Oct 05, 2020 Natural Resources Committee

UH, PUBLIC NOTIFICATION OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN PUBLISHED, POSTED AND DISTRIBUTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SOUTH CAROLINA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT, UH, IS THAT, UM, I THINK MS. BRUNNER IS ON INSTEAD OF MS. SARAH IS IT HAS BEEN DONE IN ACCORDANCE.

IS APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.

THE NEXT THING ON THE AGENDA

[4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA]

I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO AMEND OUR AGENDA.

MADAM CHAIRMAN, I'D LIKE TO, UH, MAKE A MOTION TO A MANDATE PUBLISHED AGENDA BY DELETING ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, THE CONTRACT.

I THINK IT'S THE ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, UM, FOR, EXCUSE ME, NOT NUMBER EIGHT.

YEAH.

THE CONTACT FOR CONTRACT FOR RURAL AND CRITICAL AND PRESERVATION PROGRAM CONSULTING SERVICES FEES.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO DISCUSS CERTAIN ITEMS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

PERHAPS YOU CAN POSTPONE IT TO A LATER TIME, BUT MY EMOTION IS TO DELETE ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.

DO I HEAR A SECOND TO THAT MOTION SECOND? OKAY.

IT'S BEEN SECONDED.

DO WE NEED A ROLL CALL VOTE? NO, I SEE EVERYONE SHAKING THEIR HEAD.

SO WITHOUT EXCEPTION, THIS MOTION WILL BE PASSED AND POSTPONE AT A LATER DATE WHEN WE CAN PUBLISH THAT WE WILL BE DISCUSSING IT IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

ALL RIGHT.

SO THAT PASSES WITHOUT EXCEPTION.

IS THERE ANY OTHER, I AM CHAIRMAN I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE REST OF THE AGENDA AS AMENDED.

DO I HAVE A SECOND TO APPROVE THE REST OF THE AGENDA AS SECOND? I THINK I HEARD TWO VOICES.

I HEARD YOURS FIRST, SO THAT'S BEEN SECOND.

AND, UM, WITHOUT EXCEPTION DOES THIS, THIS PASSES APPROVAL.

ANY EXCEPTION? OKAY.

SO THE AGENDA IS APPROVED.

UH, THE NEXT ITEM

[5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: AUGUST 27, 2020 (IMPACT FEE WORK SESSION; AUGUST 31, 2020; SEPTEMBER 3, 2020 (SPECIAL CALLED MEETING)]

IS APPROVAL.

WE HAD THREE SETS OF MINUTES TO LOOK AT.

UH, ARE, ARE THERE ANY, UM, COMMENTS OR CORRECTIONS TO THOSE MINUTES AT THIS TIME WE HAD AUGUST 27TH.

THAT WAS THE MP IMPACT FEE WORK SESSION WHEN THERE WERE A LOT OF QUESTIONS IN THAT MINUTES.

UM, AS FAR AS BACK AND FORTH, THAT WAS A GOOD WORKSHOP, AUGUST 31ST AND SEPTEMBER 3RD, WHICH WAS A SPECIAL CALL MEETING.

I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.

SO MOVE MADDEN CHAIRMAN.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL BOILING.

AND WHO SECONDED? I HEARD A SECOND.

WHO WAS THE SECOND PLACE? PAUL SUMMERVILLE.

WITHOUT ANY EXCEPTIONS AND MINUTES WILL STAND AS WRITTEN AS APPROVED.

ITEMS. THE FIRST IS A REQUEST FROM THE FRIENDS OF FORT FREMONT AND THE PASSIVE PARKS MANAGER TO MEN, THE NATIONAL HISTORIC PLACES, NOMINATION FORM TO INCLUDE THE BATTERY FOR NANCE ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES.

UNDER ACTION

[6. REQUEST FROM THE FRIENDS OF FORT FREMONT AND THE PASSIVE PARKS MANAGER TO AMEND THE NATIONAL HISTORIC PLACES NOMINATION FORM TO INCLUDE BATTERY FORNANCE ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES.]

AND I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT YOUR PACKET.

THERE'S PICTURES OF WHERE THIS IS IN RELATION TO THE REST OF FORT FREMONT.

AND IT'S UM, I JUST MISS WHO WILL BE SPEAKING TO THIS AT THIS TIME.

THEY MISS MISS IMAGINE, WANT TO SPEAK TO IT? OKAY, GO AHEAD, MR. GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL.

UM, GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL.

UM, I WAS APPROACHED BY THE FRIENDS OF FORT FREMONT TO, UM, CONCLUDE A BATTERY FOR DANCE, WHICH IS THE SMALLER OF THE TWO STRUCTURES, UM, HISTORIC STRUCTURES THAT ARE ON THE SITE, UH, ONTO THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES OF WHICH BATTERY JUST UP THE LARGER STRUCTURE IS ALREADY DESIGNATED.

SO, UM, BATTERY JESSUP WAS NOMINATED IN 1988 AND THEN DETERMINED, ELIGIBLE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR IN 89.

AND FOR WHATEVER REASON, IT WASN'T LISTED EXACTLY UNTIL 2010, PROBABLY BECAUSE IT WAS UNDER PRIVATE HANDS AT THE TIME UNTIL, UM, THE COUNTY PURCHASED PROPERTY BATTERY

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FOR ANNOUNCE WAS NOT PART OF THAT ORIGINAL NOMINATION BECAUSE AT THE TIME, AS I SAID, IT WAS IN PRIVATE HANDS AND THERE WAS ACTUALLY A HOUSE THAT WAS BUILT ON TOP OF THE BATTERY.

