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. I'M CALLING TO ORDER THE STORM WATER MANAGEMENT UTILITY BOARD MEETING OF AUGUST 21ST 2024 AT THIS TIME CAN I SOMEONE A MOTION TO APPROVE TODAY'S AGENDA I SO MOVE APPROVE THE AGENDA SETTING OKAY MOTION CARRIES WE JUST MADE A QUORUM HERE SO WE HAVE FOUR MEMBERS SO WE CAN MEET IN VOTE ON ISSUES. IT IS A LITTLE BIT DISTRESSING THAT WE DON'T MORE OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS AND EX-OFFICIO PEOPLE HERE.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THOSE FROM THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON AND HILTON HEAD FOR ATTENDING WE NEED TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM OUR JUNE 19TH MEETING BUT THERE'S AN AURORA IN IT.
WE NEED TO SHOW THAT MR. BUCHANAN WAS PRESENT AND NOT ABSENT FOR THAT MEETING.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER OR CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES FOR JUNE 19TH 2024 THERE BEING NONE I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS CORRECTED .
I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION SO I CAN HAVE A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF MOTION PASSES THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED AS CORRECTED AT THIS TIME WE WILL DO INTRODUCTIONS.
[2. INTRODUCTIONS]
WE WILL START WITH THE AUDIENCE . THE LADY IN THE SECOND YOUNG LADY IN BLUE WHITE FIRST KAREN GOWDY BOTH IN SOUTH CAROLINA LAURA WILL SEND IT ALL THE WAY ON UNIVERSAL MOTOR PROGRAM UTAH SECRETARY BILL ELLEN BY BETTY U.S. YOU WOULD CALL A ROTARY AND YOU KNOW SOME MORE DOLLARS MORE AND SOME WATER INFRASTRUCTURE.DENNIS ROSS AT LARGE AND WERNER HILTON IT BEGAN IN SAINT HELENA ISLANDS THE EAST BILL BAR TOWN OF BLUFFTON AND MARK FEINBERG AND I AM CHAIRMAN AND I REPRESENT THE FIRST ISLAND AND DISTRICT UNINCORPORATED NINE AT THIS TIME WE'LL OPEN UP THE FLOOR TO PUBLIC COMMENTS BEFORE THEY START I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE IN THE PUBLIC THAT WE WILL ACCEPT NO PROFANITY, NO PERSONAL ATTACKS AND LIMIT TO 3 MINUTES OF DISCUSSION.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME? THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY AT THE END OF THE MEETING THERE BEING NONE. WE WILL MOVE IN TO REPORTS WE
[4. REPORTS]
WILL HAVE A UTILITY UPDATE BY MRS. BREWER. GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIRMAN AND BOARD FOR OUR UTILITY UPDATE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT FROM THE MUNICIPALITIES ARE DUE BY SEPTEMBER 30TH PLEASE SUBMIT THEM TO ME ITEM NUMBER TWO WHATEVER IS CURRENTLY WORKING THE SCOPE FOR THE FEE REVISION AND TAX YEAR 25 WE'VE GOTTEN THAT BACK SINCE THIS WAS CREATED IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT I CAN FORWARD THAT ALONG.I'M SEEING HEAD START SO I WILL GO AHEAD AND SEND EMAIL ABOUT THAT.
THANK YOU. SO LOCO TECHNICAL SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING WAS HELD ON JUNE 28 TO DISCUSS UPDATES FOR THE MANUAL DRAFT RESPONSE TO THOSE COMMENTS WAS PROVIDED BACK ENGINEERS AND THE PUBLIC FOR ADDITIONAL COMMENTS AND THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON HAS OPENED THEIR VERSION UP FOR THE SECOND PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD RIGHT NOW AND IT WILL BE OPEN FOR 30 DAYS AND WE WILL OPEN OUR UP VERY SOON FOR THE SECOND PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD PUBLIC BEING PRIMARILY THE ENGINEERING AND DEVELOPING COMMUNITY FOR SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS IN OCTOBER MS. COURTNEY CARMEL GOING TO COME AND GIVE US A PRESENTATION ON THE PORT ROYAL SOUND FOUNDATION. THEY ARE WORKING ON A DATA COLLECTION PORTAL.
THEY HAVE BROUGHT TOGETHER A LOT OF DIFFERENT STATE AGENCIES INCLUDING US DNR, THE NEWLY
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FORMED DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE OR EXCUSE ME DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL WHOLE SERVICES WHICH IS THE NEW D HECK AND THE UCB AND SEVERAL OTHER ENTITIES AND THEY ARE WORKING TO HAVE A PORTAL THAT SHOWS ALL CURRENT DATA THAT'S BEING COLLECTED AROUND THE PORT ROYAL SOUND TO DETERMINE THE HEALTH OF THE SOUND AND ITS FASCINATING SO SHE'LL BE HERE TO GO IN DEPTH ON THAT IN IN DECEMBER I PROPOSE A FIELD TRIP WE HAVE A NEW WALK THROUGH VALVE BEING INSTALLED ON THE TAIL OF ONE OF OUR STORMWATER PONDS THAT'S OWNED BY COUNTY AND I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY COOL IF WE COULD COORDINATE TO WATCH THAT INSTALLED.THAT BEING SAID IT ALL DEPENDS ON TIDES, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO IF WE FEEL LIKE IT'S NOT GOING TO BE FEASIBLE PIN DOWN A DATE I WILL LET YOU KNOW AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET IT DONE PRIOR TO THAT MEETING AND WE CAN DO AN INFIELD TO VISIT IT WHERE IT IS BACK ACRES.
YEAH OKAY I'M SORRY PUT THAT BACK EIGHT ACRES UP YOUR SHOULDER.
OKAY I THINK THE MORE FEASIBLE OPTION TO HAVE IT BE INSTALLED PRIOR TO THE MEETING AND TAKE A FIELD TRIP TO SEE IT AND HAVE SOMEONE FROM THAT COMPANY EXPLAIN TO US THE PRODUCT AND HOW IT WORKS AND WHY IT'S EFFECTIVE BUT. I THINK IT WOULD BE FUN TO GET OUT IN THE FIELD. I THINK THAT WOULD BE AN EXCELLENT FIELD TRIP.
TIME OF YEAR IS PROBABLY GOOD I THINK OUR MEETING IS DECEMBER 18TH OR 11TH LOOK BUT KNOWING THAT WE NEED TO AUDIO VISUAL THAT AREA SO I GUESS THE TIMING OF THE INSTALL WOULD BE CRITICAL TO WHEN YOU NEED TO GET THE HEAVY SUPPORT. YES SIR AND I'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH BROADCAST AND THEY SAID WITH ENOUGH NOTICE THEY CAN MOVE MEETING TO THERE SO OKAY WHAT'S ENOUGH NOTICE TWO WEEKS THREE WEEKS ISH A MONTH I'M GOING TO TRY TO GIVE MORE THAN THAT. OKAY. LET'S LET'S SEE WHAT WE GOT.
YES, SIR. THANK BUDGET CONCURRENT LETTERS HAVE ALL THIS EXCUSE.
YES. THERE YOU GO TO I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT.
IT'S OKAY. GO GO AHEAD. CONTINUE.
OKAY. THANK YOU ALL BUDGET CONCURRENT LETTERS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FOR FISCAL YEAR 25 TAX YEAR 2020 FOR STORMWATER UTILITY CREDIT LETTERS HAVE BEEN MAILED OUT.
THE DEADLINE FOR PROVIDING THEM BACK TO ME WAS JULY 31ST AND I RECEIVED ALL OF THEM BACK SO WE ARE GOING TO REVIEW THEM THEN SEND OUT APPROVAL OR DECLINE LETTERS SOON FOR THE 31ST OF THIS MONTH WHICH IS DWINDLING AWAY BEFORE YOU GO TO THE NEXT SECTION? YES, SIR, BECAUSE IT HAS DO WITH UTILITY UPDATE. I WOULD LIKE TO ENTER INTO THE RECORD THE THANKS FROM THE STORMWATER UTILITY BOARD TO MRS. KATIE HERRERA FOR ALL THE WORK AND THE STEADFAST COMMITMENT TO IMPROVING THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN BEAUFORT COUNTY STORMWATER MANAGEMENT THE STORMWATER UTILITY BOARD WHICH IS HER CONTINUED IN HER FUTURE ENDEAVORS. YES SIR. THANK YOU.
