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WE SHOULD TURN TO MAKE SECOND.
WE HAVE A MOTION? WE HAVE A SECOND.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
WE HAVE ALREADY OPENED UP THE MEETING, THE, UH, PLEDGE AND THE INVOCATION HAVE ALREADY BEEN DONE, AND WE ARE JUST COMING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SO THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS.
CINDY, HAVE WE, HAS ANYONE SIGNED UP? NO, SIR.
WE'RE GONNA GO INTO PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE A PRESENTATION BY PLANNING DIRECTOR BRIANNA SNOWDEN.
I THINK WE'VE HAD SOME PEOPLE RECENTLY HAD I HAD MORE THAN AN IMAGINATION.
UM, TODAY IS OCTOBER 17TH AND IT IS NATIONAL.
IN THE PAST, OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, WE'VE, WE'VE DONE SOMETHING FROM TIME TO TIME WITH DIFFERENT THINGS THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA TONIGHT.
UM, THIS YEAR'S QUESTION IS ABOUT WHAT IS YOUR DROP IN THE BUCKET? AND SO THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO, UM, GET UP TONIGHT AND JUST TELL YOU A FEW THINGS ABOUT IMAGINE A DAY WITHOUT WATER.
DID I DO THAT? JUST ONE MOMENT.
UM, REMEMBER, IT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW WHY, WHAT WATER IS USED FOR, WHY, WHAT WOULD WE DO WITHOUT IF WE DIDN'T HAVE IT? UM, AS SIMPLE AS BASIC HYDRATION.
UM, YOUR COFFEE IN THE MORNING, YARD, MAINTENANCE, SWIMMING, CAR WASHING.
AND AS IMPORTANT AND AS SERIOUS AS SANITATION AND, AND KEEPING THINGS, UM, THE WAY WE WANNA.
I'LL ALSO, AS A PLANNER, KEEPING THINGS GREEN.
NOT JUST LANDSCAPING, BUT, BUT, UM, ALL THE IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE VALUE ABOUT THE LOW COUNTRY.
WHERE DOES FRESH WATER, TREATED WATER COME FROM? UM, WE HAD THE PRESENTATION FROM B-J-A-W-S-A-A MONTH OR SO AGO.
UM, THAT TELLS US A LOT ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE PLANNING FOR THEIR FUTURE.
BUT EVERYTHING DOES, UM, COME FROM THE SAN SAVANNAH RIVER, FLORIDA.
WE'RE IN AQUIFER, AND WE DO HAVE THE, THE TREATMENT PLANTS THAT THEY'VE TOLD US ABOUT.
UM, EXPANDING CAPACITY IS PLANNED.
WE'VE LEARNED MORE ABOUT THAT, BUT INFRASTRUCTURE IS, IS SET DEFINITELY NEEDED.
UM, OVER 2 MILLION AMERICANS LIVE WITHOUT BASIC ACCESS TO DRINKING WATER, SAFE DRINKING WATER, AND SANITATION.
AND IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO REMEMBER THAT WATER IS LIFE.
UM, IT ALSO IS AN ECONOMICAL THING.
MAKE THESE CHANGES NOW SO THAT WE DON'T RUN INTO PROBLEMS LIKE OTHER JURISDICTIONS, OTHER STATES WHERE, UM, WATER BILLS HAVE GONE UP, THINGS HAVE HAPPENED BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T TAKE CARE OF IT WHEN THEY COULD.
AND PROTECT OUR WATER, PROTECT OUR FUTURE.
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER.
UM, SO THIS YEAR'S CAMPAIGN IS THEIR 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF IMAGINE A DAY WITHOUT WATER.
UM, IS WHAT IS YOUR DROP IN THE BUCKET? MY DROP IN THE BUCKET THIS YEAR IS COMING HERE AND, AND REMINDING EVERYBODY ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF WATER AND, UM, EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.
UM, SO JUST TAKE A FEW MINUTES, TAKE SOME TIME.
THINK ABOUT WHAT YOUR DROP IN THE BUCKET IS TO HELP US PRESERVE OUR WATER RESOURCES AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT.
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THEY'RE, UM, 10 YEARS.THEY HAVE A WEBSITE, 10 WAYS TO GET INVOLVED AND, UM, HAPPY.
ANY QUESTIONS, COUNSEL? ANY QUESTIONS?
NEIL WANTED ME TO BRING BOTTLES OF WATER AND I FORGOT THEM AND I APOLOGIZE, BUT I SEE SEVERAL OF YOU HAVE 'EM.
AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO, UH, NO, I CAN'T SAY IT SO I DON'T WANNA GET IN TROUBLE.
UM, ALRIGHT, LYNN, IS THAT HELL YOU BACK, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M GETTING OLDER AND MORE MATURE.
UH, NEXT WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY PRT DIRECTOR JENNIFER COMBS TO MIKE BENTON FOR DONATION FROM CHARITY PICKLEBALL EVENT.
I JUST TOLD MIKE IF I NEED TO GO GET TISSUES, HE'S LIKE, I THINK I GOT IT.
I'M LIKE, I DON'T THINK YOU GOT IT.
UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
UM, WE ARE VERY HONORED, UH, TO PRESENT A CHECK, UM, TO MR. BENTON.
UM, MIKE HAS BEEN A STEADFAST FRIEND.
UM, BUT, UH, MIKE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE, UH, WHEN I, WHEN I MOVED HERE, UM, THAT REACHED OUT TO ME.
AND, UM, HE'S BEEN A VERY STEADFAST FRIEND.
UM, WE ALWAYS, UH, TALK ABOUT POWWOW AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE CAN DO FOR THE COMMUNITY.
SO WE WERE VERY HONORED THAT COUNCIL ASKED, AND WE WERE VERY HONORED, UM, TO BE ABLE TO, TO DO ALL THIS.
BUT BEFORE WE PRESENT A CHECK TO HIM, UM, WAS THERE ALREADY A LOT OF PHOTO OPS? THERE WAS ALSO SOMEONE ELSE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO PUBLICLY THANK AS WELL.
AND THAT'S MS. DEBBIE, IF YOU'LL COME UP, YOU HAVE SOME THANK YOU.
JUST WHAT? I NEED MORE PICKLEBALL STUFF.
YOU GUYS TOGETHER? OH YEAH, SURE.
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SORRY.SO, UM, DEBBIE IS AN AMAZING PERSON.
UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW, SHE COMPLETELY VOLUNTEERED HER TIME AND PUT ALL OF THIS TOGETHER FOR US IN CONJUNCTION WITH LOGAN.
SO I'M GONNA ALLOW HER TO SAY SOMETHING, UH, AS WELL AS LOGAN THE SPOT.
UM, SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, UM, TO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, SHE HAD A CREW OF VOLUNTEERS THAT HELPED.
UM, I DON'T KNOW A TON ABOUT PICKLEBALL, BUT I CAN PUT TOGETHER AN EVENT.
UM, BUT SHE DEFINITELY RAN THE PICKLEBALL SIDE OF THINGS AND MADE IT EASY FOR ME.
UM, MADE IT EASY FOR OUR TEAM TO GET, YOU KNOW, WE HAD 74 OUTTA 80 SPOTS FILLED.
AND A LOT OF THAT IS DEBBIE PUSHING IN THE COMMUNITY, PUSHING IT AT OPEN PLAY.
OH, IT WAS ABSOLUTELY MY PLEASURE WHEN LOGAN REACHED OUT TO ME, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF SHORT NOTICE, UM, WE GOT TOGETHER PRETTY FAST AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I LIVED IN MARGARITAVILLE AND THE RESIDENTS OF MARGARITAVILLE WERE A BIG PART OF MAKING THE SUCCESSFUL AS WELL.
AND THEY WERE, ALL THE VOLUNTEERS WERE FROM MARGARITAVILLE.
MY FRIENDS HAD HELPED ME RUN TOURNAMENTS AND LEAGUES AND OTHER EVENTS.
SO IT WAS MY ABSOLUTE PLEASURE TO DO THIS FOR YOU.
THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THAT CHECK.
THIS IS MORE DONATIONS THAT CAME IN FROM MARGARITA.
AND ALL OF YOU KNOW, MIKE IS A MAN THAT HAS A LOT OF WORDS, SO WE'RE GONNA ALLOW HIM TO SPEAK FOR JUST A MINUTE.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA TAKE PHOTO OPS.
I'VE HEARD HIM SPEAK A MANY A TIME
THE ONLY THING I CAN SAY IS THANK Y'ALL.
THANK Y'ALL FOR YOUR KINDNESS.
YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING.
UM, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING AND ASKING JEN TO TAKE ON THIS TASK.
IT WAS VERY, VERY HELPFUL TO ME.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, THE COST IS JUST INSURMOUNTABLE.
UM, AND WHAT Y'ALL DID REALLY HELPED ME HELP TO MAKE IT THROUGH.
I'VE GOT A FEW MORE TREATMENTS TO GO AND POSSIBLY SOME RADIATION.
