* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:02] Y'ALL, [1. CALL TO ORDER] WE WILL GO AHEAD AND CALL PUBLIC FACILITIES COMMITTEE MEETING TO ORDER ON MONDAY, AUGUST 17TH. UNFORTUNATELY, IT IS 4 21. SORRY, WE'RE A LITTLE BIT BEHIND, BUT IF YOU COULD STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC FOR IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. ALL RIGHT. AGAIN, I DO APOLOGIZE FOR BEING LATE. THAT IS MS. TABER NICK'S FAULT. YES, I'M SORRY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SARAH, ARE WE IN COMPLIANCE WITH FOIA? YES, THERE YOU ARE. PERFECT. THANK YOU. WE MOVE [4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA] ON TO NUMBER FOUR, THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO PUT IT ON THE FLOOR? I'D LIKE TO AMEND THE AGENDA. UH, I THINK WE HAVE TO, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION FOR THE AGENDA FIRST. YEP. OKAY. I'LL SECOND. SECONDED. IT IS ON THE FLOOR. MS. BROWN? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. I'D LIKE TO AMEND THE AGENDA FOR SEVEN B TO DISCUSS THE GAS STATION ON 2 78. THAT'S IN BUCKINGHAM LANDING. ADD A DISCUSSION ITEM TO THAT. OKAY. JUST A DISCUSSION. OKAY. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE A SECOND TO PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA? SURE. SECONDED. ANY OBJECTION TO ADDING THE DISCUSSION OF THE GAS STATION RIGHT OUTSIDE OF THE HILTON HEAD BRIDGE? NOPE. THIS WILL BE ADDED TO THE AGENDA WITH NO OBJECTION. SEE NO OBJECTION. CAN WE HAVE APPROVAL FOR THE AGENDA AS AMENDED? CHAIRMAN, I'D LIKE TO ADD, UH, AN AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION AS WELL FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSE ONLY. UM, AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENT OR AMENDMENT TO THE AGENDA. AMENDMENT TO THE AGENDA. OKAY. ONE SECOND. YEP. OKAY. FOR THE DISCUSSION PURPOSE ONLY, UM, TO CONSIDER AND, UM, IT'S THE, UH, NAMING OF, UM, A BOAT LANDING FOR LUCA AMATE, UM, AND ALSO THE NAMING OF THE, THE, UM, RECREATION HEALTH CENTER ON ST. HE FOR A MR. JULIUS RIE. ALRIGHTY. DO WE HAVE A SECOND TO PUT THAT ONTO THE AGENDA AS WELL AS ITEM SEVEN C? I'LL SECOND. ANY OBJECTION TO ADD THAT TO THE AGENDA? JUST CAN I MAKE A COMMENT? ABSOLUTELY. UM, I I THINK THE COUNTY HAS A NAMING PROCEDURE FOR BUILDINGS. I UNDERSTAND THAT. JUST, JUST WAS IT DISCUSSING SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT. OKAY. NOT TO DO THAT MM-HMM . AT THIS TIME, BUT JUST TO DISCUSS IT. GOTCHA. PUT IT ON THE TABLE SO THAT IT, IT IS ON THE AGENDA 'CAUSE UM, AT LEAST I, I OWE IT THAT TO HIM. UH, GOT IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. ANY OBJECTION TO ADD THAT TO THE AGENDA? ALL RIGHT. THAT IS ADDED TO THE AGENDA AS WELL. NOW WE'RE BACK TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION AMENDED TWICE. SO I HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO APPROVE THE AMENDED AGENDA. AND THE AGENDA IS APPROVED AS AMENDED. MOVING ON TO NUMBER FIVE, [5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES] APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM JUNE 15TH, 2026. MOTION PLEASE. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. SECOND. SECOND. DID WE VOTED ON THE FIRST ONE BEFORE HE MADE A SECOND ONE, THEN WE, THEN WE VOTED ON HIS AS AMENDED. UM, I APOLOGIZE. THE FIRST WAS BY WHO? BY MS. BROWN. SECOND FOR THE MINUTES. THANK YOU. I APOLOGIZE MS. DAWSON. ALL RIGHT. CAN THIS BE APPROVED WITH NO OBJECTION. THAT IS ALSO APPROVED WITH NO OBJECTION. WE'LL MOVE ON TO NUMBER SIX, WHICH IS PUBLIC COMMENT. UM, I DO NOT HAVE ANY SIGNUPS CURRENTLY. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT DID NOT SIGN UP THAT WOULD WISH TO SPEAK? HOW MANY OF YOU GUYS WORK FOR THE COUNTY THAT ARE HERE RIGHT NOW? . EVERYBODY. EXCEPT . OH, ALL RIGHTY. YOU WORKING COUNTY? WE'LL CLOSE THE, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. MOVE ON TO [7.a. Lights, Camera, Compost! Mossy animation debut - Victoria Hoffman, Solid Waste & Recycling Program Manager, 5 mins ] NUMBER SEVEN, PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION ITEMS. AND WE HAVE THREE OF THOSE. UH, WE'LL GO TO THE FIRST ONE'S. LIGHTS, CAMERA, COMPOST. CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO PUT THIS ON THE FLOOR? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. THANK YOU. AND SECOND, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALWAYS A PLEASURE. ALWAYS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. VICTORIA HOFFMAN, SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING PROGRAM MANAGER. WE DID HOLD A, WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A RIBBON COVENANT CEREMONY. THAT'S NOT REALLY A MY STYLE. UH, SO WE DID A MOSSY DEBUT AND HAD AN EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT. SO OUR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATOR, SHE'S HERE TONIGHT, LIBBY BERGMAN. SHE DOES A GREAT JOB GETTING OUT INTO SCHOOLS. WE PROVIDED AN OUTREACH EVENT, EDUCATED RESIDENTS ABOUT OUR PROGRAM AND THE STATS. SO THIS IS A SMALL SNIPPET OF WHAT WE SHOWED THEM. AS YOU ALL ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS PROCESS. WE STARTED IN 2023, APPLIED FOR THE GRANT, DID ALL THE THINGS THAT THE COUNTIES HAS TO DO TO PROCURE THINGS. STARTED GETTING EVERYTHING INSTALLED IN THE CENTERS. AND THEN THIS JANUARY 19TH, UM, WE LAUNCHED OUR PROJECT TO THE PUBLIC. AND SO JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THE ISSUE, SOME OF THESE STATS RECENTLY CAME OUT. SO IN THIS YEAR AROUND MARCH, SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES IS, UM, PUBLISHED A PAPER AND THEY [00:05:01] DID A STUDY ON LOCAL LANDFILLS. AND, UM, IT WAS BASICALLY A WASTE AUDIT. AND HICKORY HILL WAS PART OF THAT WASTE STUDY. AND THAT IS THE LANDFILL THAT WE DISPOSE MOST OF OUR WASTE AT IN JASPER COUNTY. AND THEY FOUND THAT 32.5% OF THE WASTE DISPOSE OF IN LAND OF LANDFILLS IN SOUTH CAROLINA IS ORGANIC MATERIAL. AND NINE OVER 900,000 TONS OF THAT IS FOOD WASTE. EACH YEAR THAT WE DISPOSE OF IN LANDFILLS GET PILED INTO A TRASH PIT CREATED INTO A MOUNTAIN LEFT REGENERATION TO SEE, UH, WHEN MATERIALS LIKE ORGANICS GO INTO THE LANDFILL, THEY DON'T BREAK DOWN LIKE THEY USUALLY WOULD IN YOUR BACKYARD. SO YOU MIGHT RAKE SOME LEAVES IN YOUR BACKYARD. EVENTUALLY THEY DECOMPOSE. MAYBE YOUR GRASS DECOMPOSES IN A LANDFILL, AN AEROBIC ENVIRONMENT IS CREATED AND THAT BASICALLY MEANS THERE'S LITTLE TO NO AIR. AND BECAUSE OF THAT COMPACTION, ORGANIC MATERIALS DO NOT BREAK DOWN, UH, LIKE THEY USUALLY WOULD IN OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. AND HAS SEVERAL ISSUES. ONE OF THEM BEING METHANE. UH, SOME LANDFILLS DO CAPTURE THAT METHANE AND THEY CAN, UH, HARVEST THE ENERGY FROM THAT. UH, OUR LANDFILL THAT WE USE, HICKORY HILL AND JASPER COUNTY DOES NOT CAPTURE. THEY HAVE TO BURN THAT METHANE OFF. ANYWAY, IN FY 26, UH, THE FISCAL YEAR WE JUST CLOSED OUT, UH, WE HAD APPROXIMATELY $149,000 THAT WE SPENT ON ORGANIC WASTE DISPOSAL. SO THIS IS COMBINING THE MATERIAL THAT WE SENT TO OUR VENDOR. OLIVER'S CLEAN BURN. IT'S YAY WE GET TO SAY THAT THAT IS RECYCLED 'CAUSE IT'S NOT GOING TO A LANDFILL. BUT THAT'S JUST THE ORGANIC, UH, YARDY OR WOODY WASTE THAT WE RECEIVE FROM OUR CONVENIENCE CENTERS. AND THAT ALSO IS IN INCORPORATING THE AMOUNT THAT WE SEND TO OAKWOOD LANDFILL, WHICH IS ALSO IN JASPER COUNTY OWNED BY WASTE MANAGEMENT. AND THAT'S MATERIAL THAT MAYBE CITY OF BEAUFORT SENDS THROUGH THEIR CURBSIDE PROGRAMS AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS THAT GO TO OAKWOOD AS OPPOSED TO OLIVER'S. UM, AND SO I TOOK THE FIGURE THAT WE ACTUALLY DISPOSED OF IN LANDFILL. SO, UH, OVER $3 MILLION IN FISCAL YEAR 26, UH, WE SPENT AND LANDFILL DISPOSAL TAKING TRASH TO A HOLE IN THE GROUND THAT WE DUG. BEARING IT AND SQUISHING IT AND BEARING IT AND SQUISHING IT. JUST LIKE WHENEVER YOU DON'T WANNA TAKE THE TRASH OUT. UM, THAT'S WHAT WE DO. THAT'S WHERE OUR WASTE GOES. IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL SITE. I SUGGEST YOU GO AND CHECK IT OUT. ANYWAY, SO I TOOK THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE KNOW THAT WE SPENT IN LANDFILL DISPOSAL AND FOR FISCAL YEAR 26. AND THEN I TOOK THAT 32.5% OF WASTE THAT WE KNOW IS ORGANIC IN OUR LANDFILLS. AND MY ESTIMATED JUST WITH FOOD WASTE DISPOSAL IS $1.2 MILLION A YEAR THAT I ESTIMATE THAT WE SPEND TO THROW IT TO THE LANDFILL. WHEN WE HAVE PEOPLE ON THE STREETS THAT ARE HUNGRY WHEN WE HAVE EDIBLE FOOD COMING FROM FARMS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN EATEN, GIVEN AWAY STUFF MAYBE THAT SOMETIMES MOLDS IN YOUR REFRIGERATOR. I KNOW I'M GUILTY OF THAT. I'M NOT GONNA STAND UP HERE AND SAY THAT I DON'T WASTE FOOD. 'CAUSE I DO GOT THREE KIDS. THEY LOVE TO WASTE MY MONEY. BUT THAT $1.2 MILLION A YEAR IS A PORTION OF MOUNTAIN OF MONEY THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY BE SAVING. WE COULD BE DIVERTING THAT MONEY INTO A POTENTIAL REVENUE SOURCE WITH COMPOST. AND THAT'S WHY I THINK COMPOST IS REALLY IMPORTANT. SO SOME OF THE BENEFITS OF COMPOSTING, REMEMBER, IT GOES TO A LANDFILL GIANT HOLE IN THE GROUND THAT WE SQUISH OUR TRASH IN. IT'S BEAUTIFUL. BEEN DOING IT FOR YEARS. UM, BUT ALSO THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS FROM THAT TOO. UH, IT'S A RESOURCE. WHENEVER WE TURN FOOD WASTE INTO COMPOST, IT IMPROVES YOUR SOIL HEALTH. AND IT ALSO HAS OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL, UM, POSITIVES SUCH AS STORM WATER, UM, IMPACTS. IT REDUCES THE METHANE THAT I MENTIONED THAT LANDFILL, UM, ORGANICS CREATE. UM, AND THEN ALSO WHENEVER YOU APPLY IT TO AGRICULTURAL LANDS, IT REDUCES THAT CHEMICAL FERTILIZER AND IT REALLY IS GREAT FOR YOUR PLANTS. UH, LIBBY HAS CREATED A, UM, POLY GARDEN ON OUR PUBLIC WORKS CAMPUS, AND SHE WAS ABLE TO GROW LIKE FOUR SQUASH IN FOUR WEEKS. UM, I'VE ONLY GOTTEN FLOWERS FROM LIKE STRAWBERRIES THAT I'VE GROWN, BUT SHE DID A FANTASTIC JOB. AND IT JUST SHOWS THAT, THAT FULL CIRCLE RESOURCE. AND THEN OF COURSE, LIKE I SHOWED YOU ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, WE HAVE SOME ECONOMIC BENEFITS, UH, FOR POTENTIALS. AND THEN WHENEVER WE DO CREATE A LARGER COMPOST, UH, FACILITY AND INCREASE THE SCALE OF IT, WE COULD ALSO SUPPORT LOCAL JOBS. SOME OF THE LESSONS LEARNED. SO, UH, WHAT WE SAY IN THE COMPOST WORLD IS SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO GET THROUGH THE COUPLE STINKY THINGS BEFORE YOU BRING SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL TO THE TABLE. AND THIS PROJECT WE DID, UH, WHEN WE APPLIED FOR THE GRANT, WE HAD PARTNERSHIPS LINED UP AND I WAS SO EXCITED. I CALLED THEM UP AND TOLD 'EM, YES, WE'VE GOT THE MONEY. THEY SAID THEY DIDN'T WANNA BE OUR FRIEND ANYMORE, SO WE HAD TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO. AND THIS PARTNER WAS GOING TO COMPOST THE FOOD WASTE FOREST US. THEY DECIDED THEY DIDN'T WANNA GO THROUGH THAT. GUESS WHY PERMITTING, IT'S A FUN TIME. EVERYBODY KNOWS IT. WE HAD ISSUES WITH PERMITTING, WE HAD [00:10:01] ISSUES WITH FINDING THE SITE BECAUSE WE HAD OUR PARTNER FALL OUT. BUT EVEN WITH ALL OF THESE LESSONS LEARNED AND HURDLES THAT WE HAD TO JUMP THROUGH, I'M SO PROUD TO SAY THAT THIS PROJECT IS NOT ONLY ACTIVE, BUT IT'S SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE WE WENT THROUGH THOSE HARDSHIPS. WE DIDN'T LET A BRICK WALL STOP US. WE FOUND A WAY TO SCALE IT. AND HERE WE ARE TODAY. AND I CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT THE REASON THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT IS BECAUSE I HAVE GREAT LEADERSHIP, A FANTASTIC TEAM IN PUBLIC WORKS IN SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING WHO ALLOWED US TO GET THIS PROJECT DONE. SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR PROJECT, IF YOU DON'T ALREADY KNOW, UH, WE HAVE OUR RESIDENTIAL FOOD WASTE DROP OFF AT CONVENIENCE CENTERS. OUR FOUR MAIN ONES, HILTON HEAD, BLUFFTON, SHANKLIN, AND ST. HELENA AND RESIDENTS CAN GO ONLINE, TAKE A SHORT QUIZ THAT JUST MAKES SURE THAT WE KNOW THAT YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND NOT CONTAMINATING OUR BIN. WE DO HAVE OUR BINS LOCKED. WE'VE, UH, LEARNED FROM OTHER PEOPLE IN THE, IN THE INDUSTRY TO LOCK THOSE BINS TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION. IF PEOPLE SEE A TRASH BIN, THEY'RE GONNA TOSS WHATEVER THEY WANT IN IT. SO THAT QUIZ, UM, AND TRAINING VIDEO REALLY HELPS US WITH THAT. WE ARE COMPOSTING ON SITE AT OUR PUBLIC WORKS FACILITY AND OUR, UM, IN VESSELS UNIT IS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND OWNED AND OPERATED BY A, A GOVERNMENT IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. UM, THE ONLY ONE OTHER ONE I KNOW OF IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA THAT HAS IT IS CLEMSON UNIVERSITY. AND THEN ANOTHER, ANOTHER GOVERNMENT THAT HAS AN INVES SYSTEM, UM, IS NEW HANOVER COUNTY IN WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA. UH, WE ARE EXCITED TO SAY THAT WE ARE DEVELOPING FOOD WASTE DIVERSION PRACTICES IN CAFETERIAS. UH, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH AND WE ARE CREATING A, A PACKET PAMPHLET AND HOPEFULLY COST SAVINGS ANALYSIS FOR BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO HELP PUT THIS PROGRAM INTO THE CAFETERIAS AT SCHOOLS. AND THAT ALSO, AS YOU SAW, WHAT WE SPEND ON COUNTY TAX DOLLARS AND ORGANICS, I ALREADY KNOW THAT THERE'S A, A BIG COST SAVINGS IN SCHOOLS AS WELL TO DIVERT THIS WASTE AND TO RECYCLE. AND THEN WE HAVE, UM, SOME PLANS TO HAVE MORE BUSINESSES. WE ALREADY ARE HAVE SOME PILOT BUSINESSES THAT WE'VE RECEIVED MATERIALS FROM, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO IMPLEMENT A GREEN BUSINESS PROGRAM IN THE FUTURE. SOME OF OUR PROJECT WINS I ALREADY HIGHLIGHTED. UM, IT'S THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA GOVERNMENT USING THIS IN VESSEL COMPOSTING TECHNOLOGY. UM, IT DOES ALL THE THINGS FOR US. UH, WE WENT INTO FURTHER DETAIL AT OUR EVENT. WE CAN DEFINITELY GET YOU INFORMATION AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO TOUR IT, UH, THAT WAS PART OF OUR EVENT AS WELL. WE HAD PARTICIPANTS COME, WE