Jul 16, 2025 Beaufort County Transportation Committee

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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I DON'T HAVE A GAMBLE TODAY SO I'LL BANG ON THE TABLE JUST LITTLE BIT.

GOOD AFTERNOON TO EVERYBODY AND WELCOME TO THE BEAUTIFUL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION SALINE MEETING.

THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. CRYSTAL IS ON VACATION SO I GUESS I'LL BE DOING LESS REST.

ARE YOU GOING TO DO THE ROLL CALL? I CAN DO IT.

I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FOR IT. I'LL DO IT. OKAY.

OUR HAMMOND YEAH. CRAIG FORCE HERE. JIM BAKKER HERE.

CHARLES PERRY NO. EXCUSE ME. JIMMY KOZAK.

YOU'RE ON TIME. YEAH, THANKS. I'M TAKING YOU TO THAT CLERGYMAN HERE. WELL, MANNING HERE, JOHN GLOVER HERE.

TIM NEWMAN. DAVID JOHNSON HERE WE HAVE A QUORUM.

OKAY, IT'S CUSTOMARY TO GO AROUND THE ROOM RUSTY WE'LL START AROUND THAT AS THE ENGINEER BRIAN BOWER, COUNTY ENGINEER TROY MATTHEWS COUNTY BROADCASTING, THANKS FOR BEING HERE. COUNTY PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER BRICE GRUDEN NCDOT OR THE MIKE HEALY NCDOT GO LIBBY GORDON I'M THE ASSISTANT TO THE CHAIRMAN SERPENTINE HAMILTON COUNTY ENGINEER ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU EVERYBODY PLEASE RISE.

LET'S GO TO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. IT'S OVER THERE.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY, LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT ITEM IS PUBLIC COMMENT TO OUR AGENDA ITEMS ANYBODY HERE LIKE TO WRITE COMMENT SEEN ON WE HAVE OUR MINUTES OUT AND OF MAY 21ST IS THERE ANY

[4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

[5.A. SCDOT DISTRICT PROJECT UPDATE]

GLAD TO HAVE YOU BACK IN THE FOLD NOW RIGHT NEXT TO THIS IS VIRGINIA.

YES. ALL RIGHT. LET ME GET A COMMISSIONER AND FRIENDS. GOOD AFTERNOON. THIS IS A SLIDE OF CONTRACT 3110 FOR LAND'S END ROAD. THAT ONE IS BEING COMPLETED BY BLAKE.

THE ONLY MINOR THINGS ARE DOING IS A LITTLE BIT OF THERMO ALLEN CAUSEWAY NOW THE CONTRACT WITH BLAKE. THEY WERE MOVE WE HAD TO REMOVE THE STEEL FENCING SO THAT WAY MAINTENANCE CAN PUT ON THEIR SCHEDULE FOR GRASS CUTTING THEY DO A LITTLE BIT OF THERMAL OUT THERE AS WELL PINK PAVEMENT MARKINGS THAT ONE HAS BEEN 100% COMPLETED.

SO THE NEXT UPDATE I'LL JUST COMPLETELY REMOVE THAT ONE OFF THE SLIDES AND KEEP IN MIND THE ONE ON OFFER 110 FOUR FROM BLAKE. THEY'RE DOING ONCE THEY GIVE US SUBSTANTIAL WORK COMPLETE WE'LL DO A WALK WITH THEM TO DO FINAL INSPECTION AND PATCH LIST AND CONTRACT 60 TO 40 WHICH IS A PACK CHARLESTON HIGHWAY THEY'RE OUT THERE WORKING RIGHT NOW IS LOOKING REALLY GOOD. THEY CAME DOWN ON THE SOUTHBOUND AND NOW THEY'RE ON THE NORTHBOUND SIDE. I WENT AHEAD AND GAVE THEM A TEMPORARY WORK SUSPENSION REASON BEING THAT WE'VE HAD THIS NECK LIMIT IN THEIR PLAN AND OTHER PLACES GOT MORE THAN SEVEN INCHES OF RAIN. SO THEY'RE LOOKING AT BEING BACK ON THAT ROAD AROUND THE 21ST OF THIS MONTH. IT COULD BE SOONER. OKAY IN THE SAME CONTRACT LANDS IN ROAD THAT ONE HAS BEEN COMPLETED THAT YOU'RE DOING A LITTLE BIT OF THERMAL MAT IF YOU RAIN DOWN THERE ON APEX THAT IT WAS REAL SMOOTH AND THEN THE NEXT PIECE IS A BLACK PIECE RIGHT THERE ON CAUSEWAY SAME CONTRACT WITH A PACK. THEY HAVE COMPLETED IT.

I DON'T THINK THEY'RE DOING A LITTLE BIT OF THERMAL. WE HAVE TO REMOVE THE SILT

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AND THE SAME THING WITH THEM THEY'VE BEEN HIT IN A LITTLE BIT OF INCLEMENT WEATHER AS WELL BUT THEY DO ANY PAVING WORK WITH THAT OR JUST TRAFFIC SIGNAL? TRAFFIC SIGNAL. THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF RAMP WORK GOT TO DO TO BUILD CONCRETE. THE ONE IS THE 9620 WHICH IS A PACK THE FOUR ROWS ON THERE IS IT MAKES UP FOR COUNTY IN JASPER BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT BEAUFORT FORWARDING ISLAND ROAD IS ONE OF THE ONES GOING TO DO US TO 78 AS THREE COUNCIL HAUL ROAD DETOUR ROAD WHICH IS I'VE GOT A GOOD UPDATE FOR YOU GUYS THEY FINALLY WE FINALLY GOT THEM OUT THERE THEY FINISHED THE ROAD AND ALSO THE DRIVEWAYS WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO START TO 78 TO 78.

YOU'RE LOOKING AT AROUND SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR FOR APD TO GET OUT THERE AND THE OTHER OTHER LATERAL THEY'RE GONNA BE DOING IS AS 324 WHICH IS FIRST BOULEVARD AND FINISH POINT.

THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU IS THAT THERE ARE SECTIONS THAT NEED WORK ON TO 78.

