Feb 26, 2024 Public Facilities and Safety Committee

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.

THIS MEETING HAS BEEN PUBLISHED, POSTED IN DISTRIBUTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH SOUTH CAROLINA FREEDOM INFORMATION ACT.

SARAH, CAN YOU GO AHEAD AND CALL ROLL FOR ME? SORRY.

OH, YOU ARE ALL GOOD.

TAKE YOUR TIME.

MULTIPLE PAPERS OVER HERE.

THERE IT IS.

I THINK I CAN MAKE IT A LITTLE SIMPLER.

ACTUALLY, IT LOOKS LIKE THE ONLY PERSON WE ARE MISSING TODAY IS MR. MCKELLAN.

YES, THAT'S CORRECT.

PERFECT.

APPROVAL OF AMENDS FROM JANUARY 22ND, 2024.

I FINALLY FOUND MY PAPER.

YOU'RE ALL GOOD.

CAN I HAVE AN APPROVAL FOR THE AGENDA,

[4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA]

MS. BROWN, ANY OBJECTION? THIS WILL BE APPROVED WITH NO OBJECTION.

NUMBER FIVE,

[5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES- January 22, 2024]

LISTEN GUYS, I KNOW FINANCE WAS LONG, BUT , WE GOTTA GET IT TOGETHER.

SECOND.

MR. PASSMAN WITH THE FIRST AND MS. TABER WITH THE SECOND.

ANY OBJECTION? ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON INTO CITIZEN'S COMMENTS.

THAT WILL BE DONE WITH NO OBJECTION.

SARAH, DO WE HAVE ANY? YES, SIR.

IS THERE ANYBODY THAT DIDN'T SIGN UP THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHTY, WE'LL MOVE ON WITH

[7. ASSISTANT COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR REPORT- Jared Fralix]

CITIZENS' COMMENTS.

UM, JARED, THE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR REPORT, I HOPE YOU'RE BRINGING MORE ENERGY THAN THEM 'CAUSE.

OH, .

WELL, I DIDN'T ATTEND THE LAST MEETING, SO I'M FRESH .

UH, AND THIS MEETING, UH, UNLIKE A LOT OF OURS, UH, IS SHORT.

SO WE'RE FLOP WITH FLIP FLOP WITH, UH, FINANCE.

SO, ALRIGHT, SO JUST A FEW UPDATES ON THINGS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON.

ALWAYS A LOT GOING ON WITHIN THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND PUBLIC FACILITIES, UH, AND SAFETY.

SO, UM, A COUPLE OF TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS AND THEN SOME PUBLIC WORKS AND AIRPORT PROJECTS.

TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON ONE 70, SC ONE 70, IF YOU HAVEN'T DRIVEN THROUGH THERE, YOU SHOULD START TO SEE SOME BAG CONSTRUCTION SIGNS THAT IS CONSTRUCTION IS IMMINENT, IS WHAT THAT MEANS.

SO RIGHT THERE AT 2 78 AND ONE 70, UH, THE CONTRACTOR'S GONNA GET STARTED HERE IN A LITTLE BIT, UM, ON THOSE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE PLANNED IN THE SHORT TERM PROJECT.

UH, REBA ROAD AND LADIES ISLAND DRIVE INTERSECTION.

SO OBVIOUSLY THIS IS PART OF THE LARGER PROJECT, BUT, UH, WE'VE GOT A SHORT TERM IMPROVEMENT TO, TO DO A RIGHT, UH, TURN CHANNELIZATION THERE AT THE, AT THE AUTO PARTS STORE.

UM, SO WE HAVE SURVEYED, UH, IN JUST A SECOND.

THAT'S FINE.

UH, WE HAVE SURVEYED, UH, OUT THERE AND WE'RE GONNA START THE DESIGN ON THAT TO GET THOSE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS FOR THAT SPECIFIC, UH, IMPROVEMENT THERE.

SHORT TERM IMPROVEMENT.

UH, AND LASTLY, LAUREL BAY PATHWAY.

IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND, WE WERE ABLE TO HOST A GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY FOR OUR LAUREL BAY PATHWAY.

THIS IS ONE OF OUR 2018 SALES TAX PROJECTS.

WE HAD IT ON FRIDAY.

UH, A COUPLE QUICK PICTURES ON THAT.

UM, SO JUST, WE HAD A GOOD TURNOUT, UH, PROBABLY ABOUT 30 FOLKS THERE.

IT WAS RIGHT ON THE INTER OR RIGHT ON THE ROAD, A LITTLE LOUD, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, THAT'S FITTING.

WE'RE WE'RE BUILDING STUFF ON SIDE OF THE ROAD, SO IT NEEDS TO BE LOUD.

AND THE BOTH THE COMMANDER THERE AT THE AIR STATION AS WELL AS REPRESENTATION FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS WERE THERE TO CELEBRATE WITH US.

UH, AS FAR AS OTHER PICTURES, UM, YOU GUYS HEARD ABOUT THIS LAST YEAR, WE APPROVED OUR FIRST IGSA, UH, WITH PARIS ISLAND.

AND I KNOW THIS IS KIND OF HARD PICTURE TO LOOK AT, BUT, UH, ON BASE THERE, RIGHT NEXT TO THE PORT ROYAL SIDE OR THE, I GUESS THE, UH, NOT THE BUFORT RIVERSIDE, THE OTHER SIDE OF THE, THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE, THE ISLAND, UH, THEY HAVE THIS STORMWATER POND BACK DRIVING, IF YOU'RE ON FAMILIAR WITH BASE BEYOND THE RIFLE RANGE, AND YOU CAN SEE IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO THE COASTLINE.

SO THEY WERE GETTING SOME PRETTY BAD EROSION RIGHT NEXT TO IT.

UH, YOU CAN SEE IN THESE PICTURES, YOU COULD, THE

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FENCE RIGHT THERE, THE BLACK FENCE IN THE MIDDLE PICTURE IS THE TOP ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE.

IT DROPS DOWN INTO THE, INTO THE POND.

UH, SO TO SAY THAT THEY WERE READY TO GET SOME IMPROVEMENTS THERE BEFORE THEY LOSE THAT POND, THAT STORMWATER POND, UM, WAS AN UNDERSTATEMENT.

SO WE STARTED THIS PROJECT, IT TOOK US A WHILE TO GET IT ESTABLISHED.

WE GOT IT APPROVED LAST YEAR.

AND TO GET ALL THE, UH, APPROVALS THAT WE NEED, BOTH, BOTH ENVIRONMENTAL APPROVALS AS WELL AS, UH, PERSONNEL APPROVALS TO ENTER THE BASE.

IT TOOK US A LITTLE WHILE.

WE GOT STARTED AT THE BEGINNING OF FEBRUARY AND LAST FRIDAY.

THESE ARE SOME IN PROGRESS PHOTOS.

AND YOU CAN SEE THERE ON THE RIGHT, IT'S MOSTLY DONE.

UM, THEY'VE GOT A FEW PUNCH LIST ITEMS REMAINING, BUT BASICALLY GOT THAT COMPLETE LAST FRIDAY.

SO, UM, CHECK BOX TO OUR FIRST IGSA.

SO WAY TO GO.

SPEAKING OF IGS, A, UH, NEIL DESAI AND I, WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY, NOT THIS LAST WEEK, BUT THE WEEK BEFORE, TO HAVE SOME FURTHER DISCUSSION, UM, AT THE OTHER BASE THERE AT THE AIR STATION, UM, WITH SOME IGSA OPPORTUNITIES.

SO YOU'LL PROBABLY BE HEARING OF THOSE, UM, COMING UP.

AND AGAIN, WE CREATED THE CONDITIONS LAST YEAR TO GIVE THE, UH, COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR THE AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO THESE.

UM, PENDING WE NEED ANY PROCUREMENT LEVEL THRESHOLD APPROVALS, WE'D COME BACK TO THE COMMITTEE, BUT IF THEY FALL UNDER THAT REIGN, WE'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED AS WE'RE WORKING ON 'EM.

SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE HAVE, BUT A LOT OF GOOD OPPORTUNITIES ON BOTH BASES AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

UM, AS FAR AS PUBLIC WORKS AND OTHER MARINE, I DON'T HAVE A GOOD PICTURE.

UM, BUT WORK HAS STARTED AT THE ALL AJOY BOAT LANDING, THOSE ROAD, THOSE IMPROVEMENTS THERE.

AND THE INTENT IS FOR THOSE IMPROVEMENTS TO BE FINISHED NEAR THE END OF, UH, MARCH OR THE 1ST OF APRIL.

UH, AS FAR AS OTHER, LEMME ASK A QUESTION ON THAT PICTURE RIGHT HERE.

UM, IS, IS THERE, IS THAT A HABITAT FOR, UM, SHELLFISH? UH, NO.

NO.

SO THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL FOLKS WENT OUT THERE AND LOOKED AT THIS.

UH, WHAT YOU SEE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE IS, UH, OUR, OUR SILT FENCE THEN, AND THEN OUR SEDIMENT BARRIER.

SO WE WERE GETTING TIDAL INFLUENCE DURING THE PROJECT.

OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN SEE THE TIDE, IT'S A ROAD AND THE BEACH.

UH, SO WE HAD TO DO SOME PROTECTION THERE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE DIDN'T LET ANY SEDIMENT AS WE WERE CONSTRUCTING BACK INTO THE WATER.

UM, BUT AS FAR AS, UH, TITLE, UH, OUR, OUR MARINE LIFE THERE, IT WASN'T FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL, UM, INSPECTION.

THAT'S NOT WHAT HAPPENED.

SO OTHER PICTURES ON OUR ROAD SHOW IS OUR IMPROVEMENTS AT THE AIRPORT TERMINAL IMPROVEMENTS.

SO AGAIN, THIS GOT KICKED OFF IN JANUARY.

WE HAD THE GROUNDBREAKING.

SO THEY'RE STARTING TO GET VERY, UH, UPDATED WITH SOME GROUNDBREAKING OPPORTUNITIES.

THEY'RE STARTING THE TREE REMOVAL FOR THE PAD PREP, AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE BULLDOZERS.

THEY'RE STARTING TO BRING IN THE DIRT.

UM, THEY'RE WORKING OFF THE APRON, THE NEW APRON THAT WAS JUST CONSTRUCTED LAST YEAR.

AND THEY'RE GETTING STARTED, UH, HEAVY DUTY ON THE AIRPORT, TERMINAL IMPROVEMENT.

SPEAKING OF THE AIRPORT, WE HAD SOME GOOD NEWS LAST WEEK AS WELL.

SO LAST WEEK WE GOT ANNOUNCEMENT THAT HILTON HEAD AIRPORT RECEIVED, UH, $5 MILLION IN A TP AIRPORT TERMINAL PROGRAM FUNDING INSIDE THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW.

UH, THIS 5 MILLION IS TO GO TOWARDS THE PHASE TWO, UH, OR THE REMAINDER PART OF THE PROJECT THAT WE HAVE.

SO, UM, THIS WAS A COMPETITIVE GRANT THAT WE APPLIED FOR LAST FALL AND JUST GOT NOTICE OF IT LAST WEEK.

SO A BIG WIN FOR THE AIRPORT AND FOR THE COUNTY.

UM, THAT'S, YEP.

WAS THAT NUMBER COUNTED IN FOR THE FUNDING WE ALREADY PUT TOWARDS, THIS IS EXTRA FUNDING WE'RE GETTING.

