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THIS MEETING TO ORDER.[1. CALL TO ORDER]
EVENING, SIR.PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
IN THE INVOCATION BY TAB TABER VICE CHAIR, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE IN THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
ARE WE AT THE RACES OR WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE? OKAY.
WE GATHER TODAY, NOT JUST AS INDIVIDUALS, BUT AS A COUNCIL AND A COMMUNITY.
TODAY WE ACKNOWLEDGE AND CELEBRATE THE REMARKABLE JOURNEY OF WOMEN THROUGHOUT HISTORY.
WE REMEMBER THE COURAGEOUS WOMEN WHO FOUGHT FOR EQUALITY, THE BRILLIANT MINDS WHO SHAPED OUR WORLD, AND THE COUNTLESS WOMEN WHO HAVE NURTURED AND SUPPORTED ALL OF US.
WE GIVE THANKS FOR THE MOTHERS, SISTERS, DAUGHTERS, AND FRIENDS WHO HAVE ENRICHED OUR LIVES, AND WE LIFT UP THOSE WHO CONTINUE TO INSPIRE US WITH THEIR STRENGTH AND RESILIENCE.
WE PRAY THAT THE SPIRIT OF WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH WILL IGNITE A FIRE WITHIN ALL OF US TO CHAMPION EQUALITY, JUSTICE, AND OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL WOMEN EVERYWHERE.
GUIDE US TO LEARN FROM THE PAST, EMBRACE THE PRESENT, AND WORK TOWARDS A GREAT FUTURE WHERE ALL VOICES ARE HEARD AND VALUED.
THIS MEETING WAS ADVERTISED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SOUTH CAROLINA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT AND AS CONFIRMED BY OUR COUNTY CLERK.
[4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA]
HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN BAROLO.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND THAT.
DISCUSSION BEFORE WE VOTE? OKAY.
I'D LIKE TO, UH, MAKE A MOTION TO, UM, TO AMEND THE AGENDA TO ADD A, UH, REQUEST FOR AN ORDINANCE, UM, TO BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA.
MAY I ADD, HAVE THE, UH, LIBERTY TO DISCUSS THAT? UM, YES.
UH, AT THE, UH, NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE, UH, LAST WEEK THERE WAS A ORDINANCE PRESENTED FOR EVENTUAL DELIVERY TO THE COUNTY THAT IS TO THE COUNCIL THAT IS SCHEDULED TO COME, UM, IN TWO WEEKS AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT ORDINANCE FORWARD TO BE CONSIDERED TONIGHT, UH, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST READING IN TWO WEEKS.
THEN THERE'D BE A SECOND READING TWO WEEKS LATER, AND THERE'D BE A THIRD READING TWO WEEKS AFTER THAT.
AND WITH THE TWO WEEK GAP BETWEEN THE FIRST READING AND THE, UH, THE LAST READING, IT BECOMES ALMOST A SEVEN OR EIGHT WEEK PROJECT.
AND THIS, UH, I THINK, UM, IS A, UH, ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED SOONER THAN THAT BECAUSE IT DEALS WITH THE DELIVERY OF VETERINARY SERVICES SERVICES.
UH, ON DFU, UM, THE NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE, UH, AGREED TO FORWARD TO COUNSEL, UM, A RECOMMENDATION THAT AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODE, UH, ON DUSKY, UH, BE, UH, THERE BE A TEXT AMENDMENT TO PERMIT THE USE OF ANIMAL SERVICES CLINIC SLASH HOSPITAL IN D TWO, RURAL D TWO R.
AND, UH, IT GOES ON TO EXPLAIN THAT THE, UH, LANDOWNER HAS REQUESTED TO PERMIT VETERINARY SERVICES IN D TWO R AND THAT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ENCOURAGES A BUSINESS FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT THAT THE PROPOSED USES CONSISTENT WITH THE ZONING DISTRICT'S PURPOSE TO PRESERVE THE RURAL CHARACTER WHILE ENCOURAGING FARMS AND WHERE ANIMALS ARE RAISED.
AND THE BEAUFORT COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION CONSIDER THE REQUEST IN FEBRUARY 3RD, 2025, VOTING SEVEN OH.
TO RECOMMEND THE COUNTY COUNCIL APPROVE THE REQUEST.
SO, UH, COUNTY COUNCIL NOW WISHES TO AMEND THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODE TO PERMIT ANIMAL SERVICES AND A CLINIC, HOSPITAL IN D TWO RURAL, UH, ZONING DISTRICT.
AND, UH, THAT WOULD BE THE MOTION THAT I WOULD LIKE TO PLACE, UH, IN EFFECT.
'CAUSE AT THE MOMENT, UH, PEOPLE WHO HAVE ISSUES WITH THEIR ANIMALS OFTENTIMES HAVE TO TAKE THEM ON THE FERRY TO THE MAINLAND FOR TREATMENT.
AND THAT BECOMES KIND OF AN ONEROUS, UM, UH, UNDERTAKING ON THEIR PART.
AND THIS WILL BE, UM, THIS ORDINANCE WILL ALLOW A VETERINARY SERVICE TO ACTUALLY EXIST ON DFU, ON DUSKY FOR BOTH LARGE AND SMALL ANIMALS.
SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS MOVE FORWARD INSTEAD OF HAVING THE FIRST READING TWO WEEKS FROM NOW, I'D RATHER HAVE IT ON THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT FOR OUR CONSIDERATION.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION REGARDING THAT? JUST ONE.
UM, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE REQUEST BEING MADE.
UH, I WOULD LIKE FOR LEGAL TO WEIGH IN ON THIS IF THEY DON'T MIND.
SO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING, UM, OUR RULES AND REGULATIONS AS FAR AS COUNTY COUNCIL IS CONCERNED.
AS I UNDERSTAND IT, MR. MCKELLEN HAS MADE A MOTION TO
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AMEND THE AGENDA TO ADD THIS AS AN AGENDA ITEM.UH, AND YOU CAN AMEND THE AGENDA.
IT JUST TAKES A TWO THIRDS VOTE, UH, TO AMEND THE AGENDA.
SO WE HAVE TO HAVE TWO THIRDS OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS VOTE TO AMEND THE AGENDA TO ADD IT.
UH, AND THAT'S ALL BE NECESSARY.
AND THEN YOU COULD HAVE THE FIRST READING OF THAT ORDINANCE TONIGHT.
MY ONLY QUESTION WOULD BE, IS STAFF PREPARED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS BY COUNCIL ON IT? THEY ARE, SIR.
SO WE WILL NEED TO VOTE BY SHOW OF HANDS.
WE'RE READY TO TAKE THE VOTE TO ADD THIS TO THE AGENDA, AGENDA FOR CONSIDERATION, AND IT WOULD BE UNDER ORDINANCES FOR FIRST READING.
ON THE AGENDA? UM, I BELIEVE SO.
OR DO YOU WANT TO ADD IT AS 14? IT WOULD BE ORDINANCES FOR FIRST READING.
GETTING BACK TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA.
DO WE HAVE A APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA AS AMENDED? ALL IN FAVOR.
SO THE AGENDA IS APPROVED AS AMENDED.
[5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
OUR AGENDA, UM, WE HAVE THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES, SO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE TWO SETS MINUTES.JANUARY 13TH, 2025, AND JANUARY 27TH, 2025.
I'LL MOTION THAT ON A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN BROWN.
WE HAVE A SECOND TO APPROVE THOSE TWO SETS OF MINUTES.
NICK, ALL IN FAVOR? SHOW OF HANDS OF THE MINUTES, MARK.
[6. ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT]
TIME.WE WILL GO FORWARD WITH THE ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT.
UM, WE'LL START OFF TONIGHT WITH, UM, RECOGNITION OF COUNTY EMPLOYEES.
SO FIRST OFF, I'D, UH, LIKE TO RECOGNIZE, UH, SHAKI POLITE, WHO'S OUR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR.
SO SHAKIA HAS BEEN WITH BEAUFORT COUNTY FOR 15 YEARS.
UM, AND CURRENTLY IN HER POSITION AS A DIRECTOR, SHE OVERSEES INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INFRASTRUCTURE AND OPERATIONS, AND ENSURES THE IT SYSTEMS ARE SECURE, EFFICIENT, AND ALIGNED WITH COUNTY GOALS.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, IT'S A MAJOR UNDERTAKING.
UM, IN PARTICULAR WHEN WE HAVE ISSUES WITH STORMS AND LINES BEING CUT AND THINGS LIKE THIS, THEY DO A GREAT JOB OF, UM, OF MANAGING ALL THAT.
AND JUST THEN JUST THE DAY TO DAY.
UM, SO SOMETHING UNIQUE ABOUT SHAQUITA CHER, UH, SHE ENJOYS TRAVELING AND BEING ADVENTUROUS.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO TELL ME THAT,
AND, UH, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS, UM, IF NOT, JUST THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR GREAT LEADERSHIP, ALWAYS BEING SUPPORTIVE.
NEXT WE'VE GOT, UM, FROM THE BEAUFORT COUNTY DETENTION CENTER.
UM, HER POSITION IS SENIOR ADMINISTRATIVE SUPERVISOR, AND, UH, SHE'S BEEN WITH THE COUNTY FOR 24 YEARS AND SEVEN MONTHS.
SHE CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATES PROFESSIONALISM AND EXPERTISE IN OVERSEEING THE ADMINISTRATIVE, CLERICAL AND FINANCIAL OPERATIONS OF THE DETENTION CENTER.
SHE PLAYS A CRUCIAL ROLE IN REVIEWING CONTRACTS, AUDITING INVOICES, AND PREPARING COMPLEX, UH, DEPARTMENTAL DOCUMENTS, REPORTS, AND FORMS, ALL OF WHICH REQUIRE IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE OF PROGRAMS, POLICIES, AND PROCEDURES.
SHE OFFICIALLY MANAGES PURCHASE REQUISITIONS AND ORDERS ENSURING THAT VENDORS ARE PAID PROMPTLY.
SHE ASSISTS WITH THE PREPARATION OF DEPARTMENT'S ANNUAL BUDGET SUBMISSIONS, AND ENSURES THE STAFF MEMBERS ARE PAID ACCURATELY.
HER DEDICATION, ATTENTION TO DETAIL CONTRIBUTE GREATLY TO THE SMOOTH FUNCTIONING OF THE DEPARTMENT.
SOMETHING UNIQUE TO SHARE PUBLICLY.
UH, SHE LOVES TO WATCH INTERNATIONAL MOVIES, ESPECIALLY KOREAN MOVIES, WHILE USING CLOSED CAPTIONED TV.
MY WIFE WATCHES THIS TOO, SO I KNOW.
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SO, UM, WITH THAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS? NO, I JUST WANNA THANK EVERYBODY, COLONEL GRANT AND ALL, EVERYBODY FOR COMING TONIGHT.
I ENJOYED MY 24 YEARS HERE AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT FIVE OR SO,
UM, NOW WE'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE FROM EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, GARY TAYLOR.
SO, UM, GARY'S, HIS POSITION IS PARAMEDIC CREW CHIEF, AND HE'S BEEN WITH THE COUNTY FOR 26 AND A HALF YEARS.
HE PROVIDES QUALITY EMERGENCY CARE TO THE SICK AND INJURED TO BEAUFORT COUNTY.
HE ALSO PROMOTES AND EDUCATES THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT PERSONAL HEALTH, PROVIDES CPR CLASSES TO CITIZENS, SUPERVISES EMPLOYEES, ENSURES POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ARE BEING FOLLOWED CORRECTLY, AND THAT THE CITIZENS OF BEAUFORT COUNTY ARE RECEIVING THE BEST CARE AVAILABLE.
SOMETHING YOU NEED TO SHARE, NOTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE AT THIS POINT, RIGHT.
WELL, I, I DID TAKE, YOU CAN MAKE SOME COMMENTS.
I DID TAKE THE, UM, THE PERSONALITY THINGS THAT WE ALL HAD TO DO, AND I WAS A SOLID S SO THIS IS MAKING ME UNCOMFORTABLE HERE,
I REMEMBER, UM, WHEN I FIRST STARTED DOWN THE HALLWAY HERE, FILLING IN ALL THE PAPERWORK FOR, FOR EMPLOYMENT HERE, AND, UH, I HAD NO IDEA IT WAS GONNA BE, UH, AS ENJOYABLE AND AS REWARDING AS IT HAS BEEN.
I, UH, REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE SUPPORT AND THE LEADERSHIP THAT I'VE HAD FROM MY, UH, DIRECTORS OVER THE, OVER THE YEARS AND THE SUPPORT THEY'VE GIVEN ME.
AND I THANK YOU AS THE COUNTY COUNCIL FOR YOUR SUPPORT AS WELL.
UM, UM, A FEW OTHER COMMENTS I'D LIKE TO MAKE.
FIRST IS, UM, WE, FOR TONIGHT, FOR CONSIDERATION, WE HAVE THE RESOLUTION FOR THE 2 78 HIGHWAY PROJECT.
I'D LIKE TO, UH, THANKS AND EXTEND APPRECIATION OF THE EFFORTS BY HANK, JARED, BRIAN, AND STAFF WHILE I WAS OUT, UH, GETTING THIS, UM, COORDINATED WITH THE TOWN AND GETTING IT TO YOU AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE TOWN HAS MET AND HAS PASSED A VERSION THAT IS IN YOUR, UM, PACKAGE TONIGHT, WHICH WE'LL CONSIDER LATER IN THE MEETING.
BUT I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD, UM, THEIR COUNCIL STAFF AND, UH, AND TEAM THERE FOR ALL THE, UH, COORDINATION TO BRING THIS, UM, TO YOU ALL TONIGHT.
THE NEXT THING I'D LIKE TO MENTION IS ON MARCH 18TH, WHICH IS NEXT TUESDAY, WE'RE GONNA HOLD A COUNTY, UM, COUNCIL WORKSHOP AT FIVE AS A FOLLOWUP TO THE RETREAT TO DISCUSS THE 2018 REFERENDUM PROJECTS STATUS WAY AHEAD, AS WELL AS POTENTIAL OPTIONS FOR 2026 SALES TAX REFERENDUM.
SO WE WANT TO GET THAT CONVERSATION GOING BECAUSE AS WE ALL KNOW, UH, 2026 WILL BE HERE BEFORE WE KNOW IT.
SO GET THOSE DISCUSSIONS GOING.
UM, AND WITH THAT PENDING ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR OUR ADMINISTRATOR? NO.
YOU SAID NEXT TUESDAY? YES, THE 18TH.
[7. UPDATE ON THE ST. HELENA COMMUNITY GARDEN (HENRY FARM NORTH)]
IS THE UPDATE ON THE ST.AND, UM, WHO'S GOING TO COVER THAT? WHAT SAID MS, I'M NOT HERE TO COVER THAT, BUT I DID GET A TEXT MESSAGE THAT THE PRESENTER IS SICK.
SO, I'M SORRY IF THAT DIDN'T COME THROUGH TO ALL OF YOU.
I'VE HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE TODAY.
WE'LL DELAY IT THEN WE'LL RESCHEDULE.
WANTED TO RESCHEDULE FOR THE 24TH.
UM, AND I'M SO SORRY TO BE THE BEARER OF THAT NEWS.
SOMEBODY SICK, BUT I, I THINK, I MEAN, I THINK THEY'RE OKAY.
I JUST THINK THEY COULDN'T MAKE THE, THE, YOU KNOW, COULDN'T PRESENT BECAUSE THEY'RE SICK, SO.
[8. PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING MARCH AS DISABILITY AWARENESS MONTH]
PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING MARCH IS DISABILITY AWARENESS MONTH.[00:15:01]
UM, COUNCIL WIN.I HAVE, YEAH, GLOVER'S GONNA DO THAT.
IS ANYBODY HERE? IS ANYONE HERE FROM OH, GOOD.
YEAH, I'M TRYING TO ADVERTISE.
AND, UM, MY EYES ARE NOT AS GOOD AS YOU SPEAK UNTIL YOU GET UP.
UM, THIS IS A PROCLAMATION THAT I, I WOULD, BEFORE I GET STARTED, UM, IS IT TRUE THAT, UM, SUSPENDED, THEY, THEY DIS UH, THEIR CLIENTS, YOUR CLIENT'S NOW PLAYING, UH, BOWLING ON SUNDAY? I DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW ABOUT THAT ONE MYSELF.
I WAS TOLD THAT THE CHAIR OF THE, UH, OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UHHUH, BUT I'M NOT ONE OF THEIR, UH, EMPLOYEES WHO TAKES PEOPLE OUT.
I'M PUT YOU SPOT, BUT NO WORRIES.
IF YOU BELIEVE IT PINK TO HEAR THAT.
DO YOU WERE ACTUALLY BOLDING AND STUFF.
YOU WANNA MAKE SURE TO HAVE AN ENGAGING EXACTLY.
FULL LIFE AND BOEING'S ONE OF THOSE GREAT WAYS.
ANYWAY, LEMME DO WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TO DO.
UH, A PROCLAMATION, IT SAYS, WHEREAS MORE THAN 500,000 SOUTH CAROLINA RESIDENTS AND FAMILIES ARE IMPACTED BY SEVERE LIFELONG DISABILITIES, INCLUDING AUTISM, TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY, SPINAL CORD INJURY, AND INTELLECTUAL RELATED DISABILITY WITHOUT REGARD OF COLOR, CULTURE, GEOGRAPHY, AGE, OR ECONOMIC CLASS.
