Oct 06, 2025 Planning Commission

APPROVAL OF THE MEETING MINUTES FROM JUNE.

OYA PUBLICATION HAS BEEN POSTED.

UH, WE'RE UP TO

[4. APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES – June 2, 2025 Regular Meeting]

IF THERE'S ANY, UH, ADS.

DELETES HEARING NOTHING WITHOUT OBJECTION.

THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.

UH, ANYBODY WANNA

[5. APPROVAL OF AGENDA]

ADD ANYTHING TO THE AGENDA? HEARING NOTHING.

THE AGENDA IS APPROVED WITHOUT OBJECTION.

WE'RE AT THE POINT NOW WHERE WE COME TO CITIZEN COMMENTS NOT RELATED TO THE AGENDA.

SO IF YOU'VE COME HERE TO SPEAK IN GENERAL ON A, ON AN ISSUE, THIS WOULD BE THE TIME THAT WE WOULD ALLOW FOR AT.

I'M GONNA READ A FEW NOTES ABOUT PUBLIC SPEAKING SO THAT WE ARE ALL ON THE SAME, UH, PLANE ENDING.

UH, IF YOU'RE HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT AN, UH, ABOUT AN AGENDA ITEM THAT WILL COME AFTER WE INTRODUCE THAT ITEM.

BUT GENERALLY, UH, PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR REQUEST TO SPEAK TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CHAIR.

THAT'S KRISTEN.

YOU'LL BE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.

THE COMMISSIONS WILL.

RESPECTFULLY LISTENING TO YOUR COMMENTS, PLEASE BE RESPECTFUL TO THE PUBLIC FORUM THAT YOU'RE IN.

UH, THERE IS A PODIUM RIGHT THERE.

SO AT THE PODIUM, PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE PUBLIC RECORD THE PUBLIC RECORD IT, AND THEREFORE BECOMES A MATTER OF PUBLIC RECORD.

AS DOES ALL CORRESPONDENCE ON THE ISSUE DIRECTED TO COUNTY OFFICIALS.

PLEASE TRY TO AVOID REPEATING COMMENTS ALREADY OFFERED.

POLICE PLACE YOUR CELL PHONES ON SILENT MODE.

IF YOU NEED TO SPEAK WITH THE CALLER, PLEASE STEP OUTSIDE THE ROOM.

JUST AS A REMINDER, THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS AN ADVISORY BODY TO COUNTY COUNCIL.

AS SUCH, THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION ON ANY ISSUE GOES FORWARD TO COUNTY COUNCIL THROUGH THE NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE, THEN TO COUNTY COUNCIL FOR THE REVIEW AND VOTING DETERMINATION.

SO THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION IS JUST A STEP IN THE REVIEW PROCESS IN VOTING DETERMINATION BY COUNTY COUNCIL.

WITH, WITH THAT UNDERSTANDING, I'M GONNA ASK FOR ANY CITIZEN COMMENTS.

NOT ON THE AGENDA.

I DIDN'T THINK THERE COULD BE ANY A NAME.

SO FINE.

WE'LL MOVE ON.

WE'RE GONNA GO THEN TO OUR

[7. CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING MAP FOR 231.58 ACRES (R100 025 000 0084 0000, R100 025 000 0110 0000, R100 020 000 047A 0000, R100 026 00A 0260 0000, R100 026 00A 0261 0000, R300 028 000 0016 0000, R300 028 000 016A 0000, R300 015 000 076B 0000, R100 033 00A 0022 0000, R600 009 000 0030 0000, R600 013 000 0048 0000, R600 009 000 0003 0000, R600 005 000 004D 0000, R600 021 000 0078 0000, R600 029 000 0054 0000, R600 021 000 0819 0000) _FR_O__M_ _S_1,_ T_2_R_,_ T_3_H_N_,_ T_4_H_C_,_ C_4_C_C_M_U__, _A_N_D_ C_5_R_C_M__U_ _TO__ T_1_N_P_.____________]

ACTION ITEM.

ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING MAP FOR MULTIPLE PROPERTIES.

I DON'T THINK I NEED TO READ ALL THESE NUMBERS.

THEY'RE ALL MATTER OF RECORD.

UM, KRISTEN, ARE YOU PRESENTING OR ? I WAS.

UM, I DIDN'T KNOW I'D HAD TO PRESENT.

UM, UH, I'M NOT GONNA LOOK AT THE SCREEN.

I ACTUALLY DID NOT READ ROB'S THE STAFF REPORT.

UM, 'CAUSE THAT'S DONE BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT.

, I CAN TELL YOU ABOUT THE PROPERTIES.

I'LL GET TO THIS JUST SO WE, OKAY.

HI GUYS.

UM, IT WOULD NOT ADVERSELY AFFECT NEARBY LANDS.

SO ESSENTIALLY THIS ONE IS PRETTY EASY.

WE JUST RECOMMENDED APPROVAL.

WE DID THIS COUPLE YEARS AGO.

UM, AND THIS IS JUST A HOUSEKEEPING THING THAT WE'RE DOING FOR ALL OF THE RURAL CRITICAL LANDS THAT WERE PURCHASED OR THEY HAD AN EASEMENT PURCHASE, WE ARE JUST MOVING THOSE OVER, UH, AND REZONING THEM TO T ONE NATURE PRESERVE.

UM, AND SO WE SAID IT WAS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMP PLAN.

IT'S, UM, NOT IN CONFLICT WITH THE CDC.

IT ADDRESSES THE COMMUNITY NEED OF PROTECTED LAND.

UM, IT IS REQUIRED BY CHANGES BECAUSE IT IS REQUIRED DUE TO THE CONSERVATION EASEMENTS AND FEE SIMPLE PURCHASES.

UM, IT IS COMPATIBLE WITH EXISTING AND PROPOSED USES SURROUNDING THE LAND.

I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

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UM, IT WOULD RESULT IN LOGICAL AND ORDERLY DEVELOPMENT PATTERN.

UM, ANY DEVELOPMENT ON THE SITE WOULD BE REQUIRED TO ADHERE TO THE NATURAL RESOURCE PROTECTION, TREE PROTECTION, WETLAND PROTECTION, ALL THAT.

AND IT WOULD, IT, OH, YES, IT WOULD RESULT IN DEVELOPMENT THAT IS ADEQUATELY SERVED BY PUBLIC FACILITIES BECAUSE NOT PLANNED NOR ALLOWED FOR DEVELOPMENT ON THE SITES.

SO YES, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.

AND THEN STEPHANIE CAN GO THROUGH AND ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.

UH, KRISTEN QUESTION? YES.

UH, DOES, IS THIS ALL THE REMAINING PROPERTIES FOR THAT, OR IN THE RURAL AND CRITICAL LAND THAT WERE TO BE DOWN ZONED? YES.

THIS IS, SO A COUPLE YEARS AGO, IF YOU RECALL, WE HAD LIKE 20 SOME PROPERTIES COME FORWARD.

UM, THESE WERE LEFT ASIDE AT THAT TIME BECAUSE THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT COUNTY COUNCIL ABOUT POSSIBLY SURPLUS IN SOME LANDS.

AND SO SOME OF THESE, UM, ASIDE FROM THE NEWEST ACQUISITIONS, WERE VIEWED AS POTENTIAL FOR THAT SURPLUS.

IF COUNCIL DECIDED TO GO THAT ROUTE, THEY ENDED UP NOT GOING THAT ROUTE.

AND SO, BECAUSE THEY DID NOT CONSIDER THESE NECESSARY FOR ANY KIND OF SURPLUS, WE SAID, WELL, LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET THEM REZONED NOW SO THAT WE REINFORCE THAT THEY WERE PURCHASED BY RURAL AND CRITICAL THEIR CONSERVATION LAND.

UM, MANY OF THESE PROPERTIES ACTUALLY ARE NOT GOING TO EVEN BE DEVELOPED AS PASSIVE PARKS BECAUSE OF THEIR LOCATION ACCESS ISSUES.

UM, SIZE, MANY OF THEM ARE, ARE SMALL PARCELS THAT ARE, UM, MORE LIKE ISLANDS IN, IN A SENSE.

AND, UM, THEY JUST DON'T LEND THEMSELVES TO PUBLIC ACCESS.

BUT THERE ARE A FEW IN HERE THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BECOME PASSIVE PARKS IN THE FUTURE.

AND I CAN GO THROUGH EACH ONE IF YOU WANT ME TO, OR IF YOU JUST HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT THE, I THINK THEY'RE SIX 16.

JUST ONE QUE QUICK QUESTION.

WOULD YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF FOR THE AUDIENCE SO THEY KNOW WHO YOU ARE? SORRY.

UM, I'M STEPHANIE NADT.

I'M THE LAND PRESERVATION DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR FOR BEAUFORT COUNTY.

THAT PLANNING INITIATIVE UNDERWAY.

WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU WANT TO HEAR THEM INDIVIDUALLY OR, I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT THE ONES THAT MIGHT BECOME, MIGHT BECOME A PARK.

SURE.

I THINK THAT'S IT.

DO, CAN I SCROLL OR CAN YOU, UH, WE'LL JUST GO THROUGH, LET'S JUST GO THROUGH.

I FEEL LIKE THIS IS SO OKAY THERE.

UM, LET'S GO THROUGH THAT FIRST ONE.

THERE IS A PROPERTY CALLED THE ADAMS TRACT.

IT'S ON EITHER SIDE OF THE ROAD.

UM, SO PAGE SEVEN AND EIGHT ARE, UM, BOTH GONNA REMAIN OPEN SPACE, UM, LOCATION AND ACCESS.

JUST ISN'T THAT GREAT.

GO TO THE NEXT ONE.

NUMBER NINE.

THAT'S A PROPERTY CALLED AM GRAY.

IT IS ALSO A VERY POOR LOCATION AND IT HAS, UM, A LOT OF WETLANDS AND, AND STORM WATER DRAINAGE.

SO IT'S GONNA REMAIN IN OPEN SPACE.

UM, THE NEXT ONE DOWN, THIS IS THE BOUNDARY STREET VISTA.

THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY IS ACTUALLY WHERE THE SHEDS USED TO BE ON, UM, ON BOUNDARY STREET GOING OUT OF THE CITY OF BEAUFORT, UM, BEFORE IT TURNS INTO TRASH PARKWAY.

AND THIS PROPERTY IS, UH, WAS PURCHASED IN CONNECTION WITH A BROADER INITIATIVE BETWEEN THE CITY OF BEAUFORT AND THE OPEN LAND TRUST TO PRESERVE THESE VISTA PARCELS RIGHT THERE THAT ARE SIMILAR TO THE ONES THAT WERE PURCHASED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF BOUNDARY STREET, A LITTLE MORE IN TOWN.

SO THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR THIS TO BECOME OPEN TO THE PUBLIC IN CONNECTION WITH SOME OTHER PARCELS IF OTHER ACQUISITIONS OCCUR.

UH, BUT RIGHT NOW THIS IS THE COUNTY PURCHASED PIECE, AND THEN THE CITY OWNS ANOTHER PARCEL OR TWO, A COUPLE PARCELS DOWN.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO KIND OF MAKE A NICE LITTLE VISTA THERE.

SO THAT'S FOR THOSE TWO.

UH, THIS NEXT ONE HERE IS BERMUDA BLUFF, WHICH I KNOW SEVERAL PEOPLE HERE LIVE IN THE BERMUDA BLUFF COMMUNITY.

UM, SO THIS, UH, PAGE 12 AND PAGE 13 ARE THE SAME.

UM, THE LITTLE ONE ACRE PARCEL THAT HAS THE ROAD, UH, WHICH IS JUST A LITTLE CUL-DE-SAC THERE, IT'S DIRT ROAD.

PEOPLE USE THAT FOR FISHING THAT'S BEEN OWNED BY THE COUNTY FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.

IT'S ACTUALLY MANAGED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AS A, UM, SHORELINE FISHING.

BUT I'VE GOTTEN APPROVAL FROM THEIR DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR TO INCORPORATE IT INTO THE ROLE AND CRITICAL PROPERTY THAT WE PURCHASED AROUND IT, THE 25 ACRE ISLAND, ALL THE WAY AROUND IT.

AND SO THAT ONE, I ACTIVELY HAVE A, UM, A AND H TAX GRANT, A LOCAL GRANT TO, UH, PLAN AND DEVELOP THAT AS A PASSIVE PARK.

