Apr 08, 2024 Community Services and Land Use Committee

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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EDITOR ON CALL THE COMMUNITY SERVICE AND LAND USE COMMITTEE MEETING TO ORDER.

IF YOU WOULD RISE WITH ME AND JOIN ME IE TOO. FINE.

WE'LL GET STARTED. I ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AND TO EVERYBODY FOR WHICH STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

THANK YOU YOU, SARAH. IS THE PUBLIC BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE TIME, PLACE AND DATE OF THIS MEETING? YES SIR, THEY HAVE. THANK YOU.

AND BEFORE WE MOVE WE DO DECLARE THAT WE DO HAVE A. OKAY.

[4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA]

I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO VACATE TAB HAS MADE THE MOTION. GERALD IS SECOND IT WITHOUT.

THIS WOULD BE APPROVED WITHOUT ANY OBJECTION. THERE'S NO OBJECTION.

OKAY. IT IS APPROVED. THANK YOU.

AND THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS CITIZEN COMMENTS AND WE HAVE TO AT THIS TIME THE FIRST MINUTES. ALL OF THE MINUTES. OH, I'M SORRY.

[5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

OH, I CAN BE APPROVED WITHOUT ANY OBJECTION AND SEE ANY OBJECTION.

[6. CITIZEN COMMENT PERIOD]

ANXIOUS TO HEAR FROM YOU SO YOU FIRST ON THE AGENDA AND FOLLOWS .

JESSE IS TERESA WAIT. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE AT THIS TIME.

THOSE TWO COMMENTS. JESSE YOU ALL. THANK YOU JESSE WHITE WITH THE COASTAL CONSERVATION LEAGUE. I WANTED TO FIRST OFFER OUR FULL SUPPORT FOR UPDATING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO INCLUDE THE LONG TERM RESILIENCE STRATEGY AS AN APPENDIX.

WE ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO HELPING SUPPORT THE STAFF AS APPROPRIATE AND SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND STRATEGIES FROM THAT THAT PLAN. SECONDLY, I WANTED TO URGE COUNCIL TO FOLLOW RECOMMENDATION OF STAFF AND THE UNANIMOUS PLANNING COMMISSION IN DENYING THE REZONING OF THE 86 ACRES AT 98 JENNINGS ROAD FROM TEE TO RURAL TO C THREE NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE. AND THIS REZONING SHOULD BE DENIED BECAUSE IT FAILS TO SATISFY THE CRITERIA FOR A REZONING UNDER THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODE .

IT IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IT FAILED TO THE METHOD FOR A REZONING THAT'S IDENTIFIED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THE PLACE TYPE OVERLAY IT HAS NOT DEMONSTRATED ANY COMMUNITY NEED. IN FACT THE EXISTING COMMUNITY HAS SHOWN UP IN OPPOSITION TO THIS DEVELOPMENT AND IT'S NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTING CHARACTER. IT WILL HAVE ADVERSE IMPACTS. THIS AREA COMPLETELY LACKING IN INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT KIND OF DEVELOPMENT THAT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED.

THERE HAVE BEEN THOUSANDS OF NEW UNITS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED IN THIS GREATER BURTON AREA AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN TERMS OF THE ROADS IN, TERMS OF BEAUFORT, JASPER WATER AND SEWER ACTUALLY THE CAPACITY TO SERVE IT'S JUST NOT THERE RIGHT NOW.

AND SO BY APPROVING AND ZONING BEFORE OF THE CUMULATIVE IMPACTS ARE KNOWN AND UNDERSTOOD YOU'RE ESSENTIALLY THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE. AND WE URGE YOU TO FOLLOW PLANNING COMMISSION'S DENIAL AND STAFF'S DENIAL IN THAT REZONING.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MISS WHITE, MY NAME IS TERESA Y. I AM THE FOUNDER AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE PAN AFRICAN EMPOWERMENT AND LAND PRESERVATION NETWORK WHICH IS BASED IN BEAUFORT AND SAINT HELENA. TODAY I WANTED TO GIVE BRIEFLY BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION SOMETHING I RECENTLY DISCOVERED WHEN TALKING TO JESSE GANTT AND THAT IS THAT BEAUFORT COUNTY NEEDS TO HAVE UNIFORM ZONING FOR ALL RURAL PROPERTY FOR INSTANCE AND MR. MR. GANE WHO OWNS PROPERTY UP IN BIG NEEDS ONLY A QUARTER OF AN ACRE TO BUILD A HOUSE BUT ON SAINT

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AND HE ENDS UP GOING TO PEOPLE WHO WILL USE IT TO PUT CAMERAS ON IT AND SMALL STORAGE AREAS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. ALSO I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT HOW THE CPO ON ST HELENA ISLAND HAS BEEN A DOUBLE EDGED SWORD FOR GULLAH LANDOWNERS. THEY HAVE THE MEANS OF ACRES I MEAN I'M SORRY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF PROPERTY LOSS AS A RESULT OF THE CPO MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR PEOPLE TO PAY FOR PROPERTY DEVELOP THEIR LAND.

THERE'S A MAXIMUM ECONOMIC IMPACT AND SO WHEN THEY CAN'T PAY THE TAX BECAUSE THEY CONTINUE TO GO THEY END UP SELLING THE PROPERTY ILLEGALLY THROUGH THE INCOME TAX SALES.

OUR ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN ABLE TO SAVE OVER $20 MILLION WORTH OF PROPERTY THROUGHOUT SOUTH CAROLINA AND PORTIONS OF GEORGIA. WELL, WE UNDERSTAND THAT ZONING AND ORDINANCES LIKE THE CPO DO HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON BLACK OWNERS AND WE'D LIKE TO SEE THAT CHANGED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

DO WE HAVE ONE MORE? YES. YES.

COME ON NOW PLEASE. YVONNE. YES, MA'AM.

I STATE YOUR NAME. MY NAME IS JOYCE. I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH THE YOUNG LADY THAT JUST SPOKE A FEW MINUTES AGO AND THE IS I THINK IS THAT THAT GUYS ARE THINKING THAT PEOPLE ARE EQUAL TO CORPORATIONS. YOU SEE THOUGH, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING IN THEIR OWN HOMES GETTING JUST A MEAGER LITTLE INCOME HAVE TO HAVE TO HAVE THREE ACRES TO PUT HOME THEIR LAND WHILE THE CORPORATION CAN COME ALONG AND AND BUILD AS MANY HOMES ON THE AS THEY WANT TO. SO IT'S UNFAIR TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE MAKING JUST A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY BECAUSE COUNTY AND ALL DON'T EVEN PAY THAT MUCH AND Y'ALL KNOW THAT AND IT'S NOT THAT MANY PEOPLE IN BEAUFORT COUNTY THAT BEAUFORT COUNTY PAYS AT LEAST $77,000 A YEAR OR 70,000. RIGHT.

THAT. SO YOU'RE ASKING CORPORATIONS TO COME IN HERE AND BUILD AT THE SAME RATE YOU'RE ASKING THE LOCAL PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING HERE TO TO TO BUILD AT THE RATE CORPORATIONS CAN BUILD. AND WE DO THAT. WE REALLY CAN'T WE CAN'T THE AMOUNT OF MONEYS THAT CORPORATIONS ARE RECEIVING YOU ALL ALREADY KNOW THAT DURING THE PANDEMIC THE GOVERNMENT PUMPED MONIES INTO THESE CORPORATIONS AND HOW MUCH MONEY DID THEY GET THE PEOPLE $2,600 JUST IN TIME TO COME AND PAID TAXES AND THAT'S WHEN BEAUFORT COUNTY OPEN BACK UP THEIR OFFICE SO THAT THE PEOPLE IN BEAUFORT COUNTY CAN COME PAY THEIR TAXES. AND SO WE'RE VOTING YOU ALL IN AND WE'RE ASKING YOU ALL TO HELP US ADDRESS OUR NEEDS AND NOT ONLY JUST THE CORPORATIONS BUT THE PEOPLE.

IT IS THE PEOPLE WHO NEED THE HELP NOT THESE. THEY'RE NOT LIVING THEY'RE NOT LIVING PEOPLE. SO WHEN YOU ASK THE GOVERNMENT TO CORPORATIONS MORE THAN LIKELY THE GOVERNMENT THOSE FUNDS THE GOVERNMENT IMAGINE NOTHING FOR NOR IS THE GOVERNMENT PROVIDING ALL OF US JOBS WE THE COUNTY CAN'T AFFORD TO HIRE EVERYBODY IN THIS COUNTY LET ALONE PAID A FEW. YOU HAVE I THINK ABOUT FIVE OR 600 EMPLOYEES LET ALONE PAID A 500 TO 600 EMPLOYEES. YOU HAVE $70,000. YOU CAN'T AFFORD IT.

DON'T INVOLVE THE LEASE. CONSIDER THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO IS TRYING TO MAINTAIN AND A LIVING. THE PANDEMIC HURT US TO YOU UNDERSTAND? SO PLEASE PLEASE BE THAT WHILE YOU'RE BRINGING ALL THESE BUSINESSES AND EVERYTHING WE ALL NEED MONEY BUT WE ALL SURVIVE DOING THIS TOUGH TIME TOO WITHOUT YOU ALL CONTINUING TO PUT QUALITY PEOPLE THE PEOPLE WAS DOING. THANK YOU.

YES, SIR. IF I MIGHT. JUST JUST FOR THE RECORD, AS JOYCE GIVES, SHE'S SPEAKING TO ITEM NINE ON OUR AGENDA THE 98 JENNINGS ROAD PROJECT.

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[7. ASSISTANT COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR REPORT]

OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

JUST A FEW THINGS I WANT TO UPDATE YOU ON IN THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DIVISION.

LAST WEEK VOTER REGISTRATION HAD THEIR FIRST OF MANY COMMUNITY.

THESE COMMUNITY FORUMS IS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION FOR UPCOMING ELECTIONS EARLY VOTING THE MAIL IN ABSENTEE PROCESS AND POLLING LOCATIONS SO. THEY SENT OUT BILLY LAST WEEK A PSA GIVING THE DATES OF THOSE COMMUNITY FORUMS AND THE LOCATIONS.

THE ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE DEPARTMENT HAS VERY BUSY THE LAST NARCAN DISTRIBUTION EVENT WAS IN THE TOWN OF PORT ROYAL. I'D LIKE TO THANK THE TOWN OF PORT ROYAL FOR WELCOMING THE DEPARTMENT AND SETTING UP THEIR EVENT OUTSIDE OF TOWN HALL. THAT EVENT THEY PROVIDED 68 BOXES OF NARCAN TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS. STAFF IS WORKING ON HAVING ANOTHER EVENT THE END OF THIS MONTH AT THE HUMAN SERVICES BUILDING LOCATION AND FINAL THE VA OFFICE DR.. SHE'S DOING A TREMENDOUS JOB. THE NUMBERS OF VETERANS THAT SHE IS PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO ALONG WITH HER TEAM IS INCREASING.

SHE IS ALSO WORKING DILIGENTLY COORDINATING WITH OUR BASES TO SUPPORT OUR TRANSITIONING MEMBERS. SO SHE'S DOING A GREAT JOB. GETTING THE WORD OUT THAT WE HAVE A LOCAL VA OFFICE SO IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS THAT INCLUDES MINE.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE A FEW COMMENTS. OKAY.

SO FIRST OF ALL, THE VETERANS MEETINGS THEY'VE HELD SEVERAL IN SUN CITY.

THEY'RE EXTREMELY WELL RECEIVED. I THINK THEY THEY PACKED EACH ONE THERE WERE YOU KNOW, THERE WERE NO SEATS LEFT. THE VOTER MEETINGS MARIE SMELSER GROUP THAT DID THEM BEFORE AND I THEM WERE GREAT AND I HOPE PEOPLE ATTEND TO LEARN MORE ABOUT REGISTRATION AND AND ALL THE WAYS YOU CAN VOTE.