AND SO THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR, UM, SHIPPO FOLKS, UM, THE SAID IT WAS NOT ELIGIBLE.

IT WAS NOT APPLICABLE SINCE THAT TIME, THE HOUSE WAS BURNED DOWN.

UM, THE DEBRIS FROM THE HOUSE HAS ALL BEEN REMOVED.

THERE ARE JUST A FEW REMANENT BRICKS THAT WERE CONCRETED INTO THE STRUCTURE.

UM, BUT IT IS NOW CONSIDERED ELIGIBLE BY SHIPPO AND THE FRIENDS WOULD LIKE TO INCLUDE IT.

UM, SO THAT THE FULL BATTERY IS UNDER THAT, UM, LEVEL OF FEDERAL PROTECTION.

SO THIS, UH, AGENDA ITEM, UM, IS JUST THE NOMINATION FORM THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT TO, UM, THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND, UH, AMENDING THE ORIGINAL NOMINATION FORM WITH THAT, UM, FIRST CONTINUATION SHEET AND THEN THE FOLLOWING PICTURES.

AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THEM.

I I'M SORRY.

I WAS ON MUTE.

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? I HAD ONE QUESTION.

I THINK YOU ANSWERED IT IN THE PRESENTATION.

I MEAN, IN YOUR PACKET, THERE'LL BE NO EXTRA COST TO THE COUNTY BY ADDING THIS TO THE NOMINATION.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.

THERE IS NO COST TO NOMINATE OR SUBMIT THE NOMINATION TO THE CEDS.

DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS? NO, I HAVE JUST ONE.

ALICE, DOES THIS GIVE US ANY ADDITIONAL DUTIES OR RESPONSIBILITIES PLACE, ANY RESTRICTIONS OR PRIVILEGES WITH REGARD TO THE PLACEMENT WITH REGARD TO THAT THE ONLY, UM, RESTRICTIONS, IT DOESN'T OBLIGATE US TO DO ANYTHING AS FAR AS LIKE DOING ANY KIND OF RESTORATION WORK OR, UM, IT'S REALLY MORE THAT WE ARE GOING TO PRESERVE IT IN PERPETUITY AS LONG AS THE STRUCTURE LASTS.

UM, AND THEN IT ALSO DOES RESTRICT WHAT WE CAN DO ON, ON THE PROPERTY.

UM, BUT IT'S NO FURTHER RESTRICTION THAN WHAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING.

UH, ON THE OTHER HALF OF THE PROPERTY WHERE WE'RE ACTUALLY BUILDING THE INTERPRETIVE CENTER, UH, WE DID HAVE TO GO THROUGH ADDITIONAL HOOPS AND HURDLES, UM, WITH GETTING ARCHEOLOGY SURVEYS AND WHATNOT, BUT WE'VE GONE THROUGH ALL THAT AND THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL, UM, LIKE PARK OR RECREATION STRUCTURES TO BE ADDED TO THE PROPERTY.

SO I DID NOT OPPOSE THE NOMINATION.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.

I HEAR A MOTION.

WE'LL NEED A MOTION FROM SOMEONE COULD DO THIS.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION? OKAY.

I THINK YORK MADE THE MOTION, PAUL SECOND, IS THAT, DOES THAT WORK OR WAS IT THE OTHER WAY AROUND? OKAY.

PAUL MADE THE MOTION IN YORK SECOND.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, IF NOT, WE'LL PASS THIS BY WITHOUT EXCEPTION TO, TO AMEND THE SUPO NOMINATION FORM TO INCLUDE BATTERY FOR NANCE ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES, MOVING ALONG

[7. RESOLUTION AMENDING R2019-49 FOR PUBLIC ACCESS AND PASSIVE RECREATION PROJECTS - PHASE II.]

TO NUMBER SEVEN.

UH, I THINK MR. GREENWAY IS GOING TO DISCUSS THIS.

THIS IS A RESOLUTION AMENDING OUR 2019 DASH 49 FOR PUBLIC ACCESS AND PASSIVE RECREATION PROJECTS SPACE TOO.

UH, YES.

THE SOUTH OF THE BROAD AREA TO SPAN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE PARK IMPROVEMENT, SET PEPPER HALL, UH, AT THE OTT RIVER PARK.

MADAM CHAIR, WE ARE PRESENTING A REQUEST AT THIS TIME TO AMEND THAT RESOLUTION.

THE MODELING PROPERTY IS A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT WE JOINTLY ON WITH THE PORT ROYAL SOUND FOUNDATION AND SETS ADJACENT TO PROPERTY THAT THEY ON A BEHIND A BOAT LANDING AND PROPERTY.

THEY OWN FRONTING A HIGHWAY ONE 70, UH, WHENEVER YOU AUTHORIZED RESOLUTION 20 1949, WE HAD PLACED IN THERE THAT WE WOULD SPEND A MILLION DOLLARS TO DEVELOP A PASSIVE PARK ON THAT PROPERTY, BUT DUE TO THE F ONE OF THE IMPROVEMENTS NECESSARY FOR THE OT RIVER PARK, ADJACENT TO PEPPER HALL GRAVES, AS A RESULT OF THE RESA APPROVAL OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, THERE WERE BRINGING THIS RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU ALL AN AMENDMENT TO THE RESOLUTION TO TRANSFER THE MILLION DOLLARS THAT WE WERE GOING TO SPEND THAT MODEL, UH, TO

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AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE, UNLESS YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME.

WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS.

THIS IS IN BRYAN FILINGS DISTRICT.

AND, UM, SO ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT IT? YES.

DO RODMAN.

YEAH, I THANK YOU.

MADAM CHAIRMAN.

UM, THE, UH, WE ACTUALLY HAD 1,000,001 IN THE AGREEMENT THAT WE JUST EXECUTED, UH, ON THE, UH, ON THE SITE, 1,000,001 FOR THE PARK.

AND THEN I THINK ROBERT WAS GOING TO CONTRIBUTE, UH, 50,000.

SO IT SEEMS TO BE THE NUMBER OUGHT TO BE 1.15 RATHER THAN ONE.

AND AM I MISSING SOMETHING? UM, NO, SIR.

YOU'RE CORRECT.

IT'S JUST THAT IN ORDER FOR US TO SECURE THE MILLION DOLLARS, WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE TO FIND THE ONE, THE $150,000 SOMEWHERE ELSE.

I AM BRINGING THAT TO A LATER DATE OR A TRANSFER MONEY FROM ANOTHER PROJECT ON THIS LIST TO DO THAT NOW.

BUT WE WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE CARE OF THE MILLION DOLLAR REALLOCATION BECAUSE WE HAVE SPENT MONEY.

WE HAVE DONE CRYSTAL LAKE AND JIM POINT PARK IMPROVEMENTS IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY HERE.

SO WE WERE JUST THINKING THAT SAYS THERE WAS SOME CONCERN ABOUT US MOVING AHEAD, SO QUICKLY REMODELING THAT THERE SHOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TRANSFER THE MODELING PORTION IN THIS RESOLUTION DOWN TO PEPPER HALL, UH, TO TAKE CARE OF THAT MILLION.

SO I DO UNDERSTAND IT, IT SOUNDS LIKE MAYBE IT'D BE 1.05, BUT THAT'S PROBABLY TRAVELING OVER TO THE ROUNDING, BUT IN ANY EVENT, UM, UH, MADAM CHAIR, IF WE HAVE TIME, IT MIGHT BE USEFUL, UM, TO GET ERIC SENSE OF WHAT NOT EXACTLY WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, BUT ROUGHLY WHAT THE SCHEDULE LOOKS LIKE MOVING FORWARD ON THAT DESIGN AND WHERE WE ARE ON THAT.

THAT'S A GOOD SUGGESTION.

GO AHEAD.

COULD MR. GREENWOOD, WELL, WE'LL, WE'LL IMMEDIATELY START DISCUSSION WITH MR. GRAVES REGARDING PARK PLANNING AND THE POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PROPERTY.

WE HAVE VISION LIMITED AMOUNTS OF STRUCTURES ON THE PROPERTY TRAIL CONSTRUCTION AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND IT WOULD BE IDEAL IF WE CAN DO THE PLANNING AND HOW ALL OF THAT APPROVED BY COUNCIL BEFORE SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF INFRASTRUCTURE WORK STARTS ON THE PEPPER HALL PROPERTY SO THAT WE CAN HOPEFULLY GET SOME COST BENEFIT BY HAVING THE SAME WORK DONE AT THE SAME TIME ON BOTH PEPPER HALL AND, UH, THE OTA RIVER PARK, SUCH AS, WOW, THE PAVERS ARE OUT THERE PAVING THE ROAD.

IT WOULD BE IDEAL TO HAVE THEM GO AHEAD AND PAVE SOME OF THE TRAILS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND WE'RE GOING TO DO AND BUILD PARKING LOTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN WRAP THAT UP, DO PLANNING OVER THE NEXT THREE OR FOUR MONTHS, AND THEN WE MOVE INTO THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MY UNDERSTANDING OF HIS SCHEDULE IS HE LOOKS TO BE COMPLETING IN THE APRIL MAY TIMEFRAME.

SO JUST KIND OF KEEP THAT IN THE BACK OF YOUR MIND.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS, UH, WRESTLE, AMENDING THE RESOLUTION? NONE.

MADAM CHAIR.

I MOVE FOR ADOPTION BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? THE SECOND TO THE MOTION? I WILL SECOND THE MOTION.

BUT IT WAS SECOND I HEARD, UM, I HEARD COUNT OUR CHAIRMAN PESSIMISTS SECOND.

SO WITHOUT EXCEPTION AND BECAUSE YOUR MOTION SAID UNANIMOUS, UM, I, IT IS DONE AND WE WILL MOVE US FORWARD.

IT HAS TO GO TO FULL COUNCIL, CORRECT? YES, IT DOES.

YOU'LL HAVE TO, YOU'LL HAVE TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION COUNSEL.

YES.

NUMBER NINE, WHICH IS A DISCUSSION ITEM, UH, BUFORD COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE, AND GREEN SCREENPRINT UPDATE.

ALL RIGHT.

WE ARE, WE HAVE TAKEN NUMBER EIGHT OFF THE AGENDA AND WE ARE AT

[9. BEAUFORT COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE & GREENPRINT UPDATE (GLENN WALTERS, DESIGN WORKSHOP CONSULTANT)]

MADAM CHAIRMAN OF LEAD, A ROB MERCHANT INTRODUCED US.