AND WHEREAS PEOPLE WITH LIFELONG LIFELONG LONG DISABILITY, OUR PRODUCTIVE CITIZENS, NEIGHBORS, AND FAMILY MEMBERS DESERVING OF RESPECT AND OPPORTUNITY FOR ECONOMIC SELF-SUFFICIENCY, INDEPENDENCY, AND PERSONAL GROWTH.
AND WHEREAS WE'VE RECOGNIZED WITH HEARTFUL FELT GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION, THE CAREGIVERS WHO SELFISHLY PROVIDE PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT TO BEAUFORT COUNTY'S RESIDENTS AND DIS WITH DISABILITY AND SPECIAL NEEDS.
AND WHEREAS THE 2025 OBSERVANCE OF DISABILITIES AWARENESS MONTH CELEBRATES THE SUCCESSFUL PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND WITHOUT, AS WELL AS THE INCREASING INVOLVEMENT OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES.
NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED THAT BEAUFORD COUNTY COUNCIL DOES HEREBY PROCLAIMED MARCH, 2025 AS DISABILITIES AWARENESS MONTH AND IS DATED THIS DAY, THE 10TH OF MARCH, 2025, AND IS SIGNED BY OUR CHAIRWOMAN, MS. ALICE.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING THIS, SAY SOME THINGS? UH, SURE.
UM, UH, SO WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, BEAVERT COUNTY DISABILITIES AND SPECIAL NEEDS, UH, THEIR PROGRAM IS WONDERFUL.
I'VE, I'VE, UH, I'VE WORKED IN, UH, DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT, UM, THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, UH, FOR DISABILITY, UH, ASSISTANCE, WHETHER IT WAS CASE MANAGEMENT OR, UH, YOU KNOW, IN-PERSON DIRECT SERVICES.
YOU, UM, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT Y'ALL HAVE ONE OF THE BEST PROGRAMS OUT THERE, HONESTLY.
THIS IS, IT'S AMAZING THE COMMITMENT THAT ALL THE EMPLOYEES AND THE LEADERSHIP HAVE ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THE INDIVIDUALS THAT THEY SERVE HAVE FULFILLING, UH, PRODUCTIVE LIVES.
HOW DO WE DO IT LIKE THAT AT ME, AND THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILMAN.
AND YOU SAID IT WELL, I THINK WHAT BUFORT COUNTY DOES IS WE SERVE THE PEOPLE WHO NEED US THE MOST.
AND, AND THAT IS ONE OF OUR AREAS THAT WE DO AN EXCELLENT JOB.
[9. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD – 30 MINUTES TOTAL]
AT THIS TIME, UH, IT IS PUBLIC COMMENT AND I THINK WE HAD ONE PERSON, UM, NOT SIGNED UP, BUT I ADDED HIM TO THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST.WADE SMITH, DID YOU WANNA SPEAK TONIGHT? YES, THAT'S FINE.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL START AT THE TOP.
AND OUR, UM, I'D LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE, EVERY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO'S RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK SHALL LIMIT COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES AND OBSERVE THE FOLLOWING PROTOCOL, ADDRESS THE CHAIRMAN.
AND IN SPEAKING, AVOID DISRESPECT TO COUNSEL AND ANY PERSONALITIES OR PEOPLE CAN CONFINE THEMSELVES TO QUESTIONS UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE COUNCIL, BE MINDFUL AND RESPECTFUL OF THOSE WHO ARE PRESENT AND OTHERS WHO MAY BE WATCHING ON TELEVISION.
AND THE FIRST PERSON SIGNED UP IS, UM, MR. SKIP HOAGLAND.
AFTERNOON, SKIP POLAND, WINDMILL HARBOR.
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MANY THINK THIS ILLEGAL CHAMBER CVB SHOULD BE PAID MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO PROMOTE TOURISM WHEN TECHNOLOGY, LOCAL SEARCH, FACEBOOK AND ALL THE OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA DOES THIS WORK FOR FREE? EXAMPLE, ONE WAS THE LAST TIME YOU BOOKED A HOTEL ROOM ON A CHAMBER.DMO WEBSITE ARE USED CONTENTS TRAVELER MAGAZINE FOR TRAVEL PLANS.
THE ANSWER IS NEVER A CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS SIMPLY A 5 0 1 DASH C6 NONPROFIT BUSINESS LEAGUE.
ITS ONLY LEGITIMATE FUNCTION IS TO PROMOTE ITS PRIVATE MEMBERS LIKE ELECTRICIANS, BEAUTY SALONS, ET CETERA.
WE DON'T WANT TO PUT CHAMBERS AND CBBS OUT OF BUSINESS.
WE WANT THEM TO OPERATE LEGALLY AND PROPERLY UNDER NATIONAL GOLD STANDARDS.
A CHAMBER CVB USED TAX FUNDS TO GENERATE MILLIONS OF ILLEGAL ADVERTISING PROFITS AND PAID NO TAXES.
PLUS THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE A BUSINESS LICENSE.
THIS IS BLATANTLY UNFAIR COMPETITION AGAINST LOCAL MEDIA THAT SELL ADVERTISING LEGITIMATELY AND PAY LOCAL TAXES.
SENATOR TOM DAVIS, THE IRS TO DOR AND AG CAN NOW FULLY CONFIRM THAT THE SOUTH CAROLINA COMBINATION ACCOMMODATION TAX CODE IS DRAFTED ILLEGALLY AND VIOLATES FEDERAL LAW BECAUSE IT FORCES LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO USE NONPROFIT CHAMBERS AND CBBS AS DMO RATHER THAN THE FOR-PROFIT MEDIAS LIKE AD AGENCIES, NEWSPAPERS, TERRORIST MAGAZINES THAT SPECIALIZE IN PROMOTING TOURISM.
THIS IS WHY OUR STATE IS IN BIG TROUBLE ALLOWING MILLIONS OF OUR EIGHT OF OUR TAX FUNDS TO BE ILLEGALLY ISSUED TO THESE PHONY BALONEY NONPROFIT THIEVES WHO SPENT PROFITS LAVISHLY ON THEMSELVES, THEIR CRONIES.
AND EVEN OF $600,000 SALARY FOR BILL MILES, IRS WILL SEE SOON, CONTACT 50 STATES AND 2000 CITY MAYORS AND CHAMBERS AND CBBS, AND THEY WILL ALL BE HELD LIABLE TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND LOCAL TAXPAYERS BECAUSE THEY KNOWINGLY ISSUED TAX FUNDS FOR ILLEGAL USE.
ALSO, TAX FUNDING TO PRIVATE NONPROFITS VIOLATES CONSTITUTIONAL LAW BY USING TAX FUNDS FOR PRIVATE USE AND PROFITS NOT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.
GOOD AND REASON WE ARE SEEKING DOGE F-B-I-I-R-S FORENSIC AUDITS TO PROVE, PROVE MANY OTHER STATE AND FEDERAL VIOLATIONS AND CRIMES CONNECTED, INCLUDING FRAUD BY THE THREE NATIONAL CHAMBER CVB TRADE ORGANIZATIONS, THE US CHAMBER, A CCE AND DEI, ASSISTING BILLIONS OF IRS UBIT TAX EVASION BY THEIR MEMBERS AND EVEN GOOGLE CONNECTED.
WE ARE ALSO SEEKING DOGE AUDITS NATIONWIDE ON BILLIONS OF ACCOMMODATION AND HOSPITALITY TAX FUNDS THAT HAVE DISAPPEARED UNACCOUNTED FOR.
WE WILL START WITH SOUTH CAROLINA AND BEAUFORT COUNTY AS OUR LABORATORY TEST TO PROVE OUR NATIONAL VIOLATIONS.
UH, NEXT ON OUR LIST IS MS. LIN, UH, GREENLEY.
HI, LINK GREELEY FROM HILTON HEAD.
I HAVE A POA FOR SKIP TO READ MINE.
I'M NOT GONNA SPEAK UNTIL THE LAW HAS DECIDED IF A POA OVERRULE OVER, UH, TRUMPS A LOCAL RULE.
I'M GONNA LET MS. GREELEY SPEAK UNTIL WE GET THIS SETTLED IN THE COURTS TO NOT PUT YOU ON AN UNCOMFORTABLE SITUATION.
UM, FIRST I AM ASKING THIS COUNCIL TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF DOING AN INDEPENDENT DOGE FORENSIC AUDIT ON OUR ANNUAL BUDGET AND YEAREND AUDIT.
THIS HIRING CANNOT BE CONNECTED TO OUR TOWN MANAGER, LAWYERS OR MAYOR WHO HAVE BEEN ACCUSED OF EITHER UNETHICAL AND CRIMINAL MISCONDUCT.
INSTEAD, I SAID, I SUGGEST WE PUT THE WOMAN ON THIS COUNCIL IN CHARGE OF FINDING THE HIRING THIS DOGE TYPE FORENSIC AUDIT FIRM TO SPECIFICALLY, UH, MS. TABER NECK.
MAY I RECOMMEND A FIRM FROM CHARLESTON CALLED THE QUICK GROUP COMPOSED OF A FORMER FBI FORENSIC AUDIT EXPERTS.
WE DO NOT HAVE THIS TALENT LOCALLY, AND THIS WOULD ASSURE A TOTALLY INDEPENDENT REVIEW.
FURTHER, I SUGGEST THESE COUNCILWOMAN BE IN CHARGE OF SETTING UP A FORENSIC AUDIT COMMITTEE, FAC MADE UP OF FIVE LOCAL RETIRED VOLUNTEER CPAS WITH THE TOWN MANAGER.
ALSO, IN THE FUTURE, ALL ACCOUNTING BUDGETS, AUDITS, AND CONTRACTS AND PROCUREMENT BIDS WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO ALL TAXPAYERS UNDER THE FOIA UH, FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT.
FROM THIS DAY FORWARD, THIS COMMITTEE WOULD BE IN CHARGE OF ASSURING ALL FUNDS, CONTRACTS, BUDGETS, YEAREND AUDITS, PROCUREMENT BIDS, AND LEGAL FEES ARE PROPERLY REVIEWED TO ASSURE MONEY IS SPENT PROPERLY AND FULLY ACCOUNTED FOR.
WE NOW HAVE FULLY PROVEN A SOUTH CAROLINA ACCOMMODATIONS TAX CODE IS DRAFTED ILLEGALLY AND IT IS IN VIOLATION OF THE FEDERAL TAX LAW.
OUR CURRENT HIRE D OS CANNOT BE AN IRS 5 0 1 C SIX NONPROFIT CHAMBER, OR CVB.
IT MUST BE FOR THE PROFIT OF AGENCY, LOCAL MEDIA, NEWSPAPER, TOURIST MAGAZINE, ET CETERA.
SO, THIS COUNCIL'S ILLEGAL DMO FUNDING WITH NO PROCUREMENT LAWS BE FOLLOWED.
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END SENATOR TOM DAVIS, S CS SLASH DO CRIMINAL DIVISION AND AG CAN FULLY CONFIRM THIS.MAYOR PERRY'S COMMENTS ABOUT HIS ROLE IN REVIEWING THE CHAMBER'S, FINANCES AND TOWN LAWYER, COLTRANE ALFORD'S, UM, FINGER AND GRUBER DRAFTING ILLEGAL FRAUDULENT CHAMBER DMO CONTRACT AND MARK ORLANDO.
ILLEGAL ACTIONS IN ALL REASON, ENOUGH FOR AUDITS AND IMAGINE WHAT WE DON'T KNOW, THE FAC COMMITTEE WILL END THIS.
PERRY, WHEN ASKED HOW HE FEELS ABOUT THE HILTON HEAD BLUFFED IN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE USING 2.5 MILLION IN ANNUAL TAX DOLLARS WITHOUT HAVING A SHOW OF INVOICES OR RECEIPTS, PERRY SAID HE WAS OKAY WITH HOW THE CHAMBER WAS OPERATING AND DIDN'T SEE A NEED FOR PUSHING FOR FURTHER TRANSPARENCY LIKE MAYOR BENNETT DID.
HE SAID HE DIDN'T FEEL A NEED TO GRIND DOWN ON EVERY INVOICE.
IS THIS THE TYPE OF MAYOR, LEADERSHIP LAWYERS WE WANT TO CONTROL OUR TAX FUNDS? NOT FOR ME.
NEXT ON OUR LIST IS, UM, CHAIRMAN OF BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'VE DELIVERED TO YOU ALL A COPY OF OUR LATEST FACILITIES MASTER PLAN.
I URGE YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
IT HAS AN AWFUL LOT OF GREAT DATA THAT YOU CAN USE IN PLANNING, AND IT GIVES A ONE COUNTY AGENCY'S VIEW OF THE FUTURE OF WHAT WE NEED.
IF YOU WILL LOOK THERE, YOU'LL FIND THERE ARE TWO PAGES ON EVERY SCHOOL.
AND IN EVERY SCHOOL IT TELLS YOU ABOUT WHAT THE FACILITY CAN HANDLE WITH THE NUMBER OF, UH, PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE FACILITY.
IT WILL TELL YOU THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE STUDENT BODY.
IT WILL TELL YOU HOW MANY OF THE STUDENTS ARE FROM THAT SCHOOL'S ENGAGEMENT AREA.
AND YOU'LL SEE A LARGE NUMBER ARE OUTSIDE OF OUR ENGAGEMENT AREAS FOR THE INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL.
AND THAT'S A RESULT OF SCHOOL CHOICE.
AND THAT TELLS YOU THE NUMBERS OF SCHOOL CHOICE.
IT ALSO SHOWS YOU LITTLE DOTS WHERE EVERY STUDENT COMES FROM.
THAT'S A VERY GOOD WAY OF LOOKING AT TRAFFIC, NOT ONLY THE TRAFFIC COMING IN AND OUT, BUT THE BUSES.
BUT ALSO IF YOU'RE A SCHOOL CHOICE PARENT, YOU HAVE TO PICK YOUR CHILDREN UP AND TAKE THEM BACK.
AND THAT'S WHY IN MOST OF OUR SCHOOLS IN THE MORNING AND THE EVENING, YOU'LL SEE LONG LINES WAITING TO GO IN AND PICK THEIR CHILDREN UP.
WE LIKE SCHOOL CHOICE, BUT SCHOOL CHOICE HAS A A PRICE.
YOU'LL ALSO SEE WHAT WE PROJECT FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS BEING THE ENROLLMENT IN EACH ONE OF THE SCHOOLS.
AND THAT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH FUTURE TRAFFIC ISSUES AND OTHER THINGS THAT ARE COMING ALONG.
AND IN A RELATED ISSUE, I GAVE YOU IN THAT BOOKLET A TIMELINE OF THE, IN THE SITUATION THAT WE ARE FACING NOW AT MAY RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION NEXT MONTH, BUT IS BEING HELD UP BECAUSE WE ARE IN A CONFLICT FOR, UH, ROAD MAINTENANCE, IF YOU WILL.
UH, THERE'S, UH, A PRIVATE ROAD OWNED BY THE, UM, WHAT IS IT? UH, PALMETTO, PALMETTO BLUFF, PALM BLUFF, YEAH.
AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET A, A ABILITY TO GET IN THERE AND START BUILDING AND WE CAN'T, CAN'T DO IT BECAUSE OF A PERMITTING ISSUE.
JUST TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS AND ASK FOR YOUR HELP TO GET US TO RESOLVE THAT ISSUE.
NEXT ON THE LIST IS CHARLES PERRY.
UH, MA'AM CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
I'M THE CHAIRMAN OF, OF THE, UM, TRAFFIC COMMITTEE OF WINDMILL HARBOR.
UH, I WOULD, UH, I RISE TO SPEAK TONIGHT WITH REGARD TO A SINGLE ISSUE, AND THAT IS WITH REGARD TO THE JOINT RESOLUTION, SPECIFICALLY, PARAGRAPH SEVEN ON PAGE THREE, UH, WHICH CALLS FOR, UH, THE TOWN AND BEAUFORD COUNTY TO AGREE TO WORK COOPERATIVELY TOWARDS TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP OF THE WINDMILL HARBOR TRAFFIC LIGHT, UH, AND, AND ALSO FOR THE INSTALLATION OF THE ADAPTIVE TECHNOLOGY THAT IS IN PLACE OR GOING TO BE IN PLACE AT SOME POINT IN TIME.
WITH REGARD TO THE OTHER TRAFFIC SIGNALS ON HILTON HEAD, UM, WE HAVE NO PROBLEM AND HAVE STATED PUBLICLY BEFORE THAT WE HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH REGARD TO
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BEING A PART OF THE ADAPTIVE SIGNAL SYSTEM ON, ON THE ISLAND.UH, WHAT WE DO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IS TRANSFER OWNERSHIP TO, UH, THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD.
UH, JUST THERE IS, FAR AS I KNOW, NO ONE ON JENKINS ISLAND OR HOG ISLAND, UH, OR VOTING MEMBERS OF, OR VOTING RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD.
SO WE WOULD EFFECTIVELY, IF THAT IS, IF THAT IS, UH, THE CASE AND IF IT IS TRANSFERRED OR IF IT CAN BE TRANSFERRED, UH, THEN WE WOULD ALL LOSE, UH, EFFECTIVELY ANY VOICE IN HOW THAT TRAFFIC SIGNAL IS MANAGED.
