[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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I'M GONNA CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME WITH PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, MY PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER IN THIS LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
FOR YOU NOTIFICATION'S BEEN PUBLISHED, SO WE'RE ALL RIGHT THERE.
[4. APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES – January 6, 2025 Workshop and Regular]
APPROVAL OF THE MEETING MINUTES OF JANUARY 6TH, BOTH OUR WORKSHOP AND THE REGULAR MEETING.LET'S TAKE THE WORKSHOP FIRST.
ARE THERE ANY CHANGES, MODIFICATIONS, ANYBODY WOULD LIKE? OKAY.
WITH ALL CONSENT, UM, MINUTES ARE APPROVED WITH NO OBJECTIONS.
HOW ABOUT THE, UH, MINUTES FOR THE REGULAR MEETING? JANUARY 6TH? ANY COMMENTS, RESERVATIONS, CHANGES? OKAY.
WITHOUT ANY RESERVATIONS, THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING FOR JANUARY 6TH ARE ACCEPTED.
[5. APPROVAL OF AGENDA]
APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.DOES ANYBODY WANT TO CHANGE ANYTHING ON THE AGENDA? ADD ANYTHING? MODIFY IT, QUESTIONS.
WE'RE AT THE POINT WHERE, UH, CITIZEN COMMENTS ON NON AGENDA ITEMS ARE ALLOWED AT THIS POINT.
I'M GONNA, BEFORE I READ ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS, INSTRUCTIONS, I'M GONNA ASK IF THERE'S ANYBODY WHO HAS A TOPIC THEY WANNA TALK ABOUT THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA FOR THE EVENING.
I NOTE THAT WE DO HAVE ONE, UM, REQUEST TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM THAT IS ON THE AGENDA.
I'M JUST GONNA GO THROUGH THE INSTRUCTIONS TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS ABOUT THE COMMENTS SECTION, YOUR REQUEST TO SPEAK TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, UM, THE COMMISSION THROUGH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, OUR PLANNER OVER HERE, KRISTEN FORBES.
YOU SEE HER, UH, SHE, YOU CAN FILL OUT A FORM.
UM, YOU'LL BE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
THE COMMISSIONERS WILL RESPECTFULLY LISTEN TO YOUR COMMENTS WHEN YOU COME TO THE PODIUM.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE PUBLIC RECORD.
UH, PLEASE BE IN TURN, BE RESPECTFUL OF THE PUBLIC FORUM THAT YOU ARE IN.
THIS PUBLIC MEETING IS RECORDED AND THEREFORE IT BECOMES A MATTER OF PUBLIC RECORD.
AS DOES ALL CORRESPONDENCE ON THIS ISSUE DIRECTED TO COUNTY OFFICIALS.
PLEASE TRY TO AVOID REPEATING COMMENTS ALREADY OFFERED.
IT JUST TIES US DOWN LONGER AND WE, WE LISTEN INTENTLY TO EVERYTHING YOU SAY.
PLEASE PLACE YOUR CELL PHONES ON SILENT MODE.
IF YOU NEED TO SPEAK WITH THE CALLER, PLEASE STEP OUTSIDE THE OUTSIDE THE ROOM.
JUST AS A GENERAL REMINDER, PLANNING IS AN ADVISORY BODY TO COUNTY COUNCIL, AND AS SUCH, THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION ON ISSUES GO FORWARD TO COUNTY COUNCIL THROUGH THE NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE, THEN THE COUNTY COUNCIL FOR THEIR REVIEW AND VOTE DETERMINATION.
SO THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION IS A STEP IN THE REVIEW PROCESS AND VOTING DETERMINATION BY COUNTY COUNCIL.
WITH THAT IN MIND, UH, LET'S GET INTO OUR ACTION ITEMS FOR THE EVENING.
[7. CONSIDERATION OF A TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODE (CDC): APPENDIX C.4 (BUCKWALTER PARKWAY) TO UPDATE ACCESS MANAGEMENT STANDARDS) REQUEST FOR DEFERRAL]
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, WHICH IS REQUEST FOR A DEFERRAL ON CONSIDERATION OF A TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE, TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODE.ROB, DID YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE DEFERRAL ACTION? UH, YES.
