Feb 14, 2024 Beaufort County Stormwater Management Utility Board

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CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY BUFORT COUNTY, THE FEBRUARY 14TH, 2024

[ CALL TO ORDER – 2:00p.m.]

UH, WE'LL START WITH THE,

[A. Approval of Agenda ]

MAKE THE MOTION SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO, UM, APPROVAL OF THE

[B. Approval of Minutes – December 12th, 2023 ]

UM, HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE.

MOTION TO APPROVE.

I'LL SECOND IT.

ALL, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

ALRIGHT.

UH,

[ INTRODUCTIONS ]

MS. HOWARD, WE WANT START WITH YOU AND COME UP THE LINE.

ALICE HOWARD DISTRICT COURT, UH, LAYS ON TO THE STORM WATER BOARD, DECIDE FOR WORK.

OKAY, MA'AM? UH, TAMMY DOE, UH, STORM WATER BUSINESS MANAGER.

EXACTLY WHAT? OKAY.

UH, GENTLEMAN ON THE BACK ROW BACK THERE, YOU CAUGHT HIM.

SUPERINTENDENT JOHN WHITE RESIDENT ONE ROAD.

OKAY.

OF DEPARTMENT SIR HERMAN CRAMER.

RESIDENT SIX OCEAN STREET.

OKAY.

TAYLOR.

TAYLOR BREWER, STORMWATER PROGRAM MANAGER DENNIS ROSS AT LARGE.

BILL BARER, TOWN OF BLUFFTON WATERSHED FROM BUCHANAN ST.

HELEN ISLANDS IN EAST STORMWATER.

JAMES CLARK OUT INCORPORATED FORT ROYAL.

UH, I'M PATRICK MITCHELL, REPRESENTING LADIES ISLAND, STANDING IN FOR CHAIRMAN MARK FEINBERG, WHO'S UNABLE TO BE HERE TODAY.

SO, UM,

[PUBLIC COMMENT ]

IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? YES, SIR.

HI.

HELLO.

UH, MY NAME'S HERMAN KRAMER, RESIDE AT SIX OYSTER STREET, UM, BLUFFTON.

AND, UM, I'VE WORKING, TRYING TO WORK THROUGH AN ISSUE WITH, UH, DRAINAGE IN THAT AREA.

AND I HAVE A DITCH THAT RUNS THE CORNER OF MY LOT.

AND I, I HAVEN'T REALLY GOTTEN, I, I GUESS WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER SATISFACTORY ANSWER FROM, UH, REDIRECTING, UH, OUTFLOW THAT COMES FROM, FROM ACROSS ALL JOY THROUGH MY YARD.

AND DEPENDING ON THE CONDITIONS OF THE DITCHES AND DRAINS UNDER THE ROADS GETTING TO THE MAY RIVER, UM, I AM KIND OF HELD HOSTAGE BY, BY THOSE CONDITIONS.

UM, THE LARGE STORM WE HAVE JUST RUNNING, RUNNING THROUGH, UH, YOU KNOW, MY PROPERTY AND OTHER FOLKS' PROPERTY AS WELL.

AND, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT IS, IF ANYTHING'S GONNA TIE IN WITH CHANGES, UM, WITH THAT AS FAR AS IF THE PATH, UH, THIS BIKE PATH COMES IN OR, OR WHAT HAVE YOU.

SO, UM, JUST JUST TO CLARIFY, I THINK THIS IS THE SAME AREA WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT IN HERE, CO.

YES.

I KNOW, JUST SO YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE BEEN HEARD OR BEEN PREPPED, BUT WE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION.

I THINK IT WAS OUR LAST MEETING, IF I REMEMBER.

MM-HMM.

CORRECT.

UH, WHERE I KNOW WE WERE MOVING FORWARD TO TRY TO HELP COORDINATE THIS.

RIGHT.

THERE WAS A LOT OF DIFFERENT FACTIONS, AND PLEASE INTERRUPT ME ANY TIME TO CLARIFY, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT FACTIONS KIND OF AT PLAY HERE.

ONE, NOT ALL THE ROADS ARE COUNTY CORRECT IN THIS AREA.

SOME OF 'EM ARE STATE CORRECT ROADS.

YES.

UM, TWO, I THINK DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS ON WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN IF ANYTHING SHOULD HAPPEN.

IS THAT CORRECT? UH, WELL, I, FROM, FROM THE PERSPECTIVE THAT, THAT I'VE GATHERED WITH FOLKS THERE, IT'S MORE ABOUT GETTING, UH, YOU KNOW, GETTING THE WATER OUT AND CLEANING UP THE DRAINAGE.

NOW, NOW THEY HAVE BEEN, THE COUNTY'S BEEN DOWN, THE STATE'S BEEN DOWN, UM, YOU KNOW, CLEANING UP SOME, SOME OF THE DITCHES.

UM, YOU KNOW, I, I JUST, YOU KNOW, WANT TO GO ON RECORD TO, YOU KNOW, SAY THAT THERE IS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S AN EXISTING ISSUE EVEN AFTER YOU CLEAN THE DITCHES, UM, WITH, YOU KNOW, THE CORNER OF MY PROPERTY DOWN THROUGH, UH, IT'S PASSED THERE MORE THAN YOURS.

YES, SIR.

FROM WHAT WE'VE BEEN, YES, SIR.

I, I JUST HAPPEN TO BE AT THE TOP END OF IT AND YEAH.

YOU KNOW, NO MATTER WHAT I DO, AT LEAST ON MY PROPERTY, UH, IT GETS TO A POINT WHERE EVERYTHING JUST BACKS UP AND, AND I'M THE LUCKY

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OF ALL THAT .

YEAH.

UNDERSTOOD.

UNDERSTOOD.

AND, AND I, I, I THINK WE, THE BOARD AS A WHOLE KIND OF TOOK THE INFORMATION.

IT'S LIKE, WE NEED TO DO WHATEVER WE CAN, YOU KNOW, TO TRY TO HELP THE SITUATION.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK OUR HANDS WERE KIND OF TIED A LITTLE BIT ON WHAT EXACTLY WE CAN DO, BUT I, I THOUGHT WE WERE MOVING FORWARD.

TAYLOR, DO YOU KNOW, WEREN'T WE GONNA SET UP SOME MEETING OR WE HAVE FEDERAL FUNDING IN THE WORKS TO GET A FULL BRAND STUDY DONE.

MM-HMM.

, UM, AND A FULL ANALYSIS TO HAVE PROPOSED FIXES.

GOTCHA.

WAS THERE ALSO ANYTHING DONE? I THINK WE HAD TALKED TO A FEW MONTHS BACK ABOUT DOING SOMETHING SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DO FOR THE FOLKS IN SHELL POINT ABOUT, AS FAR AS HAVING COMMUNITY MEETINGS TO KEEP THEM UPDATED ON WHAT THE PROGRESS IS AND, AND MAYBE WHAT SOME OF THE HOLDUPS ARE AS WELL.

SO THESE FOLKS AREN'T JUST LIKE THIS MR. MR. KRAMER HERE, KIND OF WONDERING WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON.

RIGHT.