WITH THAT MR. PETTY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP AND DO THE MONITORING UPDATES TELL BEFORE YOU GO? YES, SIR. I JUST WANT TO ASK SOMETHING AND I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS A POINT DONE BUT IT SEEMS LIKE MONTH AFTER MONTH OR EVERY OTHER MONTH WE HAVE THE REPORTS IT ALWAYS SEEMS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED ANY UTILITY UPDATE REPORTS. WE HAVE ISSUES WITH FISCAL REPORTING OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING FROM THE TOWNS AND THE CITIES BUT IT PROBABLY DOESN'T MAKE YOUR JOB ANY EASIER NOT GETTING THESE REPORTS OR WAITING TILL VERY DEADLINE AND QUITE FRANKLY WE DON'T GET A WHOLE LOT OF PARTICIPATION EXCEPT FOR MR. BARROW THAT SEEMS TO GO AMERICAN REMEMBER THAT LAST TIME WAS ALIVE AND WELL IS THAT ONE OF THESE MEETINGS BUT IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO AS A BOARD OR THAT YOU GUYS MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO TO ENCOURAGE THEIR PARTICIPATION TO GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION THAT NEED TO MAKE YOUR REPORTS FULLER MORE COMPLETE COMPLETE. THANK YOU. I COULD DEFINITELY THE BOARD ON A REMINDER EMAIL DO YOU SEND THOSE OUT EVERY MONTH OR EVERY OTHER? NO, NO I DO NOT BUT I CAN. OKAY. MEAN THEY NOT FROM ME THEY DO GET A REMINDER TO SEND IN REPORTS FROM STAFF BUT NOT ME PERSONALLY BUT I AM WILLING TO SEND OUT A PERSONAL REMINDER. YEAH IF YOU COULD IT MAY BE I THINK DENNIS MAY BE AND I DON'T
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WANT TO SPEAK FOR DENNIS BUT I BUT. I WILL I PERSONAL TOUCH I THINK WE NEED TO REACH OUT AND NOT JUST SEND AN EMAIL TO THE PRIMARY PEOPLE LIKE ME AND IN THE TOWN OF PORT AND HIS COUNTERPARTS TELLING THEM THAT THEY ARE MISSED AND THEIR THEIR REPORTS WOULD BE WELL RECEIVED NOTED I JUST THINK THAT THOSE ARE I MEAN THOSE ARE ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO KNOW AND ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO REVIEW TO HELP YOU DO YOUR JOB IT'S ONE THING TO YOU KNOW TO HAVE THESE I HATE TO USE THE TERM ROGUE OPERATORS THERE BUT IF THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON, HOW CAN EFFECTIVELY CONTINUE TO DO YOUR JOB AND MAKE SURE THAT THE CITIZENS OF COUNTY ARE WELL SERVED JUST BY $0.02 I APPRECIATE THAT THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE SECTION? OKAY. AFTERNOON, DR.. GOOD AFTERNOON.HOW ARE YOU? GOOD. HOW ARE YOU? I DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT TO REPORT FINISHED QUARTER TWO SAMPLING FOR THE COUNTY WORKING ON QUARTER THREE NOW ONE THING WE ARE TRYING TO WORK ON IS WE RUN NUTRIENT SAMPLES FOR TOWN OF BLUFFTON IN THE COUNTY CURRENTLY WE OUTSOURCE THE THOSE ANALYZES AND BUT WE HAVE SECURED THE EQUIPMENT TO START DOING IT WE'RE NOT RUNNING THEM IN-HOUSE YET AND WE'LL HAVE TO WORK TO GET THE D CERTIFICATION BUT WE HOPE TO OFFER IN THE NEXT MAYBE 6 TO 8 MONTHS AND WHICH IN THE END WE JUST WE COULD DO IT FOR CHEAPER AND SO WE CAN RUN MORE SAMPLES FOR THE SAME PRICE SORT OF THING. IT'S ALWAYS GOOD NEWS . WANT MORE FOR LESS RARITY YES AND ANY QUESTIONS THAT'S ABOUT HOW HOW'S YOUR STAFFING IT COULD BE BETTER WE HAVE SOME A COUPLE OF THESE FOR A LAB MANAGER WE STILL HAVE TYLER WHO WORKS FOR US PART TIME AND WORKING WHAT WE REALLY NEED IS A LAB MANAGER YOU KNOW I THOUGHT LAST TWO MONTHS AGO YOU WERE LOOKING A LAB MANAGER AND WE STILL ARE. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S JUST THE SAME THING A LOT OF BUSINESSES ARE HAVING TO BE IN SHORT STAFFED AND TRYING TO FIND PEOPLE. I JUST WE'VE HAD SOME APPLICATIONS BUT NOT AS MANY AS I WAS HOPE SO I'M HOPEFUL MY GOAL IS TO HAVE SOMEBODY HIRED BEFORE NOW BUT BECAUSE I TEACH AT UCB CLASSES HAVE STARTED NOW SO I WANTED THIS DONE AND IT'S NOT SO I'M HOPING IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO AT LEAST HAVE SOMEBODY HIRED MAYBE THEY WON'T BE IN IN THE LAB WORKING BUT WORKING TOWARDS THAT DIRECTION. MM HMM. INTERESTING.
YEAH. YEAH, IT'S ME AND A PART TIME PERSON DOING EVERYTHING RIGHT NOW AND. IT WORKS, BUT IT COULD BE BETTER.
IT COULD BE BETTER. DURING MY BRIEFING I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE MUSTY LAB.
BUT SINCE YOU'RE STAYING? YEAH, SURE CAN YOU CAN YOU TELL THEM A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MISTY LAB AND THE ADDITIONAL MARKERS THAT WE ARE TRYING TO ESTABLISH RIGHT NOW? YEAH. SO MISTY, JUST TO REMIND YOU IT'S MICROBIAL SOURCE TRACKING SO MZGEE SO YOU KNOW YOUR YOUR TYPICAL EPA METHODS TELL YOU THAT THERE ARE POTENTIAL FECAL BACTERIA PRESENT WHICH WE MONITOR HERE IN THE COUNTY FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES BUT PRIMARILY FOR SHELLFISH BEDS AND HUMAN HEALTH REASONS. THAT DOESN'T TELL YOU WHERE THE BACTERIA COMES FROM. WE CAN USE GENETICS TO SHOW THAT THE BACTERIA IS LIKELY COMING FROM A HUMAN SOURCE DOG, A HORSE, DEER, WHATEVER AND SO WE'VE BEEN WRITING THAT UP BLUFFTON SINCE 2016 HAS BEEN DOING MZGEE IN THE MAE RIVER REGION.
THOSE SAMPLES WERE GOING DOWN TO FLORIDA LAB. WE NOW DO IT IN-HOUSE UP HERE AT UCB WE'VE BEEN RUNNING THE HUMAN MARKERS WHICH ARE HAVE BEEN I WOULD SAY BETTER DEVELOPED AND MORE WIDELY AND THERE'S AN EPA METHOD FOR THAT. SO WE'VE BEEN DOING THOSE SINCE 2021 OR 2022. LET US SEE. I THOUGHT IT WAS BEFORE THAT BUT IT'S AROUND THAT TIME. YEAH, IT WAS RIGHT AFTER COVID SO IT COULD BE 2020.
DO THOSE RESULTS GET PUBLISHED PUBLICLY? NO.
WELL YOU HAVE THEM ON YOUR STORYBOARD. WE DO HAVE IT ON OUR STORYBOARD TO GO LOOK THEM UP BUT WE DON'T ACTUALLY PUBLISH INTO ANY KIND OF MESSAGE.
