* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY BUFORT COUNTY. MARCH 25TH, 2026. [I. CALL TO ORDER] PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING TO ORDER. CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL PLEASE? CHAIRMAN CHARLIE WETMORE. HERE, VICE CHAIRMAN JIM FLYNN. HERE. COMMISSIONER MICHAEL BROCK. COMMISSIONER RICH DELCO. COMMISSIONER LYDIA DEPAUL. COMMISSIONER DAN GROVE. HERE. COMMISSIONER WILL HOWARD HERE. OKAY. NOTICE REGARDING ADJOURNMENT. THE PLANNING COMMISSION WILL NOT HEAR ANY NEW ITEMS AFTER 9:30 PM UNLESS AUTHORIZED BY THE MAJORITY VOTE OF THE COMMISSION MEMBERS. PRESENT ITEMS WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN HEARD BEFORE 9:30 PM MAY BE CONTINUED TO THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OR A SPECIAL MEETING DATE AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSION MEMBERS. AND MR. ROONEY, IF YOU TAKE UNTIL AFTER NINE 30, THESE GUYS ARE GONNA BE VERY UPSET. UM, DO [IV. ADOPTION OF MINUTES] WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE MINUTES FROM FEBRUARY 25TH? I'LL MOVE SAVE A SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR A AYE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? WE DO NOT. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC? WE DO NOT. NO. OKAY. UH, SAYING IS, THERE'S NO OLD BUSINESS FIRST ITEM FOR NEW [VII.1. Proposed Prioritization of Fiscal Year 2027 Capital Improvement Program Projects: A request by the Town of Bluffton for recommendation of approval to Town Council of the FY2027 Capital Improvement Program. (Staff - Patrick Rooney)] BUSINESS. PROPOSED PRIORITIZATION OF FISCAL YEAR 2027. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM PROJECTS A REQUEST BY THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON FOR RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL TO TOWN COUNCIL OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2027. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, MR. ROONEY. AND THIS IS FOR, UM, WE HAVE TO GIVE A RECOMMENDATION EVERY YEAR TO TOWN COUNCIL, UM, AS TO THE PRIORITY OF THESE PROJECTS, IF WE SEE FIT, A MAJORITY OF US TO CHANGE THE PRIORITY OR CHANGE THE ORDER SUM. THIS IS WHEN WE DO IT. UM, FLOOR YOUR SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN WHITMORE AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION. MY NAME'S PAT ROONEY, I'M THE MANAGER OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM AND I'M HERE TONIGHT TO SUBMIT THE FISCAL YEAR 2027 CIP PROJECT LIST AND RECOMMEND PRIORITIES FOR YOUR REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION. AT THE END OF THIS PRESENTATION, UH, I'LL BE ASKING YOU FOR A MOTION RELATED TO THAT. UH, IN ACCORDANCE WITH, UH, A SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAW FOR PLANNING PURPOSES, THE, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION IS CHARGED WITH REVIEWING THE CIP PROJECT LIST AND PRIORITIES AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO TOWN COUNCIL. AND TOWN COUNCIL WILL THEN TAKE THAT, UH, THAT RECOMMENDATION UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR SETTING THE CIP PROJECT PRIORITIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 27 BUDGET. SO THIS WILL BE ON THE MAY, THE NEXT TOWN COUNCIL MEETING. AS FAR AS BACKGROUND, YOU'RE GONNA SEE, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE PROJECTS LAST MULTIPLE YEARS FROM ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT. SO THE PRIORITIES SHOULDN'T REALLY CHANGE FROM ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT FOR THOSE PARTICULAR PROJECTS. BUT WE HAVE, I'M GONNA BE SHOWING YOU THREE, THREE LISTS OF PROJECTS. UM, ONE IS THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED IN 2020 WILL BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 2026. AND THERE ARE GONNA BE A LIST OF PROJECTS THAT ARE NEW TO FISCAL YEAR 2027 AND ARE CURRENTLY UNRANKED AND WILL REQUIRE PLANNING, COMMISSION CONSIDERATION. AND THEN THE LAST, UM, UH, CIV PROJECTS THAT ARE, THAT ARE IN PROGRESS AND WILL CARRY FORWARD INTO 20, 27 OR TWO YEARS. MR. ROONEY, JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE. FISCAL YEAR 2026 ENDS JUNE 30TH, FISCAL YEAR 2027 STARTS JULY 1ST, CORRECT? YES. OKAY. SO THE WAY WE'VE DONE THIS IN THE PAST WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN HERE AND SEEN THIS BEFORE, IS IT RATED EITHER NUMBER ONE, IT'S THE HIGHEST PRIORITY, OR NUMBER TWO, IT'S SLIGHTLY LESS PRIORITY . UM, BUT THEY NEED TO BE PUT IN ONE OF THOSE TWO GROUPS. SO THIS IS A LIST OF PROJECTS THAT, THAT WILL BE EITHER COMPLETED OR SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETED BY THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR, UH, JULY 1ST. AND THERE'S 16, UH, PROJECTS ON THAT LIST. WE DON'T REALLY NEED TO GO OVER THOSE SINCE THEY'RE REALLY NOT PART OF THE 27. BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU THE PROGRESS THAT WAS MADE IN 26. THESE ARE, UH, THE LIST OF, UM, NEW PROJECTS FOR THIS YEAR THAT'S PROPOSED. UH, THESE PROJECTS ARE RECOMMENDED TO FULFILL INITIATIVES ESTABLISHED IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN OR THE COMP PLAN OR ANY OTHER ADOPTED PLANS OR NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS. I'LL GO OVER THESE IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAILS 'CAUSE THESE ARE THE ONES THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE, UM, PUTTING A PRIORITY ON FOR THE FIRST TIME. SO THIS IS THE ENTIRE LIST. CAN YOU ALL SEE THIS VERY WELL? [00:05:01] CAN YOU SEE THIS ON YOUR SCREEN? MM-HMM . OKAY. THE PROJECTS THAT ARE NOT HIGHLIGHTED, OR PROJECTS THAT ARE EITHER CARRY FOR THAT ARE PROBABLY CARRY FORWARD PROJECTS FOR 2026. AND THOSE ARE THE RANKINGS THAT YOU GAVE THEM LAST YEAR. UH, I DON'T EXPECT TO REALLY TO KIND OF DWELL ON THOSE TOO MUCH. SO I'M GONNA REALLY DWELL ON THE ONES THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW. UM, I'M HAVING TROUBLE READING MYSELF. OKAY. OSCAR FRAZIER PARK SECOND PAVILION. THIS PROJECT CAME UP KIND OF THE MIDDLE OF LAST YEAR WHERE OUR TOWN COUNCIL ASKED US TO LOOK INTO THE FEASIBILITY OF PUTTING A SECOND PAVILION AT OSCAR FRAZIER PARK. THERE'S A BIG DEMAND FOR PARTIES, BIRTHDAY PARTIES, GATHERINGS IN THE SHADE AT, UH, FRAZIER PARK DUE TO THE FACT THAT WE PUT THE FLASH PAD THERE. SO, UM, THIS PROJECT, ACTUALLY, WE DID SOME DESIGN WORK ON THIS ALREADY, AND IT'S OUT TO BID. SO THIS IS, THESE FIRST SIX PROJECTS WILL ALL BE PRIORITY ONE PROJECTS. UH, SO WE, WE'VE LISTED THAT AS PRIORITY ONE PROJECT. SO THIS, IT'S REALLY READY TO GO FOR CONSTRUCTION IN 2027. THE ROTARY CENTER COMMUNITY, UH, ROADING, COMMUNITY CENTER IMPROVEMENTS, THIS IS REALLY IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ROTARY CENTER, UM, TO UPGRADE, RENOVATE THE BATHROOMS THERE TO REPLACE