I WAS STARTING AT BUCK ISLAND AND GOING DOWN PROBABLY TO 71 WHETHER IT'S MAINTENANCE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND MIKE, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S ON YOUR SCHEDULE TO DO ANY OF THE REPAIRS ON IT. IT'S IT'S IT'S LAPPING AND I WONDERED IF IT WAS IN YOUR NEXT YEAR'S PROGRAM TO PAVE THAT SECTION AND THAT'S ONE OF MY LAST LINES WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER SOME OF THE FUTURE PROJECT WORK BUT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ON SOME OF THAT THEY HAVE SOME PROJECTIONS OUT TO 2026 AND 2027 AND IF YOU NOTICE THEY'RE PIECEMEAL BASED UPON THE BUDGET WHEN THEY DO SOME OF THESE ROADS IF YOU LOOK AT FUNDED ROAD BLIGHT HAD ONE SECTION EIGHT PAT CAME IN THERE AND THEN THAT AS YOU KNOW CTC THEY'RE DOING THE NEXT PART OF THAT SO AS MONEY ARE AVAILABLE AND THEY DO THINGS LIKE THAT SO WE'RE JUST PIECING IT TOGETHER. ONE OF THE SLIDES I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS CAN IT SHOULD THE ONE ON THE VIEW FOR PROJECT SUMMARY YEAH KEEP GOING THROUGH KEEP GOING RIGHT HERE I'VE MADE SOME CHANGE THIS SLIDE SO AS WE GO THROUGH A LOT OF THEM I WANT TO BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU GUYS A SUMMARY OF ALL THE CONTRACTS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS THE CONTRACT NUMBER YOU WILL SEE THE DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTUAL PROJECT BUT KEEP IN MIND SOME OF THESE MAY ALSO ENCOMPASS JASPER IN TERMS OF THE OVERALL CONTRACT VALUE BUT I'M ONLY COVERING THE BEAUFORT PROJECT TEAM HERE SO IT ALSO LISTS OUT WHO THE CONTRACTOR IS THE FUNDING WHETHER IT'S STATE FEDERAL THE CTSI, THE OVERALL CONTRACT VALUE AND WHATEVER THAT FINAL COST WAS OVERALL IF YOU LOOK AT THE ONE FOUR PEAK YOU CAN SEE WHAT THAT FINAL COST WAS AND IT WAS A SAVINGS OF ABOUT $16,000 THAT WE DIDN'T UTILIZE BUT WE WERE ABLE TO WE WERE ABLE TO GET FOR OTHER JOBS AND FOR THE ROADS DOWN WITHIN THAT IT'S REMAINING FUNDS RIGHT HERE. WE ALSO GOT A COLUMN IN TERMS OF PERCENT OF TIME COMPLETE AS WELL AS PERCENT COMPLETED OF DOLLARS AND ALSO WHEN THE CONTRACT WAS LET AWARDED AND WHEN WE ISSUED A.P. FOR WHEN THE CONTRACT WAS PERFORMED TO WORK WITH SOME DESCRIPTION.

SO RIGHT HERE YOU SEE COMPLETED YES OR NO AS YOU SEE WITH THE PAYMENT MARK IS DISTRICT WIDE THAT ONE IS 100% COMPLETED. SO EVEN THOUGH I HAVE SOME OF THE ONES I MENTIONED WERE BLACK THIS COMPLETED THE PROJECT I WON'T PUT IT TO A YES UNTIL WE'RE 100% CLOSED OUT MEANING THAT WE'VE DONE THE FINAL INSPECTION PUNCH LIST AND EVERYTHING HAS BEEN SIGNED OFF AND AND SUBMITTED AS COMPLETE. SO THIS IS WHAT I WILL BE SHOWING YOU EACH MEETING SO THAT GIVES YOU MORE OF A SUMMARY IN PLACE YOU HAVE IN YOUR PACKET RIGHT THERE.

THAT'S A GOOD SHEET. NEXT SLIDE AND THIS IS THE ONE THAT WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT ABOUT FUTURE PROJECTED PROBLEMS RIGHT THERE. AND IF YOU LOOK YOU SEE THE ONE ABOUT QUARTER IMPROVEMENTS FROM BUFFINGTON PLANTATION THAT ONE IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE OUT OF AUGUST 27, THE NEXT ONE DOWN BELOW IT FOR BEAUFORT LAUREL BAY THAT ONE IT LOOKS TO BE ABOUT ROUND JULY OF 2026 AND THE NEXT ONE FOR ROSITA ROAD. THAT ONE'S UNKNOWN RIGHT NOW SO IT COULD STILL BE IN DEVELOPMENT. AND THEN THE LAST ONE FOR BURNT CHURCH ROAD IS IN DESIGN DEVELOPMENT. SO THIS IS A NEWSLETTER I'VE ADDED AS WELL. SO CHANGE THAT I HAVE FOR FUTURE WORK I'LL ADD IT HERE FOR BEAUFORT I WON'T INCLUDE JASPER BUT I'LL GIVE AS MUCH UPDATE AS I CAN SO WHEN I GO

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I'M GOING TO GIVE THE DISTRICT THAT THAT'S IN. OKAY.

SO PEOPLE KNOW WHAT DISTRICT AND THAT'S I THINK THE FIRST ONE IS DISTRICT EIGHT.

OKAY. LAUREL BAY THINK IS DISTRICT ONE.

OKAY. UM, RECEIVER WAS THAT ONE? IT'S THAT EVERYBODY RUNG ABOUT BUT THEY WANT TO BRING THEIR OWN BATTLES. OKAY THAT'S ONE AND BURNED CHURCH IS EITHER IN SEVEN OR EIGHT. OKAY I'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT . OKAY. I THINK SEVEN SEVEN.

OKAY HOPEFULLY THIS COMMISSION HERE FINDS THESE TWO ADDITIONS TO THE SLIDES USEFUL.

THAT'S A GREAT SLIDE. OKAY SO ANY QUESTIONS? ONE PROJECT THAT'S NOT ON HERE THAT I WILL BE ADDING ON HERE ON THE NEXT UPDATE IS FORT CONTRACT 1420 AND THAT'S OLD SHELL ROAD RIGHT THERE WHERE THEY PUT IN THE SIDEWALK RIGHT THERE NEAR THE NAVAL HOSPITAL.

OH YES. WELL YEAH THERE'LL BE A CONTRACT COMPLETION SHOULD BE OCTOBER 31ST OF THIS YEAR THAT ONE IS KIND OF GOING A LITTLE SLOW BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER BUT THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT WHOEVER CAME THROUGH THERE DOING LIKE 70 THEY HIT THE YEAH THEY HIT THE FENCE OVER THERE AND EVERYTHING SO THEY HAD TO KIND OF PUT SOME I WE CALL IT STEEL WE HAD TO KIND OF COVER IT UP, HAVE PEOPLE KIND OF WATCH IT, GUARD IT.

THE HISTORY ON THIS. YES I'M SURE IT IS WITH EVERYBODY BECAUSE THIS HAS SO MUCH HISTORY BEHIND IT. I CAN'T EVEN BEGIN TO TELL YOU THAT PROJECT STARTED I REMEMBER THE MAYOR OF BEAUFORT COMING IN WE REJECTED TWO SIDEWALK PROJECTS AND LIKE HE WAS YEAR THREE SO HIS 2019 I I'M THINKING OF WHEN THIS ALL WENT DOWN AND THE MAYOR COME IN AND HE STAGED COURT WITH AND HE WAS ALL UPSET THAT WE DIDN'T APPROVE IT SO FINALLY IT GOT TO THE POINT WHERE IT WAS APPROVED THE MAYOR WAS HAPPY SO MAYOR OR PORT ROYAL MAYOR WAS HAPPY ABOUT IT AND SO WE GAVE THEM THE FUNDS TO DO THE WORK AND THEN THEY RAN INTO THE NAVY AND THE NAVY DIDN'T WANT TO GIVE THEM THE RIGHT OF WAY ALONG THE ROAD PUT THE SIDEWALK IN THEN I WENT THAT IT TOOK PROBABLY 2 TO 3 YEARS WITH THAT AND WE BASICALLY SAID WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU THE MONEY AND SO WE WENT AHEAD AND GAVE THEM MONEY AND THEY WENT IT WENT TO DOTTY BECAUSE IT'S ON A DOTTY RIGHT EVERYTHING ELSE WE LET DOTTY AND PORT ROYAL WORK OUT HOW THIS ALL WENT DOWN SO I'M JUST PROVIDED THAT THERE'S SO MUCH HISTORY OF SOME OF THESE PROJECTS THAT GO BACK THAT WENT BACK TO 2019 AND IT'S NOW BEING DONE IN 2025.

