Jan 27, 2025 County Council

AMEN.

THIS MEETING, UH, WAS ADVERTISED IN, IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT, UH, CORRECT.

YES, MA'AM.

I'D LIKE TO HAVE ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.

UM, THANK YOU MS. BROCK.

[4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA]

I'LL MAKE THE MOTION A SECOND.

SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BARTHOLOMEW.

UH, WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE AGENDA IS APPROVED.

THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES

[5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

WERE INCLUDED IN THE PACKET.

I'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.

MOTION.

MOTION BY COUNCILMAN BROWN.

A SECOND TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.

UH, GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

WITHOUT OBJECTION.

THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING ARE APPROVED.

AT THIS TIME, WE WILL HEAR FROM OUR ADMINISTRATOR, MICHAEL MOORE.

[6. ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT]

UM, TONIGHT WE'RE GONNA RECOGNIZE SOME OF OUR EMPLOYEES AND SPECIFICALLY SOME EMPLOYEES WHO ACTUALLY WORK DOWN ON HILTON HEAD.

WE'RE GONNA TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THEM.

BEFORE WE DO SO, I JUST WANTED TO, TO RECOGNIZE, UM, COUNTY STAFF ACROSS THE BOARD FOR THE RESPONSE OVER THE LAST WEEK WITH THE STORMS. UM, A LOT OF REALLY HARD WORK WAS PUT IN TO, TO GET THINGS CLEARED AND, AND RESPOND.

SO WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY, UM, FIRST RESPONDERS, UM, HR, AND THEN ALL OUR EXECUTIVE TEAM AS WELL AS THE AIRPORTS, A LOT OF WORK WAS DONE TO GET THINGS BACK OPEN WITH THE AIRPORT AND THE CONVENIENCE CENTERS EARLY ON SATURDAY.

SO, JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT.

THERE'S A LOT OF NAMES, SO I DON'T HAVE 'EM ALL, BUT I JUST WANNA POINT THAT OUT.

UM, OKAY.

FOR RECOGNITION OF COUNTY EMPLOYEES, FIRST ONE, WE HAVE THE BEAUFORT COUNTY PROBATE COURT HERE ON HILTON HEAD.

MS. UH, PAM.

JOHN, IF, UH, HEY.

SO HER TITLE IS CLERK OF COURT, ASSISTANT DIVISION CHIEF.

UM, SHE'S BEEN WITH THE, UH, COUNTY FOR SEVEN YEARS.

UH, HER JOB DUTIES, SHE SCHEDULES AND CONDUCTS APPOINTMENTS FOR MARRIAGE LICENSE APPLICATIONS AND ASSIST THE PROBATE JUDGE WITH COURT HEARINGS, PRIMARILY RELATED TO CONSERVATIVE CONSERVATORSHIPS AND GUARDIANSHIPS IN MENTAL HEALTH CASES.

SOMETHING UNIQUE ABOUT PAM TO SHARE PUBLICLY.

SHE'S AN ANIMAL ADVOCATE WHO SPENT MANY YEARS FINDING HOME FOR STRAY CATS AND DOGS.

SHE DEDICATES A GOOD PART OF HER SUNDAYS CARING FOR FERAL CATS AND PLANS TO OPEN A CAT SANCTUARY AS SOON AS SHE WINS THE LOTTERY .

SO FROM ALL OF US, THANK YOU.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING? WOULD LIKE OH, WAS LIKE, NOPE.

FOR NINE AND A HALF YEARS.

NEXT UP FROM OUR LIBRARY.

YOU CAN COME ON OVER.

SUSAN.

UM, HER TITLE IS CIRCULATION MANAGER HERE AT THE HILTON HEAD, UH, BRANCH LIBRARY.

BEEN WITH THE COUNTY

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THAT'S GREAT SUMMARY OF JOB DUTIES.

UM, SHE'S SUPERVISED A WONDERFUL TEAM OF SEVEN EMPLOYEES, MAKING SURE THEY HAVE THEIR SCHEDULES IN PLACE, KEEPING TRACK OF TIME SHEETS, AND OFFERING SUPPORT WITH PATRONS ACCOUNTS WHENEVER NEEDED.

SHE ALSO MANAGES THE DAILY CASH RECEIVED FROM FINES, PRINTS, AND COPIES.

TAKES CARE OF MONTHLY SUPPLY REQUESTS, AND ADDS SOME CREATIVE FLARE TO DECORATE THE LIBRARY FOR EACH SEASON.

THAT'S GREAT.

THAT'S UNFORTUNATELY, SINCE YOU'VE BEEN AWESOME.

, UH, OH, SNOWFLAKES, RIGHT? VALENTINE'S DAY.

OH, VALENTINE'S DAY, OF COURSE.

UM, SOMETHING UNIQUE TO SHARE.

UM, NOT UNIQUE, BUT SHE WORKED, UH, FOUR SUMMERS IN YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK.

THAT'S NEAT.

OH, COOL.

UM, THE EXPERIENCE PROVIDED SUSAN WITH A LIFELONG LOVE OF NATURE.

SHE ENJOYS WALKING IN FORESTS, MOUNTAINS, BEACHES, AND ALONG THE BIKE PATH ON BEACH CITY ROAD DURING LUNCH BREAKS.

SO, WITH THAT SAID, THANK YOU.

WE'LL GET A PICTURE.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING? REMARKS .

NO PROBLEM.

, ALTHOUGH YOU DID DO A WONDERFUL JOB, I MUST.

APPRECIATE IT.

THE FACT THAT NO ONE DID HELP.

WE WANT EVERYBODY TO BE SAFE, SO THANK YOU.

UM, AND THEN NEXT FROM LIBRARY IS JULIE BASCOM.

OH, THERE'S JULIE.

HER POSITION TITLE IS YOUTH SERVICES MANAGER AT THE HILTON HEAD BRANCH LIBRARY.

BEEN WITH THE COUNTY FOR 12 AND A HALF YEARS.

THAT'S GREAT.

SUMMARY OF JOB DUTIES.

SHE COORDINATES ALL THE SERVICES, ACTIVITIES AND RESOURCES FOR KIDS ON HILTON HEAD FROM EARTH UP TO AGE 17, ALONG WITH HER FAMILIES AND CAREGIVERS.

SOMETHING UNIQUE IN BETWEEN WATCHING SPORTS, WALKING HER DOG AND EATING OUT.

SHE USUALLY HAS FOUR BOOKS GOING AT ONE TIME.

THAT'S PRETTY GOOD.

AN ADULT EBOOK, A KIDS OR TEEN BOOK, AN AUDIO BOOK AND A BOOK IN TRADITIONAL FORMAT.

AND SHE KEEPS ALL THE PLOTS STRAIGHT.

I COULDN'T DO IT MOST OF THE TIME, SO THANK YOU.

YOU WANNA SAY A FEW WORDS, DON'T YOU? I'LL JUST SAY, I JUST LOVE WORKING WITH THE CHILDREN HERE AND THEIR FAMILY.

GRATEFUL FOR IT.

I'M CORRECTION FEBRUARY 28TH, 2025.

NOW I'D LIKE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE.

UM, AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, THERE WAS DISCUSSION CONCERNING THE GREEN SPACE PENNY SALES TAX, AND WHAT THE COLLECT COLLECTION DATES WERE AND WHEN COLLECTION AS THE TAX WOULD CEASE.

SO I'M GONNA PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THAT.

OUR CFO PINKY CONTACTED THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE AND WAS THEIR OPINION THAT THE TAX WOULD CONTINUE TO BE COLLECTED UNTIL APRIL 30TH, 2025 BECAUSE OF THE WORDING OF THE RELATED STATUTE.

NOW, LEGAL REVIEWED THIS AND THE REFERENDUM AND OPINED THAT THE TAX SHOULD BE COLLECTED FROM MAY 1ST, 2023 UNTIL APRIL 30TH, 2025, OR WHEN THE $100 MILLION WAS COLLECTED, WHICHEVER CAME EARLIER.

SO WE ENGAGED WITH, UH, SENATOR DAVIS ON THIS TO COUNTY AND, AND, UM, TALKING WITH DOR THAT BECAUSE WE'VE COLLECTED THE A HUNDRED MILLION COLLECTION OF THE SALE, PENNY SALES TAX SHOULD CEASE UPON CONTACTING SENATOR DAVIS.

HE WAS VERY MUCH, UH, SUPPORTIVE AND CONCURRED WITH OUR OPINION.

UH, HE AGREED TO COMMUNICATE WITH DOR AND HE SPOKE WITH THE DIRECTOR AND, UH, GAINED THEIR CONCURRENCE THAT THE CORRECT INTERPRETATION WAS FOR THE COLLECTION OF THE TAX TO CEASE.

NOW THAT THE A HUNDRED MILLION HAD BEEN COLLECTED, DIOR NOW AGREES WITH THAT POSITION AND THAT THEY WOULD TAKE THE NECESSARY STEPS TO INFORM ALL TO CEASE COLLECTION OF THE TAX.

WE GOT A FOLLOW UP EMAIL THAT THE TAX WILL TERMINATE ON FEBRUARY 25TH, 2020.

THIS IS THE EARLIEST TERMINATION DATE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE NECESSARY INTERNAL SYSTEMS UPDATES IN TAXPAYER NOTIFICATION.

AND WE'D LIKE TO THANK THANK SENATOR DAVIS FOR HIS ASSISTANCE IN THIS MATTER.

TO PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.

SUBJECT TO ANY QUESTIONS.

THAT'S MY UPDATE.

ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE GREEN SPACE? PENNY TAX? WE'VE ALL GOTTEN A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT IT.

I'M GLAD WE GOT AN ANSWER.

SO, FEBRUARY 28TH IS THE DATE.

IT WILL STOP.

STOP.

IT'LL COLLECT A LITTLE BIT MORE OBVIOUSLY THAN A HUNDRED MILLION MM-HMM .

BUT THAT COULD BE USED FOR, FOR GREEN SPACE IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN TOLD.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

UH, MOVING ON

[7. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD – 30 MINUTES TOTAL]

WE HAVE, UH, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 PEOPLE.

AND, UM, I'D LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE ABOUT PUBLIC COMMENT.

UH, EVERY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO'S RECOGNIZED SHALL LIMIT COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES AND OBSERVE THE FOLLOWING PROTOCOL, ADDRESS THE CHAIRMAN, AND IN SPEAKING, AVOID DISRESPECT TO COUNSEL

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AND ANY PERSONALITIES CONFINE THEMSELVES TO QUESTIONS UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE COUNCIL.

BE MINDFUL AND RESPECT OF THOSE WHO ARE PRESENT AND OTHERS WHO MAY BE WATCHING ON TELEVISION.

SO, THE FIRST PERSON WHO SIGNED UP IF HE'LL COME FORWARD IS, UH, MR. THOMAS BARNWELL.

AND HE'S GONNA TALK ABOUT, UM, HIGHWAY 2 78.

OH, GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIRPERSON.

AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

ALSO THOSE WHO ARE OBSERVING FROM THE PUBLIC.

FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS THOMAS C BARNWELL JR.

I HAVE ONLY BEEN ON THE ISLAND FOR 89 YEARS.

I AM A FULL-TIME RESIDENT OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, LIVE ON KATY MILLER DRIVE.

AND I'M HERE BECAUSE MY COUSINS, WHO ALSO OWN PROPERTY ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND READ THE NEWSPAPERS AND THEIR CONCERNED ABOUT SNOW AND HURRICANES AND AS WELL AS ALL THE OTHER GOOD THINGS THAT YOU ARE HELPING TO HAPPEN.

, THE HURRICANE AND SNOW WASN'T VERY GOOD, BUT, UH, THE GOOD THINGS THAT YOU'RE DOING, AND THEY SAID YOU NEED TO GO DOWN TO THE COUNTY COUNCIL AND ASK FIRST, THEY SAID, I SHOULD THANK YOU, EACH OF YOU, FOR ALL OF THE SERVICES THAT YOU ARE PROVIDING TO BEAUFORT COUNTY RESIDENTS.

FOR THAT.

THEY SAID, TOM, BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING, YOU MUST BE SURE TO THANK THEM.

SO I'VE DONE THAT, AND THEY SAID THAT YOU SHOULD, I'M SUPPOSED TO INDICATE THAT ACCORDING TO STATE ENGINEERS, AT SOME POINT, THE IN STATE ENGINEERS INDICATED THAT BRIDGES BETWEEN HILTON HEAD ISLAND AND MOSS CREEK IS IN NEED OF REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT.

AND THEY SAID THAT YOU SHOULD INDICATE THAT YOU ARE ASKING FOR HELP IN HAVING THE REPAIRS DONE OR THE BRIDGE REPLACE WITHIN THE TIME LIMIT THAT'S STILL AVAILABLE.

AS IT RELATE TO THE INFORMATION FROM SENATOR TOM DAVIS, A MEMBER OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSE WITH THE TOWN COUNCIL OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND.

AND I BELIEVE AT LEAST TWO MEMBERS OF THE TOWN COUNCIL ARE PROBABLY HERE THIS EVENING.

AND THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT FOR MANY YEARS.

AND THERE'S A TIMEFRAME THAT THEY AS WELL AS YOU HAVE AVAILABLE TO TAKE CERTAIN ACTIONS.

AND APPARENTLY THEY'RE VERY NUMEROUS, AND I PAUSE WHEN I SAY NUMEROUS BECAUSE I LISTEN AT THE WORKSHOP THAT THEY HAD TODAY.

