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CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY BUFORT COUNTY.
MR. LAWSON, OF COURSE, RAN LONG.
IF EVERYONE COULD STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND SHOULD THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
AND WE DO MEET THE STATEMENT OF COMPLIANCE WITH FOIA.
SARAH, WE'RE GOOD TO GO? YES, SIR.
IF I COULD HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS IT STANDS, I'LL MAKE A MOTION SECOND, PLEASE.
ANY OBJECTION? THE AGENDA WILL BE APPROVED WITH NO OBJECTION.
NUMBER FIVE, THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM JUNE 16TH, 2025.
CAN I HAVE A MOTION FOR THAT? I'LL MAKE MY MOTION SECOND PLEASE.
EVERYTHING WAS GOOD TO GO ON IT.
ANY OBJECTION FOR THE MINUTES? ALL RIGHT.
WE WILL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
I DO NOT HAVE ANYBODY ON MY LIST.
IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT DID NOT SIGN UP THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? SO I THINK EVERYBODY LEFT, BUT JUST STAFF.
YOU GUYS ARE STICKING AROUND, SO IS NOT WORKING.
MR. PASSMAN, CAN YOU HEAR US, JOE? YES, I CAN.
WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AND MOVE ON TO THE ASSISTANT COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR REPORT.
HOW ARE YOU DOING TODAY, BUD? GREAT.
HOW ARE Y'ALL? FANTASTIC, THANK YOU.
UM, WE JUST HAVE A COUPLE QUICK REPORTS, UM, AND THEN PALMETTO BREEZE HAS AN UPDATE THEY'D LIKE TO PROVIDE TO YOU.
I'LL ASK TAYLOR TO COME AND THEN, UM, CHUCK AND ROBERT WILL GIVE AN UPDATE ON SOME CAPITAL PROJECT.
SO STORMWATER, HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY KNOWS.
TAYLOR, OUR STORM WATER MANAGER.
UH, IF YOU DON'T, TAYLOR BREWER.
UM, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF RAIN, UM, SO SHE'LL SPEAK TO THAT.
SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE, HOW PROJECTS COME ABOUT, JUST HIGH LEVEL UPDATE AS FAR AS STORM WATER UTILITY, ENTERPRISE.
AND THEN ALSO, UH, IT'S, IT'S CURRENT EVENTS IS WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE TAX RUN THAT, UM, STORMWATER HAS A LARGE PART AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE TAX RUN AND SHE'LL GIVE YOU AN UPDATE AND OUR PART IN THAT.
SO WITH THAT, TAYLOR, IF YOU CAN GIVE THEM INFORMATION.
GOOD AFTERNOON AING COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE THIS AFTERNOON.
I'LL HAVE TO SAY THIS IS VERY APTLY TIMED PRESENTATION WITH ALL THE RAIN THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST THREE WEEKS, SO THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY.
UM, I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT STORMWATER AND IF I GET MY JOB RIGHT, YOU WILL BE TOO SOON.
SO I'M HERE TO INFLUENCE ALL OF YOU.
LET'S TALK A LITTLE ABOUT WHAT IS STORMWATER.
STORM WATER IS RAINWATER THAT THROWS OFF OF HARD SURFACES LIKE ROOFS, DRIVEWAYS, AND ROAD SURFACES THAT DO NOT ABSORB WATER.
MY JOB IS TO MANAGE THE QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF THIS WATER SO IT DOESN'T HARM OUR LOCAL RIVER MARSHES AND OTHER WATERWAYS.
EVERY RESIDENT IN BEFOR COUNTY PAYS A SMALL FEE ON THEIR TAX BILL.
THIS MONEY GOES INTO OUR STORM WATER UTILITY FUND, WHICH SUPPORTS ALL OF OUR STORM WATER WORK.
TAX RUN IS THE YEARLY PROCESS WHERE WE CALCULATE THOSE STORM WATER FEES.
IN THE PAST, IT TOOK A LOT OF MANUAL WORK, AND I WILL ADMIT STORM WATER HAS CAUSED DELAYS, BUT WE'VE MADE A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS BEFORE.
STAFF HAD TO MANUALLY OUTLINE EVERY DRIVEWAY AND ROOF TO MEASURE HOW MUCH WATER WOULD RUN OFF, WHICH WAS A VERY SLOW AND TEDIOUS PROCESS.
NOW WE USE A TECHNOLOGY CALLED LIDAR, WHICH USES AERIAL SCANS TO AUTOMATICALLY MEASURE THESE AREAS DURING ROUTINE WIPE BY OUR GGIS DEPARTMENT.
THIS CHANGE HAS MADE THE PROCESS FASTER AND MORE ACCURATE.
RIGHT NOW THE FEE FORMULA IS VERY COMPLICATED.
WE CURRENTLY HIRE TWO OUTSIDE PRIVATE CONSULTANTS EVERY YEAR, JUST A COMPLETE TAX RUN.
OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE THE FEE CALCULATION PROCESS SIMPLER AND EASIER TO UNDERSTAND SO TAXPAYERS KNOW EXACTLY HOW THEIR FEES ARE DETERMINED.
THE FEES COLLECTED SUPPORT TWO MAIN PROGRAMS, OUR MAINTENANCE PROGRAM AND OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR OUR CIP PROGRAM.
FOR OUR MAINTENANCE PROGRAM, WE KEEP OUR STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE DISHES, PIPES, AND OUTFALLS CLEAN AND WORKING PROPERLY.
THIS INCLUDES AREAS INSIDE TOWNS LIKE FORT ROYAL, CITY OF BUFORT, TOWN OF LUPTON AND TOM TO HEAD WHERE RESIDENTS PAY AN EXTRA MUNICIPAL THAT WE ALSO COLLECT FOR OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
THIS IS WHERE WE HOUSE OUR LARGER PROJECTS.
UM, WE TRACK COMPLAINTS FROM RESIDENTS THROUGH OUR BC CONNECT SYSTEM TO FIND PROBLEM AREAS
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AND THEN WE CONTRACT WITH ENGINEERING FIRMS TO DO DRAINAGE STUDIES.WE SHOW BLOCKAGES OR FLOODING ISSUES AND SUGGEST FIXES.
THEN WE THEN WE THEN TURNED THESE SUGGESTIONS INTO ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
FOR EXAMPLE, IN 2022, OUR CONSULTANT WILBERG CONDUCTED A STUDY IN THE ST.
WE THEN IMPROVED DRAINAGE BY INSTALLER, INSTALLING LARGER PIPES ON HICKORY HILL AND BIBLE CAMP ROADS TO REDUCE FLOODING IN 2024.
MORE RECENTLY, WILPERT COMPLETED A WATERSHED LEVEL STUDY ON NORTHERN LADIES ISLAND, BUT SOME FLOOD, SOME FLOODING ISSUES REMAINED UNRESOLVED.
NOW WE'RE LOOKING MORE CLOSELY AT SPECIFIC PROPERTIES ON A PARCEL LEVEL TO LOOK FOR CREATIVE SOLUTIONS.
WE USUALLY HANDLE ONE TO TWO DRAINAGE STUDIES AT A TIME TO ENSURE QUALITY AND FOLLOW THROUGH FROM STUDY TO FINISHED PRODUCTS, MAKING SURE WE HAVE THE TIME AND ADEQUATE RESOURCES TO CARRY OUT THOSE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
COMING IN NOW HE'S TRYING TO RECONNECT.
YEAH, WE CAN HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR.
YEAH, THE WHOLE BUILDING'S INTERNET WENT OUT.
HIGHLIGHT A FINE STORM WATER PROJECT THAT'S UPCOMING.
UM, IT'S A WATER PRODUCT, WATER QUALITY PROJECT CALLED ARTHUR HORN WETLANDS RESTORATION.
THIS IS A 17 ACRE WETLANDS IN THE PORT ROYAL AREA.
UH, RAIN GOAL IS TO RESTORE STORM WATER FUNCTION AND REDUCE FLOODING, BUT ALSO THIS AREA CAN DUAL AS AN ECOLOGICAL ASSET BY PROVIDING HABITAT AND BIODIVERSITY.
I'M VERY EXCITED TO SAY WE'RE PARTNERING WITH DUCK UNLIMITED TO EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITY OF CERTIFYING THIS WETLAND AS A DUCK.
THIS PROJECT WOULD MIRROR PROJECTS SUCH AS CRYSTAL LAKE AND CYPRESS WETLANDS THAT WOULD OFFER A BEAUTIFUL AMENITIES TO COMMUNITIES.
THAT'S JUST SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO.
WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE DESIGN PROCESS AND WE ARE WORKING WITH CITY OF BEAVER AND FORT OIL TO MAKE THAT POSSIBILITY COME TRUE AND TO EXPLORE CONNECTIVITY POSSIBILITIES TO THE SPANISH MOSS TRAIL.
SO A LITTLE BIT OF BAD WITH THE RAIN AND MAINTENANCE A LITTLE BIT IN WITH SOME UPCOMING PROJECTS.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANYTHING? STORM WATER, MR. CHAIR? YES SIR.
UM, I, I THINK YOU'RE ALREADY AWARE I'VE HAD, UH, NUMEROUS PHONE CALLS COMING IN FROM LAKE ISLAND AND I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T BRING IT UP.
UH, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S SOME MAINTENANCE ISSUES OUT THERE THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ADDRESSED IN QUITE SOME TIME WITH, UH, DITCH DRAINAGE AND RURAL POND IN PARTICULAR.
UH, I KNOW THE STATE LAST YEAR CAME OUT TO SAN POINT ROAD AND DID, DID SOME CLEANING ON THOSE DITCHES, BUT I THINK THE COUNTY SIDE ON LADY ISLAND NEEDS SOME ATTENTION OUT THERE AND I KNOW THERE'S SOME BIGGER PROJECTS THAT ARE, THAT ARE BEING ADDRESSED AND LOOKED AT RIGHT NOW.
AND THANK YOU FOR THAT COMMENT.
WE HAVE ACTIVELY, UH, BEEN AWARE OF THE ISSUES IN THAT AREA WITH TWO SPECIFIC RESIDENTS THAT WE'VE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH.
LONG STORY SHORT, UM, LAST MONDAY AFTER ALL THE RAIN WE NEEDED DID HAVE CREWS GO OUT WITH FIX IT PUMP PREPARED TO PUMP DOWN TWO DIFFERENT YARDS, BUT THERE WAS NOWHERE TO PUMP THE WATER TO WITHOUT INUNDATING OTHER PEOPLE.
UM, WE DO HAVE CREWS OUT PERFORMING WHAT MAINTENANCE WE CAN AND WE'RE COORDINATING WITH DOT TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION.
BUT WE ARE ALSO LOOKING INTO SOME LARGE SCALE CREATIVE OPTIONS WE'LL SAY, UM, FOR FUTURE PROJECTS.
WE'RE TALKING, YOU KNOW, A MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT, BUT, UM, WE ARE LOOKING DOWN THE ROAD TO HOPEFULLY RESOLVE SOME OF THOSE PROBLEMS. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.
SO TAYLOR, DO YOU HAVE A PRIORITY LIST OF STORM WATER PROJECTS? BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY MY DISTRICT REALLY DOESN'T HAVE IT IN SIX OR BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF ISSUES, OBVIOUSLY, GERALD YORK, UM, DAVID DALLAS, MR. REEDS, DO YOU HAVE A PRIORITY LIST OF WHICH ONES? OBVIOUSLY MONEY IS LIMITED, SO WE HAVE PRIORITIES.
AND, UM, THAT'S ONE OF THE AIMS OF THE DRAINAGE STUDY IS TO COVER THE ENTIRETY OF BUFORT COUNTY AND KIND OF CREATE A PRIORITY LIST OF RED, YELLOW, GREEN, UM, PROJECTS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE RED BEING THE MOST, UH, PERTINENT THAT NEED TO HAPPEN THE MOST QUICK.
AND THEN LEADING DOWN IN PRIORITY LEVEL FROM THERE, UM, WE WE'RE, WE HAVE PROBABLY TWO OR THREE MORE DRAINAGE STUDIES TO GO BEFORE WE CAN COMPLETE THE ENTIRE COUNTY.
BUT AT THAT TIME, UM, HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE, HAVE PROJECTS IN LINE TO UPGRADE MOST OF THE FAILING INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE COUNTY.
AND THAT WOULD BE SHARED WITH COUNSEL.
SO EACH PER, LIKE WHEN MR. BARONG, YOU HAS A PERSON ASK A QUESTION, HE WOULD KNOW WHERE THEY ARE AND THEY PRIORITIES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS JUST QUICKLY? YES, SIR.
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YOUR NAME THE FIRST MEETING YOU I THINK SO.I'M SO STORM WATER, YOU TALKED ABOUT THAT EARLIER ABOUT THE STUDY THAT WAS DONE AND IT WAS STUDY, BUT IT ALSO TALKED ABOUT MAINTENANCE, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
SO I'M JUST ASSUMING THAT, UM, YOU DOING A LOT OF MAINTENANCE WORK, MAKING, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
SO, BUT I I, I, I'M WANT TO RAISE THIS QUESTION HERE BECAUSE, UM, IN, IN THE BURTON AREA, UM, THIS IS, I DUNNO WHO DISTRICT THIS IS
UM, THERE WAS A CHURCH, UH, AT A FUNERAL ARY NECESSARY AFTER THAT DOWN CORE.
UM, THEY, THEY WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS AT LEAST TWO FEET OF WATER IN THAT CHURCH YARD.
I DON'T KNOW, THAT'S PRIVATE PROPERTY, WHETHER THERE'S SOME KIND OF OUT ALL IN THAT AREA FOR THAT, BUT MAYBE THE CHURCHES, THE CHURCH, NEW CHURCH OF CHRIST.
UM, IT'S OFF ONE, EIGHT'S THAT TWO, THAT'S 2 78, 2 ON THE GATEWAY, CORRECT.
AND, UM, I'M ASSUMING THAT BECAUSE THE STATE ELEVATED THAT THAT MAIN HIGHWAY OR THAT PORT IS FORMED, IT'S LIKE A, IT'S LIKE A BOAT, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THERE'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE, BUT I'M JUST GOING THROW THAT OUT TO YOU.
AND THAT'S NOT MY DISTRICT, BUT I'M OUT TO YOU IF YOU WANNA LOOK AT IT.
I'M GONNA LEAVE YOU TO ANOTHER COUNCIL MEETING.
AND I, I DO, I THINK WE SHOULD LOOK AT THAT SITUATION.
IF ONE I'M THINKING OF, UM, THERE'S A DRAINAGE DITCH THAT RUNS DOWN THE LEFT SIDE OF THE PROPERTY THAT FEEDS, UM, STATE DRAINAGE.
THEY DO HAVE A BOX THAT'S CLOGGED ON THAT CORNER.
HOWEVER, IF THEY OPEN THAT UP, IT MIGHT INUNDATE THE CHURCH MORE.
SO HE'S GONNA CHECK THE OTHER END OF THAT DRAINAGE SYSTEM.
IT WILL BE ON THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CHURCH TO CLEAR, CLEAR THAT OUT.
BUT WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM TO OH, WITH THEY AND DDOT TO KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHAT SOLUTIONS CAN BE DONE.
I WILL DOUBLE CHECK TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WE GOT WORDS BACK TO THE CHURCH.
YOU FOLLOW UP ON THAT IF I MAY? YES, SIR.
UM, AFTER THE HEAVY RAINS YESTERDAY AND, UH, THE DAY BEFORE I TOOK SOME PICTURES OF, UH, RIVERS RIVERSDALE ROAD.
AND, UH, COUNTY SHARED ROAD, UM, THE FLOODING IN THAT AREA, AND ACTUALLY THE, UH, DOLLAR FALL DITCH THAT RUNS AROUND COUNTY SHE ROAD IS, UH, SC DOT MAINTAIN.
