* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:02] WATER MANAGEMENT [* A portion of the meeting is unavailable*] [1. CALL TO ORDER] ON SECOND SIGNIFY BY SHOW OF HANDS, I'LL APPROVE. MOTION CARRIES. WE HAVE THE MINUTES FROM AUGUST 20TH, 25 TO APPROVE. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MOTION? THE MINUTES FROM AUGUST 20TH, 2025 WITHOUT ANY ADDITIONS OF CORRECTIONS? I SO MOVE. I HAVE A SECOND. I HAVE A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? THANK YOU. NEXT ON THE AGENDA WILL BE [2. INTRODUCTIONS] INTRODUCTIONS. WE WILL START IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM. MR. STORMWATER CLOUD CYCLING. NATE, CITY OF BEAUFORT. JEFF NETTING, TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND, UH, VAN WILLIS. TOWN OF FORT WORTH. STEVE ANDRES, INCORPORATED. BEAUFORT COUNTY, NORTHERN RON CAMERON. SAME. HELEN, UH, ISLAND AND ISLANDS EAST. ME. ED WARNER. I DON WARN. I DON'T KNOW. UH, HILTON HEAD. DENNIS ROSS AT LARGE. PATRICK MITCHELL, REPRESENTING LADIES ISLAND. AND I'M MARK FEINBERG, AND I REPRESENT, UH, UNINCORPORATED DISTRICT NINE IN FUSCA ISLAND AND IS CURRENTLY CHAIRMAN. UH, BEFORE WE GO ON, UH, I'D LIKE TO, UH, WELCOME OUR GREAT EXOFFICIO MEMBERS TODAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENDANCE AND FOR THE REST OF OUR STORMWATER BOARD C IN ATTENDANCE. BEFORE WE GO TO, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT YOU HAVE A MAXIMUM OF THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK AND WE WILL STRICTLY ENFORCE THIS TIMING. WHEN SPEAKING, PLEASE ADDRESS ALL YOUR COMMENTS TO MYSELF, THE CHAIRMAN. UH, AVOID ANY DISRESPECT TO THE BOARD AND THE BEAUFORD COUNTY STAFF MEMBERS. PROFANITY WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. YOU'LL BE REMOVED. THE BOARD AND BUFORD COUNTY STAFF MAY NOT WISH TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS DIRECTLY. THEY'RE HERE TO LISTEN TO. THEY'RE HERE TO LISTEN AS WE ARE TO ANY COMMENTS OR COMPLAINTS OR ISSUES YOU MAY HAVE. ADDITIONALLY, UH, ONE PIECE OF BUSINESS, MR. ED, UH, WARNER WILL BE LEAVING THE STORMWATER UTILITY BOARD. UH, WE APPRECIATE HIS SERVICE, UH, DUE TO HIS RELOCATING OF HIS RESIDENCE IN JASPER COUNTY, OUR LOSS THERE GAIN, HE WILL CONTINUE IN HIS POSITION UNTIL A REPLACEMENT IS SELECTED AND CONFIRMED. AT THIS TIME, [3. PUBLIC COMMENT] UH, I WILL OPEN IT UP TO PUBLIC COMMENT. THERE WILL BE TWO COMMENT PERIODS, ONE AT THE BEGINNING AND ONE AT THE END. SO ANYONE WISHING TO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT AND PRESENT THEMSELVES AND PLEASE IDENTIFY YOURSELF. I, UM, I BROUGHT THOSE PICTURES, BUT I HAVE SAID YES. COVER. SO WOULD THAT CONTINUE THE COUNTY DRAIN? IT WAS ALL ABOUT THE, WE ALSO WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE ENTIRE ROAD. [00:05:01] 1 38 FOR IT TO GO. WE ASKED DIRECTLY THE ENTIRE AREA DRAIN INTO TO CONSTRUCTION, ANY ESTABLISHED ALCOHOL SINCE THE WAS. WHY WAS AN ENGINEERED DRAINAGE IN THE COUNTY NOT REQUIRED FOR? WE ALL REQUEST DOCUMENTATION THAT CONFIRM COUNTY LIABILITY DAMAGE. THERE'S ALSO A RECORD THAT ERIC LAWSON WAS AWARE ISSUE PRIOR TO HIS RESIGNATION. COUNTY. FURTHERMORE, TENURE DIRECTOR OF FULLY AWARE OF THE DRAIN DOCUMENTATION, THEY ASKED HELP ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, AND WE ASK THAT NO COUNTY OR STATE PERSONNEL MAY ENTER PROPERTY WITHOUT PRIOR PERMISSION. WE HAVE NO IDEA WHO'S COMING INTO OUR PROP PROPERTY OR WHY. WE HAVE NO PROBLEM YOU COMING IN. WE JUST KNOW, WANNA KNOW THE REASON AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS ARE UPHELD AND THAT YOU SHOW ID. FOR THE RECORD, THE FOLLOWING OFFICIALS HAVE VISITED WITH OUR KNOWLEDGE AND CONSENT AND EACH IDENTIFY THEMSELVES PROPERLY. JACKSON, SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, COUNTY ATTORNEY BRIAN HOLBERT, COUNCILMAN DAVE BARTHOLOMEW, NEWS ANCHOR DANIELLE COBB. NEWS, MAN, CARL, EACH EXPRESSED VISIBLE SHOCK, CONCERN AND DISBELIEF, AND WERE FLABBERGASTED THE CONDITIONS THEY OBSERVED. SOMEONE INTENTIONALLY BLOCKED THE PIPE UNDER A MIDDLE ROAD, BUT THAT DIDN'T STOP THE WATER. IT JUST FORCED IT OVER A MIDDLE ROAD FLOODING OUR PROPERTY AND COMPROMISING THE BURN. YOU FIXING IT WAS NOT A SOLUTION, IT WAS JUST A BANDAID. ON A BULLET WOUND. ON AUGUST 5TH, A FALLEN TREE BLOCKED OUR ROAD. WE CALLED THE SHERIFF WHO SENT PUBLIC WORKS, THEIR SOLUTION. THEY PICKED UP THE TREE ON AUGUST 6TH, CUT OUR INTERNET FAR NEW BLOOD CHANNEL STRAIGHT THROUGH LAND PUBLIC WORKS. PLEASE FIX THIS MESS. THIS IS ABOUT A REQUEST AGAIN. I GAVE THE PICTURES TO HER. I'M SORRY. YOU'RE OUTTA TIME, MA. SHE SAID I COULD GO A LITTLE LONGER. SHE DOESN'T RULE THIS. I DO OUTTA TIME, MA'AM. OKAY. THANK YOU. SOMEONE ELSE IS GOING FINISH. WHAT I, WHAT I WOULD ASK IS, YOU ASKED A LOT OF QUESTIONS SINCE OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE THEM WRITTEN DOWN. I WOULD REQUEST THAT YOU PROVIDE THIS BOARD COPIES OF QUESTIONS. SO WE, I HAVE THEM, I HAVE COPIES FOR EVERYBODY. WE CAN GET ANSWERS. OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. FOX SEVEN TERMINAL LANE STAGNANT BLACK WATER ISN'T JUST UNPLEASANT, IT'S DANGEROUS. A BEAUFORT COUNTY RESIDENT DIED FROM ENCEPHALITIS, MOSQUITO CONTROLLED, TREATED ACCESSIBLE YARD, AND CONFIRMED UNREACHABLE PROPERTY NEEDS, IMMEDIATE AREA AND TREATMENT TO REACH ALL THE AFFECTED AREAS, YOUR BOARD MUST SHOW COMPETENCE RIGHT NOW, IT SHOWS DENIAL, DELAY, DEFENSE DEFENSIVENESS, CHOOSE MEMBERS FOR EXPERTISE, COMMITMENT, INTEGRITY, NOT STATUS OR POPULARITY. OVEREXTENDED WORKERS CANNOT DO THE JOB. IT IS QUALITY OVER QUANTITY, UNSAFE WATER AND FLOODING THREATENED LIVES. WE ARE ON THE DAY 87 AND OUR BLACK WATER HAS BEEN 24 TO 44 INCHES. WATER COVERING OVER THREE ACRES. THIS IS A DISGRACE AND NEGLIGENCE. NEGLIGENCE HAS CONSEQUENCES. WE DEMAND IMMEDIATE ACTION, REPAIR THE EXISTING DRAINAGE, CREATE DRAINAGE BY MAKING A SWELL OR SOMETHING COMPARABLE. MAKE SOME CHANGE OF OUTFLOW THAT BUFORT COUNTY NEVER PROVIDED. INSTALL A LIFT, BASICALLY A FULL ENGINEERED DRAINING PLAN. HAVE A STRUCTURAL ENGINEER COME AND CHECK OUR FOUNDATION FOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE SINCE [00:10:01] IT HAS BEEN UNDERWATER FOR SO LONG. COMPENSATE US FOR ALL THE DAMAGE. ALL CONSTRUCTION AT 1 38 MIDDLE ROAD AND NINE TUR LANE. MUST NOT HAPPEN UNTIL THIS CRISIS IS RESOLVED AND FULLY IN, IN A FULLY ENGINEERED DRAINAGE PLAN, APPROVED, TRANSPARENT AND ENFORCEABLE BEFORE THE FIRST SHOVEL HITS THE GROUND. IF YOU CANNOT FIX IT, BUY US OUT. COVER RELOCATION LEGAL COSTS. WE WANT TO BUY A HOME WITH COMPARABLE SQUARE FOOTAGE AND LAND COVER OVERAGE ON A 2.2 INTEREST RATE. WE DESERVE NOT TO LIVE IN THE SQUALOR THAT BEAUFORT COUNTY CREATED. WE REQUEST A WRITTEN RESPONSE DETAILING YOUR INTENTIONS AND CONCRETE ACTIONABLE PLAN TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE UPDATED AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK. GENERAL IDEAS OR VERBAL ASSURANCES ARE NO LONGER SUFFICIENT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME? OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S A LOT GOING ON IN YOUR AREA, RIGHT? UH, WE, WE TAKE OUR JOB SERIOUSLY. WE ARE HERE, RIGHT? TO HEAR YOUR COMMENTS, TO HEAR YOUR ISSUES, AND THEN TO HAVE THEM ADDRESSED BY THE APPROPRIATE PERSONNEL IN THE COUNTY. UH, TRUST ME, UH, UH, I, I KNOW YOU DON'T WANT TO, BUT, UH, I DON'T KNOW ANY OTHER VENUE THAT YOU CAN GO TO OTHER THAN US. WE ARE YOUR OMS OMBUDSMAN. UH, WE WILL, UH, UH, MAYBE NOT GIVE, UH, ANSWERS TO ALL YOUR QUESTIONS, BUT WE WILL TRY TO GET ANSWERS FOR MOST OF THEM, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, REMUNERATION. THAT'S WAY OUTSIDE OF OUR JURISDICTION. UH, BUT AGAIN, UH, WE'LL SEE WHAT THE COUNTY ATTORNEY AND, UH, STAFF HAS TO SAY ABOUT IT. BUT, UH, YOU CAN, UH, HAVE KNOWLEDGE THAT, THAT EVERY COMMUNITY, UH, AT LEAST IN THE 11 YEARS THAT I HAVE BEEN ON THIS BOARD IN FOUR YEARS AS CHAIRMAN, I CAN ASSURE YOU, FOR THOSE FOUR YEARS, WE HAVE NOT IGNORED ANYBODY WHO'S COME BEFORE US WITH AN ISSUE. SO YOU ARE NOT THE FIRST, UH, I'D LOVE TO SAY YOU WERE THE LAST. PROBABLY NOT. ALRIGHT. UH, AS A MATTER OF FACT, UH, I ADDRESSED, UH, THE, THE COUNTY COUNCIL ON MONDAY NIGHT, AND I BASICALLY SAID THAT, UH, THE COUNTY STORM WATER MANAGEMENT STAFF, AND I'M GONNA LEAVE OUT SOME OF THE WORDS, BUT, UH, AND ITS EMPLOYEES HAVE A CHALLENGING TASK IN MAINTAINING THE EXTENSIVE ROADWAY DITCHES IN ASSOCIATED AREAS THAT ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING IS EVIDENT THAT MUCH OF THE DEVELOPMENT THAT THE COUNTY HAS EXPERIENCED HAS EXACERBATED THIS CONDITION. SEVERAL OF THE AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN RECENTLY HIGHLIGHTED A RESULT OF INADEQUATE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN COUNTY, CITY, AND IN SOME CASES, SOUTH CAROLINA, DOT. CONSEQUENTLY, WE ARE NOW FINDING OURSELVES IN A REACTIVE VERSUS A PROACTIVE POSITION. SO, UH, I READ THAT STATEMENT, UH, IN A LITTLE BIT MORE TO THE COUNTY COUNCIL LAST