YEAH, THIS IS EXTRA.

SO WE'VE GOT THE PHASE ONE COMPLETELY FUNDED.

WE DID HAVE FAA FUNDING, BUT THAT WAS REGULAR F FA FUNDING.

THIS IS OUTSIDE OF REGULAR FAA FUNDING.

THIS WAS A GRANT THAT WAS MADE AVAILABLE FROM THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL.

UM, SO THIS WOULD BE FOR PHASE TWO.

UH, WE'RE STILL PLANNING ON WHAT THOSE IMPROVEMENTS.

WE BROKE THE COMPONENTS OF THE AIRPORT OUT.

SO WE KNOW IF THIS COSTS A MILLION AND THIS COSTS 2 MILLION, RIGHT? UH, SO WHETHER WE USE IT AS A CHANGE ORDER INTO THE EXISTING ONE, WHAT WE'RE THINKING RIGHT NOW IS, RIGHT NOW IN THE PROJECT, WE HAVE ONE JET BRIDGE.

PLANNED JET BRIDGES ARE A MILLION TO $2 MILLION, A MILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS.

UM, SO WE MAY, AT THE FULL COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT, THERE'S PLANNED FOR THREE OF 'EM.

SO IT MAY BE THAT WE JUST GO AHEAD AND BUY THE NEXT TWO JET BRIDGES AS PART OF THAT $5 MILLION.

UH, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT NOW.

WHAT, HOW WE'RE EXACTLY GONNA SPEND THAT $5 MILLION.

WE HAVE TIME CONSTRAINTS ON IT, UH, NOT MAJOR TIME CONSTRAINTS AND, AND A AVIATION FAA GRANTS, UM, THEY'RE NOT FULLY AWARDED UNTIL YOU BID OUT THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT.

ONCE YOU KNOW THE EXACT NUMBER, THEN THEY'LL, THEY'LL FINALIZE THE GRANT AND THEN IT'LL COME THROUGH COUNTY COUNCIL TO ACCEPT THE GRANT.

SO WE'VE GOTTEN NOTIFIED OF THE GRANT, BUT WE ARE, WE HAVEN'T ACCEPTED IT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A CONSTRUCTION, UM, AMOUNT YET.

SO, UM, BUT BIG NEWS THERE.

UM, AND SPEAKING OF BIG NEWS, UH, I KNOW I, I'VE

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SHARED THIS ALREADY.

I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO WASHINGTON DC TWO WEEKS AGO FOR THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES.

AND, UM, BASICALLY COUNTY GOVERNMENT OWNS ALMOST A THIRD OF ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, THROUGHOUT THE NATION.

UM, BETWEEN AIRPORTS AND ROADS, BRIDGES AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS. WE OWN A LARGE PORTION OF THAT.

HOWEVER, UH, IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE LAW, THERE WAS TWO PARTS.

THERE WAS FORMULA FUNDING AND WHICH BASICALLY RUNS THROUGH THE STATE AND THE STATE DOTS.

AND THEN THERE'S DISCRETIONARY GRANT FUNDING.

WELL, DISCRETIONARY GRANT FUNDING IS ALSO NOT OPEN JUST ONLY TO COUNTIES, BUT TO MUNICIPALITIES AND TO OTHER STATES DOTS.

SO EVERYBODY'S COMPETING ON THAT.

SO EVEN THOUGH WE OWN 30 TO 40% OF, OF ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE WITHIN THE UNITED STATES, UM, WE'VE, WE'VE PROBABLY NOT GOTTEN OUR FAIR SHARE THROUGH THE DISCRETIONARY GRANT PROGRAM.

IT'S ESTIMATED BETWEEN FIVE AND 20% THAT COUNTIES HAVE GOT IN DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. SO, UH, THIS $5 MILLION THAT WAS JUST AWARDED IS A BIG DEAL.

THIS IS BEAUFORT COUNTY'S FIRST DISCRETIONARY GROUND OUT OF THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW.

AND AGAIN, UH, IT'S REPRESENTED, UM, ONLY FIVE TO 20% IS WHAT THE LOCAL COUNTIES HAVE GOTTEN.

SO IT'S A BIG WIN FOR US.

UM, JUST KNOW THAT EVEN THOUGH THERE'S A BIG POT OF MONEY UP THERE IN WASHINGTON, IT DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE JUST FREELY HANDING IT OUT.

THERE IS A LOT OF COMPETITION TO THIS AND IT'S A CHALLENGE AND, AND, UM, BUT WE'RE THANKFUL TO HAVE RECEIVED THAT 5 MILLION.

AND THEN LASTLY, AS FAR AS MY UPDATE, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY LAST WEEK TO ATTEND A JASPER COUNTY WORKSHOP.

IT WAS A JOINT WORKSHOP WHERE THE COUNTY AND THE TWO MUNICIPALITIES ALL WORKED TOGETHER.

THEY WERE TALKING THROUGH VARIOUS ITEMS, BUT TWO OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO US ARE BOTH IMPACT FEES WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT AND PASSED OUR IMPACT FEES.

THEY'RE WORKING TO INITIATE THEM.

FIRST TIME, UH, WE WERE RENEWING OUR PROGRAM.

AND THEN SECONDLY, THEY'RE LOOKING AT A FUTURE TRANSPORTATION SALES TAX AS WELL.

UH, THE REASON BOTH OF THOSE ARE IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE WHATEVER WE DO, UH, WE HAVE SOME CROSS COMMUNICATION AS FAR AS WHAT ROADS WE HAVE ON OUR, OUR PLANS AND WHAT ROADS THEY PLAN.

IN PARTICULAR, THE TRIANGLE PROJECT, AND THEN 2 78 WIDENING BACK TOWARDS THE INTERSTATE.

SO, UH, JUST LO AND BEHOLD, WE ARE FROM STAFF.

WE'RE TALKING, WE'RE COORDINATING, UH, WE'RE ALSO COORDINATING WITH LATS.

SO THERE'S A CROSSPOLLINATION OF PROJECTS AND, AND HOPEFULLY WHEN FUNDING COMES, UH, WE'LL BE ABLE TO USE BOTH BEAUFORT COUNTY AND JASPER COUNTY SALES TAX IF APPROVED AS LOCAL MATCH TO FUTURE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES.

SO JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU AS WELL.

AND, UH, MR. CUNNINGHAM, THAT IS MY FULL REPORT.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR JARED? I JUST HAVE ONE.

WHAT'S THE TIMELINE AGAIN ON THE 1 72 78? I KNOW YOU SAID ABOUT TO START, BUT WHEN WE DO BEGIN? YES.

SO THE FULL COMPLETION, I BELIEVE IS IN THE FALL AND OCTOBER.

OCTOBER.

OCTOBER IS SO INCLUDED IN THAT PROJECT ALSO IS A LOT OF PAVING, BOTH RIGHT THERE UNDERNEATH THE INTERSECTION.

BUT WE ALSO INCORPORATED DOTS PAVING ON TOP OF THE, UH, 2 78 AND THE RAMPS.

UM, SO, BUT THERE'S NINE SHORT TERM PROJECTS.

YEAH, YEAH.

BUT BE COMPLETED BY OCTOBER.

YEAH, BY THE END OF OCTOBER.

WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE AT ONE OF OUR LATER MEETINGS JUST TO GO OVER WHAT THOSE NINE ARE FOR THE PUBLIC AGAIN? 'CAUSE I KNOW IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE ORIGINALLY TALKED ABOUT IT.

AND THEN, UH, LASTLY I HEAR WE HAVE A FIRE STATION COMPLETE WHAT, WILLIAM? THE ONE STATION, STATION 34.

BUT THEY HAVE MOVED INTO STATION FOUR.

YES, THEY HAVE, UH, THE, THE BUILDING IS COMPLETE.

THERE'S STILL A LITTLE BIT OF PUNCH OUT OF WORK FOR THEM TO BE DONE.

UM, BUT THEY'VE MOVED IN.

AND THERE'S AN OUTSTANDING SIGN THAT LETS YOU KNOW THAT THAT IS THE FIRE STATION WAITING FOR 39 TO COME UP.

, I DO HAVE A QUESTION.

CAN YOU JUST GIVE US AN UPDATE ON BLUFFTON PARKWAY AGAIN FOR THE PUBLIC? 'CAUSE THAT CAME UP AT A RECENT MEETING.

YES, YES.

I'VE GOT A COUPLE EMAILS TOO.

WHICH COMPONENT? HEAR ME TALKING ABOUT THE RESURFACING, RESURFACING FLOOD PARK, WHERE THE POTHOLES, SO URS.

UM, SO WE HAVE A, A YEARLY RESURFACING PLAN THAT WE PUT OUT AS PART OF THAT.

WE HAVE A FULL DEPTH PATCHING, UM, COMPONENT.

AND SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOME FUNDING.

CTC IS A LOTTED EXTRA FUNDING FOR THAT PATCHING.

AND SO WE HAVE THAT.

DO WE HAVE A TIMELINE WITH THE CONTRACTOR? WE'RE TRYING TO SCHEDULE .

UH, MS. BISHOP, THE 2018 ONE SALES TAX, UM, UPDATE.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO ASK THE CONTRACTOR IF THEY CAN MOVE THAT UP IN THEIR, IN THEIR SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES.

UM, SO HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO, UH, WE'D BE AT A PLACE TO START WORK ON THAT.

BUT A HUNDRED PERCENT RECOGNIZE IT AND, AND WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS BRINGING THAT TO IMPROVEMENT.

[8. 2018 ONE CENT TRANSPORTATION SALES TAX UPDATE - Brittanee Bishop, Program and Finance Manager]

I THINK EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE A HANDOUT FROM HER AS WELL.

AND I'M GONNA INTRODUCE IT AND THEN HAND IT OFF TO MS. BISHOP.

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SO JUST WANT TO KIND OF GIVE YOU GUYS AN UPDATE.

HEAR A LOT OF COMMENTS ON THIS.

WHERE ARE WE, WHAT ARE OUR PROJECTS? WHAT PROJECTS DO WE HAVE DONE? UH, A LOT OF WORK IS, IS GOING ON.

OFTENTIMES IT'S HARD TO SEE.

UM, WE TALK ABOUT IT ENGINEERING.

UM, BRITTANY, SHE IS OUR PROJECT MANAGER FOR PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT.

UH, SHE'S WORKING DIRECTLY WITH OUR PROGRAM MANAGER, CONSULTANT, JAY BRAD, CONSULTANT.

AND THE TWO OF THEM ARE, ARE REALLY THE, THE TWO FOLKS THAT ARE WORKING ALL THESE PROJECTS.

ONCE THEY GET INTO DESIGN AND START TO GET IN THE FIELD, WE TRANSITION THAT TO BRIAN BAUER AS OUR PROJECT MANAGER FOR, UM, CONSTRUCTION INSIDE ENGINEERING.

AND SO THE THREE OF THEM ARE REALLY WORKING IT, AND SHE'LL, SHE'LL BE ABLE TO GIVE UPDATES SPECIFICALLY ON WHERE WE ARE IN THESE PROJECTS.

THANKS FOR HAVING ME TODAY.

TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE, I DID ONE RECENTLY AT THE LADIES ISLAND, UM, BUSINESS, UH, CENTER.

AND THAT WAS, UH, THAT WAS A GREAT UPDATE TO GIVE.

SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND JUST SO REMINDER OF THE 2018 ONE SENT SALES TAX REFERENDUM, IT WAS PASSED ON BALLOT TO BE A FOUR YEAR REFERENDUM, OR UNTIL $120 MILLION WAS COLLECTED ON THE BALLOT.

IT WAS $80 MILLION ALLOCATION TO THE US 2 78 CORRIDOR TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, $30 MILLION TO LADIES ISLAND TRAFFIC, CORRIDOR TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS, AND THEN $10 MILLION TO SIDEWALKS AND MULTI-USE PATHWAYS.

THE COUNTY, I KNOW WITH THE 2024 REFERENDUM THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BONDING OPTIONS.

JUST SO YOU KNOW, IN 2018, WE DID PASS A RESOLUTION TO BOND UP TO $20 MILLION.

HOWEVER, THAT DID NOT PROCEED FORWARD.

AND I'LL GET BACK TO THAT NOTE HERE A LITTLE BIT LATER INTO THE PRESENTATION.

BUT FIRST, ACTUALLY, JARED, GO AHEAD AND GIVE AN UPDATE ON 2 78.

I'LL SAY, UH, WHEN JARED AND I STARTED DIVIDING OUT THIS REFERENDUM, I DON'T KNOW WHO GOT THE BIGGER LOAD.

I, UH, I THINK I HAD THE, THE FOUR SITES TO STAY AWAY FROM THIS.

AND, UH, I TOLD 'EM I'LL TAKE LADIES ISLAND AND ALL THE SIDEWALKS.

SO I WHAT, 24, 9 30, 33 PROJECTS? I'LL TAKE 33.

YOU TAKE, TAKE THIS ONE.

TAKE THIS ONE.

I TRIED TO GET HER TO TALK ABOUT IT.

SHE WOULDN'T EVEN TALK ABOUT IT.

SO, UH, I DON'T EVEN WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT ACTUALLY.

UH, BUT LET'S DO IT.

LET'S TALK ABOUT 2 78.

THERE'S NO OTHER SLIDE.

THIS IS THE ONLY SLIDE ON 2 78.

UH, IN SHORT, UM, YOU GUYS ARE PRETTY FAMILIAR WHERE WE ARE, BUT JUST TO UPDATE YOU AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC.

SO AT THE LATTER PART OF LAST YEAR, UH, I BELIEVE IS IN NOVEMBER, COUNTY COUNCIL SENT A LETTER, UM, TO, TO THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD REQUESTING THE MUNICIPAL CONSENT.

AT THAT TIME, WE HAD COMPLETED THE, THE SECOND INDEPENDENT STUDY, AND WE HAD BASICALLY HIT EVERYTHING ON OUR MOA THAT WE AGREED UPON A YEAR PRIOR ON HOW WE WERE GOING TO MOVE THE PROJECT FORWARD.

UH, SO WITH THAT, THE TOWN SENT A, A LETTER BACK, UH, AT THE END OF JANUARY AND BASICALLY SAID, UH, WE RECEIVED IT AND WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS THAT.

UH, WE DIDN'T GET MUCH OF A TIMELINE.

WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T GET, WE'LL GET IT IN 30 DAYS, WE'LL GET IT IN 90 DAYS.

UM, BUT THAT WAS THE RESPONSE WE SHE RECEIVED.

UH, SINCE THEN, IN, IN BETWEEN THOSE TWO DATES, UH, THE COUNTY TOWN AND, AND, UM, FOLKS, THE FAMILIES THAT LIVE IN THE STONY AREA, THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE WERE, WHERE WE'RE FOCUSED.

UM, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BEYOND ON THE BRIDGE OR THE OTHER PARTS OF THE ROAD, BUT THE STONY AREA IS REALLY WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO FOCUS AND GET EVERYBODY COMFORTABLE WITH.

UM, SO WE HAD A REALLY GOOD MEETING.

UH, IT WAS ABOUT TWO AND A HALF HOURS, AND THE FIRST TWO HOURS WAS HEARING THE CONCERNS OF THE FAMILY.

AND THEN THE LAST HALF HOUR IT GOT REALLY CONSTRUCTIVE.

UM, SO WAYS THAT WE COULD ACCOMMODATE, WAYS THAT WE COULD MOVE THE PROJECT FORWARD, WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE, WHAT MITIGATION EFFORTS AND TECHNIQUES THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.

UM, SO SINCE THEN, THE OUR, OUR PLAN IS TO MEET BACK WITH, WITH THE FAMILIES TO MOVE THAT BALL A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.

AND THEN HOPEFULLY IN SOME TIME PERIOD IN THE FUTURE, HOPEFULLY SOONER THAN LATER, UH, THE TOWN WILL WILL TAKE THAT UP AS MUNICIPAL CONSENT.

THE GOAL IS WE MAY NOT HAVE EVERYTHING SOLVED IN THE STONY NEIGHBORHOOD, EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO.

UM, BUT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF GOOD FAITH EFFORT ON BOTH SIDES, ALL SIDES, UM, TO, TO ADVANCE THAT.

AND I FEEL LIKE WE'RE BETTER THAN WE EVER HAVE BEEN IN THE ENTIRE PROJECT AS THAT'S CONSIDERED.

UM, SO REALLY BEYOND THAT, THE PROJECT IS STALLED.

UM, SO THIS IS THE CRITICAL PATH.

THERE IS CURRENTLY NO WORK GOING ON ON 2 78, UH, FROM THE DESIGN ENGINEER'S PERSPECTIVE UNTIL WE'RE KIND OF AT THE DO NOT PASS GO, UM, GO DIRECTLY TO HERE.

SO ONCE WE GET MUNICIPAL CONSENT, THEN WE CAN TAKE THE ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT THAT'S BEEN PREPARED AND SUBMIT A FINE FEE TO FEDERAL HIGHWAY FOR THEM TO REVIEW FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT FOR THEM TO REVIEW.

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, UM, FEDERAL HIGHWAY HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.

THEY ARE NOT SURPRISED WHERE WE ARE.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE COMFORTABLE WITH WHERE WE ARE AND THEY ARE AWAITING A RESPONSE FROM THE TOWN, AND THEN THUS A SUBMITTAL FROM THE PROJECT FROM DOT AND, AND THE COUNTY AS THE PROJECT SPONSOR.

UM, SO THAT IS EXACTLY WHERE WE ARE.

AND WHETHER YOU WANNA TAKE QUESTIONS NOW OR YOU WANNA TAKE LATER, I, I JUST HAVE ONE, BUT AFTER ALICE, YEAH.

UM, I SOUND LIKE A SENATE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT.

DO YOU SEE THEM REQUIRING ANY REVISIONS DUE TO THE LENGTH OF TIME? SO WE WILL GET TO THAT POINT SOON.

SO THE ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT HAS A THREE YEAR LIFESPAN.

UH, WE ARE GETTING TO THAT POINT AT THE END OF JULY.

SO IF A DECISION'S NOT MADE, UH, AND, AND A FONZI DECISION IS NOT MADE AND RENDERED BEFORE JULY, THE END OF JULY, UM, THEN MOST LIKELY WE WILL HAVE TO MAKE SOME MODIFICATIONS AND UPDATES.

DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE HAVE TO REDO ALL THE PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETINGS, BUT WE HAVE TO REDO THAT, A PORTION OF THAT WORK, A UPDATE, WHICH COULD BE A FOUR TO SIX MONTH PROCESS ON THE ENGINEERING FRONT.

WHAT WAS THE COMMITMENT FROM THE TOWN ON THAT CONSENT? WHEN YOU GET THAT BACK? DID THEY GIVE YOU A TIMELINE? A TIMELINE OR SOMETHING THAT'S HOLDING IT UP? NO, WE DON'T HAVE A DATE FROM THE TOWN WHEN THEY WILL PROVIDE THAT.

ANYBODY ELSE? I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS.

ONE, WHAT KIND OF TIMELINE ARE WE ON, ON THE FUNDING SOURCE THAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO HOLD IT STILL? YEAH, SO THE FUNDING SOURCE, THE MAJOR ONE BEING THE SIB, THE STATE INFRASTRUCTURE BANK.

SO WE HAVE $120 MILLION, UM, GRANT FROM THE SIB.

AND AS OF JANUARY 1ST, WE ARE OUT OF CONTRACT.

SO OUR, OUR AGREEMENT WITH THE SIB HAS, UM, TWO MILESTONE DATES.

IT HAS A START CONSTRUCTION OF JANUARY 1ST, 2024, WHICH OBVIOUSLY WE DID NOT MEET.

AND THEN A, A COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION BY THE END OF 2028.

UM, SO THE STATE INFRASTRUCTURE BANK IS GOING THROUGH SOME CHANGES, UM, ORGANIZATIONALLY RIGHT NOW.

AND SO WE, WHEN WE TALKED LAST TO THE TO SIB, THEY SAID, HEY, COME BACK AND REPORT BACK TO AT THE END OF JANUARY AND LET US KNOW WE ARE SO WE CAN UPDATE THIS CONTRACT AND, AND PUT THAT IN A BETTER PLACE.

UM, WE HAVEN'T HAD WORD SINCE THEN, UH, SINCE JANUARY 31ST.

AND SO I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'LL GET WORD UNTIL THEIR ORGANIZATION GETS BACK, WHICH, UH, WHICH SHOULD BE KIND OF, LIKE I SAID, SOME RESTRUCTURING GOING ON RIGHT NOW IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS.

I THINK THEY'LL HAVE RESOLUTION TO THAT.

AND WHEN WE DO THAT, I DO KNOW WHAT THE S CIB HAS ASKED, THE STATE DOT TO DO IS TO START WORKING ON AN UPDATE COST TESTIMATE AND AN UPDATE SCHEDULE ON ALL THE PROJECTS THAT ARE OUTSTANDING THAT SIB HAS SPONSORED.

WHAT THEY'LL DO WITH THAT INFORMATION, I DON'T FULLY KNOW, BUT I KNOW THAT STATE DOT IS WORKING AND ASSISTING THE SIB WITH THAT EFFORT TO INCLUDE US 2 78.

SO MY UNDERSTANDING AND AND PROJECTION IS THAT WE ARE PROBABLY GOING TO SEE A INCREASE IN THAT COST ESTIMATE, AND WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA SEE AN INCREASE IN THE SCHEDULE AS FAR AS THE COMPLETION DATE, AND WE'LL HAVE TO REACT AND ADJUST ONCE WE RECEIVE THAT INFORMATION, UM, FROM DOT.

BUT THAT WILL PROBABLY BE IN THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS, WE'LL GET THAT INFORMATION FROM DOT AND WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT THE CONSENT.

SO FEDERAL HIGHWAY IS NOT GOING TO RENDER A DECISION WITHOUT THE CONSENT.

MR. CHAIRMAN? YES, SIR.

NO, I MEAN, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, THE LAST THING I WAS GONNA POINT OUT WAS, LOOKS LIKE A GOOD SPOT FOR A FERRY RIGHT THERE.

UM, THE ISLAND PICTURE, JUST WANNA THROW THAT OUT THERE.

COULDN'T HELP MYSELF.

UH, PIG PIGGYBACKING ON WHAT THE CHAIRMAN JUST SAID, UM, IS, IS THERE A, UM, I GOT TWO QUESTIONS.