AND THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE BUCKWALTER PARKWAY ACCESS MANAGEMENT PLAN.
AND, UH, I SPOKE WITH THE CHAIRMAN EARLIER TODAY, AND THEN I ALSO SPOKE WITH, UH, BRIAN BAUER, THE, THE HEAD OF OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.
AND WE AGREED THAT THE BEST ACTION AT THIS POINT IS, YOU KNOW, IS FOR STAFF TO WITHDRAW THAT APPLICATION.
AND FOR, I SPOKE WITH MR. BAUER FROM ENGINEERING ABOUT WHEN THEY THOUGHT THIS ITEM WOULD COME BACK TO THE COMMISSION.
HE SAID, IDEALLY MARCH, BUT IF HE THINKS IT MIGHT BE LONGER.
AND I SAID, WELL, I THINK THAT IN AND OF ITSELF IS THE ISSUE.
THE, THE IMPORTANT THING ABOUT IF, IF THIS IS WITHDRAWN, THEN THAT MEANS THAT WHEN IT COMES BACK TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, WE WILL RE ADVERTISE IT SO THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS A, A NEW DATE FOR PUBLIC HEARING.
BECAUSE IF YOU REMEMBER, THERE WERE CERTAIN PEOPLE FROM THE PUBLIC WHO WERE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS PLAN.
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AND THERE ARE ANY CHANGES, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK.SO WHAT WE RECOMMEND THE STAFF IS THIS BE WITHDRAWN, YOU KNOW, THAT THE ITEM BE WITHDRAWN.
AND SO WHEN THEY'RE READY TO COME BACK, IT'LL BE READVERTISED AND IT'LL BE A FRESH NEW APPLICATION BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO VOTE ON THAT.
SO IF IT'S, IF IT'S WITHDRAWN, THEN WE WON'T BE HEARING ANYTHING THIS EVENING.
[8. CONSIDERATION OF A TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODE (CDC): APPENDIX B (DAUFUSKIE ISLAND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODE) DIVISION 3 (PERMITTED USES) TO PERMIT TH]
I GUESS THEN WE'LL MOVE RIGHT INTO ACTION ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, WHICH IS CONSIDERATION OF A TEXT AMENDMENT THROUGH THE DEVELOP COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODE.APPENDIX B, TOFUS ISLAND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODE DIVISION THREE, PERMITTED USES TO PERMIT THE USE OF ANIMAL SERVICES CLINIC, HOSPITAL AND A D TWO RURAL, UH, AREA T TWO R, KRISTEN GOOD AFTERNOON OR EVENING.
UM, SO THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT SEEKS TO PERMIT ANIMAL SERVICE CLINIC HOSPITAL, UM, USE WITHIN THE D TWO RURAL ZONING DISTRICT OF DEF OF DUSKY ISLAND.
THE CURRENT STANDARDS DO NOT ALLOW FOR THIS USE, HOWEVER, MORE INTENSE USES SUCH AS, UM, KENNELS ARE ALLOWED IN THE DISTRICT.
UM, AND THEN I'M GONNA RUN THROUGH SOME OF THESE POINTS THAT WE HAVE.
SO IT IS, UM, CONSISTENT AND FURTHERS THE GOALS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ENCOURAGES A BUSINESS FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT AND, UM, SUPPORTS A SKILLED WORKFORCE.
UM, IT DOES, UM, ADDRESS A COMMUNITY NEED.
DSCA ISLAND CURRENTLY DOES NOT HAVE A DESIGNATED VETERINARIAN OFFICE FOR THE ANIMALS AND PETS OF THE CITIZENS.
UM, AND THAT WOULD ALLOW MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE, TO PROVIDE NEEDED SERVICES.
UM, AND IT IS CONSISTENT WITH, UM, THE PURPOSE OF D TWO R.
UM, SO CURRENTLY D TWO R ALLOWS FOR THE USE OF KENNELS, WHICH IS A MUCH MORE INTENSE USE.