AND THAT'S A PROBLEM FOR US BECAUSE WE'VE
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
NEXT, NEXT ON THE LIST IS MIKE, UM, GAR.
I LEARNED HOW TO PRONOUNCE IT MIKE WHEN I SAY IT.
UM, MADAM CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BUFORT COUNTY COUNCIL, I'M MIKE GARRIGAN, UH, FORMER, UH, CHAIRMAN OF THE TRAFFIC COMMITTEE AND A MEMBER OF THE TRAFFIC COMMITTEE.
AND I'M GONNA THANK EACH OF YOU FOR YOUR PART IN ESTABLISHING THE TRAFFIC LIGHT AT THE INTERSECTION AT WINDMILL HARBOR.
UH, IT'S PREVENTED SO MANY MISHAPS AND ACCIDENTS.
I I WON'T GET INTO IT, BUT, UM, OUR SECURITY PEOPLE COULD FILL YOU IN ON ALL THAT.
I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT TWO ITEMS RELATED TO THE US 2 78 CORRIDOR PROJECT.
UH, AS MANY OF YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW, THAT INTERSECTION, UH, IS DESIGNATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
SIGNAGE IS IN PLACE FOR NO U-TURNS.
UH, WE UNDERSTAND OR HAVE BEEN LED TO BELIEVE THAT THERE MAY BE SOME CHANGE IN THAT, THAT THAT, UH, NO U-TURN, UH, MAY BE DISSOLVED AND THAT PEOPLE WOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE U-TURNS THERE TRUCKS, UH, VANS, WHATEVER.
AND I'M STRONGLY ENCOURAGING THAT THAT NOT BE THE CASE.
UM, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT CONTINUES TO BE A NO U-TURN INTERSECTION.
THE SECOND POINT THAT I'D LIKE TO MAKE HAS TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS PROJECT IS GONNA BE A DESIGN BUILD TYPE OF PROJECT.
I'M SOMEWHAT FAMILIAR WITH THAT, UH, TYPE OF CONCEPT.
AND I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT, AS I DID AT THE LAST, UH, TIME WE MET, UH, THAT THE MEMBERS OF, UH, THE RESIDENTS OF JENKINS ISLAND AND HOG ISLAND WOULD LOVE TO HAVE SOME PARTICIPATION IN THAT PROCESS.
WHEN THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION UNDERTAKES, UH, THE PROCESS OF PUTTING TOGETHER THE DESIGN BUILD IT, IT HAS TREMENDOUS EFFECT ON ALL OF THE COMMUNITIES, UH, ON JENKINS AND HOG ISLAND.
AND WE WOULD JUST ASK THAT YOU BE AWARE OF THE FACT THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE, THAT THE RESIDENTS WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME ABILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT PROCESS.
UM, NEXT ON THE LIST IS GARY W. TAYLOR.
YOU, YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING AGAIN? I GET ON THE LIST.
AND YOU WERE RECOGNIZED EARLIER, SO FOR YOUR OUTSTANDING WORK, WE APPRECIATE YOU.
UH, AND THEN WILLIAM SMITH, I THINK WANTED TO SPEAK.
UH, I CAME TO SPEAK ABOUT A COUPLE THINGS TONIGHT.
UH, FIRST, UM, LET ME ADDRESS THE, UH, THE, ON ON THIS AGENDA.
I KNOW TONIGHT LOOKS LIKE TWO THAT Y ONLY HAVE A ONE PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, SECTION ON, ON THE AGENDA.
UH, IF SOMEONE'S COMING FROM WORK AND THEY'RE JUST MAKING IT OVER IN THE MATTER, UH, TOWARDS THE END OF THE MEETING, UH, FOR MY, MY, MY RECOLLECTION, CALL FOR YEARS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN TWO, UH, TWO PUBLIC COMMENTS, UH, SECTIONS.
ONE AT BEGINNING OF THE MEETING OR, OR, OR, OR, OR ONE DURING CERTAIN, UH, SEGMENTS WHERE YOU SPEAK AT.
AND I THINK THAT DURING, AFTER THE MEETING, AFTER YOU GET DONE WITH YOUR AGENDA, MAY BE APPROPRIATE FOR SOMEONE WHO MAY BE COMING IN TOWN OR WHO MAY MAKE IT THE FIRST PART OF THE MEETING FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK AT THE, AT THE BEGINNING, AT THE END OF THE MEETING.
AND, AND IN TERMS OF THE LAST MEETING, I REMEMBER SOMETHING THAT I MISSED THAT WAS VERY, UH, VERY IMPORTANT IN TERMS IN TERMS OF AT A FOOTBALL GAME, UH, THIS YEAR, RIGHT HERE OVER AT MARY RIVER HIGH SCHOOL.
WE HAD A STUDENT ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD WHO SAT ON THE FIELD FOR PROBABLY ABOUT 30 TO 45 MINUTES, WHERE WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY EMS. AND RIGHT THERE AT MAY, RIGHT THERE AT MAY RIVER HIGH SCHOOL, WHEN YOU COME, WHEN YOU'RE COMING INTO MAY RIVER, THERE'S, THERE'S A FIRE BAY THAT SITS RIGHT THERE.
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TOOK FOR ABOUT TH ABOUT 30 TO 35 TO 45 MINUTES FOR AN EMS TO GET THERE.I'M NOT SURE, BUT TO ME, THAT THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I FORGOT THAT WAS MUCH MORE VERY IMPORTANT THAT I CONVEYED IT TO HIM, CONVEY TO Y'ALL, I KNOW IN, IN CERTAIN PARTS OF THE COUNTY, LIKE, UH, I KNOW AT BLUFFTON HIGH SCHOOL AND OVER AT BEFORD HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAVE THE FIREFIGHTERS COME OVER TO THE FOOTBALL GAME.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT WE, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE SHORTAGE OF EMSS LOOK LIKE, BUT THE SAME WAY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT COME TO THOSE FOOTBALL GAMES, I THINK IT'S VERY, I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT IF WE CAN HAVE THE E EMS PARTICIPATION, AND I'M GLAD, I'M GLAD ONE OF THE EMS GOT, UH, SOMEONE FROM EMM S IS HERE TO ALSO TAKE THAT BACK AS WELL, COUN AS WELL AS COUNCIL, THAT WE, WE DEFINITELY NEED EMS AT THOSE FOOTBALL GAMES BECAUSE 45 MINUTES WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LIFE AND DEATH.
ONE OF OUR STUDENTS, AS, AS A BOARD MEMBER, PEOPLE CAME TO ME AND ASKED ME THAT NIGHT, I COULDN'T SAY NOTHING BECAUSE I WAS JUST AS P****D AS THEY WERE.
SO IF WE COULD LOOK TO COLLABORATE COLLABORATORY WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN AGAIN IN THIS COUNTY, I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THAT.
UM, ALSO ME MOVING ALONG TO THE NEXT THING, UM, UH, DUE, DUE TO MY TIMING, UM, I KNOW TONIGHT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GIVING, UH, BEEF, UH, WORKING WITH BEEF MEMORIAL AND PARTNERING WITH BEEF OUR HOSPITAL.
YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WE GIVE A LOT OF MONEY TO BE FROM OUR HOSPITAL IN THIS COUNTY.
BUT, BUT HERE, BUT HERE, HERE, HERE'S THE, HERE'S THE ISSUE.
WE GIVE THEM TRAUMATIZED, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A TRAUMA HOSPITAL.
AND NOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT NOT GIVING THEM MONEY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
WHO'S, WHO'S WHO, WHO ARE THEY GONNA PUT IN THOSE HOUSING, THOSE HOUSES? AND WHAT THEN WHAT DO THOSE AFFORDABLE HOUSING REALLY LOOK LIKE? SO BEFORE WE, UH, AGREE TO GIVE UP SOME LAND OR BEFORE WE, WE LEAD TO, BEFORE WE AGREE TO COME UP WITH A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AS A COMMUNITY, AS A CONCERNED CITIZEN, I THINK WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE.
AND, AND, UH, I THINK THAT WE'VE GIVEN ENOUGH UP TO TOWARDS BE MORAL HOSPITAL AND, AND BE, BE MINDFUL.
THEY, THEY DO, THEY DO RECEIVE A LOT OF MONEY IN THIS COUNTY FROM, FROM TAXPAYERS.
SO, I MEAN, THAT, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS NOT, NOT JUST ME, BUT SEVERAL PEOPLE I'VE TALKED TO HAVE HAD THIS QUESTION AROUND THIS TOPIC RIGHT HERE THAT YOU GUYS ARE, ARE, ARE GOING TO, UH, SPEAK ON TONIGHT IN, IN TERMS OF GETTING FROM OUR HOSPITAL MONEY.
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HAVE OUR LIAISON AND COMMITTEE REPORTS.WE'LL START WITH COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE.
UM, WE ACTUALLY HELD OUR FIRST, UH, COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE MEETING LAST WEEK.
IT WAS REALLY GOOD MEETING, UM, VERY SHORT AGENDA FOR THE MOST PART.
IT WAS REAPPOINTMENTS TO SEVERAL BOARDS, BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT TAKEAWAY FROM THAT WAS DISCUSSION OF, UH, CHANGING THE EMS SCHEDULE FROM A 24 TO 48 HOURS SCHEDULE, UH, TO 24 72.
UH, THE CONSENSUS THROUGHOUT THE COMMITTEE WAS THAT WE MOVED THIS FORWARD.
I BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS IT ON THE 18TH AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS, AND THERE MAY BE A RESOLUTION COMING FORWARD ON THE 24TH.
UH, BUT WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS THE BUDGET FIRST.
NEXT NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE.
UM, THE NATURAL RESOURCE COMMITTEE MET ON THE THIRD, UH, OF MARCH.
UM, AND THERE ARE SEVERAL ITEMS, UM, THAT'S ON THE AGENDA.
UM, 12 A AND, UH, I GUESS IT'D BE 12 C UM, CAME.
IT IS COMING OUTTA NATURAL RESOURCE DEALING WITH, UM, OH, I'M SORRY, B AND C.
SO IT IS PROBABLY C AND D, UH, COMING OUTTA NATURAL RESOURCE, DEALING WITH PROPERTY.
UM, UM, ON, ON, UH, SEASIDE ROAD.
WHICH IS ABOUT 90 ACRES OF LAND WE ASK AND RECOMMENDATION TO GO AHEAD AND FINISH, UM, THE PAYOUT, UH, FOR THAT CONSERVATION EASEMENT ON THAT PROPERTY.
AND, UH, FEE SIMPLE FOR PROPERTY, UM, ON DAVIS ROAD, ABOUT 40 ACRES THERE.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE, UM, COMING OUT OF OUR COMMITTEE, WHICH WOULD PROBABLY BE AT OUR NEXT MEETING, UM, TWO, UM, UH, RECOMMENDATION FOR, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT, UM, BOTH SOUTH SIDE OF, UH, ONE IN CHERRY POINT, CHERRY ROAD.
AND THE OTHER ONE IS OFF OF DAVIS ROAD, UM, IN THE BLUFFTON COMMUNITY.
AND THERE WERE SEVERAL, UH, CANDIDATES, I MEAN, UH, VACANCY TO BE FILLED, UM, COMING OUT OF THE, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION.
UM, AND ALSO FOR THE, UH, HISTORIC PRESERVATION REVIEW BOARD.
THAT'S GOING TO BE COMING AT OUR NEXT MEETING.
UM, MARK, FINANCE ADMINISTRATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE REPORT.
SORRY, I'LL NEED MYSELF OFF MUTE.
UM, OUR LAST MEETING, UM, THE COMING FORWARD ON THE CONSENT AGENDA IS, UM, UH, SOME REAPPOINTMENTS TO COMMITTEES.
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AND AGAIN, WE APPRECIATE EVERYONE VOLUNTEERS TO SPEND THEIR TIME ON COMMITTEES.AND, UH, THERE IS A LINK LINE THAT, UH, FOR OPEN, UM, SPOTS AND COMMITTEE, SO ANYONE THAT WANTS TO GO SEE WHAT IS AVAILABLE, ONE NUTRITION MIGHT HAVE OR IS NOT LOCATED ONLINE.
UM, OUR NEXT MEETING IS NEXT MONDAY, MARCH 17TH.
UH, NEXT MEETING IS, UH, APRIL 3RD.
UH, YEAH, WE HAVE A COUPLE THINGS IN THE CONSENT AGENDA FROM OUR LAST MEETING.
A COUPLE OF 'EM ARE RESURFACING AND, UH, UM, BLUFFING IN 2 78 AREA THAT I THINK PEOPLE WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT ALONG WITH SOME OF OUR RECYCLING STUFF.
UM, OUR NEXT MEETING IS NEXT WEEK.
UM, AND MADAM CHAIR, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'D LIKE TO COMMENT ON SOMETHING FROM, UH, COMMUNITY SERVICES OR NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE, IF THAT'S OKAY? YES, SIR, GO AHEAD.
UM, ONE OF THE AGENDA ITEMS, I BELIEVE IT WAS NUMBER SEVEN ON THERE, WAS ABOUT A ZONING THAT ACTUALLY FELL IN MY DISTRICT.
AND UNFORTUNATELY I WASN'T ABLE TO COME TO THAT MEETING LAST WEEK, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT IT SINCE WE HAVE PEOPLE ONLINE THAT WANNA RIDICULE MEMBERS ON COUNTY COUNCIL WHEN THEY'RE NOT EDUCATED ON THE FACTS.
UM, IT'S 240, THEY WANT UPZONING OF PROPERTY, UM, THAT'S 30 SOME ACRES OR 40 SOME ACRES, UPZONING FOR WHAT'S CALLED AS MINI MANSIONS.
UM, THAT'S THE TERM USED IN THE ORIGINAL THING THAT WAS GIVEN TO US ALMOST NINE MONTHS AGO, UM, THAT WE SHOWED THEN THAT WE HAD NO APPETITE FOR.
AND THAT'S WHEN THE LAND OWNER, IT'S ACTUALLY NOT LANDOWNER YET BECAUSE I HAVEN'T FINALIZED OUR PURCHASING UNLESS THERE IS UPZONING APPROVED.
UM, SO PEOPLE THAT SAY THAT THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS HAVE BEEN FUNDED INTO IT, IT'S NOT COMPLETELY ACCURATE BECAUSE THE PURCHASING HAS NOT BEEN DONE YET.
UM, THAT'S THE DESCRIPTION THAT THEY USED.
SO IT'S MANY MANSIONS WE SHOWED NO APPETITE FOR IT.
SO THE APPLICANT CAME BACK AND OFFERED ORIGINALLY TO DO SOMEWHERE AROUND 25% OF THE UNITS TO BE WORKFORCE HOUSING.
WE STILL SAID, HEY, AT THIS POINT, MULTIPLE MEMBERS UP HERE MET WITH THE POTENTIAL LANDOWNER, MYSELF INCLUDED.
AND THE LANDOWNER SAID, I RECOMMEND THE LANDOWNER.
I CAN TELL YOU THERE'S GONNA BE NO APPETITE UNLESS YOU SEE A TRANSPORTATION REFERENDUM PUT IN WHERE WE CAN BUILD MORE INFRASTRUCTURE.
OBVIOUSLY THE REFERENDUM FAILED.
THEY CAME FORWARD THE VERY NEXT WEEK, UM, OR TWO WEEKS AFTER THAT REFERENDUM TO COME FORWARD TO OUR STAFF.
AND THEN IT JUST WENT TO, UM, MR. GLOVER'S COMMITTEE WHERE IT GOT TURNED DOWN THERE.
NOT ONLY DID IT GO BELOW THE 25% UNITS, UM, THAT THEY ORIGINALLY DID, AND NOW IT'S DOWN TO 10% OF UNITS.
UM, AND, BUT THEY WANTED TO TAG IT WITH SAYING IT'S FOR VETERANS TO TRY TO GET THAT PUSH THROUGH ON A COUNTY COUNCIL.
WE HAVE NO PROBLEM PARTNERING WITH OTHER PARTNERSHIPS TO GET THINGS DONE.
WE WANNA WORK TOGETHER TO BETTER THE COMMUNITY.
WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO HIT MULTIPLE AREAS, WHETHER IT'S WORKFORCE HOUSING, VETERANS DISABILITY, HO HOUSING, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE.
BUT YOU CAN'T DO IT AT THE COST OF THE REST OF BEAVER COUNTY AND UPZONING, AN AREA THAT'S SUPPOSED TO ALLOW 30 HOMES TO OVER 240 HOMES IS NOT SMART PLANNING.
WE CAN'T CONTROL THINGS THAT ARE ALREADY UP ZONE, BUT WE CAN CONTROL NOT UPZONING SOMETHING.
SO I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE ANY OF THE MEDIA OUTLETS OR ANYBODY ALONG THOSE LINES THAT WOULD LIKE TO GO ON AND TRY TO SAY THAT WE'RE NOT FOR VETERANS OR NOT FOR HELPING VETERANS.
100% ARE WE'RE OPEN TO A CONVERSATION.
THIS IS THE THIRD PRESENTATION THAT'S BEEN MADE TO US.
AND THEN IT'S BEEN CONTINUED TO EVOLVE BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T LIKE OUR FIRST ANSWERS.
SO AS FOR MR. GLOVER AND HIS COMMITTEE, AND MS. HOWARD AND TAB TABER, FOR I VOTE TO Y'ALL GETTING THE JOB DONE, I WOULD'VE VOTED NO FOR THAT UPZONING AS WELL.