NIGHT. SO, UH, WE ARE NOT, UH, IGNORING ANYBODY'S, UH, CURRENT ISSUES. AND AS YOU'LL SEE IN THE MANAGER'S REPORT, UH, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OTHER AREAS THAT WE'RE WORKING ACTIVELY, WHETHER THE COUNTY CAN FIX IT, WHETHER WE NEED GRANTS FROM OUTSIDE AND THEN FARM IT OUT, UH, TO OTHERS WITH MORE EXPERTISE AND EQUIPMENT, UH, WE DO THAT. UH, THERE ARE SEVERAL SUCCESS STORIES THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE LAST, UH, 12 TO 18 MONTHS, AND HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THIS, UH, YOURS WILL BE ANOTHER SUCCESS STORY AND NOT ONE THAT'S LINGERING. THAT'S ABOUT ALL I CAN PROMISE YOU. NO, SORRY. UH, NEXT WE HAVE, UH, [4. REPORTS] A REPORT SECTION, UH, REPORTS BY DR. PETTY FOR HIS ASSISTANT. GOOD AFTERNOON. UH, TY PETTY LAB, USCB. UH, FIRST, SORRY, SALLY NOT GETTING OUR UPDATED ON TIME FOR THIS MONTH. UM, GOOD NEWS IS ANNA, OUR LAB MANAGERS IS BACK FROM MATERNITY LEAVE, SO WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE HER AND HOPEFULLY SHE CAN KEEP STRAIGHT. BUT FROM HERE ON OUT, UM, MONITORING WISE, WE'RE CONTINUING TO, TO CONTINUE, I GUESS. UH, WE'RE GONNA FINISH THIRD QUARTER, GOING TO THE FOURTH QUARTER FOR THE COUNTY. CONTINUING TO DO MONITORING FOR THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON. UH, TOWN OF BLUFFTON MORE RECENTLY, UM, HAS BEEN DOING MORE INTENSIVE MONITORING AT A SUB BASIN SCALE TO IDENTIFY, UH, VERY SPECIFIC PROBLEMS, UH, AROUND THE MAIN RIVER. UM, SO WE MORE EXTENSIVE, UH, MONITORING FOR THEM. MORE RECENTLY, THIS PAST MONTH, TAYLOR AND JACOB AND MYSELF AND ANOTHER, UH, EMPLOYEE WENT OUT AND DID SITE [00:15:01] VISITS FOR, UH, MANY OF THE COUNTY SITES, JUST TO TRY AND MAKE SURE WE ARE COVERING WHAT WE NEED TO DO. UH, THOSE MEETINGS ARE STILL ONGOING. I THINK WE STILL NEED TO TALK ABOUT, UH, POTENTIALLY ADDING OR CHANGING PARAMETERS, BUT ALSO, UH, MAYBE, UM, EXPANDING OUR, OUR SAMPLING SITE LOCATIONS TOO. UM, THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE ALL THE STAFF YOU NEED? WE DO. WELL, IT, IT HAS BEEN, YOU'VE BEEN EBBING, EBBING AND FLOWING. IT HAS BEEN. SO, AND IT WAS BACK AGAIN, WHICH IS FANTASTIC. WE HAVE, UH, UH, ONE, I I'VE BEEN LUCKY IN, IN THE ABILITY TO HIRE RECENT USCB GRADS AFTER THEY'VE GRADUATED THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH US. AND SO WE HAVE ONE THAT HAS WORKED WITH US FOR ABOUT A YEAR, BUT SHE'S GONNA HEAD OFF TO GRAD SCHOOL, WHICH I'M HAPPY ABOUT AND SAD FOR US. UM, SO IT HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF ROLLOVER, BUT IN DEALING WITH, UH, UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS, THAT'S ALSO, SO WE'RE WORKING ON HIRING. GOOD, GOOD, GOOD NEWS. THANK YOU. MUNICIPAL REPORTS. I'M GLAD TO HAVE, UH, THREE OF THE MUNICIPALITIES REPRESENTED HERE. ANYBODY JUMP IN? UH, YEAH, I'LL GO FIRST. WE, UH, WRAPPED UP WEST PARIS AVENUE PROJECT. WE'RE GETTING READY TO JUMP INTO THE VILLAGES, AND WE ARE ALSO COMPLETING OUR STORMWATER MASTER PLANT. UH, OBVIOUSLY IDENTIFYING ALL OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, INCLUDING ALL OF OUR OUTFALLS, UH, DEVELOPING OUR CAPITAL PROJECT LIST, AS WELL AS OUR PRIORITIES FOR ALL THOSE CAPITAL PROJECTS. AND THEN, UH, WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA BE EVALUATING OUR FEE STRUCTURE IN THE NEXT YEAR, SO TO KIND OF CATCH UP WITH WHERE WE NEED TO BE, UH, FOR, UH, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. I TAKE IT SOME OF THE GROWTH WAS, WAS, WELL, SOME OF THE GROWTH, BUT, UH, IT'S JUST AN AGING SYSTEM. AND, UH, OBVIOUSLY WE'VE HAD PRETTY HISTORIC RAINFALL LATELY AND WE ALL CALLED THE LOW COUNTRY FOR A REASON, AND MUCH OF OUR OUTFALLS ARE CONTINGENT UPON TIDES. AND GUESS WHAT, WHEN THE TIDE'S HIGH AND THE WATER'S HIGH, IT HAS NO PLACE TO GO. SO, UH, WE'RE WORKING TO, TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE CAN. OKAY, THANK YOU. GLAD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. SO, JEFF, JEFF INGER, TOWN OF HILTON HEAD. UM, SO WE HAD A, UH, STORMWATER WORKSHOP WITH TOWN COUNCIL ON, UH, 30TH OF, OF SEPTEMBER. SO WE GAVE HIM A COUPLE OF HOURS WORTH OF INPUT AS TO WHERE WE ARE WITH THE PROGRAM. LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE. UM, AGAIN, WHEN WE HAD THAT RAIN THIS SUMMER, IT, IT, UH, IT REINFORCED COUNCIL'S, UH, DECISION TO MAKE IT A PRIORITY WITH THE, WITH THE, UH, STRAP PLAN RIGHT NOW. UM, AND WE KNOW WE NEED A LOT OF MONEY TO FIX A LOT OF THESE PROBLEMS. WE'RE WRAPPING UP, UH, WE'RE WRAPPING UP PHASE TWO OF OUR RESILIENCE PLAN OVER THE NEXT, UH, 12 MONTHS. WE GET A SWAT ANALYSIS WE COMPLETED LAST SPRING, AND THAT POINT DO A LOT OF NEEDS FOR US TO PREPARE FOR, YOU KNOW, HIGHER TIDES AND MORE INTENSE RAINFALL AND MAYBE HIGHER WATER LEVELS AND OUR, OUR OUTFALLS. AND ONE OF THE OUTCOMES OF THAT THAT'S LEADING TO US IS TO START UP A, A STORMWATER MASTER PLAN ALL OVER AGAIN OF AROUND, AND WE ROUND UP. SO WE'VE, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE DONE RECENTLY IS INSTALLED WATER LEVEL MONITORING, UM, STATIONS IN, UH, IN THE LAGOON SYSTEM AT NINE LOCATIONS. IT'S ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE WATERSHEDS THAT STRUGGLES, UH, AND HAS SOME PRETTY SERIOUS, UH, FLOODING EVENTS WHEN WE HAVE THE BIG STORMS. UH, THAT AND SOME, UM, SOME NEW WEATHER STATIONS. AND WE'RE GONNA BEGIN TO USE THAT INFORMATION DURING EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS IN OUR EOC AND HELP THE COMMUNITY LOWER IN ADVANCE STORM, BUT ALSO IT'S GONNA STAY TO CALIBRATE A MODEL WE HAD WARPER CREATE 12 YEARS AGO THAT WE HAVE YET TO CALIBRATE. SO SOME EXCITING THINGS WE GOT GOING ON. BUT, UH, LOOKING AT, UH, ADDING A PUBLIC REPORTS DEPARTMENT HERE IN THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO TO HELP OUT, HELP US HELP OURSELVES, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ONE RIGHT NOW. SO WE'LL BE USING CONTRACTORS SINCE THE TOWN INCORPORATED IN 83. SO A LOT GOING ON. GOOD LUCK. THANK YOU. MOST OF YOU KNOW, UH, MOST OF THE BIGGER PROJECTS IN THE CITY OF BEAUFORT ARE IN CURRENTLY IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA WITH THE WATERFRONT PARK, UM, AND THE CHARLES STREET DRAINAGE PROJECT THAT'S COMING UP, UH, I AM, UH, WOULD ADVISE MOST PEOPLE IF YOU'RE, YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THAT, TO WATCH THE WATERFRONT PARK ADVISORY BOARD THAT IS STREAMED LIVE ON FACEBOOK, UH, AS WELL AS YOU CAN GO TO THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND GO TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS LIST. AND YOU CAN SEE DETAILED INFORMATION FOR EACH PROJECT THAT'S OUT THERE, WHERE THEY, THEIR STATUS IS WHETHER THEY'RE PENDING FUNDING, UH, CONSTRUCTION READY, OR THEY ARE SCHEDULED TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION. SO THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING. UH, AT THIS TIME WE ASK FOR, UH, MUNI, UH, [00:20:01] UH, MAINTENANCE PROJECTS REPORT, BUT I DON'T SEE MR. CARTER. IS SOMEONE ABLE TO MAKE IT TODAY? IS SOMEONE REPORTING FOR HIM? UM, NO SIR, BUT WE DO HAVE MS. S AN EXTENSION. I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE HER THE OPPORTUNITY, GIVE AN UPDATE ON OUTREACH IF SHE WOULD LIKE TO ABSOLUTELY SEE EVERYBODY AGAIN. MM-HMM. UH, FOR THOSE WHO MIGHT HAVE FORGOTTEN, MY NAME'S OSCAR KO. I PREFER BEAVER COUNTY, CLEMSON EXTENSION AS A WATER RESOURCES AGENT. I ALSO MANAGE LOWCOUNTRY STONE WATER PARTNERS CONSORTIUM. AND WE HAVE, DO YOU, DO YOU GIVE ADVICE TO DABO SWEENEY TOO? NO, I STAY FAR AWAY FROM FOOTBALL I TAKE, I TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT. SORRY. SORRY, I HAD TO JUMP IN. NO WORRIES. UH, WE'VE HAD A PRETTY EXCELLENT FALL SO FAR AND IT'S LOOKING TO GET EVEN BETTER. SO TOWARDS THE END OF SEPTEMBER, WE HAD TWO MAJOR EDUCATION MEETS. UH, THE SECOND TO LAST WEEK OF SEPTEMBER WAS B SEPTIC SAFE WEEK, OR B SEPTIC SMART WEEK, DEPENDING IF YOU'RE FOLLOWING EPA OR THE LOW COUNTRY STORE WATER PARTNERS. UH, WE GAVE AWAY, UH, MULTIPLE PIECES OF INFORMATION AS WELL AS LITTLE INFORMATIONAL KITS ON THE LSP FACEBOOK. WE ALSO OFFERED A B SEPTIC WORKSHOP AT THE BLUFFTON LIBRARY. UH, THE FOLLOWING WEEK DIRECTLY AFTERWARDS WAS, UH, GENERAL STORMER AWARENESS WEEK IN WHICH WE DID A KICKOFF EVENT. PEOPLE COUNTY HOST ONE AT SHELL RING AND WHICH IT WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND, BUT I HEAR IT WAS EXCELLENT. AND TAYLOR WAS A VERY GOOD SPORT. YES, SHE WAS DUNKED SEVERAL TIMES. I WAS A WITNESS . UM, BUT THEN VALENTINA AND I PARTNERED ON A, UH, RAIN GARDEN, UM, MAINTENANCE WORKSHOP, WHICH ACTUALLY TOOK PLACE QUITE CLOSE TO MY OFFICE, UM, NEAR THE HR AND TAX, UH, PLACE, THERE WAS ACTUALLY A BIORETENTION CELL THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF BRINGING BACK TO DEMONSTRATION QUALITY. AND LUCKILY THIS IS OUR THIRD WORKSHOP THERE, ONE MORE AND WE CAN GET IT BASICALLY UP TO SNUFF AND PUT ON A DEMONSTRATION LIST. SO I'M EXCITED FOR THE SPRING WHERE WE'RE GONNA DO THAT LAST BIT OF