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EVERYONE.THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS AFTERNOON.
WE ARE GOING TO START WITH THE INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
[I. INVOCATION & PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
BY MAYOR PRO TEM VALERIE GUZMAN.PLEASE WRITE, PLEASE WRITE HEAVENLY FATHER IN OUR HEARTS, WE PLAN OUR COURSE, BUT WE PRAY THAT YOU ESTABLISH OUR STEPS.
I PRAY THAT WE SEEK FOR ADVICE.
LET US NOT MAKE DECISIONS BASED UPON WHAT WE KNOW, BUT LET US ACT BASED UPON YOUR WISDOM.
PLEASE GUIDE US, LORD AS WE PLACE THIS MEETING OUR HEARTS AND MINDS IN YOUR HANDS.
ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG 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.
I'LL NOW CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
[II. CALL TO ORDER]
CITY OF HARDY BILL, REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND PUBLIC HEARING, 2 0 5 MAIN STREET, HARDY, SOUTH CAROLINA, APRIL 3RD, 2025 AT 4:00 PM FIRST, UH, PIECE OF BUSINESS IS TO APPROVE TODAY'S AGENDA.MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE,
[III. APPROVAL OF AGENDA]
DISAPPROVE, OR MAKE ANY CHANGES TO TODAY'S AGENDA? I MAKE A MOTION.ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
NEXT WE WILL HAVE EXECUTIVE SESSION, DISCUSSION OF NEGOTIATIONS
[IV. EXECUTIVE SESSION]
INCIDENT TO PROPOSE CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS AND PROPOSED 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 PO POSITION OF THE PUBLIC AGENCY IN OTHER ADVERSARY SITUATIONS INVOLVING THE ASSERTION AGAINST THE AGENCY OF A CLAIM IN ACCORDANCE WITH SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAW 30 DASH FOUR DASH 78 2.THERE IS THREE TOPICS, THE SHERWOOD CEMETERY, THE APPLICATION OF PRIVATE COVENANTS AND RESTRICTIONS, AND THE CASE UPDATE ON A STATE OF CARLA DIARA VERSUS CITY OF HARDY V FIRE DEPARTMENT LAWSUIT.
UM, SO I WOULD LIKE A MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
WE HAVE A MOTION? WE HAVE A SECOND.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE.
WE ARE NOW IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
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WE WILL RETURN EXACTLY AT FIVE O'CLOCK.[01:04:47]
WELCOME[01:04:47]
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EVERYONE,[01:04:48]
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ARE[V. PUBLIC COMMENTS (3 MINUTE TIME LIMIT)]
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BACK AND THOSE OF YOU JUST SHOWING UP, UH, WE HAVE ALREADY STARTED OUR MEETING AN HOUR AGO, SO OUR INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE HAVE ALREADY BEEN DONE.[01:05:01]
WE ARE NOW AT THE POINT WHERE WE HAVE TO HAVE A MOTION TO COME BACK TO REGULAR MEETING FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION.I HAVE A MOTION TO COME BACK TO REGULAR MEETING, MAKE A MOTION.
WE COME BACK TO REGULAR MEETING.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE.
UM, NEXT ON OUR AGENDA, PUBLIC COMMENTS.
HAS ANYONE SIGNED UP? NO, SIR.
AND THEN WE GO INTO PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS,
[VI. PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS]
INTRODUCTION OF PART-TIME CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICE OFFICER JAN LEMONS.[A. INTRODUCTION OF PART-TIME CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER – JAN LEMONS]
WELCOME.UM, I, WE ARE SO HAPPY TO HAVE SOMEONE TO FILL THIS POSITION AND I WANNA TELL YOU, UM, I, I'VE GOT HER, HER RES RESUME AND EVERYTHING HERE, AND SHE'S QUITE QUALIFIED.
SHE'S BEEN 27 YEARS IN, UM, FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FIREFIGHTER, EMT BILINGUAL.
SHE HAS HIT THE GROUND RUNNING.
UM, AND WHILE SHE WAS WORKING PART-TIME WHILE SHE WAS MOVING HERE, SO, UM, I'LL LET JAN INTRODUCE HERSELF.
I GREW UP IN THE NORTHEAST AND I'VE, UH, BEEN A NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RANGER FOR 27 YEARS.
UM, AND MY PARENTS ARE DOWN HERE IN SUN CITY, SO I'M EXCITED TO BE DOWN HERE.
I'M VERY MUCH A PEOPLE PERSON AND I LOVE GETTING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND MEETING NEW PEOPLE.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH BRAA AND DOING A LOT OF NEW THINGS.
THERE'S NO ONE ELSE FROM THE NORTHEAST, SO, UH,
THAT'S A, THAT'S, YOU'RE OKAY THEN.
WISH YOU A LOT OF LUCK AND, UH, YOU HAVE A, A GREAT, GREAT GROUP TO WORK WITH.
OKAY, NEXT WE HAVE PROCLAMATION FOR
[B. PROCLAMATION FOR CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION AND AWARENESS MONTH]
CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION AND AWARENESS MONTH.HI, COULD YOU PLEASE COME UP? TOM IS WITH HOPEFUL HORIZON HORIZONS.
AND IS MS. CLARK HERE? YES, MS. CLARK.
WHAT'S THAT? I WASN'T CONNECTICUT AND THEN I MOVED TO NEW YORK.
UM, WOULD YOU DO US THE HONORS AND READ THE PROCLAMATION AND THEN I'LL ASK THE COUNCIL TO ENDORSE IT.
AND IF YOU USE THE MICROPHONE AND TALK INTO IT, GIVE EVEN THOUGH YOUR BACK'S GONNA BE TO THE AUDIENCE.
CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION AND AWARENESS MONTH PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS SOUTH CAROLINA'S FUTURE PROSPERITY IS DEPENDENT ON NURTURING THE HEALTHY DEVELOPMENT, THE 1.1 MILLION CHILDREN CURRENTLY RESIDING IN THE DIVERSE COMMUNITY ACROSS OUR STATE.
AND WHEREAS ALL CHILDREN DESERVE TO HAVE THE SAFE, STABLE, NURTURING HOMES AND COMMUNITIES, THEY NEED TO FOSTER THEIR HEALTHY GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT.
AND WHEREAS IN FISCAL YEAR 2024, THERE WERE 7,663 CHILDREN IN FOUNDED INVESTIGATIONS OF CHILD MALTREATMENT IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
AND WHEREAS IN, UM, IN FISCAL YEAR 2024, HOPEFUL HORIZONS CONDUCTED 411 FORENSIC INTERVIEWS FOR CASES OF ALLEGED CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT.
WHILE CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION ASSOCIATION CAPA PROVIDED 14,288 DAYS OF CARE TO 108 FOSTER CHILDREN.
AND WHEREAS CHILD ABUSE IS A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE WITH SERIOUS SOC SOCIETAL CONSEQUENCES, AS DATA SHOWS THE LINK BETWEEN ABUSE AND NEGLECT OF CHILDREN AND A WIDE RANGE OF COSTLY MEDICAL, EMOTIONAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, AND BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS INTO ADULTHOOD.
AND WHEREAS PREVENTING CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT MUST BE A PRIORITY THAT REQUIRES INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, YOUTH SERVING ORGANIZATIONS, FAITH-BASED GROUPS, BUSINESSES, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, AND EVERYONE THAT MAKES UP OUR COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT THE PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, UM, OF ALL CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES.
AND WHEREAS EFFECTIVE CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION EXISTS IN COMMUNITIES THAT PROVIDE PARENTS WITH THE SOCIAL SUPPORT KNOWLEDGE OF PARENTING AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND CONCRETE RESOURCES, THEY NEED TO COPE WITH THE STRESS AND NURTURE THEIR CHILDREN HELP TO ENSURE THAT ALL CHILDREN CAN GROW TO THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.
AND NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED.
THE CITY OF HARDY, SOUTH CAROLINA IN CONJUNCTION WITH HOPEFUL HORIZONS AND CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION ASSOCIATION AND SUPPORT SERVICE PROGRAMS AROUND THE STATE DESIGNATES THE MONTH OF APRIL AS CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION AND AWARENESS MONTH WHILE URGING ALL
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CITIZENS TO DEDICATE THEMSELVES TO PROTECT QUALITY OF LIFE FOR EVERY CHILD.UM, COUNSEL, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ENDORSE THIS PROCLAMATION? MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE ENDORSE THE PROCLAMATION.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? DO NONE.
AND, UM, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO THE ATTENTION OF EVERYONE IN HARDY BILL IN THE LOW COUNTRY.
NEXT WE HAVE THE JASPER COUNTY TWO
[C. JASPER COUNTY 250 COMMITTEE UPDATE]
50 COMMITTEE UPDATE.YOU COULDN'T GET HER TO COME UP WITH YOU, HUH? NO, SHE DON'T WANNA COME UP.
THE JASPER COUNTY TWO 50 IS HERE THIS EVENING TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON OUR PROGRESS.
UM, IT'S BEEN A LONG HAUL, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING THERE.
WE SEE THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL FOR, UH, THE SIGNS FOR, UM, MILLSTONE LANDING.
SO JUST, UH, THIS IS A COUNTYWIDE EFFORT BY US.
WE, UM, THANK OUR MUNICIPALITIES FOR BEING PART OF THIS EFFORT IN GETTING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION SITES RECOGNIZED HERE IN JASPER COUNTY.
SO THIS IS OUR FIRST, UM, PANEL THAT'S GONNA BE GOING OUT AT PERRYSBURG.
IT TAUGHT, IT DISCUSSES GENE P PRAIRIE AND HIS SETTLEMENT.