I DON'T KNOW THAT WE FORMALLY, UM, HAVE COME TOGETHER ABOUT COMMUNITY MEETINGS, BUT WE CAN INTO THAT.

WE'VE DEFINITELY BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH, UM, SEVERAL DIFFERENT ALL JOY RESIDENTS ABOUT OUR EFFORTS AS FAR AS KITCHEN.

RIGHT.

BUT WE COULD DO BETTER.

OKAY.

AND THERE'S ALSO A, A, A AND I HAD TO LOOK IT UP HERE AND GO BACK IN MY, UM, STUFF THAT I HAVE, HAVE YOU SPOKEN WITH LAURA WILSON FOR THE PRESERVE AND PROTECT AJOY ASSOCIATION THAT'S IN THERE? UH, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT, UH, LAURA, NO.

OKAY.

THERE IS, THERE IS A GROUP THERE.

I THINK THERE WAS MAYBE MORE THAN ONE.

I, I DON'T RECALL.

I KNOW THAT SHE'S THE ONE THAT HAS SPOKEN UP RECENTLY RIGHT.

ABOUT THEIR EFFORTS AND THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT STORMWATER IN THAT ENTIRE AREA.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF SHE'S ACTUALLY THE POINT PERSON OR NOT, BUT SHE'S THE ONE THAT HAS PRESENTED ISSUES TO THE STORMWATER BOARD AND TO THE STORMWATER STAFF.

OKAY, GREAT.

AS FAR AS GETTING THOSE AREAS CLEANED UP.

AND IF YOU WANT, I I, I MAY HAVE HER EMAIL ADDRESS, I CAN GET IT TO YOU, THAT'D BE GREAT.

OR WHATEVER.

THAT WAY YOU CAN REACH OUT TO HER AND SEE WHERE SHE'S AT.

YES, SIR.

THANK YOU.

SURE.

APPRECIATE IT.

UM, YEAH, I, I, I THINK THAT'S A, A KEY PIECE IS, HEY, IT'S GREAT THAT WE'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING, BUT WHAT IS THE SOMETHING CORRECT.

AND SO EVERYONE'S ALIGNED AND, AND I'M NOT THINKING THAT SOMETHING'S GONNA GET MAGICALLY RESOLVED AND THEN EVERYTHING'S DONE AND, YOU KNOW, NO ONE SAID ANYTHING ABOUT IT, SO.

RIGHT.

UH, THANK YOU THAT THAT'S WELL, THANK YOU FOR, FOR COMING.

UM, AND, AND, UM, I THINK ANOTHER THING, UM, IS WE WERE REALLY TRYING TO GET THE STATE REPRESENTATIVE INVOLVED AND SO WE CAN REALLY TRY TO WORK TOGETHER ON IT.

RIGHT, RIGHT.

UM, YOU KNOW, TO HELP MOVE IT FASTER.

YES, SIR.

YOU KNOW, SO, BUT WE WILL, UM, TRY TO GET YOU AN UPDATE NEXT MONTH ON WHERE EXACTLY WHERE WE'RE AT.

I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU.

IT IS, IT IS, HAS BEEN A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION AND WE HAVE SUPPORTED TO TRY TO MOVE FORWARD IS TO DO WHAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO TRY TO HELP IN THAT AREA.

YES, SIR.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

APPRECIATE IT.

IS THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY BEFORE WE MOVE ON? ALL RIGHT.

UH, WE'RE

[A. Utility Update – Katie Herrera]

OKAY.

WE HAD A BUDGET MEETING ON JANUARY 31ST.

IT WENT WELL.

UM, I THINK WE FIELDED QUESTIONS FROM THE STORMWATER UTILITY BOARD MEMBERS ON OUR PROPOSED BUDGET.

AND WE DECIDED THAT NEXT YEAR WE'RE GONNA HAVE KIND OF A NEW FORMAT.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE A FORMALIZED MEETING ALREADY SCHEDULED IN JANUARY TO ADDRESS ANY KIND OF QUESTIONS OR RECOMMENDATIONS PRIOR TO VOTING ON THE BUDGET IN FEBRUARY.

UM, JUST A REMINDER, ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORTS FROM THE UNI MUNICIPALITIES ARE DUE, UM, EACH YEAR ON SEPTEMBER 30TH.

AND THEN WE HAVE A MONITORING UPDATE FROM DR. PETTY.

I'M NOT SURE IF HE WAS COMING TODAY.

I THINK HE WAS TRYING TO COME, BUT THAT'S,

[B. Monitoring Update – Katie Herrera]

MM-HMM.

, THE STORMWATER IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE REPORTS WE'LL ADDRESS LATER.

THOSE

[C. Stormwater Implementation Committee Report – Katie Herrera]

SO THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE THE PDFS OKAY.

IN THE POWERPOINT, IF THAT'S OKAY.

YEP.

OKAY.

MOVING ON TO REGIONAL COORDINATION.

[D. Regional Coordination – Katie Herrera]

UM, ALL JOY IS ALSO ON HERE.

WE'RE WORKING WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY AND EASEMENTS TO CLEAN THE DRAINAGE SYSTEMS THAT ARE OF OUR CONTROL.

WE ARE PROVIDING UPDATES TO DOT OF WHAT DITCHES WE FIND OF THEIRS THAT ARE, UM, CLOGGED OR NOT FUNCTIONING.

AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO FIELD QUESTIONS FROM THE RESIDENTS OF ALL JOY.

UM, AS TO OUR EFFORTS IN THAT AREA.

SO WE HAVE MUNICIPAL

[E. Municipal Reports – Taylor Brewer ]

[F. Stormwater Related Projects – Taylor Brewer]

UM, WE HAD A SHELL POINT COMMUNITY MEETING

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IT WENT VERY WELL.

WE HAD A RESIDENT AT 40 19 DOGWOOD WHOSE FENCE WAS DAMAGED, AND WE DISCUSSED AN ACTION PLAN.

WE'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD WITH REPLACING HER FENCE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE GET IT IN THE RIGHT PLACE, UM, FOR THAT PERSON.

UM, FACTORY CREEK WATERSHED REGIONAL DETENTION BASE IN PHASE TWO IS STUCK IN LEGAL LAND.

MIGHT BE THERE FOR A WHILE.

UM, SO FOR OUR ON-CALL STORMWATER PROJECTS, HUSSAH COURT NORTH IS GOING WELL.

WE DID HAVE TO EXTEND THE PIPE A LITTLE BIT FURTHER THAN WE THOUGHT, BUT, UH, WE'RE MONITORING OUR ONSITE BMPS VERY CLOSELY.

UM, BESSIE'S LANE IS ALSO STUCK IN LEGAL LAND.

WE'VE EXCITING NEWS ABOUT ARTHUR HORN.

WE GOT SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE USDA ABOUT THE GRANT THAT WE'VE PROPOSED FOR THIS PROJECT, AND THEY WANNA MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.

SO WE'VE ASKED THEM WHAT OTHER INFORMATION THEY NEED FROM US SO THAT WE CAN GET THIS PROJECT GOING.

UM, THE VISION, THE VISION IS A RESTORED WETLANDS THAT OPERATES TO BETTER CONTROL STORM WATER IN THE AREA, BUT OFFER ALSO OFFERING AN AMENITY TO, UM, LOCAL RESIDENTS BY ADDING A PATHWAY AND SOME EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS.

