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CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY BUFORT COUNTY.
[I. CALL TO ORDER]
CAN I GET A ROLL CALL PLEASE? CHAIRMAN CHARLIE WHITMORE.UM, NOTICE REGARDING ADJOURNMENT,
[III. NOTICE REGARDING ADJOURNMENT]
THE PLANNING COMMISSION WILL NOT HEAR NEW ITEMS AFTER 9:30 PM UNLESS AUTHORIZED BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE COMMISS COMMISSION MEMBERS PRESENT ITEMS WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN HEARD BEFORE 9:30 PM MAY BE CONTINUED TO THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OR A SPECIAL MEETING DATE AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSION MEMBERS.[IV. ADOPTION OF MINUTES]
MOTION FOR ADOPTION OF MINUTES? SO DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.ANY AMENDMENTS Y'ALL HAVE? OKAY.
OPPOSED? UM, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC? NO.
UH, I DO WANNA TAKE A SECOND TO SAY WELCOME TO WILL HOWARD, OUR NEWEST COMMISSION MEMBER.
UH, WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU A PART OF THE TEAM.
I KNOW IT'S WEIRD BEING ON THIS SIDE, BUT I'LL FIGURE IT OUT.
[VII.1. Cornerstone Church - New Riverside Campus (Development Plan): A request by Sturre Engineering on behalf of Cornerstone Church for approval of a Preliminary Development Plan application. The project consists of site improvements to accommodate a new assembly hall and offices for church operations including stormwater, parking and associated infrastructure. The property is zoned Agricultural (AG) and Rural Mixed Use (RMU) and consists of approximately 41.3 acres identified by tax map number R610 036 000 0014 0000 and located south of May River Road approximately 600 feet east of Stardust Lane. (DP-02-25-019597) (Staff - Dan Frazier)]
ON THE AGENDA.NEW RIVERSIDE CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
STIR ORRY, STURDY STRY ENGINEERING.
ON BEHALF OF CORNERSTONE CHURCH FOR APPROVAL OF A PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN APPLICATION, THE PROJECT CONSISTS OF SITE IMPROVEMENTS TO ACCOMMODATE A NEW ASSEMBLY HALL AND OFFICES FOR CHURCH OPERATIONS, INCLUDING STORMWATER, PARKING AND ASSOCIATED INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE PROPER PROPERTY IS ZONED AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL MIXED USE AND CONSISTS OF APPROXIMATELY 41.3 ACRES IDENTIFIED BY THE TAX MAP IN THE AGENDA AND LOCATED SOUTH OF MAY RIVER ROAD, APPROXIMATELY 600 FEET EAST OF STARDUST LANE.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN.
THIS IS A PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR CORNERSTONE CHURCH.
IT'S A REQUEST BY NATHAN STRY OF STRY ENGINEERING ON BEHALF OF CORNERSTONE CHURCH OF BLUFFTON.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES SITE IMPROVEMENTS NECESSARY TO ACCOMMODATE A FULL CHURCH OPERATIONS AT THE SITE, INCLUDING INTERNAL DRIVEWAYS, SIDEWALKS, ACCESS, PARKING, UTILITIES, AND STORM WATER.
UH, SUBJECT PROPERTY IS SPLIT ZONED AGRICULTURE, AG, AGRICULTURE, AND RURAL MIXED USE.
AND AS SUCH IS SUBJECT TO THE STANDARD SET FORTH IN THE UDO CHURCH LOCATION IS WITHIN THE AG ZONE DISTRICT.
THE 41.3 ACRE PROPERTY IS LOCATED SOUTH MAY RIVER ROAD AND EAST OF STARDUST LANE.
UH, THIS IS THE, IS, UH, OUR BLUFF, OUR BLUFF AND EXPLORER EXTRACT OF, OF THE SITE.
THIS, THIS FRONT PORT, THIS IS ALL ONE PARCEL.
THIS FRONT PORTION IS A RULE MIXED USE.
JUST RECENTLY EARLIER 2024, IT WAS REZONED FROM PUD TO RULE MIXED USE IN THE FRONT AND AG AGRICULTURE IN THE BACK.
WHAT WE HAVE A PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN ON NOW IS FOR THE AG PORTION OF THE, OF THE, UH, PROPERTY.
THIS IS ARIEL OF THE SAME LOCATION.