NOW, MANY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS MYSELF AND MY FAMILY AND MY FAMILY, INDICATED THAT BECAUSE OF GENERATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, WE NOW PAY ON ONE PROPERTY $553,736 AND 68 CENTS PER YEAR.

SO I'M, I'M NOT HERE WITHOUT SKINNING THE GAME AS THE PEOPLE SAY THEY SENT ME HERE BECAUSE WE ARE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY ECONOMICALLY.

CAN, AND WE ARE CONCERNED CLOSE TO THE END.

EXCUSE ME, THE TIME'S UP, SIR.

MY TIME'S UP.

YES, SIR.

WE CERTAINLY HOPE THAT YOU WILL WORK WITH COUNCIL, WILL WORK WITH THE TOWN COUNCIL PER OUR REQUEST PRIOR TO THE DEADLINE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

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NEXT IS, UM, MS. HUBBARD OR MICHAEL HUBBARD.

MR. HUBBARD, IS THAT MICHAEL? IT IS.

AND THE SUBJECT IS DUSKY FERRY AMONGST OTHER THINGS, ACTUALLY.

UM, GOOD EVENING.

I'M MICHAEL HUBBARD.

UM, I'M THE CHAIR OF THE DUSKY ISLAND COUNCIL.

I LIVE AT, UH, 20 TOBY PLACE IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT.

UM, WE HAVE QUITE A FEW MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY HERE TONIGHT.

I THINK MOST OF THEIR ISSUES WILL RES, UH, RESOLVE, REVOLVE AROUND THE FERRY.

UH, TOMORROW NIGHT, THE, UH, COUNCIL WILL BE MEETING TO, UM, UH, ONE OF OUR ITEMS ON THE AGENDA WILL BE TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION.

UM, AGAIN, REITERATING THE COUNCIL'S POSITION THAT THE LOWCOUNTRY FERRY CONTRACT BE TERMINATED AND REPLACED.

UM, WE, UH, LAST WEEK WE CELEBRATED THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE, THE, UH, FERRY CONTRACT.

THE SITUATION HAS NOT IMPROVED.

UM, THE SNOW WAS A, A REMINDER THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PROBLEMS WITH THE FERRY.

FERRY DIDN'T GET BACK UP OPERATIONAL UNTIL SATURDAY.

UH, WE'VE HAD ISSUES WITH, UH, THE CHARGES THAT THE, UH, PASSENGERS HAVE BEEN PAYING.

AND THE CONCERN NOW IS, IS THAT WHEN THE PASSENGERS GO OVER AND BRING BACK, UH, GROCERIES AND OTHER NECESSARY ITEMS, THAT THEY'RE GOING TO END UP PAYING ADDITIONAL FEES AND ON TOP OF WHAT THEY WOULD BE NORMALLY PAYING BECAUSE THEY'RE HAVING TO GO BUY MORE GOODS.

SO, UH, THIS IS A REAL CONCERN.

I THINK OTHERS WILL BE SPEAKING ON THAT MATTER THIS EVENING.

UH, THERE'S ANOTHER ISSUE THAT WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT, AND THAT IS THE, UM, THE DOCK AT, UM, MELROSE LANDING.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE IN, UH, GET ON THE, UH, UH, THE FERRY.

ON THE, UH, DUSKY SIDE.

THERE HAS NOT BEEN AN INSPECTION BECAUSE, UH, OF THAT DOCK, WHICH IS IN, UM, UH, POOR CONDITION.

UH, AND WE'VE ASKED THAT THAT BE DONE.

BUT THERE'S NO CLAIM TO OWNERSHIP OF WHO WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DOING THE INSPECTION.

I THINK THE COUNTY HAS DONE AN INSPECTION ON THEIR SIDE, ON THE PINNEY ISLAND, UM, DOCK.

THIS IS ALL CAME OUT OF THE SAO UH, ISLAND, UH, UH, INCIDENT THREE MONTHS AGO.

AND, UM, SO, UM, THE BIGGEST CONCERN THAT WE HAVE IS THE, THE, UH, THE FEES ON THE FERRY AND THE, THE, THE CONCERNS WITH THE, UH, ONGOING POOR SERVICE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NEXT IS MS, UM, SALLY ANN ROBERTSON.

AND THE SUBJECT IS DUSKY FERRY.

FLATS OF WATER IS PRETTY MUCH A HUNDRED POUND OR MORE.

UM, LET ME FIRST SAY THAT I HAVE, UM, SENT LETTERS TO EACH ONE OF YOU, AND I HOPE IF I DON'T FULFILL MY READING OF THIS LETTER TODAY, THAT YOU PLEASE, UM, READ IT FOR OUR SAKE.

AND I GREW UP ON THE FUSS ISLAND, AND I AM SIXTH GENERATION BORN NATIVE.

I GREW UP WHERE YOU TREAT PEOPLE THE WAY YOU WANT TO BE TREATED.

AND COMING HERE TONIGHT IS VERY HARD FOR ME BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH A VERY BAD SITUATION WITH THE FERRY.

WHAT HURTS MORE THAN ANYTHING IS THE CHARGES.

I CAN TAKE MY, UM, BOOKS OVER, BUT I GOTTA PAY TO BRING 'EM BACK.

THESE ARE MY BOOKS.

THIS IS WHAT I MAKE MY LIVELIHOOD OF.

PARTLY I CAN TAKE MY SUITCASE OVER IF I BRING GROCERY WITH IT.

I GOTTA PAY TO BRING MY SUITCASE BACK.

THE VERY CLOTHES THAT I LIVE DEAL WITH, MOST OF ALL, I HAVE HEARD FOLKS BEEN TOLD THAT THEY DIDN'T ASK TO BE THERE.

YOU'RE SPOILED, ALL THESE THINGS.

BUT WHAT I'M HERE TODAY IS TO FIND OUT AS A 16 AND BORN GENERATION BORN NATIVE, WHAT DO YOU TELL ME THAT I GOTTA LEAVE? BECAUSE THE FERRY ISN'T RIGHT.

WE, I'M ASKING AND PLEADING.

I'M NOT JUST ASKING, BUT I'M PLEADING WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU TOO.

PLEASE UNDERSTAND OUR SITUATION THAT WE HAVE.

IT'S EASY TO BE ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN.

WE ARE ON THE INSIDE.

WE ARE DEALING WITH THIS.

WE HAVE THE MAKE DECISION OF OUR NEEDS AND OUR WANTS.

I'VE HAD GROCERY SPOILING MY CAR.

I STILL HAVE STUFF IN MY CAR I CAN'T BRING BECAUSE UNLESS I PAY EXTRA CHARGE, WE HAVE NEVER HAD A SERVICE OF THIS KIND.

IT IS THE WORST.

AND I'M SAYING THE WORST THAT WE'VE EVER HAD TO CHARGE US FOR OUR NEEDS.

WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR OVER THE TOP THING.

WE ARE ASKING FOR OUR NEEDS, OUR FOOD, OUR DAILY STUFF THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE TO BRING TWO GROUP, UM,

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THAT, THAT MEAN I CAN'T HAVE GROCERY.

I HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN WATER AND GROCERY.

IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO HAVE A FERRY THAT'S SERVING US, THAT'S NOT MEETING OUR NEEDS.

WE CAN, WE WERE TOLD THAT WE HAD THE RIGHT TO BRING A BUGGY WITH A HUNDRED POUNDS.

IT DEPENDS ON THE SIZE OF THE BUGGY.

IT DEPENDS ON HOW YOU STACK IT.

YOU CAN'T OVERSTACK IT.

LIKE WHY ALL THE RULES AND CHANGES FOR US WHO HAVE A NEED THAT EVERYBODY ELSE GET ELSEWHERE AND DON'T HAVE TO PAY THE COST.

WE LIVE ON DUSKY FOR A VERY GREAT REASON.

WE LOVE IT THERE, BUT WE STILL HAVE TO SURVIVE THERE.

AND SURVIVING THERE MEANS WE HAVE TO BE MET.

OUR NEEDS OF GROCERIES AND OUR GOODS.

YOU CAN'T BRING CHICKEN FEED BECAUSE IT'S OVERCHARGED ON IT.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHERE ALL OF THIS IS COMING FROM.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT PLEASE KNOW THAT A LOT IS GOING ON THAT YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT THAT WE ARE BRINGING TO YOU.

AND PLEASE JUST LISTEN AND HELP US.

WE NEED HELP AND WE NEED A BETTER SERVICE.

THANK YOU, MS. ROBERTSON.

AND I HAVE SOME PICTURES I'D LIKE TO SHARE.

AND THESE ARE PICTURES OF THE TENT AND IT NEEDS TO BE FIXED.

PLEASE, WE'LL GIVE THESE BACK TO YOU.

YEP.

MR. ALEX CRUDEN, GOOD GOVERNMENT AS A SUBJECT.

I'M ALEX CRUDEN, UM, AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU BROUGHT THIS MEETING TO HILTON HEAD.

UH, I'VE BEEN A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY OWNER IN BEAUFORT COUNTY FOR 20 YEARS, AND THIS IS MY FIRST COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING.

AND I'M HERE BECAUSE I NOW FEEL SOME CONFIDENCE, SOME CAUSE FOR CONFIDENCE IN THE LEADERSHIP, UH, OF THIS BODY.

AND I JUST WANT TO AFFIRM THAT YOU'RE OFTEN, I THINK, IS AN EXCELLENT DIRECTION.

I HOPE YOU KEEP GOING.

I HOPE YOU'RE ABLE TO RESPOND TO THE GENUINE NEEDS IN A TRANSPARENT AND STRAIGHTFORWARD WAY, UM, SUCH AS THE NEEDS THAT SALLY ANN ROBINSON JUST EXPRESSED.

SO I'M, I'M THANKING YOU FOR TAKING THIS APPROACH AND, UH, LET YOU KNOW THAT, UM, MY NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS FEEL THE SAME WAY.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, SIR.

AND 25 CENTS FOR ONE CAN OF TOMATO, TOMATO.

NEXT IS YVONNE WILSON DUSKY FERRY.

MY NAME'S YVONNE WILSON, AND I LIVE ON DUSKY AND CONCERNING THE FERRY, I'M 71 YEARS OLD, SOON TO BE 72.

UM, MY MOTHER WAS BORN AND RAISED ON THE ISLAND THERE.

AND ALL MY LIFE, I MEAN, DUSKY HAS BEEN LIKE A, A PEACE OF MIND.

YOU KNOW, WHEN I GO HOME, THAT'S HOME.

BUT I TELL YOU HERE RECENTLY WITH THIS FERRY THAT'S GOING ON, IT'S CRAZY.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THE COUNTY COULD HAVE NEGLECT, UH, MAKING SURE THAT THIS MAN HAD TWO BOATS.

I MEAN, HAVING WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DEEMED FOR THE BOAT TO BE ABLE TO CARRY US BACK AND FORTH.

AT ONE TIME WHEN WE HAD HAG POINT, TAKING US BACK AND FORTH, WE FELT LIKE WE WERE PEOPLE.

NOW WE DON'T FEEL LIKE WE ARE PEOPLE, PEOPLE BECAUSE WE ARE NOT TREATED LIKE PEOPLE.

WE ARE TREATED LIKE STEPCHILDREN.

I MEAN, UH, CINDERELLA TYPE THINGS, YOU KNOW? I MEAN, UH, I ONLY GET SOCIAL SECURITY.

I WORKED FOR THE COUNTY ALL LIKE 29 YEARS, 30 YEARS.

I COOKED AT THE SCHOOL, I CLEANED AT THE SCHOOL, I WORK AT THE MUSEUM.

I HAD THREE JOBS THAT IN ORDER FOR ME TO TAKE CARE OF MY THREE KIDS, MY FOUR KIDS, I'M SORRY, MY FOUR KIDS AND, AND EACH ONE OF THOSE JOBS, I AM NOW GETTING SOCIAL SECURITY NOW FROM NOW.

OKAY? I GET A LITTLE PENSION ONLY, BUT WHEN I TAKE MY MONEY AND GO OVER TO BUY GROCERIES, AND IT'S A NEED.

WE DON'T HAVE A GROCERY STORE IN THE SKET.

WE DON'T HAVE NO TYPE OF, OF, UH, WAY TO GET, UH, GROCERIES THERE ON THE ISLAND.

I WENT THE OTHER DAY TO GET A CAN OF TOMATO, UH, UH, SAUCE IN ORDER TO MAKE ME SOME, UM, UH, UH, RED RICE.

THANK YOU .

IT IS RED RICE.

AND I ASKED THE GUY AT THE STORE, I SAID, HOW MUCH IS THE CAN? AND HE SAID, $2

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AND IT, NOT EVEN THE, THE TOMATO SAUCE IS, IS TOMATO, UH, UM, SOUP CAMELS.

AND THAT WAS $2 AND 25 CENTS.

NOW I CAN SEE ME PAYING, UH, EXTRA MONEY WHEN YOU BRING STUFF OVER, BUT I MEAN, TO ME THAT'S LIKE GOUGING, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WORSER THAN OUR, UM, UH, WHEN WE GO TO GET GAS, WE PAY $5 A GAS GALLON OF GAS NOW FOR ME TO PUT GAS IN MY TRUCK ON THE FUSSY.

