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CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY BUFORT COUNTY.
EVERYBODY COMING, COMING? UM, KEEP BUFORT COUNTY BEAUTIFUL.
UM, UM, CAN, UH, WE GET AN, WE GET AN APPROVAL OF AGENDA? THE AGENDA.
SHE'S, SHE'S IN, SHE RAISED, SHE RAISED HER HAND.
AND, AND WE DO, WE DO HAVE SIX, SIX PEOPLE.
UM, UM, UH, I LIKE TO GET, UH, AN APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR OCTOBER 9TH, 2025.
UH, INTRODUCTIONS AROUND THE ROOM.
UH, WE'LL START WITH THIS YOUNG LADY RIGHT HERE.
OH, WELL, I, HOLD ON A SECOND.
UM, IN ALL RESPECTS, START WITH THIS YOUNG LADY.
ALICE, HOWARD, UM, T COUNTY COUNCIL.
BEAUTIFUL ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION COORDINATOR FOR BUFORD COUNTY.
I'M REPRESENTING, UH, DISTRICT THREE.
I REPRESENT DISTRICT ONE GENE UP UPHILL.
SERGEANT I COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
UM, SUBCOMMITTEE UPDATES, EDUCATION AND LITTER ENFORCEMENTS.
HAVE WE GOT A EDUCATION AND LITTER ENFORCEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT? PUT, PUT YOUR REPORTS IN IT.
I WENT TO THE COUNCIL CHAMBER.
YEAH, THEY'RE ALREADY, WELL, IT'S NICE TO HAVE YOU.
UH, JESSICA WRIGHTS, UH, DISTRICT TWO.
YEAH, WE CAN TAKE CARE OF IT LATER.
EDUCATION AND LITTER AND FOR LITTER.
WELL, I LEFT BY FOLDER SITTING ON THE COUNTER AT CHAMBERS
AND THEN I BELIEVE, UM, JEAN'S GOT SOME STICKERS OR SOME CLINGS WINDOW CLINGS, UM, FOR RESTAURANTS AND BUSINESSES, UH, AROUND BEAUFORT FOR RECYCLING AND FOR EDUCATION ON KEEP BEAUFORT COUNTY BEAUTIFUL.
WE THINK WE HAVE A NICE IDEA GOING HERE WITH THIS.
YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT JEAN? OR, UM, DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT IN BEAUTIFICATION EITHER WAY? YEAH, MAYBE COULD EITHER WAY.
UM, BUT FOR THE CALENDAR, I'LL SEND THAT OUT TO EVERYONE TODAY.
I'VE GOT IT ON MY COMPUTER TOO.
I HAD A COPY FOR EVERYONE SO WE COULD HIGHLIGHT THE EVENTS.
SO, BUT WE'LL HAVE A BUSY YEAR NEXT YEAR.
WE HAVE A BRAND NEW TENT AND THAT'LL BE GOOD.
IT HAS OUR BRANDING RIGHT ON THE FRONT.
THE TABLE COVERS ARE REALLY NICE.
YOU HAVEN'T SEEN 'EM YET? I HAVEN'T SEEN IT YET.
WE'VE USED THEM AT TWO EVENTS.
I'VE GOT PICTURES I'LL SHOW YOU.
PLEASE REMEMBER THAT IF YOU HAVE AN EVENT COMING UP, JUST TO GIVE ME A A HEADS UP.
I MEAN, 'CAUSE I'M GETTING OLDER AND I DON'T REMEMBER EVERYTHING LIKE I'M SUPPOSED TO
THE CALENDAR THAT, UH, JESSICA
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HAS, WILL POST TO THE SHAREPOINT SITE.WHERE YOU'LL GET A COPY OF IT AS WELL.
SO WE'LL KNOW EXACTLY WHICH ONES WE WANT TO GO TO AND THEN PEOPLE NEED TO SIGN UP.
THEY'LL CARRY THE TENT OR SHOW UP AND JUST GIVE OUT WHATEVER, OR JUST WHATEVER LEVEL OF PARTICIPATION YOU WANT TO HAVE.
SO WE'LL STAY ON THAT EDUCATION AND, UM, LABOR ENFORCEMENT JUST FOR A MINUTE.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT FINANCES LATER.
UH, BUT WE DID, UM, BUY SOME FANS AND SOME STRAWS.
SO THAT'S ONE OF OUR TWO EXPENSES FOR THE LAST TWO MONTHS.
AND THEN I'LL GO THROUGH THE NUMBERS.
AND WHEN WE GET TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT, UH, BUYING MORE OF THE, UH, REUSABLE SHOP.
WHERE DOES THAT STAND? YOU TWO GUYS? WELL, I'VE SENT YOU ALL THE QUOTE.
WE'RE NEEDING TO GET THE, UM, THE REQUISITION.
I CAN'T DO ANYTHING UNTIL I'VE GOT A REQUISITION FROM THE BOARD, BUT I'VE SENT YOU THE QUOTE.
SO WHAT IS A REQUISITION? OH, SORRY.
OH, JUST THE FORM THAT'S ON SHAREPOINT.
THAT WE HAVE TO FILL OUT IS WHAT YOU'RE NEED.
WE'LL DO THAT LIKE NEXT DAY OR SO.
THOSE ARE ONE OF THE BEST CALLING CARDS.
FIRST, I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW WE USED IT AS A CALLING CARD THIS MORNING.
UM, SO THAT WE GOTTA HAVE MORE OF THOSE.
DEFINITELY HAVE TO HAVE MORE OF THOSE.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED OR DO WE, WE'VE ALREADY BOUGHT 'EM BEFORE AND WE APPROVED A $16,000.
DIDN'T KNOW IF WE NEEDED TO VOTE AGAIN.
I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO VOTE.
IT'S, IT'S THE FORM THAT THE COMMITTEE LEAD FILLS OUT THE FORM.
AND SINCE I'M THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, I HAVE TO SIGN THE FORM.
MAYBE WE CAN PRINT ONE OFF BEFORE WE GO AND WE CAN DO IT.
RIGHT BEFORE WE LEAVE HERE TODAY.
IS THAT OKAY? ON EDUCATION AND LITTER ENFORCEMENT? WHERE DO YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT RECYCLING? YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT HERE? ACTUALLY, IT'S PROBABLY MORE IN, IN BEAUTIFICATION.
SO WHY DON'T YOU, YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THE CONVERSATION THIS MORNING? MORNING THIS MORNING? YES.
UM, WE, AND IT'S SORT OF A LITTLE BIT LIKE LITTER.
WE MET TODAY, THIS MORNING WITH THE, UH, BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
UM, WE, WE WERE RECEIVED WARMLY WOULD BE THE PROPER WORD, AND THEY'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY TO PUSH 'EM ALONG.
AND WE, I SORT OF BEGAN, I, I SAID THIS BEFORE I BEGAN THIS, UM, CONVERSATION WITH A MEMBER OF THEIR GROUP, UM, MONTHS AGO THAT SHE, AND SHE ACTUALLY PUT THIS TOGETHER FOR US TODAY, WHICH WAS GREAT.
UM, AT ONE POINT, UH, WE WERE WEREN'T SURE WHO ALL SHOULD GO AND THIS, THAT, AND THE OTHER, BUT, UH, IT ENDED UP, UM, GENE AND I WENT OVER THERE THIS MORNING AND SAT DOWN WITH THEM JUST TO PUT REALLY, TO TEST THE WATERS TO SEE HOW WARM THE WATER WAS.
THEY'RE INTERESTED IN DOING IT.
THEY'RE INTERESTED ON THE EDUCATION SIDE AND ALSO THE FACILITY SIDE, IF THAT WOULD BE THE RIGHT WORD.
GENE SORT OF LIKES THE EDUCATION SIDE.
I KINDA LIKE THE FACILITY SIDE, UM, BECAUSE THERE'S JUST SO MUCH WASTE THAT COMES AT THERE.
AND THE, AND THE, AND THE ONE, AND I'LL LET GENE SPEAK FOR A MINUTE, BUT THE, THE, THE, ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS WAS THAT THEY ARE REALLY INTERESTED IN, UH, BEING A PART OR GETTING TO KNOW THE COUNTY PEOPLE BETTER AND HAVING A BETTER RELATIONSHIP WITH, WITH THE COUNTY, WHICH WAS REALLY GOOD.
AND SO WE DO KNOW THAT IT ISN'T GONNA BE OVERNIGHT THAT THIS HAPPENS, BUT WE'VE ALREADY SCHEDULED THE NEXT MEETING FOR, UH, JANUARY 22ND.
AND IT'S, IT'S, UH, WAS A GOOD MORNING.
YOU, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD TO THAT? SURE, SURE.
SO WE MET THE, UM, DIRECTOR OF CURRICULUM, AND THAT'S CHRIS SAYING THE EDUCATION SIDE.
AND WE MET THE DIRECTOR OF, ESSENTIALLY DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES.
AND THAT'S THE PERSON THAT OWNS ALL THE MAINTENANCE CONTRACTS, UM, OWNS THE MAINTENANCE OF ALL THE BUILDINGS, UH, IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TRASH CONTRACTS, ET CETERA.
UM, HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT MIGHT THE SCHOOL DO BETTER, AND THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THEY CAN DO BETTER.
THEY WHOLEHEARTEDLY SAID, WE BASICALLY TRIED IT A FEW YEARS AGO AND WE HAVEN'T REALLY DONE MUCH SINCE.
AND ACADEMIC FOLKS WERE PROBABLY THE MOST ENTHUSIASTIC.
THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN THINKING ABOUT HOW DO WE DRIVE, UH, RESPONSIBILITY AROUND CURRICULUM
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DOWN INTO HIGH SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.AND THEY'VE ALREADY GOT PEOPLE THINKING ABOUT IT.
SO, UM, I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE GREAT.
ON THE MAINTENANCE SIDE, THE GUY WHO PROVIDES AND MANAGES THE TRASH AND RECYCLING, ET CETERA, HE'S READY TO DO WHATEVER.
AND MUCH TO OUR SURPRISE, I THINK THE SINGLE MOST THING HE'S INTERESTED IN IS COMPOSTING.
WHICH WAS BECAUSE HE'S RESPONSIBLE COMING OUT OF THE CAFETERIAS.
HE'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CAFETERIA INDIRECTLY, BUT HE KNOWS COMPOSTING WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS VERY EXCITED ABOUT.
SO WE HAD, WE SPENT HOUR AND A HALF AND IT WAS GREAT.
WE NOW HAVE A MEETING WITH HIM, HIM BEING THE MAINTENANCE SIDE AND THE TRASH AND RECYCLING CONTRACT SIDE.
UH, WE HAVE THAT MEETING ON THE 11TH, AND CHRIS AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT.
AND WE THINK, UM, UH, VALENTINA, YOU AND VICTORIA, UM, JOINING THAT CONVERSATION TO TALK ABOUT WHAT'S THE COUNTY DOING? HOW CAN WE HELP, YOU KNOW, JUST BASICALLY HAVE THAT FIRST CONVERSATION WITH THEM.
WE SAID, WE'D LIKE TO BRING THE RECYCLING COORDINATOR AND THE EDUCATION COORDINATOR, ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION COORDINATOR.
AND THEY WERE LIKE, ABSOLUTELY, LET'S DO THAT.
IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT MEETING, THE SAME DAY, THE SAME, SAME CONFERENCE ROOM, A CONVERSATION ON THE ACADEMIC SIDE.
SO THEY'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
UM, I THINK WE'VE GOT A GREAT START.
UM, IT MIGHT TAKE A LITTLE FITS AND STARTS.
THEY'RE REALLY THINKING ABOUT WHAT CAN WE DO IN NEXT FI NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.
