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UH, WE HAVE BEEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND WE DO HAVE AN ITEM ARISING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION.
I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOTION.
UH, MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE THAT COUNSEL AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY ATTORNEY TO ARRANGE FOR INTERVIEWS TO BE CONDUCTED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WITH THE FOLLOWING ATTORNEYS NUMBER FOUR, SEVEN, AND NINE FROM THE LIST DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND FOR THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNSEL ON AN ATTORNEY OR LAW FIRM TO PROVIDE LEGAL ADVICE TO COUNSEL CONCERNING THE PENDING PINE ISLAND, UH, DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND RAMSEY FARM DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
WE HAVE A SECOND FOR THAT MOTION.
ANY DISCUSSION? COULD WE JUST POINT OUT TO THE PUBLIC WHO'S ON THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE IN CASE THEY WANNA KNOW? PULL YOUR MIC DOWN PLEASE.
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ARE THE CHAIRMAN OF EACH COMMITTEE, SUCH AS NATURAL RESOURCES, PUBLIC FACILITIES, UM, ALL OF OUR COMMITTEES, FINANCE.
THAT'S THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OR COMMENTS? SEEING NONE BY SHOW OF HANDS TO APPROVE THAT MOTION AS READ AND IT IS UNANIMOUS.
WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED FROM, UM, EXECUTIVE SESSION.
[1. CALL TO ORDER]
UH, I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY MS. TABER.I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
MY INVOCATION TODAY WILL FOCUS ON REFLECTIONS ABOUT FLAG DAY, WHICH WE JUST HAD, AND THE UPCOMING 4TH OF JULY.
ALMIGHTY GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR THE FLAG AS OUR SYMBOL OF OUR UNITY AND OUR IDEALS, OUR FLAGS, COLORS, RED, WHITE, AND BLUE.
RED REPRESENTS HARDINESS AND VALOR.
WHITE SYMBOLIZES PURITY AND INNOCENCE, AND BLUE SIGNIFIES VIGILANCE, PERSEVERANCE, AND JUSTICE.
AS WE LOOK UPON THE STARS ON THE FLAG, WE ARE REMINDED OF YOUR CREATION AND THE VASTNESS OF YOUR LOVE.
AS WE SEE THE STRIPES, WE REMEMBER THE SACRIFICES MADE TO BUILD THIS NATION AND THE VALUES WE STRIVE TO UPHOLD, JUSTICE, LIBERTY, AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.
LET US ALWAYS JOIN TOGETHER TO GIVE THANKS FOR THE FREEDOMS WE CELEBRATE AND ENJOY.
WE REMEMBER WITH GRATITUDE THOSE WHO FOUGHT FOR OUR LIBERTY AND THOSE WHO CONTINUE TO SERVE TO PROTECT IT.
WE PRAY FOR UNITY AND UNDERSTANDING AMONG ALL OUR CITIZENS, AND FOR, FOR WISDOM AND GUIDANCE FOR OUR LEADERS AT THE FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LEVELS.
MAY OUR NATION ALWAYS STRIVE TO LIVE UP TO THE IDEALS UPON WHICH IT WAS FOUNDED, AND MAY WE BECOME A BEACON OF HOPE AND FREEDOM FOR THE WORLD.
GUIDE US TOWARDS PEACE AND PROSPERITY, AND HELP US TO LIVE WORTHY OF THE FREEDOMS WE ENJOY.
THANK YOU, VICE CHAIRMAN VERNICK.
UM, THIS MEETING WAS ADVERTISED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATE LAW FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT.
I'LL CONFIRM THAT WITH MS. UH, BROCK AND MS. ASHLEY.
[4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA]
WE WILL, UH, LOOK AT THE AGENDA.AND DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA? I MOVE.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN DAWSON.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I I'LL SECOND IT.
NICK, I'LL, ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE.
APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA BY SHOW OF HANDS.
AND IT IS UNANIMOUS TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.
UM, WE HAVE ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT.
WE HAVE A LOT OF GOOD NEWS TONIGHT.
[5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - June 9th Caucus and County Council Meeting Minutes]
I'M SORRY.I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN BROWN TO APPROVE THE MINUTES TO HAVE A SECOND.
NOW WE HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS FROM
[6. ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT]
OUR ADMINISTRATOR AND OTHER NEWS, BUT REALLY GOOD NEWS.UH, GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR AND COUNSEL.
UM, FIRST OFF, WE'LL START WITH, UH, EMPLOYEE RECOGNITIONS THIS EVENING.
UM, WE HAVE FROM A RISK MANAGEMENT, DAPHNE BUTLER, IF DAPHNE'S HERE, THERE ARE, YEAH.
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RIGHT HERE.SO, UH, DAPHNE IS, UM, OUR CLAIMS AND INSURANCE ADMINISTRATOR.
SHE'S BEEN WITH THE COUNTY JUST OVER SEVEN YEARS AND SUMMARY OF HER DUTIES, SHE ADMINISTERS THE COUNTY'S PROPERTY AND LIABILITY CLAIMS, PROCESSES, INSURANCE ENDORSEMENTS AND INVOICES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, PROCESSES ANNUAL POLICY RENEWALS, ADJUST ASSETS, RECONCILES INSURANCE PREMIUMS, AND KEEPS TRACK OF ALL THE COUNTY'S INSURABLE ASSETS.
AND IF YOU KNOW, THAT'S AN EXTENSIVE PORTFOLIO OF THINGS YOU HANDLE EACH AND EVERY DAYS.
AND WE'RE WITHOUT FLAW, I MEAN, NO FLAWS FLAWLESS.
UM, YOU'RE NOT A FAN OF THE OUTDOORS.
THE HEAT, OKAY, I UNDERSTAND THAT.
SO, UH, WE LIKE TO RECOGNIZE, UH, DAPHNE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT IT BEEN, UH, RIGHT HERE WITH THE MIC.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT IT HAS BEEN A GOOD SEVEN AND A HALF YEARS.
UM, I HAVE BEEN IN SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS, SO I GOT TO KNOW A LOT OF EMPLOYEES.
UM, MY BACKGROUND IS VERY EXTENSIVE IN A LOT OF THE DEPARTMENTS, WHICH IS A GOOD THING, BUT I TRULY APPRECIATE MY TIME HERE.
NEXT, WE'VE GOT, UH, FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF, UH, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OR IT, UH, FOIA WRIGHT ALLEN, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF SHE'S HERE TONIGHT.
UM, HER POSITION IS IT BUSINESS MANAGER.
UM, SHE'S BEEN WITH THE COUNTY FOR THREE YEARS AND NINE MONTHS.
SUMMARY OF JOB DUTIES AS THE IT BUSINESS MANAGER.
SHE BRIDGES THE GAP BETWEEN IT OPERATIONS AND BUSINESS.
UH, SHE OVERSEE, OVERSEES THE PLANNING, BUDGETING, AND ALIGNMENT OF TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVES WITH THE COUNTY'S GOALS.
SOMETHING UNIQUE ABOUT, UH, HER TO SHARE.
UH, FOIA LOVES TO TRAVEL AND EXPLORE NEW THINGS, SO WE APPRECIATE HER SERVICE.
OKAY, NEXT UP FROM, UH, PLANNING AND ZONING, WE'VE GOT, UH, KRISTEN FORBIS.
SO, YEAH, SO, UM, HER POSITION IS A LONG RANGE PLANNER.
BEEN WITH THE COUNTY FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS.
SHE SERVES AS THE STAFF LIAISON FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION REVIEW BOARD, CULTURAL PROTECTION OVERLAY COMMITTEE AND PLANNING COMMISSION, CREATING AGENDAS, STAFF REPORTS AND MINUTES.
UH, SHE REVIEWS TEXT AMENDMENTS AND REZONING REQUESTS, AND IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATES, SOMETHING UNIQUE TO SHARE PUBLICLY.
UH, YOU STATE IN A CAMPER VAN FOR A WEEK AND TRAVELED TO ICELAND, TRAVELED AROUND ICELAND.
IT'S BEEN A GREAT TWO AND A HALF YEARS.
I HOPE Y'ALL WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE ME FOR ANOTHER TWO AND A HALF, IF NOT MORE.
THAT'S, SO THAT CONCLUDES, UM, OUR EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION.
UH, NEXT, I, I DO HAVE SOME POSITIVE NEWS TO, TO TELL COUNSEL, WHICH, UM, UH, EMAILED YOU YOU THIS EARLIER, BUT JUST FOR YOU ALL'S AWARENESS AND FOR THE PUBLIC.
UM, THIS MORNING, THE SOUTH CAROLINA TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE BANK BOARD, UNANIMOUSLY BY SIX OH VOTE PASSED A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE, UH, THE COUNTY'S REVISED PROPOSAL FOR THE HIGHWAY 2 78 PROJECT WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS, THE AMENDED INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT, UH, BEAUFORT COUNTY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PROJECT OVERRUNS AND A 70 30 SHARE WITH S-C-D-O-T.
UM, THE SC THE S CIB WILL MAINTAIN THEIR 120 DO MILLION DOLLARS COMMITMENT TO THE PROJECT.
ANY PROJECT SAVINGS WILL COME BACK TO THE STATE INFRASTRUCTURE BANK AND THE STATE INFRASTRUCTURE BANK'S FUNDS ARE SPENT.
SUBSEQUENT APPROVALS WILL, UM, INCLUDE THE S-C-D-O-T COMMISSION AND THE JOINT, UH, BOND REVIEW COMMITTEE.
BUT WE SPOKE WITH, UM, S-C-D-O-T SECRETARY POWELL TODAY, AND OF COURSE, HE'S VERY POSITIVE AND, UH, THOUGHT THIS WAS GREAT NEWS.
SO, UM, WE EXPECT THAT WILL BE, UM, A POSITIVE.
WE'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK, UM, OUR DELEGATION AS WELL AS SENATOR DAVIS FOR THEIR VERY STRONG SUPPORT AND, AND A LOT OF EFFORT TO GET THIS ACROSS
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THE FINISH LINE.SO, UH, WANNA MAKE COUNCIL AWARE OF THAT.
AND THEN LASTLY, UH, WE'LL HAVE A WORKSHOP, UM, THIS THURSDAY ON THE 26TH OF JUNE AT THE BLUFFTON LIBRARY, STARTING AT 10 O'CLOCK.
AND PENNY, ANY QUESTIONS? THAT CONCLUDES MY UPDATE.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? DO I HAVE ONE, PLEASE? YES.
I KNOW THE, UH, COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR JUST MENTIONED THE DELEGATION AND SENATOR DAVIS, BUT I'D LIKE TO JUST MENTION THE FACT THAT SENATOR DAVIS HAS BEEN WITH US ON THIS PROJECT FOR YEARS, UM, IS VERY WELL RESPECTED AND ADMIRED IN COLUMBIA.
UH, AND HE HAS REALLY BEEN OUR WORK FOR, UH, THERE TO ENSURE THAT THIS PROJECT MOVE FORWARDS THROUGH ALL IT MOVE FORWARD THROUGH ALL THE OBSTACLES WE ENCOUNTERED.
SO, MY SINCERE THANKS ON BEHALF OF THIS COUNCIL TO SENATOR DAVIS FOR THE GREAT WORK HE DID, UM, GETTING US TO THE, UH, UH, TO THE FINAL APPROVAL HERE, UM, WITH REGARD TO THIS PROJECT.
THANKS VERY MUCH, SENATOR DAVIS.
IN ADDITION, COUNCIL MCG GLOVER.
YEAH, I, I, I, UM, DID TO EVERYTHING THAT, UH, LARRY JUST SAID, BUT I ALSO WANNA COMMEND THE STAFF.
UM, Y'ALL DID A TREMENDOUS JOB, SO THANK YOU.
[7. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD 30 MINUTES TOTAL]
WE, UH, NOW HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT, PERIOD.I WOULD LIKE, UH, TO REMIND THE PUBLIC OF THE RULES OF THE ROAD.
EACH MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO IS RECOGNIZED SHALL LIMIT THEIR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES AND OBSERVE THE FOLLOWING PROTOCOL, ADDRESS THE CHAIRMAN.
AND IN SPEAKING, AVOID DISRESPECT TO COUNSEL AND ANY PERSONALITIES CONFINE THEMSELVES TO QUESTIONS UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE COUNCIL.
BE MINDFUL AND RESPECTFUL OF THOSE WHO ARE PRESENT AND OTHERS WHO MAY BE WATCHING ON TELEVIS TELEVISION.
AND WE DO HAVE A MICROPHONE, SO ALL WILL HEAR WHAT YOU SAY.
UH, THERE'S NO REASON TO RAISE YOUR VOICE AT COUNCIL, WHICH WE'VE HAD THAT HAPPEN IN THE PAST.
AND I KNOW THAT WON'T HAPPEN TONIGHT.
I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT TO THE PUBLIC TOO.
UH, THERE'S GONNA BE SEVERAL PUBLIC HEARINGS TONIGHT.
SO, UH, I NOTICED THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE THAT HAD SOME COMMENTS ON JENNINGS ROAD.
THEY CAN MAKE THOSE ON NUMBER 18 UNDER PUBLIC HEARING, IF YOU'D RATHER.
WE'VE GOT, WE'VE GOT 12 PEOPLE.
WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU THREE MINUTES EACH.
NO, I, I JUST SAY THAT IF, IF THERE'S ANYONE HERE WHO HAVEN'T SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ASKING TO DO SO BEFORE YOU START THIS PROCESS, IS THERE ANYONE THAT HAS NOT SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? YOU CAN.
THERE'S STILL AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.
NO, THESE ARE IN ORDER AS THEY WERE SIGNED IN.
UH, RICHARD MANSFIELD, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD? AND THE NEXT PERSON AFTER HIM IS, UM, UM, LEONARD BROWN.
SO, UM, RICHARD MANSFIELD ZONING LANDS IN RIGHT.
AND Y'ALL SHOULD HAVE SOME HANDOUTS THAT THE CLERK'S GONNA HAND YOU.
AS SHE SAID, MY NAME IS RICHARD MANSFIELD.
I, IN MY CAREER, I'VE HAD 45 YEARS IN ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT.
20 OF THOSE 45 YEARS HAS BEEN IN CIVIL ENGINEERING, WHERE I HAVE DONE DUE DILIGENCE FOR RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, AND MILITARY DEVELOPMENT SITES.
OUR CONCERN FOR LANDS IN RIGHT NOW IS THAT WE FEEL LIKE THE CODES ARE NOT BEING ADHERED TO LAND IN.
LANDS IN, DOWN AROUND ST UH, FORT FREMONT CONSISTS OF PROPERTIES THAT ARE LESS THAN A QUARTER ACRE EACH AND HERE RECENTLY HAS COME TO OUR ATTENTION THAT THERE ARE PARCELS BEING BOUGHT UP FOR THE STRICT USE TO SET 'EM UP AS CAMPSITES.
AND WE FEEL THAT THAT IS A VIOLATION OF THE EXISTING CODES WITHIN THE COUNTY.
I DID SOME RESEARCH LAST NIGHT TO SUPPORT THIS IN LOOKING UNDER THE CODE THREE, 3.1 0.6 CONSOLIDATED USE AND 3.1 0.7 LAND USE DEFINITIONS ON THE RESIDENTIAL.
UM, THOSE PROPERTIES THAT ARE LABELED AS RESIDENTIAL IS FOUR DWELLING SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED UNITS, NOT CAMPERS IN RVS, UH, 90% OF LANDS INN CONSIST OF RESIDENTS WHO ARE VESTED IN THE PROPERTY.
THEY HAVE PERMANENT STRUCTURES THERE FOR THEM TO COME VISIT, EITHER ON A WEEK, WEEKLY BASIS.
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PEOPLE ARE BUYING UP THE PROPERTY FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE.TO SET THOSE LOTS UP AS CAMP SITES.
THERE IS A TRANSECT ZONING WITHIN THE CONSOLIDATED USE THAT REFERS TO 3.1 POINT 30, WHICH IS A TRANSECT ZONE, 3.2 0.4 T TWO RULE ZONING IS FOR LARGE LOTS RESIDENTIAL FARMS, PARKS, WOODLANDS, GRASSLANDS, TRAILS, AND OPEN SPACE.
THE PURPOSE OF THOSE TRANSECTS IS TO, TO STABILIZE THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND MAINTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS STABILITY BY HAVING THESE CAMPSITES COME IN THAT IS DISRUPTING THE RESIDENT ATMOSPHERE.
AND LOOKING AT THAT, LOOKING AT JUST THE FIRST THREE REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE T TWO PRIMITIVE CAMPING SLASH CAMPGROUNDS ARE PERMITTED.
HOWEVER, THERE ARE RESTRICTIONS THAT MUST BE FOLLOWED.
IT'S POSSIBLE FOR THE RE THE COASTS TO BE FOLLOWED.
IF YOU HAVE LESS THAN A QUARTER ACRE LOT, THE FIRST ONE, MINIMUM SITE AREA MUST BE CONSISTED OF THREE ACRES.
SECOND BUFFERS SHALL BE SCREENED WITH A HUNDRED FOOT WIDE BUFFER NEXT TO ALL PROPERTY LINES.
STAY TIME IS NOT TO EXCEED 60 DAYS WITHIN 90 DAYS.
NEXT IS, UM, LEONARD, MR. LEONARD BROWN, IF YOU JUST STATE YOUR NAME TOO, PLEASE.
UM, I'M STANDING ON BEHALF OF MY DAD, THOMAS BROWN.
UH, I'M HERE IN REFERENCE TO SPEAKING ON THE FOCUS RIGHT AWAY PROJECT IN BIGGER STATE ROAD.
UM, SUPPOSEDLY I HAVE ALSO HAVE A PETITION HERE OF THOSE THAT OPPOSED TO THAT PLAN BEING THAT THEY MOST, THAT HAVE SIGNED THIS LIST, THAT KNOW ABOUT THE PLAN, THE MEETINGS OKAY.
AND ALONG WITH KNOWING ABOUT THE MEETINGS, THEY DIDN'T KNOW HOW THE PLAN WAS COMING THROUGH THIS RIGHT OF WAY, PROJECT IS SUPPOSED TO BE COMING THROUGH MY DAD'S, UH, PROPERTY.
UH, HE WASN'T NOTIFIED ABOUT THAT UNTIL A COUPLE WEEKS AGO WITH A CERTIFIED LETTER.
UM, THERE'S BEEN, UH, A CERTAIN GROUP COMMITTEE, WHATEVER THEY'VE BEEN HAVING HIM ALONG AND NOT INFORMING HIM AS WELL, KNOWING WHAT THE PROJECT WAS.
UH, MY THING IS, UH, THIS HAS TO DO WITH IMPROVING DRAINAGE, UH, THE SAFETY OF THE COMMUNITY AND MORE FOR THE SAFETY OF THE COMMUNITY, NO DOUBT.
BUT WHEN IT COMES TO TAKING OUR PROPERTY TO HAVE THAT DONE, I FIND THAT A PROBLEM WITH THAT SIMPLY BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU WANNA IMPROVE THE DRAINAGE, BUT THE COUNTY'S DOING THEIR JOB ON THE DRAINAGE.
BUT THE, THE STATE IS NOT DOING THEIR JOB ON THE STATE ROAD OF A BIG ESTATE.
SO NOW, AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY, UH, THE LOT OF PROPERTY OWNERS OFFER A BIG ESTATE ROAD, HAVE DRAINAGE PROBLEMS BECAUSE THE STATE IS NOT DOING THEIR JOB.
THEY, THEY HAVEN'T DONE THEIR JOB THERE FOR AT LEAST TWO HURRICANE SEASONS.
SO NOW ALONG WITH THAT BEING SAID, THIS, THIS SIDE SAW SIDEWALK COMING THROUGH.
UM, UH, IT HAS TO IMPROVE THE DRAINAGE.
UH, FOR THE LONGEST THEY'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, UH, TAPPING IN WITH BRU, BEAUFORT, JASPER, THE WATER SYSTEM.
OKAY? AND I'M QUITE SURE WITH THEM FORCIBLY APPRAISING OUR PROPERTY FOR THIS DRAINAGE SYSTEM.
THE BEAUFORT JASPER LATER COME IN, WHOEVER KNOWS WHEN, AND THEN YOU, WE THINK IN TERMS OF, UH, PROPERTIES BEING RESIDUAL INCOME, GENERATIONAL WEALTH.
OKAY? LATER ON, THIS PROPERTY, THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY BEING SOLD.
AND THEN BEAUFORT, JASPER COMES IN, AND THEN MY FAMILY FOR GENERATIONS AT, AT, OR DEBT, AT DEBT FOR BEAUFORD JA, JASPER COUNTY, KNOWING THAT THEY BOUGHT OUR PROPERTY.
AND THIS IS MY COMMENT AND MY COMPLAINT ALONG WITH THE, UH, LIST OF HOMES, SUPPO, SUPPOSEDLY HOMEOWNERS THAT SUPPOSEDLY WANT THIS, UH, PROJECT DONE.
AND THIS IS, UH, NO DISRESPECT TO YOU, MR. DAWSON, THAT YOU SAID THE PLAN WAS DEF GIVE IT TO THE CHAIRMAN.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS, MR. BROWN.
AT THIS TIME, UH, THE NEXT PERSON ON THE LIST IS, UH, MR. ARNOLD BROWN.
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AND AFTER HIM IS, UH, MR. HERBERT PLACE, FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER.UH, HOPE EVERYONE CAN SEE THIS.
AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRAYER THAT YOU LEAD.
AND ALSO, UH, WHAT IN REFERENCE TO PINE ISLAND IN THE CPO, I THINK IT COMES DOWN TO A, UH, A CRITERIA FOR MAKING A DECISION.
IF I WAS IN YOUR POSITION, I, I WOULD HAVE A CRITERIA FOR MAKING A DECISION.
AND THE FIRST CRITERIA THAT I WOULD USE, THE FIRST ONE I PROFESSIONALLY SPEAKING WHEN I HAD TO MAKE A DECISION, WAS BASED ON QUALITY, DELIVERY, AND PRICE.
AND I THINK IF YOU GO TO AMAZON TODAY, WHEN YOU SHOP ON AMAZON, YOU LOOK AT QUALITY DELIVERY AT PRICE.
IF YOU NEEDED A HVAC SYSTEM IN THIS HOT WEATHER, YOU WOULD LOOK AT QUALITY, DELIVERY, AND PRICE.
IF YOU WERE BUYING A HOME, YOU WOULD LOOK AT LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION.
THOSE ARE THE VARIOUS CRITERIA FOR THE CRITERIA AS FAR AS UPHOLDING THE CPO COMMUNITY RECOMMENDATION.
OKAY? THE COMMUNITY HAS SPOKEN.
THE COMMUNITY HAS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT THEY SUPPORT THEIR CPO.
AND, UM, THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT FACTOR AND IT SHOULD NOT, UH, BE IGNORED.
THE NEXT ITEM IS, UH, PLANNING RECOMMENDATION.
THE PLANNING COMMITTEE MADE A UNANIMOUS DECISION TO UPHOLD THE CURRENT ZONING, THE CPO.
