Mar 19, 2025 Beaufort County Transportation Committee

CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY. BEAUFORT COUNTY.

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[1. CALL TO ORDER]

VICE CHAIR HAMMOND HERE. JIM BAKKER HERE. CLARENCE.

DANIEL, HERE. CRAIG. FORREST. HE'S EXCUSED. JOHN GLOVER HERE.

DAVID JOHNSON HERE. JENNY KOZAK JUST JOINED US ONLINE.

PAUL MANNING HERE. ANYTHING NEW HERE? AND CHARLES PERRY? YEAH. THANK YOU. CUSTOMARILY GO AROUND THE ROOM AND HAVE THE AUDIENCE INTRODUCE THEMSELVES.

CHRIS WILL START WITH YOU AND GO AROUND THE ROOM.

I AM CHRIS DEGIULIO COOK. I'M THE BUSINESS MANAGER IN THE COUNTY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, AND WE ARE DISTRICT SIX, COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBER, VICE CHAIR, AND OUR LIAISON.

AND YOUR LIAISON? YES. ANNA NICHOLS, BEAUFORT COUNTY PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER, TRUSTEE BROWN'S, BEAUFORT COUNTY ENGINEERING PROJECT MANAGER. PAMELA BARNARD, PROJECT MANAGER, BEAUFORT COUNTY ENGINEERING, WOULD BE GORDON AND INTERESTED BEAUFORT COUNTY CITIZENS.

PLANNING DIRECTOR. TRACY DARCY FOR SCDOT JASPER CONSTRUCTION.

MIKE ELLIOTT, SCDOT VEHICLE MAINTENANCE. HARVEY.

ROBINS FLIGHT MOVED TO BUFORD COUNTY. CITIZEN.

THANK YOU. PLEASE RISE. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

THANK YOU. WE HAVE OUR FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.

WE'RE HERE FOR ANYBODY TO ADDRESS THE COMMITTEE ON ANY OF THE AGENDA ITEMS ONLY.

SEEING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON. I'D LIKE TO HAVE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR THE JANUARY 15TH, 2025.

[4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE.

MOTION CARRIES. OKAY, TRACY, YOU'RE UP FIRST.

[5.A. SCDOT DISTRICT PROJECT UPDATE]

CHAIRMAN. GOOD EVENING. CHAIRMAN. COMMISSION.

NOTHING FOR OLD BUSINESS. YOU CAN JUST GO TO.

ALL OF US. OH. THAT'S OKAY. THAT'S WHY I WAS WITH YOU MOMENTARILY.

TAKE YOUR TIME.

WHY DON'T YOU JUST GO AHEAD? WE HAVE OUR SLIDES.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THE FIRST ONE IS GOING TO BE THE CONTRACT BY BLYTHE, WHICH IS LANDS END ROAD.

THERE WE GO. BLYTHE HAS COMPLETED THEIR PART.

THIS THIS CONTRACT IS IN TWO PIECES. ONE BY BLACK, THE OTHER ONE BY AIPAC.

THE ONLY THING LEFT FOR THE CONTRACT TO DO IS THE THERMO AND THE MILL AND RUMBLE STRIPS.

NEXT SLIDE. ISLAND CAUSEWAY. THIS IS ANOTHER ONE THAT WAS IN TWO PARTS.

ONE PART BY BLYTHE, THE OTHER ONE BY AIPAC. THIS IS THE BLACK PORTION.

THEY ACTUALLY COMPLETE THIS TOWARDS THE END OF LAST YEAR.

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THEY COMPLETED EVERYTHING IN ALL SIX COUNTIES.

ALL SIX AREAS. CHAIRMAN, THIS IS THE ADDITIONAL THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.

WE WORKED WITH MAINTENANCE AND WITH YOU ON ONE OF THOSE ADDITIONAL AREAS.

PEAK HAS BEEN WORKING DOING IT AT NIGHT BECAUSE OF THE HEAVY TRAFFIC.

SO THE SAFEST WAY TO DO IT AT NIGHT TIME. SO THEY HAVE ONE MORE NIGHT.

THEY SHOULD BE DONE AT 0200 TOMORROW MORNING.

AND THEN THIS WILL COMPLETE ALL THAT WORK. WE HAD ADDITIONAL MONIES.

SO THAT'S WHY WE WERE ABLE TO DO THIS ADDITIONAL WORK. THAT WAS GOOD THAT YOU AND MAINTENANCE WERE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER WITH MIKE. YEAH, WE'RE ABLE TO GET MIKE HEALY ACCOMPLISHED. NEXT SLIDE.

CHARLESTON HIGHWAY, THIS IS FULL PATCH MILLING FIELD.

IF YOU GO OUT THERE NOW, PART OF IT THAT THEY HAVE DONE GOING ACROSS THE BRIDGE. IT LOOKS REALLY GOOD WHAT THEY'VE DONE. BUT WHAT I'VE DONE IS AIPAC HAS AND THIS IS THE AIPAC JOB IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO FOCUS ON LAND'S END THEY NEED ABOUT THREE WEEKS TO KIND OF SHUTTER THE REST OF DOING CHARLESTON HIGHWAY.

AND WHEN I GET TO THE LAND'S END PIECE OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING, I'LL EXPLAIN IT.

SO RIGHT NOW THEY'RE JUST SHOWING UP FOR ABOUT THREE WEEKS SO THEY CAN FOCUS ON FINISHING THE PART ON LAND'S END.

SO THAT WAY WHEN THEY'RE DONE, IT'LL TIE BACK INTO WHAT BLYTHE HAS DONE, AND THEN WE CAN DO THE RIGHT ABILITY TO SEE HOW IT RIDES.

NEXT SLIDE. LAND'S END, THE AIPAC PORTION. INTERNALLY, AIPAC HAS MADE SOME CHANGES AND THEY BROUGHT ON A NEW OPS MANAGER.

AND SO WHAT HE'S DOING, BECAUSE WHEN WE ROLLED OUT THERE WITH THE LEVELING THAT WAS DONE, IT DIDN'T RIDE QUITE WELL.

SO INSTEAD OF HAVING THEM RIP EVERYTHING OUT THEY'RE GOING TO GO BACK AND MILL IT AND THEN DO SOME LEVELING AND THEN COME BACK NEXT WEEK AND DO THE SURFACE THIS WEEK.

2 TO 3 DAYS OF PRE MILLING. NEXT WEEK THEY'RE GOING TO DO THEIR SURFACE.

AND THEN WE'LL RIDE AND SEE HOW IT RIDES FROM THERE THEIR PORTION OVER TO WHAT BLYTHE HAS DONE, BUT THEY'RE STILL ON TRACK. THE OVERALL COMPLETION OF THIS WORK IS SUPPOSED TO BE SEPTEMBER 30TH OF THIS YEAR.

SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, ONE OF THE THINGS I TOLD HIM IS THAT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A QUALITY PRODUCT TO THE PUBLIC. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

ISLAND CAUSEWAY, THIS IS THE OTHER PART OF AIPAC THAT TIES INTO BLYTHE.

THIS ONE IS ACTUALLY COMPLETED. THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING HYDROSEEDING TOMORROW, AND THAT SHOULD FINISH THIS PROJECT OUT.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. TRAFFIC SIGNALS. THIS IS WITH W.M.

ROEBUCK. THE ANTICIPATED START WITH THEM IS GOING TO BE MAY OF THIS YEAR.

AND SO HOPEFULLY THE NEXT, NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING, I'LL HAVE SOME UPDATES FROM YOU ON THEM WHEN THEY ACTUALLY START.

WHAT'S INTERESTING IS THE REBUILDS THAT THEY'RE DOING AND HOW THEY'RE ADDING ON PEDESTRIAN CONTROLS TO SOME OF THESE SIGNALS AS WELL.

THAT'S RIGHT. UPGRADING THEM. THAT'S CORRECT.

THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AND THIS IS A NEW ONE THAT I JUST ADDED.

JUST TALKING TO THE CHAIRMAN. I'M GOING TO BRING ON THE NEXT SLIDE. I'M GONNA BREAK IT OUT TO INDIVIDUALS.

SO THAT WAY YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE WHAT'S GOING ON EACH ONE. THIS IS A BEAUFORT JASPER REHAB PROJECT.

THE ONLY THING I'VE ACTUALLY CAPTURED ON THE NEXT SLIDE. I'M SORRY. GO BACK ONE, PLEASE.

IS ONLY FOR THE BEAUFORT COUNTY. THERE'S A THERE WAS A TOTAL OF NINE ROADS, FIVE OF THOSE BEING FOR JASPER COUNTY.

THE FOUR YOU SEE ACTUALLY WOULD IMPACT US, WHICH IS FOR BEAUFORT.

IT'S A TOTAL OF ABOUT 18.25 MILES OF ROAD. FOR BEAUFORT, IT'S ABOUT 7.57.

WE DID THE PRE-CON MEETING AND ISSUED THE SAME DATE JANUARY 28TH.

THEY'RE ALREADY WORKING ON A LOT OF THESE ROADS, LIKE DETOUR ROAD.

THEY'RE WORKING ON IT. WE HAD TO STOP A LITTLE BIT.

THERE WAS A LITTLE SITUATION WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE BLUE LIGHTS COME OUT THERE AND WORK WITH THE CONTRACTOR. SITUATION WITH GUNS AND THINGS LIKE THAT BEING RIGHT NEAR THE SCHOOL.