I MEAN I'M CURIOUS IF THE PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, KNOWS WHETHER WE'RE HAVING SEPTIC HUMAN FAILURE OR WHETHER IT'S INDIGENOUS TO THE BIRDS AND WILDLIFE BEAVERS AND WE FIND THAT HUMAN CONTACT WE WE PUBLISH THAT OKAY. AND I PROGRESS HAS BEEN SLOW
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FOR STAFFING REASONS AND SUCH BUT I'M WORKING WITH THEIR DATA TO EVENTUALLY LOOK AT BECAUSE THEY NOW HAVE WHAT IS THAT EIGHT YEARS OR SO WORTH OF DATA SO WE CAN START LOOKING AT SOME OF THE LONGER TERM TRENDS FOR THOSE SORT OF THINGS. THE MIAMI OR FLORIDA LAB USED TO RUN OTHER BESIDES HUMAN AND WE HAVE RECENTLY GOT MARKERS WORKING WELL FOR DOG HORSE DEER WE HAVE BIRD WORKING BUT IT FOR SOME REASON DOESN'T DO WELL WITH GEESE AND I THINK JUST AROUND HERE CAN BE A PROBLEM FOR SURE. SO IN THE PARKING LOT HERE YEAH SO WE HAVE WE HAVE GOTTEN SOME NEW MARKERS THAT WE JUST HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TEST OUT AND WE HOPE WILL BE MORE GOOSE SPECIFIC SO WE CAN OFFER MORE. WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON THIS TOMORROW. I'M TALKING TO BLUFFTON TOMORROW ABOUT THIS FOR MORE DETAIL BUT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH SO NEMOURS HAS HE MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW HAVE CATTLE UP THERE NOW AS PART OF THEIR MAINTAINING GRASSLANDS AND SO THIS SUMMER WE STARTED A PROJECT WITH THEM TO COLLECT SAMPLES TO LOOK AT JUST THE STANDARD FECAL BACTERIA LEVELS BUT THEN TRY TO USE SOURCE TRACKING TO WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO.HOPE OR WHAT THEY HOPE TO SHOW IS THAT THE CATTLE ARE NOT HAVING A NEGATIVE EFFECT ON THE WATERSHED. SO WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE DEVELOPING MARKERS FOR COW TO AND IT'S ANOTHER ANIMAL THAT I'M FORGETTING NOW I KNOW THERE WAS SOME INTERESTING CAT ALSO TO IT SO WE GOT WE GOT THE FOUR MARKERS WE GOT SOME MORE COMING.
GOOD LUCK. CONTINUED SUCCESS. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU DR. PETIT FOR THE STORMWATER IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE CWI REPORTS WILL GO OUT PRIOR TO SEPTEMBER 1ST. THANK YOU STEVEN AND JOE FOR ALL DILIGENT WORK ON THOSE FOUR REGIONAL COORDINATION IN ALL WETLANDS. THE REPORT IS BEING REVIEWED AND PREPARATION TO GO OUT TO BID ALTHOUGH I WENT OUT TO BID ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF AGO AND I HAVE EXCITING NEWS THAT WE JUST GOT HOT OFF THE PRESS TODAY AT.
1224 THIS IS A LETTER TO MR. MOORE IT IS CALLED A NOTICE TO PROCEED FROM THE RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE AUTHORITY GIVING US THE MONEY BASICALLY SAYING THAT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND USE MONEY TO START THIS PROJECT WHICH IS VERY EXCITING BECAUSE THEY ALSO HAVE A PROJECT THAT WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR TWO YEARS FOR FUNDING FOR. SO IT'S NICE TO KNOW THAT THIS ONE WILL BE ACCESSIBLE A LOT QUICKER THAN THAT. THAT BEING SAID, WE'RE WORKING OUR STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT WE FULFILL ALL OF OUR REQUIREMENTS THAT WILL BE OUT THE DRAINAGE STUDY WILL BE OUT TO BID UNTIL SEPTEMBER 3RD. WE HAD A PRE-QUALIFICATION MEETING YESTERDAY I BELIEVE AND THERE WERE 13 ENGINEERS IN ATTENDANCE SO.
IT'S RECEIVING A LOT OF ATTENTION FROM THE ENGINEERING PUBLIC QUESTIONS.
WE'LL TAKEN THROUGH THE 23RD SO WE'RE TRYING DOING OUR BEST TO GO THROUGH AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT ANY SUBMITTING FIRMS MAY HAVE SO THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE THEIR APPLICATION.
WHEN DO THEY DO THE THIRD? SEPTEMBER 3RD AT 3 P.M. WE ARE CLOSING THE RFQ GOOD MOVING ALONG AT THAT TIME WE WILL WORK WITH OUR STAFF TO CHOOSE AN ENGINEERING FIRM TO COMPLETE THE STUDY. OKAY. THIS WAS SORRY I'M SORRY.
OKAY. OKATIE RIVER STUDY WORKING WITH THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON TO CONDUCT A STUDY ON THE OKATIE VERY TO WHAT WAS CONDUCTED ON THE WAY THE STUDY SHOULD BACKGROUND DATA AND INCLUDE ANALYSIS OF CURRENT CONDITIONS MAKE CORRELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO THAT COULD DIRECT FUTURE ZONING REQUIREMENTS. WE'RE WORKING WITH DR. TEAL ON THAT. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT WHEN MUNICIPAL MUNICIPAL REPORT MR. BELL, WOULD YOU LIKE TO START? SURE.
I KNOW ANYONE HERE. THE BIG THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN BLUFFTON I'M SORRY WE HAD NO IDEA I WAS GOING I WAS GOING TO CORRECT I'LL HAVE TO BUY YOU LUNCH.
HE DIDN'T RECOGNIZE YOU WITH YOUR HAT OFF? YEAH, THAT'S WHAT IT WAS.
UH, HAYWARD CODE DRAINAGE STUDY WE STARTED LAST FISCAL YEAR HAS COMPLETED.
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WE'RE AT THE POINT NOW WHERE WE'RE NOTIFYING OR PUTTING TOGETHER TO INFRASTRUCTURE OWNERS HIGHWAYS SOUTH CAROLINA, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, COUNTY, PRIVATE COMMUNITIES AND THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON IS ON INFRASTRUCTURE AND DON'T AND NOTATING WERE ANY JUST EFFICIENCY ARE CORRECTIONS NEED TO BE HAD WE'RE GOING TO SEND OUT THOSE LETTERS SOON AND THEN SET UP MEETINGS TO DISCUSS WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. HAYWARD COVE IS OUR FIRST DRAINAGE STUDY WE'RE RIGHT NOW DOING DRAINAGE STUDY IN PERFECT COVE AND YOU USUALLY GO AND WHEN THOSE THOSE ARE ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH AND THEY'LL FOLLOW THE SAME FORMAT ONCE WE KNOW WHAT ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS OUT THERE ANY ISSUES THAT MAY BE AROUND THERE WE'LL CONTACT THE OWNERS AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DONE WITH THE LAST STORM OR KIND OF REEVALUATE REEVALUATING WHAT THE NEXT PROJECT IS AND ONCE WE FIND THAT OUT WE'LL START THE FISCAL YEAR 25 STUDIES PROBABLY SOMETIME IN DECEMBER. SO THOSE ARE MOVING ALONG A GOOD PACE. UH TALK ABOUT STORM RELATED WE HELD A PUBLIC INFORMATION GATHERING EVENT LAST NIGHT AT PRITCHARD VILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR FLOODING ISSUES THAT WERE IN AND AROUND BLUFFTON WE HAD 50 RESIDENTS SHOW UP AND KIND OF DETAIL WHAT THEY SAW, HOW MUCH DAMAGE IF ANY DAMAGE HAPPENED AND EXACTLY WHERE IT OCCURRED.SO WAS A GOOD TURNOUT. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT AT THE BLUFFTON SEAFOOD FESTIVAL AND WE'LL BE OUT THERE IF ANYBODY WANTS TO GIVE US MORE INFORMATION THEN UM WE TYLER KIND OF TALKED ON THE LOCAL MENU.
