6. CITIZEN COMMENT (Every member of the public who is recognized to speak shall limit comments to three minutes ‐ Citizens may email sbrock@bcgov.net, or comment on our Facebook Live stream to participate in Citizen Comment)

[6. CITIZEN COMMENT (Every member of the public who is recognized to speak shall limit comments to three minutes ‐ Citizens may email sbrock@bcgov.net, or comment on our Facebook Live stream to participate in Citizen Comment)]

COMMENT. IT IS 6 OR 8 P.M. LITERATURE AND I HAVE QUITE A FEW ON HERE.

>> GO RIGHT AHEAD. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

MISS SHELLEY LEA WALKER, CAN WE TALK ABOUT UNMASKING THE COUNTY OR OPENING OUR PARKS?

THESE MATTERS WE ARE READY TO HEAR ABOUT. >> I WANT MR. DADDY GOES MEETING WITH MAYOR SOKOLICH. WE THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO GO. HOPEFULLY WE GET ACTUAL ANSWERS DURING THE COUNTY MEETING IN WHICH REALLY NICE OF HER TO COME OUT BUT A LOT OF QUESTIONS WERE DODGED. OH, MR. BILL FLETCHER, IF MASKS WORK THERE.

ABSOLUTELY NO REASON TO KEEP COUNTY OFFICES CLOSED RESTAURANTS OR OPEN THEATERS BOWLING ALLEYS AND COUNTY SCHOOLS OPEN UP ON A HYBRID SCHEDULE NEXT WEEK.

COUNTY OFFICES SHOULD REOPEN ASAP ALSO STATING WHAT THE HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION RATE IS CURRENTLY VERSUS WHAT THE HOSPITAL WHAT THE UTILIZATION RATE WAS PRE COVERED ISN'T HELPFUL NOR SELECTIVELY CHOOSING WHAT DATA TO DISCLOSE ABOUT MY MAMA.

MR. GORE'S AGAIN. WE WERE AT A RESTAURANT THIS PAST WEEKEND AND THEY HAD TO TURN AWAY 30 PLUS PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY HAVE A 50 PERCENT CAPACITY MODEL OF BUSINESSES LIKE THEIRS ARE MISSING OUT ON IS DISHEARTENING. MAYOR MAYOR DEVITA FROM PORT ROYAL CURRENTLY PORT ROYAL ZOOM ONLY AFTER WE HAD SOME EMPLOYEES TEST POSITIVE.

I'M ASSUMING THAT'S COVERED 19 MR. MIKE GLEASON. I HAVE THREE COMMENTS TO SUBMIT FOR THE 28 SEPTEMBER MEETING. NUMBER ONE, WHERE DOES SCHOOL IMPACT FEE STAND? I HAVE NOT SEEN PUBLIC MEETING NOTICES FOR THIS IMPORTANT ITEM.

THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE COUNTY WENT TO CONSIDERABLE EXPENSE FOR A CONSULTANT'S

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REPORT ON THIS. WHAT IS THE STATUS ON THIS INITIATIVE? NUMBER TWO, THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS IS MARKETING ON IT. COUNTY WEB PAGE THAT THE COUNTY BUILDING AT FIVE THIRTY NINE WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY WILL BE OPEN ON 5 OCTOBER FOR ABSENTEE IN-PERSON VOTING WHICH WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 2 NOVEMBER. WILL THE COUNTY HAVE THE BUILDING APPROPRIATELY STAFFED AND PREPARED TO MEET ALL COVERED 19 REQUIREMENTS AS INDICATED BY THE CDC AND NUMBER THREE REGARDING THE HILTON HEAD? ILLEGAL TAX MEASURE YOU ARE VIOLATING SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS REQUIREMENTS REGARDING

ESTABLISHING A SPECIAL TAX DISTRICT. >> YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT HILTON HEAD PROPERTY OWNERS PAY MORE EXCUSE ME THAN THE LION'S SHARE OF THE SHERIFF.

ALL OFFICES BUDGET AS WELL AS CRIMINAL THE OPERATIONS BUDGET YOU ARE CAUSING A COMPLETE WASTE OF TACTILE TAX DOLLARS IN LEGAL FEES WE ALREADY PAY ENOUGH.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE MISS VALLEY BOO BACK. YES WE WANT THE MASK MANDATES REMOVED NOW OUR NUMBERS ARE WAY DOWN. TIME TO REMOVE THE MANDATES AND THE FINAL ONE IS FROM MISS IRIS SHED LOCK. PLEASE START REPORTING RECOVERIES FOR THE COUNTY. THAT'S ALL MY SOCIAL MEDIA. MR. CHAIRMAN.

>> I DO HAVE SOME CITIZEN COMMENTS. >> BUT BEFORE I READ THEM DID YOU WANT TO READ ONE OTHER COMMENT FROM A CITIZEN? MR. KOVAC, WHO WANTED HIS TO BE READ BY YOU? THAT'S MR. HOAGLAND LETTER. HE WANTED YOU TO READ THAT.

>> IT'S COMING UP ON THE SCREEN IF YOU CAN SEE THAT AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.

OH, AND AGAIN, THIS IS THIS IS OAKLAND. YES.

GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. I WANTED EVERYONE TO KNOW I AM STILL ALIVE TO ASSIST ALL OF YOU AND ALL TAXPAYERS TO UNDERSTAND WHERE AND HOW OUR BILLIONS OF TAX FUNDS SHOULD BE USED PROPERLY, LEGALLY AND WITH FULL ACCOUNTING JUST LIKE WE ALL EXPECT WITH OUR OWN FAMILIES MONEY. WE ALL KNOW YOU DON'T DO BUSINESS WITH NO CONTRACTS, NO

FULL ACCOUNTING AND ILLEGAL USE OF MONEY. >> I THINK I THINK THIS COUNCIL AND MAINLY MIKE COVERED IN ASHLEY JACOBS FOR THEIR EFFORTS.

GOOD START BUT WE ARE ALL STILL ALLOWING FOR WRONGDOING TO CONTINUE.

MS. JACOBS WROTE A LETTER TO ALL LOCAL CHAMBERS.

CBS HIRED A TAX FUNDED DEMOS ASKING FOR FULL TAX ACCOUNTING. SO ASHLEY IN THIS COUNCIL COULD COMPLY TO NOT FOR YOU. YOU ARE IN CURRENT VIOLATION. I HAVE ASKED FOR THREE TO FIVE YEARS NORMAL ACCOUNTING REQUESTS, NOT ONE YEAR. MIKE CLOVER CHRIS BRYAN ALL SENT A LETTER TO BILL MILES AS TAX PAYING MEMBERS OF CHAMBERS AND SEABEES ASKING FOR COMPLIANCE TO FULL ACCOUNTING OF ALL CHAMBERS. SEABEES RECORDS UNDER THE SOUTH CAROLINA NONPROFIT CORPORATION ACT LAWS. BILL MILES REFUSE LIED AND SAID WHAT HE DOES WITH TAXPAYER'S MONEY. FIFTEEN HUNDRED MEMBERS MONEY IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS AND HIS SECRET SAUCE. ALSO HOW HE GENERATES FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS PLUS SALARY FROM USE OF TAX MONEY IS ALSO A SECRET SAUCE.

TONIGHT I ASKED FOR THE FOLLOWING WHEREAS A DMA CONTRACT SIGNED BY BILL MYLES ROB WILLS LARRY HOMAN FOR PROPER LEGAL USE OF TAX FUNDS UNDER DMA NATIONAL GOLD STANDARDS. SO SIMPLE FOR LAWYER KURT TAYLOR TO DRAFT.

HAPPY TO ASSIST. WHERE ARE QUOTE SON TAX RECIPIENT AGREEMENTS IN QUOTE WITH ALL NON-PROFITS AND SOME NOT FUNDED LEGALLY UNDER A TAX FUNDING LAWS? WHERE AND WHEN IS THE FULL ACCOUNTING RECEIPTS INVOICES PROVEN RETURNS FOR ALL? A TAX FUNDS TO COMPLY WITH MY EIGHT TAX FOR YOU. WHERE ARE THE RECORDS FROM CHAMBERS CBD UNDER THE NONPROFIT CORPORATION ACT. TO ALL OF YOU AS TAX PAID MEMBERS OF ALL LOCAL CHAMBERS CVD AND FIFTEEN HUNDRED TO TWENTY FIVE HUNDRED B FOR COUNTY MEMBERS. SINCE MS. JACOBS JOSH GRUBER, STEVE RILEY, MARK ORLANDO ALL WROTE TAX CHECKS TO BECOME CHAMBERS CBB MEMBERS AND THEIR TAX CHECKS WERE CASHED BY THE CHAMBERS. THEY ALL MUST NOW SEND THESE LETTERS ALSO ASKING FOR ACCESS LIKE MIKE OVER CHRIS AND BRIAN DID AS TAXPAYERS PROXY TODAY.

SINCE TIME IS UP AND WAY PAST DUE, WILL THIS COUNCIL MS. JACOBS LAWYER KURT TAYLOR FILE

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A LAWSUIT AGAINST ALL LOCAL CHAMBERS CVD DEMOS FOR THEIR VIOLATIONS TO COUNSEL ME AND ALL BEAUFORT COUNTY TAXPAYERS IF THIS COUNCIL DOES NOT COMPLY TO FOIL PROCUREMENTS NONPROFIT ACT PROPER CONTRACTS. THEN WHO DOES? CAN ANYONE INCLUDING STU RON PAUL SOMERVILLE BLOW MILES ROB WELLS PRODUCE ANY SECRET SAUCE WALLS.

THANK YOU SKIP HOAGLAND. >> THANK YOU MR. KOVAC AND YOU DID THAT WITHIN THREE MINUTES.

I HAVE FOUND OUT THAT EXACTLY I HAVE RECEIVED SOME COMMENTS CITIZEN COMMENTS.

