Nov 18, 2024 Public Facilities and Safety Committee

SO MY NAME IS ALEXANDER MICHAEL.

I'M AN EMPLOYEE AT HILTON HEAD AND ISLAND AIRPORT.

AND I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU TODAY ABOUT THE RESOLUTION TO ADOPT THE HILTON HEAD ISLAND AIRPORT WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT POLICY.

SO ACCORDING TO THIS POLICY, IT STATES EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY FEEDING ANY ANIMALS, INCLUDING BIRDS, RODENTS OR STRAY FERAL ANIMALS.

PETS IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED, UH, ON THE AIRPORT BOUNDARIES AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

SO I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU GUYS A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT REGARDING THAT.

SO NO ONE AT THE AIRPORT IS FEEDING RODENTS, SQUIRRELS, BIRDS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

BUT THEY ARE FEEDING THIS CAT.

THIS CAT HAS A NAME.

HIS NAME IS FRIDAY.

IT IS PART OF A FERAL CAT COLONY THAT EXISTS ON THAT AIRPORT FOR THE LAST TWO DECADES.

ALRIGHT, SO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, THE LOCAL CHURCH, THE AIRPORT EMPLOYEES, THE TRAVELERS HAVE BEEN FEEDING FRIDAY, ESSENTIALLY EVERY SINGLE DAY FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS.

ALRIGHT? WELL, NOT NECESSARILY HER, HER, BUT THE COLONY FOR 20 YEARS, RIGHT? SO THIS POLICY DIRECTLY IMPACTS THAT ABILITY TO DO THAT.

NO ONE'S FEEDING ANY OF THEIR ANIMALS, THEY'RE FEEDING THAT CAT.

AND WE'VE BEEN DOING IT IN, IN A STRUGGLE WITH THE AIRPORT ADMINISTRATION FOR MONTHS.

CRAIG WEBER, THE HEAD OF SECURITY OF THE AIRPORT ADMINISTRATION, HAS THREATENED AIRPORT EMPLOYEES TO REMOVE THEIR SECURITY ACCESS AND THEREFORE THEIR JOBS FOR FEEDING THIS CAT MULTIPLE TIMES VIA ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE AIRPORT.

STEVE PERRY HAS MENTIONED TO AIRPORT STAFF HOW MUCH, IF IT WAS UP TO HIM, HE'D SHOOT THEM ALL.

OH, THE REALITY IS THIS POLICY IS NOT DIRECTED TOWARDS ANIMALS LIKE SQUIRRELS, BIRDS, REPTILES IS DIRECTED TOWARDS THIS CAT AND WILL BE USED AS A CRU TO PREVENT US, THE CHURCH, THE COMMUNITY, THE TRAVELERS FROM FEEDING THIS CAT FROM SHELTERING THIS CAT.

THERE ARE PERMANENT SHELTERS BUILT IN THE OVERFLOW CELL PHONE PARKING LOT ON THE AIRPORT FOR THIS CAT.

THEY'VE BEEN THERE FOR DECADES.

ALRIGHT, SO I ASK YOU PLEASE TO NOT PASS THIS POLICY.

THIS POLICY OF COURSE ALSO SAYS THAT'S THE COMPLY OF AIRPORT REGULATION OR AVIATION REGULATIONS.

NOW, HERE'S THE APPLICABLE AVIATION REGULATION.

THE ONLY THING IT MANDATES IS THAT THERE'S A HAZARDOUS WILDLIFE ASSESSMENT BE DONE.

THAT'S IT.

ALL RIGHT? IT IS NOT MANDATE ANYTHING AND BEYOND THAT.

NOW, I DO NOT KNOW IF A HAZARDOUS WILDLIFE ASSESSMENT HAS BEEN DONE.

IT HAS NOT BEEN SHARED WITH ME.

IT HAS NOT BEEN MADE PUBLIC TO MY KNOWLEDGE.

NOW, IF THAT HAS BEEN DONE AND THE HAZARDOUS WILDLIFE ASSESSMENT BY THE FAA SAYS IT MUST BE DONE, THIS CAT MUST BE REMOVED, THEN I'M FINE WITH THAT.

BUT UNTIL THAT ASSESSMENT IS DONE, THE COUNSEL SHOULD HOLD OFF ON PASSING THIS POLICY FOR FURTHER REVIEW.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND GOD BLESS THIS UNITED STATES S ABSOLUTELY, SIR.

I USE GETTING, GETTING THOSE.

UM, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE.

I THINK IT'S DIANA OR DINA.

DIANA.

DIANA, THANK YOU.

I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT.

THAT'S ALRIGHT.

TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF FRIDAY.

SO I'M HERE ALSO

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SO I HAVE BEEN AT THE AIRPORT FOR JUST BARELY SIX YEARS.

SO I'M JUST GONNA READ THIS.

I REALLY WASN'T EXPECTING TO SPEAK, SO, UM, BEAR WITH ME.

I MIGHT BE KIND OF ALL OVER THE MAP.

UM, THANKS FOR LETTING US SPEAK TODAY.

WE JUST WANTED OUR, WE JUST WANTED TO BE HEARD AND NOT TALK THAT WITH ANGER AND THREATENING LETTERS TO TAKE AWAY OUR BADGES.

UM, WHICH WOULD GET US ULTIMATELY FIRED FOR FEEDING THIS CAT.

UM, WE'RE HERE ALSO BECAUSE THERE'S SOME MAJOR CONFLICTING ISSUES WITH THIS SITUATION.

FIRST, OUR EMPLOYEES IN PARTICULAR THAT HAVE BEEN AT THE AIRPORT FOR 20 ISH YEARS, ONCE 22, 1 IS 19 AND A HALF.

UH, THEY BOTH AGREE WITH US WHEN WE SAY THAT WE HAVE NEVER SEEN A CAT IN OR AROUND THE AIRPORT ON THE BACK OR WHERE THE AIRPLANES ARE BEHIND US.

I CAN'T SAY ON THE RUNWAY OR BEHIND IT BECAUSE WE ARE NOT THERE.

BUT I CAN TELL YOU WE HAVE NEVER SEEN A CAT BACK THERE.

AND IF WE DID, IT WOULD BE THE FIRST THING ON OUR AGENDA TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S SAFE.

SO WE WOULD BE SPEAKING OUT.

WE SEE SQUIRRELS, FROGS, BIRDS, AND RATS.

OF COURSE NOW IN THE PARKING LOT OUT FRONT WE SEE HUGE RACCOONS, SNAKES, INCLUDING COPPERHEADS.

UH, ONCE WE SAW A GATOR IN THE BACK CELL LOT, NO ONE CARED ABOUT THAT.

THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY WE ALL HATE PARKING IN THAT LOT.

IT IS DARK AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S BACK THERE.

THEN WE HAVE FRIDAY, WHO'S ALSO BEEN THERE HIS WHOLE LIFE.

FRIDAY HAS BECOME OUR AIRPORT EMOTIONAL SUPPORT CAT .

WE WORK IN A VERY TOXIC, EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT.

WE HAVE BEEN BRINGING, HE HAS BEEN BRINGING SMILES TO US FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS AND IT'S NEVER BEEN AN ISSUE UNTIL LATELY.

HE DOESN'T BOTHER THE PASSENGERS, HE DOESN'T SIT ON THEIR CARS.

HE DOESN'T EVEN, UH, GO THROUGH, GO GET FOOD FROM THEM ON HIS OWN.

HE'S STILL KILLING RODENTS FOR THE AIRPORT.

JUST, UH, FOUR WEEKS AGO, I HAVE A PICTURE WITH HIM, WITH A RAT OR, UH, NOT A RAT.

A SQUIRREL AND A SNAKE.

SO HE'S STILL KILLING RODENTS FOR THE AIRPORT.

JUST A MONTH AGO THAT WAS UM, NOW I DON'T MEAN ANY DIS DISRESPECT TO JOHN, BUT HE SAYS THIS IS ABOUT SAFETY AND WELLNESS FOR THE PASSENGERS IN THE SAFE.

BUT WE WORK IN A RAT INFEST INFESTATION EVERY DAY.

AND THAT DOESN'T BOTHER HIM.

NOW IT'S NOT EXAGGERATING.

WE HEAR IT, WE SEE THE DROPPINGS IN OUR BREAK ROOM.

WE'VE WATCHED THEM WALK ALONG THE TRAP.

WE'VE HAD TO CLEAN OUT THE TRAPS.

WE'VE SEEN 'EM CLIMB DOWN THE ROADS RIGHT NEXT, THE WALLS RIGHT NEXT TO THE PASSENGERS.

THIS ISN'T AN ISSUE.

BUT NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN WE HAVE AN ISSUE WITH US FEEDING OUR CAT.

AND THIS IS A PETITION THAT EVERYBODY GOT TOGETHER JUST YESTERDAY FROM EVERYBODY.

AND THERE'S 48 SIGNATURES FROM JUST US STAFF THAT WANT TO KEEP OUR CAT.

ALRIGHT, WE HAVE ONE MORE.

I BELIEVE IT'S FELICE.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

HI, HOW ARE YOU? I WANNA TALK ABOUT THE SALES TAX, BUT I CAN'T RESIST.

FRIDAY.

FRIDAY FOR 30 YEARS OF LIVING IN THIS COUNTY, I HAVE BEEN A CAT RESCUER AND A A COLONY FEEDER.

AND I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH GOOD THOSE ANIMALS DO WHERE THEY LIVE.

UM, THEY GOT RATS 'CAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH CATS.

MY EXTERMINATOR TELLS ME, YOU GOT CATS, YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE RATS.

SO EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING, PLEASE KEEP DOING IT.

THAT CAT DESERVES TO STAY THERE.

AND I'LL SAY ONE LAST THING ABOUT IT.

'CAUSE YOUR FIRST THING, EXCUSE ME, COMING TO MIND, YOU'RE PROBABLY GONNA SAY RELOCATE THE CAT.

THAT'S EASIER SAID THAN DONE.

WHEN YOU RELOCATE FERAL CATS, THEY OFTENTIMES DIE BECAUSE THEY'RE OUT OF THEIR ENVIRONMENT.

THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO TO FIND FOOD.

AND IT'S ALLEY CAT RESCUE DATA, IF YOU READ IT, A FERAL CAT CANNOT CATCH ENOUGH FOOD IN ONE DAY, IN ONE YEAR TO KEEP 'EM ALIVE.

SO PLEASE CONSIDER WHAT THEY'RE SAYING.

SERIOUSLY.

OKAY? 1% SALES TAX COULDN'T SAY THIS TO YOU GUYS.

LAST, UM, UH, COUNCIL MEETING BECAUSE I WAS TWO HOURS LATE AND IT WASN'T THE BRIDGE AND IT WASN'T THE 2 78 CORRIDOR.

IT WAS BLUFFTON.

IT IS FULL OF TRAFFIC, RED LIGHTS THAT AREN'T SYNCED.

CARS COMING AND GOING IN EVERY DIRECTION.

AND THEN YOU TRY TO GET OFF AT ONE 70.

THERE'S AN ACCIDENT AT RIVER BEND.

FORGET IT.

I TRIED TO GO UP TO NEW RIVER

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AND COME BACK.

SO WAS EVERYBODY ELSE.

SMART.

STILL TOOK ME TWO HOURS TO GET HERE.

SO I DIDN'T GIVE YOU THESE COMMENTS.

I'M ONLY GONNA GIVE YOU A FEW OF THEM AT THE RISK OF MAKING YOU UPSET.

AND YOU UPSET, OKAY? DON'T YOU WORRY ABOUT 'EM, YOU GO FOR IT .

IT'S ALL GOOD THIS TIME.

YOU MAY NOT LIKE ME.

IT'S ALRIGHT.

UM, OKAY.

I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT EVERY PRECINCT AND DONE MY ANALYSIS, WHICH I LIKE TO DO.

BUT IN THE FIRST PERUSAL, LOOKING AT PRECINCTS, UM, MOST OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS DIDN'T WANT THE REFERENDUM.

MOST OF THEM VOTED AGAINST IT.

YOURS DID NOT.

FOR WE HAVE OUR REASONS AND I'M NOT GONNA GO INTO THEM 'CAUSE THE CLOCK IS TICKING AND I KNOW YOU WANT ME TO SIT DOWN, BUT MY RECOMMENDATION AS YOU CONSIDER GOING FORWARD, 'CAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE NOT GONNA LET IT DROP.

I KNOW THIS COUNSEL.

OKAY? YOU'RE GONNA FIND A WAY TO DO SOMETHING TO US.

DO IT TO HILTON HEAD.

I'M A CITIZEN OF HILTON HEAD.

I LIVE ON HILTON HEAD.

IF I WANT THE DAMN BRIDGE, MAKE ME PAY FOR IT.

RAISE MY TAXES.

OKAY? YOU'LL FIND HOW MANY PEOPLE IN HILTON HEAD REALLY DIDN'T WANT THE CORRIDOR.

REALLY WANTED THE BRIDGE REPAIRED, NOT THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE.

WITH THAT, I'LL BE TALKING TO YOU ANOTHER TIME.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT PART OF THAT WAS GONNA UPSET ME.

YOU'RE GOOD, .

I'M A LITTLE SPEECHLESS ON THAT ONE.

I THINK YOU AND I ACTUALLY ARE ON THE SAME BOAT.

YEAH, WE'RE WITH YOU.

AND MOVE ON TO NUMBER SEVEN, THE ASSISTANT COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR REPORT, I BELIEVE.

UM, IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO SIGN UP THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON, UH, ONE OF THE AGENDA ITEMS OR ANYTHING ELSE FOR THIS, UH, COMMITTEE? ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT, WE WILL CLOSE THE CITIZENS' COMMENT PERIOD

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JARED'S GOT THAT TODAY.

GET THIS TYPE OF ASSISTANCE BECAUSE OF DEBBIE? 'CAUSE THAT'S SORT OF A LITTLE BIT OF A STUMBLING BLOCK RIGHT NOW.

GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIRMAN AND COMMITTEE.

I HAVE TWO UPDATES.

AND THEN JOHN ROBINSON HAS AN UPDATE FOR YOU AS WELL.

SO MY FIRST UPDATE IS SC ONE 70 AND 2 78.

THAT SHORT TERM PROJECT THAT WE HAVE THAT IS NEARING COMPLETION.

HOPEFULLY YOU'VE DRIVEN IN THAT AREA AND HOPEFULLY YOU'VE SEEN SOME IMPROVEMENTS.

CAN I COLLECT FOR YOU, NOT JUST FOR ME, BUT EVERYBODY THAT'S WORKED ON IT.

SO THAT, THAT PROJECT IS A SPECIAL PROJECT, EVEN THOUGH WE CALL IT A SHORT TERM PROJECT, IT WILL PROVIDE SOME, UH, IMMEDIATE AND AND LONGER TERM BENEFIT.

BUT IT WAS A PROJECT PUT TOGETHER BETWEEN BEAUFORT COUNTY, JASPER COUNTY, CITY OF HARDY, V AND S-C-D-O-T.

SO THERE WAS FOUR STAKEHOLDERS AND BEAUFORT COUNTY, CTC CHAIRMAN, UH, CRAIG GORDON HELPED FACILITATE THAT.

SO A LOT OF GOOD, UH, INTERAGENCY AND, AND INTER GOVERNMENT WORKING TO ESTABLISH THAT PROJECT.

A COUPLE UPDATES ON THAT.

SO THERE IS FINAL CONCRETE POUR, UM, FOR SOME ADDITIONAL MEDIAN WORK PLANNED, HOPEFULLY THIS WEEKEND, WEATHER DEPENDENT.

AND THEN BEYOND THAT, JUST FINAL PAINTING AND SEATING TO FINISH THAT PROJECT UP WITH AN EXPECTED COMPLETION DATE IN THE MIDDLE OF DECEMBER.

UM, THERE ARE TWO OVERHEAD SIGNS THAT ARE PLANNED AS PART OF THE PROJECT.

THEY ARE, AS YOU CAN EXPECT, UM, ON, ON UM, BACK ORDER.

UM, THERE'LL BE ONE ON SC ONE 70 TELLING YOU TO GET INTO THE, THE RIGHT HER HAND LANE IF YOU'RE TRYING TO GO TO HILTON HEAD.

UM, SO THAT'LL BE BETTER SIGNAGE.

AND THEN ONE ON 2 78 TELLING YOU THERE ARE TWO EXITS GETTING OFF ONTO THE RAMP TO ONE 70 NORTH.

UM, SO THOSE TWO OVERHEAD SIGNS WILL BE FORTHCOMING.

WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CONTRACTOR NOW TO FACILITATE SOME TEMPORARY SIGNAGE BETWEEN NOW AND THEN TO HELP MOTORIST, UH, KNOW WHAT LANE THEY NEED TO BE IN TO GET TO THE, WHERE THEY'RE TRYING TO HEAD TO.

UH, SECOND DATA UPDATE I HAVE FOR YOU IS EVERYTHING HELENE.

SO THIS IS EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE GOING ON SO THAT YOU'RE FULLY INFORMED AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC.

SO THERE'S TWO COMPONENTS TO IT.

UM, SO FEMA HAS A PUBLIC ASSISTANT COMPONENT AND THEN IT HAS A INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE COMPONENT.

FIRST I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT THE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE.

SO WE WERE NOT INITIALLY APPROVED PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, SO COUNTY GOVERNMENT AND MUNICIPALITIES WERE NOT INITIALLY APPROVED FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE.

HOWEVER, THROUGH CONTINUED, UM, COORDINATION WITH FEMA AND OUR SOUTH CAROLINA EMD EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT, UH, THROUGH OUR BEAUFORT COUNTY DISASTER RECOVERY, MATT KRAUSE MANAGER, UM, WE'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL AT APPEALING TO THEM AND MAKING THE PETITION AND SEEKING APPROVAL AND HAVE GAINED APPROVAL ON NOVEMBER 8TH FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

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TO BE PROVIDED.

THE MAIN PROJECT THAT BROUGHT THAT OVER THE HUMP WAS HILTON HEAD.

THEY HAVE A $2 MILLION BEACH RENOURISHMENT, UH, REPAIR PROJECT AS A RESULT OF THE STORM THAT HELPED GET US OVER THE THRESHOLD.

UM, BEAUFORT COUNTY WILL BE SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT FOR DISPOSAL.

WE HAVE SOME DISPOSAL, UM, OF DEBRIS STILL LEFT AT PINNEY COLONY.

THAT WAS OUR TEMPORARY STAGING AS WELL AS SOME DEBRIS THAT WILL BE HAULING OFF ON THE FUSS ISLAND.

SO IN ADDITION TO THAT, AS DUSKY ISLAND, UH, WE ARE WORKING STARTING THIS WEEK ON A ONE TIME DEBRIS REMOVAL EFFORT THERE ON THE ISLAND.

SOME ADDITIONAL PRESS RELEASE WILL BE MADE AND SENT OUT DIRECTLY TO THE ISLANDER SO THAT THEY KNOW TO BRING THEIR TRASH TO THE STREET FOR THAT TO TAKE PLACE.

AS FAR AS THE INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE, A COUPLE OF UPDATES AND I'LL TRY TO, MY BEST TO YOU THINK DOT AND ROADS ARE BAD WITH THEIR ACRONYMS. I THINK FEMA HAS US BEAT, SO I'LL TRY TO MAKE SURE I SPEAK TO ALL THE ACRONYMS, BUT THEY HAVE, FEMA ITSELF AS AN ORGANIZATION HAS A LOT OF DIFFERENT MOVING PARTS.

AND BECAUSE THE INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE WAS APPROVED IMMEDIATELY AS PART OF THE STORM, UH, THEY HAVE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF FEMA THAT HAVE MOVED INTO THE AREA THAT ARE DOING DIFFERENT THINGS.

AND I'LL TRY MY BEST TO DESCRIBE THAT.

SO FIRST IS THE DISASTER RECOVERY CENTER, THE DRC.

SO THEY OPENED UP IN THE AREA AT BURTON WELLS ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO AND THEY SPENT ABOUT, UH, THREE DAYS HERE AND HAD ABOUT 40 VISITORS A DAY.

AND WHAT, BASICALLY IT'S THE SAME INFORMATION IF YOU GO ON TO FEMA.ORG OR THEIR APP AND DOWNLOAD THAT AND THERE WAS, YOU'RE SEEKING INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE, EITHER YOUR ROOF OR YOUR POWER WAS OUT OR GROCERIES OR YOUR FREEZER WENT OUT.

UH, THOSE ARE THE WAYS, BUT THEY WERE HERE IN PERSON TO HELP FACILITATE THAT.

THEY MOST RECENTLY, UH, CAME AGAIN BECAUSE OF THE INTEREST LEVEL CAME AGAIN, UH, FROM LAST WEEK, FROM NOVEMBER 10TH SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 10TH THROUGH THE 13TH.

UH, THERE WAS NOT AS MANY PEOPLE THAT CAME.

ONLY ABOUT 10 PEOPLE A DAY CAME, BUT THERE WAS A NEED AND THEY MET THAT NEED.

SO WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THEM COMING.

UM, THEY WERE BOUNCING AROUND ALL THE WAY FROM FLORIDA TO NORTH CAROLINA.

UM, SO WE HAD A COUPLE DAYS IN BETWEEN THERE.

SECONDLY, WHAT THEY'RE DOING AS CONTINUED ASSISTANCE, THEY HAVE A SEPARATE COMPONENT OF FEMA CALLED, UH, DISASTER SURVIVORS ASSISTANCE.

SO IT'S BASICALLY BOOTS ON THE GROUND TO THE DISASTER RECOVERY CENTER.

SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING OUT SEEKING, UH, FOLKS THAT ARE IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE DOOR KNOCKING AND, AND ASKING IF THEY'VE HAD DAMAGE.

AND IF SO, WE CAN HELP YOU FACILITATE, UH, SEEKING HELP.

UM, THEY HAVE A MOBILE COMMUNICATION OPERATION VEHICLE, UM, MCOV.

UH, SO THEY HAVE THAT VEHICLE BASICALLY HELPS THEM TIE INTO THE MOTHERSHIP AND HELPS GET DIRECT ASSISTANCE.

SAME ASSISTANCE THAT YOU WOULD GET IF YOU WENT ONLINE.

BUT AGAIN, TRYING TO, TRYING TO REACH ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTY.

WE HAVE TWO CREWS CURRENTLY SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY THAT ARE, ARE PARTICIPANT THAT A FEMA HAS OUT AND ABOUT.

AND UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THEY DID ASK IS FOR, UH, ASSISTANCE IN ANY UNIQUE POPULATIONS.

SO WE HAVE, UM, GUIDED THEM INTO THE GULLAH COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVE VIBRANT COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT THE, THE COUNTY AND TRYING TO FOCUS SOME EFFORTS THERE, UM, THAT THEY CAN MAKE SURE THAT THAT NEED IS MET THROUGHOUT.

SO WE'RE PUTTING 'EM IN TOUCH WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS, UM, SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE THAT INTERACTION.

AND THEN LASTLY, SEPARATE FROM FEMA, BUT AS PART OF THE INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE IS THE SMALL BUSINESS AUTHORITY.

SO SBA, THEY HAVE A PORTABLE LOAN OUTREACH CENTER THAT WAS DEPLOYED AT THE OFFICE OF THE BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6TH UNTIL THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14TH.

SO LAST WEEK, THE WHOLE LAST WEEK IT WAS OUT AND AVAILABLE.

UM, THERE WAS PRESS RELEASES.

UM, THIS IS MORE OF A UPDATE AND A AND A, UM, TELL YOU THE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED.

UM, SO THAT HAS HAPPENED.

I'M NOT SURE THE INTEREST THAT THEY SOUGHT OR THAT THEY HAD THROUGH THEIR OFFICE DURING THEIR, UM, PERIOD OF OPERATION, BUT MULTIPLE STREAMS OF RESOURCES THAT ARE IN, UM, SOME CONTINUING IN THE AREA, UM, FOR IMPACTS FROM HURRICANE HELENE.

SO WITH THAT, THAT IS MY UPDATE, SIR.

THANK YOU JARED.

AND I BELIEVE MR. CHAIRMAN, CAN I ASK JARED A QUESTION? OF COURSE.

JARED, WITH, UM, HELENE, I GET ALL THAT'S GOING ON WITH PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND FEMA PRIOR TO THAT WAS DEBBIE THE STORM.

