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From YouTube: Beaufort County Council Caucus and Regular Session
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This meeting will be held both in person at, Buckwalter Rec., 905 Buckwalter Pkwy, Bluffton,
SC 29910, and also virtually through Zoom. Monday, April 25, 2022 at 4:30 PM
AGENDA
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3. PUBLIC NOTIFICATION OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN PUBLISHED, POSTED, AND DISTRIBUTED IN
COMPLIANCE WITH THE SOUTH CAROLINA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT
4. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
DISCUSSION ITEMS
5. AGENDA REVIEW
6. COUNCIL MEMBER DISCUSSION
EXECUTIVE SESSION
7. PURSUANT TO S.C. CODE SECTION 30-4-70(A)(2): DISCUSSION OF NEGOTIATIONS INCIDENT TO
PROPOSED CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS AND PROPOSED SALE OR PURCHASE OF REAL
PROPERTY (1407 KING ST. & 600 WILMINGTON ST.)
8. PURSUANT TO S.C. CODE SEC. 30-4-70(A)(2): RECEIPT OF LEGAL ADVICE WHERE THE LEGAL ADVICE RELATES TO MATTERS COVERED BY THE ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE (SCRATCH GOLF LITIGATION)
9. ADJOURNMEN
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A
Okay,
duly
motioned
and
seconded
the
agenda
will
be
approved
without
any
objections,
and
I
see
no
objections.
Okay,
we're
ready
to
review
the
agenda
of
the
county
council
meeting.
I
hope
everybody
has
had
a
chance
to
take
a
look
at
it.
It
is
rather
short
this
evening,
which
means
we'll
be
asking
for
someone
to
elongate
the
meeting.
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A
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A
Mckellen
makes
the
motion,
and
mr
cunningham
makes
the
second
duly
motioned
and
seconded.
Are
there
any
questions
before
we
go
into
executive
session?
Seeing
none?
We
will
now
go
into
executive
session
at
4
35,
we're
hoping
that
this
is
not
going
to
take
a
very
long
time
before
we
return.
Where
are
we
going
we're
going
to
go
across.
A
H
Quite
frankly,
it
was
a
waste
of
my
time
and
when
I
started
to
register
my
complaint
about
the
subject
matter,
which
just
for
the
record
was
not,
in
my
opinion,
subject
to
executive
sex,
fragmented
privilege,
in
fact,
if
anybody
at
all
wants
to
call
me
and
find
out
what
I
heard
you're
absolutely
welcome.
Give
me
a
call
and
I'll
tell
you
what
and
you
know
I.
I
really
think
what
you
should
have
done,
mr
passman.
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A
B
B
A
A
A
The
two
members
of
county
council
online
are
council
members,
somerville
and
council
member
flew
welling.
Would
you
all
rise
for
the
pledge
of
allegiance
and
then
please
remain
standing
for
the
invocation
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.
D
I
I'll
start
over,
as
many
of
you
know,
april
22nd
was
earth
day
and
in
honor
of
that
event,
and
for
your
thoughts,
I'm
going
to
quote
a
hindu
prayer,
may
the
waters
flow
peacefully.
May
the
herbs
and
plants
grow
peacefully?
May
all
the
divine
powers
bring
unto
us
peace?
May
the
rain
come
down
in
the
proper
time?
May
the
earth
yield
plenty
of
corn?
May
the
world
be
free
from
war.
The
supreme
lord
is
peace,
amen,
amen,.
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A
A
J
I
have
one
housekeeping
item
that
I
want
to
remind
all
the
council
members
of
before
I
get
into
this
is
as
you're
speaking
this
evening.
Please
make
sure
that
you
hit
your
mic
button
and
turn
the
light
on
the
bottom
of
the
neck
green,
so
that
we
can
pick
you
up.
We're
gonna
do
our
best
job
to
keep
pace
with
you
all
tonight,
as
we
have
this
discussion.
