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          CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY BUFORT COUNTY. 
          OH MY GOD. 
          REGI TO THE FLAG OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 
          AMERICA. 
          AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. 
          ONE INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
          WE HAVE FOIA NOTIFICATION. 
          PUBLIC NOTIFICATION OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN PUBLISHED, POSTED AND DISTRIBUTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SOUTH CAROLINA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT. 
          I DO SEE WHEN I WAS AT THE, UM, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, WE HAVE MR. STANFORD ON. 
          IS HE THE ONLY ONE? YES, MA'AM. 
          OKAY. 
          AND IF SOMEONE COULD HELP ME, IF HE RAISES HIS HAND, HE'S BEHIND ME. 
          SO, UM, JUST LET ME KNOW IF YOU SEE HIM. 
          READY. 
          YOU'RE IN CHARGE. 
          MR. JONES . 
          MR. JONES WILL LET US KNOW IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, GLEN, FROM, FROM ZOOM. 
          UM, WE HAVE A AGENDA WE NEED TO APPROVE. 
          IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED. 
          IS THERE SECOND? SECOND. 
          RICK, YOU GET WHICH ONE OF THOSE THREE? PICK ONE. 
          MR. RICKETT. 
          PERFECT. 
          UM, ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HANDS. 
          AND THAT'S UNANIMOUS. 
          THAT'S UNANIMOUS. 
          UM, WE HAVE MINUTES FROM OUR FEBRUARY 18TH MEETING. 
          DID EVERYONE GET A CHANCE? WERE THEY JUST IT WAS SENT OUT YESTERDAY. 
          YESTERDAY? OKAY. 
          UH, OOPS, SORRY ABOUT THAT. 
          UM, DID ANYONE GET A CHANCE TO REVIEW THEM? WERE THERE ANY CHANGES? NO. 
          ANY CHANGES MOVED TO ADOPT? IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND WE ARE GONNA SAY MR. RICKETT AGAIN. 
          UM, ANY DISCUSSION IF YOU DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO READ OVER 'EM, FEEL FREE TO ABSTAIN. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HANDS WITH JUDGE KLEIN AND MR. THE THREE. 
          SO, SANDERS, JONES, AND KLEIN. 
          I MEAN, I, I DIDN'T GET, YOU DIDN'T GET THE MINUTES. 
          I'M LOOKING AT, I'M LOOKING AT MY EMAIL NOW. 
          YES. 
          IS IT ANY WAY WE CAN GET THE MINUTES BEFORE THE DAY BEFORE THE MEETING? THAT WAS A CONCERN AT THE LAST MEETING. 
          YES, SIR. 
          JARED, WE'LL, WE'LL WORK ON MAKING SURE THAT HAPPENS MOVING FORWARD. 
          YES, BECAUSE THE AGENDA, WELL, WE APPROVED THE MINUTES. 
          THAT WAS, UM, MINUS THE THREE. 
          THE AGENDA IS SENT OUT ON MONDAY. 
          WE CAN, WE CAN SEND THE MINUTES OUT AHEAD OF THE AGENDA BECAUSE THAT'LL BE, THAT WOULD BE NICE, BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT MOVE FORWARD. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE'LL, WE'LL STAY I, YOU, I DID. 
          YOU GOT THE AGENDA, BUT THE MINUTES IS GOOD. 
          YES, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, OKAY, NEXT WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC COMMENT, WE'LL LIMIT THEIR COMMENTS TO AGENDA ITEMS ONLY, UM, AND SPEAK NO LONGER THAN THREE MINUTES. 
          IF YOU'LL ADDRESS THE BODY WITH A RESPECT APPROPRIATE TO THE DECORUM OF THE MEETING, REFRAINING FROM THE USE OF PROFANITY, ABUSIVE OR OBSCENE LANGUAGE. 
          AND IF YOU WOULD STATE YOUR NAME AND PERHAPS THE TOWN OR AREA YOU'RE FROM, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. 
          AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          SO FOR FUTURE, SO WE'RE ONTO TO THE THINGS Y'ALL ARE HERE FOR THE AGENDA ITEMS, FIRST WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE BEAUFORT COUNTY GIS PROJECT MAP OVERVIEW. 
          KELSEY? NO, BRIAN. 
          WELL, IT'LL BE KELSEY. 
          I'M JUST GONNA INTRODUCE HER REAL QUICK, SO. 
          OH, THANK YOU BRIAN. 
          JUST QUICK UPDATE, UM, BEFORE THE MEETING, EACH OF Y'ALL SHOULD RECEIVED A COUPLE EMAILS. 
          UM, ONE HAD SOME LINKS TO DIFFERENT WEBSITES FOR THE, UM, SALES TAX PAGE. 
          AND THEN YOU ALSO SHOULD RECEIVED A SECOND ONE GIVING YOU ACCESS TO A FOLDER, UM, THAT HAD ALL THE DOCUMENTS AND STUDIES THAT WERE REFERENCED TO THE LAST MEETING AND SOME OF THE PROJECT RECOMMENDATION FORM, AS WELL AS SOME OTHER DOCUMENTS IN THERE FOR Y'ALL'S USE. 
          UM, ONE OF THE THINGS IN THERE IS Y'ALL REQUESTED A PROJECT LIST. 
          UM, SO THAT IS IN THERE AS WELL. 
          UM, AND THOSE ARE NOT NECESSARILY PROJECTS THAT WE RECOMMEND, BUT THOSE ARE ONES THAT WE HAVE REVIEWED THROUGH THE STUDIES AND FELT WOULD BE APPLICABLE AND GOOD CANDIDATES. 
          UM, AND SO THAT WILL LEAD ME TO INTRO AND I HAVE PAPER COPIES AS WELL I CAN HAND OUT. 
          UM, BUT THAT'S GONNA LEAD ME TO INTRODUCE KELSEY, WHO IS 
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OUR RIGHT OF WAY MANAGER. 
          AND SHE HAS GONE THROUGH AND CREATED A GIS DESKTOP FOR ALL OF THESE PROJECTS. 
          AND SHE'S GOING TO COME UP AND INTRODUCE THAT, WALK Y'ALL THROUGH HOW TO USE IT. 
          AND THAT'S REALLY GOT ALL OF THESE PROJECTS ON IT, UM, BROKEN DOWN INTO THE THREE CATEGORIES, WIDENING INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS AND RESURFACING. 
          UM, AND REALLY SHOWS HOW SPREAD OUT THEY ARE AROUND THE COUNTY. 
          AND AS Y'ALL GIVE US MORE PROJECTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS, WE CAN ADD THOSE IN OR REMOVE PROJECTS THAT Y'ALL DON'T WANT TO CONSIDER. 
          AND THAT WAY Y'ALL CAN GO ON AND CLICK ON IT, SEE WHERE THE PROJECTS ARE AND WHAT THEY ARE. 
          SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO KELSEY. 
          OKAY. 
          AND FOR THE QUESTION, THIS COME OUT UNDER THE, UH, YES, YES. 
          YEAH, IT CAME OUT AT 1144, WHICH I WAS IN A CAR, SO I DID NOT OPEN MY EMAIL THIS MORNING YET. 
          SO, AND I FEEL WE, I MIGHT BE A MAJORITY. 
          MADAM CHAIR. 
          YES. 
          UM, KELSEY, WHAT'S YOUR LAST NAME? LLOYD. 
          FLOYD. 
          OKAY. 
          AND IS THIS BRIAN, WAS THIS UNDER ITEM NUMBER EIGHT SEVEN? I BELIEVE SO. 
          SEVEN IS ON THE BOTTOM. 
          UM, AND THEN KELSEY'S NAME IS ON THE SECOND PAGE FOR Y'ALL TO, TO KEEP THE EMAIL CAME AT 1144 FROM ASHLEY BERGER. 
          AND THEN BRIAN ALSO EMAILED US AT 1248. 
          SO WE DO HAVE THOSE LINKS FOR US TO LOOK AT. 
          WE JUST DON'T HAVE 'EM TO FOLLOW ALONG WITH YOU. 
          YEAH, WE HAVE THE UP HERE FOR YOU. 
          I'LL JUST TAKE A LOOK AT, THERE SHOULD BE A BASE MAP UP THERE, BUT I'M NOT SURE WHY IT'S NOT SHOWING UP. 
          WELL, I'M JUST HERE TO GIVE A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE DASHBOARD SO WE CREATE JUST TO EXCUSE THE MADAM CHAIR. 
          YES, SIR. 
          I, I CAN'T SEE HIM IF HE RAISES HIS HAND. 
          OH YEAH. 
           GLEN. 
          THERE YOU GO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GLEN, CAN YOU SEE THE, THE SCREEN? YES MA'AM. 
          I SEE THE SCREEN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALSO, CAN YOU ZOOM IN JUST A TINIEST BIT? OH, WE CAN, WE CAN DO THAT. 
          OH, MAY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE THAT CLOSE, BUT, OH, THAT'S, YEAH. 
          EVERYONE GOOD? OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          SO, UM, I CREATED, UM, A CENTRALIZED INTERACTIVE PLATFORM, UH, FOR VISUALIZING, EVALUATING AND COMMUNICATING PROPOSED PROJECTS, UH, FOR THE 2026 SALES TAX PROJECT. 
          UH, THE DASHBOARD IS, UH, HERE TO PROVIDE INDIVIDUALS WITH A WAY TO EXPLORE PROJECT LOCATIONS AND CATEGORIES IN A CLEAR AND DATA-DRIVEN FORMAT. 
          UM, SO TO THE LEFT YOU'LL SEE, UH, THE PROJECTS SHOWN DASHBOARD GROUPED INTO FALLEN CATEGORIES, ROAD WIDENING, INTERSECTION SAFETY AND RESURFACING. 
          SO IT SHOWS WE HAVE A TOTAL OF FOUR, UH, ROAD WIDENING PROJECTS, 28 INTERSECTION SAFETY PROJECTS, AND 15 RESURFACING, UH, PROJECTS. 
          I'LL SEE IF I CAN ASK A QUESTION. 
          MADAM CHAIR. 
          YES. 
          THE RESURFACING, IS THAT DIRT TO PAVE INCLUDED IN THAT RESURFACING? NO, THIS IS JUST PAVED RESURFACING AND THAT'S MAINLY, IT'S ALL PRIMARY ROUTES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. 
          AND THEN, UM, ROADS ON PAVED ROADS ON DUSKY. 
          AND, AND THIS IS JUST A STARTER LIST, UM, FOR GRAPHIC PURPOSES IF YOU GUYS WANT US TO START FRESH AND TAKE 'EM ALL OFF AND WE CAN DO THAT TOO. 
          BUT THIS IS KIND OF ILLUSTRATION PLUS STARTER AND THE REQUESTED INFORMATION FROM THE LAST MEETING ABOUT THE DIRT ROADS IS INCLUDED IN THAT FOLDER. 
          ALSO, AS FAR AS THERE'S A LIST OF WHAT ROADS HAVE BEEN PAVED IN THE LAST 20 YEARS, I BELIEVE WHAT ONES ARE LEFT TO BE PAVED AND THEN WHAT ONES HAVE RIGHT AWAY, THAT'S ALL IN THERE FOR Y'ALL TO LOOK AT. 
          UH, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, BEFORE YOU START, THESE LINKS ARE LINKS THAT ARE GOING TO BE PUBLIC WE CAN SHARE WITH OUR, OUR WORLD. 
          YES. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO I SEE A TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT'S US AND I GUESS BIOS ON IT. 
          POTENTIAL 2026 SALES PROJECTS, WHICH IS THIS MINUS WHAT THE PORT ROYAL WILL PRESENT TODAY. 
          UNLESS THERE'S AN OVERLAP. 
          AM I GUESSING THAT YEAH, ANY PROJECT THAT THEY, IF THEY HAVE THAT'S NOT ON HERE, WE CAN ADD THAT IN. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN THE ONE SENT SALES TAX PROGRAM, WHICH IS THE PENNY TAX, I DON'T SEE ANOTHER LINK OF A FOLDER FOR IT SHOULD HAVE COME IN THE SECOND EMAIL SHOULD HAVE BEEN FROM ME AND IT SHOULD HAVE GIVEN YOU ACCESS, BUT I'LL, I'LL LOOK INTO THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I'M, SO YES, I SEE IT RIGHT HERE. 
          THEN BRIAN SHARED A FOLDER WITH US THAT WE NEED TO OPEN AND I'M GUESSING IT'S A DROPBOX, SO THAT MIGHT BE AFTER THE MEETING IF THEY'RE DROP, IS IT DROPBOX? IT'S ONE DRIVE. 
          ONE DRIVE. 
          SO WE'LL PROBABLY NEED TO GET WITH THIS COMMITTEE TO SEE WHO HAS IT AND HOW TO SET IT UP. 
          I MEAN, WE, 
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I HAVE IT, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYONE DOES. 
          YOU'RE UP, MADAM CHAIR. 
          OH, YES SIR. 
          YES, SIR. 
          POINT OF CLARIFICATION, WHAT, BEING, WHAT'S BEING PRESENTED NOW IS CAN I GET A CLEAR DEFINITION ON WHAT'S BEING PRESENTED RIGHT NOW? YES SIR. 
          WHAT'S BEING PRESENTED NOW? SO THIS IS JUST A GIS DATABASE, OUR DESKTOP THAT'S GONNA SHOW POTENTIAL PROJECTS. 
          SO, AND KELSEY WILL GET INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, YOU CAN CLICK ON EACH OF THOSE YELLOW DOTS OR PURPLE LINES AND IT'LL GIVE YOU ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THE PROJECT IS AND WHAT STUDY IT CAME OUT OF. 
          SO THIS IS JUST BASICALLY A VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF POTENTIAL PROJECTS. 
          WOULD YOU SAY THIS IS THE COUNTY LIST? YES. 
          THAT WAS ASKED LAST MEETING. 
          WHAT'S THE COUNTY PROPOSING? SO AT THIS POINT, THIS IS ALL THE COUNTY, YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY LIST? YES. 
          SO THIS IS WHAT THE COUNTY, UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF THE COUNTY WOULD SUGGEST US LOOK AT. 
          AND THEN AS PORT ROYAL PRESENTS AS BLUFFTON, AS HILTON HEAD AND, UH, BEAUFORT, I'M GUESSING THESE, THOSE WILL BE ADDED. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE A HUGE LIST TO LOOK AT, BUT IT WON'T BE A GUARANTEED LIST WE ALL RECOMMEND TO THE COUNTY. 
          AM I RIGHT ON THAT? DOES THAT HELP, JUDGE? YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CAN I ASK ONE, ONE QUESTION? IS IT GONNA, DOES IT HAVE PRICES? THERE IS IN THE PROJECT INFORMATIONAL SHEETS, LIKE YOU'LL SEE THE POPUP WHEN YOU CLICK. 
          THEY HAVE, DO YOU HAVE LIKE A ESTIMATE LIKE COST IN THERE? IT HAS AN ESTIMATE MM-HMM . 
          OF THE COST. 
          YES. 
          SO WE HAVE SOME IDEA. 
          OKAY. 
          YES, YES MA'AM. 
          AND THEN THE COUNTY WILL PRICE OUT WHAT I THINK TO BE TRUE AS PORT AS THE TOWNS COME FORWARD. 
          THEN THEY'LL HAVE THEIR FIRM DO THE SAME KIND OF PRICING. 
          YES. 
          SO AT SOME POINT WE'RE GONNA HAVE A HUGE LIST OF PROBABLY, I DON'T EVEN KNOW A NUMBER AND WE GOTTA, I THINK THAT'S WHEN WE START GETTING TO WORK. 
          WORK, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          THE, THE PRICE ESTIMATES THAT ARE ON THERE ARE FROM THE INDIVIDUAL STUDIES. 
          SO WE HAVE CONSULTANTS THAT ARE DOING MORE DETAILED PRICE ESTIMATES NOW. 
          SO AS WE GET THE MORE REFINED ESTIMATES, WE'LL GET THOSE UPDATED. 
          SO THESE ARE JUST KIND OF PLACEHOLDER VALUES FOR NOW. 
          SO, BUT I, BUT I WOULD SAY I THINK IT'S A GOOD MAP FOR ANYONE TO LOOK AT, BUT I DON'T WANT ANYONE, ASSUMING THAT 15 OF US ARE GONNA AGREE WITH ALL 450 PROJECTS THAT WE MAY SEE . 
          BUT IT'S A GOOD, MAYBE A GOOD TOOL FOR PEOPLE TO LOOK AT TO SEE AT LEAST WHAT THE NEED IS. 
          IT'S MY FAULT. 
          AND, AND SO AS WE MENTIONED PROJECTS LIKE WE MENTIONED LAST WEEK, WILL SOMEONE PRICE THOSE OUT ALSO TO GET US YEAH. 
          WHEN WE GET PROJECTS RECEIVED FROM, FROM THE STAFF OR FROM THE, UH, COMMITTEE OR FROM THE MUNICIPALITIES OR HOW THOSE ARE RECEIVED? WE'LL START PRICING THEM AND THEN WE'LL START LOADING THEM UP ON THIS. 
          AND THIS WILL BE THE SOURCE OF INFORMATION FOR YOU GUYS TO WORK FROM AS WELL AS IT'LL BE OPEN, WE'LL WE'LL HAVE IT SHARED FOR PUBLIC USE SO THEY CAN SEE WHAT'S BEING CONSIDERED. 
          YOU ARE GONNA BE ABLE TO TALK SOON, I PROMISE. 
          OH YEAH. 
          BUT THAT DOES MEAN ME TO THE PROJECT SHEET WE TALKED ABOUT LAST MEETING. 
          AND ALSO, ARE WE GONNA ALLOW THE CITIZENS TO PUT IT ON THERE OR DO YOU WANT THE CITIZENS TO GIVE IT THEIR THOUGHTS TO ONE OF US AND WE PUT IT ON THERE? IS THERE, DOES IT MATTER? I THINK THAT'S REALLY FOR YOU GUYS THAT DECIDE, I THINK THROUGH IT. 
          I MEAN, WE CAN GET HER THROUGH THE PRESENTATION. 
          I THINK SHE'S GONNA, IT IS GONNA BE VERY CLEAR WHEN SHE GOES THROUGH THIS. 
          I LOVE THE INTERACTIVE MAP, BUT, UM, IF WE CAN LET HER DO THAT AND Y'ALL WRITE YOUR QUESTIONS THEN WE'LL, AND I WILL SAY THERE'S A, SHE, KELSEY CAME UP WITH A LITTLE SIX PAGE GUIDE TO IT THAT'S IN THAT FOLDER ALSO FOR YOU. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          SO, ALRIGHT. 
          I'M SURE I HAVE A QUESTION. 
          OH, YES SIR. 
          UH, ARE ANY OF THESE PROJECTS, PROJECTS THAT WERE INCLUDED IN ANY OF THE PRIOR REFERENDUM THAT HAVEN'T BEEN COMPLETED YET? SO NON COMPLETED PROJECTS SHOWN ON THE LIST? NO, NO, NOT ON THIS LIST. 
          UM, WE, WE CAN, WE HAVE THE INFORMATION, UM, WE HAVE, UH, WE'VE REFERENCED IT BEFORE, BUT BEAUFORT COUNTY PENNY.COM, THAT'S WHERE ALL OUR HISTORICAL PENNY SALES TAX PROGRAMS ARE AND SPECIFICALLY 2018. 
          AND INSIDE OF THAT IT HAS A SIMILAR GIS COMPONENT THAT SHOWS THE STATUS OF THOSE. 
          AND WE CAN GIVE THAT UPDATE, UM, WHENEVER THE PLEASURE IS OF THE COMMITTEE AS FAR AS WHERE WE ARE ON THOSE 2018 PROJECTS. 
          THAT WAS ONE OF THE LINKS THAT WAS SHARED WITH Y'ALL. 
          I SAW THEY HAVE, UH, GONE THROUGH AND UPDATED THE BEAUFORT COUNTY PENNY.COM WEBSITE WITH A TAB FOR THIS REFERENDUM AS WELL. 
          SO THIS MAP AND THE OTHER MAP, THEY'RE IN TWO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS ON THE WEBSITE, BUT THEY'RE BOTH@BEAUFORTCOUNTYPENNY.COM. 
          DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, GLENN? YES. 
          AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THE PRIOR PROJECTS THAT WERE COVER COVERED BY THE 2018 REFERENDUM ARE NOT 
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INCLUDED IN THIS MAP. 
          THAT'S WHAT I HEARD. 
          THAT'S CORRECT. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SO WE'LL TRANSITION OVER INTO HOW TO USE, UH, THE MAP AND THE LAYERS LIKE ASSOCIATED WITH IT. 
          SO, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE THE SEARCH BAR, UM, THE TOP ICON SO YOU CAN SEARCH BY STREET AND ADDRESS WITH THAT. 
          UM, SO, AND THEN THE SECOND ICON WE HAVE IS THE LEGEND. 
          SO YOU'RE ABLE TO SEE SYMBOLOGY FOR LIKE THE AIR SECTION, SAFETY IMPROVEMENT POINTS, INTERSECTION SAFETY IMPROVEMENT, POLYGON, ROAD WIDENING, AND UH, RESURFACING PROJECTS. 
          AND UM, SO THE THIRD ICON WE HAVE THEN IS THE LAYERS. 
          SO THERE YOU CAN CLICK ON AND OFF, TOGGLE ON AND OFF WHAT YOU WANNA SEE. 
