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. GOOD AFTERNOON. TO CALL THIS SPECIAL CALL A MEETING OF PUBLIC FACILITIES AND SAFETY ON DECEMBER 11TH SO ORDERED AND PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. THANK YOU. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE PUBLIC WHICH STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL PUBLIC NOTIFICATION ON THIS MEETING HAS BEEN PUBLISHED, POSTED AND DISTRIBUTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH SOUTH CAROLINA FREEDOM
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OF INFORMATION ACT SECRETARY CONFIRM. YES.THANK YOU. CAN I HAVE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA FOR OUR ONE ITEM TODAY? OKAY. SO NOTE AND SECOND. THANK YOU.
GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP FOR CITIZENS COMMENTS DO WE HAVE ANY SARAH? IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE IN THE PUBLIC THAT DID NOT SIGN UP WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK?
[6. APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION TO ADOPT THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE SALES TAX ADVISORY COMMITTEE (STAC) REGARDING CONSIDERATION OF A 2024 SALES TAX REFERENDUM]
WE WILL CLOSE CITIZEN COMMENTS AND MOVE ON TO OUR ONE AND ONLY ACTION ITEM NUMBER SIX APPROVAL RESOLUTION TO ADOPT THE RECOMMENDATION THE SALES TAX ADVISORY COMMITTEE REGARDING CONSIDERATION OF A 24 SALES TAX REFERENDUM. I BELIEVE WE HAVE MR. MOSS TODAY. ABSOLUTELY. JARED, DO YOU WANT TO OPEN IT UP AHEAD OF TIME? YES, I WILL. YEP.THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU HEALTH FACILITIES FOR ALLOWING US TO MEET. I KNOW THERE WAS A CHARGE BY COUNTY COUNCIL TO COME BACK FOR THE END OF THE YEAR OF YOUR LAST MEETING TONIGHT. SO ARE THE GUYS THE COMMITTEES TO DO THEIR WORK. THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY SO I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR FOR YOU TO MAKE THIS A SPECIAL CALL MEETING AND DEAN SO DEAN SERVED LAST YEAR AS THE CHAIR OF OUR SALES TASK COMMITTEE WE FOLLOWED A SIMILAR SUIT IN PURSUIT A TRANSPORTATION SALES TAX LAST YEAR AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE GREENSPACE SALES TAX AND SO THIS YEAR WAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT CHARGE OF WHICH DINO DIDN'T MAKE MENTION AS THE RESOLUTION FROM COUNTY COUNCIL JUNE ON WHAT WAS WAS THE COMMITTEE'S RESPONSIBILITY TO LOOK AT IT AND LOOK INTO ONE LESSON FOR EVERYBODY IN FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOURSELF IF YOU SAY YES TO A COMMITTEE MAKE SURE YOU'RE THERE AT THE FIRST MEETING BECAUSE WHEN I TALKED TO DEAN INITIALLY ARE YOU INTERESTED IN BEING PART OF THIS COMMITTEE? HE SAID BUT AS LONG AS I'M NOT THE CHAIR TOO AND AS SO IT GOES HE WAS ABSENT OUT OF OVER SEES FOR THE FIRST MEETING AND I TOLD EVERYBODY ELSE AS LIKE DEAN SPECIFICALLY HE DID NOT WANT TO BE HERE. OH, THAT'S ALL RIGHT. HE REALLY TO BE CHAIR SO FOR THE SAKE OF THE COMMITTEE WE'RE GLAD WAS HERE BUT DO NOT MISS THE FIRST MEETING IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE MAKING IT TO A COMMITTEE BUT DEAN WAS GREAT WE HAD A FANTASTIC AGAIN THIS COMMITTEE WAS SET UP A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN LAST YEAR WE HAD SIX MEMBERS INSTEAD OF 17 AND I FEEL LIKE WE'VE GOT THE CREAM OF THE CROP AS FAR AS WE HAD AN ALL STAR COMMITTEE WE HAD ONE NEW MEMBER FROM LAST YEAR'S COMMITTEE AND FROM DAY ONE EVERYBODY WAS IN ON THE ON THE CHARGE THAT THEY WERE PRESENTED WITH WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY REALLY DISCUSSION THAT WAS WAY OUT OF BOUNDS LEFT SIDE OR RIGHT SIDE. IT WAS JUST ALL CONSTRUCTIVE DISCUSSION. EVERYBODY WAS REALLY LOOKING AT THE REGION AS WHOLE INSTEAD OF JUST ONE POCKET OR THE COUNTY OR THE OTHER AS WELL AS LOOKING AS A LONG TERM PLANNING. SO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THE MEMBERS I APPRECIATE THEM SERVING AND FOR THEIR SERVICE WHAT THEY POURED IN THEIR INVESTMENT TO THIS WORK PRODUCT WHICH I'LL TELL YOU ABOUT FURTHER. SO WITH THAT THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. THANK YOU SO MUCH I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE. YES, I TRIED TO AVOID BEING CHAIRMAN OF THIS ORGANIZED PARTICULAR COMMITTEE BUT I WAS GETTING BACK FROM A TRIP AND PLANE WAS DELAYED AND I DIDN'T FIND OUT ABOUT IT. SO HE CALLED ME AND SAID YEAH, YOUR CHAIRMAN SO IT'S OKAY.