IS THERE A ALTERNATIVE TO THE MONEY IF IT'S NOT SPENT ON THE BRIDGE PROJECT? COULD IT GO TO TOWARDS A FERRY OF SOME SORT OF NOT THE STATE INFRASTRUCTURE BANK MONEY? NO, NO.

I'M, I'M, I'M THROWING THE STATE OUT, UM, BECAUSE , SO THERE'S THREE SOURCES OF FUNDING.

ONE IS THE STATE INFRASTRUCTURE BANK, WHICH WE APPLIED WITH A SPECIFIC APPLICATION.

UM, SO IT'S A SPECIFIC USE.

THE DOT FUNDING IS FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF A PORTION OF THE BRIDGE, ONE OF THE BRIDGES.

LET LET ASK ANOTHER QUESTION.

5 26 HAS BEEN ON THE, IN THE STATE INFRASTRUCTURE BANK FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS.

UH, IS THAT MONEY STILL SAFE? 5 26 THEIR MONEY? YEAH, IT'S, I CAN'T, I THINK WE YEAH, IN THE SAME BOAT THAT I THINK, WELL, SO THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT MORE ALONG THAN THE TOOTH THAN WE ARE.

UM,

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AND, BUT YOU NEVER KNOW.

UM, IN GENERAL, LET ME, LET ME TELL YOU THIS.

THE STATE INFRASTRUCTURE BANK DOESN'T WANT TO TAKE AWAY ANYBODY'S MONEY, THEIR BANK, AND THEY WANNA SEE THEIR INVESTMENT MADE WHOLE BECAUSE IT, THEY'RE INVESTMENT INTO THE STATE AND THEY WANNA SEE THE STATE PROGRESS.

SO THAT'S THEIR LAST RESORT.

HOWEVER, IF THERE'S OTHER PRIORITIES THAT PRESENT THEMSELVES, IT'S TOTALLY WITHIN THEIR RIGHT AND OPPORTUNITY.

IF, IF THEY NEED TO REMOVE MONEY FROM ONE PROJECT AND TAKE IT TO ANOTHER, SURE.

BUT THAT IS NOT THEIR FIRST OPTION.

AND THE OTHER ONE IS THAT YOU MENTIONED, UM, COST OVERRUN.

IF, IF WE DO HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL COST OVERRUN, IS THAT GONNA BE BORN BY? SO CURRENTLY THE WAY THE CONTRACT IS WITH THE SIB AND WAY OUR FUNDING IS WITH DOT, IS THAT THE COUNTY IS THE SPONSOR OF THE PROJECT AND TAKES ALL RISKS FOR PROJECT OVERRUNS.

SO CAN THAT BE RENEGOTIATED WITH BOTH THOSE PARTIES? SURE.

POSSIBLY.

BUT CURRENTLY, AS ALL OF OUR CONTRACT FUNDING IS, WE ARE THE RISK HOLDER FOR THAT OVERRUN.

ANYONE ELSE? YOU ARE AWESOME UP.

, GO FOR IT.

SO HOPEFULLY MY UPDATE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE POSITIVE.

UM, SO FOR , IN 2018, STANTEC DID A, A CORRIDOR TRAFFIC STUDY OF LADIES ISLAND AND IDENTIFIED NINE SEPARATE PROJECTS.

SO THE PROJECTS, AS YOU SEE HERE ON THE BOARD, THEY HAVE BEEN DIVIDED OUT INTO TWO SEPARATE CONTRACTS.

ONE IS THE US 21 BUSINESS 21, AND S SE 8 0 2, ALONG WITH BEAVERT HIGH SCHOOL REALIGNMENT, AND THAT'S SANTECH CONSULTING.

AND THEN WE HAVE THE ACCESS ROADS, AS YOU CAN SEE IDENTIFIED IN PURPLE ON THE SCREEN.

THOSE ACCESS ROADS ARE, UH, CONTRACTED WITH DAVIS AND FLOYD ENGINEERING AND ALL OF THE PROJECTS I'M GONNA GIVE A QUICK UPDATE ON FOR YOU.

UM, PRIOR TO THAT, I MENTIONED I WAS GONNA BE, BRING BACK UP THE BONDING.

SO WE DID NOT BOND, THEREFORE WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY PROJECTS THAT WE COULD START EXCEPT FOR SAM'S POINT TURN LANE DUE TO OUR INTERNAL LOCAL FUNDS.

SO BONDING'S A HUGE THING IN ORDER FOR US TO PROGRESS IN THESE PROJECTS AS SOON AS THOSE FUNDS ARE COLLECTED.

A COUPLE NUMBERS FOR YOU.

THE FIRST COLLECTION IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF, UH, FISCAL YEAR 2019, WE ONLY COLLECTED ABOUT $3,500.

IT WASN'T UNTIL THAT NEXT QUARTER THAT WE WERE ABLE TO REALLY BRING MONEY TO THE COUNTY AND THAT WAS $13.2 MILLION AT THAT POINT, WHICH WAS, UH, SEPTEMBER OF 2020 IS WHEN WE WERE ABLE TO REALLY GET MOVING ON SOLICITING OUR ADVERTISEMENTS FOR OUR ENGINEERS, UM, TO GET THESE PROJECTS MOVING.

SO STARTING OFF, UH, THE SAMS POINT TURN LANE, THAT WAS COMPLETE IN NOVEMBER, 2021, LIKE I SAID, WE WERE ABLE TO USE LOCAL IMPACT FEES IN ORDER TO GET THAT DONE.

AIRPORT FRONTAGE, PHASE ONE, UM, WHICH YOU'LL SEE OVER ON THE FAR RIGHT THAT IS LOST ISLAND TO THE INTERSECTION OF 21.

THAT ONE IS IN CONSTRUCTION AND IT'S ANTICIPATED TO OPEN THOUGH THERE WILL BE SOME PUNCHLESS ITEMS TO COMPLETE, UM, AS OF MARCH OF THIS YEAR.

THE NEXT ONE UP ON THE SCREEN WE'RE GONNA TAKE A LOOK AT IS GONNA BE YOUR LADIES ISLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL, UM, REALIGNMENT OR ACCESS ROAD.

THAT ROAD IS APPROXIMATELY 70% DESIGN AND WE HAVE RECEIVED AUTHORIZATION BY A-C-D-O-T IN ORDER TO BEGIN THE RIGHT OF WAY PROCESS FOR THAT.

ALONG WITH THAT PROJECT, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT A GOING AHEAD AND DOING THE SIGNAL, UM, SIGNALIZE INTERSECTION AT GATE DRIVE WITH AIRPORT FRONTAGE ROAD TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE SAFE ACCESS TO THE ROAD.

UM, ADDITIONALLY, WE DID ADD A SIDEWALK TO ROBIN DRIVE.

UH, THERE'S A RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY OFF OF ROBIN THAT ATTEND THE SCHOOLS.

SO THE STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO WALK, UM, FOR HAZEL FARM AND ENGAGE DRIVE.

THAT'S AT THE BOTTOM, UH, RIGHT QUADRANT OF THE SCREEN.

THAT PROJECT IS ALSO 70% DESIGNED.

WE ARE WAITING RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION FROM S-C-D-O-T.

UM, WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT THE ACQUISITION WILL BEGIN IN ABOUT THE THIRD QUARTER OF THIS YEAR WITH CONSTRUCTION ANTICIPATED TO BE THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 2025.

SUNSET MILLER, UM, ON YOUR TOP LEFT QUADRANT OF THE ENTER OF THE ROAD.

UM, THAT ONE'S AT 50% DESIGN.

IT'S BEEN A LITTLE TOUGHER.

THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, STORMWATER AND DRAINAGE, UM, HURDLES THAT WE'VE HAD TO TACKLE.

UM, SO THAT ONE, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ANTICIPATION OF OUR RIGHT OF WAY TO BE THE THIRD QUARTER OF 2024.

UM, AND NOT GOING UNTIL, OH, I'M SORRY, 2025 AND NOT CONSTRUCTION BIDDING UNTIL THE THIRD QUARTER OF 2025.

AND THEN YOUR MAINLINE CORRIDOR PROJECT, THAT ONE'S ALSO 50% DESIGN RIGHT AWAY.

ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULES ARE DEPENDENT ON ADDITIONAL FUNDING.

SO RIGHT NOW ALL THE PROJECTS ON LADIES ISLAND ARE APPROXIMATELY FOUR $42 MILLION DEFICIT RIGHT NOW.

UM, WHICH AS YOU KNOW, HAS BEEN, UM, ADDED TO THE POTENTIAL,

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UH, REFERENDUM FOR 2024.

SOME PROJECTS DID GET PUT ON HOLD.

UM, MAYFAIR COURT EXTENSION, UM, KIND OF IN THE CENTER OF THE UPPER LEFT QUADRANT.

UM, DUE TO PUBLIC COMMENT, THE CONSTITUENTS DID NOT WANT THE ROAD TO CONNECT TO A PRIVATE ROAD, THEREFORE WE PUT THAT PROJECT ON HOLD, WHICH WAS SOLIDIFIED BY RESOLUTION, I BELIEVE, IN 2020 BEAUFORT HIGH SCHOOL REALIGNMENT.

THERE WAS FIVE ALTERNATIVES THAT HAVE BEEN LOOKED AT ALL THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.

WE HAVE VETTED THAT PROCESS.

IT WAS PUT ON HOLD ALSO DUE TO, UM, A RESOLUTION.

UM, WE'LL BE TAKING A LOOK AT A POSSIBLE NEW ALIGNMENT WITH THE LADIES ISLAND VILLAGE CENTER, UH, MASTER PLAN, WHICH IS CURRENTLY BEING WORKED ON WITH THE CITY OF BUFORT AND THE COUNTY'S PLANNING DEPARTMENTS AND ENGINEERING DEPARTMENTS.

CAN, CAN WE ASK A QUESTION? YES, CHAIRMAN.

UM, THE BEAUFORT HIGH, THAT WAS, UM, VERY PAINFUL PRO PUBLIC PROCESS WHEN THAT WENT THROUGH.

UH, DO YOU, IS THAT GONNA BE INCLUDED IN THE NEXT REFERENDUM FUNDING FOR SOMETHING TO BE DONE THERE? SO WE ARE GONNA TAKE A LOOK AT MAYBE ADDITIONAL ALTERNATIVES AS FAR AS THE LADIES ISLAND VILLAGE CENTER IS CONCERNED.

UM, WE'LL BE TAKING A LOOK AT THAT, BUT IT'S, I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S IDENTIFIED IN OUR CURRENT IN THE REFERENDUM FOR 2024.

WELL, IT'S IS PART OF THE, THE OVERALL COST IS 72 MILLION.

WE'VE GOT 30 FROM, FROM CURRENT SALES TAX, AND THEN WE'VE GOT 40 IN THE FUTURE SALES TAX AS FAR AS IDENTIFIED.

SO THAT IS CAPTURED IN PART OF THAT 40 MILLION.

UM, AND THE MEADOWBROOK DRIVE EXTENSION, UM, THIS ROAD HAS BEEN PUT ON HOLD, UH, AS WE'RE UNABLE TO CONTACT THE PROPERTY OWNER, ONE PROPERTY OWNER THAT WE NEED.

SO JUST TO KIND OF GIVE THAT TO YOU IN A LIST.

ONCE AGAIN, YOU'RE COMPLETED IN CONSTRUCTION, IN DESIGN, AND THE PROJECTS THAT ARE ON HOLD.