SO WE'RE GONNA TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TEACH PEOPLE ABOUT STORM WATER WHILE THEY'RE OUT WALKING AROUND AND ENJOYING NATURE.

[G. Professional Contracts Report – Taylor Brewer]

UM, SO WE DIDN'T WANT THAT OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO WASTE TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC.

SO FOR OUR WALBERG CONSULTING SERVICES, WE HAVE THE ST.

HELENA DRAINAGE STUDY.

UH, WE RECEIVED THE FINAL REPORT.

UM, WE'VE ALREADY STARTED INITIATING THE WORK.

WE'RE CONTINUING WITH THAT.

THE NORTHERN LADIES ISLAND DRAINAGE STUDY, WE HAVE.

THE DRAFT REPORT HAS BEEN COMPLETED.

KATIE AND I FIELD VERIFIED ALL THE IMPROVEMENT SUGGESTIONS.

WE PROVIDED COMMENTS TO WILPERT AND THEY WILL BE TURNING AROUND A FINALIZED, UH, REPORT ON THAT SHORTLY.

WE ASKED THEM TO INCLUDE AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AS WELL.

SO IT WOULD BE EASY FOR Y'ALL TO GO THROUGH WITHOUT HAVING TO READ THE ENTIRE 300 PAGE DOCUMENT.

UM, WE ARE WORKING WITH WILPERT FOR OUR WEBSITE ON THE PUB FOR THE PUBLIC AS FAR AS WATER MONITORING AND OUR CONTINUOUS WATER MONITORING STATION.

THAT'S KIND OF BEEN ON HOLD RIGHT NOW FOR AS FAR AS ANNUAL REPORTS AND BUDGET SEASON, BUT WE'LL KICK THAT BACK UP SOON.

UM, RIVER'S END, WE RECEIVED A DRAFT REPORT.

WE'RE GONNA LOOK THROUGH IT AND KIND OF PROVIDE OUR ANALYSIS AND OUR IMPROVEMENTS, AND THEN THEY WILL HOPEFULLY PROVIDE US A FINALIZED REPORT ON THAT SOON SO WE CAN GET TO DOING THOSE IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL.

UM, THERE IS AN INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO ONLINE.

WE ADDED THIS.

IT'S SUPER NERDY STUFF.

IT'S FOR DEVELOPERS, UM, COMING IN TO HELP UNDERSTAND OUR COMPLIANCE CALCULATOR.

IT'S KIND OF A, UM, INTERESTING THING TO WALK THROUGH.

IF IT'S NEW TO YOU, IT'S PART OF THE, SO CODE, MANUAL REQUIREMENTS.

UM, SO IF YOU CARE TO LOOK AT THAT, IT'S, IT'S FUN.

UM, ALSO ON ONE OF OUR, UM, ON THE HORIZON, WE HAVE A NEW CONTINUOUS MONITORING STATION GOING IN AND WE'RE WORKING WITH DNR AND PORT ROYAL SOUND FOUNDATION TO KIND OF FIGURE OUT A LOCATION FOR THAT.

UM, SO I THINK REGIONAL EFFORTS ARE IMPORTANT THERE BECAUSE WE'RE ALL WORKING IN THE SAME WATERS.

SO THE IDEA IS THAT WE WILL HAVE A LARGE INTERTWINED DATABASE AT THE END OF THAT.

THAT WILL INCLUDE EVERYBODY'S INFORMATION, UM, AND SCOPES ON THE RADAR FOR WILPERT.

WE'RE HAVING THEM LOOK INTO, UM, OUR STORMWATER UTILITY FEE AND HOW WE CALCULATE THAT AND IF THERE'S A BETTER, EASIER WAY THAT WILL BE CHEAPER AND MORE EFFICIENT, BUT ALSO MORE ACCURATE.

SO MORE TO COME ON THAT OUR PLAN REVIEW HAS BEEN GOING WELL.

I'VE BEEN CHALLENGED TO TAKE THAT OVER WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH.

UM, JULIANNA HAS BEEN DOING THAT, UM, AS A CONTRACT WITH WOLF.

JULIANNA HUNTER, YOU'LL PROBABLY REMEMBER HER.

SHE'S FANTASTIC.

UM, SO HOPEFULLY THE NUMBERS WILL STAY THE SAME AND WE'LL SEE IF I SURVIVE.

I'M JUST KIDDING.

IT'S GONNA BE GREAT.

, SHE'S A WONDERFUL TEACHER.

SO, UM, INSPECTIONS HAVE BEEN GOING ABOUT THE SAME.

UM, OUR GUYS ARE FANTASTIC.

WE JUST HAD TO GIVE THEM A KUDOS LAST WEEK.

OUR STORMWATER INSPECTORS, THEY FIELDED EVERYTHING FROM ILLICIT DISCHARGES TO, UM, THEIR STEADY JOB IS MONITORING EVERY OPEN CONSTRUCTION SITE IN THE UNINCORPORATED BEAUFORT COUNTY.

SO THAT'S A PRETTY BIG TASK IN ITSELF.

BUT I THINK THEY DO A PRETTY GOOD JOB.

UM, WE GET COMPLAINTS FAIRLY REGULARLY AFTER STORMS AND THEY ARE OUT THERE HANDLING IT, TALKING TO CITIZENS, WORKING THROUGH IT WITH THE DEVELOPERS.

SO THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB ON THAT ON AN EVERYDAY BASIS.

UM, PUBLIC EDUCATION.

WE ARE FINISHING UP OUR ANNUAL REPORT WITH CAROLINA CLEAR WITH THE PROGRAM, UM, AND ELLEN.

SO WE WILL BE HAVING,

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I THINK WE HAVE TO SUBMIT IT.

SO IF ANYBODY WANTS A COPY OF OUR EDUCATION OUTREACH REPORT, LET ME KNOW.

I'M SURE WE'LL PROBABLY SEND IT TO YOU IN SOME FORM OR FASHION.

SO FOR A STAFF UPDATE, WE HAVE A NEW ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATOR POSITION OPEN THAT WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT.

UM, THEIR FOCUS WILL BE STORM WATER AND SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING, BUT ALSO EVERYTHING ABOUT PUBLIC WORKS.

UM, WE DO A LOT FOR THE PUBLIC AND WE WANT THEM TO KNOW HOW MUCH WE'RE DOING.

I THINK ONE OF THE COMMENTS, UM, FROM THE BOARD IN A PREVIOUS MEETING WAS MAYBE SOME SORT OF RUNNING TICKER OF SQUARE FOOTAGE.

I MEAN, UM, LINEAR FOOTAGE THAT WE'RE DOING OF PIPE REPAIR OR DITCH CLEAN OUTS OR THINGS LIKE THAT, JUST SO THAT THE PUBLIC CAN SEE WHERE WE'RE AT, MAYBE A MAP OF WHAT AREAS WE'RE WORKING IN, THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO, UM, THIS PERSON WILL BE ABLE TO HELP WITH THAT AND GET ALL THE GOOD THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING OUT TO THE PUBLIC.