SO AS MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, I WOULD THINK THAT YOU WOULD HOLD UP BEAUFORT COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION DEPARTMENT.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT IT'S CALLED, BUT YOU WOULD UPHOLD THAT AND SUPPORT THEM IN THEIR, UH, DECISION.
THE NEXT ITEM IS LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL.
SOME FOLKS HAVE SAID THAT, WELL, THIS IS NOT CONSTITUTIONAL.
WHAT IS YOUR EVIDENCE OF THAT? BASED ON LAWS THAT HAVE BEEN ALL HAS GONE TO THE SUPREME COURT, IT IS CONSTITUTIONAL FOR THE, FOR ZONING TO BE UPHELD SOUTH CAROLINA LAW, UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION, IT CREATES ANOTHER PROBLEM TO REVERSE ITS SPOT.
ZONING IS NOT A VIOLATION OF THE FI FIFTH AMENDMENT OF TAKING SOMEONE'S LAND.
IF A LAND WAS ZONED COMMERCIAL OR SHOPPING CENTER, LET'S SAY WHERE STAPLE IS AND YOU REZONE AT THE FARMING, THAT WOULD BE TAKING SOMEONE LAND.
THAT WOULD BE A VIOLATION OF THE FISCAL COMM COMMITMENT, UM, AMENDMENT.
SO FOLLOW THE PRE I SUGGEST FOLLOWING THE PRESIDENTS THAT'S ALREADY BEEN SET, NOT ESTABLISHED, A NEW PRESIDENT.
THAT WILL CREATE PROBLEMS FOR EVERYONE IN THE FUTURE.
AND IT WILL OPEN UP A CAN OF WORMS WHEN OTHER, UH, BUILDERS OR DEVELOPERS COME FORWARD AND, AND SAY THAT WE WANT TO CHANGE BASED ON WHAT, BUT HAVE A CRITERIA THAT EVERYONE CAN FOLLOW.
I SERVE IN YOUNG CAPACITY FOR 20 YEARS.
AT THAT TIME, I REPRESENTED DISTRICT ONE.
TODAY, I'M BEFORE YOU, NOT JUST AS A CONCERNED CITIZEN, A TAXPAYER, BUT SOMEONE WHO DEEPLY CARES ABOUT OUR YOUTH AND COMMUNITY SPACES IS TROUBLING TO SEE OUR CHILDREN LOCK OUT OF RECREATION PARKS ON WEEKENDS, PARTICULARLY BURTON WELLS.
SOMETHING AS FAULTY OR INTENTIONALLY RESTRICTIVE, LOCKE IS DEPRIVING THEM OF SAFETY AND HEALTH OUTLETS.
ADDITIONALLY, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE COURT ENFORCEMENT TEAM AS THOUGH IT'S FALLING APART.
I MEAN, STANDARDS ARE NOT UPHELD.
IT SEEMS. IT SENDS A MESSAGE THAT SOME NEIGHBORHOODS MATTERS LESS THAN OTHERS.
I'M URGED AS COUNSEL TO INVESTIGATE THESE ISSUES AND ENSURE THAT ALL CITIZENS, CHILDREN IN ALL AREAS HAVE EQUAL RECREATION SPACES, ESPECIALLY,
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ESPECIALLY ON THE WEEKEND WHEN I NEEDED MOST, REMEMBER, AND I OBSERVE IN THE SEAT THAT YOU ARE SERVING IN.AND TO ME IT ALWAYS MEANT THE SEAT THAT YOU OCCUPY.
THERE'S NO GREATER CALLING THAN TO SERVE OTHERS BY THE WAY WE DO THINGS.
AND BY THE WAY, MY COUNCILMAN GERALD DAWSON IS FULLY AWARE AND I SPOKE TO HIM PRIOR TO.
SO AGAIN, I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU MAKE A LOT OF DECISIONS AND DO A LOT OF THINGS, BUT THE GOVERNMENT IS DESIGNED TO DO FOR PEOPLE WHAT THEY CAN'T DO FOR THEMSELVES.
AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR LEADERSHIP.
NEXT, UM, NUMBER FIVE IS MS. JOYCE HAM, PUBLIC COMMENT AND SOMETHING.
ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT I HAVE IS THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING TO OUR COMMUNITIES ARE HAVING MORE ACCESS TO OUR RESOURCES THAN THE PEOPLE THAT HAS BEEN HERE ALL THIS TIME.
UH, UH, I'LL SAY FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, LET'S TAKE MY AUNT MIMI.
SHE'S 92 YEARS OLD AND SHE'S IN THE PRO.
SHE PURCHASED A MOBILE HOME AND CAN'T BRING IT HOME.
AND I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, AND THIS HAS BEEN A MONTH NOW THAT SHE HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO BRING HER MOBILE HOME HOME.
AND SHE'S HAVING TO JUMP THROUGH ALL THESE HOOPS, BUT NOTHING AGAINST THE HISPANIC PEOPLE.
BUT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, TWO HISPANICS HAS MOVED A MOBILE HOME INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND IT JUST SAT THERE.
THE, UM, THE, UM, I'M SURE THAT THE SEPTA TANK HAD NOT BEEN APPROVED BECAUSE PORTIONS OF IT WAS ON ANOTHER PERSON'S PROPERTY.
AND SO I'M QUITE AWARE OF THAT.
I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT IS MAKING IT SO DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO USE THEIR OWN PROPERTY JUST TO TRY TO PROVIDE A BETTER SOURCE OF LIVING.
HELLO, MY NAME IS JIM LAWTON AND I RESIDE AT 52 OYSTER STREET IN THE ALL JOY COMMUNITY.
PROUDLY WITHIN UNINCORPORATED BEAUFORT COUNTY NEAR THEIR EVER-GROWING MUNICIPALITY OF BLUFFTON, SOUTH CAROLINA.
THANK YOU CHAIRWOMAN HOWARD AND COUNTY COUNCIL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
IN 1923, MY GRANDFATHER THOMAS LAWTON AND MR. CE ELMER WENT INTO PAR PARTNERSHIP TO DEVELOP A SUBDIVISION CALLED BRIGHTON BEACH.
GRANDDAD WAS BORN BETWEEN BRIGHTON AND SHIRLEY, SOUTH CAROLINA TODAY, WHICH IS KNOWN AFFECTIONATELY AS ALL JOY.
YOU MAY KNOW THIS NAME CAME INTO PARLANCE THANKS TO THE J JC ALL FAMILY WHO BUILT THE ALL JOY HOTEL.
ALSO IN 1923, WE HAVE GROWN FROM A FISH CAMP SUMMERTIME COMMUNITY INTO A YEAR-ROUND MIXTURE OF OLD FAMILIES LIKE MY OWN, THE ALLS WIGGINS CHISHOLM'S, PATTERSON'S CONES, CRAPS SMITHS, AND MANY NEW RESIDENTS WHO LOVE OUR LITTLE HAMLET ON THE MAY LIVE RIVER.
THE QUESTION MY GRANDFATHER AND I HAVE FOR COUNCIL TODAY IS, WHAT ARE YOUR INTENTIONS FOR US? WHY IS EVERYONE BUT ALL JOY RESIDENTS SO HELL BENT TO EXTEND BLUFF IN'S PAVEMENT ALL THE WAY TO ALL JOY? WE ARE INCORPORATED AS I BELIEVE COUNCIL SHOULD ALSO BE PROUD THAT BEAUFORT COUNTY IS NOT ONE LARGE URBAN ZONE THAT IS STILL HAS IN ITS HEART A DESIRE TO HAVE RURAL GREEN SPACES WITHIN ITS JURISDICTION.
WHILE WE LOVE BEING NEAR BL BLUFFED IN TO BUY GROCERIES TO GO TO THE FARMER'S MARKET, EAT AT RESTAURANTS, HIRE LOCAL CONTRACTORS TO PROVIDE TAX RECEIPTS FOR THE TOWN, WE ARE VERY WARY OF THIS B MYTH.
IT'S TRAFFIC AND POPULATION OVERWHELMING ALL JOY.
SO WHAT EXACTLY ARE THE COUNTIES INTENTIONS FOR ALL JOY? I AM
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MOST SORRY THAT I GAVE MY BLESSING YEARS AGO TO GIVE A PRIVATELY HELD STRIP OF BRIGHTON BEACH TO THE COUNTY IN EXCHANGE FOR THE SHERIFF'S PROMISE TO, UH, POLICING THE VIOLENCE TO THE FRONT ROW OF HOUSES ALONG THE BEACH.I SEE NOW HOW EMPTY THAT PROMISE WAS.
NO DEPUTIES, NO MAINTENANCE WHATSOEVER OF THE BEACH, EXCEPT FOR WHAT RESIDENTS CHIP IN TO DO.
AND NOWHERE FOR PEOPLE OF ALL JOY TO PARK OR SIT TO TAKE IN THE MAY.
WHAT ARE THE COUNTY'S INTENTIONS TO IGNORE US UNTIL WE PLEAD TO BE JAMMED INTO THE URBAN SPRAWL OF BLUFFTON? WE DO NOT WANT IT, NOR DO WE WANT THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT TO PROMOTE IMPERVIOUS MATERIALS FOR THE PATHWAY WE NEVER ASKED FOR, OR THE BOAT RAMP THAT WE DO.
11 YEARS AGO I MOVED TO ALL JOY AND TOOK A YEAR OFF TO WORK ON A MANUSCRIPT.
DURING THAT TIME, I ALSO MET AND SPENT TIME WITH MANY OF THE OLDER RESIDENTS AND LISTENED TO THEIR STORIES.
I ALSO LISTENED TO THE RESIDENTS, MANY WHO FOR YEARS HAVE PASSIONATELY PLEADED FOR SOLUTIONS TO THEIR STORMWATER ISSUES, DITCH MAINTENANCE PROTECTION FOR THE MAY RIVER ECOSYSTEM, AND THEIR DESIRE TO HAVE ACCESS TO AN AFFORDABLE SEWER OPTION.
SO IT CAME AS A HUGE SHOCK TO RESIDENTS WHEN IN JUNE OF 2021, THE DISTRICT REP WHO WAS A DEVELOPER, HELD A MEETING, ADDED A FLUID PERSON'S HOME WITH BC ENGINEERING, TELLING, NOT ASKING THE AJOY COMMUNITY OF THEIR PLAN FOR CONCRETE PASS RIPPING OUT SPARTINA, WHICH YES IS ILLEGAL BOARDWALKS AND HEARING FROM THE CROWD A GUTTURAL CRY.
WHAT ABOUT OUR DRAINAGE ISSUES? SINCE THAT TIME, THE RESIDENTS HAVE VOICED OPPOSITION OF THIS PROJECT, PETITIONED AGAINST AND SPOKE WITH REPORTERS.
WE'VE ALSO TALKED WITH S-E-D-O-T, WHO SAID THE PATHWAY PROJECT CAN BE A NATURAL PERVIOUS SURFACE, WHICH WAS WHAT WE'RE ASKING.
IT'S JUST THAT THE BEAUFORT COUNTY DOESN'T WANNA MAINTAIN IT.
THE RESIDENTS ALSO HAVE FOUND THE, EXCUSE ME, THE RESIDENTS ALSO HAVE FOUND THE RIA GRANT TO BRING ABOUT THE DRAINAGE STUDY AND MET WITH BUFORT JASPER THEMSELVES TO RECEIVE AFFORDABLE SEWER.
BUT THE $2.5 MILLION QUESTION IS WHY IS BUFORT COUNTY ENGINEERING AND THE DISTRICT REP HAIL BEND TO DUMP AN ACRE OF CONCRETE IN AN AREA THAT STRUGGLES WITH DRAINAGE AND PUSHING IT TO BE DONE PRIOR TO THE DRAINAGE STUDY BEING FINISHED AND SEWER GOING IN, SOMETHING SMELLS FISHY.
THE RESIDENTS, YOUR CONSTITUENTS HAVE REPEATEDLY ASKED, DO NOT CONCRETE ALL JOY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS, MS. WILSON.
AND AFTER SARAH, IF THE NEXT PERSON WANTS TO, UM, STAND IN THE WINGS IS, UM, BARBARA CHILES.
MY NAME IS DR. SARAH MCDONALD.
I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT OF CONSERVATION AT THE SOUTH CAROLINA AQUARIUM.
THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING AS PART OF YOUR CONSENT AGENDA ENTERING INTO A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE SOUTH CAROLINA AQUARIUM TO INSTALL SEA RISE SIGNS IN BEAUFORT COUNTY.
SEA RISE IS A PROJECT IN THE SOUTH CAROLINA AQUARIUM'S CITIZEN SCIENCE APP.
CITIZEN SCIENCE EMPOWERS COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO COLLECT DATA ABOUT WHAT IS OCCURRING IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.
ANYONE CAN BE A CITIZEN SCIENTIST, UH, IN THIS CASE, ANYONE WITH A MOBILE DEVICE.
UM, SEA RISE HELPS TURN PHOTOS OF FLOODING, WHICH WE ALL HAVE INTO FLOODING DATA.
ANYONE FROM STUDENTS TO MUNICIPAL LEADERS CAN ANALYZE THESE DATA.
THE SEA RISE SIGNS SERVE MULTIPLE PURPOSES.
FIRST, THEY RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT FLOOD PRONE LOCATIONS.
UM, IT'S A BRIGHT BLUE SIGN THAT SAYS FLOODING QUESTION MARK WITH A YELLOW RULER AT THE BOTTOM.
THEY ENCOURAGE MONITORING OF FLOODING IN THE SAME LOCATION OVER TIME AND THEY ALSO ENCOURAGE MONITORING OF MULTIPLE LOCATIONS OF THE SAME FLOODING EVENT.
THEY EMPOWER EVERYDAY PEOPLE TO COLLECT DATA TO AFFECT CHANGE.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING SIGNING THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE SOUTH CAROLINA AQUARIUM.
BARBARA GILES, CHAIRMAN HOWARD COUNTY COUNCIL.
I'M HERE REGARDING THE REZONING OF THE 86.56 ACRES ON JENNINGS ROAD.
THE CURRENT ZONING ALLOWS 28 DWELLING UNITS.
28, THE PLANNING COMMISSION DISAPPROVED THE FIRST REQUEST FOR A POTENTIAL 149 DWELLING UNITS UP
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TO 258 DWELLING UNITS UNDER THE C3 ZONING.AND THEN THE DEVELOPER WENT BACK, DID WHATEVER HE DID, AND CAME UP WITH NEW TYPE OF ZONING WHERE THE POTENTIAL IS 244 DWELLING UNITS.
AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID DISAPPROVE THAT IT DOES COME TO YOU BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE FINAL SAY SO.
BUT CONSIDERING THE CURRENT ZONING ONLY ALLOWS 28 DWELLING UNITS, AND THIS DEVELOPER IS WANTING 244 UNITS, THAT'S MASSIVE.
A MASSIVE AMOUNT TO PUT INTO AN AREA.
IF YOU'VE NOT DRIVEN UP JENNINGS ROAD, IT IS ACROSS FROM BATTERY CREEK HIGH SCHOOL.
NOW, NOISE CONCERNS WILL OCCUR, YOU KNOW, IT DOES WHEN THE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM IS PLAYING OUT THERE.
IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN OUT THERE DURING A FOOTBALL GAME, TRY IT.
TRAFFIC ON A TWO ROAD, TWO-LANE ROAD IS GOING TO BE IMPACTED.
THEY'RE GOING TO DUMP OUT ONTO JENNINGS AS WELL AS RAMSEY UNDERSTOOD.
BUT THEY'RE BOTH TWO LANE ROADS, SO TRAFFIC WILL BE AN AWESOME NIGHTMARE.
I AM ASKING THAT YOU NOT ALLOW THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PROPERTY.
I WORKED WITH THE PLANNING STAFF FROM 2000 FOR 23 YEARS.
BUT WE JUST WANT YOU TO KEEP THAT AREA THE WAY IT IS UNTIL IT CAN BE READY FOR A DRAMATIC RISE IN POPULATION, BUT NOT RIGHT NOW.
HELLO, MY NAME IS COLLINS DOWDY.
AND, UH, JIM LAWTON KINDA STOLE A LOT OF THE WORDS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO TELL Y'ALL.
I'M, I AM A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF THE LOW COUNTRY.
UH, OUR HOUSE, MY PARENTS' HOUSE WAS THE EIGHTH HOUSE IN SEA PINES ON HILTON HEAD WHEN IT WAS NOTHING BUT DIRT ROADS.
MY FIVE KIDS IN THE FAMILY, WE HAD TO COMMUTE TO SAVANNAH TO GO TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY.
SO I GREW UP ON HILTON HEAD, BUT THEN HILTON HEAD STARTED CHANGING, GOT BUSIER, BUSIER, BUSIER.
AND IT GOT TO THE POINT WHERE I SAID NO MORE.
AND THAT'S WHEN I PURCHASED MY HOME ON OYSTER STREET IN BLUFFTON, ALL JOY AREA.
AND THAT WAS, UH, A QUARTER OF A CENTURY AGO.
AND I JUST, I'VE ALWAYS LOVED THE LOW COUNTRY.
I WRITE COLUMNS IN THE PAPERS AND I'M SURE A LOT OF YOU HAVE READ THEM, JUST NOT KNOWING WHO I AM.
AND YOU KNOW, JIM MADE A GOOD POINT ABOUT EVERYBODY WANTS TO CHANGE AJOY EXCEPT THE PEOPLE AT AJOY.
AND I KNOW THAT I'VE HEARD FROM PREVIOUS MEETINGS WITH ABOUT AJOY THAT YES, A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT THIS.
AND FROM ALL THE PEOPLE I KNOW IN THAT AREA THAT I'VE LIVED THERE FOR A LONG TIME, I DON'T HEAR THAT FROM ANY OF THEM.
AND I'M JUST SAYING THAT OUR QUALITY OF LIFE, BLUFFTON IS CHANGING SO FAST.
I MEAN, EVERY TIME I TURN A CORNER, THERE'S, THEY'VE EITHER CLEAR CUT AN AREA, GONNA PUT UP A SHOPPING CENTER, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
AND YOU KNOW, AND THE TRAFFIC IS HORRENDOUS.
AND ALL JOY IS LIKE A LITTLE BITTY PIECE OF THAT.
WE STILL HAVE THAT IS WONDERFUL.
AND IT'S CALM AND EVERYBODY KNOWS EVERYBODY AND EVERYBODY, NOBODY LOCKS THEIR HOMES.
YOU CAN GO WALK INTO YOUR NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE AND GET A STICK OF BUTTER, WHATEVER.
AND WE'RE JUST ASKING TO TRY TO KE GIVE US THAT SPACE.
IT'S A PRIZE OF THE LOW COUNTRY.
IT'S A PIECE OF LOW COUNTRY THAT NEEDS TO BE SAVED.
WE NEED, WE DEFINITELY NEED A SEWER AND OR DRAINAGE PROBLEMS TAKEN.
I HAVEN'T SEEN A BIKE ON ALL JOY IN MONTHS.
I SEE A LOT OF GOLF CARTS, BUT NEVER MANY BIKES.
AND IF WE DO PUT A BIKE PATH PERVIOUS SURFACE, NOT AN IMPER, UH, IMPERVIOUS SURFACE.
AND THAT JUST, I'M JUST ASKING FOR SAY, HELP US SAVE THIS PART OF BLUFFTON.
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ARE PRETTY ACTIVE.WHAT'S HAPPENING? I'M CECILE DOER.
UM, WE LEFT MIAMI TO COME AND LIVE ON ST.
WE MET CLEMSON, PEOPLE WHO HELPED US OUT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WE WERE DOING IN 1967.
UM, I'M REALLY IMPRESSED WITH ENTREPRENEURIALSHIP.
I GOT A LETTER FROM A NICE YOUNG MAN WHO WANTED TO BUY A LOT AT LANZEN.
UH, HE HAD JUST GRADUATED FROM CLEMSON AND HE WANTED TO COME AND JOIN OUR ECLECTIC COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, I I I, I CAN APPRECIATE SOMEONE WANTING TO COME THERE AND LIVE.
UM, WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW IS WHAT KIND OF RULES WE HAVE AND HOW WE CAN ALL FOLLOW THEM.
AND THAT MEANS IN TERMS OF OUR SMALL LOTS.
AT ONE TIME YOU COULDN'T BUILD ON THEM BECAUSE YOU COULDN'T PUT A SEPTIC TANK AND A WELL ON THE SAME PIECE OF SMALL PIECE OF PROPERTY WATER CAME.
UM, BUT WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU IS TO KNOW WHAT KIND OF THINGS CAN GO ON IN OUR AREA.
IT'S NICE TO RENT, UM, YOUR PROPERTY IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE THERE FOR A WHILE.
UM, I APPRECIATE THE YOUNG MEN THAT I DON'T KNOW THEM, BUT THAT ARE ENTREPRENEURIAL.
THAT'S, THAT'S A REALLY NICE, UH, THING.
TODAY, MY BUTTERFLY PLANTS WERE TOTALLY REMOVED FROM MY PROPERTY AND MY FENCE WAS TO COME DOWN BECAUSE A MOBILE HOME WAS COMING DOWN BUCHANAN ROAD.
I'M A TREE PERSON, I'M A PLANT PERSON, I'M A GARDENER.
AND, UM, THEY DID NOT CONTACT US TO ASK US.
THEY'RE A 90 DEGREE, 90 DEGREE ANGLE.
SO WHAT DO I DO? UM, THEY'RE GONNA TAKE MY FENCE DOWN.
WELL, MY FENCE IS SORTED DOWN BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE RUN INTO IT.
BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE FIVE MOBILE HOMES COMING INTO, UH, CAPTAIN ROJAS ROAD AND THEY'RE ALL GONNA COME, UH, ALONG THERE AND THEY NEED, UM, THEY NEED PERMISSION.
SO WE HAVE SOME PROBLEMS. SO MAYBE YOU CAN HELP US SOMETHING.
ALRIGHT, NEXT WE HAVE, UM, MR. MARSHALL.
IS IT MARSHALL? ERICA MARSHALL.
THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR HAVING US HERE TONIGHT.
UM, REGARDING THE LANDS END COMMUNITY AND PROPOSED, UH, DEVELOPMENT.
BEEN THERE ABOUT AS LONG AS SHE HAS.
UM, YES, WE HAVE TEENY TINY LITTLE LOTS.
MY CONCERN FOR THE AREA IS THAT, UH, BEAUFORT COUNTY SPECIFICALLY, UM, PUBLIC WORKS AND, UH, THE ROADS AND SIGNAGE DEPARTMENT HAVE BEEN NEGLECTFUL.
UM, LANDS END IS HEAVILY MARKETED.
FORT FREMONT HAS FACEBOOK PAGES, UM, EAT, SLEEP, PLAY, DO WHATEVER YOU WANT IN.
THEY ARE ALL ADVERTISING OUR QUIET LITTLE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, IT IS NO LONGER WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER A PASSIVE PARK, WHICH WAS THE ORIGINAL DESIGNATION OF FORT FREMONT.
BUT MY CONCERN IS THAT YES, WE'VE GOT TINY LITTLE LOTS AND YES, PEOPLE ARE DOING A GREAT MANY THINGS ON THEM.