BUT I, I PERSONALLY WANT TO THANK E EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THE COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, OF YOU GUYS AND THE CITY AS A WHOLE FOR SUPPORTING, SUPPORTING ME.
IT'S ALWAYS BEEN AN HONOR TO TAKE PART IN ANYTHING THE CITY DOES.
AND I'M EVEN TO THIS DAY, I'M STILL AVAILABLE.
IF ANYBODY NEEDS ANY, ANYTHING, I'M ALWAYS AROUND.
WE'RE GONNA TRY SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
IF I CAN GET COUNSEL TO STAND WHERE YOU ARE SO WE CAN HAVE YOU IN THE BACKGROUND.
AND THEN LOGAN AND I WILL PRESENT THE CHECK TO MIKE SO WE CAN GET PICTURES FROM OUR WONDERFUL, UH, PHOTOGRAPHER EXTRAORDINAIRE, MR. DANIEL
IF EVERYONE JUST LOOK IN MY DIRECTION, I'M JUST GONNA DO A COUPLE AND MAKE SURE I, I'M SHORT
WANNA MAKE SURE I GET, THERE WE GO.
I AM NOT ON THE AGENDA, BUT I DID ASK.
I'M GONNA DO, IF YOU WILL INDULGE ME JUST A FEW MINUTES, I WILL TRY AND BE FAST.
UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE DID HAVE A SMALL EVENT, JUST A SMALL ONE THIS PAST WEEKEND.
AND IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE PUBLICLY THANK QUITE A FEW PEOPLE.
UM, WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF ALL OF OUR SPONSORS, WE CERTAINLY WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO IT.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THANKS TO THE MANY SPONSORS.
UM, UH, OBVIOUSLY OUR MAIN SPONSOR WAS LATITUDE MARGARITAVILLE, UM, SO YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF THE SHIRTS AND EVERYTHING WITH ALL THAT.
UH, PULTE, UH, ALSO CAME IN THOMAS AND HUTTON, THE APAC, UM, LET ME SEE, EVANS GENERAL CONTRACTORS, UM, CLEVELAND, UH, SITE PREP.
UM, SORRY, I DON'T HAVE MY GLASSES ON.
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MANY, MANY MORE.SO A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR SPONSORS.
WE WILL PUT AN AD IN THE NEWSPAPER THANKING EVERYONE PUBLICLY.
UM, IN ADDITION, I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION.
SO, FESTIVAL ON MAINE IS THE CITY'S PREMIER LARGEST EVENT.
OUR FIRST EVENT WAS HELD IN 2019 WITH JUST UNDER 3000 ATTENDEES THIS YEAR.
WE SURPASSED OUR EXPECTATIONS AND HAD ALMOST 10,000 ATTENDEES OVER THE TWO DAY EVENT.
THE CITY RAISED OVER $120,000 IN SPONSORSHIPS AND WITH FUNDS FROM ATAC TO HELP SUPPORT TOURISM, THE CITY WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE THE LIVE ENTERTAINMENT AT NO COST TO OUR CITIZENS OR GUESTS.
THIS YEAR WAS, UM, THE NUMBER ONE ZACH BROWN TRIBUTE BAND, WHICH I HEARD WAS AMAZING.
UH, 20 RIDE AND IN SONS OF SAILORS ON SATURDAY AS WELL.
THE CITY ALSO HOSTED ITS FIRST EVER DRONE SHOW THAT DAZZLED EVERYONE LOVED IT.
IT WAS, AGAIN, THE FESTIVAL IS A PREMIER EVENT THAT HAS BECOME A BELOVED EVENT THAT ALL LOOK FORWARD TO EVERY YEAR.
EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY PARTICIPATES IN HOSTING THIS EVENT.
NEXT YEAR'S EVENT WILL BE HELD ON OCTOBER THE 10TH AND THE 11TH.
ALSO, TOO, SOMETHING THAT WAS NEW THIS YEAR IS WE DID HAVE A COMMITTEE.
SO IF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WILL PLEASE JOIN ME UP HERE AT THE PODIUM.
UM, AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO PUBLICLY THANK OUR FESTIVAL ON MAIN COMMITTEE.
UM, THESE GROUP OF PEOPLE HAVE GONE THROUGH A TON OF STUFF OVER THE LAST YEAR.
SO A VERY BIG THANK YOU TO, UH, JUDGE NANCY.
UM, JAMES NEIL, AND COMING IN BEHIND ME.
UM, SAM, I'M GONNA LET THEM SPEAK IF THEY HAVE JUST ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT IT.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA DO ONE MORE THING, AND I'LL BE DONE, JUDGE.
I GUESS I WAS PUT ON THE SPOT.
UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER AND ATTORNEY.
THIS WAS A TASK GIVEN TO US, AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE SUCCEEDED.
WE, WE, WE ACCOMPLISHED WHAT WE WANTED AND IT WAS A GREAT SUCCESS AND NOTHING COULD HAVE NOT BEEN DONE IF IT WASN'T FOR JEN.
AND OBVIOUSLY ALL WHAT WE BROUGHT INTO THE TABLE AND ALL UNDER THE, UH, LEADERSHIP AND GUIDANCE OF THE CITY MANAGER.
SO WE'RE READY FOR THE NEXT YEAR, RIGHT? THAT'S IT.
ALSO, TO ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS, IF YOU'LL COME UP FOR A MOMENT, PLEASE, THAT ARE HERE IN ATTENDANCE, AGAIN, EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT HELPS WITH THIS EVENT.
UM, THERE IS NO WAY THAT PRT COULD PUT THIS ON BY THEMSELVES.
I REMEMBER THERE OUR VERY FIRST YEAR, UM, I HAD TWO EMPLOYEES, UM, AND NEEDED A LOT OF HELP.
UM, SO I THINK WE'RE VERY SUCCESSFUL.
A BIG THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT YOU SEE UP HERE THAT MANAGES THEIR TEAMS AND BRINGS ALL OF THIS LOVE AND SUPPORT TO THE CITY.
SO, IF YOU WILL, PLEASE STAND WITH ME AND APPLAUD EVERYONE FOR ALL THEIR GREAT WORK.
OKAY, UH, NEXT WE HAVE THE PRESENTATION AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE OCTOBER 3RD, 2024 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE, DISAPPROVE, OR MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THE MINUTES OF OC OCTOBER 3RD.
MR. MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE, UM, MINUTES OF THE OCTOBER 3RD CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND MOTION? WE HAVE A SECOND.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE.
SECOND READING OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HARVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA TO ADOPT A MASTER PLAN SUBMITTAL FOR ATTRACTIVE LAND CONSISTING OF APPROXIMATELY 356.4 ACRES, KNOWN GENERALLY AS SOUTH POINT INFRASTRUCTURE MASTER PLAN LOCATED BETWEEN US HIGHWAY 2 78, I 95, AND JOHN SMITH ROAD TO INCLUDE PARCELS OH 41, ET CETERA, LOCATED IN THE SOUTH POINT PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
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TO AMEND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF HARVILLE TO INDICATE THAT PORTION SUBJECT TO THE MASTER PLAN.THIS IS 2024 DASH NINE DASH 18 A.
NOW I UNDERSTAND, UH, TAKEN AWAY FROM TONIGHT'S AGENDA, THE, UM, UH, SIGNED MOU, WHICH WAS, UH, REQUIRED AS A, UM, AS TO, UH, GO TO SECOND READING THAT WE WOULD HAVE THAT SIGNED PRIOR TO SECOND READING.
THAT HAS NOT BEEN ACCOMPLISHED, HAS IT, MR. ZIBO? NO, SIR.
SEEING THAT, I, I WOULD RECOMMEND TO THIS COUNCIL, UH, THAT WE GIVE ALL PARTIES SOME MORE TIME TO GET THAT DONE.
AND BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A CHANGE OF MANAGEMENT COMING UP, UH, AND RESPECT TO ALL THE THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE DONE, I SUGGEST THAT WE, UM, TABLE THIS TO THE SECOND MEETING IN JANUARY.
AND THE REASON I SAY, SAY THE SECOND READING, UH, THE SECOND MEETING, BECAUSE THERE WILL BE A LOT OF INSTALLATIONS OF NEW COUNCIL, UH, THE MAYOR AND TWO NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL HAVE TO BE SWORN THAT E EVENING AS WELL AS A VOTE ON THE NEW MAYOR PRO TEM.
SO THAT'S GONNA, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT TO DO THAT EVENING.
UH, SO THAT'S MY RECOMMENDATION.
UH, WE CAN GO AND DISCUSS THIS FURTHER.
WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THIS AT THE, THE LAST TIME THE FIRST READING CAME THROUGH.
SO I WILL DO WHAT THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO DO.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO THROUGH AND HAVE ANOTHER HEARING, UH, OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO TABLE IT? UM, LET'S START WITH MR. MESMAN.
UM, I HAVE MADE SOME SUGGESTIONS TO THE DEVELOPER.
