[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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ALL GOOD ONLINE ARE PERFECT. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY. WELCOME TO PUBLIC FACILITIES COMMITTEE HAPPY ST PATRICK'S DAY. I WILL CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AND IF YOU'LL STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT SAYS ONE NATION UNDER INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. ALL RIGHT.
[4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA]
WE ARE ALREADY ALL CLEAR WITH FOR YOU, SIR. YES, SIR, WE ARE PERFECT.I MOVED ON TO NUMBER FOUR. THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA CAN HAVE MOTION TO APPROVE TODAY'S AGENDA. I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION FOR YOU IN A SECOND.
PLEASE. THAT SECOND NAME IS BROWN. ANY OBJECTION TO THE APPROVAL I
[5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - January 27, 2025 and February 18, 2025]
SEE NO OBJECTIONS. THIS WILL BE PASSED WE WILL MOVE ON TO NUMBER FIVE APPROVAL THE MINUTES FROM JANUARY 27, 2025 AND FEBRUARY 18TH 2025. CAN I HAVE A MOTION FOR BOTH THOSE MOTION AND A SECOND? NOT ALL THAT 1/2 AND SECOND BY MR. GLOVER.THANK YOU. ANY OBJECTION OR COMMENTS? I SEE NONE.
SO THIS WILL ALSO BE APPROVED. WE'LL MOVED ON TO NUMBER SIX, SIR.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO COMMENT. IS THERE ANYBODY THAT DID NOT SIGN UP THAT WOULD WISH TO SPEAK? RIGHT.
WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. EVERYONE'S OUT FOR SAME DAY TODAY I WILL JUMP RIGHT INTO
[7. ASSISTANT COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR REPORT]
NUMBER SEVEN. THE ASSISTANT COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR REPORT GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON SIR. HOW ARE YOU DOING? WELL GOOD. SO AS REQUESTED WE DID OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS UPDATE AT THE LAST MEETING COUNCILMEMBER TAVENNER VICE CHAIR CAVANAGH ASKED THAT WE ONLY UPDATE WHAT HAD BEEN CHANGED TO MR. GHAZI AT THE LAST MINUTE IS UNABLE TO TO GET HERE AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS EMAIL ALL OF COUNSEL PROVIDE TO THE CLERK FOR BACKUP A LIST OF ALL I THINK IT'S 93 OR 94 PROJECTS AS OF TODAY WITH THEIR STATUS AND THEN WE WILL GIVE IN WRITTEN NARRATIVE THE UPDATE FOR WHAT HAS FROM LAST MONTH TO THIS MONTH BUT MOVING FORWARD WHAT WE WILL HAVE IS THAT SPREADSHEET UPDATED OF ALL THE PROJECTS WHERE THEY ARE.I THINK MR. GLOVER ASKED IF WE WOULD PUT THE ADDRESSES ALL THE PROJECTS YOU CAN SEE WHERE THEY ARE, WHAT THE STATUS SO WHEN YOU GET THAT THAT'S WHAT THAT SPREADSHEET IS.
IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FREE TO SEND THOSE TO THE ADMINISTRATOR WE'LL GET WHATEVER INFORMATION THAT YOU WANT AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR REPORT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CUNNINGHAM. YES, MA'AM.
THAT IS THE THING WITH GREAT CONCERN FOR FOLLOWING THROUGH ON THAT.
YES, MA'AM. I'M HAPPY TO DO SO. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, JERRY. YEAH, I HAVE JUST A QUICK UPDATE TO GIVE COMMITTEE SIR JUST SOMETHING MS. HOWARD THIS IS PROBABLY PERTINENT YOU AND YOUR DISTRICT SO AT THE SANDS BERLIN AND WANTED TO GET A QUICK UPDATE WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF COMMENTS CITIZEN COMMENTS OF SOME MAINTENANCE ISSUES WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT FOR A PERIOD OF TIME BUT WANTED TO GIVE A BACKGROUND AND HISTORY JUST ON SOME OF THE OUTSTANDING OR OUR MAINTENANCE REQUESTS THAT WE'VE HAD OVER THE TIME THE LAST FOUR OR FIVE YEARS. SO IN MARCH 2020 WE'VE RENTED AT THAT WE'RE AWARE OF A LONGREACH EXCAVATOR SO WE COULD GET THERE AND DO SOME MAINTENANCE AT THAT AREA. OF COURSE LEAST $5,000 IN MAY OF 22 WE HAD SOME DAMAGE TO THE EXISTING FLOATING DOCKS. SO WHAT HAPPENS IS THE SAND GETS UNDERNEATH THE FLOATING DOCK AND IT BREAKS THE AND SHEARS THE TRANSITION PLATES AND RENDERS THAT PRETTY MUCH USELESS. SO WE REPLACED THAT AND DID SOME SIGNIFICANT CLEANING OUT FOR ABOUT $150,000 IN MAY 22 THIS PAST JANUARY THERE WAS MORE DAMAGE TO THE DOCKS FROM THE STORM AND AGAIN SIGNIFICANT THE SAND AND DEBRIS. SO WE REPLACED THE DOCKS FOR $80,000 AND EVEN SINCE JANUARY WE'VE HAD AT LEAST TWO TIMES WHERE PUBLIC WORKS HAS GONE OUT THERE WITH THEIR EQUIPMENT TO REMOVE SAND AND SILT BUILDUP. SO IT'S SOMETHING WE CONTINUE TO FIGHT. BUT IN SUMMARY OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS WE SPENT ABOUT $250,000 JUST MAINTAINING AND MAINTAINING THE SAND AND SILT TO KEEP THAT USABLE NOT REALLY ANYTHING BEYOND THAT AND JUST WANT I KNOW THAT'S BEEN A HIGHLIGHT HERE RECENTLY WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF CITIZENS AND SINCE THEY WERE PERTINENT I THOUGHT WE WOULD JUST COME AND REPORT ON AT WHAT WERE THIS THIS IS THE SANDS BOAT LANDING SINCE.
THEY'RE IN PORT ROYAL SO THAT'S ALL I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION JUST SO YOU GUYS ARE AWARE OF THE ACTIONS THAT WERE TAKEN AT THOSE THE SAME ONE THAT GOT THE DAMAGE DURING THE STORM? IT IS. THAT'S RIGHT.
WE WERE OUT OF THE LAST ONE THE WE WERE ABLE TO GET SOME INSURANCE FUNDING.
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SO THE $80,000 REPAIR THAT WE HAD BELIEVE THAT'S ABOUT $50,000 WE WERE ABLE TO RECOUP INSURANCE FUNDING. WE WERE UNSUCCESSFUL IN GETTING ANY FEMA FUNDING.BUT IF ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR JERRY TO THE TEAM. ALL RIGHT.
[8. A RESOLUTION TO ADOPT THE AIRPORT'S WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT POLICY. (Fiscal Impact: None). - Jon Rembold, Airports Director]
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL MOVE ON THEN TO NUMBER EIGHT RESOLUTION TO ADOPT AIRPORT'S WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT POLICY.JOHN, HOW ARE YOU TODAY, SIR? MM HMM. AFTERNOON.
DOING GREAT. I HOPE YOU ARE TOO OF A MOTION AND PUT IT ON THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION. I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION IN A SECOND.
