Apr 03, 2024 Town of Bluffton Historic Preservation Commission

III. NOTICE REGARDING ADJOURNMENT

V. ADOPTION OF MINUTES

IX.1. Historic District Monthly Update. (Staff)

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FEELING LIKE WEDNESDAY APRIL 3RD 2020 FOURTH TIME 6 P.M. AND GET A ROLL CALL PLEASE.

[I. CALL TO ORDER]

ERIN GOODWIN IN VICE CHAIRMAN PAUL THERE IS NO FRAZIER HERE. COMMISSIONER HAS GIVEN HERE

[III. NOTICE REGARDING ADJOURNMENT]

SHEER SHELTER HERE AND COMMISSIONER, I WONDER I NOTICE REGARDING A GERMAN HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION WILL NOT HEAR NEW ITEMS AFTER 9:30 P.M. UNLESS AUTHORIZED BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE COMMISSION PRESENT ITEMS WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN HEARD BEFORE 930 P MAY BE

[IV. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA]

CONTINUED TO THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OR A SPECIAL MEETING DATE AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSION MEMBERS BUT CHANCE TO READ THE AGENDA LOOKING FOR AN ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA CAN I GET A MOTION A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA SO ANY DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR I I GUESS THE

[V. ADOPTION OF MINUTES]

AGENDA HAS BEEN ADOPTED NOW WE'RE LOOKING FOR AN ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES CAN I GET A MOTION I SECOND ANY DISCUSSION AND ALL IN FAVOR I ARE ADOPTED WRITTEN NO PUBLIC COMMENT AND

[VIII.1. Public Project: A Public Project to include improvements to the drainage and streetscape along Pritchard Street between Bruin Road and Bridge Street, to include Stormwater Best Management Practices (BMPs), sidewalk installation, streetlight installation, and parking lot improvements to the existing parking lot adjacent to the Beaufort County Public Pool building. (DP-03-22-019022)(Staff - Katie Peterson)]

NO OLD BUSINESS SO LET'S MOVE ON TO NEW BUSINESS OR PUBLIC PROJECT COMMISSIONERS.

TONIGHT'S MEETING SHOULD BE HOPEFULLY A FAIRLY BRIEF. THE ONLY ITEM THAT WE HAVE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS A FOR COMMENT WHICH IS THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT FOR THE PRICHARD STREET STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS. THE SUMMARY OF THE PROJECT IS THE LARGEST GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO WORK THROUGH THE STORMWATER CHALLENGES THAT ARE TAKING PLACE ON PRICHARD STREET AND RESHAPE THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS EXISTING ON THERE AND NOT KEEPING WITH THE WATER THAT IS DURING A REGULAR STORM EVENT.

LET A FLOODING STORM EVENT SO THAT'S THE PRIMARY GOAL OF THIS AND THEN SECONDARY TO THAT IS THE OF THE PARKING LOT THAT IS THE ONE NEXT TO THE POOL THE ONE THAT'S ATTACHED TO TOWN HALL BUT THAT OTHER ONE IT'LL MAKE THAT A FORMALIZED CIRCULATION ADD IN LANDSCAPE ISLANDS AT THE END OF WHAT WILL NOW BECOME ROWS OF PARKING STALLS HAVE WHEEL STOPS FOR THOSE PUT IN ADDITIONAL STORMWATER INTO THAT WHAT IS NOW JUST GRAVEL PIT ESSENTIALLY AND FORMALIZE THAT PARKING AS WELL AND THEN ADD SIDEWALKS DOWN THE LENGTH OF THE STREET AND LIGHTS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE STREET WHICH IS THE FOR THE MOST PART NOT RESIDENTIAL PORTION OF PRITCHARD STREET THE STREETLIGHTS THEY'RE ADDING WILL MATCH IN SHAPE TO THE ONES THAT YOU HAVE ON BRIDGE STREET AND BRUNE AND MAY RIVER ROAD. THEY WILL BE SPACED A BIT FURTHER APART BECAUSE THE MAIN DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS AND THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT HAVE HAD THESE STREETLIGHTS INSTALLED IS THAT THIS IS NOT NCDOT ROAD. THIS IS A TOWN OF BLUFFTON ROAD MEANING WE CAN HAVE THESE AT A DIFFERENT ILLUMINATION LEVEL THEY CAN BE SPACED A LITTLE BIT FURTHER APART BECAUSE WE DO NOT NEED TO MEET THE D.O.T. STANDARDS.

