Jan 22, 2024 Public Facilities and Safety Committee

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FACILITIES

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.

PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, THE INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

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

SARAH, WE'RE ALL GOOD ON THAT.

YES.

COULD YOU TAKE ROLL FOR ME, PLEASE? COUNCIL MEMBER REEDS HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER LAWSON.

ABSENT.

COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN.

HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER TABER.

PRESENT.

COUNCIL MEMBER HOWARD.

HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER GLOVER.

HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER DAWSON.

HERE.

VICE CHAIR MCALLEN.

ABSENT.

CHAIRMAN PASSMAN PRESENT COMMITTEE.

VICE CHAIR BARTHOLOMEW HERE.

COMMITTEE CHAIR CUNNINGHAM.

PRESENT.

YOU HAVE A QUORUM.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO NUMBER FOUR.

CAN

[4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA]

UH, DID YOU NOT WANT A MOTION TO MAKE A CHANGE IN THE AGENDA? ABSOLUTELY.

IF I COULD SEEK THAT, WE COULD.

UM, DAVID, YOU DID.

I'LL, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO REMOVE ITEM EIGHT AS THE PRESENTER IS OUT SICK CURRENTLY AND MOVE, POSTPONE THAT TO THE NEXT, UH, PUBLIC FACILITIES COMMITTEE MADE TO AMEND THE AGENDA.

MOVE NUMBER EIGHT TO THE NEXT MEETING.

WE HAVE A SECOND.

I, I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION.

THANK YOU.

ANY OBJECTION? NO.

THAT WILL BE DONE WITH NO OBJECTION.

CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE OR A MOTION FOR THE AMENDED AGENDA? I'LL MOVE THAT.

SECOND.

SECOND.

ANY OBJECTION? THAT WILL BE DONE WITH NO OBJECTION AS WELL.

ON NUMBER FIVE,

[5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - November 27, 2023 & December 11, 2023]

AND DECEMBER 11TH, 2023.

SO MOVED.

MR. PASSMAN.

I SECOND.

I'LL SECOND THE MOTION.

THANK YOU, MS. HOWARD.

ANY OBJECTION? AND THEN THIS WILL BE DONE WITH NO OBJECTION.

NUMBER SIX, CITIZEN COMMENTS.

SARAH, DO WE HAVE ANY? NO SIR.

MAN, Y'ALL DON'T EVEN WANT TO TALK TO US ANYMORE.

IT'S GETTING THAT BAD .

ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL MOVE ON WITH CITIZEN COMMENTS AND MOVE ON TO

[7. ASSISTANT COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR REPORT- Jared Fralix]

JARED, THANK YOU, SIR.

HOW ARE YOU? I'M GREAT.

AND YOURSELF? DOING WELL.

GREAT.

THANK YOU.

YOU FOR, UH, OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE.

UM, HOWEVER, RATHER THAN GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON SOME SPECIFIC PROJECTS, UM, THAT AREN'T ON THE AGENDA TODAY, LIKE I DO, TYPICALLY, I LIKE TO TAKE A QUICK MOMENT TO PAUSE FOR A MOMENT OF REFLECTION ON, UM, WHAT WE'VE GOT DONE OVER THIS PAST YEAR.

SO IT'S GREAT TO HAVE A VISION TO KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING.

UM, BUT PROGRESS IS NOT MEASURED BY LOOKING OUT THE FRONT WINDSHIELD.

SO, UM, IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT, THE GAME THAT WE PLAY IS AN INFINITE GAME.

THERE IS NO FINISH LINE, THERE IS NO END ZONE, AND THERE IS NO PODIUM FOR THE WINNERS.

SO WE CAN'T MEASURE PROGRESS AGAINST OUR PRIORITIES OR OBJECTIVES.

NOW, IT'S GREAT TO HAVE THOSE, BUT WE CAN'T SAY, DID WE CONQUER AFFORDABLE HOUSING? OR DID WE COMPLETE THE FERRY? NO, WE CAN'T SAY THAT.

BUT WE MEASURE PROGRESS BY LOOKING BACKWARDS THROUGH THE REAR VIEW MIRROR.

WE MEASURE PROGRESS BY SEEING HOW MANY FIRST DOWNS DID WE MAKE LAST YEAR? HOW FAR DID WE MOVE THE BALL DOWN THE FIELD? WE MEASURE PROGRESS BY HOW FAR DID WE MAKE IT UP THE MOUNTAIN, NOT DID WE REACH THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN.

SO TODAY I'D LIKE FOR US TO TURN OUR HEADS BACKWARDS TO LOOK AT ACCOMPLISHMENTS WE'VE MADE LAST YEAR.

NOW WE'VE DONE SOME PRETTY IMPRESSIVE THINGS AND HANNAH NICHOLS DID A GREAT JOB IN HER YEAR IN REVIEW REPORT, AND IF YOU HAVEN'T READ IT, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO SO.

BUT SHE DID A FANTASTIC JOB PUTTING THAT TOGETHER.

AND AS YOU LOOK THROUGH THOSE ITEMS, A LOT OF THOSE, OR SEVERAL OF THOSE ITEMS CAME THROUGH PUBLIC FACILITIES, EITHER PARTIALLY OR FULLY.

SO I'D JUST LIKE TO MENTION THOSE.

WHAT WE'VE GOT DONE THROUGH THIS COMMITTEE LAST YEAR, ONE THING WAS WE UPDATED AND FINALIZED OUR IMPACT FEES.

SO IMPACT FEES HAVE BEEN SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR THREE OR FOUR YEARS.

UM, THEY HAVE NOT BEEN UPDATED IN, UH, MANY, MANY YEARS.

THEY'RE

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AND FIRST WE HAD TO DO AN ASSESSMENT AND, AND REDO THE STUDY.

SECOND, WE HAD TO BUILD OUR PROJECT LIST AND PLANS.

AND THEN THIRD, WE HAD TO COORDINATE WITH THE MUNICIPALITIES AND ENTER INTO IGAS.

AND I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT LAST YEAR WE FINALIZED THOSE IN THE SUMMERTIME AND WE'RE ALL EXECUTING OFF THE NEW IMPACT FEES THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE COUNTY.

UH, SECONDLY, WE FUNDED AND AWARDED A $30 MILLION CONTRACT FOR THE TERMINAL IMPROVEMENTS AT THE HILTON HEAD AIRPORT.

THAT IS NO SMALL FEAT.

THAT TOO IS A TWO OR THREE YEAR PROJECT THAT'S BEEN IN DEVELOPMENT.

WE ACTUALLY PUT IT OUT THE YEAR PRIOR TO BID, UH, RIGHT IN THE HYPERINFLATION COMING OFF OF COVID.

AND SURE ENOUGH, THE PROJECT WAS WELL OVER OUR BUDGET.

SO WE HAD TO PIVOT, UH, COME UP WITH A NEW PLAN, A NEW IDEA, AND WE SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? LET'S MOVE FORWARD.

LET'S NOT WAIT TILL WE HAVE ALL THE FUNDS, BUT LET'S PHASE THIS PROJECT.

SO OUR ENGINEERS AND ARCHITECTS WENT BACK AND BROKE THE PROJECT UP.

WE REBID THE PROJECT AND WE HAVE A $30 MILLION PROJECT NOW.

THEY'RE JUST GETTING STARTED RIGHT NOW AS WE SPEAK.

WE ALSO PURCHASED 115 ACRES OF PROPERTY IN THE S SMACK DAB MIDDLE OF OUR COUNTY FOR OUR FUTURE LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER.

NOW, THE LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER, PROBABLY SINCE THE DAY THEY BUILT THE ONE, UH, JUST OUT OUTSIDE IN THE EARLY NINETIES, UH, THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT A NEW ONE.