SO IN ORDER TO KEEP EVERYBODY SAFE. AND THAT'S OUR MAIN THING TO BE SAFE, BUT GET THE JOB DONE, TOO. WE'LL DO ABOUT TWO WEEKS TO HAVE BLUE LIGHTS THERE BEHIND THEM WHILE THEY'RE ACTUALLY WORKING TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE SAFE.

NEXT SLIDE. AND THESE ARE THE FOUR AREAS THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

NEXT TIME I COME, I'LL BREAK THEM OUT EACH INDIVIDUALLY. HAVE SOME NOTES ON THERE.

SO YOU CAN SEE IT A LITTLE BIT BETTER. BUT THESE ARE THE FOUR THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

YOU CAN SEE THAT'S GOING TO BE CREATING SOME HAVOC WITH US.

278. THAT'S CORRECT. AND THE GOOD THING IS AN INTERESTING PROJECT.

YEP. AND BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME PROVISIONS THERE FOR LANE CLOSURE ON 278.

SUNDAY THROUGH SATURDAY FROM 6 A.M. TO 10 P.M..

THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO DO THAT WORK OUT THERE AS YOU KNOW, IS HIGHLY CONGESTED.

BUT FOR THE 14 ISLAND ROAD, THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING AN EIGHT INCH PHILADELPHIA PATCH WITH A MILLING FIELD AND COME BACK WITH SURFACE CASTLE HALL ROAD.

THEY'RE GOING TO DO A FULL DEPTH PATCHING OUT THERE, TWO FOOT WIDENING AND COME BACK WITH SURFACE DETAIL ROAD.

I WAS OUT THERE CHECKING IT OUT. THEY'RE NOT DOING ANY WIDENING. IF YOU'VE EVER GONE OUT THERE, IT'S PRETTY NARROW IN TERMS OF THE STREETS.

BUT THE OTHER PART OF IT, PART ONE, THEY'RE NOT WIDENING.

THE SECOND PART, THEY ARE GOING TO WIDEN TWO FOOT WIDENING AND IT'S GOING TO BE CMP AND THEY'LL COME BACK WITH SURFACE.

AND THEN FOR FIRST BOULEVARD AND SPANISH POINT, THEY'RE GOING TO DO AN EIGHT INCH ON THE FIRST PART PHILADELPHIA PATCH ONE INCH MILL.

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AND ON THE THIRD SECTION THEY'RE GOING TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF SPOT LEVELING WITH EIGHT INCH FULL DEPTH PATCH AND THEN COME BACK OVER ALL SECTIONS WITH SURFACE STREET. EXCUSE ME, THE FLOATING ISLAND PART THAT'S FROM MOSS CREEK TO IS THAT AM I RIGHT ON THAT MOSS CREEK TO LOOK AT THIS.

RIGHT. THE FLOATING ISLAND PIECE STARTS AT NUMBER SIX IS MOSS CREEK.

THAT'S CORRECT. IS WHERE YOU SEE ONE. I COULDN'T SEE IT ANYWAY.

IT'S NOT LIKE THE ROUNDABOUT 17. YEAH. RIGHT AROUND 17.

THE MOSS CREEK. OKAY. CORRECT. BUT THE NEXT TIME WHEN I HAVE IT, IT'LL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE BLOWN UP TO WHERE YOU CAN KIND OF SEE A LITTLE MORE IN DETAIL.

ONE OF THE THINGS I MENTIONED TO THE CHAIRMAN THAT I'M GOING TO DO IS ONE OF THE LAST SLIDES I'LL HAVE IS A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A SUMMARY THAT A BREAKOUT, EACH OF THE CONTRACTS THAT YOU THAT YOU SEE. I'LL LIST SOME OF THE ROADS THAT PERTAIN TO THAT FOR BEAUFORT COUNTY.

I'LL HAVE WHAT THE CONTRACT AMOUNT IS PERCENT COMPLETE BY THE CONTRACT IN TERMS OF THE ACTUAL PROJECT AND WHETHER A STATE FUNDED CTC FUNDED OR FEDERAL.

SO THAT WAY TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE. AS WE GO THROUGH THE SLIDES, YOU KIND OF LOSE SOME AS YOU GET TO THE END, BUT I'LL HAVE MORE OF A SUMMARY IN THE BACK.

SO THAT WAY I THINK IT'S THE REAL PIECE THAT YOU REALLY LOOK AT. SO THANK YOU.

THIS WAS, I BELIEVE HE SAID WAS $70 MILLION WORTH OF WORK.

YES. CORRECT. YEAH. THE OVERALL FOR THAT CONTRACT IS ABOUT $18 MILLION, BUT FOR THE BEAUFORT COUNTY IS A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN THAT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE THE FOUR ROADS AND JASPER HAS THE OTHER FIVE.

YES. SO USE OF A DETOUR ROAD DID NOT GO WIDE WITH ALL THE BUSSES COMING THROUGH THERE.

YEAH. THE ROAD IS KIND OF NARROW, RIGHT? THE ONLY PART THEY'RE DOING IS THAT FIRST PART IS THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY WIDENING, BUT THE PART FROM THE SCHOOL GOING OUT TO THE N-WORD HITS THE MAIN LINE.

THEY'RE GOING TO DO A TWO FOOT WIDENING OUT THERE, WHICH THEY'VE ALREADY WIDENED IT ALREADY BY TWO FOOT. YEAH. SO SO WITH THE WAY THEY'RE WIDENING, I GUESS IT'S JUST GOING TO MATCH BACK UP WITH THE PART THAT THEY'RE NOT WIDENING. OKAY. SO OKAY.

THANK YOU. YEAH YOU'RE RIGHT IT IS PRETTY NARROW.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. WE APPRECIATE YOUR UPDATE.

THANK YOU. THANKS, TRACY. RUSTY WE'LL START WITH DIRT ROADS.

[5.B. DIRT ROAD PROJECT UPDATE (#55)]

DIRT ROADS 55 DOLPHIN WATCH. THE ENGINEERS ARE WORKING THROUGH THE COMMENTS.

THE D.O.T. HAS. THE PERMITS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED? FINAL PLANS COMPLETION. THIS WAS LAST WEEK, SO IT'S ABOUT A WEEK AWAY.

WE SHOULD HAVE THE FINAL PLANS AND HIRES. IS GOING TO START THE EROSION CONTROL ABOUT APRIL 1ST TO GET THAT TIME FRAME.

GET THOSE. GET THAT STARTED. LEO GREEN ENGINEERS FINISHING UP THE PLANS AS WELL.

THEY'LL CALL FOR UTILITY COORDINATION THIS WEEK.

DAVIS AND FLOYD IS WORKING ON THE TREE PLAN, AND DOT PERMIT HAS BEEN RECEIVED ON THAT ONE AS WELL.

JAMES D WASHINGTON WILL BE THE THIRD ONE AFTER THAT.

WE ALSO HAVE THE PERMIT THERE, AND ENGINEERS ARE WORKING ON SOME COMMENTS FROM THE NOI FROM DEC.

YES, SIR. IT'S ON THE LIST. WE'RE GOING TO DO IT, AND IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE THE END OF SUMMER.

PROBABLY. I HOPE I DIDN'T JUMP IN ON YOUR QUESTION, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT ON IT.

THAT'S IT. YOU'RE RIGHT ON IT. OKAY. YES, SIR.

IT'S GOING TO BE DONE BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THERE WAS IF YOU LOOK AT LAST YEAR.

YEAH, THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT DECEMBER. RIGHT.

I HAD A CALL TODAY FROM MR. JENKINS ASKING ABOUT IT TOO.

SO. OKAY. YES, SIR. WE'RE ONLINE. WE'RE ONLINE TO GET HER DONE.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY, WE'LL MOVE DOWN. I DO HAVE A QUESTION ON THE DIRT ROADS.

WHAT'S THE PROCEDURE NOW? TO PUT IN IF YOU HAVE A DIRT ROAD THAT WANTS TO BE PAVED.

I MEAN, WHAT IS THE PROCEDURE? WELL, IT'S GOING TO START WITH GETTING RIGHT AWAY FROM ALL THE OWNERS.

IF IT'S A DIRT ROAD OR IS IT A COUNTY ROAD? IS IT A PRIVATE ROAD? IT'S A COUNTY ROAD. IT'S A COUNTY ROAD. WELL THEN THAT'S GOING TO BE PART OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS WHEN WE GO.

I MEAN TO GET THAT. NO, I THINK I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE HEADED WITH THE QUESTION.

IF YOU RECALL, ENGINEERING DID A FIVE YEAR PLAN FOR DIRT ROADS.

AND EACH OF THOSE PROJECT 5455 I THINK IT STOPS AT 58, I THINK WAS THE FIVE YEAR PLAN IN WHICH YOU'RE WORKING FOR.

AND IT'S FUN. FUN, CONTROLLED. SO THE ROADS THAT ARE DOWNWIND WE CAN BRING AND I'LL ASK YOU TO DO THAT AT THE NEXT AT THE NEXT MEETING, BRING 56, 57 AND 58. I KNOW THAT IT WAS ALL TOTAL OF FIVE YEARS AND WHERE THAT FIVE YEAR STARTED, BUT IT RUNS OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD. SO THEY HAD DONE A COMPLETE ANALYSIS OF ALL THE DIRT ROADS THAT ARE LEFT.

THERE'S ONLY LIKE 65 MILES OF DIRT ROAD, 66 MILES OF DIRT ROAD LEFT IN BEAUFORT COUNTY.

AND IF MY MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECTLY, 54 MILES OF IT HAVE ISSUES, MEANING THEY DON'T WANT PEOPLE,

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I THINK THERE'S ONLY PROBABLY NO MORE THAN 12 OR 14 MILES OF DIRT ROADS THAT THE COUNTY CAN EVEN TAKE ACTION ON AND PAVE.