UM, ANOTHER PERMITTED USE IS COMMERCIAL STABLES.
UH, THE PURPOSE OF D TWO R IS TO PRESERVE THE RURAL CHARACTER WHILE ENCOURAGING FARMS WHERE ANIMALS ARE RAISED.
THIS CALLS FOR THE NEED FOR A VETERINARIAN IN THOSE AREAS AND THE ISLAND IN GENERAL.
UM, THEREFORE STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? QUESTIONS? YES, I HAVE THE ONE.
UM, I, I WAS JUST CURIOUS BECAUSE AS I WAS REVIEWING THE, UM, TABLE B THREE 20, UM, AND I THINK YOU MENTIONED ANIMAL SERVICES, UH, KENNELS CERTAINLY SEEMS LIKE A MORE INTENSE USE.
UM, BUT IT'S ALLOWED AS A CONDITIONAL USE UNDER THE D TWO AND D THREE, WHICH ISN'T INCLUDED AS PART OF THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE ANIMAL SERVICES.
AND I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS CONSIDERED IN TERMS OF INCLUDING CLINICS AND HOSPITALS AS A CONDITIONAL USE UNDER THOSE TWO ZONING DISTRICTS SINCE KENNELS ARE ALREADY ALLOWED AS A CONDITIONAL USE UNDER THOSE ZONING DISTRICTS.
FOR WHICH ONES, AGAIN, D TWO G AND D THREE GN, THAT MIGHT HAVE JUST BEEN HOW IT WAS WRITTEN THE FIRST TIME.
THAT WAS JUST, YEAH, I, WELL, I WAS, WELL, I THINK YOU'RE AWARE OF THIS ISSUE.
I MEAN, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A, WITHIN THE DUSKY ISLAND APPENDIX IN OUR CODE, THERE ARE CONDITIONAL USES CALLED OUT, BUT THERE ARE NO CONDITIONS ATTACHED.
AND SO WHILE IT WOULD'VE MADE SENSE TO BE CONSISTENT AND MAKE IT A CONDITIONAL USE, THERE'S NOWHERE IN THAT SECTION THAT ATTACHES CONDITIONS TO THE KENNEL.
SO THAT'S WHY WE, WE HAVE THIS AS PERMITTED.
'CAUSE WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS ATTACHED, IT DOESN'T REALLY PROVIDE ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WHEN, WHEN, WHEN THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S CONDITIONAL USE AS STAFF, THAT MEANS THAT THERE'S A SEPARATE SECTION OF THE ORDINANCE THAT PROVIDES ADDITIONAL THINGS SUCH AS MAYBE A WIDER BUFFER OR GREATER SETBACK, YOU KNOW, FOR WHERE ANIMALS ARE KEPT.
AND NONE OF THAT IS IN THE DUSKY IOWA CODE.
SO I, I UNDERSTOOD THE INTENT TO, UM, MAKE THIS A PERMITTED USE UNDER THE D TWO R MM-HMM
BUT AS I WAS LOOKING AT THE TABLE, THERE, THERE ARE TWO OTHER DISTRICTS WHERE KENNELS ARE SHOWN AS A C, BUT THEN IT'S NOT ADDRESSED AT ALL IN TERMS OF CLINICS AND HOSPITALS.
AND I WOULD'VE THOUGHT, OH, THAT THOSE OTHER DISTRICTS I HAVE AS WELL, THOSE OTHER DISTRICTS BEING CONDITIONAL AS WELL FOR, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S NO CONDITIONS, BUT AT LEAST THERE'S THE SAME STANDARD FOR BOTH KENNELS AND FOR THE, UH, CLINIC AND HOSPITALS.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? I'M
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THAT YOU'RE SAYING IN THOSE TWO DISTRICTS WE'RE GONNA ADD IT TO D TWO R, IT SHOULD BE IN THOSE TWO DISTRICTS AS WELL.I, I WOULD THINK THAT THE CLINIC, ANIMAL HOSPITAL SHOULD BE AN ALLOWED USE UNDER THOSE OTHER DISTRICTS BECAUSE KENNELS ARE ALREADY ALLOWED IN THOSE TWO DISTRICTS.