SO FAST FORWARD 30 YEARS, UH, WE ALL KNOW THAT OUR POPULATION HAS DOUBLED, PROBABLY EVEN TRIPLED OVER THE LAST 30 YEARS.

AND SO HAS THE NEED FOR OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES.

SO THEY, THEY'RE RUNNING OUTTA ROOM, THEY NEED ANOTHER SPACE.

AND WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE 115 ACRES WITH CLOSE TO $6 MILLION THAT WE INVESTED INTO THAT PROPERTY.

UM, SO WE ARE MOVING FORWARD ON THAT LONG-TERM VISION TO COMPLETE A LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER.

WE ALSO ESTABLISHED THE FRAMEWORK TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO OUR MILITARY INSTALLATIONS THROUGH INTERGOVERNMENTAL SUPPORT AGREEMENTS.

NOW, BOTH THE BASIS MAIN BASIS, THE AIR STATION AND PARIS ISLAND, THEY DO A LOT OF PUBLIC WORK TYPE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE NOT THEIR MAIN OBJECTIVE.

WE TOO SHARE IN THOSE ACTIVITIES.

SO THE IGS A PROVIDE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT THOSE BASES IN NON-MISSION CRITICAL OBJECTIVES SO THAT THEY CAN FOCUS AND PRIORITIZE THEIR TIME AND EFFORTS ON MISSION CRITICAL OBJECTIVES, UH, WHICH IS NATIONAL DEFENSE.

SO BY SUPPORTING THEM THROUGH IGS A WE TOO CAN SHARE THAT WE ARE SUPPORTING A NATIONAL DEFENSE.

WE ALSO COMPLETED THE BOAT LANDING MASTER PLAN.

SO NATURAL RESOURCES ARE IMPORTANT TO US IN BEAUFORT COUNTY AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT EACH AND EVERYBODY HAS EQUAL ACCESS TO THOSE UM, FACILITIES.

SO FIRST WE HAD TO DO AN ASSESSMENT ON THE CONDITION OF OUR BOAT LANDING MASTER PLAN.

AND INSIDE OF THAT PLAN, THEY, THEY PREPARED A, UM, IN RECOMMENDATIONS WITH IMPROVEMENTS IN A CAPITAL PROJECT LIST.

UM, SO WE HAVE THAT LIST AND NOW WE ARE GOING TO WORK ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

TWO THINGS THAT WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY COMPLETE OR DIDN'T SHOW UP IN HANNAH'S REPORT, UM, IS PROGRESS THAT WE'VE MADE ON DUSKY ISLAND FERRY AND ON SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING WITH OUR MURPH.

SO THIS YEAR WE WORKED FEVEROUSLY ON A NEW EMBARKATION LOCATION THAT WE HAD TO MAKE DO, UH, VIA COURT ORDER.

BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, HANK DENISON'S BEEN LEADING THAT EVER EFFORT AND HAS DONE A GREAT JOB.

AND WE MET THAT CONDITION AND HAVE MOVED THAT LOCATION ACROSS THE CREEK TO CC HAGUE.

ADDITIONALLY, THROUGH THAT PROCESS, UH, WE SAW THE NEED TO RE ADVERTISE THE OPERATION OF THE FERRY OUT FOR SERVICE, AND THAT TOO, UH, WAS AWARDED TO A NEW ER FERRY SERVICE PROVIDER FOR JUST A FEW DAYS AGO.

UM, THEIR CONTRACT STARTED.

SO A LOT OF GREAT WORK ON THAT.

STILL MORE TO COME, UM, BUT A LOT OF GREAT WORK ON THE FERRY.

AS FOR SOLID WASTE, ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT ALWAYS VISIBLE, UH, A LOT OF STAFF TIME AND RESOURCES HAVE BEEN INVESTED IN DEVELOPING A MORE SUSTAINABLE APPROACH TO HANDLE RECYCLING WITHIN BEAUFORT COUNTY.

I'LL TOUCH ON THIS MORE LATER IN THE MEETING.

WE HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM ON THAT.

UM, BUT A LOT OF PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE ON RECYCLING.

ONE PROJECT ITEM I DO WANT TO BRIEF THOUGH IS, IS NOT NECESSARILY A PROJECT BUT A FUTURE RFP.

SO AS IT RELATES TO OUR UPCOMING SALES TAX REFERENDUM, WE WILL BE PUTTING OUT A SOLICITATION FOR A CONSULTANT TO HELP US WITH PROGRAM MANAGEMENT FOR THAT FUTURE SALES TAX PROGRAM.

THIS WOULD BE SIMILAR TO THE PROJECT, UH, THE PRO PROGRAM MANAGEMENT CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE FOR THE 2018 SALES TAX PROGRAM.

BY BRINGING ON A CONSULTANT EARLY, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO HELP US PLAN AND PREPARE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROGRAM.

SO NO TIME IS WASTED IF WE'RE SUCCESSFUL WITH THAT PROGRAM IN NOVEMBER.

IF THE REFERENDUM'S UNSUCCESSFUL, THE SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT WILL BE DOWNSIZED.

THE LEVEL OF EFFORT AND WORK WILL STILL BE USEFUL FOR THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT,

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SO, UH, THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR MY REPORT.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR JARED? I THINK YOU'VE DONE A LOT.

IT'S NOT THIS, THIS BOARD AND THIS COMMITTEE AND STAFF HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.

MM-HMM.

AND NO MENTION OF THE ONE 70 TRIANGLE, BUT THAT'S RIGHT.

THAT'S IN THERE TOO.

WE GOT THAT? YEP.

MM-HMM.

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THANK YOU, JARED.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO NUMBER NINE.

RECOMMEND

[9. RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF CONTRACT AWARD TO APAC ATLANTIC, INC. OF SAVANNAH, GA, FOR IFB # 042523HXD TAXIWAY F REHABILITATION AND CONSTRUCTION PROJECT ($3,488,760) (FISCAL IMPACT: This project will be funded by an FAA grant (90%) and an SC Aeronautics grant (10%). Initial funds will be drawn from GL account 5402-90-0000-57130) - Jon Rembold, Airport Director]

HOW ARE YOU? WE GOT A COUPLE TO DO TODAY.

YES, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE ON HERE TODAY.

THANKS FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY.

ABSOLUTELY, JOHN.

UM, WE'RE EXCITED TO GET THIS MOVING FORWARD.

THIS, THIS IS A PROJECT THAT'S BEEN, WE DESIGNED IT A COUPLE YEARS AGO AND WE ACTUALLY BID IT OUT, UM, LAST SPRING.

BUT BECAUSE OF SOME FAA ITEMS THAT WE NEEDED TO ADDRESS AND, AND WORK ON WITH THEM, WE HAD TO PUT OFF THE AWARD OF THE CONTRACT.

SO APAC HAS BEEN HOLDING THEIR BID NUMBER FOR US, WHICH IS GOOD.

UH, BUT WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO, UH, TO THE END OF THEIR, THEIR HOLD.

AND WE WANT TO GO AHEAD AND GET THE CONTRACT APPROVED SO THAT, UM, IN ANTICIPATION OF THE FAA SAYING, GO AND BUILD THIS TAXI WAY, THEN WE WILL BE READY TO GO.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR TO DO, IS JUST GET THIS AUTHORIZATION SO WE CAN START WORKING WITH, UH, PROCUREMENT TO FORMALIZE THE CONTRACT.

PERFECT.

CAN I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED AND A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT.

PERFECT.

AND JUST TO MAKE SURE THIS, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS BEFORE I GO? I, I HAD A QUESTION.

YES, BUT MR. PASSMAN ANSWERED IT.

MY QUESTION WAS, THERE WAS ONLY ONE BID AND WHY ONLY ONE BID, BUT HE ANSWERED THE QUESTION AND YOU LITERALLY JUST ANSWERED IT AS WELL.

THANK YOU.