I THINK DELAYING THIS TILL JANUARY IS, UH, UNREASONABLE.
I THINK, I THINK A MONTH OUT IS REASONABLE.
UM, I JUST DON'T THINK DELAYING IN THREE MONTHS IS, IS PRACTICAL FOR US OR FOR THE DEVELOPER AT THIS POINT.
UM, IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT SIGNED MOU, WE MAY HAVE TO, UH, TABLE IT AGAIN, BUT I JUST DO NOT WANNA WAIT TILL JANUARY.
UM, PERSONALLY, I'D LIKE TO HAVE, UH, ANOTHER WORKSHOP ON THIS TO DISCUSS WHAT COUNCIL, WHAT PUBLIC WANTS AND WHAT DEVELOPER IS, UH, ABLE OR WILLING TO PROVIDE FOR THESE, FOR THIS.
AND YOU'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE DEVELOPER? I JUST SENT THEM A MESSAGE.
MY CON MY CONCERN HAS BEEN ALL ALONG WAS JOHN SMITH WROTE, UH, WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT A CONSTRUCTION ENTRANCE? I, THE ONLY REASON I ASK, I THINK, I THINK THAT, THAT THOSE CONVERSATIONS SHOULD BE, UM, SENT TO THE REST OF COUNCIL AT SOME POINT.
THAT, THAT, THAT THEY BE SHARED.
UM, ANY, ANY COMMUNICATION WITH, WITH THE DEVELOPER OUTSIDE THIS PUBLIC HEARING, I THINK SHOULD BE SHARED.
SO, UH, IF YOU WOULD FORWARD THAT, UH, TO, TO THE REST OF THE COUNCIL, IF I WILL.
BUT I WILL ALSO REMEMBER, COUNSEL THAT IT HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST.
UM, IF THIS IS GOING TO BE POLICY, THEN WE NEED TO PUT IT DOWN AS POLICY.
UM, ANYTHING THAT I DO IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC, IF THAT'S A VIOLATION OF POLICY.
I'M NOT SAYING IT'S A VIOLATION, STEVE, I'M JUST SAYING PLEASE SHARE IT WITH US.
THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING ALL OF US SHOULD BE AWARE OF.
UH, MRS. GUZMAN, UM, I, I, I, I THINK WE SHOULD GO AHEAD AND TABLE IT BECAUSE A, WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT MOU SIGN.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE HAD THE PERMITS AUTHORIZED BY THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS.
HAVE, HAVE WE GOT ANY INTIMATION ON THAT? OKAY.
SO, UM, BECAUSE I'M JUST CURIOUS WITH THE READING, SOME OF THIS PAPERWORK THAT I GOT FROM THE PACKET AND, YOU KNOW, ABOUT POSSIBILITY OF ENDANGERED SPECIES IN THAT AREA, AND I'M READING HERE FROM, FROM THEIR INFORMATION, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT ANY PERSON SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES TO TAKE A LIST OF SPECIES WHERE BASICALLY THEY SAY NO IN THIS, IF THERE'S ANY ENDANGERED SPECIES IN
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THAT AREA, THAT THOSE PERMITS WILL NOT GO FORWARD.SO, UH, I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT THAT, SO, OKAY.
AND SO DO YOU HAVE ANY PREFERENCE ABOUT, UM, WELL, YOU, YOU'RE IN FAVOR OF TABLING.
MR. WHITE, WE'VE GOT SOME THINGS TO GET DONE THAT NEED TO GET DONE, AND I'M IN FAVOR OF TABLING IT.
I, I SUGGESTED JANUARY ONLY BECAUSE AGAIN, UM, THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT ON THE TABLE OF, UH, THE NEW CITY MANAGER.
UM, HE'S GONNA HAVE TO WORK WITH WHATEVER REMNANTS OF THIS MOU HAVE TO TAKE PLACE.
AND I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD GIVE HIM SOME LATITUDE IN TERMS OF CATCHING UP.
UM, I DON'T SEE WHY WE'RE IN SUCH A HURRY.
SO THAT'S WHY I RECOMMEND WAITING, GIVEN THE NEW CITY MANAGER TIME TO GET ACCLIMATED.
AND, UH, HE'S GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF OTHER THINGS TO DO BESIDES HAVING TO APPROVE ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT, UH, THAT QUITE FRANKLY, WE DON'T HAVE AN MOU ROAD A IS NOT TAKEN CARE OF.
AND, UM, WE DON'T HAVE ANY ASSURANCES THAT THAT ROAD THROUGH THE WETLANDS ARE, IS GONNA BE A REALITY.
SO, I, I DON'T SEE WHY WE'RE IN A BIG HURRY.
SO, AT, AT THIS POINT, RATHER THAN, UH, LET'S, UM, I THINK GIVE THE PUBLIC AN OPPORTUNITY IF ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO, UM, GIVE US ANY GUIDANCE OR ANY THOUGHTS.
I'D LIKE A MOTION, UM, UH, IF YOU, IF YOU WANT A TABLE, LET'S DO A MOTION.
IF NOT, WE, WE WILL OPEN IT UP FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION.
WOULD I BE CONSIDERED A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC, OR, I MEAN, OR DO I YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO SPEAK.
ALRIGHT, GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
I WAS PREPARED FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A DISCUSSION, OBVIOUSLY.
UM, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A CURVE BALL, MR. MAYOR.
UM, I JUST FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, JUST TO GET RIGHT INTO IT, I JUST FEEL LIKE IT'S, IT'S VERY SHORTSIGHTED.
THE ONLY GROUPS, OR THE ONLY AREAS THAT BENEFIT ARE POOLER AND BLUFFTON, IF WE CONTINUE TO DELAY THIS PROJECT, IT DOESN'T BENEFIT HARDY TO DELAY IT.
WE WERE APPROVED TWO YEARS AGO.
WE'VE COMPLIED WITH EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE ASKED FROM THAT DATE ON.
WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE MOU.
WE, WE WERE PREPARED TO PRESENT A SOLUTION TO THE MOU TONIGHT OF, OF ADDITIONAL OBLIGATIONS THAT I THINK GIVE YOU SOME ASSURANCE.
SO WE WERE NOT SEEKING APPROVAL TO BUILD ANYTHING THIS EVENING.
ALL WE WERE SEEKING WAS APPROVAL TO CONTINUE THE PROCESS, CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH THE SEWER, WHICH WOULD SERVE THE HOSPITAL, WHICH WOULD SERVE THE TRAVEL CENTER.
SO I, I THINK, YOU KNOW, I, AGAIN, YOU'RE MAKING IT VERY CHALLENGING.
AND I, AND I, AND I, HONESTLY, IT'S A HEAD SCRATCHER TO ME.
WE'LL CERTAINLY RESPECT WHAT THE COUNCIL WANTS.
AND OBVIOUSLY IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE TABLING THIS TONIGHT, BUT I MEAN, YOUR EXPECTATION IS, WE'LL, WE'LL, MAYBE WE'LL CALL YOU IN JANUARY AND YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU'LL BE READY, MR. MCCLURE AND YOUR GROUP TO COME BACK AND GET RE-ENERGIZED AND, AND BUILD THIS INCREDIBLY, UH, IMPORTANT PROJECT.
IT COULD NOT BE MORE STRATEGICALLY LOCATED ON THE GEORGIA LINE.
I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU COULD GET ANY MORE OF AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.
SO IN ANY EVENT, I KNOW IN THE PAST WE'VE PROJECTS HAVE, HAVE, HAVE GONE IN DIFFERENT AREAS.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE TRIED TO BE A GOOD TEAM PLAYER.
THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE MORE FUN THAN IT IS.
BUT I, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH THE PROCESS.
I DON'T FEEL LIKE THIS IS RIGHT AT ALL SINCE WE ARE APPROVED AND WE'RE COMPLYING.
BUT IN ANY EVENT, I MEAN, I WAS, I WAS HOPING TO MAKE MY CASE A LITTLE BIT MORE TONIGHT.
I MEAN, I DON'T, YOU KNOW, WHAT IF WE, WE FINALLY GIVE IN MR. MAYOR AND WE, AND WE JUST GO AWAY AND, AND YOU GET THE PINE TREE WISH, THEN WHAT? WE GET THE PINE TREE WISH, I GUESS IS THE ANSWER.
AND THEN, IS THAT BENEFICIAL FOR HARDY? WE'LL HAVE 40,000 OF HOMES RIGHT BEHIND YOU
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WITHOUT YOUR 1400 MR. MCCLURE.RIGHT? BUT WHEN DO YOU, WHEN DO YOU, WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR RETAIL STRATEGICALLY LOCATED? IT'S GOOD.
WHERE, WHERE, WHEN IS IT COMING? I'M, I'M ASKING YOU THE QUESTION.
I MEAN, YOU'RE THE ONE PINE TREES EXIT, EXIT EIGHT.
THERE'S ALL, WE'RE GONNA REVISE DOWNTOWN.