J
J
Today,
after
I
had
a
call
with
secretary
hall
on
friday-
and
I
just
want
to
clarify
some
things
about
the
end-to-end
analysis
that
we're
going
to
undertake,
there
is
nothing
wrong
with
us
waiting
a
little
bit
longer
and
do
an
additional
study
to
gather
as
much
quality
data
as
we
can
possibly
gather
for
the
traffic
situation
and
scenarios
that
might
be
impacted
by
the
bridge
improvements
and
the
corridor
improvements
on
highway
278.
So
that's
one
of
the
benefits
of
the
indian
analysis.
J
In
addition
to
that,
it
will
allow
us
to
bring
in
an
additional
independent
consultant
or
team
of
consultants
to
evaluate
the
work.
That's
been
done
to
evaluate
the
intersection
operations,
to
evaluate
the
assumptions
and
to
potentially
evaluate
the
growth
modeling
for
traffic
on
the
island
to
make
sure
again
that
that
data
set
is
as
comprehensive
as
possible
and
is
as
effective
as
possible.
J
In
addition,
it
will
allow
folks
who
are
interested
in
that
aspect
of
it
to
have
additional
participation
and
involvement
in
doing
the
in
the
end
analysis
and
we're
going
to
be
working
to
reach
out
to
get
a
list
of
firms
names
and
be
reaching
out
to
the
folks
that
have
been
involved
and
suggested
this
indian
analysis
to
discuss
those
firms
with
them.
I
do
want
to
tell
you
all
again,
because
I
must
reiterate
this
a
lot.
This
is
a
county
project.
It
is
not
a
dot
project,
it
is
not
a
state
project.
J
It
is
not
a
town
of
hilton
head
island
project,
it
is
a
beauford
county
project.
We
are
responsible
for
making
sure
that
we
carry
this
forward.
We
are
going
to
work
with
everyone
involved
and
all
the
players
and
all
the
stakeholders
and
our
partners
of
town
of
hilton
head
island,
but
it
this
is
a
county
project
as
a
result
of
this
indian
analysis.
J
J
I
think
one
of
the
council
members
today
witnessed
that
and
mr
perry,
whom
you
will
hear
from
here
shortly
during
comment,
said
that
they
had
trouble
today
because
they
had
to
go,
do
a
u-turn
around
and
they
encountered
traffic
and
things
like
that.
So
long
story
short,
that's
a
long
way
to
tell
you
that
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
submit
that
design
exception
and
instruct
jared
fraelix
to
work
with
dot
for
us
to
go
ahead
and
put
that
signal
in
it's
been
a
long
time
coming,
we've
been
asking
windmill
harbor
to
wait.
J
J
B
Yes,
good
summary
two
points
I
think
relative
to
the
design
exception.
It
is
time-
and
I
think
what
changed
is
up
until
now.
D.O.T
would
not
issue.
What's
called
a
warrant
for
a
traffic
signal.
They've
now
said
based
in
the
project,
they
would
issue
a
warrant
for
the
traffic
signal,
so
the
only
issue
now
is,
if
they're
willing
to
do
a
warrant
two
years
from
now.
Why
wouldn't
they
be
willing
to
do
one
yesterday?
And
I
I
think
I
think
you're
on
the
right
track
to
ask
for
that.
B
I
think
the
other
thing
I
would
say
relative
to
the
278
portion
of
it.
I
think
in
conversations
we've
had
with
various
people
and
you
look
at
the
inflation
surge
that
we
have
some
people
suggesting
that
delays
are
on
the
order
of
a
million
dollars
a
week
in
terms
of
the
project
cost.
So
I
think
the
I.
B
I
totally
endorse
what
you're
saying
about
what
we
want
to
do
in
response
to
the
hilton
head
folks,
but
I
think
it
has
to
be
at
the
same
time
that
the
project
itself
can't
be
delayed
and
everything
I
have
seen
would
say
you
can
do
what
you
want
to
do
in
stony
traffic
standpoint,
but
that
should
not
delay
the
pure
bridge
portion,
which
is
the
long
lead
time
and
where
the
where
the
real
money
is
at
risk.
Thank
you.
Eric.
D
A
That
we're
trying
to
move
forward
as
quickly
as
we
can.
