[1. CALL TO ORDER – 2:00p.m.]
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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN I'M GOING TO ORDER A STORM WATER MANAGEMENT UTILITY BOARD FOR BEAUFORT COUNTY. WE'RE FORTUNATE WE NOW HAVE QUORUM SO WE CAN IMPROVE THE AGENDA WILL HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE TODAY'S AGENDA SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR NO AGENDA TODAY IS PROVED THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE MEETING OF OCTOBER 18. ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS? NO.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM OCTOBER 18TH I MOVE WE APPROVE THE MINUTES I LIVE RATING SECOND I'LL SECOND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RIGHT AND 2 MINUTES FROM OCTOBER 18TH THEY'RE APPROVED. I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN GET CLOSE .
CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME GOOD. IT'S NOT A PORTABLE MIKE. SORRY.
[2. INTRODUCTIONS]
CURRENTLY WE WILL DO INTRODUCTIONS. WE WILL START IN THE BACK EDGE OF THE ROOM. I'M HANGING AROUND THE ASSISTANT PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL EXCUSE ME, ALICE NOW MUSIC FOR LIGHT IS ON FROM COUNTY TO THE STORE.WE ALL DECIDED TO TAKE A WALK IN THE ALMOST EVERY MAJOR TAMMY GO STORE BUSINESS MANAGER THAT WE'VE GOT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT IS STEVE ANDREW STRINGER UTILITY BOARD I INCORPORATED SHELDON AREA ED WARNER HILTON HEAD JAMES CLARK UNINCORPORATED PORT ROYAL AND I'M MARK FEINBERG I'M CHAIRMAN AND ALSO REPRESENTING UNINCORPORATED DISTRICT AND OF THE ISLAND AT THIS TIME WE OPEN UP THE MEETING I GUESS WE'LL OPEN UP TO INTRODUCTIONS OF THE PEOPLE SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE STARTING AT THE REAR. YOU GOT TO GO ON TO THE BIG THREE. I LOVE THIS LITTLE ONE. SO THE UCB PROFESSOR BALDWIN REVIVAL THEY WANT TO BECOME LEHMAN BROTHERS HERE. SO THE OPERATION CARRIED OUT THE PRESIDENT OF ITSELF REALLY NINE IS VERY RESONANT DOING LORD WILSON OF HARRY TRUMAN ALSO WITH ALL MAN AND ALL THE BOY PRESIDENT OF ONE LAMAR HATHAWAY RESIDENT ALL IN THE SAME WAY GENERAL BUILD ON THEM CAROLYN SMITH PRESIDENT KATHY COBURN RESIDENT ALL JOY BOGART'S GROUP THANK YOU ONE AND ALL I'M NOT SURE THERE'S ANYBODY WATCHING YOUR HOMES OVER AND ALL JOY RIGHT AGAIN THANK EVERYONE FOR COMING AT THIS TIME WE OPEN UP THE
[3. PUBLIC COMMENT]
MEETING FOR PUBLIC COMMENT RIGHT YOU FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON A MUNICIPAL MEETING.EVERY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO IS TO SPEAK SHALL LIMIT THE COMMENTS TO 3 MINUTES AND OBSERVE THE FOLLOWING PROTOCOLS ADDRESS. THE CHAIRMAN AND SPEAKING AVOID DISRESPECT TO THE BOARD IN ANY OF THE PERSONALITIES CONFINE THEMSELVES OF THE QUESTION UNDER THE OF THE COUNCIL IN THIS CASE THE STORM WATER BOARD BE MINDFUL AND RESPECTFUL OF THOSE WHO ARE PRESENT AND OTHERS WHO MAY BE WATCHING ON CABLE TELEVISION.
JUST KNOW THAT THE THIRD THE LAST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA ALSO PUBLIC COMMENT SO IF YOU THINK OF SOMETHING YOU WISH TO SAY LATER YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY LATER IN THE MEETING FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IS THERE ANYONE WHO WANTS TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME? WELL, I'LL JUST SAY THAT IF YOU HAVEN'T SIGNED IN PLEASE DO SO AT THE TIME AND KEEP ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROOM AND IT'S AT THIS POINT IN THE AGENDA. EXCUSE ME.
YES, I'LL IT YOU HAVE THAT RIGHT PLEASE LIMIT IT TO 3 MINUTES I'M LEAVING IT TO THE
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BOARD. THAT'S OKAY RIGHT. OOPS.FIRST THERE'S WORD OR SO IF YOU GUYS DO KNOW YOU CAN'T REMEMBER ANYTHING.
SO THIS IS FROM BRAD YOUNG. HE WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND TODAY.
SO HERE'S MY THING I HAVE COPIES FOR EVERYBODY SO IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND MULTIPLE COPIES AND I WANT I'LL TAKE THEM. THANK YOU. AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER SET SO THERE SHOULD BE SET FOR ALL AND I THANK YOU THE BOARD I THANK YOU CHAIRMAN FOR MAKING THE TIME TO COME DOWN TO THE ALTAR AND I GO THROUGH ALL THIS AND THERE'S THREE SEPARATE ONE FROM BRAD YOUNG ONE'S JUST A COPY OF AN EMAIL AND THEN ONE IS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
SO I THINK I BROUGHT EIGHT AS A TOTAL SO IF THERE'S I'LL PICK THEM UP AFTER.
OKAY THANK YOU. WOULD YOU IDENTIFY YOURSELF? YES MY NAME LAURA WILSON.
I LIVE IN ALL JOY. OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS LAURA WILSON. I HAVE LIVED IN THE ALL JOY AREA FOR NEAR TEN YEARS.
WHEN I FIRST MOVED DOWN TO THE AREA I JUST, YOU KNOW, TALK WITH FOLKS ESPECIALLY OLDER FOLKS AND AS LINDA FARMER AND LEARNED ABOUT THE AREA AND THE MAIN THING THAT I HEARD REPEATEDLY OVER AND OVER AGAIN WAS NEED AND ISSUES FOR STORMWATER DRAINAGE AND DITCHES TO BE MAINTAINED ON A REGULAR BASIS AND JUNE OF 2021 A MEETING WAS HELD AT THAT INDIVIDUAL'S HOME WITH BEAUFORT COUNTY REPS TO DISCUSS A PROPOSED NEW FOUR COUNTY PROJECT FOR THE ALGÉRIE AREA. SOME RESIDENTS WHO LEARNED OF THE MEETING WERE IN ATTENDANCE AS WELL AS COUNTY DISTRICT NINE. MARK EXCUSE ME MARK NELSON A REP FROM THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS A CONSULTANT JENNIFER BROWN THE PROPOSED COUNTY PLAN EQUALS TONS OF CONCRETE AND IMPERVIOUS SURFACE BEING POURED IN AN AREA THAT LEADS DIRECTLY TO THE MAE A RIVER NOTED ALREADY HAVING INCREASINGLY DAMAGED MEAN PROBLEM WITH POLLUTION ALSO REFERENCED BY THE COUNTY RUTS AND THE INDIVIDUAL HOSTING THE MEETING OF INSTALLING A BOARDWALK BETTER BEACH ACCESS A GUTTURAL CRY SOUNDING LIKE A MOTHER WATCHING HER CHILD RUN IN FRONT OF A SPEEDING CAR CAME FROM PERSON HAVING ABSOLUTE FRUSTRATION ASKING DEMANDING IN SUMMARY WHEN WILL OUR DRAINAGE ISSUES BE ADDRESSED? THERE ARE A FEW THAT DON'T HAVE DITCHES OR DRAINAGE ISSUES YET THE MAJORITY DO PER THE COASTAL CONSERVATION LEAGUE. THE GREATER BLUFFTON AREA IS DEVELOPED ACCORDING TO THE APPROVALS AS CURRENTLY EXIST IMPERVIOUS SURFACE WILL EXCEED 20% IN THE MAE RIVER WATERSHED AND EDIBLE MAY RIVER OYSTERS WILL BE A THING OF THE PAST PRESERVE AND PROTECT ALL JOY.
PIPA WAS BORN OUT OF THE VOICE OF ALL JOY RESIDENTS WHO FOR YEARS HAVE PASSIONATELY PLEADED SOLUTIONS TO STORMWATER ISSUES, DITCH MAINTENANCE AND ACCESS AN AFFORDABLE SEWER OPTION.
OUR MISSION IS TO ADVOCATE FOR SUSTAINABLE ENSURE MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND RESPONSIBLY STEWARD OUR NATURAL RESOURCES. WE STRIVE TO PROTECT AGAINST ENVIRONMENTAL, PRESERVE THE INTEGRITY OF OUR LANDSCAPES AND ADVOCATE FOR TRANSPARENCY IN DECISION MAKING. GWEN MARK LAWSON STATED I WANT TO DO WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO DO. MANY FELT THAT HE WOULD REPRESENT A MAJORITY AND ADVOCATE FOR THEM. MARK'S ACTIONS HAVE SPOKEN LOUDER HIS WORDS.
SADLY, MARK REPEATS A SCRIPTED NARRATIVE IS KNOWN TO BE FALSE AND SEEMS MORE FOCUSED ON REMOVING OUR ADDRESS AND ADVOCATING FOR STORMWATER AND DRAINAGE ISSUES.
ONE ELDERLY RESIDENT AND PRESERVE AND PROTECT LEAD BOB WILLIAMS TOOK MATTERS INTO HIS OWN HANDS AND AFTER BEING LIED TO BY STORM SUPERINTENDENT MATT ROUSH STATING HOW THE COUNTY CLEANS THE DITCHES EVERY SEVEN YEARS. BOB REPEATEDLY CONTACTED THE DISTRICT NINE STORMWATER AND PUBLIC WORKS SPOKE WITH SEVERAL REPORTERS AND CONTACTED WSB WHO DID A GREAT PIECE ON THE PLIGHT OF THIS. ONE NEWS HEADLINE THIS YEAR 2020 RACE TITLED THE RIVER COUNTY PLANS TO SPEND $2.7 MILLION IN ALGAE BUT NOT TO FIX THE DRAINAGE AND FLOODING PROBLEMS THAT HAVE PLAGUED THE AREA FOR YEARS, BOB STATED THEY'RE NOT WORKING FOR US AND IT'S ALMOST LIKE THEY'RE WORKING AGAINST US AND THE SAME PEOPLE THAT ARE SAYING THEY'RE PROTECTING OUR ARE ACTUALLY DESTROYING THEM.