AND THAT COULD BE PART OF YEAH.
AND I GUESS WHERE I'M ARGUING IS I WOULD, I'D RATHER NOT PUT A C IN THERE AND CONTINUE AN ERROR
WELL, YOU, YOU SAID THAT, UM, TO PUT A C IN THERE WOULD BE AN ERROR, WHICH MEANS YOU THINK YOU'RE THINKING THERE SHOULD, SHOULD BE SOME CONDITIONS TO THAT, UH, TO, TO, UH, THE ALLOWING CLINIC HOSPITAL.
WOULDN'T IT BE WISE AT THIS POINT TO, TO STATE WHAT THOSE CONDITIONS MIGHT BE OR TO RESEARCH THAT CONDITIONS? I DON'T EVEN THINK THERE'S CONDITIONS WITHIN THE REGULAR CDC FOR KENNEL OR FOR HOSPITALS.
SO WE WOULD BE INTRODUCING SOMETHING THAT'S CURRENTLY NOT IN OUR CODE, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE A BUFFER.
AND I GUESS WHAT I'M SAYING IS I DON'T REALLY BELIEVE IN THAT PARTICULAR SITUATION IN, IN A RURAL DISTRICT THAT A ANIMAL SERVICES, YOU KNOW, UM, VETERINARIAN CLINIC NEEDS ADDITIONAL STANDARDS AND WHAT'S ALREADY IN THERE.
I MEAN, THE DISTRICT ALREADY HAS SETBACKS, BUFFERS, YOU KNOW, IT, IT IS A RURAL ZONING WITH ON LARGE LOTS.
AND SO FROM STAFF STANDPOINT, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS NEED TO BE ADDED.
UM, I UNDERSTAND ON THE TABLE, IF WE PUT A C THERE, IT WOULD LOOK VERY CONSISTENT WITH WHAT ELSE IS THERE.
BUT THERE'S NOTHING IN THE CODE THAT SAYS WHEN THERE'S SOMETHING AS A C, THEN YOU NEED TO FOLLOW THESE ADDITIONAL STANDARDS.
IT'S, IT WAS A, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT WAS SOMEHOW NOT PICKED UP WHEN THAT WAS ADOPTED.
SO THAT'S WHY I AM RECOMMENDING OKAY.
THAT IT'S A PERMITTED USE, NOT A CONDITIONAL USE.
IS THAT A WORK ITEM FOR THE FUTURE THEN TO YES.
TAKE A LOOK AT THE CONDITIONS.
WE HAVE LITTLE THINGS IN A CODE LIKE THAT, THAT WE FIND, AND THAT WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF KEEPING A LIST AND THE IDEAS THAT WE WOULD COME IN WITH A SERIES OF AMENDMENTS.
WHAT WE DON'T WANNA DO IS DRAW ALL ATTENTION TO ONE THING THAT HASN'T EVEN BEEN A PROBLEM, YOU KNOW, BUT IN, BUT WE DO WANT TO COME BACK WITH THAT.
SO JUST TO EASE PEOPLE'S MIND WHO ARE THINKING THAT THE SCENE CAN BE AMENDED DOWN THE ROAD, IT, THEY WOULD BE GRANDFATHERED TO THE CURRENT CONDITION? YES.
AND IF YOU, AND IF THERE'S AN AGREEMENT TO CHANGE THAT TO CONDITIONAL THEN GOING FORWARD, ANY FACILITY OF SUCH WOULD BE SUBJECT TO THOSE CONDITIONS.
UM, NOW WE HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF GATED COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT BEFORD COUNTY.
THE FUSSY IS THE ONLY ONE THAT REQUIRES A FAIR TO GET THERE.
IS THAT WHY WE'RE CONSIDERING THIS? IT'S FOR WHAT EXACTLY.
IT'S MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO GET GOODS SERVICES ONTO AND OFF THE FUSSY ISLAND.
YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE VETERINARY CARE RIGHT THERE ON THE ISLAND.
SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO TAKE THEIR PETS OFF THE ISLAND.
WHAT TO PREVENT OTHER GATED COMMUNITIES FROM SAYING, HEY, WE WANT THE, THE SAME THING.
THIS, THIS DOES NOT APPLY TO HAYDEN POINT.
THIS APPLIES TO THE, THE REMAINDER OF THE ISLAND, WHICH I WOULD SAY THAT BETTER PARALLEL WOULD BE SOMEWHERE LIKE ST.
HELEN, EXCEPT THAT THIS DOESN'T HAVE ROAD ACCESS.
I MEAN, IT, IT'S, IT'S BASICALLY RURAL AND RURAL ALLY ZONED LAND, BUT IT'S NOT BEHIND A GATE.
THE, THE, UM, AREAS BEHIND A GATE ON
SO LIKE HAY POINT, MELROSE, BLOODY POINT.
SO IF YOU WERE GOING TO, UM, PURSUE A KENNEL AND IT SHOWN TODAY AS A C, WOULD THE PROCESS MEAN THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE, THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, BUT THERE WOULD BE NO CONDITIONS OR THAT WOULD JUST BE ALLOWED WHEN SOMETHING IS A CONDITIONAL USE, IT'S AT THE, YOU COULD STAY UP.
SO WE HAVE OUR STAFF REVIEW TEAM AND WE REVIEW, YOU KNOW, ANYTIME SOMETHING THAT'S OUT A SINGLE FAMILY OR, OR DUPLEX OR OR MINOR SUBDIVISION, IT COMES TO OUR SRT.
AND SO MOST OF THE TIME WHEN SOMETHING IS LISTED AS A CONDITIONAL
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USE, THERE IS A REFERENCE TO THE TABLE THAT POINTS TO ARTICLE FOUR, AND THEN ARE ADDITIONAL STANDARDS.SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE OUTDOOR STORAGE, THERE MIGHT BE A REQUIREMENT FOR SCREENING OR A CERTAIN SIZE, HEIGHT OF, UH, OPAQUE FENCE THAT'S SCREEN, UH, LANDSCAPED.
THERE'S ADDITIONAL STANDARDS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO FOLLOW JUST AS EASILY AS THE STANDARDS OF THE ORDINANCE.
AND SO WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS IF IT WERE TO GO TO SRT, WE WOULD JUST SIMPLY GO BY THE EXISTING STANDARDS AND WE WOULD HAVE NOTHING ADDITIONAL.
UM, SO THOUGH IT DOESN'T GO TO THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS, THAT WOULD BE A SPECIAL USE.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR KRISTEN OR ROB? OH, THANK YOU.
UM, DO WE HAVE SOMEBODY HERE TO REPRESENT THE, UH, THE COMMUNITY THAT WOULD LIKE TO, ARE YOU THE ONE WHO PUT OUT THE, IS THIS YES, SIR.
UM, I ALSO, TODAY WITH ME IS DR.
SANDIFER AND MRS. SANDIFER, DR.
SANDIFER AND MRS. SANDIFER WENT AND, UH, RAN A VETERINARY PRACTICE UP NORTH.
SANDIFER, UM, IS INTERESTED IN SETTING UP A, A CLINIC, WHICH IS KIND OF WHAT BROUGHT US HERE TODAY.
WOULD YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND TELL US? YES, I'M SORRY.
UM, AND I'M BASICALLY WEARING THREE HATS IN THIS, WITH THIS PROJECT.
FIRST OF ALL, AS I'M LISTENING TO THE, THE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE, YOU KNOW, WHY WHEN THE PLAN WAS WRITTEN AND SO FORTH, WHY DIDN'T IT, WHY IT WASN'T A LITTLE TIGHTER? WELL, IF YOU WERE GONNA BLAME SOMEONE, HE BLAMED ME BECAUSE I WAS THE CHAIR OF THE FUZZY ISLAND COUNCIL.
WHEN WE REWROTE THE PLAN, THINK I WAS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE, THAT WE HAD TO REWRITE THE PLAN AND CODE AND THEN, THEN PASS IT ON TO THE COUNTY.