SO THERE'LL BE MORE INFORMATION FOR THE COMMUNITY COMING UP IN THE FUTURE ONCE WE GET SOME OF THOSE, UM,

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AND THEN WHAT ELSE DO WE HAVE? THE NEXT ONE IS THE BLOCKER EXTENSION.

SO THIS IS JUST A SMALL FIELD RIGHT OFF OF SEA ISLAND PARKWAY.

IT IS JUST DOWN FROM THE, UM, LOW COUNTRY CIDER, UM, UH, COFFEE SHOP THAT IS ACTUALLY OWNED BY THE OPEN LAND TRUST.

AND THEN THE OPEN LAND TRUST OWNS THAT BIG GIANT FIELD RIGHT NEXT TO IT.

AND THEY CALL THAT BLOCKER FIELD.

AND SO THIS IS IN CONNECTION WITH THAT WHOLE PIECE THERE.

SO IT'S MOSTLY MARSH.

IT'S JUST A LITTLE SMALL GRASSY SPIT, SO IT'S JUST GONNA STAY OPEN SPACE.

THE NEXT ONE DOWN IS A PROPERTY WE CALL SHELL POINT.

THIS IS ALSO A LARGE DRAINAGE EASEMENT IN WETLAND THROUGH THE SHELL POINT NEIGHBORHOOD IN PORT ROYAL.

IT'LL REMAIN OPEN SPACE FURTHER DOWN, WE HAVE, UH, WHAT'S WHAT WE CALL THE ALTA MAHA TOWN HERITAGE PRESERVE EXTENSION.

UM, THE T ONE NP THAT IS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THAT IS THE ALTAMAHA TOWN HERITAGE PRESERVE.

IT IS OWNED 50 50 BY THE STATE AND THE COUNTY.

THE COUNTY WAS ABLE TO PURCHASE THIS PROPERTY OFF OF ROSTRUM DRIVE.

UM, AND IT JUST, UH, CONNECTS TO THAT PROPERTY.

SO IT'S AN EXTENSION OF THE EXISTING PARK, BUT WE DON'T FORESEE HAVING ANY KIND OF ADDITIONAL ACCESS TO THAT AREA JUST 'CAUSE OF THE LOCATION IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT USES THE ROSTRUM DRIVE RIGHT THERE.

THE NEXT ONE DOWN IS THE BAXTER PROPERTY.

IT IS A REALLY THIN PIANO KEY TYPE PARCEL THAT IS RIGHT OFF OF OKEE HIGHWAY.

UM, I THINK THAT'S JUST NORTH OF, I FORGET WHAT THAT PUD IS RIGHT THERE.

QUESTION QUESTIONS UP YOUR COMMENTS, JOHN? I HAD A QUESTION.

SO THAT PROPERTY THERE, UM, T ONE NP IS JUST OPEN SPACE.

IT'S NOT GONNA BE TURNED INTO ANYTHING.

THE LOCATION IS REALLY, REALLY BAD.

ACCESS IS BAD AS FAR AS LIKE TRYING TO CREATE ANYTHING, IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD NOT BE PLEASANT.

UM, SO IT'S GONNA STAY WOODS, UH, CAMP ST.

MARY'S IS THE NEXT ONE.

SO THAT ONE IS GOING TO BE, UM, CURRENTLY BEING PLANNED AS A PASSIVE PARK.

SO WE'VE JUST DONE SOME CLEANUP ON THE PROPERTY AND WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE PLANNING AND, UM, HOPING TO GET, UH, OUR CONSTRUCTION PERMITS MOVING FORWARD THIS YEAR.

THE NEXT ONE DOWN, THIS IS A PROPERTY WE CALL THE JETER PROPERTY.

IT IS A LARGE TRACT OF WOODS.

UM, IT ALSO HAS SOME STORMWATER DRAINAGE OFF THE HIGHWAY.

IT DOES NOT HAVE VERY GOOD ACCESS EITHER OFF OF OAK T HIGHWAY, SO IT'S GONNA JUST REMAIN OPEN SPACE.

THE NEXT ONE IS, UM, IN ADDITION THAT WE CALL BARREL LANDING.

SO ALL THE T ONE NP AROUND IT WERE SEVERAL PURCHASES OVER A NUMBER OF YEARS THROUGH THE RURAL AND CRITICAL PROGRAM.

THIS WAS THE LAST REMAINING, UM, IN HOLDING WITHIN THAT LARGER PAR, THAT LARGER PIECE OF PROPERTY.

UH, SO WE WERE ABLE TO ACQUIRE IT AND WE'RE JUST, UM, TURNING IT TO T ONE NP.

SO IT JUST FILLS IN OUR, OUR GAP THERE FOR THE WHOLE REST OF THE PROPERTY.

THERE IS NO PLANS RIGHT NOW FOR THIS PROPERTY TO BECOME A PASSIVE PARK.

IT'S NOT TO SAY SOMETHING MAY HAPPEN WAY IN THE FUTURE, BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY PLANS RIGHT NOW.

THERE ARE TWO STORMWATER PONDS ON THIS, UM, LARGER CONGLOMERATE OF, OF PARCELS.

AND THEN THE NEXT ONE, DAVIS ROAD, THIS ONE, I AM HOPING TO EVENTUALLY DEVELOP IT AS A PASSIVE PARK.

IT DOES HAVE, UM, RURAL AND CRITICAL PROPERTIES ON BOTH THE WEST AND THE EAST SIDE, UM, THAT WERE PURCHASED SOME TIME AGO.

THEY WERE ALSO REZONED TWO YEARS AGO TO THE T ONE NP.

SO THIS IS A CONNECTOR PIECE TO CONNECT ABOUT, UM, 600 ACRES OF LAND DOWN THERE.

AND SO EVENTUALLY, IF FUNDING BECOMES AVAILABLE, I'D LOVE TO BE ABLE TO, UM, TURN THIS INTO A PASSIVE PARK WITH SOME TRAILS AND WHATNOT.

IT DOES HAVE A REALLY BEAUTIFUL POND ON IT TOO.

AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS THE SOUTHERN END OF OKEE RIVER PARK.

THE, WHEN I BROUGHT THIS, THE ZONINGS TWO YEARS AGO IN THE ENTIRETY OF OKEE RIVER PARK, WAS ALL ONE PARCEL AT SOME POINT WITH ALL OF THE CHANGES AROUND PEPPER HALL AND THE RE PARCELING AND REZONING OF EVERYTHING DOWN THERE, OUR PARCEL GOT GOT SPLIT INTO TWO SEPARATE PARCELS.

AND SO FOR SOME REASON, THE OLD T, THE T ONE NP THAT WAS APPROVED TWO YEARS AGO ONLY APPLIED TO THE NORTH PARCEL.

AND SO THEN THE SOUTH PARCEL KEPT THE T TWO R.

SO NOW I'M JUST TRYING TO CLEAN UP SHOP AND MAKE THAT SOUTH PIECE OF THE ENTIRE PARK.

THAT PARK IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

UM, AND HOPEFULLY WILL OPEN SOMETIME NEXT YEAR.

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IT MAY BE FOR, UH, KRISTEN, THOUGH.

I'M NOT SURE.

UM, I WAS JUST CURIOUS PARTICULARLY ON SOME OF THE EARLIER PAGES, MAYBE UH, EIGHT OR NINE WHERE THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED FOR, UM, A MORE INTENSIVE USE AND IS ADJACENT TO A SIMILAR ZONING OF MORE INTENSIVE USE.

WHEN THIS GETS DOWN LOW DOWN ZONED, IF THE OTHER ADJACENT PROPERTIES END UP BEING DEVELOPED AS ZONED, IS THAT GOING TO REQUIRE THEM TO HAVE MORE BUFFERS BECAUSE THIS IS NOW DOWN ZONED TO A, A LOWER INTENSITY? OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? IT COULD, I COULD DEFINITELY SEE THAT WITH THE AM GRAY PROPERTY ON TRAS PARKWAY.

'CAUSE THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES ARE S ONE, WHICH IS A, I THINK, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.

OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? I HAVE ONE IN, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE BERMUDA BLUFF PROPERTIES.

YES, MA'AM.

AND, UM, ISN'T THAT A GATED COMMUNITY? THE BERMUDA BLUFF COM PRO, UH, COMMUNITY? I IS THE ROAD GOING DOWN TO THE COUNTY'S PROPERTY IS A DIRT ROAD.

AND THEN THE BERMUDA BLUFF, UM, COMMUNITY IS A PAVED ROAD, I BELIEVE TO THE LEFT.

SO THERE'S GONNA HAVE TO BE REALLY SUFFICIENT SIGNAGE THERE.

WELL, THEY ALREADY HAVE A BIG SIGN FOR THEIR COMMUNITY, BUT EVEN MORE, I MEAN, WELL, I MEAN, WE'LL HAVE, WHEN IT BECOMES A PARK, IT'LL HAVE LIKE A PARK SIGN AND YEAH.

OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? SO THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT ALL OF THESE PROPERTIES ARE BEING DOWN ZONED TO PROTECT THE CONSERVATION VALUE THAT WAS PURCHASED THROUGH THE RURAL CRITICAL LANDS PROGRAM.

YES, SIR.

UM, WERE THERE ANY DISCREPANCIES IN LAND BOUNDARIES OR ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE MAYBE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT, UH, DRIVEWAYS BEING ON A PROP PIECE OF PROPERTY? I KNOW WHEN WE DID THIS LAST TIME, WE DID HAVE A, HAD A DRIVEWAY THAT WAS BEING ON THAT, UH, CONSERVATION PIECE OF LAND.

THERE'S NO DISPUTES THAT YOU KNOW OF AT THIS POINT? NO, THERE'S NO DISPUTES ON THESE.

UM, THE ONE THAT YOU'RE THINKING OF IS THE PINE VIEW PROPERTY AND THE, THE OWNERS THAT WAS A SHARED DRIVEWAY BETWEEN THE PREVIOUS OWNERS OF THE RESIDENCE AND THE PROPERTY WE WERE PURCHASING.

AND THEY ENDED UP BUYING THE DRIVEWAY FROM US.

AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE OUR OWN PARK ENTRANCE.

UH, CAN I ASK ANOTHER QUESTION ABOUT THE BLOCKER STORE PROPERTY? YES.

SO THERE'S THE OLD BLOCKER STORE AND I JUST, I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYONE KNOWS WHERE THAT IS.

IT'S THE FIRST PROPERTY AS YOU CROSS ONTO ST.

HELEN ISLAND AFTER THE JOHN CREEK.

UM, THERE'S THE LEFT HAND TURN TO WARSAW AS YOU COME ONTO THE ISLAND.

THERE'S A STORE, THERE'S THAT LARGE OPEN FIELD MM-HMM .

BUT WHEN I LOOKED IT UP, IT WAS UNCLEAR BECAUSE THERE IS A LITTLE LIKE, UM, LOOKS LIKE A DRIVEWAY AND A LITTLE HOUSE GOING UP THERE.

THERE IS A PRIVATE, A MOBILE HOME.

BUT IT WAS UNCLEAR.

AND I LOOKED ON ARIEL, I LOOKED IN EVERY WAY I COULD.

AND I THINK THAT THIS PROPERTY IS ADJACENT TO IS BETWEEN BLOCKER FIELD AND, AND THAT LITTLE HOUSE OR THAT LITTLE MOBILE HOME, THEY NOW SOME BRICK PILLARS UP.

RIGHT.

THE PRIVATE PROPERTY WHERE THAT IS, UM, HAS THAT THEY'RE STARTING TO DEVELOP IS BETWEEN THE LARGER BLOCKER FIELD AND THIS NEW PIECE.

AND IT'S SEPARATED BY LIKE, A LITTLE BIT OF THE TITLE CREEK COMES UP AND SEPARATES THOSE TWO PIECES OF FIELD.

IT'S LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, THREE ACRES OR SOMETHING.

I MEAN, IF THAT IT'S SMALL.

AND THEN THE NEXT PROPERTY, 'CAUSE I LOOKED, I, I SAW THE ZONING SIGN THERE WHENEVER IT WENT UP, AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON.

THERE'S A LITTLE KIND OF, UM, A TINY LITTLE ABANDONED HOUSE THAT'S YES.