AND THE FUNDING IS A FISCAL IMPACT FOR THE COUNTY IS, UM, THERE WILL ACTUALLY BE NONE.

IT WILL BE FUNDED BY THE FAA AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A STATE GRANT AS WELL.

SO IT'LL BE COMPLETELY FUNDED.

PERFECT.

CAN NUMBER NINE BE DONE WITH NO OBJECTION? YES.

AND I SEE NO OBJECTION.

NUMBER 10, RECOMMEND APPROVAL

[10. RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF WORK AUTHORIZATION 2119-2302 TO TALBERT, BRIGHT, AND ELLINGTON (TBE) FOR CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION AND FAA-MANDATED RESIDENT PROJECT REPRESENTATIVE SERVICES (FISCAL IMPACT: Total value of work authorization shall not exceed $154,883.00. This project will be funded by an FAA grant (90%) and a SCAC grant (10%. Funds will be drawn from 5402-90-0000-57130) - Jon Rembold, Airport Director]

THAT'S A LONG WAY OF SAYING .

WHEN THE FAA GIVES YOU A GRANT, THEY EXPECT THAT YOU HAVE, UH, CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION IN PLACE WITH YOUR CONSULTANT TEAM.

AND THAT ALSO THERE'S THIS RESIDENT PROJECT REPRESENTATIVE, PROJECT INSPECTOR IS ANOTHER WAY TO, TO NAME THAT PERSON.

AND THAT PERSON NEEDS TO BE ON PLACE OR ON SITE WHENEVER CONSTRUCTION'S GOING ON JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THE A A IS GETTING WHAT, WHAT THEY'RE PAYING FOR INTO THAT PROJECT.

THESE SERVICES ARE PAID FOR THE SAME WAY WITH THE SAME GRANT AS THE CONSTRUCTION WOULD PAID FOR.

ALRIGHT, RECOMMENDATION.

I'LL MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION.

ALL RIGHT.

SECOND.

SECOND.

THANK YOU.

ANY OBJECTION? NUMBER 10? NO, THIS WILL ALSO BE DONE WITH NO OBJECTION.

NUMBER 11,

[11. RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF WORK AUTHORIZATION 2119-2304 TO TALBERT, BRIGHT, AND ELLINGTON (TBE) TO PREPARE AN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT IN SUPPORT OF THE ST. JAMES BAPTIST CHURCH PROJECT ($366,816) (FISCAL IMPACT: The total value of this work authorization shall not exceed $366,816.00. This project will be funded by a future grant (90%). The final 10% will be paid with airport funds and/or SCAC grant funds. Funds will be drawn from 5402-90-0000-57130) - Jon Rembold, Airport Director]

JAMES BAPTIST CHURCH PROJECT.

JARED MENTIONED THAT THE TERMINAL PROJECT WAS A LONG WAY TO GET GOING.

, THIS, THIS REALLY IS A LONG WAY TO GET GOING, BUT WE'RE AT A POINT NOW WITH THE ST.

JAMES, UH, BAPTIST CHURCH WHERE, UM, THIS IS KIND OF THE FIRST BIG OFFICIAL STEP IN A PROJECT THAT'S GONNA, UM, INVOLVE FEDERAL DOLLARS.

AND ANYTIME THAT, UH, AND YOU'VE HEARD ENOUGH ABOUT, UH, THIS FROM JARED ABOUT THE BRIDGE PROJECT AND, AND 2 78 CORRIDOR.

BUT ANYTIME YOU HAVE FEDERAL FUNDS INVOLVED, YOU HAVE TO SATISFY THE ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS.

THIS IS A STEP THAT'LL BE TAKEN TO SATISFY THE ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS FOR, UM, AN EVENTUAL FAA PARTICIPATION IN THE PURCHASE AND RELOCATION OF ST.

JAMES BAPTIST CHURCH.

OKAY, I'LL MAKE A MOTION WHEN WE GO FORWARD WITH THAT.

I'LL SECOND THAT.

FIRST AND SECOND.

AGAIN, THIS IS DONE WITH, UM, FEDERAL FUNDS, NO COST TO THE COUNTY.

ANY OBJECTION? THIS WILL BE APPROVED WITH NO OBJECTION.

THANK YOU, JOHN.

THANK YOU.

NUMBER 12,

[12. RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF A CONTRACT AWARD TO BEAUFORT CONSTRUCTION OF SC, LLC. FOR IFB #101823 M.C. RILEY POOL ENCLOSURE & CLIMATE CONTROL ($2,002,000) (FISCAL IMPACT: Contract award in the amount of $2,002,000.00 with a $200,200.00 contingency fund for a total of $2,202,200.00. Funding comes from Parks and Recreation Capital Fund, 1040-80-1600-54420. Current account balance is $3,956,064.35) - Eric Larson, Capital Projects Director]

I BELIEVE YES.

RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF A CONTRACT AWARD TO BEAUFORT CONSTRUCTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA LLC FOR IFB NUMBER 1 0 1 8 2 3 MC RILEY POOL ENCLOSURE AND CLIMATE CONTROL.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

UM, AFTERNOON.

AGAIN, THIS IS THE MC RILEY POOL SECOND PHASE.

WE HAVE COMPLETED THE FIRST PHASE.

IF YOU REMEMBER BACK LAST SUMMER, IT WAS THE REPLACEMENT OF THE ROOF ON THAT FACILITY.

UH, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE CALLING PHASE TWO, WHICH IS AN INTERIOR RENOVATION

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AND WHEN I MEAN BUILDING ENVELOPE, WE'RE GONNA REPLACE THE DOORS THAT ARE ON THE POOL TO, UH, SEAL IT SO THAT IT CAN BECOME A CLIMATE CONTROLLED FACILITY PERMANENTLY.

UM, SO THERE'S A LITTLE HISTORY ON, AS YOU READ IN THE BACKGROUND, A LITTLE HISTORY ON THE BIDDING.

WE PUT THIS OUT FOR BID USING, UH, THE GOVERNMENTAL CO-OP CONTRACT MECHANISM BACK IN THE SUMMER.

WE WERE UNSUCCESSFUL IN GETTING THAT PROJECT AWARDED AT THAT TIME.

WE DID PUT IT BACK OUT FOR BID A SECOND TIME, AND WE RECEIVED ONE BID FROM BEAUFORT CONSTRUCTION AND, UH, IT WAS A, JUST A $2 MILLION 2000.

WE'RE ASKING FOR A 10% CONTINGENCY TO ADD ONTO THAT.

IN THE EVENT OF, UH, UNFORESEEN CONDITIONS DURING CONSTRUCTION, IT WAS A LITTLE BIT OVER OUR ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE.

WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, CONFIRM THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH MONEY IN THE CAPITAL FUND TO COVER THE ADDITIONAL COST.

SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING, UH, REPLACE, EXCUSE ME, UH, AWARD OF THE CONTRACT TO BEAUFORT CONSTRUCTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,202,200.

THANK YOU.

MR. LARSSON.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED.

I'LL SECOND THAT FIRST.

AND SECONDED DISCUSSION, MR. CHAIR.

I JUST WAS A LITTLE SURPRISED WE ONLY HAD ONE BID.

YEAH.

BIG PROJECT.

UH, WE TRIED THE, AS I SAID A SECOND AGO, WE TRIED SOME OF THE, UH, GOVERNMENTAL CO-OP CONTRACT ROUTES AND WE COULDN'T FIND A, A CONTRACTOR THAT COULD GIVE US A PRICE WITHIN OUR BUDGET.

SO WE DID PUT IT OUT ON THE STREET.

UH, WE USED ALL THE, ALL THE USUAL, UH, OUTLETS TO ADVERTISE.

UH, EVEN DID A LITTLE BIT OF WORD OF MOUTH SOLICITATION OF OUR OWN.

IT'S A BIG PROJECT TO SPECIALTY PROJECT.