SO, I MEAN, I'M TELLING YOU, WE JUST GOING FROM ONE EXTREME TO THE NEXT.

AND LIKE I SAY, I MEAN, IT SEEMS LIKE Y'ALL GOT THIS CONTRACT THAT YOU CAN'T SEEM TO DO NOTHING WITH IT.

YOU GOT TO FIND SOME KINDA WAY TO HELP US OUT THERE, YOU KNOW? I MEAN, WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR SOMETHING THAT'S UNUSUAL AND I'M SORRY, BUT ALL OVER TIME BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED.

IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WANT.

SO WE ARE THANKING YOU FOR LISTENING TO US.

UM, CHRIS RUFFNER, HELLO, CHRIS RUFFNER, WIELL HARBOR KIND OF TALKING BECAUSE I WAS THREE AND A HALF HOURS AT THE TOWN HALL AND THEY DIDN'T LET ME TALK AFTER SITTING AND LISTENING TO THEM FOREVER.

SO, UM, ANYHOW, I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO SAY I PROBABLY WON'T BE THAT POPULAR BECAUSE I'M NOT GONNA CONGRATULATE EVERYBODY FOR HOW THINGS WENT THIS LAST WEEK.

BECAUSE WHEN I FIRST CAME HERE IN 2015 FROM CHICAGO, UM, I WAS TOLD THERE WASN'T A HURRICANE FOR 125 YEARS.

SO I THOUGHT, OH, GOOD.

YOU KNOW, AND THEN THERE WAS A HURRICANE LIKE ALMOST EVERY YEAR SINCE I GOT HERE.

UM, AND ALSO I HAD CLIENTS COME IN FROM CHICAGO THIS LAST WEEK THAT SPENT THEIR HARD EARNED MONEY TO COME DOWN TO FIND A HOUSE HERE.

UH, THEY WERE WORRIED ABOUT THE HURRICANES AND THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY.

AND I CONVINCED THEM TO COME DOWN BECAUSE I SAID, YOU DON'T HAVE TO SHOVEL HEAT AND HUMIDITY.

WELL, LO AND BEHOLD, I GET A SNOW STORM HERE.

UM, AND THERE WAS THE, THE THING THAT I JUST, I COULDN'T BELIEVE WAS WE DID HAVE SOMETHING SIMILAR IN 2018.

AND WHEN THEY WERE COMING DOWN, I THOUGHT, NO PROBLEM.

WE HAD SNOW HERE.

THEY SHUT THE BRIDGE DOWN, WE GOT A PLAN.

AND I DIDN'T SEE ANY PLAN .

I MEAN, I, MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW.

'CAUSE MAYBE THERE WAS A PLAN THAT I'M UNAWARE OF, BUT I STILL, BEING FROM CHICAGO AND MY CLIENTS CAME IN FROM CHICAGO, SHOWED SIX PROPERTIES, UH, IN ONE DAY.

SO I WENT AROUND IN MY BIG SUV AND IT WAS NOTHING TO ME.

UM, MY CLIENTS KIND OF WENT OUT.

THEY WANTED TO GO OUT ON IN THEIR OWN, AND THEY WERE HIT BY A CAR IN THEIR RENTAL CAR BY SOMEBODY ELSE.

THE STREETS WERE HORRIFIC.

I COULD NOT BELIEVE HOW BAD THIS WOULD'VE BEEN.

LIKE A WALK IN THE PARK, A TWO HOUR INCONVENIENCE IN CHICAGO.

AND YOU NEED TO STAY AHEAD OF THINGS.

AND I JUST WOULD HOPE IN THE FUTURE THAT WE, NOW THAT WE SEE, WE MIGHT BE IN A DIFFERENT JET PATTERN, THAT WE DO HAVE A PLAN AND MAYBE CONTRACT WITH PEOPLE UP IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE STATE THAT DO GET SNOW ON A REGULAR BASIS IN CASE WE KNOW, UM, THAT WE MIGHT BE GETTING WEATHER LIKE THIS.

BECAUSE AS FAR AS I REMEMBER, WE HAD LIKE A WEEK'S NOTICE.

IT WASN'T LIKE THIS, JUST WE THOUGHT IT MIGHT, YOU KNOW, OVERNIGHT IT RAINED AND THEN IT FROZE.

AND WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON.

WE KNEW THIS FOR A WEEK.

I DON'T KNOW WHY THERE WASN'T SOME SALT OR SOMETHING PUT DOWN.

UM, AND IT SEEMS LIKE WE SHOULD BE MAKING OUR ROADS OUT OF THIS STUFF BECAUSE IT ALSO, WE'VE BEEN HAVING, YOU KNOW, 50 DEGREE PLUS DAYS HERE FOR THE LAST FEW DAYS.

IT'S STILL, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN TOTALLY MELTED.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S DIFFERENT HERE IN THE SOUTH, BUT IT IS.

UM, BUT I JUST, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WAS A TERRIBLE JOB, UM, AS FAR AS TAKING CARE OF THE ROADS.

AND I DON'T THINK, UM, TELLING PEOPLE JUST TO STAY HOME IN A LOCKDOWN, UH, THAT SOUNDS GOOD.

BUT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE THAT NEED CHEMO APPOINTMENTS OR, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE PREGNANT AND THEY HAVE TO GO GET THEIR APPOINTMENTS OR, UH, THEY HAVE TO GO WORK 'CAUSE THEY'RE MAKING AN HOURLY WAGE.

IT'S NOT THAT EASY TO JUST SIT HOME AND GET PAID LIKE A GOVERNMENT JOB AND GET PAID ANYWAY.

SO ANYHOW, THANK YOU.

ASK COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO, UH, GIVE LIAISON AND OR COMMITTEE REPORTS.

THAT WAS ALL WE HAD TO SIGN UP FOR, UM, PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT.

AND AT THIS TIME WE ARE GOING TO

[8. LIASION AND COMMITTEE REPORTS]

AND WE'LL START, UM, WE'LL START.

ANYONE, WE'LL START WITH COUNCILMAN MCKELLEN.

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? AND WE'LL GO DOWN THE LINE ALL THE WAY.

I'LL DEFER TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE NATURAL RESOURCES.

I'M JUST A MEMBER THERE.

UH, WE MET, UM, I GUESS AT THREE 30 OR FOUR O'CLOCK TODAY.

DO YOU HAVE HAVE ANYTHING? UH, DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES AT THE MOMENT? MM-HMM .

'CAUSE WE HAVEN'T MET YET.

UH, BUT AS FAR AS PUBLIC FACILITIES,

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AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE FOLKS THAT WEREN'T AT THAT MEETING KNOW THAT THE CONSENT AGENDA, UH, A LOT OF THOSE ITEMS ARE ACTUALLY, ALL OF 'EM ARE FROM THAT MEETING SINCE THEY GOT PUSHED BACK AND RESCHEDULED.

IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE LAST WEEK.

UH, JUST WANNA MAKE EVERYBODY AWARE OF THAT FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. OKAY.

ANYTHING ELSE AS, AS YOU NEED TO SHARE FROM YOUR DISTRICT OR, UH, NO.

WELL, FROM THAT PUBLIC FACILITIES MEETING, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT'S BEING DONE ON, ON COMMUNITY CENTERS IN THE AREA, WHICH IS, WHICH IS FANTASTIC.

IT NEEDS UPDATING ON A LOT OF THESE PLACES.

UM, BUT WE'RE ALSO ADDRESSING SOME DRAINAGE, MAJOR DRAINAGE ISSUES, ESPECIALLY IN NORTHERN BEAUFORT COUNTY.

UH, AND ALL JOY IS ALSO GETTING SOME UPDATES ON THEIR, UM, THEIR BOAT LAUNCH.

SO A LOT, A LOT OF GOOD THINGS IN THE WORKS RIGHT NOW.

IS THERE A MEETING ON LADIES ISLAND? IS IT THIS WEEK OR NEXT WEEK CONCERNING THE 2018? UH, YEAH, THERE'S A, WHEN IS THAT? I CAN'T REMEMBER.

WAS TONIGHT, WAS IT TONIGHT? THURSDAY.

THURSDAY.

THURSDAY NIGHT.

YEAH, THURSDAY NIGHT.

THANKS, JARED.

YEAH, THURSDAY NIGHT AT, UM, LADIES ISLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL.

YEP.

AND THAT'S A PUBLIC MEETING? MM-HMM .

VICE CHAIR.

SO, SO I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE COLONEL GEIER.

WHERE ARE YOU HIDING? IT'S RIGHT THERE.

WHERE? OH, HE'S RIGHT THERE.

OH, STAND UP A SECOND.

HE WAS ELECTED CHAIR OF THE BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND SO WE SHOULD CONGRATULATE HIM.

AND THE VICE CHAIR IS CARLTON DALLAS.

HE'S HERE.

AND YOU, WHERE'S CARLTON? I HERE? I SAW HIM WALK IN THERE.

IT'S, OH, THERE'S CARLTON.

AND THEY WILL GUIDE OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND THESE ARE TWO GREAT MEN AND THEY HAVE NEW MEMBERS ON THE BOARD SO YOU CAN MOLD THEM.

AND, UH, I JUST REALLY AM SO EXCITED ALWAYS THAT OUR BOARD IS RIGHT ON TOP OF THINGS.

AND DR.

RODRIGUEZ'S, SO CONGRATS TO THE TWO OF YOU.

AND JUST A REMINDER TO EVERYBODY, WE HAVE CHAT WITH COUNCIL TOMORROW NIGHT.

IT'S OUR FIRST ONE.

IT'S AT BLUFFTON LIBRARY.

AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE NOT ATTENDED, THERE IS NO AGENDA.

YOU COME AND IT'S YOUR TURN TO INTERACT WITH US.

THERE ARE NO ADMINISTRATION, NO STAFF, IT'S JUST COUNCIL MEMBERS.

WE HEAR YOU.

WE ANSWER QUESTIONS IF NEED BE.

AND THERE YOU GO.

IT'S AT SIX O'CLOCK TOMORROW.

BLUFFTON LIBRARY.

ONE THING I'D LIKE TO SHARE, AND I THINK YOU'LL HEAR IT FROM OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND MARK ALREADY MENTIONED IT AT THE FINANCE MEETING, UM, THE PUBLIC WORKS, PEOPLE WORKING WITH DOT DID EXTRAORDINARY WORK THIS PAST WEEK.

UM, SOUTH CAROLINA, DOT DID A GREAT JOB OF SUPPORTING THEIR, THEIR NEIGHBORS HERE IN BEAUFORT COUNTY.

THEY BROUGHT IN EQUIPMENT FROM UP NORTH.

AND, UM, I KNOW THEY ALL WORKED REALLY HARD IN ENGINEERING AND PUBLIC WORKS.

AND OF COURSE, OUR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND OUR EMS DID A FANTASTIC JOB TOO, RESPONDING IN KEEPING PEOPLE SAFE OVER THE UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCES WE HAD.

YOU PASS IT.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO OUR ADMINISTRATOR, MICHAEL MOORE.

HE'S ONLY BEEN IN THIS POSITION FOR SEVEN MONTHS, AND DURING THAT TIME WE'VE HAD NOT ONE HURRICANE, BUT WE'VE HAD TWO HURRICANES AND WE JUST HAD A SNOWSTORM.

SO I WANT ALL OF US TO THANK, MIKE, YOU HAVE MIKE, A GREAT BIG THANK YOU FOR DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB.

THANKS FOR SURVIVING.

LAUREN.

YOUR TURN.

UM, WE HAD A FINANCE, UH, COMMITTEE MEETING TODAY.

THERE WAS NOTHING THAT CAME OUT OF THAT WE'RE GETTING INTO OUR BUSIEST TIME OF YEAR FOR, FOR FINANCE.

UM, SO, UH, AGAIN, WE'LL, WE'LL BE POSTING, UH, OR THE POST OF THE, THE NEXT MEETINGS THAT WE'VE GOT.

UH, AND AGAIN, I ALSO WANT TO THANK MR. MOORE FOR THE WONDERFUL JOB HE'S BEEN DOING.

UM, KIND OF NEW, NEW GROUND, BUT AGAIN, UM, THINGS, THINGS ARE RUNNING SMOOTHLY.

I THINK WE'RE BUILDING TRUST AGAIN, UM, AGAIN WITH EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING.

SO THANK YOU CHAIRMAN OF NATURAL RESOURCES YORK CLUB, MADAM CHAIRMAN.

UH, CONSERVATION, UM, DEVELOPMENT BY THE, UH, DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS.

UM, THE NATURAL RESOURCE, UM, THE RULE, RULE, RULE AND CRITICAL AND, UH, BOARD PROGRAM AND SOME OF THOSE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.

UM, CONSIDERED, UM, ONE OF THEM, UM, ISLAND FOR NINE, A LITTLE OVER NINE ACRES OF LAND.

OH, YOU CAN'T HEAR ME? .

OH, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? OH, OKAY.

UM, UM, DO I NEED TO START ALL OVER? NO, THANK YOU.

I THINK WE'RE GOOD.

UM, NINE ACRES OF LAND, UH, ON ST.

HENA ISLAND.

AND THAT'S GONNA BE REALLY FOR,

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UM, AND THEN, THEN THERE IS, UM, ON HILTON HEAD, UH, IT IS CALLED THE JONESVILLE ROAD TRACK, 6.6 ACRES.

UH, THAT'S, UH, BEING RECOMMENDED AT THIS TIME.