SO THAT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THIS PARCEL, THAT'S THE NEXT PROPERTY OVER.

ANYTHING ELSE? ANYTHING ELSE? OH, OH, SORRY, .

ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS FROM THE, OKAY.

WELL, WE'LL GO TO THE PUBLIC, UH, COMMENT SECTION FOR THIS.

AND WE'LL CALL YOU BACK IF THERE NEEDS TO BE FURTHER EXPLANATION TO THE PUBLIC'S COMMENTS.

STREET, BERMUDA BLUFF, ST.

I'M GONNA READ YOUR NAME OFF, AND IF YOU PLEASE COME UP TO THE PODIUM AGAIN, INTRODUCE YOURSELF.

UH, JANE SMITH IS THE FIRST PERSON .

IT'S REGARDING THE BERMUDA BLUFF ROAD.

JANE SMITH EIGHT FRONT

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HELENA ISLAND.

UM, SEVERAL OF US HERE LIVE A DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY.

I'VE CALLED IT THE SPIT FOR 10 YEARS.

UM, THOSE OF US IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE TO WALK DOGS OUT THERE.

UM, SOMETIMES I'VE PICKED UP TRASH.

SEVERAL OF US HAVE PICKED UP TRASH DOWN BERMUDA BLUFF ROAD, AND I JUST CONTINUE ON THE DIRT ROAD TO DEPOSIT IT AND TO PICK UP TRASH ON THE DIRT ROAD.

THERE'S A LOVELY TRASH CAN AT THE END OF THE SPIT IN THE DRIVEWAY, BUT MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT GO DOWN THERE APPARENTLY DON'T USE IT.

UM, OUR BIGGEST CONCERN IS GUNFIRE.

AND WE'VE HAD A LOT OF, UM, PEOPLE COME DOWN.

A LOT OF PEOPLE COME DOWN AND FISH WATCH THE SUNSET, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE THEY DO.

UM, BUT THE, THE GUNFIRE, I STARTED CALLING THE SHERIFF WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT SUPPOSEDLY THERE'S NO NOT SUPPOSED TO BE GUNFIRE.

AND, UH, THE LAST TIME I CALLED, THE SHERIFF CALLED ME BACK AND SAID, WELL, MA'AM, THEY ARE LEAVING, BUT THEY'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING ILLEGAL.

SO AT THAT POINT I WAS LIKE, OKAY, I'M DONE.

I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO.

UM, SO THAT'S THE BIGGEST CONCERN.

THE OTHER THING IS THAT I WAS TOLD, OH, THERE'S SIGNAGE DOWN THERE.

WELL, THERE'S SIGNAGE, TWO LITTLE TINY SIGNS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE ROAD, AND IT'S VERY UNCLEAR.

IT SAYS NO HUNTING.

WELL, TO ME, HUNTING IS TRYING TO SHOOT AN ANIMAL WHERE IS, IF YOU'RE SIGHTING IN YOUR GUN OR WHATEVER THEY'RE DOING DOWN THERE, THAT'S NOT HUNTING.

SO IT'S, I THINK WE NEED BETTER SIGNAGE, WHICH, IF THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A PASSIVE PARK, WE'LL PROBABLY GET THAT.

DO YOU WISH TO COMMENT ON ANY OF THIS AS WE GO THROUGH THESE? OR YOU WANNA WAIT TILL I GET THROUGH ALL OF THEM? NO, I DON'T MIND.

UM, I DON'T MIND AT ALL.

UM, I'VE SPOKEN TO, UM, THE GENTLE LADY, UH, SEVERAL TIMES.

UM, AND THE COUNTY'S CODE, CHAPTER 91, THAT COVERS ALL OF THE PROPERTIES THAT I MANAGE, UM, SAYS, UH, CARRYING FIREARMS ON COUNTY PROPERTY IS NOT PROHIBITED UNLESS YOU ARE A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OR, UM, ARE FOLLOWING.

OBVIOUSLY WE CAN'T LIKE, CIRCUMVENT STATE LAW, UM, BUT IF SOMEBODY'S CARRYING A GUN ON THE PROPERTY, THEN THE SHERIFF CAN GO DOWN THERE.

YOU KNOW, ANY OFFICER CAN GO DOWN THERE AND AND REMOVE THEM FROM THE PROPERTY.

UM, SO IT'S, UH, IT'S NOT REALLY ANYTHING THAT I CAN DO.

IT'S, IT'S DEFINITELY A LAW ENFORCEMENT ISSUE.

AND SO WE JUST NEED TO KEEP ASKING, UM, OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO, UM, ENFORCE OUR CODE.

THAT LITTLE, UH, SPIT AT THE END OF IT AS SHE CALLED IT.

STEP.

UM, BEFORE YOU STEP AWAY, LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION ABOUT THIS.

'CAUSE YOU'RE, WELL, YES.

MUCH MORE WELL VERSED ON IT THAN I AM.

WHAT'S, IF, IF THIS IS APPROVED AND THE SIGNAGE IS IN PLACE AND WE HAVE A DIRT ROAD THAT'S GOING DOWN THERE, IS THERE GONNA BE A, A GATE THAT WILL PROHIBIT PEOPLE FROM GOING IN AND OUTTA THERE AFTER DARK BEFORE SUNSET TO MAYBE REDUCE THAT IMPACT OF THE GUNFIRE AND PEOPLE BACK THERE? YES, WE CAN.

UM, THAT'LL BE PART OF THE, UM, PUBLIC INPUT PROCESS WHEN I DO THE PLANNING FOR THE PARK.

UM, TYPICALLY WE DON'T LIKE TO RESTRICT FISHING ACCESSES AT NIGHT BECAUSE THERE'S, FISHING IS TIED DEPENDENT.

A LOT OF PEOPLE GO OUT, UM, AFTER SUNSET IN ORDER TO TRY AND CATCH THE TIDES.

UM, BUT THERE ARE INSTANCES WHERE WE DO HAVE, UM, PIERS OR DOCKS THAT ARE WITHIN PARKS.

AND SO WE HAVE TO CLOSE, WE HAVE TO CLOSE THE PARK, UM, FOR VARIOUS REASONS.

AND SO IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE WE'LL HAVE TO GET INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC AND THAT WILL BE HEAVILY ADVERTISED WHEN WE DO AN ONSITE OPEN HOUSE TO GO OVER A DRAFT PLAN, GET PEOPLE'S INPUT, FIND OUT WHAT PEOPLE LIKE, WHAT PEOPLE DON'T LIKE, AND IF THE MAJORITY OF THE INPUT IS TO INSTALL A GATE, WE CAN CERTAINLY INSTALL A GATE.

THANKS.

UH, NEXT I HAVE KEN WILSON.

THIS WILL BE, UH, SHORT AND SWEET.

MY NAME'S KEN WILSON, EIGHT FRONT STREET NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR TO JANE SMITH.

UH, SHE TOUCHED ON JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING I WAS GONNA MENTION.

I JUST WANTED TO GET MY NAME IN CASE SHE DIDN'T, BUT SHE DID A GOOD JOB.

UH, THE ONE COUPLE THINGS I'D LIKE TO SAY, UM, ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR PROPERTY IS, UM, YES, IT'S FOR FISHING.

YES, IT'S FOR PEOPLE THAT LIKE TO WATCH THE SUNSET OVER PARIS ISLAND, BUT, UM, HALF THE, UH, PEOPLE THAT GO OUT THERE SEEM TO HAVE PARTYING IN MIND.

UH, SO I WOULD, UM, IF THERE'S ANY WAY THAT WE COULD GET MORE OF A REGULAR SHERIFF'S PRESENCE ON, ON

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UM, BECAUSE, UM, THERE, THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, DRUGS, PARTYING, YOU KNOW, THERE'S PEOPLE THAT, UH, DISCHARGE WEAPONS, UH, AND I WOULD ASK FOR THAT SIGN ALSO TO MENTION MORE OF THE DISCHARGE OF WEAPON TYPE OF, UH, ASPECT OF IT RATHER THAN HUNTING.

BUT, UH, ANYWAYS, UH, SHE, SHE DID A GOOD JOB.

YOU TALKED ABOUT, UM, SHE HAD CALLED ME AND TOLD ME ABOUT IT.

THANK YOU, KEN.

THINK I DO YOU HAVE, HAVE ANOTHER ONE UP THERE BY ANY CHANCE? 'CAUSE I HAVE ONE MORE.

UM, MR. TOM SHARKEY.

YEAH, GOOD EVENING.

UH, TOM SHARKEY, ONE 70 CUTTER CIRCLE.

I LIVE IN SUN CITY RIVER BEND.

UH, THIS CONCERNS THE BAXTER, UH, PROPERTY, THE CURRENT COUNTY OWNED PROPERTY THAT'S BEING REZONED TO, UH, T ONE NP, WHICH I FULLY SUPPORT.

GREAT IDEA.

UH, WHAT I'M PROPOSING IS THE THREE NARROW SECTIONS TO THE SOUTH THAT ARE ADJACENT TO THAT BE PURCHASED.

I'VE DISCUSSED THIS IN FEBRUARY, 2022 WITH MS. KATE SCHAFER OF THE OPEN LAND TRUST.

NOTHING HAPPENED.

UM, THE, UH, DIAGRAM IS, IS NOT COMPLETE.

THE TIDAL CREEK THAT FEEDS INTO THE OAT T RIVER ACTUALLY FLOWS UNDER THE OAT T HIGHWAY.

IT BISECTS TWO TIMES A DOG GLAZE TWO TIMES ACROSS THE 12 ACRE SECTION.

UM, THAT'S BORDERING THE SUN CITY PROPERTY.

AND, UH, THE OWNER TWO YEARS AGO ATTEMPTED TO SELL THE PROPERTY.

SHE INHERITED THE PROPERTY AND THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN INTERESTED, AND HE GOT AN ENGINEERING ESTIMATE.

TO BUILD TWO BRIDGES IN A ROAD WOULD BE $600,000, LET ALONE THE COST OF THE PROPERTY.

SO THAT PROPERTY IS NOT, UH, SELLABLE OR, UH, IT'S ONLY A HUNDRED FEET, EXCUSE ME, 180 FEET WIDE.

THE OTHER TWO PIECES OF PROPERTY THAT GO NORTH TO THE COUNTY PROPERTY ARE ONLY 90 FEET WIDE.

UH, ONE OWNER IS IN NEW YORK, AND THE THIRD OWNER, UH, MS. CASSANDRA CAMPBELL AND I HAVE MET.

AND, UM, WE WERE ENGAGED LAST YEAR IN STOPPING TRESPASSES SHOOTING ON THE PROPERTY.

UH, THE ONE ACRE SECTION OF OF THE MAN, UH, THAT OWNED THAT WAS, UH, AN EMPLOYEE WITH A LOCAL SECURITY COMPANY WAS BRINGING OUT EMPLOYEES DURING THE WEEKEND.

AND THEY WERE SHOOTING SEMI-AUTOMATIC WEAPONS ON A MAKESHIFT GUN RANGE, 200 YARDS FROM OUR HOUSES.

OKAY? A WEEK LATER, UH, THE, THE NEXT WEEKEND, TWO OF THE MEN WALKED DOWN AND TRESPASS ON MS. CAMPBELL'S PROPERTY AND EMPTIED A NINE MILLIMETER BULLET INTO MY NEIGHBOR.

TWO HOUSES OVER, UH, SHERIFF DEPUTIES WERE CALLED AND THEY TOOK A REPORT WAS MADE.

I ATTEMPTED WITH MY, MY NEIGHBOR, JOE MONT, WHO'S ON THE COUNTY BOARD TO GET BUFORT COUNTY TO ADOPT A CODE SIMILAR TO OTHER COUNTIES IN SOUTH CAROLINA TO NOT DISCHARGE WEAPONS WITHIN 300 YARDS OF A RESIDENCE.

THE SHERIFF DID NOT SUPPORT THAT.

SO I THINK IT'LL BE A GREAT IDEA FOR THE OPEN LAND TRUST TO PURCHASE THESE THREE LOTS INCLUDED IN THE ADJACENT, UH, COUNTY PROPERTY THAT YOU'RE MAKING.

EVEN MORE PERMANENT PRESERVE, BETTER PROTECT THE TIDAL CREEK THAT PASSES THROUGH THERE TO THE HIGHWAY.