UM, PRIVATE RESIDENCES, RENTAL HOUSES, WHATEVER.
BUT MY CONCERN IS WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACT AND THE FACT THAT BEAUFORT COUNTY, SPECIFICALLY PUBLIC WORKS AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS ARE IGNORING US, UM, ACTIVELY MARKETING THE FORT, UM, BRINGS GARBAGE.
IT BRINGS PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE BEYOND WHAT THE FORT SHOULD BE OPERATED IN OUR, AND THOSE ARE THE DAWN TO DUSK HOURS.
UM, THERE'S GARBAGE, THERE'S TRASH.
I DO TURTLE PATROL, CITIZEN SCIENTIST AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER.
UM, COMPLETE DISREGARD FOR SHOREBIRD STEWARDSHIP.
BUT BEYOND THAT, UM, THERE'S A NEGATIVE IMPACT OF PEOPLE ON THE ROADS AND THE SIGNAGE PARTICULARLY STOP SIGNS ARE NOT BEING MAINTAINED PROPERLY BY BEAUFORT COUNTY.
UM, THERE ARE STOP SIGNS THAT ARE INCONSISTENT
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WITH ANY OTHER STOP SIGN IN OUR COUNTY.AND EVEN AT LANDS END, THEY'RE NOT PLACED AT CROSSROADS.
UM, THE ROADS ARE IMPROPERLY MARKED.
WE DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A ONE-WAY OR A, UM, WHAT DO WE CALL DEAD END? UM, WE KNOW YOU'VE GOT THE ABILITY.
I'VE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH PEOPLE LIKE NEIL DESAI, UH, AND I'M TALKING THE PAST 10, 15 YEARS.
NEIL DESAI, JOHN MILLER, THOMAS HAYWARD, DARREN ALLEN, AND THEN THE GUYS THAT ARE NOT IN THE OFFICES LIKE MR. COX AND MR. HAYWARD, WHO HAS RE UH, PLACED OUR STOP SIGNS REPEATEDLY AND THEY'VE GIVEN UP, UM, ADDITIONALLY WITH, UM, IMPACT TO NEGATIVE IMPACT TO THE AREA.
UM, WHERE ARE PEOPLE THAT DO THESE RENTALS TAKING THEIR GARBAGE? ARE ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE PROPOSED TO COME IN CAMPERS TO LANDSEND GOING TO BE GIVEN A PERMIT? UM, ARE THEY GONNA BE SIGNING UP WITH ONE OF OUR LOCAL ENTREPRENEURS THAT DOES SANITATION SERVICES? BUT YOU KNOW, IF YOU CAN'T GO TO THE DUMP TO DUMP YOUR GARBAGE AND YOU TAKE IT TO THE FORT AND PUT IT IN THE BIN THERE AND THEN IT WASHES OUT ON THE BEACH 'CAUSE THE COUNTY'S NOT DOING ANYTHING WITH IT, THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL NEGATIVE IMPACT.
DID ANYONE SIGN UP LATE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WE KNOW OF? NO.
WE WILL GO ON, UH, THE, ON OUR AGENDA NEXT IS LIAISON AND
[8. LIASION AND COMMITTEE REPORTS]
COMMITTEE REPORTS.I'D LIKE TO START WITH THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ONLINE.
COUNCILMAN, UM, UH, MCALLEN AND COUNCILMAN CUNNINGHAM.
DO YOU HAVE ANY, UH, LIAISON REPORTS? NOTHING FROM ME.
UH, WE'LL START WITH OTHERS FOR LIAISON REPORTS STARTING AT THE, WE'LL START WITH YOU.
AND THEN TO TOM AND BOTH ATTENDED.
UM, LAST WEEK I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE AT THE AIRPORTS BOARDS MEETING, UM, ST.
HELENA AND PHASE ONE OF THE TERMINAL BUILDOUT IS GOING VERY WELL.
UM, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET A SOPHOMORE FROM AUBURN.
HE'S A SUMMER INTERN, WIN ALSCO, AND, UM, HE'S WANTS TO FIND OUT IF HE WANTS TO GET INTO AVIATION SOMEHOW.
AND IS JOHN REBEL HERE TODAY? HERE FROM THE AIRPORT? MM-HMM
UM, I HAVE BEEN ON THE THIS BOARD FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS NOW.
AND I GOTTA COMMEND YOU, YOUR STAFF AND THE BOARD FOR THE WORK YOU DO FOR COMMUNICATING TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND IT'S VAST MANY MOVING PARTS, BUT TO GET THESE KIDS, THESE YOUNG KIDS, THESE YOUNG ADULTS THAT WANNA COME BACK AND DO INTERNSHIPS, CONGRATULATIONS WITH THAT.
UM, LAST WEEK A COUNCILWOMAN BROWN AND I MET, UM, A YOUNG KID THAT GRADUATED.
HE'S HERE NOW, FULL-TIME LIVING HERE.
UM, HE GRADUATED HOFSTRA POLITICAL SCIENCE AND HE SAYS HE WANTS TO BE LIKE ONE OF US.
YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA TELL YOU, THE KIDS ARE THE YOUTH OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL AND OUR COLLEGES ARE, WHEN THEY COME BACK HERE, THEY WANT TO GET INVOLVED BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT WE ALL DO TOGETHER.
AND I GOTTA TELL YOU, I THINK THAT'S FANTASTIC.
UM, ANYTHING ELSE? WE SURE, YEAH.
REMEMBER HOW MANY ITEMS WE HAVE ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT? WE'RE, UM, STORMWATER, I HAD THE CHANCE TO GO TO A STORMWATER BOARD MEETING LAST WEEK AT THE SHERIFF'S STATION.
AND I, I, I HEARD MARK FEINBERG AND HIS INCREDIBLE TEAM STAFF.
UH, BUT I HAD THE CHANCE TO MEET MR. LAWTON AND THAT GROUP FROM AJOY.
SO AGAIN, THE WORK WE'RE DOING TOGETHER, THIS STAFF LED BY JAR FRA, UM, I IS DOING TREMENDOUS WORK IN OUR COMMUNITY.
BOOTS ON THE GROUND, RETROFITTING OUR STORM WATER AND DRAINAGE.
AND I GOTTA TELL YOU, IT'S, I'M PROUD TO BE PART OF THAT GROUP AS WELL.
SO TONIGHT, I THINK IT'S THREE FOR THREE ON SOME GOOD REPORTS HERE.
UM, THERE IS, UH, QUITE A FEW THINGS FROM THE, UH, FINANCE COMMITTEE, THE, UM, THAT'S COMING UP ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
MOSTLY HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE DONE HERE BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
WE, WE'VE HAD A, UH, FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING AT THE START OF THIS COMMITTEE MEETING.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR WHO ATTENDED THAT.
UM, AND UH, AGAIN, I THINK THAT'S ALL THAT I'VE GOT ON MY END.
UM, AS TOM REESE SAID, WE BOTH ATTENDED TO THE STORM WATER COMMITTEE MEETING LAST WEDNESDAY, AND MR. FEINBERG WANTED US TO PUT FORTH A MOTION.
UM, BUT I WAS TOLD BY OUR CHAIR THAT WE CAN'T DO THAT TONIGHT.
WE'LL DO THAT AT THE PUBLIC FACILITIES MEETING.
SO, SO AS USUAL, I'LL GIVE A SHORT REPORT ON SCHOOL
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DISTRICT, ALTHOUGH THERE ARE FOUR OF THEM HERE, THEY COULD GIVE IT, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS A VERY GOOD MEETING.I WAS WATCHING IT ABOUT THE AVID ELECTIVE COURSES.
UH, MS. STRATOS DID A GREAT JOB AND THE OTHERS, AND FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, THAT'S ADVOCATING VIA INDIVIDUAL DETERMINATION.
IT WAS AT BEAUFORT MIDDLE SCHOOL, NOW IT'S GOING TO THE HILTON HEAD HIGH SCHOOL.
UM, AND IT'S REALLY VERY INTERESTING.
AND IT'S TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR COLLEGE READINESS.
SO IF YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WATCH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT VIDEO THAT WAS THERE, CUSTODIAL MAINTENANCE, THEY HAD 665 CUSTODIAL INSPECTIONS, DISTRICT WIDE AVERAGE SCORE, 85.6, I THINK THAT'S VERY COMMENDABLE.
AND THEY ARE 99.48% SPENT OF 2019 REFERENDUM FUNDS AND 48.8% SPENT OF 2023 FUNDS.
AND OF COURSE, TANYA CROSBY GAVE A BUDGET UPDATE, WHICH IS OUR, YOUR BUDGET'S ON TODAY.
AND THE OTHER THING I HAVE, AND I BROUGHT THIS TO SHARE, ALICE AND I, UM, WENT TO THE EMERGING LEADERS AND I WANNA CONGRATULATE JARED.
UH, THE EMERGING LEADERS PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED IN 21.
IT FOCUSES ON CAREER DEVELOPMENT, RELATIONSHIP BUILDING, AND COMMUNITY SERVICE AMONG COUNTY EMPLOYEES.
IT PROVIDES ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES TO ATTRACT, DEVELOP, AND RETAIN LEADERS IN OUR DEV OUR GOVERNMENT.
THIS YEAR'S THEME, WHICH BRIANNA, UH, KLIENBERG GAVE VERY ENTHUSIASTICALLY WAS SUCCESSES.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY COOL.
AND SO I WANNA THANK JARED AND BRIANNA, KIMBERLY RAMSEY AND CHRIS DEO COOK.
IT WAS A GREAT GROUP OF PEOPLE.
ARE THERE ANY EMERGING LEADERS SITTING WITH US TODAY? IF YOU STAND UP, I KNOW SOME OF YOU ARE.
THERE WERE LIKE 80 PEOPLE THERE AND THEY HAD GREAT SPEAKERS.
SO I'LL LEAVE THIS IF ANYBODY WANTS TO SEE IT.
SENATOR BAR, YOU, UH, DON'T HAVE A LOT TO REPORT.
UH, I DID ATTEND OUR SECOND MEETING OF THE CITY OF BEAUFORT, UH, WATERFRONT ADVISORY COMMITTEE TODAY AT THREE O'CLOCK.
UM, WE GOT THE PRELIMINARY REPORT BACK FROM THE ENGINEER REGARDING THE STATUS OF THE, THE WATERFRONT PARK.
AND THERE, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK LEFT TO DO.
UH, THEY JUST GOT IT BACK OVER THE WEEKEND, SO I, I THINK WE'RE GONNA BE GETTING THAT REPORT TO BE ABLE TO DIGEST IT HERE SOON.
BUT THERE WILL BE A WATER FESTIVAL RIGHT THERE.
THERE WILL STILL BE A WATER FESTIVAL.
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT.
[9. APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA]
WE HAVE, UH, I'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION.UH, I HOPE EVERYONE LOOKED AT THE CONSENT AGENDA.
IT IS ATTACHED TO OUR AGENDA TO HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE IN A SECOND, THE CONSENT AGENDA.
SECOND, THAT COUNCIL, AND THEN SECOND BY COUNCILMAN LAWSON.
UH, ANY DISCUSSION ON ANY OF THOSE ITEMS? SEEING NO DISCUSSION BY SHOW OF HANDS.
ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ALRIGHT, NEXT WE WILL GO TO ORDINANCES FOR READINGS, AND I'LL TURN THAT OVER TO MS. TABER.
WE HAVE 11 ORDINANCES AND 16 RESOLUTIONS, SO IF YOU DON'T WANNA STAY, THIS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO GET UP AND LEAVE
UM, STARTING TODAY AND GOING FORWARD.
I'VE ASKED OUR CLERK TO COUNSEL.
WE WILL SHOW EACH ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION ON THE SCREEN SO THE PUBLIC WILL KNOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
I'M WELL AWARE THAT SOME PUBLIC MEMBERS DON'T RUN LIKE TODAY'S PACKET'S.
DID ANYBODY READ THAT ON THE AUDIENCE? OH, FELICE.
BUT FOR EVERYBODY ELSE, WE'RE GOING TO PUT UP HERE,
WE'RE GOING TO PUT UP HERE THE, UM, ORDINANCE AS I SPEAK, AND THEN I'LL ASK COUNCIL MEMBERS WHEN THEY WANNA MOVE TO APPROVE THE MOTION.
THEY'LL SAY, I APPROVE THE MOTION AS READ AND IS SHOWN ON THE SCREEN.
WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE FORMAL.
[10. 2025/35: AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE FOR THE LEVY OF TAX FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES FOR BEAUFORT COUNTY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1, 2025, AND ENDING JUNE 30, 2026, AND TO MAKE APPROPRIATIONS FOR SAID PURPOSES]
GONNA START WITH 2025 SLASH 35.IT'S AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE FOR THE LEVY OF TAX FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES, FOR BEAUFORT COUNTY, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, BEGINNING JULY 1ST, 2025, AND ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2026.
AND TO MAKE APPROPRIATIONS FOR SAID PURPOSES, THE VOTE AT FIRST READING ON MAY 27TH WAS 10 ZERO.
THE VOTED SECOND READING WITH PUBLIC HEARING WAS JUNE 9TH, 10 ZERO.
AND I'D LIKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS READ AND SHOWN ON THIS SCREEN.
SO MR. DAWSON MOVED TO, UH, APPROVE THE MOTION AS READ
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AND SHOWN ON THE SCREEN.THAT'S RIGHT, MR. BARTHOLOMEW SECONDED IT.
SO, UM, ANY COMMENT? I MEAN, THIS IS THE THIRD TIME WE'VE DRAGGED YOU HERE, SO I'LL RECOGNIZE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT PEOPLE, IF YOU WANNA STAND UP.
EVERYBODY'S HAPPY THAT YOU CAME AGAIN.
ANY COUNCIL MEMBER HAVE A QUESTION? I THINK WE'VE CHEW THIS ONE UP PRETTY MUCH.
I JUST, I JUST HAVE A COMMENT.
UH, I'M GLAD THE AGENDA ITEM IS CLOSER TO THE TOP TODAY.
SO I'D LIKE, UM, A VOTE TO APPROVE.
DOES DOES THIS INCLUDE A PUBLIC HEARING THIS EVENING OR IS WE ALREADY DID THE PUBLIC HEARING? WE DID IT FIRST READING AND SECOND.
BUT IF YOU'D LIKE TO COMMENT, FEEL FREE.
SO, UM, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND AND I'D LIKE TO VOTE TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 2025 SLASH 35 AS SEEN ON THE SCREEN SHOW.
SCHOOL BOARD AND SCHOOL DISTRICT.
I THINK YOU'RE BECOMING REGULAR MEMBERS.
MEMBERS, CHAIRMAN OF OUR COUNCIL.
UM, JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT, UM, FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, UM, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS BROUGHT THEIR PROPOSAL, PROPOSED BUDGET TO US, AND WE HAVE OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORTED IT.
UM, Y'ALL ARE MOVING FORWARD INTO FISCAL AUTONOMY.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT NOTATION.
[11. 2025/30 AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A FORMALIZATION PROCESS FOR BEAUFORT COUNTY ASSOCIATED INSTRUMENTS OF CONVEYANCE TO THE COUNTY]
I'M GOING TO 2025 SLASH 30.AND IT'S AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A FORMALIZATION PROCESS FOR BEAUFORT COUNTY, HISTORICALLY MAINTAINED ROADS KNOWN AS LEGACY ROADS, AND THE EXECUTION OF ANY AND ALL ASSOCIATED INSTRUMENTS OF CONVEYANCE TO THE COUNTY.
UH, THE VOTE AT FIRST READING IN PUBLIC HEARING ON JUNE 9TH WAS 10 ZERO.
SO I'D LIKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS READ AND SHOWN ON THE SCREEN.
I, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE MOTION AS READ AND IS SHOWN ON THE SCREEN.
MS. HOWARD, MAY THE MOTION, MR. BAROLO, YOU SECOND IT.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE 2025 SLASH 30.
ANY DISCUSSION BY COUNSEL ON SCREEN? ALRIGHT, THEN LET'S, I WILL TAKE A VOTE TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 2025 SLASH 30 BY SHOW OF HANDS.
AND BY THE WAY, WE'RE DOING THIS, PUTTING IT UP ON THE SCREEN FOR, TO INCREASE OUR TRANSPARENCY FOR THE PUBLIC.
AND SO YOU COULD SEE, I KNOW I READ THIS KIND OF FAST SO YOU COULD SEE WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
[12. 2025/31 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF RIGHT OF WAY KNOWN AS ORANGE COURT, PRINCE WILLIAM DRIVE, AND INDIGO WOODS COURT TO THE TOWN OF PORT ROYAL ]
SLASH 31 IS IN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF RIGHT OF WAY KNOWN AS ORANGE COURT, PRINCE WILLIAM DRIVE, AND INDIGO WOODS COURT TO THE TOWN OF PORT ROYAL.THE VOTE AT FIRST READING AND A PUBLIC HEARING ON JUNE 9TH WAS 10.
I'D LIKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS READ AND SHOWN ON THE SCREEN.
I MOVE TO APPROVE THE MOTION AS READ AND SHOWN ON THE SCREEN.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECONDED.
AND IS THERE COUNCIL DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT.
SEEING NONE, UM, I'D LIKE A VOTE TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 2025 SLASH 31 BY SHOW OF HANDS.
WELL, 'CAUSE I JUST LOST IT ON MY SCREEN, RIGHT? YOU WANT ME TO READ THAT? NO.
WHAT? OH, WAS HE A NO, YOU SAID NO.
[13. 2025/32 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CONVEYANCE OF RIGHT OF WAY KNOWN AS 16TH STREET EXTENSION AND A RELATED DRAINAGE EASEMENT TO THE TOWN OF PORT ROYAL ]
2025 SLASH 32 IS AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CONVEYANCE OF RIGHT OF WAY KNOWN AS 16TH STREET EXTENSION AND A RELATED DRAINAGE EASEMENT TO THE TOWN OF PORT ROYAL VOTE.AT FIRST READING IN PUBLIC HEARING ON JUNE 9TH WAS 10 ZERO.
I'D LIKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS READ AND SHOWN.
I MOVE TO APPROVE THE MOTION AS READ AND SHOWN ON THE SCREEN.
SO, MS. BROWN MADE THE MOTION, MS. HOWARD SECONDED, AND IT'S A NEW PROCESS FOR EVERYBODY, SO BEAR WITH US.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECONDED FOR, UH, 2025 SLASH 32.
IS THERE COUNSEL DISCUSSION? QUESTION? COMMENT.
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I'LL TAKE A VOTE TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 2025 SLASH 32 BY SHOW OF HANDS AND WE HAVE 'EM ON SCREEN TOO.[14. 2025/33 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 99 STORMWATER MANAGEMENT, ARTICLE II STORMWATER MANAGEMENT UTILITY SECTIONS 101 FINDINGS OF FACT, 106 DEFINITIONS, AND 109, EXEMPTIONS OF THE BEAUFORT COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES]
SLASH 33 IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 99, STORMWATER MANAGEMENT, ARTICLE TWO, STORMWATER MANAGEMENT UTILITY SECTIONS 1 0 1, FINDINGS OF FACT 106 DEFINITIONS AND 1 0 9 EXEMPTIONS OF THE BUFORT COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES.THE VOTE AT THE FIRST READING AND PUBLIC HEARING ON JUNE 9TH WAS 10 ZERO.
SO I'D LIKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ORDINANCE AS READ AND SHOWN ON THE SCREEN.
MAD MADAM VICE CHAIR, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE MOTION AS READ AND AS SHOWN ON THE SCREEN.
ALRIGHT, MR. BARTH, YOU MADE THE MOTION.
AND I WOULD JUST LIKE ANYBODY HAVE A COMMENT OR QUESTION? JUST A COMMENT.
AGAIN, MR. BARMY WORKED VERY HARD ON THIS WITH THE MILITARY, SO THIS IS A GREAT, GREAT THING TO DO.
DO YOU WANNA EXPLAIN IT OR DO WE NEED TO? NO, I, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO GO INTO DETAIL, BUT BRIAN, OUR LEGAL COUNSEL DID LOT OF WORK ON THIS TOO.
JARED SAYS, HE'S LIKE, NO, WE DON'T WANNA TALK ABOUT IT.
SO, UM, I'D LIKE TO TAKE A VOTE TO APPROVE 2025 SLASH 33.
I SEE MR. CUNNINGHAM'S HAND UP.
[15. 2025/34 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE OF A DRAINAGE EASEMENT LOCATED AT 15 SUZANNE AVENUE ON PAUKIE ISLAND IN BEAUFORT COUNTY SOUTH CAROLINA ]
SLASH 34 IN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE OF A DRAINAGE EASEMENT LOCATED AT 15TH SUZANNE AVENUE ON POCKY ISLAND IN BEAUFORT COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA.THE VOTE AT FIRST READING AND PUBLIC HEARING ON JUNE 9TH WAS 10 ZERO.
SO I'D LIKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS READ AND SHOWN ON THE SCREEN.
I MOVE TO APPROVE THE MOTION AS READ AND SHOWN ON THE SCREEN.
IS THERE ANY COMMENT FROM COUNSEL OR QUESTION? ALL RIGHT, GREAT.
THEN, UH, LET'S VOTE TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE 2025 SLASH 34.
BY SHOW OF HANDS, THEY'RE GOOD ON THE SCREEN.
NOW WE ARE ON, UM, ORDINANCES FOR FIRST READING.
[16. 2025/36: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 14 ANIMALS, ARTICLE II ANIMAL CONTROL, SECTION 14- 27, DEFINITIONS; SECTION 14-28 COUNTY PET LICENSE; SECTION 14-30 DECLARATION OF RESTRICTED DOG, APPEAL OF BREED DETERMINATION; SECTION 14-32 DANGEROUS ANIMALS; SECTION 14-34 NUISANCE PETS OR LIVESTOCK; SECTION 14-35 ANIMAL CRUELTY AND NEGLECT; SECTION 14-43 LIVESTOCK; SECTION 14-45 RABIES CONTROL ACT; SECTION 14-47 DANGEROUS ANIMALS NOT TO GO UNCONFINED ON PREMISES OR OFF PREMISES UNLESS SAFELY RESTRAINED; AND SECTION 14-48 ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES OF THE BEAUFORT COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES. (PUBLIC HEARING)]
SLASH 36 AND IT'S GONNA GO UP THERE SHORTLY.IT'S AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 14.
AMENDING CHAPTER 14, ANIMALS ARTICLE TWO, ANIMAL CONTROL SECTION 1427.
HAS TO DO WITH APPEAL OF BRI, UH, BREED DETERMINATION, DANGEROUS ANIMALS, NUISANCE PETS OR LIVESTOCK, CRUELTY AND NEGLECT, RABIES CONTROL, DANGEROUS ANIMALS NOT TO GO ON, CONFINED ON, ON-PREMISES AND OFF-PREMISES UNLESS SAFELY RESTRAINED AND ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES OF BUFORT COUNTY CODE.
THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, SO I'D LIKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS READ AND ON THE SCREEN.
MAD VICE CHAIR, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE MOTION AS READ AND SHOWN ON THE SCREEN.