AND I CAN ASSURE YOU THERE WAS NEVER ANY IN INTENTION TO, TO LEAVE OUT VETERINARY CLINICS.
WE NEVER, IT JUST NEVER EVEN CAME UP.
UM, HOW, HOW WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE DOG BOARDING FACILITY IN THERE AND NOT A VETERINARY CLINIC.
I'M NOT SURE, BECAUSE I WOULD, WELL, YOU KNOW, FOR OBVIOUS REASONS, THAT KIND OF TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF FACILITIES.
BUT AT ANY RATE, IT WAS AN OVERSIGHT.
I CAN ALSO TELL YOU THAT THE DEF FUZZY ISLAND COUNCIL, UH, MET EARLIER THIS WEEK AND VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO SUPPORT THIS.
UM, YEAH, I THINK WE HAVE A COPY OF THE LETTER TEXT, TEXT AMENDMENT.
UM, SO, UM, UH, BUT ALSO, UM, I AM, UM, I HAVE A, THE ONLY ANIMAL WELFARE ORGANIZATION ON DUSKY.
IT'S CALLED THE DUSKY ISLAND PARTNERSHIP FOR ANIMALS.
AND, UM, UH, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S SUCH A CRYING NEED TO HAVE VETERINARY SERVICES ON THE ISLAND, UM, PRIMARILY FOR COMPANION ANIMALS, BUT WE ALSO HAVE FARM ANIMALS THERE.
AND, UM, AND WE HAVE A WILDLIFE REHAB PROGRAM.
RIGHT NOW, IT'S NOT SO MUCH A PROBLEM FOR PEOPLE IN HAGUE POINT TO TAKE THEIR ANIMALS TO THE VET BECAUSE THERE'S A, UH, AN HOURLY FERRY THAT RUNS ABOUT 12 HOURS TODAY WHERE YOU CAN GET AN ANIMAL OVER PRETTY, PRETTY EASILY TO THE OTHER SIDE AS LONG AS IT'S DURING THE DAY.
BUT FOR FOLKS WHO LIVE OUT IN WHAT WE CALL THE HISTORIC DISTRICT, AND THIS IS PRIMARILY, IT IS A RURAL AREA, PRIMARILY DIRT ROADS.
UM, THESE ARE MORE THE WORKING, THE WORKING FOLKS OF OUR ISLAND, A LOT OF SENIORS, SOME GULLAH FOLKS.
UM, THERE'S, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT WHEN YOU HAVE A PET AND, UM, YOU'VE GOTTA TAKE THEM OVER ON THE PUBLIC FERRY.
I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS WE'VE HAD PROBLEMS WITH OUR PUBLIC FERRY SERVICE, AND THAT INCLUDES, NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, YOU'RE ALMOST ALWAYS CHARGED TO TAKE A PET OVER THERE.
UM, SO FOR SOMEBODY WHO, UM, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE MOST FOLKS MAYBE THAT CHARGE ISN'T SO MUCH A PROBLEM, BUT WHEN YOU'RE REALLY KIND OF LIVING HAND TO MOUTH, IT IS.
AND, UH, AS A RESULT, WE'RE NOT SEEING, WE'RE SEEING A DROP IN ROUTINE, UH, VET CARE, UH, ROUTINE VACCINATIONS, CHECKING FOR HEARTWORM DISEASE, YOU KNOW, THE ANNUAL CHECK AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
IT PRIMARILY, IT PRETTY MUCH DOESN'T HAPPEN, UM, IN MOST AREAS OF THE ISLAND.
IF YOU'VE GOT A VERY ILL ANIMAL, UM, IT CAN BE DIFFICULT.
IT'S, THE WORST TIMES ARE WHEN YOU HAVE A CRITICALLY ILL ANIMAL AND ONE THAT'S SUFFERING AND, UH, OFTENTIMES REALLY HAS TO BE EUTHANIZED AND YOU, AND YOU CAN'T GET THE ANIMAL OVER TO THE OTHER SIDE.