AND I THINK IT'D BE A WIN-WIN.

I, UM, AGREE , UH, WE ACTUALLY, LAST HUNT SEASON, UM, HAD TWO YOUNG MEN, UM, SET UP CAMERA TRAPS AND STANDS AND WERE BAITING AND HUNTING DEER ON THAT PROPERTY.

AND, UH, WE COORDINATED WITH, I COORDINATED WITH SC DNR, OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT CONTACT WITH THEM.

UM, SO THEY DID A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION, WAS NOT ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE YOUNG MEN.

THEY, OF COURSE, DID NOT COME TO CLAIM THEIR STANDS OR THEIR TRAIL CAMERAS.

AND, UM, THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH TO OBTAIN A WARRANT FROM VERIZON TO BE ABLE TO DOWNLOAD CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE YOUNG MEN.

SO THEY DID NOT COME BACK TO THE PROPERTY AFTER THEIR, AFTER THEIR STUFF WAS STOLEN.

BUT IT WAS AFTER THAT REPORT.

UM, I BELIEVE THE, THE GENTLE LADY

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AND SO WE INVESTIGATED FURTHER.

UM, I DO AGREE THAT I THINK THE THREE PROPERTIES SOUTH OF THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND CONTACTING JULIANA RIGHT BEHIND YOU, UM, TO FILL OUT A GREEN SPACE APPLICATION BECAUSE I THINK THAT THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING OF INTEREST, UM, IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA.

MAY I COMMENT ON YOUR COMMENT? ABSOLUTELY.

IF THE CHAIR WOULD ALLOW.

UH, YES, SIR.

THAT'S UP TO THE CHAIR.

I'LL, I'LL LET YOU SPEAK.

WE FINISH COMMENTS REAL QUICK.

ALL RIGHT, SIR.

SO JUST TO ADD, SO YOURS TRULY TOOK DOWN THE TWO DEER STANDS, DISMANTLED THEM AND DISAPPEARED THEM.

SO, MS. CAS, MS UH, CASSANDRA WAS CONTACTED BY ONE OF THE HUNTERS AND HE ACTUALLY REQUESTED PERMISSION TO NOT TRESPASSING MORE AND COME ON AND CONTINUE HUNTING.

AND SHE POLITELY DECLINED.

SO THEY WERE TRESPASSING, THEY WERE SHOOTING DEER, ALL THAT.

SO THAT WAS TAKEN CARE OF AND, AND THE MAKESHIFT, UH, GUN RANGE THAT THE OTHER GUY SET UP, HE PROMISED NOT TO BRING HIS PEOPLE OUT THERE ANYMORE.

BUT WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING TO PROTECT THE CREEK, THE PEOPLE, ET CETERA.

WHAT, WHAT I'VE HEARD IS SEVERAL COMMENTS REGARDING SHOOTING OF GUNS AND TRESPASSING ON, UH, PROPERTY THAT THEY SHOULD NOT BE TRESPASSING ON.

I KNOW AT, UH, ONE TIME WE WERE HAD SOME ASSIGNED OFFICERS TO PERUSE THE, UH, PURCHASE PROPERTIES.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE STILL DO THAT.

JUST WE HAVE JUST ONE OFFICER THAT DOES THAT.

THERE'S WHAT, THERE'S HUNDRED THOUSANDS OF ACRES.

14,000 ACRES.

I THINK WE NEED TO, I THINK THE MESSAGE HAS GOTTEN, CAME THROUGH CLEAR TONIGHT.

WE NEED SOME BETTER ENFORCEMENT OF SOME OF THESE PROPERTIES TO PROTECT THE CITIZENRY AND, UH, PROTECT THE PROPERTY.

UM, I HAVE ONE MORE HERE FROM, UH, RON.

I LIVE OVER HERE ON, UH, MALDEN COURT, WHICH SORT OF ACROSS THE STREET, UH, FOR LACK OF A BETTER DESCRIPTION, I GUESS ON MY QUESTIONS ARE ABOUT THE LOT ACROSS FROM PARKER'S ON SAVANNAH HIGHWAY.

SHE GOT THE MAP SHOW POINT.

SHOW POINT, SHOW POINT PAGE NINE, I THINK.

UM, SO I'M CURIOUS, WHERE DOES THAT DRAIN? YEAH, SIR, WE WE'RE NOT HERE TO, TO TO, HOW ABOUT YOU? WELL, I'M JUST CURIOUS.

MORE DISCUSSION, BUT WELL, IF YOU'VE GOT THE QUESTIONS, WE CAN MAKE SURE THEY CAN FORWARD.

I'M, I'M CURIOUS ABOUT WHERE IT DRAINS BECAUSE I THINK IT DRAINS INTO THE CREEK THAT GOES THROUGH MY BACKYARD.

SO I'M JUST, I'M CURIOUS IF THAT'S GONNA INCREASE THE DRAINAGE OR IMPROVE IT.

UH, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA.

UM, I THINK I, I ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT GETTING AS MUCH PROPERTIES AS WE CAN AND TURNING IT INTO WHATEVER TNP IS.

AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION IS, IS THIS, UH, DOES THAT GOT ANY CHANCE OF EVER TURNING INTO A ROUNDABOUT OR ANOTHER TRAFFIC CONTROL, UH, STRUCTURE SINCE THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST DISASTROUS TRAFFIC CLOGGED INTERSECTIONS I'VE EVER SEEN.

UM, AND I MEAN, I, WHEN I, YOU CANNOT COME OUTTA MY HOUSE FROM SEVEN TO NINE IN THE MORNING AND TURN LEFT.

SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF DOWN THE ROAD THAT'S GONNA BECOME PART OF A TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENT.

UH, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, CAN I MAKE A STATEMENT REAL QUICK? UH, MR. DREW, IF YOU'D GET WITH ME AFTERWARDS, I'M ON THE STORMWATER BOARD AND I MIGHT BE ABLE TO ADDRESS SOME OF YOUR ISSUES AND ALL OF THESE.

I, AS I INDICATED IN THE BEGINNING, THE NEXT STEP IN THE REVIEW PROCESS GOES TO THE NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE AND THEY HAVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE WORKED VERY HARD IN THE AREA ARENA FOR NATURAL RESOURCES.

STORMWATER RUN OFF ON ALL THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

SO YOUR COMMENTS WILL, WILL ALSO BE A PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD.

THAT, THAT CLOSES OFF PUBLIC COMMENTS.

BRING IT UP HERE FOR THE DISCUSSION.

THERE'S NO DISCUSSION TO BE HAD.

I'D LIKE TO HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE STAFF'S REPORT.

BE FUL,

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MR. CHAIRMAN.

UH, I'LL, I'LL BE HAPPY TO MAKE A MOTION REGARDING CASE CDPA, UH, 0 0 0 0 5 4 DASH 2025.

UM, UM, AND I WOULD MOVE THAT THIS COMMISSION RECOMMENDED COUNTY COUNCIL APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED ZONING MAP AMENDMENTS, UM, WHICH WILL FURTHER THE RURAL CRITICAL LAND PRESERVATION GOALS OF THE COUNTY AND OUR CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

UM, YOU DO NOT CONFLICT WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE DEVELOPMENT CODE OR THE CODE OF ORDINANCES.

THEY DO ADDRESS A DEMONSTRATED COMMUNITY NEED.

UM, ARE REQUIRED BY CHANGE CONDITIONS, SPECIFICALLY THE CONSERVATION EASEMENTS AND FEE SIMPLE PURCHASES MADE BY THE RURAL AND CRITICAL LANDS PRO PRESERVATION PROGRAM.

UH, THERE ARE COMPATIBLE WITH SURROUNDING AREAS AND WOULD NOT RESULT IN ADVERSE IMPACTS ON THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.

SECOND, I'M SORRY, I WHO? I MADE A GLENN.

ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR ACCEPTING OF THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION FOR THE REASONS STATED AND A MOTION.

ARE THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION TO BE HAD? IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION? RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT'S UNANIMOUS.

YES, THAT'S UNANIMOUS.

THAT'S THE END OF OUR DISCUSSION ON THIS TOPIC.

I'M SORRY, WE, WE ACCEPTED THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION FOR ALL THE PROPERTIES THAT WERE LISTED.

NOW THE DISCUSSION ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

THAT, THAT, UH, THAT ENDS THAT IF YOU, IF YOU NEED TO LEAVE, YOU FEEL FREE TO DO THAT.

WE, WE HAVE ANOTHER TOPIC WE NEED TO DISCUSS.

STEPHANIE, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU STEPHANIE.

NICE JOB.

I DON'T BLAME HIM.

IT WASN'T NECESSARILY SURE I'D BE UP ARMS TOO.

WHAT I WAS TOLD BY THE LAWYER.

IF WE AGREE WITH THE STAFF'S IMPORTANT RECOMMENDATION, WE DON'T HAVE TO CITE ALL THOSE REASONS 'CAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY SAYING THAT'S EXACTLY HOLD THE DEAR HERD.

I WISH THEY CALLED US.

I THOUGHT MADE.

WELL HE DOES.

I'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN I'M ABOUT TO WALK AWAY.

FIND OUT HOW TO GET RID OF, CAN'T COME UP WITH ONE THAT SAYS NO.

AND IF WE AGREE IN TOTALITY WITH RECOMMENDATION, THEY GET RID OF THE QUIS.

I THINK IT WAS SPECIFICALLY FINE.

THAT'S INTERESTING.

BUT IT WORKS.

THAT'S KIND OF HUMANE, SORT OF A HUMANE WAY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

HEY GUYS, WE'RE STILL, WE'RE STILL GOING.

WE GOTTA YES.

DO THE NEXT THING YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE

[8. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 5-YEAR UPDATE AND IMPLEMENTATION STATUS]

I'M SORRY SIR, WE'RE IN SESSION.

DENNIS.

CAN YOU, ALRIGHT, I, SO LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR WITH OUR IMPLEMENTATION STATUS, I HAVE FOR THIS YEAR.

EVERYONE GET EXCITED? OH BOY.

ARE THESE UPDATES FROM LAST YEAR? ARE THESE WE HAVE EVERYTHING FROM LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR.

AND THAT SHOWS JUST EVERYTHING FROM THIS PAST YEAR, FROM IMPORTANCE.

WHAT, WHAT DID YOU WANT TO ACCOMPLISH THIS EVENING? JUST TO KIND OF OUTLINE THE STATUS TO TELL YOU ABOUT IT AND OUR NEXT STEP WE'RE LISTENING.

ALRIGHT, JULIANA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ THE SLIDE? GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.

WE HAVE A VERY POPULAR TOPIC BEFORE US, DON'T WE? ? OKAY.

UM, SO LET'S SEE.

JULIANA.

DID YOU WANNA INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND I YOUR POSITION? I'LL, YES SIR.

MY NAME IS JULIANA ZEEK.

I AM THE ENVIRONMENTAL LONG RANGE PLANNER FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT.

SO I WORK ON ALL THINGS GREEN SPACE AND RESILIENCE.

SO ANYTIME WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SEA LEVEL RISE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, I AM WORKING ON THOSE ITEMS AND I'M GOING TO ASSIST KRISTEN IN THE PRESENTATION ONCE SHE FIGURES OUT THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES BEFORE HER.

I WANNA, I WANNA WELCOME YOU BACK TOO.

WE MISSED YOU.

AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR FLEXIBILITY IN THE DIFFERENT SPACE AND FIGURING OUT WHAT ENTRANCE TO COME IN AND

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GETTING FOLKS IN HERE.

WE APPRECIATE THAT .

SO KRISTEN HAS BEEN HARD AT WORK AT COLLECTING UPDATES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE, WE ARE ENTERING THE TIME PERIOD WHERE WE NEED TO MAKE OFFICIAL UPDATES THAT COUNSEL WILL APPROVE FOR OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

WE'RE AT THAT FIVE YEAR STEP.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE ARE KICKING OFF AND I'M GOING TO HELP KRISTEN GIVE THIS UP, THIS, UH, STATUS REPORT.

UM, SO FOR OUR NATURAL RESOURCES, OUR NATURAL RESOURCES MAPS HAVE BEEN UPDATED TO SHOW ALL OF OUR GREEN SPACE PROPERTIES, OUR CRITICAL LANDS, CONSERVATION EASEMENTS AND PUBLICLY OWNED LANDS NOT OWNED BY THE COUNTY.