IT IS OUR PURVIEW TO THE ENGINEERING COMMUNITY IN FOR ABOUT 30 MORE DAYS AND THAT'LL BE CLOSED OUT. THANK YOU DOCTOR FOR GIVING YOUR LITTLE SPEECH AND THAT PRETTY MUCH IN LINE UP. THANK YOU. AND WE KNOW THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON HAD SOME SERIOUS ISSUES WITH HURRICANE DEBBY AND I'M SURE YOU'RE STILL FEELING AS OF A FEW MINUTES TILL SO FIRST AND FOREMOST I JUST NEED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO JEFF METZINGER WHO IS STILL DEALING WITH THE BLUNT FORCE OF A LOT OF PHONE CALLS AND A LOT OF QUERIES INTO TROPICAL STORM DEBBY. SO THAT IS WHY HE'S NOT HERE TODAY AND ALSO TO OUR ENTIRE STORM HERSELF, THEY WERE WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK ONE DID HAVE TO LEAVE DUE TO HER DAUGHTER HAVING A BABY DURING THE STORM SO SHE WAS PROMPTLY BACK. ALL THE NEWBORN STUFF WAS TAKEN CARE OF SO ONE OF THE MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS IS ACROSS FOUR PUMP STATIONS WE PUMPED OUT 400 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER THAT WAS PRE IMPOSED. WE DID HAVE SOME ISSUES MECHANICALLY ON COUPLE OF THE PUMPS BUT WE SURVIVED IT AND THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERED. SO OTHER THAN THAT WE JUST HAD OUR ANNIVERSARY FOR ONE OF OUR STORM WATER INSPECTORS AND WE HAVE A SIX MONTH ANNIVERSARY COMING UP FOR ANOTHER ONE OF OUR STORE INSPECTORS WHICH BRINGS ME TO THE POINT OF WHY WE HAVE STORMWATER INSPECTORS NOW RATHER JUST HAVING ONE FOR ALL OF OUR LARGE CONSTRUCTION DRILLING PERMITS BECAUSE WE JUST REACHED OUR ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL INSPECTIONS AND POOLS AND SPA INSPECTIONS AND DEMOS FOR ACTIONS THAT PROGRAM IS DOING GOOD. WE HAVE SOME PHENOMENAL GUYS WHO IN THAT PROGRAM WHO LOVE DEDICATED DO THEY WANT TO GROW AND I'M GLAD YOU TOLD ME ABOUT THE WAPO WE HAVE ONE GUY WHO CAME FROM PUBLIC WORKS ON TOP OF THE ISLAND AND I'M SURE HE'S GOING TO EAT IT UP SO THANK YOU FOR THAT AND HE'S DEFINITELY GOING TO BE THERE. SO BUT ALL THAT STILL DEALING WITH A LITTLE BIT OF THE AFTEREFFECTS OF THE STORM WATER DUMPING BUT WE'RE SURVIVING ARE THRIVING AT THIS TIME. SO THANK YOU. OKAY.
MOVING ON TO STORMWATER RELATED PROJECTS WE MEET ALMOST MONTHLY BI MONTHLY FOR OUR EASEMENT MEETINGS AND WE'RE WORKING THROUGH MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE ATTAINED ALL OF THE THAT WE ARE ACTIVELY MAINTAINING RIGHT NOW AND HAS HAVE HISTORICALLY AND THEN WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT WE ACQUIRE ALL EASEMENTS WE NEED TO TO KEEP OUR SYSTEM CLEAN.
CAN I CAN I JUST ASK A QUICK YES AND THIS WAS I DON'T THINK YOU WERE THE THE COUNCILMAN DAWSON'S MEETING THAT BACK IN JULY BUT THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT AN EASEMENT PEARL ROAD 19
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PEARL ROAD DID YOU GUYS FIND ANYTHING OUT THE I CAN FIND OUT IF THAT WAS ON OUR LAST DRAINAGE LIST BUT I WILL LOOK THAT UP FOR YOU. OKAY.EVERYONE IN THE TIME OF ME LOOKING THROUGH MY NOTES BUT WE JUST HAD ONE LAST WEEK SO I WILL CHECK ON THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU.
YOU'RE WELCOME. COMPLAINTS WE CONTINUALLY WORK THROUGH COMPLAINTS I THINK ALSO SHOUT OUT TO MY TEAM FOR STORM DEBRIS. IT WAS MY FIRST TIME WORKING IN THE EOC AND WE DID A GREAT A GREAT AWESOME, WONDERFUL JOB AND THE FIELD CREWS WERE AMAZING AND GOT MULTIPLE COMPLIMENTS FROM PEOPLE OUT IN THE FIELD AND PEOPLE WERE VERY APPRECIATIVE FOR HOW FAST AND QUICK WE REACTED SO WAS FANTASTIC SHOW POINTS RECEIVED ONE BID FOR CONSTRUCTION AGAIN THAT'S MAINTENANCE OFF ESTABLISHMENT AND CLEARING PROJECT APPROVAL WILL BE ON THE PUBLIC FACILITIES COMMITTEE AGENDA FOR SEPTEMBER.
WE'RE STILL WAITING ON APPROVAL OF A SENATORIAL EARMARK THROUGH SENATOR GRAHAM'S OFFICE AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH SGMD TO PROVIDE UPDATED COST BECAUSE THE COST TO OUR MATCH WENT UP TO 90% FOR FEDERAL WHICH IS FANTASTIC. SO WE BECAUSE WE ASKED FOR LESS MONEY BECAUSE FEWER OF THE PROJECTS WERE FEASIBLE THAN WE THOUGHT THEN THEY WENT AHEAD AND UP THE COST SHARE. SO THAT'S FANTASTIC. THE FACTORY CREEK WATERSHED IS LOST IN LEGAL LAND BUT I THINK WE ARE VERY CLOSE SO HE NOW HAS TWO OPTIONS TO WELL PAY THE COUNTY FOR THE WORK THAT WAS DONE AND WE ARE OBTAINING A MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT FROM HIM TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT POND IS MAINTAINED IN PERPETUITY. TUXEDO PARK WE'RE GOING TO GET TAP WATER APPROVAL AT THE SEPTEMBER PFC MEETING FOLLOWED BY COUNCIL APPROVAL IN EARLY OCTOBER INSTEAD OF SEPTEMBER SCRATCH THAT HICKORY HILL SAME THING ARE THERE HORN WE'VE NOT HEARD ANYTHING BACK FROM THE GRANT PEOPLE BUT THEY SAID THAT THEY'RE WAITING FROM FOUR HEADQUARTERS WHICH IS UP IN WASHINGTON TO FINISH UP THEIR BEGINNING OF THE FISCAL YEAR THINGS THAT THEY DO THAT WE CAN HAVE A FINAL NUMBER ON WHAT OUR AWARD AMOUNT IS GOING TO BE ALL THEIR WORK BUT I'M VERY EXCITED FOR THAT ONE. PROFESSIONAL CONTRACTS WE CLOSE MPOS FROM LAST YEAR AND STARTED FOR SIMPLICITY AND CLARITY SO THESE ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT WE HAVE OBEYED CURRENTLY WE HAVE A ORDER FOR PLAN REVIEW A TASK ORDER FOR THE CONTINUOUS STATION THAT'S ON TO 78 FOR THEM TO CONTINUE TO THAT THEN WE HAVE A TASK ORDER FOR THE RESTRUCTURE OF THE UTILITY FEE AND THEN ALSO TAX RUN FOR TAX YEAR 24 HAS STARTED SO IT'S THAT'S A SUPER FUN THING OF CRUNCHING A LOT OF NUMBERS WE GOT THE THE IMPERVIOUS AREA FLYOVER WAS DONE INTERNALLY THIS YEAR BY GIS SO WE GOT THE IMPERVIOUS AREA DATA ABOUT LAST WEEK WE GOT THAT QUICKLY TO WOLPERT THEY ARE GOING TO DO SOME Q C AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO START THE FEE ASSESSMENT AND GO THROUGH OUR DEADLINE TO HAVE THE FEE ASSESSMENT BACK TO THE TAX THE TAX ASSESSOR'S OFFICE IS SEPTEMBER 17TH. I HAVE A QUESTION.
YES, SIR. I'M NOT FULLY COGNIZANT OF WHAT THAT ENTAILS.
WHO WHO IS GOING TO BE TAXED DEPENDING WHAT HOW MUCH IMPERVIOUS SURFACE HAVE.
SO CURRENTLY OUR STORMWATER UTILITY FEE A COMBINATION OF YOUR GROSS AREA IMPERVIOUS AREA WHICH TIER YOU ARE IN IF YOU ARE RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL.
IT'S ALSO ADDED IN A MANAGEMENT FEE BECAUSE WE MANAGE THE UTILITY AND THEN YOUR CWI FEES ARE FACTORED IN AS WELL IF YOU LIVE AND IF YOU LIVE IN A MUNICIPALITY.
