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          CAN. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY AND WELCOME TO THE VIEW FOR COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE MEETING JULY 17, 2024. IT'S CUSTOMARY TO GO AROUND ROOM AND HAVE RAQUEL GRACE CHAIRMAN GORDON HERE VICE CHAIRMAN HANNEMAN HERE JIM BAKKER HERE PARENTS DANIEL CRAIG FOREST HERE. JOHN GLOVER EXCUSE VIRGINIA KOZAK PAUL MANNINGS ONLINE TIMOTHY NEWMAN AND CHARLES PERRY. 
          HERE WE QUORUM. IT'S CUSTOMARY TO GO AROUND THE ROOM FOR INTRODUCTIONS. 
          BRYAN, WE'LL START WITH YOU RIGHT NOW OR ME TRY AS A BOY I RICHARD TURNER THE ENGINEER RUSTY GRASP DIFFERENT KIND OF ENGINEER JETBLUE INFRASTRUCTURE CONSULTING AND ENGINEERING. DO YOU EVER WANT TO BE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM MANAGER TONY KNOW THAT CRAZY BRUTAL REALLY CRAZY SUZANNE LARSON LOWCOUNTRY INSIDE TRACK THANK YOU. IF YOU WOULD AFTER THE MEETING THOSE IN ATTENDANCE PLEASE CHECK IN WITH CHRIS TO MAKE CERTAIN SHE GETS HER NAME AND EVERYTHING STRAIGHT. 
          APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. THIS TIME LET'S HAVE A OF ALLEGIANCE. 
          I WANT TO LEAD BY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR YOU. 
          NEXT ITEM THAT COMMENT TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT ONLY TWO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS TODAY THAT YOU'VE SEEN ON ONE PROVE OF MERIT OR MAY 15TH, 40, 24 
          [4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
MINUTES YOU'VE HAD THEM? IS THERE ANY CORRECTIONS OR OBJECTIONS? HEARING NONE. WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. SO THE SECOND SECOND DISCUSSION ALL THOSE ARE FAVORABLY SAY I ENCOURAGE UNANIMOUSLY ALL BUSINESS WHEN I GO AND TRACI 
          [5. OLD BUSINESS]
BRUTON OUR NEW RESIDENT CONSTRUCTION ENGINEER TRACI JURORS FOUR JURORS WELCOME ABOARD GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE. THANK YOU. YOU HAVE IN OUR CITY FOR SOME TIME. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. JUST HAVE FEW SLIDES TO KIND OF GIVE AN UPDATE IN TERMS OF WHERE WE ARE ON A FEW OF THESE PROJECTS OVER THE NEXT SLIDE FOR THIS ONE RIGHT HERE FOR LAND'S END ROAD IS JUST TWO FOOT WIDENING FOR THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT AND THEY'RE GOING TO DO A TWO EDGE R B WITH TWO A PATH SURFACE. 
          THE REHABILITATION PORTION THE PAVING PORTION HAS BEEN COMPLETED AS OF JUNE 30 OF THIS YEAR. THE PART THAT WE'RE STILL WAITING ON ON WOULD BE THE RECONSTRUCTION PART OF IT AND ANTICIPATED MID JULY OR AUGUST TO DO THAT AND PROJECTION FOR COMPLETION WOULD BE NOVEMBER 15TH OF THIS YEAR. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          EILEEN SAME THING AS ARE TWO FOOT WIDENING WILL LIFT RIGHT. GOING TO ACTUALLY GO DOWN TO A 212 INCH C A MORE BETTER SURFACE. THIS PROJECT HASN'T YET STARTED WE'RE LOOKING AT MID-JULY OR AUGUST AND AS YOU KNOW WHEN IT COMES TO THE CONTRACT THERE IS HOPEFULLY THERE'LL BE DECIDED IN TERMS OF WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO START BUT A LOT OF TIMES THEY TRY TO PUSH TO FIND SOME TYPE OF TENTATIVE THEY ESPECIALLY HAVE THIS MEETING SO WAY EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON THE AREA. NEXT ONE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          HOLLY HALL ROAD WIDENING ONE FOOT ON THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE OF THE LANE TEN INCH CMA B UPON SURFACE THE PAVING THE REHABILITATION PART HAS BEEN COMPLETED AS OF APRIL OF THIS YEAR 30TH THE RECONSTRUCTION PART NOT COMMENCED AND I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CONTRACT ON THAT BUT THEY A FIVE MONTH EXTENSION AND THE CHANGE ORDER RIGHT NOW SITTING WITH THE DISTRICT DISTRICT ENGINEER UP THERE IN DISTRICT SIX OUR COORDINATE WITH HIM TOMORROW TO FIND OUT WHERE WE HAD ON THAT WOULD IMPROVE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE FOR THIS ONE IS THE ADDITIONAL WORK BEING ADDED THIS IS THE ONE THAT THE RECONSTRUCTION SHOULD BE WAS 
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COMPLETED OCTOBER 23 AND SO WITH THE PAVING ON THIS WAY, YOU KNOW AS THE ADDITIONAL WORK WAS IT SIDEWALKS AND CROSSWALKS ACROSS THERE AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO COME BACK WITH THE PEDESTRIAN SIGNS IN THE CROSSWALK AND HOPEFULLY SHOULD BEGIN IN ABOUT WEEKS. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THIS HERE IS THE PAVEMENT MARKINGS AND SOME OF YOU MAY BE AWARE THIS WAS HELD UP. I THINK THEY ON THEY WERE READY TO GO AND THEY ADDED ON A LOT OF ADDITIONAL ROADS AND I BELIEVE THAT IS APPROXIMATELY 57 DIFFERENT ROUTES. 
          YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, GO AWAY TO THE INTERNET WAS WHAT 57 ADDITIONAL ROUTES AND THEY'RE GOING TO COME BACK WITH THE THERMOPLASTIC GOING TO BE SO THAT WHEN IT'S READY THERE'S NO MORE ADDITIONAL ROADS TO BE ADDED AND SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST WAITING ON WHEN THE CONTRACT IS GOING TO BEGIN WORK AND I'LL COORDINATE WITH THEM ON THAT TO SEE WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BEGIN ON THAT. SO WE LEAST HAVE SOME TYPE OF ANTICIPATED START DATE AND THIS ONE IS OUR CHARLESTON HIGHWAY PROJECTED GOING TO BE OUT SEPTEMBER OF NEXT YEAR. 
          WE'VE ALREADY SUBMITTED THE SCIENCE GAMES TO THE CONTRACTOR AND I'LL WORK TO KIND OF GET SOME ANTICIPATED DATE BUT THEY JUST AT LEAST WANT THE SCIENCE AT LEAST PUT THEM UP AND KEEP THEM COVERED UP SO WHEN THEY DO START THE SIGNS ARE PLACE. SAME THING WITH OUR LAND'S END ROAD. NEXT SLIDE PROJECTED DATE IS NEXT YEAR LAUGHS NEXT SLIDE IS ALLEN CAUSEWAY THE SAME THING? SO WE HAVE A CONTRACTOR FOR THESE TWO AND THERE'S ANOTHER PART OF THE ALLEN CAUSEWAY AND LAND'S END ROAD. SO WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT CONTRACTORS HOPEFULLY YOU KNOW, WORKING ON BOTH ENDS OF THAT, WORKING ON THAT. 
          SO THEY HAVE WORK IN A CONCERTED EFFORT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE RIGHT NOW. 
          THE QUESTION I HAVE IS IS YOUR CONTRACTORS HAVING PROBLEMS GETTING CONCRETE FOR ACM RV? NOT THAT I'VE HEARD. I KNOW BEEN SOME I HEARD THERE'S BEEN A SHORTAGE AND I THINK THIS GOES ALL THE WAY BACK TO CULVERT RIGHT. SO I THINK THEY DID IT AS A PRIORITY BECAUSE THERE'S OTHER COMPANIES MUCH LARGER WHATEVER THAT WAS ON THAT LIST. 
