[1. CALL TO ORDER – 2:00p.m.]
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I'D LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER HERE THE BEAUFORT COUNTY STORMWATER MANAGEMENT UTILITY BOARD THIS OCTOBER 16TH, 2024 ORDER OF BUSS THE APPROVAL OF TODAY'S AGENDA EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE A PAPER COPY IN FRONT OF THEM. ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THAT AND I GET A VOICE APPROVAL FOR THE APPROVAL THE AGENDA APPROVED GENDA IS APPROVED WE HAVE THE MINUTES YOU HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT WE DON'T HAVE THEM IN FRONT OF US UNFORTUNATELY I DO NOT BELIEVE THERE ARE ANY ADDITIONAL CORRECTIONS. CAN I GET A MOTION APPROVE THEM I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. THANK YOU I'LL SECOND ALTHOUGH ALL THOSE MOVING THEM IN THE SYSTEM SO I'D GET THE FROM THE MEETING OF AUGUST 21ST 2024 ARE APPROVED NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS
[2. INTRODUCTIONS]
INTRODUCTIONS IF WE WOULD IN THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROOM PLEASE TAKE THIRD DOWN ON INCORPORATION ACCORDING TO MULTIPLE IF YOU RECALL YOU WILL FIND THE HEARING WORKS PART OF THE WORK TAYLOR BREWER STORMWATER PROGRAM MANAGER COUNTY ELECTRICIAN BROADCAST SERVICES COUNTY GOING BEGAN IN SAINT HELENA AND ISLANDS END WARNER HILTON AND DENNIS ROSS LARGE JAMES CLERK AND UNINCORPORATED PORT ROYAL BILL BAR TOWN OF BLUFF NATHAN FERRO CITY OF AND I'M MARK CHAIRMAN AND I REPRESENT THE HUSKY ISLAND AND DISTRICT NINE AT THIS TIME WOULD ASK FOR ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS PLEASE COME FORWARD THERE ARE NOT THERE[4. SPECIAL GUEST: Courtney Kimmel, Port Royal Sound Foundation A. Research Symposium]
BEING NONE AT THIS TIME WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR SPECIAL GUEST A GUEST IS COURTNEY KIMMEL FROM THE PORT ROYAL SOUND FOUNDATION WELCOME. WE WANT TO THANK YOU BEING HERE AND TAKING YOUR TIME TO BE HERE AS THIS IS THANK YOU SO MUCH EXCITED TO TO SHARE WHAT WE'RE DOING AT THE PORT ROYAL SOUND FOUNDATION. MY NAME IS COURTNEY KIMMEL.I AM THE RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION COORDINATOR. I STARTED ABOUT A YEAR AGO AND MOST OF YOU ARE PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH THE PORT ROSANNE FOUNDATION.
OUR MISSION IS CONSERVING THE SOUND FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL, ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL WELL-BEING AREA SO IT'S ALL THE THINGS AND FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS THE FIRST TEN YEARS OF THE ORGANIZATION WE'VE BEEN PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON THE EDUCATION COMPONENT REALLY UNDERSTANDING AND GETTING AWARENESS ABOUT WHAT IS THE PORT ROSANNE AND WHAT MAKES IT SO SO SPECIAL AND SO UNIQUE AND IN THIS NEXT SORT OF CHAPTER THE ORGANIZATION WE'RE REALLY LEANING MORE INTO THE RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION WORK TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE OIL SOUND. WHAT DO WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT DO WE KNOW AND WHAT ARE THE PRESSURES THAT WE NEED TO BE WATCHING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE WE CONSERVE? WE'RE NOT IN RESTORATION MODE. I GREW UP IN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY.
I STARTED WORKING IN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION WAS A VERY DIFFERENT SITUATION, RIGHT? A VERY DIFFERENT PLACE. A VERY DIFFERENT OF RESTORING VERSUS CONSERVING AND PROTECTING OUR RESILIENCY. MICHAEL'S NEAR ST MICHAEL'S.
YES. I SOLD OUT OF ST MICHAEL'S QUITE A BIT.
SO YOU GUYS ARE PROBABLY WITH THE PORT ROSANNE FOUNDATION THE THE WE'RE CELEBRATING OUR TEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY ACTUALLY THIS MONTH SO YOU PROBABLY RECOGNIZE IF YOU WERE AROUND LONG ENOUGH ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE THAT WAS THE FACILITY AND TODAY WE HAVE A LOT OF A BUSTLING MUSEUM, THOUSANDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE COMING THROUGH ALL KINDS OF PROGRAMS AND LIKE I SAID, THE PILLARS OF THE ORGANIZATION HAVE ALWAYS BEEN EDUCATION RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION BUT THE PRIMARY FOCUS HAS BEEN ON EDUCATION AND NOW LOOKING AT WHAT DOES REACH RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION MEAN. SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS HIRED TO DO AND I DON'T PROBABLY NEED TO TELL THIS WHY IT'S IMPORTANT. THIS IS ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING REGIONS OF THE FASTEST GROWING STATES AND THERE'S A LOT AT STAKE, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK OUR PARTNERS AT TNC SAID IT BEST THAT THEY'VE ENCOURAGED US TO BE BRAVE IN THIS WORK BECAUSE THE STATE THE FATE OF THIS ESTUARY WAS GOING TO BE DETERMINED IN THE NEXT TEN YEARS WHICH TO ME WAS PRETTY
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STARTLING. BUT A GOOD REMINDER OF WHY THIS THIS WORK MATTERS.SO THE THING THAT THE WE'VE BEEN DOING OR WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING FOR THE LAST YEAR IS REALLY WRAP MY HEAD AROUND WHAT DO WE MEAN BY THE BORROWERS AND WHO'S IN, WHO'S OUT? WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? AND SO WE'VE DONE A LOT OF SPATIAL ANALYSIS.
WE FIGURED OUT THERE'S MULTIPLE WAYS TO DEFINE THE WATERSHED SO WE FIGURED OUT WHO'S DOING THE MOST WORK DNR SO WE USE DNR AS DELINEATION OF THE WATERSHED AS YOU CAN SEE ON THAT MAP IT ENCOMPASSES DIFFERENT COUNTIES. THE MAJORITY OF IT IS IN COUNTY, JASPER COUNTY UP ABOUT 30% OF THE WATERSHED HAMPTON COUNTY, ALLENDALE UP A LITTLE BIT AND THEN WE HAVE ABOUT 11% OF THAT WATERSHED IS OPEN. IT'S ABOUT 1500 SQUARE MILES AND 100,000 ACRES OF SALT MARSH WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR ABOUT A THIRD OF THE SALT MARSH IN THE STATE WHICH IS A PRETTY INCREDIBLE QUESTION. YES. THE OTHER TWO THIRDS I GUESS OF CHARLESTON WOULD BE ONE THIRD OR THAT THE SALT MARSH IT'S SPREAD ALL THROUGH UP.
SO I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHERE THE CONCENTRATIONS ARE BUT PROBABLY HAS A CONCENTRATION THAT THE OTHER TWO THIRDS ARE THROUGHOUT THE STATE IT'S 310 HUNDREDS ACRES.
YOU'VE GOT 100? WE HAVE 100, YES. SO WE'VE GOT A LOT TO BE PROUD OF AND A LOT TO CONSERVE. SO WHEN I BEGAN THIS THIS JOB OR THIS ADVENTURE, I ASKED WELL WHAT DO WE NEED TO KNOW? LIKE WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO BE WATCHING IF WE TO CONSERVE THE SOUND AND NOT PRETENDING TO BE THE EXPERT INVITED ABOUT 45 EXPERTS INCLUDING TAYLOR TO THE FORT WORTH FOUNDATION IN MARCH 24 FOR THE RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM AND I LOCKED THE DOORS AND I SAID SO NOW I'VE GOT HERE I NEED YOU TO HELP ME.
SO I SAID WHAT DO WE NEED TO KNOW? WHAT DO WE NEED KNOW IF WE WANT TO CONSERVE THE SOUND CAN YOU ALL IN A KNOW THROUGHOUT THE DAY WE HAD ABOUT LIKE I SAID 40 PARTICIPANTS FROM ABOUT 15 DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS AGENCIES DOD, DNR, EVERYBODY I BROKE EVERYBODY IN THE GROUPS AND SAID PLEASE BRING ME OF INDICATORS OF WHAT WE NEED TO BE WATCHING AND WHERE WE CAN GET THAT DATA. I ASKED FOR ABOUT 12 WE GOT ABOUT 20 TO BUT A LOT OF REALLY GREAT DISCUSSION CAME OUT OF IT AND SO NOW MY MY TASK BEEN FIGURING OUT HOW DO WE BRING THOSE INDICATORS TO A TO SOMETHING THAT'S MEANINGFUL LIKE WHERE ARE WE GETTING THE DATA, WHAT ARE WE FOR WHAT'S NORMAL? HOW ARE WE GOING TO MONITOR THIS? HOW ARE WE GOING TO SUSTAIN THIS? THE BUCKETS OF INDICATORS THAT OUT OF THAT CONVERSATION ARE LISTED THERE. THAT'S ABOUT SIX CATEGORY AND THEN THERE ARE INDICATORS WITHIN THAT. AND SO THE FIRST QUESTION WAS LIKE WELL WHERE DO WE START? SO WE STARTED WITH WELL FIRST OF ALL WHAT'S THE MAYBE WHAT'S THE SCALE THAT WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT BUT MOST OF YOU ARE PROBABLY FAMILIAR HUCK'S HYDROLOGIC UNIT CODES THE USGS ORGANIZES WATERSHEDS IN THE HYDROLOGIC UNITS AND THOSE ARE GIANT UNITS GIANT WATERSHEDS THAT THEN GET BROKEN INTO SMALLER AND SMALLER PIECES AND THEY.