IT'S STILL OPEN.

WE DID HAVE A COUPLE OF APPLICANTS, BUT NONE HAVE ACCEPTED THE POSITION.

UM, WE'VE ADVERTISED TO USCB AND ALL OF OUR ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS.

SO IF Y'ALL KNOW ANYBODY THAT YOU THINK WOULD BE A GOOD FIT, PLEASE DO LET US KNOW.

AND WITH THAT, I AM GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO

[H. MS4 Update – Taylor Brewer]

[I. Staff Update – Taylor Brewer]

STEVEN CARTER, THE SUPERINTENDENT OF STONEWATER.

AND I'M GONNA GO OVER A FEW OF THE MAJOR PROJECTS AND THE, THE MINOR PROJECTS THAT STONEWATER HAS HAD COMPLETED.

THE FIRST PROJECT I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT IS, UM, IS THE GREEN STREET GYM MAINTENANCE ON, AND THAT'S, UM, IN THE, IN THE PORT ROYAL ISLAND, UM, DISTRICT.

UM, THE SCOPE OF WORK

[J. Maintenance Projects Report – Stephen Carter]

AND, AND THE, THE TOTAL COST OF THAT WAS $15,793.

ANOTHER MAJOR PROJECT WE HAD WAS FLY CATCHER LANE AND CHICKADEE, AND THAT'S THE LADY, UH, THE LADIES ISLAND AREA.

THIS PROJECT IN IMPROVED 4,480 LINEAR FEET OF DRAINAGE SYSTEM.

THE SCOPE OF WORK INCLUDED CLEANING OUT 4,480 LINEAR FEET OF ROADSIDE DITCH AND JETTING SIX DRIVEWAY PIPES.

AND THE TOTAL COST OF THAT WAS 20,063.

SOME OF THE THE MINOR PROJECTS WE, WE HAD GOING ON, WE HAD, UM, TROPICANA ROAD AND THAT'S, UH, PARK ROYAL ISLAND.

THIS SCOPE OF WORK INCLUDED REPLACING ONE CROSS LINE PIPE AND INSTALLING RIP WRAP FOR EROSION CONTROL.

THE TOTAL COST OF THAT WAS 6,550.

ANOTHER ONE OF OUR MINOR PROJECTS FOR THE STORM WATER FOR THE STORM WATER DIVISION WAS LOST IN ROAD AND ON.

AND THE LOSS OF ROAD PROJECT.

THIS PROJECT IMPROVED 543 LINEAR FEET OF DRAINAGE SYSTEM.

THE SCOPE OF WORK INCLUDED CLEANING OUT 543 LINEAR FEET OF CHANNEL, AND THE TOTAL COST WAS 3043.

UH, THE REST OF THE PROJECTS WE HAVE ARE, ARE IN OUR PACKET, UM, THAT WE HAVE.

Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YOU HAVE ANY, UH, ANY QUESTIONS? NO, WE APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU.

EFFORT.

THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU STEVEN.

MS. ALICE, HOWARD, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GIVE A LIAISON

[K. Liaison Report - Ms. Alice Howard]

UM, PAULA BROWNS HERE, UH, LEARNING ABOUT STORM WATER AND SHE IS DISTRICT EIGHT.

I WANNA SAY SEVEN IS DISTRICT EIGHT, BUT, UM, SHE, THAT'S, SHE'S HERE TODAY TO LEARN ABOUT IT.

UH, THE ONLY THING I HAD TO REPORT TAYLOR HAD ALREADY REPORTED ON, WE HAD A REALLY GOOD MEETING.

SHELL POINT, UM, COMMUNITY MEETING AND MORE PEOPLE THAN WE'VE HAD IN A WHILE.

BUT, UM, IT WAS REALLY GOOD AND IT'S NICE TO SEE THAT PROGRESS.

AND, UM, THE OTHER THING TO REPORT ON LAST THURSDAY, UM, NEIL DESAI REMOTELY MET WITH MYSELF AND JOHN ROBERTSON.

AND JARED.

FELIX WAS A CONSTITUENT ON DRIVE, WHICH IS ITS PROPERTY BACKS UP TO ARTHUR HORN PARK.

AND, UM, THE COUNTY IS COMMITTED TO REPLACING HIS FENCING, NEIL, IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH.

SO IT, IT'S BEEN WASHED OUT BY THE FLOODING THAT STARTED WITH MATTHEW WHEN ALL THAT GOT TORN UP.

BUT WE SEE AN END IN

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SO THANK YOU.

OKAY.

[UNFINISHED BUSINESS ]

SO I'VE PREPARED TWO SWCC MEMO UPDATES FOR Y'ALL.

ONE IS KIND OF A RECAP OF THE PAST YEAR AND ONE IS A PROJECTION OR THE NEXT YEAR, UM, TE TAYLOR, SORRY TO INTERRUPT.

OH, OH, SORRY.

UM, DID WE UN UNFINISHED BUSINESS BOARD CONSOLIDATION UPDATE? DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ON THAT? UM, THAT HAS BEEN PUT ON HOLD.

OKAY.

FROM, I'M SORRY.

I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT ADDRESSING THAT.

THAT WAS PUT ON HOLD FROM UPPER MANAGEMENT.

OKAY.

UM, WE WERE TOLD TO LOOK INTO IT.

KATIE LOOKED INTO IT AND REPORTED BACK AND THEY SAID NO AT THIS TIME.

OKAY.

SO, UM, WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT AND LET YOU KNOW IF WE HAVE ANY FURTHER UPDATES.

OKAY, NO WORRIES.

I APOLOGIZE.

MOVING ON TO THE WIC MEMO.

UM, LIKE I WAS SAYING, ONE IS KIND OF AN UPDATE, A RECAP, THAT'S YOUR, UM, ANNUAL REPORT.

AND THEN ONE IS KIND OF A PROJECTION OF NEXT YEAR.

UH, NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED.

UM, ON THESE, IF YOU'LL SCROLL DOWN, SCROLL DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT FURTHER TO THE FIRST ONE.

SO, UM, THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN SEE HOW MANY ACCOUNTS WE'VE HAD, HOW MANY ARE BILLED, AND HOW MANY ARE COLLECTED.

I THINK THIS IS BUDGET MENU AND THEN HOW MANY ARE PROJECTED.

UM, THE COLLECTION RATES ARE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME FROM LAST YEAR, SO WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE.

IF Y'ALL REMEMBER, WE KEPT THE FEES THE SAME THIS YEAR.

SO NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED.

JUST THE ACCOUNT NUMBER, THE AMOUNT, THE NUMBER OF ACCOUNTS HAS CHANGED.

IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT, I KNOW Y'ALL WEREN'T BEING PRESENTED THIS INFORMATION UNTIL TODAY, SO IF YOU WANNA TAKE SOME TIME TO DIGEST IT AND IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS LATER, UM, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

GENTLEMEN, YOU'LL HAVE ANY, AND YOU HAVEN'T SENT THIS OUT YET.

UM, I BELIEVE IT WENT OUT THIS MORNING.

IT DOESN'T, IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO GO OUT UNTIL TOMORROW.

I APOLOGIZE.

OKAY.