SO ALL RIGHT. REALLY REMARKABLE. AND YOU HAD THE NAVAL HOSPITAL DECLASSIFIED FROM BEING A HOSPITAL BRIEFLY. YES.

AND THEN WENT BACK TO BEING IN A HOSPITAL WHICH ADDED TO THE ABSOLUTELY ANY OTHER GO AHEAD AND A QUESTION FOR TRACY AND I SEE IN GENERAL. YES, SIR.

IT'S ONLY LIKE FROM IN THE TOP RIGHT DOES THAT SAY BLYTHE OR APELIKE ON THE TOP RIGHT THERE API. YEAH WHEN YOU COME IN THAT WROTE A PACK HAD THE FIRST PORTION OF THAT AND THEN THE NEXT SECTION WAS BLIND OKAY. YES SIR.

WELL CORRECT ON THE FUTURE PROJECT. YES SIR.

FIRST ONE 2027 AUGUST IS THAT THE NOTICE TO PROCEED? NO THAT'S WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING AT THAT'S WHAT SHE KNOWS RECEIVE BUT WHEN THEY ACTUALLY LAID OUT THE CONTRACT IT'S A ROUGH DATE ROUGH DATE YEAR SO THAT'S WHEN THE CONTRACT BE AWARDED IS 2020.

THAT'S CORRECT. YES AND THIS IS ALL SUBJECT TO CHANGE DEPENDING ON HOW FAR YOU GET DOWN IN THE PROCESS IT COULD END UP BEING NEXT YEAR IS THIS PROJECT YOURS NOT YET.

IT'S NOT NOT YET. ONCE IT GETS A LET LET AN AWARD IT DEPEND UPON WHAT DISTRICT IS IN THE D.C. OF A DISTRICT WILL AWARD IT TO THAT RC I HAVE SIR BUT MY QUESTION IS IS IT A A DOT PROJECT. YES YES YEAH IT'S A DOT PROJECT BUT CRAIG WYNNE HAS THE PROJECT. THAT IS CORRECT. YES.

CRAIG WYNNE WILL BE THE GUY THAT HANDLES SO YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TEAM'S

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THANK YOU. I'M NOT GOING TO BELABOR THE QUESTION.

YES, I THINK WHEN IT COMES TO THE CONSTRUCTION OFFICE RIGHT NOW, THE BRIDGE OFFICE AND CHARLES CORRECT. SO THERE'S PROBABLY STILL TO BE DETERMINED RIGHT YEAH.

IF IT'S IN BEAUFORT IS DEFINITELY MY IF IT'S UP IN CHARLESTON THEY MAY GO TO ONE OF THE OTHER OFFICES OR THE RESIDENT BRIDGE ENGINEER AND IT'LL CHANGE BY THEN ANY THAT'S CORRECT THAT IS CORRECT SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ON MINE WAS SIMILAR TO IT? OKAY. THANKS VERY MUCH. VERY WELCOME.

[5.B. DIRT ROAD UPDATE]

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU. MAY REMEMBER JUST A FEW UPDATES ON DIRT ROADS WITH MORE TO COME NEXT MONTH. SO OUR NEW LEGACY ROAD ORDNANCE PASSED AT THIRD READING ON MONDAY. SO AS SOON AS I GET SIGNED START GOING INTO EFFECT WE'RE WORKING IN THE DEPARTMENT TO GET THAT ROLLED OUT SO WE'LL COME OUT BACK IN THE NEXT MEETING IN SEPTEMBER WITH AN UPDATE ON THE PROCESS AND HOW THAT'S GOING TO LOOK MOVING FORWARD. THE DIRT ROAD 53 PROJECT WHICH WAS TWICKENHAM WAS THE LAST ROAD ON THAT ONE NORTH VIEW THAT PROJECT IS COMPLETE AND NOW CLOSED OUT AND DIRT ROAD 55 IS OUR CURRENT ONGOING PROJECT CONSTRUCTION STARTED ON DOLPHIN WATCH DRIVE BUT THERE SOME ISSUES WITH SOME WATERLINES OUT THERE SO THAT HAS BEEN PUT ON HOLD WHILE THAT'S BEING RESOLVED THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME RELOCATION NEEDED THAT WASN'T FORESEEN WE HAVE STARTED LOOKING AT JAMES WASHINGTON AND ANY UTILITIES OUT THERE AS FAR AS CONFLICTS SO THAT'S NEXT ON THE LIST AND I WOULD ANTICIPATE IT START IN SOMETIME LATER ON THIS AND THEN LEO GREEN IS GOING TO BE THE LAST ROAD ON THE LIST FOR 55 AND IT WILL START AFTER THE CONCLUSION OF JAMES WASHINGTON AND SO HOPEFULLY NEXT MONTH AGAIN WE'LL GO OVER THE NEW PROCESS FOR THE DIRT ROADS AND THEN HAVE A MORE OF AN UPDATE ON THE CURRENT ROADS FOR YOU. SO AND WE'LL HAVE A DISCUSSION OF TIME ALSO ON LEGACY ROAD.

I APPRECIATE THIS DOCUMENT AND I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO JUST TAKE A SECOND AND LOOK AT IT AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS A LOT MORE. I'LL TAKE DISTRICT ONE, YOU'LL SEE DISTRICT ONE WE'VE PAID 42.22 MILES OF DIRT ROADS IN DISTRICT ONE.

TO PUT THAT IN PREFACE, IT'S ROUGHLY $1,000,000 A MILE SO OVER $42 MILLION WAS SPENT ON DISTRICT AND SO YOU CAN LEAF THROUGH THERE AND KIND OF GET A FEELING OF WHAT DOLLAR AMOUNT HAS BEEN SPENT IN YOUR DISTRICT DISTRICT TO 15 MILES HAS ROUGHLY 15 MILLION DISTRICT 320 MILES THAT'S A PAVED SO YOU CAN LOOK THROUGH YOUR VARIOUS DISTRICTS SEE WHAT'S BEEN PAVED SO THAT WHAT THERE WASN'T MUCH ON TEN OR 11 ON HILTON HEAD OR EVEN NINE OR EIGHT AND THIS GOES BACK TO 1994 WHICH WAS KIND OF THE BEGINNING OF THE DIRT ROAD PROGRAM AND WHEN THE LEGACY ROAD PROGRAM STARTED SO ANY QUESTIONS FOR BRIAN? OKAY, RUSTY, YOU'RE UP NEXT.