AGAIN I THINK THIS BOARD ARE SHOWING THAT YOU CARE AND PLEASE ADVOCATE FOR ALL STORMWATER ISSUES TO BE ADDRESSED FIRST AND FOREMOST. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME IF NOT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO THE BOOK. IS THERE ANY NEW.
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WHO WAS THAT? ANYWAY, MY NAME IS COLLINS DOUGHTY.I'M A RESIDENT OF OYSTER STREET AND ALL JOY AREA I'VE. I'M A NATIVE.
HILTON HEAD ISLANDER ACTUALLY BUT MOVED TO OYSTER 25 YEARS AGO AND IT'S A UNIQUE AREA.
IT'S OLD COUNTRY STYLE AND EVERYBODY REALLY WANTS IT TO STAY WAY.
BUT THIS IS ABOUT STORM WATER RIGHT ACROSS FROM MY HOUSE I HAVE OUR DRAINAGE DITCH AND THE SEVEN YEAR THING. I'VE NEVER SEEN IT. AND I LIVE RIGHT THERE.
I CALLED ABOUT IT. THEY DID COME PROBABLY TEN, 12 YEARS AGO AND DID AN ABYSMAL JOB WORKING ON THE DITCH. HAD TO CALL THEM BACK BECAUSE THEY ACTUALLY HAD THE WATER RUNNING THE WRONG WAY. IT STILL WASN'T SOLVED I WORD SPEAK GREATER THAN ANYTHING.
I MEAN PICTURES DO. I DID BRING JUST THREE PHOTOGRAPHS THAT I TOOK JUST BEFORE I CAME HERE THAT I WOULD LOVE TO JUST HAVE Y'ALL WHO WHOMEVER WANTS TO TAKE A LOOK AT THEM. THE MOSQUITO PROBLEM IS IT'S HORRIBLE BECAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS STANDING WATER IN THAT DITCH AND IT'S FOUL WATER. WE HAVE ALLIGATOR SNAPPING TURTLES, YOU NAME IT AND WE'RE RIGHT NEXT TO THE RIVER. AND SO I'M ALWAYS CALLING THE MOSQUITO CONTROL PEOPLE AND HE'S BECOME LIKE ONE OF MY BEST BUDDIES BECAUSE I CAN'T EVEN WALK OUT OF THE HOUSE WITHOUT JUST GET EATEN ALIVE DURING THE WARMER MONTHS WHEN THE MOSQUITOES ARE AT THEIR HIGHEST AND I DON'T KNOW IS ANYBODY HERE EVER BEEN OVER AND LOOKED AT THIS AREA AND WE DON'T KNOW . MARK, YOU HAVE.
I HAVE, SIR. WELL, IT MIGHT BE OF AN INTEREST JUST TO SCROLL THROUGH THESE THERE'S THREE PHOTOGRAPHS AS YOU GO THAT WAY. IF YOU COME TO FOUR CHAIRS, YOU'RE FOR SALE. DO YOU THINK YOU YOU KNOW, I JUST THINK THAT I CAN TRY TO DESCRIBE IT BUT IT'S YOU KNOW, I SHOWED IDENTICAL OR VERY SIMILAR PHOTOGRAPHS AT OUR LAST MEETING. YOU DID? I DID SIR AGAIN AND IT'S NOT JUST MY STREET. IT'S IT'S THROUGHOUT. I MEAN IF WE HAVE EVEN YOU KNOW, THIS SUMMER WE HAD MANY STORMS THAT WERE ACTUALLY THREE MINUTE RAINSTORMS YOU KNOW THAT JUST DUMP IN WHATEVER GOOD WATER WOULD UP ON THE END OF OUR STREET ON OYSTER STREET AND AROUND ME TO WHERE IT WOULD COME UP ALMOST TO THE WHERE YOUR DOOR THE BOTTOM OF THE DOOR OF YOUR CAR AND THAT'S HOW QUICKLY IT NOW ENDS UP THERE. THERE AREN'T REALLY ANY BENCHES SO I JUST FIGURED THE PHOTOS WOULD TELL A BETTER STORY AND THEN YOU KNOW YOU LOOK AT THEM AND I APPRECIATE A MEETING LIKE THIS WE HOPEFULLY WE LOSE ALL OF THEM.
THANK YOU, SIR. WE KNOW THAT YOUR EXPERTIZE IN THE WATERWAYS OF BLUFFTON AND HILTON HEAD ARE WELL KNOWN AS WELL AS WRITING IN THE LOCAL AND PROBABLY NATIONAL FISHING MAGAZINES. YOU ARE WELL KNOWN IN THE AREA. I WANT TO SAY FOR THE RECORD THAT I INDEPENDENTLY WENT OUT AND LOOKED AT THESE AREAS OF ALL SINCE THAT TIME OUR NEW STORM WATER HAS BEEN OUT THERE AND WAS TAKEN AROUND BY ONE OF THE RESIDENTS TO SHOW SOME OF THE PROBABLY WORST CONDITIONS THAT EXIST IN THAT AREA SO BOTH AND WE SPOKE ABOUT IT IN OUR LAST MEETING YOU WERE . ISSUES ARE NOT UNIQUE RIGHT.
THE WAY TO SOLVE THEM IS VERY COMPLEX RIGHT. AND I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT BOTH
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COUNTY AND THIS INDEPENDENT STORM WATER BOARD IS NOT GOING TO IGNORE IT AND I THINK IT'S WITH THAT SAID, IT IS TIME FOR OUR OH SORRY SIR. GO RIGHT AHEAD.I'M OPEN TO IDENTIFY YOURSELF. HI. MY NAME IS JIM LAWTON LIVE AT 52 OYSTER STREET RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM COLLINS. STARTING IN 95 ACTUALLY I REQUESTED THE COUNTY TO COME AND CHECK OUT THE DITCH THAT WRAPS AROUND OYSTER STREET, COMES AROUND NEARLY TO ALL. JOY BEACH IT HAS TWO OUTFALLS ONE ON OYSTER STREET AND ONE ON ALL JOY AND THEY AGREED TO CLEAN OUT THE DITCH. THIS WAS 1995 AND YOU KNOW, SET UP SOME OUTFALLS. WELL, ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT WORK WAS DONE, THE RIP WRAP THAT WAS OVER THE EXIT CHART, THE THE PIPE JUST FLEW RIGHT INTO THE OPENING AND IT STOPPED ON THE OTHER SIDE. IT HAS NEVER HELD AND THE YOU KNOW, THERE'S THIS DITCH THAT WE HAVE HAD MULTIPLE ISSUES WITH AND THE COUNTY HAS BEEN OUT THERE.
THEY'VE THEY'VE ASKED ME TO LEAD A RIGHT AWAY CAMPAIGN WITH ALL MY NEIGHBORS AND I DID THAT WITH MISS PATTY AND STILL NOTHING IS REALLY FLOWING. IT IT'S IT'S JUST IT CAN'T BE AN ENGINEER AN IMPOSSIBILITY TO HAVE THE WATER FLOW BUT I LOVE FOR IT TO BE HANDLED BECAUSE WE'RE JUST WAITING ON THE NEXT STORM TO GET INUNDATED. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. I LIVE AT NINE OYSTER STREET AND I WAS LIKE TO FOLLOW UP WITH WHAT COLIN SAID ABOUT THE MOSQUITOES AND THE DITCHES CONTINUALLY SPRAYING TOXIC CHEMICALS IS TO NOT A VERY GOOD ANSWER. I HAD AN ENTIRE COLONY OF BUMBLEBEES DESTROYED AFTER THE MOSQUITOES WERE SPRAYED FOR THIS PAST.
I'M ALSO I'M CHOOSING TO READ THIS IS IT'S SOME CONTINUED CORRESPONDENCE REGARDING THE DITCHES AND DRAINAGE AND ULTIMATELY THAT BEGAN IN JUNE OF ON JUNE 24TH OF 2022 JUST SO THAT IT CAN GO ON RECORD. WE APPRECIATE THAT COUNTY STORMWATER SUPPORTS AND PROMOTES PERVIOUS SURFACES AND ENJOYED THE VIDEO NOTING THE IMPORTANCE PERVIOUS BY THE COUNTY STORMWATER MANAGER TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT ALL JOY GROUP WAS BORN OUT OF THE COLLECTIVE VOICES OF ORDINARY RESIDENTS WHO FOR YEARS HAVE PASSIONATELY PLEADED SOLUTIONS TO STORMWATER ISSUES, DITCH MAINTENANCE AND ACCESS AN AFFORDABLE SEWER OPTION THE LAST RECEIVED REFERENCE THE COUNTY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT WILL HAVE TO ADDRESS STORMWATER QUOTE WHILE THOSE ASSOCIATED WITH THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT ADMINISTRATOR ERIC GREENWAY HAS BEEN FIRED. ASSISTANT COUNTY OF INFRASTRUCTURE JEROD FREY LAKES WAS IN THE NEWS AS UNDER INVESTIGATION MATT ROUSH WHO WAS PREVIOUSLY IN HIS EMAIL STREAM HAS BEEN FIRED. MANY HAVE ASKED FOR HELP FROM OUR DISTRICT NINE MARTIN LOSS LAWSON YET HE DOES NOT REPLY OR OFFER ANY SOLUTIONS ADDED EMAIL DID EMAIL TO THE STORMWATER SUPERINTENDENT MR. CARTER AND SUGGESTED WITH NO REPLY AND OF COURSE WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME BAD APPLES IN ANY BUNCH BUT WE GREATLY APPRECIATE THE COUNTY EMPLOYEES WHO SHOW THEY CARE BY THEIR ACTIONS AND WITH BEING ETHICAL AND HONEST WE THAT COUNTY STORMWATER AND THE COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS MAKE A PLAN OF ACTION ADDRESS THE STORMWATER AND DRAINAGE ISSUES ONCE AND FOR ALL. THIS WAS ADDRESSED DIRECTLY TO KATIE.