LOOKS LIKE MR. DAWSON SECOND AFTER YOU, SIR. GREAT.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, SO FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO DO IS JUST ADDRESS A FEW THINGS THAT CAME UP LAST TIME THAT WE BROUGHT THIS POLICY FORWARD AND THAT WAS BACK IN NOVEMBER OF 2024. SO IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE'VE BEEN IN FRONT OF YOU THAT AT THE LAST TIME IF YOU REMEMBER THERE WERE THREE PUBLIC SPEAKERS WHO CAME UP AND THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD BEFORE THE FOR THE AGENDA CAME UP AND TWO WELL LET ME STOP I THINK THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF MAYBE MISINTERPRETATION BY MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE THAT THOSE AIRPORT EMPLOYEES AND I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THEY WERE NOT COUNTY EMPLOYEES THOSE TWO THE THREE WERE ACTUALLY FEDERAL EMPLOYEES. THEY'RE TSA EMPLOYEES AND THE THIRD WAS WAS NOT SOMEONE WHO WORKED AT THE AIRPORT AT ALL SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU KNEW THAT AFTER THAT MEETING I SPEAK WITH THE FEDERAL SECURITY DIRECTOR IN CHARLESTON JUST ABOUT WHAT THEIR POLICY WAS FOR ADDRESSING, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND THAT SORT OF THING. SO HE'S GOT THAT UNDER CONTROL. BUT I KNOW THAT AT THAT TIME THERE WAS CONCERN ABOUT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THE ENVIRONMENT AT THE AIRPORT, THE ATMOSPHERE AND SO THAT WAS ADDRESSED WITHIN THE TSA CHAIN OF COMMAND .
SO JUST TO CHECK THAT OUT THERE. YEAH, CHECK THAT OFF YOUR WORRY LIST AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT JUST BASED ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING ON AND SOCIAL MEDIA AND EVERYTHING ABOUT THE OR MAYBE NOT ABOUT THE POLICY BUT ABOUT WHAT THE POLICY NOT SO I WANTED TO ADDRESS KIND OF WHAT THE POLICY IS AND WHAT IT IS NOT AND WHAT IT IS VERY SIMPLY IS IT'S A POLICY A SAFETY POLICY AT THE AIRPORT THAT IS IN LINE WITH POLICIES AT AIRPORTS AROUND THE NATION AND DESIGNED TO PROTECT HUMAN LIFE AS WELL AS PERSONAL PROPERTY, YOU KNOW, THROUGH TRYING TO PREVENT, MINIMIZE WILDLIFE STRIKES WITH AIRCRAFT WHAT IT IS IS A SPECIFIC POLICY THAT THAT HONES IN ON ANY ANY SPECIFIC ITEM AT THE AIRPORT. IT'S AN AIRPORT WIDE FRANKLIN WIDE.
IT COVERS BOTH OF OUR AIRPORTS. WE'VE KIND OF WIDENED THAT SCOPE BECAUSE WE DO HAVE WILDLIFE CONCERNS, YOU KNOW, FROM TIME TO TIME AT BOTH AIRPORTS.
SO WE DID INCREASE THE SCOPE OF THAT TO INCLUDE BOTH HEAD ISLAND AIRPORT AND BEFORE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT BECAUSE I THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS LAST TIME TOO ABOUT WHY WHY ONE AND NOT THE OTHER AND THE ANSWER TO THAT WAS THERE WERE THREE DIFFERENT FEDERAL REGULATIONS OF THE AIRPORTS BECAUSE HILTON HEAD ISLAND AIRPORT IS A COMMERCIAL AIRPORT WHEREAS BEFORE EXECUTIVE IS NOT BUT SINCE WE DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS THAT YOU KNOW BOTH AIRPORTS ARE WILDLIFE ALL AROUND COUNTY WE DECIDED TO INCLUDE BOTH AIRPORTS IN THE POLICY AND DURING THE LAST THREE MONTHS I KNOW EVERYBODY HAS PAID ATTENTION TO THE NEWS BUT YOU'VE SEEN MULTIPLE AVIATION INCIDENTS THROUGHOUT THE NATION AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
OUR AIM IS IS TO THE SOUTH SORRY NOT IN THE SOUTH BUT GO AHEAD NOT IN THE SOUTH.
IT DEPENDS ON HOW FAR NORTH YOU'RE FROM BUT WE DON'T WANT ANY OF THAT, YOU KNOW, AT OUR AIRPORTS. SO THIS IS JUST ANOTHER IMPORTANT STEP AND FRANKLY, YOU KNOW, SAFETY LEVEL MATTERS EVERY LEVEL THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THAT WE NEED TO DO TO INCORPORATE SAFETY INTO THE AIRPORTS ALSO WE SINCE SOME OF THE TENANTS SPOKE AT THE LAST MEETING, I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT AS ALWAYS THE AIRPORT LEADERSHIP IS IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH THE DIFFERENT TENANTS AT THE AIRPORT WE DO HOLD MONTHLY MEETINGS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE TENANTS WHO ARE IN THE TERMINAL SO THAT THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO INTERACT WITH AIRPORT LEADERSHIP, ASK QUESTIONS BUT ALSO UPDATES AS TO WHAT'S GOING ON WITH CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS PARTICULARLY WITH THE TERMINAL PROJECT AND THEN JUST ANY OTHER THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING AT THE AS ESPECIALLY THIS TIME OF YEAR AS WE ENTER INTO THE BUSY SEASON AT HILTON HEAD WE'VE GOT SPRING BREAK AND OTHER ISSUES GOING ON SO WE DO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH THOSE TENANTS AND INTERESTINGLY
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WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE OF BOTH OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR STEVE AND MYSELF INDEPENDENTLY DIFFERENT TIMES, DIFFERENT DAYS HAVE BEEN OUT AT THE TERMINAL IN THE PARKING LOT AND WE'VE RUN INTO SOME OF THE CARETAKERS OF THE OF THE CATS OUT THERE AT THE AIRPORT AND THEY'VE BEEN ALL I CAN ONLY DESCRIBE AS EXCELLENT AND POSITIVE COMMUNICATIONS IS VERY INTERESTING BECAUSE SOME OF THEM WERE DEFINITELY INTO THE SOCIAL MEDIA THAT WAS GOING ON AND WHEN THEY MET US AND HAD A CHANCE TO TALK WITH US AND INTERACT AND WE COULD WITH THEM OUR PRIORITIES AND LISTEN TO WHAT THEIR PRIORITIES WERE. WE REALIZED THAT WE REALLY HAD A LOT OF INTERESTS IN COMMON.YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING OUT FOR THE SAME THINGS BUT I THINK IF YOU HAVE CHILDREN AND YOU TRY TO KEEP THEM OFF OF SOCIAL MEDIA, THERE'S A REASON WE DO THAT AND IT MIGHT WORK FOR ADULTS AS WELL. SO IT HAD DEFINITELY INFLUENCED SOME OF THE OPINIONS THAT WERE OUT THERE. SO WE HAD SOME GREAT VERY I WOULD SAY RESPECTFUL, CORDIAL AND MUTUALLY UNDERSTANDING CONVERSATIONS THERE WITH SOME OF THE TEAMS WHO WHO ARE CAREGIVERS TO THOSE CATS SO THEY UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE COMING FROM AND WE UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK THAT'S BEEN GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES AND THEN WITHIN THE COUNTY WE'VE WORKED A LOT WITH JOHN ROBINSON AND WITH HANNAH AND PILLOW TO JUST TRY HELP ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE COMMENTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND KEEP THINGS A LITTLE BIT COOLER AND WORKING WITH JOHN AND HIS TEAM THROUGH SERVICES JUST TO COME UP WITH OPTIONS AND TRY TO COME UP WITH THE BEST SOLUTION WHAT WHAT TO DO TO KEEP FOLKS HAPPY AND MAKE SURE WE CAN GET THIS POLICY PASSED AS WELL FOR THE OVERALL SAFETY OF THE AIRPORT YOUR PACKAGE THIS TIME ALSO A FEW MORE PIECES OF INFORMATION THAT THAT WERE NOT INCLUDED TIME AND SOME OF THOSE CAME UP IN PART IN DISCUSSION THE SPEAKERS LAST TIME SO THOSE WERE ALL INCLUDED EITHER THE WRITTEN FORM OR VIA HYPERLINK IN THAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PACKAGE.