STEPHANIE NAJI, WHO WAS JUST IN HERE, DID A REALLY GREAT JOB GETTING THAT MAP UPDATED WITH OUR GIS DEPARTMENT AND SHE, A FEW COUNCIL MEETINGS AGO, PRESENTED THAT TO I THINK THE NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE.

UM, SO THAT IS SOMETHING YOU CAN GO ONLINE AND SEE IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN SEEING THE STATE OF CONSERVATION THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

AND THEN THE SOUTH CAROLINA OFFICE OF RESILIENCE, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS SCORE AND THE SOUTH CAROLINA SEA GRANT ARE WORKING ON COMPLETING FLOOD MAPPING.

THEY RECEIVED A GRANT FROM THE NWF NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION TO DO WATERSHED, UH, RESILIENCE PLANNING AND MAPPING IN 10 COMMUNITIES IN THE SATCH WATERSHED.

AND TWO OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE BENEFITING FROM THAT ARE HERE IN BEAUFORT COUNTY, THE GREATER NORTHERN BEAUFORT COUNTY REGION ABOVE, UH, UP NEAR LUKO AND NORTH.

AND THEN THE SEA ISLAND ST.

HELENA AROUND THERE FOR OUR STUDIES AND DATA REPORTING.

THE PORT ROYAL SOUND FOUNDATION DEVELOPED A LEVEL TWO WATER QUALITY MONITORING PROGRAM, WHICH MEANS THAT THEY CAN WORK WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND TRAIN THEM ON HOW TO COLLECT WATER QUALITY DATA INFORMATION THAT IS SOUND.

EVERYBODY'S DOING IT THE SAME WAY.

AND IT GOES BACK TO THE STATE TO BUILD OUR UNDERSTANDING OF WATER QUALITY IN OUR REGION, WHICH IS A REALLY EXCELLENT EFFORT THAT THEY PUT FORTH TO DO THAT.

THE REPETITIVE LOSS AREA ANALYSIS, UM, THIS WAS DONE BY OUR FLOODPLAIN MANAGER.

THIS WAS COMPLETED THIS YEAR.

I HAVE NOT YET SEEN IT, SO I CAN'T GIVE YOU AN UPDATE.

IT DOESN'T GIVE US PLAT SPECIFIC OR PARCEL SPECIFIC INFORMATION, BUT IT GIVES US INFORMATION KIND OF BY GENERAL REGION.

SO HOPEFULLY, UM, WE KNOW THAT OUR FLOODPLAIN MANAGER HAS ACCESS TO IT.

SO THAT'S IMPORTANT THERE.

THE ALL AJOY DRAINAGE STUDY WAS COMPLETED.

OH, IT IS TO BE COMPLETED IN 2026.

LOTS OF EFFORTS GOING ON IN AJOY WHERE WE HAVE, UH, REGULAR FLOODING ISSUES DOWN THAT WAY.

AND THEN THE LADIES ISLAND DRAINAGE STUDY WAS COMPLETED IN MAY, 2024.

WHAT'S UP? YES.

ELECTRIC, PALMETTO BREEZE INVOLVED WITH THIS GROUP.

AND THEN INITIATIVES.

SO SCORE THE SOUTH CAROLINA, UM, THIS IS THIS SOUTH CAROLINA OFFICE OF RESILIENCE AND THE SOUTH CAROLINA SEA GRANTS INITIATIVE.

UM, THAT SALAH HATCHEE WATERSHED GROUP THAT I, OR PROJECT THAT I WAS SPEAKING ABOUT EARLIER, FOR ALL OF THE COMMUNITIES THEY'RE WORKING IN, THEY'VE CREATED COMMUNITY ACTION TEAMS. I AND ONE OTHER COUNTY, UM, STAFF MEMBERS SIT ON THE COMMUNITY ACTION TEAM FOR NORTHERN BEAUFORT COUNTY.

AND THEN I'M ALSO ON THE ONE AND ROB AS WELL ON THE ONE FOR THE SEA ISLANDS.

SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THOSE TEAMS IN ORDER TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE, NOT JUST SEA LEVEL RISE IMPACTS, BUT WHAT ARE OTHER IMPACTS THAT OUR COMMUNITIES ARE FEELING, UH, WITH REGARD TO ALL OF THAT IN THESE AREAS.

AND HOW CAN WE START TO IMPLEMENT SOME RESILIENT SOLUTIONS LONG RANGE TO, TO OFFSET THOSE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

SO SCORE AGAIN AND C GRANT ARE LEADING THAT INITIATIVE.

AND THEN THE VERY BOTTOM ONE DOWN HERE, THIS ONE'S PRETTY EXCITING AND IT'S STILL NEW AND A ANCIENT UM, INITIATIVE.

BUT IF SOME OF YOU MAY REMEMBER THE SEA LEVEL RISE TASK FORCE WORK THAT HAPPENED HAPPENED BACK IN 2019, RIGHT WHEN COVID STARTED TO HIT EVERYTHING.

THAT IS WHAT DEVELOPED OUR C-LEVEL RISE.

UM, SORRY.

THAT'S WHAT DEVELOPED OUR LONG-TERM RESILIENCE STRATEGY.

AND WITHIN THE STRATEGY, ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS WAS TO REVIVE A GROUP LIKE THE C-LEVEL RISE TASK FORCE TO TAKE ON REGIONAL ISSUES COLLABORATIVELY.

SO A GROUP HAS BEEN FORMED THAT INCLUDES SEVERAL OF OUR MUNICIPALITIES.

IT INCLUDES, UM, PUBLIC, PUBLIC UTILITIES AS WELL.

SO WE'VE GOT PALMETTO ELECTRIC INVOLVED, NOT PALMETTO

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UM, WE'VE BEEN TALKING WITH THE HOSPITAL AND REPRESENTATIVES AT B-J-W-S-A AND AT DOMINION.

AND SO THIS GROUP IS WORKING ON ADVANCING REGIONAL INITIATIVES THAT EVERYONE HAS A PRIORITY FOR.

AND WE ARE DEVELOPING A TOOLKIT TO HELP OTHER COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE GREATER ELCO REGION HAVE BUILD CAPACITY ESSENTIALLY TO ALSO TAKE ON RESILIENCE INITIATIVES.

SO IN SOME PLACES, UM, LIKE HARDY V FOR EXAMPLE, THERE'S A REALLY BIG PUSH FOR STORMWATER MANAGEMENT IN JASPER COUNTY MORE BROADLY.

AND JASPER COUNTY NEEDS HELP BUILDING CAPACITY FOR ALL OF THAT.

SO THIS GROUP IS GOING TO HELP DO THAT AS WELL AS IDENTIFY GRANT OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE CAN ALL COME TOGETHER TO MAKE OUR GRANT APPLICATIONS MUCH MORE COMPETITIVE BECAUSE WE'RE ALL WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP.

UH, BUT THIS, THIS IS JUST FORMED AND WE ARE STILL FIGURING OUT OUR NAME, BUT WE HAD RECENTLY SETTLED ON, UH, THE SOUTHERN LOW COUNTRY RESILIENCE COLLABORATIVE, BUT THAT'S LIKELY TO CHANGE SOON.

BUT IT IS AN ALIVE GROUP AND WELL, AND THERE'S A LOT OF VERY MOTIVATED PEOPLE TO GET THINGS DONE HERE REGIONALLY IN THE LOWER FOR COASTAL COUNTIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

YES MA'AM.

SO WITH CULTURE, WE HAVE HISTORIC AND WE ALSO HAVE AGRICULTURE.

UM, IN 20, IN JANUARY OF 2025, UH, STANTEC COMPLETED UM, AN ABOVE GROUND HISTORIC RESOURCES SURVEY THAT INCLUDED THE SOUTH ABROAD AND OH, I SHOULD HAVE PUT SOUTH ABROAD.

UM, AND INCLUDED SOUTH ABROAD AND ST.

HELENA ISLAND.

UM, AND THEN THE COUNTY HAS RECEIVED A GRANT TO FUND A PROJECT THAT WOULD UPDATE THE 1999 ST.

HELENA ISLAND CEMETERY SURVEY AS WELL.

SO THAT ONE IS ABOUT TO BE OUT FOR UM, RFQ TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT CONSULTANTS FOR THAT.

UM, AND THEN THROUGH, THROUGH THE RURAL AND CRITICAL LANDS PRESERVATION PROGRAM, THE COUNTY PURCHASED A CONSERVATION, A CONSERVATION EASEMENT ON SEASIDE, UM, IN A BENNETT IS THAT, UM, ON ST.

HELENA AND LAND PROTECTION FUNDING THROUGH THE GREEN SPACE PROGRAM PURCHASE CONSERVATION EASEMENTS ON TWO PROPERTIES THAT PROTECTED PRIME SOILS.

UM, AND THE COUNTY IS ALSO WITH A CPO THAT SHOULD BE DONE FAIRLY SHORTLY.

WE WERE JUST TRYING TO MAKE SOME PRETTY EDITS TO IT.

UM, BUT A RURAL LANDOWNER'S GUIDEBOOK SHOULD BE COMPLETED SOON, .

UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE MARINE PROJECTS.

THESE ARE REAL FUN.

SO ALL JOY BOAT LANDING, UM, THAT'S UNDERWAY.

THE WIMPY CREEK BOAT LANDING AND PIER DESIGN IS UNDERWAY.

ALL AJOY FLOAT IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.

STATION CREEK FLOAT IMPROVEMENTS ARE IN THE PERMITTING PROCESS.

FACTORY CREEK PIER REPAIRS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.

BROAD RIVER FISHING PIER AND LANDING ARE IN DESIGN.

AND THEN THE MARINE STRUCTURES ASSESSMENT IS UNDERWAY CURRENTLY.

AND I WAS JUST GONNA ADD ENVISION PROGRAM, WHICH MEANS, SO I JUST WANTED TO FLIP.

TALKING ABOUT ALL OF THESE, UM, BOAT LANDINGS, HOW DID YOU DETERMINE WHICH ONES TO DO? I HADN'T.

IT'S A LOT OF USE.

YEAH, I KNOW.

LET ME SEE.

SO THIS WAS, UM, ALL THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED.

SO A BOAT, LAND A BOAT LANDING STUDY WAS COMPLETED OCTOBER OF 2023.

SO THESE ARE THE MARINE PROJECTS FROM THAT LIST THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AS OF SEPTEMBER, 2025.

SO THAT PARTICULAR BOAT LANDING WASN'T INCLUDED IN THE STUDY.

I'M NOT SURE I CAN GET THAT FOR YOU AND ASK OUR

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ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.

THESE ARE REAL FUN.

THESE ARE OUR MOBILITY STUDIES.

SO BLUFFTON PARKWAY STUDY WAS COMPLETED IN JUNE, 2025.

UH, US 21 CORRIDOR STUDY WAS COMPLETED IN AUGUST OF 2025.

UM, SC 17 CORRIDOR STUDY DRAFT REPORT IS DUE THIS MONTH.

UM, SC 42, SC THREE 15 AND BLUFFTON PARKWAY EXTENSION WILL BE COMPLETED THIS MONTH.

UM, NORTHERN BUFORT TRANSIT STUDY WILL BE COMPLETED IN DECEMBER, US 2 78 CORRIDOR STUDY.

FINAL DRAFT IS DUE JULY OF NEXT YEAR.

AND THEN THE INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS' MASTER PLAN AND ASSOCIATION ASSOCIATION WITH LATS WILL INCLUDE 14 CORRIDORS IN BEAUFORT AND JAPER COUNTY.

SO A LOT OF THESE WERE KIND SPIT OUT REAL QUICK AROUND THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME.

UM, AND A LOT OF THESE WERE DONE WITH LATS WITH THE EL COG, UM, MASTER PLAN.

SO NORTHERN BEAUFORT COUNTY TRANSIT MASTER PLAN STUDIES ESTIMATED TO BE COMPLETE THIS YEAR OR THIS MONTH.

UM, RECOMMENDATIONS, OH THAT'S SUPPOSED TO SAY FROM FROM THE 2010 AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN AND MASTER PLAN FOR THE HILTON HEAD ISLAND AIRPORT HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED AND WORK WILL BEGIN SOON ON AN UPDATED MASTER PLAN FOR THAT ONE.