AND ALSO ON HILTON HEAD, UM, THREE POINT ABOUT THREE AND A HALF ACRES, ALMOST THREE AND A HALF ACRES KNOWN AS THE HILTON HEAD TRACK, WHICH IS ON, UM, TWO SEVENTY EIGHT.

AND I CALL IT A DONUT HOLE FIX FOR HILTON HEAD BECAUSE HILTON HEAD CURRENTLY OWNS SOME OF THE PROPERTY.

AND, UM, CENTER AROUND THAT.

AND THIS WILL BASICALLY, UH, COMPLETE THAT, UM, PARCEL OF LAND THAT'S ON 2 7 8, WHICH WILL BE USED PRIMARILY, I GUESS FOR OPEN SPACE.

SO THAT'LL COME UP ON THE AGENDA AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE.

ANYTHING FROM YOUR DISTRICT THAT YOU WANNA REPORT? ANYTHING FROM YOUR DISTRICT BESIDES THE MEETING AT LADIES ISLAND? UM, UM, NO MORE THAN, UM, WE DID HAVE A MEETING IN, IN MY DISTRICT, UM, DEALING WITH, UM, BROADBAND, UM, FOR RURAL COMMUNITY.

AND, UH, UNLIKE, UM, MOST OF THE URBAN AREAS OF HILL, OF BEAUFORT COUNTY, UM, UM, THE RURAL AREA OF ST.

HELENA AND SHELDON IS HARD TO GET INTERNET ACCESS.

AND, UM, ONE OF THE GOALS OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT, UH, FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS HAS BEEN TO BE TRANSPARENT.

AND IT'S HARD TO BE TRANSPARENT WHEN ALL THE MAJOR MEANS OF COMMUNICATION IS THE INTERNET.

AND PEOPLE IN AREAS, UM, IN THE RURAL AREAS DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO INTERNET.

SO HOPEFULLY, UM, OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS, BECAUSE OF THE FUNDING FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE ACT, UM, THERE IS MONEY THERE FOR BROADBAND CONNECTION AND WE ARE GONNA MOVE FORWARD.

WE TRY TO GET AS MUCH BROADBAND ON ST.

HELENA AS POSSIBLE.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

CHAIRMAN, COUNCILMAN RENTS, AND THEN WE'LL GO TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ONLINE.

GO AHEAD.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIRMAN.

UH, FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA THANK EVERYBODY FROM THE HILTON HEAD AREA IN DUSKY FOR BEING HERE.

WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE WHAT MATTERS MOST TO YOU.

UM, MAGISTRATE GALVIN, HOW ARE YOU TONIGHT? FOR THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THAT YOUNG LADY.

SHE'S OUR PROBATE MAGISTRATE AND, UH, MS. JOHNS.

AND, UH, I TELL YOU, I THINK ONE OF MY FIRST FUNCTIONS WAS TO HELP THEM OR WORK TOGETHER TO STAY IN BUSINESS, KEEP THE BUILDING OPEN, AND GREAT SUPPORT FROM THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UM, BUT SOMETHING TOOK PLACE.

YOU CAME A LITTLE BIT LATE, UNFORTUNATELY, SOMETHING TOOK PLACE WITH ONE OF YOUR EMPLOYEES.

DO YOU WANT TO, DO YOU WANT TO TAKE A COUPLE SECONDS AND SAY SOMETHING ON OUR BEHALF, PLEASE.

I KNOW YOU WANT TO DO THAT, AND WE APPRECIATE ALL YOUR EFFORTS MS. JOHNS.

YEAH, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT PAM.

JOHN HAS BEEN AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE HILTON HEAD OFFICE FOR MANY YEARS NOW, AND IT'S BEEN A BLESSING TO WORK WITH HER.

SHE'S PROFESSIONAL, KIND AND DEDICATED IN EVERYTHING THAT THE CITIZENS OF HILTON HEAD DESERVE.

IT'S BEEN A GOAL OF MINE, AND I WANNA THANK THE COUNCILMAN FOR HELPING TO KEEP OUR BUILDING OPEN SO WE CAN SERVE THE RESIDENTS OF HILTON HEAD AT THE PROBATE COURT.

WE'RE OPEN FIVE DAYS A WEEK AT THE PROBATE COURT.

I KNOW OTHER OFFICES MAY NOT BE OPEN, BUT WE REALLY WANNA SERVE THE PUBLIC.

WE CARE ABOUT THE RESIDENTS OF HILTON HEAD, AND MS. JOHN IS AN EXEMPLARY PERSON, AND I DROVE FROM BEAUFORT, SO THAT WAS THE TRICK.

I WORKED IN BEAUFORT THIS MORNING, SO I APPRECIATE Y'ALL AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND THANK YOU, MS. JOHN.

THANKS.

MAD MADAM CHAIRMAN.

I, I, UM, IT WOULD BE REMISS IF I DON'T ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT, UH, BROADBAND IS SO VALUABLE TO COMMUNITIES THAT, UH, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, UM, UH, HAVING PROBLEMS GETTING CHILDREN, UM, DOING THEIR HOMEWORK BECAUSE THEY CAN'T GET ACCESS TO, TO INTERNET.

SO, YOU KNOW, BROADBAND WAS ONE OF THE MAJOR, UM, FEATURE FOR THAT.

UM, AS WELL AS, UH, HEALTHCARE THAT MR. BARNWELL WORKED FOR SO MANY YEARS.

UH, A LOT OF TELECOMMUNICATE TELEMEDICINE RIGHT NOW IS BEING DONE AND, UM, A LOT OF OUR ELDERLY DO NOT HAVE BROADBAND CONNECTIONS, SO THEY CANNOT GET ACCESS TO TELECOM MEDICINE.

JUST WANNA MAKE THOSE.

ALRIGHT, LET'S GO TO, UM, WHAT, OH, JUST ONE LAST THING.

I, I WASN'T FINISHED THERE, BUT I APPRECIATE, I'M, I'M SORRY.

THAT'S QUITE ALL RIGHT.

QUITE ALL RIGHT.

UM, DURING THE FINANCE MEETING, WE TALKED ABOUT WORK ON STORM WATER, AND I JUST WANT THE FOLKS THAT ARE LISTENING FROM BAIT PINES AND, UH, CEDAR WOODS AND POINT COMFORT TO KNOW THAT THE WORK IS GONNA BE STARTING THERE SOON.

APPROVALS ARE BEING MADE IN-HOUSE HERE, AND, UH, WE'LL STAY CLOSE TO THAT

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FOR YOU.

BUT THAT WORK, CLEARING THOSE DITCHES OUT, GETTING THAT DONE, WILL TAKE PLACE SOON.

SO WITH THAT, OKAY, LET ME GO.

THANK YOU CA COUNCILMAN DAWSON.

IT'S OKAY.

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC? CAN YOU HEAR? YES, WE CAN.

WE WE'RE HAVING, UM, TECHNICAL TIME, UM, AT AUDIO.

CAN YOU YES, SIR.

UM, PRE CLOUD PUBLIC FACILITIES, UH, COMMITTEE MEETING, UM, OUR INTERIM DIRECTOR OF CAPITAL PROJECTS, I, ROBERT, ROBERT GI DON'T KNOW, I'M, I'M GETTING A LOT OF FEEDBACK OVER HERE OVER HERE, BUT BE ABLE TO YOU FIND YOU CLEAR.

CLEAR.

I CAN HEAR YOU CLEAR.

CLEAR.

UM, DIRECTOR OF CAPITAL DEPOSIT, ROBERT GAVE AN UPDATE INNOVATIONS AND UPGRADE THAT IS GOING TO BE DONE AT THE BIG STATE COMMUNITY CENTER AND THE BIG STATE COMMUNITY.

AND, UM, I HAVE ALL THE COMMUNITY MEETING GRANTS TO THE, UH, AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND INVITED OUR, UH, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION, ERIC BROWN, TO COME OUT AND, AND GAVE THE COMMUNITY UPDATE ON THE, UH, RENOVATION AND, UH, UM, UH, UPGRADE THAT IS GOING TO BE DONE TO THE CENTER.

UM, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF REDOING, UH, DOING THE LEASE.

UM, THE PREVIOUS LEASE, ALL THREE OF THE TRUSTEES THAT WAS ON THAT LEASE HAVE EXPIRED, UM, PASSED AWAY.

AND SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF, UH, UH, SELECTING THREE NEW TRUSTEES AND, UM, AND GETTING THAT INFORMATION AND THAT DOCUMENT, UH, INTO, UH, MR. BROWN'S HAND SO THAT HE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THE, FOR THE, UH, BIG STATE OF, UH, OF THE BIG STATE COMMUNITY CENTER.

THANK YOU CA.

COUNCILMAN PASSMAN, DO YOU HAVE ANY REPORT? UH, NO, I DON'T.

UH, WE ARE HAVING A GREAT DEAL OF DIFFICULTY.

YOU, UH, THE PICTURE STOPS ALL THE TIME.

IS, IS COUNCILMAN CUNNINGHAM ON? NO, I DON'T THINK SO.

I THINK HE WENT BACK OFF.

HE WAS WITH US EARLIER.

HE WAS HAVING SOME ISSUES.

HE'S HAVING ISSUES TOO.

I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

WELL, THANK YOU.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR REPORTS ON, UH, LIAISONS AND COMMITTEE REPORTS FROM COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UM, NEXT

[9. APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA]

THESE ARE ITEMS AS WE HEARD EARLIER, THAT CAME FORWARD FROM THE PUBLIC FACILITIES COMMITTEE MEETING.

I MOTION.

WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN BROWN.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND TO APPROVE A CONSENT AGENDA? I'LL SECOND IT.

OUR CUSTOM THAT WE, AND WE HAVE STARTED, UH, OUR VICE CHAIR IS GOING TO READ THROUGH THE ORDINANCES FOR THE THIRD, SECOND AND FIRST READING AT THIS TIME.

UM, WITH NO OBJECTIONS, THIS WILL, UM, BE APPROVED, THE CONSENT AGENDA.

SO AS

[10.a. 2025/02 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODE (CDC): SECTION A.6.40 (PERMITTED ACTIVITIES) TO ALLOW LODGING: SHORT-TERM HOUSING RENTAL (STHR) IN DALE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION DISTRICT (DCP) AND SECTION A.7.40 (PERMITTED ACTIVITIES) TO ALLOW LODGING: SHORT-TERM HOUSING RENTAL (STHR) IN DALE MIXED USE DISTRICT (DMU) Item The item was approved without objection at the Community Services and Land Use Committee Meeting on November 12, 2024. (Recusal: Councilman Dawson)]

AND THEN AFTER THAT WE WILL GO BACK TO THE AGENDA, UM, REGARDING RESOLUTIONS.

ANY DISCUSSION ON THE PART OF COUNCIL? THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, UM, OTHER THAN, UH, WE DID AT THE LAST TIME AT BOTH READINGS INCLUDE THE REASON WHY.

SO, ORDINANCE FOR THIRD READING 2025 SLASH OH TWO IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODE SECTION, A SIX POINT 40 PERMITTED ACTIVITIES TO ALLOW LODGING, SHORT-TERM HOUSING RENTAL IN DALE, COMMUNITY PRESERVATION DISTRICT AND SECTION A 0.7 POINT 40 TO ALLOW LODGING SHORT-TERM RENTAL IN DALE MIXED USE DISTRICT.

THE ITEM WAS APPROVED WITHOUT OBJECTION AT COMMUNITY SERVICES AND LAND USE COMMITTEE ON NOVEMBER 12TH, MR. DAWSON RECUSED HIMSELF AND THE VOTE AT THE FIRST READING ON DECEMBER 9TH WAS 10 ZERO WITH MR. DAWSON'S RECUSAL THE VOTE AT THE PUBLIC HEARING.

AND SECOND READING ON JANUARY 13TH WAS 9 0 1 WITH THE RECUSAL FROM COUNCILMAN DAWSON.

CAN I HAVE A MOTION PLEASE? SO MOVED.

THANK YOU MR. BARTHOLOMEW.

SECOND MADAM CHAIR.

YES, I, I RECUSED MYSELF AGAIN.

UM, ROB, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY? I MEAN, WE'VE ALREADY BEAT THIS ONE UP.

I DON'T THINK ROB'S EVEN HERE.

IS HE OKAY, CHUCK, SARAH? OH, DON'T WAIT.

YES, I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ASK ANYBODY HAVE A QUESTION? JUST SO EVERYBODY KNOWS, THIS WENT TO COMMITTEE AND TWO READINGS AS I ALREADY SAID.

SO IS THERE

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UM, IS THAT NECESSARY AT THIS TIME? MR. BARTH IS GONNA DO THAT? YES.

OH, I GOT YOU.

SO GO AHEAD.

I MOVE THAT, THAT WE, UH, GRANT THE REQUEST FOR THE TEXT AMENDMENT FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS.

UH, ONE, IT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS, OBJECTIVES, AND POLICIES OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

TWO, IT IS NOT IN CONFLICT WITH ANY PROVISION OF THIS DEVELOPMENT CODE OR THE CODE OF ORDINANCES.

UH, IT DOES ADDRESS A DEMONSTRATED COMMUNITY NEED.

IT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE PURPOSE AND INTENT OF THE ZONES IN THIS DEVELOPMENT CODE, OR WOULD IMPROVE COMPAT COMPATIBILITY AMONG USES AND ENSURE EFFICIENT DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE COUNTY.