AND THEN THE OTHER IS THE NARCAN EDUCATION DISTRIBUTION. I ACTUALLY DID IT AT THE BLUFFTON LIBRARY. I THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT GOOD SERVICE TO COMMUNITY.

YES. YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO NEED IT.

YES, YOU'RE RIGHT. YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY SO THEY CAN THERE THEY CONTINUE TO HAVE YOU KNOW I THINK LAST YEAR THEY ACTUALLY HAD ABOUT 13 EVENTS AND WE'RE ONLY TO INCREASE THOSE THIS YEAR. IT'S A GREAT JOB. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. THAT CONCLUDES MY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

OKAY. YOU KNOW I'M BEHIND YOU. YES, SIR.

SIR. SO GOOD AFTERNOON TO EVERYBODY. HAPPY ECLIPSE DAY.

YEAH, I KNOW IF YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE IT BUT IT'S IT'S REALLY COOL SO I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE STEPHANIE AJIT. SHE IS OUR PAST PARKS DIRECTOR GOING TO GIVE A PRESENTATION AN OVERVIEW OF THE PO CATALOG OF PROPERTY WHICH YOU MAY HAVE HEARD IT ALSO REFERRED TO AS COTTON HALL BUT I SPOKE TO ELAGO PROPERTY TO US SO WITH THAT I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER . MS. THANK GOOD AFTERNOON. HELLO STEPHANIE.

HOW ARE YOU? GOOD. OKAY.

I HAVE LOTS OF PRETTY PICTURES I HOPE. OKAY, GREAT.

AND I CAN USE THIS. ALL RIGHT. OKAY.

SO TODAY I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF UPDATE ABOUT POCATELLO GO PRESERVE WHICH AS MR. ATKINSON MENTIONED, YOU KNOW AS THE CURRENT HALL ACQUISITION WE ARE NAMING IT POCATELLO PRESERVE IN HONOR OF THE UMC TOWN THAT IN THE AREA AT THE TIME AND TO JUST KIND OF GIVE IT A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT CONTEXT CONSIDERING THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS PROPERTY IS STILL UNDER OWNERSHIP COTTON HALL AND BEING RUN AS A BUSINESS SO JUST KIND OF SEPARATE THE TWO THERE SO FIRST JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ABOUT THE PRESERVE ITSELF YOU CAN SEE ON THE SLIDE HERE THE BLUE IS THE OUTLINE THE COUNTY'S ACQUIRED PROPERTY IT WAS ANNEXED INTO THE TOWN OF UMC IN 2021. IT IS BORDERED BY HIGHWAY 17 ON THE WEST COTTON HALL ROAD ON NORTH COTTON HALL AND TO MOTLEY PLANTATIONS ON THE EAST AND SOUTH IT IS 527.17 ACRES ACQUIRED BY THE COUNTY IN OCTOBER 20 OCTOBER 20TH 2023 FOR APPROXIMATELY FOUR AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS WHICH IS JUST SHY OF OR JUST OVER $8,000 AN ACRE.

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SO THE PURPOSE OF THE ACQUISITION HELPS DIRECT FUTURE PLANNING EFFORTS FOR THE PROPERTY AND SO BASED ON THOSE TWO OBJECTIVES IS KIND OF HOW WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH PLANNING FOR WATER MANAGEMENT AND LAND MANAGEMENT. SO THE WATER MANAGEMENT ON THE PROPERTY WE'VE BEEN COLLECTING SOME DATA SINCE OCTOBER OUR LAST WATER COLLECTION WAS ON MARCH 5TH OF THIS YEAR. WE DID FIND THAT WATER IS FROM THE NORTH AND THE WEST THROUGH THE PROPERTY TO THE SOUTHEAST WHICH ARE THE BLUE AREAS ON THERE AT THE TIME THAT WE COLLECTED WATER THERE WAS FRESH WATER AT COTTON HALL ROAD. SO WE KNOW THAT FRESH WATER IS MOVING THROUGH THE PROPERTY AND SO THOSE SALINITY LEVELS WERE AT 0.00 THERE AT THE CULVERTS ALONG COTTON HOLLOW ROAD, THE OVERALL MANAGEMENT GOAL IS TO PROVIDE HABITAT FOR DIVERSITY OF WILDLIFE FISHERIES AND IMPROVE THE WATER QUALITY. SINCE WE DO COLLECT WATER WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HOLD IT ON PROPERTY AND PROVIDE BETTER QUALITY LEAVING OUR PROPERTY SO AS IT GOES OUT TO THE SOUND WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY HERE TO TO IMPROVE WATER QUALITY COMING DOWN THROUGH US WE ARE COLLECTING MONTHLY OBSERVATIONS OF FLOW AND SALINITY TO JUST TRY AND KEEP TRACK OF THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH FUTURE PLANNING EFFORTS.

THIS IS KIND OF A CLOSE UP OF THE MAIN OPEN WATER IMPOUNDMENTS.

WE DO KNOW ARE CONTROL STRUCTURES ON BENTON PLANTATION WHICH IS IN THE GREEN ON THE LEFT AND ON TO MOLLY PLANTATION AND COTTON HALL PLANTATIONS WHICH IS IN THE ORANGE ON THE RIGHT. WE ALSO HAVE OUR OWN WEIRS, TRUNKS AND CULVERTS LOCATED COUNTY PROPERTY WHICH ARE IN VARIOUS STATES OF OF USE SOME OF THEM APPEAR TO NEED SOME REPAIRS. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THAT AND EVALUATING THAT IN FISCAL YEAR 25. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE REQUESTED A BUDGET FOR IS TO PLANNING FOR SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS PROPERTY AND THAT IS TO EVALUATE THE STRUCTURES WE HAVE ON PROPERTY ENGAGE, THE STAKEHOLDERS THAT ALL CONTRIBUTE TO THIS WATER MANAGEMENT ISSUE HERE THROUGH THE THROUGH THIS SECTION OF THE COUNTY AND THEN CREATE A WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN WHERE EVERYBODY CAN COME TO SOME KIND OF CONSENSUS ABOUT NOT TRYING TO CONTROL WHAT OTHER PEOPLE DO ON THEIR PROPERTY BUT JUST TRYING FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN CONTROL WATER ON OUR PROPERTY SO WE'RE NOT CAUSING OFFSITE ISSUES BUT ALSO MEETING THE OBJECTIVES OF THE PURPOSE OF THE ACQUISITION. THE OTHER SIDE THIS IS THE LAND MANAGEMENT SIDE SO WE HAVE A MANAGEMENT GOAL FOR HABITAT RESTORATION FOR DIVERSITY OF UPLAND WETLAND FLORA AND FAUNA. WE'VE DONE QUITE A BIT OF DATA COLLECTION HERE AS WELL WE WERE ABLE TO DO A CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT JANUARY 4TH ON THE PROPERTY WE NOTED 35 DIFFERENT BIRD SPECIES THAT WE COUNTED IN 2 HOURS OF TIME NOT TO MENTION VARIOUS OTHER BIRDS SURVEYS WE DO ON PROPERTY FOR EXISTING GNOME SPECIES.

SO THAT HELPS KIND OF DIRECT WITH OUR RESTORATION GOALS AND WHAT ARE THE SPECIES THAT ARE THERE AND HOW CAN WE IMPROVE HABITAT FOR THEM? WE ALSO HAVE TRAIL CAMERAS THAT WE HAVE SET OUT THAT HAVE CAPTURED A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WILDLIFE THEIR PRESENCE AND IDENTIFICATION I WILL BE DOING HABITAT SURVEYS WHICH ARE THEY'RE CALLED NESTED PLOTS WHERE YOU DO A TREE PLOT A SHRUB PLOT IN A GRIM ANNOYED PLOT.

AND SO THOSE SURVEYS WILL GIVE SOME BETTER INDICATION OF EXISTING PLANT SPECIES AND THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THOSE HABITATS WE DID ACTUALLY CATCH SOME POACHERS IN JANUARY DUCK HUNTING ON THE PROPERTY SO WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE DNR GO OUT THERE AND THOSE FOLKS DID GET TICKETED. SO WE ARE KEEPING AN EYE ON THAT.

I JUST RECEIVED A TEXT ON SUNDAY SAYING. THEY HEARD OUR NEIGHBORS HEARD GUNSHOTS OVER THERE. SO WE'RE LOOKING INTO THAT TO AGAIN IN FISCAL YEAR 25.

ASIDE FROM THE WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN, I DO WANT TO ALSO CREATE A LAND MANAGEMENT PLAN WHICH IS GOING TO SPECIFY SPECIFIC CERTAIN MANAGEMENT GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AND I'LL SHOW YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE HERE IN A SECOND. STEPHANIE BEFORE YOU GO ON.

THE 35 SPECIES OF BIRDS ARE SOME OF THOSE MIGRATORY WELL FOR THE CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN SOME MANY OF THEM WOULD HAVE BEEN WINTER MIGRANTS.

SO THESE ARE PICTURES WE RECEIVED FROM THE TRAIL CAMERA WE'VE GOT ACTUALLY A VERY HEALTHY POPULATION OF BOBCATS AND COYOTE OUT THERE AS WELL WHITE TAILED DEER AND YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THAT PICTURE OF THE RIVER OTTER BUT WE'VE GOTTEN A FEW OF SOME RIVER OTTER THAT

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SO THE NORTH PARCEL WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY HERE WHERE SOME FIELDS WERE CLEARED BACK IN THE DAY. THEY'VE BEEN LIKE THIS FOR SOME TIME.

THEY WERE A PLANT THEY WERE USED FOR AS FAR AS I UNDERSTAND FROM THE PREVIOUS OWNER PLANTING CORN AND SUNFLOWERS BUT IN ORDER TO PLANT CORN AND SUNFLOWERS EXISTING FORESTED WETLAND HAD TO BE CUT DOWN AND SO THE AREAS IN GREEN ARE WHAT I BELIEVE TO BE MIXED HARDWOOD WETLAND FOREST WHICH IS WHAT ADJACENT COMMUNITY THAT HASN'T BEEN CUT DOWN.

SO WE'RE USING THE EXISTING FORESTED WETLAND AS A REFERENCE POINT AS A REFERENCE PLOT AND REFERENCE CONDITIONS IN ORDER TO RESTORE THAT MIXED HARDWOOD WETLAND REFORESTATION EFFORTS.

PART OF THE PLANNING FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR IS TO COLLECT MORE TO BE ABLE TO DEFINITIVELY CREATE GOALS. THE ORANGE AREA IS AN OPPORTUNITY AND YOU'LL SEE HERE IN A IN A LITTLE IN ANOTHER PICTURE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAINTAIN SOME DIVERSITY WITHIN THE HABITAT IT IS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER AND DRIER YOU CAN SEE IN THE GREEN THE DARKER AREAS OF THE FIELD THAT INDICATES THERE'S MORE MOISTURE IN THE SOIL VERSUS THE ORANGE AREAS IT'S LESS MOIST SO IT IS A LITTLE BIT OF AN OPPORTUNITY HERE TO MAYBE SPARSELY VEGETATE WITH SOME LONGLEAF PINE BUT KEEP IT MORE AS LIKE A PINE SAVANNA GRASSLAND AND THAT WOULD HELP BENEFIT SOME OF THOSE BIRD WE SEE LIKE MEADOWLARK SAVANNAH SPARROWS SOME OF THE THINGS WE SAW THAT REALLY LIKE THAT OPEN FIELD CONDITION AND EACH OF THOSE ARE ROUGHLY LIKE 100 ACRES SO IT'S IT'S A BIG SWATH OF LAND THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THESE THE PICTURE MAKES IT LOOK SMALLER THAN IS BUT IT'S THAT WHOLE NORTH PARCEL IS APPROXIMATELY 300 ACRES. THE BLUE EMPOWERMENT AREA THERE IS PART OF THE WATER MANAGEMENT AREA SO YOU SEE THE ARROW COMING FROM THE NORTH TO THE SOUTH.