AND BEAUFORT CONSTRUCTION'S THE ONLY ONE THAT RESPONDED TO OUR REQUEST.

THEY'RE ALSO DOING OUR PORT ROYAL LIBRARY, RIGHT? YES MA'AM.

THEY ARE.

OKAY, THANKS.

OH THEY ARE.

YEP.

WE STILL HAVING PROBLEMS IN OTHER AREAS AS WELL WITH GETTING MULTIPLE BIDS WITH CONSTRUCTION? 'CAUSE EVERYONE'S TIED UP OR IS THIS JUST BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF THE PROJECT? I THINK IT'S A COMBINATION OF ALL.

I MEAN, WE'RE HAVING TROUBLE GETTING BIDS ON EVERYTHING.

YEAH.

FROM SIMPLE OFFICE REMODELING TO $2 MILLION POOL RENOVATIONS, MR. CHAIRMAN, UH, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF COMPETITION WORKLOAD.

THERE'S MORE WORK OUT THERE AND THERE'S CONTRACTORS AVAILABLE AND, UH, SUPPLY AND DEMAND.

THAT'S, THAT'S THE ONLY WAY I CAN EXPLAIN IT.

I UNDERSTAND IT'S BECAUSE THE HYUNDAI PLANT AND THEY'RE GETTING ALL THE CONSTRUCTION PEOPLE DOWN THERE POSSIBLE.

AND IT'S TAKEN, IT'S DRAWN FROM EVERYWHERE ELSE.

I'M SURE THEY, I'M SURE HYUNDAI PAYS A LITTLE BETTER THAN WE DO TOO.

YEAH.

.

THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS MR. LARSSON? NO, THANK YOU.

UM, I JUST HAVE TWO ONE.

WHAT IS THE TIMEFRAME ON, UM, STARTING IN COMPLETION OF THIS PROJECT? WE HAVE 190 DAYS ON THIS ONE, SO SIX MONTHS.

OKAY.

UM, AND SO WITH AN AWARD IT, THIS GOES TO THE FULL COUNCIL IN A WEEK OR SO.

SO WITH AN AWARD, IT'LL PROBABLY BE DONE IN SIX MONTHS.

THAT PUTS US IN, UH, JULY, AUGUST TIMEFRAME.

AND WE HAVE NOT TALKED, WE'LL HAVE TO GET WITH PARKS AND REC 'CAUSE WE'LL HAVE TO TALK ABOUT HOW TO SCHEDULE THIS CLOSURE.

UH, AND THEM SCHEDULING THEIR ACTIVITIES WITH THE OTHER TWO POOLS WE DID THIS LAST TIME.

WE'LL HAVE TO DO IT AGAIN.

THAT WAS GONNA BE MY VERY NEXT QUESTION IS ARE WE GONNA BE, IS THE FACILITY GONNA BE CLOSED DURING THAT TIME? IT WILL BE, YES.

ALRIGHT.

UM, IF THERE'S ANY WAY WE CAN HELP AT THE COUNTY LEVEL FOR SCHEDULING THOSE THINGS, PLEASE REACH OUT TO THE OFFICE, SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP ALLEVIATE SOME OF THAT.

OKAY.

UM, WHILE WE GET THIS PROJECT DONE BEFORE SUMMERTIME AND SWIM LESSONS IN THE FALL.

YES, WILL DO.

WE'LL DO OUR BEST.

ANY OBJECTION TO MOVE THIS FORWARD? THIS WILL ALSO BE DONE WITH NO OBJECTION.

UH, NUMBER

[13. RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE INTERIM COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO ENTER INTO A LEASE AGREEMENT WITH THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (SCDOT) FOR PROPERTY LOCATED UNDER THE CROSS ISLAND PARKWAY ADJACENT TO THE BROAD CREEK BOAT LANDING PARCEL 552 010 000 0650 0000 (FISCAL IMPACT: N/A) - Jared Fralix, P.E., Assistant County Administrator, Infrastructure]

JARED, DO YOU WANT TO GIVE A LITTLE BRIEF ON THAT? JUST UH, YEAH, I CAN.

A GREAT AREA.

I CAN TELL YOU WHAT THIS IS.

UM, IT'S FUNNY 'CAUSE WE STARTED THIS, UM, IT ACTUALLY STARTED BEFORE THE FERRY AS FAR AS SOME PROPERTIES THAT WE'RE GONNA SWAP WITH THE TOWN.

AND THIS WAS ONE OF THE PROPERTIES THAT THEY OWN.

AND THEY WERE GONNA SWAP WITH US, COME TO FIND OUT THAT THEY DON'T OWN THE PROPERTY.

UM, DOT OWNS THE PROPERTY.

SO, UM, AS IT RELATES TO THE FERRY, WE WERE WORKING AS A FERRY LOCATION EMBARKATION, RIGHT THERE AT OUR EXISTING BOAT RAMP.

AND SINCE DOT OWNED IT, WE WORKED, UH, STEADILY TO GET AN ENCROACHMENT PERMIT IN THE INTERIM WHILE WE WERE WORKING THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE PLAN.

AND SO, UH, WITH THE INTENT THAT WE WOULD COME WITH A LEASE AGREEMENT THEREAFTER.

SO, UH, LEGAL HAS COORDINATED WITH THEIR LEGAL AND DEVELOPED A LEASE.

THIS IS A, UH, DOT LEASE.

OBVIOUSLY IT'S UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE THERE AT THE CROSS ISLAND, SO THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DONATE THAT PROPERTY.

UM, BUT THEY'VE OFFERED A 35 YEAR LEASE THAT IS ZERO COST TO US FOR US TO CONTINUE USE UNDER PARKING UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE THERE.

SO THAT'S WHAT THIS IS.

REGARDS.

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SECOND.

GUYS ARE SO EXCITED TODAY.

I'LL SECOND IT.

I'LL TELL YOU.

I THINK IT'S THE LEAST WITH NO COST.

THAT'S IT.

IS I, I WAS JUST ABOUT TO SAY GOOD JOB FOR THE STAFF GETTING THAT DONE.

IT'S AT NO COST TO THE COUNTY.

WE'RE ABLE TO USE IT TO CONTINUE WITH THAT AND HOPEFULLY GET SOMETHING PERMANENT SET UP IN THE FUTURE AND START GETTING SOME DESIGNS READY WHEN WE GET THE LAND ALL SQUARED AWAY.

MM-HMM.

, THIS WILL BE DONE WITH NO OBJECTION AND I SEE NO OBJECTION.

[14. RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF A REQUEST TO PURCHASE (1) NEW CAT MODEL: 926 SMALL WHEEL LOADER (FISCAL IMPACT: $224,402.59) - Jared Fralix, P.E., Assistant County Administrator, Infrastructure]

RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF A REQUEST TO PURCHASE A NEW CAP MODEL 9 26 SMALL WHEEL LOADER.

YEP.

THIS IS A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT INSIDE STORMWATER.

IF WE HAVE AN EXISTING JOHN DEERE, UM, THAT IS 2007, THAT IS OLD ASSET, WE'D BE, UH, REPLACING THAT ONE.

WE'D DISPOSE OF THE OLD ASSET AND PURCHASED THIS NEW ONE THAT WE'VE GOT PULLED UP ON THE SCREEN, UH, FOR $224,000 THROUGH BRANCH BRANCHED EQUIPMENT.

UH, THE FUNDING SOURCE IS STORMWATER AND, UH, IT DIDN'T, IT WASN'T INCLUDED ON THE A IS BUT THE BALANCE IS $531,000 IN THAT ACCOUNT.

BEFORE OR AFTER THE PURCHASE.

BEFORE THE PURCHASE, OKAY.

YEP.

IS THIS A PURCHASE OR A LEASE? IT'S A PURCHASE.

WE LOOKED AT IT BOTH WAYS.

