Apr 08, 2024 County Council

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. WELCOME TO THE COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING OF MONDAY APRIL 8TH. WOULD YOU ALL RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE THEN PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE INVOCATION WHICH WILL BE CONDUCTED BY COUNCILMAN GLOVER . I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL FOR ALL OF YOU JUST WANT TO MAKE TWO OBSERVATIONS AS I WILL.

ONE OF IT IS HAS NOTHING TO DO THE PRESENT BUT JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE AS THE YOU'VE DONE WITH OFF THE CLEMSON GAMECOCKS AND THE OTHER ONE IS REALLY THE AWESOMENESS OF GOD WE HAD A CHANCE TO WITNESS SOME LIVES AND AS A CHILD I WAS PROBABLY NINE OF TEN WHEN I EXPERIENCED ECLIPSE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT GOT DARK AND I HAD TO BE AT HOME IN THE HOUSE BEFORE IT WAS DARK AND THEN A FEW MINUTES LATER IT WAS LATE AGAIN AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS SO I LEARNED WHAT ECLIPSE WAS THAT I STILL KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SAW IN A BUT THE EXPERIENCE OF GOD THE AWESOMENESS OF THAT SO JOIN ME IN PRAYER FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE FOR ME THANK YOU YOU MAGNIFY WE GLORIFY YOUR NAME YOU ARE AWESOME AND YOU HAVE MADE PERFECT IT IS MANKIND WHO YOU'VE ENTRUSTED TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF THE LAND THAT HAVE ALWAYS LIST OF THINGS GOD WE RECOGNIZE YOUR MAGNIFICENT WAY OF DOING THINGS AND IS PERFECT SO WE THANK YOU FOR THAT NO FATHER AT THIS TIME JUST PRAY FOR PEACE ON EARTH DISTURBANCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST WE PRAY FOR PEACE DEAR FOR UKRAINE WE PRAY FOR PEACE DEAR AND GOD WE KNOW THAT ONLY YOU CAN BRING ULTIMATE PEACE TO ALL OF US. BLESS THIS OCCASION.

BLESS COUNCIL AS WE DELIBERATE HERE WE TRUST THAT WE WILL DO WHAT IS PLEASING TO YOU SAY NO . WE GIVE YOU ALL THE GLORY IN YOUR SON JESUS THEN AMEN BELIEVE IN SOME GOOD MUSIC TONIGHT THANK YOU YOU'VE SEEN THE PUBLIC NOTICE OF THIS HAS BEEN PUBLISHED, POSTED AND DISTRIBUTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SOUTH CAROLINA FREEDOM OF ACT. WOULD A MEMBER OF COUNCIL PLEASE MAKE A MOTION AND SECOND

[4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA]

[5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - March 11, 2024]

MAY I HAVE THE MOTION? I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION MR. BERNANKE A SECOND MR. GLOVER DULY MOTION DIDN'T SECOND ANY DISCUSSION SAY NONE OF THE MINUTES WILL BE APPROVED WITHOUT OBJECTION. AND BEFORE WE GO INTO OUR ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT I WOULD

[6. ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT]

SHE IS OUT OF TOWN. MR. LAWSON IS BRIGHT CHARMING FACES ONLINE.

EVERYBODY ELSE IS HERE IN COUNCIL SO WE DO CONSTITUTE A QUORUM AND NOW WE WILL HAVE OUR ADMINISTRATORS. GOOD EVENING, MR. ROBINSON. GOOD SIR.

GOOD EVENING, COUNSEL. HOW ARE YOU ALL GREAT. FIRST I'D LIKE TO THANK OUR FINANCE TEAM. OUR FINANCE TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING VERY HARD TO PREPARE OUR FY 2025 BUDGET. WE HAVE A FEW MORE WE HAVE SOME MORE WORK TO DO, A FEW MORE MEETINGS TO GET THROUGH BEFORE OUR BUDGET IS PRESENTED TO COMMITTEE ON MAY 1ST.

BUT I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THE HARD WORK THAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING.

MANY OF THEM ARE IN THE ROOM TONIGHT SO THANKS FOR WHAT YOU DO ON APRIL THE SECOND I ATTENDED A COMMUNITY MEETING SPONSORED MR. LAWSON WHO IS ONLINE WITH US TONIGHT THE CONVERSATION THAT EVENING WAS ABOUT THE ALL JOY BOAT LANDING. MISS PAULA BROWN WAS ALSO IN ATTENDANCE THAT EVENING OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR PRESENTED KIND OF SKETCHES, PRELIMINARY

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SO WE'VE BEEN ACCEPTING DIFFERENT THOUGHTS AND IDEAS FROM THE COMMUNITY AND IN OUR ONLINE ACCESS AND MANY OF THEM FILLED OUT FORMS WHILE WE WERE THERE.

SO IF YOU'RE LISTENING YOU STILL HAVE IDEAS KEEP SENDING THEM IN TO OUR WEBSITE AS WELL AS ANY OF THE DOCUMENTS THAT ARE THAT ARE ONLINE AND I BELIEVE THOSE WERE ALSO POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE. IT WAS ATTENDED BY 60 TO 80 FOLKS AND I THINK WE HAD A PRETTY SPIRITED SO I THINK IT WAS PRETTY GOOD. ALSO A FEW DAYS LATER ON APRIL 4TH I ATTENDED A COMMUNITY MEETING IN MR. GLOVER'S DISTRICT.

THIS WAS ALSO ATTENDED BY REPRESENTATIVE SHANNON ERICKSON.

REPRESENTATIVE MICHAEL RIVERS WAS WAS IN ATTENDANCE AS WELL AND MR. GLOVER WROTE A LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM SENATOR CHIP CAMPS AND SUPPORTING OUR DISCUSSION ABOUT THE ROSS POINT BOAT LANDING WHILE WE WERE THERE WE ALSO HAD OUR ASSISTANT COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PATRICK HILL WAS THERE AND HANNAH NICHOLS RPO WAS PRESENT AS WELL. SO DURING THAT DURING THAT MEETING MR. GLOVER READ THE LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM SENATOR KIMPSON ABOUT THE REPAIRS OR THE TEMPORARY REPAIRS FOR RUST THAT THE STATE IS IS GOING TO MAKE HAPPEN OR IS THE STATE PARKS DIRECTOR MRS. ERICKSON AND I ANSWERED QUESTIONS AND TALKED ABOUT THAT FOR A LITTLE WHILE AS WELL AS MR. GLOVER AND I MIGHT TELL YOU HE DREW A BIG CROWD THERE WAS MORE THAN 120 FOLKS AT HIS MEETING.

SO THAT WAS A BACK ROOM AT THE ST HELENA LIBRARY. SO IT WAS A REALLY NICE REALLY GOOD EVENT. WE GOT TO SPEND A GOOD, GOOD BIT OF TIME WITH MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THERE. LAST FRIDAY ON APRIL 5TH I WAS HONORED TO SPEAK TO THE 2024 CLASS OF LEADERSHIP BEFORE THEY ALSO HEARD COMMENTS. BEAUFORT CITY MANAGER SCOTT MARSHALL REPRESENTATIVE ERICKSON WAS HERE THAT DAY AND SHE BROUGHT SENATOR IN WITH HER SO BOTH OF THEM GOT TO ADDRESS THE THE GROUP FOLLOWED UP WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO ONE FROM STEVEN MURRAY SO THEY HAD A REALLY GOOD AFTERNOON HERE IT WAS A GOOD GROUP AS THEY APPROACHED THE END OF THEIR LEADERSHIP CLASS NEXT I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT SOME EMPLOYEE RECOGNITIONS I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO BRENDA BUSH THAT THAT LIEUTENANT COMES TO MIND I KNOW SHE STILL SHE STILL SHE'S STILL OUT OF TOWN. ALL RIGHT.

WELL, IT SAID WAS GOING TO BE HERE. WELL, I WAS HOPING THAT SHE SNUCK UP ON US AND YESTERDAY HER BIRTHDAY. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO BRENDA SO . I WILL TALK ABOUT LIEUTENANT BUSH.

LIEUTENANT BUSH MANAGES, THE CERTIFICATION PROGRAM FOR OFFICERS IN THE DETENTION CENTER SHE AND START SURES THAT THE STAFF MEET THE CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS THROUGH CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND CONDUCT THERE SHE CONDUCTS TESTING FOR THEIR PROMOTIONS. SHE ENSURES THAT ALL NEW APPLICANTS ARE PROPERLY SCREENED. SCREENED AND QUALIFY FOR EMPLOYMENT PER HOUR SLED AND SOUTH CAROLINA CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACADEMY REQUIREMENTS SHE ASSIST IN DRAFTING POLICIES PROCEDURES AND CERTIFIES THAT SORRY I LOST MY PLACE AND CERTIFIES THOSE POLICIES PRACTICES AND FACILITY TO ENSURE THE FACILITY MEETS OUR ACCREDITATION STANDARDS. SHE SERVES AS THE LIAISON TO OUR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY GROUP AND WORKS WITH THEM AND OTHER OUTSIDE TO ENSURE OUR EQUIPMENT FUNCTIONS PROPERLY. SHE WORKS AS A SUPERVISOR OR IN THE BOOKING AREA SO SHE ENSURES THAT BOOKING SUPERVISORS ENTER PROPER CHARGE CODE WHICH IS VERY CRITICAL FOR FOR INMATES AS THEY ENTER OUR FACILITY COLLECT PROPER DNA SAMPLES AND ENTER APPROPRIATE FBI AND CID INFORMATION FOR INCOMING INTAKE INMATES. LIEUTENANT BUSH ENJOYS HER WEEKEND GETAWAYS WITH FRIENDS PRIOR TO WORKING FOR COUNTY DETENTION CENTER.

SHE ALSO WORKED FOR THREE YEARS IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND TWO YEARS WITH DISABILITIES AND SPECIAL NEEDS. ON HER DAYS OFF SHE LIKES WATCHING NETFLIX.

SHE HAS THREE CHILDREN A NAVY CORPSMAN A ONE IS A BACHELORS OF NURSING SO HER AS A TRAVELING NURSE AND ONE STUDENT OR ONE CHILD WHO ATTENDS SCHOOL FUNERAL SERVICES GRADUATING IN MAY AND AGAIN HER BIRTHDAY WAS IN WAS YESTERDAY. SO THANK YOU, LIEUTENANT BROOKS

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WE HAVE 11 HOMES IS THAT RIGHT? I GET THE NUMBER CORRECT. OUR RESIDENTIAL OUR RESIDENTIAL HOMES HOUSE OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS GET THE RIGHT UP TO FOUR OR SOMETIMES SIX JUST FOR RIGHT. SO SHE MAKES SURE THAT THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE CARED FOR PROPERLY THAT THEY HAVE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT AND THEY HAVE ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT THINGS THEY CAN DO. I'LL TELL YOU ABOUT THAT A LITTLE.

SO SHE SHE SUPPORTS THEIR LIVING INCLUSIVELY AND INDEPENDENTLY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY SO SHE MANAGES DAILY OPERATIONS OF FOUR RESIDENT HOMES INCLUDING HIRING AND SCHEDULING STAFF TRAINING AND SUPERVISING 24 HOUR A DAY OPERATION.

THEY SHE MAKE SURE THAT THEY SCHEDULE BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST LIKE OUR HOMES.