IT CAN HAPPEN AT NIGHT, IT CAN HAPPEN ON THE WEEKENDS, UH, OR YOU JUST MISSED THE FERRY.
AND THAT'S PROBABLY THE MOST HEARTBREAKING INCIDENTS THAT, UH, THAT WE HAVE.
UM, WE, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, WE NEVER REALLY THOUGHT ANYBODY'D BE INTERESTED IN SETTING UP A VET CLINIC.
WE DO HAVE ONE VETERINARIAN WHO COMES OVER EVERY THREE MONTHS FOR A FEW HOURS, UH, ON A WEEKEND DAY, BUT THAT DOESN'T BEGIN TO SERVE THE PURPOSES.
SANDIFER'S WIFE RAN A, A SIGNIFICANT PRACTICE, UH, UP NORTH, RECENTLY RETIRED, AND, UM, HE'S ALREADY GOTTEN HIS,
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HIS, UH, VETERINARY LICENSE IN SOUTH CAROLINA.HE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE MORE.
AND HE IS INTERESTED IN SETTING UP WHAT I BELIEVE WILL BE A PART-TIME VETERINARY CLINIC AND BE AVAILABLE FOR ROUTINE CARE, BUT ALSO IF THERE'S AN EMERGENCY, UH, AT NIGHT OR ON THE WEEKENDS, HE'S GOING TO MAKE HIMSELF AVAILABLE, UH, FOR THAT.
AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT DOING SOME LOW COST VACCINATION CLINICS, HEARTWORM CHECKS, THINGS LIKE THIS.
HONESTLY, THIS WOULD BE A GODSEND FOR OUR COMMUNITY, AND PEOPLE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
THERE'S, YOU KNOW, NO OPPOSITION THAT I'VE HEARD.
I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE WHY ANYBODY WOULD WANNA, WOULD BE OPPOSED TO THIS.
IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, AN ABSOLUTE GODSEND.
UM, THE, THE THIRD HAT THAT I, THAT I WEAR, JUST SO YOU KNOW, UM, I HAVE A SMALL, UM, ANIMAL SANCTUARY ON THE ISLAND, PRIMARILY CATS.
AND, UM, HAVE A LITTLE CABIN THERE.
AND THAT'S KIND OF THE BASE, THE BASE FOR OUR ANIMAL WELFARE ORGANIZATION.
AND DR. SANFORD AND MRS. SANFORD ARE LOOKING THAT AS A POSSIBLE LOCATION FOR THIS FACILITY.
THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT OTHER PLACES TOO.
BUT I DIDN'T, I WANTED TO BE TRANSPARENT AND JUST LET YOU KNOW THAT, THAT I, YOU KNOW, IN CASE SOMEBODY SAID I HAVE A VESTED INTEREST.
UM, THAT'S, UM, THAT'S ALL I REALLY HAD TO SAY.
SANDA FOR ONE, SAY A FEW WORDS.
CAN WE, DID YOU, UH, HAVE ANY HE HAS QUESTION.
AND, AND I WILL SAY TOO, I WORK VERY CLOSELY TO FUSS ISLAND COUNCIL.
I, I'M ACTUALLY THEIR PRO BONO LOBBYIST IF YOU, IF, IF YOU WILL.
AND, UM, CERTAINLY WILL CONVEY TO THEM THAT WHEN IT COMES TIME TO KIND OF CLEAN UP, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE OTHER AREAS YOU'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, THAT PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE DONE THE FIRST TIME.
AND I'LL, I'LL CERTAINLY BE HAPPY TO TRY TO FACILITATE THOSE DISCUSSIONS.
UH, THANK YOU FOR BEING, YOUR HONOR.
I'M, UH, DR. DAVID SANDER AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I STILL HAVE A LITTLE GAS IN THE TANK AFTER RETIRING FROM UP NORTH
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO DO SOMETHING WORTHWHILE, WHICH, YOU KNOW, TAKE CARE OF THE ANIMALS.
THE ONLY THING I'VE EVER DONE OR EVER BEEN REALLY GOOD AT, I'D LIKE TO THINK GOOD AT.