SO THAT'S NEXT SEPTEMBER, NEXT AUGUST, NEXT SEPTEMBER.
THEY DON'T WANNA DO ANYTHING NOW, BUT THE ACADEMIC SIDE IS VERY CLEAR.
IF WE DON'T BUDGET NOW, WE WON'T HAVE ANY MONEY TO DO ANYTHING WITH IN THE FALL.
SO THEY KNOW THAT THEY CAN'T WAIT UNTIL THE FALL TO DO ANYTHING.
SO I WOULD SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, UM, WE KIND OF PUSHED TO GET JANUARY MEETINGS.
THEY'RE BUSY, BUT WE'RE LIKE, IF WE'RE GONNA GET SOMETHING DONE, WE GOTTA KEEP MOVING.
UM, AND THEY WERE EXCITED ABOUT IT.
SO WE'LL SEND YOU THE INVITE AND CONTACT AND I KNOW I, I THINK VICTORIA IS, IS ON.
WE'LL, WE'LL TELL EVERYBODY ABOUT THAT, YOU KNOW, AND BUT I, WE DO THINK THAT IT'S, UM, IT'S STILL A SMALL GROUP OF FOLKS FOR THAT JANUARY MEETING.
UM, AND I THINK OUT OF THAT WE'LL HAVE SOME MORE SPECIFIC PLANS, LIKE WHAT MIGHT TOGETHER SPECIFICALLY TODAY WAS MORE OF A, HI, HOW ARE YOU, KIND OF A CONVERSATION, WHAT COULD BE DONE? UM, AND THEN WE MADE IT REALLY CLEAR THAT THE EXPERTS ARE IN THE COUNTY.
THEY HAVE TO BE IN THIS CONVERSATION.
IT CAN'T JUST BE CHRIS AND I AND KEEP YOU FOR COUNTY.
THEY WERE, UM, EXCITED ABOUT WORKING WITH THE COUNTY ON IT, WHICH THEY WERE A LITTLE, A LITTLE CHAGRIN THAT THEY DON'T DO AS MUCH OF AS THEY WANT TO.
UM, BUT THEY WERE EXCITED ABOUT DOING IT.
SO I, I THINK IT WAS A, A TERRIFIC MEETING.
IT WAS A, IT WAS A GREAT INVESTMENT OF AN HOUR AND A HALF OF OUR TIME THIS MORNING.
IT WAS ANSWER QUESTIONS OR I JUST PLEASE TO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL A LOT.
AND YOU KNOW, SOME OF 'EM, THEY'LL TRY AND YEAH.
SO WE, WE LEARNED THAT THE IS SOMEONE SPEAKING, OH, I'M SORRY.
OH, YOU GOTTA, YES, MS. HOWARD IS SPEAKING.
I JUST SAID HAVING, VISITING THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL A LOT, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF FOOD WASTE AND, AND IT'S NOT THEIR FAULT, BUT THERE IS.
SO WHAT WE LEARNED TODAY, AGAIN, VERY FIRST MEETING, WE LEARNED TODAY THAT THE COUNT, THE, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT USES CONTRACTS FOR ALMOST EVERYTHING.
SO THE SCHOOL, THEY CAFETERIAS ARE RUN BY TWO CONTRACTORS.
THE TRASH AND RECYCLING IS RUN BY TWO CONTRACTORS.
MAINTENANCE IS RUN BY ONE CONTRACTOR.
SO, UM, IN A, IN ONE WAY THAT'S GOOD BECAUSE IF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SAYS, I WANT YOU TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, THEY CAN DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
BUT IT'S A CHANGE TO CONTRACTS.
BUT THERE'S, THEY CAN MAKE THINGS HAPPEN.
IT'S JUST, IT'S GONNA TAKE SOME TIME TO MAKE THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
BUT THEY WERE MUCH MORE EXCITED ABOUT WHAT CAN WE START AND GET INTO THE CLASSROOMS AND HOW DO WE GET BETTER EDUCATION ON RECYCLING DOWN INTO THE CLASSROOMS, UM, LIKE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
I MEAN, IT WAS REALLY, IT WAS REALLY ENTHUSIASTIC AND, YOU KNOW, WE, WE OFTENTIMES DON'T GET GREAT MEETINGS.
IT'S A VERY ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING, SO IT WAS GREAT.
SO NEXT FOLLOW UP THEN IS THE, I THINK IT'S THE 11TH.
I'LL SEND YOU THE EMAIL, THE INVITE.
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TO, TO, TO FOLKS.I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WORKS, BUT CHRIS AND I HAD THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT WHO SHOULD BE IN THAT FIRST MEETING.
ONE, IT HAD TO BE SMALL, RIGHT? YEAH.
AND, AND WE KNEW, WE FELT LIKE YOU BEING THERE WAS NOT HELPFUL TO THEM OR YOU YEAH.
BECAUSE OF YOUR CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIP.
SO WE'RE GONNA KEEP YOU KIND OF ARMS LENGTH, BUT IF THEY WANT, IF THEY WANT SOMEONE TO COME IN, NOT FROM KEEP YOU FOR COUNTY BEAUTIFUL, BUT SOMEONE PROVIDER TO SEE WHAT WE CAN ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT, LIKE QUICKLY WITHOUT CHANGING THE CONTRACT.
I JUST DON'T KNOW WHERE THE CONFLICT, LIKE WHERE THAT LIES.
I THINK THE WAY THAT HAPPENS IS THE COUNTY, SORRY, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT YEAH.
WILL ASK FOR CONTRACTORS TO COME IN AND HAVE A CONVERSATION.
SO THE REQUEST WILL COME FROM THEM.
AND THEY'RE GONNA BRING THEIR CONTRACTORS TO THE TABLE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.
THEY'LL PROBABLY HAVE A SIMILAR CONVERSATION WITH THE, UH, CAFETERIA CONTRACTS.
YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE YOU GUYS WILLING TO DO? WHAT'S IT GONNA COST TO DO ALL THOSE DIFFERENT KINDS OF THINGS.
UM, I ASKED FOR ACCESS TO THE CONTRACTS AND THEY TOLD ME THE BEST WAY TO GET THEM IS THROUGH FOIA.
AND I'VE DONE FOIAS HERE FOR THE COUNTY BEFORE AND IT'S WORKED GREAT.
I'LL, IT'S JUST EASIEST FOR ME TO DO IT FOIA SO THAT I DON'T HAVE TO ANYTHING BACKDOOR OR ANY OF THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
SO WE'LL GET ACCESS TO THE CONTRACT.
IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE WHAT THEY'RE ALLOWED TO DO, WHAT THEY'RE CONTRACTED DO IS ALL VERY CLEARLY STATED IN THE DOCUMENT.
UM, SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO HELP MANAGE THAT PROCESS WITH THEM.
BUT I SEE THE ACADEMIC PEOPLE PUTTING TOGETHER A BUDGET REQUEST SOMETIME IN JANUARY, THAT MIGHT ONLY BE 5K OR 10 K OR WHATEVER, SOMETHING SMALL.
BUT I THINK THEY'RE ANXIOUS TO GET GOING ON IT.
SO, VERY, THE, THE, UH, ROBERT, THE FACILITIES, UH, CONTRACTOR, I, I MADE THE COMMENT THAT, UH, WHAT WHAT WOULD BE GREAT COMING OUT OF THIS WOULD BE THAT IF MAYBE, UH, HALF THE TRUCKS WERE GOING TO THE LANDFILL AND A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF YEARS, AND HE SAID, THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS A, THAT WAS A GOOD INDICATION OF HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT IT ALL.
DO YOU KNOW IF THEY EVEN RECYCLED CARDBOARD? I DON'T THINK SO.
HE SAID THERE THERE ARE 11 SCHOOLS THAT HAVE SOME KIND OF RECYCLING.
AND THAT'S THE IMPRESSION WE GOT THAT IT'S CARDBOARD AND THAT'S IT.
HE SAID ONE OF THEIR BIGGEST ISSUES LAST TIME AROUND WAS THE NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD USE THEIR BINS MM-HMM
AND THEY WOULD COME AND THROW THEIR TRASH INTO THE RECYCLING BINS.
BUT WE, THERE WAS A SOLUTION TO THAT.
NOW THE SOLUTION IS EVERYTHING HAS VIDEO CAMERAS.
AND THEY SAID, IF WE FIND A PROBLEM, WE'LL ADDRESS THE PROBLEM IN WHATEVER WAY WE NEED TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM.
BUT THE, THE, THE CONCERN ABOUT COMMUNITY CLOGGING UP AND, AND ACTUALLY SPOILING THE, THE LOADS, HE THINKS THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THEY'RE WILLING TO TAKE A LOOK AT AND, AND TO TRY TO ADDRESS THAT.
IT'S NOT GONNA STOP THEM FROM DOING SOMETHING.
THERE ARE ZERO HAULERS, UM, WITHIN BUFORT COUNTY OR THE COMMERCIAL TRUCK, LIKE THOSE BIG DUMPSTERS, THEY DON'T STAY CLEAN FOR THAT.
PEOPLE THROW TRASH IN THERE, IT DOESN'T STAY CLEAN.
SO, SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO SOME THINKING ON OUR OWN SIDE ABOUT, JUST TO HELP THEM, IT'S THEIR STRATEGY.
IT'S A SCHOOL'S STRATEGY, NO QUESTION.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT CURRENT ON COST OF RECYCLING ON SINGLE STREAM VERSUS NOT CURRENT ON ANY OF THOSE THINGS.
SO I THINK OUR DISCUSSING IT AND FIGURING OUT HOW BEST CAN WE HELP, UH, I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL, UM, VALENTINA, YOU AND CHRIS AND I AND VICTORIA, AND, YOU KNOW, FOR THIS CONVERSATION, MAYBE, UM, JESSICA, IT MAKES SENSE FOR YOU TO JOIN AS WELL.
WE SHOULD MEET BEFORE THAT JANUARY MEETING SO THAT WE ARE ON THE SAME PAGE WHEN WE GO INTO THAT CONVERSATION WITH THEM.
UM, BECAUSE YOU MIGHT AS WELL TALK INTO A MIC.
WE COULD ALSO MAYBE EVEN PLUG IN, UM, MIKE FROM MY TWO TO JUST TALK ABOUT JUST THE COMMERCIAL RECYCLING.
LET'S MAKE THAT A SECOND MEETING.
THE THING THAT I, BUT I MEAN, JUST INTERNALLY, LIKE THE PRIOR OH, INTERNALLY.
I MEAN, JUST SO WE COULD HAVE SOME INFORMATION FOR THEM.
THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, OR VICTORIA MIGHT EVEN HAVE IT JUST ON THE, HOW IT LOOKS LIKE FOR US AS THE COUNTY.
JUST, I, I, I'M MENTIONING MIKE TO THEM.
UH, AND, AND, AND, AND TO, TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, HE, HE, HE WOULD BE ONE OF THE MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE AND AND YOU ARE TOO.
I MET WITH MIKE A FEW WEEKS AGO, ACTUALLY.
UM, AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT, WE NEED TO GET ALL OF THE HAULERS ON THE SAME PAGE AS FAR, WHAT DOES RECYCLING LOOK LIKE? EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE THE SAME LIST AND THE SAME STANDARD.
THAT WAY WE DO GO INTO THESE SCHOOLS AND WE'RE EDUCATING, I MEAN, EVERYONE HAS DIFFERENT TRASH COM
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DIFFERENT RULES.WE'VE GOTTA GET EVERYBODY ON THE SAME PAGE.
THAT WAS LIKE ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT.
SO I HEAR OVER AND OVER AGAIN YEAH.