VERY BRIEFLY YOU GOT OUR MEMORANDUM AND I'LL JUST I'LL GO I'M GOING TO GO WHAT I CONSIDER TO BE THE HIGH POINTS AND THEN I'M AVAILABLE AND FOR AS LONG AS YOU NEED FOR QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING ELSE IF THERE'S SOMETHING TECHNICAL THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW JARED'S HERE AND HE CAN HE CAN DEAL WITH THAT YOU ASKED US WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO ADVISE YOU WE THINK YOU OUGHT TO DO A REFERENDUM IN NOVEMBER NEXT NOVEMBER PLACE IT ON THE BALLOT $0.01 SALES TAX ADDITIONAL SALES TAX BEGINNING THE FOLLOWING YEAR AND EXTENDING FOR 15 YEARS. THE PROCEEDS FROM THIS TAX WOULD BE EXPENDED BY THE COUNTY FOR A SERIES OF CRITICAL TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY. I COULD BE READING IT RIGHT OFF
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THERE. GOODNIGHT. VITAL TO THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE RESIDENTS OF THIS COUNTY. FURTHERMORE THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THAT A STANDING OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE BE ESTABLISHED TO ASSIST THE COUNTY COUNCIL AND THE STAFF IN THE PRIORITIZATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROJECTS.YOUR CHARGE TO US ESSENTIALLY WAS TO PROVIDE YOU WITH INFORMATION THAT IDENTIFIES NEED AND WHERE REQUIRED THE SPECIFIC PROJECTS FOR THE VARIOUS QUESTIONS I'LL POINT OUT THAT WE AT THE IDEA OF ONE TAX WE LOOKED AT THE IDEA OF TWO PENNIES AND WE LOOKED AT THE IDEA OF THREE PENNIES IN OTHER WORDS THE THE SUPER PENNY APPROACH ARE WAS THAT GIVEN THE FACT IT'S ALREADY A PENNY IN PLACE FOR GREEN FOR THE GREEN SPACE THAT THE BEST APPROACH WOULD BE START WITH ONE PENNY AND AND IF YOU JUST LOOK AT THE LIST OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE CONSIDERED IN THIS AND THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT THOSE PROJECTS WILL REQUIRE FROM YOU AND FROM YOUR STAFF IT SEEMS KIND OF CRAZY TO ADD NOTHER PIECE ON TOP OF THAT RIGHT NOW LET'S GET THIS SORTED OUT AND ON ITS WAY AND THEN IF THE ISSUE WANTS TO COME BACK AND AND DEAL WITH THAT THAT'S PROBABLY PHONE SO I APOLOGIZE YEAH SO YOU KNOW SIX MEMBERS ON THE COMMITTEE ONE REPRESENTING HILTON HEAD REPRESENTING BLUFFTON ONE REPRESENTING MYSELF REPRESENTING AND PORT ROYAL AND THREE FOLKS REPRESENTING THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF THE COUNTY AS AS JARED SAID GREAT PEOPLE FIVE OF THE SIX HAD BEEN ON THE PREVIOUS COMMITTEE SO THEY UNDERSTOOD WHAT WE WERE DOING THEY UNDERSTOOD MOST OF THE ISSUES THAT WERE INVOLVED AND HAD TO BE WORKED ON AND GAVE US A CHANCE.
LOOK, AS I SAID IT THREE SEPARATE AND A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT THINGS AND THERE WERE THREE SEPARATE REFERENDA THAT THE LEGISLATURE HAS IN PLACE THAT WE CONSIDERED.
ONE WAS THE TRANSPORTATION REFERENDUM WHICH IS WHAT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT.
THE OTHER WAS THE CAPITAL PROJECTS REFERENDUM TRANSPORTATION REFERENDUM BY STATUTE GO 25 YEARS. WE ARE NOT RECOMMENDING THAT THE SPECIAL CAPITAL PROJECT REFERENDUM I THINK IS ABOUT EIGHT YEARS AND THEN THERE IS AN EDUCATION REFERENDUM NOW WE WERE DOING THIS WORK JUST AS THE SCHOOL BOARD'S REFERENDUM COMING UP FOR A VOTE ON ELECTION DAY AND WE TALKED ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT TO KIND OF THINK WHAT HAPPENS IF THIS DOESN'T PASS? WHAT HAPPENS IF SCHOOL BOARD REFERENDUM DOES NOT GO THROUGH? WOULD IT BE FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE TO COME FORWARD TO YOU AND SAY WE THAT YOU PUT A PENNY ON TO RAISE FUNDS FOR FOR THE EDUCATION OPERATIONS FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD AND IN THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE NECESSARY OF COURSE A REFERENDUM PASSED SO WE THAT TO THE SIDE WE LOOKED AT THE CAPITAL PROJECTS REFERENDUM THERE'S REAL OPPORTUNITY THERE FOR US WE CAME UP WITH SOME I THINK RATHER INTERESTING WAYS TO FIGURE OUT HOW THOSE DOLLARS CONCEIVABLY SHOULD BE ALLOCATED BETWEEN THE COUNTY OPERATIONS AND MUNICIPAL OPERATIONS AT SOME POINT THE FUTURE JARED CAN GET INTO THOSE DETAILS WITH YOU BUT WE LOOKED ULTIMATELY SETTLED ON TRANSPORTATION AND NOBODY ON THAT COMMITTEE NEEDED TO BE CONVINCED OF THAT THREE OF THEM COMING FROM HEAD TO GET TO THE MEETING EVERY YOU KNOW EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT JUST LIKE YOU GUYS DO HAVING TO DEAL WITH TRAFFIC AND HAVING TO GO BACK AND DEAL WITH THE TRAFFIC AND HAVING TO DEAL WITH JUST INCREDIBLE CONGESTION THAT SEEMS TO BE JUST INCREASING DAILY AND THE SAME THING UP HERE A MESS ALL THE TIME SO GOT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT AND THAT WAS OUR DETERMINATION. THE STAFF WAS GREAT. YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL STAFF JARED AND CAROL PER YEAR WERE JUST WONDERFUL. I MEAN THEY'RE THERE ALL THE TIME. THEY WORKED AT IT. WE JUST HAD THE BEST FEELING ABOUT THEM. IT'S VERY COMPLICATED STUFF AND THEY'RE VERY, VERY GOOD AT IT SO WE SET THIS THING UP TO LOOK AT IT FROM TWO PERSPECTIVES AND THE FIRST IS WHAT I'M CALLING BIG PROJECTS. THESE ARE VERY SPECIFIC PROJECTS THAT ARE OUT THERE THE TABLE RIGHT NOW AND JUST A COUPLE AS AN EXAMPLE REIMAGINE RAINBOW ROAD OR FOR EXAMPLE THE TRIANGLE TO 78 170 AND ARGENT BOULEVARD ARE THE THE PROJECT IN BLUFFTON THOSE THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS WE'RE DEALING WITH ALL OF THEM FAIRLY EXPENSIVE STUFF $40 MILLION EACH OR MORE SO WE LOOKED AT IT AND HOW MUCH WE SHOULD BE PUTTING INTO THAT AREA AND WE SETTLED ON ABOUT HALF OF THAT. THE FIRST PIECE OF THIS THING WHICH WAS ABOUT $650 MILLION
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WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING IS 15 YEARS ONE PENNY COMES OUT BASED UPON OUR ANALYSIS AND KIND OF FAIRLY CONSERVATIVE PROJECTION WE THINK $1.6 BILLION AVAILABLE TO THE COUNTY OVER THAT PERIOD OF TIME. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A POT COUPLE OF BIG POTS OF MONEY THAT DO THINGS WITH WE'RE LOOKING AT OUT OF THAT BIG PROJECT ROUGHLY $300 MILLION SOUTH OF THE BROAD ROUGHLY 175 MILLION NORTH OF THE BROAD AND 175 MILLION PUT OVER HERE ON THE SIDE. THIS IS GOING TO GO ON FOR 15 YEARS AND WE CAN'T ANTICIPATE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED FIVE YEARS FROM NOW TEN YEARS FROM NOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WE DON'T KNOW AND SO WE NEED TO HAVE MONEY AVAILABLE TO THE COUNTY TO DO PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE NEEDED AS WE GO FORWARD DOWN THE LINE. SO 175 MILLION IS TUCKED AWAY WAITING TO BE SPENT SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE. NONE OF THESE PROJECTS HAVE BEEN DESIGNED YET. THERE ARE SOME THAT HAVE DONE PRELIMINARY DESIGNS.WE HAVE SOME SENSE OF WHAT'S GOING TO BE NEEDED BUT NO DESIGN BEEN DONE.