SO IS THAT KIND OF WHERE YOU WERE HEADED WITH YOUR QUESTION? I MEAN, CAN YOU CLARIFY SOME OF IT? BUT I HAVE I HAVE TURNED IN AN AUTHORIZATION FOR THE DIRT ROAD.

I MEAN, PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED AND SAID, HEY, I WANT MY DIRT ROAD PAVED.

WELL, I THINK THAT'S WHAT WHAT I ASKED FOR. WE'LL GET THE OUT YEARS TO LOOK AT.

AND IT'S BASICALLY IT'S FUN DRIVEN. THEY'RE USING THEY USE THE TAG FUNDS TO, TO FUND THIS.

AND MY AGAIN, IF MY MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECTLY TAG FUNDS GENERATE ABOUT A MILLION AND A HALF A YEAR.

2 MILLION. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, IT COSTS ABOUT A MILLION AND A QUARTER TO PAVE TWO LANES OF DIRT ROAD. SO YOU'RE GETTING ABOUT A MILE A YEAR IF FUNDS ARE WHEN THE FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE, THAT'S THAT'S HOW IT'S LIMITED.

SO THEY'RE SPENDING THE TAG FUNDS ON IT. BECAUSE I TURN IN THE RIGHT OF WAY TO PATTY.

THAT'S PATTY. RIGHT. AND SHE'S GETTING READY TO RETIRE. THAT'S RIGHT.

YEAH. AND THE WAY SHE TOLD ME IS LIKE AND I DIDN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND.

I WAS WAITING FOR BRIAN TO TALK TO BRIAN. SHE SEEMED LIKE WE DON'T NEED TO USE HER RIGHT AWAY ANYMORE.

THAT'S WHAT SHE WAS. SHE WAS KIND OF, LIKE, EXPLAINED TO ME. AND I'M LIKE, WAIT, NOW THIS DON'T SOUND RIGHT. THAT DOESN'T SOUND RIGHT. NO. IT DIDN'T. SO I DON'T KNOW IF SHE'S IN THEIR RETIREMENT MODE OR WHAT. YOU KNOW, I'M TELLING THE TRUTH NOW.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE THING. I WAS WAITING ON BRIAN TO TALK TO BRIAN BECAUSE I TURNED IN FOR OLD BAILEY CIRCLE. I GOT THE RIGHT AWAY FROM ALL THE CUSTOMERS THAT'S ON THAT ROAD.

AND SO WE'LL HAVE AT OUR NEXT MEETING THE OUT YEARS OF THE PROGRAM AND LOOKING AT WHAT WE CAN DO AND WHAT WE CAN'T DO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I MADE A NOTE TO PUT TO SHORE THAT'S ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT TIME, BECAUSE I WENT THROUGH THE SAME THING AND I WAS TOLD THE SAME THING.

SO SHE'S A SHORT TIMER. WE'LL JUST HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO KEEP HER.

WE'LL TAKE CARE OF IT. ALRIGHT, WE'RE UP TO NUMBER.

SEE YOU. EIGHT RESURFACING AND PRESERVATION. THAT'S.

[5.C. CTC RESURFACING AND PRESERVATION PROJECTS (Year 8)]

I JUST PUT A NOTE ON THERE THAT SAID APPROXIMATELY 8.6 MILES OF BUFORD COUNTY ROAD AND 3.78 MILES OF DOT ROADS THAT WE'RE DOING THAT IN THAT YEAR OR THIS YEAR.

YOU CAN SEE THE ROADS LISTED ON THE NEXT SLIDE.

THOSE ARE ACTUALLY REJUVENATED ROADS. I DIDN'T I CAN BRING A LIST NEXT WEEK.

NEXT TIME IF YOU WANT A LIST OF THOSE. YES PLEASE DO.

OKAY. AND IT ALSO HELPS TO SHOW THE PROGRAMING TO FOLLOW AS THEY'RE BEING ACCOMPLISHED.

SURE. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN NEXT SLIDE IS ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT.

ALL RIGHT. AND THEN THAT THE REJUVENATOR REJUVENATOR.

[5.D. CTC PAVEMENT REJUVENATOR UPDATE (Year 8)]

NO, I HAD A NOTE ON THE BOTTOM. I WANT TO SAY IT'S 20, 24 MILES.

I THINK IT WAS QUITE A NUMBER OF MILES. 24 MILES.

I HAD IT WRITTEN ON MY OLD ONE, AND I REPRINTED THEM.

IT WAS RIGHT AROUND 24 MILES. THAT'S TOUCHING A BUNCH OF ROADS.

WE HAVE DONE LISTINGS, AND I'VE ASKED BRIAN TO KEEP A RUNNING TOTAL OF THE MILES OF ROADS WE'VE TOUCHED.

AND WE'RE OVER. WE'RE APPROACHING 150 MILES OF ROADS WE'VE TOUCHED IN BEAUFORT COUNTY IN THE LAST EIGHT YEARS.

SEVEN YEARS. SO A LOT TO BE SAID FOR THAT. THESE ROADS INCLUDE THE ROADS WE DID LAST TWO YEARS, AND THEN EVERY FIVE YEARS WE'RE GOING TO REJUVENATE FROM THAT AFTER THAT FIRST TWO YEARS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANY QUESTIONS FOR RUSTY? ALL RIGHT.

MOVING ALONG. LET'S GO TO ITEM E.

[5.E. SC 170 & TRIANGLE UPDATE]

CHAIR AND COMMITTEE. SO NOT A WHOLE LOT TO UPDATE ON TRIANGLE ON THE SC 170 TRIANGLE.

HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY'S DRIVEN THROUGH THERE AND SEEN OUR, OUR SIGNS, OUR CANTILEVER SIGNS BOTH OFF EXITING 278, GETTING ONTO THE RAMP. SO JUST A PSA ANNOUNCEMENT.

THERE ARE TWO LANES YOU CAN EXIT OFF OF THAT.

AND THERE'S TWO LANES ALL THE WAY DOWN THAT RAMP.

AND THEN YOU CAN DECIDE WHETHER YOU'RE GOING NORTH OR SOUTH ON 170.

AND THE SAME THING PSA ANNOUNCEMENT. IF YOU'RE DRIVING SOUTHBOUND ON 170 AND THAT CANTILEVER THERE RIGHT PAST ZAXBY'S, LET'S, YOU KNOW, GO AHEAD AND GET IN THAT RIGHT LANE.

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THEN THAT IS FREE FLOW LANE. ONLY TIME YOU HAVE TO STOP IS WHEN WE HAVE A LEFT TURN GOING NORTHBOUND OR NORTHBOUND ON 170, TRYING TO GET WESTBOUND ON 278. SO ALL IN ALL, WHAT WE ARE DOING, BRIAN IS WORKING TO COLLECT SOME DATA FROM PRE AND POST SO WE CAN REALLY SHOW THE DIFFERENCE. I THINK WE ALL DRIVE IT AND FEEL THE DIFFERENCE.

THAT'S BEEN OUR BEST SHORT TERM PROJECT THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH HERE RECENTLY TO DATE.

AND SO GLAD THAT CTC AND THE COUNTY AND EVERYBODY WHO'S BEEN INVOLVED IN THAT PROJECT.

SO AS FAR AS THE REST OF THE TRIANGLE, THE ONLY THING THAT I CAN OFFER AS AN UPDATE IS THE COUNTY.

BEAUFORT COUNTY SALES TAX FAILED, AS WE'RE ALL AWARE, IN NOVEMBER.

BUT JASPER COUNTY'S PASSED, AND TOGETHER WE WERE GOING TO ATTACK THE TRIANGLE AS A GROUP PROJECT.

NOW THAT WE ONLY HAVE ONE SIDE OF THE FUNDS AND NOT BOTH SIDES.

PART OF THEIR PROGRAM HAD FOR ARGENT BOULEVARD, I BELIEVE IT WAS 50 SOME MILLION DOLLARS FOR ARGENT BOULEVARD.

AND THEN WE WERE GOING TO HAVE THE OTHER KIND OF TWO QUADRANTS, TWO ROADS IN OUR PROGRAM TOGETHER.

THEY ARE MAKING PLANS. THEY HAVE A COMMITTEE INSIDE OF THEIR SALES TAX, AND THAT COMMITTEE IS PRIORITIZING THE EXPENDITURE OF THOSE FUNDS.

AND ARGENT BOULEVARD IS BEING DISCUSSED, AND TO MOVE THAT FORWARD, THEIR DISCUSSION POINT THAT THEY HAVE TO DECIDE IS WHETHER TO FEDERALIZE IT OR NOT.

AND IF THEY FEDERALIZE IT, THEN THAT'S GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS AND UTILIZING LAPS AND THEN GOING THROUGH DOT THROUGH A LENGTHIER PROCESS.

BUT IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THERE WILL BE MORE FUNDS, BUT IT CREATES THE OPPORTUNITY TO RAISE YOUR HAND FOR MORE FEDERAL FUNDS.

IF THEY DO NOT DO THAT, AND YOU'VE KIND OF GOT TO DECIDE AT THE BEGINNING, THEN IT WILL BE LOCAL FUNDS, AND THE ONLY FUNDS THAT WOULD GO TOWARDS ARGENT BOULEVARD WOULD BE WHAT JASPER COUNTY SALES TAX FUNDED.

SO I THINK YOU BECAUSE JASPER COUNTY IS STILL CONSIDERED RURAL, IT KIND OF MOVES THEM UP ON THE LIST TO BE ABLE TO MAYBE GET FEDERAL FUNDS. AM I NOT CORRECT? IT DOES HELP IN CERTAIN GRANT OPPORTUNITIES.

