Feb 24, 2025 County Council

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LED BY COUNCILMAN MIQUELON.

AND THE INVOCATION? HE IS ON ZOOM. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG. THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE INVOCATION. DEAR, WISE AND LOVING GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR MANY AND ABUNDANT BLESSINGS.

WE THANK YOU FOR LIFE ITSELF AND FOR THE MEASURE OF HEALTH GIVEN US TO FULFILL OUR DUTIES.

WE THANK YOU FOR THE ABILITY TO BE INVOLVED IN USEFUL WORK, AND FOR THE HONOR OF BEARING SERIOUS RESPONSIBILITIES.

WE ASK THAT AS A BODY WE PROMOTE PEACE, ORDER AND JUSTICE.

AND THAT YOU GRACIOUSLY GRANT US THE WISDOM TO GOVERN AMID THE CONFLICTING INTERESTS AND ISSUES OF OUR TIMES, HAVE A SENSE OF THE TRUE NEEDS OF OUR CITIZENS, HAVE A KEEN THIRST FOR JUSTICE, TO UNDERSTAND AND TO CLEARLY SEE WHAT IS GOOD, FITTING AND APPROPRIATE. TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO WORK TOGETHER IN HARMONY EVEN WHEN THERE IS HONEST DISAGREEMENT, AND TO HAVE PERSONAL PEACE IN OUR LIVES AND JOY IN OUR TASKS.

FINALLY, PLEASE HELP US TO ENSURE OUR DELIBERATIONS HERE TONIGHT BENEFIT THOSE WHO LIVE AND WORK IN OUR EXTENDED COMMUNITY.

AMEN. AMEN. AMEN. THIS MEETING.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THIS MEETING WAS ADVERTISED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SOUTH CAROLINA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT AND POSTED.

WE AM I CLOSER OKAY? IS THAT GOOD? BETTER. ALL RIGHT.

THIS ROOM HAS A ECHO, TOO, SO WE'LL DEAL WITH THAT.

GLAD TO SEE THAT WE HAVE A GOOD TURNOUT AT THIS TIME.

[4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA]

SO MOVED. MADAM CHAIR, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CUNNINGHAM, WHO IN THE SECOND BY COUNCILMAN DAWSON.

WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE AGENDA IS APPROVED. ALL RIGHT.

I NEED A MOTION FOR THE JANUARY 8TH, 2025 COUNTY COUNCIL WORKSHOP APPROVAL OF THOSE MINUTES,

[5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES ]

I'LL SECOND THAT. OKAY. WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE MINUTES FROM JANUARY 8TH ARE APPROVED.

AT THIS TIME, WE WILL HAVE AN ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT.

[6. ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT]

AT THIS TIME, WE WILL HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT. WE HAD THREE PEOPLE SIGN UP.

[7. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD – 30 MINUTES TOTAL]

ADDRESS THE CHAIRMAN AND IN SPEAKING, AVOID DISRESPECT TO COUNCIL AND ANY PERSONALITIES.

CONFINE THEMSELVES TO QUESTIONS UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE COUNCIL, AND BE MINDFUL AND RESPECTFUL OF THOSE WHO ARE PRESENT AND MAY BE WATCHING ON TELEVISION.

SO THE FIRST PERSON WE HAVE IS CAROL CRUTCHFIELD.

ITEM NUMBER 11 ON THE AGENDA, IF YOU'LL STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS, MR. CRUTCHFIELD. AND, MADAM CHAIR, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I HAVE A HANDOUT.

YES. DO YOU MIND IF I DISTRIBUTE THAT REAL QUICK? THAT'S FINE. OKAY. DO WE HAVE THE CLOCK, MR. BROCK? LOVE TO. LOVE TO. OH, NO. THAT'S FINE.

GO AHEAD. MY NAME IS CAROL CRUTCHFIELD. I LIVE AT FOUR KING GEORGE ROAD, AND I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT NUMBER 11 ON YOUR AGENDA. SO IN YOUR PACKET ON THIS ITEM, YOU HAVE SOME MAPS AND MAPS TELL STORIES, AND THE ONE YOU HAVE IS FROM STAFF. BUT I'M HERE TO TELL YOU MAPS CAN TELL ANOTHER STORY.

I MAKE THEM AS PART OF MY JOB. AND SO I WANT TO TELL A DIFFERENT STORY.

PAGE ONE SHOWS THE VERDURE VIEW NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE RED DOT IS WHERE I LIVE. THE BLUE DOT IS THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION.

OH, FOR THE REASON. THE SMALLER PROPERTY IS ALSO OWNED BY THE SAME PERSON, AND THEY ARE ACCESSING THAT BIG PIECE OF

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MAP TWO. SAME DOTS, SAME LOCATION. BUT I'M SHOWING YOU THE NATIONAL NATIONAL WETLANDS INVENTORY MAP. AND YOU CAN SEE THE GREEN.

THOSE ARE WETLANDS, DESIGNATED WETLANDS. THAT DOESN'T MEAN THERE'S NOT OTHERS BECAUSE THERE CERTAINLY ARE.

AND YOU CAN SEE HOW CLOSE THAT IS TO THE WETLANDS.

MAP THREE. SAME MAP. BIGGER VIEW, SAME RED DOT AND BLUE DOT IN THE UPPER LEFT HAND SIDE OF THAT MAP.

WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? BECAUSE THIS FEEDS INTO THE STONY CREEK WHICH FEEDS DIRECTLY INTO THE MAY RIVER.

AND I'M SURE YOU KNOW, THE MAY RIVER HAS HAD ISSUES WITH FECAL COLIFORM.

SO THE NEXT MAP ON PAGE FOUR. THAT'S THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON.

AGAIN, JUST REITERATING THE FACT THAT WE ARE PART OF THE HEADLANDS OF THE MAY RIVER.

MAP FIVE AGAIN SHOWS YOU THIS COMES FROM THE MAY RIVER WATERSHED ACTION PLAN.

AGAIN, WE SHOULD BE PROTECTING THESE WATERWAYS.

SO THE OWNERS OF THIS PROPERTY HAVE FLAGRANTLY VIOLATED THE ZONING REQUIREMENTS IN THIS AREA, AND ONLY REQUESTING THIS ZONING CHANGE TO KEEP THE ANIMALS.

AS ROB MARCHANT SAID AT THE NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE, AND I QUOTE, THE APPLICATION WAS MADE TO RECTIFY A ZONING VIOLATION FOR T3 EDGE, WHICH DOES NOT ALLOW FOR ANIMAL PRODUCTION. THIS APPLICATION WAS UNANIMOUSLY DENIED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION, WHERE MULTIPLE PEOPLE FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD PASSIONATELY SPOKE UP AGAINST THE REZONING AND THE PROPERTY OWNERS WERE NOT PRESENT.

THIS APPLICATION WAS IS ALSO UNANIMOUSLY DENIED BY THE NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE, WHERE THERE WERE NO NEIGHBORS PRESENT, BECAUSE WE WEREN'T NOTIFIED OF THAT MEETING OR THE APPLICATION PROCESS, AND THE APPLICANT WAS NOT PRESENT EITHER.

AGAIN, AT FULL COUNCIL TONIGHT, AGAIN, A MEETING WHERE NEIGHBORS WERE NOT NOTIFIED OR INFORMED OF THIS APPLICATION GOING FORWARD.

YOU, AS COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBERS, HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, ONE TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF AN EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE HEADWATERS OF THE MAY RIVER BY DENYING THIS APPLICATION FOR REZONING.

OR YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TONIGHT TO BE ON RECORD AS VOTING TO NOT ENFORCING THE ZONING LAWS AND TO NOT PROTECT THE WATERWAYS OF THIS COUNTY, AND TO IGNORE TWO OF YOUR OWN COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATIONS TO DENY THIS ZONING CHANGE.

JUST KNOW YOU'RE ON THE RECORD. THANK YOU, MISS CRUTCHFIELD.

THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE MR. WILLIAM SMITH. SUBJECT MATTER IS COMMUNITY.

GOOD AFTERNOON. COUNCIL. HOW Y'ALL DOING? TONIGHT I'M COMING TO YOU ABOUT A COUPLE OF THINGS IN CONCERNS OF THE ACTUAL OF ACTUAL COMMUNITY.

FIRST OFF, START OFF BY SAYING I LIKE THAT. I START OFF WITH THE GOOD LIFE.

YOU HAVE THE GOOD, BAD AND UGLY. RIGHT HERE IN THIS ROOM.

THE LAST TIME I WAS IN HERE, I BELIEVE THAT MR. RICH WAS HERE WITH ME. AND I DO I DO PRAISE COUNTY COUNCIL FOR THAT.

WE HAD A SPECIAL OLYMPICS IN HERE, AND THE STUDENTS AND THE KIDS IN THIS COMMUNITY, THEY REALLY ENJOYED IT.

I CAME HERE, I SAID I WAS COMING HERE PROBABLY ABOUT MAYBE 20 MINUTES.

I ENDED UP BEING HERE FOR PROBABLY ABOUT AN HOUR. IF YOU REMEMBER.

ABSOLUTELY. HE HE WAS HERE PROBABLY FOR HOURS AS WELL.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE KIND OF STUFF THAT THIS COUNCIL AND THIS COMMUNITY SHOULD BE, SHOULD BE DOING IN TERMS OF STUDENTS, AND IT WAS GREAT FOR US TO GIVE OUR SPECIAL STUDENTS A GREAT AFTERNOON FOR US TO PUT OUR FUNDING INTO THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS. BUT WE ALSO HAVE HAVE OTHER GROUPS OF STUDENTS IN THIS COMMUNITY, OTHER POCKETS AS WELL.

AND IN TURNS, LET ME BE MORE LET ME LET ME BE MORE, BE MORE, BE MORE SPECIFIC.

AT AT THE SAINT HELENA LIBRARY DID THIS MONTH.

THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST MONTHS. IN ALL MY YEARS, I'VE NEVER SEEN IT.

WHERE THE SAINT HELENA LIBRARY. WE'VE NEVER WE'VE THEY HADN'T HAD ANY BLACK HISTORY PROGRAMS. AND ALSO THIS IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH. HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH AS WELL.

I'M KIND OF SHOCKED AND TOOK HIM BACK. THAT SAINT HELENA LIBRARY DIDN'T HAVE ANY BLACK HISTORY PROGRAMS THAT, THAT THAT'S, THAT'S A A COMMUNITY LIBRARY THAT NORMALLY DOES THAT.

AND IT'S NORMALLY OUTLET FOR THE, FOR THE YOUNGER GENERATION.

AND IF ANYBODY KNOWS ME, THEY KNOW THAT'S WHO I NORMALLY SPEAK FOR. AND I NORMALLY SPEAK TO ABOUT THE YOUNG, THE YOUNG GENERATION.

SO IT CONCERNS ME AND IT'S IN THE COMMUNITY. THERE'S BEEN SOME OTHER CONCERNS ABOUT AROUND THAT LIBRARY AND ABOUT WHAT IT'S BEEN DOING.

AND SO AT THIS POINT, I WOULD JUST SAY THAT I THINK THAT I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE COMMUNITY WE ARE LOOKING FOR IMPROVEMENTS IN THAT LIBRARY.

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SO I DON'T HAVE TO SAY NOW YOU I'M SURE SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW WHAT IT IS OR YOU MAY YOU MAY NOT KNOW THAT YOU MAY WANT TO DO YOUR RESEARCH ON THAT.

LASTLY AND LASTLY IS THE LADY'S ISLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL DRIVE.

I WENT TO A MEETING THAT I REALLY AT THAT MIDDLE SCHOOL ABOUT CHANGING THE DRIVEWAY.