THE FUN ONE, THE, UH, SIDEWALKS AND MULTI-USE PATHWAYS.

UH, THIS ONE WAS 24 LOCATIONS, BUT CONSISTED OF 31 ROADWAYS.

UM, BECAUSE COUNCIL REALIZED THAT $10 MILLION WASN'T GONNA GET US VERY FAR.

WITHIN THAT LIST OF 24, THERE WAS A RESOLUTION THAT WAS PASSED TO PRIORITIZE THOSE DOWN TO 14 AFTER WE WENT TO PUBLIC COMMENT.

UM, IN THE FALL OF 2028 OF THOSE ROADS WERE THEN RECOMMENDED THAT WOULD FIT WITHIN OUR $10 MILLION BUDGET FOR BOTH DESIGN RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION.

UM, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAD AN OVER COLLECTION OF OUR SALES TAX.

SO WE DID COME FORWARD AND YOU APPROVED A ALLOCATION OF $15 MILLION TO GO TOWARDS, UH, THE SIDEWALKS AND MULTI-USE PATHWAYS.

SO THAT BRINGING US TO A TOTAL OF 25 MILLION.

SO WE WERE ABLE TO ADD SOME ADDITIONAL PROJECTS IN THERE, BRINGING IT UP TO 17 FOLD PROJECTS.

ONE OF THE ODDBALLS IS SOMETHING LIKE LAUREL BAY, IT IS IN THE REFERENDUM.

UM, BUT WE RECEIVED A VERY GENEROUS GRANT FROM THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS THAT COVERED THE MAJORITY, 80% OF THAT PROJECT.

SO WE WERE ABLE TO DO SOME MODIFICATIONS TO ENSURE THAT WE COULD GET THAT PROJECT IN.

AND THANK YOU FOR THOSE THAT ATTENDED THE, UH, THE CEREMONY.

SO I'M GONNA GIVE THE UPDATES FOR THESE PROJECTS FROM NORTH OF BROAD DOWN TO SOUTH OF BROAD.

SO STARTING OFF, AND YOU'RE GONNA FORGIVE ME 'CAUSE I AM, THERE WE GO.

MINE ARE KIND OF A LITTLE OUT OF ORDER.

SO BIGGEST STATE ROAD, UM, CURRENTLY IT IS IDENTIFIED FOR AN EIGHT FOOT MULTI-USE PATHWAY ON BIG STATE FROM HIGHWAY 17 TO BIGGEST STATE CIRCLE.

UM, IT'S APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILES, AND THAT IS ABOUT 30% COMPLETE IN DESIGN RIGHT NOW.

YES, THE YELLOWS ARE THE PRIORITIES THAT ARE LISTED.

SO I WON'T BE TALKING ABOUT THE ONES IN WHITE STEWART POINT ROAD.

THAT ONE IS IN RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION.

UM, AS WE SPEAK, WE HAVE, I BELIEVE, 38 PARCELS THAT WE WILL HAVE TO CO UH, COMMUNICATE WITH IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THE ACQUISITION OF LAND.

NEEDED TO PUT THAT MULTI-USE PATH IN.

AND THAT ONE'S EIGHT FOOT.

THAT'S GOING TO BE FROM US, 21 TO DELANEY CIRCLE.

IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE TWO BEFORE I MOVE ON? NO.

IF I MIGHT.

YES SIR.

IF I'M AT THE BIGGEST STATE ROAD, UM, IT COMES OUT OF BIGGEST STATE TWO HIGHWAY 17, AND THEN IT GOES DOWN, THAT LAKE GOES DOWN TO, I BELIEVE IT'S JENKINS ROAD.

SO THE US TWO 17 PATHWAY EXTENSION IS NOT ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY ABLE TO FUND.

RIGHT.

UM, SO IT'S GOING TO HIT FROM BIGGEST STATE'S CIRCLE UP AT THE NORTHERN PORTION COMING STRAIGHT DOWN TO 20, UH, TO 17.

WE WON'T BE GOING ANY FURTHER THAN THAT AT THE MOMENT.

OLD SALEM AND BURTON HILL.

UM, BUT IF WITH WHEN WE HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES COME AVAILABLE TO US, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE COMPLETE THIS REFERENDUM AND WHOLE.

ALL RIGHT.

THIS ONE'S A LITTLE BIT MESSIER.

UM, STARTING OFF AT SALEM ROAD.

UM, SO THERE WERE THREE PROJECTS IN THE SALEM AREA.

WE HAVE, UH, SALEM ROAD, OLD SALEM ROAD, AND BURTON HILL.

SO SALEM ROAD IS APPROXIMATELY 55% DESIGNED.

IT'S AN EIGHT FOOT MULTI-USE PATHWAY LOCATED ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD.

OLD SALEM ROAD IS, UH, LOWER DOWN ON THE PRIORITY.

IT GOT ADDED WITH THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING

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UM, BUT THOSE HAVE BOTH BEEN SURVEYED AND ARE IN PRELIMINARY DESIGN.

UH, DEPOT ROAD.

DEPOT ROAD IS IN RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION.

THERE ARE TWO PROPERTY OWNERS THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH IN ORDER TO GET THIS PROJECT.

UM, LET FOR CONSTRUCTION.

AND THAT ONE ALONG WITH STEWART POINT ARE ALSO, UH, PARTIALLY FUNDED THROUGH THE, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK.

GRANT, CAN WE GO BACK JUST FOR A SECOND? YES, MA'AM.

THE SALEM ROAD COMPLEX.

I GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT ONE.

UM, ANY ANY CHALLENGES WITH LANDOWNERS IN THAT AREA OR WE HAVEN'T MADE IT TO THE RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION PHASE YET? UH, THE REASON THAT THIS ONE HAS BEEN, UM, A LITTLE SLOWER THAN ANTICIPATED IS THERE IS A SMALL CREEK, UM, THAT WE ARE GONNA HAVE TO LOOK AT SOME TYPE OF WALK, UM, BOARDWALK STRUCTURE, UM, THAT'S GONNA BE BESIDE THE ROADWAY AND MAKING SURE THAT WE, UM, WE'RE HANDLING ALL OF OUR PERMITS WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, AFFECTING THOSE WETLANDS RIGHT THERE.

MIDDLE ROAD IS APPROXIMATELY 65% DESIGN.

THAT IS A EIGHT FOOT WIDE SHARED USE PATH FROM WALNUT HILL STREET TO THE, TO SAMS POINT ROAD AT THE ROUNDABOUT.

UM, THAT ONE WE'VE ALSO BEEN EXPERIENCING A LOT OF DESIGN ISSUES.

IT'S VERY FLAT LAND, SURPRISINGLY OVER THERE.

UM, SO TRYING TO GET THAT WATER TO FLOW, UM, IN THE AREA THAT WE NEED WHEN WE ADD THIS MULTI-USE PATHWAY HAS BEEN, UM, A STRUGGLE THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH.

UM, BUT YES, THAT ONE 65%, SO WE SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR AUTHORIZATION OF RIGHT OF WAY WITHIN THE NEXT QUARTER.

UM, MORE ROAD IS ONE OF THE ONES THAT ON THE AUTHORIZATION OF RIGHT OF WAY, JUST SO YOU UNDERSTAND.

SO ALL THESE PROJECTS WE HAVE IN AGREEMENT WITH DOT ON ON THE PERMITTING PROCESS.

FACILITY, THE BURNT CHURCH ROAD PROJECT.

AND THE AUTHORIZATION AT CERTAIN SEGMENTS, WE SEND IT IN FOR REVIEW.

SO AT 30% WE SEND IT IN FOR REVIEW AND THEN AT 60% WE SEND IT IN FOR REVIEW AND 60 70 SOMEWHERE IN THERE.

AND THEN AT THAT POINT, WE CAN'T START THE RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION UNTIL WE GET THAT CHECKOFF FROM DOT.

AND THEN ONCE WE START THAT WE CAN CONTINUE DESIGN AND WE HAVE TWO TRACKS.

WE HAVE DESIGN GOING AND RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION GOING AT THE SAME TIME.

THEN A LOT OF TIMES IF WE HAVE A LOT OF PARCELS, THE DESIGN BEATS THE RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION.

IF WE HAVE A LOT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITS, IT MIGHT BE THE OPPOSITE WHERE THE, THE RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION BEATS THE DESIGN.

ONCE WE HAVE 'EM BOTH FULLY COMPLETE, THEN WE CAN LET IT FOR CONSTRUCTION.

BUT WHEN YOU HEAR HER REFERENCING, UM, DO THE AUTHORIZATION, THAT'S WHAT THAT RIGHT OF WAY AUTHORIZATION IS MERIDIAN ROAD, WE WERE ABLE TO ADD WITH THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT WERE ALLOCATED TO THE UM, PROGRAM.

SO MERIDIAN ROAD IS GONNA BE A 10 FOOT WIDE MULTI-USE PATHWAY RIGHT NOW.

THAT ROAD HAS A LOT OF BIG, BEAUTIFUL TREES THAT WE WILL BE WORKING AROUND TO, TO SAVE.

UM, SO THIS ONE HAS BEEN, IT'S STILL WE'RE IN DISCUSSION ON WHICH SIDE OF THE ROAD IT'S GOING TO BE, BUT EITHER WAY, WE WILL ALSO BE ADDING A LITTLE EXTENSION ONTO YEOMAN'S DRIVE TO ENSURE THAT ANYBODY WALKING IN THAT AREA TRYING TO GET TO BEAUFORT HIGH SCHOOL, WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO SO SAFELY ON A PEDESTRIAN ACCOMMODATION.

DR.

MLK JUNIOR DRIVE, UM, THAT ROAD IS APPROXIMATELY, SORRY ABOUT THAT SIX 5% DESIGN, UH, RIGHT AWAY.

ACQUISITION IS ANTICIPATED TO BEGIN IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2024.

UM, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE PENN CENTER, UM, DILIGENTLY TO, UM, HAVE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT HOW THAT CROSSES THEIR FRONTAGE OF THEIR, UM, OF THE PENN CENTER PROPERTY.

UM, BUT THIS PROJECT WILL GO FROM 21 ALL THE WAY UP TO JONATHAN FRANCIS.

AND AS YOU KNOW, MAY KNOW THERE IS A MULTI-USE PATHWAY DOWN JONATHAN FRANCIS TO OUR LIBRARY, UM, ROBERT OR REBO ROAD TO PARIS ISLAND GATEWAY.

THIS WAS AN EXTENSION PROJECT.

UM, THERE WAS AN EXISTING SIDEWALK, UM RIGHT, THAT COME UP RIGHT AT RON LANE.

AND THEN THERE WAS NOTHING FROM RON LANE TO THE, UH, LENORA PARK.

UH, SO THAT IS AN EXTENSION PROJECT THAT WE HAVE COMPLETED.

BROAD RIVER DRIVE, UH, BROAD RIVER DRIVE IS CURRENTLY ALSO IN DESIGN.

IT IS ABOUT 30% DESIGN.

I KNOW MS. HOWARD, UH, YOU PROBABLY GET A LOT OF COMMENTS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON OVER THERE.

UM, SO YOU, THAT'S A FIVE FOOT SIDEWALK ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ROAD, UM, FROM SHELL POINT ROAD.

AND WE'RE TAKING THAT ALL THE WAY TO TR PARKWAY.