THAT'S HOW THE WATER IS DRAINING ACROSS COTTON HALL ROAD INTO OUR PROPERTY.

THOSE USED TO BE OLD RICE PLANTATIONS. THEY HAVE SINCE GROWN UP INTO CAT HIT CAT TAIL MARSHES AND SO THEY ARE EMERGENT VEGETATION MARSHES NOW AND SO WE WANT TO INCORPORATE THOSE INTO THE WATER MANAGEMENT REGIME AND SEE IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO HOLD WATER AND USE THOSE NATURAL WETLANDS TO CONTINUE TO CLEAN AND IMPROVE THE WATER QUALITY ON THE PROPERTY AND THEN IN THE SOUTH PARCEL SIMILARLY THE GREEN AREA THAT YOU SEE THE GREEN FOR SOME REASON THE ENTIRETY OF THAT MIXED HARDWOOD WETLAND WAS CLEAR CUT IN 2022 JUST PRIOR TO THE COUNTY PURCHASING THE PROPERTY I BELIEVE IT'S BECAUSE THE PRICES FOR HARDWOOD TIMBER VERY GOOD AT THAT TIME AND SO IT'S IT'S LIKELY THAT THE PREVIOUS LANDOWNER SAW IT AS A WAY TO EARN SOME EXTRA DOLLARS BUT IT DID LEAVE US WITH A LITTLE BIT OF A MESS SO CONSULTING WITH MY FORESTER AT THE MOMENT THE CURRENT THOUGHT IS TO JUST LET THAT GROW BACK UP. IT WAS LEFT IN A CONDITION THAT BE VERY DIFFICULT TO REFOREST BUT IT DID LEAVE OF STUMPS AND THOSE STUMPS ARE NOW SPROUTING SO WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF REGROWTH ALREADY JUST IN THE TWO YEARS SINCE IT WAS CUT BUT WE DO HAVE TO COLLECT SOME MORE DATA JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT GETTING ANYTHING PARTICULARLY INVASIVE. AND THEN THE ORANGE AREAS ARE SOME AREAS WHERE SOME PINES WERE PLANTED AND ALSO CUT AND SO YOU'LL SEE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HIGHWAY 17 THERE HAS BEEN THEN PLANTATION AND YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT IS WITH THE OPEN GRASS AND THE SCATTERED PINES.

SO THAT'S THE THE STRUCTURE AND ESTHETIC THAT WE CAN REPLICATE ON OUR SIDE OF THE ROAD TO ALSO HELP IMPROVE THE AREA THERE FOR SOME OF THOSE GRASSLAND BIRDS AND ESPECIALLY FOR QUAIL I KNOW BEING IN PLANTATION IS SPECIFICALLY DOING HABITAT MANAGEMENT FOR QUAIL.

IS THAT QUAIL NATURAL WITH THAT'S QUAIL THAT I DON'T KNOW YEAH IT WOULD BE A CONVERSATION DURING OUR STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT SO THAT IS JUST KIND OF A LITTLE BRIEF SUMMARY SOME DATA THAT'S BEEN COLLECTED AND WHERE WE HOPE TO GO IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR AND.

HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER UPDATE FOR YOU MAYBE LATER THIS YEAR OR EARLY NEXT YEAR.

ANY QUESTIONS? YES SIR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION . WELCOME. OH WOW.

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CAN YOU SPEAK TO PUBLIC ACCESS NOT ONLY TO THE MAINLAND BUT TO THE WATER ALSO SPORTS FISHING IS CONCERNED. YES, ABSOLUTELY. I'M HOPING THAT BY THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 25 WE'LL HAVE OUR PLANS IN PLACE. ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WITH PROVIDING ACCESS RIGHT NOW IS THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE ISN'T NECESSARILY THERE TO BE ABLE TO GET PEOPLE TO THE WATER AND WEIRS, THE CULVERTS AND THE TRUNKS AND THE BRIDGES NEED EVALUATED BEFORE WE START LETTING PEOPLE WALK OR DRIVE. SO THAT'S I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE AND THEN ONCE I HAVE THAT PLAN READY THEN WE CAN START PLANNING FOR PUBLIC ACCESS. KEEP US POSTED.

YES, ABSOLUTELY. ANY OTHER OKAY. THANK YOU.

YOU GO. YES. I PROBABLY WANT TO KNOW AND I THINK YOU ALLUDED TO THAT A FEW MINUTES AGO IN YOU ANSWER MR. DAWSON QUESTION THE REAL GOAL FOR I'M GOING TO CALL THE POCATELLO PRESERVE I LIKE THE NAME.

THANK YOU. YOU USE IT POCATELLO PRESERVE WHAT IS THE REAL GOAL? WHAT DO YOU ENVISION HAPPENING THERE? BUT YOU STILL HAVE TIME TO PLAN FOR THAT AND STUFF SO THAT WILL BE A REAL CONCERN, YOU KNOW, INTEREST OF MINE AND GOING FORWARD AND I THINK THAT WAS REALLY THE ONLY QUESTION I HAD YEAH WELL I MEAN THE END THE END GOAL IS TO ACCOMPLISH THOSE TWO PURPOSES FOR THE ACQUISITION IMPROVE WATER QUALITY PUBLIC ACCESS AND HOW THOSE DEVELOP OVER TIME GOING TO REALLY BE DEPENDENT ON THE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT THAT I HAVE NEXT IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR AND THEN ONCE WE GET TO THE PUBLIC PLANNING PROCESS THE THINGS THAT THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SEE THERE.

SO ONE OF THEM IS LET ME STOP THERE WHAT ARE THE CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN EXPRESSED IS BASICALLY ONE OF THE COUNTY BEING IN A POSITION TO MANAGE A PLAN AND WE ARE NOT PLANTATION MANAGERS CORRECT? YEAH. SO THAT'S BASICALLY AND I'M NOT LOOKING FOR AN ANSWER RIGHT NOW BUT YOU KNOW IT'S REALLY ONE OF THEM WHERE DO WE GO WITH THIS PROPERTY AND I THINK MR. DAWSON REALLY TALKED ABOUT OPENING UP TO THE PUBLIC BUT.

YOU STILL GOT TO DO SOMETHING TO MANAGE WHICH MEANS YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE SOME REVENUE.

THEY HAVE TO SUPPORT THAT KIND OF ENDEAVOR. I DON'T KNOW THAT YEAH ON THE TABLE AND STUFF. YEAH SO IT IS VERY DIFFERENT. MY BACKGROUND IS ACTUALLY AS A LAND RESOURCE MANAGER FOR STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES SO I'VE DONE THIS TYPE OF WORK FOR 25 PLUS YEARS GOVERNMENTS. MANAGING PLANTATIONS ARE NOT THE SAME AS PRIVATE ENTITIES WHO MANAGE PLANTATIONS. THEY DEFINITELY NEED TO HAVE A SPECIFIC AMOUNT OF REVENUE COMING IN. GOVERNMENTS ALREADY HAVE A SPECIFIC TYPE OF REVENUE THAT CAN BE BUDGETED TO GO TOWARDS THINGS. THE VISION FOR THIS PROPERTY IS HABITAT RESTORATION NOT FARMING, NOT RICE PLANTATIONS, NOT A HUNTING PLANTATION NOT YOU KNOW SO IT'S A VERY VIEWPOINT THAN A PRIVATE ENTITY WHO WOULD MANAGE 530 ACRES.

I THINK THIS COUNTY IS IN A VERY UNIQUE SITUATION WHERE THEY HAVE HIRED SOMEBODY WHO HAS THE EXPERIENCE TO DO HABITAT RESTORATION, WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT ON A LARGE PIECE OF PROPERTY AND SO THAT'S GOING TO BE MY FOCUS MOVING FORWARD IS TREATING IT SIMILARLY TO HOW THE STATE WOULD MANAGE A WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA OR HOW ANOTHER GOVERNMENT ENTITY WOULD MANAGE A HABITAT PROJECT OR PRESERVE. WOULD THAT OPEN IT UP TO THE PUBLIC? YES, YES, ABSOLUTELY. IT'S JUST YEAH, WE JUST HAVE TO GATHER SOME ADDITIONAL DATA FIRST BEFORE WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT LIKE WE DO EVERY OTHER PROPERTY. RIGHT. OKAY.

YEAH, IT IT WAS I HAD TO BE REAL QUICK AS I ALWAYS DO I NEVER PASS UP AN FOR A SHAMELESS PLUG FOR FUNDING. THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT IS UNFUNDED WITH THE EXCEPTION DOING THE STUDY THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY ENGAGED IN WE'VE ASKED FOR THAT FUNDING AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE SOME FUNDING FOR A CONCEPTUAL PLAN FOR PUBLIC ACCESS AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY BUT CURRENTLY WHATEVER WE COME UP WITH WITH HOW WE'RE GOING TO DEVELOP IT PROVIDE PARKING ACCESS, FISHING PIERS, ALL THAT STUFF THAT IS CURRENTLY UNFUNDED SO YOU CAN

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IT WILL BE IN THE MILLIONS I ASSURE YOU SO THANK YOU. WE KNEW THAT WAS COMING.

YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. OKAY.

[8. RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO COUNCIL FOR FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE BEAUFORT COUNTY 2040 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO ADD THE BEAUFORT COUNTY LONG-TERM RESILIENCE STRATEGY AS AN APPENDIX - Rob Merchant, Director of the Planning & Zoning Department]

WE'RE EXCITED TO BRING THIS FORWARD TO THIS COMMITTEE AND HOPEFULLY TO COUNTY COUNCIL A BASICALLY A CHAPTER THAT OUTLINES OUR STRATEGIES FOR IMPLEMENTING OUR RESILIENCE MEASURES, OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND IF YOU REMEMBER FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT WE ADOPTED TWO YEARS AGO, RESILIENCE WAS ONE OF THOSE THREADS OF IT'S WOVEN THROUGHOUT THE PLAN. YOU KNOW, WE LIVE IN A LOW LYING AREA WITH A LOT OF UNKNOWNS WITH WITH REGARD TO STORMS AND STORM EVENTS AND. HOW WE PLAN FOR THAT GREATLY IMPACTS THE WAY WE RECOVER IN THE FUTURE. YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE THE RIGHT PLANS IN PLACE, WE HAVE GOOD INFORMATION COMING IN, WE'RE IN A BETTER POSITION BOUNCE BACK AFTER AN EVENT AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT THIS CHAPTER IS MEANT TO ACCOMPLISH.

THIS IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT WE'VE WORKED ON IN CONJUNCTION WITH ACTUALLY WITH OTHER ENTITIES IN THE COUNTY, WITH THE OTHER WITH THE MUNICIPALITIES, WITH THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY BUT ALSO WITHIN DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. WE HAVE REPRESENTED LIVES HERE FROM PUBLIC WORKS, IP AND ENGINEERING WELL BECAUSE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS KIND OF SPANNED DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. SO WITH THAT I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE OH THERE HE IS HE LOOKING I SNUCK UP ON HIM. GOOD AFTERNOON ALL THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE UP HERE. I'M EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT THIS LONG TERM RESILIENT STRATEGY.

MY NAME IS JULIANA SMITH AND I AM A STAFF MEMBER WHO GETS TO WORK ON BOTH THE GREEN SPACE PROGRAM AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVES AT THE COUNTY IS TAKING ON.