SO HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY HAD A CHANCE TO KIND OF THUMB THROUGH THAT BUT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE BACKGROUND IS BEHIND THE THE SAFETY POLICY AND WHY THAT CAME ABOUT AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT AT THE AIRPORT SO WITH THAT I'M HAPPY TO TRY TO ANSWER ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS.
WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR JOHN FOSTER CAMERON YES, MA'AM. SO MR. TWO, I REALLY APPRECIATED THE EXTENSIVE REPORTING WE'RE READING ABOUT THE MAMMALS AND I WAS REALLY FASCINATED THE RAPTORS I DON'T THINK OF A HAWK AS A RAPTORS. THIS WAS KIND OF INTERESTING TO ME BUT I THINK IT WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE THAT WE COULD LOOK AT WHAT THESE DIFFERENT LIKE THE SHOULDER PARK, WHAT DIFFERENCE THEY MAKE WHEN THEY INTERSECT WITH AN AIRPLANE SO I THINK THIS IS GREAT INFORMATION I DON'T KNOW THAT PEOPLE REALLY THINK ABOUT HOW THIS COULD IMPACT YOUR TRAVEL SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU PUT THIS IN YOUR YEAH JUST SAYING YOU KNOW DUE TO TAB IT'S MR. RAMBLED SORRY YOU KNOW SORRY IN THEIR MINDS THE AIRPORTS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IT'S OKAY BUT NOT WITH IT TODAY YEAH YOU'RE GOOD YOU'RE GOOD YOU RAMBLE.
THIS IS VERY IT'S GOOD INFORMATION. I REALLY APPRECIATE MR. GLOVER.
YEAH. THANK YOU. TAB THEY LOOK ALIKE.
DON'T MAN SAME SAME HAIRSTYLE. I'M MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE WILDLIFE BIRDS AND YOU HAVE A PICTURE OF A FEW MINUTES AGO THERE ARE NOT MANY RETENTION POND NEAR THE AIRPORT THERE THERE ARE SOME RETENTION PONDS NEAR AIRPORT YES AND THAT'S OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING THAT THAT'S A HARD ITEM TO ADDRESS IN THE LOWCOUNTRY BECAUSE OF THE STORMWATER REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE. SO WE TRY TO MINIMIZE THOSE AND WE ALSO TRY TO MINIMIZE THOSE IN DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE NEAR THE AIRPORT SO WE TRY TO YOU KNOW INFORM MUNICIPALITIES WHO ARE REVIEWING AND APPROVING PROJECTS TO TRY TO MINIMIZE THAT YOU CAN HAVE SURFACE PONDS BUT THERE DIFFERENT TREATMENTS THAT YOU CAN USE AT SURFACE PONDS NETTING OVER THE TOP OF THOSE PONDS WORKS IN SOME CASES ARE ACTUALLY BELIEVE IT OR FLOATING TO COVER THE SURFACE AND THAT WILL DISSUADE WADING BIRDS FROM TAKING UP. THEY'RE KIND OF WADING OR THEY'RE ROOSTING IN THOSE AREAS SO YOU PROVIDING SOME KIND OF MANAGEMENT GUIDES FOR THOSE WITH RETENTION PONDS TO HELP MINIMIZE THE ACTIVITY THERE? THE LATEST EXAMPLE THAT I CAN GIVE YOU IS THE WALMART OUT BY BEAUFORT EXECUTIVE AND WE DID PROVIDE INPUT TO THAT DESIGN.
IT WASN'T IMPLEMENTED AT THE END OF THE DAY AND THERE'S THERE'S REALLY NOT MUCH THAT WE CAN DO, YOU KNOW, TO ENFORCE THAT OTHER THAN TO MAKE CALLS IF WE DO SEE LOT OF WADING BIRDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS OF OUR AIRPORTS ARE IN CLOSE
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PROXIMITY TO NATURAL, YOU KNOW, WATER BODIES WHETHER IT'S THE OCEAN, THE BOREAL SOUND OR THE ST HELENA SOUND AND THE TIDAL CREEKS IN THE AREAS. SO THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH WE CAN DO, YOU KNOW, RIGHT ADJACENT TO THE AIRPORTS TO MINIMIZE THAT. BUT WE DO MAKE EVERY ATTEMPT.THE QUESTIONS FOR WE CALL IT CAN THIS BE APPROVED WITH NO OBJECTION TO BE SENT TO COUNTY COUNCIL? YES. YES.
AND I SEE NO OBJECTION THIS BE SENT TO COUNTY COUNCIL I BELIEVE NEXT WEEK OR MAYBE WEEKS AFTER THAT TWO WEEKS. PERFECT. ALL RIGHT.
[9. A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO ENTER INTO A NON-TENANT COMMERCIAL OPERATING AGREEMENT BETWEEN BEAUFORT COUNTY AND PALMETTO ACES FLYING CLUB. (Fiscal Impact: Airport receives 3% of gross revenue) - Jon Rembold, Airports Director Capital Projects]
MOVING ON TO NUMBER NINE A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR INTO AN A NON TENANT COMMERCIAL OPERATING AGREEMENT BETWEEN COUNTY AND PALMETTO ACES CLUB.CAN I HAVE A MOTION PLEASE? I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION THE SECOND ALSO FOR THE TAB WITH THE SECOND. THANK YOU. YES, SIR.
ALL RIGHT. THIS IS A SIMPLE IT'S A GENTLEMAN WHO OWNS AN AIRPLANE AND WILL BE RENTING OUT TO A CLUB WHO WILL PARTICIPATE IN FLYING IT.
SO SINCE WILL GENERATE REVENUE FROM THAT AND BY OUR RULES REGS THE AIRPORT STANDS TO BENEFIT TO A SMALL PIECE OF THAT ONLY SMALL BUSINESS BUT IT KEEPS US WITHIN RULES OR REGULATIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION, PLEASE. YES, MA'AM.
ABOUT HOW MUCH REVENUE DO YOU ANTICIPATE? I WAS SURPRISED.
SEE IT'S ONLY 3% OF THE GROSS REVENUES THAT WE AGREED BUT 3% IS KIND OF MINIMAL, RIGHT? THAT'S STANDARD AGREEMENT RIGHT NOW. THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
BUT ONCE WE HAVE THAT ESTABLISHED, WE KEEP THAT AS THE AS STANDARD.
SO WE MAY REVIEW THAT AT SOME POINT INCREASE IT. I DON'T ANTICIPATE, YOU KNOW, A SMALL ENTITY LIKE THIS WHO'S RENTING AN AIRPLANE TO GENERATE A WHOLE LOT OF REVENUE.
SO THIS IS I WON'T SAY IT'S A FORMALITY BUT IT'S IT'S A SMALL STEP UP FROM A FORMALITY WHEN DOES THIS PRECLUDE OTHER PEOPLE FROM USING SPACES OR JUST AS NEEDED? NO, MA'AM. THIS IS NOT THIS ISN'T A SPACE AGREEMENT OR ANYTHING LIKE.
THIS IS ACTUALLY THE USE OF AN AIRPLANE AND THAT USE GENERATES BECAUSE IT'S A RENTAL OF AN AIRCRAFT. SO EVERYTHING THAT WE DO IS AS WELL.
OKAY. THINGS CAN THIS BE DONE WITH NO OBJECTION AND SEE NO OBJECTION.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
BEFORE WE GO TO NUMBER TEN, I KNOW WE STARTED THIS MEETING EARLY.