MAINTENANCE. WE ALSO DID A UNDERSTANDING VEGETATE UNDERSTANDING AND INSTALLING VEGETATIVE BUFFERS WORKSHOP AT THE BLUFFTON LIBRARY. WE DID INSTALL ABOUT A 60 SQUARE FOOT BUFFER AROUND A STORMWATER POND, UH, RIGHT BY THE CHILDREN'S ROOM. SO THEY HAVE TWO SMALL STRUCTURES THERE TO KIND OF HELP THAT POND, UH, RELIEVE ITSELF, THE BANK EROSION. THERE'S ALSO SOME EROSION UP IN THE PROPERTY THAT WE'RE HOPING THAT WE CAN SLOW DOWN WITH THESE PLANTS. THEN, UM, FINALLY WE HAD A, UH, PUBLIC WORKS TRAINING ON BIOSWELLS AND BIO RETENTION CELLS. SO THAT WAS BASED ON WATER AWARENESS WEEK. AND AS THEN WE ALSO HAVE OUR FALL FESTIVAL SEASON WITH, UM, OCTOBER FEST IN TOWN OF PORT ROYAL SHRIMP FEST WITH THE CITY OF BEAUFORT. UH, WE ALSO DID THE BARRELS AND BEER EVENT AS A FUNDRAISER FOR THE, UM, BEAUFORT CONSERVATION DISTRICT, WHERE THEY WERE SELLING RAIN BARRELS. UH, WE, BEAUFORT COUNTY ASSISTED ME IN MAKING A VIDEO TO ACTUALLY HELP TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO CONVERT THE SODA BARRELS THEY GET FROM COCA-COLA INTO RAIN BARRELS FOR THE PROPERTY. WE ALSO, UM, HAVE COMING UP HAUNTED HUNTING ISLANDS. WE'RE GONNA SUPPORT HUNTING ISLAND AND GIVE AWAY SOME STORMWATER THEMED GOODIES AT THEIR TRUNK OR TREAT EVENT. AND THEN FINALLY, I'LL ALSO BE PRESENTING AT THE UPCOMING CLIFF WORKS, UH, TRAINING CONFERENCE AT THE BUCK WATER RECREATION CENTER ON HALLOWEEN, OCTOBER 31ST, AS WELL AS PRESENTING AT THE SOUTH CAROLINA MARINE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE THAT'S HAPPENING AT LOW COUNTRY MONTESSORI ON NOVEMBER 8TH, I BELIEVE. AND WE STILL HAVE ANOTHER CAROLINA YARD WORKSHOP COMING UP MID-NOVEMBER AND SEVERAL OTHERS. SO WE'RE GONNA END THE YEAR STRONG. GREAT. THANK YOU. SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE BUSY. I LIKE SAYING BUSY. AS FAR AS LIAISON REPORT, UH, UH, MISS, UH, COUNCILMAN RITZ AND COUNCILMAN BROWN ARE ATTENDING A WORKSHOP, UH, LUNCHEON WITH, UH, UH, THE GOVERNOR. SO THEY SEND THEIR REGRETS, UH, THEY WERE GOING TO TRY TO MAKE IT, BUT I'M SURE THEY'RE STUCK IN TRAFFIC SOMEWHERE BETWEEN HERE AND PUT ISLAND STORMWATER UTILITY REPORT. MS. BREWER. GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. FEINBERG AND CHAIR MEMBERS WE'RE THE UTILITY UPDATE. UH, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THE STORMWATER UTILITY FEE RESTRUCTURE. UM, WE ARE MEETING WITH MR. MOORE SOMETIME IN OCTOBER IN PREPARATION TO GO TO THE SOLO CO BOARD IN NOVEMBER. WE HAD, IF YOU'LL REMEMBER, AN MS FOUR MEETING A WHILE BACK, UM, TO DISCUSS HOW WE SHOULD PROCEED WITH UPPER MANAGEMENT. AND THE CONSENSUS WAS TO GO AHEAD AND LET, UH, ALL COUNCILS AND UPPER ADMINISTRATION KNOW VIA THE SOLO CO BOARD THAT WE ARE HAVING ISSUES WITH THE WAY WE DO CALCULATE, UH, WHAT WE CALL TAX RUN RIGHT NOW. LET THEM KNOW WHAT THE ISSUES ARE SO THAT WHEN WE DO HAVE PROPOSED SOLUTIONS, THEY WON'T BE BLINDSIDED. THEY'LL ALREADY KNOW WHY WE'RE WORKING ON THAT PROJECT. SO MORE TO COME ON THAT. UM, WE'LL, WE PRESENT TO THE [00:25:01] SOLO CODE BOARD FOR THE DESIGN MANUAL. UH, WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME EDITS, AMENDMENTS AND CHANGES FOR THAT. UH, WE'RE KIND OF BASING IT OFF OF THE CHANGES THAT LUPTON MADE. UH, THEY HAD TWO PUBLIC COMMENT PERIODS IN WHICH DEVELOPERS, ENGINEERS AND THE PUBLIC WERE, UH, ENCOURAGED TO MAKE COMMENTS ON THE S CODE MANUAL. AND THEY TOOK SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS UNDER, UM, ADVISEMENT AND HAVE PROPOSED A NEW EDIT OF THE MANUAL, WHICH THEY ADOPTED. SO WE'RE KIND OF TRYING TO STAY AS CLOSE AS WE CAN AS FOR IT TO BE A REGIONAL DESIGN MANUAL. SO TRYING TO KEEP ALL OF THE MUNICIPALITIES AS SIMILAR AS POSSIBLE IS VERY KEY. ALSO, WE ARE TALKING WITH HARDY, UM, CORE ROYAL, JASPER COUNTY, SOME OTHER ENTITIES ABOUT ADOPTION BECAUSE WE'D REALLY LIKE TO MAKE THE SOLAR CODE MANUAL, UM, A REGIONAL IMPLEMENTED MANUAL FOR THE PROJECTS REPORT. I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT IN ALL JOY SEMEN WHITESIDE HAS COMPLETED THE COLLECTION OF SURVEY DATA AND ASSET INVENTORY. THEY KIND OF HAD TO DO THAT IN A TWO STEP PROCESS. UM, THEY WENT OUT THE FIRST TIME AND WERE UNABLE TO, UM, ACCESS SOME OF THE ASSETS THAT WE HAVE. SO OUR MAINTENANCE TEAM WENT OUT, PERFORMED SOME MAINTENANCE, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO GO BACK OUT AND FINISH THE SITE DATA. SO WE ARE, WAS THAT BECAUSE THERE WAS TOO MUCH WATER? UM, YES SIR, IT WAS, MOST OF THEM WERE UNDERWATER FOR ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF, SO WE HAD TO WAIT FOR THINGS TO DRY OUT. UM, THERE WERE A COUPLE THAT NEEDED A LITTLE BIT OF MAINTENANCE FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS, SO WE HELPED THEM OUT WITH THAT FOR BAY PINES. UM, THE TWO BIG UPDATES THERE IS WE'VE WORKED WITH THE ADJACENT COMMUNITY TO PICK OUT A FENCE TYPE AND PLACEMENT. UM, WE'VE SPOKEN WITH A GOOD NUMBER OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE IN FAVOR OF WHERE WE ARE PLACING THE FENCE. THERE'S DISCUSSIONS GOING BACK AND FORTH ABOUT PRIVACY. SO WE ARE TRYING TO DO OUR BEST TO, UM, REPLACE A SENSE OF THAT PRIVACY BY EXTENDING THE FENCE, UH, LONGER THAN THE DOCTOR WANNA. IS THAT EVIDENCE FORWARD WITH THAT? UM, IS, EXCUSE ME? YES, SIR. IS IS TIDE POINT ON BOARD THE LEFT? YES, SIR. AND THEY'VE AGREED TO PAY THE DIFFERENCE BECAUSE THEY DID WANT A TALLER FENCE FOR THEIR FIRST SIDE. UM, THEY'VE BEEN NOTIFIED OF WHAT THAT PRICE DIFFERENCE IS. THEY DIDN'T SEEM PHASED. AND THEN, UH, GRAYBAR IS ISSUING THEM A SEPARATE PO TO KEEP THE FINANCIALS. JUST WANNA IN LINE, PUT THAT ON THE RECORD. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. UM, FOR SHELL POINT, UM, IN LOOKING AT THE MAINTENANCE SHELVES THAT NEED TO BE CLEARED FOR THE BIG MAINTENANCE SHELF BID, UM, PROJECT, SOME OF THEM ARE VERY TIGHT. UM, THEY WOULD REQUIRE SHEDS TO COME DOWN FENCES, UH, WE'D BE CLEARING UPWARDS OF HALF OF PEOPLE'S BACKYARDS, UM, FOR OUR EASEMENTS. SO I'VE ASKED THAT WE TAKE A RIDE ALONG AND GO LOOK, UM, AND SEE, I WANNA KIND OF MAKE A COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS BETWEEN HOW MUCH DRAINAGE ARE WE ACTUALLY GONNA IMPROVE VERSUS HOW MUCH WE'RE TAKING DOWN AND WHAT WE'RE DISRUPTING. SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE GO THROUGH AND CLEAR THESE MAINTENANCE SHELVES THAT IT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF NOT ONLY THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM, BUT THE HOMEOWNERS AS WELL. UM, I'VE HAD A COUPLE EXPRESS CONCERNS ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF CLEARING THAT WOULD GO ON. SO WE ARE GONNA GO THROUGH SHELF BY SHELF AND DO AN ANALYSIS OF SHOULD THE ENTIRE SHELF BE CLEARED, MAYBE WE CAN DO A COUPLE FEET AROUND THE DITCH OR, UM, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT DISRUPTING TOO MUCH. WHO, WHO IS WE WHO, UH, BRADLEY AND I ARE GONNA TAKE THE INITIAL INHOUSE DRIVE AROUND. THEN YOU MET WITH NO SIR. ENGINEERS OR WE END UP DOING SOME INHOUSE. GOTCHA. THAT'S, YEAH, THAT MAKES SENSE. IT WAS A MA JUST TO BE CLEAR, THIS WAS A MASSIVE PROJECT. UM, IT'S 13 MAINTENANCE SHELVES INDIVIDUALLY THAT RUNS TOGETHER AS AN ENTIRE SYSTEM. AND IT WAS ORIGINALLY BID, IT CAME BACK AT $950,000. AND UM, LIKE I SAID, WE WERE GONNA HAVE TO, IT'S VERY DISRUPTIVE WITH MOVING SHEDS. UM, PEOPLE'S FENCES, POOLS, PATIOS, THINGS LIKE THAT WOULD BE IN THE LINE OF DISTURBANCE. SO WE REALLY WANT TO BE MINDFUL OF WHAT WE'RE TAKING UP VERSUS WHAT BENEFIT OF DRAINAGE WE'RE GONNA GET FOR RIVERS. UM, BEFORE YOU MOVE ON, YES SIR. ARE, ARE WE STILL DOING WORK THROUGH JAY BRAGG? YES, SIR. THEY HAVE BEEN, UM, GIVEN THE TASK OF THE DESIGN FOR THE POND BEHIND FOOD LION AS WELL AS THE OUTFALL AT HAMRICK DRIVE, HAVE WE BEEN ABLE TO COME UP WITH, OR HAS THERE BEEN A NEED TO DO ANY TYPE OF ACCOUNTING OF THE FUNDS THAT THE COUNTY HAS EXPENDED SO FAR IN RELATION TO THE WORK THAT [00:30:01] THEY HAVE DONE? UM, I KNOW THAT DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN REQUESTED AND STAFF HAS TURNED OVER THOSE DOCUMENTS. I'M UNSURE OF WHERE THAT, WHO DID, WHO DID THEY TURN 'EM OVER TO? DO YOU KNOW? UM, I KNOW OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT REQUESTED A COPY. I'M NOT SURE WHO THEY WERE GIVING THEM TO PAST THAT. OKAY. IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN, I CAN DEFINITELY FOLLOW UP ON THAT SITUATION AND LET YOU KNOW. I DID ASK FOR A FORENSIC ACCOUNTING OF THE J BRAGG EXPENDITURES AND I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY INFORMATION BACK CONCERNING THAT. SO YOU WOULD FOLLOW UP. I WOULD APPRECIATE IT. YES, SIR. ALRIGHT, ANY MORE QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE? ALRIGHT, WELL IT'S MY, BEFORE WE GO ON, YES SIR. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT FOR SHE POINT, UH, UH, MAY BE WRONG, BUT, UH, WE, WE PULLED BACK A REQUEST FOR THREE POINT X MILLION DOLLARS BECAUSE, UH, A REEVALUATION SAID IT WAS GOING TO COST 7 MILLION X DOLLARS. WHERE ARE WE IN THAT REAPPLICATION PROCESS FOR THOSE PEOPLE? SO THE, UM, THE REQUEST FOR THE, FOR THE GRANT WENT FROM 3 MILLION TO $7 MILLION BECAUSE THAT WAS THE TOTAL ESTIMATE FOR THE PROJECT. UM, AND THEY WERE WILLING TO FULLY FUND THAT, BUT OUR COST MATCH WOULD GO UP. AND SINCE WE DIDN'T HAVE BUDGETED FOR THAT IN THIS FISCAL YEAR, UM, WE COULDN'T ALLOCATE THOSE, WHAT WE CALL THE MATCH FUNDS. WELL, I, I, I UNDERSTAND MR. ICK SPOKE TO THAT AT THE LAST MEETING ABOUT YES SIR. IT WOULD HAVE TO BE READ THROUGH COUNCIL THREE TIMES AND WE MISS A, A DEADLINE FOR WHEN THE APPLICATION WAS DUE. I UNDERSTAND SOME OF THAT MACHINATION. SO IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT, THAT SOMEONE IS NOW WORKING ON A $7 MILLION GRANT REQUEST. WE YES SIR. WE HAVE, DO YOU HAVE A NEW GRANT? I MEAN, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT IN A MINUTE TO SHOW THAT WE, WE HAVEN'T IGNORED SHELL POINT BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE IF YOU READ THIS, WE'VE SORT OF IGNORED THE PROBLEM WHEN WE'RE NOT AND THAT'S SO, SO IS THE 7 MILLION, IS IT GONNA BE A GRANT REQUEST OR, OR IT'S JUST GONNA BE PUT IN THE BUDGET AS A PROJECT? UM, WE ARE ACTUALLY MAKING ANOTHER GRANT REQUEST. SO IN FURTHER DISCUSSIONS WITH EMD, UM, IF WE CAN PROVE THAT WE'LL HAVE THE MATCH FUNDS FOR THAT IN FISCAL YEAR 27, WE MAY BE ABLE TO GO AHEAD AND PULL THE TRIGGER ON THAT. SO WE ARE, UM, OUR NEW GRANTS ADMINISTRATOR, MS. ALLISON KIRBY, AND SHE'S FANTASTIC IF YOU'VE NOT MET HER. UM, AND SO NOT ONLY DOES SHE, SHE STILL PULLING FOR THAT GRANT FOR SHELL POINT, BUT SHE HAS ANOTHER GRANT THAT SHE THINKS THAT SHELL POINT WOULD BE APPLICABLE FOR. SO IF THIS ONE DOESN'T WORK, WE HAVE A BACKUP PLAN. UM, BUT WORST CASE SCENARIO, YES, WE WOULD FUND IT OUT OF THE STORMWATER UTILITY FUND. AND YOU SAID 2027? YES SIR. IF WE CAN SHOW THAT WE WOULD HAVE, SO BETWEEN, EXCUSE ME, BETWEEN NOW AND 2027, MAYBE YOU CAN BRING THAT YOUNG LADY TO US SO SHE CAN TALK TO US ABOUT IT IN PERSON. SO WE DON'T, ALL OF US DON'T HAVE TO GO FIND HER AND SIT, INTRODUCE OURSELVES TO WHEREVER SHE IS. I CAN DO THAT. YES SIR. YEAH. AND, AND TO REFRESH MY MEMORY, IS THE SET PART OF THE 7 MILLION DESIGN TOO OR WILL IT BE DESIGNED ONCE THE FUNDS GET ALLOCATED? WE'LL ALREADY HAVE A DESIGN FOR 2027. UM, THE ORIGINAL SCOPE FOR THE 7 MILLION DID INCLUDE DESIGN, HOWEVER WE MOVED FORWARD WITH THAT OUT OF THE STORMWATER UTILITY FUNDS. GOTCHA. SO THAT WOULD BE CONSTRUCTION ONCE IT'S APPROVED IN THE BUDGET, BE CONSTRUCTION IN TWO SEVEN BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY GOT THE PLAN. YES SIR. OKAY. THAT'S CORRECT. AND THAT SAVES TWO YEARS. YES SIR. SO WE, TWO MORE YEARS WE'RE WORKING CONSECUTIVELY ON THE DESIGN AND UM, BUDGETING SCHEME THAT MAKES SENSE TO KIND OF GO ALONG WITH THIS. I KNOW WE HAD TALKED LAST TIME WE MET AND I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY ACTION ON IT YET. I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE BUSIER THAN ONE OUR PAPER HANGERS. IF YOU'RE TOO OLD OR TOO YOUNG TO REMEMBER WHAT THAT MEANS, ASK YOUR PARENTS, TELL YOU, UM, WHAT HAVE WE DONE AS FAR AS REACHING OUT TO THE SHELL POINT COMMUNITY AND LETTING THEM KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, WHAT THE PLAN IS, MAYBE 'CAUSE IT'S BEEN GOING ON IN SHELL POINT FOR SEVEN, NINE YEARS NOW AND WE'RE STILL TRYING TO RECTIFY THE SITUATION AND I KNOW THAT THE FOLKS THAT I'VE TALKED TO THAT LIVED IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD ARE BEYOND FRUSTRATION. SO WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO DO TO ASSUAGE THEIR CONCERNS GOING FORWARD WITHOUT FEELING THEM PERHAPS A BILL OF GOODS THAT WE NOT, MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO FULFILL? UNDERSTOOD. GOOD QUESTION. UM, WE WERE HOPING TO WAIT UNTIL WE HAD A DEFINITIVE ANSWER ON THE GRANT TO HAVE A COMMUNITY MEETING. HOWEVER, BECAUSE [00:35:01] THERE'S BEEN NO MOVEMENT, THE CONSENSUS IS TO GO AHEAD AND SCHEDULE A COMMUNITY MEETING. UM, WE HAVE TWO FOR TWO OTHER COMMUNITIES COMING UP IN OCTOBER, SO PROBABLY NOVEMBER, DECEMBER TIMEFRAME WOULD BE A MEETING TIME FOR SHELL POINT. AND AND I UNDERSTAND THAT AND I THINK THAT THAT'S ACTUALLY A GOOD IDEA. BUT IN THE INTERIM IS, UH, I MEAN I WAS ALWAYS A FIRM BELIEVER THAT SOME COMMUNICATION IS BETTER THAN NO COMMUNICATION. UNDERSTOOD. SO HAS THAT EVEN BEEN COMMUNICATED TO EITHER THE WEBSITE OR ANYTHING TO LET THEM KNOW THAT WE HAVEN'T FORGOT ABOUT YOU AND WE'VE STILL GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO AND WE'RE FULL STEAM AHEAD? NO, SIR. BUT I WILL DO THAT. I APPRECIATE THAT. YES, SIR. I KNOW THEY WOULD TOO. AS WOULD MANY OF THE OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE SUFFERING FROM THESE ISSUES ACCORDING TO ALICE, UH, HOWARD, HER CHAIRPERSON OF COUNTY COUNCIL, UH, SHE, UH, SAID THAT I GUESS THEY HAVE A VERY ACTIVE FACEBOOK AND COMMUNITY PAGE AND, AND SAID THAT I SHOULD, UH, GO ON IT AND LOOK AT IT VERY CLOSELY TO THEIR CONCERNS. SO MAYBE WE CAN POST IT THERE. I'LL INQUIRE ABOUT THAT. YES, SIR. SHE SPOKE TO ME ABOUT POSTING, WANTED TO ASSESS THE SESSIONS. YES SIR. ALRIGHT, GOOD FOR RIVER'S END. UH, WE HAVE A COMMUNITY MEETING SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 20TH. UH, WE HAVE THE FINAL SET OF PLANS FROM WILPERT. UM, I FORGOT WHERE WE WERE THAT PROCESS LAST TIME. WE HAD A MEETING, BUT WE THOUGHT THE POND WAS NOT ON A PARCEL 'CAUSE IT'S NOT PAYING TAXES. BUT THEN WE FOUND OUT THAT IT ACTUALLY IS OWNED BY 157 PEOPLE. UH, IT SAYS ON THEIR PLA THAT THEY OWN 1 1 57 OF THIS POND. UM, SO IN ORDER FOR US TO GO IN AND DO ANY WORK ON IT, WE HAVE TO HAVE AT LEAST AT THE MINIMUM AN EASEMENT. SO MS. PATTY, OUR RIGHT OF WAY MANAGER HAS PREPARED ALL OF THE DOCUMENTS THAT WE NEED FOR EASEMENTS FOR THE POND AND PLANS TO HAVE THEM AT THE OCTOBER MEETING FOR US TO ATTEMPT TO GET AS MANY SIGNATURES AS POSSIBLE. AND THEN WE'LL BE MAILING OUT. THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN OUT OF STATE HAVE ALREADY BEEN MAILED OUT, BUT ANYONE THAT DOESN'T COME TO THE COMMUNITY MEETING WILL GET THEIR PAPERS IN THE MAIL. SO, UM, WE'RE, THAT'S GONNA BE INTERESTING, BUT WE'RE ALREADY WORKING ON IT AND MOST OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WE'VE TALKED TO THOUGHT THAT THE COUNTY ALREADY OWNED THE POND. SO I DON'T THINK THAT WILL HAVE ANY FIGHT TRYING TO GET AN EASEMENT TO CLEAN IT UP AND MAKE IT FUNCTION PROPERLY. CAN THE PEOPLE QUICK DEED IT BACK TO THE COUNTY, UM, AS IT'S PART OF THEIR PLA WITH THEIR PROPERTY? SO I I I'VE SEEN PLATS CUT WHERE, WHERE THEY CAN ISOLATE POND AND, AND QUICK DEED IT BACK TO AN ENTITY. I'M SURE OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT COULD WORK ON SOMETHING. I WILL DEFINITELY ASK MS. PAT THE COUNTY WOULD OWN THE POND AS OPPOSED TO 157 INDIVIDUALS. WELL THAT'S, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE ULTIMATE, LEMME KNOW HOW THAT WORKS OUT. UM, JUST TO REMIND YOU, AT RIVERS INN WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE, WE'RE TAKING OUT A FAILING PIPE SYSTEM AND PUTTING IN BIOSWELLS. SO WE DO HAVE A-T-M-D-L AT THE END OF THAT SYSTEM FOR BACTERIA. SO WE'RE HOPING TO NOT ONLY FIX THE FAILING SYSTEM, BUT ADD WATER QUALITY BENEFITS WITH AN AESTHETIC FLARE. THIS WILL BE THE FIRST, UM, BEAUFORT COUNTY STORM WATER MAINTAIN GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE GOING IN IN BEAVER COUNTY. SO IT'S KIND OF A BIG DEAL. UM, WE PRESENTED ON THIS AT A SEMI NATIONAL STORMWATER ORGANIZATION, UM, AND THEY WERE VERY EXCITED. THERE WAS A LOT OF INTEREST. SO, UM, IT INVOLVES TRAINING OUR CREWS TO MAINTAIN SOMETHING NEW AND EDUCATING, UM, OUR CITIZENS AS WELL. SO IT'S BEEN A GREAT OUTREACH EFFORT AS WELL. UM, FOR OKEE RIVER PARK, IF YOU ALL REMEMBER, WE'RE DOING THE POND OUT THERE. IT'S A COUNTY, UH, LAND PRESERVATION DEPARTMENT PROJECT. THEY'RE, UM, TURNING IT INTO A PUBLIC PARK, BUT THE STORMWATER DAM WAS FAILING, SO WE'RE COMING IN. UM, IT WAS FAILING PRETTY BAD, A LOT WORSE THAN WE THOUGHT. SO WE NOW HAVE, UM, A SCHNABEL IS OUR GEOTECH, UH, ENGINEER AND THEY HAVE COMPLETED THEIR REPORT AND WE MET WITH, UH, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS STAFF AS WELL AS LAND PRESERVATION STAFF TO GET THEIR PREFERENCES IN KEEPING WITH IT THE THEME OF THE PARK. UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE AN INTERESTING OUTFALL FOR THE [00:40:01] POND THAT'LL INCLUDE KIND OF A WEIR WITH A BOARDWALK INSTEAD OF A SIMPLE CONCRETE STRUCTURE. UM, MS. STEPHANIE THOUGHT THAT THAT WOULD GO ALONG BETTER WITH THE THEME OF THE PARK. SO WE'RE GONNA MAKE STORMWATER AESTHETIC THERE AND WE'LL HAVE SOME STORMWATER SIGNAGE EXPLAINING WATER QUALITY AND, UM, WHY IT'S THAT WAY AND HOPEFULLY REACH SOME NEW CITIZENS ON STORMWATER THAT WAY. THE QUESTION, YOU HAVE A COMMENT HERE THAT THE DAM HAS BEEN CONFIRMED NOT REGULATED BY DES? YES SIR. IS THERE A QUESTION OF WHO SO REGULATED IT? DEPENDING ON HOW BIG THE DAM IS, HOW LONG IT IS, WHAT'S DOWNSTREAM OF IT, IT CAN BE