THE FIRST ONE IS FROM A B. BOBBY GOLDEN. THE MESSAGE WAS MAYBE WE NEED TO TALK WITH JASPER COUNTY TO SEE IF THEY WOULD ANNEX US. I BET THEY WOULD LOVE TO HAVE US. THE NEXT ONE IS FROM CHARLENE POST THE USER FEE THAT WILL BE LEVIED ON PROPERTY TAX BILLS OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND RESIDENTS IS EQUIVALENT TO TAXING THE CITIZENS TWICE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT. THIS IS INEQUITABLE AS A TAX IS NOT LEVIED ON OTHER COUNTY RESIDENTS EVEN THOUGH WE PAY 60 PERCENT OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT BUDGET FOR 2021 WE WILL RECEIVE ONLY THE SAME LEVEL OF SERVICE AS OTHER COUNTY RESIDENTS, JOHN TIERNEY WRITES. THE COUNTY NEEDS TO WORK THINGS WITH HILTON HEAD ISLAND, THE STATE OF EMERGENCY COVERED IRIS SHED DEADLOCK SAYS IN A LENGTHY E-MAIL THAT WILL BE SENT TO ALL COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT ARE ELECTED. LEADERS SHOULD LOOK TO AN OATH TO UPHOLD THE US AND STATE CONSTITUTIONS. GIVEN THAT CULVERT 19 IS NOTHING MORE THAN PERHAPS A STRONG FLU AND THE KNOWLEDGE WE HAVE ACTUALLY MOVED PAST THE EMERGENCY PHASE INTO THE RECOVERY PHASE. EVER STENTS ACCELERATE SOUTH CAROLINA IMPLEMENT. I REQUIRE YOU TO CALL A SPECIAL MEETING AND VOTE VOTE TO REVOKE

THE EMERGENCY ORDER IMMEDIATELY . >> IS THERE SOMEBODY ON THAT COULD MUTE THEMSELVES PLEASE? PAM STEELE IS URGING AND URGENTLY REQUESTING THAT YOU RETURN TO ME MY FREEDOM TO BREATHE CLEAN NOT MASKED AIR THOUGH THE MASK ORDINANCE ON HILL DEAD ISLAND IS BASICALLY UNENFORCEABLE. I LIVE DAILY WITH THE FALSELY IMPOSED PRESSURE TO MASK UP EVERYWHERE I GO IT'S THE LAW AS COLD, COLD AND FLU SEASON APPROACHES. THE LAST THING I WANT TO DO IS BREATHE BACK IN THE WAIST.

MY BODY IS EXHALING THE IMAGINE THE CONSEQUENCES OF THAT DAY IN AND DAY OUT.

YOU ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR MY HEALTH OR THAT OF OTHERS IN THIS NATION.

WE ARE FREE WHICH MEANS WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR OWN CHOICES.

YOU ARE ELECTED TO PROTECT THOSE FREEDOMS. THANK YOU.

THAT'S FROM PAMELA STEELE REGARDING THE RETIREE HEALTH INSURANCE THEY'RE ALL SAYING THE SAME THING. WRITING TO ASK THE COUNTY COUNCIL ON BEHALF OF THE RETIREES WHO WERE EXCLUDED TO GIVE THE SAME CONSIDERATION TO THE OTHER 40 OR OTHER COUNTY RETIRED EMPLOYEES WHO WERE INCLUDED IN THE LAWSUIT FROM MARY ANN MITCHELL ERIC CLARK

RIVERA. >> AND THEN FINALLY I HAVE THREE SPECIFIC.

I'M SORRY. ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE SPECIFIC LETTERS REGARDING THE ANNEXATION OF TWO TRACTS OF LAND AT THE INTERSECTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA 170 AND SOUTH CAROLINA 462 IMPLORING THAT BEAUFORT COUNTY MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE LAND AND THAT THEY STOP THE ANNEXATION OF THESE IS SIGNED BY ROBERT WINFIELD.

NANCY SHOEMAKER MARK SKIN HORN ,TOM DOWLING, BOB AND MARILYN MELCHER AND SARA DOWLING AND

THOSE ARE THE ITEMS FOR THE FIRST CITIZEN COMMENT. >> ARE THERE ANY OTHER CITIZEN COMMENTS THAT HAVE COME IN SARAH OR MIKE THAT YOU ARE AWARE OF?

THOSE ARE JUST THE ONES I SHARED. >> OK, REAL QUICKLY BEEN LIKE TO COME IN? YES. DEPUTY MASKS ARE MAKING PEOPLE

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SICK. HOW WILL THE COUNTY HANDLE FUTURE LAWSUITS FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE DEVELOPED MEDICAL CONDITIONS CAUSED BY WEARING MASKS? MR GALL? CAN WE JUST MAKE IT A CHOICE PLEASE? THERE IS NOT JUSTIFICATION OR WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. SO THE MASKS YOU JUST NEED TO URGE MR. GREER, WOULD YOU NEUTER SO PLEASE MR. GEIER I'M SORRY.

>> GO AHEAD ALSO. >> LAUGHTER JUST EXTENDING THE STATE OF EMERGENCY TO COLLECT FEDERAL FUNDING. SHOULDN'T HE HAVE LISTENED TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AFTER THE FIRST STATE OF EMERGENCY? S AND DID DID I NOT READ A COMMENT FROM IRIS SCHINDLER? YES, YOU DID OK. SHE SAID I DIDN'T READ IT BUT I FOLLOWED IT.

YES, YOU DID. THANKS. THANK YOU.

OK. WE WILL END THE FIRST CITIZEN COMMENTS SECTION.

[7. LIAISON AND COMMITTEE REPORTS]

>> WE'LL NOW MOVING TO THE LIAISON AND COMMITTEE REPORTS WHO WOULD LIKE TO GO FIRST DUG

UP MS. >> HOWARD LAST WEEK. I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE GET TO SEE THE CBO MEETING. WE HAD THE VOLUNTEERS THERE AND OUR STAFF WAS THERE A LOT OF PUBLIC INPUT ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS. THE MEETING WENT ALMOST TO MIDNIGHT OUTSTANDING JOB BY BEING FOR COUNTY STAFF AND ALLOWING THE PUBLIC TO VOICE THEIR VIEWS ON SEVERAL ISSUES AND JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE THE PEOPLE ON THE CBO WAY AND ALSO TO BE FOR COUNTY STAFF FOR THAT MEETING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR.

CULVER. >> YOU WERE NEXT. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

ON THE 8TH SEPTEMBER I ATTENDED THE BEAUFORT JASPER HIGHER EDUCATION COMMISSION MEETING AT USC BS V ZUNE. A COUPLE THINGS TO REPORT OUT. ONE IN SOME OF YOU MAY ALREADY KNOW THIS. THERE IS A CONCERN OF BECAUSE OF COVE IT AND SOME SOME DROP IN NUMBERS. SPECIFICALLY THEY'RE LOOKING IN AT THE CITY OF BEAUFORT AND THE NUMBERS OVER THERE REGARDING HOUSING. YOU KNOW, THERE ARE MORE KIDS DOING REMOTE LEARNING THAN THEY ARE HOUSING THAT CREATES A PROBLEM ON THE ON THE PROFIT AND LOSS SHEET. IF YOU WOULD THE OTHER THING IS SOME GOOD NEWS WOULD BE OVER ACTIVELY COURTING THE SUNBELT CONFERENCE AND THE SUNBELT CONFERENCE IS ACTUALLY COURTING YOU WILL CB PREVIOUSLY WE THOUGHT THAT FOR THAT TO HAPPEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A EITHER A CONVOCATION CENTER OR A LARGE GYMNASIUM FOR COLLEGE BASKETBALL.

BUT APPARENTLY THERE ARE SOME OTHER THINGS IN PLAY. THAT'S GOOD NEWS TO REPORT OUT.

I DO HAVE A MEETING WITH THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR THIS WEEK TO GET SOME MORE INFORMATION FROM THEM ON THE PERTINENT INFORMATION THAT I CAME DURING BACK TO COUNCIL HOPEFULLY BEFORE OCTOBER. THAT'S ALL. MR. PARSIMONY, YOUR MUTED.

OH, I'M THE ONE THAT'S ON MUTE. SORRY ABOUT THAT. GO AHEAD, MR..

COMMUNITY SERVICES WILL BE HAVING AN AGENDA. MEETING ON WEDNESDAY FOR THE MEETING FOR THE FIRST MONDAY IN OCTOBER. AT THE MOMENT THE ONLY AGENDA ITEM THAT I HAVE RECEIVED ADVANCE NOTICE IS A PRESENTATION ON THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT WITH REGARD TO THE COMMUNITY SERVICE GRANTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE BY THE HUMAN SERVICES ALLIANCE. THERE WERE 40 ONE ORGANIZATIONS THAT REQUESTED FUNDING THEIR REQUESTS TOTAL SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS. THERE WAS ONLY THREE HUNDRED

AND NINETY EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS AVAILABLE. >> TEN OF THE 41 ORGANIZATIONS DID NOT RECEIVE ANY CONSIDERATION AND THIRTY ONE DID RECEIVE AMOUNTS DIFFERING

AMOUNTS TOTALING THREE HUNDRED NINETY EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS. >> IT WAS NOT AN EVEN DISTRIBUTION AMONG THOSE 31 ORGANIZATIONS. IT APPEARS EACH ORGANIZATION HAS RECEIVED A SPECIFIC AMOUNT OF MONEY BASED ON THE EVALUATION IT WAS MADE BY THE HUMAN SERVICES ALLIANCE BOARD AND ALL OF THOSE ITEMS WILL BE DISCUSSED AT THE COMMUNITY

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SERVICES MEETING NEXT MONDAY IN ANTICIPATION OF A PRESENTATION TO THE FULL COUNCIL.

AT THE FIRST AVAILABLE DATE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MR. MCCULLEN.

>> ARE THERE ANY OTHER REPORTS SEEING NONE. WE WILL MOVE ON.

[8. PRESENTATION OF A PROCLAMATION DECLARING SEPTEMBER 15TH THROUGH OCTOBER 15TH NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH]

NEXT ITEM IS A PRESENT SECTION OF A PROCLAMATION DECLARING SEPTEMBER 15 THROUGH OCTOBER 15TH AS NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH AND THAT WILL BE HANDLED BY COUNCILMAN MR. SOMERVILLE. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. THIS IS A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS SEPTEMBER 15 THROUGH OCTOBER 15TH IS OBSERVED NATIONWIDE AS NATIONAL HISPANIC

HERITAGE MONTH. >> WHEREAS IN 1968 CALIFORNIA CONGRESSMAN GEORGE E. BROWN PUSHED TO RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE LATINO COMMUNITY.