A COUPLE OF PEOPLE CAME IN AND WE ALREADY DID SUSAN'S COMMENT BUT THERE ANY OF YOU THAT ONE OF THE SPEAKERS I KNOW WE SIGNED HAS BEEN I WE JUST TAKE A MOTION TO ADD IT TO THE AGENDA SO IS JIM STACK IN SECOND? ANY OBJECTION TO ADD THAT AS A M THIS WILL BE APPROVED WITH NO OBJECTION. SO IF YOU WANT TO COME ON UP AND JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT TODAY WELL I THOUGHT IT WAS AT FOUR SO APPRECIATE YOU LINE MEAN OF COURSE OF COURSE. HELLO EVERYONE COUNCIL AND THOSE ON THE SCREEN EIMEAR D'ACCORD AND I'D TO SPEAK ON THE SPLASH PAD AGREEMENT THAT'S BEFORE THIS IS MY PERSPECTIVE ON IT IT'S ACTUALLY SOMETHING BOTHERED ME FOR SOME TIME.
THE PROBLEM WITH THE BRUCE ADELAIDE PARK PROJECT IS NOT SOLELY ABOUT WHETHER THE TOWN THE COUNTY WOULD BE PROPERLY PROCEEDING WITH THE SPLASH PAD THAT GOES BACK TO WHEN THE COUNTY INITIALLY RATIFIED THAT IMPROPER PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT PURCHASE AND TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT THE MONEY WAS NEVER BUDGETED FOR. BRUCE I REALLY FEEL ALONE THERE WAS $550,000 THAT THE COUNTY BUDGETED THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SPENT IN 2025 AND IT WAS FOR ALL OF THE PARKS IN PORT NOT JUST ONE THAT HAD NOT EXISTED REALLY IN THAT STATE UNTIL THAT TIME. AND ASIDE FROM THE FACT THE COUNTY STILL HAS NO IDEA HOW MUCH THAT EQUIPMENT REALLY COST, HOW MUCH THE VENDOR ACTUALLY PROFITED, WHETHER THERE WERE KICKBACKS, REBATES ETC. EMPLOYEES AS FAR AS I'M AWARE THERE WAS NEVER AN INTER-GOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND PAUL TO MUTUALLY OPERATE THIS PARK AND AS AN EXAMPLE IF SOMEONE GOT HURT TODAY ON THAT PLAYGROUND WHOSE THE COUNTY OR PORT ROYAL IF THERE'S AN ISSUE WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR CORRECTING IT THE COUNTY OR PORT ROYAL AND WHEN WE'RE TRAFFIC STUDIES DONE TO ENSURE THERE WOULD BE ADEQUATE PARKING IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND WHO'S RESPONSIBLE THAT AND IF THERE ARE CONTRACTORS INVOLVED TO WHOM ARE THEY RESPONSIBLE AND WHICH ENTITY IS LIABLE IF THEY ARE INJURED IN GOVERNMENT THERE ALWAYS HAS TO BE A BEGINNING IN TO CARRY OUT THE REQUIRED FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITIES AND THE DUTY TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC FURTHER AS ALREADY KNOW, ELEMENTS
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OF THIS PARK ARE UNDER A STATE INVESTIGATION. NOW I WANT TO MOVE ON TO THE SPLASH WHEN ARPA MONIES ARE INVOLVED OR OBLIGATED WHICH IS THE ACTUAL WORD THEY USE THERE ARE CERTAIN PROCEDURES MUST BE FOLLOWED WHEN TWO GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES ARE INVOLVED ACCORDING TO PAUL'S ANNOUNCEMENT IN DECEMBER AND THE NEWSPAPER SAID THEY WERE PURCHASING THE SPLASH PAD THE COUNTY WAS GOING TO MAINTAIN IT AND PAUL HAD ALREADY CHOSEN THE VENDORS AND THIS IS THE LANGUAGE THAT YOU HAVE IN THE AGREEMENT WHERE IF THE TOWN DESIRES PURCHASE PERMIT AND INSTALL A SPLASH PAD ON THE PARK PROPERTY AND DONATE ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS DETAILED IN EXHIBITS TWO AND THREE ATTACHED HERE TO AN INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE AND DONE I'M ALMOST FINISHED AS I UNDERSTAND IT IF AN ARBOR OBLIGATION INVOLVES TWO GOVERNMENTS AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT MUST BE PLACE PRIOR TO THE DEADLINE OF 12 3124. OTHERWISE HOW DOES THE COUNTY HAVE A CHOICE THE MATTER AFTER ALL, AS OF TODAY THE COUNTY HAS NO IDEA FUTURE COSTS INVOLVING MAINTENANCE AND LIABILITY THERE HAVE BEEN NO STUDIES DONE IN ANTICIPATION OF THE TRAFFIC EXPECTED.THE PROPOSED EQUIPMENT PORT ROYAL HAS BEEN TOUTING AS THE ONLY SPLASH PAD IN NORTHERN VIEW FOR COUNTY. SO ARE YOU A SUB RECIPIENT? ARE YOU A PARTNER? IF YOU'RE A SUB RECIPIENT YOU SELECT THE PORT ROYAL DOESN'T SELECT THE VENDORS WELL WHAT'S YOUR STATUS HERE IN THIS ARRANGEMENT? SO JUST WANT TO SAY AT THE END THE DAY I THINK A LOT MORE INFORMATION IS NEEDED BY THE COUNTY THEY APPROVE ANYTHING THE LEGALITIES AS IT PERTAINS TO A LACK AN OVERALL INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT FOR THIS PARK A COPY OF THE DOCUMENTATION PAUL SUBMITTED TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR THE FLAT SPLASH PAD PRIOR TO 1231 2020 FOR ANY DOCUMENTATION AS TO THE TOWN HAS PURPORTEDLY ALREADY SELECTED AND WAS THERE AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT REQUIRED TO BE TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BY THE TOWN OF PAUL TO THE TREASURY PRIOR TO THE DEADLINE OF 1231 2024? I MEAN THERE'S ALREADY A STATE INVESTIGATION WE REALLY WANT TO INVITE THE FEDS IN NOW.
