHO HAVE LIVING THERE THE ANCESTORS ARE GONE. FOLKS HAVE LEFT THE ISLAND FOR WORK FOR MEDICAL REASONS, HEALTH AND ALL THESE STUFF. NOW THESE HOMES ARE IN DISREPAIR. I'M TRYING MY BEST TO GET THESE HOUSES ONE AT A TIME BACK UP AND RUNNING AND HAVE AS SHORT TERM RENTALS SO THAT FOLKS CAN COME AND ENJOY NOT ONLY THE HISTORY BUT HEAR THE STORIES BE A PART OF THE FIRST GREAT AND A COMMUNITY THAT WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE WITHOUT THE BICKERING AND SIDES TAKING WE ON THAT ISLAND? YES WE ARE SEPARATED AND WE CAN ONLY GO AND COME BY BOAT. IT'S TRUE BUT WE STILL HAVE TO HAVE RESPECT AND UNDERSTAND THAT EACH ONE OF US HAVE OUR OWN MEANS OF WHAT WE WANT. BUT WHAT'S BEST FOR THE ISLAND I'M HERE WHAT'S BEST FOR US TO WORK WITH, WHAT'S BEST FOR US AS A COMMUNITY AS IT SAID OH IS

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HAVING TO TAKE A BOAT IS COMPLICATED FOR A LOT OF US. SOMETIMES YOU GET UP AND YOU DON'T KNOW YOU CAN GET OVER BASICALLY BECAUSE TIME YOU'VE GOT TO DEAL WITH YOUR CAR WHEN YOU GET TO THE OTHER SIDE. WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS THAT GET IN OUR WAY BUT MOST OF ALL PLEASE I AM ASKING IF TABLING IT FOR US TO COME TOGETHER AND REALLY TALK ABOUT THESE ISSUES WOULD HELP. I AM FOR THAT TRYING TO JUST BE A PART OF A COMMUNITY THAT I WOULD LIKE US TO ALL UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE THERE AND NO MATTER WHAT WE GO ON A BIG FLOOD IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO BE AND LIVE AS MY GRANDMA, MOM AND ANCESTORS BEFORE ME CAME AND THEY ALSO FOUGHT FOR THE THINGS HAPPENING ON THAT ISLAND AND. ALSO THEIR LOVE FOR IT LEFT ME AND THEIR SPOT TO OUT BENEFITING WHAT WOULD HELP US ON THAT ISLAND THANK YOU.

[7. PRESENTATION FROM SC STATE EXTENSION SERVICES, CORNELIUS HAMILTON]

I JUST WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL COMMITTEE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO STAND BEFORE YOU MY PURPOSE IS JUST TO HIGHLIGHT AND INTRODUCE TO YOU GUYS SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT THE STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION PROGRAM IS DOING IN DUPAGE COUNTY. AS I UNDERSTAND THAT EVERYONE IS NOT AWARE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING SO THIS IS MORE THAN 10 MINUTES WORTH OF INFORMATION BUT I'M GOING TO BE BRIEF IS BULLETED IT SO I CAN BRING IT TO YOUR ATTENTION IF YOU GUYS WILL BEAR WITH US. SO I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT HERE THAT SINCE 1896 WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE AUTHORITY BY FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT TO CONDUCT RESEARCH AND EXTENSION SERVICES THROUGH OUR LAND GRANT UNIVERSITY AS AMENDED. WE ARE A NETWORK OF 100 LANGUAGES UNIVERSITIES IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA THERE ARE TWO LAND GRANT UNIVERSITIES AND WE HAVE CLEMSON UNIVERSITY EXTENSION SERVICE. THIS IS STATE UNIVERSITY.

WE PROVIDE EXTENSIVE SERVICES BUT THE THING THAT I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT HERE IS THAT WE DO PLAN A PROGRAM PLAN TO WORK ON A54 YEAR BASIS SO THAT WE'RE NOT DUPLICATING SO WE PROVIDE OUR PROGRAM SO THAT WE MAY ASSIST EACH BUT WE'RE NOT THERE'S NO DUPLICATION OF SERVICES. THIS IS OUR AND IT'S SIMPLE WE OUR FOCUS IS TO INNOVATE IDEAS SO THAT WE CAN EDUCATE OUR CONSTITUENTS AND ULTIMATELY ELEVATING THE QUALITY OF LIFE.

AS I MENTIONED, SERVICE IS OUR PRODUCT AND SO OUR GOAL IS TO ENSURE THAT ALL OF OUR SERVICES ARE INFLUENCED BY. THESE CORE VALUES IS EQUALLY I KNOW YOU HAVE YOU HEAR ME REFER TO OUR SERVICES THAT THE LOWCOUNTRY REGION WE SERVE THE STATE A REGIONAL BASIS SO THE LOWCOUNTRY REGION WHICH INCLUDES DIFFERENT COUNTY IS SERVED THROUGH THE HAMPTON COUNTY OFFICE SO OUR OFFICE IS HOUSED IN HAMPTON COUNTY WE SERVE BEAUFORT ALLENDALE COLLEGE AND THEN ALSO JASPER COUNTIES. THESE ARE OUR PRIORITIES THAT IS ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND THESE ARE ABOUT FIVE AREAS WE HAVE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATION, INNOVATION AND SUPPORT FAMILY AND HEALTH AND THEN ALSO SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL NATURAL RESOURCES. AND I GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF HIGHLIGHTS OF WHAT THOSE FIVE PROGRAMS ARE IN THE SECOND I DO WANT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION OUR CAPACITY TO THE COUNTY AS WE SPEAK. THOSE ARE THE ONES HIGHLIGHTED RED IS THE FILM JUST IN THE HEALTH AGENT WE CURRENTLY HAVE A PART TIME EMPLOYEE. WE'RE ACTUALLY IN THE PROCESS OF INTERVIEWING FOR TIME EMPLOYEE SO AT FULL CAPACITY WE WOULD HAVE A FULL TIME AND A PART TIME EMPLOYEE FROM FAMILY NUTRITION AND HEALTH AND THEN THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AGENT IS CURRENTLY VACANT. ALL OF OUR PROGRAM AREAS IS WE ASSIGNED AN EDUCATOR WHICH WE CALL AGENT TO CONDUCT EDUCATIONAL SERVICES OF COURSE THE REGIONAL WE TRY TO ESTABLISH ALL OF OUR ARMY SERVICES TO A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP SO THIS IS A LIST OF SOME OF THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE TRY EMPLOY. SO OF COURSE WE HAVE THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE WE HAVE DIFFERENT IS OUR FUNDING SOURCE WITH STRONG PARTNERSHIP WITH DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND THEN ON THE LOCAL BASIS WE DEFINITELY NETWORK WITH LOCAL AGENCIES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, SMALL FARMERS, SMALL BUSINESSES, NONPROFITS THINGS

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TYPICALLY A RESIDENTIAL CAMP WOULD COST US ANYWHERE FROM 800 TO 1200 DOLLARS A PIECE.

OUR MET FOR REGISTRATION WOULD BE $50 PROPERTIES. WE CURRENTLY HAVE ABOUT 60 PARTICIPANTS MEANS THAT FOR PEOPLE PLANNING FOR THE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM THEME THAT SOME YOU GUYS MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH FOR IT HOPEFULLY SOME OF YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN FORTH PARTICIPANTS GROWING UP BUT WE ALSO THE FORWARD PROGRAM WE SPECIALIZE IN MOST OF THE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT BUT THESE ARE FOUR PROGRAM AREAS FOR EARLY YEARS CITIZENSHIP, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, LEADERSHIP THINGS OF THAT NATURE HEALTHY LIFESTYLES, PROGRAM, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT WE ADOPT MONEY SMART CURRICULUM WHICH IS DESIGNED BY THE FDIC AND THEN ALSO OUR STREAM WHICH IS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY READING ENGINEERING ARTS AND AGRICULTURE AND THEN ALSO MATHEMATICS AT COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. NOW LIKE I SAID EARLIER, WE DO NOT HAVE AN AGENT SO WHAT WE DO WHEN WHEN APPLICABLE WE CALL ON THE SERVICES OF OUR STATEWIDE PROGRAM TEAM LEADER TO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT SECURING FUNDING SOURCES FOR SMALL BUSINESSES AND NONPROFITS, GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS THINGS THAT THEY DO.

WE ALSO HELP WITH WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT AND THEN WE DO ADULT AND ALSO YOUTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT A FAMILY NUTRITION AND HEALTH PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO ENHANCE THE FAMILY STRUCTURE AS A WHOLE . SO WHETHER THAT BE EATING CHILDREN, WHETHER IT BE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, WHETHER BE FINANCIAL ENGAGEMENT IS DESIGNED TO ENGAGE THE FAMILY IN THESE FULL CAPACITIES TO INCLUDE THE LAST BULLET MENTAL HEALTH CAPACITY AND THEN WE FOCUS A LOT ON OUR FOOD NUTRITION PROGRAM.

WE KNOW THAT HERE IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE STATE WE HAVE SOME CULTURAL EATING HABITS THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY HEALTHY FOR. SO WE TRY TO GAUGE THOSE AND PROVIDE SOME HEALTHY ALTERNATIVES TO A CLIENT WHO EDUCATION INNOVATION AS SUPPORT. THIS IS A FANCY FOR US TO SAY CAREER DEVELOPMENT COLLEGE AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT SO. WE TRY TO ENGAGE A HIGH SCHOOL PARTICIPANT THAT'S SPECIFICALLY FOR SCHOOL STUDENTS TO HELP THEM COME UP WITH A STRATEGIC APPROACH TO AFTER HIGH SCHOOL.

WHAT WE FOUND IN RESEARCH IS THAT A LOT OF OUR PARTICIPANTS ESPECIALLY IN UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS AND FIRST GENERATION POPULATIONS THEY RANDOMLY PICK A COLLEGE, RANDOMLY PICK A MAJOR AND SOMETIMES MAY NOT THE BEST FIT. SO WE DO THINGS LIKE INTEREST ASSESSMENTS AND CAREER ASSESSMENT SO WE CAN KIND OF GET THEM IN A WAY BACK.