>> LEAVING CONGRESS PASSING THE OFFICIAL REQUEST FOR PRESIDENT JOHNSON TO MARCH SEPTEMBER 15TH AND SEPTEMBER 16TH AS THE BEGINNING OF NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE WEEK.

AND WHEREAS IN 1987 REPRESENTATIVE ESTEBAN MORRIS OF CALIFORNIA PROPOSED EXPANDING THE OBSERVANCE TO COVER A 31 DAY PERIOD AND IN 1988 SENATOR PAUL SIMON FROM ILLINOIS SUBMITTED A SIMILAR BILL THAT SUCCESSFULLY PASSED CONGRESS WHEREAS ON SEPTEMBER 14TH 1989 PRESIDENT GEORGE H.W. BUSH BECAME THE FIRST PRESIDENT TO DECLARE THE 31 DAY PERIOD STATING QUOTE NOT ALL OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY HISPANIC AMERICANS OR SO VISIBLE OR

WIDELY CELEBRATED. >> HOWEVER, HISPANIC AMERICANS HAVE ENRICHED OUR NATION BEYOND MEASURE WITH THE QUIET STRENGTH OF CLOSELY KNIT FAMILIES AND PROUD COMMUNITIES AND WHEREAS NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH TRADITIONALLY HONORS THE CULTURE AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF BOTH HISPANIC AND LATINO AMERICANS. CELEBRATING HERITAGE ROOTED IN ALL LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES TRANS NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH STARTS ON SEPTEMBER 15 WHICH MARKS THE ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPENDENCE FOR COSTA RICA EL SALVADOR WHAT THE MALA ON DUTIES AND NICARAGUA AND WHEREAS NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH RUNNING THROUGH

OCTOBER 15TH ALSO PLAYS TRIBUTE PAYS TRIBUTE TO MEXICO. >> CHILE.

BELIZE. CELEBRATIONS OF INDEPENDENCE WHICH IS SEPTEMBER 16, SEPTEMBER 18TH. THE SCEPTER SEPTEMBER 21ST. NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED BEFORE COUNTY COUNCIL DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER 15 THROUGH OCTOBER 15TH.

NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH TO SAY THE 20TH OF SEPTEMBER.

>> JOSEPH ESSERMAN CHAIRMAN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> ITEM NUMBER NINE IS THE

[9. PRESENTATION OF A PROCLAMATION DECLARING OCTOBER- DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH]

PRESENTATION OF A PROCLAMATION DECLARING DECLARING OCTOBER DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH. MR. SOMERVILLE. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

THIS ALSO IS A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH CALLS ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE THAT IMPACTS OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS IT IS UNACCEPTABLE THAT ONE AND ONE IN FOUR WOMEN AND ONE IN 33 MEN WILL EXPERIENCE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN THEIR LIFETIME WHEREAS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AFFECTS THE ENTIRE FAMILY IN WHICH IT OCCURS AND LEAVES CHILDREN AND LEARNED BEHAVIORS THAT ARE UNHEALTHY AND HARMFUL TO THEIR DEVELOPMENT.

>> AND WHEREAS HOPE HORIZON'S OUR LOCAL CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND RAPE CRISIS CENTER ASSISTS APPROXIMATELY 600 VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN 2019 AND IS HOPEFUL HORIZON STAFF BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND VOLUNTEERS ENCOURAGE EVERY PERSON TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST HARMFUL ATTITUDES AND ACTIONS THAT LEAD TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

>> AND WHEREAS WE RECOGNIZE THAT PREVENTING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS POSSIBLE BY WORKING TOGETHER TO INCREASE EDUCATION ABOUT HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS, BUILD AWARENESS OF SIGNS AND DYNAMICS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND CULTIVATE A TRAUMA ENFORCED COMMUNITY SUPPORT OF SURVIVORS AND INTOLERANT OF VIOLENCE AND ABUSE.

>> NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT COUNTY COUNCIL PROCLAIMS THE MONTH OF OCTOBER AS

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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH AND URGES ALL CITIZENS TO OBSERVE THIS MONTH BY BECOMING AWARE OF MASTIC VIOLENCE SUPPORTING THOSE WHO ARE WORKING TOWARDS ITS AND AND AND PARTICIPATING IN COMMUNITY EFFORTS AIMED AT CHANGING THE CULTURE OF VIOLENCE.

DATED THIS 28 DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2020 JOSEPH PARSIMONY CHAIRMAN THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[10. RAY MCBRIDE, DIRECTOR, BEAUFORT COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM: PRESENTATION OF RETIREMENT PLAQUE AND RECOGNITION]

>> OUR NEXT ITEM IS A PRESENTATION OF A RETIREMENT PLAQUE AND RECOGNITION FOR MR. RAY MCBRIDE, DIRECTOR OF THE BEAUFORT COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM. ALICE, WOULD YOU READ THE PLAQUE AND THEN WE WILL INTRODUCE A MEMBER OF THE LIBRARY BOARD?

>> YES, I WILL. THIS IS A VERY SAD DAY THAT THIS IS THE LAST WEEK OF ROY MCBRIDE BEING PART OF OUR COUNTY SYSTEM AND IN TURNING I WOULD LIKE TO SAY MY OWN OPINION TURNING OUR B4 COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM AROUND IN SO MANY POSITIVE WAYS.

I'LL LET THE CHAIRMAN BOARD TALK MORE ABOUT THAT. BUT THIS IS THE PLOT PRESENTED RIGHT MCBRIDE? DIRECTOR BEAUFORT COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM IN RECOGNITION AND APPRECIATION OF YOUR DEDICATION AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF TWENTY THREE YEARS TO THE CITIZENS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND INCLUDING FIVE YEARS TO BEAUFORT COUNTY CONGRATULATE

PATIENTS ON YOUR RETIREMENT BEFORE COUNTY COUNCIL. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE EVERYONE TO ANNA MARIE TABB RUNIC BETTER KNOWN AS TAB TAB OR KOENIG WHO

IS THE CHAIR OF THE LIBRARY BOARD. >> MR. BERNANKE, THANK YOU CHAIR PAST MAY. GOOD EVENING TO ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THE ADMINISTRATOR EVERYBODY ELSE ON THIS WEBINAR. THANKS FOR ALLOWING ME TO ZOOM IN AND SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT RAY. SO I AM THE CHAIR OF THE BEAUFORT COUNTY LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND TONIGHT I AM HONORED TO SAY A FEW WORDS ON BEHALF OF ALL OF OUR TRUSTEES. AS WE OFFICIALLY WISH OUR DIRECTOR RAY MCBRIDE A SECOND.

HAPPY RETIREMENT. THE TRUSTEES KNEW THIS DAY WOULD COME AS ALICE SAID, BUT WE KIND OF REALLY HOPED RAY WOULD CHANGE HIS MIND. I MEAN WE KEPT ASKING HIM UP TO THE LAST MINUTE TO PLEASE TELL US HE WAS GOING TO STAY. UNFORTUNATELY FLORIDA IS CALLING. SO NOW THAT IT'S HAPPENED, WE ALL DO HAVE TO FACE THE REALITY THAT HE'S LEAVING. SO RETIREMENT IS EXCITING AND SOME OF US KNOW I PERSONALLY AM

RETIRED. >> I'M A FULL TIME VOLUNTEER BUT WE KNOW IT'S FULL OF PROMISE TO EVERYONE THAT'S LUCKY ENOUGH TO REACH THE MILESTONE RAISED CERTAINLY HAS EARNED ALL THE HAPPINESS HE CAN FIND IN THE FUTURE AFTER A FULL AND REWARDING LIFETIME OF ACHIEVEMENT. IT SPANS OVER 50 YEARS OF HIS LIFE.

HE WAS A MILITARY VETERAN WHO DESERVES OUR GRATITUDE FOR HIS SERVICE TO THE COUNTRY.

HE RETIRED IN 1997 FROM THE ARMY AS A COMMAND SERGEANT MAJOR AND NOW HE IS RETIRING FROM ANOTHER SEGMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE. AS OUR LIBRARY DIRECTOR.

SO WE WANT TO EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE TO HIM FOR HIS YEARS OF SERVICE IN THIS STATE BECAUSE HE WORKED IN OTHER LIBRARY SYSTEMS IN SOUTH CAROLINA BUT PARTICULARLY FOR BEAUFORT COUNTY. IT'S BEEN MY PERSONAL PLEASURE TO WORK WITH RAY FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS AS A DIRECTOR AND BOY IS AT TIMES LONG AS MISS HOWARD SAID.

HE'S PUT GREAT THINGS INTO OUR LIBRARY SYSTEM. HE JOINED US AT TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN AND HAS DRIVEN A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS. EVERYONE CAN SEE HIS BIO ON THE LIBRARY WEBSITE AND YOU KNOW WHAT WE THINK OF HIM? WORKING WITH COUNTY PERSONNEL, RAY HAS UPGRADED OUR FACILITIES, IMPROVED OUR LIBRARY OPERATIONS AND EXPANDED SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY. HE'S BEEN A TRUE LEADER FOR HIS STAFF ACROSS THE BRANCHES AND LEADING BY EXAMPLE HAS PROVIDED STAFF WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO GROW AND LISTEN TO IMPROVING IDEAS. HE BROUGHT THE BOOKMOBILE OUT OF RETIREMENT FOR WAS GONE FOR LIKE 20 YEARS I GUESS AND THROUGH HIS EFFORTS WE NOW BOOKMOBILE SERVING MANY AREAS OF BEAUFORT COUNTY INCLUDING SUN CITY AND IT'S PROBABLY THE MOST NOTABLE SERVICE THAT DELIGHTS MANY, MANY PEOPLE THAT CAN'T MAKE IT TO A LIBRARY BRANCH.

RAY INCREASED OUR PRINTED DIGITAL CIRCULATIONS. HE'S CAREFULLY MANAGED THE BUDGET AND SUPPORTS HIS STAFF THROUGH TOUGH TIMES DURING THIS PANDEMIC.