          SO FOR EXAMPLE, FOR THE TOP ONE, IF WE, UH, CLICK INTERSECTION SAFETY IMPROVEMENT POINTS, UM, ON THE LAYERS. 
          SO IF YOU GOT TO THE TOP ONE THERE. 
          OH, ALRIGHT. 
          KELSEY, WHERE DO YOU WANT? OH, GO TO THE THIRD ICON DOWN. 
          YEP. 
          SO THAT'S OUR LAYERS LIST WE CAN TOGGLE ON AND OFF YOUR POINTS. 
          UH, SO IF YOU GO TO THE TOP LAYER WHERE IT SAYS INTERSECTION SAFETY IMPROVEMENT POINTS, YOU UH, CLICK THERE, IT, IT TURNS IT OFF AND DISAPPEARS. 
          AND THEN IF YOU CLICK AGAIN ON THE, UH, SAME LAYER OH GO DOWN. 
          AND THEN IF YOU CLICK 'EM BOTH AGAIN, THEY'LL TURN BACK ON. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          SO MAY, LET ME JUST MAYBE HELP MM-HMM . 
          SO SHE HAS ALL THE PROJECTS THAT THE COUNTY IS SUGGESTING WE LOOK AT, YOU CAN FILTER IF THAT'S A BETTER WORD TO LOOK AT. 
          JUST THE WIDENING OR JUST THE INTERSECTION. 
          OKAY. 
          I KNOW. 
          OKAY, I UNDERSTAND. 
          AND THEN I'M HOPING YOU'RE GONNA END UP IN, BECAUSE I HEARD A COUPLE LAST TIME, THEY JUST WANT A LIST, THEY JUST WANT THE NAMES OF THE ROAD AND IT'S THAT ON THERE. 
          YES. 
          SO WE HAVE THE LIST ON THE RIGHT SIDE HERE. 
          UM, SO THAT'S INTERSECTION. 
          I'LL HAVE TO GET THAT ONE. 
          IT'S INTERSECTION AND SAFETY IMPROVEMENT LIST, IF YOU SCROLL DOWN. 
          SO THAT SHOWS ALL 28 OF THOSE. 
          AND THEN IF YOU CLICK UM, AT THE BOTTOM, CLICK LIKE THE RIGHT ARROW OR CHOOSE ONE OF THOSE. 
          YEAH, YOU GET ROAD WIDENING, OUR ROAD WIDENING PROJECTS, OUR RESURFACING PROJECTS. 
          AND THEN, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, WE'LL GO BACK TO INTERSECTION SAFETY AND IF YOU CLICK ONE OF THOSE, UM, SO CLICK LAUREL BAY AND JOE FRAZIER ROUNDABOUT, THAT GIVES US ALL OUR ASSOCIATE INFORMATION WITH PROJECT NAME, UH, PROJECT TYPE AND STUDIES. 
          SO YOU SEE THEIR, UM, WE HAVE THE STUDY ASSOCIATED WITH IT, THE LCO SAFETY SAFETY ACTION PLAN. 
          AND IF YOU SCROLL DOWN, IF YOU, THAT'S THE INFORMATION SHEET THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH IT. 
          SO YOU'LL SEE ALL THE INFORMATION WITH THAT I'M CHAIR IF I COULD ASK A QUESTION. 
          YES. 
          SO THOSE STUDIES ARE EMBEDDED LINKS IN HERE? YES. 
          SO LIKE WHEN YOU GO TO LOOK AT THE LIST AND YOU CLICK AND IT'LL AUTOMATICALLY ZOOM INTO THAT AREA IN THE POPUP YOU'LL SEE THE INFORMATION SHEET AND YOU CAN PRESS THAT AND IT'LL GO TO A NEW TAB TO SEE THE INFORMATION. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          YEP. 
          AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, ENGINEERING'S GONNA UPDATE THE COST. 
          SO WE HAVE REAL NUMBERS, NOT JUST ESTIMATED OR OR TRUER NUMBERS. 
          AND THEN WE CAN GO TO, UH, THE NEXT C ROW. 
          OH, I'LL TAKE THIS, CLICK AGAIN ON YES, THE THERE AND THEN CLICK AWAY. 
          AND THAT TAKES YOU TO BACK TO THE FULL OVERVIEW OF THE MAP. 
          UH, SO IF YOU GO BACK TO THE LIST AND UH, GO BACK OVER TO ROAD WIDENING, UH, AT THE BOTTOM ARROW FOR EXAMPLE. 
          YEAH. 
          AND WE CAN JUST CLICK, UM, ANY ONE OF THOSE. 
          IT SHOWS UP WITH THE WHOLE STREET FOR ROAD 90 THERE, THE STU AND THE, THE STUDY ASSOCIATED WITH IT. 
          AND THAT'S HOW IT'S FOR ALL THREE OF THE W LISTS, ASSOCIATED ROAD WINDING INTERSECTION SAFETY PROJECTS AND RESURFACING. 
          AND SO THAT'S THE MAJOR PART OF THE DASHBOARDS. 
          BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH THE LIST AND CLICK AND AUTOMATICALLY USING TO WHERE YOU NEED TO GO TO SEE THE INFORMATION. 
          SO THAT'S ABOUT IT FOR, UH, MY PRESENTATION WITH THIS AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ON THE TECHNICAL STUFF WITH THIS OR ANYTHING. 
          MAD CHAIR QUESTION? YES SIR. 
          UH, THE STUDIES THAT ARE LISTED, IS IT ASSUMED THAT THAT ARE COMPLETE OR OTHER THERE'S A TIMELINE ON THESE. 
          YEAH, MOST OF THESE PROJECTS ARE REFERENCED IN A STUDY. 
          AND SO THAT'S THE ONLY LEVEL OF, OF ENGINEERING OR OR PLANNING THAT'S BEEN CONDUCTED THUS FAR ON MOST OF, THERE'S, THERE'S A FEW PROJECTS THAT HAVE A LITTLE BIT FURTHER, BUT WE CAN SPEAK TO THOSE 
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AS THOSE PROJECTS COME UP. 
          BUT MOST OF 'EM THAT ARE REFLECTED HERE ARE JUST CONCEPTUAL. 
          I I WOULD THINK IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL. 
          MM-HMM . 
          FOR THIS GROUP, BECAUSE THIS IS PROBABLY VERY HUM NATURAL FOR YOU, BUT MAYBE NOT FOR US. 
          IS IT A WAY THAT WE CAN GET A PRINTOUT? YES, WE CAN GET A SPREADSHEET OF THE LIST. 
          UM, 'CAUSE IT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT, WELL, WE CAN DO, KELSEY, HELP ME IF I'M WRONG HERE. 
          BUT WE CAN TAKE THIS, INPUT, THIS DATA AND EXPORT IT OUT TO EXCEL AND THEN YOU CAN HAVE IT AS A, AS EXCEL FILE. 
          IF YOU GOOD AT WORKING IN EXCEL OR AS A PRINTED FILE, WE CAN PRODUCE THAT FOR YOU. 
          I, I CAN EXPORT TO EXCEL OR HOWEVER. 
          OKAY. 
          DID I ASSUME THAT WE MIGHT NEED THAT? IS THAT CORRECT? WOULD THAT BE HELPFUL? I MEAN, THIS IS GREAT TO CLICK IF YOU'RE AT NIGHT AND YOU JUST WANNA KINDA FOLLOW IT ALONG. 
          BUT I'M ALSO GUESSING THESE ARE UNFUNDED PROJECTS THAT MAYBE LATS OR OTHER COMMITTEES HAVE DONE THE STUDIES AND THEY JUST DON'T HAVE THE MONEY. 
          NONE, NONE OF THE PROJECTS REPRESENTED ARE FUNDED, UH, AT THIS MOMENT OR IF, OR IF, AS MENTIONED EARLIER, MOST OF THEM ARE CONCEPTUAL. 
          THERE MAY BE SOME THAT HAVE HAD SOME LEVEL OF ENGINEERING OR PLANNING DONE, BUT YES, THAT'S CORRECT. 
          AND THE LIST THAT I HANDED OUT IS ALL OF THESE SAME PROJECTS, UM, AND THEY'RE SPLIT UP BY STUDY. 
          SO IF IT COMES FROM A SPECIFIC STUDY, IT'S LISTED UNDER THAT STUDY AND WHERE APPLICABLE, THERE'S A LITTLE DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THE PROJECT ACTUALLY IS. 
          PERFECT. 
          I I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T SEE THIS. 
          THAT, UM, QUESTION AND THEN YOU MR. RICK. 
          YEAH. 
          REGARDING THE SAFETY ACTION PLAN, WHAT WERE THE CRITERIA USED TO DETERMINE, UM, THESE PROJECTS? WHICH ONES WERE MORE IMPORTANT? ARE THERE ACCIDENT? IS THERE ACCIDENT DATA ON THESE, UM, CAUSES OF THE ACCIDENTS? THESE ARE THE THINGS I'M  SEEING. 
          SO YEAH, SO THE SAFETY ACTION PLAN WAS A STUDY DONE BY, UM, LATS, UH, LOW COUNTRY AREA TRANS TRANSPORTATION STUDY. 
          UM, STEPHANIE ROSSI IS GONNA COME PRESENT IN A COUPLE WEEKS, SO SHE CAN PROBABLY SHED A LOT MORE ON IT. 
          BUT YES, IT DID LOOK AT, UM, NUMBER OF CRASHES AT, UH, INTERSECTIONS, UM, THE TYPE OF CRASH, YOU KNOW, THE SEVERITY AND EACH OF THE PROJECTS RECOMMENDED. 
          THE SAFETY ACTION PLAN HAS A COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS, UM, WHERE IT'S GOING TO GIVE YOU A, A RATIO OF THE COST OF BENEFIT, WHICH IS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT, THE SEVERITY, YOU KNOW, THE NUMBER OF CRASHES AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. 
          SO THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE SAFETY ACTION PLAN. 
          YES. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          MR. JONES? YES. 
          AS WE GET DOWN INTO THE WEEDS OF THIS, UM, WILL OR CAN THIS DATA BE COMPARED TOGETHER SO WE CAN SEE THE PRICES OF PROJECTS? YES, WE CAN, WE CAN DO THAT. 
          MS CU, I WENT THROUGH THIS SAFETY ACTION PLAN PROJECTS LAST NIGHT. 
          THERE'S 41 TOTAL, AND UM, IN IT, THERE'S LIKE 10 ASSET MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES, THREE CROSS SECTION MODIFICATIONS, NINE INTERSECTION UPGRADES, SEVEN NON-MOTORIZED ENHANCEMENTS, TWO GUARDRAIL DEPARTURES, SEVEN SIGNAL UPGRADES, THREE TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE UPGRADES. 
          SO I WENT THROUGH THE LIST AND UM, I GUESS I'M, SAME QUESTION WITH HIM. 
          UM, I LOOKED THROUGH LIKE THERE WAS A PROJECT, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, I LOOKED AT IT, I THINK IT HAD ACCIDENTS AND INJURY AND SO I PICKED THE ONES WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS AND THEN I DID SEE THE COST BENEFIT RATIO. 
          SO IS THAT HOW WE ARE GOING TO DI MEAN, DETERMINE THESE PROJECTS OR IS THAT SOMETHING Y'ALL CAN PUT 'EM IN MORE OF A ORDER OF IMPORTANCE? WELL, UM, SO THE SAFETY ACTION PLAN WAS A REGIONAL PLAN THAT LATS PREPARED AND THAT'S HOW THEY CAME OUT OF THE, THE PROJECT LIST. 
          UH, THE TASK FOR THE COMMITTEE IS TO, HOW DOES THAT COMPARE TO A ROAD WIDENING OR RESURFACING AND UM, IS THERE COMMUNITY INTEREST ON THIS ONE VERSUS THAT ONE? SO DATA IS IMPORTANT, BUT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE CONTROLLING FACTOR. 
          YOU GUYS CAN USE WHATEVER FACTOR. 
          UM, WE CAN REPRESENT THE DATA OR THE PROJECTS OR THE COST IN WHATEVER MANNER THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR YOU GUYS TO LOOK AT AND REVIEW AND TAKE ACTION UPON. 
          AND SO IT'S KIND OF A RELATIONSHIP. 
          YOU TELL US WHAT WE NEED AND WE'LL PROVIDE IT SO YOU GUYS CAN MAKE AN INFORMED DECISIONS. 
          SO I WROTE THREE, I HAD TWO. 
          I I HAD TWO ITEMS DOWN FROM LAST MEETING. 
          I THINK WE'LL CONTINUE IT ON. 
          UM, I THINK WE CAN LOOK AT SAFETY, COMMUNITY INTEREST AND I THINK THAT'S WHY WE'RE ALL HERE. 
          WE'RE REPRESENTING OUR INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITIES. 
          WHAT IN THIS LIST WOULD REALLY GIVE THEM AN EXCITEMENT TO SUPPORT THE PENNY AND TRAFFIC MOVEMENT? I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU WROTE, 
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UM, JOY LAST MEETING. 
          THOSE ARE THREE I THINK. 
          AND THEN WE USE ALL THIS AS A GUIDE AND PERHAPS COME UP WITH OUR OWN LIST OF SOME SORTS, PUT 'EM UP THERE AND TALLY THEM. 
          AND I THINK, I THINK WE'LL END UP WITH SOME COMMON GOALS AND WE'RE GONNA NOT LIKE EVERYTHING, BUT I THINK IF WE KEEP THOSE THREE THINGS IN MIND AND ANY OTHER GOALS THAT YOU THINK ARE WORTHY, UM, KEEP, KEEP THAT IN MIND TOO, GLEN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, RELATED TO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, LISA, IT WOULD BE VERY USEFUL TO ME, AT LEAST FOR OUR ENGINEERING STAFF, OUR EXPERTS HERE TO CREATE A PRIORITY LIST. 
          MAYBE YOU CLASSIFY CERTAIN PROJECTS OR SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS AS CLASS A, SOME IS CLASS B, SOME IS CLASS C, THEN WE'LL HAVE SOME WAY TO SORT THROUGH THEM RATHER THAN JUST A DARK BOARD METHOD. 
          IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN ASK OF OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT? YEAH. 
          UM, I, I WOULD ASK THAT WE GATHER PROJECTS OF INTEREST FIRST AND THEN WE START PRIORITIZING 'EM AFTER WE FEEL LIKE WE'VE STARTING TO GET A HANDLE OF THE PROJECTS. 
          AND THEN, UM, BECAUSE EVERY TIME WE GET GO TO THE NEXT MUNICIPALITY, WE'RE GONNA GET DIFFERENT INPUTS WHICH MAY PUSH SOME OR OR OTHERS IN OR OUT. 
          SO THAT WOULD BE, JUST THOUGHT BACK TO YOU AND CHAIR. 
          IF I COULD ALSO ADD ON TO MR. UM, STANFORD'S UH, COMMENT. 
          I, I THINK THAT WE AS A COMMITTEE, WE ARE HERE TO SELECT THOSE PROJECTS AND NOT HAVE STAFF DO THOSE. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT JARED IS ALLUDING TO. 
          OKAY. 
          IS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE THE ENTIRETY OF THE PROJECTS AND THEN WE RANK THEM IN THAT ORDER. 
          UH, WHICH IS WHAT I THOUGHT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING. 
          SO. 
          WELL I WAS, I WAS JOKINGLY GONNA SAY WE COULD JUST HAVE JARED AND BRIAN HERE , BUT I THINK YOU'LL SEE WHEN PORT ROYAL WILL GET UP AND DO THEIRS. 
          THERE MAY BE OVERLAP. 
          I KNOW BLUFFTON BECAUSE I KNOW THE STUDY WE, I WAS TOLD THEY PICKED FROM, WE'RE GONNA OVERLAP ON EVERY ONE OF THESE HILTON HAD MAYBE. 
          SO WE MAY FIND THE MUNICIPALITIES MAY HAVE FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT ONES, BUT OTHERS WILL BE OVERLAPPED IN THE COUNTY BECAUSE I FEEL THE COUNTY CHOSE THE PROJECTS WITH THESE CRITERIA AND OTHERS. 
          BUT ALSO THAT I'VE HAD STUDIES DONE. 
          AND I THINK A FOURTH WOULD BE TIMING OF SEEING ORANGE CONES. 
          I MEAN I THINK THAT IS GONNA BE THE KEY FOR ALL OF US TO TELL OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND RENT NEIGHBORS THAT THIS IS NOT GONNA BE 10 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD. 
          THIS IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE LOOKED AT COULD START IMMEDIATELY WITHIN THE YEAR. 
          UM, I WOULD THINK WE SHOULD ALL LOOK AT THIS IF WE GET ACCESS. 
          WE'VE GOT THE LINK IF YOU HAVE A COMPUTER JUST TO PLAY AROUND WITH IT. 
          I GUESS IT'S DUMMY PROOF. 
          WE CAN'T MESS UP ANYTHING WE, NO, WE KEPT NO . 
          GOOD. 
          UM, AND MAYBE NEXT WEEK SET UP A, MAYBE OUR DISCUSSION TIME IS TO ASK QUESTIONS THAT MAYBE WE CAN GO THROUGH IT. 
          'CAUSE I NEED TO LOOK AT IT TOO. 
          JUST HAVING THIS, AT LEAST WE HAVE THE LINK. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW? DISCUSSION AND ADD TWO IS WE NEED TO ADD PROJECTS. 
          IS THAT A CORRECT TIME FOR THAT TO HAPPEN NEXT WEEK? MM-HMM . 
          OKAY. 
          LAST WEEK WE WENT AROUND THE ROOM AND WHAT'S YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD THINKING? WHAT'S YOUR COMMUNITY THINKING? WE, WE WILL HAND OUT THESE PROJECT FORMS THAT WE CAN WRITE AND GO ON AND GET IT STARTED WITH ENGINEERING. 
          UM, AND I MEAN IT'S GONNA BE A BIG LIST AND THEN WE'VE GOTTA WHITTLE IT AWAY. 
          CAN I JUST MAKE ONE COMMENT? YES. 
          JUST IN THINKING FOR, UM, IF WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THIS MORE NEXT WEEK, IS, UH, WHAT ARE THE TOP PRIORITIES OF THESE PROJECTS? I KNOW YOU, WE MENTIONED THE, UM, SAFETY AND UM, YOU KNOW, BUT IS IT, YOU KNOW, REDUCING FATAL FATALITIES OR REDUCING COLLISIONS OR IS IT JUST REDUCING WHERE IT GETS BACKED UP ALL THE TIME? UM, UM, YOU KNOW, AND THEN KIND OF WHAT'S THE DRIVER BEHIND IT? UM, YOU KNOW, IF WE SPEND, DEPENDING ON WHAT WE SPEND, DOES IT SOLVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS OR DOES IT, YOU KNOW, JUST SOLVE A LITTLE BIT AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, SO HOPEFULLY THEY'RE NOT JUST PET PROJECTS TYPE THING. 
          WHAT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO, UM, SPEAK WITH CHIEF ABOWITZ B POLICE, UH, CHIEF HYMAN AND CHIEF CHURCH, UH, POLICE, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
          UM, LOOK AT HOW THEY SEE THIS LIST AND SEE IF THEY HAVE PRIORITIES THAT THEY COULD PICK OUT. 
          I WOULD THINK THEY WOULD BE MORE ATTUNED TO THE REASONS AND, AND WHERE THE MAJOR PROBLEMS ARE. 
          SO WE MIGHT HAVE A LIST OF 30, THEY MIGHT HAVE FIVE THAT THEY THINK REALLY NEED TO BE DONE RIGHT AWAY. 
          SO I'LL, I'LL GO AHEAD AND DO THAT. 
          AND SOMEBODY, IF SOMEBODY HAS CONTACT WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT TO LOOK AT THE UNINCORPORATED PROJECTS WITHIN, UH, BLUFFTON TOO WOULD PROBABLY BE A GOOD IDEA. 
          OKAY, SO MR. RICKETT, YOU'LL HANDLE THE, THE MUNICIPAL POLICE CHIEFS. 
          UH, AND FIRE AND FIRE MUNICIPAL 
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FOR BLUFFTON. 
          FOR BLUFFTON. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN BUFORT, PORT ROYAL, Y'ALL ARE KIND OF TOGETHER. 
          AND UM, SHERIFF TANNER, WELL WOULD EACH COMMITTEE MEMBER CHECK WITH THEIR APPROPRIATE WITH WHO YOU'RE WITH? SO YOUR PORT ROYAL WOULD YOU GET WITH VAN AND, AND AND GET WITH THAT? AND THEN GRADY WILL GET GRADY TO GET WITH BUFORT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND YOU'RE, YOU'RE GONNA DO MY JOB, SO THANK YOU. 
          YOU GET WITH CHIEF AND WE'LL FIND THE SHERIFF. 
          WE'LL FIND SOMEBODY FOR THE SHERIFF. 
          YEAH, WE CAN REACH OUT. 
          STAFF CAN REACH OUT AND ASK THE SHERIFF. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SHERIFF, SO SAFETY IS I BELIEVE FATALITY COLLISIONS, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THAT TRAFFIC MOVEMENT REALLY IS THE BACKING UP AND KEEPING TRAFFIC MOVING. 
          UM, COMMON INTEREST, I REALLY THINK COMMON INTEREST IS WHAT DO THE, WHAT DO PEOPLE REALLY FEEL WOULD MAKE THEIR LIFE EASIER? 'CAUSE A LOT OF 'EM ARE ON THE ROADS DEALING WITH THIS. 