UM, WE LOOKED AT, WE WERE LOOKING AT THIS PRIOR TO THE END OF THE YEAR LAST YEAR.

UH, AND THEN WE STARTED LOOKING INTO THE LEASE AND THEN, UM, THE FINANCE FOLKS DECIDED THAT IT WAS BEST THAT WE LOOK AT THIS AS A PURCHASE INSTEAD OF A LEASE.

OKAY.

CAN I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED.

OKAY.

I'LL SECOND IT.

SECOND.

AND YOU KNOW, TABS GONNA WANNA DRIVE THAT AT SOME POINT.

YOU TOOK MY NOTE.

I ALREADY KNOW IT'S COMING.

THIS SO EXCITING WHEN YOU SEE THIS STUFF.

.

ALRIGHT, MOVING.

THIS WILL BE DONE WITH NO OBJECTION.

OBJECTION.

I SEE NO OBJECTION.

NUMBER 15, RECOMMENDED OF

[15. RECOMMENDATION OF AWARD TO EUROVIA ATLANTIC DBA BLYTHE FOR IFB #011224E YEAR 7 RESURFACING PROJECT (FISCAL IMPACT: $5,036,574.54) - Jared Fralix, P.E., Assistant County Administrator, Infrastructure]

[16. RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO AWARD TRANSYSTEMS WITH YEAR 7 RESURFACING CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AND CEI ($196,672.20) (FISCAL IMPACT: Transystems bid total of $163,893.50, with a 20% contingency of $32,778.70, for a project cost of $196,672.20. The funding for this project is CTC Infrastructure account number 2343-30-0000-54500, with a balance of $15,808,966.86) - Jared Fralix, P.E., Assistant County Administrator, Infrastructure]

[17. RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT TO PAVEMENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. FOR YEAR 7 REJUVENATOR (FISCAL IMPACT: The contract fee is for materials and construction in the amount of $172,259.94. Staff recommends a 10% contingency of $17,225.99, bringing the project's total cost to $198,485.93. The funding for this project will be from CTC Infrastructure account number 2343-30-0000-54500 with a balance of $15,808,966.86) - Jared Fralix, P.E., Assistant County Administrator, Infrastructure]

[18. RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT TO SLURRY PAVERS, INC. FOR 7-YEAR PAVEMENT PRESERVATION ($632,551.87) (FISCAL IMPACT: The contract fee is for materials and construction in the amount of $527,126.56. Staff recommends a 20% contingency of $105,425.31, bringing the project's total cost to $632,551.87. The funding for this project will be CTC Infrastructure account number 2343-30-0000-54500 with a balance of $15,808,966.86) - Jared Fralix, P.E., Assistant County Administrator, Infrastructure]

UM, JARED, WOULD IT BE EASIER FOR YOU TO DISCUSS THE NEXT THREE IN WHOLE? YES, I CAN DO THAT.

UH, AND THEN WE'LL TAKE THEM ONE AT A TIME, BUT JUST DISCUSS THEM.

YEAH, THAT, THAT WORKS.

OKAY.

AND WE DO NEED TO GET SOME BETTER TITLES TO MEET THESE THINGS.

A LITTLE EASIER TO READ.

I'D APPRECIATE IT.

I PRACTICED BEFORE I COME IN SO I DON'T LOOK RETARDED.

I'LL, YOU KNOW, LOOK BAD.

UM, AND WE CALL 'EM BLYTHE.

I DON'T THE EURO OVIA ATLANTIC, THAT'S JUST, I GUESS THEIR PARENT NAME.

SO WHAT THESE ARE, UM, IS WE HAVE THE NEXT FOUR ITEMS, UM, HAVE TO DO WITH OUR YEAR SEVEN RESURFACING PROJECTS.

UH, FIRST I WANNA REMIND YOU THOUGH, UM, THAT WE HAVE TWO PAVING PROGRAMS AT THE COUNTY.

WE HAVE ONE FOR DIRT ROAD PAVING, UH, WHICH IS PRIMARILY FUNDED THROUGH OUR TAG FUNDS.

AND SECOND IS OUR RESURFACING PROGRAM, WHICH WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY, WHICH IS PRIMARILY FUNDED THROUGH CTC FUNDS.

SO ABOUT EIGHT OR NINE YEARS AGO, UH, WE DID AN ASSESSMENT ON ALL OF OUR COUNTY OWNED ROADS, BOTH DIRT AND PAVED, AND WE DEVELOPED A CRITERIA BASED FIVE YEAR PLAN FOR EACH PROGRAM.

SO IN THE FIRST FIVE YEARS, UH, WE'VE, WE'VE COMPLETED THOSE FIVE YEAR WORTH OF ROADS, UH, SINCE WE'VE REEVALUATED THEM AND DEVELOPED ANOTHER FIVE YEAR PLAN.

SO YEAR SIX THROUGH 10.

UM, AND TODAY WHAT WE HAVE IS THE SECOND YEAR OF THAT SECOND SET OF, UH, OF ROADS, UM, IN THE FIRST FIVE YEARS AS FAR AS THE EXISTING PAVE ROADS ARE, THERE'S A, WE RATE 'EM ON A, A GREAT FAIR OR A GREAT GOOD, FAIR AND POOR CONDITION AS FAR AS THE ROAD CONDITION.

AND WE WERE IN THE FAIR TO GOOD CATEGORY.

UH, SINCE FIVE YEARS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF ROAD PROJECTS, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO INCREASE OUR OVERALL HEALTH OF OUR PAVEMENT SYSTEM FROM FAIR TO GOOD TO GOOD.

COMPLETELY GOOD.

UM, SO A LOT OF GOOD, UM, IMPROVEMENT THROUGHOUT OUR ROADS.

UM, SO PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT IS ALL ABOUT CHOOSING THE RIGHT TREATMENT ON THE RIGHT ROAD AT THE RIGHT TIME.

SO IT COSTS A LOT LESS OVER THE LIFECYCLE OF A ROAD TO KEEP A GOOD ROAD, A PAVED ROAD IN GOOD CONDITION, UM, BY DOING SMALL PERIODIC IMPROVEMENTS VERSUS LETTING THAT ROAD DETERIORATE.

UM, AND THEN TRYING TO DO ONE MAJOR IMPROVEMENT AT THE END OF ITS LIFECYCLE.

SO OUR, THAT'S OUR GOAL IS TO TRY TO JUGGLE, UM, SOME OF THE ROADS THAT ARE IN OUR DISREPAIR WITH THE ROADS THAT ARE IN GOOD SHAPE TO TRY TO KEEP THE GOOD ROADS GOOD WHILE WE'RE TREATING THE POOR ROADS, UH, AS WELL.

SO, UM, NOW WITH A CONSISTENT PROGRAM, WE ARE DOING THAT WHERE WE ARE, YOU, YOU CAN, YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO SEE ON THE SCREEN, BUT, UM, THE FIRST FIVE YEARS HAD A LOT OF, UM, MAJOR ROAD IMPROVEMENTS, SO WE WEREN'T ABLE TO GET AS MANY ROAD MILES.

AND NOW AS WE'RE GETTING INTO THE SECOND FIVE YEAR PROGRAM, IT'S STARTING TO GET IN MORE PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE.

SO WE'RE DOING LESSER TREATMENTS, BUT WE'RE GETTING MORE ROAD MILES, UM, TOUCHING MORE ROADS.

SO THIS YEAR'S RESURFACING PROGRAM PROGRAM IS BROKEN

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SO WE HAVE A, A THIN LIFT RESURFACING, SO BASICALLY LIKE AN INCH AND A QUARTER, UM, WHICH IS, IS LESS THAN A LOT OF TIMES YOU'LL SEE A MILL AND FILL, UM, WHICH IS KIND OF TAKING TWO INCHES OFF AND PUTTING TWO INCHES BACK.