AND THESE ARE THE THREE PROGRAMS THAT WE DO COLLEGE TOURS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE IS ALL INCLUSIVE SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL PROGRAM IS FOR SURE THIS A SMALL FARM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR THE MOST PART WE ENGAGE SMALL FARMERS, HOME GROWN PARTICIPANTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE TO HELP IMPROVE THE OPERATION WHETHER IT BE HELPING THEM FIND RESOURCES OPEN A POOL RESOURCES OR HELPING THEM MANAGE THEIR RESOURCES A WHOLE LOT MORE WAYS . ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE MOST SUCCESSFUL HERE IS ON THE TOP THEY'RE AGRICULTURE AGENT WENT TO VISIT A SMALL FARM JUST TO KIND OF DO A CROP STUDY AND THEY WERE SIMPLY THEY TOOK A PICTURE AND POSTED ON FACEBOOK SO WE TOOK THAT PICTURE DIRECTLY FROM FACEBOOK THE SOCIAL MEDIA THEY WANTED TO POST THAT THEY PASSED THE ASSESSMENT DAY AND THESE ARE SOME OF THE PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS THE REGION AND THE THE ONE MORE SPECIFICALLY IS A STATEWIDE PROGRAM I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE HEARD OF THE $770 MILLION CLIMATE SMART GRANT THAT WE WERE AWARDED WITH NC STATE AND CLEMSON WHICH IS DESIGNED TO HELP SMALL FARM ENGAGE IN MORE ECO FRIENDLY PRACTICES.

OKAY. AND SO THEY'LL BE GETTING THE FUNDING.

THEY'RE GOING TO GET A FINANCIAL INCENTIVE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM.

SO WHAT WE DID IS TARGET OF TARGET SMALL FARM PRODUCERS AND PRODUCTS THAT THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN GROWING AND THEN WE GIVE THEM ASSISTANCE IN RESEARCH A DEMONSTRATION OF HOW TO MAKE SURE THE PRACTICES IN THE ECO FRIENDLY AND WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM A FINANCIAL INCENTIVE ANYWHERE FROM 200 TO 5000 DOLLARS PER ACRE. WE HAVE ABOUT 40 PARTICIPANTS ALL BEING REGISTERED OF COURSE TO READ A BOOK DISTRIBUTION TOOL WE ARE SEEING THE PRADO WE GOT A NETWORK FUNDING PROBLEM, A PARTNERSHIP WITH MOLINA FOUNDATION AND THAT $6,000 BOOK DISTRIBUTION WAS SPECIFIC TO THE LOWCOUNTRY REGION. SO TO DATE I THINK WE

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THIS IS THE BREAKDOWN OF SOME OF THE PROGRAMS WHAT OUR PROGRAMS HAVE DONE IN THE PAST.

BUT MORE SPECIFICALLY I WANTED TO SHOW THAT WE INCREASE MAYBE 10 TO 15% PARTICIPATE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. SO AS YOU CAN SEE OUR THE FORCE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO GO FROM MAYBE 1900 TO ABOUT 2500 AND THAT'S THAT'S PER EDUCATOR AND THAT'S OUR TOTAL THERE PER EDUCATOR EXPECT THAT TO GO UP FROM ABOUT 3800 TO 40 GOING TO WANT TO END WITH BASIS BENEFITS TO BE IF WE CAN AND THIS IS SPECIFIC THE WE WENT BACK AND DID ALL EVALUATIONS FOR PARTICIPANTS FROM BEFORE KIND OF IN THE PAST AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS THAT 85% OF THE PARTICIPANTS INDICATE KNOWLEDGE GAIN AT THE END OF THE PROGRAM 50% OF THOSE DID WITH AN INDICATED OR DISPLAYED A CHANGE IN BEHAVIOR. AND SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS ON DAY ONE THEY MAY HAVE INDICATED THAT THEY EAT OR DRINK THE MAYBE ONE FRUIT A WEEK AND THEN AT THE END OF THE PROGRAM WE WITH THE INCREASE THEIR FOOD INTAKE OR INCREASED THEIR WATER INTAKE OR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY WE ALSO PROVIDE INDIRECT EDUCATION .

THIS IS BIG TO US BECAUSE TO SERVE ON A REGIONAL BASIS WE'RE LIMITED TO ABOUT SEVEN EDUCATORS TO SERVE FIVE COUNTIES. AND SO WHAT WE'LL DO WHAT WE HAVE WE REQUESTS THAT WE CAN'T PHYSICALLY DO IN-PERSON. WE'LL DO A TRAINING THE TRAIN OR WE'LL PROVIDE THE RESOURCES FOR A SCHOOL OR CHURCH OR COMMUNITY CENTER OR EVEN A FARMER SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE THE INFORMATION THAT THEY HAVE AT THEIR DISPOSAL.

AND THEN OF COURSE AGRICULTURE AND SMALL BUSINESS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AS I NOTED IN THE PICTURE WE DO A LOT ONE ON ONE DEMONSTRATIONS AND WORKSHOPS WITH OUR SMALL FARM PARTICIPANTS. AND SO WITH ALL THAT BEING SAID, I DO HAVE A REQUEST FOR THE COUNTY THIS IS WHY HAVE YOU OH BUT I THINK YOU GUYS WILL BE GLAD TO FIND THAT WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR MONEY TODAY. OUR REQUEST IS JUST A LETTER REPORT SAYING THAT THE BEEF ECONOMY IS IN TUNE WITH SOME OF SERVICES THAT WE'RE PROVIDING AND YOU SUPPORT US TO CONTINUE SERVING THE CONSTITUENTS OF COUNTY ALSO WE WANT TO OF REQUEST FOR FACILITY USE WHEN APPLICABLE THERE ARE TIMES WHERE WE JUST LOOK FOR FACILITIES TO CONDUCT SERVICES, CONDUCT WORKSHOPS PROGRAMS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE AND SO WHEN APPLICABLE WE WILL LOOK FOR THOSE USES TO BE IN KIND OF THE YOU KNOW BIGWIG SERVICE VIDEO OR THINGS THAT NEXT WEEK WITH THE ADVOCATE THE VOLUNTEER REFERRALS WHEN WE'RE DESIGNING OUR PROGRAMS WE LIKE TO GET FEEDBACK FROM THE LOCAL CONSTITUENTS SO WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE SOME INDIVIDUALS IF YOU GUYS HAVE SOMEBODY THAT YOU CAN REFER TO US THAT MAYBE CAN SIT ON THE FOCUS GROUP OR SIT ON THE ADVISORY COUNCIL AND ADVISES ON WE CAN ENHANCE OUR PROGRAM DELIVERY.

THAT'S A BIG PART OF OUR PROGRAM AND THE LAST THING IS ASSISTANCE WITH MARKETING.

SO WHENEVER WE'RE DOING A PROGRAM THAT IS SPECIFIC TO COUNTY IS GOING BENEFIT THE CONSTITUENTS OF BEAUFORT CONNIE WE JUST ASK THAT YOU GUYS WILL CONSIDER HELPING US PROMOTE THAT WHETHER IT BE ON THE BEAUFORT KIND OF WEBSITE OR SOCIAL MEDIA MARKET THAT YOU MAY HAVE. WELL, THANK YOU, MR. HAMILTON. I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS.

YES. OUT THERE LISTENING TO YOU FIRST OF ALL, FANTASTIC.

APPRECIATE YOU SPENDING THE TIME. KNOW IT'S EXCELLENT.

THINK ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP YOU? PLEASE LET US KNOW WHAT.

TYPE OF RELATIONSHIP DO YOU HAVE WITH THE SOUTHERN ALLIANCE OR THE BEAUFORT ECONOMIC BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF HANK MAYBE A LITTLE BUT IS THERE ANY COMMONALITY THERE OR ARE YOU COMMUNICATING OR GETTING SOME GUIDANCE FROM JUST THESE INCREDIBLE GROUPS WE HAVE CURRENTLY WE ARE NOT WHY WE DO THAT.

WELL, HOPEFULLY WE THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I'M HERE TO ENHANCE THIS PARTNERSHIP.

AS I MENTIONED CURRENTLY THAT THAT POSITION IS VACANT. WELL LET ME TELL YOU I THREE MONTHS INTO THIS NEVER HAD ANY OF POSITION THREE MONTHS IN THIS COUNCIL LET ME GREAT WE HAVE INCREDIBLE PEOPLE THIS JOHN O'TOOLE WITH THE ECONOMIC COUNCIL AND THE FOLKS AT THE

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WHAT WAS THE YOU LOOK FAMILIAR SO I THINK I'M GOING TELL YOU THAT WAS THE DEAL YEAH WAS SET UP YEAH I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU MY CARD YOU HELP YOU OTHER I COMMENT I HAVE A QUESTION AROUND IS MR. FLAGLER STILL THE COACH THERE SOUTH CAROLINA STATE SO FLAGLER FLAGLER YEAH.

I DON'T KNOW. OKAY. WAS THERE A FEW PERIODS LIKE THE ONE WHERE HE WAS COACH? NO BASKETBALL? OH NO NO NO HE'S NOT OH NO HE'S NOT HE THAT GOES UNDER ANY OTHER COMMENTS IS THE COUNCILMAN GLOVER YOU HAVE THAT I KNOW HIM WELL AND I THINK MADAM CHAIRMAN A LETTER OF SUPPORT TO THE AGENCY THE OF IF WE CAN MAKE DO WE NEED A MOTION MOTION APPROPRIATE AT THIS TIME I SURE WOULD LIKE OKAY WE HAVE A SECOND SECOND THANK YOU MISS BROCK ON THE WORDING IN WITH YOU ON WHAT YOU WANT IN LETTER AND IF WE CARRY OUT AND VOTE WE WANT TO DISCUSS THAT BEFORE.

NO, NO, NO GO VOTE AND COME BACK AND DISCUSS ANY WITHOUT OBJECTION WE'LL DO A LETTER OF SUPPORT WE CAN DO THAT I THINK AT THE COMMITTEE LEVEL THERE THEY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN BEAUFORT COUNTY FOR YEARS AND MR. HAMILTON DID NOT REALLY TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE HE TELLS SUMMARIZE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 1890 AND 1862 EXTENSION SERVICE IF IT WERE LIMITED TO SAY THIS THEN I WORKED WITH THE 1862 HE'S WORKED WITH 89.