UM, KINDA SHORT FOR THIS YEAR.

UM, HOWEVER, THE HOUSING TRUST BEAUFORT JASPER HOUSING TRUST IS NO LONGER UNDER COMMUNITY WORKS ADMINISTRATION.

AND SO WE HAVE OUR OWN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CLAUDE HICKS.

SO IT'S LOCALIZED NOW AS FAR AS THAT POSITION.

UM, COMMUNITY FACILITIES TRANSPORTATION RESILIENCY, A ROADWAY VULNERABILITY STUDY WAS COMPLETED IN MAY.

UM, ELCO WAS AWARDED A PROTECT GRANT, UM, TO COMPLETE A TRANSPORTATION RESILIENCE IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR THE FORD COUNTY COG BUFORT JASPER WATER SEWER AUTHORITY MASTER PLAN WAS COMPLETED IN 2025.

THIS ADDRESSES PROJECTED FU FUTURE CONDITIONS.

UM, THE LOW COUNTRY SAFETY ACTION PLAN WAS COMPLETED AND ADOPTED IN OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR, AND BEAUFORT COUNTY ALSO ADOPTED THE PLAN IN A TARGET ZERO POLICY.

UM, SO THEN WE GO ON TO FACILITIES ENERGY AUDIT AND RETROFIT PROGRAMS WERE ADOPTED BY COUNTY COUNCIL IN JUNE.

UM, THE COUNTY RECEIVED A GRANT TO INSTALL SEVEN PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE CHARGING STATIONS.

UH, TRASH COMPACTING EQUIPMENT AT CONVENIENCE CENTERS WERE INSTALLED IN HILTON HAD BLUFFTON AND SHANK.

GLEN AND HILTON, OR EXCUSE ME, ST.

HELENA ISLAND IS IN THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS.

UM, THE COUNTY IS WORKING WITH A CITY ON AN EMS CO-LOCATION AND AROUND 20 PROJECTS FROM PARKS AND REC MASTER PLAN HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR OUT FORBID CURRENTLY, UM, FOR BUILT ENVIRONMENT.

SO LOCO HAS CREATED A MAP THAT PROVIDES AN INVENTORY FOR PUDS AND SUBDIVISIONS TO FURTHER PURSUE AN AGREED UPON GROWTH BOUNDARY FOR THE AREA.

AND THAT MAP CAN BE ACCESSED ON THE COUNTY'S WEBSITE AND I CAN SEND OUT A LINK IF YOU DO NOT ALREADY HAVE THAT.

UM, AND STAFF IS CURRENTLY REVIEWING PTOS WITH THIS PROCESS OF US UPDATING THE COMP PLAN OR DOING OUR FIVE YEAR UPDATE REVIEW, UM, IN RELATION TO PUBLIC FACILITIES ACCESS AS WELL.

ALL RIGHT, LAST ONE.

UM, SPOTLIGHT ST.

SO HICKORY HILL ROAD DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT IS TO COMPLETE BE COMPLETED.

THIS FALL SEA GRANT COMPLETED A STUDY THAT INCLUDED FOUR WELLS THAT WERE LOCATED ON ST.

A NEW RECREATIONAL FACILITY IS COMING TO ST.

ABOUT AN INITIATIVE FOR THE 2022 BALLOT.

COMPLETION OF THE FACILITY IS SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST OF NEXT YEAR.

AN ASSESSMENT OF THE PARKS, FACILITIES AND FIELDS ON ST.

HELENA HAS BEEN COMPLETED.

THE PARKS DEPARTMENT RECENTLY INSTALLED A NEW PLAYGROUND AT THE SCOTT CENTER, UM, ST.

HELENA DRAINAGE STUDY.

WITH THAT, THE HICKORY HILL IS ONGOING.

UM, LOST ISLAND ROAD HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND IN ORDINANCE TO OBTAIN RIGHT OF WAY FOR LEGACY ROADS WAS ADOPTED IN JULY OF 2025.

AND I JUST GAVE YOU A WHOLE YEAR'S WORTH OF WORK.

SO CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR BRAIN CAPACITY 'CAUSE IT'S A LOT.

UM, NEXT.

SO THEN WE HAVE OUR FIVE YEAR UPDATE PLAN.

SO WITH THIS, WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT WHAT ROB CALLS OUR LOW HANGING FRUIT.

AND THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE, CAN BE SIMPLY CHANGED.

SO WE UPDATE OUTDATED ACTION ITEMS. FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF OUR ACTION ITEMS TALKS

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SO WE CAN EITHER DISCUSS THAT AND SEE IF THAT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED TO A DIFFERENT YEAR OR JUST COMPLETELY DELETED ALTOGETHER.

UM, CHANGE IN ORGANIZATIONS AND NAMES.

FOR EXAMPLE, DHC HAS NOW BEEN SPLIT INTO TWO DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.

SO WE WOULD NEED TO CHANGE THAT TO DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES.

UM, NEW PROGRAMS. THE OLD ONE TALKS ABOUT THE RURAL AND CRITICAL LANDS PROGRAM THAT HA IS NOW MORE, WE ARE MORE GEAR GEARED TOWARDS THE GREEN SPACE, UM, PROGRAM.

SO WE WOULD NEED TO CHANGE SOME THINGS REGARDING THAT.

AND THEN SO THEN WE MOVE ON TO OUR NEW POLICY DIRECTIONS.

SO THE FURTHER REFINEMENT OF IMPLEMENTING PLACE TYPES.

SO WE ARE GOING THROUGH AND LOOKING AT THE PLACE TYPES, UM, IN THAT MAP WITH THE COMP PLAN AND SEEING IF SOME PLACE TYPES NEED TO BE COMPLETELY GONE, IF MAYBE WE CATEGORIZE THEM.

SOME OF THEM ARE EASY OR EASY IMPLEMENTATION AND SOME OF THEM ARE MAYBE SUGGESTED FOR FURTHER ON DOWN THE ROAD.

WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THAT.

UM, AND WITH THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A MORE EMPHASIS ON ADEQUATE PUBLIC FACILITIES.

SO THINGS WE COULD ADOPT WITH THE COMP PLAN ARE THE PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN.

AND THEN WE HAVE OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE PROCESS.

SO WE KIND OF ALREADY COMPLETED THE INTERNAL STAFF UPDATES.

THAT'S WHAT Y'ALL JUST HEARD TONIGHT.

AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING OUR PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEW.

SO WE WILL BE HAVING A COUPLE WORKSHOPS IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.

UM, WE WILL NEED TO SCHEDULE THOSE AND SEE WHAT WORKS BEST FOR Y'ALL.

BUT WE'RE GONNA UM, HAVE PEOPLE WITHIN DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS COME AND DISCUSS AND ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT UM, THINGS THAT MAYBE ARE OUTDATED NEED TO BE UPDATED BECAUSE THIS IS BASICALLY Y'ALL'S DOCUMENT AT THE END OF THE DAY.

SO WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT ALL OF THAT.

UM, AFTER WE GET SOME OF THOSE UM COMMENTS, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE PUBLIC AND THEN WE'RE ALSO GONNA TALK TO MUNICIPALITIES AND SEE IF THEY HAVE ANY INPUTS.

SO THAT'LL BE ALSO WITH OTHER WORKSHOPS WITH THE PUBLIC.

AND THEN AFTER THAT WE UPDATE IT AND WE HAVE MORE MEETINGS AND TALK AMONGST TO OURSELVES WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND SEE WHAT NEEDS TO BE IMPLEMENTED.

AND THEN WE TAKE IT THROUGH THE PROCESS TO BE ADOPTED.

AND THAT IS THAT BELIEVE THE GOAL IS YEAH.

NOVE, WELL WE SAID KIND NOVEMBER, BUT YEAH.

AROUND THEN JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS FROM QUESTIONS I HAVE.

UM, THE WAY YOU PRESENTED YOUR, YOU GAVE THE STATUS REPORT AND THE CRITERIA AND STUFF, IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT'S CONTAINED HERE.

CAN YOU PROVIDE US WITH A COPY OF THOSE PAGES? YEAH, I'LL SEND THAT JUST TO BE MORE SUCCINCT.

AND LIKE I SAID, SO THOSE ARE JUST EVERYTHING UM, FROM THAT I GOT FROM LAST YEAR AND THEN THIS YEAR AND WHAT I JUST TALKED ABOUT UP HERE WERE THE BIG THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED SINCE I GAVE THAT UPDATE LAST YEAR.

BUT I WILL DEFINITELY SEND THAT OUT.

AND A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE DEVELOPED, A COUPLE OF MORE SECTIONS FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT DIDN'T EXIST WHEN WE APPROVED THE INITIAL ONE BACK IN 2021, LIKE AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT WE HAVE A WHOLE SECTION THERE THAT WE ADDED, WE ADOPTED THAT HOUSING WASN'T A HOUSING THING DONE THAT WAS ADOPTED AS IN A ME, I DON'T REMEMBER.

I THINK THERE WAS, I THINK THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE ALSO PATHWAYS CONNECT THAT WE ADOPTED.

YEAH, I THINK THOSE MAY HAVE BEEN, WOULDN'T THOSE BE ITEMS FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN REVIEW? WE CAN LOOK AT THAT.

I JUST DON'T, I KNOW.

WAS IT KIND OF LIKE HOW YOURS WAS ADDED TO THE COMP PLAN? I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE, THESE AT LEAST BEEN THE LONG TERM.

COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS AND I THINK, UM, OKAY.

THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK AT.

I JUST, DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT YEAR THAT WAS? THAT THAT WAS DONE LAST YEAR? SURE.

OH, I THINK HER, I THINK WE DID HAVE A HOUSING THING THAT

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WAS ADOPTED.

I THINK THIS LIBBY WAS WORKING WITH THAT ONE.

SO I'LL ASK HER ABOUT THAT.

KRISTEN, I JUST BRIEFLY WENT THROUGH THIS THING AND I COUNTED ROUGHLY 49, GIVE OR TAKE A FEW.

WHAT'S CONSIDERED HIGH PRIORITY, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN EXACTLY IN TIMES OF, IN TERMS OF TIME, YOU KNOW, YOU WOULD LIKE TO GET YOUR HIGH PRIORITY ITEMS DONE WITHIN ONE OF THE UPDATE OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TWO YEARS, THREE YEARS.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS, IF YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING.

NO, I GET WHAT YOU MEAN.

I GUESS IT'S JUST, YEAH, THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WAS A TIME I, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE EXACT LIKE TIMELINE.

WELL, I MEAN LET'S, LET'S GO BACK FIVE YEARS AGO WHEN IT WAS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CAME OUT.

I'M SURE THERE WAS A, A CHART THAT SAID THESE ARE OUR HIGHEST PRIORITIES, OUR MEDIUM ONE AND LOW ONES.

DID WE ACHIEVE THEM? DID WE NOT ACHIEVE THEM? AND IF SO, WHY NOT? YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THAT'S KIND OF THE HIGH LEVEL THING I'M LOOKING FOR.

THAT WAS ALL IN SECTION TWO, THE WORK PLAN WHICH ACCOMPANIES THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

UM, THESE PAGES HERE, THIS SECTION SAYS AN ACTION PLAN, THE WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, HOW, FUNDING, ET CETERA.

AND THAT ALL GOES INTO CONSIDERATION, UM, WHEN WE LOOK AT HIGH.

BUT I STILL DON'T SEE A RESULT.

I I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

BUT I'M NOT SEEING, WELL, I AGREE WITH THAT.

WE NEED TO MATCH UP HIGH PRIORITIES WITH HAVE WE TAKEN ACTION ON THEM OR NOT? AND IF WE, OR DO WE, WHY AREN'T WE, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF THING.

ARE WE, ARE WE, HAVE WE REASSIGNED PRIORITIES? YEAH.

AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK AT WHENEVER WE TALK TO DEPARTMENTS INDIVIDUALLY AND SEE WHAT THEIR PRIORITIES ARE EXACTLY.

AND WHY MAYBE THEY HAVEN'T, IF THAT IS THE CASE, MAYBE WHY PRIORITIES HAVE SHIFTED AND IF WE NEED TO REFLECT THAT ON OUR UPDATE.