SO THAT'S THE MEASURE. THEY'RE GOING TO SAVE A LITTLE BIT IN TIME AND JUST HAVING IT AS LOCAL FUNDING.

BUT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE IF THEY NEED MORE FUNDING THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE LESS OPPORTUNITY TO OBTAIN MORE FUNDING IF THEY DON'T.

PRESERVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE IT FEDERALIZED.

SO THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE CONTEMPLATING RIGHT NOW.

DAVID, WOULD THAT MEAN IF THEY IF THEY FEDERALIZE IT? JARED. WOULD THAT MEAN THAT THEY COULD DO COULD THEY GO TO OTHER THE OTHER PARTS THAT.

BEAUFORT COUNTY WAS GOING TO DO THEY OWN LIKE THE NORTH OF THAT ROAD.

RIGHT. WELL, SO THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH JASPER COUNTY.

HARDEEVILLE IS ALL OF ARGENT BOULEVARD. AND THEN 170 IS THE THE COUNTY LINE.

AND AND STEPHANIE CAN PROBABLY ANSWER THIS BETTER THAN I CAN.

SO THE WHAT WAS CONCEIVED IN THE IN THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN WITH LATS IS THE TRIANGLE AS A UNIT PROJECT.

AND SO THAT WE WOULD DO THE DESIGN AND THE PLANNING FOR ALL OF IT.

IF THEY DECIDE TO GO A DIFFERENT ROUTE, THEN THAT, AS IT'S CONCEIVED, WILL HAVE TO BE UPDATED AND IT WILL HAVE TO BE SEGMENTED.

NOW, COULD THEY DO THEM ALL AT THE SAME TIME? POTENTIALLY. BUT ONCE THEY SEGMENT IT, THEN IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS.

BUT MY QUESTION WAS CAN AND MAYBE YOU ANSWERED IT, BUT I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND.

CAN THEY. THEY'VE GOT ARGENT BOULEVARD. COULD THEY.

IF THEY GOT FEDERAL FUNDS COULD THEY DO SOME OF THE OTHER PARTS OF THE TRIANGLE.

YEAH. I MEAN THEY'RE NOT DEPENDENT ON, ON BEAUFORT COUNTY.

THE ONLY THING THAT'S DEPENDENT IS WHEN YOU'RE PRIORITIZING FEDERAL FUNDS, YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE REASONABLE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS OF THE NEXT PHASE OF WHATEVER THE PROJECT IS. AND SO IF THEY WANT TO DO THE THE 170 LEG OF THAT, AND THEY DO TWO OUT OF THREE LEGS, THEY WOULD NEED TO HAVE THE FULL MEASURE TO DO THAT.

THANKS. YEP. YES, SIR. WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU COME OFF 170 WHERE IT'S NOT THE LIGHT, YOU'RE COMING OFF ONTO 170.

YOU GOT THE STOP SIGN, YOU GOT TO TAKE THE LEFT OR YOU'VE GOT A YIELD SIGN.

WAS THERE ANY. THERE ISN'T ANY MERGE GOING ON THERE.

THAT'S YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. DESCRIBE WHERE YOU ARE EXACTLY WHERE ON ONE SIDE COMING OFF ON FLOATING ISLAND HEADED TOWARDS YOU AND DIRECTION TO HILTON HEAD.

OKAY. AND SO YOU COME OFF THE RIGHT SIDE ONTO 170.

YOU GOT THE STOP SIGN WHERE YOU GOT TO TAKE THE KIND OF DANGEROUS LEFT.

YEP. BUT THEN ON THE RIGHT, YOU'VE GOT TO YIELD.

BUT THERE'S NO THERE'S NO SPACE THERE. YEAH. SO IT'S NOT A YIELD AND ACCELERATION LANE.

IT'S JUST A RIGHT. IT'S KIND OF A FRONT. IT'S KIND OF LIKE A STOP SIGN.

THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH. NO I UNDERSTAND. I LEARNED THAT THE HARD WAY.

THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSIONS AT LOOKING AT SOME OTHER IMPROVEMENTS THERE.

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WELL, ALL THAT'S WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY. SO ALL THAT IN THE RAMP AREA IS DOT RIGHT OF WAY.

SO IF THERE WAS A FUTURE PROJECT RIGHT OF WAY, MORE THAN LIKELY WOULD NOT BE THE ISSUE IF THERE WAS AN INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT THERE.

AND THEN THE WE WERE GOING TO DO WHERE YOU GO DOWN AND DO THE LOOP AND COME.

IS THAT STILL? WELL, SO YOU DO HAVE IF YOU TAKE A RIGHT FROM WHERE YOU'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT AND YOU HEAD SOUTH ON 170.

AND COMING OUT OF OK BOULEVARD SOUTH, WHERE THE FOOD LINE COMES TO 170.

YOU HAVE TO TURN RIGHT NOW, AND THEN YOU GO DOWN AND YOU MAKE THE U-TURN.

SO IF YOU'RE AT THAT STOP SIGN AND YOU DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE MAKING THE LEFT TO GO NORTH, YOU CAN TAKE THE RIGHT AND THEN GO DOWN THE ROAD AND MAKE THAT U-TURN TO HEAD BACK IN THAT DIRECTION.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. YOU'RE DIALED UP FOR THE NEXT ITEM, TOO.

[5.F. HILTON HEAD BRIDGES UPDATE]

SO THIS ONE IS ACTUALLY HAS A DECENT UPDATE TO PROVIDE EVERY TWO MONTHS.

YOU NEVER KNOW WHERE THE PROJECT IS TO GIVE YOU GUYS AN UPDATE, BUT THIS ONE IS ACTUALLY IN A IN A PRETTY GOOD LOCATION.

AT LEAST I THINK SO IS WHAT'S TRANSPIRED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS IS ESSENTIALLY, WE HAD A RESPONSE THAT'S DUE BACK TO THE STATE BY MARCH 31ST.

SO COMING VERY CLOSELY. AND WE HAVE $190 MILLION SHORTFALL.

AND WHAT WERE WE GOING TO DO WITH THAT PROJECT.

SO THE DISCUSSION HAS BEEN THERE HASN'T BEEN AN APPETITE AT LOCAL, EITHER THE COUNTY OR THE TOWN TO FUND FIND THE FUNDING OUTSIDE OF SALES TAX.

AND SO WHAT CAN WE GET DONE WITH THE $300 MILLION THAT WE DO HAVE? AND SO THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION AT COUNTY COUNCIL AND TOWN COUNCIL TO DEVELOP THAT PLAN.

WITH THE HELP OF OUR STATE DELEGATION AND DOT, AND WE HAVE DEVELOPED AND AGREED ON A PLAN.

WE, BEING THE COUNTY AND TOWN IN A JOINT RESOLUTION, AGREED ON A REDEFINED, SCALED DOWN PROJECT THAT WE ARE PETITIONING BACK TO THE STATE AND SAYING WE WOULD LIKE TO KEEP ALL OF THE $300 MILLION, THE $120 MILLION GRANT FROM THE STATE DOT FUNDS AND THE COUNTY FUNDS TO DELIVER THIS SCALED DOWN VERSION OF A PROJECT. IT'S NOT THE FULL SIX LANE BRIDGE THAT WE HAD ENVISIONED, BUT IT DOES ADDRESS A LOT OF THE CONCERNS SPECIFICALLY WITH THE THE STATE OF THE ONE SPAN THAT'S IN POOR SHAPE GOING ACROSS ON THE EASTBOUND 278. SO THE REDEFINED PROJECT IS A THREE LANE EASTBOUND BRIDGE THAT GOES FROM MAINLAND ALL THE WAY DIRECTLY TO JENKINS ISLAND. AND THEN AT THE END AND ESSENTIALLY IT'S A BRIDGE REPLACEMENT GOING ON THE EASTBOUND LANES.

IT WILL BE SIZED FOR THREE LANES, BUT ONCE IT'S CONSTRUCTED, BECAUSE WE WON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO DO THE ROAD PORTION, IT WILL BE STRIPED AS TWO LANES. IF THERE'S A FUTURE ROAD PROJECT, THEN IT WOULD BE READY TO RECEIVE THREE LANES.

WE DON'T HAVE TO BUILD IT. THE BRIDGE IS DESIGNED FOR A 75 YEAR LIFESPAN, SO THAT'S THE THOUGHT OF BUILD FOR TOMORROW AND WITH THE FUNDS THAT YOU HAVE TODAY.

SO THAT IS BEING SUBMITTED. WE HAVE A MEETING NEXT WEEK WITH THE STATE INFRASTRUCTURE BANK, THE COUNTY DOES AND THE TOWN AND DOT TO TALK ABOUT OUR PROPOSED PLAN.

AND THEN WE WILL MAKE AN OFFICIAL SUBMITTAL OF THAT PLAN TO THEM.

AT THAT POINT, IT WILL BE THE THE STATE INFRASTRUCTURE BANK'S RESPONSE, YES OR NO TO OUR PROPOSED PLAN.

IF IT'S A YES, VOTE FROM THEM. WE HAVE THE PROJECT FUNDING INTACT.

THEN WE SAY DOT, PLEASE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT.

THIS IS THE PROJECT AND THEY'LL GET GOING. IF IT'S A NO VOTE OR SOMETHING LESS THAN THE $120 MILLION, AND WE DON'T HAVE THAT $300 MILLION, IT'LL HAVE TO COME BACK TO COUNTY COUNCIL AND TOWN COUNCIL TO DECIDE.