UM, WE THINK THAT THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, WHAT WAS THERE? OH, THANK YOU.
THE NEXT IS THE BATTLE OF PERRYSBURG.
UM, APRIL 29TH, 1779, UH, PR GENERAL PROVOST AFTER HE
REMEMBER THE U PUR BURIES BIRD? BURIES BIRD.
HE'S CRINGING EVERY TIME YOU'RE SAYING.
SO THIS, THIS, UH, PANEL DISCUSSES THE BATTLE OF PBURG.
THE NEXT ONE DISCUSSES THE MAROONS THAT LIVED IN THE SAVANNAH RIVER.
THEY WERE, UM, AFRICAN AMERICAN.
THEY COULD HAVE BEEN ENSLAVED OR JUST, UH, RUNAWAYS.
THEY LIVED IN THE SWAMPS OF THE, UH, SAVANNAH RIVER.
AND THEN WE HAVE SHERMAN'S TROOPS AT BURG DURING THE CIVIL WAR.
AND I FIND IT INTERESTING THAT, UM, TONIGHT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, TWO OF THE DEVELOPMENTS.
AND IN HERE WE HAVE, UH, LET ME SEE IF I CAN FIND IT.
UM, THERE WAS MENTION OF, UM, RIGHT HERE IN THE FIRST PARAGRAPH, THE HUNDRED AND 23RD NEW YORK CROSSED OVER A BRIDGE OF SWAYING PONTOON BOATS AND ENCAMPED ON AT CHAVEZ PLANTATION, WHICH WE ALL KNOW IS DOWN IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF JASPER COUNTY.
AND OR HARDY PLANTATION, WHICH IS ON PART OF HARDY PLANTATION, IS ON THE AGENDA AS PART OF THE MORGAN TREK.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF ANNUAL EVENTS OUT AT, UH, THOMAS HAYWARD SITE.
WE HAVE THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION PILGRIMAGE.
IT'S USUALLY THE SECOND TWO, THE SECOND SATURDAY OF MARCH.
THEY'D HAD THAT OUT THERE AT MARCH 1ST THIS YEAR.
IN OCTOBER, WE DID THREE WEEKS OF ARCHEOLOGICAL STUDY OUT AT THE THOMAS HAYWARD SITE.
WE HAD, UH, STUDENTS FROM JASPER COUNTY COME OUT.
THEY PARTICIPATED IN THE ARCHEOLOGICAL DIG.
THESE, UH, BRICKS THAT ARE EXPOSED HERE REPRESENT PART OF THE OLD HOUSE THAT WAS OUT THERE THAT WAS OWNED BY DANIEL HAYWARD.
IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THE, THE STUDENTS COME OUT.
AND THEN LAST OCTOBER, WE HAD OUR FIRST TEA PARTY OUT THERE.
WE HAD MISS PEGGY PICKETT COME OUT AND INTERPRET DOROTHY SINKLER RICHARDSON.
WE HAD OUR LITTLE TENT SET UP THERE AND OUR FORGE.
WE HEATED THE HOT WATER OVER, UH, UM, A TRIPOD THAT WAS MADE BY A LOCAL BLACKSMITH.
WE HAD 28 PEOPLE THAT PARTICIPATED IN THAT.
WE HOPE TO HAVE MORE OUT THERE.
WE FINALLY HAVE OUR MASTER PLAN FOR THE THOMAS HAYWARD PLANTATION.
UH, WE ARE NOW WORKING ON PRODUCING THE PARKING AREA.
WE'VE HAD EXTENSIVE TREE WORK DONE.
THERE ARE, UM, QUITE A FEW HISTORIC LIVE OAKS OUT
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THERE THAT WERE IN DIRE NEED OF, UH, REPAIR SO THAT WE CAN MAINTAIN THE HEALTH OF THEM.WE DID NOT TOUCH ANYTHING OUT IN THE MARSH AREA.
IF YOU SEE DOWN IN THE GRAYISH AREA, THOSE RED OUTLINES, WE KNOW THAT DANIEL HAYWARD HAD QUITE THE EXTENSIVE SHIPPING BUSINESS OUT THERE THAT STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE, POSSIBLY IN ANOTHER PHASE, WILL HIRE ARCHEOLOGISTS TO DO THE MARSH AREA AND THE UNDERWATER AREA.
BUT WE DO HAVE THE PARKING LOT AREA GOING IN.
WE WILL HAVE A TRAIL SYSTEM THAT GOES AROUND THE PROPERTY.
TO WRAP IT UP, WE HAD, UH, HIRED WHITE AWAKE FILMS, WHO IS A WELL-KNOWN, UM, GREAT HISTORIC FILM PRODUCTION COMPANY OUT OF CHARLESTON.
AND THEY CAME OUT AND THEY DID A SEGMENT WITH OUR ARCHEOLOGIST ON THE, SOME OF THE UNIQUE FINDS THAT WE FOUND OUT AT THE SITE.
AND WE ALSO DID A SMALL BIO BIOGRAPHY OF DANIEL HAYWARD.
WE HAD TWO, UH, INDIVIDUALS THAT PLAYED THE OLDER DANIEL HAY, I'M SORRY, THOMAS HAYWARD AND THE YOUNGER THOMAS HAYWARD.
AND THAT WILL BE PREMIERING AT OUR INVITATION ONLY, UM, EVENT ON MAY 3RD.
WE HAVE FUTURE PLANS FOR THE MAY 2ND AND MAY 3RD.
YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED THE SAVE THE DATE CARD IN THE INVITATION.
WE WILL HAVE, UH, TWO REGIMENTS OUT THERE THAT WILL DO, UM, CANNON FIRING AND MUSKET FIRING.
WE'LL HAVE COLONIAL ERA GAMES.
UH, WE'LL HAVE PRIVATEERS THAT COME IN AND WE'LL JUST HAVE A GREAT TIME OUT THERE.
AND THEN SATURDAY NIGHT, WE WILL WRAP IT UP WITH OUR REDEDICATION CEREMONY FOR THE THOMAS HAYWARD SITE.
IN JULY, WE WILL ONCE AGAIN PARTNER WITH THE MORRIS CENTER.
THEY ARE DOING A FORT MOTT EXHIBIT FOR THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
AND WE WILL BE, UH, PARTNERING WITH THEM TO HAVE PEGGY PICKETT COME OUT THERE AND PORTRAY REBECCA MAR.
AND THEN IN 2026, WE HAVE TENTATIVE PLANS.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING WITH THE GEORGIA, GEORGIA SALZBERGER SOCIETY TO DO A COMBINED EVENT WHERE PEOPLE CAN HAVE A SMALL DISCUSSION AT MILLSTONE LANDING ABOUT THE BATTLE OF PERRYSBURG.
GET ON A BOAT, TAKE A BOAT RIDE UP TO EBENEZER, AND, UH, TOUR THE HISTORIC EBENEZER SITE.
AS OF FEBRUARY 1ST, WE HAVE GOTTEN GRANTS IN LOCAL AT TAX FUNDS AND OTHER DONATIONS OF $287,237.
WE HAVE A CREATION OF A SET OF CHALLENGE COINS FOR EACH SITE.
THIS IS, UH, ONE OF THE SAMPLES FOR THE THOMAS HAYWARD, AND WE HOPE TO HAVE ONE FOR BURG.
WE'RE STILL LOOKING FOR THE, UM, PROPER FACE TO PUT ON THE COIN.
WE HOPE TO HAVE AUGMENTED REALITY AT THE SITES.
WE ARE, UM, IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE SAH BATTLE SITE, WE ARE IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE, THE COUNTY TO POSSIBLY PI PAY, BUY THE SAH HATCHEE BATTLE SITE.
WE'RE STILL LOOKING FOR DOING GEOCACHING OPPORTUNITIES, HOSTING ANNUAL EVENTS, UH, DEVELOPING LEARNING LABS, UH, FOR ARCHEOLOGICAL STUDY AT THE OLD HOUSE SITE, AND CREATE A HISTORICAL TOURISM FOR JASPER COUNTY.
WE WANNA THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT.
WE COULDN'T DO THIS WITHOUT THE, THE CITY AND THE AT TAX DOLLARS AND HAVING THE MILLSTONE SITE.
AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING, UH, TO PRESERVE OUR HISTORY IN, IN THIS AREA.
WE, IT REALLY IS A JOY FOR US.
I LEFT SOME BROCHURES IN SOME POSTERS UP HERE FOR OUR MAY 2ND.
AND, UM, JUST OUR GENERAL BROCHURE FOR THE JASPER COUNTY TWO 50.
YEAH, YOU NEED ONE OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, BIG GRAPHICS.
OKAY, NEXT WE HAVE THE PRESENTATION AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES
[VII. PRESENTATION & APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
FROM THE MARCH 6TH, 2025 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING.MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE, DISAPPROVE,
[A. MARCH 20, 2025 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING]
OR MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THE MINUTES OF MARCH 20TH, 20, 25 MINUTES? NOT THE MARCH 6TH.MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
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ALL BUSINESS, WE HAVE,[VIII. OLD BUSINESS]
UM, A NUMBER OF ORDINANCES ALL ATTACHED TO THE SAME PROJECT.UH, A AND B ARE ATTACHED TO THE SAME WEST ORIGIN PROJECT THAT WE HAVE HAD MULTIPLE, UH, HEARINGS
[A. SECOND READING OF AN ORDINANCE TO ADOPT A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AMENDMENT SUBMITTAL FOR PARCELS 042-00-06-045, 042-00-06-064, 042-00-06-060, 042-00-06-061 AND 042-00-06- 063 TO BE KNOWN AS HILTON HEAD LAKES WEST (A PORTION OF THE WEST ARGENT PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT) (2025-02-20B)PUBLIC HEARING]
AND, UH, MEETINGS ABOUT.[B. SECOND READING OF AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE THIRD PARTIAL RESTATEMENT AND AMENDMENT TO DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF HARDEEVILLE, LK DEVELOPMENT GROUP, LLC ("LK") AND LENNAR CAROLINAS, LLC (“LENNAR” AND TOGETHER WITH LK DEVELOPMENT GROUP,]
THIS IS THE SECOND READING.BOTH OF 'EM ARE SECOND READING OF THE ORDINANCES.