THERE'S A LOT OF FRUSTRATION NOW.
SO, SO WE'LL, WE'LL DISTRIBUTE THE EMAIL, UH, INVITE FOR THE 21ST, 22ND, WHENEVER THAT IS.
AND THEN WE'LL TRY TO SET SOMETHING UP A WEEK OR TWO BEFORE THAT.
UM, SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHAT OUR STORY IS WHEN WE GO BACK.
REMEMBER WE HAD, WE, WE ALL SAT DOWN LAST TIME AND HAD A LITTLE MEETING ABOUT, UH, WHAT WERE WE GONNA SAY TO HIM? IT'S FUNNY WHEN AT THE LAST MEETING WE SAID, OKAY, COMPOSTING WOULD BE GREAT AT SOME POINT, BUT LET'S KEEP IT AT THE FACILITIES, CARDBOARD, GLASS, METAL, ET CETERA.
THAT'S WHAT HE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT.
COUNTY'S ALL EXCITED ABOUT IT.
THEY'RE STARTING PROGRAMS. SO WE'RE, WE'RE OFF.
YOU MAY NOT NEED ANY CUSTOMERS.
36 SCHOOLS AND 32 RESTAURANTS.
SO A COUPLE OF 'EM MUST NOT HAVE A, UM, YEAH.
AND, AND HE'S RESPONSIBLE FOR TRASH AND RECYCLING FROM THE RESTAURANTS.
IN OTHER WORDS, IT'S NOT PART OF THEIR CONTRACT.
THAT'S HIS JOB TO COORDINATE BINS AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
I, I THINK, WE'LL, THAT, I THINK THIS IS A VERY FRUITFUL INITIATIVE FOR US TO TAKE ON.
AND WE PROBABLY SHOULD ASKED MIKE TO COME TO THAT MEETING.
WE, WE DIDN'T WANT TO GO IN SHOWING THAT.
NO, I DON'T WANT IT TO BE A CONFLICT.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT IT TO BE A CONFLICT.
YOU UNDERSTAND? AND, AND GENE BROUGHT THAT UP.
I'M GOING, YOU KNOW, LET'S TAKE HER.
YEAH, A HUNDRED PERCENT WHATEVER.
I'M, BUT WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU.
I HAVE ANOTHER TOPIC RELATED TO LITTER.
ARE WE OKAY WITH THE SCHOOL CONVERSATION? ANYBODY NEED MORE DISCUSSION ON THAT? I HAVE, I HAVE A FEW COMMENTS, PLEASE.
UM, JESSICA, YOU MENTIONED GETTING TOGETHER WITH HAULERS.
DID YOU RECEIVE THE HOLLER ROUND TABLE MEETING THAT SAW WASTE AND RECYCLING BOARD IN BUBU COUNTY? I DID NOT.
OH, SAVE THE DATE WAS SENT OUT TO ALL HAULERS, SO I'LL MAKE CERTAIN THAT YOU GET ANOTHER COPY, PLEASE.
I APPRECIATE IT RELATED TO THAT.
AND THEN, UM, JEAN, IF YOU COULD SEND ME THE MEETING INVITE WITH DETAILS, UM, WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AS TO WHO IS ATTENDING.
I WILL NEED TO RUN THAT BY MR. HARRIET.
UM, BEAVER COUNTY DOES HAVE, UH, SOME PROTOCOLS AS FAR AS REACHING OUT TO PEOPLE, UM, OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTY.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING ALL THOSE PROTOCOLS.
AND I RUN IT BY MR. HARRIET PRIOR TO INVITING ANY MORE BEAUFORT COUNTY FOLKS.
UH, UM, BUT IT IS AMAZING NEWS, UM, WITH THE USDA GRANT, WE DO HAVE FUNDING TO, UH, INITIATE THE COMPOSTING PROGRAM IN SCHOOLS.
SO THEY MAY NOT EVEN NEED TO START BUDGETING BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE THOSE FUNDS WITH THE GRANT.
SO IT'S REALLY EXCITING, UM, EXCITING NEWS.
SO DEFINITELY PLEASE GET ME THAT INVITE, UM, AS QUICK AS YOU CAN.
UM, MY CALENDAR TYPICALLY FILLS UP PRETTY QUICKLY.
I'LL, I'LL DO IT TODAY AFTER I LEAVE THE MEETING HERE.
UM, IT, WE, WE LEARNED, WE'RE STARTING TO LEARN THE ORGANIZATION AND HOW IT'S STRUCTURED.
THE COMPOSTING IS THE, UH, CAFETERIAS, AND THAT'S WHAT THIS GUY CARES ABOUT.
THE ACADEMICS IS THE DIRECTOR OF, OF, UH, ACADEMICS.
MARY, AND I CAN'T REMEMBER MARY'S LAST NAME.
UH, I'M SURE SHE'S A DOCTOR OF SOMETHING EDUCATION PROBABLY.
UM, SO IT, IT REALLY TURNED INTO TWO SEPARATE CONVERSATIONS IN ONE MEETING THAT WE'RE NOW GONNA SEPARATE INTO TWO MEETINGS NEXT TO EACH OTHER AS WE GO FORWARD.
WE'RE NOT ALL GONNA MEET AGAIN.
WE'RE GONNA MEET SEPARATELY WITH BOTH.
WE'RE GONNA MEET SEPARATELY, BUT EVERYBODY WILL BE THERE.
SO IT WAS A GREAT MEETING AND YEAH, I'LL SEND THOSE INVITES OUT, UM, AS SOON AS I LEAVE THE MEETING HERE TODAY.
UM, JEAN, I KNOW YOU'RE NOT PHYSICALLY HERE.
ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO ADD RIGHT NOW? WELL, I WAS JUST GONNA COMMENT ON THE EDUCATIONAL HALF, UM, OR PERHAPS EVEN INQUIRE WHAT I MEAN, WHAT K THROUGH 12? WHAT, WHAT WILL, WHAT ARE YOU PROPOSING? SO, I, WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT GONNA PROPOSE ANYTHING.
I THINK, UM, IT'S THE GENTLEMAN, PHILIPPE DE SILVA, I THINK WAS HIS LAST NAME.
HE'S, HE'S GOT IN HIS HEAD WHO'S GONNA DRIVE THE ACADEMIC SIDE, WHICH WILL ENGAGE THE SCHOOL TEACHERS AND THE CHILDREN, UM, AT EACH OF THESE THREE LEVELS.
SO I, YOU KNOW, WE ARE NOT GONNA PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS.
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A STRATEGY.WE'RE NOT GONNA DO ANY OF THOSE THINGS UNLESS HE ASKS US FOR US, ASKS US FOR HELP.
UM, I WOULD SEE, UM, VALENTINA, SINCE YOU DO SO MUCH EDUCATION, THAT CONNECTION WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HIM, I THINK.
BUT THEY'VE, THEY'VE GOT IN THEIR HEAD WHAT THEY BASICALLY WANT TO DO, AND WE'RE JUST GONNA HELP THEM FLESH IT OUT, UM, NEXT MONTH.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT RECYCLING FOOD WASTE.
I MEAN, WHAT WOULD BE THE, HE'S HE'S REALLY TALKING ABOUT RECYCLING.
HE'S NOT TALKING ABOUT FOOD WASTE IN THEIR HEADS.
THEY, AND CONTRACTUALLY, THEY SEPARATE ACADEMICS FROM THE CAFETERIA.
SO THE CAFETERIA IS RUN BY A CONTRACTOR.
ACADEMICS IS OBVIOUSLY RUN BY PROFESSIONAL TEACHERS, AND THEY'RE TWO DIFFERENT WORLDS THAT KIND OF COME TOGETHER AT THE MAINTENANCE GUY WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR CREATING AND PROVIDING THE BINS.
AND THEN WHAT'S HIS STRATEGY? DO WE PROVIDE MULTISTREAM BINS? DO WE PROVIDE A SINGLE STREAM BIN? DO WE PROVIDE ALL THOSE KIND OF, THAT'S WHAT HE'S GOTTA FIGURE OUT.
AND HE'S GOT THE CONTRACT TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
BUT HE NEEDS TO HAVE THE ACADEMIC FOLKS FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY WANT.
EVIDENTLY, INTERESTINGLY LEARNED, THEY HAVE PILES, STACKS OF RECYCLING CONTAINERS IN THEIR WAREHOUSE.
THEY'RE THE OLD GREEN BOXES THAT WE ALL SAW IN OFFICES.
THE PROBLEM WAS NOBODY WAS USING 'EM, AND NOBODY WAS PICKING 'EM UP, AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO RECYCLE WITH 'EM.
SO THAT'S WHAT THE ACADEMIC PEOPLE ARE LIKE, OOH, IF WE CAN GET THAT, WE CAN CREATE A PROGRAM WITH THE CHILDREN TO BE ABLE TO SAY, EVERY FRIDAY WE'RE GONNA DO THIS.
WE'RE GONNA MEASURE IT, WE'RE GONNA COUNT IT, WHATEVER, WHATEVER THEY DO ALL IN THE SCIENCE DEPARTMENT, ALL IN THE SCIENCE DEPARTMENT.
SO THEY, THEY KIND OF HAVE WHAT THEY WANT.
AND NOW WE KNOW THEY HAVE CONTAINERS.
UM, WE, SO THAT I THINK THE ACADEMIC FOLKS ARE PROBABLY MORE MATURE.
UM, BUT WHEN THEY START SAYING, WELL, WE WANT SEPARATE DISPOSAL CONTAINERS, THAT'S WHEN THE FACILITIES, PEOPLE HAVE TO BE PART OF THAT CONVERSATION.
UM, SO THE, I THINK THE ACADEMICS, PEOPLE WILL LAY THEIR PLAN FIRST.
I THINK THAT'S THE WAY IT'LL TURN OUT.
SO I, I WOULD THEN KIND OF PURSUE THE, THE REASON WHY WE WERE ABLE TO BUILD THE KIDS IN KAYAKS PROGRAM IS BECAUSE WE PULLED OFF OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA STATE EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES.
THEY, THEY WERE ALREADY THERE.
AND SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE BUILT A FIELD EXPERIENCE AND AN EXPERIENCE AROUND THEM.
SO I WOULD ASSUME THAT IN THIS CASE, THEY'RE LOOKING DEEP INTO LEARNING OBJECTIVES THROUGHOUT K THROUGH 12, AND THEY'RE LOOKING FOR, PARTICULARLY WITHIN THE SCIENCES, THINGS THAT RELATE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, POLLUTION.
BECAUSE I THINK GOING THAT ROUTE IS GONNA BE A LOT MORE SUCCESSFUL THAN TRYING TO INTRODUCE NEW CURRICULUM NO MATTER WHO DOES IT, BECAUSE THE TEACHERS SIMPLY SEE THAT AS SOMETHING ELSE.
HE WAS CLEAR, HE WAS CLEAR TO SAY THAT THE, IT'S, IT'S CALLED, I BELIEVE THE RIGHT WORDS ARE HUMAN IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT.
AND HE SAID, YEAH, THEY USED THE STATE CURRICULUM.
I MEAN, THAT IS THE KEY TO SUCCESS BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY BUILT IN YEAH.
AND NOW IT'S JUST EXECUTING ON IT.
AND, AND ALSO, UH, MEASURING, YOU KNOW, AND, AND THEY, THEY SEEM TO HAVE THAT, THAT THOUGHT PROCESS.
BUT THAT'S, THAT WAS REALLY KIND OF AN, AN EARLY SUCCESS STORY FOR US, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, REALLY KIND OF, WE'RE JUST DOING A, A DIFFERENT WAY OF PRESENTING THE MATERIAL YEP.