HE'S REALLY PRETTY CALM COMPARED TO ME. FOR EXAMPLE, HE REMAINS CALM AND PROVIDES THE COUNTY WITH MEASURE DETAILS, STEPS FOR REOPENING SERVICES AND HE'S ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF HIS STAFF AND PATRONS.

SO IT LEAVES OUR LIBRARY IN GOOD STEAD FINANCIALLY RESOURCE WISE AND WITH STRONG STAFF COMMITTED TO PROVIDING EXCELLENT SERVICE. I KNOW ALL THE TRUSTEES AND OUR LIAISON ELLIS HOWARD WHO WE'RE PROUD TO HAVE AND ALL OF OUR LIBRARY PATRONS JOIN ME IN WISHING RAY THE BEST IN HIS YEARS BECAUSE HE'S LOOKING FORWARD TO SPENDING TIME IN

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FLORIDA WITH HIS WIFE AND HIS CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN AT TIMES.

I UNDERSTAND HE LOVES THE FISH SO MORE POWER TO HIM THERE. I DON'T DO THAT KIND THING BUT I HOPE HE CATCHES LOTS OF UNSUSPECTING FISH DOWN IN FLORIDA AND SMILES.

SO RAY, YOU WILL BE MISSED ALTHOUGH WE'RE SAD. HAVE YOU LEAVE US? WE ARE EXCITED. TAKE CARE. DON'T FORGET US AND YOU CAN

ALWAYS COME BACK. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. PASS ME.

>> THANK YOU. AND SPEAKING OF MR. BURKE MCBRIDE.

HE IS ON THE CALL. AND SO MR. MCBRIDE, IF YOU WILL COME ON SCREEN SO THAT AT LEAST EVERYBODY CAN SEE YOUR FACE. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY WORDS YOU MAY SPEAK NOW.

>> WELL, I IN THE INTERESTS OF LONG MEETINGS I WILL HAPPILY MAKE THIS VERY SHORT.

I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL FOR THEIR SUPPORT OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS OF OUR LIBRARY SYSTEM. AND TOGETHER WE HAVE MADE A TRUE DIFFERENCE IN CERTAINLY INCLUDE ASHLEY AND ALL OF THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION. IT'S BEEN AN AMAZING FIVE YEARS. BUT MOST OF ALL I WANT TO THANK.

>> COUNCIL FOR APPOINTING THE BEST LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES IN SOUTH CAROLINA.

THE AND I TRULY MEAN THAT FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART. AND SO I WISH EVERYONE THE

BEST. AND SEE YOU IN FLORIDA. >> OK.

THANK YOU, MR. MCBRIDE. AND CAN YOU HEAR THE CLAPPING, SIR?

>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OK.

SO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE. AGENDA IS THE CONSENT AGENDA. THERE ARE 12 ITEMS ON THE

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CONSENT AGENDA. WE DID DISCUSS THESE IN THE CAUCUS MEETING AS TO WHY SOME OF THESE ARE ON THE AGENDA. SO IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ANY ONE OF THE ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? SEE MR. FLEMING, COULD I GET THE ITEM 10 REMOVED PLACE ITEM NUMBER 10 IS THERE ANYONE ELSE SAYING NO OTHERS WE WILL TAKE ITEMS 1 THROUGH 9 AND 11 AND 12 AS A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA.

>> MAY I HAVE SUCH A MOTION PLEASE? SO MOVE MR. THAT WE'RE ROLLING.

>> OK. MISS HOWARD MAKES THE MOTION MR. FULLER WALLING MAKES THE SECOND. THIS WILL BE WITHOUT EXCEPTION. ARE THERE ANY EXCEPTIONS TO THE

CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED? >> SEEING NO EXCEPTIONS ITEMS ONE THROUGH 9 11 AND 12 ARE APPROVED OF THE CONSENT AGENDA . ITEM NUMBER 10 WILL NOW BE

[10. SECOND READING OF AN ORDINANCE FOR A ZONING MAP AMENDMENT/REZONING REQUEST FOR 3 PARCELS (R600 021 000 0003 0000; R600 021 000 002A 0000; R600 021 000 003A 0000) ON GRAVES ROAD FROM T2 RURAL TO C3 NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED-USE; APPLICANT: JUDY GRAVES, KEVIN GRAVES, JAN MCKIM. (Public Hearing and Third Reading on October 12, 2020)]

MOVED TO THE FIRST ACTION ITEM WHICH IS A SECOND READING OF AN ORDINANCE OF A ZONE MAP REZONING THREE PARCELS AND IT WILL REQUIRE A PUBLIC HEARING AND THIRD READING ON OCTOBER 12TH. IT WAS DISCUSSED AT THE NATURAL RESOURCE COMMITTEE ON SEPTEMBER 14TH. SO MAY I HAVE A MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF THAT AGENDA ITEM.

>> SO I MOVE OVER TO CHAIRMAN MR. SOMERVILLE MAKES THE MOTION.

MAY I HAVE A SECOND? >> THERE IS NO SECOND. I'LL SECOND.

MISS HOWARD MAKES THE SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION HERE? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT.

THIS THIS IS I BELIEVE THE ONLY PIECE DOWN THIS ONE OF THE FEW IF NOT THE ONLY PIECES DOWN THERE THAT'S NOT ZONE C 3 AND WE'VE JUST ZONED THE ENTRANCE WAY THE EIGHTY NINE ACRES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT LADY ART LATER ON TONIGHT AND AND SO IT'D BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TO AWARD THE THE BENEFITS WE'RE AWARDING TO THE OWNERS.

EIGHTY NINE ACRES AND AND THE NEIGHBORS WHO ALREADY HAVE C 3 TO NOT ALLOW THIS MISS JUDY

WARD TO HAVE THE SAME ZONING IS NOT A LARGE PIECE OF PROPERTY. >> THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? IF I MIGHT, MR. CHAIRMAN, MY REASON FOR OPPOSING THIS

MEASURE IS THAT THESE PARCELS ARE NOT ON SEWER. >> THEY'RE NOT CONTEMPLATED IN THE NEAR FUTURE. AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP LIMITED THE NUMBER OF SEPTIC SYSTEMS THAT ARE THAT CLOSE TO THE OKATIE. THANK YOU.

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>> SALMON AND THE OTHER TWO. MR. GLOVER. YES, I JUST WANT TO ECHO WHAT

BRIAN JUST SAY. >> THANK YOU. >> OK.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? MR. CHAIRMAN? YES, MR. RODMAN? YEAH. WE HAVE A LOT OF INTERESTING THINGS THAT ARE ON HERE AND

THERE'S NOT TOO MUCH TROUBLE. >> YOU MIGHT MAKE A QUICK READ OF THE ITEMS FOR THE PUBLIC BECAUSE OTHERWISE THEY DON'T NECESSARILY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

THERE'S A LOT OF HARD WORK THAT WENT INTO GETTING TO THIS POINT.

>> CAN YOUR ABOUT ITEM NUMBER 10 YOU'RE ON MUTE. YOU'RE STILL ON MUTE.

>> IF THAT WAS REFERRING TO THE WHOLE CONCEPT AGAIN I'M SORRY WE ALREADY PASSED THE CONSENT AGENDA. WE'RE NOW DISCUSSING ITEM NUMBER 10 WHICH WAS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA OR ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT ITEM NUMBER 10 SEEING NONE I WILL

CALL A ROLL CALL VOTE. >> THE MOTION WAS MADE BY MR. SOMERVILLE.

YOU WILL BE FIRST. YES. MISS HOWARD, YOU WERE SECOND.

YES, MR. COVERT GUY. MR. DAWSON. DID YOU SAY NO? YES, SIR. NO. MR. FLOOR DWELLING? NO. MR. GLOVER? NO.

MR. HER VISION. >> NOW MR. LAWSON. >> LAWSON YES.

>> MR. MCKELLEN. DEL. I'M SORRY.

DID YOU SAY NO? I DID. MR. RODMAN? YES. FIVE COUNCILOR PASHMAN SAYS YES.

YES. SIX? NO.

FIVE MOTION PASSES. NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER 12. FIRST READING BY TITLE ONLY OF

[12. FIRST READING BY TITLE ONLY OF AN ORDINANCE REGARDING A DISTANCE LEARNING GRANT, WHICH WOULD EARMARK $200,000 FROM THE COUNTY’S GENERAL FUND BALANCE TO AWARD GRANTS TO APPLICANTS TO ASSIST WITH THE PROBLEMS RELATED TO DISTANCE LEARNING]

AN ORDINANCE REGARDING A DISTANCE LEARNING GRANT WHICH WOULD EARMARK TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OK AN ITEM IS GIVEN TO THE REST OF IT. IT'S GOING TO COME FROM THE COUNTIES GENERAL FUND TO WORK GRANTS TO APPLICANT TO ASSIST WITH THE PROBLEMS RELATED TO

DISTANCE LEARNING. >> MAY I HAVE A MOTION FOR THAT ITEM AND CAN I HAVE EVERYBODY

IN THE BACKGROUND MUTING PLEASE? >> I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION MR.

CHAIRMAN. >> OK, MR. MCKELLEN MAKES THE MOTION, SIR.

>> AGAIN, SIR. I'M SORRY. >> WHO WAS THE FIRST ONE WHO MADE THE SECOND? I WAS WRITING THAT DOWN. BRIAN FLYNN VALLEY.

>> MR. FLYNN WELLING, YOU MADE THE SECOND DISCUSSION, KERRY I'D LIKE TO.

YEAH. YOU HAVE A FEW COMMENTS. THIS IS MR. KAPLAN'S IDEA.

I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT AND I APPLAUD HIM FOR THAT. I'VE BEEN VERY INTERESTED IN

THIS BECAUSE IT HAS ALL SORTS OF IMPLICATIONS. >> JUST FOR EVERYBODY FOR EVERYBODY'S EDIFICATION, WE HAVE THREE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH A SEAT OCCUPIED ON THIS VIRTUAL MEETING. WE HAVEN'T THE KEY, CAMPBELL,

TODAY THOSE WHO ARE EXECUTIVES STAFF AND WE. >> MR. RICHARD GAIR WHO IS ON THE SCHOOL BOARD ARE LISTENING IN. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

PART OF ME OF MANY, MANY, MANY CALLS AS I'M SURE MR. MACALLAN HAS.