THERE'S, WE'VE GOT 72 ACRES AT MARGARITAVILLE.
YEAH, WE HAVE PLENTY WITHOUT YOU.
WE, WE HAVE PLENTY OF SPOTS FOR RETAIL TO GO MR. MCCLAREN ON OCTOBER 27TH.
YOU SAID TO ME, I ASKED YOU IF THE ROADS GOING THROUGH THE WETLANDS HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEER.
MR. MCCLURE RESPONDED THAT OUR APPLICATIONS ARE IN THE PROCESS NOW, AND THAT YOU WOULD NOT HAVE MADE THE INVESTMENT IF YOU DID NOT BELIEVE THEY WOULD BE APPROVED.
THAT WAS TWO YEARS AGO, ALMOST TO THE DAY.
AND, AND ALL WE'RE ASKING FOR IS WHERE ARE THOSE APPROVALS? OKAY, SO IT'S 24 MONTHS IN THE WORKS, LET US KNOW AND WE'LL GO FORWARD.
CAN I GIVE YOU THE ANSWER THEN? SURE.
SOUTH POINT EAST, ABOUT 40% OF THE PROJECT TOTALLY APPROVED THE TWO SMALL CROSSINGS THAT SERVE THE FUTURE SPINE ROAD.
THAT, THAT YOU, WOULD YOU, YOU KNOW, WOULD YOU PREFERRED WE'VE BEEN IN PROCESS FOR FOUR MONTHS.
WE EXPECT THAT TO PERMIT LATER, UH, IN 2025.
SO EVERY, EVERY SINGLE DETAIL YOU MENTIONED LAST, YOU KNOW, TIME WE WERE HERE, YOU SAID THERE'S JUST TOO MANY LOOSE ENDS, WHICH WAS JUST NOT ACCURATE.
HOWEVER, THAT WETLAND PERMIT IS FORTHCOMING.
AND I MEAN, AGAIN, WE, EVERYTHING I TOLD YOU IS ACCURATE.
SO STILL HERE THREE YEARS, BUT WHAT'S THAT? WHERE IS IT? IT'S COMING.
I MEAN, IT WAS CHRISTMAS, BUT, YOU KNOW, UH, IT'S NOT HERE.
AND WHAT YOU PROMISED WE PASSED, AND I'M NOT GONNA ARGUE ANY FURTHER.
WHAT, WHAT, SO WHAT DO YOU MEAN? YOU, YOU PROMISED THAT YOU WOULD HAVE AN MOU AND WE PASSED FIRST READING.
THE FIRST READING WAS PASSED BASED ON THE, ON, WITH THE PROVISO THAT WE WOULD HAVE SECOND READING.
WHEN YOU HAVE ASSIGNED MOU, WE DON'T HAVE IT.
SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE NOT PREPARED TO, TO GO FORWARD.
'CAUSE YOU HAVE NOT FULFILLED THE PROMISE.
JUST LIKE YOU HAVE FULFILLED YOUR PROMISES FROM TWO YEARS AGO.
I, I, I WISH YOU'D REREAD THAT.
AND SO YOU SAID MR. MCCLURE RESPONDED THAT THERE APPLICATIONS ARE IN PROCESS NOW TRUE.
SO I STILL STAND BY THAT STATEMENT.
SO I MEAN, OKAY, SO WHERE IS IT IN THE SAME MEETING THAT YOU ASKED ME THREE TIMES? DO YOU OWN THE LAND? IT PROBABLY WAS THE SAME, SAME MEETING.
SO PROBABLY THAT'S A TRUE STATEMENT.
SO WE'RE ALL, WE'RE SAYING THIS IS A, THIS IS A REQUEST TO APPROVE AN INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE YOUR FACTS DONE YET.
I MEAN, I JUST DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK THERE WAS THE MISTRUTH THERE, THE, THE, WE HAD APPLIED.
I'M JUST SAYING THIS IS WHAT YOU PROMISED.
AND THE PRO, YOU PROMISED A, A SIGNED MOU YOU HAVE NOT FULFILLED YOUR PROMISES.
AND THAT'S WHY CAN, WE'RE GONNA, LET ME ASK YOU, SO I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT.
SO THERE'S THREE PARTIES TO THAT.
MOU WE PREPARED TO SIGN HAVE BEEN COOPERATIVE, READY TO SIGN.
I THINK ANOTHER PARTY IS READY TO SIGN.
SO AN AN MOU CAN MEAN A LOT OF THINGS, RIGHT? I MEAN, SO WE'RE NOT GETTING CUTE WITH THAT, BUT WE TRIED TO DO THE FULL MONTY THREE PARTY, MOU, WHICH, YOU KNOW WHO THAT BENEFITS MORE THAN ANYBODY? IT'S PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, THIS GROUP HERE, BECAUSE YOU SAID THERE'S A LOT OF EXISTING PROBLEMS. SO WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE THAT PROBLEM.
POINT BEING IS, YOU KNOW, WE WERE READY TO SIGN THE MOU.
NOW, I THINK WHAT HAPPENS IS NOW THAT YOU'RE DELAYING IT, YOU, YOU, I THINK WE JUST, WE HAD SOME, WE HAD ONE OF THE DEVELOPERS DROP OUT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS.
HOWEVER, WE KNOW THE REASONS ARE ALL RIGHT.
I JUST, IT'S A HEAD SCRATCHER.
FOR A MAYOR OF A GROWING TOWN LIKE THIS TO MAKE IT SO DIFFICULT TO DEVELOP A VERY STRATEGIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, THAT'S WHAT'S SUCH A HEAD SCRATCH.
SO I, I MEAN, AGAIN, I JUST DON'T KNOW WHERE WE GO FROM HERE.
WE WE'RE NOT ASKING TO BUILD ANYTHING.
WE'RE FULFILLING OUR COMMITMENT TO YOU AND TO THE, THE COUNCIL, AND TO EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM, ALL WE WERE ASKING FOR IS LET US CONTINUE THE PROCESS.
LET US CONTINUE TO ENGINEER, SPEND MONEY.
WE'RE, WE'RE BACK IN FRONT OF YOU 20 MORE TIMES.
THAT'S WHAT'S SO DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND FOR ME.
AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I I, AT SOME POINT, YOU KNOW, I WILL LOSE MY PASSION FOR IT.
BUT, AND WE NEED TO GO UNDERSTAND OUR RIGHTS.
BUT IT'S JUST SO STRANGE, MR. MAYOR.
I DON'T KNOW ANY OTHER MAYOR IN THE COUNTRY THAT WOULD PICK THE, I MEAN THE GOVERNOR'S IN SUPPORT OF IT.
SENATORS ARE IN SUPPORT OF IT.
HOW, COME ON, MR. MCCLURE, BRING THE GOVERNOR IN.
DON'T, DON'T MAKE STATEMENTS THERE.
MICHAEL AND I MET WITH HIM ON MY FRONT PORCH, THE, THE HIS SENIOR STAFF MEMBER TO SAY, WE, WE ARE GONNA HELP SUPPORT THIS PROJECT.
SO, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE GET ANY MORE.
WHAT, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT KIND OF EVIDENCE WOULD YOU, LIKE YOU, YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED? YOU HAVE ANY MORE TO SAY? WELL, JUST THE SKEPTICISM
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IS, IS UNUSUAL BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THE TRACK RECORD.SO ANYWAY, I, I'LL JUST SAY THAT EVERYBODY ON THE BOARD HAS BEEN VERY STANDUP, BUT IT IS JUST CONFUSING.
ANYBODY ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC? ANY MOTION FROM THE COUNCIL? AYE, I MAKE A MOTION.
WE TABLE THIS FOR ONE MONTH FOR UNTIL THE SECOND MEETING IN NOVEMBER.
UM, IS THERE ANY CONTINGENCY TO, ARE YOU STILL GONNA REQUIRE A SIGNED MLU? YES.
IS THERE A SECOND? WELL, MR. MAYOR, I DON'T EXACTLY UNDERSTAND THE MOTION.
SO, UM, ARE WE TABLE UNTIL THE LAST MEETING IN NOVEMBER TO REEXAMINE IF THE FACTS HAVE BEEN DONE? IS THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING? OR STEVE, CAN YOU KIND OF ADD TO THAT OR WHATEVER? YES, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT CAN HAPPEN IN 30 DAYS.
WE MAY BE ABLE TO HAVE A SIGNED MOU IN 30 DAYS.
I DO NOT LIKE THE IDEA OF PUTTING IT OUT THREE MONTHS.
I THINK THAT IS JUST DELAYING ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
YES, WE WILL HAVE A NEW CITY MANAGER COMING ON.
THE GROUNDWORK HAS BEEN LAID BY CURRENT STAFF.
HE WILL, HE WILL GET UP TO SPEED, I'M SURE.
BUT DELAYING IT THREE MONTHS, UH, I DON'T FEEL IS AN OPTION AS A MOTION.
IF YOU DON'T AGREE, THEN DON'T SECOND IT.