THERE'S ALWAYS BIT ON THE LOCAL LEVEL A GOOD RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AGENCIES WE'VE DONE WHEN I WAS WORKING WITH CLEMSON WITH THE TOGETHER WE'VE SUPPORTED EACH OTHER AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD SEE CLEMSON HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN AGENCY THAT WORKED A LOT WITH LARGER MORE ADVANCED FARMERS. HE HAS REALLY WORKED WITH A LOT OF SMALL AND WORKING WITH THEM SO IT HAS REALLY A GREAT JOB OF BALANCING THE TWO AND SO THERE IS NO DUPLICATION OF SERVICES THERE'S A LOT OUT THERE FOR BOTH AGENCIES TO BE ADDRESSING BUT THEY REALLY WORK WITH THE SMALL PRODUCERS WELL AS WELL. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT BECAUSE HE WOULD SAY THANK YOU VERY I WAS DOING MY TEN MINUTE SOMEWHAT THE SOMETHING IN THE OTHER COMMENTS QUESTIONS THAT I HAD ONE QUESTION DO YOU WORK A LOT WITH THE SENIOR CENTER SENIOR CENTERS LIKE IN ST HELENA OR ACTUALLY WE DO ACTUALLY WE DO MY MY FAMILY NUTRITION AND HEALTH AGENCY AS WELL AS WE HAVE EXPANDED NUTRITION EDUCATION PROGRAM.

WE DO A LOT WITH THE SENIOR CITIZENS. WE GO IN AND AND DO A LOT OF HEALTHY LIFESTYLES PROGRAMS AND A LOT OF TIMES WE DO ACTUAL PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES YOU KNOW PHYSICAL ACTIVITY EXERCISE THAT THEY CAN DO AT HOME SO WITHOUT THE EQUIPMENT SO WHETHER BE SITTING DOWN, STAND UP A LOT OF BASIC STUFF THAT WE MAY OVERLOOK THAT WE CAN HELP THEM IN OUR OUR PARKS AND RECREATION PROGRAM HAS HAS DONE A LOT IN THE PAST YEAR TO GET THOSE PROGRAMS BACK UP AND RUNNING SINCE THE PANDEMIC. SO YEAH SO WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING WITH ACTUALLY I'M SORRY I DIDN'T MEAN TO CUT YOU SO WE'RE ACTUALLY HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH SOME OF THE PARKS AND REPS AND YMCA TO HELP WITH SOME OF THEIR SUMMER PROGRAMING SO THAT CAN COME IN AND TEACH THEM HEALTHY LIFESTYLES AND SOME YOUTH

[8. PRESENTATION OF THE BEAUFORT COUNTY ADAPTS: SEA LEVEL IMPACTS BENEATH OUR FEET]

NEXT ON OUR AGENDA WILL BE ABBEY PERSONAL. IS SHE HERE TO TALK ABOUT GLOBAL IMPACTS? MS.. ABBEY, I'M SORRY I CAN'T SAY I'VE OH OH, WELL, LET'S JUST GO WITH YOUR WHOLE NAME THEN IF YOU WILL UNTIL TELL US WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IN THIS. WE'RE LOOKING AT THE CLOCK.

WE KNOW YOU CAN TELL US WHAT YOU CAN IN 10 MINUTES. SO AGAIN, I SHOULD HAVE COMING UP AS WELL. OKAY. COULD YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF? I AM AMANDA GUTHRIE. I AM WITH SOUTH CAROLINA CIGARET CONSORTIUM LIKE WE WERE HEARING ABOUT THE LAND GRANT WE ARE A SEA GRANT AND SO FOR OUR WAYS WE WORK IN COASTAL AND MARINE ENVIRONMENTS AND WE ARE ACTUALLY A STATE AGENCY AND SO WE SERVE ALL COASTAL SOUTH

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AND SO WHAT DO I BY SEA LEVEL RISE IMPACTS BENEATH OUR FEET? SO THIS IS PRIMARILY GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT SEA LEVEL RISE AND CLIMATE CHANGE BUT ALSO AFFECTING OUR GROUNDWATER AND OUR GROUNDWATER LEVELS. SO AT THIS LEVEL OH SORRY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO AS WE SEE HERE, THIS IS OUR FORT POLASKI TIDE GAUGE. THIS IS THE CLOSEST YOU KNOW, A TIE GAUGE TO THIS REGION AND WAS INSTALLED IN THE LATE 1930S AND SINCE 1930 WE CAN SEE IT HAS BEEN ABOUT A FOOT OF SEA LEVEL RISE AND THAT RATE OF SEA LEVEL RISE IS ALSO INCREASING.

AND SO NOT ONLY ARE WE EXPECTING MORE SEA LEVEL RISE SEA LEVEL WE'RE EXPECTING IT TO BE FASTER AND THIS IS NOT ONLY AFFECTING THE LAND THAT WE SEE ,THIS IS AGAIN AFFECTING OUR GROUNDWATER AS WELL. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO HERE WE HAVE THE TIDAL PREDICTIONS OF TIDAL INDUCED BASED OFF OF THIS FORT PULASKI GAUGE AND SO THE TEAL OR LIGHT BLUE COLOR IS THE PREDICTED NUMBER NUMBER OF DAYS OF TIDAL FOR THE NEXT 100 YEARS OR SO THE DARK BLUE IS GOING TO BE THE NUMBER OF TIDAL FLOODS BASED OFF OF THE INTERMEDIATE EMISSION WHEREAS THE LIGHT BLUE IS THE INTERMEDIATE LOW AND THE BOTTOM GRAPH HERE IN THE ORANGE IS THE NUMBER OF ACTUAL DAYS OF TIDAL DRIVEN FLOODING WITHIN THE AREA.

SO WHAT WE CAN SEE HERE IS THAT NOT ONLY ARE WE GOING TO HAVE THIS EXPONENTIAL INCREASE REGARDLESS OF THE INTERMEDIATE OR THE INTERMEDIATE LOW, WE ARE SEEING INCREASES IN TIDAL FLOODING IN THE AREA. SO AGAIN THIS IS OUR TIDAL DRUM AND FLOODING THAT WE'RE SEEING ON OUR SURFACE WATERS AND AND THESE ARE LOW LEVEL IMPACT FLOODS WHERE WATER IS COMING UP OUT OF OUR DRAINS AND LIKELY FLOODING ALL OF OUR ROADS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO ANOTHER CONSIDERATION THAT WE HAVE DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE EFFECTS IS GOING TO BE WHAT WE COMMONLY CALL RAIN BOMBS. SO THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY SCIENTIFIC TERM BUT YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS AND SO THIS IS INTENSIVE RAINSTORM WE'VE SEEN ABOUT IT IN NEWS OR FORT LAUDERDALE LAST MONTH OF JUST A VERY STORM. SO THAT STORM IS BEYOND WHAT A TYPICAL BOMB IS. BUT THESE ARE GOING TO BE YOUR HIGH INTENSITY RAINSTORMS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT SIT OVER AN AREA AND DUMP WATER. SO NOT ONLY IS THIS A PROBLEM FOR OUR GROUNDWATER THIS IS ALSO LIKE SEA LEVEL RISE INCREASING DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND SO WE HAVE SO WE HAVE BOTH EFFECTS OF GROUNDWATER DUE TO SEA LEVEL RISE AS WELL AS GROUNDWATER FROM THIS INCREASING RAIN AND PRECIPITATION.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THIS WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR OUR UNDERGROUND INFRASTRUCTURE AND SO MANY PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY MANY ALONG COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA ARE GOING TO BASED OR USING SEPTIC TANKS OR SEPTIC SYSTEMS. AND SO HOW A SEPTIC SYSTEM WORKS IS THAT A SEPTIC TANK WILL COLLECT SEWAGE AND THEN WILL SLOWLY DISTRIBUTE THE SEPTIC INTO A DRAIN FIELD AND THAT DRAIN FIELD THEN DECOMPOSES AND TAKES CARE OF THE SEPTIC SEWAGE. BUT WHEN WE HAVE GROUNDWATER RISING THAT AREA LESS ABILITY TO ACTUALLY MANAGE AND MITIGATE THE SEPTIC SYSTEM SO. THIS WILL CAUSE OUTFLOW OF MORE NUTRIENTS INTO OUR WATERS AS WELL AS CAUSE PROBLEMS WITH SEPTIC RISING TO THE SURFACE BECAUSE THE WATER IS COMING UP AS WELL. AND SO WE HAVE IMPACTS WHERE PEOPLE HAVE SEEN SEPTIC IN BACKYARDS AS WELL AS THERE HAS BEEN EVIDENCE OF WATER BEING AFFECTED BY MORE FECAL FECAL COLIFORM. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT THIS? WHAT DOES THIS SO AS THE PROJECT TEAM AND I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF WE HAVE INSTALLED ACROSS THE BEAUFORT COUNTY SO WE ARE WORKING WITH FOUR DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES WORKING WITH ST HELENA MOSSY OAKS SALPOINTE ALL JOY AND ACROSS THESE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES WE HAVE 15 DIFFERENT WELLS AND SO THESE WELLS ARE PRETTY SHALLOW . THIS IS GETTING YOUR SHALLOW WATER ABOUT 2 TO 4 METERS AND THEY'RE ABLE TO ASSESS THE SALINITY.

SO ASSESSING THE SITE THE TIDAL WATER IMPACTS THE WATER LEVEL AS WELL AS THE WATER TEMPERATURE AND THROUGH WE'RE ABLE TO WE'RE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THE WATER IS AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE IN THESE PICTURES THAT ARE BEING INSTALLED.