KATIE SINCE SHE ARE NOW THE ASSISTANT PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR FOR THE ENVIRONMENT.
WE WOULD ASK FOR A PLAN OF ACTION THAT INCORPORATES BOTH DEPARTMENTS.
WE HAVE ALSO REACHED OUT TO WB AND CDOT HAS BEEN A HELP TO SOME FOR WHICH WE ARE GRATEFUL TO SOME. THEY HAVE BEEN FOLKS ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO WHO HAVE BEEN HERE 20 PLUS YEARS ARE QUESTIONING THE COUNTY STORMWATER ON THEIR TAX BILL BECAUSE OF SERVICES NOT RENDERED. ALSO IT WAS REFERENCED JANUARY SIX, 2023.
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THE COUNTY HAS APPLIED FOR FUNDING TO PERFORM A DRAINAGE STUDY ON THE ENTIRE AREA.THE COUNTY HOPES TO HEAR BACK ABOUT THE APPLICATION SUBMITTED LAST YEAR TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN FEBRUARY AS SOON AS ANY PROGRESS REGARDING GRANT FUNDING IS MADE WE ARE HAPPY TO KEEP ALL RESIDENTS OF ALL IN THE KNOW. PLEASE PROVIDE A COPY OF THE 2019 SURVEY DONE AND A COPY OF THE FEDERAL APPLICATION IN 2022 AND A COPY OF THE FEDERAL APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED IN 2023. IS CONCERNING TO MANY THAT 1.9 MILLION CAN BE PULLED FROM COUNTY GENERAL FUND WHILE YEAR AFTER YEAR THERE IS MONEY TO ADDRESS ALL STORMWATER ISSUES.
LASTLY, ON SEPTEMBER 21ST 2023 ALL JOY AND PRESERVE AND PROTECT ADVOCATE WILLIAMS WROTE TO COUNTY PRESIDENT DISTRICT NINE REP MARK LARSON AND CONCLUDE AND INCLUDED COUNTY STORMERS MARS MR. CARTER AND MR. ALLEN AND MR. NO REPLY RECEIVED YET A KEY QUESTION WAS ASKED WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE TO WRITE A GRANT ON OUR BEHALF TO RECEIVE MONEY FROM SOUTH CAROLINA INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT PROGRAM TO HELP IN OUR AREA AND WHY HAVEN'T THEY ALREADY HAS AWARDED A TOTAL OF 219 GRANTS IN THE AMOUNT OF 1.469 BILLION TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AS WELL AS PUBLIC WATER AND SEWER UTILITIES IN THE SOUTH CAROLINA INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT PROGRAM. WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR CONTINUED HELP AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING NOW.
THANK YOU. I WANT TO THANK YOU, MARK FOR COMING DOWN AND SEEING ALL THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE THUNDERSTORMS WITH OFFICIALLY YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND LIVE.
I'M GOING TO BE THE DEAD HORSE BUT THERE'S JUST SOME THINGS THAT ARE JUST WRONG ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENED WITH BEAUTIFUL COUNTY AND THE WATER QUALITY OR STORMWATER MANAGEMENT THAT MR. WILLIAMS PLEASE STEP UP. BOB WITH YEAH I'VE WRITTEN OVER THE 20 YEARS I'VE LIVED THERE I'VE PROBABLY WRITTEN 100 EMAILS TAXES EVEN SPOKE TO SOME PEOPLE IN PERSON ABOUT FOOD AND WATER. WATER YEAH. I'VE NEVER GOT A REPLY EVER FROM ANYBODY AND I'VE EVEN SEND PICTURES ALONG WITH IT BECAUSE MAHARAJ SAID IF WE SEND PICTURES ALONG WITH THE DEAL ADDRESS IT NEVER HAPPENED SO AND I'VE ALSO TOLD IT EVERY 70 YEARS THEY PLAYED ON A DESERT COLONY I'VE LIVED ACROSS WHERE I AM NOW OVER 20 YEARS THEY'VE NEVER CLEANED THAT DID NOR THE ADJACENT DITCHES SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY GET THEIR INFORMATION FROM OR IF THEY JUST THINK OF SOMETHING TO SAY BUT DEALING WITH COUNTY IS ABOMINABLE SO I, I CAN UNDERSTAND YOUR FRUSTRATION. I MEAN ALL I CAN SAY IS AGAIN THE STORMWATER UTILITY BOARD HAS BROUGHT IT TO THE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT.
WE THAT THERE IS A GRANT OUTSTANDING GRANT REQUEST AND WE'RE HOPEFULLY TO HEAR ABOUT THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING UP AS WE SPEAK HERE TODAY AS TO WHERE IT STANDS AND IF IT'S DENIED WE'LL GO BACK AND ASK FOR FUNDS FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE. ALL RIGHT.
WE WILL NOT FORGET ABOUT ALL JOY. OKAY, GOOD.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES, MA'AM. MY NAME IS CATHY COBURN AND I LIVE IN THE AL JOY AREA AS I DON'T EVEN HAVE ANY DITCHES AROUND MY HOUSE.
BUT THERE'S A REASON MY WATER FLOWS INTO BOATHOUSE CREEK SINCE WE HAVE PAVED THERE'S LITTLE SMALL ROADS THEY MAKE ONE WAY ROADS BECAUSE THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH ROOM HOUSES HAVE A ROAD ON EITHER SIDE. IT WAS LITERALLY A CAPTAIN'S PLACE WHERE PEOPLE HAVE LITTLE CHANTIES THAT THEY WENT IN WHEN THEY WERE WORKING THE RIVERS AND CAME IN AND SLEPT AT HOME MAJORITY OF IT. SO THERE ARE SMALL SMALL LOTS A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE SHARED SEPTIC TANKS DOWN THERE. THE WATER RUNS STRAIGHT INTO THE RIVER.
THEY WHEN THEY PAVE THOSE ROADS IT HAS MADE THE PLACE SOGGY THAN IT'S EVER BEEN BEFORE BECAUSE OF THE ROADS. THE ROADS ARE GREAT TO DRIVE DOWN.
WE DON'T HAVE TO PULL OTHER OUT OF THE DITCH I MEAN OUT OF THE SUNKEN PLACES WHEN IT RAINS BUT IT'S SINKING ON INTO PEOPLE'S YARDS. SO WHEN YOU WALK THE NEIGHBORHOOD AFTER A RAINSTORM YOU SMELL SEWER COMING OUT OF THE DITCHES.
I KNOW THAT THAT LEACHES OUR RIVER. I'M WORRIED ABOUT OUR RIVERS.
THANK YOU, MR. I'M MAMA HATTAWAY. I LIVE AT THE INTERSECTION
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OF CHAD AND ALL JOY TO 37 ALL JOY THE DITCHES ALONG SHAD HAVEN'T BEEN WORKED THAT I CAN REMEMBER MY THEY HAVE BECAUSE I TOOK MY TRACTOR OUT AT GREAT RISK WORRIED ABOUT HIDDEN WATER WATERLINES AND EVERYTHING BUT I COULD TAKE IT ANYMORE WHEN A STORM COMES IN CHAD GETS UP TO KNEE HIGH WATER I PULL WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING IN THE TWO YEARS IS I PULL MY TRUCK TO BLOCK THE ROAD SO THAT THE BIGGER TRUCKS DON'T PEOPLE PLAYING DON'T COME RUNNING DOWN THERE BECAUSE THE STORM WATER BUILDS UP TO SUCH A DEGREE THAT IT IS ALL ABOUT SIX FEET UNDER THE EDGE OF MY HOUSE AND WHEN THEY HIT IT WITH THE TRUCKS, CARS, A WAKE JUST COMES IN AND WASHES UP UP ON THAT WE'RE NOT TALKING IN MY PARTICULAR CASE AN OLDER HOUSE THAT IS BUILT LOW LEVEL MY HOUSE WAS BUILT IN 2017 SO IT HAD PROPER ELEVATION THIS SORT OF STUFF I DON'T GET WATER IN THE HOUSE BUT I HAVE WATER THAT GOES UNDER THE HOUSE AS YOU CAN IMAGINE CREATES PROBLEMS. THE DITCH ALL THAT RUNS PARALLEL TO ALL JOY I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT CLEAN THE WATER GO ANYWHERE BUT KNOWING WHEN IT DOES OR IT STANDS ALL THE TIMES WE HAVE THE MOSQUITO PROBLEMS THIS SORT OF STUFF BUT HEARING SOME OF THIS AND JUST THINKING ABOUT IT YOU CAN'T REALLY FIX SWAMP STORM WATER PROBLEM IF YOU WANT TO PROTECT THE RIVER BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH SEWER IN THOSE DITCHES WHEN IT RUNS BECAUSE DON'T HAVE A SEWER SYSTEM IF YOU FIX THE STORMWATER PROBLEM GOING TO GO STRAIGHT AND DUMP ALL OF THAT SEWER IN THE RIVER. SO MAYBE THAT'S THE BIG PLAN IS TO HAVE IT JUST SETTLE IN OUR YARDS AND NOT GET TO THE RIVER. MAYBE THAT'S WHAT THE PROBLEM IS BUT WE DO WE'VE GOT SEWER AND A MAJOR STORMWATER PROBLEM HERE. I JUST WANT TO SAY BEFORE ANY MORE COMMENT YOU KNOW I WON'T CUT ANYBODY OFF SINCE YOU ALL TRAVELED HERE TO SPEAK WE NEED A COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTION AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO PROVIDE.IT'S NOT EASY WE HAVE STATE D.O.T. YOUR ROADS ARE A CRISS CROSSING OF STATE AND COUNTY AND UNFORTUNATELY THEY DON'T ALWAYS MARRY UP TOGETHER. I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO WORK OUR I'M WORKING WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND THEY IN TURN WITH SOUTH CAROLINA D.O.T.
