Sep 09, 2024 County Council

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NOW YOU THINK I DO OKAY COUNCIL MEMBERS ALL RIGHT ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE AND

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

HELP US TO ENGAGE MEANINGFUL DISCUSSION. ALLOW US TO GROW CLOSER AS A COUNCIL AND NURTURE THE BONDS OF COMMUNITY. DEAR LORD, GRANT US TO PATIENCE, TO WORK TOGETHER WHETHER ARE IN THIS ROOM OR WATCHING ONLINE.

LET US WORK TOGETHER WITH UNDERSTANDING AND COMPASSION IN OUR HEARTS.

LET US NOT BE RUDE OR ARROGANT TOWARDS ONE ANOTHER. SHOW US THE WAY AND FILL US WITH COURAGE AND WISDOM. HELP US TO REMEMBER THAT YOUR LOVE AND GRACE AND TO BE FAITHFUL TO OUR DUTIES AS PUBLIC SERVANTS GIVE US THE PATIENCE AND UNDERSTANDING TO FACE THE CHALLENGES BEFORE US WITH GRACE AND HUMILITY. AND WE ASK THESE THINGS IN YOUR NAME. AMEN. PUBLIC NOTIFICATION OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN PUBLISHED. POSTED AND DISTRIBUTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SOUTH

[4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA]

[5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - County Council Meeting on July 15, 2024]

I'LL MAKE A TO APPROVE THE MINUTES DULY MOTION SECOND I'LL SAY OKAY WE HAVE A MOTION IN SECOND FOR THE APPROVAL OF OUR MINUTES. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON

[6. ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT]

A VERY GOOD DISCUSSION WITH THEM TODAY. SO I'M LEARNING A LOT ABOUT ALL OF OUR PROCESSES AND HOW THINGS ARE WORKING. UPCOMING WE'LL GET THE PLEASURE TO GO VISIT THE MARINE CORPS AIR STATION AND I'LL BE ACCOMPANYING COUNCILMEMBER ON A TOUR NEXT WEEK AND I'LL BE VISITING HILTON HEAD AIRPORT. WITH THAT SAID, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THREE EMPLOYEES THIS EVENING. FIRST OFF, BEAUFORT COUNTY CORONER'S OFFICE WE HAVE ANDREW MAGNESS IF HE IS HERE. IS GOVERNOR SO ANDREW IS THE DEPUTY CORONER AND HERE HE IS. TO SEE YOU. SO HE'S BEEN WITH THE MOTOR COUNTY FOR THREE YEARS AND EIGHT MONTHS AS A DEPUTY CORONER.

HE'S RESPONSIBLE RESPONDING TO INVESTIGATE DEATHS THAT OCCUR OUTSIDE OF A HOSPITAL OR HEALTH CARE FACILITY. MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS. HOMICIDES.

SUICIDES. OVERDOSES, DEATHS A SUSPICIOUS DEATH AND MAKING NEXT OF KIN NOTIFICATIONS OTHER AGENCIES. HE ALSO WORKS WITH FAMILIES OF THOSE WHO EXPERIENCE THE DEATH OF THEIR LOVED ONES. ALSO THE EVIDENCE ROOM MANAGER IS RESPONSIBLE LOGGING AND RELEASING ALL PERFECT PERSONAL PROPERTY OF TO THE NEXT OF KIN. I WANT TO GO VISIT THAT AND THAT'S THE CLEANEST FACILITY I THINK I'VE EVER SEEN AND THAT'S SAYING SOMETHING.

HE'S A MEMBER OF THE NEWLY FORMED MORTUARY ASSISTANCE STRIKE TEAM FOR THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA SOMETHING UNIQUE. RETIRED U.S. NAVY VETERAN.

HE AND HIS WIFE ARE FREQUENT ESTATES. THE ESTATE SALE.

AND HE LOVES TO TRAVEL TO DIFFERENT SALES HE ENJOYS WELDING AND MAKING UNIQUE ITEMS. HE ALSO LIKES TO COOK AND GRILL AND OFTEN PROVIDES LUNCHES FOR THE OFFICE. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE SIR.

SURE. NEXT UP WE HAVE FROM PARKS AND RECREATION EVAN CHRISTIAN DARBY

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I DID GET TO MEET YOU JUST THIS EARLIER HOUR LAST WEEK. SO EVAN OVERSEES ALL ATHLETIC IN COUNTY. OH, WE GOT SOME OF THE TEAM HERE.

VERY NICE. EVERYBODY WAS IT'S AWESOME. SO SOMETHING YOU NEED HE'S BEING RECOGNIZED FOR HIS EXEMPLARY LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZATIONAL PROWESS AND MANAGING TWO CONCURRENT BASEBALL TOURNAMENTS THE DIXIE BOYS WORLD SERIES AND THE DIXIE BOWL, DIXIE JUNIOR WORLD SERIES FROM JULY 26 TO JULY 30TH. EXPERTLY HANDLED LOGISTICS OF THESE LARGE SCALE EVENTS WHICH DREW 24 TEAMS FROM 11 STATES AND ATTRACTED NEARLY 3000 SPECTATORS OVER FIVE DAYS. HIS REMARKABLE SKILL IN COORDINATING OPERATIONS ENSURING EVERYTHING RAN SMOOTHLY, DELIVERING A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE FOR ALL REFLECT HIS DEDICATION AND EXPERTIZE. THESE TOURNAMENTS NOT ONLY SHOWCASE COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATIONS TEAMS AND FACILITIES BUT ALSO HIGHLIGHTED COUNTY AS AN IDEAL VENUE FOR FUTURE SPORTS TOURISM. HIS OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT ORCHESTRATING SUCH A COMPLEX EVENT UNDERSCORES THE EXCEPTIONAL COMMITMENT TO BOTH THE SPORT AND THE COMMUNITY SO THAT WE APPRECIATE. THEY'RE CUTE. OKAY.

WE HAVE FROM A PUBLIC WORKS STORMWATER JOHN CHICKEN MIXON FEATURED HERE IS NEW SO HE'S HE'S AN EQUIPMENT OPERATOR TOO HE'S BEEN WEEKS OF SERVICE 19 YEARS CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT HE OPERATES THE BUSH HOG CLEARS BRUSH ON STORMWATER WORK SHELLS ON OTHER COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE INCLUDING THE AIRPORT. SO YOU'VE BEEN BUSY PAST FEW WEEKS I KNOW DOING A LOT OF WORK WITH STORMWATER. WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF THAT SOMETHING UNIQUE. HE LIVES IN UMC HE'S BEEN OPERATING THE BUSH HOG FOR HIS ENTIRE CAREER AND HE GOT THE NAME CHICKEN BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY MEAT HE WILL EAT.