THEY NEED PAINTING, THEY NEED CARE. THEY NEED STEADY UPKEEP FROM OUR FACILITIES DEPARTMENTS AND CBP DEPARTMENTS SO THEY MAINTAIN THE HOUSEHOLD MANAGE HOUSEHOLD BUDGETS AND FINANCE AND HELP RESIDENTS AND MAINTAINING FAMILY CONNECTIONS . THEN I GET IT ALL OF YOU ARE NOT YET SHE IS MORE TRACY WAS INTRODUCED TO THE TO THE HEALTH CARE FIELD AND EMBRACED THE POSITION AFTER PROVIDING HEALTH FOR HER TWIN SISTER. SHE'S PASSIONATE ABOUT CARING FOR PEOPLE AND IS WHICH IS EVIDENT IN THE HIGH LEVEL OF CARE SHE PROVIDES SHE IS A NATURAL LEADER AND CONSISTENTLY CONSISTENTLY BUILDS STRONG COHESIVE AND EFFECTIVE TEAMS. THANK YOU TRACY YOU WANT TO AND SO MUCH ALL RIGHT AND HAVE FROM OUR ALCOHOL AND DRUG DEPARTMENT TAMMY FIGUEROA FAMILY HERE SO I'LL READ ABOUT IT SO TAMMY IS A AS A HUMAN SERVICES WITH ALCOHOL AND DRUG SHE SERVED COUNTY FOR 11 YEARS TAMMY HAS BEEN WITH THE AGENCY WORKING THE ADOLESCENT SERVICES SINCE NOVEMBER OF 2012 UNTIL A YEAR AGO SHE WAS THE SOLE ADOLESCENT COUNSELOR SERVICING ALL OF COUNTY. TAMMY LOVES WORKING WITH THE YOUTH OF COUNTY.

SHE'S VOLUNTEERED WITH KIDS FEST AND THE COUNTY YOUTH CONFERENCE MANY YEARS TAMMY LOVES HER FAMILY TRAVELING LIKES TAKING NATURE WALKS THANK YOU SO MUCH TAMMY FOR WHAT YOU DO AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT THANK YOU VERY MUCH THE NEXT COULD I JUST MAKE A COMMENT JUST TO INCLUDE THE AT THE PUBLIC MEETING PATRICK HILLS THERE AND WE HAD JUST ONE AN ARTICULATE THAT PATRICK ONLY HAD A SHORT PRESENTATION BUT HE BROUGHT A WEALTH OF INFORMATION TO THE COMMUNITY ABOUT BROADBAND EXPANSION AND WORKING WITH COMCAST WHO'S GOTTEN THE GRANT WITH THIS FROM THE STATE TO OPEN UP BROADBAND ON ST HELENA OR IN RURAL COMMUNITIES NOT ONLY SINGLE RURAL COMMUNITIES SO JUST WANT TO MAKE DAWSON THE NEXT FOUR ITEMS

[7. PRESENTATION OF A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING LIBRARY WEEK - Council Member Anna Maria Tabernik]

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WHEREAS LIBRARIES, LIBRARIANS AND LIBRARY WORKERS ARE JOINING LIBRARIES, SUPPORTERS AND ADVOCATES ACROSS THE NATION TO CELEBRATE NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT COUNTY PROCLAIMS NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK APRIL 7 TO 13 2024 DURING THIS WEEK I ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO VISIT THEIR LIBRARY AND CELEBRATE THE ADVENTURES AND OPPORTUNITIES HAVE MARK FOR US EVERY DAY READY SET LIBRARY NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK DATED THIS EIGHT DAY OF APRIL SIGNED JOE PASSMAN CHAIRMAN OF COUNTY COUNCIL AND THAT SHE WILL SPEAK ANYTHING YOU WANT. SO THANK YOU FOR LIBRARY CARDS. IT IS IT IS A PLEASURE TO BE AMONG PEOPLE WHO VALUE READING AND LEARNING ESPECIALLY LIFELONG LEARNING I CAN TELL YOU EVERY DAY I FEEL THE SUPPORT OF COUNTY AND I APPRECIATE YOU FOR CHECKING OUT EITHER IN PERSON OR THROUGH OUR APPS ONLINE. THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING LIBRARIES AND WE HOPE TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE TO YOU STELLAR SERVICE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH MORE THAN JUST MENTION SHE'S OVERSEEING THE PORT ROYAL BRANCH THAT WE JUST NAMED TO SAVE HER MEMORY AND WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER BRANCH COMING ON MAY RIVER.

SO WHENEVER YOU SPEND OUR NEXT PRESENTATION IS A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING APRIL 2024 AS

[8. PRESENTATION OF A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING APRIL 2024 AS SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH - Council Member Paula Brown]

WHEREAS PREVENTION SEXUAL VIOLENCE IS POSSIBLE. THEREFORE WE MUST WORK TOGETHER

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THIS IS DATED AS OF APRIL TODAY BY JOE PARSONS, OUR CHAIRMAN COUNTY COUNCIL.

YES, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JUST REALLY QUICKLY MY NAME IS ANGELA SIMMONS AND I SERVE AS THE OF THE BOARD FOR HOPEFUL HORIZONS AND ON BEHALF ALL OF THE STAFF MEMBERS AT HOPEFUL HORIZONS AND IN PARTICULAR YOU HEARD THE STATISTIC ON BEHALF OF THE 1200 SURVIVORS IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR THIS PROCLAMATION AND FOR RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT THIS ISSUE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR.

[9. PRESENTATION OF A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING ALCOHOL AWARENESS AND UNDERAGE DRINKING PREVENTION MONTH IN BEAUFORT COUNTY - Vice-Chairman Lawrence McElynn]

WELCOME THE COUNCIL MEETING. WE'RE GLAD TO SEE ALL OF YOU. THIS IS A.

I SUPPOSE THAT'S WHY YOU'RE HERE RIGHT? WELL, COME ON UP AND WAIT.

I'LL LET YOU INTRODUCE EVERYBODY WHEN YOU COME ON UP. OKAY.

HI. HI. I'M KATIE GO DOWNS.

I'M A SENIOR PREVENTION WITH COUNTY DRUG AND ALCOHOL. I'M JODY MARTINEZ.

I AM A PROGRAM MANAGER THE DRUG-FREE COMMUNITIES GRANT AND GOOD EVENING.

I'M WAYNE BISHOP. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF PREVENTION SERVICES FOR YOUR COUNTY ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE DEPARTMENT. YEAH, AND THEY DO THEY DO A GREAT JOB AND I'M VERY HAPPY TO SEE THEM HERE TONIGHT PARTICIPATE IN THE ISSUANCE OF THIS PROCLAMATION. THIS IS AN ALCOHOL AWARENESS AND UNDERAGE DRINKING UNDERAGE DRINKING PREVENTION MONTH IN BEAUFORT COUNTY. WE KNOW AND I THINK YOU'LL ALL AGREE WITH ME AT THIS POINT WE UNDERSTAND THAT IF A PARENT CAN PREVENT CHILD FROM ABUSING ALCOHOL OR DRUGS THROUGH THE AGE OF 21 WHICH ISN'T THE LIKELIHOOD OF THAT PERSON DEVELOPING AND DEVELOPING A PROBLEM WITH ALCOHOL OR DRUGS AS AN ADULT IS REDUCED ZERO.

WOW. THAT'S A PRETTY DRAMATIC STATISTIC THAT'S BEEN PROVEN OVER TIME BUT IT TAKES A GREAT DEAL OF EFFORT TO DO THAT AND SOMETIMES PARENTS DON'T HAVE ALL THE TIME THEY NEED TO DO THAT WHICH IS WHY IT'S IMPORTANT WE HAVE PEOPLE LIKE THIS HERE HELPING US IN OUR COMMUNITY ADDRESS THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE IN ADDITION TO UNDERAGE DRINKING AND ALL OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THAT CAN CREATE PROBLEMS FOR A PERSON AS THEY GO THROUGH THE DIFFICULTY OF DEALING WITH THAT DRINKING AS EITHER A YOUTH OR AN ADULT WE HAVE IN THIS COUNTY AN ADDITIONAL PROBLEM OF DRIVING UNDER THE IT'S A SERIOUS PROBLEM HERE IN THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF THIS YEAR THERE HAVE BEEN 70 ARRESTS IN BEAUFORT COUNTY FOR PEOPLE ARE DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE IN JULY OF 22 WE HAD A BACKLOG OF DUI CASES OF ABOUT HUNDRED AND 60 CASES IN THE MAGISTRATES COURT.

THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT THEN HIRED TWO LAWYERS AND THOSE SINCE JULY OF 22 HAVE PUT THROUGH THE SYSTEM 484 DUI CASES. THEY REDUCED THE BACKLOG OF 360 DOWN TO AS OF TODAY ONLY 60 CASES THEY A 74% SUCCESS RATE WITH THOSE PROSECUTE PERSONS FOR DUI AND A REDUCED CHARGE 24% SUCCESS RATE WITH RECKLESS DRIVING SO CLEARANCE RATE SUCCESSFULLY IS NOW 94%. SO INSTEAD OF HAVING A 360 CASE BACKLOG WE NOW 60 CASES WAITING TO GO TO TRIAL BUT THEIR RECENT ARREST AS EVIDENCED BY THE FACT WE HAD 70 IN THIS FIRST QUARTER

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WHEREAS YOUTH WHO DRINK ALCOHOL ARE MORE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE IN SCHOOL AND THEIR SOCIAL LIFE LEGAL PROBLEMS PHYSICAL AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE A HIGHER RISK FOR SUICIDE AND HOMICIDE MISUSE OF OTHER SUBSTANCES AND HAVE CHANGES IN BRAIN DEVELOPMENT THAT HAVE LIFELONG EFFECTS.

AND. WHEREAS, THE SOLUTION ENDING UNDERAGE DRINKING COMES THROUGH WIDESPREAD COLLABORATION AND ENGAGEMENT OF MULTIPLE ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITIES WITH ALL ADULTS DOING THEIR PART AND WILL RISE DURING THIS MONTH WE ASK THAT PARENTS, YOUTH, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INSTITUTION BUSINESSES, WORKPLACES AND ALL OF YOUR FOUR COUNTY CITIZENS SUPPORT THE EFFORTS TO REDUCE AND PREVENT UNDERAGE DRINKING IN BEAUFORT COUNTY BY LIMITING ALCOHOL AVAILABILITY TO MINORS .

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT BEAUFORT COUNTY COUNCIL IS HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL OF 2024 AS ALCOHOL AWARENESS AND UNDERAGE DRINKING PREVENTION MONTH IN BEAUFORT COUNTY SIGNED BY JOE PARSON, CHAIRMAN OF BEAUFORT COUNTY COUNCIL. I'LL JUST GO ON TO SAY THAT WE ALSO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH DRUG ABUSE BOTH UNSUSPECTED AND PROBABLY UNEXPECTED USE OF A POLY DRUG ENVIRONMENT WE LIVE IN WHERE WE HAVE HAD FENTANYL INTRODUCED INTO ALL THE DIFFERENT POLY DRUGS THAT ARE AVAILABLE AND FENTANYL A DRUG IN A VERY SMALL AMOUNT THAT CAN CAUSE DEATH AND PEOPLE ARE USING THAT HERE IN BEAUFORT COUNTY AS THEY ARE NATIONWIDE.

BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT THIS GROUP WORKS ON ALL THE TIME TO TRY AND GET PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE PROBLEM WITH DRUG ABUSE TO STOP USING DRUGS AND REDUCE THE RISK OF BEING EXPOSED TO DEATH BY FENTANYL OVERDOSE. SO IN ADDITION TO THE WORK THEY DO, THEY ALSO DO A LOT OF WORK WITH WITH DRUG PREVENTION AND EDUCATION. AND I'LL TELL YOU THERE'S A THREE LEGGED STOOL YOU NEED TO HAVE SUCCESS. LAW ENFORCEMENT, EDUCATION AND PREVENTION, TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION. THEY'RE NOT IN LAW ENFORCEMENT BUT THEY'RE DOING ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT YOU'VE OF AND IF ANY OF THOSE LEGS OF THAT STOOL COLLAPSED, WE'RE NEVER GOING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL AFTER YOU PRESENTED MR. JAY WE WANT YOU IN THE PICTURE. SO PART OF PART OF OUR JOB IS WE WROTE SOME GRANTS TO GET INTO THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE LIKE YOU SAID, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS KEY. SO YOU JUST MET JODY MARTINEZ WHO IS OUR NEW DFC COORDINATOR AND I AM SO THANKFUL SHE IS HIRED. SHE HAS 25 YEARS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE FROM ARIZONA SO WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE HER ON BOARD.

BUT PART OF THAT IS THAT WE HAD TO BUILD A COALITION OF 12 SECTORS IN THE COMMUNITY AND WE HAVE ONE WITH US TONIGHT. SO WE WANT HIM TO BE IN OUR PHOTO.