I AM SICK AND TIRED OF THIS COUNCIL AND AND THE STAFF THAT'S THAT'S RUNNING THE CHANGING THE DRIVE TO HAVING SOLID MEETINGS. WHEN YOU HAVE A MEETING AND YOU SPREAD EVERYONE OUT AND YOU PUT IT ON EASELS, HOW YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT CHANGING THE PLANS, YOU'RE SAYING, I REALLY, I HEAR YOU, BUT I REALLY DON'T WANT TO HEAR YOU.

AND THE COMMUNITY, WE DON'T LIKE HAVING THOSE TYPES OF MEETINGS. AND WE AND WE SET IT. AND I'VE TAUGHT I'VE TOLD MR. GLOVER THAT.

AND I'VE TOLD HIM MAYBE A COUPLE OTHER OTHER COUNCILMAN THAT IF WE'RE IF WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THE DRIVEWAY, THEN HAVE A COMMUNITY MEETING AND SEE IF THE COMMUNITY IS FOR IT.

THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT CLOSING ONE ROAD OFF. THERE WAS A WHILE BACK ON THE ON THE ISLAND WHERE THERE WAS A SPILL, AND PEOPLE COULDN'T EVEN GET ON THE ISLAND. SO IF YOU TALK ABOUT CHANGING THE DRIVEWAY, IF WE HAVE ONE ROAD CLOSED, THEN WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GET OUT ON THE ON THE OTHER SIDE.

SO BEFORE YOU START CHANGING THINGS, HOW ABOUT YOU CHECK WITH THE COMMUNITY AND SEE AND ACTUALLY WANT TO HEAR THE COMMUNITY AND AND WHAT THEY HAVE AND WHAT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE TO HAVE TO HAVE TO SAY. SO PLEASE. SO PLEASE CHECK WITH THE COMMUNITY AND PLEASE DON'T HAVE FAKE MEETINGS.

THANK YOU, MR. SMITH. NEXT IS NATASHA ROBINSON.

THE SUBJECT IS LIBRARY. YES. I THINK I'M GOING TO PICK UP WHERE WILLIAM LEFT OFF.

I'M CONCERNED ABOUT OUR LIBRARY ON SAINT HELENA ISLAND BECAUSE JUST LIKE HE SAID, THERE'S NEVER BEEN A BLACK HISTORY MONTH THAT WENT BY THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH BLACK HISTORY, OR EVEN WITH OUR LOCAL GULLAH GEECHEE CULTURE.

MY PROBLEM WITH THE LIBRARY IS IT'S BEEN YEARS SINCE I'VE ACTUALLY I MEAN, WHAT AM I GOING TO SAY? YEARS IT'S BEEN AT LEAST SINCE 2024. THAT JUST WENT OUT THAT I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY CULTURAL EVENTS, ANYTHING THAT IS FOR THE CHILDREN AND SUCH. NOW, I REMEMBER THEY HAD A THEY WERE DOING INTERVIEWS FOR ARTISTS AND RESIDENTS AND MY THING, I WAS LIKE, OH, I'M GOING TO DO THAT BECAUSE I WOULDN'T MIND BEING AN ARTIST IN RESIDENCE RIGHT HERE AT SAINT HELENA ISLAND. I MADE IT THROUGH TWO OF THE INTERVIEWS. OH, THEY LOVED ME. OH, MY GOD, THAT'S AWESOME. WHAT YOU DO IS GREAT.

YOU CAN INFLUENCE SO MANY PEOPLE AND EDUCATE SO MANY PEOPLE.

I MADE IT TO THE NEXT ROUND AND THEY HAD ONE QUESTION FOR ME WHEN THE NEXT TIME THEY CALLED AND THAT QUESTION WAS, DO YOU MIND DOING THIS AT HILTON HEAD LIBRARY OR BLUFFTON? I SAID, YEAH, I WOULD MIND BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO DO IT AT SAINT HELENA BRANCH, WHERE I'M A GULLAH GEECHEE NATIVE.

I LIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY, AND I NOTICE THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR CHILDREN THAT REVOLVES AROUND TEACHING AND SUSTAINING OUR CULTURE.

I REMEMBER MISS BRADLEY USED TO BE IN THERE AS A RECENT.

WHEN I GO IN THERE THERE'S NO MISS BRADLEY. THERE'S A YOUNG GIRL THERE THEY BROUGHT FROM, I DON'T KNOW, WEST SOMEWHERE. DON'T KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THE CULTURE.

DON'T KNOW NOTHING ABOUT OUR WAY OF LIFE. I MEAN, THEY DON'T PERSONAL REFERENCE PEOPLE.

OH, OKAY. I DON'T I MEAN, IT'S NOT PERSONAL BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HER. I'M JUST SAYING THE ONLY PERSON I KNOW PERSONALLY WAS MISS BRADLEY WAS WORKING THERE. SOMEBODY WITH, LIKE, 40 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. LIKE YOU LET THAT GO TO BRING IN SOMEBODY WHO REALLY DON'T KNOW ANYTHING, AND THEY EXHIBIT THAT. THEY DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE CULTURE OR OUR WAY OF LIFE OR ANY OF THAT.

KIND OF LIKE THE WAY THEY BRING IN THESE TEACHERS FROM EVERYWHERE.

AND THERE USED TO BE A PROGRAM SET IN PLACE WHEN PEOPLE CAME HERE THAT THEY HAD TO GO THROUGH.

DOCTOR EMORY CAMPBELL HAD IT GOING ON AT PENN CENTER, SO THAT PEOPLE WOULD GET TO KNOW ABOUT THE CULTURE, WOULD GET TO LEARN MORE AND UNDERSTAND WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF THAT ANYMORE.

SO WHAT I FEEL LIKE IS THAT WE BRING IN A LOT OF MONEY TO BEAUFORT COUNTY THROUGH TOURISM.

AND I KNOW BECAUSE I'VE BEEN A PART OF THIS TOURISM HERE IN BEAUFORT COUNTY SINCE I WAS 11, I'LL BE 50 IN A WEEK. SO I KNOW WE BRING IN A LOT OF MONEY FOR BEAUFORT COUNTY, FOR BEAUFORT COUNTY TO, I DON'T KNOW, SEEM LIKE IT'S ELIMINATING OUR CULTURE STEP BY STEP SYSTEMATICALLY, BECAUSE I REMEMBER 2014 WHEN THEY BROUGHT OUT POSTER BOARDS IN AND SAID WE WERE GOING TO HAVE A COMMUNITY MEETING, WHICH JUST TURNED OUT TO BE THEM TELLING US THEY WANT A LILY WHITE SAINT HELENA ISLAND AND HAD ALL THESE PICTURES OF EVERYBODY JUST WHITE ON SAINT HELENA, AND NO MORE BLACK PEOPLE THERE.

OKAY, SO MY THING IS, SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE IMPLEMENTED FOR PROGRAMS, EVENTS, ACTIVITIES FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY LIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY AND TO AND FOR THEM TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THEIR CULTURE.

BECAUSE MOST OF THE PEOPLE, EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE GULLAH GEECHEE, ESPECIALLY THE YOUNG, WHEN I TALK TO THEM,

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OH, BUT WHY? WE CAN'T DO THAT AS A WHOLE AT A PLACE LIKE THE LIBRARY THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A PUBLIC PLATFORM FOR THINGS LIKE THAT.

THANK YOU MA'AM. YES, MA'AM. DID ANYONE COME IN LATE THAT WANTED TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO. OKAY. THIS TIME WE'LL GO ON WITH THE AGENDA.

WE HAVE ON THE NATURAL RESOURCE COMMITTEE A REPORT FROM THAT COMMITTEE.

[8. LIASION AND COMMITTEE REPORTS]

JUST LET ME ANNOUNCE THAT THE NATURAL RESOURCE COMMITTEE WILL MEET MONDAY ON THE 3RD OF MARCH AT 4:00 AT THE COUNTY OFFICE BUILDING. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF POSTPONEMENT THAT'S COMING UP ON THE AGENDA FOR A COUPLE.

TWO DEVELOPMENT ON THE SOUTH OF THE BROAD. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE THERE.

BUT JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND THAT THAT IS COMING UP.

AS FAR AS THE AGENDA IS CONCERNED TONIGHT, THERE'S FOUR ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT AN APPLICANT FOR THE BOARD OF THE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT BOARD.

MARK FEINBERG IS UP, AND HE'S GOING TO REQUIRE AT LEAST TEN VOTES TO REMAIN ON THERE.

ALSO, ITEM NUMBER 11 WHICH IS 3.2 ACRES, IS ON THE AGENDA COMING OUT OF COMMITTEE.

THERE WAS A RECOMMENDATION FOR DENIAL, BUT THAT'S BEFORE US TONIGHT.

AND RESOLUTIONS 12 A IS ON THE AGENDA. WHICH IS BASICALLY ABOUT A LITTLE LESS THAN TWO ACRES ON BEACH CITY ROAD. BASICALLY, THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT WE PARTICIPATE WITH THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD IN PURCHASING THAT PROPERTY AT THE AMOUNT THAT WAS DISCLOSED. NOT TO EXCEED THAT AMOUNT.

AND THEN THE OTHER ITEM IS ABOUT 900 ACRES OF LAND.

ESSENCE FARMS AND THE COMMITTEE RECOMMEND THE PARTICIPATION IN PURCHASING THE CONSERVATION EASEMENT ON THAT PROPERTY.

THAT'S ON THE AGENDA. MADAM CHAIRMAN, THANK YOU.

CHAIRMAN MARK LARSON, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT FROM FINANCE? I DO NOT. WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN VERY SLOW, BUT WE'RE GETTING READY TO COME INTO THE FINANCE SEASON. SO NOTHING TO REPORT FROM FINANCE COMMITTEE.

THANK YOU. OKAY. CHAIRMAN LOGAN CUNNINGHAM, ANYTHING FROM PUBLIC FACILITIES? I WOULD JUST SAY IF ANYBODY HAS TIME TO CHECK UP ON THE LAST MEETING THAT WE HAD LAST WEEK, THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION TO EVEN GO ON ABOUT THE PROJECTS GOING ON FROM THE 28 REFERENDUM.

AND A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE SIDEWALKS. THERE'S A GOOD PORTION IN THERE. IT TALKS ABOUT HOW TIME CONSUMING IT CAN BE TO GET RIGHT OF WAYS.

I'LL TELL YOU, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LEARNED OVER THESE FOUR YEARS OF BEING ON HERE IS A PROJECT THAT SEEMS LIKE A SIMPLE PROJECT OF A MILE OF SIDEWALKS, COULD HAVE TO DEAL WITH 50 TO 60 LANDOWNERS THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE AGREEMENT ON BEFORE A SHOVEL CAN GO ON THE GROUND ANYWHERE.

SO A LOT OF PEOPLE ASK WHY A LOT OF THINGS AREN'T DONE UNTIL YOU HAVE THE SIGNATURES OF EVERY PERSON ON THERE.

YOU ARE LEGALLY NOT ALLOWED TO PUT A SHOVEL IN THE GROUND ANYWHERE. SO WE ARE HAVE A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT HAVE ACTUALLY FINISHING THAT UP.

AND MOST OF THOSE ARE THOSE SIDEWALKS PROJECTS.

THE EXTRA REVENUE THAT WE HAD FROM THAT REFERENDUM, WE ALSO PUT TOWARDS THOSE SIDEWALK PROJECTS.

SO THERE'S 5 OR 6 NEW ITEMS LISTED ALL THROUGHOUT BEAUFORT COUNTY THAT ARE ALSO GOING TO BE COMPLETED WITH THOSE FUNDS.

OKAY. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO HAVE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.

OH. I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY. DAVID. YEAH. WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT OUT OF THE COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMITTEE.