SO I SENT THE PITCHES AND REQUESTS INTO THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, SO HOPEFULLY YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED UP ON THAT AS WELL AS PINE GROVE ROAD.
ALSO, THE, THE PITCHES AND THE CULVERS NEED TO BE CLEANED UP.
I WILL CHECK PINE GROVE, BUT, UM, COUNTY SHED IS A PERPETUAL ISSUE WITH US, BUT WE ARE WORKING WITH DOT TO DO WHAT WE CAN IN THAT, IN THAT AREA.
MR. PASSMAN, YOU HAD A QUESTION? UH, YES.
ONE SIDE IS BEAUFORD COUNTY, ONE SIDE IS JASPER COUNTY OR HARDY.
UM, SINCE I PICK UP GARBAGE ONCE A MONTH ON ONE 70, I HAVE NOTICED THAT THE BUFORD SIDE IS IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE.
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD, THAT'S HARDY V AND JASPER COUNTY IS IN SERIOUS NEED OF, UH, SOMETHING TO DO WITH CLEANING OUT THE DRAINS THAT ARE CLOGGED BRANCHES, ROCKS, SO ON AND SO FORTH.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE COLLABORATE WITH THE STATE AND OR JASPER COUNTY AND HARDY TO TAKE CARE OF? WE HAVE REGULAR COORDINATION MEETINGS WITH DOT, AND SO YES, WE DO COORDINATE WITH THEM IN THAT WAY.
BUT, UM, AS FAR AS JASPER AND HARVILLE, WE REACH OUT WHEN NECESSARY SO I CAN REACH OUT TO MY STORMWATER CONTACTS AND LET THEM KNOW.
AND, AND THERE'S THE 1 72 78 THAT WAS CLEARLY BLOCKED AGAIN AFTER THE HEAVY RAINS AND WE THOUGHT WE HAD THAT FIXED.
I'LL TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
YOU HAD A FENCE? I BROUGHT SOMETHING UP TO HER AND SHE'S LIKE, WE'RE ALREADY ON IT.
THAT'S WHAT SHE TOLD ME IT ALREADY DOES.
HOW ARE Y'ALL DOING? GOOD, HOW ARE YOU? GOOD.
I I THINK I'VE ASKED EVERYONE HOW THEIR WEEKEND WAS AND EVERYONE HAS BEEN, WE'RE PLAYING WET.
SO, UH, IF THAT, IF THAT SAYS ANYTHING, UM, I'M GONNA MAKE THIS, UH, FAIRLY QUICK.
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MY PRESENTATION.UM, SO, UH, THE FIRST PART BEING, UH, A UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE WITH PROJECTS.
AND THE SECOND PART, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE CAPITAL PROJECTS DASHBOARD, WHICH GOES HAND IN HAND.
SO I THINK THAT EVERYONE HERE IS PROBABLY MOST INTERESTED IN THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.
I KEEP, UH, GETTING QUESTIONS ON THAT.
SO, UH, WE ABOUT MOVING ALONG THE, UH, INTERIOR RENOVATION TO THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS IS PROGRESSING.
UM, THINGS WERE COMING A LITTLE SLOW WITH THE LIGHTING AND, UH, DESIGN IN THERE, BUT SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WE HAD TO MAKE, BUT THEY ARE PROGRESSING AND WE'RE HOPING TO BE IN THERE WITHIN, WITHIN 30 TO 60 DAYS MAX.
UH, SO IT, IT IS PROGRESSING VERY QUICKLY, SO WE'LL, UH, THE, THE TRIM IS, UH, GOING UP, UH, AS WE SPEAK BACK WALL IS UP, SO IT'S, UH, QUITE INTERESTING.
I DIDN'T PROVIDE ANY PICTURES TODAY.
I THOUGHT IT'D BE A NICE SURPRISE ONCE IT GETS STAINED.
SO, BUT, UH, BUT YEAH, SO, UM, THAT'S COMING ALONG GOOD.
UH, THERE ARE SEVERAL PHASES TO THAT THAT'S NOT COMPLETE COMPLETION.
THAT IS, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY TO GET IN THERE ON THE ADMINISTRATION SIDE.
WE STILL HAVE THE MAIN HALL AND PLANNING TO GO TO AFTER THAT.
SO, AND, AND AGAIN, THAT WAS OUR PHASED APPROACH IS TO GET THE ADMINISTRATION SIDE ACTIVE FIRST.
UM, ARTHUR HORN PARKING LOT NEXT TO US HERE.
UH, WE'VE HAD SOME COMPLICATIONS AND THAT WAS A LITTLE DELAYED AS WELL WITH RAIN.
BUT, UH, THAT IS PROGRESSING AND THEY'RE ANTICIPATING, UH, SEPTEMBER 15TH TO SEPTEMBER 18TH IS THE COMPLETION DATE ON THAT.
UH, WE FOUND A LOT OF REMNANTS.
I THINK I'VE UPDATED IN THE PAST OF THE
SO WE HAD, UH, WE HAD QUITE A INTERESTING BIT OF, UM, UH, CHANGES FOR SOME OF THE STRUCTURES THAT WERE THERE.
SO, UH, AGNES MAJOR AND WESLEY FELIX, UH, COMMUNITY CENTERS ARE PROGRESSING.
UM, WE'RE AT 85% ON THE DESIGN.
UH, WE HAVE, THEY HAVE ORDERED THE STRUCTURES, THE STEEL BUILDINGS, AND THAT IS A 16 TO 18 WEEK, UH, PROCESS.
BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE'RE FINISHING UP PERMITING AND, UH, WOULD BEGIN SITE WORK, OF COURSE, BEFORE THE, UH, MATERIALS WOULD, WOULD GET ON SITE.
ACTUALLY, T WASHINGTON COMMUNITY CENTER IS, UH, WE ARE AT THE OUT PHASE WITH THAT.
SO GETTING THE CEO ON IT, IT LOOKS ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC.
MAYBE NEXT MONTH I'LL BRING IN SOME PICTURES.
IT IS A DRASTIC CHANGE AS TO WHAT IT WAS.
SO, UH, A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY CENTER NOW.
UM, CAN'T WAIT TO UNVEIL THAT TO YOU GUYS.
IT IS A DRASTIC CHANGE AND I THINK IS GOING TO BE THE DEFINITE BENEFIT TO THAT COMMUNITY.
UM, I HAD BEEN OUT THERE PRIOR TO THEM SHUTTING IT DOWN AND THE NUMBER OF SENIORS THAT WERE OUT THERE.
UM, I WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZED THAT THE, THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT THEY HAD ATTENDING THE PROGRAMS AND, UM, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE, UH, ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC WHEN WE REOPEN.
AND THAT SHOULD BE WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS HERE.
UH, SCOTT COMMUNITY CENTER IS, UH, NEARING CONSTRUCTION.
WE ARE STILL WORKING, UH, WITH THE CONTRACTOR TO GET STARTED.
OH, NO, IT'S, THAT'S THE SECOND PART.
UH, WE ANTICIPATE THAT GOING, UH, TO CONSTRUCTION AT SCOTT.
WE'VE ALREADY CLEANED IT OUT WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, SO ONCE WE GET THE CONTRACTOR ON SITE, WE'LL, UH, WE'LL BE MOVING.
THAT ONE THAT IS FAIRLY MINOR, SHOULD NOT TAKE TOO LONG.
IT'S $140,000 RENOVATION, MAINLY FLOORING, REMODELING THE KITCHEN, UM, AND REDOING SOME OF THE CEILING TILES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, STATION 39 AT SUN CITY, UH, HAS, IS STILL PROGRESSING.
WE'RE IN THE PERMITTING PHASE.
THE CONSTRUCTION SIGN IS UP THERE AND HOPE THAT, UH, HELPS EVERYONE AND ALLEVIATES ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE HRA MAY HAVE FOR THAT.
SO, PERMITTING IS, THE SIGN IS NOT AT THE LOCATION.
SO PEOPLE ARE LIKE, WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT, SO HERE'S WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO GO.
WHERE DID THEY GO? HERE'S THE GARDENS, HERE'S THE SIGN.
MAYBE SO THEY DON'T DISRUPT WHEN THEY START DOING THE STUFF.
THAT'S SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT.
THEY WANT ME, I WASN'T THERE, UH, WHEN THEY DID THAT, BUT, UH, THEY SPECIFICALLY PUT THE SIGN WHERE THEY DID SO THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO MOVE IT SEVERAL TIMES WHILE THEY'RE DOING LAND DISTURBANCE.
CHARLES LYNN BROWN, UH, COMMUNITY CENTER, UH, THE GYMNASIUM CONVERSION GEN RENOVATION IS FULLY UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW.
THEY'VE BEEN DEMOING THE OLD FLOORS.
EVERYTHING, UH, HAS BEEN DEMOED OUT.
UH, MOVING ALONG VERY QUICKLY.
ALL OF THE MATERIALS, UH, ARE GOING TO BE ON SITE SHORTLY.
THEY'RE GONNA BE INSTALLING THE NEW BASKETBALL GOALS, UH, WITHIN THE NEXT, UH, FEW WEEKS HERE.
AND THEN THE FLOORING WILL GO DOWN ONCE THEY'VE, UH, COMPLETED THAT.
AND THEN THE LAST PART WOULD BE, OF COURSE, THE, UH, THE BLEACHERS I'D LIKE TO SHARE.
UM, MITCH MITCHELL COUNT ON COUNCIL.
HE CALLED ME FRIDAY AND SAID TO TELL EVERYONE THANK YOU THAT'S INVOLVED WITH THAT.
HE'S, HE'S, UM, ECSTATIC AT ALL.
THE CHANGES ARE BEING DONE THERE,
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SO I THINK IT'S GONNA BE ANOTHER FANTASTIC PROJECT.UM, BLUFFTON RECREATION CENTER, UH, CURRENTLY WAITING STILL ON SOME PLANS FROM, UH, IN REGARDS TO THE ELEVATOR.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE KEY COMPONENTS FOR THAT BUILDING REDESIGN.
UM, THEY'VE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH THE ENGINEERING.
THE ENGINEERS ARE WORKING THROUGH TO MAKE SURE THE ELEVATOR SHAFT, UH, IT'S A VERY UNIQUE DESIGN BUILDING AND PUTTING IN AN ELEVATOR.
UH, UH, THERE WAS AN EXISTING SINGLE MANNED ELEVATOR, BUT WIDENING.
SO THEY'RE WORKING WITH THE, UH, ELEVATOR CONTRACTOR TO MAKE SURE ALL OF THAT IS APPROPRIATE.
AND ONCE WE GET THOSE FINALIZED PLANS, THEY'LL BE, UH, READY FOR CONSTRUCTION.
WE'VE GOT, UH, BLUFFTON POOL IS OPEN.
UH, WE WILL UPDATE YOU ON THAT.
THEY'VE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH THE HVAC SYSTEM THAT HAS BEEN REOCCURRING, AND THEY ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE CONTRACTOR TO KEEP UP WITH THAT ON A DAILY BASIS.
UH, THEY BELIEVE IT'S A POWER ISSUE AND THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH IT.
SO THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHERE THE POWER, THE, UH, THE SYSTEM WILL SHUT DOWN.
TYPICALLY DURING ONE OF THESE STORMS, IT'S BEEN KIND OF A, A, A, THE REGULAR.
SO IT'S EITHER A, A FLICKER THAT THEY'RE GETTING AND IT'S CAUSING A SHUTDOWN.
BUT I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THE CONTRACTOR HAS BEEN ON SITE AND THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH IT, UH, WEEKLY.
SO WE WERE IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH PARKS AND REC.
AND IF THERE ARE ANY, ANY ISSUES, AGAIN, WE ARE TYPICALLY THERE WITHIN THE SAME DAY OR NEXT DAY TO GET THE SYSTEM BACK UP AND RUNNING.
AND AGAIN, ONCE THAT IS COMPLETED AND, UH, RESOLVED, WE'LL CERTAINLY GIVE YOU GUYS AN UPDATE NOW, UH, BEAVER COUNTY COURTHOUSE HAS BEGUN DESIGNED, SO THAT'S A, A'S A MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR RENOVATING THE LOBBY AND SEVERAL OF THE FAMILY COURTROOMS OVER THERE.
DESIGN PROCESS JUST KICKED OFF THIS WEEK, AND THAT'S ANTICIPATED TO TAKE ABOUT THREE TO FOUR MONTHS, UH, THROUGH THE DESIGN PROCESS.
AND THEN WE'LL GET IT OUT TO BID, UH, TOWARDS THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR.
ANY QUESTIONS ON PROJECT UPDATES? ANY OTHER MR. CHAIR? UH, QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THE COURTHOUSE RENOVATIONS.
UH, HAS JERRY BEEN KEPT IN THE LOOP? MS. ROSENE, I JUST WANNA SURE.
AND HAS ANY OF THE COURT STAFF BEEN ABLE TO, UM, GIVE THEIR OPINION ABOUT THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE OVER THERE? OR IS IT DESIGN? ABSOLUTELY.
SO REALLY THERE'S, IT'S, IT'S MAINLY A LOT OF THE WOODWORK IS GETTING REFRESHED.
SO IT'S NOT REALLY ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES.
THE FAMILY COURT WOULD, WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME ALTERNATE DESIGNS FOR THE, UH, FOR BASICALLY THE WITNESS STAND.
AND IT'S, IT'S JUST A CRAMPED AREA.
IT'S NOT A DA ACCESSIBLE RIGHT NOW.
IT'S, IT'S REALLY A, A A A, IT'S A HARD DESIGN, BASICALLY, WHERE YOU HAVE SEVERAL STEPS AND THEY'VE HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT HAVE ACTUALLY, UH, TRIPPED GOING UPSTAIRS.
ACTUALLY, I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN IN COURT AND ONE OF MY WITNESSES TRIPPED YES.
SO, BUT YEAH, I, I DEFINITELY MAKE SURE YOU TALK TO THE JUDGES BACK THERE AND THE, AND THE FOLKS THAT USE IT EVERY DAY TO MAKE SURE THE DESIGN PUTS THEIR NEEDS FOR WHAT THEY NEED.
AND, AND MS. JERRY HAS BEEN, UH, ABSOLUTELY, UH, A HUNDRED PERCENT INVOLVED AND YES, SHE IS THE FIRST LINE OF WHERE WE START AND WHERE WE END.
UM, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS I'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU WHAT WE'VE ALSO BEEN WORKING ON, AND THIS WAS PART OF OUR, UH, OUR GOAL AS CAPITAL PROJECTS IS TO GET INFORMATION OUT TO YOU, STAFF AND THE PUBLIC.
AND THIS IS OUR CAPITAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT DASHBOARD THAT IS NOW AVAILABLE ON THE CAPITAL, UH, PROJECT MANAGEMENT PAGE.
THIS IS, UH, THIS IS THE LINK SHOWING, UH, TO THE GIS MAP.
WE HAVE WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE GIS DEPARTMENT OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS TO GET THIS UP AND RUNNING IN A DESIGN THAT IS GOING TO BE SIMPLE TO USE, BUT PROVIDE INFORMATION TO YOU GUYS AND THE PUBLIC FOR ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE WILL BE MANAGING.
UH, AGAIN, OVER ON THE LEFT SIDE, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S, UH, FILTERS THERE AND A LIST OF PROJECTS, UH, IN THE MIDDLE OF COURSE SHOWS MAPPING LOCATION.
AND THEN MOST IMPORTANTLY, ON THE RIGHT SIDE GIVES A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT, UH, THE AMOUNT BUDGETED, EXPENDED AGAIN, AND ALSO UPDATES THAT ARE DONE, UH, EVERY TWO WEEKS TO, LET'S SAY, A MONTH AT, AT THE WORST.