I HAD A QUESTION FROM JOE ABOUT THE TEMPERATURE OF THE LIGHT THAT WAS SENT OVER TO ME PREVIOUSLY AND SO I WENT AHEAD AND GOT THAT QUESTION ANSWERED .

THESE WILL BE WARMER IN TONE BECAUSE AGAIN WE DON'T HAVE TO MEET THAT NCDOT STANDARD.

THE UNITS FAILING ME AND MY HEAD HERE CAN 3000 KELVIN ARE GOING TO BE THESE THE ONES ON MIRROR ROAD ARE 4000 SO IT'S SUBSTANTIAL DIFFERENCE THAT'S A LOT BETTER FOR THE PRITCHARD STREET HERE THAN IT WILL BE ON THE HIGHWAY WHICH IS NOT EXACTLY A HIGHWAY IN THAT LOCATION BUT IS A NCDOT ROAD. THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD ASKED WAS ABOUT THE PLACEMENT OF THOSE LIGHTS. THEY ARE GOING TO BE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE STREET AS I AM CURRENTLY FACING THE LEFT SIDE AS YOU ARE CURRENTLY FACING WHICH IS THE SIDE THAT WE'RE ALL SITTING ON AND THAT IS BASICALLY THE SUMMARY OF THE WHOLE PROJECT.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. AGAIN THIS IS A FOR COMMENT ONLY SO THE COMMENTS THAT HAVE WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR WHO IS THE APPROVAL AUTHORITY FOR PUBLIC PROJECTS FOR HER TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION AS SHE REVIEWS THESE APPLICATION. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? OKAY. SO THE STREETLIGHTS ARE GOING TO BE ON OFFICE SIDE OR HOUSE SIDE UPPER RIGHT THERE'S A THERE'S A SMALL SMALL CORRECTION OF THAT AND THIS IS PAT ROONEY. HE'S IN OUR CAPITAL PROVINCE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT DEPARTMENT AND YOU CAN PULL BACK ANY QUESTIONS SOUTH EAST SIDE OF THE ROAD IS THE SCHOOL SIDE.

THAT'S WHERE THESE LIGHTS ARE GENERALLY GOING DOWN EXCEPT FOR THE VERY LAST TWO ARE RIGHT UP

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AGAINST BRUIN. THEY SWITCH OVER TO THAT THERE'S TWO ON THAT SIDE AS WELL. SO THEY'VE EVER DONE THAT. THAT'S WHERE OF THE DRAINAGE DITCH COMES IN. THERE'S NOT A LOT OF DEVELOPED LAND THERE SO LOOK AT THAT PORTION BASICALLY ACROSS FROM COURT. ADKINS THAT AREA WILL HAVE LIGHTS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET BUT THE REMAINING PORTION OF THE THE ROADWAY FROM COURT. ADKINS ALL THE WAY DOWN IT'S JUST ON THE EAST OF THE STREET, THE SCHOOL PROPERTY. SO YOU'RE TRYING TO DRAIN WATER TO THE BEHIND THE HOUSES ON THE STREET THAT'S THAT'S THE END OUTFALL FOR ALL THE DRAINAGE THAT DOESN'T SIT THERE DURING A STORM RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A LOT OF STANDING WATER THAT JUST INFILTRATES OVER TIME OR IS SITTING AT SPECIFICALLY A LOT OF TIMES AS IT'S SITTING ON THE ON THE BASICALLY SHOULDERS OF THE ROAD AND THEN IN THE PARKING LOT THERE'S THE SCHOOL LOT.