AND, UH, ALSO I THINK HE WAS GOING TO INTRODUCE, UH, GLEN WALKERS, OUR CONSULTANT.

UM, BASICALLY A STATE STATUTE SAYS WE'RE REQUIRED TO REWRITE THE PLAN EVERY 10 YEARS AND REASONS FIVE.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

UH, THERE, THANK YOU.

UH, MS. CHAIRMAN, JUST A FEW SECONDS FOR OUR CONSULTANT TO GET OFF.

UM, WE WEREN'T CERTAIN THAT THE, UM, THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE SKIPPING TO AGENDA ITEMS. SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE JOINING NOW AND THEY'LL BE READY TO, BUT I'LL JUST GIVE YOU A QUICK BACKGROUND, UH, BEAVER COUNTY.

UH, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO.

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AND SO WE'RE AT THAT 10 YEAR MARK, OUR CURRENT PLAN WAS ADOPTED IN, IN DECEMBER, UH, 2011 AND WE CHOSE, UH, LAST FALL.

WE CHOSE THE FIRM DESIGN WORKSHOP, UH, TO DO THIS WORK FOR US.

UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY WITH THEM.

UH, WE WERE DEFINITELY THROWN A CURVE BALL IN MARCH.

WE HAD OUR FIRST ROUND OF MEETINGS AND THEY WERE WELL ATTENDED AND WE GOT A LOT OF GOOD COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC AND THEN, UH, COVID-19 HEADS.

AND SO IT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A CHALLENGE TO DO A TYPICAL CONFERENCE PLAN.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THEM ON THE BACKGROUND PORTION OF THE PLAN.

AND THEN WE HELD TWO DIFFERENT WORKSHOPS, ONE DEALING WITH THE, UM, THE GREEN PRINTS AND THE LAND PRESERVATION ISSUES IN GENERAL.

AND THEN WE HAD ONE DEDICATED TO GROWTH MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

UM, AND SO I, I DON'T KNOW IF OUR CONSULTANT HAS JOINED YET ON THE LIST AS AN AS MUTED FOR ANNA.

CAN YOU, SO I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE GLENN WALTERS WHO HAS A SHORT PRESENTATION BASICALLY TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE HAVE DONE SO FAR IN OUR NEXT STEPS, BECAUSE THE DEADLINE THAT WE ORIGINALLY SAID IS RAPIDLY COMING ON US, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMED LIKE WITH COVID THAT TIME KIND OF FLEW EVEN STOOD STILL AT THE SAME TIME.

SO, UM, SO GLEN, ARE YOU READY? OH, OH, YOU'RE THERE I AM HERE.

YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU.

I HAD TO CALL THAT.

ARE YOU WANTING ME TO SHARE MY SCREEN NOW? OH YEAH.

SO I'M SORRY.

I GAVE AN INTRODUCTION AND GREAT.

AND PEOPLE ARE STILL, UM, TAKING THE SURVEYS AND READING THE INFORMATION.

THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

SO I'M GLEN WALTERS.

I WORK WITH A FIRM CALLED DESIGN WORKSHOP, I GUESS ROB MENTIONED ALL THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE COUNTY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THREE PRINT PLAN, AS WELL AS PORT ROYAL'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN HERE'S WHO'S BEEN WORKING ON IT.

KURT CULBERSON HAS BEEN THE PRINCIPAL IN CHARGE.

I'VE BEEN MANAGING THE PROJECT WITH ROB WE'VE HAD THAT HAD A GREAT TEAM, A LOT OF PASSION.

THEY GET INTO WHAT'S GOING ON THERE AND BE FOR COUNTY TO GET THIS PLAN PULLED TOGETHER.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT, UH, SINCE SORT OF JANUARY, FEBRUARY, I'M SORRY.

AND WITH A LOT OF INITIAL RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS WHERE WE WERE GATHERING UP AND CREATING A PRETTY AMAZING GIA G I S DATA BASE THAT CAME FROM NOT ONLY THE HARD WORK THE COUNTY'S ALREADY DONE, BUT YOU KNOW, SOME, SOME INTEREST STUDENTS THAT HAD ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION, NO, AND OTHERS THAN WE'VE BEEN CONSOLIDATING THIS REALLY ROBUST GIS DATABASE IN ORDER TO INFORM THE GREEN PRINT PLAN.

WELL, AS THEN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WE HAD SEVERAL STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS AT THE BEGINNING, UM, YOU KNOW, VARIOUS TYPES OF INTEREST GROUPS OR PEOPLE THAT WOULD EDUCATE US ON THINGS THAT WERE HAPPENING THAT AFFECTS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IN MARCH.

IT WAS PRETTY RIGHT BEFORE THE LOCKDOWN OF, I THINK ABOUT IT.

WE HAD A WORKSHOP TO WORKSHOP DOWN THERE AND BE FOR COUNTY WHERE WE WORKED ON VISION AND PRINCIPLES WITH THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT SHOWED UP AND THEN PUT THAT WORK UP ON A, UM, UH, A PROJECT WEBSITE THAT WE CREATED IN AUGUST.

WE HAD TWO WORKSHOPS AROUND THE GREEN PRINT PLAN THAT TALKS ABOUT PRIORITIES RELATED TO ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS AND PLACES LIKE THE SPACE AND THE TOOLS THAT MIGHT AFFECT CONSERVATION LAND CONSERVATION.