UM, SO THAT ONE'S GONNA BE, THERE'S A LOT OF PROPERTY OWNERS, A LOT OF UTILITIES THAT ARE GONNA HAVE TO BE, UM, ORGANIZED AND COMMUNICATED WITH.

SO, UM, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING ALL THAT DONE.

AND THEN THE LAST ONE IN THIS AREA IS GONNA BE BROAD RIVER BOULEVARD AND RILEY ROAD.

UH, THAT PROJECT IS CURRENTLY 20% DESIGN AND THAT'S A FIVE FOOT SIDEWALK.

THEN I'M GONNA TAKE US DOWN SOUTH OF THE BROAD ALL JOY ROAD BEING THE FIR WELL, OKAY, MY TURN.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

LET'S START WITH BLUFFTON PARKWAY.

SO THAT ONE IS CURRENTLY IN CONSTRUCTION.

PUNCH LIST IS, UM, PUNCH LIST IS BEING WORKED THROUGH.

UM, SO YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE THAT FULL CONNECTION FROM THE ROUNDABOUT UP TO OUR, UM, MYRTLE PARK

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SO WE HAVE TAKEN OUT THE MULTI-USE PATHWAY AS A, AS A SEPARATE PROJECT AND PUT IT INTO THE ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.

SO WE ARE DESIGNING MULTI-USE PATHWAY AND THE SIDEWALK ALONG BOTH ON ONE SIDE OF THE ROAD, UM, IS A SIDEWALK.

THE OTHER IS MULTI-USE PATHWAY.

THE WHOLE LENGTH OF BURNT CHURCH FROM ALL JOY AND BRIDGE STREET ALL THE WAY UP TO US 2 78.

BUT THAT'S GONNA BE INCLUDED IN THE OVERALL ROAD WIDENING AN IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, AJOY ROAD.

UM, ON THE AGENDA TODAY WILL BE HOPEFULLY ACCEPTING A GRANT OPPORTUNITY THROUGH THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S.

UM, OOH, YEAH, THE TAP GRANT, UH, TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM GRANT.

SO THAT IS ON YOUR AGENDA TODAY.

UM, WE ARE AT THE POINT WHERE WE ARE ABLE TO LET FOR CONSTRUCTION ON THAT PROJECT, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF DOCUMENTATION AS WE WORK THROUGH THE STATE'S PROCESS.

UM, ULMER ROAD AND CHAD HAVE BOTH BEEN SURVEYED.

UM, BUT THOSE CAME IN FURTHER ON DOWN WHEN WE RECEIVED OUR AL OUR ADDITIONAL ALLOCATION OF MONEY.

MONEY.

SO, UM, THOSE ARE STILL IN THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN PHASE.

MS. BISHOP YOU JUST MENTIONED, UM, THE, UH, BURN CHURCH ROAD GOING TO 2 78.

YES SIR.

THE ONE DESIGN IS HERE, IT STOPS AT THE, UM, UM, BLUFFTON PARKWAY.

SO IS GOING ALL THE WAY.

YES, IT WILL.

WELL, THERE'S ALREADY EXISTING FEATURES ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE BLUFFTON PARKWAY.

SO WE'LL BE GOING UP TO BLUFFTON PARKWAY, BUT THE WHOLE ROAD PROJECT, UM, AS THE ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT THAT GOES FROM 2 78 DOWN TO ALL JOY AND BRIDGE.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

CAN, CAN YOU GO BACK ONE MORE REAL QUICK? SO LAKE, THIS ONE LAKE POINT, AND IS THAT OLD MILLER ROAD? UH, YES.

SO THAT'S A, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A, I KNOW PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR YEARS, THERE'S IF THAT WAS EVER GONNA CONNECT TO VIA A ROW, BUT WE'RE DOING A WALKWAY TO CONNECT THEM.

THERE'S A LOT OF HISTORY THAT GOES BEHIND.

IS THAT, UM, THAT CONNECTION? UM, IT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED IN OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SINCE 2010.

UM, IT HAS BEEN IN OUR IMPACT FEE LIST, THAT CONNECTOR ROAD.

UM, I DON'T BELIEVE A A PEDESTRIAN FACILITY WOULD BE WARRANTED THERE OR WARRANTED BY THE COMMUNITY UNLESS THAT ROAD IS THERE.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY TIME THAT IT MAKES LOGICAL SENSE TO INSTALL THE PEDESTRIAN FEATURE.

I THINK LAST I CHECKED, WE'RE STILL, IT'S LIKE ONE PROPERTY OWNER THAT LIKE PUT A TREE IN FRONT OF IT AND EVERYTHING AND LIKE OKAY, .

HAVEN'T BEEN BACK THERE IN A WHILE, BUT YES, IT WAS IDENTIFIED IN THE REFERENDUM.

UM, BUT UH, UNTIL THE ROAD IS CONSTRUCTED, I REALLY DON'T SEE A PURPOSE FOR A PATHWAY TO BE USED THERE.

I AGREE.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? I ACTUALLY DO HAVE ONE.

YES, SIR.

UM, ARE WE PLANNING ON GETTING THIS INFORMATION OUT TO PEOPLE, TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC FOR THEM TO, SO I DO HAVE A WEB, WE DO HAVE WEBSITES, UH, SO BEAUFORT COUNTY PENN.COM, UM, ALL OF THIS INFORMATION IS THERE READY FOR YOU TO ACCESS ANY TIME.

THERE IS A GIS MAP.

IT TELLS YOU WHAT PHASE EACH PROJECT IS IN, APPROXIMATELY HOW MUCH THAT PROJECT'S GONNA COST.

UM, WE DO, WE'RE ABOUT, AT THE TIME NOW SINCE WE'VE HAD A COUPLE CONSTRUCTION LED UH, CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS LED THAT WE NEED TO DO SOME UPDATES ON OUR ENGINEERING COSTS.

UM, SO THAT MIGHT BE AN UPDATE THAT'S TO COME ON THE WEBSITE.

BUT ALL THIS INFORMATION IS THERE ALONG WITH ALL GUIDING DOCUMENTS OF THE REFERENDUM.

UH, WE HAVE A Q AND A SECTION, ANY PUBLIC MEETING THAT WE'VE CONDUCTED, THERE'S THE, UM, MEETING SUMMARY THAT IS ON THERE TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT THE CONSTITUENTS THOUGHT ABOUT ONE OF THE PROJECTS.

IT'S ALL THERE.

AND THEN THIS IS ALSO IN THE PACKET FOR TODAY'S AGENDA.

SO THEY'LL BE ABLE TO ACCESS IT THROUGH THE COUNTY'S WEBSITE.

AND, AND THAT'S GREAT, BUT THAT STILL REQUIRES, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE TO GO TO IT.

IS THERE, IS THERE ANY, 'CAUSE I I'M TELLING YOU, MY CONSTITUENTS OUT ON LADIES ISLAND.

, THEY'RE, THEY'RE FRUSTRATED.

I MEAN, THEY, THEY ARE VERY, VERY MAD AT THIS 2018 REFERENDUM THAT, AND I UNDERSTAND NOW, NOW THAT I'M WORKING HERE MM-HMM.

I UNDERSTAND THE DELAYS.

, BUT MOST PEOPLE DON'T.

AND I, I TRY TO EXPLAIN IT WHEN I CAN, BUT STILL, IF THERE'S A WAY TO DISSEMINATE THAT INFORMATION ACTIVELY, I I THINK IT WOULD BE A HUGE HELP.

SO WE'RE WORKING ON QUARTERLY.

WE'RE GETTING, WE'VE UH, DUE TO COVID WE KIND OF GOT A LITTLE BACKTRACKED WITH SOME OF OUR REPORTING, UM, THAT WE USED TO GIVE TO COUNTY COUNCIL.

SO WE ARE GOING TO BE GIVING OUT QUARTERLY REPORTS AGAIN FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO DISTRIBUTE TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS.

UM, THIS IS THE BEST WAY, UM, FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GET IT.

LIKE JARED MENTIONED, IT'S ME AND JENNIFER, UH, BRAD WITH BRAD CONSULTING THAT IS WORKING THROUGH ALL THE PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT.

HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE A RESOLUTION THAT REQUIRES US TO HAVE A MINIMUM OF TWO PUBLIC MEETINGS FOR EACH ONE OF THE PROJECTS.

SO WE DO SEE THE PUBLIC AROUND THIS, AROUND THE AREA OF THE PROJECT AT LEAST TWO TIMES.

INTERSECTIONS THERE ON, ON EITHER LADIES ISLAND DRIVE OR SANDS POINT ROAD OR, OR I BELIEVE I SAW AN EMAIL SAYING THAT IT WASN'T WARRANTED, UH, FROM THE STATE LEVEL.

BUT TO YOUR POINT, DIRECTLY, WE'LL, WE'LL WORK WITH OUR PIO MM-HMM.

WITH HANNAH THAT WHAT I WAS, AND, AND TRY TO GET A FRESH PUSH OUT ON THIS INFORMATION THAT WE'RE SHARING TODAY.

AND SPECIFICALLY THE HANDOUT THAT, THAT YOU HAVE, UM, THAT REALLY GETS THE NUTS AND BOLTS ON, ON WHERE EACH PROJECT IS.

THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL.

I I REALLY APPRECIATE THE UPDATE.

YEP, ABSOLUTELY.

YEAH, IT'S VERY GOOD.

AND COULD YOU MAYBE SEND A COPY TO MR. LAUDERDALE WHO ASKED THE QUESTION IN THE PAPER? YES.

WHERE'S OUR MONEY GOING? , THIS IS VERY HELPFUL.

ANNA CAN, HANNAH CAN, ANNA CAN DO IT.

AND, AND ONE OTHER THING WHILE I GOT YOU HERE.

UM, YES SIR.

I'VE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE TALK TO ME ABOUT, UM, GETTING SOME LIGHTED

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IS THAT, IS ANY OF THAT IN THIS 2018 REP? YES.

SO THERE, SO THE LIGHT IS IDENTIFIED IN THE MAIN CORRIDOR PROJECTS, THE SC 8 0 2, US 21 AND US 21 BUSINESS.

THERE ARE SIGNAL LOCATIONS THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED AS WE IMPROVE THE ACCESS ROADS THAT WOULD LEAD TO THOSE INTERSECTIONS.

UM, SO WE DID TAKE A LOOK.

WE DID A QUICK, UM, A TRAFFIC ANALYSIS TO SEE IF ONE WAS WARRANTED AT CURRENT DEMAND.

AND IT'S NOT UNFORTUNATELY AT, AT MILLER.

I THINK DAVE MAKES A GOOD POINT.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US DO AT THE COUNTY MORE IS, I MEAN, SOCIAL MEDIA'S FREE, FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, AS MUCH AS I, I HATE TO SAY IT, UM, TIKTOK, ALL OF THAT STUFF'S FREE AND ALL OF 'EM CAN HAVE LINKS SENT TO THEM.

UM, WITH THAT SAID, IS, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PUSH OUT? I MEAN, WE'RE GETTING PREPARED TO BRING OUT ANOTHER REFERENDUM AND I DON'T SEE WHAT THE ISSUE IS OF PUTTING THIS OUT WEEKLY OR INFORMATION UPDATES .

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

AND MY DAUGHTER JUST, UM, GAVE ME LEMONADE AS ANOTHER SOCIAL MEDIA.

I JUST HAD TO DOWNLOAD THAT AS ANOTHER ONE.

