* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:09:05] WELCOME [00:09:06] TO THIS AFTERNOON'S COUNCIL MEETING. YES. UM, WE WILL START OFF THE, UH, PROCEEDINGS WITH THE, UH, INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY COUNCILMAN JOHN CARROLL. PLEASE RISE, [I. INVOCATION & PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] JUDGE CRAIG. DEAR ORDERS, WE COME TO YOU TODAY. WE WANT TO THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR YOUR BOUNTIFUL BLESSINGS. AND LORD, AS ALWAYS, WE ASK THAT AS WE DO THE BUSINESS OF, UH, JASPER COUNTY AND THE, UH, CITY OF HARVILLE, THAT WE SERVE THE CITIZENS THE BEST THAT WE CAN. AND ALSO, LORD, WE DO WANT TO TAKE, UH, JUST A SECOND, UH, TO PAUSE AND, UM, IN MEMORY OF, UM, A LONG LOST CITIZEN FROM HARVILLE, MR. JOHN HARPER, WHO PASSED AWAY LAST WEEK, AND HE'S A LONG TIME CITIZEN AND DID A LOT FOR HARDY BILL, THAT A LOT OF FOLKS DIDN'T KNOW ALL THESE THINGS WE ASKED, [00:10:01] LORD, IN YOUR MOST PRECIOUS NAME, AMEN OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR OUR SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE FOUGHT AND DIED FOR OUR FREEDOM AND FOR ALL THOSE WHO CONTINUE TO SERVE AROUND THE WORLD PROTECTING OUR WAY OF LIFE. THANK YOU. I'LL NOW CALL, CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. [II. CALL TO ORDER] THIS IS THE CITY OF HARVILLE, REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING, PUBLIC HEARING, 2 0 5 MAIN STREET, HARDY V, SOUTH CAROLINA, MARCH 21ST, 2024 AT 4:00 PM UH, OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TO ADOPT TODAY'S AGENDA. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE DISAPP, APPROVE OR MAKE ANY CHANGES TO TODAY'S AGENDA? MOTION. [III. ADOPTION OF AGENDA] WE APPROVE TODAY'S AGENDA. WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. UH, FIRST WE WILL HAVE EXECUTIVE SESSION TODAY, AND THIS WE WILL HAVE A DISCUSSION OF NEGOTIATIONS, INCIDENTS TO PROPOSE CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS AND PROPOSE SALE OR PURCHASE OF PROPERTY, THE RECEIPT OF LEGAL ADVICE WHERE LEGAL ADVICE RELATES TO A PENDING, THREATENED, OR POTENTIAL CLAIM, OR OTHER MATTERS COVERED BY THE ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE, SETTLEMENT OF LEGAL CLAIMS, OR THE POSITION OF THE PUBLIC AGENCY AND OTHER ADVERSARY SITUATIONS INVOLVING THE ASSERTION AGAINST THE AGENCY OF A CLAIM, OR IN ACCORDANCE WITH SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAW 30 DASH FOUR DASH 78 2. WE WILL BE GETTING A LEGAL OPINION. WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT A PROPERTY PURCHASE, AND WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT OUR EXECUTIVE SEARCH PROCESS. UH, COUNSEL MAY TAKE ACTION IN OPEN SESSION ON MATTERS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ENTER INTO [IV. EXECUTIVE SESSION] EXECUTIVE SESSION? I MOVE THAT WE ENTER INTO A EXECUTIVE SESSION. WE HAVE, WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. OKAY. UH, WE WILL CLEAR THE ROOM OF ANYONE WHO'S [A. DISCUSSION OF NEGOTIATIONS INCIDENT TO PROPOSED] NOT INVOLVED. UH, MIKE, LET'S FIRST DO THE, [01:09:02] COME [01:09:02] BACK. [01:09:04] WELCOME [01:09:05] EVERYONE. [01:09:05] UM, [01:09:07] WE [01:09:07] ARE [01:09:07] RETURNING, [01:09:08] WE'VE [01:09:09] ALREADY [01:09:09] OPENED OUR SESSION AT 4:00 PM AND WE'VE HAD EXECUTIVE SESSION, OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND OUR INVOCATION. AND NOW I'D LIKE A MOTION TO RETURN TO REGULAR SESSION FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION MOVE, RETURN TO REGULAR SESSION FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION. WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND. DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION? IT WENT ON SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OKAY. NEXT ARE PUBLIC COMMENTS. DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED [V. PUBLIC COMMENTS (3 MINUTE TIME LIMIT)] UP? LUCIA? UH, WE OKAY. THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS. WE [VI. PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS] HAVE THE JEANETTE DELO PROCLAMATION. UM, THIS WAS A PROCLAMATION THAT I ASKED FOR, UH, [01:10:02] ON BEHALF OF [A. JEANETTE DELOACH PROCLAMATION] THE SENIORS, THE JASPER COUNTY SENIOR CENTER BEHIND CITY HALL. UM, THE, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A LUNCHEON TOMORROW. UM, AT WHICH TIME I WOULD LIKE WITH COUNSEL'S, UH, APPROVAL OF THIS PROCLAMATION TO PRESENT TO MS. DELOACH FOR HER, UH, SERVICE TO THE SENIOR CENTER. IT'S HER 19TH ANNIVERSARY. SO HERE'S THE PROCLAMATION, AND I WOULD LIKE YOU TO ALL TO ENDORSE. WHEREAS JEANETTE DE LOS WAS BORN IN NEW JERSEY AND MOVED TO RIDGELAND, SOUTH CAROLINA AT THE AGE OF TWO AND WAS EDUCATED IN THE RIDGELAND SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND WHEREAS JEANETTE DE LOS IN 20 2005 STARTED WITH THE HARVILLE SENIOR CENTER DRIVING THE VAN TO PICK UP THE SENIORS AT HOME. AND ONE YEAR LATER, 2006 WAS PROMOTED TO SITE MANAGER. AND WHEREAS JEANETTE PREPARES THE FOOD FOR THE HOME BOUND SENIOR INDIVIDUALS AND THE CONGREGANTS THAT COME TO THE SENIOR CENTER, AND WHEREAS JEANETTE, ON A DAILY BASIS PREPARES ALL PAPERWORK PERTAINING TO THE CENTER AND STAFF. AND WHEREAS JEANETTE ENCOURAGES ALL HER SENIORS TO SUGGEST IDEAS OF WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO AT THE CENTER. AND WHEREAS JEANETTE CREATES NEW CRAFTS FOR THE SENIORS AND DOES WEEKLY BINGO AND CARD GAMES. AND WHEREAS JEANETTE HELPS THE SENIORS IN MAKING QUILTS AND OTHER SERVING SEWING PROJECTS IN THE CENTER SEWING ROOM. AND WHEREAS JEANETTE EDUCATES THE SENIORS BY DOING A MONTHLY HEALTH AND WELLNESS CLASS, AND NOW BE IT, THEREFORE, PROCLAIMED BY THE HARDY V CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR HARRY WILLIAMS, THAT MARCH 22ND BE JEANETTE DE LOS DAY FOR HARD WORK, HER 19TH YEAR, AND DEDICATION TO THE CITY OF HARDY SENIOR CENTER, AND ALL THE SENIORS IN THE COMMUNITY. UM, SO IF YOU, UH, ENDORSE THIS, I WILL PRESENT THIS TO MR. LOES TOMORROW MORNING AT 10 30, AND YOU ARE ALL WELCOME TO JOIN ME. UM, MAY I HAVE, UH, A MOTION TO ENDORSE THIS PROCLAMATION? JEFF, MAKE A MOTION TO ENDORSE THE PROCLAMATION. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? WE HAVE A SECOND. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. A AYE. THANK YOU COUNSEL FOR DOING THAT. UM, I'M SURE THAT WILL BE A NICE AFFAIR TOMORROW. NEXT WE HAVE THE 2024 SPARK PLUG EMPLOYEE OF [B. 2024 SPARKPLUG AND EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR BY JUDGE] THE YEAR, UH, PRESENTATION BY JUDGE NANCY GUTIERREZ. JUDGE, WELCOME. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD. A AFTERNOON COUNSEL. IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO BE BEFORE YOU TODAY. UM, I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF THE EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION COMMITTEE, AND IT IS TO ANNOUNCE THE, UH, 2024 SPARK PLUG AWARD. FIRST, UH, THIS AWARD IS A, UH, FUN AND LIGHTHEARTED AWARD THAT, AGAIN, IS DRIVEN BY EMPLOYEES FOR THE EMPLOYEES. THE RECIPIENT OF THIS AWARD, UM, IS SOMEONE THAT PROVIDES THE SPARK, WHICH, UH, THE RECIPIENT DEFINITELY DOES THAT KEEPS THINGS ON TRACK. UH, THIS AWARD EXEMPLIFIES AN EMPLOYEE WHO IS ENGAGING, FUN TO BE AROUND, ALWAYS POSITIVE, ALWAYS WILLING TO HELP THEIR PEERS STAY ON TRACK FOR ANY ISSUE, CELEBRATION OR TASK THEY HAVE TO COMPLETE, AND ONE THAT CAN MAKE THINGS HAPPEN. AND, UM, THIS PERSON IS WELL DESERVING, ACTUALLY HAS A NICKNAME THAT, UH, BOUGIE EVERYTHING UP. AND, UH, WE HAVE PRESENTED A PLAQUE TO MS. JODY MCMA. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS ON. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. YES. YES. SO, YES. THANK YOU FOR THE AWARD. IT'S, UM, IT'S A VERY FUN AWARD AND I THINK THEY LEFT OFF THE ONE KEY THING ABOUT MY KEEN SENSE OF SARCASM. AND, YOU KNOW, , IT MIGHT HAVE HELPED WITH, WITH THE VOTES, BUT I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS. ALRIGHT, NOW THIS ONE IS THE EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR, UH, WHICH EMPLOYEES MAY GO ABOVE AND BEYOND, UH, THEIR JOB REQUIREMENTS WHILE REPRESENTING THE CITY IN THEIR DUTIES. UH, BUT THIS PARTICULAR EMPLOYEE EXEMPLIFIED ALL THE TRADITIONAL LEADERSHIP ATTRIBUTES, INCLUDING HONESTY, INTEGRITY, RESPECTFULNESS, KINDNESS, CARING, AND OVERALL COMPASSION OF THEIR PEERS AND THE COMMUNITY. UH, THIS EMPLOYEE IS A TRUE PIONEER FOR THE CITY. AN EMPLOYEE WHOSE WILLINGLY HELPS IN TIMES OF NEED, ACTS AS A BEACON TO THEIR PEERS AND IS, HAS A PASSION [01:15:01] AND HEARTFELT CONNECTION TO THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH THEY SERVE AND THE CITIZENS WHO LIVE HERE. SO THAT, UM, EMPLOYEE IS OFFICER BARRETT BAXTER. CONGRATULATIONS. YEAH, NICELY DONE, . I WAS VERY SURPRISED. I I VERY MUCH ENJOY WORKING FOR VILLE. I TRY HARD AND, UH, HOPE YOU CONTINUE GETTING THINGS DONE HERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. ALRIGHT, SO THOSE ARE THE, UH, RECIPIENTS FOR THIS YEAR. AND, UM, I'LL SEE YOU SOON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JUDGE. JUDGE, THERE GOES, JUDGE. NEXT WE HAVE THE KIWANIS CHAPTER FORMING IN HARDY. COUNCILMAN [C. KIWANIS CHAPTER FORMING IN HARDEEVILLE] MESMAN. YES. THESE GENTLEMEN APPROACHED ME A FEW WEEKS BACK ABOUT BRINGING A KIWANIS ORGANIZATION TO HARDY V. THEY'VE BEEN CURRENTLY WORKING WITH BLUFFTON, AND THEY HAVE THE MEMBERSHIP NOW THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO, UH, COME ON AS HARDY KIWANIS. THEY'RE, IT'S A GREAT CIVIC ORGANIZATION. UH, WE'RE HERE TO GIVE YOU A PRESENTATION OF, UH, WHAT IT'S ABOUT AND WHAT THEIR GOALS FOR THE FUTURE ARE. I BELIEVE THEY'RE GONNA BE A GREAT ASSET TO THE CITY OF HARDY. DONE. MR. JOHN COSTAS IS GONNA SPEAK TONIGHT. YES. UH, GOOD EVENING. UM, KEEP THIS FORMAL. THIS IS GOOD. UH, JOHN, COULD YOU PLEASE, UH, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND INTRODUCE ANYBODY WHO'S HERE WITH YOU IF, OKAY. UH, JOHN COSTAS, UH, 79 LAZY WAY. IT'S , IT'S A GREAT STREET TO LIVE ON, UH, IN HOTVILLE, WHICH IS MARGARITAVILLE. AND WITH ME TODAY IS, UM, IS BILL RICKETT. HE'S OUR PRESIDENT OF THE, UM, BLUFFTON KWAN. WELL WITH THE BLUFFTON KWANS. HE'S THE PRESIDENT OF THE CLUB, AND I'VE ASKED HIM TO SPEAK TO TELL US ABOUT, UM, UM, WHAT BLUFFTON HAS DONE FOR THE BLUFFTON COMMUNITY. AND, AND CHUCK, HE'S, UH, ONE OF OUR, ONE OF OUR MEMBERS AS WELL THAT JOINED. UH, WE HAVE THE SMALL ORGANIZATION. IT'S GETTING LARGER AND LARGER. AND, UM, I KNOW I'M LIMITED ON TIME , SO, UM, I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR PRESIDENT TO SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT WHAT WE'VE DONE IN, UM, BLUFFTON. THANK YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU. WELCOME BILL. THANK YOU. UH, BILL RICKETT. I LIVE AT TWO 20 GRAND COURT SOUTH IN BLUFFTON. UM, I'VE BEEN A MEMBER OF QANTAS SINCE 1981. FOUR DIFFERENT CLUBS, TWO IN NEW JERSEY, ONE IN PENNSYLVANIA, AND ONE OF THE CO-FOUNDERS OF THE BLUFFTON CLUB. WE WERE CHARTERED BY QANTAS INTERNATIONAL IN 2016. UM, I WANT TO SAY FROM THE BEGINNING THAT KIWANIS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO ALLOWED CLUBS TO REACH INTO NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES THAT MAYBE DID NOT HAVE THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS AVAILABLE TO PUT A CLUB TOGETHER, BUT TO FORM WHAT WE CALL A CLUB SATELLITE. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE ALREADY DONE FOR HARDY V. HARDY V IS NOW A CLUB SATELLITE OF THE BLUFFTON KIWANIS CLUB. WE HAVE 11 MEMBERS. UM, JOHN IS ACTUALLY CHAIRMAN OF THAT, UH, OF THAT CLUB SATELLITE. TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT KIWANIS, WE ARE AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION. WE EXIST IN 80 NATIONS, UH, HERE IN THE CAROLINAS DISTRICT, WHICH CONSISTS OF NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA. WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 203 KIWANIS CLUBS, UH, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, BEAUFORT COUNTY. WE ONLY HAVE THREE BLUFFTON, HILTON HEAD AND BEAUFORT. SO WE SEE A REAL NEED AND A REAL, UH, POTENTIAL FOR US TO HELP THE KIDS HERE IN THE GREATER HARDY VOTE COMMUNITY. QANTAS IS ALL ABOUT CHILDREN. UH, WE DO A NUMBER OF, UH, THINGS WITHIN THE BLUFFTON COMMUNITY. UH, TO BEGIN WITH OUR BIG SIGNATURE PROJECT, WHEN THE 14TH, UM, DISTRICT SOLICITOR'S OFFICE FORMED THE VICTIM SERVICES UNIT, UH, IN BLUFFTON, WE GOT INVOLVED BY PROVIDING AND SPONSORING A CHILDREN'S SERVICE ROOM OR A CHILDREN'S CENTER. AND BASICALLY WHAT THAT AMOUNTS TO, WE FURNISHED IT. WE PROVIDE ALL KINDS OF GAMES AND TOYS. THERE'S AN AQUARIUM IN THERE, WALL HANGINGS THINGS FOR THE KIDS TO DO. A LOT OF TIMES THE VICTIMS OF ABUSE, UH, FAMILY, UH, UH, ABUSE, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. THE KIDS ARE INVOLVED AND THEY HAVE TO BE INTERVIEWED. WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO DO, UH, IN, UH, IN COOPERATION WITH SOLICITOR DUFFY STONE IS WE PROVIDED A SAFE SPACE FOR THESE KIDS. AND THEY CAN BE INTERVIEWED VIA ZOOM BY ALL OF THE ATTORNEYS, THE JUDGES, UH, THE POLICE OFFICERS, ANYONE WHO'S INVOLVED IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE AT ONE TIME. MM-HMM, . SO THE KIDS DON'T HAVE [01:20:01] TO GO THROUGH MULTIPLE, UH, INTERVIEWS. AND IT CAN BE VERY, VERY TELLING ON A CHILD, ESPECIALLY 3, 4, 5, 6 YEARS OLD. WE PROVIDE THAT SPACE. IT'S CALLED THE BLUFFTON KIWANIS CHILDREN'S CENTER. WE'D INVITE YOU TO GO OVER TO THE 14TH DISTRICT OFFICE AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND SEE, SEE WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THERE. THAT'S AN ONGOING PROJECT FOR US. ONE THING THAT WE PRIDE OURSELVES IN IS OUR ABILITY TO DO THINGS FOR CHILDREN IN A NUMBER OF WAYS. WE'RE HEAVILY INVOLVED WITH THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB. WE SEE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY HERE FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB. HUIS INTERNATIONAL HAS AN ONGOING COMMITMENT TO ASSIST BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS IN ANY COMMUNITIES WHERE KIWANIS CLUB EXISTS. UH, WE PROVIDE, UH, EQUIPMENT FOR THE CLUB. WE PROVIDE KITS FOR THEIR STEM PROGRAM. A NUMBER OF OUR MEMBERS ARE THERE AS MENTORS AND TUTORS. UH, I, UH, WORK IN THE KITCHEN. I HELP TO COOK MEALS FOR THE KIDS, HEALTHY MEALS FOR THEM A COUPLE OF DAYS A WEEK. MY WIFE, WHO'S A RETIRED SCHOOL TEACHER, TEACHES ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE, NOT ONLY TO THE KIDS, BUT TO THE ADULTS BECAUSE A LOT OF THE ADULTS WHO DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH, THEIR KIDS HAVE LEARNED IT AND THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO HELP THEM WITH THEIR SCHOOLWORK. THAT'S ANOTHER THING WE DO. WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH BLUFFED AND SELF-HELP. UH, WE'RE IN A NUMBER OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS DOING LITERACY AND, UH, PROGRAMS. UH, SO THERE'S A WIDE VARIETY OF THINGS THAT OUR MEMBERS CAN PICK AND CHOOSE FROM. HOWEVER THEY WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME. THERE'S NO COMMITMENT. YOU'RE NOT REQUIRED TO DO X NUMBER OF HOURS A WEEK OR A MONTH OR WHAT HAVE YOU. BUT WE FIND MOST OF OUR MEMBERS READILY GET INVOLVED AND ARE PUTTING IN 5, 10, 15, SOME OF 'EM EVEN MORE HOURS A WEEK. UM, WE'RE VERY PROUD OF OUR CLUB, WHAT WE'VE DONE IN EIGHT SHORT YEARS. WE'RE VERY GLAD TO BE EXPANDING INTO HARDY BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE'S A NEED HERE. AND WE KNOW THAT JOHN AND, AND HIS 11 MEMBERS AND HIS, UH, HIS SATELLITE HAVE ALREADY STARTED TO LOOK INTO AREAS WHERE WE CAN HELP THE KIDS HERE IN HARDY. BILL. UM, LIMITED FOR TIME. I WON'T SAY ANYTHING MORE, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR BILL? UM, NO. NOT AT THIS TIME. WHAT DO YOU, WHAT DO YOU NEED OF US? UH, OTHER THAN JUST AWARENESS? I, CAN I SPEAK ABOUT THIS? YEAH, PLEASE DO, JOHN. OKAY. HOW YOU DOING? THAT'S WHAT I WAS COMING UP. UM, THE ONE THING WE NEED IS A SPACE TO MEET. UM, RIGHT NOW WE'RE 11 OF US. WE, WE LIVE TOGETHER IN OUR COMMUNITY OF MARGARITAVILLE, BUT WE'RE EXPANDING FAST AND WE WANT TO, YOU KNOW, BRING IN A LOT MORE MEMBERS TO THE PROGRAM. WE WANT. WE NEED A PLACE TO MEET, YOU KNOW, ONCE A MONTH. AND, UM, I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS TALKING TO COUNSELOR, UM, STEVE, ABOUT THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND IF THERE'S ANY WAY OF GETTING A ROOM, HAVING A ROOM AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER THAT WE COULD USE ONCE A MONTH. RECREATION, I'M SORRY, RECREATION CENTER, UM, THAT WE COULD USE ONCE A MONTH TO HAVE OUR MONTHLY MEETINGS. UM, AND IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE INVITE THE PUBLIC, 'CAUSE ONCE WE GET FULLY ESTABLISHED, WE'RE GONNA DO A, UM, A VOLUNTEER DRIVE AND GET MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED OUTSIDE, YOU KNOW, NOT EVERYWHERE. AND SO WE DO NEED A PLACE TO MEET. SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING, UM, THE HONORABLE BODY CAN DO TO SECURE US A MEETING ROOM ONCE A MONTH, UM, WE'D REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE IT. I WOULD POINT OUT THAT THE, THE BLUFFTON CLUB MEETS TWICE A MONTH. UM, BUT THE RESTAURANT WHERE WE MEET, GETTING A LITTLE BIT TIGHT, WE'RE UP TO 37 MEMBERS NOW. THE AVERAGE KIWANIS CLUB ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD IS 25 TO 30. WE'RE AT 37 AND GROWING. UH, THANKS TO JOHN, THANKS TO MARGARITAVILLE. AND SO THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR US AS A BLUFFTON CLUB TO BECOME MORE OF A BLUFF AND HARVILLE CLUB, IF YOU WILL, UH, HAS, IT'S BEEN A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. SOMETHING THAT OUR MEMBERS, EVERYBODY HAS JUST EMBRACED THAT. WOW, THIS IS FANTASTIC. THANKS TO JOHN AND, AND JOE SCHMIDT AND SOME OF THE OTHER FOLKS OVER MARGARITAVILLE FOR HELPING TO BUILD THAT CORE OF PEOPLE THAT WILL ENABLE US TO DO THAT. HERE. I HAVE A QUESTION, JOHN. GENERALLY, WHAT TIME DO YOU MEET? ONCE A MONTH. IS IT A MORNING MEETING? AFTERNOON, EVENING MEETING. USUALLY MEET AT SEVEN 30 IN THE EVENING. MEETING IN THE EVENING. GOTCHA. IN THE EVENING. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. RIGHT NOW IT'S, AND WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IS ONCE WE GET ALL OUR, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE TOGETHER, WE'RE GONNA FIND OUT WHAT'S CONVENIENT. IN GENERAL, MOST OF THE TIME, EVENING MEETINGS ARE THE MOST CONVENIENT FOR EVERYBODY. 'CAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE STILL WORK. UH, KEEP IN MIND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MEETING MORE THAN 11 PEOPLE. YEAH. 'CAUSE A LOT OF THE BLUFFTON MEMBERS WILL BE COMING TO THESE MEETINGS AND VICE VERSA. AS, AS, 'CAUSE WE'RE ALL ONE CLUB ESSENTIALLY. THEY, THEY'RE OPERATING RIGHT NOW AS A COMMITTEE OF THE CLUB. SO, UM, YOU COULD HAVE 20, YOU COULD HAVE 25, YOU COULD HAVE 15. IT DEPENDS ON, YOU KNOW, ON, ON WHAT'S GOING ON. THAT PARTICULAR, THAT PARTICULAR EVENING. AT THE MOMENT, WE HAVE ABOUT 10 NEW PEOPLE THAT WANT TO BECOME IANS. AND, UH, SO WE'RE KIND OF HOLDING A LITTLE BITS OF, WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, NOT EVERYBODY CAN FIT IN. LIKE WHAT, YOU KNOW, BILL SAID WE'RE, WE'RE OUTGROWN THAT LITTLE RESTAURANT. YEAH. WE'RE LOOKING, THE CLUB ITSELF IS LOOKING FOR A BIGGER RESTAURANT. WE USUALLY MEET OVER DINNER AND, UH, WE'RE IN A ROOM NOW. WE GET 25 PEOPLE AND WE'RE LIKE THIS. SO JUST GIVE A KNICKS, IF YOU KNOW IT, IT'S [01:25:01] A, THEY DO HAVE A MEETING ROOM, BUT IT'S VERY SMALL. CLOSE FELLOWSHIP. . YES. MR. MAYOR, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE CAN DISCUSS WITH, UM, THE REC OR THE RECREATION CENTER ABOUT PROVIDING A ROOM FOR THIS? WELL, WE, WE HAVE TWO SITUATIONS. NUMBER ONE, YES. THEY, THEY SHOULD, WE SHOULD DIRECT THEM TO JEN. UM, BECAUSE THERE'S POLICIES, INSURANCE, AND ALL THINGS. UM, THERE'S ONE OTHER SPACE WE, THE CITY CONTROL, AND THAT'S THE COMMUNITY ROOM AT THE LIBRARY, I BELIEVE THAT HOLDS ABOUT A HUNDRED PEOPLE. UM, HOWEVER, BOTH OF THOSE FACILITIES WILL NOT BE OPEN. I THINK THE REC CLOSES AT EIGHT O'CLOCK. WHAT, WHAT TIME DO AT 7:30 AM RIGHT? NO PM THEY MEET AT 7:00 PM YEAH, THEY MEET IN THE EVENING. SO LOOK AT THAT. WHAT, WHAT WE HAVE IS A TIME SCHEDULE. THE LIBRARY AND THE REC CENTER. YOU KNOW, IF YOU MEET AT SEVEN 30, YOU'D HAVE TO BE OUTTA THERE IN 25 MINUTES. SO, UH, WE CAN, COULD WE BE FLEXIBLE OVER THE MEETING TIME, JOHN? WE CAN ADJUST. I MEAN, WE JUST SAID THAT TIME. 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE NEED, YOU KNOW? YEAH. I'M NOT, I DON'T KNOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD WHEN THE, UH, LIBRARY CLOSES, BUT, UH, WHAT I WOULD, UH, STEVE, WHAT I WOULD DO IS WORK WITH JOHN AND BILL, PUT 'EM IN TOUCH WITH THE PROPER PEOPLE, UH, AND LET'S, YOU KNOW, SEE EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANT, SEE WHAT IF WE CAN ACCOMMODATE 'EM AND WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE. OKAY. SURE. THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN. I'LL PUT YOU IN CONTACT WITH, UH, UH, CITY MANAGERS, INBO, AND YOU CAN WORK WITH HIM TO SEE WHAT'S AVAILABLE AND HOW IT, IF IT'LL WORK OUT IN THE SCHEDULING. BUT YOU CAN WORK DIRECTLY THROUGH JOHN AND, UH, YOU KNOW, HE'LL CONNECT WITH ME AND WE'LL, YOU KNOW, WE'LL DO THIS TOGETHER. SURE. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. OKAY, NEXT TUTORING. WE HAVE THE PRESENTATION AND APPROVAL OF [VII. PRESENTATION & APPROVAL OF MINUTES] MINUTES OF MARCH 7TH, 2024. REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS? APPROVE OR MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THE MINUTES OF MARCH 7TH, 2024. MAKE A MOTION. WE APPROVE THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING. MINUTES FROM MARCH 7TH. WE HAVE A MOTION. [A. MARCH 7, 2024, REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING] DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS BY COUNSEL? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OKAY. THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED. NOW WE GO ON TO ALL BUSINESS. AND THESE [VIII. OLD BUSINESS] ARE SECOND READINGS. UM, THEY WERE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED AT THE FIRST, UH, MEETING OR FIRST READING IN ON MARCH 7TH. UH, THIS FIRST TWO ORDINANCES REFER TO 13.2 ACRES, UH, ONE TO ANNEX AND ONE TO AMEND THE ZONING, UH, FOR, UM, THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN UNINCORPORATED JASPER COUNTY. SO I ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL IF THEY HAVE QUESTIONS ON EITHER ONE OF THESE, UM, RELATED ORDINANCES. WE DO IT ALL AT ONCE. SO, MR. ZIBO, DO YOU WANT [A. SECOND READING OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HARDEEVILLE,] TO TAKE IT AWAY? YES, SIR. UH, COUNCIL PROOF. FIRST READING ON BOTH OF THESE ORDINANCE. WE'RE RECOMMENDING ADOPTION AT SECOND READING. OKAY. LET'S START WITH MR. MESMAN. DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS REGARDING NO, SIR. NOT AT THIS TIME. UM, MRS. GUZMAN? NO, SIR. NOT AT THIS TIME. MR. WHITE, NO QUESTIONS FOR ME AT THIS TIME. , MR. CARROLL? NO QUESTIONS. SO JUST, UM, WE'RE VERY ORIGINAL UP HERE. YEAH, SEE WHAT I STARTED. UM, I HAVE NO QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME EITHER SINCE, UM, THEY WERE ALL ANSWERED TWO WEEKS AGO. UM, I'D LIKE NOW TO OPEN IT UP TO THE PUBLIC. WOULD THE PUBLIC LIKE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS OR MAKE ANY COMMENTS? AND THIS [PUBLIC HEARING] IS REGARDING THE PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE TO BE SEPARATE ON THESE TWO ORDINANCES. UM, ALTHOUGH YOU, YOU ARE WELCOME TO TALK AT ANY TIME. UH, THIS IS FOR THE ANNEXATION. UM, THIS IS 2024 DASH THREE DASH SEVEN A. ANY COMMENTS BY THE PUBLIC? OKAY. SEEING NONE, I WILL THEN ASK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE, DISAPPROVE, OR MAKE ANY CHANGES TO ORDINANCE 2024 DASH THREE S SEVEN A AND MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ORDINANCE 2024 DASH THREE [01:30:01] DASH SEVEN A. WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS BY COUNSEL OR THE PUBLIC? SEEING NONE? I'LL CALL FOR A VOICE VOTE ON THIS. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. YOU ARE NOW OFFICIALLY IN THE CITY OF HARVILLE. WELCOME. THANK YOU. NEXT, UH, IS THE ZONING ORDINANCE, AND THIS IS ORDINANCE 2024 DASH THREE DASH SEVEN B. UH, MR. ZIBO, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO [B. SECOND READING OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF] ADD TO THAT? NO, SIR. WE JUST RECOMMEND ADOPTION. AND SECOND RATING, SIR? UH, WE WILL START WITH MR. CARROLL THEN. UH, MR. CARROLL, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? NO, SIR. MR. WHITE, NO QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. THE PHRASE OF THE EVENING, . MRS. GUZMAN, NO QUESTIONS, SIR. MR. MESMAN, AT THIS TIME, I HAVE NO QUESTIONS. I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. SMILE. WELL, WE WERE VERY THOROUGH TWO WEEKS AGO. YES, WE WILL. ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. WE, WE WORK THIS TO DEATH. OKAY. UM, THE PUBLIC, I NOW OFFER THE PUBLIC THE CHANCE TO [PUBLIC HEARING] ASK A QUESTION OR MAKE A COMMENT REGARDING THE ZONING FOR THIS NEW 13 ACRES THAT BELONG NOW IN THE CITY OF ARTY HARVILLE. SEEING NONE. I'LL CALL FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE, DISAPPROVE, OR MAKE ANY CHANGES TO ORDINANCE 2024 DASH THREE DASH SEVEN BI MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ORDINANCE 2024 DASH THREE DASH SEVEN B. WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. YOU GAVE THE POOR LADY A HEART ATTACK. , WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS BY COUNCIL OR THE PUBLIC? SEEING NONE? I'LL CALL FOR A VOICE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OKAY. THE AGONY. YOU CAN BREATH AGAIN. THANK YOU. YOU CAN BREATHE AGAIN. APPRECIATE YOU ALL. GOOD LUCK. THANK YOU. UH, NEXT WE HAVE SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HARVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA TO ADOPT A MASTER PLAN AMENDMENT SUBMITTAL FOR ATTRACTIVE LAND CONSISTING OF APPROXIMATELY 30 ACRES. [C. SECOND READING OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF] THIS IS KNOWN AS ARGENT TWO PARCEL F. THIS, UM, WAS ALSO DISCUSSED TWO WEEKS AGO. THIS IS SECOND READING. THIS IS 2024 DASH THREE DASH SEVEN C. THERE'S ONLY ONE ORDINANCE RELATING TO THIS PARCEL. UM, LET'S START THE QUESTIONING NOW. UH, MR. ZIBO, DO YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER? NO, SIR. THE COUNCIL DID VOTE ON FIRST READING. WE'RE RECOMMENDING ADOPTION. THE APPLICANT IS HERE AS WELL AS STAFF. IF, IF ANY QUESTIONS DO COME UP. OH, SO LET'S, WE GOT THE APPLICANT HERE. LET'S, LET'S, UH, PULL HIS, LET'S PULL HIS FINGERNAILS OUT. . OKAY. UM, LET'S START WITH MR. MESMAN. NOTHING MORE, YOUR HONOR. YOUR HONOR. , I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT JUST SLIPS OUT. . MRS. GUZMAN? NO, SIR. WE DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. UH, MR. WHITE? NO QUESTIONS MR. CARROLL? NO QUESTIONS. UM, I HAVE, I HAVE NO QUESTIONS. UH, WE WENT OVER THIS. I JUST, AND IT'S IN, IN THE MINUTES. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I, I REALLY IMPRESS UPON THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT THAT THE SIZE OF THOSE PARKING SPOTS EVERY TIME I GET BETWEEN TWO LARGE VEHICLES, AND I HAVE TO SQUEEZE IN. SO PLEASE MAKE SURE THEY'RE ADEQUATE FOR THE, FOR THE USAGE AS WRITTEN IN THE MINUTES. SO, UM, THAT'S ALL I JUST WANTED TO PUT BACK IN THE RECORD. I, I KNOW I CAN TRUST YOU TOO, RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU'D STILL HAVE FINGERNAILS, . UM, OKAY. AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO OPEN IT UP TO THE PUBLIC. ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC LIKE TO, UH, [PUBLIC HEARING] ASK A QUESTION OR MAKE A COMMENT REGARDING THIS ORDINANCE. OKAY. SEEING NONE, I'LL ASK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE, DISAPPROVE, OR MAKE ANY CHANGES TO. THIS IS ORDINANCE 2024 DASH THREE DASH SEVEN C. YOU GOT IT, JOHN. MAKE 'EM SWEAT GUYS. ORDINANCE 2024 DASH THREE DASH SEVEN C. [01:35:01] WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS BY COUNCIL OR THE PUBLIC? SEEING NONE, CALL FOR A VOICE. VOTE ON THIS. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. OKAY. CONGRATULATIONS. YEP. UM, GOOD LUCK. THANK YOU. AND KEEP THOSE PARKING SPOTS WIDE. . I GOT A SMALL CAR. OH, OKAY. MAKE SURE. OKAY. SO YOU, YOU FEEL MY PAIN? THAT'S RIGHT. , BUILD US SOMETHING NICE. GOT IT. OKAY. NEXT WE HAVE SECOND READING OVER AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HARDY V TO AMEND. CHAPTER 16TH IS THE STREETS, SIDEWALKS, [D. SECOND READING OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HARDEEVILLE,] AND PUBLIC PACES. UM, THIS IS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADDING RULES AND REGULATIONS ON CITY OWNED AND MAINTAINED, PROPERTY RELATED AND RELATED MATTERS. THIS IS SECOND READING OF 2024 DASH THREE DASH SEVEN D, MR. ZIBO OR MS. MAINS, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER TO ADD? UH, NO. MR. MAYOR, WE RECOMMEND ADOPTION. AGAIN, I DID WANNA THANK, UH, OFFICER BARRETT AND CHIEF WOODWARD AND MS. MAINS. OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE HARD WORK PUTTING THIS TOGETHER, OBVIOUSLY TO ADDRESS A NUMBER OF ISSUES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND HOPEFULLY THIS ORDINANCE WILL ALLOW US TO HELP, UM, REGULATE SOME OF THOSE ISSUES. SO WE, WE RECOMMEND THAT ADOPTION AT SECOND READING. OKAY. LET'S START WITH MR. CARROLL. MR. CARROLL, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? NO, SIR. I THINK, UM, COMMENT WOULD PROBABLY BE THAT I THINK THIS IS A GOOD START. I HAVEN'T SEEN SOME OF MY FREQUENT LIKE I HAVE, IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. SO ANYWAY, I THINK IT'S A GOOD START. MR. WHITE, UH, NO QUESTIONS. I AGREE WITH WHAT JOHN SAID. MR. GUZMAN? NO QUESTION, SIR. MR. MAYMAN? NO QUESTIONS. I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK ALL THE STAFF INVOLVED IN GETTING US TO THIS POINT. YEAH, I'LL, I'LL ECHO THAT. I'M, I THINK THIS IS A POSITIVE THING AND I ASKED THIS QUESTION LAST TIME, AND IT'S IN THE MINUTES. WE WILL HAVE APPROPRIATE SIGNAGE THAT WE'LL GO UP THERE TO ALL OUR PARKS. UM, AND JUST ONE NEW NEW THING CAME UP, AND I GUESS THIS IS FOR MRS. MAINS. UH, I NOTICED THAT, UM, FLORIDA JUST PASSED A NEW, UM, LAW, UM, THAT BANNED CITIES FROM ALLOWING, UM, SLEEPING IN PUBLIC PLACES. UM, NOW OF COURSE WE'RE NOT, WE'RE DOING THE OPPOSITE. BUT IS THIS LAW OR IS THERE ANY CALIFORNIA OR SOUTH CAROLINA LAW THAT PROHIBITS US FROM DOING, UH, AND PASSING THIS? IS THIS UNASSAILABLE? UM, CURRENTLY THERE IS NO RESTRICTION IN SOUTH CAROLINA. UM, AS FAR AS THE STATE LAWS GO, THERE IS, UM, AS WE TALKED ABOUT, I THINK I SENT AN EMAIL TO YOU THAT THERE WAS A RULING OUT OF THE NINTH CIRCUIT IN FEDERAL COURT, UM, THAT PUT A LITTLE MORE REQUIREMENTS ON COMMUNITIES BEFORE THEY CAN REGULATE, UM, SLEEPING IN, IN PARKS. UM, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A SHELTER AVAILABLE. UM, NOW THAT RULING IS ONLY IN THE NINTH CIRCUIT. IT IS ON APPEAL BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT CURRENTLY, BUT THEY HAVE NOT ISSUED A DECISION ON THAT. SO, UM, WHAT, WHAT I HAVE DONE, AND I FORGOT TO MENTION, WHEN WE PRESENTED THE ITEM YOU ASKED AT THE LAST MEETING TO LOOK AT OUR NEIGHBORING, UM, UH, MUNICIPALITIES AND TOWNS TO SEE WHAT THEIR RULES WERE. AND, UM, THEY ADOPTED THEIR RULES, UH, A FEW YEARS AGO BEFORE THESE OTHER RULINGS HAD COME INTO PLACE. SO WHAT I DID WAS, UM, LOOK AT THOSE AND TRY TO, THE TERM IS CALLED NARROWLY TAILOR THE REGULATION SO THAT HOPEFULLY IT WOULD, UM, WITHHOLD ANY SCRUTINY FOR, FOR GOVERNMENT, UM, REGULATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS ON THAT PUBLIC PROPERTY. YEAH, AND I REMEMBER THAT QUESTION AND I REMEMBER YOUR ANSWER. UM, UH, BUT, UM, SO THIS CLEARLY PROHIBITS SLEEPING IN PUBLIC PLACES AND WE'RE BARRING ANY UPPER COURT RULING, WE'RE WITHIN OUR PURVIEW TO DO SO. THAT THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. AND I, I WILL, I, I'VE DISCUSSED THIS WITH THE CHIEF. WE'RE, WE'RE FOLLOWING IT PRETTY CLOSELY AND IF, IF ANYTHING THAT DOES COME UP WE'LL, WE'LL LET THE COUNCIL KNOW. GREAT. THANK YOU. I THINK THIS IS WONDERFUL. UM, AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO OPEN IT UP TO THE PUBLIC. ANY COMMENTS OR [PUBLIC HEARING] QUESTIONS BY THE PUBLIC? SEEING NONE, UH, PLEASE, UH, GIVE A MOTION TO APPROVE, DISAPPROVE, OR MAKE ANY CHANGES. THIS IS THE SECOND [01:40:01] READING OF ORDINANCE 2024 DASH THREE DASH SEVEN D. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION. WE APPROVE ORDINANCE 2024 DASH THREE DASH SEVEN D. WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS BY COUNSEL OR THE PUBLIC? SEEING NONE? CALL FOR VOICE. VOTE ON THIS. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. A A AYE. OKAY. THAT ORDINANCE IS APPROVED. NEXT WE HAVE THE FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE [IX. NEW BUSINESS] OF THE CITY OF HARDY V TO AMEND CHAPTER 13 OFFENSES AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS OF THE HARDY V CODE OF ORDINANCES. MR. ZIBO, [A. FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HARDEEVILLE,] PLEASE. THIS IS 2024 DASH THREE DASH 21 A. MS. MANS IS GONNA HANDLE THIS, YOUR HONOR. UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UH, GET TO SPEAK TO YOU A LOT TONIGHT. SO THIS ORDINANCE PROPOSES TO CREATE A NEW SECTION IN OUR CHAPTER 13. UM, AND WHAT THIS IS, IS IT'S CALLED IN HATE INTIMIDATION. SO THIS IS ESSENTIALLY, UM, WHAT EVERYONE REFERS TO AS THAT HATE CRIME ENHANCEMENT. CURRENTLY, THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA IS ONE OF TWO STATES IN THE NATION THAT DOES NOT HAVE A HATE CRIME STATUTE. UM, SO THIS IS A LOCAL ORDINANCE, UM, AND IT WOULD BE AN ENHANCEMENT THAT CAN BE ADDED TO ANY, UM, CRIMES UNDER CHAPTER 13, WHICH IS OUR CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON. UM, AND A VIOLATION OF THAT SECTION IS THE MAXIMUM THAT A MUNICIPALITY CAN, UM, IMPOSE, WHICH IS A FINE OF NOT MORE THAN $500 AND OR 30 DAYS OF IMPRISONMENT. UM, AND THE CHANGE ALSO GOES FURTHER TO GIVE SOME DIRECTION TO THE COURT. THE COURT CAN, UM, GIVE THIS AS A CONCURRENT SENTENCE. SO THAT MEANS THEY WOULD BE, IF THERE WERE TWO CHARGES, THEN, AND, AND SAY THEY EACH GOT 30 DAYS, THEN IT WOULD BE 30 DAYS, THEN ANOTHER 30 DAYS, THEY WOULD NOT, UM, HAVE TO BE DONE CONSECUTIVELY. 