THERE YOU GO AND OH YEAH AND MR. AND THAT KUZMA REPORTS QUESTIONS OKAY WE HAVE TWO

[7. PRESENTATION OF A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING RECOVERY MONTH - Vice-Chair Lawrence McElynn]

WHEREAS NATIONAL RECOVERY MONTH WHICH BEGAN 1989, OCCURS ANNUALLY IN SEPTEMBER, THE THEME IS EVERY PERSON, EVERY FAMILY, EVERY COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT OUR LIVES WE ALL PEAKS AND VALLEYS. HOWEVER WE REMAIN RESILIENT WITH STRENGTH, SUPPORT AND VERY IMPORTANTLY HOPE FROM OUR LOVED ONES WHEREAS THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY IS ENCOURAGED TO CELEBRATE SEPTEMBER AS NATIONAL RECOVERY MONTH BY PROMOTING THE MESSAGE THAT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ESSENTIAL FOR OVERALL WELL-BEING PREVENTION IS AN EFFECTIVE TREATMENT WORKS AND

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THIS IS YOUR SHOT I KNOW YOU DIDN'T PREPARE ALL THAT WELL. MY NAME IS COURTNEY AND I HAVE THREE YEARS IN LONG TERM RECOVERY AND. I'VE BEEN GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE OUT AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR LISTENING AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE VIDEO. I THINK YOU READ THIS IS ABOUT AS FAR AS I CAN GO.

I MEAN EVERYBODY IS WELL OKAY. WE DIDN'T KNOW YOU WON. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK THANK OUR SECOND PRESENTATION IS RECOGNIZING

[8. PRESENTATION OF A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA STATE GUARD - Council Member Anna Maria Tabernik]

YES, MA'AM. OPERATOR MA'AM. MA'AM, I'M GOOD SO BEAR WITH ME WHERE SEPTEMBER IS OBSERVED AS NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF PREPARING FOR EMERGENCIES BUILD RESILIENCE BEFORE DISASTERS STRIKE THANKFULLY THROUGH MY AND WHEREAS COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES THROUGHOUT SOUTH CAROLINA HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY A VARIETY OF DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES INCLUDING ICE STORMS, FLOODING HURRICANES AND THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC AND THE RESIDENTS OF COUNTY DEEPLY APPRECIATE THE PROTECTION THAT THE SOUTH CAROLINA STATE GUARD HAS PROVIDED TO THE CITIZENS OF THIS GREAT STATE FOR MORE THAN 350 YEARS AND WHEREAS AUTHORIZED BY THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS THE STATE GUARD IS A PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION AND A COMPONENT OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT WHICH SUPPORTS A VARIETY OF CRITICAL FUNCTIONS THE STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT WHEREAS. THE SOUTH CAROLINA STATE GUARD TRACES ITS EARLIEST MANIFESTATION TO THE FORMATION OF THE CHARLESTON MILITIA IN 1670. THE COLONIES FIRST MILITARY ORGANIZATION PROTECTING IN THE EARLIEST DAYS FROM PIRATES FOREIGN INVADERS AND NATIVE AMERICAN RAIDS AND.

WHEREAS THROUGHOUT THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR THE STATE GUARD PLAYED A PIVOTAL ROLE IN RECAPTURE THEMSELVES FROM BRITISH CONTROL WITH LEADERS SUCH AS FRANCIS MARION, THE SWAMP FOX, THOMAS SUMTER, THE CAPE COD AND ANDREW PICKENS THE WIZARD ALLEN AND ADDITIONALLY PLAYED KEY ROLES IN LATER CONFLICTS SUCH AS EARLY 19TH CENTURY BATTLES AGAINST THE SPANISH AND FLORIDA THE MEXICAN WAR IN THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR .

AND SEE THIS HISTORY LESSON TONIGHT FOLKS AND THE STATE GUARD IS ORGANIZED AS AN ARMY BRIGADE, THE LEADERSHIP OF THE COMMANDER AND IS COMPRISED OF THE COMMAND STAFF THE CHIEF OF STAFF SECTION, THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES COMMAND AND THE FIRST CIVILIAN SUPPORT WHICH IS FURTHER DIVIDED INTO THREE BATTALIONS. THE BATTALIONS ARE DIVIDED INTO COMPANIES WHICH TO THE BOUNDARIES OF THE SIX REGIONS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THERE IS

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THANK YOU. AND YOU SAID I DIDN'T KNOW THEY WERE ALL VOLUNTEERS UNTIL I READ THE LETTER THAT WE'D LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA STATE GUARD.

THANK YOU FOR SERGEANT RAINEY BEING MY VICE SQUAD IS STAFF SERGEANT ROJAS MY AS FIVE IS A WARRANT OFFICER HOME FIRE TEAM LEADER IS ARDEN CONNELLY AND MY XO IS CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER PULLEN THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING TAKING I GUESS THESE SHORT PEOPLE WILL ONCE AGAIN HOPE THAT YOU HAVE EVERYTHING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. OKAY. WE ARE IN OUR FIRST CITIZEN

[CITIZEN COMMENTS]

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THIS IS THE PERSON WHO WILL REPRESENT AND TOM RICH'S CONSTITUENTS ON THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE I DO NOT KNOW MR. JOHNSON BUT I KNOW ALL OF YOU.

I AM MOST DISTURBED THAT EIGHT OF YOU VOTED AGAINST THE CANDIDATE THAT MR. REED'S VETTED AND DETERMINED WOULD BEST REPRESENT HIS CONSTITUENTS.

I WANT YOU TO LISTEN TO MR. MCKELLEN'S RECOMMENDATION AND YOU VOTED FOR HIS RECOMMENDATION OVER MR. REED'S . MR. MCKELLEN IS FROM DISTRICT TEN AND 11. I WANT I SO WHY IS HIS RECOMMENDATION BETTER THAN MY COUNCILMAN WHO ELECTED ALONG WITH OTHER CONSTITUENTS ARE OF YOU BETTER QUALIFIED TO TELL EACH OTHER'S DISTRICT WHO SHOULD REPRESENT THE I UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS THAT ALL OF YOU HAVE A VOTE ON ALL COUNTY BUSINESS BUT I FIND IT EXTRA ORDINARY THAT YOU WOULD VOTE AGAINST THE CANDIDATE RECOMMENDED BY MY ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE WHO I VOTE FOR.

THIS MAY NOT BE UNETHICAL BUT IT CERTAINLY IS MANIPULATIVE AND DISRESPECTFUL I GUESS REALLY THINK WE ARE STUPID ALL OF US YOUR CONSTITUENT IS YOU KNOW WHAT'S BEST FOR US BY YOUR ACTIONS YOU HAVE USURPED THE PEOPLE OF DISTRICT 11 WHAT THEY WANT I SUSPECT I KNOW WHY AND HOW THIS WENT DOWN SO ALL I WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW THIS ABOUT ELECTIONS DISTRICT 11 DID NOT APPROVE OF THE WAY OUR PREVIOUS COUNCILMAN AND YOUR FRIEND MR. RODMAN WAS REPRESENTING.