SO THESE ARE THESE ARE ESTIMATES AS OF TODAY AND AS WE'VE ALL EXPERIENCED IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS AN ESTIMATE MADE TODAY MAYBE MEANINGLESS FIVE YEARS FROM NOW.
SO WE'VE JUST GOT TO BE WE'VE GOT TO BE PREPARED TO DO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO AND THAT THAT OTHER PART OBVIOUSLY THERE TO HELP US IF WE GET INTO THAT SITUATION.
SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE PROJECTS WE'RE LOOKING FOR. THE FIRST IS THE TRIANGLE OF ONE 7278 AND ARGENT BOULEVARD ABOUT $100 MILLION AND THAT HAS TO BE A COOPERATIVE PROJECT WITH JASPER COUNTY. I MEAN JASPER COUNTY REALLY CONTROLS MOST OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN ARGENT. YOU MOVE YOU MOVE OUT AWAY PAST SUN CITY IT'S IN SOME CASES JASPER ON THE RIGHT AND BEAUFORT ON THE LEFT.
SO THIS HAS GOT TO BE A COOPERATIVE EFFORT WITH JASPER COUNTY.
WE HAVE NOT TALKED TO JASPER COUNTY. WE'VE NOT HAD ANY WITH RESPECT TO HOW THEY SEE THIS OR WHETHER THEY WILL BE POSITIVE ABOUT THIS.
BUT WE CAN'T ESCAPE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO IT WITH THEM. SECONDLY, WE BORROWED INITIATIVES REIMAGINE REPO ROAD THE PROJECT THAT THE COUNTY'S BEEN WORKING ON NOW FOR A YEAR OR SO THAT INVOLVES THE CITY OF BEAUFORT IN THE TOWN OF PORT ROYAL DIRECTLY AND WE DON'T WE'RE LOOKING AT THE INTERCONNECT TIVITY SAFETY CAPACITY AND ATTRACTIVENESS ALONG THAT ALIGNMENT ALL THE WAY FROM THE COURTHOUSE ALL BEFORE EXCUSE ME BEAUFORT TOWN HALL ALL THE WAY DOWN TO ESSENTIALLY THE BRIDGE ACROSS BATTERY CREEK BEFORE YOU GET THE VERIZON ALONG WAY AND A LOT OF INTEREST THE CITIES ARE VERY INTERESTED IN THIS.
THE COUNTY'S DONE A GOOD JOB PUTTING THESE PROPOSALS FORWARD .
THERE'S BEEN ARGUMENTS THERE ARE GOING TO BE MORE ARGUMENTS BUT IT'S A GOOD PROJECT THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. HIGHWAY 46 IN BLUFFTON RUNNING ALL THE WAY OUT THERE ARE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THE MAIN STRETCH COMING OUT OF TOWN AND WORKING ITS WAY OUT. ONCE WE GET ONCE WE GET TO THE FOUR CORNERS THERE WE AND THE CIRCLE WE ARE LOOKING AT FOUR LANES OUT TO THE JASPER COUNTY LINE.
SO THAT'S A THAT'S A BIG PROJECT AND IT'S IT HAS IMPLICATIONS SOMETHING ELSE THAT I'M GOING TO GET TO IN JUST A MINUTE. SECONDLY, LADY'S ISLAND IMPROVEMENTS THIS IS A KEY QUESTION HERE IN THE 18 REFERENDUM WE HAD I THINK 40 MILLION IN THERE 35 OR 40 MILLION IN THAT REFERENDUM FOR CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENTS.
THE MAJORITY OF THOSE PROJECTS HAVE NOT BEEN COMPLETED. ONE MAJOR PROJECT COMPLETED WAS A RIGHT TURN LANE COMING DOWN SLAMS POINT ROAD TO PUT YOU ON GOING BACK INTO TOWN BUT THERE ARE THERE CONCERNS OUT THERE AMONG THE COMMUNITY ON LADY'S ISLAND THAT WE SAID WE'RE GOING TO DO THESE THINGS WE HAVEN'T DONE SO THERE'S 40 MILLION IN THERE THAT WILL BE ADDED TO THAT POT AND WE OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO GET THERE ALL UNDER DESIGN.
BUT THEY JUST HAVEN'T BEEN THEY HAVEN'T BEEN TACKLED YET. SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE THE MESSAGE WE HAVE TO BE CONVEYING IS THAT WE UNDERSTAND PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED BUT THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN. WE'RE GOING TO DO IT AS A LAW. YES, SURE.
YORK I'M SORRY. IN YOUR IN YOUR LANGUAGE HERE YOU YOU'VE TAKING IT ALL THE WAY TO THE CHOWAN CREEK BRIDGE IMPROVEMENT. WELL, THAT THAT THAT IS THAT'S BASICALLY HOW I DEFINED IT. I MEAN IT MAYBE IT STOPS AT WAL-MART, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW. BUT BUT THAT'S A GOOD DEFINITION BECAUSE IT'S A YOU KNOW, GENERALLY FROM WAL MART WE'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO SEE A WHOLE LOT MORE INTENSE DEVELOPMENT. RIGHT. BUT THERE'S FEEDER TRAFFIC.