IS THERE A SECOND? HOW ABOUT IF WE COMPROMISE, COME UP WITH A COMPROMISE? AND THE ONLY REASON I'M SAYING THAT IS WE GETTING A NEW CITY MANAGER AND I KNOW HE'S THE FIRST, LIKE SAY HARRY, UM, LET'S JUST COMPROMISE AND SAY THE FIRST MEETING IN DECEMBER, THAT WAY IT'S NOT THE FIRST OF THE YEAR, BUT WE COULD AT LEAST BRING IT UP FOR, UM, AND SEE WHAT'S, WHAT THE STATUS IS.
THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT YOU WANNA DO ANYWAY, STEVE.
YOU SEE WHAT THE STATUS IS INSTEAD OF WAITING UNTIL END AND END, END OF JANUARY.
MY THOUGHTS IS WE DELAY THIS UNTIL THE END OF JANUARY.
PRESSURE FOR U ON THE THIRD PARTY.
WELL, LET'S JUST COMPROMISE AND SAY THE FIRST MEETING, MR. MAYOR IN DECEMBER MODIFY MY, I MEAN, IS THAT OKAY? I WAS JUST A COMPROMISE.
MY MOTION WITHDRAW THE FIRST MOTION.
I WITHDRAW MY MOTION TO RECONSIDER THIS ON THE SECOND MEETING OF NOVEMBER.
IS THERE A, DO YOU WANT A CONTINGENCY THAT AN MOU BE SIGNED? NO.
SO THEY CAN, WE CAN HAVE A SECOND READING WITHOUT A, A SIGNED MOU AGAIN, JUST LIKE WE ARE TODAY.
AND THEY CAN ALSO TAKE A, AT THAT TIME ALSO.
STEVE, WHY WOULDN'T YOU WANT A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING SIGNED? WHAT'S, WHAT'S, WE'RE HEARING THAT YOU GET IT.
BUT IF WE DON'T PUT PRESSURE ON THE THIRD PARTY TO STEP UP, HOW FAR WILL WE PUSH THIS DOWN THE ROAD? THIS, THE THIRD PARTY, STEVE WITHDREW THEIR APPLICATION ON ROAD A.
THEY HAVE TO NOT ONLY REVISE IT, NOW THEY HAVE TO GO TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS TO HEAR IT.
WE DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'LL PASS IT.
AND UNTIL THAT GETS DONE, THE THIRD LEG OF THE STOOL ISN'T, ISN'T SIGNING THE MOU.
SO ALL THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN IN A MONTH.
BUT AGAIN, IT, IT'S UP TO THE COUNCIL.
IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK, YOU KNOW, GIVE GIVE THE, UH, THE ROAD A SITUATION IN WEST ALK TIME TO, UM, TIME TO GET THAT CLARIFIED, BECAUSE THAT'S PART OF THE WHOLE, THE WHOLE INTERSECTION AND WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
THIS IS ABOUT AN INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN AND WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE DONE.
IT JUST GOT RE IT, IT JUST GOT WITHDRAWN.
YOU WEREN'T AT THAT MEETING THE OTHER DAY.
THERE'S A LOT OF, THERE'S A LOT OF UPSET PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT ALL'S GOING DOWN AND THAT MR. MCCLURE IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BE UNSAFE ON JOHN SMITH ROAD? NO, NO.
WELL THEN YOU'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT IN PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT YOU CAN YELL AT ME AND I CAN'T, WE'RE NOT PUBLIC COMMENT.
WELL, WE'RE NOT IN PUBLIC COMMENT.
CAN I, UM, MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, UM, TABLE THIS TILL, UM, THE FIRST MEETING IN DECEMBER TO CHECK THE STATUS OF WHAT HAS BEEN DONE.
AND THAT WAY, WE'LL, IS THAT STEVE? IS THAT OKAY? YES.
BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW MAYBE THE OTHER TWO PARTIES, UH, OF
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THE MOU THAT WAY.OKAY, MA, IS THAT OKAY? MAYOR? WE'LL JUST DO WHATEVER, WHATEVER.
I'LL, YOU KNOW, I'LL, THAT'S MY MOTION.
WE'LL GO, WE WILL TAKE, YOU HAVE A MOTION THEN FOR YES, SIR.
FIRST MEETING IN DECEMBER, STATUS OF WHAT'S GOING ON AND, UH, OKAY.
AND, UM, NO CONTINGENCY ON THE MOU.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND A MOTION.
UH, WHATEVER THAT FIRST MEETING, WE ONLY HAVE ONE MEETING IN DECEMBER, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR.
NEXT WE HAVE NEW BUSINESS, A RESOLUTION IN THE CITY OF HARVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, AUTHORIZING THE APPLICATION AND POTENTIAL ACCEPTANCE OF, OF SOUTH CAROLINA RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT APPLICATION FOR EXIT EIGHT SANITARY SANITARY SEWER PROJECT.
THIS IS RESOLUTION 2024 DASH 10 DASH 17 A.
SO I THINK THE COUNCIL KNOWS WE'VE BEEN WORKING, I LOSE TRACK OF TIME THESE DAYS, BUT WELL OVER TWO YEARS ON, UM, THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS TO MEDICAL CENTER DRIVE AND ON US 2 78 TO, UM, COME UP WITH A WAY TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE SANITARY SEWER SERVICE, UH, TO SERVICE THAT PROPERTY.
UM, ONE OPTION FOR FUNDING THE APPROXIMATE $6 MILLION PROJECT IS A, UH, RA RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT THROUGH THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
I THINK THE COUNCIL'S WELL AWARE THAT IN THE FUTURE, OR IN THE PAST AND HOPEFULLY IN THE FUTURE, UM, WE'VE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN DEALING WITH THEM FOR SOME OF OUR PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, SPECIFICALLY IN THE HARDEE COMMERCE PARK.
SO WE'VE HAD SOME PRODUCTIVE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE, UM, LEADERSHIP FROM THE RRA AND WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT THE COUNCIL THAT WE APPLY FOR THIS GRANT, UM, WHICH WILL HELP OFFSET A PORTION OF THE COST FOR THE PROPOSED, UM, EXUDATE 2 78 CORRIDOR SANITARY SEWER PROJECT.
SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING, UH, THIS ADOPTION, MR. MAYOR.
UM, LET'S START THE QUESTIONING WITH MR. CARROLL.
UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, MR. MAYOR.
IT SOUNDS STRAIGHTFORWARD TO ME.
MR. GUZMAN? UH, NO QUESTIONS, SIR.
I, UH, WAS UP, UH, IN FRONT OF THE RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, DIRECTOR, UM, WITH MR. ZIBO BACK IN MAY.
AND, UM, I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THIS GRANT COME THROUGH.
SO, UH, AT THIS POINT I'D LIKE TO OPEN IT UP TO THE PUBLIC.
ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? SEEING NONE, I'D LIKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, DISAPPROVE, OR MAKE ANY CHANGES TO RESOLUTION.
THE MR. MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE RESOLUTION 2024 DASH 10 DASH 17 A.
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS BY COUNCIL OR THE PUBLIC? WOULD THE PUBLIC LIKE TO, UH, I'M SORRY.
WOULD THE PUBLIC LIKE TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS? SEEING NONE? I'LL CALL FOR A VO VOICE VOTE ON THIS.
NEXT WE HAVE THE RECEIPT OF AAX COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS TO APPROPRIATE STATE ACCOMMODATION TAX RECEIPTS PER COUNTY TWO 50 PURSUANT TO SECTION SIX DASH FOUR DASH 10 OF THE SC CODE OF LAWS, THIS IS INTERPRETIVE SIGNS FOR MILLSTONE LANDING IN, IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,873 AND 30 CENTS.
UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UM, AS THE MAYOR HAS JUST SAID, THE AT TAX COMMITTEE MET, UH, THEY MET ON OCTOBER 8TH.
THEY REVIEWED THE APPLICATION FOR THESE INTERPRETIVE SIGNS AND, UH, THE REQUEST FOR, FOR $3,873 AND 30 CENTS.
UM, THERE WAS A THOROUGH PRESENTATION, WHICH I THINK THE WHOLE AT
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TAX COMMITTEE ENJOYED, AND THEY, UM, UNANIMOUSLY INDICATED THAT THEY, UH, APPROVED THIS AND ASKED THAT WE BRING IT FORWARD TO COUNCIL.WE'RE, SO WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR APPROVAL.
LET'S START THE QUESTIONING WITH MR. UZMAN THIS TIME.
MRS. GUZMAN? UH, NO QUESTIONS.
I, I SUPPORT THIS PROJECT 110%.
JOHN, THANKS FOR YOUR, UH, THOROUGH WORK ON ALL THIS IN YOUR COMMITTEE.
IT'S A, IT'S A TEAM, BUT WE APPRECIATE THAT, SIR.
UM, MR. WHITE, ARE YOU FINISHED? YES, I AM.
YEAH, MR. CARROLL HANDED ME THE INTERPRET OF SIGNS.