We
will
be
speaking
with
the
town
council
members
about
moving
forward.
We
know
that
there
is
a
process
called
the
nepa
process
and
the
fonzi
process.
There's
all
these
acronyms.
We
must
stay
within
the
corridor
that
has
been
designated
for
the
construction
of
this
bridge.
If,
in
fact,
we
go
outside
that
corridor,
that
becomes
very
problematic
for
us
where
we
may
be
forced
to
literally
start
all
over
again.
So
that's
something
that
we
cannot
do.
J
D
J
This
is
miss
lindsey,
malphus,
she's,
a
library
specialist
in
library,
mobile
services
and
outreach
department
for
the
library
she
has
been
behind
the
wheel
of
the
bookmobile
for
the
south
end
of
the
county
for
three
years
she
was
hired
in
june
2019,
of
course,
in
her
work
as
a
library
specialist
on
bookmobile
south.
She
drives
the
bookmobile
along
the
predetermined
route
to
stops
in
bluffton
and
hilton
head
to
deliver
mobile
library
services
to
pre-school
centers
after
school
locations,
neighborhoods
and
assisted
living
communities.
J
J
Okay,
all
right,
that's
good!
Thank
you
very
much.
I
appreciate
it
so
much
appreciate
your
service.
Thank
you.
Our
other
two
employees
that
I'm
going
to
introduce
tonight
are
not
here
in
person.
So
that's
reason.
I
took
her
first
library,
two
two
folks
from
the
library
tonight
we
have
renee
jenkins.
We
have
a
photo
of
her
she's,
a
library
specialist.
J
She
is
responsible
for
receiving
and
unpacking
each
box
of
items
that
arrive.
Renee
is
the
first
person
in
beaufort
county
to
see
the
items
before
they
make
it
to
the
shelf
or
for
checkout.
Rene
is
known
for
her
commitment
to
error-free
quality
work
and
takes
great
pride
in
all.
She
does
for
the
beauford
county
library.
I've
often
wondered
what
it
was
like
to
be.
The
first
person
to
receive
all
the
materials
and
get
to
look
at
those
before
anyone
else
gets
to
see
them.
Renee
loves
her
family.
J
D
J
We
talk
about
it,
a
lot
on
her
daily
drive
from
her
residence
on
hilton,
head
island
to
the
technical
services
office
in
the
downtown
beaufort
branch
library,
so
she
makes
that
drive
every
day
from
hilton
head
island
all
the
way
into
beaufort.
So
let's
give
her
a
round
of
applause
renee.
I
appreciate
your
service.
J
Our
final
employee
comes
from
our
records
at
the
management
division,
melisa
mack.
She
is
a
records
management
technician.
She
has
been
with
us
a
total
of
six
years.
Her
role
with
records
management
department
ultimately
expands
and
enhances
the
county's
use
of
a
software
program.
We
call
application
extender.
J
That
is
basically
the
archive
for
the
county,
where
we
store
lots
of
permits,
lots
of
forms,
a
lot
of
documents
that
we
need
to
go
and
retrieve
and
melis
melissa
does
that
for
us
her
her
ability
to
multitask
produces
a
high
volume
of
digitally
archived
records
through
the
digitalization
of
both
microfilm
and
micro
fish.
Her
work
provides
both
service
and
assistance
to
many
departments
within
beaufort
county.
J
She
helps
ensure
that
departments
will
have
a
useful
and
productive
digital
experience
and,
last
but
not
least,
she
also
assists
with
metering
the
mail
and
filling
mail
job
requests,
so
big
responsibility
there
and
she
loves
to
bake
as
her
personal
thing
that
she
does
not
mind
people
knowing
about
her
publicly.
So,
let's
give
my
lisa
a
round
of
applause
as.
D
J
Once
again,
I
always
appreciate
all
of
the
employees
that
I
work
with.
Everybody
does
a
great
job
for
us.
We
have
a
great
team
here
in
beaufort
county
and
it's
a
honor
for
me
to
serve
the
citizens
of
beaufort
county,
but
also
the
employees
of
this
county
as
well.