BUT WHAT I'VE DISCOVERED IS THAT THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 30 I THINK THEY CALL THEM AGENCIES AROUND THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE UP AND RUNNING PROVIDING VIRTUAL LEARNING.

>> SOME OF THESE ARE CHURCHES. >> SOME OF THESE ARE THE FOLKS THAT YOU WOULD EXPECT TO DELIGHT SUCH AS THE LOVE LOVE HOUSE MINISTRY TO SUPPORT THE GIRLS CLUBS.

>> ONE M.C. THAT'S THE TIME. BUT THE 25 TO 30 ENTITIES THAT ARE ALREADY UP AND RUNNING.

FAR AS I CAN TELL ARE DOING FINE. THEY HAVE BIWEEKLY MEETINGS WITH THE SCHOOL WITH THE SCHOOL WHO ASSIST THEM IN AREAS LIKE TECHNICAL AS THEY GIVE THEM TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. THEY GAVE A MEAL ASSISTANCE. THEY GIVE THEM COUNSELING ASSISTANCE. THEY GIVE THEM EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE.

I MEAN BE GOOD WHAT YOU CALL IT CURRICULUM ASSISTANCE. >> SO THEY HELP THEM IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS BUT THEY DON'T WRITE CHECKS TO THEM. SCHOOL DISTRICT DOES NOT WRITE CHECKS. BUT AGAIN, THEY HELP THEM IN EVERY OTHER WAY YOU CAN THINK.

MOST OF THESE ARE DOING FINE. THEY'RE SELF SUPPORTING THROUGH CONTRIBUTIONS OR OTHER SOURCES OF INCOME INCLUDING A LOT OF CHURCHES, SOME CHARGE, SOME DO NOT.

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SOME ARE HUNDREDS. >> WHAT WHAT I'VE DISCOVERED IS THERE ARE TWO AREAS THAT HANDLE THE BEST I CAN TELL HAVE NO SUCH REMOTE LEARNING CAPABILITIES OR AS WE CALL THEM AGENCIES THAT ARE PROVIDING THIS REMOTE LEARNING CAPABILITY.

>> AND THAT'S ST. HELENA ISLAND AND CANADA. >> SHELDON AND AND SO IN WORKING OUT WILL A BOY WITH ALL THE DETAILS BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THIS BUT SHELDON, THERE IS A CHURCH I THINK MOST OF YOU REMEMBER REMEMBER YOUR NAME ANYWAY.

>> THERE'S A CHURCH IN ST. HELENA ISLAND THAT WOULD LIKE TO GET INTO THIS BUSINESS OF PROVIDING NOTES VIRTUAL LEARNING AND THAT'S THE NEW LIFE DELIVERANCE TEMPLE.

AND THEN THERE'S THEN THERE'S A CHURCH IN SHELTON THAT WOULD LIKE TO GET INTO THIS BUSINESS.

THAT'S THE THE MOUNT MOUNT CARMEL BAPTIST CHURCH. AND THEY THEY NEED ALL OF THE HELP THE SCHOOL CAN GIVE THEM BUT THEY ALSO NEED FUNDS. SO I WOULD I WOULD HOPE THAT.

AND I THINK THAT THE ADMINISTRATOR HAS ALREADY IDENTIFIED MUSIC COASTAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION AS THE DISTRIBUTION POINT FOR THESE FUNDS.

>> IS THAT IS THAT CORRECT, MISS JACOBS? >> YES, CORRECT.

SO ANYWAY, I WOULD ENCOURAGE THAT. IF IF THAT IF WE GO THIS WAY AND WE DO AND WE DO APPROPRIATE UP TO NOT 200 THAT UP TO TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT WE MAKE THE POINT TO THE COASTAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION THAT THAT ST. HELENA AND SHELDON ARE THE ONES THAT DON'T HAVE ANYTHING RIGHT NOW AND THEY'RE THE ONES THAT NEED IT THE MOST. I MEAN WE'RE WE'RE IN THE BUSINESS OF HELPING PEOPLE WHO CAN'T HELP THEMSELVES AND THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DO JUST STEPPED DOWN SAYING THERE ARE MOTHERS THAT NEED THE HELP. I KNOW THERE'S THERE'S SOME ACTIVITY IN HILTON HEAD TO ASSIST IN THE IN THE ESL. POPULATION IN ENGLISH A SECOND LANGUAGE AND THAT AND I'M NOT SURE HOW THEY'RE DOING. I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RUN THAT TO GROUND YET. BUT I THINK THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HELP SOME FOLKS WHO REALLY NEED IT. THERE ARE A LOT OF FOLKS WHO DON'T NEED IT SAY A LOT OF THESE A LOT OF THESE CHURCHES AND A LOT OF THESE COMMUNITIES DON'T REALLY NEED THE MONEY.

THEY'RE DOING FINE AND THEY'RE UP AND RUNNING. BUT THERE ARE SOME AREAS THAT DON'T HAPPEN AND DON'T NEED IT DESPERATELY AND DON'T HAVE TO. I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THIS.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. >> IS THERE ANY NEED FOR ME TO GO THROUGH THE REASONS FOR THIS APPEARING ON YOUR AGENDA OR HAVEN'T WE? WE HAVE ALREADY REACHED THAT THAT POINT WHERE WE DISCUSSED IT NOW AT LEAST HALF A DOZEN TIMES.

I THINK EVERYBODY'S PRETTY CLEAR BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS PEOPLE HAVE DURING THIS DISCUSSION. MR. CULVER. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A QUESTION FOR MR. MCKELLEN OR MAYBE DR. STRATOS OR WHOMEVER WANTS TO TAKE A STAB AT IT. I'M ALSO DRESS IT TO YOU, JUDGE ,WHEN THIS IS A PHENOMENAL SUGGESTION AN IDEA WHEN THIS CAME ABOUT. I'M SURE THERE WAS SOME KIND OF FORMULA OR A QUANTIFYING FORM OF DATA THAT YOU CAME UP WITH TO TO HIT UP TO TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. WHEN WHEN THIS CAME ABOUT THIS WAS IF MEMORY SERVES ME RIGHT.

PRIOR TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ANNOUNCING THEIR HYBRID SCHEDULE.

MY QUESTION IS THIS AT THE TIME WHEN YOU WHEN YOU CAME UP WITH THIS YOU SAID UP TO TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND WITH WAY THINGS HAVE CHANGED. IS THAT STILL NECESSARY? I'M NOT POOH POOHING THE IDEA. I'M ACTUALLY VERY MUCH IN FOR IT.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SAME DOLLARS THAT WERE NEEDED BACK IN AUGUST OR JULY ARE NEEDED NOW. YEAH, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THAT.

WHEN I SPOKE TO THE SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION WE HAD DISCUSSED THAT THERE WOULD BE A HYBRID PROCESS IN PLACE WHERE THERE WOULD BE TWO DAYS IN SCHOOL AND THREE DAYS OFF WHEN THINGS STARTED OF COURSE IT WAS. THERE WERE NO SESSIONS IN SCHOOL AND PEOPLE WERE ENGAGED IN FIVE DAYS VIRTUAL LEARNING IN OUR COMMUNITY IN PARTICULAR MANY FAMILIES AND WORKING PARENTS FIND IT DIFFICULT AND CHALLENGING TO SUPPORT THIS THEIR CHILD'S REMOTE LEARNING BECAUSE OF A LACK OF EQUIPMENT, THE ABSENCE OF INTERNET SERVICE AND THE DEMANDS OF WORK WHICH RESULTS IN A LACK OF ADULT SUPERVISION.

SO WHEN I MADE THESE PLANS I THOUGHT THERE WOULD PROBABLY BE SOMEWHERE AROUND FIVE

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ORGANIZATIONS THAT WOULD QUALIFY TO PRESENT THIS TYPE OF LEARNING WHO MIGHT NEED FUNDS AND THEY WOULD BE VETTED AND QUALIFIED THROUGH A PROCESS THAT THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR HAS IN FACT SET UP WITH THE ORGANIZATION OUT OF CHARLESTON. SO YES, THE ANSWER IS UP TO TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS MIGHT BE NECESSARY. I EARLIER STATED THAT THERE WERE TWO ORGANIZATIONS THAT REQUESTED FUNDING THROUGH COMMUNITY SERVICE GRANTS.

ONE OF THEM DID RECEIVE THAT BUT THEY DID NOT RECEIVE ANYWHERE NEAR THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THEY REQUESTED. SO I EXPECT THAT ONCE THEY'RE INFORMED OF THE AMOUNT THEY DID RECEIVE THEY ARE GOING TO BE LEFT WITH AN UNFUNDED BALANCE WHICH WILL ALLOW THEM TO COME BACK IN HERE AND PERHAPS GET THE REMAINDER OF THAT MONEY THROUGH THE PROCESS WE WILL PUT IN PLACE TONIGHT HOPEFULLY WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS OF THIS PROGRAM.

>> I THINK THAT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT THING FOR US TO DO. I THINK THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THE FEW ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE QUALIFIED TO PROVIDE SUPERVISE VIRTUAL LEARNING SUPPORT AND RECOGNIZE ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS WITH THE ABILITY TO DO THAT MUCH LIKE THE MR. SOMERVILLE POINTED OUT THE TWO CHURCHES AND NORTH OF THE BROAD THERE HAVE TO BE QUALIFIED OF COURSE THEIR PROGRAMS WILL HAVE TO BE EVALUATED AND VETTED AND THE ORGANIZATION WILL DO THAT WILL HAVE TO BE ASSURED THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO DELIVER THE PROGRAMS THAT THEY SAID THEY

CAN. >> AND I'M HAPPY THAT THIS VETTING PROCESS AND QUALIFICATION PROCESS IS IN PLACE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING PEOPLE MAKE THE APPLICATION FOR ASSISTANCE BECAUSE I THINK IT'S VITAL. JUDGE, LET ME LET ME FINISH ONE THING, MR. CHAIRMAN. I'LL TURN THE TIME OVER TO SOMEBODY ELSE.

YOU MAKE A GREAT POINT. MR. SOMERVILLE, EARLIER AND I WANT TO DIRECT THIS TO DR.