I JUST WANT TO HAVE A REMINDER OF EVERYBODY WE'RE MEETING. HAVING OUR FIRST MEETING OF THE YEAR MARCH 3RD AT 2 P.M..

AND I BELIEVE THAT'S AT THE REGULAR COUNCIL CHAMBER. ALL RIGHT. I'M SORRY.

I DIDN'T MEAN TO SKIP OVER YOU. YES. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT? I HAVE LIAISON FOR KEEP BEAUTIFUL COUNTY. BEAUTIFUL.

MADAM CHAIR. APRIL 25TH IS EARTH DAY. AND I'M ALSO REMINDING EVERYBODY.

MARCH 1ST IS THE DEADLINE TO FILL OUT THE SURVEY.

IF YOU HAVEN'T RECEIVED IT. WELL, YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED IT BY NOW.

REGARDING PLASTIC BAGS, STYROFOAM AND PLASTIC STRAWS.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADD, WE NEED MORE BUSINESSES TO COMMENT AND PARTICIPATE IN THAT SURVEY.

AND THEY EXTENDED THEY EXTENDED IT TO APRIL 1ST.

OH, OKAY. THANK YOU. JUST HOT OFF THE PRESS. THEY EXTENDED IT TO APRIL 1ST.

WE WE NEED MORE BUSINESSES TO REPLY, BUT WE'VE HAD A GREAT TURNOUT OF INDIVIDUALS FILLING IT OUT.

JUST ANYTHING ELSE? MADAM CHAIRMAN I'LL COME BACK TO YOU.

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A LOT OF INFORMATION. ONE OF THE COMMENTS THAT WAS MADE BY THE CHIEF, THE FIRE CHIEF WAS THAT THEY THERE IS A NEED FOR EMS AT THE FIRE STATION IN THE CITY OF BEAUFORT AND PORT ROYAL, AND THEY HAVE IT AT ALL THE FIRE STATIONS, BUT NOT AT THE CITY OF BEAUFORT AND THE TOWN OF PORT ROYAL.

SO JUST WANT TO THROW THAT ON THE TABLE AT THIS TIME, MADAM.

THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE ON THIS SIDE OF THE TABLE HAVE ANYTHING? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GOING DOWN THE LINE. VICE CHAIR TABACHNICK.

SO I WAS INVITED TO THE MUSC HEALTH, HEALTH BLUFFTON MEDICAL PAVILION GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY.

IT'S GOING TO BE 54,000 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY RIGHT ON BUCKWALTER AND THE OTHER PARKWAY.

IT'S. THEY'RE GOING TO OPEN IT IN SPRING OF 2026, WHICH KIND OF BLEW MY MIND.

THERE WILL BE MEDICAL SPECIALISTS EXPANDING ACCESS FOR SENIORS AND PEDIATRIC.

IT'S GOING TO BE 60 NEW JOBS. SO WHEN I'M INVITED TO A GROUNDBREAKING, WHAT DO WE ALL THINK? YOU'RE GOING TO STAND IN THE MUD AND SHOVEL DIRT, RIGHT? IT WAS NOT THAT THEY HAD A TROUGH OF DIRT. AND YOU STOOD ON THE FLOOR AND JUST PICKED UP A PRETEND SHOVEL.

SO I LEARNED NOT TO WEAR MY TENNIS SHOES TO THE NEXT GROUNDBREAKING FEBRUARY 13TH.

ALICE AND I JOINED, WENT TO A JOINT MEETING IN PORT ROYAL WITH THE MAYORS AND TOWN MANAGERS.

IT WAS A VERY PRODUCTIVE MEETING. I THOUGHT WE SHARED A LOT OF PRIORITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES TO COLLABORATE ON VALENTINE'S DAY.

SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS AND OUR ADMINISTRATOR AND OUR CFO WENT TO THE FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER.

THAT'S DUFFIE STONE, THE SOLICITOR. WE WENT TO HIS OFFICE, HAD A TOUR OF EVERYTHING THERE.

VERY INTERESTING. AND ALSO ABOUT HIS THREE TIER SYSTEM FOR LAW PROGRESSION.

MANY OF US WENT TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES LAST WEEK TO ENGAGE IN CLASSES, AND I WENT TO THE RIBBON CUTTING AT BLUFFTON NEW RIVERSIDE PLAYGROUND.

SATURDAY. AND I WAS IN AWE OF THE PLAYGROUND AND EXTREMELY JEALOUS.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US DO A PLAYGROUND LIKE THAT.

IT'S BEAUTIFUL AND THERE MUST HAVE BEEN 700 PEOPLE THERE IF THERE WAS ONE AND THE CHILDREN WERE JUST EVERYWHERE.

IT WAS JUST STUNNING. IF YOU EVER HAVE A CHANCE, GO DOWN 170 TO THE YOU THE CIRCLE DOWN THERE.

IT'S RIGHT THERE. IT'S CALLED NEW RIVERSIDE. IT'S GOING TO BE BY THE BARN.

BUT IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. AND I WAS ASKED TO MAKE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT THE SPRING INTO LIFE.

BLOOD DRIVE FOR BEAUFORT COUNTY IS TUESDAY, MARCH 18TH, 10 A.M.

TO 2 P.M. RIGHT HERE. AND IF YOU WANT, YOU CAN STREAMLINE IT BY DOING THE CODE HERE.

BUT IT'S A REMINDER FOR EVERYONE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE BLOOD.

THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE ON ONLINE? WE HAVE TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

DO EITHER ONE OF THEM HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT BACK? NO LIAISON. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, WE WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE

[9. APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA]

NOW WE'RE GOING TO START ON OUR ORDINANCES. AND AND VICE CHAIR TABACHNICK WILL READ THROUGH THOSE.

[10.a. 2025/11 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF S-859 LOCATED AT SC 462 AND SC 170, WHICH IS TO BE ABANDONED BY SCDOT]

2025 SLASH 11 IS AN ORDINANCE FOR SECOND READING AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF S-8 59, LOCATED AT SOUTH CAROLINA 462 AND 170, WHICH IS TO BE ABANDONED BY SCDOT. THE VOTE AT THE FIRST READING, WHICH WAS FEBRUARY 10TH, WAS NINE ZERO, AND THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING AT THIRD READING ON MARCH 10TH SO WE CAN COMPLY WITH THE 15 DAY REQUIREMENT. SO CAN I HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE? A MOTION. OKAY, PAULA AND SECOND. I'LL SECOND THAT.

ALL RIGHT. MR. BARTHOLOMEW AND JARED, DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THIS FOR THE PUBLIC? THAT MAY NOT REALLY KNOW WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. MR. FRELIX WILL TALK ABOUT THIS ONE. AND ALL THE INFORMATION IS IN THE BACK OF THE PACKET.

THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR. SO THIS IS A SHORT PIECE OF ROAD OFF OF 170 ACROSS FROM THE COOLER TRACT.

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SO WE LAST YEAR WE BOUGHT ABOUT THREE ACRES, THE TRIANGLE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ROAD.

AND THEN THIS IS ESSENTIALLY THE DRIVEWAY, THE OLD SC 170 ROUTE THAT TIED INTO 462.

AND IT'S BETWEEN THE PROPERTY THAT WE PURCHASED, THE THREE ACRE TRIANGLES PROPERTY AND THEN ACE.

AND SO THIS WOULD ALLOW THE COUNTY TO HAVE ALL THE PROPERTY BETWEEN 170 AND ACE.

SO WE CAN HAVE THAT COORDINATION OPPORTUNITY.

ANY COUNCIL MEMBER HAVE A QUESTION OR COMMENT ON THAT ONE AND COUNCIL MEMBERS ONLINE.

ANY QUESTION I CAN'T SEE THEM. OKAY. THANK YOU.

SO THERE'LL BE NO DISCUSSION THEN? NO ONE HAS ANYTHING.

I'D LIKE TO TAKE A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND TO SAY YOU'RE IN FAVOR OF IT.

OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. I DO ONLINE ALSO. OH, YEAH.

OKAY. THE TWO ONLINE. MR. PASSMAN AND MR. MCLELLAN VOTED YES TO.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE 2025. SLASH 12 IS AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS FOR THE TRANSFER OF RIGHT OF

[10.b. 2025/12 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS FOR THE TRANSFER OF RIGHT OF WAY BACK TO PROPERTY OWNERS R110 008 000 0653 0000 OR TRACT 13, PARCEL R110 008 000 0654 0000 OR TRACT 12, PARCEL R100 008 000 0656 0000 OR TRACT 10, AND PARCEL R110 008 000 0658 0000 OR TRACT 8 AS SHOWN ON EXHIBIT "A" PAGES 1-4 ASSOCIATED WITH RIBAUT ROAD SIDEWALK PROJECT IN PORT ROYAL Vote at First Reading on February 10, 2025 - 9:0]

AT FIRST READING ON FEBRUARY 10TH, IT WAS NINE ZERO IN FAVOR.

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

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

ALL RIGHT, MR. BARTHOLOMEW. OKAY, SECOND. I'LL SECOND IT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. DAWSON. THIS WILL BE.

WHO'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS? BRIAN? IS BRIAN HERE OR.

JARED, YOU'RE GOING TO TALK. LUCKY YOU. MR. FELIX AGAIN? YES. I'LL WAIT TILL WE HAVE A SIDEWALK WITH 30 PARCELS TO READ ALL THOSE NUMBERS.

OH, I'M GOING TO CUT TO THE QUICK AND DO THE TRACT.

THAT'S RIGHT. SO THIS IS AS PART OF A ANY TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECT LIKE THIS, WE ACQUIRE RIGHT OF WAY.

AND AT THE END OF THE PROJECT, WE CONSOLIDATE ALL THE RIGHT OF WAY INTO ONE TRANSFER DEED TO DOT.

WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE PROJECT, WE ACQUIRED THIS AND RESET THE FENCE.

THERE'S SOME CONDOS THAT ARE ALIGNED ADJACENT TO THE THE PATHWAY THAT WE CONSTRUCTED.

AND WE HAD PROCURED THE RIGHT OF WAY JUST BEYOND THE FENCE.

DOT SAID THAT THEY DO NOT WANT THE FENCE IN THE RIGHT OF WAY.

SO WE ARE MOVING THE PROPOSED RIGHT OF WAY LINE SIX INCHES CLOSER TO THE ROAD.

SO THE PROPERTY. SO THE FENCE WILL BE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.

SO WE ARE DOING THAT AND THEN RETURNING THAT SIX INCHES BACK TO EACH OF THOSE TRACT OWNERS.

ALL THESE NUMBERS FOR SIX INCHES. OKAY. ANYBODY HAVE A QUESTION ON COUNCIL.

I WOULD JUST SAY IT REITERATES EXACTLY WHAT I JUST SAID WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE COMMITTEE REPORTS TWICE THAT IT GOES THROUGH THAT MANY THINGS FOR SIX INCHES THAT MANY PROPERTIES FOR SIX INCHES. YES. IMAGINE WHEN IT'S A MILE LONG.

THAT'S WHY RIGHT OF WAY JUST IS ANNOYING. OKAY.

ANY OTHER QUESTION OR DISCUSSION FROM COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT, ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND, PLEASE, FOR THIS MOTION.

OKAY. THANK YOU. AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT FOR THIRD READING ON MARCH 10TH, AREN'T WE.

BECAUSE I KNOW WE PUT. YEAH. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LONG MEETING.

OKAY. SO WE HAVE ONE MORE. THIS IS A FIRST READING.

[11.a. 2025/13 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING MAP FOR 3.28 ACRES LOCATED AT 64 JAMES O CT (R600 036 000 0022 0000) FROM T3 EDGE (T3E) TO MAY RIVER COMMUNITY PRESERVATION (MRCP)]

THIS WENT, AS MR. GLOVER SAID, WENT TO NATURAL RESOURCES FEBRUARY 3RD.