AND IF PASSED, WE WILL, UH, ADOPT THESE ORDINANCES.
UH, THE THIS FIRST ORDINANCES IS TO ADOPT A PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AMENDMENT, UH, FOR THE HILTON HEAD, UH, WEST ARGENT, UH, DEVELOPMENT.
MR. UH, GRUBER, WOULD YOU PLEASE TAKE IT AWAY? THANK YOU, MAYOR.
UM, AS YOU INDICATED, THIS IS SECOND READING FOR BOTH ITEMS A AND B UNDER OLD BUSINESS.
UM, COMING OUT OF FIRST READING, THERE WASN'T ANY DIRECT FOLLOW-UP ITEMS FOR STAFF TO PURSUE.
HOWEVER, I DID WANNA MAKE SURE TO COMMUNICATE.
I'VE BEEN SPEAKING WITH BRIAN KIERNAN ABOUT THIS PARTICULARLY AS IT APPLIES TO THE USE OF THE OFFSITE DA FEES AND THE DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD AT FIRST READING ABOUT ALLOWING THE 50% USAGE OF THOSE FEES TO GO TOWARDS THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS OF ITEMS ONE, TWO, AND THREE IDENTIFIED ON THAT SLIDE.
SO, UM, WHAT, WHAT IS THE ROAD A OR THE ROUNDABOUT NOW? THE RESURFACING AND IMPROVEMENTS OF RED DAM ROAD AND THEN THE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS AT RED DAM AND BRICKYARD.
AND SO, UM, THE WAY THAT THE AGREEMENT IS STRUCTURED NOW IS IT AUTHORIZES THE USE OF 50% OF THE OFFSITE DA CREDITS UP TO A CAP OF SEVEN AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS BECAUSE THAT IS THE CURRENT ANTICIPATED COST OF CONSTRUCTION.
BRIAN HAS INDICATED A CONCERN THAT IF THE ACTUAL COST OF CONSTRUCTION COMES IN HIGHER THAN THAT, THEN ULTIMATELY WHAT WE'VE STRUCTURED DOESN'T WORK IF IT'S CAPPED AT SEVEN AND A HALF MILLION.
AND WHAT MY RESPONSE TO HIM WAS, I THINK THE BEST WAY TO APPROACH THAT IS ONCE THEY GET TO THE POINT OF HAVING ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION NUMBERS, IF THOSE NUMBERS ARE IN FACT GREATER THAN SEVEN AND A HALF, THEN COME BACK AND LET'S HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT AMENDING THE AGREEMENT TO CHANGE THAT NUMBER.
BUT UNTIL WE HAVE BETTER NUMBERS, I WOULDN'T SUPPORT LEAVING IT UNCAPPED IN THE AGREEMENT BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T KNOW WHAT IT IS THAT WE ARE AGREEING TO.
SO WITH THAT COMMON UNDERSTANDING, I THINK WE ARE GOOD TO GO.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER PRESENTATIONS FROM STAFF OR THE APPLICANT? SO JOSH IS, UH, THE APPLICANT IN AGREEMENT WITH WHAT YOU JUST SAID? YES, AS LONG AS THERE'S AN UNDERSTANDING THAT IF THE COST OF CONSTRUCTIONS ARE IN EXCESS OF SEVEN AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS, THEY WILL LIKELY BE COMING BACK TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.
AND IF YOU'LL RECALL, BASED UPON THE SCHEDULE THAT WE HAD KIND OF PREPARED, LOOKING AT A REALISTIC, UM, UH, ABSORPTION SCHEDULE WITH ABOUT 200 UNITS PER YEAR, THAT OFFSITE DA FEE WOULD GENERATE.
WE ARE ESTIMATING SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF ABOUT $18 MILLION.
SO SEVEN AND A HALF IS LESS THAN HALF OF THAT.
I JUST DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE PUTTING LANGUAGE IN THERE WHERE IT WOULD BE UNCAPPED BECAUSE THEN WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER IT.
WHEREAS WHAT WE WOULD PREFER IS ONCE WE HAVE BETTER DATA, IF THOSE NUMBERS DO CHANGE, THEN LET'S COME BACK IN AND HAVE A CONVERSATION USING THAT BETTER DATA.
AS LONG AS THIS HAS ALL BEEN AGREED TO.
AND THERE'S NOTHING DIFFERENT IN THE PAPERWORK HERE THAN WHAT WE DISCUSSED AT THE FIRST MEETING.
THERE IS NO CHANGE TO THE LANGUAGE THAT'S BEFORE YOU TONIGHT.
UH, IN THAT CASE, WE'LL START THE QUESTIONING WITH COUNCIL WITH, UH, COUNCILMAN MESMAN.
THANK YOU MAYOR FIRST IS, UH, YOU'RE STILL IN THE ONGOING, UH, TALKS WITH, UH, THE SCHOOL AS FAR AS, UH, THE SIDEWALK OR LOCATION FOR THE SIDEWALK WILL BE.
UM, ONGOING NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER, UH, THERE AT THE TRAFFIC CIRCLE.
THAT'S STILL PHASE SIX, RIGHT? YEAH.
THE PHASE SIX IN, UH, IN THERE.
UM, AND THE ONLY OTHER CONCERN I HAVE IS DID WE EVER SEE WHAT THE IMPROVEMENTS TO RED DAM ROAD WERE GOING TO BE? I KNOW WE, IT'S BEEN DISCUSSED, BUT DO WE HAVE A NUMBER OR WHAT EXACTLY IS GONNA BE DONE? GENTLEMEN, IF YOU COULD, I KNOW YOU'VE SUBMITTED TO DOT AND OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THEY ARE STILL REVIEWING THAT, BUT OUTLINE THE DETAILS OF WHAT WAS SUBMITTED AND THE FACT THAT AT THIS POINT THEY'VE NOT PROVIDED ANY COMMENTS AND CONTRAVENTION TO THAT.
FOR, FOR THE RECORD, NATHAN LONG, THOMAS AND HUTTON, UM, WE, WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE DOT.
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SAME EXHIBIT.UM, AS WE MENTIONED BEFORE, WE HAVE NOT DONE SURVEY DATA.
UH, THE DOT IS IN AGREEMENT WITH THE GENERAL IMPROVEMENTS PROPOSED.
UM, AS WE'VE MENTIONED, WE SENT BACK, WE SENT OUR TRAFFIC STUDY TO THEM.
THAT'S PRESENTLY UNDER REVIEW.
UH, SO WE HAVEN'T GENERATED THE PLANS, BUT WHAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU IS WHAT THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS WOULD BE.
SO, SO, SO EVERYTHING WILL RELY ON DOT'S APPROVAL OF WHAT YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
THEY'RE THE, THEY'RE THE ULTIMATE, UH, RESOURCE.
IT WILL HAVE TO MEET THEIR STANDARDS.
MRS. GUZMAN? UH, I HAVE NO QUESTIONS, SIR.
MR. WHITE? NO QUESTIONS MR. CARROLL? NO MORE QUESTIONS.
STEVE ASKED WHAT I WANTED TO, I THINK THAT YOU ANSWERED ALL MY QUESTIONS TWO WEEKS AGO.
UM, I HAVE MY LIST IN FRONT OF ME AND I DON'T SEE ANYTHING THAT'S STILL OUTSTANDING AS WE ASKED.
YOU'RE TALKING, STILL TALKING TO THE SCHOOL ABOUT THE SIDEWALK.
UM, THE, WE TALKED ABOUT THE CEMETERIES THAT'S BEING, THAT'S BEING TAKEN CARE OF.
AND I KNOW YOU TWO ARE IN COMMUNICATION, RIGHT? UM, AND THE ROAD LIMITS WE TALKED ABOUT THAT.
UM, I THINK WE'VE BEAT THIS HORSE TO DEATH.
I SHOULDN'T USE THESE OLD SAYINGS.
AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO OPEN IT UP TO THE PUBLIC.
WOULD ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT OR ASK A QUESTION? OKAY.
I GUESS WE'VE TRAVELED A LONG ROAD AND, UH, EXHAUSTED ALL THE QUESTIONS.
SINCE WE HAVE NO FURTHER COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.
I'M GOING TO ASK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE, DISAPPROVE, OR MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THE SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE 2025 DASH TWO DASH 20 B.
MR. MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ON SECOND READING ORDINANCE 2025 DASH ZERO TWO DASH 20 B.
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS BY COUNSEL OR THE PUBLIC? SEEING NONE? I'LL CALL FOR A VOICE VOTE ON THIS.
THE NEXT PART OF, OF THIS, UH, PROJECT IS THE SECOND READING OF THE ORDINANCE APPROVING THE THIRD PARTIAL RESTATEMENT AND AMENDMENT TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND LENNAR CAROLINAS.
UM, THIS IS 2025 DASH OH TWO DASH 20 C.
MR. GRUBER, DO YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS REGARDING THIS? UH, NO, SIR.