THIS IS MR. JAY AND HE'S FROM RIMS OF GRACE. ONE FINAL THING AND COUNTY HAS BEEN FORTUNATE TO HAVE TWO BEEN AWARDED TO DRUG-FREE COMMUNITIES COALITIONS AND THE GRANT IS FOR BLUFFTON HEAD IS IN THEIR SIXTH YEAR IT'S A GRANT FOR $125,000 A YEAR AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES HAVE TO MATCH IT IN-KIND AND WE ARE IN OUR FIRST YEAR IN THE NORTHERN COUNTY SO WE HOPE THAT THOSE OF YOU FROM NORTHERN COUNTY WILL FIND OUT MORE ABOUT US.

WE'RE BRANDING OURSELVES IN RECENT WEEKS OR FUTURE WEEKS AND WE'LL BE SET TO GO FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AND HOPEFULLY GET REFUNDED FOR UP TO TEN YEARS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR BACK AND I APPLAUD YOU FOR TAKING THESE AT LENGTHY THANKS VERY MUCH. THANKS A LOT JAY IT'S REALLY IN OUR FINAL ONE IS A PRESENTATION

[10. PRESENTATION OF A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING THE HILTON HEAD ISLAND PUBLIC SERVICE DISTRICT - Vice-Chairman Lawrence McElynn]

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THIS IS A PROCLAMATION FOR THE HILTON HEAD PUBLIC SERVICE DISTRICT AND AS I READ IT YOU WILL SEE WHAT IT IS FOR AND ABOUT. OH THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE TOO SORRY. OH I DIDN'T REALIZE. WELL LISTEN YOU MAY AS WELL YOU MAY AS WELL JUST COME UP THERE . OH, ARE YOU? YEAH, YOU TOO. I REALIZE THE WHOLE COMMISSION WAS COMING.

I'LL LET YOU DO THE INTRODUCTIONS THIS IS FRANK TARANTO, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE DISTRICT AND I KNOW PETE NARDI IS HERE, THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE DISTRICT AND SARAH HICKMAN WHO I WAS PREPARED TO INTRODUCE AS WELL.

I'LL LET YOU INTRODUCE THE OTHERS AND ENTERTAIN OUR COMMISSIONER.

JERRY, GO TO OUR VICE CHAIR PETE NAUGHTY WHO IS OUR HEAD WHEN YOU PLEASE IT IS YOUR STAFF. YEP. SO WE'RE HONORED TO HAVE SOME OF OUR GREAT STAFF MEMBERS OF THE ESD. SARAH HICKMAN IS, OUR WATER QUALITY SUPERVISOR, DIRECTOR OF OUR WATER QUALITY LABORATORY OF THE PSP GAME AND OUR DRINKING WATER WASTEWATER COMPLIANCE AND MONITORING. PETE SHOCKEY IS ONE OF OUR PROJECT MANAGERS, WORKS OUT IN THE FIELD WITH OUR CUSTOMERS GETTING PEOPLE CONNECTED AND REALLY HEADS UP OUR CROSS CONNECTION CONTROL AND BACK PREVENTION PROGRAM WHICH IS A LOT OF PUBLIC SAFETY PUBLIC HEALTH. BRIAN FEDORA IS THE SUPERVISOR OF OUR ADVANCED TREATMENT RECYCLED WATER PLANT SO HE'S IN CHARGE OF OUR 6.4 MILLION GALLONS A DAY RECYCLED WATER PLANT ON OAK PARK DRIVE WHERE WE RECYCLE MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER INTO THE BENEFICIAL RECYCLED WATER THAT USE ON THE ISLAND FOR GOLF COURSE IRRIGATION AND LONG TERM WELL I FEEL LIKE I DON'T HAVE TO SAY ANYTHING BUT I WILL.

WE'RE HONORING THEM FOR THE GREAT THAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING AND FOR THE RECOGNITION THAT THEY'VE RECEIVED FOR WORK. SO I'LL BE HAPPY TO READ THIS WHEREAS IT IS WITH IMMENSE THAT BEAUFORT COUNTY COUNCIL ACKNOWLEDGES THE REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE HILTON HEAD PUBLIC SERVICE DISTRICT AND ITS DEDICATED PERSONNEL. AND.

WHEREAS THE PUBLIC SERVICE DISTRICT THROUGH ITS UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP AND REGULATORY HAS BEEN HONORED WITH THE PRESTIGIOUS FACILITY EXCELLENCE AWARD BY THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL.

AND. WHEREAS THE RECYCLED WATER PLANT ON OAK PARK DRIVE UNDER THE EXEMPLARY OF BSD GENERAL MANAGER PETE NARDI HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN RECYCLING APPROXIMATELY 1 BILLION GALLONS OF TREATED WASTEWATER ANNUALLY THEREBY PRESERVING WATER RESOURCES AND NURTURING THE DELICATE HILTON HEAD ISLAND ENVIRONMENT.

AND. WHEREAS THE WATER QUALITY SUPERVISOR OF THE CITY SARAH HICKMAN HAS BEEN DULY RECOGNIZED BY RECEIVING THE ESTEEMED CRYSTAL CRUCIBLE AWARD FOR HER OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO WASTE AND TO WATER AND WASTEWATER ANALYSIS OR PROMOTION OF PROFESSIONALISM AND HER DEDICATION FOSTERING DISTINGUISHED IDEALS AMONG INDUSTRY. AND. WHEREAS, SARAH HICKMAN'S VOLUNTEERISM HER SPIRIT AND LEADERSHIP HAVE ENRICHED THE WATER INDUSTRY IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND HAVE ALSO EARNED HER THE HONOR OF REPRESENTING OUR STATE AT THE PRESTIGIOUS CHALLENGE AT ICF AT MUNICH. AND WHEREAS THE PUBLIC SERVICE DISTRICT'S COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE EXTENDS BEYOND ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP AS EVIDENCED BY THE SUCCESSFUL HOSTING OF THE STATEWIDE ASSET MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP 2023 EARNING RECOGNITION FROM THE WATER ENVIRONMENT ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH CAROLINA. NOW THEREFORE IS RESOLVED THAT BEAUFORT COUNTY COUNCIL EXTENDS ITS GRATITUDE TO THE HILTON HEAD PUBLIC SERVICE DISTRICT AND RECOGNIZES ITS EXCEPTIONAL PERSONNEL FOR THEIR SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE WELL-BEING AND SUSTAINABILITY OF THE HILTON HEAD ISLAND COMMUNITY. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR JUST BRIEFLY MY NAME IS FRANK TARANTO I'M THE CHAIR OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE DISTRICT IS ABOUT 35 TO 37 PEOPLE IN THE ORGANIZATION IT'S A SMALL GROUP THAT SERVICES CLOSE TO 25,000 CUSTOMERS. WE'RE ON THE CUTTING EDGE OF TECHNOLOGY AND AS LONG AS I'M CHAIR WE'RE GOING TO STAY THAT WAY THANK YOU AGAIN PETE

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24 SEVEN 365 SO I EXPRESS MY THANKS TO ALL OF THEM FOR THEIR HARD WORK SO THANKS FOR HAVING US AND TO THE CHAIRMAN THE UNION IN THE CENTER OF THIS PHOTOGRAPH THAT'S FOR YOU.

NOT HEAVY FOLKS. OKAY. OH MY ON THE BACK FOR ARE YOU GUYS GOOD? ALL RIGHT NICE ONE FEMALE THREE THANK YOU THANK YOU.

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR COMING AND WELCOME. THANK YOU FOR COMING.

OKAY, THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATIONS. WE'RE NOW AT THE FIRST PUBLIC

[CITIZEN COMMENTS]

WE HAVE ONE PERSON WHO WANTS TO TALK ABOUT ANOTHER ITEM ON AGENDA.

I'M GOING TO TAKE THAT PERSON FIRST AND IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO NOT SIGN UP ABOUT AN AGENDA ITEM THAT TO SPEAK ABOUT AN AGENDA ITEM. OKAY I'LL GET TO THE GROUP ABOUT PINE ISLAND A MOMENT. MR. STEWART, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME AND ADDRESS COUNCIL ABOUT THE ITEM THAT IS ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER? THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN AND THANK YOU MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. I REALIZE WHAT A WONDERFUL TASK IT IS THAT YOU'VE UNDERTAKEN AND HOW MUCH FREE TIME IT GENERATES AND THANK YOU. AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT ONLY VERY FEW OF THOSE ACTUALLY REACH YOUR EAR THIS YEAR WHEN DELIVERED A TRANSPORTATION GUY KNOWS WHAT HE'S DOING. AN ENGINEER THANK YOU VERY. I'M HERE AS YOUR REPRESENTATIVE ON THE BOARD OF THE BEAUTIFUL PORT ROYAL CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU.

WE ARE YOUR DMO FOR AN UNINCORPORATED BEAUTIFUL COUNTY IN THE NORTHERN AREA WHERE DMO IS A TERM THAT GETS A LOT PLAY BUT HAS SOME MISUNDERSTANDINGS. YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU A PACKET THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS. THE FIRST PAGE IS THE MAP IS ON THE SCREEN SO THE PUBLIC CAN SEE I MENTION THIS TO YOU BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE OVER THE YEARS HAD MISPERCEPTIONS ABOUT WHERE THE TAX REVENUES THAT ARE PAID BEAUFORT COUNTY COME FROM.

THEY COME FROM YOUR UNINCORPORATED AREA. AT THE TIME THE PREVIOUS ORDINANCE WAS PASSED THOSE REVENUES INCLUDED PORT PALMETTO BLUFFING UNINCORPORATED AREAS.

IT HAS SINCE BEEN ANNEXED INTO BLUFFTON AND SO THOSE DOLLARS GO TO THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON AS YOU CAN SEE ON CHART BEFORE YOU 78% OF THE EIGHT TAX DOLLARS THAT ARE GENERATED IN YOUR COFFERS COME FROM NORTHERN BEAUFORT COUNTY. 22% COME FROM THE AREA THAT IS MARKETED SOUTH OF THE COUNTY. WAS NOT MARKETED BY THE CVB. THE CVB THAT I'M REPRESENTING IS A GOVERNING BOARD MADE UP OF REPRESENTATIVE PARTIES FOR ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE COUNTY WHICH IS OUR PARTNER AND I'M YOUR REPRESENTATIVE. I MENTION THIS TO YOU BECAUSE I'VE ATTACHED A LETTER TO THIS AND THE LETTER IN HERE INDICATES TO YOU THAT WE'RE NOT HERE FOR A HANDOUT. WE'RE HERE AS YOUR PARTNER. WHAT SEEN THE RESULTS WE HAVE ACTUALLY PRODUCED THAT ARE MEASURABLE BY STATE COFFERS THAT FOR EVERY DOLLAR WE'VE INVESTED IN MARKETING THAT HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO US BY YOU WE HAVE RETURNED $11 TO YOUR COFFERS YOUR TREASURY IN YOUR ACCOUNT. THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE BUSINESS LICENSE FEES, HOSPITALITY FEES. IT WELL PREPARED FOOD AND THOSE GENERATES A LITTLE OVER $14.

I'M JUST A SIMPLE BUSINESS GUY BUT. MY MENTORS TOLD ME IF I COULD LAY DOWN THE VALUE AND PICK UP 11 I SHOULD CONTINUE DOING THAT AND IT SERVED ME WELL OVER THE AND I HOPE YOU WILL CONSIDER THAT AS YOU LOOK AT THIS. WE ARE DELIGHTED YOU ARE CONSIDERING HOW TO BEST USE YOUR TAX DOLLARS BECAUSE TOURISM AND ACCOMMODATION TAXES REPRESENT THE SECOND BIGGEST ECONOMIC DRIVER IN BEAUFORT COUNTY AFTER THE MILITARY.