SO, UM, MR. BROEL, AND WE MADE THE MOTION, MR. WREATH SECONDED IT.
IS THERE ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT OR ADDRESS THIS ORDINANCE? WE'RE OPEN MIC TONIGHT.
I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND, UH, WE'LL TAKE A VOTE TO APPROVE ORDINANCE.
DO BELIEVE THAT WE'RE GONNA GET A PRESENTATION SINCE HIS FIRST READING? OH, WE ARE.
WHO WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT? I BELIEVE? YEAH, I BELIEVE MR. ROBINSON.
IF YOU WANNA JUST TAKE A VOTE.
NO, I'M NOT GONNA ASK THE SAME QUESTIONS I DID AT COMMITTEE.
UH, SO THE UPDATE TO THE, THE AMENDMENTS TO THE ORDINANCE, THERE ARE SIX AREAS THAT WE ADDRESSED.
UH, FIRST WAS IN DEFINITION, SO WE WROTE, WE ADDED A DEFINITION, WE PUT ADVERSE WEATHER IN THERE, AND THERE'S AN IMPACT TO THAT LATER ON.
A COUPLE OF THE OTHER DEFINITIONS WERE, WERE HIGHLIGHTED.
ALL OF THAT INFORMATION IS IN YOUR BACKUP.
EVERYTHING THAT WAS CHANGED WAS HIGHLIGHTED AND UNDERLINED.
THE ADDITIONS, THE, UM, THE THINGS THAT WE DELETED OR CHANGED FROM THAT WERE STRICKEN THROUGH.
SO ALL THAT INFORMATION IS IN THE, IN THE BACKUP MATERIAL.
THEN WE MOVE TO, UH, SECTION 1430, WHICH IS THE, UM, DETERMINATION OF BREED OF, OF ANIMAL.
SO THERE'S SOME REFINEMENT OF HOW WE DEFINE THE BREED OF ANIMAL.
SECTION 1432 WAS THE ADDITION OF LEVELS OF DANGEROUS DOGS.
UH, PREVIOUSLY THERE WAS ONE LEVEL OF DANGEROUS DOG.
NOW THERE ARE MULTIPLE LEVELS OF DANGEROUS DOGS THAT ALLOW FOR SOME RELIEF, UH,
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FOR, UH, RESIDENTS WHO HAVE, UM, THEIR FIRST INCIDENT OR PERHAPS HAD SOME TRAINING, UH, FOR THEIR ANIMALS.UH, DURING COMMITTEE MEETING, THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THE, UH, EFFECTIVE DATE OF THAT.
UH, AND WE HAD SOME, UM, CONVERSATION ABOUT WHEN THAT SHOULD BE EFFECTIVE.
UM, AND MADAM CHAIR, IF I MAY.
UM, I, I DO ACTUALLY HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ON THAT AND A POTENTIAL AMENDMENT TO IT.
UM, SO HOW, LIKE, MY THOUGHTS, PARDON? SO HOW IS THIS STATUTE WITH THE AMENDMENT, HOW IS IT GONNA AFFECT PREVIOUS DETERMINATIONS BEYOND THE EFFECTIVE DATE? SO WHAT IS, UM, THE, THE DISCUSSION POINT HERE IS WHEN SHOULD THIS BE EFFECTIVE? AND IF WE HAVE, UH, CITIZENS WHO HAVE BEEN TO BEEN TO COURT AND BEEN DEEMED THEIR ANIMALS BEEN DEEMED DANGEROUS AND WE CHANGE THE, THE ORDINANCE NOW HOW ARE THEY IMPACTED? SO THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO APPEAL THE COURT AND COME BACK TO COURT AND HAVE THE MAGISTRATE JUDGE REVIEW THEIR CASE AND DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THIS WAS A LEVEL ONE, TWO, OR THREE.
AND DEPENDING ON THAT THERE, UM, THE POSITION THAT THE, UH, JUDGE WOULD MAKE COULD CHANGE FOR THEM.
SO THE, UH, IF MR. BARTHOLOMEW MAKES THE RECOMMENDATION, UH, TO ADD THAT SENTENCE TO THE ORDINANCE, IT WOULD CHANGE THAT BACK TO JANUARY ONE OF THIS YEAR.
SO THOSE CASES THAT WERE TRIED FROM JANUARY 1ST, 2025 TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO APPEAL.
THAT'S A REASONABLE TIME TO OFFER THAT.
UM, CITIZENS WHO, WHO MAY HAVE HAD THEIR ANIMALS, UH, DEEMED DANGEROUS, THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVISIT THOSE WITH THE JUDGE.
AND, AND THAT KIND OF TOUCHED ON THE, THE QUESTION.
I'M HAPPY TO GO BACK AND MAKE THAT EFFECTIVE DATE JANUARY 1ST, MAKE THAT AMENDMENT HERE IN JUST A MINUTE.
BUT HOW IS THAT GONNA AFFECT, I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT A LOOKBACK PERIOD BEYOND THE 2025 FOR PREVIOUS, PREVIOUS DETERMINATIONS THAT WERE STILL IMPACTED.
I, I THINK THAT WOULD BE UP TO THE, UP TO THE JUDGE IF THEY WANTED TO, IF SOMEONE WANTED TO APPEAL THAT CASE TO THE JUDGE, ADDING THAT TO THE ORDINANCE ALLOWS FOR THEM TO HAPPEN.
SO PREVIOUS TO THAT WOULD BE UP TO THE COURT.
SO THAT EVEN IF THEY'RE OUTSIDE THE WINDOW FOR THE APPEAL PROCESS WITH THE COURT, WITH THE MAGISTRATE COURT, UH, I, IT, IT WOULDN'T BE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE ORDINANCE.
UM, BUT IT WOULD BE UP TO THE JUDGE TO DETERMINE IF THEY WANTED TO APPEAL THAT CASE.
UM, MADAM, MADAM CHAIR, AT THIS TIME I'D MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND, UH, SECTION 1432 A TO INCLUDE, UM, THE LANGUAGE NOTWITHSTANDING THE DATE OF ADOPTION.
THIS SECTION SHALL BE EFFECTIVE RETROACTIVELY TO INCLUDE OFFENSES COMMITTED ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1ST, 2025.
MADE THE MOTION, THE AMENDED AMENDMENT TO THE ORDINANCE IS MADE BY MR. EW, THE SECOND BY MS. HOWARD.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THE AMENDMENT? I HAVE A QUESTION.
MR. UM, HALBERT'S ZIPPING UP HERE.
SO THEN THE AMENDMENT BACK TO JANUARY 1ST GIVES, UH, ANYONE WITH A DANGEROUS DOG DESIGNATION THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPEAL, UH, AS PRESCRIBED IN THE ORDINANCE.
AND PRIOR TO THAT, AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE, UH, DESIGNATIONS THAT ARE OCCURRING FREQUENTLY, UH, GOING BACK MAYBE 10 YEARS ACTUALLY.
UM, THAT'S UP TO THE, THAT'S UP TO A DECISION BY THE JUDGE AS TO WHETHER THE APPEAL OF THAT DESIGNATION WILL BE HEARD.
IS THAT, IS THAT THE WAY WE'RE GOING FORWARD? THAT IS NOT LANGUAGE THAT'S IN THE ORDINANCE.
UH, COUNCILMAN MCKELLAN, AS I UNDERSTAND IT.
IF YOU WANT TO, IF YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THAT AND MAKE IT RETROACTIVE BEYOND JANUARY 1ST, 2025, WE'LL HAVE TO BRING BACK ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE TO GIVE IT A LOOK BACK, TO GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO APPEAL IT COMING FORTH.
AND WE CAN HAVE THAT READY BY YOUR SECOND READING, AND YOU MAKE THE AMEND, THEN IT WOULD STILL STAY ON TRACK.
THAT, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WAS GETTING AT BECAUSE THIS, I THINK THE, THIS WAS AMENDED 2022, SO MAYBE A THREE YEAR LOOKBACK PERIOD THAT PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T HAVE THAT BREAKDOWN IN CLASSIFICATIONS WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO APPEAL WHETHER INTERNALLY OR TO A MAGISTRATE COURT.
WELL, YOU CAN MAKE THAT TONIGHT BY CHANGE, SORRY, BUT THAT PRIOR TO THE THREE YEARS THAT YOU'RE NOW INCLUDING, PEOPLE COULD STILL APPEAL TO THE COURT.
AND IF THE MAGISTRATE DECIDED THAT THERE WAS AN APPEALABLE ISSUE, THEN HE HAD THE ABILITY TO HEAR THAT CASE, TO REOPEN IT AND, UH, PERHAPS CHANGE THE DESIGNATION.
IS THAT RIGHT? WE COULD MAKE IT RETROACTIVE TO WHATEVER
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PERIOD YOU, YOU DEEM APPROPRIATE.AND IF YOU WANNA MAKE IT THREE YEARS, WE CAN DO THREE YEARS.
IF YOU WANNA GO BACK 10 YEARS, WE CAN DO THAT AND YOU CAN CHANGE THAT TONIGHT IF YOU WANNA MAKE IT, MAKE IT RETROACTIVE FOR THAT SECTION, GOING BACK THAT, UH, DISTANCE, WHATEVER DISTANCE YOU THINK IS APPROPRIATE.
YEAH, I I I WAS JUST WONDERING WHAT THE DISTINCTION, THE BENEFIT OF THE DISTINCTION GOING BACK ONE YEAR OR THREE YEARS, AND THEN HAVING THE OTHER PEOPLE WHO FALL OUTSIDE THOSE PARAMETERS, UH, APPEAL DIRECTLY TO THE JUDGE AND HAVE THE JUDGE MAKE A DECISION WHETHER OR NOT THE, UM, CASE SHOULD BE RECONSIDERED.
UM, I, I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE DOING IT IN TWO DIFFERENT WAYS.
WE COULD, UH, LOOK AT IT, UH, GIMME TIME TO TALK WITH, UH, MR. ROBINSON, AND MAYBE AT THE SECOND READING WE'LL COME BACK AND WE'LL MAKE IT THAT ANYONE THAT'S HAD A DANGEROUS DOG DETERMINATION, UH, BY BEAUFORT COUNTY MAGISTRATE CAN APPEAL IT FOR RECONSIDERATION AND MAKE IT JUST OPEN-ENDED TO COVER ANY DANGEROUS DOG DETERMINATION, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT.
I DON'T THINK THAT THESE CASES, UH, THAT FREQUENT THAT IT WOULD BE AN OVERWHELMING ISSUE.
NO, I THINK THE RED, WE CAN KEEP THIS AMENDMENT FOR 1432 A AND THAT WOULD BE A SEPARATE SECTION THAT WE CAN WORK ON LATER.
BUT, BUT KEEPING THIS AMENDMENT IN HERE WOULD BE SUFFICIENT FOR TODAY.
LET'S, UH, LET'S NOT MAKE AN AMENDMENT TILL I HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT, AND WE'LL FIX IT AT THE NEXT READING.
UH, MADAM CHAIR, I, I WITHDRAW MY WITHDRAW.
YEAH, I WITHDRAW MY, THE AMENDMENT RIGHT NOW.
OKAY, SO WE'RE BACK TO THE ORIGINAL ORGANIZATION.
AND ONE, ONE OTHER THING THAT I NOTICED TOO, 1432, UH, SUBSECTION D MM-HMM
UH, IT SAYS IN, UH, THE RESTRICTIONS FOR A DOG CLASSIFIED UNDER SECTION ONE.
UH, SHOULD THAT READ SECTION A INSTEAD OF SECTION ONE? IT MIGHT JUST BE A, A MINOR TYPO.
JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I'LL GO BACK AND LOOK AND SEE.
AND THE LAST QUESTION I HAVE, UM, THIS IS ACTUALLY FROM A CONSTITUENT, UH, IS THERE A PARTICULAR REASON WHY WE'RE, WE'RE PUTTING A 10 FOOT MINIMUM ON THE LEAD FOR THE TROLLEY.
THIS IS IN A SEPARATE SECTION THAT YES.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT WAS AN INDUSTRY, INDUSTRY STANDARD OR, YES, IT IS.
IT'S UNDER, UM, SO WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS, UH, THE TROLLEY SYSTEM IN TETHERING.
IT'S UNDER 1435 E AND THAT'S THE INDUSTRY STANDARD FOR, UH, FOR THE TETHER SYSTEM ITSELF.
UM, ANY MORE QUESTIONS? I CAN I CANS MOVE THAT ON? ANY MORE QUESTIONS? THE, THE, SO THERE'S A COUPLE OTHER SECTIONS WE ADDRESSED.
IT'S 1435 AND ANIMAL CRUELTY, AND THAT SECTION WAS THE TETHERING DEVICE.
UM, AND THEN THE, UM, THERE IS A SECTION 1443, WHICH, UM, CONCERNS WITH THE CONFINEMENT OF LIVESTOCK DURING A NAME STORM OR DURING ADVERSE WEATHER.
SO THAT TIES BACK TO THE DEFINITION WE TALKED ABOUT.
WE WORKED DIRECTLY WITH THE, UH, UH, FARM BUREAU LIVESTOCK STAFF AND, UH, SOME CONSULTATION BACK AND FORTH TO MAKE SURE OUR LANGUAGE WAS APPROPRIATE FOR THAT SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP.
AND, UH, EVERYONE AGREED WITH THE, UH, LANGUAGE THAT'S THERE.
I DO APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE IT IS A CONCERN TO THE FARM BUREAU AND THE FARMERS.
WE FINALLY HAVE THAT TAKEN CARE OF.
WE HAD A STAKEHOLDERS MEETING.
WE INVITED, UH, ALL THE, UH, THE PUBLIC AND FOLKS THAT WERE INVOLVED IN THAT AS WELL AS SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, ATTENDED THAT MEETING.
I JUST WANNA SAY ONE MORE THING.
THANK Y'ALL FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT WENT INTO THIS.
I KNOW IT WAS A LONG TIME COMING, BUT THANK THE ENTIRE STAFF AND TEAM FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
IS THERE ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ORDINANCE? I THOUGHT SOMEBODY FROM THE FARM BUREAU MIGHT BE HERE CONGRATULATING YOU.
I'LL BE, I'LL BE HAPPY TO STEP INTO THAT ROLE.
WHEN I WAS, UH, SERVING AS A MAGISTRATE, I SPECIALIZED IN THESE TYPES OF CASES AND, UH, I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR THE HARD WORK THAT THEY PUT INTO THIS, TO, UH, UH, INCLUDE ALL OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT APPEAR TO BE HERE, UH, BECAUSE I THINK IT'LL BE, UH, A BETTER SITUATION, UH, FOR THE, UM, ANIMAL OWNERS AND FOR THE MAGISTRATES THAT HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS.
LET ME CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING FIRST, SEEING NO ONE FROM THE PUBLIC.
UM, ROBINSON, UH, THE ISSUE, UM, OR CONCERN ABOUT RERAN FOR FARMERS AFTER NAME STORM, UM, AND YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO CHECK WITH, UM, LEGAL AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
WE, UM, MYSELF AND LEGAL, WE MET WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT STAFF.
WE HAD SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT AND WE FOUND AN ALTERNATIVE VERSUS, UH, OFFERING, UH, REENTRY PASSES.
THERE IS A LARGE ANIMAL RESCUE TEAM, UH, THAT IS, UH, SPONSORED BY THE ANIMAL SHELTER.
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UH, INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE FARMS AND HAVE CONCERNS WITH LARGE ANIMALS DURING EVACUATION OR STORM.IF THEY WANTED TO BECOME MEMBERS OF THIS, OF THIS TEAM AND HELP, UH, WITH THE CARE OF ANIMALS DURING EVACUATION THAT AS MEMBERS OF THOSE TEAMS, THEY WOULD BE, UH, ABLE TO BE ISSUED, UH, REENTRY PASSES THROUGH THE ANIMAL CONTROL DEPARTMENT AND, AND THAT WAS A REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION THAT WE COULD MAKE.
UM, JUST QUICKLY, WOULD THAT, UM, MEAN THAT AS A FARMER I WOULD HAVE TO COME AND BE A PART OF THE TEAM FOR RESCUING? OR CAN I GO TAKE CARE OF MINE FIRST? WELL, YES,
IT TAKES A LOT OF RESOURCES TO MANAGE, UM, A LARGE NUMBERS OF LIVESTOCK.
SO IT'S A WAY TO ENCOURAGE, UM, UH, FARMERS THAT, THAT HAVE THIS AMOUNT OF LIVESTOCK TO BE PART OF THIS TEAM AND HELP US SOLVE THE PROBLEM AS A GROUP.
ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENT? ANYBODY ONLINE? ALRIGHT, SO I'D LIKE TO US TO VOTE TO APPROVE, UM, 2025 SLASH 36, THE ORDINANCE AS SEEN ON THE SCREEN.
ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND.
AND BY THE WAY, I WANNA TAKE ONE MOMENT TO THANK OUR CLERK TO COUNCIL.
THEY PUT ALL THIS TOGETHER AT THE LAST MOMENT.
I LIKE THREW IT AT HER, I DON'T KNOW, ONE O'CLOCK, WHATEVER TIME.
I THINK IT HELPS THE PUBLIC READ WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, SO INCREASES OUR TRANSPARENCY.
[17. 2025/37: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING MAP FOR 11 ACRES LOCATED ON BURNT CHURCH ROAD (R600 039 000 1552 0000, R600 039 000 0056 0000, R600 039 000 0269 0000) FROM T3 HAMLET NEIGHBORHOOD (T3HN) AND T4 HAMLET CENTER (T4HC) TO T3 NEIGHBORHOOD (T3N) (PUBLIC HEARING)]
I'M MOVING ON TO 2025 SLASH 37 IN ORDINANCE, AMENDING THE ZONING MAP FOR 11 ACRES LOCATED ON BURNT CHURCH ROAD.AND YOU'LL SEE ALL THE NUMBERS THERE.
UM, FROM T THREE, HAMLET NEIGHBORHOOD, T THREE, HN, AND T FOUR HAMLET CENTER, T FOUR HC TO T THREE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THIS WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING.
SO FIRST I'D LIKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS READ AND SHOWN ON THE SCREEN.
I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE ORDINANCE 2025 SLASH 37 AS READ AND SHOWN ON THE SCREEN.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
SO, UH, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
IS THERE ANYONE FROM THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ORDINANCE? IS THE DEVELOPER HERE AND WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ORDINANCE? OKAY.
ANYONE FROM COUNTY COUNCIL WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS OR ASK A QUESTION? WHAT'S THE VOTE SAY UNDER THAT? ON NATURAL RESOURCES? UNDER ONE OH NATURAL RESOURCE WAS FOUR TO ONE WITH ONE ABSTENTION.
I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T READ THAT.
IT WAS FOUR TO ONE AND ONE ABSTAINED.
THAT WAS AT THE COMMITTEE MEETING.
CAN ANYBODY COMMENT ON COUNCIL LOGAN GO FIRST.
JUST 'CAUSE WE DO HAVE PEOPLE ON THE PUBLIC AND PEOPLE WATCHING ONLINE.
CAN WE HAVE SOMEBODY GIVE THE BREAKDOWN OF WHAT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THESE ZONINGS ARE? MR. MERCHANT? I COULDN'T, I COULDN'T HEAR MR. EITHER.
YEAH, I, I BELIEVE HE WANTED TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ZONING DISTRICTS THAT, UM, OH, SO AS YOU REMEMBER, THIS PROPERTY, IT'S UH, THREE DIFFERENT PARCELS THAT MAKE UP 11 ACRES, BUT IT'S SPLIT ZONE AND THE ZONING DISTRICTS DON'T EVEN FOLLOW THE CURRENT PROPERTY LINES.
THEY FOLLOW PREVIOUS PROPERTY LINES THAT HAVE BEEN ABANDONED.
AND SO WHEN THE APPLICANT, UH, CAME IN TO DEVELOP THIS PROPERTY, THEY WERE LEFT WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY WANTED TO DO A SIMILAR TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE PROPERTY AND WE'RE HAVING TO ADJUST THINGS TO MEET THE VARIOUS ZONING DISTRICTS.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE RECOMMENDED TO THEM, THE FRONT PORTION IS ZONED T FOUR HAMLET CENTER, WHICH IS A PRETTY MODERATE TO HIGH DENSITY MIXED USE DISTRICT ALONG BURNT CHURCH ROAD.
AND THE REAR PORTION IS ZONED T THREE, UH, HAMLET NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH BASICALLY IS SINGLE FAMILY AND ALLOWS A MINIMUM LOT SIZE OF, OF UH, 65 BY A HUNDRED.
AND SO WE RECOMMENDED, THERE'S A DISTRICT THAT SITS IN BETWEEN THOSE TWO INTENSITIES CALLED T THREE NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE RECOMMENDED THAT THEY, UH, REZONE A PROPERTY TO T THREE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND BASICALLY WHAT THAT DOES IS DOWN ZONE, THE FRONT PORTION ALONG BURNT CHURCH ROAD AND, UM, UP ZONE, THE REAR PORTION, THEIR INTENT,
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OR THEY'VE EXPRESSED THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO A SINGLE FAMILY SUBDIVISION WITH 50 BY A HUNDRED FOOT LOTS AND THAT DISTRICT WOULD ACCOMMODATE.SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT, DOES THAT HELP ANSWER? YEAH, DEFINITELY HELPS.
HOW MANY HOMES WOULD THAT BE ABLE TO FIT? IS THAT ALRIGHT MR. CUNNINGHAM? YEAH, HE, HE HAS TO FOLLOW UP.
HOW MANY HOMES WOULD THAT ALLOW TO FIT ONTO THE 11 ACRES? WELL, THE APPLICANT, SO IT BASICALLY, IT WOULD BE HOW MANY THAT, SO THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE IS 50 BY A HUNDRED.
SO IT WOULD BE HOW MUCH THAT 11 ACRES COULD YIELD.
THE APPLICANT IS INTENDING TO BUILD OF 50 OR SUBDIVIDE INTO 50 LOTS.
THAT'S A SIMILAR DENSITY TO SOME OTHER DEVELOPMENTS AROUND THERE.
THE WALK, UM, WHICH IS A PULTE DEVELOPMENT, UH, JUST FURTHER UP BURN CHURCH ROAD.
AND THEN, UM, TABBY, IS IT TABBY ROADS? UM, IT'S AN OLDER SUBDIVISION ON THE CORNER OF BRUIN AND, UH, BY CHURCH.
SO IT'S A SIMILAR INTENSITY DEVELOPMENT AS AS THOSE.
AND THEN MY FINAL QUESTION, IF WE DIDN'T APPROVE THE ZONING, HOW MANY HOMES ARE THE TWO DIFFERENT ZONINGS ALLOWED TO BE BUILT? WELL, SO THEY, YOU KNOW, IT, THEY COULD, WITH THE, THE ZONING THE WAY IT IS, THEY COULD DO MULTIFAMILY ALONG THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY AND THEN SINGLE FAMILY IN THE REAR PORTION.
SO THEY COULD HAVE AS MANY DWELLING UNITS, BUT IT WOULD BE MORE INTENSE ALONG BURN CHURCH ROAD AND, AND SLIGHTLY LESS DENSE IN THE REAR PORTION.