STRATOS, MS. CAMPBELL AND MR. GEIER. YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU COME UP WITH THE PROCESS OF CREATING THIS MONEY, BUT DID YOU KNOW THAT JUST THIS PAST WEEKEND WE HAD PARENTS HERE IN THE BLUFFTON? WHATEVER YOU CALL THIS THE BLUFFTON SCHOOL AREA THAT WERE FRANTICALLY ON EDGE BECAUSE THEY LOVE HOUSE LEARNING HADN'T BEEN RESTARTED DOUBTS. I UNDERSTAND THAT EVERYTHING IS TAKEN CARE OF AND THAT'S BACK UP AND RUNNING. BUT WE HAVE AN ENORMOUS, ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE FACED WITH LOSING THEIR JOB BECAUSE THEY CAN'T BE AT WORK OR BE AT HOME.

SO THIS IS A DIRE NEED. I'M GLAD MR. MCCLELLAN BROUGHT THIS UP UP.

I KNOW YOU ALL WILL SPEND THIS MONEY WISELY. THEY'RE NOT ACTUALLY GOING TO BE SPENDING THE MONEY. THAT'S JUST GOING TO BE THE GROUPS THAT WE GIVE THE MONEY TO, OK? WELL, IT'S A PARTNERSHIP, MIKE AND YOU'RE RIGHT.

YEAH, THAT'S THE WAY WE VIEWED IT FROM THE BEGINNING. A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN COUNTY COUNCIL AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. YEAH.

MR. GLOVER, YOU HAD A COMMENT. >> YES. THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE LARRY BRINGING US FORWARD. SO I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM SUPPORTING IT RIGHT NOW. I ACTUALLY VIEW LARRY AS BEING MORE AN ADMINISTRATOR RIGHT NOW AND NOT A COUNCIL MEMBER BECAUSE THEY'RE YOU ARE VERY INVOLVED WITH WHO YOU ARE READY TO SELECT, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. I THINK YOUR COMMITTEE IS OVER THIS AND I THINK IF YOU WOULD JUST PUT IT OUT THERE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS HERE.

I THINK THE PARTNERSHIP NEEDS TO BE WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL NEED TO BE SPENDING MONEY JUST TO BE SPENDING MONEY. BUT IF THERE IS A NEED AND I THINK PAUL TALKED ABOUT REMOVING AREAS LIKE HONOR AND BLIND CHILDREN IT HAS A SERIOUS NEED.

I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW TO TO TO MEET THOSE NEEDS. AND I THINK THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS GRANT MONEY OR MONEY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO DO THIS LEARNING.

I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT IS WORKING IN HOW THEY MAKE BASICALLY PUTTING ALL THAT TOGETHER. WE ARE THERE IF WE ARE GOING TO USE THESE FUNDS TO ENHANCE WHAT THEY ARE DOING IN A COLLECTIVE WAY. AND I JUST WANT TO STAY ON THE COUNCIL SIDE AND THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE. SO THAT'S WHAT I ONLY COME AND

I WANT MAKE ON THAT. THANKS. >> THANK YOU, MR. LAWSON.

YES, I'LL VOTE FOR IT. >> IT IS ALL THOSE THINGS, HOWEVER THAT ANYONE THAT VOTES AGAINST THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED A HEARTLESS PERSON. HOWEVER, YOU'RE THINKING A

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GREAT POINT. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE ON THE SCHOOL SIDE OF THE BUDGET NOT NECESSARILY ON THE COUNCIL SIDE ESPECIALLY AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

IF WE GO BACK TO SCHOOLS OPENING BACK UP AGAIN WHICH WAS GIVEN TO THE TWO OR A THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT HOW'S THAT WORK IF THERE IS ONE STILL LEFT IN THE SCHOOLS OPEN BACK UP AGAIN AND I ALMOST THINK THAT WE NEED TO BE SPENDING ENOUGH MONEY MORE ON LONG TERM WI-FI AND SOME OF THOSE AREAS OF THE COUNTY SUCH AS NEW YORK AREA AND OTHER AREAS OF THE RURAL PART OF THE COUNTY THAT THAT DOESN'T HAVE ACCESS TO THESE KIDS TO HAVE THE WI-FI.

SO AGAIN, I'LL VOTE FOR RIGHT NOW WHERE WE ARE WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH CORBETT AND THE THE DISTANT LEARNING PROCESS AGAIN ONLY FIRST READING AND AGAIN WE'LL KEEP MOVING FORWARD. WE'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION AND IN A VERY SHORT MR. FLOWING.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN. LARRY, THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE DRIVING THIS TRAIN. AND TO MARC'S QUESTION AND AN I GUESS YORK'S CONCERN AND MIKE'S AS WELL. IF IF WE GO TO A FULL TIME LEARNING ENVIRONMENT IN PERSON LEARNING ENVIRONMENT, WHAT HAPPENS TO THE MONEY? I'D SAY THAT A LOT OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS HAVE ALREADY PAID THAT MONEY TO EMPLOYEES AND UPGRADE EQUIPMENT AND THAT CREATES A HOLE IN THEIR BUDGET THAT QUITE FRANKLY IS UNDESERVED TO THEM. AND I THINK WE WE SHOULD STILL GIVE THE GRANTS OUT AS APPROPRIATE AND AS THEY MEET THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY LET'S JUST SPEND THIS MONEY IT'S MONEY WELL SPENT. LET'S CONTINUE ON TO SEE WHAT OTHER GAPS EMERGE AS TIME GOES ON AND VOTE AGAIN AS NECESSARY. THANK. THANK YOU, MR. DAWSON.

YES, I I THINK IT'S A GOOD GESTURE FOR US TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THIS.

>> I'M JUST CONCERNED AS TO WHO WOULD ADMINISTER THE GRANT AS WELL AS PROVIDE OVERSIGHT TO ENSURE THAT WE ACTUALLY HELP THE NEEDY AND NOT SO MUCH DEBRIS.

>> THE DHS FORM INDICATES THAT AN OUTSIDE INDEPENDENT AGENCY IS GOING TO HANDLE THE APPLICATIONS AWARDS AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE GRANTS. SO THAT IS FULLY VETTED.

MR. CHAIRMAN, MS. OURS. YES.

I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THIS. I I AGREE THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT IT CAREFULLY AS WE GO ALONG.

I WATCHED FAMILIES SCRAMBLING WHEN BOTH PARENTS WORK OVER ONLY ONE PARENT OR ONE GRANDMOTHER IN THESE SITUATIONS THAT THEY NEEDED HELP AND THANKS TO ALL THE INDIOS THAT

HAVE STEPPED UP TO DO WHAT THEY'RE DOING. >> AND HOWEVER WE CAN HELP SOME NEW ONES THAT'S ACCOMPLISHED WITH THE RIGHT OVERSIGHT. IS COUNCILMAN DODSON SAID THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS BEFORE WE CALL THE QUESTION MR. SOMERVILLE? YES, WE DID A FEW THINGS THAT I COULD ADD TO THE CONVERSATION

THAT WILL HOPEFULLY MAKE EVERYBODY FEEL BETTER. >> NUMBER ONE IS THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY HAS PASSED AN APPROPRIATION BILL WHICH INCLUDES A LOT OF THINGS.

>> BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT INCLUDES IS 25 MILLION DOLLARS FOR NONPROFITS AND ALL OF THE ENTITIES AROUND BEAUFORT COUNTY THAT ARE PROVIDING THIS SERVICE EXCEPT FOR THE PODS ARE NOT NOT FOR PROFIT BUT AS THE APPROPRIATIONS THAT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY PASSED IS ON ITS NONCOMPETITIVE. AND IT'S ON THE BASIS OF ACTUAL EXPENSES.

SO ALL OF THESE ENTITIES, THESE 25 OR 30 ENTITIES THAT WE KNOW SOMEWHAT IN THERE ARE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW SPENDING MONEY, SOME CHURCHES, SOME OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THEY ARE THEY HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO APPLY IT. IT'S THE DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION, THE STATE, THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF INTEREST ADMINISTRATION AND THEY'RE RIGHT TO APPLY FOR THESE FUNDS.

SO I'M GOING TO DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO ANOTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL TOO AND JUST ADD THE WORD THAT THAT THEY CAN APPLY FOR THESE FUNDS, THE ONES THAT ARE ONGOING, THAT ONES IT ALL IS ALREADY SET UP AND BEEN SPENDING MONEY IN ORDER TO AND ORDERED US TO DO THIS TO HAVE A YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF NEW WHAT'S CALLED AN E LEARNING PERMIT FROM DSW AND THE TWO CHURCHES I MENTIONED IN SHELDON AND ST. HELENA ISLAND ARE ALREADY IN THE PROCESS OF

APPLYING FOR THOSE PERMITS. >> AND THEY HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE HELPING ON THE WAY IN THE NAME THAT I COULDN'T NAME I COULDN'T THINK OF EARLIER. IT'S KIM STATLER I THINK MOST OF YOU REMEMBER KIM STATLER WHO NOW WORKS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE.

SHE IS KIND OF THE LIAISON FOR A LOT OF THESE 13 WHAT WE CALL HER THE ECUMENICAL THE ECUMENICAL REPRESENTATIVE. YES. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DIFFERENT DENOMINATIONS AND SHE WAS LOOKING FOR MONEY FOR PARTICULARLY THESE THINGS.

THESE TWO AREAS ARE FLOCKING AND SHE IS GONE. INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, SHE HAD

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GONE TO THE COASTAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR DONATIONS AND WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW IS IS HAVING THE COASTAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION BE OUR REPRESENTATIVE FOR THESE TO

ADMINISTER THESE TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. >> SO THERE'S A LOT OF PIECES COME TOGETHER HERE AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT. BUT IT'S NOT JUST THE TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT WE'RE UP TO HUNDRED THOUSAND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THERE'S LITERALLY 25 MILLION DOLLARS AVAILABLE BUT WOULDN'T WORK FOR SHELL THEN THERE WOULDN'T ST.

HELENA BECAUSE THEY NEED THEY NEED SEED MONEY. >> THEY NEED TO COMBINE AND THEY GET PROMOTED AND THEY DON'T HAVE MONEY TO GET STARTED TO STAFF AND THAT SORT OF THING SO WE CAN REALLY HELP WITH IT. IT LOOKS LIKE THAT TO GET THEM STARTED LIKE THIS.