          SO FOR MYSELF WE HAVEN'T DEALT WITH THAT BUT I DO KNOW THEY WERE DEALING WITH A SHORTAGE FOR A WHILE. OKAY. YEAH. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. SO KNOW THANK YOU VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT AGAIN GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE. OKAY, RUSTY, YOU'RE UP NEXT WITH. DIRT ROAD PROJECTS 53 AND 54. GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          AFTERNOON. RAINBOW ROAD IS COMPLETE. NORTHVIEW ROAD IS COMPLETE TOWARDS FINAL WALK THROUGH WITH THE CONTRACTOR WE DID THAT TODAY AND HAVE A FEW PUNCH ITEMS TO TAKE OF TWICKENHAM ROAD IT'S THEY'RE WORKING ON THAT TO GET THE DRIVEWAY PIPES AND DITCHES POSSIBLE ROCKING NEXT WEEK AND THEN I THINK THEY'RE HOPING TO PAVE MID-AUGUST DIRT ROADS 55 JAMES WASHINGTON LITTLE GREEN DAUPHIN THOSE PROJECTS HAVE BEEN AWARDED AGE HIRES AND I THINK YOU SAID YOU GOT INTO YESTERDAY WE ISSUED AN ORDER YESTERDAY THE TO PROCEED YOU'RE 70 SEEING THAT PATCHING AND PAVING IN THE STATE WHERE WE GO ON FROM DIRT ROADS ANY QUESTIONS ON YOUR QUESTION? SO YOU SAID MID-AUGUST LET ME AT LEAST BY SEPTEMBER THEY SHOULD START EVEN IF THEY START PAVING MID-AUGUST. 
          I KNOW YOU SAY MID-AUGUST BUT THEY MIGHT BE AT LEAST UNTIL SEPTEMBER. 
          THEY CALLED THAT'S ANTICIPATED. OKAY. OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. SO IN THE OTHER QUESTIONS OKAY RUSTY LET'S GO THEN TO CTSI PATCHING AND PAVING IN THIS COUNTY STATE ROADS IS COMPLETE AND THE COUNTY ROADS AND BEAUFORT COUNTY AND LADY BEAUFORT LADY'S ISLAND ARE COMPLETE THEIR RESUME HILTON HAD SEPTEMBER 3RD AFTER LABOR DAY. THEY WERE THERE'S A LOT OF TRAFFIC BEACH TRAFFIC AND THEY WERE JUST DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE ANY CHANCES WITH THE KIDS AND BIKES. SO WE PUSH THAT OFF SEPTEMBER 3RD AFTER LABOR DAY BUT AGAIN NO TO DO FOR COUNTY ROADS NOT THOSE ARE COMING AROUND THE STATE ROADS THE D.O.T. ROADS DOWN IN OUR YEAR YES OKAY. I TOLD YOU WE'D ADD SOME PICTURES I THINK THE NEXT ONE THIS IS THE PAVING OVERLAY ON OLD MILL ROAD IN BLUFFTON AND THERE'S ONE MORE THAT'S JUST ANOTHER VIEW THAT PRESERVATION CRACKS SEAL PATCHING MICHAEL SEAL IS COMPLETE AND ALL THE PRESERVATION ROADS OKAY, THIS IS A PICTURE OF A MICRO SEAL WITH THE THE THE PAVER AND THE PRODUCT TRUCK IN FRONT OF IT. THIS IS PARKED OUT FROM JUST ANOTHER ANOTHER VIEW OF THAT THAT'S QUITE A NEAT PROCESS. I DON'T KNOW IF ANY HAVE YOU EVER SEEN IT BUT BASICALLY THE 
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TRUCK IN FRONT HAS BROUGHT IT IN AND IT'S FEEDING IT BACK. THE MACHINE BEHIND THE MACHINE BASICALLY IS MIXING IT THE ASPHALT OR THE GRAVEL WITH THE ASPHALT AND PUTTING IT DOWN. 
          IT'S PRETTY COOL PROCESS. IT IS OKAY AND THE REJUVENATION IS COMPLETE AS WELL. 
          ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR PRESERVATION OR REJUVENATE FOR YOUR SEVEN? WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT IN A LITTLE BIT. 
          OKAY. I THINK LAST WE DISCUSSED SOME SIGNS AND WE JUST GOT THOSE MADE UP THIS TWO ZERO MICRO SURFACE THEY'RE JUST PRETTY MUCH THE SAME JUST AS MICRO SURFACING REJUVENATION AND THE PAVING ROOTS. SO WE'RE GOING TO WE'LL POST THESE MAYBE A WEEK OR TWO PRIOR TO SO KIND OF GIVES PUBLIC NOTICE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING SOMETHING AND THEN WE'LL MOVE THEM ON TO THE NEXT PROJECT AS WE AS THINGS GO ALONG WE GOT I THINK FOUR SET FOR FOUR OF THEM FOR EACH SO THAT WAY CAN KEEP THEM MOVING. 
          IT REALLY LOOKS GOOD. IT'S IT'S SHOWING FOR OUR GASOLINE TAXES AT WORK SO THAT'S GOOD DEAL IN THIS COMMITTEE'S WORK WE'RE NOT JUST FILLING POTHOLES DEMAND. 
          THAT'S RIGHT AND ALL RIGHT RUSTY, YOU THANK YOU, JERRY. YOU'RE UP, MY FRIEND FRIEND. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN GORDON AND COMMITTEE IF YOU ALLOW ME JUST FOR A QUICK SECOND GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON SOMETHING ELSE AND THEN COME BACK TO TRIANGLE. I JUST HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION THE COUNTIES CONFERENCE ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN TAMPA, FLORIDA. 
          I SERVE ON THE TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE AND BASICALLY WE'RE A GROUP OF THE COUNTIES, ALL COUNTIES THERE'S 3069 COUNTIES IN THE UNITED STATES COME TOGETHER TWICE A YEAR ANNUAL AND A LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE IN D.C. AND TALK ABOUT POLICIES AND DIFFERENT DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE AFFECTING THE COMMUNITIES AND THAT THAT EACH OF US SERVE AND REPRESENT AND SO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY HAD GOOD DISCUSSION THERE AND ONE INTERESTING PART IS THEY REITERATED A LOT OF THAT THAT SUBCOMMITTEE AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU GUYS HEAR THIS IS THAT COUNTIES A MAJOR ROLE IN AMERICA'S INFRASTRUCTURE AND THEY 44% OF PUBLIC ROADS 38% OF BRIDGES AND COLLECTIVELY MORE THAN ANY OTHER FORM GOVERNMENT. 
          SO ADDITIONALLY COUNTIES OWN ABOUT 38 OR ONE THIRD OF THE NATION'S PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEMS AND THE NATION'S AIRPORT AND ANNUALLY COUNTIES INVEST APPROXIMATELY $130 BILLION IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND MAINTENANCE THROUGH PUBLIC WORKS. WOW. SO IT WAS MIND BOGGLING TO HEAR THAT SO WHEN YOU HEAR OF THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW ONE OF THE ONE OF THE MAIN POINTS THAT THAT COMMITTEE OR THAT ASSOCIATION FIGHTS FOR MORE DOLLARS TO COUNTIES TO SUPPORT THOSE EFFORTS SOUTH IS A LITTLE BIT DISTRICT THAN SOME OF THE COUNTIES BECAUSE VOTE OWNS MOST OF OUR ROAD NETWORK BUT WILLIAM BEAUFORT COUNTY WE DO OWN ABOUT 300 MILES OF ROADS AND A COUPLE OF BRIDGES ON THAT SO MORE THAN OTHER COUNTIES IN THE STATE BUT DEFINITELY LESS THAN OTHER COUNTIES THROUGHOUT THE NATION. BUT AGAIN JUST SOME STAGGERING NUMBERS AND YOU GUYS ARE PARTICIPATING THERE BOTH ON THE COUNTY LEVEL AND THE STATE LEVEL. I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO ADDITIONALLY AS OF NACO, A SISTER OR A SUPPORTING ASSOCIATION IS THE NATIONAL OF COUNTY ENGINEERS AND BECAUSE SOUTH CAROLINA DOESN'T REALLY HAVE MANY ROADS AS COMPARED TO OTHER COUNTIES THAT WE OWN AND MAINTAIN. DOTTIE OWNS MOST OF THOSE THERE HAS BEEN NO PARTICIPATION BY A COUNTY IN A COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA UP UNTIL RECENTLY AND WE CHANGED THAT AND BRIAN BAUER APPLIED AND IS NOW THE FIRST MEMBER HE AND NOW AS A REPRESENTATION BEAUFORT COUNTY ARE THE FIRST MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY ENGINEERS. 