UM, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHY IT WAS SHOT DOWN.
SO YOU WANT BEAUFORT COUNTY TO WORK ON UPZONING.
IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN UNTIL WE CAN FIX OUR ROADS.
WE HAVE NOT DONE UP ZONING, WHETHER IT'S WAS CHERRY POINT, WHETHER IT WAS RIGHT THERE ON ONE 70, BUT THERE'S NO APPETITE FOR IT.
SO THERE'S ENOUGH PUDS ALREADY DONE IN THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON AND IN BEAUFORT COUNTY.
IF THE DEVELOPERS DON'T WANT TO PAY THE PRICE FOR THOSE LAND, THAT COSTS MORE MONEY BECAUSE THE PUDS ARE BUILT INTO IT.
THAT'S NOT MY PROBLEM AND THAT'S NOT OUR PROBLEM.
BUT YOU'RE JUST NOT GONNA SEE ANYBODY UP HERE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AND VOTE THAT UNTIL WE CAN HELP OUR SCHOOLS AND MAINTAIN OUR ROADS AND OUR EMS. BOTH OF THOSE THINGS WERE JUST HIT IN THIS MEETING AND I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THEY WERE SHOWING UP TODAY.
COULDN'T HAVE GONE ANY BETTER.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, MADAM CHAIR.
AND I, I DO LIKE TO, UH, ENCOURAGE, UM, MY COLLEAGUE, UH, TO MAKE SURE HE MAKES THAT SAME PRESENTATION AT THE, UM, NEXT MEETING OF COUNTY COUNCIL WHEN THAT ITEM WILL, SHOULD BE ON THE AGENDA.
WE DO HAVE, UM, SPEAKING OF THE NEXT MEETING, WE ALSO HAVE A CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT.
DO I, I THINK WE MENTIONED KAREN.
COUNCILMAN I SPOKE TO, TO YOU EARLIER ABOUT THE GREEN SPACE COMMITTEE.
SORRY, I SPOKE TO YOU EARLIER ABOUT THE GREEN SPACE.
UM, WE'D LIKE TO HEAR A REPORT BEFORE WE MOVE ON.
UH, I WAS RECENTLY ASSIGNED TO THE, UH, GREEN SPACE COMMITTEE.
WE HAD A MEETING ON, UH, FRIDAY WHERE WE DISCUSSED, UH, THREE ITEMS,
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UH, THAT, UH, MADE APPLICATION TO THE COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE.UM, ONE OF THE ITEMS IS A, UH, IS LOCATED NEXT TO THE PASSIVE PARK KNOWN AS WID POINT, AND IT WILL BE A PRIORITY FOR A PASSIVE PARK AND SOMEWHAT ATTACHED TO THAT, UH, PARK, IF YOU KNOW WHERE THAT IS.
THIS IS BETWEEN THE PARK AND THE, UH, BODY OF WATER THAT WAS THERE.
THE, UH, PURCHASE PRICE OF THIS WAS, UH, $2,700,000.
THE, UH, LOCAL GREEN SPACE COMMITTEE WILL BE SPENDING ABOUT A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS.
RURAL AND CRITICAL LANDS WILL BE SPENDING 2,200,000, AND THE STATE CONSERVATION BANK WILL GIVE US 250,000 TO REACH THAT PURCHASE PRICE OF $2,700,000.
UM, THIS IS A NINE ACRE PIECE OF PROPERTY OWNED BY A NUMBER OF PEOPLE, AND IT WILL BE A WELCOME ADDITION TO THE EXISTING PASSIVE PARK KNOWN AS WID POINT THAT HASN'T COME FORWARD YET, BUT IT WILL BE COMING FORWARD.
THERE'S ANOTHER MATTER, UH, COMING FORWARD THAT'S CONSERVATION EASEMENT AND THAT'S FOR, UH, 55 ACRES.
AND IT IS, UM, LOCATED IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY.
UH, UH, AS YOU GO UP, UH, 21 PAST THE MARINE CORPS AIR STATION, UM, IT HAS, UM, VALUE AT $1,760,000.
UH, THE 55 ACRES ARE SEEKING, UH, TO OBTAIN A CONSERVATION EASEMENT EASEMENT VALUED AT 775,000.
THE LOCAL GREEN SPACE CONTRIBUTION WILL ONLY BE $310,000 BECAUSE THE LANDOWNER IS DONATING $465,000 OF THAT 775,000 FOR CONSIDERATION TO HAVE THAT, UH, CONSERVATION EASEMENT GRANTED.
AND THAT ALSO WILL BE COMING FORWARD, UM, AT THE, UH, NEXT MEETING.
THE OTHER PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT, UH, WE DEFERRED, UM, UH, CONSIDERATION ON IS LOCATED ON LADIES ISLAND AND IT'S ADJACENT TO THE, UH, LADIES ISLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL PROPERTY.
IT VALUED AT ABOUT $2,400,000.
AND THE, UH, CONSIDERATION WAS DEFERRED BECAUSE WE WANTED TO CONFER WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD TO FIND OUT IF THEY HAD ANY PLANS FOR THAT ADJACENT PROPERTY THAT WAS NEXT TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
SO WE PUT THAT OFF UNTIL WE CAN ARRANGE A MEETING WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD.
SO THOSE TWO ITEMS WILL COME BEFORE COUNCIL AT THE NEXT SESSION, AND THIS OTHER ONE WILL BE DEFERRED.
DO WE HAVE COMMITTEE REPORTS? I THINK COUNCILMAN DAWSON LOCO.
UM, LAST THURSDAY, UH, SEVERAL OF US ON COUNCIL, UH, CHAIR MS. HOWARD, UH, THE VICE CHAIR, MS. KAEPERNICK, UM, AND MR. GLOVER AND MYSELF, WE ATTENDED THE, UH, LOW COUNTRY COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, UM, MONTHLY MEETING.
AT THAT MEETING, MR. CRAIG WYNN FROM THE, UH, SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION GAVE A PROGRESS UPDATE ON SOME PROJECTS THAT THEY HAVE IN THE QUEUE.
AND THOSE, UH, IMPROVEMENTS OUGHT TO BE MADE ON THOSE PROJECTS STATEWIDE TO, UH, REDUCE, UH, PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE ACCIDENTS AND FATAL AND FATALITIES THROUGHOUT THE, THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
UH, ONE OF THE PROJECTS, UH, THAT IS GOING TO, UM, BE DONE IS, UH, IMPROVEMENT AT THE, UM, EXIT 33 THERE AT POINT SOUTH, UH, AT YMC.
THEY'RE GOING TO WIDEN THAT FROM A FOUR LANE HIGHWAY TO A SIX LANE HIGHWAY FROM EXIT 33 TO THE GEORGIA STATE LINE.
ALSO, AT THAT MEETING, UM, THE CALL CHAIR GAVE A, A PRESENTATION ON THE REGIONAL EMPLOYMENT, UH, AND SHOWED THE EMPLOYMENT, UH, RATES THROUGHOUT THE REGION, THE REGION OF, UH, THE FOUR COUNTIES, COTON, UH, HAMPTON, JASPER, AND BEAUFORT COUNTY.
AND IN SHORT ORDER THE, UM, UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN, UH, FOR THE COUNTIES.
UH, THE REGION, UH, IS PRETTY MUCH, UH, STABILIZED AT THIS POINT.
BUFORD COUNTY IS STABILIZED AT A ROUGHLY A 4.4% UNEMPLOYMENT, AND THAT'S BEEN HOLDING STUDY, UH, FOR SOME TIME NOW.
SO WITH ALL THE, UM, CUTS AND THE LOSS OF JOB, UM, NATIONWIDE, UH, HERE IN BEAUFORD COUNTY AND OUR FOUR COUNTY REGIONS, WE ARE, WE ARE PRETTY STABLE AT THIS POINT, BUT WE'LL SEE HOW THINGS GO MOVING FORWARD.
ANYONE ELSE ON THIS SIDE? YES.
OH, UM, THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
UH, I ATTENDED THE SO LOCO MEETING IN BLUFFTON AND PRESENTED OUR POWERPOINT THAT I'VE SHARED WITH ALL OF COUNCIL ON WHAT'S HAPPENING IN BEAUFORT COUNTY, WHICH WAS A BRIEF SUMMARY OF OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING DISCUSSION.
AND, UM, I WENT TO THE STATE OF THE COMMUNITY SUMMIT AT DATTA ISLAND AND REPRESENTED OUR COUNCIL ALONG WITH MAYOR KROMER AND MAYOR PHILLIPS.
THE REALTOR ASSOCIATION PRESENTED A GREAT, AND I THINK I PASSED THIS ALONG TO COUNCIL, PRESENTED
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A GREAT DEEP LOOK AT OUR POPULATION, OUR ECONOMICS.IT WAS SENT TO ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, ON THE FIRST, ALICE AND I PARTICIPATED AT JUDGES IN A DEBATE AT MAY RIVER HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH WAS VERY EXCITING ACTUALLY.
AND THE, THE, IT WAS MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL.
DID YOU HAVE I HAD MIDDLE SCHOOL.
THESE LITTLE CHILDREN WERE SIXTH GRADE AND THEY BLEW MY MIND AWAY WITH WHAT THEY WERE DOING.
BUT ANYWAY, THERE WERE OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS THERE AND SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS.
UH, I OBSERVED THEIR MEETING ONLINE AND JUST A COUPLE OF, UM, THINGS FROM THERE.
AUTHORIZED THE CONTRACT TO THOMPSON TURNER CONSTRUCTION FOR PHASE TWO RENOVATION OF THE CURRENT EDUCATIONAL SERVICE CENTER FOR ALMOST $4 MILLION.
UH, THE MOTION CARRIED, BUT SOME, A COUPLE PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT THE BUILDING'S OUTDATED.
IT'S NOT CENTRALLY LOCATED, BUT THE BOARD HAS DECIDED TO RENOVATE RATHER THAN RELOCATE.
I WANNA THANK COLONEL GEIER AND THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS FOR THE FACILITIES BOOK.
UM, I JUST LOOKED IN THE BACK, ALL THE PROPERTIES THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OWNS.
I THINK IT'S A GREAT LOOK FOR PEOPLE AND THE STUDENT DEMOGRAPHICS WHERE OUR STUDENTS ARE GOING TO SCHOOL.
UH, WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION.
AND ALSO NOTICE THE NEW LOGO FOR BEAUFORT BUFORD DISTRICT SCHOOLS.
THEY ALSO TALKED ABOUT, AS COLONEL GEIER TALKED ABOUT, THERE WAS A DISCUSSION OF AN AGREEMENT FOR ENCROACHMENT PERMIT AT MAY RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
AND HE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THAT.
RECOGNIZED THE SCHOOL COUNSELOR OF THE YEARS, JESSICA STONE FROM BATTERY CREEK HIGH SCHOOL, MAY RIVER HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING CLASS FOUR A ARE STATE CHAMPIONS.
THE ATHLETIC ADMINISTRATOR ASSOCIATION HONORED MR. BARNES FROM LADIES ISLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL AS THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AND COACH OF THE YEAR.
AND THEN AS A BYPRODUCT, THEY RECOGNIZED THE SUPERINTENDENT TOO.
AND, UH, THEY REPORTED THAT THEIR LOCAL TAX REVENUE UP TO DATE IS 2 201 $0.3 MILLION, WHICH IS A COLLECTION OF 91.4% TO DATE.
THEY UPDATED THE CELL PHONE POLICY, AND I LOVE THEIR LO THEIR SLOGAN, WHICH IS CELL PHONES OFF LEARNING ON THERE'S, UH, IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT.
AND THEN COLONEL GEIER TALKED ABOUT SOME OF WHICH WAS INTERESTING TO ME.
THEY'RE CHANGING UP GRADUATION.
NORMALLY THE, THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION DOES THE SPEECH.
WELL, WHAT HE'S GONNA DO IS AT THE SIX HIGH SCHOOL CEREMONIES, WHATEVER BOARD, UH, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER IS IN THAT DISTRICT, FOR EXAMPLE, BATTERY CREEK, THAT DISTRICT MEMBER WILL GIVE THE SPEECH AT THE, UM, UH, GRADUATION, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS REALLY GREAT.
AND ANYBODY WHO DOESN'T HAVE A SCHOOL IN THEIR DISTRICT WILL DO IT THE NEXT YEAR.
SO EVERYONE GETS A TURN TO ADDRESS THE GRADUATES.
AND THE LAST THING IS, UH, PAULA AND I ATTENDED THE RIBBON CUTTING FOR THE TCL FOOD SERUM IN BLUFFTON.
I WAS A LITTLE SURPRISED, BUT IT'S GREAT IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO DROP BY.
IT'S INSIDE THE TCL UM, THING.
DO YOU HAVE ANY AND, UH, I HAVE A COUPLE THINGS.
IN ADDITION TO WHAT VICE CHAIR, UM, TAVER JUST SAID, THEY HAD ASKED ME IF OUR CHAIRMAN, OUR CHAIRWOMAN, WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND A COOKING DEMONSTRATION AT THE CULINARY INSTITUTE.
AND I TOLD THEM I DIDN'T KNOW.
I COULDN'T SPEAK FOR ALICE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IT TOO.
SO I THINK ALICE AND I ARE GONNA BE AT THE, UH, THE NEW CULINARY INSTITUTE GIVEN A COOKING CLASS.
BUT, UM, THE BIG NEWS OF LAST, LAST THURSDAY, I'M ON THE BOARD.
I'M A BOARD MEMBER AND ELASAN FOR THE SOUTHERN CAROLINA ALLIANCE.
MYSELF AND OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS UP HERE, OUR ADMINISTRATOR AND STAFF ATTENDED AN ECON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ANNOUNCEMENT WITH OUR GOVERNOR, HENRY MCMASTER.
TS CONDUCTOR WILL BRING 462 JO NEW JOBS TO HARDY V, AND THEY WILL PRODUCE EQUIPMENT FOR HIGH VOLTAGE DIRECT CURRENT TRANSMISSION LINES.
THE COMPONENTS ARE ESSENTIAL FOR TRANSPORTING ELECTRICITY OVER LONG DISTANCES.
LARGEST JOB CREATION IN HISTORY OF JASPER COUNTY.
IT WAS ANYONE ELSE ON THIS SIDE? SURE.
UM, MR. MOORE, MR. FRA, UH, MS. BREWER AND MR. HART AND I, ON WEDNESDAY OF LAST WEEK, UH, MARCH 5TH, WENT TO BAY PINES TO FOLLOW UP ON THE, UM, STORMWATER WORK THAT'S BEING DONE THERE.
THAT'S BEING DONE SINCE AUGUST OF LAST YEAR.
AND I'M, IT'S GREAT TO REPORT THAT THE PARTNERSHIP WITH, UM, THE TOWN AND COUNCIL AND STAFF IS INCREDIBLE.
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THE WORK'S GOING WELL.UM, OBVIOUSLY THEY WOULD LIKE IT DONE A LOT SOONER, BUT, UM, I, I, MY, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO THANK MR. MOORE AND OUR TEAM FOR TAKING THE TIME TO DO THAT.
THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THESE FOLKS.
UM, AND WE HAVE AN AWFUL LOT GOING ON WITH STORM WATER, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT DAY TO DAY.
UM, WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT SIX O'CLOCK AT THE HILTON HEAD LIBRARY, I HAD MY FIRST EVER, UM, COMMUNITY MEETING.
AND TWO YOUNG LADIES ARE HERE TONIGHT, ASHLEY AND KATIE, THAT WERE THERE.
AND, UM, UH, WE HIT A LOT OF TOPICS.
OF COURSE, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ONES A LITTLE BIT LATER WITH MR. FRA HERE ON THE 2 78 BRIDGE.
BUT, UM, WE HAD IT PROBABLY CLOSE TO 80 PEOPLE AT THAT, UM, THE EVENT.
AND YOU KNOW, I, I EXPECT THAT MAYBE 20 OR 30.
AND, UH, THIS COMMUNITY'S COMING TOGETHER.
I HAD SOME GUEST SPEAKERS THERE.
JAMES WAS THERE, HEATHER GALVIN, OUR TOP MAGISTRATE CAME IN AND SAID A FEW WORDS.
UM, UH, YOU KNOW, THOMAS BOXLEY FROM THE TOWN AND, AND JUST, YOU KNOW, I, I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES TAB, UM, AND MS. PAULA FOR ATTENDING AS WELL.
AND WE HAD FOUR, WHICH I DIDN'T EVEN COUNT THEM IN OUR TOTALS, BUT WE HAD FOUR MEMBERS FROM TOWN COUNCIL, UH, TAMMY BECKER, UM, PATSY BRYSON, ALEX, UM, BROWN AND MELINDA TONNER SHOW UP AND, YOU KNOW, TO LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE IN WHAT MATTERS MOST TO YOU.
THIS COUNCIL HERE IS COMING TOGETHER INCREDIBLY WELL.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE CREATING GREAT PARTNERSHIPS WITH OUR FRIENDS, UH, SOUTH.
AND, YOU KNOW, I GOTTA TELL YOU, IT'S AN HONOR AND, UH, IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE.
AND THE ONLY THING I'LL FINISH UP WITH IS IF WE DON'T KNOW MATTER WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU, WHAT MATTERS MOST TO YOU, HOW DO WE DO OUR JOBS? AND, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT OUT.