WE VOTED HIM OUT AND MR. REED IN TOM REED'S REPRESENTS US YOU OBVIOUSLY DON'T MR. REED TRIES VOTE FOR WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT MANY OF YOU CRINGE EVERY TIME HE SAYS THAT I'M WATCHING YOU BUT HIS AND OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS CONSTITUTE TO TALK TO HIM I THINK IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO REEVALUATE HOW YOU'RE BUSINESS AND STOP TALKING ABOUT THE PROCESS.

ED NAUSEUM. YOU KNOW WHAT IS BEST FOR THE COUNTY ITS WAY.

TIME FOR YOU TO WALK THE TALK. I QUOTE FROM OF MY FAVORITE TV SHOWS THANK YOU.

NEVER DOUBT THAT THOUGHTFUL SMALL GROUP OF CITIZENS CAN CHANGE THE WORLD.

IT'S REMARKABLE. THANK YOU. SANDRA MACK.

THANK YOU. ONCE. GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS SANDRA MACK AND I'VE BEEN IN BEFORE COUNTY SINCE ABOUT 32 YEARS.

I'M FROM NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA. I A BARBER, A BAIL BONDSMAN AND JUST RECENTLY I HAVE THIS STORE EAST SIDE ROAD. IT HAS BEEN A IT HAS BEEN A A TIME WITH GETTING THE STORE. HOWEVER, I HAVE HAD HELP WITH THE STORE COMING SEE CAN THEY DID ALL THEY COULD TO HELP ME GET UP AND RUNNING THEY DID MY ME FOURTH I HAD MY OPENING THEY HELPED ME SINCE THEN THEY HAVE GIVEN AND HELPED ME STOCK MY STORE WE'RE ON A IS A FOOD DESERT IN SAINT HELENA ISLAND AND WE ARE ONE OF TWO STORES THERE AND I AM HAPPY TO BE THERE I HAVE MY FAMILY THEY HAVE COME FROM NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA TO HELP ME WITH THE STORE AND I WOULD LIKE TO STAY SO YOU CAN HAS DID ALL THEY COULD TO KEEP ME THEIR STUFF

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I APPRECIATE THAT AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. I ALSO WANT TO YOU KNOW THAT THE ALMOST A THOUSAND PEOPLE THAT WE'VE ALREADY HOSTED FROM THAT TIME TO NOW THAT CAME TO SAINT HELENA ISLAND WERE ALSO APPRECIATIVE OF YOUR WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE TO UPHOLD THE CULTURE OF PROTECTION DISTRICT FOR SAINT HELENA. AND I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT I WANT TO DELIVER THIS MESSAGE AND WE'VE GOTTEN EVEN SEVERAL MESSAGES VIA FACEBOOK MESSENGER VIA OTHER MECHANISMS ON INSTAGRAM VIA EMAILS AND LETTERS THAT PEOPLE HAVE APPRECIATED BEING ABLE TO COME AND STILL BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE AND YET IN WHO WE ARE FROM WE ANYTHING LIKE THAT AND WHAT DIFFERENCE INTEL LANDING LIKE THAT AT OUR VENUE IN IN AT ALL SO THEY ARE VERY PLEASED THAT THEY CAN STILL FIND A PLACE AND A SPACE.

THERE'S A BEAUTIFUL RURAL ENVIRONMENT WHERE THIS CULTURAL HERITAGE IS STILL ALIVE AND WHERE IT IS NOT A COOKIE CUTTER OF SOUTHERN BEAUFORT COUNTY OR OTHER AREAS OF THIS COASTLINE AND THAT IT IS STILL THE EPICENTER OF AGRICULTURE. AND SO WE APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO DO TO UPHOLD THE LAW THAT'S BEEN IN PLACE SINCE 1999 AND PART OF THE WORK WE HAVE DONE WITH THE CULTURAL PROTECTION OVERLAY DISTRICT COMMITTEE IS TO GO THROUGH THE SPOTLIGHT ON SAINT HELENA. AND SO WE HAVE GOING THROUGH THE ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT SECTIONS AS WELL AS OF COURSE THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SECTIONS AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WANT TO BE ABLE TO COME BACK ON BEHALF OF THE CPO TO PRESENT TO YOU. AND ONE OF THOSE MAJOR ISSUES IS BURIAL AREAS ON HELENA ISLAND AND THAT IS AN ISSUE THROUGHOUT THE GULF NATION FROM JACKSONVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA TO JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA. WE HAVE OUR REPRESENTATIVE TONIGHT FROM FLORIDA AND SHE CAN TELL YOU WE FOUGHT VERY HARD FOR THE STATE OF FLORIDA TO RECOGNIZE AND PROTECT BLACK OR AFRICAN-AMERICAN CEMETERIES. OF COURSE GULLAH GEECHEE SACRED BURIAL AREAS ARE THOSE THEY ARE ON THE WATERWAYS. THEY ARE THERE WITH THE MARSHES FOR THE MOST PART AND IT NEEDS PROTECTION AND ST HELENA IS THAT RURAL PLACE THAT STILL ALLOWS FOR THAT PROTECTION IN SPITE OF THE FACT WE HAVE SEA LEVEL RISE AND WE HAVE OVERBUILDING SO WE WANT TO YOU FOR KEEPING THE CULTURAL PROTECTION OVERLAY DISTRICT IN PLACE THAT DOESN'T ALLOW FOR THAT TO HAPPEN AND THERE'S SO MUCH MORE THAT BE COMING BEFORE YOU WITH IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS FOR RECOMMENDATION TIONS IN REGARD TO OTHER THINGS TO ADVANCE THE SPOTLIGHT ON SAINT HELENA THAT'S PART OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SO I JUST WANT TO SALUTE YOU FOR WORK.

THANK YOU, ROBERT. NEW THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN GOOD EVENING.

WE THOUGHT THIS WAS A SETTLED ISSUE. ONLY LORD KNOWS WHY YOU ALL DO THIS BUT THANK YOU. THIS IS SIMPLE. HILTON HEAD ISLAND IS WONDERFUL AND BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO LIVE. THERE ARE 29 GOLF COURSES, DOZENS OF GATED RESORT COMMUNITIES AND GREAT RESTAURANTS. WHAT DOESN'T HAVE OF COURSE IS THE LARGE THRIVING GOLD POPULATION THAT INHABITED THAT ISLAND UNTIL THE 1990S ST HELENA AND HILTON HEAD ISLAND ARE THE SAME LAND SIZE AND VERY COMPARABLE NATURAL BEAUTY.

ST HELENA DOES NOT HAVE THE GATES RESORTS AND GOLF COURSES. IT DOES HOWEVER HAVE LARGEST GOLF POPULATION ON THE EAST COAST. MANY WHOM ARE LANDHOLDERS, FARMERS AND FISHERMEN WHOSE ROUTE SPANS SIX OR SEVEN GENERATIONS.