DEBBIE, RIGHT? AND YOU, MR. MOORE AND OUR COLLEAGUES IN ENGINEERING, WE VISITED THERE AND THE HALL FAMILY WAS DISPLACED.

IS THERE ANY TIE IN THAT WE'RE DOING OR WORKING ON TO

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SO IT'S ALL, I'LL HAVE TO GO BACK AND ASK, UM, OUR DISASTER RECOVERY WITH MATT ON, ON WHETHER YOU'RE NAMED OR NOT.

I KNOW IN DEBBIE, WE DID NOT MEET THE PUBLIC ASSISTANT THRESHOLD.

UM, I, I CAN'T RECALL.

I HAVE TO ASK MATT IF WE MET THE INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE AND THEN THAT'S THE LEVEL ASSISTANCE.

SO THESE SAME UH, GROUPS THAT ARE OUT AND ABOUT, THEY'RE SPECIFICALLY FOR HELENE, BUT IT'S THE SAME TYPE OF, IT IS THE SAME INFORMATION THAT YOU WOULD GET ONLINE OR THROUGH THE APP.

SO IF WE DID GET A, AN INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE AND I CAN'T RECALL, BUT I'LL, I'LL DOUBLE CHECK.

THAT IS THE METHOD.

UM, BEST I UNDERSTAND TO GET, THE ONLY THING I'M GONNA ASK YOU IS IF YOU CAN STREAMLINE THAT WITH THIS GROUP FOR HELENE AND HAVE THEM LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH DEBBIE IN OUR COMMUNITY, JUST TO GIVE THEM A LITTLE JUMPSTART.

TERRY AND HIS FAMILY ARE HAVING A LOT OF TROUBLE GETTING THROUGH THINGS AND THEY'RE INUNDATED WITH.

SO IF WE CAN HELP THEM IN ANY WAY, LET ME KNOW WHAT I CAN DO.

YEP, ABSOLUTELY.

WE'LL DO THAT QUESTION.

GERALD HAS A QUESTION TOO.

LET'S, WE'LL JUST GO AROUND THEN.

GO AHEAD.

UM, DO YOU KNOW WHEN THE SIGNS COME IN? BECAUSE I WAS DRIVING, WE WERE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD ONE 70 TO 2 78 SATURDAY.

AND SOMEONE JUST CUT RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME AND WENT OVER THAT MEDIAN.

YEP, I SAW THAT IN THAT LANE.

WHY WERE YOU THERE? NO, BUT I'VE SEEN PEOPLE DRIVE OVER THIS CEMENT MEDIAN.

IT'S LIKE, WHAT? SO DO YOU KNOW WHEN THE SIGN'S GONNA GO IN? SO THE LONG TERM SIGNS AREN'T SCHEDULED TILL THE SPRING.

OH.

WE'RE TRYING TO GET SOME INTERIM SIGNS BETWEEN NOW AND THEN TO HELP HELP WITH THAT.

SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CONTRACTOR TO TRY TO FACILITATE SOME INTERIM.

THANKS JARED.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

THERE IS AN ARROW THAT IF PEOPLE PAY ATTENTION, BUT THEY DON'T.

BUT I LIKE THE WORK THAT WAS DONE.

SO I DO WANT TO COMMEND YOUR DEPARTMENT.

IS THERE GOING TO BE A BARRIER TO STOP LEFT TURNS BY DUNKING DONUTS? NOT AS PART OF THIS PROJECT? SO THIS PROJECT HAD A FINITE, JUST SAY THAT PART.

TERMIN, I BELIEVE THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A LIGHT SIGNALIZATION, ISN'T IT DOWN BY DUNCAN? I, I DON'T RECALL SPECIFICALLY.

UM, BUT IT WOULD BE INCLUDED IN WHAT, WHAT WAS PLANNED FOR THE LONG TERM.

FOR THE LONG TERM.

SO, AND LEMME SPEAK TO THAT REAL QUICK FOR A SECOND.

SO THE LONG-TERM TRIANGLE PROJECT, AS WE ALL HAVE COME TO KNOW THAT PROJECT, REGARDLESS OF SALES TAXES CONTINUING THROUGH LAPS.

SO LAPS HAS, I BELIEVE, TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS PROGRAMMED FOR THE PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING.

SO TO GET THE PROJECT STARTED, BEAUFORT COUNTY IS THE SPONSOR.

AND JUST LIKE WE'RE WORKING, WE HAVE SOME PROJECTS TO TALK ABOUT TODAY THAT WE'RE DOING ON BEHALF OF LATS.

WE ARE THE SAME RELATIONSHIP FOR THE TRIANGLE PROJECT.

SO THAT PROJECT'S GONNA MOVE FORWARD IN THE DESIGN.

IT WILL STOP ONCE IT GETS READY FOR CONSTRUCTION, BUT IT WILL TAKE A PERIOD OF TIME BEFORE WE GET THERE.

SO, UM, THAT, THAT INTERSECTION WILL BE PLANNED FOR IN THE FUTURE PROJECT.

AND I LOVE THE, THAT THEY CAN'T MAKE A LEFT OUT OF OKEE CENTER.

THAT WILL SAVE SOME ACCIDENTS.

SEAGRASS IS THE NEXT ONE.

WE HAD TWO OF THEM IN A WEEK AT SEAGRASS AND DALE WEBB, ESPECIALLY WITH THE NEW FLOW HAPPENING FROM THE BYPASS UNDERNEATH.

I DON'T KNOW WHY PEOPLE ARE MAKING A LEFT, BUT THEY ARE AT SEAGRASS.

THERE'S BEEN, AND DALE WEBB, THERE'S BEEN QUESTIONS AS FAR AS WARRANTS FOR SIGNAL AT THIS TIME.

IT DOESN'T MEET A WARRANT.

I BELIEVE THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON WAS THE LAST ONE TO DO A WARRANT ANALYSIS ON IT TO YOUR, AND UH, THE RECOMMENDATION WAS TO DO A SIMILAR RCU, THAT'S WHAT IT'S CALLED, UM, AT OKIE BOULEVARD.

AT LL WEBB.

UM, NO THAT, HASN'T THERE ANY DISCUSSIONS ABOUT IT BEING TOO CLOSE TO THE OTHER INTERSECTION LIGHT AS WELL? UM, CO THERE IS SO FAR APART.

YOU CAN HAVE 'EM SO FAR APART.

I BELIEVE THAT THAT OFFSET IS, IS FINE AND SUFFICIENT, BUT AGAIN, IT'S GOTTA MEET THE WARRANT AND DO T'S NOT GONNA ALLOW THE SIGNAL TO BE INSTALLED UNTIL IT MEETS THAT WARRANT.

YEAH, BUT WE COULD PUT THE R CUT SO THAT COMING OUTTA DELL WEB YOU HAVE TO GO.

IT'S CRAZY WHEN THEY TRY TO MAKE A LEFT AND I'VE SEEN GO TO RIGHT.

AND TAKE THAT LIGHT AND DO THE U-TURN.

YEAH, WELL THAT WAS THE PROPOSED RECOMMENDATION OUT OF THE ANALYSIS, BUT, AND I'VE SEEN SCHOOL BUSES MAKE A LEFT OUT OF SEAGRASS, WHICH IS NOT A GOOD THING EITHER.

GERALD, YOU'RE UP.

LET'S, LET'S GO BACK TO THE FEMA.

UM, YOU TALKED ABOUT, UM, THE INFORMATION BEING, UH, READILY AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE AND STREAMLINING.

UH, I THINK, UM, WE, THE COUNTY, WE DON'T DO A, A GOOD ENOUGH EFFORT OF ACTUALLY GETTING THE INFORMATION OUT TO ALL THE CITIZENS, ESPECIALLY IN OUR RURAL COMMUNITIES.

SO WE, WE, THE COUNTY, WE NEED TO LOOK AT, UM, OTHER MEANS IN ADDITION TO THE WEBSITE AND STREAMLINING SOME OF OUR CONSTITUENTS, UH, THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESS

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TO COMPUTERS.

AND SO WE'VE GOT TO, WE'VE GOT TO TAKE OTHER MEASURES TO GET THE INFORMATION OUT TO THE RADIO STATION, UM, THE NEWSPAPER MEDIA, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

SO, UM, I WOULD ASK US AS A COUNCIL AND A STAFF, WHEN WE GET INFORMATION LIKE THIS THAT IS PERTINENT TO THE ENTIRE CITIZENSHIP, THEN WE TAKE EVERY EFFORT TO MAKE SURE WE, WE GET THAT INFORMATION OUT TO THE ENTIRE COUNTY.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

WE CAN, WE CAN WORK WITH HANNAH, OUR PIO TO COME UP WITH SOME ALTERNATE METHODS OTHER THAN JUST ONLINE TO MAKE SURE WE GET THAT WORD OUT.

I'D APPRECIATE IT.

IT MIGHT EVEN BE PUTTING FLYERS AT SOME OF THE CHURCHES OR REC CENTERS, SAY COMMUNITY CENTERS, REC CENTERS, CHURCHES.

BECAUSE WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE INTERNET, NONE OF THAT COMES ACROSS YOU, YOU DON'T SEE IT.

THOSE ARE GREAT POINTS.

EVEN IF YOU HAVE INTERNET, YOU STILL, YOU KNOW, WHO'S PAYING ATTENTION SOMETIMES.

SO WE, THAT'S, WE CAN DO SOMETHING TO ENSURE THAT'LL BE GREAT.

YES SIR.

UM, THREE THINGS.

ONE, THE PAVING THAT'S BEEN DONE ON 1 72 78, THE SEAMS ARE QUITE VISIBLE.

UH, YOU MAY WANT TO HAVE THEM TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

YEAH, I'VE MENTIONED THAT TO OUR CONSTRUCTION OFFICE.

SO THEY'RE TAKING A LOOK AT THAT.

NUMBER TWO, IS IT TRUE THAT OAK T BOULEVARD SOUTH IS RIGHT OUT RIGHT IN RIGHT OUT ONLY NOW, BUT YOU CAN'T GET TO THE BULB BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE PARKING THE CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT.

UH, I'M NOT SURE ON THE STAGING, BUT THE LONG TERM THAT WILL BE CLEANED OUT.

AND SO THAT'S THE INTENT.

YES, SIR.

IS THAT YOU DO A RIGHT OUT OF OKIE SOUTH AND THEN IN THE BULB.

SO WE'LL WORK WITH THE, WITH THE INSPECTION CREW TO MAKE SURE THAT ACTUALLY WHEN I WENT BY THERE YESTERDAY, THERE IS ROOM TO GO.

THERE IS EQUIPMENT, BUT YOU CAN GO TO THE BULB OUT.

UM, I ACTUALLY HAVE TO DO IT.

WELL, WE'LL, WE'LL AGAIN, WE'LL REACH OUT WITH OUR INSPECTION CREW TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY JUST HAVE TO BE CAREFUL.

IT'S SAFE NOW, AS SHE SAID, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE LANE SUDDENLY REALIZE THEY'RE IN THE WRONG LANE AND ARE GOING OVER THE CONCRETE.

I NOTICED THAT THERE IS A SPACE BETWEEN THE CONCRETE BLOCKS.

IS THERE SOMETHING GOING BETWEEN THE BLOCKS TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM DOING THAT? NO, I BELIEVE THAT SPACE IS FOR DRAINAGE.

DRAINAGE.

IT'S JUST DRAINED.

THOSE MEDIAS WILL BE PAINTED.

THE EDGE IS PAINTED YELLOW.

WHEN THEY COME DO THE FINAL STRIKE AS WELL.

AND IT MAY BE SOMETHING TOO, WE CAN ADD SOME RAISED PAVEMENT MARKERS ON THE TOP TO HELP REFLECT, UH, FOR NIGHTTIME PURPOSES.

AND THE FINAL COMMENT IS WHEN YOU COME OUT OF OAK T BOULEVARD NORTH? YES.

NORTH.

AND IT'S RIGHT IN RIGHT OUT.

ONLY YOU IMMEDIATELY HAVE TO GET OVER TWO LANES.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S THE LITTLE WHITE LINE WITH THE TRIANGLE AT THE END.

WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO GET IN WHO NOW KNOW THEY, THAT'S THE LANE YOU HAVE TO GO TO GET ON ONE 70.

BUT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING OUT, I HAVE TO GET OVER THERE IF THEY WANT TO GO STRAIGHT.

THAT'S RIGHT.

THAT MAY BE SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK AT WITH SOME ADDITIONAL SIGNAGE AS WELL.

THAT'S, UH, THAT'S A PROBLEM.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

AND ALL THESE TOO ARE UM, HOPEFULLY A LOT OF THESE ARE BEHAVIORAL.

UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF THE SAME TRAFFIC IN THESE AREAS.

AND SO IT'S THE SAME AS IMPLEMENTING TIME, NEW TRAFFIC CIRCLE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

OH YEAH, WE'LL SEE DRIVER IMPROVEMENT.

THE, THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE.

LIKE WHAT HAS BEEN DONE.

I'M GLAD TO HEAR IT'S EASY TO FILTER.

THAT LIGHT AT OLD FIELD STILL FREAKS ME OUT.

WHAT DOES THAT LIGHT AT OLD FIELD EVERY TIME I TAKE THAT, THAT OLD FIELD.

EVENTUALLY IT GET USED TO IT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR JARED? NOPE.

UM, YOU'RE GONNA DO NUMBER EIGHT THEN? OR ARE YOU STILL GONNA SPEAK ON NUMBER SEVEN? EIGHT IS DUSKY ISLAND.

NO, THAT HANK WILL TALK ABOUT THAT.

NOT A PROBLEM.

JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE DIDN'T NEED TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.

YES SIR.

NO, IT'S MY PLEASURE TO GET TO INTRODUCE YOU TO COLONEL GRANT.

COLONEL GRANT IS GONNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT, UH, TE 84.

SO EARLIER THIS YEAR, UM, COUNCIL COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL APPROVED THE PURCHASE OF THIS, UH, UM, DEVICE FOR THE DETENTION CENTER AND UM, OH YES.

UH, IT WAS, IT WAS WELL REPRESENTED.

OH, YOU'RE GOOD.

COME ON.

I'M JUST TALKING.

I'M JUST FILLING THE GAP.

UM, UH, SO IT WAS, IT WAS A REALLY GREAT DEVICE.

THE DETENTION CENTER HAS BEEN WORKING HARD TO GET IT IMPLEMENTED AND THE THING THAT I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT IS WE FUNDED THIS, UH, AND PURCHASED IT AND THEN GOT A FEDERAL GRANT OR GOT A GRANT TO PAY FOR IT COMPLETELY.

SO THAT IS A GREAT THING FOR US.

CURRENT GRANT.

GOOD AFTERNOON MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

UM, SO THERE'S AN IMAGE OF THE TECH 84 BODY SCANNER.

UM, THE ONE THING ABOUT THE SCANNER, UM, IT DOES NOT SHOW ANY TYPE OF, UM, GRAPHIC ANATOMICAL BODY PARTS OR DETAILS.

UM, AND ALSO IT DOES NOT SHOW FACE FACIAL

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RECOGNITION.

UM, SO THE DOSE FOR THE SCAN IS MEASURED IN WHAT'S CALLED MICRO C VERTS.

IF YOU, UM, GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

SO WHAT IS RADIATION? SO IT DOES, UM, THROW OFF SOME RADIATION.

AND RADIATION IS NOTHING MORE THAN A BUNDLE OF ENERGY IN THE FORM OF ELECTRIC MAGNETIC WAVES.

WHAT DOES RADIATION OR WHERE DOES IT COME FROM? RADIATION CAN COME FROM THE GROUND, THE SUN, A LIGHT SWITCH, MICROWAVE, AND EVEN A BEER.

SO WHEN WE THINK OF RADIATION, MOST TIMES WE THINK ABOUT MEDICAL EQUIPMENT LIKE CT SCANS AND UM, MRIS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

SO MOST PEOPLE TAKE IN ABOUT 1000 MICRO SEAVERS, UM, PULL IT BACK DOWN MY SEAS OF RADIATION PER YEAR FROM ALL MANMADE RADIATION SOURCES.

AND THAT'S EXCLUDING MEDICAL LIKE THE X-RAYS.

THE GOVERNMENT ONLY ALLOWS THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO RECEIVE 250 MICRO RECEIVERS OF RADIATION PER YEAR FROM BODY SCANNERS.

WHAT LEVELS OF MY RECEIVERS AM I EXPOSED TO WITH THE INTERCEPT? SO IF YOU EAT THREE BANANAS, THAT'S THREE 10TH.

MY RECEIVERS EATING JUST THREE BANANAS, TWO BAKED POTATOES, ONE MICRO SEAVER.

THE TYPICAL DOSAGE RATES IN THE FACILITY IS 2500TH MICRO SEAVERS FOR THE INTERCEPT SCANNER CHECK CHEST X-RAYS ARE 100 MICRO SEABIRDS A WRONG TRIP, UM, FROM NEW YORK TO LOS ANGELES IS 45 MICRO SEABIRDS.

SO THE BODY SCANNER IS LESS THAN TRAVELING TO NEW YORK OR GOING TO THE DENTIST OR EVEN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES FOR ONE WEEK.

UM, THE DOSE FOR THE SCAN IS MEASURED IN MY RECEIVERS, LIKE I SAID, UM, IT DOES SCAN THE WHOLE BODY.

DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE BODY HAVE DIFFERENT SENSITIVITIES TO THE RADIATION.

SO THE DOSE IS MEASURED BY THE SYSTEM AND IT'S CALLED THE EFFECTIVE DOSE, WHICH MEANS THAT IT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE DIFFERENT SENSITIVITIES FROM THE DIFFERENT PARTS.

UM, THE ONLY NOTED MEDICAL CONCERN FROM THE UM, ACTUAL MACHINE IS THE 24 HOUR INSULIN PUMPS AND THE PUMPS ARE MADE BY A COMPANY CALLED UH, MEDTRONICS.

AND IT'S THE 600 AND 700 SERIES.

SO THE PUMPS CAN BE REMOVED PRIOR TO UM, THE INMATE ACTUALLY STEPPING INSIDE THE SCANNER.

UM, THOSE ARE THE BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE SCANNER IS SAFE.

UM, AND IT IS A DETERRENT FOR CONTRABAND AND IT WILL DETECT CONTRABAND AS THEY COME INTO THE FACILITY.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO OUR PAT SEARCHES, HAVE THE INMATES STEP INSIDE THE SCANNER AND IF THERE'S SOMETHING NOTED, THEN WE WILL GO ON TO THE NEXT LEVEL OF SECURITY.

SO THE SCANNER, YOU WOULDN'T DO THE CAVITY SEARCH SOMEBODY JUST COMPLAINED ABOUT? UM, WE WILL NOT, UM, IF IN FACT WE DON'T DETECT ANYTHING ON THE UM, BODY SCANNER, THEN WE WON'T HAVE TO DO THE BODY SEARCH.

SO IS THIS IN EFFECT ALREADY OR NEXT WEEK OR, UM, WE SHOULD HAVE IT UP AND RUNNING BY, UM, THE MIDDLE OF DECEMBER.

SO THAT ANSWERS THE QUESTION YOU ASKED.

YES, THANKS.

IS THIS FOR UM, JUST PEOPLE BEING PROCESSED OR ALSO VISITORS? NO, JUST FOR PEOPLE BEING PROCESSED.

JUST CURIOUS.

'CAUSE YOU SAID ABOUT CONTRABAND AND STUFF.

YEAH, WE CAN MAKE AN EXCEPTION FOR YOU.

I'M NOT MY BROTHER.

NO, THANK YOU.

UM, ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, I THINK WE'RE ALL SET.

ROTATING THE TWO VESSELS TO TRAIN STAFF ON HOW TO, UH, SWITCH OVER ON SHORT NOTICES.

THANK

[8. DAUFUSKIE ISLAND FERRY UPDATE]

YOU COLONEL.

ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO NUMBER EIGHT.

THE SKEE ISLAND FERRY UPDATE.

WE SOMEWHERE THIS IS, THIS IS A NEW TOPIC.

THIS IS A, JUST A STANDING UPDATE THAT WOULD GIVE THE GOINGS ON FOR THE LAST MONTH OR SO.

UM, IN THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS THEY'VE, THE OPERATOR HAS BEEN

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SO IF YOU'VE HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT MULTIPLE VESSELS IN A DAY, THAT'S WHAT THAT'S BEEN.

UH, MANATEE TWO IS CURRENTLY IN SERVICE WHILE SOME MAN REPAIRS ARE HAPPENING TO THE QUEEN GENE, WHICH GOT FINISHED TODAY.

AND THAT'LL BE BACK IN SERVICE THIS WEEK AGAIN AS THE MAIN BOAT.

UM, WE CONTINUE CONVERSATION AND ACTUALLY HAD A MEETING LAST WEEK WITH THE DISABILITY RIGHTS SOUTH CAROLINA GROUP THAT WILL CONTINUE AS WE WORK THROUGH THE PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PLEASE THE WRITERS OF THE FERRY.

UH, WE HAD MEDIATION LAST WEEK ON THE CONDEMNATION OF THE MELROSE SIDE.

WE'VE GONE TO COURT, UM, FOR THE CONTEST ACTION ON THE HILTON HEAD SIDE.

UM, ADDITIONALLY FOR SAFETY, WE SPOKE ABOUT THAT LAST MEETING.

I WANTED TO, IT'S COINCIDENTAL THAT SOMEBODY'S ACTUALLY HERE.

WE PIGGYBACKED ON THE BROAD RIVER BRIDGE INSPECTION TO CONDUCT AN ADDITIONAL, UH, UNDERWATER INSPECTION OF CC HAGG JUST OUT OF AN ABU ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION.

EVEN THOUGH WE HAD SOME IMPROVEMENTS DONE AT THE END OF LAST YEAR, BUT AFTER WHAT HAD HAPPENED IN GEORGIA, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE TOOK EVERY PRECAUTION AND, UH, WE ALL HAVE THAT REPORT SHORTLY.

ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SIR.

ALRIGHT,

[9. 2018 ONE CENT TRANSPORTATION SALES TAX UPDATE]

WE'LL START MOVING ON TO SOME OF THE AGENDA ITEMS. NUMBER NINE, THE 2018 1 CENT, 1 CENT TRANSPORTATION SALES TAX UPDATE.

HOW ARE WE DOING Y'ALL? GOOD.

HOW ARE Y'ALL TODAY? GOOD AFTERNOON, A GOOD DAY, .

IT IS CRAZY.

UM, I'M BRITTANY BISHOP.

I AM THE PROGRAM AND FINANCE MANAGER FOR BEFOR COUNTY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.

AND WITH ME IS, UH, JENNIFER BRAGG WITH J BRAGG CONSULTING.

TOGETHER WE MANAGE THE 2018 SALES TAX REFERENDUM.

UH, THERE YOU GO.

OH, OKAY.

SO THE REFERENDUM PASSES A FOUR YEAR PROGRAM.

UM, AND THIS IS HOW EVERYTHING WAS DIVVIED OUT.

IT'S 8 MILLION TO THE US, 2 78 CORRIDORS, 30 MILLION TO LADIES ISLAND, UM, IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.

AND THAT CONSISTED OF NINE PROJECTS AND 10 MILLION TO THE SIDEWALKS AND MULTI-USE PATHWAYS.

UM, WE ARE STILL COLLECTING, UM, A COUPLE HUNDRED OR A COUPLE 10 THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS EVERY QUARTER FOR THE REFERENDUM.

SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE SITTING AT ONE MIL, $146,550,000.

UM, SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME.

SO FAR WE HAVE COLLECTED 146,000,550, $566 AND 57 CENTS.

ALL OF THIS IS ALSO POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE.

UM, WE KEEP UP EVERY TIME THAT WE RECEIVE A QUARTERLY REPORT FROM A DOR, WE MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THAT POSTED IMMEDIATELY.

SO YOU COULD LOOK AT ALL THE HISTORICAL INFORMATION THERE.

UM, SO FOR THE OVER COLLECTION AS A COUNTY, WE HAVE PASSED AN ORDINANCE.

COULD YOU, COULD YOU EXPLAIN THAT? YEAH.

THAT TO HELP US UNDERSTAND WHY ARE WE STILL COLLECTING? YEAH.

WE'RE STILL COLLECTING.

SO THERE ARE SOME REGISTERS WITHIN THE COUNTY THAT ARE STILL CHARGING THE SALES TAX FOR THE TRANSPORTATION.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS ABOUT TO ASK.