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YOU'VE GOT OTHER STUFF COMING IN. YOU'VE GOT PROJECTS OUT THERE, THE EDGES THAT NEED TO BE DEALT WITH. I THINK.ALL RIGHT. AND THEN THERE ARE THREE THREE POTS OF MONEY FOR I MEAN EXCUSE ME ONE FOR BLUFFTON, ONE FOR HILTON HEAD AND ONE FOR BEAUFORT AND PORT ROYAL SLASH NORTHERN COUNTY 60 MILLION EACH A GENERALLY FOR EXAMPLE ON HILTON HEAD THE INCREDIBLE DEMAND THAT PEOPLE NOW HAVE RIGHT ON THE TABLE SEEING THE THE TRAFFIC CIRCLE AT SEA PINES IS A NIGHTMARE. WE'VE GOT TO FIX IT. WE'VE GOT TO FIX AS AN EXAMPLE BLUFFTON WE HAD A SERIES OF PROJECTS THE LAST REFERENDUM THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WITH BLUFFTON BUT A LOT OF THAT STUFF HAS GOT TO BE MADE DECISIONS AND THERE ARE SOME TOUGH ONES DOWN THERE HAVE TO BE MADE BY TOWN COUNCIL. THEY'RE NOT THE KIND OF DECISIONS I DON'T THINK THAT YOU GUYS WANT TO MAKE ON SOME OF THESE PROJECTS.
IT NEEDS TO BE THEIR DECISION. YOU BUILD THEM, YOU FUND THEM, YOU MAKE WORK FOR THEM BUT THEY'VE GOT TO CALL THE BALL ON THAT ONE. ALSO NORTH OF THE BROAD TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS WHICH WAS A GENERAL CATEGORY TOWN ABOVE TOWN OF OF OF CITY OF BEAUFORT TOWN OF PORT ROYAL AND WORK TOGETHER WITH THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS AND ALL OVER THE PLACE. I MEAN YOU'VE GOT PROJECTS RUNNING ON OUT TOWARD THE AIR STATION. YOU'VE GOT PROBLEM PROJECTS A FURTHER OUT ON SAINT HELENA ISLAND THAT NEED TO BE THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT STUFF. SOME OF THEM ARE SMALL, SOME OF THEM ARE BIG BUT THERE'S MONEY THERE TO DO THAT AND HIGHWAY 278 PROJECTS ENHANCEMENT IT'S ANOTHER 60,000 THERE MY MY BELIEF ESSENTIALLY THAT GOES TOWARD THE BRIDGE AND TOWARD PROJECTS IN AND AROUND THE BRIDGE AREA THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE DONE AS WE MOVE FORWARD. SO THOSE ARE THE BIG PROJECTS AND THEN WE PUT HUNDRED AND 75 MILLION IN THE POT FOR THE FUTURE. THEN WE HAVE WHAT WE CALL PROGRAMS. I'VE KIND OF I REFER TO THEM AS BUCKETS YOU'VE GOT A SERIES OF BUCKETS AND IN THOSE BUCKETS YOU'VE GOT SOME MONEY AND THERE ARE PROJECTS WHICH ARE IN THOSE BUCKETS MOST OF THEM ARE SMALLER THEY'RE SMALLER AND THEY'RE FUTURE PROJECTS OF ONE KIND OR ANOTHER BUT THEY'RE SMALLER STUFF MASS TRANSIT GOOD EXAMPLE $100 MILLION WE HAVE NO MASS TRANSIT MASTER PLANNING GOING ON IN BEAUFORT RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF CONGESTION WHICH COULD BE CONCEIVABLY AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE RELIEF TO SOME EXTENT BY MASS TRANSIT. WE ALSO HAVE MONEYS IN THERE FOR SOME AIRPORT IMPROVEMENTS NEED TO BE DONE CONCEIVABLY FOR FERRIES AND OTHER TYPES OF THINGS.
I KNOW YOU'RE WRESTLING WITH THE FACILITY RIGHT NOW. THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES CONCEIVABLY IN THE FUTURE FOR FAST FERRY SERVICE ALONG THE WATER IS GETTING PEOPLE FROM NORTHERN COUNTY TO SOUTHERN AND BACK. THOSE ARE IDEAS THAT ARE OUT THERE. THEY NEED TO BE THOUGHT ABOUT AT CAREFULLY SAFETY AND TRAFFIC FLOW SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY INTERSECTIONS LOTS OF INTERSECTION PEDESTRIAN WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN THE FUTURE AND EMERGENCY EVACUATION AND RESILIENCY JUST TO QUESTION YES MA'AM. DESIGN WHEN YOU SAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS SIDEWALK YES WE'VE GOT SOME PLACES HERE YOUR WORK AND I'VE TALKED ABOUT IT AND OTHER TIMES WE HAVE WE HAVE ROADS GOING TO MAJOR COMMUNITIES NORTHERN COUNTY PRINCIPALLY THAT RIGHT NOW AT A KING HIGH TIDE WE'VE GOT WATER ON THE ROAD, SALT WATER ON THE ROAD.
CAN'T HAVE THAT WE CAN'T DRIVE CAN'T BE EXPECTED TO DRIVE YOUR CAR BACK AND FORTH THROUGH SALT WATER WHEN THE TIDE'S HIGH. SO WE'VE GOT LET ALONE WHAT HAPPENS IF WE GET A HURRICANE IF WE GET A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EVENT FOLKS AREN'T ABLE TO GET OFF THE IN PLACE SO WE'VE GOT TO DEAL WITH STUFF LIKE THAT. SO IT'S OUT THERE IN FRONT OF US A LOT OF PAVEMENT RESURFACING AND PRESERVATION. WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS HAVE ENOUGH MONEY IN THE BANK TO BE ABLE TO DO WORK FOR ALL ALL THE ROADWAYS IN THE COUNTY STATE MUNICIPAL A COUNTY MUNICIPAL OWNED THOSE AND THE IDEA IS AND I THINK JARED'S GOT LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION ABOUT THIS AND HAS WORKED ON IT ESSENTIALLY HOW HOW WE KEEP GOOD ROADS IN GOOD SHAPE.
WE DON'T WE DON'T SIT THERE AND LET THEM YOU KNOW PAVEMENT AND LET THEM GO TO AND THEN TRY TO GET THEM BACK TOGETHER. NO, YOU KEEP THEM KEEP THEM AND WHEN THEY MEAN KEEP TENDING TO THEM AND KEEP THEM IN GOOD SHAPE CHEAPER IN THE LONG RUN 180 MILLION FOR PATHWAYS IN THE 18 REFERENDUM I GET QUITE HOW MUCH WAS IN THERE 30 MILLION I THINK FOR PATHWAYS WE HAD WE HAD WE HAD A WHOLE LIST OF PATHWAYS THAT WE WERE GOING TO DO.