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

SOME QUESTIONS ON THAT I THINK THAT AGAIN SO THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IT AT THE LAST MEETING AM-T GOT US BEHIND ON WORDING LETTING SOME OF THIS AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT IT DURING THE TREASURER'S AND WILL POSTPONE THOSE COMMENTS UNTIL OKAY RESEARCH SEEING

[5.C. CTC RESURFACING AND PRESERVATION PROJECTS]

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[5.E. CTC PAVEMENT REJUVENATOR UPDATE]

WE'RE GOOD TO GO THERE. EVERYTHING'S DONE. OKAY, BRIAN, YOU'RE UP NEXT

[5.F. PAVEMENT EVALUATION AND MAINTENANCE YEAR 10 AND BEYOND]

THEY HAVE SINCE GOTTEN US A FEE PROPOSAL WHICH WE HAVE REVIEWED AND FOUND TO BE APPROPRIATE SO INCLUDED IN A FEE PROPOSAL WAS A BASE AMOUNT OF $233,035 TO COLLECT THE COUNTY ROADS AND DO A TEN YEAR PAVEMENT PRESERVATION PLAN TO GET US PAST THE CURRENT TEN YEAR PLANS THAT WE HAVE. THEY ALSO SUBMIT PRICING IN THERE TO COLLECT AND GIVE A RATING FOR ALL THE MUNICIPALITIES SO YOU CAN SEE THERE THAT COMES OUT TAKING OUT ROUGHLY $23,000.24 OR SOMETHING AROUND THERE AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER ALL TO ALTERNATE TO COLLECT AND INVENTORY THE SIGNS RAISE PAVEMENT MARKINGS AND STRIPING THE COUNTY AND GIVE A BASELINE EVALUATION OF QUALITY OF THOSE. AND THAT WAS $63,900.

SO THAT'S GOING TO BRING THE TOTAL CONTRACT AMOUNT TO 322 $995.

SO EACH MUNICIPALITY HAS CONFIRMED IT COMMITTED TO PAYING FOR THEIR PORTION OF IT . SO WHEN WE TAKE THIS TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL WE WILL COME WITH IDEAS FOR THE MUNICIPALITIES AND THE SIGNS AND STRIPING HAS BEEN COMMITTED TO BE PAID FOR BY OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES THAT MAINTAIN THE SIGNS SO THAT MEANS THAT THE KCTCS COMMITMENT IS JUST COMING AT THAT TOP NUMBER THERE $233,035.

SO WITH Y'ALL'S APPROVAL WE WILL PLAN TO GET THIS ON THE PFC MEETING IN AUGUST AND THEN TO GO TO FULL COUNCIL AFTER THAT AND HOPEFULLY WITH IT AND MID-SEPTEMBER FOR IT.

SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM NOW RYAN, YOU AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE SAFETY ISSUES AND STRIPING. IS THERE A THOUGHT TO MAKE THE STRIPING WIDER WHICH YOU SAID THE HIGHWAY SAFETY SAYS 33% IMPROVEMENT IN? YEAH AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE GOT TO LOOK AT AS A COUNTY AS ON THE PRIMARY ROUTES GOING A SIX INCH STRIPING VERSUS A FOUR INCH WHICH IS STANDARD I THINK THE D.O.T. MAY HAVE DONE SOME SIX INCH POSSIBLY AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT FOR OUR PROJECTS ON PRIMARY ROUTES. YOU KNOW DOING THAT IN FUTURE BECAUSE THERE'S THERE'S ALSO THE RECENT COMMUNICATION FROM THE FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO THE GOVERNOR TO GOVERNOR MCMASTER TO FOCUS ON SAFETY AND TO YEAH TO THE ANALYSIS AND YOU KNOW, FIGURE THIS NOT JUST GO GO ALONG THE WAY WE'VE BEEN DOING IT.

YEAH AND I MEAN SAFETY IS ALWAYS A BIG PRIORITY FOR ALL OF US FOR THE COUNTY FOR THE DOT FOR STEPHANIE AT LAST THEY DID THEIR SAFETY ACTION PLAN CAME OUT EARLIER ON THIS YEAR.

I THINK STRIPING IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS MENTIONED IN THERE.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DEFINITELY LOOK AT AND KEEP IN MIND MOVING FORWARD AGAIN A BIT OF HISTORY ON THE BACKGROUND WHEN WE DID OUR FIRST PMR STUDY BACK IN 2016 2017 WE HAD THEM GO THROUGH AND NOT ONLY ANALYZE THE ROADS BUT WHILE THEY WERE TAKING EVERY 500 FEET THEY TOOK A PICTURE AND OF HAD A PICTURE OF ALL THE APPURTENANCES BESIDE THE ROAD.

SO THERE WERE GUARDRAILS THERE OF SIGNS OR WHATEVER ELSE WHEN HE STOPPED AT THE STOP SIGN THAT WAS CAPTURED WELL IT WAS A WONDERFUL IDEA IN PRINCIPLE WHENEVER WENT TO THE COMPUTER THEY TRIED TO PUT IT IN GIS IT BECAME AN INVENTORY MESS. I MEAN YOU CAN IMAGINE EVERY 500 FEET OF THE 200 MILE 200 PLUS MILES OF BEAUFORT COUNTY OWNS IT WAS JUST WAY TOO MUCH INFORMATION. AND SO THIS IS AN ATTEMPT AGAIN TO RECAPTURE OF THAT

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AND I WANT TO GIVE AGAIN AN ATTABOY THE CTSI BECAUSE WE'RE NOW GETTING BIG TO START LOOKING AT DOING PAVING PROGRAMS SIMILAR TO WHAT THE CTSI IS DOING.

SO AGAIN THE LEADERSHIP THAT WE'VE GIVEN IS THROUGH THIS COMMITTEE RESONATES OUT IN THE COMMUNITIES AS WELL. GUESS THEY'RE JUST GOING TO ADD ABOUT 10 MINUTES AGO I WANT TO ASK YOU A QUESTION ABOUT THE BENEFITS THE STRIPING BECAUSE I MEAN IT IS SO FOR SUCH A LOW COST ITEM IT DOES AN AMAZING SAFETY. IT HAS AND I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THERE WAS ANY TRACKING COMPARATIVE TRACKING OR WHAT SORT OF INFORMATION WAS GATHERED TO SHOW BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T APPRECIATE IT BECAUSE THEY'LL SAY WHY ARE THEY BOTHERING WITH STRIPING? YOU KNOW, WHY DON'T THEY REALLY DO SOMETHING PREVENT ACCIDENTS? WELL, THIS AND IF THERE WERE ANY YOU KNOW LIKE ACCIDENT RECORDS WHERE BEFORE AND AFTER STRIPING OR ANY OF THOSE THINGS AVAILABLE BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW THE PUBLIC OFTEN DOESN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE ANY RECORDS LOCALLY BUT AS MR. MANNING REFERENCED I KNOW F.H. HAS DONE SOME STUDIES AND SHOWN A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT WITH WIDER STRIPE. YEAH I MEAN I JUST WONDERING ALSO FOR LOCALLY REGIONALLY DID YOU KNOW WHERE PEOPLE COULD SAY OH YEAH DOWN AT THAT STREET OR BECAUSE I MEAN SOME PEOPLE ACTUALLY DO NOTICE THE DIFFERENCE IT MAKES WHEN YOU GET STRIPING OH MY GOD I SEE WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TO BE INTERESTED IN RESISTANCE SENSING YEAH I AGREE WITH THAT SCRAPING IS NECESSARY YEAH IT'S AMAZING AND FOR THE PRICE YOU CAN'T I MEAN CAN'T GET A BETTER DEAL SO AND WHAT KIND OF LIKE I MENTIONED WHAT WE'VE LOOKED AT ADAPTING ARE ADOPTING IN THE COUNTY IS WHEN WE DO THE RESURFACING IF IT'S YOU A SECONDARY ROAD OR LOW VOLUME STICKING WITH A FOUR INCHES BUT IF IT'S A PRIMARY ROAD OR SOMETHING MORE HIGH VOLUME HIGHER SPEEDS DO IN SIX INCHES. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'VE ADOPTED INTERNALLY SO I THINK BLUFFTON BLUFFTON PARKWAY ONE ON BLUFFTON ROAD I KNOW YOU KNOW THERE'S THAT LANE WHERE YOU'RE COMING DOWN YOU'RE TURNING INTO THE LIBRARY AND YOUR IF YOU'RE TURNING INTO THE LIBRARY IN FRONT OF THE CARS COMING THE OTHER WAY AND THE STRIPING IS NO LONGER VISIBLE YEAH IT'S BLUFFTON PARKWAY WHEN IT WAS REDONE I THINK 26 INITIATIVE THAT WE DEVELOPED AND SIX INCHES I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS I DON'T KNOW FOR A FACT OKAY I WHEN WE EVER DO THE REST OF BLUFFTON PARKWAY THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD INCORPORATE WOULD BE SIX STRIKE AND ALL OF THAT SO A FURTHER CONVERSATION OKAY LET'S GO TO ITEM G HILTON HEAD