AND THEN ON SEPTEMBER 17TH, WE HAD A WORKSHOP ASSOCIATED WITH GROWTH AND ECONOMY, AND ALL OF THOSE WORKSHOPS ARE STILL UP ON THE WEBSITE@WWWDOTENVISIONVIEWFORCOUNTY.COM

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AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD WITH THE COUNTY TO PUSH THIS, THE SURVEYS AND THESE WORKSHOPS, AS, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS WE CAN, THE OUT INTO THE COUNTY, WE GOT 900 OR SO GREEN PRINT RESPONSES TO THE SURVEY, WHICH WE FELT REALLY GOOD ABOUT, AND WE'RE STILL HAMMERING AWAY AT, UM, AND FOLKS GET INTO THE GROWTH.

UM, WE HAVE THIS TOGETHER, OR, UM, OCTOBER 27TH, 28TH AND 29TH, WE WILL HAVE A IN-PERSON OPEN HOUSE TYPE OF WORKSHOP WHERE, UH, WE WILL HAVE BOARDS ON THE WALLS, SOME INTERACTIVE THINGS THAT ARE, WILL BE PROJECTED, AND WE WILL HAVE PEOPLE MANNING IT SUCH AS MYSELF TO BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN THINGS THE DISTANCE OF COURSE, BUT PEOPLE CAN COME, UH, OVER A FEW HOUR PERIODS AT THEIR LEISURE AND FEELING OF SAFETY AND MINGLE AROUND.

AND, AND, AND LOOK AT THE, YOU KNOW, THE PLAN IS IT'S EVOLVING AND OFFER US FEEDBACK BACK, UM, WITH THE GAME DOTS OR COMMENT CARDS OR THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND THEN WE WILL TAKE THAT INFORMATION AND BRING IT UP TO THE WEB AS WELL AND, AND PROMOTE PEOPLE, UH, INTERACTING WITH THAT MATERIAL, UH, TOO.

SO ALL OF THAT IS GOING TO BE FUNNELING INTO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE BEAVER COUNTY GREEN SPRINT PLAN.

AND I CAN SHARE THE, UM, SCHEDULE FOR THAT YEAR TOWARDS THE END.

THEY MENTIONED, WE WE'VE, AGAIN, TALKING ABOUT PRIORITIES AND FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LAND USE AND FUTURE GROWTH.

THESE WERE IN PERSON MEETINGS IN ONE IN THE NORTH PORTION OF THE COUNTY.

AND ONE IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY.

UH, THE FEEDBACK WE GOT WERE THAT PARTICIPANTS WERE MOST SATISFIED WITH PARKS AND PARK MAINTENANCE, ACCESS TO NATURE, FEELING OF SAFETY, FEELING OF COMMUNITY.

IT REALLY SATISFIED WITH SPRAWL HOUSING, AFFORDABILITY, EMPLOYMENT, AND TRANSIT.

I MEAN, TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS IN TERMS OF THE COUNTY'S LAND USE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THEY TALKED ABOUT PRIORITY LAND USE SHOULD, SHOULD BE LOW DENSITY, RESIDENTIAL AND PARKS, CONSERVATION BASED AND FOCUSED ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING AT THE MOMENT.

THIS IS INTERESTING WHEN YOU LOOK AT LOW DENSITY, AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THEN PRIORITY DID ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLANNING AND POLICY SHOULD BE MORE JOB TRAINING, REGIONAL COOPERATION, SUPPORTING ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND EXPANDING OUTDOOR RECREATION TOURISM.

IN TERMS OF FUTURE GROWTH IN MARCH, PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT BALANCE WITH ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION, FOCUSED ON PRESERVING WHAT YOU HAVE ALREADY AND BETTER HANDLED WITH POLICIES AND PLANS.

CRITICAL CONCERNS WERE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY.

AGAIN, INCREASED TRAFFIC, PROTECTING THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, FLOODING AND STORMWATER MANAGEMENT, AND MOST IMPORTANT IN MANAGING GROWTH ARE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PRESERVATION OF CHARACTER AND LIMITING GROWTH.

WE THEN HAD A WORKSHOP, UH, OVER THE GREEN PRINT PLAN, WHERE WE SHARED WITH THEM THE EXTENT OF OUR ENVIRONMENTAL MAPPING AND GOT INTO THAT DISCUSSIONS ABOUT PRIORITIES, THE TYPES OF ENVIRONMENTS THAT SHOULD BE PRIORITIZED, THE PLACES, UH, YOU KNOW, THE AREAS THAT SHOULD BE PRIORITIZED.

UM, ANYWAY, THE TOP FIVE WERE WATER QUALITY, CRITICAL HABITAT, FLOOD, PLAIN OPEN SPACE AND TRAILS AND SCENIC, AND THE TOP TWO CHOICES FOR AREAS OF PORT ROYAL SOUND AND THE SEA ISLANDS.

AND WE'VE SINCE GOT ALL 20 OR SO, UH, PAPER SURVEYS SENT, UM, CAUSE, UM, UH, UH, AS AN EFFORT TO TRY TO REACH MORE PEOPLE, WE PRINTED OFF A BUNCH OF PAPERWORK AND THESE, THESE SEEM TO FIT WITH WHAT WE'RE GETTING OUT OF THOSE AS WELL.