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IT'S RELEVANT TO KNOW WHO'S COMING INTO OUR COMMUNITY. WE HAVE NO IDEA WHY THE MYSTERY. WHAT'S THE SECRET. THE ARGUMENT IS ALSO MADE THAT IF CAVE AND YOU'RE GIVEN THE GOLF COURSE IT'LL END THE LITIGATION COURT.

OF COURSE IT'S JUST THE OPPOSITE. PENSIONER AND ALL THE OTHER LITIGANTS WILL BE FORCED TO SUE OUR OWN COUNCIL. NOT A GOOD LOOK.

GOLF COURSES TAKE UP A LOT OF LAND. DEVELOPERS WILL FLOCK TO BEAUFORT REQUEST THE SAME KAVAL THE SAME ARGUMENT. YOU GET LESS AND LESS STOPS WITH PINE ISLAND. THIS ARGUMENT HAS BEEN A SMOKESCREEN FROM DAY ONE AT THE PRICE POINT PAY THERE IS NO VIABLE PROFIT POSSIBLE WITH THE SUBDIVISION AND THERE NEVER WAS. HOWEVER, IF THE DEVELOPER WISHES TO PURSUE THAT OPTION HE HAS THAT RIGHT. GO FOR IT. BUT IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN JUST ABOUT THE GOLF COURSE. NOTHING MORE SETTLE TONIGHT. NIP IT IN THE BUD.

LET THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO ALLOW ANY CARVE OUTS.

THANK YOU. NO, I'M USE TOM DONOHUE. I DIDN'T THINK YOU WOULD CALL ME. I'VE MISSED YOU ALL. NOT THAT MUCH.

BUT YET HERE WE ARE AGAIN. I FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS MEETING JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO AND I'M GLAD I'M HERE BECAUSE I STAND BY EVERYTHING I'VE SAID PRIOR AND YOU KNOW, IN THIS DAY AND AGE WHETHER THIS IS PERTINENT OR NOT I FIND MYSELF LOOKING UP EVERY DAY AND THIS WORLD IS IN GREAT TROUBLE, THE WORLD IS ON FIRE AND IT'S TIME FOR PEOPLE TO TOGETHER.

YOU KNOW THE, DIVISIVENESS AND HATRED THAT I'VE WATCHED ACCELERATE OVER THE LAST 15 YEARS IS OUT OF CONTROL AND. IT'S GETTING WORSE BY THE DAY AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S GOT TO BE A WAY FOR US TO COME TOGETHER AND STOP ALL THE HATRED. MY DADDY USED TO TELL ME TOM, YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIKE THAT GUY BUT YOU GOT TO LOVE HIM. AND THAT HAS STAYED WITH ME FOR A GOOD WHILE AND I WISH NOBODY ANY ILL WILL. BUT THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN ON SAINT HELENA LIKE ROB SAID, YOU KNOW, I WAS AT ALL THE MEETINGS.

I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU ALL DID BUT I'M GOING TO DRAG ON. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT WHAT WOULD JESUS DO? YOU KNOW THAT WASN'T FUNNY. WHOEVER WAS LAUGHING IT WASN'T FUNNY. I LOVE YOU GUYS. OKAY, WE WILL END THE FIRST CITIZENS COMMENT. THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE THAT WANT TO SPEAK.

WE HAVE A SECOND CITIZEN'S COMMENT BEFORE WE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND I WILL ALLOW THOSE PEOPLE TO SPEAK AT THAT POINT TIME. WE ARE NOW AT ITEM NUMBER TEN

[10. LIASION AND COMMITTEE REPORTS]

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MR. MCDONALD THANK YOU. I'M HAPPY TO REPORT TO EVERYONE THAT THE HILTON HEAD PUBLIC SERVICE DISTRICT HAS WON AWARD. THEY JUST KEEP COMING IN. THIS ONE IS THE WATER QUALITY LABORATORY AS EARNED A LABORATORY OF EXCELLENCE AWARD. HILTON PUBLIC SERVICE DISTRICT WATER QUALITY LAB HAS ONCE AGAIN BEEN RECOGNIZED AS A LABORATORY OF EXCELLENCE AS PART OF ITS ANNUAL CERTIFICATION BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES.

THE AGENCY CONDUCTS THE CERTIFICATION RECOGNIZED THE LAB ACHIEVING 100% ACCEPTABLE DATA IN A GROUP OF 380 PARTICIPATING LABS ACCORDING TO .

THIS ACHIEVEMENT IS A DEMONSTRATION OF THE SUPERIOR QUALITY OF THE LABORATORY ACCORDING TO THE STATEMENT. P.S. THE WATER QUALITY LAB CONDUCTS THOUSANDS OF TESTS ANNUALLY ON THE QUALITY OUR TAP WATER AND TREATED RECYCLED WATER.

IT'S LED BY QUALITY SUPERVISOR SARAH HICKMAN TO WHOM WE OFFER OUR CONGRATULATIONS.

THE COMMITMENT TO PROVIDING CLEAN DRINKING WATER TO OUR CUSTOMERS AND PROTECTING AND ENHANCING THE ISLAND'S ECOSYSTEMS THROUGH OUR RECYCLED WATER PROGRAM IS AIDED AND DEMONSTRATED THROUGH CONTINUOUS SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS, SAID THE PSC GENERAL MANAGER PETE NARDI . THE LABORATORY OF EXCELLENCE RECOGNITION FOR OUR QUALITY LABORATORY UNDER SARAH HICKMAN'S OUTSTANDING GUIDANCE CONFIRMS OUR DEDICATION TO ACHIEVING OUR MISSION. SO OUR CONGRATULATIONS TO SARAH HICKMAN, TO THE GENERAL MANAGER PETE NARDI AND TO THE CHAIRMAN OF SD1 FRANK TORONTO. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

MR. CUNNINGHAM. YEAH, JUST FOR YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

MINE'S MORE OF A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPDATE. THOSE OF YOU THAT AN EYE ON WHAT'S GOING ON IN BLUFFTON TOMORROW AT COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING OR THEIR TOWN COUNCIL MEETING THEY HAVE AN ITEM AGENDA THREE HAS TO DO WITH ANNEXATION OF PROPERTY FROM COUNTY OVER TO THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON. THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT BECAUSE IT DOES HAVE PARTIAL TO DO WITH FIVE B AND THE REALIGNMENT OF THAT INTERSECTION. SO ANYBODY THAT HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ABOUT THAT, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO CALL YOUR TOWN COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE AND VOICE YOUR OPINION ABOUT THAT OR SHOW UP TOMORROW AND HOPEFULLY WE HAVE A CROWD JUST LIKE THIS TODAY TO VOICE YOUR OPINION ON THAT AS WELL OF WHAT THAT COULD LEAD TO IN THE FUTURE.