          SO TOGETHER WITH NACE AND BEAUFORT COUNTIES BEING REPRESENTED ON THE NATIONAL SCENE AS FAR AS ROAD NETWORKS AND ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE SO ON TO SHARE THAT SO ON MORE 
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PERTINENT STUFF AS FAR AS AGENDA C 170 SO IF YOU'VE DRIVEN C 170 YOU'VE SEEN WHERE THEY'RE AT THE INTERSECTION AT 278 AND 170 SOME PAVEMENT WHERE WE FINALLY GOT ASPHALT ON OUR NEAR TERM PROJECT THIS IS IT'S LOT OF WORK BEEN LEADING UP TO THIS AND NOW YOU'LL START TO SEE EVERY DAY AND EVERY NIGHT YOU DRIVE BY MORE AND MORE CHANGES SO THERE WILL BE CONFIGURATION CHANGES UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE FOR THE ONRAMP AS YOU'RE GETTING ON THE 278 THERE WILL BE A ARCA INTERSECTION THERE JUST SOUTH OF THE INTERCHANGE AT OKATIE BOULEVARD SOUTH AND THEN A LOT OF PAVING ON THE RIGHT THERE UNDERNEATH THE AND THEN ON THE RAMPS AND THEN ON TO 78 BETWEEN THE INTERCHANGE AND THE OKATIE RIVER BRIDGE ITSELF ALL THAT'S PART OF THE THE C 170 PROJECT BEYOND THAT OTHER IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE ACTIVELY GOING ON IS THE INSTALLATION OF THE SIGNAL AT SC 170 AND OLDFIELD WAY OR EAST ARGENT SO WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH DOTTIE AND HARDY BILL AND COUNTY TO FAST TRACK THAT TO GET THAT INSTALLED SO THE COUNTY IS IMPLEMENTING BEFORE COUNTIES IMPLEMENTING THAT TEMPORARY FULL TEMPORARY BEING POLES AND STRAIN WIRES MAST ARMS IT'LL BE THERE UNTIL THE MAST ARMS COME THROUGH WITH THE LARGER PROJECT AND CONCURRENT THAT WORK ARE RIGHT BEHIND THAT WERE SEPARATE FROM OUR PROJECT HARDY BILLS ADVANCE AND A SIGNAL INSTALLATION ARGENT BOULEVARD AT NEW RIVER IN ARGENT BOULEVARD SO THE NEIGHBORHOOD THERE WILL HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SAFETY ACCESS AND OUT OF IN AND OUT OF ARGENT BOULEVARD RIGHT BEHIND THERE'S A SERIES OF SIGNAL PROJECTS THAT WE'VE BEEN COORDINATING ALREADY. WILL THE PROJECT THAT THEY HAVE IN THEIR LINE OF SIGHT IS IMPROVEMENTS TO RV MARGARITAVILLE AND UP TO 78 INTERSECTION IN THERE THEY'LL BE ADDING NEW LEFT TURN LANES AND BOTH OFF THE TO 78 TO GET INTO THE SIDE ROADS AND WERE SUPPOSED TO START I BELIEVE IN AUGUST SEPTEMBER AS WELL RIGHT THE NEXT ONE BEHIND THAT WILL BE IMPROVEMENTS ALREADY BILL AGAIN IS ON THE SIGNAL AT SHORT CUT ROAD AND ARGENT BOULEVARD SO THERE WILL BE A SIGNAL INSTALLED SOME ROAD WORK ASSOCIATED WITH THAT ONE SO THAT ONE'S A LITTLE BIT FURTHER IN THE FALL OR TOWARDS WINTER BEFORE THEY'LL TAKE ACTION ON THAT AND THOSE ARE AND THEN THOSE ARE THE ALL THAT ARE IN ACTIVE GETTING READY FOR CONSTRUCTION THE NEXT ONE OR TWO THAT ARE BEING LOOKED AT IS IMPROVEMENTS AT 278 AND ARGENT BOULEVARD ITSELF D.O.T. IS WORKING ON THAT SIGNAL THERE'LL BE SOME IMPROVEMENTS. THEY WERE PUSHING THAT FOR A LITTLE BIT QUICKER THEN THEY'VE GOT ADDITIONAL FUNDS THROUGH THE SAFETY OFFICE SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY INCREASING SIZE AND THE SCOPE OF THAT PROJECT AND THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT. AND THEN THE LAST THERE'S ONE MORE INTERSECTION ON ARGENT BOULEVARD AND I'M FEELING TO WHERE THAT IS IS JUST IN PLAN AND IN CONCEPT THERE'S ACTIVE WORK ON THAT PRESENTLY SO THOSE A LOT OF INTERSECTIONS THAT ARE BEING PLANNED AT LEAST INITIALLY TO BE INSTALLED MOST OF THOSE ARE IN TEMPORARY WOULDN'T PULL FASHION INTO LONG TERM IMPROVEMENTS TAKE PLACE SO LONG TERM IMPROVEMENTS ARE IS THE TRIANGLE PROJECT THAT WE'VE ALL HEARD ABOUT AND THOUGHT ABOUT AND SO THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED AT OUR LAST LEVEL AND HAS MADE TO THE STATE I DON'T KNOW IF THE STATE HAS VOTED THEIR COMMISSION HAD TO ACCEPTED INTO THEIR STRIP BEFORE IS ELIGIBLE FOR FEDERAL FUNDS TO BE ALLOCATED AND SPENT ON THAT AS SOON AS GET APPROVED GETS APPROVED THIS MONTH BY NCDOT COMMISSION A BEAUFORT COUNTY WILL BE WORKING WITH LAS TO APPLY FOR A LPA APPLICATION LOCAL PUBLIC AGENCY FOR US TO START THE PLANNING WORK AND DESIGN BOTH THE TRIANGLE PROJECT AND THE US 2781 AND PROJECT SO PART THE TRIANGLE PROJECT WIDENS TO 78 FROM THE INTERCHANGE TO ARGENT BOULEVARD BUT FROM THERE ALL THE WAY TO THE INTERSTATE JASPER COUNTY WILL BE WORKING ON THAT AND WE'RE GOING TO HELP FACILITATE WITH JASPER COUNTY. 
          SO A LOT OF BIG THINGS IN THE WORKS AS FAR AS FUNDING FOR THOSE THE TRIANGLE PROJECT THERE'S $120 MILLION THAT IS PRESCRIBED IN THE PROPOSED SALES TAX THAT BEAUFORT COUNTY HAS ESTABLISHED THAT SALES TAX GOT ADJUSTED IN THE FINAL MONTHS. 
          IT WAS A 15 YEAR $1.6 BILLION. IT GOT REDUCED DOWN TO TEN YEARS AND $950 MILLION. 
          BUT THE TRIANGLE PROJECT AS, ONE OF THE PRIORITY PROJECTS IN THAT PROGRAM ACTUALLY GOT 
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INCREASED IN FUNDING AND IS AT $120 MILLION FROM BEAUFORT COUNTY ON THE OTHER SIDE JASPER COUNTY I BELIEVE THEIR SECOND READING OF THEIR ORDINANCE FOR A SALES TAX THIS NOVEMBER WELL I THINK THE LAST HEARD THEIR NUMBERS IS A 15 YEAR $450 MILLION PROGRAM OF WHICH I DON'T KNOW THE SPECIFIC FUND BALANCE BUT THEY HAVE FUNDING ALLOCATED TO ARGENT ROAD AND TO 78. SO WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS COLLECTING THE NEEDED TO PUT THAT PROJECT INTO MOTION. SO THAT IS THESE ARE QUESTIONS THANK YOU MUCH ONLY GROUP IS THE PUBLIC HEARING ABOUT THOSE THINGS WELL THIS IS PUBLIC AVENUE YEAH I MEAN IT'S THEY'RE SO POSITIVE WITH ALL THE OTHER PROBLEMS ESPECIALLY THAT THAT'S RIGHT. 