EDUCATED THEM, AND THEN WE TOURED THE CENTER FOR THE DROP OFF LOCATION. AND THEN WE CAN, WE CAN TOUR THE UNIT. SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO DO THAT, YOU CAN CONTACT US OR YOU CAN, YOU CAN CONTACT SOMEONE WHO CAN CONTACT US AND WE'LL GET YOU HOOKED UP WITH A TOUR. UM, BUT WE'RE SO EXCITED TO SAY THAT IN JUST A FEW MONTHS. LIKE I SAID, JANUARY 19TH, I REMEMBER IT 'CAUSE THAT'S MY HUSBAND'S BIRTHDAY AND IT'S ALSO MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY. IT WAS THE FIRST DAY THAT WE ROLLED THIS OUT TO THE PUBLIC. AND BETWEEN JANUARY AND I GATHERED THESE STATS LAST WEEK. SO THEY'RE PRETTY, UM, CURRENT. WE HAD OVER SEVEN, 670 RESIDENTS ENROLLED IN THE PROGRAM. AND ALSO WE HAVE ALREADY DIVERTED OVER 30,000 POUNDS OF FOOD WASTE. AND THE MAJORITY OF THAT FOOD WASTE IS COMING FROM OUR CONVENIENCE CENTERS AND RESIDENTIAL DROPOFFS. SO JUST A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THAT IS COMING FROM THOSE LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT WE PARTNERED WITH. SO THAT'S TELLING US THAT EVERYBODY'S, WELL, NOT EVERYBODY BUT RESIDENTS ARE EXCITED. IT WE'RE, WE CAME HERE, WE BUILT IT. THEY'RE COMING. AND ALSO, LIKE I SAID, UM, OR I HAVEN'T SAID THIS YET, UH, THIS IS THE FIRST NEW DIVERSION PROGRAM THAT'S BEEN INTRODUCED IN THE COUNTY IN OVER 20 YEARS AND MAYBE EVEN MORE, UH, SINCE WE ISSUED RECYCLING. AND THAT WAS BECAUSE OF A STATE MANDATE. SO THIS IS THE FIRST NEW DIVERSION PROGRAM THAT BE BEAUFORT COUNTY HAS INTRODUCED. SO VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. UH, SOME FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES. WE'D LIKE TO EXPAND COMMUNITY DROP OFF SITES. UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT A GRANT THROUGH THE STATE, HOPEFULLY TO PARTNER WITH SOME MUNICIPALITIES TO GET MORE DROP SITES. UM, AND THOSE THAT WHO DON'T, UH, THE MUNICIPALITIES THAT DON'T HAVE CONVENIENCE CENTERS, UH, WE ARE ALSO ALREADY ENGAGING IN HOAS AND COMMUNITIES. SUN CITY HAS ALREADY EXPRESSED INTEREST IN PARTNERING WITH US, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE TO GET THEM COMPOSTING. UM, THEY ALREADY ARE COLLECTING COMPOST THROUGH A COMMUNITY PROGRAM. WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK AND WHAT, SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO, UM, EXPAND THAT. AND WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE OUR EDUCATION OUTREACH. IF YOU HAVE NOT MET LIBBY YET, SHE IS A BALL OF SUNSHINE, JUST READY TO TELL YOU ALL ABOUT WASTE AND RECYCLING AND SHE LOVES WORMS. UM, AND WE ALSO WANT, LIKE I SAID, I'M SERIOUS. WE ALSO WANNA EXPAND INTO BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS. THAT IS A REALLY BIG COMPONENT FOR THIS PROGRAM, BUT I UNDERSTAND IT'S ALSO, UM, A LARGE RED TAPE THAT WE HAVE TO CROSS. WE HAVE DONE SOME PRELIMINARY MEETINGS WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. UM, THEY'RE AMENABLE TO US TRICKLING IN THROUGH INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS, BUT WE ARE WORKING ON A LARGER SCALE PACKAGE TO BE, BE ABLE TO, UH, CONVERT INTO THAT, UH, BEING DISTRICT WIDE. AND LIKE I SAID, WE'D LIKE TO DEVELOP THAT GREEN BUSINESS PROGRAM, HOPEFULLY PROVIDE SOME INCENTIVES. WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING WITH THE STATE [00:15:01] ON ANY INCENTIVES THEY COULD POTENTIALLY PROVIDE WITH GREEN BUSINESS PROGRAMS. AND THEY'RE EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT WHAT WE COME UP WITH. AND THEN OF COURSE, WE'D LOVE TO EXPLORE REGIONAL PARTNERSHIPS. THE STATE HAS BEEN KNOCKING ON OUR DOOR TO TRY TO GIVE US MONEY BECAUSE THEY WANT US TO EXPAND THIS PROGRAM SO WE CAN BE A REGIONAL PARTNER IN COMPOSTING. UM, SO A BIT ABOUT THE CREATION OF MOSSY. I DO, UM, WANT TO REALLY REITERATE JUST HOW AMAZING THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN. UH, WE DID SECURE MOON DOG ANIMATION STUDIOS, A LOCAL BUSINESS OUT OF CHARLESTON TO CREATE THE CHARACTER AND THE ANIMATION WITH MOSSY. UM, AND SHE WAS CREATED TO BE MUCH MORE THAN A MASCOT. SHE IS A REFLECTION OF BEAUFORT COUNTY'S UNIQUE CULTURE, HERITAGE AND COMMITMENT TO ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP. SHE'S INSPIRED BY THE RICH GULLAH GEECHEE TRADITIONS OF THE LOW COUNTRY. AND SHE SERVES AS A WELCOMING AND RELATING RELATABLE AMBASSADOR FOR OUR COMPOSTING AND WASTE DIVERSION PROGRAMS. THROUGHOUT HER DEVELOPMENT, WE WORKED CLOSELY WITH CULTURAL LEADERS SUCH AS QUEEN QUT. SHE WAS THE TOP DOG, MARIO BOSS, THAT WE HAD TO GET THROUGH TO MAKE SURE THAT HER APPEARANCE APPEARED TO GOLA AND WAS CULTURALLY SENSITIVE AND RESPECTFUL. UH, BUT SHE ENSURED THAT WE, OUR MESSAGE WAS RESPECTFUL AND THAT WE CELEBRATED THE HISTORY AND THE TRADITIONS OF OUR REGION. UH, BY CREATING A CHARACTER THAT RESIDENTS CAN IDENTIFY WITH, WE HOPE TO BUILD A STRONGER COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS AND MAKE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION MORE ENGAGING AND ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL AGES. SO YOU CAN BUILD A COMPOST PROGRAM, BUT UNLESS PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT IT, UNLESS PEOPLE ARE ENGAGED, NO ONE'S GONNA DO IT. AND MOSSY ISS HELPING US, UM, DO THAT AND BRING THE STORY TO LIFE. UM, WE WERE ABLE TO, WELL, MOONDOG ANIMATION WAS ABLE TO SECURE, UH, QUENTIN BAXTER AS THE MUSICAL SCORE. HE IS A GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING MUSICIAN AND FUND FOUNDING MEMBER, UH, MEMBER OF RANK TANKY, WHOSE WORK CELEBRATES AND SHARES GOAL CULTURE WITH AUDIENCES AROUND THE WORLD. MOSS'S VOICE IS PERFORMED BY JOY VANDERBERG COBB. SHE IS AN ACCOMPLISHED ACTRESS AND EDUCATOR IN THE, UH, COLLEGE OF CHAR CHARLESTON. AND HER WARM WARMTH AND PERSONALITY BRING THE CHARACTER TO LIFE AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE HELPED CREATE AN AUTHENTIC, MEMORABLE EDUCATIONAL TOOL THAT WILL SUPPORT OUR OUTREACH EFFORTS FOR YEARS TO COME. AND MOSSY ANIMATION THAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE IS CURRENTLY BEING AIRED ON, UM, WTOC. AND, UM, SHE'S GONNA BE FEATURED ON BILLBOARDS AND BCTV. AND LIKE I ALREADY SAID, UH, THE 30,000 POUNDS OF FOOD WASTE, UM, THAT EQUATES TO. SO SIX TONS OF THAT FOOD WASTE IS RESIDENTIAL FEED FOOD WASTE, AND THREE AND A HALF TONS OF THAT FOOD WASTE IS FROM THE LOCAL BUSINESSES. SO THAT REALLY DOES HIGHLIGHT, UH, THE RES RESIDENTIAL IMPACT THAT IT HAS. AND WE ARE CURRENTLY CREATING ABOUT TWO TONS OF FINISHED COMPOST EVERY TWO WEEKS, WE ARE STILL WAITING TO PROCURE A COMPOST SCREENER. UH, RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT THIS LITTLE THING ABOUT YAY BIG THAT SHAKES AND SCREENS A COMPOST FOR US. SO WE REALLY NEED TO GET THAT GOING. WE'VE ALSO, UH, REQUESTED AND WE'RE APPROVED THANK YOU COUNSEL FOR AN F FIVE 50 FLATBED TRUCK. AND THAT'S GOING TO ASSIST US IN TRANSPORTING MORE FOOD WASTE AND ALSO EXPAND THE PROGRAM INTO MORE SCHOOLS AND HOPEFULLY, UM, BUSINESSES. AND I DON'T THINK THAT THIS ONE'S GONNA WORK UNLESS IT'S CANVAS. SO THIS SLIDE ON CANVA JUST KIND OF SHOWS YOU THE TRANSITION OF HOW WE, UH, CREATED MOSSY. AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE THE, UH, TIME LAPSE OF THAT, I CAN DEFINITELY SEND IT TO YOU. APOLOGIES, POWERPOINT AND CANVA AREN'T BEST FRIENDS. BUT WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I PRESENT YOU WITH OUR MOSSY ANIMATION. YEAH, I JUST FLIP IT. YOU KNOW WHAT DRIVES ME BANANAS. GOOD FOOD SCRAPS, GOING STRAIGHT INTO THE TRASH. I'M MOSSY YOUR BEAUFORT COUNTY COMPOSTING COMPANION AND YOUR FOOD SCRAPS CAN BECOME RICH, HEALTHY SOIL FOR YOUR GARDENS GETTING STARTED. EASY AS PIE. GRAB A LITTED CONTAINER AND ADD FRUIT AND VEGGIE SCRAPS, COFFEE GROUNDS, EGGSHELLS, EVEN PAPER NAPKINS. NEED THE FULL LIST. SCAN THE QR AND PLEASE NO PLASTIC STYROFOAM OR GLASS. THOSE POT CRASHES CAN STAY HOME, DROP IT OFF, DUMP IT IN. DONE. AND IT'S GOOD FOR OUR LOW COUNTRY, SO COME ON, DON'T TRASH IT. COMPOST IT. AND THERE SHE IS. LIKE I SAID, SHE'LL BE AIRING ON, UM, LOCAL NEWSCAST, BCTV. WE'LL ALSO BE, UH, SHARING THAT ONLINE. SO WE CLIPPED IT AT A MINUTE. SO IT WOULD BE EASY, EASILY TO BE SHARED ONLINE ON COMMERCIALS, UM, SOCIAL MEDIA. [00:20:01] AND I DO JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, COST TO DATE, TRYING TO GET IN FRONT OF THE HORSE. I'M LOOKING AT . I GOT YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED, HOPEFULLY . UH, SO REMEMBER WE REQUESTED AND RECEIVED $273,600 FROM USDA. AND THAT WAS WITH THE $68,000 400 MATCH. UM, SO WE HAVE CURRENTLY SPENT $88,093 OF COUNTY TAXPAYER FUNDS FOR THE PROGRAM. SO WE'VE ALREADY EXCEEDED THE $68,000 MATCH. UM, BUT THOSE FUNDS WENT INTO A CIP OF FY 26 AND THAT BECAUSE WE HAD THAT PARTNER THAT BACKED OUT AND WE HAD TO CREATE A COMPOST SITE IN A YEAR AND A HALF, TWO YEARS, WHICH HOORAH, UH, THAT WAS SITE WORK, CONCRETE PAD, AND THEN ELECTRICAL NEEDS. UM, FROM AN ENGINEER TO POWER THE, UH, UNIT AND THEN JUST SOME MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT, WE WERE ABLE TO FRANKENSTEIN SOME SHEDS TOGETHER TO BE ABLE TO COVER OUR FEEDSTOCK, OUR, UM, FEEDSTOCK. SO EXCITED ABOUT WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER. THANKS SO MUCH TO BRAD MCAFEE. UM, AND THEN WE ALSO RECEIVED $79,530 FROM SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES. THAT WAS US FORESHADOWING, NEEDING MONEY. UH, SO WHENEVER THEY HAD UM, OR AN ORGANICS DIVERSION GRANT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WE KNEW THAT WE WERE GONNA GET THIS GRANT. SO WE ASKED THEM FOR EVERYTHING THAT WE COULD AND THEY WERE ABLE TO ASSIST US IN GETTING OUR COMPOSTING UNIT. AND THEN ALSO, UM, ADDITIONAL SUPPLIES, SOME OF THE SHEDS THAT YOU SEE AT THE CONVENIENCE CENTERS. UM, AND WE HAVE CURRENTLY SPENT $202,366 OF THE NIFA FUNDS. WE DO HAVE $71,233 REMAINING. AND WE WERE HOPING TO IMPLEMENT, WE WERE HOPING TO PUSH THOSE FUNDS INTO SCHOOLS. 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE ASKED FOR WHENEVER WE APPLIED FOR THE GRANT, WAS BIG EDUCATION OUTREACH AND THEN THE IN VESSEL COMPOSTING UNIT AND THEN GETTING EDUCATION OUTREACH INTO THE SCHOOLS. ANY QUESTIONS? YES, MA'AM. OUTSTANDING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, I CAN'T WAIT TO TAKE A TOUR OF IT. I'M SORRY I MISSED LAST WEEK, BUT I'VE SEEN IT ON THE SAVANNAH STATIONS. Y'ALL ARE DOING A GREAT JOB. THANKS. YEAH, IT WAS A GREAT TIME. UH, WE DID, UH, WITH EVERYTHING IN THIS PROJECT, WE HAD A HICCUP. THERE WAS VOTING TAKING PLACE IN OUR BUILDING, SO WE HAD TO MOVE, UH, ABOUT OUT TO THE BAYLOR BUILDING. IT WAS STEAMY. UM, BUT WE STILL HAD A REALLY GREAT TURNOUT. UM, WTOC AND WSAB THREE AS WELL AS, UH, QUEEN QUET AND HER BROADCAST TEAM AND BCTV ALL CAME OUT. SO I'M SURE THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT FOOTAGE IF YOU MISSED IT. UM, BUT IT WAS A GOOD HOT STEAMY TIME. YES, MA'AM. UM, WE SUGGESTED JARED WILL CRINGE THAT THIS BE SUBMITTED TO SCAC FOR AN AWARD. WE'RE GONNA DO THAT. OKAY. YEAH, THESE GRAY HAIRS ARE THE LAST TWO WEEKS ACTUALLY GREAT. WE APPLIED TO IT. MM-HMM . WE APPLIED TO IT. AND I'M WORKING ON THE, UH, PRESENTATION RIGHT NOW. JARED'S NOT CRINGING. HE TOLD ME WHAT TO DO AND I DID IT. SO, NO, WE'RE GOOD. WE APPLIED. GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LETTER OF SUPPORT. YES, SIR. JIM AND I, UM, I, I APPRECIATE, UM, YOUR PROGRAM. I ALSO WOULD TELL YOU THAT, UH, I JUST GOT A PHONE CALL FROM SOMEONE AND, UM, THEY SAW IT ON THE, ON, ON ON WHATEVER BROADCASTING AND THEY CONGRATULATED ME. I'M SAYING I HAD VERY LITTLE TO DO WITH IT, BUT IT IS A COUNTY PROJECT. SO I'M JUST GOING TO PASS THAT ON TO YOU. UM, I, I WAS ABLE TO BE THERE FOR SHORT DURATION, UM, BUT UH, I DID NOT GET THE TOUR MS. HOWARD. SO WHEN YOU GO, PLEASE LET ME KNOW SO I CAN DO THE TOUR. UM, MR. HART ALREADY SAID HE'LL GIVE ME THE TOUR, BUT I THINK, UM, MR. HOWARD GO I WOULD LOVE TO GO. THANK YOU. YEAH, WE, WE'D LOVE TO FORMALLY, UH, HOST YOU FOR THE TOUR. LIBBY DOES A FANTASTIC JOB OF EDUCATING YOU ABOUT THE FULL CIRCLE OF THE PROCESS FROM FOOD SCRAPS TO OUR POLLINATOR GARDEN THAT'S NOW CREATING SQUASH THAT'S GONNA TURN, GO INTO OUR COMPOST AND BACKGROUND AGAIN. SO IT REALLY IS A FANTASTIC, UH, PROGRAM. WE'VE GOT LITTLE BUMBLEBEES OUT THERE. UM, BUMBLEBEES. IT'S, YEAH. AND THE POLLINATOR, THEY'RE FRIENDS. IT'S OKAY. THEY'RE JUST LITTLE FURRY GUYS. ALRIGHT. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE YOU ACCOMPLISH? NO, I LOVE THE ENERGY. THAT'S ALL I'M GONNA SAY. I MEAN, YOU HERE, THIS MIGHT BE THE HIGHLIGHT OF YOUR NIGHT. I DON'T KNOW. IT MIGHT BE THE HIGHLIGHT. YOU NEVER KNOW. YOU ARE THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE DAY. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. I TRY, I TRY REALLY HARD. I, WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN AND SORRY WE WERE LATE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS. ALRIGHT, [Additional Item 1] UM, WE HAVE TWO ITEMS THAT WERE ADDED. SO WE'LL GO TO THE FIRST ONE. UH, IT IS LETTER B, THE GAS STATION ON HILTON HEAD FOR DISCUSSION. THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN. UM, I ATTENDED THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD MEETING IN JULY AND THE ONE IN AUGUST AND THE GAS STATION WAS UP FOR A REVIEW AND IT WAS TABLED BOTH TIMES. I WOULD, I'M GONNA MAKE THIS SHORT AND DYLAN, YOU MAY WANT TO COME UP HERE 'CAUSE THIS QUESTION'S REALLY FOR YOU. UM, [00:25:02] BACK IN 2025, THE BEGINNING OF 2025, WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT THIS GAS STATION. CAN IT BE TORN DOWN? CAN WE, CAN WE PUT TRUCKS, CAN WE PUT PLANTS? WE CAN PUT SOMETHING UP THERE. 