IS THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT SATISFIED WITH THE PROGRESS THAT'S BEEN MADE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS? 'CAUSE I KNOW WE DEPENDED ON ALL THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT COME FORWARD AND IMPLEMENT THOSE ACTION PLANS IS I WOULD SAY SO.

I WOULD SAY IT'S ACTUALLY PRETTY SURPRISING.

AND I WOULD SAY THE SAME THING WITH ENGINEERING.

THEY'VE HAD A LOT OF STUDIES COME OUT.

IS IS THERE SOMEONE AT THE COUNTY WHO'S KEEPING TRACK OF THIS THAT'S YOU ARE, IF THIS IS, THIS IS KEEPING TRACK.

SO I AM KIND OF ONTO THEM AND I'M LIKE, DO WE HAVE ANY UPDATE ON THIS? BUT I, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T YEAH, I KNOW MICROMANAGE 'EM AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE FOLLOWING.

BUT WE DO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE, UM, IMPLEMENTING THINGS ON THE COMP PLAN THAT IS OKAY.

THE IMPORTANCE OF THE FIVE YEAR UPDATE AS WELL.

WELL WE ALSO UPDATE ALL THE DATA IN THAT THIRD SECTION THAT WE USE TO COMPILE.

AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT, WELL, PARTICULARLY ON THE ISSUES OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE DOWN DEVELOPMENT THAT'S GOING ON, THE PEOPLE HEAD COUNT.

I MEAN IT'S, IT'S WAY OVER WHAT WE COULD HAVE IMAGINED BACK IN 21.

WHEN WE HIT COVID.

THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO ASK IS, UH, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FURTHER REFINEMENT OF IMPLEMENTING PLACE TYPES.

AND FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, IF A DEVELOPER COMES AND WANTS TO DO SOMETHING THAT INVOLVES ONE OF THOSE, IT'S PRETTY HARD TO SIT HERE AND SAY, YEAH, WE'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND DO THAT 'CAUSE IT'S A GREAT IDEA.

BUT IF WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THESE, YOU KNOW, SC ONE 70 ROAD IMPROVEMENTS, IT BECOMES VERY DIFFICULT TO APPROVE OF ANYTHING.

SO IT'D BE NICE TO KNOW SOME OF THAT STUFF.

AND I GONNA ASK SOMETHING TOO IS JUST LIKE GLEN WAS DOING, I WAS GOING THROUGH THIS AND THIS IS FLUID AND I, I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A DETERMINA DETERMINATION, DETERMINATION OF WHAT'S HIGH, LOW AND MEDIUM PRIORITY.

BUT AS WE LOOK AT THIS AND YOU LOOK AT THE CPO NEEDS TO BE REWORKED AND REWRITTEN, IT'S A MEDIUM PRIORITY RIGHT NOW.

WE'VE ALL SEEN WHAT'S HAPPENED OVER THE PAST EIGHT MONTHS, IT'S GONNA REAR ITS UGLY HEAD AGAIN AND IT'S LISTED

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AS A MEDIUM PRIORITY.

I WOULD ALMOST THINK THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE ELEVATED A LITTLE BIT TO GET AHEAD OF THE CURVE OF WHAT WE'RE, WHAT IS PROBABLY GONNA HAPPEN.

AND I DON'T KNOW, HOW DO WE HAVE INPUT TO THAT FROM WHAT WE SEE? CAN WE RECOMMEND THAT ITEMS BE ELEVATED? OH, I, I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, THIS IS Y'ALL'S DOCUMENT, SO FOR SURE WE CAN DISCUSS THAT.

I WANNA ADD ONE OTHER THING.

I FOUND THE, THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY OF COMING UP WITH A MEANINGFUL COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS NOT THROUGH HAVING GROUPS COME IN HERE OR HAVING ONLINE SURVEYS, BUT ACTUALLY GOING OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY, SITTING DOWN WITH THEM.

YOU KNOW, I CAN REMEMBER A NUMBER OF MEETINGS.

WE GOT CORNERED AND, AND A LOT OF THINGS CAME OUT AND IT MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE.

AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE PUT FORWARD AND, AND THE PRIORITIZATION, I'M THINKING PARTICULARLY IN ST.

SO, I MEAN, I WOULD ENCOURAGE THAT WE DO THAT AGAIN.

I THINK TRYING TO GET EIGHT OR NINE PEOPLE TO AGREE ON ONE THING IS OKAY.

AS HARD AS IT WAS, BUT IT WAS HARD THAT WE TRY TO DO THAT AGAIN.

AND YOU ALL ARE GONNA ACCOMPANY US IN SOME OF THOSE TRIPS BETWEEN 200 AND 400 PEOPLE WOULD TURN OUT LIKE ST.

HELENA L AND AND AT LIBRARY.

AND SO, AND I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT, UM, Y YOUR FEELING.

I, I DIDN'T SEE ENOUGH TO, TO SATISFY MYSELF AND I'LL GO BACK TO THE ATLAS 'CAUSE I KNOW THE NUMBERS HAVE CHANGED ABOUT TRAFFIC IMPACTS AND HOW HAS IT WORKED.

UM, NOW THAT THE COUNTY IS DOING ITS OWN TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS OR HAVING, WE HAD A PRESENTATION IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM OF THE OLD COUNTY BUILDING.

IT WAS JUST STARTING THAT THERE IS GONNA BE A, UM, CONSULTANT WHO'S HANDLING NOW ALL THE TIAS RATHER THAN HAVING THE DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPER DO IT.

HOW HAS THAT BEEN WORKING OUT AND IS THAT GONNA BE ADDRESSED AS A NEW POLICY DIRECTION? YEAH, I THINK THAT, YEAH, I I THINK WE'RE ALL SAYING ABOUT THE SAME THING.

I, I NOTICED WHEN YOU WENT THROUGH YOUR REPORT AS PART OF IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES AND WHERE THE STATUS WAS, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF STUDIES THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.

AND I GUESS THE QUESTION THAT WE HAVE NOW IS SO WHAT MM-HMM .

YOU KNOW, BECAUSE MANY OF THOSE STUDIES OBVIOUSLY WOULD HAVE POTENTIAL LAND USE IMPLICATIONS.

SO DID SOMETHING COME OUT OF THOSE STUDIES THAT WE NEED TO BE TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THAT MAYBE YOU'RE GONNA TWEAK MORE THAN JUST PLACE TYPE YEAH.

IN TERMS OF WHERE WE'VE BEEN SUGGESTING FUTURE LAND USE.

AND I THINK THAT'S A, THAT'S A GOOD ONE FOR WHENEVER.

I THINK THAT FOR ONE OF THESE MEETINGS, 'CAUSE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT COMBINING SOME OF THEM, UM, BUT ONE OF THE MEETINGS IS JUST GOING TO BE COMPLETELY FOR ENGINEERING.

SO YOU WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, UM, KEVIN AND BRIAN IN HERE SO WE CAN REALLY TALK ABOUT THAT AS A GROUP I THINK WOULD BE A, A GOOD IDEA.

CAN I SEE THAT FROM YOU REAL QUICK? SO WHENEVER WE HAD DISCUSSED WHAT'S NEXT AMONGST Y'ALL, WE HAD 1, 2, 3, MAYBE FOUR WORKSHOPS.

UM, SO ONE WOULD BE THAT MOBILITY ENGINEERING, ONE WOULD BE NATURAL RESOURCES AND CULTURAL RESOURCES.

ONE WOULD BE LAND USE AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT.

AND THEN THE REMAINING ONES WOULD BE, UM, THE LAST WORKSHOP.

HOW DO WE WANT TO PLAN THESE? LIKE SCHEDULE THEM? WHAT DID YOU THINK WE SHOULD? YEAH, I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW.

I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GONNA WORK 'CAUSE IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE LIKE HERDING CATS BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY LIFE HAPPENS AND THINGS CHANGE IT.

I WONDER, AND I'D ASK EVERYBODY HERE, MIGHT IT NOT BE EASIER FOR YOU FOLKS TO FIND A, A PLACE AS NICE AS THIS WHERE WE HAVE A SET TIME AND ALLOW US TO PLAN AROUND IT.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS THINK THAT'S BETTER OR WORSE, BUT

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IT'S GONNA BE A CHALLENGE.

OR I CAN CHOOSE MAYBE LIKE FIVE DIFFERENT TIMES AND THEN I'LL STILL SEND OUT THE POLL AND SEE WHICH ONE GETS THE MOST PEOPLE OR SOMETHING.

CHOOSE THAT ONE.

UH, WE'LL WE WILL LEARN AS WE GO , BUT YEAH.

I TAKE IT WE'RE NOT GONNA USE A CONSULTANT LIKE WE DID LAST TIME.

NOT FOR THE UPDATE.

THE, THE FOLLOW UP TO THE COMMENT I HAD WAS, I'M THROUGH, WAS PART OF THE IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES THAT CAME OUT OF THE PLAN THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.

BUT NOW THAT THOSE STUDIES HAVE BEEN COMPLETED OR ANY OF THE DEPARTMENTS SHARING WITH YOU NEW STUDIES THAT THEY'RE WANTING TO ADD, THAT NEED TO GET INCLUDED, UM, AS PART OF CHANGES TO THE UPDATE OR IS THAT SOMETHING AS WE HAVE THESE WORKSHOPS WE CAN TALK THROUGH WITH THEM? YEAH.

'CAUSE I WHERE, UH, ESPECIALLY WITH THE WHAT, WHENEVER THEY'RE WORKING WITH LATS, THERE'S A LOT THAT'S, I DON'T, I KNOW WHAT THEY'RE WITHIN THAT, ARE YOU TALKING SPECIFICALLY LIKE MOBILITY REALLY WITH ANY OF THE DEPARTMENTS? I THINK, UM, 'CAUSE A LOT OF TIMES ONCE YOU COMPLETE A STUDY, YOU KNOW WHAT'S NEXT ON THEIR PRIORITY LIST IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND TO DO THEIR JOBS.

AND I THINK WITH THAT, LETS ONE THAT WAS DISCUSSED, THERE'S GOING TO BE LIKE 20 DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE GONNA COME OUTTA THAT.

SO I THINK THAT'S THEIR NEXT LIST OF, UM, CORRIDORS OR INTERSECTIONS TO REALLY HONE IN ON.

I THINK HOUSING MIGHT BE ANOTHER BIG ONE THAT I, I, I'M BE CURIOUS IF THEY'RE LOOKING TO NEED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN ORDER TO HAVE A, A DIRECTION MOVING FORWARD.

AND WE CAN GET, UM, TRY TO GET THE ELCO AND MAYBE CLAUDE HICKS IF HE'S AVAILABLE TO COME AND WE DISCUSS SOMETHING REGARDING THAT.

JULIANA, THIS MAY BE GETTING INTO THE WEEDS A LITTLE BIT, BUT I, I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THAT LEVEL TWO, UH, WATER QUALITY MONITORING.

AND, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DISCOVERED THAT I DIDN'T REALIZE WAS OUT THERE WAS THOSE SUB WATERSHEDS THAT THEY'VE BROKEN ALL THE AREAS DOWN INTO, AND WITHIN EACH ONE THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO IDENTIFY PERCENTAGE OF IMPERIOUSNESS, UM, AS PLANNING COMMISSIONERS AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT A PARTICULAR SITE AND KNOWING WITHIN THAT SUB WATERSHED, IF IT'S ALREADY HIGH IMPERIOUSNESS OR LOW IMPERIOUSNESS CAN CERTAINLY HAVE AN IMPACT, I THINK, IN TERMS OF OUR DELIBERATIONS AS TO WHETHER OR NOT IS REALLY GONNA HAVE THAT MUCH OF A, A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT OR NOT.

AND I CAN WORK WITH COURTNEY KIMMEL AND CHRIS KIRE ON GETTING THAT INFORMATION FROM THEM AND WE CAN BRING THAT BACK TO YOU ALL SO YOU HAVE IT FOR CONSIDERATION.

IF IT'S, I DON'T KNOW ALL OF THE MECHANISMS THAT GO INTO PLACE, UM, REGARDING WHAT WE REQUIRE BE CONSIDERED MOVING FORWARD WITH DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT COME TO YOU ALL.

BUT IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN PURSUING, I CAN ABSOLUTELY GET THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU.

YOU MENTIONED, UM, REACHING OUT TO COMMUNITIES.