SO LIKE ON THE BUSINESS SIDE, IT BUSINESS, WE HAVE TO MANUALLY GO PUT IT IN.

IT'S LIKE WHEN THE SALES CHECK TAX DROPS, LIKE I STATIONED 300 FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE TO MANUALLY GO INTO OUR PROGRAM, OUR POS SYSTEM.

AND REMOVE IT OR ADD IT.

SO ONCE THE COLLECTION PERIOD ENDS, S-C-D-O-R.

ONCE THE COLLECTION, ONCE THE COLLECTION PERIOD AND S-E-D-D-O-R THEY NOTIFY THE BUSINESSES AND IT'S UP TO THE BUSINESS TO TURN THAT OFF THEIR REGISTER.

SO SOME ARE STILL AT 8%.

SO HOW DOES THAT AFFECT THE GREEN SPACE PENNY? BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS THE SAME PENNY.

IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE THE SAME PENNY AS LONG AS YOU REMOVED THE OTHER ONE BECAUSE THERE WAS A LAPSE.

SO THIS ONE ENDED IN DECEMBER, LET'S JUST SAY 31ST AND THE OTHER ONE DIDN'T TAKE PLACE UNTIL MAY.

MAY.

SO THERE, THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN THOSE FEW MONTHS DROPPED DOWN TO 6% AND THE 7% WAS ADDED AGAIN ON THAT START DATE.

AND THEN YOU HAVE TO REMOVE IT ON THE 31ST OF THIS COMING DECEMBER TO BACK TO 6%.

BUT YOU MANUALLY HAVE TO DO THAT AS A BUSINESS.

CAN I ASK, SAME THING WITH LIQUOR TAX, SALES TAX, HOSPITALITY TAX.

ANY OF THOSE MANUALLY HAVE TO BE PUT IN OR TAKEN OFF BY THE BUSINESS.

LIKE THE COUNTY DOESN'T HAVE ACCESS TO EVERYBODY'S POS SYSTEMS TO PUT THAT IN THERE.

IT'S ON THE BUSINESS OPERATED TO DO THAT.

CAN I THROW ONE MORE QUESTION THAT ABSOLUTELY.

YOU'VE PROBABLY BEEN ASKED, BUT GOING FORWARD, WHO'S GOING TO DO THOSE REFUNDS FOR THOSE COMPANIES THAT HAVE JUST KEPT PAYING AFTER THEY SHOULD HAVE? HOW DOES THAT WORK? THERE IS NO REFUNDS.

THE OR THE CONSUMER.

RIGHT? YEAH.

YOU, YOU WOULDN'T KNOW WHICH CONSUMER.

THAT'S INCREDIBLE.

INFORMATION TO OUR CONSTITUENTS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT.

I MEAN GOOD FOR US IN THAT WE HAVE ADDITIONAL MONEY TO GO TOWARDS THE SIDEWALKS, THE MULTI-USE PATHS AND THE LADIES ISLAND CORRIDOR TRAFFIC.

DOES IT MAKE SENSE THAT WE GO BACK TO MR. DAWSON'S POINT ON GETTING

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I, I MEAN HOW DO WE DO A BETTER JOB AS A COUNSEL TO LET THEM KNOW? UH, ALL THIS INFORMATION ONCE AGAIN HAS BEEN ON BEAUFORT COUNTY'S UH, PENNY WEBSITE SINCE THE START OF THIS UH, PROGRAM.

UH, SO ALL THIS INFORMATION IS, IS RIGHT ON THERE.

WE DO PRESS RELEASES, WE CAN UM, WE CAN WORK ON UH, SOME MORE KEEPING PEOPLE MORE INFORMED ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC CATEGORY.

UM, AND THEN WE ALSO DO QUARTERLY REPORTS ON ALL OF OUR EXPENDITURES.

COOL.

HEY, THIS IS SO, AND THEN WHEN WE HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING, WE ALSO TELL 'EM WHERE TO GO FIND INFORMATION.

EXACTLY.

THAT'S ABSOLUTE.

I BELIEVE I GOT A, A LETTER WHEN IT WAS REMOVED.

WE GOT A LETTER SENT TO US LIKE 30 DAYS IN ADVANCE.

SO I GUESS THAT THE CONSUMER SEES, IT'S STILL ON THERE.

THEY SHOULD SAY SOMETHING TO THE BUSINESS TO STATION 300.

STOP CHARGING ME THAT TEXT.

IT'S NOT ME.

I PROMISE YOU THAT.

IT'S NOT ME.

SO JUST DOUBLE CHECK YOUR RECEIPTS WHEN YOU'RE OUT AND ABOUT ALL OVER THE COUNTY.

THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GONNA BE.

DOUBLE CHECK YOUR RECEIPTS AS YOU'RE OUT AND ABOUT IN THE COUNTY AND IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, UM, I HATE TO SAY NOTIFY THEM 'CAUSE IT'S NICE TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE FOR THE PROGRAM.

BUT YOU MIGHT WANT TO NO, I JUST, THE PUBLIC JUST NEEDS TO KNOW WE'RE NOT CONTINUING TO DO IT.

IT'S UP TO THE VENDOR TO STOP IT.

BECAUSE UH, YOU KNOW, FOR TRANSPARENCY, WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO THINK WE'RE JUST GONNA LET IT KEEP RUNNING BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T PASS THE OTHER ONE.

SO WE JUST NEED TO STAY ON OUR VENDORS.

SO LIKE THE COLLECTION, LEMME MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND.

MM-HMM , UM, SOME BUSINESSES ARE CHARGING 8% INSTEAD OF SEVEN IS WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME.

THAT IS CORRECT.

WE'RE RECEIVING, WE'RE RECEIVING.

UM, BUT IT'S NOT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF OF BUSINESSES.

UH, THE COLLECTION FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2025 WAS 15,760 BUCKS.

SO IT COULD BE LITERALLY LIKE TWO OR THREE BUSINESSES OR YES.

UM, SO WE HAVE AS A COUNCIL, UM, YOU HAVE ALLOCATED 15, ALMOST $15.5 MILLION TO THE SALES TAX PROGRAM FOR THE MULTI-USE, UM, PATHWAYS AND SIDEWALKS PROGRAM.

SO THOUGH IT SAYS 10 MILLION ON HERE, I DIDN'T WANT IT TO BE CONFUSED.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE 25 MILLION FOR THAT PROGRAM.

UM, BECAUSE WE'RE STILL COLLECTING, WE'RE WAITING TO SEE A A COUPLE BACK TO BACK ZERO MONTHS, UM, ON THE REPORT OR CONFIRMATION THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA BE RECEIVING IT ANYMORE.

UM, AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU TO ALLOCATE.

SO FAR THE REMAINDER IS 11.1 MILLION TO ALLOCATE TO ONE OF THE PROGRAMS OF OAKBRIDGE BISHOP.

UM, YES SIR.

JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, YOU USED THE TERMINOLOGY THERE A FEW MINUTES AGO.

THAT'S KIND OF DISTURBING.

YOU SAID WE ARE COLLECTING THE COUNTY.

WE WERE RECEIVING IT.

WE'RE RECEIVING, YES.

MY APOLOGIES.

YES, WE'RE RECEIVING.

I DON'T WANT THE PEOPLE THINK WE ARE STILL COLLECTING.

THE BUSINESSES ARE COLLECTING, YES.

THE COUNTY IS RECEIVING.

YES SIR.

STEWART POINT PATHWAY OR STEWART POINT SIDEWALK AND DEPOT ROAD PATHWAY WHERE WE ACTUALLY GOT CDBG FUNDS.

UM, SO WE'LL BE BACK IN THE FUTURE TO ALLOCATE THE REMAINING FUNDS INTO ONE OF THESE PROGRAMS AND JENNIFER'S GONNA GIVE THE PROJECT STATUS UPDATES.

SO THIS WILL BE BRIEF CATCH BUILDING OFF OF WHAT WE DID A FEW MONTHS AGO.

SO ON THE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT, ALL OF THE BULLET ITEMS ARE EXACTLY THE SAME AS THEY WERE BEFORE, BUT THERE'S A NICE PRETTY LITTLE PICTURE HERE.

THIS IS JUST A SNAPSHOT OF THE IGA, THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN BEAUFORT COUNTY AND S-C-D-O-T.

SO I JUST WANTED TO BUILD UPON HOW DOES THIS PLAY IN WHEN WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE DESIGN PROCESS AND THEN INTO CONSTRUCTION.

SO THIS DOCUMENT, WHICH IS ALSO ON THE WEBSITE, IS THE GUIDING DOCUMENT FOR HOW ALL OF THESE PROJECTS ARE DEVELOPED.

AND THEN WHEN WE ENTER CONSTRUCTION, HOW THEY ARE CONSTRUCTED BECAUSE OUTSIDE OF A COUPLE BEING BLUFFED IN PARKWAY PATHWAY, THAT'S ALREADY COMPLETED.

UM, AND A COUPLE OF PROJECTS OVER ON LADY ISLAND.

EVERY OTHER PROJECT IS ON S-C-D-O-T SYSTEM.

SO THIS DOCUMENT TELLS US WHAT STANDARDS TO USE BECAUSE WE'RE ACTUALLY IN THEIR RIGHT OF WAY AND OR WE ARE TOUCHING THEIR RIGHT OF WAY.

SO EVERY TIME WE GET TO A CERTAIN POINT IN THE DESIGN PHASE, WE'RE ACTUALLY SENDING PLANS TO DOT TO BE REVIEWED.

THIS ALLOWS THEM TO REVIEW THE PLANS AND FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THEIR STANDARDS SO THAT WHEN WE DO ENTER CONSTRUCTION, THEY KNOW THAT THEY'RE BEING BUILT TO THEIR STANDARDS.

SO AT THE END OF THE DAY WE CAN TURN IT BACK OVER TO THEM.

UM, WITH THIS ON PROJECTS, WHEN WE GO TO RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION, THEY ALSO SAY YES WE AGREE WITH THE PLANS AND THAT HERE IS YOUR LETTER SO YOU CAN GO INTO THE RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION PHASE.

WHEN WE ENTER RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION, WE'RE ACTUALLY IN A TWO STEP PROCESS.

THE COUNTY APPROVES ANY JUST COMPENSATION TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS, LIKEWISE DOT CONCURS WITH IT.

SO IT'S NOT JUST THE COUNTY SAYING YES, GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE OFFER.

BUT WE'RE ALSO GETTING BUY-IN WITH DOT THAT'S KEEPING US IN LINE WITH THE UNIFORM ACT FOR RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION AND THE CHECKS AND BALANCES IN PLACE.

THERE ARE A COUPLE OF PROJECTS WHEN WE HAVE OTHER ADDITIONAL FUNDS WHERE WE MAY HAVE THEM INVOLVED.

UM, A COUPLE OF 'EM HAVE BEEN

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SO WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD LOW COUNTRY COG ALSO IN THERE FOR THE APPROVAL PROCESS.

THEN WHEN WE GET TO CONSTRUCTION, AGAIN THEY'RE REVIEWING THE PLANS TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS SIGNED OFF ON AS FAR AS TRAFFIC CONTROL PLANS, PAYMENT MARKING AND SIGNING.

UH, AND LIKEWISE WE'RE ALSO GETTING A CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION FROM THEM TO ACTUALLY GO TO CONSTRUCTION.

SO THERE ARE A LOT OF CHECKS AND BALANCES HERE, BUT THIS DOCUMENT LAYS OUT EVERYTHING INCLUDING UTILITY COORDINATION AND YOU NAME IT.

SO WE ARE COMPLYING, WHICH IS WHY SOMETIMES PROJECTS MAY TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER TO GET FROM THE INITIAL SURVEYS ALL THE WAY TO FINAL CONSTRUCTION PLANS.

ALRIGHT, THIS IS SIMILAR TO WHAT WE SAID LAST TIME.

WE'RE GONNA KEEP IT.

IT'S JUST A GOOD TIMELINE AND THIS ISN'T WORKING SO GO TO THE KEEP ONE MORE.

FINANCIAL IS BEING UPDATED.

SO WHERE ARE WE SINCE THE LAST TIME WE HAD ANOTHER PUBLIC MEETING? IT WAS ON THE STEWART POINT.

LET'S SEE HERE.

IT'S UP THERE.

STEWART POINT ROAD SIDEWALK.

UM, SO WE'RE GOING THROUGH THAT UH, VIRTUAL MEETING FOR THE, FOR IT CLOSED ON NOVEMBER 14TH LAST WEEK.

SO TYPICALLY WE GIVE IT A COUPLE OF WEEKS TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T GET ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS THAT WERE MAILED IN ONCE.

UM, WE CAN VERIFY WE DON'T HAVE THOSE.

WE'LL ACTUALLY PUBLISH A SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION AND WE WILL RESPOND TO ALL COMMENTS.

SO THAT ONE WAS HELD.

UM, SO AGAIN, WITHIN A COUPLE WEEKS WE'LL BE DOING THAT.

SO WHAT'S GONNA BE UPCOMING IN 2025? QUITE A FEW PUBLIC MEETINGS.

THERE ARE A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT ARE VERY CLOSE TO DOT SAYING YES WE AGREE UM, IF WE HAVE RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION, WE TYPICALLY LIKE TO HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING PRIOR TO STARTING THAT PROCESS.

SO THE FIRST QUARTER'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE EXTREMELY BUSY AS FAR AS VARIOUS PUBLIC MEETINGS WHERE POSSIBLE WE MAY HAVE A COUPLE OF PROJECTS TIED IN AT ONE PUBLIC MEETING THAT SEEMS TO HAVE GONE OVER WELL WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME OUT AND SEE A FEW PROJECTS IN ONE TIME VERSUS MULTIPLE TRIPS OUT TO SEE UM, SINGLE PROJECTS, OTHER THINGS UPCOMING, UM, VARIOUS PROJECTS MAYBE GOING INTO CONSTRUCTION, UH, SOME HOPEFULLY CLOSER TOWARDS THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.

SOME MAY NOT BE TOWARDS THE LATER OF THE YEAR.

AGAIN, THAT WILL BE DEPENDENT UPON THE RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION AND GETTING PERMITS.

UH, AND THE PERMITS COULD BE YOUR TYPICAL LAND DISTURBANCE PERMIT AND OR IF WE NEED A WELLING PERMIT.

UM, SO THESE ARE ALL THE PROJECTS THAT SHOULD BE MOVING FORWARD WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR.

THIS IS JUST A GENERAL UPDATE AGAIN OF THE PROJECTS YELP SEEN BEFORE WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED.

UM, NOTHING REALLY HAS CHANGED.

I WAS HOPING WE COULD GET A FEW MORE HERE.

BUT AGAIN FOR THE LADIES ISLAND CORRIDOR, UH, MIDDLE SCHOOL, THE RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION IS CONTINUING.

AND THEN LIKE I SAID, IN NEXT YEAR WE SHOULD BE MOVING INTO RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION FOR HAZEL FARM AND GAY AND SUNSET AND MILLER DRIVE WEST.

NO UPDATES ON THE BUDGET AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO UPDATE THE BUDGET.

SO WHEN WE GET TO LIKE THE RIGHT OF WAY PLAN APPROVAL FROM DOT, WE'LL GET UPDATED CONSTRUCTION CALLS.

SO THIS MAY UPDATE THE BUDGETS HERE, UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

SO THE PATHWAYS, WE'VE GOT 14 ACTIVE PROJECTS AND WE'LL JUST FLIP THROUGH THESE NEXT COUPLE.

WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING THE MAPS.

YOU WANNA JUST FLIP RIGHT NOW.

THESE ARE THE ORIGINAL MAPS WE'RE LOOKING TO UPDATE TO SHOW WHICH ONES ARE TRULY FUNDED, WHICH ONES ARE UNFUNDED, WHICH ONES ARE CONSTRUCTED.

SO THAT'S IN PROCESS.

YEAH, JUST KEEP GOING.

THESE ARE JUST THE MAPS.

SO SAME THING AS WE GET TO THE RIGHT OF WAY PLANS OR CONSTRUCTION.

WE'RE UPDATING THE BUDGETS AS WE CONTINUE TO GO ALONG.

SO THAT'S I THINK ALL I'VE GOT.

'CAUSE I THINK THE SCHEDULE, IF YOU FLIP, THERE'S ANOTHER PAGE THAT'S THE LAST ONE.

AND THEN THERE WAS A PLACEHOLDER IN CASE THERE WAS ANY ADDITIONAL UPDATE.

NONE FROM JARED ON 2 78.

SO THAT'S ALL FOR ME.

ANY QUESTIONS? OF THE 146 MILLION, WHAT'S REMAINING? UH, I GOT THE NUMBER.

WE HAVE EXPENDED UH, $20,564,657 AND 83 CENTS.

SO ABOUT 126 MILLION OR 25 AND CHANGE.

SO THE BUDGETS ARE THE OVERALL

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IT SHOULD BE PUBLISHED NEXT WEEK.

SHE KNEW THAT QUESTION WAS COMING.

SHE ALREADY STOOD UP.

IT EVEN HAPPENED.

WE WERE GONNA ASK THAT.

THAT'S USUALLY THE NUMBER ONE QUESTION WE GET ON COUNSEL IS THAT I'M A FIRM BELIEF.

WE HAVE SOMEONE SPEAK ON THE PENNY SALES TAX EARLIER.

A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK WE BLEW THAT MONEY ON OTHER PROJECTS AND WE CONTINUE TO STRESS TIME AND TIME AGAIN THAT WE DIDN'T.

UM, IT STILL THERE.

ONE OF THE BIGGEST, I'LL SAY THIS 'CAUSE I REALLY COULD CARE LESS WHAT THEY THINK OF US.

ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS WE HAD ALL THIS WAS THE NEWSPAPER LOVES A GOOD CLICK AND LOVES A GOOD HEADLINE AND KEPT DRIVING IT OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

AND THEN THEY CHARGE 'EM TO READ IT SO THEY DON'T EVEN ACTUALLY READ WHAT IT SAYS TO SHOW THAT WE DO HAVE THE MONEY IN THE REST OF THE ARTICLE.

UM, SO, UH, IT IS GOOD TO KNOW THAT WE ACTUALLY STILL HAVE MORE MONEY THAN WE WERE SUPPOSED TO RAISE STILL IN THE ACCOUNT AND STILL COMPLETE SOME OF THE PROJECTS.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE MONEY CAN ONLY BE USED FOR THE PROJECTS THAT WERE LISTED, CORRECT? CORRECT.

IN THE, UM, ORIGINAL PROPOSAL RIGHT IN THE, ON THE ORIGINAL BALLOT QUESTION.

YES, MR. CHAIRMAN, JUST ONE LAST QUESTION, MS. BISHOP, HOW BIG OF A TASK WOULD IT BE FOR YOU TO LET EACH OF US KNOW WHAT BUSINESSES IN OUR DISTRICT ARE STILL PAYING THAT I KNOW JUST ABOUT EVERY BUSINESS IN PERSON.

I'D LIKE TO GO TO THEM AND LET THEM KNOW I THERE WOULD BE A QUESTION FOR S-C-D-O-R.

WE DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION.

YOU DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE THAT.

OKAY, THANKS.

I'M LEARNING.

THIS IS, UH, THIS IS PRETTY GOOD.

YES MA'AM.

MAY I HAVE A QUESTION? I WAS JUST ASKED FRIDAY ABOUT THE SHANNON AVENUE ALMA ROAD SIDEWALK.

I THOUGHT WE ALREADY HAD A PUBLIC MEETING ON THAT.

NOT ON SHANNON ALMAR ON WE HAD IT ON AL JOY ON ALL, ON ALL, ALL JOY.

OH, SO IT'S A DIFFERENT PROJECT? YES.

OH, ALL RIGHT.

DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES MA'AM.

ARE THESE PUBLIC MEETINGS, ARE THEY THE CHARETTE WORD OR ARE THEY LIKE ALL JOY THAT WE DID IN THE GYMNASIUM? SO THEY'RE MORE LIKE ALL JOY WHERE WE'VE GOT ACTUAL DESIGN PLANS THAT WE'RE SHOWING WITH THE EXHIBITS AND YOU ACTUALLY ADDRESS THE GROUP RATHER THAN ASK HIM TO WANDER AROUND AND ASK QUESTIONS? WELL, NO, IT'S MORE INFORMAL BECAUSE WHAT WE FOUND IS MORE PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO ASK A QUESTION SPECIFICALLY OF A REPRESENTATIVE ONE-TO-ONE VERSUS STANDING UP IN FRONT OF A GROUP OF PEOPLE.

SO WE ARE THERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, BUT YES, THEY'RE ABLE TO GO AROUND, LOOK AT THE BOARDS AND SPECIFICALLY AND WE'VE GOT ENOUGH PEOPLE STAFFING THOSE TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS AND NO THAT ALL JOINT MEETING, NO ONE WAS TOO SHY TO ASK A QUESTION.

REMEMBER WE WERE ALL, I WAS THERE, THERE WERE FIVE OF THEM OVERALL , THEY'RE HAD FIVE.

AND JUST SOMETHING ELSE TO POINT OUT.

UM, YOU ASKED THE QUESTION ABOUT HOW MUCH YOU KNOW IT WOULD TAKE.

SO BY RESOLUTION WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO GIVE A QUARTERLY REPORT.

SO WE WILL BE IN DOING THAT, UM, ALL OF NEXT YEAR AND AS THE PROGRAM CONTINUES.

AND THEN, UM, AS WELL, WE HAVE TO HOST AT LEAST TWO PUBLIC MEETINGS PER PROJECT.

WE'RE ALSO DOING THAT AS WELL.

WE DO THAT ABOUT 30% DESIGN AND AGAIN AT 70 70.

SO MOST OF THESE ARE GOING TO THEIR SECOND PUBLIC MEETINGS.

THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN.

YES, SIR.

BEFORE YOU, YEAH, JUST QUICKLY, UM, GIVE ME A AND YOU, YOU MAY HAVE SAID THIS AND I WASN'T PAYING ATTENTION.

ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ONE MORE UPDATE NUMBER 10 UPDATE IN THE HILTON HEAD ISLAND AIRPORT TERMINAL PROJECTS.

SO FORGIVE ME IF, UH, YOU SAID THIS ALREADY.

THE, UM, HAZEL FARM GRAYS ROAD AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, UM, IS, ARE WE ABLE, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE ADDITIONAL FUNDING NOW TO COMPLETE THAT PROJECT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT PROJECT.

SO LADIES, ALLEN MIDDLE SCHOOLS IN RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION RIGHT NOW.

IT WILL GET A CONSTRUCTION, HAZEL FARM GAY WILL HAVE THE PUBLIC MEETING, WILL GET APPROVAL FROM S-C-D-O-T FOR RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION.

WE WILL GO START THAT PROCESS.

IT'S PROJECTED TO GO TO CONSTRUCTION AS A FUNDED PROJECT.

[10. UPDATE ON THE HILTON HEAD ISLAND AIRPORT TERMINAL PROJECT]

JOHN, HOW ARE YOU TODAY? I'M DOING WELL, THANK YOU.

GOOD TO BE BACK WITH YOU.

TO GIVE AN UPDATE.

THIS IS A SLIDESHOW, SO, WE'LL THERE'S REALLY NOTHING I'LL TELL YOU OTHER THAN THIS WILL REPRESENT ABOUT THE LAST OH WOW.

PROBABLY FOUR TO SIX WEEKS WORTH OF, OF CONSTRUCTION.

SO YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF THE STEEL GOING UP HERE.

IT'S BEEN PRETTY EXCITING.

ONCE THEY WERE ABLE TO GET IT CRANE IN ON SITE, THEY ALL, THE TRUST WORK WENT UP REAL QUICKLY.

SO, AND THIS IS HILTON HEAD, RIGHT? THIS ISN'T THE BEAUFORT ONE THAT WE APPROVED A COUPLE MONTHS AGO.

THIS IS, WE'RE WE'RE GONNA GET THERE.

BUT I WAS JUST MAKING SURE THAT, REPEAT THAT.

NO, YOU'RE CORRECT.

THIS, THIS IS HILTON HEAD.

AND THEN WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS SOME OF THE, UM, SIDEWALK AND, UH, ROAD WORK IN FRONT OF THE, THE NEW BUILDING AS WELL.

AND SO AS A REFRESHER, THIS NEW CONSTRUCTION WILL CONTAIN THE NEW TSA SECURITY CHECKPOINT, UM, AND A NEW EXIT LANE FROM THE, UH, BOARDING GATE AREAS PLUS ALL THE NEW, UH, BOARDING GATES OF THE TERMINAL.