SO THESE SEEM TO BE THE ONES THAT ARE SITTING UP TOP THAT PEOPLE ARE MOST CONCERNED ABOUT WITHIN THE GREEN CRAMP PLAN AND THE NATURAL RESOURCES PLAN.

WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT WITHIN THE GREEN PRINT PLAN, YOU KNOW, NO DEVELOPMENT, LIMITING DEVELOPMENT OR ALLOWING FULL ON DEVELOPMENT WITHIN SOME OF THESE DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTAL SPACES.

UM, WE GOT WITHIN THE A HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD, PLAIN, NO DEVELOPMENT OR LIMITED DEVELOPMENT AREAS PROJECTED BY TO BE IMPACTED BY SEA LEVEL RISE IS MOSTLY NO DEVELOPMENT AREAS WHERE IT WOULD IMPACT OPEN SPACE AND TRAILS, MOSTLY LIMITED DEVELOPMENT AREAS WHERE IT WOULD DEGRADE RURAL CHARACTER, MOSTLY LIMITED DEVELOPMENT.

UM, AND WE'VE, YOU KNOW, THESE SURVEYS HAVE MORE INFORMATION THAT WILL THEN ENABLE US TO DO SOME PRIORITY MAPPING THAT WILL HELP TO CREATE A TOOL THAT BOTH THE PLANNING FOLKS AT THE COUNTY CAN LOOK AND SEE

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WHERE THE CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL AREAS ARE OVERLAPPING, UH, BASED ON COMMUNITY PRIORITIES AND, AND MAPPING, RIGHT? SO THERE'LL BE A VISUAL TOOL TO, UH, TO BE ABLE TO JUDGE THE PLACEMENT OF NEW DEVELOPMENT AGAINST ENVIRONMENTAL CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS AND PRIORITIES.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PRIORITY MAP AND CAN ALSO BE USED TO FOCUS CONSERVATION EFFORTS, WHETHER THAT BE POLICIES OR PURCHASE OR CONSERVATION EASEMENTS, OR, UM, ANY OF SEVERAL TOOLS THAT CAN BE USED.

WE THEN HAD A GROWTH MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP, UM, ON SEPTEMBER 17TH.

AND WE LAUNCHED ANOTHER SURVEY FOR THAT.

UH, WHAT WE'RE HEARING THERE IS IN TERMS OF PROTECTING IMPORTANT LAND, THEY WERE EVENLY DIVIDED ON, OH, I'M SORRY, THIS ACTUALLY SHOULD HAVE GONE IN THE GREEN CREDITS, BUT THERE WAS A EVEN SPLIT REALLY BETWEEN THE COUNTY PURCHASING LAND VERSUS THE EMPHASIS ON USING ZONING AND ORDINANCES TO LIMIT DEVELOPMENT AND WHAT THIS AND 50% OF PROTESTS SAID YESTERDAY THAT THE GREEN PRINT PLAN SHOULD ALSO INFORM GROWTH MANAGEMENT PLANNING ON THIS QUESTION OVER HERE ON PROTECT ON THE EMPHASIS ON COUNTY PURCHASING OR USING ZONING OR OTHER ORDINANCES TO ACCOMPLISH CONSERVATION GOALS.

WHAT YOU'RE NOT SEEING IS THE MIDDLE BAR SAID, I DON'T REALLY CARE, DO WHATEVER IT TAKES, RIGHT? SO THERE ISN'T WASN'T NECESSARILY A, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THERE WAS AN ANSWER IN THE MIDDLE THERE THAT, UH, NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT IN ADDITION TO PURCHASING VERSUS PRIVATE, UH, OWNERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT OF, OF, OF, UH, OPEN STATE.

BUT ANYWAY, WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF GOOD FEEDBACK.

THEY'RE THE MOST SUPPORTIVE GROWTH MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES RELATED TO NOT ALLOWING DEVELOPMENT WITHIN ENVIRONMENTALLY CRITICAL AREAS.

AND GENERALLY THAT'S THE LOW LANDS THAT ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING, UM, CONSERVATION BASED VOTING FOR ENVIRONMENTALLY CRITICAL AREAS, MORE GROWTH THROUGH BOUNDARIES, AROUND POPULATION CLUSTERS AND MORE AND LARGER PURCHASES OF OPEN SPACE AND PLACES THAT SHOULD PROMOTE ACCOMMODATING GROWTH OR WITHIN THE UNDEVELOPED, LOTS OF EXISTING SUBDIVISIONS AND UDS WITHIN THE MUNICIPALITIES USING, UM, BOTH OF THE COUNTY AND THE MUNICIPALITIES USING INFIELD DEVELOPMENT TECHNIQUES.

AND THEN THERE'S A RECOGNITION THAT GROWTH IS HEADING, UH, YOU KNOW, TOWARDS JASPER COUNTY.

AND GIVEN THAT A LOT OF ACCOUNTS, THE BUFORD COUNTY HAS BEEN DETERMINED ALREADY THROUGH ZONING OR, YOU KNOW, LAND USE PLANS OR JOINT PLANS WITH THE MILITARY AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS THAT GROWTH WILL PROBABLY LOGICALLY BE PROMOTED.

UM, NEXT DOOR TO YOU.

WE ARE, UH, REALLY HUSTLING NOW TO PULL ALL OF THIS TOGETHER.

UM, THE GREEN PRINT PLAN TIMELINE IS AHEAD OF THE COMPREHENSIVE TIME PLAN TIMELINE, JUST BECAUSE THIS INFORMATION WILL END UP FOLDING INTO THE NATURAL RESOURCES SECTION.