SO THEY'RE FAIRLY LOW ALONG THE SURFACE AS WELL AND THEY'RE BASICALLY JUST PVC PIPE WITH DATA RECORDERS IN THE MIDDLE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO IS SOME OF OUR PRELIMINARY DATA THAT WE'RE FINDING AND SO THIS TOP FIGURE WHAT I HAVE GRAPH ONE IS RAINFALL IS ACTUALLY THE RAINFALL THAT'S BEEN COLLECTED BY NEARBY RAIN GAUGES FROM WEATHER UNDERGROUND

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THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE TIDE GAUGES AND AGAIN THIS IS GOING TO HAVE FOR PILARSKI TO GAUGE AND WE SEE THE AND DOWN OF THE DAILY MOTIONS THE LAST GRAPH IS GOING TO BE THE MOST IMPORTANT AND THAT'S OUR WELL DATA. SO WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT WELLS HERE ONE WELL IS GOING TO BE IN YOUR ORANGE OR SORRY WELL TWO IS IN YOUR ORANGE AND WELL ONE IS IN BLUE THE AREA ABOVE THE DASHED LINE IN THE RED IS WHERE THE AREA WHERE WHERE THE SUBJECT WOULD BE IMPAIRED DUE TO GROUNDWATER LEVELS AND WE DO SEE FOR ABOUT A MONTH OF TIME BE THE SUBJECT ARE THE THE WELL NUMBER ONE DOES GO INTO THAT IMPAIRMENT ZONE AND WE'RE ALREADY SEEING THAT WITH SOME OF OUR WELLS NOT ALL OF OUR WELLS AS WE CAN SEE. WELL NUMBER TWO IS DOWN BELOW AND HAS NOT REACHED THAT LEVEL BUT IT'S UP TO BUT BUT THAT'S ONE ONE NUMBER ONE IS IN THAT ZONE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IS ARE WANTING TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE WE ARE. SO THESE WELLS ARE IN HERE FOR ABOUT A YEAR SO FAR EXPECT ANOTHER YEAR OF DATA AND THAT DATA WE USE TO PREDICT HOW MANY TIMES WE'RE EXPECTING WELL THE SEPTIC SYSTEMS HAVE IMPAIRMENT IF THEY WERE AT THAT LOCATION AS WELL AS.

UNDERSTANDING WHAT THAT MEANS IN THE CONTEXT OF CLIMATE CHANGE DUE TO BOTH DELIVERIES AS WELL AS PRECIPITATION. ADDITIONALLY WE'RE WANTING GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW COMMUNITIES ARE ENGAGING WITH THIS AND THEIR COMMUNITY PERCEPTIONS AND SO WE ARE PLANNING TO HAVE FOUR DIFFERENT MEETINGS ACROSS THESE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES THAT WE HAVE MENTIONED AND UNDERSTAND AND SOCIALIZE THIS PROJECT. SO WE ALSO WANT TO HEAR ABOUT THEIR PERCEPTIONS AND THEIR UNDERSTANDINGS OF GROUNDWATER AND ANY SEPTIC CONSIDERATIONS THAT THEY HAVE ALREADY HAD WITH THIS WE ARE ALSO GOING BE EXPANDING ON A SURVEY THIS IS GOING TO BE A MILL BASED SURVEY TOOK MORE MORE LOCATIONS THAN THE FOUR LOCATIONS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AND THIS WILL ALSO BE TALKING ABOUT AND WANTING TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF RESIDENT EXPERIENCES WITH FLOODING AS WELL AS THIS GROUNDWATER IMPACTS SUBJECTS.

AND THEN LASTLY WE WILL GET MORE DETAILED DISCUSSION GROUPS TOGETHER TO UNDERSTAND HOW PEOPLE ARE FEELING AND DOVE INTO THOSE IDEAS BETTER AND THE INTENT OF THIS IS GETTING A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE PEOPLE STAND AND WHAT PEOPLE'S ACCEPTANCE OF WHAT THEY WANT TO DO WITH THIS AND PROVIDE THAT RESOURCES AND DATA TO OTHERS SO COUNTY AND OTHERS WITHIN THE COUNTY CAN MAKE BETTER DECISIONS ON IF AND HOW THEY WANT TO MANAGE SEPTIC SYSTEMS. SO WITH THIS I DO KNOW SOME OF YOUR AREAS ARE COVERING THESE AREAS AND IF NOT ALSO I WILL SAY YOUR INVOLVEMENT IS ENCOURAGED AND VERY MUCH WELCOMED AS WE THROUGH AND PLAN FOR THESE OUT OF PUBLIC MEETINGS SO THAT THANK YOU. THANK YOU AND WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS. YES, SIR SHOULD YOU AND THANK YOU AND WE'VE BEEN SORT OF WAITING FOR THIS STUDY TO COME BACK TO THE PUBLIC. SO I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT YOU'RE GETTING SOME PRELIMINARY AT THIS TIME. YOU KNOW, TWO CONCERNS I HAVE AND YOU DIDN'T TOUCH ON ONE OF THEM BUT YOU TOUCHED ON SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM AND THAT'S AN THAT'S THE NEEDED ON SOME AREAS OF THE HELENA IN THE DESERT AND PARTICULARLY I THINK YOU HAD WILLS AND WAS SO USED TO THE AREA AND STUFF. SO THOSE ARE LOW MINING AREAS SO WE'RE LOOKING TO SEE WHAT THAT THAT IS GOING TO SHOW AND THEN SOME RECOMMENDATION COMING FORWARD FROM THAT AS WELL THE OTHER ONE THAT DID NOT TALK TOUCHED BASED ON IS SALTWATER INTRUSION IN THE AQUIFER. DID THE STUDY ADDRESS THAT AT ALL OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT NEED FURTHER DATA ON BECAUSE ONE OF THE CONCERNS I HAVE IS BASICALLY IN THE AQUIFER WHERE A LOT OF OUR FARMERS BOTH SMALL AND LARGE ARE USING THAT GROUNDWATER TO IRRIGATE THEIR CROPS IN SALTWATER. WE'LL JUST ELIMINATE THAT COMPLETELY SO WHERE ARE YOU WITH THAT? IF YOU ARE YOU DO IT IN THIS STUDY IN THAT AREA SO THIS PROJECT IS NOT FOCUSED AQUIFER DATA AND SO WITH THAT THE WELLS THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH ARE WITHIN WITHIN THE FIRST FEW METERS OF THE SOIL THE WELLS THAT THEY'RE GETTING WATER FROM ARE GOING TO BE MUCH DEEPER AND THE WELLS THAT WE ARE SEEING THE VERY COASTAL WELLS WE'RE SEEING 1 TO 4 INCHES OF DIFFERENCE TO TIDAL INFLUENCE AND SO THERE IS THERE IS TIDAL INFLUENCE BUT IT IS FAIRLY MINIMAL PRIMARILY PRECIPITATION BECAUSE AT THE SURFACE SO THIS I UNDERSTAND THAT IS ACTUALLY A CONCERN OF PARTICULARLY THE OVERPUMPING AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR SALTWATER. BUT THIS DATA IS NOT BE ABLE TO GET TO THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU.

DO YOU HAVE JUST ONE QUESTION IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER SEEN SOMEONE TALK ABOUT A FOOT OF OF SEA LEVEL RISE? CAN YOU MAKE SURE SARAH GETS THAT SO THAT WE CAN ALL LOOK AT THAT BECAUSE WELL, I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT PUT INTO A GRAPH BEFORE SO ABSOLUTELY YEAH YOU

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SO THIS DATA IS WE DON'T HAVE PEOPLE CALL FORM FOR YOU FOR BUT IT IS A COMMON CONNECTION I'M IN CONNECTION WITH THE STATE BUT AND AND WE WOULD LIKE TO WE'D LIKE TO BE AT THOSE MEETINGS WHEN YOU HAVE THEM BECAUSE WE'RE WE SHOULD HAVE A LOT OF PUBLIC INTEREST IN THIS.

[9. PRESENTATION OF THE SENTINEL LANDSCAPES PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM]

OKAY NEXT WE HAVE ANOTHER PRESENTATION ABOUT A NEW PROGRAM AND I WILL WHO WILL I THINK THE SHAPE FROM WILL YOU BE PRESENTING AND IF YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE OTHERS INVOLVED YES. THANK. I'M KATE SCHAFFER.

I'M THE DIRECTOR OF LAND PROTECTION WITH THE URBAN LAND TRUST AND I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT OUR NEW SENTINEL DESIGNATION. THERE ARE TWO HANDOUTS IN YOUR BACKUP MATERIALS. I HAVE EXTRA COPIES FOR ANYBODY THAT WANTS A HARD COPY TODAY.