BUT WHAT YOU DO GET TO SEE IS THAT, AND I'M GONNA SHOW YOU HERE, THIS IS, UH, THAT DOWN IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER, YOU CAN SEE THE LATEST UPDATE.
IN OTHER WORDS, IF YOU SEE THE, UH, DATE LAST UPDATED DOWN IN THE CORNER THERE FOR THAT ONE'S EIGHT 11.
AND THAT'S GONNA BE IMPORTANT FOR PRI PROVIDING YOU ACCURATE INFORMATION.
AND WHAT'S NICE ABOUT THIS IS THAT YOU CAN HAVE A GALLERY OF PICTURES FOR, FOR THE PROJECT, UH, PLANS.
UH, THIS IS STATION 39, SO YOU WILL HAVE ACCESS TO ALL OF THIS INFORMATION.
AGAIN, RENDERINGS, FLOOR PLANS,
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THIS IS THE ARTHUR HORN PARKING LOT.SO ANY ACTIVE PROJECT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH, CLICK IN AND IT'LL PULL IT UP AND ALL THE INFO THAT'S CORRECT.
THIS IS, THIS IS A VIEW OF COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
THAT'S JUST A SIDE SHOT THERE GOING INTO THE ECR PURPOSELY HAVE NOT GONE IN THAT BUILDING ONCE SINCE YOU GUYS BROKE.
I WAS GONNA SEE THE WHOLE THING FLIP.
IT'S, IT IS GONNA BE QUITE INTERESTING.
SO IT, IT IS A COMPLETE REDESIGN OF THE, THE DEUS AND THE BACK AREA, AND IT IS GONNA BE CERTAINLY MORE ACCESSIBLE, A LOT MORE SPACE BEHIND YOU GUYS NOW.
THE ENTIRE CURVE WALL HAS BEEN TAKEN OUT.
THE WINDOWS JUST ENJOY THE MOMENT.
I'M NOT GONNA SHOW YOU A PICTURE, BUT IT IT IS, IT IS, IT IS DRASTICALLY DIFFERENT.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WINDOWS AREN'T AT MY BACK.
AND AGAIN, THIS JUST SHOWS WHAT'S IMPORTANT OVER THERE IS AGAIN, UH, THE INFORMATION THAT YOU GUYS WOULD BE LOOKING FOR, AGAIN, THE, THE BUDGETED AMOUNT.
UM, AGAIN, WHETHER IT'S ON TRACK START AND END DATES, UH, CERTAINLY THE PHASE IS VERY IMPORTANT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTANDING THAT UNDERSTANDING PLANNING, DESIGN PERMITTING CAN TAKE QUITE A WHILE.
AND SEEING THAT A, WHERE A PROJECT IS IN THAT PHASE IS VERY IMPORTANT.
AND THIS, UH, AGAIN, CAN BE ACCESSED, UH, THROUGH THE CAPITAL PROJECTS MANAGEMENT WEBPAGE ON BEAUFORT COUNTY.
UH, AND A, A GREAT LINK THAT JOSH RILEY PUT UP FOR US TODAY.
ANY QUESTIONS? NO, JUST QUICKLY.
UH, SO I'LL BE ABLE TO GO IN THERE AND LOOK AT FOR THE, UH, PUBLIC WORKS ROOM AND SEE THE FACE WHERE IT IS RIGHT NOW, AS OF RIGHT THIS MOMENT.
AND I WILL TELL YOU, WE ARE ACTIVELY ADDING PROJECTS.
SO NOT EVERY PROJECT IS UP THERE RIGHT THIS MOMENT.
AND WHAT THIS DOES THOUGH IS THAT THIS DOES FEED INTO OUR PROJECT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE, BUT BECAUSE IT IS A SEPARATE SYSTEM, WE HAVE TO IMPORT THE PROJECTS IN, AND WE ARE DOING THAT ONE AT A TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROJECT STATUS, WE DON'T WANT TO GIVE YOU ANYTHING THAT IS NOT, UH, UP TO DATE.
SO WE ARE ACTIVELY IMPORTING THOSE ALONG WITH THE IMAGES, UH, AS WE SPEAK.
IN FACT, THIS WEEK IS, UH, UH, MY STAFF'S GOAL TO GET ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS UP THERE.
SO TELL ME IF, SO PUBLIC WORKS, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, WE, THERE ARE, UH, SEVERAL OPTIONS ON THE BOARD.
WE ARE STILL BASICALLY IN PLANNING, WE HAVE KIND OF PUT LS THREE P ON HOLD FOR THE MOMENT UNTIL WE HAVE A PLAN TO MOVE FORWARD WITH WHERE, WHAT WE WOULD DO WITH FLEET MANAGEMENT.
SO THAT IS KIND OF THE KEY TO THE WHOLE PROCESS.
UM, WE HAVE GOT TO FIND A SOLUTION THAT WOULD ALLOW FLEET TO MOVE OUT AND NOT INTERRUPT THEIR, UH, OPERATIONS.
AND AGAIN, THERE HAVE BEEN, WE HAVE TASKED, UH, SEVERAL DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
MR. ROBINSON IS, UH, LOOKING FOR SOME SOLUTIONS FOR FLEET MANAGEMENT AS WE SPEAK.
AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF ON HOLD, BUT IN THE PLANNING PHASE.
BUT I CAME COUNSEL, UM, THAT WAS ONE OF THE, UM, CRITICAL NEEDS AT THE TIME IN PUBLIC WORKS.
AND WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME IS NOT AS CRITICAL AS IT'S A CRITICAL PATH, IT'S JUST THAT WE ARE WORKING THROUGH WHERE WE CAN GO WITH IT.
SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO FIND A SOLUTION TO THE FLEET, UH, FACILITY.
AND THERE, THERE ARE SEVERAL ISSUES THAT, THAT INVOLVES.
AGAIN, WE HAVE ONSITE, WE'RE LOOKING AT SEVERAL DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS THAT INCLUDE ONSITE MOVING INTO THE BAYLOR BUILDING, POSSIBLY A SOLUTION THAT COULD INCLUDE, UH, MOVING IT TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION AGAIN.
AND WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT.
MR. ROBINSON MAY BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO A LITTLE MORE AS TO WHAT HE'S BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH.
I WOULD SAY WE, WE WANT TO DEFER THAT TO ANOTHER MEETING.
I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF KIND OF MOVING PARTS ON THAT.
SO THAT'LL BE A MORE FULL DISCUSSION ON WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO WITH PUBLIC WORKS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION ON UPDATE ON THE CAPITAL PROJECTS.
BEFORE WE LET YOU GO, I JUST WANNA GO BACK TO THE AG MAJOR.
WHEN CAN WE ANTICIPATE SHOVEL IN THE GROUND? THERE'S NOTHING ON THE SITE EXCEPT A BASKETBALL COURT AND A PLAYGROUND.
SO, UM, WE ARE, AGAIN, IF YOU, UH, LET ME GIVE YOU A, WE ARE AT 85% ON DESIGN AND WE SHOULD BE WITHIN THE NEXT THREE TO SIX MONTHS LOOKING AT BREAKING GROUND.
THEY'RE GONNA WORK SIMULTANEOUSLY.
THEY WOULD ON, ON BOTH BUILDINGS, BUT AGAIN, WE ARE 16 TO 18 WEEKS OUT BEFORE THE STEEL WOULD EVEN GET ON SITE BEFORE THE, THE STRUCTURE ITSELF.
SO THEY WILL BREAK GROUND PRIOR TO THAT.
BUT I DO NOT HAVE A SCHEDULE FROM THE CONTRACTOR AS SPECIFICALLY HOUSE SOON BEFORE THAT THEY WOULD
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START.AND WE'RE A YEAR, ONCE THAT HAPPENS, WE ARE APPROXIMATELY A YEAR OUT FROM CONSTRUCTION.
ANTICIPATED COMPLETION IS SEPTEMBER OF NEXT YEAR, IS WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT FOR TOTAL COMPLETION.
MR. CHAIRMAN, DON'T LOOK AT ME.
ANIMAL SERVICES, WE'RE PUTTING TURF.
I THOUGHT TURF AND DOGS DON'T ARTIFICIAL TURF AND DOGS DON'T MIX AS FAR AS SMELL.
IT DOES THIS ONE PARTICULAR, YEAH.
SO THEY HAVE ARTIFICIAL TURF THAT IS RATED FOR ANIMALS THAT ALLOWS THE, UH, URINE TO PASS THROUGH AND IT MAKES IT ALSO EASIER TO PICK UP THE MESSES AS WELL.
ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT THEY'VE BEEN HAVING WITH ANIMAL CONTROL OUT THERE IS THEY ACTUALLY HAVE ROCKS IN THE, THE PLAY YARDS.
SOME OF THE ANIMALS HAVE BEEN EATING THE ROCKS.
SO, YOU KNOW, I IF YOU HAVE, IF YOU'VE HAD ANY GOLDEN RETRIEVERS OR ANY ANIMALS THAT, THAT, THAT LIKE TO PICK UP SMALL OBJECTS MM-HMM
SO THEY'VE BEEN EATING THE ROCKS AND THEY'VE HAD TO HAVE SURGERY TO REMOVE THE ROCKS.
HOW MEAN MY DOG? SO, UM, IT IS, IT IS AN INTERESTING, UH, WHEN, WHEN I HEARD IT MYSELF, I WAS, I, I HAD SOME CONCERNS, BUT IT IS ACTUALLY A VERY, UH, GOOD PROCESS.
WE MET WITH THE CONTRACTOR THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO USE AND AROUND THE EDGES, IT IS ALL BASICALLY NAILED DOWN SO THAT THEY CAN'T PULL UP THE TURF OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
UH, I THINK IT'S A MUCH BETTER SOLUTION THAN WHAT IS THERE.
IF I COULD SHOW YOU SOME, SOME PICTURES.
BASICALLY THEY HAVE ACTUALLY DUG OUT THE ROCKS IN AREAS AND ACTUALLY MADE HOLES UNDER THE FENCE.
AND IT'S, UH, THAT WILL BE PREVENTED WITH THIS.
SO THEY'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT GETTING THAT INSTALLED AND IT'S GONNA BE A, A, A MUCH BETTER SOLUTION THAN THE ROCKS.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, SIR.
UM, CHUCK, ANYTHING FOR PUBLIC WORKS? NO, SIR.
WE WILL MOVE ON TO, UH, THE PALMETTO BREEZE UPDATE THEN.
MR. SULLIVAN, HOW ARE YOU? GOOD, THANK YOU.
I WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR, UH, GIVING US A LITTLE BIT OF TIME HERE.
I'M HOPING IT'S A REGULAR THING.
UM, WE NEED TO COMMUNICATE MORE WITH ALL NINE OF OUR PARTNERS.
AND BEAUFORT COUNTY IS BY FAR THE LARGEST, AND SO WE HAVE PRIORITIZED STAYING IN TOUCH WITH THE COUNTY, AND I'M HOPING THAT THIS COMMITTEE IS A GREAT WAY TO DO THAT.
SO IF IT PLEASES THE, UH, COMMITTEE, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A FEW MINUTES ON EVERY AGENDA.
COME HERE AND GIVE THIS BASIC KIND OF OUTLINE OF AN UPDATE.
IF YOU GUYS SEE SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE US TO REPORT ON, PLEASE DO.
WE, UH, WE RELY VERY HEAVILY ON, ON THE COUNTY AND OUR PARTNERSHIP HERE.
UM, SO I DIVIDED MY REPORT BASICALLY BY SOME KIND OF MAJOR CATEGORIES.
OBVIOUSLY, IF WE DON'T HAVE RIDERS, IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER WHAT WE'RE DOING.
UM, OUR COMMUTER SERVICES, UH, VERY STRONG SEASONAL RIDERSHIP.
IT'S THE STRONGEST I'VE SEEN IN ABOUT FOUR YEARS.
SO POST COVID, I THINK THIS IS OUR HIGHEST RIDERSHIP NUMBERS.
A LOT OF THOSE ARE COMING OUT OF HAMPTON AND ALLENDALE COUNTIES INTO BEAUFORT COUNTY.
THE, UH, DEMAND RESPONSE SERVICES AND THE COORDINATED SERVICES, THEY ARE STRAPPED.
WE HAVE FAR MORE REQUESTS FOR THOSE ON DEMAND SERVICES THAN WE CAN FULFILL.
SO WE PRIORITIZE WITH MEDICAL.
UM, AND THEN WE NEXT LEVEL IS, UH, GROCERY.
AND THE THIRD LEVEL IS, UH, TO WORK TWO AND FROM WORK.
UM, SO THERE'S A HUGE GROWING DEMAND FOR THAT.
UH, ARB TROLLEY, THE SEASONAL SERVICE IN HILTON HEAD STARTED OFF AWESOME.
UH, APRIL WAS VERY, VERY STRONG.
MAY WAS PRETTY MUCH ON ON PAR.
I SUSPECT PART OF ITS WEATHER, PART OF IT IS, UH, A LOWER OCCUPANCY IN HILTON HEAD.
I'VE NOT, I CAN'T GET MY FINGER AROUND IT OR HANDS AROUND IT JUST YET.
UM, WE, WE SHOULD BE BASICALLY ON PAR WITH, UH, THE SAME RIDERSHIP THERE AS LAST YEAR.
UM, OUR BLUFF AND BREEZE WEEKDAY SERVICE IS IMPROVING SLOWLY.
UM, IT IS NOT AS FAST AS WE WISH IT WOULD, BUT WE ARE SEEING MORE AND MORE FOLKS RELY ON THAT ON A DAILY BASIS.
AND THEN STARTING TOMORROW, YOU'LL START SEEING THE USCB SAND SHARK SHUTTLE, WHICH WE HAVE UNDER A SEPARATE CONTRACT AGREEMENT WITH THE UNIVERSITY.
SO THAT THIS YEAR HAS SOME PRETTY LATE NIGHT ACTUALLY FOR US SERVICE INTO ABOUT 10 30, UM, COMING BACK FROM BLUFFTON OVER TO BUFORT ON TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS.
SO WE'RE GONNA SEE HOW THAT WORKS OUT WITH THE UNIVERSITY.
ON THE SAFETY SIDE, MOST IMPORTANT THING WE REPORT ON.
AND, UH, OUR PERFORMANCE IS VERY STRONG.
IT'S A VERY, I'VE BEEN IN TRANSIT SINCE THE 1990S AND I BELIEVE IT WOULD BE THE ENVY OF A LOT OF TRANSIT AUTHORITIES.
UM, WERE PREPARED FOR THE HURRICANE SEASON.
WE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH THE EOC.
UM, WE, UH, EVEN CONDUCTED IN IN-HOUSE DRILL IN JUNE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PHONE SYSTEMS,
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WE'VE HAD TURNOVER, MAKE SURE THAT I, AS THE NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR KNOW WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING.AND, UH, THAT DRILL, IT ACTUALLY WAS KIND OF A TWO DAY DRILL BECAUSE IT TOOK A LITTLE LONGER THAN WE THOUGHT, BUT I'M VERY GLAD THAT WE DID THAT.
IT IDENTIFIED A FEW THINGS WE NEEDED TO DO BETTER, UH, FROM A PLANNING AND GROWTH STANDPOINT.
I KNOW A LOT OF YOU HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH, UH, STAKEHOLDER SUPPORT AND INPUT TO OUR NORTHERN BEAUFORT COUNTY TRANSIT MASTER PLAN.
UH,
AND, UH, WE'RE ABOUT 75%, MAYBE 80% THROUGH LAST WEEK.
WE WERE TESTING SOME OF THE, THE PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE ROUTES IN BUFORD AND PORT ROYAL.
UM, EXPECT COMPLETION SOMETIME IN OCTOBER.
LIKELY RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE FIXED ROUTE SERVICES.