          WE'RE WORKING ON TRYING TO GET PUBLIC INFORMATION SPECIFICALLY ON ALL THE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY OF THEM RIGHT. THAT KIND OF MAJOR CORRIDOR. 
          SO WE'RE WORKING WITH TO TO MAKE SOME TYPE OF PRESS RELEASE AND COORDINATE WITH THE SPECIFIC INTO SUBDIVISIONS THAT ARE IN THE SUN CITY THAT RIVERTON POINT THE FIELD THE MARGARITAVILLE SO THAT'S ONE THING WE ENVISION AND THEN WE HAVEN'T MADE ANY BROADCAST NEWS OTHER THAN THE ACTUAL TAX ITSELF PROCESS OF THE TRIANGLE PROJECT OR THE FUNDS THAT JASPER COUNTY BUT DEFINITELY SOMETHING TO DO SO POSITIVE NOTE NEWS ABOUT SOUTHERN BEAUFORT COUNTIES ROAD WELL AS I'M TELLING YOU GUYS AND AS GUYS SERVE ON THE CTSI YOU GUYS ARE OUR YOU CAN GO OUT AND SING THE GOOD NEWS TO EVERYBODY THAT YOU SEE IN THE GROCERY STORE AND AND WAL-MART SO PLEASE DO OUT PUT THIS AND NOBODY WILL BE VERY INTERESTED BUT YEAH ACROSS THE RIVER YEAH RIGHT JARED I ALWAYS HATE TO BRING THIS PROJECT UP BUT I'VE GOT TO ASK THIS QUESTION ON THE REVENUE INCREASE POSSIBLY IN NOVEMBER IS THERE ANY THOUGHT FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO CLOSE THE HUNDRED AND $60 MILLION GAP ON 28? YEAH, SO WHAT WAS DISCUSSED ON THAT AND PROVIDED IN THE FINAL VERSION OF THE SALES TAX ORDINANCE IS THE PROVINCE HAS A $180 MILLION GAP $90 MILLION WAS ALLOCATED IN THE REVISED TEN YEAR PLAN. SO OUT OF 950 10% MORE WAS ALLOCATED TOWARDS THE 278 PROJECT. SO WE IF SUCCESSFUL IN NOVEMBER $100 MILLION GAP WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THE STATE INFRASTRUCTURE AND DOT OUR OTHER TWO STAKEHOLDERS FUNDING STAKEHOLDERS TO HELP US HELP US CLOSE THAT GAP. IS THERE ANY THOUGHT THOUGH FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM COUNTY AS IT RELATES TO SALES TAX? WELL, SO CURRENTLY IN THE 2018 WE HAVE 80 AND THEN 2000 THE 24 SALES TAX THEY'RE PROPOSING 90 THAT'S THE BUT NOW THE ANTICIPATED IS ALL THAT'S THAT'S ANTICIPATED. YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. 
          SO LAST QUESTION ON ONLY ARE CUT COMING OUT OF OKATIE MAKING THE RIGHT NOW ON THE CUL DE SAC WHEN YOU MAKE THAT LEFT TO GO TOWARDS FOR DOES ONE ALWAYS HAVE TO UTILIZE THAT BULB CUT OUT NO SO THE BULB IS DESIGNED FOR TRUCK TRAFFIC. OKAY SO IF YOU DON'T NEED IT YOU DON'T HAVE TO USE IT. IT'S ALSO IT'S ALSO AS A AS A RESERVE SO IF THERE'S YOU ONLY HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO MAKE THE TURN THEN YOU SIT THERE PAUSE, WAIT FOR TRAFFIC TO GO BUT IF YOU FREE AND CLEAR GO FOR IT. YEAH I, I WAS ASKED DO YOU HAVE TO USE THAT BOMB AND I REALLY SAID NO I WOULD YEAH YOU'RE SPOT ON. THANK YOU. 
          YOUR INTUITION IS USUALLY RIGHT SO GOOD OUT YOU'LL HAVE ANYBODY WHO GETS A TICKET COMING. 
          YEAH I THINK YOU FRAMED THANK EVERYONE YOU CHAIRMAN GORDON SO BUT I'M GOING TO FOLLOW JARED AND BEFORE I GET INTO THE GENDER TOPIC I WANT TO JUMP OFF SCHEDULE REAL QUICK. 
          AS RUSTY MENTIONED, WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THE PAVING ON HEAD AND HEAD START IN SEPTEMBER THIRD. I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE WE HAVE JIM, YOU AND NIKKI HERE DOWN HILL AND HEAD WHO HAS BEEN RUSTY HAS BEEN COORDINATING WITH HIM AND WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING THIS AS SAFE AND EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE SO JUST WANT TO THANK THEM. AND WE ALSO HAVE JASON FERRELL WITH BLYTHE WHO'S OUR MAIN HERE AND JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE SO FAR THE CONTRACT SO WITH THAT WE'LL GET 
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INTO REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR 500 TO 2080 ROADS. SO WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS AT THE LAST COUPLE OF MEETINGS THIS IS TO DO EVALUATION OF THE DATA PROVIDED BY THE DOT ON THE 500 TO 2080 ROADS AND TO COME OUT PRIORITIZE THOSE AND COME UP WITH A FIVE YEAR PLAN SIMILAR TO WHAT DONE ON THE BELOW 580 ROADS. 
          SO WE PUT THAT OUT TO BID WE RECEIVED TWO PROPOSALS AND WAS SELECTED 333 YES YOU'RE RIGHT EMT WAS SELECTED FROM THE SELECTION COMMITTEE. MANY OF YOU ON THE COMMITTEE WERE THAT COMMITTEE AS WELL SO WE SELECTED THEM THEY WE HAVE OPENED THEIR BID IT WAS $77,550 STAFF REVIEWED IT AND IT'S REASONABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT. 
          THERE'S A FOUR MONTH CONTRACT TIME ON IT. THERE'S AN INTERIM COMPLETION DATE FOR THEM TO REVIEW SEVERAL OF OUR OTHER EXISTING PROGRAMS TO GET QUANTITIES AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS STILL APPLICABLE. BUT STAFF WOULD MOVING FORWARD QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION AS A REFRESHER THIS IS A REPLACEMENT FOR COMMITTEE MEMBERS GOING OUT AND SELECTING STREETS AND TRYING TO COME WITH A PROGRAM AND THEY'RE NOT DOING THAT QUITE SO SO SUCCESSFUL SO THIS IS A REPLACEMENT FOR THAT AND IT'S A GOOD WAY OF PUTTING A PLAN TOGETHER STREETS AGAIN THAT WOULD NEVER BE TOUCHED BY D.O.T. I WANT TO THANK THE MEMBERS OF RUN THE REVIEW TEAM FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DID ON IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          AND WITH THAT THERE'S NO QUESTIONS I'D LIKE TO HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONTRACT FOR MY AM-T FOR THE 500 TO 2000 ADT SO THANK YOU DO I HAVE A SECOND IS A FURTHER DISCUSSION SO NONE OF THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY I THERE WAS A POST THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU 
          [6. NEW BUSINESS]
AND NEW BUSINESS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON HAS BEEN OUR TRANSPORTATION PLAN. WE'VE ALL BEEN SENT COPIES OF IT. 
          I HAVE IT ON THE AGENDA TODAY NOT SO MUCH FROM THE STANDPOINT OF DISCUSSION BUT MORE FROM THE STANDPOINT PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO REVIEW IT IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL OR CORRECTIONS PLEASE GET IT TO US BY OUR SEPTEMBER MEETING THAT WAY ANY CHANGES THAT WE NEED TO MAKE IN OUR SEPTEMBER MEETING WILL HAVE IT DONE SO THAT BY NOVEMBER WE WILL TAKE ACTION ON IT. 
