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CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY BUFORT COUNTY MANAGEMENT UTILITY BOARD.
UM, BEFORE WE CONTINUE, UH, REGRET RE REGRETTABLY, I MUST INFORM YOU OF THE PASSING OF OUR ESTEEM BOARD MEMBER JAMES CLARK, KNOWN AFFECTIONATELY AS JIM CLARK.
HE WAS A STEADFAST MEMBER OF THIS BODY FOR OVER SIX YEARS.
HIS PRESENCE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE CHALLENGES POSED BY STORMWATER FOR THE RESIDENTS OF BEAUFORT COUNTY WILL BE DEEPLY MISSED.
WE EXTEND OUR HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES TO JIM'S FAMILY DURING THIS TIME OF PROFOUND SORROW.
LET US TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENT PRAYER FOR JIM.
AT THIS TIME, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA OF TODAY.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE AGENDA PASSES.
UM, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF JUNE 18TH MEETING 2025 WITHOUT ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS? I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES.
AT THIS TIME, I'LL JUST WAIT ONE MOMENT WHILE SOMEONE WALKS IN.
I'M GONNA WAIT ONE MORE SECOND FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO WALK IN.
UH, STEVE ANDREWS, LONG ABSENCE, BUT RETURNING FOR THE NORTH END OF THE COUNTY.
DENNIS ROSS AT, I CAN'T EVEN TALK.
BRIAN DUR, CITY OF BE PROP PUBLIC WORKS.
BILL BARR, TOWN OF BLUFFING WATERSHED MANAGEMENT.
JACOB TERRY, FILLING IN FOR NUT SINGER FOR THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND.
UH, BROOK PLANK COLA, TOWN OF PORT ROYAL.
ED WARNER, HILTON HEAD, I'M MARK FEINBERG.
I'M CHAIRMAN AND I REPRESENT FUSIA ISLAND AND UNINCORPORATED DISTRICT NINE.
AT THIS TIME, WE WILL GO BACK TO DR. PETTY PETTY FROM USCB REPRESENTING THE WATER QUALITY LABORATORY.
TYLER HASLEY GOT WORK IN THAT, UH, WATER QUALITY LABORATORY.
UH, WE STILL WOULD LIKE YOUR NAME, PLEASE FOR THE RECORD.
I LIVE ON ISLAND 21 INCHES TO STORM WATER.
WE HAVE OUR AUDIO VISUAL PEOPLE.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND SETTING US UP.
TAYLOR BREW OUR STORMWATER PROGRAM MANAGER, BEAUFORT COUNTY.
SALLY MCLEOD, BEAUFORT COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS.
UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR, UH, AT THIS TIME, UH, WE'RE GOING TO OPEN UP, UH, THE AGENDA FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
UH, ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF THE MEETING WILL LIMIT THEIR COMMENTS TO NO LONGER THAN THREE MINUTES EACH.
THEY WILL ADDRESS THE BOARD IN A RESPECTFUL MANNER APPROPRIATE, AND THE DECORUM OF
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THE MEETING REFRAINING FROM THE USE OF PROFANE, ABUSIVE, AND OBSCENE LANGUAGE.UH, ANYONE WISHING TO COME TO THE, UH, PODIUM AND SPEAK? CAN, UH, UH, PLEASE STAND UP THIS PODIUM? YES, MA'AM.
I LIVE AT FOUR NEEDLE RUSH ROAD.
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHO IS RESPONSIBLE IF A CHILD OR AN ADULT DROWNS IN MY YARD.
CAN ANYBODY GIVE THAT ANSWER RIGHT NOW? I NEED AN ANSWER.
NO ONE COULD GIVE ME AN ANSWER.
I'M NOT SURE ANYBODY ON THIS BOARD IS, IS AN ATTORNEY.
SO WHERE, SO WHERE'S PATRICK TODAY? PATRICK CAME TO OUR YARD LAST WEEK AND HE HAD TO HAVE BOOTS ON.
THE WATER IS 10 INCHES DEEPER NOW MY WATER IS BLACK.
1 38 MIDDLE ROAD, WHICH IS VACANT, BUT SOLD IS UNDER THREE FEET OF WATER.
ONE TURTLE IS UNDER THREE FEET OF WATER.
FIVE TURTLE IS UNDERWATER AND THE HOUSE NEXT TO IT IS UNDERWATER.
IT HAPPENED AUGUST 10TH OF LAST YEAR.
AND WE FINALLY COULD MOW OUR LAWN ON NOVEMBER 10TH.
THAT'S WHEN WE CAN MOW OUR LAWN.
I HAD FRICKING SURGERY THE OTHER DAY.
I CANNOT EVEN LET MY DOGS OUTSIDE.
I CANNOT GET OUTTA MY DRIVEWAY.
WHO IS PAYING FOR ME FOR THIS? SOMEONE FROM WATER QUALITY HAS TO COME OVER AND TEST MY WATER.
I HAD TO GET WATER THINGS SO I COULD DRINK MY OWN WATER.
WHY AREN'T I BEING HELPED? CAN ANYBODY HELP ME? WE DID NOT BUILD OUR HOUSE.
WHY DOES THE TOWN OF BEAUFORT ALLOW THIS? WHY CAN YOU PASS A PERK TEST AND NOT BE TOLD THAT YOUR YARD GETS UNDERWATER? WHY? I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
AND YOU'RE ALL SITTING ME STARING AT ME AND DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER.
WHY, WHY HOW MANY TIMES WERE WE MENTIONED LAST YEAR FOR NEEDLE RUSH? OH MY GOD, MY HEAD.
WELL, I'M NOT SURE WE'LL GIVE YOU THE ANSWER YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, BUT WE CAN ADDRESS THAT AND WE WILL ADDRESS THAT.
WHEN, UH, MS. CAROL, UM, I DO HAVE THIS ON MY LIST, BUT IF I MAY, I'VE BEEN OUT THERE PERSONALLY OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS THAT I'VE WORKED HERE.
UM, MY, MY DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS HAS BEEN OUT THERE.
MY SUPERINTENDENT'S BEEN OUT THERE.
SOUTH CAROLINA DOT CANNOT DUMP WATER ONTO PERSONAL PROPERTY.
AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
IF YOU LOOK AT LADIES ISLAND DRAINAGE STUDY, WHICH YOU GUYS PAID FOR, IT DOES NOT INCLUDE STORM WATER.
DO YOU DO THAT? IT DOES INCLUDE STORM WATER.
WE EVEN, I EVEN HAD THE GUY'S NAME WHO TALKED TO MY HUSBAND, THE ENGINEER.
HOW MANY PEOPLE ON THE WATERBOARD HERE ARE ENGINEERS? HOW MANY? I HAVE SEVERAL.
THE, UH, WHEN YOUR HUSBAND, OF COURSE IT'S TIME.
WHEN YOUR HUSBAND WAS TOLD THAT STORM WATER WAS NOT INCLUDED, THERE WAS A SPECIFIC DRAINAGE AREA UPSTREAM THAT WASN'T INCLUDED.
I SHARE WITH YOU, I'VE S**T IN MY YARD.
I DON'T EVEN HEAR THIS S**T ANYMORE AT THIS TIME.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? OBVIOUSLY, YES.
I LIVE AT SIX AT SIX TURTLE LANE.
I ALSO HAVE WATER ISSUES THAT I WAS NEVER TOLD ABOUT AND WAS NEVER ON THE FLOOD MAP.
UM, I'VE SPOKEN WITH YOU A COUPLE TIMES.
UH, YOU NO LONGER RETURN MY PHONE CALLS OR MY EMAILS.
UH, I WANNA SPEAK TO THE LADIES ISLAND STORM WATER DRAINAGE SURVEY THAT WAS DONE.
THE REPORT THAT WAS PUBLISHED AND THE INACTION, THE CRICKETS EVER SINCE THEN.
AND I USE THE TERM CRICKETS 'CAUSE WE ALL KNOW BULLFROGS.
ANYWAY, JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME.
I SPENT THE LAST 15 YEARS OF MY LIFE IN HUMAN RESOURCES RISK MANAGEMENT AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE, WORKING CLOSELY WITH AND FOR AN INSURANCE RISK POOL IN ANOTHER STATE.
I KNOW NEGLIGENCE WHEN I SEE IT.
I'VE DEFENDED NEGLIGENCE UNSUCCESSFULLY THE REPORT THAT WAS PUBLISHED AND THAT MY NEIGHBOR REFERRED TO VERY EMOTIONALLY.
AND BELIEVE ME, I UNDERSTAND YOUR JOB NOW IS JUST TO LISTEN.
I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO RESPOND,
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BUT YOU'VE DONE NOTHING WITH THE REPORT.I BECAME AWARE OF THE REPORT ON THE 11TH OF AUGUST LAST YEAR BECAUSE HER HUSBAND GAVE ME THE REPORT.
THE REPORT HAS, AS INCOMPLETE AS IT IS, HAS SEVERAL EXCELLENT SUGGESTIONS AND SOME NOT SO EXCELLENT.
THEY EVEN SAY SO IN THE REPORT.
IT NOW, I THINK AS A PARTIAL RESPONSE TO THAT, THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT OF THE COUNTY CONTACTED SEVERAL PROPERTY OWNERS.
I HAVE THE LETTER FROM YOU LAST SEPTEMBER, I BELIEVE, WHERE Y'ALL WERE GONNA COME OUT AND LOOK AT OUR PROPERTIES AND GIVE US SOME HINTS ABOUT WHAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO AS PROPERTY OWNERS TO HELP MITIGATE THAT.
AS PROPERTY OWNERS WE'RE ALL WILLING TO PITCH IN AND HELP.
BUT THE COUNTY HAS DONE NOTHING.
THE UPSHOT OF THE REPORT IS 25 YEARS OF INACTION ON THE PART OF THE COUNTY HAS LED US TO WHERE WE WERE THAT DAY.
AND SO IT'S NOW 26 YEARS OF INACTION BY THE COUNTY.
YOUR DEPARTMENT NEVER FOLLOWED UP WITH ME.
YOU NEVER FOLLOWED UP WITH ME.
YOU NEVER FOLLOWED UP WITH ME.
AND I HATE TO SINGLE YOU OUT, BUT YOU JUST HAPPENED TO BE HERE.
I SPOKE TO THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, THE NEW COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, WHO TOOK MY PERSONAL INFORMATION AT THE LADIES ISLAND BUSINESS PARTNER MEETING BACK IN FEBRUARY OR MARCH.
HE ALSO HAS NOT FOLLOWED UP WITH ME.
HE SUPPOSEDLY WAS GONNA GIVE MY INFORMATION TO SOMEONE AT PUBLIC WORKS.
SO PROFESSIONALLY, THE LIFE I COME FROM, THAT'S EITHER NEGLIGENCE OR IT'S MALFEASANCE OR IN A WORST CASE SCENARIO, IT'S WHAT THE ATTORNEYS CALLED DELIBERATE IT INDIFFERENCE, AND THAT'S TREBLE DAMAGES.
SO I'LL JUST LEAVE YOU WITH THAT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING THE REST OF THE MEETING.
IS THERE ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME? THERE BEING NONE.
WE WILL MOVE ON TO REPORTS AND A MONITORING UPDATE BY DR. PETTY.
UM, DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT TO REPORT.
WE FINISHED QUARTER ONE AND QUARTER TWO, UH, SAMPLES FOR, FOR THE COUNTY AND CONTINUE TO SUPPORT TOWN OF BLUFFTON IN WATER QUALITY ANALYSIS FOR THE COUNTY.
WE'RE ABOUT, UH, HALFWAY THROUGH WITH QUARTER THREE AND HAVE SENT SOME OF THOSE RESULTS ALONG.
UH, ONE POINT I FORGOT TO MAKE AT THE BEGINNING IS, UH, OUR LAB MANAGER, ANNA, IS CURRENTLY OUT ON, UH, MATERNITY LEAVE.
UH, SHE'LL BE BACK IN SEPTEMBER, NOVEMBER TIMEFRAME, I BELIEVE.
OOPS, SORRY FOR NOT SENDING AN UPDATE IN TIME.