THANK YOU. YOU IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT DID NOT SIGN UP THAT WOULD LIKE
[10. AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH THE TOWN OF PORT ROYAL TO ALLOW FOR THE FUNDING, CONSTRUCTION, AND DONATION OF A SPLASH PAD ON THE COUNTY OWNED PARK SITE AT THE BRUCE EDGERLY FIELD AND PORT ROYAL CENTER ADJACENT TO THE NEW ACCESSIBLE PLAYGROUND (Fiscal Impact: No cost up front, TBD cost will be through maintenance and operation going forward)]
TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT. WE WILL CLOSE THE CITIZENS COMMENT AND MOVE ON BACK TO OUR ORIGINAL NUMBER TEN IN OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS AND IN THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL WITH THE TOWN OF PORT ROYAL TO ALLOW THE FUNDING CONSTRUCTION AND DONATION OF A SPLASH PAD ON A COUNTY OWNED PARK SITE AT THE BRUCE LEE FIELD AND PORT ROYAL CENTER ADJACENT TO THE NEW ACCESSIBLE PLAYGROUND I HAVE A MOTION TO PUT THIS ON THE FLOOR. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION SECOND AND SECONDED BY MS. BROWN MOTION BY MS. ARE YOU PRETTY WELL AGAIN THE INTER-GOVERNMENTAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT THAT'S BEFORE YOU IS TO APPROVE THE TOWN OF PORT ROYAL MAKING PURCHASE OF PROPERTY BUT WE ARE ALLOWING THEM TO PUT THAT ONTO OUR PROPERTY AND SO ALL COSTS FOR INSTALLATION PURCHASE INSTALLATION AND CONSTRUCTION ARE DONE THROUGH THE TOWN BY THEIR PROCUREMENT BUT BECAUSE IT'S ON OUR PROPERTY WE AS THE RECIPIENT NOT A SUB RECIPIENT UNDER ARPA BECAUSE THERE'S NO FUNDS EXCHANGED TO US WE SIMPLY HAVE TO AGREE AND THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO PUT IT IN WRITING WHAT THIS LONG TERM COMMITMENT FROM US WOULD BE TO MAINTAIN THE PROPERTY THAT'S BEING DONATED TO US AND SO WE ACTUALLY MET AGAIN MORNING ON SITE WE WENT BACK AND FORTH WITH WHAT IS THAT PROPERTY IS SOLELY OUR PROPERTY OPERATION ON THAT PROPERTY LIABILITY ON THAT PROPERTY IS THE COUNTY'S RESPONSIBILITY SO UPON THE DONATION OF THIS NEW SPLASH PAD SYSTEM THAT WILL BECOME OUR PROPERTY AS STATED THE AGREEMENT AND IT WAS DONATED TO US AT COMPLETION AND CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY WE WENT THROUGH COSTS IS NOT IN ADDITION TO OUR PROPERTY WE ENSURE OUR PROPERTIES THROUGH THE IRF BECAUSE WE HAVE MANY PROPERTIES THERE'S NOT AN IMPACT ON OUR OVERALL INSURANCE BURDEN.HOWEVER THERE IS MAINTENANCE IN OPERATION OF THAT FACILITY AND SO INITIALLY THE MAINTENANCE WAS ASSUMED TO BE HIGHER THAN IT ACTUALLY IS BECAUSE IT WAS A RECIRCULATING SYSTEM UPON WHICH WE BASED IT SIMILAR TO THE ONE IN BLUFFTON. THIS IS A NON RECIRCULATING FACILITY WHICH MEANS THERE ARE NO PUMPS AND FILTERS IT IS A WATER PRESSURE BASED SIMPLE SYSTEM. SO THE MAINTENANCE WENT WAY DOWN AS FAR AS WHAT WE HAVE TO
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DO TO MAINTAIN THE PROPERTY HOWEVER THE WATER USAGE HAS GONE UP SO OUR ESTIMATE OF BETWEEN 25 AND $30,000 A YEAR TO THE COUNTY REMAINS SOLID AND THAT GIVES US MONEY FOR BASIC REPAIRS TO THE EQUIPMENT AS IT'S A MUCH MORE SIMPLIFIED SYSTEM THAN THE ONE IN BLUFFTON. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I HAVE QUITE A FEW QUESTIONS ONLY MY QUESTIONS COME BECAUSE OF MY EXPERIENCE AT THE U.S.TREASURY DEPARTMENT AND THESE ARPA FUNDS FROM THE U.S. TREASURY.
SO I MY FIRST QUESTION IS WHY DIDN'T WE RECEIVE THIS AGREEMENT BEFORE DECEMBER 31ST THAT'S NOT OUR ARPA FUNDS BEING USED. IT'S THE TOWN OF PORT ROYAL'S ARPA FUNDS. RIGHT? SO IT WAS THEIR RESPONSIBILITY AND THEY PROCURED THIS THROUGH THEIR SYSTEM SO THEY PROCURE SO DO WE KNOW WHAT THE WHAT THE AGREEMENT WAS WITH THE U.S. TREASURY, THE TOWN OF PORT ROYAL? THEY JUST THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW THEIR PROCUREMENT AND I'M NOT SURE WE COULD GO I CAN GO DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE OF HOW MONEY IS ALLOCATED AND UTILIZED. SO I DON'T WANT TO I DON'T BUT THAT THERE WAS A PURCHASE AND PROCUREMENT BY THE TOWN OF PORT ROYAL AND THAT'S THE WAY THAT THAT IS THE REPORT TO TREASURY FROM THEM OKAY SO I I'M NOT BEING CLEAR HERE I'M SORRY WHAT I'M ASKING IS WINDING THIS AGREEMENT COME TO US BEFORE AND WHY NOW WHY DIDN'T IT COME TO US LAST YEAR AND WHEN DO THEY GET IT APPROVED BY THE TREASURY ? YOU HAVE TO SUBMIT YOUR REPORTS BY THE END OF LIKE ACTUALLY IT WAS THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR THEY HAD TO REPORT ON WHAT YOU DID BEFORE DECEMBER ONE OF 2026 WHICH IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE TOWN OF BARROW HAS DONE SO AND THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT HAS TO DO WITH THE LIABILITY ACCEPTANCE AND THEY HAD TO GET THEIR MONEY OBLIGATED BY RULE BY DECEMBER 31 OF 2025 FOR 2024 AND SO WHY THEY HAD TO PROCURE THIS BEFORE THAT DEADLINE AND THEN WE WANTED TO GET THE THE IDEA WAS WAS MUCH MORE SIMPLIFIED WE WERE BY THIS AND PUT ON PARK AND THEN THE COUNTY SAID WE NEED TO DRAW UP AN AGREEMENT TO MAKE SURE WHO HAS WHAT LIABILITY, WHAT RESPONSIBILITY LONG TERM AND THAT'S WHY THIS IDEA HAS COME NOW TO MAKE SURE THAT BEFORE THE ACTUAL COMPLETION, THE PROJECT OR EVEN THE STARTING OF THE PROJECT AND THE SIGNING OF THE CONTRACT THAT HAVE THESE IN PLACE APPROVED BY YOU GUYS WHO FOR THE WATER HEY WE DO WE DO IT WOULD BE OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO PAY FOR THE INSURANCE BUT YOU SAID THAT IN SHORT YOU'RE SAYING IT'S INSURED AS PART OF OUR PACKAGE YEAH THAT'S FINE BUT THE IRF HOW ARE WE ALLOWED TO RECEIVE A DONATION FROM ANOTHER GOVERNMENT ENTITY? YES WE ARE. YES.
AND WITH THE BATHROOMS UNDER DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD DO MORE RESEARCH ON THIS? NO, I DON'T NECESSARILY SEE HOW THEY'RE RELATED BUT WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE BATHROOMS ON THAT PROPERTY. I'M JUST A LITTLE WORRIED SINCE THE TREASURY I USED TO WORK AT TREASURY I WAS WITH THE SECRETARY OF TREASURY AND THERE'S A TON OF UNDERSECRETARIES IN THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT AND SURE WE HAVE DEALT WITH ONE OF THE UNDER SECRETARIES REGARDING THESE ARE FUNDS AND IT JUST WORRIES ME THAT WE'RE WE'RE GETTING INTO AN WITH ANOTHER GOVERNMENT ENTITY BUT YET THE GOVERNMENT GAVE US THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GAVE US THESE FUNDS . I'M NOT MAKING MY POINT VERY CLEAR. I KNOW BUT THERE WAS ARTICLE AND THE ISLAND PACKET LAST YEAR I I'M SURE YOU WROTE THAT SO I JUST I'M JUST A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS I'M JUST I DON'T KNOW I'M JUST A LITTLE NERVOUS ABOUT IT AND LIKE THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON THEY PUT A SPLASH PAD IN THEY PUT IT ON THEIR OWN PROPERTY. WHY WASN'T WHY IS THE TOWN OF PORT ROYAL DOING THE SAME? BECAUSE WE OWN THE WE OWN THE PARK PROPERTIES IN PORT ROYAL ALL THE PARK PROPERTIES ANYTHING WITH THE SIZE TO ACCOMMODATE THIS TO MY UNDERSTANDING REALLY. OH, OKAY. THAT'S THAT'S TRUE.