AND EACH ONE, HOW MANY S IS IT GONNA HOLD? UH, WE WILL HAVE THREE GATES THAT HAVE JET BRIDGES AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A FOURTH GATE THAT'LL WALK OUT.

NICE.

[00:55:03]

THAT'LL COME UP IN THE LATER PART OF THE, THE SHOW.

IT IS BEEN IMPRESSIVE AS TO HOW QUICKLY THEY, THEY PUT SOME OF THAT STEEL UP.

IF ONLY WE COULD DO OUR TRANSPORTATION THIS FAST.

WELL, I WOULD, THERE'S STILL A LOT MORE TO GO THIS I KNOW, BUT THIS IS IMPRESSIVE.

WHAT GOES INSIDE THE BUILDING IS GONNA TAKE A LONG TIME.

SO ONCE THE, THE ROOF AND THE SKIN GOES ON THE BUILDING, IT WILL LOOK LIKE IT'S COMPLETE.

BUT THERE'LL BE A WHOLE LOT MORE TO PUT INSIDE.

SO IT'LL TAKE SOME TIME.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS ABOUT A $30.8 MILLION PROJECT.

THEY'RE PROBABLY ABOUT 30% THROUGH AT THIS POINT.

AND THIS IS SOME OF THE, THE CROSSWALKS AND SPEED HUMPS THAT WILL BE OUT IN FRONT OF THE TERMINAL.

AGAIN, IT'LL GO FROM BEING A, A TWO LANE ROAD IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING TO A FOUR LANE ROAD WITH THE FIRST LANE COMPLETELY COVERED FOR DROP OFF IN PICKUP.

AND WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE, THIS IS FROM A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, THAT'S NOW ALL BEEN PAVED AS WELL AS OF UH, SATURDAY.

SO THE FIRST TWO LANES HAVE BEEN PAVED OYSTER SHELLS IN THE, UH, SIDEWALKS.

YOU SEE SOME OF THE CURBING BEING FORMED THERE AND THE NEW, NEW ROADWAY THAT KIND OF FLARES OUT AS YOU ENTER THE, THE AREA THAT'S A NEW ENTRANCE POINT TO THE PARKING LOT.

I MIGHT HAVE TO STOP DRIVING TO SAVANNAH MIGHT, I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU SAID THAT.

THIS IS THE HILTON HEAD ISLAND AIRPORT AND WHAT YOU SEE NOW, ALL OF THAT'S BEEN PAVED OVER THE LAST COUPLE DAYS.

AND THAT'S THE EXTENSION OFF THE RIGHT SIDE THERE.

AND THEN AMERICAN POSING FOR US THERE.

ALRIGHT, SO THAT'S THE UPDATE ON THE TERMINAL.

UM, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ON THAT AS IF YOU HAVE SOME.

ARE WE ON SCHEDULE AT THIS POINT IN TIME? WE ARE.

WE ARE.

ARE WE IN BUDGET CONTRACTOR EDISON FORD IS DOING A GOOD JOB.

SAY AGAIN? ARE WE IN BUDGET? WE ARE.

AND ACTUALLY WE'RE, UH, THE, THE NEXT ITEM.

UM, IF, IF YOU WANT, WE CAN GO RIGHT INTO 11.

IT'S A GREAT SEGUE.

[11. RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO COUNCIL OF CHANGE ORDER 1 FOR HXD TERMINAL IMPROVEMENTS PHASE 1 IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,367,113 TO THE EXISTING CONTRACT WITH A CURRENT VALUE OF $30,898,447.83]

LET'S DO IT.

NUMBER 11.

UH, UNDER NUMBER 12, RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE COUNCIL OF RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT SC AERONAUTICS COMMISSION GRANT 20 DASH OH SIX TWO IN THE AMOUNT OF 1,000,387 $701,387,747 FOR A RW HANGAR CONSTRUCTION PROJECT SITE DEVELOPMENT.

RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF COUNSEL OF A CHANGE ORDERED ONE FOUR HXD TERMINAL IMPROVEMENT PHASE ONE IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,336,113 TO THE EXISTING CONTRACT WITH THE CURRENT VALUE OF 30,898,447 AND 83 CENTS.

I'LL TAKE THAT AS A MOTION, MR. CHAIRMAN.

THIS IS ONE OF THOSE GOOD CHANGE ORDERS.

THIS ISN'T IN, OOPS.

UM, THIS IS A, WE WON MORE FUNDING.

SO IF YOU REMEMBER A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, WE LET YOU KNOW THAT WE HAD RECEIVED A $5 MILLION BIL GRANT THROUGH THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW.

UH, WE HAD APPLIED FOR THAT, UH, BACK IN THE SPRINGTIME AND, AND GOT THAT AWARD OVER THE SUMMER.

YOU RECENTLY PASSED A RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT THAT GRANT.

AND THEN ONCE THAT GRANT WAS ACCEPTED, WE HAVE THE CONTRACTORS GO AHEAD AND PRICE ADDITIONAL ITEMS THAT WOULD'VE HAD TO BE PUT INTO THE, THE NEXT PHASE OF THE PROJECT.

THEY WERE ABLE TO BRING THOSE INTO THIS FIRST PHASE.

UH, SO THIS IS A, A CHANGE ORDER THAT COMES WITH A GRANT TO FUND IT.

SO IT'S, IT'S AN ADDITIONAL, UM, IT'S AN ADDITION OF SCOPE ITEMS TO THE FIRST PHASE OF THE PROJECT.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? THIS COULD BE APPROVED WITH NO OBJECTION.

WE ALREADY HAVE THE MOTION.

MR. PASSMAN AND THEN SECONDED BY, UH, MR. RES.

UM, ALRIGHT.

THIS WILL BE DONE WITH NO OBJECTION.

[12. RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO COUNCIL OF A RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT SC AERONAUTICS COMMISSION GRANT 24-062 IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,387,747.00 for ARW HANGAR CONSTRUCTION PROJECT (SITE DEVELOPMENT).]

DO WE HAVE A MOTION? SO, YEAH.

MOTION BY MR. REED.

SECONDED BY MR. BAR.

ABOUT THIS VERY PROJECT IN SUPPORT OF THIS, BUT WE HAD THE ENTIRE APRON FULL AND WE HAD AIRPLANES PARKED IN THE GRASS.

SO WE BOUNCED ACROSS THE RIVER TO BEAUFORT EXECUTIVE AIRPORT.

WHERE, BY THE WAY, YESTERDAY WE HOSTED THE, UH, SOUTH CAROLINA BREAKFAST CLUB, AND UH, THAT'S A, EVERY MONTH THERE'S A GROUP THAT FLIES INTO A DIFFERENT AIRPORT TO TO HAVE BREAKFAST AND, AND MEET.

AND WE HAD PERFECT WEATHER YESTERDAY, WHICH HAS BEEN GREAT.

UM, WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN KIND OF CRUSHED THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS WITH BAD WEATHER FOR IT.

WE HAD 38 AIRCRAFT FLYING YESTERDAY.

UM, SOLD A LOT OF FUEL AND HAD A LOT OF GREAT FOLKS COME IN.

WE HAD A FOOD TRUCK ON SITE AND, AND THEY COMPLETELY SOLD OUT.

SO IT WAS A HUGE EVENT AND, UM, GREAT, GREAT EXPOSURE, UH, FOR THE AIRPORT.

WE'LL GET YOU SOME PICTURES, UH, TO TALK

[01:00:01]

SO, UM, WE DESPERATELY NEED TO DO THE HANGAR PROJECT SO THAT WE CAN GENERATE REVENUE TO, UM, FIX OR TO DO OTHER PROJECTS TO EXPAND THE RAMP AREA AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND SO THIS SPEAKS TO THE SITE WORK, UH, THE SITE DEVELOPMENT WORK FOR THAT HANGAR PROJECT.

AND, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AT FINANCE COMMITTEE A COUPLE WEEKS AGO THAT WE WOULD, WE ANTICIPATE, IN FACT, I THINK EITHER THE NEXT DAY AFTER THAT MEETING, WE HAD JUST BEEN OFFERED THIS GRANT, UH, FROM SOUTH CAROLINA AERONAUTICS COMMISSION, BUT IT'S A 70 30 GRANT, WHICH IS FANTASTIC.

SO THEY PROVIDE 70% OF THE FUNDING AND THEN WE'RE PROVIDING THE ADDITIONAL 30 FROM THE ARPA FUNDS THAT WERE SET ASIDE FOR THIS PROJECT.

SO FULLY FUNDED AND, UM, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING THAT GRANT TO WORK.

ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? SO THIS IS JUST A SITE PREP, RIGHT? THIS IS SEPARATE AND APART FROM THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION FOR THE ELEVATION OF THE CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.

THIS IS ALL THE HORIZONTAL WORK.

GOTCHA.

UP, UP TO, UM, AND NOT INCLUDING THE, THE SLAB.

GOTCHA.

CAN THIS BE, OH, YES MA'AM.

UM, WHERE ARE THESE JET PRIVATE JETS COMING FROM? DO YOU KNOW? THESE WERE ACTUALLY NOT JETS.

THEY WERE ALL, UH, PISTON AIRCRAFT.

SO THEY'RE ALL OH, REALLY? SMALLER AIRPLANES THAT CAME IN.

CAN THIS BE DONE WITH NO OBJECTION? YES.

AND I SEE THIS APPROVED WITH NO OBJECTION.

[13. RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO COUNCIL TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION TO ADOPT THE HILTON HEAD AIRPORT WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT POLICY - Jon Rembold, Airports Director]

I WILL ASK FOR A MOTION FOR DISCUSSION ON NUMBER 13 AND THEN, UM, WE'LL DEFINITELY HAVE DISCUSSION ON THAT.

RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE COUNCIL TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION TO ADOPT THE HILTON HEAD AIRPORT WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT POLICY.

I WILL MAKE THAT MOTION.

I'LL SECOND THAT AND THE SECOND.

ALRIGHT, WE WILL HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THIS.

UM, WE'RE NOT GONNA GET INTO ALL THE, UH, NITTY GRITTIES OF IT ALL TODAY, BUT I WILL BE ASKING FOR A MOTION TO SEND THIS BACK TO STAFF FOR US TO HAVE MORE DISCUSSION.

AND SOME OF THE INFORMATION MAYBE WE FOUND, UM, THAT, UH, BRIAN HAS THAT JUST TO ANSWER SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS SO WE DON'T BELABOR IT HERE.

UM, THE ONE STATEMENT I WILL SAY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE POLICY SAYS, NONE OF US DO.

I GUARANTEE NONE OF US READ WHAT DOCUMENT WAS JUST TURNED IN.

UM, I WOULD, OF COURSE, TAB DID .

UM, WITH THAT SAID THOUGH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT KIND OF I'D SAY GRINDED MY GEARS THE MOST, UM, WAS WHATEVER DISCUSSION IS HAPPENING IN THE BACK OF THE WORK ENVIRONMENT, UM, IT'S NOT MY PLACE, BUT I WOULD HOPE WHOEVER IS IN CHARGE OF THAT, WHATEVER CONVERSATIONS NEED TO BE HAD TO HAVE A POSITIVE WORK ENVIRONMENT, WHETHER TRUE OR UNTRUE THAT THOSE CONVERSATIONS WOULD HAPPEN.

UM, I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD WANT TO DO, THAT'S SOMETHING IN MY AREA OR A PLACE OF WORK, JUST LIKE I'M SURE MR. MOORE WOULD WANT TO DO HERE, WHICH IS WHY WE'VE MADE CHANGES SOME OF THE CHANGES WE'VE MADE HERE AT THE COUNTY.

BUT WITH THAT SAID, I WOULD ASK FOR THAT MOTION FOR SOMEBODY TO MAKE THAT, TO SEND THAT BACK TO STAFF IF POSSIBLE.

DO WE HAVE ANY OBJECTION OR DISCUSSION OF SENDING THAT BACK TO STAFF? I JUST HAVE A, UM, QUESTION.

ARE YOU IMPLEMENTING A SIMILAR POLICY AT THE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT? NOT AT THIS TIME, NO.

IT WHY? UM, PRIMARILY BECAUSE THERE, THERE ARE DIFFERENT STANDARDS OF THOSE AIRPORTS BECAUSE BEFORD EXECUTIVE NOT A COMMERCIAL AIRPORT, SO THEY DO NOT HAVE, THEY'RE NOT SUBJECT TO A PART 1 39 INSPECTION, UH, WHICH IS ONE OF THE INSPECTIONS THAT NOTED THE, THE PRESENCE OF THE, THE ANIMALS.

BECAUSE I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, A WILDLIFE PROGRAM WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE HANGERS, DIDN'T WE? THAT'S CORRECT.

AND THAT'S A, IT'S RELATED BUT DIFFERENT.

THAT'S A CONTRACT THAT WE, WE HAVE AND WE'VE HAD OVER THE YEARS WITH, UM, USDA.

AND MAKING SURE THAT THERE WAS ANIMALS AROUND, EXCUSE ME, THE AIRPORT WHEN I WAS READING THIS HERE, THE FIRST THING CAME TO MIND WAS, WERE WE GOING TO HAVE A BUFFER? 'CAUSE YOU SAID NO AROUND THE SURROUNDING AREA.

AND THEY MONITOR THE WILDLIFE FOR US.

SO IF WE DO HAVE A NUISANCE, UM, WILDLIFE, FOR EXAMPLE, WE'VE, WE'VE HAD DEER OUT AT A RW THAT HAVE HAD TO BE TAKEN BY USDA, THEY TAKE CARE OF THAT FOR US.

AND THAT'S, THAT'S JUST A CONTRACT TO PUT THAT SERVICE IN PLACE.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

AND I'LL JUST SAY, I'M NOT SAYING THAT THIS IS THE RIGHT POLICY OR A WRONG POLICY AT ALL, JOHN, I'M JUST SAYING THAT MAYBE HAVE THE OTHER DISCUSSIONS TO SEE WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE THIS THE RIGHT SITUATION, THE RIGHT FIX FOR THE AREA.

AND I, I'M NOT SAYING THAT FRIDAY'S NOT GONNA BE RE RELOCATED.

I'M NOT SAYING THIS ISN'T GONNA COME BACK AND PASS.

I'M JUST SAYING THE DISCUSSION OF IT AND THE OTHER DISCUSSION TO THE OTHER WILDLIFE THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF THERE AS WELL.

I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN JUST WORK ON AS STAFF, JUST LIKE WE DID WITH, UM, THE PASSIVE PARKS, UH, SIX, SEVEN MONTHS AGO.

WE SENT IT BACK JUST TO REVAMP A LITTLE BIT TO SEE WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE AND CAME BACK WITH A BETTER PRODUCT.

SO YES, SIR.

UH, YES.

THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN.

I, UM, WHEN I WAS READING THROUGH THIS, UM, UM, AND I, YOU KNOW, I WAS, MY MIND RAN ON WHAT YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT USDA THAT WE JUST PASSED ON ABOUT A MONTH OR SO AGO, UM, BECAUSE OF, UM, UH, ANIMALS AND,

[01:05:01]

SO MY QUESTION WAS WHAT KIND OF BUFFER IS IT GONNA BE, UM, 50 YARDS AWAY FROM THE AIRPORT OR WHATEVER AND STUFF.

UM, AND THEN THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD WAS ENFORCEMENT, HOW DO YOU ENFORCE THIS? UM, BUT IF YOU'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT FRIDAY, UM, THAT'S A DIFFERENT STORY.

BUT, YOU KNOW, MY MY MIND WAS, YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU ENFORCE THIS WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS OF SURROUNDING THE, THE AIRPORT BECAUSE THEY'RE WILDLIFE ALL OVER THE PLACE.

AND SO THAT'S, THAT WAS MY CONCERN.

BUT, UM, I DON'T KNOW.

STAFF IS BRINGING THIS FORWARD TO US.

SO, MR. CHAIRMAN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT MORE INFORMATION YOU ARE LOOKING FOR FROM STAFF UNLESS THEY HAVE A CHANGE OF DIRECTION AT THIS TIME.

UM, UM, I DO HAVE A PASSION FOR, I MEAN, I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT FRIDAY, BUT I DO HAVE A, YOU KNOW, COMPASSION FOR FRIDAY.

UM, I THINK, UM, CATS ARE THINGS THAT, UM, ARE GOOD FOR TO BE AROUND THE HOUSE, WHETHER YOU OWN THEM OR NOT.

IT'S GOOD TO HAVE CATS AROUND BECAUSE CHANCES ARE THAT SNAKES AND MOUSE, UM, BE HANDLED BECAUSE OF THOSE FERAL CATS.

AND I HAVE SOME AROUND MY HOUSE, UM, I DON'T FEED THEM, BUT THEY'RE THERE.

AND SO THEY'RE GETTING FOOD FROM SOMEWHERE.

AND I'M HOPING THAT IT'S BECAUSE OF THE RAT POPULATION IS DECREASING .

SO I DON'T KNOW.

UM, AND THEY'RE HARD TO REALLY, PARTICULARLY CATS, THEY ARE HARD TO, UM, KILL OR CATCH.

UM, SO EVEN IF THEY'RE RAN IN FRONT OF A AIRPLANE, IT AIN'T NO WAY YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THAT CAT KILLED.

UH, BECAUSE THEY HAVE WHAT I WAS TOLD A LONG TIME AGO, NINE LIVES, I BELIEVE THAT'S, I THINK IF I CAN ANSWER THAT, MY COPY, I THINK HE ANSWERED, ASKED A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS IN THERE.

MAYBE NUMBER ONE, THIS ISN'T SPECIFICALLY DIRECTED AT ANY, I KNOW YOU, YOU CAN'T.

SPECIFIC ANIMAL WE HAD, AND PART OF WHAT I CAN PROVIDE, I GUESS IS, IS ADDITIONAL BACKUP IS COMMENTS THAT WE HAD ON OUR PART 1 39 INSPECTION, WHICH IS THE ANNUAL FAA SAFETY INSPECTION, UM, OF SIGHTINGS OF ANIMALS EITHER NEAR THE AIRPORT ON AIRPORT PROPERTY, UM, ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AIRPORT, THE COMMERCIAL SIDE AND THE PRIVATE SIDE.

UM, BIRD FEEDERS OR ONE THAT WAS GONNA BE ONE MY QUESTIONS.

ARE THEY ALLOWED THAT? NO, THEY'RE NOT.

AND THAT, THAT WAS BROUGHT UP BY THE INSPECTOR AND IT WAS, UM, ALSO BROUGHT UP INDEPENDENTLY.

THERE WAS A RECOMMENDATION THROUGH THE USDA WHO DID OUR MOST RECENT WILDLIFE ASSESSMENT FOR US ASSESSMENT SURVEY, UH, WHICH IS WRAPPED UP THIS SUMMER.

AND THE FAS HAS THAT FOR APPROVAL NOW.

BUT ONE OF THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS WAS TO PUT IN A NO FEEDING THE ANIMALS POLICY BECAUSE THEY ALSO NOTICED, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE, YOU KNOW, BIRD FEEDERS AND OTHER, OTHER FEEDING GOING ON IN THE, IN THE VICINITY AND ON AIRPORT PROPERTY AS AS TO ENFORCEMENT, THE COUNTY COULD ONLY ENFORCE WHAT'S ON COUNTY PROPERTY.

WE'D HAVE TO ENGAGE WITH PERHAPS THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD TO UNDERSTAND THE SAFETY IMPLICATIONS OF THAT.

UM, AND WE DON'T LOOK AT NECESSARILY IF, IF A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THE, HOW THE AIRPORTS HAVE TO LOOK AT SAFETY I ITEMS LIKE, LIKE A, LIKE A CAT OR LIKE A BIRD.

IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THAT SPECIFIC ANIMAL, IT'S THE CHAIN OF EVENTS.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE WILDLIFE ASSESSMENT, I'LL GIVE HATS OFF TO, UH, BRADLEY AND, AND JARED AND THE FOLKS AT SOLID WASTE, THE SURVEY FOCUSED IN ON THE CONVENIENCE CENTER THERE ON SUMMIT DRIVE.

AND THAT WAS FOUND NOT TO BE A HOT SPOT BECAUSE OF HOW WELL IT'S MANAGED AND HOW QUICKLY THE TURNOVER OF CONTAINERS GOES.

SO THAT WAS NOT A HOT SPOT AND THEY USUALLY ARE.

UM, BUT WE HAD A COUPLE ON THE AIRPORT WHERE THEY NOTICED AREAS THAT, THAT ATTRACTED WILDLIFE.

SO WILDLIFE ATTRACTANTS ARE WHAT CAN GET AN AIRPORT INTO TROUBLE.

AND IT'S THE TRAIL.

SO IT COULD BE THE FIRST ANIMAL THAT IS A PREDATOR AND LEAVE SOMETHING BEHIND FOR ANOTHER TYPE OF ANIMAL THAT MIGHT FLY INTO THE AIRPORT AND COULD BE INGESTED INTO AN ENGINE OF AN AIRCRAFT.

SO IT'S NOT THE ONE SPECIFIC ITEM WE LOOK AT.

WE HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF LOOKING ALL THE WAY DOWN THE CHAIN.

SO THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S THE BASIS OF THIS POLICY.

WE'RE TRYING TO DO OUR BEST TO MAINTAIN THAT CHAIN OF SAFETY, MR. CHAIRMAN.

AND IT WOULD BE THE, THE FEEDING, UH, POLICY AT THIS TIME OF ANY KIND OF WILDLIFE.

UH, MOST PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT YOU JUST DON'T DO THAT.

AND I'M, THAT'S WHAT I'M THINKING.

I'M HEARING YOU SAY, UM, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE THE ALLIGATORS, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.

[01:10:01]

UH, WHAT THEY THINK THEY ARE PETS.

UM, BUT THEY ARE NOT.

UM, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FEEDING, I CAN, I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT.

UM, ONE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, LIKE I SAID EARLIER, UH, THE FERAL CATS THAT I HAVE AROUND MY HOUSE, UH, IN NOT MY HOUSE, IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, I KNOW I DON'T FEED THEM NOW WHERE THEY GET THEIR FOOD FROM, I DON'T KNOW.

BUT I TOLD MY WIFE, YOU KNOW, WE CANNOT BECAUSE THEY WERE HABITAT THERE, BUT THEY'RE STILL THERE.

SO THEY'RE EATING SOMEWHERE.

BUT I DON'T HAVE AS MANY RATS AS I USED TO.

SOMEBODY FEEDING SOMEBODY'S FEEDING SOMEBODY IS MR. .

FOR, FOR ME, YOU KNOW, PART OF SENDING IT BACK TO, TO STAFF TO WORK ON THINGS A LITTLE BIT MORE, I THINK BEFORE I CAN PASS ANYTHING.

AND I THINK YOU'VE SEEN, WE'VE BEEN PRETTY SUPPORTIVE OF BOTH AIRPORTS TRYING TO MOVE THINGS ALONG.

I, I NEED MORE THAN THE RESOLUTION AND A LETTER.

I MEAN, IF YOU, IF YOU SAID THERE'S ACTUAL VIOLATIONS THAT THIS IS GOING TO CORRECT, CAN YOU INCLUDE THAT IN THE BACKUP MATERIAL SO WE CAN SEE THE VIOLATIONS AND THE CORRECT CORRECTIVE ACTION THAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE? AND I THINK THERE WAS A, A POLICY THAT WAS SUBMITTED, BUT THAT CAN BE INCLUDED AS WELL, I GUESS THE FEDERAL POLICY.

WELL, I'M SAYING, BUT DIDN'T, UH, THE GENTLEMAN ALEX, I BELIEVE HAND UP SOMETHING TO YOU WITH A SEPARATE POLICY? I THINK THERE WAS SOME, I THINK IT WAS SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES, IF THERE IS A DISTURBANCE, THERE HAS TO BE A REPORT FILED.

HE ENDED UP WITH A-C-F-R-C-C FFR.

SO I MEAN THAT IF THAT CAN BE INCLUDED AS WELL IN THE BACK OF MATERIAL, JUST JUSTIFICATION FOR IT AND BE ABLE TO READ IT AND HAVE A RATIONAL BASIS FOR IT.

I THINK I NEED MORE.

SURE WE CAN, WE CAN PROVIDE THAT VOTING ON NOT A PROBLEM.