IT WOULD RESULT IN A LOGICAL AND ORDERLY DEVELOPMENT PATTERN AND IT WOULD NOT RESULT IN ADVERSE IMPACTS ON THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO WATER, AIR, NOISE, STORM WATER MANAGEMENT, WILDLIFE, VEGETATION, WETLANDS, AND NATURAL FUNCTIONING OF THE ENVIRONMENT.

ANYBODY ELSE HAVE A COMMENT? ALRIGHT, SO I'D LIKE TO TAKE A VOTE, UH, BY SHOW OF HANDS IF YOU APPROVE THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

ANYBODY OPPOSED? WE HAVE.

ALRIGHT, MOVING ON.

20, UH, 25 SLASH OH THREE IS AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY.

LET'S LET, UH, MR. OH, YES.

WELL, YOU WANNA TEXT HIM OR SOMETHING? YES, MA'AM.

WE HAVE TO LET GERALD COME BACK INTO THE REAL WORLD.

WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM? HE, HE RECUSED HIMSELF.

SHE'S GONNA TEXT HIM.

YEAH, YOU CAN IF YOU WANT BACK, TELL HIM TO COME BACK TO THE VIDEO.

MUST HAVE THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA HAVE A LONG DISCUSSION.

THERE HE IS.

WELCOME BACK MR. DAWSON.

OH THREE IS 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 STEWARD RO.

2025 SLASH

[10.b. 2025/03 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 Vote at First Reading on December 9, 2024 - 11:0 Vote at Public Hearing and Second Reading on January 13, 2025 - 10:0]

STEWARD POINT ROAD SIDEWALK PROJECT FIRST VOTE.

THE FIRST READING ON DECEMBER 9TH WAS 11 ZERO VOTE AT THE PUBLIC HEARING.

AND SECOND READING ON JANUARY 13TH WAS 10 ZERO.

CAN I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION? THANK YOU MS. BROWN.

SECOND.

SLASH OH FOUR IS AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO ENTER INTO A LEASE AGREEMENT WITH MITCHELLVILLE PRESERVATION PROJECT 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.

UH, WE CAN HAVE JARED SPEAK ON IT IF ANYONE HAS A QUESTION.

BUT AGAIN, THIS IS THIRD READING, SO IT'S BEEN THROUGH COMMITTEE AND TWO READINGS.

I KNOW SOMETIMES PEOPLE SAY YOU PEOPLE JUST VOTE FOR EVERYTHING, BUT IT'S ALREADY BEEN TALKED ABOUT THREE TIMES.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT.

I'D LIKE TO SAY A VOTE BY, UH, SHOW OF HANDS IF YOU ARE IN FAVOR OF THIS ONE OF THE MOTION.

[10.c. 2025/04 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 Vote at First Reading on December 9, 2024 - 11:0 Vote at Public Hearing and Second Reading January 13, 2025 - 10:0]

THE VOTE AT THE FIRST READING ON DECEMBER 9TH WAS 11 ZERO VOTED THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SECOND READING JANUARY 13TH WAS 10 ZERO.

CAN I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED.

THANK YOU MR. REEDS.

SECOND BY MR. BARTHOLOMEW.

ANY QUESTION I CAN HAVE HANK COME UP AND TALK ABOUT IT IF NEED BE.

WE'RE JUST, UH, LETTING THEM USE OUR PROPERTY.

QUESTION DISCUSSION.

ALRIGHT, I'D LIKE A VOTE BY SHOW OF HANDS IN FAVOR.

AND WE'RE ON LINE.

ALRIGHT, IT'S UNANIMOUS.

NOW WE'RE GOING TO ORDINANCES FOR SECOND READING AND NORMALLY WE WOULD HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING, BUT I'LL EXPLAIN THAT IN A MOMENT.

[11.a. 2025/06 AN ORDINANCE PLACING LAND PURCHASED BY PROJECT MICRO INTO AN EXISTING MULTICOUNTY INDUSTRIAL PARK Vote at First Reading on January 13, 2025 - 10:0 (Public Hearing at Third Reading on February 10th to comply 15 day requirement)]

2025 SLASH OH SIX AN ORDINANCE PLACING LAND PURCHASE BY PROJECT MICRO INTO AN EXISTING MULTI-COUNTY INDUSTRIAL PARK.

THE VOTE AT

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THE FIRST READING ON JANUARY 13TH WAS 10 ZERO.

THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE A THIRD READING ON FEBRUARY 10TH BECAUSE WE HAD TO COMPLY WITH THE 15 DAY, UM, REQUIREMENT OF PUBLICATION.

SO THERE WILL BE NO PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS ONE.

IT'LL BE AT FEBRUARY 10TH.

SO CAN I HAVE A MOTION FOR THIS ONE? I'LL MOTION.

THANK YOU MS. BROWN.

SECOND? SECOND.

UM, MR. O'TOOLE, IS HE HERE? YEAH.

DO YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THIS FOR THE PUBLIC? OH, HE'S BACK THERE.

I CAN IF YOU LIKE.

UM, WELL, WE'RE NOT GONNA RUN YOU OUT.

IT'S OKAY.

WELL, IT'S KIND LIKE I GOT A LITTLE LONG, SO.

OH, THEY GAVE YOU THE HIGH SIGN.

SO I'M JUST FOR THE PUBLIC EDUCATION.

WELL, WITH ALL THAT, IT IS A PLEASURE TO BE WITH YOU ALL AND I'M SO GLAD YOU ARE ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND TONIGHT.

IT MAKES IT EASIER FOR ME.

UM, UH, THIS IS A GREAT PROJECT.

UH, YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT IT BEFORE.

UH, UH, BUT IT'S A COMPANY, AEROSPACE COMPANY.

A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW WHY WE'RE NOT DOING MORE IN AEROSPACE.

UH, BUT WE ARE, UH, THIS COMPANY'S GOING TO, UH, UH, BUY THE BUILDING ON TRS PARKWAY.

UH, I BELIEVE IT'S 1236 TRUST PARKWAY.

INVEST $7 MILLION.

THEY WANT TO EXPAND THE FACILITY.

THEY'RE GOING TO EMPLOY BETTER THAN 40 PEOPLE THERE AND THE AVERAGE COMP IS OVER $100,000.

SO IT'S UH, UH, GREAT JOBS FOR BEAUFORT COUNTY.

UH, THE COMPANY INVOLVED HERE IS ALSO COMMUNITY MINDED.

THEY ARE THE UH, UH, UH, UH, PREMIER SPONSOR OF THE UPCOMING MARINE AIR CORPS, UH, UH, AIR SHOW, WHICH WILL BE ON APRIL 12TH AND 13TH.

UH, SO, UH, UH, UH, WHEN, UH, COUNCILMAN DAWSON AND I MET WITH THE PRINCIPALS OF THE COMPANY, THEY SAID WE REALLY LOVE THE WAY WE'RE BEING TREATED HERE, UH, IN BEAUFORT COUNTY.

WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP YOU? WE SAID, UH, UH, YOU COULD, UH, GIVE US FIVE GREAT LEADS IN AEROSPACE.

THEY'RE GONNA ACTUALLY HAVE 100 OF THEIR CUSTOMERS IN TOWN FOR THE AIR SHOW.

SO TREATING COMPANIES WELL LIKE THIS LEADS TO MORE BUSINESS.

AND I'M THANK THANKFUL FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

ANYONE COUNCIL HAVE A QUESTION OR DISCUSSION ITEM? ALRIGHT, UM, I'D LIKE TO HAVE A VOTE BY HAND.

THOSE IN FAVOR OF THIS ORDINANCE? YOU CAN EXPLAIN .

SLASH OH SEVEN IS AN ORDINANCE FOR BEAUFORT COUNTY TO ENTER INTO A SPECIAL REVENUE, SPECIAL SOURCE REVENUE CREDIT AGREEMENT WITH PROJECT MICRO.

AND THE NEXT ONE IS 2025.

THAT WAS, UM, WELL, WE HAVE ONE PERSON NOT PRESENT, BUT YOU SAW THAT 2025

[11.b. 2025/07 AN ORDINANCE FOR BEAUFORT COUNTY TO ENTER INTO A SPECIAL SOURCE REVENUE CREDIT AGREEMENT WITH PROJECT MICRO Vote at First Reading on January 13, 2025 - 10:0 (Public Hearing at Third Reading on February 10th to comply 15 day requirement)]

THE ONE MR. O2 JUST TALKED ABOUT FIRST VOTE AT FIRST READING ON JANUARY 13TH WAS 10 ZERO.

THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE AT THE THIRD READING ON FEBRUARY 10TH TO COMPLY WITH THE 15 DAY REQUIREMENT.

SO CAN I HAVE A MOTION FOR THIS ONE? SO MOVED.

THANK YOU MR. BARTHOLOMEW.

A SECOND.

I SECOND.

THANK YOU MR. GLOVER.

AND MR. O'TOOLE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT WHAT THE PROJECT IS, AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, BUT THERE WILL BE A HEARING ON FEBRUARY 10TH FOR THIRD READING.

UM, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTION BY ANYBODY ON COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT.

A VOTE FOR IF YOU'RE FOR THE MOTION, RAISE YOUR HAND PLEASE.

SHOW OF HANDS.

OKAY, WE'RE UNANIMOUS.

JOE, WE JUST DID NUMBER WHATEVER IT IS HERE.

11 B THE MICRO PROJECT, THE SPECIAL SOURCE REVENUE.

YOU VOTE YES FOR THAT OR NO? YEAH.

THAT MEANS THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH COMMITTEE, BUT THIS IS FIRST READING FOR COUNSEL.

THESE ARE FIRST READING

[12.a. 2025/08 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 2024/36, CONVEYING PROPERTY TO BEAUFORT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND MEDICAL OFFICES IN BLUFFTON, SC. LOCATED AT 333 & 335 BUCKWALTER PARKWAY ]

2025 SLASH OH EIGHT IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ORDINANCE 2024 SLASH 36 CONVEYING PROPERTY TO BEAUFORT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND MEDICAL OFFICES IN BLUFFTON LOCATED AT 3 33 AND 3 35 BUCKWALTER PARKWAY.

SO MOVED.

MR. BARMY MOVES IT A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY MR. LAWSON.

UH, I DON'T THINK MR. BAXLEY IS HERE, RIGHT? OH, AND HANK WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK.

THIS WOULD BE GOOD SO WE CAN INFORM THE PUBLIC WHAT THIS ONE'S ALL ABOUT.

UNFORTUNATELY, UH, RUSSELL AND ALLISON, THEIR ATTORNEY BOTH HAD CONFLICTS COME UP AT THE LAST MINUTE.

UH, BUT JUST AS A REFRESHER, THIS IS AN EXCITING PROJECT THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR A WHILE WHERE WE CONVEYED PROPERTY TO THE HOSPITAL.

THEY HAVE MOVED FORWARD WITH THE TOWN ON PLANS AND APPROVALS.

HOWEVER, THERE WAS VERY BROAD LANGUAGE IN THE FIRST ORDINANCE CONVEYING THE PROPERTY.

AND SO, AS RUSSELL EXPLAINED THAT COMMITTEE IN DEPTH, THERE ARE CERTAIN STANDARDS THAT ARE GONNA BE PUT IN THAT WE, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S IN YOUR BACKUP, THE RECOMMENDED EDITS TO

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HAVE A, I BELIEVE IT'S 30 YEARS AS OPPOSED TO THE INFINITE REQUIREMENT, WHICH, UH, IS NOT A STANDARD THING.

AND ADDITIONALLY, UH, WE PUT IN LANGUAGE ABOUT HOW THE COUNTY WOULD RECOUP ANY EXPENSE PLUS APPRECIATION IF SOMETHING WOULD CEASE PRIOR TO THAT PERIOD BEING, UH, EXPIRED.

HOWEVER, THE DEVELOPER, ODA COOPER COMPANY, WHO'S PARTNERED WITH THE HOSPITAL HAS A HISTORY OF KEEPING THEIR PROPERTIES MUCH LONGER.

THIS IS JUST STANDARDIZING THE LANGUAGE FROM HOW INVESTORS AND DEVELOPERS GET THESE PROJECTS DONE.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS ON BUCKWALTER PARKWAY, 3 33 AND 3 35 AND I THINK THERE IS A MAP IN THE BACKUP.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

HOW MANY UNITS YOU ARE GOING TO? I BELIEVE IT'S 125 UNITS.

SLASH OH NINE IS AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS AND PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY IDENTIFIED AS TAX MAP SERIAL NUMBER R 300 0 28, 3 0 1, 28 B 3 0 1 28 C 1 28 D, AND ALSO KNOWN AS SEASIDE ROAD.

AND THE GOOD PART ABOUT W COOPER COMPANY IS WE TALK A LOT ABOUT WHAT THE PERCENT OF A MI IS.

UH, A LOT OF TIMES IT'S VERY HIGH.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE DOING A MIX ALL THE WAY FROM 80% DOWN TO 40%.

SO THERE WILL BE A GOOD MIX OF TRUE, AFFORDABLE AND WORKFORCE HOUSING IN THE DEVELOPMENT.

AND FOR THE PUBLIC.

WILL YOU TELL 'EM WHAT A MI IS? SO, YES.

SO THAT IS, UH, YOUR, HOW WE JUDGE WHAT THE AVERAGE INCOME IS FOR SOMEBODY.