HOWEVER WE DON'T DO AS GOOD A JOB AS WE COULD AS A COUNTY AS AN EXAMPLE WE HAVE SOME WONDERFUL HISTORIC AND CULTURAL ATTRACTIONS HERE THAT NEED SOME HELP BUT WE NEED AN OBJECTIVE AND FAIR WAY TO MEASURE HOW TO HELP THEM ARRIVE AT A POINT WHERE THEY NOT ONLY FULFILL THE

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THERE ARE ALSO MECHANISMS IN PLACE WHERE WE CAN DO THINGS TO HELP WITH COLLECTIONS FOR INSTANCE. IT'S BEEN ESTIMATED THAT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN $300,002 MILLION A YEAR IN SHORT TERM RENTAL FEES COULD BE COLLECTED BY THE COUNTY BY DEPLOYING SOME NEW TECHNOLOGY AND SOFTWARE THAT NOT HAS NOT BEEN HISTORICALLY AVAILABLE.

WE HAVE DISCUSSED THAT IN THE PAST AND HAVE HELPED OTHERS WITH STAFF BUT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TURNOVER AND CHANGES BUT SINCE YOU BROUGHT THIS BEFORE, I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW WE'RE COMMITTED TO DOING THAT. WE THINK WE CAN HELP YOU WITH THAT.

BETWEEN THOSE THINGS WE THINK CAN GENERATE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN A MILLION AND A MILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS INCREASED ATTACK AND TACKLED BY PARTNERING WITH US WITHOUT ASKING YOU TO SPEND ANY MORE DOLLARS IN YOUR CURRENTLY SPENDING BUT TO INVEST THE OTHER ONES WAYS THAT WE CAN GIVE YOU MEASURABLE SUPPORT. AND I WILL ALSO TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY FOR TRANSPARENCY. WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AND WE HAVE NO WAY OUT OF OUR WAY TO DO THAT. WE DON'T HAVE MEMBERS.

THERE'S NO CONFLICT MEMBERSHIP. THE CVB SEPARATED FROM THE CHAMBER FOR THAT PURPOSE SEVERAL YEARS AGO. ONE OF THE REASONS YOU SEE THE 78% NUMBER HERE IS BECAUSE ROB WELLS WHO'S HAD THE BACK IN THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE CVA EVERY TIME THEY WAKE UP AND THAT STAFF WAKE UP THEY'RE ASKING WHAT THEY NEED DO TO HELP OUR RESTAURANT AND OTHER PEOPLE SUCCEED IN THIS AREA. AND MAKE NO MISTAKE WITHOUT VISITORS PROBABLY 40% OF THE RESTAURANTS IN COUNTY WOULD CLOSE WITH THEM. WE HAVE BETTER RESTAURANTS, BETTER ACTIVITIES TO CHOOSE FROM. I HAVE FOR YOU SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BUT I WANT PRESENTED BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE ON A SHORT SCHEDULE NOW.

WE RESPECT YOUR TIME. THANK YOU SO FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.

THANK YOU. WHAT TO DO. OKAY.

THE REST OF THE WANT TO BE HERE AND TALK ABOUT PINE ISLAND. HOW MANY OF YOU THE ROOM WANT TO TALK ABOUT PINE ISLAND? HOW MANY OF YOU ARE IN FAVOR OF US? AN ACTION THAT ALLOWS THE OWNER OF PINE ISLAND TO DEVELOP THE PROPERTY.

OKAY. THE REST OF YOU ARE. YOU SEE ON OUR AGENDA WE'RE GOING HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM TO DISCUSS PINE ISLAND. WE ARE NOT GOING TO TAKE ANY ACTION. THERE IS GOING TO BE A MEDIATION SESSION APRIL THE 19TH. WE WILL RECEIVE INFORMATION LEGAL ADVICE REGARDING WHAT WE CAN AND CANNOT SAY REGARDING. SO TO BE FAIR I'M GOING TO ALLOW PEOPLE FROM BOTH SIDES TO SPEAK TO COUNSEL FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. I'M GOING TO DO 10 MINUTES OF EACH OF YOU. SO AND I KNOW THAT TRYING TO CHOOSE THAT I'M GOING TO CHOOSE THE WRONG PERSON. OKAY. I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.

OKAY. I'M GOING TO LET YOU DECIDE ON THE PRO AND THE CON WHO YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE YOUR SPOKESPERSONS. SO I'M GOING TO ALLOW BACK AND FORTH. SO IS THERE SOMEONE BESIDES SENATOR MARGIE MATHEWS WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR FOR OR AGAINST FOR OR AGAINST. OH WELL LET'S DO THE.

WHO WANTS TO SPEAK FOR? OKAY. ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR OF YOU.

THERE'S FIVE. CAN YOU DO 2 MINUTES EACH? OKAY.

YOU WILL BE THE FIVE PEOPLE. HOW ABOUT FIVE PEOPLE FROM THE OTHER SIDE THAT COULD SPEAK 2 MINUTES EACH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

SO SOMEONE FROM THE SIDE WOULD YOU COME AND PLEASE 2 MINUTES AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN TELL US WHAT YOU WANT REGARDING THIS ITEM. NAME IS ROY BROWN AND I STAND HERE TO SUPPORT PINE ISLAND AND KEN BEFORE I GET TO PINE OUT I'D LIKE TO SEE AS A CO-FOUNDER OF C-CAN I HAVE TO RESPOND TO A LETTER WRITTEN BY MISS ANA'S MILLER AND I DON'T THINK THAT SHE WROTE IT BUT RATHER THAN MISS AYANA I WOULD LIKE TO TALK DIRECTLY TO THE OF PUPPETEERS WHO USES BROWN AND BLACK PEOPLE FOR OWN PERSONAL GOOD OWN PERSONAL GOOD AND THAT IS THE CCL EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT IS CULTURE CONSERVATIVE GROUP THAT SENDS COASTAL CONSERVATIVE

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I ASK YOU TO LOOK AT THIS AGAIN. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN WHAT WHO WHO'S LEADING YOU? FOR THEIR OWN PERSONAL AGENDA FROM THEIR BOOK THE ONLY ADMIRE THING. SHAMELESS MANIPULATION MANIPULATING AFRICAN-AMERICANS TO FIGHT AGAINST EACH OTHER FOR THE GOOD OF THEIR OWN PERSONAL PROJECTS.

THANK YOU. SOMEONE WHO IS NOW AGAINST. SIR, WAIT YOUR TURN.

GO AHEAD, ROBERT. NEW. THANK YOU.

MEMBERS OF COUNCIL THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC SERVICE. AND IT'S NOW BEEN 15 MONTHS SINCE STAFF MEMBERS PRESENTED AND DEFENDED A TERM AMENDMENT THAT WOULD HAVE GUTTED THE CPO SAFEGUARD ON ST HELENA. MR. GREENWAY AND MRS. WARD BOTH ALLEGED THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH PARLIAMENT RIGHT? YES.

HOPEFULLY ONE DAY THE FACTS SURROUNDING THE BACKROOM SHENANIGANS WILL ALSO BE REVEALED TO THE PUBLIC INCLUDING THE FORCED TO CALL THREE SIX HOLE GOLF COURSE.

NONSENSE. NO NO GOLF BACK COMMITTEE MEETING JANUARY LAST YEAR GENUINELY AWAKENED OR QUIET OFTEN LITTLE PIECE OF HEAVEN. MEETING AFTER.

MEETING MONTH AFTER MONTH. VOTE AFTER VOTE. HUGE CROWDS OF ST HELENA RESIDENTS FILLED THESE CHAMBERS AND BEYOND TO SAVE ST NOTWITHSTANDING THE MISTRUST THAT HAD FOR GENERATIONS. YOU LISTENED. WE ARE GRATEFUL.

THIS WILL NOT BE THE LAST DEVELOPER COMING. THE ALLURE OF ST HELENA IS SIMPLY TOO STRONG. THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OUR COMMUNITY IS NOW ENERGIZED AND READY TO STAND WITH YOU TO PRESERVE THIS LAST CULTURALLY SIGNIFICANT GOAL LANGUAGE SCOTLAND. THANK KATE. THE NEXT NEXT PERSON WHO WANTS TO SPEAK PLEASE COME FORWARD. THANK YOU, MA'AM. YES.

BRIAN WILL COME HERE AND I WILL START OFF A PRAYER THAT NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST MICHELLE PROSPER. AND I ALSO WANT TO REMIND PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT THIS IS NOT 1821 AS WELL. BUT YOU KNOW RIGHT NOW SO LET'S HAVE RESPECT EACH OTHER AND SPEAK RESPECTFULLY. I WANT TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF STORY TIME HERE.

BUT FIRST I WANT TO ASK EVERYONE IF YOU HAVE 500 ACRES OF FARMLAND, WOULD YOU USE IT TO FARM? SO A LITTLE STORY TIME AND BACKGROUND ON C CAMP BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE WONDER HOW WE EVEN CAME INTO EXISTENCE. I HAD A SMALL STINT AT WHAT SHOULD BE THE BEACON OF OUR COMMUNITY IN ST HELENA AND I WAS HAPPY TO BE THERE EVERY DAY 3 TO 4 BEAN YEARS AND SOME COME YEARS WILL COME AND TALK TO ME AND TELL ME BEHIND THE SCENES THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING YOU WANT TO DO. THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT US IN THIS COMMUNITY. THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING FOR US IN THIS COMMUNITY.

I LIKE THAT SAID LET'S CHANGE THAT NARRATIVE. WHAT CAN I DO? BEING IN THE PLACE THAT CAN HELP EVERYONE IN ST HELENA ISLAND.

SO I STARTED TO WORK WITH MANY PEOPLE SOME PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE NOW UPSET BECAUSE I USED TO WORK THERE NOW I DON'T I USED TO WORK THERE AND I'VE WORKED WITH THEM IN THE COMMUNITY TO BETTER OUR COMMUNITY. C CAN WAS FORMED BECAUSE AFTER CREATING MANY PROGRAMS INCLUDING A WHOLE MONTH OF BLACK HISTORY PROGRAMING FOR OUR PEOPLE AND OUR RESIDENTS AS WELL AS CREATING A FARM TO TABLE PROGRAM SO WE CAN UTILIZE MAYBE THE 500 ACRES THAT ARE UNUTILIZED FOR COMMUNITY WE ALSO CREATED $25,000 INCOME NEW REVENUE STREAM FROM THAT ONE WEEKEND OF THIS FARM TO TABLE PROGRAM WE HAD AT THIS PLACE AS A SAINT HELENA RESIDENT, SOMEONE WHO WORKS IN ST HELENA ISLAND, SOMEONE WHO LIVES IN ST HELENA ISLAND, SOMEONE WHO'S DAUGHTER GOES TO THE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM IN ST HELENA ISLAND THAT SHE WILL SOON BE AGED OUT OF BECAUSE THERE IS ONLY ONE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM

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ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT PERSON WHO WANTS TO SPEAK AGAINST JIM LET THEM SPEAK TO COUNCIL AND NOT TO THE AUDIENCE. PLEASE ADDRESS US.

HELLO. MY NAME IS MARCIE FARROW. I RESIDED 195 SETTINGS POINT ROAD. I'VE SPOKE TO YOU GUYS NUMEROUS TIMES BEFORE BECAUSE I WAS A PLANNING COMMISSIONER DURING THE DRAFTING OF WHAT BECAME THE CPA.

NOW WHAT I WANT TO MAKE CLEAR TO EVERY IS I READ VERY WELL I UNDERSTAND WHAT I'VE READ AND I AM ABLE TO COMMUNICATE THAT I UNDERSTAND THOSE THINGS. I AM NO ONE'S PUPPET.

SECONDLY, I WANT TO BRING TO YOU GUYS RIGHT NOW THAT ALL WE ARE ASKING YOU TO DO IS WHAT YOU HAVE DONE CONTINUOUS FOR OTHER COMMUNITIES. WHEN BLUFFTON SAID THAT THEY DIDN'T WANT AN OVERPASS YOU LISTEN TO THEM NOW THAT YOU HAVE THINGS GOING ON IN YOUR DISTRICT. 100 PEOPLE SIGNED A PETITION AND YOU'RE LISTENING TO THEM.

WE'RE ASKING YOU LISTEN TO THE 20,000 PEOPLE WHO WE HAD SIGNED A PETITION SAYING THAT THEY DON'T WANT THIS. ALL I AM ASKING FOR IT RIGHT NOW IS YOU TO KEEP THE COURSE.