AND ASHLEY, KATIE, IF YOU TALK TONIGHT OR YOU SIGN UP TO TALK LATER, BY ALL MEANS, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO SAY ABOUT THAT.
BUT I JUST ENJOYED THAT EVENT AND, UH, TO LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE.
I MEAN, THAT GIVES ME MY ENERGY, SO THANK YOU.
[11. APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA]
NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.UH, MARK, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING? I DIDN'T MEAN TO LEAVE YOU OFF TO REPORT COMMITTEE MARK.
I HOPE EVERYONE'S HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE CONSENT AGENDA AND WHAT'S ON IT.
SOME OF THOSE ITEMS WERE MENTIONED EARLIER.
UM, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE IT? SO MOVE THAT CHAIR.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT.
ANY DISCUSSION REGARDING THE CONSENT AGENDA OR QUESTIONS? IF NONE, BY SHOW OF HANDS, WE WILL APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
[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 (PUBLIC HEARING)]
MS. KAEPERNICK FOR THE ORDINANCES FOR THIRD READING.WE'RE ON THE ORDINANCES FOR THIRD READING, AND THESE ARE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
SO 20 25 0 8 IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 20 24 36, CONVEYING PROPERTY TO BEAUFORT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND MEDICAL OFFICES IN BLUFFTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, LOCATED AT 3 33 AND 3 35 BUCKWALTER PARKWAY.
THE VOTE AT THE FIRST READING ON JANUARY 27TH WAS 10 ZERO.
THE SECOND READING ON FEBRUARY 10TH WAS NINE ZERO.
AND SO I'D LIKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS AUDIO.
SO FIRST I'D LIKE, UH, MR. AMON, IF YOU COME UP AND GIVE A BRIEF SYNOPSIS.
AND WHEN I SAY BRIEF, IT'S BECAUSE THIS IS THE THIRD READING.
WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THIS AT LENGTH IN COMMITTEE.
I'M JUST TELLING THE PUBLIC THIS AND WE'VE DONE A FIRST READING, SECOND READING.
SO JUST FOR THE PUBLIC, IT'S A VERY BRIEF SYNOPSIS EVENING.
THIS IS ACTUALLY, UH, A ORDINANCE TO CONVEY PROPERTY THAT WE DID LAST YEAR.
SO IT'S REALLY THE SIXTH OR SEVENTH READING.
THIS IS THE THIRD READING OF THE AMENDMENT, WHICH WAS BROUGHT TO US, UH, ONCE THE PROJECT BECAME MORE REAL, WHERE BEFOR MEMORIAL, WHERE THE, THE ORDINANCE BASED ORDINANCE IS TO CONVEY PROPERTY TO BEFOR MEMORIAL TO BUILD SOME MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING SPACE, BUT ALSO TO PARTNER WITH A TRUE AFFORDABLE HOUSING WORKFORCE HOUSING COMPANY TO BUILD WORKFORCE HOUSING UNITS.
AND THEY'VE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON.
AND WHEN THEY'VE GONE INTO THE DEVELOPMENT PHASE, WE HAD AN INFINITE TIMELINE ON RESTRICTIONS.
AND SO THE AMENDMENT IS TO PUT SOME REAL LANGUAGE THERE THAT MATCHES UP WITH WHAT STANDARD PRACTICES ARE AND WHAT THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON HAS WANDERED, WHICH IS A 30 YEAR PERIOD OF REQUIREMENT.
AND IF SOMETHING WOULD HAPPEN IN THE BEFORE
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THAT PERIOD, THE COUNTY WOULD RECOUP THE FAIR, FAIR MARKET VALUE OF THAT LAND AT THAT TIME, IF THAT WOULD WAS TO HAPPEN.AND SO THAT IS THE CLEANUP LANGUAGE.
UH, CURRENTLY SLATED FOR I BELIEVE 125 AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS AND THAT WOULD BE ADMINISTERED BY THIS THIRD PARTY.
AND THEIR, UH, NUMBERS THAT THEY BUILD ARE BETWEEN 40 AND OF A MI.
SO IT'S TRUE WORKFORCE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, NOT JUST HOSPITAL STAFF.
ANY ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE CARE TO COMMENT ON THIS ORDINANCE? YES.
I FIGURED YOU WERE GONNA COMMENT SINCE YOU BROUGHT IT UP BEFORE.
UM, ONCE AGAIN, I WILL STATE THAT WITH US GIVING THIS LAND TO THE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, I THINK, I THINK I HAVE A PROBLEM.
I DEFINITELY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT.
SO DOES OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE CONTACTED ME AND ASKED ME WAS I AWARE OF THIS IN, IN TERMS OF WE ARE GIVING THEM LAND TO BUILD ON AND HECK, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, EVEN WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE, I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE MEETING NOW, BUT HELL, WE CATCH HELL FROM Y WE, WE WERE TRYING TO BUILD BUILDINGS FOR SCHOOL AND, AND, AND WE DON'T JUST, UH, GIVE, Y'ALL, JUST DON'T GIVE US LAND TO BUILD SCHOOLS.
SO, I MEAN, FOR US TO TAKE TAXPAYERS MONEY AND TO GIVE BRIDGE MOORE A FOR-PROFIT BUSINESS AS WELL AS, AS, AS, AS, AS ANY OTHER BUSINESS, AS LAND TO BUILD ON AND TO BE ABLE TO MAKE MONEY AND TO SAY, HEY, WE GONNA BUILD FOR PROFITS.
AND IT DON'T SEEM LIKE YOU GUYS KNOW EXACTLY HOW MUCH OF THESE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ARE REALLY ACTUALLY AFFORDABLE.
BECAUSE EVERYONE, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE SIGNATURE.
UH, UH, THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE SIGNATURE SIGN RIGHT NOW, IS THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WHAT'S REALLY AFFORDABLE? WHAT DOES THAT REALLY LOOK LIKE? HOW CAN WE, HOW CAN YOU GUARANTEE OUR CONSTITUENTS THAT THESE HOUSES WILL ACTUALLY BE, BE AFFORDABLE? SO I, I THINK THAT, THAT THIS, THAT THIS BODY NEEDS WAY MUCH MORE INFORMATION THAN, THAN, THAN, THAN WHAT, THAN WHAT, THAN WHAT'S BEEN GIVEN.
AND, AND, AND ALSO, UH, ON, ON, IN, IN, IN TERMS OF THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS BODY ALSO GIVES BRIEF OR MORAL MONEY ON, ON, ON, ON, ON OTHER, ON OTHER FRONTS.
I MEAN, I DON'T SEE US GIVING OUR, UH, UH, COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH, UH, FUND FUNDING FOR AFFORDABLE, HOU, AFFORDABLE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
UM, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR THEM TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
I MEAN, YEAH, WE, YEAH, YOU, YOU GET THEM MAYBE EIGHT.
YOU, YOU GET THEM MAYBE A TAX MONEY, YOU GET 'EM DIFFERENT MONEY LIKE THAT.
BUT WE'RE NOT GIVING, UH, COMP COMPARABLE AFFORDABLE HOUSING MONEY.
SO, I MEAN, SO I, I, I DO TAKE, TAKE PROBLEM WITH THIS.
I DON'T THINK THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE DOING.
IT'S DIFFERENT IF COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBERS WANT TO GET TOGETHER AND BILL AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING IN THE COUNTY OR EVEN GIVE, GIVE, I DON'T, I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH GIVING, UM, WITH CONTRACTORS WHO, WHO ARE, WHO ARE WILLING TO, UH, BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSES, BUT TO GIVE MEMORIAL MONEY OR TO GIVE THEM LAND TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING, I DEFINITELY DO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.
AND SO, AND SO DOES, UH, SEVERAL OF MY CONSTITUENTS WHO HAVE CONTACTED ME AND WHO HAVE TOLD ME ABOUT THIS AND, AND WANTED TO BE KNOWN THAT TODAY, THAT THEY DO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH YOU TURNING OVER LAND TO BE FROM OUR HOSPITAL TO, FOR, FOR THEM TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSES.
SO I JUST WANTED TO BE KNOWN SMITH.
ANYONE ELSE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING? ALRIGHT, I'LL TURN TO COUNSEL.
ANYBODY HAVE A COMMENT OR QUESTION FOR DISCUSSION? YES, MR. CUNNINGHAM? YEAH.
I'LL ADDRESS A COUPLE THINGS SAID, ONE, IT'S ALL WORKFORCE HOUSING.
UM, IT WAS SAID IN THIS STATEMENT JUST A MINUTE AGO, I BELIEVE YOU SAID 30 TO 80% A MI, 40 TO 80% A MI, WHICH LOOKING ON BEAUFORT COUNTY'S NUMBERS, FAMILY OF FOUR, THAT IS LESS THAN 50,000 A YEAR FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR AND LESS THAN 78,000 FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR UP TO 80.
SO THAT WOULD INCLUDE YOUR GROCERY STORE WORKERS, YOUR TEACHERS, YOUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, VIEW FROM MEMORIAL, UM, RESTAURANT WORKERS, SERVERS, ANY OF THOSE INDUSTRIES WOULD FALL INTO THAT TO ANSWER THE NUMBER OF HOW MANY 120 UNITS, UM, HOW MANY UNITS ARE BEING BUILT.
UM, I OPENED UP THIS CONVERSATION TODAY TALKING ABOUT ANOTHER PROJECT THAT WE DENIED THAT WAS LESS THAN 10% THAT THEY WANTED FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING.
UM, BUT YET THEY WANTED US TO LET THEM MAKE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OFF OF IT.
UM, SECONDLY, TIMEFRAME, 30 YEARS.
UM, THAT ANSWERS THE THIRD QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED IS, HOW LONG IS THIS PROTECTED? IT'S PROTECTED FOR 30 YEARS AT A MI INSIDE THOSE NUMBERS.
UM, AS FOR INFORMATION ON THE PROJECT, WE'RE ALMOST A YEAR AND A HALF INTO THIS ENTIRE CONVERSATION.
UM, WHEN WE FIRST PURCHASED THE LAND, WHEN WE FIRST DISCUSSED IT ON COUNTY COUNCIL, WE SAID FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, OUR INTENTIONS WERE TO BUILD WORKFORCE HOUSING ON IT.
AND WE ALSO SAID, WE'RE NOT IN THE BUS BUSINESS OF BUILDING, BUT WE WILL FIND A PARTNER THAT WILL DO IT AND GET THIS DONE.
SO WE ARE NOT PAYING FOR THE BUILD, WHICH WILL COST MORE THAN THE LAND ITSELF, NOT EVEN CLOSE.
UM, BUT WE ARE GONNA REAP THE BENEFITS OF 120 UNITS OF WORKFORCE HOUSING IN ONE OF THE HIGHEST COMMERCIAL AREAS IN BEAUFORT COUNTY.
UM, WHICH TO ME SOUNDS LIKE A BIG WIN-WIN.
ALSO, IT IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTY, SO DRIVING OUTSIDE OF
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THAT AREA IS IDEAL AS WELL.DON'T HAVE TO CROSS INTO HILTON HEAD UNLESS YOU WORK ON HILTON HEAD.
DON'T HAVE TO CROSS TO BUFORT UNLESS YOU'RE WORKING IN BUFORT.
UM, AS FOR WORKING WITH BUFORT MEMORIAL, I CAN TELL YOU I'VE BUTTED HEADS WITH BUFORT MEMORIAL MORE THAN ONCE UP HERE OVER THE FOUR, FOUR YEARS.
THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GET DONE WITH PURCHASING THE LAND, AND THAT'S OUR DONATION TO GETTING THIS WORKFORCE HOUSING DONE.
TOWN OF HILTON HEAD, TOWN OF BLUFFTON, PORT ROYAL AND BUFORT.
AND EVERYONE UP HERE INCLUDED IS ALL SAID WORKFORCE HOUSING.
THIS IS 120 UNITS, ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROJECTS THAT'S EVER BEEN DONE IN BEAUFORT COUNTY.
SO SOME PEOPLE MIGHT SAY IT'S BIG, SOME PEOPLE MIGHT SAY IT'S SMALL NAME ONE THAT'S BEEN BIGGER.
UM, SO I, I WILL SAY THAT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS PROJECT, UM, AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT, GET IT GOING.
ONE, UH, BEFORD MEMORIAL IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT COMMUNITY HOSPITAL AND WE ARE PARTNERING WITH THEM AND THEY WENT OUT OF THEIR WAY TO APPLY FOR STATE TAX CREDITS TO MAKE THIS PROJECT FEASIBLE.
THEY TOOK IT UPON THEMSELVES TO GO OBTAIN THAT FROM THE STATE.
AND ON TOP OF THAT, THE SELLER, UH, ACTUALLY DISCOUNTED THEIR PRICE DURING THE PURCHASING OF THE LAND IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS FEASIBLE.
SO THERE'S BEEN A LOT, LIKE YOU SAID, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF PARTNERS HERE THAT ARE MAKING THIS FEASIBLE AND I DO THINK IT'S A GOOD DECISION MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS.
THANK YOU MR. PER, ANYBODY ELSE WANNA COMMENT OR QUESTION? SURE.
I'D LIKE TO IF YOU DON'T GO AHEAD.
UM, SEVERAL YEARS AGO, AND I WOULD PROBABLY GO BACK FOUR YEARS, UM, WORKFORCE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING WAS AN ISSUE AND THIS COUNCIL EMBRACED THAT.
AND, UM, AND IN DOING SO, THERE ARE VARIOUS MEANS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT HOW DO WE MAKE WORKFORCE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING AVAILABLE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, THIS IS ONE THAT'S COMING OUT.
UM, THERE'S, UH, SEVERAL WITH THE HOSPITAL AS WELL AS WITH ALL THE ENTITIES.
UM, BUT THE WHOLE THING IS WE COULD SIT HERE AND DO NOTHING OR WE COULD DO SOMETHING AND IT'S COMING BACK IN VARIOUS FORMS OF WORKFORCE HOUSING.
BUT THIS COUNTY HAS BASICALLY MADE A COMMITMENT TO BRING ABOUT WORKFORCE HOUSING IN THIS COMMUNITY.
AND, YOU KNOW, SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT, THAT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT ALMOST FOUR YEARS OR BETTER AND IT'S COMING TO FRUITION AT THIS TIME.
UM, AND IT'S GONNA BE OTHER FORMS OF WORKFORCE HOUSING, UH, COMING BEFORE US FOR US TO APPROVE.
ANYBODY ELSE COMMENT? I WANNA THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR THOSE EXCELLENT COMMENTS ON THIS, UM, ORDINANCE.
AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO TAKE A VOTE TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 2025 SLASH OH EIGHT.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
[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 023 000 128B 000, 128C, 128D AND ALSO KNOWN AS SEASIDE ROAD PDR (PUBLIC HEARING)]
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 23 0 0 0 1, 28 B 0 0 0 1 28 C 1 28 D, AND ALSO KNOWN AS SEASIDE ROAD, PDR CHAIRMAN.I'LL BE GLAD TO MAKE THAT MOTION.
SO YOU'RE MAKING A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ORDINANCE AS REST? YES.
CAN I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
I DON'T THINK YOU COULD VOTE
NICE TRY, BUT THANK YOU MR. GROVER.
MR. BARAL, YOU SECOND? UM, THIS WOULD BE AMANDA, YOU WANNA GIVE A BRIEF RECAP ON THIS ONE? SHE'S NOT OR IF YOU WANNA JUST CAT, SHE GOT CAT I'M CATCHY FOR THAT'S OKAY.
WHERE I HAVE A MANAGER, THIS IS A CONSERVATION EASEMENT, UM, WITH THE RURAL AND CRITICAL LANDS PROGRAM.
THE RURAL AND CRITICAL LANDS BOARD, UH, RECOMMENDED APPROVAL, UM, AT THEIR FALL MEETING.
YOU ALL HAVE SEEN THIS IN NATURAL RESOURCES AND NOW FOR, UM, THREE READINGS, BUT IT'S ON, UM, UH, ST.
UM, IT PROTECTS A LOT OF WATER FRONTAGE ALONG CLUB BRIDGE, UM, AND WE ALL THINK IT'S A GREAT PROJECT.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
THIS IS A THIRD READING, PUBLIC HEARING.
ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WISH TO ADDRESS THIS ORDINANCE? OKAY.
SEEING NONE, COUNTY COUNCIL ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THIS ORDINANCE? THANK YOU.
SO I'D LIKE TO DO THE VOTE TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 2025 SLASH OH NINE AS READ.
ALL IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
[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 (PUBLIC HEARING)]
SLASH 10 IS AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS AND PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE FEE SIMPLE PURCHASE OF REAL[01:10:01]
PROPERTY IDENTIFIED AS TAX MAP SERIAL NUMBER R 600 0 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 0 0 0, WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS DAVIS ROAD.AND, UH, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, SO I'D LIKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ORDINANCE AS READ.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
WELL EVERYBODY WANTS SECOND IT.
UM, AND KATE, ANOTHER RECAP ON THIS ONE.
UM, THIS IS FOR A FEE SIMPLE ACQUISITION USING FUNDING FROM THE RURAL AND CRITICAL LANDS PROGRAM.
THE BOARD ALSO RECOMMENDED UNANIMOUS APPROVAL, UM, FOR THIS PROJECT.