DOESN'T HELP ANYONE HERE TO HAVE YOU LIVE ON ONE STREET AND IN YEAR ONE YOUR DITCH GETS CLEANED AND THEN SEVEN YEARS LATER YOUR NEIGHBORS DITCH GETS CLEANED OR YEARS LATER THE STATE DITCH GETS CLEAN AND THEY ALL EMPTY INTO A COUNTY ROAD THAT EMPTIES INTO US STATE.
IT'S A COMPREHENSIVE COMPLEX PROBLEM. SOUNDS SIMPLE TO SAY WE JUST WANT IT FIXED BUT THERE'S SEVERAL JURISDICTIONS AND I CAN TELL YOU I HAVE MET WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR IN TO GETTING TYPE OF WORK RELATIONSHIP WITH SOUTH CAROLINA D.O.T. TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T NOT COMPETING AIMS THAT MAYBE WHEN WE CLEAN ONE COUNTY ROAD WE ALSO CLEAN STATE ROAD AT THE SAME TIME SO WE HAVE WE DO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE ARE ISSUES RIGHT AND WITHIN OUR MEANS WE ARE TRYING TO I WOULD SAY STOPGAP THEY'RE PROBABLY NEEDS TO BE SOME MAJOR PLAN TO FIX EVERYONE'S PROBLEM. ALL RIGHT.
YOU MENTIONED SEWER LONG BEFORE I GOT HERE AND I NOT PART OF ANY SEWER COMMISSION BUT JASPER BEAUFORT A WATER AND SEWER I ASSUME THERE WAS SOME TYPE OF REFERENDUM IN YOUR AREA ABOUT HOOKUPS TO A SEWER SYSTEM . RIGHT.
AND I UNDERSTAND IT WASN'T UNANIMOUS THAT NOT EVERYBODY WANTED TO SIGN UP SO WE NEED TO FOLLOW UP WITH THAT. IT WOULD PROBABLY BE AS YOU JUST MENTIONED PROBABLY THE BEST THING FOR ALL OF ALL JOY FOR EVERYBODY TO BE ON A SEWER SYSTEM AND GET RID OF OUR FIELDS AND THE POLLUTION THAT THEY CAUSE ESPECIALLY WITH HIGH WATER OR STORMS, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S NOT AN EASY SOLUTION. THERE ARE MANY MOVING PARTS HERE TO GET TO A SOLUTION JUST
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YOU KNOW THAT I WAS HOWARD OUR LIAISON TO THE COUNCIL COUNCILWOMAN HOWARD IS HERE TAKING COPIOUS NOTES ALL RIGHT. AND I ASSURE YOU OUTSIDE OF THE STORMWATER UTILITY BOARD AND OUR STORMWATER IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE WE'LL HEAR ABOUT IT AND OTHERS.THAT'S WHAT I CAN PROMISE YOU. SURE. COLUMN OF ON THIS ISSUE AND I KNOW THAT IT'S EXPENSIVE TO PUT IT ALL IN AND MORE EXPENSIVE FOR US TO LOOK INTO IT WHEN YOU HAVE TO LIKE $15,000 $70,000 THE IN A YEAR AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR LOCAL WATERS AND KEEPING OUR WATERS CLEAN AND STUFF IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IF YOU GET A FEDERAL GRANT OR SOMETHING TO MAKE IT MORE AFFORDABLE FOR RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE TO IN THROUGH THIS SEWER SYSTEM SHOULD THEY HAVE TO BE PUT IN BECAUSE YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE LIKE RIGHT HERE IN IF YOU COULD JUST PUT IN A SEWER THAT I THINK THEY MAKE IT AFFORDABLE FOR PEOPLE TO DO IT.
THE NUMBER ONE FOR THE HEALTH OF THE RIVER AND TO IN THE LONG RUN THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE OUT LIKE BANDITS BECAUSE YOU KNOW YOU'RE GETTING IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE AN ANNUAL FEE, A MONTHLY FEE OR WHATEVER YOU HAVE TO BE HOOKED IN. AND I JUST DON'T KNOW IF THAT SOMETHING WILL BE EXPLORED IF THERE'S TYPE OF GRANT THAT YOU KNOW MAYBE THE THE THING IS IT'S GOING TO SAVE YOU KNOW THE MAIN RIVER WHICH IS VITAL IMPORTANCE IMPORTS PRISTINE WATER YOU KNOW BROADCASTING AND REQUESTING YOU TO THE PODIUM SORRY.
OKAY SO WHAT BROADCASTING IS REQUESTING BECAUSE OUT BECAUSE WE'RE LIVE IT'S NOT MEMOREX I'M SORRY IT'S ALREADY HURRICANE. WE GOT IT. YOU HEARD I DID.
YES, MA'AM. OKAY. MY NAME IS CAROLYN SMITH AND I LIVE IN THE ISLE JOY AREA AND I ALMOST PROPERTIES IN THE OUTDOOR AREA AND I'VE LIVED THERE MY WHOLE LIFE SO I KNOW DRAINAGE VERY WELL AND LIKE ONE PERSON SAID PAVING THE ROADS WAS OUR FIRST DOWNFALL WHEN WE DIDN'T HAVE THE BIG DITCHES AND THERE'S A LOT THAT'S BEEN SAID.
THAT'S CORRECT AND THERE'S A LOT THAT'S BEEN SAID THAT HAS HAPPENED ESPECIALLY WITH THE YES, WE WERE OFFERED THIS SANDWICH ONE TIME THROUGH BEFORE JASPER IF IT WENT PAST IT COULD HAVE BEEN PAID FOR ON YOUR COUNTY TAXES I BELIEVE YOU WERE ON THE COUNTY COUNCIL AT THAT TIME BUT IT WAS NO BUT IT WAS VOTED DOWN. IT WAS DOWN BY THE RESIDENTS OF THE AREA SINCE SEWAGE HAS BEEN PUT IN IT GOES TO BRIGHTON OAKS, IT GOES DOWN SHADOW AVENUE AND PEOPLE WHO LIVE OVER AS FAR AS THOMAS AND HAVE THE RIGHT TO HOOK IN TO IT I HAVE HOOKED SOME OF MY PLACES INTO IT AND I'M TRYING TO HOOK MORE INTO IT BUT ABOUT EVERY TIME YOU DO IT IT'S THOUSAND GALLONS TO GET THE WATER, THE SEWAGE, THE PERMIT PLUMBER AND EVERYTHING AND ALSO MR. HATTAWAY WAS TALKING ABOUT HIS YARD.
THAT'S BECAUSE RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD FROM HIM, ONE OF THE MAIN DRAINAGE DITCHES THAT GOES THROUGH SOME HIS YARD HAS BEEN CLOSED UP THAT NEEDS TO BE SEEN ABOUT RIGHT PAST HIS HOUSE.
SO THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT YES YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD WITH A LOT OF THINGS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT THEY NEED TO COME TOGETHER THE DRAINAGE IS IT'S THEY PAVED THE ROAD THOSE LITTLE GRATES DOWN THE SIDE THERE STOPPED THEY'RE USELESS SO THE WATER JUST GOES TO THE DITCHES AND THEN GOES INTO THE YARDS? THAT'S CORRECT AND THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS WE ARE UNIQUE. THERE ARE A LOT OF PROBLEMS AND I'M GLAD Y'ALL ARE GOING TO HELP US BUT THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN ABOUT AND WE ALSO HAVE WHAT WE CALL THE OUTDOOR PRESERVATION WHICH IS EVERYBODY THAT LIVES IN THAT AREA FROM THE BURNT
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CHURCH ROAD TO THE BOAT RAMP AND THE ZONING WAS FORMED WITH THE COUNTY AND BY THE COUNTY BUT THIS AREA COULD BE PRESERVATION BUT THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS IN IT THAT COUNTY DOESN'T MAKE HAPPEN WITH. OUR ZONING WHICH LEADS INTO THIS SAME PROBLEM THAT WE FACE EVERY SINGLE DAY. SO YES, WE NEED TO GET TOGETHER WE NEED TO MAKE A LIST OF THE PROBLEMS WE NEED TO DISCUSS WHAT'S BEEN DONE, WHAT HAS IT BEEN DONE AND HAS IT BEEN DONE? THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MA'AM. ANYONE ELSE OF THE GENTLEMAN IN THE REAR? I'M SORRY HE'S LADY I'M SORRY. LADY IN THE REAR HI MY NAME IS JENNIFER MOORMAN. I LIVE ON THE CORNER OF THOMAS ORTON AND GARNET AND FOR US OUR OUR ACTUAL PROPERTY FINE. WE'VE NEVER PERSONALLY HAD AN ISSUE BECAUSE ONLY LIVED THERE A YEAR BUT IN THE TIME PERIOD THAT WE'VE LIVED THERE THE CORNER OF GARNET AND THOMAS LAWTON HAS ALWAYS BEEN FULL WATER WITHIN THE LAST MONTH SOMEONE HAS COME BY I THINK WAS SC DOT THANKS TO LAURA WILSON AND ALL WE PROTECT AND WE HAVE FINALLY GOTTEN THE WATER SOURCE OUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S BEEN A BROKEN WATER LINE ADDING TO THAT AREA THIS BROKEN WATER LINE AND STORM DRAINAGE AND EVERYTHING HAS WASHED THE ASPHALT ROAD OUT NOW THOMAS LAWTON AND GARNETT RIGHT WHERE IT NEAT AS WASHED AND WHEN YOU TURN ON TO THE ROAD YOUR CAR BOTTOMS OUT THAT IS ONE OF THE PATHWAYS FROM ALL THE WAY FROM ALMA AND THOMAS LOT AND SINCE ALL OF THE ROADS ARE ONE WAY OR MAJORITY OF THE ROADS ARE ONE WAY AND IT'S THE ACCESS AT LEAST TWO RESIDENCES THE SIDE OF MY YARD AND TO OTHER RESIDENCES THAT'S THE ONLY WAY THEY CAN GET IN UNLESS THEY GO DOWN THE ROAD BACKWARDS. SO I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU GUYS TO ADDRESS ISSUE AT GARNETT AND THOMAS LANE SINCE THE ROAD WASHED OUT THEY HAVE IN THE PAST FILLED IT WITH SAND REALLY SOME ROCK MATERIAL AND IT HAS AGAIN WASHED OUT.SO THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE ALSO THE SEWER ISSUE I'VE BEEN TOLD IT WOULD COST $40,000 TO GET IT TO MY HOUSE AND $10,000 IS AFFORDABLE. 40,000 IS A USED VEHICLE.