SO IT'S A COMBINATION OF ALL OF THAT EVERYONE GETS A STORM WATER UTILITY FEE FEE RIGHT NOW IT'S UNDERSTANDING THOUGH THAT THERE ARE NO STANDARDS AND I DON'T KNOW I PLEAD IGNORANCE TO THIS. SO LOCAL MANUAL WHETHER IT'S A POINT THAT PEOPLE ARE SUPPOSED TO HIT THE TARGET OF IMPERVIOUS SURFACES DEPENDING ON WHETHER IT'S COMMERCIAL OR RESIDENTIAL . SO IF SOMEONE IS BUILDING ON A RESIDENTIAL LOT OR WITHIN LET'S JUST SAY A STAND ALONE WE DON'T HAVE ANY DEFINITIVE 70% OR YOU KNOW 30% PERVIOUS TO A PLOT.
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WE DON'T STATE THAT NO IT TECHNICALLY CAN BUILD OUT TO 100% IMPERVIOUS.YOU'RE JUST GOING TO BE CHARGED AT A HIGHER IT'S JUST KIND OF A SLIDING SCALE FEE.
SO THE MORE IMPERVIOUS YOU HAVE THE HIGHER YOU'LL BE CHARGED. BUT WE DON'T HAVE A PER SE GUIDELINE CAP. IS THERE NOT A GMP ON THAT ISSUE AND YOU WOULDN'T THINK YOU'D WANT WELL FOR A COMMERCIAL FOR SURE BUT I WOULD THINK YOU'D WANT TO KEEP RESIDENTIAL TO A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE IMPERVIOUS TO IMPERVIOUS IN CERTAIN PARTIES THEY ARE RESTRICTED TO A CERTAIN PERCENT. I KNOW I KNOW SOME PRIVATE COMMUNITIES THEY SET THEIR OWN STANDARD BUT THERE'S NO GMP FOR THAT.
NO. SO INTERESTING. VERY INTERESTING.
THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME WELCOME. AND THEN FOR THE MARKET FOR WE'RE DOING A LOT OF REVIEW. WE HAVE PROJECTS FLYING IN. THE GUYS ARE DOING GREAT WITH INSPECTIONS AND. THEY WERE OUR LOGISTICS TEAM FOR THESE TROPICAL STORMS SO THEY HAD TO PLAY A LITTLE BIT OF CATCH UP IN THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS BUT THEY'VE DONE GREAT WITH THAT AND THEN THE STAFF UPDATE MR. FEINBERG BEAT ME TO THE PUNCH BUT.
KATIE WROTE A NICE LETTER THAT I WOULD LIKE TO READ TO THE BOARD.
I WOULD LIKE TO PERSONALLY THANK ALL MEMBERS OF THE STORMWATER TEAM FOR ALL OF THEIR HARD WORK IN FISCAL YEAR 2024. IT IS A THANKLESS JOB.
DO WHAT EVERYONE ON OUR TEAM DOES DAY IN AND DAY OUT IN SERVICE OF THE COMMUNITY WITHOUT ALL MEMBERS OF STEPHEN CARTER'S TEAM. NO WORK WOULD BE COMPLETED WITHOUT JOANNA AND DAPHNE REPORTS WOULD NOT BE COMPLETED AND MANAGEMENT STAFF WOULD BE IN A SERIOUS HOLE. WITHOUT MS. TAMMY THE FINANCIAL ASPECT OF OUR PROGRAM WOULD OVERWHELM EVEN THE MOST SEASONED STAFF. WITHOUT TAYLOR AND HER TEAM THE COUNTY WOULD BE OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH ITS PERMIT. AS WE MOVE INTO FISCAL YEAR 2025 THERE IS NO BREAK AND IN FACT THE WORKLOAD SPEEDS UP FROM THE CWA REPORTS TO MUNICIPALITIES. THE TAX RUN ISSUING CONTRACTS AND PURCHASE ORDERS WITHOUT THE AMAZING MEMBERS OF THE STORMWATER THIS PROGRAM WOULD COME TO A SCREECHING HALT.
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO KEEPS THE SECOND LARGEST SECTION OF PUBLIC WORKS RUNNING AS EFFICIENTLY AS IT DOES WITH HUMBLE APPRECIATION. KATIE HERRERA FORMER PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR I THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY NICE AND SUMMED UP OUR FEELINGS TOWARDS OUR JOB WITH THAT. WELL BEFORE YOU GO ON. YES SIR.
THE STORMWATER UTILITY WISHES TO RECOGNIZE THE WORK PERFORMED BY MR. STEVEN CARTER'S MAINTENANCE CREWS IN OLD JOY AREA. THESE EFFORTS THESE EFFORTS MORE SERIOUS FLOODING AS THE RESULT OF TROPICAL DEBBIE'S EXCESSIVE RAINFALL.
THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN AND LADIES . WITH THAT I'LL TURN IT OVER TO STEVEN FOR OUR PROJECT UPDATE. YOU KNOW THE NEW ONE EVERYONE STEVEN WOULD CALL STORMWATER SUPERINTEND THEY WANT TO TALK TO ALL ABOUT SOME OF THE WORK THAT STORMWATER CREWS HAVE DONE. SOME OF THE MAJOR PROJECTS AND SOME OF THE MINOR PROJECTS.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THOSE GUYS ON STORMWATER. WE MAY BE SHORT STAFFED BUT THOSE GUYS THEY GET OUT, THEY GET THERE, THEY GET THE JOB DONE.
ON THE FIRST ONE I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT IS THE COMMUNITY CENTER ROAD CHANNEL AND THIS PROJECT APPROVED 651 LINEAR FEET OF DRAINAGE SYSTEM. THE SCOPE OF WORK INCLUDED GRUBBING, CLEARING AND CLEANING OUT 651 LINEAR FEET OF CHANNEL AND INSTALLING ONE BETA PIPE.
THE TOTAL COST OF THAT PROJECT WAS 29,436. YOU CAN SEE IN YOUR PAMPHLET THAT YOU HAVE ON THE MAJOR PROJECTS THAT'S ONE OF THE MAJOR PROJECTS THAT STORMWATER HAS COMPLETED. WE GET DOWN TO SOME OF THE MINOR MINOR ROUTINE PROJECTS.
WE HAVE THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD, THE VACUUM TRUCK TUNNEL HERE BACK IN THIS PROJECT IMPROVED 223 LINEAR FEET OF DRAINAGE SYSTEM. THE SCOPE OF WORK INCLUDED CLEANING OUT FOR CATCH BRIEFINGS, THINGS CATCH BASINS AND GETTING ONE CROSS LINE PIPE
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12 DROPPED DRIVEWAY PIPES AND 223 LINEAR FEET OF CHANNEL PIPE.THE TOTAL COST OF THAT WAS $5,487. IF YOU GENTLEMEN CONTINUE TO LOOK THE ABOUT THAT YOU'LL SEE A LIST OF ALL THE OTHER MINOR MINOR OR ROUTINE PROJECTS THAT STORMWATER HAS COMPLETED IN QUESTION. JOB THINGS ARE THERE IS NO LIAISON REPORT TODAY. OUR LIAISON CALLED ME AND APOLOGIZED THAT SHE HAD A PREVIOUS COUNTY COMMITMENT THAT SHE COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY. SO WITH THAT WE WILL MOVE INTO THE NEXT ITEM WHICH IS ANY UNFINISHED BUSINESS. GENTLEMEN STAFF WHO THAT WOULD
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MOVE INTO NEW BUSINESS. IS THERE ANY NEW BUSINESS THAT NEEDS TO COME BEFORE THE BOARD? I CANNOT MAKE A RECOMMENDATION AND THIS IS THIS IS JUST PURELY MADE IT'S OBVIOUSLY UP FOR DISCUSSION WITH THOSE OF US THAT ARE HERE TODAY. YOU KNOW EVERY MONTH WE GET THESE REPORTS THAT COME OUT AND THERE IS A LOT OF INFORMATION IN THOSE REPORTS AND HONESTLY THERE'S GOT TO BE A TON OF WORK THAT GOES INTO PRODUCING THESE REPORTS.CAN'T SPEAK FOR EVERYONE IN THEIR DILIGENCE IN GOING THESE REPORTS AND WHAT'S WHAT'S IN THERE ONCE WE RECEIVE THESE PACKAGES THEY'RE PUBLISHED. BUT I THINK IT'S INHERENT UPON US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO GO THROUGH AND IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS TO BRING THEM UP.
I JUST THINK THAT THERE IS THERE IS A LOT OF STUFF IN THAT WE COULD PERHAPS AGAIN.