AND AS WELL AS THE MAP, A CLEAR DEFINITION OF THE AIRPORT BOUNDARIES AND BUFFER ZONES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

'CAUSE THAT WAS A GOOD POINT THAT MR. CLEVER BROUGHT UP.

SO THAT THE PEOPLE IN THE AREA WORKING CAN ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT IS IN THE BOUNDARIES.

IF THEY'RE STEPPING IN LINES.

IF THIS IS A VIOLATION THAT CAN TERMINATE A LEASE AGREEMENT, IT NEEDS TO BE CLEARED TO FIND BOUNDARIES, THEN WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE PASSING.

SO JUST BASICALLY MORE INFORMATION TO HELP PASS US ALONG.

SURE.

THANKS.

YEAH, I THINK EVERYBODY UP HERE IS IN SUPPORT OF CONTINUING TO GROW OUR AIRPORT AND TRANSPORTATION HERE IN BEAUFORT COUNTY.

WHETHER IT IS PALMETTO BREEZE OR GETTING PEOPLE IN HERE AND TOURISTS IN HERE TO HILTON HEAD OR BEAUFORT, THERE'S DEFINITELY BEEN A UNITY ON THAT.

BUT YEAH, JUST A COUPLE QUESTIONS ABOUT IT TO SEE WHAT WE NEED TO DO, JUST LIKE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'VE REMOVED FROM, UM, AN AGENDA THAT NEEDS A COUPLE MORE THOUGHTS OR A COUPLE QUESTIONS.

SO, UM, IF THERE'S NO OTHER COMMENTS, I WILL ASK FOR A VOTE.

IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO REMOVE THIS AND SEND THIS BACK DOWN TO STAFF? UM, TIMEFRAME WISE? UM, I GUESS, I DUNNO IF THAT'S NECESSARILY YOUR GOING BACK TO YOUR DEPARTMENT, JOHN, OR BACK TO LEGAL.

WE THINKING MAYBE JANUARY WOULD GIVE US A GOOD TIME.

THAT GIVES US TWO MONTHS.

I KNOW WE GOT THE BREAK KIND OF A, MAYBE SHOOT FOR JANUARY, FEBRUARY THE LATEST.

THAT WAY WE DON'T HOLD YOU LABORED AS WELL.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE DON'T WANNA DRAG IT OUT TOO LONG.

WE CAN DO JANUARY AND THAT'D BE BEST 'CAUSE THE FAA CERTAINLY WANTS TO SEE THIS.

I WAS JUST ABOUT TO ASK WHAT THE FAA THEY GIVE US TIMELINES.

ARE THEY, IS THIS HOLDING UP ANY TYPE OF FUNDING OR GRANTS OR ANYTHING ALONG THOSE LINES? IT'S NOT HOLDING UP FUNDING.

NO.

THAT WILL BE SENT BACK THEN.

THIS CAN BE DONE WITH NO OBJECTION.

MM-HMM, .

AWESOME.

[14. RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO COUNCIL TO APPROVE TALBERT, BRIGHT AND ELLINGTON (TBE) WORK AUTHORIZATION 2119-2301 FOR HXD AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN UPDATE]

AND THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO NUMBER 14.

RECOMMEND APPROVAL THE COUNCIL TO APPROVE TALBERT BRIGHT AND ELLINGTON WORK AUTHORIZATION 2119 DASH 2301 FOR HXD AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN UPDATE.

WE HAVE A MOTION FOR DISCUSSION? SURE.

MOTION AND A SECOND PLEASE.

I'LL SECOND IT TAB WITH A SECOND.

AND THEN, UM, KIND OF SCORED AND, AND DECIDED UPON THAT WILL PROVIDE THE BASIS FOR THE, THE PROJECTS THAT COME FORWARD.

SO THIS IS, UM, THE AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN IS BASICALLY A LOOK AHEAD AT THE AIRPORT FOR THE NEXT 10 TO 20 ISH YEARS.

UM, IT'S, IT WILL FORM THE BASIS OF A MASTER PLAN ONCE THIS IS DONE AND APPROVED BY THE FAA.

UM, IT'S A LENGTHY PROCESS BECAUSE WE LOOK AT ALL ASPECTS OF THE AIRPORT.

WE LOOK AT ALL FORECASTS ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE AND THE PRIVATE SIDE.

UM, THERE'S A PUBLIC COMPONENT TO THIS AS WELL, SO THERE ARE CHANCES FOR PUBLIC MEETINGS.

UM, BUT THIS IS, UH, THIS BRINGS THE TEAM TOGETHER, LED BY TALBERT BRIGHTON TON TO, UH, TO LEAD THIS EFFORT FOR THE AIRPORT.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THERE? THERE'S A ALTERNATIVE, UM, LANDING AREAS BEING CONSIDERED AS WELL.

IS THAT NO, NO, I MISSED IT.

I I MISREAD THAT OR SOMETHING.

NO, THERE, THERE'S PART OF THE, UH, AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN IS IT WILL BE A SERIES OF ALTERNATIVES BASED ON THE FORECAST TO FIND OUT WHAT, WHAT POTENTIALLY NEEDS TO BE DONE AT THE AIRPORT OVER THE NEXT 10 TO 20 YEARS.

AND THERE'LL BE A SERIES OF ALTERNATIVES THAT GETS EVALUATED

[01:15:01]

UM, AND THEN, UM, I, I SAW, UH, I PUT A NOTE SOMEPLACE, BUT THEN I SAW SOMEWHERE THAT, UH, CONSIDERATION FOR THE NOISE, UH, IS GONNA BE ALSO ASSESSED AS WELL.

THAT'S RIGHT.

UM, AND THE, THE MOVING FROM A C TWO TO A C3, IS THAT SAYING THAT WE ARE GETTING LARGER JETS IN THERE OR ARE WE ACCOMMODATING THE JETS THAT ARE COMING THERE NOW? NO, WE, WE CHANGED FROM A C TWO TO A C3 WHEN THE REGIONAL JETS STARTED FLYING IN.

SO THAT WAS, WE'RE CURRENTLY HAVING THOSE, UM, DIFFERENT, UM, SIZE JETS ENTERING TO OUR AIRPORT NOW.

THEY'RE, YES, THEY'VE BEEN COMING SINCE 2018.

UM, SO WE'RE NOT LOOKING, BRINGING IN ANY LARGER JETS IN THERE.

WELL, THAT, THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS CONTEMPLATES THIS WILL LOOK AT THOSE FORECASTS AND DO IT'S, DO ITS BEST.

DO ITS BEST JOB TO LOOK INTO THAT CRYSTAL BALL AND, AND SEE WHAT THE AIRPORT WANTS TO TURN INTO.

BUT YEAH, YOU SAID 20 YEARS.

UM, CORRECT.

BUT WE DON'T, WE DON'T KNOW THAT THIS, THIS IS THE VEHICLE THAT DETERMINES THAT.

AND, AND, AND JUST FOR, FOR ME, UM, IF YOU WERE ABLE TO, IF WE WERE CONSIDERING A LARGER JETS COMING THERE, UM, UM, AND I LOOK AT THE, THE, THE AERIAL VIEW, UM, THE, THE, UH, TAKEOFF, UM, WOULD ACTUALLY BE IN THE OCEAN, RIGHT? VERY FEW HOUSES IN, IN THE FLIGHT PATH.

WELL, THERE'S A, SINCE THERE'S A SINGLE RUNWAY, YOU CAN TAKE IT OFF AT EITHER END, DEPENDING ON WHICH WAY WIND IS BLOWING.

BLOWING, OKAY.

SO THE AIRCRAFT TAKES OFF INTO THE WIND, FACING THE WIND.

OH.

AND SO YOU, YOU WOULD USE EITHER END OF THE, THE RUNWAY, SO YOU'RE NOT NECESSARILY TAKING OFF HEADING TOWARDS THE OCEAN EVERY TIME.

SOMETIMES YOU'RE TAKING OFF HEADING TOWARDS BROAD CREEK.

NO FUNDING COST TO THE COUNTY.

IT LOOKS LIKE THE SPONSOR SHARES HOLDING THE LAST 25%.

THAT'S CORRECT.

THE AIRPORT HAS THAT BUDGETED.

ANY OBJECTION? AND I SEE THIS DONE WITH NO OBJECTION AS

[15. RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF RIGHT-OF-WAY OR TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENTS ON REAL PROPERTY ASSOCIATED WITH THE STUART POINT ROAD SIDEWALK PROJECT]

JOHN, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UM, RECOMMEND A COUNCIL APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZED IN THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF RIGHT OF AWAY OR TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENTS ON REAL PROPERTY AS SO ASSOCIATED WITH STEWART POINT ROAD SIDEWALK PROJECT.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION? OPEN THIS UP FOR DISCUSSION.

I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.

I'LL SECOND IT.

AND THE SECOND BY MR. DAWSON.

UM, JARED, THIS IS JUST ANOTHER RIGHT OF WAY ACCEPTANCE.

IT IS.

UM, WHAT THIS IS IS KIND OF WHAT JENNIFER WAS TALKING ABOUT WITH THE RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION.

SO, UM, WE'RE ENTERING IN THE RIGHT OF WAY PHASE FOR STEWART POINT.

AND SO WE'RE IN COORDINATION WITH LEGAL BECAUSE WE WILL BE PROCURING IT IN THE NAME OF BUFORT COUNTY.

WE'RE DOING IT VIA ORDINANCE.

AND THEN AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE PROJECT, UH, WE'LL COLLECT ALL THE RIGHT OF WAY INTO ONE DEED AND DEED THAT OVER TO DOT.

BUT, SO THIS IS A ORDINANCE THAT ALLOWS US TO EXERCISE THE RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION PROCESS.

AND THEN OUR GOAL IS, THIS IS STEWART POINT.

IN THE FUTURE, WE'RE GONNA COME BACK, UM, MAYBE JANUARY OR FEBRUARY FOR THE REMAINING, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS ON EACH AND EVERY ONE.

WE'RE GONNA DO AN ORDINANCE FOR ALL THE REMAINING PATHWAYS, UM, THAT HAS THE LIMITS.

ACQUISITION IS CONCERNED.

SO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION? NO, I, I I WOULD JUST SAY THAT I'M GLAD TO SEE IF THE PROJECT IS MOVING FORWARD AS FAR AS, UH, RIGHT.

I THINK THIS IS ONE, ONE OF THE PART OF THE, UM, ONCE AND SALE TAX, UH, THAT THE, UH, PUBLIC DOESN'T UNDERSTAND OR, OR IS NOT AWARE OF.

I DON'T THINK WE DID A GOOD ENOUGH JOB EXPLAIN TO THE PUBLIC THE DETAILS OF WHAT DOES ENTAIL OF TRYING TO GET SOME OF THESE PROJECTS DONE.

THE RIGHT AWAY ACQUISITION IS THE, IT IT REALLY STOPS THE PRO, UH, THE, UM, PROGRESS OF THE PROJECT UNTIL ALL ACQUISITIONS ARE, UH, ENHANCE.

AND THAT CAN, THAT CAN TAKE SOME TIME.

THIS IS TWO MILES IN LENGTH, THIS PROCESS, THIS PROJECT.

AND WE HAVE 38 PARCELS THAT WE'VE GOT TO INDIVIDUALLY, UH, NEGOTIATE.

AND THEN BEFORE WE MAKE AN OFFER, AS JENNIFER MENTIONED, WE GET A SECOND.

THAT I'VE LEARNED A LOT FROM THE PAST TWO YEARS, THAT'S FOR SURE.

FROM DOT, THEN WE MAKE THE OFFER, THEN IT'S A NEGOTIATION.

SO IT IS A LENGTHY PROCESS.

IT'S DEFINITELY A PROCESS

[01:20:01]

DO YOU HAVE ANY OBJECTION OF ACCEPTING THIS RIGHT OF WAY? I HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION, PLEASE.

YES, MA'AM.

ON PAGE 1 0 1 OF THE PACKET, THIS IS THE, IT WAS SIGNED JUNE 28TH, 2021.

IT SAYS, WHEREAS TO EXPEDITE PAYMENT FOR THE RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION PROCESS, THE COUNTY WAIVES THE REQUIREMENT TO ISSUE PURCHASE ORDERS OVER 1500 AND WE'LL AMEND THE BEAUFORT PROCUREMENT CODE.

IS THAT STILL IN EFFECT? IS THAT THE RESOLUTION YOU'RE READING FROM? YES SIR.

SO WHAT THAT RESOLUTION WAS INSIDE THE TRANSPORTATION SALES PROGRAM, THE INTENT WAS THAT, UM, 120 MILLION HAD BEEN AUTHORIZED AND NOW IT'S 146 MILLION HAD BEEN AUTHORIZED FOR THESE PROJECTS TO ACQUIRE RIGHT AWAY AND CARRY OUT THE NECESSARY PLANS, UM, TO, TO DEVELOP IN, UM, THESE PROJECTS.

SO INSIDE OF THAT, NOT THE ENTIRE BUFORT COUNTY PROCUREMENT CODE THAT BASICALLY HERE'S AUTHORITY AND THERE'S DIFFERENT LEVELS OF AUTHORITY FOR THE ADMINIS FOR, UH, THE RIGHT OF WAY AGENT, THE DIRECTOR, THEY SEE THAT AUTHORITY.

SO THAT, THAT'S THE INTENT INSIDE OF THAT.

SO YES, I MEAN THAT RESOLUTION IS WHAT ENGINEERING IS USING TO GO FOR UM, RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION OF EACH EACH.

UH, SO IT WOULD'VE MADE SENSE TO ME IF IT SAYS REQUIREMENT WAIVE THE REQUIREMENT TO JUST INTO ISSUE PURCHASE ORDERS UNDER 1500.

THIS SAYS OVER 1500 WE'RE, WE'RE DOING IT WITHOUT A PURCHASE ORDER.

UH, WE WILL MOVE ON TO NUMBER 16, RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE COUNCIL RESOLUTION FOR THE SECOND, A ADDENDUM TO THE MEN.

ON PAGE 1 0 1.

THERE'S 38 PROPERTY OWNERS.

WE WOULD'VE TO GET ALL 38 OF THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS INTO OUR SYSTEM AS A VENDOR IN ORDER TO CUT THE CHECKS.

SO WE DON'T DO PURCHASE ORDERS FOR THE RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION, IT GOES TO THE COURT AND THEN THE COURT TAKES CARE OF IT.

SO IT'S ACTUALLY AN INTERNAL WIRE.

GOT IT.

INTERESTING.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

DO WE HAVE ANY OBJECTION? NO, NO.

AND THIS WILL ALSO PASS WITH NO OBJECTION.

[16. RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO COUNCIL OF A RESOLUTION FOR THE SECOND ADDENDUM TO THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU) WITH THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD FOR THE ST. JAMES BAPTIST CHURCH RELOCATION PROJECT.]

JAMES BAPTIST CHURCH RELOCATION PROJECT.

UNDERSTAND Y'ALL GET ME ALL TONGUE TIED TODAY.

SO MOVED, UH, MOTION BY MR. REITZ, SECONDED BY I'LL SECOND.

NICE SEGUE FOR YOU MR. DAWSON.

UM, DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS? IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.

IT HAS BEEN IF YOU'VE LOOKED INTO IT FOR SURE.

DO WE HAVE ANY OBJECTION? THIS WILL ALSO BE APPROVED WITH

[17. RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO COUNCIL TO AWARD A CONTRACT TO KIMLEY HORN AND ASSOCIATES, INC. FOR THE INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM (ITS) REGIONAL MASTER PLAN FOR VARIOUS CORRIDORS IN BEAUFORT AND JASPER COUNTY]

NO OBJECTION.

NUMBER 17, RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE COUNCIL TO AWARD A CONTRACT TO KIMBERLY HORN ASSOCIATES CORPORATION FOR THE INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, REGIONAL MASTER PLAN FOR VARIOUS CORRIDORS IN BUFORT AND JASPER COUNTY.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.

I'LL SECOND.

SECONDED BY MR. BARTHOLOMEW.

UM, I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE COST OF THIS.

THE PROJECT IS FUNNY, 80% THROUGH LATS AND THE OTHER 20% THROUGH BEAUFORT COUNTY.

MASTER PLANS THAT ARE PART OF THE LAST FIVE PLANS.

YES IT IS.

UH, SO, UM, THIS IS KIND OF, WE, I APOLOGIZE, WE KIND OF MADE IT MORE CONFUSING THAN IT NEEDS TO BE FROM STAFF, BECAUSE THIS IS THE THIRD TIME Y'ALL TALKED ABOUT THIS PROJECT.

AND THIS IS A LEARNING PROCESS ON OUR SIDE AND WE WILL CLEAN IT UP, UH, MOVING FORWARD ON FUTURE PROJECT.

THIS IS A LAPS FUNDED PROJECT.

UM, THEY SAID THIS IS THE STUDY WE WANT TO DO.

THEY HAD FIVE STUDIES AT THE TIME AND THEY HAD A MANPOWER ISSUE, SO WE DECIDED TO TAKE ON A FEW OF THEM.

SO WE'RE TAKING ON THREE AND THEY'RE TAKING ON TWO.

AND WHAT WE DID INITIALLY, WE HAD A RESOLUTION, UM, THAT SAID HERE'S THE FUNDING SOURCES FOR THESE DIFFERENT, UH, STUDY OF THE FIVE STUDIES.

HERE'S OUR LOCAL FUNDING SOURCE.

SO WE HAD THAT COME THROUGH COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL.

THEN SECONDLY, WE HAVE TO HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH, WITH DOT TO MANAGE THE PROJECT AS A LOCAL PUBLIC AGENCY AT LPA.

SO THAT THING THROUGH COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL.

AND THEN NOW THIS IS THE ACTUAL CONTRACT WITH OUR CONSULTANT TO EXECUTE THE WORK.

SO ALL OF THE FUNDING ARRANGEMENTS AND DOT OPERATING ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN, UM, ALREADY ESTABLISHED.

THIS IS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CONTRACT.

THE FUNDING'S ALREADY ESTABLISHED AND IN PLACE, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF THE WARD OF THE CONTRACT.

TWO, WE HAVE THREE ON-CALL TRAFFIC ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS.

AND WE'RE UTILIZING THAT LIST TO ISSUE, UM, CONSTRUCTION OR TASK ORDERS FOR THESE THREE PROJECTS.

AND NOT TO JUMP AHEAD.

THAT'S THE SAME SITUATION FOR THE NEXT TWO ITEMS. THE NEXT TWO ITEMS ARE TWO ADDITIONAL

[01:25:01]

OKAY? YES.

MR. NEY, YOU HAD A QUESTION? I WAS GONNA SAY IF YOU CAN EXPLAIN TO THE PUBLIC A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT THE, WHAT THIS CONTRACT IS ABOUT.

YES, SO THIS IS ITS INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.

THE INTENT HERE IS THAT WE SET UP THE FRAMEWORK AND ARCHITECTURE FOR, UM, WHAT YOU SEE AS WHETHER IT'S A OVERHEAD READER BOARD OR THE, THE OPPORTUNITY FOR SIGNALS TO TALK WITH FIBER CONNECTIVITY.

WE'VE HEARD THAT EARLIER ABOUT, UM, THE PHASING OF SIGNALS.

SO IT'S THE FRAMEWORK THAT SETS UP FUTURE PROJECTS.

IF WE'RE GOING TO IMPLEMENT, UM, SOME SAFETY ENHANCEMENT FLOW TYPE PROJECT, IT'S GOING TO USE THIS MECHANISM AND THIS IS HOW IT'S GONNA BE SET AND THESE LOCATIONS.

SO IT'S AGAIN, JUST WITH ANY MASTER PLAN EXERCISE, ESTABLISHING WHERE WE'RE GOING.

AND THEN LATER WE'D HAVE TO ESTABLISH A FUNDING SOURCE TO IMPLEMENT WHAT COMES OUT OF THIS PLAN.

AND, AND THIS IS IF I MAY CONTINUE, THIS IS TO NOT PIECEMEAL THE APPROACH TO LOOK AT THESE MAJOR CORRIDORS AND GET A MASTER PLAN PUT TOGETHER TO HELP FLOW THE TRAFFIC BETTER IN THE FUTURE? THAT'S CORRECT.

THROUGH THE ENTIRE COUNTY? THROUGH THE ENTIRE COUNTY, YEAH.

ENTIRE REGION.

SO THIS IS BEAUFORT AND JASPER.

UM, BECAUSE THIS IS THE MPO LAPSE.

SO WE'RE LOOKING ALL THE WAY FROM I 95 TO SEA PINE CIRCLE AND ALL THE WAY FROM 17 UP TO 21 READY BUCKYS.

SO HOPEFULLY SOME OF OUR CONSTITUENTS ON WON BE TWO HOURS LATE TO A MEETING.

OR, OR THEY'LL KNOW HOW FAR IN ADVANCE IT WILL BE.

UH, MR. MR CHAIRMAN, ONE THING, YOU'RE TALKING WITH THE FOLKS ON HILTON THEN? YES.

SO HILTON HEAD IS PART OF THAT, SO WE'RE JUST MANAGING IT.

UM, BUT IN THROUGH THE PROCESS WITH ANY MASTER PLAN, WE'LL HAVE STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS AND THERE'LL BE AN OPEN OPPORTUNITY.

A WHILE BACK YOU TALKED ABOUT HAVING DIFFERENT OR OPPOSING TECHNOLOGIES BETWEEN COUNTY AND WHAT HILTON HEAD WAS DOING.

WILL THAT BEEN RESOLVED? THIS, UH, THIS WILL HELP RESOLVE THAT.

THIS IS A SYNCHRONIZATION PLAN.

EXCELLENT.

THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN.

IS IT, OH, WELL, MR. CHAIRMAN, YOU'RE THE CHAIRMAN.

J JARED, IS IT APPROPRIATE TO TAKE THOSE ITEMS TOGETHER THEN? OR SHOULD WE TAKE THOSE SEPARATELY? YEAH, IF YOU WANT TO.

THEY'RE ALL SIMILAR.

UH, I WOULD ALMOST, UH, TAKE TWO OUT THREE TOGETHER BECAUSE TWO ARE TO ONE COMPANY AND ONE IS TO A, A SEPARATE COMPANY.

OKAY, I UNDERSTAND.

[18. RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO COUNCIL OF A CONTRACT AWARD TO KIMLEY-HORN AND ASSOCIATES INC. FOR THE CONDUCT OF THE US 278 CORRIDOR STUDY.]

THEN I WOULD ASK FOR THE MOTION TO TAKE NUMBER 18, RECOMMEND APPROVE OF THE COUNCIL OF A CONTRACT AWARD KIMLEY HORN ASSOCIATES FOR THE CONDUCT OF THE US 2 78 CORRIDOR STUDY TO BE INCLUDED WITH NUMBER 17 AND TAKE THEM TOGETHER.

MR. CHAIRMAN, I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION TO COMBINE 17 SECOND IT.

SECOND IT.

DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON NUMBER 17 OR 18? I DO, IF YOU DON'T MIND.

YES, MA'AM.

I JUST WANNA CALL ATTENTION TO ALL OF COUNSEL.

REMEMBER THE MEETING WE HAD AT LATS LOGAN WHERE EVERYONE WAS PACKED IN THE ROOM AND YOU WERE STANDING? MM-HMM, .

AND SOMEBODY ASKED, HOW DO WE AMEND THIS, THE TIP? AND NO ONE COULD ANSWER THE QUESTION.

THAT'S ON PAGE 180 7 IN OUR PACKET.

SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.

IF ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC'S LISTENING, 'CAUSE THEY WANTED IT AMENDED.

THAT'S ON PAGE 180, 87, ALSO ON 180 9.

UM, I HAD ALREADY EMAILED JARED ABOUT THIS.

THE STATE INFRASTRUCTURE BANK IS EXPLAINED THERE.

I THINK PEOPLE MIGHT WANT TO SEE THAT.

UM, ALSO THE DREADED FIVE B, ALL OF THAT'S IN HERE.

SO THIS IS A WHOLE PROGRAM THAT PEOPLE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT.

THEY SHOULD.

AND JUST TO BE CLEAR WITH PEOPLE, THIS IS A STUDY.

IT'S A STUDY, YES.

A QUICK HISTORY LASS WAS, UH, ESTABLISHED IN 2015 OR 2016, UM, BECAUSE WE, UH, AS A REGION HAVE GOT TO THE SIZE THAT FEDERAL MANDATES THAT FEDERAL HIGHWAY DOES.