UH, BUT WE PLAN ON GETTING A DRAFT DOCUMENT TO THE BOARD AT THE BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER ON THAT.

SO WE'RE WORKING REALLY HARD RIGHT NOW ON THE PRIORITY MAPPING AND NARRATIVES OF STRATEGIES.

AND, AND WE'RE WORKING ON, I HAVE SOME STAKEHOLDERS THAT ARE PROVIDING US SOME INPUT ON THAT AS WELL AS THE COUNTY IS AND, AND PUTTING TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, THE DOCUMENTS THAT THEY CAN GET REVIEWED AND ACCEPTED.

UM, IN TERMS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND TIMELINE.

AS I MENTIONED, WE'VE GOT A THREE DAY WORKSHOP OPEN WORKSHOP COMING UP THE END OF THIS MONTH, AFTER THAT MEETING, WE WILL GET ROB, UM, YOU KNOW, GET THE DRAFT DOCUMENT PUT TOGETHER.

AND THEN IT'S IN A DRAFT FOR REVIEW AROUND THE DECEMBER, SECOND TIMEFRAME, GETTING COMMENTS BACK FROM PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE COUNTY, UM, DECEMBER 18TH OR SO.

AND THEN WE WILL TURN THAT BACK AROUND TO GET IT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON JANUARY THE 15TH, THEN JUST PENDING REVIEW OF ALL THAT HOPING TO GET ADOPTION SOON AFTER OF THAT'S IT.

DO YOU WANT ME TO TALK ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE? COULD WE OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS, PLEASE? YOU BET.

YOU KNOW, WE NEEDED TO UPDATE THE GREEN PRINT ABOUT THE SAME TIME AS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS OR OTHERS ON THIS, UH, COUNCIL SUMMERVILLE? I DON'T RECALL THAT THE GREEN PRINT WAS ALWAYS PART OF THE COVENANT WRONG.

I THOUGHT IT WAS A SEPARATE DOCUMENT BECAUSE IT HASN'T BEEN RECENTLY OPERATED INTO THE COMP PLAN OR IS IT ALWAYS BEEN PART OF THE COMP PLAN? WELL, I CAN ANSWER THAT.

UM, YOU'RE RIGHT.

THEY THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN SEPARATE, UM, THAT FOR THE TIMING ISSUE, WE WERE,

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AND WE ALSO SAW AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF BENEFIT FROM ECONOMIES OF SCALE AND, AND, YOU KNOW, THIS WORK TO A FIRM THAT WAS ALREADY WORKING ON OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

UM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THE TWO ARE SO INTERRELATED, WE KIND OF SEE THE, UM, LAND PRESERVATION AS ONE TOOL, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR PROTECTING NATURAL RESOURCES.

IN ADDITION TO THINGS LIKE ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS IN INTO TOO, IT MADE SENSE TO, TO KIND OF ANALYZE IT AS A WHOLE TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, WHAT NATURAL RESOURCES WHO WANT TO PROTECT AND WHICH TOOL TO USE TO PROTECT THEM, YOU KNOW, THE RURAL AND CRITICAL LANDS BEING, I WOULD SAY THE MOST EXPENSIVE.

AND THE FACT IS THAT OBVIOUSLY ONE THAT WE HAVE TO APPLY SPARINGLY AND IT'S THE MOST CRITICAL MOMENTS THEN.

THANKS.

SO JUST THE PRACTICAL CONSIDERATION MADE IT, BROUGHT THEM TOGETHER.

YEAH.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES.

GO AHEAD.

THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION.

IT WAS, IT WAS QUITE INTERESTING.

UM, ONE THING I'D LIKE TO ASK ABOUT IS, UM, JOB DEVELOPMENT AND ACCESS TO JOBS.

SO IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE WE'RE GOING IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION FROM AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVE, BUT SINCE THIS PROCESS HAS STARTED, OBVIOUSLY, AND, UM, I'M WONDERING HOW MUCH WORK HAS FACTORED INTO THE STUDY OR WILL FACTOR INTO THIS STUDY.

UH, YOU KNOW, CAUSE MY PERSONAL OPINION HAS ALWAYS BEEN THAT THIS IS THE BEST PLACE ON EARTH FOR REMOTE WORK.

BEAUTIFUL.

IT'S GREAT QUALITY OF LIFE.

UM, AND YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S EASY TO WORK FROM HERE.

SO I'M JUST CURIOUS AS TO HOW THOSE TWO THINGS ARE GOING TO BALANCE EACH OTHER OR IMPACT EACH OTHER IN THE STUDY.

GREAT POINT.

AND, AND WE, WE WE'RE, WE WILL BRING FOCUS TO THAT FOR SURE.

I MEAN, WE, YOU KNOW, THE PART THAT YOU HAVE, LIKE YOU SAY, THE ASSETS THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY LEND THEMSELVES TO, UH, HOW PEOPLE ARE THINKING ABOUT LIVING AND WORKING NOW.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IT IT'LL BE UP TO US TO REALLY MAKE SURE TO BRING THOSE IDEAS FORWARD IN A PLAN.

AYE.

I KNOW COUNCILMAN FOILING HAS REMARKED ABOUT THIS.