[5.G. HILTON HEAD BRIDGES UPDATE]

GO AHEAD, DAVID. JUST DOES THAT IS THERE ANY CONFLICT BETWEEN THE TWO? I MEAN IS IT I MEAN I'VE HEARD A LOT OF UPROAR BUT IS THERE ANY IN OTHER WORDS CAN WE'RE NOT WAITING WE CAN GO AHEAD WITH WHAT WE WHAT WAS AGREED TO WITH THE CIB THIS DOESN'T KNOW THEY'RE ON TWO SEPARATE PATHS TO KIND OF MOVE SIMULTANEOUS SO THE FULL PROJECT WAS ALREADY AT 30 40% AND SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHEN IT WAS PUT ON PAUSE AND SO IN THE TIME IT TAKES US TO BACK THE THREE LANE BRIDGE WILL CATCH UP TO IT AND BY THE TIME WE HEAR BACK YOU KNOW WHETHER WHICHEVER WAY WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WILL BE AT THE SAME PROGRESS.

ALL RIGHT, THANKS. SO IT WAS INTERESTING COUNTY COUNCIL VOTE YES SIR.

GO AHEAD, GREG. WHAT'S THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING THE GRANT DO

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OKAY THANK YOU. THAT WOULD PROBABLY CLOSE MORE PROBLEMS THAN I.

[6.A. CTC PROJECT ANNOUNCEMENTS]

MISS HANNAH, WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE TODAY VISITING WITH US RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. DOES IT HELP THE QUESTION? YEAH.

OKAY, PERFECT. SO GO AHEAD. OKAY.

SO COMMITTEE MEMBERS THANK MY NAME IS HANNAH NICHOLS. I'M THE BEAUFORT COUNTY PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER AND MY GOAL TODAY IS TO GIVE EVERYONE A CLEAR PICTURE OF WHERE WE STAND AS FAR AS OUR MARKETING AND PRESS RELATIONS FOR THE COMMITTEE'S EFFORTS AND TO ALSO IDENTIFY A COUPLE OF EXPANSION . NEXT SLIDE ALSO NO ONE GAVE ME A TIME LIMIT. HOW LONG DO I HAVE TO CUT YOU OFF IS TOO LONG.

ALL RIGHT, SO BEFORE COUNTY WE USE A COMBINATION OF TRADITIONAL DIGITAL CHANNELS TO COMMUNICATE YOUR UPDATES INCLUDING PRESS RELEASES, WEB UPDATES, SOCIAL MEDIA AND DIRECT COMMUNITY NOTICES. OBVIOUSLY YOUR YOUR GOALS ARE OUR GOALS TRANSPARENCY KEEPING RESIDENTS INFORMED AND PROVIDING CLEAR UPDATES AND AWARENESS ON ANY DISRUPTIONS TO THEIR TRAVELS AS THEY GO ALONG ROADS. NEXT SLIDE SO WE REGULARLY ISSUE THESE PRESS RELEASES THROUGH OUR EMAIL MARKETING PLATFORM AND COUNTY CAN SEND A MESSAGE TO UP TO 70,000 SUBSCRIBERS AT ONE TIME BUT THAT NUMBER DEPENDS WHAT THEY'VE ELECTED TO SUBSCRIBE TO. SO IF THEY ARE ONLY INTERESTED IN CONVENIENCE CENTER UPDATES THEY DO NOT GET TRANSPORTATION UPDATES.

WE ALSO HAVE GOOD RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR LOCAL MEDIA PARTNERS AND THEY FREQUENTLY PICK UP OUR NEWS RELEASES TO RUN ON THEIR CHANNELS. BUT THOSE ARE TYPICALLY REACTIVE WHAT I'VE SCREENSHOTTED HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF YOUR LATEST TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE UPDATE THAT WENT OUT TO 10,596 SUBSCRIBERS.

IT WAS DELIVERED TO 94% OF THOSE INBOXES AND YOU HAVE A 39% OPEN RATE WHICH IS BETTER THAN INDUSTRY AVERAGE EVEN THOUGH IT LOOKS KIND OF SMALL REALLY INDUSTRY AVERAGE IS ONLY BETWEEN 28 AND 30% OPENS. OH MOST PEOPLE JUST IGNORE THEIR INBOXES NOW.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT SLIDE SO MOST DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS OBVIOUSLY HOUSED ON OUR WEBSITE. THAT'S WHAT WE OWN. THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE THE MOST CONTROL OVER. EVERY SINGLE PRESS RELEASE WE PUT OUT GETS ARCHIVED ON OUR NEWS AND UPDATES PAGE AND THE WEBSITE ALSO HOSTS YOUR INTERACTIVE MAPS LIKE YOUR PAVEMENT CONDITIONS REPORT AND YOUR COMMITTEE PAGE SHARES INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR MEETINGS MEMBERS AND TRANSPORTATION PLANS ON SOCIAL MEDIA. WE POST THROUGH OUR OFFICIAL ACCOUNTS AND WE HAVE A COMBINED THOUSAND FOLLOWERS ACROSS FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, TWITTER, YOUTUBE AND HERE IS YOUR BOOK GO BACK HERE IS YOUR SAME PRESS RELEASE THAT I INCLUDED FOR YOUR EMAIL SEND HERE ARE YOUR FACEBOOK STATS. SO THAT WENT OUT TO I THINK 1900 PEOPLE WAS YOUR REACH 91,987 PEOPLE SAW THAT POST NOW ON NEXT STORY IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT THEY DON'T FOLLOW US BUT THEY SUBSCRIBE TO NEIGHBORHOODS.