          IT HAS TO BE DONE AND IN THE SECRETARY'S OFFICE BY ONE JANUARY SO I'M BRINGING IT UP AGAIN TO YOU JUST AS A REMINDER PLEASE TAKE THE TIME AND GET ANY COMMENTS YOU HAVE TO CHRIS AND PLEASE HAVE THEM IN BY SEPTEMBER. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? OKAY SCENE AND WE'LL MOVE ON FUTURE CDOT PROJECTS I ASKED ELIZABETH TO KIND OF GIVE US AN UPDATE ON IDEAS THAT SHE HAS IN THE FUTURE ONE OF THEM I THINK HAS ALREADY BEEN DISCUSSED LITTLE BIT. THAT'S 17. 
          YES, 17 IS UNDER CONTRACT. THAT'S WHAT TRACEY DELIVERED EARLIER. 
          I'M JUST GOING TO BRIEFLY SHOW YOU WHAT WE'RE DOING AND LOOKING AT FOR 2025 FUNDING AND THAT'S GOING WITH US TO 78 CASTLE HALL DETOUR AND SPANISH POINT FOR OUR FUNDING YOU CAN GET IT THAT'S ONE SO 278 WILL BE JUST BELOW SIMMONS WILL AND ALL THE WAY TO MAULES CREEK WE HAVE DETOUR AND WHICH IS FROM 21 UP TO MARTIN LANE WOW AND CASTLE HALL WHICH WILL GO FROM OLD SHELDON TO 17 ALTERNATE AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE LIMITS FOR SPANISH POINT AND FIRST BOULEVARD SO THAT'S OUR SHORT LIST WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR 2025 FOR THAT'S A SURPRISE TO EIGHT IS DEFINITELY IN NEED OF CHANGE I'M I'M SO HAPPY TO SEE THAT PICKED UP ON IT IS IN FUNDING RIGHT AND IS WELL-TRAVELED THAT'S FOR SURE. WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT 78 LATER ON IN OUR MEETINGS. EVERYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS ON ELIZABETH. I APPRECIATE YOU SHARING THE MAP OF THESE THINGS VERY MUCH AND THEN TO SET THE CONDITIONS TO 78 NOW IS DANGEROUS BEFORE CAN YOU COUNT THE ANNUAL CTSI 
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REVIEW JIM I'LL LET YOU MAKE ANY COMMENTS YOU'D LIKE. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU. 
          WE THE AUDIT WAS CONDUCTED JUNE 30TH BUT IT NEEDS TO BE OKAY MAY 30TH EVERYTHING WENT EXTREMELY WELL. BRITNEY HELPED OUT QUITE A BIT. SHE SHE SUPPORTED US WELL. 
          I BELIEVE THERE WAS ONLY ONE FOLLOW UP ITEM THAT BRITAIN WAS WORKING ON TO GET BACK TO GHANA. AND I DON'T KNOW, CHRIS, IF THAT INFORMATION HAS BEEN GOOD ENOUGH. SO ALL OF THE SO IT SHOULD BE CLOSED FOR THAT. 
          YEAH AND AGAIN IT'S A LOT OF THE CORRESPONDENCE I THINK IT ALMOST DAILY FROM YOUR TEAM ONE FORWARD ANOTHER BUT YVONNE HAS SENT A BACK CONGRATULATING US ON HER PART AND I YOU KNOW I GO TO THANK JIM AND CHRIS ALL THE WORK THEY PUT DOWN AS WELL AS BRITTANY. 
          THIS IS A BIG DEAL BECAUSE WE ARE REQUIRED TO BE AUDITED ANNUALLY AND THE REQUIREMENTS WE WORK HARD AS THE COMMITTEES TO MAKE CERTAIN WE HAVE THE PROPER AMOUNT OF DOLLARS SPENT ON STATE ROADS AS WELL AS THEY WOULD CARE ABOUT OUR ROADS. BUT THE STATE ROADS THEY DEFINITELY WANT THEIR PENNIES ON ON SO I CONGRATULATE THE COMMITTEE FOR MAKING CERTAIN WE ARE HITTING OUR ARE CRITERIA AND I THINK CHRIS AND JIM FOR THE WORK THEY'VE DONE TO MAKE CERTAIN WE HAVE GOOD ACCOUNTING FOR IT SO THAT WAS A BIG OUT OF BOARD. 
          OKAY. NEXT ITEM THAT I PICKED UP. AS YOU ALL KNOW AGAIN AS I SAID, I GET LOTS OF CORRESPONDENCE WITH TEAM AND THIS ONE AGAIN IS FOR ASSIGNED TO BE PLACED AND I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU IT'S IT'S ON S.R. AND PARKWAY FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH CHOWN CREEK BLUFF TO ITS INTERSECTION WITH CHETWYND CREEK BRIDGE AND IT'S GOING TO BE KNOWN AS ONE FOR POINT MARINES WAY. NOW I SAY TO YOU I DIDN'T HAVE A CLUE WHAT THAT ALL ABOUT AND SO ANYBODY IN HERE I WOULD WAGER BET DOESN'T KNOW WHAT IT'S ABOUT. I'M GOING TO TAKE A MOMENT TO JUST SHOW YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT AND I'M GOING TO TRY TO THIS AS SHORT AND SWEET AS POSSIBLE. 
          BACK IN 1941, THE UNITED STATES WAS PREPARING AN AWARD TO FOR CREWS. 
          HOWEVER, FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT FACED A PROBLEM HIRING DISCRIMINATION BASED ON RACE WAS STILL THE NORM IN THE DEFENSE INDUSTRY. THE CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS ORGANIZING FOR A CHANGE PHILIP RANDOLPH WHO ORGANIZED THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN LABOR UNION THE BROTHERHOOD OF SLEEPING PORTERS WAS PLANNING A MARCH ON WASHINGTON, D.C. TO PRESSURE ROOSEVELT TO OPEN UP THE DEFENSE INDUSTRY TO BLACKS. 
          BUT PRESIDENT RESISTED. WHEREAS THE COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS AMONG OTHER OFFICERS WAS WE HEAR WE OPPOSE . AS THE MARCH GREW CLOSER UNDER PRESSURE FROM HIS WIFE ELEANOR ROOSEVELT, ELEANOR ROOSEVELT CONCEDED ON JUNE 25TH, 1941, JUST A WEEK BEFORE THE MARCH WAS SET TO PLACE THE PRESIDENT SIGN EXECUTIVE ORDER 8802 PROHIBITING RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN THE DEFENSE INDUSTRY OR IN GOVERNMENT AT LAST ALL BRANCHES OF THE U.S. ARMED SERVICES WERE OPEN TO AFRICAN-AMERICANS. 
          WELL, ALL WELL AND GOOD BUT THAT REALLY DOESN'T TELL YOU WHAT THE STORY'S ABOUT. 
          RAZ RECRUITMENT OF BLACK MEN FOR THE MARINE CORPS STARTED IN JUNE ONE, 1942, A YEAR AFTER THE ORDER WAS. THE CORPS WROTE SPECIFICALLY FOR MEN WITH THE SKILLS NEEDED BUILD THE FACILITIES WHERE BLACK MARINES WOULD TRAIN. THEY QUICKLY FILLED THE 900 MAN QUOTA AND THE SUMMER THE FIRST CLASS OF BLACK RECRUITS ARRIVED AT ONE POINT IN NORTH CAROLINA ON SOUTH CAROLINA. NORTH CAROLINA WHEN YOU GOT TO THE GATE IT WAS SOMETHING THERE, SAID SAINT NATIVE WALTER THOMPSON JR. THE TRAINING GROUND FOR JUST A FEW MILES AWAY CAMP WAS BUILT THAT YEAR FOR $14 MILLION WHERE WHITE RECRUITS WERE TRAINED. 