WE HAVEN'T DONE I SPEAK AS SPANISH MOST TRAIL PERSON SO I'M I'M PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH
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THESE TYPES OF THINGS BUT WE I REALLY RECOMMEND THAT WE GO BACK TO THAT LIST THAT THE VOTERS APPROVED AND PUT THOSE GUYS AT THE TOP OF THE LIST. YES IF I MIGHT AS A BACKUP JUST TO HEAR YOU TALK ABOUT PAVEMENT RESURFACING AND PRESERVATION AND, YOU TALK ABOUT HOW DO WE KEEP GOOD ROAD AND GOOD WELL WE HAVE AN ISSUE IN THE RURAL PARTS OF THE COUNTY AND SANDHILL AND AS WELL AS OUT IN THE RURAL AREAS OF DALE SHELTON BECAUSE THEY PRESUME BUT WE HAVE BAD ROADS THAT NEED TO BE BROUGHT INTO GOOD CONDITION THAT'S AND SO WE NEED TO EMPHASIZE AND FOCUS ON GETTING THOSE DIRT ROADS PAVED TO WHERE WE WE WOULDN'T HAVE HERE IN THE 21ST CENTURY OF THE COUNTY OF BEAUFORT WE STILL A LOT OF RESIDENTS WHO DON'T HAVE A PAVED ROAD TO GET TO THEIR PRIMARY RESIDENCE. RIGHT.I UNDERSTAND THAT UNACCEPTABLE IT IS UNACCEPTABLE THESE HERE DEFINITELY FOR IT AND THEN THERE YOU KNOW THERE ARE OTHER OTHER PARTS ALONG THE WAY THAT CAN TAGGED FOR THINGS LIKE THAT THE ISSUE THE ISSUE THAT WE'RE THAT WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT IN THE COMMITTEE WAS THE ISSUE OF PRIVATELY OWNED ROADS VERSUS PUBLICLY ROADS. IN OTHER WORDS, WE HAVE COUNTY ROADS IN THE RURAL AREAS. THOSE ARE COMPLETELY ELIGIBLE FOR ALL THIS WORK WE HAVE TO ACQUIRE RIGHTS OF WAY WIDEN THEM CONCEIVABLY BUT THE KIND OF PROJECTS WE NEED TO BE DOING WE HAVE WE HAVE LOTS OF PRIVATE DIRT ROADS AND THESE WOULD NOT GO TO PRIVATE DIRT ROADS.
RIGHT? SO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT IF IF SOME INSTEAD OF PLAYING IN THE FUTURE OR HELPING FOLKS THAT LIVE ON THESE PRIVATE DIRT ROADS IF THERE ARE WAYS TO START TO THINK ABOUT CONVERTING SOME OF THOSE BACK TO COME OVER THE COUNTY ROADS DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE ON THEM EXCEPT THAT THAT'S THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL ADDITIONAL ISSUE BUT MY PRIMARY CONCERN IS NOT THE PRIVATE ROADS BUT COUNTY ON THE ROADS THAT NEED BE BROUGHT INTO GOOD CONDITION. I AGREE IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT WE'VE GOT A GOOD ROAD PAVING PROGRAM IN PLACE BUT WE'VE BEEN PAVING ROADS FOR THE LAST 1215 YEARS AND WE STILL HAVE A LONG WAY A LONG WAY TO GO. THESE FUNDS SHOULD BUILD SOME OF THOSE ROADS SHOULD BE TARGETED THESE FUNDS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE BRING ALL THE ROLES IN TO BUILD A COUNTY UP UP TO DATE TO WHERE ALL THE ROADS IN COUNTY COUNTY ON ROAD PAVED ROADS AND NOT YOUR ROADS NOT NONE OF US SITTING ON COUNCIL NONE OF YOU SITTING HERE IN PUBLIC I WOULD THINK WOULD TO DRIVE YOUR MODERN DAY VEHICLE, YOUR BENTLEY YOUR MESSAGE, YOUR TESTIMONY THROUGH THROUGH SOME OUR DIRT ROADS AFTER A RAIN A GOOD ROAD INCLEMENT WEATHER YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO DO IT. JARED ONE QUESTION AND YOU GAVE US THE NUMBER OF AT THE RATE KNOWING THE DIRT ROADS WHICH ACCOUNTED FOR THEM AT THE RATE WE ARE PAVING THOSE ROADS NOW ROUGHLY HOW MANY YEARS DID YOU SAY IT WOULD TAKE TO GET US TO THE POINT WHERE THEY WERE PAVED USING AT THE SAME RATE WE'VE BEEN GOING ALONG AROUND 4040 YEARS 40 YEARS THAT'S MY POINT RIGHT. SO IT'S A IT'S A IT'S AN ISSUE IT'S A PROBLEM AND IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ADDRESS. THE MONEY'S HERE I THINK THAT CAN GO A LONG WAY TOWARD SPEEDING UP. MR. DAWSON I BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE RESOURCES HERE TO HELP GET DONE. THAT'S A DECISION YOU GUYS HAVE TO MAKE. YOU'RE YOU'RE GOING TO BE SETTING PRIORITIES.
OKAY. AND THEN TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY ACCESS ROADS LAUNCH RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITIONS, TRANSPORT TECH TECHNOLOGIES AND ENHANCING THE WAY TRAFFIC IS MANAGED ON STREETS, LIGHTS THE TECHNOLOGIES ARE INCREASING AND IMPROVING EVERY DAY.
WE HAVE YOU KNOW, YOU CAN YOU CAN ANTICIPATE IN COMING UP TO A STOPLIGHT AND IF THERE'S NOBODY ELSE AROUND IT'S GOING TO LET YOU GO THROUGH OR IT'LL CHANGE FROM RED TO GREEN SO YOU CAN GET THROUGH IT. BUT IT ALL INVOLVES THE COMPUTER AND SO THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. AND THEN FINALLY GREEN BELTS IN BELTS ARE A LEGITIMATE EXPENDITURE UNDER THIS TRANSPORTATION PACKAGE AND. WHAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING IS THAT THOSE FUNDS WILL BE AVAILABLE USING THE SAME PROCESS THAT YOU'RE NOW USING FOR YOUR GREEN PENNY INVESTMENTS. I'M NOT SURE WHETHER I I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING IN THE STATUTE ON THIS THAT WOULD PROHIBIT THOSE SIMPLE THOSE ESSENTIALLY COMING FROM YOU AND BEING PUT INTO THE POT THAT THE GREEN PENNY COMMITTEE IS WORKING ITS WAY THROUGH.