THE MOTION WAS TO DENY AND THAT WAS PASSED BY COUNCIL.

SO CAN I HAVE A MOTION FOR THIS PLEASE? MADAM CHAIR, I HAVE A MOTION TO DENY.

I MOVE THAT WE JUST MAKE THE MOTION FIRST. ALL RIGHT.

HE MADE A MOTION. CAN I HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND THAT.

OKAY. MR. MERCHANT, DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THIS BRIEFLY? OKAY, THAT COMES NEXT. THANK YOU. YEP. WELL. GOOD EVENING.

SO, I THINK YOU'RE ALL AWARE THIS THIS PROJECT CONSISTS OF A 3.28 ACRE PARCEL LOCATED ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE PRITCHARDVILLE COMMUNITY ALONG SC 46, AND IT'S CURRENTLY ZONED T3 EDGE.

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THAT USE IS NOT PERMITTED IN T3 EDGE. SO WHEN THE VIOLATION WAS ISSUED, THEY DECIDED TO TRY TO CORRECT THE THE SITUATION BY CHANGING THE ZONING TO MAE RIVER CP, WHICH IS LOCATED ADJOINING THE PROPERTY.

AS YOU AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE MAP THAT WAS WAS SUPPLIED.

AND SO THE APPLICANT SUBMITTED THAT AND AS WAS BROUGHT UP, THIS WAS BROUGHT BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

THEY UNANIMOUSLY VOTED TO RECOMMEND DENIAL OF THE APPLICATION AND ALSO NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE.

I DID WANT TO MENTION TWO THINGS. YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT THE IMPACT ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND SO WHEN STAFF PROVIDED OUR RECOMMENDATION, WE SAID THAT IF THIS WERE TO MOVE FORWARD, WE WOULD RECOMMEND REQUIRING SOME KIND OF BUFFER OR ADDITIONAL STANDARDS TO MITIGATE THE IMPACT OF THE ANIMALS ON THE PROPERTY.

I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO MENTION, AND I DO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT THE MAY RIVER, BUT THAT ENTIRE AREA BETWEEN PRITCHARDVILLE AND OLD, YOU KNOW, THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON IS ZONED MAY RIVER CP AND IT DOES ALLOW THE RAISING OF ANIMALS. SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST AN IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO HAVE.

THE OTHER THING I WANT TO MENTION IS THAT THE APPLICANT OR THE OWNERS ARE HERE.

SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THEM, I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THEY WERE HERE.

SO THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS? MR. LAWSON? AND THIS IS IN MY DISTRICT, AND ACTUALLY, IT'S IT'S IT'S KIND OF SAD WHENEVER SOMETHING COMES BEFORE US AND WE CAN'T DOWNZONE IT, WHICH IS WHAT THIS IS ASKING US TO DO IS TO TO DOWN ZONE IT.

THAT FOLKS THAT WANT TO HAVE A RURAL PROPERTY AND RAISE THEIR KIDS AND DO THE WHOLESOME THING AND HAVE THAT HAPPEN.

THAT WE CANNOT ALLOW THAT TO, TO, TO, TO GO FORWARD.

SO THIS BEING SO CLOSE TO THE VERDURE VIEW NEIGHBORHOOD, IT'S IT'S ON THREE SIDES.

IT IS T THREE EDGE. I MEAN, I'D LOVE TO FIND A WAY TO HELP THE ALVARADOS.

BUT AGAIN, IT COULD HAVE AN IMPACT ON THAT OTHER RESIDENTIAL AREAS THAT ARE RIGHT THERE.

SO AGAIN, AS MUCH AS I'D LIKE TO SUPPORT THIS, IS IN MY DISTRICT, ACTUALLY.

I DON'T SEE HOW WE CAN. THAT WOULD POSSIBLY HAVE A NEGATIVE EFFECT ON EVERYONE ELSE THAT THAT IS AROUND THAT AREA.

BY HAVING THE RAISING OF FARM ANIMALS. SO AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S HOW I STAND.

IT BREAKS MY HEART TO SAY THAT I GREW UP A FARM BOY.

I GREW UP WITH COWS AND CHICKENS AND EVEN PIGS AND A GREAT WAY OF LIFE FOR FAMILIES.

BUT BUT AGAIN, JUST WHERE THIS IS LOCATED YOU KNOW, I HAVE A VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TIME SUPPORTING CHANGING THE ZONING AND HAS MR. CUNNINGHAM HAD MENTIONED I DON'T I DON'T SEE HOW I COULD SUPPORT IT, EVEN THOUGH I REALLY, REALLY WANT TO. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE COMMENT OR QUESTION? YES, MA'AM. MR. GLOVER? YES. I AGREE WITH MARK THAT YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

YOU KNOW, IT IS THE RIGHT TO FARM. AND BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THERE'S ALSO STANDARDS IN FARMING.

AND YOU CAN ONLY HAVE SO MUCH, SO MANY ANIMALS PER SQUARE FOOT OR PER ACRE, ETCETERA, ETCETERA.

AND APPARENTLY THERE'S AND I'VE NOT BEEN THERE, BUT JUST THE MERE FACT OF HAVING ANIMALS ON THE PROPERTY IS NOT A PROBLEM IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. THE PROBLEM MAY BE THE AMOUNT OF ANIMALS THAT'S THERE.

AND SO I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THE MOTION TO DENY.

BUT I THINK THE THE PROPERTY OWNERS DO HAVE THAT RIGHT.

AND THEY JUST NEED TO GET WITH I'M JUST GOING TO SAY CLEMSON TO SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO WITH THAT PROPERTY AS FAR AS THE AMOUNT OF ANIMALS ON THAT PROPERTY.

ANY OTHER COMMENT FROM SOMEBODY? I'M GOING TO ASK MR. CUNNINGHAM WHO MADE THE MOTION. I HAVE A COMMENT.

WHO DOES? MR. MCKELLEN. OKAY. MR. MCKELLEN. COULD WE JUST.

I'M JUST SEEKING SOME CLARIFICATION ON THE AUTHORITIES THAT THE PETITIONER HAS APPEARED BEFORE AND WHAT THEIR DECISIONS WERE.

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WHO WAS THAT? ROB. OH, IT WENT TO PLANNING. IT WENT TO YOU? OH. OH, YEAH. SO IT WENT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THEY RECOMMENDED DENIAL.

AND THEN IT WENT TO THE NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE, WHICH ALSO RECOMMENDED DENIAL.

OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. THERE WAS A CITATION WRITTEN AS WHAT STARTED THIS WHOLE THING.

ROB. YEAH. AND I BELIEVE THERE WAS A COMPLAINT, AND THEN OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WENT OUT AND ISSUED A CITATION.

OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. OKAY. MR. CUNNINGHAM MADE THE MOTION.

SO HE'LL GIVE THE SUBSTANTIVE REASONS WHY HE THINKS WE SHOULD DENY.

THANK YOU, MADAM VICE CHAIR. I'D JUST LIKE TO REITERATE WHAT MARK AND MR. GLOVER SAID AS WELL.

IT'S ALWAYS OUR GOAL TO STOP UP ZONING OR DOWN ZONE WHENEVER POSSIBLE, TO PRESERVE ANY LAND WE CAN.

BUT IT'S GOT TO BE STRATEGICALLY IN THE RIGHT PLACE.

WITH THAT SAID, I MOVE THAT WE GRANT THAT. I MOVE THAT WE DENY THE REQUEST FOR REZONING FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS.

IT IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS AND POLICIES OF THE COMPREHENSIVE CODE AND THE PURPOSES OF DEVELOPMENT CODE.

IT IS IN CONFLICT WITH PROVISIONS OF THE DEVELOPMENT CODE AND OUR CODE OF ORDINANCES.

IT DOES NOT ADDRESS A DEMONSTRATED COMMUNITY NEED.

IT IS NOT REQUIRED BY CHANGED CONDITIONS. IT IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH EXISTING AND PROPOSED USE OF LAND SURROUNDING THIS LAND WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT NEARBY LAND, WOULD NOT RESULT IN LOGICAL AND ORDERLY DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS, WOULD RESULT IN ADVERSE IMPACT ON THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, INCLUDING WATER, AIR, STORMWATER WOULD NOT RESULT IN DEVELOPMENT THAT IS ADEQUATELY SERVED BY PUBLIC PUBLIC FACILITIES.

THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE COMMENT? ALL RIGHT. I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE.

THOSE IN FAVOR OF DENYING THIS MOTION WHILE DENYING THE CHANGE IN ORDER.

OKAY. AND OUR TWO ONLINE AS WELL. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU EVERYBODY.

MISS HOWARD. YES. NEXT WE HAVE AT NUMBER 12. WE HAVE A RESOLUTION.

[12.a. 2025/06 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE THE DOCUMENTS NECESSARY AND TO PROVIDE FUNDS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR PROCUREMENT, THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND, FOR FEE SIMPLE REAL PROPERTY LOCATED ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND, KNOWN AS THE BEACH CITY ROAD TRACT (PIN# R510 005 000 0202 0000), NOT TO EXCEED THE REQUESTED AMOUNT.]

THIS IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE THE DOCUMENTS NECESSARY AND TO PROVIDE FUNDS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR PROCUREMENT.

THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD FOR FEE SIMPLE REAL PROPERTY LOCATED ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND, KNOWN AS THE BEACH CITY ROAD TRACK.

THE NUMBER IS R5 TEN. 00500000020000. AND IT'S ZERO NOT TO EXCEED THE REQUESTED AMOUNT.

OKAY. CHAIRMAN MCSHANE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME FORWARD? DO YOU WANT TO MAKE THAT MOTION? YES. SO MOVED.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT. ALL RIGHT, CHAIRMAN, COME FORWARD.

EXCUSE ME. GOOD EVENING. MIKE MCSHANE OUT OF CHARLESTON.

PLEASURE TO BE HERE. YES. THE GREEN SPACE COMMITTEE WORKED THROUGH THE PROCESS THAT HAS GONE TO THE NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE.

THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN GLOVER, FOR YOUR SUPPORT THERE TO BRING IT FORWARD TO COUNCIL REQUESTING THIS IS A $250,000 GRANT REQUEST TO THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ON THAT.

QUESTIONS? CAN WE DO WE HAVE A PICTURE OF THE MAP FOR THIS ONE.

THANK YOU. MR. MCSHANE, FOR THE PUBLIC. OUR CONTRIBUTION IS 250 FROM GREEN SPACE.

WHAT IS THE FULL COST? THAT'S WHAT I NEEDED TO CLARIFY.

IT'S MUCH GREATER THAN THAT, MARK. IT'S IN THE PACKET, RIGHT? THE TOTAL PROJECT WAS AROUND 1.1 MILLION. SO THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD IS DOING THE MAJORITY OF OF THAT.

I JUST WANTED THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT. YES. THANK YOU.

AND I THINK YOU'VE SEEN THAT CONSISTENTLY. NOW, THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD HAS BEEN VERY COLLABORATIVE.

THAT WOULD BE GREAT. WORKING FORWARD. YES. ANYBODY ONLINE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILMAN MCLELLAN IS ON THE COMMITTEE. NO QUESTIONS.

OKAY. I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION. JUST A COMMENT. THIS ISN'T A VERY DELICATE AREA, AND IT'S BOUNDED BY OTHER PROPERTIES THAT ARE BEING USED FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD.

AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A SHAME FOR US TO MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY AND TO ALLOW SOME DEVELOPMENT THERE, BECAUSE IT'S IN A VERY DELICATE AREA. SO I ENDORSE THIS THIS MOVE.

I THINK IT'S A VERY SMART MOVE GOING FORWARD.