THE WINDOWS AND DOORS THAT ARE THERE. UH, INSULATION UNDER THE CRAWL SPACE AND INTERIOR TRIM. JUST UPGRADE THAT FACILITY OVERALL. IT'S IN NEED, IT'S IN NEED OF A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, IT IS 21 YEARS OLD NOW, SO YEAH. TTLC. YES. NEXT ONE IS THE LAW ENFORCEMENT, UH, CENTER. H-V-A-H-V-A-C. UH, RENOVATION. AGAIN, THIS IS MORE OF A MAINTENANCE PROJECT IN A WAY, BUT WE'VE BEEN PUTTING BANDAIDS ON THE HVAC AT THE, UH, LEC FOR QUITE, QUITE SOME TIME AND IT'S TIME FOR THAT TO BE A TOTAL REPLACEMENT. SO AGAIN, WE'RE PROPOSING THAT AS A PRIORITY ONE. UH, OSCAR FRASIER PARK, UH, RESTROOM IMPROVEMENTS. UM, WE'VE DONE SOME, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A HEAVILY USED FACILITY. THE RESTROOMS ARE KIND OF UNDERSIZED FOR THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT USE THAT FACILITY. UH, SO WE'VE DONE SOME DESIGN WORK ON THAT TO EXPAND IT QUITE A BIT. PROBABLY TWO TO TWO AND A HALF TIMES THE AMOUNT OF TOILETS THAT ARE THERE NOW WOULD BE IN THE EXPANSION FOR THAT. SO THAT'S ALSO LISTED PRIORITY ONE. NEXT ONE IS NEW RIVERSIDE BARN PARK PHASE THREE SITE WORK. NOW, UH, THE BARN PARK'S BEEN OPEN FOR OVER A YEAR. UM, WE STILL HAVE THE DISC GOLF THAT WE'RE IN PRO PROGRESS RIGHT NOW. THAT'S ON THAT LIST THAT WE APPROVED LAST YEAR AND ALSO THE, THE MAINTENANCE FACILITY THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN OUT THERE. BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE'VE NOTICED SINCE IN THE OPERATION OF THE BARN PART THAT WE THINK NEEDS ATTENTION. THERE'S SOME DRAINAGE ISSUES AT THE ENTRANCE. THERE'S ALSO SOME PAVING THAT WE'D LIKE TO CONVERT TO A LITTLE BIT MORE, LESS MAINTENANCE, UH, PAVING, UH, AND SOME SIDEWALKS THAT NEED TO BE ADDED. SO THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT THAT PROJECT IS ABOUT. IT'S JUST ADDITIONAL SITE WORK THERE THAT AFTER A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF OPERATION WE UNDERSTAND PROBABLY NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. AND THEN THE HOLLY HILL CONNECTOR ROAD, THAT IS A ROAD FROM NEW RIVERSIDE DRIVE TO THE, THE, I GUESS THE BEAUFORT COUNTY PASS PARK THAT'S BEEN PLANNED THERE. UH, THAT'S A JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN THE TOWN OF TON BEAUFORT COUNTY AND VILLAGE PARK HOMES. SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE FEEL IS, UH, SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE MOVED FORWARD SINCE WE ALREADY HAVE AN AGREEMENT TO PARTICIPATE. UM, THE NEXT THREE THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED THERE, UM, 24, 25 AND 26 ARE IMPERVIOUS REC RESTORATION PROJECTS, UM, WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS. ONE'S IN CHARVILLE, THE OTHER TWO ARE OUT IN BUCK WALTER, WHERE WE HAVE THIS CAME OUT OF THE, UH, MAY RIVER WATER ACTION WATERSHED ACTION PLAN WHERE WE ARE LOOKING AT LARGE IMPERVIOUS AREAS AND SEEING IF THERE'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO TO, UH, YOU KNOW, IMPROVE WATER QUALITY AND REDUCE RUNOFF. AND IN THESE THREE YOU HAVE TO BE IN SOME KIND OF AREAS. SO THESE ARE SOMETHING THAT THE STAFF IS KIND OF RECOMMENDING. WE LOOK AT. UH, WE ARE NOT PUTTING 'EM IN, UH, THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY AT THIS POINT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE, UM, A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT WITH