SO THERE, THERE'S LOTS OF SOCIAL MEDIA AVENUES.

UH, THE ONLY, THE ONLY PUSHBACK I WOULD SAY AS FAR AS WEEKLY IS, UM, THE PROJECTS DON'T, IT WILL BE A, A LITTLE BIT REPETITIVE 'CAUSE THEY DON'T MOVE THAT QUICKLY.

SO THE UPDATE, UM, IF, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD LOSE ANY INFORMATION AND, AND PUSHING IT OUT THAT FREQUENT.

BUT AS FAR AS SAY WEEKLY, I JUST MEAN LIKE OTHER INFORMATION THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AS WELL.

I MEAN, I, I FOLLOW OUR PAGES AND USUALLY IT'S JUST POSTING WHAT WE DO HERE IN THIS ROOM.

AND EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE A GROUNDBREAKING THING.

I MEAN, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE MORE LIKE INFORMATION, THE TAX DOLLARS BEING PUT TO WORK OUT TO OUR, UH, CONSTITUENTS.

WE'LL BE HAPPY TO GET WITH HANNAH AND TALK ABOUT THIS REFERENDUM ALONG WITH ALL THE OTHER PROJECTS, ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON TODAY.

GOOD IDEA.

UM, MR. CHAIRMAN, CAN I JUST PIGGYBACK ON WHAT YOU JUST SAID? I PIGGYBACKED OFF MIGHT AS WELL AS I APPRECIATE IT.

I I WOULD EVEN APPRECIATE IF YOU, UM, UM, BROKE IT OUT SO THAT YOU HAVE DIFFERENT SECTION.

UM, ONE OF THE CONSTITUENTS OF SAYING TO ME, UM, 2 78, 1 70 GET ALL THE ATTENTION AND ALL THE MONEY AND I'M TRYING TO EXPLAIN THAT THEIR MONEY WILL BE COMING TO OUR AREA AS WELL.

SO IF YOU COULD KIND OF JUST DISSECT IT A LITTLE AND JUST PUSH OUT WHAT MAY HAPPEN ON LADIES ISLAND AND HALLER, WHAT MAY HAPPEN.

THEY'LL GET THE INFORMATION ON IN SOUTH ABROAD.

YES, WE CAN, WE CAN WORK ON THAT.

A LOT OF THE ROAD, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE MONEY THAT WE HAVE IS TIED TO CIP LISTS.

SO OUR IMPACTS HAVE CIP LISTS.

OUR REFERENDUMS HAVE CIP LISTS OUR, UM, C FUNDS THROUGH THE COUNTY'S TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE.

THEY HAVE PRO, PRO PROGRAMMATIC, UM, PROJECTS THAT THEY WORK ON.

SO YEAH, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A, GIVE YOU SOME INFORMATION ON ALL OF THAT.

WE CAN, WE CAN BREAK IT UP.

THROUGHOUT REGIONS.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

AND HELP, I MEAN I'M, YOU, YOU AND I ARE GOING TO BASICALLY HAVE OUR PUBLIC MEETINGS.

YOU KNOW, UM, SO THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.

AND WHENEVER YOU ARE READY, UM, I'LL BE READY TO, TO HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING SO WE CAN EXPLAIN, UM, MLK.

I'M RIGHT THERE WITH YOU.

IF YOU CAN KEEP ME POSTED WHEN THESE PUBLIC MEETINGS ARE GONNA BE I'LL, I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO BE THERE.

SO THE ONES IN YOUR DISTRICT IS GONNA BE MIDDLE ROAD.

UM, AND THEN, UM, THE STREETSCAPING PROJECTS FOR SUNSET AND MILLER, UM, JUST GIMME POSTED.

YEAH, I WOULD JUST, OH, GO AHEAD.

UM, I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE, UH, SIDEWALKS AND AJOY.

, UM, I NOTICED I WAS JUST DOWN IN OLD TOWN.

I NOTICED THEY PUT NEW SIDEWALK UP TO ON BRIDGE STREET, MARLEY STREET.

MARTIN'S PLACE.

BUT THEN IT'S GONNA GO STRAIGHT FROM THERE RIGHT DOWN.

SO, AND THEN CROSS OVER TO SHAD.

SO FOR THE AL JOY AREA.

SO THEY DID THE STREET SCAPING FOR BRIDGE THAT WILL THEN CROSS OVER BRIDGE STREET AND CONNECT TO FUTURE PEDESTRIAN ACCOMMODATIONS ON BOTH SIDES OF BURNT CHURCH ROAD.

BUT THEY WOULD THEN CROSS OVER BURNT CHURCH AND THERE WOULD BE A SIX FOOT WIDE SIDEWALK ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ROAD THAT STARTS AT, UH, BURNT CHURCH.

AND WE'LL GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THOMAS BUR TO SHAW SHAD ROAD SHAD.

THEN IT'LL CROSS THE ROAD AGAIN AND GO TO THOMAS LAWTON JUST DUE TO THE PROXIMITY OF THOSE HOUSES BEING SO CLOSE TO THE ROAD.

SO YOU SAY BURNT CHURCH? MM-HMM.

YOU TURN LEFT ON AJOY, RIGHT? YES.

AND THEN IT'S ON THE LEFT OR RIGHT SIDE? IT'LL BE ON THE LEFT SIDE.

OH, IT'S ON THE LEFT SIDE.

YES MA'AM.

OH, BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, SO AT THE END OF THE DAY THEY'LL ALL TIE IN TOGETHER.

SO THE WORK AND THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON IS DONE AND THE WORK THAT WE'LL BE DOING WILL ALL BE CONNECTED.

AND THEN SHA AND ULMER WILL CONNECT TO THOSE FACILITIES THAT I UNDERSTAND.

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CAN WE ALSO POSSIBLY, I JUST THOUGHT OF THIS, YOU BROUGHT IT UP BRITTANY, THAT CTC CAN PUSH SOME INFORMATION OUT TOO BECAUSE THEY'RE SPENDING DOLLARS AND THEY'RE DOING THINGS ALL OVER THE COUNTY AND PEOPLE REALLY DON'T KNOW.

AND WE WANNA HYPE UP ALL OF THIS WORK IN THE COUNTY.

SO MAYBE CTC AT THEIR NEXT MEETING, IF I REMEMBER OR YOU GUYS REMEMBER, THEY COULD PUT SOMETHING OUT.

WE COULD LOOK AT, WE COULD LOOK AT AT DOING THAT WITH HANNAH.

HANNAH'S GONNA BE BUSY, VERY BUSY WITH WHERE? HANNAH AND IN GENERAL.

SO, UM, WE'VE GOT TWO PROJECTS THAT ARE COMPLETED, UH, OUTTA SALES TAX, WHICH IS HARD FOR YOU GUYS TO ANSWER WHEN PEOPLE ASK YOU QUESTIONS.

UH, WE HAVE THREE THAT ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW AND THEN WE'VE GOT, I BELIEVE, FOUR OR FIVE THAT WILL BE IN CONSTRUCTION WITH ORANGE BARRELS IN THE NEXT THREE TO SIX MONTHS, OR SIX TO NINE MONTHS.

ONE MORE.

UM, SO I JUST WANT TO THANK MS. BISHOP.

SHE DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB AT LADIES ALLEN, UH, BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION AND TOOK SOME REALLY HARD QUESTIONS AND TOOK A LOT OF HEAT AND DID IT VERY WELL.

APPRECIATE THAT.

THAT SECOND THAT I WAS, I WAS THERE THAT MEETING.

THANK YOU FOR GOING OUT THERE.

OF COURSE, ANYTIME.

IF YOU WANT ME THERE, I'LL BE THERE.

JUST TO TOUCH BASE ON THE LAST PART, I KNOW IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO DO WITH THE SALES TAX ITSELF, BUT JUST THINGS THAT WE ALL NEED, NEED OR WANT TO IMPROVE ON.

UM, SOCIAL MEDIA IS A BIG THING.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN PUSHING FOR YEARS TO USE.

I TRY TO USE IT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

UM, I WANNA KNOW WHAT RESOURCES OR HELP WE CAN GIVE HANNAH TO BE ABLE TO MATCH WHAT THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON DOES.

I MEAN, TOWN OF BLUFFTON HAS LIKE 6,000 MORE FOLLOWERS THAN WE DO ON FACEBOOK AND THEY'RE JUST A TOWN COMPARED TO OUR COUNTY AND THEY'RE VERY ACTIVE AND THEY GET A LOT OF RESPONSE TRAFFIC ON THEIRS TOO.

SO, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER.

I'M NOT A SOCIAL MEDIA GURU, BUT WHAT TOOLS WE CAN HELP OR TO GET HER HER TO GET THE INFORMATION OUT EASIER.

IF WE INVEST MONEY NOW INTO THAT TYPE OF PROGRAM, IT'S EASIER FOR US TO GET INFORMATION OUT FOR OTHER PROJECTS IN THE FUTURE.

AGREED.

I THINK THAT WILL DO IT.

UNLESS YOU GUYS HAVE ANYTHING ELSE.

NO, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

ON TO THE AGENDA ITEMS THEN.

ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE

[9. RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO ENTER INTO AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN BEAUFORT COUNTY AND THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR BEAUFORT COUNTY TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM PROJECTS. (FISCAL IMPACT: The County shall reimburse SCDOT for costs incurred as part of SCDOT’s reviews, coordination, and oversight per project throughout development. County Council Agenda – Beaufort County, SC SCDOT will invoice the County no more often than quarterly for these costs. Typically, the amounts are nominal and do not require approval further than the ACA for approval) - Jared Fralix, Assistant County Administrator]

UM, NUMBER NINE, RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO ENTER INTO INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN BEAUFORT COUNTY AND SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR BEAUFORT COUNTY TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM PROJECTS.

JARED, YOU'RE STILL STUCK WITH US.

YEAH, WELL, SO THAT WAS THE LONG PART OF THE, OF THE PROGRAM.

SO THIS, THESE NEXT ONES WILL GO REALLY QUICK FOR YOU.

UH, SO THIS IS AN AGREEMENT.

UH, THE SALES TAX PROGRAM NORMAL PROCESS, IF YOU'RE WORKING ON DOT RIGHT AWAY, IS TO GO THROUGH AN ENC ENCROACHMENT PERMIT PROCESS.

UM, IN THE SALES TAX 2018, WE CREATED AN IGA WHERE WE WORK DIRECTLY AND THERE'S TWO COMPONENTS OF DOT.

THERE'S A DISTRICT WHICH IS OUT OF CHARLESTON, AND THEN THERE'S HEADQUARTERS, WHICH IS OUT OF COLUMBIA.

UM, BECAUSE OF THE PROGRAM SO LARGE, WE HAVE SO MANY PROJECTS THAT ARE GONNA BE IN THERE RIGHT OF WAY TO WORK ON.

WE CREATED A IGA INSIDE THE 2018 SALES TAX THAT WE WORK WITH THE, THE HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT ON ALL OF OUR, UH, APPROVALS.

UM, AND IT HELPS EXPEDITE THE REVIEW PROCESS.

WHAT THIS IS, IS, UH, COPY AND PASTE TO OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF SALES TAX, BUT SOME OF THEM MAY SHOW UP ON FUTURE SALES TAX.

SOME OF THEM ARE JUST OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON DOT RIGHT AWAY.