AND WE'LL BE SENDING THIS OUT TO, TO THE MUNICIPALITIES TOMORROW.

MR. BUCHANAN, WHAT? UM, PORT ROYAL? YES SIR.

YOUR COLLECTIONS ARE POOR.

YES SIR.

UM, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THE MILITARY DOES NOT PAY THEIR STORMWATER UTILITY FEES.

OKAY.

DIDN'T FACTOR THE MILITARY IN.

YES SIR.

I THINK THAT'S ALSO THE CASE FOR THE CITY OF BEAUFORT AS THAT DISCREPANCY AS WELL.

ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? LIKE I SAID, I'M OPEN TO ANY KIND OF QUESTIONS.

YOU CAN CALL ME, EMAIL ME AND WE CAN SIT DOWN AND CHAT.

WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MS. TAMMY.

UM, SHE'S GONNA GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THE FISCAL YEAR 25 PROPOSED BUDGET.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

AFTERNOON.

UM, SO EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE THE SUMMARY PAGE OF THE, UH, BUDGET THAT WE WENT OVER ON JANUARY 31ST.

UM, WE WENT LINE FOR LINE, UH, DURING THAT TIME.

SO WE DID JUST SUMMARIZE AND I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OF THINGS.

UM, OF COURSE WE GOT THE PROJECTED REVENUE UP TOP THERE, UM, WHERE WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE PROJECTING TO COLLECT.

UM, WE DID MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO THE CWI FEE TO ALIGN MORE WITH OUR EFFORTS FOR EACH AREA.

UM, WE ALSO, UM, WHEN SHE SPOKE ABOUT ARTHUR HORN, THAT WAS THE ONLY OTHER CHANGE THAT WE MADE FROM JANUARY 31ST, UM, THAT WE ADDED, UH, AND ADDED THAT PROJECT INTO THE, UH, EXPENSES THERE.

UM, AND AS FAR AS PERSONNEL COSTS, UM, WE DID GIVE YOU A PRETTY CLOSE NUMBER TO WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW.

FINANCE IS LOOKING INTO THAT.

SO THERE MAY BE SOME SMALL ADJUSTMENTS WHEN IT COMES TO PERSONNEL, BUT, UM, THERE YOU CAN SEE THE COST SHARE, UH, BROKEN DOWN FOR WHAT WE EXPECT TO GET FROM THE MUNICIPALITIES UP TOP THERE.

EVERYTHING ELSE FURTHER DOWN, IT TALKS ABOUT ALL THE OTHER EXPENSES THAT WE WENT LINE FOR LINE ON, ON JANUARY 31ST.

AND I JUST PUT THERE ARE SOME BIG, UH, BIG TICKET ITEMS THERE LISTED TO THE SIDE SO YOU GUYS CAN KIND OF JUST SEE WHERE THE BULK OF THE MONEY IS GOING.

YEAH, AND I APPRECIATE YOU AND STAFF FOR MEETING WITH US ON 31ST.

I WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND.

I WAS TRAVELING, BUT EVERYONE THAT ATTENDED I THINK FELT A LOT BETTER ABOUT IT ONCE THEY WERE ABLE TO MEET FACE-TO-FACE AND DISCUSS IT INSTEAD OF JUST GETTING IT, YOU KNOW, OVER EMAIL AND, AND YEAH.

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SO, UM, YES SIR.

Y'ALL HAVE THE SAME OPINION.

YEAH.

YEAH.

AND I, AND I APPRECIATE IT TOO 'CAUSE WE HAD TALKED OUT AND I THINK EVEN BRADLEY HAD PUT DOWN SOME STUFF ON HERE 'CAUSE WE'D ASKED FOR SOME CLARIFICATION ON SOME OF THE VEHICLES AND OTHER EQUIPMENT.

RIGHT, RIGHT.

BUT THEY WERE BUYING AND THAT, THAT HELPS US RIGHT.

WITH OUR DECISIONS AND WE'LL, WE'LL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAILED ABOUT EXACTLY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE ASSET NUMBERS THERE, BUT WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE SURE YOU GUYS KNOW THE AGE OF THE VEHICLE THAT WE'RE REPLACING.

YEAH.

GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION THERE.

UM, AGAIN, AS FAR AS THIS SHEET FOR TODAY, WE JUST DID A LITTLE SUMMARY OF ALL THAT DETAIL WE HAD IN THOSE SPREADSHEETS.

UM, AND JUST DID SOME, YOU KNOW, THE PROJECTS, THE BIG PROJECTS, THE EQUIPMENT, THE BIG EQUIPMENT AND STUFF LIKE THAT THAT WE'RE GONNA BE, UH, REPLACING.

UM, SO I, I'M NOT SURE IF EVER YES SIR.

YES, WE WILL.

I THINK THAT'S YES.

WILL IT WOULD GREAT TO HAVE THAT MUCH EXPLANATION.

YES SIR.

GOOD.

DOES ANYONE WANNA MAKE A MOTION APPROVE THANK AS PRESENT.

I SECOND IT.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, SO PASSES UNDER FROM THE BOARD.

THANK YOU.

UM, I GUESS WE CAN MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT.

BEFORE WE DO THAT, I WANTED TO, UM, MAKE SURE ON THE MUNICIPALITY REPORTS.

JEFF DO YOU, WE KIND OF WENT OVER, IT'S IN OUR BACKUP, BUT DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANNA DISCUSS? WILL ANYTHING HAPPEN? YEAH, THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON JUST SIGNED A-M-O-M-O-A WITH THE COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON AND SEA GRANT TO DO A RESILIENCY ANALYSIS FOR US, UH, WHICH INCLUDES FLOOD, UH, ANALYSIS CODE, UH, CHANGES ANALYSIS, SO ANYTHING THAT WE NEED TO DO ALONG WITH FLOOD, FLOOD AND RESILIENCY CODE CHANGES.

AND THEN TO HOLD THREE OR FOUR, UH, STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS WITH THE, UH, WITH THE, WITH OUR RESIDENTS TO, UH, GET A KIND OF PICTURE OF WHAT THEY WANT.

SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

THAT WILL BE GOING ON FOR THE REST OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR AND HOPEFULLY HAVE A FINAL REPORT IN DECEMBER-ISH TIMEFRAME.

SO THAT'S WHERE WE ON THERE, UH, THE COMP DRAINAGE STUDY FOR CROOKED COVE AND GERARD COVE.

UH, WE'RE IN THE FINAL PHASES OF THAT AND TRYING TO GET THE CONTRACT SIGNED WITH JAY BRAGG TO, UH, START OUR COMP DRAINAGE OR PHASE TWO OF OUR COMP DRAINAGE STUDY IN THE, UH, IN THE MAY RIVER TO, AND THEN WORK OUR WAY UP TO THE, THE HEADWATERS AND AROUND THE, UH, BACKGROUND OF PINE BLUFF.

SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

THOSE ARE MY TWO UPDATES.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

UM, GENTLEMAN FROM CITY OF BEAUFORT OR HILTON HEAD .

AND SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO UP.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

[PUBLIC COMMENT ]

YOU GOOD? DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? ALRIGHT, THANK Y'ALL FOR COMING.