THERE HAVE BEEN NO CHANGES FROM WHEN THIS WAS BEFORE YOU FOR FIRST READING TO WHAT IS BEFORE YOU TONIGHT STAFF APPLICANT.
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? OKAY.
UM, LET'S START WITH MR. CARROLL.
DO YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? NO, SIR.
WE'VE, LIKE I SAY, WE'VE, UM, DELVED INTO THIS IN VERY MUCH DETAIL.
MR. WHITE, NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
MRS. GUZMAN? UH, JUST A QUESTION FOR, UH, MRS. MAINS, UH, JUST TO ENSURE THAT THE, THE LANGUAGE ABOUT THE MAINTENANCE OF THE BOULEVARD HAS BEEN BUTTONED UP.
THIS, THIS VERSION STATES THAT REGARDLESS OF WHO TAKES OWNERSHIP OF THAT ROAD, THAT AS LONG AS THE ROAD IS BEING USED BY LK FOR CONSTRUCTION ACCESS, THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR REPAIRING DAMAGE DUE TO CONSTRUCTION ACCESS.
I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS AND SO I WILL OPEN IT UP TO THE PUBLIC.
DOES THE PUBLIC HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS REGARDING THE WEST A SERGEANT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT? SEEING NONE, I'D LIKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, DISAPPROVE, OR MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THE SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE 2025 DASH OH TWO DASH 20 C.
MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE 2025 DASH TWO DASH 20 C.
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DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS BY COUNSEL OR THE PUBLIC? SEEING NONE? UM, I'LL CALL FOR A VO VOICE VOTE ON THIS.
NOW WE HAVE FULL CONGRATULATIONS ON, ON BOTH, UM, LEWIS, PROUD CONGRATULATIONS.
UM, NEXT WE HAVE A SECOND READING OF AN ORDINANCE TO ADOPT
[C. SECOND READING OF AN ORDINANCE TO ADOPT A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AMENDMENT SUBMITTAL FOR PARCELS]
A PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AMENDMENT SUBMITTAL FOR PARCELS OH FOUR ONE, UH, OH 4 0 60 0 3 0 2 TO BE KNOWN AS THE MORGAN TRACK.THIS IS, UH, SECOND READING OF 2025 DASH OH TWO DASH 20 D.
ITEMS C, D AND E ON YOUR AGENDA THIS EVENING ARE ALL RELATED TO THE SAME DEVELOPMENT OF THE MORGAN TRACT.
UM, AND THESE ARE ALL BEFORE YOU FOR SECOND READING.
AT FIRST READING, THERE WAS A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
UM, AND THERE WAS A REQUEST THAT, UH, STAFF REACH OUT TO THE RESIDENTS WITHIN MARGARITAVILLE, PRIMARILY THOSE THAT LIVE ALONG PARROT AVENUE TO REVIEW WITH THEM THE PROPOSAL TO HAVE THE HIC MORGAN GROUP PAY FOR THE INSTALLATION OF LANDSCAPING IN A MANNER THAT I HAVE CHARACTERIZED A LIVING FENCE.
UM, I WAS ABLE TO HAVE THAT MEETING YESTERDAY AFTERNOON WITH A NUMBER OF THE RESIDENTS FROM THAT COMMUNITY.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT BASED UPON THEIR FEEDBACK, ALL OF THEM ARE SUPPORTIVE OF WHAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED.
UM, THEY THINK IT'S A GOOD COMPROMISE THAT WILL PROVIDE THEM WITH THE SCREENING AND THE SECURITY THAT THEY'RE SEEKING.
UM, I KNOW THAT AN AGREEMENT HAS BEEN PREPARED BETWEEN HIC MORGAN AND THE MINTO GROUP.
IT IS JUST AWAITING EXECUTION FOLLOWING APPROVAL OF YOUR, UH, VOTE TONIGHT.
NOT MINTO GROUP IS THE HOA, I'M SORRY.
THE HOA, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
NOT MINTO, BUT THE HOA WHO OWNS THE PROPERTY WHERE THE PLANTINGS WILL ACTUALLY BE INSTALLED.
UH, STAFF, ANY FURTHER INFORMATION APPLICANT? ANYTHING FURTHER? YES, SIR.
I'M ROB BRANNAN WITH, UH, BOWEN GAN REPRESENT HIC MORGAN.
I'VE GOT ANDREW LANKER WITH ME, UH, FROM THOMAS AND HUTTON.
UM, I THINK I HAD THREE THINGS ON MY LIST FROM OUR MEETING LAST TIME.
ONE WAS THE REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT, WHICH I THINK WAS JUST ADDRESSED.
THE SECOND MAYOR WAS YOU HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR ABILITY, UH, TO REMOVE LIVE OAK TREES.
SO WE'VE ADDED SOME LANGUAGE TO THE PDD.
IT SAYS, SUCH CUTTING AND OR APPROVAL MUST BE APPROVED BY CITY STAFF, WHICH I THINK IS WHAT WE DISCUSSED LAST TIME TO ADDRESS, UM, YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT THAT.
AND THEN THE THIRD THING YOU GUYS HAD ASKED FOR WAS SOME INFORMATION ON THE AMENITIES THAT WE WOULD BE PROVIDING.
IN ADDITION TO THE, THE 160.8 ACRES AND 86 ACRES OF UPLANDS THAT WE'RE DONATING FOR PUBLIC PARKS.
WE HAVE AMENITIES FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND, UH, ANDREW HAS SOME SLIDES SHOWING THOSE AMENITIES.
HE'S GONNA EXPLAIN THOSE FOR YOU.
UM, AS ROB SAID, MY NAME'S ANDREW LONER, UH, THOMASON HUTTON, CIVIL ENGINEER WORKING ON THE MORGAN TRACK.
UM, THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, WE DID RECEIVE SOME QUESTIONS REGARDING, UH, AMENITIES THAT WOULD BE PROVIDED IN THE, UH, BLOCK, A IMP OF MORGAN TRACK.
UM, SAY THAT, YEAH, DO WE HAVE, THIS HAS THE POINTER ON IT, THE GREEN BUTTON, AS WELL AS, UM, SOME QUESTIONS JUST REGARDING THE SIZE OF THOSE.
UM, SO THE, THE PURPLE AREAS THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN HERE, THESE WOULD BE AREAS THAT ARE RESERVED FOR AMENITIES.
UM, SO THERE ARE, UM, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 OF THEM TOTAL IN THE BLOCK.
THEY RANGE IN SIZE FROM, UM, JUST UNDER AN ACRE TO JUST OVER EIGHT ACRES.
UM, JUST DEPENDING, OBVIOUSLY WE'VE GOT, UM, A GOOD AMOUNT OF WETLANDS ON SITE AND EVERYTHING.
SO, UM, THEY DO RANGE IN SIZE JUST BASED ON THE TOPOGRAPHY.
UM, A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES OF JUST WHAT COULD BE PUT IN.
UM, THOSE AMENITY AREAS ARE KIND OF SHOWN OVER HERE ON THE LEFT.
UM, AND THERE'S A WAY TO ZOOM IN.
SO THESE, THESE ARE JUST EXAMPLES OF WHAT'S KIND OF BEEN DONE IN, IN SIMILAR COMMUNITIES BY THE DEVELOPERS.
SO SOME OF THE FINISHES AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT WILL HAVE TO BE WORKED OUT, UM, AS, AS THEY'RE ACTUALLY DESIGNED.
UM, BUT, UH, WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, A PLAYGROUND HERE.
UM, THIS IS ACTUALLY, UM, AN IMAGE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A LITTLE, UH,
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DOCK, UM, WHICH, WHICH RIGHT NOW WE'RE ACTUALLY PLANNING TO DO OVER THE, UM, EXISTING POND THAT'S OUT THERE.UM, POOLS, UM, MORE PARK SPACE, PAVILION SPACE.
UM, THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF JUST A, A POOL PAVILION.
SO A, YOU KNOW, AREA TO PICNIC TABLES, YOU KNOW, UH, BIRTHDAY PARTIES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UM, ADJACENT TO A POOL, PICKLEBALL, COURTS, UH, MULTI-USE PATHWAYS.
UM, THE, THIS WOULD BE MORE OF JUST A, UM, A SORT OF A PASSIVE OPEN SPACE, RIGHT? SO NATURAL AREAS, UM, AND THEN ANOTHER POOL AMENITY, UM, THAT, THAT COULD BE IN THOSE SPOTS.
UM, ANOTHER JUST KIND OF HIGHLIGHT IS OBVIOUSLY THE MULTI-USE PATH THAT GOES, UM, UP AND DOWN THE, THE SPINE ROAD.
SO THAT DOES GO ALL THE WAY FROM US, 2 78 TO 46, UM, WHICH IS THE ORANGE HERE.
AND THEN WE'RE ALSO DOING THAT AROUND THE EXISTING LAGOON THAT'S OUT THERE TO MAKE IT, YOU KNOW, A REAL, REAL NICE FEATURE THAT'LL BE UP FRONT IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, RIGHT WHEN YOU DRIVE IN FOR EVERYONE TO SEE THERE.
SO, UM, UM, I THINK THAT WAS ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD FROM STEPH.
SO I GUESS I'LL OPEN IT UP IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS ON THAT.
UM, I THINK WE'RE BACK STARTING WITH MR. MESMAN.
UM, I'M GLAD WE'VE COME TO THIS POINT IN TIME OF GETTING THIS APPROVAL.
IT'S BEEN A PROCESS AND QUITE A PERSONAL PROCESS I HAVE TO SAY, BUT I LIKE WHAT YOU'VE SHOWN.
YOU'VE BEEN VERY COOPERATIVE WITH THE CITY WITH WHAT WE HAVE REQUESTED.