BEFORD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT QUITE YET. UH, WE DO, WE DO. WE HAVE TALKED TO 'EM, UH, AND HAVE A GOOD FEELING THAT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN HELPING US 'CAUSE THEY'VE ALREADY ALLOWED US TO DO CONCEPTUAL PLANNING ON THESE THREE AREAS. BUT AT THIS POINT, UH, WE'RE PUTTING IT AS A STAFF PRIORITY [00:10:01] TWO, JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THAT AGREEMENT IN PLACE. ONCE THAT AGREEMENT IS IN PLACE, THEN WE CAN PROCEED FORWARD WITH FINAL DESIGN ON THAT. AND I WOULD SAY THAT WOULD BE LATER THIS YEAR. AND THEN CONSTRUCTION WOULDN'T BE TILL 28 OR 29. AND THEN THE LAST THREE THERE ARE REALLY CARRYOVERS FROM THE OYSTER FACTORY PARK MASTER PLAN. UM, THESE WE DON'T SEE HAPPENING THIS YEAR. WE HAVEN'T STARTED ANY DESIGN WORK, BUT THEY'RE ON THE MASTER PLAN AND IT'S A CONTINUATION OF TRYING TO FULFILL THE FINAL THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE OUT THERE. UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE SHOWING THOSE AS LEVEL TWO 'CAUSE WE SEE THIS A FUTURE YEARS. I WILL COME BACK TO THIS LATER. SO I'M GONNA SHOW YOU A MAP HERE IN A SECOND OF WHERE THESE PROJECTS ARE LOCATED. SHOW THAT THEY'VE BEEN DISTRI DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE TOWN. AND THEN ALSO IF Y'ALL, IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY INTEREST, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THIS, UH, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT DASHBOARD ON OUR WEBSITE. YOU CAN GET TO IT FROM THE FRONT PAGE ON A LINK OR ON THE MAPS GALLERY. THIS IS WHAT THAT MAP LOOKS LIKE. YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A NUMBER IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT, SOME BUCK OUT SIMMONS, SOME IN THE BUCK WALTER AREA, UM, AND THEN SOME OUT IN THE NEW RIVERSIDE AREA. SO THEY'RE KIND OF DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE TOWN. I'M NOT REALLY GONNA GO THROUGH THESE, BUT THESE ARE KIND OF THE CONSIDERATIONS THAT SHOULD BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO EVALUATE THE PRIORITIES OF THESE CIP PROJECTS. UM, THAT'S WHAT THE STAFF USES AS FAR AS, UH, BUT IN GENERALLY THEY DO COME OUT AS FEEDING PLAN. THEY COME OUT OF THE CON PLAN OR IN ANY NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN OR MASTER PLAN THAT'S BEEN APPROVED. SO, UM, THERE'S TWO OPTIONS HERE. APPROVE THE FISCAL YEAR 2027. PRIORITIZATION IS SUBMITTED OR APPROVED, UM, UH, WITH REVISIONS. SO I'LL GO BACK TO THE SPREADSHEET THAT SHOWS ALL THE PLANS. AND AGAIN, I, I THINK THE ONES THAT ARE HAVEN'T BEEN PRIORITIZED PREVIOUSLY ARE ALL IN YELLOW. SO IF YOU COULD CONCENTRATE ON THOSE AREAS AND IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS, I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS. ANYBODY, UH, WANT TO DISCUSS ANY OF THESE PROJECTS AND THEN HOW THEY RELATE TO THE PRIORITY THAT STAFF IS RECOMMENDING. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROJECTS THEMSELVES? ? UM, I THINK IT'S VERY THOROUGH. VERY GOOD JOB BY STAFF DOING THAT. UM, THANK KIM. EASY TO UNDERSTAND. HE DID THE HARD WORK . NOW, NOW WE KNOW HE DOES THE WORK AND YOU GET THE CREDIT . HE NEEDS THE CREDIT HE DOES THE WORK. WITH THAT SAID, I'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. I MOVE TO ADOPT AS SUBMITTED THE PRIORITIZED LIST OF PROPOSED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM PROJECTS FISCAL YEAR 2027. COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. OKAY, WE MOVED AND SECONDED. DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. PASSES AS UNANIMOUS. SO THANK YOU FOLKS. S NOT NINE 30. NO, IT'S NOT NINE. WELL DONE GENTLEMEN, AND WELL DONE. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. OKAY, ITEM NUMBER [VII.2. 1181 May River Road (Development Plan): A request by Nathan Sturre of Sturre Engineering. on behalf of property owner Trevor Wells for approval of a Preliminary Development Plan application. The project consists of the construction of a two-story 8,000 SF mixed use building with associated infrastructure. The property is zoned Neighborhood Core and consists of 1.4 acres identified by tax map number 6610 039 000 097A 0000. (DP-06-25-019806) (Staff - Dan Frazier)] TWO ON NEW BUSINESS. THANK YOU AGAIN. 1181 MA RIVER ROAD DEVELOPMENT PLAN OR REQUEST BY NATHAN STRY OF STRY ENGINEERING ON BEHALF OF PROPERTY OWNER TREVOR WELLS FOR APPROVAL OF A PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN APPLICATION. THE PROJECT CONSISTS OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO STORY 8,000 SQUARE FOOT MIXED USE BUILDING WITH ASSOCIATED INFRASTRUCTURE. THE PROPERTY IS ZONE NEIGHBORHOOD CORE AND CONSISTS OF 1.4 ACRES IDENTIFIED BY THE TAX MAP NUMBER IN THE AGENDA. MR. FRAZIER. THANK YOU CHAIRMAN. THIS IS, UH, PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR 1181 MAY RIVER ROAD. IT'S A REQUEST BY NATHAN STORY OF STORY ENGINEERING APPLICANT ARE HERE, UH, ON BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY OWNER TREVOR WELDS. FOR APPROVAL OF A PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN. THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A TWO STORY 8,000 SQUARE FOOT EXCUSE BUILDING WITH PARKING AND ASSOCIATED INFRASTRUCTURE. SUBJECT PROPERTY IS OWN NEIGHBORHOOD CORE AND IS SUB SUBJECT TO THE STANDARD SET FORTH IN THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE. IT'S A 1.36 ACRE PARCEL LOCATED NORTH OF MAY, RIVER ROAD AND WEST OF WHISPERING PINE STREET. AND IT CONTAINS AN EXISTING 12,000 [00:15:01] SQUARE FOOT RECREATION BUILDING. THIS IS THE LOCATION OF THE PROPERTY BETWEEN WHISPERING ON MAY RIVER ROAD WAS BETWEEN WHISPERING PINE AND RED CEDAR AND AERIAL. SUBJECT PROPERTY IS ALSO LOCATED WITHIN THE HIGHWAY CORRIDOR OVERLAY DISTRICT AND WILL REQUIRE A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS, HIGHWAY CORRIDOR OVERLAY DISTRICT REVIEWING ARCHITECTURE, LANDSCAPING, AND LIGHTING AT THE TIME OF FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN APPROVAL, UH, THAT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO DRC AS A CONCEPTUAL APPLICATION NEXT WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1ST, UH, JANUARY 7TH, 2024, OR ON JANUARY 7TH, 2025. THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS APPROVED A VARIANCE FROM THE UDO SECTION 5.3 0.7 B2B TO ALLOW A 35 FOOT ENCROACHMENT INTO THE 50 FOOT HIGHWAY CORRIDOR OVERLAY DISTRICT VEGETATIVE BUFFER ALONG SC 46 FOR THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. SO THAT'S A 35 FOOT ENCROACHMENT, MEANING, UH, RESULTS IN A 15 FOOT BUILDING SETBACK FOR THE PROPERTY. THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF A TWO STORY MIXED USE BUILDING WITH ASSOCIATED DRIVES PARKING, LANDSCAPING, AND UTILITIES. FIRST FLOOR WILL HAVE 4,000 SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL SPACE AND THE SECOND FLOOR INCLUDES FOUR, UH, 1000 SQUARE FOOT RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS. SITE WILL BE ACCESSED FROM AN EXISTING DRIVE ALONG MAY RIVER ROAD AND ALSO IT WILL CONNECT TO JASON STREET IN THE REAR, UH, WITH A FULL ACCESS CONNECTION, UH, PER THE UDO SECTION 5 11 3. THE OVERALL PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT REQUIRES 36 PARKING SPACES. THAT'S 24 FOR THE NEW PROPOSED BUILDING AND 12 FOR THE EXISTING GYM. UH, AND THERE, UH, SO 36 TOTAL ARE REQUIRED AND THEY'RE PROVIDING 41 PARKING SPACES. THE APPLICANT SUBMITTED A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS THAT WAS REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY SOUTH CAROLINA DOT. THE TIA CONCLUDES THAT THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS ANTICIPATED TO HAVE MINIMAL IMPACT ON THE SURROUNDING ROAD NETWORK AND DOES NOT RECOMMEND ANY MITIGATION MEASURES. THE PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN WAS REVIEWED AT THE FEBRUARY FOUR DRC MEETING, 2026 DRC MEETING. THE APPLICANT PROVIDED A RESPONSE TO COMMENTS AND REVISED PLANS ON FEBRUARY 25TH, 2026. UH, THIS IS A, THIS WAS INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET. THIS IS THE EXISTING CONDITIONS OUT THERE. THIS IS A 12,000 SQUARE FOOT GYMNASIUM. THERE'S ALSO AN EXISTING SHED THAT'S, THAT'S A POLE SHED IN THE BACK. UM, THE PROPOSED BUILDING WILL BE UP FRONT AS SHOWN HERE. THE FIRST FLOOR IS A 4,000 SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL SPACE. SECOND FLOOR WILL BE FOUR RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS, 1000 SQUARE FEET EACH. UH, THE PARKING FOR THE RESIDENTIAL UNITS ARE THE PARKING SPACES CLOSEST. UH, THIS IS THE, THEY ORIGINALLY CAME IN. THEY DID NOT HAVE THIS, THIS, UM, THROUGH STREET GETTING OUT TO JASON. THEY DO NOW. SO, SO THIS IS A DIRECT PATH THROUGH HERE. EMERGENCY VEHICLES HAVE GOOD CIRCULATION. UH, THE, UH, THE EXISTING SHED THAT WAS HERE IS BEING REMOVED. THEY'RE SHOWING A CONCRETE PAD HERE FOR A DUMPSTER, UM, THAT, THAT WILL NEED TO HAVE A SHELTER WRAPPED AROUND IT. BUT, WE'LL, WE'LL ADDRESS THAT AT THE, UM, WITH, WITH THE, UH, COFA SUBMITTAL. IT'S A CLOSEUP OF THE SAME ALL IN THE SLIDE. I USED TO SHOW YOU EVERYTHING THAT THE SIDEWALKS ARE COMING OUT TO THE EXISTING SIDEWALK ACROSS THE FRONT. SO THERE'S A FULL PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION FROM THE BACK BUILDING TO THE FRONT AS WELL AS OFF OF THE TWO PORCHES FROM THE FIRST FLOOR. THIS IS THE PLANT. THIS IS JUST A SITE PLAN THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE CIVIL SET. IN CASE YOU NEED TO GO BACK TO THAT. IT SHOWS THE SERVICE YARDS ARE LOCATED IN THE BACK. I KNOW THIS IS SMALL. THERE'S ALSO THE STAIRWELLS THAT GET YOU UP TO THE SECOND FLOOR LOCATED IN THE BACK OPPOSITE OF THE MAIN RIVER ROAD REVIEWED CRITERIA. CONSIDER THE CRITERIA SET FORTH IN SECTION THREE TEN THREE A OF THE UDO AND ASSESSING AN APPLICATION FOR A PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN. UH, THESE ARE THE CRITERIA YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH. FINDING COMMISSION ACTION. YOU CAN APPROVE THE APPLICATION AS SUBMITTED BY THE APPLICANT. YOU CAN APPROVE THE APPLICATION WITH CONDITIONS. YOU CAN TABLE THE APPLICATION OR YOU CAN DENY THE APPLICATION AS SUBMITTED BY THE APPLICANT. UH, TOWN STAFF FINDS THAT THE REQUIREMENTS OF THREE TEN THREE A OF