UH, THE HIGH NUMBER OF, UM, MOUTH IS IN RESIDENCE IT'S BEING SOLD RIGHT NOW BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE REALIZING ARE REALIZING THEY CAN WORK FROM HOME AND THEY WANT TO JUST AS COUNCILMAN HERBERT SHAN MENTIONED ONE THING I'M JUST ANECDOTALLY A CONSTITUENT OF MINE WHO WAS PART OF THE FIRST COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, SAID THREE OF THE CRITICAL AREAS WERE IDENTIFIED MANY, MANY YEARS AGO.

ROB MAY REMEMBER THE STUDENT HOUSING TRANSPORTATION, AND THEN SORT OF BRING OPEN SPACE.

SO THEY HAVE COME AGAIN TO THE TOP FROM HOW MANY YEARS AGO? 20 YEARS AGO STILL MAIN CONCERNS OF PRESIDENTS OF BUFORD COUNTY.

NO.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SCHEDULE? UH, THE IN PERSON WORKSHOPS.

OH, YOU I'M SURE YOU'RE PLAYING THEM IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COUNTY THAT YOU KNOW YET, BUT DO YOU HAVE LOCATIONS? WELL, WE DON'T HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, I CAN KIND OF GIVE YOU A HEADS UP IS, UM, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ARE THREE WORKSHOPS.

TWO WOULD BE IN WHAT WE REALLY WANT TO DO IS REACH OUT TO THE RURAL COMMUNITIES.

SO WE WANT TO HAVE ONE ON ST.

HELENA ISLAND.

UM, PROBABLY THE 29TH THAT WE'RE, WE'RE STILL, YOU KNOW, GETTING THE LOCATIONS IN PLACE.

UM, ONE IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY AND THEN ONE SOUTH OF THE BROAD.

SO WE'RE, THAT'S THE, THE REASON WE WANTED TO HAVE THREE, THE FIRST GO AROUND, BACK IN MARCH, ONE OF THE COMMENTS THAT WE WERE GIVEN US, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE GONNA MAKE SURE THAT WE REALLY REACHED OUT TO THE RURAL COMMUNITIES.

AND SO, UM, THAT'S GOALS.

RIGHT.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE WE GOT A PUBLIC COMMENT? YES.

MISS COUNCILMAN RODMAN.

YEP.

DOES THIS COME TO US AT THE END OR DO WE TAKE A LOOK AT IT IN PARALLEL? SO WE DON'T GET TO THE END AND JUST SAY, WELL, WHY DID YOU DO THIS, DO THIS, OR WHY DID YOU DO THAT? SO IT'S JUST MORE FOR MY EDUCATION MANAGER.

MADAM CHAIR, BY THE WAY, AS A SIDE NOTE ON THE PEOPLE WORKING FROM HOME, APRIL'S HERE ON THE ISLANDS RUN OUT OF OFFICE CHAIRS AND COMPETITORS.

SORRY.

I THINK IT'S REAL WHAT CHRIS WAS SAYING.

AND I MAY HAVE MISSED THIS OR JUST NOT FAMILIAR WITH IT, BUT IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE WE HAVE A FAIRLY TIGHT SCHEDULE TO GET ALL OF THIS DONE.

AND I KNOW WE HAVE SOME DATES THAT WE HAVE TO MEET.

UM, BUT IF WE NEED ONE OR TWO EXTRA MONTHS TO DO IT RIGHT, IS THAT THE KIND OF THING WE CAN GET PERMISSION TO DO? AND I GUESS MY SECOND QUESTION IS, UM,

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MR. MARTIN OR MR. GREENWAY, YOU WANT TO TAKE THOSE TWO QUESTIONS? WELL, I WILL, I WILL SAY THAT THE STATE LEGISLATURE PASSED A BILL THAT GAVE, UM, LOCAL MUNICIPAL OR LOCAL COMMUNITIES AN ADDITIONAL YEAR KIND OF RECOGNIZING THAT COVID-19 AND THE, YOU KNOW, THE SOCIAL DISTANCING IS NOT REALLY TO THE, YOU KNOW, GATHERING PUBLIC INPUT.

SO WE ARE NOT UP AGAINST A HARD AND FAST DEADLINE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT TIME.

I THINK THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH THE CONSULTANT, THEY WANTED TO MORE OR LESS HONOR THE TIMELINE THEY HAD.

AND SO THAT'S WHY WE CAME UP WITH THE IDEA OF HAVING SOCIALLY DISTANCE IN PERSON WORKSHOPS.

CAUSE WE THOUGHT THAT THIS WOULD BE A CRUCIAL TIME THAT I, YOU KNOW, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE NOT, THERE WAS SOME CONCERN I THINK, BROUGHT UP IT'S SO LOCA THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WERE UP AGAINST A DEADLINE, BUT THE STATE HAS GIVEN US SOME LEEWAY WHERE THAT'S CONCERNED.

DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION MUCH? SO THANK YOU.

ONE THAT I'M AWARE OF PUBLIC COMMENT THAT I'D LIKE TO READ INTO THE RECORD.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? WE DO HAVE

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ARE THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? UH, MS. BROCK OR MS. BRENNA.

TELL US BEFORE YOU READ THAT, CAN YOU MAKE SURE THAT THE INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED IS SENT TO EACH OF THE COUNCIL PEOPLE? OH YES.

CERTAINLY WE'LL GET THAT OUT TO EVERYBODY.

UM, VERY GOOD.

VERY GOOD INFORMATION TOO.