UM, I GUESS MOVING ON, UM, BEFORE WE WRAP IT UP, IS THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? YES MA'AM.

COME ON.

[NEW BUSINESS ]

HELLO.

HOW ARE YOU? GOOD, HOW ARE YOU? I'M DOING WELL.

YOU CAME IN A LITTLE BIT LATE SO WE DIDN'T CATCH YOUR NAME IN THE INTRODUCTIONS AND I, I DID AND I APOLOGIZE.

OH, IT'S OKAY.

IT'S OKAY.

AND MY NAME IS LAURA WILSON.

I LIVE IN THE ALL JOY AREA.

OH, GREAT, GREAT .

WELL, NO, NORMALLY, AND I'M APOLOGIZE 'CAUSE NORMALLY I WOULD'VE ALL BROUGHT YOU TREATS AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST WHAT WE DO IN ALL JOY.

AND I APOLOGIZE I WAS A LITTLE LATE, BUT IT'S OKAY.

UM, I HAD SOME INFORMATION.

I REPRESENT A GROUP IN ALL JOY CALLED PRESERVE AND PROTECT ALL JOY.

AND, UM, SO I HAD ONE OF THE MEMBERS REACH OUT TO ME ABOUT SOMETHING THAT WE WERE REQUESTED TO FOIA.

WE'VE BEEN REQUESTED TO FOIA ALL DOCUMENTS IN THIS PROCESS, WHICH IT'S A LITTLE TRICKY 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, TRANSPARENCY AND WANTING TO HELP AND THEN THIS, SO IT'S BEEN A LITTLE DIFFICULT.

BUT ANYWAY, LET ME START FROM THE BEGINNING.

IT'S EASIER THERE.

UM, FIRST AND FOREMOST, HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY AND HAPPY HOLY DAY ASH WEDNESDAY.

UM, I DID WANNA ASK THOUGH, HOW MANY WERE ABLE TO WATCH, I KNOW THAT THAT WEREN'T HERE IN THE DECEMBER MEETING.

HOW MANY WERE ABLE TO VIEW IT TO SEE THE GROUP THAT CAME UP FROM ALL JOY AND HEAR THEIR CONCERNS? WE DID.

YOU DID? MM-HMM.

.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

DID, THANK YOU.

IT'S WORTHWHILE WATCHING.

UM, ON BEHALF OF PRESERVE AND PROTECT ALL JOY, WE THANK YOUR CHAIRMAN FOR BRINGING ALL JOY'S LONGSTANDING STORM WATER PROBLEMS TO THE BOARD'S ATTENTION AND HIS DESIRE TO TAKE POSITIVE ACTION, SEE A COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTION AND THE BOARD'S QUESTIONS AND INSIGHTS INTO THE ISSUES.

ALSO BEING,

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

IT IS ALSO MY PERSONAL BELIEF, WHICH IS WHY I TAKE THE TIME TO LISTEN TO FOLKS IN THE ALL JOY COMMUNITY AND BRING FORWARD THEIR NEEDS AND REQUESTS.

OVER THE YEARS, I HAVE MET SOME AMAZING, INCREDIBLE FOLKS EMPLOYED BY BEAUFORT COUNTY, TRUE SERVANT LEADERS WHO HAVE STRONG ETHICS ON MORAL COMPASS AND WHO HAVE SHOWN BY THEIR ACTIONS AND TRANSPARENCY THAT THEY TRULY CARE.

AND THIS IS AN ASIDE, I'VE ALSO LEARNED A TERM WHILE I'VE LIVED IN THE SOUTH CALLED SNEAKY SNAKES.

SNEAKY SNAKES ARE THOSE WHO SAY THEY CARE AND WANT TO HELP, YET ARE NOT TRANSPARENT.

OFTEN SELF-SERVING BLOCK ASSISTANCE AND HAVE QUESTIONABLE AGENDAS, JUST THROWING THAT OUT.

SO AFTERWARD, AFTER THE OCTOBER MEETING, A GROUP FROM THE, FROM ALL JOY IN DECEMBER, UH, CAME AND EXPRESSED THEIR CONCERNS ON EVERYTHING FROM YEARS OF MINIMAL DITCH MAINTENANCE GROUND, SO SATURATED DUE TO THEIR STORM WATER AND DRAINAGE ISSUES THAT WORSENS ALREADY TAX DRAIN FIELDS, UM, SEPTIC AND CONCERNS OF SEWER SEEPING INTO THE MAY RIVER.

UM, LAST WEEK IN A BOARDROOM WITH A GROUP OF THE SAME GROUP PRESERVE AND PROTECT ALL JOY DISCUSSING THESE ISSUES, I WATCHED A GROWN MAN WHO'S LIVED HERE ALL OF HIS LIFE AND ALL JOY TEAR UP BECAUSE HE CAN'T FLUSH HIS TOILET, HAVE HIS GRANDKIDS VISIT DUE TO THE STORMWATER AND THE DRAINAGE PROBLEMS. THIS IN PART IS WHY PROSEC PRESERVE AND PROTECT.

AJOY CAME ABOUT TO ADVOCATE ON THEIR BELIEF ON, ON THEIR BEHALF.

NOTE, UH, SEWER WAS JUST 'CAUSE SEWER WAS MENTIONED, AND I KNOW IT WAS MENTIONED AT THE DECEMBER MEETING.

SEWER WAS PREVIOUSLY OFFERED TO THE AJOY AREA AND WAS VERY MUCH WANTED YET DECLINED.

UH, THERE WAS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO DID NOT ATTEND IN DECEMBER, BUT WATCHED THE STORMWATER MEETING.

HE WAS BORN, RAISED HILTON, HAD BLUFFTON WHEN HILTON HAD HAD ONE STOPLIGHT.

AND, UH, WE RECEIVED A NOTE FOR HIM AND HE SAID, UH, SEWER WAS PREVIOUSLY OFFERED TO THE ALWAY AREA AND WAS NOT, WAS VERY MUCH ONE AND YET DECLINED ONE, UH, EXCUSE ME, THE GENTLEMAN WHO WATCHED, MADE THE STATEMENT, UH, WATCHING SOMEONE THAT WAS AT THIS PODIUM.

I OWN MULTIPLE PROPERTIES IN THE ALWAY AREA, THE SEWAGE, YES, WE WERE OFFERED THE SEWAGE ONE TIME THOUGH THROUGH BRIEFER JASPER, BUT IT WAS VOTED DOWN.

IT WAS VOTED DOWN BY THE RESIDENTS OF THE AREA.

THIS GENTLEMAN ASKED ME TO SHARE THE TRUTH.

SEWAGE WAS NOT VOTED DOWN BY THE RESIDENTS.

THE RESIDENTS DID NOT HAVE A VOTE.

ONLY PROPERTY, PROPERTY OWNERS HAD A VOTE.

SEWER AT THAT TIME WAS VOTED DOWN DUE TO THE COST OF THE INDIVIDUAL HAVING MULTIPLE PROPERTIES AND HAVING THE MOST VOTES.

ON ANOTHER NOTE, IT WAS GREAT TO HEAR THE STORMWATER UTILITY BOARD MEETING MEMBER ASK IN OCTOBER, AND I BELIEVE THAT WAS YOU SIR.