I LIKE THE IDEA OF THE OPEN SPACES THAT YOU HAVE, THE CONCEPT OF THE SIDEWALKS.
UH, YOU HAVE BEEN VERY AGREEABLE WITH ACCOMMODATION WITH, UH, THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES.
I WISH EVERY, UH, DEVELOPMENT AS WE PROCEED IN THE FUTURE, WE CAN WORK, UH, AS A COOPERATIVE GROUP AND, AND COME TO THESE SAME CONCLUSIONS.
UM, JUST A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THE AMENITIES.
NOW, IS THIS, THESE ARE NOT GATED COMMUNITIES, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
SO THE, THE AMENITIES, UM, THANK YOU.
I MEAN, THERE'LL, THERE'LL BE NO RESTRICTED ACCESS.
SO THE PUBLIC, UM, THE AMENITY AREAS, UM, ARE PRIMARILY GEARED TOWARDS RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO OBVIOUSLY HAVE THE, UM, 160 ACRE PARK SITE, UM, AS A PART OF IT'S, IT'S OVER ON THE WESTERN PORSCHE PROPERTY THAT WOULD BE, UM, DEDICATED TO THE CITY FOR, FOR OTHER TYPES OF OPEN SPACE, BALL FIELDS, UM, WHATEVER MM-HMM
WHATEVER THE CITY SEES, YOU KNOW, APPROPRIATE FOR IT.
SO IF A RESIDENT FROM MILLSTONE LANDING WANTS TO GO SWIM IN YOUR POOL OR PLAY PICKLEBALL ON THE PICKLEBALL COURTS, CAN THEY DO THAT? UM, THEY, NO, NOT NECESSARILY.
THEY'D PROBABLY HAVE A FOB TO GET IN A GATE.
YEAH, THEY WOULD, IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE FENCED OFF.
UM, AND IT WOULD BE FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY.
SO IT'S NOT A GATED, BUT IT'S KIND OF SORT OF GATED.
WELL, I THINK, I THINK A, A POOL AS A SPECIFIC EXAMPLE, I BELIEVE THERE'S SOME CODE REQUIREMENTS OKAY.
UM, OTHER AMENITIES LIKE A, YOU KNOW, A PAVILION SPACE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT WOULDN'T, WOULDN'T BE NECESSARILY RESTRICTING ACCESS BY THE PUBLIC.
UM, BUT IT WOULD BE INTENDED FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY.
SO JUST TO, TO COVER OUR BASE ABOUT THE CULVERTS, UH, FOR THE STORM WATER ISSUE THAT RUNS BETWEEN MILLSTONE AND YOUR PROPERTY.
SO THAT CULVERT ISSUE HAS ALSO BEEN TAKEN CARE OF, AND IT'S GOING TO BE A MUCH LARGER CULVERT TO HANDLE ALL THAT STORM WATER GOING BACK OUT, CORRECT? YES, MA'AM.
AS, AS A RESULT OF JUST ALL OF OUR DISCUSSIONS HERE, RIGHT? WE, WE REVISED THE PDD TO, UM, INCREASE THE SIZE OF THAT CULVERT WITH A HUNDRED YEARS STORM.
UH, AND ALSO THE OVER TOPPING OF THE LAGOONS.
UH, YOU GUYS HAVE TAKEN CARE OF THAT ISSUE AS WELL TO PREVENT THE OVER TOPPING OF THE LAGOONS DURING Y YES.
SO THEY'RE ALSO DESIGNED FOR THAT SAME ONE.
THE COOPERATION BACK AND FORTH GETS TO BE COMMENDED.
VERY NICE TO WHAT YOU'VE PUT UP TODAY.
AND, UM, Y'ALL HAVE DONE EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE ASKED AND WE'VE BEAT IT IN BACK AND FORTH AND STUFF, BUT IT'S, IT IS A GOOD PRODUCT.
UM, JUST, I'M JUST GOING TO REEMPHASIZE A COUPLE OF POINTS.
UH, THE LIVE OAK THING, UH, I SEE FROM THE MINUTES YOU, YOU ANSWERED THAT, THAT'S TERRIFIC.
UM, WE TOOK CARE OF THE ARRANGEMENTS
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WITH THE NEIGHBORS AT MARGARITAVILLE.UM, I JUST WANNA RELATE SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED TO ME TODAY.
I'M GOING DOWN JOHN SMITH ROAD AND THIS GIANT DUMP TRUCK MAKES A TURN, A RIGHT HAND TURN ONTO JOHN SMITH ROAD AND COMES VERY MUCH INTO MY LANE.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I ASKED ABOUT LAST TIME.
WE HAVE, UM, PRI WE HAVE LANGUAGE IN THIS DOCUMENT THAT SAYS THEY WILL HAVE A, UH, A WAY FOR THESE TRUCKS.
WE, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, RIGHT, ROB, WHERE THERE WOULD BE A TURNING RADIUS SO THEY CAN GET PARALLEL BEFORE THEY GET ON TO 2 78, RIGHT? YEAH.
THE DA CALLS FOR A CONSTRUCTION ACCESS MANAGEMENT PLAN TO BE DONE AT THE TIME THAT THEY SUBMIT THEIR, THEIR MAPS FOR EACH, EACH DEVELOPMENT PORTION.
I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS MULTIPLE TIMES, BUT THIS WAS JUST ANOTHER VIVID EXAMPLE.
AND I SAW BEFORE THAT I SAW ANOTHER DUMP TRUCK, GO AROUND A CAR, MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN ONTO 2 78.
THESE BIG VEHICLES ARE, THEY GOT AN ATTITUDE, I'M BIGGER THAN YOU GET OUTTA MY WAY.
AND WE HAVE TO GIVE THEM A WAY TO, TO DO WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO WITHOUT PUTTING THE, THE PUBLIC.
SO I, THAT'S, I JUST WANNA EMPHASIZE THAT POINT.
UM, WE, UH, TOOK CARE OF THE, THE PALMS, WE GOT RID OF THAT LANGUAGE.
THE, UM, 1.5 MILLION FOR, UM, AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND WE STILL HAVE TO COME UP WITH THAT PLAN, MR. GRUBER.
UM, AND, UH, THE DENS DOWN TO 6,200.
OKAY? THESE ARE ALL THINGS, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR TAKING CARE OF MY CHECKLIST AND, AND RESOLVING THOSE ISSUES TO THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY OF HARVILLE.
UM, AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO OPEN IT UP TO THE PUBLIC.
DOES THE PUBLIC HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS REGARDING, UM, THIS IS SECOND READING OF THE ORDINANCE AND THIS IS THE, UH, THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AMENDMENT.
GOOD EVENING, KATHLEEN DECOURSEY.
AT THE LAST MEETING, I DID BRING UP THE, UH, PROTECTION OF THE ARCHEOLOGICAL SITES THAT WERE OUT THERE.
ONE IS THE CEMETERY AND THERE ARE SOME OVERSEER BUILDINGS.
UM, I BELIEVE IT WAS STATED THAT A, UM, DECLARATION OF PRESERVATION COVENANTS WOULD BE RECORDED.
I DID NOT FIND ONE ON RECORD AS OF LAST E UH, THE EVENING BEFORE LAST.
I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THOSE WERE FORTHCOMING AND IF THOSE WOULD BE ON RECORD BEFORE APPROVAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT.
AND SOMEONE ANSWERED THAT, PLEASE.
YES, SIR, THEY ARE, THEY ARE FORTHCOMING.
UM, AS RECENTLY AS YESTERDAY, WE WERE SPEAKING WITH THE CORE, THEY WANT THE ARCHEOLOGICAL SITES SHOWN ON THE PLAT, WHICH IS SORT OF A NEW REQUEST FROM THEM.
SO WE'RE HAVING THAT DONE BEFORE WE RECORD THE COVENANT.
THOSE SITES SPECIFICALLY WERE REQUESTED TO BE PUT ON THE PLAT.
ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC? OKAY, SEEING NONE, I'D LIKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, DISAPPROVE, OR MAKE ANY CHANGES.
THIS IS SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE 2025 DASH OH TWO DASH 20 D.
MR. MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ON SECOND READING ORDINANCE 2025 DASH TWO DASH 20 D.
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS BY COUNCIL TO THE PUBLIC? SEEING NONE, I'LL CALL FOR A VOICE VOTE ON THIS.
NOW, PART B OF THIS SAME THING.
UH, THIS IS THE, UH, MASTER PLAN FOR, UH, THESE, THIS FIRST PHASE OF THIS DEVELOPMENT.
THIS IS ORDINANCE 2025 DASH OH TWO DASH 20 E.
MR. GRUBER, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER TO ADD? NO SIR.
UH, LET'S START WITH MR. CARROLL.
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DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? NO, SIR.UH, I ASKED THEM ALL THE LAST TIME, SO I WON'T GO ANY FURTHER.
WE WILL JUST OPEN IT RIGHT UP TO THE PUBLIC.
AND DOES THE PUBLIC HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? AND THIS IS THE MASTER PLAN SUBMITTAL FOR THIS PHASE OF THE MORGAN TRACK.
SEEING NONE, I'D LIKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, DISAPPROVE, OR MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THE SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE 2025 DASH OH TWO DASH 20 E.
MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE 2025 DASH TWO DASH 20 E.
WE, WE HAVE A MOTION AND 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.