UH, THE PROPOSED SITE IMPROVEMENTS WILL ACCOMMODATE CHURCH OPERATIONS, INCLUDING THE CONVERSION OF EXISTING STABLES OFFICES AND OUT PARCELS INTO A FULL CHURCH CAMPUS WITH ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES AND A, AND A MAIN ASSEMBLY HALL THAT CAN SEAT UP TO 800.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES STABILIZATION OF THE EXISTING ACCESS EASEMENT ALONG MEADOW DRIVE WITH GRAVEL AND ASPHALT.
ASPHALT IS ACROSS THE, UH, FRONT WHERE THE INTERSECTION IS WITH, WITH, UH, MAY RIVER ROAD.
AND THEY ARE CURRENTLY COORDINATING WITH BEFORD COUNTY AND DOT ON THE FULL EXTENT OF IMPROVEMENT FOR MAY RIVER ROAD.
UH, PARKING AREA PROPOSES 239 SPACES DESIGNED TO PRESERVE HEALTHY EXISTING TREES.
THAT'S PLENTY OF SPACES FOR THE FUNCTION THEY'RE PROPOSING.
THE CHURCH SITE WILL CONTAIN 30.5% OPEN SPACE, UH, REGARDING EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS.
THE IMPROVEMENTS ON THE ROAD WILL, WILL BE ABLE TO HOLD AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE.
UM, AND ALSO, UH, FIRE PROTECTION WILL BE PROVIDED THROUGH A NEW SPRINKLER SYSTEM, WHICH WILL, WHICH, UH, UH, UH, NEW SPRINKLER SYSTEM, WHICH WILL BE FED FROM A NEW FIRE PUMP INSTALLED IN THE EXISTING WET POND.
ON A NEW PIER STRUCTURE, WATER AND SEWER IS GONNA BE COMING FROM THE EXISTING WELL AND SEPTIC.
UH, AND STAFF PROVIDED COMMENTS ON MARCH 26TH.
THEY TURNED AROUND WITH A RESUBMITTAL ON MARCH 28TH.
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UH, BOTH OF THOSE ARE IN, WERE IN YOUR PACKET.THIS THE OVERALL SITE PLAN FROM, UH, UH, AT A LARGE SCALE.
I'VE, I'VE GOT THE FOUR SHEETS IF WE NEED TO PULL INTO 'EM.
THESE ARE THE FORESIGHT IMPROVEMENT SHEETS THAT WERE PROVIDED WITH THE PROJECT.
I'LL JUST GO BACK TO THE FRONT IF THIS WILL WORK.
THE PROPOSING ASPHALT IMPROVEMENTS AT THIS INTERSECTION.
THE INTER THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS, UH, HAS, UH, ONE LANE GOING IN, TWO LANES COMING OUT.
I THINK THAT'S A DEDICATED RIGHT TURN LANE AND THEN, AND A DEDICATED LEFT TURN LANE.
UH, IT CHANGES TO GRA UH, THIS, THIS IS A DIRT ACCESS ROAD, BUT THIS WILL BE IMPROVED TO A GRAVEL ROAD ALL THE WAY BACK.
WE'LL HAVE, WE'LL HAVE, UH, LIGHT DUTY ASPHALT WITHIN THE PARKING AREA.
AND THEN, UH, THE ACTUAL PARKING SPACES WILL, WILL BE, UH, GRAVEL SPACES.
UM, THERE'S SOME MINOR, MINOR IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDED WITH THIS IN INCLUDE LIKE A BRICKWORK RIGHT AT THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING.
BUT WHAT THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE IS ANY IMPROVEMENTS TO THE, TO THE BUILDINGS THEMSELVES.
UM, THE APPLICANT IS HERE, UM, JUMP BACK HERE.
UH, PLANNING COMMISSION SHALL CONSIDER THE CRITERIA SET FORTH IN UDO SECTION THREE TEN THREE A AND THESE ARE THE CRITERIA THAT YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH.
PLANNING COMMISSION ACTIONS CAN BE APPROVED.
THE APPLICATION IS SUBMITTED BY THE APPLICANT APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS.
YOU COULD TABLE THE APPLICATION OR YOU CAN DENY THE APPLICATION AS SUBMITTED BY THE APPLICANT.
UH, TOWN STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVE THE APPLICATION AS SUBMITTED.
AND, AND IF, UH, AND WE HAVE PROVIDED A SUGGESTED MOTION BELOW THAT, I CAN RETURN TO THAT OR ANY OF THE SITE PLANS.
AND IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME OR THE APPLICANT, PLEASE LET KNOW.
UH, APPLICANT WANT TO SAY A WORD OR NO? I THINK DAN DID A GREAT JOB.