AND I'M VERY HAPPY TO SEE THE COLLABORATIVE NATURE OF THE WORK BETWEEN THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD AND THE COUNTY TO ENSURE THAT THIS PROPERTY IS SAFE FOR POSTERITY.

ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS? I JUST HAD A FOLLOW UP.

NOW THAT THE MAPS UP THERE, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CAN PULL THE MAP UP. BECAUSE WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THIS PROCESS, I THINK THE LAST TIME WE MET, THERE WAS 3 OR 4 PROPERTIES

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SO I JUST WANTED TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW WHICH ONE THIS IS SO THEY CAN SEE THE MAP ON THAT.

I DO ECHO AS WELL WHAT MR. MCKELLEN JUST SAID.

I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO IT TOGETHER.

AND THE OTHER MAP THAT WE HAVE SHOWS THE OTHER GREEN SPACE MAP.

I MEAN, THE OTHER PRESERVED AREAS NEAR THIS PROPOSED ONE.

ANY QUESTIONS? NO OTHER QUESTIONS. IS THAT AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW? THAT OTHER MAP TO SHOW THE OTHER PROPERTIES THAT I REFERRED TO.

IT WAS IN THE PACKAGE. I MEAN, IS IT AVAILABLE ON.

YES, I THINK SO. GIVE US A MINUTE. MADAM CHAIR.

YES, SIR. GERALD. THE PUBLIC CONCERN. WOULD WE DISCLOSE THE ACREAGE OF THIS PROPERTY? YES. IT'S ON 1.89 ACRES. YOU CAN SEE, LOOKING AT THIS.

WHAT? THE OTHER SPACES PUBLIC SPACES ARE AROUND THAT BY THE HIGHLIGHTING OF THE COLORS.

AND THEY'RE IDENTIFIED BY. BY NAME. THE GREEN SPACE MITCHELL TRACK, WHICH IS 26 ACRES, THE HISTORIC MITCHELVILLE FREEDOM PARK ON EACH SIDE OF BEACH CITY ROAD. AND THEN THERE'S BARKER FIELD AND FISH HALL PARK THERE.

AND, OF COURSE, ACCESS TO THE BEACH AT THE END OF THE GREEN SPACE MITCHELLVILLE TRACK.

SO IT'S A IT'S A AREA THAT IS REALLY. IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS, WE'VE MANAGED TO PRESERVE A GREAT DEAL OF PROPERTY THERE.

AND THIS IS JUST AN ADDITION TO THE EFFORTS THAT WE'VE ALREADY UNDERTAKEN IN THAT REGARD.

IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, I'LL CALL THE QUESTION.

ALL IN FAVOR? BY SHOW OF HANDS FOR THIS RESOLUTION.

AND IT IS UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU. AND WE'VE GOT ANOTHER ONE TO DO.

ANOTHER GOOD ONE. CHAIRMAN, THIS IS RECOMMEND A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE THE DOCUMENTS

[12.b. 2025/07 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE THE DOCUMENTS NECESSARY AND TO PROVIDE FUNDS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR PROCUREMENT, OPEN LAND TRUST, FOR A FARMLAND PRESERVATION CONSERVATION EASEMENT ON PROPERTY LOCATED IN BEAUFORT COUNTY KNOWN AS ESSEX FARMS (PIN# R700 029 000 0054 0000), NOT TO EXCEED THE REQUESTED AMOUNT.]

THE OPEN LAND TRUST FOR A FARMLAND PRESERVATION CONSERVATION EASEMENT ON PROPERTY LOCATED IN BEAUFORT COUNTY, KNOWN AS ESSEX FARMS. PIN NUMBER R7 0002900000540000 NOT TO EXCEED THE REQUESTED AMOUNT OF $560,000. YES, MADAM CHAIRMAN, THIS IS ACTUALLY THE FIRST FARMLAND PRESERVATION CONSERVATION EASEMENT THAT COME FORWARD TO GREEN SPACE. THIS IS MR. DAWSON. THIS IS IN YOUR DISTRICT.

THIS IS ALSO WHERE WE'RE PARTNERING WITH THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT THROUGH THE NAVY.

WHO'S PUTTING IN THE BULK OF THE DOLLARS FOR THIS PARTICULAR EASEMENT.

THIS WILL ALSO BE MATCHED AT THE STATE LEVEL FOR DISCLOSURE.

I THINK THE COUNCIL KNOWS THAT I SERVE AS CHAIRMAN OF THE STATE CONSERVATION BANK.

AND SO IT ALSO RECEIVED A SIMILAR APPLICATION.

AND THAT HAPPENS TO BE THE TWO APPLICATIONS WILL BE FUNDED EQUALLY BY THE COUNTY AND THE STATE.

ON THAT, THE NAVY IS PUTTING IN 1.8 MILLION. THE REQUEST HERE IS FOR 560,000 FROM GREEN SPACE.

THE LANDOWNER SHOULD BE NOTED, IS ALSO PUT IN A 20% DONATION.

THAT'S NOT AN INSIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THEY HAVE PUT FORWARD IN A BARGAIN SALE OF THAT EASEMENT FOR THIS, FOR THIS PROJECT. OKAY. WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS.

YES, SIR. COUNCILMAN CUNNINGHAM. YEAH, I GUESS TWO QUESTIONS.

ONE. WELL, ONE QUESTION IS STATEMENT. FIRST QUESTION WILL BE THE EASEMENT. WILL IT RESTRICT THIS TO JUST FARMLAND? WHAT HAPPENS IF IT STOPS BEING FARMLAND AT SOME POINT, DOES IT JUST GO INTO PRESERVATION? THERE'S A FAIR QUESTION, MR. CUNNINGHAM, BECAUSE AN EASEMENT IS NOT GOING TO DICTATE A PARTICULAR FARMING ACTIVITY, BUT WHAT IT WILL ENSURE IS THAT AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES WILL BE USED.

WILL IT BE LONGLEAF PINE? WILL IT BE LOBLOLLY PINE OR SOME OTHER TYPE OF AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE WILL BE ABLE TO BE SUSTAINED THERE? PERFECT. YEAH. AND JUST STATEMENT WISE, THIS THESE ARE THE TWO EASIEST ONES TO VOTE ON SINCE WE'VE STARTED THIS PROJECT.

I MEAN, WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THIS AND BROUGHT THIS GREEN SPACE REFERENDUM UP THREE YEARS AGO, WE TOLD PEOPLE OUR GOAL WAS TO TRIPLE THE MONEY.

THAT WAS OUR GOAL. A LOT OF PEOPLE THOUGHT WE WERE CRAZY.

BUT, MR. MCSHANE, YOU AND YOUR TEAM HAS DONE A GREAT JOB ON ALMOST EVERY SINGLE PROJECT SO FAR.

THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME SEED MONEY, WHICH IS THAT 100 MILLION THAT WE RAISED TO THE PENNY SALES TAX, THAT THAT GETS THE BALL ROLLING SO WE CAN GET THESE GRANTS AND WE CAN PARTNER WITH OTHER PEOPLE, WHETHER IT'S TOWNS, MUNICIPALITIES, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, STATE AGENCIES, BANKS.

THAT'S THAT'S THE GOAL. THAT'S THE ONLY WAY TO BE ABLE TO DO IT.

I CAN TELL YOU, THERE'S NONE OF THESE 11 PEOPLE UP HERE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FIGURE THAT OUT.

SO BRAVO TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR BEING ABLE TO MAKE THAT TALL TASK HAPPEN.

WELL, YOU'RE VERY KIND, SIR, AND THANK YOU AND I DO. I'LL PASS THAT ON TO IT IS A COMMITTEE THAT HAS WORKED DILIGENTLY WITH VOLUNTEERS, WORKING WITH YOUR STAFF. WHEN I WAS ACTUALLY INTERVIEWED, THE VICE CHAIRMAN CHALLENGED ME ON HOW WOULD WE TAKE $100 MILLION? AND YOU MAY RECALL THAT I STATED THAT SUCCESS ON THAT REALLY IS GOING TO BE BASED ON THAT $100 MILLION THAT THE COUNTY INVESTS IN RESULTS IN ABOUT $400 MILLION WORTH OF

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SO YOU LEVERAGED THAT $35 MILLION WORTH OF CONSERVATION WITH A $1 MILLION GRANT? WE WILL BE BRINGING MORE OF THOSE LIKE GRANTS FORWARD, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOUR VOTERS, YOUR TAXPAYERS, HAVE EXPECTED TO SEE THAT WE DO LEVERAGE THAT.

SO LEVERAGING INCLUDES BARGAIN SALE. SO IN THE CASE TONIGHT, 20% OF THE VALUE OF THAT EASEMENT HAS BEEN DONATED BY THE LANDOWNER.

I THINK THEY SHOULD BE COMMENDED WITH THE FACT THAT THEY PARTICIPATED IN THAT KIND OF RATE. AND TO DO SO AND WE'LL BALANCE ALSO THE FEE SIMPLE VERSUS THE PRIVATE LAND PROTECTED UNDER EASEMENT, BECAUSE I THINK THERE IS A BALANCE IN HOW YOU DO THAT.

YOU CANNOT OWN IT ALL. YOU DON'T WANT TO OWN IT ALL BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO PAY TO MANAGE IT ALL.

BUT WE BALANCE THAT BY ALLOWING PRIVATE LANDS STILL HAVE PUBLIC BENEFIT, BECAUSE WHEN THEY'RE PROTECTED, THAT STILL HAS A PUBLIC BENEFIT ON THAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YES. COUNCILMAN GLOVER. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY I'M PROUD OF MR. MCSHANE FOR REMEMBERING THE QUESTION I ASKED DURING THE INTERVIEW.

HOW ARE YOU GOING TO MAKE IT FOUR TIMES THE MONEY? COUNCILMAN GLOVER? I SUSPECT, MADAM VICE CHAIRMAN, THAT NOBODY FORGETS QUESTIONS YOU ASK.

I DON'T KNOW, SOME PEOPLE FORGET IT WHEN THEY WALK OUT THE DOOR.

WE'RE GOOD. THE PROBLEM IS HOW MANY QUESTIONS SHE DOES ASK? YES. GLOVER. YOU JUST REMIND ME OF MY PREP SCHOOL PRINCIPAL.

YES, I WAS, THANK YOU. I THINK I'M GOING TO GO OVER HERE TO OUR COUNCIL SO I CAN BE SURE THAT WE GET A MOTION AND A SECOND BEFORE WE VOTE.

THAT'S THAT'S MY ONLY. OKAY. I DO WANT TO SECOND THIS MOTION, BUT I WOULD LOVE FOR MR. DAWSON TO MAKE THE MOTION. MAKE THE MOTION AND I'LL SECOND IT.

OKAY. AND I'D LIKE TO COMMENT. I DON'T I DON'T WANT TO PUT THE PEOPLE FROM THE AIR STATION ON THE SPOT.

BUT I KNOW THESE CHALLENGE GRANTS ARE NATIONAL, AND I.

DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY WERE AWARDED IN THE YEAR THAT YOU GOT THAT? I MEAN, THERE ARE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN. OKAY. BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE A WILLING LANDOWNER.

ALL OF THOSE BOXES HAVE TO BE CHECKED. I WOULD UNDERSCORE SUCCESS IN CONSERVATION IS HAVING A WILLING LANDOWNER WHO VOLUNTARILY WANTS TO NEGOTIATE TO PROVIDE CONSERVATION THROUGH COMPENSATION, NOT REGULATION.

AND I AND I'M NOT BEING SMART ABOUT IT. I REALLY THINK THAT'S WHAT WE DO REALLY WELL IN SOUTH CAROLINA IS WE FIND WILLING LANDOWNERS TO VOLUNTARILY NEGOTIATE FOR CONSERVATION THAT HAS COMPENSATION AND COMPENSATION COULD BE MONEY, IT COULD BE TAX DEDUCTIONS, COULD BE TAX CREDITS.