THAT ORDINANCE HAS PASSED AND THE THIRD IN THIS SERIES OF THREE IS THE ORDINANCE APPROVING THE FIRST AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE OWNER OF THE LAND
[E. SECOND READING OF AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO AND RESTATEMENT OF DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF HARDEEVILLE AND HIC MORGAN LLC (“HIC”) , OWNER OF THE LAND WITHIN THE CITY OF HARDEEVILLE, COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE "MORGAN TRACT"]
WITHIN HARDY VALVE, KNOWN AS THE MORGAN TRACK.THIS IS 2025 DASH OH TWO DASH 20 F.
MR. GRUBER, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER TO ADD? NO, SIR.
WE'LL GO WITH MR. MESMAN THEN.
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, SIR? NO, I THINK WE'VE HASHED THIS OVER LONG ENOUGH.
MR. MAYOR, I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.
I JUST WANNA SAY, AND FOR THE PUBLIC WHO ARE WATCHING, AND MAYBE FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE, THIS, UH, APPLICATION FOR THE MORGAN TRACK AND THE ONE PRIOR TO THE WEST AR WE HAVE VERY FEW QUESTIONS TODAY, AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE MEETINGS, MULTIPLE WORKSHOPS.
WE HAVE GRILLED THESE APPLICANTS TO DEATH.
UM, AND THEY HAVE, UM, GONE THROUGH OUR DELAYS, OUR, OUR, UM, TABLING, UH, THEY'VE ANSWERED ALL OUR QUESTIONS.
AND SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS TONIGHT BECAUSE WE'VE REALLY SPENT HOURS AND HOURS ON THIS TO MAKE SURE WE GET IT RIGHT FOR OUR CITIZENS.
SO, UM, THANK YOU FIRST OF ALL, THE STAFF, THE COUNCIL FOR BEING SO THOROUGH.
AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE APPLICANT FOR, UM, UH, BEARING WITH US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THIS RIGHT.
UM, HAVING SAID THAT, I WILL NOW OPEN IT UP TO THE PUBLIC.
DOES THE PUBLIC HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE, I'D LIKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, DISAPPROVE, OR MAKE ANY CHANGES TO ORDINANCE 2025 DASH OH TWO DASH 20 F.
MR. MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ON SECOND READING ORDINANCE 2025 DASH ZERO TWO DASH 20 F.
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS BY COUNCIL OF THE PUBLIC? SEEING NONE, LET'S HAVE A DRUM ROLL.
UH, LET'S MAKE THIS A GOOD PROJECT FOR OUR CITY NEIGHBORHOOD.
NEXT, WE HAVE NEW BUSINESS RESOLUTION, THE
[IX. NEW BUSINESS]
CITY OF HARVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA TO ADOPT THE FAIR HOUSING[A. RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF HARDEEVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA TO ADOPT THE FAIR HOUSING RESOLUTION AND CITY OF HARDEEVILLE POLICY OF NONDISCRIMINATION (2025-04-03A)]
RESOLUTION AND CITY OF HARDY POLICY OF NON-DISCRIMINATION.THIS IS RESOLUTION 2025 DASH OH FOUR DASH OH THREE A.
MR. GRUBER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ THIS? I'D BE HAPPY TO ALSO GIVE YOU KIND OF A LITTLE BIT OF AN EXPLANATION ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WHY.
UM, SO ELCO, UH, ADMINISTERS A NUMBER OF HOUSING GRANTS AND OTHER THINGS THAT COME FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
AND AS A CONDITION OF RECEIVING THAT FEDERAL GRANT FUNDING, UH, WE ARE REQUIRED TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION PUBLICLY STATING, UM, OUR POSITION THAT WE WILL NOT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST INDIVIDUALS OR OTHERWISE VIOLATE THE LAW IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM.
SO WITH THAT IN MIND, UH, THIS IS A REQUEST TO APPROVE THE FAIR HOUSING RESOLUTION, WHICH STATES, WHEREAS THE CITY OF HARDY DESIRES THAT ALL ITS CITIZENS BE AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTAIN DECENT, SAFE, AND SOUND LIVING ENVIRONMENTS.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF HARDY V REJECTS DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF RACE, RELIGION, COLOR, SEX, NATIONAL ORIGIN, DISABILITY, AND OR FAMILIAL STATUS IN THE SALE, RENTAL OR
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PROVISION OF OTHER HOUSING SERVICES.AND WHEREAS THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA ENACTED THE SOUTH CAROLINA FAIR HOUSING LAW IN 1989, AND WHEREAS APRIL IS RECOGNIZED NATIONALLY AS FAIR HOUSING MONTH NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE CITY OF HARDY DOES, DOES HEREBY DESIGNATE APRIL, 2025 AS FAIR HOUSING MONTH, ADOPTED THIS THIRD DAY OF APRIL, 2025 BY THE CITY OF HARDY V COUNCIL AND PUBLISHED IN THE JASPER COUNTY SUN TIMES NEWSPAPER ON APRIL 2ND, 2025 PAPER HERE.
UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JOSH
HE JUST COVERED PLAY BY PLAY FOR FOOTBALL GAMES.
MR. MESMAN, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING NO, SIR.
MR. WHITE? NO QUESTIONS MR. CARROLL? NO, SIR.
I THINK WE'VE ALWAYS FOLLOWED THIS POLICY, BUT I GUESS YOU HAVE TO REVIEW IT.
AND IT'S, UH, UPHELD BY, UH, OUR, OUR STAFF AND EVERYONE IN, IN THE CITY AND, AND I'M PROUD OF THEM FOR THAT.
UM, SO DOES ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS REGARDING FAIR HOUSING? SEEING NONE, I'D LIKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, DISAPPROVE, OR MAKE ANY CHANGES TO RESOLUTION 2025 DASH OH FOUR DASH OH THREE A.
2025 DASH FOUR DASH THREE A SECOND.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE.
UH, NEXT WE HAVE CONSIDERATION OF REQUEST TO CHANGE MEETING DATES,
[B. CONSIDERATION OF REQUESTS TO CHANGE MEETING DATES]
CHANGE THE DATE OF MAY 15TH, REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING[1. CHANGE THE DATE OF MAY 15, 2025 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 2025]
TO WEDNESDAY, MAY 14TH.AND NUMBER TWO, CHANGE THE DATE OF,
[2. CHANGE THE DATE OF JUNE 19, 2025 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 2025 AS JUNE 19TH IS A FEDERAL HOLIDAY. PUBLIC COMMENT]
UH, JUNE 19TH, WHICH IS JUNETEENTH REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO WEDNESDAY, UH, JUNE 18TH, UM, AS JUNE 19TH IS A FEDERAL HOLIDAY.UM, DO WE HAVE, UH, MR. GRUBER, IS THERE ANYTHING MORE TO ADD TO THAT? UM, NO, SIR.
UH, THE SECOND ONE IS FAIRLY CLEAR IN TERMS OF WHY WE'RE REQUESTING THE AMENDMENT.
UH, CITY HALL WILL LIKELY BE CLOSED ON THAT DAY AS IT'S A DESIGNATED HOLIDAY.
UM, I, I APOLOGIZE, I CANNOT REMEMBER THE CONFLICT WITH THE MAY 15TH DATE, BUT I REMEMBER THAT WE WANTED TO ADD IT TO THE AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION BECAUSE I BELIEVE THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE SCHEDULED THAT EVENING.
THERE IS SOMETHING ELSE SCHEDULED.
SO WE REALLY HAVE TWO THINGS, EVEN THOUGH IT'S GOT THREE NUMBERS, CORRECT? YEAH.
THE, THE NUMBER TWO IN THERE, UH, IT SHOULD JUST, I JUST WANT TO KEEP WOW.
HONOR, IT'S, IT'S WRITTEN IN INVISIBLE INK
AT THE YOUIT OAKS THAT WE ATTEND EVERY YEAR.
I DON'T THINK I SIGNED UP FOR THAT ONE.
THE, THE, THE OAKS ARE LIVE THERE TOO.
UM, DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ANYTHING.
SO, UM, MR. CARROLL, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? NO, SIR.
UM, MR. WHITE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S TWO THINGS ON THREE YEAH.
UH, JUNETEENTH AND, AND THE VIM DINNER? YES.
UM, MR. WHITE, JUST WANTED TO CHECK WITH VAL AGAIN.
I THINK IT MAKES SPEAK ON VAL DAY TODAY.
EVERY DAY THAT GOES WITHOUT SAYING
UM, SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, UH, I ATTEND, I HAVE SIGNED UP TO ATTEND THE CITIZENS ACADEMY WITH PD AND I WAS JUST BLOWN AWAY.
THIS IS NOT COUNCIL COMMENTS, I THINK.
WHERE ARE YOU GOING? I THOUGHT IT WAS COUNCIL COMMENTS.
NO, THIS IS COMMENTS ABOUT THE DATE CHANGES.
SEE Y'ALL GET ME ALL CONFUSED.
CINDY, WOULD YOU GET A CUP OF COFFEE? DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ABOUT THE DAY CHANGES? NO.
I I NO COMMENT TO THIS ON PURPOSE, SO THEY'D PICK ON YOU.
DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENT? I'M GONNA GO HOME AND DRINK.
YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO SAY THAT.
IS CHILDREN WATCHING DRINK? I CAN HAVE A CAPRI SUN.
I'M, I'M LOSING TOTAL CONTROL OF THIS MEETING.
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WHAT WERE WE TALKING ABOUT? NO, I THINK CHANGING THE DATES IS NECESSARY.
I HAVE, I HAVE NO COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.
SO I WOULD LIKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THESE TWO DATE CHANGES.
MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE TWO DATE CHANGES.
YOU NOTICE I DIDN'T ASK FOR ANY MORE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? UM, YEAH.
[X. MANAGER’S REPORT]
THE MANAGER'S REPORT.JUST A COUPLE OF ITEMS TO COVER THIS EVENING.