SO IN MY OPINION THAT'S UNAFFORDABLE. BUT THANK YOU.
THAT'S ALL WE HAVE. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENT? I WILL BE QUICK. AARON EMERICK WE LIVED IN THE AREA FOR A LITTLE OVER TEN YEARS AND ACTUALLY RECENTLY HAD TO MOVE OUT JUST A COUPLE MINUTES AWAY BECAUSE OUR FRONT ROOM FLOODED TIME THERE WAS A HEAVY RAIN SO.
A LOT OF MY NEIGHBORS HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN, YOU KNOW, MORE ELOQUENTLY THAN I CAN ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS THE POLLUTION, THE IMPORTANCE OF THE RIVER AND THE HISTORIC UNIQUE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT ALL JOY IS. MY COMMENT IS A LITTLE BIT MORE ADMINISTRATIVE. WE ARE HERE TO ASK FOR TRANSPARENCY.
IT'S IMPERATIVE TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES TRANSPARENTLY ESPECIALLY IN THE CONTEXT OF RECENT CORRUPTION CASES WITHIN OUR OWN GOVERNMENT. THE RECENT SCANDALS IN THE NEWS REGARDING CORRUPTION UNDERSCORES, THE NEED FOR OPENNESS AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN OUR EFFORTS TO TACKLE THESE ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS. SO TRANSPARENCY IS PIVOTAL FOR REGAINING PUBLIC TRUST AND ENSURING THAT THE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT INITIATIVES ARE NOT COMPROMISED BY UNETHICAL PRACTICES OR TO BENEFIT A SELECT ONE OR TWO INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE LIKE THE AUDREY PRESERVATION COMMISSION INSTEAD OF THE GREATER COMMUNITY AND THE IMPORTANT ECOSYSTEM. SO AS RESIDENTS WHO ARE INVESTED IN THE WELL-BEING OF OUR COMMUNITY WE ARE ASKING FOR A COMMITMENT TO TRANSPARENCY IN DECISION MAKING PROCESSES PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION, RESOURCE ALLOCATION NO, MORE CLOSED DOOR MEETINGS AND YOU KNOW THE FACT THAT MARK LAWSON GONE TWO YEARS WITHOUT RESPONDING TO EMAILS FROM A MULTIPLE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IS UNACCEPTABLE ALL SO WE NEED TO FOSTER MORE TRANSPARENCY AND WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT THE ACTIONS THAT ARE TAKEN TO ADDRESS THESE STORMWATER AND DRAINAGE ISSUES ARE NOT UNDERMINED BY HIDDEN AGENDAS.
WE ARE ASKING FOR OPEN COMMUNICATION CHANNELS PUBLIC AND CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT BECAUSE WE WANT TO BUILD A RESILIENT GOVERNANCE FRAMEWORK. SO WE ARE ASKING FOR AN ACCOUNTABLE SYSTEM FROM YOU THAT NOT ONLY SAFEGUARDS THE ENVIRONMENT BUT ALSO RESTORES OUR FAITH IN GOVERNANCE THAT SHAPES THE FUTURE OF OUR HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD A
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COMMUNITY'S ART ECOSYSTEM. THANKS. THANK YOU.I CAN TELL YOU THAT ALL JOY HAS BEEN ON THE RADAR OF THE STORMWATER UTILITY AND THE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL OF THE COUNTY FOR SOME TIME. I CAN'T SPEAK FOR WHAT HAS TRANSPIRED IN THE PAST ALL RIGHT ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT THIS THE SECOND STEP THE FIRST STEP WAS OUR NEW STORMWATER MANAGER AND MYSELF HAVING VIEWED YOUR PROPERTIES SEEN FIRST HAND WHAT YOU LIVE WITH WHETHER IT'S BEFORE RAINSTORM OR AFTER A RAINSTORM WE ARE GOING TO ALL WE CAN SAY IS WE WILL DILIGENTLY WITH THE STORMWATER MANAGERS ALL RIGHT TO COME UP WITH A VIABLE SOLUTION. THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER PUBLIC
[4. REPORTS]
COMMENT AT THIS TIME WE WILL PROCEED WITH OUR NORMAL OF REPORTS FROM STORMWATER MANAGEMENT THIS AREA IT AFTERNOON EVERYONE ALL RIGHT I WILL START WITH THE UTILITY UPDATE SO WE ARE IN FULL SWING OF THOSE TAX NOTICES BEING SENT OUT AND I'M VERY THANKFUL TO HAVE MISS TAMMY DOE OUR NEWS WATER BUSINESS MANAGER IN PLACE.SHE HAS PICKED UP ON THE LAST 22 YEARS THE HISTORY OF THIS VERY QUICKLY AND HAS BEEN A HUGE ASSISTANCE THUS FAR IN THE SHORT TIME SHE'S BEEN HERE. SO IF YOU HADN'T HAD THE CHANCE TO MEET MISS TAMMY DOE, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AFTER THE DISCUSSION WE ARE WORKING THROUGH SEVERAL AG EXEMPTION REQUESTS THAT COME DOWN FROM THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE BUT LIKE I SAID MS. DOE STAYING ON TOP OF THAT WE WOULD REQUEST THAT IF YOU ANY SPECIAL LOCATIONS FOR OUR SPRINGTIME MEETINGS WE LOVE TO GET OURSELVES BACK OUT INTO THE FIELD DESPITE WHAT THOSE LOGISTICS MIGHT LOOK LIKE ON OUR END.
IT'S A LITTLE COLD AT THIS POINT SO MAYBE MAY TIMEFRAME PLEASE FEEL FREE TO LET MYSELF DAPHNE KNOW OR ACTUALLY TAYLOR KNOW WHERE DO YOU LIKE TO TO HAVE ANY FUTURE MEETINGS I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF OUR EX-OFFICIO REPRESENTATIVES HERE .
WE ARE STILL WAITING ON SOME OUTSTANDING ANNUAL PHYSICAL FISCAL REPORTS FROM THOSE JURISDICTIONS WE HAVE RECEIVED NONE ASIDE FROM THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD SO THANK YOU TO JEFF AND HIS TEAM AND. THERE IS A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA BEAUFORT SO I WILL CONCEDE THE FLOOR TO MR. OR DR. PETIT FOR THEIR REPORT ON HIS EFFORTS THE LAB WELCOME DR. PENNY THANK THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT TO REPORT MONITORING IS ONGOING THE BIGGEST INFORMATION IS THAT SO LAST I TOLD YOU OR AN INFORMED YOU THAT OUR OUR LAB MANAGER HAD RESIGNED AND SO IN AN EFFORT TO MAINTAIN SAMPLING AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS WE HIRED A PART TIME TECHNICIAN TO ASSIST IN THE LAB.
SINCE THEN OUR OTHER AND FIELD TECHNICIAN HAS HAD TO GO ON FAMILY LEAVE SO THAT PART TIME TECHNICIAN IS NOW FULL TIME AND WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF HIRING A SECOND PART TIME TECHNICIAN.
HOPEFULLY THAT PERSON WILL BE HIRED SOON BUT H.R. THE UNIVERSITY ARE OPERATING VERY SLOWLY AT THIS POINT. BUT THIS SHOULDN'T IMPACT ANY OF OUR SAMPLING FOR THE COUNTY OR FOR TOWN OF BLUFFTON EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE PROCEEDING AS AS NORMAL.
GREAT. WELL, EVERYBODY HAS PERSONNEL THESE DAYS.
YES. WE'RE NOT YOU KNOW WE'RE NOT THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. YES. WE WILL ACTUALLY BE MEETING ON FRIDAY TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF OUR SAMPLING AND I KNOW AT THE END OF THIS MONTH IS THE OF OUR REPORTING PERIOD TO THE STATE SO AFTER DECEMBER 31ST WE'LL BEGIN WORKING ON OUR
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ANNUAL REPORT TO DISK ON THE EFFORTS THE PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY IN REFERENCE TO THE MDL MONITORING LOCATIONS THAT TY'S LAB RUNS FOR US SO IS INCORPORATED IN AN IMAGE FOR REPORTERS THAT INDEPENDENT WITNESS THAT THAT'S THE CMS FOR THE ANNUAL MUST FOR REPORT THAT GOES TO THE STATE WE HEARD FROM OR AT LEAST SEVERAL YEARLY SUBMISSIONS.NO NO I THINK I STARTED IN 2018 AND THINK I DECIDED TO STOP HOLDING MY BREATH SO.