SO WE'D LIKE TO BRING THAT TO THE SQUEE ISLAND.
IT'S NOT TO MAKE A FORTUNE, IT'S JUST TO GIVE YOU A PURPOSE TO GET UP IN THE MORNING.
WELL, THEY'RE LUCKY TO HAVE YOU, IT SOUNDS LIKE TO ME.
ALRIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS FOR ANYBODY REMAINING? I, I JUST HAD A QUESTION FOR STAFF FOR YOUR RECORDS.
DO YOU NEED DR. SANFORD TO FILL OUT A FORM FOR YOU, OR ARE YOU GOOD? YOU DID.
ANY, I THINK I'LL BRING IT UP TO THE DES HERE.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS OR DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE, UH, CONSIDERATION OF THE TEXT AMENDMENT? WOULD SOMEBODY MAKE A MOTION? I'LL DON'T BE BASHFUL, I'LL
ALLEN, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODE DIVISION THREE, AND FOR PERMITTED USES PERMIT THE USE OF ANIMAL SERVICES, UH, CLINICS AND OR HOSPITAL IN THE D TWO RURAL T TWO R.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND GENE? GENE'S A SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION RAISE YOUR HAND.
IT PASSES THE UNIT WITH UNANIMOUS ACCEPTANCE.
[9. CHAIRMAN'S REPORT]
THAT'S JUST ABOUT IT FOR OUR AGENDA.I, UH, CHAIRMAN, A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANNA MENTION.
I WANNA, AGAIN, THANK MR UH, YORK, LOVE COUNCILMAN YORK GLOVER OF BEING WITH US TONIGHT.
HE'S OUR LIAISON IN THE FUTURE AND WILL GIVE US GOOD GUIDANCE GOING FORWARD AND BE AN ADVOCATE FOR US AS WELL.
UM, ANOTHER THING I WANNA MENTION IS IN OUR SCHEDULE, AND I'M FEEDING OFF OF THE COUNTY COUNCIL SCHEDULE, THEY'VE IDENTIFIED MEETING IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
UM, AND I, AND I THINK THAT'S GREAT.
THEY COULD BE VISIBLE IN PARTS OF THE COUNTY WHERE PEOPLE DON'T TRAVEL GREAT DISTANCES TO COME TO YOU OTHERWISE.
I KNOW IN OUR CASE, IT'S SUBJECT TO HAVING AN ISSUE BEING RAISED IN THAT AREA, BUT I'M SURE WE WILL HAVE AN ITEM OR TWO AS PART OF AN AGENDA.
AND SO I WOULD JUST ASK FOR A THOUGHTFUL CONSIDERATION OF TRYING TO GET, UH, IN, IN A DIFFERENT LOCATION FROM TIME TO TIME JUST TO EXPOSE THE COMMISSION TO THE PEOPLE WHO WERE LIVING IN THE VARIOUS PARTS OF THE COUNTY.
AND THIS IS A BIG COUNTY FROM END TO END.
UM, THE LAST THING I'LL MENTION IS, UH, IT'S EARLY.
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IT'S A GOOD TIME TO TACKLE THEM BEFORE YOU HAVE TO RUSH TO THE END OF THE YEAR.UM, THERE'S A GOOD SEMINAR BEING PUT ON NEXT MONDAY BY THE NATURE CONSERVANCY.
UM, IT'S ABOUT LAND-BASED SOLUTIONS FOR CREATING ORDINANCES AROUND LAND-BASED SOLUTIONS FOR ISSUES AND PROBLEMS THAT MIGHT RELATE TO THINGS LIKE STORM WATER, TRANSPORTATION, ZONING, ET CETERA.
UM, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE STARTING TO COME OUT.
THEY THE STATE DEPARTMENTS AND, AND THE S-C-A-S-C-A-C-I THINK LOCALLY CHAPTER WITH NEW, UH, OFFERS FOR THE YEAR.
SO GET 'EM IN SOON IF YOU CAN.
ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE FOR THE GOOD OF THE CAUSE? ALL RIGHT, THEN WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.