UM, SINCE OUR LAST MEETING, I HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF OCCASIONS TO GET OUT WITHIN THE GREATER REGIONAL COMMUNITY AND CONTINUE TO TELL THE GOOD STORY ABOUT HARDY V AND ALL THE EXCITING THINGS THAT WE ARE WORKING ON AND THE THINGS THAT WE ARE, UM, ANTICIPATING COMING IN THE FUTURE.
SO I, UH, RECENTLY SPOKE WITH THE WOMAN IN RURAL ELECTRIC GROUP THAT'S THROUGH PALMETTO ELECTRIC.
UM, THEY HAD ABOUT 50 LADIES FROM THEIR SERVICE AREA ATTEND A MEETING, UM, AND GAVE THEM A PRESENTATION.
AND THEN THIS MORNING I SPOKE TO THE GREATER ISLAND COUNCIL ON HILTON HEAD.
AND AGAIN, LET THEM KNOW ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT WE HAVE COMING FORWARD.
AND THEN EARLIER THIS WEEK, I ATTENDED A PLANNING MEETING AT THE BEAUFORT JASPER WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY.
THEY ARE STARTING TO GET VERY SERIOUS ABOUT UNDERSTANDING WHAT THEIR FUTURE CAPACITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS ARE GOING TO BE.
AND SO, UM, I ATTENDED A SESSION, I KNOW BRIANNA ATTENDED A SESSION, AND WE REALLY CONVEYED TO THEM IN CLEAR TERMS THE VOLUME OF GROWTH THAT IS GOING TO BE COMING HERE AND THEIR NEED TO CONTINUE TO INVEST IN INFRASTRUCTURE TO BE PREPARED TO SERVICE THAT GROWTH.
UM, AND THE LAST THING THAT I WANT TO, UM, UH, TALK ABOUT IS, UH, WE'VE INVITED RESIDENTS FROM PINE ARBOR ROAD TO COME TO A MEETING NEXT WEEK.
ON APRIL 8TH AT 5:00 PM I HAND DELIVERED INVITATIONS TO ALL THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE ON PINE ARBOR ROAD.
AND SO THAT CERTAINLY DOES NOT GUARANTEE THAT THEY WILL RECEIVE NOTICE, BUT WE ARE MAKING EFFORTS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY WHO LIVES THERE KNOWS THAT THEY ARE INVITED TO A MEETING TO COME IN AND TALK ABOUT THE SOUTHERN SKY RECOVERY RESOURCES, UH, PROPERTY.
JOHN, DID YOU GET THE INVITATION AND COLD AND, UH, SURE.
LET'S, UM, GO TO COUNCIL COMMENTS AND START ALPHABETICALLY WITH MR. CARROLL.
[XI. COUNCIL ISSUES AND CONCERNS]
JUST THE ROUTINE THINGS FOR THE CITY.AND, UM, TO ADDRESS WHAT JOSH JUST SAID, UM, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE HIM GOING THAT EXTRA MILE 'CAUSE HE DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT TO PASS OUT THE NOTES AND THE LETTERS OR WHATEVER TO LET THE PEOPLE KNOW.
BECAUSE I HAD, IT KIND OF BACKED ME UP BECAUSE THEY WERE CALLING AND ASKING QUESTIONS AND I SAID, IF Y'ALL CAN MEET WITH THE CITY MANAGER, A LOT OF THESE, UM, QUESTIONS TO BE ASKED, AND A LOT OF FEARS THAT YOU HAVE WILL GO AWAY, BUT YOU NEED TO TALK, YOU KNOW.
AND ANYWAY, JOSH WENT THE EXTRA MILE AND GOT THE LETTERS AND STUFF.
SO I REALLY HOPE THAT THEY'RE GONNA FOLLOW THROUGH AND, UM, MEET WITH JOSH.
'CAUSE HE CAN ALLEVIATE A LOT OF THE FEARS AND A LOT OF IT'S JUST EXAGGERATED.
BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S IT FOR ME, MR. MAYOR.
UM, SO, UM, I SIGNED UP FOR THE CITIZENS ACADEMY, WHICH IS, WHICH I, I ABSOLUTELY ENJOY GOING TO, AND I WISH MORE PEOPLE WOULD SIGN UP FOR THIS BECAUSE THE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION THAT'S PUSHED OUT BY HPD IS TREMENDOUS.
JUST TO GET AN IDEA OF WHAT THESE GUYS DO EVERY SINGLE DAY.
AND, UH, WE HAD COURT ENFORCEMENT AND, UH, WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO GET INTO, UH, HPV, UH, ALL THE, UH, REQUIREMENTS, THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT OUR COURT ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS DO, JUST BLEW MY MIND.
I MEAN, THE AMOUNT OF BUILDING PERMITS, AMOUNT OF BUILDINGS THAT ARE COMING AROUND, ILLEGAL BUILDINGS THAT ARE COMING AROUND WITH NO PERMITS, UH, FOOD TRUCKS AROUND THE CITY THAT HAS NO PERMITS, UH, ENCAMPMENTS, ILLEGAL ENCAMPMENTS IN THE WOODS, UH, AND ALL OF THAT STUFF.
AND THESE GUYS GO IN THERE AND DO THEIR THING.
AND I WAS JUST AMAZED AT HOW MUCH THE COURT ENFORCEMENT FOLKS ON HPV DO IN THE CITY.
I MEAN, IT IS JUST MIND BLOWING.
AND I HAVE A, I MEAN, I HAD AN APPRECIATION FOR ALL THE GUYS AND GALS AT H-P-V-H-E, BUT THAT,
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SEEING THOSE VIDEOS ON TUESDAY GAVE ME A WHOLE NEW APPRECIATION FOR WHAT, UH, OFFICERS DO ON A DAILY BASIS.SO, SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, I JUST WANT TO SAY A HUGE THANK YOU, UH, TO THE GUYS AND GOWNS, UH, UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP.
WELL, VALS PRETTY MUCH SUMMED UP WHAT I WAS TO HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THE CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY.
UM, WE, WE FINISHED UP A LOT OF BUSINESS TONIGHT, A LOT OF LONG BUSINESS.
AND MAYOR, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
THROUGH THE HARD WORK THAT WE WAS DONE BY US, NOT ONLY US, BUT BY STAFF, WE'VE CAME, WE'VE COME TO CONCLUSIONS THAT WILL BENEFIT THE CITY AS A WHOLE.
BUT I LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE AS WE SIT UP HERE AND WE VOTE ON THESE THINGS AS THEY COME UP, WE'RE THE ONES THAT PEOPLE ARE SEEING AT HOME.
BUT THE REAL WORK IS DONE BY STAFF FROM THE VERY BEGINNING TO RIGHT UP TO HERE WITH JOSH PINA, ALL THE DEPARTMENT HEADS.
IF IT WASN'T FOR THEM, WE WOULDN'T LOOK GOOD.
AND I THINK WE LOOK BEAUTIFUL UP HERE, REALLY.
BUT YOU KNOW, FROM EVEN, WELL, EVEN JOHN.
BUT AS WE, AS WE, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, IT'S A, IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH A GROUP LIKE THIS, UM, TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT WE HAVE WITH THE AMOUNT OF STAFF THAT WE HAVE AND THE GROWTH THAT WE HAVE.
IT'S JUST AN ABSOLUTE AMAZING, UH, UH, THING THAT PROBABLY WILL MAKES OTHERS JEALOUS OF WHAT HAS BEEN DONE AND WHAT OUR FUTURE'S GONNA BE.
SO, YOU KNOW, ONWARD AND UPWARD.
MR. WHITE, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU, HANDSOME, UH,
I, UH, I THINK THAT VAL AND A LOT OF YOUR COMMENTS AND A LOT OF THE GOOD WORK, JOSH, GETTING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, I THINK ARE REALLY VERY BENEFICIAL AND MAKES SUCH A BIG DIFFERENCE.
AND, UH, AN NOW WE'RE OUT THERE, SAVES 10 HOURS DOWN THE ROAD, I THINK.
UH, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ADDITIONAL TO ADD.
UH, LET ME GO OVER A FEW THINGS.
I'LL TRY TO BE QUICK, UH, FOR EVERYONE.
NEXT THURSDAY, FIVE TO SEVEN, THERE'S AN EVENT.
THIS IS THE GRAND FINALE OF THE YOUTH COUNCIL FOR THIS YEAR.
WE'RE INVITING THE COMMUNITY TO COME OUT AND MEET THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UM, THE, THE PRIMARY FOCUS IS TO, UH, HELP THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY THAT ARE NEW TO THE COMMUNITY, UH, TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO MEET OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, INTERACT WITH THEM, ASK STAFF QUESTIONS, UH, IF THEY NEED HELP, IF THEY NEED, UH, WHAT DO THEY DO TO START A NEW BUSINESS.
BUT IT JUST AN INFORMAL, UH, GATHERING.
WE MET YESTERDAY WITH RICK PATEL AND CANDY FUENTES OF LOS LAS FUTOS.
UH, THEY, WE WILL BE SERVING TACOS AND WATER, UH, BETWEEN FIVE AND SEVEN.
I I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE FROM COUNCIL TO BE THERE, MEET PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, SEE WHAT QUESTIONS THAT THEY MAY HAVE.
IT'S, ALTHOUGH OUR FOCUS IS THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY, IT'S FOR ANYBODY REALLY WHO IS NEW TO OUR COMMUNITY AND ANYONE WHO WANNA COME OUT AND MEET OUR POLICE OFFICERS.