WE HAVE MADE SURE THAT EVERYONE HAS HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK. WE HAVE GIVEN SEVERAL SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES MEANING THEY HAVE GONE ZONING. THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION. THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH NATURAL RESOURCES.

THEY HAVE COME TO THIS BODY AND EVERY TIME IT WAS SIDED WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WHICH WAS DRAFTED AS THE ORDINANCE THAT WOULD GOVERN THESE TYPE OF SUMS. THAT'S ALL WE'RE ASKING. WE'RE ASKING YOU UPHOLD YOUR OWN ORDINANCE THAT YOU NOT BE BULLIED AND THAT YOU MAKE SURE THAT THE RULE OF LAW IS RESPECTED.

I YIELD. THANK YOU YOU KNOW THE NEXT PERSON WHO WANTS TO SPEAK FOR YOU. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JIM DIABLO.

I AM A DISABLED NAVY VETERAN AND I'M A SERIAL ENTREPRENEUR MENTOR IN MY OWN RIGHT.

I'M THE FOUNDER AND CEO OF MINISTRIES SPORTS MINISTRIES YOUTH SPORTS ASSOCIATION.

IT IS A YOUTH NONPROFIT ASSOCIATION THAT SERVICES ABOUT 30 OF THE LOCAL YOUTH.

I HAVE ABOUT 30 YOUTH PARTICIPANTS AND BEING IN THIS ORGANIZATION CAN ATTEST TO THE FACT THAT THE CHILDREN THAT I TUTOR AND THAT I'M MENTORING IN MY PROGRAM THEY ARE BEHIND.

THEY NEED ACCESS TO RESOURCES. I AM I AM LEARNING MY LOVED ONES AND FRIENDS IN THIS AREA, IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT THEY HAVE MADE A DECISION BASED ON HALF TRUTHS.

OKAY. THAT THEY HAVE BEEN LED ASTRAY AND THEY HAVE BEEN GIVEN MISCOMMUNICATION ABOUT THE THE GOLF COURSE THAT THEY THINK THAT THEY HAVE STOPPED.

THEY'RE NOT BEING FULLY MADE AWARE OF . THE ALTERNATIVE OPTION WHICH IS THE 166 HOME DEVELOPMENT WITH 166 SEPTIC TANKS, 100 BOAT DOCKS WHICH WILL DEEP, DEEP BOAT DUCKS I KNOW TO ARTICULATE WHICH WILL DECREASE THE WHICH WILL DECREASE THE STUDENT TISSUE INCREASE THE STUDENT TEACHER RATIO WHICH WILL ALSO INCREASE THE RESOURCES THAT WE NEED IN THIS COMMUNITY AND WILL INCREASE FEAR THAT THESE RESIDENTS HAVE OF THEIR SUSTAINABILITY BECAUSE IS WHAT IT IS THEY FEAR SUSTAINABILITY. THEY THEY HAVE BEEN LED TO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE HELPFUL TO THEM AND THEY HAVE NOT BEEN GIVEN THE FULL TRUTHS ABOUT THE REAL RAMIFICATIONS OF THIS DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO BE.

ALL I'M ASKING I URGE THE PEOPLE TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION CHANGE THE NARRATIVE CONVERSATIONS AND NEGOTIATIONS MEANT TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING AND I URGE THEM I IMPLORED THEM TO MAKE A DECISION BASED ON THE CORRECT INFORMATION AND NOT INFORMATION THAT THEY ARE SPECULATING. DID YOU HOLD UP? YES.

WE MISSED MY DUTIES. IF I DIDN'T ASK YOU TO STOP THE AND THE COMMENTARY WHILE SOMEONE IS IN FRONT SPEAKING THIS IS NOT A VERSION OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT WHERE

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GO AHEAD, SIR. YES, ROBERT ADAMS FROM THE PEN CENTER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE PEN CENTER. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY SPEAK AND TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THE CPO THE PEN CENTER REFLECTING THE SENTIMENTS OF THE VAST MAJORITY OF SAINT HELENA RESIDENTS REMAINS UNEQUIVOCALLY IN SUPPORT OF UPHOLDING CPO WITHOUT EXEMPTIONS. I KNOW IT'S I KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT TO LAY DOWN A CRITIQUE OF PEN BUT I THINK THAT OUR 162 YEARS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE AND AND STAND ON ITS OWN MERIT SO WE HAVE NO PERSONAL AGENDA BESIDES REPRESENTING THE COMMUNITY AND THE LAND AND PRESERVATION CULTURE BASED CULTURAL PRESERVATION.

THIS ISSUE IS NOT RACIALLY DIVISIVE. PEN WAS FOUNDED AS A MULTIRACIAL PROJECT FOR THE EDUCATION AND PRESERVATION OF CULTURE AND HISTORY.

THE LONG STANDING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COASTAL CONSERVATION LEAGUE IS NOT SOME BAMBOOZLE.

IT'S NOT SOME SORT OF , YOU KNOW, JUST RECENT RELATIONSHIP. IT DATES BACK TO DR. EMORY CAMPBELL AND MANY YEARS IN THE ORIGINAL PRESERVATION SCHOOL THAT WE RAN IN 93 TO 95 OF WHICH THE CPO CAME OUT OF . SO THIS FIGHT THAT WE'RE FIGHTING IN SUPPORT OF THE CPO IS A CONTINUATION OF THE LEGACY AND OF THE THE THE FOREBEARS THAT BROUGHT US THIS POINT AND IT WILL BE THE STRUGGLE THAT WE CONTINUE TO DO. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE NEXT PERSON FOR WHOM YOU OFFER YOU TOOK MY ICE BREAKER. WHAT ABOUT THOSE CAROLINA GAMECOCK.

MY NAME IS JESS AGAIN AND I'M A REAL ESTATE INVESTOR. I HAVE PROPERTY IN FOUR ALL BIG STATE ST HELENA WHICH IS BUTTED UP TO PINE ISLAND. ALSO HAVE PROPERTY BURTON.

IF I'M TO BUILD A HOUSE IN BURTON OR BIG ESTATE I CAN BUILD IT ON A QUARRY LANE ON ST HELENA. I NEED THREE ACRES. SO I THINK THE CPO SHOULD BE ABOLISHED BECAUSE IT ENABLE IT JUST DOESN'T ALLOW ME TO DO WHAT I NEED TO DO WITH MY PROPERTY. I WANT IT TO BUILD TINY HOUSES FOR VETERANS BUT I CAN'T BECAUSE I CAN ONLY BUILD THREE. SO ONE OF THE PROBLEMS I HAVE IS THIS PROPERTY ON PINE ISLAND. EVERYBODY IN HERE THERE SUPPOSED TO IT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUY IT. THE PROBLEM I HAVE IS WHEN YOU BUY A PIECE OF PROPERTY YOU SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO AS YOU PLEASE AS LONG IT LONG AS IT DOESN'T OFFEND THE WATERWAYS. I MEAN A PERSON FROM SOMEPLACE ELSE SHOULDN'T COME IN.

A GROUP SHOULDN'T COME IN AND DICTATE WHAT DONE WITH YOUR PROPERTY WHEN YOU'VE SPENT OVER $18 MILLION FOR THE PROPERTY TO START WITH. SO MY THING IS AND BY THE WAY PENSIONER MY ANCESTOR WAS THE ONE THAT DONATED THE LAND TO PRINCETON FOR THE FIRST SCHOOL FOR FREED SLAVES AND WE NEED TO GO BACK TO HAVING PRINCETON AS A TRADE CENTER SO THAT THE FOLKS IN THIS AREA CAN START PAYING THE TAXES. 10 SECONDS.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. GO GAMECOCKS.

A HUSBAND AND WIFE SAVE OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME TO TAKE A TRIP TO JERUSALEM.

AND SO THEY WENT TO JERUSALEM IN THE MAN DIED ON FIRST DAY WHILE HE WAS IN JERUSALEM.

THE UNDERTAKER CAME TO HIM AND ASKED HIM WE CAN BURY YOUR HUSBAND THIS HILL OVER HERE OR WE CAN SHIP IT BACK TO HIM FOR $300 OR WE CAN SHIP IT BACK TO AMERICA FOR $5,000.

WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO? SHE SAID I'M GOING TO TAKE HIM BACK TO AMERICA BECAUSE I HEARD THAT THE LAST I HEARD OF SOME MAN THAT WAS BURIED HERE IN JERUSALEM HE AROSE THE THIRD DAY AND POINT OF THAT IS THAT THE PINE ISLAND GOLF AND GATED COMMUNITY IS DEAD .

IT'S DEAD IT'S BEEN DEAD FOR OVER 24 YEARS. THE DEATH CERTIFICATE WAS THE

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THE INVESTOR HE'S ASKING FOR A BAILOUT. I NEED A VEHICLE BAILOUT ALSO SOME BAD INVESTMENTS THAT I NEED 30 SECONDS. SO HIS DAD IS BEEN DEAD ON ARRIVAL IN THIS BAY HAD BEEN DEAD FOR A LONG TIME DOES SO WE ASK THAT YOU STICK WITH THE DECISION THAT YOU MADE. IF THIS WAS AN ASSET TEST IT WOULD SAY STICK WITH YOUR FIRST ANSWER IN THE FIRST ANSWER WAS NO AND THAT WAS THE BEST ANSWER AND IT SHOULD NOT BE DEVIATED FROM THAT. SO PLEASE STAND STRONG ON WHAT YOU HAVE DONE AND DON'T OPEN UP A CAN OF WORMS. THANK YOU. THANK ALL FINAL PERSON FOR GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS TOURISM. I'M THE FOUNDER AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE PAN FAMILY EMPOWERMENT AND LAND PRESERVATION NETWORK.

SLAVERY USED TO BE ILLEGAL SEGREGATION USED TO BE LEGAL. CHILD LABOR USED TO BE LEGAL AND IT USED TO BE LEGAL NOT TO ALLOW WOMEN TO VOTE ON A CREDIT CARD IN THEIR OWN NAME BUT AMERICANS HISTORICALLY DONE WHAT'S NECESSARY TO CHANGE THE LAWS THAT ARE UNJUST.

THAT'S WHY TODAY I'M HERE TO ASK THAT YOU LOOK AT WORKING ON TO CHANGE THE CPO TO LOOSEN IT UP SO THAT PEOPLE CAN BE ABLE TO USE THEIR LAND FOR DEVELOPMENT THAT CAN CREATE ENOUGH INCOME FOR THEM TO BE PAID OUT OF PROPERTY TAX AND SO THEY WON'T LOSE THEIR LAND.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MY ORGANIZATION DOES IS TO PAY PROPERTY FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN'T AFFORD IT, KEEP IT FROM GOING TO TAX SALES. WE RETAIN PROPERTY THAT'S ALREADY BEEN SOLD IT TAX SALES IN THE CASE OF PINE ISLAND I THINK THE FIRST THING TO DO GIVEN THE THE ERRORS THAT WERE LEFT IN THE THE ORDINANCE LEGISLATION PEOPLE BACK IN 1999 ACCORDING TO THE DANE ATTORNEY IS TO GO AHEAD AND CARVE OUT AREA I'M ASK YOU TO GO AHEAD AND CARVE OUT THE SALE ON THE BILL PROPERTY IN THE PINE ISLAND PROPERTY AND ALLOW MR. TRAPIANTO TO DEVELOP HIS GOLF COURSE TO CREATE A UNIFORM ZONING ORDINANCE FOR ALL THE RURAL LAND IS IN IN BEAUFORT COUNTY SO THAT YOU CAN'T HAVE A SITUATION WE CAN ONLY BE A ONE HOUSE ON AN ACRE AND WHAT AREA AND NOT IN A HOUSE ON A QUARTER ACRE IN ANOTHER AREA I'D LIKE TO SEE THE PLANNING COMMISSION BACK AND REDO IT. IF NOT YOU WILL HAVE TO BE FACED WITH A LAWSUIT CAN GO ALL THE WAY TO THE U.S. SUPREME COURT END UP COSTING US SO MUCH MONEY THAT DOESN'T NEED TO BE SPENT. THANK YOU.

AND THE FINAL PERSON. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

I AM A PERMANENT RESIDENT OF THE DELANO COMMUNITY THAT BORDERS ON THIS NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION AREA OF PINE ISLAND INCLUDES SAINT HELENA VILLE.