CONSIDERED REGULATED BY DES, WHICH MEANS IT WOULD HAVE MORE ROBUST DESIGN REGULATIONS THAN A NON-REGULATED DAM. AND THEN IT HAS TO BE INSPECTED SO OFTEN BY CERTIFIED INSPECTORS AND BE ON THEIR DAM REGISTRY. BUT IT DIDN'T GET INTO THAT. SO WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE STATE. CORRECT, YES SIR. SO WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD, UM, WITH DESIGN LESS, LESS ON THE PERMITTING SIDE FOR ROYAL PINES. UM, THANK YOU. SO CITIZENS THAT SHOWED UP FOR DO HEAR YOU AND UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S MASSIVE ISSUES OUT. UM, I'VE BEEN ON SITE AND WALKED THE ENTIRE DRAINAGE AREA MULTIPLE TIMES. UM, WE'VE HAD SOME WORK WORKSHOPS, IF YOU WILL, IN HOUSE WITH STAFF AND SOME EXPERTS TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE QUICKEST WAY OF OFFERING RELIEF IS. UM, WE SET UP A SIX INCH PUMP BACK IN THE BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER IN AN ATTEMPT TO LOWER THE WATER IN THE POND BEHIND SIX TURTLE LANE. WE WERE HOPING THAT WOULD DRAW DOWN THE WATER BEHIND ONE AND SEVEN TURTLE LANE AS WELL. UM, IT'S BEEN WORKING ON AND OFF. WE'VE KIND OF ADJUSTED OUR, UM, TACTICS IF YOU WILL. UM, INSTEAD OF PUMPING TO A POND ACROSS THE, THE GOLF COURSE, IF YOU WILL, WE WE'RE PUMPING STRAIGHT INTO THE ROADSIDE DITCH. I'M LOOKING THIS WAY, I KNOW THAT THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. UM, IT'S SORT OF EFFECTIVE. IT'S HELPED A LITTLE BIT, BUT, UM, OUR MAIN ISSUE THAT WE'RE FIGHTING IS LACK OF GRADE OUT THERE. UM, THE INVERTS AT THE TWO PIPES BEHIND ONE SEVEN TURTLE AND THE POND THAT WE'RE PUMPING INTO ARE VIRTUALLY THE SAME. SO IT'S VERY HARD TO MOVE WATER WHERE IT'S FLAT. UM, WE ARE LOOKING INTO LARGER SCALE, UH, PROJECTS THAT COULD POSSIBLY LEND RELIEF TO THE AREA. UM, BUT AS Y'ALL KNOW, IT'S FLAT. UM, THERE'S A LACK OF DRAINAGE IN SOME AREAS AND SO IT'S BEEN TOUGH. UM, BUT WE ARE NOT GIVING UP. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING INTO THE FEASIBILITY OF BUYOUTS. OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT HAS GIVEN US AN INITIAL THAT'S NOT OUTLAWED ANSWER. SO THEY'RE DIGGING FURTHER AND TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, EVERYTHING CAN BE BUTTONED UP BEFORE WE OFFER THAT AS AN OFFICIAL. UM, ACTION ITEM. WHAT, WHAT I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT IS, UH, IN YOUR WRITE-UP, UH, IT SAID THE OLD REPORT WAS FOUND AND I GUESS THE, THE SYNOPSIS WAS, OR CONCLUSION WAS, UH, NO VIABLE SOLUTIONS. UH, UH, OUR CURRENT STORMWATER MANAGEMENT, UH, DOES NOT DO THAT. ALRIGHT. THERE'S ALWAYS A SOLUTION, WHETHER IT'S AFFORDABLE, WHETHER IT'S AMENABLE, ENGINEERING WISE, UH, UH, UH, FOR THE COUNTY TO INVEST OR FOR THE OWNERS TO INVEST IS ANOTHER STORY. BUT THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS, YOU CAN'T DO IT AS I LIKE TO SAY, THAT WITH ENOUGH MONEY AND TIME, YOU CAN GO TO THE MOON, ELON MUSK PROVE THAT. UH, SO THERE ISN'T, THERE ISN'T A A A NO, UH, WE CAN'T DO IT. IT'S WHETHER WE CAN AFFORD TO DO IT AND WHETHER IT'S BENEFICIAL, RIGHT? SO WE ARE REEXAMINING IT. WE DON'T JUST PUT IT IN A FILE AND SAY, CLOSED AND IGNORE YOU. SO I WANNA THANK TAYLOR FOR CONTINUING TO AND, UH, UH, THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT TO, TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THIS. WE, WE, WE HAVE NOT GIVEN UP. AND ONE THING I WANTED TO ADD, UM, MR. MARK IS THAT WE DID GET A-C-O-D-S-C-D-O-T TO COME TO THE TABLE AND SIT DOWN WITH US AND WE LOOKED AT SOME RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME FOR UPSIZING THEIR ASSETS IN A REPORT THAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY DONE THAT WAS FINISHED IN 2024. AND THEY HAVE AGREED TO PARTNER WITH US FOR THE COUNTY AND DOT TO WORK TOGETHER TO UPSIZE SOME, SOME OF THEIR DOT ASSETS, UH, THAT WE BELIEVE WILL HELP THE ENTIRE AREA AS WELL. SO WE WERE ASKED TO GIVE A LIST TO THEM, UM, AND WE WILL, AND WE'LL COORDINATE THAT GOING FORWARD. SO THAT ALSO WILL PROBABLY NOT HAPPEN AS QUICK AS WE WOULD LIKE FOR IT TO, IT HAS SEVERAL MAJOR ROAD [00:45:01] CROSSINGS, BUT, UM, WE ARE GONNA EVALUATE THOSE IN ORDER OF PRIORITY. DEFINE ASSETS, PIPES CROSS, MOST OF THEM ARE CROSS ON PIPE, CROSS PIPES, CROSS PIPES UPGRADING THERE. UM, YES SIR, THEY'RE CREATING CHOKE POINTS IN CERTAIN AREAS. YOU'LL HAVE A 24 INCH SYSTEM THAT GOES DOWN TO A 15 INCH TO CROSS UNDER A ROAD, UM, WHICH OBVIOUSLY WATER MOVES, BUT IT DOESN'T MOVE FAST ENOUGH SO OF SIZING SOME OF THOSE ASSETS. I I THINK THAT, UH, IT'S ACKNOWLEDGED THAT, THAT THE STATE, UH, UH, CREATES, UH, UH, WHAT THEY THINK IS, IS, IS A SOLUTION. UH, AND IT MAY BE AN INSTALLATION, BUT THEY ARE REMISS IN FOLLOWING UP AND EXAMINING WHAT'S CURRENT, UH, THAT GOES ON UNDERNEATH THEIR ROADS. AND, UH, HOPEFULLY THE, THE, THE COUNTY WILL KEEP, UH, LETTING THEM KNOW WHERE THEY ARE HAVING FAILURES. AND THAT'S, THAT'S A GOOD NEWS THAT WE HAVE A WORKING GROUP BETWEEN SOUTH CAROLINA DOT AND THE COUNTY. WHEN WERE Y'ALL, WHEN, WHEN WERE Y'ALL ABLE TO MEET TAYLOR? LAST? UM, WE MET IN SEPTEMBER. I CAN FIND YOU THE EXACT DATE. THAT'S OKAY. I JUST WANTED, IT WAS SEPTEMBER. YES SIR. WE HAVE MONTHLY COORDINATION MEETINGS WITH THEM. MM-HMM . YEAH, I'VE WALKED ALL AROUND THE GOLF COURSE AND SAW HER WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO HELP THE KIDS, UH, ON THIS TIME. YEAH. ALSO LAST WEEK, UM, THERE WAS A DIP IN FRONT OF 1 38 MIDDLE ROAD IN THE ROADSIDE DRAINAGE BER THAT WE FILLED IN TO MAKE SURE THAT WATER DOESN'T COME FROM THE DITCH ONTO PRIVATE PROPERTY QUESTIONS OR SUGGESTIONS. OKAY. WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK INTO THAT SITUATION. AS YOU SAID, MR. MARK, WE'RE NOT GIVING UP. WE'RE HOPEFUL. WE HAVE SOME BIG PLANS FOR ARTHUR HORN. UM, THIS IS THE RESTORATION OF THE 17 ACRE WETLAND IN THE PORT ROYAL AREA. UM, BLACK AND VEATCH WAS COLLECTED AS THE ENGINEERING FIRM FOR DESIGN. THEY HAVE SOME VERY CREATIVE IDEAS, UH, THAT WILL NOT ONLY ENHANCE THE STORM WATER FLOW, BUT ALSO THE HABITAT OF THE AREA AND THE WATER QUALITY AS WELL. SO PROCUREMENT IS FINALIZING THE SCOPE AND FEE WITH BLACK AND VEATCH. AND THEN HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET A CONTRACT ISSUED SOON. THIS ONE'S GONNA BE IN KIND OF A TWO-PHASE PROJECT. THE FIRST PHASE IS GONNA BE PROMOTING WATER DRAINAGE, MAKING SURE THAT THE STORM WATER IS FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. AND THEN WE'RE GONNA COME BACK IN AND KIND OF MAKE IT AN AMENITY WITH THE BOARDWALK SIGNAGE. UM, AND KIND OF OUR VISION WOULD BE MIMICKING CYPRESS WETLANDS IN FORT ROYAL. IS THAT, IS THAT THE, THE MODEL? YES, SIR. KIND OF. WE DON'T WANNA STEAL THAT THUNDER FROM CYPRESS WETLAND. WHAT, WHAT BRAND DID IN FORT ROYAL IS THE MODEL FOR SUCCESS ONCE SHOW AT A TIME? YES. AND THERE'S BEEN TALK OF INTERCONNECTIVITY TO THE SPANISH MOSS TRAIL AND POSSIBLY TO, UM, CYPRESS WETLANDS. AND SO AS THAT DEVELOPS, WE'LL KEEP THE TOWNS AND CITY INVOLVED AS WELL. BUT THAT WOULD DEFINITELY BE A FUTURE PROJECT 'CAUSE IT INVOLVES ROAD CROSSINGS AND EXTENSIONS OF, UM, THE TRAIL AND THINGS LIKE THAT. TAYLOR, HOW DID YOU PROCURE THE CONTRACT WITH BLACK AND VEATCH? UM, WE PUT OUT AN RFQ AND WE HAD 10 DIFFERENT RESPONSES TO THAT. AND THEN WE HAD A SELECTION COMMITTEE AND, UM, PROCUREMENT HELD MEETINGS AND THEN WE, THEY WERE GRADED AND THEN, UM, PROCUREMENT ISSUED THE PRO POTENTIAL CONTRACT TO BLACK AND VEATCH. OKAY. THEY WERE RATED THE HIGHEST. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. FOR OUR PROFESSIONAL CONTRACTS UPDATE, UM, WILPERT IS OUR CURRENT A AND E ON-CALL CONSULTANT. UM, WE GOT INSTRUCTIONS FROM UPPER MANAGEMENT TO KIND OF MIMIC WHAT THE ENGINEERING FIRM DOES AND THAT THEY HAVE THREE ON-CALL ENGINEERING FIRMS, UM, SO TO AID IN THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS AS WELL AS DIFFERENT SPECIFICATIONS. SO WE ARE GOING TO MIMIC THEIR ON-CALL SYSTEM. UM, WE HAVE A CURRENT RFQ OUT NOW, AND IT CLOSES, I BELIEVE 10 30. SO OCTOBER 30TH IT'LL CLOSE. UM, AND THEN WE'LL GO MOVE THROUGH WITH WHATEVER FIRMS HAVE SUBMITTED FOR THAT AT. ALSO FOR OUR STAFF UPDATE, WE HAVE A NEW STORMWATER BUSINESS MANAGER. WE HAD OVER 12 APPLICANTS. UM, WE STARTED INTERVIEWS BACK IN AUGUST OF 12, AUGUST 12TH. WE HAVE A NEW, UM, SELECTED APPLICANT IS MS. [00:50:01] MICHELLE STRADER. UM, SHE'S AN INTERNAL TRANSFER FROM THE ZONING DEPARTMENT AND WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE HER ON BOARD AND GET HER TRAINED UP IN ALL THINGS FINANCIAL. SO THAT WILL BE VERY NICE, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE'RE STARTING FISCAL YEAR 27 BUDGET AS OF, WE HAD OUR KICKOFF MEETING LAST WEEK. SO ANY QUESTIONS? SPEAKING OF THE BUDGET? YES, SIR. I, I HAVE QUESTIONS AND THAT YOU GOT, I KNOW EVERYBODY IS AWARE. I GOT A MEGABYTE MINE IN A GIGABYTE WORLD AND I, THERE'S SO MUCH I ONTO WITH, WITH THE INCREASES THAT WE'RE SEEING IN FLOODING THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, NORTH, SOUTH BROAD, IT DOESN'T MATTER. AND IT, AND IT, AND A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH THE BUILDING AND POPULATION GROWTH AND EVERYTHING ELSE. AND I UNDERSTAND WE TRY AND KEEP THE STORMWATER FEES TO A MINIMUM AND WE'VE HAD STAFFING ISSUES OVER YEARS AND BEING ABLE TO PAY PEOPLE AND ABLE HAVE EQUIPMENT, EVERYTHING THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN IN THE BUDGET. IS IT MAYBE TIME, AND OBVIOUSLY YOU'LL BE DISCUSSING THIS WITH AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE OTHER BUDGETARY MEETINGS. IS IT TIME THAT WE STARTED CONSIDERING AN INCREASE TO BE ABLE TO GET MORE MONEY FOR THE BUDGET TO ADEQUATELY RESPOND TO ALL THE ISSUES THAT PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY ARE HAVING BECAUSE WE CAN'T GET THEIR DITCHES CLEANED OUT, WE CAN'T GET THIS BUILT, WE CAN'T GET THAT DONE OR, OR WHATEVER THE COUNTY IS OBVIOUSLY RESPONSIBLE FOR. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE DISCUSSED? YES, SIR. THAT IS A TOP PRIORITY THAT CAME FROM MR. MOORE HIMSELF. GOOD. UM, THAT'S, WANT US TO LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY OPERATING AT AND IF WE NEED MORE TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE REQUESTS AND THAT WE WOULD BE IN DISCUSSIONS WITH BOTH HIM AND UPPER ADMINISTRATION ABOUT NEW FULL-TIME POSITIONS OR EQUIPMENT NEEDED TO KEEP UP. I I, I WOULD ASK, UH, YOU AND BRADLEY, UH, TO LOOK AT HOW MANY LINEAR FEET WE ACTUALLY CLEAR IN ROADSIDE DITCHES ONES WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR IN THE COUNTY AND KNOWING, UH, THAT, THAT WE, WE TELL OUR CONSTITUENTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE EVERY FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS KNOWING THAT FACT, KNOWING THAT WE LIVE IN AN AREA WHERE THERE'S AT LEAST 11 MONTHS OF GROWING SEASON, WHERE FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS BEFORE WE GET BACK TO A DITCH. UH, AND THEN YOU HAVE ALL OF THE OTHER LOW EYEING AREAS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL STORMS TO JUST EXACERBATE THE SITUATION. KNOWING THAT WE CAN'T EVEN GET TO ALL OF THESE PLACES WITHIN A FIVE YEAR PERIOD. IT SEEMS ILLOGICAL TO ME THAT WE WOULD EXPECT THESE DITCHES TO BE CLEARED ONCE EVERY FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS AND NOT NEED IT FOR ANOTHER FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS. UH, THAT, THAT INFORMATION I THINK SHOULD BE PRESENTED TO THOSE THAT ARE LOOKING TO, TO SUBSTANTIATE AN INCREASE. UH, WE'RE WORKING ON OLD NUMBERS AND OLD DOLLARS FOR AN AREA THAT, THAT, THAT MAY HAVE NOT HAD THE BUILDING, UH, AND, AND, AND IMPROVEMENTS, UH, QUOTE UNQUOTE, LET'S JUST SAY DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS, UH, HAPPENED IN THE LAST 10 TO 15 YEARS IN THIS COUNTY. AND SO THE ROADSIDE DITCHES STILL REMAIN, BUT THEY'RE GROWING UP AND THEY'RE BEING FILLED IN. AND THEN WE HAVE FLOODING AND WE HAVE EXACERBATED CONDITIONS BY HOMEOWNERS, UH, WITH NO RELIEF. AND, AND, UH, I THINK IT, YOU CAN MAKE A CASE THAT, THAT WE NEED TO GET THERE MUCH SOONER THAN EVERY FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS. AND TO DO THAT, WE NEED MORE FUNDS. IT JUST MAKES LOGICAL SENSE TO ME KNOWING NO ONE WANTS TO PAY MORE TAXES, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, NO ONE WANTS WATER AT THEIR FRONT DOOR OR BACK DOOR. UNDERSTAND. AND IT, AND IT'S NOT A TO TO TAG ALONG WITH WHAT YOU SAID, IT'S, IT'S NOT A, YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT MEET SOME RESISTANCE FROM TAXPAYERS WHO ARE GONNA SAY, WELL THIS ISN'T GONNA HAPPEN TO ME. SAME PEOPLE SAID THAT SHALL POINT 15, 20 YEARS AGO, SAME PEOPLE SAID THAT IN PINE 15, 20 YEARS AGO. AND NOW LOOK AT WHERE WE'RE AT. IT'S GONNA BE A CONTINUING PROBLEM UNLESS WE GET AHEAD OF IT. AND THE ONLY WAY TO GET AHEAD OF IT IS TO IN INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT WE HAVE TO DO TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE AREN'T GONNA CONTINUE TO GET FLOOD PROBLEMS. AND UNFORTUNATELY IT'S, YOU GOTTA HAVE THAT MONEY, YOU GOTTA DO IT SOMEHOW. THAT AIN'T GONNA HAPPEN BY, I'LL TAKE THOSE CONCERNS INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN WE'RE FORMING OUR FISCAL YEAR 27 BUDGET. ALRIGHT, MR. FEINBERG, THAT'S IT FROM ME. THANK YOU. THANK [00:55:01] YOU. [5. OLD BUSINESS] IS THERE ANY OLD BUSINESS? I GOT ONE. I GOT A TEMP. BRADLEY, HOW ARE WE DOING ON THAT SPREADSHEET OVER PUBLIC WORK SO FOLKS CAN GO ONLINE AND SEE WHERE SMARTSHEET, UH, WE GOT SOME OTHER STUFF, SOME SPREADSHEETS. ALL IT DIDN'T WORK, IT WAS TOO MUCH. SO OUR FACILITIES MANAGE DIVISION SMARTSHEET, THEY COME RECYCLING. SO SMARTSHEET, EVEN INSPECTORS AND STAFF, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO UPLOAD PICTURES AND REPORTS WRITE TO UPDATE TIMEFRAME. UH, RIGHT NOW, I THINK THEY SAID FOR LIKE 90 DAYS LICENSE. MM-HMM. BACK LICENSE. SO CAN, SO HOPEFUL COURSE OF YEAR WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE SOMETHING IMPLEMENTED. IS THERE A WAY TO DO TRAINING BEFOREHAND SO THAT WHEN IT COMES WE'RE ALREADY DOING IT, FACILITIES ALREADY COMING IN AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE USE IT? YES, THEY'VE ALREADY DONE REQUEST. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE, AND I DID WANT TO NOTE, I DIDN'T PUT THIS IN OUR REPORT, BUT WE ALSO HAVE DONE EXTENSIVE INTERNAL TRAINING ON BC CONNECT. UM, AS FAR AS WHEN, WHERE AND HOW TO COMMENT, UM, WE'VE TRAINED UP ALL OF OUR SUPERINTENDENTS AND FIELD STAFF AS WELL. UH, WE'VE GONE THROUGH A LOT OF, UM, OLD SUBMISSIONS THAT HAVE SAT STAGNANT AND TAKEN CARE OF THEM. UM, SO THERE'S BEEN A HUGE PUSH TO CLEAN UP BC CONNECT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING RESPONSIVE AS THAT IS OUR APP THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO INTERACT WITH CITIZENS ON. SO I, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. BUT AS A LOT OF FOLKS WOULD SAY, THEY'VE SUBMITTED SO MANY THINGS ON BC, BC CONNECT AND HAVEN'T GOTTEN A RESPONSE OVER THE YEARS THERE, BUT SHE KIND OF GETS SCREWED. IT DOESN'T WORK. SO IT MAY END UP BEING ANOTHER PR CAMPAIGN WHERE YOU COME OUT AND SAY, WE'RE TRYING TO GET ON TOP OF THIS AND IT'S NOW GONNA BE BETTER THAN EVER. YES, SIR. SO THAT FOLKS WILL BE ABLE TO GO BACK TO USING IT. ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S 100% THE PLAN. BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE USING IT EFFICIENTLY IN HOUSE BEFORE WE ADVERTISED IT. SO I GOTCHA. MAKING SURE WE'RE COMPLETING OUR INTERNAL TRAININGS AND THAT WE'LL HAVE A PRESS CAMPAIGN. I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO BE A TEST VENUE FOR ME. LEMME SUBMIT MY COMPLAINTS. YES, SIR. UNDER NEW BUSINESS, [6. NEW BUSINESS] [*This clip is available without video* ] UH, I HAVE, I HAVE SOMETHING TO REPORT AND IT'S ABOUT, UH, SPANISH WELLS, OAK MARSH. ALRIGHT. AND IT'S A NEW PROJECT, UH, FOR US. UH, I WAS CALLED OUT BY, UH, UH, CONCERNED CITIZENS WHO GOT MY NAME FROM I GUESS A BUSINESS CARD OR, UH, ONE OF THE MEETINGS I ATTENDED. AND, UH, I WALKED THE PROPERTY. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF, OF A STATE ROAD, SPANISH WELLS ROAD, UH, UH, ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND. ALRIGHT, UH, AGAIN, UH, NEXT PICTURE WILL SHOW, WELL, UH, SORRY, I, I I COULDN'T ARRANGE THEM, BUT, UH, IF, IF YOU LOOK, GO BACK, UH, I'LL TALK TO EACH ONE. UH, UH, AGAIN, UH, THIS PIPE, WHEN WE SEE IT FROM ANOTHER ANGLE, WILL SHOW, UH, HOW IT'S 50% OCCLUDED, UH, UH, NEEDS TO BE, YOU KNOW, JETTED OR WHATEVER THEY DO TO CLEAR THEM OUT. UH, AGAIN, IT'S A STATE, UH, PROJECT, UH, HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THEM TO, TO, TO PITCH IN AND, AND SO THE COUNTY RESOURCES AREN'T DOING UNLESS WE'RE GETTING, UH, RENUMERATED ALL OF THE STATE'S, UH, UH, RESPONSIBILITIES HERE. UH, NEXT SLIDE. UH, THIS, UH, LOOKS LIKE A FOREST. UH, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THERE'S A DRAINAGE DITCH IN THERE SOMEWHERE. UH, IT JUST SHOWS THAT IT, IT IT'S SORT OF OVERGROWN, UH, TO SAY THE LEAST. NEXT SLIDE. UH, THIS IS, UH, UH, UH, AFTER ABOUT A WEEK OF NO RAIN, UH, UH, YOU CAN SEE, UH, UH, THE AREA STILL HAS WATER IN IT. UH, IT DOESN'T DRAIN PROPERLY. NEXT, UH, UH, THIS IS, UH, UH, COUNCILMAN BROWN, UH, WALKING ON A ROAD THAT THE COUNTY DID. UH, IT DOESN'T HAVE, UH, UH, UH, A CONVEX, UH, IT, IT'S MORE A CONCAVE, UH, UH, IT, IT'S VERY LOW LYING AND ALL THE WATER COMES DOWN THAT STREET AND GOES TO ONE SMALL DRAIN THAT'S ABOUT 18 INCHES BY 18 INCHES. UH, FILLS UP, UH, DOESN'T, UH, DRAIN PROPERLY. AND, UH, THE KIDS KAYAK THERE, UH, DURING, UH, UH, TWO INCHES OF RAIN OR MORE. UH, THEY GET A STREAM TO PLAY IN. UH, UH, BUT IT'S NOT HEALTHY [01:00:01] AS, UH, SOME PEOPLE HERE NOTED A STAGNANT WATER IS NOT GOOD FOR ANYBODY'S HEALTH. UH, NEXT, OH, I'M SORRY. I I SUBMITTED 12, BUT ONLY, SORRY. WELL, I, I APOLOGIZE THAT, THAT, THAT WE HAD A MISS CUE ON COMMUNICATIONS HERE. BUT, UH, THOSE PEOPLE, UH, UH, UH, UH, IT'S CALLED OAK