THANK. THANK YOU. YES, MISS TANNER.

NICK. SHE'S GOT A BOOK OVER HERE SO. SO THE STATE ATX COMMITTEE HELD ANOTHER INFORMATION SESSION LAST WEEK AT ABOUT 40 PEOPLE. IT'S THEIR SECOND ONE.

JONATHAN SULLIVAN, CHAIR OF THAT COMMITTEE, DID A GREAT JOB.

THERE WERE A LOT OF IMPORTANT CLARIFYING QUESTIONS AND HOPEFULLY THAT HEADS OFF MISUNDERSTANDINGS FOR PEOPLE TO APPLY GO THROUGH ALL THE TROUBLE TO FIND OUT THEY'RE NOT ELIGIBLE. I DID VIRTUALLY ATTEND THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

THEY DID THE HOUSING IMPACT ANALYSIS WHICH WAS VERY GOOD BUT LIKE I SAID I HAVE YOUR FAVORITE BEVERAGE WHEN YOU WATCH IT AND THE BOARD MET. THEY JUST SAYS YOU PASSMAN RECOGNIZE SOME OF US FROM CAC. THEY HAVE THREE BOARD MEMBERS THAT WERE WENT TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA BOARDS ASSOCIATION BOARDMAN SHIP INSTITUTE AND THAT BOARD MEMBER VICTOR NAY ACHIEVED LEVEL ONE BOARD MEMBER CARLTON DALLAS ACHIEVE LEVEL TWO AND BOARD MEMBER CHLOE GORDON ACHIEVE LEVEL TWO. SO I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THEM IN FRONT OF OUR.

THEY RECEIVED A DONATION FROM AN ANONYMOUS SOURCE $10,000 FOR MEDICATION CARDS FOR EACH SCHOOL AND THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE REPORTED THAT 30 PROJECTS HAVE BEEN CLOSED OUT FROM THE 2019 REFERENDUM AND WITH REGARD TO THE 2023 REFERENDUM MAY RIVER CONSTRUCTION DESIGNS FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER AS AS DESIGNS FOR LADIES ISLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL REPLACEMENT WERE JUST CAME IN LAST WEEK AND THEY SEPARATED SIX DIFFERENT GROUPS. THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT KIDS STUDIO CONTRACTS SO THEY LOOKED AT THAT AND THEY ALSO DISCUSSED DELIVERY OF DISCIPLINE WHICH IS NEEDED ON SO THAT STUDENTS MAY

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WE DIDN'T SPEAK ABOUT TODAY AT ALL ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO.

AND YOU KNOW, I LET MY COMMUNITY I LET MY DISTRICT DOWN.

I SHOULD HAVE DONE A BETTER JOB AND WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO DO I DON'T KNOW HOW I COULD HAVE DONE ANY MORE THAN I DID. I MET WITH EVERYBODY I MET WITH THE PRESIDENT AND LET'S CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER TO KEEP LET'S CHANGE THIS DYNAMIC A BIT AND LET'S WORK TOGETHER.

WE ALL TALK ABOUT COMING TOGETHER AS A TEAM BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR STANDING UP AND. I APPRECIATE THAT MEANS A LOT. THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME. APPRECIATE. ANYONE ELSE? OKAY. WE ARE NOW READY FOR THE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ACTION ITEMS BUT

[11. APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA]

THE MOTION MR. MCCALLUM MADE THE MOTION MR. DAWSON MADE THE SECOND DULY MOTION AND SECOND ANY DISCUSSION ON SEEING NONE THE CONSENT AGENDA WILL BE APPROVED WITHOUT OBJECTION.

ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS APPROVED? ITEM NUMBER 12 IS A THIRD

[12. THIRD READING OF AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND BEAUFORT COUNTY'S TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS (TIA) POLICY]

MAY I HAVE SUCH A MOTION PLEASE? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.

MS. TABACHNICK MAKES THE MOTION. I WILL SECONDLY.

MS. HOWARD MAKES THE SECOND DULY MOTION THEN SECONDED. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION SEEING NONE? NO. JUST THE THIRD READING OF THE ORDINANCE WILL BE POSTPONED. I PREFER TO POSTPONE IT LAST TIME BECAUSE IT HAS ALL THE I'M SORRY. YOU'RE RIGHT. YEAH.

I HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE AMBIGUITY IN THE LANGUAGE. I TALKED TO JARED TODAY AND IT'S CLEANED UP LANGUAGE TO REMAIN THE SAME. NO AMENDMENTS.

I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH A YEAH BUT WE DID HOLD THE PUBLIC HEARING.

YEAH, THAT WAS YES, WE DID. MM HMM. YEAH, THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD. YES. OKAY.

SO THIS IS DULY AND SECONDED. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? THIS WILL BE APPROVED WITHOUT

[13. PUBLIC HEARING AND SECOND READING OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING BEAUFORT COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL TO PLEDGE REVENUES IN CONNECTION WITH THE ISSUANCE BY THE SOUTH CAROLINA JOBS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF ITS HEALTHCARE REVENUE BONDS (SOUTH OF BROAD HEALTHCARE PROJECT) SERIES 2024 IN THE AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT NOT EXCEEDING $120,000,000; AUTHORIZING PROPER OFFICERS TO DO ALL THINGS NECESSARY OR ADVISABLE; AND OTHER MATTERS INCIDENTAL THERETO]

[14. PUBLIC HEARING AND SECOND READING OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY IDENTIFIED AS COOLER TRACT B (FISCAL IMPACT: The cost of the purchase is be the appraisal value, $1,140,000, plus closing costs. Funding for this project is Land Purchase account 4000- 80-1000-54400 with a balance of $3,000,000)]

SO MR. CHAIRMAN, MR. CUNNINGHAM MAKES THE MOTION SECOND MR. LAWSON MAKES THE SECOND DULY MOTION DIDN'T SECONDED I TURN TO THE PUBLIC IS THERE ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WISHES TO COMMENT ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR ITEM SAYING NONE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT? ANY COMMENT FROM ANY MEMBER OF COUNCIL SAYING NONE OF THIS WILL BE APPROVED AS THE PUBLIC

[15. PUBLIC HEARING AND SECOND READING OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS TO CONVEY REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 333 & 335 BUCKWALTER PARKWAY FOR DEVELOPMENT OF WORKFORCE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND MEDICAL FACILITIES; AND OTHER MATTERS RELATED THERETO (FISCAL IMPACT: this property was purchased for $3,200,000 for the purpose of facilitating Affordable Workforce housing. The Transfer of property has no fiscal impact)]