          SO, AND CHAIR, IF I COULD A QUESTION OF BRIAN OR, OR JARED. 
          SO IS THERE MOVEMENT DATA AS FAR AS THE STUDIES WE HAVE OF, YOU KNOW, WHETHER LEVEL OF SERVICE? YEAH, EACH OF THOSE STUDIES, ESPECIALLY THE CORRIDOR STUDIES ARE GOING TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION IN THAT PARTICULAR STUDY. 
          SO, OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          THE ONE 70 STUDY OR THE 2 78 STUDY WILL HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE, UM, LEVEL OF SERVICE PRIOR TO OR WITH CURRENT CONDITIONS AND A NO BUILD AND A BUILD SCENARIO. 
          UM, AND WITH THAT, UH, LAST WEEK IT WAS ASKED TO MAYBE PULL THE PROJECT LIST OUT OF EACH OF THOSE STUDIES. 
          SO IN THE DOT FOLDER THAT YOU WERE PROVIDED, UM, EACH STUDY IS BROKEN OUT INTO ITS OWN INDIVIDUAL FOLDER. 
          AND IF IT HAS A STANDALONE PROJECT LIST THAT'S BEEN PULLED OUT AND IT'S LABELED AS PROJECT LIST OR SOMETHING LIKE THE RECOMMENDATION. 
          SO IT'S MUCH MORE DIGESTIBLE, UNDERSTANDING TIME CONSTRAINTS AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. 
          SO, AND REAL QUICK ON LEVEL OF SERVICE, JUST SO EVERYBODY'S UNDERSTANDING, UM, THE, THERE'S TWO PARTS OF LEVEL OF SERVICE. 
          THERE'S A CORRIDOR, SO THE TIMING AND THE TRAFFIC FLOW, THAT'S ONE LEVEL OF SERVICE. 
          THEN INTERSECTIONS THEMSELVES HAVE A LEVEL OF SERVICE, SO HOW MUCH DELAY IS AT THAT PARTICULAR INTERSECTION AND IT GOES EVEN FURTHER. 
          IT GETS DOWN TO THE MOVEMENT AT THE INTERSECTION. 
          BUT OVERALL, SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT LEVEL OF SERVICE, IF YOU SEE THAT IN ANY OF THE REPORTS, THINK ABOUT THE LONG CORRIDOR AND THEN THE SPECIFIC, BECAUSE THEY MAY NOT BE ONE IN THE SAME. 
          YOU MIGHT SAY THIS CORRIDOR'S IMPROVEMENT, BUT SPECIFICALLY, SO IS THIS INTERSECTION OUTSIDE THAT SECTION OF CORRIDOR? THE DATA THAT WE HAVE IS GONNA BE OVER THE TOP MORE SO THAN EVEN THE 18 PENNY I THINK. 
          I THINK IF WE GO DATA DRIVEN ON ALL, IT'S GONNA BE A LOT OF STUDIES AND THANKS FOR THE SUMMARY. 
          UM, 'CAUSE WE WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF HOMEWORK TO DO OTHER THAN OUR MEETINGS I THINK. 
          BUT UM, OKAY. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF THAT WE'LL GET AT THE END? WE CAN ASK ON THE DASHBOARD. 
          I THINK IT'S BETTER ONCE WE LOOK AT IT AND PROBABLY HAVE MORE QUESTIONS NEXT WEEK. 
          NEXT WE HAVE CRAIG WYNN WITH DOT. 
          ANY QUESTION YOU HAVE ON DOT, HE WILL GIVE YOU THE ANSWER. 
          I ALSO TRY TO  IN THE FASTEST WAY. 
          UM, HE'S GONNA DO, UM, OVERVIEW OF DOT AND HE IS OUR LOW COUNTRY PROGRAM MANAGER AND IS IN ATTENDANCE AT OUR LATS MEETINGS REGULARLY. 
          THAT'S ALL. 
          OH, I'M GONNA DO A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF DOT, WHERE IT'S BEEN, WHERE IT'S GOING, AND THEN DIG INTO SOME OF THE PROJECT SPECIFICS FOR REGIONAL IMPORTANCE, KIND OF WHAT'S GOING ON. 
          JUST AN UPDATE ON THAT. 
          UM, WE DID INCLUDE SOME PROJECTS OUTSIDE OF SPECIFIC BEAUFORT COUNTY, BUT THAT DOES HAVE AN IMPACT ON BEAUFORT COUNTY AS WELL. 
          SO THE DOT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO RIGHT NOW IS POSITION SOUTH CAROLINA FOR A FUTURE. 
          WE'VE GOT A LOT OF POPULATION GROWTH. 
          WE'VE GOT CHANGING TRENDS IN THE STATE, SO, UH, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A 10 YEAR PLAN, BUT ALSO PLANNING FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS AFTER THAT AS WELL. 
          SO AN OVERVIEW OF DOT. 
          WE'RE ROUGHLY 4,000 EMPLOYEES. 
          WE MAINTAIN 41,000 MILES OF STATE ROADS. 
          UM, THAT'S THE FOURTH LARGEST HIGHWAY SYSTEM IN THIS COUNTRY. 
          UM, WE HAVE SEVEN ENGINEERING DISTRICTS. 
          UM, AND THEN ROUGHLY 8,500 BRIDGES MAINTAINED WITHIN THE STATE. 
          UH, I THINK WE'LL MAINTAIN, WE ARE THE FASTEST GROWING POPULATION IN THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN SIX AND A HALF AND $7 BILLION IN PROJECTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION STATEWIDE RIGHT NOW THAT GOES UP AND DOWN. 
          IT'S BEEN OVER 7 BILLION. 
          IT'S BACK UNDER NOW AS WE'VE GOTTEN. 
          SO THAT IS ACTIVE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. 
          SO ONCE THEY HIT SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION, THAT PROJECT COMES OFF. 
          SO WE'VE HAD THE LAST SIX MONTHS, A FEW BIG PROJECTS COME OFF OF SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION. 
          IN 2017, THE GAS TAX WAS INCREASED FOR THE ROADS BILL THAT IS PRODUCED TODAY, $5.1 BILLION WORTH OF PROJECTS IN THE LAST SEVEN YEARS. 
          AND THEN OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS WE'VE RECEIVED 900,000,001 
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TIME FUNDS. 
          UH, 300 MILLION OF THAT HAS GONE DIRECTLY TO BRIDGES. 
          $600 MILLION WAS TO ACCELERATE THE WIDENING OF I 26 AND I 95. 
          SO WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT, THE SEVENTH YEAR OF A 10 YEAR PLAN. 
          SO WHEN WE, AS PART OF THE ROADS BILL, WE OUTLINED A 10 YEAR PLAN THAT FOCUSED ON RAILROAD SAFETY, UM, PAVING. 
          SO MAINTAIN THIS SYSTEM INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE. 
          UM, THE BRIDGE PROGRAM AND THE INTERSTATE PROGRAM. 
          SO THE ORIGINAL GOAL WAS A THOUSAND MILES OF RAILROAD SAFETY IN 10 YEARS. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE WE'RE AT 1,212 MILES RIGHT NOW. 
          SO NEW GOAL, I BELIEVE IS 1400 MILES. 
          SO THAT, THAT'S BASICALLY THE WORST OF THE WORST RAILROADS. 
          SO 20% OF IN, YOU KNOW, FATALITIES HAPPEN ON 5% OF THE ROADS. 
          SO THOSE, THOSE ARE FOCUSED ON, UM, WIDENING SHOULDERS, PUTTING RUBBLE RUMBLE STRIPS IN, UM, WIDER PAVEMENT MARKINGS, IMPROVING THE CLEAR ZONE. 
          SO PE IF PEOPLE DO GET OFF THE ROAD, THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO RECOVER AND GET BACK ON THE ROAD. 
          UM, SO THE 10,000 MILES OF PAVING, SO THAT'S ROUGHLY A QUARTER OF THE SYSTEM THAT HAS BEEN REPAVED IN THE LAST SEVEN YEARS. 
          SO THERE'S A, THERE'S A LOT OF 20 TO 30 YEARS OF DEFERRED MAINTENANCE IN THE SYSTEM. 
          SO THAT IS COMPLETELY PLAYING CATCH UP. 
          SO WE'RE PLAYING CATCH UP OVER THE LAST SEVEN YEARS. 
          SO WE'VE TOUCHED A CORE, A CORE OF THE SYSTEM AT THIS TIME. 
          UM, AND THEN WE'VE HAD 464 BRIDGES, UM, THAT HAVE BEEN EITHER RECONSTRUCTED, HAD MAINTENANCE WORKED ON 'EM OR BEEN REPLACED IN THE LAST SEVEN YEARS. 
          UM, THE GOAL IS 550 BRIDGES FOR THAT. 
          SO THAT'S, UM, WE DO HAVE A BRIDGE CRISIS COMING. 
          SO WE HAVE 2000 BRIDGES RIGHT NOW THAT ARE OVER 70 YEARS OLD AND WITHIN THE NEXT 10 YEARS THAT JUMP TO OVER 4,000 BRIDGES. 
          SO THAT'S, THAT'S A BIG, BIG ISSUE MOVING FORWARD. 
          'CAUSE TYPICALLY A BRIDGE LIFE IS 75 YEARS, SO WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF BRIDGES THAT ARE GONNA NEED TO BE REHABBED OR REPLACED IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS. 
          UH, INTERSTATE WIDENING. 
          SO THOSE ARE FOCUSED ON A LOT OF 26 I 95. 
          THAT INCLUDES I 85, 3 85 UP IN GREENVILLE AREA. 
          SO, UM, WE'VE REALLY STARTED FOCUSING LESS ON THE URBAN INTERSTATE SYSTEM AND FOLKS SHIFTED MORE TO THE RURAL INTERSTATE SYSTEM. 
          SO, UM, TRYING TO CLOSE DOWN I 26 BETWEEN COLUMBIA AND CHARLESTON, GET THAT TO SIX LANE FACILITIES AND WORKING ON 95 FROM THE GEORGIA STATE LINE UP TO I 26. 
          SO THIS IS KIND OF OUR, THIS IS OUR INTERSTATE PROGRESS MATTER. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE ALMOST THE ENTIRE INTERSTATE SYSTEM IS EITHER RECENTLY BEEN WIDENED, IS IN DESIGN IN CONSTRUCTION OR PLANNING AT THIS TIME. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE SPECIFICALLY TO THIS AREA. 
          SO, UM, AND I'LL GO IN MORE DETAIL ON THE, THESE PROJECTS. 
          SO THE GEORGIA STATE LINE UP TO EXIT EIGHT IS IN CONSTRUCTION. 
          THE NEXT TWO SEGMENTS, SO EIGHT TO 22 AND 22 TO 33 ARE IN DESIGN. 
          AND THEN THE PLANNING IS THE REST OF THE SECTION OF 95 UP TOWARDS I 26. 
          SO WE HAVE SOME EMERGING TRENDS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOUNT FOR. 
          SO WE HAVE A GROWING PORT, YOU KNOW, IT IS THE DEEPEST PORT ON THE EAST COAST NOW. 
          SO, UM, ANTICIPATED WITHIN THE NEXT, I THINK 20 TO 30 YEARS THAT IT WILL GROW FROM 3 MILLION, UM, TRUCKS A YEAR OR 3 MILLION UNITS A YEAR TO 10 MILLION. 
          SO YOU GOT 7 MILLION MORE UNITS COMING THROUGH THE PORT OF CHARLESTON. 
          SO THERE'S A LOT OF TRUCK TRAFFIC THAT'S GONNA BE ADDED TO THE SYSTEM AS WELL. 
          SO HOW DO WE ACCOMMODATE THAT WHERE YOU KNOW, THEM WORKING WITH, YOU KNOW, THE PORT AND WAREHOUSES, YOU KNOW, AND THE RAIL PARTNERS? UM, WE HAVE CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS. 
          SO WE HAVE POPULATIONS SHIFTING FROM THE RURAL AREAS TO THE COAST TO THE URBAN AREAS OF YORK COUNTY, COLUMBIA, A LOT ALONG THE COAST. 
          UM, IT'S PROJECTED WITHIN THE NEXT 20 YEARS. 
          SOUTH CAROLINA'S POPULATION IS GONNA INCREASE BY 1 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE NEXT 20 YEARS CONCENTRATED MOSTLY IN THOSE AREAS, THE COAST, THE MAJOR METROPOLITAN AREAS. 
          AND THEN OF COURSE WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOUNT FOR CHANGING TECHNOLOGY FROM, YOU KNOW, GAS POWER TO ELECTRICAL VEHICLES. 
          SO RIGHT NOW THERE'S A LOT OF BILLS AT THE STATE HOUSE TO RATE OR TO INCREASE THE, UM, REGISTRATION FEE FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES BECAUSE THE, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S ROUGHLY ABOUT $300 A YEAR IS WHAT WE PAY IN GAS TAXES. 
          AND THE REGISTRATION FOR AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE, I THINK IS $60 EVERY TWO YEARS. 
          SO STILL USING THE SAME ROADS BUT NOT CONTRIBUTING TO THE MAINTENANCE OF THE ROADS. 
          SO WE'VE RECENTLY OUTLINED OUR MO MOMENTUM 2050 PLAN. 
          SO THIS IS OUR PILLARS AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO THE NEXT 10 YEARS. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE SYSTEM RECOVERY, SO THAT'S OUR BRIDGES, OUR ROADWAYS, MAINTAIN RECOVERING THOSE, UM, INVESTING AND CONTINUING TO INVESTING IN THE INTERSTATE SYSTEM. 
          UM, AND THEN WORKING WITH, WITH URBAN AND RE URBAN AND RURAL MOBILITY. 
          SO THAT'S, THAT'S A LOT 
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LIKE OUR, THAT'S WITH LATS ELK ALCOHOL, SO THE LOCAL PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS WORKING WITH THEM ON IMPROVING OFF INTERSTATE ROADS, WHETHER THERE'S INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS, UM, ROAD DIETS, UM, ROAD WIDENINGS. 
          WE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T WIDEN OUR WAY OUT OF CONGESTION A LOT OF TIMES, SO HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE IMPROVE THAT? AND THEN SUPPORTING OUR MULTIPLE MODAL PARTNERS AGAIN WITH THE PORT, HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE WORK WITH THE PORTS, THE RAIL AUTHORITIES TO, TO BE ABLE TO MOVE WHAT'S COMING INTO THE STATE WITHOUT OVERCOMING THE, THE ROAD SYSTEM. 
          SO I'LL COVER 2 78 BEFORE I GET TO 95. 
          SO JUST KIND OF UPDATE OF WHERE, WHERE TWO 70 EIGHT'S BEEN AND WHERE IT'S GOING. 
          SO THIS IS A 2018 BUFORT COUNTY REFERENDUM PROJECT. 
          SO WE STARTED IN 2017 COORDINATION WITH BEAUFORT COUNTY. 
          SO, UM, THAT'S WHEN THE EASTBOUND MACKEY CREEK BRIDGE BECAME UP FOR REPLACEMENT. 
          AT THAT TIME IT WAS THE NUMBER TWO BRIDGE IN THE STATE FOR REPLACEMENT. 
          UM, WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE PUBLIC MEETINGS. 
          UM, WE'RE UP TO FOUR PUBLIC MEETINGS AND A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS. 
          UM, THE MOST RECENT ONE WAS, UM, LATE LAST YEAR. 
          SO THE EASTBOUND MACKEY CREEK BRIDGE WAS BUILT IN 1956. 
          UM, IT ISN'T THE ONE THAT IS IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT AT THIS TIME, UH, IS THE TOP PRIORITY IN 2017. 
          SO WHAT'S CHANGED SINCE THE 2022 PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING? SO THAT WAS THE LAST TIME WE WENT TO THE PUBLIC WITH THE CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. 
          SO WE HAD THREE INDEPENDENT STUDIES COMPLETED ON THAT. 
          SO, UM, THE COSTS CONTINUED TO RISE DUE TO INFLATION AND THERE WAS A FUNDING GAP THAT DEVELOPED FOR THIS. 
          SO YOU SAW, YOU KNOW, THE PRICE OF A GALLON OF MILK WENT UP 21%, BUT THE COST OF INFRASTRUCTURE WENT UP 67% AT THE SAME TIME. 
          SO THAT'S BEEN STATEWIDE. 
          WE USED TO BE ABLE TO REPAVE, I, I'M TRYING TO, IF I REMEMBER THE NUMBERS RIGHT, I THINK IT WAS FOR ONE PENNY OF THE GAS TAX WE, WE COULD REPAVE 101 MILES AND NOW IT'S DOWN TO 87 MILES. 
          SO JUST THE, THE COST INCREASE IN THAT HAS MADE OUR BUYING POWER LESS ON EACH EVERY PROJECT. 
          SO WHAT'S THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE? SO THE 2 78 CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT PROJECT WAS A SIX LANE PROJECT FROM BLUFFTON TO NAN CLOSING THE GAP WHERE IT GOES FROM FOUR TO SIX LANES. 
          SO THE EASTBOUND REPLACEMENT IS JUST REPLACING THE EASTBOUND MACKEY CREEK BRIDGE AND THE EASTBOUND SKULL CREEK BRIDGE AND THE ASSOCIATED ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS WITH IT, ALONG WITH THE IMPROVING THE ACCESS TO PINY ISLAND AND THE BOAT RAMP. 
          SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE HERE'S A HIGH LEVEL, SO WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE ANY, THERE'S NO BIKE AND PED FACILITIES INCLUDED IN THIS. 
          THERE'S NO TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS FOR IT. 
          IT IS JUST STRICTLY A BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PROJECT AT THIS TIME. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, ONE OTHER THING IS WE DO NOT IMPACT THE STONY COMMUNITY WITH THIS PROJECT. 
          SO THIS IS OUR IMPROVING THE ACCESS TO PINKNEY ISLAND. 
          SO THE EASTBOUND BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PROJECT, IT IS A ELEVATED STRUCTURE ALL THE WAY FROM BLUFF AND ACROSS BOTH MACKEY AND SKULL CREEK. 
          IT DOES NO LONGER TOUCH THIS DOWN ON PINKNEY ISLAND. 
          SO UNDER THIS SCENARIO THERE IS A, UM, RIGHT EVERYTHING AT PINKING ISLAND, THE BOAT RAMP BECOMES RIGHT IN, RIGHT OUT THERE IS AN ACCESS ROAD THAT GOES UNDERNEATH THE EX, THE WEST EXISTING WESTBOUND, BRIDGES AND THE NEW EASTBOUND STRUCTURE. 
          UM, AND THEN THERE'S, THERE'S A RAMP BRIDGE THAT COMES OFF THE MAIN BRIDGE TO DROP DOWN TO THE BOAT LANDING. 
          SO THIS IS THE LANE CONFIGURATION FOR IT. 
          SO WE ARE SETTING UP FOR A FUTURE THIRD LANE IN THE EASTBOUND DIRECTION, BUT BECAUSE THERE IS NO ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE WINDING OUTSIDE OF THE BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PROJECT, IT WILL BE STRIPED AS A WIDER SHOULDER. 
          SO WE'LL HAVE A 22 FOOT SHOULDER AND 2 12, 2 12 FOOT TRAVEL LANES AND A 10 FOOT SHOULDER UNTIL THE TIME THAT THE ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS ARE PROVIDED. 
          PROVIDE CONNECTIVITY TO THE THREE LANE SECTIONS ON EACH END. 
          SO KIND OF THE PROJECT SCHEDULE. 
          SO WE'VE RECENTLY HAD THE PUBLIC MEETING IN OCTOBER OF 2025. 
          UM, WE'RE WORKING ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL APPROVAL FOR THAT, ANTICIPATE THAT THIS SUMMER. 
          UM, WE HAVE RIDEWAY PLANS COMING IN NEXT WEEK, SO WE'RE ABOUT 60% COMPLETE WITH THE DESIGN ON IT. 
          WE HAD A VALUE ENGINEERING STUDY COMPLETED LAST WEEK ON THE PROJECT. 
          UM, NOTHING MAJOR CAME OUTTA THAT CHANGE. 
          A LOT OF STUFF WERE THAT WERE THERE. 
          IT'S GONNA BE HARDER TO IMPLEMENT THAN THAN, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A, THERE'S A FEW THAT WE'RE JUST GONNA TAKE A HARD LOOK AT, BUT I DO NOT SEE MANY OF THE 11 RECOMMENDATIONS ACTUALLY BEING IMPLEMENTED DUE TO PRIOR CONSTRAINTS THAT WE'VE HAD ON THE PROJECT. 
          SO, AND THEN KINDA THIS WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT WHAT STARTING CONSTRUCTION, SO IT'S GONNA LET IN LATE 2027 CONSTRUCTION WOULD START IN EARLY 2028. 
          SO UNDER THIS SCENARIO, THE BRIDGE IS COMPLETELY OFFSET OF THE EXISTING BRIDGES. 
          SO THE BRIDGES CAN BE BUILT WITHOUT IMPACTING TRAFFIC UNTIL THE TIME WE HAVE TO DO THE TIE-INS AT EACH END OF THE BRIDGE. 
          UM, AND THEN BEAUFORT COUNTY AND S-E-D-O-T ARE CONTINUE TO EXPLORE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES. 