SO THAT'S WHY AS STAFF WE SAW THIS, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S ENCOURAGING THE PROPERTY TO BE DEVELOPED MORE CONSISTENTLY AND, UH, YOU KNOW, SINGLE FAMILY WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH DEVELOPMENT AROUND THERE.
WHAT WAS THE ACTION TAKEN ABOUT LANDING AND ZONING ON THIS? UH, SO THE, THE PLAN, THIS PROJECT, UH, THEY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF FIVE TO TWO.
UH, SO SOME OF THE CONCERNS BROUGHT UP AT PLANNING COMMISSION HAD TO DO WITH THE EXISTING, THERE'S TWO MOBILE HOME PARKS AND THE CONCERN ABOUT DISPLACEMENT OF THE RESIDENTS, BUT, UM, BUT IT PASSED FIVE TO TWO AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
ANY OTHER QUES? YES, MR. LAWSON.
SO WOULD YOU CONSIDER THIS AN UP ZONING
IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE FRONT PORTION IS DOWN ZONING AND THE REAR PORTION IS A SLIGHT BUMP IN DENSITY CITY.
SO THE, THE THE FRONT PORTION, WHAT ARE THE CURRENT LOT SIZES ALLOWED THERE? THEY COULD GO DOWN TO SINGLE FAMILY AT 25 BY A HUNDRED IN THE T FOUR HAMLET CENTER.
THEY COULD DO TWO AND A HALF STORY MULTIFAMILY BUILDINGS.
SO THERE'S A, THERE'S A LOT MORE MIXED USE OR MULTIFAMILY TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT OR VERY SMALL LOT RESIDENTIAL THAT COULD OCCUR IN THAT T FOUR HAMLET CENTER.
SO THEY'RE MORE INTERESTED IN SINGLE FAMILY HOUSES ON SMALL LOTS AT 50 BY A HUNDRED.
SO THAT'S WHY THEY'RE REQUESTING THIS DISTRICT.
UH, AND SO, UM, WHEN WE DO THIS, I, THE WAY IT WAS ZONED BEFORE WAS YOU HAD HIGHER DENSITY UP FRONT AND THEN AS YOU GOT BACK TO THE BACK PORTION IT WAS LOWER DENSITY.
HOW DOES THAT AFFECT THE, THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY BEHIND THIS, UM, AND, AND WHAT THEY'RE ZONED FOR? WELL, THE, THE PROPERTY BEHIND THERE I BELIEVE IS T TWO RURAL.
UM, BUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT COULD BE BUILT ON SINGLE FAMILY IN THE T THREE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, THAT IS 50 BY A HUNDRED FOOT LOTS.
AND THE T THREE HAMLET NEIGHBORHOOD IS 65 BY A HUNDRED.
SO IT'S SLIGHTLY BIGGER, BUT IT'S NOT A BIG DIFFERENCE COMPARED TO THE CHANGES THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY WITH THE, WITH THE DOWN ZONING OF THE T FOUR HAMLET CENTER.
ANYONE ELSE QUESTION OR COMMENT? UH, MADAM CHAIRMAN, MR. CUNNINGHAM'S GOT ANOTHER ONE.
SORRY, HE CAN GO FIRST IF YOU WANT.
ALL RIGHT, GO AHEAD MR. GLOVER.
NO, UM, I'M GONNA VOTE AGAINST THIS, UH, AT THIS TIME.
UM, BUT THE ONE THING IS THAT I ASK ABOUT THE CURRENT RESIDENT AND WHAT IS GONNA HAPPEN TO THEM, BUT THAT'S REALLY NOT A CONCERN OF COUNCIL.
UM, BUT UM, THIS, LOOKING AT THIS DENSITY ON THE SMALL LOT, UM, IS KIND OF TROUBLING.
BUT YOU SAID THERE ARE SIMILAR LOTS IN THAT AREA JUST LIKE THIS.
SO I LIKE TO GO VISIT THAT, UH, SO I CAN GET A POSITIVE, UM,
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VIEW ON WHAT I'M LOOKING ON PAPER.ON PAPER IT LOOKS DISTURBING, BUT I WANT TO GO SEE SIMILAR LOTS LIKE THIS DEVELOPMENT LIKE THIS HERE IN THAT AREA.
SO I'M GONNA VOTE NO ONE UNTIL LIKE SEE C WHAT'S THERE? THANK YOU MR. CUNNINGHAM.
YEAH, I WOULD, I JUST, I NEED A NUMBER.
I NEED A NUMBER OF HOW MANY HOMES COULD BE BUILT IF NO ZONING WAS CHANGED.
'CAUSE TWO AND A HALF MEANS ONLY TWO STORIES, SO YOU ALSO HAVE TO HAVE MORE PARKING, WHICH ALSO CUTS DOWN ON HOW MUCH YOU CAN BUILD.
SO I, I REALLY NEED A NUMBER TO BE ABLE TO VOTE ON THIS.
I, I WILL SAY THAT WITH THE TRANSEX ZONES, YOU KNOW, OUR CONVENTIONAL DISTRICTS HAVE A DENSITY, SO THEY MIGHT SAY THREE UNITS PER ACRE AND THAT'S THE CAP.
BUT WITH THE TRANSEX ZONES, IT GOES DOWN TO WHAT YOU COULD FIT ONTO THE SITE.
AND SO REALLY, YOU KNOW, THE APPLICANT HAS SUBMITTED A ILLUSTRATIVE PLAN THAT HAS 50 LOTS.
BUT UNLESS YOU GET AN ENGINEER TO, TO REALLY KIND OF WORK OUT A LOT OF POSSIBILITIES, LOOK AT THE SITE, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO COME UP WITH AN EXACT NUMBER WITH THE TRANSEX ZONES.
UM, BUT WOULD I BE RIGHT WITH SAYING THEY'D HAVE TO ADD A LOT MORE PARKING IF THEY DID MULTI-FAMILY AND BUILT UP TO TWO STORIES? UH, I MEAN THAT IS ALWAYS A FACTOR.
THE MORE VERTICAL YOU GO, THE MORE YOU KNOW YOU HAVE TO SET ASIDE FOR PARKING.
SO YEAH, I, I AGREE WITH THAT.
IF THERE ARE ANOTHER COMMENTS I NEED TO READ THE REASONS WHY WE'RE GOING TO VOTE FOR THIS AT FIRST READING.
ANYONE ELSE HAVE A COMMENT BEFORE MR. YES.
I, I JUST HAVE, I MEAN, THIS IS IN MY DISTRICT AND I, I THINK THAT, UM, I'VE, I'VE HEARD, UH, MY FOLKS SAY THAT WE, WE DON'T WANT TO INCREASE DENSITY EVEN THOUGH I UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S ACTUALLY, THIS IS A GOOD COMPROMISE, BUT AT THIS TIME, I'M PROBABLY GOING TO VOTE AGAINST IT JUST BECAUSE AGAIN, I LOOK AT IT AS US CHANGING THE ZONING, WHICH AGAIN, I'VE, I'VE STOOD, I'M NOT CHANGING ZONING.
UM, I'M WORRIED ABOUT THE PROPERTIES NEXT DOOR.
UM, THAT ARE THE, THE, UH, THE, THE T TWO R THAT'S RURAL, THAT'S RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THIS.
ALRIGHT, ANYBODY ELSE? ALRIGHT.
SO HE'S GOING TO GIVE HIS REASONS FOR THE MOTION.
NUMBER ONE, IT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE, UH, IS CONSISTENT AND FURTHERS THE GOALS, GOALS AND POLICIES OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE PURPOSES OF THE DEVELOPMENT CODE.
TWO, IT IS NOT IN CONFLICT WITH ANY PROVISION OF THE DEVELOPMENT CODE OR CODE OF ORDINANCES.
THREE, IT ADDRESSES A DEMONSTRATED COMMUNITY NEED.
IT IS REQUIRED BY CHANGE CONDITIONS.
IT IS COMPATIBLE WITH EXISTING AND PROPOSED, PROPOSED USES SURROUNDING THE LAND SUBJECT TO THE APPLICATION AND THE APPROPRIATE ZONING AND USES FOR THE LAND.
IT WOULD NOT ADVERSELY IMPACT NEARBY LAND SEVEN WOULD RESULT IN A LOGICAL AND ORDERLY DEVELOPMENT PATTERN.
EIGHT, IT WOULD NOT RESULT IN ADVERSE IMPACTS ON THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.
AND NINE WOULD RESULT IN DEVELOPMENT THAT IS ALREADY SERVED BY THE PUBLIC FACILITIES.
UM, MS. BROCK, I'D LIKE TO DO A ROLL CALL VOTE.
BEFORE YOU DO THAT, I'D LIKE TO JUST CLARIFY SOMETHING.
UH, DID MR. CUNNINGHAM GET AN ANSWER ON HOW MANY RESIDENCES 50 WERE PERMITTED, WERE PERMITTED BEFORE THIS CHANGE TAKES PLACE? AND HOW MANY ARE PERMITTED AFTER AFTER FITTING? IT'S 50 AFTER.
AND DO WE, DO WE, ARE WE UNABLE TO GET AN ANSWER? HOW MANY UNITS ARE THERE NOW? HOW MANY RVS? THERE'S, THAT'S WHAT HE IS ASKING.
BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MOBILE HOMES AND THE, IN THE EXISTING MOBILE HOME PARK AND THE PROJECTED WOULD BE 50 50.
DOES THAT HELP MR. MCALLEN? FIREFIGHTER CLEARLY.
ALRIGHT, SO WE'RE GOING TO VOTE TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 2025 SLASH 37 AS READ AND SHOWN ON THE SCREEN.
AND WE'RE GONNA ASK FOR A ROLL CALL.
COUNCIL MEMBER GLOVER? UH, NO.
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NO.COUNCIL MEMBER BARTHOLOMEW? YES.
MAY I MAKE A COMMENT ON THIS TO THE DEVELOPER THAT DIDN'T? I SAID THE DEVELOPER'S NOT HERE.
UM, I WOULD, WHOEVER IS THE ONE TALKING TO THE DEVELOPER, I WOULD RECOMMEND THEM BRINGING FORWARD JUST THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY.
IF THEY WERE LOOKING TO PUT SOMETHING MORE COHESIVE ON PAPER INSTEAD OF BRINGING THEM TOGETHER.
IF I'M CORRECT, THE DEVELOPER CANNOT COME BACK FOR SIX MONTHS.
IS THAT CORRECT? GIVE THEM PLENTY OF TIME TO WORK ON IT.
[18. 2025/38: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING MAP FOR 86.56 ACRES LOCATED AT 98 JENNINGS ROAD (R100 028 000 0264 0000) FROM T2 RURAL (T2R) TO T3 HAMLET NEIGHBORHOOD (T3HN) AND T4 HAMLET CENTER (T4HC) UTILIZING THE HAMLET PLACE TYPE OVERLAY (PTO) (PUBLIC HEARING)]
SLASH 38 IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING MAP FOR 86.56 ACRES LOCATED AT 98 JENNINGS ROAD.YOU CAN SEE THE MAP UP THERE FROM T TWO RURAL TO T THREE HAMLET NEIGHBORHOOD AND T FOUR HAMLET CENTER UTILIZING THE HAMLET PLACE TYPE OVERLAY.
I'D LIKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ORDINANCE AS READ AND SHOWN ON THE SCREEN.
ADAM, I MOVE THAT WE DENY THE MOTION AS READ AS SHOWN ON THE SCREEN.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO DE YEAH, RIGHT? YEAH, YOU HAVE TO, YEAH, WE'RE VOTING ON PUTTING THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR MOTION AND THEN YOU CAN VOTE IT DOWN.
SO DO YOU WANNA PUT IT ON THE FLOOR? ALRIGHT, THEN I MOVE TO APPROVE THE MOTION AS READ AS SHOWN ON THE SCREEN FOR DISCUSSION.
THE MOTIONS MADE BY MR. DAWSON, SECONDED BY MR. GLOVER.
AND THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AS WELL, SO WE HAVE A MOTION.
AND SECOND, IS THERE ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ORDINANCE? COME ON UP.
UM, MY NAME IS JOYCE GIBBS HAM AND I TOOK THE LIBERTY TO TAKE SOME PICTURES.
I'M GONNA GO AHEAD ON AND BRING IT OVER.
THE DEVELOPERS, UM, OR HAS BEEN DENIED MULTIPLE TIMES, UM, COMING BEFORE THE, UM, COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, THE NATURAL RESOURCE.
AND, AND THEY JUST RECENTLY WENT TO THE NATURAL NATURAL RESOURCE COMMITTEE TO BRING THIS TO THE COUNTY COUNCIL.
UM, IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE DEVELOPERS INITIALLY PLAN TO REQUEST INITIAL PLAN REQUESTED 148 HOUSES, AND NOW THEY'RE ASKING FOR MORE THAN 244 HOUSES.
OF COURSE, WE REALLY DON'T KNOW.
UM, THIS WILL CAUSE MORE HARM THAN GOODS.
CLIMATE CHANGE, EXACERBATING ENVIRONMENTAL HARM AS WELL AS EXCLUDING THE VULNERABLE POPULATION AND LEADING TO GENTRIFICATION AND DISPLACEMENT.
OFFERING NO BENEFITS TO THE LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLD.
YES, THERE IS A NEED FOR MORE HOUSING, BUT STATISTICS SHOWS THAT THERE'S A NEED, AN EMPHASIS IS PLACED ON LOW INCOME HOUSING, BUT THESE DEVELOPERS ARE AIMING AT THE TOP OF THE INCOME SPECTRUM, WHICH WILL CAUSE THE MOST VULNERABLE TO BEAR.
THE BRUNT OF THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, DRIVING UP THE COST, UH, AND DIS AND DISPROPORTIONATELY BURDENING THE LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLD WHO LACKS THE RESOURCES TO RETROFIT THEIR HOMES AS WELL AS ACCESS MORE CLIMATE RESIL RESILIENT HOUSING.
THE PRICE OF THESE HOMES WILL BE OUT AND OUT, WILL NOT BE, WILL BE DIFFICULT TO REACH FOR THE LOW INCOME HOUSING BUILDING.
THESE HOUSING WILL DRIVE UP THE COST OF HOW OF HOMES RENT, AND FURTHER PUT THE, UM, AMERICAN DREAM OF OWNING A HOME, UM, OUT OF REACH FOR LOW INCOME FAMILIES AS WELL AS TO DISPLACE THE COSTS ON THE GOVERNMENT BECAUSE THEY'RE HAVING TO SUBSIDIZE BOTH RENTING AND HOUSE AND, AND PURCHASING OF HOMES IN SOME CASES, FOR INSTANCE, SECTION EIGHT HOUSING WHERE THEY, UM, MAY SUBSIDIZE AND PAY A PORTION OF THE RENT.
LET'S BE HONEST, THESE NEW NEWLY PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT CREATES A FALSE SENSE OF WALKABLE COMMUNITY.
BEAUFORT HAS NO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, NO RAIL SYSTEM,
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THEREFORE THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ONLY CREATES AN INCREASE IN TRAFFIC CONGESTION AND ELEVATE THE COST OF AIR POLLUTION DUE TO VEHICLE EMISSION HUNG ISLAND.ANOTHER CONCERN IS HEAT ISLAND.
AND THAT IS THE CONCENTRATION OF BUILDING ROADS.
UM, LIMITED GREEN SPACE THAT WILL LEAD TO HIGH TEMPERATURES INCREASE, INCREASING OUR DEMAND ON COOLING, UM, DURING THE HOTTER MONTHS.
THE DEVELOPER'S PLAN DOES NOT REDUCE THE RELIANCE ON AUTOMOBILE USE.
INSTEAD IT LEADS TO A HIGHER LEVEL OF VEHICLE DEPENDENCY AND INCREASED CARBON EMISSION SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTING THE NATURAL HABITAT WITH LOSS OF FORMATION OF, WITH, WITH, UM, WITH LOSS OF FOREST WETLAND AND DISRUPTING THE PLANTS AND ANIMAL HABITAT.
HABITAT, IT CONTRIBUTES TO THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS.
I'M SORRY, UM, I'M READING SO I'M GONNA SKIP THAT.
UM, THE INDUSTRIAL, UM, ADMISSION TRAFFIC AND CHEMICAL PROCESS IMPACTS AIR QUALITY POLLUTANT AND ALLERGENS IMPACTS HEALTH AND WELLBEING.
RELAXING THE ZONE RESTRICTIONS ONLY PROMOTES THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, BUT IT DOES NOT GUARANTEE DENSITY OR ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLINESS.
IT PUTS A STRAIN ON THE SYSTEM AS IT WILL IMPACT AN INCREASE IN THE, UH, GENERATION OF SOLID WASTE.
IN ADDITION, WHICH IS AN, AN ADDITION, ANOTHER COST FOR LOW INCOME FAMILIES, UM, AND INCREASE ON THOSE FAMILIES.
THERE'S ALSO, UH, WILL BE, THERE WILL ALSO BE AN INCREASE ON THE WATER CONSUMPTION IN REFERENCE TO RESIDENTIAL SAN SANITATION, LANDSCAPING AND INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY.
BEAUFORT COUNTY, JUST RECENTLY IN DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR, UM, HAD HIGH LEVELS OF CANCER CAUSING CHEMICALS IN THE WATER SUPPLY AND WITH THE, UM, INCREASE IN BUILDING HOMES, UM, AS YOU SEE IN THE PICTURES, THERE ARE MORE DEVELOPMENT GOING ON ACROSS BEAUFORT COUNTY THAN THIS ONE THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING.
NOW I SUGGEST THAT BEAUFORT COUNTY ALLOW, AND I'M TALKING ABOUT IN A FOUR MILES RADIUS MM-HMM
UM, I SUGGEST THAT BEAUFORT COUNTY, UM, HOLD OFF ON THIS DEVELOPMENT AS LONG AS THEY CAN BECAUSE THERE'S ACTUALLY FOUR DIFFERENT SCHOOLS ALSO IN THAT AREA.
AND I, I SENT AROUND SOME PICTURES IN REFERENCE TO ONE, WHICH IS ON 7 1 70.
SO, UM, THERE'S UH, UH, ROBERT SMALLS, BEFORD HIGH AND BATTERY CREEK SCHOOL AS WELL.
SO WE ARE ASKING THAT YOU PLEASE DON'T APPROVE IT.
ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC? COME ON UP, MS. LAMARCA.
OKAY, WHERE DO I BEGIN?
UM, IT REMINDS ME OF CHERRY POINT 244 UNITS ON 86 ACRES, AND I ASK YOU AGAIN, WHEN DID T TWO RULE BECOME A BAD WORD IN BEAUFORT COUNTY ENVIRONMENT? I LOVE THE BIRDS, THE TREES.
I'VE NEVER SEEN A DEVELOPER COME IN AND NOT DEVASTATE THE LAND.
AND, AND THEN WHEN THEY PLANT TREES AND THEY'VE COMPLIED WITH ALL THE MANUALS, WE'RE LEFT WITH DENSITY TRAFFIC.
I THINK THIS IS A BAD PLACE TO DO IT AT THIS TIME.
WHERE DO YOU THINK ALL THE CARS ARE GONNA GO? ROBERT SMALLS PARKWAY AND ONE 70.
WHERE ARE PEOPLE WORKING? ARE THEY HEADING NORTH? ARE THEY GOING TO CHARLESTON NOW? ARE THEY STILL GONNA CROSS THE BRIDGES? SO I ASK YOU TO LOOK AT ITEM ONE.
IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
WE ALWAYS SAY THAT BECAUSE ALL OF A SUDDEN T TWO RULE HAS BECOME A DIRTY WORD AND WE WANT THE VILLAGE PARK PLACE TYPE OVERLAY.
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IS THAT WHAT WE WANT THIS COUNTY TO LOOK LIKE? I DON'T ADDRESSES A DEMONSTRATED COMMUNITY NEED.WHAT IS THAT NEED? AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WORKFORCE HOUSING.
THEN TELL THE DEVELOPER TO PUT UP OR SHUT UP.
LET'S DO A DEVELOPMENT FOR PEOPLE WHO WORK.
ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING? UM, SO THE DEVELOPER IS HERE.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK? COME ON UP.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THIS ZONING MAP AMENDMENT REQUEST FOR 98 JENNINGS.
THE PROPOSAL REPRESENTS MORE THAN A CHANGE IN ZONING.
IT IS A THOUGHTFUL RESPONSE TO THE VISION GOALS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OUTLINED IN THE 2040 BEAUFORT COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
AS THE COUNTY'S GUIDING DOCUMENT IS REFERRED TO AS THE PLAYBOOK FOR SHAPING OUR FUTURE, THE PLAN CALLS FOR INTENTIONAL, INCLUSIVE AND SUSTAINABLE GROWTH.
IT HOLDS BOTH STAFF AND LEADERSHIP ACCOUNTABLE FOR ALIGNING DECISIONS WITH LONG-TERM WELLBEING OF OUR COMMUNITIES.
THIS REZONING REQUEST EMBRACES THAT VISION.
IT INTRODUCES THE HAMLET PLACE TYPE OVERLAY THAT SUPPORTS WALKABLE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT AND DIRECTLY ADDRESSES THE COUNTY STATED NEEDED WORKFORCE AND MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING.
HOUSING TYPES THAT ARE INCREASINGLY VITAL FOR THE YOUNG PROFESSIONALS, MILITARY FAMILIES, AND LONG-TERM RESIDENTS.
THE PROPOSAL IS CONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP COMPATIBLE WITH SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS AND DESIGNED TO PRESERVE NATURAL RESOURCES WHILE ENHANCING CONNECTIVITY AND LIVABILITY.
IT ALSO INCLUDES COMMITMENT TO AFFORDABILITY AND REINVESTMENT BACK INTO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.
WE BELIEVE THIS APPLICATION NOT ONLY MEETS BUT EXCEEDS THE CRITERIA FOR THE ZONING MAP AMENDMENT.
AND RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR SUPPORT IN APPROVING A PROJECT THAT REFLECTS THE COUNTY'S VALUES AND PRIORITIES AS OUTLINED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THIS PRESENTATION IS THE COMPARISON OF THE COMMENTS FROM STAFF.
UH, UH, FROM STAFF COMMENTS APPLICANT NARRATIVE ORGANIZED BY THE NINE ZONING MAP AMENDMENT REVIEW CRITERIA.
EACH BULLET UNDER THE CRITERIA SHOWS THE PERSPECTIVE FROM EACH DOCUMENT WITH REFERENCE TO THE 2040 BEAUFORT COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OR THE ACTION PLAYBOOK FOR SUPPORT.
ITEM ONE, CONSISTENCY WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THIS REZONING REQUEST IS FULLY ALIGNED WITH THE 2040 BE FAIR COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHICH SERVES AS THE COUNTY STRATEGIC VIS VISION AND POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR GROWTH.
THE PROPOSED HANDBOOK PLACE TYPE OVERLAY DIRECTLY REFLECTS THE PLANS CALL FOR WALKABLE MIXED USE COMMUNITIES AND SUPPORTS THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION FOR THIS PARCEL CONFLICT WITH THE DEVELOPMENT CODE OR ORDINANCE.