UH, WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF HMA OVERLAY YOU SEE THERE THAT IS, UM, KIND OF JUST TWO INCHES OVER THE TOP.

AND THEN THIN LIFT AGAIN IS THE INCH AND A QUARTER.

UM, AND THEN MICROSURFACING IS APPROXIMATELY ABOUT A HALF INCH OF, OF ASPHALT TYPE MIX THAT WE LAY OVER THE ROAD.

AND THEN LASTLY IS A REJUVENATOR, WHICH IS A SPRAY THAT WE SPRAY ON VERY RECENTLY PAVED ROADS TO KEEP 'EM THE ASPHALT FROM OXIDIZING AND KEEP IT FROM GETTING BRITTLE.

SO AGAIN, UM, THAT'S THE LEAST OF THE IMPROVEMENTS AS FAR AS COST.

UM, BUT AS LONG AS WE CAN KEEP THAT GOOD ROAD IN GOOD CONDITION, IT'S CHEAPER OVER THE LIFECYCLE FOR BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.

CAN YOU HMA, WHAT'S THAT? YEAH, HMA IS HOT MIX AS ASPHALT.

YEP.

SO ALL OF HOT MIX ASPHALT AND THIN LIFT, IT'S ALL ASPHALT TREATMENT.

UM, IT'S JUST BASICALLY THAT HMA IS IS ABOUT TWO INCHES THAT WE'RE PROPOSING THERE.

SO WHAT YOU SEE HERE, UM, THIS IS, THIS IS THE, THE RESURFACING PROJECT.

UH, THIS IS THE YEAR SEVEN WITH THE ROADS LISTED.

SO CTC UH, HAS A REQUIREMENT THAT WE HAVE TO SPEND 33% OF THE FUNDS THAT ARE RECEIVED BACK ON THE DOT NETWORK.

THE REMAINING FUNDS CAN BE SPENT ON OTHER PUBLIC ROADS, IE COUNTY ROADS.

SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE MAJORITY OF THE ROADS TO THE LEFT, UM, ARE COUNTY ROADS WITH A LITTLE BIT ON THE RIGHT AS DOT ROADS AND YOU CAN SEE THE BREAKUP OF THE, OF THE CONTRACT.

SO WE HAVE 2.3 MILLION BEING SPENT ON COUNTY ROADS AND ABOUT 1.7 ON DOT ROADS.

UM, AS FAR AS ROAD MILEAGE, WE'RE GETTING ABOUT ALMOST EIGHT MILES, 7.97 MILES.

UM, OF ALL THOSE ROADS, THAT'S HOW MUCH THAT TALLIES TO, ON THE LEFT WITH THE DOT HAS ABOUT 4.4 MILES WITH THOSE ROADS TOTALING 12.37 MILES OF IMPROVEMENT.

ALSO, TWO THINGS TO NOTE ON THE BOTTOM.

UM, THE PROGRAM MANAGEMENT OR OUR CEI IS, UH, ENGINEERING AND INSPECTION.

UM, THAT'S ONE OF, UH, ONE OF THE OTHER CONTRACTS, THE TRANS SYSTEMS THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT.

UM, AND YOU CAN SEE THEIR COST OF $163,000 DOWN THERE.

AND THEN LASTLY, WE HAVE SOME ONE-TIME FUNDING FROM CTC.

THEY HAVE $500,000 AND THEY SAID, UM, UM, BRIAN BAUER AND OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT SAID WE'RE STARTING TO SEE SOME MAJOR POTHOLING ON A SECTION OF BLUFFTON PARKWAY.

UM, SO THEY'RE PUTTING $140,000 TO PATCHING FROM BUCK ISLAND TO RED CEDAR.

WE ACTUALLY GOT BETTER PRICING THAN WE ANTICIPATED, SO WE MAY TRY TO EXTEND THAT.

UM, AND SECONDLY, BEYOND THIS PROJECT, UM, WE'VE HAD SOME ENGINEER CONSULTANTS GO OUT AND EVALUATE BLUFFTON PARKWAY.

AND BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE SEEING OUT THERE, THE FATIGUE AND THE POTHOLING IS, UM, THE, THAT PAYMENT HAS, HAS REACHED ITS LIFECYCLE.

SO THE NUMBER OF OF TRAFFIC THAT IT WAS PROPOSED, UM, TO RECEIVE AND BE ABLE TO WITHSTAND HAS, HAS HIT THAT MARK.

SO AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO A MAJOR OVERHAUL ON A LARGER SECTION, BUT AT LEAST THIS IS PATCHING THOSE WORST SPOTS WITH THIS PATCHING SPOT.

UM, SO THE NEXT, THE NEXT, UH, ITEM IS THE PRESERVATION.

SO THIS IS THE MICROSURFACING, UM, ITEM THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US.

AND THESE ARE ALL ON COUNTY OWNED ROADS.

AGAIN, THIS IS THE HALF INCH, UM, THAT WE, THAT WE PLACE OVER AGAIN.

GOOD.

SO IT CAN'T BE A ROAD THAT'S ALL CRACKED UP.

UH, IT'S GOTTA BE THE RIGHT ROAD AT THE RIGHT TIME.

AND WE HAVE ABOUT ALL THESE ROADS TOTAL $527,000 AND IT GETS ABOUT 4.11 MILES WORTH OF TREATMENT.

UM, AND ALSO DOWN BELOW IS THE INSPECTION SERVICES FOR BOTH THIS PRESERVATION AS WELL AS THE REJUVENATOR, UM, WHICH IS $40,000.

SO IT DID NOT NEED COMMITTEE APPROVAL.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE ADMINISTRATOR HAS AUTHORITY TO SIGN OFF ON THAT, THAT CONTRACT.

AND THEN LASTLY IS THE REJUVENATOR.

SO THIS IS THE SPRAY.

UH, IF YOU RECALL, I THINK IT WAS LAST YEAR OR THE YEAR BEFORE, WE HAD JUST PAVED, UH, MARSH ROAD, THE ROAD OUT FRONT COMING INTO THE PARKING LOT.

AND THEN A YEAR LATER WE CAME AROUND AND, AND SPRAYED IT AND IT WAS KIND OF TACKY FOR A DAY OR TWO.

UM, BUT IT'S STILL IN GOOD SHAPE AND HENCE THE REASON.

UM, SO WHAT WE DO WITH THE REJUVENATOR, WE SPRAY IT IN YEAR TWO, AND THEN WE COME BACK IN YEAR FIVE AND THEN WE COME BACK IN YEAR 10.

SO AGAIN, TRYING TO EXTEND THE LIFE OF THAT ASPHALT BY, UM, DOING A SMALLER TREATMENT AT THE RIGHT TIME.

SO THESE ROADS THAT ARE, THE ROADS THAT ARE GONNA BE SPRAYED THIS YEAR, UH, TOTALING ALL COUNTY ROADS TOTALING 9.43 MILES.

SO IN TOTAL WITH ALL THE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE HAVE PLANNED FOR THIS, UH, YEAR SEVEN'S WORTH OF CONTRACTS, YOU CAN SEE IT'S ABOUT $5.1 MILLION WORTH OF CONTRACTS BETWEEN THE, THE RESURFACING AND THE INSPECTION.

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SO PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL FOR $5 MILLION.

AND, UM, IF YOU WANT ME TO GET INTO ANY MORE PARTICULARS ON THE PROJECT, BUT THAT'S AN OVERVIEW OF EACH OF THOSE FOUR ITEMS. ALL RIGHT.

UM, DOES EVERYONE UNDERSTAND HE WENT OVER THE NEXT THREE? YEP.

UM, 16, 17, 18, ALL OF THEM GO TOGETHER.

UM, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOTION IF POSSIBLE, TO ENTERTAIN ALL THREE AS ONE ITEM.