          WE DO HAVE A FEDERAL BRIDGE GRANT IN, WE'VE 
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HAD IN FOR SIX MONTHS, NINE MONTHS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE WAITING ON FEDERAL HIGHWAYS TO, TO REVIEW AND PROVIDE. 
          UM, SO IF THAT WERE TO COME, THAT WOULD FULLY FUND THE PRO THE CORRIDOR PROJECT, BUT AT THIS TIME THERE'S NOT FULL FULL FUNDING FOR THE PROJECT. 
          SO WE DO WANNA SET THIS UP SO THAT WE CAN DO THE WIDENING IMPROVEMENTS IN THE FUTURE. 
          SO IT'S SET UP THAT IF IT'S DETERMINED THAT THOSE ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS ARE NECESSARY IN THE FUTURE AND THERE'S A FUNDING OPPORTUNITY, UM, AVAILABLE FOR IT, IT DOES, UH, FACILITATE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT. 
          WE'RE NOT GOING BACK OUT AND REPLACING A TWO LANE BRIDGE WITH A TWO LANE BRIDGE WHERE THE FUTURE CAPACITY NEEDS TO BECOME THREE LANES. 
          NOW YOU'VE GOT A WIDE BRAND NEW BRIDGE. 
          THAT BRIDGE IS BUILT FOR THE FUTURE. 
          SURE. 
          BUT WE HAD AT THE UH, 2025 PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING, WE HAD 173 PEOPLE, WE RECEIVED 150 COMMENTS THROUGH THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. 
          SO WE HAD A 30 DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AND THE PROJECT WEBSITE HAD 1,450 VIEWS. 
          SO THIS IS THE PROJECT WEBSITE WHERE ALL THE INFORMATION WILL BE POSTED ON THE PROJECT. 
          UM, THE CORRIDOR PROJECT WEBSITE IS STILL OUT THERE, BUT WE HAVE REPLACED IT AND REFERENCED BACK AND FORTH TO EACH OF THEM. 
          SO IF YOU GO TO ONE, YOU CAN GET TO THE OTHER ONE AS WELL. 
          ALRIGHT, SO WE'RE GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT I 95 AS A WHOLE. 
          SO THERE, WE'VE RECENTLY DEVELOPED A PROJECT WEBSITE FOCUSED ENTIRELY ON I 95. 
          IT'S FIX THE DRIVE 90 FIVE.COM. 
          SO OVERALL FOR 95, SO THAT'S FROM GEORGIA AND NORTH CAROLINA. 
          THERE'S NINE INTERCHANGE IMPROVEMENTS, UM, 36 MILES OF WIDENING, 95 MILES OF RESURFACING AND PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE, 42 BRIDGE IMPROVEMENTS AND 103 MILES OF SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS ON I 95. 
          AND THOSE ARE ALL CURRENTLY EITHER IN DEVELOPMENT OR IN CONSTRUCTION AT THIS TIME. 
          SO WE HAVE MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS. 
          SO WE HAVE THREE MAJOR IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS IN THIS AREA. 
          UM, AND THEN THE FOURTH MAJOR ONE WOULD BE THE I 26, I 95 INTERCHANGE THAT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION. 
          SO WE HAVE THREE SEGMENTS OF 95 DOWN HERE. 
          SO WE HAVE SAVANNAH RIVER TO 2 78. 
          SO THAT, THAT PROJECT GOES FROM THE FIRST BRIDGE IN GEORGIA TO ABOUT A MILE NORTH OF EXIT EIGHT. 
          SEGMENT TWO PICKS UP AT THAT END OF THAT PROJECT, CARRIES IT BETWEEN EXIT 21 AND 22. 
          AND THEN THE THIRD SEGMENT GOES FROM EXIT 22 UP TO ABOUT A MILE NORTH OF EXIT 33. 
          SO FROM THE SAVANNAH RIVER TO 2 78. 
          SO THIS ONE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. 
          SO YOU HAVE 10 MILES, TWO INTERCHANGE IMPROVEMENTS AND 14 BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PROJECTS. 
          SO THIS IS, THIS IS WHAT YOU, IF YOU DRIVE DOWN 95 TOWARDS SAVANNAH, THIS IS THE PROJECT THAT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION. 
          UM, CURRENT CONSTRUCTION COMPLETION DATE IS 2034. 
          UH, ONE THING I'LL POINT OUT, UM, THIS IS THE DDI ANIMATION AT EXIT EIGHT. 
          SO THIS WILL BE A NEW INTERCHANGE TYPE AT EXIT EIGHT. 
          AND IT IS VERY EASY WHEN YOU DRIVE THROUGH THE DIAMOND. 
          YEAH, WHEN YOU DRIVE THROUGH 'EM, IT'S EASY. 
          IT, THE ROADWAY DIRECTS YOU HOW TO DRIVE THROUGH IT, BUT WHAT IT DOES IS IT ACCOMMODATES YOU HAVE A HEAVY LEFT TURN HEADING WESTBOUND ON 2 78 TOWARDS SAVANNAH. 
          SO IF YOU'RE TAKING THAT LEFT, YOU NO LONGER HAVE TO CROSS TRAFFIC, YOU'RE CROSSED OVER AND YOU CAN JUST MAKE IT THE LEFT TURN LIKE YOU WOULD'VE RIGHT TURN LIKE IT'S A FREE FLOW LEFT. 
          DO YOU WANT US TO INTERRUPT AS WE HAVE QUESTIONS OR DO YOU WANNA WAIT TILL THE END? THAT'S FINE EITHER WAY. 
          OKAY. 
          I'LL JUST LET ME KNOW, IS THERE A BRIDGE LIKE THIS THAT, AND I GO TO LEXINGTON WHERE THE HOSPITAL IS, IS THERE A BRIDGE THAT WE, IF WE DRIVE UP AND DOWN SOUTH CAROLINA, WE COULD SEE WHAT THAT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE. 
          SO THAT Y'ALL ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED? THE CLOSEST ONE IS ACTUALLY IN GEORGIA. 
          THE FIRST EXIT IN GEORGIA IS, UM, NO, THE, IS IT, WHAT IS IT? PORT WENTWORTH? PORT WENTWORTH, YEAH, PORT THE PORT WENTWORTH INTERCHANGE. 
          SO THAT ONE IS, THAT'S UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE. 
          SO THE INTERSTATE GOES OVER THE TOP OF THAT ONE. 
          THIS ONE, THE INTERSTATE'S UNDERNEATH THE INTERCHANGE. 
          SO PORT WENT WHERE IF EXIT. 
          SO IF YOU, LET'S SEE IF THIS WILL PLAY. 
          THERE'S, THIS IS THE ANIMATION. 
          IF YOU TRY TO CLICK PLAY ON, SEE IF THE VIDEO ACTUALLY PLAY SHOW THE, THE TRAFFIC LIMIT IS FOR IT. 
          YEAH. 
          SO YEAH, THERE'S ONE IN YORK COUNTY AT X 88. 
          UM, THERE'S ALSO ONE IN COLUMBIA AT BROAD RIVER AND I 20, 
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UM, THAT'S THAT ONE AT BROAD RIVER AND I 20 IS SIMILAR TO THIS ONE. 
          IT'S A LITTLE BIT OFFSET. 
          DDI. 
          SO THIS IS A TRUE LIKE, UM, PERPENDICULAR DDI. 
          SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE EQUAL ON EACH SIDE. 
          OKAY. 
          YES. 
          I, I, I NEED TO RESPECTFULLY EXCUSE MYSELF FROM THIS PROCEEDING. 
          UH, I'VE JUST BEEN ADVISED OF A DEATH IN THE FAMILY. 
          UM, I I, I DO APOLOGIZE TEXT OR EMAIL, ANY OF US WITH QUESTIONS. 
          THIS IS ALL BEING FILMED AND WE'LL GET ACCESS TO THE SLIDES, WE'LL HAVE ACCESS TO EVERYTHING. 
          WE'RE SORRY, SYMPATHIES PRAYERS. 
          THANK YOU HONOR. 
          YES. 
          ANY QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW? WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT. 
          YES, SIR. 
          JUST, UH, QUICKLY WITH BUCKY'S COMING IN AT THAT INTERCHANGE AND YOU KNOW, THE TRAFFIC THAT THEY GENERATE, UM, IT'S DOT TAKING LOOKS AT THAT? YEAH, WE'VE TAKEN A LOOK AT THAT. 
          THEY'VE GENERATED THEIR OWN TRAFFIC STUDY. 
          UM, THERE WILL BE CHANGES TO WHAT'S BEING DONE ON THE 17 2 78 SIDE OF THE INTERCHANGE. 
          SO THEY'LL BE FUNDING THE CHANGES NECESSARY AT THAT SIDE AND ALL THE ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS ON 17 FOR IT. 
          UM, BUT THE INTERCHANGE FUNCTIONS WITH THE TRAFFIC FROM CUSER. 
          YES, SIR. 
          SO, SO I JUST WANNA MAKE, SO THIS IS LIKE AN OVERPASS, THIS IS GOING OVER TOP OF 95, CORRECT? YEAH, THIS IS OVER TOP OF 95. 
          SO THERE'S TWO BRIDGES AND THE MIDDLE THERE. 
          SO THE, THE EXISTING BRIDGES WOULD BE IN BETWEEN THE, AND THEN THERE'S TWO BRIDGES BUILT ON THE OUTSIDE OF THESE WILL BE THE NEW BRIDGES. 
          ARE THEY DOING THIS NOW? IT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW. 
          YEAH. 
          THEY'VE, THEY'VE ONLY THING THEY'VE DONE RIGHT NOW IS CLEARED THE TREES FOR IT. 
          THEY'VE CLEARED A LOT OF LAND. 
          YEAH, THAT'S CRAZY. 
          SO THE ZERO TO EIGHT PROJECT IS THE LARGEST CONTRACT S-C-D-O-T IS EVER AWARDED. 
          IT'S NOT THE LARGEST OVERALL PROJECT, BUT IT IS THE LARGEST SINGLE CONTRACT THAT DOT HAS EVER AWARDED. 
          UM, CONSTRUCTION STARTED IN LATE SUMMER OF 2025 WITH A COMPLETION DATE, AND IT'S THE SUMMER OF 2030. 
          THAT'S FOR EXIT EIGHT ONLY THAT, THAT'S THE FULL QUARTER, THAT'S ALL THE WAY TO 26. 
          THAT'S ZERO TO EIGHT. 
          ZERO TO EIGHT, OKAY. 
          SO THAT'S, SO, SO FAR WHAT THEY'VE COMPLETED, THEY'VE DONE ALL THE 90% OF THE SHOULDER STRENGTHENING HAS BEEN COMPLETED. 
          SO THAT'S, THAT ALLOWS THEM TO SHIFT TRAFFIC TO FURTHER OUT ON THE SHOULDERS TO BE ABLE TO DO CONSTRUCTION IN THE MIDDLE. 
          UM, THEY'VE GONE THROUGH AND REPLACE ANY OF THE FAILED CONCRETE SLABS THROUGH THE CORRIDOR. 
          UM, THEY'VE STARTED THE BRIDGE WORK AT SAVANNAH RIVER, ST. 
          ISLAND SWAMP, SC 46 AND UNION CREEK. 
          SO THEY'VE STARTED THE BRIDGE. 
          YOU CAN, IF YOU DRIVE THROUGH THE CORRIDOR, YOU CAN SEE THEY'VE GOT CRANES EVERYWHERE. 
          UM, BUT THEY'RE STARTING A SAVANNAH RIVER. 
          THEY BUILT THE WORK TRESTLE, SO TO GET 'EM OUT INTO THE MARSH, INTO THE WATER, THEY BUILT BASICALLY A MINI BRIDGE FOR THEM TO TAKE THEIR CRANES OUT ON. 
          SO LESS, UM, THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF THE CLEARING AND GRUBBING FOR THE PROJECT. 
          SO WE'RE CURRENTLY IN A UTILITY WINDOW, SO ALLOWS THE UTILITIES TO GET IN, GET ALL THE REPLACEMENTS DONE, SO THEY'RE OUT OF THE WAY. 
          SO THE CONTRACTOR CAN CONTINUE TO WORK, BUT THEY CAN'T WORK IN AREAS THAT WOULD IMPACT THE UTILITY'S ABILITY TO RELOCATE. 
          AND THEN THEY, THEY PLACED A MAJORITY OF THE TEMPORARY BARRIER WALL FOR THE NEXT STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
          WHEN YOU SAY THIS WAS THE BIGGEST PROJECT EVER AWARDED, WHAT WAS THE DOLLAR AMOUNT OF THAT? 728,000,008 MILES. 
          WOW. 
          IT'S ROUGHLY 10 MILES, BUT YEAH, 728 MILLION AND, UH, SAVANNAH RIVER BRIDGE IS ROUGHLY ABOUT $180 MILLION OF THAT. 
          SO THAT INCLUDES REPLACING THE SAVANNAH RIVER BRIDGE SO THAT, THAT'S A COST SHARE BETWEEN SDDT AND GO AS WELL. 
          QUESTION? YES SIR. 
          MR. JONES. 
          SO AS YOU'RE GOING UP PAST, UM, EXIT 42, 43, UM, ON 20, ON 95 IS DOD ALSO LOOKING AT THE 21 PORTION OF THAT, THAT WHERE TRUCKS, UM, THE ELECTRIC VEHICLES, WHATEVER VEHICLES NORMALLY TAKE A DETOUR, IF THERE'S 95 IS BACKED UP, THAT STRIP BETWEEN SNYDER'S CROSSROAD AND 42 IS ATROCIOUS, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE DRIVING A TRUCK WITH THE EQUIPMENT ON THE BACK OF IT. 
          THERE'S SOME POCKETS OF IT WHERE YOU HIT IT AND YOU, YOU WONDERING WHETHER YOU'RE, WHATEVER YOU'RE PULLING IS GONNA JUMP OFF THE BACK OF YOUR, YOUR TRUCK. 
          UM, I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT AND SEE IF THAT'S ON THE, THE REPAVING LIST. 
          I'M, I'M NOT AWARE OF THAT, BUT WE ARE 95, SO BASICALLY WE'RE REPAVING 95 BETWEEN 33 AND 68 CURRENTLY. 
          SO THAT, THAT'S IN PROGRESS. 
          SUPPOSED TO BE COMPLETED PROBABLY NEXT YEAR. 
          BUT ONCE WE GET OFF THE INTERSTATE, IT'S KIND OF TAKES MORE OF A, 
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A LOCAL DECISION ON RESURFACING. 
          SO THE NEXT, THE NEXT SEGMENT, SO WE'VE GOT 13 MILES, UM, TWO INTERCHANGES AND 11 BRIDGE REPLACEMENTS IN THIS SEGMENT. 
          SO AGAIN, PRETTY SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS. 
          WE'VE RECENTLY COMPLETED A FEDERAL HIGHWAY REQUIREMENT FOR PROJECTS OVER 500 MILLION. 
          UM, THIS ONE AS IT SITS RIGHT NOW IS A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN THE FIRST SEGMENT, BUT NOT A LOT. 
          UM, IT'S TENTATIVELY SET FOR CONSTRUCTION STARTING IN LATE 2027. 
          THAT'S STILL TO BE DETERMINED BASED ON FUNDING. 
          WE'RE WAITING ON A COUPLE OTHER PROJECTS TO COME IN AND THEN READJUST OUR INTERSTATE PRIORITIES. 
          SO THIS IS KIND OF, IT'S, THIS IS A ROUGH SCHEDULE, BUT WE DO HAVE A FEDERAL HIGHWAY DECISION. 
          SO WE HAVE THE ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTS, SO EVERYTHING'S BEEN APPROVED RIGHT AWAY, ACQUISITIONS ONGOING FOR IT. 
          SO, UM, EVERYTHING'S MOVING FORWARD BY, BY THIS FALL WE'LL HAVE A HUNDRED PERCENT PLANS COMPLETE FOR EVERYTHING FOR THIS SEGMENT. 
          SO, UM, WE'LL BE READY WHEN THE FUNDING'S THERE FOR, TO MOVE THIS ONE FORWARD. 
          THEN THE THIRD ONE IS 22 TO 33, SO THIS IS 11 MILES TWO INTERCHANGES. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA DO MINOR IMPROVEMENTS AT EXIT 28 BRIDGE IMPROVEMENTS THERE, BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA CHANGE THAT INTERCHANGE. 
          UM, WE GOT 10 EXISTING BRIDGES IN THIS CORE BEING REPLACED. 
          UM, BUT MAJOR, MAJOR CHANGES AT EXIT 22 AND EXIT 33 FOR THESE INTERCHANGES. 
          THIS ONE'S KIND OF MORE OUT, MORE MURKY OF WHEN THE SCHEDULE WOULD BE. 
          'CAUSE I THINK THE LAST THING WE'RE GONNA WANT IS 33 34 MILES TO INTERSTATE UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT THE SAME TIME. 
          SO I THINK THIS ONE'S GONNA GO FURTHER 2030 TIMEFRAME PROBABLY BEFORE IT HEAD STORAGE CONSTRUCTION AND THEN THERE'S THE, THAT'S THE FIX THE DRIVE WEBSITE AND THE EMAIL ADDRESS THAT, THAT COMES TO ALL THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM FOR THAT PROJECT. 
          ALRIGHT, SO THEN I WANNA TALK ABOUT AN INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT THAT WE'VE RECENTLY COMPLETED A TRAFFIC STUDY ON. 
          SO THIS IS PARIS ISLAND GATEWAY AT SAVANNAH HIGHWAY, UM, TO RELIEVE CONGESTION, INCREASE SAFETY TO THIS INTERSECTION. 
          SO THIS IS A LAD PROJECT. 
          UM, SO WE JUST APPROVED THE TRAFFIC STUDY FOR IT. 
          UM, THE NEXT SLIDE HAS THE CON CONCEPT OF WHAT IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE. 
          UM, THIS CONCEPT HAS SLIGHTLY BEEN ALTERED SINCE I PREPARED THIS PRESENTATION, BUT, UM, UNDER THIS SCENARIO, YOU NO LONGER  . 
          UM, SO UNDER THIS ALTERNATIVE, SO INSTEAD OF TAKING A LEFT FROM 1 28 ONTO US 21, IT, IT CONVERTS TO THE LEFT TO A RIGHT AND YOU HAVE GO DOWN AND THERE'S A TRAFFIC SIGNAL THAT'S GONNA BE INSTALLED THAT ALLOWS FOR A U-TURN MOVEMENT TO COME BACK. 
          SO UNDER EVERY SCENARIO WE LOOKED AT, THIS IS AN, AT AN INTERSECTION THAT'S SIGNIFICANTLY FAILING. 
          SO, UM, THIS GAVE US THE BEST LEVEL OF SERVICE, THE BEST IMPROVEMENTS EXTENDS THE LIFE OF THE INTERSECTION. 
          UM, SO IT WILL BE, THERE WILL BE SOME DRIVEWAY CLOSURES AS PART OF THIS. 
          UM, THE RIGHT HAND TURN BECOMES A DUAL RIGHT HAND TURN AT THAT INTERSECTIONS TO, AS YOU CONVERT THE LEFT TO RIGHT, YOU'RE INCREASING THE RIGHT VOLUMES. 
          SO WE COUNT FOR THAT WITH THE DUAL RIGHTS AS WELL. 
          OKAY, KEEP GOING. 
          DON'T YOU? I JUST CAME ON THAT ROAD. 
          DO, ISN'T THERE ALREADY TWO LANES THAT TURN TO THE RIGHT TO COME HERE? THERE ARE. 
          OKAY. 
          I HAVE, SO YOU'RE TELLING YOU YOU'RE THERE. 
          SORRY, WE'RE EXTENDING THE TURN LANES, SO THERE'LL BE LONGER STORAGE THERE. 
          SO SORRY, I MISSPOKE ON THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN, AND SO YOU CAN NO LONGER TURN LEFT AT THAT. 
          YOU HAVE TO GO DOWN AND THEN PULL A U-TURN CORRECT AT A SIGNALED LIGHT. 
          SO THOSE LIGHTS WILL BE SYNCHRONIZED TOGETHER TO ALLOW FOR THAT. 
          AND THIS, THIS DOES SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE THE TRAFFIC OPERATIONS AND BACKUP AT THE INTERSECTION. 
          AND FOR THIS COMMITTEE, IS THAT A FUNDED PROJECT? YOU'RE JUST GIVING US PROJECTS THAT ARE FUNDED. 
          CORRECT. 
          THAT'S IT. 
          SO WE WILL NOT SEE THESE PROJECTS ON OUR LIST. 
          JUST KNOW THAT THIS IS ONGOING. 
          IT'S ONGOING. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO THIS IS THE LAST FUNDED THE PROJECT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO MADAM CHAIR, IF I COULD ASK A QUESTION, IT THAT TURNAROUND AT THAT SIGNALED INTERSECTION, DOES THAT INCLUDE TRUCK TRAFFIC? LIKE SEMI-TRUCK? IT DOES, YES. 
          AND ALSO, THESE ARE NOT THINGS WE CAN CHANGE AS, AS, AS THIS COMMITTEE, THE PROCESS OR DO WE GO TO OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS IF THERE ARE ISSUES? 'CAUSE WE DON'T, WE, WE CAN'T TELL YOU TO CHANGE THE PROJECT, BUT GO TO ANY OF 
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YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND TELL 'EM THERE'S AN ISSUE. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO WE, WE LOOKED AT MULTIPLE ALTERNATIVES FOR THIS. 