UM, IT'S, UH, I'LL, I'LL STAND UP.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE DAN KEEPER AND JONATHAN MARSH WHO ARE THE LAND LINERS HERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TAKEN A LOT OF CARE TO MEET WITH ARBORIST AND PLAN AROUND THESE TREES AND WORK WITH THE STAFF TO, UM, KIND OF PRESERVE THESE LARGE LIVE OAKS THAT ARE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW.
AND THE BEAUTY OF THE PROPERTY, UM, I THINK, UH, REALLY IT'S A, A STRAIGHTFORWARD PROJECT AND WE'RE EXCITED TO BE WORKING ON IT.
SO ONLY QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU, DAN.
IT'S HISTORICALLY WHEN WE HAVE A DEVELOPMENT PLAN, UM, THE NEIGHBORS HAVE TO BE NOTIFIED.
DO WE KNOW IF THEY'VE BEEN NOTIFIED? IS THAT PART THEY HAVE.
IN FACT, IN FACT, I FAILED TO MENTION THEY ACTUALLY HAD A COMMUNITY MEETING AT, AT THE CHURCH AND THEY HAD, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY ATTENDED, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS A WELL ATTENDED MEETING.
THEY ANSWERED ANY QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS.
ONE OF THEM HAVING TO DO WITH LIGHTING.
WE'LL, WE'LL GET A LIGHTING PLAN AND A PHOTOMETRIC PLAN, THAT FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN, BUT THEY INTEND TO DO MITIGATION TO MAKE SURE THAT LIGHTING DOESN'T, DOESN'T SPLASH OFF THE SITE.
AND THERE'S A 50 FOOT BUFFER BETWEEN THE CHURCH PROPERTY AND, AND THE, UH, CLOSEST, THE CLOSEST RESIDENTIAL IS THE LANDINGS.
THERE'S, THERE'S ONE LITTLE, UH, CUL-DE-SAC OF THE LANDINGS THAT RUNS UP ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY.
AND IT'S, AND, UH, I I I THINK IT'S WELL SCREENED.
WELL, YOU'VE GOT THOSE FIVE PROPERTIES RIGHT ADJACENT TO IT AS WELL, BUT YEAH, RIGHT.
I WAS JUST YES, THAT THAT'S CORRECT.
CURIOUS IF, UH, IF THEY WERE NOTIFIED.
I FIGURED THEY HAD BEEN AND WE, AND WE ACTUALLY MET ON SITE WITH, WITH THE ARBORISTS AND WALKED, WALKED IT AND LOOKED AT THE TREES AND SO THAT THERE'S BEEN CARE TAKEN IN TRYING TO PRESERVE THERE'S SOME BEAUTIFUL LIVE OAKS BACK THERE.
THAT WAS, THAT WAS MY ONLY OTHER THOUGHT IS HAD THAT HAPPEN.
'CAUSE I KNOW YOU HAD TALKED ABOUT DOING THAT.
I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR NATHAN.
NOT THAT THIS WOULD AFFECT APPROVAL IN ANY WAY.
I'M JUST CURIOUS WITH THIS BEING CURRENTLY ON, ON SEWER AND OR NOT ON SEWER, BUT ON SEPTIC AND, AND WELL, WHAT'S THE TIMEFRAME FOR P-J-W-S-A HAVING WATER AND SEWER AVAILABLE? DO YOU KNOW THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING IN THE AREA OR ANY PLANS IN THE NEAR FUTURE? TYPICALLY WE CAN'T TIE INTO THEIR SEWER UNLESS IT'S THREE YEARS OUT FROM A CIP PLAN.
SO, UM, WE LOOKED AT THE OPTION OF BRINGING PUBLIC WATER AND SEWER TO THE SITE AND IT WAS JUST ASTRONOMICAL.
WE HAD TO GO ALL THE WAY FROM PALMETTO POINT ACROSS, DOWN STARDUST LANE, CUT OVER MAY RIVER ROAD AND COME BACK UP AND IT'S GONNA TAKE LIFT STATIONS AND BOOSTER STATIONS AND YEAH.
I I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF YOU HAD ANY COMMUNICATION WITH PJWS SAY ON THEIR TIMING.
AND, UM, THERE WASN'T ANYTHING AVAILABLE IN THE THIS POINT.
IF, IF THE LIBRARY WAS TO MOVE
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FORWARD AT A, A QUICKER PACE, THEN WE WOULD BE ALLOWED TO, UM, TAP OFF THE DISTRIBUTION MAIN FOR THE WATER.BUT BECAUSE THEY'RE PROBABLY 10 YEARS OUT, WE CAN'T DO THAT AT THIS TIME.