UM, DID WE NOT HAVE A REPORT ON THE AJOY AREA? I THOUGHT SOMEONE DID A PRETTY DETAILED REPORT ESTIMATED AT LIKE $10 MILLION.

WE PAID SOMEONE TO DO THIS.

AND THE ANSWER RECEIVED FROM YOUR, UM, DIRECTOR WAS YES, WE DID.

WE DID PAY FOR IT IN 2019.

AND THEN WHEN THE INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED TO THE RESIDENTS, THEY PROPOSED SOLU.

UH, THE PROPOSED SOLUTION WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT THEY WERE AMIABLE STATES IN THE TRANSCRIPT AMIABLE TO DO, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'RE DOING IN SHELL POINT.

SO WE WERE REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THIS REPORT, THIS 2019, YOU KNOW, $10 MILLION ALL JOY STORM BOARD REPORT.

SO WE REPO WELL, JUST, JUST TO CLARIFY, THE REPORT WASN'T $10 MILLION, BUT THE, UM, THE SURVEY OR THE RECOMMENDATION ON HOW TO FIX.

OKAY.

SOME OF IT.

OKAY.

SO A REPORT, ONE OF THE ESTIMATES WAS 10 MILLION, NOT THE, THE REPORT WAS NOT 10 MILLION.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

SO IT SAID THAT, YES, WE DID.

AND WE PAID FOR IT IN 2019.

SO ANYWAY, WE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY, THEY WANTED TO SEE IT.

THEY ASKED, CAN WE SEE THE SURVEY? SO, UM, EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT THIS EXTENSIVE REPORT.

UM, ON THE ALWAY AREA, WE REQUESTED A COPY FROM THE DIRECTOR, UM, KATIE HERRERA, UM, PRESERVE AND PROTECT, ALL REQUESTED, UH, REFERENCED.

AND SEVERAL DOCS ACTUALLY WERE REQUESTED, BUT WE WERE TOLD THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO DO FOIA OF ALL OF THEM.

UM, EVERYTHING WE HAVE TO FO YOU AND I DON'T, WHICH IS CONSU CONFUSING TO ME.

AND YOU KNOW, AND I WAS GONNA APOLOGIZE TO MS. HERRERA TODAY PUBLICLY, BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT, WHEN, WHEN SOMEONE SAYS THEY'RE TRANSPARENT AND THEY WANT TO HELP AND THEY WANT TO HELP A COMMUNITY, BUT THEN YOU ASK FOR A DOCUMENT AND YOU ASK FOR THINGS AND EVERYTHING IS TOLD TO FO YOU.

AND THEN A REPORTER TELLS ME RE I MEAN, YOU KNOW, AND A REPORTER TELLS ME RECENTLY, THAT'S USUALLY WHEN SOMETHING'S TO HIDE OR IT'S A PUSHBACK OR WHATEVER, WHICH IS A SHAME BECAUSE THIS IS BIG.

I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, WHEN YOU WATCH A GROWN MAN AND

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I MEAN, YOU HAVE A NEW STORMWATER MANAGER WHO IS CUTE AS A BUTTON, SWEET AS APPLE PIE.

WE LOVE HER.

SHE CAME DOWN AND MET EVERYBODY.

AND YET WE'VE BEEN TOLD WE CAN'T, IF YOU EMAIL HER, KATIE'S GONNA BLOCK IT AND IT WILL BRADLEY ALL EMAILS FROM ALL JOY ONLY CAN GO TO CADDY, KATIE OR BRADLEY.

AND YET, YOU KNOW, MS. FRIEDA MET HER AND SHE'S LIKE, I'M ADOPTING THAT GIRL.

AND SHE'S LIKE, I'LL LET HER ADOPT ME.

I MEAN, SHE'S SEEN THE AREA.

SHE IS WAY INTELLIGENT ENVIRONMENTALIST AND WE WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE HER, YOU KNOW, TO FEEL QUESTIONS AND ASK INJOY.

BUT WE'VE BEEN TOLD WE CAN'T DO THAT EITHER.

SO LASTLY, THE ONLY THING TO MENTION HERE IS, UM, WE, WE FOY THE REQUEST.

IT WAS NUMBER 20 24 0 0 63.

IT WAS OPEN JANUARY 13TH AND CLOSED BY KATIE HERRERA.

THIS IS WHAT I WAS JUST PROVIDED ON JANUARY 15TH.

AND NO NOTIFICATION WAS RECEIVED THAT KATIE HAD CLOSED THE REQUEST.

WE'D LIKE TO KNOW THE NAME OF THE VENDOR WHO DID THIS WORK.

WE'D LIKE TO HAVE THE REQUEST.

WE, I MEAN, NOT THE REQUEST.

WE'D LIKE TO HAVE THIS SURVEY.

IT'S, IT'S ONLY, YOU KNOW, FITTING THAT THIS COMMUNITY CAN ACTUALLY REVIEW IT OR SEE IT.

AND THEN LAST IS WHEN WE READ THE BUFORT COUNTY MISSION STATEMENT.

BUFORT COUNTY GOVERNMENT EXISTS TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF BUFORT COUNTY IN A COST EFFECTIVE MANNER.

SO ALL OF OUR CITIZENS MAY ENJOY AND APPRECIATE A PROTECTED QUALITY OF LIFE, NATURAL AND DEVELOP RESOURCES IN A COASTAL ENVIRONMENT AND DIVERSE HERITAGE AND ECONOMIC WELLBEING.

RIGHT BENEATH THERE IS TRANSPARENCY.

TRANSPARENCY.

AND YET THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'VE BEEN RECEIVING DOWN THERE.

I MEAN, WHATEVER WAS PUT FORTH, WE HAVE NOW AN APPROVED MILE PLUS TONS OF CONCRETE COMING IN AND, YOU KNOW, STORM WATER HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED EVEN WHEN THEY WERE DOING THE SURVEY.

AND THESE GUYS, WE STOP ON THE STREET AND THEY'RE LIKE, YOU HAVE NO STORM WATER MANAGEMENT DOWN HERE.

WHAT THE HECK ARE THEY PUTTING CONCRETE? I MEAN, AND WE'VE REACHED OUT TO THE STATE, BUT THEY'RE LIKE, NO, THE COUNTY PUT ALL THIS, IT'S BEEN APPROVED, BUT YET WE WONDER WHAT'S BEEN SENT TO THE COUNTY.

SO I JUST, AGAIN, I CANNOT THANK YOU GUYS ENOUGH.

I THANK YOU CHAIRMAN FOR COMING DOWN AND I THANK YOU BECAUSE OF ASKING ABOUT WHETHER OUR DISTRICT REP WE'VE GIVEN UP ON OUR DISTRICT REP.

I MEAN, THERE'S PEOPLE THAT I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT THERE WAS SUCH A THING AS A RECALL PETITION, BUT THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING BECAUSE HE, I MEAN, IT'S GOING ON 18 MONTHS TO TWO YEARS AND SOME PEOPLE, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE A LIST OF ALL THE PEOPLE THAT SAID, NOPE, CAN'T, YOU WON'T RETURN A CALL, THIS AND THAT.