KNOWING WHAT'S GOING ON TO PERHAPS STREAMLINE WHAT WE GET IN THESE REPORTS TO MAKE IT EASIER ON SOME OF REPORTING PARTIES TO FREE THEM UP TO DO THINGS I MEAN LET'S FACE IT, EVERY MONTH WE HEAR THINGS FROM EITHER THE PUBLIC WORKS CHAIRMAN OR TAYLOR OR MR. CARTER BRADLEY. EVERYBODY SAYS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT HIRING ENOUGH PEOPLE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE TO DO THE WORK. AND I REALIZE IT'S JUST PAPERWORK BUT JUST YOU KNOW, JOINING TAMMY AND EVEN DAPHNE BEFORE COULD PROBABLY TELL YOU THIS A LOT OF STUFF TO COLLATE PUT TOGETHER EVERY MONTH UP I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE MAYBE THEY'D BE A LITTLE BIT LESS OR MAYBE HIGHLIGHTS IT'S LIKE IF HAVE A PROBLEM BRING IT TO OUR ATTENTION IF WE HAVE A QUESTION WE CAN ASK ABOUT IT AND IT COULD BE ADDRESSED AT THE NEXT MEETING OR EVEN IN THE CHAIN OF EMAILS TO AT LEAST THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
THAT'S JUST MY SUGGESTION. OBVIOUSLY IT'S IT'S UP TO EVERYONE TO DECIDE WHETHER THEY WOULD LIKE TO GO THAT ROUTE OR NOT. BUT I THINK WHATEVER WE COULD DO TO STREAMLINE THINGS AND MAKE MORE EFFICIENT I THINK WOULD BE IN BEST INTEREST.
IT'S NOT THAT I DON'T MIND READING THESE THINGS WHEN I'M TRYING TO SLEEP BECAUSE IT'S TO HELP BUT I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION IN THERE THAT I MEAN I KNOW THAT MR. CARTER'S GROUP GOES INTO A LOT OF WORK TAKING THOSE PICTURES BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER WITH THE THE AMOUNT OF WORK AND THE COSTS GOES INTO THAT STUFF. IT'S A LOT.
COULD THAT TIME BE SPENT ELSEWHERE? I DON'T KNOW.
BUT THOSE ARE THINGS THAT I THINK WE MIGHT WANT TO LOOK INTO.
I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE. GOOD JOB. THANK YOU.
I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN AD HOC COMMITTEE TO STUDY AND PROPOSE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE REPORT SECTION OF THE STORMWATER REPORT.
I WILL BE SOLICITING FROM OUR BOARD PEOPLE WHO WANT TO SERVE ON THIS AD COMMITTEE TO STREAMLINE THE USE OF THOSE REPORTS AND WORK WITH TAYLOR'S GROUP TO SEE IF WE CAN DO THAT.
SO I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE IT A MOTION BUT I WILL REACH OUT AND ,CREATE AN AD HOC COMMITTEE TO SEE IF WE CAN DO THAT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025. IT'D BE GREAT TO RUN YOU AT SOMETHING NICK CAN ASK A QUESTION OF I MAY HAVE MISSED IT WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THE LADY'S ISLAND SURVEY OR WORK PRODUCT GOING ON THERE? YES.
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SO WE HAVE NARROWED DOWN TO ONE PROJECT AND I BELIEVE THAT HENRY HILL LAYS OUT THAT'S THE WHOLE ROOM. YEAH, GOT IT. OKAY.WE HAVE A STUDY ON THAT AREA. WE ARE GOING TO GO OUT AND ASSESS THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO IF YOU CAN DO THEM IN-HOUSE OR WE NEED TO HIRE A CONTRACTOR. YES.
SHOULD THAT BE LISTED UNDER NEW PROJECTS OR UNDER PROJECTS NEW WE'RE JUST UNDER PROJECT UNDER PROJECTS. I CAN DO THAT. SO HEY EVERYBODY IN THE AFTERNOON SO WE JUST RECEIVED THAT BACK IN CORRECT. GOT WE GOT IT BACK IN MAY SO WE'VE KIND OF HAD PUT OUR ARMS AROUND IT AND FIGURED OUT WE IDENTIFIED THE I THINK THERE'S FIVE OR SIX MAJOR AREAS. SO WE'VE ALREADY MET WITH CDOT AND THEIR GROUP OR SOME OF THE AREAS BECAUSE A LOT OF THE AREAS ROLE PONDS DRAIN TO NCDOT AREAS SO MET WITH THEM OUT THERE WE'VE IDENTIFIED TWO MAJOR AREAS. WE HAVE TO WAIT ON CDOT TO DO SOME WORK FIRST ONCE THEY GET THEIR WORK DONE WE'LL BE ABLE TO TIE IN A SECTION THERE THAT WILL HELP ROPER DRIVE THE MAIN DRAG GOING TO OBAMA FIELD THAT THERE'S SOME ISSUES ON THE OLD GOLF COURSE SIDE THAT WE TECHNICALLY THE COUNTY DOESN'T OWN THOSE PROPERTIES SO THERE'S SOME ISSUES WITH THE OLD GOLF COURSE THERE I THINK THE COUNTY IN THAT WE DO HAVE SOME MAINTENANCE AGREEMENTS I THINK ON SOME OF THOSE AREAS BUT NOT 100% SURE WE'VE DONE SOME WORK THERE IN THE PAST. THERE'S SOME OLD INFORMATION THAT WE THAT WAS YEARS AGO THAT WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF BACKGROUND STUFF ON SO WE'RE STILL LEARNING SOME OF THOSE AREAS. THERE ARE SOME AREAS THAT ARE JUST VERY LOW LYING AREAS.
NEEDLE RUSH, TURTLE LANE THOSE WERE NEAR SOME REALLY LOW LYING AREAS IN THERE WE'RE LOOKING SOME POSSIBILITIES TO HELP THOSE DRAINAGE AREAS BUT WHEN THESE DRAINAGE STUDIES COMES OUT COME OUT YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THERE'S JUST NOT AN ANSWER FOR SOME OF THESE LOW LYING AREAS. THERE'S JUST NO WAY TO GET THE LOW AREAS DRAINED AND THAT'S JUST NATURALLY LOW IN THE DREAM. BUT ARE LOOKING AT THOSE AREAS WE'VE MET WITH THE WHAT WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE AREAS IDENTIFIED ANOTHER MAJOR AREA IDENTIFIED WAS TUXEDO PARK OFF OF SANDS POINT ROAD YOU KNOW JUST DOWN FROM THE THERE THAT'S A MAJOR AREA THAT'S THAT SHOULD GO TO NEXT MONTH I BELIEVE OUR PSC THE COUNCIL THAT'S A MAJOR PROJECT WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO BASICALLY DREDGE OUT THAT OLD POND IT'S THERE.
SO THAT'S GOING TO CREATE A LOT CAPACITY FOR THAT THAT DRAINAGE SYSTEM IN THAT AREA.
SO WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON OF THOSE AREAS. QUESTION WHO WAS NOT LISTED? ARE YOU LOOKING AT IS THE STORMWATER GROUP LOOKING AT PEPPER HALL? THAT'S ONE WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR IN TERMS OF HOW IT WAS WE WERE COMMITTED TO THEIR WATER RETENTION AND I'VE NOT SEEN ANYTHING WRITTEN ON THE PEPPER HALL PROJECT IN SOME TIME.
THEY'VE GOT A SIGN OUT FRONT NOW THEY'LL PROBABLY BE SELLING LOTS AND CONDOS ANY DAY.
SO I DO HAVE A SO THAT WE ARE WORKING ON THAT CURRENTLY THAT AREA HAS OBVIOUSLY BEEN IDENTIFIED. THERE'S A STORMWATER POND THAT WAS BUILT SOME YEARS AGO.
I SAY IT WAS REHABILITATED, THERE WAS SOME WORK DONE THERE BY THE GRAVES CONSTRUCTION LOOK WE'VE IDENTIFIED THERE ARE SOME ISSUES IN THAT AREA. WE'VE IDENTIFIED THOSE AND WOLPERT IS LOOK AT THAT AND WE'RE GOING TO COME UP WITH DESIGN TO MAKE SOME REPAIRS TO THAT AREA SO WE NEED TO MAKE SOME REPAIRS TO THE AREA AND THERE'S NOT ANY MAJOR BUT THERE ARE SOME INFRASTRUCTURE REPAIRS NEED TO BE MADE. WE'RE GOING I THINK THAT WE NEED TO PUT THOSE SO WE CAN HIGHLIGHT THOSE AS PROJECTS GOING FORWARD THAT WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING AS IN THE COUNTY IN CASE WE GET QUESTIONS. SURE.