AND OR IT MAY TURN IN DIRECTLY TO A DOT RAN LED PROJECT TO REPLACE THE ONE SINGLE SPAN BY ITSELF WITHOUT A BIGGER PROJECT. SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. LIKE I SAID, MOSTLY POSITIVE, AT LEAST LOCALLY.

WE'RE IN AGREEMENT NOW. WE'VE GOT TO GO MAKE THE ASK TO THE STATE.

QUESTIONS I'M MISSING. CRAIG. CRAIG USUALLY HAS A QUESTION ON IT.

VERY GOOD. THANKS SO MUCH. AND I HAVE ONE OTHER THING TO OFFER.

IF YOU IF YOU BEAR WITH ME. JUST SOME. WE HAD A COUNCIL WORKSHOP YESTERDAY.

COUNTY COUNCIL. THE DISCUSSION FOCUSED AROUND TRANSPORTATION PRIMARILY AND THEN SOME OTHER THINGS.

THE FIRST WAS THE 2018 SALES TAX. JUST LIKE THE BRIDGE HAS MORE PROJECT THAN IT HAS MONEY.

SO DO THE OTHER TWO PROJECTS THAT WERE IN THE PROGRAM.

AND WHAT CAN WE DO TO BRING THOSE PROJECTS TO RESOLUTION.

SO THERE WAS DISCUSSION FOCUSED AROUND THAT. I ENCOURAGE YOU IF YOU WANT TO.

THERE'S INFORMATION THAT WE SHARED AS FAR AS THE DETAILS OF OUR EXPENDITURES TO DATE, AS WELL AS RECORDING OF THAT,

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THERE WILL BE SOME MORE DISCUSSION AROUND THAT. BUT AS FAR AS TRANSPORTATION, THOSE WERE KIND OF THE TWO COMPONENTS.

HOW DO WE WRAP UP THAT SALES TAX AND WHAT DO WE NEED.

LOOKING AHEAD. SO THAT THAT SALES TAX IS TARGETED FOR 2026 OR 2028.

WELL, WHAT WOULD BE A FUTURE SALES TAX. THE EARLIEST WOULD BE 26 WOULD BE THE AVAILABLE OPPORTUNITY.

AND THAT WAS WHERE THE DISCUSSION KIND OF WE WE HAD DISCUSSION.

THERE'S INTEREST. WHAT IT IS WHEN IT IS, IS STILL TO BE DETERMINED.

IS IT WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE THAT THE REMAINDER OF WHAT WOULD NEED TO BE DONE ON THE BRIDGES AND ON THE CORRIDOR PROJECT BE LUMPED INTO THE 2026? IT COULD BE LOOKED AT. SO THE WAY THE BRIDGE IS SET UP NOW IS ESSENTIALLY A PHASED PROJECT.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE SIX LANES, ALL THE DATA THAT WE HAVE THROUGH THE LAST EIGHT YEARS ON THE 278 PROJECT ISN'T WASTED DATA.

WE STILL NEED SIX LANES REGARDLESS, AND WE ONLY HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO BUILD THREE LANES.

SO THAT COULD BE A PROPOSED PROJECT IN A FUTURE SALES TAX.

NOT GUARANTEED, BUT IT COULD BE. IT WOULD MAKE SENSE FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.

AND WE'VE HAD OPENLY HAD THIS CONVERSATION BEFORE.

THE SALES TAX I THINK, HAD TOO MANY UNKNOWNS ON IT.

POTS OF MONEY SET ASIDE WITHOUT REALLY PROJECTS BEING DEFINED.

AND I THINK THE COMMUNITY WOULD BE MORE WILLING TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF FUNDING THE REST OF THE THREE MORE LANES FOR THE BRIDGE AND MORE CLEARLY DEFINED PROJECTS. BUT THAT'S WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN BETWEEN THE COUNCIL NEEDS TO DECIDE AND ALONG WITH THE COMMITTEE THAT WAS FORMED TO LOOK INTO THIS.

WELL, THE ONLY THING I OFFER TO YOU GUYS IS Y'ALL ARE A VERY EDUCATED GROUP ON COMMUNITY NEEDS AS FAR AS TRANSPORTATION.

SO WE ALL WORK AT THE PLEASURE OF THE COUNCIL.

SO IF YOU HAVE THOUGHTS, THEY'RE THERE TO LISTEN.

THEY'RE IN LISTENING MODE RIGHT NOW. SO ONE MORE QUESTION.

ARE YOU STILL LOOKING AT 2027, LATE 2027 FOR A BID DATE? THAT'S RIGHT. YES. SO WITH THE REPACKAGED PLAN, THE GOAL IS TO HAVE A PROJECT OUT TO BID ON THE 278 AT THE END OF 2027.

YES. FURTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU MUCH, CHAIR.

ALL RIGHT, RUSTY I'M PINCH HIT FOR BRIAN I SEE.

ALL RIGHT. THE 502,082 PROGRAM AMT HAS COMPLETED AND PROVIDED US WITH THE THE YEAR TWO 582 500

[5.G. UPDATE STATUS 500-2000 ADT PROGRAM]

WE HAVE THE PLANS, BUT WE'RE WAITING ON THE REPORT FROM AMT TO REVIEW AND DISCUSS THOSE WITH D.O.T.

TO MAKE SURE WE CAN CONTINUE ON WITH THAT. AND THESE WILL BE PART OF THE YEAR NINE BEAUFORT COUNTY RESURFACING PROGRAM TO HELP YOU PUT EVERYBODY PUT THAT INTO PERSPECTIVE. WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE HAD OUR FIRST FIVE YEAR PLAN.

WE PUT OUR SECOND FIVE YEAR PLAN IN PLACE. AND YEAR NINE, IT WAS DECIDED THAT WE WOULD GO BACK AND RELOOK AT OUR ROADS AGAIN, THOSE THAT'S BEEN OUR PLANS FOR SOME TIME. THAT WAY WE'RE ABLE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT WHAT WE'VE BEEN.

WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED THE NOT ONLY WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED, BUT THE THINGS THAT HAVE REALLY WORKED WELL, THE THINGS THAT HAVEN'T WORKED WELL. AND BY DOING THAT, WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH OUR NEXT FIVE YEAR PROGRAM.

SO WE'LL HAVE YEARS TEN THROUGH 15. BUT CUP TIED INTO THAT IS BECAUSE WE STARTED THE 500 TO 2000 ADT AT A DIFFERENT TIME AND A 0 TO 500. ADT AT DIFFERENT TIMES.

WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET THESE ALL MERGED TOGETHER IN YEAR NINE SO THAT THEY'RE RUNNING ON THE SAME TIME SCHEDULE, RATHER THAN RUNNING IT AT DIFFERENT TIME SCHEDULES, SO IT'LL SOLVE PROBLEMS IN BIDDING.

IT WILL SOLVE PROBLEMS OF WHEN THE WORK IS OUT.

IT JUST MAKES THE WHOLE PERFORMANCE MUCH CLEANER, AND IT'LL BE BETTER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE OUR PROJECT, MANAGE THE PROJECTS AND SEE WHERE WE'RE GOING IN THE FUTURE. SO THAT'S KIND OF THE TEMPLATE WE'RE TRYING TO WORK THROUGH.

AND I PUT A SIDE NOTE THERE THAT THE WE HAVE THE NEW PAVEMENT EVALUATION, THAT REQUEST IS IS UP FOR SOLICITATION HAS BEEN PUBLISHED.

AND THAT CLOSES ON APRIL 8TH FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR'S SURVEY.

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ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. LAST ITEM. BLUFFTON PARKWAY IN 278.

[5.H. BLUFFTON PARKWAY RESURFACING AND 278]

WE'RE WAITING ON EXECUTED CONTRACT IN ORDER TO GET THE POA EXPECTED START DATE SOON AFTER WE GET THE POA.

THIS WILL HELP TIE INTO WHAT TRACY'S BEEN WORKING ON IN 278.

WE'RE TRYING TO CLOSE THE GAP FROM BOTH ENDS AND TRYING TO GET 278 RESURFACED.

YEAH, AND IN BLUFFTON PARKWAY, SAME THING. COUNTY COUNCIL HAS APPROVED THAT RESURFACING AT THE LAST MEETING.

WE'RE WAITING ON THE EXECUTED CONTRACT. AND THAT WILL COME RIGHT AFTER 278.

OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. RUSTY. YES, SIR.

THANK YOU. NEW BUSINESS. I ASKED STEPHANIE TO COME TO TODAY'S MEETING.

[Items 6.A. & 6.B.]

SO THIS IS KIND OF AN INTRODUCTION TO CALL 101.

OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. FIRST OF ALL, I HAVE A LOT OF WORDS ON THESE SLIDES, AND I PROMISE YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT ONE.

I PROMISE NOT TO READ THEM ALL. THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION, OR LATS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PLANNING FOR THE FEDERAL DOLLARS THAT COME TO OUR REGION. AND ONE OF OUR CORE PRODUCTS IS DOING A LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, AND THAT IS A 20 YEAR LOOK OR BLUEPRINT TRANSPORTATION BLUEPRINT FOR OUR REGION.

WE LAST UPDATED IT IN 2022, AND THEN ONCE THAT LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN IS COMPLETED, IT'S UPDATED EVERY FIVE YEARS. IT'S AMENDED OR CORRECTED HERE AND THERE, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, WE DON'T. WE'RE ABOUT TO LAUNCH INTO UPDATING IN OUR NEW OUR NEXT ONE THAT WOULD BE DUE IN 2027.