THAT IS A GOOD LONG RANGE PLAN TO TAP INTO THAT.
ANYTHING ELSE ENTERTAIN A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
I'LL MAY MOVE TO APPROVE THE CORNERSTONE CHURCH PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN APPLICATION AS SUBMITTED.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
[VII.2. UDO Amendment: A request by the Unified Development Ordinance Administrator for recommendation of Approval of an Amendment to the Town of Bluffton’s Municipal Code of Ordinances, Chapter 23, Unified Development Ordinance (UDO), Article 4 – Zoning Districts, Table 4.3, Uses by District, to Allow Schools as a Permitted (“P”) Use in the Preserve (PR) Zoning District. (Staff - Charlotte Moore)]
IS UDO AMENDMENT A REQUEST BY THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE ADMINISTRATOR FOR RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON MUNICIPAL CODES OF ORDINANCES.CHAPTER 23, UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE ARTICLE FOUR ZONING DISTRICTS TABLE 4.3 USES BY DISTRICT TO ALLOW SCHOOLS AS A PERMITTED USE IN THE PRESERVED ZONING DISTRICT.
UH, THIS PARTICULAR ITEM DOES RELATE TO THE NEXT TWO ITEMS ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA.
UH, THIS COMES TO US, UH, FOR PROPERTY, UH, 2120 4.1 ACRES LOCATED AT 1105 BLUFFTON PARKWAY.
UH, AND THIS PARTICULAR PIECE OF PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY OWNED BY THE BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD.
UH, THEY ARE SEEKING TO ANNEX THIS PROPERTY INTO THE TOWN SO THAT THEY CAN POSSIBLY HAVE AN EDUCATIONAL RELATED USE THAT MAY EITHER BE AN ATHLETIC FIELD OR AN EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL.
PRESENTLY, THE PROPERTY ZONE TR TWO RURAL AND THE CLOSEST, UH, ZONING DISTRICT THAT THE TOWN HAS, UH, TO THAT WOULD BE THE PRESERVATION DISTRICT.
HOWEVER, THE PRESERVATION DISTRICT DOESN'T PRESENTLY ALLOW SCHOOLS, IT DOES ALLOW GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS.
UH, WE HAVE ALSO LOOKED AT THE POSSIBILITY OF EXTENDING, UH, OR HAVING A RESIDENTIAL GENERAL DISTRICT FOR THE PROPERTY.
HOWEVER, AT A WORKSHOP EARLIER THIS YEAR, IT WAS EXPRESSED BY TOWN COUNCIL THAT THEY WOULD PRESER PREFER THE, UH, PRESERVE DISTRICT, UH, IN CASE THE PLANS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD CHANGE.
THE RESIDENTIAL GENERAL DISTRICT DOES ALLOW UP TO FOUR DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE.
SO THIS IS THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT SIMPLY PLACING, UH, THE SCHOOL USE IN THE PRESERVED DISTRICT AS A PERMITTED USE.
IT DOES MEET ALL OF THE TEXT AMENDMENT REVIEW CRITERIA.
IT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE TOWN.
IT WOULD SUPPORT THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF AREA CHILDREN AND IT DOES SUPPORT THE GENERAL WELFARE OF RESIDENTS.
AND IT DOES MEET THE APPLICATIONS MANUAL.
SO TONIGHT YOU CAN EITHER APPROVE AS SUBMITTED, UH, PROPOSE AN AMENDMENT OR DENY THE APPLICATION GOING FORWARD TONIGHT, IF THERE IS A VOTE, IT WILL GO TO TOWN COUNCIL ON FIRST READING ON MAY 13TH, AND THEN TO PUBLIC HEARING AND SECOND READING ON JUNE 10TH.
AND HERE IS THE SUGGESTED MOTION STAFF DOES RECOMMEND THAT IT BE APPROVED AND I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY.
NOW, THIS IS NOT THE PUBLIC HEARING THEN, CORRECT? THREE AND FOUR.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, DISCUSSION? I THINK COUNCIL MADE IT PRETTY CLEAR THAT, THAT THEY WANT TO KEEP ADDITIONAL RESIDENTIAL UNITS FROM HAPPENING AND THIS HELPS ENABLE THAT AND, UH, HONESTLY APPRECIATE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, UH, BRINGING THE OTHER PROPERTY INTO IT SO THAT IT'S ALL UNDER THAT SAME, NO MORE RESIDENTIAL, UH, AND DEFENDANT MOTION.