THAT WAS, I DROPPED THE BALL ON THAT.
UM, LET'S SEE, WHAT ELSE? UH, NOT SPECIFICALLY STORM WATER RELATED, BUT I THINK LAST TIME I WAS HERE I MENTIONED THE CITIZENS MONITORING PROGRAM THAT WE COLLABORATE WITH FOR THE PORT ROYAL SOUND FOUNDATION.
WE HAVE 24 NEW SITES THAT WE'RE MONITORING AROUND THE, THE COUNTY AND THE WATERSHED.
AND THAT'S, UH, EVERY, EVERY TWO WEEKS WE'RE MONITORING.
SO WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
UM, AND THAT LOOKS LIKE IT'LL CONTINUE TO GROW BOTH IN SIZE AND WHAT WE ANALYZE, UH, UM, PARAMETER WISE TOO.
AND, UH, WE'RE ALSO WRITING GRANTS TO LOOK AT STORMWATER, UM, MONITORING.
WE'RE WRITING, UH, NSFI MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT FEDERAL FUNDING'S GONNA LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE, BUT WE'RE TRYING, UH, WRITING GRANTS NSF NASA TO DO, UH, STORMWATER MONITORING.
THEY HAVE SOME CALLS THAT DIRECTLY, ESPECIALLY THE NASA ONE, USING SATELLITES TO MONITOR, UH, STORMWATER, UH, AND WATER QUALITY, WHICH IS PRETTY EXCITING.
WHETHER OR NOT WE'LL GET FUNDED OR NOT, WE WILL SEE.
BUT, UH, ARE THERE ANY, UH, UNUSUAL, UH, UH, FINDINGS THAT YOU'VE UNCOVERED FROM THE NEW MONITORING? WELL, FROM, FROM THE 24 NEW SITES OR, UH, OR PAST SITES? YEAH.
HOW MANY DOES THAT COME TO NOW? TOTAL? YES.
SO WE HAVE, WELL, 24 IS, UH, MY LAB AND STUDENTS HAVE BEEN DOING THREE SITES.
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NEW ONES, THAT'S 27.AND I THINK, UH, HILTON HEAD PEOPLE HERE MAY KNOW, UM, I THINK WE'RE ABOUT TO ADD ANOTHER FIVE OR SIX FROM HILTON HEAD SPECIFICALLY WITH, WITH REGARD TO CITIZEN MONITORING, UM, STARTING THIS FALL SOMETIME.
SO, UH, SO WE WILL BE A LITTLE OVER 30.
UH, DO YOUR RESULTS, UH, UH, I'LL PLEAD IGNORANCE, UH, CAUSE UH, UH, SHELLFISH, UH, HARVESTING TO, TO, UH, BE A PLUS OR A MINUS.
MEANING THEY THEY CAN OR THEY CAN'T.
UH, RIGHT, AND THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
SO WITH, UH, WITH THE PORT ROAD SOUND FOUNDATION, WE ACTUALLY HAVE, SORRY, THE NAT THAT WAS BOTHERING YOU THIS NOW GOT ME.
UM, SO WITH THE PORT OIL SOUND FOUNDATION, WE DEVELOPED A, UH, COOP, UH, QUALITY ASSURANCE PLAN THAT STATE APPROVED.
THE, THE LEVEL OF THAT COOP IS HIGHER THAN JUST LIKE CASUAL OBSERVATION.
IT'S NOT THE TIER FOR REGULATE REGULATORY PURPOSES, BUT IT'S, IT'S DATA THAT'S APPROVED THAT THE STATE CAN USE.
AND SO IF WE GIVE THEM THIS DATA, IT, UH, THEY CAN BE USED FOR DECISIONS, RIGHT? NOT REGULATORY, BUT DECISION MAKING PROCESS.
SO, SO WE WON'T, NONE OF THE DATA WE'RE, WE'RE COLLECTING RIGHT NOW WILL CLOSE OUR OPEN SHELLFISH BEDS, BUT WE ARE, WE'RE NOT DOING BACTERIA MONITORING NOW THROUGH THAT PROGRAM, JUST 'CAUSE IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE COSTLIER.
BUT WE'RE HOPING IN THE FUTURE TO HAVE SELECT SITES TO DO THAT, UM, WHERE THE HISTORIC DATA SHOWS THAT THERE HAS EITHER BEEN A LACK OF DATA OR POTENTIAL PROBLEMS IN THE PAST, JUST TO KNOW.
ANYTHING ELSE? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR DR. PETTY? THANK YOU, DOCTOR.
NEXT, UH, I, I IS, UH, AND I'M SO GLAD TO SEE, UH, ALL OUR EX OFFICIOS HERE TODAY.
IT'S, IT, IT'S, IT'S REALLY GREAT.
UH, UH, ANYBODY WANT TO, UH, CHIME IN ON MUNICIPAL REPORTS FROM YOUR MUNICIPALITIES? IT LOOKS LIKE I'LL GO FIRST.
UH,
UH, WE'VE DID TARGETING, TARGETING DNA TESTING ALONG SEVERAL COVES.
AND WHAT WE'RE STARTING TO SEE IS THAT, UH, OVER FOUR MONTHS, 22% OF OUR SAMPLES HAVE COME UP WITH HUMAN, UH, DETECTION.
BUT 45% OF THE TIME WE HAVE DOG UH, SAMPLES.
SO WE'RE PICKING UP MORE DOG TRACING THAN WE ARE HUMAN, WHICH IS A GOOD SIGN.
BUT WE ARE ALSO MOVING INTO A PET WASTE, UH, PROGRAM WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO, OR WE'RE GONNA START COORDINATING WITH, WITH HOAS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE PROPER PET WASTE IN PLACE.
AND IF THEY DON'T, WE WILL PUT IN SOME PET WET STATIONS FOR THEM AND THEY'LL TAKE 'EM OVER AND CONTINUE ON WITH THAT.
PLUS WE HAVE A COUPLE OF, UH, UH, EDUCATION OUTREACH PROGRAMS GOING FORWARD.
SO HOPEFULLY GET THE WORD OUT THAT, UH, WHEN YOU LEAVE YOUR PET WASTE, IT GOES TO THE RIVER.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THAT.
UM, OUR, UH, PRITCHARD STREET STREETSCAPE PROGRAM IS STILL IN PLACE.
THAT'S WHERE WE'RE COMING IN AND PUTTING IN VARIOUS TYPE OF BMPS ALONG, UH, UH, ONE OF OUR ROADS AND HOPEFULLY INCREASE OR, UH, OUR, UH, OUR REMOVAL OF POLLUTANTS ALONG THAT ROAD.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING TO START CONSTRUCTION, UH, BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.
UH, JACOB CHERRY, TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND.
UM, WE ARE BACK TO FULL STAFF.
WE HAVE ADDED THE REPLACEMENT FOR KELLY ZUKI, OUR FORMER STORMWATER PROJECT MANAGER, UH, WITH HER REPLACEMENT.
UM, HE'S GETTING UP TO PAR ON EVERYTHING AND DOING A GREAT JOB.
UM, AND I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE DO HAVE A PROJECT IN THE SPANISH WELLS AREA WHERE DURING TROPICAL EVENT DEBBIE ARRIVED, THAT THERE WAS A FAILING PIPE SYSTEM, UM, IN WHICH THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD IS HAVING TO UNDERTAKE 600 LINEAR FEET OF REPLACEMENT OF HDPE PIPE TO RCP.
AND IT IS COMING ALONG WELL, UH, AT THIS TIME.
UNLESS JEFF WOULD LIKE TO CHIME IN ON ANYTHING.
OH, WE ALWAYS LIKE TO HEAR FROM JEFF.
SO WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS GOING ON IN OUR FISCAL 26, UH, UH, BUDGET.
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INCLUDED A COUPLE OF NEW PROGRAMS THAT WERE UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF THE STORMWATER, UH, UTILITY FUND.UH, ONE OF THOSE IS A WATER LEVEL MONITORING PROGRAM THAT WE'RE, WE'RE RAMPING UP THIS YEAR WITH A TEST, A TEST LOCATION IN THE PALMETTO HALL COMMUNITY, WHICH EXPERIENCED A LOT OF, UH, PROBLEMS WITH FLOODING OVER THESE LAST TROPICAL EVENTS, BEGINNING WITH HURRICANE MATTHEW.
UM, AND SEVERAL EVENTS SINCE THEN.
THEY TEND TO DO NOT WELL, UM, UH, CREATING IN THEIR LAGOON SYSTEM.
WE HAD, UH, PART OF OUR, OUR MODELING PROGRAM THAT WE STARTED IN AROUND 2012, UM, WITH WILPERT, AS OUR CONSULTANT HAS PREVIOUSLY, UM, DONE AN INVENTORY, DEVELOPED A, A MODEL FOR THAT WATERSHED.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE, THE MODEL WAS NOT CALIBRATED AT THE TIME, BUT WE HAVE THIS USEFUL, VALUABLE, EXPENSIVE TOOL, AND WE INTEND ON, ON, UH, USING THIS WATER LEVEL MONITORING TO, TO START MONITORING, UH, IN REAL TIME THE WATER LEVELS IN, UH, EIGHT OR NINE OF THE LAGOONS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
AND ALONG WITH THAT, OUR WEATHER MONITORING PROGRAM INCLUDES THE PURCHASE OF SOME NEW HIGH QUALITY WEATHER STATIONS TO GIVE US ACCURATE, UH, HOPEFULLY ACCURATE, UH, TIPPING BUCKET RAINFALL DATA.
WE CAN MARRY UP WITH THE WATER LEVELS.
SO NEXT TIME WE HAVE A BIG EVENT, UH, AND WE TAKE ACTION TO LOWER THE LAGOON SYSTEMS, WE'RE GONNA START TO TRACK THAT AND USE THAT DATA OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS TO CALIBRATE THE MODEL SO WE CAN USE IT AS A TOOL TO HELP US TO DESIGN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE SYSTEM.
AND IF THIS GOES WELL, I, I IMAGINE WE'LL EXPAND THAT TO OTHER SYSTEMS, UH, ON THE ISLAND THAT ARE AT RISK.
SO THAT'S EXCITING NEWS FOR US.
I'M THE TOWN OF PORT ROYAL, BUT I'M HAPPY TO TOWN PORT ROYAL SPEAK.
UM, I'M NOT SURE WHAT, UH, VAN HAS PREVIOUSLY, UH, SHARED WITH YOU IN THE PAST, BUT, UM, HE'S BEEN, HE'S BEEN TARDY THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
WELL, JUST FOR THE RECORD, I'D BE HAPPY TO DO A UPDATE.
UM, THE TOWN RECEIVED A GRANT THROUGH THE RIA, UM, TO DO A STORMWATER MAPPING.
THAT WOULD BE FROM BELL BRIDGE ACROSS TO, UM, THE MCTIER BRIDGE SECTION THAT'S ALMOST, WELL, IT'S COMPLETE AND IN REVIEW TO THE RIA.
SO WE SHOULD HAVE THAT WITHIN OUR, UM, TO US HERE SOON FOR APPROVAL THROUGH THE COUNCIL.
UM, AND THEN FROM THERE, WE'LL BE INCLUDING THAT INTO A NEW GIS PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE, UM, THAT WE'RE MONITORING.
UM, WE JUST FINISHED UP A, UM, WE APPLIED FOR A SKIP GRANT, WHICH WE RECEIVED.
AND, UM, THAT IS TO INCLUDE STORM WATER, UM, IMPROVEMENTS ALONG WEST PARIS AVENUE AND THE VILLAGES, WHICH WOULD BE BETWEEN PARIS AVENUE AND MADRID.
I BELIEVE IT'S 11TH STREET TO NINTH STREET IN THAT SECTION.
UM, PARIS AVENUE, WEST PARIS IS IN THE COMPLETION, AND WE'RE GETTING READY TO MOVE TO PUT BIDS OUT FOR THE VILLAGE PORTION.
AND WE'RE ALSO REVIEWING CASABLANCA AREA FOR IMPROVEMENTS.
CITY OF BEAUFORT, CITY OF BEAUFORT.
WELL, UH, GLAD YOU'RE HERE, THOUGH.