UH, THE COMPLIMENTARY A DA PARA TRANSIT THAT COMES WITH THAT, WHICH I THINK WILL BE VERY, VERY BUSY.
AS WELL AS SOME MICRO TRANSIT ZONES, WHICH WE'LL EXPLAIN FURTHER.
THAT'S ALMOST ITS OWN MEETING, UM, ONE TO THE NORTH AND WEST AND ONE OVER TO THE EAST TO THE ISLANDS.
UM, AND BASICALLY HOW FAST WE COULD IMPLEMENT THOSE NEW PLANS RELIES ON FUNDING.
SO THE COUNTY, CITY OF BEAUFORT, TOWN OF PORT ROYAL, UM, WE ARE ALSO SEEING, HAVE SEEN, HAVE SEEN IT FOR QUITE SOME TIME INCREASING DEMAND FOR MORE FREQUENT CONNECTIONS BETWEEN NOW HARDY BUILD BLUFF AND HILTON HEAD AND BACK.
SO, UM, I THINK THAT'S ONE OF OUR NEXT GROWTH AREAS THAT WE'LL BE LOOKING VERY CLOSELY AT.
OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGES BY FAR FUNDING, UM, ARE REVENUE.
WE STILL HAVE A DEFICIENCY ON REVENUE FOR FISCAL 26 THAT OUR BOARD WILL BE ADDRESSING AT A SPECIAL CALL MEETING ON TUESDAY.
SO WE ARE WORKING DILIGENTLY TO FIND THE REMAINING REVENUE WE NEED TO COVER CURRENT EXPENSES, MEANING CURRENT SERVICES, THE EXPENSES TO OPERATE THOSE EXPENSES HAVE GONE OUT DRAMATICALLY.
UM, BUT OUR SUPPORT FROM THE STATE AND, UH, THE FEDERAL, FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION HAS KIND OF STAYED STEADY.
SO THAT BASICALLY RESULTS IN A GAP ON THE LOCAL SIDE.
SO, UM, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT FOR FISCAL 26.
WE THEN, MOST IMPORTANTLY, SETTING THE STAGE FOR ANYTHING THAT WE WOULD WANT TO ADD IN TERMS OF GROWTH, ESPECIALLY HERE UP IN NORTHERN BUFORT COUNTY FOR FISCAL 27.
UM, ANOTHER, IT SOUNDS A LITTLE MINUTE, BUT IT'S NOT TO US.
UM, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO RECRUIT FOR SKILLED MECHANICS.
IT'S TOO EXPENSIVE TO LIVE NEAR OUR FACILITY IN BLUFFTON.
UM, WE'VE ALREADY RAISED OUR WAGE SCALES TWICE IN THE LAST NINE MONTHS.
UM, IT'S HARD TO RECRUIT AND IT'S HARD TO, UM, RETAIN THEM.
UM, BUT, AND ON A MORE POSITIVE NOTE, UH, SOME OF OUR RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
SO WE ACHIEVED, UH, MANY YEARS IN A ROW NOW, THE, UH, GFOA CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE.
I, MYSELF WAS ELECTED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE TRANSIT ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH CAROLINA, WHICH WE ACTUALLY HAVE OUR MEETING TOMORROW UP IN MYRTLE BEACH.
UH, WE HAVE OUR ANNUAL MEETING THIS WEEK.
AND, UM, WE HAVE A YOUNG DRIVER, HE WAS 18, NOW, HE'S 19, WHO, UM, ACHIEVED HIS CDL.
WE ASSISTED HIM AS DID THE JASPER COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, ASSISTED HIM WITH GETTING THE TRAINING AND THE EXPERIENCE HE NEEDED.
UM, IT'S VERY UNHEARD OF TO GET YOUR CDL AT 18 AND THE PASSENGER ENDORSEMENT THAT WE REQUIRE.
UM, HE WAS RECOGNIZED WITH AN ARTICLE, A FEATURE STORY IN THE ISLAND PACKET, THAT ISLAND PACKET ARTICLE GOT THE ATTENTION OF CONGRESSWOMAN NANCY MACE.
AND OUT OF THE BLUE, HE GOT A LETTER FROM THE CONGRESSWOMAN.
IN FACT, WEDNESDAY, HE WILL BE HONORED AT OUR STATE ASSOCIATION AS THE BUS OPERATOR OF THE YEAR.
SO WE ARE VERY, VERY PROUD OF THAT.
AND I, I, TO ME, IT'S MOSTLY ABOUT INSPIRING YOUTH, RIGHT? YOUTH TO TAKE A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT CAREER PATH THAN YOU HEAR ALL THE TIME ABOUT GOING TO COLLEGE AND GETTING THAT FOUR YEAR DEGREE.
SO, UH, WE'RE VERY EXCITED FOR DEONTAY.
HE'S A WONDERFUL MAN AND, UH, CAN'T WAIT TO HAVE THE ENTIRE STATE ASSOCIATION RECOGNIZE HIM ON WEDNESDAY, AS WELL AS ONE OF OUR OTHER EMPLOYEES, LONG-TERM DISPATCHER, GAIL MC TIER.
SHE'S BEING, UH, RECOGNIZED FOR EXCELLENCE IN SUPPORT STAFF.
SO WE HAVE TWO AWARD WINNERS AT OUR STATE ASSOCIATION.
SO WE'LL HAVE MORE TO TALK ABOUT THAT ON WEDNESDAY.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN UP TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? OH, I HAVE A QUESTION.
WHEN DO YOU THINK THE LOW CO, UM, REPORT WILL BE FINALIZED? SO I THINK OCTOBER, THERE'S ANOTHER ROUND OF PUBLIC COMMENT, RIGHT? SO YOU'LL BE SEEING SOME OF THAT MM-HMM
UM, WHICH IS BASICALLY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE PREFERRED ALTERNATIVES.
AND WE WANNA HEAR, BECAUSE THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS AND WE SEE WHAT WE SEE THAT YOU ALL SEE WHAT YOU SEE, RIGHT.
SO PLEASE, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO COMMENT ON THOSE, ON, ON THOSE PLANS.
UM, CAN YOU BALLPARK, IF YOU DON'T MIND, WHAT THE SHORTFALL MAY BE ARE IN THE FUNDING? WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS WE, WE BUILT OUR ORIGINAL BUDGET
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AS IS.SO LOOKING AT THE REAL TRUE EXPENSES THAT WAS IN MAY, PRESENTED TO THE BOARD.
AND WE ACTUALLY HAD STAFF ASK THEM NOT TO APPROVE IT AS WE NORMALLY WOULD BECAUSE WE KNEW IT WAS WAY TOO HIGH.
BUT WE WANTED TO PRESENT IT TO THEM AT THAT, IN THAT FUNCTION, IN THAT MANNER, BECAUSE WE WANTED THEM TO SEE REALLY THE DRAMATIC INCREASE IN, IN OUR COSTS.
SO WHAT WE'VE DONE SINCE THEN AND WAS PRESENTED LAST, UH, JULY 30TH AT OUR MOST RECENT REGULAR BOARD MEETING, WAS A BUDGET THAT WHERE WE GOT MORE AGGRESSIVE WITH OUR ASSUMPTIONS.
WE DON'T LIKE GETTING AGGRESSIVE WITH FUEL, FOR EXAMPLE.
'CAUSE ONE THING GOES WRONG AND YOUR FUEL'S OUTTA WHACK AND WE CAN'T STOP USING FUEL.
UM, UH, DEFERRED MAINTENANCE CAUSES OVERTIME, CAUSES ALL SORTS OF RIPPLE EFFECTS, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
SO THE VARIABLES, WE'RE MONITORING THE HECK OUTTA THE VARIABLES WHILE WE'RE ON A CONTINUING BUDGET ANYWAY.
WE PRESENTED TO THEM A BUDGET THAT BROUGHT THAT DEFICIT DOWN TO $360,000.
UM, IF WE CANNOT, UM, FIND THAT MONEY, THE BOARD AT SOME POINT, WHETHER IT'S HERE IN AUGUST OR AT OUR SEPTEMBER MEETING OR ANOTHER SPECIAL MEETING, UM, WE WILL HAVE TO START TALKING ABOUT SERVICE REDUCTIONS.
IT BASICALLY IS WHAT TRANSIT AUTHORITIES HAVE TO DO WHEN THEIR EXPENSES EXCEED THEIR REVENUE.
AND LAST, LAST THING GOING OFF THAT, UM, YOU MENTIONED MECHANICS.
DO YOU HAVE YOUR OWN REPAIR FACILITY, MAINTENANCE SHOP? WE DO.
OR ARE YOU USING OUR FLEET SERVICE? WE DO.
I KNOW THAT YOU ALL TOOK ACTION TO ALLOW INSOURCING, I CALL IT INSOURCING.
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA PURSUE THAT.
UM, WE'RE GONNA PURSUE EVERY ANGLE WE CAN TO, TO DO THAT.
OUR, THE ISSUE WITH OUR FACILITY IS THAT WE ARE IN BLUFFTON, NOT FAR FROM THE REC CENTER.
AND UH, THE FUEL ISLAND, FUEL ISLAND, THERE WERE RIGHT THERE CO-LOCATED.
IT WAS VERY CONVENIENT, BUT COST OF LIVING THERE, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT.
UM, I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS IF NOBODY ELSE DOES.
WELL, UM, YOU KEPT SAYING THINGS WERE GROWING, THINGS WERE IMPROVING, BUT WE DIDN'T ACTUALLY GET ANY NUMBERS.
SO HOW MANY, I GUESS, YEAH, MY BIG, MY BIGGEST QUESTIONS I'M GONNA ASK IS HOW MANY TRIPS YEAH.
HAVE WE TAKEN AND HOW MANY RIDERS TOTAL HAVE IT BEEN? THE AVERAGE NUMBER THAT WE USE FOR TOTAL, TOTAL TRIPS, ALL TRIPS COMBINED IS ABOUT 220,000 ANNUALLY.
UM, WE REPORT RIDERSHIP AT OUR BIANNUAL MEETINGS.
SO OUR, OUR BOARD PACKETS HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
UM, AND WE CAN SHARE, OBVIOUSLY IT'S ALL PUBLIC INFORMATION, WE CAN SHARE ALL THAT.
AND SO WE CAN, WE CAN GIVE YOU ANY PERMUTATION OF DATA, AT LEAST IN MONTHLY INCREMENTS THAT YOU WANT.
WE DON'T DO IT BY STOP, WHICH I WISH WE DID MAYBE SOMEDAY, BUT AT LEAST BY ROUTE AND BY TYPE OF SERVICE WE CAN DO THIS BREAKDOWN.
SO DO WE KNOW HOW MANY RIDES SO FAR THIS YEAR? UH, OR HOW MANY TRIPS SO FAR THIS YEAR? SO WE CAN, OR CALENDAR? I CAN GET YOU, I'LL TAKE EITHER ONE.
I CAN GET YOU ANYTHING THROUGH THE END OF JULY.
UM, YEAH, I THINK THAT WOULD BE NICE.
I MEAN, THE BIGGEST QUESTION IS WHAT ARE WE SPENDING PER RIDER? YEAH.
OUR DEMAND RESPONSE TRIPS ARE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE EXPENSIVE THAN OTHER TRIPS BECAUSE OF THE, IT'S MORE OF A ONE-ON-ONE OR TWO-ON-ONE TYPE SERVICE.
SO, SO PER PASSENGER, THOSE COSTS ARE, AND THAT'S TRUE ACROSS THE INDUSTRY.
YOU WANT MORE PEOPLE TO RIDE YOUR FIXED ROUTE SERVICES.
YOUR ANYTHING YOU CAN COORDINATE AND SHARE RIDES.
IT BRINGS THOSE OPERATING COSTS DOWN.
UH, SO I GUESS THAT WOULD BE MY ONLY THING IF WE COULD GET THOSE NUMBERS FROM LAST YEAR COMPARED TO THIS YEAR.
UM, AND WHAT IS OUR COST THAT WE PAID CURRENTLY? UH, THE COMMITMENT FOR FISCAL 26 IS ROUGHLY ABOUT $717,000.
THAT'S THE SAME COMMITMENT AS FISCAL 25.
DID EVERY, DID ALBANY MUNICIPALITIES MEET THEIR SAME, UH, AMOUNT FROM 2020? TECHNICALLY NO.
UH, ALLENDALE COUNTY ACTUALLY DROPPED ABOUT 11,000.
BUT THE REASON FOR THAT IS, IS SEPARATE.
THIS KIND OF ODD RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR COUNTY OFFICE ON AGING, WHERE WE WERE REQUESTING AN ADDITIONAL $11,000 FROM THEM AND THEN ESSENTIALLY PAYING THEM THAT 11,000 BACK, IT REALLY MADE ZERO SENSE.
SO WE ENDED THAT AT THE END OF THE LAST FISCAL YEAR.
SO AS A RESULT OF THAT, WE REDUCED OUR REQUEST TO THEM TO COME DOWN $11,000.
I WAS TALKING ABOUT ARGUING MUNICIPALITIES LAST COUNTY.
UH, BEAUFORT, CITY OF BEAUFORT, TOWN OF PORT ROYAL ARE BRAND NEW PARTNERS FOR THE NORTHERN BEAUFORT, UM, AREA.
THE ONLY THING WE ASKED FOR FROM THE TWO OF THEM, AS WELL AS THE COUNTY, WAS MONIES TO MATCH A CAPITAL GRANT.
'CAUSE WE ARE NOT READY TO OPERATE YET, BUT WE KNOW WE'RE GONNA NEED VEHICLES.
SO WE WANTED TO START THE BALL ROLLING WITH CAPITAL MONIES IN A SEPARATE ACCOUNT WHERE ONCE
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WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE ROLLING, WE COULD START TO ORDER THEM WITH CONFIDENCE THAT WE HAVE THAT MONEY.THE CITY AND THE TOWN BOTH AGREED A HUNDRED PERCENT OF WHAT WE ASKED FOR.
UM, AND SO WE'LL, AND WE'RE CARVING OUT OF THE COUNTY'S PORTION THAT SEVEN 17, ABOUT 105 OF THAT GOES TOWARD A NEW SERVICE AREA TO, TO ACQUIRE CAPITAL.
UM, TOWN OF HILTON HEAD AND TOWN OF BLUFFTON BOTH INCREASED SIGNIFICANT PERCENTAGES INCREASED BASED ON OUR NEED.
SO KU TO THEM, THEY CAME TO THE TABLE.
IT WASN'T, NEITHER ONE WAS EXACTLY WHAT WE ASKED, BUT IT WAS A LOT MORE.
SO IT GAVE US MORE CLARITY AS WE WENT TO REWORK THE BUDGET.
WE KIND OF KNEW WHAT WE WERE PLAYING WITH OUR REVENUE.
EX ANTICIPATED REVENUE EXPECTATIONS ARE VERY CHALLENGING BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT FEDERAL GRANT MONIES THAT ARE, THE FEDERAL GRANT MONIES ARE TIMED OCTOBER TO SEPTEMBER.
YOU'VE GOT STATE THAT'S TIMED LIKE OURS, SAME FISCAL CALENDAR AS THE COUNTY AND US.
UM, AND WE'RE BEHOLDEN TO NINE NILE, NINE PARTNERS FOR OUR LOCAL MATCH PORTIONS AND YOU ALL.
AND THE, AND THOSE OTHERS ARE ALL DECIDING THEIR BUDGET AT THE SAME TIME AS WE ARE.
SO WE REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR LOCAL MATCH MONIES LOOK LIKE UNTIL THE END OF JUNE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ALRIGHT, NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO SOME OF OUR ACTION ITEMS HERE.
ITEM NUMBER ONE, RECOMMENDED CONTRACT AWARD TO WOOD AND PARTNERS FOR PLANNING, PERMITTING AND CONSTRUCTION OVERSIGHT OF BERMUDA ULA.