AND THE, YOU SHOULD LOOK AT THE PROGRAM THAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING IS THE MPO, THE METROPOLITAN PLANET, WHICH IS LATS.

SO WE'RE PERFORMING, UM, PROJECTS ON BEHALF OF LATS, BUT EVERYTHING THAT YOU DESCRIBED IS LATS PLANNED STUDIES PLANNED, UM, HOW THEY OPERATE.

YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT LATS IS NOT THE COUNTY.

THAT'S WHERE ALL THAT CONFUSION CAME AT THAT MEETING.

SPELL IT OUT.

PEOPLE ARE LISTENING.

SPELL IT.

WHO ALL INVOLVED MR. I'M SAYING IF THEY GO IN HERE, THEY'LL SEE IT'S NOT TALKING ABOUT THE LA LATS IS LOW COUNTRY AREA TRANSPORTATION.

OH, OKAY.

I USUALLY USE THAT TO JARED.

HE, HE DOES ALL THE ACRONYM ACRONYMS. YEAH.

I THINK WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE OVER HERE.

JUST, JUST ONE QUESTION, JARED.

AND, AND, AND SINCE YOUR TIME HERE, UM, AND WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF, UM, STUDIES AND IMPLEMENTATION OF SYNCHRONIZATION OF LIGHTS, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, HAVE, HAVE YOU NOTICED, UM, ANY IMPROVEMENT IN THE TRAFFIC FLOW OR IS IT, ARE WE JUST SPENDING MONEY JUST TO WELL, SO WE JUST SPENT $8 MILLION ON SC ONE 70 SHORT TERM PROJECT.

UM, THAT PROJECT TOOK TWO AND A HALF YEARS TO DEVELOP FROM TALKING ABOUT IT TO COORDINATING DOLLARS WITH OUR PARTNERS TO ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTING.

AND THAT WAS UNFORTUNATELY A QUICK PROJECT.

SO, UM, THE, THE STUDIES, WHAT LAST REALLY HASN'T HAD ANY MONEY, UH, UP UNTIL JUST A COUPLE YEARS AGO.

AND THE REASON LASS, JUST

[01:30:01]

SO THE FIRST SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS OF EXISTENCE, ITS FUNDING WAS ALLOCATED TOWARD THE WIDENING OF US 17 TO SAVANNAH, PERIOD.

SO WE HAD ALLOCATION BUT NO MONEY TO SPEND.

SO NOW RIGHT OUT THE GATE WITH FINALLY HAVING MONEY TO SPEND, RATHER THAN START DOING PROJECTS, THE DETERMINATION WAS MADE TO DO A WHOLE BUNCH OF PLANS AND STUDIES SO WE KNOW WHAT PROJECTS WE SHOULD EVEN DO.

SO THAT'S WHAT THESE FIVE STUDIES ARE HELPING US DO.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE IF THERE'S A SPREADSHEET IN THE BACKUP DOCUMENTATION, WHICH IS THEIR FUNDING PLAN, LA'S FUNDING PLAN, AND ALL THAT IS ALLOCATED TO LAST YEAR'S FUNDING.

SO WE'RE SPENDING LAST YEAR'S FUNDING AND THEN FROM HERE ARE MOVING INTO MORE PROJECTS, WHICH HOPEFULLY ARE GOING TO COME AS A RESULT OF THESE PLANS.

AND DOING THESE TYPE OF STUDIES WILL ACTUALLY HELP SET UP IN THE FUTURE PROJECTS FOR FEDERAL FUNDING, CORRECT? ABSOLUTELY, YES.

AND REMEMBER, LAST TIME I ASKED WHY ON EARTH DO WE HAVE TO DO A STUDY OF THE 2 78 CORRIDOR? WE'RE LIKE DROWNING IN IT NOW.

WELL, IN READING THIS, LOOKING AT PAGE ONE, AM I ON, UM, 2 94? IT WAS VERY INTERESTING TO SEE THAT THEY'RE GONNA COLLECT DATA AT SEVEN TO 9:00 AM AND TWO TO SIX AT 55 LOCATIONS FOR TRAFFIC SIGNAL WARRANTS.

OH, I THINK PEOPLE SHOULD SEE THAT.

IT'S NOT JUST, WE'RE NOT JUST GONNA DO ONE OR TWO PLACES, IT'S 55.

I WAS A LITTLE SURPRISED TO SEE THAT.

AND THEY'RE ALL LISTED HERE.

SO THAT WAS IMPORTANT INFORMATION I THINK PEOPLE SHOULD SEE.

YEAH, ON 2 78 SPECIFICALLY, UM, IT'S ABOUT 25 MILES AND THE SAME WITH ONE 70, ABOUT 2020 SOMETHING MILES.

AND THE INTENT IS IF SOMETHING HAS AN INTERSECTION ALREADY AND IS EITHER NOT SIGNALED, DOES IT MEET THE WARRANT? AND TWO IN THE FUTURE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO SET THE SIGNAL SO WE CAN TELL THE DEVELOPER WHEN THEY BUILD THIS IS WHERE YOUR POINT OF ACCESS WILL BE.

SO THE GOAL IS NOT TO HAVE A ACCESS POINT EVERY, EVERY, UH, A HUNDRED FEET, IS THAT WE ACTUALLY CAN MAINTAIN THE FLOW ON OUR MAJOR ARTERIES.

AND THAT'S WHAT THOSE, THESE TWO PLANS ARE, ARE THE ITS AND THE OR THE 2 78.

AND THE ONE 70 PLAN WILL BE ACCOMPLISHING MS. BROWN.

MS. TABER ANSWERED MY QUESTION.

WHAT? YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION.

OH, WHAT WAS IT ABOUT THE 2 78 CORRIDOR? OH YEAH.

WELL, YEAH.

AND THE MORE I READ THIS, THE MORE IT ANSWERED MY OWN QUESTIONS.

IT WAS PAINFUL READING THOUGH.

THANK 295 PAGES OR WHATEVER.

BUT THE QUESTIONS ARE ALL ANSWERED AND IF THE PUBLIC REALLY WANTS TO KNOW, IT'S, IT'S REALLY RIGHT HERE.

DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THESE TWO ITEMS? NUMBER 17 AND 18, VERY, CAN THEY BOTH BE PASSED WITH NO OBJECTION? MM-HMM, AND I SEE NO OBJECTION.

NUMBER 17 AND

[19. RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO COUNCIL OF A CONTRACT AWARD TO STANTEC FOR THE SC 170 REGIONAL CORRIDOR STUDY.]

18 ARE BOTH APPROVED.

MOVING ON TO 19, RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE COUNCIL OF A CONTRACT AWARD TO STANTEC FOR THE SC ONE 70 REGIONAL CORRIDOR STUDY.

I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.

AND A SECOND, I'LL SECOND THAT.

MS. BROWN WITH A SECOND.

UM, TOTAL COST IS A HUNDRED PERCENT FUNDED BY LAPS ON THIS ONE AS WELL.

UM, ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ONE? MAYBE JARED COULD JUST EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT FOR THE PUBLIC.

YEAH, THIS ONE IS SIMILAR TO 2 78 AND IT GOES FROM SC 46 TRAFFIC CIRCLE IN BLUFFTON ALL THE WAY UP TO BOUNDARY STREET IN, UH, US 21 IN BEAUFORT.

SAME THING THERE.

LOOKING AT ALL THE DIFFERENT SIGNALS.

I DON'T REMEMBER HOW MANY, UM, WE HAVE CALLED OUT IN THIS TASK ORDER, BUT SAME THING.

LOOK WHETHER IT'S WARRANTED.

UM, AND THEN ALSO WHERE DO WE WANT FUTURE SIGNALS AND HOW DO WE MAINTAIN FLOW AND CAPACITY ON THAT MAJOR CORRIDOR? OKAY.

DO WE HAVE ANY OBJECTION OR CAN THIS BE PASSED WITH NO OBJECTION.

AND THIS WILL ALSO BE APPROVED.

THANK YOU JARED.

I THINK YOU ARE FREE FOR THE DAY, MY

[20. WIMBEE CREEK FISHING PIER ALTERNATIVES UPDATE]

FRIEND.

THANK YOU SIR.

ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO NUMBER 20.

WIND CREEK FISHING PIER ALTERNATIVES.

UPDATE.

HOW ARE YOU? GOOD AFTERNOON.

UM, SO BACK IN THE SUMMER, I THINK IN JULY WE CAME IN AND GAVE AN UPDATE ON THE WIMPY CREEK FISHING PIER.

UM, MCSWEENEY ENGINEERS HAD DONE SOME EVALUATIONS AND GAVE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS.

UH, BILL BARNA GAVE A PRESENTATION, SO AFTER THAT MEETING WE ASKED THEM TO DO A ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS FOR THE FUTURE OF THAT FISHING PIER.

UM, THEY HAVE GOT THAT REPORT TO US AND BILL'S GOING GIVE A QUICK PRESENTATION ON THE ALTERNATIVES AND WE'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AFTERWARDS.

GO, I BELIEVE THAT IS THE REPORT.

GOOD, GOOD AFTERNOON, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN HERE TO, UH, GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE WEBY CREEK FISHING PIER.

AND, UM, WE RECENTLY, UM, CONDUCTED AN ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS AND IF YOU CAN

[01:35:01]

DO YOU HAVE THE, UM, THE PRESENTATION THAT I DEVELOPED? YEAH, THERE WE GO.

SO, UH, I, WE CAME TO YOU IN JULY AND DISCUSS THE WEBY CREEK FISHING PIER.

I TOLD YOU GUYS ABOUT SOME ISSUES WITH IT.

WE SAID, LET'S LOOK AT IT.

LET'S FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GONNA BE THE BEST TRACK FORWARD FOR THE SITE.

SO WE WENT BACK, DID A LITTLE MORE STUDYING, AND WHAT I'M GONNA DO IS RECAP THOSE EFFORTS FOR YOU GUYS AND JUST PRESENT OUR SUGGESTED TRACK MOVING FORWARD.

SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, AS DISCUSSED BACK IN JULY, IT'S A FORMER RAILROAD TRESTLE.

IT'S BEEN CONVERTED BY THE COUNTY INTO A FISHING PIER.

IT HAS PARTIALLY COLLAPSED DUE TO A FIRE THAT OCCURRED AT THE END OF IT.

IT'S LITTLE OVER, UH, 300 FEET LONG.

UH, GO TO THE NEXT PAGE PLEASE.

SO FROM OUR 2 20 19 INSPECTION, IT WAS RATED AS POOR TO SERIOUS.

IT'S MORE OF A CRITICAL CONDITION NOW DUE TO THE, DUE TO THE FAILURE AND CONTINUED DETERIORATION.

THE THE MAIN ISSUE WITH IT IS, IS THE FOUNDATION AGAIN, IT, IT, IT CAUGHT FIRE.

SO IF YOU GO TO THE, THE NEXT PAGE AS WELL, YOU SEE THAT IT'S, IT'S PARTIALLY CLOSED DOWN.

THE, THE LUMINAIRES AND THE GATE ARE, ARE BUSTED.

UH, ON THE NEXT PAGE, AGAIN, YOU'LL SEE THIS IS THE CONDITION OF, OF WHAT'S HAPPENED OUT THERE.

STRUCTURES CAUGHT ON FIRE.

THERE'S SEVERAL PROBLEMS RELATED WITH THE FOUNDATION AND THE PIERS.

THE UPPER RIGHT PICTURE SHOWS WHERE THAT'S, UH, WHERE THAT PLATE GIER, WHICH IS ABOUT FOUR FEET DEEP, WHERE THAT BEARS ON THE FOUNDATION.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENTIAL MOVEMENT AND, UM, THIS THING ISN'T, ISN'T TOO FAR AWAY FROM COLLAPSE IN MY OPINION.

SO WHAT WE DID IS WE LOOKED AT, AT SEVERAL DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES THAT, THAT WE COULD DO ON THE SITE.

EVERYTHING FROM WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING TO WHAT HAPPENED IF WE REBUILT THE SAME PIER, SMALLER FISHING PIER DID NOTHING.

I'LL RUN THROUGH SOME OF THOSE ALTERNATIVES.

SO IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT, NEXT PAGE AS WELL, THE, THE PURPOSE OF THE ALTERNATIVE IS ANALYSIS IS REALLY JUST TO COME UP FOR THE BEST OPTION FOR THE SITE.

WHAT'S THE MOST, MOST COST EFFECTIVE OPTION FOR THE SITE? AND WE WERE REALLY LOOKING AT THIS FROM THE STANDPOINT OF FISH ABILITY.

OKAY? BECAUSE THE, THE EXI, THE, THE, THE PIER RIGHT NOW IS USED.

IT, SOMEBODY'S OUT THERE EVERY TIME I'VE BEEN OUT THERE.

THERE'S SOMEBODY ALWAYS OUT THERE FISHING.

AND SO WE WERE LOOKING AT, OKAY, WHAT IS GOING TO BE THE BEST FOR THE SITE IN TERMS OF PROVIDING PEOPLE THAT RECREATIONAL ACCESS TO BE ABLE TO GO AND, AND, AND CATCH THEIR DINNER OR WHATNOT.

SO, UM, CONTINUE ON TO THE, TO THE NEXT PAGE.

THIS IS JUST AN OVERALL VIEW OF THE EXISTING SITE AND WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF YOU DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.

SO YOU CAN SEE THAT JUST NORTH OF THE, OF THE TRESTLE, THE TRESTLE IS THE, THE LONG STRUCTURE THERE.

JUST NORTH OF THAT IS THE COURTESY RAMP FOR THE WEBY CREEK BOAT LANDING.

SO JUST NORTH IS IS THE ADJACENT BOAT LANDING.

AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE, THE TRESTLE THAT'S LEFT THERE.

SO THE DO NOTHING OPTION, UM, THE STRUCTURE'S GONNA COLLAPSE BASICALLY IS IS WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.

IT, IT'S A LIABILITY.

SO WE, WE DON'T RECOMMENDING, RECOMMEND NOT DOING ANYTHING REALLY.

THE COUNTY HAS TO DO, DO SOMETHING OR WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THE COUNTY DO SOMETHING.

SO THE THE NEXT OPTION THAT WE CAME UP WITH, IF YOU'D LIKE TO GO TO THE, UM, TO THE NEXT PAGE IS WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE JUST DEMOLISHED THE PIER, JUST DEMOLISH IT AND PUT NOTHING BACK IN ITS PLACE.

WELL, THAT OPTION DOESN'T SOLVE THE OBJECTIVE.

THE OBJECTIVE IS WHAT DO WE DO TO HAVE RECREATIONAL FISHING ACCESS THERE? AND IF YOU TAKE THE ONLY STRUCTURE YOU HAVE OUT, YOU HAVE NOTHING DOESN'T SOLVE THE GOAL.

SO LET'S GO LOOK AT ANOTHER OPTION.

SO OPTION C AND OPTION C, C 0.1, WE LOOKED AT WHAT WOULD IT COST TO REBUILD THE PIER IN ITS ENTIRETY.

THAT WAS OPTION C.

WE REBUILD IT LIKE IT IS NOW, BUT, BUT DO IT ALL OUTTA WOOD, WHICH IS THE, THE ABSOLUTE CHEAPEST WAY TO, TO BUILD IT.

AND THEN WE LOOKED AT OPTION C 0.1, WHICH IS WHAT IF WE REBUILT THE PIER THE SAME SIZE THAT IT IS NOW, BUT WE USED UPGRADED MATERIALS, MEANING MATERIALS THAT WERE GONNA GIVE US A LOT LONGER LONGEVITY WITH THE PIER AND A LOT, UH, LOWER MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENT.

SO THAT WAS, UH, THAT WAS ONE OPTION WE LOOKED AT.

UH, ANOTHER OPTION, GO TO THE NEXT PAGE PLEASE.

OPTIONS D AND D 0.1, WERE DOING A, A SMALLER FISHING PIER AND IN THIS OPTION WHAT YOU SEE IS A SMALLER WALKWAY WITH A COVERED PIER HEAD STRUCTURE GOING OUT TO A, A GANGWAY AND THEN A, A SMALLER FLOATING DOCK THAT CAN BE USED FOR FISHING OR FOR, FOR CRABBING OR FOR THE LIKE.

AGAIN, THE THE D 0.1 IS WHAT IF WE DID THE SAME OPTION, JUST USED UPGRADED MATERIALS TO, TO INCREASE THE LONGEVITY, RE UH, REDUCE THE MAINTENANCE

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OBLIGATION ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

AND THEN OPTION E ON THE NEXT PAGE IS WE SAID, OKAY, WELL WHAT IF WE JUST IMPROVED THE EXISTING FACILITY, LET'S TAKE THE FISHING PIER OUT OF IT AND THEN WE HAVE THIS JOINT USE FACILITY.

WE'LL SLAP SOME FLOATING DOCKS ON THE END OF WHAT WE HAVE THERE.

AND THEN THOSE CAN BE USED FOR FISHING OR FOR CRABBING FOR THE, FOR THE LOCAL FOLKS.

AND EVEN THOUGH THAT IS A, A POTENTIAL OPTION, WE SEE THAT THERE COULD BE A LOT OF CONFLICT BETWEEN FISHERS AND, AND BOATERS BECAUSE BOATERS REALLY DO HAVE PRIORITY OVER COURTESY DOCKS WHEN IT, WHEN IT COMES TO BOAT LANDINGS.

AND SECONDARILY, IT, IT DOESN'T PROVIDE THE MOST STABLE, UH, OF, OF PHISHING PLATFORMS. I'VE NOTICED A LOT OF ELDERLY PEOPLE THAT, THAT TEND TO FISH AT THE WEBY CREEK FISHING PIER.

AND I THINK THAT THE MORE STABLE PLATFORM THAT WE CAN GIVE PEOPLE TO, TO FISH THERE, THE, THE BETTER.

SO THE, THE NEXT OPTION WE HAD, WHICH, UH, IS OPTION E PRIME IS, IS, IS, OR SORRY, E 0.1, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY THE SAME, THE SAME OPTION WHERE WE WOULD JUST FOCUS ON IMPROVING THE BOAT LANDING AND THIS ITERATION WE WOULD ADD A COUPLE MORE FLOATING DOCKS, BUT WE WOULD ALSO ESSENTIALLY LEVEL THE WHOLE TRESTLE AT THE END AND IMPROVE THE WHOLE PARKING AREA.

BASICALLY A COMPREHENSIVE TYPE OF A BOAT LANDING IMPROVEMENT.

AGAIN, THAT DOESN'T REALLY SOLVE THE OBJECTIVE OF, OF FISH ABILITY, RIGHT? RECREATIONAL FISH ABILITY.

SO ON THE NEXT PAGE PROBABLY SHOWS OUR ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS MATRIX THAT WE CAME UP WITH.

AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS, UH, IT'S HARD TO READ.

I I CAN'T EVEN READ IT HERE AND I APOLOGIZE.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHAT, WHAT WE CAME UP WITH THAT THAT WE, WE SUGGEST IS A SMALLER FISHING PIER STRUCTURE WITH A SMALL FLOATING DOCK, A COVERED COVERED PIER SO THAT PEOPLE CAN FISH IN ALL WEATHER CONDITIONS AND USE, USE SOME UPGRADED MATERIALS, USE ALUMINUM USE FIBER REINFORCED POLYMER OR CONCRETE OR STEEL, SOMETHING OTHER THAN TIMBER.

AND WE PROJECT THAT IF, IF YOU CAN DO THAT, WE PROBABLY GET A 34, 30 TO 40 YEAR LIFESPAN OUT OF A, OUT OF AN ENGINEERED FISHING PIER.

AND INCLUSIVE OF THE COST OF DEMOLITION, I BELIEVE WE WERE AT, UH, IF SOMEBODY COULD READ THE, THE NUMBER OVER THERE IN A BLUE COLUMN ABOUT ONE ONE TO 1.3 MILLION, 1.1 TO 1.3 MILLION INCLUSIVE OF THE DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING EXISTING PEER.

SO WHICH IS NOT MUCH MORE THAN DOING, YOU KNOW, THE LOW COST ONE.

TRUE A, A LOT, A LOT OF THE OPTIONS ARE THAT ARE ALL KIND OF RIGHT AROUND THAT A MILLION TO MAYBE MILLION AND A HALF RANGE.

DOES THIS ONE, IT SAYS FLOATING THOUGH.

SO DIDN'T YOU SAY THE FLOATING ONE DOESN'T GIVE THE STABILITY THOUGH? WELL THE, THE, SO THE, THE SMALLER PIER THAT WE HAD COME UP WITH, IF YOU CAN, IF YOU DON'T MIND SCROLLING BACK TO OPTION D AND D 0.1.

UM, YEAH, THAT ONE RIGHT THERE.

SO WHAT WE HAVE THERE IS A, UH, A FIXED PIER, A MAJORITY OF IT IS ACTUALLY A FIXED STRUCTURE WITH A ROOF ON IT THAT YOU COULD, THAT YOU COULD FISH FROM AND THEN A GANGWAY LEADING DOWN TO A SMALLER DOCK AREA THAT YOU COULD CRAB FROM.

SO IT WOULD GIVE YOU THE ABILITY TO, TO FISH DURING ALL TIDES OR TO CRAB DURING ALL TIDES AND GOTCHA.

AND YEAH, IF YOU HAD THE MOBILITY AND WANTED TO GO ON THE FLOAT, YOU COULD, BUT YOU WOULDN'T BE FORCED TO FISH FROM A FLOAT.

AND THIS WOULD BE SIMILAR TO WHAT'S SAID THE FACTORY CREEK BOAT LANE OR FACTORY CREEK PIER NOW.

UM, AND WE STAFF BELIEVES THERE'S ALSO AN OPTION TO COMBINE D AND E AND DO SOME ALSO SITE IMPROVEMENTS TO GIVE MORE PARKING AND POSSIBLY DO THAT COURTESY DOCK L SHAPE AS WELL.

UM, AND PUT ON BOTH END THERE.

WHAT'S THE, UM, BUDGET SOURCE AND TIMEFRAME? SO THIS IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE A, UH, CIP REQUEST AND A A H REQUEST.

COULD IT TIMEFRAME AS FAR IF WE COULD GET THE FUNDING MOVE FORWARD? PROBABLY, YEAH, LIKE SAYING YOU GOT THE GREEN LIGHT, GO AHEAD.

HERE'S THE FUNDING DEMOLITION BILL.

PROBABLY LOOKING AT A YEAR FOR DESIGN AND PERMITTING AND THEN CONSTRUCTION WOULD BE MAYBE SIX MONTHS.

UM, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE LARGE PART OF THE COST ON THERE IS THE DEMOLITION.

UM, SO THAT'S GOES BACK TO WHAT YOU'RE, A LOT OF THE COSTS ARE FAIRLY SIMILAR THROUGH THERE.

SO, SO IT'S ABOUT TWO YEARS OUT.

SO DOES IT HAVE TO STAY CLOSED NOW? YES MA'AM.

I WOULD RECOMMEND IT.

WE HAVE A FENCE ON IT RIGHT NOW, LIKE HALFWAY DOWN.

AND ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYBODY.

WE CLOSED IT OFF FROM THE VERY BEGINNING NOW TOO, SO YOU CAN EVERYTHING FROM, OKAY.

AND ONE THING THAT WE WILL POINT OUT IS A LOT OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS NOW AS IT IS THE PEER ITSELF IS ABOVE THE EXISTING GRADE, SO YOU HAVE TO TAKE STEPS TO GET UP.

SO IT'S NOT A DA ACCESSIBLE ANY OF THESE, ANY OF THESE OPTIONS WILL MAKE IT FLAT WITH EXISTING GRADES.

SO IT IS THEN A DA

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SO WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM US TODAY? I KNOW IT'S A DISCUSSION IN GENERAL, BUT IS THAT JUST US TELLING STAFF TO START WORKING ON FINDING THE FUNDING SOURCE FOR IT? YEAH, TODAY IS JUST FOR INFORMATION LETTING YOU KNOW THAT A REQUEST WILL PROBABLY BE COMING IN THE FUTURE FOR CIP OR A I CAN HELP.

YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DONE TODAY, JARED.

NO, NO, NO.

THIS IS THE HAMMER HOME.

THE POINT, WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU GUYS.

SO, UH, TODAY WE JUST NEED FIRST HEAR THE INFORMATION.

IF YOU GUYS LIKE TO MAKE A, THIS IS THE OPTION WE'D LIKE TO THEN THAT HELPS US DEFINE WHAT PROJECT BUDGET WE NEED.