AND SO TODAY WE HAVE A QUICK PRESENTATION FOR YOU ALL ON THE LONG TERM STRATEGY AND THE FIRST SLIDE THAT I'M GOING TO SHOW HERE IS REALLY KIND OF A REMINDER OF WHERE WE'VE BEEN IN RECENT YEARS WHEN IT COMES TO THINGS LIKE SEA LEVEL RISE AND THE IMPACTS FROM HURRICANES TROPICAL CYCLONES. SO THIS IS 2017 IRMA THAT IS THE WATERFRONT IN DOWNTOWN BEAUFORT AND I JUST LIKE TO KEEP THIS IMAGE IN MY MIND I'M WORKING ON THESE THINGS BECAUSE IT KIND OF HELPS ME STAY FOCUSED ON WHAT WE'VE EXPERIENCE AND WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH AS MUCH AS WE INTO THE FUTURE WHAT WE WANT TO BE RESILIENT AGAINST . SO THE TERM RESILIENCE HAS BEEN COMING UP QUITE A LOT LATELY AND A BIG REASON FOR THAT IS THAT OUR STATE HAS TAKEN THE INITIATIVE, PUT RESILIENCE FRONT AND CENTER. SO IN 2020 THEY PASSED THE DISASTER RELIEF AND RESILIENCE ACT WHICH DID TWO PRETTY BIG IMPORTANT THINGS TO ADVANCE RESILIENCE IN THE STATE.

IT CREATED THE SOUTH CAROLINA OFFICE OF RESILIENCE WHICH IS DOING GREAT WORK UP THERE AT THE STATE HOUSE IF YOU ALL HAVEN'T BEEN TUNED IN TO WHAT THEY'RE DOING, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO CHECK OUT THEIR WEBSITE. LOTS OF GOOD THINGS GOING ON AND IT CREATED A REQUIREMENT.

ALL COMPREHENSIVE PLANS INCLUDE A RESILIENCE ELEMENT MOVING FORWARD WHICH IS SUPER IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT GIVES ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES THE NUDGE. WE NEED TO START TO THINK ABOUT RESILIENCE, ASSESS WHAT WE NEED TO DO IN THE FUTURE TO IMPROVE RESILIENCE LOCALLY.

SO WHAT DOES RESILIENCE MEAN FOR THE STATE? RESILIENCE IS DESCRIBED AS OUR COMMUNITY'S ECONOMIES AND ECOSYSTEMS ABILITY TO ANTICIPATE, ABSORB, RECOVER AND THRIVE FROM NATURAL HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE. AND I TO POINT THIS OUT BECAUSE A LOT OF FOLKS MIGHT THINK THAT RESILIENCE IS REALLY ALL ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL SIDE BUT IT IS SO MUCH MORE ABOUT OUR COMMUNITIES AND OF COURSE THAT INVOLVES OUR ECONOMIES.

THESE ARE ALL IMPORTANT FACETS OF RESILIENCE AND WHAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT. ANOTHER WAY TO RESILIENCE IN A MORE KIND OF VISUAL WAY WHICH I LIKE TO DO IS WITH THESE FUN GRAPHS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT HERE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN YOU SEE A LESS RESILIENT SYSTEM AND ON THE RIGHT YOU SEE A MORE RESILIENT SYSTEM ON THAT Y AXIS

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AND THEN TIME IS ACROSS THAT X AXIS LINE ACROSS THE BOTTOM AND ESSENTIALLY WHAT YOU SEE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE LESS RESILIENT SYSTEM ON THE LEFT AND THE MORE RESILIENT ON THE RIGHT IS THAT WHEN OUR SYSTEM WHEN OUR AIR CONDITIONER, OUR ROADWAY SYSTEM, WHATEVER IT IS RUNS INTO AN ACUTE HAZARD, WHEN IT'S MORE RESILIENT, THE DAMAGE THAT IT TAKES ON IS LESSENED AND THE TIME TO RECOVERY RETURN BACK TO THAT BASELINE FUNCTIONING IS SHORTENED.

SO THAT'S REALLY THE GOAL HERE WITH THE REAL RESILIENCE STRATEGY IS TO ANTICIPATE THE IMPACTS OF FUTURE CONDITIONS SO THAT WHEN WE EXPERIENCE DAMAGE IT'S NOT AS WORSE AND WE CAN RECOVER AND GET BACK TO THAT BASELINE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE .

AND WE WANT TO DO THIS BECAUSE WE ARE EXPERIENCING HERE IN THE LOWCOUNTRY I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU TWO DIFFERENT TIDE GAUGES. THEY ARE BOTH NO TIDE GAUGES AND I'M SHOWING YOU TWO BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ONE FOR OURSELVES HERE IN BEAUFORT COUNTY THAT'S A NO TIDE GAUGE.

SO WE ARE EXTRAPOLATING BASED ON THESE THE FIRST IS THE CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA TIDE GAUGE WHICH BEEN ONLINE FOR A HUNDRED YEARS. IT'S BEEN COLLECTING DATA SINCE THE MID 1920S AND WHAT IT SHOWS VERY CLEARLY YOU CAN SEE ON GRAPH RIGHT THERE IS THAT TIDE LEVELS HAVE BEEN RISING. THEY'VE BEEN RISING IN THE PAST HUNDRED YEARS.

THEY'VE RISEN 1.1 FEET. AND WHAT'S REALLY INTERESTING ABOUT THIS THAT IN THE PAST 24 YEARS SINCE 2026 INCHES OF THAT 1.8 FEET HAS OCCURRED. SO WE KNOW THAT NOT ONLY ARE OUR TIDES GETTING HIGHER BUT THE RATE CHANGE IS INCREASING IN THE MOST RECENT DECADES.

IF WE LOOK AT THE NEWER TIDE GAUGE THAT'S CLOSEST TO US THIS IS THE FORT PULASKI TIDE GAUGE IN GEORGIA WE'RE SEEING THE SAME TREND. GRANTED THIS TIDE GAUGE HASN'T BEEN QUITE 100 YEARS YET AND THE MID 2030S IS WHEN IT WILL HIT THAT ANNIVERSARY MARK BUT IT IS STILL SHOWING AND COLLECTING DATA THAT THAT INDICATES WE'LL SEE ABOUT POINT TWO FEET OF SEA LEVEL RISE OVER THE TIME OF HUNDRED YEARS FOR THAT TIDE GAUGE.

AND IF YOU LOOK IN THE TOP LEFT OF THE SCREEN YOU'VE GOT 12 INCHES TO 20 INCHES.

WE SAW THIS ON THE LAST SLIDE TO. THIS IS THE ANTICIPATED RATE OF SEA LEVEL RISE THAT WE EXPECT TO OVER THE NEXT 25 YEARS.

SO BY 2050. SO WE'RE BASICALLY DOUBLING WHAT WE'VE SEEN OVER THE PAST HUNDRED YEARS IN THE NEXT 25 YEARS OR SO. THIS IS KIND OF THE MEDIUM ANTICIPATED POTENTIAL OUTCOME FOR SEA RISE AND SO THIS IS WHY WE FEEL LIKE WE REALLY NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT THIS RIGHT? WE REALLY NEED TO BE PLANNING FOR THIS AND DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO ABSORB THOSE IMPACTS AND RECOVER FROM THEM APPROPRIATELY.

AND THEN ONE MORE WAY TO SHOW THIS JUST IN CASE I REALLY I KNOW HOW HARD I NEEDED TO DRIVE THINGS BUT THESE ARE THE FLOOD DAYS AT FORT PULASKI IS TIDE GAUGE SINCE IT'S BEEN ON THE LINE 1935 A FLOOD DAY AT THAT TIDE GAUGE THAT HIGH TIDE REACHED ABOVE 9.5 FEET.

SO THAT'S WHEN THEY START TO SEE FLOODING IMPACTS IN THE NEAR THAT TIDE GAUGE AND FOR EVERY THAT IT HAPPENS THAT HAPPENED ON AT LEAST ONE OF THOSE TIDES.

AND SO YOU'RE SEEING HERE HOW THE BARS GET TALLER TOWARDS THE END OF THAT CHART WHEN WE GET TO OUR MORE RECENT YEARS. SO WE ARE SEEING THAT FLOODING IS BECOMING COASTAL FLOODING IS BECOMING MORE OF AN ISSUE IN RECENT YEARS IN OUR OUR COASTAL AREAS.

AND THIS IS THE TIDE GAUGE BY THE WAY, IF YOU LOOKED AT THE LONG TERM RESILIENCE STRATEGY, THIS IS THE TIDE GAUGE THAT WE ALL OF OUR EXAMINATION OF PAST EVENTS AND ANTICIPATED FUTURE EVENTS ON BECAUSE IT IS THE CLOSEST KNOW A TIDE GAUGE TO US AND IT EXPERIENCES A REALLY SIMILAR TIDE TO WHAT WE EXPERIENCE HERE COMPARED TO THE CHARLESTON TIDE GAUGE WHERE CONDITIONS ARE DIFFERENT SO IF YOU FOR COUNTY HAS BEEN THINKING ABOUT RESILIENCE FOR A WHILE NOW WHEN WE ADOPTED OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IN 2021 ONE OF THE PRIMARY THEMES THAT WAS INTERLACED THROUGHOUT THAT DOCUMENT WAS RESILIENCE. SO WE HAVE BEEN TOUCHING ON IT, THINKING ABOUT IT AND PLANNING FOR IT TO SOME DEGREE BUT WE FELT IT WAS PRUDENT TO CREATE A SPECIFIC RESILIENCE CHAPTER IN THE FORM OF THE LONG TERM RESILIENCE STRATEGY TO BETTER MEET THE INTENT OF THE LAW PASSED BY OUR STATE HOUSE AND TO BETTER BOLSTER RESILIENCE HERE IN BEAUFORT COUNTY. OVERALL, WHAT THIS LONG TERM RESILIENCE STRATEGY DOES IS IT TAKES A LOOK AT THE EXPERIENCED EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND SEA LEVEL RISE SO NOT JUST THE TIDAL CHANGES WE'RE SEEING BUT HEIGHTENED MORE INTENSE RAINSTORMS THE IMPACTS FOR OUR TROPICAL CYCLONES AND HURRICANE SEASONS. IT GAUGES WHAT THE ANTICIPATED FUTURE TRENDS ARE BASED ON WHAT WE'VE SEEN ALREADY AND IT RECOMMENDS STRATEGIES FOR

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SO WE HAVE FOUR RESILIENCE STRATEGY GROUPS OUTLINED IN THE PLAN.

EACH OF THEM COME WITH A MYRIAD OF DIFFERENT STRATEGIES WORKING WITH DIFFERENT PARTNERS LOCALLY WHO ARE SUPPORTING RESILIENCE. THE FIRST IS AWARENESS AND THIS IS BASICALLY MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF US MAKING DECISIONS AND ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND PARTNERS ARE AWARE WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE GROUND AND WHAT WE EXPECT TO HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE.

WE CAN ALL KIND OF WALK LOCKSTEP TOWARDS A MORE RESILIENT FUTURE STUDY WHERE WE HAVE INFORMATION GAPS FOR EXAMPLE THOSE TIDE GAUGES. RIGHT.

AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO FILL THOSE GAPS SO WE CAN HAVE THE BEST UNDERSTANDING ABOUT SEA LEVEL RISE IMPACTS CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS LOCALLY AND FOR THE TIDE GAUGES.