AND WHO ARE YOU MR. CHAIRMAN? THERE IS A MOTION IF I COULD THAT WOULD BE AWESOME.
THANK YOU MR. CHAIR COMMITTEE.
UH, TODAY I AM HERE TO PRESENT A CONTRACT AWARD TO WOODEN PARTNERS FOR PLANNING, PERMITTING AND CONSTRUCTION OVERSIGHT SERVICES AT BERMUDA BLUFF.
THE NEGOTIATED FEE WAS $236,850.
THIS IS AN ALL ENCOMPASSING FEE.
SO INSTEAD OF BREAKING OUT THE PLANNING, THE PERMITTING AND THE CONSTRUCTION OVERSIGHT, IT'S ALL ONE, UM, WHICH IS GONNA BE A DESIGN BID BUILD PROJECT.
UH, THE REASON WE ARE DOING THAT IS BECAUSE BERMUDA BLUFF WAS AWARDED, UH, WELL COUNTY COUNCIL APPROVED IN DECEMBER OF 2024, THE LOCAL AT TAX GRANT FOR $650,000 FOR CONSTRUCTION OF BERMUDA BLUFF IMPROVEMENTS.
AND SO THAT, UM, AH, TAX LOCAL AH, TAX AWARD COMES WITH A TWO YEAR TIME LIMIT.
SO, UM, IT IS GONNA BE A, UH, CONDENSED PLANNING PERIOD OF TIME.
WE DO HAVE THAT MONEY IN THE LOCAL A, A CHECKS GRANT APPLICATION OR, UH, APPROVED APPLICATION FOR CONSTRUCTION ONLY.
AND THE APPLICATION ITSELF STATED THAT THE PLANNING WOULD COME FROM THE PASSIVE PARKS CAPITAL FUND.
AND SO THAT'S WHY THE FUND 4 5 0 2 WILL PAY FOR THE WOODEN PARTNERS CONTRACT.
AND THEN WHEN WE BID THE PROJECT FOR CONSTRUCTION, THEN THE AH TAX GRANT GOES SOLELY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT.
UM, AND I THINK I HIT ALL THE KEY POINTS UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? I I HAVE ONE.
YOUR, DID YOU LOOK, UM, I, I NOTICED I WENT BACK.
THE PURCHASE WAS ACTUALLY ABOUT 20 ACRES, RIGHT? FOR THE PROPERTY? YES.
SO THE COUNTY ALREADY OWNED ONE ACRE OF THE BLUFF ITSELF, WHICH WAS JUST A BLUFF FISHING POINT.
AND SO WHEN WE PURCHASED THE APPROXIMATE 20 TO 22 ACRES SURROUNDING IT, UM, I JUST THOUGHT IT'D BE A GOOD IDEA TO ENCOMPASS IT ALL TOGETHER AND MAKE THE ACCESS MORE, UM, THE ACCESS ROAD MORE ACCESSIBLE.
THERE'S SOME DIPS THAT HOLD WATER, UM, DO SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO THE BANK TO SHORE UP THE BANK SO IT STOPS ERODING INTO THE ROAD.
UM, IMPROVE SOME PARKING, PUT A PORTA-POTTY OUT THERE, A COUPLE PICNIC TABLES, A SMALL TRAIL, JUST SOME BASIC STUFF.
WE WILL HAVE A, UM, MEETING ON SITE WHEN WE COME UP WITH A DRAFT PLAN AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A A, A PUBLIC WORKSHOP ON PROPERTY TO GET INPUT AND FEEDBACK.
AND I GUESS, I GUESS MY QUESTION, THIS CONTRACT COVERS FIVE ACRES OF THAT 20, RIGHT? IS IS THERE A PLAN FOR THE ADDITIONAL 15 ACRES OR IS THAT BEING LEFT? IT IS BEING LEFT OPEN SPACE.
THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A TITLE INFLUENCE THAT SEPARATES THEM INTO A COUPLE DIFFERENT ISLANDS.
AND SO THE ONE THAT'S GONNA BE THE MOST ACCESSIBLE IS, UM, THE FOUR ACRES RIGHT UP AGAINST THE EXISTING WATER.
UM, 'CAUSE IT WAS, I THOUGHT IT WAS MORE ACREAGE THAN THE FIVE ACRES.
BUT, UM, I, I DO AGREE THAT, UM, LEAVING THAT REMAINING 18 ACRES OR SO ALONG, LET'S JUST GOING TO ENHANCE THAT AREA AND STILL COMPETE WITH WILDLIFE.
CAN THIS BE, UH, APPROVED WITH NO OBJECTION? MM-HMM
RECOMMEND APPROVAL I TO APPROVE TBE WORK AUTHORIZATION 2119 DASH 25 0 1 FOR BEAUFORT EXECUTIVE
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AIRPORT, PARTIAL PARALLEL TAXI WAY.JOHN, WE CAN SPEND SOME TIME TOGETHER, HAVE A MOTION SHORT TIME.
I WON'T HIT YOU WITH A 16 OR WHATEVER WE DID LAST TIME.
WE DID, BUT THESE ARE ALL FALL OUT OF THOSE EARLIER ONES.
SOME OF THOSE GRANTS ARE COMING IN NOW FROM THE FAA AND SO NOW WE'RE READY TO EXECUTE THE WORK AUTHORIZATION SO WE CAN ACTUALLY DO THE WORK OUT THERE.
SO THIS ONE IS THE DESIGN AND BIDDING, UH, FOR THAT PARTIAL PARALLEL TAX AWAY SAFETY PROJECT OUT OF BEAUFORT EXECUTIVE.
THAT GRANT IS SCHEDULED TO COME IN IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
SO WE'D ASK YOU TO APPROVE THIS CONTINGENT UPON RECEIPT OF THAT FEDERAL GRANT.
UM, BUT IT IS, UH, AS IT STATES ON HERE, IT'S, IT'S FUNDED BY THAT GRANT.
UM, THERE IS A SMALL LOCAL PORTION WE'VE GOT FUNDED AND THEN THERE'S THE STATE GRANT THAT WE RECEIVED, UH, A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO AS WELL.
JOHN, I THINK THERE'S TWO OR THREE THAT THAT'S THE CASE, RIGHT? UH, THE GRANTS ARE COMING, SUPPOSED TO BE COMING IN THIS WEEK.
THERE ARE TWO, THIS AND ONE OTHER, THIS AND ONE OTHER.
AND THEN WE STILL HAVE TO GO TO COUNTY COUNCIL.
SO THIS JUST KEEPS THE BALL ROLLING.
JUST LIKE, I MEAN THE GRANTS BEFORE THE GRANTS CAME IN LAST MONTH.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANY OBJECTION? AND I SEE NO OBJECTION.
MOVE ON TO C RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE WORK AUTHORIZATION TO TVE FOR CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION AT THE HILTON HEAD ISLAND AIRPORT FOR THE AIRFIELD DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS.
I MAKE THE MOTION SECOND SECONDED AS WELL.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE BREAKDOWN OF THIS IS PAID FOR OUT OF GRANTS.
IS THIS THE SECOND ONE THAT WE'RE WAITING ON? THIS ONE? WE'VE GOT THE GRANTS IN PLACE.
AND, UM, SO YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND PROVE THIS AND WE'LL GET TO WORK.
AND THIS, IT IS GONNA BE A DRAINAGE ACTUALLY ON THE AIRFIELD ITSELF.
SO WHAT HAPPENED HERE IS THE, UM, THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE AIRPORT CHANGED.
SO THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM IS IN PLACE, BUT IT PREVIOUSLY WAS LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE RUNWAY SAFETY AREA.
IT'S NOW WITHIN THE RUNWAY SAFETY AREA.
NOW THE STANDARDS HAVE CHANGED.
SO WE'RE GOING IN AND RETROFITTING DRAINAGE STRUCTURES THAT WE HAVE, BEEFING THEM UP AND UH, THAT'S WHAT THIS PROJECT IS FOR.
I'M GLAD THEY'RE THE ONES PAYING FOR THIS THEN.
ANY, UH, OBJECTION FOR THIS APPROVAL? JUST A QUICK QUESTION.
UM, SIR, BECAUSE YOU TALKING ABOUT IMPROVING THE DRAINAGE, UH, WHAT KIND OF IMPACT IS, IS THE FLOODS HAVING ON WHAT WE RUN WITH ALL THESE? NONE.
SO JUST OUTTA CURIOSITY, JUST MY OWN MINDSET, UM, THE REQUIREMENTS IS THAT SET BY THE FFA FOR THE DRAINAGE? YEAH, WE MEET ALL LOCAL REQUIREMENTS.
SO ALL THE STORMWATER REQUIREMENTS ARE LOCAL REQUIREMENTS, THE STRUCTURAL REQUIREMENTS HERE AND THE, THE, YOU KNOW, GEOMETRY OF THE AIRPORT AND, AND THOSE SAFETY COMPLIANCE STANDARDS ARE BY THE FAA.
SO THEY REQUIRE IT AND THEN THEY FUND IT.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS JUST ABOUT TO ASK.
CAN THIS BE DONE WITH NO OBJECTION.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO RECOMMENDATION AND APPROVAL WORK AUTHORIZATION FOR TBE TO PREPARE THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FOR TAXIWAY F RUNWAY OBJECT FREE AREA PROJECT AT HILTON HEAD ISLAND AIRPORT $322,192 AND 21 CENTS.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO PUT THIS ON THE FLOOR? I MAKE THE MOTION FOR THIS TAB AND A SECOND.
AND YOU CAN ALSO SEE THAT BREAKDOWN, WHICH BY THE WAY, TO OUR BACK OFFICE STAFF.
I LOVE THE WAY YOU GUYS BREAK THAT DOWN.
SO THIS IS THE SECOND ONE THAT WE WOULD APPROVE CONTINGENT UPON RECEIPT OF THAT GRANT.
THIS GRANT IS DUE IN EARLY SEPTEMBER IS WHAT, UH, OUR A DO MANAGER IS TELLING US.
IT'S JUST THE WAY THE FED'S RELEASING FROM WASHINGTON AND THEN DOWN TO ATLANTA AND THEN DOWN TO US.
SO, UH, WE DO ANTICIPATE THIS COMING IN, BUT THIS IS TO COVER THE NEPA DOCUMENTS.
EVERY PROJECT WITH FEDERAL FUNDING HAS TO HAVE THE REQUIRED NEPA DOCUMENTS COMPLETED.
AND THAT'S WHAT THIS FUNDS IS THAT PLANNING PORTION PRIOR TO EXECUTING A PROJECT.
AND THIS IS FUNDED FULLY BY GRANTS OR THE STATE.
FUNDS IN THE STATE THAT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THIS ONE? KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF THESE IN THE LAST MEETINGS.
THIS CAN BE APPROVED WITH NO OBJECTION AND I SEE NO OBJECTION.
I'M TO E RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT THE SOUTH CAROLINA AVIATION COMMISSION GRANT FOR HILTON ISLAND AIRPORT ADMINISTRATION BUILDING CONCEPTUAL DESIGN.
A MOTION I PUT THIS ON THE FLOOR.
THIS IS A, UH, AS IT STATE'S A CONCEPTUAL DESIGN PHASE FOR A NEW ADMINISTRATION FACILITY AT THE, UH, AT THE AIRPORT ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND.
IT'S FUNDED A HUNDRED PERCENT BY MONIES
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THAT WE RECEIVE FROM THE STATE EACH YEAR AS A COMMERCIAL AIRPORT.AND THIS WILL GET US, YOU KNOW, THROUGH A CONCEPT DESIGN.
AND, UM, BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS CONSOLIDATE WHERE ALL OF OUR, MOST OF OUR STAFF IS LOCATED AT HILTON HEAD.
WE'RE KIND OF FARMED OUT AND SOME OF YOU HAVE SEEN SOME OF OUR OFFICE FACILITIES DOWN THERE.
SO WE NEED TO IMPROVE THINGS AND, AND, UH, PUT EVERYBODY OUTSIDE.
THIS WILL TAKE US OUTSIDE THE FENCE AS WELL.
SO IT'LL BE, UM, KIND OF WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT AS AN AIRPORT ADMIN, A LITTLE BIT MORE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
ANY QUESTIONS? ANY OBJECTION? THIS WILL ALSO BE APPROVED WITH NO OBJECTION.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO F RECOMMEND, UH, AWARD TO ICE FOR THE 2025 PAYMENT EVALUATION AND MAINTENANCE PLAN RIGHT AT $355,294 AND 50 CENTS.
I HAVE A MOTION TO PUT THIS ON THE FLOOR.
AND BRIAN, HOW ARE YOU TODAY? GOOD, DANIELLE.
SO I THINK I GOT THE REST OF 'EM, EXCEPT FOR THE VERY LAST ONE.
SO WE'LL TRY TO GET THROUGH AND GET TO ROBERT.
BUT, SO THIS IS FOR OUR THIRD, UH, PAYMENT EVALUATION.
UH, IT'S GONNA GO TO INFRASTRUCTURE CONSULTING AND ENGINEERS WAS THE SELECTED CONTRACTOR.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO COLLECT, UH, CONDITION DATA ON ALL THE COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL ROADS, AND THEN COME UP WITH A, UH, CONTINUATION OF OUR CURRENT MAINTENANCE PLAN.
UM, THE CONTRACT VALUE IS 322 995.
THIS INCLUDES AN ALTERNATE FOR COLLECTING SIGNED DATA AND INVENTORY, WHICH WILL BE PAID FOR BY PUBLIC WORKS.
AND THEN THERE WILL BE AN IGA AND A COUPLE ITEMS FOR MUNICIPAL SHARE OF IT, WHICH IS 26,060.
THAT WILL, THEY'LL PAY FOR THE COLLECTION OF THEIR ROADS.
SO THIS WILL BE FUNDED BY THE CTC, UM, WITH A 10% CONTINGENCY.
AND THIS WAS PRESENTED TO THEM IN JULY.
ANY QUESTIONS? DID I READ? YOU HAVE SEVEN BIDS ON THIS.
YEAH, THAT'S THE MOST WE'VE EVER HAD.
THE TECHNOLOGY THAT GOES INTO THIS HAS REALLY COME A LONG WAY IN THE LAST, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE DID THE FIRST ONE IN 2017.
UM, SO IN THE LAST 10 YEARS, THE TECHNOLOGY HAS COME TREMENDOUSLY WITH AI.
IT HELPS, THERE'S A LOT MORE CONTRACTORS AND SUPPLIERS THAT DO THIS, SO IT'S REALLY TAKEN OFF.
THIS WILL ALSO BE APPROVED WITH NO OBJECTION.
RECOMMENDATION OF AWARD TO SANDHILL LS CONSTRUCTION FOR ALL JOY CYBER PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,759,374 AND 20 CENTS.
I HAVE A MOTION TO PUT THIS ALWAYS FUND PROJECT ON THE BOARD.
THANK YOU FOR THE SECOND MS. BROWN.
OKAY, SO THIS IS THE WARD OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ALL JOYCE SIDEWALK, UM, TO SAND HILL, A OS CONSTRUCTION.
IT'S 1.45 MILES AND SIX FOOT WIDE.
GOING FROM BURNT CHURCH TO THOMAS LADEN.
THE BID FOR THIS WAS TWO MORE, 500,000 ESSENTIALLY.
UM, WE'LL BE FUNDED OUT OF THE SALES TAX WITH A GRANT FROM THE SDOT TAP FOR ABOUT 1.2 MILLION.
UM, THIS HAS A 10% CONTINGENCY ON IT ALSO.
SO THE TOTAL WITH CONTINGENCY IS A LITTLE MORE THAN 2.7 MILLION.
ANY COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION? I GOT TWO BIDS.