I'LL, UH, MOVE TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO TOWN OF BLUFFTON.
CHAPTER 23, UNIFIED, UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE ARTICLE FOUR ZONING DISTRICTS TABLE 4.3 USES BY DISTRICT TO ADD SCHOOLS AS A PERMITTED USE IN THE PRESERVE ZONING DISTRICT.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? OKAY, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
[Items VII.3 & VII.4]
THREE, PUBLIC HEARING AND RECOMMENDATION TO TOWN COUNCIL FOR THAT CERTAIN PROPERTIES OWNED BY BUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT CONSISTING OF A TOTAL OF 24.12 ACRES, MORE OR LESS LOCATED OF 1 1 0 5 BLUFFTON PARKWAY AND IDENTIFIED BY BEAUFORT COUNTY TAX MAP NUMBERS IN THE AGENDA FOR ANNEXATION INTO THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON, MR. FRAZIER.UH, WHAT THIS, THIS WILL BE ACTUALLY ITEMS THREE AND FOUR TOGETHER.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU, UH, SO I'VE GOT THE PRESENTATION SO
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THAT THE, THERE'S ONE SLIDE CALLED PUBLIC HEARING OF THE ANNEXATION THAT YOU JUST READ, AND THEN THE SECOND SLIDE WILL BE THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING SLIDE FOR, FOR THE, UH, ZONING MAP AMENDMENT FOR THE CURRENT 77.93 ACRES.RIGHT, WHICH IS THE, THE ADDITIONAL PARCELS.
SO, UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO BE RECOGNIZED THAT, THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ITEM THREE AND FOUR.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED TO READ THROUGH FOUR ABOUT AS LONG AS THREE IS.
OKAY, LET ME GO, LEMME GO AHEAD AND READ THROUGH FOUR THEN.
PUBLIC HEARING AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO TOWN COUNCIL FOR THAT CERTAIN PROPERTY OWNED BY BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT CONSISTING OF APPROXIMATELY 77.93 ACRES, MORE OR LESS CONSISTING OF THE 24.12 ACRES, MORE OR LESS LOCATED AT 1105 BLUFFTON PARKWAY AND BEARING THE BUFORT COUNTY TAX MEMBER NUMBERS IN THE AGENDA, WHICH ARE UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR ANNEXATION AND CURRENTLY ZONED AS T TWO RURAL, AS WELL AS THOSE ADJACENT PROPERTIES CONSISTING OF 53.731 ACRES, MORE OR LESS LOCATED AT 30 50 RIVER RIDGE DRIVE AND BARING BEAUFORT COUNTY TAX BACK NUMBERS THAT ARE IN THE AGENDA, WHICH ARE WITHIN THE TOWN'S CORPORATE BOUNDARY AND CURRENTLY ZONED AS RESIDENTIAL GENERAL TO REZONE SAID PARCELS TO THE PRESERVED DISTRICT PURSUANT TO THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE.
OKAY, NOW WE THANK I APPRECIATE THAT MR. CHAIRMAN.
UM, THIS IS THE BUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT RIVER RIDGE ACADEMY ANNEXATION AND REZONING.
THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND RECOMMENDATION.
UH, THIS IS THE FIRST SLIDE THAT HAS TO DO WITH CALLING UP THIS AS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE ANNEXATION.
OKAY, FIRST CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
SECOND CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
THIRD AND FINAL CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT SAYING NONE.
THIS IS ALSO A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE ZONING MAP AMENDMENT.
UH, SO, UH, PROCEED WITH A CALL FOR COMMENT.
UM, FIRST CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
SECOND CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
THIRD AND FINAL CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
OKAY, PUBLIC COMMENT IS CLOSED FOR BOTH ITEMS. OKAY, THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN.
UH, JUST A QUICK INTRODUCTION.
FEBRUARY 24TH, 2025 IN ACCORDANCE TO SECTION 5 3 1 50 OF THE, OF THE CODE OF LAWS, SOUTH CAROLINA TOWN OF BLUFFTON ANNEXATION POLICY PROCEDURE MANUAL.
THE PROPERTY OWNER, BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT SUBMITTED A 100% ANNEXATION PETITION APPLICATION FOR TWO PARCELS.
ACTUALLY, IT ENDS UP BEING THREE PARCELS.
IT'S A VERY SMALL PARCEL IN THE CORNER.
UH, THAT TOTAL 24.12 ACRES LOCATED AT 1105 BLUFFTON PARKWAY.