          AND THE ONLY THING THAT WORKS WITHOUT COMPLETELY BLOWING UP THIS INTERSECTION AND GETTING RID OF ALL THE, LIKE THE BUSINESS IMPACTS FOR IT IS, YOU KNOW, SIGNIFICANT FOR ANYTHING ELSE. 
          SO THIS, THIS GIVES THE BEST IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE MONEY AVAILABLE WITHOUT COMPLETELY CHANGING THE AREA AS WELL. 
          IS THIS CONSIDERED PORT ROYAL? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SMILING. 
          I WAS JUST WONDERING. 
          BUT HE REALLY ISN'T SMILING. 
           BEHIND THE SMILE IS NOT A SMILE. 
          YEAH. 
          SO THIS IS JUST CONCEPT LEVEL. 
          SO IT HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETELY, IT CAME OUT OF A, A TRAFFIC STUDY, UM, THAT GOT COMPLETED LAST WEEK I BELIEVE. 
          I THINK WE HAD A DRAFT AND I THINK IT GOT COMPLETED LAST WEEK. 
          WE'VE, WE HAVE SHARED THE DRAFT WITH BEFOR COUNTY AS WELL. 
          SO THE LAST PROJECT IS THE LEGACY LAST ELCO PROJECT, WHICH IS US 17 WIDENING COMING OUT OF GEORGIA. 
          UM, SO THAT IS 81% COMPLETE. 
          THAT THE GOOD THING IS, IS IT SHOULD BE DONE BY THIS SUMMER  HOW MANY YEARS FOR PHASE ONE? THAT'S OKAY. 
          BAD NEWS IS PHASE TWO, WHICH IS THE, THE BACK OF A BRIDGE IS NOT CURRENTLY SCHEDULED TILL 2030 NOW FOR CONSTRUCTION. 
          SO IT WILL GO A SHORT SEGMENT OF FOUR LANES AND THEN BACK ACROSS A TWO LANE BRIDGE. 
          SO YEAH. 
          OH, AND THEN THIS IS MY TEAM. 
          SO, UM, BRANFORD COULDN'T BE WITH US HERE. 
          HE WAS COVERING SOME OTHER MEETINGS FOR ME. 
          UM, BUT TRAVIS IS HERE WITH ME FOR IT. 
          SO, UM, SO BOTH OF THEM HAD THEIR INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS. 
          TRAVIS IS RIGHT BEHIND ME. 
          OKAY. 
          , THAT'S ALL OPEN UP TO ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. 
          SO DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF CRAIG? UM, THIS ALONG WITH STEPHANIE WITH LOW COUNTRY COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, AND I KNOW MS. JERRY REEVES ASKED, I THINK WE'LL FILL IN THE BLANKS OF WHAT'S GOING ON AROUND US. 
          SO WE'RE NOT CAUSING A PROBLEM BY FIXING A PROBLEM. 
          I THINK WE'LL SEE THE COMPLIMENTARY PROJECTS GOING ON. 
          I DO HAVE A QUESTION ON THE GATEWAY, 'CAUSE I FEEL LIKE HILTON HEAD AND THEY WILL DO GIVE THEIR LIST AND GLEN MAY WANNA CHIME IN. 
          YOU'RE GOING FOR A GRANT TO COMPLETE THEIR CORRIDOR THAT IS NOT PART OF THE BRIDGE REPLACEMENT. 
          BUT IF THAT IS A PROJECT ON THE LIST, WELL THE COUNTY THEN YOU'LL STILL GO FOR THE GRANT. 
          AND IF WE PUT, IF WE AS A GROUP DECIDE ON THAT BEING A VIABLE PROJECT, WILL Y'ALL STOP GOING AFTER THE GRANT OR WILL YOU USE HER PENNY? OR CAN IT BE COMBINED? I'LL PROBABLY ANSWER THAT FOR CRAIG. 
          YEAH. 
          DID IT MAKE SENSE? YES. 
          SO WE ARE, RIGHT NOW, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE EASTBOUND RELOCATION ONLY $300 MILLION. 
          WHAT WE ASKED FOR IN THE GRANT WAS THE ENTIRE PROJECT THAT WAS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED, A SIX LANE, FOUR AND A HALF MILES OF PROJECT. 
          AND THAT'S THE $273 MILLION GRANT REQUEST. 
          WE ARE HOPEFUL WHILE YOU GUYS ARE CONTINUING TO DO YOUR BODY OF WORK THAT WE HEAR BACK WHETHER WE GET THAT OR NOT. 
          AND IF SO, THAT'LL BE EXACT CLARITY FOR YOU GUYS TO MAKE A DECISION. 
          UM, IF HILTON HEAD PROPOSES A PROJECT, UM, YOU GUYS WILL RECEIVE THAT. 
          AND, AND IF WE HAVE NOT HAD DETERMINATION, THEN YOU GUYS CONSIDER AND PROPOSE THAT AND THAT COULD BE INCLUDED. 
          AND THEN THE ONLY THING THAT WOULD CHANGE IS IF WE HAVEN'T HEARD BACK FOR THE GRANT FOR SOME REASON DURING THIS BODY OF WORK, UH, AND YOU MOVE FORWARD WITH A PROJECT THAT HILTON HEAD SUGGEST OUR REQUEST AND THEN WE HEAR BACK FROM THE FEDS AFTERWARDS, AFTER THIS IS COMPLETED, COUNTY COUNCIL COULD ENTERTAIN WHETHER THEY LEAVE THAT OR NOT. 
          IT, IF FOR INSTANCE, THEIR PROJECT IS WITHIN THAT CORRIDOR LIMITS, THEN THEY COULD REMOVE THAT OFF THE LIST IF IT'S GONNA BE INCORPORATED INTO THE LARGER PROJECT. 
          DOES THAT HELP? THAT THAT DID I JUST, WHEN I HEARD THAT, I JUST DON'T WANT US TO STOP LOOKING FOR GRANTS BECAUSE YOU ALSO DON'T KNOW IF THIS PENNY IS A DEFINITE. 
          SO MS. CO, I HAVE A COMMENT ON THAT IF I MIGHT. 
          UH, JOY, MS. KO WAS, GO AHEAD. 
          OKAY, YOU'RE UP. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          ALRIGHT, GO AHEAD. 
          NO, YOU GO GLEN. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, I, I'M NOT SEEING ANYTHING, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE. 
          UH, FOR CLARITY, THE 273 MILLION WOULD BE THE FUNDING, PROPOSED FUNDING FOR THE WESTBOUND BRIDGE WORK ONLY. 
          ISN'T THAT CORRECT? NO. 
          SO WE WOULD STOP MOVING FORWARD ON THE EASTBOUND PROJECT AND WE WOULD GO BACK TO THE FULL EXISTING PROPOSED PROJECT, THE, THE ONE LANE, SIX LANE BRIDGE PROJECT AND PICK UP WHERE WE 
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LEFT IT. 
          WE BASICALLY PUT THAT PROJECT ON THE SHELF. 
          UH, IT HASN'T DISAPPEARED, IT'S JUST SITTING THERE. 
          SO WE'RE MOVING FORWARD ADVANCING THE CURRENT THREE LANE BRIDGE EASTBOUND REPLACEMENT. 
          BUT WE WOULD BASICALLY PUT THE THREE LANE ON PILES, PUT IT ON THE SHELF, PICK UP THE ORIGINAL PROJECT AND CONTINUE FORWARD. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          FOR CLARITY, I GET WHAT I WAS TRYING TO SAY AND I DIDN'T SAY IT VERY WELL. 
          IT'S JUST BRIDGE WORK, IT DOESN'T ANYTHING TO DO WITH ON DRY LAND, IS THAT CORRECT? THE CURRENT THREE LANE PROJECT, YOU'RE, YOU'RE CORRECT. 
          THAT IS ONLY A BRIDGE WHERE THE ONLY, THE ONLY ASPHALT OR PAVEMENT IS JUST WHAT IT TAKES TO TIE IT BACK IN AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. 
          BUT THERE'S NO, UH, ADDITIONAL LANE THROUGHOUT THE CORRIDOR. 
          IT'S JUST THREE LANE BRIDGE THAT WILL BE STRIPED AS TWO LANES AT THE COMPLETION OF THAT EASTBOUND BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PROJECT. 
          G THAT WAS PERFECT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          DO I HAVE ONE QUESTION? UM, IN LOOKING AT THIS SAFETY ACTION PLAN, UM, ONE OF THE ITEMS I WROTE DOWN WAS, UH, IT WAS A BLUFFTON UH, ASSET MANAGEMENT NUMBER NINE. 
          AND IT SAYS TO WIDEN TO SIX LANES FROM SQUIRE POPE ROAD TO SALT MARSH, WHICH I ASSU, I THINK IT'S OVER BY MOSS CREEK. 
          UM, BUT ANYWAY, IT'S, IT'S HUGE AMOUNT. 
          IT'S LIKE $487 MILLION. 
          THAT'S THE BRIDGE PROJECT. 
          SO THAT IS THE BRIDGE OR IS THAT, BUT BUT SQUIRE POPE IS WAY DOWN. 
          SO WOULD THAT MEAN, IS THAT, IS THIS PRO THIS SAFETY INCLUDING THREE LANE FROM THE BRIDGE THAT, THAT LARGE 487, THAT'S THE TOTAL COST OF THE ORIGINAL BRIDGE PROJECT THAT WE HAD THE GRANT REQUEST FOR. 
          SO IT WOULD GO FROM MOSS CREEK DRIVE ON BLUFFTON SIDE TO UM, NOT SQUIRE POPE SPANISH WELLS. 
          SO THAT WOULD BE THE $487 MILLION. 
          SO IT, THAT PROJECT IS SAFETY AND CAPACITY. 
          RIGHT, BUT THAT'S NOT THE, THIS INCLUDES A BRIDGE, BUT NOW YOU'RE SAYING THE BRIDGE COSTS THAT MUCH BY ITSELF? NO, THE, THE 487 IS BRIDGE PLUS ROAD. 
          THE $300 MILLION THAT WE PRESENTLY HAVE IS ONLY THE EASTBOUND BRIDGE, THREE LANES BY ITSELF. 
          NO EXTRA LANE WIDTH ON THE, ON THE ROADS. 
          RIGHT, RIGHT. 
          BUT THE $273 MILLION GRANT IS STILL ONLY GONNA DO THE BRIDGE AND NOT ANY OF THE THREE LANE DE SQUIRE POPE ROAD? NO, THE 2 73 WE WOULD ADD TO OUR 300. 
          SO WE WOULD HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN $500 MILLION TO DO THAT ENTIRE FULL ENTIRE PROJECT. 
          SO THAT WOULD FUND THE THREE LANE, THE THREE LANE DOWN TO SQUIRE POP. 
          OKAY. 
          I JUST WANTED, MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD. 
          DOES HE UNDERSTAND MR. FREEMAN AND THEN YES, YOU MADAM CHAIR. 
          UM, SO THE APPLICANT FOR THE GRANT IS THAT STATE OR I ASSUME THE COUNTY, THE STATE IS THE LEAD APPLICANT. 
          WE'RE JOINT APPLICANT. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT THE STATE SUBMITTED IT AND WE'RE, WE'RE WORKED ON IT. 
          UH, OKAY. 
          TOGETHER. 
          WELL, I'LL ASK TO BOTH OF YOU AS FAR AS SCHEDULE ON WHEN YOU SHOULD ANTICIPATE HEARING BACK FROM THE, WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HEAR IN OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR. 
          OH, . 
          SO IT'S ON PERFECT TIMING, SO, ALRIGHT, PERFECT. 
          WELL, IT'S A RECENT MOST RECENT UPDATE. 
          I WAS IN DC THIS WEEK AND TALKED TO U-S-D-O-T. 
          THEY'RE HOPEFUL TO HAVE A DECISION BACK SOON, OCTOBER LAST YEAR. 
          GREAT. 
          NEXT OCTOBER, WHICH IS RELATIVE, MR. PERRY, ONE OF THE, JUST A PERSPECTIVE PERSPECTIVE WHEN I, IF I, I'LL THINK I HEARD THIS CORRECTLY, THAT WHEN THE DECISION WAS MADE BY COUNTY COUNCIL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE APPLICATION FOR THE GRANT, IT WAS ABOUT A 10% CHANCE OF SUCCESS. 
          SO HAS THAT CHANGED OR IS IT, UH, GREATER THAN THAT NOW? THAT WAS SECRETARY POWELL, UM, SUGGESTING 10% TRYING TO SET EXPECTATIONS THAT WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING THAT GIVES US AN ACCURATE PERCENTAGE. 
          UM, IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHAT PROJECTS WERE SUBMITTED NATIONALLY. 
          AS A NATIONALLY COMPETITIVE GRANT, UM, I'M HOPEFUL THAT IT'S GREATER THAN 10%. 
          UM, BUT HOPEFULLY WE FIND OUT SOON. 
          WHAT WE WILL GET SOON IF WE, IF WE GET A DECISION, UM, PER PERTINENT TO THE PROJECT IS WE WILL HAVE A DEFINITIVE DIRECTION. 
          SO IF THEY SAY YES, WE HAVE THE FULL PROJECT. 
          IF THEY SAY NO, THAT PROJECT IS NO LONGER CONSIDERED, WE ARE ONLY MOVING FORWARD WITH THE EASTBOUND BRIDGE REPLACEMENT. 
          AND I'M ONLY THINK, I DON'T KNOW, WE'LL KNOW HILTON HEAD WILL BE THE LAST MUNICIPAL PRESENTATION. 
          WE'LL KNOW MORE THEN, BUT I I I THINK THEY'RE THIRD. 
          BUT WE, WE, WE'LL SEE. 
          WE'RE FINGERS CROSSED. 
          WE HEAR SOMETHING SOON, MR. JONES. 
          SO THE WIDENING OR REBUILDING OF THE BRIDGE, WE'RE GOING FROM THE PRESENT, TWO LANES BACK TO TWO LANES? OR IS IT GOING TO BE THREE 
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LANES? BECAUSE IT SAYS, BECAUSE I, I KEPT HEARING THESE BOUND IS GOING TO BE THREE LANES AND THEN REVERT BACK TO TWO LANES. 
          SO MY QUESTION IS, IF WE GOING TO BUILD A BRIDGE, WHY DON'T YOU BUILD IT WITH THREE LANES FROM THE GET GO? IT WILL BE OKAY. 
          SO IT'S, IT'S BUILT FOR THREE LANES, BUT IT'S STRIPED BACK DOWN TO TWO. 
          IT IT CAME OUT BECAUSE THERE'S NO, SO THE WAY THE FEDERAL NEPA PROCESS WORKS IS THERE, WE CANNOT, THERE'S NO LOGICAL TERM RIGHT FOR A WHINING FOR IT. 
          SO UNLESS THE ROADWAY WAS WIDENED, AND THIS WAS ONE OF THE ALTERNATIVES THAT COUNTY COUNCIL GOT, THAT THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD RECEIVED WAS TO WIDEN JUST THE EASTBOUND DIRECTION FROM MOSS CREEK TO SPANISH WELLS TO CLOSE THAT GAP IN. 
          AND THEN UNDER THAT SCENARIO, IF THAT, IF THOSE TWO GAPS ARE CLOSED, SO BASICALLY FROM MOSS CREEK TO THE BRIDGE IN BLUFFTON AND THEN FROM THE BRIDGE TO SPANISH WELLS ON HILTON HEAD, IF THERE WAS A PROJECT THAT ADDED A THIRD LANE IN, IN THE, IN THE EASTBOUND DIRECTION, THEN THE BRIDGE COULD BE OPENED UP TO THREE LANES. 
          BUT UNTIL THAT HAPPENS, IT HAS TO GO BACK AS TWO LANES. 
          BUT WE CAN BUILD FOR FUTURE NEEDS. 
          SO IT'S BUILT FOR FUTURE NEEDS. 
          IT JUST CAN'T BE UTILIZED FULLY UNTIL THAT HAPPENS. 
          AND FURTHER TO THAT POINT IS, UH, THE BRIDGE IN LIFE EXPECTANCY IS 75 YEARS. 
          SO WE, WE ALREADY KNOW THAT WE NEED EXTRA WIDTH IN THAT FOR CAPACITY RIGHT NOW, UH, WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING. 
          SO WE'RE EXPECTING THAT AT SOME TIME BETWEEN NOW AND 75 YEARS, WE'LL FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET FUNDING FOR THE OTHER THREE LANES GOING WESTBOUND. 
          AND IN THE TIME THAT WE DO THE BRIDGE THAT'S BEING DESIGNED THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE EASTBOUND BRIDGE, IT WILL BE WIDE ENOUGH FOR FOUR LANES, TWO IN EACH DIRECTION FOR TEMPORARY USE WHILE WE DEMO THE WESTBOUND AND REBUILD IT. 
          AND THEN, UH, AT THE CONCLUSION THEN WE WOULD HAVE TWO SIX LANE BRIDGES IF IT WORKED IN THAT MANNER. 
          SO IT'S, IT'S BEING DESIGNED FOR TODAY, TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW'S TOMORROW. 
          SO POSSIBLY EIGHT LANES THEN? NO, IT WOULD BE SIX LANES WITH SHOULDERS ON, TWO INDEPENDENT BRIDGES. 
          AND IF, IF THE GRANT OPPORTUNITY DOESN'T COME THROUGH AND THEY GET BUILT AT SEPARATE TIMELINES, THAT'S THE PLAN FOR THE WIDTHS OF THE BRIDGES. 
          ANY QUESTIONS? I'M GONNA ASK YOU A QUESTION 'CAUSE I THINK IT'S WHAT THIS COMMITTEE NEEDS. 
          'CAUSE WE ARE ADVOCATING AND WE'RE EDUCATING, UM, AND I DO FEEL LIKE THIS IS A QUESTION, WHY WON'T THIS, WHY ARE WE COLLECTING A PENNY WHEN THE STATE SHOULD BE TAKING CARE OF OUR ROADS? WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE TO HELP US WITH THAT? SO FUNDING IS LIMITED. 
          SO RIGHT NOW THIS DOT DOES NOT HAVE A FUNDING SOURCE TO DO CAPACITY IMPROVEMENTS OUTSIDE THE INTERSTATE SYSTEM. 
          SO UNTIL SUCH A TIME THAT THERE, THE FUNDING INCREASES AND OUR MAINTENANCE, UM, ABILITIES, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY WE GET OUR SYSTEM BACK UP, THEN MAYBE IN THE FUTURE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE LOOKED AT. 
          BUT WE HAVE OVER THE LAST SEVEN YEARS INCREASED THE REASON MOBILITY FUND. 
          SO WE'VE PUT THE PLANNING AND THE, FOR THE CAPACITY FOR INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS OUTSIDE OF SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS INTO THE LOCAL PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS. 
          SO WE'VE TRIED TO, YOU KNOW, REALLY GO TOWARD DATA DRIVEN INTERSECTIONS CAPACITY, START LOOKING AT THAT AND PUSH THAT FUNDING DOWN TO, TO THE LOCAL SOURCES TO UTILIZE WITH THE FEDERAL FUNDS. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, LAST AND ELK ALCOHOL, THE MONEY THAT THEY HAVE IS FEDERAL FUNDS THAT FLOWS THROUGH DOT TO THEM. 
          SO IT'S OVER THE LAST SEVEN YEARS THAT'S SLOWLY BEEN INCREASED FOR, FOR EACH OF THEM. 
          SO I MEAN, I JUST THINK THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL FOR US. 
          AND THEN JERRY CAN THINK ABOUT IT 'CAUSE IT, MR. PERRY HAD BROUGHT IT UP AND MAYBE IT'S NOT THIS MEETING, BUT AT SOME POINT I THINK WE ALL NEED TO HAVE THE RESPONSE TO CITIZENS THAT SAY, WELL, SHOW ME WHAT YOU FINISHED FROM THE 18 PENNY. 
          AND I KNOW YOU'LL GET US MORE THINGS ALONG THE WAY AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER IT NOW. 
          WE'RE WORKING ON A PAMPHLET RIGHT NOW TO BE ABLE FOR YOU GUYS AND, AND COUNTY COUNCIL TO PROVIDE AS FAR AS INFORMATION ON EXISTING 2018. 
          AND WE CAN, WE SHOULD HAVE THAT READY BY AS SOON AS NEXT WEEK, I HOPE. 
          GOOD. 
          UM, SO WE CAN GIVE YOU AN UPDATE WHENEVER YOU'D LIKE. 
          ANYTHING ELSE, CRAIG? QUESTION I HEARD YES, SIR. 
          THIS BRINGS UP A, UH, I THINK IT'S AN OPPORTUNE TIME TO BRING UP THE POINT. 
          LAST TIME LAST, OUR LAST MEETING, IT WAS MENTIONED THAT 60% OF THE COSTS WOULD BE INCURRED BY FOLKS COMING OUTSIDE THE, THE COMMUNITY. 
          THE ISSUE IS, UNLESS THIS IS, UM, UH, A TAX THAT'S GOING BE ON HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS, THE GENERAL POPULATION IS GONNA BE A PART OF THIS. 
          SO IT'S GONNA BE A GREATER THAN 60% BECAUSE WE HAVE 
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FOLKS GOING TO COSTCO, I MEAN WALMART, PUBLIX OR WHATEVER. 