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IS THERE ANY MEMBER OF COUNCIL WISHES TO COMMENT JUST BRIEFLY AS I STATED LAST TIME, MR. CHAIRMAN, IF I COULD THIS IS A BIG PROJECT FOR THE COUNTY WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT WORKFORCE HOUSING FOR YEARS. WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF NOW TRYING TO IDENTIFY AN AREA THIS IS RIGHT THE HEART OF THE GROWING PART OF BLUFFTON AND FOR US TO BE ABLE TO SECURE BELOW MARKET VALUE TO BE ABLE TO GET WORKFORCE HOUSING IN AN AREA THAT IS FILLED WITH JOBS FOR WHETHER IT'S SCHOOLS GROCERY RETAIL MEDICAL OFFICES GOING UP THERE THIS IS A HONESTLY A ONE OF THOSE WIN WIN SITUATIONS AND I'M HAPPY WE'RE ABLE TO GET THIS DONE I APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT OF YOU GUYS HELPING ME GET THIS DONE AND HOPEFULLY IT'S ONE OF MANY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY KNOW A LOT OF THAT LOVE TO BASH BLUFFTON ON GROWING UP IN THE AREA FOR YEARS BUT AT LEAST I WILL SAY THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO TAKE THIS ON IN THIS AREA. I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY OF THIS NOT IN MY BACKYARD, NONE OF THIS STUFF. THIS IS A BIG STEP FOR US ON COUNTY COUNTS FOR GETTING WORKFORCE HOUSING DONE IN A LARGE VOLUME TO NOT JUST FOUR OR FIVE HOUSES OR FOUR OR FIVE APARTMENTS. WE'RE TALKING ANYWHERE BETWEEN 75 TO 140.

THAT'S A HUGE NUMBER US TO BE ABLE TO HIT. SO I APPRECIATE I'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT I REALLY APPRECIATE THE STAFF WORK THAT WAS DONE BY MR. AMUNDSON ON THIS PROJECT IN COOPERATION WITH THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON AND THE OWNER OF THAT PROPERTY TOO IT'S AN IT'S IN RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME AS FAR AS ANY OTHER COMMENTS SAYING NONE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SECOND READING WILL BE APPROVED WITHOUT OBJECTION AND SEE NO

[16. FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING THE TRANSFER OF AUTHORITY FOR CONDUCTING MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS FROM THE TOWN OF PORT ROYAL TO THE BEAUFORT COUNTY BOARD OF VOTER REGISTRATION AND ELECTIONS ]

MS. HOWARD MADE THE MOTION MS. TABACHNICK THE SECOND DULY MOTION AND SECONDED IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION SEEING NONE THE FIRST READING WILL BE APPROVED WITHOUT OBJECTION THERE ARE TWO

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SO WE'LL BEGIN WITH THERESA WHITE. NO OAK RIGHT RIGHT HERE IS GOOD EVENING. I'M THERESA WHITE, FOUNDER AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE PAN-AFRICAN FAMILY EMPOWERMENT AND LAND NETWORK, ONE OF THE GOOD THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF THE CONTROVERSIAL WERE THE DEVELOPMENT OF PAN HARLEM WAS THE CREATION OF THE COMMUNITY COALITION ACTION NETWORK OF SAINT HELENA ISLAND WHICH CREATED THE COMMUNITY COLLABORATION CENTER WHICH HAS BEEN THE SITE OF A LOT OF ACTIVITY SINCE NOVEMBER 30TH WHICH HAS EMPOWERED PEOPLE OF COMMUNITY AND PROVIDED OPPORTUNITY FOR US A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION TO TEACH COMMUNITY METHODS FOR WHICH BY WHICH THEY CAN SAVE THEIR PROPERTY WHICH IS AN ABBREVIATED SECTION OF OUR STAMP LAND TAXPAYER EMPOWERMENT.

WE'VE ALSO HAD A SITE VETERANS AFFAIRS TO HELP HELP PEOPLE LOWER THEIR PROPERTY TAXES, HELP PEOPLE APPLY FOR THE DISABILITY EXEMPTION IF YOU BE A FREE COUNTY IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA THERE WILL BE MORE THAN 100 OPPORTUNITIES TO TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO CLEAR TO THE HEIRS, PROPERTY AND RESOURCES FOR CREATING GENERATIONAL WEALTH CLOTHING FROM THE SOUTH CAROLINA FORESTRY COMMISSION THE SENATE ALBANS PROPERTY PRESERVATION AND USDA SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, THE COUNTY BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE MOTHER AND A NUMBER OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS IN ADDITION WE'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE BIG HOUSE CEMETERY FAMILIES TO BE ABLE TO TRY TO REGAIN ACCESS TO THEIR CEMETERY BECAUSE THREE FAMILIES HAVE HAD TO FAMILY MEMBERS IN OTHER CEMETERIES

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AND WE STEPPED IN TO FILL THAT GAP THANK YOU ROBERT. GOOD EVENING COUNTY COUNCIL.

I'M ROBERT ADAMS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE PENN CENTER THE PENN CENTER APPRECIATES COUNTY COUNCIL'S CONTINUE DEFENSE OF THE CPO. YOUR COURAGEOUS DEFENSE DEMONSTRATES COUNCIL'S ABILITY TO HEAR THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE OF SAINT HELENA ISLAND AS ELECTED OFFICIALS DURING THE PEOPLE'S BUSINESS YOU HONOR YOUR POLITICAL ANCESTORS LIKE ROBERT SMALLS AND HASTINGS CAN KEEP UP I'M PEN OUR PENS CAMPUS FRIZELL HALL DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR POSED A CRITICAL QUESTION WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE CHAOS OR COMMUNITY THIS IS THE QUESTION THAT STILL RESONATES TODAY WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? CHAOS OR COMMUNITY DEFENDING THE IS CHOOSING COMMUNITY WHILE REJECTING THE CHAOS INEQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT PROTECTING THE RURAL CHARACTER OF SAINT HELENA UPHOLDS THE RICH LEGACY OF BEAUFORT COUNTY AS A CRITICAL LABORATORY OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY PROMOTING LANDHOLDING AS A KEY ASPECT OF CITIZENSHIP AND DEMOCRATIC PARTICIPATION ARE BAKED INTO PENN'S DNA LAND WAS BEDROCK OF THE FIRST RECONSTRUCTION. IT REMAINED A VITAL THEME THE SECOND RECONSTRUCTION DURING THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT AND IT REMAINS AS WE COLLECTIVELY TRY TO BIRTH THE THIRD RECONSTRUCTION. SO THEREFORE PENN CENTER IS NOT FOR SALE. WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR A DEAL. FREEDOM HAS NO PRICE.

THERE ISN'T ENOUGH MONEY IN THIS WORLD TO BETRAY A CULTURAL HERITAGE IN THIS HONOR OUR LINGERING ANCESTRAL DEBTS PENN CENTER NEVER SUPPORT A PROPOSAL THAT WILL DISPLACE GULLAH GEECHEE RESIDENTS FROM SAINT HELENA ISLAND. NO WAY.