WELL, I'M SORRY SO GO AHEAD. YOU KNOW WE HAVE ANOTHER AGREEMENT WORKED IF YOU WANT JUST FOR EVERYONE'S FORT FREDERICK COUNTY OWNS IT BUT THE TOWN OF PORT ROYAL MAINTAINS IT IS DOWN BY THE NAVAL HOSPITAL. IT'S A PASSIVE PART OF THE COUNTY BUILT WITH PAVILION PARKING AND THEN TERMED IT MAINTENANCE SYSTEM BY THE TOWN . SO WE HAVE GOTTEN AGREEMENTS LIKE THIS BEFORE AND THERE'S NEVER BEEN A PROBLEM THAT WAS THAT HAS NOT BEEN A PROBLEM. OKAY BUT THEY ARE FUNDS WHERE I MEAN THAT'S THE ARPA FUNDS THAT WOULD BE A LIABILITY IF THERE WAS EVER TO BE AN ISSUE WOULD BE A LIABILITY OF THE TOWN AND THAT THEY HAD THERE WAS NO BECAUSE THE RECIPIENT OF THE FUNDS WHICH THE TOWN OF PORT ROYAL NOT BE FOR COUNTY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
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JUSTIFICATION OF THE USE OF THOSE FUNDS AND THAT'S THE THIS IS A SIMPLE THIS IS TO US IS AN ACCEPTANCE OF THIS PROPERTY UPON COMPLETION AND WE WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW WHAT THE LONG TERM CARRYING COST WOULD BE WHICH WOULD BE PART OF OUR ANNUAL DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE KNOW JUST QUICKLY THE OF WATER AND WHERE IS THE END GAME FOR THE WATER YOU TALK ABOUT ALL THIS WATER'S COMING TO GO SOMEPLACE YES IT IS A BEAUFORT JASPER WATER SEWER.THERE'S A TWO INCH LINE THAT RUNS TO THE FACILITY SO SO IT'S PROBABLY WATER I MEAN.
YES. AND THEN IS A DISCHARGE OF THOSE WATERS BACK INTO THE SEWER SYSTEM AND THAT'S WHAT THE COST ESTIMATE AT ABOUT $25,000 IS BASED UPON USAGE LIKE FACILITIES AROUND AS INSTALLED THIS COMPANY NORMALLY THE COMPANY CHARGE THE SEWER RATE BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF I CAN TELL YOU I CAN GIVE YOU THE CALCULATIONS IF YOU LIKE THIS IS NOT A CONSTANTLY RUNNING APPARATUS. THERE ARE BUTTONS THAT PEOPLE WILL PUSH OR PEDALS PEOPLE WILL STEP UPON AND THERE ARE TIMERS. IT'S BASICALLY YOUR SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN YOUR IN YOUR YARD WHERE THERE'S A BATTERY POWERED SOLENOID UPON ENGAGEMENT WILL OPEN AND THE PRESSURE WITHIN THE SYSTEM SUPPLIES WHICH IS BETWEEN 30 AND #40 PSI HOW ABOUT THAT THAT POUNDS PER SQUARE INCH THAT WILL POWER THESE ONE INCH HEADS THAT REMAIN ON FOR ABOUT 30 SECONDS EACH. SO IF YOU TAKE THAT AND WORKING THE COMPANY THAT INSTALLS THEM IN USAGE WE FACTORED ON 3 TO 3 AND A HALF HOURS OF FULL BLAST OPERATION A DAY 200 DAYS PER YEAR WHICH GENERATES THAT USAGE AND THAT INCLUDES THE WATER AND SEWER WATER COMING IN IS ABOUT $4 A GALLON WELL $4 PER THOUSAND GALLONS OH AND SEWER GOING INTO THE SYSTEM IS $10.13 PER THOUSAND AND SO WE'VE WE'VE DUG WAY DOWN INTO THE NUMBERS ON THIS USAGE TO GET YOU A GOOD ESTIMATE ON THE USE ON WHAT THE WATER CONSUMPTION WILL BE IN FOLLOWING QUESTION I HAVE IS WOULD THIS FREE TO THE PUBLIC OR IT WOULD BE AS A CHARGE FREE TO THE PUBLIC TO BE FREE TO THE PUBLIC AND SO THE ANNUAL WOULD BE ROUGHLY WOULD YOU HAVE ANY IDEA OF TO RUN THE 25 TO 30 25 TO $30000 30,000 BEING ON A VERY HIGH WATER ESTIMATE OF USAGE AND THAT STILL BUILDS IN A COUPLE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A REPLACEMENT OF A HEAD HERE OR THERE OR A SOLENOID WITHIN THE SYSTEM PER YEAR. THERE'S ONE OTHER THING THAT ERIC BROWN WHO'S GONE THROUGH THIS AS WELL IS ALSO INCLUDED THE FLUSHING OF THE DRAIN LINE ANNUALLY JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT SAND DOESN'T GET IN THERE. SO WE'VE THOUGHT ABOUT ALL THOSE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF HOW WE NEED TO OPERATE THIS .
OKAY. YES, MA'AM. I I THINK I KNOW THE ANSWER.
THE SENIOR CENTER IS THERE YES. AND IT IS STAFFED BY COUNTY PARKS AND REC PERSONNEL.
YES. AND I THINK THAT WAS PART OF THE PERSONNEL COST MY RIGHT . SO THAT FACILITY HAS PERSONNEL ON SITE FIVE DAYS A WEEK FOR BUSINESS HOURS. IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS I MIGHT YOU SIR? YEAH. FOR THE RECORD I WOULD STATE THAT I AM AVID SUPPORTER FOR PUBLIC RECREATION. IT'S MUCH NEEDED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
OUR TODAY THEY DON'T HAVE MUCH OF ANY VALID RECREATION TO OCCUPY THEIR THAT TIME AND SO IN MY PERSONAL OPINION I THINK THAT ATTRIBUTES TO SOME OF THE VIOLENCE AND THAT SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES UNWANTED IN OUR COMMUNITIES I COMMEND THE TOWN OF PORT ROYAL FOR TAKING THIS INITIATIVE TO ACTUALLY PROVIDE THAT TYPE OF RECREATION FOR THE CHILDREN NOT ONLY TO PULL IT OFF OF BEAUFORT COUNTY AT LARGE IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. RIGHT OKAY WE'RE.
IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO ESTABLISH A SPLASH PAD FOR THE BURTON WELLS RECREATION CENTER AS WELL IT'S ON OUR CAPITAL LIST. GOD KNOWS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GET IT UP GOING AND OUT ON THE GROUNDS BUT NEVERTHELESS IT'S IN THE IT'S IN THE PIPELINE.
MY ONLY CONCERN ABOUT THIS THAT WHILE PORT ROYAL ACTUALLY INITIATED THIS AND IS MAKING IT BRINGING TO FRUITION BY OFFERING FUNDS IT'S NOT COSTING ANYTHING AND WE HAVE TAKEN ON
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THE RESPONSIBLE OF MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION AND I THINK, I THINK PORT ROYAL SHOULD SHARE IN SOME OF THAT COST OF MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION. THAT'S THE ONLY DRAWBACK AND CONCERN I HAVE OF THAT I'M IN FULL SUPPORT OF HOW MUCH DO WE KNOW VALUE OF THE SPLASH PAD ITSELF WHAT WAS THE COST 90,000 290,000. OKAY I DO HAVE THE SAME MENTALITY AS MR. DAWSON. I'M TOTALLY ON BOARD PARTNERING WITH MUNICIPALITIES TO GET PROJECTS DONE. THEY TOOK THE INITIATIVE TO GET IT DONE.DOES THIS HAVE TO GO TO COUNTY AFTERWARDS. YES OKAY.