THAT THEN IS REALLY ELIMINATES THE NEED FOR REGULATION.

SO WE'RE PROTECTING. WE'RE INVESTING FEDERAL DOLLARS TO HELP PROTECT AN INSTALLATION FOR THEIR AIRSPACE, AS WELL AS THE FARM PORTION OF WHAT REALLY IS A UNIQUE AGRICULTURAL AREA IN YOUR COUNTY.

TO DO THAT, TO MANAGE THAT, WE, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE MAP THAT WAS UP EARLIER, BUT YOU CAN SEE THERE'S REALLY AN ECOSYSTEM OF CONSERVATION THROUGH THAT AREA SURROUNDED, WHICH GIVES LANDOWNERS MYSELF BEING ONE INCLUDED THE ABILITY TO HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO MANAGE, THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO TO INVEST CAPITAL INTO THE PROPERTY FOR TIMBER, REVENUE MANAGEMENT, PRESCRIBED FIRE, ALL THOSE SORT OF TOOLS THAT DIDN'T REALLY DO PRODUCE OTHER ECONOMIC BENEFITS.

SO THIS IS A YOUR COUNTY, FRANKLY, AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, I'LL SAY IT AGAIN, REALLY HAS TAKEN A LEAD THROUGHOUT THE STATE TO DEMONSTRATE HOW YOU CAN THAT YOUR YOUR TAXPAYERS WILLINGLY SAID WE'LL TAX OURSELVES FOR TWO YEARS TO GENERATE $100 MILLION, AND THAT WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO COME BACK TO MAXIMIZE THAT INVESTMENT WITH OTHER FUNDS.

AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO. DID IT TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME FOR SOME OF THE MUNICIPALITIES WHO STILL MAY THINK THAT THEY SHOULD GET WHAT, BUT WILL CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH OUR SYSTEM? OUR SYSTEM PROVES THAT WE'RE BRINGING YOU DEFENSIBLE PROJECTS EVERY SINGLE TIME.

AND AS LONG AS I SERVE ON THAT, I WILL ASSURE THAT IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.

GOOD JOB. ALL RIGHT. WE HAD A MOTION AND A SECOND.

IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? YEAH, JUST IN DISCUSSION.

I DO WANT TO COMMEND THE GREEN SPACE. AND COMMENT ON ON WHAT MR.

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BUT I ALSO WANT TO GIVE KUDOS TO THE OPEN LAND TRUST PROGRAM BECAUSE THEY BASICALLY GAVE THE PERFECT MODEL FOR YOU TO GO SPEND SOME MONEY. THE ORGANIZATIONS, LIKE WE COULD NOT DO THIS WITHOUT THE PRIVATE NONPROFIT ENTITIES LIKE OPEN LAND TRUST, OPEN SPACE INSTITUTE, NATURE CONSERVANCY, DUCKS UNLIMITED.

WE CAN NAME THEM ALL BECAUSE YOU JUST DON'T HAVE THE HORSEPOWER INTERNALLY TO DO THAT.

THEY CAN BUILD A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LANDOWNER TO NEGOTIATE THAT ASPECT, TO BRING THAT WE SEED SOME INVESTMENT THAT THEN BRINGS IN AND MAKES US VERY COMPETITIVE. THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA TOOK 21% OF THE FEDERAL BUDGET ON COASTAL WETLAND GRANTS.

WE WERE COMPETING WITH CALIFORNIA, OREGON, WASHINGTON AND THE ENTIRE ATLANTIC SEABOARD AND THE GULF OF AMERICA, I GUESS, IS THE PROPER TERM TODAY. ALL THOSE STATES TO COMPETE.

WE TOOK 21% OF THAT BECAUSE THE STATE AND THE COUNTIES HAVE THESE UNIQUE FUNDING MECHANISMS WHERE THEY DON'T.

AND I DON'T WANT TO TELL THEM THAT BECAUSE THEN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE MAGIC THAT WE PRODUCE.

YEAH. YEAH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. BY SHOW OF HANDS.

ALL IN FAVOR OF THE RESOLUTION. OH, WELL, WE DID.

WE? GERALD. GERALD, DID I SECOND IT? YEAH. WE HAD ONE MOTION AND SECONDED.

GERALD MADE THE MOTION AND COUNCILMAN GLOVER.

OKAY. BY SHOW OF HANDS. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE RESOLUTION.

AND AGAIN, THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN MCSHANE, FOR DOING ALL THIS HARD WORK.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANKS FOR COMING. THANK YOU FOR COMING TO THE RESOLUTION.

[12.c. 2025/14 JOINT RESOLUTION OF BEAUFORT COUNTY AND THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND TO REDEFINE THE US 278 CORRIDOR PROJECT (ALSO KNOWN AS THE WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY GATEWAY CORRIDOR PROJECT) TO ALIGN WITH THE AVAILABLE FUNDING.]

AND WE'LL HAVE MR. FELIX COME FORWARD FOR THIS MAKE A MOTION.

WE NEED A MOTION. WE'LL MAKE A MOTION. I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION, MADAM.

WHO MADE THE MOTION? YOU OR LOGAN MADE THE MOTION.

YOU MAKE IT. I'LL SECOND IT. ALL RIGHT. MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN CUNNINGHAM AND SECONDED BY VICE CHAIRMAN TABACHNICK.

NOW WE CAN HAVE MR. FELIX COME FORWARD. AND WE DO HAVE A HILTON HEAD COUNCIL MEMBER HERE.

COUNCILWOMAN. BRYSON. THANK YOU FOR COMING OVER TONIGHT.

COME ON DOWN HERE. YES. OKAY. IT'S ALL YOURS.

ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. AND I HAVE HANK HERE WITH ME.

WE WORKED ON THIS TOGETHER THIS WEEK. MR. MOORE BEING OUT, WE WORKED TOGETHER WITH TOWN STAFF TO FACILITATE AND PUT FORTH WHAT WE HAVE HERE.

SO WHERE WE LEFT OFF WAS WE HAD OUR JOINT COUNCIL MEETING ON THE 12TH.

I GUESS THAT'S A WEEK AND A HALF AGO. AND AT THAT, WE SAT AROUND A TABLE WITH ALL COUNTY COUNCIL AND TOWN COUNCIL, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE PROJECT. THE PROPOSED PLAN, THE AVAILABLE FUNDING AND THEN WHAT WE HAD PROPOSED.

OUR TASK AS COUNTY STAFF WAS TO PUT FORWARD A A RESOLUTION, A JOINT RESOLUTION AS A PLACEHOLDER, A STARTING POINT. SO THAT WAS DISCUSSED AT THAT MEETING.

EACH OF YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS AND TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS GAVE THEIR OPINIONS.

WE AS STAFF, BOTH COUNTY AND TOWN, WERE TAKING NOTES FEVERISHLY.

AND REALLY, OUR ASSIGNMENT OUT OF THAT WORKSHOP WAS TO TAKE THE NOTES HEARD AS DISCUSSED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND TO PROVIDE UPDATE AND EDITS TO THE JOINT RESOLUTION AND THEN TO COORDINATE.

AND THAT WOULD COME BACK FIRST TO COUNTY COUNCIL AND THEN FOLLOWING TO TOWN COUNCIL.

I BELIEVE MARCH 4TH IS THEIR SCHEDULED DATE. SO THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE DONE.

AND WHAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR AGENDA PACKET IS THE AMENDED RESOLUTION.

AND, HANK, IF YOU WANT TO COME UP WITH ME. BUT WE'LL TAKE QUESTIONS.

BUT ESSENTIALLY, WHAT WE WHAT WE DID IS THE BIGGEST THING THAT WE HEARD WAS IN ONE OF THE COMMENTS WAS MOVE IT FROM SHALL.

THE REMAINING FUNDS MAY GO TO AREAS WITHIN MOSS CREEK TO SPANISH WELLS.

AND WE MADE THAT WILL. THAT WAS THE BIGGEST SINGLE HANDEDLY CHANGE THAT WE STARTED WITH.

AND THEN ALSO TRY TO IDENTIFY SOME OF THE PRIORITIES OF WHAT THOSE PROJECTS WOULD BE IF WE DO HAVE LEFTOVER FUNDS.

SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE SENT OVER ON TOWN, SENT BACK SOME COMMENTS, AND THEY HAD SOME COMMENTS THAT MADE SENSE.

AND WE UNDERSTAND THEIR POSITIONING, BUT THEY DIDN'T NECESSARILY.

THE COUNTY AND TOWN BOTH ARE PARTNERS IN THE PROJECT, BUT THEY HAVE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES INTO THE PROJECT.

AND SO WE WE PROVIDED BACK OUR RESPONSES. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT ME TO GO THROUGH THEM OR IF YOU WANT TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS.

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SO WHAT'S THE WOULD THE COUNCIL? I HOPE EVERYONE ON COUNCIL HAS READ THIS NEW REVISED VERSION AND WE CAN OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS. UNLESS YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH SOME OF THE MAJOR CHANGES.

THERE WASN'T THERE WEREN'T TREMENDOUS CHANGES. A LOT OF IT WAS CLEANUP, SPECIFYING WHAT SPECIFIC FUNDS ARE USED FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES AND SETTING UP SOME TIMELINES AND CLARIFICATION. CLARIFICATION OF RESPONSIBILITY.

OKAY, LET'S OPEN IT UP FIRST TO THOSE ONLINE BY ZOOM.

IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF, YOU KNOW, QUESTIONS FROM ME, WE SHOULD VOTE ON IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

COUNCILMAN MCALLEN, I HAVE NO QUESTIONS ON THIS.

THIS IS A ALMOST THE END OF A ALMOST A DECADES LONG CONVERSATION.

WE'RE FINALLY GETTING TO THE PLACE WHERE THE MOMENTUM HAS CARRIED US.

IT'S ALL VERY POSITIVE, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MOVING THIS ALONG AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN.

OKAY, I'M GOING TO START AT THAT END WITH COUNCILMAN.

SURE. TOM. JARED. HANK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MISS BRYSON.

THANK YOU AS WELL FOR YOUR EFFORTS. AND JUST A COUPLE OF VERY BASIC QUESTIONS.

ONE YOU RECEIVED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS, INPUT FROM THE TOWN ON WHAT WE'RE GOING TO JOINTLY VOTE ON TONIGHT.

MISS BROCK, IF YOU CAN BRING UP PAGE 46 OF THE PACKET, IT'S THE FUNDING ELEMENTS.

I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR CLARITY. PTSD RELOCATION FUNDS.

I SEE THAT'S AT 6.5 MILLION. NOW, THAT STARTED OFF ABOUT 20 MILLION.

WELL, IT'S ACTUALLY NOT AT 6.5 MILLION. IT'S IF YOU LOOK AT THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN, IT'S THE FUNDED, CALCULATED FUNDING FROM I BELIEVE IT'S A SECTION 36 OF THE STATE ACTS, STATE ACT 36, WHICH IS CURRENTLY BASED UPON A $200 MILLION CONSTRUCTION.

THAT'S $9 MILLION. OKAY. PLUS THE $6.5 MILLION OF LOCAL.

IF THE PROJECT SHOULD BE BID AT CONSTRUCTION HIGHER THAN THAT, THAT 9 MILLION WOULD BE HIGHER.

SO THERE'S TECHNICALLY IN THIS AGREEMENT, 15.5 MILLION, BASED ON AN ESTIMATED $200 MILLION CONSTRUCTION BUDGET.

AND THEIR LATEST ESTIMATE THAT THEY SENT TO US FOR THE RELOCATION WAS 15 MILLION.

HANK, YOUR MUSIC TO MY EARS, AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY.

COMING HERE TODAY, I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FROM PEOPLE BASED ON THAT, AND THEY'VE READ THE PACKAGE.