THIS IS IN THE OKT AREA ALONG THE HEADWATERS, UM, NEAR ONE 70 AND 2 78.
UM, IT'S ACTUALLY A CONNECTING PIECE OF PROPERTY BETWEEN TWO EXISTING RURAL AND CRITICAL, UH, FEE LAND HOLDINGS THAT WOULD ADD TO OKEE REGIONAL PARK.
UM, SO OVER 180 ISH CONNECTED PROTECTED ACRES RIGHT HERE IN ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING PARTS OF OUR COUNTY, UM, THAT WOULD IMPROVE WATER QUALITY AND, UM, PROVIDE SOME PUBLIC ACCESS.
ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO COMMENT ON THIS ORDINANCE? OKAY.
ANYONE ON COUNCIL HAVE A QUESTION OR COMMENT? JUST FOR A COMMENT THAT IN THAT 180 SOMETHING ACRES, THERE'S A, OH, FOREST OLD GROWN FOREST.
I DON'T THINK IT'S VIRGIN, BUT YEAH.
UM, SO THE, UM, WE HAD A FIELD TRIP OR A SITE VISIT TO THIS PROPERTY A COUPLE, TWO YEARS AGO, AND ALSO THE OLD GROWTH FOREST INITIATIVE CAME.
UM, THERE IS A WHITE OAK GROVE ON THIS PROPERTY AND, UM, IT'S REALLY GOT SOME REMARKABLE TREES OF, OF DIFFERENT VARIETIES, BUT, UM, IT IS DESIGNATED AS AN OLD GROWTH FOREST, UM, WHICH JUST SPEAKS TO, UH, THE FOREST, THE STABILITY OF THE FOREST ECOSYSTEM AND, UM, THE INCREDIBLE BENEFITS THAT COME WITH THAT IN TERMS OF, UM, SOIL QUALITY AND HABITAT QUALITY.
UM, SO IT'S A, IT'S A GREAT IN HOLDING.
ANY OTHER QUESTION OR COMMENT ON THIS ORDINANCE? ALRIGHT, I'D LIKE TO TAKE A VOTE TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE 2025 SLASH 10 AS RED.
MR. LAWSON, WERE YOU IN FAVOR? OKAY, MR. MCALLEN? I'M SORRY.
[12.d. 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 (PUBLIC HEARING)]
SLASH 11 IS AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF S 8 59 LOCATED AT SOUTH CAROLINA 4 62 AND SOUTH CAROLINA ONE 70, WHICH IS TO BE ABANDONED BY S-C-D-O-T VOTED.THE FIRST READING FEBRUARY 10TH WAS NINE ZERO VOTED.
THE SECOND READING FEBRUARY 24TH WAS 11 ZERO.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ORDINANCE AS READ? SO MOVE, I'LL SECOND.
MR. CUNNINGHAM MADE THE MOTION.
OH, MR. DAWSON MADE THE MOTION.
AND JARED, YOU WANNA GIVE A BRIEF RECAP ON THIS ONE FOR THE PUBLIC, PLEASE? YOU GUYS WERE SO QUICK I COULDN'T EVEN FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU DID.
HELL, I DEFINITELY POINTED, YEAH.
SO THIS IS FOR, EXCUSE ME, THIS IS FOR, UH, PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT IS, UH, THE ROAD IN BETWEEN ACE AND THE TRIANGLE, UH, COOLER TRAP B PURCHASE THAT WE MADE LAST YEAR.
SO THIS IS THE OLD SC ONE 70, UM, ROAD BED.
AND WE WOULD BE ACQUIRING IT, UM, AT NO COST FROM DOT.
AND THAT WAY THERE'S NO PROPERTY OWNERS BETWEEN US AND ACE WITH THIS, WITH THIS ACQUISITION.
ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WISH TO COMMENT? RIGHT.
ANYONE ON COUNTY COUNCIL WISH TO COMMENT OR MAKE, HAVE A QUESTION? NO.
THEN I WILL ASK FOR A VOTE TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 20 SLASH 25.
ALL RIGHT, ONE MORE ON THE PUBLIC HEARING.
[12.e. 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 (PUBLIC HEARING)]
SLASH 12 IS AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS FOR THE TRANSFER OF RIGHT OF WAY BACK TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS.AND THERE'S A MILLION PARCELS HERE.
I'M JUST GONNA SAY TRACK 13, TRACK 12, TRACK 10, AND TRACK EIGHT AS SHOWN ON EXHIBIT A.
PAGES ONE FOUR ASSOCIATED WITH THE RIDE OAK ROAD SIDEWALK PROJECT IN PORT ROYAL.
THE FIRST READING WAS NINE ZERO ON FEBRUARY 10TH.
VOTE AT THE SECOND READING WAS 11 ZERO.
SO LOOKING FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS READ.
AND IS BRIAN HERE OR JARED YOU TAKE OKAY.
NO, YOU'RE JUST REALLY BUSY TONIGHT.
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HOE ROAD SIDEWALK PROJECT, THIS IS THE, UM, AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE PROPERTY WE HAVE TO BUY RIGHT AWAY AS PART OF THE IMPROVEMENTS.AND AT THE CONCLUSION OF IT, WE CONSOLIDATE ALL THE RIGHT OF WAY INTO ONE SINGLE DEED AND DEED THAT BACK TO DOT FOR THEIR LONG-TERM OWNERSHIP AND MAINTENANCE.
AS PART OF THE PROJECT, WE HAD TO RESET A FENCE.
THE RIGHT OF WAY WAS SET BEHIND THE FENCE.
DOT DOES NOT WANT THE FENCE IN THEIR NEW RIGHT OF WAY.
SO WE ARE REESTABLISHING THE RIGHT OF WAY AS A HALF A FOOT CLOSER TO THE ROAD.
SO WE'RE GIVING THAT HALF A FOOT BACK TO EACH OF THOSE LANDOWNERS THAT WE PREVIOUSLY PURCHASED FROM.
AND THEN WE'LL BE DEEDING THIS BACK TO DOT.
I'D LIKE A VOTE TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 SLASH 12 AS READ.
DID YOU ASK THE PUBLIC? OH, I'M SORRY.
WAS THERE ANYBODY FROM I'M SORRY I MISSED YOU.
ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK? THEY'RE ALL LOOKING AT ME LIKE, NO, DON'T ASK.
[13.a. 2025/13 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE RIGHT OF WAY FOR CHEROKEE FARMS ROAD ASSOCIATED WITH A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT DATED DECEMBER 15, 2014]
ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING.2025 SLASH 13 IS AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, OH GOSH.
TO EXECUTE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE RIGHT OF WAY FOR CHEROKEE FARMS ROAD ASSOCIATED WITH A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT DATED DECEMBER 15TH, 2024.
THIS IS A FIRST READING, SO 20.
SOMEBODY WANNA MAKE A MOTION ON THE ORDINANCE.
I'M SORRY, THE VERY LAST THING DATED DECEMBER 15TH.
SOMEBODY WANNA MOVE TO, UM, UH, MAKE A MOTION FOR THIS ORDINANCE AS READ? SO MOVED.
THIS IS A CHERRY, CHERRY FARM, RIGHT? MM-HMM
CHEROKEE FARMS. CHEROKEE FARM.
ANY COUNCILMAN HAVE A QUESTION OR DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? I KNOW IT WAS DISCUSSED IN COMMITTEE, BUT IF SOMEBODY HAS A, A FURTHER QUESTION.
SEEING NOTHING, UM, NO COMMENT.
LET'S TAKE A VOTE TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 2025 SLASH 13 TO MOVE IT FORWARD TO SECOND READING.
MR. MC? I'M WAITING FOR MR. MC.
[13.b. 2025/14 ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO ENTER INTO A LEASE AGREEMENT WITH THE BIG ESTATE JENKINS COMMUNITY CENTER FOR REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 132 BOOKER T. WASHINGTON CIRCLE]
SLASH 14 ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO ENTER INTO A LEASE AGREEMENT WITH THE BIG ESTATE JENKINS COMMUNITY CENTER FOR REAL PROPERTY, LOCATED AT 1 32 BOOKER T WASHINGTON CIRCLE.DO I HAVE A MOTION TO, UM, APPROVE THIS ORDINANCE? SO MOVE.
UM, SO WE HAVE, WELL BRIAN'S NOT HERE.
JARED, YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THIS ONE? OR WHO WANTS OR ERIC.
MR. BROWN, YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THIS ONE IN CASE IT'S NOT
IT'S REALLY ALL THE NEXT THREE ARE.
YEAH, THESE ARE ALL YOUR THREE YES.
THAT WE CAME THROUGH COMMITTEE AFTER WE'RE DOING IMPROVEMENTS ON THESE TO MAKE SURE WE CONTRACTS ON THEM.
SO THESE ARE, UM, EXTENDED CONTRACTS ON ALL THREE OF THESE FACILITIES.
SO THAT WE MAY, UM, DO, DO UPGRADES ON BOOKER T AND AGNES.
SO FOR THE PUBLIC WHO MAY NOT KNOW, WE'RE LEASING THESE, RIGHT? YES.
THESE ARE LEASED, UM, PROPERTIES.
AND BECAUSE THE COUNTY IS PUTTING IN, UH, IMPROVEMENTS, WE WANT TO EXTEND THE LEASE AGREEMENTS ON THESE SITES.
IS THERE A QUESTION OR COMMENT FROM COUNSEL ON THIS ONE? NO.
SO WE'RE THE NEXT TWO ARE MR. BROWN AS WELL.
[13.c. 2025/15 ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO ENTER INTO A LEASE AGREEMENT WITH THE YOUNG MEN’S SOCIAL CLUB AND SOUTH PINE LADIES’ UNION FOR A PORTION OF THE REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 242 AND 228 SCOTT HILL ROAD]
SLASH 15 WAS AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO ENTER INTO A LEASE AGREEMENT WITH THE YOUNG MEN'S SOCIAL CLUB AND SOUTH PINE LADIES UNION FOR A PORTION OF THE REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2 42 AND 2 28 SCOTT HILL ROAD.DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS READ? SO MOVED MADAM CHAIR.
MR. GLOVER MADE THE MOTION, MR. BARMY THE SECOND.
ANY COMMENT OR QUESTION WE ALREADY HEARD MR. BROWN TALK ABOUT THIS? OKAY, THEN LET'S VOTE TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 SLASH 15 AS READ.
MR. MCALLEN, YOU'RE JUST GONNA MAKE ME WAIT EVERY TIME, AREN'T YOU? OKAY.
YOU WANNA MAKE SURE I'M PAYING ATTENTION, RIGHT? YEP.
[13.d. 2025/16 ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO ENTER INTO A LEASE AGREEMENT WITH THE DALE-LOBECO COMMUNITY CENTER FOR REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 15 COMMUNITY CENTER ROAD]
16 IS AN ORDINANCE[01:20:01]
AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO ENTER INTO A LEASE AGREEMENT WITH THE DALE LOKO COMMUNITY CENTER FOR REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 15 COMMUNITY CENTER ROAD.CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ORDINANCE AS RED? SO MOVE? YEAH.
UH, MR. BREAKDOWN, I'LL SECOND ANY QUESTION OR DISCUSSION ON THIS? WE DO STILL HAVE MR. BROWN IN THE BACK, SO IF THERE'S A QUESTION.
AND AGAIN, THIS CAME FROM COMMITTEE, WHICH IS WHY YOU PROBABLY WON'T HEAR MANY QUESTIONS.
SO, UM, LET'S HAVE A VOTE TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 2025 SLASH 16 ON FIRST READING.
OKAY, NOW I THINK I HAVE TO ADD THE DUSKY ORDINANCE.
I WAS GOING TO ASK, UH, IF THIS WOULD BE 20 25 17.
DOES THAT, UH, SOUND REASONABLE SINCE WE'VE GONE THROUGH 13, 14, 15 AND 16? YES.
UM, WE'LL NUMBER IT WHENEVER IT COMES FOR A SECOND AGAIN.
I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND READ IT.
MADAM CHAIRMAN, BEFORE WE GO TO 2020, UM, 17.
UH, I JUST WANT TO THANK MR. BROWN, UH, BEFORE HE LEAVES, UM,
UM, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT, THAT TOOK PLACE ALMOST TWO, THREE YEARS AGO AND WE FINALLY GOT A GOOD LEASE ON IT AND STUFF.
AND I WANTED TO THANK MR. BROWN AND, AND, AND THE LEGAL STAFF.
UH, YOU KNOW, UH, BUT I KNOW IT IS YOUR LEADERSHIP WITH THE LEGAL STAFF.
SO I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO WAS ABLE TO GET THIS ACCOMPLISHED.
THAT WAS A NICE SEGUE ON THAT WALK TOO.
TURN THE DOOR INTO THE HEADPHONES.
[Additional item]
20 ORDINANCE 2025 SLASH 17.I'LL PRETEND THAT'S THE NUMBER.
IT'S A CONSIDERATION OF A TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODE APPENDIX B, DUSKY ISLAND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODE DIVISION THREE DEALS WITH PERMITTED USES TO PERMIT THE USE OF ANIMAL SERVICES CLINIC SLASH HOSPITAL IN D TWO RURAL, WHICH IS D TWO R.
SO CAN I HAVE A MOTION FOR THIS ONE? SO MOVED.
ALRIGHT, LET'S HAVE A, UM, A PREVIEW OF THAT, WHICH WE ALREADY SORT OF DID, BUT GO AHEAD.
THIS IS, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A TEXT AMENDMENT, IT'S REALLY A HOUSEKEEPING ITEM.
UH, THE CURRENT CODE ALLOWS ANIMAL SERVICES IN THE FORM OF KENNELS, BUT IT FAILED TO INCLUDE WHEN IT WAS WRITTEN THE VETERINARIAN SERVICE, WHICH WOULD GO ALONG WITH THOSE KENNELS.
SO BASICALLY WE'RE GOING BACK CLEANING THIS UP AND THAT'S, THAT'S ALL IT'S DOING.
QUESTION OR COMMENT ON THE COUNCIL? YES, MR. CUNNINGHAM.
YEAH, I REALLY JUST HAVE TWO QUESTIONS.
UM, IF IT BECOMES OF THAT, DOES IT HAVE TO HAVE TO PASS CERTAIN SPECS LIKE WE WOULD DO ON THE MAINLAND? SO THEY HAVE TO BE STATE LICENSE LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE BUILDING WOULD HAVE TO MEET THE BUILDING CODE AND ZONING ALL THAT STUFF? YES.
AND THE SECOND THING WAS, MR. KELLUM, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT CERTAIN ZONINGS THAT WE'RE IMPLEMENTING IT.
WILL THOSE ZONINGS BE ALSO ALLOW IT ON THE MAINLAND OR IS THIS DEF ARE WE SPECIFYING THIS TO DUSKY ONLY? SO THIS CURRENT ZONING DISTRICT ONLY EXISTS ON DUSKY.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS HOPING YOU WERE GONNA SAY.
I HAD YOU, I BELIEVE MR. MCMILLIN ALREADY GAVE HIS COMMENTS.
SO LET'S VOTE ON THIS ONE, PLEASE.
YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE CRITERIA.
WHO MADE THE MOTION? YEAH, I HAVE IT.
I MOVE THAT WE, UH, GRANT THE REQUEST FOR THE TEXT AMENDMENT FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS.
IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS, OBJECTIVES, AND POLICIES OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
IT'S NOT IN CONFLICT WITH ANY PROVISION OF THIS DEVELOPMENT CODE OR THE CODE OF ORDINANCES.
IT IS, UH, REQUIRED BY CHANGE CONDITIONS.
IT ADDRESSES A DEMONSTRATED COMMUNITY NEED IS CONSISTENT WITH THE PURPOSE AND INTENT OF THE ZONES IN THIS DEVELOPMENT CODE.
OR WOULD IMPROVE COMPATIBILITY AMONG USES AND ENSURE EFFICIENT DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE COUNTY.
IT WOULD NOT RESULT IN A LOGICAL AND ORDERLY DEVELOPMENT PATTERN.
IT WOULD, IT WOULD RESULT, IT WOULD, WELL I DON'T KNOW IF IT ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE ORDERLY DEVELOPMENT PATTERN.
DOES IT MISS, IF YOU DON'T THINK IT APPLIES, THEN JUST DON'T.
I JUST DON'T THINK IT APPLIES.
UM, WOULD NOT RESULT IN ADVERSE IMPACTS ON THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, INCLUDING WHATNOT, LIMITED TO WATER, AIR, NOISE, STORM WATER MANAGEMENT, WILDLIFE, VEGETATION, WETLANDS, AND THE NATURAL FUNCTIONING OF THE ENVIRONMENT.
AND NOW, ALL IN FAVOR OF THIS MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
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MADAM CHAIRMAN.THAT CONCLUDES MY GIANT AMOUNT OF STUFF.
[14.a. 2025/08 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE AN AMENDMENT TO AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT REGARDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING]
ON NUMBER 14 RESOLUTIONS.UM, 14 A IS 20 25 0 8 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE AN AMENDMENT TO INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT REGARDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE HERE, MS. TUT WILDER.
AND, UM, MR. HICKS ARE HERE FROM THE BEAUFORT JASPER HOUSING TRUST FUND TOO.
SO WHO'S GONNA SPEAK TO THIS? HANK YOU NEED A MOTION FIRST? I NEED A MOTION FIRST.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
WE HAVE MR. AMERSON AND MR. HICKS HERE.