THIS WAS IN OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WE DID INSTALL TIDE GAUGES LOCALLY AND BE FOR SO WE CAN START TO SEE AND UNDERSTAND HOW TIDES REALLY HAPPEN HERE AND HOW IT COMPARES TO THE DATA SETS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE ACCESS TO. THEN WE HAVE THE ACTION RESILIENCE STRATEGY GROUP WHICH IS OF COURSE TAKING ACTION TAKING ALL OF THAT INFORMATION THAT WE'VE AND UNDERSTAND AND BEGINNING TO IMPLEMENT PRACTICES STRATEGIES, POLICIES TO ADDRESS THOSE RESILIENCE ISSUES. AND THEN THE LAST ONE AND IF YOU LOOKED IN THE IN THE RESILIENCE STRATEGY YOU PROBABLY NOTICE THIS ONE IS QUITE BRIEF. IT'S A SMALL STRATEGY GROUP BUT I WANT YOU ALL TO UNDERSTAND IT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT AND THAT'S BECAUSE IT IT BASICALLY GUIDES ALL OF US TO TAKE A LOOK ON A REGULAR BASIS AT THE UPDATED SCIENCE SO WE CAN MAKE SURE WE'RE STILL IN THE KNOW WE ARE WORKING WITH THE BEST INFORMATION POLICY AND ALSO REASSESS PRACTICES OR POLICIES THAT WE'VE PUT INTO PLACE TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE STILL FUNCTIONING IN THE WAY THAT WE INTENDED THEM TO FUNCTION. AND I FIND THAT STEP IN AND OF ITSELF AN INCREDIBLY RESILIENT GROUP. NOW WHILE ALL OF THIS WAS GOING ON DEVELOPING THIS RESILIENCE STRATEGY, WE HAVE HAD A GROUP A STAFF LED GROUP CALLED THE COASTAL RESILIENCE WORKING COME TOGETHER TO START TALKING ABOUT WHAT RESILIENCE MEANS AND LOOKS LIKE FOR OUR DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND ROB MENTIONED WE DO HAVE SOME OUR FELLOW COLLEAGUES HERE TODAY FROM DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS REPRESENTING THEIR PORTIONS AND SO I'M GOING TO FLIP IT TO THE NEXT SLIDE AND I'M GOING TO INVITE BRIAN BOWER FROM OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AND ERIC LARSEN FROM OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS DEPARTMENT TO COME UP AND JUST SAY SOME BRIEF WORDS TO YOU ALL ABOUT WHAT RESILIENCE LOOKS LIKE FOR THEM IN DEPARTMENTS I THINK. JULIANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR LET ME BE HERE TODAY.

I AM BRIAN BOWER. I'M WITH ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT SO I WANT TO COME AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT MAINLY THE SECOND STEP THERE THE STUDY AND WHERE THAT LEADS US FOR ENGINEERING PUBLIC WORKS IS THROUGH A VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT FOR ENGINEERING GOING TO LOOK AT STUDYING OUR ROADS, IDENTIFYING ANY LOW LYING ROADS CAUSEWAYS THAT MAY OVERTOP DURING HIGH TIDES, KING TIDES, STORM EVENTS MAKE SURE THAT OUR EVACUATION ROUTES ARE STILL ABLE TO BE USED IN THOSE STORM EVENTS TO GET EVERYONE IN AND OUT SAFELY AND ALSO IF THERE'S ANY THAT MAY BE CUT OFF FROM THEIR ONLY INGRESS EGRESS BECAUSE OF TIDES AND STORMS AND THAT'S GOING TO INFLUENCE HOW DESIGN THESE PROJECTS MOVING FORWARD ALSO IF WE CAN DAM ISSUES THAT WE HAVE WE CAN THEN LOOK AT THAT AT THE DESIGN PROCESS WHETHER IT'S IMPLEMENTING GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE LIVING SHORELINES TO HELP PROTECT THESE CAUSEWAYS.

WE DON'T HAVE ISSUES WITH WASHOUTS DURING STORMS AND MAKING THEM USABLE AFTERWARDS.

THAT'S NOT BOUNCE BACK IF IT FAILS DURING A STORM AND WE CAN'T GET PEOPLE BACK IN IT DOESN'T GIVE US THAT BOUNCE BACK TO REUSE IT QUICKLY AND THE SAME IS GOING TO GO FOR PUBLIC WORKS THERE A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF THE GAME THEY'VE DONE SOME STORM WATER VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS ON LATER ON SAINT HELENA THEY'VE LOOKED AT THEIR BOAT LANDINGS AND MARINE AND THEY'RE TRYING TO SOME OF THAT BUT IT'S THE SAME THING IF THERE'S NOWHERE FOR THE WATER TO GO DURING TIDES IN THESE STORM EVENTS IT'S GOING TO GO WHERE WE DON'T WANT IT TO.

SO YOU KNOW, IDENTIFY THOSE AREAS AND WHAT CAN BE DONE TO CORRECT THAT IS A HUGE PORTION MOVING FORWARD. SO I'LL TURN OVER TO ERIK LARSON, LET HIM TALK ABOUT IT FROM THE CAPITAL PROJECT SIDE AFTERNOON. ERIK I'M GETTING THEM ERIK LARSON WITH CAPITAL PROJECTS FACILITIES MANAGEMENT A LOT OF EVERYTHING THAT JULIANNA AND ROB SAID OR EXCUSE ME BRIAN HAS SAID IS APPLICABLE TO FACILITIES AS WELL.

BUT WE'RE ALL WE'RE DEALING WITH THE ADDITIONAL VERTICAL FACTOR AND EVEN THOUGH WE'RE LOOKING TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T SITE BUILDINGS IN FLOOD ZONES, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT TROPICAL WEATHER WHEN WINDS DRIVEN RAINS HIGH WINDS FOR A HURRICANE. SO WHAT OUR RESILIENCY CONCEPT AND WE THINK RESILIENCE WE'RE THINKING ABOUT WILL THESE BUILDINGS WITHSTAND FLOODING? WILL THEY HIGH WIND EVENTS? WILL THEY WITHSTAND WIND POWER OUTAGES, GENERATORS AND YOU

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WE HAVE TO GO BACK AND REASSESS EVERY FEW YEARS AND SEE IF HAS THE BUILDING GOTTEN WORSE, HAS IT GOTTEN BETTER THROUGH THE CAPITAL PROJECT AND DO WE NEED TO SHIFT OUR FOCUS? SO IN A NUTSHELL THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING ON THE FACILITIES MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT SIDE AND CAPITAL PROJECT SIDE AND I'LL TAKE QUESTIONS WHEN WE'RE ALL DONE HERE I'LL HAND IT BACK OVER. I JUST HAVE A COUPLE MORE SLIDES I'LL BE QUICK ABOUT IT AND I DID WANT TO SAY IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN SOME OF THE MORE DEPARTMENT SPECIFIC STRATEGIES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED THAT THESE DEPARTMENTS HAVE PULLED OUT AND TALKED ABOUT FOR THEMSELVES THEY ARE AN APPENDIX IN THE LONG TERM RESILIENCE STRATEGY. SO YOU CAN DOVE INTO THAT AS YOU'D LIKE TO SO WHAT'S NEXT? WELL, WE'RE ALL HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THE LONG TERM RESILIENCE STRATEGY AND HOW IT WOULD BE AN IMPORTANT ADDITION TO OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

SO WE SEE THAT AS THE SHORT TERM THE FIRST THING THAT WE CAN DO IT'LL GET US STARTED TOWARDS MOVING TOWARDS THE VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS LIKE OUR COLLEAGUES FROM OUR OTHER DEPARTMENTS DISCUSSED JUST NOW WHICH WILL LEAD US INTO THE ABILITY TO IDENTIFY FUNDING PROJECTS FOR RESILIENCE PROJECTS AND HAVING A LONG TERM RESILIENCE IN PLACE OPENS THE DOOR FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING OF OUR OWN LOCAL BUDGET. THERE'S LOTS OF RESILIENCE GRANTS THERE AND HAVING PLANS THAT TALK ABOUT WHY RESILIENCE IS IMPORTANT TO COMMUNITY AND WHAT OUR PRIORITIES ARE REALLY HELP US BE COMPETITIVE THAT GRANT MARKET AND THEN OF COURSE ONCE WE HAVE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS, OUR VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS WE'VE IDENTIFIED FUNDING THEN WE CAN BEGIN TO RETROFIT AND ADAPT AS NEEDED AND THIS ALSO INCLUDES OF ADJUSTING OUR POLICIES SO THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT RESILIENCE ON THE FRONT END.

IT'S NOT ALWAYS KIND OF COMING BACK AND ADAPTING SO WE CAN KIND OF THAT TAKEN CARE OF IN THE FIRST PLACE. AND I DO WANT TO MENTION THAT THIS PROCESS HELPS US SUPPORT OUR RESILIENCE PARTNERS IN THE AREA SO WE DID HAVE INPUT FROM OUR LOCAL MILITARY INSTALLATIONS WHO TOOK A LOOK AT THE LONG TERM RESILIENCE STRATEGY AND HELP SHOWED US WHERE WE CAN ALL KIND OF WORK TOGETHER TOWARDS A MORE RESILIENT COMMUNITY IN GENERAL SO WITH THAT I OPEN THE FLOOR FOR QUESTIONS. I'M GLAD YOU DID LAST PART BECAUSE THAT WAS MY QUESTION. IT'S VERY YES, I HAVE A QUESTION.

YES. YES. YOU MENTIONED FORT PULASKI.

YES, GEORGIA. YES, MA'AM. IT'S IN GEORGIA YES.

SO WE USE THE FORT PULASKI TIDE GAUGE BECAUSE THERE ARE TWO NO WEIGHTED GAUGES THAT FLANK BEAUFORT. ONE IS IN CHARLESTON AND THE OTHER IS IN THE FORT POLASKI AREA IN THE SAVANNAH RIVER AND OF THOSE TWO TIDE GAUGES, ALL OF THE TIGHT INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE HERE LOCALLY IN COUNTY LIKE IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR TIDE CHART COMES FROM AN EXTRAPOLATION FROM THOSE TWO TIDE GAUGES WE CHOSE THE ONE IN SAVANNAH BECAUSE IT'S CLOSER TO US THAN THE CHARLESTON ONE AND BECAUSE THE TIDE CHANGE THAT THEY HAVE THERE IT MIRRORS OURS MORE THAN WHAT'S GOING ON IN CHARLESTON SEES ABOUT A SIX FOOT TIDE DIFFERENCE AND WE'RE CLOSER TO THAT EIGHT FEET THAT THEY'RE SEEING IN THE SAVANNAH AREA.

WELL, IT'S PRETTY LOW OUT THERE. YEAH I CAN'T REALLY LOW.

YES. ANY OTHER QUESTION JUST ON THE SCHOOL FUNDING WERE YOU LOOKING AT WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON FUNDING? OH, WELL THERE'S LOTS OF GRANT OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE. THE NATIONAL FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE FEDERATION HAS RESILIENCE FUNDS THAT COME OUT TO I THINK IT WAS A BY THE INFRASTRUCTURE LAW THAT CAME OUT BROUGHT OUT A LOT OF FUNDING FOR RESILIENCE. THERE'S LOTS OF OTHER OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE THE RFP PROGRAM WITH THE LOWCOUNTRY SINCE NO LANDSCAPE THAT'S BEEN PUT IN PLACE IT REALLY KIND OF HELPS US BE SUPER COMPETITIVE AND THAT THAT ARENA THERE'S LOTS OF LOTS OF STUFF OUT THERE IT'S EXCITING. YEAH THAT'S WHAT I'M GLAD THAT SHE MENTIONED THE MILITARY BECAUSE THERE IS FUNDING THERE FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND

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NEWPORT SECTION FOUR DEALT WITH SEA LEVEL RISE IN EXTREME WHICH EVERYBODY SHOULD LOOK AT BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW WE'RE COMING UP TO HURRICANE SEASON BUT I THOUGHT THIS WAS REALLY GOOD INFORMATION. I JUST WONDER IS THIS MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC OTHER THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH OUR PACKET AND FIND IT I I IMAGINE WHEN IT'S ADOPTED WE WILL HAVE IT UP ON OUR WEBSITE SO THAT ANYONE CAN SEE IT. YES MA'AM BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT'S IN OUR PACKET PEOPLE LIKE I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO LOOK FOR IT.

YES BUT I THINK THERE'S REALLY GOOD INFORMATION HERE. THANK YOU.

I THINK IT WILL BE MEANINGFUL TO VISITING COMMUNITIES AS WELL.

OH YEAH ABSOLUTELY I'VE DONE FOR ME SO I LOVE TALKING STUFF WE DID ON THAT.