SO BUT THOSE ARE THOSE ARE THINGS OUT THERE IN THE FUTURE WE HAVE SOME IMPLEMENTATION
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RECOMMENDATIONS, ONE OF WHICH IS IS THE AN OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE SIMILAR TO WHAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DID AND WHICH WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL. I THINK IT WORKED VERY, VERY WELL PARTICULARLY AS THEY GOT THAT BOND ISSUE. WE'RE SUGGESTING SEVEN MEMBERS FROM AROUND THE COUNTY IF YOU WANT TO BE A CHAIR. NO, I DO NOT WANT TO BE CHAI&-PE SHOULD. WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS AND THIS PARTICULARLY AFFECTS THE PARTS THAT I TALKED ABOUT TO MAKE A CALL EACH YEAR FOR PROJECTS ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS COUNTIES, MUNICIPALITIES, THE ARTS COUNCIL FOR GENERAL PROJECTS AND AGAIN THERE'S A LIST THERE SHOWS THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT MIGHT BE CONSIDERED. AGAIN, THESE FUNDS ARE GOING TO TAKE IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME AND SOME BUT MY FEELING IS THAT THE DEMAND IS HUGE OUT THERE. AND SO IF WE PLAY THIS RIGHT, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE IN GOOD SHAPE. WE NEED TO BOND THE BIG STUFF AS QUICKLY AS WE REASONABLY AND GET THOSE DOLLARS OUT THERE SO THAT WE CAN GET GOING ON PROJECTS.AND THEN RIGHT NOW AS I SAID THE VERY BEGINNING WE REALLY HAVE NO MASS TRANSIT PLAN IN THIS COUNTY, A REAL COMPREHENSIVE ONE THAT LOOKS HOW THE DO MOVE PEOPLE FROM HERE TO THERE FROM WHERE WE ARE TO WHERE THEY WANT GO AND AVOID HAVING THEM LOCKED INTO TRAFFIC JAMS FOR KNOW AN HOUR OR 2 HOURS A DAY. WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE THAT OUT BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOING TO GET ANY BETTER. PEOPLE WANT TO BE HERE.
THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WE'VE GOT ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR PLACES IN THE COUNTRY FOR PEOPLE TO MOVE TO ANYWAY I WANT TO THANK I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL.
I'M JUST GETTING MY LAST PAGE DOWN HERE AND WHAT I'VE SAID IS WE WILL WE WE THROUGH THIS PROCESS REVIEW THE GRAVITY OF THE ASSIGNMENT AND THE CRITICAL NEED FOR IMPROVEMENTS AND NEW COMPONENTS FOR OUR LOCAL MOBILITY BECAME EVIDENT THAT THERE'S MUCH TO DO.
IT APPEARS THAT WE ARE NOT JUST BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL OR UNDER IT IN MY OPINION AND IT WILL TAKE A COORDINATED PUBLIC RELATIONS EFFORT TO MOVE THIS REFERENDUM FORWARD FOR BETTER MOBILITY FUTURE FOR ALL OF US. I JUST WANT SAY SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE COMMITTEE THAT YOU APPOINTED AND SAY THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. WE HOPE THAT WE'VE PRODUCED WILL BE VALUABLE TO YOU AND THAT WE WILL BE WILLING TO TAKE THE FIRST STEP TO MOVING THIS THING ALONG AND GETTING IT DONE. SO I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. WE'VE ALL SIGNED THAT SIGN THING.
AS I SAID THIS WAS A UNANIMOUS EFFORT ON THE PART OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE AND AS JARED INDICATED, YOU KNOW, WE ALL GET A LOT OF THE LITTLE DETAILS BUT THE CONCEPTS THE CONCEPTS WERE UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORTED ALL THE WAY THROUGH. MR. CHAIRMAN, THAT'S WHAT I'VE GOT TO SAY AND AGAIN, ANY QUESTIONS? OH, I KNOW I DO AND I'M SURE THEY DO TOO. WHAT I'VE SAID IS LET'S GO AHEAD OPEN IT UP.
IS IT. HOW MANY OF YOU GUYS HAVE QUESTIONS? QUITE A FEW. NO. ALL RIGHT, GERALD.
GO AHEAD, GIRLS OVER THERE. BUT THAT'S WHAT I'M SORRY THAT WE ALL LIKE THIS, RIGHT? OH, MR. MORSE. YES, SIR. THANK YOU FOR.
WHAT YOU'VE DONE CONTINUOUSLY YOU'VE BEEN GOOD LEADER FOR THIS COUNTY SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THAT ALSO SEEMS TO SOLOMON IS HERE I DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU WANT TO RECOGNIZE YOUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS I SHOULD RECOGNIZE BECAUSE YOU CAME IN IN THE BACK YEAH. MR. LEVIN'S ANOTHER MEMBER OF OUR COMMITTEE VERY, VERY USEFUL HELPFUL GUY, VERY SMART CAPABLE LINUX AND HE WAS GOING TO BE ON ONLINE SO I DON'T KNOW WHETHER HE'S ONLINE SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE SAID IT WAS GOING TO BE ONLINE BUT THIS ONE COMMENT I JUST MAKE AND YOUR YOUR BROUGHT IT UP IN YOUR MEETING THE OTHER DAY WHEN YOU WHEN YOU RAISED THE ISSUE MR. CAMPBELL RAISED THE ISSUE OF BICYCLISTS WHERE YOU GOT YOUR SAFETY IN TRAFFIC FLOW IF YOU CAN WE CAN ADD THAT TO IT ALONG WITH PEDESTRIAN AND THE ONLY REASON I'M SAYING THAT BECAUSE SOUTH CAROLINA BEEN RIDING HIGH PARTICULARLY IN PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS BUT I THINK BICYCLE WAS ALSO PART OF THE AS WELL.
SO I THINK WE JUST NEED TO EMPHASIZE WHERE CAN RIDE PEDESTRIAN AS WELL AS BICYCLISTS AND STUFF BECAUSE IS AN ISSUE THE CONCERN. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO THANK THE COMMITTEE TO GREAT JOB IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. I'M VERY HAPPY TO SEE MASS TRANSIT AND AS MENTIONED I KNOW WE ALL LIKE TO DRIVE CARS BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE BACK AND FORTH TO HILTON HEAD OR OTHER PLACES TO WORK AND WE NEED A MASTER PLAN FOR MASS TRANSIT AND I THINK AS WE HAVE MORE AND MORE TOURISTS THAT'S TO BE IMPORTANT TO FOR A WHOLE COUNTY.