UH, MR. CARTER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO TALK ABOUT OUR MAINTENANCE PROJECTS? GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.
IT'S STARTING, YOU KNOW, IT'S A LITTLE RASPY.
MUST BE ALL THE YELLING,
I'M GONNA TALK TO YOU ALL TODAY, UH, ABOUT SOME OF THE MAINTENANCE REPORTS THAT BEAUTIFUL COUNTY STORM WATER HAS COMPLETED.
UM, I, I WON'T GO THROUGH 'EM ALL.
UM, I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE 'EM INSIDE OF YOUR PACKET.
I JUST WANNA SPEAK ON A FEW OF 'EM.
THE FIRST, FIRST ON THE REPORT, I WANT TO, UM, TALK ABOUT BLUFFTON FIRE STATION.
AND THIS PROJECT IMPROVED 186 LINEAR FEET OF DRAINAGE SYSTEM.
THE SCOPE OF WORK INCLUDED CLEARING OUT 186 LINEAR FEET OF CHANNEL AND HYDRO SEEDING FOR EROSION CONTROL.
ANOTHER ONE ON THE PROJECT ON OUR MAINTENANCE PROJECT REPORT, UM, IS HICKORY HILL.
THIS PROJECT IMPROVED 5,346 LINEAR FEET OF DRAINAGE SYSTEM.
THE SCOPE OF WORK INCLUDED CLEANING OUT 5,346
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LINEAR FEET OF ROADSIDE DITCH AND JETTING 24 DRIVEWAY PIPES.ANOTHER ONE ON THE MAINTENANCE REPORT.
AND THIS LAST ONE, UH, IS DEBOIS ON LADIES ISLAND.
AND THE PROJECT IMPROVED 249 LINEAR FEET OF DRAINAGE SYSTEM.
THE SCOPE OF WORK INCLUDED CLEARING OUT 249 LINEAR FEET OF CHANNEL AND CONSTRUCTING A BURN FOR EROSION CONTROL FOR THE HOMEOWNER.
WE, WE DO NOT HAVE A LIAISON REPORT TODAY.
UH, BOTH OUR PRIMARY AND SECONDARY, UH, UH, LIAISON PERSONNEL FROM THE COUNCIL ARE AWAY AT A TRAINING MEETING OF SOME TYPE.
UH, THIS TIME WE'LL HAVE A STORM FOR OUR UTILITY UPDATE.
UH, WE'RE GONNA START WITH THE STORM WATER UTILITY FEE RESTRUCTURE.
UH, THE SWIC GROUP HAD A MEETING ON JULY 1ST TO DISCUSS THE HISTORY OF HOW THE STORMWATER UTILITY FUND WAS ORIGINALLY SET UP AND SOME DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT.
UM, THE OUTCOME WAS THAT BC BEAUFORT COUNTY STAFF IS GONNA PRESENT THE CURRENT STRUCTURE TO THE SOLO CO BOARD IN SEPTEMBER TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL UPPER MANAGEMENT IS AWARE OF HOW IT'S STRUCTURED, STRUCTURED CURRENTLY, AND WHAT, UM, PROBLEMS WE'RE EXPERIENCING WITH IT.
SO THAT'LL BE, UH, BEAUFORT COUNTY STAFF TAKING THAT TO THE SOLO CO BOARD IN SEPTEMBER FOR THE SOLO CODE DESIGN MANUAL.
UH, TANA BLUFFTON GRACIOUSLY SHARED WITH US THEIR FINISHED VERSION OF THE MANUAL THAT THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON AND NOW IS ADOPTED THROUGH COUNCIL.
UH, WE ARE WORKING WHAT TO GO THROUGH THEIR VERSION TO MAKE IT AS SIMILAR TO OUR VERSION AS POSSIBLE.
UH, ONE DIFFERENCE THAT I THINK WILL REMAIN IS THE COMPLIANCE CALCULATOR.
UM, WE WORK THAT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY THAN TONA BLUFFTON, BUT, UM, WE WANT THE MANUALS TO MAINTAIN, TO MAINTAIN A REGIONAL APPROACH.
SO WE'D LIKE FOR THE MANUALS TO STAY AS CLOSE IN SIMILARITY AS POSSIBLE.
YEAH, SO THE COMPLIANCE CALCULATOR IS A TOOL THAT DEVELOPERS AND, UM, CONTRACTORS CAN USE TO, IN THE PLANNING PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE MEETING OUR, UM, BACTERIA, NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL RATES REQUIREMENTS.
UM, AND IT HELPS THEM KIND OF WORK THROUGH THE NUMBERS OF WHAT B IS THEIR BNP GONNA FUNCTION IN THAT WAY.
SO IT'S ALMOST A GUIDE FOR, IT'S A CALCULATION METHOD FOR BACTERIAL LOAD REMOVAL ONCE WE DO GET THAT MANUAL COMPLETE.
UM, WE PLAN TO WORK WITH JASPER COUNTY, UM, HARDY V AND OTHERS TO START DISCUSSIONS AROUND REGIONAL IMPLEMENTATION AND ADOPTION FOR OUR PROJECTS REPORT.
UM, THE ALL JOY DRAINAGE STUDY IS KICKED OFF.
WE'RE ON SITE STARTING AUGUST 4TH.
UM, THERE IS A NEW FLOODING FEEDBACK FEATURE IN THE FORM OF A QR CODE ON THE ALL JOY UPDATES PAGE.
SO THAT'S THE WEBSITE THAT THE COUNTY'S BEEN USING TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE ALL JOY RESIDENTS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS IN THEIR AREA.
AND THERE NOW IS A QR CODE ON THAT WEBPAGE WHERE THEY CAN SUBMIT PHOTOS AND HISTORICAL FLOODING DATA, UH, TO HELP THE CONTRACTOR SEMEN WHITESIDE BETTER UNDERSTAND THE HISTORY OF THE AREA FOR BAY PINES.
TAYLOR? YES, FOR THE, FOR THE AJOY THING, HAVE YOU GOT A FAIR AMOUNT OF RESPONSES ON THE WEBSITE WITH PEOPLE SUBMITTING PICTURES AND COMMENTS? UM, IT WENT LIVE LAST WEEK AND I HAVE NOT CHECKED IT YET, SO I CAN LOOK AND FOLLOW UP FOR THAT.
I DO KNOW THAT WE HAVE A HISTORICAL FILE THAT STAFF HAS COMPOSED ON AL JOY AND WE DID PASS THAT DIRECTLY TO SEMEN WHITESIDE.
UM, WE HAVE YEARS OF PICTURES AND COMPLAINTS AND, UM, BACK AND FORTHS WITH THE AL JOY RESIDENTS.
SO THEY ARE STARTING WITH THAT.
THIS ISN'T GONNA BE SEPARATE FROM THAT.
SO WE HAVEN'T LOST ALL OF THE HISTORICAL DATA WE ALREADY HAVE.
IS MATT KRAUS INVOLVED IN THIS AT ALL AS FAR AS MAYBE KEEPING TABS
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WITH THAT TO ALLEVIATE YOU FROM HAVING TO GO IN AND CHECK IT? YES, SIR.HE MANAGES THAT WEBPAGE, UM, AND ALL OF THE INPUTS.
AND HE'S COMMUNICATING DIRECTLY WITH SEMEN WHITESIDE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT INFORMATION'S PROPERLY TRANSFERRED.
FOR BAY PINES, UM, I WAS OUT THERE LAST MONDAY ON SITE WALKING THE ENTIRE SYSTEM.
THE DITCH DID SEEM TO PASS THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT IT NEEDED.
IT WAS A LITTLE FULLER FOR LONGER THAN I WOULD HAVE LIKED, BUT, UM, THE HYDRA SEATING IS COMING IN NICELY.
SO THE NEXT STEP IS GONNA BE TO INSTALL THE FOUR GATES AT THE AGREED UPON LOCATIONS FOR SAFETY MEASURES SO THAT PEDESTRIANS ARE NOT INVITED TO WALK THAT MAINTENANCE SHELVES WITH THEIR DOGS, UM, FOR OBVIOUS REASONS.
AND THEN THE CONTRACTOR THAT WAS CHOSEN FOR THE PRIVACY FENCE OR THE SCREENED FENCE WAS, UM, GRAY BAR.
SO WE WORKED WITH THE POINT COMFORT COMMUNITY TO CHOOSE A FENCE TO THE HEIGHT AND SCREENING OF DESIRED, UM, OPAQUENESS SO THAT YOU CAN NOT SEE EVERYTHING.
'CAUSE RIGHT NOW, I THINK THE MAIN CONCERN IS THE VISUAL PRIVACY OF PEOPLE'S BACKYARDS.
SO WE WERE TRYING TO WORK WITH THE RESIDENTS, UM, ON FENCE PLACEMENT.
AND WE'VE ALSO AGREED TO EXTEND THE FENCE PAST THE TENNIS COURTS, UM, DOWN TO BEHIND 33 THROUGH 39 BAY PINES AS WELL, WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY NOT IN THE ORIGINAL SCOPE.
SO WE HAD TO GET A NEW QUOTE FROM GRAYBAR.
BUT, UM, WE ARE WORKING WITH THE POINT COMFORT, UM, COMMUNITY ON PLACEMENT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE'S HAPPY ON THAT FRONT.
ONLY A FEW THINGS ARE OUTSTANDING IN BAY PINES.
AND THEN THERE'S, UM, A COUPLE OF PLACES THAT WE'RE GONNA REPLANT SOME ST.
SHRUBBERY THAT GOT TORN UP IN THE, UM, ORIGINAL CLEARING FOR SHELL POINT.
UM, AS ALWAYS HAPPENS, I FEEL LIKE I HAVE MORE UPDATES THAN WHEN I ACTUALLY WROTE THE REPORT.
UM, SADLY ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON, I FOUND OUT THAT WE WERE WITHDRAWING OUR APPLICATION TO S-C-E-M-D FOR THAT GRANT, UM, FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS.
ONE BEING THAT, UM, IT WASN'T ORIGINALLY BUDGETED FOR TO MAKE THE MATCH THAT WE WERE ASKING FOR THE $7 MILLION GRANT.
UM, SO WE ARE BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD ON SHELL POINT, UM, AND WE'LL COME FORWARD WITH SOME UPDATES WHEN WE HAVE SOMETHING ON THAT FOR RIVER'S END.
CAN YOU GO INTO MORE DETAIL ON THAT? BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH A LOT OF THESE COMMUNITIES FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS, AND THIS SEEMED TO BE GOING FULL SPEED AHEAD.
WHY ALL OF A SUDDEN WAS THIS PULLED DOWN? WE HAVE TO START AT SQUARE ONE ALL OVER AGAIN AND THESE FOLKS ARE GONNA HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT FOR ANOTHER FIVE OR SIX YEARS UNTIL WE GET FUNDING.
UM, ORIGINALLY WE WERE LOOKING FOR A $3 MILLION GRANT FROM S-C-E-M-D FOLKS.
UM, WE FOUND OUT ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO THAT THE HARD DEADLINE FOR HAVING THOSE PROJECTS COMPLETE WAS FEBRUARY OF 2026.
AND WE HAVEN'T EVEN, OUR APPLICATION HASN'T BEEN PROCESSED YET.
SO WE STARTED QUESTIONING THE FEASIBILITY OF THE TIMELINE.
WE COORDINATED WITH EMD STAFF AND THEY SAID THAT IF WE COULD PUT IN ALL OF OUR INFORMATION, UM, WE COULD POSSIBLY GET AWARDED THE MONEY PRIOR TO FEBRUARY, 2026 AND THEN TURN AROUND AND ASK FOR AN IMMEDIATE EXTENSION, WHICH WOULD THEN ALLOW US TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT.
SO WE WERE TRYING TO MAKE AN EFFORT TO GET ALL OF THAT PAPERWORK SIGNED AND PUT IN.
UM, THE ORIGINAL FUNDS COMMITMENT LETTER WAS FOR 300,000 BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL GRANT WAS FOR 3 MILLION AFTER GUIDANCE FROM EMD STAFF.