THEY ADD DIGITS ONTO THOSE CODES. SO WHAT WE DECIDED TO LOOK IS THE SMALLER SCALE THE HUCK 12 SCALE SO WE COULD GET AS GRANULAR OF A LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE SAND AS POSSIBLE. SO IN THAT MAP YOU CAN SEE FOR EXAMPLE HASBROUCK CREEK WITHIN THAT BIG BLUE WATERSHED IS THE PORT ROSS AND ALL OF THOSE SMALLER LITTLE TURQUOISE LINES ARE HOOK TWELVES HOPPER IS ONE OF THOSE AND IF YOU SEE IT THERE'S 12 DIGITS THERE. ARE ABOUT 37 HUCK TWELVES IN THE ENTIRE WATERSHED.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK AT ALL OF THESE ALL THE DATA THAT'S OUT THERE AND THEN ORGANIZE IT . WE CAN SAY WHAT'S HAPPENING IN BATTERY CREEK, WHAT'S HAPPENING IN HORSEPOWER CREEK LIKE INSTEAD OF JUST TALKING ABOUT IT IN GENERAL, WHAT'S HAPPENING SPECIFICALLY? SO THE FIRST THING WE DECIDED TO START WITH WAS WATER QUALITY. YOU CAN'T LOOK AT ANYTHING ELSE WITHOUT HAVING WATER QUALITY AS OUR AS OUR BASE AS OUR CONTEXTUALIZING SORT OF DATA. SO IF WE WANT TO LOOK FISHERIES AND SOMETHING WAS CHANGING WE WOULD NEED TO KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH WATER QUALITY, RIGHT? SO WE FOUND THIS INCREDIBLE GROUP CALLED METRIC LABS THAT BEEN WORKING WITH AND WITH SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE LOWCOUNTRY WE DUG IN SO WE FOUND WE TALKED TO WHAT WAS DEEP AND IS NOW S WE GOT AS MUCH DATA AS WE COULD FIND FROM THEM WITHIN THESE WITHIN THAT WATERSHED WHICH REACHED BACK ABOUT 20 YEARS AND WAS ULTIMATELY ABOUT 47,000 DATA POINTS ON ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT PARAMETERS THAT WE WOULD WANT TO EVALUATE AND OUR FRIENDS AT MERRICK LAB HAVE DONE THIS INCREDIBLE ASSESSMENT ON ALL THE DIFFERENT PARAMETERS WHAT'S HERE IS JUST SALINITY AND THERE'S I CAN SHOW YOU MORE YOU WANT IF YOU'RE EVER INTERESTED EMAIL ME BUT ESSENTIALLY WE DID IS LOOK AT SALINITY ON THE ENTIRE WATERSHED SCALE OR THERE WAS DATA JUST TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S NORMAL. THE IDEA IS HERE ISN'T TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOOD, WHAT'S BAD, RIGHT? THERE'S NO ASSESSMENT OF OR THERE'S NO OF THE DATA TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THIS IS GOOD OR THIS IS BAD. IT'S JUST WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S NORMAL. WE TOOK ALL OF THIS DATA AND THEN BROKE IT DOWN BY INDIVIDUAL HOOK. SO THAT'S AGAIN THAT HOTSPOT CREEK.
SO THAT'S JUST NARROWING IT DOWN AND THEN FURTHER NARROWED IT DOWN BY SEASON BECAUSE AGAIN
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IF WE WANTED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S NORMAL WE WOULD NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE AND THEN WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE IN THE FALL VERSUS IN THE SPRING.SO THIS IS WHERE WE ARE WITH LOOKING AT WATER QUALITY DATA AND WE'VE DONE DONE A I SHOULDN'T SAY I BECAUSE, I HAVE HAD NO PART IN THE ACTUAL DATA ANALYSIS BECAUSE THIS IS MAGIC TO ME BUT WE'VE DID A TIME SERIES ANALYSIS OF ALL OF THESE DATA, ALL THESE PARAMETERS TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING OVER TIME AND THIS EACH DATA POINT IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT OR EACH PARAMETER SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT IN TERMS OF HOW MUCH DATA WAS AVAILABLE BUT SO FOR THIS IS SALINITY FOR EXAMPLE YOU CAN SEE WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN THE CHECHESSEE WHAT WAS HAPPENING AT BATTERY CREEK THAT'S BASED ONLY ON SHELLFISH DATA BECAUSE THERE WASN'T AMBIENT DATA. SOMETHING HAPPENED ON SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2021 IN EVERY PARAMETER.
SO IF ANYBODY HAS ANY KNOWLEDGE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED ON SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2021, PLEASE CALL ME AS WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE THIS OUT. IT WASN'T A STORM.
WE LOOKED AT WEATHER DATA. WE CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT THIS WAS AND IT'S NOT A ZERO DATA.
IT'S NOT LIKE THERE WAS A LINE BECAUSE THERE'S DATA THERE. IT'S JUST SOMETHING VERY STRANGE ON THAT DAY AND AND WE HAVE HUGE DROPS IN SALINITY AND HUGE SPIKES IN E.COLI IT'S IT'S FASCINATING. SO ANYWAY WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IT BUT THAT'S THE POINT RIGHT LOOKING AT ALL THIS DATA TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE TRENDS, WHAT HAPPENS, WHAT ARE WE SEEING WATER QUALITY DATA IS IMPORTANT BUT IT'S CONTEXTUALIZED BY WATER OR BY LAND USE. SO WE BROUGHT IN SOME SOME LAND USE DATA.
WE'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING IN MORE. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE IS LOOKED AT EFFECTIVE IMPERVIOUS SURFACE AREA WHICH IS TO SAY NOT ALL LAND IS DEVELOPABLE. SO TAKE IF WE SUBTRACT MARSH OUT OF LAND AND WE WHAT THE WHATEVER THE DIFFERENCES LEFT THAT'S BECOMES EFFECTIVE RIGHT EFFECTIVELY AND THAT CAN BE IMPERVIOUS AND WE LOOKED AT THAT AS A AS A SCALE, YOU KNOW, AND AGAIN THIS NOT GOOD OR BAD RIGHT IS JUST IS AND SO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE WRESTLING WITH IS THIS DO WE WANT TO USE A GREEN RED SCALE, RIGHT. BECAUSE REDWOODS SUGGEST IT'S BAD BUT IF THINGS ARE ALREADY RED DO WE WANT TO SPREAD OUT RED OR DO WE MAKE THEM REDDER RIGHT? LIKE WHERE WOULD WE WANT TO TAKE THIS DATA? THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PIECE, RIGHT? AGAIN, ONE THING TO NOTE IS WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO MAKE THIS REGULATORY LEVEL DATA. WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO DO USE THIS DATA TO SUGGEST, YOU KNOW, IMPAIRMENT LISTING OR ANY SORT OF REGULATORY.
IT'S JUST REALLY FOR DECISION PURPOSES I AM COMING AT YOU LIKE A FIRE HOSE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I'M TRYING I KNOW WE'VE GOT A LIMITED OF TIME.
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN TAKE AS MUCH TIME AS YOU WANT. WHERE'S YOUR I'LL ASK THAT QUESTION. THE NUMBER 30 SEEMS TO BE LIKE A BASELINE OF SALINITY WHAT DOES THAT MEAN BUT I SEE 30 JUMPS BETWEEN 20 AND 2537 SEPTEMBER 21ST.
YES FOR THAT WHAT DOES IS THAT A SALINITY NUMBER SO SALINITY TENDS TO BE AROUND IN THE THIRTIES. OKAY. GOTCHA.
YOU CAN SEE IT'S ACTUALLY THERE IS A TREND LINE COMING UP AND INTERESTINGLY AND I DON'T HAVE IT IT HERE BUT THE TEMPERATURE TREND LINE IS ALSO TRENDING IT'S AGAIN NOT GOOD ABOUT IT.
IT JUST IT IS THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE DATA. OKAY.
SO THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DIG INTO, RIGHT? LIKE WHAT IS WHAT HAPPENING AGAIN? WHAT IS NORMAL NOW? SO AGAIN THIS LAND USE DATA BRINGING STARTING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LAND USE IMPERVIOUSNESS, WATER QUALITY ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT AGAIN INDICATORS THAT INTERACT RIGHT LIKE HOW DO WE MAKE GOOD DECISIONS FOR THE WATERSHED BASED ON THIS DATA AND THIS IS COMING SOON IT'S DASHED BECAUSE THAT'S NOT DON'T READ THAT DATA IN TOO MUCH DETAIL WHAT WERE THE INTENT LIKE THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO BRING ALL OF THIS DATA INTO A DASHBOARD THAT IS AVAILABLE.