SO I THERE'S WILL BE MONEY GATHERED AND WELL SPENT. THANK YOU.
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I JUST WANT ONE POINT I DIDN'T DO. I WANTED TO USE WETMORE WHO IS ALSO FROM BLUFFTON. HE'S THE BLUFFTON REPRESENTATIVE WAS ON OUR COMMITTEE AND AGAIN HE'S THE GUY THAT CALLED ME AND TOLD ME I WAS THE CHAIRMAN.BUT WE'VE BEEN FRIENDS FOR A LONG TIME. HE'S A BIG GREAT HELP TO US.
THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? HEY, I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS . FIRST THING THAT WAS A BIG TASK WE PUT ON YOU GUYS.
I REMEMBER IN JANUARY AND JARED BROUGHT THIS FORWARD TO A COUPLE OF US AND SAY OKAY, DO WE GET STARTED? I DO WANT TO APPLAUD YOU GUYS FOR GETTING IT DONE ON THAT TIMEFRAME. I KNOW IT WAS TIGHT. IT WAS A LOT TO GET DONE AS WELL AS COUNCIL MAKING SURE THAT WE DID THIS ON A LARGE ELECTION YEAR.
I THINK THAT GOES A LOT FOR PEOPLE THAT WERE DOING THIS ON A PRESIDENTIAL CYCLE.
IF WE DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS I DO HAVE MAYBE FOR YOU OR JARED WHAT ARE THE DATES FOR GREEN SPACE? THE END DATE ON GREEN SPACE IS 24.
THE END OF 24. RIGHT. THAT HUNDRED MAY 2024 TWO.
SO THAT'S WHAT I HAD WRITTEN DOWN TOO. SO MY QUESTION WOULD BE HONEST OPINION TO YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE THIS THAN I AM JUST LIKE THE PEOPLE ON THE COMMITTEE AND JERRY IS 1.6 BILLION ENOUGH TO COMPLETE ALL THESE PROJECTS IN THE TIME FRAME YOU THINK WE NEED TO BEFORE MORE ARISE? I KNOW IT SOUNDS CRAZY TO ASK YOU'RE TALKING 1.6 BILLION BUT WITH THE CONTINUED COST OF THINGS GOING UP AND THE CONTINUED NEED OTHER AREAS THAT WE HAVE NOT ONLY PUT SOME WAY FOR BUT WE HAVEN'T EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT YET WELL IF IF AND JARED CAN CHIP IN BUT THE ANSWER IS THE BIG PROJECTS THAT WE'VE LISTED GIVEN THE MONEYS WE HAVE IF YOU LOOK AT THE 1.6 BILLION AND YOU JUST YOU SAY YOU KNOW, THE TOTAL AMOUNT AVAILABLE FOR THAT FOR THAT BIG PROJECT LIST THAT'S PROBABLY OKAY.
YOU'RE GOING TO BE THEY'LL COME IN MORE EXPENSIVE PROBABLY THAN WE'VE SUGGESTED BUT YOU'VE GOT THAT $175 MILLION SITTING OVER HERE ON THE SITE AND IF YOU NEED TO PULL FROM THAT TO KEEP KEEP THOSE BABIES GOING, YOU CAN WHAT YOU'LL END UP WITH PROBABLY IS IN THE SMALL IN THE IN THE POT PROJECTS YOU YOU MAY IN SOME CASES NEED TO BE MOVING MONEY AROUND.
SO IN OTHER WORDS MONEY THAT'S IN PART A MAY NEED TO MOVE TO PART B IF THE PROJECT TOO.
BUT IN GENERAL THE LIST OF OF PROJECTS THAT WILL CONTINUE WILL RISE THAT NEED TO DRAW ON THOSE FUNDS IS IS NOT IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO GO I MEAN EVERY YOU KNOW EVERY YEAR YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE WANDERING IN AND SAYING I WANT TO DO THIS, I WANT TO DO THIS ONE OF THIS SO COULD WE GO FOR 20 YEARS? COULD WE GO FOR 25 YEARS? CHARLESTON HAS DONE 25 YEARS. WELL, 25 YEARS. SO AND 22 YEARS OR JUST WE JUST 15 YEARS SPARTANBURG IS CONSIDERED YEARS I THINK WE CAN I GUESS MY QUESTION WOULD BE ONE OF THINGS YOU OPENED UP WITH WAS YOU GUYS DECIDED ON ONE PENNY BECAUSE WE HAD THE GREEN SPACE WITH GREEN SPACE DROPPING OFF BEFORE THIS ONE TAKES EFFECT.
IS THAT SOMETHING WE SHOULD CONSIDER? SHOULD IT BE TEN YEARS AT TWO? I DON'T KNOW. THESE ARE A LOT OF THINGS TO BE DEBATED I PROMISE I'M GETTING THERE. I'M GETTING THERE. THERE'S A LOT TO IT BUT THESE ARE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DISCUSSED AND THE PUBLIC THAT IT'S MY GOING TO BE ARE WE GOING TO BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE TO DISCUSS THIS AND TWEAK BEFORE WE FINALIZE THIS AFTER COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING AND THEN OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS OR IS THIS A FINAL VOTE AFTER THIS GETS MOVED TO COUNTY COUNCIL TO ADOPT IT AS IT'S WRITTEN TODAY? MR. CHAIRMAN, I THINK YOU OUGHT TO GIVE THE TAXPAYERS LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK AS WELL.
IS THAT GOING TO BE DISCUSSED AS WELL? ARE WE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, KEEP ON ASKING FOR MORE MONEY? THIS IS A RECOMMENDATION FROM THIS COMMITTEE AS IT SAID IT'S GOING TO BE A RESOLUTION TO ADOPT RECOMMENDATIONS WHICH WILL THEN COME TO THE COUNTY COUNCIL FOR READINGS AND A PUBLIC HEARING WITH TREMENDOUS INPUT BEFORE WE FINALIZE A REST RANDOM QUESTION TO GO TO THE TAXPAYERS IN NOVEMBER OF 2024 WE WILL WE THE COUNCIL WILL MAKE THE DECISION ABOUT THE TIMELINE IS 15 YEARS ADEQUATE SHOULD BE MORE OR LESS YEARS AND SHOULD WE HAVE ONE TWO OR THREE PENNIES? RIGHT.
