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CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY BUFORT COUNTY.
I'D LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THIS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING.
UM, AND SO FIRST I'D LIKE TO DO PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
THIS MEETING HAS BEEN PUBLISHED, POSTED AND DISTRIBUTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT.
I HAVE MR. BARTHOLOMEW ONLINE.
SHE'S PRESENT, AND MR. DAWSON HAS JOINED US.
I'D LIKE A MOTION TO ENTER INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, UM, UNDER SOUTH CAROLINA CODE SECTION 30 DASH FOUR DASH 70 A ONE TO ENGAGE IN DISCUSSIONS INCIDENT TO EMPLOYMENT APPOINTMENT COMPENSATION OF A PERSON REGULATED BY A PUBLIC BODY, INTERVIEWS OF PROSPECTIVE OUTSIDE LEGAL COUNSEL TO ADVISE COUNSEL ON DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT APPLICATIONS.
CAN I HAVE A MOTION FOR THIS EXECUTIVE SESSION? SO, MOVE.
CAN I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
ALL OR MR. CUNNINGHAM WILL TAKE THE SECOND.
SO IT'S BEEN MOTIONED AND SECONDED TO ENTER INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AS STATED.
UH, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND SO WE CAN SEE YOU.
WE'LL NOW GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THERE MAY OR MAY NOT BE MATTERS ARISING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION.
COMING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION, WE DO HAVE AN ITEM FOR MOTION.
UH, I MOVE THAT WE RECOMMEND COUNCIL ENGAGE IN SERVICES OF ATTORNEY AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING LEGAL ADVICE CONCERNING THE PINE ISLAND AND THE RAMSEY FARM DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO AMEND THAT.
WELL, YEAH, IT DOESN'T MATTER, BUT I'D LIKE TO AMEND IT TO SAY AT THE VERY END, NOT THOSE TWO PARTICULAR, BUT ANY DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT GOING FORWARD AS WE DISCUSS.
SO LET'S REREAD THE AMENDED MO.
WE, WE GOT, WE GOTTA, WE GOTTA VOTE ON THE AMENDED MOTION FIRST.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THE AMENDMENT.
I WOULD, I WOULD RATHER US GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS FIRST BEFORE I MAKE A DECISION IF WE'RE GONNA USE SOMEBODY FOR THE FUTURE.
WELL, IT, THE AMENDMENT PASSED.
SO NOW WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON THE ORIGINAL AS AMENDED.
SO COULD YOU READ IT AS AMENDED, MR. TOSON? I MAKE SURE I, I GOT, UM, JUST
CONCERNING DEVELOPMENT FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS? YES.
DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS.
A, UH, I MOVE THAT WE RECOMMEND COUNCIL ENGAGE IN THE SERVICES OF ATTORNEY AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING LEGAL ADVICE CONCERNING DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS AS AMENDED.
ALL IN FAVOR? OH, THANK YOU MR. CUNNINGHAM.
SO WE IT WILL BE AT SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING.
THERE'S NO FURTHER ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA YOU NEED.
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THIS IS NATALIE HEFTER FROM THE COASTAL DISCOVERY MUSEUM, AND THIS IS YOUR BEAUFORT COUNTY MOMENT.TRUCK FARMING WAS INTRODUCED IN SOUTH CAROLINA IN 1868 UP NEAR CHARLESTON, BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL THE MID 1870S WHEN THE PORT ROYAL AUGUSTA RAILROAD RAN THROUGH THIS REGION THAT TRUCK FARMING BECAME A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF OUR ECONOMIC INDUSTRY HERE.
OUR FARMERS HERE IN BEAUFORT COUNTY RELIED UPON THIS LONG GROWING SEASON THAT WE HAVE TO GROW PRODUCE THAT WAS NEEDED IN URBAN AREAS AND PARTICULARLY UP NORTH AS THESE FARMERS GREW THEIR POTATOES, TOMATOES, CORN, BROCCOLI, ASPARAGUS, AND LETTUCE.
LETTUCE WAS ACTUALLY AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR CROPS HERE.
AT ONE TIME, BEAUFORT WAS EVEN KNOWN AS LETTUCE CITY.
AS YOU TRAVEL PARTS OF BEAUFORT COUNTY AND SEE LARGE SCALE FARMS TODAY, REMEMBER THAT THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN IMPORTANT PART OF BEAUFORT COUNTY'S HISTORY.
THIS IS NATALIE HEFTER FROM THE COASTAL DISCOVERY MUSEUM, AND THIS HAS BEEN YOUR BEAUFORT COUNTY MOMENT.
TO SEE MORE BEAUFORT COUNTY MOMENTS GO TO THE BEAUFORT COUNTY LIBRARY HOMEPAGE AND CLICK ON THE LOCAL HISTORY TAB.