IN THIS ONE WE GO FROM SEVEN TO TWO.
WHAT'S HAPPENING, MR. CHAIR? I DO, I DO HAVE A COMMENT.
UH, I JUST WANNA PUT IT ON THE RECORD.
AND I DID RECEIVE SOME COMMUNICATION FROM, UM, OUR STORMWATER BOARD.
I, I DON'T SEE ANYBODY PRESENT FROM THERE, BUT THEY HAD SOME CONCERNS THAT WERE ADDRESSED OR THAT MAYBE NOT WERE ADDRESSED.
UM, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT, HAVE Y'ALL BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE STORMWATER BOARD ABOUT THIS? YEAH, I KNOW THERE WAS SOME CONCERNS ABOUT PERVIOUS VERSUS IMPERVIOUS.
UM, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED WITH THE DESIGN TEAM.
AND WITH THIS, IT IS NOT RECOGNIZED BY THE DOT.
THEY WOULD NOT ACCEPT IT FOR MAINTENANCE AT THIS POINT.
IF WE WENT OUT AND ADDED PERVIOUS OR REDID IT, WE'D HAVE TO GO REBID THE PROJECT, GO THROUGH REDESIGN, MAYBE RE PERMITTED.
UM, THERE IS TIME CONSTRAINTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE GRANT, AND FRANKLY, UH, I'M NOT, WITH THE FLOODING CONDITIONS AND ALL JOY THAT ARE SEEN ALREADY, I'M NOT SURE THAT PERUS WOULD EVEN BE AN OPTION.
SO, BUT THOSE, THEY, THE CONCERNS HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED AND ANALYZED AND THIS FOUND THAT THIS PROPOSAL WAS WAY TO GO.
YEAH, I MEAN, WE MET ALL THE GUIDELINES BY DOT.
IT'S GONE THROUGH ALL THE PERMITTING, UM, SO FOUND THAT NO ADVERSE, UH, EFFECTS FROM A PROJECT, SO THANK YOU.
I WANNA JUST FOLLOW UP THAT, THAT, OBVIOUSLY IT'S IN MY DISTRICT AND PEOPLE HAVE ASKED ABOUT OUS AND NON OUS, AND I'VE ACTUALLY USED OUS CONCRETE BEFORE.
IT IS NOT AS STRONG AS CONCRETE.
UM, IT IS SOMETHING THAT THE EDGES DETERIORATE ROOTS SCREW UP THROUGH IT.
UH, ALONG THE EDGES WHERE THERE'S GRASS ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS, THE GRASS GOES IN THERE.
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EQUIPMENT OVER TOP OF IT, IT CRACKS.IT CAN ACTUALLY RUT WHERE DRIVEWAYS ARE.
UM, IT, IT ACTUALLY FILLS BACK IN VERY QUICKLY WITH SAND, WHICH AGAIN, THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF HAVING IT IS, IS, IS SO IT ABSORBS WATER.
UM, IT ALSO, THIS IS GONNA HAVE GRASS ON EITHER SIDE AND TO BE ABLE TO FILTER AND, AND OBVIOUSLY WITH THE SIDEWALK, THERE IS NO, UM, CONTAMINATION FROM CARS AND TRUCKS.
AGAIN, THERE'S NOTHING THAT WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT CONTAMINATION WISE AS IT'S RUNNING OFF, OFF OF THE SIDEWALK.
UM, SO THIS, THE PERVIOUS CONCRETE DOES NOT LAST AS LONG AS CONCRETE.
IT ACTUALLY HAS A LIFESPAN ABOUT 25 YEARS.
UM, SO I'VE MADE OUS CONCRETE, AND AGAIN, I'VE USED IT IN PRODUCTS LIKE FOR PARKING LOTS, WHERE YOU HAVE A CONCRETE EDGE THAT SUPPORTS IT, WHERE IT DOESN'T HAVE TREES THAT CAN GROW UP THROUGH IT, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE CARS TURNING AS MUCH ON IT, WHICH, WHICH THEN MAKES THE TOP PEEL OFF.
UH, WHICH THEN YOU GET THE DETERIORATION.
THAT ALSO CAUSES ISSUES WITH, WITH WHEELCHAIRS AND STROLLERS BECAUSE IT BECOMES ROUGH OVER THE TIME.
AND AGAIN, I THINK THIS WOULD BE A NIGHTMARE HAVING THIS GOING ACROSS EVERYONE'S FRONT YARD DRIVEWAYS CONNECTING UP.
SO, SO AGAIN, I I, I WANTED TO ADDRESS THAT.
'CAUSE AGAIN, THERE HAVE BEEN PEOPLE THAT BROUGHT THAT UP.
UM, AND I'VE ALSO HAD PEOPLE SAY, I THOUGHT, WELL, THIS WAS ALREADY APPROVED FOUR OR FIVE, SIX TIMES AGO, SO HERE WE ARE NOW BACK AGAIN.
UM, BUT, BUT AGAIN, UH, PEOPLE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
THERE IS A SMALL POCKET OF PEOPLE THAT, THAT ARE STILL AGAINST THE PATHWAY IN GENERAL.
UM, BUT AGAIN, I CAN PROMISE YOU THAT THE PEOPLE I TALK TO, THE PEOPLE I PRESENT THAT, THAT A MAJORITY OF PEOPLE, SUPER MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WANT THIS FOR A, A SAFETY REASON ON ALL JOY.
SO I GLAD TO SEE IT HAPPENING.
EVERYTHING YOU JUST SAID IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT AND ALL THAT GOES INTO WHY THE DOT DOESN'T ACCEPT IT.
SO ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? I JUST A QUICK QUESTION.
WHEN YOU WERE DOING THE STORM WATER ANALYSIS THERE AND YOU, UH, ARE HAVING THAT RUNDOWN THROUGH THE GRASS MARK, ARE THERE, UH, GOING TO BE DITCHES THERE THAT YOU'LL RUN IT AWAY FROM THAT AREA? YOU WANNA ANSWER THAT? I CAN ANSWER THAT.
IT'S GOING TO BE A MIXTURE OF DITCHES AND SOME PIPE CONVEYANCES IN SOME AREAS DO SOME WATER WATERLINE RELOCATIONS.
SO AT THE END OF THE PROJECT, THE WATER SHOULD FLOW BETTER THAN WHAT IS DOING NOW.
SO ANYTHING WITH THE DRAINAGE ALONG THAT SIDE OF ALL JOY IS GONNA BE IMPROVED COMPARED TO WHAT IT IS.
THIS BE APPROVED WITH NO OBJECTION.
UH, THIS WILL BE APPROVED AS WELL.
RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL OF AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN BEFORD COUNTY AND THE TOWN OF FORT ROYAL, TOWN OF BLUFFTON TOWN, HILTON HEAD AND THE CITY OF BUFORD FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE PAVEMENT VALUATION AND MAINTENANCE PLAN PROJECT.
AND THIS IS THE IGA WE TALKED ABOUT A COUPLE MINUTES AGO.
UM, ALL FOUR MUNICIPALITIES HAVE, UH, COMMITTED TO PAYING FOR THEIR SHARE TO HAVE THEIR, UH, ROADS COLLECTED.
SO I THINK IT'S BROKEN DOWN BY MILEAGE.
THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE DIFFERENT FEES THERE.
UM, TOTAL IS $26,060 TO HAVE, THEY WILL HAVE THEIR ROADS COLLECTED AND RANK OR RATED, BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET, YOU KNOW, THE SAME FULL EVALUATION THAT WE'RE GETTING.
SO ANY DISCUSSION? I HAVE A QUESTION PLEASE.
UM, I'M LOOKING AT THE DISTRIBUTION THERE.
OBVIOUSLY HILTON HEAD HAS MORE COUNTY OWNED ROADS, IS SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE IS OUR GOAL TO BE EACH MUNICIPALITY TAKES THE ROADS AND KEEPS THEM.
WE WOULD LOVE TO DO THAT EVENTUALLY.
JUST THROWING IT OUT ON THE TABLE.
YEAH, I KNOW WE BROUGHT IT RECENTLY.
UH, THE TOWN, PORT ROYAL HAS TAKEN OVER SEVERAL ROADS.
UM, SO YEAH, I MEAN WE WOULD LOVE FOR THAT BE A PRECEDENT.
SO I THINK IT'S HELPFUL FOR RESIDENTS.
LIKE THEY DON'T CALL PORT ROYAL AND SAY THERE'S FIVE HILLS HERE AND IT'S A COUNTY OWNED ROAD AND WE'RE A STATE ON ROAD.
RESIDENTS DON'T WANT TO HEAR STATE OWNED, COUNTY OWNED.
IT'S FRUSTRATING FOR EVERYBODY.
CHAIRMAN, JUST QUICKLY, UH, IS THIS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE COUNTY HAS BEEN DOING FOR THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, RIGHT? YEAH, WE DID OUR FIRST ONE IN 2017.
WE DO IT ABOUT EVERY FOUR YEARS, SO, AND SO NOW THE THE, THE MUNICIPALITIES IS BASICALLY JOINING US AND DOING IT FOR YEAH, I THINK THEY'VE SEEN THE SUCCESS THAT WE'VE HAD WITH OUR PROGRAM.
SO THEY'RE LOOKING AT DOING IT.
UM, AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, HAVING THEIR DATA COLLECTED AND, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF WHAT WE HEARD WAS IT'S A COUPLE THOUSAND DOLLARS TO REALLY GO IN AND MAKE THEIR PROGRAM MORE ROBUST, TO HAVE THAT DATA THERE TO SUPPORT IT SO THEY KNOW WHICH ROADS THEY NEED TO GO SPEND THE MONEY ON NOW VERSUS FIVE YEARS FROM NOW.
SO IN THE END, IT'S A BIG COST SAVINGS.
THAT'S SO SOMETHING THAT THE, UH, TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE VALUED WHEN THEY THEIR THEIR DECISIONS YEP.
SO YEAH, THE CTC HAS REALLY LED
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THE WAY WITH THIS AND A HUGE PROPONENT.UM, THEY STARTED THIS IN 2017, DID IT AGAIN IN 2021 AND NOW WE'RE ON OUR THIRD ONE.
AND YOU KNOW, THEY WERE REALLY AHEAD OF THE CURVE.
I MEAN, I THINK WHEN WE DID THE FIRST ONE BACK THEN THERE WERE, WE WERE THE SECOND OR THIRD COUNTY IN THE STATE THAT HAS DONE IT.
AND NOW MOST OF THE CTCS HAVE DONE IT, A LOT OF DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES.
SO IT HAS REALLY GROWN IN POPULARITY, WHICH AGAIN GOES BACK TO THE POINT EARLIER ABOUT WE HAD SEVEN BIDDERS, WHICH IS IT'S GREAT.
MS. APPROVED WITH NO OBJECTION.
THIS WILL ALSO BE APPROVED RECORD RECOMMENDATION OF AWARD TO WILDWOOD CONTRACTORS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF DEPOT ROAD PATHWAY PROJECT, THE AMOUNT OF $552,531 AND 54 CENTS.
THIS BE APPROVED WITH NO OBJECTION IS APPROVED.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE.
RECOMMENDATION OF A CHANGE ORDER FOR THE CONTRACT WITH WM ROBOT INCORPORATION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF MA ARMS AT THE INTERSECTION OF BLUFF PARKWAY AND RIVER RIDGE.
UM, THIS IS OVER THE INTERSECTION OF RIVER RIDGE AND UM, HAMPTON LAKES SECOND ENTRANCE.
UM, RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL.
THIS IS WHERE THEY'RE PUTTING IN THE, UH, PERMANENT LIGHT FIXTURES BECAUSE IT'S A TEMPORARY ONE CURRENTLY.
WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? THIS WILL BE APPROVED WITH NO OBJECTION.
THIS IS APPROVED WITH NO OBJECTIONS.
RECOMMENDATION OF AWARD TO DAVIS AND FLOYD ENGINEERS FOR THE ALL JOY BOAT LANDING PARKING DESIGN $544,500.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO PUT THIS ON THE FLOOR.
UM, DO WE WANT TO DO A PRESENTATION ON THIS? DO WE HAVE ANY RENDERINGS ON THIS ALREADY OR NO, WE DON'T.
I WOULD JUST
I WILL SAY THAT THIS WAS, UH, THE SCOPE WAS BASED ON RESOLUTION 20 25 4, WHICH WAS CAME FROM A JANUARY 7TH PUBLIC MEETING IN THE AL JOY COMMUNITY WITH SIX OR SEVEN BULLET POINTS THAT THEY WANTED IN THE, UH, BOAT LANDING AND THINGS THEY DIDN'T.
SO THAT'S WHAT THE SCOPE IS BASED ON.
IS THIS, I WOULD JUST SAY THAT, THAT WE DID PROMISE THEM THAT WE WOULD HAVE A MEETING TO DISCUSS THE NEXT STEPS.
OBVIOUSLY THIS, THE AWARD THEM THIS AND THEN THERE WILL BE A COMMUNITY MEETING FOR THE COMMUNITY BASED STRICTLY ON THAT LANDING.
AND YES, WITH THEIR PER PERVIOUS CONCRETE IS PERFECT.
UM, OR, OR PERVIOUS SURFACES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO REASSURE THEM AND, AND JUST ALL THE OVERALL CONCEPT.
AND I WANNA SAY, UH, DAVIDSON FLOYD, I THINK INCLUDED TWO PUBLIC MEETINGS IN THEIR SCOPE.
UM, I KNOW THERE'S AT LEAST ONE.
AND SO THEY DO HAVE THAT PLANNED IN THERE.
AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO BE, HAVE THE COUNTY'S FIRST ENVISION SUSTAINABLE PROJECT.
AND A BIG PART OF THAT IS THE PLANNING, PLANNING PROCESS AND STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS, PUBLIC MEETINGS IS A BIG COMPONENT OF GETTING THAT VERIFICATION.
SO YEAH, THERE WILL DEFINITELY BE PUBLIC MEETINGS ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
IS THIS INCLUDING THE PROPERTY WE PURCHASED? YES.
UM, IS THIS THE SAME CONCEPT YOU MAY BE USING FOR BERMUDA BLUFF? I'M SORRY, WHICH, WHICH ONE? BLUFF.
UH, THIS IS SEPARATE THAN BERMUDA BLUFF.
IT A BERMUDA BL IT'S A IFIED CONCEPT, NOT APART PARK.
SO THIS WILL BE SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE DONE AT WHITEHALL BOAT LANDING IN THE PAST WITH, UM, FLOATING DOCK IMPROVEMENTS, PARKING IMPROVEMENTS.
I THINK THIS ONE WILL HAVE A FISHING PIER, UM, WITH A COVERED STRUCTURE AND THEN ADDITIONAL RESTROOM FACILITY AND PARKING FOR ADDITIONAL BOATS AND VEHICLES.
SO IT'LL BE SIMPLY, THERE'S A DIAGRAM IN THE PACKAGE THAT I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN DISPLAY THAT OR NOT.
YOU GOING ON BERMUDA OFF BECAUSE THAT'S NOT BOAT.
NO, BUT I ALWAYS DEAL WITH THE, UM,
YEAH, NO, AND THAT'S WHERE THE WHOLE ENVISION PART OF IT WILL BE.
SO YES, THERE'LL BE, UH, THE SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENCE JACKET.
ACTUALLY I DO, I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, HOW IS THIS $500,000 TO DO THIS WORK? WE ACTUALLY NEGOTIATE WITH 'EM AND THEY REDUCE SOME OF THE CONTINGENCY OUT OF THEIR FEE, BUT
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THIS IS ALL THE DESIGN AND PERMITTING.IT HAS A FISHING PIER ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
SO THERE'S STRUCTURAL MARINE DESIGN, THERE'S DESIGN FOR A BATHROOM STRUCTURE AND THEN ALL THE CIVIL AND PERMITTING THAT GOES ALONG WITH IT.