I MOVE ALL THREE ITEMS. I WILL GO AHEAD AND READ THEM OUT LOUD.

RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO AWARD TRANSIT SYSTEMS WITH, UH, YEAR SEVEN, RESURFACING CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AND CEI, UH, 16.

NUMBER 17, RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT, A PAVEMENT TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATION FOR YEAR SEVEN, REJUVENATOR.

NUMBER 18, RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT, A SLURRY PAVERS INCORPORATED FOR SEVEN YEAR PAVEMENT PRESERVATION.

AND I HAVE A MOTION TO TAKE 16, 17, AND 18.

SO MOVED.

SO MOVED.

I'LL SECOND THAT.

A SECOND.

YES.

ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION FOR JARED ON THOSE THREE ITEMS? YES.

YES SIR.

MR. CHAIRMAN.

THANK YOU.

UM, JARED, LET ME, UM, TALK TO ME A LITTLE ABOUT LOUGHTON PARKWAY AND LIFE EXPECTANCY AND, UM, IT JUST SEEMED THAT THAT WAS JUST CONSTRUCTED TWO YEARS AGO.

UM, BUT NOW WE TALKING ABOUT REPLACING AND IS THAT, IS THAT A COUNTY OR IS THAT A STATE ROAD? IS THAT OUR RESPONSIBILITY? YEP.

SO BLUFFTON PARKWAY AND BUCK WALTER ARE BOTH COUNTY OWNED ROADS.

OKAY.

UM, IT MIGHT SEEM LIKE TWO YEARS AGO, BUT IT WAS CLOSER TO ABOUT 15 OR 20 YEARS YEAH.

ON DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF THAT ROAD.

SO TIME FLIES WHEN YOU'RE HAVING FUN.

UM, BUT SO THE DESIGN LIFE WAS 15 YEARS FOR THAT ROAD PAVEMENT.

AND, UM, AND IT'S ALSO PART OF THE DESIGN IS, IS A EASEL, WHICH IS EQUIVALENT AXLE LOADING.

SO HOW MANY AXLES RIDE OVER THAT? UM, AND AGAIN, WE'VE HAD A, UM, ENGINEERING FIRM GO OUT AND DO SOME INFIELD INVESTIGATIONS AND BASICALLY THAT'S WHAT THEY'VE DETERMINED THAT IT HAS JUST SIMPLY REACHED ITS LIFECYCLE.

SO LONG TERM, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS MORE THAN LIKELY, UM, IT'S NOT A FULL REBUILD, BUT IT'S A, IT'S A MAJOR REHAB.

SO IT'S A FOUR INCH REMOVE, FOUR INCHES OF ASPHALT AND REPLACE FOUR INCHES OF ASPHALT.

UM, THERE'S A COUPLE DIFFERENT METHODS THAT WE'RE LOOKING INTO HOW BEST TO DO THAT.

BUT THAT, UH, WOULD BE A, A LONGER SECTION BASICALLY FROM BUCK ISLAND TOWARDS, UM, BLUFFTON FIVE, A BURNT JUST PAST BURNT CHURCH.

SO IS THERE, UM, SEEING THAT MEAN THAT IS A COUNTY ROAD AND, UM, 2 78 IS A STATE ROAD.

UM, HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT RESTRICTING CERTAIN VEHICLES FROM GOING ACROSS PARKWAY? UH, AND POST TO GO ON 2 78? N NO, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS, IS CREATE PEOPLE OFF OF 2 78.

SO 2 78 IS THE THOROUGHFARE.

NO, NO, NO.

CERTAIN VEHICLES.

OH, CERTAIN VEHICLES.

YEAH.

CERTAIN VEHICLES, YES.

SUCH AS BIG TRUCKS AND STUFF YOU SAID.

YEAH.

YOU KNOW, WELL, SO, SO, UM, WHAT YOU SEE ON BLUFFTON PARKWAY IS, IS A LOT OF THE COMMUTER TRAFFIC ALREADY.

SO, UM, I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS IN FRONT OF US, BUT WE DO LOOK AT PERCENTAGE OF TRUCKS.

UM, AND WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT ANY TYPE OF DESIGN, MUCH HEAVIER ON 2 78 MM-HMM.

, UM, THERE'S LOWER SPEEDS AND, AND TIGHTER CURVES ON, ON BLUFF AND PARKWAY.

SO IT'S, IT'S SIGN, UH, BY DESIGN ENCOURAGED LESS, UH, LESS TRUCK TRAFFIC THAN, THAN TWO C EIGHT ENCOURAGES.

UM, BUT WE HAVEN'T SPECIFICALLY SAID RESTRICTED IT.

YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN I COME ACROSS, UM, UM, THE WOODS BRIDGE, UM, IS RESTRICTED, UM, 18 WHEELS CAN'T COME ACROSS.

THAT'S SUPPOSED TO COME ACROSS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST WONDERING WHETHER THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD GIVE SOME LONGEVITY TO YEAH.

THESE ROADS AND STUFF.

'CAUSE I KNOW WHAT'S, YOU KNOW, IT IS WHAT'S, THERE'S A LOT OF HEAVY TRUCKS THAT'S TEARING UP THESE ROADS AND STUFF, SO THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT.

YEAH.

JUST WONDERING WHETHER THAT'S A THOUGHT.

NO.

UM, WELL WHEN WE, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE REDESIGN, WE'LL DEFINITELY LOOK AT, UM, THE EXTENDED LIFE OF THE PAYMENT AND SEE IF WE CAN CHANGE THE, THE TYPE OF PAYMENT OR THE STRUCTURE OF THE PAYMENT TO SEE IF WE CAN FORECAST LONGER.

BASICALLY WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS JUST A FORECASTING.

SO ENGINEER DESIGN OF WHATEVER PROJECT HAS A LIFE EXPECTANCY, AND INSIDE OF THAT IT HAS SOME ASSUMPTIONS AND FORECAST.

AND THE TRAFFIC THAT'S HAPPENED OVER THE LAST 15 YEARS IN BLUFFTON WAS A LOT MORE THAN EXPECTED, UH, WHEN IT WAS DESIGNED.

AND SO WE JUST, WE'VE REACHED THAT LIFE CYCLE SOONER THAN EXPECTED.

AND IT'S NOTHING, NOTHING BAD ABOUT IT, IT'S JUST, UH, PART OF ANY ENGINEERING DESIGN.

YOU HAVE A DESIGN LIFE.

YEAH.

OKAY.

BUT GOOD COMMENT.

THANK YOU.

UH, ANYBODY ELSE? YES MA'AM.

MY CAR WILL, THANK YOU.

I TRAVELED AT BLUFFTON PARKWAY SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK.

IT IS IN NEED OF REPAIR.

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YEAH, NO, WE, WE HEAR THE COMMENTS, SO, BUT WE, WE INTEND TO PATCH IT AND, AND MAY BE ABLE TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE PASSION THAN EXPECTED.

MM-HMM.

, I WOULD SAY, UM, TO MR. GLOVER'S POINT, UM, WE, WE KNOW TRUCKS HAVE TO GO ON THERE.

UM, THERE'S A LOT OF BUSINESS, A LOT OF COMMERCIAL.

UM, AND THAT'S WHY I HOPE AND THE FUTURE AS WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON COUNTY COUNCIL, WHY I FOUGHT AGAINST UPZONING, IF WE DON'T ALLOW ANY MORE UPZONING, WE CAN AT LEAST HAVE SOME POINT TO CONTROL IT.

I'VE ALWAYS SAID IT BEFORE UP HERE, WE'RE CHASING THE TAIL, CHASING THE TAIL, CHASING THE TAIL.

AND AS LONG AS WE KEEP MORE IMPROVING HOUSES, MORE HOUSES AND MORE COMMERCIAL SPACE, WE'RE GONNA KEEP ON CHASING IT.