THE PURPOSE IS SO THEY KNOW OUR POLICE OFFICERS ARE HERE TO HELP AND NOT TO HARM.
THEY ARE OUR FRIENDS, NOT OUR ENEMIES.
WE'RE THE ENEMIES TO THE LAWBREAKERS, NOT TO THE CITIZENS.
SO, UH, ENCOURAGE YOU ALL, IT'S FIVE TO SEVEN.
UH, COME WHATEVER TIME YOU CAN.
UM, AND, UM, AND MEET THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AFTER THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, I WENT TO ROYAL LIVE OAKS ACADEMY.
UH, THEY HAD A MIDDLE SCHOOL CELEBRATING THEIR, UH, SCHOOL TO WATCH DESIGNATION.
AND I, I WANTED TO BRING THIS UP BECAUSE I'VE ALWAYS BEEN VERY PROUD OF ROYAL LIVE OAKS ACADEMY, BUT WHEN YOU WALK IN THERE AND SEE ALL THE PARENTS WITH ALL THE KIDS ATTENDING THIS, UH, THIS, UM, EVENT, UM, THEY HAD SOME GREAT, THERE WAS A STEP TEAM.
THEY WERE DRESSED AS, UH, MEXICAN.
UH, THEY WERE DRESSED AS MEXICANS AND IES, AND THEY DID THIS WONDERFUL DANCE ROUTINE.
BUT IT REALLY WAS THE, THE, UH, IT WAS REALLY HEARTENING TO SEE A SCHOOL THRIVING AND DOING THINGS RIGHT.
UH, WE WILL HAVE, UH, LOOKS LIKE OUR THIRD HALF MARATHON.
I THINK THE DATE'S NOW, UH, NOVEMBER 9TH, RIGHT, JOSH? YEP.
UM, THE, UH, ORGANIZERS ARE WORKING ON IT.
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UH, SO THEY'LL, LOOKS LIKE WE'LL HAVE THE THIRD HALF MARATHON IN HARDY V IN NOVEMBER.UM, THERE'S A PROPOSED RESOLUTION, UH, TO SUPPORT AN INITIATIVE FOR CHILDCARE CALLED TRI SHARE.
THAT'S, SO LOCO IS ASKING ALL THE JURISDICTIONS TO SUPPORT.
AND THE IDEA IS IF WE ALL PASS A RESOLUTION, WE SEND IT TO OUR STATE DELEGATIONS.
SO, UM, MR. GRUBER, I WOULD LIKE THAT, UH, RESOLUTION TO BE PUT ON A FUTURE AGENDA SO THE COUNCIL CAN STUDY IT, DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANNA SUPPORT THIS.
AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I'VE TALKED WITH CINDY ABOUT ADDING IT TO THE APRIL 17TH MEETING AGENDA, AND WE'LL REVIEW THAT NEXT WEEK WHEN WE DO OUR INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS.
AND TRI SHARE IS, IT'S A PROPOSAL, IT'S DONE IN MICHIGAN, AND I THINK ONE OTHER STATE.
AND WHAT IT, WHAT IT DOES IF PASSED BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE, IT PROPOSES A THREE WAY SHARING OF THE COST OF CHILDCARE.
A THIRD IS THE PARENT, THE FAMILY, A THIRD IS THE EMPLOYER, AND A THIRD WILL BE PROVIDED BY STATE FUNDING.
IF WE CAN ALL EIGHT JURISDICTION OF SO LOCO SIGN A RESOLUTION, WE CAN THEN, AS A COLLECTIVE GROUP, NOT ONLY ASK OTHER MUNICIPALITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND COUNTIES, BUT ALSO, UM, GET OUR DELEGATION TO SUPPORT AN INITIATIVE AT THE STATE LEVEL.
OF COURSE, THIS IS A FUNDING THING.
WE'VE MISSED THIS ROUND OF BUDGETS AT THE STATE LEVEL, BUT IT TAKES TIME FOR THIS MANY JURISDICTIONS TO GET TOGETHER.
BUT AS SOON AS I THINK IF WE, UM, CAN BE ONE OF THE FIRST TO ADOPT THIS RESOLUTION, THE O NEXT PROPOSAL MAY BE THAT WE COULD USE HARDY AS A TEST CASE.
AND IF WE CAN PROVE TO THE STATE THAT THIS IS A, UH, WORKABLE SOLUTION BY BEING THE, THE, THE TEST BABY, UM, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT THING FOR THE, THE, UH, CITY OF HARDY BILL TO DO.
UH, ON THE 26TH, I WENT TO THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOW COUNTRY.
THERE ARE ANNUAL, UM, AWARDS AND, AND PRESENTATION, AND I THINK THAT'S PART OF WHAT MY JOB IS TO BE OUT IN THESE ORGANIZATIONS, ESPECIALLY ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION AND LOW COUNTRY WHO GIVE OUT MONEY THAT
SO, UH, IF FOR, UH, HOUSING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, THAT WAS, THAT WAS A, UH, HELD AT THE ART CENTER IN, IN HILTON HEAD.
UM, ON THE 28TH, LENAR GAVE AWAY A HOUSE TO A WOUNDED VETERAN.
UM, IT WAS A SURPRISE AND IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST HEARTWARMING THINGS I HAVE EVER ATTENDED.
UH, WE, THEY, THEY HAD A BIG, UM, PARADE, UH, ESCORT OF FIRE TRUCKS AND, UH, SHERIFF OFFICERS AND THIS FAMILY CAME IN AND, UM, IT WAS REALLY SPECIAL THING.
SO THANK YOU TO LENNAR FOR, FOR DOING THIS.
UM, HABITAT FOR HUMANITY HAD AN ART AUCTION ON SATURDAY NIGHT, UM, THAT THEY RAISED ENOUGH MONEY TO BUILD A HOME FOR A FAMILY, UH, A HABITAT FAMILY.
UH, AND I WENT TO THE SCA BOARD MEETING THE OTHER DAY, UM, UP IN BAMBERG.
UH, I TOLD THEM THE NEXT TIME THEY HAVE IT UP THERE, I WANT THE GOVERNOR'S PLANE TO COME GET ME, BECAUSE THAT WAS, WOW.
AND THERE WERE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT, UH, WERE NOTED THERE THAT I, I THOUGHT I SENT TO JOSH, BUT ONE ON APRIL 9TH, THERE'S A COMPANY COMING INTO DOWN IN FREEDOM INDUSTRIAL PARK.
UH, SO THERE WOULD BE AN ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT THAT ON APRIL 9TH.
UM, RIGHT NOW, I DON'T KNOW WHO IT IS.
WHAT IT IS, IT'S UNDER CODE NAME, UH, PILGRIMAGE.
SO IT'S STILL UNDER CODE NAME.
THE OTHER THING THAT, UH, WAS SAID WAS THAT THE TALMAGE BRIDGE WOULD BE RAISED THAT IS EFFECTIVELY PUTS THE DEATH NAIL ON THE JASPER OCEAN TERMINAL.
UH, BECAUSE IF THEY RAISE THAT BRIDGE AND NO SHIPS CAN GET UNDER THERE, THAT WAS ONE
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OF THE MAIN JUSTIFICATIONS FOR THE JOT THAT ELIMINATES IT.UM, THAT'S THE OPTION THAT CHOSE MAYOR
THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID AT THE MEETING THE OTHER DAY.
UH, THAT'S THE FIRST I HAD HEARD THAT, BUT THAT WAS, UH, I THINK IT WAS DANNY BLACK WHO SAID THAT.
SO, UM, ALSO, AND I THINK THIS WAS ONE OF THE CONSOLATION PRIZES ALONG THE RIVER, THERE IS A, WHAT WILL BE A JASPER LOGISTICS PARK PRIMARILY GEARED TO COLD STORAGE.
SO THIS IS AN ARRANGEMENT MADE WITH, WITH STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA THAT WOULD MAKE THIS, THEY WOULD USE THE, THE DREDGING MATERIAL AND CREATE THIS PARK WITH COLD STORAGE.
AND THIS WOULD BE, THEY DIDN'T SAY THIS, BUT IT'S THE CONSOLATION PRIZE TO THE, UH, JOTI.
JOSH, YOU, DID I SAY ANYTHING INCORRECTLY? THAT IS WHAT IS BEING DISCUSSED.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE STILL QUITE A WAYS AWAY FROM UNDERSTANDING IF THAT'S TRULY VIABLE.
AND SO WE'LL HAVE TO GET SOME MORE INFORMATION.
I KNOW FROM ONE STANDPOINT, UM, PROVIDING POWER TO THAT AREA TO SERVE AT SOMETHING LIKE THAT YEAH.
SO, BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S LIKE BY THE MARSHES, IT'S BY HUTCHINSON ISLAND OUT THERE.
IT'S SO, IT'S, IT'S, THERE'S A LOT OF THEORETICAL, UH, THINGS.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THOSE THINGS CAME OUT AT THE SOUTHERN CAROLINA BOARD MEETING.
SO IT IS PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE AND UH, I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU.
AND TODAY, UH, THE CITY HOSTED THE SAATCHI LEADERSHIP GROUP.
UM, SPENT THE DAY, THE AFTERNOON ON A BUS WITH THEM, AND JOSH AND I GAVE A PRESENTATION AT MARGARITAVILLE AND, UH, HAD A GREAT PHILLY CHEESE STICK AT THE BAR AND CHILL.
UM, SO THAT'S THE END OF MY REPORT.
AND, UM, I HAVE NO FURTHER THINGS TO REPORT, SO I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
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SECOND.JOHN, WHEN IS YOUR, UH, SOUTHERN AS A SECOND LANGUAGE CLASS.