AND THEN THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE WE WOULD TAKE THIS AND JOHN'S RIGHT BEHIND ME ON A AND H TAX.

THIS WOULD BE A HUNDRED PERCENT A AND H TAX PROJECT.

THERE IS A FAIR AMOUNT OF A AND H TAX THAT IS TO BE APPROPRIATED AND WE AS STAFF, WE'RE WORKING TO DEVELOP A KIND OF MINI CIP SPECIFICALLY FOR A AND H TAX EXPENDITURE, WHICH WOULD BE INSIDE OF THIS FISCAL YEAR.

AND THAT WOULD BE COMING PRETTY SOON, JOHN, NEXT WEEK.

NEXT WEEK.

SO IF YOU GUYS HAVE A, HAVE A DESIRED LAYOUT, THEN WE CAN FOLD THAT INTO A NEXT WEEK FINANCE DISCUSSION AS PART OF THIS IS, UM, ALL THE DIFFERENT A AND H TAX PROJECTS WE INTEND.

WELL THAT WAS GONNA BE MY QUESTION.

IS THIS A TOURIST DESTINATION? NO, YOU DON'T HAVE DO, I'M JUST THROWING IT OUT ON THE TABLE.

IT'S, IT'S NOT A TOURIST DESTINATION, IT'S A COMMUNITY.

UM MM-HMM.

, UH, THIS, IT IS A ABSOLUTELY QUALIFIED FOR A AND H TAX DOLLARS WITHOUT QUESTION, RIGHT? IT DOES.

YOU ABSOLUTELY, I CAN TELL YOU WHEN I, WHEN I GO TO GEORGETOWN ANYWHERE, I'D FIND THE CLOSEST ONE OFF THE HIGHWAY.

AND THIS WOULD BE RIGHT IF I WAS LOOKING AT AN AREA TO COME, I WOULD COME TO SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

SO, SO NEXT WEEK AT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, 'CAUSE STAFF WILL BE COMING FORWARD WITH A AND H TAX PROPOSALS OF OPTIONS OF COUNTY PROJECTS LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT BEGINNING IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY DURING STRATEGIC PLANNING WAS THE USE OF UH, SOME A AND H TAX DOLLARS FOR THESE COUNTY PROJECTS.

WE UPDATED OUR ORDINANCE, WE UPDATED OR WE, UM, SUBMITTED AN APPROVED A AND H TAX BUDGETS WITH THE COUNTY PROJECTS PURPOSES.

AND THE NEXT THING THAT COMES AND WE DID THE POLICY AND THEN WHAT'S LAST IS THE, AS A RESOLUTION OF THOSE COUNTY PROJECTS, UH, ESSENTIALLY BUCKETS OF MONEY THAT WILL COME FORWARD, UM, FOR FINANCE COMMITTEES.

UM, DISCUSSION.

DISCUSSION.

AND, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A FUNDING SOURCE FOR SOME OF THESE PROJECTS.

I'D LIKE TO COMMENT ON, UM, IF I COULD MR. MR. CHAIRMAN, UM, IT IS CURRENTLY NOT A, UM, TOURIST ATTRACTION BECAUSE IT'S CLOSED OFF.

OH NO, I MEANT WHEN IT WAS STILL IN LIFE.

BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT, UM, A PLACE LIKE THE BROAD RIVER, IT IS ATTRACTING A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM OTHER PLACES COMING TO THE BROAD RIVER TO FISH.

AND THIS WOULD BE A NICE PLACE TO FISH TOO AS WELL.

UM, BUT IT'S SCARY.

I WOULDN'T WANT TO GO THERE.

AND I WAS, I WAS GONNA ASK THE QUESTION, WHERE DO THE LOCALS FISH FROM IT? ARE THEY, UH, FISHING OFF THE, UH, BOAT RAMP OR THEY'LL SNEAK IT UP ON THE PIER WHEN YOU GO THERE? THERE'S PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH OF THAT.

A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH.

THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH.

I'M SURE PEOPLE AROUND PUT THEM THE SPOT LIKE THAT , THAT REALLY SCARES ME.

AND UM, I THINK IT'S A GOOD PLACE.

IT'S OUT IN THE, I MEAN A GOOD CHANNEL, I MEAN IT'S A GOOD PLACE TO FISH.

IT WOULD BE, I DON'T FISH AND I TOLD A LOT OF DUCK HUNTERS USE THE LANDING AS WELL AND IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO KNEE MOWS, UH, AS RIGHT THERE AS WELL.

SO THERE'S OTHER OPTIONS THAT FOR TO IS ON AS WELL.

SO MR. MR. PASSMAN? YES.

DID I HEAR YOU SAY PREFERENTIAL WOULD BE A COMBINATION OF D ONE AND E? PROBABLY D ONE AND E 0.1.

UM, IT'LL GIVE, UH, OPTION TO DO SOME SITE IMPROVEMENTS TO ADD SOME ADDITIONAL PARKING AND THEN ALSO STILL ALLOW THAT CO COURTESY DOCK FOR THE LHA THERE AND ALSO GIVE THE FISHING PIER.

SO YES, SO I WOULD PREFER THE E ONE OPTION.

UM, IT, IT TIES INTO THE, UH, FLOATING DOCK AT THE BOAT RAMP AND UH, IT ELIMINATES THE, UH, DANGEROUS STRUCTURE, UH, THAT IS THERE NOW.

UH, COMPLETELY.

AND THEN, AND IT SAYS YOU LOWER THE, THE GRADE LEVEL SO YOU CAN ADD ADDITIONAL PARKING IN THERE, RIGHT? MM-HMM.

AND WE COULD, WE COULD LOOK AT LOWERING THAT OR WE COULD EVEN POTENTIALLY DO SOME SORT OF WALL.

THERE'S GREAT SEPARATION NOW BECAUSE OF THE OLD RAIL BED.

SO WE COULD EX, UH, ADD A WALL AND EXPAND THE PARKING BOTH WAYS TOWARDS THE MIDDLE AND ADD MORE PARKING.

I WOULD DEFINITELY NEED MORE PARKING.

PARKING, BUT WE ALSO NEED A, UM, UPTODATE FISHING PAIR AS WELL.

AND I, I I, I LIKE EI LIKE THE E ONE OPTION.

WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, TWO TO 2.5 MILLION, UM, WOULD BE THE TOTAL COST FOR DESIGN, UH, REMOVAL, ALL A, YOU DON'T WANNA D YOU ONLY WANT TO DO E GERALD.

AND FOR, YOU KNOW, THE COMBINATION, IF WE DID SOME SORT OF HYBRID OF D AND E, WE UH, ESTIMATE IT

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WELL IF STAFF WAS RECOMMEND, UH, WHILE HE'S LOOKING ON THAT, CAN I MORE INFORMATION ON THAT COMBINED OPTION? SO ON THE FISHING PIER AS YOU'RE DESCRIBING, IF, IF WE COMBINE D AND E, SO UH, D'S BEING THIS ONE ON THE SCREEN HERE IN THIS SCENARIO, THE, THE PATH ON THE BOTTOM IS IN ITS RAISED FORMAT, BUT WE CAN DO SOME SITE WORK AND ADD SOME ADDITIONAL PARKING UP THERE.

SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO FISH, YOU'RE GOING TO THE, THE BOTTOM DRIVEWAY AND WE CAN ADD SOME PARKING UP THERE WITH SOME SITE WORK.

AND IF WE HAVE TO PUT A SMALL WALL BETWEEN THAT AND THE BOAT RAMP AND THEN THE, THE E OPTION.

UM, AND THERE MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EITHER CONNECT THOSE FLOATS AND KIND OF MAKE IT A HORSESHOE.

WE CAN CONTINUE TO PLAY WITH THAT, BUT SO THAT, THAT OPTION GIVES A LITTLE BIT MORE PARKING TO THE BOAT LANDING AND THEN MORE DOCKING AREA FOR, UH, THE BOATS.

WHEN YOU'RE LEAVING THE BOAT, YOU CAN TIE YOUR BOAT UP WHILE YOU GO PARK YOUR CAR.

AND SO IF YOU COMBINE THE TWO OF THEM, YOU ADD PARKING TO THE FISHING PIER AND THEN POSSIBLY A LITTLE BIT MORE PARKING FOR THE DOCK FOR THE BOAT LANDING AND YOU GET KIND OF THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS, IT COMES AT A LITTLE BIT MORE SITE WORK EXPENSE.

SOUNDS GOOD.

YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY MY, I MEAN RIGHT NOW OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT PICKING EXACTLY WHAT I WANT TODAY.

THERE'S A LOT STILL TO GO INTO IT, BUT THE DIRECTION THAT WE HAVE TO GIVE YOU IS BASICALLY HOW MUCH FUNDING DO WE WANT YOU TO TARGET TO USE FOR THIS OR ACCESS TO, IF WE ARE, CAN WE GO BACK TO THAT? UM, THE ONE WITH THE NUMBERS BROKEN DOWN, I WANNA SAY IT WAS THAT 1.1 AND 1.3 IS THE ONE THAT WAS RECOMMENDED.

YEAH, WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY WAS OBVIOUSLY THERE'S GONNA BE CHANGES, IT'S GONNA BE HICCUPS WE RUN INTO, BUT CAN WE PLAN TO TRY TO SHOOT FOR SOMETHING AROUND THE 2 MILLION RANGE AND SEE WHAT WE CAN COME UP WITH.

IT'S NOT AT THE HIGH END, IT'S NOT AT THE LOW END, BUT IT MIGHT BE ABLE TO GIVE US THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS WITH THE EXTRA PARKING, A STABLE PIER FOR THEM TO FISH ON, AS WELL AS MAYBE EXPAND THE BOAT LANDING AREA.

I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL BE ABLE TO REACH IT, BUT IF THAT'S A WAY WE CAN TARGET THAT GOAL TO BEST USE OUR DOLLARS, WE'RE ALREADY IN THIS PROJECT, WE'RE ALREADY GONNA HAVE TO SPEND CLOSE TO 800 ON DEMO.

WE MIGHT AS WELL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THAT EXTRA 1.2 MILLION TO GET THAT DONE AND, AND CREATE.

I THINK WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THE $2 MILLION IS COME BACK AND PUT THAT TO PAPER AND PROVIDE A PLAN, UM, AND SAY THIS IS WHAT $2 MILLION WILL GET YOU.

SO LIKE I SAID, THAT'S WHERE I STAND ON.

DUNNO, EVERYBODY ELSE DOES, BUT I MEAN IT'S JUST THAT NICE RANGE THERE TO BE ABLE TO MAYBE MEET THE BEST OF BOTH BOARDS LIKE YOU GUYS SUGGEST.

IF IT'S POSSIBLE.

I DON'T KNOW.

AND LIKE I SAID, MY MY MY THOUGHT IS IF WE'RE GONNA BE DOING IT, LET'S DO IT THE LAST, GO AHEAD AND SPEND THE MONEY ON THE FRONT END AND MAKE IT WELL, ONE THING TO OFFER THAT OUR GOAL IS WE HAVE THE BOAT LANDING MASTER PLAN.

MM-HMM .

AND WE'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING TO YOU SOME IMPLEMENTATION PLANS THAT HOPEFULLY WOULD BUDGET AND STRATEGIC RETREAT COMING UP.

UM, BUT OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE THEM LOOK LIKE FACTORY CREEK IS OUR MODEL.

UM, SO WHETHER THAT'S ALL IN ONE OR IN A PHASED APPROACH IN THIS, THAT WOULD BE OUR PLAN FOR THIS BOAT LANDING AND FISHING PIER.

THAT WHATEVER WE DO HERE IS THE SAME IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY AS IT IS IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY.

AND, UM, IT, IT MAY BE A PHASED APPROACH TO, TO MAKE THAT ALL FIT, BUT THAT'S OUR GOAL.

AND THEN YOU GUYS CAN TELL US OTHERWISE, UM, AS WE DEVELOP THAT.

BUT THAT'S SORT OF WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO TAKE IT.

SO OBVIOUSLY THE IDEAL IS D ONE AND E ONE AS A COMBO.

COMBO.

WHETHER OR NOT YOU CAN GET THAT FOR $2 MILLION.

THAT'S THE MAGIC YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO COME UP WITH OR, OKAY, THIS IS WHAT IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO COST AND THEN CO COUNSEL MAKES THAT DECISION.

YOU GUYS NEED ANYTHING ELSE FROM US TODAY? I KNOW IT'S JUST DISCUSSION, BUT HOPEFULLY IT GIVES YOU ENOUGH LEEWAY TO, LET ME TRY TO SUMMARIZE AND SEE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND OUR ASSIGNMENT.

SO, UH, WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF MAIL D ONE AND E ONE TOGETHER.

AND THE BUILD OUT, NOT SO MUCH THE SITE WORK NUMBERS.

UM, AND THEN PUT SOME MORE PEN TO PAPER WHAT WE THINK THAT COST IS, AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT.

UM, IF WE THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S APPROPRIATE ALL AT ONE TIME OR AT ONE POINT WE CAN MAKE THAT DECISION AT LATER, AND WE WOULD BRING THAT BACK THROUGH THE A AND H TAX PROCESS OR ANY OTHER FUNDING PROCESS, WHATEVER THAT MAY LOOK LIKE.

BUT, UM, WE CAN GO BACK AND PUT PEN TO PAPER AND SEE WHAT THAT ALTERNATIVE WOULD LOOK LIKE.

AND SARAH, CAN YOU PUT THAT NUMBER, THE NUMBERS BACK ON THE SCREEN REAL QUICK PLEASE? SORRY, NOT TO INTERRUPT.

I JUST WANTED TO SEE IT REAL QUICK.

THIS, IT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE, IF I'M CORRECT, BRIAN, UM, THIS IS REALLY FOCUSED ON THE, ON THE PIER

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E INCLUDES SITE WORK TO, UH, GRADE IT FLAT, BUT NOT TO DO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH THE WALL AND SEPARATE IT.

BUT YEAH, SO D IS JUST FOR THE PIER ITSELF AND NOT ANY, ANY SITE WORK.

THAT'S WHERE I GOT THE 2 MILLION FROM, WAS I TOOK THOSE NUMBERS.

I WAS LIKE, WAS I THAT FAR OFF WITH THE TWO FIVE? 'CAUSE I WAS LOOKING AT IT, I WAS LIKE, ALL RIGHT, WELL, DEMOLITION COULD BE, I'M JUST GONNA SAY SEVEN 50.

SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ANOTHER 400,000, THE DIFFERENCE OF THE PROJECT, THAT'S WHERE I CAME UP WITH THE ROUND TWO WAS ANOTHER 700,000 INTO IT.

BUT YEAH, WHATEVER YOU GUYS THINK WE CAN PUT TOGETHER FOR US TO START WRAPPING OUR HEADS AROUND.

WE HAVE THE RETREAT COMING UP AND THEN MOVE FORWARD.

BUT YEAH, I THINK WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE.

YEAH, THE ONLY I I, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH YOU SAYING, UM, BUT I'M, I'M LISTENING TO THE STAFF AND, UM, STAFF HAS OTHER BOAT RAMPS THAT THEY GOT TO CONSIDER.

SO I, I WOULD JUST SAY BE VERY PRUDENT WITH YOU WITH THE TWO POINT WHATEVER NUMBER, UH, BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE ALL THE BOAT RAMPS THAT NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED AS WELL IN THE COUNTY.

SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE RIGHT.

AND SO WITH PART OF THAT MINI CIP WITH A AND H TAX, WE HAVE, UH, STAFF'S GOT THREE OR FOUR PROJECTS THAT WE'D LIKE TO PROPOSE.

UM, THERE'S OTHER PARTS AND REC PROJECTS AND, AND ALL OF THAT'LL BE EVALUATED.

WE'LL, WE'LL PUT ALL THOSE PROJECTS TOGETHER AND PROVIDE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION.

AND THEN OBVIOUSLY COUNCIL, OUR COMMITTEE WILL PROVIDE FEEDBACK.

UM, BUT IT, THERE ARE ABOUT THREE OR FOUR SPECIFIC ONES THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED NOW THAT WE'D LIKE TO ATTACK.

THAT'S ALL.

MR. CHILLING, I HOPE ONE'S ON LADIES ISLAND, MAYBE TWO.

ALRIGHT, COUPLE GET ALL ABOUT BLUFF TOWN .

CAN GET BACK TO YOU AT A LATER DATE.

GENTLEMEN.

I THINK THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS WE HAVE FOR THE SENSE OF DISCUSSION AT LEAST.

UM, IF WE HAVE ANY MORE, WE

[21. RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO COUNCIL TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH DOMINION ENEGERY FOR THE RELOCATION OF UTILITY FACILITIES IN CONFLICT WITH THE LADY'S ISLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL REALIGNMENT PROJECT.]

UM, MOVE ON TO NUMBER 21, THEN RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE COUNCIL TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO ENTER AN AGREEMENT WITH DOMINION ENERGY FOR THE RELOCATION UTILITY FACILITIES IN CONFLICT WITH THE LADIES ISLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL REALIGNMENT PROJECT.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED.

MR. CHAIRMAN, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? A SECOND.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THIS DISCUSSION? I THINK IT WAS PRETTY CLEAR IN THE, IT'S CLEAR DOCUMENTS, BUT JUST MAKE SURE, CAN THIS BE APPROVED WITH NO DISCUSSION OR NO OBJECTION.

SORRY.

ALL IT'S GETTING TONGUE TIED NOW.

HERE WE GO.

THIS WILL ALSO BE APPROVED WITH NO OBJECTION.

NUMBER 22,

[22. RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO COUNCIL OF A TASK ORDER FOR JH HIERS FOR THE BAY PINES DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT]

RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO COUNCIL OF A TASK ORDER FOR JH HEIRS FOR THE BAY PINE STRANGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.

UM, THIS WILL ALSO BE FUNDED, IT LOOKS LIKE, THROUGH, UM, ONE OF OUR ACCOUNTS.

THAT'S WHAT WAS GONNA BE MY ONLY QUESTION ON IT.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO OPEN THIS UP? SO MOVED PLEASE.

MOTIONS BY MR. REEDS A SECOND.

I'LL SECOND THAT BY MS. BROWN.

UM, WHAT IS THE FUNDING SOURCE ON THIS? THIS ALSO WATER FUND.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS FORM? NO, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE A COMMENT IF I MAY.

OF COURSE.

UM, AND I'VE TALKED TO MR. HARRY ABOUT THIS, UM, ALREADY.

UM, ONE OF, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT YOU CITED, UM, AND, AND AND DOING THIS WORK IS THAT, UH, THESE CULVERTS ARE DIFFERENT LENGTH THAT IS, THAT IS HAPPENING ALL OVER, UM, BEAUFORD COUNTY BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE PUTTING IN ON THEIR OWN PRIVATE AND IT'S CAUSING ALL KINDS OF, UM, BACKLOGS OF WATER MOVEMENT.

UM, I JUST WISH THAT SOMEHOW WE CAN START LOOKING AT ADDRESSING THIS IN A MORE PROFESSIONAL WAY, IN A MORE UNIFORM WAY MOVING FORWARD.

BECAUSE COMING BACK TO REPLACE AND AND TO MAKE IT WORK, UM, COSTS US MUCH MONEY, EVEN MORE MONEY THAN IF WE SOMEHOW MADE SURE IT WAS PUT IN RIGHT THE FIRST TIME.

YES, SIR.

I UNDERSTAND THAT COMPLETELY.

I UNDERSTAND.

THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WAS PUT IN I WHEN C PINES WAS BEING BUILT.

SO THIS WAS PUT IN WELL BEFORE THE COUNTY HAD EVEN ANY INTEREST IN IT, SO IT WAS KIND OF ALREADY THERE.

BUT NO, THIS, WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT THE PROBLEM EXISTS NOW ALL OVER THE COUNTY BECAUSE INDIVIDUALS NOW ARE PUTTING IN THEIR OWN, UM, DRIVEWAYS AND STUFF AND THEY'RE NOT HEARING TO SPECS.

SO WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BETTER, UM, INSPECTION PLA AND PLAN NOW THAT WE, WE KIND OF GO OUT AND WE ACTUALLY, SO WHEN PEOPLE SUBMIT THEIR ENCROACHMENT PERMIT NOW, I GUESS KIND OF IN THE PAST IT WAS KIND OF DONE, YOU KNOW, ON HANDWRITTEN PAPER AND IT WASN'T REALLY TRACKED VERY WELL.

BUT WE DO HAVE A PLACE IN IN PLACE NOW WHERE YOU HAVE TO GO IN ELECTRONICALLY, UM, PUT IN YOUR ENCROACHMENT PERMIT.

UM, WE HAVE SOMEBODY, WE HAVE AN ENCROACHMENT, UH, PERMIT, UM, PERSON THAT GOES OUT, UM, LOOKS AT THE ENCROACHMENT PERMIT, MAKE SURE THAT IT'S FEASIBLE TO PUT IT IN, AND THEN AFTER THE WORK IS COMPLETED, THEY'LL GO BACK OUT AND INSPECT IT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT DOES MEET THE REQUIREMENTS.

SO THAT'S BEING DONE AT THIS TIME? YES, SIR.

MR. CHAIRMAN, JUST, JUST ONE QUICK THING, MR. AND THE, THE ENTIRE STORMWATER TEAM, I HAVE TO, UM, COMMEND THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE

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AT BAY PINES.

BAY PINES IS IN MY DISTRICT, AND FOR MANY, MANY YEARS THEY'VE BEEN OVERLOOKED.

AND HOW THAT HAPPENED, WE DON'T KNOW, BUT THAT IS IN THE PAST.

BUT THE WORK TO MY COLLEAGUES QUESTION, EACH OF THESE DRIVERS ARE GONNA BE DONE AND FIXED UP TO THE POINT WHERE THEY'RE ALL UNIFORM.

WE TALKED ABOUT USING BAY PINES AS A MODEL FOR STORMWATER GOING OUT.

SO A A AGAIN, WHAT A TEAM EFFORT AND WHAT A LOT OF WORK.

I WAS JUST IN BAY PINES THIS WEEKEND CHECKING ON THINGS AND IT IS A MAJOR TASK THAT THEY'RE ALL DOING.

AND I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR THAT.

THOSE PEOPLE ARE PLEASED.

AND TO FURTHER YOUR POINT, THE HALL FAMILY ASKED FOR A SECOND CULVERT AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS THEY'RE, WE'RE TAKING THE LEAD FROM COUNTY.

THEY'RE NOT GONNA DO ANYTHING UNTIL IT'S DIRECTED BY YOUR TEAM AS TO WHAT IT WOULD COST EXTRA OR IF ANYTHING BEFORE THEY DO ANYTHING.

SO CORRECT.

THIS IS A GOOD COMMUNICATIONAL THING AND WE'VE DONE A LOT OF GOOD WORK TOGETHER, SO IT'S NICE.

OUR LAST ITEM, NUMBER 23, RECOMMENDED COUNCIL APPROVAL AND ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR INTO AN A LEASE AGREEMENT WITH MITCHELLVILLE PRESERVATION PROJECT IN CORPORATION FOR SUITE 1 34 AND SUITE 1 42 OF THE COUNTY OWNED OFFICE BUILDING LOCATED AT 5 39 WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? THIS WILL ALSO BE APPROVED WITH NO OBJECTION AND I SEE NO OBJECTION.

THANK YOU, MR. HARRIET.

UM,

[23. RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO ENTER INTO A LEASE AGREEMENT WITH MITCHELVILLE PRESERVATION PROJECT, INC. FOR SUITE 134 AND SUITE 142 OF THE COUNTY-OWNED OFFICE BUILDING LOCATED AT 539 WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND]

THAT WAS A MOUTHFUL.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION PLEASE? SO, MR. CHAIRMAN, THANK YOU.

A SECOND.

I'LL SECOND IT AND A SECOND.

UM, THIS IS JUST TIDYING UP SOME LOOSE ENDS, I BELIEVE.

UM, THIS IS ALREADY BEING IN USE AND WE'RE YES.

I GAVE SARAH A, UH, MAP OF THE BUILDING.

YOU WANNA LOOK AT IT? SO YOU, HISTORIC MITCHELL, THE MITCHELLVILLE PRESERVATION PROJECT, OR HISTORIC MITCHELLVILLE FREEDOM PARK.

UH, MR. AHMAD WARD IS ACTUALLY HERE.

VISITED WITH HIM LAST WEEK AND MEASURED THE SPACE.