THERE'S A BIG LAKE THERE DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE EVERYONE AND THE LIKE THAT STANDING WATER LIKE USUALLY EVAPORATES LIKE WAS LIKE WHAT'S THE CONCERN OF THE WATER STANDING JUST TO EDUCATE ME. SO FOR THE MOST PART OF THE WATER SOME OF IT EVAPORATES, MOST OF IT SLOWLY INFILTRATES THROUGH THE TOPSOIL AND THE GRADE SO IT'LL SIT THERE UNTIL IT GOES THROUGH IS CURRENTLY THERE IN ORDER TO NOT HAVE THOSE PUDDLES WHICH FOR NORMAL SIZED STORMS ARE CURRENTLY LIKE THREE OR FOUR INCHES IN A LOT OF PLACES SOMETIMES A LITTLE DEEPER THAN THAT DEPENDING ON HOW THE HOW IT'S SITTING BUT TOWARDS THE SCHOOL PARKING LOT IT GETS A BIT DEEPER THAN THAT EVEN THE STORMWATER INFILTRATION GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THAT IS FILTERED THROUGH TOPSOIL AND ALL THAT IS FILTERED THROUGH THE TOP BEFORE IT GETS INTO THE MAE RIVER WHICH EVENTUALLY WHERE ALL OF THIS WATER AND SO WHEN IT GOES INTO THIS HERE'S THE IF YOU LIKE I DON'T THINK YOU MIGHT QUESTION THE WATER SITTING THERE RIGHT LIKE WHAT'S THE IMPEDIMENT OR THE DANGER THERE LIKE AND I HONESTLY LIKE MY OWN LITTLE BOYISH ENJOYMENT IS THOSE PUDDLES DRIVING THROUGH BUT LIKE HONESTLY LIKE WHAT IT JUST SITS THERE. I KNOW IT'S ANNOYING YOU CAN'T WALK OVER IT AND THEN I GET TO WALK AROUND IT WHEN IT WHEN IT'S NOT RAINING AT THIS POINT AND STILL THERE.

YEAH I GET THAT BUT LIKE WHAT'S YOU KNOW IS ADVICE ON MENTAL IMPACT FOR WATER TO BE SITTING THERE THERE IS THERE IS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT FOR THE FOR THE DRAINAGE OF PRITCHARD STREET IN THAT SOME OF THAT EVENTUALLY MAKES ITS WAY INTO A RECORD AND INTO THE RIVER IN A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS ONE OF OUR MAIN GOALS IS TO KEEP POLLUTANTS OUT OF THE THE HEADWATERS OF THE MAIN THE RIVER. SO I WOULD SAY THERE IS STANDING WATER BUT THERE'S ALSO SHEET FLOW WATER THAT NOW CAN BE CAPTURED INTO A SUBSURFACE DRAINAGE SYSTEM TO INFILTRATE IT AS OPPOSED TO KEEP GOING TO CATCH A CATCH FOR LIKE POLLUTANTS. YES, YES. BUT WE DO GET SOME COMPLAINTS THAT WE GET WE DO GET SOME COMPLAINTS FROM CITIZENS ABOUT STANDING WATER AND WHY DON'T YOU OH WHY DON'T YOU DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE DRAINAGE? I'M SURE EVERYBODY WHENEVER THEY COMPLAIN THAT ONE ACROSS THE STREET FOR A LONG TIME COMING OUT THERE THERE'S A BUNCH AND YEAH SO HOW OFTEN DOES THAT CATCH ALL GET CLEANED OUT ALL THE OUTFALL YEAH SO LIKE YOU SAID YOU'RE SOMETHING IN THE IN THE IN THE DRAINAGE TO CATCH POLLUTANTS OKAY VERSUS JUST SEEPING THE GROUND WHICH IS A NATURAL FILTRATION THE WHOLE SYSTEM IS DESIGNED TO INFILTRATE DURING THE WHOLE PROCESS IS HOW IT ENTERS THE SYSTEM AND IT GOES THE END RESULT IS AT THE END OF THAT PIPE YOU'RE NOT GETTING ANY WATER OUT.