WE'RE GETTING TO, I'M NOT THE EXPERT BUT I'M GONNA TEE 'EM UP.
UM, THIS IS A CLEANING UP OF THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT THAT WE HAD THAT INVOLVED A THIRD PARTY FISCAL AGENT AND WE'RE, WE WORKED WITH ALL THE MUNICIPALITIES AND WITH THE TRUST TO MAKE THIS, UH, A PROPER AGREEMENT AND A PROPER, UH, RELATIONSHIP SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO FUND THE EFFORTS OF THE HOUSING TRUST AND ALL THE GREAT WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING.
THE, UH, CHANGES PRIMARILY REVOLVE AROUND THREE ISSUES.
ONE IS RECOGNIZING THAT THE TRUST IS NOW A 5 0 1 C3 AND CAN BE ITS OWN FISCAL AGENT, WHICH IT IS.
UH, SECONDLY IS THAT THOSE MEMBERS APPOINTED TO THE BOARD BY THE MUNICIPALITIES AND THE GOVERNING BODIES HAVE THE POWER TO VETO ANY ACTION OF THE ENTIRE BOARD.
AND THIRDLY, SHOULD AN ENTITY, A MUNICIPALITY WANT TO LEAVE THE TRUST, THERE IS A MECHANISM IN THIS AGREEMENT THAT TELLS 'EM HOW TO DO IT.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? NONE.
I DIDN'T QUITE UNDERSTAND THE THIRD ONE.
SO IF A MUNICIPALITY DESIRES TO LEAVE THE TRUST IS SPECIFIED AND HEAR HOW THEY DO IT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT IT? MM-HMM.
AND WE'RE HOPING YOU'RE GONNA COME BACK JUST AND BRIEF US ON ALL THE GOOD WORK YOU'VE BEEN DOING SOON, PROBABLY TO, UM, COMMUNITY SERVICES OR NATURAL RESOURCES.
WE PRESENT IT TO FINANCE AND WE'RE OPEN TO PRESENT IT TO ANYONE WHO'D LIKE TO HEAR US.
WE'LL LET YOU COME TO ANY COMMITTEE.
YOU WANT TO, I MEAN, VOTE ON IT.
I JUST WANT TO QUICK QUESTION.
UM, WE ARE GETTING PARTICIPATION FROM ALL THE ENTITIES AT THIS TIME.
UH, WE ARE, WE HAVE FOR ROYAL AND HILTON HEAD WHO HAVE NOT MADE ANOTHER APPOINTMENT TO THE BOARD.
BUT THAT'S EVERYONE'S COOPERATING.
I THINK WITH THE MONEY I WAS READING REFERRING TO THE MONEY, UH, HILTON HEAD HAS WITHHELD ITS PAYMENT UNTIL THIS IS SIGNED.
UM, BUT EVERYONE ELSE IS PAID EXCEPT FOR JASPER COUNTY.
THEY WANTED TO SEE THIS SIGNED FIRST.
YOU KNOW THE PRESENTATION YOU DID AT THE FORUM ON DATA ISLAND? MM-HMM
WAS REALLY INFORMATIVE AND VERY GOOD.
IF YOU COULD PASS THAT TO OUR CLERK AND SHE COULD GIVE IT TO EVERYBODY.
IT WAS A NICE CAPSULE OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY WELL DONE.
AND I THINK ALL OF YOU SHOULD BE CONGRATULATED.
UH, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE ADMINISTRATION AND, AND THE LEGAL TEAM FOR GETTING THIS TO WHERE IT IS, UH, AFTER A YEAR MM-HMM
UH, BUT I'M HAPPY TO TELL YOU THAT, UM, SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE AT THE 1ST OF APRIL OF LAST YEAR, UH, WE ARE JUST NOW APPROACHING $2 MILLION IN COMMITMENTS AND LOANS AND GRANTS, UH, TO A WIDE VARIETY OF CONSTITUENTS AND A WIDE VARIETY OF, UH, ENTITIES WITHIN THE AREA.
WE HAD THE MOTION ALL IN THE SECOND IN DISCUSSION.
[14.b. 2025/09 RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT PALMETTO PRIDE LITTER PREVENTION GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $9,654.00 FOR THE ASSISTANCE OF THE LITTER PROGRAM ]
IS 20 25 0 9.RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT PALMETTO PRIDE LITTER PREVENTION GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $9,654 FOR THE ASSISTANCE OF THE LITTER PROGRAM.
I HAVE A MOTION REGARDING THIS RESOLUTION.
ANY QUESTIONS? SIMPLE GRANT SURE.
ARE GETTING A LOT FOR THEIR MONEY FOR THAT GRANT.
I NOTICED ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THEY'RE GONNA DO WITH IT.
[14.c. 2025/10 RESOLUTION TO COMMISSION ONE SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING ENFORCEMENT OFFICER]
C 20 25 10 RESOLUTION TO COMMISSION ONE.SOLID WASTE, UM, AND RECYCLING ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.
[01:30:01]
SECOND.UM, DISCUSSION? NO, NO DISCUSSION.
IT IS UNANIMOUS AGAIN, D 20 25 11
[14.d. 2025/11 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE DEMOLITION OF A STRUCTURE AND FUNDING FOR DEMOLITION OF A STRUCTURE ON BEAUFORT COUNTY OWNED PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2 MULLET STREET]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE DEMOLITION OF A STRUCTURE AND FUNDING FOR DEMOLITION OF A STRUCTURE ON BEAUFORT COUNTY OWNED PROPERTY LOCATED AT TWO MULLET STREET.DO I HAVE A MOTION? EVERYONE FAMILIAR WITH THIS ONE? OKAY.
MR. LAWSON MIGHT MAKE THAT THERE HE IS.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
MARK ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS? NO.
I'M JUST EXCITED TO SEE, UH, SEE THIS, UH, MOVING FORWARD, UM, AND, UM, MAKING, UH, MAKING, UH, GOOD CHANGES.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THE RESOLUTION.
[14.e. 2025/15 A 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]
THE LAST ONE AND, AND VERY IMPORTANT ONE IS 20 25 15, A JOINT RESOLUTION OF BUFORT COUNTY AND THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND TO REDEFINE THE US 2 78 CORRIDOR PROJECT, ALSO KNOWN AS THE WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY GATEWAY CORRIDOR PROJECT TO ALIGN WITH THE AVAILABLE FUNDING, I'D LIKE TO PERSONALLY THANK, UM, MR. AMON, MR. FRA, AND MS. BROCK AND MR. HERBERT FOR WORKING SO HARD ON THIS IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS TO GET IN THE LANGUAGE, UM, AS BEST THEY COULD BEFORE IT WENT BACK TO HILTON HEAD AS BEST IT COULD BE IN MY OPINION.AND, UM, WE'LL, WE HAVE A MOTION AND NOW WE'RE OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.
OH, YOU NEED A FIRST AND SECOND.
I GOT IT FIRST AND SECOND, DIDN'T I? NO, LARRY JUST MADE THE MOTION.
RIGHT? I THOUGHT WE HAD MADE A MOTION.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
I'M GETTING AHEAD OF MYSELF TONIGHT.
UH, NOW IT'S OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.
UM, I JUST WANNA ADDRESS, UH, IT WAS A VERY LENGTHY DOCUMENT AS EVERYBODY KNOWS.
AND, UM, IT'S JUST AN ISSUE IN THERE THAT I WANNA TALK ABOUT.
AND THAT'S THE TRAFFIC LIGHT AT WINDMILL HARBOR.
WHEN I WAS, UH, SERVING AS A, UH, JUDGE ON THE MAGISTRATE'S COURT, WE OFTEN HAD PAPERS THAT WERE SUBMITTED TO US THAT WE FOUND WERE SOMEWHAT INCORRECT, BUT NOT PURPOSELY OF COURSE, BUT WE ALWAYS REFER TO THE MISTAKE BECAUSE IT WAS SO MINOR AS A SCRIVENER'S ERROR.
AND I THINK THAT I FOUND A SCRIVENER'S ERROR HERE IN THIS JOINT RESOLUTION LANGUAGE THAT I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS.
IT HAS TO DO WITH THE, UH, REQUEST BY THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD TO HAVE THE, UH, BEAUFORT COUNTY TRANSFER OWNERSHIP OF THE TRAFFIC LIGHT TO THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD.
AND THEY'RE ASKING US TO DO THAT IN THE RESOLUTION THAT THEY'VE SENT OVER HERE.
UM, A REASON THAT THEY WANT THE TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP IS BECAUSE THEY WANT TO INCORPORATE THAT TRAFFIC LIGHT INTO THE ADAPTIVE TRAFFIC LIGHT SYSTEM TO RUN FROM WHERE THE BRIDGE TOUCHES LAND, RIGHT THROUGH SPANISH WELLS.
IT'S AN EXPENSIVE PROPOSITION TO DO THAT AND THEY'RE GOING TO INCUR SOME COSTS.
SO THEY MADE A VERY GENEROUS REQUEST TO HAVE THE OWNERSHIP OF THE TRAFFIC LIGHT TRANSFERRED TO THEM BECAUSE IN DOING SO, THEY WILL THEN BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS TO THAT LIGHT.
WE DO NOT OWN THAT TRAFFIC LIGHT.
WE HAVE NO AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER OWNERSHIP OF THAT TRAFFIC LIGHT BECAUSE WE'VE NEVER OWNED IT.
IT'S OWNED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
NOW WHAT WE CAN DO, AND WHAT WE SHOULD DO IS CHANGE THE LANGUAGE IN THIS RESOLUTION TO SHOW THAT WE ARE TRANSFERRING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS TO THE TRAFFIC LIGHT TO THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD, WHICH IS PART OF THEIR GENEROUS OFFER TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT.
BUT WE CANNOT TRANSFER OWNERSHIP BECAUSE WE DON'T OWN IT.
AND THAT'S THE SCRIVENER'S ERA I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UM, CHANGED.
AND THE LANGUAGE CAN JUST SIMPLY REFLECT THAT WE ARE AGREEING TO TRANSFER RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS OF THE TRAFFIC LIGHT AT WINDMILL HARBOR.
UH, AND I'LL JUST END BY SAYING IT'S NOT OUR LIGHT, IT'S THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S LIGHT.
AND I'M HAPPY THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO TAKE THIS ON BECAUSE INCORPORATING THAT INTO THEIR ADAPTIVE TRAFFIC LIGHT SYSTEM MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.
AND, UH, IN DOING THAT, IT WILL NOT AFFECT THE OPERATION OF OUR LIGHT BECAUSE THE ADAPTIVE TRAFFIC LIGHT WILL CONTROL EAST WEST TRAFFIC ON, ON THE HIGHWAY THERE.
THE CAMERAS WE HAVE IN PLACE ON THE WINDMILL HARBOR LIGHT CONTROL THE NORTH SOUTH ENTRANCE AND EGRESS TO THE, TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO THE ADAPTIVE TRAFFIC SIGNALS WILL KEEP THE FLOW GOING, BUT THE PRESENCE OF VEHICLES GOING NORTH AND SOUTH WILL WILL ACTIVATE THE CAMERA TO CAUSE THAT LIGHT TO CHANGE.
SO, UH, ALL OF IT COMES TOGETHER WELL, BUT I DON'T THINK ANYBODY BUT DOT CAN OWN THE LIGHT AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO SAY.
SO I'LL LEAVE IT TO THE LAWYERS TO, TO
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PUT TOGETHER THE APPROPRIATE LANGUAGE THERE TO SHOW THAT WE ARE TRANSFERRING THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS TO THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD.CAN YOU ADDRESS THAT OR, OR OR MR. MOORE ON HOW WE CAN HANDLE THIS AS A SCRIBNER'S ERROR BEFORE WE DISCUSS ANYMORE? I THINK THE EASIEST WAY TO HANDLE IS JUST TO MOVE TO AMEND THE JOINT RESOLUTION, TO PUT THE LANGUAGE THAT MR. MCALLEN, UM, JUST STATED AS FAR AS TRANSFER THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF THE LIGHT AT WINDMILL HARBOR TO THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND.
UH, AND THAT WILL TAKE CARE OF IT.
WELL WE NEED TO ASK BECAUSE THIS IS A JOINT RESOLUTION, WILL IT NEED TO GO BACK TO THEM? WE WILL INFORM TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND AS FAR AS THE AMENDMENT THAT WE'RE MAKING MM-HMM
AND THEN ASK THEM TO JOIN US IN THAT.
UM, BUT AS LONG AS THEY AGREE TO THAT AND THERE'S NO REASON NOT TO AGREE, WE CAN STILL FORWARD THIS UP TO THE C UH, IN TIME AND THEN THEY CAN MAKE THE AMENDMENT AT THEIR MEETING AS APPROPRIATE.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A MATERIAL CHANGE TO THE, TO THE AGREEMENT.
UH, OTHERWISE I WOULDN'T HAVE SUGGESTED IT IF I THOUGHT THIS WAS GONNA DELAY IT IN ANY WAY OR MAKE THIS MORE DIFFICULT, I WOULD'VE NEVER BROUGHT IT UP.
BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S A MATERIAL CHANGE.
I DON'T THINK ANYONE WOULD OBJECT.
IT'S A MINOR CHANGE AND UH, IF THERE WAS AN ISSUE THEN UH, WE COULD CHANGE IT TO SAY WE WOULD REQUEST THAT S-E-D-O-T TRANSFER OWNERSHIP TO THE TOWN OF HILTON AND ISLAND AND THEY CAN MAKE A DECISION TO EITHER DO IT OR NOT.
SO WE NEED, UM, AMENDMENT TO THE, TO THE RESIDENT.
I WOULD TREAT WHAT COUNCILMAN MCKELLAN JUST SAID, UHHUH
DO YOU WANT ME TO STATE THAT BEFORE YOU MAKE THAT MOMENT? CAN I ADD SOMETHING THAT WE MAYBE NEED TO ADD TO IT AND SAVE US TIME? UM, I WOULD BE LEERY ABOUT EVEN PUTTING THE LANGUAGE IN IF S-C-D-O-T COULD TRANSFER IT TO THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD.
BECAUSE OF THAT JOINT MEETING WE HAD IN THE WORKSHOP IN BLUFFTON, MULTIPLE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE IN FAVOR OF REMOVING THAT LIGHT.
I WAS GONNA SAY I DIDN'T KNOW WE DIDN'T OWN IT, BUT I WILL SAY THAT I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF REMOVING THAT LIGHT AND FOR US TO TURN OVER OWNERSHIP, EVEN IF THAT S-C-D-O-T TURNS IT OVER TO US, I DO NOT WANNA GIVE THEM THE ABILITY TO REMOVE THAT LIGHT.
THEM MANAGING IT AND PUTTING THEIR TRAFFIC SYSTEM I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH, BUT THEM HAVING THE ABILITY TO REMOVE THE LIGHT FOR WHICHEVER COUNCIL MEMBERS COME ON THERE IN THE FUTURE, THAT MAKES ME A LITTLE NERVOUS.
SO WE DON'T HAVE TO PUT THAT LANGUAGE IN THERE.
WE JUST STICK WITH THE BASIC LANGUAGE THAT COUNCIL MCKELLAN SAID AND THAT SHOULD TAKE CARE OF IT.
CAN WE ADD IN THERE THAT IF IT DOES GET TRANSFERRED OVER, IT GOES TO THE COUNTY FIRST? THAT WAS GONNA BE MY ONE OBJECT.
SO AS MR. MCAL, UH, MCKELLAN SAID, UM, WE DON'T OWN IT EVEN THOUGH WE INSTALLED IT.
WE JUST PAID TO INSTALL IT AND NOW WE, WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH DOTA SIGNAL MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT TO MANAGE AND MAINTAIN THAT, UH, HILTON HEAD LIKEWISE HAS A SIGNAL MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT TO MANAGE AND MAINTAIN THE OTHER SIGNALS THAT THEY DO NOT OWN ON THE ISLAND THAT ARE ALL DOT OWNED.
AND THEN FURTHERMORE, IN THE RESOLUTION, WE ALREADY STATED THAT PART OF THE PROJECT AND DOT SPECIFIED THIS IN THE OPTIONS THAT THE WINDMILL HARBOR LIGHT WILL BE RETAINED AS PART OF THE PROJECT.
THAT THAT'S ITEM NUMBER SIX TO POINT OUT.
SO, AND THE RESOLUTION, IT DOES STATE SPECIFICALLY RETENTION IMPROVEMENT OF THE WINDMILL HARBOR TRAFFIC SIGNAL WITH MA ARMS. YES.
BUT THEIRS SAYS LIKE MR. MCKELLAN SAID THAT WE WILL TRANSFER OWNERSHIP NUMBER SEVEN.
ON SEVEN I UM, IT SAYS TRANSFER OWNERSHIP AND THE ADAPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES.
THAT'S THE SCRIBNER'S AREA THAT I'M REFERRING TO.
SO I THINK YEAH, TO, TO THE SCRIBNER'S AREA IT WOULD BE TRANSFERRED THE MAINTENANCE RESPONSIBILITIES BUT NOT OWNERSHIP OF, THERE'S NO, THE OWNERSHIP WOULD BE STRICKEN AND REPLACED WITH THAT BECAUSE THERE IS NO OWNERSHIP THAT THE COUNTY HAS TO TRANSFER.