SO IF WE HAVE A SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE WE KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE A ROAD AFFECTED IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WE CAN POST A COMMUNITY ALERT DIRECTLY TO THEM AND EVERYONE SEES OKAY, NEXT SLIDE. ALL RIGHT. THESE ARE OUR CURRENT COMMUNITY OUTREACH EFFORTS FOR THE COMMITTEE OBVIOUSLY WHAT IS THIS MEETING? IT'S AN OUTREACH EVENT. YOU HAVE A PUBLIC NOTICE. YOU HAVE OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. WE LIVE IT, WE ARCHIVE IT. BUT THAT IS A LITTLE TOUGH FOR PEOPLE TO GET TO IF THEY HAVE WORK, IF THEY CAN'T MAKE IT IN PERSON AND YOU ALSO HAVE THESE PORTABLE SIGNS AT CONSTRUCTION SITES BUT THEY ARE THE FEEDBACK I'VE SEEN FROM THEM IS THEY ARE

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WE'RE GOING TO LOOK INTO THAT. ALL RIGHT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO AS WITH ALL THINGS WE CAN ALWAYS IMPROVE CURRENTLY OUR EFFORTS HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT LIKE LIMITED PROACTIVE STORYTELLING ABOUT YOUR SUCCESS AND THERE'S NO VISIBILITY FOR SPECIFIC PROJECTS OR WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROJECT AND. THEN ALSO I AM NOT AN ENGINEER, I AM NOT A TRANSPORTATION EXPERT SO I HAVE HERE A COUPLE OF TRANSPORTATION RELATED QUESTIONS THAT WE GET ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND WE TYPICALLY RELATE THEM BACK TO THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT BUT I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE MORE SPECIFICITY WITH THOSE ANSWERS TO FOSTER THAT TWO WAY COMMUNICATION BECAUSE MS.. DIANA HERE FEELS BAD FOR THE WORKERS PAVING THE SUMMER. I KNOW THAT THERE IS A REASON WHY WE PAY EVEN IN THE SUMMERTIME BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS. ENGINEERING CAN MAYBE HELP ME WITH THAT BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY DELIVERED. WHY DO WE PAY IN THE SUMMERTIME? ASPHALT IS GENERALLY MORE FLEXIBLE.

SEE I KNEW THERE WAS A REASON AND I WOULD LOVE TO BE TO SHARE THAT WITH MS..

DIANA. ALL RIGHT. NEXT SLIDE SO IF WE'RE LOOKING AT EXPANSION, I'VE GOT THREE KIND OF DIRECTIONS FOR US. TWO OF THEM ARE COMPLETELY FREE, COMPLETELY COVERED IN WHAT THE COUNTY ALREADY DOES. ONE OF THEM MIGHT NEED SOME BUDGET. SO THAT'S WHERE I'M GOING TO NEED YOU TO WEIGH IN.

WE HAVE AN ENGAGEMENT CALLED COUNTY CONNECTS AND I'M TO TALK ABOUT HOW THAT KIND OF FOSTERS THAT TWO WAY AND REAL TIME UPDATES. WE HAVE A FANTASTIC COUNTY TELEVISION CREW. THEY'RE HERE TODAY LIVE STREAMING THIS MEETING SO I'M GOING TO BE RECOMMENDING THAT WE ENLIST THEIR IN CREATING A COUPLE OF NEW VIDEO VIDEO CONTENT AND THAT WE CAN GET A LITTLE BIT MORE TARGETED IF WE'RE WILLING PUT SOME MONEY INTO SOME TARGETED ADVERTISING. NEXT SLIDE. SO THE COUNTY CONNECTS ENGAGEMENT PAGE AND I'VE SCREENSHOTTED HERE AN EXAMPLE FROM A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT PUBLIC WORKS IS USING IT FOR IS A FAN TOOL THAT HAS WIDGETS THAT HAVE SURVEYS Q&A POLLS YOU CAN CLICK ON THAT LINK UP THERE AND. IT'LL TAKE YOU STRAIGHT TO HIS EMAIL TO ASK HIM DIRECTLY A QUESTION AND HAS ALSO KEY DATES ALL KINDS OF GOOD STUFF ON HERE MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE THAT THE COMMITTEE START A PAGE ON THIS SITE FOR REJUVENATE OR FOR PAVEMENT PROGRAM FOR ANYTHING REALLY THAT YOU WANT WE CAN DO A PROGRAM PAGE STRIKE AND THAT'S GOING TO HELP US FEATURE STORIES ON LONG TERM COMMUNITY IMPACT AND ANSWER THIS FREQUENTLY ASKED LIKE WHY DO YOU PAVE IN THE SUMMERTIME DOES STRIPING HELP YOU BE MORE SAFE? AND I WILL SAY THIS REQUIRES A BIT OF STAFF SUPPORT AND THAT SOMEBODY HAS TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS WELL I GUESS WHERE SOME OF THIS ALL CAME FROM I'LL LET YOU FINISH UP THERE GO AHEAD.

OKAY. I REALLY LIKE THIS OPTION FOR LIKE LONG TERM ENGAGEMENT AND HELPING PEOPLE SEE WHERE WE'RE THOUGH. NEXT SLIDE.

SO WE'RE SEEING MORE AND MORE USE OF VIDEOS TO INFORM AND ENGAGE AND I THINK SOME ADDITIONAL CONTENT WITH WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE THE ABILITY TO PRODUCE HELP GET US THE WORDS HELP US GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT YOUR PROJECTS. WE CAN HAVE EXPLAINER VIDEOS, WE CAN HAVE Q AND A'S. WE HAVE PROJECT UPDATES AND I DID INCLUDE AN EXAMPLE HERE.

I THINK THE CITY OF TAMPA DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB BUT ONLY IF WE HAVE TIME TO WATCH MINUTE LONG VIDEO. IT'S ONLY A MINUTE WHERE WE FEEL GO AHEAD AND PLAY IT.

NOBODY'S ROUTINE EVEN WE GO OUT AND I THINK THE CITY HAS GIVEN US A GREAT JOB WITH THAT.

MY NAME IS AND I'M A TRANSPORTATION OPERATIONS TEAM LEADER FOR 43 CITIES IN THE 23 YEAR WE'RE TWO SERVICES HE WAS BASICALLY A TEAM PLAYER I THINK I LIVE IN THE AREA SO THESE WERE THE TWO LOCATIONS AND THE TEAM IS THE PERSON TO ME FROM IN 1982 THE RESTRICTIONS BEING I WAS I WAS THE ONE WHO WAS WAS QUITE A NUMBER OF YEARS YEARS CITIZENS AND THEY STARTED TO MOVE WHEN I WAS MOVED OVER HERE THE RESERVE RESEARCH UNIT WHAT I JUST RECENTLY THAT I'M ABLE TO PUT BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY WE IT IMPROVES THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE CITY TO IMPROVE AND ALSO SOMETHING THAT MY FAMILY CAN ENJOY DOING. I'M REALLY REALLY REALLY GREAT DURING THE SO LIKE THAT FOCUSES ON YOUR PERSONALITIES BUT ALSO THAT ALSO ANSWERS QUESTIONS

[00:40:07]

EVERYTHING WE HAVE GOES OUT IN ENGLISH BUT I THAT'S A MISSED OPPORTUNITY THERE AND THEN ADVERTORIALS ARE ALWAYS A GREAT OPTION. THERE'S SOMEWHAT IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT AN ADVERTORIAL IS IT'S NOT QUITE AN AD BUT IT'S ALSO NOT A LETTER TO THE EDITOR YOU PAY ESSENTIALLY TO HAVE STORY WRITTEN FOR YOU BY THE NEWS THAT FEATURES YOUR PROGRAM AND YOUR CONTENT AND THEN I DON'T NORMALLY BILLBOARDS BUT I THINK WITH THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE IN YOUR CAR YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IT WE CAN'T SEE THE LITTLE BITTY YARD SIGNS MAYBE WE GET A COUPLE ALONG A MAJOR ROUTE THAT SAYS OVER 200 MILES OF BEAUFORT COUNTY ROAD IMPROVEMENTS BROUGHT TO YOU COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE EASY SIMPLE.