WE WERE, UM, TOLD THAT BECAUSE OUR FULL PROJECT WAS FOR 7 MILLION AND OUR BENEFIT COST ANALYSIS WAS DONE AT 7 MILLION, THAT'S WHAT THEY WOULD PREFER US TO PUT IN OUR APPLICATION.
UM, BUT WE DID NOT BUDGET THE 700,000, UM, TO COVER THE MATCH, THE 10% MATCH.
WE DO HAVE EMERGENCY FUNDS, BUT IT WAS A FINANCIAL NO-NO, IS WHAT I WAS TOLD, UM, FOR HOW THAT WAS APPROPRIATED.
SO HOW DO WE PLAN ON ADDRESSING THIS TO THE RESIDENTS IN C POINT? UM, WE WILL HAVE TO, I BELIEVE, FIND A NEW CONTRACTOR.
I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE ORIGINAL STUDY AND THE SOLUTIONS THAT CAME OUT OF THE STUDY VERIFIED BEFORE WE MOVE THROUGH WITH JUST POSTING THOSE TO BID.
UM, SO WE WOULD HAVE TO PUT AN RFQ OUT FOR AN ENGINEERING FIRM TO LOOK AT THAT STUDY AND THEN PRODUCE STAMP PLANS FOR THE SOLUTIONS, WHICH WAS NOT A PART OF THE FIRST RFQ.
UM, WE ARE GONNA COVER THAT OUT OF THE STORMWATER UTILITY FUND IN LIEU OF THE GRANT.
SO JUST, UH, UH, I DON'T WANNA BE OBTUSE.
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WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO GET THE APPROPRIATE INFORMATION FOR THE GRANT.ESSENTIALLY OUR COMMIT, OUR FUNDS COMMITMENT WENT UP WHEN WE MOVED FROM ASKING FOR 3 MILLION TO 7 MILLION.
SO OUR BEAUFORT COUNTY MONEY COMMITMENT WENT FROM 300,000 TO 700,000.
AND DON'T WE IN, IN OUR STORMWATER, UM, BALANCE HAVE ABOUT, IF I REMEMBER, UH, SOME NUMBER LIKE 808 MILLION? YES, SIR.
WOULDN'T THAT BE, CAN'T YOU TAP? COULDN'T WE HAVE TAPPED THAT? I DO BELIEVE THAT'S A POSSIBILITY.
UM, I'M UNSURE OF THE LENGTH OF THAT PROCESS.
AND THE INFORMATION WAS DUE TO EMD ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
WHO, WHO'S, WHO'S, WHO'S TO WHO? SOUTH CAROLINA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIVISION.
SO THIS WAS ACTUALLY A POT OF COVID MONEY THAT WAS OFFERED ONE TIME THROUGH THE SOUTH CAROLINA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIVISION.
AND I GUESS, I GUESS THERE WAS NO WAY THAT EVEN THOUGH THE COST HAD GONE UP FROM 300 MILLION TO 700 MILLION, SOMETHING WOULD'VE BEEN BETTER THAN NOTHING.
WE COULDN'T LOOK AT IT THAT WAY.
UM, AT THAT POINT WE HAD DONE REDONE THE BENEFIT COST ANALYSIS FOR $7 MILLION AND EVERY, ALL THE OTHER, ESSENTIALLY TO GO BACK TO 3 MILLION, WE WOULD'VE HAD TO REDO, UM, ALL OF OUR PAPERWORK THAT WE'VE TURNED IN OVER THE PAST TWO MONTHS, SF 4 24 FORMS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
WELL, I UNDERSTAND YOU LOOKED AT THE PROJECT AND IT NEEDED TO BE 7 MILLION INSTEAD OF 3 MILLION.
TO GET THE PROJECT DONE CORRECTLY.
AT, AT, AT WHERE WE ARE NOW, I'M, I'M MYSTIFIED FOR THE PEOPLE, UH, ABOVE YOUR PAY GRADE, THAT THAT WOULDN'T LOOK AT OUR STORMWATER BALANCE FOR EMERGENCY FUNDS AND TAP THAT RESOURCE.
IT'S NOT LIKE WE HAVE TO GO OUT FOR MORE FEES TO THE PUBLIC.
THAT'S WHAT I BELIEVE THAT THE MONEY'S THEREFORE, YES, SIR.
AND, UM, BEING THAT THIS IS TAXPAYER MONEY, WE HAVE DIFFERENT PROCESSES THAT WE HAVE TO MOVE THROUGH, AND I WAS TOLD THAT THAT WAS NOT FEASIBLE AT THAT TIME TO ACCESS THAT MONEY FOR THIS MATCH.
YEAH, SORRY, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE BOARD WASN'T CONTACTED BEFORE THE DECISION.
I MEAN, YOU COULD ADD A CONFERENCE CALL, YOU KNOW.
UM, WELL, SO WE WERE, WHO MADE THE DECISION? I'M CONFUSED.
WHO MADE THE DECISION? THE FUND'S COMMITMENT LETTER WAS NOT SIGNED.
WHO WOULD'VE SIGNED IT? THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR.
WHY DIDN'T HE GET HIS BUTT DOWN HERE AND EXPLAIN IN PERSON INSTEAD OF SENDING YOU, HIS ASSISTANT IS HERE.
MAYBE HE'D LIKE TO SPEAK IDEA.
HEY, JARED, FRED, IT'S ASSISTANT COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR.
SO WHAT TAYLOR WAS EXPLAINING AS FAR AS PROCESSES, SO THIS HAD A DEADLINE THAT WAS DUE HERE RECENTLY.
UM, FOR COUNTY COUNCIL AND STORMWATER FUNDS, THEY CONTROL ALL THE FUNDS THAT ARE WITHIN THE UMBRELLA OF THE COUNTY.
UM, IN ORDER FOR FUNDS TO BE OBLIGATED, THEY HAVE TO BE APPROPRIATED.
AND SO THEY HAVE TO, WE DO THAT THROUGH THE BUDGETING PROCESS, AND THEN THAT SETS THE BUDGET YEAR.
SO EVEN FOR GRANTS, WE HAVE TO APPROPRIATE ALLOCATIONS OF MONEY IN ORDER TO OBLIGATE OUR MATCH TO A PARTICULAR GRANT.
SO WHAT WAS APPROPRIATED WAS THE 300,000 IN ORDER TO INCREASE THAT APPROPRIATION, UH, IT WOULD TAKE A BUDGET ORDINANCE AMENDMENT, WHICH IS THREE READINGS, THREE COUNCIL, UM, IN ORDER TO APPROPRIATE ADDITIONAL FUNDS.
SO GIVEN THE TIME CONSTRAINT, THAT, THAT'S THE REASON ON THE, UM, COUNTY SIDE, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S FUNDING THERE, THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THAT BUDGET AMENDMENT WAS NOT WITHIN THE TIMELINES OF THE GRANT OPPORTUNITY.
SO, SO COUNTY COUNCIL CAN HAVE CAUCUSES AND THEY CAN HAVE EMERGENCY MEETINGS WHEN THEY NEED TO GET ADVICE FROM ATTORNEYS AND THEY CAN HAVE THOSE MEETINGS.
AND I, I KNOW THIS IS OUTSIDE OF YOUR WHEELHOUSE, BUT TO THE
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RESIDENTS OF A SHELL POINT COMMUNITY THAT HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS FOR YEARS, COULD IT NOT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP BY THE ADMINISTRATOR OR CHAIRMAN OR, OR, OR CHAIRWOMAN HOWARD TO SAY, WE NEED TO GET THROUGH THIS THING RATHER QUICKLY.WHY WAS THERE NO ACTION BROUGHT UP TO DO THAT? AND INSTEAD, IT SEEMS LIKE THEY JUST SAID, WELL, CAN'T DO IT IN TIME, SO LET'S NOT DO ANYTHING THAT'S UNSATISFACTORY AND KICKED THE BUCKET DOWN THE ROAD.
BUT, BUT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO SPEND TIME THAT, OH, WE WANT TO BUILD PINE ISLAND AND OH, WE WANNA BUILD THIS SO WE GET MORE REVENUE.
IN THE MEANTIME, THE RESIDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN HERE STRUGGLING AND DEALING WITH THIS FOR THE PAST HOWEVER MANY YEARS ARE GONNA GO, EH, SORRY, CAN'T HELP YOU SEEING ANOTHER FIVE YEARS.
MS. HOWARD IS VERY, UM, AWARE OF THE SHELL POINT.
NO, SHE AREAS, AND SO SHE DOESN'T TAKE IT LIGHTLY EITHER, NOR DOES THE REST OF COUNCIL.
UM, BUT DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN.
BUT THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE, WHAT ARE THEY, WHAT ARE THEY PLANNING TO DO ABOUT IT? SO IN WORKING WITH TAYLOR AND THE STORMWATER UTILITY FUNDS IS TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO, UH, WE'VE MISSED ON THIS OPPORTUNITY OBVIOUSLY.
UM, BUT CONTINUING TO PREPARE IT FOR EITHER FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES OR USE THE EXISTING FUNDS TO PUT TOWARDS A LARGER PERCENTAGE OF THE PROJECT.
WE WERE JUST TRYING TO OBLIGATE THE, THE MATCH REQUIREMENT.
UM, BUT IT MAY BE SOMETHING WHERE INSTEAD OF THE MATCH AND WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS OR WE DON'T HAVE A GRANT, MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE LOOK AT THE WHOLE THING WITH UTILITY FUNDS, THE, THE $300,000 THAT WAS ORIGINALLY ALLOCATED.
SO I, I THINK, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE LOOKING AT IS WE HAD PUT OUT A BID MAYBE A YEAR AGO, UM, TO DO SOME DITCH CLEANING.
UM, THE DITCH CLEANING RFP CAME BACK, THE PRICES WERE EXTREMELY HIGH, SO WE'VE 50,000, UM, AND WELL OVER, I THINK IT WAS IN THE MILLION DOLLAR RANGE FOR THE DITCH CLEANING.
UM, WE WERE WORKING WITH THE ENGINEER TO HELP US REPRODUCE A SET OF BID PLANS THAT WE COULD PUT BACK OUT TO BID.
UM, AND SO NOW WE WE'RE CLOSE TO HAVING A DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITY TO PUT OUT THERE, HOPEFULLY GET MORE BIDS, MORE COMPETITIVE BIDS, AND IF THE BIDS COME IN AT 300 OR IF THEY COME IN AT SOME NUMBER THAT WE BUDGET FOR, THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS.
AND THE INTERIM, WHILE WE'RE WORKING ON THE LONG-TERM SOLUTION, DO Y'ALL PLAN ON HAVING A PUBLIC MEETING WITH THE SHELL POINT COMMUNITY TO ADVISE 'EM OF THIS AT SOME POINT? WE'VE HAD REGULAR INTERVALS, UM, THROUGHOUT THE LIFE OF THE PROJECT, AND SO WE WILL CONTINUE MEETING WITH THE PUBLIC AS, AS WE NO, I THINK WHAT, WHAT, WHAT MR. ROSS IS TRYING TO SAY IS THAT, THAT YOU'VE, YOU'VE NOW, LAST FRIDAY, UH, PULLED THE PROJECT.
SO, UH, IT WOULD BEHOOVE THE ADMINISTRATION, UH, UH, FOR TRANSPARENCY, UH, TO THE PUBLIC TO HOLD A MEETING AS SOON AS PRACTICAL.
UH, NOT SAY THAT WE'RE GONNA DO IT IN SIX MONTHS OR NINE MONTHS BECAUSE WE, WE DO 'EM EVERY SIX MONTHS.
UH, THIS IS, UH, AN ACTIONABLE ITEM THAT THEY SHOULD KNOW RIGHT AWAY WHAT HAPPENED.
AND WE HAVEN'T PULLED THE PROJECT.
WE JUST, UH, IS THE GRANT OPPORTUNITY.
SO, UM, GRANTS ARE, ARE, ARE AVAILABLE.
THEY COME, THEY GO THERE TO DIFFERENT TYPES OF GRANTS.
WE'RE STILL PURSUING THE PROJECT.
IT'S JUST THAT PARTICULAR OPPORTUNITY, UM, IS, IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE.
