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[2. DISCUSSION OF COMPREHENSION PLAN 5-YEAR UPDATE]
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MIGHT BE USEFUL FOR JUST A PERUSERS TO UNDERSTAND THE MEMBERSHIP PROCESSES RESPONSIBILITIES ELIGIBILITY ETC. TENANTS CONFLICT OF INTEREST ETC. SO WE'LL GET WE'LL GET INTO THAT DISCUSSION OF THAT WE WILL FOR I GUESS WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR A COUPLE MINUTES. YEAH WE JUST GET A FEW MORE MINUTES OKAY.
SEE IF I ELSE SHOWS UP THIS WEEK THAT YOU COMPLETE YOUR CONTACT INTEREST I GUESS I BELIEVE DID I KNOW I DID BECAUSE YOU JUST SENT TO US AND THERE WAS LIKE A TWO PART ONE WAS WITH THE TRAINING AND THE OTHER WAS CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND I DID SEND BACK TO CONFLICT OF INTEREST. YEAH YOUR EMAIL WAS IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE YOUR TRAINING AND WRITE SAID WHO HADN'T DONE IT RIGHT AND OTHERWISE IGNORED PART OR TO THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST SO I WAS THAT YOUR YOU KNOW I THINK WHAT IS RUNNING ABOUT WHERE SAID THEY WEREN'T FOR SIX 6 HOURS FROM COMING AT FIRST YOU KNOW I GOT THE JOB AND YOU SEE WHY YOU DID NOT AND THEY MISPLACED MY NOBODY CAN SEND ME A CERTIFICATE I CAN'T FIND IT DO WE CONTROL THE HEAT IN THAT HOW MUCH WARMER THAN THAT'S WHY I WORE A JACKET TO WELL THE COURSE WHY DON'T GET EVERYBODY OUT OF THERE? YEAH WELL HOPE I FIGURE ALL THOSE PINES LOOKING FOR WE MAY NEED TO START NOW CALL THE IMAGINE THAT HEAT UP AND WELL I CAN'T FIND A NICE CENTER AND THEN AGAIN I MEAN I CAN I CAN CHECK ON MY COMPUTER THIS IS ELEMENTARY SO I'LL I'LL CHECK AND I'LL KNOW OKAY AREAS HAVE YOU FOUND ONE MORE GOOD GRACIOUSLY AGREED TO KIND OF TALK TO US ABOUT THE 2025 PROCESS FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE SO MAYBE JUST GETTING TO SOME OF THE PARTICULARS AND YOU ONLY QUESTIONS WE'VE GOT 20 MINUTES OR SO. OKAY.
OH DID YOU WANT TO GIVE US A LITTLE BACKGROUND? YEAH YES.
WILL YOU KNOW WHAT? ALL RIGHT. SO I RETURNING OUR CURRENT COMP PLAN ADOPTED IN NOVEMBER 2021 AND THE STATE SOUTH CAROLINA LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING ENABLING ACT OF 1994. IT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED AT LEAST EVERY FIVE YEARS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO REALLY START THAT PROCESS NEXT SUMMER. WE WERE THINKING OF DOING A STAFF WORKING GROUP WITH RECOMMENDATIONS IF ANY WERE TO COME ABOUT OF THAT AND THEN BRINGING THEM TO ALL AND DOING A SERIES ALSO MAYBE OF WORKSHOPS AND THEN WE WERE
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ALSO DISCUSSING MAYBE DOING SOME PUBLIC I KNOW WE WOULD HAVE TO DO SOME ON SAINT HELENA FOR THE CPA STUFF THAT IS IN THE CURRENT PLAN BUT JUST ANY IDEAS OR FEEDBACK WE ARE OKAY BECAUSE THIS IS LIKE Y'ALL'S YOU KNOW LIKE ONE THING I THINK YOU UPDATED FOR US AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU UPDATED THE ENTIRE STATUS OF THE COMPLAINT LAST YEAR BUT YOU GAVE US PERIODIC UPDATES. SO I OVER WHAT WAS DONE WITH THE ACTION YEAH THE ACTION PLAN ACTION. SO THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN THAT ARE EITHER IN THE WORKS OR BEEN COMPLETED THOSE WERE ONES THAT WERE DISCUSSED THEN. SO OBVIOUSLY THROUGH THIS PROCESS WE CAN TAKE A LOOK PRIORITIZE AGAIN AND SEE WHAT STUFF WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THE NEXT COMING YEARS. OKAY. ARE YOU LOOKING TO GET THE WHOLE THING DONE BY NOVEMBER OF 2020 SINCE THAT WOULD BE THE GOAL THE ABSOLUTELY DEADLINE THE HOPE WOULD BE I MEAN WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME THAT IF WE STARTED SUMMER KIND OF LIKE THE BEGINNING OF NEXT FISCAL YEAR AND IF IT TAKES A LITTLE LONGER WE HAVE A YEAR AND A HALF REALLY TO TO UNTIL THE THE ABSOLUTE DEADLINE TO GET THE THE REVIEW DONE SO I THINK HAVING TRACKED THE STATUS OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS I THINK THAT THAT'S GOING TO HELP US AND THE IDEA WOULD BE WE WOULD A STAFF GROUP TO KIND OF BRING THAT UP TO DATE AND AT THE STAFF LEVEL KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE SEEING OBVIOUSLY EVEN IN A FIVE YEAR PERIOD YOU THINGS SEEM LIKE GOOD IDEAS AND ALL OF A SUDDEN A COUPLE OF YEARS LATER EVERYTHING CHANGES OR YOU KNOW LIKE A NEW POLICY WAY. I THINK IF WE'RE GOING TO BUILD A LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER OVER HERE AND THEN WE FIND OUT FROM THE SHERIFF NO, IT'S GOING TO GO OVER HERE, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT YOU KNOW, IF THE STAFF LEVEL COMING FORWARD WITH WHAT THE STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION BUT THEN ALSO AT THE STAFF LEVEL WHAT WE THINK ARE SOME OF AREAS WE MIGHT WANT TO FOCUS ON THIS IS A REVIEW IT'S NOT WRITING AN ENTIRELY NEW COMP PLAN BUT IT'S THAT OPPORTUNITY LIKE I KNOW THAT IN 2015 WITH OUR WE REALLY UPDATED A FEW CHAPTERS LIKE NATURAL RESOURCES WE BROUGHT IN SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE OF SEA LEVEL RISE, WHAT SORT OF RESILIENCE PLANNING THAT THAT CAME OF SOME STUDIES THAT WERE DONE YOU KNOW IN THE INTERIM BETWEEN THE COMP PLAN AND THE FIVE YEAR REVIEW AND SO THAT'S THE TYPE OF THINGS WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR. IN ADDITION, YOU KNOW, THINK JUST FROM MY OBSERVATIONS AT SAINT HELENA ISLANDS WITH PINE ISLAND AND THE CULTURAL PROTECTION OVERLAY COMMITTEE MEETING AND KIND OF REINFORCING THE CULTURAL PROTECTION OVERLAY THINGS LIKE THAT I THINK WOULD MAKE SENSE TO GO BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND JUST SAY YOU KNOW IT MAKES SENSE TO REVISIT OF THOSE THINGS. YOU KNOW I DOUBT JUST FROM OUR ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT THE COMMUNITY THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A RADICAL SHIFT IN LAND USE POLICY THERE I THINK BECAUSE IT'S BEEN KIND OF LIKE ONE OF THE HOTSPOTS IN COUNTY IT MAKES SENSE TO GO BACK THERE THOSE ARE JUST SOME THOUGHTS BUT I THINK WHAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN HEARING FROM YOU IS PUTTING YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT PLANNING YOU KNOW PLANNING COMMISSION WHEN YOU GO TO THE STATE PLANNING ENABLING LEGISLATION THE THE NUMBER ONE JOB IS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. SO IT'S A LOT OF TIMES LOCAL COMMUNITIES WE HIRE A CONSULTANT STAFF IS WORKING WITH A CONSULTANT WE COME BY AND WE BRING IT TO THE PLANNING THAT YOU KNOW I THINK THE FIVE YEAR REVIEW IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO IT'S A GOOD LEARNING EXPERIENCE YEAH. AND THEN TO A DIALOG WITH STAKEHOLDERS KEY STAKEHOLDERS I CAN RECALL ON BOARD SOME STAKEHOLDERS AND HEAR BUT I THINK SUBSEQUENTLY FOUND OUT ABOUT IT AND GO OUT TO WHERE THE STAKEHOLDERS ARE AND TO GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY SEE AS CHALLENGES OR OPPORTUNITIES IN THEIR AREA.THAT WOULD BE ONE SUGGESTION I THINK WE HAVE A COUPLE OF NEW CHAPTERS YOU MENTIONED HOUSING AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS ONE YOU MAY HAVE SOME NEW ACTION ITEMS, WORK PLANS THAT YOU WANT PUT TOGETHER AND THOSE ARENAS BASED ON SOME STATEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE IN THOSE CHAPTERS.