BUT FIRST LET ME JUST START OFF AND SAY THANKS FOR WHOMEVER SET THIS AGENDA BECAUSE WE HAVE THREE RUNNERS ON BASE AND I KIND OF FEEL LIKE WE'RE BATTING CLEANUP HERE WITH OUR SENTINEL LANDSCAPE ANNOUNCEMENTS TODAY REALLY BUILDING ON WHAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT ALREADY WHICH IS SUPPORTING WORKING FARMS AND PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITIES AGAINST SEA LEVEL AND BECOMING MORE RESILIENT. SO WE'RE HERE TO START A CONVERSATION ABOUT PLACING PUTTING FORWARD SOME TOOLS TO, HELP TACKLE SOME OF THOSE PROBLEMS. AND WITH ME TODAY I DO HAVE THREE OF OUR CENTRAL LANDSCAPE PARTNERS THREE WOMEN YOU KNOW VERY WELL. I'M TRACY SPENCER. THE ENVIRONMENTAL DIRECTOR WITH PARRIS ISLAND AND MARY RYAN KRIEGER, THE DEPUTY COMMUNITY PLANS AND LIAISON OFFICER WITH MARINE CORPS AIR STATION BEFORE AND STEPHANIE ROSSI, PLANNING DIRECTOR AT EL COG AND THIS WHOLE DESIGNATION THE APPLICATION PROCESS AND WHAT I'M ABOUT TO TALK ABOUT REALLY WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT THE THREE OF THEM WITHOUT PARTNERS AND I'LL A FEW BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE MOST PROUD IN RECEIVING THIS DESIGNATION IS THE BROAD PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ACTUALLY ACKNOWLEDGED AND THANKED US FOR THAT WHEN WE APPLIED. SO WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? WHAT IS IT TO DESIGNATED AS A SENTINEL LANDSCAPE AND WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR COUNTY MOVING FORWARD? YEAH, WELL THE SENTINEL LANDSCAPE PROGRAM IS A PROGRAM THAT WAS STARTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BACK IN 2013. SO IT'S CELEBRATING 10TH ANNIVERSARY AND REALLY ONE OF THE GOALS WAS TO BUILD ON THE SUCCESS THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE HAD BEEN EXPERIENCING WITH ITS REP PROGRAM AND YOU ALL KNOW THE RAPID PROGRAM WELL BECAUSE COUNTY WAS ONE OF THE EARLY COUNTY PARTNERS AND HAVING BEEN A PARTNER SINCE 2006 THAT OPENLY AND TRUST HAS BEEN A PARTNER AND RUGBY SINCE 2008 AND THE REP PROGRAM EXISTS TO FUND SOLVE ENCROACHMENT CHALLENGES AROUND MARINE CORPS AIR BEFORE AND OTHER INSTALLATIONS. SO THE PROGRAM HAD BEEN A BIG SUCCESS FROM A LAND PROTECTION PERSPECTIVE. YOU'LL HEAR US TALK A LOT ABOUT RFP IN LAYMAN'S TERMS THAT PILOTS WOULD RATHER FLY OVER FARMS AND FORESTS THAN HOUSES BILLBOARDS. THAT'S THE SIMPLE WAY I KNOW HOW TO EXPLAIN IT AND I'M SURE OUR MARINE CORPS PARTNERS COULD PUT A LOT OF AROUND THAT EXPLANATION BUT THAT ONE MAKES SENSE TO ME AND HOPEFULLY MAKES SENSE TO EVERYBODY LISTENING. THERE'S BEEN A LANDSCAPE PROGRAM FROM THAT BECAUSE THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE HAD SEEN SO MUCH SUCCESS AND AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FURTHER PARTNERSHIP. SO THE SENTINEL LANDSCAPE PARTNERSHIP A PROGRAM BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND THE USDA. SO WE'RE COMBINING A LOT OF FEDERAL RESOURCES AND FOREST SERVICE NO FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, NATIONAL PARKS, THESE FEDERAL AGENCIES THAT SOMETIMES OPERATE IN SILOS AND THAT CAN WORK TOGETHER TO SUPPORT DEFENSE MISSIONS THE COUNTRY THERE ARE 11 SENTINEL LANDSCAPES IN THE SOUTH CAROLINA LOWCOUNTRY WAS DESIGNATED AS 11TH IN MARCH AND SO IN YOUR BACKUP MATERIALS YOU HAVE A FLIER SHOWING THE MAP OF WHAT WE NOW CALL THE SOUTH CAROLINA LOWCOUNTRY SENTINEL LANDSCAPE.

OUR LANDSCAPE IS 2.2 MILLION ACRES AND INCLUDES MARINE AIR STATION BEAUFORT MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT PARRIS ISLAND AND WHAT WE COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE NAVY HOSPITAL AND IT ALSO PROTECTS THE SPACES BETWEEN THE INSTALLATIONS WHICH IN OUR CASE MEANS THE BETWEEN MARINE CORPS AIR STATION BEAUFORT AND TOWNSEND BOMBING RANGE ACROSS THE SAVANNAH RIVER IN GEORGIA.

SO THE PURPLE OUTLINE ON THAT MAP IS THE OUTLINE OF THE LANDSCAPE.

I'LL TELL YOU LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT 58% OF THE LANDSCAPE IS NATIONALISTIC FROM A CONSERVATION PERSPECTIVE INCLUDING THE SAVANNAH WATERSHED WHICH IS WHERE WE GET

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ESSENTIALLY BY PLEDGING TO WORK TOGETHER WE WELL POSITIONED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF FEDERAL RESOURCES THAT ARE COMING TO THE TABLE BECAUSE WE CAN SHARE IDEAS AND MAKE THOSE DOLLARS GO FARTHER AND BE USED MORE EFFICIENTLY. WE ALSO HELP IT WILL FOSTER PARTNERSHIPS WITH PRIVATE LANDOWNERS THAT ARE CONTINUING TO FARM OR GROW TREES ON THEIR PROPERTY OR SUPPORT THE LOCAL ECONOMY IN SOME WAY, SHAPE OR FORM.

AND WE HAVE ACTUALLY SET OUT FIVE GOALS TO FULFILL AS A SITTING LANDSCAPE OURSELVES.

SO GOAL ONE IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER IS TO REDUCE VULNERABILITIES CLIMATE CHANGE BY PROMOTING NATURE BASED SOLUTIONS TO RESTORE OR ENHANCE THE RESILIENCE OF THE LANDSCAPE. WE'LL START HEARING ABOUT THIS IN TERMS OF LIVING SHORELINES AND MARSH MIGRATION CORRIDORS TO PROTECT ENHANCE TWO SIGNIFICANT AREAS FOR IMPERILED SPECIES ENDANGERED SPECIES THAT MAY NOT HAVE TO BE LOCATED, RELOCATED OR HAVE THEIR HABITAT RANGE BE COMPROMISED BY OUR URBAN GROWTH OR MILITARY OPERATIONS.

ALL THREE TO PROTECT SOURCE WATER SUPPLIES AND QUALITY THINKING AGAIN ABOUT THE SAVANNAH RIVER AS OUR DRINKING WATER SOURCE AND GO FORWARD TO PROTECT AND SUPPORT WORKING FARMS AND FORESTS AND ENSURE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO CONSERVATION PROGRAMS TO PREVENT DEVELOPMENT THAT IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH MILITARY OPERATIONS SO PRIVATE LANDOWNERS AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO UTILIZE THE LAND IN A COMPATIBLE WAY ARE PART AND PARCEL OF THAT. AND THEN THE FIFTH GOAL WHICH REALLY SUMS OUT THE OTHER WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR US ANSWER IS TO ESTABLISH AND PROMOTE THE LOWCOUNTRY SETTING THE LANDSCAPE TO ENSURE LONG TERM MILITARY READINESS. SO AT THE END OF THE DAY THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP THAT'S BASED ON SHARED RESOURCES AND COLLABORATION THAT WILL ACHIEVE SHARED SUCCESS OF THESE GOALS. WE ARE SO THANKFUL BEAUFORT COUNTY SUBMITTED LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR OUR APPLICATION A LITTLE OVER A YEAR A HALF AGO.

WE'RE THANKFUL TO HAVE MADE IT TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DESIGNATION PROCESS.

WITH A POSITIVE RESULT WE WILL BE HIRING A CENTRAL LANDSCAPE TO HELP MANAGE ALL OF THESE MOVING PARTS AND HELP US ACHIEVE SUCCESS AGAIN WITH GREATER EFFICIENCY AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SHARING UPDATES WITH YOU ALL SO THAT YOU CAN REMEMBER THAT THIS MEETING WHEN THIS IDEA WAS ANNOUNCED AND YOU KIND OF STILL WONDERED WHAT DOES IT MEAN AND WHAT IS WHAT WHAT WILL IT DO FOR US TEN FROM TEN YEARS FROM NOW YOU'LL SEE THAT SUCCESS AND BE ABLE TO POINT TO IT. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

OKAY OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS. I THINK CAN I THROW IT OUT THERE? SURE. WHICH ONE IS MARY RYAN KREAGER ,LISTEN, I OWE YOU AN APOLOGY, DON'T I? I MISSED THAT TOUR LAST WEEK THAT MY COLLEAGUES WERE ON AND IT WAS A IT WAS THE DAY BEFORE AND I DO APOLOGIZE IF YOU'D LIKE I'D GIVE YOU A SNICKERS BAR OR SAY YES, BUT I. I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING BACK YOUR GOOD CATCH AND YOU IT REALLY IS AN INCREDIBLE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN COUNTY AND THE MILITARY AND BETWEEN LAND CONSERVATION AND I THINK YOU KNOW, PRIOR TO REALLY UNDERSTANDING THIS LANDSCAPE BOTH CIVIC AND NATURAL COUNTY FOLKS MIGHT HAVE ASKED WHAT'S THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TWO? AND I KNOW CHAIRWOMAN HOWARD HAS GREAT EXPERIENCE WITH THIS IN HER CIVIC AND PROFESSIONAL LIFE BUT THERE'S THERE'S SUCH GREAT NICHE BETWEEN THE ABILITY TO SUPPORT MILITARY AND THE ABILITY TO PROTECT NATURAL RESOURCES BE IT LAND OR IMPERILED SPECIES.

AND ADDED TO THAT WE ESSENTIALLY THE LANDSCAPE THAT IS MOST ON THE CUSP OF SEA LEVEL RISE AND RESILIENCE CHALLENGES. WE ARE ALSO BEST POISED TO FIND THOSE SOLUTIONS AND WHILE WE ARE THE 11TH LANDSCAPE I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT OTHER SENTINEL

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SO BY BEING BY PARTICIPATING IN THIS PARTNERSHIP AND UTILIZING THESE FEDERAL STATE AND LOCAL RESOURCES, WE CAN REALLY MAKE SUCCESS HAPPEN NOT JUST IN LOWCOUNTRY CAROLINA BUT ACROSS THE LANDSCAPE. AND I'D LIKE TO REPEAT 11 IN THE COUNTRY 11 IN THE COUNTRY SO IS QUITE AN ACCOMPLISHMENT THAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE AND IT WASN'T I KNOW IT WAS NOT EASY TO GET APPROVAL AND ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YES, MA'AM. AND I BELIEVE IT WAS MARY WHEN WE MCI WAS KIND OF DROPPED A LITTLE NUGGET THAT ABOUT ENCROACHMENT.

YES. AND THAT WAS GOING TO BE SHE SORT OF OPENED THE DOOR FOR YOU TODAY. GREAT WELL, LIKE I SAID, THANK YOU TO THOSE SETTING THE AGENDA SO. IT MAKES IT GREAT TO REALLY DISPLAY THE SYNERGY BETWEEN ALL OF THE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS AND THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE'RE SO LUCKY TO HAVE HERE IN THIS ONE. IF YOU LOOK WE ALL GOT THIS IN OUR PACKAGE BUT.