AND THEY CAN'T SPEND X AMOUNT ABOVE X PERCENTAGE OF THEIR INCOME ON RENT.

AND SO A LOT OF TIMES WE MIGHT SAY SOMETHING IS AFFORDABLE BECAUSE IT'S LESS THAN THE AVERAGE INCOME.

HOWEVER, IN CERTAIN POCKETS OF OUR COUNTY, THE AVERAGE INCOME IS PRETTY HIGH OR IN SOMETIMES IT'S LOW.

SO WHEN 40% IS, IS A VERY GOOD PERCENTAGE TO SERVE, A LOT OF TIMES, UH, PEOPLE LIKE TO GET INTO THAT HIGH EIGHTIES TO ONE 20 AND IT IS NOT AFFORDABLE BY THE TRUE DEFINITION.

AND SO THIS IS ROTA COOPER COMPANY AND THE HOSPITAL ARE TRYING TO SERVE THE NURSES, THE TEACHERS, AND THOSE PEOPLE THAT REALLY HAVE A NEED IN THE AREA.

AND THE GOOD PART ABOUT THE PROPERTY IS IT'S RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL THE OTHER SERVICES.

ANYBODY ELSE? QUESTION OR DISCUSSION? AND ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT'D LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT A MI? YOU CAN READ THE HOUSING IMPACT ANALYSIS, WHICH IS ON OUR WEBSITE SOMEWHERE.

IT GOES IN GREAT DETAIL.

ALRIGHT, UM, LET'S HAVE A VOTE.

UH, OF ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THIS MOTION, RAISE YOUR HAND.

AND WE HAVE UNANIMOUS.

THANK YOU GENTLEMEN.

2025

[12.b. 2025/09 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS AND PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY IDENTIFIED AS TAX MAP SERIAL NUMBER R300 028 000 128B 000, 128C, 128D AND ALSO KNOWN AS SEASIDE ROAD PDR ]

AND SO CAN I HAVE A MOTION FOR THAT? MADAM CHAIRMAN, I, UH, MY PLEASURE TO OFFER THAT MOTION.

THANK YOU MR. GLOVER.

SECOND BY MR. BARTHOLOMEW, CAN WE HAVE AMANDA COME UP AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS? KATE'S GONNA COME UP.

OH, KATE, I'M SORRY.

KATE'S HERE.

SO THIS IS GONNA BE THROUGH RURAL AND CRITICAL LANDS.

SO MS. SCHAFER? YES.

THIS IS KATE SCHAFER WITH THE OPEN LAND TRUST, UM, STANDING IN FOR AMANDA LAKE THIS EVENING.

UM, BUT WE SERVICE CONTRACTORS TO THE PROGRAM AND WE'LL HOLD THE CONSERVATION EASEMENT ON THIS PROPERTY.

UM, THIS IS IN A LOCATION ON SEASIDE ROAD THAT'S CURRENTLY A PECAN GROVE.

UM, AND THE CONSERVATION EASEMENT WILL, UM, ENCOURAGE AGRICULTURAL USES PROVIDING FOR ITS ABILITY TO STAY THAT WAY.

UM, IT'S IN A MARSH MIGRATION CORRIDOR AND ELIMINATING DOCK FRONT, UM, DOCK FRONTAGE ALONG CLUB BRIDGE CREEK AND IS IN A CONSERVATION PRIORITY AREA.

UM, SO THAT'S A LITTLE UPDATE ON THE PROJECT.

ANYBODY HAVE A QUESTION ON THAT? YES.

WHERE'S SEASIDE ROAD ON ST.

HELENA? AND, UM, HOW MUCH IS, IS WHAT'S THE, THIS IS A SMALL PROPERTY.

UM, HOW MUCH IS THIS AND THE COST TO THE COUNTY FOR THE CONSERVATION EASEMENT IS 374,374,000.

IT'S 9.3 ACRES.

UNDER THE SMALL LOT SUBDIVISION STANDARDS ON ST.

HELENA THAT ACTUALLY CAN BE DEVELOPED QUITE DENSELY.

UM, SO THIS EASEMENT DOES REMOVE DENSITY FROM THE TABLE.

UM, AND THAT'S WHERE THE APPRAISER DERIVES EASEMENT VALUE.

UM, JUST AS A REFRESHER, WHEN A CONSERVATION EASEMENT APPRAISAL IS COMPLETED, YOUR APPRAISER IS GONNA HAND THE RURAL AND CRITICAL, UM, STAFF AND BOARD THREE NUMBERS, A, A UNENCUMBERED NUMBER, WHAT THE PROPERTY IS LIKELY TO SELL FOR ON THE OPEN MARKET AS IS, UM, AN ENCUMBERED NUMBER.

THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY AFTER THE CONSERVATION EASEMENT IS PLACED ON IT.

AND THE DELTA BETWEEN THE TWO IS OFTEN REFERRED TO AS THE CONSERVATION EASEMENT VALUE.

AND THAT'S THE VALUE THAT WE ARE PAYING FOR, ESSENTIALLY BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE VALUE OF THE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS THAT PROPERTY OWNER IS GIVING UP BY RESTRICTING HIS OR HER PROPERTY FROM RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CELL TOWERS, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

AND, UM, RETAINING THE RIGHTS TO GROW FOOD, GROW TREES, UM, AND MAINTAIN A FAMILY RESIDENCE.

HAS IT BEEN APPRAISED? YES.

AND DO WE GO OUT FOR THREE BIDS ON THE APPRAISER? IS THAT, UM, FOR THIS ONE, YES.

FOR RURAL AND CRITICAL WE FOLLOW COUNTY PROCUREMENT RULES AND IF IT'S UNDER, YOU KNOW, A CERTAIN PRICE, THERE'S

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ONE BID.

IF IT'S UNDER ANOTHER PRICE, IT'S TWO.

IF IT'S UNDER ANOTHER PRICE, IT'S THREE.

I DON'T REMEMBER WHERE THIS ONE FELL IN.

UM, BUT WE DID FOLLOW COUNTY PROCUREMENT, UM, WHICH IS TYPICAL OF ALL ROLE AND CRITICAL PROGRAMS AND UM, THE APPRAISAL WAS RETURNED TO THE ROLE AND CRITICAL BOARD AND TO COUNTY STAFF.

AND DO WE KNOW, I MEAN, AFTER LAST YEAR WE HAD A PROBLEM.

NO ONE IN THE COUNTY OWNS THIS PROPERTY.

UM, A RELATIVE OF SOMEONE THAT WORKS FOR THE COUNTY OWNS THIS PROPERTY.

NO MA'AM.

DID THEY DO, THEY DID DUE DILIGENCE, I TAKE IT? YES, THERE WAS TITLE RESEARCH THAT WAS DONE, A SURVEY'S BEEN COMPLETED, A PHASE ONE ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS TO CONFIRM THERE'S NO SITE CONTAMINATION IN THE APPRAISAL.

AND THAT IS, IS THAT IN THE PACKET? OUR PACKET? YES.

THAT'S ALL IN THIS OUR PACKET.

AND THAT WAS ALL COMPLETED PRIOR TO RURAL AND CRITICAL BOARD REVIEW AS WELL, WHICH IS WHY THEY FELT COMFORTABLE MAKING THE RECOMMENDATION TO YOUR NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE.

MR. AND ABNET IS THE PROPERTY OWNER AND HE'S A SMALL FARMER IN BEAUFORT COUNTY, LUKE AND ABNET.

I WANNA ALSO SAY THAT, UM, CLUB BRIDGE, UM, WAS ACTUALLY, UM, THE CREEK THAT WAS USED, UM, BEFORE THERE WAS A BRIDGE FOR UH, INDUSTRY.

UM, THE MAIL CAME THROUGH CLUB BRIDGE COTTON LEFT ST.

HELEN ISLAND THROUGH CLUB BRIDGE AND UM, IT IS A DEEP WATER PROPERTY AND IT'S RIGHT ON THAT CREEK.

SO THIS IS ACTUALLY, UM, VERY VALUABLE PROPERTY FOR ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO BE ON DEEP WATER 'CAUSE HE HAS DEEP WATER.

SO, UM, EVEN THOUGH IT'S ONLY 9.3 ACRES, IT'S REALLY, UM, IT'S GOOD TO GET THIS OFF THE MARKET.

AND IT'S ALSO WHAT KAY SAID EARLIER, THE SCHAEFFER SAID EARLIER THAT, UM, IT'S IN THE AREA OF CONSERVATION THAT WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO UH, OBTAIN IN OTHER AREA IN THAT SAME AREA.

YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.

THERE'S SEVERAL CONSERVATION EASEMENTS, UM, ALONG SEASIDE ROAD ON FAMILY FARMS OF VARIOUS SIZES.

THERE'S ALSO UNPROTECTED PROPERTY ALONG SEASIDE ROAD, UM, THAT IS CONSERVATION PRIORITY IN THE FUTURE, WHETHER THAT COMES WITH RURAL AND CRITICAL FUNDING OR GREEN SPACE FUNDING OR LANDOWNER DONATION.

THIS IS A CONSERVATION PRIORITY AREA.

YOU KNOW, WHEN I READ THE PACKET WITH THIS, I SAW ALL HOW MANY PAGES? YEAH.

Y'ALL HAD ALL OF THE DUE DILIGENCE IN THE PACKET.

I WAS KIND OF BLOWN AWAY WHEN I DOWNLOADED IT.

SO EVERYBODY KNOWS THE PACKET IS 761 PAGES LONG.

YEAH, AND I STARTED READING THROUGH THIS, I'M LIKE, OH MY GOODNESS.

I MEAN, 'CAUSE YOU HAVE THE APPRAISAL IN THERE, YOU HAVE ALL THE DEED AND THE CONTRACTOR WHO DOES SOME GREAT PICTURES.

YEAH, .

I THOUGHT, OH, YOU WANNA MAKE SURE WE DO OUR HOMEWORK? YES.

SO DOES RURAL AND CRITICAL LANDS HAVE THE MONEY TO PURCHASE THIS? YES.

OH, IT IS.

UM, THIS WOULD OBLIGATE SOME OF THE REMAINING FUNDS FROM THE 2018 BOND REFERENDUM.

AS YOU HEARD AT NATURAL RESOURCES, YOUR RURAL AND CRITICAL LANDS BOARD HAS BEEN REALLY DILIGENT AND VERY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT HOW TO SPEND, HOW TO BEST SPEND THAT REMAINING MONEY BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT 2018 WAS THE LAST TIME THE COUNTY TOOK THE ROLE AND CRITICAL PROGRAM TO VOTERS AND ALSO TOOK THE MONEY TO THE BOND MARKET.

UM, AND SO WE HAVE A LIMITED RESOURCE.

WE DON'T WANNA SPEND MORE THAN WE HAVE.

UM, BUT HONESTLY WE DON'T WANNA SPEND LESS THAN WE HAVE EITHER AND LEAVE MONEY ON THE TABLE OR SPEND THAT MONEY, UH, POORLY AS THE PROGRAM IS, IS, UM, WINDING DOWN, SUNSETTING AND PASSING THE BATON TO GREEN SPACE.

UM, SO THIS WAS A UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THE BOARD AND IS WIDELY SUPPORTED, UM, FOR THE 374 OF THE REMAINING DOLLARS.

374 4,000? YES.

AND THERE ARE ROUGHLY 300 PAGES OF YOUR DOCUMENT IN HERE.

YES, YES.

OUR PHASE ONE CONTRACTOR IS INCREDIBLY THOUGHTFUL AND THOROUGH.

UM, SO IF THAT DOES SEEM LIKE AN OVERWHELMING NUMBER, MOST OF IT I THINK IS IN THE PHASE ONE ANALYSIS, WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT WHEN YOU ACQUIRE PROPERTY TO KNOW YOU'RE NOT, I MEAN, WE, WE NEED THAT TOO.

WHEN THE OPEN LAND TRUST SIGNS ONTO A CONSERVATION EASEMENT, WE SIGN ON TO PROTECT A PROPERTY FOREVER.

AND IF THERE'S A PHASE ONE THAT HAS CONTAMINATION, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOME LIABILITY WE'RE SIGNING ONTO.

SO WHETHER IT'S FEE OWNED FOR THE COUNTY OR UM, OPEN LAND TRUST EASEMENT OR ANOTHER LAND TRUST EASEMENT, THAT IS A NORMAL AND VERY IMPORTANT PART OF DUE DILIGENCE.

I, I DO APPRECIATE THAT IT'S INCLUDED, BUT I RECOGNIZE IT MAKES YOUR FILE.

IT'S VERY CUMBERSOME.

THAT'S INTERESTING.

SO YOU MIGHT AS WELL, WE'LL TAKE A VOTE THEN.

YOU MIGHT AS WELL STAY FOR THE NEXT ONE.

I'LL STAY RIGHT HERE.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTION ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT.

CAN I HAVE A VOTE BY SHOW OF HANDS FOR THOSE IN FAVOR? ALRIGHT, UNANIMOUS.

MY LAST ITEM IS 2025 SLASH 10.

AND

[12.c. 2025/10 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS AND PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE FEE SIMPLE PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY IDENTIFIED AS TAX MAP SERIAL NUMBER R600-029-000-0054-0000 AND ALSO KNOWN AS DAVIS ROAD FEE ]

AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS AND PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE FEE SIMPLE PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY IDENTIFIED AS TAX MAP SERIAL NUMBER R 600 0 2 9 3 0 0 0 5 4 AND FOUR ZEROS, ALSO KNOWN AS DAVIS ROAD FEE.