I IMPLORE YOU TO UPHOLD THE ZONING RULES AND PRIOR DECISIONS BUT I'M GOING TO JUMP TO SOMETHING I. WANT TO THANK YOUR GLOVER I WAS AT THAT MEETING AT RUSS POINTS ROOM ONLY AND I ASKED YOU TO LOOK AT THE PICTURES FROM RUSS POINT FROM THAT BOAT LAUNCH AND HOW VERY SEVERE THE DETERIORATION OF THAT VERY VALUABLE COMMUNITY RESOURCE IT'S TRULY INDICATIVE THE VULNERABILITY OF OUR WATERWAYS HERE THERE'S NUMEROUS CONSERVATION PROJECTS IN THE WORKS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MILITARY, THE COASTAL CONSERVATION LEAGUE, THE OPEN LAND TRUST AND DNR. I HAVE PARTICIPATED IN MANY OF THESE AND I WANT TO THANK YOU I THINK THE COUNTY HAS A VERY SOLID LONG RANGE PLAN COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IN PLACE. WE APPRECIATE YOUR DUE DILIGENCE.

THANK YOU. WE ARE GOING TO END THE CITIZENS AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

I'VE HEARD FROM BOTH SIDES THOSE OF YOU WHO DID NOT GET A CHANCE TO SPEAK.

WE DO HAVE SECOND ONE THAT I WILL ENTERTAIN SOME MORE COMMENTS.

[12. LIASION AND COMMITTEE REPORTS]

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IT WAS VERY LONG THERE TOO BUT I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW IS HAVE EXPENDED 42.4% OF THEIR BUDGET AT HALF YEAR SO THEY'RE RUNNING UNDER BUDGET AND THE CFO TONYA CROSBY PROVIDED A DRAFT COMPREHENSIVE REPORT FOR EVERY SCHOOL IN THE DISTRICT WITH PRETTY IMPRESSIVE IN THAT THEY WILL BE USING THAT TO WORK ON THE NEXT BUDGET. SHE ALSO SAID THAT TAX COLLECTIONS ARE VERY HEALTHY AS OF JANUARY 31ST THAT LOCAL TAX REVENUE AS A PERCENTAGE OF BUDGET IS 98.1% AND OPERATIONS. THIS WAS A GIANT DISCUSSION A MOTION PASSED THAT THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED TO OUTSOURCE CUSTODIAL SO THEY'RE GOING TO GO FROM BAD IT'S YOU'RE TALKING TO MILLION DOLLAR ITEMS THEY'RE LOOKING INTO PROGRAMS FOR BETTER USE OF TECHNOLOGY THEY ADOPTED 13 TEXTBOOK AND THEN THEY HAD AN APRIL 3RD MEETING WHICH I JUST COULDN'T DO 2 HOURS OF I MEAN I WAS AND THEY REVIEWED CURRENT LEGISLATIVE ITEMS AND EVERY SENATOR AND NO ONE WAS CLOSING THE SCHOOLS FOR VETERANS DAY WHICH THEY SUPPORT BUT. THEN THERE WERE OTHER THINGS LIKE SCHOOL BOARD AUDITS BY THE STATE EVERY THREE YEARS PARENTS BILL OF RIGHTS YEAR ROUND SCHOOL CALENDAR JUST A WHOLE BEVY OF THINGS THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT LEGISLATIVELY.

THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF FOR THEM. GO AHEAD.

I'M NOT ON THE SCHOOL BOARD. ANY OTHER COMMENTS. MR. IVANEK AND MYSELF MISS OUR ATTENDED ROBERT SMALLS 185 BIRTHDAY PARTY LAST FRIDAY YOU'VE HEARD THAT WAS AND IT WAS PUT ON BY THE RIVER VIEW SCHOOL AND THE KIDS DID A GREAT JOB SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AND THE OTHERS. I HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. FIRST, AS YOU KNOW WE ARE SEEKING A COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR . WE HAVE HIRED A FIRM.

THAT FIRM IS IN THE PROCESS OF SEEKING THE APPLICATION. SO FAR WE HAVE 127 PEOPLE HAVE AT LEAST TAKEN A LOOK AT BEAUFORT COUNTY. 46 HAVE FILED ACTUAL APPLICATIONS. OF THAT I THINK IT'S IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 10 TO 15 MEET ALL THE CRITERIA FOR THE POSITION. SO BEAUFORT IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO A VERY SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE COMING FORWARD. SO STAY TUNED FOR THAT.

YOU WILL RECEIVE UPDATES AS WE GO ALONG. NUMBER TWO AS YOU ARE AWARE THIS NOVEMBER INTEND TO HAVE A REFERENDUM TRANSPORTATION REFERENDUM.

WE HELD OUR FIRST MEETING ON APRIL 4TH IN THE CHAMBER HERE. WE TALKED ABOUT THE OVERALL PROCESS AS WELL AS AS TRY AND FOCUS ON WHAT'S GOING TO BE HAPPENING IN THE CITY OF BEAUFORT. SOME THINGS WERE VERY POSITIVE. SOME THINGS WERE VERY NEGATIVE.

SOME PEOPLE DO NOT UNDERSTAND. WE'RE TRYING TO GET EVERYBODY'S INPUT SO THAT WE CAN EDUCATE YOU EXACTLY WHAT IS PART OF THE REFERENDUM WHY WE NEED IT. ONE OF THE EXAMPLES WAS WHY WERE WE TALKING ABOUT 170 TO 78? THE REASON WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 170 AND 278. THEY'RE THE TWO MAJOR ROADS FOR PEOPLE TO GO TO WORK IN BEAUFORT COUNTY. PEOPLE FROM HERE HAVE TO TRAVEL DOWN 172 TO 78 WHEN THEY WORK ON THE ISLAND. NEITHER OF THOSE ROADS WORK. THE TRANSPORTATION REFERENDUM WILL IN FACT FIX THEM. SO WE HAVE UPCOMING MEETINGS NEXT WEEK ON THE 11TH.

WE'RE GOING TO BE ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND AT THE LIBRARY FOLLOWING ON THE 18TH WILL BE AT THE BUCKWALTER RECREATION CENTER FOLLOWING THAT ON THE 29TH WILL BE AT THE SCENE ALONG THE LIBRARY. FOLLOWING THAT WE WILL BE BACK HERE IN NORTHERN BEAUFORT COUNTY. WE'RE NOT SURE EXACTLY THE SITE OR THE DATE BUT STAY TUNED.

ALL OF THIS WILL TAKE PLACE TO GET INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY PRIOR TO THE THIRD READING AND THE FINAL READING AND THE ADOPTION OF THE QUESTION ON THE REFERENDUM.

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THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION THERE COME TO THESE MEETINGS. YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO IT, WHEN WE'RE GOING TO DO IT AND WHERE WE'RE GOING TO DO IT. OKAY. WE'RE NOW READY TO TAKE THE

[13. APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA]

[14. PUBLIC HEARING AND THIRD READING OF AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING FUNDS FROM THE STATE ATAX FUNDS AS RECOMMENDED BY THE STATE A-TAX COMMITTEE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS.(FISCAL IMPACT: Funding will come from the State Accommodations Fund.) Vote at First Reading on January 22, 2024 - 6:5 Vote at Public Hearing and Second Reading on February 12, 2024 - Recommend to move back to Finance, Administration, and Economic Development Committee 9:2 Vote at Finance, Administration, and Economic Development Committee on February 26, 2024 - Move forward to Council meeting for second reading on March 25, 2024, public hearing to be held on April 8, 2024 Vote at Second Reading on March 25, 2024 - 9:1]

MS.. TABACHNICK MAKES THE MOTION. MR. CUNNINGHAM MAKES THE SECOND BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO COUNSEL. IS THERE ANY MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE WISHES TO COMMENT ABOUT THIS TOPIC SAYING NO, NO, CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT.

ANY COMMENTS? OUR COUNSEL ON THE ONE THAT'S GOING TO VOTE NO FOR THIS, MR. CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? MR. CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE ONE COMMENT. AS I'VE SAID BEFORE AND WE'VE ALL TALKED THERE WILL BE CHANGES GOING FORWARD. WE'RE GOING TO MEET WITH SOME MEMBERS OF THE OTHER GROUPS BUT THIS WOULD BE ONE TIME NOW BECAUSE IT WAS TOO FAR OUT THE GATE AND THERE WILL CHANGES IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU.

I'M VOTING NO AS WELL. NO OTHER DISCUSSION. THIS WILL BE APPROVED WITH EIGHT YES AND TWO NO. THE TWO NOS BEING MS. BROWN. MR. REID'S MOTION IS APPROVED

[15. THIRD READING OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 66 TAXATION, ARTICLE II ACCOMMODATIONS TAX BOARD, DIVISION 1. GENERALLY AND DIVISION 2. ACCOMMODATIONS (3%) TAX Vote at First Reading on March 11, 2024- 10:1 Vote at Public Hearing and Second Reading on March 25, 2024 - 9:1]

ONCE WE HAVE ADOPTED THIS SO A MOTION IN SECOND PLEASE BE PUT ON THE TABLE.

MR. GLOVER MADE THE MOTION. MR. HAMMOND MADE THE SECOND. I ASK A MEMBER OF COUNCIL TO MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THIS ITEM SECTION 66 DASH 48 WHICH IS APPLICABILITY AND EFFECTIVE DATE. IT SHOULD READ CHANGING IT TO THE DIVISION SHALL BECOME JULY ONE, 2024 AS WAS INDICATED IN THE PRIOR ONE. WE ARE ALMOST ALL THE WAY THROUGH THIS CALENDAR YEAR. THEREFORE IT MAKES SENSE NOT TO INSTITUTE THIS AS IT SAID HERE.

UPON APPROVAL BY COUNCIL SO THAT IS THE AMENDED MOTION WILL SOMEONE THAT MOTION? MR. MCCALLUM MADE THE MOTION THE SECOND MR. DAWSON MADE THE SECOND DULY MOTION AND SECONDED QUESTION SAYING NONE OF THE ITEM WILL BE ADOPTED WITHOUT OBJECTION.

THE AMENDMENT THE AMENDMENT WILL ADOPTED WITHOUT OBJECTION. OKAY NOW WE'RE BACK TO THE MAIN MOTION. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? WE'RE GOING VOTE ON THE AMENDED ITEM. OKAY. IS THERE ANY OBJECTION? I'M GOING TO VOTE NO FOR THIS AS WELL. OKAY.

AND ONE ELSE I AM TO THAT'S TO ANYONE ELSE SAYING NONE. THIS WILL BE ADOPTED.

[16. FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 99 STORMWATER MANAGEMENT, ARTICLE II STORMWATER MANAGEMENT UTILITY SECTIONS 110, STORMWATER SERVICE FEE BILLING, DELINQUENCIES AND COLLECTIONS; AND 113, ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES OF THE BEAUFORT COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES]

[17. FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 2023/32 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE BEAUFORT COUNTY ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A ROAD USE FEE]

ITEM NUMBER 17 IS THE FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING 2023 SLASH 32 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE BEAUFORT COUNTY ORDINANCES ESTABLISHING A ROAD USE FEE AS WELL.

[01:15:03]

IT'S JUST WE'VE HAD THESE CONVERSATIONS AND THE COMMITTEES.

MR. CHAIRMAN, I'M GOING TO VOTE AGAINST US. WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF PUTTING A REFERENDUM OUT TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN NOVEMBER FOR THE LAUNCHING OF SALES FOR OFF ROAD ROAD ROAD UPGRADING THE WHOLE NINE YARD TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.