UM, I'D LIKE TO INVITE MRS. THE CORSI, MR. CORSI TO COME UP.
UH, WE HAVE THESE, THE INTERPRETIVE SIGNS WE'RE, YES, THOSE ARE SAMPLES OF THE FOUR SIGNS THAT WILL BE GOING UP DOWN JOHN AT, UH, MILLSTONE LANDING.
ANYBODY? THESE ARE THE, SO THERE'S FOUR IN TOTAL? YES.
AND THEN THERE'S A HISTORIC MARKER SIGN THAT WILL BE GOING UP AS WELL.
SO THOSE WILL, THOSE WILL BE, UM, INTERPRETIVE SIGNS OF THE PERRYSBURG TOWNSHIP, THE CIVIL WAR AT PERRYSBURG, THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR IN THE MAROON COMMUNITIES THAT LIVED IN THE SWAMPS IN ON SAVANNAH RIVER.
SO THEY WILL BE, UM, 20, UH, 36 POINT STEVE 20.
AND I JUST WANTED TO SHOW SOME PICTURES, AS YOU KNOW, THROUGH, UM, WE POSTED ON YOUR FACEBOOK PAGE AND EVERYTHING, EDIT THE THOMAS HAYWARD TOMB SITE AND OLD HOUSE PLANTATION, WHICH IS DANIEL HAYWARD'S.
WE ARE GOING THROUGH AN ARCHEOLOGICAL DIG NOW WITH THE LAMAR INSTITUTE.
THEY ARE THE ONES THAT DID THE BURG UM, BATTLE ARCHEOLOGICAL STUDY.
SO WE HAVE BEEN OUT THERE SINCE, UH, LAST WEDNESDAY.
WE'LL BE OUT THERE TILL THE 29TH AND THEY ARE DOING A TOTAL GROUND PENETRATING STUDY OF THE FORT UPLAND ACRES.
THEY ARE DOING, UM, METAL DETECTING OF THE WHOLE ACREAGE AND THEY WILL BE DOING, UM, TEST PITS NEXT WEEK.
SO WE'VE BEEN FINDING LOTS OF GOOD STUFF OUT THERE.
LOT MORE NAILS THAN WE CARE TO
AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND MORE OF WHAT, UH, DANIEL HAYWARD DID WITH THAT SITE.
THERE HAVE BEEN TWO ARCHEOLOGICAL SITES DONE PREVIOUSLY.
ONE IN 1965 BY CHARLESTON MUSEUM.
UNFORTUNATELY, THEY DID NOT DO A REPORT FOR THAT STUDY.
UM, IN 1996, CHICORA FOUNDATION DID ANOTHER ARCHEOLOGICAL STUDY OF JUST THE HOUSE SITE.
AND, UM, MICHAEL TRINLEY WHO DID THAT RE THAT STUDY, WAS ABLE TO GO BACK AND PULL PIECES OF THE 1965 STUDY DONE AND KIND OF MAKE A REPORT OUT OF IT.
SO WE'VE GOT TWO STUDIES THAT WE'RE COMPARING TO, AND IT'S JUST AN, AN AMAZING SITE AND WE JUST HAD, WISH WE HAD MORE SITES TO DO IT AT BECAUSE IT'S BEEN FUN.
WE BELIEVE THAT THAT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE HOUSE SITE.
THERE IS BRICK SCATTERED ALL OVER THE PROPERTY.
UM, ACCORDING TO THE OLDER STUDIES, IT LOOKED LIKE THEY HAD BRICK, UH, BRICK FOOTINGS.
AND THOSE BRICKS WERE ACTUALLY BRICKS PROBABLY MADE BY THE SLAVES BECAUSE OF THE AGE OF 'EM.
SO THOSE WERE SLAVE MADE BRICKS.
AND WE BELIEVE THE HOUSE WAS ABOUT 5,000 SQUARE FEET OUT THERE.
WAS IT HERE? DO YOU REMEMBER THIS
YEAH, I REMEMBER WHEN THAT EDITION WAS PUT ON
ALRIGHT, STEVE, I'LL BE NICE TO YOU TONIGHT.
AND, UH, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26TH, YOU'LL SEE OUR INVITATION GOING OUT.
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WE ARE HOSTING A CHARLESTON TEA PARTY OUT THERE.AND RITA, UM, LAMAR RITA FROM LAMAR WILL BE GIVEN A TALK ON THE ARCHEOLOGICAL STUDY.
AND THEN WE WILL HAVE A LIVING HISTORIAN, PEGGY PICKETT, AND SHE WILL BE TELLING THE STORY OF DOROTHY SINKLER, ROB ROBINSON.
AND SHE WAS A REVOLUTIONARY ERA, REMARKABLE WOMAN.
SO WE'LL HAVE A NICE LITTLE TEA PARTY.
WE GOT OUR TEA FROM THE CHARLESTON TEA COMPANY.
SO YOU'LL, YOU'LL ALL BE INVITED.
BUT WE THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT.
WE DID NOT REALIZE THAT GETTING THOSE, UM, SIGNS INSTALLED WAS GONNA BE SUCH AN EXPENSE.
I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT WE PAID FOR TWO SIGNS.
SO WE HADN'T BUDGETED FOR THAT.
THAT'S HAPPENED A LOT SINCE THE PANDEMIC.
SO, UH, WE UNDERSTAND, AND YOU GUYS GAVE SUCH A, YOU DID SUCH A GREAT EVENT FOR, UH, THE FESTIVAL ON MAINE.
I THINK WE'LL LET YOU GUYS HANDLE THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY EVENTS HERE.
I THINK THERE'S A BIG GULP FROM JOHN JEN WHEN SHE HEARD YOU SAY THAT.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? YOU DID A REAL GOOD JOB AND YOU ARE CLOSE TO THE PRONUNCIATION.
I CAN'T SAY THAT I CAN'T EITHER.
PUR RIGHT, MR. HARPER PBURG, YOU GOTTA SPEAK SOUTHERN
BUT YOU'VE DONE A FANTASTIC JOB.
WE'D LOVE TO GET SOME OF THE, THE LAND OUT THERE FOR, FROM THE ACTUAL BATTLEFIELD, SO THAT WAY WE COULD DO A, A BIGGER PARK OUT THERE AND DO A BIG INTERPRETATION.
MISS KATHLEEN, ARE WE GONNA BE SCRUBBING ANY OF THAT THIS YEAR AGAIN, LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR? NOT THIS YEAR.
IT HOLD, IT HOLDS FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS.
YEAH, THAT YEAR WE CLEANED ALL THOSE STONES.
WASN'T I THERE LAST YEAR SCRUBBING? YES YOU WERE.
SHE WAS THERE SCRUBBING WITH US.
BUT YOU'RE NOT OUT THERE DIGGING WITH US,
DON'T TRUST ME WITH, WITH, WITH DIGGING IMPLEMENTS.
I WATCH TOO MUCH OF CRIME SHOWS OUT THERE.
I HAVE, UH, THE ALZHEIMER'S WALK IS ALSO THAT SATURDAY, SO I WON'T BE HAVING TEA.
WITH, WITH, UH, TO, TO PREVENT ALZHEIMER'S, WHICH I, I PROBABLY AM CLOSE TO ANYWAY.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WHO'D LIKE TO, TO, UH, WEIGH IN ON THIS? SEEING NONE.
I'D LIKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, DISAPPROVE, OR MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THE, UH, ATEX COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS TO APPROPRIATE THESE FUNDS.
UM, NEXT WE HAVE CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST TO CHANGE THE TIME OF THE NOVEMBER 21ST, 2024 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING FROM FIVE TO THREE TO ALLOW MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND STAFF TO ATTEND THE BIG THURSDAY 2024 ANNUAL OYSTER ROAST IN RIDGELAND.
UM, LET'S START WITH MR. MESMAN.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? I THINK IT'S FINE.
THEN ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC? WE'D LIKE TO, UH, COMMENT ABOUT THIS TIME CHANGE IN NOVEMBER THE 21ST.
WE DO THIS EVERY YEAR, UH, TO GO TO THAT EVENT RUN BY THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE OR MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THE TIME CHANGE OF THE NOVEMBER 21ST MEETING? SO MOVED.
WE HAVE A MOTION? WE HAVE A SECOND.
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS BY COUNCIL OF THE PUBLIC? SEEING NONE.
THAT MEETING WILL NOW BE AT 3:00 PM OKAY.
NOW WE GO TO THE REPORTS AND WE GO TO MR. ZIBO.
AND I BELIEVE THIS IS MR. ZI BO'S LAST MANAGER'S REPORT IN, IN A COUNCIL MEETING.
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WELL, FIRST I WANT TO THANK MATT DAVIS, UH, WEARING A SUIT TODAY.I BEGAN MY JOURNEY WITH THE CITY.
UM, AND I WANT TO THANK OUR NEW, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT ANDREA.
UM, I ATTENDED 227 COUNCIL MEETINGS, 90 WORKSHOPS, 129 EXECUTIVE SESSIONS.