THIS REZONING REQUEST DOES NOT CONFLICT WITH ANY PROVISIONS OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODE OR THE CODE OF ORDINANCE.
IN FACT, IT SUPPORTS THE PLANS DIRECTED TO ALIGN ZONING DECISIONS WITH THE COUNTY'S LONG-TERM VISION.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN EMPHASIZES THE NEED FOR COORDINATION BETWEEN STAFF DEPARTMENTS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS TO ENSURE THAT THE ZONING AND LAND USE DECISIONS REFLECT THE GOALS OF THE PLAN.
THE PROPOSED HAMLET PLACE TYPE OVERLAY IS A TOOL SPECIFICALLY ENCOURAGED IN THIS PLAN TO IMPLEMENT WALKABLE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT IN THE APPROPRIATE AREAS DEMONSTRATES A COMMUNITY NEED.
THIS APPLICATION ADDRESSES AND CLEARLY DEMONSTRATED A COMMUNITY NEED FOR DIVERSE AND ATTAINABLE HOUSING OPTIONS.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IDENTIFIES THE LACK OF WORKFORCE AND ENTRY LEVEL HOUSING AS A CRITICAL ISSUE.
THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT INCLUDES A MIX OF HOUSING TYPES AND A COMMITMENT TO WORKFORCE HOUSING DIRECTLY SUPPORTING THE PLAN'S CALL FOR ELIMINATING BARRIERS TO AFFORDABILITY AND EXPANDING HOUSE CHOICES FOR MILITARY FAMILIES, YOUNG PROFESSIONALS AND LONGTIME RESIDENTS.
ITEM FOUR, ACQUIRED BY CHANGE IN CONDITIONS WHILE NOT DRIVEN BY A SINGLE EVENT.
THIS REZONING IS A PROACTIVE RESPONSE TO EVOLVING CONDITIONS IN BEAUFORT COUNTY, NAMELY POPULATION GROWTH, HOUSING DEMAND, AND THE NEED FOR EFFICIENT LAND USE.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ENCOURAGES ADAPTING ZONING TO MEET THESE CHANGING CONDITIONS AND SUPPORTS THE REDEVELOPMENT OF UNDERUTILIZED LAND TO ACCOMMODATE GROWTH IN A SUSTAINABLE AND INCLUSIVE MANNER.
IMPORTANTLY, THE SUBJECT PROPERTIES IDEALLY LOCATED WITHIN MINUTES OF MAJOR EMPLOYMENT CENTERS, PUBLIC SCHOOLS, SHOPPING AREAS, AND MEDICAL FACILITIES.
THIS PROXIMITY MAKES IT A STRATEGIC SITE FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT SUPPORTS THE GOALS OF REDUCING VEHICLE
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MILES TRAVELED AND PROVING ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY AND PROMOTING EQUITABLE GROWTH.THE REZONING ENABLES THE COUNTY TO RESPOND TO CURRENT AND FUTURE HOUSING NEEDS IN THE LOCATION THAT IS ALREADY WELL INTEGRATED INTO THE COMMUNITY FABRIC.
ITEM FIVE, COMPATIBILITY WITH SURROUNDING USES.
THE PROPOSED ZONING IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING LAND USES AND ZONING DESIGNATIONS, INCLUDING NEARBY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SUPPORTS THIS TYPE OF TRANSITION BETWEEN THE RURAL AND URBAN AREAS THROUGH THE PLACE TYPE PLANNING, ENSURING THAT NEW DEVELOPMENT COMPLIMENTS THE CHARACTER AND FUNCTION OF ADJACENT AREAS WHILE ENHANCING COMM ANY COHESION.
ITEM SIX, ADVERSE EFFECTS ON NEARBY LANTIS.
THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS DESIGNED TO MINIMIZE ADVERSE EFFECTS ON NEARBY PROPERTIES.
THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS, WHICH WAS REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY COUNTY STAFF SOUTH CAROLINA DOT, CONCLUDED THAT THE OVERALL TRAFFIC IMPACT OF THE PROPOSED REZONING WOULD BE VERY AMENABLE.
WHILE MITIGATION IS RECOMMENDED AT ONE INTERSECTION DUE TO OTHER PROJECTS, THE SPECIFIC CONTRIBUTION FROM THIS PROJECT IS NOT SIGNIFICANT.
ADDITIONALLY, THE DEVELOPMENT INCLUDES ENVIRONMENTAL SAFEGUARDS SUCH AS STORM WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, OPEN SPACE PRESERVATION AND NATURAL BUFFERS.
THESE MEASURES ALIGN WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN EMPHASIS ON PROTECTING NATURAL SYSTEMS AND MANAGING GROWTH RESPONSIBILITY.
ITEM SEVEN, LOGICAL AND ORDERLY DEVELOPMENT PATTERN.
THE REZONING SUPPORTS A LOGICAL AND ORDERLY DEVELOPMENT PATTERN BY PLACING A HIGHER DENSITY NEAR EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE SCHOOLS AND ROADWAYS.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROMOTES THIS APPROACH AND ITS ADVOCACY FOR WALKABLE CONNECTED NEIGHBORHOODS AND STRATEGIC USE OF THE PLAN TYPES OR PLACE TYPES TO GUIDE GROWTH.
THE PROPOSED LAYOUT REFLECTS THESE PRINCIPLES AND CONTRIBUTES TO THE COHESIVE COMMUNITY FABRIC.
ITEM EIGHT, ADVERSE IMPACTS ON THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.
THE DEVELOPMENT WILL COMPLY WITH ALL COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS INCLUDING SIGNIFICANT CIVIC AND NATURAL RESOURCE PROTECTION AREAS.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PRIORITIZES ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP AND RESILIENCE CALLING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROP THAT PROTECTS WATER QUALITY, WETLANDS, AND WILDLIFE.
THIS PROPOSAL MEETS AND EXCEEDS THOSE EXPECTATIONS.
AND NUMBER NINE, ADEQUATE PUBLIC FACILITIES.
THE SITE IS WELL POSITIONED TO SERVE BY EXISTING PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, INCLUDING ROADS, WATER, AND SEWER.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SUPPORTS DEVELOPMENT IN AREAS WHERE PUBLIC SERVICE CAN BE EFFICIENTLY EXTENDED OR ALREADY EXIST.
THIS ENSURES THAT GROWTH IS FISCAL RESPONSIBLE AND SUSTAINABLE.
SO AS AS DEMONSTRATED, THIS REZONING REQUEST HAS BEEN CAREFULLY EVALUATED AGAINST ALL NINE ZONING MAP AMENDMENT REVIEW CRITERIA AND HAS BEEN SHOWN TO MEET OR EXCEED EACH ONE.
IT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE 2040 BEAUFORT COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ALIGNS WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP AND SUPPORTS THE COUNTY'S VISION FOR SUSTAINABLE, INCLUSIVE, AND WELL CONNECTED COMMUNITIES.
THE PROPOSAL INTRODUCES A WALKABLE MIX USE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT ADDRESSES THE COUNTY'S URGENT NEED FOR WORKFORCE AND MISS MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING WHILE PRESERVING ENVIRONMENTAL INTEGRITY AND MINIMIZING TRAFFIC IMPACTS AS CONFIRMED BY THE APPROVED TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS.
IT ALSO INCLUDES MEANINGFUL COMMITMENTS TO AFFORDABILITY, CIVIC SPACE, AND REINVESTMENT BACK INTO THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY.
WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL FOR THIS ZONING MAP AMENDMENT.
SO WE MAY, WE MAY MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PARTNERSHIP WITH BEAUFORT COUNTY TO DELIVER A PROJECT THAT REFLECTS THE VALUES, PRIORITIES AND LONG-TERM VISION OF THE COUNTY.
UM, MR. MERRICK, I HAVE TO AWKWARDLY HAVE A MOMENT FOR HOUSEKEEPING.
WE'RE COMING UP TO EIGHT O'CLOCK, SO WE'LL NEED A MOTION TO EXTEND OUR SESSION PAST EIGHT O'CLOCK.
UH, MS. BROWN MAKES THE MOTION TO EXTEND PAST EIGHT.
I'LL SECOND MS. HOWARD WILL SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND.
I KNOW EVERYBODY DOESN'T WANNA STAY, BUT WE'RE GONNA DO THAT.
ANYBODY? I OPEN FOR QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
ANYBODY ELSE LIKE ATTORNEY OR ANYTHING CAN ASK QUESTION? YEAH, WE CAN ASK QUESTIONS.
UM, CAN YOU DO THE, AGAIN, THE VOTE TO EXTEND THE VOTE TO EXTEND? WOULD YOU RAISE YOUR HAND PLEASE? IF YOU WANT TO VOTE TO EXTEND MR. CUNNINGHAM.
UM, ONE THING BEFORE MS. BROWN, BEFORE WE DO IT, MR. MERCHANT, WOULD YOU TALK ABOUT STAFF RECOMMENDATION? IT'S ON THE A IS AND MAYBE YOU CAN ENLIGHTEN US WITH THAT.
CLOSING PUBLIC WHAT? CLOSING PUBLIC? YEAH.
ARE WE CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING? OH NO, I WASN'T GONNA CLOSE IT YET.
NO, I'M NOT CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING YET.
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DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD MR. MERRICK? NO MA'AM.I WILL SAY THERE IS ONE THING THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP A COUPLE TIMES AND IT IS RECORDING THE DENSITY.
SO WE'VE HEARD THAT NOW A FEW TIMES THROUGH HERE, BASED ON THE ORIGINAL WE WERE USING THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE PLACE TYPE OVERLAY AND THE C3 NMU, WHICH IS SURROUNDING THIS PROPERTY ON THREE DIFFERENT SIDES, WHICH IS THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL THAT WE CAME UP WITH THAT WAS BROUGHT UP BEFORE THAT WE'D COME BEFORE THIS, BEFORE PART OF THAT RECOMMENDATION WAS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PLACE TYPE OVERLAY, WHICH WAS IN LINE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
SO THAT'S WHERE THE PLACE TYPE OVERLAY HAS COME INTO THIS.
WITH THE PLACE TYPE OVERLAY, IT DOES ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL DENSITY, BONUS DENSITY BY UTILIZING THE PLACE TYPE OVERLAY.
SO WITH THAT PLACE THAT THAT, THAT IS HOW WE GOT TO THIS POINT AT THIS TIME.
AND AS FAR AS THE TRAFFIC, YES THE TRAFFIC WAS, WE WERE THE FIRST ONES TO GO THROUGH THE ORDINANCE CHANGE WHEN IT CAME TO THE TRAFFIC STUDY ON THE TIA.
BY DOING THAT THEY IDENTIFIED NINE INTERSECTIONS THAT WERE STUDIED TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD THIS PROJECT AND THAT'S WHERE THEY CAME UP TO THE TERM THAT THE PROJECT HAD VERY LITTLE IMPACT ON THE OVERALL, UM, ON THE OVERALL COMMUNITY ITSELF.
ANYBODY ELSE WANNA COMMENT DURING PUBLIC HEARING? COME ON UP.
STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND GO FOR THE GO FOR IT.
MY NAME IS HERBIE GLAZE AND I APPRECIATE THE CHALLENGE THAT YOU ALL HAVE OF SERVING.
YOUR CAPACITY WAS FOR 20 YEARS.
THE FIRST SITUATION I HAD TO DEAL WITH WAS DEL WELL AND DEL WEB.
AFTER DEALING WITH THAT, IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL.
YOU KNOW, I LISTENED TO MY CONSTITUENTS WHEN THEY WERE GOING TO DO HAITHAM.
THE VOTE FOR HA SHAM WAS 10 TO ONE.
I DID NOT VOTE FOR HAITHAM HA SHAM THEN IS THE BEST THING THAT HAS HAPPENED IN BEAUFORT COUNTY.
ONE OF THE NICE GREAT DEVELOPMENT.
I SAY TO YOU, I'M 74 YEARS OLD, I DIDN'T GO ABROAD OR CAME BACK.
I LIVED IN BEAUFORT ALL MY LIFE.
ONLY THE AREA THEY'RE SPEAKING ABOUT NOW WAS FARMLAND.
WE HAD A DEATH OR SOMEONE GOT BURNT UP A FEW YEARS BACK, A COUPLE YEARS BACK AND THEY BOUGHT THE BODY THERE IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA.
IT'S A TREE, IT'S A TREE AREA.
AND I'M AFRAID TO EVEN TRAVEL IT AT NIGHT IN MY CAR BECAUSE OF SOMETHING HAPPENED.
I DON'T KNOW THE DEVELOPER FROM ADAM HOUSE CAT.
BUT THE SITUATION IS THIS, WHEN PEOPLE HAVE DONE WHAT THEY CAN WITH THEIR LAND AND UTILIZE THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITY AND THINGS HAVE CHANGED, A CHANGE GONNA COME, WHETHER IT HAPPENED TO THIS COUNCIL OR NOT, A CHANGE WILL COME TO HAVE THAT DEVELOPMENT THERE WITH WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO, ENHANCE THAT PARTICULAR AREA.
WE HAVE PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT CERTAIN SITUATIONS IN THE AREA.
IF THEY ARE THERE, YOU NEGOTIATE WITH THEM TO DO THIS.
WE THE, WE ARE THE LEAD IN THIS AREA.
WE NEED THIS IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE NEED THAT IN OUR COMMUNITY.
ALLOW THE DEVELOPMENT TO DO THAT IN YOUR PARTICULAR AREA TO IMPROVE THE SITUATIONS.
WE ASK FOR SPEED BUMPS IN CERTAIN AREAS.
AND WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO IS MAKE DECISION THAT IS BEST FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE AREA.
THE CONNIE LOOK AT JOB AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
YOU TALK ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THIS AND THAT.
BUT IF SOMEONE ELSE DECIDE I WANNA DEVELOP, GET THAT LAND AND PUT A BIG SEMEN COMPANY OUT THERE, NOTHING YOU CAN SAY YOU HAVE RAMSEY ROAD AND YOU HAVE JENNING ROADS, YOU HAVE BATTERY KEY SCHOOL IS TRUE.
THE QUESTION IS WHAT DO A PERSON DO WITH THEIR LAND? LET'S LET IT SET THERE FOR ALL THESE YEARS.
WHY SOME PEOPLE GO ABROAD AND COME BACK HOME.
I SAY TO THEM, LOOK AT THE PLAN.
BUT ONE MISTAKE I MADE AND LIKE I SAY IT AGAIN WHEN I MADE THE MISTAKE, WHEN I VOTE AGAINST HAITHAM, THE COMMUNITY NOW EMBRACE IT AND THEY LOVE IT AND THEY CARE ABOUT IT.
THINGS CAN HAPPEN WHEN YOU NEGOTIATE.
SO ALL I'M SAYING IS PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING.
YOU HAVE MORE PEOPLE THAT WANT IT, BUT DON'T WANNA SAY ANYTHING.
BUT I'M HERE TO SAY I SUPPORT IT.
MY NAME IS LORETTA ALLEN MILLAGE AND I HAVE PROPERTY AT SIX RAMSEY LOOP IN BURTON.
AND I AM OPPOSED THE UH, UM, THE RAMSEY ROAD, UH, DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE WHY WOULD WE LET DEVELOP SOMETHING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE PEOPLE ON RAMBLE AND ROAD JUST RIGHT AROUND THE ROAD, PAY BEAUFORT COUNTY STORMWATER FEES.
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LOOK ON RAMBLING ROAD, THERE IS NO DITCH NO NOTHING WHEN IT RAINS.WHEN MY MOM DIED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WHEN WE CALLED THE AMBULANCE, THE AMBULANCE HAD TO STOP AT THE END OF THE ROAD AND PUSH THE GURNEY TO THE HOUSE TO PUSH HER BACK BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T GET UP IN THE ROAD.
SO IF YOU DON'T LIVE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, I DON'T NEED SOMEBODY COMING IN DEVELOPING RIGHT BEHIND MY HOUSE AND, AND MAKING MY PROPERTY GO UP.
WHEN YOU DON'T LIVE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU CAN'T SAY THAT IT'S GOING TO BE GOOD BECAUSE THE NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU DON'T LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IF MY PROPERTY VALUE GO UP OR DOWN OR HOWEVER, IF I GOTTA PAY MORE BEAUTIFUL COUNTY TAXES BECAUSE SOMEBODY WANNA DEVELOP A THREE STORY HOUSE, $300,000 OR WHATEVER, BUT MY SINGLE HOME RIGHT HERE DON'T MEAN NOTHING TO, AND I'VE BEEN IN THIS HOME ALL MY LIFE.
SO IF YOU DON'T LIVE THERE, YES WE GONNA HAVE CHANGES AND WE GONNA DO THIS AND WE GONNA DO THAT.
BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S BEEN PUT DOWN TWO TIMES.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE I GOT THIS LETTER FROM, BUT IT WAS IN MY CHURCH THOUGH.
IT SAYS COMMUNITY UPDATE ON RAMBLING RAMSEY ROAD DEVELOPMENT PLANS TO COME OUT TONIGHT.
SO I DON'T KNOW ABOUT ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT WAS ON THE AGENDA, BUT I DO NEED TO SPEAK FOR RAMSEY ROAD DEVELOPMENT.
ANYONE ELSE? ANYONE ELSE FOR PUBLIC HEARING? ALL RIGHT, SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING.
I'D LIKE MR. MERCHANT TO SPEAK BECAUSE I NOTICE YOU HAD A STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
I MEAN, SO IN EVALUATING ANY ZONING, A MAP OR ZONING MAP AMENDMENT, THE FIRST THING WE DO IS WE CONSULT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IN THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
AND SO THIS PARTICULAR SITE IS NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE, BUT IT ALSO HAS A, UM, OF HAMLET PLATE.
IS IT HAMLET? I'M SORRY, THIS TAPE OVER THERE.
IT'S GETTING LATE
YEAH, THERE'S, SO YOU HAVE THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, WHICH IS SORT OF LIKE A ZONING MAP, BUT IT'S A LITTLE MORE VAGUE AND A LITTLE, YOU KNOW, IT'S BASICALLY THE FRAMEWORK THAT THE ZONING MAP IS BASED ON.
BUT IN ADDITION TO THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, WE HAVE A PLACE TYPE OVERLAY WHICH HAS CERTAIN AREAS AROUND THE COUNTY WHERE IT RECOMMENDS MORE MIXED USE COMMUNITIES.
AND THIS PARTICULAR SITE QUALIFIES AS THAT, I BELIEVE IT WAS A HAM YEAH, HAMLET PLACE TYPE.
AND SO, UM, WHAT THAT DOES IS IT PUSHES, YOU KNOW, IF AN APPLICANT WANTS TO UP SOON IN THAT AREA, THERE SHOULD FOLLOW THE, THERE'S A PROCEDURE IN THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODES CALLED THE PLACE TYPE OVERLAY.
AND SO FOR HAMLET PLACE TYPE, THERE'S A TABLE THAT GIVES SOME INDICATION OF THE MIX OF ZONING DISTRICTS THAT SHOULD BE ADOPTED TO MAKE UP A HAMLET.
AND SO THE APPLICANT, THAT'S WHY THEY'VE RECOMMEND, YOU KNOW, WHY THEY'RE REQUESTING TO CHANGE THE ZONING FROM THE T TWO RURAL TO PART OF IT BEING T FOUR HAMLET CENTER, THE OTHER PORTION BEING T THREE HAMLET NEIGHBORHOOD ACCORDING TO THAT.
AND SO THEY MET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THAT.
UM, OUR RECOMMENDATION WAS, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY THEY, THEY MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF OF THE PLACE TYPE OVERLAY AND THE UM, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THEY ALSO HAVE SUBMITTED A DRAFT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND THEY'VE NOW FORMALLY SUBMITTED AT THE STAFF.
AND ONE OF THE SIGNIFICANT FEATURES OF THAT IS THE DIFFERENT PORTIONS OF IT ADDRESS AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND SO OUR RECOMMENDATION, IF COUNSEL DOES WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS IS THAT THEY WORK WITH, YOU KNOW, THE THE HOUSING COMMUNITY TO DETERMINE WHAT ARE THE NEEDS OF THIS AREA AND ARE THE ADEQUATELY BEING ADDRESSED IN THIS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT OR WHAT OPTIONS THERE ARE.
UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF VERY QUICK SUMMARY OF STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
AND THIS DID OF COURSE GO TO PLANNING COMMISSION AND THEY RECOMMENDED, UM, DENIAL OF THIS APPLICATION.
I BELIEVE IT WAS SEVEN TO ONE, UH, AT THEIR UM, MAY MEETING.
SO MS. BROWN, YOU HAD A QUESTION OR COMMENT? I HAD A QUESTION FROM ROB.
UM, AFTER MRS. LAMAR'S COMMENTS, 'CAUSE WE WENT THROUGH CHERRY POINT TWICE, NOT ONCE, BUT TWICE, AND THEY WANTED TO PUT ON THE 71 ACRES, LIKE 400 HOMES.
SO MY QUESTION IS THIS 86 ACRES, HOW MANY HOMES DO YOU WANT THAT THEY WANT TO BUILD? 2 44 UNITS.
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BUT WASN'T IT LESS THAN THAT BEFORE? AM I MISTAKEN? IT WAS, IT WAS, YEAH, TWO MUCH LESS.SO WHY DID THAT CHANGE? WELL BEFORE THEY DIDN'T USE THE PLACE TYPE OVERLAY, SO THEY JUST WENT FOR A STRAIGHTFORWARD REZONING AND COUNCIL HAD THAT WENT TO FIRST READING IN 2024 AND IT FAILED AT FIRST READING.
AND SO THEY WENT BACK TO STAFF AND WE RECOMMENDED THAT THEY DO THE POLICE TYPE OVERLAY BECAUSE THAT WAS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
BUT THEY'VE ASKED FOR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, SO CAN'T WE NEGOTIATE THIS IN DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT OR, I MEAN THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT COUNCIL MAY WANT TO THINK ABOUT IF THEY ARE MOVING FORWARD.
I MEAN THAT IS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE NEGOTIATED.
AND 180 4, WHAT KIND OF HOMES ARE THEY? CONDOS APARTMENTS? UH, WELL THE APPLICANT COULD SPEAK TO THAT, BUT THIS IS A MIX.
WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING IS A MIX OF TOWNHOUSES OR TOWNHOUSES AND SINGLE FAMILY HOUSES, TOWNHOUSES AND SINGLE FAMILY.
YEAH, I GUESS I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS.
UM, THE CURRENT ZONING, HOW MANY HOMES DOES IT ALLOW FOR ON THE 70 SOME ACRES? 1 44 I THINK THEY SAID.
OH, YOU MEAN WITH THE T TWO RURAL WITH THE, THE ZONING CURRENTLY IN PLACE? YES.
UH, SO THERE'S 86 ACRES, SO IT WOULD BE 20, 27 HOUSES.
SO THEY BASICALLY WANT TO ADD A HUNDRED, 210 HOMES ROUGHLY.