ANY FAST TRACKS ON THE HORIZON, OR IS THIS GONNA, LIKE I SAID, ANOTHER SIX TO 10 MONTH WAIT TIME? LIKE JERRY SAID, WE'LL HAVE THE RFP FIRST AND THEN, SO 1, 1, 1 MORE THING, NOT, NOT TO KEEP YOU ON THE HOT SEAT, BUT YOU'RE TALKING THROUGH AND TRYING TO BE HELPFUL AND SPIT BALLING AND BRAINSTORMING RIGHT HERE.
BUT, BUT WHEN TAYLOR, WHEN YOU WERE DOING YOUR PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU.
DID I UNDERSTAND THAT DISC GOT PULLED AND NOW YOU'RE GONNA LOOK AT ADDITIONAL STUDY? UM, NO SIR.
JUST THE, OUR APPLICATION FOR THE EMD GRANT WAS PULLED.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AN, A SEPARATE ENGINEERING FIRM CONFIRM THE SOLUTION FROM THE, AND FOR THE SOLUTION AS WELL.
SO THERE IS A LEVEL OF STUDY DESIGN AND PERMITTING.
UM, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS KIND OF RE REAPPROACHING OR SCULPING
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THE PROJECT.REALLY, THE ONE THING THAT THE STUDY, THE DRAINAGE STUDY PROVIDED IS THAT BEHIND FOOD LINE, THERE'S A NEED FOR SOME OVERALL DETENTION AREA.
AND THEN HAMMER, HAMMER DRIVE, YES, HAMMER, UM, IS WHERE THE OUTFALL IS.
SO THAT IS A, A MAIN FOCUS AREA, UM, AND AN ACTIONABLE, SO WHAT WOULD, WHAT THE STUDY DIDN'T DO WAS TO DESIGN THE DETENTION POND.
SO THAT'S THE AREA THAT WE WOULD FOCUS ON THE DESIGN, WHETHER WE HAVE TO GO OUT TO RFQ OR WHETHER WE CAN USE ONE OF OUR ON CALL CON UH, CONSULTANTS.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT AND TRY TO DETERMINE THE BEST ROUTE FOR IT ON THAT, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
AND AT THE LAST MEETING WE HAD, WE TALKED ABOUT BRAG, CRANSTON AND CRANSTON AND CRANSTON, AND WE HAD CRANSTON LOOKING AT BRAGG'S WORK.
IF I'M NOT, IF I'M CORRECT, THAT THEY DIDN'T THINK THAT BRAGG DID A GOOD JOB AND NOW WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT FINDING SOMEBODY ELSE TO LOOK AT WHAT WELL, SO THE FIRST, THE, THE STUDY DIDN'T INC INCLUDE, I'M SORRY, THE STUDY DID NOT INCLUDE STAMP PLANS FOR THE SOLUTIONS.
SO WE DO NO MATTER WHAT, WOULD HAVE TO GET STAMP PLANS DRAWN UP FOR WHATEVER SOLUTIONS WE COME UP WITH FOR THE AREA.
UM, WHILE WE'RE DOING THAT, I WOULD LIKE THAT ENGINEERING FIRM TO VERIFY THE VALIDITY OF THE SOLUTIONS THAT ARE PROPOSED JUST TO MAKE SURE, BECAUSE THIS STUDY IS OLD, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT CURRENT CONDITIONS MATCH AND WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR THE SOLUTIONS.
ONE, ONE THING TO NOTE TOO, ON LESSONS LEARNED.
UM, SO THIS IS SEVERAL STUDIES IN THAT WE'VE DONE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, UM, THE ST HELENA STUDY, THE SHELL POINT STUDY, THE NORTHERN LADIES ISLAND STUDY.
SO WE WOULD PUT OUT AN RFQ AND WE WOULD DO A DRAINAGE STUDY, ASSESS THE AREA, GIVE US SOME FEEDBACK AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON PROPOSED PROJECTS.
THAT WAS THE END OF THE SCOPE.
WHAT WE'VE DONE DIFFERENTLY ON THE ALL JOY SCOPE IS WE PUT OUT THE DESIGN, UH, OR THE SAY HEY, DO THE DRAINAGE STUDY.
BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE RETAIN THAT CONSULTANT TO, UH, YOUR SCOPE IS NOT ONLY TO THE DRAINAGE STUDY, BUT THEN ONCE THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE ESTABLISHED, THEN MOVE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS INTO DESIGN READY PLANS AND PERMIT READY AND CONSTRUCTION READY.
SO, UM, RATHER THAN HAVE TO HAVE A SECOND ENGINEER, AND THEN WE HAVE ENGINEERS POINTING AT ONE ANOTHER.
WE'VE GOT ONE ENGINEER FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME TO DO THE INITIAL ASSESSMENT AND THEN EVENTUAL CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS.
IF, IF IN FACT YOU AGREE WITH WHAT OR CAN AFFORD WHAT THAT ASSESSMENT IS, IT'S, IT'S NOT A GIVEN THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO THE CONSTRUCTION.
IF THERE'S A, IT HAS TO BE EVALUATED OR WHAT THEY COME UP WITH, RIGHT.
THERE'S DEFINITELY SOME RECOMMENDATIONS THAT DON'T FIT OUR POCKETBOOK OR JUST ARE UNACHIEVABLE.
AND, AND WE'LL NEGOTIATE THAT WITH THE, AS THEY PRESENT THE RECOMMENDATIONS WE WANT THEM TO PRESENT, UH, ACTIONABLE ACT RECOMMENDATIONS.
BUT ALSO IF THERE'S AN OUT OF THE BOX SOLUTION, THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO HEAR TOO.
AND THEN ONCE THAT, WE'LL, WE'LL DEVELOP A TASK ORDER FOR THE SECOND PART, WHICH IS THE DESIGN, BUT IT'D ALL BE WITHIN THE SAME ENGINEERING CONTRACT, SO THAT WAY THERE'S NO FINGER POINTING.
SO WE DID LEARN OUR LESSON ON THAT FRONT.
1 1, 1 MORE J JUST AGAIN, WORK IN YOUR WORLD.
SO I KNOW IT'S EASY TO MONDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK, SO I, I DON'T MEAN TO BE DOING THAT, BUT, BUT AN ASK.
SO NOW WE'VE GOT TWO THINGS GOING.
WE'VE GOTTA FIND FUNDING AND WE'VE GOTTA GET PLANS DESIGNED.
SO THE ASK IS, IS THERE A WAY TO EXPEDITE THE, GETTING THE, THE DESIGN AND THE PERMITTING DONE? SO WHEN YOU FIND FUNDING, YOU GOT SOMETHING TO START BUILDING? YES.
SO WE'RE GONNA GET STARTED ON THE, I THINK IT'S 11 DRAINAGE, DRAINAGE DITCHES IN THE AREA THAT, UM, TAKE IT, JAY BRAG AND, EXCUSE ME, I'M SORRY, BUT JAY BRAG AND CRANSTON WON'T BE INVOLVED.
WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S ON THE, ON THE STAFFING SIDE.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO TELL ME? WE'RE WORKING THROUGH IT.
UM, BUT TO YOUR POINT, STEVE, SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO DO A COUPLE, UM, THINGS IN, IN, UH, AT THE SAME TIME, CONCURRENT ACTIVITIES.
SO WE'RE GONNA GET THE, WE'VE GOT THE INFORMATION WE NEED TO BID OUT THOSE, UM, DRAINAGE SHELF AND, AND DRAINAGE DISHES TO GET SOME IMMEDIATE IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, THEN WE'RE GONNA FOCUS IN ON THE, THE DRAINAGE DESIGN AND, AND THE POND DESIGN AS WELL AS THE OUTFALL AT HAMMERING.
AND THOSE ARE GONNA BE THE IMMEDIATE ACTIONS COMING OUT HERE.
AND, AND JUST, I'M SORRY, BUT AGAIN, FOR MY CLARIFICATION, BECAUSE HOPEFULLY THE PURPOSE OF THE ENGINEERS OF STORMWATER IS WHEN A NEW DEVELOPMENT GOES IN, LIKE FOOD LION.
'CAUSE THAT DIDN'T ALWAYS BE THERE.
HOPEFULLY SOMEONE WENT THROUGH AND DID A STORMWATER ANALYSIS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS NEEDED, BUT NOW WE'RE FINDING OUT THAT THAT WAS INADEQUATE.
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YEAH, SO THAT'S WHERE THE SO LOCO MANUAL COMES IN NOW.NOW WE, SO WE'RE STILL DEALING WITH SINS OF THE PAST.
SO 50 YEARS AGO, STORMWATER WASN'T A BIG THING.
UM, BEAUFORT COUNTY IS A LEADING COUNTY IN THE STATE 25 YEARS AGO STANDING UP THE UTILITY THAT WE HAVE.
UM, SO STORM WATER'S BEEN IMPORTANT, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THERE'S STILL THINGS THAT WERE OLDER THAN, UH, 25 YEARS AGO OR EVEN WHEN WE WERE GETTING STARTED, DID WE HAVE THE REGULATIONS THAT WE, WE HAVE NOW.
SO NOW WHEN YOU SEE NEW DEVELOPMENT, IT'S GOT THE, THE POND APPROPRIATE SIZE, NOT ONLY FOR QUANTITY, BUT FOR QUALITY.
AND SO WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT WHEN PEOPLE ARE IN THESE SEATS BEYOND EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM, THAT THEY'RE NOT DEALING WITH THAT, THAT WE DIDN'T DO AS WELL AS WE COULD HAVE.
WHAT YOU JUST EXPLAINED RIGHT THERE, I, I CERTAINLY HOPE YOU CONVEY TO THOSE FOLKS IN SHE POINT AND ALL JOY AND BAY PINES BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE SUFFERING FROM THOSE POOR DECISIONS OF THE PAST.
AND EVEN THE FOLKS OUT HERE IN NEEDLE RUSH AND SOME OTHER AREAS, THESE ARE THE FOLKS THAT WE NEED TO PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A NEW SHERIFF IN TOWN AND THESE THINGS ARE GONNA BE LOOKED AT DIFFERENTLY AND HOPEFULLY NOT JUST TREADING WATER ON THIS SO LOCO MANUAL, BUT WITH FORWARD VISION TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE, THE 10% GROWTH THAT WE EXPERIENCE IN THIS COUNTY SEEMS LIKE EVERY FIVE YEARS THAT IT'S GONNA BE ACCOUNTED FOR.
WE GET ON SHELL POINT, WE'LL MOVE TO RIVER'S END.
ALRIGHT, SO RIVER'S END, UH, IS THE DOUBLE LAYER PIPE SYSTEM OUT IN OKT, MASSIVE SINK HOLES.
UM, WE KEEP REFILLING THE SINK HOLES, BUT THE SAND IS JUST GETTING SUCKED DOWN THE DIRT.
UM, THE PROPOSED SOLUTION IS TO REPLACE THE BOTTOM LAYER OF PIPE WITH RCP AND THEN TO HAVE A BIOS SOIL SYSTEM ON TOP OF IT.
IT'S GONNA BE ONE OF THE FIRST INSTALLATIONS OF GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE THAT BEAUFORT COUNTY STORM WATER MAINTAINS.
AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
THAT COMES WITH A LOT OF INTERNAL EDUCATION ON, UM, HOW IT'S DIFFERENT THAN MAINTAINING A NORMAL DITCH.
SO WE'RE PROUD TO SAY THAT WE'RE, UM, ACCOMPLISHING THAT ON THE TRAINING FRONT.
ALSO LETTERS, UM, NOTIFYING RESIDENTS OF OUR PROJECT PLANS ARE GOING OUT THIS WEEK, UM, SO THAT THEY'LL KNOW KIND OF WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO AND THEN WE'LL PLAN A COMMUNITY MEETING FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS, THREE MONTHS DOWN THE ROAD.
UM, TUXEDO PARK IS COMPLETE, UM, SO THAT YOU'LL NOT SEE THAT ONE HERE NEXT TIME.
HICKORY HILL, THE ONLY THING LEFT TO DO OUT THERE IS SOME FINAL GRADING.