YES. AND THOSE WERE FAST FORWARDED DUE TO COMPLAINTS AND OTHER INTERESTS. SO THEY DIDN'T BECOME PROJECTS UNTIL MAYBE TWO WEEKS AGO.
YEAH IT WAS THOSE WERE A COUPLE OF DELAY BUT WELL IF YOU LOOK BACK IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS BUDGET LAST YEAR I DON'T THINK ANY MONEYS BUT BEFORE THAT IT WAS SOMETHING LIKE WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT DRAINAGE IN THAT AREA IN PERPETUITY AND WE ORIGINALLY WERE PUTTING SOMETHING TO THE TUNE OF $500,000 A YEAR TO THAT ISSUE.
SO I THINK IT'S IT COULD BECOME A MAJOR PROJECT. IT WAS INTO SEVERAL YEARS AGO BY COUNTY AND THIS BOARD WAS STRONGLY OPPOSED IT BUT WAS PASSED ANYWAY BY THE THE COUNTY
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COUNCIL WAS THAT THAT GRAVES PROPERTY OR YES. YES.SO THAT WAS OBVIOUSLY I KNOW THERE WAS A I WANT TO SAY THERE WAS A USDA GRANT THAT WAS APPROVED FOR THAT. THAT'S THE PAST INFORMATION I HAVE THE HISTORICAL I CAN I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE THE COUNTY ENTERED INTO A CONTRACT AND THEY'D BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ROADS AND THEY'D BE WE'D BE RESPONSIBLE AGAIN FOR PERPETUITY OF THAT STORMWATER I CAN DEFINITELY LOOK INTO AND FIGURE OUT WHO'S RESPONSIBLE WHAT WHAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S HIGHLIGHTED. SURE. YOU KNOW THAT WE WHAT'S GOING ON THERE? I KNOW OUR INSPECTORS HAVE BEEN ALL OVER THAT AREA.
OUR STORMWATER INSPECTORS HAVE BEEN THEY'VE BEEN HITTING THAT AREA HARDER.
JUST SO MUCH CONSTRUCTION GOING ON. YES, THEY REALLY BEEN ON TOP OF IT AND I KNOW THEY'VE MADE SOME AND THEY'VE ACTUALLY SOME STOP WORK ORDERS OUT THERE.
SO THEY'VE HAD A COUPLE OF STOP WORK ORDERS OR RIGHT TO THE VERGE STOP HEADQUARTERS OR GET IT FIXED. SO THEY OUR INSPECTORS HAVE DEFINITELY BEEN LOOKING AT THAT. SO AGAIN I JUST THINK WE NEED TO HIGHLIGHT IT SO EVERYBODY'S AWARE OF WHERE THAT IT'S GOING ON. YES, RIGHT.
WHILE YOU'RE THERE AS WELL, TWO THINGS. ONE COUNCILMAN DAWSON AS I SAID, HE HAD HIS COMMUNITY MEETING TO DISCUSS STORMWATER. I THINK YOU GUYS WERE KIND OF BLINDSIDED BY YES. OF THE MONTH BEFORE LAST. BUT THESE GUYS PARTICULARLY BRADLEY UP WITH THEIR, YOU KNOW, PICTURES AND CIRCLES AND PARAGRAPHS EXPLAINING WHERE EVERYTHING WAS AND MADE THEMSELVES AVAILABLE TO THE CONSTITUENTS.
HIS PARTICULAR DISTRICT WHICH I THOUGHT WAS GREAT THERE WAS A LOT OF TOUGH QUESTIONS.
YOU GUYS CAME UP WITH A LOT OF GOOD ANSWERS AND HOPEFULLY SOME OF THESE PROBLEMS WILL GET AND I THINK YOU YOU REALLY HELPED CLEAR UP OF THE QUESTIONS THESE FOLKS SAID.
YES, SIR. SO ON THAT THANK YOU FOR THAT I THINK THAT'S GREAT.
THE OTHER THING IS I'M KIND OF LIKE A DOG WITHOUT A BONE AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS OVER A COUPLE OF MEETINGS ABOUT HAVING THE STORMWATER THAT ARE ON YOU KNOW, MR. CARTER'S OFFICE WHATEVER THEY'RE THAT YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE WORKING ON WHEN AND WHERE AND IT'S NOT READILY AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. IS THERE ANY PROGRESS BEING MADE ON THAT TO HOPEFULLY THAT OUT ON THE COUNTY WEBSITE SO THAT FOLKS CAN SEE WHAT IT IS IT IS NOW NOT MUCH PROGRESS LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE BRINGING IT UP BUT NOT MUCH PROGRESS.
REASON BEING THEY WERE TRYING TO INCORPORATE LIKE I TOLD YOU BEFORE THEY'RE TRYING TO INCORPORATE NOT JUST MORE INFRASTRUCTURE. WE'RE TRYING TO INCORPORATE ALL OF PUBLIC WORKS FACILITIES MAINTENANCE. THEY'RE TRYING TO GET BASICALLY ASSET MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE SOMETHING THEY CAN SHOW ALL THESE PROJECTS AND SHOW A LOT OF THEY WERE TRYING TO GROUP ALL THAT TOGETHER THAT DID NOT PASS TO THIS YEAR'S BUDGET TO DO THAT I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE CAN'T COME WITH SOMETHING IN-HOUSE.
WE CAN MAYBE WORK WITH IT TO TRY TO GET SOMETHING FOR STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE AND JUST SHOW SOME SOME PROJECTS THAT ARE ONGOING. WELL, IF YOU REALLY COULD I KNOW THERE WOULD BE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT WOULD BENEFIT FROM THIS.
AND AGAIN I SOUND LIKE A BROKEN RECORD. YEAH.
NO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF LIKE GOING BACK, YOU KNOW? NO, SORRY.
BUT I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE BEST AND HOPEFULLY IF CUT ON SOME OF YOUR VOTE FROM SOME OF THE CITIZEN AND THAT YOU GUYS HAVE TO RESPOND SAY YEP YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN LIST WE'RE SURE IT WOULD BE NICE BE ABLE FOLKS TO JUST PUT YOU ON THE STREET WHATEVER YOU GUYS AND KEEP DOING IT PUSH IT TO REMOVE YOU KNOW SORT OF THINK LIKE BEFORE YOU LEAVE YOU MENTIONED A WORD THAT I HAD A PLACE I'D NEVER HEARD AND I THINK NEEDLE RUSH, NEEDLE RUSH AND I UNDERSTAND THAT WE RECEIVED A COMPLAINT ABOUT FLOODING AND NEEDLE RUSH AND NEEDLE RUSH CARTERS OUT OF HE'S GOING SO NEEDLE RUSH TRYING THAT'S PART OF IT IS THAT PART OF LADY'S ISLAND IT IS THAT'S PART OF LADY'S ISLAND SO THAT'S NOT TRUE FOR THE STATE ROAD OKAY ROAD OF TUPPERMAN I'VE JUST HAD SO MANY ROADS IN MY MILES I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S COUNTY OR STATE I THINK IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF STATE DRAINAGE BUT I DON'T WANT TO SEE FOR SURE WE LOOK AT THAT NEEDLE RUSH AREA SO THE BACK OF THAT NEEDLE RUSH AREA IS JUST A VERY, VERY LOW LYING AREA AND THERE'S ONE RESIDENCE THERE THAT REALLY AFFECTS ME MAYBE WHO CALLED AND COMPLAINED AND I LOOK AT THE ALL OUT PERSON EVERY PERSON YOUR YOU'RE ON LAST WEDNESDAY IT WAS THE BACK YARD WAS STILL FLOODED IS STILL HAVE WATER IN IT THERE'S JUST NO REALLY WAY FOR THAT WATER TO GO THERE IT JUST IT JUST DOES NOT DRAIN AND THAT ROAD IT GOES UNDER THE DRAINAGE ON THAT ROAD ACTUALLY DRAINS INTO THAT LOW LYING AREA SO YOU KNOW IN TERM WHEN THAT LOW LYING AREA FILLS UP, IT FILLS YOU KNOW WE DON'T NEED TOLD US WATER GETS RECEDED AND WE CAN REALLY GET OUT THERE AND LOOK AT IT AND HAVE SOME SURVEY DONE OR CHECK SOME GRADES.