          IT WOULD BE ANOTHER SEVEN YEARS BEFORE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT INTERVENED TO BRING RACIAL SEGREGATION IN THE MILITARY. WHEREAS WHEN MONTFORD POINT WAS ESTABLISHED EVERYONE IN CHARGE WAS WHITE. THE COURSE GOAL WAS TO TRAIN MONTFORD MARINES TO TAKE OVER TRAINING OF FUTURE BLACK RECRUITS. BY LATE 1943, THE STAFF HAD CHOSEN BLACKBERRIES TO REPLACE THE WHITE INSTRUCTORS. WHEREAS IN 1944 18,000 BLACK 
          [00:35:03]
MARINES WERE SERVING. THOSE 12,000 WERE DEPLOYED OVERSEAS. 
          BETWEEN 1942 AND 1949 ABOUT 20,000 AFRICAN-AMERICAN MARINE RECRUITS TRAINED AT MONTFORD POINT. WHEN THE MARINES FINALLY ALLOWED BLACK VOLUNTEERS TO ENLIST, THEY SET SPECIFIC LIMITS ON HOW MANY COULD JOIN THE CORPS AND, WHAT JOBS THEY COULD DO. AN ARTICLE FROM BLACK CAMERON NOTED ONE THING THEY WEREN'T ALLOWED TO DO GIVE ORDERS TO WHITE MARINES AND LASTLY WHITE WHEN MY POINT WAS DECOMMISSIONED ON SEPTEMBER NINTH 1949 RESPONSE OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 9981 SIGNED BY PRESIDENT HARRY TRUMAN CALLED FOR A COMPLETE DESEGREGATION OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES. SO IT IS IT WOULD BE FITTING AND PROPER TO A SPECIAL PLACE IN AMERICAN HISTORY THAT MONTFORD POINT MARINES PLAYED IN MAKING THE COUNTRY A MORE PERFECT UNION BY NAMING A PORTION OF THE HIGHWAY IN BEAUFORT COUNTY IN THEIR HONOR. 
          AND IT WAS RESOLVED THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE SENATE CONCURRING AGAIN. 
          WE DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT TO SAY ABOUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS ASSIGNED AS REQUIRED AND IT'S AS CRAIG HAS POINTED OUT, IT'S A REQUIREMENT US TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. 
          BUT I STILL WOULD APPRECIATE HAVING A MOTION TO PAY THE $500 FOR THE SIGN TO BE CONSTRUCTED PLACE FABRICATED IN PLACE. DO I HAVE SUCH A MOTION? MAKE A MOTION THAT WE PAY THE $500. DO I A SECOND MOTION SO I CAN ALWAYS A FAVOR PLEASE SAY I MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY AND I WILL SIGN THE DOCUMENT AS WE SPEAK. 
          CHRIS THIS IS FOR YOU. PLEASE IT FOR ME IF YOU WOULD GO TO NEXT ITEM IS APPORTIONMENT CODE LETTER FROM HAVE COPY JIM AND SO ON ON JULY 2425 APPORTIONMENT FOR FORECAST THIS OUR FORECAST AND NOT ONLY DO WE GET A FORECAST BUT WE GOT SOME ONE TIME FUNDS GIVEN TO US I RECURRING FUNDS FOR THIS YEAR WILL BE 2.673 MILLION YOU HAVE THIS IN YOUR PACKET AND AS WELL AS WE GOT 4.6 MILLION IN ONE TIME FUND TO MAKE EXPENDITURES . 
          SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT AS WE GO ON . 
          BUT I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT'S WHAT WE'VE GOT FOR TO SPEND. 
          WE ALSO WILL GET IN AUGUST OUR FEES FOR THE FEES FOR EXCESS FEES FOR GAS TAX WE PAY INTO SO THAT'S 700 $800,000 ADDITIONAL WHICH DO NOT HAVE TO FUND FOR STATE. 
          BRIAN, YOU AND I, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT BLUFFTON PARKWAY AND I'M GOING TO LET YOU START FIRST CHRIS MAKE CERTAIN I DON'T SEE IT IN THE PACKET. MAKE CERTAIN THAT EVERYBODY GETS A COPY OF THE PORTION WHICH BUT THE DOCUMENT. ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU AGAIN. SO WITH BLUFFTON PARKWAY WE'VE CURRENTLY BEEN DOING SOME PATCHING ON THERE AND WE'RE GOING TO DO SOME ADDITIONAL PATCHING AS WELL BEFORE THE CONTRACTS WHEN WE HAD A AM-T LOOK AT BLUFFTON PARKWAY LAST YEAR AT THE CONDITION OF IT YOU KNOW, TELL US WHAT THEY THOUGHT THE LIFE LEFT ON WAS AND WHAT THE OPTIONS TO REPAIRING IT. 
          THEY CAME BACK WITH A RECOMMENDATION OF BASICALLY MILLING OUT THE ASPHALT THAT WAS THERE AND REPLACING IT. THEY LOOKED AT I BELIEVE IT WAS FROM BUCKWALTER TO PLANTATION ROAD RIGHT BEFORE THE FLYOVER WHICH HAD BROKEN UP INTO ROUGHLY EIGHT SECTIONS. 
          SO YOU AVERAGE OUT A MILE PER SECTION. THEY GAVE US SOME COST ESTIMATES AND BREAKDOWNS THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION AND PRICES AND CONSTRUCTION COSTS WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT $10 MILLION TO RESURFACE THAT SECTION AND WHAT THEY FOUND IN THAT REPORT WAS THAT THAT AREA SECTION IS SOME OF THE OLDEST SECTIONS AND IT IS AHEAD A FACT OF LIFE SPAN. SO IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED RATHER THAN LATER. 
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SO AVERAGE YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT A LITTLE MORE THAN A MILE PER HOUR MILLION PER SECTION ROUGHLY WHAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AND GOING TO THROW ANOTHER ITEM ON THIS LIST SO WE'RE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOLLARS. WE DID GET $4.8 MILLION AND OF THAT $4.8 MILLION, ROUGHLY 33% OF THAT WE'RE GOING TO WIND UP NEEDING TO SPEND ON STATE ROADS. 
          SO WE HAVE COMMITTED FUNDS WE'VE GOT FUNDS TO DO THE 278 170 WORK AND ONE OF THE SECTIONS OF 278 WHICH IS IN PARTICULARLY BAD CONDITION IS BETWEEN THE INTERCHANGE COMING TOWARDS HILTON HEAD, THE FIRST BRIDGE AND THAT SECTION AS AS IS THE PORTION OF 170 THAT NEEDS TO BE PAID THOSE ARE ALL STATE DOLLARS WE'RE PUTTING DOLLARS TO STATE WORK SO THE $4.8 MILLION WE'RE GETTING WE NEED TO SPEND ROUGHLY A MILLION AND A QUARTER MILLION THREE AND SO WHAT WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING BETWEEN US AND WITH GERALD IS USING SOME OF THOSE DOLLARS ARE THE $4.8 MILLION TO DO US A SECTIONS OF PARKWAY THE OLDER SECTIONS OF BLUFFTON PARKWAY STARTING BUCK ISLAND AND GOING DOWN TO RED CEDAR AND THAT IS FORECAST TO BE AROUND TWO AND A HALF MILLION TO $3 MILLION. AND THEN WHEN YOU FILL THE REST OF IT IN WE'LL TAKE THE MONEY AND SPEND IT ON STATE ROAD 170 TO 78. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING TO YOU ALL FOR DISCUSSION AND THEN YOUR THOUGHTS ON IT. IT JUST SEEMS LIKE A GOOD USE OUR FUNDS ONE TIME FUNDS AND WE HAVE TO USE IT IN FISCAL YEAR 25. 
          AND TO ADD TO THAT I'LL JUST SAY THAT IS THE SECTION THAT WE ARE WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT. 
          SO BY DOING THAT NOW IT JUST REMOVES PATCHING FROM HAVING TO BE DONE WHEN WE RESURFACE IT. 
          SO IT'S IT WOULD HAVE TO BE DONE ANYWAY. WE'RE JUST KNOCKING IT OUT AHEAD OF TIME SO IF YOU REMEMBER CRAIG THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIG COME CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAD SOME CITY YOU AND I ATTENDED AND JIM ATTENDED IT WAS BLUFFTON PARKWAY BECAUSE BLUFFTON PARKWAY GETS SPOT 4440 5080 I THINK IT'S AROUND 35 OR 45. 