SO WE CAN WE CAN HELP WITH CRAFTING SOME OF THAT MAYBE GETTING A FEEL THE PUBLIC HOW
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THEY FEEL ABOUT IT YEAH ALSO THE RESILIENCE STUDY WAS ADOPTED YOU KNOW THAT WAS AFTER THE CALL PLAN SO IT GOES INTO LITTLE GREATER DETAIL ON SOME THINGS BUT WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THOSE POLICIES SO THAT'LL BE AN INTERESTING AREA TO FOCUS ON . I WAS AT THE WELL THIS MIGHT NOT EVEN BE A QUESTION BUT I'M KIND OF DIVING INTO IT BECAUSE OF THE DEFEAT OF THE BUDGET THAT THEY HAVE FOR TRANSPORTATION. HOW DID THAT AFFECT ANYTHING IN THE RESILIENCY PLANNERS ARE GOING TO BE PART OF HOW WE RELOOK THAT GOING FORWARD BECAUSE A LOT OF THAT RESILIENCY WAS OBVIOUSLY THE ROADWAYS AND THE IMPROVEMENTS OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO BECAUSE OF WATER RISE AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S INVOLVED.WELL THINK YEAH THAT WAS PART OF IT SO I MEAN THERE'S A LOT IN THE RESILIENCE ELEMENTS ARE NOT SKIP PROJECTS I DON'T THINK EVERYWHERE FROM DOING MORE STUDIES TRY TO FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON ON THE GROUND LIKE MORE QUALITY MONITORING OR WATER OR SEA LEVEL MONITORING.
WE'VE DONE SOME STUDIES OF GROUND WATER AND YOU KNOW HOW THAT RELATES TO BOTH RAIN EVENTS AND TO TIDE ALL OF THAT AND HOW THAT'S YOU KNOW, SEA LEVEL RISE WILL AFFECT THAT.
SO WE'VE DONE A LOT OF THESE KIND OF STUDIES. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE HOPING TO LAUNCH IN THE FUTURE YOU HEAR A LOT ABOUT LIVING SHORELINES, WHAT THEY'RE DOING OYSTER REEFS AS A WAY TO STABILIZE SHORELINES AS OPPOSED DOING BULKHEADS.
WE'RE TRYING TO DO MORE STUDIES RELATED TO WHAT TYPES OF SHORELINES YOU KNOW, ARE BEST ATTUNED TO THAT KIND OF YOU KNOW, SO SO WE'RE DOING A LOT OF THAT TYPE OF WORK SO NOT EVERYTHING IS RELATED TO A PROJECT BUT I THINK THAT THAT'S A THAT'S A VALID POINT YOU KNOW THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE $0.01 SALES TAX YOU KNOW EVEN FROM THE FEDERAL LEVEL CERTAIN FUNDING SOURCES WHICH YOU KNOW ARE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE AS ABUNDANT IN SOME AREAS AS OTHERS. YOU KNOW, WE SEE THAT EVERY TIME THERE'S A CHANGE IN ADMINISTRATION SO THINGS LIKE THAT I THINK REALLY MAKE SENSE TO TAKE A LOOK AT AND PIGGYBACK AGAIN AND I DENNIS WAS GOING I MEAN IN ADDITION TO THE TAX I THINK A LOT OF THE STRUGGLES THAT WE'VE HAD IN TERMS OF CASES THAT HAVE COME BEFORE US DEAL WITH TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE VERSUS CONCEPTUALLY WHAT FUTURE LAND USE PLAN IS SUGGESTING ALONG QUARTERS AND THAT MAY NEED TO BE SOMETHING TO AT LEAST RETHINK ABOUT AN SEE IF THERE'S A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO BE ABLE TO TRY TO RESOLVE SOME OF THOSE CONFLICTS AS PART OF A FUTURE VISION THAN OBVIOUSLY IT'S GOING TO BE YOU STILL TO BE ADDRESSED AT A SITE LEVEL SCALE ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. I THINK THERE ARE SOME MACRO THINGS THAT WE CAN ALWAYS BE HERE. YEAH AND THERE'S ALSO SOME BILLS AT THE STATE LEVEL I'M GOING GET THAT IT'S NOT CONCURRENCY IT'S THE OTHER THAT HAVE CONSECUTIVE YEAH.