IF YOU LOOK AT ALL THE AGENCIES INVOLVED, THERE'LL BE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTNERSHIPS WITH OUR NEW PROGRAM WITH GREEN SPACE TOO? I THINK SO AND ALL BUILDS TOGETHER. OKAY. OKAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. GOING TO LEAVE MY PACKET OF HANDOUTS OVER HERE IF ANYONE EVEN IN THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE I HAVE 20 COPIES OF EACH GREAT.

[10. RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE FOR A TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODE ("CDC") APPENDIX B:- THE DAUFUSKIE ISLAND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODE, TO AMEND DIVISION B.3, SECTION B.3.20 (CONSOLIDATED LAND USE TABLE AND LAND USE DEFINITIONS), AND TO ADD A NEW SECTION B.3.30 (OTHER STANDARDS) AND A NEW SUBSECTION B.3.30.A (SHORT-TERM RENTAL) TO ALLOW THE USAGE OF SHORT-TERM RENTALS AS A SPECIAL USE IN D2 RURAL, D2R-CP (RURAL-CONVENTIONALLY PLATTED), D2R-GH (RURAL-GULLAH HERITAGE), AND D3 GENERAL County Council Agenda Beaufort County, SC NEIGHBORHOOD, AND A PERMITTED USE IN D4 MIXED USE, D5 VILLAGE CENTER, AND D5 GENERAL COMMERCIAL]

ALSO WE HAD A COUNTYWIDE COMMITTEE ADDRESS SHORT TERM RENTALS TOO.

I REMEMBER. YES. SO THAT WAS BACK IN 2019 AND THEN I BELIEVE IT WAS SUMMER OF 2020 WHEN THOSE WERE NOT COME IN.

OKAY. SO IT'S A RELATIVELY NEW PROVISION THAT WE'RE NOW USING TO REGULATE SHORT TERM RENTALS AND THANK YOU FOR I I REMEMBER SOME OF THE DETAILS BUT I COULDN'T REMEMBER EVERYTHING SO BUT YES THIS WAS THESE AMENDMENTS INITIATED BY THE FUSCHIA ISLAND COUNCIL WHICH EXPRESSED INTEREST IN DEVELOPING THEIR OWN SHORT TERM RENTAL REQUIRE MINUTES AND STAFF. WE WENT OUT TO DUSKY ISLAND ABOUT A YEAR AGO I THINK IT WAS MARCH OF 2020 TO AND YOU KNOW MET WITH THEM AND REALLY THEY DID THE BRUNT OF THE WORK OVER YEAR WE HAD OCCASIONAL REMOTE MEETINGS WITH THEM AND THEN PRESENTED TO US AT THE END LAST YEAR A SERIES OF AMENDMENTS THE DUSKY ISLAND THAT'S APPENDIX B OF OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODE THAT WOULD ESTABLISH BASICALLY SHORT TERM RENTAL AS A USE AND A TABLE AND THEN REQUIREMENTS THAT SHORT TERM RENTALS SHOULD FOLLOW.

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SO WE KIND OF SEE THE TWO APPROACHES AS BEING VERY PARALLEL AND THAT'S WHY AS STAFF WE FELT YOU COMFORTABLE BRINGING THIS FORWARD AS A RECOMMENDATION WE HAVE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS ADMINISTERING SHORT TERM RENTALS AND I'VE BEEN KIND OF WATCHING IT WORK YOU KNOW YOU KNOW FIRSTHAND AND FOR THE MOST PART SPECIAL USE PROCESS AS LONG AS THEY'RE MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS, AS LONG AS THERE'S NO ISSUES, THE PRIVATE COVENANTS YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE IN A SUBDIVISION THAT ALREADY HAS COVENANTS, RESTRICTIONS THAT DON'T ALLOW COMMERCIAL USES, YOU KNOW, FOR THE MOST PART THE BOARD HAS BEEN GRANTING SPECIAL USE PERMITS. THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW CASES WHERE PEOPLE HAVE CUT AND BROUGHT SHORT TERM RENTALS AND THERE HAVE BEEN MAY HAVE BEEN A SHORT TERM RENTAL THAT HAS BEEN OPERATED ALREADY AND THEY WERE COMING FORWARD FOR A PERMIT TO BE COMPLIANT WITH THE CODE .

AND SO WE'VE HAD A FEW CASES WHERE A LOT OF NEIGHBORS CAME AND SAID WELL YOU KNOW, HAVING PARTIES HERE EVERY WEEKEND, YOU KNOW AND SO THERE HAD BEEN INSTANCES WHERE THIS HAS WORKED TO KNOW THE CPA HAS DENIED PERMITS BASED ON I GUESS PAST ACTIVITY THAT THEY WERE YOU KNOW, FROM INPUT THAT THEY GOT FROM PEOPLE WHO CAME TO THE CPA MEETING SO, I WOULD SAY THAT

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SO THIS WENT TO OUR PLANNING COMMISSION AT THAT TIME THEY RECOMMENDED THEY THEY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL FOR THE COUNCIL APPROVE THE APPLICATION WITH ONE EXCEPTION THERE IS A PROVISION IN THE TWO FUSCHIA ISLANDS SHORT TERM RENTAL REQUIREMENTS REQUIRES AN INSURANCE CERTIFICATE VERIFYING PUBLIC INSURANCE OF $500,000. THE PLANNING COMMISSION FELT THAT THAT WAS OVERREACH AND THEY RECOMMENDED NOT TO INCLUDE THAT PROVISION SO THAT'S THEIR RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL. BEFORE WE OPEN IT UP FOR OTHERS COMMENT I HAVE A QUESTION SPECIFICALLY THAT WHAT DOES OUR COUNTY OR OTHER UNINCORPORATED AREAS FOR SHORT TERM RENTALS DO WE REQUIRE THAT NO WE DON'T WE DON'T THINK THAT WAS MY BIGGEST GOAL.

ALL RIGHT. LET'S OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS. YES, SIR.

I SEEM TO HAVE A COUPLE HERE TONIGHT AND I DON'T KNOW WHY BUT ROBERT, THANK YOU.

I GET THE USE THE CONDITIONAL USE AND THE NO YOU SAID GET ALL THAT VERBIAGE I HEARD FROM SOME PEOPLE TONIGHT THAT THE PROCESS THAT WE PROVIDE TO THEM IS A LITTLE BIT CUMBERSOME AND CHALLENGING DID ANYBODY HEAR THAT OR DID I TAKE SOME NOTES DOWN LIKE THEY'RE COMING HERE AND IT'S HARD TO GET OVER HERE ? HOW HOW IS THAT PROCESS WORKING? I MEAN CAN WE MAKE THAT FOR THE PEOPLE TO TAKE CARE OF WHATEVER THEY HAVE TO DO, WHATEVER PERMITS THEY HAVE TO FILL? SO THAT MAKES SENSE.

YEAH. AND I THINK THAT THAT'S POSSIBLE.

I MEAN THINK THAT THE WAY I YOU KNOW I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE CHAIRMAN I THINK THEY WOULD BE AMENABLE TO ALLOWING SUCH THINGS AS REMOTE YOU KNOW FOR PEOPLE TO BY ZOOM OR IS THAT WHAT THEY HEARD TONIGHT FROM PEOPLE THAT CAME UP HERE? WELL I THINK SO.

I THINK EXACTLY WHAT YOU HEARD. YES. OKAY.

BUT IT IS POSSIBLE TO DO BY THEN. YEAH, I THINK COOL.

I MEAN WE HAVEN'T BEEN TYPICALLY DOING BUT I MEAN I THINK THAT YOU CAN MAKE YOU KNOW I THINK THERE'S OBVIOUSLY THERE'S NO BOAT LEAVING AFTER OUR MEETINGS ARE OVER SO I'M SURE WAY TO YES SIR I WAS THIS IS MY MY SO AS YOU HEARD PEOPLE TALK THEY CAME IN HERE AND I'VE HAD LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS IS I THINK EVERYBODY IS FOR THE SHORT TERM RENTAL AND AND APPROVING THE CHANGES IN THE CODE I THINK WHAT WE HEARD TODAY WAS THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE QUESTIONING WHETHER IT'S IT'S THE SPECIAL USE WHICH THEN REQUIRES ANYBODY EVERYBODY TO COME BACK AND ASK FOR A DATE TO GET A PERMIT TO GET THEIR BUSINESS LICENSE TO BE ABLE TO GET THE ZONING THAT THEY TO HAVE SHORT TERM RENTAL. AND SOME PEOPLE HERE TODAY WERE ASKING FOR CONDITIONAL USE. SO IF YOU CAN JUST GIVE US BECAUSE AGAIN THAT'S THAT'S PROBABLY THE BIGGEST THING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY IS EVERYONE IS FOR THE RENTAL PROGRAM IT'S IT'S FOR WHETHER WE AS A COUNTY SAY OKAY NO IT'S IT'S IT'S SPECIAL USE, WE'RE SPECIAL USE. YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH A LOT MORE HURDLES TO GET THAT PERMIT OR IF IT WAS DETERMINED TO BE CONDITIONAL USE HOW MUCH EASIER IS IT TO TO GET A PERMIT? AND THERE'S PROS AND CONS FOR BOTH BUT IF YOU CAN JUST SPEAK ON THAT REAL QUICK, THAT WOULD TO EDUCATE EVERYONE UP HERE WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY VOTING ON AND WHAT WHAT THE DIFFERENCES ARE. YEAH, I THINK THE BIG DIFFERENCE IS THAT SPECIAL USE HAS TO GO TO THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS AND THEY RENDER THE DECISION SO IT GOES TO A PUBLIC MEETING IF IT WERE A CONDITIONAL USE THE APPLICATION THE PERMIT APPLICATION WOULD BE DECIDED BY STAFF YOU KNOW GOING DOWN THE LISTS MAKING SURE THEY'RE A SET OF CONDITIONS.