SO I, I SHARE YOUR CONCERN.

UM, IT REALLY SEEMS THE ONLY WAY TO DO THAT IS TO STOP APPROVING MORE AND, AND ACTUALLY GET THIS GROWTH UNDER CONTROL.

'CAUSE AS YOU JUST SAID, THE BIGGEST THING IS NOBODY PROJECTED THAT GROWTH IN BLUFF IN, I MEAN, IT, IT'S ABSOLUTELY EXPLODED.

UM, ANY OBJECTION TO MOVE FORWARD THESE THREE? THIS WILL BE DONE WITH NO OBJECTION.

ALRIGHT, MOVING ON TO NUMBER 19.

[19. RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF A CONTRACT AWARD TO i2 RECYCLE FOR RFP #102423 - RECYCLABLES, PROCESSING, AND MARKETING FOR BEAUFORT COUNTY ($1,129,618) (FISCAL IMPACT: This is a unit rate contract. The estimated cost for the contract is $1,129,618. A certain amount from FY24 and a certain amount from FY25 will be budgeted for FY25 under disposal services. The current funding account is 5010-90-1340-5116) - Jared Fralix, P.E., Assistant County Administrator, Infrastructure]

I'LL MAKE THE MOTION MR. CHAIRMAN A SECOND.

I WILL SECOND THAT.

ANY DISCUSSION? I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS.

YES, MA'AM.

UM, I'M GLAD TO SEE WE HAD SEVERAL BIDDERS, UM, MM-HMM, , THE ONE THAT I, I TOO RECYCLE.

WHERE ARE THERE CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS AT? CAN YOU REPEAT THAT QUESTION? UH, THE ONE THAT'S RECOMMENDED I TWO RECYCLE.

WHERE ARE THEIR CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS? RICHLAND HARDY.

SORRY, I I TOOK THE WRONG TURN TO RICHLAND.

SO IT'S NOT THAT HARDY .

OKAY.

AND WILL THEY, UM, PROCESS THE RECYCLES THERE? YES, MA'AM.

ALL RECYCLES, ALL RECYCLABLES WILL BE PROCESSED, UM, BY I TWO AND IF NOT, UM, PARTNERS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY.

SO WITHIN BUFORT AND, UH, NEIGHBORING COUNTIES AND I, I, I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE, BUT, UM, HOW WILL THIS DOVETAIL INTO OUR PLANS FOR OUR OWN EVENTUALLY? YES.

SO WE'VE HAD PLANS, UM, HOPES TO CONSTRUCT A MURPH IN BEAUFORT COUNTY.

UH, WE'VE SPOKEN TO LARGER PROVIDERS WHO SPECIALIZE IN THAT.

AND JUST UNFORTUNATELY AT THIS TIME WE ARE NOT CREATING ENOUGH OF THAT RECYCLING STREAM TO BE ABLE TO PRO PROFITABLY MANAGE A MUR.

UM, SO AT THIS TIME, THIS IS OUR NEXT BEST SOLUTION IS TO FIND THIS LOCAL BUSINESS WHO WILL BE RECEIVING AND PROCESSING MATERIALS, UM, IN BEAUFORT COUNTY AND, UM, OUTLYING COUNTIES TO STIMULATE OUR LOCAL ECONOMY.

WILL THE CITY OF BEAUFORT, WHO I THINK USES, UM, CAPITAL AND THEN TOWN OF FORT OIL USES WASTE MANAGEMENT, WILL THEY USE I TWO RECYCLE OR THEY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR OWN? THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR OWN CONTRACTS.

UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO COMMUNICATING CHANGES IN THE FUTURE.

UM, IF WE GET ALL OF MUNICIPALITIES ON THE SAME, UH, RECYCLING SERVICE, THEN THAT WILL, UH, SOLVE A LOT OF THE ISSUES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE WITH CONFUSION OF WHAT CAN I PUT IN THIS EVENT IF I'M IN BEAUFORT OR IN BLUFFTON.

SO THAT IS DEFINITELY AN ITEM THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED AND WE HOPE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH TO HAVE ALL THESE MUNICIPALITIES WITHIN BEAUFORT COUNTY.

I USE THE SAME PROVIDER.

GREAT.

AND WILL THIS CONTRACT INCLUDE UM, COM COMPOSTING YARD WASTE? UM, NO, THIS IS JUST FOR THE RECYCLABLES.

SO YOUR BIG FIVE HARDBOARD GLASS PAPER, UM, METAL, METAL CONTAINERS AND, UM, PLASTICS, GLASS.

DID I MISS? GLASS? GLASS? YOU GOT GLASS.

OKAY.

THOSE WERE MY QUESTIONS, MR. CHAIRMAN, I JUST GONNA MAKE A COMMENT.

YEAH.

YEAH.

MS. HOWARD JUST, UM, REFERRED TO SOMETHING.

I'M JUST GONNA SAY THIS, UH, I AM REALLY INTO, UM, COMPETITION, SO I LIKE COMPETITION I'S GONNA LEAVE IT LIKE THAT.

OKAY.

JUST AN OPEN END, NOTHING.

FURTHER COMPETITION.

OKAY.

YES SIR.

IF, IF I MIGHT ASK, UM, AS FAR AS THE COLLECTION OF THESE RECYCLABLE ITEMS, THERE'S LIMITED SPACE AT, UH, MOST OF OUR, UM, CONVENIENCE CENTERS.

SO HOW, HOW, UH, HOW'S THIS PLAYING INTO, UH, COLLECTIONS? SO THE COLLECTIONS AS THEY ARE NOW WILL CONTINUE AT OUR CONVENIENCE CENTERS.

SO OUR LARGE FOUR CENTERS WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THE RECEPTACLES THAT YOU'RE USED TO SEEING.

UH, WE'LL JUST BE SWITCHING OUT I TWO BINS FOR WHAT'S CURRENTLY IN PLACE.

OKAY.

JUST TRYING TO REFRESH MY MEMORY.

I WANNA SAY IT WAS LIKE SEVEN, EIGHT MONTHS AGO, JARED, YOU GAVE A PRESENTATION ABOUT, WELL, A YEAR AND A HALF AGO ORIGINALLY THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA NEED A MURF AND THEN IT CAME BACK AFTER WE DID THE, UM, I GUESS, SCOPE ON IT AND WE REALIZED WE DIDN'T NEED TO GO THAT FAR JUST YET.

SO THIS CONTRACT IS WHAT THE

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RIGHT NOW WE JUST NEED TO GET THE NEW, THE CONTRACT IN PLACE.

THAT'S RIGHT.

AND OUR GOAL STILL LONG TERM WHEN WE REACH THAT THRESHOLD IS TO GO TO A MURPH.

THAT'S RIGHT.

SO, UM, SIMILAR TO THE FERRY, THIS, THIS HAS BEEN A COMPLICATED, UM, PROJECT TO TRY TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO WITH THE MURPH AND SUSTAINABILITY CAMPUS.

Y'ALL HAVE HEARD US TALK ABOUT ALL THIS FOR YEARS NOW.

I'M TIRED OF TALKING ABOUT IT AS WELL AS YOU GUYS ARE TIRED OF HEARING ABOUT IT PROBABLY.

UM, BUT WHAT WE'VE LEARNED IS, YEAH, THAT, UM, WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BUILD THE MURF AND BUILD THE EQUIPMENT TO MANAGE OUR RECYCLABLES IN A MORE RESPONSIBLE MANNER.

SO WHAT THIS IS THAT NEXT STEP.

SO ONE DAY IT IS IN OUR LINE OF SIGHT TO BUILD UP MURPH, BUT IT'S NOT OUR NEXT STEP TODAY.

SO OUR NEXT STEP IS TO MANAGE 'EM BETTER AND WE REALIZE THAT WE CAN DO THAT THROUGH THE CONTRACTOR SERVICES.