I GUESS MY ONLY WOULD BE HOW MUCH ARE WE CURRENTLY SPENDING ON THAT FACILITY A YEAR AND WHAT IS THE USAGE OF THAT FACILITY PER YEAR BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE DISCUSSED MULTIPLE TIMES WITH MR. GLOVER AND I HAVE HAD THESE CONVOS BEFORE ABOUT REC CENTERS ABOUT YOU KNOW, PUTTING MONEY INTO THEM AND WE ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PUTTING MONEY INTO PLACES THAT ARE BEING USED THAT'S A BIG THING. SO IF WE ARE GOING TO BE SPENDING THIS MONEY ON MAINTENANCE I, I REALLY DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM TAKING THAT ON IF IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS BETTER IN THE COMMUNITY AND IS BEING USED AS FULL OPERATION SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DOVE INTO WITH FULL COUNCIL AS WELL.
I WOULDN'T I WOULDN'T PUT THIS PAST THAT'S NOT A SLAM DUNK ON COUNCIL SOME OF THESE DISCUSSIONS I THINK CAN HAPPEN BUT I DO THINK IT'S GREAT PARTNERING WITH PORT ROYAL TO GET THIS DONE AND GET THIS OFF THE GROUND JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR T'S ARE CROSSED AND I'S ARE DOTTED PROPERLY IF ALL THE FUNDING IS BEING DONE ON THEIR SIDE GETTING THIS OPERATION UP THAT MEANS THE LIABILITY OF ANY OF THAT FUNDING BEING DONE APPROPRIATELY IS ALSO ON THEM. SO THAT DOESN'T WORRY ME ONE BIT.
YOU'VE ALREADY ANSWERED ALL THE OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT INSURANCE ALONG THOSE LINES.
SO WITH THAT SAID IF THERE IS NO YES IF SO WOULD YOU LIKE US TO BRING BACK WHAT USAGE? BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU FROM BEING IN PARKS I DON'T THE NUMBER BUT WE CAN WORK ON THAT.
IT'S NOT A LITTLE CLICKER OUT THE DOOR BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THAT'S OF THE MOST HIGHLY UTILIZED PARKS IN THE COUNTY. THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME. THAT'S DEFINITELY HELPFUL.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT IS THAT IS BEING YES, ABSOLUTELY FOR SURE.
IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS WE'LL CALL THIS TOO. YEAH.
JUST REALLY QUICKLY, THE SPLASH PAD IN BLUFFTON, HOW ACTIVE IS THAT? HOW WOULD THE I DON'T KNOW. THEY OPENED UP RIGHT BEFORE WINTER LAST YEAR.
THEY OPERATED FOR ABOUT A MONTH ,SHUT DOWN FOR WINTER AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE NUMBERS ARE.
I'VE HEARD RAVE REVIEWS BUT I'VE NOT BEEN THAT'S NOT BEEN OUR INFORMATION TOGETHER.
OKAY. WELL IT'S ALSO NOT OUR SPLASH PAD, RIGHT? RIGHT. WE DON'T WE FIND IT. WE DON'T MAINTAIN IT.
WE'RE NOT JUST WONDERING ABOUT THE ACTIVITY. THAT'S HOW THE USE OF IT.
SO YEAH IT JUST LIKE THEIR NEW PARK WELL THE ONE THAT THEY JUST OPENED WAS DONE BY THEM IT'S RIGHT BY THE RED BARN IT COULD MR. MR. WILLIS IS HERE IF HE WANTS TO SAY ANYTHING NOW JUST REMINDED THE RESIDENTS OF THE YOUNG TAXPAYER SO WE WILL SHARE SOME OF THE BURDEN OF THE AMOUNT. OKAY I'M FINE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? CAN THIS BE DONE WITH NO OBJECTION I ONE OBJECTION ANY OTHERS THIS WILL BE DONE WITH
[11. AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ABANDONMENT OF A DRAINAGE EASEMENT RECORDED IN DEED BOOK 3044 AT PAGE 2170 (Fiscal Impact: None) - Bradley Harriot, Public Works Director]
ONE OBJECTION SIR. ALL RIGHTY. THIS WILL MOVE ON TO COUNTY COUNCIL. WE WILL GO ON TO 11 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ABANDONMENT A DRAINAGE EASEMENT RECORDED AND DEED BOOK 3044 AT PAGE 2170 THAT MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND SECOND RIGHT ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS IF EVERYONE'S ALREADY READ IT THEY'RE BACKUP DOCUMENTS ON IT CAN THIS BE DONE WITH NO OBJECTION YES AND I SEE NO[12. AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ABANDONMENT OF AN EASEMENT ENCUMBERING PROPERTY IDENTIFIED AS TMS NO. R300 035 00A 0004 0000 AND R300 035 00A 0004 0000. (Fiscal Impact: None) - Bradley Harriot, Public Works Director]
OBJECTION ON THAT WE WILL MOVE ON TO NUMBER 12 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING ABANDONMENT OF AN EASEMENT ENCUMBERING PROPERTY IDENTIFIED AS TMS NUMBER ARE 300 0350000040000 AND R 300 ZERO 35 00A0004000 FISCAL IMPACT AGAIN $0 DO WE HAVE A MOTION SO AND A SECOND SECOND MS. HOWEVER THE SECOND ANY DISCUSSION? NO.ALL RIGHT. THIS CAN BE DONE WITH NO OBJECTION AS WELL.
[13. APPROVAL OF CONTRACT TO SEAMON WHITESIDE FOR THE ALLJOY DRAINAGE STUDY PROJECT ($275,000.00). (Fiscal Impact: The project costs is $250,000. Staff recommends a 10% contingency of $25,000, bringing the total project value to $275,000. This project is funded by an RIA grant for $187,500, account code 2555-90-0000-43770ALLJO and by $87,000 ($62,500 grant match + $25,000 (10%) contingency coming from the Stormwater Utility Fund, account code 5025-90-9020-54420, available balance: $1,671,495.87). - Taylor Brewer, Stormwater Manager]
THE NUMBER 12 IS ALSO APPROVED. MOVE ON TO NUMBER 13 APPROVAL OF A CONTRACT TO SEAMAN WHITESIDE FOR THE OLDROYD DRAINAGE STUDY PROJECT'S FISCAL IMPACT BUT 250,000 WITH A 10% CONTINGENCY BRING THE TOTAL TO 275,000. WE HAVE A MOTION TO PUT THIS ON THE FLOOR OUR MOTION WE MAKE THE SECOND AND THE SECOND SECONDED BY MR. LAWSON ANY ON THIS ONE MY ONLY QUESTION IS IS THIS THE ONLY BID WE HAD? THAT WOULD BE MY ONLY QUESTION[00:40:07]
JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT 13442. YEAH, THAT'S CORRECT.SO THERE THIS WAS RFQ SO THIS IS BASED OFF QUALIFICATIONS FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES WITH ENGINEERS. WE HAD NINE PROPOSALS SUBMITTED OUT OF THERE.
WE INTERVIEWED THE TOP THREE RANKED AND OUT OF THE TOP THREE RANKED WHERE WE WORK WITH SEAMAN WHITESIDE SO AND THEN SEAMAN WHITESIDE WE WENT BACK AND FORTH ON A SCOPING FEE AND THAT'S WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THE HANDOUT AND YOU GUYS DO THAT BY A SCALE RIGHT LIKE A NUMBERING SCALE YEAH SO WHENEVER WE PUT OUT A SOLICITATION TO EACH SOLICITATION WE PUT A CRITERIA A GRADING CRITERIA THAT IS KNOWN TO ALL BIDDERS PRIOR TO NOW AND THEN THAT'S HOW WE HOW WE SELECT THE TOP RANKED FIRMS . ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR JERRY? CAN THIS BE APPROVED WITH NO OBJECTION. ALL RIGHT.