AND, AND ASSESSING HOW WELL THAT HAS GONE BY SURVEYS AND TESTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
JEAN, WE, WE WOULD LIKE MA MAKE YOU'RE SENDING HER A COPY OF THIS INVITATION TO THIS MEETING.
I, I, I, I THINK YOUR VOICE THERE WOULD BE W WE WILL, UH, ACCEPT IT.
WHAT DAY IS IT? I, WELL, WE'LL, WE'LL SEND IT OUT AND YOU CAN, IF YOU CAN MAKE IT GREAT.
IF YOU CAN'T, THEN RIGHT IN, IN JANUARY.
YOU WERE SAYING JANUARY? IT'S IN JANUARY.
FOR A JANUARY, BECAUSE WE WANT MOMENTUM TO, AT 11 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.
CERTAINLY 11 TO ONE IS THE, THANK YOU.
YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE YOUR BOARD MEETING AT ONE ON THAT DAY AS WELL.
OH, YOU'RE RIGHT, YOU'RE RIGHT.
SO I'M GONNA MOVE TO THE NEXT, UH, ANOTHER TOPIC.
I'M GONNA KEEP THIS SHORT BECAUSE IT, UM, WAS UNSUCCESSFUL.
UM, HAD A CONVERSATION WITH TJ JET.
HE WANTED TO DO SOME D DEEP DATA COLLECTION FOR LITTER CLEANUP ON HILTON HU BEACH.
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THE IDEA OF USING USCB STUDENTS.AND THAT TOOK ME DOWN A PATH OF TALKING WITH GENE, TALKING WITH THE SOUTH CAROLINA AQUARIUM, WHICH CREATED THE LITTER JOURNAL.
UM, BECAUSE COVID KIND OF SLOWED EVERYBODY DOWN.
THE DATA COLLECTION REALLY STALLED PRETTY SUBSTANTIALLY.
GENE TELLS US NOW IT'S BACK UP AND WE'RE ALL DATA COLLECTING, AND ANYTHING WE HAVE TO DO WITH LITTER, WE SHOULD KIND OF PUSH TOWARD USING THE LITTER JOURNAL.
AND, UH, TJ JET AND HILTON HAD IS OKAY, HE'S, HE SAID, OKAY, FINE THEN IF, AS LONG AS WE ARE COLLECTING THE DETAILED DATA, NOT JUST HOW MANY POUNDS, BUT WHAT ARE WE PICKING UP? AND DR.
JEAN CONFIRMS, AND THE STATE CONFIRMS IN SOUTH CARE IN CHARLESTON, THEY CONFIRMED THAT'S EXACTLY THE DATA THAT WE NEED.
THEY HAVE A APPLICATION, IT'S A MOBILE APP.
IT'S A, IT'S A PAPER SPREADSHEET.
SO THAT IDEA THAT I FLOATED A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, IT DIDN'T WORK.
WE, THE PROBLEM IS ALREADY BEING ADDRESSED.
I JUST WANTED TO CLOSE THE LOOP ON THAT.
AND ACTUALLY, IF YOU START COUNTING THEM, YOU HAVE DATA, RIGHT? YEP.
SO AGAIN, PLASTIC, BA UH, YOU KNOW, SINGLE USE PLASTIC.
IF, IF YOU COUNT IT AND YOU HAVE THE DATA, THAT'S A, THAT'S A GOOD THING TO WALK INTO ANY MEETING WITH.
ANYTHING ELSE ON EDUCATION AND LITTER ENFORCEMENT? THAT SHOULD DO IT? OKAY.
DO YOU WANT TO DO THE STORY OF YESTERDAY'S MEETING OR DO YOU WANT ME TO DO IT? WHY DON'T YOU START, I'LL ADD COLOR.
WELL, WE WERE, WE WERE, UH, INVITED TO BE, AND WE ARE MEMBERS OF THE, UH, THE BOARD OF THE, OR THE, THE COMMITTEE FOR, UH, THE, UM, PLASTIC, UH, BANNING THE PLASTIC STRAWS AND THE STYROFOAM AND ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS.
AND WE HAD A MEETING YESTERDAY, WHICH I GOTTA TELL YOU, UM, LITTLE, UH, JULIANA DOES A FABULOUS JOB.
UM, WE'RE SORT OF IN THE SECOND PHASE, SECOND OR THIRD PHASE.
WE'RE WORKING ON THE ORDINANCE, REWRITING THE ORDINANCE WHERE WE DESPERATELY NEED BRENDA.
'CAUSE SHE WROTE THE FIRST ONE.
UH, BUT BRENDA WILL BE BACK AND WE'LL LET HER HELP US WITH THAT.
UM, YOU, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO ADD TO IT? I'LL ADD A LITTLE COLOR AND TRY NOT TO TALK TOO LONG.
UM, JULIANA HAS BRIEFED, I'M GONNA SAY 10 ORGANIZATIONS NOW, WHETHER IT'S MUNICIPALITIES, SO, RIGHT.
SHE WENT TO, UM, UM, WHAT'S THE BIG SUN CITY? SUN CITY.
SHE'S BEEN HILTON HEAD, BLUFFTON PORT, ROYAL BEAUFORT.
SHE DOES A MAGNIFICENT JOB OF DOING IT.
A VIDEO OF HER DOING IS ON THE CONNIE WEBSITE.
I HAVE A HARD COPY OR A COPY ON MY COMPUTER.
UM, UH, THAT, THAT PHASE OF JULIANA COMMUNICATING THE RESULTS OF THE STUDY AND THE PLANS TO GO FORWARD IS OVER.
HOWEVER, SHE'S BEEN ASKED TO BRIEF JASPER COUNTY, YEMENI AND HARDY, THOUGH.
AND CHRIS AND I RAISED OUR HANDS.
SO CHRIS AND I ARE GONNA GO BRIEF THOSE THREE MUNICIPALITIES.
THEY'RE KIND OF OUTSIDE BEAUFORT COUNTY, SO SHE'S LIKE, I COULD USE HELP AND SOMEBODY ELSE DOING IT WOULD BE FINE.
I DON'T KNOW WHEN, OVER THE NEXT SIX WEEKS OR WHATEVER.
UH, BUT LIKE CHRIS SAID, WE'VE, WE'VE NOW MOVED INTO THE DRAFT OF LEGISLATION PHASE.
UM, I THINK WE'RE GONNA PUSH HARD TO GET A DRAFT SOLID DRAFT IN JANUARY, GET IT THROUGH BEAUFORT COUNTY LEGAL IN JANUARY, AND THEN TRY TO GET IT ON THE AGENDA FOR THE MARCH NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE PRESENTATION.
UM, AND THEN I DON'T, UH, PROBABLY IF IT'S SUCCESSFUL THERE, TWEAK IT AS NEED BE.
AND THEN MAYBE THE COUNTY COUNCIL THE MONTH.
SO ONCE WE GET THE DRAFT DONE BEFORE, WE'RE GONNA PASS IT AFTER IT GOES THROUGH LEGAL.
SO WE USE ALL THE RIGHT WORDS, THEN IT'LL GO TO ALL THE MUNICIPALITIES AND IT'LL, IT'LL STAY ON THE STAFF SIDE.
AND THE THINKING WAS, THIS IS A TECHNICAL CONVERSATION WITH STAFF MEMBERS OF THE DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES.
UM, AND THEN GABRIEL GARY'S COMMENTS, AND THEN PRODUCE THE DOCUMENT AND THEN PRESENT IT TO THE NRC AND THEN PRESENT IT TO THE VOTING.
THIS FISCAL YEAR, I THINK, WAS WE, OUR AGREED TARGET BY JUNE, WE WANNA VOTE ON IT.
UH, WHETHER WE CAN GET THERE OR NOT, I DON'T KNOW.
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OUTSTANDING CONVERSATION YESTERDAY.IS ANYTHING WANNA ADD COLOR OR ALICE WANNA ADD ANY COLOR? I THINK YOU DID A GREAT JOB.
ANY QUESTIONS? AND THANK YOU, UM, UH, COUNCILMAN FOR BEING WITH US ALL THE TIME.
ADAM, COUNCILMAN, IT IS A GREAT GROUP.
YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S GOT PLANNING DEPARTMENT, IT'S GOT, YOU KNOW, THE, ALL THESE DEPARTMENTS AND ALL THESE PEOPLE FROM ALL AROUND.
ANYTHING ELSE ON LEGISLATIVE WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT? I THINK THAT'S IT.
SO BEAUTIFICATION, PAM, YOU AND CHRIS WANNA TALK ABOUT TINGS.
I'LL, I'LL TALK ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT'S BEEN, WE WERE PLANNING ON DOING, UH, THE PUL PLANNING OUT AT GARDEN'S CORNER.
I'M LAYING IN BED AT TWO O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING AND WE HAD THIS PERFECT PLACE TO PLAN 'EM.
AND WE HAD, I MET OUT THERE WITH, UH, UH, LEAH AND HER BOSS, WHO, I FORGET WHAT HIS NAME WAS.
NICE YOUNG MAN WHO'S OWNS THE LANDSCAPE COMPANY.
AND THEN I REALIZED THERE'S A CHANCE THAT THE DEER WILL COME OUT AND WIPE THIS WHOLE THING OUT OVERNIGHT.
AND SO WE, I, I GOT UP THE NEXT DAY AND, AND, UM, TRIED TO CALL PAM A FEW TIMES.
UH, WE DECIDED THAT WE'RE GONNA MOVE THAT FIRST PLANNING OF ALL THOSE BULBS DOWN TO THE INTERSECTION OF 2 78.
WE WERE ALREADY GONNA DO A PLANTING THERE ON ONE OF THE SIDES.
AND WE'RE LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY DOING A PLANTING ON ONE SIDE AND A PLANTING ON THE OTHER.
SO WE'LL HAVE KIND OF, UM, BALANCING PLANTINGS AND PUT ALL THE BULBS THERE.
UM, YOU LOOK AT IT FROM A GOOGLE YEAH.
YOU CAN SEE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S LOTS OF HIGHWAYS THAT DEERS DEER ARE UNLIKELY TO CROSS.
SO IT SHOULD BE MUCH MORE PROTECTED.
UM, WE'RE HOPING, AND LEE'S GONNA DO A LITTLE PLAN FOR THERE THAT, 'CAUSE WE'LL HAVE TO GET APPROVALS AS, AS, AS ALWAYS.
UM, THE DOT AND THE COUNTY MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S HAPPY.
AND, UH, BUT I, I WOULD THE THOUGHT OF, UM, SPENDING ALL THAT MONEY AND SPENDING ALL THAT TIME AND WAKING UP THE NEXT DAY AND ALL THE PLANTS ARE GONE, WOULD'VE BEEN A, WOULD'VE THE GROUND, IT'D BEEN A LITTLE EMBARRASSING FOR KEEP YOU COUNTY BEAUTIFUL.
WE WERE GONNA MOVE IT DOWN WHERE THAT WASN'T GONNA HAPPEN.
SO WHAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT DOING WAS MOVING, WE HAVE TWO BUDGET ENTRIES THAT WE AS A BOARD HAVE APPROVED.
WE HAVE ONE $3,000, UH, ALLOCATION TO GARDENS CORNER, UH, INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH WAS GONNA BE THE BONES, AND THEN $5,300 ALREADY ALLOCATED TO WILDFLOWER PLANTINGS AT TWO LOCATIONS.
SO OUR INTERPRETATION OF WILDFLOWER IS PLANTINGS.
IT ISN'T NECESSARILY WILDFLOWER.
SO I THINK WHAT WOULD MAKE SENSE, YOU GUYS CAN TELL ME WHAT YOUR THINK THOUGHTS ARE, THAT WE COLLAPSE 'EM INTO ONE.