YES. ANY ANY ANY OTHER QUESTION THE MOTION TO MOVE THIS FORWARD MOVE. OKAY MRS. VANESSA WITH THE NOTION THAT WE WHO FIRST WE NEED TO SEND THIS TO COUNTY COUNCIL TO INCLUDE OUR 2040 CONFERENCE PLAN.

IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MS. DAWSON ANY NO ANY OBJECTION MOVE THAT WE APPROVED THIS

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OKAY WE DOWN TO NUMBER NINE CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ZONING MAP FOR 86.16 TEN ACRES YOU KNOW ON A MAP OR 128 2264 LOCATED ON 98 JENNINGS ROAD FROM T TO RULE TO SEE THREE NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE AND THIS IS COMING FROM ROB AGAIN.

YES OH YEAH. I'M SORRY. BEFORE WE GET INTO DISCUSSION MR. CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE'RE GOING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO GET LEGAL ADVICE CONCERNING THIS MATTER. YES, CONCERNING THIS KEY IS A MOTION GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR LEGAL ADVICE CONCERNING THIS MAN BEFORE WE ACT ON IT, IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY MR. DAWSON IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THAT MOTION HEARING? NO, WE ARE IN LEGAL I MEAN WE ARE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR LEGAL MATTERS CONCERNING 9698 JENNINGS ROAD. WE SHOULDN'T BE THAT LONG. IT SHOULDN'T . CHAIRMAN IS NOT BACK YET. YEAH, YEAH, WE ARE ON THERE WE ARE. YES. OKAY WE ARE BACK IN AN OPEN SESSION. WE WERE EXECUTIVE SESSION. THERE WAS NO ACTION COMING OUT OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. SO AT THIS TIME I YIELD THE FLOOR TO.

MR. MERCHANT WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. CHAIRMAN. MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE WHAT WE UNDER CONSIDERATION BY THE COMMITTEE IS CAN IT IS A CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING MAP FOR 86.16 ACRES LOCATED AT 98 JENNINGS ROAD FROM TEE TO RURAL THE CURRENT ZONING SEE THREE NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE IN SIR I DON'T KNOW IF YOU COULD BRING UP THE STAFF REPORT WHERE WE HAVE THE THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED THE PROPERTY OWNER IS CLEAR AND NEAT SEE AND IT'S AT 98 JENNINGS ROAD THIS IS IN THE BURTON AREA NORTHERN COUNTY.

I THINK IF YOU SCROLL DOWN OR FURTHER DOWN WE HAVE AN EXISTING MAP OF THE EXISTING ZONING AND THEN WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED FOR THE SO THE CURRENT ZONING OF THE SITE IS YOU COULD

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AND ACTUALLY IF YOU LOOK AT THIS MAP I THINK THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS WHERE THIS IS LOCATED THAT PROPERTY DIRECTLY TO THE WEST OF IT THAT IS YELLOW THAT'S BATTERY CREEK HIGH SCHOOL. SO THIS IS ALONG JENNINGS ROAD GOES FROM BROAD RIVER BOULEVARD UP TO COUNTY SHED ROAD IN THE BURTON AREA. SO THAT KIND OF GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF ITS LOCATION WITH THE CURRENT ZONING OF 86.16 ACRES IT ALLOWS ONE DWELLING UNIT FOR THREE ACRES. SO THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR EXAMPLE 28 SINGLE FAMILY HOUSES.

THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO CHANGE THE ZONING TO SEE NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE WHICH IS INDICATED IN THE YELLOW AS. YOU CAN SEE IN THE PROPOSED ZONING MAP THAT PARTICULAR DISTRICT ALLOWS DENSITY FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD UP TO 2.6 UNITS PER ACRE AND I BELIEVE IT'S THE INTENTION OF THE APPLICANT TO BUILD OR THAT WOULD ACCOMMODATE 184 SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOMES. SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT MORE THAN SIX TIME THE DENSITY THAT WOULD BE PERMITTED UNDER CURRENT SOUNDING RURAL IS MEANT TO A ZONING DISTRICT IS PRIMARILY RESIDENTIAL AND IT LOCATED IN AREAS OF THE COUNTY WHERE THERE'S AN INTEREST IN PROMOTING LOWER DENSITY, MORE RURAL RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS IN ADDITION THIS IS A CORNER OF THIS SITE CORRESPOND WITH NOISE ZONE ONE OF THE AIRPORT DISTRICT THAT IS PART OF THE MARINE CORPS AIR STATION SO THAT ALSO WOULD EXPLAIN SOME OF THE LAND PATTERNS IN THIS AREA. THE PROPOSAL ZONING DISTRICT AS I MENTIONED, WHICH WOULD ALLOW 2.6 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE OR APPROXIMATELY 186 HOUSES THAT'S MEANT TO BE MORE OF A SUBURBAN ZONING DISTRICT ALLOWING, YOU KNOW, MODERATE DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS AND SO WHAT THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING WHEN THE WHEN STAFF REVIEWS A ZONING AMENDMENT THE ORDINANCE DIRECTS US TO SPECIFIC STANDARDS SO IN ARTICLE SEVEN OF OUR CODES WE HAVE SPECIFIC STANDARDS THAT NEED TO BE CONSIDER IN DETERMINING WHETHER TO ADOPT OR DENY A PROPOSED ZONING MAP AMENDMENT. AND YOU KNOW THIS ALSO DIRECTS COUNTY COUNCIL TO WEIGH THESE FACTORS AND MAKE A DECISION. THE FIRST OF THOSE IS IS THIS RESOUNDING CONSISTENT AND FURTHERS THE GOALS AND POLICIES OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROVIDES A FRAMEWORK FOR THE ZONING ORDINANCE THAT REALLY PROVIDES THE RATIONALE FOR MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT THE USE OF PROPERTY SHOULD AND OUR YOU KNOW, IN OUR AS STAFF LEVEL WE BELIEVE THAT THIS IS NOT WITH THE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. YOU KNOW, WHILE DENSITY THAT IS IN THE PLAN YOU KNOW IT IS IS CONSISTENT WITH A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IT IS VERY SPECIFIC IN THIS AREA THAT ANY FUTURE UP ZONING WOULD FOLLOW THE PLACE OVERLAY DISTRICT METHODS OF AND THE HAMLET PLACE TYPE THOSE INDICATED IN OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THAT IS NOT BEEN FOLLOWED WITH THIS REZONING THIS IS A STRAIGHT FORWARD CHANGE IN ZONING FROM RURAL TO C THREE NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE. WE ALSO AT WHETHER IT'S IN CONFLICT WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS DEVELOPMENT CODE OR THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BECAUSE OF THAT FACTOR STAFF BELIEVES IT IS NOT CONSISTENT BECAUSE. THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODE ALSO DIRECTS YOU KNOW WHERE IT CORRESPONDS WITH THE HAMLET PLACE TYPE THAT THAT METHOD FOR UP ZONING IS USED WHEN WHEN THEY CONSIDER UP ZONING THE PROPERTY THIRD QUESTION IS WHETHER THIS ADDRESSES A DEMONSTRATED COMMUNITY NEEDS AND IS YOU CAN SEE IN THIS MAP THAT IT'S PROVIDED IN THE STAFF REPORT THERE'S PLENTY OF LAND IN THAT AREA THAT IS IS ZONED CURRENTLY AC3 NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE AND WHAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT IS YOU KNOW HAS THIS LAND THAT IS CURRENTLY ZONED FOR THAT PURPOSE WHAT LEVEL OF BUILDOUT ,WHAT CAPACITY IS THAT LAND

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THE PLANNING COMMISSION HEARD FROM A RESIDENTS THAT WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PROPERTY AND IT WOULD HAVE ON YOU KNOW THE RESIDENCES IN THE AREA NUMBER SEVEN WOULD RESULT IN A LOGICAL ORDERLY DEVELOPMENT PATTERN AND I BELIEVE THAT THIS QUESTION MORE OR LESS ADDRESSED IN NUMBER FIVE AND NUMBER SIX AND WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW COMPATIBLE THIS CHANGE WOULD BE TO THE LAND USE AROUND IT.

NUMBER EIGHT WOULD NOT RESULT IN ADVERSE IMPACTS ON THE NATURAL INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WATER AIR NOISE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT, WILDLIFE, VEGETATION AND THE NATURAL FUNCTIONING OF THE ENVIRONMENT. NOW OBVIOUSLY ANY DEVELOPMENT OF PROPERTY IS GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT AND SO WE LOOK AT THIS PARTICULAR SITE I MEAN THERE ARE SOME FRESHWATER WETLANDS AND WE BELIEVE THAT OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODE IS ADEQUATELY EQUIPPED ADDRESS THINGS LIKE STORMWATER AND NATURAL RESOURCE PROTECTION SO THAT REALLY IS NOT A FACTOR IN OUR DECISION IN THIS PROPERTY AND THEN FINALLY WOULD RESULT IN DEVELOPMENT THAT IS ADEQUATELY SERVED BY PUBLIC FACILITIES, STREETS, POTABLE WATER, SEWAGE, STORMWATER MANAGEMENT, SOLID WASTE COLLECTION SCHOOLS, PARKS, POLICE, FIREMEN, EMERGENCY MEDICAL. WE DID REACH OUT TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THIS AREA IS NOT NEARLY THE THE ISSUE THAT IT IS SOUTH OF THE BROAD YOU KNOW SAID THE DISTRICT IS NOT AS MUCH OF A MAJOR FACTOR IN THIS DECISION BUT THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT SUCH THINGS AS WATER AND CAPACITY IN THIS AREA AND THE ROAD NETWORK WHICH IS SIZED FOR MORE RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND SO YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY THAT IN NUMBER NINE IS NOT NECESSARILY ,YOU KNOW, COMPLETELY INADEQUATELY SERVED BUT WE DO CONCERNS ESPECIALLY ONE OF THE THINGS THE CITY OF BEAUFORT HAS BEEN DEALING IN THIS GENERAL AREA IS UNDERSIZED WATER PIPES AND YOU KNOW, NOT ADEQUATE TO SERVE THE INTENSITY OF DEVELOPMENT.

AND WE WERE NOT ABLE WE WORK WITH BEAUFORT JASPER WATER SEWER AUTHORITY TO GET A DEFINITIVE TO THAT BUT WE'VE KIND OF RAISED THAT IS A CONCERN AND OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING THAT THE APPLICANT CAN BRING UP AS WELL WITH ALL THAT OUR STAFF RECOMMENDATION STAFF DENIAL DENIAL THE PROPOSED ZONING AMENDMENT WE OFFER THREE REASONS TO KIND OF FOLLOW THOSE THIS CRITERIA THE IS THAT THE PROPOSED REZONING IS NOT CONSISTENT AND DOES NOT FURTHER THE GOALS AND POLICIES OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THE PLAN SPECIFICALLY RECOMMENDS FOR HAMLET PLACE TYPE OVERLAY A FRAMEWORK THAT AIMS AT ENSURING ORDERLY AND WALKABLE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE AREA WHICH IS IMPORTANT ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WHERE A SCHOOL IS PRESENT AND THIS IS IN PROXIMITY TO BATTERY CREEK HIGH SCHOOL.

NUMBER TWO, IT DOES NOT ADDRESS A DEMONSTRATED COMMUNITY NEED AND NUMBER.

IT IS NOT REQUIRED BY CHANGE CHANGE CONDITIONS IN FACT IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THERE EXISTS A NOTABLE ABUNDANCE HUNDREDS OF UNDEVELOPED PROPERTIES CURRENTLY ZONED C THREE AND THE VICINITY FOR REOPENING OF THE I KNOW YOU MENTIONED IT WENT BEFORE THE

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SO WE'LL JUST WANT TO PUT THAT ON THE TABLE AS WE MOVE FORWARD ANY MR..

I MEAN YOU MR. CHAIRMAN, CAN WE PUT UP THE THE ZONE MAP? YES, THANK YOU.