UM, THERE'S LISTED THE NINE PROJECTS THAT WE WILL INCLUDE IN THIS AGREEMENT.

AND AGAIN, WHAT IT ALLOWS US TO DO IS TO HAVE THAT INTERACTION DIRECTLY WITH HEADQUARTERS, WHICH HELPS EXPEDITE THAT REVIEW WITH DO OT.

SO, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? YES.

I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.

MR. PASS.

SECOND BY MR. GLOVER.

ANY DISCUSSION? UM, JUST, JUST QUICKLY, UM, I, I DIDN'T NOTICE, UM, CHILD CREEK BRIDGE ON THIS LIST HERE.

RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT THE TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVE SET ASIDE PROGRAM FUND GRANT FOR THE US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, AND THE AMOUNT OF $1,177,868.

SO, UH, HEY, I'M, I DON'T NEED NO EXPLANATION.

THAT'S, I'M JUST GONNA THROW IT OUT THERE AND KEEP REMINDING ME.

CAN THIS BE TIME WITH NO OBJECTION.

NUMBER NINE, WE'LL MOVE ON WITH NO OBJECTION.

ON TO NUMBER 10.

[10. RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT THE TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVE SET ASIDE PROGRAM FUND GRANT FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION’S FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION (FHWA) IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,177,868,.71 FOR THE ALLJOY ROAD SIDEWALK PROJECT (FISCAL IMPACT: The grant is an 80/20 match: 80% from USDOT FHWA and 20% Local Match. The grant award is for a total of $1,177,868.71 that will be refunded from the 2018 One Cent Transportation Sales Tax account 4705-80-0000-54500 to be used for the construction of the Alljoy Road Sidewalk Pathway project. With a total project estimated cost of $1,472,335.89, the County’s match is $294,467.18 from account number 4705-80-0000-54500) - Jared Fralix, Assistant County Administrator]

THE AJOY ROAD SIDEWALK PROJECT.

STARTING TO TAKE OUR PROJECTS AND NOW THEY'RE APPROPRIATELY TIMED FOR REQUESTS FOR GRANT APPLICATION.

THIS IS A GRANT THAT BRITTANY JUST REFERENCED.

SO THIS IS A TAP GRANT THROUGH DOT SPECIFICALLY FOR SIDEWALKS AND PATHWAYS AND PEDESTRIAN ACCOMMODATIONS.

UH, THEY USED TO ONLY BE $400,000 AND THEY'VE RETOOLED THEIR PROGRAM RECENTLY BECAUSE A LOT OF PROJECTS WERE GETTING FUNDED, BUT THEN LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND ENTITIES, UH, WEREN'T ABLE TO COME UP WITH THE REST OF THE FUNDING.

SO RATHER THAN ONLY GIVING 400,000, THEY'RE EVALUATING THE PROJECT ON A PROJECT BY PROJECT BASIS.

AND SO, UM, WE'VE GOT A MUCH LARGER GRANT AMOUNT AT $1.2 MILLION.

SO WE'RE AT THE POINT NOW WITH ALL OF OUR DESIGN WHERE WE'RE

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SO, UH, THIS AS WELL AS THE LAUREL BAY GRANT THAT WE JUST RECEIVED AND, AND ARE WORKING ON THAT, UH, HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE SUCCESSFUL IN, IN GETTING MORE GRANTS.

BUT THIS IS, AGAIN, A GRANT TO STRETCH OUR DOLLAR ON THE PATHWAY, UH, AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE ALLOCATED IN THE PATHWAY SO WE CAN GET TO ALL 24 PATHWAYS.

AND IT'S 80 20.

UH, OUR PORTION IS ABOUT $300,000 FOR A TOTAL PROJECT COST, ABOUT 1.5 MILLION.

AND OUR FUNDING WILL BE COMING OUT OF OUR SALES TAX FUNDING FOR, UM, PATHWAYS.

WE HAVE MR. DESAI A REQUEST FOR A PRIVATE ROAD ACCEPTANCE OF, IS IT SHEPPER SHEER LANE INTO THE COUNTY ROAD INVENTORY AFTERNOON CHAIRMAN AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS, UH, BEFORE YOU IS THE WESTERN PORTION OF SHEPPER LANE.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED.

MR. PASSMAN.

SECOND.

MR. GLOVER.

AGAIN, ANY DISCUSSION? THIS WILL BE DONE WITH NO OBJECTION.

I SEE NO OBJECTION.

UH, NUMBER 11, UH,

[11. REQUEST FOR PRIVATE ROAD ACCEPTANCE OF SCHEPER LANE INTO THE COUNTY ROAD INVENTORY- Neil Desai, P.E. Public Works Director]

IT'S THE PRIVATE PORTION ABOUT 270 FEET WITHIN THE CITY OF BEAUFORT.

UH, THE EASTERN PORTION WAS RECENTLY, UH, RESURFACED IN 2023 UNDER THE, THE RESURFACING PROGRAM.

UM, THIS WESTERN PORTION WAS BROUGHT TO US FOR UNDER POLICY STATEMENT 15 AND 17, WHICH IS OUR ACCEPTANCE OF ROADS INTO THE COUNTY INVENTORY.

UM, BUT FOR YOU, YOU HAVE THE ROUGH BREAKDOWN OF WHAT IT WOULD COST TO BRING IT INTO COUNTY STANDARDS AS FAR AS SOME TREE WORK, SOME MILLING, AND SOME DRAINAGE.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO MS. HOWARD ACCEPT THIS ROAD.

I SECOND AND MS. KAEPERNICK SECONDS QUESTION.

ANY DISCUSSION QUESTION? YES, SIR.

UM, NEIL, THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION.

UM, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE, UM, THE POLICY STATEMENT FOR, UM, ORDINANCE 15 AND 17, IT, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, UM, AM I MISTAKEN TO, UH, SAY THAT MY RECOLLECTION SAYS THAT ONE OF THOSE POLICY REQUIRED SIX OR SEVEN RESIDENTS ON THE ROAD TO ACTUALLY, UM, GIVE CONSENT FOR THE ROAD TO BE TAKEN INTO THE COUNTY SYSTEM? I CAN'T RECALL.

'CAUSE THIS, THIS IS ALL PEOPLE THAT LIVE ON THE ROAD.

AND YEAH, AND, AND WE'VE RECEIVED SIGNATURE FROM ALL THE FOLKS THAT LIVE, THE THREE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE ON THE ROAD.

CAN YOU, CAN YOU VERIFY THAT? YES, SIR.

QUESTION FOR ME? YES, SIR.

CHAIRMAN, I, GO AHEAD.

YES, THANK YOU.

UM, I, UM, THIS, THIS, THIS, THIS, UM, ROAD HERE GOT A LOT OF PHONE CALLS ON FROM THOSE RESIDENTS, UH, BECAUSE THE STATE OWNS THE POTION THAT WAS PAVED AND THEN THIS LEADS RIGHT INTO BEAUFORT HIGH SCHOOL.

BUT IT WAS ACTUALLY A PRIVATE ROAD.

THAT'S CORRECT.

SO NOW IT'LL BE A COUNTY ROAD ROAD, UM, NOT A STATE ROAD.

RIGHT.

ARE WE, ARE WE GONNA TURN IT OVER TO THE STATE? IF, IF YOU CHOOSE TO ACCEPT IT, IT'LL BE A COUNTY ROAD.

A COUNTY ROAD.

UM, IN THE FUTURE.

THEN WE GOTTA PAVE IT ALONG WHEN THE, WHEN THE STATE PAVED THEIRS, WE GOTTA DO THE SAME THING.

YOU KNOW, I PREFER TURN IT OVER TO THE STATE, LET THE STATE TAKE CARE OF THE MAINTENANCE OF LATER ON.

BUT THAT'S, THEY DON'T WANT IT.

THAT'S FINE.

LET'S TAKE ONE, ONE STEP AT A TIME.

ALSO, THIS WILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH COUNSEL AS WELL.

SO, UM, I CAN FIND OUT THAT INFORMATION ABOUT THE SIGNATORY VERIFY THAT IF YOU YES, SIR.

SO ANYBODY ELSE? I DO HAVE A QUESTION WITH IT.

UM, WHAT THE REASONING BEHIND TAKING OVER THIS ROAD IS THIS BECAUSE OF THE ACCESS AND THE USE OF THE SCHOOL? IS THIS WHERE I'M UNFAMILIAR WITH THIS EXACT AREA? IS IT A HIGH TRAFFIC BECAUSE OF THE SCHOOL OR BUSES? THE BUSES COME, SO YEAH, THE BUSES COME DOWN THIS WAY.

IT'S A CUT THROUGH TO GET TO CENTER DRIVE EAST.

DID WE, WITH THE ACCESS ROAD THAT RUNS THROUGH ONE OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAPPENS TO BE THE SAME ROAD, THE BUSES TAKE THROUGH IT.

WHICH THEN GOES INTO BEAUFORT MIDDLE.

RIGHT.

JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, I MEAN, I'M NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF TAKING OVER PRIVATELY OWNED ROADS, JUST THAT REQUEST BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANNA MAINTAIN IT.

IF, BUT IF IT'S THE, BECAUSE OF THE DETERIORATION OF THE ROAD IS BECAUSE OF THE USE OF THE SCHOOL, THEN THAT MAKES SENSE THAT THAT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY AT THE COUNTY.

ANY OTHER DISCUSS? YES, SIR.

YEAH, AND I AGREE WITH YOU 'CAUSE IT'S BEEN OUR POSITION IN THE PAST AS NOT TO TAKE OVER ANY PRIVATE ROADS.

'CAUSE THEN WE SET A PRECEDENT THAT ANY PERSON THAT COMES TO US WITH A PRIVATE ROAD, BUT IN THIS CASE, IF IT IS, UM, TO BENEFIT THE SCHOOL AND THE TRAFFIC THAT'S DOWN THERE.

UM, AND AGAIN, IT'S A SMALL STREET THAT'S READY BEING USED PROPERLY BY THE PUBLIC.

UM, AND FOR US TO, TO LOOK INTO THAT, I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE THE SAME DISCUSSION AT VILLE ELEMENTARY A COUPLE YEARS BACK,

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I THINK WE HAD THE SAME DISCUSSION AND HAD TO GO DOWN THIS EXACT SAME PATH.

BUT OUR ORDINANCE, UM, DETERMINES AND SPELLS OUT OUR, UH, POSITION FOR ACCEPTING IT INTO THE COUNTY.

IT'S, IT'S, IT'S IN OUR ORDINANCE, BUT I JUST HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO PULL IT UP.

SO WE JUST NEED TO VERIFY THAT INFORMATION WHEN IT, THIS HAS TO GO TO COUNTY, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.

CAN WE JUST MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA SO WE CAN HAVE THAT INFORMATION AND HAVE IT ON AN ACTION ITEM? WOULD THAT BE, CAN WE REQUEST THAT FOR THE COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING? YEP.

WE CAN ALSO SEND OUT THE POLICY STATEMENT 15 AND 17 FOR THAT'D BE GREAT.

COUNCIL SOLUTIONS ON THE ACTION ITEM.

ACTION ITEM.

OKAY, PERFECT.

UM, DO WE NEED TO HAVE A ROLL CALL MR. DAWSON? NO.

NO.

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

THANK YOU MR. DESAI.

AND WITH THAT SAID, THAT ENDS OUR PUBLIC FACILITIES MEETING.