>> OK. SO WE HAVE THOROUGHLY DISCUSSED THIS AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

THIS IS THE FIRST READING IMMENSE TECH AND READING WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING WHERE THE PUBLIC WILL BE ABLE TO WEIGH IN ON THIS. SO IF THERE AREN'T ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS, I'D LIKE TO CALL THE QUESTION MR. CHAIRMAN WHAT YOU CALL THE QUESTION COULD I COULD WE HEAR FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT? IS THAT APPROPRIATE AT THIS TIME? WELL, THIS THIS IS A FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE.

THE I KNOW DISTRICT. >> YEAH, BUT THEY'RE HERE. >> SO THAT'S THE REASON I'M

ASKING. >> WHAT WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO BE ABLE TO ADD TO THIS

CONVERSATION? >> I DON'T KNOW. THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO HEAR

FROM MR. GELLER. >> WHAT WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD TO THE CONVERSATION?

>> YOU KNOW, I THINK I'D LIKE TO MENTION IS THAT WE HAD A POOL FOR ALL OUR PARENTS AS HOW MANY OF THEIR CHILDREN COMPLETING THE CLASSROOMS AND HOW MANY WOULD WANT TO STAY? VIRTUAL THROUGH THE FIRST SEMESTER. AND IN SHELTON AND ST. HELENA,

60 PERCENT OF THE PARENTS RESPONDED. >> THEY WANT TO STAY IN VIRTUAL. SO WE ARE GOING TO OPEN FOR HYBRID OCTOBER 5TH BUT THAT'S NOT FOR EVERYBODY BECAUSE THERE ARE PARENTS WHO DON'T EVEN WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE HYBRID MAINLY BECAUSE THEY ARE AT HIGH RISK OF BREEDING THE INFECTION BACK HOME.

>> AND THERE'S GOING TO BE VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION NOT ONLY ON THE 3 DAYS A WEEK THAT THEY'RE NOT IN CLASS AND THE HYBRID BUT FIVE DAYS A WEEK FOR THE 60 PERCENT OF THE STUDENTS UP AND SHELDON AND AND FROM HOME. NOW I'VE ALSO BEEN TO ONE OF THESE PROGRAMS, ONE OF THESE LEARNING PODS, VIRTUAL PODS AT THE YMCA IN PORT ROYAL AND THEY SERVE A TREMENDOUS, TREMENDOUS PURPOSE AND PROVIDE A GREAT SUPPORT FOR THESE CHILDREN WHOSE PARENTS ARE NORMALLY NOT AT HOME BECAUSE JOBS. SO WE'D APPRECIATE ANY SUPPORT. THANK YOU.

>> EXCELLENT. WE HAVE FROM THAT STRADDLE CAN WE GET FROM DR. STRADDLE ARE

YOU INTERESTED IN MAKING COMMENTS START TO STRUGGLE? >> YOU'RE ON MUTE.

>> YOU'RE STILL ON MUTE. I'M NOT. THE STRATEGIES ARE WHO ARE WORKING INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT OR NOT. LET'S AND I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO MR. SUMMER. WE HAVE ABOUT 20 TO 25 OF THAT BIWEEKLY TO TAKE WITH US THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT MR. AND THE 25, 20, 20, 25 ACRES WE'RE SERVING OVER 6.

THAT'S DOING WELL. WHY I'VE SEEN BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB LEVEL HOUSE MINISTRIES, NEIGHBORHOOD OUTREACH CENTER, THE SANDBOX INTERACTIVE TOO EASY.

AND THESE ARE LOCATED AROUND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CHURCHES THAT WANT TO PARTICIPATE.

BUT LIKE SOME OF THE COUNTY, NO MENTION OF THE FINANCES IS AT ISSUE AS WELL AS ACTUAL VOLUNTEER DURING THAT. THE THE BATTLE LEARNING I THINK THAT'S ALL ABOUT THE OF THANK

YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS. >> GOOD. CHAIRMAN NAKIA CAMPBELL IS ON

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THE CALL. ALSO SHE IS THE ACTUAL PATIENT SHE SPOKE.

>> NO, NO, CAMPBELL, THAT WAS THAT WAS MARY STRATUS. NO, IT WAS IT WAS THE KILLER

WHO SPOKE. >> OK. NEVER MIND.

SORRY, BUT IT'S UP TO THREE. >> ARE YOU LOOKING TO SPEAK BECAUSE WE CAN'T HEAR YOU EVEN

THOUGH YOU'RE NOT ON MUTE? >> NO. STILL CAN HEAR YOU.

OK. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE WE VOTE? DO WE NEED TO TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE? IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT WITH THIS. SO I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THIS ALONG WITHOUT EXCEPTION. ARE THERE ANY EXCEPTIONS SEEING NO EXCEPTIONS DESPITE PASSES ON FIRST READING WE WILL HAVE SECOND READING AND A PUBLIC HEARING AT THE NEXT COUNCIL

MEETING, OK. >> ITEM NUMBER 13 IS A FIRST READING OF THE ORDINANCE FOR

[13. FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE FOR THE BEAUFORT COUNTY AIRPORT (AWR) HANGAR GROUND LEASE AGREEMENT]

THE BEAUFORT COUNTY AIRPORT A W. LA HANGAR GROUND LEASE AGREEMENT.

THIS WAS DISCUSSED IN PUBLIC FACILITIES ON SEPTEMBER 21ST. SO MAY I HAVE A MOTION FOR THE

FIRST READING OF THAT ORDINANCE ? >> MR. CHAIRMAN, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THIS WITHOUT OBJECTION. DISTRICT. I'LL START I'M THAT MR. CHAIRMAN AND MR. MCKELLEN. ANY DISCUSSION SEEING NO DISCUSSION.

THIS WILL BE MOVED WITHOUT OBJECTION FOR FIRST READING. ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS THING

? >> NO OBJECTIONS. ITEM NUMBER 13 THE FIRST

[14. FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE REGARDING ACCOMMODATIONS TAX/ HOSPITALITY TAX RESERVE FUND]

READING OF THE ORDINANCE HAS BEEN ACCEPTED. ITEM NUMBER 14 IS THE FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE REGARDING ACCOMMODATIONS TASK TAX HOSPITALITY TAX RESERVE FUND THAT WAS ALSO DISCUSSED AT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 21ST.

MAY I HAVE THE MOTION FOR THIS ORDINANCE SO MOVED MR. MCKELLEN?

>> I'LL MAKE THE SECOND SIR WITHOUT OBJECTION PLEASE. OKAY.

DULY MOTIONED. AND SECOND BY MR. MCKELLEN AND MR LLEWELLYN IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION WITHOUT ANY DISCUSSION THIS WILL BE MOVED WITHOUT EXCEPTION FOR FIRST READING. ARE THERE ANY EXCEPTIONS? SEEING NO EXCEPTIONS.

ITEM NUMBER FOURTEEN THE FIRST READING HAS BEEN APPROVED. ITEM NUMBER 15 IS A FIRST

[15. FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE 2019/56 PENN CENTER RENOVATIONS]

READING OF AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AN ORDINANCE. TWENTY NINETEEN SLASH FIFTY SIX PEN CENTER RENOVATIONS. THAT WAS ALSO DISCUSSED AT FINANCE ON SEPTEMBER 21ST.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION FOR THE FIRST READING OF THIS ORDINANCE?

>> SO IT WAS YOUR LAST SECOND. >> OKAY. MOVED BY MR. HERVEY SEAN SECONDED BY MR. GLOVER. ANY DISCUSSION REGARDING THIS ORDINANCE? NO DISCUSSION. I WILL MOVE THIS WITHOUT EXCEPTION.

ARE THERE ANY EXCEPTIONS SEEING NO EXCEPTIONS? THAT IS ALSO APPROVED.

[16. THIRD AND FINAL READING OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODE TO ESTABLISH “SHORT TERM HOME RENTAL” AS A SPECIAL USE]

ITEM NUMBER SIXTEEN IS A THIRD AND FINAL READING OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE COMMUNITY CODE DEVELOPMENT CODE TO ESTABLISH QUOTE SHORT TERM HOME RENTAL.

UNQUOTE AS A SPECIAL USE. THIS WAS DISCUSSED AT THE NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE IS GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS AND IS NOW IN ITS FINAL READING AND FULL WELLING YOU WANT TO

RETRIEVE MYSELF? >> THANK YOU, SIR. I MOVE WITHOUT OBJECTION, MR.

CHAIRMAN. I GOT OK. >> SO IT HAS BEEN MOVED IN PROPERLY AND MR. FLOOR WELLING IS RECUSED HIMSELF FROM THIS. SO IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION AND THIS WILL BE MOOT WITHOUT ANY ACCEPTANCE. ARE THERE ANY EXCEPTIONS SEEING NO EXCEPTIONS? THE THIRD AND FINAL READING IS APPROVED.

[17. THIRD AND FINAL READING OF AN ORDINANCE REGARDING AN AMENDMENT TO THE PEPPER HALL AND OKATIE RIVER PARK JOINT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND OUR FINAL ITEM FOR ACTION BEFORE WE GO TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS IS A THIRD AND FINAL READING OF AN ORDINANCE REGARDING AN AMENDMENT TO THE PEPPER HALL AND OKATIE RIVER PARK JOINT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

THIS HAS BEEN DISCUSSED IN NATURAL RESOURCES FINALIZED THROUGH COUNTY COUNCIL AND IS

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NOW FOR THE THIRD AND FINAL READING. MAY I HAVE SUCH A MOTION PLEASE? SO MOVED, MR. COVERT MAKES THE MOTION.

MAY I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND MR. FLEW MR. MCKELLEN MAKES THE SECOND IS THAT ANY DISCUSSION, MR. CHAIRMAN? HOW I WOULD LIKE YEAH. I WOULD MAKE A COMMENT.