EXCUSE THAT'S ALL RIGHT. GOOD. WELL SHE'S DOING THAT YOU HAD SAID WORDS ABOUT A PLACE TYPE OVERLAY AND A HAMLET HAMLET PLACE TYPE AS ONE OF THE CONSIDERED OPTIONS AS TO WHETHER THIS SHOULD BE APPROVED DENIED THERE IS THERE A EXPLANATION YOU CAN GIVE TO US WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS BETWEEN WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED AND WHAT A HAMLET MAY STATE WOULD BE? YES. AND SO CURRENTLY WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED IS A STRAIGHTFORWARD SETTING AMENDMENT. SO THEY'RE CHANGING THE ZONING FROM TEE TO RURAL TO C THREE NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN TO SIT ANYTHING THAT IS PERMITTED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE DISTRICT WOULD THEN COULD BE DEVELOPED IN THAT PROPERTY AND I KNOW THAT THE DEVELOPER THEY HAVE INTENTIONS OF A SINGLE FAMILY SUBDIVISION ON THAT PROPERTY SO IT'S THE REZONING DOESN'T YOU KNOW LOCK IN ANY PARTICULAR TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT OR IT DOESN'T MASTER PLAN IT SHOW YOU A STREET NETWORK IN BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE POLICE TAKE OVERLAY DISTRICT WOULD DO IT WOULD TELL YOU THE NETWORK STREETS WHERE OPEN SPACE WOULD BE PRESERVED ON SITE IT ALSO IN IN ITS WHAT IT REQUIRES IS SOMETHING THAT IS WOULD CONNECT NEIGHBORHOODS AND ALSO BE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY SO YOU KNOW FOR THEM TO USE IN THIS LOCATION IT WOULD PROBABLY WANT TO SEE SOME CONNECTIVITY TO BATTERY CREEK HIGH SCHOOL OR NEIGHBORHOOD MEET NEIGHBORING DEVELOPMENTS NEAR IT.

OKAY. ANOTHER QUICK MISS BRYANT AND I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS WE HAD A SITUATION LAST WHERE WE HAD 70 ACRES AND THEY WANTED TO BUILD 400 HOMES ON IT AND THEY WANT TO BUILD A SCHOOL OR. IT'S NEAR SCHOOL. RIGHT.

IS THIS THE SAME THING? AND WE'RE LIKE THE SAME THING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LIKE HOW MANY HOMES DOES THIS PERSON WANT TO BUILD? WELL, I THINK ACRES IS IT? YEAH. THE EXAMPLE THAT THAT WAS BROUGHT FORWARD LAST FALL WAS AN EXAMPLE OF A PLACE TYPE OVERLAY. SO THEY WAS A WHAT IT WAS A PLACE TYPE OVERLAY. SO IT PROVIDED IT WAS A MASTER PLANNED COMMUNITY WITH STREETS WITH OPEN SPACE ALL OF THAT WAS PROVIDED. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG DIFFERENCES. OKAY. SO MY QUESTION IS HOW MANY HOMES ON THIS HOW MANY HOMES DO THEY WANT TO BUILD AND HOW MANY ACRES ON ME A BETTER IDEA ON THIS SITE 86 ACRES AND THEY WANT TO BUILD UP TO HUNDRED AND 80 FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES 140 ,110, 184 AND THIS IS NEAR A SCHOOL? YES, YES.

ACROSS THE STREET. YES. ISN'T THAT IN OUR PLAN? NO, NO, NO. I THOUGHT THAT WAS OF OUR CONTINENT.

I THINK WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS IS A THERE IS A METHODOLOGY FOR ZONING PROPERTY AND THAT'S FOLLOWING THAT THE PLACE TYPE OVERLAY WE HAD MENTIONED THAT THAT HAD A PLACE LIKE OKAY NOW THAT THE MAP IS OKAY THE BOTTOM IS PROPOSED AS THE NEW DESIGNATION YES WE SEE IN

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OKAY THE RIGHT HAND SIDE IS A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT LOOKS LIKE IT'S UNDEVELOPED.

YES. ARE YOU SAYING THAT IF THEY PURCHASED THAT PROPERTY BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY DESIGNATED THE OF ZONING THAT THEY'RE LOOKING THAT THIS WOULD BE AN APPROVABLE PROJECT? WELL, I WOULD SAY THAT WITH WITH THE CAVEAT THAT I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS THAT OTHER PROPERTY IS VERY LOW IN ELEVATION I THINK WE WOULD TO ANALYZE THAT SO IT'S A LOT OF LAND BUT SOME OF IT IS WETLAND YOU KNOW THAT YES THAT THAT PROPERTY IS ZONES C THREE NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE I JUST WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON THE CHAIRMAN'S QUESTION THE C THREE ANY OTHER LOCATIONS AROUND THAT 86 ACRES THAT C THREE CLASSIFIED RIGHT NOW ALL OF THAT YELLOW THAT WHOLE AREA UNDERNEATH IT TO THE LEFT OF IT THAT'S ALL C THREE YES WITH YOU KNOW WITH THE YOU KNOW AS YOU CAN SEE DIRECTLY BELOW BATTERY CREEK HIGH SCHOOL YOU KNOW SO I GUESS YOU KNOW SOUTHWEST OF THIS PROPERTY IS THE MAIN FARM SUBDIVISION SO YOU HAVE C THREE LAND BUT SOME OF IT'S DEVELOPED YOU DO HAVE ALONG A BROAD BOULEVARD SOME SMALLER LOTS THEY'RE MORE LIKE RURAL COMMUNITIES IN THE BURTON AREA.

SO THERE ARE YOU KNOW NOT ALL OF IT IS NECESSARILY OPEN BUT THERE IS A LOT OF LAND IN THAT AREA THAT IS AND C THREE NEIGHBORHOOD IT IS NOT BUILT OUT AT THIS POINT.

CORRECT. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. MR. CHAIRMAN.

SO RIGHT HERE AND I'M COME TO YOU MR. DAWSON SECONDARY QUESTION IS WHEN YOU YOU TALKED ABOUT A HAMLET PLACE TYPE GIVES YOU MORE INFORMATION OF EXACTLY HOW THIS DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE LAID OUT. YES. OKAY.

WHICH IS NOT WHAT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO YOU AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

THIS YES, THIS IS A STRAIGHTFORWARD REZONING WHERE WE'RE WE'RE MERELY WEIGHING THE FACTOR SHOULD WE ADOPT THIS NEW FOR THIS PROPERTY IF IN FACT COUNCIL DENIED THIS, COULD THEY COME BACK AND SAY OKAY, BASED UPON WHAT WE'VE FROM COUNCIL WE WANT TO GO BACK AND TO YOU ABOUT MAKING A COMPLETE STATE THAT IS AN OPTION. I MEAN OBVIOUSLY THEN IT COMES DOWN TO THE DETAILS OF HOW THAT'S LAID OUT AND EVERYTHING THAT YES, I MEAN THAT YOU KNOW THAT IS AN OPTION FOR THIS PROGRAM THAT'S IN THE CURRENT PLAN.

YES, RIGHT. YES. OH, THAT'S OKAY FOR THE HAMLET.

YEAH, IT'S IN THE CURRENT PLAN. YES. OKAY.

MR. DAWSON YEAH. THE CURRENT REQUEST AT THE JENNINGS PROPERTY IS BASICALLY IN MY DISTRICT DISTRICT ONE AND AS THE COUNCIL REPRESENTING THAT DISTRICT IN THAT COMMUNITY I'VE HELD FOR COMMUNITY TOO WITH ROB AND BEFORE WITH ROB AND TOO WITH THE COMMUNITY INITIALLY ROB AND I MET ROB INTRODUCED ME TO THE TO THE PROJECT AND AND WHAT I WAS INVOLVED THE NUMBER OF ACRES AND THE UP ZONING THAT THEY WERE AND FOLLOWING THAT MEETING IS SCHEDULED A COMMUNITY MEETING AND HAD ROB PRESENT TO PRESENT TO THE COMMUNITY THE COMMUNITY AT THAT TIME WERE MORE OR LESS SOME WERE FOR AND SOME WERE AGAINST AND SO WE DIDN'T HAVE A GOOD FEELING OF MOVING FORWARD WITH IT AND SO THEN THE EFFORT WAS MADE TO REACH OUT SOME MORE OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO ATTEND TO THE NEXT MEETING THE SECOND MEETING AND THAT MEETING BASICALLY ENDED PRETTY MUCH THE SAME WAY SOME WERE FOLLOWING AND SOME WERE AGAINST AFTER THAT MEETING THEN ROB AND I MET AFTER I HAD BEEN PRESENTED WITH A PETITION OF ABOUT 100 NAMES FROM THE COMMUNITY WHO WERE IN OPPOSITION TO THE PROJECT AND THEN ROB AND I MET AND WE DISCUSSED IT AND I INFORMED ROB THAT THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE DOES NOT SUPPORT THIS REQUEST AND AS THAT COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE I COULD NOT SUPPORT IT AS WELL. SO THAT HAVING BEEN SAID I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION I PUT IT

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THE PROVISIONS OF THE DEVELOPMENT CODE AND OUR CODE OF ORDINANCES THREE IT DOES NOT ADDRESS AND DEMONSTRATE THE COMMUNITY NEED IN FACT THAT COMMUNITY IS TOTALLY OPPOSED TO ANY GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT THERE THERE SUPPORT THE REQUIRED ZONING THAT IT IS ON NINE AND THAT IS TO RULE IT IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH EXISTING AND PROPOSED USE OF THE LAND SURROUNDING THIS IT WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE NEARBY LAND AND IT WOULD RESULT IN ADVERSE IMPACT ON THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT WATER, AIR AND NOISE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT ,WILDLIFE, VEGETATION, WETLANDS AND THE NATURAL FUNCTIONING OF THE ENVIRONMENT.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST IT WOULD RESULT IN DEVELOPMENT THAT IS ADEQUATELY SERVED BY PUBLIC WATER SUCH AS STREETS, POTABLE WATER, SEWER, STORMWATER MANAGEMENT, SOLID WASTE COLLECTIONS AND DISPOSAL SCHOOLS, PALM POLICE, FIRE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL FACILITIES THAT'S MY MOTION. YOUR LAST COMMENT WAS IT WOULD OR WOULD NOT NOT OKAY.

I'M SORRY. OKAY. IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. OKAY.

WE'LL PROBABLY MOVE MOTION AND SECOND IT IS ON THE FLOOR AT THIS TIME.

SO WE ARE THERE ANY QUESTION TODAY? WELL I HAVE ONE SHORT ITEM.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THERE WAS SOME INCLUSION HERE OF WORKFORCE HOUSING OR.

NO, YOU NO NO THE PROPOSAL WELL THE PROPOSAL IS TO BUILD SINGLE FAMILY HOUSES AND I THINK AT THE DEFINITION OF WORKFORCE HOUSING THAT'S SOMETHING WE WOULD HAVE TO SEE IN TERMS OF WHAT MARKET YOU KNOW, THAT THEY'RE YOU KNOW, MARKETING THESE HOUSES FOR.

I DIDN'T I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU WOULD BECAUSE I KNOW THE APPLICANT IS HERE ONCE TO WERE YOU HAVING PUBLIC OR IS THAT JUST AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING? I DON'T KNOW THE WE WE RECEIVING IT WE WORKED WE'RE GOING TO FORWARD THIS TO COUNTY COUNCIL FOR FIRST READING OR FOR THE DENIAL WHICHEVER COMES OUT OF HERE AND IT DOESN'T CALL FOR A PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME OR A PUBLIC MEETING BUT THAT BE THE TIME I THINK MR. CHAIRMAN, IF THAT'S APPROPRIATE WITH THE BROAD FOR THAT TIME NO .