AND CAN I HAVE A MOTION PLEASE? MAD CHAIRMAN.

IS THAT YOUR DISTRICT? THAT IS, UH, THAT IS MR. CUNNINGHAM'S DISTRICT.

OH, HE IS HERE.

IT'S RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM SUN CITY.

IS HE HERE? UH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION FOR YOU, MR. YOU CAN MAKE THE MOTION FOREMAN.

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I'M HAPPY TO SECOND IT.

YEAH, HE'S NOT ON THERE.

UM, WOULD YOU LIKE TO TELL US ABOUT THIS ONE? SURE.

THERE'S ANOTHER 300 PAGE NO THERE.

ANOTHER, I'M SURE YOU, UM, READ THEM TO SLEEP.

UM, ABSOLUTELY.

THIS PROPERTY IS 40 ACRES IN BLUFFTON.

UM, IT'S IN BETWEEN TWO EXISTING RURAL AND CRITICAL FEE OWNED PROPERTIES.

UM, SEVERAL OF YOU ALL ACTUALLY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT THOSE PROPERTIES PROBABLY TWO YEARS AGO WHEN WE DID A SITE VISIT.

UM, IT'S NEXT TO OKEE REGIONAL PARK, UM, AND EVERGREEN.

IT BACKS UP TO A RURAL AND CRITICAL PROPERTY BEHIND, UH, MIDDLE SCHOOL IN BLUFFTON.

AND, UM, IS AT THE END OF A ROAD KNOWN AS DAVIS ROAD, WHICH IS HOW IT GOT ITS NAME.

UM, YOU'LL SEE FROM THE IMAGE THAT'S ON THE SCREEN, IF, IF YOU LOOK AT THE, THE FORESTED PROPERTIES TO THE RIGHT AND LEFT OF THE RED BOX ARE RURAL AND CRITICAL FEE OWNED PROPERTIES.

SO THIS IS A CRITICAL LINK IN THAT OKEE, UH, REGIONAL PARK INITIATIVE.

AND WE'VE HAD LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS WITH COUNTY STAFF AND WITH REGIONAL STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STORMWATER, WHICH INVESTED IN ONE OF THE PROJECTS, UM, CLOSER TO ONE 70 ABOUT THIS BEING A MISSING PIECE.

UM, TO, TO COMPARE KIND OF WHAT WE KNOW ON THE GROUND ABOUT THIS PROPERTY IN BLUFFTON, WE ACTUALLY LOOKED AT THE SOUTHEAST REGIONAL CONSERVATION BLUEPRINT AND THIS PROPERTY SHOWED UP AS AN IMPORTANT MISSING LINK IN THE REGIONAL PIECE FOR WATER QUALITY AS WELL, BECAUSE THESE ARE THE HEADWATERS OF THE RIVER.

UM, AND SO YOU MIGHT NOT THINK ABOUT IT LIKE THE HEADWATERS THAT YOU SEE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF 2 78 WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE WATER IN THE MARSH, BUT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT CRITICAL LINK, UM, FOR WATER QUALITY AND FOR, UM, HABITAT.

AND SO I JUST SHARE ALL THAT TO SAY IT'S REALLY NICE WHEN THE DATA AND THE REAL LIFE THAT YOU SEE ON THE GROUND MATCH UP AND THEY DO IN THIS CIRCUMSTANCE.

UM, DAVIS ROAD HAS HAD A LONGER HISTORY WITH THE RURAL AND CRITICAL PROGRAM, UM, THAN THE PREVIOUS PROPERTY YOU JUST APPROVED, BUT IS SIMILARLY BEING RECOMMENDED FOR, UM, PURCHASE AT 858,000 I BELIEVE IS ON YOUR ORDINANCE.

UM, IT WOULD BE A FEE SIMPLE PURCHASE.

THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN EVAL EVALUATED BY RURAL AND CRITICAL, UM, THREE TIMES PRIOR.

IT ACTUALLY, UM, COULD BE REFERRED TO ONCE AS THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY RURAL AND CRITICAL, WAS VERY CLOSE TO CLOSING THIS PROPERTY IN 2019.

UM, AND ANOTHER BUYER SWOOPED IN AND, UM, BECAUSE WE DON'T ACTUALLY GO UNDER CONTRACT UNTIL APPROVALS, UM, THIS WAS, UM, WAS TAKEN OFF THE, THE PROVERBIAL, UH, TABLE FOR PURCHASE.

SO, UM, BUT IT'S BACK LIKE A LOT OF GOOD PROJECTS, UM, DO COME BACK, WHICH IS GREAT.

UM, AND WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE IT NOW.

AND RURAL AND CRITICAL BOARD WHOLEHEARTEDLY RECOMMENDS, UM, THAT YOU DO SO.

'CAUSE OTHERWISE THIS COULD BE DEVELOPED.

IT IS, UM, ZONE T TWO RURAL.

IT IS NOT ANNEXED INTO THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON.

THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CONVERSATIONS, UM, ABOUT ANNEXATION AND, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST AGAIN, PROSPECTIVELY, UM, AN APPRAISAL, UM, SHOULDN'T EVER ASSUME A HYPOTHETICAL.

SO THE APPRAISAL THAT YOU'VE RECEIVED ON THE PROPERTY ASSUMES THAT IT WILL NOT BE ANNEXED INTO THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON.

UM, BLUFFTON HAS HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS AND SAID THEY, THEY DON'T INTEND TO ANNEX IT, BUT, YOU KNOW, A COUNCIL CAN'T BIND A FUTURE COUNCIL.

SO, UM, THAT'S TODAY'S STORY.

UM, IT CERTAINLY COULD BE DEVELOPED WITH THE DEMAND FOR HOUSING FROM A PRACTICAL PERSPECTIVE.

UM, I MEAN, I'M NOT A, YOU KNOW, PROSPECTOR, BUT, UM, I THINK THE PEOPLE THAT ARE WOULD AGREE WITH THAT.

THE APPRAISAL REFLECTS THE T TWO, THE APPRAISAL REFLECTS THE T TWO R.

ANYBODY ELSE QUESTION OR COMMENT ON THIS ONE? UH, I JUST WANNA COMMENT THAT, UM, THIS IS LIKE A DONUT HOLE, UM, PIECE OF PROPERTY, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT, UM, ONE DAY BECAUSE THE OLD GROWTH FOREST IS NEXT TO IT.

SO I HAVEN'T REALLY LOOKING FOR THAT WHOLE, UH, INTERSECTION THERE, UM, IN THAT AREA WHERE YOU HAVE A LOT OF RURAL, I MEAN A LOT OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT HAPPENING, BUT YOU GOT A NICE AREA FOR THE ANIMALS TO GO THROUGH AND STUFF.

SEE IN THE PROPERTY IS ABOUT FIVE ACRES IN SIZE.

SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.

I AM TOO.

I THINK THAT'S A GREAT POINT TO MAKE.

UM, WHEN THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A TRUE URBAN FOREST AROUND A POPULATION CENTER, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ANIMAL AND PLANT SPECIES.

IT'S ALSO REALLY IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE BECAUSE THAT MEANS THAT THAT PUBLIC ACCESS TO A PROPERTY LIKE THAT IS MORE IMMEDIATE.

AND IF YOU CAN DRIVE 10 MINUTES AND EXPERIENCE THIS TYPE OF, UM, OLD GROWTH WHITE OAK FOREST THAT WE CAN ON THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY, UM, AND YOU CAN ACCESS THAT, THAT'S REALLY VALUE ADD FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF A, A MAJOR POPULATION CENTER.

UM, I DON'T WANNA PUT WORDS IN THE MOUTH OF ANY OTHER COUNTY DEPARTMENTS, UM, 'CAUSE I WILL NEVER DO THEM JUSTICE.

UM, AND I MIGHT SAY THE WRONG THING, SO I'LL TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY.

BUT I BELIEVE ALSO IT'S FROM A STORM WATER PERSPECTIVE, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT.

STORMWATER HAS INVESTED IN THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY, AND FROM A PASSIVE PARK PERSPECTIVE, THE POTENTIAL FOR FUTURE PUBLIC ACCESS AND KIND OF UPLIFTING THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES, UM, ARE ALL IMPROVED BY THE ACQUISITION OF THIS ONE.

THE POND THAT YOU

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UM, AND IT IS NOW A FISHING POND.

IT, UM, WAS MINED PREVIOUSLY.

THAT'S A QUESTION I GOT FROM RURAL AND CRITICAL, SO I'LL MENTION THAT FOR YOU TOO.

ANY OTHER QUESTION OR COMMENT? ALL RIGHT.

ALL IN FAVOR SHOW BY RAISING YOUR HAND, PLEASE.

IN FAVOR OF THIS MOTION.

CONGRATULATIONS.

IT'S ALL YOURS, RURAL AND CRITICAL.

GONNA GO TO NUMBER 13 A, WHICH IS RESOLUTIONS.

IT'S ON YOU MR. MS. ALL RIGHT.

NOW WE'RE

[13.a. 2025/01 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE THE DOCUMENTS NECESSARY AND TO PROVIDE FUNDS TO THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND FOR THEIR PROCUREMENT OF FEE SIMPLE REAL PROPERTY LOCATED ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND, KNOWN AS THE JONESVILLE ROAD TRACT (PIN# R510 007 000 0091 0000), NOT TO EXCEED THE APPRAISED VALUE OF THE PROPERTY (FISCAL IMPACT: $2,187,000 from the Green Space Program Fund Account #4706-10- 0000-54400 Land Acquisition) ]

UM, 2025 SLASH OH ONE IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE THE DOCUMENTS NECESSARY AND TO PROVIDE FUNDS TO THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND FOR THEIR PROCUREMENT OF FEE.

SIMPLE REAL PROPERTY LOCATED ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND, KNOWN AS THE JONESVILLE ROAD TRACK AS PIN NUMBER, UM, R 500 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 0 0 0 0.

NOT TO EXCEED THE APPRAISED VALUE OF THE PROPERTY.

THE, UM, PHYSICAL IMPACT IS $2,187,000 FROM THE GREEN SPACE PROGRAM FUND ACCOUNT.

UM, AND, AND THEN IT JUST GIVES THE ACCOUNT NUMBER FOR LAND ACQUISITION.

DO I HEAR A MOTION MADAM CHAIRMAN? YES.

I'LL SECOND THAT.

UH, ALSO A PART OF THAT MOTION SHOULD INCLUDE I THINK, UH, THE AMENDMENTS THAT WERE MADE.

WE, WE HAVE THAT.

WE'LL PASS IT DOWN TO YOU.

IT'S GOT, IT HAS, SO HE'S GONNA AMEND IT.

YEAH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO AMEND IT.

YOU MADE A MOTION.

MOTION READ.

YOU HAVE A MOTION AT THE, AT THE BOTTOM READ? YES.

THE LANGUAGE READ AND SHALL REQUIRE THAT ANY FUNDS RECEIVED FROM GRANTS, PRIVATE, FEDERAL, OR STATE FUNDING BE USED SOLELY TO REIMBURSE THE EXPENDITURE OF THE GREEN SPACE PROGRAM.

SO THAT, THAT, UM, AS AS TO COUNCILMAN GLOVER'S POINT, IF BY CHANCE THEY RECEIVE FUTURE GRANTS, IT WILL COME, THE MONEY THAT MIGHT COME IN WOULD COME BACK TO THE GREEN SPACE PROGRAM.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

THERE WAS ANOTHER, UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW CRITICAL THIS IS NOW, BUT THERE WAS ANOTHER, UM, AMENDMENT AT THAT TIME, UM, WHICH BASICALLY SAID THAT, UH, ANY ADDITIONAL CONSERVATION FUNDS RECEIVE VIA GRANT, VIA GRANTS OR OTHER SOURCES, SOURCES WILL BE RETURNED TO THE GREEN SPACE THAT'S IN THERE.

UM, AND ANY GRANT FOR, AND THE APPLICANT'S FOR GRANTS AND FOR THE APPLICATION TO COORDINATE WITH THE COUNTY AS THE OWNER OF TO DO THE PURCHASE, COOPERATE WITH THE COUNTY.

THAT WAS PART OF IT TOO.

RIGHT? RIGHT.

IF WE, IN CERTAIN INSTANCES, IN CERTAIN INSTANCES, IF THE COUNTY IS GOING TO BE, UH, APPLYING FOR GRANTS, THEN THE DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES WILL COOPERATE WITH THE COUNTIES IN APPLYING FOR THOSE GRANTS.

BUT THAT'S GOTTA BE CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, NOT EVERY CASE.

SO SHOULD THAT BE A PART OF THIS MOTION? THE AMEND? I THINK IT'S IN, IT'S IN THE AMENDMENT.

IT'S IN THERE.

YOU GOT IT.

JUST GO AHEAD, READ IT.

NO, I MEAN, YOU GOT IT IN THE AMENDMENT.

I'M ASKING SO I CAN MAKE SURE THAT IT'S INCLUDED IN THERE.

I I BELIEVE IT IS.

BE SAFE.

I WOULD PUT THAT IN THERE.

WELL, IT'S, IT'S HERE.

UM, I THINK LOGAN AND THEN TOM SECONDED.