          OH MY GOD. THAT'S YEAH. YEAH. 
          THE SECOND APPROACH 95 OVER 80 YEAH. SECTION APPROACH AND FLYOVERS THAT I CLOSER TO 170 ABOUT WALTER IT'S LOWER BUT YEAH THAT SECTION IS 5 TO 38 I THINK WE'RE INTO THE LAST DOT COUNTS SO WHY THIS WAS THE FIRST SECTION THAT WAS PUT IN BETWEEN BLOCK ISLAND AND RED SPHERE AND IT ONLY HAD A 15 YEAR LIFE AND IT WAS DESIGNED A 25,000 CARS WE'RE GETTING 35,000 CARS IN ITS LIFESPAN 9 TO 10 YEARS INSTEAD OF 15 AND WE HAVE THE DOLLARS AND IT JUST SEEMS YOU KNOW, THAT'S A GOOD USE OF OUR FUNDS QUESTIONS, COMMENTS. 
          YES SIR THE MONEY THAT WOULD BE USED FOR Q 78 170 DOES THAT COUNT AGAINST THE AMOUNT WE HAVE TO SPEND ON STATE ROADS? YES. SO IF YOU WANT EVEN THOUGH IT'S A PRIMARY HIGHWAY. YES IT CAN STILL COUNTS AGAINST IT. 
          ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. THANK AND 170 AS WELL BUT YES ONCE THEY'RE BOTH PRIMARY. YEP. WELL I'M NOT ASKING FOR A MOTION I'M ASKING AT THIS POINT IN TIME FOR CONVERSATION. WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS TO PUT IT OUT TO BID AND GET BID BECAUSE FIRST OF ALL FROM FOR RED CEDAR BUT OUT IN THE RED CEDAR AND THEN I'D LIKE TO GET THE DOLLAR AMOUNT FROM LIKE THIS THERE'S NO PACKAGE DOING THE WORK AT 170 RIGHT YES. AND GET IT. WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE A CONTRACT COUNTY HAS A CONTRACT WITH IT ALREADY OR WE CAN APPROVE THE FUNDING THEY CAN GET THE PRICE FOR US AT OUR NEXT MEETING WILL VOTE ON WHETHER OR NOT US DOLLARS WILL SPEND FOR IT SO THAT'S YOUR MARCHING ORDERS RIGHT? I THINK WE CAN HAVE THAT BACK BY THE NEXT MEETING FOR YOU SO IT SOUNDS GREAT. 
          [00:45:07]
WELL I THINK PEOPLE CAN REMEMBER THE TRAFFIC VOLUMES ON BLUFFTON PARKWAY WERE SO LIMITED. I MEAN YOU'D BE LIKE THE ONLY CAR FOR A MILE AND I THINK THAT'S KIND OF WHAT HAPPENED. IT WAS UNDERUTILIZED FOR A WHILE AND THEN WHEN IT STARTED BEING UTILIZED IT JUST EXPLODED . SO YOU'RE EXPLAINING TO ME A YOUNG EMPLOYEE AT ONE OF THE CAR DEALERS THAT HE AND HIS FRIENDS DIDN'T WANT TO GO ON BLUFFTON PARKWAY BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T GO 55 MILES AN HOUR AND. 
          THEY REALIZED IT WAS BETTER TO GO 45 THAN LIKE 15. YEAH. 
          AND I THINK THE ORIGINAL CONCEPT ESPECIALLY THE COMPLETION OF THE FLYOVER I THINK ONE OF THE RATIONALES WAS THAT THERE WOULD BE OR HOPEFULLY 32% DIVERSION THAT FROM 278 TO BROUGHTON PARKWAY. SO WE'RE SEEING THAT AND IT'S A COUNTY OWNED ROAD NOT A SINGLE ROAD NOW THAT'S UNUSUAL. I MEAN THAT'S IT'S NICE TO SEE US SPENDING SOME MONEY ON SOME COUNTY ROADS. CRAIG WHAT PORTION OF 170 WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THIS? SO WITH THE CURRENT PROJECT WE'RE WORKING ON THE CURRENT RESURFACING STOPS AT THE LAST POINT OF THE RAMPS GOING TO TO 78 AND DOESN'T PICK UP AGAIN UNTIL OKATIE CENTER SOUTH SO THERE'S ABOUT A THOUSAND FOOT THERE THAT WASN'T INCLUDED IN THE PROJECT THAT WOULD BE THE PROPORTION OF 172 PICKUP THAT 24 THAT WAS EXCLUDED FROM THE ORIGINAL PROJECT. 
          AND THE OTHER THING IS PAVING THE RAMP AROUND RAMP TO GO TO SEVEN TO GET IT GOING EASTBOUND WE'RE PAVING THE NEW ROAD AND RIGHT NEXT TO IT WE'RE NOT RESURFACING AND THE SECTION DOWN TO THE BRIDGE IS IN PRETTY BAD SHAPE SO. THAT SECTION AGAIN IT COUNTS TOWARDS OUR 33% THAT WE HAVE TO SPEND THE STATE ROUTE AND IT DOESN'T. 
          THE NEAT THING FOLKS IT DOES INTERFERE WITH ANY OTHER PROGRAMS WE HAVE GOING ON. 
          WE STILL HAVE OUR MONEY TO DO YEAR EIGHT RESURFACING WITH MIGHT REJUVENATE OUR AND EVERYTHING ELSE SO WE'RE CHANGING ANYTHING IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM WE'RE JUST SPENDING THE $4.8 MILLION ONE TIME A LOT OF THAT WE JUST OKAY YOU GOT MARCHING ORDERS YES SIR REFERS RESURFACING TO FUSCHIA ISLAND. ALL RIGHT SO THIS ONE WE DISCUSSED AT THE LAST MEETING HAIG POINT ON THE FIRST KEY IS HAVING RESURFACING IN SOME OF THEIR ROADS GOING TO BE GETTING IN AUGUST THE SECTION IN FRONT THE FIRE STATION ON OLD HAIG POINT ON THE HUSKY HAS DEFINITELY SEEN BETTER DAYS AS I MENTIONED LAST TIME THE TRUCKS AND I WAS ASKED YESTERDAY AND TALKED TO THE CHIEF AND HE REITERATED THE FIRE TRUCK BLOWS TIRES BY GOING OVER POTHOLES SO WE REACHED OUT AND GOT A PROPOSAL TO POSSIBLY RESURFACE THAT AT THE SAME TIME TO HELP ALLEVIATE THE ISSUES IN THAT AREA THAT STRETCH OF ROAD IS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN WE WERE EXPECTING BUT DUE TO THE LOGISTICS OF GETTING EQUIPMENT OVER THERE AND ADDITIONAL ASPHALT, THE PROPOSAL BACK AT $276,300 AS MENTIONED WE'VE TALKED TO PUBLIC WORKS. THEY HAVE AGREED TO CONTRIBUTE SOME FUNDS TO IT. 
          THEY'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH THEIR BUDGET BUT THEY'VE COMMITTED TO AT LEAST 30,000 IF THEY HAVE MORE AVAILABLE THEY'LL CONTRIBUTE A HIGHER AMOUNT SO IF YOU GO BACK TO AGAIN WE HAD SET ASIDE TO DO POTHOLES ON THE HUSKY OR ON BLUFFTON PARKWAY. 