EVERYBODY CAN LOOK AT AND SAY WHAT'S HAPPENING IN BATTERY CREEK, WHAT'S HAPPENING IN HUSAYBA CREEK AND AND BRINGING THIS IN SO WE CAN NOT WE CAN LOOK AT THE DATA.
WE CAN MAKE IT AVAILABLE, WE CAN INTERPRET IT. WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON, WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO AND ABLE TO START BUILDING IN MORE OF THE INDICATORS INTO THIS DASHBOARD ? SO WHAT DOES SALTMARSH LOOK LIKE? WHAT DO FISHERIES DATA LOOK LIKE? WHAT OTHER HABITAT TYPES LOOK LIKE? WHAT DOES RESILIENCE LOOK LIKE STARTING TO BUILD THESE IN AS LAYERS THE WATER QUALITY PIECE IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND AGAIN I THINK ALL OF THAT DATA THAT WE'VE ANALYZED IS AN INTERESTING LOOK AT LIKE OH GOSH WHAT ON SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2021 DID WE DID WE SEE THAT THEN OR ARE WE ONLY SEEING IT NOW IN HINDSIGHT MY GUESS IS EVERYBODY SAW SOMETHING BUT NOT IN AS SORT OF A HOLISTIC LOOK,
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RIGHT? SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO DO WITH ALL OF THIS WORK IS MAKE IT SO THAT WE'RE COLLECTING DATA MORE FREQUENTLY, MORE REGULARLY IN HIGHER RESOLUTION SO THAT WHEN SOMETHING CHANGES WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT IT TWO YEARS LATER AND SAYING OH GOSH, WHAT HAPPENED IN SEPTEMBER 2021? RIGHT.IT'S LIKE WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW SO THAT WE CAN ACT MORE QUICKLY, WE CAN BE MORE RESPONSIVE TO THOSE TO THOSE CHANGES FROM WHAT WE EVER WE DETERMINE IS NORMAL AND HAVE YOU GOTTEN TO THE NORMAL KNOW THAT DATA IS YESTERDAY LIKE I LITERALLY WE GOT TO THAT YESTERDAY SO THIS IS HAPPENING IN REAL TIME SO YOU'RE CREATING THE BASELINE BEING THE BASELINE, YES. THEN YOU CAN START SEEING ABNORMALITIES LATER.
EXACTLY. AND PART OF THAT IS WE'RE THE BASELINE SO THAT WE CAN START TO COLLECT DATA IN A MORE REGULAR FREQUENT HIGHER RESOLUTION SCHEDULE I GUESS SO THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND A BIG PART OF THAT IS, YOU KNOW, PORTRAYAL SOUND FOUNDATION IS NOT GOING TO DO THAT WORK ALONE.
THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE ROOM ARE DOING THIS WORK WHO KNOW WITHIN AGENCIES WITHIN ORGANIZATIONS ARE ARE COLLECTING DATA. IT'S A LOT OF TIMES THAT DATA IS SILOED. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS WINK WINK IS CONVENE ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING THIS WORK TO LOOK AT ALL OF THIS DATA IN GRANULAR IN GREAT DETAIL AND WHAT HAPPENED HERE OR WHAT ARE WE SEEING HERE? IS THIS WHAT YOU'RE SEEING? IS THIS SORT OF CONSISTENT ACROSS THE WATERSHED ALSO LOOKING AT WHERE ARE WE COLLECTING DATA? IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE MORE STRATEGIC ABOUT WHERE WE'RE COLLECTING DATA? THERE'S HUGE GAPS. YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE DHS DATA THERE ARE PLACES THAT HAD DATA IN COLLECTED IN 2005 MAYBE THREE SAMPLES AND THAT'S IT RIGHT ACROSS THAT ENTIRE HUB 12 SO HOW DO WE START TO FILL IN THESE GAPS? SO THERE'S TWO THINGS WE'RE ABOUT WE'RE GETTING READY TO DO. ONE IS CONVENE SOME OF THESE PEOPLE AND SEE WHAT THE INTEREST WOULD BE IN DEVELOPING MORE OF A MONITORING NETWORK THAT THAT DOES LOOK AT THE DATA AND HELP SORT OF THAT DATA IDENTIFY TRENDS, IDENTIFY AND THINK MORE STRATEGICALLY ABOUT DATA SHARING. WE ALSO HAVE A PROPOSAL INTO THE STATE TO DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES TO DEVELOP A CITIZEN WATER QUALITY MONITORING PROGRAM THAT WOULD MEET STATE STANDARDS. SO RIGHT NOW A LOT OF THE CITIZEN SCIENCE COLLECTION PROTOCOLS THERE THEY CALL IT SCREENING DATA ONLY IF SOMETHING'S WILDLY OUT OF WHACK DO THEY LOOK AT IT. WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING TO DO IS USED FOR OZONE FOUNDATION AS A MODEL FOR WHAT THEY'RE CALLING DECISION SUPPORT DATA.
SO NOT REGULATORY DATA. AGAIN, WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO USE THIS DATA TO MAKE A CASE FOR IMPAIRMENT OR ANY SORT OF THING THAT REALLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS CREATE A CONSISTENT DATABASE THAT WE CAN USE TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT WOULD BE RECOGNIZED, THAT'S CREDIBLE AND THAT'S THAT WOULD HOLD UP IN SOME OF THESE DECISIONS. SO THAT THING IS THAT PROPOSAL IS IN THE STATES TO TO BE APPROVED WE'RE BUILDING A MOBILE APP SO WE CAN QUICKLY GET THAT DATA INTO THAT PORTAL AND THEN WE'VE EXPANDED OUR MENU WITH US CVS WATER QUALITY LAB TO HAVE MORE SAMPLES PROCESSED MORE QUICKLY AND GET LOOK AT THAT DATA.
SO THESE ARE ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING. I'M USING MY COMPUTER.
IT'S NOT CONNECTED SO THAT'S WHAT'S THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING. THERE'S A LOT COOKING OVER OIL SOUND FOUNDATIONS GO OVER THE BRIDGE FEEL FREE TO STOP BY ANY TIME BUT IN Q4 SO LIKE I SAID WHAT THE REST OF THIS YEAR IS REALLY ABOUT SORT OF FIGURING OUT WHAT ARE THOSE NORMAL FIGURING OUT GETTING INTO THAT DATA REALLY UNDERSTANDING WHAT ARE THOSE TRENDS AND WHAT ARE THOSE WEIRD ANOMALIES LIKE SEPTEMBER 21ST 2021 AND CONVENING ALL THE AGENCIES, ORGANIZATIONS, COMMUNITIES COLLECTING DATA TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE CAN DO BETTER AND WHAT WE CAN DO TOGETHER AND IN 2025 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS CONVENE DECISION MAKERS, PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELVES WHO COULD SEE VALUE THIS DATA TO LOOK AT AND HELP US LOOK AT THE THAT WE'VE WE'VE BEEN COMPILING AND ANALYZING THE DASHBOARD THAT WE'RE DESIGNING TO SEE HOW COULD YOU USE IT? HOW COULD IT BE HELPFUL FOR THE DECISION MAKING AND FORMALIZING THAT WATER SHARING OR THAT WATER QUALITY NETWORK AND LAUNCHING THE THE CITIZEN SCIENCE PROGRAM? HOW ARE GETTING YOUR FUNDING I SAW YOU SAID LOW COUNTRY FOUNDATION AND FOUNDATION OF LOW COUNTRY I ASSUME THEY'RE GIVING YOU SOME FUNDS YES ARE YOU ARE YOU SOLICITING FUNDS FROM OTHER PLACES? UNFORTUNATELY I'M SURE THESE LABORATORIES AREN'T DOING THEIR ANALYSIS FOR FREE. WE HAVE VERY GOOD PARTNERS AND SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO LEVERAGE A LOT OF GOOD PARTNERSHIPS SO WE A PRETTY DISCOUNTED RATE WITH UCB THE LOWCOUNTRY THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION TO LOOKING TO GIVE A PRETTY NICE GRANT TO
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GET THE RESEARCH OFF GROUND SO THEY SAID THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO THE REGION WE WANT TO THIS HAPPEN SO THERE WAS A COUPLE OF YEAR FUNDING TO AND THAT'S WHERE MY SALARY COMES FROM AND SOME OF THAT INITIAL ANALYSIS WORK NOW WE'RE FIGURING OUT WHAT'S WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE TO SUSTAIN IT AND GROW IT FROM MONITORING DEVICES INFRASTRUCTURE THAT GOES WITH THAT ALL THE THINGS. YES. SO THERE'S A LOT OF PRIVATE DONATIONS GO INTO IT BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT OTHER MORE SUSTAINABLE SOURCES.SO WITH THAT I KNOW WAS A LOT BUT I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT. YOU KNOW DENISE IS VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT WHICH I'M ALWAYS SURPRISED YOU KNOW ABOUT WHAT'S THE POTENTIAL AND I THINK THEY SEE A POTENTIAL IN MORE CAPACITY RIGHT IN BEING ABLE TO FILL IN SOME OF THE GAPS.