MARSH. UH, THERE'S A, UH, HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, UH, ADJACENT TO IT, UH, WHICH IS, UH, ON HIGHER GROUND, UH, THAT WAS PERMITTED TO BE BUILT, UH, IN THE BACK OF THAT, UH, UH, HOUSING MULTI, UH, RESIDENT, UH, HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IS, IS IS THE RIGHT OF WAY, UH, FOR DRAINAGE. AND AGAIN, IT GOES DOWN, WATER GOES DOWNHILL AND EXACERBATES THE SITUATION IN THE COMMUNITY RIGHT NEXT DOOR, UH, UH, THAT WE'VE SEEN IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT AREAS. UH, UH, AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S ONE OF THOSE, UH, TOWN COUNTY STATE COORDINATION EFFORTS THAT HAS TO BE DONE TO REMEDIATE THE SITUATION TO PREVENT FLOODING. UH, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE EASY, UH, BECAUSE OF WHERE IT'S LOCATED AND, UH, GOOD AND BAD. IT'S GOT SUCH A CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE MARSH, UH, THAT GOES RIGHT INTO, UH, UH, CALABOGIE. UH, IT'S A DIFFICULT SITUATION. SO AGAIN, IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE SOME REALLY UNIQUE ENGINEERING TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT A FIX. BUT AGAIN, IT NEEDS TO BE ON OUR RADAR AS A PROJECT. UH, UH, IF, IF, IF, IF THE STATE OR ANYONE ELSE, WE'LL WE WILL TAKE THE LEAD ON IT. AND, AND SO I'M, I'M, I'M LETTING, UH, STORMWATER KNOW THAT, THAT, UH, CALL IT OAK MARSH SLASH UH, SPANISH WELLS ROAD. UH, THERE'S AN ISSUE THERE THAT WE NEED TO LOOK INTO. I KNOW, UH, UH, MR. YOU WANNA CON COME UP, COMMENT? SURE. JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACK HISTORY OF OMAR. I'M SURE YOU KNOW ABOUT IT. SO THERE WAS A WHOLE BACK AND FORTH WAS THING FOR THE YEARS. I GOT THING FOR THE YEARS, I GOT HISTORY ON IT FROM THE RESIDENCE ANDERSON PASSED PEOPLE THAT WORKED FOR THE COUNTY. SO APPARENTLY THIS WAS A COUNTY OWNED ROAD AND IT WASN'T A COUNTY OWNED ROAD. AND I TOOK IT AWAY FROM THE COUNTY AND WENT BACK TO THE COUNTY AND NOBODY KNEWS WHO ROAD IT WAS. SO IT SAT THERE FOR A VERY LONG TIME, BUT NOBODY DOING ANYTHING. SO AT SOME POINT IN TIME THE COUNTY COME BACK IN AND SAID, OKAY, YEP, THIS, WE THINK THIS IS OUR ROAD. STARTED PAVING THE SIDE STREETS AND THEN THEY STOPPED THE PAVER FROM PAVING. 'CAUSE THEN IT WASN'T THE COUNTIES AGAIN . SO ANYHOW, IT WAS A WHOLE BACK AND FORTH THING. THE COUNTY OWNS THE ROAD. UM, THE DRAINAGE IS VERY ALMOST UNDERSIZED. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE WORD IS OR HOW, YOU KNOW THE FIXING IT IS, BUT IT'S A VERY UNIQUE SITUATION. I MEAN, THERE'S PROBABLY, I DON'T KNOW, IT'S 800,000 FOOT OF ROAD. IT COMES STRAIGHT HILL AND AN INVERTED, INVERTED STREET AND IT GOES TO WHAT I ONE DREAM LIKE A LONG STRETCH OF ROAD. SO THUNDER DON'T KNOW WHAT DESIGN THAT IS. LIKE MR. FEINBERG SAID IT'S A VERY UNIQUE DESIGN, UM, TO TRY TO REDESIGN THIS. I HAVE, IT'S JUST GONNA BE SOMETHING TO LOOK INTO. UM, THE OUTFALL IS, THE MARSH IS A LITTLE HIGHER THAN THE OUTFALL, RIGHT? OUTFALL. SO THE MARSH IS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER. SO THAT OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, BACKS IT UP. THE CRITICAL LINE IS, YOU KNOW, THIS FAR FROM THE END OF THE PIPE. SO ANYHOW, THERE'S A LOT OF UNIQUE SITUATIONS WITH THIS PROJECT. I'VE ACTUALLY WENT THERE AND WALKED IT A COUPLE TIMES WITH A COUPLE OF RESIDENTS MYSELF. UM, AND YOU KNOW, JUST, IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE VERY UNIQUE, UM, SITUATION. IT'S GONNA BE TOUGH TO, YOU KNOW, WRECK THE BACK. SO, BUT JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND. SO FOR THE, FOR THE PUBLIC'S KNOWLEDGE, IT, IT, IT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TO LISTEN TO TRY TO GET SOLUTIONS. SOME ARE EASY, SOME ARE DIFFICULT, RIGHT? BUT WE'RE, BUT THEY'RE NOT IGNORED. ANY OTHER NEW BUSINESS, ANYBODY ON THE BOARD OR EX OFFICIOS. I COULD JUST ADD TO THE, THE, UH, FOR CLARITY ON THIS, ON THIS UH, OAK MARSH FINISH FALLS THING, IT'S ON THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD. THE TOWN DID PERMIT A SUBDIVISION IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO IT ON THE, ON THE WEST SIDE. AND WE REALLY HAD TO, IT TOOK A LOT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO PERMIT THAT BECAUSE OF THE PROXIMITY OF THAT DITCH AND THE WAY IT'S DIFF DIFFICULT TO ACCESS BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO I'M JUST SAYING THAT IT NEEDS TO BE A JOINT EFFORT WITH THE COUNTY, THE TOWN, AND THE DOT TO FIGURE THAT OUT I THINK WOULD BE THE BEST WAY TO MOVE FORWARD. THANK, I KNOW WE DO HAVE A MEETING NEXT WEEK, UM, WITH THE TOWN TO DISCUSS SOME, SOME MORE DRAINAGE PROJECTS ON HILTON HEAD, UM, BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND, AND THE TOWN. WE'LL BE MEETING WITH, UH, HILTON HEAD NEXT WEEK TO DISCUSS SOME DRAINAGE PROBLEMS AND HOW TO KIND OF WORK TOGETHER TO FIGURE THINGS OUT. THANK, THANK YOU BOTH. ANYTHING ELSE? YEAH, I HAVE A QUESTION. I AHEAD STEVE AND THIS IS FOR BRADLEY AND FOR TAYLOR. SO, AND I DON'T WANT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT UNPREPARED, SO I DON'T KNOW IS AN ACCEPTABLE ANSWER. [01:05:01] UM, BUT THE WHOLE CONVERSATION, THERE'S LOT OF STUDIES GOING ON. WE'VE GOT PEOPLE THAT ARE UNDERWATER AND THEY WANT RELIEF AND EVERYTHING'S COMING YOUR WAY. SO Y'ALL HAVE BEEN MAINTAINING IT, DEALING WITH THESE, UM, COMPLAINTS FOR A LONG TIME. THERE'S OOS OF DRAINAGE STUDIES AND ENGINEERING REPORTS THAT Y'ALL ARE SUFFERING THROUGH AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO IF YOU'RE PUMPING WATER CIRCULAR 'CAUSE EVERYTHING'S FLAT. SO YOU'RE PUMPING IT AND AS FAST AS YOU PUMP IT IS CIRCLED BACK ON YOU. AND, AND WHAT WE'RE MISSING ARE CLEAR OUTFALLS. SO FROM, FROM Y'ALL'S EXPERIENCE, AND THIS IS THAT BACKGROUND FOR THE QUESTION ARE, ARE THERE IDENTIFIABLE OUTFALLS THAT COULD POSSIBLY GIVE THE FOLKS THAT ARE UNDERWATER RELIEF? AND, AND I GET THEY, DOES IT PHYSICALLY EXIST, IS THE QUESTION, THEN MAYBE CONCENTRATE ALL OF THE ENGINEERING AND SURVEY AND LEGAL EFFORTS TO GET THOSE EASEMENTS SO YOU COULD GET TEMPORARY RELIEF. AND, AND THAT MAY WELL BE THE LONG TERM SOLUTION FOR THE OUTFALL. SO THAT'S THE SIMPLE QUESTION. ARE THERE OUTFALLS THAT Y'ALL SEE THAT MAYBE WE COULD PUT RESOURCES TO, TO GET SHORT TERM RELIEF AND, AND, AND MAYBE DEVELOPING THOSE INTO PERMANENT SOLUTIONS? I KNOW THAT, UM, SPECIFICALLY FOR ROYAL PINES, UM, JARED AND I HAVE, AND BRADLEY HAVE SIT DOWN AND LOOKED AT THE PREVIOUS STUDIES AND I THINK, UM, JARED'S THOUGHT PROCESS WAS MAYBE WE COULD DIVIDE THE DRAINAGE BASIN IN HALF AND REDIRECT IT INSTEAD OF GOING THE ENTIRE AREA, GOING TO ONE OUTFALL THROUGH ONE POND. MAYBE WE COULD SPLIT IT IN HALF AND DRAIN, UM, ONE HALF OF THE DRAINAGE BASIN OUT. A DIFFERENT OUTFALL THAT WE HAVE, UM, AN EASEMENT ON CURRENTLY ALREADY. AND I THINK THAT WOULD ALLEVIATE, IT WOULD DEFINITELY DRAIN IT FASTER, UM, THAN IT ALL TRYING TO GO THROUGH ONE OUTFALL. UM, BUT BRADLEY, DID YOU WANNA SPEAK TO CREATING NEW ALCOHOL? WE'RE DEFINITELY, WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE OPTIONS. UM, LIKE YOU SAID, WE'RE TRYING TO DIVIDE THAT RURAL PINES AREA. WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK AT, YOU KIND OF SPLIT IT OUT, UM, IN ONE HALF GOING RIVER. SO THAT'S, THAT'S AN OPTION. WHAT IT'S GONNA COST TO GET IT THERE, WE HAVE NO IDEA YET. SO WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT WAYS TO TRY TO RELIEVE THOSE POINTS, TO DIRECT IT TO THE OUTFALLS THAT WE HAVE. AND IN SOME CASES WE DON'T HAVE PROPER OUTFALLS. I MEAN, THERE ARE NO OUTFALLS, UM, YOU KNOW, MARSHAL THAT AREA ON LANE'S ISLAND. THERE'S NO OUT, THERE'S NO IDENTIFIED OUTFALLS. THERE'S JUST VERY LOW LYING AREAS AND THERE'S JUST NOWHERE. THAT'S WHERE I LIVE. I KNOW I GREW UP ON BLA ISLAND. I GREW UP, I MEAN I, YOU KNOW, JUST, I GREW UP RIDING DIRT BIKES. I'M PATRICK, I'M SURE DID TOO, ALL OVER BLAS ISLAND. WE USED TO RIDE THESE BIG HOLES AND DIRT BIKES THINKING THEY WERE, THEY WERE FUN TO RIDE IT. THEY'VE BEEN THERE LIKE, IT WAS JUST A NATURAL LOW LYING ERRAND. AND THERE'S NO GOOD OUTFALL. THERE'S NO, PUT YOUR FINGER. AND, AND THIS EXERCISE Y'ALL HAD, UH, AS WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON ROYAL PINES, DIDN'T Y'ALL, UM, MAKE CONNECTION WITH THE LANDOWNER WHERE THE OUTFALL HAPPENS AT LUCY CREEK AND BE ABLE, HE LET Y'ALL COME ON AND KIND OF OPEN IT UP SOME? ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. WELL, THE PRESSURE WAS SO MUCH ON THE BOARDS AT THE TIME, WE COULDN'T GET THE BOARDS OUT OF THE RISE. YEAH. LIKE THEY JUST, YOU JUST COULDN'T GET WITHOUT GETTING, WOULDN'T BE WILLING AND ABLE TO KIND OF LET Y'ALL COME IN. SO AS SOON AS THAT WATER GOT DOWN, WE CAN ADJUST THOSE BOARDS. WE HAVE EASEMENT ON THAT POND. YEAH. SO ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS, IS WE, WE CAN DRIVE DOWN THE PERSON'S DRIVEWAY, GO BACK THERE AS LONG AS WE IDENTIFY THAT WE'RE THERE AND THEN THEY'LL LET US. IT'S OUR POND TO MAINTAIN. SO WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO, WE WERE TRYING TO LOWER THE LEVEL IN THE POND, BUT THE POND WAS RELEASING SO MUCH WATER AT THE TIME. IT, IT WASN'T, EVEN IF YOU PULL ONE BOARD OUT, IT, IT WASN'T GONNA LOWER ENOUGH TO WATER CROSSING IT. UH, SAM'S POINT WASN'T THAT MUCH HIGHER THAN THE BOARD OF THE POND, SO IT DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T DO ANY GOOD TO PULL ON THE BOARD. I MEAN, YOU'RE, YEAH, I MEAN IT'S FLOWING. IT SEEMS POINT OH, IT'S ROLLING. YEAH, IT'S ROLLING. I MEAN IT'S, IT'S BEEN NONSTOP FOR, IT WAS STAGNANT UP UNTIL THIS WEEKEND. NOW IT'S KIND OF RELEASING AGAIN. DOT MADE A HUGE, UH, MAINTENANCE PUSH GOT IN THAT AREA AS WELL. WELL, IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS Y'ALL, LIKE YOU WERE SAYING Y'ALL CREWS AND DOT'S DISHES IS WHAT I SAW. I DUNNO, FRIDAY, THAT'S ALL THAT WAS, THAT WAS MY POINT. YEAH. WE'RE DOING THERE. BUT GO BACK TO YOUR . YES. WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE OPTIONS AS WELL. WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT OUTFALLS WE CAN USE THAT WE HAVE, IF WE CAN IMPROVE THEM AND FOCUS ON THOSE OUTFALLS. AND THEN THERE ARE SOME AREAS THAT WE JUST DON'T HAVE OUTFALLS AND I AND I TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN, SOME OF IT'S SO FLAT, THERE'S NOWHERE FOR IT TO GO. BUT THEN IF THERE ARE PLACES WHERE YOU CAN IDENTIFY THE PHYSICAL OUTFALL, THEN I'D LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT THAT. AND IF Y'ALL NEEDED HELP GETTING EASEMENTS AND PROCURING THE RIGHT OF WAY, THEN MAYBE WE COULD STEP IN AS A BOARD AND AT LEAST ENDORSE THAT. I DON'T KNOW. OUR POWERS ARE LIMITED. ABSOLUTELY. AND WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING, WE'RE GETTING CLOSE ON SOME OF THAT. WE'RE WORKING, SOMETIMES IT'S A PROCESS, YOU KNOW, BUT IT'S, BUT WE'RE WORKING ON SOME OF THOSE TOO. OKAY. TO WORK THROUGH AND, AND ACQUIRING [01:10:01] SOME LAND AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS TO BE ABLE TO WORK THROUGH THAT. OKAY. WE'RE GOOD. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. THE ONLY OTHER THING I, I WOULD ADD IS THAT, THAT IT MAY BE POSSIBLE IN, UH, AND WE'RE GONNA VOTE, UH, NEXT, UH, ON, UH, THE 2026 MEETING SCHEDULE, UH, THAT YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED WITH, WITH PROPOSED IN YOUR PACKET. UH, TH THERE ARE A LOT OF, OF COORDINATION MEETINGS LIKE THE DOT AND AND AND TAYLOR'S GROUP. UM, UH, MAYBE IT'S POSSIBLE IN 2026 THAT SOME OF OUR VOLUNTEERS HERE ON THIS BOARD WOULD, WOULD, WOULD, WOULD, UH, UH, REALLY LIKE TO TAKE PART IN THOSE AND, AND BE INVITED AND, AND, AND ALTHOUGH WE DON'T HAVE A VOTE, UH, JUST LIKE OUR EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS HERE, UH, WE WOULD VOLUNTEER TO ATTEND SOME OF THOSE SO WE CAN GET A UNDERSTANDING OF, OF, OF HOW GOOD THEY ARE GOING, UH, OR WHERE, WHETHER THEY'RE BEING BLOCKED, WHETHER THEY'D BE, WHETHER, UH, WHETHER WE CAN ASSIST. I'LL LEAVE IT THAT WAY AND, AND, AND EDUCATE OURSELVES TO WHAT'S GOING ON CONCURRENTLY. UH, YES, SIR. JUST A THOUGHT FOR 2026. SIMILAR TO WHAT STEVE WAS TALKING ABOUT. HE YEAH. HIS ENGINEERING BACKGROUND. I, I WOULD CONCUR WITH THAT. SO THE LAST TIME WE HAD CONVERSATIONS, DECIDED TO MAKE A PRESENCE AT COUNCIL, THANK YOU TO YOU MADE ALL ONE TIME. I WAS THERE IN THE CORNER CHEERING YOU ON. BUT THE, SO THERE'S SO MANY MEETINGS AND THERE'S LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME, BUT IF THERE ARE THE MEETINGS THAT YOU THINK WOULD BE MOST IMPORTANT, IF THERE'S MEETINGS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE SOMEONE BACKING YOU UP A SECOND SET OF EYES AND EARS THAT OUR PRESENCE WOULD BENEFIT Y'ALL, THEN IT WOULD HELP TO DIAL IT INTO THOSE MEETINGS. AND, AND I THINK WE CAN COLLECTIVELY, WE CAN FIND TIME TO, TO GET THERE. ONE OF US OR SOME SMALL GROUP OF US. BUT I, I, THE OFFER IS TO KEEP US INFORMED. HELPS US HELP YOU. YES, SIR. SIR. SO THEN IF Y'ALL CAN HELP US IDENTIFY WHERE YOU WOULD LIKE US, WHERE WE COULD BEST BENEFIT E YOU THEN LET US KNOW AND WE'LL TRY TO MAKE IT. THANK YOU. IF WE DO GET THROUGH THE FIRST PRELIMINARY, UM, THINGS WITH ROYAL PINES, WE'LL DEFINITELY BE, UM, UP FOR SUGGESTIONS ON A DESIGN FROM ANY AND EVERYONE. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANKS STEVE. UH, AGAIN, UH, UH, AS I MENTIONED, UH, IN YOUR PACKETS, YOU HAD A, A PROPOSED 2026 MEETING SCHEDULE. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY CONFLICTS? IF NONE, CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE 2026 MEETING SCHEDULE? MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MEETING SCHEDULE AS PRESENTED. SECOND. SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? MOTION CARRIES. UM, THERE ARE THREE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HERE. UH, DO YOU WISH TO MAKE ANY MORE COMMENTS? GO AT IT. I CONSIDER US A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN ROYAL PINES WHEN OUR HOUSE WAS BUILT. WE HAVE NO OUTLAW. WE HAVE NO OUTLAW. OUR HOUSE IS THIS STEEP. HIS HOUSE IS ALL THE WAY, ALMOST UP TO HERE, UP TO HERE. OUR HOUSE IS A MESS. THE, WE ARE NOW AFRAID TO LIVE IN OUR HOUSE. WE HAVE MAGGOTS. WE HAD TO PAY FOR EXTERMINATORS TO COME, THREE TIMES FOR MAGGOTS. MAGGOTS COME BECAUSE SOMETHING'S WRONG WITH THE FOUNDATION. I NEED TO HAVE SOMEBODY COME TO CHECK OUR FOUNDATION TO SEE IF OUR HOME IS LIVABLE. AND THAT IS NOT TOO MUCH TO ASK. WE'VE BEEN UNDERWATER FOR SO LONG. HOW DO WE KNOW OUR HOUSE IS SAFE? WE NEED A TRUCK TO GET OUT OF OUR HOUSE. IT'S JUST SILLY. I THE FLOORBOARDS OF OUR TRUCK, IT WAS ALL THE WAY UP THERE AND THAT'S HOW I GOT TO WORK EVERY DAY. WE CAN'T DRIVE OUR CARS. I NEED SOMEONE, A STRUCTURAL ENGINEER FROM THE COUNTY TO MAKE SURE OUR HOUSE IS LIVABLE. AND HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO WALK INTO YOUR BEAUTIFUL HOME? THAT WORKS SO HARD FOR TO SEE MAGGOTS. I, I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR YOU, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL FIND OUT WHO, WHO CAN COME AND INSPECT YOUR HOUSE. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S IN STORMWATER'S PURVIEW, BUT WE'LL FIND OUT WHO SHOULD OR COULD. UH, I CAN TELL YOU THAT AGAIN. UH, IF YOU LOOK ON YOUR SCHEDULE, UH, WELL YOU DIDN'T SEE IT, BUT IF YOU HEARD US TALK ABOUT BAY PINES, UH, THERE ARE HOUSES THERE THAT PEOPLE HAVEN'T LIVED IN FOR SEVERAL YEARS BECAUSE OF FLOODING. AND UH, FEMA IS LOOKING TO BUY THEM OUT. [01:15:01] UH, SO YOU WOULDN'T BE THE FIRST, UH, IN THIS COUNTY THAT HAS EXPERIENCED IT. AND WE ARE WORKING AGAIN WITH THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD, UH, AND WITH UH, UH, FEDERAL AUTHORITIES, UH, TO DO WHAT WE CAN FOR SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN BAY PINE. SO AGAIN, THAT ONLY CAME, UH, TO OUR KNOWLEDGE ABOUT 24 MONTHS AGO. RIGHT BEFORE THAT, WE HAD NO KNOWLEDGE. FOR 11 YEARS THAT I SAT ON THIS BOARD, WE HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF ANY PROBLEMS AT BAY PINES AT ALL. SO, LIKE I SAID EARLIER, UH, WE WILL DO WHAT WE CAN TO ASSIST YOU. ALRIGHT? FROM OUR AUTHORITY, WE WON'T IGNORE YOU. WE'RE NOT GONNA GET ANY HELP WITH THE CLEANUP WITH OUR STUFF THAT'S IN OUR SHED. THAT'S RUINED NOW. I MEAN, I CAN'T EVEN GARDEN. ALL OUR STUFF'S IN THERE. OUR HOUSE LOOKS LIKE SANFORD AND SUN. THAT'S HOW BAD IT'S, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, WE HAVE UH, [7. PUBLIC COMMENT] THE NEXT MEETING'S AGENDA FOR DECEMBER 10TH. YOU SEE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? DID YOU WANT SPEAK AGAIN SIR? I JUST HAVE, I DUNNO IF YOU ANSWER SUPER FAR AGAIN. OUR LAST TIME WE HAD THIS, WE FOUND OUT ABOUT AN $8 MILLION WAS JUST STORM WATER FUND. DON'T KNOW IF THAT FUND COULD BE USED TO FIX ANY OF THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE NOW. AND THEN ALSO I WAS THROUGH, THROUGH WORD OF MOUTH THAT THERE'S A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS TAX FUND ACCOUNT STILL IN THE COUNTY. CAN THAT ALSO BE USED TO HELP FIX A LOT OF THESE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH GRANTS TO TRY TO GET, BUT YET WE HAVE THE FUNDS TO MATCH THE GRANT. SO WHAT IS THE PROCESS TO GET THOSE FUNDS ALLOCATED TO EITHER GET A QUICK RELIEF AND THEN USE WHATEVER WE CAN TO FIX THE ISSUE LONG TERM OR USE THE FUNDS TO HELP WITH PUBLIC WORKS, CLEARING OUT THE ROADS. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FOR THE GOOD OF THE COUNTY? UH, A NEXT MEETING AGENDA FOR DECEMBER 10TH, TWO O'CLOCK WILL BE HERE. UNLESS THERE'S A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY THAT FINISHES AHEAD OF TIME. YOU GO ON VANGUARD. THAT'S A GOOD ONE. COULDN'T RESIST. UH, STATEMENT THERE, MR. NO COMMENT. I'LL TRY TO COMPOSE MYSELF. DO I HEAR A MOTION TO [8. NEXT MEETING AGENDA] APPROVE? NEXT MEETING. AGENDA FOR DECEMBER 10TH, 2025. I BELIEVE WE APPROVE. SECOND. SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? MOTION CARRIES. THIS TIME THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.