THE UDO ARE MET AND RECOMMENDED THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVE THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN APPLICATION AS SUBMITTED. I CAN RETURN TO A SUGGESTED MOTION AND I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. [00:20:01] LIKE I SAID, THE APPLICANT IS HERE TONIGHT TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. COULD, COULD YOU PUT THE SITE PLAN BACK UP PLEASE? UM, SO THIS IS ALL REMAINING ON, ON ONE LOT. YOU'RE NOT SUBDIVIDING OUT ANYTHING, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT, YEAH. OKAY. SO ON, ON THIS LOT. UM, WHAT IS THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF IMPERVIOUS COVERAGE ON THIS LOT AND WHAT'S PERMITTED? HEY, I, I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT NATHAN, HAVE YOU GOT THAT? YEAH, NO, NO. RIGHT NOW WE DID ON ONE OF THE SUBMITTED SHEETS. I KNOW WE GOT OPEN SPACE. I SAW OPEN SPACE. I DIDN'T SEE YES, BECAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF MY QUESTIONS. AND UH, JUST TO BE CLEAR ON THAT, AS I PULL IT UP, WE ARE REDUCING IMPERVIOUS AREA BY OVER 7,000 SQUARE FEET FROM WHAT'S CURRENTLY THERE. SO, UM, WE, WE WILL BE IN COMPLIANCE. I'M JUST TRYING TO FIND THE DRAWING. YEAH, IT IS A REDUCTION OF, OF A IMPERVIOUS SPACE. UH, ALL OF THE PARKING IS OUS PARKING. THAT WAS MY NEXT QUESTION. OKAY. IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS. I FIGURED THAT, WELL, I SAW THE HATCHING, BUT SO IT'S ALL WHAT TYPE OF IMPERVIOUS PARKING IS? UH, JUST CURIOUS IS THE, UM, RIGHT NOW WE'RE SPECING OUT THE TRUE GRID PAVER SYSTEM, UM, A ENGINEERING. UM, IT'S GONNA BE THE TRUE GRID PAVER SYSTEM, WHICH IS, UM, ABOUT EIGHT INCHES OF 57 STONE, A JUIN MATERIAL. AND THEN THE TOP COAT CAN BE 89 STONE. IT CAN BE GRASS, IT COULD BE WHATEVER AESTHETIC THE CLIENT IS GONNA GO WITH. ULTIMATELY. NO UNDERGROUND STORAGE OR ANYTHING? NO, UNFORTUNATELY WITH, UM, THE NEW SO LOCO RULES, BECAUSE IT WOULD BE BELOW THE WATER TABLE, WE CAN'T COUNT THAT TOWARDS ONSITE RETENTION. SO IT WOULD JUST BE AN EXPENSIVE UNDER GROUND POND. SO WHERE ARE YOU, ARE YOU INFILTRATING? HOW ARE YOU TREATING? HOW ARE YOU DOING YOUR SOLAR? YEP. UM, SO RIGHT HERE WE'RE SENDING THE BUILDING TO A, UH, BIO RETENTION PLANTER, WHICH IS BASICALLY A SIMPLE WAY TO THINK OF IT IS A POOL BACKFILLED WITH BIO RETENTION MEDIA AND IT'S GONNA FILTER OUT THROUGH THERE. UM, THE REMAINING PARKING IS GOING TO BE RAISED ABOVE EXISTING GRADE TO PROVIDE SEPARATION FROM THAT WATER TABLE ATTEMPT TO INFILTRATE IT OUT. AND THEN, UM, THE REMAINDER WILL MOST LIKELY BE COVERED IN V AND LOF. UM, I THINK THIS IS A SITE WHERE, YOU KNOW, THE SO LOCAL, THE NEW, SO LOCAL RULES REALLY HURT EXISTING DEVELOPED SITES. UM, WE'RE DEALING WITH A SIMILAR ISSUE ON CORNERSTONE CHURCH WHERE WE'RE HAVING TO MAKE UP FOR THE SITE NOT CONFORMING TO EXISTING, UM, REGULATIONS. SO IT IS A LITTLE BIT TOUGH ON A SITE LIKE THIS WHERE THE GROUNDWATER IS RIGHT AT THE SURFACE. AND SO THE TERM MAXIMUM EXTENT PRACTICAL IS KIND OF BEING APPLIED HERE. MM-HMM . AND WE'RE JUST GONNA HAVE TO KIND OF FINE TUNE IT BETWEEN WHAT WE CAN ACHIEVE ON SITE AND THEN THE FEE IN LIEU OF, UM, JUST FROM WHERE THAT GROUNDWATER'S AT. OKAY. AND THAT WAS MY CONCERN IS KNOWING THE ELEVATION OF THIS AND WHERE IT IS AND WHERE THE GROUNDWATER IS. I'M JUST KIND OF WONDERING WHERE ALL THAT'S GOING, BUT YES SIR. AND WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA DO SOME UNDER DRAINS HERE TO ENSURE IT DRAINS AND WE'RE, UM, RUNNING A NEW STORM SEWER ALL THE WAY UP TO PROPERTY TO MAKE SURE THIS DRAINS AND COMES BACK OUT TO THE ROAD WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO GO. OKAY. I WAS TALKING BUT EVERYBODY'S ASKED THE SAME QUESTION. SO, UM, NATHAN, CAN YOU ADDRESS THE, UM, ELEVATION OF THE BUILDING AS IT RELATES TO THE STREET? BECAUSE GOING BY THERE NOW IT'S WHAT ABOUT THREE OR FOUR FEET BELOW STREET LEVEL, HOW IS THAT GONNA PRESENT ITSELF? YES, SIR. SO WE'RE GONNA BUILD UP AT THE BUILDING AND WE'RE RUNNING A STORM NETWORK ALONG HERE TO HELP EASE THAT TRANSITION. UM, THE REAL ISSUE HERE IS THAT THERE'S OTHER FLOW MOVING THROUGH THE SYSTEM, SO WE CAN'T REALLY RAISE IT UP, BUT WE'RE JUST PROVIDING STRUCTURES SO THAT WE CAN RAISE THIS GRADE UP ADDITION TO THE STRUCTURES TO THE BUILDINGS. SO THERE, WHEN YOU GO TO DEVELOP IT, THERE MAY BE STEPS DOWN TO IT, SOMETHING LIKE THAT? NO CERTAIN STEPS? NO. YEP. IT'S GONNA BE, UM, 2% UP AND THEN A STEP UP INTO THE STRUCTURE. OKAY. AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER QUESTION I I THINK THIS IS MORE STAFF RELATED, UM, BECAUSE WE'RE DEALING WITH FOUR APARTMENTS IN ONE BUILDING, HOW DOES THE SHORT TERM RENTAL ORDINANCE GO WITH THAT? [00:25:01] IS ARE THEY ONLY ALLOWED TO HAVE ONE SHORT TERM RENTAL IN THIS OR CAN THEY ALL BE I THINK IT'S ONE PER PROPERTY. I THINK ONLY ONE GOES PER ADDRESS, RIGHT. PER ADDRESS, PER BUILDING. I DON'T KNOW. BUT IF THE INTENT IS TO MAKE ALL OF THOSE SHORT TERM, YOU PROBABLY WON'T BE ALLOWED TO. SO BE AWARE OF THAT. OKAY. I'D HATE FOR YOU TO THINK THAT AND THEN OH, SUDDEN THAT'S AN ISSUE. I'LL MAKE SURE THE PROPERTY OWNER HIS AWAY. ANYTHING ELSE? DANIEL? UM, MR. FRAZIER, IF YOU COULD, SOMEBODY LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE 1181 BAY RIVER ROAD. PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN APPLICATION AS SUBMITTED. SECOND. WE HAVE MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU GENTLEMEN. THANK YOU. UM, ANYTHING ELSE FOR DISCUSSION? GOOD. NOW'S YOUR CHANCE. ANYBODY WANNA MAKE ONE MORE MOTION? UR SECOND. MOTION A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. YOU'RE WATCHING BEAUFORT COUNTY TV LIVE, WORK, PLAY. I REMEMBER CAMPBELL AND THIS IS BEAUFORD COUNTY MOMENTS. I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT FOOD TODAY. THE FOOD HAS BEEN A GREAT PART OF OUR LIFE IN TERMS OF GATHERING FOOD AND PREPARING THEM. OUR FOOD IS BASED ON THE LAND AND THE SEA. THE LAND FOOD HAS ALWAYS BEEN RICE. WE DON'T FEEL WE HAVE EATEN DINNER UNLESS WE'VE HAD RICE. RICE WAS MIXED WITH VARIOUS ITEMS FROM THE SEA, LIKE OYSTERS OR SHRIMP. AND WHEN THEY COOKED WITH RICE IN ONE POT, WE CALL IT A RICE OR SHRIMP OR AN OYSTER PERLOW. AND THEN WE HAVE THE WATERMELONS AND THE SWEET POTATOES. SWEET POTATOES WAS ALWAYS EATEN WITH FISH AND FRESH FISH WITH GRAVY AND A SWEET POTATO. THERE IS NOTHING BETTER. OKRA HAS ALWAYS BEEN A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF OUR FOOD WAYS. WE, WE, WE RAISED THEM AS WELL AS WE PREPARE THEM WITH SHRIMP AND TOMATOES. AND SOME PEOPLE WOULD CALL THAT A GUMBO. AND THAT'S WHAT EXACTLY WHAT IT IS. OKRA, GUMBO. AND SO ENJOY THE FOOD OF THE LOW COUNTRY BECAUSE IT'S BEEN VERY MUCH A PART OF OUR HISTORY. THIS IS EMERY CAMPBELL. THIS HAS BEEN YO 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.