'CAUSE HERITAGE WAS COMING IN 2025 AND HERITAGE CAME IN 2026 AND IT'S STILL THERE. UM, THIS IS MY QUESTION. DI DYLAN, UM, CAN YOU RESEARCH AS AN ATTORNEY, CAN YOU RESEARCH AND SEE IF THERE'S ANOTHER COUNTY THAT CREATED ORDINANCE, AN ORDINANCE THAT WE, UM, FREEZE THE BUSINESS LICENSE OR THE OWNER OF THIS GAS STATION? I KNOW HE HAS OTHER BUSINESSES IN BEAUFORT COUNTY. IF WE CAN FREEZE ALL HIS BUSINESS LICENSE IN BEAUFORT COUNTY UNTIL HE TEARS THIS BUILDING DOWN AND STARTS TO REBUILD IT, CERTAINLY WE CAN LOOK INTO, UH, TO, THAT'S ALL I'M GONNA ASK. MY UNDERSTANDING. AND I, I JUST GOT AN UPDATE ON THIS FROM, UM, MR. MERCHANT OVER IN PLANNING AT THE DRB. WAS THAT THE, MY IMPRESSION AND, AND YOU WERE THERE AS WELL. SO YOU CAN, UM, COMMENT ON THIS IF YOU FEEL APPROPRIATE, BUT IT FELT LIKE THE APPLICATION HAD KIND OF COME A LONG WAYS. THEY WERE STILL WORKING WITH THEM ON IT AND THERE WERE JUST A COUPLE MORE THINGS THAT THEY WANTED TO SEE FROM THE APPLICANT. RIGHT. AND THAT'S WHY THEY SENT IT BACK. AND THEN IT'LL COME UP FOR THE NEXT MEETING, BUT TEAR THE BUILDING DOWN AND DO SOMETHING. I MEAN, IT'S A MESS. HAVE YOU'VE EVER GONE TO FLY OVER? YOU SHOULD SEE THE ROOF. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE BEEN THERE AND DONE THAT OR NOT, BUT MY QUESTION IS, CAN WE PULL OR FREEZE HIS BUSINESS LICENSE? ALL OF 'EM, ALL HIS BUSINESSES IN BEAUFORT COUNTY UNTIL HE GETS THIS RESOLVED? BECAUSE THIS IS THREE YEARS NOW. BACK WHEN CHUCK WAS HERE, I HAD ASKED HIM ABOUT IT AND HE SAID HE HAD THE PERMITS TO TEAR IT DOWN, WHETHER THAT'S, YOU KNOW, CORRECT OR NOT, OR IF THEY EXPIRED. I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED WITH THAT. HE COULD HAVE TORN THE BUILDING DOWN. AT LEAST MADE IT HALFWAY DECENT. BUT THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING. IF YOU CAN DO SOME LEGAL RESEARCH, SEE WHAT OTHER COUNTIES HAVE PASSED AN ORDINANCE. SO IN THE FUTURE, IF THIS EVER HAPPENS AGAIN, I MEAN THAT'S THE GATEWAY TO HILTON HEAD ISLAND AND THIS IS A TOURIST DESTINATION. IT'S IT'S AWFUL. IT'S AWFUL THAT IT HAD TO GO THIS LONG. YEAH, IT'S TAKEN HIM THIS LONG. TWO YEARS. TWO YEARS. 'CAUSE HE SUBMITTED THOSE PLANS IN 2024, I BELIEVE. DIDN'T HE? THAT MY, I THINK IT DID. THAT'S MY RECOLLECTION. YEAH. RIGHT. AND HERE'S 2026, ALMOST 2027. WE'RE HAPPY TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE FOR YOU. YES. OKAY. THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WHAT, WHAT IS THE CURRENT PLANS FOR? IS HE SUPPOSED TO REBUILD A GAS STATION FOR ME THAT'S UNAWARE. OH, WE DON'T EVEN WANT, HE'S SUPPOSED TO REBUILD A GAS STATION THERE. YEAH. YEAH, HE'S, YEAH, HE'S GRANDFATHERED IN TO BUILD ANOTHER GAS STATION. IT'S GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS. IT STARTED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, BUT THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON IT. IT'S GONE TOO LONG. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON ITEM B OR CAN WE CLOSE THE DISCUSSION? DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? IT'LL CLOSE IT. GOOD. ALRIGHT. WE'LL [Additional Item 2] MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER C. WE HAVE, UH, BOTH. YES, SIR. THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN. UM, QUICKLY, UH, I NEED, CAN I GET A MOTION TO PUT IT ON THE FLOOR? A MOTION? OH, FOR DISCUSSION. WE HAVE TO HAVE A MOTION TO PUT IT ON THE FLOOR. SO I MOTION AND A SECOND. I SECOND IT. OKAY. ALRIGHT. YES SIR. FLOOR IS YOURS. THANK YOU, SIR. UM, JUST QUICKLY, UM, MR. LUCA NAMAN, I THINK MANY OF US KNOW HIM WELL, UM, HAS WORKED IN THIS COUNTY FOR YEARS. AND, UM, MR. NAINA, IF YOU LOOK AT ALL THE BOAT RAMP, BOAT RAMPS THAT'S BUILT ON THIS COUNTY, IN THIS COUNTY, UH, HE HAD HIS HAND IN THAT. UM, AND SO THERE IS A BOAT RAMP THAT'S NOT BEEN NAMED YET, THE HEADINGS POINT, UM, BOAT RAMP. UH, I WOULD LOVE FOR THIS COUNCIL TO CONSIDER THAT AND, UM, DO WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO THE DUE DILIGENCE TO SEE WHETHER THAT'S A RECOMMENDATION THAT CAN BE BROUGHT FORWARD. UM, THE, THE OTHER PERSON, UM, IS, UH, MR. JULIUS MURE, UM, MR. MURE AND MR. WESLEY FELIX. UM, ALONG WITH OTHERS, UH, WERE VERY DILIGENT IN GETTING RECREATION ACTIVITY IN RURAL COMMUNITY IN BEAUFORT COUNTY. AND, UM, WE HONORED MR. FELIX, UM, SOME YEARS AGO BY NAMING THAT SITE, UM, ON ST. HELEN, THE WESLEY FELIX SITE. UM, BUT I, I THINK, UM, MR. FELIX, UM, BECAUSE HE WAS THE EDUCATOR, UM, THINGS, UM, REALLY WAS DONE BECAUSE OF HIM. UM, BUT MR. JULIUS RIA IS ONE OF THOSE LAY, LAY LIAISON PERSON WHO WAS REALLY INSTRUMENTAL IN BRINGING RECREATION, UM, TO THE, TO A REGIONAL, UM, WELL, TO BRING RECREATION TO BEAUTIFUL CITY AND TO, AND THE FACT THAT IN, IN THAT, UM, THE, THE RECREATION COMMISSION, UH, THAT WAS A STATE INITIATIVE WAS ACTUALLY CREATED BECAUSE OF THEIR EFFORT. [00:30:01] BEAUFORT COUNTY TOOK OVER THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT LATER ON, AND THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN A LITTLE DETEN, I MEAN SOME CONTENTION, UH, WITH THE COMMISSIONERS AND, AND THE COUNTY APPROPRIATION BECAUSE THE STATE NEVER REALLY FUNDED THE PROJECT AND STUFF. BUT JULIUS MO WAS ONE OF THOSE KEY PERSON ALONG WITH, UM, JOHN PARKER FROM PORT ROYAL, UM, OSCAR FRAZIER FROM, FROM, UM, BLUFFTON. AND I DON'T KNOW, UM, IN DALE, UM, SHELDON AREA WAS A, WHETHER THERE WAS A KEY PERSON THAT DEALT WITH RECREATION PROGRAMS FOR RURAL COMMUNITIES. UM, AND THEIR FOCUS WAS REALLY ON BASEBALL. THE SAME BASEBALL YOU TALKED ABOUT MR. CUNNINGHAM EARLIER. UM, THAT WAS DONE IN BEAUFORT. IT WAS A BIG THING IN BEAUFORT UNTIL THE COUNTY TOOK OVER. IT WAS REALLY DRIVEN BY COMMUNITY. AND THIS WOULD BE A COMMUNITY PERSON HERE AND THE MARRIAGE AT THAT SITE ON ST. HELENA WITH THAT BUILDING BEING NAMED JULIUS RIE AND THEN THE PARK BEING MADE, UM, WESLEY FELIX, THAT WOULD REALLY PUT THE TWO OF THEM TOGETHER. AND I THINK IT'D BE APPROPRIATE THAT THAT WOULD HAPPEN. THAT'S JUST, UH, UH, SOMETHING I WANT TO JUST PUT ON THE TABLE FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION AND TO MOVE ALONG THE WAY. THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN. UM, DO YOU WANT TO TOUCH ON THE PROCESS FOR IT? WELL, I'M, I'M UNFAMILIAR WITH IT, SO I'M NOT THAT FAMILIAR WITH IT, EXCEPT I KNOW THERE IS ONE. I'M LOOKING TO OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY OR OUR, UM, I DON'T KNOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. WE'D HAVE TO GO RESEARCH IT. I, UM, UNLESS PUBLIC WORKS OR NO, AND I'LL BE GLAD TO WORK WITH, UM, UM, JUST WANNA BRING THAT TO THIS BODY ATTENTION SO THAT IT IS NOT LOST. WE NEED SOME MORE INFORMATION. SURE. SO WE'LL MAKE SURE WE'LL GET THE RIGHT METHOD WAY TO DO IT. AND I THINK IT MAY JUST BE A SOLUTION. I'M SATISFIED WITH WHAT HAS HAPPENED THUS FAR. YEAH, I THINK IT'S DEFINITELY A CONVERSATION I HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WITH STAFF TO SEE WHAT THE PROCESS IS TO BRINGING IT TO COUNCIL VOTE. RIGHT. I GUESS, YOU KNOW WHAT'S, WE WILL GET THE REQUEST AND THEN FIGURE OUT WHAT, WHAT THE OPTIONS ARE. SOUNDS GOOD. COUNCILMAN YORK GONNA, YOU'RE GONNA PUT THE REQUEST IN IN, WELL YOU'RE DOING IT TODAY. I CAN, UH, I'LL DO THE APPROPRIATE OKAY. FORMAT. YES. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THOSE TWO MATTERS? MM-HMM. ALRIGHT, WE WILL CLOSE THE DISCUSSION ON THAT AND MOVE ON TO OUR AGENDA [8.a. Broad River Fishing Pier Update (FISCAL IMPACT: For Information only) - Bryan Bauer, PE, Director of Engineering & Bill Barna, PE, McSweeney Engineers (15min)] ITEMS. UH, A BROAD RIVER FISHING PIER UPDATE. BRIAN AND BILL, I BELIEVE HAVE AN UPDATE FOR US. HAVE A MOTION TO PUT US ON THE FLOOR, PLEASE. JOE, MOVE. CHAIRMAN. MOTION BY JOE, SECONDED BY MR. GLOVER. HOW ARE YOU? GOOD. AND YOU? DOING WELL. SO OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, WE PRESENTED A COUPLE DIFFERENT TIMES ON THE BROAD RIVER FISHING. P MOST RECENT ONE WAS WHEN Y'ALL APPROVED US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PHASE TWO DESIGN. UM, AS PART OF THAT, YOU REQUESTED THAT ONCE WE GOT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER ALONG AND HAD A MORE, UH, TONED DOWN OR CONFIRMED, UH, ESTIMATE COME BACK AND UPDATE. SO THAT'S, UH, WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE TODAY. WE'VE REACHED A POINT WHERE WE'RE AT 50 TO 60% PLANS AND HAVE A MORE REALISTIC COST ESTIMATE. SO WANTING TO COME, JUST PRESENT ON THAT AND UPDATE AND MAYBE GET SOME GUIDANCE. SO WITH THAT, WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO BILL, UM, WITH MCSWEENEY ENGINEERS AND HE'S GONNA UPDATE THE PROJECT FOR US. THANK SIR. DO ME A FAVOR, ENGINEER. DID YOU FIND A TREASURE CHEST YET? I HAVE NOT FOUND A TREASURE CHEST YET. KEEP HOPING. AND I DON'T HAVE A MASCOT EITHER, SO THIS MIGHT BE KIND OF BORING. . UM, I THINK I DO HAVE A POWER, UH, A PDF PRESENTATION TO SHOW YOU GUYS. I WAS HERE, I BELIEVE THE LAST TIME WE WERE HERE WAS, UH, ABOUT THIS TIME IN 2024, I BELIEVE. AND WE HAVEN'T MADE SOME INROAD SINCE THEN. SO I'LL GO OVER A, A BRIEF HISTORY, KIND OF HOW WE GOT HERE AND WHERE WE STAND AND WHERE TO GO FROM HERE. SO HERE'S THE UPDATE ON 2026 ON THE DESIGN AND PERMITTING OF THE BROAD RIVER FISHING PIER AND THE ARTIFICIAL REEF. SO FOR, FOR REFRESHING YOUR MEMORY, OUR PLAN, CURRENT PLAN IS TO REPURPOSE THE EXISTING BROAD RIVER FISHING PIER, WHICH WAS THE OLD ONE 70 BRIDGE, UH, TO REPURPOSE THAT INTO A FISHING REEF AT THE SITE AND TO ALSO USE THAT TO IMPROVE THE PARKING AREA AT LEAST, UH, A PORTION OF THE PARKING AREA. SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE PLAN AS IT STANDS. NOW, IF YOU'LL GO TO THE NEXT SIDE PLEASE. SO THE BACKGROUND, THIS, UH, THE EXISTING P 70 YEARS OLD, IT'S, UH, 69 YEARS OLD, BUILT IN 1957. IT WAS, UH, MAJORLY REHABBED IN 1973. I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHEN THE COUNTY TOOK POSSESSION OF IT. WE HAVE BEEN CRAWLING [00:35:01] UP UNDER THAT THING SINCE ABOUT 2014, MAKING SURE THAT IT IS, IT'S STILL SAFE FOR USE. SO THE PICTURES THAT YOU SEE IN THE PICTURE, THAT WAS FROM AN INTERIM INSPECTION WE CONDUCTED THIS SUMMER. THAT'S WHAT THE BEAMS LOOK LIKE UNDERNEATH THE, THE, UH, THE DECK ON THE, THE, THE PIER, WHICH IS THE OLD BRIDGE. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF DETERIORATION ON THOSE BEAMS. IN FACT, THE, THERE'S A QUITE A LARGE PORTION OF SOME OF THEM ARE MISSING. WE DID LOAD RATE IT AND DETERMINED THAT IT WAS, IT WAS SAFE FOR USE AS A FISHING PIER. WE DID THAT BACK IN 2015. AND THEN WE HAVE BEEN DOING THE INSPECTIONS ON IT ANNUALLY EVER SINCE. IF YOU'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO WE DID A LOAD RATING ANALYSIS, WE DID SOME MATERIALS TESTING AND, AND ALL THAT WORK WE DID BETWEEN 2014 AND AND 2022 WAS JUST TO MAKE SURE IT WAS OKAY. MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS, WE COULD STILL KEEP IT OPEN. WE DID A, A QUITE A FEW LITTLE REHAB AND REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE PLANS JUST TO, TO KIND OF EEK EVERY LITTLE BIT OF LIFE WE COULD OUT OF THE FACILITY. AND 2022 THAT, OR SORRY, IN, IN BETWEEN 2022 AND 2024, THAT'S WHEN WE REALLY STARTED LOOKING AT THE PHASE ONE DESIGN, THE REDESIGN OF THE BROAD RIVER FISHING PIER. AND WHEN I CAME IN HERE LAST TIME IN 2024, WHAT WE HAD PRESENTED TO YOU GUYS WAS WE LOOKED AT FOUR DIFFERENT ALIGNMENTS TO DO OF A POTENTIAL NEW FISHING PIER. DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THEY COULD BE ARRANGED, DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THEY WOULD BENEFIT THE PUBLIC OR WHATNOT. AND SO WE RECOMMENDED PROCEEDING WITH OPTION TWO, WHICH IS A A T HEAD SHAPED FISHING PIER. AND SO WE'VE KIND OF SLOWLY BEEN WORKING INTO THAT EVER, UH, STARTING REALLY STARTING IN 2025. THE END OF 25 IS WHEN, WHEN WE REALLY STARTED TO GET HEAVY INTO THE, UM, INTO FINALIZING THE DESIGN OF THAT OPTION LAST YEAR DURING THE, DURING OUR COMPREHENSIVE INSPECTION OF THE FACILITY. SO WE, EVERY YEAR WE GO AND WE DO AN UNDERWATER, WE INSPECT EVERY PILE BELOW THE WATER LINE, THEN WE COME BACK ON A BARGE AND A MANLIFT AND WE LOOK AT ALL THE BEAMS ABOVE THE WATER LINE JUST TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS STILL OKAY. AT THAT POINT WE NOTICE THAT DETERIORATION IS, IS IT'S, IT'S ONGOING AND IT, IT IS CONCERNING. SO WHAT WE MADE IS RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNTY FOR US TO DO A DRIVE BY INSPECTION EVERY SIX MONTHS. SO NOW IN, INSTEAD OF DOING A COMPREHENSIVE INSPECTION EVERY SIX MONTHS WHERE WE GO DIVE IT AND WE GO HANDS ON, WE, WE JUST GET ON THE WATER. WE WE'RE DRIVING PAST IT WITH A BOAT AT HIGH TIDE LOOKING JUST TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY, BEEN ANY KIND OF GROSS CHANGES SINCE WE WERE THERE PREVIOUSLY. SO FAR THERE, THERE HAVEN'T, THERE HAVEN'T BEEN. SO THAT'S WHERE WE STAND AS FAR AS THE HISTORY COMING UP TO WHERE WE'RE, WHERE WE'RE AT CURRENTLY WITH THE DESIGN. IF YOU'LL GO TO THE, TO THE NEXT SLIDE, I THINK WE START TALKING ABOUT THE, THE NEW PIER. SO, UH, THIS WOULD BE, UH, THE, THE VIEW THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT, I, I REALIZE IT'S, SEEMS KIND OF HARD TO SEE UP THERE, BUT THE VIEW YOU'RE LOOKING AT WOULD BE IF, IF YOU WERE STANDING ON THE NEW BRIDGE, KIND OF LOOKING DOWN ON THE, ON THE PIER ON THE SITE AND IN THE LOWER PORTION THERE, KIND OF THE LEFT OF THE BIG BLACK IS WHERE THE, WHERE THE CURRENT BATHROOM IS. SO WHAT WE HAVE PLANNED IS A, IS A SIDEWALK THAT WILL THEN CONNECT TO A A HUNDRED FOOT LONG RAMP THAT WILL BRING THE PIER BACK UP TO GRADE. IT'LL BE ABOUT FOUR FIZZ CURRENTLY, NOT WHERE THE, THE DECK OF THE FISHING PIER IS, BUT WHERE THE, THE PARKING AREA IS. AND THEN IT WILL GO OUT TO A 600 FOOT LONG WALKWAY TO A 200 FOOT T SHAPE AND THE FISHING REEF WILL BE OFF OF THAT. AND THEN WE HAVE SOME IMPROVED PARKING GREEN SPACE. AND, UH, AND A PICNIC SHELTER IS, IS WHAT WE HAVE, HAVE PLANNED TO PUT ON THE SITE. IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO THIS IS A, A SHOT OF THE FISHING REEF. WHAT WE ARE PLANNING TO DO, WHERE WE'RE, WE'RE PLANNING TO PUT THE REEF IS ESSENTIALLY RIGHT DIRECTLY OUTBOARD OF THE, OF THE NEW FISHING PIER. IT'LL BE A 90,000 SQUARE FOOT, SO ABOUT A TWO ACRE REEF. NOT REALLY THAT BIG IN TERMS OF, OF FOOTPRINT. WE COULD, WE COULD SPREAD IT OUT MORE IF, IF WE'RE SO TOLD TO BY THE REGULATORY AGENCIES. OUR, OUR THOUGHT WAS TO KEEP IT COMPACT AND, AND NEXT TO THE PEER TO KIND OF LIMIT THE LIMIT THAT IMPACT AND HAVE A NICE RESOURCE FOR, FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE, THAT ARE FISHING. SO THAT IS, THAT'S THE LOCATION OF THE, THE, THE FISHING REEF. THE, THE INTENT OF THE REEF IS TO, [00:40:01] UH, ESSENTIALLY TAKE THE PILING USE, USE THE PILING THAT'S ALREADY COVERED IN MARINE GROWTH. AND, AND WHAT, WHAT MADE US WANT TO DO THE, THE ARTIFICIAL REEF IDEA WAS, WAS REALLY TWOFOLD. ONE IS TERMS OF COST, RIGHT? IT'S GONNA COUPLE MILLION DOLLARS TO DEMOLISH THE OLD PIER. I WOULD DEFINITELY NOT LEAVE IT IN PLACE BECAUSE IT'S CURRENTLY IN THE DOT RIGHT OF WAY. SO WHEN, WHEN WE'RE DONE USING IT, IT NEEDS TO COME OUT OF THERE. IF WE CAN DISPOSE OF IT ON SITE, THEN, THEN ALL, ALL THE BETTER BECAUSE THAT'S LESS MATERIAL THAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO TRUCK. SO THE VAST MAJORITY OF IT, EVERYTHING THAT THAT'S, THAT'S CURRENTLY COVERED IN MARINE GROWTH, WE WANNA LEAVE DOWN THERE FOR, FOR, FOR FISH. WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN DIVING AROUND IT FOR OVER A DECADE AND IT'S JUST AMAZING THE AMOUNT OF FISH THAT YOU SEE AROUND THAT PIER. IT REALLY IS, UM, REALLY IS A, A, A GREAT RESOURCE. AND SO WE WANT TO, WE WANT TO KEEP THAT AND REUSE ALL THAT MATERIAL THAT HAS THAT MARINE GROWTH ON IT TO ENCOURAGE THE FISH TO, TO STAY IN THE AREA. AND THEN THE, THE SUPER STRUCTURE COMPONENTS, THE PART THAT ARE ABOVE THE WATER LINE, OUR PLAN WITH THAT IS TO TAKE IT UP ON THE HILL ON THE SITE, BRING A CONCRETE CRUSHER IN THERE, CRUSH ALL THE CONCRETE, REUSE THE REPURPOSE THE CONCRETE TO TO USE ON SITE. AND THEN THE STEEL WOULD BE RECYCLED BY THE, BY THE CONTRACTOR. SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS, IS LITERALLY TAKING THAT PIER AND, AND GETTING AS MUCH BANG FOR OUR BUCK AS WE CAN OUT OF IT THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE WHOLE COURSE OF THE DEMOLITION AND, AND CONSTRUCTION AND CONSTRUCTION. SO NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THIS IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE IN PLAN AND ELEVATION. IT WILL BE A PILE SUPPORTED STRUCTURE WHERE IT WILL BE CONCRETE, IT WILL, IT WILL BE ALL CONCRETE. IT'LL BE CONCRETE PILE SUPPORTING THAT CONCRETE CAP. VERY MUCH LIKE THERE'S OUT THERE NOW. AND THEN IT WILL BE PRE-STRESSED BEAMS. WITH A TOPPING SLAB. WE ARE PLANNING ON DOING A DUAL HEIGHT HANDRAIL. THE LOWER HANDRAIL SECTION WILL BE ON 25% OF THE PIER. AND THAT IS, SO THOSE, SO PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIRS CAN ACTUALLY HAVE A, A VIEW. THEY'RE NOT SITTING AND STARING RIGHT AT THE, THE TOP RAIL. IT ALSO YOUNG, SMALL, SHORTER PEOPLE, CHILDREN CAN ALSO SEE WITHOUT STARING RIGHT IN THE RAIL. AND THAT IS AN ACTUAL, THE, THE, THE PIER ELEVATION, WHICH YOU SEE ON THE, THE VERY BOTTOM THERE IS IS AN ACTUAL CROSS SECTION OF THE CHANNEL. IT IS WHAT THE CHANNEL DOES. AND SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE SITUATED THE END OF THE PIER WHERE WE FEEL IS OPTIMAL. UM, WHAT WE HAVE NOTICED AFTER YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS OF BEING OUT THERE IS MOST PEOPLE DON'T FISH THAT FIRST COUPLE HUNDRED FEET OF THE FISHING PIER BECAUSE IT'S A, IT'S A MUDFLAT. UM, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T WALK ALL THE WAY OUT TO THE 1800 FEET TO THE END. 'CAUSE THAT'S A LONG WAY TO CARRY ALL YOUR STUFF. AND SO WHAT WE WANTED TO DO WAS HAVE AMPLE FISHING AREA RIGHT OUT AT, AT THAT 30 35 FOOT OF WATERMARK WHERE EVERYBODY REALLY LIKES TO FISH. AND THAT'S WHERE WE WANTED TO PUT THE, THE FISHING REEF. OBVIOUSLY THE, THE, THE FURTHER OUT, THE LONGER OUT YOU GO, THE THE MORE EXPENSIVE IT'S GONNA BE. SO WE SAID, LET'S, LET'S GET OUT TO THE, TO THE SHELF AND CALL IT GOOD AS FAR AS AS WATER DEPTH. UH, THAT UNFORTUNATELY ALSO REALLY KIND OF DRIVES UP THE, THE COST OF THIS PROJECT BECAUSE THE, THE BROAD RIVER'S A VERY DEEP WATERWAY. IT'S A VERY WIDE WATERWAY, SO IT'S A LONG WATERWAY. AND IN TERMS OF, OF PUTTING A FISHING PIER IN A VOLATILE ENVIRONMENT, THE ONLY MORE VOLATILE ENVIRONMENT YOU COULD PUT THIS WOULD BE, UH, TRIP INLET MAYBE, UM, OR SOMEWHERE ON THE BEACH. SO IT'S, UH, IT'S TAKEN A LOT OF ENGINEERING JUST, UH, TO LOOK AT THE FOUNDATION OF WHAT IS GOING TO, TO HOLD THIS, THIS PEER UP. A COUPLE OF THE OTHER FEATURES THAT ARE SHOWN ON HERE IS WE WANTED TO DO SOME RAIL INTEGRATED LIGHTING. SO WE WANTED TO HAVE SOME, WE DIDN'T WANT BIG LIGHT POSTS LIKE THERE ARE OUT THERE NOW THAT I'M, WE KNOW THAT THE PIER IS NOT OPEN AT NIGHT, BUT SOME LOWER, LOWER VOLTAGE LIGHTING ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE PIER INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, BIG STREET LIGHT TYPE OF DEAL IS, UH, IS WHAT WE ARE GOING FOR. AND THEN A, A NAVIGATION LIGHT AT THE END OF IT. SO IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THIS IS THE, UH, A SHOT OF THE BUILDING THAT WILL GO IN THE, IN THE FRONT. SO THE, THE, THE PICTURE ON THE TOP IS IF IS AS IF YOU WERE WALKING UP THE RAMP TO ACCESS THE PIER. SO YOU WOULD, YOU WOULD BE WALKING UP, YOU'D BE LOOKING AT THE BUILDING DEAD AHEAD, AND THEN YOU WOULD TAKE A LEFT TO GO OUT TO THE, TO THE FISHING PIER. THE, [00:45:01] THE GRAPHIC ON THE BOTTOM IS IF YOU WERE STANDING IN THE PARKING AREA LOOKING OUT TOWARDS THE, THE FISHING PIER. THE REASON FOR THE BUILDING IS BECAUSE EARLY ON WHEN WE WERE DOING THE VERY, VERY INITIAL PLANNING PHASES OF THIS, SOME OF THE, THE COMMENTS BY THE FIRE MARSHAL WERE HOW CAN WE GET EMS OUT THERE? AND WHEN WE SAID WE DON'T, LET'S NOT DESIGN THIS THING TO GET A FIRE TRUCK OUT THERE BECAUSE A FIRE TRUCK'S LIKE 80,000 POUNDS AND YOU DON'T WANT TO DESIGN A FISHING PIER TO HOLD AN 80,000 POUND TRUCK. SO WHAT WE HAD COME UP WITH AT THE TIME WAS TO USE ESSENTIALLY AN EMERGENCY UTV. SO IT WOULD BE LIKE THEIR EMS TYPE OF A, A GATOR TYPE OF TYPE OF THING WHERE THEY WOULD, UH, SOMEBODY HAS A HEART ATTACK AT THE END OF THE PIER, I GUESS YOU COULD MOBILIZE AND THEN PULL THE GURNEY IN THIS LITTLE UTV OUT OF THE, THE SHED AND GO RESCUE YOUR, YOUR PATIENT. SO THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE WHOLE IMPETUS OF THE BUILDING ORIGINALLY. UH, I COULD DEFINITELY SEE OTHER USES FOR, FOR THE BUILDING. MOUNT MOUNT PLEASANT WATERFRONT PARK HAS A HUGE PIER, HAVE, YOU KNOW, BUILDING RIGHT THERE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PIER. IT COULD BE USED FOR, FOR SEVERAL THINGS. IT COULD BE ELIMINATED ALTOGETHER, UM, IF, IF NEED BE, I SUPPOSE, AND, AND IF THE FIRE MARSHAL WOULD ALLOW IT. BUT, UH, THE, THE BUILDING ITSELF IS, IS VERY SMALL AND IT'S, IT'S NO FRILLS. IT'S A 20 BY 20 FOOT WITH A METAL ROLL DOOR, UM, GONNA BE CLAD AND STUCCO. AND THEN IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT PAGE THAT JUST SHOWS THE FLOOR PLAN, OUR, OUR, UH, OUR THOUGHT ON THE VISIBLE ELEMENTS WHERE IT IS JUST GONNA BE A, A CONCRETE MASONRY REBUILDING CLOUD AND STUCCO. AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME VISIBLE HEAVY TIMBER ELEMENTS THAT ARE GONNA KIND OF MATCH WID AND POINT AND, UH, AND CRYSTAL LAKE, SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE OUTDOOR ELEMENTS THAT THAT CAN BE SEEN THERE. SO THE, THE RAFTERS FOR THE BUILDING AND, AND FOR THE, FOR THE COVERED PORTION WILL PROBABLY BE BIG, HEAVY, HEAVY TIMBERS. AND, UM, THAT'S THE UTILITY BUILDING IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. SO A SUMMARY OF THE FEATURES. SO IT'S, UH, THE, THE WHOLE STRUCTURE WILL BE 20, 20 FEET WIDE. CURRENTLY THE, THE PIER RIGHT NOW, THE BROAD RIVER FISHING PIER IS 32 FEET WIDE. SO WE'LL GO BACK, UH, 20 FOOT WIDE ACCESS RAMP. THAT'S GONNA BE A HUNDRED FOOT LONG GOING OUT TO A 600 FOOT WALKWAY TO A, UM, TO A 200 FOOT LONG PEER HEAD, WHICH IS, WHICH IS TS SHAPE. AND THE, THERE'S GONNA BE A 20 BY 20 FOOT ELEVATED BUILDING, WHICH IS, WAS DESIGNED FOR TO BE USED FOR THE EMS, BUT I JUST PUT MAINTENANCE AND CONCESSIONS. IF, IF THAT TENDS TO CHANGE A TWO PLUS ACRE ARTIFICIAL REEF, IMPROVED PARKING AND A NEW PICNIC SHELTER, SOME GREEN SPACE. AND WE'RE GONNA REUSE THE MATERIAL THAT WE HAVE ON SITE TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE JUST TO TRY TO VALUE ENGINEER THIS, THIS PROJECT TO THE MAXIMUM. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THE COST OF THIS THING RIGHT NOW IS PROJECTED RIGHT AROUND 3.25, UH, SORRY, 13.25 MILLION AT SET OF OUR LATEST COST ESTIMATE. THAT PROJECTED COST IS ABOUT THREE AND A HALF MILLION LESS THAN WE WERE PROJECTING IN 2024 WHEN WE HAD JUST COME RIGHT OFF OF THAT PHASE ONE ANALYSIS. WHEN WE WERE DONE WITH PHASE ONE, WE, WE, WE ALL, WE ALL WE REALLY KNEW WAS IT WAS GONNA BE A 600 FOOT LONG PIER WITH A T WE DIDN'T KNOW MUCH MORE THAN THAT. WE HAVE DONE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF CALCULATIONS AND INVESTIGATIONS SINCE THEN. AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE NUMBER THAT WE'RE, THAT WE'RE RIGHT AROUND THERE INCLUSIVE OF THE DEMOLITION COST AS WELL. SO THAT'S TOTAL COST. AND THEN NEXT SLIDE TELLS YOU WHERE WE, WHERE WE STAND ON IT. WHERE WE STAND IS THE, ALL THE UPLAND STUFF HAS, IS BEEN DESIGNED, SO THE PARKING AREA IMPROVEMENTS AND UH, THEY ARE DEFINITELY NEEDED FOR THAT LANDING. NOT SURE, UH, HOW, HOW OFTEN YOU GUYS USE IT, BUT THE, THE UPLAND IMPROVEMENTS ARE NEEDED THERE. THAT HAS ALL BEEN DESIGNED AND SUBMITTED TO PERMITTING. WE HAVE FINALIZED THE GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATION. THE, UH, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL PRE-APPLICATION MEETINGS TO DISCUSS THE, THE, THE REEF, THE FISHING PIER, AND WE JUST SUBMITTED THE FULL APPLICATION FOR, UH, TO DEC OR SORRY, S-C-D-E-S AND UM, ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS. SO THE, THE FULL PERMIT APPLICATION HAS BEEN PUT IN, IN FACT, WE'VE ALREADY GOTTEN COMMENTS BACK AND HAVE ALREADY, UH, MADE COMMENTS TO THE COMMENTS THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN BACK ON THE, ON THE PERMITTING EFFORT. [00:50:02] THAT SAID, I STILL SEE THAT BEING A PROBABLY A YEAR-ISH PROCESS TO TAKE TO GET THROUGH THAT MAYBE, OR, OR MAYBE NOT. SO WE HAVE, UH, GONE THROUGH THE, UH, UPDATED COST ESTIMATE, CONSTRUCTABILITY REVIEWS. WE HAVE DESIGNED THE SUPER STRUCTURE, WHICH IS EVERYTHING THAT'S, THAT'S GONNA BE ABOVE THE PILING. AND WE HAVE FINALIZED THE RAMP AND ABUTMENT DESIGN. WHAT WE, WHAT WE REALLY HAVE LEFT TO DO IS THE FINAL DESIGN OF THE SUBSTRUCTURE, WHICH ARE ALL THE PILES AND THE CAPS. THAT'S ALSO THE MOST TECH TECHNICAL ASPECT OF THIS FROM THE ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION SIDE. IT'S THE MOST COSTLY, UH, PART OF THIS. SO IT'S, IT'S TAKEN US A LITTLE LONGER TO, TO GO THROUGH AND GET THE SUBSTRUCTURE DONE. AS SOON AS THAT'S DONE, WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, AT PROBABLY BEING 70, 75% RIGHT NOW. AS, AS BRIAN SAID, WE'RE ABOUT 50, 60% ON THE DESIGN AND DETAILING. SO WE'RE GONNA WRAP UP THE, THIS, THE SUBSTRUCTURE DESIGN AND, AND WE'LL, WE'LL GET THE, THE BUILDING DESIGN WRAPPED UP TOO. AND, UM, ALL OF THIS, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR GOAL IS, OUR GOAL IS TO BE DONE WITH THE DESIGN AND DETAILING BEFORE THE, THE PERMITTING IS DONE, UM, WITH A CAVEAT THAT WE MAY HAVE TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF MODIFICATIONS DEPENDING ON WHAT THE REGULATORY AGENCIES SAY. SO WE'RE, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE FINALIZING SLOWLY. I, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY JUST AT LEAST UNTIL WE, UNTIL WE'VE HAD ALL THE PUBLIC COMMENTS FROM THE REGULATORY AGENCIES JUST TO MAKE SURE NOBODY HAS ANY HEARTBURN OVER WHAT WE WANT TO DO. AND UH, AS SOON AS WE KNOW THAT, THEN, THEN WE'RE, WE'RE FULL BORE INTO THAT. AND I THINK THAT IS THE LAST SLIDE. I THINK THE NEXT ONE SAYS THANK YOU. IS THAT CORRECT? DOES, DOES. ARE THERE, UH, ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE UPDATE WE HAVE? YEP. DID WE BUDGET FOR THIS? NO. OKAY. SO SECOND, HOW MUCH HAVE WE ALREADY SPENT ON YOUR SERVICES FOR DESIGN? SAY, UH, THE CONTRACT WAS ABOUT 350,000. I THINK WE'RE A THIRD TO HALF THROUGH THEIR CONTRACT VALUE. WE BUDGETED FOR THAT. YES, THAT WAS IT. AND SO, AND YOU'RE GOING FOR PERMITTING, WHICH COSTS US MORE MONEY, RIGHT? THAT WAS INCLUDED. YEAH, THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE, YES. SO WE DON'T HAVE A BUDGET TO DO 13 AND A HALF MILLION. SO WHY ARE WE DOING ALL THIS? WHERE ARE WE GONNA GET 13 POINT A HALF MILLION? I THINK I'M JUST WAITING FOR THAT ANSWER. YEAH, I THINK THAT WAS THE POINT OF BRINGING IT BACK TO YOU WHEN WE WERE AWARDED TO GO FORWARD WITH DESIGN, IT WAS WITH THE REQUEST THAT WE BRING IT BACK WHEN WE HAD A MORE REFINED COST ESTIMATE. UM, SO I BELIEVE IN THE A IS THERE WERE THREE OPTIONS PRESENTED. ONE IS TO CONTINUE WITH THE FULL DESIGN PERMITTING. UH, TWO WAS TO LOOK AT MAYBE A PRIVATE PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP. THREE IS TO CONTINUE THE INSPECTIONS AND THEN WHEN WE REACH THE POINT WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE CLOSED TO DEMO IT. UM, AND A FOURTH ONE THAT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THERE, WE TO DO EVALUATION AND SEE IF THERE'S ANOTHER SITE THAT MAY BE MORE HOSPITABLE TO A PHISHING PEER. SO I GUESS THAT WOULD BE THE ASKS FROM US TODAY IS GUIDANCE ON HOW WE YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROCEED. ALRIGHT. UH, WE'LL JUST GO AROUND. I'M SURE THERE'S QUITE A FEW ALICE AND COME TO JOE. UM, THIS IS JUST ANECDOTAL, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S ALWAYS PEOPLE THERE AT THAT FISHING PIER. DO WE HAVE ANY KIND COUNT OF USAGE? THEY'RE OLDER, BUT WE DO HAVE COUNTS DURING THE SUMMER. IT'S UM, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL HUNDRED PEOPLE PER DAY. UM, DURING THE WINTER IT OBVIOUSLY CUTS DOWN SOME, BUT THOSE ARE A YEAR OR TWO OLD, SO WE CAN DEFINITELY GET MORE. BUT YEAH, IT'S A PRETTY WELL USED PEER. THANK YOU JOE. UH, I'M ALL FOR, UH, PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP, BUT THE THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLAR COST SAVINGS, CAN WE MAKE IT LONGER? IS IT TOO LATE? ? WHAT? CAN'T MAKE IT LONGER. IS IT TOO LATE? TOO LATE TO MAKE IT LONGER? WHAT WAS IT? 720 FEET NOW HOME GO BIGGER. GO HOME. YEAH. RIGHT. WOW. I MEAN, THAT'S ONE OF THE DRAWS OF THAT PLACE IS YOU HAVE SUCH BIG WATER AND YOU HAVE SUCH A BIG PIER OUT THERE TO GO FISHING. THAT'S, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S A TOURISM DRIVER OUT THERE TO BRING PEOPLE TO IT WITH THE 600 FEET THAT STILL GETS YOU TO THE DROP OFF. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF GOING FURTHER OUT, THEY'VE DONE THE HAMMER HEAD THAT'S 200 FOOT LONG. SO YOU'RE BASICALLY GETTING, YOU KNOW, 200 FOOT LONG AT THE DROP OFF FOR PEOPLE TO FISH. SO INSTEAD OF GOING STRAIGHT OUT, IT KIND OF HAMMERHEADS, WHICH EVEN ADDS PROBABLY, I MEAN YOU'RE, I SAY A LITTLE BIT OF STRUCTURAL STABILITY TO IT AS WELL. SO, ONE OTHER COMMENT, I I THINK SOME OF YOU'RE AWARE THERE'S A TWO GREEN SPACE PROJECTS ON [00:55:01] EITHER SIDE OF CORRECT THAT TOO THAT, UM, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE IN MIND FOR PUBLIC PRIVATE VENTURE, BUT, UM, TOWN OF PORT ROYAL HAS PROPOSED TWO DIFFERENT GREEN SPACE PROJECTS AT, AT THAT INTERSECTION AS FAR AS THE PUBLIC PRIVATE VENTURE. SO WHEN YOU ENTER INTO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THERE'S USUALLY A REVENUE SOURCE. SO IN ORDER TO MAKE A REVENUE SOURCE, YOU HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER. SO IS THAT MEAN THAT THE, THE DOCK ITSELF IS, IS HAS A, A ADMISSION FEE OR IS THERE AN ATTACHMENT TO IT? LIKE A, LIKE A UM, MARINA OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? SO THERE'S NOT GONNA BE A DEVELOPER COMES AND JUST BUILDS IT FOR US AND PAYS THE COSTS AND THAT'S IT. THE PARTNERSHIP IS THAT THEY GET SOMETHING IN RETURN. SO THOSE WOULD BE THE ELEMENTS THAT YOU WOULD SEEK OUT IF YOU DO A, A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP LIKE A MARINA. A MARINA? MORE THAN LIKELY, YES. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS WE HAVE TO GIVE SOME TYPE OF DIRECTION TODAY? YEAH. YEAH. SO OUR GOAL, SO THAT'S DEFINITELY WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR. WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR US TO SOLVE THE COSTS AND, BUT YOU CAN SEE THERE, SO, AND AS WE TALKED ABOUT, WE'VE GOT BASICALLY A YEAR LEFT IN DESIGN AND PERMIT. IF WE GO FORWARD WITH THE PLAN AS IT'S, AS IT'S PROPOSED TODAY, UM, THAT GIVES ENOUGH TIME. HOW DOES THIS COME FORWARD AS A FUTURE? SO IN A PERFECT WORLD, IF WE WERE PLANNING A PROJECT IN FINANCE, WE'RE AT THE RIGHT PLACE TO BE PLANNING FOR THE FINANCE OF THE CONSTRUCTION. UM, WHETHER THAT'S ALL DONE IN ONE YEARLY, UM, CONTRIBUTION THROUGH THROUGH A CIP OR OR MULTIPLE, OR AGAIN, THERE'S SOME POSSIBLE FUNDING SOURCES THERE AT THE, AT THE BOTTOM. SO ANNUALLY, AT LEAST THIS PAST BUDGET, WE HAVE ABOUT $11 MILLION IN OUR CIPI THINK LAST YEAR WE HAD $20 MILLION IN OUR CIP BUDGET. SO THERE'S, THERE'S FUNDING THERE, A AND H TAX. WE'VE ALREADY USED SOME A AND H TAX FOR THE DESIGN. UM, THERE'S POSSIBILITY THERE. UH, BONDING, OPPORTUNITY, CAPITAL, I'M, I JUST LISTED ALL I COULD THINK OF. I'M NOT SAYING THESE ARE THE RIGHT ONES. UM, GEO BOND, A CAPITAL PROJECT, SALES TAX, PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP AND POSSIBLE GRANTS. SO THAT'S WHAT'S OUT THERE. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF, YEAH, I MEAN, JUST BY THE LOOK OF THE ROOM, IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE ANYBODY WANTS YOU TO STOP MAKING PROGRESS. SO DEFINITELY CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD. UNLESS I'M MISSPEAKING, BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYBODY SAY, HEY, WE SHOULD STOP. UM, WITH THE PERMITTING, IT'S ALREADY BEEN BUDGETED. THERE'S NO REASON TO SLOW DOWN THAT PROCESS AT ALL. I GUESS NOW OUR JOB ON OUR END AND STAFF WISE IS WE NEED TO COME UP WITH SOME HARD OPTIONS OF FULL FUNDING, PARTIAL FUNDING, WHATEVER IT IS. SO WE HAVE SOMETHING ON THE TABLE NEXT TIME WE HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS. OKAY, WE, WE HAVE 10, WE HAVE 12, WHATEVER IT IS. 'CAUSE IF NOT, IT'S ALL FOR NOTHING. SO NOW WE NEED TO DO OUR WORK ON THAT SIDE TO SEE IF IS THIS FEASIBLE AND DO WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN? UM, JOE, BASED UPON WHAT YOU SAID, I THINK IT'S ISSUING AN RFP TO SEE IF THERE IS SOMEONE OUT THERE WHO'S WILLING TO PARTNER WITH, WHO HAS A VISION OF WHAT COULD HAPPEN THERE BASED UPON WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE. NOW THAT IT IS A GREAT FISHING PIER, MAYBE IT BECOMES A MARINA, MAYBE IT COMES SOMETHING ELSE. BUT SOMEBODY WHO IS IN THAT BUSINESS WOULD BE A PARTNER WITH US TO SAY, I HAVE A GREAT IDEA. DO WE, DO WE HAVE TO HAVE A MOTION TO DO THAT? OR IS THAT SOMETHING YOU GUYS CAN HANDLE? ON THE STAFF SIDE? I'M JUST GONNA SAY WE COULD PARALLEL PATH THIS, RIGHT? WE COULD GO WITH THE RFP AND CONTINUE WITH DESIGN IS WHAT I THINK WE'RE HEARING. SO I THINK WE CAN COME FORWARD WITH AN RFP. I DON'T, YEAH, SO WE COULD, WE COULD DO AN RFP, PUT THAT OUT, UM, AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY APPETITE IN THE RFP. IF THERE IS APPETITE AND WE GET VALID PROPOSALS, IT MAY OR MAY NOT LOOK EXACTLY WHAT WE HAVE PLANNED TODAY. UM, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE NECESSARILY NEED TO CONTINUE. WE COULD GET TO THE POINT AND WE DON'T GET ANY VALID PROPOSALS AND WE STILL WANT TO MOVE FORWARD AND WE HAVEN'T LOST ANY TIME WITH OUR DESIGN ELEMENT. SO ON THE MOTION, IF WE COULD GET ONE TO PERCEIVE WITH AN RFP, I THINK THAT WOULD BE APPRECIATED BY MR. I WOULD BE HAPPY TO MAKE THAT MOTION TO HAVE YOU CONDUCT AN RFP STUDY FOR A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP TO DEVELOP THAT PROPERTY. SECOND, A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. I'LL SECOND IT. WE HAVE A SECOND. UM, I WOULD JUST SAY I'M ALL ON BOARD FOR DOING IT, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT OTHER OPTIONS AS WELL IN CASE THAT FALLS THROUGH. SO WE SH HOPEFULLY WE CAN DO BOTH AT THE SAME TIME. CORRECT. AND I THINK AS JARED POINTED OUT, THERE'S POTENTIAL FOR SOME AT A, SOME CIP THERE'S WAYS TO LOOK AT AND MULTI-YEAR TO FUND THIS. SO WE'LL LOOK AT THAT TOO, BECAUSE REALISTICALLY WE'RE PROBABLY, WHAT, TWO TO THREE YEARS AWAY FROM EVEN PUTTING A PYLON ON THE GROUND? WELL, FROM HAVING A PERMIT, WE COULD BE AS CLOSE AS A YEAR AWAY. SO, UM, WHICH IS A WHOLE NOTHER FISCAL YEAR. SO REALLY WHERE, WHERE IT WOULD FIT IN IS WE'RE ABOUT TO START NOW. THE CIP REQUESTS FOR FY 28, UM, IT [01:00:01] REALLY WOULDN'T, IT REALLY WOULD FIT INTO THE FY 29 CIP REQUEST. SO WE REALLY HAVE A YEAR AND CHANGE TO HAVE A CONCRETE PLAN TO PUT IT OUT FOR CONSTRUCTION. UM, AND AS MIKE SAID, MOST PROJECTS OF THIS SCALE ARE GOING TO HAVE MULTIPLE FUNDING SOURCE. A LITTLE BIT FROM HERE, A LITTLE BIT FROM THERE. WHAT'S THE, I'M SORRY, I CAN'T REMEMBER. I APOLOGIZE. THE COST FOR DEMO, I THINK IT WAS 2 MILLION. 2 MILLION. I THINK WE'RE LOOKING RIGHT AROUND TWO, TWO TO TWO AND A HALF. WAS THAT IN THE 13 POINT THAT THAT WAS INCLUDED? YEAH, IT WAS IN THE OVERALL AMOUNT. BUT I FIGURED THAT'S YOUR FIRST STEP. SO I WAS THINKING MAYBE THAT'S OUR GOAL BY THE END OF THIS YEAR IS TO FIGURE OUT MAYBE, MAYBE IT IS ONE OF THAT TO ALLOCATE THE FUNDS THIS YEAR TO START BUILDING THAT POT FOR YOU GUYS. SO AT LEAST YOU'RE READY TO GO FOR STEP ONE OF THIS PHASE. AND ONE THING TO NOTE TOO, JUST LIKE WE'VE EXPERIENCED WITH WIM B UM, CREEK, WE, WE HAD TO CLOSE THAT FISH AND PIER DOWN JUST FOR SAFETY REASONS BEFORE WE ARE EVEN READY TO ISSUE THE DEMOLITION, LET ALONE THE RECONSTRUCTION. SO THERE MAY BE A TIME WE'RE DOING, THEY WERE ANNUAL, THEY WERE EVERY TWO YEARS, THEY WERE ANNUALLY, NOW THEY'RE EVERY SIX MONTHS AS FAR AS INSPECTIONS ON THIS PERIOD TO MAKE SURE IT'S SAFE. THAT'S THE UTMOST PRIORITY OF THE SITUATION. YEAH. UM, AND BUT ALSO AS FAR AS THE $2 MILLION, EVEN IF WE'RE NOT PREPARED TO DO A REBUILD PROJECT, THERE MAY BE A TIME WHERE WE STILL NEED TO PUT THE $2 MILLION IN, UM, WHATEVER FUNDING SOURCE THAT IS JUST TO ADDRESS A SAFETY CONCERN. AND DOES IT QUALIFY FOR ANY, UM, H TACS FOR DEMO? PROBABLY NOT. I MEAN, IT'S IN THE SAME SAME VEIN AS AS BOAT RAMPS AND OTHER STUFF, BUT DEMO, I DON'T KNOW, I GUESS THAT HAVE A QUESTION. SO WHEN I LOOK AT WHAT WE JUST APPROVED FOR H TACS, WE DID 1, 2, 3, 4 DESIGN AND CON FOUR, FOUR PEERS FOR BOAT LANDING BOAT LANDINGS TO TWO TO $3 MILLION. THESE ARE DESIGN. SO WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO DESIGN NOW, THIS IS THE FIFTH. WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO DESIGN AND NOT HAVE MONEY TO BUILD. HELP ME WITH THIS. SOMEBODY. I THINK SOME OF THOSE ARE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION. SO JUST LIKE STATION CREEK, LET'S SEE, YOU HAVE BROAD RIVER IS BOAT RAMP FLOAT, SO THAT'S DIFFERENT. BUCKINGHAM IS DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, 1500, 1,000,005, UH, BUDDY AND ZOO DESIGN, ONLY 500,000. IT INGS POINT BOAT RAMP EXPANSION DESIGN ONLY 500,000. AND THEN YOU HAVE REPAIRS TO DOCKS ON HILTON HEAD AND SAM'S POINT LANDING IMPROVEMENTS DESIGN 500,000. IT'S 2 MILLION IN DESIGN. WHAT ARE WE GONNA, HOW ARE WE GONNA DO THESE AFTER WE DESIGN ALL OF THESE PROJECTS CAME FROM THE BOAT LANDING MASTER PLAN. I UNDERSTAND, I REMEMBER THE BIG MASTER PLAN. I GOT THAT. I'M JUST WONDERING HOW LONG'S THE DESIGN STAY RELEVANT PERMITS USUALLY ARE FOR FIVE, THREE YEARS. THREE TO FIVE YEARS. SO THERE'S NO WAY WE'RE FUNDING FIVE OF THESE. SO THESE WILL BE DESIGNS ON THE SHELF AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PRIORITIZE THE FUNDING EACH FISCAL YEAR. AND AND SIMILARLY, THESE, THOSE THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED, UM, THEY MAY HAVE A AND H TAX TO GET THE STARTED ON THE DESIGN, BUT IT MAY BE A CIP OR A BOND OR ANY DIFFERENT NUMBER OF COMPONENTS TO I I THINK OUR POINT'S WELL TAKEN TO THE POINT IS WE SHOULD START FOCUSING ON ONE OR TWO AND DIAL IN ON IT. BUT I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM DESIGNING THE OTHER ONES. I GUESS MY FOCUS NOW JUST WANTS TO BE, OKAY, LET'S START CHIPPING AWAY AT THIS TO GET THIS PROJECT FUNDED. UM, I'VE ALREADY MADE IT VERY CLEAR MY PLANS AT THE NEXT MEETING, BUT THAT STILL DOES LEAVE $3 MILLION LEFT IN AN ACCOUNT FOR US THAT WE USUALLY, WE'VE BEEN GIVING AWAY TO ALL KINDS OF RANDOM THINGS, BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY PRIORITIZING IT RIGHT NOW FOR PROJECTS. SO IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO SOME DUE DILIGENCE ON OVER THESE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS. 'CAUSE IF WE CAN PUT TOGETHER SOME OF THE MONEY NOW, YOU GUYS AREN'T EVEN GONNA NEED ALL THIS MONEY FOR ANOTHER TWO YEARS. THAT AT LEAST STARTS GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, THEN WE CAN BUDGET FOR SOME OF IT FOR THE NEXT, NEXT YEAR. AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE MORE HH TAX. WE'RE GONNA HAVE GENERAL FUNDS. LIKE THERE'S POCKETS WE CAN PULL US FROM EVEN WITHOUT THE PARTNERSHIP IF THAT FALLS THROUGH. CHAIRMAN, WHAT ABOUT GRANTS? AREN'T WE ELIGIBLE FOR GRANTS? WE WOULD. THAT WOULD ALL GO PART OF IT. THAT'S WHAT I'M, ANYTIME WE CAN GET THAT STUFF, BUT WE SHOULD START PUTTING, I ALWAYS GET ANNOYED WHEN PEOPLE WALK IN HERE ASKING US FOR MONEY AND THEY'VE NEVER PUT ANY SKIN IN THE GAME, RIGHT? I DON'T WANNA BE THAT PERSON. I'M ALL ON BOARD FOR PUTTING SKIN IN THE GAME UP FRONT. IF US GETTING THAT POT GROWING GETS OTHER PEOPLE INCLINED TO JOIN GETTING THIS FINISHED, THAT'S THE WAY WE SHOULD LEAD THAT. THAT'S JUST ME PERSONALLY. I BELIEVE WE SHOULD LEAD BY EXAMPLE. IF WE'RE TELLING PEOPLE NO 'CAUSE THEY HAVEN'T DONE SOMETHING, WE SHOULDN'T BE DOING THE SAME. SO JUST SOMETHING THAT I DON'T KNOW WHO WANTS TO TAKE THAT TASK ON FOR THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS, BUT WE SHOULD EXPLORE SOME OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES BEFORE THE END OF THIS YEAR TO PUT SOMETHING ASIDE BEFORE. SO YOU GUYS HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT YOU'RE WORKING WITH. THIS IS SIMILAR TO OUR CONVERSATION ON PASSIVE PARKS. WE HAVE ALL THESE PASSIVE PARKS STARTED AND NO FUNDING MECHANISM, RIGHT? AND SO WE'VE TALKED BEFORE ABOUT FINISH UP THE ONES WE HAVE, [01:05:01] BUT NOW HERE WE'RE GONNA HAVE SIX DESIGN AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY FUNDING. SO I'D LIKE, IF THIS IS THAT IMPORTANT A PLACE, WHICH YOU ALL SAID IT IS, I'M NOT A BOATER, SO THEN THIS SHOULD BE OUR FOCUS FIRST BROAD RIVER, RIGHT? THEN SOME OF THESE OTHERS SHOULD MAYBE GO ON THE SHELF AND THIS MONEY SHOULD BE REDIRECTED. NOW SEEMS TO BE THE MOST USED ONE THAT NEEDS UPDATING OUTSIDE OF ALL JOY, WHICH IS BEING DONE RIGHT NOW. RIGHT? OLD OYSTER FACTORY IS HANDLED BY TOWN OF BLUFFTON, ISN'T IT? YEAH. I'M JUST MR. CHAIR, JUST THINKING OUT LOUD, I MEAN WE CAN LOOK AT THESE PROJECTS AND BRING IT FORWARD A PRIORITIZATION ON ALL THESE DIFFERENT RAMP PROJECTS AND REPAIR PROJECTS FOR YOU ALL. AND THEN WE WOULD THEN HAVE A PRIORITY OF WHAT TO FUND. SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD ACCOMPLISH I THINK IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. ARE YOU, WOULD YOU AGREE? I THINK THAT'D BE HELPFUL ON OUR SIDE FROM STAFF AND, AND I HEAR EXACTLY WHAT Y'ALL ARE SAYING. LET'S GET A PROJECT DONE AND FINISH IT. UM, WE HAVE SO MANY THAT ARE IN NEED AND SO TRYING TO GET ALL OF THEM ADDRESSED IN SOME CAPACITY, THAT'S, THAT WAS A TEMP. BUT I UNDERSTAND TO YOUR POINT, MR. MOORE, WE COULD BRING A, A LIST AND BASICALLY LET'S HELP, WE NEED COUNCIL AND COMMITTEES HELP TO PRIORITIZE, WHICH IS THE MOST IMPORTANT. LET'S WORK ON THAT TILL IT'S FINISHED AND THEN GO TO THE NEXT ONE. DOWN THE LIST. CAN YOU PUT IN A LIST BEFORE IT COMES TO US OF WHAT YOU GUYS THINK WE CAN MAKE, MAKE IT AS A STAFF RECOMMENDATION YES. TO COUNCIL COMMITTEE. AND I THINK PART OF THAT WOULD BE BASED ON NEED. HOW SOON WILL THE NEED COMM, UM, AND UTILIZATION. I MEAN WE CAN LOOK AT A FEW METRICS THAT WOULD, WE WOULD GIVE YOU ALL RECOMMENDATION. I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL. I THINK SO TOO. MM-HMM . 'CAUSE OF THE USAGE OF THIS PARTICULAR PEER AND HOW MANY PEOPLE USE IT, IT LENDS ITSELF TO MAYBE A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP. SOME OF THESE OTHERS MAY NOT. AND THAT'S THE PRI PRIORITIZATION WE MAY WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT. I GUESS MAYBE TO SUMMARIZE IF, AND, AND YOU CAN KIND OF MAKE SURE I GOT IT RIGHT, UM, THAT WE CAN CONCURRENTLY MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DESIGN AS WELL AS PUT OUT AN RFP FOR A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP TO SEE IF THERE'S OPPORTUNITY THERE. AND THEN AT A LATER MEETING ALSO COME TOGETHER WITH A, A PRIORITIZED LIST OF BOAT LANDING AND, AND, UM, AND FISH AND PEER IMPROVEMENTS TO SEE IF THERE'S A NEED TO REORDER FUNDING A AND H TAX OR ANY OF THE ONES. SO AS FAR AS TRYING TO KNOCK DOWN PROJECTS BEFORE WE START OTHER PROJECTS, THAT'S A PERFECT LESSON LEARNED TODAY. UM, THE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES TAKE THEIR A AND H TAX LOCAL AND THEY USE IT FOR THEIR PROJECTS. WE DIDN'T DO ALL OF IT. AND MAYBE NEXT YEAR WE DON'T TAKE APPLICATIONS, WE JUST DO WHAT THE OTHERS DO INSTEAD OF GIVING IT AWAY. WE HAVE NEEDS CHAIRMAN. YES. UH, I I I REALLY WANT TO LEAN TO STAFF RECOMMENDATION, UM, ON, ON BOAT RAMPS PROJECTS. UM, I CAN TELL YOU THAT FROM WHAT I SEE IN, IN MY COMMUNITY, ALL THE BOAT RAMPS, I CAN LIST THEM ALL OUT. THEY'RE VERY, VERY, UH, THEY'RE WELL USED AND, UH, VERY POPULAR. SO I THINK IT'S BASED ON CONDITIONS AND THEN FUNDING FOR ME. SO I DON'T WANNA PRIORITIZE ONE OR THE OTHER. 'CAUSE IT ALL REALLY WELCOMING COMMUNITY. I THINK WE CAN, WE CAN PUT TOGETHER SOME METRICS. YEAH. AND, AND THEN YOU GUYS CAN, AFTER WE PROVIDE A LIST, IT CAN BE A BACK AND FORTH AND DECIDE WHETHER WE CHOSE THE RIGHT METRICS TO USE TO COME UP WITH OUR PRIORITIZATION LIST. AND THEN IT'S SIMILAR HOW WE DID ON, UH, WE'VE GOT A PROGRAM WITH DIRT ROAD PAVING. WE'VE GOT SOME METRICS THAT'S BEEN TOUCHED A TIME OR TWO. I KNOW, UH, COUNCILMAN DAWSON AND MR. GLOVER, Y'ALL HAVE LOOKED AT THAT A TIME OR TWO. THE SAME THING CAN HAPPEN HERE. WE'LL PUT TOGETHER A DATABASE LIST OF UH SURE. WE'LL JUST ALL AGREE WITH YOU . THAT ALWAYS HAPPENS UP HERE, RIGHT? WELL, WE'LL SEE WHERE IT ALL GOES. OKAY. CAN WE MOVE ON? UH, WE CAN AS SOON AS OUR DISCUSSION'S FINISHED. UM, WITH THAT SAID, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FOR AN AMENDMENT. SO WE WILL HAVE TO TAKE A VOTE FOR THAT. FOR IT DE GO, GO OUT TO AN RFP. UH, DO WE HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO THAT MOTION FOR THE AMENDMENT? NO. THIS BE APPROVED WITH NO OBJECTION. ALSO, WE HAVE THE MAIN AMENDMENT OR MAIN MOTION BACK ON THE FLOOR WITH THE AMENDMENT. IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT MATTER? ALRIGHT, I THINK STAFF HAS THEIR ORDERS. THIS CAN BE APPROVED WITH NO OBJECTION AND I SEE NO OBJECTION. THANK YOU GUYS. ALRIGHT, WE'LL [8.b. Approval of Contract to Cape Romain Contractors, Inc for the demolition and removal of the Wimbee Creek Fishing Pier ($563,282.50) (FISCAL IMPACT: The contract with Cape Romain Contractors, Inc. for demolition and removal of the structure is $512,075.00. Staff recommends a 10% contingency of $51,207.50 for a total of $563,282.50. Funding for this project is from A & H tax with account number 2002-10-0000-54500-BOAT with a balance of $313,300 and from account 1000-20-1243-54500-MARNE with a balance of $1,318,500.00.) - Bryan Bauer, P.E., ENV SP, Director of Engineering, (5 min)] MOVE ON TO B AN APPROVAL OF A CONTRACT TO CAPE ROMAN CONTRACTORS INC. FOR THE DEMOLITION AND REMOVAL OF THE MBY CREEK FISHING PIER. MOTION PLEASE. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. OH, LET MR. MR. DAWSON MOTION AND A SECOND BY TAB. THANK YOU. SO HERE, SO THIS BY YOU MR. MR. DAWSON. IT'S RIGHT OUT THERE. YEAH. ANOTHER FISHING PIER. [01:10:01] SO THIS IS ONE THAT ABOUT A YEAR AGO WAS SHUT FOR SAFETY REASONS. UM, WE ARE UNDER DESIGN FOR A, FOR THIS BOAT LANDING. WE ARE TOLD WHEN IT WAS APPROVED TO GO FORWARD WITH, UH, $2 MILLION FOR A GOAL FOR BUDGET FOR CONSTRUCTION. THAT'S THE DIRECTIONS WE'VE BEEN GIVEN TO THE CONSULTANTS. UM, AND THAT NEW PLAN DOES INCLUDE A REPLACEMENT FISHING PIER. THIS IS A OLD RAILROAD TRESTLE. SO WE ARE ACTUALLY GRADING THE SITE FLAT AND IT'S GONNA BE A SHORTER PIER, BUT STILL GET OUT TO THE DEEP WATER TO FISH. UM, SO IT IS GONNA HAVE A REPLACEMENT IN THE NEW DESIGN PLAN. UM, THIS REPLACEMENT, OR I'M SORRY, THIS DEMO IS TO TAKE IT DOWN. IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE. UH, PEOPLE STILL LIKE TO GET OUT THERE. UM, EVEN THOUGH IT IS FENCED OFF. UM, WE, THE ESTIMATE THAT WE HAD FOR THE DEMO WAS ORIGINALLY SIX 50 TO 800,000. THIS ONE CAME INTO 563 WITH A 10% CONTINGENCY. SO IT'S SIGNIFICANTLY. UM, SO THIS WOULD BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE DEMO AND GETTING READY FOR WHATEVER UPGRADES MAY COME. MR. DAWSON, YOU MADE THE MOTION. ANYTHING YOU WANNA ADD TO THAT? I KNOW IT'S OUT IN YOUR AREA. UH, THIS, THIS, UM, THIS IS A, A HEAVILY USED, UM, WELL, WAS A HEAVILY USED FISHING PIER. UM, BUT IT'S A SAFETY HAZARD AS YOU SAID. IT'S AN OLD RAILROAD BED AND, UH, THE PYLONS UNDERNEATH, UH, UH, DECAYING AND, AND CORRODING. AND SO WE NEED TO TEAR IT DOWN AND, AND THEN, UH, ACTUALLY BUILD THE, THE NEW DESIGN. UH, UH, NOW WHERE ARE WE WITH THE, UH, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW PIER? SO ALL THREE OF THESE PROJECTS, BROAD RIVER, UM, WI BEING IN THE ALL JOY BOAT LANDING ALL WENT THROUGH STAFF REVIEW, UM, LAST WEEK OR THE WEEK BEFORE. SO THEY'RE ALL IN SIMILAR STAGES OF DESIGN AND PERMITTING. THEY'VE ALL BEEN SUBMITTED FOR THE PERMITTING, SO WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME TRACK. ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? IT'S, IT'S UNFUNDED. THIS ONE DOES NOT HAVE FUNDING ASSOCIATED WITH IT. YES, THAT'S WHAT HE'S ASKING. RIGHT? ALRIGHT. CAN THIS BE APPROVED WITH NO OBJECTION. AND THIS WILL BE APPROVED WITH NO OBJECTION AS WELL. ALRIGHT, [8.c. A Resolution Authorizing the County Administrator to Pursue Condemnation for Portions of Parcels as Specified on Exhibit "A" Associated with Right-of-Way Acquisition for a Sidewalk Located on Big Estate Road as Part of the 2018 One Cent Referendum (FISCAL IMPACT: Condemnation expenses range from $5,000 - $15,000 per parcel, plus owner compensation for R/W. The compensation for each parcel is specified on attached EXHIBIT “A” for a total value of $2,552 for the tracts. The total for condemnation expenses and R/W acquisition is not expected to exceed $150,000. Funded by 2018 One Cent Referendum Account # 4705-80 0000-54500-PTHWY. Current balance is $13,148,493.49) - Bryan Bauer PE, ENV SP, Director of Engineering (5 Minutes) ] WE'LL MOVE ON. CA RELU RESOLUTION AUTHORIZED IN THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR PURSUE CONDEMNATION FOR PORTIONS AND PARCELS IS SPECIFIC ON EXHIBIT A ASSOCIATED WITH THE RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION FOR A SIDEWALK LOCATED ON BIG ESTATE ROAD AS PART OF THE 2018 1 CENT REFERENDUM. MOTION PLEASE. SO MOVE. I'LL SECOND AND SECOND IN MY MS. HOWARD. FANTASTIC. UM, YEAH, SO THIS IS GONNA BE THE CONDEMNATION OF EIGHT PARCELS FOR THE BIGGEST STATE, UH, PATHWAY. SO ALL EIGHT OF THESE, SIX OF THESE ARE CLEAR TITLE AND TWO OF 'EM WERE NON-RESPONSIVE. SO ALL THESE WOULD BE CONSIDERED FRIENDLY CONDEMNATIONS. UH, WE HAVE ALREADY HAVE SIX TRACKS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN ACQUIRED. ALL OF THESE PARCELS ARE LESS THAN A 10TH OF AN ACRE, ANYWHERE FROM 0.03 TO 0.73 ACRES. SO THE ACTUAL COST OF THE PROPERTY ITSELF IS ANYWHERE FROM 58 TO $730. UM, AND THEN WITH THE CONDEMNATION AND LEGAL FEES WERE UH, FIVE TO $15,000 A TRACK. SO THIS IS JUST APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, THOSE CONDEMNATIONS REASON WHY PROJECTS TAKE FOREVER. ALRIGHT. DO WE HAVE YES. THAT'S REALLY, I WANT THE PUBLIC TO REALLY HEAR WHAT HE SAID BECAUSE WE'RE CRITICIZED THAT THE 2018 PROJECTS AREN'T DONE. HERE'S A PERFECT EXAMPLE RIGHT OF WAY. AND SO HERE WE ARE IN 2026 AND WE DON'T HAVE RIGHT OF WAY FOR THESE PATHWAYS. ISN'T ONE OF 'EM ONLY LIKE 11 INCHES? YEAH. POINT ZERO ZERO THREE ACRES. SO WHATEVER THAT WORKS OUT TO YEAH. LIKE IS WHAT WE NEEDED, BUT WE LEGALLY CAN'T BUILD ON IT UNTIL WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT. SO, AND THEY COULD SLOW A PROJECT DOWN FOR YEARS. ALRIGHT. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS? NO. ALL RIGHT. THIS WILL BE APPROVED WITH NO OBJECTION. THANK YOU. [8.d. Approval of a contract for Admin Building Mechanical System Replacement via OMNIA Purchasing Cooperative ($1,084,904) (FISCAL IMPACT: The project cost is $986,277. Staff is requesting a 10% contingency amount of $98,627, resulting in a total request of $1,084,904. Funding for this project will be sourced as follows: • $550,000 from the 2025 GO Bond 4013-80-1310-54420 • $303,183 from the CIP Fund 4000-80-1310-54420-27019 • $231,721 from the Facilities - Repairs to Buildings account 1000-80-1310-51130 ) - Jason Bessinger - Facilities Deputy Director and Ron Lewis - Senior Project Manager] APPROVAL OF A CONTRACT FOR ADMIN BUILDING MECHANICAL SYSTEM REPLACEMENT VIA OMNIA PURCHASING COOPERATIVE. I HAVE A MOTION PLEASE. MOTION. THANK YOU. SECONDED BY MR. PASSMAN. HOW ARE YA? HEY, GOOD EVENING. BRIAN LEWIS PROJECT. THANKS FOR HANGING OUT WITH US FOR A WHILE. BEEN PRETTY INTERESTING. UM, SHOULD COME TO A COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING. IT'S EVEN MORE FUN. WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS A CONTRACT TO REPLACE A GOOD MAJORITY OF THE, UH, INTERNAL HVEC SYSTEM OF THIS BUILDING. NOT THE ROOFTOP UNITS, BUT THE INTERNAL. SO THAT'S THE HOT WATER BOILER SYSTEM THAT PROVIDES HEAT, WHAT'S KNOWN AS FAN BOXES, WHICH WE HAVE 43 OF THEM THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING IN THE CEILING THAT HELP MIX THE AIR AND GET IT BACK TO THE RIGHT TEMPERATURE, UH, FOR COMFORT IN THE DIFFERENT AREAS [01:15:01] AND TO PROVIDE FOR DIGITAL CONTROLS THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING. CURRENTLY, IF WE WERE TO GET A, A COMPLAINT ABOUT HEATER AC, WE CAN'T SEE WHAT THESE FAN BOXES ARE DOING. SO IF SOMEBODY HAS TO PHYSICALLY COME DOWN HERE AND SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING, IF WE INSTALL THE DIGITAL CONTROLS, IT WILL HELP US. 'CAUSE WE CAN SEE EVERYTHING ON THE COMPUTER, SEE WHAT FAN SPEEDS ARE DOING, VALVES OR OPENING AND THAT SORT OF THING. UM, IT'S A MULTI FUNDING SOURCE, UH, FIVE 50 THROUGH A 2025 GO BOND, 3 0 3 180 3 THROUGH CIP FUND AND THEN 2 31 7 21 FROM FACILITIES REPAIRS TO BUILDINGS TO COME UP WITH THE 9 86 2 77 BUDGET. AND WE'RE ALSO ASKING FOR A 10% CONTINGENCY. BEING THAT THIS IS AN OCCUPIED BUILDING, WE, WE ARE NOT GOING TO TAKE OUT EVERY CEILING TILE AND LOOK AT EVERY COMPONENT AND EVERY CONDITION OF EVERYTHING. SO THERE'S, THERE'S THE OPPORTUNITY FOR AN UNKNOWN OR TO, TO OCCUR DURING THESE REPAIRS AND REPLACEMENTS. OKAY. UM, WAS THIS ALREADY BUDGETED? IS THIS FALL ON OUR BUDGET? YES. OKAY. JUST WANNA MAKE SURE. AND THEN IT WENT THROUGH OUR PURCHASING, UM, AGREEMENT THROUGH OMNIA, WHICH WE PUT IN WHAT, TWO YEARS AGO NOW. BEEN USING IT QUITE A BIT. YES. UM, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? YES, SIR. JUST WAS ANY OF THIS WORK ALREADY DONE IN THE PREVIOUS RENOVATION OR, OR IS IT THE ENTIRE BUILDING THAT NEEDS THE, THE WORK? THERE'S A SMALL PORTION OF WORK THAT OCCURRED IN THIS ROOM, IN THIS AREA BECAUSE THIS WHOLE CEILING AND EVERYTHING CAME OUT HERE AND IT NEEDED SOME UPGRADES AND THAT DID OCCUR. UH, THE REST OF IT, THE REST OF THE BUILDING FIRST AND SECOND FLOOR WILL BE TOUCHED BY THIS PROJECT. IT WILL BE SCHEDULED ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS, HOLIDAYS, THAT SORT OF THING. ANY OBJECTION? THIS WILL BE APPROVED WITH NO OBJECTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WASN'T THAT WORTH STICKING AROUND FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF? YES, SIR. [8.e. Approval of a resolution to Adopt of the 2026 Lowcountry Hazard Mitigation Plan (FISCAL IMPACT: The Lowcountry Council of Governments (LCOG) was awarded a Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) grant totaling $86,984.53 to fund the update of the Lowcountry Hazard Mitigation Plan. The local cost share required under the grant was divided among the four member counties based on population density. Beaufort County's prorated share totaled $14,923, which was included in the LCOG's FY 2026 budget request and paid in FY 2026.) - Matt Krause, Disaster Recovery Manager, 5 minutes.] APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION TO ADOPT OF THE 2026 LOWCOUNTRY HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN A MOTION, PLEASE. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. SECOND. SECOND BY MS. BROWN. HOW ARE YA? GOOD EVENING COUNSEL. THANKS FOR HAVING ME. UM, SO AS YOU, UH, SEE IN YOUR PACKET, UM, EVERY FIVE YEARS WE UPDATE AND, UH, UH, WE UPDATE AND THEN ADOPT THE NEW, UH, HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN. UM, OUR PLAN IS A MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL PLAN DONE BY THE, UH, THE ALCO LOW COUNT LOWCOUNTRY COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS. UM, BASICALLY WHAT THIS PLAN DOES IS IT GIVES US, ONCE IT'S APPROVED, UH, IT GIVES US ACCESS TO BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR HAZARD MITIGATION DOLLARS WITH FEMA. UM, AS YOU CAN SEE IN YOUR PACKET THOUGH, THIS IS A BIT OF A UNIQUE SITUATION IN THAT THE STATE SOUTH CAROLINA MERCY MANAGEMENT DIVISION HAS ASKED US TO ADOPT THE PLAN OUTSIDE OF THE NORMAL WAY WE DO IT. UH, NORMALLY THEY WOULD REVIEW THE PLAN, IT GOES UP TO FEMA, FEMA GIVES US COMMENTS, WE MAKE SOME CHANGES, AND THEN WE ADOPT THE PLAN FOR COUNCIL. UM, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF, UH, CUTBACKS IN FEMA RECENTLY AND THEIR PLANNING DIVISION IS, UH, BASICALLY VERY GOING VERY SLOWLY. SO THE GOVERNOR, UH, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR BASICALLY CAME DOWN AND THEY SAID TO US, UH, AS WELL AS ANY OTHER COUNTY THAT IS APPLYING FOR, UM, ADOPTION, THAT, UH, WE SHOULD GO AHEAD AND ADOPT OUR PLAN AS IT EXISTS, OUR UPDATED PLAN NOW THAT WILL HELP FACILITATE THE REVIEW AT THE FEMA LEVEL. THE STATE WILL BE ABLE TO SAY, HEY, LOOK, THE COUNTY, UH, BEAUFORT COUNTY'S ALREADY ADOPTED IT, YOU KNOW THAT WE BELIEVE IN THIS PLAN. AND THEY SAID THAT THAT WILL HOPEFULLY SPEED FEMA'S REVIEW. SOMETIMES FEMA DOESN'T EVEN HAVE ANY CHANGES. UM, BUT IF THEY DID SUGGEST SOME CHANGES, WE WOULD THEN BRING THE REVISED PLAN BACK TO YOU FOR ADOPTION. UM, SO IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT OUTSIDE THE NORM. UH, NORMALLY, LIKE I SAID, UM, WE WOULD, UH, THIS WOULD BE A DIFFERENT PROCESS. WE'D HAVE THE FINISHED PLAN, UH, TO PRESENT TO YOU. UH, I KNOW, UM, IN THE PREVIOUS MEETING YOU GUYS MENTIONED, UH, NOT HAVING A THOUSAND PAGE, UH, AGENDA. UH, THIS PLAN, UH, IF YOU HAD A CHANCE TO DOWNLOAD THE FULL ONE OFF THE WEBSITE, IT WAS 500 PAGES. UM, I'VE GOTTA THANK THE, UH, THE PLANNING TEAM AT THE ELCO 'CAUSE THEY DID AN AMAZING JOB. UM, OUR TEAM HERE WITH THE COUNTY WAS MADE UP OF MYSELF, UH, JULIANA ICK FROM ZONING AND PLANNING AND, UM, ANNIE PFEIFFER, UH, FROM BUILDING CODES OUR FLOODPLAIN MANAGERS. SO IT WAS OUR CO OUR, UH, TEAM EFFORT TO BASICALLY GET ALL THE INFORMATION UP [01:20:01] TO THE ELCO, UH, FOR THE UPDATE. UM, AND THEY, UH, THEY'VE NOW GOT THAT COMPLETE. UM, SO THEY PUSHED OUT TO US AND THE OTHER THREE COUNTIES, THE HOPES THAT, UM, ALL THEIR MUNICIPALITIES AND THE OTHER COUNTIES WILL GO AHEAD AND ADOPT IT NOW. AND THEN IF WE DO HAVE SOME REVISIONS IN THE FUTURE, WE'LL MAKE THAT PERFECT. ANY QUESTIONS ON IT? I DO HAVE A QUESTION. SO THEY GOT A GRANT TOTALING ROUGHLY 87,000. I'M READING THIS. AND OUR FUNDING, THIS IS BASED ON POPULATION DENSITY. WE GET 15,000. SO BASICALLY, I'M SORRY, THE, UM, I SHOULD HAVE INCLUDED THAT IN THERE. THE SHARE IS A 25% COST SHARE, I BELIEVE. UM, SO WE BASICALLY BASED IT ON POPULATION SINCE SOME OF THE OTHER, UM, PARTICIPATING COUNTIES HAVE A MUCH SMALLER POPULATION THAN WE DO. YEP. SO WHERE'S THE REST OF THE 87,000 GOING? UM, THAT'S NOT A QUESTION FOR YOU. THAT'S NO, THAT'S OKAY. NO, THAT, THAT ACTUALLY GOES TO PAY, UH, THE ELCO FOR THE PLANNING TEAM, UM, THEY, THEY, THEY PUT A LOT OF EFFORT INTO THIS. UM, SO IT'S A HEAVY LIFT BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO COORDINATE WITH EVERY SINGLE MUNICIPALITY IN EVERY SINGLE COUNTY. UM, I'VE BEEN THROUGH IT IN TOLEDO WHERE WE JUST HAD TO WORK ON OUR OWN COUNTY PLAN AND THAT'S A YEAR PLUS PROCESS. BUT THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, UM, ON THAT AMOUNT OF FUNDS. UM, AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE NORMAL ESTIMATE THAT YOU WOULD GET FOR ANY MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL COUNTY PLAN. UM, IF YOU ADD MORE COUNTIES TO IT, YOU'RE JUST GONNA SEE THAT COST INCREASE. BUT THE OTHER COUNTIES ARE SMALL. COLLETON, HAMPTON, JASPER, I MEAN, WE GO TO ELCO AND SO I THOUGHT OUR SHARES SHOULD HAVE BEEN LARGER SINCE WE'RE OH, WELL BASICALLY THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF GETTING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO PAY FOR MOST OF IT. UM, SO YEAH, UM, THESE FUNDS ARE NORMALLY AVAILABLE, UH, BOTH THROUGH THE BRICK GRANT PROGRAM AND THEN HMGP, WHICH IS THE ONE THEY GOT FOR HERE. UM, AND THAT IS THE NATIONAL STANDARD. SO WHAT YOU DO IN ANY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN ANY COUNTY IN THE COUNTRY IS YOU GET TO THE THREE YEAR MARK AND YOU START WORKING WITH YOUR STATE TO APPLY FOR A FEDERAL GRANT. AND THAT'S, THEY'VE GOT DEDICATED GRANTS FOR THESE HAZARD HAZARD MITIGATION PLANS. AND YOU START THAT PROCESS, YOU GET THE GRANT, AND THEN YOU'VE GOT A YEAR PLUS TO DO THE PLANNING SO YOU CAN THEN GET IT TO FEMA AND GO THROUGH ALL THOSE STEPS. SO THIS IS PRETTY MUCH THE NORM ACROSS THE COUNTRY. OKAY, THANKS. YES, MA'AM. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? , CAN THIS BE APPROVED WITH NO OBJECTION? YES. CAN I SEE NO OBJECTION. THIS IS APPROVED. OH MY GOSH. THANK YOU. [8.f. Approval of Talbert, Bright & Ellington Work Authorization 2119-2410 Amendment 1 for Financial Planning, Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) Application Coordination, and Airline Rates and Charges Support Services ($204,128.97) (FISCAL IMPACT: Amendment 1 authorizes additional professional services in the amount of $70,000.00, consisting of a Lump Sum Services: $5,000.00 and Special Services (Not-to-Exceed): $65,000.00. GL Account: 5400-90 0000-51160 with Account Balance: $76,000.00. The original Work Authorization was approved for $134,128.97, bringing the total authorized amount to $204,128.97.) - Jon Rembold, Airports Director, 3 min] ALRIGHT, APPROVAL FOR TOLBERT BRIGHTON ELLINGTON WORK AUTHORIZATION 2119 DASH 24 10 AMENDMENT ONE FOR FINANCIAL PLANNING, PASSENGER FACILITY CHARGE APPLICATION COORDINATION AND AIRLINE RATES. CHARGES SUPPORT SERVICES FOR $204,128 AND 97 CENTS. I HAVE A MOTION PLEASE. SO MOVED. SECONDED. SECOND. SECOND BY TAB. JOHN, LET'S SPEND SOME TIME TOGETHER. ALRIGHT, AND WE'VE GOT A COUPLE ITEMS HERE ON THIS FIRST ONE. THE, THE ACTUAL AMOUNT IS ONLY ABOUT 70,000, BUT THE MORE THAN 15, BUT RIGHT. BUT THE OVER THE OVERALL AMOUNT TAKES IT TO A LEVEL THAT, THAT Y'ALL NEEDED TO SEE IT. AND WHAT THIS PROVIDES FOR IS, UH, NEWTON AND ASSOCIATES WHO'S A SUBCONSULTANT TO TALBERT BRIGHT ELLINGTON, AND THEY PROVIDE THE FINANCIAL CONSULTING, UH, SERVICES TO US AT THE AIRPORT. SO WE DO THINGS LIKE DEVELOP THE AIRLINE RATES AND CHARGES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COVERING THE COSTS OF THE USE OF THE AIRFIELD FROM THE AIRLINES. UM, THEY WORK WITH US TO DEVELOP THE PASTURE FACILITY CHARGES, WHICH IS ANOTHER WAY TO, UH, RECEIVE MONEY BACK THROUGH THE SYSTEM THAT HELPS PAY FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, CAPITAL COSTS. AND THEN, UH, NEWTON ASSOCIATES ASSOCIATES RECENTLY HELPED US DEVELOP THE CUSTOMER FACILITY CHARGE PROGRAM THAT WE BROUGHT TO YOU PROBABLY ABOUT THIS TIME LAST YEAR FOR APPROVAL. AND WHAT THAT DID WAS COLLECT SOME ADDITIONAL MONEY ON RENTAL CAR DAYS AND THOSE FUNDS THEN GO TO FUND INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT ARE RELATED TO THE AIRPORT AND THE RENTAL CAR AND BENEFIT THE RENTAL CAR COMPANIES. SO THAT'S WHAT THIS CONSULTANT GROUP DOES FOR US. UM, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE, WE DON'T HAVE THE CAPABILITY IN HOUSE TO, TO TAKE CARE OF. SO ANY QUESTIONS? NO. AND THIS CAN BE APPROVED WITH NO OBJECTION. AND THIS GETS APPROVED BY THIS COMMITTEE. UH, YES. THIS DOES NOT NEED TO GO TO COUNCIL DID IT RIGHT? 'CAUSE OF THE AMOUNT. IT'S OVER 200,000. THIS ONE'S OVER 200. OH, YOU'RE RIGHT, YOU'RE RIGHT. I'M LOOKING AT THE PAYOUT. SO IT'S STILL GOTTA GO TO COUNTY COUNCIL ON THE CONSENT. I WAS LOOKING AT THE 78 76. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS APPROVED WITH NO OBJECTION AND I SEE NO OBJECTION. ALRIGHT, [8.g. Approve a resolution to accept a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Airport Improvement Program (AIP) grant in the amount of $1,819,044 to reimburse Beaufort County for the purchase of 26 Hunter Road, contingent upon receipt of the final FAA grant offer. (FISCAL IMPACT: The total eligible project cost is $1,913,731.00, with funding allocated - Federal Aviation Administration (FAA): (95%) $1,819,044.00 and Beaufort County Local Share: (5%) $94,687.00. GL Account: 5402-90-0000-57130 with an Account Balance: $16,152,152.75.) - Jon Rembold, Airports Director, 3 min.] G APPROVAL APPROVE A RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT A FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM GRANT AND THE AMOUNT OF $1,819,044 TO REIMBURSE BEAUFORT COUNTY FOR THE PURCHASE OF 2,600 ROAD CONTINGENT UPON RECEIPT OF THE FINAL FAA GRANT OFFER. SO MOVED. [01:25:01] THANK YOU. SECOND. THANK YOU JOE. UM, THIS IS ANOTHER ONE. I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE TRYING TO GET TO US AHEAD OF TIME SO IT DOESN'T HAVE TO WAIT. THAT'S CORRECT. WE EXPECT TO GET THAT GRANT OFFER VERY SHORTLY. FA IS GETTING TO THE END OF THEIR FISCAL YEAR, SO WE SHOULD SEE THAT VERY SOON. OKAY. OKAY. UM, EVERYONE KNOWS THIS PRO WHAT PROPERTY THIS IS. YES. COOL. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT IT? NO. ALRIGHT. THIS WILL BE APPROVED AS WELL IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION AND I SEE NO OBJECTION. ALL RIGHT. H [8.h. Approve a resolution to accept a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Airport Infrastructure Grant (AIG) in the amount of $1,358,322 to reimburse Beaufort County for the purchase of 28 Hunter Road, contingent upon receipt of the final FAA grant offer. (FISCAL IMPACT: The total eligible project cost is $1,428,760.00, with funding allocated as follows - Federal Aviation Administration (FAA): (95%) $1,358,322.00 and Beaufort County Local Share: (5%) $70,438.00. GL Account 5402-90-0000-57130 with an Account Balance: $16,152,152.75) - Jon Rembold, Airports Director, 3 min. ] APPROVE RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT, UH, FFA AIRPORT INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT AND THE AMOUNT OF 1,000,358 DO $1,000,358 $322 TO REIMBURSE BEAUFORT COUNTY FOR THE PURCHASE OF 2,800 ROAD CONTINGENT UPON RECEIPT. THE FINAL FAA GRANT OFFER. SO MOVED, SECONDED BY TABBED. ALL RIGHTY. I LOVE THAT JEN COMES TO BRING US MONEY, THE SAME THING EVERY TIME. GIVE ME PERMISSION TO ACCEPT THE MONEY. YES, YOU HAVE. HAVE PERMISSION TO ACCEPT THE MONEY. ANY OBJECTION FOR HIM TO ACCEPT THIS GRANT? NOPE. SOMETIMES I FEEL YOU GOT THE EASIEST JOB, AT LEAST WHEN YOU COME IN HERE. OH, WE'RE DOING A CONTRACT NEXT . OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THIS BE APPROVED AS WELL. AND THIS IS APPROVED WITH NO OBJECTION I [8.i. Approval of a contract to Edison Foard for the design-build of an Eight-Bay T-Hangar and 50' x 50' Box Hangar at Beaufort Executive Airport (ARW) ($2,107,000) (FISCAL IMPACT: Phase 1 (Design) $307,000.00 - Phase 2 (Construction) $1,800,000.00 - Contract total: $2,107,000.00. Funding for this contract is provided through American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds reallocated to the Airport Investment Project Funding Source: ARPA (100%) $1,496,825.73. GL Account: 2330-40-0000-54420 with Account Balance: $1,496,825.73. GL Account: 5100-90-0000-54100 with Account Balance: $996,665.05 (ARPA)) - Jon Rembold, Airports Director, 3 min.] APPROVAL OF A CONTRACT TO EDISON FRAUD FOR THE DESIGN BUILD OF AN EIGHT BAY T HANGER AND A 50 BY 50 BOX HANGER AT BUFORT EXECUTIVE AIRPORT FOR $2,107,000. SO MOVE. I'LL SECOND. SECONDED BY MR. AL. YOU. THAT WAS GLOVER. MADE THE MOTION. MADE THE MOTION. I WAS JUST ABOUT TO ASK. OKAY. MOTION BY MR. SECONDED BY MR. BARTHOLOMEW. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, SO THIS IS A CONTRACT, UM, LIKE YOU SAID, TO BUILD THOSE T HANGERS AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE ENOUGH TO BUILD THAT BOX HANGER AS WELL. AS I'VE MENTIONED BEFORE, WE HAVE A A LENGTHY WAITING LIST FOR HANGERS OUTTA THE AIRPORT. SO THIS WILL HELP US ADDRESS SOME OF THAT. IT'S ONLY EIGHT BAYS, BUT WE'VE GOTTA TAKE IT ONE PIECE AT A TIME. UM, AND THIS IS A DESIGN BUILD CONTRACT. AND THE REASON WE DID DESIGN BUILD IS, IS THAT IT'S A PRETTY EXPEDITIOUS DELIVERY METHOD FOR OUR PROJECT. AND ONE OF THE BIG ITEMS HERE IS THAT WE'RE USING SOME ARPA FUNDS THAT WOULD EXPIRE AT THE END OF THIS YEAR. SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE PRETTY QUICKLY THROUGH THE PRE-CONSTRUCTION PHASE OF THIS TO IDENTIFY THE, THE LARGER COST ITEMS AND GET THOSE, HAVE THE CONTRACTOR ABLE TO PROCURE THOSE SO THAT WE CAN EXPEND THOSE ARPA FUNDS AND, AND NOT HAVE TO SEND THOSE BACK. ALRIGHT. ANY DISCUSSION? ANY OBJECTION? NO, THIS WILL ALSO BE APPROVED WITH NO OBJECTION. UM, I THINK YOU ARE DONE FOR THE DAY, AREN'T YOU? YEAH. ALRIGHT, MOVING ON [8.j. Approval of Contract to Esposito Construction for the Design/Build project for Fort Fremont Stairs & Rails Construction ($617,288.95) (FISCAL IMPACT: The contract fee is for the Design and Construction of the Design/Build proposal in the amount of $536,773.00 plus a 15% contingency ($80,515.95), bringing the total request to $617,288.95. The funding for this project will be from the 2025 GO Bond account number 4013-80-1610-54420) - Robert Gecy, Project Manager - Facilities Management (5 Min) ] TO THE NEXT ONE. APPROVAL OF CONTRACT, UH, HOW DO YOU SAY IT? ESPOSITO ESPOSITO CONSTRUCTION FOR THE DESIGN BUILD PROJECT FOR FORT FREMONT STAIRS AND RAILS CONSTRUCTION. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. I'LL SECOND, I'LL SECOND THAT. OKAY. SECONDED BY MS. BROWN. GOOD EVENING. HOW ARE YOU? I'M DOING GOOD. HOW ARE Y'ALL THRIVING? STAIRS FINE. HUH? THIS IS A CONTRACT TO CONSTRUCT STAIRS AND RAILINGS AROUND THE, UH, FORT FREMONT, UH, UH, AREA THERE. WE COMPLETED ALL MAJOR RENOVATIONS IN 2021, INCLUDING OPENING THE HISTORY CENTER. THIS WOULD ADDRESS SOME SECURITIES CONCERNS AS FAR AS, UH, UH, PATRONS ACCESSING THE TOP OF THE FORT AND DOCENTS GIVING TOURS. AND UH, IT IS BASICALLY GOING TO BE SEVERAL SETS OF STAIRS THAT'LL BE WOODEN STAIRS AND THEN SOME METAL STAIR CASINGS AND RAILINGS THAT WILL MIRROR THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE FORT, UH, HISTORICALLY. UM, AND, UH, THIS WENT OUT FORBID BACK IN MAY, WE RECEIVED TWO QUALIFIED BIDS ON THIS. THIS WAS KIND OF A SPECIALTY. WE KNEW IT WOULD BE, UH, THERE WAS A LOT OF INTEREST. WE KNEW THERE WOULD BE JUST, UH, A FEW BIDDERS THAT WOULD COME IN ON THIS. UM, ESPOSITO CONSTRUCTION, UH, CAME IN AS THE LOW BIDDER AND WE BASICALLY NEGOTIATED WITH THEM ON SOME MATERIAL CHANGES TO COME UP WITH THEIR BEST AND FINAL OFFER. ALRIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS? JUST QUICKLY, UM, IF I MAY, UM, THE DESIGN OF THIS, THESE STAIRS, UM, ARE THEY GOING CONFORM TO THE CURRENT OR IS THIS GONNA BE THE MODERN DAY STAIRWAY? SO IT, IT'S GOING TO BE BASICALLY THERE'S SOME EXISTING STAIRS THAT ARE THERE THAT, UH, WERE PUT IN A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO AND I THINK STEPHANIE CAN CAN SPEAK TO TO THAT. UH, BUT BASICALLY THEY'RE GONNA BE REPLACING THOSE STAIRS, ADDING, UH, UH, BASICALLY A, A WALKWAY UP TO THEM AND THEN IT GOES ACROSS THE TOP OF THE FORT. UM, AND AGAIN, IT WILL SAY, PHRASE IT AGAIN. I'D LIKE TO HEAR YOUR EXACT PHRASING. CONFORMS, CONFORM TO THE CURRENT STRUCTURE. WELL, AS FAR AS HISTORICALLY, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE GETTING AT? [01:30:01] YES SIR. NO, NO, SIR. I MEAN, IT IS GONNA BE MADE OF WOOD. SO I MEAN, IT WOULD BE A COMBINATION OF WOOD AND METAL AND UH, THIS'LL DEFINITELY BE, IT WILL NOT CONFORM, UH, TO THE LOOK OF THE FORT, THE NEW RAILINGS THAT WE WILL HAVE ON THE, UH, SOUTHERN END OF THE, THE PROPERTY. UM, THAT WILL BE THE METAL RAILINGS WILL, IT WILL BE AS, UH, HISTORICALLY ACCURATE AS WE CAN MAKE IT. UM, TO CONFORM TO THAT. THIS ACTUALLY IS GOING UP AND GOING TO BE GOING THROUGH THE, THE DIRT AREAS. UH, IF YOU'VE BEEN OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SEVERAL AREAS THAT YOU CROSS OVER THAT HAVE DIRT AND OTHER AREAS THAT, UH, ARE HARD TO TRANSITION. THERE'S ACTUALLY SEVERAL PATHS THAT GO DOWN AND AROUND, UH, THE BACK AND THE OUTSIDE, SOME WIND THROUGH THE TREES AND THAT THIS WILL JUST BE BASICALLY, UH, WALKWAYS TO IMPROVE THOSE AREAS. AND THEY, AGAIN, THEY WILL BE WOOD CONSTRUCTION. OKAY. OKAY. MORE, MORE DESIGNED FOR TOURISTS. YES. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? JUST A QUICK QUESTION. THREE YEARS AGO I REMEMBER JOE, UH, SAYING SOMETHING ABOUT HE WAS OUT AT FREE FOR FREMONT AND THOSE STEPS, THE RAILINGS NEED TO BE REPLACED. IS THAT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW? OR, OR IS THIS AN ADDITION TO WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT? I WAS CURIOUS. THAT'S ALL. YES. UM, SO THE EXISTING SET OF STAIRS THAT IS THERE WAS DONE BY AN EAGLE SCOUT MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS AGO. UM, AND THEY WEREN'T TO ANY KIND OF CODE. SO THE TREADS ARE VERY DEEP OR LONG, THEY'RE HIGHER THAN THEY NEED TO BE. SO THEY'RE CUMBERSOME, ESPECIALLY FOR, UH, OLDER VISITORS. UM, SO WE ARE, WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE STAIRS ON THE EARTH INSIDE IS CREATING A BETTER FLOW SO PEOPLE DON'T TRIP ON ROOTS AND LEAVES AND, AND HURT THEMSELVES. THE RAILINGS THAT WERE BEING DONE ARE ON, UM, ONE OF THE GUN PITS. WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FUNDING TO DO THE ENTIRE FORT. UH, SO THIS IS ON THE ONE GUN PIT THAT THE FRIENDS OF FORT FREMONT USE TO DO THEIR DOCENT TOURS. AND SO IT'S A, A SAFETY ISSUE FOR THEM SO THAT THEY CAN SAFELY GET VISITORS UP OVER THE TOP OF THE FORT AND AROUND DOWN TO THE GUN PIT AND THEN BACK DOWN TO THE GROUND WITHOUT ANYBODY SLIPPING AND SLIDING. GLAD WE'RE FINALLY GETTING THAT DONE THEN. YES. YEAH. THANKS. JUMP ON IT. I HAVE A QUESTION THEN. . OKAY. I WAS DEFINITELY UNDER THE IMPRESSION THIS WAS FOR ALL OF IT. UM, THIS IS ONLY FOR A PART, A PORTION OF IT. IT IS FOR THREE SETS OF EARTH AND STAIRS, A SET OF METAL STAIRS, UM, 300 FEET OF PERIOD RAILING, UM, TWO, UM, BAT, UH, FRIENDLY, UH, DOOR ENCLOSURES AND THREE BAT FRIENDLY WINDOW ENCLOSURES SO THAT WE HAVE DISPLAY ROOMS. UM, SO THE FRIENDS CAN INCREASE THEIR DISPLAY IN INTERPRETIVE MATERIALS. AND THEN FOR THE SAFETY OF THE ONE PIT THAT UM, IS ACTUALLY SECURE ENOUGH TO BRING PEOPLE ON. THE FRIENDS DID A STUDY SOME YEARS AGO AND WE DETERMINED THAT THIS ONE SIDE WAS THE MOST STABLE. SO HALF OF IT'S NOT GETTING DONE. MORE THAN HALF. MORE THAN HALF, YEAH. YEAH. IT'S NOT FOR THE WHOLE THING I GUESS UNFORTUNATELY. I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. MM-HMM . SORRY IF ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO FIRST, UH, QUESTION NUMBER ONE, IS THIS STILL NOT OPEN TO SCHOOLS YET? NO, IT'S ALWAYS OPEN TO SCHOOLS. IT'S A SCHOOL. YEAH. IT'S BEEN OPEN TO SCHOOLS FOR FOUR YEARS SINCE THE HISTORY CENTER BUSES, SO YES IT IS. I JUST HEARD FROM PEOPLE ON THE STATE AT TAX IT WAS CLOSED OFF. NO, NO, NO. THE STATE AT TAX IS TALKING ABOUT PRIVATE BUS TOURS. UM, YEAH, FOR PROFIT BUS TOURS, SCHOOLS COORDINATE WITH EITHER ME OR THE FRIENDS OF FORT FREMONT TO SCHEDULE DOCENT LED TOURS TO THE PROPERTY. AND SO WE HAVE SCHOOL BUS TOURS ALL THE TIME AT THE PROPERTY. LIKE WE HAVE SCHOOLS COME OUT AND DO SITES. THE ISSUE THAT THE ATAC COMMITTEE IS HAVING IS THAT THE PRIVATE BUS TOURS DO NOT WANNA FOLLOW THE BUSINESS USE POLICY. ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS SUBMIT AN APPLICATION AND PAY THE, THE VERY MINIMAL FEE AND THEN SCHEDULE THE TOUR. THAT'S ALL THEY HAVE TO DO. BUT WE HAVE VERY FEW BUS TOUR COMPANIES THAT WANNA DO THAT. SO THEY'RE ALLOWED TO DO IT, THEY JUST DON'T WANNA GO THROUGH THEIR PROCESS. EXACTLY. BUT HERE'S THE THING, THOSE PRIVATE TOURS ARE GENERATING THE LOCAL H, H AND A TAX, NOT THE SCHOOLS. AND I'M NOT AGAINST, I'M AN EDUCATOR, BUT WE'RE CLOSE. WE'RE PUTTING AN IMPEDIMENT IN FRONT OF THESE PRIVATE TOURS WHEN WE SHOULD BE WELCOMING THEM. NO, THEY'RE NOT FOLLOW, I WOULD DISAGREE WITH THAT. FOLLOWING THE RULES. THAT'S AS SIMPLE AS THAT. THEY DON'T WANT TO FOLLOW THE RULES. AND THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY HAS NOT, OTHER THAN THE FRIENDS OF FORT FREMONT GETTING A AND H TAX MONEY FOR MARKETING, THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY HAS NOT HAD A AND H TAX MONEY? NO. A AND H TAX MONEY WENT TO THE ACQUISITION OF THE PROPERTY, THE IMPROVEMENTS ON THE PROPERTY, THE HISTORY CENTER, THE PARKING LOT, THAT WAS ALL DONE BY RURAL AND CRITICAL BOND FUNDS, WHICH COMES FROM PROPERTY TAXES OF RESIDENTS. WELL THE FRIENDS OF FORD FREMONT HAVE GOTTEN GRANTS [01:35:01] IN OH, IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS. YES. YES THEY HAVE. THEY HAVE GOTTEN TO SAY IT'S NOT FUNDED MARKETING GRANTS. YES. NOT ACCURATE. CORRECT. I HAVE TWO MORE QUESTIONS. ONE, SO I THOUGHT THE SCHOOLS WERE NOT GOING. SO ARE, ARE THE KIDS GOING FOR FREE OR ARE THEY PAYING TO GO? NO, THE SCHOOLS GO FOR FREE. THEY JUST HAVE TO SCHEDULE WITH THE FRIENDS OF FORT FREMONT. SO THERE'S A DOCENT THERE TO ACTUALLY TEACH THEM. OTHERWISE IT'S JUST KIDS RUNNING AROUND THE WOODS. OKAY. AND THEN, UH, THAT'S FAIR. WHICH IS FINE LAST THEY CAN DO THAT TOO. HOW MUCH MONEY HAS THE COUNTY SPENT ON FORT FREMONT SO FAR? I WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THAT, BUT UM, IT DEPENDS ON IF IT'S JUST THE HISTORY CENTER IMPROVEMENTS OR AN ACQUISITION AS WELL TOGETHER. I CAN. SO YEAH, I KNOW I BROUGHT IT UP IN AGENDA REVIEW 'CAUSE I WAS LETTING ON, I WAS PLANNING ON ASKING THAT QUESTION. I DUNNO IF ANYBODY WAS ABLE TO GET TO IT OR NOT. UM, BUT I WOULD DEFINITELY LIKE TO KNOW THAT. I WOULD ASSUME IT'S IN THE UPWARDS OF MILLIONS. IT IS MILLIONS. THE PROPERTY ITSELF ROUGHLY, ROUGHLY WITHOUT ME LOOKING AT NOTES, 4 MILLION ACQUISITION. THE HISTORY CENTER WAS JUST SHY OF 2 MILLION AND THEN VARIOUS OTHER IMPROVEMENTS WITH THE PARKING, SOME OF THE OTHER STABILITY STRUCTURES WE'VE HAD TO DO 500,000. UM, SO 6 BILLION. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, UM, ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS APPROVED. UM, ALRIGHTY. WE WILL MOVE ON TO MR. CHAIRMAN. YES SIR. JUST WANNA MAKE A COMMENT. MM-HMM . UM, IT'S WELL SPENT MONEY FOR FORD FREMONT. JUST WANNA MAKE THAT COMMENT. THANK YOU. SPENT WELL SPENT. ALRIGHT, MOVING [8.k. An Ordinance Authorizing the County Administrator or negotiating authority in accordance with Resolutions 2019/44 and 2021/20 to execute any and all necessary documents for the acceptance of Right of Way and/or Temporary Construction Easement properties as shown on EXHIBIT A Pages 1-4 associated with the Sidewalks and Multi-use Pathways – Safe Routes to Schools and EXHIBIT A Pages 5-8 associated with the Lady’s Island Corridor Traffic Improvements (FISCAL IMPACT: Funded by the 2018 One Percent Transportation Sales and Use Tax Account # 4705-80-0000-54500-PTHWY Current balance is $13,148,493.49) - Bryan Bauer PE, ENV SP, Director of Engineering (5 Minutes) ] ON TO K AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR OR NEGOTIATING AUTHORITY IN ACCORD IN SWIFT RESOLUTIONS 2019 SLASH 44 AND 21 SLASH 20 TO EXECUTE ANY AND ALL UNNECESSARY DOCUMENTS FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE RIGHT OF WAY AND OR A TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT PROPERTIES AS SHOWN IN EXHIBIT A. PAGES ONE THROUGH FOUR ASSOCIATED WITH THE SIDEWALKS AND MULTI-USE PASS SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOLS. AND EXHIBIT A PAGES FIVE THROUGH EIGHT ASSOCIATED WITH THE LADIES ISLAND CORRIDOR TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. MR. THANK YOU MR. AND A SECOND. I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU MR. GLOVER. ALRIGHT. THIS IS A DIFFERENT ONE. SO YEAH, THIS IS A DIFF DIFFERENT RIDE OF AWAY ONE. SO YEAH. UH, TWO PEERS, TWO RIGHT OF AWAY. SO THIS IS TO GO AND, UM, GIVE PERMISSION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ACQUISITION AND NEGOTIATING FOR THE LAST SIX, UH, THE SALES TAX PROJECTS. UM, FOR RIGHT AWAY WE DID A ORDINANCE LIKE THIS FOR PREVIOUS PROJECTS. UM, THIS IS JUST COMPLETING THAT THESE, UH, SIX PROJECTS ARE, UH, ANYWHERE UP TO 48 PROPERTIES PER PROJECT. UM, AND IT WAS ASKED ABOUT ESTIMATES. SO THE TOTAL ESTIMATE FOR ALL SIX PROJECTS FOR THE RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION IS ABOUT 3.87 MILLION. UM, AND THOSE PROJECTS INDIVIDUALLY GO ALL THE WAY FROM A HUNDRED THOUSAND UP TO UH, 1.3 MILLION THEREABOUT. SO, ALRIGHT. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE? UM, NO. I THINK THIS KIND OF WRAPS UP THE PATHWAY PROJECTS, DOESN'T IT? YES MA'AM. SEVERAL OF OUR DISTRICTS. YEAH. YEAH. CAN THIS BE APPROVED WITH NO OBJECTION AND I SEE NO OBJECTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [8.l. Contract award to LS3P as a Sole Source contract for Due Diligence & Feasibility Assessment for the new Public Works Administration Building Project ($191,180) (FISCAL IMPACT: The contract amount is $173,800. Staff recommends a 10% contingency of $17,380, bringing the total cost to $191,180. The funding source will be the 2025 GO Bond from GL Account 4013-80-1301-54420, which has an account balance of $25,000,000.00. ) - Jared Fralix, Assistant County Administrator, 5 minutes] MOVE ON TO OUR LAST ONE HERE. UH, CONTRACT AWARD TO LS THREE P AS A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT FOR DUE DILIGENCE AND FEASIBILITY ASSESSMENT FOR THE NEW PUBLIC WORKS ADMINISTRATION BUILDING. MR. CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU. CAN WE GET ANOTHER ONE? SOME SECOND. THANK YOU MR. DAWSON. THIS IS A GOOD ONE. . I THINK SO. IT'S, I'M EXCITED. YES. SO WHAT THIS IS, UM, AS YOU'RE AWARE WE'RE WORKING ON THE PELLET WORKS, UM, CAMPUS AND PROJECT AND THERE'S BEEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO EVALUATE, UH, AN EXISTING PARCEL AT LOCATED AT 3 0 2 PARKER DRIVE. AND SO THIS, RATHER THAN DOING IT AS A CHANGE ORDER TO OUR EXISTING CONTRACT, UM, WE ARE SEPARATING IT AS A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT TO OUR EXISTING ARCHITECT. UM, THEY HAVE ALL THE DATA AND INFORMATION REGARDING OUR NEEDS AND, AND WHAT'S REQUIRED AND DESIRED AND TO A NEW PUBLIC WORKS FACILITY. THEY ALSO HAD THE TEAM ESTABLISHED, SO WE THOUGHT IT WAS BEST, UM, ONE TO USE THEM AND SECOND TO SEPARATE IT FROM OUR EXISTING CONTRACT VIA SOLE SOURCE. SO THAT'S WHAT THIS IS, THIS IS THE PROPOSAL AND THEY'LL DO THE DUE DILIGENCE THAT WE WERE STAFF WAS DIRECTED TO TAKE ON, UM, TO COME BACK. ONCE WE HAVE THEIR INFORMATION, WE'LL BE ABLE TO COME BACK TO COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL, PROVIDE THAT AND EVALUATE WHETHER THAT'S A BETTER ALTERNATIVE OR CONTINUE MOVING DOWN THE ALTERNATIVE OF THE EXISTING OR RECONSTRUCTING A NEW PUBLIC [01:40:01] WORKS BUILDING ON CAMPUS. I'M FRAME FOR COMPLETION, SO WE'RE HOPING ABOUT 60 DAYS. OH GOOD. OKAY. SO IT'S PRETTY QUICK TURNAROUND. MM-HMM . UM, THEY'VE GOT ALL THE TEAM MEMBERS READY TO GO. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF GETTING THE CONTRACT ESTABLISHED. JUST HAVE TO GET APPROVED BY COUNCIL AS WELL. THRESHOLD START WITHOUT IT. IT'S A HUNDRED AND SEVENTY, A HUNDRED NINETY ONE. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE YOU WEREN'T GETTING HELD UP FOR FOUR WEEKS. NO, I THINK SINCE IT'S SEPARATE, IT'S A SEPARATE CONTRACT. IT DOESN'T ADD TO THE TOTAL AMOUNT. THAT'S RIGHT. SPECIFIC. YES. SO SEPARATE FROM THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT. UM, IT'S A SEPARATE TASK OR SEPARATE CONTRACT, BUT TO YOUR POINT, IT DOES NOT NEED COUNCIL APPROVAL BASED OFF VALUE. YES, SIR. IS THERE ANY RISK OF, OF LOSING THIS PROPERTY WITHOUT IT BEING UNDER CONTRACT? THERE'S ALWAYS RISKS. I MEAN, WE DON'T HAVE A CONTRACT. UM, UM, SO WE'VE BEEN CONTINUING TO STAY IN CONTACT WITH THE REAL ESTATE AGENT. UM, THEY'RE VERY HOPEFUL THAT WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH THEM, SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT OTHER PARTIES THEY MAY OR MAY NOT BE TALKING TO. LAST THING, JUST I GUESS PROCESS WISE, WHY AREN'T WE GETTING THESE THINGS UNDER CONTRACT CONTINGENT UPON DUE DILIGENCE AND COUNCIL APPROVAL SO THAT WE DON'T LOSE 'EM? THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK AT AND COORDINATE WITH LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATION. JUST A POINT, WE WERE DIRECTED TO LOOK AT THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY AND DO THE DUE DILIGENCE. SO WE'RE COMING BACK SHOULD COUNSEL WISH TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE AN OFFER AND PUT IT UNDER CONTRACT. THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD ALSO MOVE FORWARD ON TO MR. UH, EMMY'S POINT. WHAT'S THE, UH, VALUE OF THE PROPERTY? DO WE KNOW THAT IT'S LISTED AT 7.1 AS PART OF DUE DILIGENCE? WE'RE ALSO GETTING AN APPRAISAL, SO WE'LL HAVE AN APPRAISAL BACK HERE SOON AS WELL. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OR MOTIONS? ALL RIGHT. CAN THIS BE APPROVED WITH NO OBJECTION? YES. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS APPROVED WITH NO OBJECTION AND WITH THAT WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK. * 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.