THIS IS A PROPERTY, UM, PURSUANT TO THE ANNEXATION MANUAL.
SUBMITTED A, THEY SUBMITTED A CONCURRENT ZONING MAP AMENDMENT APPLICATION REQUESTING PROPERTIES TO BE ZONED, PRESERVED PR DISTRICT AS REGULATED BY THE UDO.
THE ZONING MAP AMENDMENT APPLICATION ALSO REQUESTS ADDITIONAL PARCELS THAT CURRENTLY MAKE UP THE CURRENT RIVER RIDGE ACADEMY CAMPUS TO ALSO BE REZONED TO THE PRESERVED DISTRICT.
UH, THIS IS BLUFFTON PARKWAY GOING EAST WEST.
THESE TWO PARCELS UP HERE, UH, WITH ONE OF THEM FRONTING ON BLUFFTON PARKWAY.
THESE ARE THE ANNEXATION PARCELS.
BEHIND IT IS THE EXISTING RIVER RIDGE CAMPUS AND, AND THIS IS THE ZONING MAP AMENDMENT WILL ALSO INCLUDE THESE PARCELS.
THIS IS AN ARROW OF THE SAME LOCATION.
YOU COULD SEE FALL FIELDS UP IN THE CORNER.
RED IS THE ANNEXATION PARCELS.
AND THEN IF WE HAD A LINE GOING AROUND THE WHOLE THING, THAT IS WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR A ZONING MAP, AMENDMENT FOR, UH, SHOULD CALL OUT THE FIRE STATION IN THIS LOCATION AS WELL.
AND THIS IS HAMPTON LAKE DOWN HERE.
UH, ANOTHER VIEW OF THE AERIAL MAP.
THIS IS A BOUNDARY MAP SHOWING THE LOCATION OF IT IN RELATION TO ONE 70.
AND THE KEN STATE KENNE STATE'S PUD ANNEXATION PARCELS TOTALED 24.12 ACRES.
THE PROPERTY CONTAINS A SINGLE, SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE, BUT IT'S OTHERWISE VACANT.
THERE IS AN APPROXIMATE 4.3 ACRE POND ON THE PROPERTY THAT WAS A FORMER BORROW PIT PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED T TWO RULE, AS CHARLOTTE MENTIONED, WHICH IS INTENDED TO PRESERVE THE RULE CHARACTER OF BEAUFORT COUNTY.
THE APPLICANT IS, HAS REQUESTED THE TOWN'S PRESERVE PR ZONING DISTRICT AS PART OF THE CONCURRENT ZONING MAP AMENDMENT.
UH, ZONING DISTRICT ALLOWS MAINLY CIVIC, CIVIC TYPE USES.
WELL THE USE OF THE SCHOOL IS NOT CURRENTLY PERMITTED IN THE PRESERVED ZONING DISTRICT.
TOWN'S UDO ADMINISTRATOR HAS INITIATED A UDO TEXT AMENDMENT.
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THAT'S THE WHAT YOU JUST HEARD, THE PREVIOUS ITEM.UH, SO THAT WE CAN INCLUDE SCHOOLS AS A USE BY RIGHT WITHIN THE PRESERVED DISTRICT.
THE APPLICANT DOES NOT HAVE A SPECIFIC PLAN FOR THE PROPERTIES, BUT NOTES THAT CURRENT PRELIMINARY PLANNING FOR THIS EXPANDED AREA CONTEMPLATES AN EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER WILL BE CONSTRUCTED ON EITHER THE PROPERTY BEING ANNEXED IN OR THE ADJACENT RIVER RIDGE ACADEMY CAMPUS ATHLETIC FIELD, UH, BOTH BEING OWNED BY BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
IF THE EARLY CHILDHOOD CHILDHOOD CENTERS CONSTRUCTED ON THE EXISTING FIELD, THE THE ATHLETIC FIELD WOULD BE RELOCATED TO THE PROPERTY BEING ANNEXED INTO THE TOWN.
THE PROPERTY PROPOSED FOR ANNEXATION WILL BE A PART OF THE RIVERRIDGE CAMPUS IN SOME CAPACITY.
UH, HERE IS A REVIEW OF THE NEXT STEPS.
UH, IT ACTUALLY WENT, YOU HAVE TO GO IN FRONT OF COUNSEL WITH AN INTENT TO ANNEX, UH, THAT THAT HAPPENED ON MARCH 11TH, 2025.
THEY ACCEPTED THE INTENT TO ANNEX PETITION, WHICH MEANS IT STARTS THE ANNEXATION PROCESS.