AND HE ESPECIALLY WON'T PUT ANYTHING IN WRITING.

SO THE LAST THING IS JUST, AGAIN, ALL DUEY RESIDENTS, OH, I GOTTA REALLY SAY THIS THOUGH.

WHAT'S BEEN DONE THUS FAR? WHEN WE CAME IN SEPTEMBER, EXCUSE ME, DECEMBER, UM, ABOUT TWO HOURS BEFORE WE ARRIVED, THERE WAS A WORK ORDER THAT WAS DONE FOR AJOY, UM, JUST BEFORE WE GOT HERE.

AND, UM, MR. CARTER AND HIS CREW ARE DYNAMITE.

AND LET ME TELL YOU, THEY ARE THE STELLAR DUDES.

HE'S GOT, EVEN RANDY DIAZ IS WORKING FOR 'EM.

HE'S 26 YEARS RETIRED BLUFF AND FIRE DEPARTMENT.

I MEAN, YOUR GUYS ON THE STREET IN THE FIELD ARE DYNOMITE.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

GOOD.

AND UM, SO AGAIN, UM, ALWAY RESIDENTS JUST WANT A CLEAR PLAN OF ACTION MADE BY BEAUFORT COUNTY STORM WATER IN PUBLIC WORKS, WORKING TOGETHER WITH S-E-D-O-T TO ADDRESS THIS STORM WATER AND DRAINAGE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE SUFFERED FROM FOR YEARS.

AND WE'D LIKE TO HOPEFULLY THAT THAT WOULD BE PUT FORTH FIRST AND FOREMOST.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU.

UM, THANK YOU, UM, FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND CONCERNS.

AND, AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE DEFINITELY, OBVIOUSLY THIS ISN'T GONNA GO ANYWHERE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TWO RESIDENTS HERE SPEAKING ABOUT TODAY, SO, WELL, WE'LL AS THE BOARD, YOU KNOW, SPEAKING FOR THE BOARD, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL TRY TO GET SOME MORE INFORMATION ON WHAT'S GOING ON AND, AND, UH, BE ABLE TO SPEAK INTELLIGENCE, EDUCATED ABOUT IT NEXT MEETING.

OKAY.

I'LL TRY TO BRING TREATS NEXT TIME.

AND I THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

WE LOVE YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? YEP.

YEAH, GO.

YEAH, I, YOU KNOW, UM, BESIDES BRINGING UP AN ISSUE I DID ALSO WANNA COMPLIMENT, UM, MR. STEVENS TEAM, UH, AS WELL.

YEAH.

UM, THE, THE BUSH HOGGING THAT'S BEEN DONE SO FAR AND JUST, YOU KNOW, THE CLEAN OUT AND AGAIN, ALWAYS, UH, ALWAYS PLEASANT PEOPLE TO DEAL WITH.

MM-HMM.

, UH, THAT, THAT ARE OUT THERE MAKING IT HAPPEN.

SO I, I DO APPRECIATE THAT.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION.

THANKS, TAYLOR.

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING BEFORE WE MOVE ON? NO, SIR.

[NEXT MEETING AGENDA ]

DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT AGENDA AS PROVIDED?

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APRIL 17TH.

ALRIGHT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

ALL RIGHT.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR

[ADJOURNMENT]

SO MOVED.

ALRIGHT, ADJOURNED.

HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING IN BEAUFORT COUNTY, THE BOARD OF VOTER REGISTRATION AND ELECTIONS ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO INCREASE VOTER REGISTRATION AND INCREASE VOTER TURNOUT.

AND IN OUR COMMUNITY, UH, WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH SOME OF OUR CIVIC ORGANIZATION AND SOME OF OUR SOCIAL ORGANIZATION TO HELP US EDUCATE OUR VOTERS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF VOTING.

WE PARTNERED WITH THE BEAUFORT COUNTY BOARD OF REGISTRATION AND ELECTION IN THIS PROJECT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE OBSERVED IN SOUTH CAROLINA IS THAT, LIKE IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY, NOT AS MANY PEOPLE WHO SHOULD BE, ARE REGISTERED TO VOTE AND INVOLVED IN THE, UM, IN THE ELECTION PROCESS.

SO WE TOOK A LOOK AT YOUNG PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR AND HOW DID THEY GET INVOLVED WITH VOTING AND DECIDED WE'D START THERE RATHER THAN TO START VOTER REGISTRATION WITH OLDER ADULTS.

SO WE STARTED WORKING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY THOSE AGES 16 AND ABOVE, AND EDUCATE THEM ABOUT THE VOTING PROCESS AND WHAT IT MEANS TO VOTE AND HOW VOTING IMPACTS YOUR LIFE.

AND IN DOING THAT, WE PARTNERED WITH THE BEAUFORT COUNTY BOARD OF REGISTRATION AND ELECTIONS.

YOU KNOW, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE? IT'S IMPORTANT TO US TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THERE ARE A LOT OF PROBLEMS OUT THERE AND WE WANNA DO OUR FAIR SHARE OF MAKING A DIFFERENCE.

THAT'S THE MAIN THING THAT WE WANT TO DO AS THIS ORGANIZATION.

AND WE WENT INTO TWO MIDDLE SCHOOLS THIS YEAR AND, UH, WE WENT THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS OF VOTING FROM REGISTERING TO VOTE, UM, WITH A VOTER REGISTRATION DEADLINE, ISSUING VOTER REGISTRATION CARDS.

AND THIS WAS ALL DONE WITH THE SCHOOL GUIDANCE COUNSELOR.

SO AS SCHOOL COUNSELOR, I'M ALSO THE, UM, ADVISOR FOR THE LEADERSHIP GROUPS AND FOR STUDENT GOVERNMENT.

THIS SCHOOL YEAR, I WANTED TO INVOLVE THE WHOLE SCHOOL AND GIVE A REAL LIFE EXPERIENCE ABOUT VOTING.

YOU KNOW, VOTING IS LIKE A DEMOCRACY IN ACTION.

THAT'S HOW WE, EVEN THE PLAYING FIELD LEVEL OF PLAYING FIELD HERE IN AMERICA.

SO THAT'S YOUR ONE VOICE, BUT BRINGING MANY VOICES TOGETHER, YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING CHANGE.

SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE OUR STUDENTS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE HOW THAT ACTUALLY ALL WORKS.

THE STUDENTS, THEY REALLY GOT INVOLVED.

UM, MOST OF THEM WERE NERVOUS AND SOME OF 'EM, WE ACTUALLY RAN A REGISTRATION PROCESS.

SO WE SET UP IN OUR CAFETERIA MAYBE FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS, AND THE STUDENTS WERE ABLE TO COME OVER AND VISIT THE TABLE AND ACTUALLY FILL OUT A VOTER REGISTRATION CA CARD IS WHAT WE CALLED IT.

THIS IS A, AN ENLARGED VERSION OF THE VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATION.

UM, AT THE TOP IT SAYS, ARE YOU A STUDENT AT ROBERT SMALLS INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY? THE STUDENT WOULD CHECK YES OR NO.

IF YES, WILL YOU BE, BE BETWEEN FOURTH AND EIGHTH GRADE ON ELECTION DAY.