NO HOW. I CONCLUDE WITH THE WORDS FROM THE CIVIL RIGHTS ANTHEM KEEP YOUR EYES THE PRIZE URGING YOU TO MAKE THIS YOUR ANTHEM IN THE DEFENSE OF THE CPO I GOT MY HAND ON THE GOSPEL PLOW WON'T TAKE NOTHING FOR MY NOW KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE PRIZE HOLD ON . THANK YOU. WELL, ELIZABETH HAYES GOOD DAY.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. BEAR WITH ME. I WOULD I WOULD ALMOST SAY MY NAME IS ELIZABETH HAYES. I GO ARIA AND IT MEANS WISDOM, LOVE AND BEAUTY.

I'M A MOTHER, A GRANDMOTHER, A COSMIC, A LICENSED COSMETOLOGIST, BUSINESS OWNER AND I STAND HERE TODAY NOT POLITICAL AT ALL BUT CARING FOR MY PEOPLE IN MY COMMUNITY.

I'VE NEVER BEEN ONE TO DEAL WITH POLITICAL MATTERS BUT I DO UNDERSTAND THE DYNAMICS OF POLITICS AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE. I JUST WANT TO SPEAK ON A POSITIVE IMPACT THAT THE COMMUNITY COLLABORATION CENTER THAT I CALL EIGHT A WEEK HAS HAD ON THE SAINT HELENA ISLAND COMMUNITY MY BUSINESS IN ALLOWING US A FREE COLLABORATION SPACE TO COLLECTIVELY COME TOGETHER AND SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER.

THIS OPPORTUNITY HAS ALLOWED ME TO COLLABORATE WITH PEOPLE I WOULD NEVER HAVE IMAGINED SITTING AT THE TABLE WITH TO SHARE AND RECEIVE INFORMATION, KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE IN SUCH A SHORT MY BUSINESS WITHOUT BEING PAID THIS SENATE HAS ALLOWED ME AND SEVERAL OTHERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO COLLABORATE AND EXPAND OUR NETWORKS.

WE HAVE NOT BEEN ASKED TO CHOOSE A SIDE NOR HAVE ANY PROMISES OF COMPENSATION BEEN MADE OR LIKE EMAILS ASKING FOR DONATIONS. WE WERE BOUGHT BUT TAUGHT HOW TO FIGHT FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND WHAT'S RIGHT AND WHAT'S RIGHT IS RESPONSIBLE GROWTH.

IT IS REFRESHING TO SEE THAT SOMEONE REALLY CARES AND IS BEING THE CHANGE THAT THE

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I'M TIRED OF THE LIES DECEIT. WHAT MAKES THIS SO BAD IS THAT THE SO-CALLED LEADERS PASSES SELF-APPOINTED PRIESTESSES ARE THE ONES DECEIVING THE COMMUNITY AND CAN'T BE TRUSTED AGAIN. WE WERE NOT BOUGHT BUT TAUGHT HOW TO FIGHT FOR WHAT'S RIGHT AND THE SUSTAINABILITY OF OUR COMMUNITY AND WAS RIGHT IS RESPONSIBLE GROWTH.

THANK YOU JERMAINE SIMMONS. JERMAINE YEAH WELL GINGER YOU BLOW IT.

YEAH. GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL MEMBERS .

MY NAME IS GINGER BLUNT. I'M THE FOUNDER CEO OF MESSAGES YOUTH SPORTS ASSOCIATION AND THE HENRY CLAY FOUNDATION A. DAY FOUR AND SIX TELLS US MY PEOPLE PERISH FOR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE THIS GROUP JUST SPEAKS VOLUMES BEYOND THE LITERAL SENSE IT NOT THAT WE DIE PHYSICALLY BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW BUT RATHER GENERATION CEASE TO THRIVE WHEN THEY ARE NOT PROPERLY EDUCATED ON HOW TO MAKE MEANINGFUL CHANGES FOR THE FUTURE WHEN KNOWLEDGE IS ABSENT SO IS PROGRESS AND WITHOUT PROGRESS WE FAIL TO BUILD THE FOUNDATIONS NECESSARY FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS TO STAND ON THE WORK WE DO AT MY NONPROFIT CITIES YOUTH SPORTS ASSOCIATION NAMELY MINISTRY SPOKE WITH THE EMPOWERMENT OF 808 SEE ISLAND PARKWAY AIMS TO ADDRESS THIS VERY ISSUE WE ARE COMMITTED TO THE EMPOWERMENT OF OUR YOUTH THE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND RESOURCES THEY NEED NOT ONLY BE SUCCESSFUL IN ACADEMICS, IN EDUCATION BUT TO ENSURE THAT THEY UPLIFT THEIR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES THROUGH OUR PROGRAMS WE ARE TEACHING YOUNG PEOPLE HOW IT FEELS TO BE A PART OF SOMETHING BIGGER THAN THEMSELVES IN HOPES THAT THEY GAIN KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE TO CARE FOR THEIR PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS AND TO NAVIGATE THE SYSTEMS THAT AFFECT THEIR LIVES FROM ATHLETICS AND EDUCATION TO ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES AND BEYOND. BUT IT DOESN'T STOP THERE. WE ARE HELPING THEM BECOME LEADERS AND CHANGEMAKERS WHO WILL MAKE LASTING CONTRIBUTIONS TO SOCIETY.

THEY ARE LEARNING TO IDENTIFY THE NEEDS OF THEIR COMMUNITY AND TO CREATE SOLUTIONS THAT WILL ALLOW US TO THRIVE NOT JUST TODAY BUT FOR GENERATIONS COME GMS KAREN MAJOR HAS BEEN COMING HERE FAITHFULLY BEGGING YOU ALL TO A MULTIPURPOSE COMMUNITY RECREATION FACILITY WHICH COULD BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY OF SAINT ELEANOR SAINT HELENA ISLAND ESPECIALLY THE ASPIRING YOUTH LEADERS THAT YOU SEE STANDING IN SOLIDARITY WITH ME TODAY YET MISS MAY JUST CONSIDER PLEASE HAVE FALLEN ON DEAF EARS ALL I'M SAYING IS THAT I SEE AND SHARE HER NOT JUST FOR YOUTH COMMUNITY CENTER BUT FOR OTHER OPPORTUNE CITIES AND OTHER RESPONSIBLE GROWTH ISSUES LIKE PINE ISLAND GOLF COURSE. AND I BELIEVE THAT BY INVESTING IN OUR YOUTH WE ARE BUILDING A LEGACY OF EMPOWERMENT, GROWTH AND RESILIENCE.

YOUNG PEOPLE WILL BECOME THE BACKBONE OF OUR ENSURING THAT THE PROGRESS WE MAKE TODAY IS NOT TOMORROW. I INVITE YOU TO STAND WITH US SUPPORT MISSION AND HELP US CREATE A BETTER, MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE AND FUTURE FOR US ALL.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME MY NAME IS GINGER BLUNT AND I YIELD THE FLOOR THANK YOU.