MY FEELINGS ON THIS. WELL LET'S AGREE ARE WELL KNOWN AND I WILL NOT REPEAT THEM HERE. I. BUT WHAT CONCERNED ME MORE THAN MY FEELING ARE THE ONE WE HAD SECOND READING THE WORD THERE FIRST AT FIRST READING THERE WERE TWO MEMBERS SOUTH THE BROAD WHO WERE ABSENT AND THEN THEY RETURNED FOR SECOND

READING. >> AND IN BOTH OF THEM SUPPORTED THIS AGREEMENT WHICH MEANS THAT ALL ALL MEMBERS SOUTH OF THE BOARD SUPPORTED THIS AND THAT CAUGHT MY ATTENTION. IT CAUGHT OTHER PEOPLE'S ATTENTION AS WELL.

WE HAVE WE HAVE ALWAYS ON THE COUNCIL. I'VE BEEN HERE AND IT'S NOT A RULE AND WE DON'T ALWAYS ADHERE TO IT. BOTH ARE POSSIBLE.

WE ALWAYS TRY TO DEFER TO THE INDIVIDUALS DISTRICT IN WHICH SOMETHING EXISTS OR OCCURS OR IS INTENDED TO BE PUT AND AND AND THE CHAIRMAN MR. THAT HAS SUPPORTED THIS.

AND EVEN THOUGH I HAVE NOT SUPPORTED IT AND I STILL SUPPORT IT AND I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR I'M GOING TO ABSTAIN. THE REASON I'M GOING TO ABSTAIN IS I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A SITUATION WHERE THE FOLKS SOUTH OF THE BROAD COULD HAVE THE SAY ON THIS, PARTICULARLY MR. PARSIMONY AND AND I'M SORRY THAT IT TURNED OUT TO LOOK LIKE A NORTH-SOUTH SITUATION.

IT WAS NEVER SO IT WAS NEVER THAT IN MY MIND AND I DOUBT VERY SERIOUSLY IT WAS AND ANYBODY ELSE'S MODELS. BUT BUT THE OPTICS OF IT ARE CONCERNING TO ME.

AND BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS SOUTH OF THE BROAD ISSUE AND I'M GOING TO DEFER I'M GOING TO ABSTAIN FROM VOTING ON IT AND ALLOW THOSE FOLKS TO MAKE THAT DECISION.

THANK YOU, SIR. >> THANK YOU. HOW WERE YOU HAD YOUR HAND? OH, YES. I'M GOING BACK TO WHEN THIS FIRST NEGOTIATED.

I VOTED AGAINST IT AND I VOTED AGAINST IT. AND EVERY EVER SINCE IN I DO HAVE STILL A COUPLE ISSUES WITH BUT ONE THAT I REALLY HAVE A LOT OF ANGST ABOUT.

IS IT IS IT REALLY FAIR TO OTHER TAX PAYERS IN BEAUFORT COUNTY THAT WE USE TAG REVENUE TO TO HELP BUILD A ROAD THAT WHEN THERE'S OTHER ROADS IN BEAUFORT COUNTY NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE THAT THIS MIGHT TAKE AN INORDINATE AMOUNT OF OUR TAG MONEY THAT COULD HAVE BEEN USED SOMEWHERE ELSE. I HAD SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED ABOUT ABSTAINING BUT BECAUSE THE TAG REVENUE IS SO IMPORTANT TO SO MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY I AM GOING TO VOTE NO AGAIN ON THIS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND I DON'T CONSIDER NORTH-SOUTH ISSUE ANYMORE AND AND WITH THAT IT WILL PROBABLY PASS BUT I STILL THINK SOMEBODY HAS TO ANSWER ABOUT THIS TAG

REVENUE BEING USED FOR THIS PROJECT. >> THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS MR. GLOVER? >> YES. >> CHAIRMAN UNLIKE PAUL AND THEN THAT I WAS I'VE MADE MY EXPRESSION ABOUT THIS I DON'T CONSIDER IT REALLY A NORTH-SOUTH ISSUE. I THINK IT IS JUST AN A BAD NEGOTIATION DEAL AT THIS TIME WITH WITH THE COUNTY. THERE WAS NOTHING BEING GIVEN UP BY THE DEVELOPER AND THE COUNTY IS MAKING CONCESSION TO A LOT. AND SO I CAN'T RULE THE THINGS THAT AGREE AND SERVE THE RULING CRITICAL LAND BOARD. THIS BOOK WAS BROUGHT BEFORE US AND AT THAT TIME THE COUNT THE BOARD DID NOT SUPPORT THIS BUT COUNCIL WANTED IT AND WE SORT OF ACQUIESCE AND THEN GAVE IN AND SUPPORTED IT AND THE PRICE TAG WAS HIGH.

AND RIGHT NOW WITH THE 18 ACRES THAT WE HAD WE PLAYED A GOOD WHOPPING PROBABLY EVIL QUARTER

OF A MILLION DOLLARS PER ACRE FOR THE PROPERTY. >> AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING IS ACTUALLY TAKING PART OF THE PROPERTY TO HELP DEVELOP THEM.

THAT WITH THE STORMWATER POND THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE A ECO TOO WHICH IS ABOUT A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS THAT WE BASICALLY GIVING UP LAND FOR. IT JUST DOESN'T SEEM A GOOD DEAL. WE SHOULD THINK I'M HOPING THAT THIS PARK BECOMES THE IDEAL PARK FOR BEAUFORT EVEN THOUGH MS. VOTING AGAINST IT I'M GOING TO HOPE AND PRAY THAT IT BECOMES A GOOD PARK AND YOU WOULD MAKE ME WRONG FOR THIS.

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THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MR. GLOVER. YOUR COMMENTS? WELL, YES. OK, MY THOUGHTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN EXPRESSED SEVERAL TIMES THAT I DON'T THINK I NEED TO REITERATE THEM. AND I JUST LOOK FORWARD TO A

VOTE, SEE WHERE IT GOES. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. >> THE ONLY THING I WOULD BUT YOU KNOW, MAYBE MAYBE SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES ON THIS SIDE, BROAD RIVER WOULD AGREE AND HOPE THIS. THIS SHOULDN'T BE POLITICS. IT'S POLITICS BASED ON GEOGRAPHY. SO LET'S QUIT MAKING IT OUT TO BE HEY, LET'S CALL THE QUESTION PLEASE. OK, SAYING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION.

I WILL CALL THE QUESTION MR. KOVAC. YOU MADE THE MOTION UFO FIRST.

I MR. MCKELLEN, YOU WERE THE SECOND. YES.

MR. DAWSON. >> NO. MR. FLOWING? NO. MR. GLOVER. NO MR. HER VERSION? YES. MISS HOWARD? NO.

MR. LAWSON. >> MARK. YES, MR. RUDMAN?

>> YES. MR. SOMERVILLE. >> ABSTAIN AND I VOTE YES.

>> TWO, THREE, FOUR. FIVE, SIX. YES.

FOUR. NO ONE ABSTENTION. THE MOTION IS SUCCESSFUL.

[18. CONSIDERATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF IAN SCOTT TO THE AIRPORTS BOARD]

THE NEXT ITEM IS A CONSIDERATION FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF IAN SCOTT TO THE AIRPORT'S BOARD. MAY I HAVE EMOTION PLEASE? SO MOVE, MR. CHAIRMAN, MR.

MCKELLEN MAKES THE MOTION. >> I'LL SECOND, SIR. MR. FLOWING MAKES THE SECOND.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? WITHOUT OBJECTION MR. SCOTT WILL BE PLACED ON THE AIRPORT'S BOARD. ARE THERE ANY EXCEPTIONS SEEING NO EXCEPTIONS?

>> MR. SCOTT IS APPROVED FOR THE AIRPORT BOARD. WE ARE NOW AT CITIZEN COMMENTS

[19. CITIZEN COMMENT (Every member of the public who is recognized to speak shall limit comments to three minutes ‐ Citizens may email sbrock@bcgov.net, or comment on our Facebook Live stream to participate in Citizen Comment)]

SECTION NUMBER TWO. DO WE HAVE A NEW CITIZEN COMMENTS? OH, YES. MR. COVENANT. ALL RIGHT.

SIT BACK AND PUT YOUR SEAT BELTS ON. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, LET'S SEE. DESERT RAY E. ONTO I APOLOGIZE IF I BUTCHER ANYBODY'S NAME.

PLEASE LIFT THE MASK MANDATE IN OPEN OUR PARKS. MR. RICK WRESTLER ANY NEWS ON THE ISLAND WEST PROPERTY BEING RAESE OWNED MISS ANGELA GIANELLI ROSE SILVIO.

GOOD EVENING. I AM WRITING TO ASK THAT THE MASK MANDATE BE REMOVED, PLAYGROUNDS BE OPENED AND RESTAURANTS AND OTHER VENUES OPEN TO CAPACITY.

JENNIFER YEGOR ALSO WRITING TO OPEN THE PARKS AND REMOVE MASK MANDATE MRS. ROSS SILVIO AGAIN.

GOOD EVENING. I'M WRITING THE MASK MANDATE BE REMOVED.

BUT SHE DID IT DO CHRISTI GIBSON GET RID OF THE MASK MANDATE AND IT GOD PLEASE LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE IN THIS. LET'S SEE THE WHITLEY DEPT.. PLEASE ACCEPT THE SCIENCE IN THE MASK. OPEN THE PARKS. IT'S RIDICULOUS.

DANNY GOD. MR. COBURN, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE MASS MANDATE? LET'S SAY THEY'RE ALL DID IT. IT IS RICK WRESTLER. JUST OPEN THE SCHOOLS BACK UP.

I HAVE TWO YOUNG CHILDREN AND A VIRTUAL LEARNING HAS BEEN A DUMPSTER FIRE.

MR. PRAGER, IF WE'D OPENED SCHOOLS AND GO BACK TO NORMAL INSTEAD OF CONTINUING TO SPREAD FEAR AND PROPAGANDA, WE WOULDN'T BE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION AND ASKING FOR FUNDS NOT CARLA. MR. BELL, I'M ASKING YOU ALL TO END THIS MADNESS.

PLEASE LISTEN TO THE PRESIDENT AND GET THESE KIDS BACK TO SCHOOL IN THE MASK MANDATES.

IT'S CRIMINAL. MR. STEVE YOUNG ALL SCORE VARGAS HAS A NINETY NINE POINT NINE PERCENT CHANCE OF SURVIVAL . THIS IS CRAZY.