UM, AND THEN WE JUST AGREE THAT WE CAN VOTE TO MOVE IT ALL INTO ONE LINE.
SO THE CONFUSION OVER GARDEN'S CORNER AND NOT PLANTING A GARDEN'S CORNER, WE LOSE THAT.
WE ELIMINATE THAT CONFUSION EVERY, IS THERE ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT? I AGREE.
WE, WE, WE CAN ADDRESS OTHER PARTS OF GARDEN'S CORNER, ANOTHER DATE, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER YEAR.
SO YOU WANNA SO MOVE THAT WE COLLAPSE IT ALL INTO ONE LINE ITEM A SEC A SECOND.
I, UM, UM, SALLY OF COURSE WILL HAS THE MINUTES AND EVERYTHING, BUT I WILL COLLAPSE THEM ON THE SPREADSHEET AND I WILL PUBLISH IT BACK TO THE SHAREPOINT SITE.
UM, OTHER BEAUTIFICATION ITEMS? I HAVE ONE, BUT GO AHEAD.
SO I HAVE A UPDATE ON THE 2 78 SIGN.
UM, I THINK IF YOU, UM, HAD A CHANCE TO SEE THE DOCUMENT I SENT OUT, IT WAS BOTH THE PRESENTATION THAT WE MADE TO THE, UM, THAT WE SUBMITTED FOR PRESENT.
SO FOR PRESENTATION AT THE NEXT NRC MEETING, UM, THAT I, THAT PRESENTATION HAS BEEN SENT OUT.
I WOULD LIKE TO GO TO ONE SLIDE.
IF YOU COULD, COULD YOU GO DOWN TO THE SLIDE THAT HAS THE THREE, UH, OPTIONS? WE'VE TALKED ABOUT ALL THE DETAILS ALREADY.
THE, THE COLORS ARE NOT RENDERING CORRECTLY HERE.
THE, THE COPPER IS ACTUALLY A NAVY BLUE, BUT THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT THE SIGN WILL LOOK LIKE.
WE'VE GOT BETTER PICTURES THAN THIS, BUT BASICALLY IT'S LIKE A, A CABINET.
IT'S, UM, IT'S AN, IT'S A TWO SHEETS OF ALUMINUM WITH
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A, A SHEET OF PLASTIC BETWEEN THE ALUMINUM SHEETS.IT'S ALL GLUED TOGETHER AND IT'S LIKE SUPER WEATHER RESISTANT.
AND IT'LL BE A A, IT'LL BE A CABINET.
THE, THE GRAPHIC IMAGE THAT YOU SEE IS NOT GONNA BE BEHIND GLASS.
IT'LL JUST BE A GRAPHIC IMAGE PRINTED ON ALUMINUM.
SO THE IMAGE IN THE RFP THAT I LET IS WARRANTIED FOR WILL BE WARRANTED FOR FIVE YEARS.
AND THE PHYSICAL CABINET WILL BE WARRANTIED FOR 10 YEARS.
SO WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO TOUCH THIS.
AND THESE SIGNS ARE STARTING TO POP UP NOW.
THE MATERIAL IS STARTING TO POP UP THAT ALUMINUM, IT'S SUPER DURABLE AND IT'S PRETTY CHEAP.
UM, I SENT THE RFP OUT, I'M GONNA SAY 12 DAYS AGO TO EIGHT VENDORS.
COULD YOU, UM, SCROLL DOWN TO THE, UM, ATTACHMENT WITH THE, UH, ALRIGHT, THERE ARE FOUR, THERE'S ABOUT 15 SIGN VENDORS IN THE COUNTY.
I CHOSE FOUR SOUTH OF THE BROAD AND FOUR NORTH OF THE BROAD.
AND I SENT THE RFP TO THE TO EIGHT.
UH, TALKED TO EVERY ONE OF THEM.
NOW, UH, I HAVE ONE BID IN HAND.
THE ORIGINAL DUE DATE FOR THE BID WAS LAST FRIDAY.
SO THAT'S NOT A DATE WAS LAST WEEK.
I JUST, I EXTENDED IT TO EVERYBODY.
I'M NOT TELLING EVERYBODY THE DETAILS ALL THE TIME BECAUSE THERE'S TOO MANY DETAILS.
UM, BUT, UM, THEY'RE ALL DUE TOMORROW.
UM, I'M QUITE CONFIDENT WE'LL GET THREE BIDS.
I'M, I'M QUITE CONFIDENT AND WE MAY GET FIVE.
I DON'T THINK WE'RE GONNA GET EIGHT SOME SIGN COMPANIES LIKE THIS OR WORK WITH THIS MATERIAL AND SOME DON'T.
SO YOU JUST, AND I CAN'T TELL.
UM, I, I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT WE'LL GET 'EM.
AND THE FIRST ONE I GOT IS WITHIN BUDGET.
IF IT WAS THREE TIMES THE BUDGET, THAT WOULD'VE BEEN A REAL PROBLEM.
RIGHT? THAT WOULD'VE BEEN A REAL PROBLEM.
SO ANYWAY, THE RFPS ARE COMING IN.
UM, I NEED, WE NEEDED THE RFPS TO BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION WITH THE, UM, NRC.
I THOUGHT BUILDING WAS IN THERE SOMEWHERE.
UM, ONCE THE RF, ONCE THE, UH, RF Q'S, THE, THE PROPOSALS COME IN, UM, SINCE IT WILL BE A COUNTY PROCUREMENT, UM, I'LL SHARE 'EM WITH VICTORIA AND SALLY OF COURSE.
AND, AND, AND ANYBODY, WE DON'T WANNA SHARE THIS AS PUBLIC INFORMATION.
'CAUSE THIS IS COMPETITIVE INFORMATION.
YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T PUT THIS ON A PUBLIC WEBSITE.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, CLEARLY VICTORIA HAS TO ORCHESTRATE THE ACTUAL PROCUREMENT.
UH, COULD HAVE, UM, ENOUGH OFFERS FROM WHICH WE CAN PICK WHICH ONE WE LIKE THE BEST.
SO THE NEXT EVENT THEN IS RFQ IS TOMORROW.
UH, THE, THE, UM, PRESENTATION TO THE, UH, PUBLIC FACILITIES COMMITTEE IS NEXT MONTH, THE 19TH, I THINK IT IS JANUARY 19TH, I THINK IT IS ON THE CALENDAR.
UM, I HAVE SPOKEN TO SIX DIFFERENT COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
EVERYBODY'S SUPPORTIVE OF THE IDEA, BUT I'VE NOT SHARED THE PICTURE WITH ANY OF 'EM.
SEE THE PICTURES FOR THE FIRST TIME, EXCEPT FOR ALICE WILL SEE IT HERE.
UM, UH, THE FIRST TIME THEY SEE IT'LL BE IN THAT MEETING.
UH, JUST AGAIN, WE WANT THE COUNCIL TO PICK, UH, TO PICK THE FINAL DESIGN.
SO CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE SIGNS? MM-HMM
MAY I, MAY I SPEAK? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YEP.
SO JEAN, UH, I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW, UM, PER PROCUREMENT STANDARDS, SINCE YOU DID REACH OUT TO EIGHT VENDORS AND YOU FOLLOWED UP AND EXTENDED YOUR ORIGINAL DUE DATE, IF YOU ONLY RECEIVED THAT ONE PROPOSAL BACK, UM, THAT'S FINE.
WE'LL JUST NEED THAT CONFIRMATION AND, UM, EMAIL CHAINS SO WE CAN CONFIRM WITH PROCUREMENT THAT YOU DID DO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE AND GETTING, UH, THE DESIRED QUOTES, UH, FOR THE PROJECT.
SO THAT WILL NOT HINDER US AT ALL IF YOU DO JUST GET, UH, THAT ONE PRICE.
I, I, I DO THINK, I MEAN, I, I HAVE NOW SPOKEN TO ALL OF THE VENDORS AND SEVERAL OF THEM ARE, ARE GENUINELY INTERESTED AND EXCITED.
YOU KNOW, IT'S, UM, THEY REALLY WANNA BID AND I THINK THEY WILL.
BUT I, I APPRECIATE THAT VICTORIA AND I HAVE, UM, SCRUPULOUS EMAIL TRACKING
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AND I'VE COURTESY CHRIS ON EVERYTHING.SO CHRIS AND I BOTH HAVE ALL THE DOCUMENTS.
UM, AND WE CAN CERTAINLY PACKAGE ALL THOSE, UM, THAT EMAIL THREAD UP AND MAKE SURE YOU GUYS GET IT.
YOU SAID IT'S A BOX, THE RECTANGLE ON THE BOTTOM, IS THAT GONNA BE SOLID GOING DOWN? WHAT, WHAT IS THAT? SO IT, IT, I THINK THE A A BETTER WAY TO THINK ABOUT IT THAN A BOX.
AND I SAID BOX, BUT THINK OF IT AS A PICTURE FRAME, RIGHT? SO IT'S LIKE A BOX PICTURE FRAME OF, IN WHICH THE PICTURE IS PUT INTO IT.
SO THESE, THIS IS PRETTY GOOD REPRESENTATION.
UM, THE, THE, UH, BOX BELOW IT, THE STAND IS THE SAME MATERIAL, THE SAME COLOR AS THE WRAPPING MATERIAL.
WE CAN CHANGE THAT IF WE WANT.
NOBODY CARES WHAT COLOR IT IS.
I'M HOPING THE COUNCIL SAYS, OKAY, BLUE'S GOOD, BUT I DON'T IF THEY WANT PINK, WE CAN USE PINK.
YOU CAN'T CHANGE THE MATERIAL BECAUSE NOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT DESIGNS, RIGHT? BUT THE COLORS ARE COMPLETELY, UH, UH, UH, SEPARATE.
UM, BUT ESSENTIALLY, COULD YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE? ONE MORE, ONE MORE.
ESSENTIALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS THESE BREAKAWAY POSTS GET MOUNTED IN CONCRETE AND THEN JUST A COUPLE OF INCHES ABOVE THE GROUND, THESE BREAKAWAY DEVICES ARE INSTALLED.
AND THEN THE FOX OF THE, THE, THE, UH, PLATFORM, THE FRAME, UH, THAT THE, YOU HAVE A PICTURE FRAME, THEN YOU'VE GOT A PLATFORM.
THE POST, IT'S GONNA BE SOLID.
IT'S NOT GONNA BE LIKE TWO POSTS.
IT'S NOT, YOU WILL NOT SEE THE POSTS.
I LIKE, I LIKE RIGHT? THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT LITTLE, THAT PLATFORM SLIDES RIGHT OVER THE OUTSIDE OF THE TWO POSTS.
THERE'S NOT BIG POSTS SITTING ON THESE SIDES.
WE, WE WERE THINKING IT'S A LITTLE MORE MODERN THAT WAY RATHER THAN THE OLD COLONIAL POSTS, RIGHT? WE JUST WANTED A LITTLE BIT MORE MODERN.
UM, AND THIS INSTALLATION COMPLIES WITH THE S-C-D-O-T GUIDELINES.
UM, FUNNY, SEOD SC DOT DOESN'T ACTUALLY CERTIFY WAY DEVICE.
SO WE HAVE TO GO TO THE FEDERAL REGULATIONS TO DO THAT.
AND SO THAT'S PART OF THE CONVERSATION THAT WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE WITH SC DOT WHEN WE GET TO SUBMITTING.
SO THE, THE, SO I, I'M GONNA STOP TALKING NOW IN A MINUTE.
UM, THE RFPS COMMIT, UH, RESPONSES COME IN TOMORROW.