SO DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING THAT I DIDN'T CATCH ON ONE SLIDE THAT WOULD ALL THOSE GREEN SPOTS WHERE ALL THAT DATA COLLECTION AND THOSE ARE NOT ALL BEING DONE ON A DAILY BASIS LIKE YOU SAID ONCE BUT YOU ONLY HAD THREE NO.
THE WHOLE PERIOD. YEAH I HAD TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT IT SPECIFIC DAY WHAT POINTS WERE SAMPLED ON THAT DAY. YEAH IT NARROWED DOWN TO WHAT THAT WAS IT WAS A SPECIFIC LOCATION OR A CERTAIN SMALL AREA. YEAH IT'S UP TO HABIT BECAUSE IT'S LIKE COLLECTIVELY OVER EVERYTHING. THAT'S A GOOD POINT.
YEAH, IT WOULD BE. YEAH. AND I WILL THAT QUESTION THEY MAY HAVE ALREADY ASKED THAT QUESTION BUT I WILL CERTAINLY DO THAT.
WELL I'M SURE SOMEBODY PROBABLY ALREADY HAS BUT YEAH IT DID MAKE IT TO YOUR SLIDES NOW THAT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT AND I SHOULD SAY OPEN WELL WE SAMPLED TOM BLUFFTON SAMPLED ON THE 20TH AND WE COULD NOT GIVE SAMPLES BECAUSE OF THE STORM OF THAT SO IT COULD HAVE BEEN A THREE DAY BEFORE STORM EVENT THAT FINALLY GOT TO THE RIVERS. I DON'T KNOW HOW FAR BACK YOU CHECKED YOUR WEATHER AND YOU HAVE PROBLEMS WITH OUR SAMPLING ON A 20 ON THE 20TH OF 2021.
OKAY INTERESTING THAT WAS IDA. I DON'T THAT I DON'T KNOW OKAY I WAS GOOGLING AND THE THE TEAM THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH DID A COMPARISON OF WEATHER AND THEY DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING SIGNIFICANT BUT MAYBE THERE WAS AN NOT A NAMED STORM THAT HAD AN IMPACT.
THE OTHER THING I SHOULD SAY IS WE HAVE NOT INCLUDED STORM WATER IN THIS DATA YET.
I THINK BECAUSE A LOT OF THE STORM WATER IS IT'S KIND OF WORST CASE SCENARIO, RIGHT? LIKE IN SOME WAYS IT WOULD BE THAT THE FLUSH DATA THAT WOULD CHANGE THE BASELINE.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IS HOW DO WE BRING THAT IN A WAY THAT DOESN'T SKEW THAT BASELINE DATA AND MAKES IT REALLY CLEAR THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING ARE YOU KNOW, THERE IS A BUFFER THERE'S AN INSTANCE WHERE IT COULD GET BETTER OR WORSE, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE WITH THAT GROUP AND ALL AS WELL AS HOW BEST DO WE BRING IN STORM WATER DATA SO THAT IT'S NOT IT'S NOT IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE BASELINE IF THAT MAKES SENSE YES MY QUESTION WOULD BE THAT THERE ARE FOUR INCORPORATED TOWNS AND SOME OF THEM I'M NOT SURE IF ALL YOU DO INDEPENDENT AND STORM WATER PEOPLE DO OF SAMPLING ARE YOU ARE YOU ABLE YOU SAID STORM WATER MIGHT BE AN ABERRATION IN THE STORM BUT IT EVENS OVER TIME AND OUR DATA AND THEIR DATA ARE YOU ARE THEY SHARING THAT WITH YOU FOR YOUR BASELINE OR MORE INFORMATION IS PROBABLY BETTER NONE. YEAH SO HILTON HAD A SHARED STORMWATER DATA WHICH IS GREAT SO AND WE LOOKED AT IT AND IT'S VERY IT'S FUNNY IT'S VERY CONSISTENT BUT IT'S DIFFERENT THAN THE DHS DATA. SO WE DIDN'T IT ALL TOGETHER YET WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE KEEP THAT DATA SEPARATED SO THAT WE CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCES THE TWO AND I'M PROBABLY EXPLAINING THAT WRONG BECAUSE I'M NOT THE DATA PERSON BUT I MEAN IT'S IT IS CERTAINLY A CONVERSATION THAT WE NEED TO HAVE AND FIGURE OUT I JUST LIKE THAT SUBJECT FOR ALL THAT DATA WOULD PROBABLY BE BENEFICIAL IN THAT REGARD. MM HMM.
WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THE TYPES OF STORMS ACTIVITY? SUPER TIDES? MM HMM. WELL, THESE NOTES THAT YOU DON'T REMEMBER THREE YEARS LATER. YEAH, YEAH. AND THE YES, THESE DATA SETS ARE DIFFERENT TIME RANGES BUT I THINK THE NEXT SORT OF ITERATION IS IN THAT THIS WE CAN GET MORE DATA BROUGHT IN. IT'S HARDER WITH THESE GRAPHS WHICH ARE JUST SORT OF A TIME SERIES ANALYSIS. BUT I THINK HERE WE'LL BE ABLE TO BRING IN MORE
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CONTEXTUALIZING DATA THAT THAT BRINGS IT ALL TO LIFE IS YOUR QUESTION SO WHEN YOU WERE WORKING WITH OUR YOU KNOW CONTRACTUALLY PART OF THIS IS I MEAN THEY MOSTLY SAMPLED YEAH ALL TIME YEAH IT'S GOOD INFORMATION TO WHEN THEY WERE AT THE SYMPOSIUM AND THEY INPUT IT INTO THIS PROCESS AND WE'VE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION IT'S AGAIN SORT OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT DO WE DO WITH THESE AMBIENT DATA VERSUS STORMWATER DATA WHICH IS JUST IT'S A DIFFERENT NATURE I THINK YOU KNOW SO JUST KEEPING THOSE TWO THINGS DO BE CLEAR BUT COMPLEMENTARY THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING THROUGH CLEMSON THERE WAS A MODERATOR MONITORING REAL TIME DEVICE THAT WAS PUT IN. IS THAT PART OF YOURS ALONG WITH SHARING WITH THE COUNTY? YES. WE WILL SHARE OUR DATA FOR THE CONTINUOUS MONITORING STATION AND WHEN SHE'S TALKING ABOUT THE THOUGHTFUL PLACEMENT OF STATIONS WE DO HAVE ANOTHER ONE IN THE BUDGET FOR COMING UP IN 2026 AND SO WE'RE COORDINATING WITH PORT RURAL SOUND AS WELL DNR ON THE PLACEMENT OF THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE INCLUDED IN THE IN THE GRID AND OUR INFORMATION GETS PASSED ALONG AND YOU KNOW LOOKING AT SOME OF THESE DATA POINTS LIKE SOME OF THEM ARE RANDOM, SOME OF THEM ARE AMBIENT, SOME OF THEM ARE FIXED . SO REALLY LOOKING AT WHEN WE TAKE IT OUT WHERE ARE WE GETTING CONSISTENT REGULAR DATA WHERE ARE THERE GAPS? THAT'S THE KIND OF QUESTION THAT YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH WITH THE COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES AND AGENCIES WILL BE HELPFUL IN GETTING THOSE DEVICES IN PLACE. SO IT'S CONCEPTUALLY POSSIBLE THAT THAT ON SEPTEMBER 21ST WAS THE DATA ONE SAMPLE WAS TAKEN ONE PLACE IT'S CONCEPTUALLY POSSIBLE. YEAH YEAH. BUT I MEAN IT'S JUST THE ANALYSIS OF THE DATA RIGHT NOW BUT IT IS THERE SO YES IT COULD BE WE ARE IT ISN'T A ANOMALY.WE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OUT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR THOUGHTS RECOMMENDATIONS. WELL PLEASE STOP BY. PLEASE TAKE MY YOU KNOW, MY EMAIL IF YOU HAVE THOUGHTS IF YOU HAVE ANY SORT OF FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO CONTINUE THE THE CONVERSATION. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SECTION IS REPORTS ALTHOUGH I DO NOT SEE DR. PETIT
[5. REPORTS]
HERE HE IS NOT. THANK YOU MS.. COURTNEY FOR THAT PRESENTATION . BEFORE WE START THE REPORT SECTION I WOULD LIKE TO APOLOGIZE YOU NOT GETTING YOUR REPORTS AHEAD OF TIME THIS MONTH.THAT IS NOT NEW REPORT STYLE. HOWEVER YOUR PACKET IS THE NEW REPORT STYLE.
SO AS WE GO THROUGH THAT TODAY IF YOU LIKE IT DON'T LIKE IT LET ME KNOW.