SO THEY'RE GIVEN THE PERMITS TOO? YES.
HOW IS THIS WORTH? $500,000? WE COMPARED IT TO THE PREVIOUS PROJECTS TO WHITEHALL AND WE THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST FEE WAS PRETTY REASONABLE AND THEN THEY CAME BACK AND NEGOTIATED AND OUT SOME OF THEIR CONTINGENCY.
UM, SO YEAH, WITH EVERYTHING IN THERE, IT'S BEEN REVIEWED AND IT WAS FOUND TO BE PR REASONABLE.
THIS THIS IS NO ACTUAL WORK FOR CONSTRUCTION, JUST DESIGN AND PERMIT DESIGN AND $500,000.
THERE'S AGAIN, THERE'S A LOT ASK AND EFFICIENT PERIOD.
THERE'S A LOT OF ASPECTS THAT GO TO IT BETWEEN CIVIL ENGINEERING, PERMITTING, THE, I MEAN THIS IS GOING TAKE STATE AND FEDERAL PERMITS TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS.
UH, STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING, THERE'S A A LOT THAT'S GONNA GO INTO THIS PROJECT AND THE NEXT ONE AS WELL.
SO, AND THAT WAS THE LOWEST BILL? YES.
WELL THIS WAS A QUALIFICATION.
SO THEY WERE THE ONE THAT WAS SELECTED AND GAVE, WE NEGOTIATED THE SCOPE AND THEN REVIEWED THEIR FEE, WHICH AGAIN WAS FOUND TO BE REASONABLE AND IN LINE WITH WHAT WE HAD DONE PREVIOUSLY ON OTHER PROJECTS.
MR. CHAIRMAN, UM, I, I JUST WANNA COMMENT THAT I AM GLAD YOU ARE USING, UM, WHITE HAULING BOAT LANDING AS THE STANDARD MM-HMM
DO WE HAVE THE, DO WE HAVE THE PLANS LEFT OVER FROM THAT
SITE'S DIFFERENT HAS DIFFERENT TITLE CONDITIONS, BUT I GET A, SHOULD WE HAVE A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT'S DESIGN AND WHAT'S PERMITTING COST? UM, IT WAS INCLUDED IN THERE.
YEAH, I DON'T THINK I SAW THAT.
THAT'S THE ONE THING I DID NOT PRINT OUT.
WILL WE GET A COPY OF THAT BEFORE COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING? YEP.
WE CAN DEFINITELY ADD THAT IN THERE.
THAT'LL ANSWER SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS BEFORE HANDS.
IT STILL HAS TO APPROVED BY COUNTY COUNCIL, CORRECT? YES.
I DIDN'T SEE IT IN THE BACKUP
I'LL MAKE SURE THAT THAT GETS ADDED PRIOR TO COUNSEL.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? DO WE NEED A ROLL CALL? WILL THIS BE DONE WITH NO OBJECTION.
NO OBJECTION, BUT NO OBJECTION.
FRUSTRATED THAT IT'S $500,000 FROM BOTH.
WE BOUGHT A TREE ONE TIME, REMEMBER THAT.
THIS WILL BE APPROVED WITH, I'LL NEVER LET THAT GO AS LONG AS I WANT.
UM, SO BE APPROVED WITH NO OBJECTION.
I WILL SAY ON THE NEXT ONE THEY HAVE ENGINEERING AND PERMITTING INCLUDED IN ONE FEE IN THEIR PROPOSAL.
SO WE CAN SEE IF WE CAN GET THAT BROKEN DOWN FOR YOU.
SO, ALL RIGHT, THE NEXT ONE IS JUDGMENT OF AWARDS DATA SUPPORT ENGINEERS FOR WEBY CREEK PEER DESIGN $436,700.
UM, I'M SURE DAVID'S GONNA BE THE ONE TO MOTION THIS ONE.
CAN I HAVE A MOTION THEN? SO MOTION.
THEY'RE DOING THE ENTIRE DESIGN PERMITTING.
DESIGN PERMITTING WITH THE STATE AND LOCAL.
IT'LL BE READY TO GO TO BID ONCE WE ARE DONE WITH IT.
UM, THIS WAS ONE THAT CAME TO PFC LAST SEPTEMBER, I BELIEVE.
UM, SO THE FUNDING IS AVAILABLE FOR IT NOW.
SO WE'RE MOVING FORWARD, BUT, UM, I CAN GET THE BREAKDOWN FOR THE PERMITTING AND ENGINEERING TO HAVE AT THE COUNCIL MEETING FOR YOU ON THIS ONE AS WELL.
ANY OBJECTION TO MOVE THIS TO COUNCIL? I DON'T HAVE NO OBJECTION.
UM, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO THE, UM, THE, I GUESS THE OLD
UM, IT WILL BE PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION.
UH, WHENEVER WE GO TO CONSTRUCTION, THEY'LL BE TORN DOWN.
UM, PART OF THIS IS TO UPDATE THE DI DEMOLITION PLANS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY DONE.
THEY'LL BRING 'EM UP THE CODE AND STANDARDS AND THEN, UM, SO THAT'S A SMALL PART OF THIS FEE.
SO YEAH, THE DEMOLITION WILL HAPPEN WHERE WE GO TO CONSTRUCTION.
SO THAT WE WANT, AND THE, THE, THE APPEARS ACTUALLY CLOSED OFF NOW.
THEY CLOSED IT DOWN LAST YEAR WHEN WE BROUGHT IT TO YOU IN I THINK SEPTEMBER 2ND.
I, I, I'M SORRY I'M NOT TRYING TO BE OBSTINATE WHEN I SAY THIS, BUT WE PAID THE ANOTHER ENGINEER TO TELL US THAT IT WAS BAD MM-HMM
AND NOW WE'RE PAYING ANOTHER ENGINEER TO DESIGN IT AND, AND THIS COMPANY'S GOT ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS JUST RIGHT NOW IN THIS MEETING TODAY.
BETWEEN THESE TWO PROJECTS? YEAH, BETWEEN THE TWO PROJECTS.
CAN WE, WOULD IT BE A TERRIBLE IDEA TO LOOK AT DOING IT INTERNALLY?
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COULD WE HIRE SOMEBODY TO DO THIS? THIS IS A LOT OF MONEY GOING OUT ON THESE THINGS AND IT JUST SEEMS LIKE STUDY AFTER STUDY AFTER DESIGN.WELL, I THINK WITH PROJECTS LIKE THIS, THIS TAKES A LOT OF VERY SPECIALIZED ENGINEERING THAT WE DON'T HAVE ON STAFF RIGHT NOW.
I MEAN, THIS IS GONNA TAKE, MOST OF THIS IS A MARINE ENGINEER.
UM, THEY HAVE MCSWEENEY ENGINEERS ON THEIR TEAM FOR THIS, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY DO.
I MEAN, THEY'RE, THEY'VE DONE MOST OF THE MARINE WORK IN THE COUNTY FOR LOT MUNICIPALITIES AND WE JUST DON'T HAVE THAT HORSEPOWER ON STAFF TO DO A PROJECT OF THIS SIZE AT THIS POINT.
SO I WOULD LOVE TO EVENTUALLY BE ABLE TO DO IT IN HOUSE, BUT WE JUST, WE CAN'T RIGHT NOW.
IF WE, IF WE COULD HIRE SOMEBODY THAT'S A MILLION DOLLARS WE JUST WE'RE SPENDING TODAY, I WOULD SAY MOST OF PEOPLE THAT CAN, MY OWN STAFF, MOST THE PEOPLE THAT CAN DO THIS TYPE OF WORK ARE WORKING FOR A CONSULTANT ALREADY AND WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT TO BRING IN STAFF BECAUSE THEY JUST GOT PAID A MILLION DOLLARS TODAY.
YOU YEAH, BUT, AND, AND DON'T GET ME WRONG, I'M WITH YOU.
IT BLOWS MY MIND HOW MUCH, BUT THEY DIDN'T GET PAID A MILLION DOLLARS.
I, I KNOW IF MORE THAN HALF OF THIS IS GOING TO PERMITTING, THAT MEANS THE STATE'S ACTUALLY TAKING THE MONEY FROM US.
SO I MEAN, IT, IT JUST DEPENDS THE BREAKDOWN.
I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, JARED, WHEN WE DO THESE PROJECTS AND WE COME UP WITH THESE ESTIMATES, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT WIND, WE ORIGINALLY AND WE THREW OUT THE NUMBER IT COULD COST THIS OR THE ONE
UM, IT INCLUDED THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION IN THERE.
OBVIOUSLY THERE'S INFLATIONARY COSTS THAT NEED TO BE PUT IN THERE, BUT YEAH, IT DOES DESIGN.
BUT THE WHOLE NUMBER YOU GAVE US A YEAR AGO, WE'RE STILL, WE'RE BASICALLY BREAKING THAT NUMBER UP NOW AND NOW MOVING FORWARD IN DIFFERENT STEPS.
MR. UH, MR. CHAIR MAY THE LAST THING, IT JUST SEEMS THAT WE KEEP STUDYING THESE THINGS, DESIGNING THESE THINGS AND NOTHING REALLY EVER GETS COMPLETED.
WELL, I I KNOW IT'S NOT ON YOU.
I'M JUST SAYING IN GENERAL ACROSS ALL DEPARTMENTS.
WELL, I'LL SAY THE NEXT ITEM ON HERE CAN HOPEFULLY LET US GET AHEAD OF IT.
UM, ALL DRAWERS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, BUT WITH MBE, I MEAN WE'RE TO THE POINT WHERE THE PIER HAS BEEN SHUT DOWN AND SO WE'RE REALLY BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL ON THAT ONE.
AND THAT GOES TO THE THING TOO.
WHY ARE WE LETTING THINGS GET TO THAT CONDITION AND BEFORE ACTUALLY DOING THE MAINTENANCE ON IT.
SO WE OWN THE PROPERTY AND AGAIN, THAT WILL COME TO THE NEXT ITEM THAT'S ON THERE.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, STARTING AN INSPECTION PROGRAM SO WE CAN IDENTIFY THESE ISSUES BEFORE THEY GET TO THIS POINT WHERE IT NEEDS A COMPLETE REBUILD OR SOMETHING TO THAT NATURE.
I SAID I'M NOT TRYING TO BE RUDE, I I GET IT.
SO I'M TALKING HAVE THE INSPECTION PROGRAM.
THE MAN WITH THE BEARD STANDS UP AND SAYS THEY HAVE BEEN DOING ALL KIND OF ON A ONE OFF.
WE DO NOT HAVE A BROAD ACROSS THE BOARD INSPECTION PROGRAM.
I THOUGHT HE SAID LIKE HE DID IT EVERY YEAR OR THEY SIX DO IT EVERY YEAR FOR BROAD, FOR BROAD RIVER.
BECAUSE OF THE CONDITION OF IT.
UM, WIMPY CREEK WAS ONE THAT THEY'VE DONE SEVERAL TIMES.
UM, BUT YEAH, AS FAR AS A EVERY YEAR INSPECTION PROGRAM, WE DO NOT CURRENTLY HAVE ONE.
AND THAT'S WHAT THE NEXT ITEM WILL WE'LL SET UP.
SO COULD THEY LOOK A LITTLE HARDER FOR A TREASURE TESTIMONY UNDER THERE? YEAH, I MEAN THEY GOTTA DIVE EVERY ONE.
I'M NOT THAT GOOD OF A SWIMMER, SO I'M NOT DOING IT.
DO HAVE ANY OBJECTION MS B DUN? NO OBJECTION.
STAND SLIGHTLY IRRITATION, BUT YES, I COULD FEEL IT.
THIS WILL BE APPROVED WITH NO OBJECTION AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO AM RECOMMENDATION OF AWARD FROM MCSWEENEY ENGINEERS MARINE FACILITIES INSPECTIONS $373,069 AND 12 CENTS.
UM, A MOTION TO PUT THIS ON THE FLOOR.
SO MOVEMENT MS. CHILDREN AS, AS TWO, MR. BEEN TWO.
I'LL SECOND SECONDED BY MS. HOWARD.
I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, IS THIS ALL MARINE FACILITIES IN BEAVER COUNTY OR SPECIFIC ONES? THIS IS OVER 40 OF EM.
SO THIS IS, UM, ONE SAY IT'S ALL BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME, LIKE THE BROAD RIVER FISHING PIER THAT ARE BEING DONE UNDER SEPARATE CONTRACTS MM-HMM
UM, BUT ALL THE OTHER BOAT LANDINGS, PIERS DOCKS THAT ARE NOT BEING INSPECTED AS PART OF ANOTHER CONTRACT ARE INCLUDED IN THIS.
THIS INCLUDES SEVERAL BOX CULVERTS AS WELL.
AND UM, I THINK THERE WILL BE A SMALL BRIDGE THAT GETS ADDED.
SO THE MAJORITY OF THE MARINE FACILITIES IN THE COUNTY THAT WE ARE AWARE OF ARE IN THIS.
AND WE'LL BE GETTING A FULL REPORT BREAKDOWN OF THE YES.
UM, I GUESS THE STATUS OF EVERY SINGLE ONE OF 'EM.
AND SO THEY'LL INSPECT EVERYTHING THIS YEAR OR THIS FIRST YEAR.
AND THEN I BELIEVE THE A SC STANDARD IS, DEPENDING ON THE CONDITION, IT NEEDS TO BE INSPECTED EVERY FOUR YEARS.
IF THERE'S SOMETHING, UH, IT'S AN ADVANCED STATE OF DETERIORATION, THEY CAN BUMP THAT UP TO EVERY YEAR, EVERY TWO YEARS.
UM, BUT IN GENERAL IT'S EVERY FOUR YEARS.
SO OUT OF THIS WILL COME A FIVE YEAR INSPECTION PROGRAM.
SO THEY CAN INSPECT THIS YEAR, GET US TO A POINT WHERE WE'RE NOT SPENDING AS MUCH ON INSPECTIONS EVERY YEAR AND IT'S GONNA COME WITH A REPORT OF EACH STRUCTURE
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WITH, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED RIGHT NOW.THESE ARE ISSUES THAT ARE COMING UP AND CAN BE ADDRESSED IN THE, THE FUTURE.
SO WE'LL HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT, YOU KNOW, THE ANNUAL MAINTENANCE COST IS AND NEED IS FOR ALL THESE STRUCTURES MOVING FORWARD AFTER THIS.
SO THIS IS BASICALLY GONNA COME WITH A $50 MILLION SHOPPING BY 700.
WE HIT IT EARLY ENOUGH SO WE DON'T HAVE THAT $50 MILLION SHOP, BUT, BUT IT'S SORT OF BECAUSE WE, LET'S GO.
HE IS LIKE, WELL, WELL, SO WHAT THIS WILL DO, THIS WILL ACTUALLY COMPLIMENT OUR BOAT LANDING MASTER PLAN THAT WE ALREADY HAVE.
UM, THE BOAT LANDING MASTER PLAN DIDN'T HAVE SUBSURFACE CONDITIONS INCLUDED IN THAT, SO THIS IS GOING TO MARRY UP WITH THAT.
AND SO WE ALREADY HAVE KINDA A LIST OF PROJECTS FROM THAT.
UM, THERE MAY BE PROJECTS THAT ARE DEPRIORITIZED BASED ON THAT.
THE OVERALL GOAL, UM, MR. BEHAR MUTED TO YOUR POINT IS TO GET TO A POINT WHERE WE ARE, WE HAVE ROUTINE INSPECTION, WE HAVE, UM, ENGINEERING DESIGN, BUT THEN WE HAVE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AND WE HAVE A SEQUENCE.