WE HAD A REALLY PRODUCTIVE MEETING THIS WE'RE NOW TO THIS WEEK THE STORMWATER IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE DISCUSSION DID TALKING ABOUT WHY A 25 PLANNING AND I KNOW WE HAD BROUGHT SOME ITEMS TO Y'ALL'S ATTENTION AND WE'RE PLANNING ON CONTINUING SERVICES AS NORMAL MOST MOST IF NOT ALL OF OUR VENDORS AND THEN I ALSO BRIEFLY TOUCH BASE ON POTENTIALLY THE POTENTIAL TO REVAMP OUR STORMWATER UTILITY FEE AS YOU KNOW RIGHT NOW FOR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES WE THERE ARE THE RV IS MADE UP OF THREE SEPARATE FEES AN ADMINISTRATION FEE A GROSS AREA FEE AND THEN AN IMPERVIOUS AREA FEE. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW TO CHARGE THE IMPERVIOUS AREA FEE BASED ON LIGHT OUR MONITORING SO THAT STILL UNDER CONSIDERATION WITH OUR CONSULTANT WOLPERT RIGHT NOW DUE TO THE COMPLEXITY AND THE HOW THOROUGHLY OUR UTILITY WAS SET UP WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IF WE ARE PLANNING ON MAKING CHANGES THAT IT'S THOROUGHLY VETTED AND WELL UNDERSTOOD. IN FACT I WILL PROBABLY HAVE THEM COME SPEAK TO THE BOARD IN EARLY SPRING TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY THINK MIGHT PROCESS MIGHT LOOK LIKE FOR US SO JUST TO KEEP Y'ALL IN IN THE LOOP ON THAT DISCUSSION AND I, I AM CONCEDING FLOOR TIME IS PURE. THANK YOU, KATIE. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY.
OR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW ME, I'M TAYLOR BREWER. I'M THE NEW STORMWATER I EVERYBODY AND SO ON. REGIONAL COORDINATION WE'LL START WITH O WOODLANDS THE DRAINAGE EASEMENT FOR 55 GARDINER WAS APPROVED AND IT WENT TO COUNT COUNTY COUNCIL LAST NIGHT. I HAVE NOT WATCHED THAT TO SEE IF IT WAS APPROVED OR NOT BUT MORE TO COME AND THEN I DID MEET WITH LAURA ON AND IN ALL JOY AND WE HAVE THAT CLOSELY ON OUR RADAR. I SAT DOWN WITH BRADLEY, OUR SUPERINTENDENT OF OPERATIONS AND. HE GAVE US A LIST, A TIMELINE FOR SOME DITCH MAINTENANCE JUST SO EVERYBODY KNOWS. SO YOU SHOULD BE SEEING SOME WORK IN JANUARY.
I'LL TRY TO SNEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE BUT ALSO ADDRESS THIS WAY SO THERE WILL BE WE HAVE A NUMBER OF ROADS THAT ARE ALREADY ON OUR LIST FOR MAINTENANCE BUT WE CAN REFINE THAT LIST BEFORE THEN. YES I'LL TRY NOT TO TURN AROUND BUT I FEEL BAD THEY'RE HURTING MY BACK. SO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF DITCHES AND CANALS THAT WILL BE CUTTING AND. THEN WE'LL BRING THE BACK TRUCK AND THE PIPE GENERAL AFTER THAT TO WORK ON ANY CATCH BASINS OR CULVERTS THAT ARE STILL CLOGGED AT THAT TIME.
MY ONLY QUESTION IS HAVE YOU AND OPERATIONS SAT DOWN AND DOWN THE STREET STREET ANALYSIS OF PRIORITIZING WHAT NEEDS WORST FIRST WE HAVE SOME I GUESS FREQUENT COMPLAINT AREAS THAT WE'RE GOING TO START WITH AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE DON'T ADDRESS ON OUR LIST WE ARE WILLING TO LOOK AT THAT BUT YES, BEFORE I KNOW IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S A PROBLEM MILLIONS AND YEAR OVER YEAR OF THE REPORTS THAT I ONE AREA OF THE SYSTEM WHICH ACTUALLY DIDN'T EVEN GO DOWN MIDDLE BLOW SO IT WAS JUST THAT AREA AND YET THEY CAME DOWN AND DID FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD WHICH DID NEED IT AND I'M SAYING PLEASE GO THE GENTLEMAN THAT I GAVE YOU THE LIST, BRAD YOUNG WE KEPT ASKING PLEASE GO DOWN THERE.
IT'S THOMAS WALTON. I MEAN IT'S LOW LYING IS WHAT IT'S COMING INTO MY HOUSE AND THAT'S THAT IS BEEN LOW AREA AND WE DID SEE THAT MR. LAWSON DID HELP SOMEBODY WAY UP BUT YOU KNOW YOU KNOW WHAT ROLLS DOWNHILL AND THAT'S US ESPECIALLY THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE IN DESPERATE NEED OF VOICE ON STREET. HOW MUCH LOT ALL THOSE IN THE AREA WITH GARNETT WHICH I ACTUALLY IF I MAY SAID EVERYONE I WAS ROLLING THAT JIM SPOKE
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ABOUT SEVEN YEARS THAT THAT THEY HAVE ASKED AND ASKED HAS FOR THAT TO BE REPAIRED PIPE THAT WELL AND WE GOT IT THEY CALL COUNTY EVERYTHING BUT WE ACTUALLY GOT YOU PLEASE LET HER FINISH HER REPORT WE'VE CLOSED OPEN COMMENTS YES SO I WILL SEND OUT AN OFFICIAL SCHEDULE WITH STREETS FOR THE RESIDENTS AND THEN THEY CAN SUBMIT INPUT AT THAT TIME.OKAY. SO MOVING ON STORMWATER RELATED PROJECTS SO WE'RE STILL WORKING ON EASEMENTS WE MEET MONTHLY BI MONTHLY OR EVERY OTHER MONTH DEPENDING ON HOW WE NEED TO WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK THROUGH COMPLAIN IT'S WE STARTED WITH OUR WORK IN SO POINT COMMUNITY WE WENT OUT AND LOOKED AT THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE THERE IT LOOKS REALLY NICE AND THEN WE HAD A MEDIATION FOR THE WATERSHED REGIONAL DETENTION BASIN PHASE TWO VICTORY CREEK THE OUTCOME IS STILL PENDING FOR THAT WE HAVE HIRED WORKED WITH OUR ON OUR ON CALL STORMWATER SERVICES CONTRACT URGENT HIRES WITH TWO SPECIFIC CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS ONE ON A COURT NORTH AND ONE ON BESSIE'S LANE. SO HAS THE COURT WORK HAS BEGUN AND BESSIE'S LANE WILL BEGIN SOON ALSO WE ARE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WE BELIEVE WITH OUR PROJECT WE'RE WAITING ON AN OFFICIAL RESPONSE FROM THE USDA FOR WHAT ELSE KIND OF INFORMATION THEY WILL NEED FROM US TO MOVE FORWARD THAT PROJECT USOU THE USDA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SO THE PLAN FOR THAT IS LIKE OUR RESTORED WETLANDS IT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY NICE AMENITY ALSO FOR GOOD FOR STORMWATER WHEN WE GET FINISHED WITH THAT SO WE'VE CLOSED OUT FOR MEMORIAL WE'RE HOPING HOPING TO HAVE AN OPEN HOUSE ON THAT WHEN THINGS I KEEP SAYING WHEN THINGS SETTLE DOWN BUT WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE THE PUBLIC COME AND SHOWCASE BREUER MEMORIAL PARK IN THE BIG PIECE THAT WE INSTALL THERE IT LOOKS REALLY NICE.
SO WE'VE FINISHED THE SAINT HELENA DRAINAGE STUDY. WE'RE STARTING WORK ON THAT.
WE'VE RECEIVED THE LADY'S ISLAND DRAINAGE STUDY DRAFT FROM WOLPERT AND.
KATIE AND I HAVE GONE OUT AND FIELD VERIFIED SOME OF THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS AND WE'LL BE MAKING NOTES ON THAT DRAFT AND GETTING THOSE BACK AND THEN WE'LL GET A FINAL DRAFT BACK FROM WILBERT NUMBER 12 WE ARE WORKING WITH WILBERT FOR A FOR THE PUBLIC FOR WATER QUALITY MONITORING SCOPE 13 AND GENERAL ASSISTANCE SCOPE 14 IS RIVERS IN WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS LONG SHORT THERE IS THE GOAL IS READY TO HAVE IT READY TO GO BY THE END OF THE FISCAL I MEAN THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR PLAN REVIEWING GOING AS USUAL TAX RUN WENT REALLY WELL AND THEN LET'S GO 20 ESPECIALLY EXCITED ABOUT WE PROBABLY GOT I GET AT LEAST TWO CALLS A WEEK TRYING WITH SOMEONE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO WORK OUR COMPLIANCE CALCULATOR WHICH IS PART OF THEIR REQUIREMENTS FOR GETTING STORMWATER PERMIT. SO WE HAD OUR CONSULTANTS CREATE A COMPLIANCE CALCULATOR INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO THAT WE GO LIVE WITH AND HOPEFULLY THAT WILL MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE CLEAR FOR DEVELOPERS AND CITIZENS ALIKE WHAT DOES THAT GOAL LIVE NEXT MONTH SHOULD BE? IT SHOULD BE UP AND THE WEBSITE THE VIDEO IS ALREADY COMPLETE RIGHT NOW FIGURING OUT THE HOSTING ASPECTS AND HOW TO GET IT LIVE WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO PUT IT ON YOUTUBE OR HOST IT INTERNALLY OR WHATNOT. SO THAT SHOULD BE LIVE NEXT MONTH AND THEN OUR NEXT SCOPE IS NUMBER 21. SO WE'RE WORKING WITH DNR AND THE PORT ROYAL SOUND FOUNDATION TO SEE WHERE THE BEST LOCATION BE FOR OUR NEXT INSTALL OF OUR CONTINUOUS MONITORING STATION. THE IDEA IS THAT ALL OF THESE ENTITIES ARE INTERESTED IN WATER QUALITY INSTEAD OF ALL OF US MONITORING SEPARATE PLACES AND TRYING TO INSTALL OUR OWN NETWORK WE CAN NETWORK OUR DATA TOGETHER AND A FREE FLOW OF INFORMATION AND THAT WAY NOBODY'S HAVING TO REPEAT THE AND WE'LL HAVE ACCESS TO A LARGER DATABASE OF INFORMATION . THE GOAL IS TO ESTABLISH KIND OF A BASELINE OF WHAT THAT DATA LOOKS LIKE AND SO WE CAN TELL THERE'S AN INFLUX OF SOMETHING BAD GOING ON.