BASICALLY TYING APPROVAL DEVELOPMENT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF INFRASTRUCTURE HAVING A MUCH STRONGER TO THAT AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE MONITORING WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE STATE LEVEL BECAUSE I THINK IF WE'RE STRUGGLING WITH KEEPING UP WITH INFRASTRUCTURE JUST TO ADDRESS EXISTING DEMAND THAT THAT MIGHT BE A TOOL THAT IS AVAILABLE IN THE FUTURE.
SO YOU MIGHT HAVE A PLACE TYPE THAT IS ON THE MAP BUT YOU KNOW HERE THERE'S A MUCH STRONGER TIED TO PROVIDING INFRASTRUCTURE TO THAT I CAN'T TAKE IT THE TERM TYPICAL TONGUE BUT THE OLD TERM WAS CONCURRENCY SIMILAR TO THAT BUT IT HAS A IT'LL COME TO ME AT SOME POINT I WAS HOPING THAT YOU MIGHT REMEMBER IT SO THINGS LIKE THAT YOU LOOKING AT WHAT TOOLS ARE AVAILABLE WE'RE INTERESTED THE STAFF LEVEL TO TRY TO COME UP WITH BETTER TOOLS FOR PROMOTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING BECAUSE RIGHT NOW ESPECIALLY WITH REZONING.
SO I THINK AS YOU'LL LEARN TONIGHT A LOT OF TIMES THE ONLY TOOL AVAILABLE IS THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND SO THAT MEANS IT'S KIND OF IT'S OUTSIDE OF THE REACH THE PLANNING COMMISSION YOU KNOW, YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE ZONING AMENDMENT BUT IT'S ALSO IF A DEVELOPMENT IS SMALLER THAN 20 ACRES OR I THINK IT'S 20 OR 25 ,YOU KNOW, FOR DEVELOPMENT
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AGREEMENT THAT YOU CAN'T USE IN SO THIS QUESTION ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING THEREFORE THERE HAS TO BE BETTER TOOL TO TIE THAT TO SOME THESE UP ZONING SO THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO LOOK AT IN THE FUTURE AND OH ADEQUATE ADEQUATE FACILITIES OR BUT THAT'S WHAT IT'S CALLED AND THAT YOU KNOW AND THAT'S WHY I HAVE SO MANY BUZZWORDS IT'S GOOD TO MY MIND THAT THAT THAT'S WHAT IS CURRENTLY IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT AND SO ALL OF THAT CLOSELY ADEQUATELY AT ADEQUATE PUBLIC FACILITIES SO YOU DON'T LEARN SOMETHING EVERY DAY CHRISTINE. YEAH.DO YOU HAVE A A CALENDAR TIMELINE IN MIND TO BEGIN THIS PROCESS HER SAID THIS SUMMER YOU KNOW RAMP UP WITH GETTING A PLANNING TEAM DO A TIMELINE OF YOU WANT TO ACCOMPLISH IN SUCH A SHORT TIME YEAH I MEAN THINK THE FIRST I THINK THIS THE FIRST THING WOULD BE BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE THE PLANNING COMMISSION WITH A STATUS REPORT AND I THINK THAT THAT WOULD START AT THE STAFF. YOU KNOW WE WOULD BE ANALYZING ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE STATUS OF IMPLEMENTING THEM AND THEN MAYBE SOME ABOUT SOME CHANGES OF COURSE THAT WE SEE GO TO THE DAY. AND I ALSO BELIEVE IF WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC COMPONENT THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE EARLY ON IN THE PROCESS WHERE WE'RE NOT SIMPLY PRESENTING TO THIS IS WHAT WE FOUND OUT BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT WILL GO OVER VERY WELL THOUGH.
SO IF AND WHEN THINGS ARE GOING THROUGH ADOPTION PHASE THAT'S ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO SO THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE WANT TO WORK IN EARLIER ON.