          WE SET ASIDE $400,000 WE APPROVED AND PLANNED TO SPEND ON WE SPENT $140,000 ON IT INSTEAD. SO WE HAVE A DEFICIT THERE OF FUNDS WHICH WE CAN USE ON THE FACILITY IF WE SO DESIRE. I WOULD BE I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A MOTION IF IF THIS IS EVERYONE'S APPROVAL FOR $240,000 AND PUT A CEILING ON IT AND LET WHATEVER ELSE IS REQUIRED TO COME UP FROM PUBLIC WORKS SOME TO HAVE A SECOND SECOND FURTHER DISCUSSION TO PART TIME EXPENDITURE ONE TIME EXPENDITURE $240,000 IS THAT STRICTLY ON COUNTY ROADS IF A COUNTY TO COUNTY ROAD YES OR HAIG IS ONE OF THE SEVERAL PAVED ROADS THAT THE COUNTY MAINTAINS OVER THERE AND BY PUTTING A CEILING TO IT THIS WAY THERE'S ANY OVERRUNS PUBLIC WORKS CAN PAY FOR IT. OKAY I HAVE A VOTE ALL THOSE FAVOR PLEASE SAY I AND I 
          [00:50:07]
SUPPOSE WE'LL TRY TO GET THAT MOVING AND SO CHRIS CAN YOU GO TO THE YEAR EIGHT PROJECTION SLIDE? OKAY SO HERE IS WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT FOR YEAR EIGHT AND THIS INCLUDES GETS A LITTLE TRICKY. YOU PROBABLY NEED TO FIND A BETTER WAY OF NAMING THESE BUT YEAR EIGHT OF THE COUNTY PROGRAM HERE THREE OF THE LOW VOLUME BELOW 580 ROADS AND THEN YEAR ONE OF THE PROGRAM THAT RICHARD'S GOING TO UP IN THE CEI FOR THOSE ROADS THIS IS BASED ON THE CURRENT PLANS THAT WE HAVE IN THE BUDGET SO THAT'S LOOKING AT ABOUT 4.6 MILLION FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR IN THEIR CONTRACT AMT IS GOING TO REEVALUATE YEAR EIGHT IN YEAR THREE TO MAKE SURE WHAT IS THERE IS STILL APPLICABLE AND STILL MATCHES AND GET US QUANTITIES FOR BID PACKAGE SO THAT WILL FLUCTUATE SOME DEPENDING ON WHAT THEY COME BACK WITH AND IF IT CHANGES AT ALL. 
          BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT NOW AND OF COURSE THE SEA IS JUST A PERCENT. 
          ONE THING YOU WON'T NOTICE ON THERE IS WE DO NOT A YEAR THREE PRESERVATION CONTRACT ON THERE AS STANDS NOW THERE'S NO MICROS SURFACING IT'S ALL A THIN LIVED ASPHALT SO THAT'S WHY THAT'S MISSING OF THERE THAT'S BRIAN ASSISTANCE THAT GIVE US SOMEWHAT OF A IDEA OF WHERE WE'RE AT ROUND NUMBERS WERE HAVE ABOUT YOUR CHECKING ACCOUNT RIGHT NOW WITHOUT TAKING ANY FUTURE FUNDS IN CONSIDERATION WHAT WE HAVE IS AN EXCESS $5 MILLION ALMOST $6 MILLION WHAT AND COUNTS TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION IF YOU ALL REMEMBER WE STILL HAVE A $5,000 CONTINGENCY FUND AND THAT'S STAYS IN PLACE AND ISN'T AFFECTED BY THIS. 
          SO WE'LL BE SPENDING $4.6 MILLION WOULDN'T SPEND IT AND EVERYTHING ELSE I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO USE THIS AS A WAY OF MOVING INTO WAS DISCUSSION FOR THE TREASURER'S REPORT. THIS SEEMS VERY PLAUSIBLE FOR WHERE WE ARE FINANCIALLY AND AGAIN I GIVE THE COMMITTEE CREDIT FOR THE SUM MANAGEMENT OF OUR FUNDS. 
          WE WE WERE TALKING EARLIER WHEN I WAS DOING CTSI ONE ON ONE I'VE BEEN IN SITUATIONS WHERE I'VE LISTENED TO COUNTIES NOT HAVE THE FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO PAY FOR THE CONTRACTS THAT WERE ACTUALLY AWARDED. SO WE'VE MANAGED OUR MONEY VERY PRUDENTLY SO YOU ALL GET OUT 
          [7. TREASURER’S REPORT]
OF THAT. THAT'S MY COMMENTS. JIM DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO OFFER? I KNOW THAT WELL JUST SOME MINOR COMMENTS. 
          CHAIRMAN GORDON HAD PICKED UP. SO IN MY COMMENTS IN THE ALLOCATION WHAT YOU HAVE IN THE PACKAGE IS REALLY THROUGH. SO WE ARE ALSO WORKING ON AND WE AT OUR LAST MEETING TRYING TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE WORK ON PROJECTIONS GOING SO WE CAN KEEP KEEP AN EYE ON ON AND MAKING SURE WE'RE ON TRACK WITH MEETING THE COMMITMENTS TO TO DOING THE STATE ROADS BUT WE'RE PROJECTING AS WE HAVE WRAPPED UP FISCAL YEAR 24 ALL THE BOOKS HAVE NOT CLOSED BUT WE HAD TOTAL REVENUE OF ABOUT THREE ALMOST $4 MILLION WHICH INCLUDES ONE POINT ALMOST POINT 2 MILLION FROM THE DONOR BONUS AND THE ONE TIME FUNDS FOR FISCAL YEAR 24 AND WE'RE PROJECTING THAT WE WILL SPEND ABOUT $7 MILLION TOTAL WHEN ALL OF THE THINGS ARE WRAPPED UP FOR 24 ABOUT $7 MILLION WHICH REFLECTS THE BALANCE THAT GORDON JUST REFERRED TO ABOUT 5.7 MILLION GOING INTO THE FISCAL YEAR 25 AND AS HE MENTIONED FOR FISCAL YEAR 25 WITH THE C FUND FUNDING FUNDING FROM THE GASOLINE TAX, THE ONE TIME FUNDING OF 4.6 MILLION TAKES IT TO ABOUT 7.3. AND IF YOU ADD ON THE ANTICIPATED DONOR BONUS OF ANOTHER 700,000 WE'VE GOT LIKE 8 MILLION PROJECTED $8 MILLION OF REVENUE COMING IN THIS FISCAL YEAR. SO WE SHOULD BE IN A VERY GOOD POSITION TO FUND THE PROGRAM THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING QUESTIONS DO WE HAVE ANY THINGS SOMEWHERE SHOWS COMPARISON FROM YEAR TO YEAR ON BOTH OUR OVERALL EXPENDITURES VERSUS ALLOCATIONS AND THEN SOME OF THE LARGER CATEGORIES JUST WEREN'T FOR ME I MEAN I'M JUST INTERESTED IN I DON'T THINK SO THAT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING INTERESTING WE MIGHT LOOK INTO THAT YEAH BECAUSE IT'S IT'S JUST YOU KNOW TO SEE 
          [00:55:02]
HOW WHETHER SPENDING MORE OR LESS ON CERTAIN THINGS AND WHAT HAS BEEN CHANGING BECAUSE IT HELPS ALSO MAKING FUTURE DECISIONS DOES LOOK AT THE TRENDS IT HAS BEEN WHAT THE WE'VE BEEN BREAKING THE DOLLARS THAT HAVE BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT THE LAST THREE YEARS IT MEANING REJUVENATE OR YEAH SO ON RESURFACING AND THEN YOU COMPARE IT WITH PAST YOU KNOW LIKE SAY FIVE OR SO YEARS AGO IT'S JUST IT GIVES LEAST THAT I ALWAYS FIND IT HELPS ME UNDERSTAND WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING AS A COMMITTEE AND WHERE YOU KNOW AND WHERE TAKING THE TOWN APPRECIATE WHERE THEY'RE TAKING US SOMETHING. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS PUBLIC COMMENT. ANY OF OUR AGENDA ITEMS DOES ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE HAVE QUESTIONS OR THEY WISH TO MAKE SEEN THE CHAIRMAN'S COMMENTS AGAIN JUST AS A REMINDER WE'VE 
          [9. CHAIRMAN COMMENTS]
HAD TURNOVER IN OUR ANYBODY THAT'S ABLE TO ATTEND THE MEETING NEEDS TO SIMPLY SEND ME AN EMAIL OR GIVE ME A CALL OTHERWISE YOU WILL YOU'LL BE EXCUSED IF YOU DON'T YOU WON'T BE EXCUSED AND IT TAKES TWO MEETINGS MISSED AND. YOU'RE NOT ON THE COMMITTEE. 
          OKAY, EVERYBODY, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION. PLEASE ADJOURN
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