SO SO YOU'RE ARE YOU READING THE MONITORING AT THE BRIDGE NOW? YES. ARE ABLE TO SEE REAL REAL TIME DATA ON THAT AND EVENTUALLY WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ESCALATING REPORTS FROM THAT NOT YET. WE ARE NOT ANALYZING DATA FROM THAT THAT I KNOW OF YET. WE WILL BE SEEING IT GIVE IT SOME TIME TO ACTUALLY START STATE SYSTEM AND STABILIZE AND THEN TRANSITION TO THAT. YES.
ARE THOSE OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES ARE THEY GOING TO TAKE PART IN THAT?
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IN OTHER WORDS, YOU COULD SHARE THE THE BURDEN. THAT'S THE IDEA YES, SIR.THE IDEA IS THAT WE WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THE DATA THAT THEY'RE MONITORING WE'RE PULLING AS WELL, WHICH WOULD CUT DOWN ON US NEEDING TO INSTALL MANY AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A LARGER DATASET IS THE NEXT ONE SCHEDULED TO BE ON ANOTHER PART OF THE BRIDGE OR SOMEWHERE ELSE ? WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THE ME DNR AND THE PORT ROYAL SOUND FOUNDATION .
WE'RE PRIMARILY INTERESTED IN OUR TIDAL LOCATIONS MONITORING BUT IF THEY IF LET'S SAY DNR WANTS TO INSTALL NEW STATION AND THEY'RE PUTTING IT SOMEWHERE THAT WE'RE ALREADY THINKING ABOUT INSTALLING ONE WE CAN KIND OF SKIP THAT ONE AND GO TO ANOTHER ONE IF WE HAVE ACCESS TO THEIR THANK YOU . SO SCOPES ON OUR RADAR OBVIOUSLY AS KATIE SAID WE'LL BE WORKING ON OUR ANIMAL REPORT BUT WITH THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING A STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PLAN UPDATE FOR THAT AND THEN LOOKING AT REDOING OUR UTILITY FEE WHICH KATIE'S ALREADY TOUCHED ON. SO FOR US FOR REPORT THINGS WE'RE GOING RIGHT ALONG AS USUAL PLAN REVIEW WAS NORMAL. DO YOU HAVE THE CHART? THANK YOU. LITTLE DOWN IN NOVEMBER BUT NOT BAD DEVELOPMENT SEEMS TO BE CHUGGING RIGHT AND THEN STORMWATER PERMITS ISSUED WERE ABOUT THE SAME.
WE DID HAVE A COUPLE OF ILLICIT THAT WE WENT OUT TO ASSESS ONE WAS STOPPED ONE WAS NOT AN ISSUE THEN WITH PUBLIC EDUCATION WE ARE RAMPING UP OUR EDUCATION PARTNERS AS I LIKE TO CALL THEM. I RECENTLY MET WITH THE COUNTY SOLAR WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT TO SEE HOW WE CAN TEAM UP ON OUR EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH ONCE AGAIN WE DON'T WANT TO RECREATE THE WHEEL. IF THEY'RE ALREADY DOING SOMETHING THAT WE'RE DOING WE CAN TOGETHER ON IT ESPECIALLY SINCE WE BOTH WORK FOR THE COUNTY.
SO A STAFF UPDATE WE DID WE DO HAVE AN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATOR POSITION OPEN.
THIS PERSON WILL SERVE AS A COMMUNITY FOR BOTH SOLID WASTE AND STORMWATER AND HOW IT WORKS IN GENERAL. IF WE HAVE ANY MESSAGES THAT WE NEED TO BLAST OUT THIS PERSON WILL FOCUS ON HELPING THE PUBLIC HELP SO BASICALLY TELLING THE PUBLIC WHAT NOT TO DO OR WHAT THEY CAN DO HELP US AS FAR AS STORMWATER TRYING TO BE PROACTIVE INSTEAD OF REACTIVE SO THAT WILL BE A FULL TIME POSITION. SO? THANK YOU. THAT'S IT FOR ME. THANK YOU SO MR. CARTER GOOD GOOD TO SEE YOU BACK. AFTERNOON EVERYONE. STEVEN OF SUMMIT PUBLIC WORKS.
GLAD TO BE BACK. HE'S A LITTLE BIT TIRED OF SITTING THROUGH THE HALLS WATCHING TV. YEAH. I WANT TO SPEAK TO YOU ALL ABOUT A FEW MEDIA MINOR PROJECTS THAT THE STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE HAS IN THE PAST THAT IF YOU LOOK LOOK THE YOU FOUND THAT YOU SEE SOME OF THE JOBS THAT COMPLETED BY THE STORM WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FIRST FOR ME TO TALK ABOUT IS THE HUNTER AND CARTER ROAD OR HILTON HEAD ISLAND. THIS PROJECT THAT BLUE 1751 LINEAR FEET OF DRAINAGE SYSTEM THE SCOPE OF WORK INCLUDED CLEANING OUT 1518 LINEAR FEET OF ROADSIDE DITCH REPLACING 233 LINEAR FEET OF ROADSIDE PIPE GETTING ONE DRIVEWAY PIPE AND HYDRO SEEDING FOR EROSION CONTROL. THE TOTAL COST OF THAT WAS 6060 $9,778.
ANOTHER ONE OF OUR MAJOR PROJECTS WE HAVE WAS THE DIRECT GREEN ROAD.
THE RURAL TOWN OF THIS THIS PROJECT IMPROVED 249 FEET OF DRAINAGE SYSTEM.
THE SCOPE OF WORK INCLUDED 240 LINEAR FEET OF CHANNEL PIPE INSTALLING RAMP AND HYDRO SEEDING FOR EROSION AS WELL. THE TOTAL COST OF THIS WAS $57,429.
OH I KNOW I CAN'T SPEAK ON ALL OF THE MAJOR PROJECTS SO THAT'S A COUPLE OF THE MAJOR PROJECT THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE HAS COMPLETED. IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE MINOR PROJECTS STORMWATER HAS COMPLETED THE AFRICAN BAPTIST CHURCH ROAD THIS PROJECT
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IMPROVED 510 LINEAR FEET OF DRAINAGE SYSTEM. THE SCOPE WORK INCLUDED CLEANING OUT 510 LINEAR FEET OF ROADSIDE DITCH AND THE TOTAL COST OF THAT WAS $5,115.ANOTHER ONE OF THE OTHER MINOR PROJECTS WAS THE FOX ISLAND THE FOX ISLAND PROJECT PROJECT IN PW 1688 LINEAR FEET OF DRAINAGE SYSTEM. THE SCOPE OF WORK INCLUDED CLEANING OUT 1681 YEAR FEET OF ROADSIDE DITCH AND THE TOTAL COST OF THAT PROJECT WAS 9949.
THERE ARE MORE OF THE MANY OF THE MINOR PROJECTS ON THE BACK OF PIT AS WELL? I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM TO TAKE UP TOO MUCH YOUR TIME BUT IF YOU ALL OF THE PROJECTS ARE EXPLAINED IN THE PACKET. THANK YOU MR. CARTER AND GLAD TO SEE YOU BACK.
YES. HAVE BEEN WE HAVE A REPORT FROM AN ALWAYS ON OUR COUNCIL COUNCIL BEFORE MR. HOWARD TALKS. MR. IS IT TRUE THAT YOU STILL HAVE OPENINGS THAT YOU WERE SHORTHANDED? FOR THE RECORD.
YES SIR. BUT WE HAVE A FEW OH WE HAVE A FEW APPLICANTS.
WE DIDN'T COME IN IN JANUARY. BUT DUE TO THE HOLIDAYS COMING UP SO WE HAVE A FEW POSITIONS FEEL THAT NO ONE TO GO WOULD MAKE THE FIT. YEAH I THINK WE WANT TO HAVE THEM. THANK YOU FOR THE RECORD I JUST WANT THE AUDIENCE TO KNOW WE HAVE BEEN THEY HAVE BEEN SHORTHANDED IN OPERATIONS FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AND IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND QUALIFIED PERSONNEL SO. THEY DO AS MUCH AS THEY CAN WITH THE PEOPLE THEY HAVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
I DON'T HAVE A LOT TO REPORT. I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE AUTHOR HORNE POSSIBILITY THAT'S IN THE MACEO OAKS AREA. THAT HAS BEEN AN ISSUE FOR A LONG SINCE HURRICANE ACTUALLY WHEN IT GOT FILLED FULL OF TREES AND OTHER THINGS SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND ALSO I WANTED TO GIVE MY CARDS TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE. I'M ON WAY IS ON TO STORM WATER AND IF YOU WANT TO SEND ME AN EMAIL YOUR CONCERNS I'LL BE GLAD TO FOLLOW UP WITH THE BOARD AND STAFF AS AS I DO SO THAT'S OKAY YEAH AND I'LL I WILL CERTAINLY TRY TO RUN SOMETHING TO GROUND.
YOU'RE FRUSTRATED. BUT FIRST OF ALL YOUR FIRST RESOURCE OF COURSE IS STAFF.
WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT STAFF HERE AND THEY WORK HARD AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT OUR CHAIRMAN WENT OUT THERE TO LOOK AT THAT SITUATION. SO ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? NO, MA'AM. I'M SORRY I'M COUGHING. THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUING THE STORM WATER UTILITY BOARD AND I DO I'M EXCITED FOR THE ALGAE AREA AND THEY'RE IN THEIR WASTEWATER CONNECTIONS AND SEWAGE.