YEAH, THAT WOULD BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO WITH 10 WORKFORCE HOUSING, THAT'S IN THE DRAFT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
AND THEN I HAVE A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS, SORRY.
MM-HMM
AND THEN WE ALSO HAD THE REZONING IN COME FOR IN FRONT OF CHERRY, UM, MAYLAND BLUFF AS WELL, UM, WHICH WE TURNED DOWN.
UM, AND THEY OFFERED A LOT MORE WORKFORCE HOUSING THAN THIS TECH, AND THAT WAS DEFINITELY PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE THAT THIS COUNCIL VOTED THAT DOWN OVERWHELMINGLY.
UM, JUST PUTTING THAT OUT THERE AS INFORMATION.
UH, WHAT'S THE STARTING PRICE VALUE OF THESE HOMES? I THINK THE APPLICANT WOULD'VE TO SPEAK TO THAT.
I, MR. MERRICK, WHAT'S THE STARTING PRICE FOR THESE HOMES? WE'RE GOING WITH THE SYNTAX BRANDED HOME, WHICH IS GEARED FOR YOUR ENTRY LEVEL BUYERS.
WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN THIS, SO TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, WHATEVER MARKET RATE IS THE, THE IDEA THAT WE WENT WITH THE TOWN HOMES ON THE FRONT SIDE WAS BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO HOPEFULLY REDUCE SOME OF THAT PRICE TO BE ABLE TO GET MORE ENTRY LEVEL.
BUT YOU ASKED THE QUESTION, WAS IT TOWN HOME? A SINGLE FAMILY? THERE'S A BLEND BETWEEN TOWN HOME AND SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED PROPERTY.
SO THAT'S WHERE THE BLEND COMES IN PLAY.
UM, BUT AGAIN, IT'LL BE MARKET RATE, PRICE POINTS, BUT THE IDEAL POSITION IS TO BE, YOU KNOW, LOWER HIGH TWOS, THREES, SOMEWHERE IN THE THAT BALLPARK.
BUT THAT IS, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S MARKET RATE AT THIS POINT.
IF IT WERE TODAY, WHAT WOULD THE MARKET RATE BE? I MEAN IT DEPENDS ON LOW THREE.
ANYTHING ELSE, MR. CUNNINGHAM? UH, YEAH, JUST ACTUALLY FOR YOU TAB, UM, DID THE REFERENDUM PASS IN NOVEMBER? WHAT? DID THE REFERENDUM PASS IN NOVEMBER? NO.
JUST MAKING SURE I DIDN'T MISS ANYTHING.
WAS THAT A TRICK QUESTION? YEAH,
NO, I JUST FIGURED IT WAS PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE.
ANYBODY ELSE ONLINE? JOE, LARRY, ANY COMMENT OR QUESTION? YEAH, I HAVE QUESTION.
I JUST WANT A CLARIFICATION AGAIN ON MR. CUNNINGHAM'S QUESTION.
UH, I HEARD 28 HOMES ON THE EXISTING, UH, ON THE EXISTING ZONING.
I HEARD 144 SOMEWHERE IN THERE.
DID, DID I HEAR THAT NUMBER 1 44? THEY ORIGINALLY WERE GONNA APPLY FOR LIKE 180 AND THEY CHANGED IT TO 2 44.
BUT THE 20TH AND THE UH, PRICE PRICE IS ABOUT 300,000 AND WE'RE PUTTING IN OF THE 244 10 AFFORDABLE THOUSAND, WHAT'S THE A MI ON THAT? ANYONE KNOW? WHAT'S THE MR. MERRI? WHAT'S THE A MI ON THAT? WHAT'S THE A MI FOR THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING? WHAT PERCENT, WHAT RANGE? SO DA IT WAS PUT IN THERE BETWEEN 80 TO 120 THAT WE HAD IN THERE.
BUT BASED OFF OF THAT, YOU ARE LOOKING AT ONE PORTION, PORTION OF THAT.
AND THIS IS WHERE I THINK WE COULD DIVE MORE INTO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
THERE WERE THREE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THAT.
THERE WAS INITIAL, UM, UH, DEPOSIT, ENTRY LEVEL ARTS, UM, SORRY, UM, DEPOSIT,
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UM, ASSISTANCE THAT WE WERE PROVIDING FOR FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS, MILITARY HOUSING AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT WAS ALSO INCLUDED IN THAT.AND THEN THERE WAS A REPAIR ARM OF MONEY BEING GIVEN BACK INTO A FUND THAT THE BEAUFORT COUNTY, UM, HOUSING TRUST, BEAUFORT, JASPER COUNTY HOUSING TRUST WOULD BE ABLE TO DISTRIBUTE BACK WITHIN A CERTAIN PERIMETER TO BE ABLE TO GET BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY FOR REPAIR FUNDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO IT IS A CON IT IS BASED ON THAT, THE FIVE THAT WHERE WE CAME UP WHERE YOU'RE SAYING JUST 10, THAT FIVE ACTUALLY CAME UP WITH MINT FORMS, WHICH IS, UH, APPROXIMATELY RIGHT ALMOST ACROSS THE STREET FROM THIS PROPERTY.
I WAS ASKED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND HOW THEY APPROACHED IT.
AND THAT WAS BY, UM, MME. HOWARD.
AND SO BY THAT IN THE MINT FORMS, THEY ALLOCATED FIVE DEED RESTRICTED PROPERTIES IN MINT FORMS. SO BASICALLY WE TOOK FROM MINT FORMS AND DOUBLED THAT FROM WHAT THEY DID OVER THERE, IMPLEMENTING ALSO THE ADDITIONAL, IT COMES OUT TO BE APPROXIMATELY A MILLION DOLLARS GIVE OR TAKE A MILLION DOLLARS IN COMMUNITY COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT BACK THAT WE'RE GIVING BACK.
UM, WHAT, WHAT'S THE RELATIONSHIP YOU HAVE WITH THE HOUSING TRUST FUND? WELL, WE HAD TO FIGURE OUT AS WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT IT CAN GO, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH BEFORD, JASPER HOUSING TRUST, BUT WE WANTED SOMEONE THAT COULD BE OVERSEER OF THAT, BE ABLE TO HELP OVERSEE WHEN IT COMES INTO THE DEED RESTRICTED, BE ABLE TO HELP OVERSEE AND IMPLEMENT THE FUNDING OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO BEAUFORT, JASPER HOUSING TRUST SEEMED LIKE A GOOD, YOU KNOW, OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM.
IT WAS SOMEONE THAT, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE THAT WORKS WITH THE COUNTY AS WELL.
SO WE THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE A GREAT PARTNERSHIP.
OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH, SORRY, I I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT, I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND THE OF RELATIONSHIP, BUT THAT'S OKAY.
MS. HOWARD, WHICH PROJECT IS HE REFERRING TO? I DON'T THINK THE COUNTY WANTS WHEN WAS THAT TO IMPLEMENT? I DON'T THINK HE HAS A RELATIONSHIP YET, CORRECT? NO, WE DON'T HAVE A RELATIONSHIP YET.
THAT WAS AN ALL, IF YOU'VE GOT SOMEONE BETTER THAT YOU'D RATHER UTILIZE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO LOOK AT THAT OPTION.
THEY DON'T HAVE A RELATIONSHIP YET, THEY WOULD PURSUE IT.
WELL, THAT'S THE ANSWER I WAS SEEKING.
OKAY, MR. ATKINSON, YOU WANNA MAKE A COMMENT? I SEE YOU MEANDERED UP HERE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS THE A MI QUESTIONS SPECIFICALLY.
SO TWO WAGE EARNERS, THE 2024, UH, A MI AT VERY LOW, 50% PUTS THE HOUSE INCOME AT $40,400.
AVERAGE IS 100% OF A MI, THAT'S $90,000 A YEAR.
AND MODERATE IS 120% A MI AT 180, OR EXCUSE ME, 108,000.
TO PUT THIS IN CONTEXT WITH AFFORDABILITY, I UH, I RAN SOME MATH WITH A MORTGAGE CALCULATOR, ASSUMING A 15% DOWN PAYMENT, A PERSON WHO IS A HUNDRED PER OR A HOUSEHOLD WITH TWO WAGE EARNERS AT $90,000 A MIA HUNDRED PERCENT CAN AFFORD APPROXIMATELY $2,200 A MONTH.
IF YOU TAKE 30% OF THAT, WHICH IS WHAT BANKS ARE LOOKING FOR, PITI ASSUMING A 15% DOWN PAYMENT PUTS THAT AT ABOUT A $300,000 LOAN.
SO I DO WANT TO SAY THAT WHAT'S ON THE TABLE TONIGHT OR WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT, IS A PLACE TYPE OVERLAY AND AFFORDABLE UNITS IS REALLY NOT PART OF THAT PARTICULAR DISCUSSION.
AFFORDABILITY AND THE NUMBER OF UNITS AND HOW COUNCIL WANTS TO ADDRESS THAT IF YOU DO, IS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT PROCESS, WHICH WE ARE VERY EARLY IN THE PROCESS.
SO WE HAVE THE APPLICATION, IT HAS NOT BEEN DEEMED COMPLETE.
STAFF WILL HAVE TO WORK THROUGH THAT AND THEN WE WILL BRING THAT FORWARD IF THERE IS AN INTEREST IN DOING THAT.
YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF OPTIONS WHETHER YOU WANT TO DEFER TONIGHT AND PAIR THAT UP LATER, UH, AT FIRST READING OR VOTE TONIGHT AND PAIR THAT UP, UM, AT SECOND READING OR NOT EVEN TAKE IT UP AT ALL.
SO I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT, UH, CONTEXT AND PROVIDE THOSE NUMBERS AS IT RELATES TO A MII HAD A COMMENT, YOU TWO WAGE EARNERS, BUT A FAMILY OF FOUR, IT, IT REALLY DOESN'T SAY HOW MANY.
IT'S TWO WAGE EARNERS, IT'S WAGE EARNERS, 15 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER IN THE HOUSE.
TYPICALLY WHEN I LOOK AT IT, I DO THE TWO ADULT WAGE EARNERS, RIGHT? THE, UH, ONE WAGE EARNER'S ABOUT 20% LOWER THAN THE TWO WAGE EARNER.
UM, BUT THAT, THAT'S YOUR AVERAGE NUMBERS.
THAT'S SORT OF HOW THAT LAYS OUT AND WHAT IT REALLY LOOKS LIKE, UH, WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT AFFORDABILITY.
LET, LET ME CHIME IN IF I MAY.
I'VE, I'VE GOT SEVERAL, SEVERAL ISSUES, BUT I I'M ONLY GONNA ADDRESS ONE TONIGHT.
UM, WE AS A COUNCIL, WE HAVE BEEN DEALING
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WITH AND TRYING TO ADDRESS, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR YEARS NOW, UH, COMPOUNDED BY WORKFORCE HOUSING AND FOR OUR DEVELOPERS IN BEAUFORT COUNTY TO COME FORTH WITH DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS AND, UH, ZONING MAP CHANGES THAT ACTUALLY, UH, INCLUDES IN, IN THIS PARTICULAR, UH, UH, PLAN OUT OF 244 HOMES AND WE ARE ONLY TALKING ABOUT 10 HOMES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR WORKFORCE HOUSING.THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S ONLY A DROP IN THE BUCKET.
THAT DOESN'T EVEN SPEAKS TO TRYING TO ADDRESS OUR SHORTAGE AND OUR NEED FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING, LET ALONE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
SO IF, SO, IF WE'RE GOING TO AS A, AS A COUNCIL, AS A COUNTY, IF WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY ADDRESS AND GET ON TOP OF THE NECESSITY FOR, UH, WORKFORCE HOUSING AND IN CONNECTION IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE, UM, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THEN THESE DEVELOPERS HAVE TO BRING FORTH MORE THAN WHAT THEY'RE OFFERING.
244 HOMES, TOWNHOUSES, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
10 OF THEM ARE ONLY WORKFORCE HOUSING.
ANYBODY ELSE? COMMENT QUESTION.
MR. VICE CHAIR? UH, IF I MAY, I, I'VE LISTENED TO EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM TONIGHT.
UH, THESE SAME CONVERSATIONS COME UP AT JUST ABOUT EVERY PARCEL THAT GOES FOR AN UP ZONE.
AND I THINK WE'VE BEEN CONSISTENT THAT ANYTHING THAT A MAP AMENDMENT WITHOUT A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT REQUESTING AN UP ZONE'S A NO, BUT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY HERE TONIGHT.
THE THINGS YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT ARE PART OF NEGOTIATIONS.
THERE'S A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT'S BEEN SUBMITTED.
IT HAS NOT BEEN DEEMED COMPLETE YET.
WE VOTED EARLIER TODAY COMING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION TO FIND AN ATTORNEY TO HELP US REVIEW THAT.
I THINK THE RESPONSIBLE THING TO DO IT CAN STILL BE A NO VOTE AT THE END OF THE DAY, BUT I THINK THE RESPONSIBLE THING TO DO IS TO LOOK AT THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND GIVE THIS PROCESS A TIME TO PLAY OUT AND HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY, SEE IF WE CAN ADDRESS ANY OF THE CONCERNS INSIDE OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BEFORE MAKING A DECISION HERE TODAY.
AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, IF THERE'S NO OTHER, NO FURTHER COMMENTS FROM THE REST OF THIS BODY, I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO ACTUALLY DEFER VOTING ON THIS AND ALLOW AN OPPORTUNITY FOR IT TO SYNC UP WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AT A SPECIAL COLD MEETING.
WE MADE A MOTION TO DEFER THIS ORDINANCE AND MS. BROWN SECONDED IT.
DISCUSSION? YES, MR. LAWSON? YEAH, I'LL, UM, AND AGAIN, LISTENING TO EVERYONE AS WELL.
AND, AND YOU LOOK AT THE, YOU LOOK AT THE, THE FACTS THAT WE'RE UP AGAINST, UM, THE ONLY WAY WE PROVIDE MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR WORKFORCE HOUSING IS IF WE INCREASE THE NUMBER OF UNITS.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS NOT HAD AN APPETITE IS, IS, IS NOT, UM, INCREASING THE ZONING OR UPZONING ANYTHING.
UM, SO AGAIN, IT PUTS US IN A VERY DIFFICULT POSITION AND, AND LANDOWNERS OUT THERE, AND MR. GLAZE, YOU MADE A VERY GOOD POINT THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE, UM, THAT ARE LOCAL PEOPLE HAVE SAT ON THEIR PROPERTIES, HAD PAID FOR IT, HAVE WORKED THE LAND, AND NOW THEY'RE GETTING READY TO GO SELL IT.
AND THEY'RE FINDING OUT THAT WE'RE, WE'RE NOT ALLOWING THE NUMBER OF UNITS, WHICH THEN DOESN'T GIVE THE PROPERTY AS MUCH VALUE AS IT COULD.
SO WE'RE STUCK IN THAT POSITION.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE A DOG CHASING ITS TAIL BECAUSE WE WANT MORE WORKFORCE HOUSING, BUT WE DON'T WANNA INCREASE UNITS.
SO, UM, I, I THINK THAT YOUR MOTION FOR US TO AT LEAST EXPLORE SOME IDEAS, UM, IS A GOOD ONE THAT WE CAN PUSH THIS OFF AND, AND SEE IF THERE IS A COMPROMISE SOMEPLACE.
OTHER COMMENTS, MS. HOWARD? UM, I, I REALLY DON'T SEE ANY VALUE IN NOT VOTING TONIGHT.
UH, WE STILL WOULD HAVE, UM, I, I DON'T SEE WHAT THE DEFERRAL GETS US.
I, I, I, I'M LOOKING TOWARD OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY TO SEE IF WHAT BY DEFERRING IT OR WE JUST KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD.
I'M NOT, I'M, I, THIS IS JUST MY OPINION.
SO WE HAVE A DRAFT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
YOU DO HAVE A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, WHICH IS A SEPARATE PROCESS, AND YOU CAN MARRY IT UP, UH, OR NOT MARRY IT UP.
AT SOME POINT IT WILL MARRY UP, UM, WHETHER OR NOT THEY WILL KEEP THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IN PLAY.
IF YOU DON'T VOTE, UH, ON THE ZONING MAP AMENDMENT AS FAR AS APPROVAL, THEN THAT'S A QUESTION THAT WE'LL HAVE TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE VOTE.
BUT TO DEFER THE VOTE ON THIS FOR THE FIRST READING, UM, THE ONLY VALUE YOU GET IN THAT IS IF IT WAS TO SUFFER A POSITIVE VOTE AS FAR AS IF YOU VOTED TO APPROVE IT, THEN YOU COULD DELAY THE SECOND READING UNTIL THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT
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IS GOING TO, UH, HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AND YOU HEAR WHAT THE PUBLIC COMMENT IS ON THIS, AND YOU HAVE DISCUSSIONS RELATED TO THAT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.BUT THE RISK IS IF YOU TAKE A VOTE, UH, WITHOUT DEFERRING IT TONIGHT AND IT DOESN'T GET A VOTE TO PASS, THEN THE ZONING MAP AMENDMENT IS GONE FOR A YEAR.
UH, SO IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, YOU SHOULD EITHER VOTE FOR THE AMENDMENT TONIGHT, AND YOU HAVE TWO MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO DISAPPROVE IT IF YOU'RE NOT IN FAVOR OF IT, OR VOTE ALONG WITH COUNCILMAN BARTHOLOMEW'S MOTION TO DEFER IT, TO GIVE YOU TIME TO EXPLORE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND GET SOME ADVICE ON THAT, WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S ANY BENEFIT OR IF THERE'S MORE DETRIMENT, THAT'S A POLITICAL DECISION THAT YOU HAVE TO DECIDE AMONGST YOURSELVES.
SO I WAS LOOKING THE MR. ME, I HAVE A QUESTION.
WHO IS IT? MR. DID I, CAN YOU SAY, IF YOU VOTE TO DEFER THIS, THE, THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT EXPIRES? NO, SIR.
IF YOU VOTE TO DEFER THE FIRST READING TO A FUTURE DATE, THAT GIVES YOU TIME TO WORK THROUGH THE PROCESS OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND HAVE DISCUSSIONS, UH, AMONGST YOURSELVES AND A PUBLIC HEARING TO HEAR FROM THE, UH, PUBLIC AND TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE DEVELOPER TO SEE IF, UH, YOU CAN REACH MORE SUITABLE TERMS OR ACCEPTABLE TERMS TO COUNSEL IF THEY'RE INTERESTED IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
IN CONSIDERATION OF ALL I'VE HEARD TONIGHT AND THE FACT THAT THERE'S, UM, DOES THE PULTE ALREADY OWN THE PROPERTY? NOPE.
DOES PULTE OWN THE PROPERTY? MAYOR ROB, DOES PULTE OWN THE PROPERTY YOU WANT? HE WANTS TO KNOW IF YOU ARE, IF PULTE ALREADY OWNS THE PROPERTY.
UH, PULTE DOES NOT OWN THE PROPERTY RIGHT NOW, THE PROPERTY, SO THE FAMILY STILL OWNS IT.
SO BASED ON EVERYTHING I'VE HEARD, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY WAY THIS DEVELOPMENT WOULD COMPLEMENT THE COMMUNITY AND I WOULD, UH, SUPPORT, UH, MR. BARAL YOU'S, UH, MOTION TO DEFER.
UM, I WAS LOOKING AT THE PAGE THREE 16.
THE STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL UNDER THE CONDITIONS THE APPLICANT WORK WITH COUNTY COUNCIL THROUGH A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT TO BEST DETERMINE THE NEED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WHICH IS WHAT WE ALL HEARD SUPPORTS MR. LAWSON, MR. BARTHOLOMEW.
AND, UH, THEY ALSO RECOMMEND NO ALTERATIONS TO THE STANDARDS.
SO, I MEAN, I'M IN FAVOR OF LOOKING AT A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR THIS.
THAT'S WHERE I STAND WITH THAT.
I MEAN, I HAVE NO PROBLEM TALKING ABOUT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, BUT BEFORE WE EVEN GO UPON THIS, WE NEED TO SET REAL REALISTIC EXPECTATIONS FOR HIM, RIGHT? I DON'T SEE ANY OF US ALLOWING 200, UH, AN INCREASE OF 217 HOMES.
I MEAN, YOU'D BE TALKING 75 TO A HUNDRED TO EVEN MAKE THIS AN OPTION FOR US TO DISCUSS.
SO IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE NOT EVEN INTERESTED IN, ARE, ARE WE JUST WASTING TIME? I HAVE NO PROBLEM NEGOTIATING, BUT IF THAT'S THE OFFER THEY PUT FORWARD, THAT'S NOT EVEN OFFER TO GET SOMEBODY TO A TABLE, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'VE HAD OTHER PEOPLE PUT OTHER OFFERS IN FRONT OF US THAT WERE MORE ENTICING THAN THAT AND WE ALREADY VOTED NO.
I THINK THEY'VE HEARD US LOUD AND CLEAR, AND I THINK THAT, UH, YOU'RE RIGHT IN, IN EVERYTHING YOU JUST SAID, AND I THINK THAT, UH, IT IS OUT THERE, THE SATISFACTION WITH THE CURRENT SITUATION, AND THERE'S GONNA HAVE TO BE GREAT IMPROVEMENTS MADE.
SO GIVE 'EM A CHANCE TO DO IT.
I JU IT IS JUST A MATTER NOW THAT THE PEOPLE THAT OWN THIS LAND WILL NOT HAVE A PURCHASER UNLESS SOMEONE ELSE COMES IN WITH A DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
SO LET'S RESTATE YOUR MOTION, PLEASE.
WELL, I WOULD, I WOULD POINT OUT BEFORE YOU START TO VOTE THAT THE DEVELOPER, UH, THE APPLICANT WAS GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEFER THIS AND NOT HAVE THE FIRST READING TONIGHT, AND THEY DECLINED THAT OFFER.
THEY WANTED TO HAVE THE FIRST READINGS, WHAT THE INDICATION WAS.
NOW, THAT MAY HAVE CHANGED TONIGHT.
WE CAN ASK THE APPLICANT WHAT THE POSITION IS, BUT THAT WAS THE QUESTION WAS PUT TO THEM AND THEY DECLINED THAT.
YOU WANNA SPEAK TO THAT? MR. MERRICK ON UP, PLEASE TELL US YOUR NAME AND WHO YOU ARE.
MY NAME IS WALTER NESTER AND I'M WITH THE LAW FIRM OF BURN FOREMAN.
AND WE'RE ASSISTING PULTE THE APPLICANT WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
AND THE PROPOSAL IS TO SYNC UP THE, THE, THE APPLICATION FOR PLACE TYPE OVERLAY REZONING WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
BUT I DON'T RECALL THAT THERE WAS AN, A REQUEST TO DEFER IT TONIGHT.
THERE WAS A REQUEST TO MOVE FORWARD AT NATURAL RESOURCES WITH THE PLACE TYPE OVERLAY REZONING.
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IN A VOTE BY NATURAL RESOURCES TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL AS HAS BEEN, UM, WRITTEN HERE.BUT W WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT OPPOSED TO A DEFERRAL, BUT I DON'T SEE THAT IT'S OUR CHOICE.