SO FOLKS, WE HAVE CLIMBED, UH, THE MOUNTAIN.
UH, WE ACCOMPLISHED MANY THINGS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WATCHING THE CITY GROW AND DEVELOP AFTER I'M NOT SITTING IN THIS CHAIR.
I, ONE OF MY THANKS TO THE MAYOR, UH, HARRY WILLIAMS AND OUR CO AND MY FRIENDS ON THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THEIR TRUST AND SUPPORT FOR ME AS, UM, THE CITY MANAGER OVER THE PAST NINE YEARS, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE GROWING CITY OF HARDY HILL FAMILY WHO EMBRACED ME AS THEIR LEADER.
THEY ARE THE BEST MUNICIPAL STAFF IN THE LOW COUNTRY.
UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING EVERYBODY.
IT'S A PUBLIC MEET AND GREET AT LATITUDE MARGARITAVILLE.
AND MR. MAYOR FOR THE FINAL TIME.
OKAY, LET'S GO ALPHABETICALLY AND START WITH MR. CARROLL.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA THANK JEN AGAIN FOR THE FESTIVAL ON MAINE.
IT WAS FABULOUS AND PEOPLE ARE STILL TALKING.
AND ALSO, UM, FOR THE FUNDRAISER, FOR, FOR MIKE BENTON.
UH, MIKE'S DONE A LOT FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
HE WAS, UM, OFFICE OF HARVILLE PD WHEN I WAS A MUNICIPAL JUDGE.
AND WE WORKED TOGETHER FOR A LONG TIME, AND I JUST CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH THAT MEANT TO EVERYBODY.
AND, UM, SECOND THING IS, UM, MIKE DIDN'T MENTION IT, BUT, UH, I DO, I WANT TO EMPHASIZE, UM, ON THE 19TH, WHICH IS SATURDAY, THE, UM, DEDICATION TO HARVEY PLACE.
AND I, I WANNA THANK MIKE PERSONALLY.
'CAUSE HE, UM, I TALKED TO HIM, I GUESS, HOW MANY YEARS AGO HAS THAT BEEN? WE DID THAT MIKE, 3, 3, 4 YEARS AGO.
LONGER THAN THAT, JOHN, MAYBE YEARS AGO.
ANYWAY, UH, THEY WANTED A NAME PLACE FOR THE, FOR THIS, UM, PARTICULAR PLACE.
AND, UH, I CAME UP WITH THE HARVEY, UM, FAMILY BECAUSE THE HARVEY'S HAVE DONE SO MUCH FOR HARVILLE AND JASPER COUNTY.
THEY BROUGHT THE HARGRAVE PHONE COMPANY AND SO MANY OTHER THINGS.
AND SO I JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS APPROPRIATE AND I, AND I TALKED TO MIKE ABOUT IT AND, UM, MIKE, UM, HELPED ME, UM, GET THAT, UM, ALONG.
AND THEN THE COUNCIL BACKED ME UP ON THAT.
AND I JUST WANNA THANK HIM SO MUCH FOR THAT.
AND IT WILL BE AT 10 O'CLOCK ON THE 19TH.
AND, UM, THE MAYOR IS, UM, IS GOING, IS GONNA SPEAK, AND THE, UH, RONNIE HARVEY IS GONNA SPEAK FROM THE, I TALKED TO HIM AGAIN THIS MORNING FROM THE HARVEY FAMILY, AND WE ALSO WANTED TO PUT KUDOS OUT TO HABITAT FOR HUMANITY FOR, UM, MAKING THIS HAPPEN.
UM, I WANT TO THANK MIKE FOR HOLDING MY HAND.
WHEN I FIRST CAME IN, UH, 2022, WE HAD THE ORIENTATION, UH, AND YOU HELD MY HAND THROUGH THAT, AND YOU HELD MY HAND THROUGH THE FIRST YEAR OF MY TENURE ON THIS DAY.
SO YOU WERE VERY PATIENT, ANSWERED A LOT OF QUESTIONS, UH, VERY, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT, FOR, UM, FOR GIVING ME THE CONFIDENCE THAT FIRST YEAR AND HELPED ME ALONG.
YOU'RE WELCOME TO YOU ABOUT FOR THAT.
AND I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST IN YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS.
SO, UH, TWO, I WANNA TA THANK JENNA AND HER TEAM FOR AN AWESOME WEEKEND.
AND I DIDN'T, I WAS NOT ABLE TO COME ON FRIDAY, BUT I WAS THERE ON SATURDAY.
I TELL YOU WHAT, I HAD A BLAST.
UH, I SAW A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST DANCING OUT THERE AND JUST HAVING A GOOD TIME.
SO JENNA AND HER TEAM DESERVE SO MANY KUDOS ON PULLING THAT OFF.
SO THANK YOU TO JENNA AND HER TEAM FOR THAT.
FIRST I'D LIKE TO THANK MIKE FOR
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WHAT HE HAS DONE FOR THE CITY OF HARDY, DONE FOR HIS COUNCIL, BROUGHT US TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY.IN HIS TIME HERE, THE POPULATION OF THE CITY HAS ALMOST DOUBLED.
WE HAVE GROWN IMMENSELY WITH OUR POLICE, FIRE, EVERY PART OF OUR CITY.
AND MIKE, YOU'VE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN, IN EVERY PART OF THAT, COMING ONTO THE COUNCIL LOOKING FOR DIRECTION.
I WAS ABLE TO GO TO YOU MM-HMM,
YOU'VE BEEN THERE FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS TO GIVE ME THAT INFORMATION WHENEVER I'VE HAD IT A PHONE CALL AWAY.
UM, I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR THE CITY OF HARDY VILLAGE.
SLOW DOWN A LITTLE BIT, ENJOY LIFE, YOU KNOW, FAMILY TIME, TRAVEL, DO THOSE THINGS THAT YOU'VE ALWAYS SAID, I'LL DO SOMEDAY.
DO 'EM NOW, BECAUSE THAT SOMEDAY MAY NEVER COME FOR YOU.
THAT'S TRUE OR SO, ENJOY THAT.
ALSO, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE WHOLE CITY STAFF FOR WHAT HAS BEEN DONE WITH FESTIVAL ON MAINE.
SADLY, I HAD ANOTHER ENGAGEMENT AND I WAS GONE, BUT I WAS REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
SO I DID SEE THE FACEBOOK POSTS AND, AND ALL OF THAT, AND IT WAS AN AMAZING EVENT.
EVERY YEAR IT'S GOTTEN BETTER AND I LOOK FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR FOR IT.
AND THANK YOU STAFF, EVERYBODY, UH, FOR PUTTING AN EVENT ON LIKE THIS, THIS IS AN EVENT THAT CITIES 3, 4, 5 TIMES OUR SIZE DON'T DO.
THEY'RE GONNA BE JEALOUS OF US IF THEY'RE NOT ALREADY.
MIKE, JUST FIRST OF ALL, YOU KNOW, I'VE ALWAYS SAID TO YOU TO, YOU'VE TAKEN THIS FROM THE MINOR LEAGUES TO THE MAJOR LEAGUES.
AND, UH, FOR ME, AS A PRIVATE SECTOR PERSON, YOU'VE BEEN A GREAT TEACHER, VERY PATIENT, AND I APPRECIATE IT.
AND, UH, I THINK I'VE EVEN LEARNED A FEW THINGS ALONG THE WAY.
UH, IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE NINE YEARS AGO, SO QUICKLY.
SO FOR ME, I'VE, UH, BEEN OUT AROUND THE COMMUNITIES JUST TALKING WITH FOLKS, AND JOHN AND I HAVE DONE A COUPLE THINGS AND, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, BUT THE REAL FOCUS FOR ME FOR THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS IS GONNA BE ON OUR MANAGER, MIKE, AND OUR APPRECIATION FOR WHAT HE'S DONE.
UM, I, I GUESS I'LL START OFF WITH MIKE.
I, UH, MIKE CAME AUGUST 31ST, UH, 2015.
AND ON THREE WEEKS LATER ON THE 22ND, I, UH, WAS ELECTED IN A SPECIAL ELECTION AND WAS INSTALLED AUGUST, UH, OCTOBER 1ST.
SO WITH, EXCEPT FOR 30 DAYS, UH, WE'VE BEEN THE, UH, THE FRICKING FRAT TEAM AS YOU OFTEN REFERRED TO US.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, UM, IT'S GONNA BE REALLY STRANGE NOT BEING PART OF STARSHIP PARTY BILL WITHOUT YOU, YOU KNOW, WE, YOU ALL THE BEST IN YOUR NEXT GREAT ADVENTURE.
UM, AND, AND I'M, AND I'M SURE THERE WILL BE ONE, BUT IT, IT, WE'VE, WE'VE GONE UP AND DOWN AND SIDEWAYS AND ACROSS AND YOU KNOW, IT, IT, BUT AT THE END, THE CITY IS A LOT BETTER OFF THAN IT WAS NINE YEARS AGO, THAT'S FOR SURE.