AND I THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING. SO IF WE'RE CLEAR, CUTTING RIGHT TO THE CHASE, IF IT'S MORE THAN THE 15 POINT, WHATEVER IT IS, WHO WHERE IS THAT GOING TO BE COVERED FROM? SO THAT'S RIGHT. THERE WILL BE ALLOCATED TO THE ONE SECOND.

IT'LL BE FROM, FROM THE RESERVE FUNDS. OKAY. AND DO WE KNOW THE EXACT AMOUNT OF RESERVE FUNDS? I KNOW YOU HAVE 14.33 HERE. AND YOU ALSO HAVE THE STONEY HISTORIC COMMUNITY SAFETY PROJECTS.

THAT'S SOMETHING SEPARATE. CORRECT. AND THE RESERVE THAT IS NOT IN THE RESERVE FUNDS.

THAT IS A SEPARATE FUND. ALL RIGHT. GOOD. LISTEN AGAIN, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE LISTENING HERE ARE PLEASED TO HEAR THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE THAN ENOUGH FUNDS TO GET THAT WATER LINE MOVED APPROPRIATELY, WHETHER IT GOES OVER THAT OR NOT.

FAIR ENOUGH. GOOD. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN GLOVER.

NO, NONE AT THIS TIME, MADAM CHAIRMAN. COUNCILMAN BARTHOLOMEW.

NO COMMENT ON THIS COUNCILMAN BROWN. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.

COUNCILMAN TABACHNICK. I JUST AM HAPPY IF WE CAN MOVE THIS ALONG.

I WASN'T ON HERE FROM THE BEGINNING, BUT SEVEN YEARS IS WAY TOO LONG.

AND MY BIGGEST FEAR IS THAT BRIDGE WILL BE LOAD LIMITED.

OR GO INTO THE WATER IN A HURRICANE THREE OR THE EARTHQUAKE, SO MOVE ALONG.

COUNCILMAN CUNNINGHAM. YEAH. REAL QUICK. BRIEFLY.

SAME THING. THIS HAS BEEN LONG OVERDUE. I'VE BEEN SAYING THAT SINCE I GOT ON COUNCIL, AND THEY WERE DOING IT FIVE YEARS BEFORE I GOT EVEN ON HERE.

I SAID AT OUR JOINT COMMITTEE THAT WE HAD TOGETHER FOR THE WORKSHOP THAT IF WE BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME.

THAT'S NOT ALWAYS A GOOD THING. SO WITH THAT SAID, I KNOW THE DESIGNS YOU'VE SEEN, WE'VE PUT THEM OUT.

I'M IN FAVOR OF GETTING THIS DONE AND MOVING FORWARD.

WE'VE KICKED THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD LONG ENOUGH, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE IN THIS SITUATION WHERE WE'VE BEEN HIT WITH A DEADLINE, WHEN WE SHOULD HAVE MADE A DECISION BEFORE WE GOT A DEADLINE. MY ONLY CONCERN IS STILL THE SAME THING I SAID THEN, AS I SAY NOW. AND THAT IS ACCESS TO PINCKNEY ISLAND, SO I KNOW THOSE.

I UNDERSTAND THE FUNDS. I'M NOT GOING TO PUT THIS PROJECT ON HOLD BECAUSE OF THAT.

BUT WITH PINCKNEY ISLAND BEING FEDERAL FEDERAL LAND AND SOMETHING THAT WE'RE DEFINITELY INTERESTED IN HERE AT THE COUNTY, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE EFFORTS ON OUR SIDE AFTER WE GET THIS BALL ROLLING TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO AND TEAM UP WITH THE FEDERAL LEVEL OR THE STATE TO GET ACCESS TO PINCKNEY ISLAND,

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LOVE THAT CENTER. IT'S GREAT FOR OUR SCHOOLS, AND I THINK WE HAVE THAT SAME OPPORTUNITY ON SAINT OR ON PINCKNEY ISLAND AS WELL.

I'D LIKE TO NOT SEE THAT PUT DOWN THE TUBES JUST BECAUSE OF FUNDING ON THIS.

SO WHATEVER ACCESS WE HAVE THAT WE CAN GET SOME TYPE OF HELP OR DIRECTION ON THAT, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.

COUNCILMAN DAWSON. MADAM CHAIR, I WOULD JUST SAY THAT THE PUBLIC, MANY PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC DON'T HAVE A CLUE WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

SO I THINK I THINK IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BENEFICIAL IF WE HAD JARED AND HANK TO ACTUALLY GIVE THE THE HIGH POINTS OF THIS PROJECT. WE CAN DO THAT. SO WE'LL DO THAT WILL MAKE THE PUBLIC AWARE OF WHAT WE'RE GETTING READY TO VOTE ON.

YES, SIR. WE'LL DO THAT. ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMAN.

WE'LL DO IT TONIGHT. I DO SUPPORT IT. OKAY. COUNCILMAN LAWSON.

YES, I'M ACTUALLY FOR THIS IT HAS TAKEN A LONG TIME.

THE LAST THING THAT I WANTED TO HAVE HAPPEN WAS THOSE BRIDGES TO BE UNUSABLE.

WOULD HAVE TO USE THE FERRY SERVICE FROM PINCKNEY ISLAND TO GET TO HILTON HEAD BACK AND FORTH.

BUT AGAIN, I'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS FOR SIX YEARS.

THERE'S BEEN VERY, SOME VERY SMART PEOPLE THAT HAVE DEALT WITH THIS, SOME VERY STUBBORN PEOPLE THAT HAVE DEALT WITH THIS.

IT HAS TAKEN WAY TOO LONG. AND THE ONLY SAD PART IS, IS THE FACT THAT NONE OF US ARE GETTING WHAT WE WANT OR WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS GOING TO COME OUT OF THIS. SO AGAIN, THERE ARE OUR ONLY RESOLUTION, AND OUR ONLY THING THAT WE CAN DO IS TO TO PASS THIS, TO MOVE THIS FORWARD. BUT AGAIN, IT'S NOTHING.

WHAT WAS ANTICIPATED OR THOUGHT OF WHENEVER THIS WHOLE BRIDGE PROJECT HAD STARTED AGAIN.

I'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR SIX YEARS, SO AGAIN I AM FOR IT.

AS MR. CUNNINGHAM SAID, LET'S GET THIS GOING.

LET'S GET THIS HAPPENING BEFORE IT GOES UP IN PRICE EVEN MORE BEFORE WE HAVE OTHER, OTHER ROADBLOCKS.

SO, COUNCILMAN DAWSON'S POINT, WOULD YOU GIVE US THE HIGHLIGHTS? YEAH. ABSOLUTELY. PLEASE. SO WE'VE STARTED ON THIS EIGHT YEARS AGO.

THE PROPOSED PLAN WAS A SIX LANE BRIDGE ALL THE WAY.

AND THE ASSOCIATED WORK FROM MOSS CREEK TO SPANISH WELLS.

THE BUDGET CAME IN AT 500 MILLION. WE ONLY HAVE 300 MILLION.

AND SO WE HAD TO REDEVELOP A PLAN. THIS PLAN ESSENTIALLY IS JUST A BRIDGE PROJECT, BECAUSE WE HAVE ONE SPAN OUT OF THE FOUR SPANS THAT IS IN DESPERATE NEED OF REPAIR. AND WHAT THIS DOES IS IT REPLACES THAT ONE SPAN AND ALSO ACTUALLY PROVIDES A NEW STRUCTURE FOR THE ENTIRE EASTBOUND TRAFFIC. PRESENTLY IT WILL BE STRIPED AS TWO LANES.

IT WILL BE CONSTRUCTED TO CARRY THREE LANES, DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED TO CARRY THREE LANES.

IT WILL ALSO BE DESIGNED AT A WIDTH THAT IS WIDE ENOUGH FOR A TEMPORARY FOUR LANE USE.

SHOULD DOT NEED TO USE IT AT A FUTURE DATE TO REPLACE THE WESTBOUND LANES, AND THEN AS FAR AS PINKNEY ISLAND, THERE WILL BE ACCESS STILL REMAINING FROM PINKNEY ISLAND, JUST NOT IN THE WAY WE HAVE IT TODAY.

IT WILL BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. SO WHEN YOU'RE GOING EASTBOUND, THERE WILL BE NO OFF RAMP TO PINKNEY ISLAND.

YOU'LL HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY TO WINDMILL HARBOR, AND THERE WILL BE.

THIS IS WHAT WE'VE GOT TO FINE TUNE AND ENGINEER.

BUT WE JUST HAVE THE CONCEPT PLAN RIGHT NOW IS THERE WILL BE ONE OF THE EXISTING BRIDGES OVER THE SKULL CREEK.

THE SECOND WATERWAY WILL BE USED FOR A DRIVEWAY ACCESS BACK TO PINKNEY ISLAND, BOTH THROUGH THE PRESERVE AND THEN THE BOAT LANDING AND FERRY DESTINATION. AND THEN THE OTHER LANE WILL REMAIN THE TWO WESTBOUND LANES WILL REMAIN TO CARRY WESTBOUND TRAFFIC.

SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE WILL HAVE A BRIDGE THAT HAS THE CAPACITY FOR THREE LANES AND IT WILL BE RESTRIPED AS TWO.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE FUNDING FOR AT A FUTURE DATE.

IF THERE'S FUNDING, WE CAN LOOK AT CONTINUING THAT THREE LANES TO HAVE A FULL FIVE LANE SECTION, BUT THAT WOULD BE A FUTURE PROJECT. ALSO, SPECIFICALLY, WHAT THE PLAN CALLS OUT FOR IS FIRST PAY FOR THE PROJECT AS I JUST DEFINED. SECOND, PROVIDE A CONTINGENCY. WE ARE THE FISCAL RESPONSIBLE AGENT IN THIS PROJECT.

AND SO WE'RE ON THE HOOK FOR OVERRUNS. SO THE COUNTY HAS A CONTINGENCY.

AND THEN AFTER THAT THERE'S TWO SET ASIDES IN ADDITION TO THE CONTINGENCY, WHICH IS THE PSD, THE RELOCATION OF THE 24 INCH LINE THAT'S IN CONFLICT WITH THE STRUCTURE, PROPOSED STRUCTURE.

AND THEN ALSO A SET ASIDE TO DO SOME IMPROVEMENTS IN STONEY.

NEIGHBORHOOD. SO THIS PROJECT ENDS AT WINDMILL HARBOR SIGNAL SO IT TIES IN.

LITTLE ROAD WORK, BUT IT TIES IN RIGHT THERE.

SO THERE IS NO WORK IN STONEY. NEIGHBORHOOD WITH THE BRIDGE PROJECT.

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SO THOSE ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS AND COMPONENTS. AND IF YOU WANT FURTHER, I CAN GO FURTHER AS FAR AS SPECIFICS IN HERE, BUT THAT'S IN GENERAL AND THE WATERLINE WILL BE DONE.

SO THE DOT FIRST. YES. SO WE'LL WORK WITH DOT AND THE PSD.

THE GOAL WOULD BE THAT IN ORDER TO NOT SLOW DOWN CONSTRUCTION, TYPICALLY THERE LET TOGETHER THE UTILITIES AND THE ROAD WORK.

BUT KNOWING THAT THE ROAD THE WATERLINE IS IN EXACT LOCATION WHERE THE BRIDGE NEEDS TO GO, IT NEEDS TO BE RELOCATED. SO THE GOAL IS GOING TO BE TO TRY TO WORK WITH PSD AND DOT AHEAD OF TIME TO GET THAT WORK STARTED WHILE THE REST OF THE BRIDGE WORK IS BEING DESIGNED. HOPEFULLY THERE'S A RELOCATION PROJECT AHEAD OF TIME.