IT'S UNDER UNFINISHED AND WE'LL JUST CONTINUE TRYING THINGS UNTIL WE FIND ONE THAT WORKS FOR US AND THAT WORKS FOR YOU ALL AS WELL. AND WE ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE CHANCE TO READ YOU THE REPORT. WE RECOGNIZE YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE THINGS EASIER FOR US AND THAT'S MUCH APPRECIATED. WE ARE VERY BUSY SO GETTING IT RIGHT IN TWO REPORTS MR. TAI PETTY WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT TODAY.
HE DID CALL ME RIGHT BEFORE TO LET ME KNOW THAT THEY HAVE HIRED A NEW LAB PERSON FULL TIME THAT WILL BE STARTING VERY SOON AND THAT SORT OF MANAGEMENT OR YES OUR LAB FULL TIME LAB MANAGER WHICH IS THE POSITION THAT I THINK THAT THEY'VE BEEN NEEDING THE MOST.
SO HOPEFULLY THINGS THE LAB WILL SETTLE DOWN AND HE'LL BE BACK AT OUR NEXT APPOINTED TIME SO FOR A MUNICIPAL REPORT I SEE THERE ARE SEVERAL PARTNERS HERE AND I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN UP THE FLOOR FOR ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO GIVE UPDATES JACOB THE ONLY THING OF NOTE FOR AND HEARD IS JEFF METZINGER WHO IS THE STORMWATER MANAGER DID ACCEPT THE POSITION FOR TOWN ENGINEER FILTERED HERD SO WE DO NOT HAVE A STORMWATER MANAGER AT THIS TIME BUT JEFF WILL BE DOING DUAL ROLES AND WE WILL HOPEFULLY HAVE THAT FILLED RELATIVELY SOON.
THAT'S THE ONLY THING. NOTE MR. BELL TOWN OF BLUFFTON JUST AH THIS WEEKEND IS THE ARTS AND SEAFOOD FESTIVAL THAT'S HELD DOWNTOWN BLUFFTON WE ARE WE'RE PARTNERING WITH SEA GRANT TO HAVE LAST FLOOD REPORTING SESSION SO ANY CITIZENS IN THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON OR SURROUNDING THAT HAD FLOODING OVER THE LAST COUPLE STORM EVENTS EVEN IN THE PAST CAN COME BY THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON. TIM FILL OUT A FORM THAT WILL HELP US MAP FLOODING WITHIN THE TOWN'S JURISDICTION SO PLEASE COME OUT AND DO THAT FOR US.
OUR DRAINAGE STUDY IS CONTINUING WITH THE CROOKED COVE IN GERARD.
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YOU'RE DONE WITH THE INITIAL ROUND OF FINDING OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND WE'RE MOVING INTO MODELING SO HOPEFULLY THE END OF THE YEAR WE'LL HAVE THAT MODEL DONE SO WE.WE CAN START THE ASSET ASSET OWNER REPORTS FOR EVERYBODY SO THEY CAN SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN THAT AREA THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON SO DESIGN MANUAL UPDATE WENT TO TOWN COUNCIL WORKSHOP LAST WEEK THEY UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORTED MOVING FORWARD WITH THE WITH THE REWRITE AND SHOULD BE MOVING FOR RESOLUTION IN JANUARY TO BE ADOPTED 1ST OF FEBRUARY AND THAT'S PRETTY OUR BIG BIG HAPPENING RIGHT NOW THANK YOU THANK YOU MR. BILL MR. NATE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GIVE AN UPDATE? SO CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW PUBLIC WORKS HAS TO ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE IN DESIGN AND PERMITTING ONE IN BATTERY SOURCE FOR A SERVER POND AND NOW FOR REPAIR AND REBUILD AND ONE IN BROAD STREET WHICH IS A POND REDESIGN AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT THE CITY OF BEAUFORT HAS A QUARTERLY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT MEETING THAT IN FRONT OF COUNCIL. IT'S A WORK SESSION THAT GOES OVER OF OUR PROJECTS AND GOES A LITTLE MORE IN DEPTH FOR THE CITY AND B FOR PROJECTS TO INCLUDE THE DRAINAGE PROJECTS IN KING AND EAST AND IN THE CORE DISTRICT AS WELL THANK YOU FOR THAT IS THAT HELD ON A CERTAIN OF THE MONTH OR IS IT FLOATING SO I WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK THE IT SHOULD I BELIEVE I THINK IT'S HELD AS A SEPARATE WORK SESSION BESIDES NORMAL MONTHLY WORK SESSION AND COUNCIL MEETING IT SHOULD BE POSTED ON CITY OF BUF RECORD.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. NATE. I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANYONE FROM TOWN OF PORT ROYAL HERE SO WE WILL GET THAT MUNICIPAL REPORT AT THIS TIME GOING TO INVITE MR. STEPHEN CARTER TO COME UP AND GIVE US OUR MAINTENANCE REPORT.
AFTERNOON EVERYONE. AFTERNOON MR. CARTER. I'LL TALK TO YOU ALL A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MAINTENANCE REPORTS AND AFTER THAT I'LL GIVE YOU ALL UPDATE ON A FEW THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE ONGOING NOW FOR STORMWATER MAINTENANCE PROJECT THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED WE HAVE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE IN OUR AREA THIS PROJECT IMPROVE 18,452 LINEAR FEET OF DRAINAGE SYSTEM. THE SCOPE OF WORK INCLUDED CLEANING OUT 5308 LINEAR FEET OF ROADSIDE DITCH 500 LINEAR FEET OF CHANNEL AND 12,580 LINEAR FEET OF VALLEY DRAIN ALSO INSTALLING IT TO CATCH BASINS 53 LINEAR FEET OF ROADSIDE PIPE AND WRAP FOR EROSION CONTROL. THE TOTAL COST OF THAT 83,331. I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM BUT IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT PEGGY'S LEGACY ANOTHER ONE OF THE MAJOR PROJECTS ON OF THE MINOR AND ROUTINE PROJECTS WE HAVE FOR THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD WHERE THE REIMBURSEMENT THE SCOPE OF WORK INCLUDE, THE HYDRO SEE THE VARIOUS AREAS FOR EROSION CONTROL AND THE TOTAL COST OF THAT WAS 11,354 FOR THE ONGOING PROJECTS WE UPCOMING OR GOING ON FOR STORMWATER WE HAVE THE B PART OF THE AREA IN HILTON HEAD AND THAT SCOPE OF WORK WE'RE CLEANING OUT THE ROADSIDE DITCHES AND INSTALLING THE DRIVEWAY PIPES BECAUSE THE PIPES THAT ARE DOWN OUT OF SEQUENCE SO WHICH IS CALLED THE WATER TO BE HELD UP SO AFTER WE CLEAN ALL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND INSTALL ALL THE DRIVEWAY PARTS NEED TO BE REPLACED AS IT CALLS POSITIVE WATER FLOW. WE ALSO THE WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR QUOTES FOR THE CHANNEL BITS SO THERE'S A LOT OF TREES THAT NEED TO BE REMOVED SO WE CAN ESTABLISH OUR WORK AND CLEAN THAT CHANNEL. THE OTHER PROJECT WE HAVE ONGOING IS THE BAY WOOD SUBDIVISION. IT'S IN THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON. WE'RE CLEANING OUT THE RULES THAT THIS IS DOWN THE ROAD ON BOTH SIDES AND WE HAVE TO INSTALL THE DRIVEWAY PIPE ANOTHER AREA IN BLUFFTON IS THE WINDY LEAK SUMMARY AREA AS FAR AS THAT WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR A COUPLE OF TREE COMPANY QUOTES BECAUSE YOU KNOW DUE TO PROCUREMENT AND ALL WE HAVE TO
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GET THE THREE QUOTES SO WE'RE WAITING ON THAT ONE. SO THOSE ARE PROCESS AND WE GET OUR TREE COMING OUT THERE DID TAKE DOWN TREES FOR US WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED WITH THE WORK OUT THERE. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS I KNEW WE DIDN'T GET ANY PROBLEMATIC EMAILS FROM SOME THE PROBLEMATIC NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE ALL DURING SOME OF THE OTHER DID YOU GUYS SEE ANYTHING PARTICULARLY DURING HALLOWEEN OR THE RACE ISSUES THAT YOU GUYS HAD WORKED ON THESE AREAS WERE THEY LARGE PROBLEMS OR HAVE THEY BEEN REDUCED AT LEAST WELL, TO MY KNOWLEDGE SOME OF THE SOME OF THE PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN REDUCED BUT BEFORE THE STORM I HAD THE CREWS IN PREP AND READY TO GO IN IN THE EVENT THERE WAS PROBLEM DOWN THERE. WE HAD ALL MY PALMS READY AND EQUIPPED AND CREW READY TO HEAD OUT IF ANYTHING WAS CALLED EXCELLENT. THEY'VE BEEN UP MERCY THAT'S GREAT. HOPEFULLY THE CITIZENS OF JOY ARE THANKFUL FOR YOUR RESPONSE.YES SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, STEPHEN.