          AND THIS TAX IS GONNA BE ADDED ON TO THEIR PURCHASES. 
          SO WE'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL HOW WE CRAFTED THAT. 
          IT'S ONLY GOING TO BE FOR, UH, MAJORITY OF THIS IS GONNA BE PICKED UP BY FOLKS OUTSIDE OF THE, THE COMMUNITY THAT GOOD. 
          TAKE NOTES 'CAUSE THAT'S WONDERFUL INSIGHT. 
          YES SIR. 
          I WOULD, I WOULD, UH, THAT NUMBER HAS BEEN BANDED ABOUT, AND JARED AND I HAD THIS CONVERSATION A MINUTE AGO. 
          THAT NUMBER HAS BEEN BANDED ABOUT, IT WAS BANDED ABOUT IN 2022. 
          UH, WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THIS, I WOULD, I WOULD PUT A BIG ASTERISK TO SAY YOU NEED TO BE VERY CAUTIOUS ABOUT USING NUMBERS LIKE THAT BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT THERE'S ANY, UH, REAL BASIS, UH, THAT SOMEBODY CAN POINT TO A STUDY THAT SAYS THAT IT'S 60 40 OR 70 30 OR 50 50. 
          UH, I THINK THAT WHAT YOU COULD SAY, AND THIS IS WHAT JARED SUGGESTED, IS YOU CAN SAY THAT A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF THE TAX WILL BE PAID BY THOSE WHO ARE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO VISIT US. 
          UH, AND THAT'S ABOUT AS, I MEAN, UNLESS SOMEBODY COMES UP WITH A, WITH A STUDY THAT SAYS IT'S 60 40. 
          I GOTCHA. 
          UH, I THINK WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT USING THOSE NUMBERS. 
          YES, YES. 
          GREAT. 
          GREAT INSIGHT TO CRAIG. 
          WELL SAID. 
          ANYTHING ELSE FOR CRAIG? THANK YOU. 
          I MISS YOU. 
          MISS YOU TOO. 
          NOT THAT MUCH. 
           . 
          UM, OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          PORT ROYAL, ONE OF OUR MUNICIPALITY. 
          YOU'RE GONNA WHAT? YES. 
          YEAH, JUST REAL QUICK, UM, WE NEED OUR INVITATION TO ATTEND ON FRIDAY DURING OUR ALL DAY RETREAT. 
          SO LOVELY. 
          WILL BE, YOU'RE READY. 
          WE WILL BE A DOG AND PONY SHOW, BUT WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO SUPPLEMENT WHAT WE PROVIDE YOU WITH TODAY WITH SOME ACTUAL INFORMATION AND WORK WITH YOUR ON CALL. 
          BUT YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF, OH KNOW YOU TOWN MANAGER PORT OIL. 
          GOOD. 
          WELL, THE FIRST PROJECT I HAD LISTED WAS ONE THAT, UH, CRAIG JUST DISCUSSED, WHICH IS THAT 21 AND 1 28. 
          UM, IT'S THE FIRST TIME WE'VE SEEN IT, SO IT'S VERY INTERESTING. 
          WE'RE GLAD THEY'RE LOOKING AT IT. 
          I THINK A POTENTIAL IMPACT OF THAT PROJECT WILL BE ON GROVER HILL AND, UH, PARA ISLAND GATEWAY. 
          SO I THINK WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT. 
          UM, THAT IS CURRENTLY SOMEWHAT OF THE SECONDARY CUT THROUGH OVER FROM PARA ISLAND GATEWAY TO SAVANNAH HIGHWAY TO GET FOLKS FROM LADIES ISLAND TO BLUFFTON TO HILTON HEAD. 
          SO THERE, THERE PROBABLY WILL BE SOME IMPACTS THERE. 
          UM, I KIND OF USE THE, THE LATS, UH, TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM TO KIND OF, UH, COVER SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE THINK ARE IMPORTANT OR SHOULD BE INCLUDED. 
          OBVIOUSLY THAT WAS ONE. 
          UH, THE SECOND ONE IS, UH, ITS INTELLIGENT TRAFFIC SYSTEM. 
          I THINK THAT'S ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL TO ADDRESS. 
          UM, I THINK IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE. 
          UM, I DRIVE JARED FRA LOOKS ABSOLUTELY CRAZY WITH TEXTS IN THE MORNING AND EMAILS ABOUT WHAT I CONSIDER, UH, SIGNAL INEFFICIENCY. 
          AND I THINK THAT WILL HAVE A HUGE IMPACT. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S VERY WORTHY OF DISCUSSION. 
          UH, YOU MENTIONED ONE 70, UH, AND THAT'S MENTIONED FROM BOUNDARY STREET TO 46. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          UM, FOR US, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS JUST MENTIONED WAS ACCIDENT DATA. 
          AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE, UH, THE FOOT OF THE BRIDGE ONE 70 AND SAVANNAH HIGHWAY IS, IS ONE OF OUR HOT POINTS. 
          WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT CLUSTER OF ACCIDENTS THERE ALL THE TIME. 
          SO ONE SAY WE'RE ONE 70 TO YOU, JUST, UH, WELL, ACCORDING TO THE, THE, THE TIP, IT'S THE ONE 70 BOUNDARY STREET TO SC 46. 
          SO INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS THROUGH THERE IN PARTICULAR THAT THE FOOT OF THE BRIDGE. 
          UM, SOME ADDITIONAL PROJECTS, UH, THAT WE'D LIKE Y'ALL TO CONSIDER AND WE WILL SUPPLEMENT THIS LATER. 
          UM, OBVIOUSLY ONE THAT WE'RE KIND OF ADDRESSING ALREADY. 
          I WANNA THANK THE COUNTY FOR, UM, FINALIZING THE PURCHASE OF THE PARKER'S PROPERTY AT LADIES ISLAND DRIVE. 
          EVERYBODY KNOWS LADIES ISLAND DRIVE AND, UH, REBO ROAD. 
          THAT'S A VERY TROUBLED, TROUBLED INTERSECTION. 
          UM, SO ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE TO HELP SUPPLEMENT THE FUNDING TO, UH, MAKE THAT HAPPEN WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. 
          UM, SOMETHING THAT YOU PROBABLY ALL JUST BECAME AWARE OF IS, UM, THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION CLINIC IN PORT ROYAL. 
          UH, SO THAT, UM, WILL BE LOCATED ON REBO ROAD AND, UH, INTERSECTION. 
          WE WILL GET YOU INFORMATION ON THAT ANTICIPATED, UH, TRAFFIC COUNTS, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. 
          UH, SO WE WANT TO THINK ABOUT THAT ONE. 
          UM, SPANISH MOSS TRAIL. 
          YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW IT'S A HAWK SIGNAL, UH, THAT GETS YOU ACROSS REBO ROAD. 
          I THINK WHAT WE'RE GONNA SEE AT THAT INTERSECTION IS A TRADITIONAL SIGNAL. 
          UH, OBVIOUSLY WE'D LIKE IT TO BE CONSTRUCTED LIKE THE ONES IN THE CITY OF BEAUFORT WITH MASS ARMS. UM, SO WHEN IT IS TRANSITIONED FROM THIS HOG SIGNAL TO A SIGNAL, 'CAUSE WE ARE ANTICIPATING A ROAD TO BE CONSTRUCTED THROUGH THAT CORRIDOR. 
          SO THAT, THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN ANTICIPATED. 
          AND PREVIOUS REFERENDUMS, WE'VE ALWAYS REQUESTED THE SPINE ROAD. 
          I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT FITS IN THE PARAMETERS OF WHAT Y'ALL HAVE HAVE PUT TOGETHER, 
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BUT WE CAN SUPPLY THE INFORMATION FOR THAT AS WELL. 
          AND THEN IT'LL FEED INTO THAT, UM, GIS UM, APPLICATION THAT YOU'LL GET A PRINTOUT OF. 
          UM, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL, UH, BE ABLE TO INCLUDE THAT AS WELL. 
          I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, I APOLOGIZE. 
          NO, WE WERE DECIMATED WITH, UH, FLU COVID RETREAT AND JURY DUTY. 
          SO WE'RE HERE. 
          GOOD. 
          MADAM CHAIR? YES SIR. 
          SO THE SPINE ROAD INTERSECTION, IS THAT THE INTERSECTION ITSELF OR IS THAT THE ROAD INCLUSIVE AGAIN? THAT, THAT'S, IT'S ANTICIPATED TO CONNECT FROM REBO ROAD ALL THE WAY, BASICALLY DOWN TO EIGHTH STREET, UH, RUNNING PARALLEL TO, UM, PARIS AVENUE, IF YOU WILL, BUT A LITTLE FAR REMOVED AND OUTSIDE SPANISH MASS TRAIL. 
          YEAH. 
          IT, IT CO-EXISTS WITH THE SPANISH MILES TRAIL. 
          IS IT CONSIDERED INTERCONNECTIVITY OR IS ABSOLUTELY IT, WOULD IT BE A NEW ROAD? OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          WELL YOU COULD, YOU COULD CONSIDER IT'S A DIRT ROAD. 
          NOW WE'RE GONNA PAVE IT. 
          HOW ABOUT THAT? WELL, THAT'S EVEN BETTER. 
          OKAY, GOOD. 
          YEAH, WE HAVE, WE HAVE VERY CLEAR GUIDELINES FROM COUNTY COUNCIL. 
          YES. 
          WHICH BASICALLY MEANS NO NEW ROADS, BUT IF YOU'RE PAVING A DIRT ROAD WELL THAT'S A PER VERSION OF THE TERM THEN IT, IT, IT IS A NEW ROAD. 
          SO THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT UP THE QUESTION. 
          IS IT A DIRT ROAD? NO. 
          NO. 
          OKAY. 
          I WAS, I FIGURED IT WORTH THE SHOT. 
          WE'RE GONNA, HEY, I'M GONNA WAIT AND RESERVE AND SEE WHAT THE OTHER MUNICIPALITY PROPOS. 
          I MIGHT SEE YOU GUYS. 
          THERE YOU GO. 
          WELL, THEY'RE NOT, NOT GONNA GET EVERYTHING, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'LL, WE'LL TRY TO DO IT. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT THAT'S ALL I HAVE. 
          LIKE I SAID, SHORT WINDOW. 
          WANTED TO AT LEAST GET THESE IN FRONT OF YOU. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          AND THEN YOU'RE TAKING THIS LIST, WHICH IS OFF OF LATS IT SOUNDS LIKE, AND YOU'RE GONNA GET A LIST OF COST AND THINGS THAT YEAH, WE'RE ON THE MAP. 
          WE, I WROTE THESE DOWN AND, AND IF THEY HAVE OTHER ONES LATER, WE CAN INVITE A TOWN BACK, UM, IF, IF NEED BE. 
          AND THEN, BUT WE'LL, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND START WORKING ON THESE. 
          UH, WE MAY TOUCH BASE WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT FURTHER AND MAKE SURE WE'RE SYNCHRONIZED ON WHAT YOU ENVISION THE SCOPE TO BE. 
          AND THEN THAT WAY WE CAN START FINE TUNING COST ESTIMATES. 
          PERFECT. 
          SO YOU ARE ON THE LIST TO GET OUR MEETING NOTES. 
          AND YOU SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN THE SCHEDULE THAT WAS APPROVED LAST WEEK. 
          YES. 
          UM, WE ARE COMING NORTH OF ABROAD FOR A WORKING MEETING. 
          IT MIGHT BE TOO LATE, BUT, UM, I MEAN, WE'RE HAVING GREAT ATTENDANCE. 
          NOT EVERYONE'S GONNA COME, BUT IF WE NEED TO DO ANOTHER ONE, WE CAN TRY TO FIGURE IT OUT. 
          OR YOU CAN JUST GET THE LIST TO, TO JERRY. 
          WE, WE WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE. 
          WE'LL BE IN THERE. 
          OKAY. 
          IT'S NICE FOR ALL OF US, EVEN THAT DON'T LIVE HERE. 
          I HAD TO WRITE IT DOWN 'CAUSE I WANNA RIDE THERE. 
          AND I THINK WE'LL ALL, I THINK YOU GOT A VERY ACTIVE GROUP HERE THAT WILL TRY THEIR BEST TO LOOK AT EVERY PROJECT THAT VISUALLY. 
          SO I SUGGEST YOU DO, UH, UH, THE ONE THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT IMPROVING ABOUT FIVE O'CLOCK TODAY. 
          AND YOU'LL, YOU'LL SEE, WELL, I DID IT THIS MORNING AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT. 
          YEAH. 
          BUT I'M GONNA GO TRY ABSOLUTELY. 
          QUESTIONS. 
          I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. 
          SURE. 
          THE, UM, THE SPINE ROADS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU'RE SAYING IT RUNS PARALLEL TO WELL, IT, IT, IT'S PART OF, WOULD BE PART OF THE GRID SYSTEM THAT WE'VE CREATED IN DOWNTOWN. 
          WE CREATE BETTER CIRCULATION, BUT IT IS A NEW ROAD, SO IT REALLY DOESN'T QUALIFY UNDER THE PARAMETERS WE'VE ESTABLISHED. 
          JUST TRYING TO PICTURE, 'CAUSE WHEN I CAME HERE OVER THE BRIDGE, I SAW SOME LIKE WHERE THE RAILROAD TRACKS USED TO BE. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND NOW THAT'S THE SPANISH MALE. 
          I, I ASSUME THAT'S THE SPANISH MOSS. 
          YES. 
          SO YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A ROAD RUNNING JUST TO THE RIGHT ADJACENT TO ADJACENT TO THE SPANISH MOSS TRAIL. 
          SO IT WOULD RUN RIGHT ALONGSIDE OF IT, NEAR IT, AND THEN IT WOULD GO ALL THE WAY DOWN, ALL WAY DOWN EIGHTH STREET. 
          EIGHTH STREET. 
          RIGHT, RIGHT UP HERE. 
          NOT HOUSES AND STUFF ALREADY IN THEM. 
          NO, NO. 
          I'VE ONLY BEEN WORKING ON THIS. 
          IT'S 20 YEARS. 
          SO NO, NO HOUSES. 
          I MEAN THERE'S NO, THAT'S SARCASM THERE. 
          THERE'S NOTHING IN, IN THE IMPEDING IT FROM JUST GOING A STRAIGHT SHOT. 
          UH, THERE, THERE ARE SOME PLANS IN PLACE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SECOND QUESTION, THE NAVAL HOSPITAL, UM, I READ A ARTICLE, THEY WERE PULLING DOWN A WHOLE BUNCH OF TREES AND STUFF IN THERE. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THEY DID. 
          I, I THEY WERE TRYING TO, MAYBE NOT, BUT ARE THEY PLANNING TO DO SOMETHING WITH THAT AS, AS OPPOSED TO WHAT IT IS NOW? THE, THE, WELL FIRST THE TOWN EDUCATED, UM, THE NAVAL HOSPITAL AND THE IMPORTANCE OF LIVE OAK TREES. 
          YES. 
          AND UM, RIGHT NOW THAT, UH, WE'VE MET WITH THE CO UH, YESTERDAY AND, UH, THERE'S NOTHING DEFINITIVE RELATIVE TO THE FUTURE OF THE NAVAL HOSPITAL. 
          THE ONLY THING BEING CONSIDERED RIGHT NOW IS, IS WE'VE SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION, THERE'S A COAST GUARD TRAINING FACILITY, UM, THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE HOSTED, UM, BY THE NAVAL HOSPITAL. 
          UM, BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE'S, LIKE I MENTIONED, NOTHING DEFINITIVE ABOUT THE FAITH OF NAVAL HOSPITAL BEAUFORT RIGHT NOW AT ALL. 
          BUT IT, WHEN YOU OVERLAID, UH, THE REQUEST FOR INFORMATION WITH WHAT IS AT THE NAVAL HOSPITAL, IT WAS ABOUT A 98% MATCH. 
          THE, UM, IT WAS INITIALLY, UH, ANTICIPATED TO BE IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, WHICH IS ABOUT FIVE HOURS FROM THE OCEAN. 
          SO WE FEEL OUT WE'D HAVE A BETTER SHOT AT IT SINCE WE'RE WE'RE CLOSER. 
          GREAT. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, VAN? YES, IF I MAY, UM, VAN, SO THE IMPROVEMENTS AT THE SPIN SMALL TRAIL INTERSECTION THAT RIGHT NOW IS A STRING, I THINK. 
          YES. 
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IS IS THE APRON FOR THE SPINE ROAD, WAS THAT, WERE THEY PAVING THAT TODAY? DID I SEE THAT? NO, I'LL DEFER TO BRIAN  TODAY. 
          THEY'RE PAVING THE ENTRANCE. 
          UM, AS PART OF IT TO BE ABLE TO FIT THE PATH IN, THEY HAD TO SHIFT THE ENTRANCE TO THE BUSINESS THERE. 
          SO WHAT THEY WERE DOING WAS PAVING THAT DRIVEWAY FOR THE BUSINESS. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S NOT THE SPINE ROAD APRON. 
          OKAY. 
          GOTCHA. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I SURE I HAVE A COMMENT. 
          YES, SIR. 
          UH, MS. GLEN STANFORD, NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN. 
          YES, SIR. 
          I WANT TO ISSUE CONGRATULATIONS. 
          I UNDERSTAND THERE NAMING AN INTERCHANGE AFTER YOU IN PORT ROYAL. 
          IS THAT TRUE? UH, I THINK IT WAS A LIFT STATION. 
          NO, I'M JUST KIDDING. 
           SECTION OF IT WAS JUST A SECTION OF THE SIDEWALK . 
          GOOD. 
          WE'LL, WE'LL WALK IT AND THINK AGAIN. 
          PERFECT. 
          SO ON THE, UM, VETERAN CLINICS THAT THIS LIST WILL BE ON OUR LIST TO LOOK AT. 
          MM. 
          IT HELP ME WHERE IT'S GOING. 
          I WANNA RIDE BY THERE TODAY. 
          WHO WILL THE VA OR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT NOT PAY FOR INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS HERE? OR WHAT ARE YOU ASKING FOR WITH RELATION TO THAT? WELL, I, I'M, I'M, I'M ANTICIPATING DUE TO THE TRAFFIC VOLUME THAT WILL OCCUR, UM, IT'S A, ANYWHERE FROM A 48,000 TO A 72,000 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY. 
          I THINK IT'S SEVERAL HUNDRED PARKING SPACES. 
          UH, SO WE KNOW THAT THAT INTERSECTION IS GONNA DEMAND A SIGNAL. 
          WE HAVE TWO VACANT, UH, PROPERTIES, LARGE PARCELS, A ACROSS FROM THAT PARTICULAR PIECE THAT ALL MAKE UP THAT INTERSECTION. 
          AND SO WE KNOW THAT SIGNALIZATION IS GOING TO HAVE TO HAPPEN NOW, THE TOWN IS, IS PUT $250,000 INTO, UH, ROAD IMPROVEMENTS, INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS TO ASSIST WITH THAT. 
          SO WE'VE GOT SOME SKIN IN THE GAME THERE. 
          AND THOSE ARE THINGS WE'LL HAVE WHEN WE LOOK AT THE LIST. 
          IF, IF ANY OTHER ENTITY HAS MONEY TOWARD A PROJECT THEY WANT US TO CONSIDER, WILL WE SEE THAT ON SOME KIND OF A LIST? YEAH, WE NEED TO, WE'LL SYNCHRONIZE WITH, UH, THE TOWN WITH FAN AND THEN THE OTHER MUNICIPALITY. 
          SO IF THEY SUGGEST A PROJECT AND THEY'VE ALREADY GOT SOME BACKGROUND, UM, THE MORE OF BACKGROUND THAT WE HAVE, WE'LL LOAD IT ALL UP. 
          AND THAT CAN BE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, WHICH COULD CARRY WEIGHT A LITTLE BIT ON US. 
          YEAH. 
          AND, AND, AND JUST SO YOU KNOW AS WELL, WE'VE TAKEN OWNERSHIP OF THE DOT ROADS THAT, UH, SURROUND THAT FACILITY AS WELL AS SEVERAL IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          AND WHERE IS IT GOING TO BE YOU ON REBO ROAD? YOU'LL, YOU'LL SEE IT ON, IT WAS THE, UH, LOCATION OF THE FORMER SEA ISLAND APARTMENTS. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          GOOD. 
          ANYTHING ELSE WITH, FOR GLEN? YOU'RE BANNED. 
          THAT'S FINE. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          WELCOME. 
          MM-HMM . 
          AND PLEASE, SORRY ABOUT THE LATE NOTICE, BUT WE'RE GOOD. 
          WE'RE LATE TILL WE GET OUR MINUTES TODAY BEFORE TOO. 
          SO WE'RE ALL, WE'RE FLUID. 
          WE CAN FIGURE THIS OUT. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          UM, WE HAVE COMMITTEE MEMBER DISCUSSION FOR THOSE OF YOU HERE LAST WEEK, YOU KNOW, WE WENT AROUND THE ROOM IF THERE'S ANYTHING NEW YOU WANNA ADD OR ANY QUESTIONS. 
          UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WEREN'T HERE, WE JUST, WE'RE GONNA GIVE TWO MINUTES EVERY MEETING. 
          JUST WHAT DO YOU THINK IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD? WHAT ARE YOU HEARING OR DID YOU RIDE TO ANOTHER COMMUNITY? YOU, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS IT WE NEED TO PUT ON THIS LIST FOR JARED AND BRIAN TO PUT ON THAT BEAUTIFUL INTERACTIVE WEBSITE FOR US TO LOOK AT? SO I'LL START WITH YOU, MR. RICKETT. 