UH, WE PRESENT TO THE, UH, FACILITIES FOLKS, THE FACILITIES, UH, COMMITTEE.
UM, ONCE COUNCIL APPROVES, WE SUBMIT THE DESIGN AND THE APPROVED GRAPHIC TO S-C-D-O-T-S-C-D-O-T SAYS TWO WEEKS GOES TO CHARLESTON.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO S-C-D-O-T.
SO WE THINK WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING APPROPRIATELY.
LEAH AND HER ARCHITECTURE FIRM ARE, HAVE ALREADY DONE THE LAYOUT.
THAT'S PART OF THE PACKAGE THAT GOES IN BUFORT COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS, SUBMITS THE ENCROACHMENT PERMIT TO S-C-D-O-T-C-D-O-T BLESSES IT OR SAYS, FIX THIS, THIS.
UM, BASED ON THAT, WE MAKE A PROCUREMENT AWARD.
WE MAKE A DECIDE ON A CONTRACTOR, AND THEN WE AUTHORIZE THE CONSTRUCTION.
THE CONSTRUCTION, NOT EVEN A WEEK.
WE HAVE TO HAVE ALL OF OUR GRAPHICS DONE AND GIVEN TO THEM.
YOU KNOW, ONCE WE MAKE THE AWARD, WE'LL SEND THEM THE GRAPHIC FILES AND THE LOGOS AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
BUT THE TARGET IS STILL, LET'S FINISH IT BEFORE THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
AND WE'VE GOT TWO MONTHS OF FLEXIBILITY IN THERE HOPING WE CAN GET IT DONE THIS FISCAL YEAR.
I MEAN, HONESTLY, LAST SUMMER, LAST, LAST DECEMBER, WE HAD THIS CONVER INITIAL CONVERSATION.
IT'S BEEN A YEAR, SO A YEAR AND A HALF TO GET IT BECAUSE WE GET IT DONE.
UH, BRADLEY WAS EXCITED ABOUT DOING THIS POTENTIALLY AT ALL THE ENTRANCE POINTS TO THE COUNTY.
SAID, GREAT WONDER, LET'S DO THIS ONE.
ONCE WE GET THIS ONE DONE, THE OTHER ONES WILL GO, WE'LL KNOCK OFF.
UM, ANY OTHER BEAUTIFICATION UPDATES? THAT'S, THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S EVERYTHING.
CAN YOU THINK OF ANYTHING? UM, FINANCE, UM, YES.
UM, ON FINANCE, THE, THE TWO THINGS.
UM, WE HAVE SPENT $2,613 SINCE JULY 1ST.
WE'VE SPENT $1,200 ON THE ARCHITECTURE SUPPORT, WHICH IS LEAH AND HER COMPANY.
AND $1,400 ON, UM, OUTREACH MATERIALS, MARKETING, EDUCATION OUTREACH.
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YOU SEE IN FRONT OF US IS THE CURRENT ALLOCATION.WE JUST AGREED TO BASICALLY ZERO OUT THE TOP LINE AND MOVE IT TO THE SECOND LINE.
UM, I HAVE NOW ADDED ON THE, ON THE MOST CURRENT VERSION OF THIS DOCUMENT, UM, THE SPEND.
I JUST TALKED ABOUT THE, UH, 1200 AND THE $1,413.
AND FROM A FINANCE PERSPECTIVE, WE HAVE TO SPEND THE MONEY.
SO YOU GUYS ON THE BEAUTIFICATION TRYING TO GET THESE PLANTINGS DONE.
AND ALSO THE BULBS ARE GONNA ROT AT SOME POINT.
SO YOU GOTTA GET 'EM IN THE GROUND AT SOME POINT.
AND THEN, UM, WE HAVE TO, THE SIGN IS A BIG CHUNK OF THE DOLLARS.
UM, IS IT POSSIBLE TO DO MORE THAN ONE SIGN IF WE NEED TO SPEND SOME MONEY? I MEAN, YOU, YOU, I THINK IT'S POSSIBLE.
'CAUSE THE SIGN, ONCE WE FIGURE OUT THE SIGN DESIGN, UM, EVERY OTHER SIGN WILL BE SMALLER, RIGHT? 'CAUSE THIS IS THE ONLY SIX LANE HIGHWAY THAT WE'RE GONNA PUT A SIGN ON.
TWO 70 EIGHT'S, A SIX LANE HIGHWAY.
EVERY OTHER SIGN IS GONNA BE SMALLER.
SO IT SHOULD BE LESS EXPENSIVE.
AND WITH LUCK, WE CAN DO IT FOR WITHIN THE PROCUREMENT RULES.
SO WE DON'T HAVE TO GO OUT THROUGH A WHOLE NOTHER RFP PROCESS.
I, I DID HAVE TO, UM, I WANTED TO GO BACK.
BACK TO THE CONVERSATION ON THE, UM, LEGISLATION COMMITTEE.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, I HAD CREATED, AND CHRIS AND I HAD KIND OF WORKED THROUGH WAS WE'D LIKE TO PROPOSE KEEP BEAUFORT COUNTY BEAUTIFUL, CREATE A WINDOW DECAL AND A STICKER, WHICH BASICALLY SAYS, I, I CAN'T SHOW YOU A PICTURE, BUT IT BASICALLY SAYS, UM, WE SUPPORT SINGLE USE PLASTIC REDUCTION IN DIFFERENT COUNTY.
UM, WE DON'T USE, UM, EXTRUDED POLY STYRENE FOAM STYROFOAM.
UH, YOU HAVE TO ASK FOR STRAWS.
AND WE DON'T WHAT'S THE THIRD ONE? OH, SINGLE.
AND IT'S GONNA BE A LITTLE, YOU KNOW, YOU, WE'VE ALL SEEN THE INSPECTION CERTIFICATE.
WHEN YOU GO INTO A RESTAURANT, A, B, C, IT'S GONNA BE THE SAME SIZE KIND OF RIGHT NEXT TO IT.
AND THEN ANOTHER ONE ON THE CASH REGISTER FOR TAKEOUT RESTAURANTS.
AND I, WE'D LIKE TO USE KBCB MONEY TO DO THAT.
WE'RE THINKING $3,000 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WE DON'T HAVE THE LEGISLATION YET.
SO WE'RE NOT READY TO SAY, HERE'S THE FINAL DESIGN.
WILL YOU GUYS AUTHORIZE THAT? UM, BUT IT'S JUST GONNA BE ONE MORE PIECE OF COLLATERAL THAT WE BUY THROUGH THE UM, THAT'S GOOD.
GIVING THEM TO RESTAURANTS AND LOCATIONS THAT SUPPORT THAT.
YOU KNOW, WE WANT THEM, IS IT THE COUNTY, COUNTY THAT'S TRYING TO COME UP WITH A GREEN BUSINESS BUSINESS PROGRAM? AND THIS WOULD BE KIND OF PART OF, OF THAT WHERE THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO DISPLAY THIS IN THEIR WINDOW AT THEIR RESTAURANT OR AT THE WHEREVER AT THE CASH REGISTER SO THAT THEY ARE INDICATING THAT THEY'RE PART OF THAT PROGRAM AND THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT THEY SUPPORT.
'CAUSE THIS IS BEFORE WE ACTUALLY GET THE OFFICIAL PLASTICS ORDINANCE.
THAT COULD BE A WHILE, UM, FINALIZED AND HOPEFULLY PASSED.
SO WE, WE, WE'D KINDA LIKE TO ACCOMPLISHED THAT.
WE'D ALSO LIKE TO EDUCATE CONSUMERS THAT WHEN THEY GO INTO A RESTAURANT AND SEE THIS, THEY REALIZE THEY HAVE TO ASK, THEY WILL HAVE TO ASK FOR STRAWS.
AND THAT'S KIND OF, AND SAME WITH PLASTIC UTENSILS.
I'LL HAVE TO ASK FOR THOSE THINGS CHANGE.
AND I, VERY SELFISHLY, I WANT TO SEE KEEP BEAUFORT COUNTY BEAUTIFUL IN A LOT MORE PLACES THAN IT IS TODAY.
AND IF WE CAN GET IN FRONT AT RESTAURANTS, WHEREVER WE CAN GET, I THINK WE CAN HAVE A GOOD IMPACT.
SINGLE RESTAURANT THAT DOESN'T, ISN'T ON BOARD WITH THIS.
I MEAN, DO WE NEED A, UM, MOTION TO MOVE TO USE MONEY FOR THAT OR TO MOVE IT TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION? WHY DON'T, SO WE, WE AGREE THAT WE WOULD HAVE THE BOARD AGREE WHAT WE BUY.
WE'VE ALREADY ALLOCATED FUNDS SO WE DON'T HAVE TO AUTHORIZE FUNDS.
WE'VE, WE'VE EMPOWERED JESSICA TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS.
BUT JESSICA AND, AND MYSELF AND CHRIS, WE ALL WANT EVERYONE TO FEEL LIKE EVERYBODY'S MAKING DECISIONS ONCE WE GET A DESIGN.
SO MAYBE I WOULD SAY IT, IT PROBABLY TWO MONTHS FROM NOW IF WE GET IT BEFORE THEN, BUT ONCE WE GET A DESIGN AND THEN WE'LL SHARE IT WITH PEOPLE AND GET PEOPLE'S COMMENTS.
YOU DON'T LIKE PINK AND WHATEVER, WHATEVER IT IS.
WE HAVE A NICE DESIGN NOW, BUT UH, THIS IS BEING ON A POWERPOINT.
I LOOK REALLY GOOD TO ME POWERPOINT, SO WE CAN DO BETTER OUR DESIGN.
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YEAH.MY WIFE COMMENTED ON IT, WHICH USUALLY HELPS THINGS, BUT WE CAN, WE CAN CERTAINLY DO BETTER, BUT YEAH.
I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO DO BETTER.
VALENTINA HAD A GREAT IDEA FOR THE VALENTINA HAD A GOOD LITTLE, A LITTLE TWEAK, BUT WE WON'T, IT IS NOT MY BUSINESS.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE LITTLE SOLID.
NEW BUSINESS, NEW BUSINESS, UH, STAFF UPDATES.
HOW WE GET, WHAT DO WE GOT GOING VICTORIA? YEAH, YOU CAN YOU SPEAK ON THAT? CAN YOU PULL UP THE NEWSLETTER? SURE WILL.
UM, SO FOR THE SAKE OF TIME, IT LOOKS LIKE THE, IT BEING TRANSPOSED LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING GOT A LITTLE MESSED UP.
BUT, UM, FOR THE SAKE OF TIME, I WON'T REITERATE EVERYTHING.
UM, JEAN JUST SAID ABOUT FINANCES.
UH, WE DID WANT TO GIVE THE LITTER CREW PRAISE.
UM, THERE WAS A ROAD OUT IN ST.
HELENA, UM, AND WE GOT A CALL IN ABOUT IT BEING, UH, WITH LITTER.
AND OUR TEAM RESPONDED, UH, THE BEAUFORT COUNTY LITTER TEAM.
THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE ADOPT A HIGHWAY OF ONE OF THE ADOPT A HIGHWAY GROUPS, UM, IF YOU COULD GO BACK UP.
UM, BUT ANYWAY, UM, JESUS COULD MAYBE SPEAK ON IT MORE, BUT, UM, THERE WAS A WOMAN AND HER HUSBAND WAS IN, UM, THE LATER STAGES OF HIS LIFE AND DEALING WITH PARKINSON'S AND OUR LITTLE CREW WAS ABLE TO GET OUT THERE AND CLEAN UP THEIR STREET AND IT REALLY BROUGHT HIM A LOT OF HAPPINESS IN HIS FINAL DAYS.