AND AS A PART OF YOUR NEW REPORT THAT IS ON THE LAST PAGE, THE SHORTENED MAINTENANCE REPORT BUT YOU WILL BE GETTING IN THE EMAIL AFTER THE MEETING TODAY THAT WILL INCLUDE THE LONG VERSIONS OF EVERYTHING IF YOU WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION AND JUST FOR FUTURE REFERENCE THAT WILL COME WEEK AHEAD IN THE FUTURE THANK YOU BUT WE AS ON REPORT I DON'T SEE MS. ALICE HOWARD NO TODAY UNFORTUNATELY WE DO NOT HAVE A LES ON REPORT NOT TODAY NEXT TIME I'M SURE SHE'LL BE HERE. SHE'S VERY FAITHFUL. MOVING ON TO OUR UTILITY JUST A REMINDER A FINANCIAL REPORT FROM THE MUNICIPALITIES DUE IT SAYS NOT RECEIVED FROM BLUFFTON BUT CHECK THAT POSSIBLY COULD HAVE BEEN SENT TO KATIE IF IT WAS I DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO HER EMAIL SO THERE MAY BE SOME RESENDING OF THINGS IF YOU'VE SENT IT BEFORE MY APOLOGIES PLEASE SEND IT AGAIN THE STORMWATER UTILITY FEE RESTRUCTURE SO WE HAVE NEW PROCUREMENT POLICIES THAT ARE EFFECTIVE I BELIEVE NOW YES THEY ARE EFFECTIVE NOW WE GOT A COUPLE OF WEEKS WARNING OF THE NEW PROCUREMENT POLICIES. IT HAS MADE IT DIFFICULT GET POS AND THINGS ISSUED SO AS OF YESTERDAY WILBERT DID NOT HAVE A PO ISSUED FOR THE STORMWATER FEE UTILITY RESTRUCTURE THAT WAS WHERE THEY WERE GOING TO GO THROUGH AND GIVE US SUGGESTIONS HOW WE CAN RESTRUCTURE OUR FEE CALCULATION TO MAKE IT MORE ALSO MORE EQUITABLE AND MORE DEFINITIVE WHEN WE GET QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC SO THAT IS STILL SOMETHING THAT WE INTEND TO GO THROUGH WITH IT JUST NOT WILL IT WILL NOT BE READY FOR IMPLEMENTATION IN TAX YEAR 25 AS WE WERE HOPING SO WE WILL STILL GET OUR OPTIONS AND WE WILL JUST HAVE EXTRA TO ANALYZE THEM AND DECIDE WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO PICK FOR THE SELECTED DESIGN. EMMANUEL MR. BILL TOUGH TOUCHED ON IT.
BLUFFTON OPENED IT UP FOR TWO PUBLIC COMMENT PERIODS. WE RECEIVED A LOT OF FANTASTIC FEEDBACK FROM THE DEVELOPER AND ENGINEER COMMUNITY. MS. ANDREA MARINO DID A GREAT JOB OF PUTTING THAT FEEDBACK TOGETHER AND A DRAFT OF THE NEW SO LOCO MANUAL INCLUDING EDITS.
I WILL MAKE SURE THAT Y'ALL ALL HAVE A COPY OF THAT AND I WOULD SPECIFICALLY LIKE YOUR INPUT BACK BEFORE WE PUT THAT FORWARD TO OUR COUNCIL FOR CHANGES SO THAT WILL BE INCLUDED AS AN EXTRA IN YOUR EMAIL AFTER TODAY. IT'S VERY LENGTHY BUT I WILL ALSO INCLUDE THE LIST OF CHANGES SO YOU WILL KNOW WHAT HAS CHANGED FROM THE OLD SILICON IN ALL TO THE NEW VERY TECHNICAL LIKE RATE FACTORS AND MOSTLY JUST FORMAT EDITS.
SO THAT WILL BE COMING DOWN THE PIPELINE FOR YOU ALL CWI REPORTS WERE SENT OUT IN SEPTEMBER 17 DAYS LATE TO BE EXACT. I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE CONTACT ME OR IF ANYBODY HAS ANY TODAY MOVING RIGHT ALONG FOR OUR PROJECTS REPORTS THERE WERE SEVERAL SECTIONS IN THE OLD REPORT THAT KIND OF TOUCHED ON PROJECTS AND I FELT LIKE IT WAS JUST VERY KIND OF DISJOINT TIRED AND IT DIDN'T MAKE COHESIVE SENSE. SO I PUT ALL OF OUR PROJECTS UNDER ONE LIST SO STARTING WITH ALL JOY THE DRAINAGE STUDY WENT OUT TO BED ON AUGUST 2ND WE RECEIVED NINE PROPOSALS FROM LOCAL FIRMS. A SELECTION COMMITTEE HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED AND THEY ARE CURRENTLY SCORING PROPOSALS ALSO IF YOU REMEMBER THIS IS A GRANT FUNDED PROJECT SO WE HELD A KICK OFF MEETING WITH RIA STAFF AND WE'VE BEEN ISSUED A NOTICE TO PROCEED WHICH BASICALLY MEANS THAT WE WERE ALLOWED TO SPEND THE MONEY NOW THAT WERE AWARDED.
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SO ONCE WE HAVE SELECTED A FIRM WILL MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE NOTIFIED SO YOU CAN KNOW HOW WE'RE MOVING FORWARD ONCE A FIRM IS SELECTED WE PLAN ON GETTING THAT INFORMATION OUT TO THE COMMUNITY. I WILL BE THEIR NEW POINT OF CONTACT FOR ALL THINGS STORMWATER BUT THE COUNTY IS GOING TO ASSIGN A POINT OF CONTACT FOR ALL COUNTY ALL JOY PROJECTS TO INCLUDE THE LANDING THE PATHWAY THE PARKING LOT EXPANSION AS AS ANYTHING STORMWATER SO I WILL LET Y'ALL KNOW AS WELL WHO THAT POINT OF CONTACT IS AND THAT WILL BE THE COUNTY REPRESENTATIVE THAT WILL PUSH OUT ALL THINGS RELATED TO ALL JOY TO THE RESIDENTS. SO THAT'S HOW THAT WILL BE HANDLED.HAVE YOU ISSUED A PERMIT ON THE BYPASS SIDEWALK? NO SIR.
I DON'T THINK A DEVELOPMENT PERMIT HAS BEEN ISSUED. THERE ARE PLANS, CONSTRUCTION READY PLANS. THERE WAS. SO MOVING ON TO NUMBER TWO ON YOUR PROJECT'S LIST THERE WAS IN THE WORKS AN OKATIE RIVER STUDY BETWEEN THERE WAS GOING TO BE A JOINT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON AND THE COUNTY IS NO LONGER HAPPENING AT THIS MOMENT. THE INITIATIVE WAS NOT PASSED BY BLUFFTON COUNCIL SO WE'RE TABLING IT AND KIND OF REASSESSING I THINK THEIR ISSUE WAS THEY HAVE A VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THE WATERSHED IN THEIR JURISDICTION.
THE COUNTY HAS A VERY PERCENTAGE OF THE JURISDICTION AND WE WERE PAYING HALF EQUAL.
SO I THINK THEY KIND OF WANTED TO REASSESS THE STAKEHOLDERS AND WHO WAS PAYING FOR WHAT IN NEW OKC RIVER CITY. SO IT'S NOT GONE FOREVER BUT IT'S BEEN TABLED WITH SOME COST SHARING ISSUES FIGURE OUT IN JASPER COUNTY AND JASPER WE ALL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF FINGERPRINTS AND YES SO BAY PINES STEPHEN TOUCHED ON THAT SO WE WERE CONTACTED BY HILTON HEAD STAFF. THERE WAS LOTS OF FLOODING ESPECIALLY AFTER TROPICAL STORM DEBBY AND THEY CAME OUT WITH A NICE REPORT OF WHERE ALL THE TROUBLE AREAS WERE FOR US, THE COUNTY ASSETS. SO WE SAT DOWN AND MET WITH THEM.
WE ARE REQUESTING THAT WOOLFORD WOOLFORD COME UP WITH A DESIGN FOR UPGRADES CONSTRUCTION READY PLANS THERE'S SPECIFICALLY AN OUTFALL THAT'S A VERY LARGE PIPE THAT RUNS UNDER A PRIVATE ROAD AND IT HAS TO BE SUBMERGED SO FAR TO HAVE THE COVERAGE RUN THE ROAD OVER IT.
BUT IT IS SUBMERGED SO FAR THAT IT IS NO LONGER AN OUTFALL THE MARSH HAS TAKEN IT OVER SO THERE IS NO WATER OUT WHICH TRAPS THE WATER IN SO IT'S AFFECTING OUR RESIDENTS.