WE DON'T HAVE DIGITAL BILLBOARDS HERE BUT WE COULD TAKE IT UP AS THE MILES GO UP.

ALWAYS A FUN OPTION AND THEN THIS IS WHERE I KICK IT OVER TO YOU GUYS.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. WELL MISS, WHAT ELSE SHOULD I CONSIDER THIS ALL STARTED WITH YOUR HELP I'VE BEEN GETTING FOR SOME TIME OR PROBABLY THE LAST I WANT TO SAY THE LAST YEAR AFTER THE COMMITTEE APPROVED IT WHERE OUR PROJECTS HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE'RE WE'RE DOING STUFF AND WE STARTED PUTTING SIGNS OUT AND SO ON AND I THINK THAT WE'RE A HIDDEN WE PROVIDE SO MUCH AND DO SO MUCH IN THIS COMMUNITY AND WE'RE NOT PART TECHNICALLY PART OF THE COUNTY. WE ARE ACTUALLY COUNTY CTSI WHICH STANDS ALONE SEPARATE FROM THE COUNTY PROCESSES ARE DOLLARS FOR US BUT WE AS A COMMITTEE ARE GOVERNED BY DOTTIE AND I'VE HAD AN ARTICLE THAT WAS A SUMMARY ARTICLE ON BLUFFTON SON AND STARTED TALKED ABOUT IT'S THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER SEEN DOTTIE TALK ABOUT 576 MILLION FOR 2026 ROAD PROJECTS KEY ROADS FOR COUNTIES FOR REPAIR I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE SEEN THAT DONE ONCE ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR WHERE WE'RE PUTTING OUT AN ARTICLE IN ALL THE NEWSPAPERS AT LEAST SOMEBODY CAN READ THEM AND SAY HEY BEAUFORT COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMUNITIES ARE ACTUALLY DOING THIS AND PUT OUR SIGNS ALONG WITH THE ARTICLE AND SO ON.

THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WAS RESONATING IN ME AND I OPENED TOPIC UP I INVITED HER BECAUSE WE'VE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS AND EVEN YOU KNOW WHEN YOU GO FIND THE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE WE'RE UNDER ENGINEERING AND OUR PROJECTS AND SO ON AREN'T EVEN PUBLISHED ON OUR WEBSITE CURRENT WEBSITE NOTHING IS ON IT ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING AND I THINK THAT'S A MISSED OPPORTUNITY WHERE WE SHOULD BE HAVING WHAT OUR PROJECTS ARE FOR 2025, 2026 AND SO ONE ON THE WEBSITE AT LEAST OR BRING IT FORWARD AND TALK ABOUT THE BILL FOR TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE ON THE FIRST PAGE OF THE WEBSITE SO SOMEBODY DOESN'T HAVE TO GO TRYING TO FIND US AND ONCE THEY FIND US THERE'S ACTUAL INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THE CTSI IS DOING. SO THOSE ARE KIND OF THE IDEAS THAT COME TO THE TOP OF MY MIND RIGHT OFF IN THERE EASY AND WITHOUT SPENDING BUNCHES OF MONEY AND YOU'RE THE PIO.

I'M JUST THE CHAIRMAN SO I'M OPEN FOR SUGGESTIONS ON HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET SOME OF THESE IDEAS THOSE SITES ACCOMPLISHED. YEAH.

IS THERE A REASON WHY THE COMMITTEE WEBSITE UNDERNEATH ENGINEERING THAT'S JUST WHERE IT'S ALWAYS BEEN HOW'S BUT WE CAN ALWAYS PULL IN NOW CHARLESTON COUNTY HAS A GREAT EXAMPLE A CDC WEBSITE AND I WOULD HAVE TO TALK TO THEM AND SEE HOW THEY MANAGED THEMSELVES WHETHER IT'S INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL BUT THEY DO A GREAT JOB WITH IT.

[00:45:03]

THAT'S WHERE I'M AT FOR THE CTSI THERE'S A DISAGREEMENT WITH WHERE WE'RE WE'RE GOING WITH THIS. I THINK WE'VE WORKED SO HARD THROUGH THE YEARS FROM 2016 TILL TODAY THAT NINE YEARS OF REALLY PUTTING PROGRAMS TOGETHER TO BETTER THE PUBLIC TO PROVIDE MORE YOU KNOW WE'VE TOUCHED OVER 200 MILES OF COUNTY ROADS AND STATE ROADS BUT YOU KNOW THAT'S HIDDEN NOBODY WE'RE SITTING HERE IN A MEETING AND NOBODY KNOWS WE'RE DOING THIS AND SPENDING MONEY AND IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS THAT'S KIND OF A SEGWAY INTO MIND THE. NEXT TOPIC IS MONEY SO I'LL JUST JUMP WHEN I DO.

SORRY WE'RE NOT CONNECTING WITH VERY MANY PEOPLE SO YEAH. HOW DO HOW DO WE INCREASE THE CONNECTION? I MEAN SOCIAL MEDIA IS NOT VERY GOOD YOU KNOW 1900 FACEBOOK CONNECTIONS THE EMAIL BLAST YOU'RE IF SOMEBODY HASN'T SELECTED THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO RECEIVE THE EMAIL BUT IS THERE A WAY TO WORK AROUND THAT TO GET THOSE EMAILS KIND OUT THERE? IT JUST SEEMS LIKE YOU KNOW, WE'RE PENETRATING SUCH A SMALL SLICE OF THE POPULATION. SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE IF YOU GUYS ARE WILLING TO TRY THE CONNECT PAGE CAN REALLY STEP IN AND BRIDGE THOSE GAPS FOR YOU. IT ENCOURAGES PEOPLE TO SIGN UP FOR EMAIL UPDATES THAT MAYBE AREN'T RECEIVING THEM CURRENTLY YOU CAN TIE IT DIRECTLY INTO THE DEEPER COUNTY WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA. IT HAS A LOT OF BUILT IN INTEGRATIONS TO TRY TO BRIDGE GAPS AND THE WHOLE THING IS WE WANT PEOPLE TO COME INTO OUR EGO SYSTEM BECAUSE THEN WE CAN CONTINUE TO MARKET TO THEM AGAIN AND AGAIN SO IF THEY SEE SOMETHING ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE DOT COM THEY GO THERE, IT TAKES THEM HERE THEY UP FOR AN EMAIL THEY THEY COME IN TO THAT AND THEN THEY START TO ENGAGE AND PART OF THAT IS THE TWO WAY THING TOO WE GET A LOT OF PAVING QUESTIONS THAT I DON'T THINK ARE ANSWERED APPROPRIATELY OR DON'T DON'T GET AN ANSWER IN TIME BECAUSE IF YOU COME UP TO SOMEONE AT A STORE AND ASK THEM A QUESTION AND THEY DON'T INTERACT WITH YOU, YOU'RE GOING TO LEAVE AND FIND SOMEBODY ELSE TO SHOP WITH SO. I THINK WE NEED TO BE DOING A BETTER JOB AT FOSTERING OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE THEY DO WANT TO ENGAGE WITH US AND WE NEED TO BE ENGAGING BACK IN.