WE JUST DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW TO DRAIN THAT AREA YET. GOTCHA.
THAT'S THANK YOU. APPRECIATE ALL. APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU. WITH OTHER NEW BUSINESS WILL MOVE IN TO PUBLIC COMMENT WE
[7. PUBLIC COMMENT]
HAVE TWO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC . HELLO.HELLO. BEFORE YOU START THE CLOCK I HAVE WORKERS.
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GOOD GOOD GOOD. I'LL TAKE ONE. THANK YOU.I HAVE TO MOVE NOW BEFORE I HAVE I JUST WANT TO I MY NAME IS LAURA WILSON.
I'M FROM ALL JOY. WE WANTED TO COME TODAY AND I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR MRS. BREWER ALSO BUT I'M GOING TO JUST SEND THEM IN AN EMAIL. IT'D BE EASIER AND THEN INCLUDE SOME OF THE BOARD MEMBERS AS WELL. WE FIRST JUST WANT TO COME UP HERE AND JUST SAY A BIG THANK YOU AND YOU KNOW IT'S FUNNY EVEN THOUGH I KNOW YOU MENTIONED CHAIRMAN AT THE BEGINNING, YOU KNOW THERE WASN'T YOU KNOW, WITH THE BOARD AND PEOPLE NOT HERE THE FOLKS THAT ARE HERE YOU'VE MADE A DIFFERENCE YOU'VE MADE A DIFFERENCE IN THE COMMUNITY. I MARK FIRST CAME OUT IN OCTOBER 3RD CAME AROUND LOOKED AT THE DITCHES AND LIKE WHAT'S GOING ON? THINGS WERE PUT UP ON THE SCREENS. WE DID WANT TO ASK THOUGH WE DO HAVE PICTURES IN FUTURE THAT WE'D LIKE TO SHOW SOME OF THE STUFF AND WE WANTED TO GIVE SOME SHOUT OUT PICTURES BUT WHO DO WE SEND THEM TO? WHO WHO THAT PERSON TO YOU BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS YOU KNOW I CAN SEND THEM TO YOU AND THEY WILL GO UP THEY WILL GET THEM.
OKAY SO IN WITH THAT TOO BECAUSE EVEN COMING DOWN AND WHEN IT FIRST STARTED AND YOU SAW EVERYTHING I MEAN THINGS HAPPENED AND AFTER THAT TAYLOR CAME ON THE 31ST BUT IT'S JUST IT'S MADE SUCH A DIFFERENCE AND IS ALSO BEEN A DIFFERENCE HERE LATELY.
PRIOR TO THE STORM, DEBBIE, WE SENT YOU KNOW YOU GUYS GOT A THANK YOU ON THE NINTH WE SENT IT TO COUNTY COUNCIL TO YOU GUYS TO EVERYBODY WE COULD THINK OF TO THANK BECAUSE WE ARE THAT APPRECIATIVE BECAUSE SOME THINGS CHANGED WE HAD THAT MEETING LAST MONTH THE PUBLIC MEETING AND YOU KNOW IT WAS A CONCERN WE WERE GOING TO GET YOU KNOW, UPDATES ON THE STORM WATER DRAINAGE AND SO FORTH AND AND WE ALSO DECIDED TO INVITE LIKE THE VICE CHAIR OF OF COUNCIL AND I WAS SO GLAD THAT, YOU KNOW, MR. MOORE CAME AS WELL BUT WE WALKED IN AND IT WAS FUNNY BECAUSE INITIALLY IT WASN'T ADVERTISED EVERYBODY'S WONDERING WHY WASN'T THIS ADVERTISED FIRST TIME IN YEARS EVEN OUR REPRESENTATIVE MR. LAWSON HAD MENTIONED, YOU KNOW WHAT IS SUCH A SMALL CROWD AND YOU KNOW, YOU WANTED TO ALMOST FEEL DISCOURAGEMENT BUT THEN AFTERWARDS SOMETHING HAPPENED. IT'S LIKE CLOUDS DISAPPEARED AND UP BECAUSE WORKERS THAT WERE IN ALL JOY FOLKS HAD SMILES ON THEIR FACES. I MEAN IT'S LIKE A COUNTENANCE THAT LIFTED HIM YOU KNOW IN THE GENTLEMAN WHAT IS IT DAVID WILLEM AND BRAD WERE THERE AND AND YOU KNOW OF COURSE MR. CARTER'S OUT THERE BUT IT WAS JUST SUCH A DIFFERENT CAN DO WE'VE GOT THIS AND EVEN SAID BECAUSE I DON'T FUSS A LOT WITH MY VILLAGE BECAUSE IT'S THE COMMUNITY THE CONCERN AND I SAID OH YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT MINE.
THERE'S A MAN WE ARE INSTRUCTED TO DO EVERY SINGLE DITCH AND ALL JOY CLEAN SINGLE CULVERT AND I'M LIKE AND I TELL YOU WHAT WE JUST LOVE DROPPING LIKE FRESCAS AND MOTORS AND JUST THANKING YOUR CREWS. BUT I THIS BOARD BECAUSE WHEN YOU CAME DOWN THAT WAS THE START TO MADE A DIFFERENCE AND DIFFERENT MEMBERS YOU KNOW PATRICK ANOTHER ONE SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU THERE THANK YOU TO PUBLIC WORKS THANK YOU TO THE STORMWATER TEAMS I'LL TELL YOU WHAT IT IS AGAIN LIKE A NIGHT AND DAY DIFFERENCE BUT ALSO JUST THE FOLKS YOU CAN SEE IT'S ON THE PRIDE. YOU KNOW JAMES WHO I JOKINGLY SAY EEYORE WHO'S HE'S LOST HIS TAIL. HE SEEMS A LITTLE GRUMPY BUT I MEAN HE WAS A PLETHORA OF INFORMATION THAT HE WAS JUST ON IT. IT'S JUST THE CHANGE HAS OCCURRED AND AND THAT'S WONDERFUL IT'S SUCH AN ENCOURAGEMENT FOR OUR AREA BUT ALSO WHEN IT CAME TO WITH THIS STORM HITTING WE WERE READY AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF YOU GUYS AND . WE THANK YOU. THE ONLY THING I WANTED TO SAY AND WE'LL SEND IN A COUPLE OF EMAILS BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A LOT MORE WORK ON AUDREY ROAD.
THEY WERE UNDERWATER TWO FEET AND SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
THANK ALL THANK YOU VERY WELCOME AND I TO SECOND THAT YOU GOT TO GO I KNOW GOING TO KAREN DOUGHTY AND I LIVE IN OYSTER STREET AND THE CREW CAME OUT AND OUR DITCHES ARE CLEAN AND WE WANT TO THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEART IT HAS MADE SUCH A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO AGAIN WE CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH.
YOU'RE VERY WELCOME THAT WHAT THE STORM WATER UTILITY BOARD IS HERE FOR WE NEED TO WITH
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THAT AND IF THERE IS NO OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT MOVED TO THE NEXT MEETING AGENDA AS IT BEEN CHANGED IT IS NOT OKAY I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE NEXT MEETING AGENDA REMOVING THE KATIE HERRERA IN ITS PLACE PUT TAYLOR BREWER YEAH. DO I HAVE A SECOND BUT I HAVE A I THOUGHT YOU MOVE I CAN WELL I STILL MOVE WHAT YOU JUST SAID AND I'LL SECOND WHAT IT'S OKAY[00:55:13]
THAT YOU WANT ME GET SERIOUS AND MAKE A MOTION. THAT'S ALL RIGHT BECAUSE I'LL SIT HERE. IT'S THE THE AGENDA THE PROPOSED AGENDA FOR OCTOBER 16TH WITH THE FOLLOWING CORRECTIONS OF REMOVING THE NAME KATIE HERRERA AND PLACING BREWER IN ITS PLACE HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I THE PROPOSED MEETING AGENDA IS APPROVED WITH NO OTHER FURTHER GO TO THE CAUSE COMMENTS THIS MEETING ADJOURNED* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.