UM, SO THAT WAS A REALLY NICE HEARTFELT, UH, THING THAT WE KIND OF DID AND WENT OUT AND TALKED TO THOSE PEOPLE.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, YOU CAN READ THE REST OF OUR, UM, UPDATE.
I DON'T WANNA REITERATE MORE OF WHAT I'VE ALREADY, UH, DISCUSSED, BUT OUR COMPOST PILOT PROGRAM IS A BIT BEHIND.
UM, WE DID ENERGIZE THE UNIT TODAY, I WAS TOLD DURING THE MEETING, SO THAT'S EXCITING.
UM, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH BUSINESSES IN THE AREA ALREADY, UH, TO HOPEFULLY GET THEIR FOOD WASTE.
UM, SOME ARE APPREHENSIVE BECAUSE OF THEIR PERMITS THROUGH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UM, AND STATE LEVELS.
SO WE'RE JUST KIND OF WORKING THROUGH THOSE KINKS, BUT WE'RE EXCITED, UM, THAT THAT PROGRAM WILL BE STARTING SOON.
UM, IF YOU COULD GO BACK UP TO THE NEWSLETTER PLEASE.
UM, SALLY FINALIZED OUR PALMETTO PRIDE GRANT.
WE SUBMITTED THAT FINAL REPORT, UM, AND THE APPLICATION FOR THE 2026 GRANT.
BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY NEWS, UM, YET IF WE RECEIVED ANY OF THE FUNDS.
UM, AND I BELIEVE THAT'S IN A NUTSHELL ALL WE HAVE TO REPORT, UM, AT THE MOMENT.
UM, BUT AGAIN, I JUST WANNA SAY VERY EXCITING FOR THE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT MEETING.
I THINK THAT IT'S GONNA BE A REALLY GREAT PARTNERSHIP AND ONCE THEY REALIZE THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE FUNDS TO HELP THEM, UM, COMPOST AND CAN ASSIST THEM IN GETTING FUNDS TO RECYCLE, I THINK THEY'LL EVEN BE EVEN MORE ENERGETIC, UH, TO PARTICIPATE WITH BEAVERT COUNTY AND THOSE INITIATIVES.
SO ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THE NEWSLETTER INFORMATION? UH, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ON THE, UM, PALMETTO PRIDE GRANT.
I BELIEVE IN THAT GRANT IS
SHOULD WE BE PREPARED TO FUND THAT OUT OF OUR FUNDS? IT HIT THE GRANT.
SAY IT AGAIN? UM, THE, THE, WE, I CAN'T, A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE MIC.
UH, WE AS THE BEAUFORT COUNTY AFFILIATE FOR KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL, HAVE TO PAY, I DON'T KNOW, $700.
I BELIEVE THAT'S A LOT OF ALREADY IN THE BUDGET EACH YEAR.
SO IT, IT'S NOT PART OF OUR 50 K.
SO I I IF YOU LOOK AT OUR SPREADSHEET, WE DON'T HAVE THAT IDENTIFIED AS AN ITEM.
AND THAT THAT IS NOT AN ISSUE.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE, IF WE HAVE TO PEN SPEND IT OUT OF THIS BUCKET OF 50 K, WE KNOW THAT I, THAT YES, IT WORKS.
SO WE'LL TAKE IT OUT OF THE, UH, EDUCATION AND OUTREACH, UM, BUDGET.
AND WE'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN THOSE DUES SURE.
ARE DUE
IT'S, IT'S GOOD FOR US TO KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GONNA COME FROM.
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GOOD.ANY OF STAFF IN THE ROOM HAVE ANY UPDATES THAT THEY'D LIKE TO PROVIDE? GO AHEAD AND DO THAT NOW.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO ADD ABOUT, UM, HOW I'M GONNA START INTRO MEETINGS FOR EARTH DAY, UM, FOR APRIL, AND IN SEARCH OF HELP INPUT, UM, REALLY WANNA START, UM, HAVE TO START GETTING STUFF OFF, OFF THE GROUND FOR THAT.
SO I WOULD LOVE FOR, TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE REPRESENTATIVE FROM KBCB TO BE PART OF THE MEETINGS REGULARLY.
AND THAT WAY WE CAN KIND OF HAVE MORE INTEGRATION, UM, FOR THIS COMING YEAR.
AND I KNOW WE HAVE BEAUFORT COUNTY GOVERNMENT VERY EXCITED, UM, FROM LAST YEAR.
SO IT'S REALLY AWESOME TO, I'M EXCITED TO STEP BACK INTO, UM, THIS NEXT EARTH DAY FOR BEAUFORT COUNTY.
SO YEAH, WE'LL BE ON THE RADAR.
LET ME KNOW WHO WANTS TO BE INVOLVED.
I'LL START INCLUDING IN MEETINGS AND OBVIOUSLY AT THESE MEETINGS WE'LL BE GIVING, UM, GENERAL UPDATES ON THE, UM, PLANNING AND STAGES OF THAT.
I'M, I'M SURE THAT MANY OF US ON THE BOARD WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO BE AT THOSE MEETINGS WITH YOU.
PAM AND I WOULD BOTH DEFINITELY GO AND, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE CHRIS WOULD'VE AS AVAILABLE, BUT YEAH, IF YOU JUST INVITE THE BOARD, THEN YEAH, JUST INVITE THE BOARD AND, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT.
YOU, WE WANNA JUST MAKE IT BIGGER AND BETTER.
VALENTINA, YOU SAID LAST YEAR THAT YOU WERE GONNA TRY TO GET LEGAL TO ALLOW TO USE REGULAR MEDICINES.
IS THAT GONNA HAPPEN IN 26? UM, SO WE ALREADY, WE KIND OF DID A PRELIMINARY OVERARCHING MEETING, UM, INTERNALLY WITH STAFF AND JUST TALKING ABOUT IT.
IT WOULD BE A WHOLE, WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A WHOLE SEPARATE EVENT.
UM, BECAUSE OF THE, DURING THE WEEK IS THE ONLY TIME THAT WE COULD DO IT WITH STAFF AND GOVERNMENT, UM, AND ASKING PEOPLE TO COME ON THE WEEKENDS.
THE WOULDN'T BE AS, UM, WE PROBABLY WOULDN'T SEE AS MANY PEOPLE TURN OUT.
SO WE WERE KIND OF EXPLORING THE IDEA OF, OF A DUAL EVENT.
SO STILL HAVING JUST THE INTERNAL BEAUFORT COUNTY STAFF AND THEN THE A ADOPT A HIGHWAY GROUPS AND, UM, LOCAL PARTNERS THAT ORGANIZE THEIR OWN KIND OF MINI PICKUPS THEMSELVES.
UM, BUT THEN ALSO TRYING TO MAYBE COLLABORATE WITH ANOTHER LOCAL ORGANIZATION FOR THE SECOND PART OF THE EVENT WHERE IT'S BEAUFORT COUNTY RESIDENTS THAT COULD PARTICIPATE IN IT.
UM, YEAH, WE'RE, WE'RE DISCUSSING THAT, BUT I DON'T THINK IT COULD BE A DUAL OR LIKE A COMBINED SORT OF SITUATION JUST 'CAUSE OF LOGISTICAL TIMING AND ALL THAT.
I DON'T KNOW, IT'S KIND OF THE, THE THOUGHT PROCESS OF THAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY HAS ANY COMMENTS.
I MEAN, IT'S A, IT'S A LOT BE, COULD BE A LOT OF PEOPLE AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S NICE NOW THE WAY IT IS.
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING AT THE MOMENT, BUT THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
WE, WE, WE KNOW YOU'RE WEARING SEVERAL HATS RIGHT NOW.
FULL NATIONAL CONFERENCES COMING UP.
IT'S GONNA BE FEBRUARY 26TH THROUGH THE 28TH.
WE NEED TO GET IN IF WE'RE GONNA GO.
UM, JEAN AND I AND BETH WENT LAST YEAR, UH, IS FUN, BUT THIS ONE'S GONNA BE IN NEW ORLEANS, SO IT'S GONNA REALLY BE FUN.
MICHAEL, MONICA, ROB, TODAY? YEAH, YOU GOTTA DECIDE PRETTY QUICKLY IF YOU CAN GO, I WON'T GO.
IT WAS IN DC I ENJOYED IT, BUT I'VE DONE IT.
IF SOMEBODY ELSE WANTS TO GO, PLEASE GO.
WE HAVE TO GO AS A, AS A, UM, AS AN AFFILIATE.
THIS IS ONE OF THE CONFERENCES WE ARE EXPECTED TO BE AT.
SO IF YOU'VE, IF PAM YOU'RE INTERESTED, THEN GO.
IF NOT, THEN CHRIS, NOT ARE ANY OF THE EMPLOYEE, COULD WE TAKE EMPLOYEES? I MEAN, I MEAN THE BEAUFORT COUNTY, IF ANYBODY WANTED TO GO, I MEAN, I DUNNO THAT WE COULD PAY FOR THEM.
WELL, NO, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WOULD WORK.
IS THERE A MAX AMOUNT OF US THAT CAN GO? IS THAT THE DEAL? NO.
OH, WHY WOULD YOU NOT GO? SORRY, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE.
SO WELL, WE, WE WANNA BE, WHEN WE HAD THE CONVERSATION ABOUT, UM, FUNDING CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE.
WE, WE GET 50 K, YOU DON'T WANNA SPEND 30 K AT GOING TO CONFERENCES.
SO THAT WAS, THAT WAS THE THINKING.
BUT THE WAY THAT I INITIALLY PROPOSED THE BUDGET WAS THAT WE WOULD HAVE FIVE PEOPLE GO TO ONE CONFERENCE.
IT COULD BE ONE PERSON GOING TO FIVE CONFERENCES.
WE WANTED MAKE SURE WE HAD A BUDGET LINE FOR IT.
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WE COULD HAVE MORE THAN TWO PEOPLE GO NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.AND IF SIX PEOPLE WANTED TO GO, WE HAVE THE MONEY, WE HAVE THE AUTHOR, WE HAVE EVERYTHING WE CAN GO, WE JUST NEED TO KNOW SOON BECAUSE THE TICKETS ARE NOW FOR SALE.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET A HOTEL ROOM, ALL THOSE THINGS.
SO WE KIND OF HAVE TO KNOW IF WE'RE GONNA, HOW MUCH MONEY IS BUDGETED PER PERSON TO BE ABLE TO GET, SO TO GO TO DC UM, WE, WE BUDGETED $2,000 A PERSON.
WHEN WE WENT TO DC IT WAS ABOUT 2100 OR SOMETHING.
NEW ORLEANS IS TYPICALLY CHEAPER.
SO 2000 WE THOUGHT WAS PRETTY GOOD NUMBER.
AND YOU KNOW, IF IT ENDS UP BEING A LITTLE MORE OR A LITTLE LESS, WE HAVE MONEY TO COVER IT.
SO IT ISN'T A QUESTION OF MONEY, BUT IT'S ABOUT 2000 A POP TO GO.
AND IT'S A, IT'S LIKE THREE DAYS AND IT'S USUALLY, MOSTLY IT'S, UH, IT'S, IT'S UH, IT'S AN INTERESTING EVENT.
IT'S TO, TO SEE THE, THE, UH, MOOD OF THE COUNTRY AS FAR AS ALL OF THIS IS CONCERNED IS IN, IS ENLIGHTENING THE ENTHUSIASM.
IT'S THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY.
THE MOOD, THE, THE ENTHUSIASM WAS SHOCKING TO ME.
IT WAS THE FIRST ONE THAT I HAD BEEN TO.
I'VE BEEN, YOU'VE NEVER BEEN TO A MILLION CONFERENCES.