AND THE SCRIBNER'S ERROR IS ALWAYS INTERPRETED IN COURTS ESSENTIALLY AS A MINOR ERROR, MINOR ERROR CORRECTED WITH A SCRATCH OUT AND INJURY AND, AND TO, TO WHERE THIS CAME.
SO, UM, THIS CAME FROM, WE HAD THE JOINT MEETING WITH THE COUNTY AND TOWN AND THEN FROM THAT THERE WAS COMMENTS MADE THAT BOTH STAFF WORKED TOGETHER, COUNTY AND TOWN STAFFS WORKED TOGETHER AND THEN WE BROUGHT THAT FORWARD TO COUNTY FIRST TO UH, ON THE 24TH.
SO BETWEEN THE JOINT MEETING AND THE 24TH IS WHERE THAT CAME FROM IN COORDINATING WITH TOWN STAFF THEN THAT VERSION HASN'T CHANGED SINCE WE MET AND VOTED ON ON THE 24TH.
BOTH ALL THAT INFORMATION WAS WHAT COUNTY COUNCIL PREVIOUSLY VOTED AND APPROVED.
THEY DID NOT CHANGE THAT LANGUAGE IN THEIR MARCH 4TH MEETING WHEN THEY SENT THAT BACK.
SO THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY A NEW TOPIC, BUT UNDER UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE, I DON'T THINK THE INTENT FROM TOWN STAFF OR TOWN COUNCIL, UM, EVERYBODY, I THINK THE INTENT IS THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THEY HAVE A SIGNAL MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT AND WE HAVE IT AND WE WOULD BE SLIDING THE MAINTENANCE FROM OUR AGREEMENT TO THEIR AGREEMENT.
DOES THIS MEAN, SO WE'LL MAKE THE CHANGE.
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RIGHT? AND DOES THAT MEAN THEY HAVE TO OKAY IT AND DO WE HAVE TO HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING TO OKAY, THEY'RE OKAY.NO, I DON'T WANNA DO ANOTHER MEETING ON 2 78.
THE ONLY THING WILL HAVE TO HAPPEN AFTER THIS IS HILTON HAD TO TAKE THEIR ACTION.
UH, BUT THAT WON'T HOLD US UP.
BUT THEN AFTER THAT DOT HAS TO CONCUR WITH AMENDING THE AGREEMENTS 'CAUSE THEIR AGREEMENT IS WITH US TO MAINTAIN IT MM-HMM
AND NOW THEY'D HAVE TO AMEND THEIR AGREEMENT WITH HILTON HEAD TO INCLUDE THAT RIGHT THERE.
IS EVERYONE CLEAR ON THIS, ON THAT SECTION? YES.
I DO HAVE COMMENTS ON OTHER THINGS AFTER THIS AMENDMENT.
AND TYPICALLY, SO WE UM, REVIEW OUR AGREEMENTS WITH DOT IN MARCH, OUR SIGNAL MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT.
SO THAT CAN BE SOMETHING THAT CAN BE ACCOMMODATED AND WE CAN MAKE THAT AT A SIMULTANEOUS SWITCH FROM OUR AGREEMENT TO THEIR AGREEMENT WITH DOT ON BOTH PARTIES OR ON BOTH AGREEMENTS.
DID SOMEONE SECOND LARRY'S? I DID, YES MA'AM.
ALRIGHT, WE'VE HAD DISCUSSION ON THAT AMENDMENT AND I WILL SECOND THE AMENDMENT AS WELL IF HE'S PROPOSING THE AMENDMENT.
AND WE JUST HAD DISCUSSION ON THAT.
ALRIGHT, SO WE'RE GOOD TO VOTE ON HIS AMENDMENT BY SHOW OF HANDS.
ALL IN FAVOR OF MS. COUNCILMAN AMENDMENT.
FURTHER, I DUNNO IS I DIDN'T SEE YOUR OPERATIONS.
YEAH, I DIDN'T SEE THAT'S TRUE.
NOW WE CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE OWNERSHIP OF THE PROPERTY, BUT THIS SAYS THAT WE DO AND THAT WE'RE GIVING THEM OWNERSHIP, WHICH WE LEGALLY CAN'T DO.
ALRIGHT, SO LET'S GO, LET'S GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION.
AND YOU HAD SOME CO DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT.
COUNCILMAN CUNNINGHAM? UH, YEAH, I LOVE WHAT THEY DID ON EXHIBIT B.
UM, THEY GAVE A TWO-WAY IN AND OUT OF PINKNEY ISLAND, WHICH IS REALLY MY BIGGEST CONCERN.
UM, 'CAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS.
I GUESS MY ONLY QUESTION OF THAT IS ONE, I SUPPORT THAT TWO, DOES THAT TRUMP THE FUNDING PROCESS OF ANY LEFTOVER FUNDS THAT WOULD BE TURNED OVER TO HILTON HEAD? YEAH.
SO, AND IF SO, WHERE'S IT AT IN THE LANGUAGE? 'CAUSE I DIDN'T SEE IT.
YEAH, SO THE INTENT THERE IS THAT WE HAVE A PROJECT SCOPE AND RIGHT NOW OUR, OUR PROJECT IS $260 MILLION.
SO THAT IS WHAT WE'RE GOING OUT TO BID WITH.
AND THEN AS PART OF THE DESIGN BUILD OPPORTUNITY, UM, WE'LL HAVE A BASE BID AND THEN WE'LL HAVE ALTERNATIVES.
AND SO AS THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THAT, THE BASE BID IS $260 MILLION.
IF THERE'S WANT TO ADD THE, THE TURN LANE ON AND OFF PINKNEY, MAYBE THAT'S $20 MILLION.
AND THEN WE CAN DECIDE WHETHER THAT'S IN THE PROJECT OR NOT THE PROJECT.
THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT DOT WOULD RECEIVE, SHARE AND MAKE GUIDANCE ON.
SO RIGHT NOW WHEN IT SAYS THAT ANY LEFTOVER FUNDS GETS TURNED OVER TO HILTON HEAD FOR ANY OTHER IMPROVEMENTS FOR TRAFFIC LIGHT, SIGNALIZATION CROSSINGS, THAT PROJECT, IF WE VOTED THAT IT'S A PART OF THE PROJECT, WOULD TAKE PRIORITY OVER THOSE FUNDS? THAT'S CORRECT.
IT WOULD COME OUT FIRST BECAUSE WE WOULD EXECUTE THAT AS THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AND THEN IF THERE'S ANY OVERAGES IN THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS.
UM, AND WHAT WE ALSO DON'T KNOW IS THE BID ITSELF SO IS CORRECT WE'RE WE HAVE OUR INTERNAL BID, BUT THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE BID WE'RE GONNA GET FROM THE CONTRACTORS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? COMMENTS ABOUT, ABOUT THE ORIGINAL MOTION FOR THE RESOLUTION OR WE'RE GONNA HAVE A DISCUSSION ON OTHER ITEMS WHEN WE ON THIS OR IF IT'S IN THE RESOLUTION.
NOW'S THE TIME TO, NOW'S THE TIME.
JERRY, YOU AND I SPOKE EARLIER, WE WENT THROUGH AN AWFUL LOT.
UM, HERE WE ARE AT THE 11TH HOUR GETTING OPTIONS, GETTING THOUGHTS ON HOW TO MAKE THIS BETTER.
I MEAN, WE HAD A, OUR GREAT SENATOR READ A ISLAND PACKET ARTICLE AND SAID HE AGREES WITH ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THERE.
WE NEED THESE, UM, OFF AND ONS, WHICH, YOU KNOW, I GUESS IT MAKES A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF SENSE.
WHAT'S THE LIKELIHOOD IN YOUR MIND DOING ALL THE WORK YOU'VE DONE THAT THIS WILL COME IN WITH THE SCOPE OF THE $260 MILLION? I MEAN, YOU'RE ADDING CONCRETE, SO YOU'RE ADDING COST.
AND SO WHAT WE HAVE NOW, WHAT WE'RE MARCHING DOWN IS A TRADITIONAL DESIGN BID BUILD.
AND THAT WAS THE COST ESTIMATE THAT OUR ENGINEERING STAFF HAS PRODUCED.
THE, WHAT YOU GET IN A DESIGN BUILD IS YOU HAVE THE DESIGN ENGINEER AND THE CONTRACTOR WORKING AS A TEAM.
SO IF THEY FIND AN INNOVATIVE WAY TO DELIVER THE PROJECT, THEY COULD POTENTIALLY REDUCE THE COSTS.
SO, UH, EVEN WITH ADDED CONCRETE, MAYBE THEY CAN FIND A WAY, BUT I, IT'S JUST, YOU NEVER KNOW.
YOU, YOU, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THIS BUILD ARE WE AT RIGHT THIS MOMENT? PRESENTLY WE'RE APPROXIMATELY 30% IN THE DESIGN.
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RIGHT NOW.WITH THESE PROPOSED LAST MINUTE THOUGHTS OF EXITS AND ENTRANCE, DO YOU THINK IT'S GOING, WHERE'S THAT NUMBER GONNA GO? WELL FROM THERE? WELL, SO THE NUMBER OF THE COST OR 30%, IS IT GONNA GO BACK? I MEAN, ARE WE GONNA YEAH, SO WE'RE ESSENTIALLY AT 30% OF THE OVERALL PROJECT, BUT BECAUSE WE'VE KIND OF REDEFINED IT ALL THE ENGINEERING HAS BEEN ON HOLD OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS MM-HMM
THEY WILL COME BACK AND HAVE TO RE-ENGAGE ON THE ENGINEERING AND BETWEEN WHENEVER WE DECIDE WHAT THE REDEFINED PROJECT IS AND WE GIVE DOT DIRECTION TO START, UM, FROM THERE TO THE COMPLETION OF THE NEPA PROCESS, WE HAVE ANTICIPATED ABOUT NINE MONTHS.
AND THAT PROCESS WILL BE, DOT WILL RETOOL THE PROJECT AS DESIGNED AND SET FORTH.
THEY'LL COME OUT TO THE PUBLIC, WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING WITH THE FINAL ALTERNATIVE EXPLAINED, AND THEN THERE'S A 30 MINUTE OR 30 DAY COMMENT PERIOD AT THE END OF THAT PUBLIC INFORMATION.
AND THEN AFTER THAT THEY WILL MAKE THE FINAL, UM, NEPA APPLICATION TO, WITH ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTS TO FEDERAL HIGHWAY FOR THEIR REVIEW.
IT'S ANTICIPATED THAT THAT WHOLE PROCESS IS ABOUT NINE MONTHS.
ONCE THAT'S COMPLETED, THEN IT WILL BE, UM, FULL STEAM AHEAD ON THE REMAINDER ENGINEERING AND RIGHT AWAY AND UTILITY COORDINATION TO GET THE PROJECT OUT TO BID.
AND JUST FOR THE PUBLIC NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT.
UM, SO THERE WILL BE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO, FOR THE PUBLIC, A 30 DAY COMMENT PERIOD AT THE END OF THAT NINE MONTHS.
AND THEY'LL PROBABLY, I WOULD THINK THEIR ESTIMATES WOULD BE MUCH MORE REFINED.
I MEAN, RIGHT NOW WHAT WE SEE IN THE EXHIBIT IS, IS HIGH LEVEL.
THEY HAVEN'T GONE BACK AND, AND ENGINEERED IT UNTIL THEY'VE GIVEN THE GREEN LIGHT HERE.
AND THEN THE, THE 30 DAYS WILL BE INCLUDED WITHIN THAT NINE MONTHS.
SO WHENEVER WE HAVE THAT PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING, THERE'LL BE A 30 MINUTE COMMENT, 30 DAY COMMENT PERIOD.
UM, AND THEN THOSE WILL BE RE REVIEWED AND EVALUATED AND THEN SUBMITTED TO FEDERAL HIGHWAY AS PART OF THE PACKAGE.
NO DOUBT THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SEVEN PLUS YEARS.
AND WE APPRECIATE ALL YOUR EFFORTS WITH EVERYTHING YOU'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH.
UM, WITH THE COST GOING OFF WITH, WITH ALL THESE DUE ADDED FEATURES, THE FACT THAT THIS COUNTY DOESN'T HAVE THE APPETITE FOR A TAX INCREASE OR MILLAGE, WHAT'S THE LIKELIHOOD WE'RE GONNA BE AT? WE'RE BELOW, BELOW THE, THE, THE TWO 60 THAT YOU MENTIONED.
TWO THAT TWO 60 IS A CURRENT NUMBER.
SOME THAT WAS THE LATEST ESTIMATE LAST YEAR AND THEN MORE RECENTLY UPDATED AT THE END OF LAST YEAR WITH THESE OPTIONS OR FIRST OF THIS YEAR WITH OPTIONS.
SO WE FEEL CONFIDENT TODAY THAT TWO 60 IS A ADEQUATE NUMBER.
HOWEVER, UM, WE'LL WE REALLY DON'T HAVE A DEFINED NUMBER UNTIL WE HAVE A BID.
UM, AND, AND WE'LL THE, THE LONGER IT TAKES TO GET THE BID, THE LONGER YOU HAVE MORE AT RISK ON ABSOLUTELY.
SO LET'S SAY WE PASS THIS TONIGHT, THEN WE SEND IT ON AND, AND WE GET THESE NUMBERS IN AND THEY'RE ASTRONOMICAL AND WE'RE NOT GONNA DO ANY ON-RAMPS, OFF RAMPS, EXITS, UH, WHICH I THINK ARE CRITICAL TO WHAT THEY'VE EXPERIENCED FOR GOD ALL THESE YEARS.
WHAT HAPPENS TO THAT? IS THERE A WAY TO STOP THAT AND GO TO OPTION SIX? YES.
SO IF WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, WE DESIGN IT, WE PUT IT OUT THE BID, UM, AND THE BID COMES IN GREATER THAN THE BUDGET NUMBER THAT WE HAVE, WE WILL HAVE TIME TO REACT TO THAT.
DOT WILL SAY, OKAY, COUNTY HERE IS YOUR PROJECT, HERE'S WHAT IT COSTS.
AND JUST SAY THERE'S AN OVERAGE OF X AMOUNT, RIGHT.
COUNTY, DO YOU WANT TO MOVE FORWARD OR, OR DOT, DO THEY HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL, THERE'LL BE A CALL FOR MONEY FROM DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS AND IF WE CAN MAKE THAT GREAT, IF NOT, AND WE CAN'T DO THAT, THEN IT WILL BE REEVALUATED ONCE AGAIN AND MOST LIKELY GO BACK TO THE OPTION SIX, WHICH IS DOT BUILD THE ONE SPAN BY THEMSELVES.
EITHER WAY, IT'LL COME BACK TO US FOR DISCUSSION AND GOOD.
LISTEN, YOU FIND, I THINK YOU ANSWERED EVERYTHING VERY WELL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? YES SIR.
WHAT HAPPENS IF THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD DOESN'T SIGN ON TO THIS WHEN WE SEND IT BACK? SO IN TALKING 31ST WE HAVE TO SEND IT.
WELL, IN TALKING WITH BRIAN, UM, IF WE, IF WE APPROVE THIS AS IS WITH JUST THE, THE UPDATE AMENDED SCRIBNER'S ERROR, THEN THEY DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO SIGN IT.
THAT IS, IT'S THE SCRIBNER ERROR INCLUDES THE SIGNATURE ERROR INCLUDES THE UPDATED, SO IT DOESN'T HAVE TO GO BACK FOR A VOTE TO COUNTY COUNCIL, TOWN COUNCIL TO THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD.
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TO MOVE FORWARD NO MATTER WHAT? YES.YOU HAVE DIFFERENT WAYS TO MOVE FORWARD.
WE WANNA MAKE A MOTION TO EXTEND OUR MEETING.
WE, IF THEY DIDN'T AGREE TO IT, WE COULD FALL BACK TO A SINGLE RESOLUTION AND SEND IT UP AS A RESOLUTION FROM THE CAMERA.
BRIAN, SO I'M GETTING OLD OVER HERE TRYING TO GET THIS BRIDGE BUILT.
I'M GONNA BRING A PICTURE ONE DAY OF MY KIDS WHEN WE STARTED THE PROJECT AND THEN MY KIDS NOW WANTS STILL TOUCH ON HILL HEAD.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? NO, BUT I WANNA MAKE A MOTION TO EXTEND OUR TIME.
WE HAVE TO MAKE THE MOTION THIS FIRST.
NO, WE'RE STILL GONNA VOTE ON IT.
AND SECOND, IT'S ALREADY MOTION.
WE VOTED ON THE AMENDED MOTION.
NOW WE NEED TO VOTE ON THE MAIN MOTION.
NOW WE CATCH YOUR, NOW WE NEED A MOTION TO EXTEND BECAUSE WE NEED TO GO BACK INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
YEAH, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO EXTEND OUR MEETING.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I HAVE A SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR OF EXTENDING THE MEETING.
BY SHOW OF HANDS, WE DON'T REALLY WANT TO, I KNOW YORK'S NOT GOOD.
YORK, DO TODAY I'LL, I'LL, I'LL OPPOSED TO YES.
JUST TO BE CLEAR, THE BUSINESS FOR THIS MEETING HAS CONCLUDED CORRECT.
YOU'RE EXTENDING THE RECESS EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR SO DO WE NEED TO CLOSE THIS MEETING OUT AND REOPEN THE OTHER ONE? YES.
THE CURRENT MEETING IS ADJOURNED.