SO IT WILL HAVE A CIP THAT THEN WE CAN SAY, OKAY, IF YOU WANT TO ADDRESS YOUR BOAT LANDINGS, THIS IS HOW MANY MOONS WE NEED PER YEAR, UM, TO KEEP IT AT THIS RATE.
SO SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH FACILITIES, WE'LL HAVE A FULL SCALE PLAN, UH, FOR OUR BOAT LANDINGS.
I THINK MR. CHAIRMAN, UM, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY, UM, IF WE'RE GONNA TRY TO MAINTAIN BOAT LANDINGS AND I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAN CLOSE ANY BOAT LANDINGS IN BEAUFORD.
UM, BASICALLY WE NEED TO BE ON TOP OF THAT, WHICH MEANS THAT WE GOTTA PLAN FOR ANCE AND, UM, AT SOME POINT IN TIME COUNSEL OPTED TO BURY THE HEAD AND MOVE FORWARD.
AND THIS RIGHT HERE WILL JUST PUT IT IN OUR FACE TO SAY WHO GOING TO COMMIT MAKE THAT COMMITMENT OR NOT.
AND I'LL JUMP IN TO EVERYONE'S POINT IS, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW THAT, BUT THERE'S A PRESS RELEASE THAT WENT OUT THIS WEEK SAYING THAT I THINK STARTING WEDNESDAY, UH, THE FACTORY CREEK PIER WAS GONNA BE CLOSED FOR MAINTENANCE.
SO THAT ACTUALLY CAME OUT OF, WHEN WE TOOK THAT OVER, A INSPECTION WAS DONE AND IT CAME UP WITH A LIST OF PRIORITIES THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE TO MAKE THAT SAFE.
UM, THAT IS NOT A FULL DESIGN BY ANY MEANS.
SO THAT IS NOT A $500,000, UH, ENGINEERING COST.
THAT IS A $10,000 ENGINEERING COST AND THEN CONSTRUCTION, WHATEVER THAT MAINTENANCE IS.
AND IF IT'S SOMEONE SMALLER, YOU KNOW, OUR PUBLIC WORK STAFF CAN TAKE CARE OF IT.
SO NOT EVERY ONE OF THESE INSPECTED IS GOING TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, HALF A MILLION DOLLARS OF DESIGN AND THEN $2 MILLION OF CONSTRUCTION BY STARTING THESE INSPECTIONS.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THROUGH WITH JUST, YOU KNOW, A FRACTION OF THAT FOR EACH OF THESE.
AND, AND ULTIMATELY WHAT WE'RE BUILDING, UM, WE TALKED ABOUT IT ALREADY.
YOU GUYS APPROVED IT WITH THE MAINTENANCE PLAN ON ON OUR ROADS.
OUR ROADS IS PROBABLY OUR BEST MAINTENANCE PLAN THAT WE HAVE.
AND UM, WE NEED TO CREATE SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT WITH OUR BOAT LANDINGS.
BASICALLY WE'RE MAKING A MARINE, UM, SUB-SECTOR INSIDE OF ENGINEERING AND THEN WE WILL HAVE FACILITIES AND CAPITAL PROJECTS.
SO WE'RE REALLY SPINNING THE FLYWHEEL RIGHT NOW.
IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE WE HAVE A LOT OF, UM, MOMENTUM, BUT BUT YOU'RE DOING IT FOR STORMWATER TOO.
ANY OBJECTION TO APPROVE THIS? NO, NONE.
MOVE ON TO OUR FINAL ORDER OF TODAY.
RECOMMENDATION, APPROVE CHANGE ORDER TO WILMAS PUMP AND TANK INCORPORATION FOR IFB OH 6 1 1 24.
MY UNDERSTANDING, THIS IS THE DEMOLITION OF THE HOUSE THAT'S ON THE PROPERTY.
THIS IS ACTUALLY THE DEMOLITION OF THREE STRUCTURES, UH, THE REMAINING STRUCTURES.
I PURPOSELY LEFT THIS ONE OFF MY UPDATE SINCE I KNEW WE'D GET INTO IT A LITTLE BIT HERE AT THE END.
SO AS WE KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROJECT.
UM, WE PROCURED, UH, WILMA'S PUMP AND TANK BACK IN NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR.
THEY WERE SET TO DEMO, UH, CAMP ST.
MARY'S SEVEN BUILDINGS ON THE PROPERTY IN FEBRUARY, MARCH OF THIS YEAR.
OF COURSE IN JANUARY WE HAD OUR SNOW EVENT AND WITH ICE AND SNOW, WHICH COLLAPSED THE CHOKE STRUCTURE, WHICH WAS ALREADY, UH, IN A VERY DILAPIDATED CONDITION.
UM, THAT LED TO A UNIQUE SITUATION IN ASBESTOS, UH, ABATEMENT WHEN YOU HAVE WHAT THEY CALL A DEMO IN PLACE, RACKUM.
SO THAT'S REGULATED ASBESTOS CONTAINING MATERIALS.
SO BASICALLY THE WHOLE BUILDING BECOMES CONTAMINATED WITH ASBESTOS AND WE HAVE TO DEMO POLICE, ADD AIR QUALITY MONITORING AND OTHER THINGS TO THE PROJECT.
THE PROJECT WAS THEN RESCHEDULED FOR MAY, THE CONTRACTOR SHOWED UP AND DEMOED SEVERAL BUILDINGS ON SITE, BUT WHEN THEY GOT TO THE LODGE, THERE WAS ADDITIONAL ASBESTOS CONTAINING MATERIALS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED UNDER THE ROOF STRUCTURE.
SO THERE'S ACTUALLY SEVERAL LAYERS TO THE ROOFING AND THEY IDENTIFIED A SILVER BASED, UH,
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ROOFING MATERIAL THAT WE LATER DID DETERMINE WAS, UH, CONTAINING, UH, ASBESTOS THAT CREATED A UNIQUE SITUATION WITH THE LODGE STRUCTURE IN THAT BY WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DEMO THAT IN PLATE.WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DEMO THE ROOF TO ABATE IT.
WE WOULD AGAIN HAVE TO DEMO AND PLACE, UH, THE RACKUM AND AGAIN, A CHANGE, UH, RESULTING IN THAT.
AT THE SAME TIME, THE CAFETERIA STRUCTURE WAS DEEMED UNSAFE, UH, FOR ABATEMENT AS WELL AND IS GONNA BE A RACKER AS WELL.
AND THAT'S WHERE THIS CHANGE COMES ABOUT.
SO WE HAVE TWO STRUCTURES THAT THAT BECAME DEMO IN PLACE, RACKHAM.
AND SO IN ADDITION TO THE CHURCH, UM, WE HAVE WORKED WITH DHE, WE HAVE MET WITH THEM ON SITE IN REGARDS TO THIS, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING ALL THE PROPER PROCEDURES WITH THE CONTRACTOR.
AND, UH, WE HAD A SUCCESSFUL MEETING WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS WAS GONNA BE THE MOST APPROPRIATE, UH, METHOD TO REMEDIATE THE ASBESTOS.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, IF THIS CHANGE ORDERS PROVE THE, THE CONTRACTOR HAS AGREED TO BE BACK ON SITE WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
HE'S ACTUALLY, UH, HE'S CHOMPING AT THE BIDDING, BE THERE NEXT, BUT, SO WE HAVE AGREED THAT HE WILL BE ON SITE WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS AND WE SHOULD BE OUT OF THERE, UH, NO LATER THAN THE END OF SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER 1ST.
ANY QUESTIONS? LONG TIME COMING? YES.
YEAH, WE DID HAVE, WE DID HAVE A VERY, UH, A VERY SUCCESSFUL MEETING WITH THE CAMP ST.
MARY'S, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD LAST WEEK OR WEEK BEFORE WAS I.
AND, UH, WE WENT OVER A FEW DIFFERENT THINGS WITH THE ADMINISTRATION WAS THERE AND SOME OF COUNCIL WAS THERE.
AND SO, UH, THEY UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS.
IT'S NOT AN EASY PROCESS BY ANY MEANS.
THIS IS A LONG TERM PROJECT AND, UM, SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AFTER THIS WITH, UH, GETTING THINGS UNDERWAY.
UH, DO YOU RECALL WHAT THE BASE CONTRACT AMOUNT WAS? SO THE BASE CONTRACT AMOUNT WAS, LET'S SEE, WE'RE AT, UH, 1 49 2.
IF IT WAS 1 35 IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY.
THIS CAN BE APPROVED AT COMMITTEE.
WE, WE, WE STARTED OUT AT 1 35.
WE HAD THE FIRST CHANGE WAS 27 2 TO MY RECOLLECTION, PUT US AT A 1 49 2.
AND THEN THIS ONE, UH, UH, FISCAL IMPACT IS 38 7 20 AND THAT INCLUDES A CONTINGENCY OF 10%.
UM, BEFORE I GO ANY FARTHER, ONE, CAN I HAVE A MOTION? 'CAUSE I FORGOT TO ASK THAT EARLIER.
UM, JUST FOR MY OWN KNOWLEDGE, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH THE ADJUSTMENT.
UM, I KNOW WE ORIGINALLY PURCHASED CAMP ST.
MARY'S, THEN WE PUT IT INTO RURAL OWN CRITICAL LAND.
UM, AND THEN THIS WHOLE PROJECT, DO WE KNOW HOW MUCH WE ARE IN TOTAL BETWEEN THE PURCHASE AND THE DEMO AND THEN WHAT'S NEXT? SURE.
SO I WANNA SAY PURCHASE, THE MOST RECENT, RECENT TRANSACTION WAS THE COUNTY PURCHASING IT FROM ITSELF.
SO WE TOOK RURAL AND CRITICAL MONEY MM-HMM
AND BOUGHT IT FROM THE COUNTY'S GENERAL INVENTORY AND THEN REALLOCATED THAT 2 MILLION FOR SITE IMPROVEMENTS.
THE ORIGINAL PURCHASE BACK IN THE NINETIES WAS A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.
SO WITH THE 180 ISH THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR DEMO, WE'RE ALSO, WE ARE UNDER CONTRACT AND CURRENTLY, UH, DOING SITE DESIGN AND WORKING THROUGH A VERY LONG LIST OF, UM, BOXES THAT NEED TO BE CHECKED TO GET STATE PERMITS BEFORE WE CAN START CONSTRUCTION.
AND I THINK THAT WAS, AND THAT'LL, WE WILL HAVE A PRICE FOR THAT AFTER WE DO IT.
WE DID THAT ABOUT, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH WAS IT? THE DESIGN IS UNDER CONTRACT.
HOW MUCH WAS THAT ONE? UM, I DO NOT HAVE THAT NUMBER.
I THAT NUMBER MIS QUOTE IT RIGHT IN FRONT OF I YOU THAT NUMBER FIVE.
IT WASN'T ANYWHERE NEAR 500,000, BUT I CAN TELL YOU WHEN YOU START WORKING THROUGH THESE STATE PROJECTS.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE RULES ARE DIFFERENT FOR GOVERNMENT MM-HMM
THAN THEY ARE FOR PRIVATE SECTOR.
AND THEY ARE VERY, VERY RESTRICTED.
SO YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT LAYERS OF BUREAU BUREAUCRACY THROUGH THE STATE TO GET THESE PERMITS AND IT'S VERY TIME CONSUMING.
SO WHEN YOU SEE SOME OF THESE NUMBERS, IT'S, IT, IT'S A LOT.
SO I THINK THAT NEEDS TO CHANGE.
THAT'S JUST A POLICY THING DOWN THE ROAD.
BUT, UH, I WISH IT WAS EASIER.
ANY OBJECTION? NO OBJECTION AS QUICKLY, UM, YOU LIVE WITH THE, UH, COMMUNITY.
YOU SAID THEY WERE VERY RECEPTIVE.
WELL I GUESS THAT WOULD BE UNDER STEPHANIE RIGHT NOW AS FAR AS THAT PARK OR IS THAT SO YES, THAT'S PA IT IS PASSIVE PARKS.
SO THEY HAD SOME, SOME CONCERNS CERTAINLY BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH THAT'S GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES AND LITTLE ACTIVITY OUT THERE.
AND THEY KNEW THAT THE DEMO, UH, DEMOLITION CONTRACTOR HAD BEEN ON SITE AND THEN IT PULLED OFF.
SO THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT CERTAINLY PROGRESS ON IT.
WE GAVE THEM AN EXPLANATION AS TO UNDERSTANDING THE
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PROCESS, GOING THROUGH WITH THE STATE, UNDERSTANDING THE DEMOLITION PROCESS AND HOW THINGS LIKE THIS CAN HAPPEN.UM, IT IS A LONG AND TEDIOUS PROCESS SOMETIMES WHEN GOING THROUGH, ESPECIALLY THROUGH CCC, BECAUSE IT, THE, THE PLANS WILL THEN GO OUT TO DIFFERENT STATE AGENCIES THAT THEN SAY, HEY, WE WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THIS OR WE WANT YOU TO DO THIS.
AND, UH, IT, IT CAN BE QUITE CUMBERSOME.
UH, THEY HAD SOME OTHER CONCERNS AS WELL AS FAR AS DRAINAGE.
WE HAD PUBLIC WORKS THERE, UH, AS WELL.
AND SO, AND AS A WHOLE WE KIND OF MET WITH THE COMMUNITY ON, ON DIFFERENT TOPICS.
BUT IS THERE, IS THERE A PERSON IN THAT GROUP THAT YOU CAN COMMUNICATE WITH OR, YES, THERE IS.
UH, I BELIEVE HIS NAME WAS JERRY.
I, I, I, I, I'M NOT SURE OF HIS LAST NAME, BUT UH, WE DO HAVE AN EMAIL THAT HAS BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH AND THERE IS AN OPEN LINE OF COMMUNICATION.
IS HE VERY ACTIVE AND VERY CONCERNED ABOUT IT? PASSIONATE AS WELL? ABSOLUTELY.
SO I THINK THAT WE ADDRESSED THEIR CONCERNS AND LIKE I SAID, IT WAS A VERY, VERY PRODUCTIVE MEETING AND WE HAVE A PATH FORWARD AND THAT WAS WHAT, WHAT, WHAT MATTERS.
AND THAT DOES BRING US TO THE END OF OUR MEETING, WE'LL CALL IT AT FIVE 17.
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I AM MEMORY CAMPBELL, AND THIS IS BEAUFORD COUNTY MOMENTS.
I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT FOOD TODAY.
THE FOOD HAS BEEN A GREAT PART OF OUR LIFE IN TERMS OF GATHERING FOOD AND PREPARING THEM.
OUR FOOD IS BASED ON THE LAND AND THE SEA.
THE LAND FOOD HAS ALWAYS BEEN RICE.
WE DON'T FEEL WE HAVE EATEN DINNER UNLESS WE'VE HAD RICE.
RICE WAS MIXED WITH VARIOUS ITEMS FROM THE SEA, LIKE OYSTERS OR SHRIMP.
AND WHEN THEY'RE COOKED WITH RICE IN ONE POT, WE CALL IT A RICE OR SHRIMP OR AN OYSTER PERLOW.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE WATERMELONS AND THE SWEET POTATOES.
SWEET POTATOES WAS ALWAYS EATEN WITH FISH AND FRESH FISH WITH GRAVY AND A SWEET POTATO.
OKRA HAS ALWAYS BEEN A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF OUR FOOD WAYS.
WE, WE, WE RAISE THEM AS WELL AS WE PREPARE THEM WITH SHRIMP AND TOMATOES.
AND SOME PEOPLE WOULD CALL THAT A GUMBO.
AND THAT'S WHAT EXACTLY WHAT IT IS.
AND SO ENJOY THE FOOD OF THE LOW COUNTRY BECAUSE IT'S BEEN VERY MUCH A PART OF OUR HISTORY.
THIS HAS BEEN YO BEAUFORT COUNTY MOMENT.
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