BUT TO SEE ONE ABOUT KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL WITH OR 500 PEOPLE AT AND EVERYBODY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT WHAT THEY DID, ONE WOMAN WAS ALL OVER CIGARETTE BUTTS.
SHE, IT WAS HER LIFE AND IT, AND SHE WAS COLLECTING MILLIONS OF THEM.
WE REALLY JUST, WE JUST ENJOYED IT.
SO I, I WOULD SAY IF YOU COULD SEND CHRIS AND I A NOTE MAYBE BY MONDAY, THEN WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THAT PROCESS GOING.
'CAUSE YOU HAVE TO REGISTER, YOU GOTTA PAY.
EVERYBODY HAS TO PAY THEMSELVES UPFRONT.
BOTH THE CON THE COST OF THE CONFERENCE, WHICH I THINK LAST YEAR WAS 600 BUCKS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND THEN THE HOTEL, WE GOTTA RESERVE FLIGHTS.
YOU TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING YOURSELF.
AND THEN WE REVERSE REIMBURSE YOU, UH, THROUGH AN EXPENSE REPORT PROCESS AT THE END.
IS THERE A EMAIL OR SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK AT TO SEE THE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS AMERICA? BEAUTIFUL.
GET UP NATIONAL AMERICAN, BEAUTIFUL NATIONAL CONFERENCE.
AND THE WHOLE, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE US PRESENT NEXT YEAR.
JUST SOMETHING WE, IF WE ACCOMPLISH THIS SCHOOL THING, WE ACCOMPLISH THE LEGISLATIVE THING.
IF WE ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING COOL, WE SHOULD PRESENT.
THERE WERE 25 BEFORE WE WALK AROUND THERE WITH OUR HEADS UP.
VERY, THERE WERE 25 PEOPLE FROM SOUTH CAROLINA LAST YEAR, WHICH WAS GOOD.
WELL, WE, I WOULD, THAT, THAT'S THE OFFER.
I'M LOOKING AT VALENTINA AND POINTING AT, UM, JESUS.
I COULDN'T REALLY HEAR, WAS THERE A QUESTION? SLEEP IN THE SAME ROOM? NO, THE, THE, UM, MS. HOWARD WAS JUST EXPLAINING THAT THE, THE STAFF WOULD HAVE TO GO A DIFFERENT AVENUE TO GET TRAVEL RE REQUISITION FOR THE TRIP IF THEY WERE TO GO.
UH, SINCE WE HAVE NOT BUDGETED FOR IT THIS YEAR, IT WOULDN'T BE FEASIBLE FOR STAFF TO ATTEND.
UH, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY LOOK AT AS WE'RE CURRENTLY BUDGETING AND PLANNING FOR FY 27.
YEAH, I WOULD, THAT'D BE A GOOD ONE.
UH, OUR RESPONSIBILITIES HAVE THAT ONE PAGE IN THE DECK.
SO THERE'S, I HAVE IT IN YOUR, IN YOUR BOARD PACKET THOUGH.
SO WOULD YOU JUST READ THE HEADLINES, JUST SO THE PEOPLE KIND OF ORIENTATE ORIENT.
UM, THIS IS THE, OUR AFFILIATE CHECKLIST.
UM, ONE IS THE ANNUAL REPORTING, TWO IS PAYMENT OF ANNUAL DUES.
THREE IS PARTICIPATION IN KEY PROGRAMS, WHICH IS THE GREAT AMERICAN CLEANUP.
THREE IS ATTENDANCE AT AFFILIATE FORUMS. FIVE, ENGAGEMENT IN ENVIRONMENTAL EXCELLENT EXCELLENCE CELEBRATIONS.
UM, SIX IS CONDUCT ANNUAL EVENTS.
SEVEN IS PARTICIPATION IN TRAINING PROGRAMS. EIGHT IS MISSION OF REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION.
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KAB STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES.AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER WHOLE SECTION CONCERNING PRESIDENT'S CIRCLE.
YEAH, WE, I DON'T THINK WE DO THE PRESIDENT CIRCLE.
STAFF OVERSEES ALL OF THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR KAB AND WE HAVE SUBMITTED ALL OF THOSE, UM, FOR THIS YEAR.
COULD WE GET A COPY OF THAT, UM, AT SOME POINT? VICTORIA, PLEASE.
AND YOU ALSO SHOULD BE ABLE TO LOG INTO THE KAB ACCOUNT AND SEE THAT AS WELL IN OUR PROFILE.
THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT, VICTORIA FOR THAT.
YEAH, THAT WOULD BE ONE MORE REPORTING THING THAT WE DON'T YOU ARE THE BEST.
UM, AND SALLY, MY STAFF
UH, NEW BOARD MEMBERS SEARCH HOW WE DO.
UM, HOW DO WE KNOW WHO'S APPLIED? LIKE WHAT DOES THAT PROCESS LOOK LIKE? OKAY.
I SPOKE WITH BOARDING BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS YESTERDAY.
THERE IS GOING TO BE A, A CHANGE UP IN HOW, UM, CANDIDATES WILL BE, WILL BE VETTED, LOOKED AT, INTERVIEWED AND SELECTED, SELECTED FOR THE COUNTY STARTING IN 2026.
MORE INFORMATION ON THAT TO COME.
WE JUST ADOPTED OUR NEW, UM, POLICY AND RULE BOOK.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SEVERAL OF US HAVE BEEN PUSHING FOR FOR YEARS THAT WE ACTUALLY INTERVIEW.
UM, AS A COUNCIL OR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WILL INTERVIEW CANDIDATES FOR ANY BOARD POSITIONS.
UM, MUNICIPALITIES ALREADY DO THAT.
I DON'T KNOW WHY THE COUNTY DOESN'T, BUT WE ARE GONNA START DOING THAT.
SO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WILL INTERVIEW ANYBODY APPLIES FOR ANY BOARD OR COMMISSION.
UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE ANY ON FILE RIGHT NOW FOR K DO WE HAVE SUFFOLK THREE OR DO YOU KNOW WHICH DISTRICTS THEY ARE? UM, I'M SORRY.
BECAUSE I, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WHEN CAROL PASSED AWAY THAT SHE WAS REPRESENTED.
UM, MY DISTRICT, WELL, DISTRICT FOUR I'VE BEEN TRYING WAS, I THINK SHE WAS REPRESENTING TWO DISTRICTS AT ONE TIME.
BUT I REPRESENT BLUFFTON AND YEAH, I LIVE IN HILTON RIGHT.
AT THE TIME I'VE BEEN, WE DIDN'T HAVE ONE, SO YEAH, I WAS ASKED TO, I'VE BEEN LOOKING, BUT DID DIANE BOGEY, UM, REPRESENTED SOMEBODY, ANOTHER DISTRICT? SHE DIDN'T REPRESENT HER, THE DISTRICT SHE LIVED IN.
SHE DIDN'T, BUT SHE STILL NO, SHE RESIGNED.
SO THAT'S VACANT HEALTH THREE.
SO THERE'S A, THERE'S TWO TWO VACANCIES.
I KNOW THERE'S FOUR VACANCIES.
UM, AND THERE HAS BEEN, I THINK THREE APPLICATIONS.
JESSICA SUBMITTED TWO OR, OR FACILITATED TWO AND I FACILITATED ONE.
YOU KNOW WHICH DISTRICTS THEY ARE.
WELL, WE, WE NEED TO PUSH FOR THAT AND WE CAN DO THAT THROUGH OUR, UM, PUBLIC INFORMATION THAT WE NEED.
BOARD GOVERNMENT, WE COME UP WITH SOMEBODY WHO DO WE, THEY LOOK AT UP AND, UM, YOU CAN SEND, SEND IT TO OUR COUNTY CLERK.
AND WHAT THEY NEED TO DO IS FILL OUT THE ONLINE APPLICATION, WHICH IS VERY, YOU ALL KNOW IT'S VERY SIMPLE.
YOU CAN SEND 'EM THE LINK, UM, TO THE ONLINE APPLICATION.
BUT I KNOW MY DISTRICT NEEDS SOMEONE.
WHICH DISTRICT? DISTRICT? THE CITY OF BEAUFORT.
I THINK THAT'S GOOD THAT YOU'RE GONNA INTERVIEW THE POTENTIAL.
I WAS WONDERING WHICH DISTRICTS, THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE PUT IN FOR, ARE THEY REPRESENTING OR DOES IT SAY LAST ONE I THINK IS MM-HMM
DISTRICT WELL, DISTRICT THREE.
WELL, YOU, YOU ARE PART OF YEAH, IT DOES HELENA AND YOU YEAH.
I HAVE SOMEBODY IN MIND THAT LIVES MORE OVER, OFF SAM'S POINT AREA.
THAT'S MY, THAT'S YOUR DISTANCE NAME.
BUT DON'T, DON'T WORRY ABOUT, DON'T WORRY ABOUT, DON'T WORRY ABOUT DISTRICT.
AND WE, WE DON'T ACT THAT WAY EITHER.
LIKE, WE DON'T WORK FOR OUR DISTRICT.
UH, ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? ANYBODY HAVE A COMMENT THEY'D LIKE TO MAKE? UH, I CERTAINLY HAVE A COMMENT.
I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, WISH ALL OF YOU A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO
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FOR US.UM, I KNOW SOMETIMES IT'S PROBABLY TRYING AT TIMES, BUT, UH, JUST YOU, JUST YOU.
BUT, UH, IT'S, IT WOULD BE VERY IMPORTANT TO ME THAT YOU ALL HAVE A VERY LOVELY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND THANK YOU.
AND AT THAT POINT, UM, IS THERE, THERE'S NOTHING ELSE.
UH, WE WILL ADJOIN THE ME MEETING.
DO WE HAVE SECOND GOT I MOVED THAT WE ADJOURN SECOND.
YOU ARE WATCHING BEAUFORT COUNTY TV, LIVE, WORK, PLAY.
I REMEMBER CAMPBELL, AND THIS IS BEAUFORD COUNTY MOMENTS.
I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT FOOD TODAY.
THE FOOD HAS BEEN A GREAT PART OF OUR LIFE IN TERMS OF GATHERING FOOD AND PREPARING THEM.
OUR FOOD IS BASED ON THE LAND AND THE SEA.
THE LAND FOOD HAS ALWAYS BEEN RICE.
WE DON'T FEEL WE HAVE EATEN DINNER UNLESS WE'VE HAD RICE.
RICE WAS MIXED WITH VARIOUS ITEMS FROM THE SEA, LIKE OYSTERS OR SHRIMP.
AND WHEN THEY'RE COOKED WITH RICE IN ONE POT, WE CALL IT A RICE OR A SHRIMP OR AN OYSTER PERLOW.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE WATERMELONS AND THE SWEET POTATOES.
SWEET POTATOES WAS ALWAYS EATEN WITH FISH AND FRESH FISH WITH GRAVY AND THE SWEET POTATO.
OKRA HAS ALWAYS BEEN A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF OUR FOOD WAYS.
WE, WE, WE RAISE THEM AS WELL AS WE PREPARE THEM WITH SHRIMP AND TOMATOES.
AND SOME PEOPLE WOULD CALL THAT A GUMBO.
AND THAT'S WHAT EXACTLY WHAT IT IS.
AND SO ENJOY THE FOOD OF THE LOW COUNTRY BECAUSE IT'S BEEN VERY MUCH A PART OF OUR HISTORY.
THIS HAS BEEN YO BEAUFORD COUNTY MOMENT.
TO SEE MORE BEAUFORT COUNTY MOMENTS, GO TO THE BEAUFORT COUNTY LIBRARY HOMEPAGE AND CLICK ON THE LOCAL HISTORY TAB.