UH, THEY DIDN'T, THEY DIDN'T REFER TO NEGOTIATING COMMITTEES, SO IT JUST JUMPED RIGHT INTO COMING, COMING TO, UH, SUBMITTALS BEING SUBMITTED TO THE TOWN, UH, WITH THE FIRST STEP BEING A PLANNING COMMISSION WORKSHOP.
THAT WAS LAST MONTH, MARCH 26TH AND WE ARE HERE TONIGHT, APRIL 23RD FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING AND RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL, UH, COUNCIL FIRST READING WOULD BE MAY 13TH AND UH, SECOND FINAL READING WOULD BE JUNE 10.
THAT WOULD COINCIDE WITH THE TEXT AMENDMENT THAT CHARLOTTE JUST PRESENTED.
UH, AND I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AND SO IS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE.
ANY QUESTIONS? WHOEVER HAD 25 PROBABLY HAS SOME QUESTIONS.
IF, IF, UH, YOU WERE TO CONSIDER 'EM OKAY.
YOU'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION OR TWO? WE HAVE TO DO 'EM SEPARATE, CORRECT.
DAN? I HAVE TO DO 'EM SEPARATE WITH THE FIRST ONE BEING FIRST.
GOTTA ANNEX IT BEFORE YOU CAN APPLY HIS ZONING DESIGNATION.
ALRIGHT, I WILL MOVE FORWARD TOWN COUNCIL A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION OF THE BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPERTIES CONSISTING OF 24.12 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, LOCATED AT 1105 BLUFFTON PARKWAY AND I IDENTIFIED BY BEAUFORT COUNTY TAX MAP NUMBERS THAT ARE A PART OF THE AGENDA INTO THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY AND ENTERTAIN A SECOND.
I MOVE FORWARD TOWN COUNCIL A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED ZONING MAP AMENDMENT OF THE BUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPERTIES CONSISTING OF 77.93 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, LOCATED AT 1105 BLUFFTON PARKWAY, IDENTIFIED BY THE BUFORT COUNTY TAX MAP NUMBERS, UH, LOCATED IN THE AGENDA, UH, TO REZONE SAID PROPERTY TO THE PRESERVATION PR DISTRICT PURSUANT TO THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
UM, ANYBODY HAVE ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION? I'LL ENTERTAIN ANOTHER MOTION.
ANYBODY WANT A SECOND? SECOND.
THANKS FOR WATCHING BEAUFORT COUNTY TV.
WHAT IS A SUPER MOON? THIS TERMINOLOGY BECAME COMMON IN POPULAR MEDIA ONLY A FEW YEARS AGO, BUT YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN HEADLINES ABOUT THIS PHENOMENON.
A SUPER MOON OCCURS WHEN THERE'S A NEW OR A FULL MOON, AND
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THE MOON'S CLOSEST APPROACH TO EARTH HAPPENS AT THE SAME TIME.YOU MAY ALREADY KNOW THAT THE MOON'S ORBIT IS NOT PERFECTLY CIRCULAR AROUND THE EARTH.
AND WHEN THE MOON IS THE FURTHEST FROM EARTH IN ITS ORBIT, THAT'S CALLED APOGEE.
AND WHEN THE MOON IS CLOSEST TO EARTH IN ITS ORBIT, THAT'S CALLED PERGE.
BEFORE SUPER MOON WAS A COMMON TERM, THESE ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS WERE CALLED PERGE FULL MOON OR PERGE NEW MOON.
BUT SUPER MOON SOUNDS A LOT MORE EXCITING.
COMPARE THE APPEARANCE OF AN APOGEE FULL MOON AND A PERGE FULL MOON IN THE SKY.
A PERGE FULL MOON CAN APPEAR 14% WIDER AND 30% BRIGHTER THAN AN APOGEE FULL MOON.
THE FULL SUPER MOON LOOKS PARTICULARLY LARGE AT NIGHTFALL WHEN THE MOON FIRST RISES.
THIS IS CALLED THE MOON ILLUSION.
SO WHAT'S HAPPENING IS THAT OUR BRAINS SEE THE MOON CLOSE TO OTHER OBJECTS FOR SIZE REFERENCE, AND IT SEEMS REALLY LARGE, BUT ONCE IT GOES UP HIGHER INTO THE SKY AND IT'S NOT NEAR ANYTHING ELSE, UH, IT SEEMS MUCH SMALLER THAN IT ACTUALLY IS.