SO WE HAVE ALL BEEN OUT THERE AND WALKED AROUND AND LOOKED ON THE GROUND AND ASSESSED WHAT WE THINK ARE THE PROBLEM AREAS. WE'VE PASSED THAT ALONG TO WILBERT AND THEY WILL GIVE US A DESIGN AND THEN WE WILL WORK WITH THE PRIVATE ENTITIES AND DOTTI TO INSTITUTE THOSE UPGRADES. SO IT'S SIMILAR TO WHAT THEY DID IN MOSSY IS THAT WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT BECAUSE THE OUTFLOW ISSUES THEY HAD THERE THEY HAD TO GO IN REBUILD AND REDESIGN THAT'S OR ARE THEY LOOKING AT SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR TO THAT I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH MOSSY CREEK THIS ROAD OR IS IT A STATE ROUTE? IT IS A PRIVATE ROAD I BELIEVE ONE STATE ONE'S A STATE AND ONE'S A PRIVATE BASICALLY THE COUNTY PROPERTY DRAINS THROUGH THAT OUTFLOW BUT IT RUNS UNDER DOTY AND OWNED ASSETS. OUR PLAN IS TO HAVE CONSTRUCTION READY PLANS AND GO TO THEM AND SAY HEY THIS IS A PROBLEM, WILL YOU FIX IT? THE ANSWER IS USUALLY NO AND THEN WE TALK WHO IS GOING TO FUND IT AND HOW IT'S GOING TO GET FIXED. THE GOOD THING IS WE HAVE A VERY GOOD CONTACT WITH DOT HE EVEN THOUGH MISS ELIZABETH HAS RETIRED THAT'S GOOD. MOVING ON TO SHELL POINT.
SO OUR CONTRACTOR JAY BRAGG IDENTIFIED 11 MAINTENANCE VALVES WITHIN EXISTING COUNTY EASEMENTS NEED TO BE CLEARED AND REESTABLISHED. WE ONLY RECEIVED ONE BED IS FROM OPERA AND WE HAVE BEEN INSTRUCTED BY PROCUREMENT AND UPPER MANAGEMENT TO REBID THIS BECAUSE WE ONLY DID GET ONE BID AND IT'S OVER $900,000 SO THEY WANTED A THRESHOLD NO BUT BECAUSE IT'S SO LARGE I THINK IT IS OVER THE THRESHOLD FOR NEEDING THREE BIDS.
YES SIR AND WE ONLY RECEIVED SO WE ARE PUTTING IT BACK OUT TO BID TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE BEING FAIR AND EQUITABLE FOR RIVERS AND THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN ON THE TABLE. WE ACTUALLY HAVING WE HAD A DRAINAGE STUDY DONE AND WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE CONSTRUCTION READY PLANS. WE KNEW THERE WAS AN ISSUE BUT IT'S HAPPENING FASTER. WE THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO AND NOW THERE ARE EIGHT FOOT
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SINKHOLES THAT HAVE DEVELOPED PEOPLE'S FRONT YARD DUE TO A DOUBLE LAYERING OF PIPES.SO THERE WAS AN OLD SYSTEM THERE AND THEN PEOPLE WANTED MORE YARD.
THE COUNTY CAME IN AND PIPED IN THE DISHES AND NOW THE SYSTEMS ARE COLLAPSING ON TOP OF EACH OTHER. SO THE FAILED PIPING YES. ARE SUBSTANDARD PIPING AND DESIGN. I DON'T THINK THERE WAS MUCH FORETHOUGHT TO THE DESIGN ON THE SECOND AND WE WERE JUST BEING RESPONSIVE. SO WE ARE GOING TO TAKE THE PIPES BACK OUT AND, CONVERT IT BACK TO OPEN CHANNEL THE BIO SWALES AND WHICH WILL ALSO GIVE US BACTERIA REMOVAL CREDIT FOR IT'S ON A TIDAL OUTFALL SO WILL GET TO BUILD CREDIT FOR THIS PROJECT AS WELL WE'RE GOING TO REVAMP THE STORMWATER POND AT THE END PUT A PATHWAY IT TO MAKE IT A COMMUNITY AMENITY, PUT SOME GOOD STORMWATER SIGNAGE UP SAYING WHY AND WHAT WE DID EXPLAINING THE BIASED LABELS ARE SO HOPEFULLY THE OUTPUT WILL BE AMENITY FOR THE COMMUNITY AND A BETTER FUNCTIONING WATER FILTRATION SYSTEM FOR STORMWATER TUXEDO PARK THIS ONE HAS BEEN OUT TO BID TWICE YET WE ONLY RECEIVED ONE BID AGAIN.
WE WERE THRILLED ABOUT IT BECAUSE THE FIRST BID CAME IN A LOT LOWER THAN THE FIRST TWO SO WE THOUGHT YAY AND WE WERE GOING TO JUST ACCEPT IT AND PROCUREMENT SAID THAT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE SO WE'RE TRYING TO WORK OUT THE DETAILS WITH THEM TO SEE IF THE FIRST TWO TIMES THAT WENT OUT TO BID CAN COUNT AS A PRICE COMPARISON CONSIDERING THAT IT WAS YEARS AGO AND WE GOT NOW IS STILL LOWER SO AS YOU CAN TELL THERE'S A THEME THESE PROJECTS IT'S CALLED PROCUREMENT AND WE'RE FIGURING IT OUT HICKORY HILL THIS ONE'S BEEN TRYING TO GO TO PFC FOR A WHILE BUT WE DO THAT GOING TO NOVEMBER PFC MEETING ROYAL PINES IS ANOTHER ONE THAT BECAME VERY EVIDENT TO US AFTER STORM DADDY DADDY THERE'S TWO ISSUES MAINLY ONE TURTLE LANE AND FOUR AN EAGLE RUSH. WE'RE WORKING ON TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A SOLUTION THERE ONCE AGAIN DIRTY ASSETS COMBINED WITH COUNTY ASSETS AND WE'RE NOT SURE EXACTLY WHERE THE PROBLEM IS. SO WE'RE DOING SOME HAMMERING SOME LINES, DOING SOME FIGURING OF WHERE SYSTEM IS GOING. IT'S FUN WHEN YOU HAVE AN OLDER SYSTEM THAT DOESN'T HAVE AS BUILT SO YOU HAVE PIPES THAT YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY GO.
SO WE'RE WORKING ON IT. WE ARE AWARE OF THE ISSUES AND .
WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON IT UNTIL WE CAN FIGURE IT OUT. WHAT IS A METER? I HAVEN'T HEARD OF THAT. IT'S JUST BASED ON NUMEROUS MOUTHFUL OF THE BRILLIANT PART YOU HAVE TO PULL THE LID OFF IN THE BACK SO I GO BACK DOWN AND THEY WERE DOWN THERE TO THE CALL OF THE WATER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I WAS LOOKING AT IN ABOUT THE THE INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS THAT THAT KIND OF INFORMATION AS OPPOSED TO JUST PROBLEM AREAS. RIGHT.
WHAT WHAT KIND OF PROBLEMS ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? ALL OF OUR PROBLEMS ARE USUALLY FLOODING 99% OF OUR PROBLEMS ARE FLOODING STORM WATER. SO THEY WERE EXPERIENCING SOME SOME LEFTOVER WATER AFTER TROPICAL STORM DEBBY THAT WASN'T DRAINING WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY OF THE SINKHOLES ARE ANOMALY FOR US SO YES IT IS BUT THEY'RE YES THEY'RE WE HAD SOME SEVERE COMPLAINTS THERE WERE NO STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY LOSSES. NO ONE HAD WATER IN THEIR HOUSE. IT CAME CLOSE BUT NO ONE HAD WATER IN THEIR HOUSE.
SO WE WERE JUST AT THIS POINT TRYING TO PREVENT FROM HAPPENING AGAIN MOVING DOWN ARTHUR HORN SO COMING DOWN THE PIPE LINE IT'S A NATURAL WETLAND THAT WE USE FOR STORMWATER PURPOSES AND GOT PRETTY BEAT UP AND DAMAGED IN HURRICANE MATTHEW.
SO WE'RE GOING TO DO KIND OF THE SAME THING THAT WE WANT TO DO AT RIVER'S END IN THE SENSE OF HAVING A PATHWAY PUT AROUND THE POND IF WE HAVE TO REDO THE POND ANYWAYS WE WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THE COMMUNITY SOMETHING BACK AS WELL. IT ALSO OFFERS PERMANENT STORMWATER OUTREACH EDUCATION FOR ANYONE THAT WALKS AROUND THE POND WILL HAVE SIGNAGE LETTING KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING, WHY THE POND IS THERE AND, KIND OF HOW IT HELPS WITH WATER QUALITY SO THAT LAST UPDATE I RECEIVED FROM THE USDA IS THAT THEY WERE WRITING THE SCOPE WORK FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL TO OBTAIN A FEDERAL CONTRACTOR TO BEGIN THE DESIGN WORK.
SO I WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THAT HOPEFULLY. IT'S GOING TO START RAMPING UP HERE SOON. I KNOW WE'VE BEEN SAYING THAT FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS BUT FEDERAL FUNDING IS INTERESTING. CAN YOU REFRESH ME WHY USDA IS INVOLVED? BECAUSE THEY HAVE A GRANT THROUGH IN OUR SEAS NATURAL RESOURCE SERVICE.