SO THAT'S I THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE IS YOU KNOW WHETHER YOU INTO A PUBLIC MEETING AND REQUIRE SO SO WHAT DO WE DO COUNTYWIDE GOOD QUESTION OTHER THAN TO FOR SHORT TERM RENTALS IS IT CONDITIONAL OR IS IT SPECIAL USE? IT'S A SPECIAL USE.

OKAY YEAH. SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS MANY, MANY JURISDICTIONS AS DEALING WITH SHORT TERM RENTALS BASICALLY USE SPECIFY HOW MANY SHORT TERM RENTALS YOU CAN HAVE ON A GIVEN STREET OR IN A GIVEN NEIGHBORHOOD OR WHATEVER AND ONCE YOU MEET THAT IS OFF THE TABLE FOR. ANY OTHER PERSON I DON'T KNOW HOW THOSE WILL STAND THE CHALLENGES IN COURT IF THEY EVER HAVE HAD THAT BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU CAN SAY IT'S OKAY FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD OR STREET TO HAVE FOR SHORT TERM RENTALS BUT THE PERSON THAT WANTS TO PUT A FIFTH ONE ON THERE THERE ARE SOME SORT OF PUBLIC SAFETY OR GENERAL WELFARE STANDARD THAT'S VALUE THAT PARTICULAR CASE THE BEAUTY OF A SPECIAL EXCEPTION PROCESS

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YEAH. THIS IS WHERE ERIC UP THERE SO ERIC I KNOW THAT AND AGAIN YOU'VE DONE GREAT JOB OF GOING OVER AND LISTENING TO THE PEOPLE ON THE FUSCA AND TALKING THEM AND WE KIND OF CHARGED THE FIRST ISLAND COUNCIL WITH COMING BACK WITH THEIR RECOMMENDATION AND WHETHER THAT WAS GOING TO BE CONDITIONAL USE OR SPECIAL USE NO MISS SALLY AND ROBERTS AND ASK ABOUT DELAYING THIS BECAUSE AGAIN THEY THE ISLAND ITSELF, THE COMMUNITY HAVE THEY GO BACK FORTH AND THEY'RE THEY'RE NEGOTIATING AND DECIDING THEMSELVES WHAT. THEY DO IS THERE ANY REASON THAT WE NEED TO MOVE THIS FORWARD TODAY IN AN IMMEDIATE FASHION AND WE DELAYED IT ONCE ALREADY.

IT DOESN'T MEAN IT DOESN'T MATTER TO US ON STAFF IT'S JUST NO NEW SHORT TERM RENTALS CAN BE APPROVED ON THE FIRST YEAR ALONE UNTIL THIS GETS DEALT WITH HOW MANY MEETINGS WERE HELD APPROXIMATELY ABOUT HOW MANY MEETINGS BY THE CODE COMMITTEE IN ALL ARE ALMOST DOWN. YOU KNOW I'VE BEEN OVER THERE THREE OR FOUR TIMES JUST IN MYSELF TO DISCUSS THIS ISSUE. ROB AND MARK HAVE BEEN MORE INVOLVED IN IT WITH THE CODES COUNCIL ON THIS ISSUE AND OTHER ISSUES THERE'S I WILL POINT OUT THE COUNCIL JUST SO YOU ALL ARE AWARE THAT THE FIRST ISLAND COUNCIL HAS NEW LEGISLATIVE STANDING NO LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY THAT WAS A COUNCIL THAT WAS CREATED BY THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO BE A COMMUNICATION ARM BETWEEN THE FIRST ISLAND FOLKS AND THE COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

SO COUNTY COUNCIL DOESN'T HAVE A ROLE IN THAT. THEY HAVE NO AUTHORITY BEYOND JUST COMMUNICATE WITH THE PLANNING STAFF. THERE ARE BYLAWS THE VOTE THAT TOOK PLACE THAT YOU HEARD ABOUT EARLIER ON PUBLIC COMMENT I WOULD QUESTION WHETHER OR NOT THAT IS A VALID VOTE WHEN IT GOT CHANGED FROM WHAT THE COUNT FROM THE PREVIOUS TWO PACIFIC ISLAND COUNCIL HAD DONE BECAUSE I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT ITEM WAS ON THE AGENDA AND DO NOT BELIEVE THEY MET THEIR OWN BYLAWS STANDARDS FOR PUBLISHING OF THAT AGENDA ON THAT ITEM AND THE ITEM HAD ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED VOTED ON BY THE THE FUSCHIA ISLAND COUNCIL I HAD PREVIOUS MEETINGS AND AS YOU ALL WELL KNOW YOU CAN'T GO BACK AND CHANGE OR RECONSIDER OR A PREVIOUS VOTE OR MOTION THAT'S ALREADY BEEN MADE UNLESS YOU SOMEBODY THAT VOTED WAS ON SIDE DURING THAT MEETING VOTE TO RECONSIDER THAT MOTION. SO I DON'T KNOW THAT WHAT CHANGED ABOUT THAT IS ACTUALLY I DON'T THINK IT'S OR I DON'T THINK IT'S REALLY RELEVANT TO THE MATTER HAND I THINK THAT PEOPLE NEED THE RIGHT TO BE HEARD WHEN IT COMES TO ZONING.

I'M A BIG PROPONENT OF THAT AND I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU ALL CONSIDER DOING IT BY SPECIAL

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SO IF WE WE MOVE FORWARD THEY THE CURRENT DISCUSSION COUNCIL CAN MEET AND COME BACK WITH ANOTHER RECOMMENDATION BECAUSE FROM HERE WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL AND THAT'S A 3 TO 3 READING AND A PUBLIC HEARING AND A PUBLIC HEARING AT THAT TIME. SO YOU KNOW OBVIOUSLY THAT JUST LIKE US WE HAD NEW MEMBERS COME IN THE FIRST COUNTY COUNCIL HAS NEW MEMBERS COMING IN AND AND SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'D LIKE TO AGAIN GAVE THE EXPLANATION BUT THEY'VE OUR OUR BELLWETHER OUR SOUNDING BOARD FOR MANY YEARS AS AS I'VE BEEN HERE WE HAVE LISTENED TO AND TAKEN THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE THE FIRST HIGHLAND COUNCIL. SO IF WE PASS IT TODAY AND GET IT MOVING FORWARD IT WOULD GO TO COUNCIL. WE HAVE TO HAVE THREE READINGS, ONE OF THEM BEING ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ISSUE. I THOUGHT ABOUT DELAYING IT AS AS MICHELLE AND ROBINSON HAD HAD TALKED. BUT I THINK THAT IF WE MOVE IT FORWARD STILL THAT GIVES TIME FOR NEGOTIATIONS HAPPEN AND HOPEFULLY THAT THERE IS SOME RESOLUTIONS THAT COME BACK FROM THE PACIFIC ISLAND COUNCIL OF WHAT WOULD LIKE TO DO AGAIN SINCE I REPRESENT THE AREA EVERYONE WANTS TO BE AND SAYS MARK WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO? WHAT'S GOING ON? I WOULD LIKE TO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE GO AHEAD AND PASS TODAY OR MOVE TODAY'S RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL IN THAT TIME FRAME.

HOWEVER, THE FIRST COUNTY COUNCIL WILL MEET AND WOULD ASK THEM TO COME BACK THEN AND AND GET TO GET THE FINDINGS THAT WE CAN MAKE PUBLIC. WE HAVE A SECOND TO THAT MARCH 2ND IT IS FOR FIRST READING YES JUST FOR FIRST READ THE SECOND ANY WITHOUT OBJECTION WILL MOVE FORWARD AS PRESENTED YOUR STAFF THANK YOU I AGREE WE WOULD MORE TO THERE'S A LOT OF I MEAN THERE'S ENOUGH TIME IN BETWEEN TO HEAR THE PUBLIC IS HERE THE PEOPLE IN THE COUNCIL UM I DO AGREE WITH MR. GREENWAY THAT THE SPECIAL COUNSEL ON THE FORCE THE UM YOU KNOW THE QUESTION I HAVE MY MIND IS WHO DO THEY ANSWER TO AND IT WAS CREATED I THINK ROB SAID BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION SO DO THEY REPORT BACK TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO MONITOR THEM, MAKE SURE THAT ELECTIONS ARE FAIR ETCETERA ETCETERA ETCETERA ? THOSE ARE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE GOING FORWARD AS WELL BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO CREATE A MONSTER OUT THERE THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN RIGHT. AND I AGREE AND THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT THANK YOU THERE WITH THE COUNCIL THERE'S NOT THERE'S TIMES WHEN WHENEVER WE WE NEED TO LISTEN TO WHAT THEY SAY WE CAN'T SOMETIMES SAY OH THAT'S NOT WHAT WE WANT AND WE MOVE FORWARD. WE NEED TO LISTEN TO THEM AT ALL TIMES AND NOT WHENEVER WE

[11. RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE FOR A TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODE (CDC): DIVISION 4.2.20 (GENERAL STANDARDS AND LIMITATIONS) TO CLARIFY CONNECTIVITY STANDARDS FOR PRIMARY STRUCTURES REGARDING BUILDING CONNECTIONS; DIVISION 4.2.30 (ACCESSORY/SECONDARY DWELLING UNIT) TO MODIFY ALLOWABLE DENSITY TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY FOR AN ADDITIONAL ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT AND TO PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY FOR AREA OF UNITS; DIVISION 4.1.360 (SHORT-TERM RENTALS) TO MODIFY GENERAL STANDARDS TO ALLOW ONLY A PRINCIPAL DWELLING UNIT OR AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT AS A SHORT-TERM RENTAL ON A SINGLE PARCEL]

AND WILL YOU BE PRESENTING BOTH OF YOU OKAY MR. MARCHANT. MR. DAVIS OKAY.

I WAS GOING KICK THIS OFF AND I WAS GOING TO LET MARK GO TO THE DETAILS.