          ANYTHING NEW? UM, NOTHING NEW. 
          JUST LOOKING TODAY FOR THE FIRST TIME AT SOME OF THE PROJECTS ON THIS SHEET, I WANT TO TALK TO JARED A LITTLE BIT AFTER THE MEETING. 
          RIGHT. 
          UM, , AS YOU KNOW, MY SON'S A B POLICE OFFICER AND LOOKING AT THE MAY AS WE CALL IT THE MAY RIVER CIRCLE. 
          YES. 
          HE CAN'T WAIT FOR THAT THING TO BE BLOWN UP,  AND REDONE, JUST TO PASS THAT ALONG FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH. 
          BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT, I HAVE NOTHING AT THIS TIME, SO. 
          OKAY. 
          YES. 
          ANYTHING MADAM CHAIR? SO, NO, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD THIS MOMENT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          RIGHT, MR. PERRY. 
          ANYTHING ELSE? NOTHING RIGHT NOW. 
          ANYTHING. 
          MS. CO. 
          UM, MRS. OR MS. MS. CO? MRS. MRS. UM, SORRY. 
          UM, I HAVE A FEW THINGS, BUT K CAN CAN YOU COME BACK TO ME AND TELL US? ABSOLUTELY. 
          ELIZABETH. 
          I HAD 'EM. 
          I JUST DON'T HAVE 'EM. 
          THAT'S OKAY. 
          I WOULD SAY JUST A COUPLE MORE INTERSECTIONS THAT I WOULD BE FOCUSING ON, UH, IN ADDITION TO THE ONES MENTIONED LAST, UH, LAST WEEK WOULD BE, UH, BURTON HILL AND SALEM ROAD ON ONE 70. 
          AND JUST, UH, I KNOW THERE WAS A PREVIOUS PATHWAY PROJECT, UH, PROPOSED DURING 2018 SALES TAX AND JUST SEEING MAYBE SOME LIFE COME BACK INTO THAT ONE. 
          UH, FOR CONNECTIVITY, ESPECIALLY WITH THE LOW-INCOME HOUSING, UM, THAT IS, UH, POPPING UP IN THAT AREA. 
          BUT, UH, JUST PATHWAY CONNECTIVITY, UH, GETTING THE EVERYDAY NEIGHBOR TO WORK TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          ANYTHING ELSE, MR. JONES? WELL, NOTHING NEW, BUT AGAIN, I'D JUST LIKE TO CONTINUE TO KEEP CHOW AND CREEK BRIDGE WIDENING, UM, ON THE FOREFRONT AS WELL AS THE 
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CAUSEWAY GOING TO WARSAW ISLAND. 
          IS THAT A DOT ROAD? CRAIG, CAN YOU CHECK ON LIKE SMALLER BRIDGES LIKE THAT? IS THERE A SITE ON DOT WHERE WE CAN SEE ALL THE BRIDGES AND WHERE THEY MIGHT BE AND WHERE THEY RANK? THERE'S, THERE'S, YOU MIGHT WANNA, BRIAN, BRIAN HAS, IT HAS, THERE'S, UM, A WEBSITE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS. 
          UM, I DON'T HAVE THE ADDRESS, BUT I KNOW JARED AND BRIAN JUST SENT IT TO 'EM RECENTLY. 
          SO YOU, IT IS INTERACTIVE MAP. 
          YOU CAN LOOK UP ANY BRIDGE IN THE STATE AND SEE ROUGHLY WHAT THE CONDITION IS. 
          UM, IT MAY NOT ALWAYS BE THE MOST UPTODATE IN, YOU KNOW, INSPECTION INFORMATION, BUT IT DOES HAVE KIND OF, AND IT PROJECTS WHAT THE BRIDGE COULD DO IN THE NEXT 30 YEARS AS WELL FOR CONDITIONS. 
          DOES IT SAY IF THERE'S A PROJECT ASSOCIATED WITH IT, THERE'S THE DOT PROJECT VIEWER. 
          OKAY. 
          SO ON OUR WEBSITE WE'VE GOT, UM, IF YOU GOOGLE S-E-D-O-T PROJECT VIEWER, UM, IT WILL PULL UP THE WEBSITE AND YOU CAN ZOOM ON ANY AREA TO SEE WHAT PROJECTS, EVEN THE BEFOR COUNTY SALES ACT PROJECTS ARE INCLUDED IN THAT PROJECT VIEWER AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          JUST KIND OF FOR INFORMATION FOR EVERYBODY. 
          THANK YOU JUDGE. 
          ANYTHING ELSE? ANYTHING THERE? THANK, THANK YOU. 
          WOULD LIKE TO REITERATE THE NEED FOR, UH, LOCAL, LOCAL CITIZENRY USERS, DIRT ROADS AND LOCAL CITIZENRY HAVE TO VOTE. 
          I DON'T THINK I NEED YOU TO SAY ANYTHING. 
          NEED TO SAY MUCH MORE ABOUT THAT. 
          UH, SECONDLY, THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL, UH, SIDEWALKING AT THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL IN NORTHERN BEAUFORT COUNTY. 
          UH, WE ARE, WE ARE IN A GROWTH SPAN AT ANTICIPATING GROWTH SPAN AT THE SCHOOL. 
          WE DO HAVE KIDS THAT WALK TO SCHOOL, UH, DETOUR ROAD, UM, HAS HAD ACCIDENTS AND, UM, SAFETY FOR THOSE CHILDREN. 
          AND THAT'S, UM, WELL BRANCH YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? WELL, BRANCH CHILDREN COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THE NUMBERS WOULD SUPPORT THIS, BUT IF THERE CAN BE SOME, AT LEAST INQUIRIES AS TO THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS AT THE INTERSECTION OF, UH, 21 AND KEEN NECK ROAD. 
          NECK ROAD, THAT'S WORTH LOOKING AT. 
          OF COURSE WE DO HAVE SOME OTHER UNFINISHED, UH, SIDEWALK ISSUES FROM THE PRIOR, UH, REFERENDUM AND I DON'T, I WOULD HOPE THAT IF SOMETHING WAS LEFT NOT FUNDED FROM THE PRIOR REFERENDUM, THAT THOSE PROJECTS WOULD BE CONSIDERED AND NOT, YOU KNOW, FALL OFF THE TABLE. 
          MAD CHAIR, IF, IF I MAY, UH, TAG ON TO YOUR COMMENT. 
          UM, I IS THERE, I'VE SEEN A LOT OF, UH, TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN POLICE PRESENCE JUST PAST, UH, RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE LIBRARY AND THE DALE AREA. 
          IS THAT INTERSECTION BEING STUDIED? BECAUSE I, I JUST KNOW THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE COME OUT THERE AND TRY TO TURN LEFT. 
          IF YOU LOOK AT THAT'S THE INTERSECTION, THAT'S THE SECTION THAT'S THE INTERSECTION YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. 
          THAT'S WHERE I'M SPEAKING OF, WHAT'S THE NAME OF THAT ROAD? KING NECK. 
          KING NECK KINGS? YES, THAT'S RIGHT. 
          LIKE QUEEN AND KING. 
          K-K-K-K-K-A. 
          THAT'S WHAT? K-E-A-N-S THAT'S WHAT I WROTE. 
          NECK. 
          TWO WORDS. 
          OKAY. 
          KINGS NECK. 
          IT WAS BACK AROUND AND COMES BACK TO THE MAIN ROAD THERE. 
          ONE OF THE REFERENCES WHEN YOU LEAVE GOING NORTH ON 21, THE FIRST PAVE AFTER WILL BRANCH BRIDGE IS MORGAN ROAD. 
          ONE OF THE REFERENCES THAT ARE IS IN YOUR FILE IS THE US 21 STUDY AND IT LOOKS AT 21 ALL THE WAY FROM 17 TO NEAL ROAD IN BEAUFORT. 
          SO THERE'S, UH, CONCEPTS IN THERE FOR THOSE INTERSECTIONS, INTERSECTIONS, CONCEPTS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN, THEY'VE BEEN STUDIED. 
          IT'S JUST A STUDY. 
          YES. 
          IS IT ON ANY 10 YEAR LIST? IS IT ON A TIP? ALL THE ACRONYMS? IT'S NOT ON ON TIP, IT'S JUST ON A STUDY. 
          IT'S STILL ON THE STUDY. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          YES SIR. 
          AND FINALLY, I HOPE THAT WE DO NOT, WE CONTINUE TO AT LEAST LOOK AT THE POSSIBILITIES ON THE IDEA WE PRESENTED LAST MEETING CONCERNING A WARNING SYSTEM FOR WEATHER. 
          OH, YES SIR. 
          WEATHER RELATED ISSUES SUCH AS TORNADOES AND THE LIGHT. 
          HEY, I THINK A QUESTION, THE QUESTION WAS RAISED, BUT WE NEEDED TO, UH, GET A DEFINITIVE ANSWER. 
          COULD THAT BE INCLUDED? WE, WE LOOKED AT IT A LITTLE BIT AND SO I'LL GIVE YOU AS DEFINITIVE AS I CAN GIVE YOU. 
          UM, SO STATE TRANSPORTATION SALES TAX IS VERY SPECIFIC IN WHAT IT LISTS OUT. 
          IT LISTS, UM, TRANSPORTATION SIDEWALKS, UM, AND I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME, BUT IT'S VERY TRANSPORTATION RELATED AND THEN IT HAS KIND OF ET CETERA IN. 
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BUT SO IT DOESN'T GET DOWN. 
          IT IS SPECIFIC IN THE FACT THAT IT GIVES TYPES OF PROJECTS, BUT THEN IT DOESN'T GET DOWN INTO VERY SPECIFIC DETAIL. 
          SO, UM, THE, THE QUESTION THAT WE'D HAVE TO ASK AT THE COUNT COUNTY IS, UM, COULD WE DEFEND IT IF SOMEBODY, UM, COMES AGAINST, WHETHER THAT'S SUIT OR NOT, THAT IT'S, THAT IT'S A DEFENSIBLE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT. 
          UM, AND SO THAT'S AS DEFINITIVE AS I CAN GIVE YOU. 
          I KNOW THAT'S NOT A YES OR NO, BUT, UM, I'LL, WE'LL TALK TO OUR LEGAL STAFF TO, TO BRING IT BACK UP TO THEM. 
          BUT THAT'S JUST US READING THE STATUTE AND THEY MAY HAVE AN OPINION ON IT, BUT THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. 
          I, IF IT SAYS ETC, THAT'S LIKE WHEN I USED TO WORK, THEY HAD A LINE ON MY JOB DESCRIPTIONS SAYS ALL DO, ALL OTHER DUTIES ASSIGNED, WHICH MEANT, UM, I WAS A DO IT IF THEY ASKED ME OR NOT. 
          SO I THINK WE ASKED  WELL, SO EVERYTHING'S, UH, I'M NOT A, I'M NOT A LAWYER, BUT, UM, WE'RE GLAD. 
          YES, THANK MYSELF INCLUDED. 
          I'M GLAD. 
          UH, BUT THINGS ARE LEGAL OR ILLEGAL UNTIL THEY'RE, THEY'RE BROUGHT TO THE CHALLENGED. 
          SO I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT WE CREATE SOMETHING THAT GETS CHALLENGED, BUT THAT'S JUST, UM, I'LL ASK OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT TO LOOK INTO IT A LITTLE FURTHER. 
          I'M, I'M SUGGESTING THE OPPOSITE THAT WE DO PUT IT IN AND LET, AND LET IT FERRE IT OUT. 
          BUT IF YOU DON'T PUT IT IN, YOU'LL NEVER KNOW BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT DOES NOT AFFECT A PORTION OF THE COUNTY. 
          IT IMPACTS EVERYBODY'S LIVES. 
          WELL, AND THERE MAY BE, LET ME, LET ME GET SOME MORE GUIDANCE FROM OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT AND WE CAN BRING THAT BACK AND THEN, BUT THERE MAY BE OTHER WAYS TO, TO LOOK AT A SYSTEM LIKE THAT OUTSIDE OF SALES TAX. 
          MAYBE SALES TAX IS APPLICABLE, BUT I'LL GET LEGAL TO WEIGH IN ON THAT. 
          WELL, AND I ALSO HAVE A THOUGHT, UM, LET 'EM WEIGH IN ON IT. 
          'CAUSE IF IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN CONSIDER, WE SHOULD, BUT IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT AFFECTS THE COUNTY AND ALL THE MUNICIPALITIES WHO ARE PART OF THE COUNTY, BUT THEY ALL HAVE PROJECTS TO GO THROUGH, THERE'S A GROUP WHERE ALL THE ELECTED OFFICIALS IN BOTH COUNTIES MEET CALLED SOUTHERN LOW COUNTRY REGIONAL PLAN OR SO LOCO. 
          IT COULD BE A SUBJECT YOU COULD BRING UP FOR MAYOR WILLIAMS TO DISCUSS REGIONALLY FOR HAR FOR EVERYONE TO GO IN THEIR BUDGETS AND SEE IF THEY CAN WORK WITH THE TWO COUNTIES TO HAVE THAT. 
          'CAUSE IT IS A SAFETY. 
          IT IS SAFETY, BUT I'M NOT AN ATTORNEY EITHER. 
          SO THERE, THERE ARE OTHER AVENUES IF IT DOESN'T FALL. 
          BUT LET'S SEE IF IT FALLS WITHIN IT. 
          OKAY. 
          ANYTHING ELSE FROM ANYONE? IT'S GREAT TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE. 
          YES. 
          HAVE TO, MR. STANFORD HAS, UM, LET ME GO BACK TO JOY AND THEN WE'LL DO GLEN, UM, I FORGOT YOU. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          A FEW QUESTIONS. 
          UM, JUST DO THE PROJECTS HAVE TO BE IN LATS THAT ARE CHOSEN. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, AND, AND THAT BEING SAID, THERE DOES, IN ME LOOKING AT THE PROJECTS, THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE MANY IN YOUR DISTRICT THREE OR DISTRICT ONE, UM, FOR THEM. 
          AND UM, ANOTHER POINT WAS THE PAVING. 
          AND I THINK WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE CRAIG, WHAT'S HIS NAME? FORREST GORDON. 
          OH, GORDON. 
          GORDON. 
          GORDON. 
          AND SPEAK ABOUT THE, THE MONEY THAT, I GUESS MY QUESTION WOULD BE HOW MUCH MONEY DOES THIS, UH, WHAT IS IT CTC IS THAT MM-HMM . 
          MM-HMM . 
          UM, HOW MUCH MONEY DO THEY GET A YEAR APPROXIMATELY IN GASOLINE TAX AND HOW MUCH IS SPENT ON PAVING REPAVING VERSUS PAVING OF DIRT ROADS? SO AT LEAST WE HAVE AN IDEA OF, OR MAYBE MORE MONEY FROM THEM SHOULD GO TO DIRT ROAD PAVING AS WELL AS PUTTING IT IN HERE BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF DIRT ROADS THAT NEED TO GET PAVED. 
          I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. 
          AND, UM, AND, AND HE, TOMMY, HE IS COMING, Y'ALL HAVE ALREADY SCHEDULED HIM. 
          I BELIEVE IT'S NEXT WEEK, BUT I'LL TO CONFIRM THAT IS MARCH 4TH, IT'S NEXT WEEK. 
          SO MAYBE HE CAN ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS. 
          UM, UM, CONCERNING THE PRIOR REFER REFERENT RANDOM, IF SIDEWALKS ARE TAKEN OUT, Y'ALL HAD A BUNCH OF SIDEWALKS, ARE, DO THEY HAVE TO BE DONE AT A LATER DATE, LIKE IN A FUTURE REFERENDUM? OR DO THEY JUST TOTALLY DISAPPEAR? I KNOW HE ASKED ABOUT THEM BEING FUNDED WITH LEFTOVER MONEY. 
          YEAH, SO THOSE WERE CONSIDERED IN 24 WHEN WE DID A SIMILAR SALES TAX COMMITTEE. 
          UM, THOSE WERE CONSIDERED BRINGING THOSE FORWARD. 
          SO THERE'S NO STATUTE REQUIREMENT THAT THEY HAVE TO BE DONE. 
          UM, IF THE MONEY RUNS OUT BEFORE THAT'S THE, THE CONTRIBUTING FACTOR. 
          UM, SO IT WAS CONSIDERED THE TO, UM, MS. SO CHAIRMAN  POINT EARLIER, COUNSEL GAVE VERY SPECIFIC DIRECTIONS ON WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING TO HAVE AS A RECOMMENDATION. 
          THEY DIDN'T, THEY DIDN'T LIST SIDEWALKS. 
          SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN HAVING BASED OFF WHAT THEY CHALLENGED THE COMMITTEE TO BRING BACK AS A RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN, UM, ALSO SHANKLIN ROAD, 
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I'M NOT, IS THAT IN YOUR DISTRICT? I THINK, IS THAT A REALLY BAD INTERSECTION AROUND SHANKLIN ROAD? I, I HEAR ACCIDENTS ALL THE TIME. 
          SHANK SHANKLIN SHANKLIN FROM AIR STATION. 
          FROM THE AIR STATION. 
          SHANKLIN 21. 
          YOU TALKING ABOUT ONE 16 GOING SHE POINT OR SHANKLIN ROAD ITSELF? SHANKLIN ROAD OUT BY THE AIRPORT. 
          BY THE, BY THE AIR STATION. 
          AIR AIR STATION. 
          I THINK THERE WAS SOME SAFETY NEAR PARKERS. 
          IT A GAS STATION, RIGHT? WAIT, ON WAKE CITY TRANSFER STATION? YES SIR. 
          SO THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE 21 STUDY AS WELL. 
          SO, SO JUST LIKE ONE 70 AND 2 78 THOSE STUDIES, 21 HAS A HANDFUL OF INTERSECTIONS THAT ARE, THAT ARE IN NEED OF CONSIDERATION, UH, FOR YOU GUYS TO TAKE A LOOK AT. 
          AND SO IT, WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT IF YOU WANT SPECIFICALLY, BUT THERE'S SEVERAL UP AND DOWN THAT CORRIDOR THAT, AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE LIST OF PROJECTS THAT WE HANDED OUT EARLIER, THE SHANKLIN 21 INTERSECTION IS ON THE LIST. 
          UM, IT'S RECOMMENDED IN THAT 21 STUDY TO GET A-R-C-I-A REDUCED CONFLICT INTERSECTION. 
          UM, SO THAT'S ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME OUTTA THAT US 21 STUDY. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN TWO MORE THINGS. 
          UM, I WAS LOOKING LAST NIGHT AT THE STUDIES THAT Y'ALL HAVE AND THERE'S A ONE 70 CORRIDOR REPORT, BUT THAT'S NOT DONE RIGHT? IT'S NOT GONNA BE DONE UNTIL MARCH OF 26. 
          SO ARE WE GONNA HAVE INFORMATION ON WHAT WERE THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND ANY PRICES FOR THAT? SO THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT ONE 70 STUDIES AND TWO DIFFERENT 2 78 STUDIES. 
          SO THE COUNTY HAS STUDIED ONE 70 FROM 4 62 TO 2 78. 
          UM, SO THAT STUDY IS DONE AND INCLUDED IN YOUR REFERENCES, THAT STUDY IS BEING INCLUDED IN THE LARGER ONE 70 STUDY THAT LATS IS DOING. 
          THAT GOES ALL THE WAY FROM BOUNDARY STREET TO 46. 
          AND SAME THING WITH 2 78, THE COUNTY STUDY 2 78 FROM ARGENT ROAD TO ONE 70. 
          AND THAT STUDY IS INCLUDED IN YOUR, IN YOUR REFERENCES. 
          AND THAT SMALLER STUDY IS BEING INCORPORATED INTO THE LARGER 2 78 STUDY THAT LATS IS DOING. 
          THAT GOES ALL THE WAY FROM 95 TO SEA PINE CIRCLE. 
          BUT, BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, WHAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO DO IS THOSE STUDIES ARE IN DRAFT MODE, THEY'RE BEING DEVELOPED AND WE'RE WORKING THROUGH PUBLIC MEETINGS. 
          THERE MAY BE AN OPTION FOR US TO COORDINATE WITH THE DES THE DESIGN ENGINEERS OR THE, UM, TRAFFIC STUDY ENGINEERS TO SEE IF THEY CAN COME GIVE A PRELIMINARY SYNOPSIS WHERE THEY ARE. 
          IT WON'T BE A FINALIZED REPORT, BUT IT'LL BE, HERE'S THE HIGHLIGHTS THAT WE'RE SEEING SO FAR THAT YOU GUYS CAN TAKE CONSIDERATION. 
          SO IT'S WITHIN THE WINDOW THAT YOU'RE WORKING, EVEN THOUGH THE REPORT MIGHT NOT BE TILL AFTER THE GROUP'S FINISHED. 
          OKAY. 
          I I NEED TO GET GLEN, GO AHEAD. 
          WE CAN JUST GO AROUND GLEN THEN MR. JONES, THEN MS. SANDERS AND WE'LL GO BACK. 
          GLEN, THANK YOU. 
          I'M GONNA BE KIND OF A BROKEN RECORD HERE. 
          UM, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE PRIORITIES OF THESE PROJECTS FROM OUR EXPERT'S POINT OF VIEW. 
          UH, AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GONNA SEE THOSE PRIORITIES IN THESE MASSIVE LISTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OF PROJECTS. 
          SO I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE APPLICATION OF PRIORITIES TO THOSE AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO ASK FOR THAT. 
          THEN. 
          I ASSUME THAT THESE, UH, THE DOCUMENT THAT WE'RE, WE'RE SEEING TODAY, UH, THE GIS DOCUMENT, WE CAN GO THROUGH AND SORT BASED UPON SIZE OF PROJECT SIZE, LARGE TO SMALL, SMALL TO LARGE, WHATEVER. 
          UH, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE A FACTOR IN OUR ULTIMATE, UH, DECISION MAKING HERE. 
          AND THEN I'M GONNA SAY AGAIN, WHAT I CONTINUE TO HEAR ABOUT SALES TAX REFERENDUM IS THEY HAVEN'T SPENT ALL THE MONEY YET. 
          WE'VE GOT TO COME UP WITH A VERY CLEAR WAY TO PRESENT WHAT HAS HAPPENED WITH THE 2018 REFERENDUM DOLLARS AND WHY THE 24 REFERENDUM WAS DEFEATED PRIMARILY THE 28 REFERENDUM DOLLARS, 2018 REFER, REFER DOCUMENTS. 
          UH, THOSE ARE WHERE, WHERE THE PUBLIC IS. 
          IF THEY'RE SAYING THE MONEY HADN'T BEEN SPENT YET, WHY SHOULD WE GIVE 'EM MORE MONEY? THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU SIR. 
          UM, DO YOU WANT AN ANSWER OR IS THAT MORE FOR A COMMENT? 'CAUSE I'M LOOKING TO JARED TO GIVE YOU SOME FEEDBACK. 
          OH, JARED, JARED DID SPEAK TO THAT, UM, IN OUR INITIAL MEETING TALKING ABOUT THE MONEY WAS ALL ALREADY ALLOCATED TO PROJECTS AND I THINK IT MAY BE SUFFICIENT FOR US, BUT IT MAY NOT BE SUFFICIENT FOR JOHN Q PUBLIC OUT THERE. 
          AND SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS IT NEEDS TO BE PRESENTED IN A WAY THAT IS TRUTHFUL AND CONVINCING. 
          AND WHAT JARED SAYS IS VERY TRUTHFUL AND CONVINCING TO ME THAT JOHN DUKE Q CITIZEN DOESN'T KNOW JERRY. 
          THAT'S TRUE. 
          I THINK WITH THE UPDATE, I WENT ON THE PENNY UH, SITE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND IT REALLY WASN'T UPDATED. 
          SO I THINK WITH THE NEW 
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TAB, WE SHOULD ALL GO ON THAT SITE, GATHER QUESTIONS FROM IT. 
          WE'RE ALL FROM THE PUB IN THE PUBLIC. 
          LET'S THINK QUESTIONS WE HAVE AND LET'S BRING 'EM NEXT WEEK AND, AND, UM, I CAN, OOPS, SORRY. 
          I CAN TRY TO ADDRESS A COUPLE THINGS. 
          SO AS FAR AS SORTING THE PROJECTS ON THE GIS MAP, I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE THAT FUNCTIONALITY IN, BUT NOW, BUT WE CAN WORK TO SEE IF WE CAN GET THAT PUT IN THERE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND WE CAN DO THAT WITH THE EXCEL SPREADSHEET. 
          YEP. 
          GREAT. 
          AND AS FAR AS THE 2018 SALES TAX, JARED CAN PROBABLY TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT. 
          BUT OUR NEXT, UH, AT OUR PFC MEETING IN MARCH, WE'LL BE DOING OUR QUARTERLY UPDATE AT PFC. 
          SO WE WILL GET UPDATES ON ALL THOSE PROJECTS IN MARCH AND WE CAN, LIKE JARED SAID, WE'RE WORKING ON A PAMPHLET HANDOUT WITH BULLET POINTS FOR THOSE CURRENT PROJECTS. 
          SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON GETTING YOU THAT AND TELL US PFC MEANS, UH, OUR PUBLIC FACILITIES CAN MEET. 
          GOT IT. 
          I IT IS GONNA BE THE THIRD MONDAY OF THE MONTH. 
          I THINK IT'S, I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT DATE RIGHT NOW. 
          THAT'S OKAY. 
          BUT WE ARE ALSO GONNA BE HAVING SEVERAL PUBLIC MEETINGS COMING UP, UM, IN MARCH AND APRIL. 
          THERE SHOULD BE PUBLIC MEETINGS ON THE ONE SE ON THE LATS ONE 70 AND 2 78 STUDIES AS WELL AS PUBLIC MEETINGS ON THE US 21 AND JOE FRAZIER CORRIDOR STUDIES THAT GOES THROUGH THE PUBLIC FACILITIES COMMITTEE. 
          THESE WILL BE SEPARATE PUBLIC MEETINGS. 
          PUBLIC MEETINGS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE CAN MAKE SURE WE GET YOU THOSE DATES. 
          OKAY. 
          WHO DID I SAY FIRST? WE'LL GO WITH YOU AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND START LOOKING AT PROJECTS, ESPECIALLY LIKE THE ONE YOU MENTIONED AT SHANKLIN ROAD AND 21. 
          UM, WHETHER OR NOT THERE ARE ANY FEDERAL RESTRICTIONS, IE UH, AT THAT INTERSECTION YOU GOT A RUNWAY, UM, THAT CROSSES THE ROAD. 
          SO, UM, THAT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE OF 21. 
          SO WHEN WE START PLANNING AS FAR AS WHETHER OR NOT WE MAY APPROVE PENNIES FOR IT, BUT WE MAY BE RESTRICTED BECAUSE IF THAT AREA CALLS FOR A TRAFFIC LIGHT, WHAT'S THE HEIGHT OF IT? SO IT WON'T IMPEDE THE, THE RUNWAY YOU'RE THINKING LIKE AN ENGINEER. 
          WE HAVE OPEN POSITIONS, WE ARE HIRING. 
          AH, BE CAREFUL. 
          BUT, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT. 
          SO WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE THAT IN CONSIDERATION WHEN WE START DOING THE COST AND A LITTLE BIT OF CONSIDERATION OF THAT, I BELIEVE ALREADY IN THE 21 STUDY. 
          YEAH, WHEN THEY DID THE STUDY, WE DEFINITELY MADE SURE WE TOOK THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AND, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. 
          A TRAFFIC SIGNAL WOULD NOT GET APPROVED RIGHT THERE. 
          SO THAT'S WHY, UH, RCI WAS A ALTERNATIVE OPTION. 
          BUT YEAH, THERE'S DEFINITELY GONNA BE RESTRAINTS AT THAT INTERSECTION IN PARTICULAR. 
          OKAY. 
          ELIZABETH? YES, I WAS JUST GONNA ADD WHEN LOOKING AT, UH, RESURFACING AS ONE OF THE ITEMS POST TO US BY COUNSEL, UM, JUST THAT THAT POLICY FROM DOT STILL COMES INTO PLAY WITH COMPLETE STREETS, WHICH WOULD LOOK AT BICYCLE PATHS AND, AND UH, SIDEWALKS WHEN THOSE ARE LOOKED AT FOR RESURFACING EFFORTS. 
          SO KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WELL. 
          SO THAT IS PART OF RESURFACING AND WIDENING AS A POLICY OF DOT AS THE COMPLETE STREETS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO PATHWAYS COULD BE A POSSIBILITY IF THERE'S RESURFACING OR WIDENING, WHICH YOU WILL PUT IN THE ESTIMATES TO INCLUDE. 
          SO THAT MIGHT BE THE ONLY AVENUE FOR PATHWAYS AND IT COMES AS A REQUIREMENT. 
          RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          ANYONE ELSE? UM, CAN I ASK ONE? YES. 
          UM, I LOOKED AT ALSO THE 46 3 15 STUDY. 
          IS THAT MOSTLY JASPER AND NOT BUFORD? OKAY. 
          AND WE'LL GET INFO ON ALL OF THAT WITH, UM, STEPHANIE WITH LOW COUNTRY COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN LAST, UM, AFTER THE, SOMEBODY WATCHED THE MEETING, THE LAST MEETING AND THEY HAD A COUPLE COMMENTS, UM, ON THE MEETING AND JUST THREE OF THEM WERE WITH, UH, WITH TRAFFIC VOLUME ISSUES AND FOUR FATALITIES ALREADY IN 2026. 
          THE PRIORITIES NEED TO BE CLEARLY ESTABLISHED AND THEY SAID TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW, LEFT TURN INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS, IMPROVE VISIBILITY, LIGHTING, PAINTING, THIS LINE SIX INCH, NOT FOUR INCH. 
          AND THE STANDARDS FOR LIGHTING NOT HANGING FROM A CABLE AND SUN REFLECTION WERE NOT MENTIONED. 
          I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE, THE OVERHEAD ONES WOULD BE MUCH BETTER. 
          AND THEN, UM, THEIR LAST COMMENT WAS MORE REACHING OUT TO THE CITIZENS FOR THEIR ISSUES. 
          QUESTION MARK. 
          AFTER ALL THE DOLLARS SPENT FOR THE STUDIES AND ACCIDENTS, WE STILL DON'T KNOW WHERE THERE ARE ISSUES AND HOW TO CORRECT THEM. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          AND YOU ARE GETTING INPUT FROM YOUR COMMUNITY, LIKE ALL OF US NEED TO GET, AND, AND I THINK THAT'S FOR US TO BRING TO THE TABLE. 
          SO ANY KIND OF SOCIAL MEDIA, EMAILS, COFFEES, CHURCH, WHATEVER, UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A BIG LIST AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO NARROW IT DOWN BECAUSE THE COSTS ARE GONNA BE ASTRONOMICAL. 
          BUT THAT, THAT POINT THEN WE'LL HAVE TO TALK ABOUT YEARS AND HOW MUCH WE WANNA RAISE 
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THE POSITIVE, YOU KNOW, TRANSPARENT AND HONEST AND HOW DO WE PRESENT THIS TO OUR COMMUNITY ON TOP OF WHAT THE COUNTY'S GONNA HAVE TO DO, WHICH IS PROBABLY FIND A MARKETING COMPANY TO ALSO DO IT. 
          BUT I THINK WE'RE THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND, SO I'M GLAD THEY'RE THEY'RE BRINGING THAT UP AND I'M GLAD THEY'RE WATCHING IT. 
          UM, BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT. 
          UM, AND WE WANT PEOPLE THAT ARE WATCHING IT TO SUPPORT IT BECAUSE IT'S NEEDED. 
          AND YOU HEARD FROM CRAIG, THE STATE'S NOT DOING IT. 
          THEY DO INTERSTATES RIGHT NOW, SO WE'VE GOT TO TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN DISTRICT. 
          ANYTHING ELSE? ME AROUND? ANYONE? ANYONE? I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION AND IT'S PROBABLY TO THE S YOU, YOU ARE IN CHARGE OF THE BRIDGE, RIGHT? THE S-C-D-O-T, THE HILTON HEAD BRIDGE IN THE MEANTIME BEFORE IT'S UM, DONE. 
          'CAUSE IT'S GONNA BE TILL LIKE 2030. 
          COULD IT BE REPAVED? IT'S AWFUL WITH ALL THE POTHOLES AND I MEAN, THERE WAS A PIECE OF METAL STICKING UP NOT TOO LONG AGO. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW IT IN THE PAPER, BUT I CAN'T BELIEVE IT DIDN'T CAUSE SOME KIND OF MAJOR, MAJOR, ACTUALLY A FRIEND OF MINE WAS DRIVING OVER THE BRIDGE AND TOOK A PICTURE OF IT AND SHE SENT, SHE WAS LIKE, OH MY GOD, WHAT IS THIS? AND UM, ANYWAY, UM, I THINK THEY DID COME AND I GUESS IT WAS JUST A PIECE OF METAL FROM ACTUALLY FROM THE REBAR OR SOMETHING COMING UP THROUGH THE BRIDGE. 
          IT WAS UM, SO AN EXPANSION JOINT. 
          SO IT WAS A STEEL HEADER OFF THE EXPANSION JOINT. 
          UM, SO WITH THE SALT, SALT WATER ENVIRONMENT, THE, THE BOLTS RUSTED ON IT. 
          SO SOMETHING DRAGGED ACROSS IT AND PULLED IT UP. 
          OUR MAINTENANCE CREWS WENT IN THERE AND BASICALLY CUT THE REMAIN. 
          IT HAD ONE REMAINING BOLT CONNECTION. 
          THEY CUT THAT BOLT AND, AND PULLED THE PIECE OF METAL OUT. 
          BUT, BUT COULD IT BE POSSIBLY REPAVED, YOU KNOW, IN THE INTERIM OR AT LEAST THE POTHOLES. 
          THERE'S HUGE POTHOLES ON THAT. 
          I CAN, WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT. 
          YES. 
          BUT THAT'S NOT OUR COMMITTEE'S FOCUS. 
          BUT LOOK AT IT FOR LATS OR NOT OUR MONEY, NOT OUR PENNY. 
          CORRECT. 
          FIX THE POTHOLES. 
          . 
          SO YOU KNOW, WE THANK YOU CRAIG. 
          WE DO AS A GROUP, I THINK WELL JUST FYI HAD A INTERVIEW WITH WHHI THAT IS NOW IN BLUFFTON, SO I'M RELABELING THEM WBLF . 
          W WHAT? WHHI. 
          AND IT'S SHOWN ON ROKU, APPLE SPECTRUM, SPARK LIGHT IS EVERYWHERE. 
          BUT THEY DID ASK FOR AN INTERVIEW ON HOW OUR COMMITTEE IS GOING. 
          UM, AND I THOUGHT IT WENT REALLY WELL. 
          WE'LL GET THE LINK OUT TO YOU. 
          UM, BUT I WILL, WHAT I SAID REALLY IS WE HAVE SUCH A GREAT COUNTY COUNCIL, WE HAVE AN AMAZING LEADER IN MICHAEL MOORE. 
          THINGS HAVE CHANGED SINCE 24, 2, 3, WHATEVER, WHENEVER THAT PENNY WAS. 
          UM, BUT THE GOAL IS TO BRING TRUST BACK TO PEOPLE WHO SAY THEY'RE GONNA DO THINGS AND I THINK THEY PUT IT ON US AND IT'S A HEAVY WEIGHT ON OUR SHOULDER BECAUSE I THINK WE ALL ARE THOUGHT OF KINDLY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND OUR TOWNS, BUT WE ARE REPRESENTING THEM AND JARED'S GONNA, YOU KNOW, I THINK LIKE MR. MOORE SAID, WE NEED TO SEE ORANGE CONES QUICKLY. 
          AND I ALSO THINK WE SHOULD PUSH THE COUNTY TO START SIGNAGE, PUT SIGNAGE UP ON WHAT WE'RE DOING BECAUSE THE PUBLIC DOESN'T HAVE TIME TO LOOK AT THIS. 
          THEY VOTED ON THEIR ELECTED OFFICIALS TO DO WHAT THEY NEED DONE. 
          SO THE MORE WE CAN GET OUT TO PROMOTE ALL THE PROJECTS AND WHAT WE'RE DOING, UM, I THINK IS GONNA BE REALLY WORTHY. 
          BUT THAT WAS BASICALLY WHAT I, FIVE MINUTES AND WAS UP. 
          I COULD HARDLY TALK FOR FIVE MINUTES AND SHE ASKED QUESTIONS, BUT I'LL GIVE YOU ALL THE LINK. 
          UM, HANNAH DOES WANT TO GET TO KNOW ALL OF US, SO PLEASE DO NOT RUN OUT OF THAT ROOM QUICKLY. 
          SHE DOES WANNA GRAB A COUPLE OF YOU JUST TALK ABOUT WHO YOU ARE. 
          I KNOW, HANNAH. 
          SO IF WE CAN KNOCK OUT THREE OR FOUR OF OUR COMMITTEE TODAY, IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL. 
          UM, AND I'M FINE, BUT I'VE ALREADY DONE IT, SO I'M GONNA LOOK AT Y'ALL DON'T RUN OUT THAT DOOR. 
          YOU DID YOURS. 
          I DID MINE. 
          GOOD. 
          UM, SO PLEASE FIND HANNAH, HANNAH RAISE YOUR HAND SO EVERYONE KNOWS HOW YOU ARE. 
          UM, ANYTHING ELSE? IF NOT, THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. 
          I LOVE THE PUBLIC THAT'S COMING EVEN AT A WEIRD TIME OF DAY. 
          WE WILL HAVE EVENING MEETINGS, TWO OF THEM NORTH AND SOUTH, FIVE 30 TO SEVEN SOMETHING. 
          UM, AS WE PROGRESS AND, UM, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED. 
          SECOND. 
          SECOND. 
          HERE'S MY GAVEL. 
          WE ADJOURNED. 
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YOU ARE WATCHING CT. 
          THIS IS LARRY ROWLAND AND THIS IS A BEAUFORT COUNTY MOMENT. 
          ONE OF THE EXCITING ASPECTS OF CO COLON, THE COLONIAL SEA ISLANDS WAS THE ARRIVAL OF NUMEROUS FREEBOOTERS AND PIRATES IN THIS AREA. 
          THE PIRACY IN THE CARIBBEAN WAS ESSENTIALLY ENDED IN 1713 WITH A TREATY BETWEEN SPAIN AND ENGLAND. 
          BUT THE PIRATES WHO, UH, HAD INFESTED THE SPANISH MAINE FOR A HUNDRED YEARS MOVED NORTH. 
          MANY MOVED INTO THE BAHAMAS, MANY MOVED INTO THE SEA ISLANDS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST AND INTO THE OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA IN THIS AREA. 
          THE COMMON PIRATE HANGOUT WAS THE COAST OF NORTH CAROLINA, WHICH WAS LESS POPULATED AND LESS DEFENDED THAN EITHER THE SEA ISLANDS OR THE NORTH COAST OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 
          SO IN 1719, SOUTH CAROLINA SENT A FLEET TO NORTH CAROLINA, WHICH CAPTURED STEED BONNET AND SANK HIS VESSEL, DROVE BLACKBEARD NORTH INTO BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA, WHERE VIRGINIANS CAPTURED HIS VESSEL AND KILLED BLACK BEARD AND HIS VESSEL, QUEEN ANN'S REVENGE IS BEING ARCHEOLOGICALLY RECOVERED OFF OF BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA AS WE SPEAK, UH, SOUTH OF CHARLESTON. 
          THIS PLACE BECAME A VERY ACTIVE CENTER FOR A PRIVATEER WAR IN THE 1730S AND 1740S. 
          IT WAS ESSENTIALLY A CONTEST BETWEEN THE SPANISH AND ST. 
          AUGUSTINE AND THE ENGLISH IN CHARLESTON. 
          DURING THE 1740S, SPANISH PRIVATEERS INFESTED THIS COAST AND VIRTUALLY STOPPED THE MARITIME TRADE FROM PORT ROYAL NEAR BEAUFORT AND FROM CHARLESTON, HARVARD. 
          THE MOST NOTABLE OF THOSE SPANISH PRIVATEERS WAS FRANCISCO LORENZO. 
          HE WAS A NOTED GENTLEMAN. 
          HE CAPTURED MANY SOUTH CAROLINIANS IN HIS VOYAGES, CAPTURED 56 ENGLISH VESSELS OFF THE COAST OF SOUTH CAROLINA IN THE SINGLE YEAR OF 1741. 
          BUT ALL OF HIS PRISONERS, HE TREATED WELL WHEN HE WAS FINALLY CAPTURED BY SOUTH CAROLINA NAVAL FORCES IN LATE 1741. 
          HE WAS TAKEN TO CHARLESTON AND THE POPULATION ASSEMBLED AND CHEERED HIM WHEN HE CAME ASHORE BECAUSE HE HAD BEEN SUCH AN HONORABLE PIRATE. 
          IF THERE IS SUCH A THING, OTHER PIRATES, FRENCH AND SPANISH, CONTINUED TO INVEST THE COAST FROM 1742 TO 1744, AND THEN AGAIN FROM 1748 TO 1751. 
          THE LAST SPANISH PIRATE, DON JULIAN VEGA, UH, WAS HERE AS LATE AS 1760, AND HE WAS CAPTURED BY SPANISH GAR COSTAS, NOT ENGLISH COAST GUARDS. 
          DURING THAT TIME, THE IANS AND THE CHARLESTONIANS BUILT TWO INLAND GALLEYS ROAD GALLEYS WITH HEAVY GUNS THAT COULD PROTECT THE INLAND WATERS FROM THESE SPANISH AND FRENCH FREE BOOMERS. 
          BUT BETWEEN 1739, WHICH IS THE BEGINNING OF THE WAR OF JENKINS EAR AND 1763, WHICH WAS THE TREATY OF PARIS THAT ENDED THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR, THIS WAS AN ACTIVE AREA FOR PRIVATEERS AND PIRATES AND THEIR COUNTER FORCES, THE GALLEYS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA. 
          THIS IS LARRY ROLAND. 
          THIS HAS BEEN A BEAUFORT COUNTY MOMENT. 
          TO SEE MORE BEAUFORT COUNTY MOMENTS GO TO THE BEAUFORT COUNTY LIBRARY HOMEPAGE AND CLICK ON THE LOCAL HISTORY TAB.
* 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.