THE RESIDENT THAT IS ON THE ADJACENT PROPERTY WAS NOT SATISFIED WITH THE WAY THAT IT WAS ORIGINALLY GRADED, SO WE WENT BACK OUT THERE, UM, AND DID SOME FINAL GRADING TOUCHES AND THEN IT'LL NEED TO BE HYDRO SEEDED OKT RIVER PARK.
SO WE DID GET THE INITIAL REPORT, WELL WE, Y'ALL HAVE THE FULL REPORT BACK FROM SCHNABEL, WHICH WAS THE GEOTECH ON THE, UM, JOB.
THEY WENT OUT AND RESURVEYED AND DID SOIL BORINGS AND HAVE DETERMINED THAT THE ENTIRE EMBANKMENT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.
SO, UM, I DON'T THINK THAT WAS A SURPRISE TO ANYONE HERE, BUT WE DID NEED TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESSES TO HAVE THAT VERIFIED.
UM, SO NOW THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING WITH THE CONTRACTOR THAT IS BUILDING THE PARK FOR OUR LAND PRESERVATION DEPARTMENT IN KIND OF FIGURING OUT HOW THAT PROJECT CAN CONTINUE WHILE WE REPLACE THE EMBANKMENT OF THAT POND.
SO, UM, DESIGN PLANS ARE ESTIMATED TO TAKE BETWEEN, UM, THREE TO FOUR MONTHS, HOPEFULLY ON THE FAST TRACK, AND THEN IT SHOULD TAKE AROUND SIX TO NINE MONTHS TO COMPLETELY REPLACE THE EMBANKMENT.
UM, AND WE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF THAT'S GONNA BE WORKED INTO THE SCOPE OF THE CONTRACTOR THAT'S CURRENTLY THERE OR IF WE WILL HAVE TO CALL IN A GEOTECH ENGINEER, UM, OR GEOTECH FIRM TO COMPLETE THAT CONSTRUCTION.
SO MORE TO COME ON THAT, BUT WE WERE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH, UM, THE LAND PRESERVATION DEPARTMENT.
THAT BRINGS ME TO ROYAL PINES.
UM, I DO APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS MR. CHAPMAN.
I APOLOGIZE IF I MISSED ANY, UH, PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS I DIDN'T THINK I HAD, BUT I'LL DEFINITELY LOOK BACK.
WE ARE VERY AWARE OF THE ISSUES THAT ARE HAPPENING OUT AT ROYAL PINES.
UM, IT'S GONNA DEFINITELY BE A COLLABORATION BETWEEN US AND DOT.
WE'VE NOT FOUND ANY EASY FIXES.
UM, I'VE BEEN OUT THERE, I WAS OUT THERE PERSONALLY LAST MONDAY.
LOTS OF MEMBERS OF OUR STAFF HAVE BEEN OUT THERE AND IT MAY SEEM LIKE WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING, BUT THERE'S NO IMMEDIATE FIX RIGHT NOW.
UM, WE'VE DONE THE MAINTENANCE, CLEANED OUT THE BOXES, MADE SURE THE DITCHES ARE CLEAN, BUT WE'RE NOW LOOKING AT LARGER SCALE OPTIONS, UM, WHETHER IT BE OFFERING BUYOUTS OR TRYING TO WORK ON THE UPSTREAM EFFORT OR DOWNSTREAM OF ROYAL PINES.
UM, BUT FOR NOW I'LL ACCEPT THE BUYOUT
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OKAY, I HEAR THAT AND I'M VERY UM, PLEASED TO HEAR THAT.
AND I'VE HAD OTHER RESIDENTS TELL ME THAT AS WELL.
AND SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING INTO THE FEASIBILITY OF USING OUR STORMWATER FUNDS FOR DIRECT BUYOUTS.
WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT LEGALLY WE ARE ALLOWED TO USE THOSE FUNDS IN THAT WAY.
I DO BELIEVE WE WILL BE ABLE TO, UM, TO OFFER FAIR MARKET VALUE.
WHY DON'T THEY BUY OUT A FEW LOTS RIGHT THERE? THAT, THAT THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT SAYING THEY CAN'T STOP PEOPLE FROM BUILDING EXACERBATE WHOLE PROP.
IF WE, WE'VE GOT A POWDER KEG OUT THERE, I MEAN IF WE GET, UM, IF WE DO GET THE APPROVAL TO START BUYING OUT PROPERTIES, I WILL OPEN IT UP TO WHATEVER PROPERTIES I, I'M, I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY, I'M, I'M CUT THIS OFF IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK, IF THE LAST PART, WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT COMING UP, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE A DISCOURSE BACK AND FORTH WITH THE AUDIENCE.
UM, BUT I DID JUST WANNA OFFER THAT WE ARE LOOKING INTO THE FEASIBILITY OF THAT.
UM, WE HEAR THE RESIDENTS AND WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S AN ISSUE.
UM, AND WE'RE DOING WHAT WE CAN.
LIKE I SAID, LAST MONDAY, I HAD A CREW ON SITE PREPARED WITH A SIX INCH PUMP, BUT WE COULDN'T FIND ANYWHERE TO PUMP DOWN THE WATER TO WITHOUT INUNDATING SOMEONE ELSE.
UM, SO WE'VE ALSO PUSHED DOT TO TRY TO HAVE THEM COME UP WITH SOME CREATIVE SOLUTIONS TO ALLEVIATE THE WATER THAT RUNS FROM THEIR SYSTEM INTO THAT AREA.
UM, BUT I DO THINK THAT IF WE ARE ALLOWED TO BUY OUT AT LEAST A COUPLE OF PROPERTIES IN THAT AREA, WE COULD TURN 'EM INTO WHAT'S CALLED A STORM WATER POCKET PARK AND THEN, UM, BE ABLE TO, IF NOTHING ELSE, POOL WATER THERE AND SHED IT OFF OF OTHER PROPERTIES.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME LARGER SCALE OPTIONS.
IT'S GONNA TAKE ME A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO WORK WITH LEGAL, BUT AS SOON AS I DO GET THE GO AHEAD, I'LL HAVE A COMMUNITY MEETING AND I WILL OPEN IT UP FOR, UM, OFFERS OF WHO WOULD LIKE FOR US TO LOOK AT THEIR PROPERTY AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO I AM WORKING ON THAT IN THE BACKEND ALONG WITH WORKING WITH DOT TO TRY TO GET THEM TO FIND A SOLUTION.
SO PLEASE DON'T THINK THAT WE'VE FORGOTTEN WE'RE ACTIVELY WORKING ON IT.
AND, UM, IF YOU WILL LEAVE YOUR EMAILS AND I, I CAN DIRECTLY UPDATE YOU IN THAT WAY IF YOU WOULD LIKE, UM, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE DIRECT COMMUNICATION GOING FORWARD.
ANY QUESTIONS ON ROYAL PINES? THANK YOU.
OKAY, FOR ARTHUR HORN, UM, WE HAD THE SECOND ROUND OF INTERVIEWS FOR THE ENGINEERING FIRMS THAT RESPONDED TO OUR RFQ.
WE HAD 10 PROPOSALS COME IN OR 10, UM, RESPONSES TO OUR REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS.
SO WE HAD A LARGE INPUT FROM THE ENGINEERING COMMUNITY.
I THINK THIS IS A VERY UNIQUE PROJECT IN THAT IT REQUIRES, UM, AN ECOLOGICAL ASPECT, IF YOU WILL.
IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN JUST YOUR, UM, STRAIGHT PIPING SYSTEM, GRAY INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEM.
SO I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE EXCITED ABOUT IT.
THE ULTIMATE GOAL, AT LEAST IN MY MIND, AND IT'S FLEXIBLE RIGHT NOW FOR SUGGESTIONS, BUT WOULD BE TO MIRROR SOMETHING SIMILAR TO CYPRESS WETLANDS.
UM, NOT AS A ROOKERY BUT AS A DUCK IMPOUNDMENT.
SO, UM, WE HAVE LOOKED AT THE FEASIBILITY OF PARTNERING WITH DUCKS UNLIMITED.
I SEE SOME QUESTIONING FACES, AND THIS IS JUST AN IDEA, JUST AN IDEA, BUT, UH, WE DO DEFINITELY WANNA OFFER HABITAT.
THE GOAL IS TO BRING IN AN ECOLOGICAL ASPECT, UM, FOR IT TO DUAL AS UM, A BIO RICH AREA AS WELL AS A STORM WATER FEATURE.
SO THE FIRST GOAL, OF COURSE IS TO RESTORE STORM WATER FUNCTION, TO GET THE WATER FROM THE INFLOW TO THE OUTFLOW SO THAT CERTAIN RESIDENTS CAN STOP EXPERIENCING FLOODING.
UM, AND THEN THE ECOLOGICAL ASPECT WILL COME IN ON THE BACKSIDE THERE HAS BEEN COMMENT ON CONNECTING IT TO THE SPANISH MOSS TRAIL AND THE FEASIBILITY OF THAT.
SO WE ARE GONNA REACH OUT TO OUR CITY OF BEAUFORT PEOPLE AND OUR PORT ROYAL PEOPLE, UM, TO TRY TO SEE THE TEMPERATURE ON THAT AND IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO WORK TOGETHER ON CONNECTING THAT ALL TOGETHER TO BE ONE SYSTEM.
SO MORE TO COME ON THAT, BUT FOR NOW THE DESIGN, UM, WE'LL START ONCE THE FINAL ENGINEERING FIRM IS SELECTED.
SO OUR SCORES ARE IN AND BACK TO PROCUREMENT.
THEY'RE GONNA DO THEIR THING AND THEN WE SHOULD HAVE A COMPANY BY THE NEXT TIME WE COME BACK WE SHOULD ACTUALLY ALREADY BE STARTED.
SO THAT PROJECT'S WELL UNDERWAY.
UM, PROFESSIONAL CONTRACTS UPDATE, SO OUR CONTRACT FOR WILBERT EXPIRES ON OCTOBER 8TH AND THIS IS OUR THIRD RENEWAL, SO WE WILL HAVE TO PUT IT OUT FOR BID.
UM, AND WE'VE BEEN INSTRUCTED TO HAVE UP TO THREE FIRMS ON CALL FOR STORMWATER SPECIFIC SERVICES, WHICH I THINK WILL REALLY EXPEDITE UM, OUR PROCUREMENT PROCESS AND BEING ABLE TO OBTAIN THREE QUOTES AND MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT HAVING OUTSIDE ENTITIES.
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STORMWATER SPECIFIC SERVICES FOR OUR STAFF UPDATE.UM, I REGRETTABLY INFORM YOU THAT MS. TAMMY DOE, OUR FORMER STORMWATER BUSINESS MANAGER HAS MOVED ON FROM BUFORT COUNTY.
UH, THE STORMWATER BUSINESS MANAGER POSITION HAS BEEN POSTED.
WE HAVE INTERVIEWED SINCE I WROTE THIS REPORT.
AND, UH, WE ARE DOWN TO THREE TOP CANDIDATES.
SO HOPEFULLY WE WILL HAVE SOMEONE IN FOR THE STORMWATER BUSINESS MANAGER POSITION WITHIN A FEW MONTHS.
UM, AS WE WORK THROUGH THE ONBOARDING PROCESS WITH HR.
ALSO, I WANTED TO MENTION, UH, WE HAVE A NEW GRANTS MANAGER, MS. ALLISON KIRBY.
UM, SHE HELPED ME ON THE SHELL POINT GRANT.
SHE WAS WILLING TO WORK AFTER HOURS.
UM, WE GOT UP ONE MORNING AT SIX O'CLOCK AND WE'RE BOTH EXCITED ABOUT AN EMD GRANT AND HAD TO CALL EACH OTHER.
I'M EXCITED TO HAVE HER AT THE COUNTY.
SHE'S NOT JUST FOR STORM WATER, BUT SHE WILL HELP US GOING FORWARD, MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE UTILIZING ALL GRANT FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE CAN, UM, SHE'LL HELP IN THE MATCHING FUNDS TO PROJECTS PROCESS.