BUT YOU CAN SEE FOR YOURSELF THAT THE CHANGE IN THE MOON'S APPARENT SIZE IS JUST AN ILLUSION.
JUST TAKE A PIECE OF PAPER, ROLL IT UP INTO A TUBE, AND TAPE IT SO THAT THE MOON JUST FITS INTO YOUR TUBE.
LOOK AT THE MOON AS IT FIRST COMES UP OVER THE HORIZON AND THEN LOOK AGAIN A FEW HOURS LATER AND YOU'LL SEE THAT THE SIZE DOESN'T CHANGE.
TIDAL HEIGHTS ARE AT THEIR GREATEST WHEN THE MOON, THE EARTH, AND THE SUN ARE ALL IN ALIGNMENT, SUCH AS DURING A NEW MOON OR A FULL MOON.
SPRING TIDES A FULLER NEW MOON AND THE PERIGEE OF THE MOON COINCIDE ABOUT THREE TO FOUR TIMES PER YEAR.
DURING THOSE TIMES, THE HEIGHT OF THE ALREADY LARGER THAN USUAL SPRING TIDES IS ACCENTUATED EVEN MORE BY THE MOON'S CLOSER PROXIMITY TO EARTH.
THESE PEREGIAN SPRING TIDES OR SUPER MOON SPRING TIDES ARE ALSO CALLED KING TIDES.
KING TIDES USUALLY HAPPEN ON THE DAY OR TWO AFTER THE SUPER MOON, RATHER THAN ON THE EXACT SAME DAY.
KING TIDES CAN GIVE US A CLUE ABOUT WHICH AREAS WILL BECOME PERMANENTLY INUNDATED AT SEA LEVEL CONTINUES TO RISE, AND ALSO WHICH AREAS WILL EXPERIENCE MORE FREQUENT AND MORE INTENSE FLOODING.
THE LOW COUNTRY REGION HAS SEEN A RELATIVE SEA LEVEL RISE OF ABOUT ONE FOOT IN THE LAST 100 YEARS.
DUE TO A COMBINATION OF GLOBAL SEA LEVEL RISE AND GROUND SUBSIDENCE, KING TIDES CAN REACH ONE AND A HALF TO TWO FEET ABOVE AVERAGE HIGH TIDE HEIGHT.
SEEING THE FLOODING FROM A KING TIDE IS A LITTLE LIKE LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE AND SEEING THE POTENTIAL RESULTS OF A ONE TO TWO FOOT RISE IN SEA LEVEL.
DUE TO GRADUAL SEA LEVEL RISE, DATA SHOW KING TIDES ARE GETTING HIGHER AND OCCURRING MORE OFTEN.
INFRASTRUCTURE PROBLEMS, FLOODING, LOCALIZED DAMAGE AND TRAFFIC ISSUES ARE ALL BYPRODUCTS OF THIS PROCESS.
AND PLANNING FOR COMMUNITY RESILIENCY BECOMES AN IMPORTANT TASK SINCE MORE THAN HALF THE WORLD'S POPULATION LIVES IN COASTAL AREAS.
THE KING TIDES PROJECT IS AN INTERNATIONAL CITIZEN SCIENCE PROJECT THAT IS USING PHOTOGRAPHY DURING KING TIDES TO DOCUMENT FLOODING EVENTS, AREAS AT RISK FOR SEA LEVEL RISE, AND WHAT FUTURE SEA LEVEL RISE MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROJECT CAPTURE PHOTOS OF AREAS IN THEIR LOCALITY THAT EXPERIENCE FLOODING AND EROSION AT THE PEAK OF KING TIDES, AND THEN SUBMIT THEM ONLINE TO A DATABASE TO RECORD AND DOCUMENT EFFECTS OF FLOOD RISK IN COASTAL AREAS.
PROVIDE COMPARISONS FOR THE FUTURE AND VALIDATE MODELS WITH WHAT IS HAPPENING IN REALITY.
IN SOUTH CAROLINA, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL IS LEADING THE SOUTH CAROLINA KING TIDES INITIATIVE, AND YOU CAN HELP BY SUBMITTING PHOTOS THROUGH THE APP FOUND ON MY COAST.ORG/SC.
SUPER MOONS ARE NOT ONLY A BEAUTIFUL SITE, BUT THE RESULTING KING TIDES AFFECT THE LOW COUNTRY'S COASTAL AREAS AS WELL.
NEXT TIME WE HAVE ONE OF THESE SUPER ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS, GO OUT AND SEE WHAT OBSERVATIONS YOU CAN MAKE.