I THINK THAT'S GOING TO HELP THE RIVER QUITE A BIT. I DON'T REMEMBER WHICH PERSON SAID THAT THERE THEIR BEEHIVE WAS KILLED BY THE MOSQUITO SPRAYING IS THAT IF SHE WILL CONTACT ME AND OUR MOSQUITO CONTROL THEY WILL JUST THEY WILL AVOID THAT AREA IN THE NEXT NEXT TIME I SPRAY DID YOU TRY THAT? THEY'RE DESPERATE FOR IT BECAUSE THEY DID YOU KNOW. SO THAT'S WHY IT WAS ACTUALLY THE SUMMER TIME.
WELL I CAN I CAN I CAN I COULD SPEAK TO MISS HOWARD ABOUT THAT.
OKAY. YEAH, WE CAN BUT I MEAN IF YOU WANT A PARTICULAR HOUSE OF WATER THEY THEY POSSIBLY COULD DO THAT. THEY DO IT WHEN THEY SPRAY IN NORTHERN BEAUFORT COUNTY OVER A LOT OF THE FARMS DON'T SPRAY BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO KILL THE BEES. THEY CAN TARGET AN AREA NOT TO SPRAY IF IT'S YOU KNOW.
ALL RIGHT. I THINK THAT'S IT. UNLESS YOU ALL HAVE SOMETHING FOR ME. DO YOU HAVE ANY YOU DON'T HAVE ANY VACANCIES ON THE STORE? NO, WE DON'T. WE'RE ALL FULL. ALTHOUGH NOT SHOWING TODAY.
OKAY, WELL, DO I NEED TO DO I NEED TO LOOK THE ATTENDANCE RECORD AND ENCOURAGE SOME PEOPLE? I THINK IT'S JUST BECAUSE MOVED THE DATE OKAY.
WITHOUT A LOT OF NOTICE. ALL RIGHT. SO IT'S ONE OF THOSE UNFORTUNATE CIRCUMSTANCES. I HAVE NO QUALMS ABOUT CALLING A MEMBER, NOT A GENERAL.
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OKAY. THANK YOU. GOT IT.GOOD. WE HAVE WE HAVE SOMETHING LABELED UNFINISHED BUSINESS
[5. UNFINISHEDBUSINESS]
WHICH IS TECHNICALLY OLD BUSINESS OF MISS HERRERA'S GOING TO SPEAK TO SOMETHING ON OUR AGENDA. THE NEWS ON UNFINISHED BUSINESS OF THE BOARD CONSOLIDATION IS THAT THERE IS NO MORE NEWS AS OF RIGHT NOW SINCE. OUR LAST MEETING THEY HAVE DECIDED TO PAUSE THIS EFFORT AT THIS TIME. THAT CAME FROM UPPER ADMINISTRATOR SEAN JUST AS A REQUESTS TO LOOK INTO CONSOLIDATION CAME SO AS SOON AS THAT EFFORT EITHER STARTS OR DOESN'T WE'LL BE SURE TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION.YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? NO, MA'AM.
OKAY ANYBODY ELSE? QUESTION YOU ARE STILL CHAIRMAN .
[6. NEW BUSINESS]
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEW BUSINESS.I'M NOT SURE THERE'S MUCH DISCUSSION OVER NEXT STORM WATER SCHEDULE.
IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE ARE GOING BACK TO THE THIRD WEDNESDAY STARTING IN FEBRUARY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF NEXT DECEMBER WHICH WOULD BE THE SECOND WEDNESDAY.
NOT CORRECT MS.. BREWER I OUR 11 YES NOW UNDERSTOOD IT SAYS DECEMBER 18TH WILL BE DECEMBER 11TH SO WE CAN GIVE PEOPLE TIME CELEBRATE THEIR HOLIDAYS WITHOUT A CONFLICT. SO WE ARE AGAIN WE MOVED IT SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS BUT HOPEFULLY WE CAN STICK TO THE SCHEDULE PEOPLE CAN PLAN IN ADVANCE SINCE SEVERAL OF OUR BOARD HAVE FULL TIME JOBS. SO IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT WE TRY TO KEEP TO THE SCHEDULE FOR EVERYBODY BENEFIT. YES AND FOR FUTURE REFERENCE WE BUDGET WILL BE PRESENTED AT THE FEBRUARY 14TH MEETING OR LEVEL. THAT IS CORRECT.
MR. CHAIRMAN, GOING TO HAVE A PROBLEM BECAUSE THE SECOND WEDNESDAY OF EVERY MONTH I'M ON THE HILTON HEAD TO 78 COMMITTEE. THIS IS THE THIRD WEDNESDAY WELL THAT THE WOULD BE THE SECOND. THE REASON THAT WE'RE HAVING THAT SO EARLY IS BECAUSE OF THE BUDGET. THERE'S THERE'S A BUDGET CONFLICT. WE NEED TO GET BACK TO THE BOARD, THE COUNCIL AND THE SWICK OKAY. YES. THERE'S A HARD FEBRUARY 15 DEADLINE ON THAT. SO WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU ALL AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THAT BUDGET BEFORE WE FORMALIZED IT. I WOULD JUST ASK TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD SEE THE PROPOSED IN JANUARY. YES, SIR. SO WE DON'T HAVE THIS LAST MINUTE. TAKE A LOOK AT THE PASSAGE. YES, SIR.
UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU. YOU DON'T WANT TO GO THERE.
THANK YOU. YES, SIR. KATIE SAYS YOU HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION VOTE. OKAY. DO HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE PROPOSED SCHEDULE FOR 2020 FOR THE STORM WATER UTILITY BOARD WITH DECEMBER 11TH WEATHER WITH DECEMBER 18TH BEING DECEMBER 11TH. I MOVE WE ACCEPT THE PROPOSED 2024 STORM WATER UTILITY BOARD SCHEDULE AS PRESENTED WITH DECEMBER 11 CHANGE NOTED.
SECOND THAT MOTION ALL THOSE IN FAVOR IS HIS SCHEDULE IS APPROVED.
[7. PUBLIC COMMENT]
THANK YOU. AND ONE OF THOSE HAS TO SAY WHAT'S NEXT ON THE AGENDA BUT IT'S CALLS FOR ANY PUBLIC COMMENT. OKAY MAYBE YOU'RE TIRED COMMENTED. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR LISTENING.THANK YOU. YOU'RE VERY. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR.
I DID HAVE ONE THING IF YOU CAN COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE, IDENTIFY YOURSELF AGAIN.
THIS IS LAURA WILSON ALL JOY. ONE QUICK THING THAT WAS ACTUALLY SUPER COLD THAT HAD OCCURRED AS I MENTIONED WITH GARNETT AND THERE WAS A PIPE THAT WAS FLOWING AND I APOLOGIZE FOR SPEAKING BUT FOLKS IN THE AREA HAD CALLED I'VE BEEN FLOWING FOR SEVEN YEARS AND I GUESS MY UNDERSTANDING OF BOAT HAD BROKEN IT BUT THEY CALLED THEY THE COUNTY DOT BEFORE JASPER AND JUST SEVEN YEARS THIS HAS JUST BEEN FLOWING PEOPLE THOUGHT IT WAS MAYBE A SPRING. WELL ANYWAY SO WE CALLED SAID THE FOLKS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN
[01:10:06]
PRESERVE AND PROTECT AUDREY AND NCDOT IS ACTUALLY THEY DID THE DITCH ALONGSIDE THEY'RE WORKING WITH US THEY'RE REALLY COOL I MEAN HELPING BUT THERE A GENTLEMAN THAT WAS FIRST BEFORE JASPER THAT WAS DOWN THERE SO HE CAME DOWN I MEAN IT'S IT'S DEEP AND THE LETTER THAT YOU SEE FROM BRAD YOUNG HE'S THE NEXT STREET OVER THE WHOLE ROAD IS ERODING AWAY.WELL, ANYWAY, THE YOUNG MAN CAME DOWN FROM BEAUFORT JASPER AND BLESS HIS HEART HE STEPPED IN IT AND HE STEPPED IN IT AND WENT THE WAY UP TO HIS CALF AND HIS LEATHER BOOTS AND ALL THAT.
THREE DAYS LATER THE WATER WAS STOPPED. IT IS NOT FLOWING SO IS A PLUS THAT WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL FOR. I'M SORRY FOR THE YOUNG MAN THAT IT HAD THAT THAT HAPPENED BUT HE TOOK PICTURES REPORTED IT AND WHATEVER THAT PIPE BROKE THERE IT IS NO LONGER FLOWING AFTER SEVEN YEARS NOW THE ROAD AS JEN MENTIONED, IT'S STILL YOU KNOW SO THAT NEEDS ADDRESSED. BUT AGAIN AND I THANK YOU SO MUCH CHAIRMAN FOR COMING OUT AND LOOKING AT THE ALGAE AREA AND THAT REPORT THAT YOU DID AND PUT UP IN OCTOBER WAS FOR NEMO. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH ALL OF YOU AND THANK YOU FOLKS THIS WAS A LOT. YEAH. SOMEBODY ELSE GOING TO PUT PRESSURE ON THE THEY DIDN'T THAT OUT THERE I'M NOT SURE I CAN THIS UP WE HAVE A PROPOSED
[8. NEXT MEETING AGENDA]
AGENDA FOR OUR NEXT MEETING ON WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 14TH WE'LL HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE PROPOSED AGENDA FOR FEBRUARY 14TH AND THAT WAS THANK YOU THANK YOU.I HAVE A SECOND OF SECOND THANK YOU. EVEN THOUGH YOU WON'T BE HERE THEY WON'T BE HERE. I THINK ALL THOSE IN FAVOR THE AGENDA THE PROPOSED AGENDA FOR FEBRUARY 14TH WAS PASSED DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN AND WITH THAT MOTION TO ADJOURN DO I HAVE A SECOND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR THIS MEETING OF THE BEAUFORT COUNTY STORMWATER UTILITY BOARD IS ADJOURNED
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.