'CAUSE SOMETIMES YOU CAN DO TWO 30 DAY SENTENCES TOGETHER IN ONE 30 DAY TERM. UM, SO IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT, UH, I AM AVAILABLE. THANK YOU. UH, LET'S START WITH MR. MESMAN. ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? JUST THAT HATE IS A NASTY THING AND I'M GLAD WE'RE TAKING THE CORRECT STEPS TO, TO SHOW THAT IT WON'T BE PUT UP WITH HERE IN HARDY. THAT'S ALL. MRS. GUZMAN. AND NO QUESTIONS, SIR. MR. WHITE? NO QUESTIONS. I THINK, STEVE, YOU SAID IT VERY PERTINENT POINT, MR. CARROLL. NO QUESTIONS. OKAY. UM, AS I DID THE LAST TIME OR THE PREVIOUS ONE, UM, THIS ORDINANCE, MRS. MAINS, IS IT DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHER ONES IN, IN THE REGION THAT YOU LOOKED AT? IT? IT IS NOT. I BELIEVE THERE'S ONLY FIVE OTHER PLACES IN THE STATE THAT HAVE ADOPTED ONE. UM, WE DID SUMMARIZE THE DEFINITIONS, UM, HERE WHERE YOU HAVE PERCEIVED RACE, COLOR, CREED, RELIGION, ANCESTRY, GENDER, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, CULTURAL, SOCIAL IDENTITY, GENDER IDENTITY, PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISABILITY OR NATIONAL ORIGIN OF A PERSON. UM, I BELIEVE FLORENCE OR CHARLESTON JUST AMENDED THEIRS TO ADD ANTISEMITISM. 'CAUSE I THINK THEY HAD AN INSTANT THERE. BUT WE FEEL THAT FALLS UNDER CAN FALL UNDER THE, THE BROADER DEFINITIONS THAT WE HAVE. WE HAVE INCLUDED IN THIS ORDINANCE. YOU HAVE RELIGION THERE? YEAH. RELIGION AND CREED. YEP. UM, AND I KNOW, UH, DIDN'T BLUFFTON PASS THIS? I BELIEVE SO. I BELIEVE SO, YES, SIR. AND IT, THE REASON I, I'M ASKING IF THERE'S DIFFERENCES BECAUSE IF THE MORE UNIFORMITY, JUST LIKE A, A STATE CODE IS UNIFORM FOR EVERYBODY, IF WE HAD UNIFORMITY IN THE REGION, UH, I THINK THAT WOULD, I THINK THAT WOULD BE BETTER. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S CRIME HAS NO, NO LINES. SO I WOULD ASK YOU MS. MAIN, UH, BEFORE SECOND READING, IF YOU COULD JUST DOUBLE CHECK THE BLUFFTON ORDINANCE AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE. I KNOW THE FINES WERE DONE, UM, EXACTLY THE SAME. I THINK WE JUST KIND OF, UM, THE DEFINITIONS, WE, WE EXPANDED THEM AND BROADEN THEM TO INCLUDE EVERYTHING THAT EVERYONE HAD YOU LIST ABOUT EVERYTHING. BUT I WILL, UM, I WILL DEFINITELY DOUBLE CHECK THAT BEFORE SECOND READING. AND THAT WAS MY SECOND QUESTION. ARE THE FINES AND SENTENCES, THE ADDITIONAL FINES AND SENTENCES, ARE THEY THE SAME? ARE THEY UNIFORM? YEAH, FIVE, $500 AND UP TO 30 DAYS IS WHAT THE STATE GIVES TO MUNICIPAL COURTS. THAT THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ALLOWED TO DO, RIGHT? CORRECT. OKAY. THE FORM FORMER [01:45:01] JUDGE KNOWS FIVE. OKAY. I, YOU KNOW, THAT ONE CAN PULL 'EM UP. AND, AND I KNOW THIS IS PROBABLY GONNA SOUND STUPID, BUT YOU WON'T BE THE FIRST TIME, UH, THE, THE BURDEN OF PROOF IS ON THE PROSECUTION THAT THIS, THIS IS A QUOTE. HEY, CRIME? YES. YES, SIR. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ALL I HAD. UM, I'D NOW LIKE TO OFFER THE PUBLIC THE CHANCE TO [PUBLIC HEARING] MAKE A COMMENT OR ASK A QUESTION REGARDING, REGARDING THIS ORDINANCE. MAYOR, IF I MAY? YES. UM, I BELIEVE COUNCILMAN MUSMAN WANTED TO KNOW WHAT OTHER PLACES IN SOUTH CAROLINA, UM, I JUST PULLED THAT UP. SO IT'S TOWN OF BLUFFTON, CITY OF COLUMBIA, CITY OF CHARLESTON, CITY OF CHESTER, CITY OF CLEMSON, CITY OF GREENVILLE, AND TOWN OF MOUNT PLEASANT. THANK YOU. AND IF, IF HARDY V PASSES, THEN WE'LL BE ADDED TO THAT LIST. WE'RE A PRETTY GOOD COMPANY, SIR. AND IN THE TOP 10, I JUST WANTED THAT READ INTO THE RECORD SO IT'S OUT THERE. GOOD. THANK YOU. GOOD. THANK YOU MR. AMUSEMENT. ALRIGHT, SO WE'RE BACK TO, UH, A MOTION. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE, DISAPPROVE, AND MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THIS ORDINANCE SINCE I ASKED FOR IT? I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ON FIRST READING ORDINANCE 2024 DASH THREE DASH 21, A SECOND, THIRD. WE HAVE A MOTION, WE HAVE A SECOND. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS BY COUNCIL OR THE PUBLIC? SEEING NONE, I'LL CALL FOR A VOICE VOTE ON THIS. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. OKAY. NEXT. WE HAVE A RESOLUTION IN THE CITY OF HARVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA TO ENTER INTO A [B. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF HARDEEVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA TO] MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT TO ALLOW STUDENTS FROM CHATHAM FIRE EDUCATION TO RIDE ALONG WITH THE HARDY V FIRE DEPARTMENT TO OBTAIN CLINICAL EXPERIENCE WHILE IN CLASS. AND I MIGHT ADD THAT WHAT FINER DEPARTMENT TO LEARN FROM . UM, THIS IS RESOLUTION 2024 DASH THREE DASH 21 B. DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE POLICE CHIEF. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. COUNCIL. HE'S SHAKING IT. HE'S SHAKING HIS AS SHAKING. I BET HE IS. YEAH. UM, CHATHAM APPROACHED US, UH, RECENTLY AND, AND WANTING US TO, TO HELP WITH THE TRAINING OF STUDENTS, WHICH IS A, AN HONOR. AND, UH, WE ALSO SEND SOME OF OUR STUDENTS OVER THERE TO TRAIN WITH THEM. SO THEY'LL ACTUALLY HAVE THE CHANCE TO COME AND ACTUALLY GET CLINICAL HOURS HERE WITH US AS THEY ARE GETTING TRAINED OVER THERE. SO COMBINATION OF WILL BE HELPING THEM, THEY'LL BE HELPING US AS WELL. GREAT OPPORTUNITY. UH, WE'LL BE ABLE TO, TO HELP PARAMEDIC STUDENTS, EMT STUDENTS, WHATEVER THEY NEED US TO HELP, WE'RE WILLING TO HELP AND IT'LL HELP OUR, OUR PEOPLE AS WE SEND THEM. WE GOT ONE STARTING NEXT WEEK, AS A MATTER OF FACT. SO HE'LL BE ONE OF THE FIRST ONES WHO'LL GET THE BENEFIT FROM THIS PROGRAM. IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY PROVIDE ALL THE INSURANCES AND EVERYTHING FOR THE STUDENTS, SO THEY ALL HAVE THAT ALREADY BUILT IN. SO THERE IS NO VIABILITY ON OUR SIDE OF THE HOUSE. SO I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THAT WAS A QUESTION THAT I WAS GONNA ASK YOU ABOUT, THAT IT WAS ABOUT THE INSURANCE AND ALSO THE INDEMNIFICATION OF THE CITY DURING THESE RIDE-ALONGS. ANY CHANCE YOU COULD STEAL SOME OF THOSE FOLKS TO COME OVER AND WORK FOR US? NO. , THAT'S ONE THING. WELL, ACTUALLY, THAT TECHNICALLY THE CHATHAM EDUCATION IS SEPARATE FROM CHATE MS. THEY USE THEIR PARAMEDICS AND THEIR INSTRUCTORS, BUT IT'S TECHNICALLY A SEPARATE ENTITY. SO THEY'RE NOT EMPLOYEES OF CHATE MS IT COULD BE SHOW 'EM ABOUT ALL THE NICE THINGS AT HARDY VILLAGE. ABSOLUTELY. IF THEY WANNA CHANGE EMPLOYMENT SOMETIME. ABSOLUTELY. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET BACK ON ON PROCEDURE HERE. LET'S START WITH MR. CARROLL. I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA AND, YOU KNOW, ALL GOOD THINGS CAN COME. WE CAN LEARN FROM THEM AND THEY CAN LEARN FROM US. AND I THINK IT'S A WIN-WIN. MM-HMM. , MR. WHITE. PICKING UP ON WHAT JOHN SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU, FOR A YOUNG PERSON TO BE AROUND A PERSON THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE AROUND MAKES SOMETIMES A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR LIFE THAT WE JUST HAVE NO IDEA OF THE IMPACT. AND SO I APPLAUD YOU FOR DOING THIS, STEVE, AND IT'S A, A REAL PRIVILEGE FOR YOUR PEOPLE TO BE A MENTOR LIKE THIS. AND I HOPE THEY SEE THE OPPORTUNITY AND FOR WHAT THEY CAN REALLY MAKE IN TERMS OF A DIFFERENCE. YES, SIR. MS. GUZMAN, NO QUESTIONS OTHER THAN THE ONES I ASKED YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MESMAN. I HAVE TO AGREE WITH JOHN. IT'S AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY AND IT JUST SHOWS HOW GREAT OUR [01:50:01] DEPARTMENT IS THAT WHEN THEY WANNA COME AND TRAIN WITH US. SO, THANK YOU CHIEF. SO THEY HAVE AT LEAST SOME FAITH IN US. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I HAVE NO QUESTION. I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA. I'D LOVE TO SEE IT. I I, YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER, UH, YOU KNOW, BOW AND I, WHEN WE WERE TALKING WITH THE, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, HAVING, YOU KNOW, YOUNG PEOPLE BE EXPOSED TO OUR FIRST RESPONDER PROGRAM IS, UH, I THINK A GREAT IDEA AND IT'S, UH, TERRIFIC. THANK YOU. UM, AT THIS TIME I LIKE THE PUBLIC, UH, [PUBLIC COMMENT] TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS OR MAKE ANY COMMENTS IF YOU SO DESIRE, PLEASE DO SO AT THIS TIME. SEEING NOTE TAKERS, I'D LIKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, DISAPPROVE, OR MAKE ANY CHANGES TO RESOLUTION 2024 DASH THREE DASH 21 B. MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION WE APPROVE ON, UM, AS A RESOLUTION 20 24 3 21 B. WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS BY COUNSEL OF THE PUBLIC? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OKAY. THANK YOU COUNCIL. GOOD LUCK WITH THAT. THANK YOU. NOW WE GO TO THE MANAGER'S REPORT. MR. ZIBO, PLEASE. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. THREE QUICK THINGS, AND THEN A [X. MANAGERS REPORT] PROJECT UPDATE ON TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS FROM MR. DAVIS. SO THE FIRST THING I DID HAND OUT A PRESENTATION ON THE OLD CITY HALL ISSUES THAT WE HAVE, UM, PROPOSED EXPLORATORY, UM, OF THE BUILDING. UH, AND THEN THERE'LL BE RENOVATION, UH, REMODELING OR DEMOLITION OF THE BUILDING. BUT WE WILL BE ABLE TO COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL PROBABLY TOWARD THE END OF MAY. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE THAT, GIMME A SHOUT. WE WILL HAVE A WORKSHOP ON THAT WHEN WE DO HAVE WHAT THE EXTENT OF THE RENOVATION, REPAIR, OR DEMOL OF THE BUILDING WOULD BE. SO, UM, SECONDLY, JUST A PSA FROM JEN. THE BUNNY BASH, WHICH WAS SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY IS GOING TO BE, I'M SORRY, FRIDAY, TOMORROW WAS RESCHEDULED TO APRIL 12TH. APRIL 12TH. 'CAUSE OF RAIN. SUPPOSEDLY IT'S SUPPOSED TO RAIN ALL DAY TOMORROW. AND, UM, THIS IS AN ADULT EVENT AND I GUESS THEY ALREADY HAD 170 SOMETHING PEOPLE SIGNED UP. SO THAT WILL 1 79. 1 79. SO THAT WILL BE A GRID EVENT. IT'S APRIL 12TH. SO THAT WENT OUT. SO PSA AND THAT, AND THEN THE, SUPPOSEDLY THE EASTER EXTRAVAGANZA, WHICH IS HAPPENING ON SATURDAY, IS SUPPOSED TO GO OFF UNLESS, UH, A RAIN EVENT, THEN THAT MAY BE RESCHEDULED, BUT AT THIS POINT, THAT IS A GO. UM, AND THEN JUST FINALLY A HAPPY AND SAFE EASTER EVERYBODY. UM, ENJOY THE SEASON FOR THE REASON FOR THE SEASON. AND NOW MR. DAVIS IS GOING TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON OUR LAUNDRY LIST OF TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS THAT HE'S WORKING ON. MR. DAVIS. GOOD AFTERNOON, EARLY EVENING, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE. UH, I DID WANNA GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE. HE'S SMIRKING AT ME. . WAS THIS A SMIRK? YES, SIR. . IT'S BEEN AFTER MY BIRTHDAY CAKE ALL DAY. UM, HAPPY BIRTHDAY. THAT'S NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR. HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. AND MANY MORE AND MANY, MANY MORE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT WAS NOT A CHEAP PLOY TO GET YOU TO DO THAT. GEE, DO YOU BLUSH EASY OR WHAT? I DO BLUSH EASY. UM, THANKS FOR THE FIVE BUCKS TOO. YEAH, NO, I DID WANNA GIVE YOU A, I ONLY GOT THREE. I DID WANNA GIVE YOU A QUICK, I DIDN'T GET ANYTHING. I DID, WE'RE GOING TO WANT TO GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE ON SOME OF OUR TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. UH, ARJUN BOULEVARD SHORTCUT, JASPER STATION ROAD. I DO EXPECT TO HAVE BID DOCUMENTS. UM, SO WE CAN PUT THAT OUT ON THE STREET THE FIRST WEEK OF APRIL, AROUND APRIL 1ST. UH, ALSO I EXPECT ABOUT APRIL 8TH TO HAVE BID DOCUMENTS FOR THE ARGENT AND NEW RIVER INTERSECTION. THAT, WHICH IS THE TEMPORARY SIGNAL. OBVIOUSLY THE, WE'RE STILL IN PERMITTING FOR THE FULL INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS, BUT WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, THAT'S GONNA TAKE QUITE A WHILE. UM, BUT WE WILL BE ABLE TO BID THAT AND PUT THAT TEMPORARY SIGNAL UP. AND I ALSO HAVE AN UPDATE ON SOMEWHAT OF AN UPDATE ON ARJUN BOULEVARD, US 2 78. UM, WE HAD A PRETTY LENGTHY CALL LAST FRIDAY WITH, UM, WITH HARDY BEAUFORT COUNTY, UH, S-C-D-O-T, AND SEVERAL TRAFFIC CONSULTANTS WHO WERE WORKING ON VARIOUS PROJECTS IN ROADWAY STUDIES FOR THE VARIOUS JURISDICTIONS. UM, WE WERE ALL ON THE CALL AND WE TALKED ABOUT ALL THE INTERSECTIONS. UM, AND S-C-D-O-T SAID THAT, [01:55:01] UM, THERE IS SOME GOOD NEWS, IT'S NOT HAPPENING YET, BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT, THAT THAT SCOPE HAS EXPANDED. UM, IT WAS ORIGINALLY WHEN THEY WERE GONNA PUT THAT LIGHT, THEY WERE JUST GONNA PUT A LIGHT AND THAT WAS IT. AND THEY'RE GOING TO, UH, LENGTHEN THAT, THAT LEFT-HAND TURN LANE, WHICH WE ALL KNOW IS CRITICAL. UM, ALSO GONNA CREATE, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THEY'RE GONNA CREATE A RIGHT HAND TURN LANE FOR FOLKS TURNING RIGHT ONTO ARGENT, WHICH WOULD BE REALLY GREAT TO GET, YOU KNOW, SLOWER SLOWING TRAFFIC OUT OF THE TRAVEL LANE. SO THAT'S REALLY GOOD. AND I THINK THERE MIGHT ALSO BE SOME, UM, A SECOND LANE TO RECEIVE. UM, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT MAKING A, A SECOND LANE TO RECEIVE TRAFFIC, YOU KNOW, COMING ONTO ORIGIN FOR SOME PERIOD OF TIME. UM, SO THAT'S ALL GOOD NEWS. I DON'T HAVE A GOOD, GOOD TIMEFRAME ON THAT, BUT IT'S IN THERE WITH THEIR SAFETY PROGRAM NOW. BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE CERTAINLY WELL AWARE OF IT AND THAT IS HAPPENING AND THAT OBVIOUSLY WILL NOT BE ANYTHING THAT'S FUNDED BY US. SO THAT'S GOOD. UM, WE, AND THEN FINALLY THE, UH, US 2 78 TURN LANES AT LATITUDE AND LAKESIDE BOULEVARDS. UM, WE ARE GETTING VERY CLOSE TO ALSO HAVING FULL APPROVALS ON THAT AS WELL. WE'LL BE ABLE TO PUT THAT OUT TO BID. UM, IT'S GONNA BE A LITTLE MORE EXPENSIVE, I THINK, THAN WE ORIGINALLY THOUGHT, BUT I THINK WE DO HAVE THE FUNDS FOR THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT. UM, BUT I WOULD ANTICIPATE BEING ABLE TO DO THAT SOMETIME IN THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS AS WELL. SO THERE ARE SOME THINGS HAPPENING. UM, I'M PLEASED TO TELL YOU THAT, UH, MARK, UH, MATT, UH, OLDFIELD ONE 70. OH YES, THAT'S, THANK YOU. YES. UM, BEAUFORT COUNTY IS GOING TO INSTALL A TEMPORARY, WHAT THEY'RE CALLING A TEMPORARY SIGNAL. THERE'LL BE POLES AND WIRES AT OLDFIELD AND EAST SERGEANT PARKWAY, UM, AS WELL. AND THAT SHOULD BE IN THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS AS WELL. SO ULTIMATELY, WOW. YOU KNOW, THAT'S GONNA BE A MUCH BIGGER INTERSECTION AS WELL. BUT, UM, THE, THE WARRANTS ARE MET NOW AT THAT INTER INTERSECTION AS WELL. SO, YOU KNOW, BUT IN THE SHORT TERM, WE WON'T BE USING ANY OF OUR DA FUNDS TO PAY FOR THAT. BUT PROBABLY IN THE FUTURE WITH SOME OF THE, LIKE, AS IT BECOMES MORE PERMANENT, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, WITH MASKS ARMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WE'LL PROBABLY NEED TO, NEED TO PARTICIPATE. THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN THE INTENTION THAT THE CITY WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT INTERSECTION, BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S GONNA BE BEAUFORT COUNTY PROJECT. SO THAT'S A GOOD THING. THERE. THERE WAS, IF YOU RECALL, MATT, UH, WELL MAYBE I, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WERE HERE OR WEREN'T, BUT, UM, WHEN, REMEMBER WHEN THE ACCESS MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR ONE 70 WAS DONE AND APPROVED BY LATS? I THINK IT WAS APPROVED IN 2019. I THINK THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY. THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT LIGHT. THEY WANTED A, A LIMITED LIGHT, YOU KNOW, WRITE INS, WRITE OUTS, THEN THEY TALKED ABOUT FLYOVERS. THERE WAS A LOT OF THINGS. BUT BOTTOM LINE, WE FINALLY GOT THE LATS APPROVAL TO MAKE THAT A FULL SERVICE LIGHT. REMEMBER RANA ALSO AS PART OF THAT, JEFF COGAN AND PRESERVE COMMUNITIES SAID THEY WOULD FRONT UP THE MONEY TO DO SO WHEN THE TIME CAME. SO THERE WERE DEVELOPMENT FEES COMMITTED YES. FROM THE EAST, UM, DISTRICT TO PAY FOR THAT LIGHT AS WELL. RIGHT. AND YEAH, AND I, I THINK I MENTIONED THAT, THAT THAT'LL BE MORE THE, WHEN IT BECOMES MORE OF A PERMANENT, WHEN IT BECOMES A PERMANENT AND EVERYTHING. YEAH. BUT THE BUT THE TEMPORARY DUE FOR COUNTY WILL TAKE CARE. THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY. YEAH. AND THAT'S PROBABLY GOOD BECAUSE WE NEED TO PROBABLY RAISE SOME MORE FUNDS IN EAST ORIGIN BECAUSE EVERYTHING ELSE, THE OTHER PROJECTS ARE COSTING MORE MONEY AS WELL. SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA USE THE MONEY WE HAVE NOW FOR, FOR OTHER INTERSECTIONS. SO ANY QUESTIONS FOR MATT? YES, MATT? UM, I READ IN THE ISLAND PACKET WHERE ELCO, THEY'RE DISCUSSING THE EXTENSION OF BLUFFTON PARKWAY, AND I KIND OF FOUND IT A LITTLE HUMOROUS IN THERE. IT SAYS IN THERE, ACCORDING, THIS IS THE NEWSPAPER TALKING ABOUT IT'S