IT SAYS, UM, TO ALLOW STAFF TO WORK WITH THE APPLICANT FOR GRANTS AND FOR THE APPLICANT TO COOPERATE WITH THE COUNTY AS THE OWNER TO DO THE PURCHASE.

SO HOW, HOW WILL WE HANDLE, THIS IS AN AMENDMENT TO OUR FIRST MOTION.

IT WASN'T AN AMENDMENT TO IT.

JUST ADD THAT LANGUAGE TO COUNCILMAN RE'S, UH, STATEMENT STEVEN.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT FIRST MEETING COMING OUTTA THE COMMITTEE.

ACT.

SO COUNCIL RE YOU WOULD ADD, ADD THAT, ADD THAT TO YOUR MOTION.

IT'S JUST THIS PORTION RIGHT HERE.

DID YOU GET THAT? OKAY.

THIS AMENDMENT TO ALLOW STAFF TO WORK WITH THE APPLICANT FOR GRANTS AND FOR THE APPLICANT TO COOPERATE WITH THE COUNTY AS THE OWNER TO DO THE PURCHASE, ANY GRANTS RECEIVED WILL COME BACK TO THE GREEN SPACE PROGRAM.

DONE.

WE'RE GONNA ASK THAT THE GREEN SPACE COMMITTEE MAKE THAT A CONDITION AS PART OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ALL SUCH APPLICATIONS COMING FORWARD.

SURE.

RIGHT.

I'LL SECOND THE MOTION TO AMEND IT.

HE'S AMENDING

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THE MOTION.

WELL, HE SHOULD COME UP YOU.

YEAH, THAT THAT'D BE FINE.

BY, BY SHOW OF HANDS AND THE AMENDMENT.

WE'RE VOTING ON THE AMENDMENT.

IT PASSED.

NOW WE'RE BACK TO THE MAIN MOTION.

SO MO, SO MOTIONED CHAIRMAN, CHAIRWOMAN, YOU NEED TO READ IT AGAIN.

THE, THE MOTION? NO.

OH WAIT, I DIDN'T GET MR. PASSMAN.

OH, MR. PASSMAN, HE DOESN'T PASSMAN.

CAN YOU HEAR US, JOE? OH, JOE, COULD YOU HEAR US? OH, THERE HE GOES.

ON THAT MOTION TO AMEND.

CAN'T HEAR US.

ALL, NOW WE GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION.

YEAH, TAKE A VOTE IN THE MAIN MOTION.

ALRIGHT, WE'LL TAKE A BY SHOW OF HANDS ON THE ORIGINAL MOTION.

, WE PRETEND SWITCH YOUR HAND.

I DID.

WANT ME KEEP IT UP.

THAT WAS, UM, 11, I MEAN 13 A.

DO WE WHAT? BRIAN JOE? HE DID RAISE HIS HAND.

SO IT IS UNANIMOUS FOR THIS ONE NEXT.

ALRIGHT, WE'RE GOOD TO GO ON TO THE NEXT ONE NOW.

BY THE WAY, WE HAVE MR. MARK DAVIS HERE IF ANYONE HAS QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THESE.

SO, I'M SORRY I DIDN'T INTRODUCE YOU BEFORE.

WE'RE ON

[13.b. 2025/02 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE THE DOCUMENTS NECESSARY AND TO PROVIDE FUNDS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR PROCUREMENT OF FEE SIMPLE REAL PROPERTY LOCATED ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND, KNOWN AS THE WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY TRACTS (PIN# R511 007 000 0060 0000, R511 007 000 060C 0000, R511 007 000 060A 0000, R511 007 000 060B 0000, R511 007 000 192E 0000, R511 007 000 192C 0000), NOT TO EXCEED THE APPRAISED VALUE OF THE PROPERTY ($1,464,200) AND THAT ANY FUNDS RECEIVED FROM FUTURE RIGHT-OFWAY ACQUISITION GO BACK TO THE GREEN SPACE PROGRAM FUND. (FISCAL IMPACT: $1,464,200) from the Green Space Program Fund Account #4706-10-0000-54400 Land Acquisition) ]

13 B.

UH, THIS IS 2025 SLASH OH TWO A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE THE DOCUMENTS NECESSARY AND TO PROVIDE FUNDS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR PROCUREMENT OF A FEE.

SIMPLE REAL PROPERTY LOCATED IN HILTON HEAD ISLAND, KNOWN AS THE WILLIAM HILTON HEAD PARKWAY TRACKS.

THERE'S, UM, PEN NUMBER R FIVE 11.

COULD YOU PUT A PICTURE UP OF THOSE? UM, 5 11 0 0 7 0 0 0 1 9 2 E 0 0 0 0.

NOT OH, I LEFT ONE OUT.

NOT TO EXCEED THE APPRAISED VALUE OF THE PROPERTY, WHICH IS $1,464,200.

AND THAT ANY FUNDS RECEIVED FROM FUTURE RIGHT AWAY ACQUISITION.

THIS IS IMPORTANT.

GO BACK TO THE GREEN SPACE PROGRAM FUND.

THESE ARE LOCATED ALONG THE HIGHWAY AS YOU CAN SEE, AND, UM, THE COMMITTEE AND THE NATURAL RESOURCE COMMITTEE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IF IN THE FUTURE, IF DOT HAD TO ACQUIRE PART OF THESE PARCELS, UM, FOR FUTURE WIDENING OF THE ROAD, THAT MONEY WOULD GO BACK TO THE GREEN FUND, UH, ACCOUNT.

I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I SO MOVE MADAM CHAIR.

ANY DISCUSSION QUESTIONS? QUESTION? YES, SIR.

THE, UH, PREVIOUS ONE, PREVIOUS RESOLUTION MONEY WAS TO PROVIDE FUNDS TO THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND, WHO IS GOING TO BE THE OWNER OF THIS PROPERTY.

I DON'T SEE ANY LANGUAGE IN THERE ON WHICH ONE IT SAID FOR THEIR PROCUREMENT.

B NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT B.

B, UM, THE SAME.

IT'S THE SAME.

IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S WRITTEN TO BE THE SAME WHERE HILTON HEAD WOULD BE THE PURCHASER AND THE OWNER WHERE IT SAYS HERE THEIR PROCUREMENT, THAT MEANS THEY'RE BUYING IT, THEY'RE GONNA OWN IT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS ONE? YOU CAN SEE IT UP THERE ON THE SCREEN.

PRETTY CLEARLY, AND IT'S CLOSE TO OTHER PARCELS THAT TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ALREADY OWNS.

BY SHOW OF HANDS, UM, APPROVAL OF THIS RESOLUTION.

ALL IN FAVOR? SO IN FAVOR.

[13.c. 2025/03 A RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT FUNDING PURSUANT TO SOUTH CAROLINA ACT 226 FY 2024- 2025 STATE APPROPRIATIONS ACT IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,200,000 FOR THE ALLJOY BOAT LANDING IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (Time sensitive item coming forward from the Public Facilities Committee)]

LAST 1, 25, 20 25 0 3.

RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT FUNDING PURSUANT TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA ACT 2 2 6 FY 20 24, 25 STATE APPROPRIATION ACT AND THE AMOUNT OF $1,200,000 FOR THE ALL JOY BOAT LANDING IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.

I A MOTION I SECOND, SECOND, SECOND.

THAT OKAY.

DISCUSSION HEARING.

UM, DELEGATION FROM THE STATE, UM, ESPECIALLY FROM, UM, MR. WESTON NEWTON AND MR. BILL, HERB KERMAN, WHO HELPED TO BRING THIS, THE MONEY AND THE FUNDS, UM, TO HELP US, UH, EXPAND THE, UM, ALL JOY BOAT LANDING.

I MAY JUST SAY THAT THIS, THIS MONEY IS ACTUALLY, UM, FROM OUR,

[01:20:01]

UM, THAT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT AN AREA RIGHT THERE.

SO AGAIN, THIS IS STATE MONEY THAT, THAT, UM, HAS COME TO US THROUGH OUR, UM, THROUGH OUR REPRESENTATIVES.

I SHOW OF HANDS TO APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION, PLEASE.

AND JOE, JOE, RAISE HIS HAND.

YES, I, AND, UM, GERALD DAWSON IS NOT ON.

AT THIS, THIS TIME WE ARE GOING TO GO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

I'LL CHAIRMAN BEFORE WE GO TO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.

YES SIR.

UM, WE, WE, THE, THE, THE NATURAL RESOURCE COMMITTEE DID RECEIVE A RECOMMENDATION NOT TO PURSUE A PIECE OF PROPERTY.

SHOULD THAT COME TO THIS BODY HERE OR IS IT DEAD? NO, SIR.

WE'RE OKAY.

WE'RE DONE.

GOTCHA.

THANK YOU CHAIRWOMAN.

COULD I SAY ONE MORE THING BEFORE WE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION? YES, PLEASE.

I WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO TWO TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE, ALEX BROWN, TAMMY BECKER FOR BEING HERE AND I, I REFERENCED 71 SHELTER COVE AND I REFERENCED THE 26 ACRES IN MITCHELLVILLE.

TOGETHER WE WORKED TOGETHER ON THOSE PROPERTIES TO PUT THEM IN GREEN SPACE.

MY PLEA TO YOU TONIGHT IS LET'S CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER ON THESE TYPE OF THINGS AND I, I TELL YOU, WE CAN ACCOMPLISH A LOT THAT WAY.

FAIR ENOUGH.

OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION.

ALRIGHT, WE, WE MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE ANYTHING COMING

[14. EXECUTIVE SESSION]

I'M GONNA READ TO YOU THE TWO THINGS THAT WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT.

UM, 14 A IS PERSUANT TO SOUTH CAROLINA CODE SECTION 30 DASH FOUR DASH 70 A TWO RECEIPT OF LEGAL ADVICE WHERE THE LEGAL ADVICE RELATES TO PENDING LITIGATION.

THIS IS CHERYL A MUNDY AND MARGARET DEVINE VERSUS BUFORT COUNTY DETENTION CENTER.

AND THEN B IS PERSUADED TO SOUTH CAROLINA SECTION CODE 30 DASH FOUR DASH 70 A TWO RECEIPT OF LEGAL ADVICE WHERE THE LEGAL ADVICE RELATES TO PENDING LITIGATION, SANDERS SHEPHERD VERSUS BEAUFORT COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION.

SO WE ARE GOING TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND THERE MAY OR MAY NOT BE ANYTHING COMING OUT OF THAT, BUT THAT IS ALL WE HAVE LEFT FOR BUSINESS TONIGHT.

AND THANK YOU FOR SUCH A NICE CROWD.

WE NEED A MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

I NEED A MOTION.

I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.

DO I HAVE A SECOND TO GO IN EXECUTIVE SESSION? DO A SECOND.

I'LL SECOND THAT.

DID I HEAR A MOTION? YEAH, I HAVE ONE.

WITHOUT OBJECTION.

WE'RE GOING IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT.

HEY HONEY, CAN YOU SET THE TABLE DALE 9 1 1 EMERGENCY ACTIONS FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION.

[15. MATTERS ARISING OUT OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION]

WELL, SORRY.

THAT'S OKAY.

SORRY, I TO SWITCH FIRST READ THIS TO MC SORRY.

I IT'S OKAY.

THAT'S FINE.

YOU HAVE A MOTION ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE? NO, I HAVE THE F THE FIRST THING WE TALK ABOUT.

THE FIRST ONE THAT WE ON THE AGENDA, IT WAS SO LONG AGO, WE FORGOT.

IN THE MATTER OF UH, SANDRA SHEPHERD VERSUS BEAUFORT COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION, I MOVED THE COUNCIL ACCEPT AND APPROVE THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND AUTHORIZED THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT REACHED IN MEDIATION ON JANUARY 22ND, 2025.

I NEED A SECOND FOR THAT PLEASE.

OKAY BY SHOW OF HANDS.

ALL IN FAVOR? OKAY JOE, COULD YOU HEAR US? WE VOTED ON THE ONE REGARDING SHEPHERD.

[01:25:04]

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

CHERYL MONDAY ETAL VERSUS BEAUFORT COUNTY ONE.

I MOVE THAT COUNSEL AUTHORIZED THE DEPUTY COUNTY ATTORNEY AND OUR OUTSIDE COUNSEL FOR THE CASE OF CHERYL MONDAY ETAL VERSUS BEAUFORT COUNTY TO NEGOTIATE A SETTLEMENT FOR AN AMOUNT AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BE AUTHORIZED TO EX EXECUTE A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT IN THIS CASE FOR AN AMOUNT AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION NUMBER TWO.

ADDITIONALLY, I MOVE THAT COUNSEL AUTHORIZED THE DEPUTY COUNTY ATTORNEY AND OUR OUTSIDE COUNSEL FOR THE CASE OF BUFORT COUNTY VERSUS THE S-C-I-R-F TO NEGOTIATE A SETTLEMENT FOR THE TERMS AS DISCUSSED AND END EXECUTIVE SESSION AND THAT THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BE AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT IN THIS CASE FOR THE TERMS AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? A SECOND.

SO YOU BY SHOW OF HANDS, UM, ALL IN AGREEMENT? OKAY.

SAID NO, NO ONE OBJECTION.

OBJECTION.

ONE OBJECTION.

COUNCILMAN RICH.

UM, IF THERE'S NO FURTHER BUSINESS, WE WILL ADJOURN.