IT'S ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF PROCESS TO GO THROUGH THAT.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE DO REAL QUICKLY. THERE'S A LOT OF PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT DATA INVOLVED AND A LOT OF INPUT FROM OUR STAKEHOLDERS. SO ONCE WE HAVE THAT LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, WE WANT TO PROGRAM THOSE HIGH PRIORITY RANKED PROJECTS THROUGH THE VERY LIMITED FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION DOLLARS THAT WE RECEIVE THROUGH LATS, WE RECEIVE $8.5 MILLION ANNUALLY.

THAT MONEY CAN BUILD UP. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE USE OR LOSE WITHIN ONE YEAR.

WE CAN KIND OF ROLL IT INTO THE NEXT YEAR FOR IF WE WANT TO USE IT TOWARDS A LARGER PROJECT PER SAY.

FOR EXAMPLE, US 17 WAS A PROJECT FUNDED BETWEEN ACOG AND LATS, AND THAT WAS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT OF SAVING UP SEVERAL YEARS WORTH OF THESE DOLLARS THAT WERE COMING IN. IN FACT, WE ACTUALLY BORROWED AHEAD A LITTLE BIT.

WE'VE COME OUT OF THAT PAYBACK AS OF TWO YEARS AGO, AND WE NOW HAVE FUNDING AVAILABLE.

SO WE HAVE MORE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE BEEN FUNDING BECAUSE US 17 REALLY DOMINATED THE THE FEDERAL DOLLARS THAT WE HAD.

I WAS $56 MILLION, WASN'T IT? YEAH, SOMETHING AROUND THAT.

GINNY PROBABLY COULD SPEAK UP TO THAT. SO THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM IS ONCE WE HAVE THAT LONG RANGE, IT STARTED. IT STARTED OUT AT 9 MILLION. PROJECTS THAT COST INFLATED.

SO ONCE WE HAVE THAT LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, WE START TRYING TO PROGRAM THESE DOLLARS INTO WHAT'S CALLED A TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. AND USUALLY WE JUST SAY TIP. AND THE TIP IS A SHORT TERM PROGRAMING DOCUMENT.

ONCE YOU ACTUALLY HAVE DOLLARS ASSIGNED TO A PROJECT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO START FUNDING.

THE PLAN ITSELF IS GREAT, BUT IT'S VISIONARY UNTIL YOU ACTUALLY APPLY DOLLARS TO IT.

SO YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS A LIST OF THE CURRENT 14 PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE STARTED PROGRAMING WITH THE LATS, FEDERAL DOLLARS THAT HAVE BEEN COMING IN. WE HAVE A FEW.

THESE ARE KIND OF ORGANIZED BY LOCATION, BUT US 321 AND SC 46, WE HAD IDENTIFIED PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING TO ADD IN FOR INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS, AND THAT'S IN JASPER COUNTY, US 17 TO JOHN SMITH AND ACCESS MANAGEMENT PROJECT IN HARDEEVILLE, US 278 WIDENING ARGENT TO I-95. THAT'S JUST PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING.

AND AGAIN JASPER COUNTY. SO WE WERE GOING TO GET TO FOR WHICH JARED ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE TRIANGLE PROJECT.

DEPENDING THIS ONE COULD FLUCTUATE THE WAY IT LOOKS IN THE TIP, DEPENDING ON IF JASPER COUNTY DECIDES TO GO FULLY LOCAL AND ONLY PAY WITH LOCAL DOLLARS, WE CAN RENAME THE PROJECT AND THEN PUSH THE BEAUFORT COUNTY PIECE OUT TO 2027 ISH.

AND THAT WAY IT HAS A PLACEHOLDER IN OUR TIP, AND WE DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS AGAIN.

AND IT'LL STILL BE IN WHAT WE CALL THE STIP, WHICH IS ALL THESE TIPS FOLD INTO THE STATE STATES PROJECT LIST.

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ON JASPER COUNTY SIDE, WE HAVE FUNDING TO DO A PLANNING PROJECT FOR A MULTI USE PATH ALL ALONG SOUTH SC 170, AND THAT WOULD BE THE PART OF THE EAST COAST GREENWAY.

WE HAVE TWO BRIDGE STUDIES OR I'M GOING TO READ THEM OUT OF ORDER.

WE HAVE LADIES ISLANDS BRIDGE STUDY. THERE'S BEEN A CALL AT DIFFERENT TIMES TO LOOK AT A THIRD BRIDGE OPTION.

AND AS WELL AS A HILTON HEAD ISLAND SECOND BRIDGE OPTION, BOTH OF THOSE ARE PLANNED OUT IN 2026 OR AND THEN HILTON HEAD 2027.

I THINK WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE WERE DOING WITH THIS FIRST BRIDGE BEFORE WE STARTED STUDYING A SECOND ONE, AND CONFUSING MATTERS.

SO WE HAVE A COUPLE INTERSECTION PROJECTS THAT WE'RE ALSO DOING ON US 21 AND SC 802.

OH, I'M SORRY, THAT'S MAIN LINE IMPROVEMENTS. EXCUSE ME. THAT'S LADY'S ISLAND REBEL ROAD IMPROVEMENTS.

THIS ONE IS ONE THAT WE HAVE. IT'S ACTUALLY IN, I THINK FY 2025.

WE'RE PUSHING IT OUT A LITTLE FURTHER TO 2027, AGAIN BECAUSE THE PENNY TAX DIDN'T PASS.

SO WE WANT TO KEEP IT AS A PLACEHOLDER IN THE TIP.

BUT WE DON'T HAVE THAT FUNDING SOURCE TO DO THE NEXT STEP.

AS JARED HAD MENTIONED THEN WE DO HAVE NINE AND TEN ARE TWO INTERSECTION PROJECTS THAT WILL BE FULLY FUNDED WITHIN THE FEDERAL DOLLARS THAT LATS HAS AFFORDED TO IT.

SO THERE'S ONE ON US 21 PARRIS ISLAND, GATEWAY AND ROBERT SMALLS, AND THEN US 21 AND SC 128, WHICH IS THE SAVANNAH HIGHWAY. SO BOTH OF THOSE SHOULD BE GOING THIS YEAR.

AND I WILL WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THE DOT PROGRAM OFFICE TO GET THOSE GOING.

BLUFFTON PARKWAY FIVE BE HAS PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING NOTED IN HERE AND THEN THERE'S TWO PROJECTS ON HILTON HEAD THAT ARE A BIT FURTHER OUT IN 2028 AND 2030 TO DO SOME WORK ON THE CROSS ISLAND PARKWAY IN GUMTREE.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THE TIP ALSO INCLUDES OTHER.

YEAH, I WAS WONDERING WHAT THE HECK IS THAT? THAT PROJECT NUMBER SIX LADIES ISLAND BRIDGE STUDY.

NUMBER SIX DOES TO LOOK AT A POSSIBLE THIRD BRIDGE.

WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE, IT WOULD JUST BE A FEASIBILITY STUDY OR A PLANNING LEVEL STUDY.

WE WOULDN'T ACTUALLY BE DESIGNING OR ANYTHING ALONG THOSE LINES.

I THINK THERE'S BEEN SOME WORK DONE IN THE PAST.

YEAH, CORRECT. THIS HAS GOTTEN THE NODS OVER THERE. YEAH, IT WOULD JUST BE UPDATING THAT LOOK.

IT COMES UP PERIODICALLY. THERE'S ALWAYS SOME DESIRE TO FIX THAT CONGESTION ISSUE UP THERE.

THEY'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING TO WOOD MEMORIAL. NO, NO IT WOULD BE A DIFFERENT BRIDGE.

STEPHANIE THE THE FIVE B YEAH. NOT NOT NOT POPULAR.

NO, NOT. SO YOU HAVE 1.2 MILLION. IS IS WHO'S COMMITTING THAT AND WHEN IS IT? IT SAYS DESIGN. IS IT UNDERWAY? NO. SO WE'RE CURRENTLY ACTUALLY DOING I WAS GOING TO GET TO THAT NEXT.

WE'RE DOING A CORRIDOR STUDY RIGHT NOW ON BLUFFTON PARKWAY. THE ENTIRE EXTENT BLUFFTON PARKWAY, NOT JUST LOOKING AT 5G. AND THAT WILL HELP, I THINK, GIVE SOME DIRECTION OR SOME INFORMATION TO THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON FOR THEM TO MAKE A DECISION ON HOW THEY WANT TO MOVE FORWARD, BUT THIS WOULD REALLY BE BASED ON THE COUNTIES, NOT THE COUNTY, NOT WANTING TO SUPPORT 5G.

THIS WOULD BE A BLUFFTON PROJECT, PRIMARILY TO GIVE YOU KIND OF A PICTURE OF HOW THIS GETS PUT TOGETHER.

LATTICE HAS A TECHNICAL COMMITTEE, WHICH I SIT ON THE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE, AND IT'S COMPRISED OF PLANNERS FROM THE VARIOUS MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTY, AND THEY ARE THE ONES THAT ARE BEHIND THE SCENES COMMUNICATING WITH THE MUNICIPALITIES, BUT THE PEOPLE THAT MAKE THE DECISIONS ARE THE ELECTED OFFICIALS.

THEY'RE THE ONES THAT SAY, YES, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.

NO, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO. SO IT'S REALLY TECHNICAL COMMITTEE PROVIDES THE DATA, THE BACKGROUND DATA AND STUFF. STEPHANIE'S A MERCHANT IN THERE THAT PULLS ALL THIS TOGETHER AND POLISHES IT UP AND PRESENTS IT TO THE ELECTED OFFICIALS, AND THEY MAKE THE DECISION AS TO WHAT GOES ON THE TIP AND EVERYTHING ELSE BUT THE SOURCE OF THE FUNDS, SO THAT THAT OFTEN WOULD PAY 1.2 MILLION. IS THAT.