AND I DON'T SEE I DON'T SEE A NEED FOR US TO INCREASE THE THE FEE FOR REGISTRATION TAXATION UNTIL WE KNOW UNTIL I KNOW WHETHER THE REFERENDUM AGENDA AND NOVEMBER IS GOING TO PASS AND SO AT THIS TIME I'M NOT GOING TO SUPPORT THE. MR. CHAIRMAN FOR MAY I BELIEVE THE MAIN POINT OF THIS WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T CHARGE THE VETERANS AND OTHER PEOPLE THAT WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE SERVED THE ORIGINAL ORDINANCE WE'VE MET SOME LANGUAGE UP THAT WE WENT BACK AND IT OFF THE AUDITORS SUGGESTION SO AS WE DON'T TAX OR OFFER THE FEE ON AND OTHER PEOPLE THAT AREN'T REQUIRED TO PAY IT WE'VE HAD THIS NOT INCREASE IT RIGHT NOW WE'VE ALREADY INCREASED IT. THIS IS A MODIFICATION OF THE LANGUAGE HAD THIS FOR YEARS AND THE FEE THAT WE'VE THIS ONE IS AS MR. BARTHOLOMEW WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS WHO WOULD HAVE TO PAY THAT WE DON'T THINK SHOULD BE PAYING THIS ROAD USE FEE AND THOSE THE VETERANS.

YES AND I THINK YOU MAY RECALL A FEW OTHERS IN OAK IS THAT CHANGE YOUR MIND? THAT'S GOOD. I'M GOOD. OKAY.

[19. FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE INTERIM COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF PROPERTIES PURSUANT TO A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN BEAUFORT COUNTY AND CHEROKEE BEAUFORT, LLC ]

ITEM NUMBER 19 IS OFFERED FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE INTERIM COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF PROPERTIES PURSUANT TO A DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN BEAUFORT COUNTY AND CHEROKEE BEAUFORT A MOTION PLEASE. OH I SKIP MR. MARTINEZ WHEN YOU GET YEAH REVERSE THAT WE'RE

[18. FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 2 ADMINISTRATION, ARTICLE VII FINANCE, DIVISION 2 FEES AND SERVICE CHARGES GENERALLY, SECTION 2-437 ROAD USE FEE OF THE BEAUFORT COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES]

OKAY SO YOU'RE GOING TO CHANGE YOUR MIND RIGHT? YES, SIR.

NO, THIS WILL BE APPROVED WITHOUT OBJECTION AND I SEE NO OBJECTIONS NOW I'M GOING TO READ THIS AGAIN THOSE OF YOU DIDN'T GET IT THE FIRST TIME FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE INTERIM COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS FOR THE ACCEPTANCE ACCEPTANCE OF PURSUANT TO A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN BEAUFORT COUNTY AND CHEROKEE BEAUFORT LLC A MOTION PLEASE MOVE REMOVE MR. MCKELLEN A SECOND MR. CHAIRMAN. MR. CUNNINGHAM MOTIONED IN SECOND ANY DISCUSSION SAYING?

[20. APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AND AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN BEAUFORT COUNTY AND HILTON HEAD ISLAND FOR WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY SAFETY AND PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS (FISCAL IMPACT: not to exceed amount of $600,000 to be funded from the Hilton Head Island/Daufuskie Island Road Impact Fees account 2300-30-0000-54500-I2300 with a balance of $800,000)]

[21. CITIZEN COMMENT PERIOD]

ANTHONY WILL YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD? YOU WANT TO TALK THE FIRST KEY ISLAND COUNCIL REPORT? YES, WE'RE BACK TO 3 MINUTES. GOOD EVENING.

[01:20:06]

I ALSO AM A MEMBER OF THE DIVERSITY ISLAND VERY COMMITTEE AND THE ROADS COMMITTEE WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT RESIDENTS CONTINUE TO EXPRESS MANY ABOUT THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE PUBLIC FERRY BOATS, THE DOCKS. THE PRIMARY CONCERN IS THE SAFETY OF THE RESIDENTS WHO DEPEND ON THE PUBLIC FERRY AND ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY DISABLED RESIDENTS.

ONE EXAMPLE IS YESTERDAY WE HAD ANOTHER INCIDENT WHEN AN ELDERLY WOMAN TRIPPED ON A MISSING BOARD ON THE MELROSE DOCK AND HIT HER HEAD. HER WRIST WAS ALSO INJURED SHE WENT TO A HILTON HEAD URGENT CARE CENTER FOR X RAYS. ONE THING WE'RE CONTINUING CONTINUING TO WORK ON AS WELL AS POLICIES ABOUT CARING GROCERIES AND OTHER OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE NOT IN OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE NOT CONSISTENT AND PEOPLE ARE TOLD DIFFERENT ON A DAILY BASIS DAY TO DAY. FOR EXAMPLE, LAST HAD A RESIDENT WAS TOLD THAT THE GRAIN SHE HAD BROUGHT FOR KITCHEN SORRY FOR HER CHICKENS WAS FREIGHT AND SHE WAS ACTUALLY CHARGED MORE FOR THE COST OF THE GRAIN FOR FOR THE FREIGHT FEE MAY SEEM LIKE A LITTLE THING BUT THESE NEW ARE REALLY STARTING TO HURT PEOPLE ON THE ISLAND THEY JUST ADD UP AND BECOMES A HARDSHIP ONE ONE OF THE THINGS THE COUNCIL IS HEARING A LOT OF PROBLEMS THE PALMETTO BREEZE PASSES INCLUDING RESIDENTS BEING DENIED A CARD AND BACK PAYMENTS NOT BEING CREDITED TO THEIR ACCOUNTS. I KNOW I PERSONALLY HAD A LOT OF ISSUES AS A PROPERTY OWNER THERE WE HAD TO SUBMIT A LOT OF DOCUMENTS TO PROVE THAT WE WERE YOU KNOW, THAT WE ACTUALLY ONLY LIVE THERE EVEN WITH, YOU KNOW, SUBMITTING ELECTRIC BILLS YOU KNOW, PRODUCE DEEDS, TAX STATEMENTS. SO THERE'S THERE'S QUITE OF A PROCESS THERE. SO WE HOPE THAT THAT CAN HOPEFULLY WE CAN THE LAST REMAINING RESIDENTS THAT ARE THAT ARE LINGERING OUT THERE RESOLVED SEVERAL OF US ON THE COUNCIL ALSO HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERNS WITH VERY RELATED PROBLEMS TO THE OPERATOR AS WELL AS COUNTY STAFF. WE DID MEET WITH LOWCOUNTRY FERRY A COUPLE OF WEEKS.

WE DID START TALKING ABOUT THESE ISSUES BUT WE'RE STILL WAITING ON WAITING ON SOME AND LOOKING TO HEAR BACK UP FOR SOME ANSWERS ON A DIFFERENT NOTE I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL. WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE POTHOLES THAT WERE FILLED ON HAIG POINT ROAD ESPECIALLY IT WAS RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SO IT WAS A REALLY ROUGH PATCH. YOU KNOW I USE THAT ROAD ON A ON A REGULAR BASIS SO IT'S A BIG IMPROVEMENT. WE WILL BE WORKING WITH THE COUNTY HERE THIS YEAR AS WELL.

WE'VE GOT SOME MORE IMPROVEMENTS TO DO AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH Y'ALL ON THAT AS ON OUR ON OUR END OUR TODAY IS TO SECURE ANOTHER MEETING WITH THE FIRST GARLAND COUNCIL MR. ROBINSON AND MR. ROBINSON SO WE CAN DISCUSS THE ISSUES AND FIND SOLUTIONS AND WE CAN REPORT BACK TO THE COMMUNITY WITH SOME SOLID FEEDBACK.

ONE LAST ITEM WE WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST A 30 DAY EXTENSION ON THE EXISTING PALMETTO BREEZE PASSES SO THAT WE HAVE TIME TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT SOLUTIONS FOR OUR CURRENT PROBLEMS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME YOU JOYCE HAM OH I'M SORRY I DON'T THINK I MUCH BUT I'LL GUESS I'LL SAY SOMETHING. WHAT I WANTED TO SAY IS THIS IS HOME FOR ME AND IT HAS BEEN FOR ME SINCE 1790 WHEN MY GRANDMOTHER THEIR NAME WAS ON THE FIRST CENSUS HERE IN BEAUFORT COUNTY AND A LOT OF PEOPLE TALK ABOUT VINEYARDS AND COME YOURS BUT WE'VE BEEN PAYING TAXES SINCE TAXES CAME AROUND IN THE ERIE COUNTY AND WE WERE WE DIDN'T EVEN TO PAY TAXES PRIOR TO THAT BECAUSE THE LAND WAS ALREADY OURS BUT NOW THERE IS A LOT OF HARDSHIP THAT IS ON US HERE WHERE WE ARE HAVING TO ENDURE A LOT OF COURSE WHEN WE'RE NOT BEING GIVEN ADEQUATE EMPLOYMENT WHEN I SAY EMPLOYMENT IS NOT JUST EMPLOYMENT TO HAVE A JOB EVEN LEAVING COUNTY DOESN'T PEOPLE THAT MUCH MONEY TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO LIVE SO AND AND WHEN PEOPLE START TALKING ABOUT YOU KNOW THE WATER LEVEL RISING SMALLS WAS HERE AND I WAS GOING TO SCHOOL HERE AT RATHER SMALL AND THE WATER LEVEL WAS RISING AND THEY SAID WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ROB SMALLS AND THEY MOVED THE COUNTY I'M SURE A DECISION TO MOVE ROBERT SMALLS AND GUESS WHAT RATHER SMALL WAS SINKING OVER THERE WHERE Y'ALL MADE A DECISION TO MOVE IT OVER THERE TOO AND SO EVEN THOUGH WE MAKE CHOICES AND MAKE DECISIONS WE STILL HAVE TO CONSIDER THE PEOPLE THAT'S BEEN HERE, YOU UNDERSTAND? BECAUSE EVEN IF YOU MADE A DECISION TO MOVE RATHER SMALL FROM HERE TO OVER THERE AND THE GROUND WAS SINKING OVER THERE

[01:25:03]

THANK YOU AND YOU THAT EVENING MY NAME IS ANTIBALAS AND I AM WITH THE CHAIR THE VIEW FOR TEA PARTY. I'M HERE TO DISCUSS THE SALES TAX.

YOU'RE ASKING US TO FOOT A 15 YEAR 1% $1.65 BILLION SALES TAX.

YOU'VE GOT TO BE OUT OF YOUR MIND. YOU CAN'T RUN THE FUNKY FERRY NOR CAN YOU CONTROL YOUR STAFF'S MISUSE OF FUNDS. WHERE IS THE INVESTIGATIVE REPORT PUBLIC REVIEW AN INCOMPLETE REPORT WE PAID FOR REDACT THE EMPLOYEES NAMES WHILE THE AG INVESTIGATES RELEASED YOU CURRENTLY HAVE TO THE PUBLIC THIS TAX COVERS ALREADY APPROVED THE 2018 SALES TAX ONLY 24% ARE COMPLETE 18 OUT OF 25 ARE IN DESIGN OR PRE DESIGN STAGES ONLY TWO ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION. YOU INCLUDE THOSE UNFINISHED IN THE NEW TAX WE CALL THAT DOUBLE DIPPING. WE ALREADY AND YOU WANT US TO PAY YOU AGAIN WE ALREADY GAVE YOU PUBLIC DISCLOSURE RE-IMAGINE REPORT THAT'S IN THE NEW TAX YOU $175 MILLION SLUSH FUND FOR FUTURE PROJECTS NOT FUTURE REFERENDUMS FOR FUTURE PROJECTS YOU THROW 975 MILLION INTO A SECOND SLUSH FUND FOR SMALL PROJECTS HIGHLY VAGUE DESCRIPTION YOUR PET PROJECTS YOU HAVE COUNTY STAFF MOUTHPIECES WITH MONEY AND YOU WANT SLUSH FUNDS. WHERE IS THE PARTICIPATION RECOMMENDATION OF THE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION BOARD? IT DOESN'T. THE COUNCIL ALLOWED UNFETTERED YOU FIX IT BUT NOT ON OUR DIME AT THE HEIGHT OF THE COVID PANDEMIC IN JUNE OF 2020 WITH PEOPLE HURTING, PEOPLE WORRIED ABOUT STAYING AFLOAT THIS COUNTY COUNCIL COLDLY AND IN OUR FACE VOTED YOURSELF A PAY RAISE. WHAT COMPASSION.