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MY NAME IS ENNIS MILLER AND. I SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE CPO THAT WAS CREATED IN 1999.

PLEASE STAND BY AND SUPPORT WITH THIS I SEE THAT YOU RECOGNIZE AND PRESERVE OTHER AREAS LIKE MITCHELL BILL THERE WAS A MILITARY GENTLEMAN HERE ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO WHO WAS COMMENDED. THANK YOU ALL FOR PRESERVING AN AREA THAT HE RECOGNIZED.

I ASK THAT YOU DO THE SAME THE PEOPLE OF SAINT HELENA. HELP US TO GET PINE THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE SO FAR. THAT ISLAND BELONGED TO SOME OF OUR ANCESTORS.

I HAVE A 90 YEAR OLD UNCLE LARSON THAT WOULD SAY TWO WEEKS AGO AND HE UP IN THAT AREA THERE'S TAMMY RUINS OUT THERE AND A IT CAN BE PURCHASED AND GIVEN TO THE PEN CENTER FOR USE OF OUR ANCESTORS. WE AS A PEOPLE HAVE NO PROBLEM AGAINST OUR YOUTH DOING GOOD IN THE COMMUNITY BASKETBALL TEAMS IS GOOD ACADEMIC IS GOOD. SOCCER IS GOOD.

IT'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT THAT'S FOR EVERYBODY NOT SOMEBODY WHO WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN COME INTO A COMMUNITY AND PRAISE A BASKETBALL TEAM AND WE GOT BEAUFORT HIGH WE NEED TO PRAISE WELL GRANT BATTERY QUEEN SAINT HELENA LADIES AND SINCE THAT CPO CAME ABOUT THERE ARE MORE BUSINESSES ON SAINT HELENA THAT DID NOT COME ON TO DISRUPT AND I CAN NAME NOW BAREFOOT FARMS SEASIDE BAR AND GRILL FARLEY ROAD GROCERY SEASIDE MINI MARKET WHICH IS MY FAMILY SOME OF THEM IS OUT THERE IN THE AUDIENCE THE PEOPLE THAT STOOD UP HERE TONIGHT, SOME THEM ARE NOT RESIDENTS OF SAINT HELENA OR EVEN MEMBER OF ANOTHER FAMILY MEMBER OF SAINT HELENA. I AM BEGINNER I WANT TO SAY OPINION DON'T BE A COME HERE AND TRY TO CHANGE THINGS PLEASE RESPECT OUR COMMUNITY PLEASE RESPECT OUR OCEAN SEE LIFE AND HOW WE MAKE IT FROM DEATH. LIKE I SAID IT'S NOTHING WRONG WITH WHAT'S OUT THERE AND WHAT OUR YOUTH IS DOING. WE PRAISE THAT WE APPLAUD THAT BUT DON'T BE BOUGHT BY SOMEONE ELSE WHO JUST CAME IN AND SOME OF THE PEOPLE SPORTS AND NIGHT WERE UP THERE AND ON THE SIDE OF FIGHTING FOR SAINT HELENA AND ALL OF A SUDDEN NOW SAINT HELENA IS BAD.

THAT'S WRONG AND I HAVE TO SPEAK FOR US AND BE FOR US. PLEASE PRESERVE WHAT OUR ANCESTORS PROTECT THE BURIAL GROUNDS AS WELL PROTECT SAINT HELENA PROTECT HELP US ACQUIRE PINE ISLAND GIVE IT TO PENN CENTER. LET'S SOMETHING WITH OUR COMMUNITY WE ELECT YOU TO DO PLACE AND I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS YOU ME MORE THAN ONCE I DON'T LIKE THIS AND NEITHER DOES ANYONE ELSE THANK YOU YOU KNOW OKAY WE WILL WE WILL END THE SECOND SECOND CITIZEN COMMENT SECTION I NOW ASK FOR MEMBER OF COUNCIL TO MOVE IN

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[23. MATTERS ARISING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION]

I MOVE THAT WE HAVE A SPECIAL CLUB MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16TH TO ALLOW EACH OF THE PARTIES IN PINE ISLAND TO PRESENT THEIR POSITIONS TO COUNTY COUNCIL ONLY THE ATTORNEYS WOULD MAKE THE PRESENTATIONS AND THE PRESENTATIONS WOULD TAKE PLACE IN EXECUTIVE SESSIONS AND IN EXECUTIVE SESSION BECAUSE THEY ARE PART OF DISCUSSIONS OF A SETTLEMENT.

SECOND OKAY DULY MOTIONED AND SECONDED IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? YES SIR. I'M GOING TO VOTE AGAINST THIS MOTION.

I THINK THE COUNCIL HAS TAKEN A POSITION THAT REPRESENT THE COMMUNITY AND THAT ANY OTHER DEVIATION FROM THAT RIGHT NOW WOULD NOT SUFFICE. SO I'M GOING TO VOTE AGAINST THIS MOTION. OKAY MR. LAWSON IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO CHANGE MY MIND, HOWEVER, OUT OF THE SENSE OF JUST INFORMATION I WILL VOTE FOR THIS.

MR. CUNNINGHAM AND HONESTLY, JUST A SECOND. WHAT MR. LAWSON SAID THE BIGGEST THING IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE INFORMATION PRESENTED TO ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS NOT EVERYONE WAS ALLOWED TO BE AT MEDIATION IT WOULD HAVE CREATED A QUORUM AND I BELIEVE EVERYBODY ON COUNCIL SHOULD HAVE THE SAME INFORMATION AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC HOPEFULLY CAN GET THE SAME INFORMATION AS MR. CHAIRMAN MR. HOWARD AS CHAIRMAN COMMUNITY SERVICES AND LAND USE I AM STRONGLY AS MANY OF YOU KNOW AND SUPPORTIVE OF THE CPO AND IT NEEDS TO STAND AS IT IS BUT I AM WILLING TO LISTEN TO ALL THREE PARTIES BECAUSE WAS NOT PART OF THE MEDIATION BUT I'M COUNCILMAN LARSON NO I'M NOT OPEN MINDED TO CHANGE ANY OTHERS.

WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER? CUNNINGHAM YES.

COUNCILMEMBER BROWN YES. COUNCILMEMBER CAVANAGH YES. COUNCILMEMBER REED'S YES.

COUNCILMEMBER LAWSON. MARK LAWSON YES. COUNCILMEMBER HOWARD YES COUNCILMEMBER GLOVER YOU CALL MANY YES I. COUNCILMEMBER DODSON YES.

COUNCILMEMBER BARTHOLOMEW YES. VICE CHAIR MCCLELLAN NO. CHAIRMAN PASSMAN YES.

THE MOTION PASSES IS THERE ANY FURTHER ACTION TO COME BEFORE COUNCIL SEEING NONE? THE MEETING IS NOW

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.