YOU KNOW, JUST FOR THE EDIFICATION OF THE PUBLIC AND THOSE LISTENING ONLINE, NO MATTER WHAT THE COMMITTEE DOES EITHER RECOMMEND OR DENY IT MUST GO TO COUNTY COUNCIL ESPECIALLY IF THERE IS A DENIAL AND IF THERE IS A DENIAL AT THE FIRST HEARING THE FIRST READING WILL BE THE PUBLIC HEARING BECAUSE IF ACTION IS TAKEN TO DENY THAT END IT.

SO THAT'S WHY IT WILL HAVE TO BE A PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY.

THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

YEAH, BUT I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM DEALING TO IS THE OWNER OF THE DEVELOPER WHICH ONE IS HERE? I MEAN YOU CAN SPEAK. MR. CHAIRMAN.

MR. CHAIRMAN, PROCEED MR. CHAIRMAN, PROCEDURALLY YOU GUYS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF TAKING A VOTE ON A MOTION THAT'S ON THE FLOOR. SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO MOVE FORWARD WITH YOUR VOTE. OKAY. APPRECIATE THAT.

KEEP ME SO IT'S ON THE FLOOR AS A MOTION IN A SECOND AND ARE THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THE MOTION THAT'S ON THE FLOOR TO FORWARDED TO COUNSEL FOR THE DENIAL THAT'S ARTICULATED BY MR. DAWSON? I WOULD LIKE TO FORWARD IT TO COUNSEL AND OKAY IS GOING TO BE

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OKAY. NO OBJECTION. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. MOVING FORWARD TO COUNSEL AS THE DENIAL CAME AND AT THAT TIME YOU SO YOU CAN COME BEFORE COUNSEL WITH ANY COMMENTS IT'S OFTEN A PUBLIC HEARING.

IT CAN ONLY END UP HERE ON ITS OWN. IT'S IT'S A RECOMMENDATION COME BEFORE COUNSEL IN A FORMAL MOTION TO DENY IT IT HAS TO BE A PUBLIC MEETING AT THAT TIME.

SO YOU'D BE GRANTED THE RIGHT COME BEFORE COUNSEL EXPRESSED THEIR CONCERN IS THAT SAYING IT RIGHT? YES SIR. IT'LL BE A PUBLIC MEETING AND A PUBLIC HEARING AND THE APPLICANT CAN MAKE A PRESENTATION AT THAT TIME.

YOU CAN ALSO MAKE A PRESENTATION THERE IN 3 MINUTES IN PUBLIC COMMENT TO YOU AS WELL. OKAY. SO YOU HAVE TWO TIMES CHANCES TO DO THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU.

[10. RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO COUNCIL OF A RESOLUTION TO NAME THE PORT ROYAL LIBRARY FACILITY IN HONOR OF THE FORMER TOWN OF PORT ROYAL MAYOR, SAMUEL E. MURRAY - Charles Atkinson, Assistant County Administrator]

ON FEBRUARY 14 FOUR ROYAL TOWN COUNCIL PASSED A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THAT THE NEW PORT ROYAL LIBRARY LOCATION BE NAMED IN HONOR OF FORMER TOWN MAYOR SAMUEL EMERGING MARCH ON MARCH 27TH THE LIBRARY BOARD MET AND THEY VOTED TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS RESOLUTION TO NAME THE PORT ROYAL LIBRARY IN HONOR. MR. MURPHY A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON MR. MURRAY, FORMER TOWN OF PORT ROLL MAYOR SAMUEL MURRAY SERVED AS A MEMBER OF TOWN COUNCIL FOR 18 YEARS AND IS MAYOR FOR SIX CONSECUTIVE TERMS DURING MAYOR MURRAY'S TIME IN OFFICE THE TOWN A PORT ROYAL THRIVED INCLUDING NUMEROUS BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS AS WELL AS NEW INFRASTRUCTURE AND BUILDINGS ERECTED THROUGHOUT THE TOWN WITH THE MAYOR WITH A MAJOR FOCUS BY THE MAYOR ON DEVELOPMENT OF THE PORT PROPERTY, MAYOR MURRAY WAS A GRADUATE FROM THE SOUTH CAROLINA STATE COLLEGE WITH A BACHELOR'S AND MASTER'S DEGREE IN EDUCATION AND IN 1999 HE RETIRED AS THE PRINCIPAL OF JAMES JAY DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HE WAS FOR MANY DECADES AN AMBASSADOR FOR THE COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTING TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE THROUGHOUT THE TOWN, COUNTY AND STATE.

BECAUSE OF THESE AND MANY MORE ACCOMPLISHMENTS IT IS FITTING TO RECOGNIZE SAMUEL MURRAY'S YEARS OF DEDICATION AND SERVICE TO HIS COMMUNITY WHICH HAVE BROUGHT GREAT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF, HIS FAMILY AND HIS COMMUNITY. IT IS STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION THAT THIS RESOLUTION BE APPROVED AND THE NAMING ON THE SIGN I DON'T HAVE A RENDERING FOR YOU BUT THE PROPOSED RENDERING STEWARDSHIP IS SAMUEL E MURRAY PUBLIC LIBRARY AND THEN UNDER THE BOTTOM IT WILL SAY PORT ROYAL BRANCH AND WE'LL HAVE A LOGO COUNTY ON THE LOWER LEFT SIDE AND WE'LL HAVE THAT RENDERING WHEN THIS ITEM GETS TO COUNCIL.

I'D LIKE TO WISH MR.. OKAY. MR..

DAWSON THE SECOND ID AND I SAY THAT THIS IS HOW IT IS NOT HERE THAT'S FOR DISTRICT AND SHE YOU SUPPORT THE RECOMMENDATION ARE THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THE MOTION THAT'S ON THE FLOOR.

[11. RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO COUNCIL OF A RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING FAIR HOUSING MONTH - Audra Antonacci – Ogden, Assistant County Administrator]

NUMBER 11 RECOMMEND APPROVAL THE COUNCIL OF A RESOLUTION RECOGNIZED IN FAIR HOUSING MUST IS YES, YOUR HONOR. YES, SIR. THIS ITEM IS A RESOLUTE MOTION RECOGNIZING APRIL AS FAIR HOUSING MONTH. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS BROUGHT FORWARD EVERY YEAR AND IS ADOPTED YEAR SO THIS WILL PROCEED TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL YOU MOTION TO MOVE THAT FORWARD TO COUNCIL SO MOVE SECONDED BY TOM SCHICK IT IS THAT OKAY ANY OBJECTION WE ARE MOVING FORWARD I'M JUST GOING TO COMMENT TO THE PUBLIC JUST THE CHAIRMAN DID IN THE SESSION IS THAT NEXT YEAR WE HOPE THAT WE GET IT MUCH EARLIER THAN APRIL IF WE GO ABOUT HOW WE GET THIS APPROVED I DO MY BEST SIR BUT YES HELLO.

[12. RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO COUNCIL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE INTERIM COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS AND PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE FEE SIMPLE PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY IDENTIFIED AS TAX MAP SERIAL NUMBERS R100-026-00A-0260-0000 and R100-026-00A-0261-0000 AND ALSO KNOWN AS BOUNDARY STREET LOGAN (FISCAL IMPACT: up to $335,000 plus closing costs using account # 4500-80-0000-54400 with a current balance: $5,902,379) - Amanda Flake, Natural Resources Planner]

THANK YOU. OKAY. AND NUMBER 12 RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO COUNCIL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING INTERIM COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENT. PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE FEE FEE SIMPLE PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE

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IT IS NOW COMING FORWARD FOR PURCHASE OF THE SIMPLE AGAIN THIS IS POINT EIGHT ONE ACRES ON HIGHWAY 21 IN BEAUFORT AND THIS IS A PICTURE OF IT THEY'VE GOT THE SHEDS FOR SALE THIS PROPERTY THIS IS SIMILAR TO THE PROPERTY IS THAT WE ALREADY DID ON THE LOWER BOUNDARY WHERE IT WAS THE WENDY'S AND ALL THOSE PARCELS THERE'S FOUR OR FIVE PARCELS AND WE BOUGHT THEM AND THEY TURNED INTO A PARK THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP AGAIN WITH THE CITY OF BEAUFORT BEEF KIND OF OVERLAY INTEREST COUNTY THE CITY OF BEAUFORT HAS ALREADY BOUGHT THE PIECE ON THE OTHER END OF THIS THE BOOK IN THE SHERBET PIECE THIS IS WE'RE GOING TO DO THE OTHER BOOKEND AND THEN LOOK FOR THE PIECES IN THE MIDDLE IN THE FUTURE AND SO THIS ONE IS COMING FORWARD TO YOU FOR PURCHASE FOR $335,000 TODAY. OKAY.

THIS IS BASED ON THE APPRAISED PRICE AND THE ASKING PRICE WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE THAT BUT JUST BASED ON THE APPRAISED PRICE SO THAT'S AS IS THERE MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS SO MOVED KEYS IS SOMEWHERE ELSE SECOND OKAY FOR DISCUSSION OR WHEN YOU SECOND IT MOVING FORWARD DOESN'T HAVE A FOUR OKAY. IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THIS FORWARD SEE NO OBJECTION PLEASE TELL US WHO I WAS MR. IS I'M SORRY MR. FAST DID MOTION TO MISS GOT GOTCHA OKAY NO THE

[13. RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO UNDERTAKE DUE DILIGENCE AND DISCUSSION/NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE PROPOSED FEE SIMPLE PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY KNOWN AS WALLACE CREEK (FISCAL IMPACT: Up to $20,000 for due diligence using account # 4500-80-0000-51160 with a balance of $5,902,379 - Amanda Flake, Natural Resource Planner]

OKAY, GO AHEAD. THIS ONE IS JUST FOR DUE DILIGENCE.

THIS IS THE WALLACE CREEK PROPERTY. WHEN PUBLIC WORKS DID AN ASSESSMENT OF ALL THEIR PUBLIC LANDINGS THEY FOUND OUT THAT THIS ONE WAS NOT OWNED BY THE COUNTY. IT IS PRIVATELY IT IS CURRENTLY FOR SALE.

IT IS 0.5 ACRES OFF OF THE ROAD. I'M SORRY BUT ANYWAY IT ALSO A 27 ACRE ISLAND WHICH THE AERIAL SHOWS THE AREA IN ORANGE IS THE ISLAND AND THEN THE LANDING IS BACK ON THE ON THE ON THE HIGHLAND. SO WOULD BE A POSSIBLE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN ROAD CRITICAL AND PUBLIC WORKS. SO THIS IS JUST MOVING FORWARD FOR DUE DILIGENCE TO DO SOME MORE INVESTIGATION TO SEE IF Y'ALL ARE INTERESTED IN THIS AND ROLE AND CRITICAL APPROVED THIS TO MOVE FORWARD FOR DUE DILIGENCE SO NOW IT'S COMING FORWARD TO YOU AND IT'S REALLY TO TWO YOU INTERESTED IN THIS AT THIS TIME YES AND WE'LL DO THE DUE DILIGENCE. WE'LL LOOK INTO WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AND WHAT'S GOING TO BE SPLIT AND HOW MUCH MONEY WHO'S GOING TO DO WHAT. THAT'S WHAT THE DUE DILIGENCE IS FOR THE SUBJECT AND THIS IS IN KEEPING WITH PARTICULARLY WITH THE BOAT LANDINGS KEEPING THOSE BOAT LANDINGS OPEN IS ENOUGH SO BUT THE ON THE OWNER OWNS BOTH AND THEY DON'T THEY OR HE THEY DON'T DESIRE TO SPLIT, CORRECT? YES.

SO WE COME AS A PACKAGE SIR. SO IS THERE A MOTION TO MOVE THIS FORWARD FOR DUE DILIGENCE SO MOVE CHAIRMAN MR. DAWSON ANY OBJECTION? NO OBJECTION CHAIRMAN.

THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. AND I MOVE THAT FAST ENOUGH.

YES, SIR

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.