THEY'VE BEEN IN THAT BUILDING FOR YEARS IN THE FRONT, UH, 1 34 SUITE.

IT'S ACTUALLY THREE ROOMS THAT MAKE UP ABOUT 390 FEET SQUARE FEET.

AND UH, FOR YEARS THEY'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET, UH, ANOTHER ROOM.

THERE'S A VERY SMALL ROOM.

I WENT DOWN AND MEASURED IT.

IT'S, IT SAYS IT'S 101, UH, IT'S UNDER A HUNDRED SQUARE FEET FOR THE FINANCE DIRECTOR.

HASN'T BEEN USED IN YEARS, BUT WE REALIZED THAT WE HAD NOT ADHERED TO OUR LEASE POLICY AND HAD NOTHING ON PAPER.

SO THAT'S WHY WE'VE PUT TOGETHER A PROPOSED LEASE WHERE THERE'S A, IF YOU LOOK AT THE POLICY, THERE'S A KIND OF OFF THE RACK RATE FOR FULL PRICE.

THERE'S A, YOU CAN, UH, FOR NON-PROFITS, YOU CAN DO A 50% RATE AND THEN YOU AS COUNSEL COMMITTEE, AND THEN COUNSEL CAN, UH, ALSO DETERMINE IF YOU WANT TO DO IT FOR A NOMINAL RATE, WHICH IS WHAT WE PUT IN THE LEASE FOR YOUR OPTION AT BASICALLY THE DOLLAR A YEAR TYPE OF SITUATION.

I BELIEVE THIS IS, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, I KNOW WE WORKED ON THIS, I THINK IT WAS TWO SUMMERS AGO, BRITTANY BROUGHT THIS FORWARD RIGHT, WITH CLEANING UP A LOT OF OUR LEASE AGREEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AND WE'RE STILL FINDING SOME OF THEM.

UM, SO GLAD WE GOT THAT ONE CLEANED UP.

GOOD JOB.

I, BRITTANY AND HER TEAM OVER THERE TOO.

UM, IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO APPROVING THIS OR ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? JUST ONE THOUGHT THAT I WANNA THROW OUT.

THIS CAME AS A RESULT OF MR. MOORE AND I TAKING A QUICK TRIP TO SEE MR. WARD.

AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN ON THE BOOKS FOR A WHILE.

WE JUST, UH, AND YOU KNOW, I WANT TO COMMEND YOU MR. WARREN, GET THIS, YOU KNOW, FAST FORWARD AND THANK YOU AS WELL.

BUT MR. WARD, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANNA SAY TO US WITH THIS? AND PLEASE, WE ENJOY WORKING WITH YOU AND WE LISTEN TO YOU AS YOU COULD SAY.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

UH, NO.

JUST VERY QUICKLY, WE JUST THANK YOU FOR SUPPORT IN GETTING THIS DONE.

UH, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO EXPAND AS OUR PROJECT BEGINS TO EXPAND MORE, WE HAD TO BRING SOME MORE PEOPLE IN.

SO WE'RE JUST THANKFUL FOR THE AGREEMENT THAT WE HAD WITH THE COUNTY OVER THESE YEARS AND WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE SPACE.

HEY, HOW MUCH MORE OPEN SPACE IS IN THIS BUILDING? BECAUSE I KNOW SOMEBODY ELSE WAS ASKING.

LEMME GET MY GLASSES.

GLASSES ARE GREAT.

SO WE HAVE, I'M GONNA QUOTE SOME ROOMS THAT ARE OPEN, UM, 300, 400 IN THE FRONT, RIGHT WHERE THE TREASURER WAS.

AND THE TREASURER IS NOT PLANNING TO GO BACK.

WE CAN'T, NOT IN RECENT INDUSTRY IN DISCUSSION.

THERE WAS HIS WAS A 370 WHERE THE, UH, AUDITOR WAS.

FUNCTIONS TAKING PLACE THERE THAT ARE NOW NORTH ABROAD IN BLUFFTON OR EVEN BEAUFORT.

THERE IS 202 MORE, 140 SQUARE FOOT ROOMS ON THAT SAME HALL THAT'S AVAILABLE.

THERE'S SOME FLEX SPACE AND THEN THE PROBATE JUDGES IN THE BACK AND IN THE FRONT.

AND THEN WE HAVE SOME OFFICES THAT ARE USED FOR STORAGE.

BUT I'D SAY WE HAVE TO PLAYBACK WHAT I JUST SAID, FOR RECORDING.

BUT THERE'S SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET.

THERE'S SEVERAL ROOMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE, UM, ON THAT HALL AND ALSO IN THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING.

CAN, CAN I FOLLOW UP THE TAB WITH, UM, MS. TABER SAYING PRIOR TO COVID AND MR. MOORE, YOU CAN MAYBE ADDRESS THIS AS WELL IF YOU'D LIKE, BUT PRIOR TO COVID THERE WAS A NUMBER OF OTHER, UH,

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MY THOUGHT IS THAT IF WE CAN HAVE SOME DISCUSSION DOWN THE ROAD TO FIGURE OUT SOME OF THE KEY FUNCTIONS THAT TOOK PLACE THERE.

THE ELDER POPULATION PREDOMINANTLY LIVES IN HILTON HEAD.

YOU KNOW THAT OR IN THAT 12 MILES I WOULD SAY SUN CITY, BUT, WELL, I'M WITH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I'M WITH YOU.

SO WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS THAT THERE IS A LOT OF QUESTIONS STILL ABOUT RETURNING SOME OF THOSE SERVICES.

AND I CAN TELL YOU IN THE BACK OF THE BUILDING, THERE'S, UH, VETERANS ADMINISTRATION, THERE'S PROBATION AND PAROLE, THERE'S DIFFERENT THINGS.

BUT I KNOW YOU'RE SAYING THAT FRONT PORTION THAT WAS AUDITOR AND TREASURER YEAH.

IS REALLY UP TO THOSE AUDITOR AND TREASURER OPERATIONS.

UM, AND THEY REALLY HAVE TO GO TOGETHER.

SO ONE CAN'T GO WITHOUT THE OTHER 'CAUSE THEY FUNCTION TOGETHER.

I JUST THREW THAT OUT THERE TO PROVOKE IT.

YEAH, YOU CERTAINLY DID.

BUT YOU KNOW, THAT'S GOOD THOUGH.

WHY NOT? THAT'S A GOOD THING MR. CHAIRMAN ATE.

PLEASE.

CAN WE GET SOME TYPE OF DEFINITIVE ANSWER FROM THE AUDITOR AND TREASURER IF THEY PLAN ON GOING BACK THERE? AND IF NOT, CAN WE RELEASE THAT SPACE AND GET SOMEBODY IN THERE TO UTILIZE? YEAH, THIS HAS BEEN, I MEAN, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO WORK SOMETHING OUT FOR OVER A YEAR NOW THIS IS MID ISLAND, RIGHT? WHAT'S THAT? THIS IS MID ISLAND.

MID ISLAND? YEAH.

I MEAN, IT'S GOOD BASE.

IT'S JUST SITTING THERE NOT BEING USED WHEN IT COULD GO TO A COMMUNITY FUNCTION THAT CAN BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY.

I MEAN, IF THEY'RE NOT GONNA USE IT, THEY NEED TO RELEASE THE SPACE.

BUT THE BENEFITS OF THE COMMUNITY WOULD BE THE AUDITOR AND THE TREASURY THERE.

AND I AGREE WITH YOU ON THAT.

BUT IF THEY'RE NOT GONNA USE IT, THEY DON'T NEED TO OCCUPY THE OCCUPY THE SPACE.

EE EVEN IF WE GO BACK TO A PART-TIME SCHEDULE, NOT EVEN FULL-TIME, AUDITOR TREASURER.

THAT WOULD HELP OUR PEOPLE.

QUITE A FEW PEOPLE ON HILTON HEAD.

SO AGAIN, YOU WERE THERE IF YOU WANT TO BRING UP ANYTHING, BY ALL MEANS.

I MEAN, IT'S A LONG WAY TO GO ALL THE WAY TO THE GOVERNMENT CENTER IN BLUFFTON IF WE DON'T HAVE THIS OPENED, HAS ELECTED OFFICIALS.

THEY DETERMINED WHERE THEY'RE, WHAT THEY NEED, WHERE THEY NEED IT.

I UNDERSTAND THAT.

AND THAT'S ALSO A DISCUSSION.

I THINK THAT HAS TO BE HAD WITH THEM.

IT'S NOT REALLY A DECISION FOR US TO MAKE.

ANOTHER, A POLITICAL QUESTION.

I THINK PEOPLE ASK, SAID THEIR STATEMENTS FEEL, THOSE ARE CONVERSATIONS THAT THEY NEED TO HAVE.

AGREE.

IS CLEMSON STILL IN THERE? UH, CLEMSON? I'M NOT SURE I YES, IN THAT FRONT YES.

BUT NOT EVERY DAY.

NO, NO.

BUT IT'S STILL IN THERE.

THEY HAVE A SPACE IN THE FRONT, LEFT SIDE.

LIKE THE UNIVERSITY OF CLEMSON, THE AGRICULTURAL CLEMON EXTENSION USES, USES IT SOMETIMES CLEMSON'S.

THERE MIAMI SHOULD BE THERE.

HERE WE GO.

WITH THAT SAID, THIS IS MR. CHAIRMAN, MR. CHAIRMAN.

ONE SECOND.

MR. MOORE IS GONNA SAY SOMETHING.

I WAS GONNA RESPOND TO THE, UH, QUESTION ABOUT THE ASSESSOR.

I'M SORRY, THE AUDITOR AND THE TREASURER.

WE COULD CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE'D LOOK AT, BUT THERE WOULD BE BUDGETARY IMPLICATIONS WITH THAT.

SO THAT'D BE SOMETHING I WOULD RECOMMEND WE WOULD CONSIDER DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS FOR IT TO COME FORWARD.

AND THEN CAN THIS BE APPROVED WITH NO OBJECTION? YES.

NO OBJECTION.

AND I SEE NO OBJECTION.

AND WITH THAT SAID, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

YOU'RE WATCHING BEAUFORT COUNTY TV LIV WORK PLAY.

JOE, GOOD TO SEE YOU, DALE.

GOOD TO SEE YOU.

TO SEE YOU.

SHERIFF.

UH, I WE'RE, WE'VE GOT A LOT TO TALK ABOUT AND WE'RE GONNA TRY TO TALK ABOUT IN A ALL OF THIS IN A VERY SMALL KIND OF PRESENTATION TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT WHAT WE WANT TO DO.

UH, IF Y'ALL REMEMBER, UH, WE STARTED WORKING ON A NEW SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER OPPORTUNITY LAST YEAR.

UM, BECAUSE WE KNEW, AND WE HAVE KNOWN THAT TRYING TO RECRUIT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO BE CLASS ONE CERTIFIED, WHICH IS WHAT THE STATE REQUIRED.

UH, YOU KNOW, TO BE IN OUR SCHOOLS AS SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS, WHICH ARE, IS, IS A SPECIAL, I THINK WE ALL AGREE THAT THAT IS REALLY A SPECIAL CANDIDATE, UH, THAT WE CONSIDER TO BE THAT CLOSE IN ASSOCIATION TO OUR KIDS.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO FIND THAT RIGHT PERSON.

UM, AND, BUT WE KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER PROGRAM BECAUSE OF THE SAFETY FACTORS IT CREATES, NOT ONLY IN OUR SCHOOLS, BUT WHAT OUR BUT OUR COMMUNITIES AS WELL, BECAUSE THE SCHOOL IS A MELTING POT OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE.

SO HAVING THAT RIGHT PERSON IN THAT JOB AND THAT ROLE TO PROVIDE SECURITY TO OUR KIDS LEADERSHIP, TO OUR KIDS, UH, AND GIVING THE CONFIDENCE TO THE STAFF TO WORK IN THE SCHOOLS.

I MEAN,

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SO IT'S DIFFICULT TO FIND A CLASS ONE OR A CLASS ONE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, IS ONE THAT GOES TO THE ACADEMY FOR 12 WEEKS, SPENDS 12 WEEKS FOR THE MOST PART IN COLUMBIA.

WE DO SOME OF THE TRAINING HERE LOCALLY, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE, UH, HAS TO BE DONE IN COLUMBIA.

AND THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ATTRACT TO BE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS THAT REALLY DON'T WANT TO GIVE UP THEIR LIFE AND THEIR FAMILY TO GO TO COLUMBIA AND GO THROUGH BOOTCAMP TO BE A CLASS ONE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.

SO I HAD OUR TRAINING STAFF PUT TOGETHER A TRAINING SYLLABUS FOR A, WHAT WE CALL A CLASS THREE.

UH, AND IT WAS A CLASS THREE DESIGNATION FOR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER.

WHAT THAT DID IS IT ALLOWED US TO CREATE A TRAINING SYLLABUS THAT WE COULD TAKE A PERSON, UM, YOU KNOW, OF, OF ANY AGE.

UM, AND THAT WE WOULD BRING THEM INTO LAW ENFORCEMENT ENVIRONMENT, YOU KNOW, WITH BLUFFTON OR BEAUFORT OR PORT ROYAL OR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

UH, AND WE WOULD TRAIN THEM HERE IN BEAUFORT COUNTY.

ALL OF THEIR TRAINING WOULD BE DONE RIGHT HERE.

UH, IT WOULD BE EIGHT WEEKS, MAYBE A LITTLE MORE THAN EIGHT WEEKS OF TRAINING.

UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO START THIS, UH, OUR FIRST CLASS.

WE'D LIKE TO START IT IN JUNE.

UH, THAT WAY WE CAN GET 'EM THROUGH THE PROGRAM AND BE READY FOR DEPLOYMENT, UH, WHEN SCHOOL STARTS IN AUGUST.

UH, I, I THINK IT'S AN AWESOME PROGRAM.

WE, WE, WE SENT THE TRAINING SYLLABUS TO THE ACADEMY THAT TRAINS ALL OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT IN SOUTH CAROLINA.

THEY APPROVED IT, UH, WITH THE BLESSING OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA TRAINING COUNCIL.

SO WE ARE READY TO GET THIS THING MOVING AND GET IT STARTED.

AND I THINK FOR US, UH, WE JUST NEED TO KIND OF TELL OUR CITIZENS, YOU KNOW, WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR? UH, THE ROLE IS SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER.

IT'S A CLASS THREE LAW ENFORCEMENT DESIGNATION.

UH, IT'S A UNIFORM POSITION.

IT'S AN ARMED POSITION.

UH, THEY HAVE ARREST POWERS, UH, AND THEY HAVE ALL THE POWERS OF ANY OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER ON THE SCHOOL GROUNDS, UH, THAT THEY'RE ASSIGNED TO.

SO WHAT DO YOU THINK, JOE, SHERIFF? I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA, AND THANK YOU FOR TAKING LEAD ON THIS.

UM, WE HAVE FOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN BLUFFTON THAT CURRENTLY ARE NOT STAFFED BY CLASS THREE OR HIRE OFFICERS.

AND I THINK THAT THIS PROGRAM IS GONNA ATTRACT PEOPLE TO THESE POSITIONS AND IT'S GONNA PROVIDE MORE OF A SECURITY BLANKET FOR OUR SCHOOLS TO INCLUDE OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

SO WE'RE DEFINITELY EXCITED ABOUT IT.

WE'RE EXCITED TO BE PART OF IT.

SO THANK YOU.

DALE.

WHO, WHO DO WE WANT TO ATTRACT? I THINK WE'VE GOT A, WE'VE GOT AN ENORMOUS NUMBER OF RETIRED MILITARY FOLKS HERE.

THAT ARE ABLE TO RETIRE FAIRLY YOUNG AND MAY BE LOOKING FOR THAT JOB.

THEY MAY HAVE CHILDREN IN OUR SCHOOLS AND WITH THE, WITH THE PROGRAM THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER.

UM, THEY'LL BE HOME WHEN THEIR CHILDREN ARE HOME, NOT IN SCHOOL.

AND, UM, AND I'VE ALWAYS SAID, YOU AND I HAVE HAD THIS CONVERSATION, SHERIFF, WE, WE NEED TO GET INTO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IF WE, IF WE WAITED UNTIL HIGH SCHOOLS WERE TOO LATE.

SO I, IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM.

I'M, I'M GLAD THAT YOU TOOK THE LEAD ON IT.

I'M, I'M EXCITED TO SEE IF WE CAN GET SOME PEOPLE IN.

BUT I REALLY THINK THE YOUNG RETIRED MILITARY PEOPLE ARE, THEY'RE JUST MADE FOR THIS, YOU KNOW, AND WE'VE GONE THROUGHOUT OUR CAREERS, UH, IN THE COUNTY OF BEAUFORT AND WE'VE HAD CONVERSATION AFTER CONVERSATION WITH DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT SAY, YOU KNOW, I'M RETIRED, I'D LIKE TO FIND SOMETHING TO DO.

AND THEN YOU START TALKING TO 'EM AND THEY'RE A RETIRED TEACHER OR RETIRED LAW ENFORCEMENT, RETIRED FIRE DEPARTMENT, RETIRED MILITARY, RETIRED BANKERS, RETIRED, I MEAN, RETIRED, THIS, THAT, AND THE OTHER.

AND THEY'RE STILL, STILL AT AN AGE THAT THEY COULD, UM, THEY COULD DO THIS JOB WITH NO PROBLEM AT ALL OF ANY KIND.

UM, AND THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT, THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE.

IN PORT ROYAL, THOSE PEOPLE ARE HERE.

I'D LIKE TO SEE, UH, THOSE THAT ARE STILL, THAT STILL FEEL LIKE THEY CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

THAT MAYBE HAVE ALWAYS LOOKED AT LAW ENFORCEMENT AS BEING A JOB, BUT BECAUSE OF THE PAY AND BECAUSE OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE WORKING CONDITIONS AND FAMILIES AND, AND ALL THAT, THEY JUST DIDN'T WANNA DO IT.

BUT HERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO MAKE $45,000 A YEAR STARTING PAY TO WORK BASICALLY THE SCHEDULE OF THE TEACHING AND SUPPORT STAFF OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHICH IS A PRETTY GOOD SCHEDULE.

IT IS, UH, TO HAVE BENEFITS, UH, TO BE IN THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM AND TO BE ABLE TO BRING THEIR MATURITY, UH, THEIR LIFE EXPERIENCE AND, AND YOU KNOW, TO, TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KIDS WHO WILL BENEFIT GREATLY FROM JUST HAVING THAT OPPORTUNITY TO SOCIALIZE AND BE AROUND, UH, THESE FOLKS THAT BRING A LOT TO THE TABLE.

AND I, WE AND OUR COMMUNITIES.

YOU TAKE BLUFFTON AND BEAUFORT AND, AND IN THE COUNTY AND

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THEY ARE.

AND THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THINGS TO DO.

AND I JUST THINK THIS IS AN AWESOME OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO, YOU KNOW WHAT, JUST DO IT KINDA LIKE NIKE.

LET'S JUST DO IT.

UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S, THE TRAINING IS, I THINK THEY'LL ENJOY THEIR TRAINING.

AGAIN, IT'S ALL DONE RIGHT HERE.

THEY, THEY'LL STAY AT HOME, THEY'LL SLEEP IN THEIR OWN BED, THEY'LL HAVE THEIR OWN PILLOW, AND THEN THEY CAN COME TO TRAINING.

AND ONCE THEY'RE CERTIFIED, UH, THEN THEY'LL START THE SCHOOL YEAR, UH, AUGUST OF THIS YEAR.

SO, I MEAN, I KNOW YOUR COMMUNITY REPRESENTS THAT OPPORTUNITY AS WELL.

YOU KNOW.

SO WHAT ELSE, WHAT ELSE DO YOU THINK THIS, UM, THIS PROGRAM'S GONNA DO IN TOTALITY FOR WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH? I THINK, I THINK THIS PROGRAM, ONE WILL BE ABLE TO GET US OVER THE TOP.

I THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET, WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET A POLICE OFFICER IN EVERY SCHOOL IN BEFOR COUNTY, WHICH IS IMPORTANT.

A POLICE OFFICER AND I, AND I, AND YOU KNOW, WE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS.

THERE'S A LOT OF TRAINING THAT GOES ALONG WITH THIS JOB.

THERE IS.

AND YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT A SECURITY OFFICER.

NO.

THIS IS A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, UH, THAT'S GONNA BE WELL TRAINED, UH, IN THIS.

AND I, I THINK THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT'S, IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

AND I THINK WITH THE YOUNG CHILDREN TARGETING THE RETIREES MM-HMM.

, WHETHER THEY'RE RETIRED TEACHERS, RETIRED MILITARY IS IMPORTANT.

THEY'VE GOT THE LIFE EXPERIENCE FOR THE, FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

AND, AND TO GET THAT STARTED OFF.

SO , HOW, HOW MANY, HOW MANY OPENINGS DO YOU HAVE FOR THIS PROGRAM? FOR THIS PROGRAM? WE, WE ONLY HAVE TWO CURRENTLY.

POSSIBLY A THIRD COMING ON BOARD.

I'VE GOT NINE JOE.

I HAVE FOUR.

SO I MEAN, IN TOTAL, AND HERE'S THE THING.

IT, IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU WORK AT THE CITY OF BEAUFORT OR THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON, UH, OR PORT ROYAL OR FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, YOU KNOW, WE WANT YOU TO COME TO WORK.

AND LAW ENFORCEMENT TO BE A CLASS THREE SRO, DOESN'T MATTER WHERE YOU GO, DOESN'T MATTER WHO YOU ARE EMPLOYED BY.

THE PAY IS GONNA BE THE SAME.

THE WORK ENVIRONMENT'S BASICALLY THE SAME.

THERE MAY BE A DIFFERENCE IN UNIFORM THAT YOU WEAR, THE SCHOOL THAT YOU'RE ASSIGNED TO, UH, TO PAY.

I MEAN, EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE BASICALLY THE SAME.

SO ALL WE WANT PEOPLE TO DO IS PUT THEIR APPLICATIONS IN, GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN AND EXPLAIN THE PROGRAM IN DETAIL.

AND IF YOU REALLY HAVE AN INTEREST IN IT, UH, THEN LET'S, LET'S, LET'S GET STARTED.

WHAT DO YOU THINK, JOE? YEAH.

AND, AND ONE THING THAT I WANT TO HIT ON IS THIS PROGRAM IS IMPORTANT AND, AND REASON BEING IS NONE OF OUR KIDS SHOULD FEEL AFRAID GOING TO SCHOOL.

UM, THEY SHOULD BE GOING TO SCHOOL TO LEARN AND NOT WORRYING ABOUT THEIR SAFETY.

UM, AND WHAT THIS DOES IS THIS PROVIDES ANOTHER LAYER OF SAFETY FOR ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS, ESPECIALLY THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

UM, IT ALSO PROVIDES PEOPLE WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO MENTOR THESE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN.

, UH, AS THEY'RE COMING UP THROUGH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.

AND SO, LIKE THE SHERIFF SAID, IF YOU TRULY WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, UH, THIS IS A POSITION THAT YOU REALLY, REALLY WILL BE MAKING A DIFFERENCE.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.

I JUST HOPE THE APPLICATION START POURING IN.

AND IF YOU GET MORE THAN, THAN YOU NEED THEN AND, AND WE NEED TO GO TO BEAUFORT OR WE NEED TO GO TO, UH, THE, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE OR, OR PORT ROYAL.

WE JUST NEED, WE NEED TO PUT THESE PEOPLE TO WORK.

WE NEED TO FILL THESE VACANCIES, UH, AND LET'S MAKE OUR SCHOOLS IN BEAUFORT COUNTY AS SAFE AS THEY POSSIBLY CAN.

ABSOLUTELY.

AND I THINK THE UNIQUENESS OF THIS PROGRAM, THESE OFFICERS WILL BE TRAINED BY PEOPLE THAT HAVE CHILDREN IN THESE SCHOOLS.

THEY HAVE THE SAME DESIRES, THE OUTCOMES THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

SO I'M, I'M LOOKING FORWARD, LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.

WELL, I MEAN, THE GREAT THING ABOUT IT IS THAT WE ARE, WE WILL BE DOING THE TRAINING TOGETHER.

IF YOU GET, IF YOU GET, IF YOU HIRE ONE OR TWO AND YOU HIRE FOUR AND YOU KNOW, AND I CAN FILL THE NINE THAT WE NEED, WE'RE ALL GONNA BE TRAINING TOGETHER.