SO THAT'S GOING TO BE OUR YES SESSION AND DECISION. THIS IS WHAT DID TO START THE
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BALL ROLL WE HAVE TREMENDOUS NEEDS IN THIS COUNTY IN THE AREAS TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER THINGS THEY'VE FOCUSED ON TRANSPORTS. THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT TODAY . SO MY POINT BEHIND THIS QUESTION WAS BEFORE WE GOT INTO OF THAT NOT TO GET INTO ALL THE DETAILS BUT THE POINT IS TODAY WE ARE JUST SETTING THIS UP FOR US TO FINISH FINALIZING THESE DETAILS AND THESE QUESTIONS AS US MAKING A RASH DECISION TO PUSH SOMETHING THROUGH QUICKLY . THIS IS US GETTING A 400 PAGE DOCUMENT IN FRONT OF IT AND NOT READING IT LIKE HAPPENS AT THE STATE OR THE FEDERAL LEVEL OTHER THAN THE POINTS YOU WANT TO THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE.SO MY POINT OF ASKING THAT QUESTION TO PUT OUT TO THE PUBLIC IS FOR PEOPLE TO REALIZE THIS. THIS HAS BEEN A PROCESS SINCE JANUARY AND THIS IS THE NEXT STEP IN THE PROCESS. AND AS MR. CHAIRMAN POINTED OUT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER STEPS AFTER THAT TO ASK SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS THAT A LOT OF US CAN HAVE.
THERE'LL BE PLENTY OF TIME FOR ON THAT. I DID HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION FOR YOU AND THEN I PROMISE I'M DONE RUNNING MY MOUTH THE PART ABOUT THE MUNICIPALITIES.
DID YOU GUYS IN YOUR INTENTIONS IT IS THAT JUST TO HAND OVER THE MONEY TO LET THEM DECIDE WHICH PROJECTS TO USE IT ON OR IS THERE A SENSE OF OVERSIGHT OR MANAGEMENT DONE THE COUNTY ON THOSE DOLLAR AMOUNTS. I HAVEN'T THE PROJECTS THROUGH IT.
I THINK IT'S A COMBINATION OF BOTH. I THINK THAT THAT IN A VERY GENERAL SENSE YOU WRITE THE CHECKS. OKAY SO THAT'S THE FIRST THAT'S THE FIRST POINT THAT NEEDS TO BE RECOGNIZED. YOU GUYS HAVE THE BANK ACCOUNT ? YEP. OUR PROCESS WAS PARTICULARLY ON THE ON THE ON THE LIST OF SMALLER PROJECTS WAS TO HAVE A COMMITTEE THAT BROUGHT YOU RECOMMENDATIONS AND INPUT TO THAT COMMITTEE WOULD FROM BOTH CITIES AND UNINCORPORATED AND UNINCORPORATED AREAS ON THE ON THE MAJOR PROJECTS. WE'VE GOT THREE IN THERE ONE FOR BLUFFTON, ONE FOR HILTON HEAD AND ONE AND ONE THAT COVERS BEAUFORT IN PORT ROYAL IN THE AREAS HERE. AGAIN TO SOME EXTENT THOSE PROBABLY WILL BE BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE MUNICIPALITIES IN SAYING THIS IS OUR PROJECT WE WANT TO DO THIS FOR C PINE CIRCLE AND WE WANT TO DO YOU KNOW THIS FOR WHATEVER IT IS YOU'VE GOT THE MONEY OVER HERE AND SO THERE WILL BE SOME NEGOTIATION INEVITABLY GOING TO HAVE TO OCCUR BETWEEN COUNCIL AND CITY COUNCILS HOW THESE THINGS ARE LAID OUT. BUT AS A GENERAL SENSE THE IDEA WAS YOU KNOW, LET THOSE MUNICIPALITIES KNOW THAT THERE'S THERE'S A POT THERE AND CIRCLE AROUND IT AND SAID THIS IS MONEYS THAT GUYS HAVE AVAILABLE FOR PROJECTS THAT YOU CAN CONVINCE THE COUNTY THAT YOU NEED TO GET DONE. I MEAN IT'S AS SIMPLE AS THAT.
THAT'S THE WAY I IT AS WELL AS JUST MAKING SURE WE WERE ON THE SAME PAGE AS ANYBODY ELSE.
JUST ONE QUICK ONE. THIS PROPOSAL IS ALSO A LEVEL DOING PROPOSAL, RIGHT? VERY MUCH SO. OKAY. ONCE YOU GET WITH THESE DOLLARS THE STATE HAS MONEY THE FEDS HAVE MONEY THERE ARE DOLLARS OUT THERE BUT YOU ALWAYS NEED TO HAVE THAT AS YOU KNOW FROM THE BRIDGE PROJECT YOU'VE GOT YOU'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO SIT UP WITH THOSE DOLLARS AROUND AND SAY WE'VE GOT THIS MUCH WE NEED TO A LITTLE MORE FROM YOU AND A LITTLE MORE FROM YOU. THAT'S THE WAY TO DO IT. OUR LAST THING IS SHORT QUESTION REGARDING THE LADIES ISLAND CORRIDOR. IS 40 MILLION ENOUGH TO ACTUALLY COMPLETE PROJECTS? I HEAR JUST ABOUT EVERY DAY AND I'M ONE OF THE PEOPLE TOO.
I THINK THE PROJECTS WERE IT WAS SHORTSIGHTED I THINK TO TO LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT WAS THERE IN THE 2018 REFERENDUM. IS THAT SUFFICIENT TO FINISH OUT THOSE PROJECTS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED? YES.
SO AS AS A MENTIONED IN TODAY'S YES. SO WE'RE ACTIVELY WORKING ON THOSE WITH OUR CURRENT ESTIMATE WHERE $72 MILLION FOR ALL THE PROJECTS.
SO WE HAVE $30 MILLION FROM THE 2018 SALES TAX. SO WOULD BE $40 MILLION AND WE'RE ACTIVELY SEARCHING FOR GRANT FUNDS ALL THE TIME. SO WE FEEL CONFIDENT THAT THIS WOULD SATISFY THE 2018 PROJECT THAT WAS CONCEIVED LIKE CAN I ENTERTAIN EMOTION OR EMOTIONS.
OH OKAY I'LL SECOND. OKAY. GLOVER WITH THE SECOND.
THANK YOU. ANY OBJECTION? THANK YOU GENTLEMEN.
THIS WILL BE APPROVED WITH NO OBJECTION AND WITH NOTHING ELSE.
THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
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