THANK YOU AND. YOU WANT US TO TRUST YOU WITH A 15 YEAR TAX THAT'S GENERATIONAL TAXATION. THIS IS NOT CHARLESTON. OH WAIT YOU SAY IT'S NOT AN INCREASE, A REPLACEMENT. NICE SEMANTICS. I FLED HIGH TAXES, IRRESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT BUT HERE WE 24 YEARS LATER AND YOU'RE NO DIFFERENT SALES TAX WENT FROM PERCENT UP TO EIGHT OH NOW DOWN TO SEVEN JUST A FEW MORE TELL THAT TO THE STRUGGLING MIDDLE CLASS LOW INCOME AND ELDERLY WHEN IT'S PLACED ON ALMOST EVERY SINGLE GOODS AND SERVICES IN THIS COUNTY AS TO THE ROAD USE FEE FROM EVERY VEHICLE THANK YOU FOR THE AMENDMENT TO IT TOWARDS ROAD MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR NOT DEPOSITED TO THE GENERAL FUND HOWEVER BECAUSE THE LACK OF COUNTY OVERSIGHT IN OUR TAX DOLLARS KEEP THE ANNUAL EVALUATION IN PLACE YOU WANT I TRUST YOU EARN IT BACK LOWER THE SALES COMPLETE ALL PHASES OF THE REFERENDUM 2018 GREENSPACE PROJECTS CURB GROWTH CLEAN UP THE CORRUPTION AND ACCESS STATE AND FEDERAL DOLLARS THEN COME AND ASK US FOR RESPONSIBLE REFERENDUM FOR A SMALLER AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR A HANDFUL OF YEARS WITH A NON RENEWABLE SUNSET CLAUSE.

JUST MAYBE WE'LL SAY YES. WE'RE WATCHING OUR LAST PERSON CARRY MAJORS GOOD AFTERNOON.

THANK YOU FOR OPPORTUNITY. MY NAME IS CARRIE MAJOR. I'M THE FOUNDER OF CARRIE'S LOWCOUNTRY MODELING AND KIND OF YOUTH CONFERENCE JUST TO MENTION A FEW OF THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE CONCERNED WITH THE WELFARE OF OUR YOUTH.

WE'RE ALSO A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT I'M ALSO RETIRED ALCOHOL AND DRUG COUNSELOR AND THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO READ HOW SHOULD WE GROW HASHTAG PLAY IN BEAUFORT COUNTY? WELCOME TO COUNTY PARKS AND COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION PROVIDES A MYRIAD OF SERVICES AND PROGRAMS AT FACILITIES LOCATED THROUGHOUT COUNTY. WE UTILIZE PROACTIVE MEANS TO PROVIDE FUN, SAFE AND FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE RECREATIONAL SERVICES TO ELEVATE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR COUNTY AND REGION EXCEPT ST HELENA ISLAND THERE IS NONE THERE BUT WALTER RECREATION CENTER KEY FEATURES A SOCCER COMPLEX OUTDOOR SKATE PARK, INDOOR TRACK CARDIO EQUIPMENT, INDOOR CAGES FOR INDOOR BASKETBALL COURTS TO INDOOR COURTS, INDOOR VOLLEYBALL WEIGHT ROOM OTHER INDOOR CONCESSION ROOMS TWO CLASSROOMS LARGE MULTIPLE ROOM

[01:30:08]

WE AGAIN ASK COUNCIL TO DO SOMETHING FOR US IN HELENA. WE NEED A COMMUNITY TO SIT CENTER OVER ON SAINT HELENA ISLAND STATE OF THE ART CENTRALLY LOCATED WHERE WE HAVE AND THIS IS A VISION A MULTIPURPOSE FACILITY ON ST HELENA ISLAND FOR YOUTH AND ADULTS THAT WILL PROVIDE ADEQUATE AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENGAGING IN EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT SPORTS AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO POSITIVELY IMPACT LIVES.

WE IMPACT LIVES ON SAINT HELENA ISLAND, YOUNG AND ALIKE. WE NEED THAT FACILITY IN ORDER FOR US TO DO IT. WE DON'T WANT YOU TO GIVE US ANY FIX OR WRAPPERS.

PLEASE DON'T THROW US ANY MORE PEANUTS. PLEASE COME FORTH THE MONEY.

SHE JUST READ SOMETHING WITH ALL THE MONEYS THAT HAS BEEN PUT FOR OTHER THINGS OTHER ISSUES, ROADS. ALL OF THESE OTHER THINGS. PLEASE PUT SOMETHING FOR OUR CHILDREN. WE NEED SOMETHING. OWENS HELENA ISLAND.

WE LOVE OUR COMMUNITY JUST AS MUCH AS EVERYONE ELSE WITH LOOKING FORWARD TO YOU DOING SOMETHING. THANK YOU. OKAY.

WE ARE GOING TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. THERE ARE FIVE ITEMS I'M GOING TO READ THE FIVE ITEMS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE IN EXECUTIVE FOR.

WE'RE GOING TO GO IN PURSUANT TO SOUTH CAROLINA CODE 30 DASH FOR DASH 78 TO RECEIPT OF LEGAL ADVICE WHERE THE LEGAL ADVICE RELATES TO MATTERS COVERED BY THE ATTORNEY PRIVILEGE PRIVILEGE EXCUSE ME THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT. SECOND ONE IS THE SAME BUT IT IS GOING TO BE INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS PURSUANT TO SOUTH CAROLINA CODE SECTION 4-9, DASH 660. THE NEXT ONE IS LEGAL ADVICE RELATOR'S TWO MATTERS FOR ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE PENDING LITIGATION WALLS VERSUS BEAUFORT COUNTY.

NEXT IS PURSUANT TO THE CODE OF 30 FOR 30 DASH FOR DASH 78 TWO TO ENGAGE IN DISCUSSIONS AND NEGOTIATION INCIDENT TO PROPOSE CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE FIRST SKI FERRY EMERGENCY SERVICES AND FINALLY RECEIPT OF LEGAL ADVICE WHERE THE ADVICE RELATES TO CLAIMS THAT ARE COVERED BY THE ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE PINE ISLAND HOLDINGS LLC VERSUS COUNTY.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION PLEASE? SIMMONS JIM MR. GLOVER MADE THE MOTION.

MR. MCCULLEN MADE THE SECOND ANY DISCUSSION SAYING. WE ARE GOING TO BE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THAT'S GOING TO TAKE.

WHEN WE COME OUT I AM SURE IF THERE ARE GOING TO BE ANY MATTERS ARISING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION. YES HE SAID I SO WAS I. THAT OUR 15 MINUTES ALLOWS ONE MORE SPEAKER. WELL LIKE TO SPEAK TO MS. MATHEWS COME FORWARD WITH SINCERELY APOLOGIZE. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND I IMAGINE WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT WHEN YOU NAME ME EARLIER AND I'M GOING TO MAKE THIS AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS, COUNCILMAN, REGARDING CIVILITY .

IT IS IMPORTANT WHICH WE ARE ONE COMMUNITY. WE HAVE TO LISTEN TO EACH OTHER. JUST TO GIVE YOU A QUICK RUNDOWN.

PINE ISLAND PURCHASED 502 ACRES IN 2022 FROM A PRIVATE ENTITY WITH BY RIGHT AUTHORIZATION THAT THEY ALREADY HAD. I'M NOT SURE IF ANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN OUT TO PINE ISLAND ITS BEAUTIFUL PROPERTY IT ALREADY HAS A GATE ON IT IT ALREADY HAS HOUSES AND IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF PROPERTY. WHAT DOES BUY RIGHT MEAN BY RIGHT MEANS ZERO PUBLIC INPUT COUNTY APPROVAL OR LEGISLATIVE APPROVAL IN ORDER TO WHAT THEY ALREADY HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO WHICH WOULD BE 188 HOUSES AND A BUNCH OF DOCKS. WHY ARE WE HERE? PINE ISLAND WANTS INSTEAD DECREASE THE DENSITY TO BENEFIT THE PURPOSE OF THE CPO WHICH IS

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WHY ARE WE HERE? BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY OUTSIDE VOICES AND INTERNAL VOICES.

THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS IN A CHURCH OR IN A COMMUNITY WHEN OUTSIDE BREAK UP THE PEOPLE IT CAUSES CONFUSION AND THEY WANT TO TALK TO EACH OTHER. RIGHT NOW UNDER THE LAW THAT'S WHY YOU'RE GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. WE'RE UNDER COURT MANDATED MEDIATION. ALL OF THE OTHER PARTIES THE INTERVENERS HAVE MET WITH THE MEDIATORS EVEN THOUGH SOME REPRESENT IT BY ME. EIGHT OF THEM THEY EACH TALK TO THE INTERVENERS. SOME OF THE OTHER FOLKS OPPOSING HAVE TALKED TO THE INTERVENERS. I'M JUST HERE TO ASK YOU TO HAVE AN OPEN MIND FOR BEAUFORT COUNTY AND TALK A LOT BECAUSE HE DOESN'T HAVE A STAKE IN IT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

HE'S JUST TRYING GET THE MATTER RESOLVED, LOWER THE COST TO THE PEOPLE OF BEAUFORT AND MORE IMPORTANTLY AND I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT. HIS JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THAT VOICES ARE HEARD AND ESPECIALLY I DON'T WANT TO STEP ON ST HELENA LADIES ISLAND OR OF COURSE MY AREA THE NORTHERN PART. GENTRIFICATION IS BUT PLEASE LET YOUR VOICES BE HEARD WITH REASON NOT JUST THE LOUDEST VOICES AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I CAN'T I DID IT WITHIN GRADUATE TO LAWYER OR MORE NOT NECESSARILY ADVOCATE.

WELL I CALL THE SHOTS HERE YOU ARE THE FINAL SPEAK. YES.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MARIE GIBBS, A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF SAINT HELENA ISLAND. THE PURPOSE OF THE CPO WAS IDEA OF WHAT'S IT HELENA COMMUNITY WANTED AND LATELY I SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING UP HERE. WE'VE BEEN AT THIS ONE YEAR.

IT'S LIKE WE HAD A READING OF THE WHEEL AND COMING OUT OF THE WOODWORK TO GET THEIR SHARE OF WHAT'S LEFT OVER. BUT ON THIS ISLAND THOSE ARE IN OR OPPOSE THIS PLACE THAN ANYBODY WHO'S AGAINST. PLEASE THEN PLEASE ADDRESS US. WELL BUDDY, SIT DOWN.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. WELL, OKAY.

WHAT WE SAY HERE IS WE ARE DELAYING THE LAND IS. WHEN DEVELOPERS COME HERE THEY SEE DOLLAR SIGNS. WE SEE LIFE. WE ARE STITCHED AND WOVEN INTO THIS LAND. YOU TAKE THAT LAND YOU TAKE IN US BECAUSE THAT IS OUR LIFE AND THAT'S WE FIGHT SO HARD. WE'RE NOT FIGHTING FOR WE FIGHTING FOR OUR LIFE AND THE WAY WE LIVE BECAUSE OUR ANCESTORS PICKED #400 OF COTTON SO WE CAN HAVE THIS LAND TODAY AND THAT'S ALL WE HAVE AND WE FIGHT AND FIGHT TO KEEP OUR WAY OF LIFE THE WAY WE ARE.

SO WE JUST SAY WE YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE AND WE SINCERELY HOPE WHEN GO ON YOUR SESSIONS YOU MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION AND FOLLOW THE RULES. THE CPO THAT YOU ASKED US TO STRENGTHEN AND WE'VE DONE THAT ALREADY. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO US AND WE ARE VERY PROUD ON THAT ISLAND AND WE ARE RESIDENTS OF THE ISLAND HAVE BEEN THERE FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND WE'RE NOT PLAYING WITH WITH WITH DEVELOPERS COMING IN.

WE ARE TRYING TO PRESERVE A LIFE AND WE DON'T NEED ANYONE TO SAVE US OR TELL US WHAT WE NEED. WE WHAT WE NEED. THAT'S WHAT A CPO WAS ALL ABOUT. THANK YOU SO WE WERE JUL OKAY WE ARE BACK OPEN SESSION

[EXECUTIVE SESSION]

[27. MATTERS ARISING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION]