[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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THIS MEETING OF THE NATURAL RESOURCE COMMITTEE, UH, FOR OCTOBER THE FIFTH AT FOUR O'CLOCK IS CALLED THE ORDER.
WOULD YOU RISE WITH ME AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEASURE OF ALLEGIANCE OF THE FLAG? I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, LIBERTY, JUSTICE FOR THANK QUORUM.
WE DO HAVE A QUORUM AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
UM, I THINK THE ONLY MEMBER THAT'S MISSING IS ACTUALLY, UH, LARRY, WHO'S PROBABLY, UM, SLEEPING RIGHT NOW IN ITALY.
UM, THE STATEMENT OF, UM, COMPLIANCE WITH FREEDOM OF THE INFORMATION.
MS. BROCK, EVERYTHING HAS BEEN SENT OUT.
[4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA]
APPROVE THE AGENDA, MR. OH MAN, I'LL SECOND IT.IT'S BEEN PROPERTY MOTION BY JOE AND, AND, AND TAB THAT WE, UH, APPROVE THE AGENDA.
THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING OR RAISING YOUR HAND.
[5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
OF SEPTEMBER THE EIGHTH? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.I WASN'T HERE, SO I'M OUT OF IT.
THOSE, ANY QUESTIONS? THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY RAISING YOUR HAND.
WE ARE DOWN TO THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
UH, IF THERE ARE ANYONE HERE, AND I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY ON THE LIST AT THIS TIME, UM, WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE THIS BODY, YOU MAY DO SO AT THIS TIME AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO, AND I APPRECIATE NOBODY COMING FORWARD.
[7. ASSISTANT COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR REPORT]
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, THE ASSISTANT COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR REPORT, AND HE'S ALWAYS SMILING, DYLAN.AND, UM, TRUST ME WHEN I TELL YOU THIS, THAT, UM, THE LENGTH OF THIS MEETING IS REALLY DEPENDING ON YOU.
SO IF YOU, UH, UPDATE TO, TO GIVE VIA THIS AFTERNOON.
UM, SO THE FIRST I WANTED TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON A TOPIC THAT YOU'LL RECALL HAD COME BEFORE FULL COUNCIL.
UM, WE HAD SOME DISCUSSION ON IT AND WE'RE DIRECTED TO COME BACK.
AND THAT IS, UH, THE IMPACT FEES.
WE GAVE OUR FISCAL YEAR 2026 IMPACT FEE REPORT THAT GENERATED SOME QUESTIONS.
WE WENT BACK AND, AND LOOKED AT SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
UM, SO WE'RE REALLY WORKING WITH FINANCE ON THIS.
AND FINANCE DID NOT HAVE A LOT OF EXTRA RESOURCES TO DEVOTE UNTIL AFTER THE HARD CLOSE OCCURRED OVER LABOR DAY.
BUT WE ARE NOW WORKING WITH THEM TO TRACE, UM, AS YOU SAW, OUR, OUR IMPACT FEE ACCOUNTS HAVE SOME BALANCES THERE AND WE NEED TO TRACE WHEN THEY CAME IN, WHEN THEY WERE SCHEDULED TO BE USED, WHETHER THEY HAVE BEEN USED OR WHETHER THEY NEED TO BE SCHEDULED.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE UNDER, BECAUSE UNDER STATE LAW IN OUR ORDINANCE, UM, WE, THE IMPACT FEES THAT ARE COLLECTED MUST BE SPENT WITHIN THREE YEARS OF THE DATE THEY ARE SCHEDULED TO BE USED IN A GIVEN CIP OR ANOTHER MECHANISM.
SO IF WE HAVE FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN SCHEDULED TO HAVE BEEN USED IN A CIP, IF THAT HASN'T BEEN DONE, WE NEED TO KNOW, HAVE THREE YEARS PASSED TO THE POINT WHERE A REFUND WOULD BE, UM, OCCURRING.
I, WE WOULD HAVE TO KNOW IF FUNDS IN THERE HAVE BEEN SCHEDULED TO BE USED AT ALL.
IF NOT, WE NEED TO GET THEM SCHEDULED.
UM, AND WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO ACCOUNT FOR THOSE THINGS.
AND SO WE ARE WORKING WITH FINANCE TO TRACE ALL OF THAT.
AND AS YOU'LL IMAGINE, THAT IS A A, A LENGTHY PROCESS THAT WE ARE GOING THROUGH, BUT WE HAVE TO TRACE ALL INS AND OUTS OF THOSE ACCOUNTS BY WHERE THEY WERE AND TO SEE IF THEY WERE SCHEDULED TO BE USED.
WE HOPE TO HAVE A FULL REPORT FOR FULL COUNSEL HERE SHORTLY, BUT I WANTED TO GIVE YOU GUYS, UM, AN INTERIM REPORT, WHAT IS HERE SHORTLY.
I'M HOPING BY THE END OF THE YEAR, I, I KNOW THAT THE FINANCE IS WORKING ON IT, THEN WE WE'RE WORKING ON IT AS WELL.
ONE OF THE BIGGIES IS THE LIBRARY IMPACT FEES.
SO THAT'S THE FIRST REPORT IS IMPACT FEE FIRST ISSUES, IMPACT FEES.
UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD? WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU'RE WORKING WITH FINANCE, ARE YOU ALSO WORKING WITH, UM, CIP COMMITTEE AS WELL? OKAY.
IT'S, IT'S MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS AND IT'S ACTUALLY EVEN MORE GRANULAR THAN THAT.
IT'S THE ACTUAL DEPARTMENTS WHO HAVE SCHEDULED PROJECTS WITHIN THE CIP, WE HAVE TO ASK THEM IF THEY SCHEDULE TO USE IMPACT FEE FUNDS AS A PART OF THEIR PROPOSAL.
SO IT'S, IT'S REALLY GOING DOWN THE LADDER, UH, GOTCHA.
UM, THE SECOND ITEM IS A, A STRUCTURAL ONE WITHIN ADMINISTRATION.
UM, SO AS SOME OF YOU ARE AWARE, UM, OUR FORMER DIRECTOR OF THE LAND PRESERVATION DEPARTMENT MOVED ON TO ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY.
AND SO WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING FILLING THAT ROLE, UM, ADMINISTRATION FELT THAT SOME RESTRUCTURING WAS IN ORDER.
UM, SO AS A RESULT, THE LAND PRESERVATION DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO BECOME A DIVISION UNDER PARKS AND RECREATION.
SO WE HAVE ALL OF OUR PARKS ESSENTIALLY IN THE SAME, UNDER
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THE SAME ROOF.UM, SO WE ARE, WE HAD POSTED THE LAND PRESERVATION DIRECTOR JOB.
WE HAVE NOW UPDATED THAT, UM, AND THAT IS A DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF LAND PRESERVATION.
SO IT'LL BE, UH, UNDER MR. ERIC BROWN SUPERVISING THE PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR.
UM, EVERYONE WHO HAS APPLIED FOR THAT PREVIOUSLY WAS NOTIFIED OF THE CHANGE.
WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH OUR, UM, POOL OF CANDIDATES AND WE HOPE TO FILL THAT ROLE SHORTLY, UM, AND TO HAVE AN UPDATE FOR YOU.
BUT MOVING FORWARD, THAT WILL BE, UM, SUPERVISED BY MR. ERIC BROWN.
AND THEN, UM, MS. AUDREY ANTONIA IS HERE AS WELL.
SO, UM, ANY QUESTIONS ON THE STRUCTURAL UPDATE THERE? CAN I COMMENT? I THINK THAT'S A GREAT MOVE.
AND, AND THE TITLE IS GOING TO BE DIRECTOR OF LAND PRESERVATION.
IT'S A DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF LAND PRESERVATION.
HOW'S THE FINANCE WORK OUT THE SALARY FROM THE PERCENT LEFT TO THE ONE YOU'RE GONNA HIRE? UM, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM ABOUT THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE JUDGE.
WE LOOKED AT SEVERAL DIFFERENT GRADES AND GOING THROUGH, YOU KNOW, THE EXACT RANK OF IT, WE HAD SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT THE TITLE, THE POSITION, WHETHER IT WOULD BE A SUPERINTENDENT, WHETHER IT WOULD BE A, A DEPUTY OF SOME SORT.
UM, AND SO WE, WE'VE KIND OF REACHED, REACHED OUT TO, I BELIEVE IT'S ON THE SAME SCALE AS THE OTHER DEPUTY DIRECTOR WITHIN PARKS AND RECREATION WAS THE IDEA.
SO IS IT A WASH FOR MONEY OR ADDITION? THAT'S MY QUESTION.
I I'M NOT, I'M NOT SURE WE HAVE A FINAL FIGURE ON THAT ONE YET.
UM, HR IS WORKING ON THAT WITH ANY OTHER, MR. OKAY.
DO WE HAVE A TIMEFRAME AS TO WHEN THIS PERSON WILL COME ON BOARD? WE, I MEAN, WE'RE INITIATING THE CHANGE NOW.
I MEAN, WE ARE, ONCE WE FILL THE ROLE, I THINK THE IDEA IS WHEN THAT PERSON COMES IN, THE OFFICIAL RESTRUCTURING WILL HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
THE, UH, THE EXISTING LAND PRESERVATION DEPARTMENT STAFF HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.
THEY'RE STAYING IN THEIR SAME LOCATION, THEY HAVE THE SAME REPORTING STRUCTURE FOR NOW.
THEY'RE NOT CHANGING ANYTHING ABOUT THE WAY THEY'RE GOING ABOUT THINGS.
SO, UH, HOPEFULLY WHEN WE HAVE THE NEW, UH, DEPUTY DIRECTOR IN, WE'LL HAVE THE, IT WILL BE CONSOLIDATED.
HEY, UM, I'M GOING TO DISAGREE WITH EVERYBODY UP HERE.
SO, UM, I DON'T LIKE THAT AT ALL.
UM, SO I'M JUST GONNA LET THAT BE KNOWN.
UM, I, I THINK THAT, UM, WHEN IT, WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO THE, UH, THE PASSIVE PARK VERSUS THE ACTIVE PARK, UM, THERE'S A THIN LINE SOMETIME.
WE HAVE A TENDENCY TO CROSS OVER.
UM, AND, UM, EVEN THOUGH IT'S ALL PUBLIC FUNDS AND, UH, THE PUBLIC WOULD PROBABLY WANT TO HAVE ACCESS TO ALL THE PARKS AND MAKE IT ACTIVE.
UM, I THINK WHEN WE CREATED THE PASSIVE PARK, IT WAS FOR A PURPOSE.
UM, AND IT WAS MORE OR LESS, UM, UM, TO MAKE IT LESS TRAFFIC THERE.
UM, AND SO, UM, I'M A, I'M A STRONG PROPONENT OF BOTH ACTIVE AND PASSIVE, AND I LIKE THE DISTINCTION.
I DON'T KNOW HOW WE GONNA DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE TWO.
SO I, THAT'S MY CAUTION AT THIS TIME.
UH, NO OTHER COMMENTS YOU GOT ANYMORE.
UM, JUST A FEW QUICK UPDATES FOR YOU ALL, UM, JUST ON SOME SPECIFIC PROJECTS.
UM, THE PINE VIEW PRESERVE PROJECT IS GOING TO THE FINAL SRT MEETING, UM, ON OCTOBER THE 14TH.
UM, THE POCO ALGO PHASE TWO HYDROLOGY STUDY.
THEY'RE BEING EVALUATED FOR AWARDS AS WE SPEAK.
UM, I WILL BE ATTENDING THE TOWN OF YEESIS PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING TOMORROW AFTERNOON TO SEEK A, A PERMIT TO GO FORWARD WITH THAT.
AND THEN THEIR FULL COUNCIL MEETING NEXT TUESDAY AS WELL.
UM, FOR BAILEY, UM, WE HAVE A CONTRACTOR SELECTED AND WE SHOULD HAVE A CONTRACT COMING BEFORE FULL COUNCIL SHORTLY TO GET THAT PROJECT MOVING.
UM, AND THEN FOR FORD'S, SHELL RING, WE HAVE A GRAND OPENING WITH THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD, THAT'S NEXT FRIDAY, OCTOBER THE 16TH.
AND THOSE, THOSE INVITATIONS ARE ABOUT TO GO OUT MOMENTARILY.
[8.a. Consideration of a text amendment to the community development code (cdc): table a.13.40 (May River Community Preservation District Land Use) to permit cemeteries as an allowed use (FISCAL IMPACT: na) - Rob Merchant]
THE AGENDA, UM, WE ONLY HAVE ONE ITEM, UM, IS ITEM EIGHT A, UH, CONSIDERATION OF TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODE TABLE, UM, 13 DASH 40, UH, MAY, RIVER COUNTY COMMUNITY PRESERVATION DISTRICT LAND USE TO PERMIT CEMETERIES, UM, AS ALLOWED UNDER USING, WELL, YEAH, THAT IS ALLOWED.MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS A, UM, REQUEST FOR A TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODES.
AND AS YOU STATED, WHAT THIS WOULD DO WOULD BE TO ALLOW CEMETERIES AS A PERMITTED
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USE IN THE MAY RIVER COMMUNITY PRESERVATION DISTRICT, UM, IN OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODE.EVERY DISTRICT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF, UH, T ONE NATURAL PRESERVE, WHICH IS OUR MO, OUR LEAST DENSE DISTRICT, AND IT APPLIES TO RURAL CRITICAL LANDS AND MARSH ISLANDS.
AND THEN ON THE OTHER END OF THE SPECTRUM, S ONE, WHICH IS AN, A LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THOSE TWO DISTRICTS, EVERY OTHER DISTRICT ALLOWS CEMETERIES AND CHURCHES AS A PERMITTED USE.
SO WE WERE APPROACHED, UH, OUR STAFF BY THE APPLICANT WHO WAS QUESTIONING WHETHER, UH, A CEMETERY ON A PARTICULAR PROPERTY WITHIN THE MAY RIVER CP WOULD BE PERMITTED.
WE LOOKED AT THE DISTRICT AND REALIZED THAT THERE WAS NO PROVISION FOR CEMETERIES.
WHAT WE RECOMMENDED IS THAT THEY COME IN AND REQUEST A TAX AMENDMENT AND WHAT WE DID HERE, RATHER THAN CEMETERIES FALLING UNDER THE SAME DEFINITION OR, OR, OR USE CATEGORY AS CHURCHES, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THE MAY RIVER CP, ONE OF THE BIGGEST OBJECTIVES OF THAT DISTRICT IS TO KEEP, YOU KNOW, KIND OF PRESERVE THE SCENIC QUALITIES OF THE, UM, MAY RIVER ROAD, SC 46 CORRIDOR TO SPLIT CEMETERIES FROM CHURCHES AND HAVE CEMETERIES AS A PERMITTED USE IN THAT DISTRICT TO HAVE AS MINIMAL IMPACT ON THAT DISTRICT.
AS YOU'RE AWARE, THE REASON THIS REQUEST IS BEING MADE IS THAT THE NATIONAL CEMETERY, THEY ARE LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL LAND BECAUSE THEY'RE RUNNING OUT OF LAND WITHIN THE, THE BEAUFORT SITE.
AND SO THERE IS A PROPERTY WITHIN THE MAY RIVER CP CP, IT'S CALLED THE TARVER TRACT, THAT WE'VE HAD SOME HISTORY WITH THIS PROPERTY.
IT'S, IT'S ABOUT SLIGHTLY OVER 100 ACRES.
IT'S ONE 100.78 ACRES WHERE THEY HAD SOUGHT TO ANNEX INTO BLUFFTON TO DO A HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.
AND THEN IT, UM, SEVERAL YEARS LATER, THEY, THEY REQUESTED TO, UM, I BELIEVE IT WAS A PURCHASE OF CONSERVATION EASEMENT THROUGH RURAL, RURAL AND CRITICAL LANDS PRESERVATION PROGRAM THAT DIDN'T CARRY THROUGH.
UM, SO THIS PARTICULAR TRACT IS, IS THE ONE THAT THE APPLICANT IS, IS, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT FOR POSSIBLE FUTURE SITE FOR A NATIONAL CEMETERY.
WITH THAT THE APPLICANT IS HERE.
I KNOW THAT THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS THAT, THAT CAME UP DURING AGENDA REVIEW.
UM, SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THE APPLICANT'S HERE TO, TO, UM, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
I GUESS THE ONLY OTHER THING I'LL SAY, THIS DID GO TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AT THAT TIME, THE PLANNING COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AND, YOU KNOW, TO, UM, RECOMMENDING APPROVAL FOR THE COUNTY COUNCIL AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
WE BELIEVE THAT THIS USE IS VERY LOW INTENSITY AND IS CONSISTENT WITH THE QUALITIES OF THE MAY RIVER CP AND A SIMILAR DISTRICT T TWO RURAL ALREADY ALLOWS CEMETERIES IN ADDITION TO CHURCHES.
SO THIS IS LESS INTENSE THAN, THAN WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN OUR T TWO RURAL DISTRICT, WHICH IS VERY SIMILAR.
SO I, I'M GONNA LET YOU, THE APPLICANT SPEAK AND THEN WE WILL, IF ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTION AFTERWARD, WE'LL, UM, ENTERTAIN.
STATE YOUR NAME AND MY NAME'S JOHN BENDER.
YOU HAVE ANY, ANY DESIRE TO SAY ANYTHING TO US THAT NOW IS THE TIME? YEAH, WE'VE BEEN APPROACHED WITH, UM, PEOPLE THAT WANNA BUY THE PROPERTY AND THE FAMILY HAS WANTED TO TRY TO FIND A WAY TO PRESERVE THEIR FAMILY LAND.
I THINK THEY'VE OWNED IT FOR 75 YEARS OR SO.
SO HAVING BEEN APPROACHED BY THE VA FOR CEMETERY USE SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WILL HAVE PATS AND SAVE THE TREES AND, UH, BECOME A, YOU KNOW, A LARGE PARK MORE OR LESS.
UM, THEY LOVE THE IDEA, THEY LOVE THE CONCEPT, AND THEY'VE GOTTEN BEHIND IT AND BASICALLY TOLD THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAVE MADE OFFERS THAT WE'RE GONNA GO THIS DIRECTION.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE IT IN THAT DIRECTION.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR, UM, THE CEMETERIES TO BE APPROVED IN THIS USE.
ANYTHING ELSE? I'M HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS IF YOU GOT.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTION? NOPE.
I'M, I NEED TO READ THE REASONS I HAVE A QUESTION FIRST.
SO I'M LOOKING AT PAGE 10 IN OUR DOCUMENT PACKET AND BY RIGHT, A CEMETERY SAYS
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LAND USED OR INTENDED TO BE USED FOR THE BURIAL OF THE DECEASED, INCLUDING COLUM, BARIUMS, CREMATORIUMS, MAUSOLEUMS, FUNERAL ESTABLISHMENTS.SO IS THIS JUST GOING TO BE JUST A CEMETERY OR INCLUDE ALL OF THOSE OTHER THINGS? WHEN THEY APPROACHED US, THEY SAID, UH, THAT THIS IS A REPLACEMENT FOR THE BUFORT NATIONAL CEMETERY CEMETERY.
SO I PULLED WHAT BUFORT NATIONAL CEMETERY HAS, AND THEY'VE GOT THOSE EXACT THINGS.
COLOR BARIUMS, THEY'VE GOT, UH, AREAS TO, YOU KNOW, HOLD THE CELEBRATION.
UM, SO YES, I MEAN THAT IT IS A REPLACEMENT.
SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS THEY DO REQUIRE, THERE WILL BE SOME MAINTENANCE THAT NEEDS TO BE OUT THERE AS FAR AS MAINTENANCE SHEDS.
SO I THINK THAT THAT'S IN, IN THAT DESCRIPTION.
UM, BUT UM, YEAH, I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE IT SO IT'S AS SIMILAR AS POSSIBLE FOR USES.
AND MY NEXT QUESTION IS, UM, I KNOW WE DON'T OWE IT TO THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON, BUT HAVE WE TALKED TO THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON AND THE RESIDENTS AROUND THE PROPERTY? RIGHT.
I HAVE NOT BROUGHT IT TO THE TOWN.
UM, THIS IS IN THE COUNTY, SO BRINGING IT TO YOU, BUT I WOULD THINK THAT THEY WOULD BE CRAZY NOT TO BE EXCITED ABOUT IT.
WELL, I, BUT, YOU KNOW, BUT I DID GET TWO RANDOM CALLS.
I'M NOT OUT SURVEYING THE TOWN, BUT I DID GET TWO RANDOM CALLS FROM NEIGHBORS THAT WERE EXCITED ABOUT IT.
UM, SO I THINK, UH, WE'VE GOT A VERY HIGH PRESENCE OF, UH, VETERANS AND THEY KNOW, THEY, THEY DO KNOW, AND I LOOKED THIS UP, UM, IT'S A 44 ACRE PROPERTY, THE BEFOR, NATIONAL CEMETERY, TWO ACRES REMAINS, AND THEY'RE DEVELOPING IT CURRENTLY.
SO, UM, IT'S REALLY ON ITS WAY TO FILLING UP AND, AND THEY'RE AWARE OF THAT.
AND THE OTHER STAT I LOOKED UP, UM, WAS WITHIN A HUNDRED MILES WE'VE GOT 60,000 ACTIVE MEMBERS, ACTIVE MILITARY MEMBERS.
UM, SO I MEAN, THERE'S A NEED AND THIS IS A GREAT USE.
AND, UM, THE OPTION IS DEVELOPMENT.
AND AT SOME POINT, TO ME, THIS IS, THIS IS THE BEST USE POSSIBLE.
I JUST WANNA SAY THAT I SUPPORT YOUR REQUEST.
UM, IN MY DISTRICT, UH, IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, PRESERVATION DISTRICT, I HAVE SEVERAL CEMETERIES.
AND SO I THINK THIS IS RIGHT IN LINE WITH THE, WITH THE, UH, COMMUNITY PRESERVATION DISTRICT CODE.
SO I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT.
I JUST NEED TO READ THE REASONS WHY WE WANTED, I MOVE THAT WE GRANT THE REQUEST FOR THE TEXT AMENDMENT FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS.
IT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE GOLD'S OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
IT IS NOT IN CONFLICT WITH ANY PROVISION OF THIS DEVELOPMENT CODE OR THE CODE OF ORDINANCE.
IT IS NOT REQUIRED BY CHANGE CONDITIONS.
IT DOES ADDRESS A DEMONSTRATED COMMUNITY NEED.
IT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE PURPOSE AND INTENT OF THE ZONES IN THE DEVELOPMENT CODE, OR WOULD IMPROVE THE COMPATIBILITY AMONG USES AND ENSURE EFFICIENT DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE COUNTY.
IT WOULD RESULT IN A LOGICAL AND ORDERLY DEVELOPMENT PATTERN, AND IT WOULD NOT RESULT IN ADVERSE IMPACTS ON THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.
IS THAT YOUR SECOND TWO? YEAH.
UM, LET, LET ME JUST MAKE COMMENT.
UM, ONLY COMMENT I WILL MAKE IS THAT, UM, I, I DO REMEMBER WHEN THE CURRENT, UM, EXPANSION OF THE NATIONAL CEMETERY TOOK PLACE.
UM, AND I CAN'T REMEMBER, GERALD, YOU MAY HAVE BEEN AROUND, BUT IT'S BEEN NOT TOO LONG AGO IN THE DISTANT FUTURE.
I MEAN, PAST, AND AT THE TIME THEY SAID THAT, UM, THAT EXPANSION WOULD, UH, TAKE US INTO 2035.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN BECAUSE OF THE ACTIVITY THAT'S CURRENTLY THERE.
SO THERE IS A GREAT NEED AND WE ARE IN A MILITARY COMMUNITY.
SO I DO AGREE THAT, UM, I'M, I'M, I'M GONNA MOVE THIS FORWARD.
UM, AND I'M NOT TOO SURE WHETHER THE FINAL VOTE IS HERE OR IT HAS TO GO BEFORE COUNCIL.
IF NO OTHER COMMENTS, I'M GONNA TAKE THE VOTE.
THOSE IN FAVOR OF IT, THE MOTION PLEASE INDICATE BY RAISING YOUR HAND.
IT IS UNANIMOUS OF THIS COMMITTEE, UM, WITH OH, OKAY.
UM, UH, THIS MEETING'S ADJOURNED.