NO. I'M SORRY. SO THEY DID LATS DID APPROVE $1.2 MILLION.

THEY WOULD HAVE TO PAY LOCAL MATCH ON THAT TO DO DESIGN AND PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING ANY PHASE.

AFTER THAT WOULD BE UP TO THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON TO EITHER COME BACK TO LATS AND ASK FOR MONEY.

BUT WE DON'T GET THAT KIND OF THOSE KIND OF DOLLARS NECESSARILY TO FUND A ROAD THAT LARGE, THAT PROJECT THAT LARGE. OR THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME UP WITH THE FUNDING THEMSELVES.

AND THEY ALSO HAVE ANOTHER HURDLE TO GET OVER, WHICH IS THEY WOULD HAVE TO MANAGE THE PROJECT IF THE COUNTY ISN'T GOING TO MANAGE IT AND IT'S NOT A DOT ROAD, SO IT WOULD BE A FULLY LOCAL BE MANAGED AND THEY'D HAVE TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS FOR THAT.

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YOU WOULD STILL SPEND $1.2 MILLION TO DESIGN SOMETHING THAT MAY NOT BE BUILT.

THEY, THEY YEAH, IT'S IT'S NOT A DESIGN. IT'S A STUDY.

OKAY. THERE'S THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE IN THIS AND ALL ALL BEING DONE IS, IS THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE, THE THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE GOING TO FACE BY 2045.

THAT'S THE CURRENT STUDY. YEAH. THAT'S EXACTLY THAT'S EXACTLY THE INTENT OF IT.

THERE'S NO DESIGN BEING PUT IN PLACE OF A ROAD OR ANYTHING ELSE.

THANK YOU. THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THE TIP ALSO INCLUDES DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF PROJECTS.

SO I ASKED SEVERAL OF SCOTT'S PROJECTS. I DID NOT ITEMIZE THEM ALL, BUT THE INTERSTATE PROGRAM.

THIS IS WHERE YOU WOULD FIND I-95 WIDENING. OTHER BRIDGE PROJECTS WOULD BE IDENTIFIED IN OUR TIP SAFETY PROGRAM PROJECTS AS WELL AS PAVING.

PAVING IS IDENTIFIED AS A LUMP SUM AND NOT BY ROADWAY.

ALL TRANSIT FEDERAL TRANSIT FUNDING IS IDENTIFIED.

WE ALSO, WE HOPE, ARE STILL GETTING THE CARBON REDUCTION PROGRAM FUNDS AND THEN ANY LOCALLY FUNDED PROJECT OF REGIONAL SIGNIFICANCE THAT WE FEEL SHOULD BE IN THE TIP HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS WELL. AND THAT IS THERE'S NO FEDERAL DOLLARS ATTACHED TO THOSE, BUT THEY MAY WANT TO GO AFTER FEDERAL DOLLARS.

SO BEING IN A FEDERAL DOCUMENT MIGHT MAY GIVE THEM A LITTLE BOOST.

WE'VE HAD INTEREST, AND THAT WAS AT OUR WORKSHOP LAST MONTH, IF YOU RECALL, WHENEVER WE HAD PAVEMENT TECHNOLOGY AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE CARBON REDUCTION OF TITANIUM KNOW, THE, THE THEY HAVE.

AND WE TALKED ABOUT USING THE TITANIUM DIOXIDE AND SELECTING ROADS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY WHEN THE FUNDS BECOME AVAILABLE.

AND AS A RECOLLECTION, IT'S ABOUT A BUCK AND A QUARTER, A SQUARE YARD FOR RECLAMATION.

AND IT'S ABOUT 245, 250 FOR THE TITANIUM. SO WE'RE HOPING TO GET SOME OF THE FUNDS FROM LATS TO DO SOME OF THIS.

CURRENTLY WE'VE THROUGH THE CARBON REDUCTION WE'VE SENT OFF TO THE FOLKS AT DOT THAT ARE RUNNING THIS PROGRAM TO FUND SEVERAL RETIMING SIGNALS ON VARIOUS CORRIDORS THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF BEAUFORT.

BEAUFORT COUNTY AND HILTON HEAD. AND THEN WE DID.

THAT WAS JUST THE FIRST TWO YEARS. IT'S A FIVE YEAR PROGRAM.

IF THE PROGRAM CONTINUES ON, YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

THANK YOU. AND THEN THE NEXT TWO SLIDES ARE A LIST OF THE EIGHT CORRIDOR PROJECTS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE ONGOING OR HAVE ARE IN VARIOUS STAGES.

WE ARE DOING A PROJECT ON SC 315, SC 46 AS WELL AS WE ARE LOOKING AT THE PAST AND WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE IF THERE WAS AN EXTENSION OF THE BLUFFTON PARKWAY. THIS IS A STUDY THAT'S WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PUBLIC OUR NEXT PUBLIC MEETING IS GOING TO BE ON APRIL 9TH, AND WE'RE PLANNING ON WRAPPING THIS UP AND HAVING A PRESENTATION TO THE POLICY COMMITTEE ON JUNE 6TH.

SO THIS ONE IS NEARING THE FINISH LINE. IT'S BEEN A VERY LONG PROJECT.

THE NEXT ONE, BLUFFTON PARKWAY STUDY, WHICH WE JUST MENTIONED.

THIS IS THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE EXISTING CORRIDOR.

THIS PROJECT KICKED OFF BACK IN AUGUST. WE JUST HAD A PUBLIC MEETING LAST MONTH THAT WAS WELL ATTENDED, AS YOU'D IMAGINE. THE FINAL REPORT WOULD BE COMPLETED IN JUNE, AND I'M GOING TO HAVE MY TWO CONSULTANTS FIND OUT WHO WANTS TO PRESENT IN JUNE.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE READY TO PRESENT IN JUNE, BUT WE MIGHT PUSH THIS ONE TO AUGUST JUST SO WE'RE NOT ALL OVERWHELMED WITH A BUNCH OF DIAGRAMS AND ENGINEERING SPEAK FOR AN HOUR LONG.

THE SAFETY ACTION PLAN. THIS WAS A DISCRETIONARY GRANT THAT WAS AWARDED TO LCOG, AND WE COMPLETED THAT BACK IN OCTOBER AND THAT LOOKED AT THE FOUR COUNTY REGION, IDENTIFIED SAFETY ISSUES, AND IT'S CALLED THE PROGRAM THAT CAME FROM IS CALLED SAFE STREETS FOR ALL.

AND ONCE YOU HAVE A SAFETY ACTION PLAN IN PLACE, YOU CAN THEN APPLY FOR FUTURE INSTALLMENTS OF THAT GRANT PROGRAM.

THERE'S AT LEAST ONE LEFT THAT WE'RE HOPING SHOULD BE OUT ANY DAY NOW.

IT WAS SLATED AS COMING OUT THIS SPRING. REGIONAL ITS PLAN THIS IS GOING TO BE THIS IS FUNDED BY LATS BUT MANAGED BY BEAUFORT COUNTY.

AND THAT IS JUST KICKING OFF. AND I SEE THAT BASED ON A LOT OF FLURRY OF EMAILS I'M GETTING, WE'RE DOING SOME BACKGROUND DATA COLLECTION AND THAT WILL BE MOVING ALONG SHORTLY.

US 278 STUDY THE I'M SORRY, LET ME SPELL INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS IF YOU WEREN'T ALREADY.

I SKIPPED OVER THAT. THE US 278 STUDY IS FROM I-95 TO THE SEA PINES CIRCLE.

SO THAT'S THE ENTIRE EXTENT OF THAT. AND THAT CORRIDOR STUDY WOULD BE AGAIN FUNDED BY LATS MANAGED BY BEAUFORT COUNTY, AND IT IS GOING TO TAKE IN ALL THE OTHER STUDIES THAT MAY HAVE BEEN DONE ALONG THAT CORRIDOR, BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN OTHER STUDIES AND THEN KIND OF PULL ALL THAT INFORMATION TOGETHER.

THAT IS ALSO JUST GETTING KICKED OFF. SC 170 AGAIN, ANOTHER FULL CORRIDOR FROM BOUNDARY STREET AND HERE IN BEAUFORT ALL THE WAY TO THE TRAFFIC

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AND THAT IS ALSO JUST BEING KICKED OFF THE NORTHERN BEAUFORT TRANSIT STUDY.

WE ARE WE JUST ACTUALLY HAD A STAKEHOLDER MEETING, WHICH I RUSHED OVER FROM THAT MEETING TO THIS ONE A FEW MINUTES NOT TOO LONG AGO.

THAT IS FOCUSING ON JUST THE TRANSIT NEEDS FOR THE NORTH OF THE BROAD.

WE ALREADY HAVE A STUDY THAT WAS FOR SOUTH OF THE BROAD ONCE THAT BECAME AN URBANIZED AREA, BUT NOW BEAUFORT, I'M SORRY. CITY OF BEAUFORT AND PORT ROYAL IS ALSO AN URBANIZED AREA.

AND THIS WILL HELP TAP INTO THOSE FEDERAL TRANSIT DOLLARS THAT WILL BECOME AVAILABLE TO THIS AREA.

AND THEN THE LAST ONE ON HERE IS THE TRANSPORTATION RESILIENCE IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

THIS AGAIN WAS A DISCRETIONARY GRANT THAT WAS AWARDED THROUGH THE PROTECT PROGRAM FROM US DOT.