UM, AND I'LL ECHO WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE SAID.
UH, FESTIVAL ON MAINE WAS UNBELIEVABLE.
UH, THE SATURDAY NIGHT WHEN I LEFT, UM, THERE WAS STILL SO MANY PEOPLE COMING DOWN THE ROAD.
I THINK I LEFT ABOUT EIGHT 15 AND, AND THEN WENT HOME AND WATCHED THE, UH, THAT LIGHT SHOW.
I WAS TOLD CHIEF AND JUDGE, THAT WAS YOUR IDEA.
UM, THE EXECUTION OF BY JEN AND ALL THE STAFF, THAT WAS AN AMAZING AND AMAZING FESTIVAL.
AND, UM, IN EVERY SINGLE WAY, THE ATTENDANCE PEOPLE, THE, THE TWO BANDS WERE OUTSTANDING.
BOTH OF 'EM, BOTH NIGHTS WERE GREAT.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYBODY WHO, UH, ALL THE STAFF WHO TOOK PART IN THAT.
UM, I WANT TO ALSO THANK, UM, REPRESENTATIVES, BILL HERB KERMAN AND WESTON NEWTON.
UH, I MET WITH, UH, MIKE BOSWICK, THE DIRECTOR OF THE YMCA AND SAW THE 3D RENDERINGS OF, OF THE, UM, OF THE NEW Y.
AND HE TOLD ME, UM, I HAD SPOKEN TO BOTH OF THEM AT MIKE'S REQUEST BACK IN FEBRUARY WHEN WE WENT UP TO COLUMBIA.
AND, UH, MIKE TOLD ME THAT BILL AND
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WESTON WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING $600,000 FOR THE, UM, FOR THE YMCA.I DIDN'T SPEAK TO WESTON DIRECTLY.
AND I WANT THE COMMUNITY TO THANK BOTH OF THEM FOR HELPING, UH, GET SOME, UH, STATE MONEY INTO THAT YMCA.
UM, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT ON NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.
ANOTHER, ANOTHER TERRIFIC EVENT.
UH, THERE'S GOING TO BE, IT SHOULD BE UP THIS WEEKEND.
THE, THE, UH, NEW GARDEN CLUB OF HARDY HAS A NICE DISPLAY THEY'RE GONNA PUT UP IN FRONT OF CITY HALL, AND IT HAS THE, UM, BREAST CANCER AWARENESS RIBBON AND FLOWERS.
AND THEY DID A WONDERFUL JOB WITH THAT.
I THINK THE OFFICERS ARE MOSTLY OUT OF HILTON HEAD LAKES.
UM, BUT, UM, THIS IS AN OFFICIAL GARDEN CLUB.
IT, IT'S PART OF A FEDERATION, NOT ONLY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, BUT A NATIONAL FEDERATION AS WELL.
SO, UM, WE'RE GONNA SEE SOME MORE BEAUTIFUL THINGS OVER THE COMING MONTHS.
UM, REMIND EVERYBODY, UH, TEAM STARSHIP HARVILLE HAS, I THINK, $634 CONTRIBUTED TO IT, UH, THE ALZHEIMER'S WALK.
UM, ONE OF THE LEADERS IS, UH, TYLER MANION OF WTOC.
UH, I'D LIKE TO SEE PEOPLE JOIN ME FOR THE WALK AT 10:00 AM DOWN IN OLD TOWN, BLUFFTON.
UH, THE, IT'S THE WALK TO END ALZHEIMER'S, AND IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT, GO INTO THE WEBSITE AND CONTRIBUTE TO TEAM HARD.
UM, I ALSO WENT TO RASCAL'S RESCUE, THEIR FIRST YEAR BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION, UH, I THINK IT WAS ABOUT A WEEK AGO.
AND THEY, IN 365 DAYS, I THINK THEY HAD ADOPTIONS OF AROUND 385, SO OVER ONE PER DAY.
SO THEY'RE DOING A WONDERFUL JOB.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, I SHARE THE, MY, THEIR FACEBOOK PAY, UH, POST.
AND, UH, SO IF YOU SEE YOUR, ONE OF MY FRIENDS AND YOU SEE THOSE, I, YOU KNOW, SHARE 'EM WITH AS MANY PEOPLE, AND LET'S GET THESE, UH, THESE ANIMALS A A PERMANENT HOME.
THEY WHAT THEY DO, AND THEY DID IT THIS PAST TIME IN FLORIDA.
THEY HAD, UH, SOMEONE GO DOWN AND TAKE, UH, ANIMALS FROM AREAS THAT IN FLORIDA THAT GOT HIT BY THE HURRICANE AND THEY COULDN'T ACCOMMODATE 'EM.
THEY TAKE ANIMALS, THEY TAKE ANIMALS FROM, UH, THAT ARE SHELTERS THAT EUTHANIZE.
AND SO THEY RESCUE THEM FROM, FROM BEING EUTHANIZED.
SO HOWEVER YOU CAN SUPPORT THAT, I, THEY'RE A GREAT ORGANIZATION.
UM, WE'VE BEEN HOLDING, UH, TRANSPORTATION, SALES TAX REFERENDUM INFORMATION, UH, FORMS. I DID ANOTHER ONE THIS MORNING IN, IN SUN CITY.
UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT'S THAT'S ABOUT, WE HAVE, UH, A WONDERFUL, UM, UH, TWO PAGE OR FRONT AND BACK, UM, INFORMATION BROCHURE DONE BY THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LANDS, UM, THAT WILL EXPLAIN EXACTLY WHERE THAT MONEY'S GONNA GO, INCLUDING, AND I KNOW MISS THE COURSE.
HE WOULD LIKE THIS 20% OF EVERY DOLLAR WILL GO TO THE PRESERVATION OF OUR NATURAL RESOURCES, UM, A TOTAL IF EVERYTHING'S COLLECTED, $94 MILLION.
UM, WE ALSO, UM, MR. ZIBA AND I WERE ON A PANEL FROM THE, UH, COMMUNITY COASTAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, THEIR 25TH ANNIVERSARY.
UH, THEY'RE, IT'S THEIR PUBLIC FORUM TO, UH, UH, GET INFORMATION FROM THE PUBLIC ABOUT HOW TO GO FORWARD.
UH, I WANT TO THANK AGAIN, UH, THE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND MEDIA DEPARTMENT FOR SUPPORTING THE YOUTH COUNCIL.
WE GOT A, UH, SMALL BUT VERY, VERY, UH, IMPRESSIVE GROUP OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE YOUTH COUNCIL THIS YEAR.
UM, AND YESTERDAY, THE, UM, THERE'S AN OPENING ON SINER AVENUE, UH, KITCHEN DESIGN.
UM, THEY DO KITCHENS NOT ONLY FOR BUILDERS, BUT ALSO FOR THE PUBLIC REMODELING,
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UH, REAL NICE, UH, UH, SHOWROOM.AND, UH, IT'S THEIR FIFTH STORE.
THEY HAVE ONE IN BLUFFTON AND HILTON HEAD AND TWO IN SAVANNAH.
AND SO WE CUT THE RIBBON AND THEY ASKED ME TO CUT THE RIBBON.
THIS IS ONE OF, I LOVE THESE THINGS.
IT WAS IN UNINCORPORATED JASPER COUNTY WITH ORIGINAL ADDRESS, AND LITERALLY I COULD HAVE WALKED THERE FOR MY HOME IN VILLE.
SO IT, IT, IT WAS A LITTLE CONFUSING FOR THEM.
OCTOBER 31ST, UM, IS HALLOWEEN.
AND I BELIEVE WE STILL HAVE ROOM FOR, UH, CARS TO PARTICIPATE IN, TRUNK OR TREAT.
IT'S BECOME A GREAT FESTIVAL AGAIN.
THE PARKS AND REC TEAM HAVE DONE A WONDERFUL JOB.
WE NEED CARS COME OUT, GET DRESSED UP, DECORATE THE, THE CAR, AND HAVE FUN GIVING CANDY TO LITTLE KIDS.
SO, UH, OR IF YOU JUST WANT TO GIVE A BAG OF CANDY FOR US TO, FOR US TO GIVE OUT, YOU'RE WELCOME TO DO THAT AS WELL.
MR. MAYOR, ONE OTHER THING, CAN I ADD SURE.
JUST AS A, UM, A BIT OF TRIVIA.
I WAS TALKING TO, UM, ONE OF MY, UM, CLASSMATES THAT LIVES IN THE HOUSE ACROSS THE WAY THE, THE COBURN HOUSE.
AND SHE WAS TELLING ME THE HOUSE HAS TURNED A HUNDRED THIS YEAR.
IT'S A HUNDRED ANNIVERSARY OF THAT HOUSE.
I WHAT WAS IT LIKE THAT WHEN IT BEING BUILT?
OH, HE THREW YOU UNDER THE BEST JW
DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MAKE A MOTION.