BUT BASICALLY THIS IS A KIND OF A BUNDLE OF THREE DIFFERENT AMENDMENTS TO THE CODES THAT ALL ADDRESS A TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT SPECIFIC TO AREAS OF THE COUNTY WHERE WE HAVE LARGE LOTS SUBDIVISIONS IN CONSERVATION SUBDIVISIONS. THE FIRST AMENDMENT ALLOWS FOR A SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE IF YOU CONSIDER LIKE YOU KNOW, A LARGE SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE COULD BE A 5000 SQUARE FOOT SINGLE FOOTPRINT, A PROPERTY THAT HAS A GREAT IMPACT ON YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO TAKE DOWN A LOT OF TREES. WHAT THIS ALLOWS YOU TO DO IS TAKE THAT IN KIND OF BREAK IT UP INTO SECTIONS CONNECTED BY COVERED WALKWAYS AND, YOU KNOW, ALLOWS YOU TO WORK BETTER WITH THE LANDSCAPE EXISTING TREES, YOU KNOW, CAPITALIZE ON VIEWS THINGS LIKE THAT. THE SECOND IN THIS GOES TO AN ACTION THE COUNTY COUNCIL TOOK

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I'M GOING TO LET MARK ADDRESS THE DETAILS AND WE'LL GO FROM AFTERNOON.

SO THIS IS KIND OF FAMILIAR I THINK A LITTLE BIT TO EVERYBODY NOT TO KIND OF GO IN BUT THIS FIRST KIND OF CAME AT US THAT WAS KIND OF JUST FOCUSING ON SOME AREAS OF THE COUNTY.

SO WHAT WE DECIDED TO DO WAS LOOK AT THIS ISSUE AND TRY TO MAKE IT SO WE COULD APPLY COUNTY SO THESE ARE THE UNITS THAT STAFF CAME UP WITH AND I WANT TO MAKE IT EVERYBODY THESE ARE STAFF INITIATED. THIS WAS NOT AN APPLICATION THAT WE RECEIVED FROM ANYBODY AND THIS DOES NOT REQUIRE ANY REZONINGS OF ANY PROPERTY IT'S ALL STAFF INITIATED TAX AMENDMENTS AND KIND OF LIKE WHAT ROB SAID THIS WENT THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION THEY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO DO A LOT OF EXPLAINING.

IT'S ONE OF THE BEST MEETINGS WE HAD SO. HOPEFULLY THIS GOES AS WELL.

SO WITH THAT I MEAN FOR PURPOSES OF TIME YOU CAN SEE HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF A PICTURE OF KIND OF WHAT A TYPICAL OPEN ROOFLINE CONNECTED STRUCTURE TO STRUCTURE COULD LOOK LIKE.

AND THEN HERE YOU CAN SEE KIND OF HOW A HOUSE WOULD UTILIZE THAT REGARDING A MAIN STRUCTURE AND YOU CAN KIND OF SEE SOME TREES AND HOW THIS ARCHITECT USED THIS LOT TO MAXIMIZE THE VIEWS AND WAS ABLE TO SAVE SOME TREES AND KIND OF DID SOME OF THOSE CONNECTIONS OFF OF TWO WINGS AND THAT'S TYPICALLY HOW IT COULD USED AND THEN IN IN THIS INSTANCE SOMETIMES YOU CAN HOW PEOPLE GET AROUND AS THEY WOULD IN CLOSE DOWN AND WHEN YOU'RE PERMITTING THINGS A LOT OF PEOPLE CAN DO SOME WEIRD THINGS AND WHAT THIS WILL DO IS THIS WILL FINALLY DEFINE WHAT IS APPROPRIATE HOW FAR AND MUCH YOU CAN DO TO GIVE STAFF DIRECTIONAL FORWARD AND IN REGARDS TO THESE AN ENCLOSED OR ENCLOSED KIND OF ROOF LINE CONNECTED WHEN STRUCTURES COME IN OKAY WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS ABOUT LARGE IS THAT LIGHT THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT YOUR EXAMPLE THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD SIZE LOT AT LEAST VERY LARGE PANELS FOUR OR FIVE PROBABLY. YEAH. ANY QUESTIONS SO ALL RIGHT.

YOU KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS YOU USE HERE IS A MEASURING STICK. IT WAS CREATED IN THREE ACRES.

YOU KNOW I WOULD I LOOK AT SEE HOW WE HAVE UNITS AT THREE ACRES GRIDS ACRES WOULD BE THREE AND A HALF THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY START DIVIDING UP THE GET MORE UNITS ON THAT EQUAL JUST OF SO SOMETHING LIKE YOU KNOW GREATER THAN 567 ACRES MAY BE SOMETHING YOU MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AT AS A COMPARISON WHEN YOU START MOVING THIS FORWARD AND STUFF THAT'S FINE WHEN CONSIDER IT RIGHT YEAH YEAH OKAY YEAH WELL I THINK IS REALLY WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR IS BETTER UTILIZING THE LAND TO GET MORE LANDSCAPING ON THE PROPERTY VERSUS ACTUAL BUILDING BUT ALSO ALLOWING A RESIDENT HAVE MAYBE ONE OR TWO ACCESSORY THAT THEY COULD ACTUALLY OUT ETC. SO I CAN SEE THAT THE POSSIBILITIES ARE STUFF BUT JUST WANT TO KNOW HOW THAT WILL

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SURE. SO WE'RE NOT THIS IS A LOT TIMES IT'S ONE OF THESE THINGS WHERE WE'RE BRINGING A TEXTBOOK. WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE BRINGING MORE TO THE TABLE HERE PEOPLE WILL GET MORE WHEN THIS IS DONE. UNDERSTAND THAT ARCHITECTS WILL HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY IN HOW THEY CAN ARRANGE THEIR HOMES. THIS IS INTRODUCE ASKING FOR SOMEBODY TO HAVE A SECOND ACCESSORY DWELLING IN IT. YOU NEED TO HAVE THREE ACRES IN ORDER TO GET IT. YOU CAN STILL HAVE THE ONE BUT IF YOU WANT TO YOU NEED THREE ACRES OR MORE MINIMUM. YEAH SO WE'RE NOT TAKING ANYTHING WE'RE JUST ADDING IN IF YOU HAVE A CERTAIN LEVEL OF ACREAGE. YEAH THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S THE COMPARISON WANT TO USE SO VERSUS WHAT IS ALLOWED NOW WE'LL SEE HOW IT WOULD WORK IF THIS WAS PUT IN PLACE WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE AS FAR AS UNITS PER ACRE CAPACITY IF PEOPLE WOULD JUST GET MORE USE OUT OF THEIR EXISTING LAND UNDERSTAND KIND OF HOW DOES THIS APPLY TO THE ACCESSORY UNIT THAT IS DETACHED FROM THE FROM THE MAIN BUILDING YOU SO IT WOULD STILL FOLLOW AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE THING IN THE UNDER SECTION EIGHT UNDER 4 TO 20 E KIND OF SPEAKS TO IF IT DOESN'T COMPLY THEN IT'S JUST PERMITTED AS A TYPICAL ACCESSORY STRUCTURE WOULD FOLLOW THOSE REQUIREMENTS HAVE CERTAIN SIZES ORIENTATION AND REALLY HERE WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MOSTLY IS FOR KIND OF HEATED HABITABLE SPACE OR LIKE AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT IF SOMEBODY'S JUST PUTTING A SHED IN THEIR BACKGROUND THAT THAT'S JUST ACCESSORY STRUCTURE THAT GETS PERMITTED NOTHING'S CHANGING HERE.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DO YOU NEED A MOTION FOR US TO TAKE THIS FORWARD? YES. YES, YOUR MOTION I WILL MAKE THAT MOTION SECOND SECOND MOTION WAS MADE BY CHAIRMAN PASSMAN. WITHOUT OBJECTION THIS WILL GO

[12. A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE A LEASE AGREEMENT WITH LANDMARK BAPTIST CHURCH ENCUMBERING PROPERTY OWNED BY BEAUFORT COUNTY KNOWN AS A PORTION OF THE CHECHESSEE TRACT]

OKAY THEN THE LAST THING ON OUR AGENDA IS RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE A LEASE AGREEMENT WITH THE LANDMARK BAPTIST CHURCH ENCUMBERING PROPERTY OWNED BY COUNTY KNOWN AS A PORTION OF THE CHECHESSEE TRACK AND I GUESS WE'LL SPEAK TO THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR COMMITTEE STEPHANIE NODDED PAST PARKS MANAGER TODAY I'M BRINGING FORWARD A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR EXECUTED LEASE WITH LANE MARK BAPTIST CHURCH. THEY HAVE BEEN CURRENTLY LEASING A 2400 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING ON APPROXIMATELY AN ACRE OF LAND THAT WE CALL THE CHECHESSEE TRACT SINCE 2013 THEIR CURRENT LEASE AGREEMENT IS ONLY A MONTH TO MONTH SINCE 2013 AND THEY AND I HAVE AGREED TO GO TO A YEARLONG LEASE NOW THAT HAS FOR ANNUAL EXTENSIONS. SO IT'S GOING TO BECOME IN COMPLIANT WITH THE NEWLY ADOPTED LEASE POLICY ALSO THE RATE OF WHICH THE RENTAL AMOUNT IS GOING TO INCREASE. SO THEY WILL RECEIVE THE 50% NONPROFIT DISCOUNTED RATE AS PER THAT LEASE POLICY AND SO IT WILL BE $800 A MONTH WHICH WILL BE DEPOSITED INTO THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUND FOR THE PASSIVE PARK SO THAT I CAN CONTINUE DOING MAINTENANCE ON PASSIVE PARK PROPERTIES AND IF APPROVED THEN IT WOULD GO TO MAY 22ND COUNTY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL AND PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY ANY QUESTIONS YOUR MOTION OVER? YEAH THE CHURCHES UNDERSTANDS THAT IT'S GOING TO 21,600 A YEAR.

THEY HAVE SEEN THE LEASE SEVERAL TIMES AND THEY DID MAKE COUPLE OF EDITS AND HAD QUESTIONS REGARDING INSURANCE AND SOME STUFF BUT THEY DID NOT QUESTION THE AMOUNT AND I OKAY SO THAT'S YEAH WE HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE THIS FORWARD OKAY MOTION MADE BY A COUNCILMAN TO THE SECOND SECOND AND SECOND BY COUNCILMAN DAWSON WITHOUT OBJECTION THIS WILL MOVE FORWARD AND IF THERE'S NO

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.