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SO MOVING TO OUR PROFESSIONAL CONTRACTS UPDATE WE HAVE ONE CURRENT ON COMPANY FOR ANY STORMWATER SERVICES AND THAT'S WALBERT WITH THESE NEW PROCUREMENT CHALLENGES WE'VE STARTED LOOKING AT WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE DOING. OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT FOR EXAMPLE HAS MULTIPLE ON CALLS FOR ANY AND WE WERE JUST WONDERING MAYBE WE SHOULD MOVE THAT WAY OBVIOUSLY WITH STRICT DIRECTIONS FROM OUR PROCUREMENT .AT ONE POINT WE WERE TOLD TO USE OUR ON CALL FOR EVERYTHING AND THEN THEY SAID DON'T DO THAT BECAUSE IT'S SHOWING BIAS. SO WE WERE WONDERING WE HAD MORE VETTED COMPANIES FOR OUR ON CALL IF THAT WOULD HELP MOVE THINGS ALONG WITH PROCUREMENT SO WE ARE INVESTIGATING THAT AS WELL. THE TASK ORDER BASED CONTRACT FOR WOLFER EXPIRES ON OCTOBER 8TH, 2025. WE'RE REQUIRED WE'VE RE ESTABLISH THAT RENEW THAT FOR TWO YEARS NOW SO WE WILL HAVE TO PUT IT OUT TO BID IN 2025. SO THAT'S JUST UPCOMING ALWAYS HAD WALBERT AND THEY'VE BEEN GREAT FOR US. WE'RE NOT DISSATISFIED IT'S JUST WHAT WE HAVE TO DO TO MAINTAIN OUR EQUITABLE NESS TO MY FAVORITE ANNOUNCING PART WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR STAFF UPDATE SO AS YOU KNOW KATIE HERRERA, ASSISTANT FIREWORKS DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL LEFT IN AUGUST WE ARE NOT CURRENTLY BACKFILLING HER POSITION. WE'RE JUST TRUCKING RIGHT ALONG.
THINGS SEEM TO BE DOING WELL SO THE LESS THE BETTER I THINK IS THE MANTRA.
SO THE COUNTY HAS DECIDED TO FILL THAT POSITION? YES SIR.
AT THIS TIME NOT ME. NOT ME PERSONALLY I DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF POWER NOR DOES STORMWATER. SO ALSO THAT YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW DAPHNE BUTLER SHE WAS OUR SENIOR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL. SHE HAS MOVED ON TO BIGGER AND BETTER THINGS FOR HERSELF PERSONALLY AND MANAGEMENT. IT WAS NOT A BAD SEPARATION SHE JUST WANTED TO MOVE ON. SO THAT HAS LEFT US WITHOUT AN ADMIN PERSON AS WELL WHICH IS I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE EXCUSES BUT ONE OF THE REASONS THAT YOU DIDN'T RECEIVE YOUR BOARD REPORT THIS MONTH ON TIME BUT GOOD GOOD NEWS IS THAT HAD 24 APPLICATIONS FOR THIS POSITION BLEW ME AWAY THE MOST APPLICATIONS EVER SEEN FOR A POSITION WE CONDUCTED TEN INTERVIEWS WHICH WAS A LOT BUT WE FOUND MS. SALLY MCLEOD IS FANTASTIC AND SHE WILL BE STARTING ON OCTOBER 28 SO IT SHOULD BE BUSINESS AS USUAL AFTER 28TH.
ALSO HERE WITH US TODAY IN OUR MIDST HAVE A STAR MR. BRADLEY HARRIOTT WAS ANNOUNCED AS OUR NEW PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR OF APPLAUSE. WE WERE ALL EQUALLY AS PLEASED
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SO WITH THAT MOVING ON TO NUMBER SIX ON OUR AGENDA AS UNFINISHED BUSINESS YOU ALL GRACIOUSLY HAVE INSTRUCTED US FOR THE BOARD REPORT OVERALL THIS IS YOUR NEW YEAR A PACKET FORM I WOULD LIKE ALL COMMENTS SUGGESTIONS CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM ON YOUR PACKET I WILL BE SENDING A FOLLOW UP EMAIL THAT WILL HAVE THE LENGTHY ATTACHMENTS FOR EVERYONE EVERYTHING INCLUDING THE FULL REPORT BLOCKED IN REPORT NOT YOUR TYPE PATTY'S REPORT AND EVERYTHING LISTED OUT SO IF YOU CARE TO GO THROUGH THAT ON YOUR OWN THAT WOULD BE FABULOUS I WISH THAT GO AHEAD AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MR. ED WARNER AND MR. DENNIS ROSS FOR SPEARHEADING THAT SUBCOMMITTEE WITH YOUR HELP TAILORED TO HOPEFULLY ELIMINATE EXCESS PAPERWORK THAT ENDS UP MAYBE NOT BEING RECYCLED AS SHOULD BE AND SINCE I AM NOW ON THE SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING BOARD. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE RECYCLE PROPERLY AND THERE'S A LOT OF COLORED INK THAT WENT INTO THOSE PAGES. HOPEFULLY IT WILL STREAMLINE THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO FORMULATE QUESTIONS AND I COMMEND YOU BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO SEE ON THE PROJECTS. WE WOULD RATHER HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON PROJECTS WE ALWAYS LIKE TO HEAR MR. CARTER TALK ABOUT HOW MANY LINEAR FEET THAT HE'S DREDGED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY IN TWO MONTHS BUT HIS TIME CAN BE BETTER SERVED MANAGING HIS WORK CREWS SO I IT'S A WIN WIN FOR EVERYONE. YES SIR I AGREE THANK YOU WITH THAT OPEN IT UP TO THE BOARD FOR ANY NEW BUSINESS THANK YOU BEING NO NEW BUSINESS THAT I[00:55:11]
KNOW OF WE DO HAVE SOME PEOPLE THAT CAME AFTER THE MEETING STARTED SO I WILL UP THE FLOOR[8. PUBLIC COMMENT]
FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IF ANYBODY HAS ANY PUBLIC COMMENT PLEASE COME UP AND IDENTIFY YOURSELF.HI MY NAME IS CATHY COBURN. I LIVE IN THE AL JOY AREA ON CROCKER STREET WE ARE REAL NERVOUS ABOUT THE PATH NOT HAVING IMPERVIOUS AND I JUST WANT THAT TO BE KNOWN BUT WHAT I REALLY CAME HERE FOR WAS TO SAY THANK SO VERY MUCH FOR ALL THE CLEANUP WORK THAT WAS DONE BEFORE THIS LAST STORM. WE HAD AREAS HAD PROBLEMS BUT IT WAS NOT NEAR LIKE IN THE PAST AND WE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE CLEAN UP. WELL THE THANKS GOES TO THOSE OUT IN THE FIELD THAT'S DO AND AND THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB YEAH THEY HAVE I MEAN WE'VE GOT SOME AREAS WHERE WITH DOTTIE AND Y'ALL AND THERE'S DISCREPANCIES ON WHO TAKES CARE OF WHAT BUT AS FAR AS STORMS AND I'VE BEEN THERE FOR LONG TIME WE DID REALLY WELL WITH THIS WHEN COMPARED TO IN THE PAST AND THANK YOU YOU'RE VERY WELCOME IF MY MEMORY SERVES ME RIGHT FROM THE COUNTY COUNCIL'S MONDAY MEETING THAT OVER $1,000,000 IS SET ASIDE FOR BEAUFORT JASPER WATER TO DO SEWER HOOKUPS AND ALL JOY SO I THINK WE'RE MOVING DEFINITELY THE ALL JOY AREA INTO THE 21ST CENTURY AND THANK Y'ALL FOR ALL THE HELP AND FOR LISTENING TO US. I KNOW WE'VE BEEN IN THERE AND MASSES AND BUT WE APPRECIATE THE HELP. IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO BE APPRECIATED BECAUSE IT'S SO INFREQUENT ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME OF THE NEXT MEETING AGENDA DURING THE
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LAST MEETING WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING AN OFFSITE MEETING AND WE HAVE DECIDED AMONG THE MEMBERS PRESENT THAT IT WOULD BE MUCH MORE CONDUCIVE TO HAVE PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN AND WE CAN REVIEW THEM IN ADVANCE AND HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THEN TAKING THE ARDUOUS TASK OF TAKING THIS GENTLEMEN'S TIME AND SETTING UP VISUAL AND TENTS AND COLD WEATHER INCLEMENT WEATHER IN DECEMBER. SO IF IT'S ALL RIGHT WITH THE STORMWATER MANAGER AND STAFF WE WILL HAVE OUR NEXT MEETING HERE YES HOWEVER IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE MR. SULLIVAN FROM WAY PRO GIVE HIS TALK HERE RATHER OUTSIDE SO IF WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN IT'D BE MUCH APPRECIATED. YES SO PERHAPS NOT JUST PHOTOS BUT MAYBE A VIDEO OF THE VALVE AND OPERATION IF THAT'S POSSIBLE SOMETHING GOOD A GOOD SUGGESTION MR. MOORE, BEFORE I CONCLUDE IS THERE ANY OTHER BUSINESS ANYONE ON THE DAIS OR IN THE AUDIENCE? IF NOT, THIS MEETING IS* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.