CAN YOU TELL THE PUBLIC WHAT PSD IS AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT? YES. SO PSD PUBLIC SERVICE DISTRICTS, THERE'S THREE PSDS PUBLIC SERVICE DISTRICTS THAT PROVIDE WATER AND SEWER ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND.

THEY HAVE A 24 INCH PIPE THAT ACTUALLY IS SPLIT BETWEEN TWO PSDS THAT OWN IT.

THEY OWN THE PIPE, BUT THEY BUY THE WATER FROM BEAUFORT-JASPER WATER AND SEWER.

SO WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS I FORGET THE EXACT FIGURE, BUT ABOUT 40% OF THE ISLAND'S WATER IS SERVED THROUGH THAT PIPE SYSTEM.

AND SO IT'S PARAMOUNT THAT THAT NOT BE DAMAGED THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND PRESERVED.

SO IN ORDER TO DO THAT, THERE'S ACCOMMODATIONS BEING MADE BOTH IN THE PROJECT AND ABOVE AND BEYOND THE PROJECT IN THE LOCAL FUNDS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS PRESERVED AND THE WATER AND WELL WATER IS MADE AVAILABLE FOR RESIDENTS AHEAD OF TIME.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? YEAH, I HAVE A I HAVE A QUESTION, PLEASE.

YES, SIR. POINT OF CLARIFICATION, IF I MAY. YES, SIR.

GO AHEAD, COUNCILOR MCCONNELL. JARED, YOU INDICATED THAT IN YOUR COMMENTS THAT THIS WAS GOING TO TERMINATE AT THE WINDMILL HARBOR LIGHT.

ISN'T IT, IN FACT, PROCEEDING DOWN TO JENKINS ISLAND ROAD AS THE TERMINUS? SO THE 278 WORK WILL LET ME LET ME REPHRASE THAT.

IT WILL END IN A PROXIMITY OF THE LIGHT. IT DEPENDS.

DOT'S GOING TO HAVE TO RE-ENGINEER. WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK WITH SOME PUBLIC MEETINGS, WHETHER THAT TAPERS IN BEFORE YOU GET TO THE LIGHT OR JUST AFTER THE LIGHT.

AT JENKINS ISLAND WAS PROPOSED IN THE EXHIBITS.

IS THAT THE FRONTAGE ROAD THAT WILL TIE BACK TO HOG ISLAND AND MARINERS COVE AND BLUE HERON POINT WOULD ALSO TIE FORWARD TO JENKINS ISLAND.

SO ALL OF THAT TRAFFIC ON THE, I GUESS, NORTHERN SIDE OF THE ROAD WOULD BE CONSOLIDATED INTO THE SEA HENDRICKS PLACE DRIVE.

THAT IS A WINDMILL HARBOR SIGNAL. SO YEAH, THAT'S BECAUSE JENKINS ISLAND ROAD WILL BE CLOSED AND THERE'LL BE NO ENTRANCE OR EXIT FROM 278.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS THE PLAN AS PROPOSED.

YES, SIR. THANK YOU. OKAY. COUNCILMAN GLOVER? YES. FAIRLY. I'M. I'M GLAD YOU TALKED ABOUT STONEY COMMUNITY.

AND MY MY CONCERN IS, IS YOU TALK ABOUT THE SAFETY IN THAT AREA.

DOES PROVIDING INFRASTRUCTURE, ROADS, ETCETERA.

IS INCLUDED IN SAFETY? YES. SO THESE $5 MILLION IS IS ROAD TYPE IMPROVEMENTS, SIDEWALKS ANY TYPE OF VEHICULAR OR PEDESTRIAN TYPE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO IMPROVE THE SAFETY IN THAT SECTION OF WHAT WAS THE OVERALL CORRIDOR? MOSS CREEK TO SPANISH WELLS. NOT NOT THIS 5 MILLION.

THIS 5 MILLION IS SPECIFICALLY STONEY. SO ESSENTIALLY CRAZY CRAB TO SPANISH WELLS.

THAT AND THE PLAN HERE. AND THIS WAS PART OF THE INTERACTION THAT HANK AND I HAD WITH STAFF TOWN COUNCIL.

WELL, LET ME BACK UP. SENATOR DAVIS RECOMMENDED WHEN HE PROPOSED THIS THAT THERE WAS A LETTER, JANUARY 9TH TO BOTH COUNCILS, THAT WE REDEFINE THE PROJECT TO SOMETHING SMALLER THAT WE CAN PAY FOR, AND THEN ALSO THAT WE DO A PLAN IN THE STONEY AREA.

SO RATHER THAN DO A PLAN IN THE STONEY AREA, THIS $5 MILLION IS TO DO IMPROVEMENTS OF SOME MAGNITUDE IN THE STONEY AREA, OF WHICH THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD WILL WILL RUN THAT PROCESS AND THAT PROJECT.

IT WILL BE A SEPARATE, SEPARATE PROPERTY AND SEPARATE FROM THE COUNTY.

IT'LL BE THEIR PROJECT. THAT'S RIGHT. RIGHT. AND THAT'S IN THE DESIGN PHASE.

I MEAN, THAT WILL BE IN THE DESIGN PHASE. AND MY CONCERN IS REALLY MAKING SURE THAT SOME KIND OF ENHANCEMENT IS DONE TO IMPROVE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE STONEY COMMUNITY.

THAT'S MY ONLY COMMENTS AND STUFF. YEAH. AND MR.

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I FORGET HIS TITLE, BUT HE IS DIRECTLY FOCUSED ON THAT FROM THE TOWN'S PERSPECTIVE.

AND THEN THE TOWN HAS AN INTEREST IN CONTINUING THAT PURSUIT.

AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING BEYOND PHYSICAL ROAD IMPROVEMENTS THAT CAN BE EXPLORED TOGETHER WITH THE TOWN.

RIGHT. AND THIS FUNDING IS FOR THOSE PHYSICAL IMPROVEMENTS.

CORRECT. THANK YOU. COULD YOU GO ON RECORD SAYING THAT IT.

YEAH. JUST A COUPLE MORE THINGS TO TIE IT UP.

ONE EARTHQUAKE AND HURRICANE. GRAYDON. DO WE HAVE AN EXPECTATION OF WHAT WE'RE GOING FOR ON THAT? YEAH. SO TO ALL TO TODAY'S STANDARDS. SO DOT DESIGN ENGINEERS, THE NEW BRIDGE WILL BE LOAD TESTED FOR EACH OF THOSE STORMS. AND THE GREAT THING, AS I MENTIONED, IT WILL BE WIDE ENOUGH.

SO IF IT NEEDS TO CARRY FOUR LANES OF TRAFFIC, IT CAN.

SO IF WE HAVE AN EVENT THAT DOES ANY TYPE OF DAMAGE TO THE EXISTING BRIDGES, WHICH AREN'T TO TODAY'S STANDARDS, THEN THE NEW BRIDGE SHOULD BE ABLE TO WITHSTAND AND CARRY THAT LOAD TRAFFIC.

WE HAVE TO REVERSE TRAFFIC. OKAY. AND MY LAST THING IS JUST TO CLARIFY, THE ONE THING WE'VE BEEN ADAMANT ABOUT IN COUNTY, AS WE'VE BEEN WORKING BACK AND FORTH WITH THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD, IS WHEN PUSH COMES TO SHOVE, IT IS A COUNTY PROJECT. IT'S THE COUNTY AND DO SC DOT GETTING THIS DONE.

WITH THAT SAID, THE STONEY PROJECT IS BEING DONE BY HILTON HEAD, SO I DON'T KNOW.

I'M NOT QUITE SURE HOW MUCH INFLUENCE WE HAVE OVER THAT.

AND MY MINDSET. IF THE BRIDGE PROJECT IS OUR PROJECT TO GET DONE AND GET FINISHED.

HOWEVER, THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD USES THOSE FUNDS TO BETTER STONEY CREEK.

THAT'S UP TO THEM TO DO. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, IF I UNDERSTAND THOSE FUNDS ARE GOING TO GO TO THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD TO IMPLEMENT THEM TOWARDS THAT, WE SHOULD NOT HAVE ANY JURISDICTION OVER THAT.

I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT'S OUR RIGHT AS COUNCIL TO HAVE ANY JURISDICTION OR EVEN INPUT REALLY, BECAUSE AT THAT POINT WE'RE TURNING THAT OVER TO THEM.

THAT'S THAT'S THE INTENT. SO ESSENTIALLY WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS THIS AND DO THE BRIDGE PROJECT, ALONG WITH DDOT AND THE UTILITY PROJECT ATTACHED TO THE BRIDGE PROJECT.

RIGHT. AND THEN THE $5 MILLION WOULD WE WOULD TURN TO THE TOWN FOR THEM TO ADMINISTER A LOCAL STONEY 278 PROJECT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE HAD A MOTION AND WE HAD A SECOND LAST CHANCE.

OH. YES, SIR. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S ABUNDANTLY CLEAR THAT THE REFERENDUM MONEY, THE $80 MILLION, IS ONLY USED TO SQUIRE POPE. THE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SPANISH MOSS PARK ARE COMING OUT OF IMPACT FEES.

SO NOBODY CAN CHALLENGE THAT. WE WERE USING REFERENDUM MONEY BEYOND THE SCOPE OF WHAT IT WAS PASSED FOR THE REFERENDUM MONEY.

AND THAT'S PART OF WHY WE WERE VERY CAREFUL IN THE LANGUAGE THAT YOU SEE WHAT IS SPELLED OUT, WHY IT SAYS THAT REFERENDUM MONEY WILL BE SPENT IN THIS SPECIFIC SPAN.

ANYTHING OUTSIDE THAT SPAN IS FROM IMPACT, AND THAT WAS FROM BRIAN'S ADVICE TO HEAD OFF ANY POTENTIAL CHALLENGES OR QUESTIONS THAT COULD COME.

OKAY, I THINK THAT'S CLEAR. I'M GLAD YOU REPEATED THAT.

AND ALSO, IT WAS VERY HELPFUL TO RELATED PROJECT SCOPE THAT WE HAD A FULL DESCRIPTION IN THE RESOLUTION OF EACH OF THOSE.

I THINK THAT WAS SOMETHING ADDED VARIETY TO IT.

ALL RIGHT. SO WE'VE HAD A MOTION AND A SECOND BY SHOW OF HANDS.

ALL IN FAVOR OF THE JOINT RESOLUTION. ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS GREAT. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANY OTHER FURTHER? THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU GUYS.

IF THERE'S NO FURTHER BUSINESS, I WILL REMIND HIM.

CHAT WITH COUNCIL. OH, YES. TOMORROW NIGHT HERE.

CHADWICK COUNCIL STARTING AT 6:00. IT'S JUST COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THERE'S NO STAFF THAT WILL BE THERE. IT WON'T BE BROADCAST, BUT ANYONE'S WELCOME TO COME.

I THINK WE'VE ALLOCATED TIME TILL 8:00, SO WE HAVE 6 TO 8:00.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER REMINDERS? I THINK WE SPOKE OF A LOT OF THEM EARLY ON, BUT WE'LL SEE THE PUBLIC HERE AND IT'S ANYTHING GOES ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ASK OR TALK ABOUT. WE APPRECIATE IT. YES, SIR.

CHAIRMAN. I JUST WANT TO ANNOUNCE A HANDOUT. A HOMECOMING LITTLE BROCHURE.

OKAY. THAT PEN CENTER IS IS PUTTING ON FOR A LOCAL ARTIST, JOHNNY FRANKS.

REVEREND JOHNNY FRANK SIMMONS AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PEN TEN IS HERE.

AND HE'S. HE INSISTED THAT I MAKE SURE THAT EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER GET ONE OF THOSE.

WELL, WE APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. WE STAND ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.