I WAS JUST LETTING THEM KNOW THAT I HAD ASKED IF YOU WANTED TO, UH, DEFER THIS TO LET IT MARRY UP AND YOU DECLINED THAT OFFER IS THE POINT I WAS MAKING.
BUT WE CAN, WE CAN CERTAINLY, IF THE COUNCIL WANTS TO SYNC US UP, WE'RE GLAD TO DO THAT.
THAT AN ACCURATE REPRESENTATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES APPROVE THIS CONSIDERATION BY COUNCIL NATURAL RESOURCES VOTED, UH, TO, UH, APPROVE IT WITH THE CONDITION THAT A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BE ENTERED INTO WITH THE APPLICANT AND ADDITIONAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS TO BE OFFERED.
AND THAT NO ALTERATIONS TO THE DISTRICT STANDARDS ARE ALLOWED IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, IS WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION WAS FROM NATURAL RESOURCES.
AND IT WAS 5 1 5 1 MR. MIGUEL, FIVE TO ONE? YES.
SO YOU HAVE SOMETHING ON THE TABLE RIGHT NOW? YES.
WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO RESTATE IT? YEP.
UH, DO I NEED A DATE CERTAIN OR JUST A SPECIAL CALL MEETING? BRIAN? UH, YOU CAN EITHER POSTPONE TO A DATE, CERTAIN OR INDEFINITELY, UH, AND IF IT'S THAT YOU WANT TO MARRY THEM UP, YOU CAN MAKE THAT PART OF THE MOTION AS FAR AS AFTER THE, UH, UH, SPECIAL, UH, CALLED COUNCIL MEETING TO CONSIDER THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
AND JUST, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, I'LL REITERATE, UM, MAYBE STATED SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT, BUT, UM, I MOVE THAT WE DEFER THE FIRST READING OF THIS, UM, THIS AGENDA ITEM, UH, IN ORDER TO HAVE A SPECIAL CALL MEETING AND SYNC THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND THE, UM, ZONING MAP AMENDMENT TOGETHER SO THAT THEY CAN BE CONSIDERED AT THE SAME TIME.
WE HAVE AN AMENDED MOTION, UM, BY MR. BARTHOLOMEW AND SECONDED BY MS. BROWN FURTHER DISCUSSION.
AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, BY SINKING THEM UP, THAT WOULD BE AFTER THAT FIRST SPECIAL CALLED MEETING TO CONSIDER THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND THE DISCUSSIONS SHADOW.
IS THAT WITH THAT? YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S FINE WITH ME.
UH, DO WE NEED A ROLL CALL? VOTE.
SO IF THERE'S AN NO OTHER DISCUSSION, I AM GONNA CALL FOR A ROLL CALL.
I'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE ONE COMMENT THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION VOTED TO DENY THE ZONING CHANGE, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE GOT IN FRONT OF US TODAY.
I WATCHED THAT PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING.
WELL, THE FIRST VOTE WAS A LITTLE BIT HERE OR THERE.
THEY WAITED FOR SOMEONE TO MAKE THE MOTION TO DENY, AND THEN THEY HAD TO COME BACK.
I MEAN, IT TO ME, IT WAS A LITTLE, BUT I MEAN, THEY DID VOTE SEVEN ONE OR WHATEVER THEY VOTED TO DENY.
COUNCIL MEMBER BARTH, YOU? YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER GLOVER? UH, YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER CUNNINGHAM? YES.
CHAIR HOWARD? NO, THE MOTION PASSES.
ALRIGHT, NOW WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT.
THE ORDINANCE AS AMENDED, CORRECT? NO, NO.
OKAY, WE GO ON TO THE NEXT ONE.
ALL RIGHT, WE'RE OFF WITH THAT ONE.
THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
[19. 2025/39 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF HOLLY HILL ROAD UTILITY, DRAINAGE, SIGNAGE, AND ACCESS EASEMENT AGREEMENT FOR HOLLY HILL ROAD LOCATED IN BLUFFTON TOWNSHIP OFF NEW RIVERSIDE ROAD ]
I'M GOING TO 2025 SLASH 39 IN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF HOLLY HILL ROAD UTILITY DRAINAGE SIGNAGE AND ACCESS EASEMENT AGREEMENT FOR HOLLY HILL ROAD, LOCATED IN BLUFFTON TOWNSHIP OFF NEW RIVERSIDE ROAD.THE VOTE AT PUBLIC FACILITIES ON JUNE 16TH WAS EIGHT ZERO, AND THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR JULY 14TH.
I'D LIKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS READ AND SHOWN ON THE SCREEN.
I'LL MOVE ORDINANCE 20 25 39 AS READ AND APPROVED ON THE SCREEN FOR APPROVED.
THANK YOU MR. PASSMAN ON THE SCREEN.
THE, UH, MOTION HAS BEEN MADE BY MR. PASSMAN, SECONDED BY MS. BROWN.
IS THERE ANY COMMENT OR QUESTION
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ON THIS ONE? THIS IS FIRST READING ANYBODY.IF THERE IS NOTHING, THEN I'LL TAKE, UH, THE VOTE TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE.
30 20 25 SLASH 39 AS READ AND SHOWN ON THE SCREEN.
ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND, PLEASE.
AND GUESS WHAT? I ONLY HAVE ONE MORE.
[20. 2025/40 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ABANDONMENT OF AN UNDEVELOPED PORTION OF COFFIN BLUFF ROAD LOCATED OFF FRIPP POINT ROAD ON ST. HELENA ISLAND ROAD]
SLASH 40 IS AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ABANDONMENT OF AN UNDEVELOPED PORTION OF COFFIN BLUFF ROAD, LOCATED OFF FRI POINT ROAD ON ST.THE VOTE AT THE PUBLIC FACILITIES COMMITTEE ON JUNE 16TH WAS EIGHT ZERO, AND THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE JULY 14TH.
CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ORDINANCE AS READ AND SHOWN ON THE SCREEN? SO BOTH.
SO IT WAS MADE BY MR. MCALLEN, SECONDED BY MR. BAR.
ANY COMMENT ON THIS OR QUESTION? UH, YES.
COULD I HAVE THE STAFF SPEAK TO THIS? SURE.
YOU KNOW, JARED THOUGHT HE WAS GONNA GET AWAY WITH NOT SPEAKING THE WHOLE NIGHT.
THE, YEAH, YOU GOTTA BE HAPPY.
SO THIS ONE IS A, A ROAD THAT WE OWN ON COFFIN POINT OR COFFIN BLUFF ROAD.
WE HAD A RIDE OF WAY DEDICATED TO US IN 1994 AND IT MAKES A HORSESHOE INSIDE THE, THE LOTTED, UM, PLATTED LOTS.
AND THE ROAD WAS CONSTRUCTED AND THEN THERE WAS A, AN EYEBROW, WE CALL IT A CUL-DE-SAC ON THE CORNER, UH, THAT WAS NEVER CONSTRUCTED OR DEVELOPED.
AND NOW THE HOMEOWNER OWNS THE THREE LOTS THAT ARE CONNECTED TO THAT EYEBROW AND IS REQUESTING FOR THAT RIGHT OF WAY TO BE, UM, TURNED BACK OVER OR TURNED OVER TO PRIVATE TO, TO HIM.
UM, IS THERE A DRAINAGE STORM WATER DRAINAGE PROBLEM IN THAT AREA? NO.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY DRAINAGE ISSUES OR HAVE ANY PLANS FOR, FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THIS SECTION.
ANYONE ELSE QUESTION FOR MR. FREDERICKS OR COMMENT ONLINE? NOPE.
SEEING NONE, UM, I'D LIKE TO HAVE THOSE THAT ARE IN FAVOR OF THIS ORDINANCE 2025 SLASH 40 AS SHOWN ON THE SCREEN.
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU APPROVE UNANIM.
SO MS. HOWARD TAKES THE RESOLUTIONS.
[21. 2025/25 A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE THE ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE THE THIRD ADDENDUM TO THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU) WITH THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND AND ST. JAMES BAPTIST CHURCH FOR THE ST. JAMES BAPTIST CHURCH RELOCATION PROJECT]
SEVERAL RESOLUTIONS WITH 20.25, A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AN AUTHORIZED ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE THE THIRD ADDENDUM TO THE MOU WITH THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND AND ST.
JAMES BAPTIST CHURCH FOR THE ST.
JAMES BAPTIST CHURCH RELOCATION PRIORITY, WHICH IS UP ON THE SCREEN.
UM, DID I HEAR A MOTION CHAIRMAN? I DO.
UM, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE MOTION AS READ AND IS SHOWN ON THE SCREEN.
AND WE HAVE A SECOND BY VICE CHAIRMAN TABER BY SHOW OF HANDS.
ALL IN FAVOR? I HAVE A QUESTION.
DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I'M SORRY.
COUNCIL MC KELLY, WHAT ARE THEY, WHAT ARE THEY DOING HERE?
IF YOU HAVE YOU PACKET THERE, UH, AND WE ALSO HAVE OTHERS HERE THAT CAN BRIEF ON IT, IF YOU'D LIKE THEM TO COME FORWARD ON THIS RESOLUTION.
SO THIS IS A THIRD AMENDMENT TO OUR ORIGINAL MOU THAT WE HAVE.
UM, THIS MOU SPEAKS TO THE ENTIRETY OF THE PROJECT.
BASICALLY A TERM SHEET, UM, SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN COORDINATING WITH THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD.
AND IT SPEAKS TO ESSENTIALLY THE, THE LAND WOULD BE THE FIVE ACRE PARCEL OF THE NEW CHURCH SITE WOULD BE DONATED BY THE TOWN.
UM, THAT THE EXISTING CHURCH WOULD, UM, BECOME OWNERSHIP OF THE COUNTY THROUGH FAA FUNDS THAT WE UTILIZE TO HELP PAY FOR THAT.
AND THOSE FUNDS RECEIVED FROM THE CHURCH WOULD BE ENTERED BACK INTO THE PROJECT AND THEN THAT THE COUNTY WOULD BE, UH, THE ONE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FUNDING.
UM, WE TALKED ABOUT THE OVERALL COST OF THE PROJECT IS $12 MILLION, INCLUDING THOSE LANDS COSTS.
UH, THE, THE TOWN PARCEL AND THE CHURCH PARCEL.
UM, WHEN YOU TAKE ALL THAT OUT, THE LAND COSTS, THERE'S ABOUT $3.6 MILLION IN CASH THAT IS NEEDED FUNDING FOR
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THE PROJECT.AND THE RIGHT NOW THAT'S ALL ACCOUNTED FOR.
THE COUNTY HAS, UM, RECENTLY BONDED THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS TOWARDS THIS PROJECT.
AND ALL OF THOSE TERMS AS DESCRIBED ARE POINTED OUT IN THIS, UH, ADDENDUM.
YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS? WE, DID WE LOSE ANY OF THE EAR MARKS FROM THE GOVERNMENT'S ACTION, UH, WITH THE NEW BUDGET? NO.
SO WE HAVE TWO EXISTING EAR MARKS.
THOSE HAVE HAD RECEIVED, THEY'RE SITTING IN OUR CHECKING ACCOUNT.
WE HAVE TO SUBMIT QUARTERLY REPORTS ON THOSE.
UM, SENATOR DAVIS WAS HOPEFUL TO, TO GO BACK FOR ANOTHER EARMARK EARMARKS DIDN'T HAPPEN IN THIS BUDGET CYCLE, SO WE DIDN'T LOSE WHAT WE HAVE, BUT WE DIDN'T GAIN ANY ADDITIONAL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS IF I MAY? YES.
DID WE HAVE ANY COMMUNICATION WITH THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CHURCH? UH, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS MORE THAN ONE TIME WITH, WITH ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS, THE CHURCH AND THE TOWN.
UM, SO THEIR, THEIR PORTION, WHICH IS THE CONTRIBUTION OF THEIR FUNDING RECEIVED FOR THE EXISTING, UM, CHURCH BUILDING COMING BACK INTO THE PROJECT, THEY'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT AS WELL AS OBVIOUSLY WHERE THEY'RE PLANNING TO MOVE THE NEW FIVE ACRE PARCEL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, WE'RE COMFORTABLE.
UM, WE HAD A MOTION AND A SECOND DISCUSSION.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THIS BY SHOW OF HANDS AND THAT IS UNANIMOUS.
[22. 2025/27: A RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH BEAUFORT COUNTY'S COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PRIORITY LIST.]
NEXT ONE IS 20 25 27.THIS IS A RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH BEAUFORT COUNTY'S COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PRIORITY LISTS.
THIS HAS TO DO WITH, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, UM, CDBG PROGRAM THROUGH HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE 2025 SLASH 27 SECOND.
I'LL SECOND IT SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BARU.
ANY DISCUSSION? I SEE NO DISCUSSION.
BY SHOW OF HANDS, THIS RESOLUTION 20 25, 27 IS APPROVED.
[23. 2025/28: A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO ENTER INTO A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE PORT ROYAL SOUND FOUNDATION FOR SURFACE ELEVATION TABLE STATION COLLABORATION. ]
NEXT ONE IS 20 25 28.IT'S UP ON THE, IT WILL BE UP ON THE SCREEN A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO END THEIR INTO A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE PORT ROYAL SOUND FOUNDATION FOR SURFACE ELEVATION TABLE STATION COLLABORATION.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN GLOVER.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT.
UM, ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
BY SHOW OF HANDS, 20 25, 28 RESOLUTION IS PASSED.
[24. 2025/29: A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE INSTALLATION OF STREET LIGHTS AT OYSTER FACTORY PARK. ]
20 25 29, A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE INSTALLATION OF STREETLIGHTS AT OYSTER FACTORY PARK.I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE 2025 SLASH 29 AS READ AND SHOWN ON THE SCREEN.
MOTION MADE BY VICE CHAIRMAN TABER.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND THAT A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BROWN.
ANY DISCUSSION? THIS IS IN BLUFFTON, RIGHT? MM-HMM
I THINK THE BEST PART OF THIS IS, UM, THEY WANT TO INSTALL SIX STREET LIGHTS AT OYSTER FACTORY PARK AND IT WILL BE NO COST TO THE COUNTY.
THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON IS DOING THAT.
BY SHOW OF HANDS, APPROVAL, UH, 2025.
OKAY, THE NEXT ONE IS 20 25 33.
[25. 2025/33 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO PURSUE CONDEMNATION FOR PORTIONS OF PARCELS AS SPECIFIED ON EXHIBIT "A" ASSOCIATED WITH RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION FOR A SIDEWALK LOCATED ON STUART POINT ROAD AS PART OF THE 2018 ONE-CENT REFERENDUM ]
YOUR RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO PURSUE, PURSUE CONDEMNATION FOR PORTIONS OF PARCELS AS SPECIFIED IN EXHIBIT A ASSOCIATED WITH THE RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION, A SIDEWALK ON STEWART POINT ROAD AS PART OF THE 2018 1 CENTS REFERENDUM.DO I HAVE A MOTION I MOVE, UH, TO APPROVE THE MOTION AS READ AND AS SHOWN ON THE SCREEN.
HEY, THANK YOU COUNCILMAN DAWSON.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECONDED.
SECOND BY COUNCILMAN GLOVER DISCUSSION.
AND THE NEIGHBORS ARE AWARE OF THIS, I ASSUME TOO.
ALRIGHT, UH, BY SHOW OF HANDS, BY SHOW OF HANDS FOR THIS ONE, THIS IS FOR 20 25 33 RESOLUTION.
[26. 2025/34 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ANNUAL CPI-BASED FEE ADJUSTMENTS FOR HANGAR, STORAGE, AND OFFICE SPACES FEES AT HILTON HEAD ISLAND AIRPORT (HXD) AND BEAUFORT EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (ARW) ]
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ANNUAL CPI BASED FEE ADJUSTMENTS FOR HANGAR STORAGE AND OFFICE SPACE FEES AT HILTON HEAD ISLAND AIRPORT AND BEAUFORT EXECUTIVE AIRPORT.DO I HAVE A MOTION AS SHOWN ON THE SCREEN? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE 2025 SLASH 34 FOR THE, UH, ANNUAL FEES.
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A SECOND.DISCUSSION QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION.
IS THIS TO, UH, INCREASE THE FEES FOR ANNUAL STORAGE AND OFFICE SPACE FEES AT BOTH THOSE AIRPORTS? ARE WE GIVING HIM PERMISSION TO DO THAT WITH THIS, UH, RESOLUTION? YES, SIR.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I'LL SHOW OF HANDS OF 2025 SLASH 34.
ANY OTHER VOTES? NO, JUST ONE.
[27. 2025/35 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO ENTER INTO A COMMERCIAL OPERATING AGREEMENT BETWEEN BEAUFORT COUNTY AND PILOT SPECIALTIES, LLC. ]
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO ENTER INTO A COMMERCIAL OPERATING AGREEMENT BETWEEN BEAUFORT COUNTY AND PILOT SPECIALTIES.DO I HAVE A MOTION TO PASS THIS RE FOR THIS RESOLUTION? I MOVE TO APPROVE THE MOTION THAT'S READ AND SHOWN ON THE SCREEN.
I SECOND THAT I SECOND I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN BAROLO, YOU AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN RES.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS? I WOULD JUST, I WOULD JUST REMIND THE PUBLIC WE ALREADY HAD A PRESENTATION BY MR. REBEL AT OUR, UH, LAST MEETING.
SO THAT'S WHY EVERYBODY ALREADY UNDERSTANDS THIS BY SHOW OF HANDS.
UH, ALL IN FAVOR? ALL IN FAVOR ON THE SCREEN TOO? YEP.
[28. 2025/36 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO ENTER INTO A COMMERCIAL OPERATING AGREEMENT BETWEEN BEAUFORT COUNTY AND BEAUFORT FLIGHT TRAINING.]
ONE IS, UH, 20 25 36.THIS IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO ENTER INTO A COMMERCIAL OPERATING AGREEMENT BETWEEN BEAUFORT COUNTY AND BEAUFORT FLIGHT TRAINING.
DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR THIS RESOLUTION? I MOVE TO APPROVE THIS MOTION AS READ AND AS SHOWN ON THE SCREEN.
YOU DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS? THERE? BEING NONE.
AND BY SHOW OF HANDS, ALL IN FAVOR OF 20 25 36 RESOLUTION.
MADAM CHAIR, MAY I HAVE A WORD AFTER THIS ITEM? YES, GO AHEAD.
BEFORE THE NEXT ONE OR THE BEFORE THE NEXT ONE? YES MA'AM.
[ITEMS 29 - 36]
A RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT AN F-A-A-A-I-P GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,000,493 $515 FOR, UM, HXD AIR AIRFIELD DRAINAGE PROJECT.THAT'S HILTON HEAD, UM, CONTINGENT UPON FINAL FAA OFFER.
I MOVE TO APPROVE THE MOTION AS READ AND IS SHOWN ON THE SCREEN.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT.
COUNCILMAN CUNNINGHAM? UH, YEAH, I GUESS I WOULD JUST LIKE TO, UH, ADD THAT WE WENT TO LENGTH OF NUMBER 29 THROUGH 36.
THEY'RE ALL GRANTS FOR THE AIRPORT THAT HAVE TO BE APPROVED BECAUSE THERE'S A TIMEFRAME THAT WE HAVE TO MEET AFTER THEY'RE APPROVED.
SO I'D ACTUALLY LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION AND AMEND THIS TO INCLUDE 29 THROUGH 36 AND TAKE THEM ONE ITEM.
AND THEY'RE ALL GRANTS FOR THE AIRPORT.
WE WENT OVER EXTENSIVELY IN, UM, MY, UH, FACILITIES MEETING LAST WEEK.
WE HAD A SECOND BY VICE CHAIRMAN TABER DISCUSSION ABOUT CONSOLIDATING ALL THOSE, JUST TO BE CLEAR, SO WE COULD READ THE RESOLUTION NUMBERS.
THAT WOULD INCLUDE RESOLUTION 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, AND 44.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO, AGAIN, THANK MR. REBEL AND HIS STAFF FOR, UH, SUBMITTING ALL OF THESE GRANT APPLICATIONS.
THEY, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T JUST GET THIS MONEY FOR THE HECK OF IT.
THEY HAVE TO SUBMIT ALL OF THESE AND SOME OF THEM ARE IN THE PACKET.
IT'S ALSO MY UNDERSTANDING, WE HAVE A SHORT TURNAROUND.
WHEN WE DO GET THE WORD THAT WE GOT THE GRANT, WE HAVE TO TURN IT AROUND REALLY QUICK.
SO WE HAVE READ ALL OF THOSE RESOLUTIONS AND WE'VE HAD DEMOTION IN A SECOND.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION REGARDING THOSE BY SHOW OF HANDS? ALL FOR APPROVAL.
AND WE, YOU HAVE TO VOTE ON THE MAIN MOTION NOW THAT WAS TO AMEND.
THE MAIN MOTION WAS FOR THE FIRST ONE.
WAS IT? 37? SO NOW YOU'RE VOTING TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTIONS.
37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43 AND 44.
NOW DO I HAVE A MOTION? WE, WE HAD A MO
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WE HAVE NEED A TO.WE STILL NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE? NO, YOU JUST AMEND.
IT INCLUDED ALL THOSE RESOLUTIONS I JUST READ.
AND IF THERE'S NO FURTHER BUSINESS, UM, TONIGHT WE ARE ADJOURNED.
AH, I'M DENNIS ADAMS, AND THIS IS A BUFORT COUNTY MOMENT.
FORREST GUMP, THE PRINCE OF TIDES, THE GREAT TINI.
THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE BIG HOLLYWOOD MOVIES FILMED IN BUFORT COUNTY DURING THE 1980S AND 1990S.
BUT THE EARLIEST BIG SCREEN PRODUCTION, A SHOT HERE DATES BACK NEARLY A CENTURY.
LATE IN NOVEMBER, 1917, AMERICAN FEATURE FILMS OF GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA SENT A COMPANY OF ACTORS ON LOCATION TO ST.
HENA ISLAND AND AMONG THE ANTEBELLUM MANSIONS OF BEAUFORT AND THE WORDS OF THE BEAUFORT GAZETTE.
THE RISE AND FALL OF THE CONFEDERACY IS ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE AND STUPENDOUS MOTION PICTURE SCENARIOS EVER ATTEMPTED BY ANY DRAMATIST.
IT CERTAINLY WAS A COSTUME DRAMA WITH OVER 640 PIECES OF PERIOD CLOTHING SHIPPED IN FOR THE ACTORS.
JOINING THE PRODUCTION JUST BEFORE FILMING WAS ONE WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM OF PEERLESS FILM COMPANY OF LOS ANGELES.
HE LENT A HOLLYWOOD TOUCH TO THE PRODUCTION.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE FILM HAS DISAPPEARED.
IT WOULD SEEM THAT THE STUDIO EXAGGERATED ITS CLAIMS OF THE MOST IMPRESSIVE MOVING PICTURE SINCE THE BIRTH OF A NATION.
I'M DENNIS ADAMS, AND THIS HAS BEEN YOUR BEAUFORT COUNTY MOMENT.
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