GONNA BE EXTENDED ALL THE WAY THROUGH HARDY V TO 95. I DON'T THINK WE'RE EVER GONNA LIVE TO SEE THAT DAY. I SAW THAT TOO. . UM, YOU KNOW, ALL I CAN TELL YOU IS, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, LATS IS FUNDING THAT STUDY THAT IS LOOKING AT ALTERNATIVES TO THE BUFF PARKWAY WITH 46, 3 15, 1 70, ALL THAT. MM-HMM. . UM, AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, FEASIBILITY, THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME VERSION OF BLUFFTON PARKWAY EXTENDED OR WHATEVER THAT MIGHT MEAN. I I THINK IT'S TOO EARLY TO MAKE THAT KIND OF STATEMENT. MAYBE LATE, I DON'T KNOW, DEPENDING ON YOUR POINT OF VIEW, BUT YEAH. OKAY, THANKS AS WELL. YEAH, I HAVE A COMMENT FROM MATT, BUT ON A DIFFERENT SUBJECT. SO I'LL WAIT FOR ALL THE ROAD COMMENTS, THEN I'LL COME BACK TO MINE. OKAY. UM, THAT WAS ALSO BROUGHT UP AT LATS BECAUSE THERE WAS A, YOU KNOW, I'M TEMPORARY CHAIR THERE AND, UM, THERE WAS A BIG CROWD ABOUT THAT. I DID INFORM THAT CROWD AND [02:00:01] THE, THE ENTIRE LATS COMMUNITY THAT THE EXTENSION OF THE BLUFFTON PARKWAY THROUGH THE CAR TRACK IS NO LONGER A POSSIBILITY THAT IT, IT'S BEEN APPROVED AS MARGARITAVILLE, THAT IT COST A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS TO BUILD A BRIDGE, UH, AND THROUGH THE WETLANDS IF EVEN IF MARGARITAVILLE WEREN'T, WASN'T THERE. UM, SO THEY'RE AWARE THAT THAT ORIGINAL ROUTE TO I 95 IS NO LONGER POSSIBLE. REALLY NEVER FEASIBLE. REALLY. IT WAS NEVER FEASIBLE. BUT NOW IT'S NOT, NOW IT'S IMPOSSIBLE. NEWSPAPER JUST NEEDS A LITTLE BETTER REPORTING ON THESE THINGS. WELL THAT'S, THAT'S, UH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BLUFFTON AND I WOULD SUGGEST IF ANY REPORTER WANTED TO COMMENT, REFER HIM TO BLUFFTON, UM, OR I'LL STAY WITH THE RHODES. UH, BEFORE WE GET TO BO'S QUESTION, THERE HAS BEEN SOME REQUEST I UNDERSTAND TO CHANGE EAST A PARKWAY TO A 35 MILE AN HOUR SPEED LIMIT. ARE YOU AWARE OF THAT? IS, IS THE CHIEF OUT THERE, BRIANNA, IS THE CHIEF OUT THERE, DO YOU, ARE YOU AWARE OF ANY OF THAT? I'VE HEARD ABOUT THAT. I MEAN, I GUESS THE SHORT ANSWER IN MY OPINION WOULD BE THAT, YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY THAT'S GONNA BE OUR ROAD. SO I WOULD THINK, YOU KNOW, WE CAN CONTROL THAT ONE BECAUSE THAT WON'T BE A STATE HIGHWAY. WELL, THE WHOSE, HI, WHOSE ROAD IS IT NOW? IT'S STILL PRIVATE REALLY AT THIS POINT. 'CAUSE WE HAVEN'T ACCEPTED IT. WE JUST ACCEPTED A PORTION OF IT, A PORTION OF IT, BUT NOT, I THINK THE PORTION THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT. SO THERE IS THE SUN CITY, WHAT THEY'RE CALLING SUN CITY WEST NOW, I GUESS WHATEVER THEY'RE CALLING IT, THEY, THEY WOULD LIKE BECAUSE OF THEY HAVE GOLF CARTS USING THAT ROAD THAT THEY WOULD LIKE THAT SPEED LIMIT REDUCED TO 35 MILES AN HOUR. CHIEF, UH, HAS IT BEEN REQUESTED OF YOU TO LOWER, UH, THE SPEED LIMIT ON EAST SERGEANT PARKWAY TO 35 MILES AN HOUR? YES SIR. THAT INFORMATION WAS SENT TO ME AND I SENT IT OVER TO HIM. AND ALSO WE SENT IT, I SENT IT TO JOSH WITH THE DOT. OKAY. SO DOT HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THAT. I'M HEARING SOMETHING DIFFERENT. I, AND I DON'T THINK THEY WILL BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE A CITY STREET. SO, WELL AGAIN, BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S, I I SEND IT ALL TO DOT BECAUSE THAT'S, YEAH. SO YOU SEND IT OFF TO DOT AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR AN ANSWER. SO LET'S SEE WHAT, LET'S SEE WHAT THEY SAY. THEY CAN CERTAINLY ADVISE US. I MEAN, THEY'RE KIND OF THE EXPERTS ON THAT, SO THAT'S FINE. AND ALSO AS RUMORS ABOUND, UM, PULTE HAS SAID THAT A LIGHT HAS BEEN APPROVED AT WHERE THE NEW GOLF CART BRIDGES AT, UM, WILLIAM JASPER. WHAT IS THAT? THAT IS TRUE. IT'S, IT WAS APPROVED TO PROCEED OR APPROVED IN CONCEPT. IN CONCEPT. IN CONCEPT. OKAY. SO THAT'S WHAT I SAID, I I, MY ANSWER TO THEM, AND PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, IS THAT WHEN PULTE FIRST BROUGHT THIS PROJECT TO US, THEY FIRST WORKED WITH DOT AND DOT APPROVED A GOLF CART BRIDGE, AN EVENTUAL LIGHT WHEN WARRANTS ARE MET, RIGHT? AM I, IS THAT CORRECT? AND ALSO THE, UM, THE, UH, PUTTING IN, OF TURNING LANES AT THAT INTERSECTION. BUT APPROVAL WAS IN CONCEPT BUT NOT APPROVED THERE. IS THERE APPROVAL TO PROCEED YET? THEY, I KNOW THE, THE INTERSECTION, THE TURN LANES AND EVERYTHING HAVE GONE THROUGH THE STAFF REVIEW COMMITTEE PROCESS AND THEY'RE WELL ON THEIR WAY. I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THE WARRANT FALLS, BUT THEY ARE WELL IN PROGRESS FOR THAT. BUT THERE'S, IN ORDER TO MEET THE WARRANTS, THEY HAVE TO COUNT THE CARS THERE. HAS THERE BEEN ANY INITIATE? I CAN'T EITHER. I CAN'T EITHER. I CAN'T. AND THERE CAN'T BE WARRANTS UNLESS SOMEBODY COUNTS, RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY. SO I GUESS WHAT PULTE IS KIND OF MISLEADING. THEY'RE TELLING HIM IT'S BEEN APPROVED AND IN PEOPLE'S MIND IS, OKAY, WHEN'S IT GONNA BE THERE? AND THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN APPROVAL AND, AND CONCEPT AND APPROVAL TO PROCEED. AND THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN TELLING PEOPLE. I JUST WANNA, THEY DEFINITELY ENGINEERED FIRST BEFORE THE WARRANTS AND EVERYTHING, WHICH IS UNUSUAL. SO THAT MIGHT BE [02:05:01] WHERE THEY'RE SAYING THEIR APPROVAL CAME TO. YEAH, THEY DEFINITELY GOTTA JUMP ON THAT. AND YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY PUT IT ON TRAIL LINK TOO BEFORE ANYBODY WAS THERE. SO THEY'RE PUTTING IT OUT AND OF COURSE PEOPLE ARE HEARING WHAT, WHAT THEY, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY HEAR AND NOT NECESSARILY WHAT'S BEING TOLD BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE PROCESS. OKAY. SO I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT. AND UH, SO WHEN I ANSWER THEM, THERE'S A, I KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. OKAY. THAT'S BO DID YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION FOR MATT? YES. ACTUALLY A COMMENT. FIRST OF ALL, MIKE, WHEN WE DO THIS, GET INTO THIS, HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET ALL THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS AND GOOD THANKS. ABSOLUTELY. UH, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, COMPLIMENT MATT, UH, SEVERAL MONTHS AGO IN THE COUNCIL WE TALKED ABOUT THE CARS AND HAVING CARS ASSIGNED BY POSITION AS OPPOSED TO SORT OF AD HOC OR JUST HANDING THEM OUT. WE WANTED TO AVOID ANY SENSE OF FAVORITISM OR ANY OF THAT. AND MATT WORKED ON THAT. AND, UH, ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF AGO HE HAD THE LIST AND HE WENT OVER IT WITH ME AS JUST 'CAUSE I WAS AN INTERESTED PARTY. AND HE HAS GOT US TO THE POINT NOW WHERE EVERY CAR IS ASSIGNED BY POSITION AND EVERYONE THAT HAS A CAR HAS A CAR BECAUSE OF THAT POSITION CORRELATION. AND UH, AND I JUST WANTED TO COMMEND YOU FOR DOING THAT. THAT'S, IT'S A HARD JOB AND, UH, TOOK A LOT OF THOUGHT. WELL, JUST TO BE FAIR, I MEAN WE, WE DID HAVE A SOLID VEHICLE POSSIBLE. I'M NOT CRITICIZING YOU. I KNOW, I, BUT I, I GUESS, BUT WE DID, YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF JUST CLEANED IT UP AND MADE IT EASY TO BE UNDERSTOOD. BUT A LOT OF OTHER FOLKS PUT WORKING THAT TOO. JODY WORKED ON IT, MR. SIMAR, UH, JOHN BROWN, OTHERS IN VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS, BUT YEAH. YEAH. THE, THE BOTTOM LINE IS NOW EVERY PART, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE VEHICLES THAT PEOPLE COME TO WORK, LIKE OUR INSPECTORS, ET CETERA, YOU KNOW, AND THEY GET IN THEIR VEHICLE. BUT EVERY TAKE HOME VEHICLE WE HAVE IS NOW A FIRST RESPONDER OR, UH, JUDGE OF THE VICTIM'S ADVOCATE. YOU KNOW, SOMEONE WHO'S THE ONE CALLED AT ALL KINDS OF ODD HOURS. IT'S A COMPLIMENT FOR A JOB WELL DONE. YEAH. UH, I UNDERSTAND. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE IT WASN'T JUST ME. I MEAN IT WAS, I JUST, AND I WAS, WAS AWARE THAT IT WAS, UH, YOU HAD THAT IM POSITION BEFORE WE YEAH. STARTED ON IT. YEAH. JUST GOOD JOB. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. ALRIGHT. THANK, OKAY. THANK YOU. IS THAT IT, MIKE? IS THAT IT? THANK YOU. OKAY, LET'S GO, UH, WITH COUNCIL COMMENTS. START WITH MR. WHITE. [XI. COUNCIL ISSUES AND CONCERNS] I DON'T, UH, HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS TO MAKE AT THIS POINT. UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE INVOLVED IN, UH, AND I DON'T HAVE A LOT TO REPORT YET, BUT WE'RE, UH, MIKE HAS ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT. WE'RE DOING A SEARCH AND WE WILL TALK AND HAVE EVERYONE UPDATED ON THAT. UH, AND UM, OTHER THAN THAT, JUST ENJOYING THE TIME WITH SOME OF THE EMPLOYEES. I'VE BEEN UP HERE A COUPLE TIMES AND I FOUND IT HELPFUL. ENJOYED TALKING TO MATT ABOUT THE CARS, A COUPLE THINGS LIKE THAT. NOTHING ELSE. UH, MR. MESMAN, UM, A LITTLE BIT BAD. UH, EASTER EGG ADULT IS CANCELED FOR TOMORROW NIGHT. I WAS KINDA LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. UM, I'VE SEEN THOSE BEFORE. THEY'RE HILARIOUS. THEY ABSOLUTELY ARE. BUT I'D LIKE TO REMIND EVERYBODY SATURDAY MORNING, UNLESS THE WEATHER TAKES IT OUT, IS STILL THE ONE FOR THE CHILDREN AND IT'S A GREAT EVENT TO COME AND WATCH THIS. UM, 6,000 EGGS, I BELIEVE IS WHERE IT IS. AND THE KIDS COME FROM EVERYWHERE FOR THIS. IT IS SOMETHING REALLY TO, TO BEHOLD. AND I, I HAVE TO COMMEND OUR PARK AND RECS AND TOURISM FOR PUTTING THESE TYPES OF EVENTS ON 'CAUSE IT'S VERY INCLUSIVE OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY. UM, I, I JUST SO MUCH ENJOY DOING THESE TYPES OF THINGS AND I ENJOY SEEING, UH, THE FRIENDLY FACES OF THE CITIZENS THERE. MY FELLOW COUNCIL, UH, MEMBERS, CITY STAFF CHIEF, I ALWAYS GET TO SEE HIS SMILING FACE . BUT IT'S A, IT'S A GREAT EVENT AND IT'S JUST PART OF WHAT MAKES HARDY VA GREAT COMMUNITY. AND I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE GROWING AND IT'S GONNA GET BETTER EVERY WEEK, EVERY MONTH, EVERY YEAR, FROM HERE ON OUT. AND THAT'S IT. THANK YOU, MRS. GUZMAN. UM, YEAH, I JUST HAVE ONE COMMENT, UH, ON SATURDAY. UM, IT WAS MY FIRST INSTANCE TO VISIT THE ST. STEVENS A ME CHURCH FOR THEIR HEALTH AND WELLNESS FAIR THAT THEY HAD. UM, I WAS, I MET THE MAYOR THERE AND, UM, I WAS VERY PLEASANTLY SURPRISED WITH WHAT WAS OFFERED AND THE TURNOUT. IT WAS, IT WAS, IT WAS EXCELLENT. AND, UH, IT WAS A GREAT FAIR. THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE, KIDS, UH, ALL KINDS OF VENDORS, UH, [02:10:02] INVOLVED IN THERE. I SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH THE HOPEFUL HORIZONS, UH, CREW, UH, BECAUSE THEY DO A LOT OF, UH, UH, OFFER A LOT OF HEALTHCARE, UH, ALTERNATIVES TO FOLKS THAT ARE UNDERPRIVILEGED. SO THAT'S SOMETHING VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART. SO I REALLY HAD A GOOD TIME THERE. I LOOK FORWARD TO INTERACTING WITH PASTOR JOHNSON. SHE'S, SHE'S TREMENDOUS, UM, IN THE NEAR FUTURE. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY, MR. CARROLL. UM, NOT A WHOLE LOT TO SAY. UM, THE, UM, MARCH 28TH MEETING, UM, HAS BEEN CANCELED THIS MONTH. SO I, I HAVE SOME PEOPLE, UH, FOLLOW THAT AND SOME PEOPLE COME, BUT THAT MEETING HAS BEEN CANCELED. AND THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT I MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE, UM, OUR, UH, MEETING TODAY THAT HARVILLE DID LOSE ONE OF ITS SON, OLD, OLD, OLD, OLD TIME CITIZENS, EVERY, I THINK, UH, KNOWS MR. HARPER. UM, GENTLEMAN THAT COMES UP HERE, THIS, UH, NINE SIX, WHICH CAP? WHO HIS SON, HE LOST. AND, UH, JOHN AND I SINCE WE WERE ABOUT FIVE YEARS OLD. SO, BUT ANYWAY, HE'S A, UH, LONG TERM MEMBER, DID A LOT OF LITTLE THINGS, BULL HARVILLE AS CITIZENS DID NOT KNOW ABOUT, AND I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE HIS, UM, FAMILY AND, UM, REMEMBER CITY HARVILLE, UM, SHARES IN THEIR GRIEF AND LOSS. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. UH, AND I DID SPEAK TO, UH, MR. HARPER SENIOR, UM, UH, DAY OR TWO AFTER, UH, SON DIED, AND, UH, SENT OUR CONDOLENCES, UH, TO HIM. UM, I'LL, I'LL BE REAL QUICK. UH, VAL ALREADY TALKED ABOUT ST. STEVENS, AND, AND I HAD A IMPROMPTU ROUND TABLE UNDER THE CHESTNUT TREE CONVERSATION WITH A BUNCH OF, UH, PEOPLE. AND I THOUGHT IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY A GOOD SESSION TO TALK ABOUT GENERAL FIG NEWTON WAS THERE. UM, IT WAS A, IT WAS A GOOD THING. IT WAS GOOD TO CONNECT WITH, UM, THE COMMUNITY THAT WAY. UM, ALSO, I, I CAME AND SAW THE REEFS ACROSS AMERICA'S MOBILE UNIT, BOUGHT A HAT, UM, THAT WAS REALLY STIRRING. THEY HAD A VIDEO THAT, UH, I WAS WONDERING WHY THEY HAD BOXES OF TISSUES ON ALL THE CHAIRS. AND, UH, AFTER I SAW THE VIDEO, I UNDERSTOOD IT, BUT IT WAS A VERY, VERY NICE THING. UM, IF YOU EVER GET A CHANCE TO SEE IT, PLEASE DO. UM, TOMORROW, AS THE PROCLAMATION WAS READ, UM, I WAS ASKED TO BE THERE AT 10 30, BUT I THINK THE LUNCHEONS AT 11, SO ANYBODY WANTS TO COME BY AND WISH, UM, JEANETTE DELO, UH, WELL, UM, THAT WILL BE TOMORROW AT, UM, 11 O'CLOCK. UM, I'M LEAVING HERE. I WAS ASKED BY THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AT ROYAL LIVE OAKS TO STOP BY. THERE'S A DINNER. UH, SO I'LL BE DOING THAT, AND AFTER THAT, I'M GOING TO NECTAR AND BLUFFTON. UM, THE RYAN FROM WTOC IS SPONSORING. THERE'S A, SOMETHING ABOUT ALZHEIMER'S, UH, SO I'LL BE THERE TONIGHT AS WELL. UH, LAST NIGHT, UH, BETH AND I WENT TO THE, UH, HILTON HEAD ART CENTER AND THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION IN LOW COUNTRY HAD THEIR AN ANNUAL MEETING. IT WAS THEIR 30TH ANNIVERSARY. UM, AND THE ANNUAL WARD THAT WENT TO, UH, MR. BOB ELLIOT, AS YOU MAY RECALL, THE, UH, BOB AND UH, GROUP STARTED THIS NURSE RETENTION RETENTION PROGRAM WHERE THEY ACTUALLY GIVE, UH, MONEY TO NURSES IN EXCHANGE FOR THEIR, UH, STAYING HERE IN THE LOCAL AREA. UM, THE CITY OF HARDY VILLE THROUGH OUR FOUNDATION HAS GIVEN THEM TWO GRANTS, AND THAT HAS FUNDED A NUMBER OF NURSES FROM JASPER COUNTY. UH, WE WERE GIVEN A SHOUT OUT ABOUT THAT. SO, UM, I, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE RECOGNIZING, UM, THAT, UH, INITIATIVE, UM, AT THE YOUTH COUNCIL. WE FINISHED OUR FILMING, AND I HOPE TO HAVE, UM, THE FINAL VIDEO SOON. AND, UM, I'LL SHARE THAT WITH EVERYBODY. I'M GOING TO USE THAT TO PASS AROUND AND ASK FOR DONATIONS. SO ANYBODY, STEVE AND MARGARITAVILLE, [02:15:01] VALERIE AND HILTON AT LAKES, OR, UH, ANYONE IN SUN CITY, JOHN, DOWNTOWN, IF YOU WANNA HELP GET DONATIONS OF PERSONAL HYGIENE ITEMS, TOOTHPASTE, YOU KNOW, DEODORANT, MOUTHWASH, UH, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS SO THAT WE CAN, UH, DISTRIBUTE AND GIVE DONATIONS TO THE SCHOOLS. UM, I WOULD LOVE YOUR HELP IF YOU COULD, TO MY CAR TODAY. DO YOU, DO YOU KNOW WHAT SIZE PRODUCTS DO THEY, ANYTHING THEY'RE GONNA BE GIVEN TO KIDS, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY KIDS WHO AREN'T, DON'T HAVE ACCESS, DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, ARE NOT USING THEM. OKAY? OKAY. AND THIS VIDEO IS A PUBLIC SERVICE VIDEO. THE KIDS WERE PHENOMENAL. JESS, YOU'RE BACK THERE. TAKE A BATH. JESS HAS DONE A WONDERFUL JOB. AND, UH, DO YOU KNOW WHEN, WHEN WE SEE THE FINAL PRODUCT NEXT WEDNESDAY? I'LL HAVE IT DONE NEXT WEDNESDAY. MM-HMM, . OKAY. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, I'M GONNA USE THAT TO PASS AROUND AND ASK FOR DONATIONS. THE NEXT YOUTH COUNCIL MEETING IS APRIL, UH, 10TH. WE'VE SEEN SOME OF THE OUTTAKES, AND IT'S DONE A GREAT JOB. AND JESS HAS BEEN WONDERFUL WITH THE KIDS. THANK YOU. UM, THE DEADLINE, SIR, FOR THE, UH, PRIOR ACCIDENT MADE, YOU KNOW, ANYTIME IN APRIL. OKAY. YOU KNOW, THE KIDS ARE GONNA DECIDE AT THE NEXT MEETING ON APRIL 10TH, HOW, WHEN, AND WHERE THEY'RE GONNA DISTRIBUTE THE PRODUCT. SO I, I DON'T HAVE A DEFINITIVE ANSWER FOR YOU. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, UM, UH, BROUGHT UP LAST TIME, AND MIKE GAVE US A, UM, SCHEDULE OF WHAT HAPPENED OVER THE YEARS WITH J AND C. UM, I'VE ASKED MIKE TO MAKE THIS AN ABSOLUTE PRIORITY, AND I, I THINK THE COUNCIL CAN SHARES MY, UM, CALL FOR A HIGH PRIORITY THAT WHATEVER VIOLATIONS ARE TAKING PLACE, AND THIS GOES BACK TO 2014, THAT THIS ESTABLISHMENT HAS BEEN WARNED AND, AND FINED ABOUT VIOLATIONS OF CODE. SO, UM, MIKE, PLEASE, THIS IS A HIGH PRIORITY. THANK YOU. AND, UH, THAT'S ALL I HAVE ON MY LIST. OH, ONE OTHER THING I DIDN'T HAVE ON MY LIST, BUT NEXT WEDNESDAY, EVERY YEAR THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE GOES UP TO COLUMBIA AND SERVES A, A LOW COUNTRY BOIL TO THE REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATORS. IT'S LOCATED BETWEEN THE, UH, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING AND THE HOUSE OFF OFFICE BUILDING, AND ALL THE REPRESENTATIVES OR STAFF AND EVERYBODY TO COME BY AND GET FOOD, GET, GIVE EVERYBODY A CHANCE TO GO LOBBY FOR WHATEVER, WHICH, YOU KNOW, ROAD MONEY WOULD BE IS WHAT I'VE BEEN SHOUTING ABOUT. SO PLEASE, WHOEVER FROM COUNCIL CAN MAKE IT, UH, OR STAFF, PLEASE, UH, JOIN US ON WEDNESDAY, UP IN COLUMBIA, 1130 TO TWO. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOTION TO ADJOURN. [XII. ADJOURNMENT] SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. A AYE. THANK YOU. GOODNIGHT EVERYBODY. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.