I'M CURRENTLY STILL NEGOTIATING WITH THE CONSULTING TEAM, BUT WE SHOULD BE KICKING OFF SOON.

AND THIS WOULD BE LOOKING AT THE VULNERABILITY OF OUR ROAD SYSTEM.

AREAS THAT MAY BE HAVE HIGH POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING OR AFFECTED BY HEAT, AND OTHER HAZARD NATURAL HAZARDS THAT COULD BE AFFECTING OUR ROADWAY SYSTEM.

EXCELLENT JOB. QUESTIONS I SEE HERE THAT THIS NORTHERN BUFORD TRANSIT STUDY AND BUFORD COUNTY AND THE CITY OF BUFORD. WHAT ABOUT THE SURROUNDING AREA? YOU GUYS NOT MENTIONING BEAUFORT COUNTY, UNINCORPORATED BEAUFORT COUNTY, THE CITY AND THE TOWN.

SO IT'S SAINT HELENA ALL THE WAY OUT TO FRIPP.

ALL THE WAY UP TO. YEAH, IT'S IT'S EVERYTHING NORTH OF THE BROAD.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? GREAT JOB STEPHANIE.

APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN. NEXT ITEM IS OUR TREASURER'S REPORT.

[7. TREASURER’S REPORT]

WE APPROVED THE TWO. 78 RESURFACING BLUFFTON PARKWAY RESURFACING AND YEAR EIGHT RESURFACING.

AND THOSE ARE ALL NOW. AS RUSTY MENTIONED, GETTING KICKED OFF THROUGH TRYING TO GET POS ISSUED OR CONTRACTS IN PLACE IN TERMS OF WHERE WE ARE FOR THIS YEAR. THROUGH JANUARY, WE'VE WE'VE RECEIVED ABOUT $6.8 MILLION.

MAJORITY. EXCUSE ME. MAJORITY OF THAT WAS THROUGH THE ONE TIME FUNDING FROM THE LEGISLATURE OF ABOUT 4.6 MILLION AND THROUGH JANUARY, RECURRING FUNDS AMOUNTED TO ABOUT 1.5 MILLION.

FOR THE FULL YEAR, WE'RE PROJECTING TOTAL REVENUE OF ABOUT $8 MILLION, SPENDING APPROXIMATELY 5.8 MILLION, WHICH WOULD GIVE US AN END OF THE YEAR BALANCE OF ABOUT 7.8 MILLION GOING INTO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAD AS FAR AS AN UPDATE OF WHERE WHERE WE STAND FOR THE SNAPSHOT.

WELL, I WAS GOING TO TURN AND GIVE YOU A PIECE OF PAPER AND SAY THANK YOU.

AND I MADE THE DECISION TO SIMPLY SAY JIM IS TAKING ON ANOTHER ROLE, BUT HE'S STAYING ON OUR COMMITTEE, BUT HE'S TAKING ON ANOTHER ROLE. IN HIS COMMUNITY.

AND BECAUSE OF THAT, HE'S ASKED IF HE COULD THIS WOULD BE HIS LAST MEETING AS TREASURER.

AND SO I TOLD HIM, NO, THAT CAN'T HAPPEN. HE HAS TO STAY ON AS TREASURER.

WELL, IT IS THE AS IT WAS PUT IN OUR TRANSPORTATION PLAN, THE CHAIRMAN HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPOINT THE NEXT APPOINT THE TREASURER. AND I'VE ASKED DAVID JOHNSON IF HE WOULD BE OUR TREASURER FOR THE FUTURE, WHICH HE HAS ACCEPTED, AND WILL BE WORKING WITH CHRIS AND JIM DURING THE TRANSITION.

BUT I SPEAK TO YOU FROM THE MEMBERSHIP AND THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN HERE.

YOU'VE BEEN ONE OF THE ALMOST A FORMER MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE, AND WE CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR ALL THE HARD WORK YOU'VE PUT IN FOR US THROUGH THE YEARS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

I'VE LEARNED A LOT. SO. THIS TAKES US UP TO PUBLIC COMMENT.

DOES ANYBODY HERE TO SPEAK AGAIN ABOUT OUR AGENDA ITEMS. NOT SEEING ANY CHAIRMAN HAS SOME COMMENTS TO MAKE TONIGHT AND I ONLY HAVE THREE MINUTES LEFT.

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AGAIN, I'LL GO BACK TO THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.

AND FOUR YEARS AGO THE COMMITTEE MADE THE DECISION.

THERE ARE THINGS THAT HAPPENED BETWEEN OUR MEETING DATES.

IF A ITEM, A FINANCIAL ITEM COMES UP AND IT'S $25,000 OR LESS, IT BECOMES THE DECISION OF THE CHAIRMAN,

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AND THEY HAVE THE APPROVAL ON IT, AND WE BRING IT TO THE NEXT MEETING FOR DISCUSSION.

BUT THE IDEA IS YOU'VE GIVEN US THE AUTHORITY TO SPEND MONEY.

IN THIS CASE, WE PAVE A ROAD ON HILTON HEAD CALLED SAND DOLLAR TWO YEARS AGO, AND SAND DOLLAR.

TURNS OUT THAT THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD HAS COME TO US AND ASKED FOR US TO STRIKE IT, AND IT WAS NOT DONE.

IN THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT, THE COST WAS ONLY $4,700 TO DO IT.

I WENT TO THE TREASURER AND THE VICE CHAIRMAN, OF WHICH THEY ALL APPROVED.

I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE COMMITTEE'S VOTE AND APPROVAL OF THAT EXPENDITURE.

SO I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES.

NEXT ITEM. AS SOME OF YOU MAY BE AWARE. MAY NOT BE AWARE.

THE PLACE WHERE WE'RE CURRENTLY SITTING IS GOING TO GO UNDER A MAJOR RENOVATION STARTING WITHIN 30 DAYS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WE'RE GOING TO BE NOT ABLE TO DO THAT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO BE LOCKED OUT OF OUT OF A MEETING PLACE.

CHRIS AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT, AND SHE WAS WORKING ON YOUR BENTON HALL, BURTON WELLS, BURTON WELLS, BURTON WELLS IS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GO TO AND HOLD OUR MEETING IN THE FUTURE FOR.

AND WE'VE DISCUSSED A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT VENUES.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS TO HAPPEN HAS TO BE TIED INTO IT IS TV ACCESS.

AND SO THEN MAKING RECORDINGS OF THE MEETINGS THEY'RE ABLE TO DO IT AT BURTON WELLS.

SO WE'LL KEEP YOU POSTED. YOU'LL GET A GETTING THE LOCATION FOR OUR NEXT MEETING IN ADVANCE.

WHERE'S BURTON HALL? BURTON WELLS REC CENTER.

IT'S IN BURTON. DANIEL. DONE BY COUNTY SHERIFF ROAD.

LAKE AREA. THAT'S WHERE ALL THE SPORTS COMPLEX EVERYTHING'S AT.

YEAH. OFF OF JOE FRAZIER. HE CAN COME OFF OF JOE FRAZIER.

WE'LL GET YOU THERE. WE'LL GIVE YOU DIRECTIONS. I GOT YOU. THANK YOU. WE'LL TAKE.

WE'LL TAKE CARE OF YOU. ONE OF THE THINGS WHICH I KIND OF STUMBLED ACROSS THIS WEEK, AND ALL WITH GOOD INTENT AND GOOD INTENT, WAS RECOGNIZING THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND YOUR EFFORTS YOU PUT IN COMING TO THE MEETINGS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

AND SO I STARTED WITH JARED AND ASKED HIM ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING IF WOULD BE APPROPRIATE WITH, WITH THE COUNCIL. WOULD THEY HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS? IF I WAS, WE WERE ABLE TO PURCHASE SHIRTS FOR MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE AND IT WOULD HAVE BEAUFORT COUNTY LOGO ON IT AND HAVE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE ON IT.

AND JARED WAS VERY WISE WHEN HE SAID, YOU MIGHT WANT TO TALK TO THE CLERK OF COUNCIL AND SEE IF YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET SOME FUNDS THERE.

WELL, LO AND BEHOLD, THE CLERK OF COUNCIL SAYS, YEP, WE'RE TRYING TO GET EVERYBODY DRESSED A LITTLE BETTER COMING TO THE MEETINGS, BECAUSE THEY'RE REPRESENTING THE THEY'RE REPRESENTING THE COMMUNITY AS A LARGE.

AND SO IT WOULD BE A NICE ITEM IF YOU GOT IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT.

AND I SAID, YEAH, I THINK WE'D LIKE TO DO THAT.

SO WHAT HAS STARTED OFF. I GOT A PHONE CALL THIS MORNING APPROVING US TO BE RECEIVED.

SHIRTS. THE SHIRTS WILL BE BLACK OXFORD CLOTH SHIRTS WITH BEAUFORT COUNTY LOGO ON IT, AND WE'LL HAVE TRANSPORTATION ON THE TOP AND COMMITTEE UNDERNEATH. SO I SIMPLY ASK FOR ALL OF YOU BEFORE YOU WALK OUT OF HERE TODAY.

AND JENNY, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH YOU. WE'LL GET YOU A WOMAN'S SHIRT, BUT WALK BEFORE YOU WALK OUT OF HERE, PLEASE SEE CHRIS AND GET THE SIZE WORKED OUT WITH WITH HER SO THAT WE'LL HAVE NEW SHIRTS FOR YOU AT THE NEXT MEETING.

SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THE UPDATE FOR ME IS TODAY.

I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER COMMENTS TO COME BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE.

SO WE.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.