ARE THERE OTHER ARE THERE OTHER ENTITIES THAT ARE GOING THROUGH A FIVE YEAR REVIEW NOW OR SAID THAT THERE ARE WE'RE WE'RE ALL CURRENTLY IN THE SAME YOU KNOW IT'S FUNNY IS THAT THE STATE ADOPTED THE NAME STATE ENABLING LEGISLATION IN 94 SO A LOT OF COMMUNITIES WROTE THEIR FIRST COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SOMEWHERE IN THE LATE NINETIES 8798 AND SO WE'RE ALL ROUGHLY FOLLOWING THE SAME RHYTHM. YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL MAYBE OFF BY A COUPLE OF YEARS EACH BUT WOULD BE USEFUL GET TOGETHER AND JUST KIND OF YEAH LOOK AT THE CHALLENGES BETWEEN NOTES MIGHT BE YOU KNOW BACK IN THE EIGHTIES THEY HAD THIS STATEMENT THAT'S A BUILDING AND THEN IT WILL COME WILL MANY ASPECTS OF BUILDING OFFICE BUILDINGS IT WILL FILL UP AT SOME POINT BUT THAT'S THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT.
WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT'S GOING TO FIX THAT ISSUE THAT'S DIFFICULT TO LOOK AT AN INDIVIDUAL CASE AND APPROVE IT BECAUSE OR RECOMMEND IT FOR APPROVAL BECAUSE THE ROADS ARE GOING TO BE OVERWHELMED. YOU STORMWATER AND ALL THE OTHER STUFF.
SO I THINK THAT'S MY PROBLEM WITH THE WHOLE ISSUE RIGHT NOW THAT I SEE WHAT'S WRONG WITH BUILDING THE ROADS AND THE SCHOOLS FIRST THAT'S WHAT I MEANT BUT I MEAN BUILD THOSE FIRST ON THAT IS A LOT EASIER TO SAY HOW CAN OVERWHELM THIS INTERSECTION OR WE GOT TO A SYMBOL THERE YOU KNOW AND ALL THIS OTHER STUFF YOU KNOW WE'RE GOING TO GET DOWN IN THE WEEDS.
I DON'T KNOW. I THINK ISSUES ARE PROBABLY GOING TO BUILD A FOUNDATION BEFORE IT GOES. THERE ARE OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BRIDGE OR I DON'T LIKE THEM BUILD THE SCHOOLS IN THE BILL HOW? WELL, YOU KNOW I MEAN ONCE YOU BUILD THE ROADS AND THE SCHOOLS COME AND ALL THAT STUFF I'M SORRY I MISLED YOU ALLUDED TO THIS I THINK BUT WE TRY TO PLACE SCHOOLS AS AN EXAMPLE WHAT WAS WRITTEN FOR US FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING WE SHOULDN'T BE TALKING ABOUT IT. TALKING ABOUT THAT.
YOU DON'T EVEN BRING IT UP. I'M NOT SURE. OKAY.
I'M SORRY. I RETRACT THAT LESSONS SORRY. WILL YOU BE LOOKING WHETHER THE THE PLACE TYPES ON THE MAT FIT THE PIECES OF LAND THAT ARE AVAILABLE YEAH I THAT THAT'S ALSO OPEN DISCUSSION BUT I THINK IT'S OF TWOFOLD THERE MIGHT BE AREAS THAT MAKE SENSE TO EVENTUALLY DEVELOP THE MORE URBAN NODES BUT THE AVAILABILITY INFRASTRUCTURE, THE CONDITIONS ON THE ROAD MIGHT NOT BE READY AND SO THERE'S TWO TWO SITES THAT ONE IS MAYBE NOT EVERY PLACE TYPE IS YOU KNOW MAYBE WE NEED TO RETHINK A FEW OF THEM AND THEN EVEN IF IT'S IN THE RIGHT PLACE THERE MIGHT BE SOME OTHER FACTORS MAY BE CONSIDERED BEFORE SO THAT'LL BE PART OF THE PROCESS. YEAH BUT YOU KNOW IT IS A IT IS A FIVE YEAR REVIEW SO WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT IT THERE MIGHT BE AREAS OF THE CODE OR IN THE
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PLAN THAT WE THINK REALLY NEED TO BE REWORKED BUT IT'S NOT LIKE WHAT WE WENT THROUGH WITH THE REWRITE OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN YOU KNOW WHERE YOU'RE STARTING AND REALLY TAKE THAT OH YOU DID A GREAT A GREAT JOB THAT I THINK THE ACTION PLAN FOR ME REALLY WAS KEY YOU KNOW, NOT JUST TO HAVE IDEAS THAT WEREN'T YOU KNOW, WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE AND HOW. 553 WE SHOULD GET ON OUR WAY UNLESS THERE'S THE LAST QUESTION WE'LL GO. THANK YOU. I'LL WAIT TO HEAR MORE ON THIS EIGHT 2025 ALL RIGHT.* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.