AND BECAUSE A DOLLAR AMOUNT THIS BE GOING ON TO COUNTY COUNCIL AS WELL THIS WILL BE
[14. APPROVAL TO ABANDON MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES TO A SECTION OF SWEET GRASS DRIVE AND RETURN A PORTION OF THE ROAD TO BE CLASSIFIED AS PRIVATE (Fiscal Impact: None) - Bryan Bauer, Engineering Director (Part 1 of 2)]
APPROVED NO OBJECTION. MOVING ON TO NUMBER 14 APPROVAL TO ABANDON MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES TO A SECTION OF SEAGRASS DRIVE AND RETURN A PORTION OF THE ROAD TO BE CLASSIFIED AS PRIVATE. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO PUT THIS ON A FLOOR? NOT ALL AT ONCE AND SECOND THAT I WASN'T GOING TO TAP WITH THE SECOND DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS? THIS IS ACTUALLY TURNING IT BACK TO PRIVATE PROPERTY, CORRECT? YEAH, THAT'S CORRECT. THIS IS JUST THE LAST PORTION OF THIS ROAD. SO THERE'S THREE PROPERTIES OWNERS THAT COLLECTIVELY SAID HEY WE WOULD LIKE TO NOT HAVE MAINTENANCE SO IF THEY SO CHOOSE THEY CAN DO WHATEVER BUT IT WOULD BE UP TO THEM TO MAINTAIN TO GET TO THEIR DRIVEWAY TO THEIR HOUSE.BUT ANY OBJECTION, MR. CHAIRMAN, IS ISN'T THAT A LITTLE IT IS.
I MEAN MORE OFTEN THAN WE SEE PEOPLE ASKING FOR MAINTENANCE. BUT WHAT THIS PROVIDES IS IF THEY WANT TO PUT A FENCE OR A GATE UP THAT WHEN IT'S PRIVATE, THEY HAVE THAT ABILITY TO DO SO AND THE THINGS. SO WHERE IT BECOMES PRIVATE IS THERE ENOUGH THERE FOR A FIRE TRUCK TO TURN AROUND AT THE END OF THE THE THE COUNTY ROAD? I WANT TO CLARIFY THIS IS ACTUALLY ONE PROPERTY OWNER WHO HAS ALL THREE PARCELS AROUND THE PROPERTY AND THEY HAVE LIKE A LITTLE GATE THAT THEY CAN USE TO AND BEFORE IT WERE SECRET SWEETGRASS ROAD AND THERE THAT YOU CAN TURN AROUND BEFORE BASICALLY IT'S JUST BECOMING A PRIVATE DRIVEWAY FOR THE PROPERTY OWNERS ONE OWNER WHO OWNS THREE PARCELS THAT SURROUND THE SECTION BUT AS FAR SO THIS DOESN'T HAVE A CUL DE SAC SO IS A LITTLE BACK AND FORTH BUT AS MENTIONED THEY COULD MAKE THAT TURNING MOVEMENT. CAN THIS BE DONE WITH NO OBJECTION? YES. THIS WILL ALSO BE APPROVED WITH
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NO OBJECTION WE HAVE TO SHOOT MOVING ON TO 15 AND 16 TO RE-APPOINTMENT I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THOSE TOGETHER SO IF I COULD HAVE A MOTION I'LL READ BOTH READ MOTION MOTION SECOND AND SECOND TO TAKE THEM TOGETHER I'LL READ THEM THEN WE WILL VOTE THE RE-APPOINTMENT OF LAWRENCE BRYANT OF SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING WITH THE EXPIRATION DATE OF FEBRUARY 2029 AND THE REAPPOINTMENT OF CLARENCE DANIELS AND JAMES TO THE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE FOR A FOUR YEAR TERM THAT ALSO EXPIRES IN FEBRUARY 2029.WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION FOR THESE THREE APPOINTMENTS. CAN THEY BOTH APPROVED WITH NO OBJECTION NO OBJECTION WE YEAH I DIDN'T TAKE THEM OUT WE MADE THE MOTION TO TAKE THEM TOGETHER AND THEN THE OBJECTION THAT THIS WILL ALSO BE APPROVED NO OBJECTION AND THOSE WILL GO ON TO THE EXTENT GENDER OF COUNTY COUNCIL ON THE RIGHT TO SUE YES SIR.
[14. APPROVAL TO ABANDON MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES TO A SECTION OF SWEET GRASS DRIVE AND RETURN A PORTION OF THE ROAD TO BE CLASSIFIED AS PRIVATE (Fiscal Impact: None) - Bryan Bauer, Engineering Director (Part 2 of 2)]
CAN WE GO BACK UP TO 14? I JUST I KNOW WE'VE MOVED ON WITH ROAD THIS NEEDS A LITTLE CLARIFICATION FOR ME SHORT OF GETTING IN CAN MS.. WILSON SPEAK ON THIS AND NO CLOSING OF PRIMING I MEAN COUNTY A PUBLIC ROAD TO A PRIVATE AND MY CONCERN IS THAT MR. GLOVER YOU DO THE MATH YEAH YOU SEE THE YELLOW PART THAT THAT'S THE PART THAT'S AFFECTED IT'S THAT'S REALLY IT'S REALLY PRIVATE IT'S REALLY SO IT'S NOT REALLY IT'S THE COUNTY MAY HAVE BEEN MAKING IT BUT THAT PORTION IS NOT REALLY NO LET ME JUST TELL YOU WHAT MY CONCERN IS AND[00:45:04]
THEN IF IS NOT A CONCERN A PROBLEM THEN YOU KNOW I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH AND STUFF BUT THERE ARE TIMES WHEN WHEN WHEN WHEN WE CLOSE WE TURN COUNTY ROAD TO PRIVATE ROAD.IT MAY BE DONE BY ONE INDIVIDUAL BUT IT IMPACTS OTHERS WELL THAT WOULD ANYBODY BE AFFECTED WITH THIS CHANGE OTHER THAN THE PEOPLE THAT ARE MAKING THE REQUEST THAT THAT GOT SO THIS WAS THESE PETITION THESE PEOPLE PETITION TO MAKE THE ROAD PRIVATE THEY PETITION TO MAKE THIS PORTION OF THE ROAD AND IF YOU SEE THE YELLOW PART RIGHT THEY OWN ALL THOSE PARTS THEY'RE THE ONLY ONES THAT WOULD BE AFFECTED BY MAKING THE ROAD PRIVATE BECAUSE NOBODY WOULD NEED TO GET BACK THERE AND USE THE ROAD SO THE GREEN BECOMES GREEN IS THE GREEN SECTION WHERE THE YELLOW SECTION IS YOU SEE WHERE THE AND YELLOW RIGHT THAT WOULD BE JUST YELLOW WOULD BE CONSIDERED PRIVATE AND THE OTHER PORTION THAT'S GREEN WOULD STILL STAY SO THE PUBLIC WOULD STILL BE USING COULD STILL USE THAT ROAD JUST THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE GOING IN THESE PEOPLE'S DRIVEWAY. SO THE GREEN IS THE COUNTY ROAD RIGHT? OKAY THEN THE YELLOW IS THE PRIVATE PART THAT'S GOING TO BE OKAY. THANK YOU, MA'AM. THAT MY QUESTION.
ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT SAID, THIS MEETING WILL BE CONCLUDED AT 347.
HAVE YOU ST PATRICK'S DAY EVERYONE
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