UM, SO I'VE PRETTY MUCH PUT OUT ALL OF OUR FUTURE PROJECTS TO HER, INCLUDING SHELL POINT AND LETTING HER KNOW THAT, I MEAN, SHE'S VERY FAMILIAR WITH SHELL POINT AT THIS POINT, BUT LETTING HER KNOW THAT, UM, WE WILL BE LOOKING FOR GRANTS IN THE FUTURE THOUGH WE DO HAVE THE STORMWATER UTILITY FUNDS.
WE LIKE TO UTILIZE, YOU KNOW, FEDERAL FUNDING, FREE MONEY, EVERYBODY LIKES FREE MONEY.
SO IF WE CAN GET THAT, WE WILL.
UM, SHE WASN'T ABLE TO BE HERE TODAY, BUT I HOPE TO INTRODUCE YOU IN PERSON SOMETIME SOON.
THAT'S THE END OF MY MANAGER'S REPORT.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO TAKE AWAY? GOOD, THANK YOU.
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MR. ANDREWS.
WHO DOES THIS WORK, UH, DAILY, UH, IS, UH, I'M JUST CURIOUS FOR, FOR A BANK, UH, UH, EMBANKMENT, UH, PLANS TO TAKE THREE TO FOUR MONTHS.
IS THAT TYPICAL TO DO IT IN, IT TAKES THREE TO FOUR MONTHS TO DO A PLAN FOR A BANK? OH LORD.
I DON'T WANNA PASS JUDGMENT ON SOMEONE ELSE.
THE, THE WORLD IS COMPLEX AND BUSY, SO, SO IT TAKES TIME TO FIT IT IN AND THEN THERE'S PIECES, THERE'S SURVEYING, THERE'S GEOTECHNICAL, AND YOU GET TO THE DESIGN.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF BACKGROUND EFFORTS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE THAT DON'T GET SPOKEN TO OR, OR REALIZE THAT THEY'RE HAPPENING.
AND THEN THE PERMITTING WORLD IS, IS BACKLOGGED 'CAUSE THERE'S SO MANY PERMITS BEING APPLIED FOR.
SO IT DOES, IT DOES FOR SOMETHING TO MEASURE IN YEARS IS NOT UNCOMMON.
SO THREE MONTHS SEEMS LIKE A SHORT, QUICK SPRINT.
IT'S NOT MY WORLD, SO, MM-HMM
UH, YOU COVERED THE CONTRACTS, SO WE YES, SIR.
UH, WE'RE DOWN AND WE WE GOT THE STAFF DONE AND, UH, SO WE'RE, WE'RE AN UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
UH, WOULD SOMEONE LIKE TO BRING UP ANYTHING
I'M OLD
IT'S, I WAS GOING TO ASK, AND MAYBE YOU, YOU MAY NOT, OR MR. CARTER, HE'S STILL NOT HERE.
I HAD ASKED, UH, ABOUT A YEAR AGO, UH, BECAUSE FOLKS, YOU KNOW, LIKE THOSE IN NEEDLE RUSH AND ALL DOING ALL THESE THINGS, THEY'RE ALWAYS PUTTING OUT THESE CITIZEN GROUNDS, I'M FLOODED IN MY BACKYARD AND THIS AND THAT OTHER THING.
AND THEY ALWAYS WANT TO KNOW, I SAW THE DITCH ACROSS THE STREET BEING, YOU KNOW, HYDRO JETTED AND I'M NOT GETTING ANYTHING ON MY SIDE.
AND I HAD ASKED HIM, LIKE I SAID A YEAR AGO, ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY COMING UP WITH SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS AN EXCEL SPREADSHEET INSTEAD OF THE WHITEBOARD THAT THEY HAVE IN THE PUBLIC WORKS FACILITY TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT ONLINE.
SO IF RESIDENTS HAD A QUESTION ABOUT WHERE THEY'RE AT IN THE SCHEME OF THINGS, THEY COULD GO TO THAT.
SO WE HAVE DONE HALF OF THAT PROJECT.
UM, WE HAVE ADDED OUR IN A YEAR.
THE, UM, PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE DONE ARE NOW ON OUR, THE MAINTENANCE REPORT PROJECTS THAT MR. CARTER PRESENTS ON ARE NOW ON OUR WEBSITE.
SO AT LEAST RESIDENTS CAN SEE WHERE WE'VE BEEN AND WHAT WE'RE DOING.
AND THEN WE'RE LOOKING TOWARDS, WE'RE STARTING KIND OF A NEW PROJECT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE POSSIBLY.
UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING INTO DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT WILL HELP US THEN BE ABLE TO AUTOMATE THAT.
AND INSTEAD OF HIM HAVING HIS OWN LIST AND HAVING TO GO AND UPDATE THAT, IT WOULD AUTOMATICALLY FEED.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THAT AS SIMPLE AND AUTOMATIC AS PRO AS POSSIBLE.
BUT YES, WE ARE STILL WORKING ON THE SECOND PART OF PROJECTED PROJECTS OR AREAS THAT HE'LL BE IN.
UM, ALSO, I WAS GOING TO ASK, YOU TOUCHED ON IT, BUT OBVIOUSLY ABOUT THE, THE PATHWAY, UH, ISSUE ON AJOY.
APPARENTLY THAT'S ALREADY BEEN SETTLED BY THE NATURAL
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RESOURCES COMMITTEE AND THAT PUBLIC FACILITIES COMMITTEE YES, SIR.PASSED THE AJOY PATHWAYS PROJECT ON MONDAY NIGHT.
AND NOW THAT GOES TO COUNSEL? YES, SIR.
AND IS THAT A THREE READING AS I AM? I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S ONE OR THREE.
UM, IT'S ONE MS. VALLEY SAID THAT'S ONE READING.
WELL, HOPEFULLY WE'LL SEE THAT ON THE AGENDA SOON, BECAUSE THERE ARE PROBABLY GONNA BE A LOT OF FOLKS THERE THAT ARE GONNA MAKE ISSUE WITH THAT, BUT WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES.
UH, SHELL POINT, UNFORTUNATELY, YOU TALKED ABOUT.
UM, AND THEN ONE MORE, UH, I GOT A, A, I KIND OF STUMBLED ON THIS, AND IT WAS ALSO MAYBE ABOUT SIX OR EIGHT MONTHS AGO, IT WAS ABOUT THE FLOODING IN THE FOREST FIELDS AREA OUT IN BURTON.
AND APPARENTLY, UH, THE INDIVIDUAL THAT SPOKE AT STORMWATER MEETING, UH, MRS. TAYLOR OR MS. TAYLOR, I'M NOT SURE, SPOKE ABOUT THE FLOODING PROBLEM.
AND OBVIOUSLY IT'S THE RUNOFF FROM THE NEW SHOPPING AREA UP THERE AND IT'S, ONCE AGAIN WASN'T ENGINEERED CORRECTLY.
SO NOW THEY HAVE ISSUES, UH, WITH EXCESS WATER AND THEY ALSO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH DITCHES, PEOPLE THROWING THEIR UTILITY, OLD UTILITIES AND STUFF LIKE THEIR OLD DISHWASHERS AND STUFF, MATTRESS AND ALL THAT STUFF.
SHE SAID THAT SHORTLY AFTER SHE DID SPEAK, THAT SOMEBODY CAME OUT, SHE WASN'T SURE WHO IT WAS, WHETHER IT WAS SOME STORMWATER PUBLIC WORKS, AND SAID THAT THEY DID NOTHING MORE THAN BUSH HOG THE DITCHES AND THAT WAS IT.
AND THEY STILL HAVE PROBLEMS OUT THERE, THERE'S STILL FLOODING ISSUES OUT THERE.
SO WHETHER SHE'S FILED THE PROPER CITIZEN GROUND OR WHATEVER, BUT THAT WAS AN ISSUE.
LIKE I SAID, IT WAS PROBABLY ABOUT A YEAR AGO AND IT STILL HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED.
AND THOSE ARE COUNTY ROADS BACK THERE IN FOREST FIELDS RIDDEN AROUND THEM.
PROBABLY NEED TO LOOK INTO THAT.
MR. RUSS, ANY OTHER OLD BUSINESS UNFINISHED? UH, HOW ABOUT NEW BUSINESS? IS THERE ANYTHING THAT THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP A NEW BUSINESS? I, I HAVE A QUESTION.
BE IT UNFINISHED OR NEW? SO AFTER, SOMETIMES THERE'S A GRAY AREA, STEVE, SO IT'S, YEAH.
AND, AND THEN, SO TO PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE, WHEN I ASK THIS, LIKE, WHAT THE HECK? HE DOESN'T KNOW THAT.
UM, AND IN A COMPLIMENT TO TAYLOR, SHE WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY.
I HAVE BEEN ABSENT FOR 'CAUSE I'M SO BUSY.
SHE TRACKS ME DOWN, UM, AND SAID, CALLS ME OUT AND SAYS, WE'RE ALL BUSY.
YOU NEED TO SHOW UP AND DO YOUR RESPONSIBILITY.
IT WAS A GENTLE BUT EFFECTIVE, UM, ARMED FORCE.
SO BEING ABSENT AND, AND NOT KNOWING PROCEDURES, I APOLOGIZE, BUT, AND, AND JARED'S STILL HERE, SO MAYBE HE COULD ANSWER AND, AND POSSIBLY TAILOR WHAT, WHAT CAN WE DO AS THE BOARD TO ASK FOR HELP FOR THE LADIES ISLAND? UM, AND, AND, AND, AND THE OTHER AREAS THAT WE'RE HEARING A ABOUT IS THE, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO ADVOCATE FOR THOSE CITIZENS? OH, I, I CAN TELL YOU THAT, UH, IN, IN, IN SOME RESPECTS, UH, I NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THIS BOARD IN SPEAKING DIRECTLY TO COUNCIL.
UH, I'VE TRIED TO GO THROUGH COUNCIL PEOPLE AS OUR REPRESENTATIVES, UH, TO GET OUR, OUR MESSAGING ACROSS ABOUT HOW WE FEEL ABOUT DECISIONS THAT MAY NOT BE BMP DRIVEN, UH, JUST THROUGH, UH, UH, IGNORANCE, UH, UH, OF THE PEOPLE INVOLVED THAT THEY MAY NOT KNOW WHAT THE BMPS ARE, UH, OR WHAT CURRENT, UH, UH, TECHNOLOGY THAT EXISTS.
AND I, I, I ERRONEOUSLY THOUGHT THAT, THAT MY WORKING THROUGH COUNCIL PEOPLE, UH, WOULD HAVE A BETTER EFFECT.
BUT IT TURNED OUT THAT THAT ISN'T ALWAYS THE CASE.
AND IF I CAN'T MAKE IT, UH, UH, MY DEPUTY ISN'T HERE, MY MY VICE CHAIR, BUT, UH, ANOTHER BOARD MEMBER COULD GO IF I CAN'T MAKE IT.
AND I UNDERSTAND NOW THAT IT'S PROBABLY BETTER FOR US TO SPEAK DIRECTLY TO COUNCIL, UH, AT THE TIME OF THEIR MEETING.
AS OPPOSED TO GO THROUGH COMMITTEES AND SUBCOMMITTEES, ALRIGHT.
TRYING TO GET OUR MESSAGE ACROSS BECAUSE IT, IT, IT FALLS, UH, IT HAS FALLEN ON DEAF EARS, UH, IN THE LAST 12, 18 MONTHS.
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PREPARED TO SPEAK, UH, AND ANYONE ON THIS BOARD WHO WANTS ME TO SPEAK AND ADVOCATE FOR US DIRECTLY TO COUNCIL, BECAUSE THAT'S, UH, WHO COUNCIL BASICALLY RUNS.UH, THE ADMINISTRATION WORKS FOR COUNCIL AND COUNCIL WORKS FOR THE PEOPLE.
SO WE, WE, I THINK NEED AS A STORM WATER BOARD, UH, TO BE A STRONGER ADVOCATE, UH, FOR THE PEOPLE.
UH, THAT'S THE BEST I CAN, I CAN TELL YOU FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, IT'S A GOOD ANSWER.
AND IT, I WAS THINKING THAT SAME THING TOO, AS A GROUP TO SHOW UP AT COUNCIL AND MORE, THE MORE THE MERRIER.
YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT GOING FORWARD, EITHER YOU OR YOUR REPRESENTATIVE, MAKE IT A POINT TO SHOW UP AT THESE COUNTY COUNCIL MEETINGS TO SPEAK ON BEHALF.
OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT, WHOEVER'S GONNA SPEAK IN YOUR STEAD, CLEARS WHATEVER IS SAID THROUGH YOU FIRST TO MAKE SURE THAT COUNCIL IS AWARE.
BUT I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S AN EXCELLENT IDEA TO DO THAT.
IT'S NOT AS A MEANS TO BYPASS ANYTHING OF ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER, BUT IT'S GOING TO HOPEFULLY NOT FALL ON DEAF EARS, AS YOU'VE SAID.
SO I, I'D LIKE TO MAKE THAT MOTION GOING FORWARD, THAT IT, THAT SOMEBODY AT LEAST REPRESENTS STORMWATER COUNTY COUNCIL.
IF THERE IS AN ISSUE PRESENT THAT NEEDS ADDRESSING, I, I HAVE NO OBJECTION TO THAT MOTION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY
SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN Y'ALL OPEN UP YOUR MOUTH.
UM, JUST TO ADD TO THAT, IF I MAY, UM, KNOWING THAT YOU ARE AN EXPERTISE IN ENGINEERING AND THINGS LIKE THAT, IF YOU EVER HAVE SUGGESTIONS ON OUR PROBLEM AREAS THAT YOU HEAR, OR, UM, A GUIDANCE OF WHAT ROUTE THAT I CAN GO DOWN LOOKING FOR POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS, I WOULD LOVE TO, UM, SIT DOWN AND PICK YOUR BRAIN.
AND I, I'LL BE GLAD TO, TO HELP.
BUT ANYWAY, CAM, AND NOW THAT YOU'VE MOTIVATED ME TO SHOW BACK UP, SO I'M HERE TO HELP.
OH, UH, NOT ONLY DO WE THANK YOU, BUT I'M SURE THE PEOPLE AT SHELDON, UH, THAT YOU REPRESENT.
ANY OTHER NEW BUSINESS, UH, FROM OUR EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS, UH, OR BOARD MEMBERS? UH, I JUST WANNA SAY IT'S, IT IS GOOD TO SEE JEFF BACK, UH, AFTER A NUMBER OF YEARS,
I'M HAPPY TO BE, WE, WE UNDERSTAND THAT HE'S BEEN PROMOTED AND HE, THAT'S, THIS IS NOT PROBABLY IN HIS JOB DESCRIPTION ANYMORE.
OH, IT'S, IT'S DEFINITELY IN THERE.
SO, UH, UH, AT THIS TIME, UH, I OPEN UP THE FLOOR TO PUBLIC COMMENT AGAIN, UH, THREE MINUTES, UH, IS WHAT YOU HAVE TO SPEAK AND HOPEFULLY IN A CIVIL TONE.
HI, MY NAME'S JEFF STONER, ONE TURTLE LANE, I BELIEVE.
MR. ROSS, YOU HAD SOME VERY GOOD REPRESENTATION FOR THE PEOPLE OF SHELL POINT AND I APPRECIATE IT.
UM, TAYLOR, I WILL SAY THAT I'VE CALLED YOUR OFFICE NUMEROUS TIMES, LEFT NUMEROUS MESSAGES, NEVER GET A PHONE CALL BACK.
I PERSONALLY APOLOGIZE FOR THAT
I WILL FIGURE OUT WHY THAT'S HAPPENING.
IF YOU GIVE ME A CALL, I'D APPRECIATE IT.
I THINK EVERYBODY'S NOT LOOKING AT WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING OUT THERE.
I'M A CONSTRUCTION SUPERINTENDENT, WORKED ON A LOT OF MAJOR PROBLEMS AND A LOT OF MAJOR PROJECTS AND EVERYBODY'S BLAMING RIGHT NOW, DOT FOR THE WATER THAT'S COMING.
THIS HAS TO DO WITH OUR PIECE OF THE PROPERTY OUT THERE AT, UM, LADIES ISLAND.
THEY ARE DUMPING THE WATER OFF OF MIDDLE ROAD ONTO PRIVATE PROPERTY BEHIND THE LADIES' HOUSE WHO LEFT MY HOUSE AND THE OTHER GENTLEMAN'S HOUSE BACK THERE.
UM, BUT THE WATER'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
I HAD STORM WATER EASEMENT WHEN I BUILT MY HOUSE THROUGH MY PROPERTY.
BUT YOU COULD GO OUT THERE NOW, AND IT'S BEEN THAT WAY FOR A MONTH AND A HALF.
EVERY ONE OF THE STORMWATER INLETS IS STACKED FULL, WHICH IS CREATING ALL THE PROBLEMS FOR THE OLDER GENTLEMAN BACK THERE.
NOW, YOU KNOW, I HEAR WHAT, THREE, FOUR MONTHS AGO, THE GOLF COURSE IS BEING SOLD.
BUT HOW ARE WE GONNA ALLOW THE GOLF COURSE TO BUILD WHEN ALL THE PROBLEMS SEEMS TO BE DOWNSTREAM IF YOU KEEP DUMPING WATER IN AND IT'S NOT GOING OUT, THE PROBLEM'S DOWNSTREAM, IT DOESN'T SEEM HARD TO CAMERA EVERY ONE OF THE LINES AND SEE, YOU KNOW, WHICH ONE'S CLOGGED.
SOMETHING'S CLOGGED SOMEWHERE.
WHEN THEY TAKE ALL THE IMPERVIOUS LAND THAT THE GOLF COURSE HAS NOW AND YOU START PUTTING HOUSES AND EVERYTHING AND BUILDING ON IT, IT'S JUST GOING TO EXACERBATE THE PROBLEM.
SO THEN YOU, YOU KNOW, I HEAR YESTERDAY, WHICH THEY SAY, WHY DIDN'T SOMEBODY CONTACT YOU? THEY'RE GONNA PUT A SIDEWALK ON MIDDLE ROAD.
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WELL, I MEAN, TO ME, AND YOU'VE GOTTA, EVERYBODY CAN HAVE A DIFFERENT OPINION.THAT'S THE STUPIDEST THING YOU CAN DO.
UNLESS YOU'RE GONNA MAKE OUT A 25 MILE AN HOUR ROAD BECAUSE IT'S A RACETRACK AND SOMEBODY'S GONNA GET KILLED.
BUT THEY'RE GONNA DO THAT ALL ON THE WEST SIDE AND PUT ALL THE WATER ON THE EAST SIDE WHERE ALL THE PROBLEMS ARE.
SO, I MEAN, LOGIC SAYS SOMEBODY'S NOT THINKING, YOU KNOW, I, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST TRYING TO POINT IT OUT AND LET EVERYBODY START THINKING IN A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK THERE'S TOO MANY PEOPLE HERE THAT DISAGREE WITH YOU, SIR.
SO, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT JUST DOES, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SEEMS LIKE WE GOTTA TAKE CARE OF ONE PROBLEM BEFORE YOU, YOU KNOW, MAKE IT EVEN WORSE.
UM, I'VE SEEN THE SURVEY, THE FLOOD SURVEY FROM LAST YEAR.
MY PROPERTY WAS NEVER INCLUDED.
I'M NOT SURE IF IT FIT OR NOT.
UM, BUT CURRENTLY I HAVE ABOUT 24 INCHES OF STANDING WATER IN MY BACKYARD, ABOUT FIVE FEET FROM MY PATIO COMING UP TO MY HILL WHERE MY HOUSE IS BUILT UP.
UM, AND I AM WILLING TO WORK WITH STORM WATER, BUT MY WIFE CALLED ON MONDAY THE 18TH AND HAVEN'T RECEIVED A PHONE CALL BACK.
I AM WILLING TO PUT IN A RETENTION POND AND A RAIN GARDEN TO HELP ALLEVIATE, BUT I ALSO HAVE TO HAVE STORM WATER HELP ME TO COME OUT TO APPROVE WHAT I'M ALLOWED TO DO IN MY PROPERTY.
SO WE CAN, INSTEAD OF JUST ME WORKING OR YOU WORKING, WE CAN WORK AND COLLABORATE TOGETHER IS THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THIS.
SO I CAN FIX THE PROBLEM TO WHERE JEFF DOESN'T HAVE THE PROBLEM TO WHERE MR. CHAPMAN DOESN'T HAVE THE PROBLEM.
I AM MORE THAN WILLING TO PUT A POND BACK THERE.
I ALREADY HAVE A CONTRACTOR WHO HAS EXPERIENCE IN DOING THOSE.
I JUST NEED APPROVAL FROM STORMWATER SO I CAN MOVE FORWARD.
SO ANY INFORMATION OR WHO I CAN TALK TO TO GET THE BALL RUNNING WOULD BE WOULD BE GREAT.
THAT'S ME AND I'LL DEFINITELY GIVE YOU A CALL.
'CAUSE MY WIFE CALLED ON MONDAY.
'CAUSE I ACTUALLY EMAILED MR. FURROW, WHO'S NOT HERE, DIDN'T EMAIL ME BACK.
MY WIFE EMAILED HIM A FEW DAYS LATER AND HE IMMEDIATELY REPLIED BACK ON WHO TO CONTACT.
SO I'M NOT SURE WHERE THE DISCONNECT BETWEEN MY EMAIL, MY WIFE'S EMAIL IS BETWEEN HIM AND I KNOW HE'S PART OF THE CITY, WHICH I'M THANKFUL HE POINTED MY WIFE TO YOU.
BUT THE, THE MISCOMMUNICATION OR NON-COMMUNICATION IS A VERY BIG PET PEEVE OF MINE.
COMING FROM A MILITARY BACKGROUND WHERE COMMUNICATION IS EVERYTHING, IT'S PRETTY LACKLUSTER TO SAY THE BEST FROM EVERYBODY.
I'M NOT POINT, I'LL FIND OUT WHERE THE DISCONNECT WAS.
IF THERE IS NO OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, ANYTHING FOR, UH, THE GOOD OF THE COUNTY AT THIS TIME.
UH, THE NEXT, UH, MEETING, UH, IS OCTOBER 15TH AND, UH, THE PLACE IS TO BE DETERMINED.
OBJECTIVE, BACK OVER AT THE, THE CONSTRUCTION'S DONE.
WE'LL HAVE IT AT THE ACTUAL, IF MR. MITCHELL'S CONSTRUCTION FIRM IS FINISHED, WE MAY HAVE IT IN CHAMBERS.
UH, IF NOTHING ELSE, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
I AM EMERY CAMPBELL, AND THIS IS YOUR BEAUFORT COUNTY MOMENT.
THE GULLAH LANGUAGE IS A MIXTURE OF ENGLISH AND AFRICAN WORDS.
AND WHAT I SAID TO YOU WAS, HOW ARE YOU DOING? UNA? WAS YOU IN THAT SENTENCE? I'M GLAD THAT YOU CAME TO HEAR WHAT I HAVE TO SAY.
THE COLOR LANGUAGE CAME OUT OF WEST AFRICAN MIXED WITH ENGLISH,
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AND IT WAS SPOKEN THROUGHOUT BUFORD COUNTY AND THE LOW COUNTRY BY AFRICAN-AMERICANS UP UNTIL RECENTLY WHEN OUR POPULATION HAS CHANGED, SO THAT WE NOW SPEAK MORE LIKE OHIOAN.BUT THE LANGUAGE HAS AFRICAN WORDS.
YETI MEANS TO HEAR, UNA MEANS YOU, LON MEANS TO STAND.
BIDI IS FOR CHICKEN, CUDA IS FOR TURTLE.
SO THOSE WORDS MIXED IN WITH ENGLISH HAVE MADE THE GULLAH LANGUAGE A UNIQUE LANGUAGE.
UH, SOME PEOPLE CALL IT A PARTIS.
AND WE FIND COLOR LANGUAGE BEING SPOKEN THROUGHOUT THE LOW COUNTRY.
TO SEE MORE BEAUFORT COUNTY MOMENTS, GO TO THE BEAUFORT COUNTY LIBRARY HOMEPAGE AND CLICK ON THE LOCAL HISTORY TAB.