I'D FOR YOU TO IF YOU WOULD WAIT FOR BRIAN'S COMMENTS BUT I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO REACH OUT AND TALK TO THE ADMINISTRATOR A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT AS WELL AND YOU CAN TOUCH BASE BACK WITH ME OFFLINE ABOUT WE MIGHT WANT TO CONTINUE GOING BRIAN YEAH GOING TO AND I DO THINK THE PAVEMENT EVALUATION REPORTS ARE THE WEBSITE EITHER THE ENGINEERING OR THE CTSI WEBSITE AND YOU CAN SEE YOUR PLAN IN THERE. WE CAN DEFINITELY TRY TO PULL THOSE OUT AND PUT THEM SOMEWHERE ELSE. SO IN REGARDS TO THE COMMENT ABOUT, YOU KNOW NOT PEOPLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA EVERY PROJECT WE DO WHETHER IT'S A RESURFACING WE SEND OUT A MEDIA AND IF WE'RE WORKING IN A NEIGHBORHOOD A LOT OF TIMES BLYTHE OR API WHOEVER OUR RESURFACING CONTRACTOR IS WE'LL GO AND PUT DOOR HANGERS OR SOMETHING OUT AND EVERY TIME EVEN IF WE'RE GOING DOOR TO DOOR AND PUTTING SOMETHING OUT WE STILL HAVE PEOPLE COME OUT AND SAY I KNEW NOTHING ABOUT THIS SO YOU KNOW IT ALL IT'S ALL DEPENDENT. HOW DO YOU REACH PEOPLE IS ARE PEOPLE LISTENING TO THE RADIO IN THEIR OR IS IT SATELLITE RADIO SO THEY'RE NOT HEARING IT ARE THEY WATCHING LOCAL NEWS OR ARE THEY WATCHING NATIONAL? SO IT'S REALLY HARD TO REACH EVERYBODY AND TO GET THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DEFINITELY DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO GET THAT OUT THERE MORE YOU KNOW AND WITH COUNTY NEXT THING THERE ARE OTHER AVENUES THAT WE INTERACT WITH THE PUBLIC AS WELL. I MEAN WE HAVE A GENERIC ENGINEERING PAGE THAT ARE EMAIL THAT COMES TO MYSELF IN MULTIPLE OTHER PEOPLE IN THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT THERE'S A TRAFFIC EMAIL, A PUBLIC WORKS EMAIL AND I WOULD SAY IT'S ALMOST DAILY THAT WE'RE GETTING EMAILS OR PHONE CALL THROUGH THOSE KNOW SOURCES AND INTERACTING WITH THE PUBLIC AND

[00:50:01]

THEY JUST I AGREE WITH YOU, JENNY. I WANT TO REITERATE IT.

I THINK THAT IT'S IT'S THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE AND WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT MORE AS SURVEYS COME OUT IS TRANSPORTATION IS THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE IN COUNTY? I MEAN OTHER THAN GROWTH? OKAY. SO HITTING THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT. I THINK PARTICULARLY AS START TO SEE SOME OF THESE 2018 PROJECTS BEING DONE THAT. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WHERE WE'RE ALL THESE WE'RE ALL THESE PATHWAYS THAT WE WERE YOU KNOW WE'RE NOW STARTING TO SEE THEM BEING DONE AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THAT THAT BE OUT IN FRONT OF THAT PARTICULARLY IF THERE'S EVEN A CHANCE OF EVEN ANOTHER REFERENDUM SOMEWHERE DOWN THE ROAD IT NEEDS TO BE IT NEEDS TO BE OUT THERE SO PEOPLE CAN CAN TO TAKE THE PRESSURE OFF PEOPLE SAYING WHERE NOTHING'S DONE YOU KNOW I KNOW YORK SITTING HERE FORGET YOU'RE NOT HERE BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS CARRYING COUNCIL A LOT OF THE COUNTY COUNCIL DOESN'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING AND, WHAT WE'RE INVOLVED WITH AND HOW MANY ROADS WE'VE TOUCHED, HOW MUCH HOW, MUCH DIFFERENCE WE'VE MADE.

WHEN WE STARTED IN 2016, BEAUFORT COUNTY DID NOT A PAVING PROGRAM NOTHING THERE WAS OTHER THAN THEY WERE PUTTING SOME MONEY IN FIXING DIRT ROADS.

WE HAVE TOUCHED SO MANY ROADS AND THAT MADE SUCH A DIFFERENCE THE LAST NINE YEARS IT WASN'T FUNNY AND NOBODY IT'S NOT LIKE I'M WORKING FOR OUTWARD OR BACK OR ANYTHING.

I THINK COUNTY OUGHT TO KNOW MEMBERS. THE CITIZENRY OUGHT TO KNOW THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE DEDICATING THEIR TIME AT LEAST AN HOUR OR MORE EVERY OTHER MONTH TRYING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND COUNTY SO THAT WE HAVE BETTER ROADS TO DRIVE ALONG AND THAT'S YOU KNOW THAT'S WHAT THAT'S WHAT GOT ME KIND OF STIRRED UP ABOUT THIS AT THE BEGINNING. IT KIND OF DOVETAILS INTO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND THEN EVEN OCCASIONALLY HAVING AN SORT OF A KNOWLEDGE DUMP ON ISSUES LIKE STRIPING YOU KNOW, TELLING PEOPLE THAT THERE REALLY IS A BIG IT'S NOT JUST SOME PAINT AND WE HAD A THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND THANK YOU FOR IT AND I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO HAVE A FOLLOW UP WITH US IN THE FUTURE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

[6.B. FORECASTED APPORTIONMENT OF FUNDS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025-26]

[00:55:02]

SO THAT'S IN YOUR PORTFOLIO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE ARE THIS THIS GO AROUND NEXT ITEM

[7. TREASURER’S REPORT]

SO WE'RE IN RIGHT ON THE NUMBERS. I WAS VERY HAPPY WHENEVER THIS CAME OUT AND I'LL MAKE CERTAIN WE'LL SEE THAT YOU GET THAT BREAKDOWN I'LL CALL CHRIS AND HAVE MAKE CERTAIN EVERYBODY GETS IT. OKAY ANY QUESTIONS ON DOLLARS SIX ITEMS RIGHT. WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYBODY HERE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS ANY PUBLIC

[9. CHAIRMAN COMMENTS]

I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO WEAR YOUR SHIRTS AND PRIDE NEXT MONTH OUR NEXT MEETING.

SO WITH THAT IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE WE BROUGHT BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.