YOU KNOW, LIKE DAW ISLAND MM-HMM .

KSE ISLAND.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE OBVIOUSLY THE RISING SEAS ARE GONNA BE A PROBLEM.

ABSOLUTELY.

UM, EXACTLY HOW DOES THAT PROCESS OCCUR? SO WE'LL BE SCHEDULING PUBLIC MEETINGS.

WE'LL LIKELY BE WORKING WITH THE COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE DIFFERENT DISTRICTS TO HELP SCHEDULE THOSE PUBLIC MEETINGS.

WHEN WE DID THE COMPREHENSIVE OVERHAUL, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OVERHAUL BACK IN 20 20, 20 20, 20 21, THAT'S HOW WE DID THINGS.

WE SCHEDULED MEETINGS AT COMMUNITY CENTERS, LEANING ON OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO BE THERE AND HELP GET THE WORD OUT.

AND THEN WE HAD INFORMATION ABOUT THE CHANGES TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT WERE BEING CONSIDERED SO THAT WHEN THE PUBLIC GOT THERE, THEY COULD REVIEW THOSE AND THEY COULD GIVE US, WHETHER IT WAS FEEDBACK THROUGH CONVERSATIONS OR WRITTEN FEEDBACK, THEY HAD CONTACT INFORMATION.

THEY COULD GIVE US ALL OF THEIR INPUT ON THE THOUGHTS THAT THEY HAD ABOUT WHAT WE WERE RECOMMENDING, AND THEN ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THEY MAY HAVE.

AND I BELIEVE THAT'S THE PLAN THAT WE'RE GONNA BE TAKING.

UM, ONCE WE GET TO THAT STAGE, AFTER WE'RE DONE WITH OUR PLANNING COMMISSION WORKSHOPS AND WE'VE GOT EVERYTHING THAT YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE UPDATE, DOES THAT HELP ANSWER THAT QUESTION? CAN I MAKE A AN ADDENDUM TO THAT? SURE.

THERE ARE A LOT OF PROPERTIES WITHIN THE COUNTY THAT ARE ANNEXED BY THE DIFFERENT CITIES AND TOWNS MM-HMM .

AND UNFORTUNATELY THE FOLKS THAT LIVE IN THE COUNTY ARE AFFECTED BY THOSE DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE AT

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LEVELS.

SO WHEN WE START HAVING THESE PUBLIC MEETINGS, IF WE FIND OUT THAT THERE ARE NEARBY PROPERTIES THAT ARE, HAVE BEEN ANNEXED, THEY WANNA REACH OUT TO THE CITY AS WELL.

PERHAPS HAVE A CITY REPRESENTATIVE THERE IN WHATEVER WE'RE GONNA BE DEALING WITH SO THAT THEY CAN ADDRESS IT AND HOW IT'S AFFECTING THE COUNTY.

THAT'S AN EXCELLENT RECOMMENDATION AND WE'LL MAKE SURE TO INCLUDE MUNICIPAL STAFF REPRESENTATION AT THESE PUBLIC MEETINGS.

ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD ASK EACH OF THE COMMISSIONERS TO CONSIDER DOING, AND THAT IS GO BACK AND REREAD THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE WORK PLAN AND THE ATLAS.

I MEAN, YOU'LL FIND THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION IN THERE THAT WOULD BE VERY USEFUL TO JUST KNOW AS YOUR STARTING POINT.

UH, IT WAS A WONDERFUL DOCUMENT COMPARED TO WHAT WE HAD DONE BEFORE MM-HMM .

UH, AND I THINK WE CAN MAKE IT ALL THE GREATER IF WE REALLY FOCUS IN ON WHAT'S IMPORTANT AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN HAPPEN OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

AND TO SAVE YOU ALL TIME, WE CAN JUST SEND OUT LINKS WHERE YOU CAN FIND ALL THOSE THINGS ONLINE IF YOU DON'T ALREADY HAVE THEM BOOKMARKED LIKE MYSELF.

ONE QUICK QUESTION.

NO, GO AHEAD.

UNDER, ON THE SLIDE, UNDER NEW POLICY DIRECTIONS, MORE EMPHASIS ON ADEQUATE PUBLIC FACILITIES, SO I'M LINKING THAT TO ALL OF THE DOC RECOMMENDATIONS.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY PUBLIC FACILITIES? LIKE REC CENTERS, UM, DOCKS? WELL, SO AT LEAST FOR THIS ONE HERE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAKING SURE WITH THE PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN THAT WE'RE HAVING ADEQUATE PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES.

BUT WE CAN OH, HAS THAT BEEN WRITTEN YET, OR NO? I BELIEVE THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS ALREADY COMPLETED.

RIGHT.

UM, AND THERE WERE MAYBE A HANDFUL OF PROJECTS, IF I RECALL, THAT WERE THAT I THINK YOU SAID THERE WERE 20 DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT WERE IN VARIOUS STATES OF, UM, PROGRESS THERE.

UM, BUT WE CAN ALSO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION ANY, ANY OF THE OTHER PUBLIC FACILITIES THAT YOU ALL SEE A NEED FOR.

I MEAN, THIS IS, THIS IS REALLY A TIME TO RESHAPE WHAT WE HAVE TO REFLECT OUR CURRENT DAY CONDITIONS.

THOSE THINGS THAT WE DIDN'T NECESSARILY SEE COMING BACK IN 2021 WHEN WE ADOPTED THEM.

UM, WE CAN, THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO, TO ADDRESS ALL OF THAT.

I LIKE WHAT, UM, GAIL SAID BEFORE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT ABOUT A BOAT LANDING UP, YOU KNOW, ON THE COMBEE RIVER FOR EXAMPLE MM-HMM.

THAT SORT OF GOT DROPPED OUT LAST TIME.

THEY ON SAINT ELEMENT.

PEOPLE WHO HAVE WANTED A, A REALLY DECENT REC CENTER AT SCOTT.

RIGHT.

FOREVER.

SO I WAS GLAD I I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE UNNAMED ONE THAT YOU MENTIONED.

I MEAN, THERE'S A PLAYGROUND.

WE SAW THAT, BUT IS THAT WHERE THE NEW REC CENTER'S GONNA BE AT? YEAH.

AND MAYBE WHAT WE CAN DO IS GET ACCESS TO SOME OF THESE PLANS TO HELP SHARE WITH YOU GUYS SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT'S, WHAT'S BEEN IDENTIFIED.

AND ESPECIALLY, I WROTE THAT NOTE ABOUT THE COMBE LANDING SO WE CAN KNOW.

OH, THE NEW ONE WILL BE A DIRECT CENTER OUT THERE.

IN SHELTON THEY HAD TO TEAR IT DOWN BECAUSE OF MOLD.

NOW HER ORIGINAL QUESTION WAS, WAS A, WAS REGARD TO PUBLIC FACILITIES.

AND YOU START TALKING ABOUT PARKS AND RECREATION AND I THINK OF PUBLIC FACILITIES, I THINK OF LIKE THIS BUILDING, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT THINKING ABOUT PARKS AND RECREATION IS, I'M CONFUSED.

PUBLIC FACILITIES IS A RELATIVELY BROAD TERM.

IT'S GONNA BE, UM, ANYTHING REALLY THAT THE PUBLIC HAS ACCESS TO AND THAT SERVES THE PUBLIC.

SO WHEN I'M THINKING ABOUT PUBLIC FACILITIES, I'M ALSO THINKING ABOUT THINGS THAT WE DON'T CONTROL.

LIKE OUR BEAUFORT, JASPER WATER SEWER AUTHORITY AND OUR, UM, OUR TRANSPORTATION, TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM TO SOME DEGREE WE HAVE CONTROL OVER AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

UM, SO I THINK I WAS TRYING TO ANSWER CECILY'S QUESTION, WHICH SEEMED LIKE IT WAS GEARED MORE TOWARDS THE RECREATIONAL TYPE PUBLIC FACILITIES, THOUGH I COULD HAVE BEEN WRONG ON THAT ONE.

THAT QUESTION IS ACTUALLY THE SAME AS YOURS, WHICH IS I JUST DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE DEFINITION.

AND SO, AND LIKE I SAID, WHAT WE CAN DO IS, UM, GATHER ALL OF THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU SO THAT WE CAN START TO ADDRESS ANY CONCERNS OR CHANGES THAT AREN'T REFLECTED.

DO YOU WANNA SAY ALSO OKAY.

JUST WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE.

SO THAT WAS JUST KIND OF AN EXAMPLE THAT WE DONE, OR MASTER PLANS, JUST LIKE KIND OF THE EXAMPLE, BUT IT'S NOT, OKAY, SO FIRE DEPARTMENT, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, RIGHT? YEAH, THEY HAVE LIBRARIES.

WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.

I GOT IT.

ANYTHING ELSE?

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AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING HARD WITH YOU NEXT, THE NEXT 12, 13 MONTHS, 14 MONTHS .

AND TO SPEAKING TO THAT, I'M GONNA GO ON TO, IF WE'RE FINISHED WITH THAT SUBJECT.

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS. UM, KRISTIN, COULD YOU JUST COME UP AND YOU HAVE THE, YOU HAVE A STATUS ON, WE HAVE SOME FORMS FOR PEOPLE TO FILL OUT.

I'M GONNA GO ON TO, UM, CHAIRMAN'S REPORT,

[9. CHAIRMAN'S REPORT]

I HAD ASKED, UH, KRISTEN PULL TOGETHER THE, WHERE WE'RE AT ON TRAINING, WHO STILL NEEDS THE TRAINING, WHERE WE ARE WITH THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENTS AND ONES WE STILL MIGHT HAVE, WE MAY HAVE SOME DISCREPANCIES.

YOU THINK YOU MAY HAVE TURNED IT IN.

KRISTEN DOESN'T HAVE A COPY OF IT.

SO WE CAN STRAIGHTEN THAT OUT HERE.

AND THE, AND THE LAST ONE, THERE'S, THERE'S FIVE OF US WHOSE TERM IS UP NEXT YEAR.

FOUR IN FEBRUARY AND ONE IN APRIL.

SO YOU, IT WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE ON THE COMMISSION.

THERE'S A LETTER THAT'S NOT DONE AUTOMATICALLY ANYMORE.

AND IF YOU DON'T SAY ANYTHING, THEY'LL TAKE YOU RIGHT OFF AND SOMEBODY WILL TAKE YOUR PLACE.

SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO BE ON TO GO THROUGH ALL THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN STUFF, , GO FOR IT.

IS THAT SUPPOSED TO BE A DRAW? WHAT A FUN, I'M HAVE YOU REDO YOURS WHENEVER IT'S SENT OVER TO ME.

I THINK IT WAS LIKE THE OLD EVERYBODY KNOW THEIR STATUS.

SO I HAVE, UM, UP FOR NEXT YEAR, REDDLE, ROSS, MURRAY, HENNY, AND MILLER.

AND I HAVE ROSS AND MILLER'S.

AND NOW I HAVE YOURS.

DOES ANYONE ELSE? NO.

AND THEN CONFLICT OF INTEREST, I HAVE ED'S, I HAVE ROSS, MEYERS, MURRAY, HENNY AND MILLER.

SO I NEED CECILY.

DID YOU CECILY FOR DOING IT LAST YEAR WHEN I DID MY RE-UP, BUT I'M HAPPY TO DO IT AGAIN.

SO YOU RIGHT, IT'S TWO SIDES.

I TOTALLY REMEMBER DOING THIS.

DO YOU? I THOUGHT I DONE IT WHEN I RE-UPPED, BUT SERIOUSLY, WHO'S THE RECIPIENT'S NAME? OH, I THOUGHT YOU WERE ON THESE.

OH, JUST IGNORE THAT.

I'LL JUST FILL IT IN IF IT'S NEEDED.

DIDN'T KNOW.

MM.

KRISTEN, COULD YOU JUST SEND US THE, UH, ONLINE CONTACT OR WHATEVER IT IS FOR THE CONTINUING EDUCATION.

WHEN YOU WERE DOING, I WRITE LIKE THIS BECAUSE YOU GREW UP IN THAT ERA WHEN EVERYTHING'S ON THE RIGHT, WHY DIDN'T YOU HIT ME? SORRY.

THANK YOU CHRIS.

HELP YOU WITH YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PLAN.