So,
mr
chairman,
that
concludes
my
report.
Thank
you.
F
F
I
had
my
individual
that
I
recommended
told
me
that
they
have
three
more
meetings
scheduled,
so
I
was
trying
to
figure
out
where
we
are
with
that.
If
you
guys
have
any
info
just
so
we're
all
aware,
I
know
we
were
told
to
stay
out
of
the
committee
and
let
them
handle
it
until
we
get
the
report.
So
I
just
wanted
to
see.
J
Yeah,
you
all
will
receive
a
report
next
week
from
the
chairman
of
that
committee,
mr
dean
moss
during
the
executive
committee
meeting
he'll
he'll,
give
you
a
brief
update
on
that.
They
are
substantially
completed
with
their
work.
There's
just
some
few
minor
details.
They
need
to
clean
up
over
the
next
three
weeks
and
then
we'll
have
something
for
you
all
to
consider
at
the
public
facilities
meeting
to
recommend
the
council
on
moving
that
referendum
forward
fantastic.
Thank
you.
B
One
thing
in
one
of
the
committee
meetings:
there
was
a
presentation
on
what
some
of
this
county's
doing.
You
know
you're
all
aware
of
you
hear
about
people
where
somebody
steals
their
home
and
so
on,
and
the
county
is
doing
some
very
interesting
things.
So
at
some
point
in
time
I
think
that
would
be
useful
to
bring
back
to
full
county
so
that
everybody
knows
what's
going
on,
but
I.
J
A
C
C
F-E-T-C-H
fetch
market
located
on
highway
170,
which
provides
100
percent
of
their
profits
towards
noah's
ark
rescue
and
whereas
a
day
of
recognition
presents
an
opportunity
to
highlight
the
actions,
jennifer
smith
of
noah's,
ark,
rescue
and
fetch
market
in
the
vital
roles
in
assisting
our
animal
services
to
provide
positive
outcomes
for
the
animals
in
beaufort
county
and
now,
therefore
be
it
resolved.
Beaufort
county
council
hereby
expresses
its
sincere
gratitude
to
jennifer
smith
of
noah's
art
rescue
for
her
service
to
our
community.
M
K
M
A
N
N
Over
the
f
past
five
years
we
have
had
considerable
amount
of
capital
projects
using
impact
fees
and
we've
spent
3.2
million
dollars
and
another
800
000
on
just
a
one
fire
station
added
in
with
the
hampton
hall,
our
hampton
parkway,
our
new
fire
station,
the
chessy
area
fire
station,
the
carlton
river
fire
station
palmetto
block
fire
station.
All
this
using
8.2
8.3
million
dollars
in
capital
projects
from
our
impact
fee
over
the
next
five
years.
N
If
the
impact
fees
are
withdrawn
from
our
budget,
it's
estimated
excuse
me
that
it's
going
to
raise
millage
rates
by
at
least
2.5
mills
to
cover
these
costs.
We
do
not
stand
alone.
These
same
scenarios
play
out
all
across
the
county's
unincorporated
areas.
Development
keeps
coming
to
our
area
and
burdening
our
coffers
to
keep
up
with
infrastructure
demands.
N
We
urge
you
to
keep
existing
fees
in
place.
While
you
continue
to
negotiate
an
equitable
solution
fair
to
all.
After
all,
we
don't
elect
our
leaders
just
to
give
up
and
toss
out
problematic
issues,
because
somebody
doesn't
get
their
way.
We
elect
you
to
hammer
out
the
details,
negotiate
and
fix
what's
on
the
table.
D
E
Good,
my
name
is
charles
perry.
I
am
the
chairman
of
the
traffic
committee
at
windmill,
harbor
association,
and
so
I'd
like
to
speak
to
you
in
that
capacity,
but
also
secondarily,
as
a
concerned,
citizen
of
beaufort
county
who's.
Maybe
the
only
concerned
citizen
of
beaufort
county
who
practiced
environmental
law
for
45
years.
I
don't
know,
but
it
was
a
long
time.
There
are
a
couple
things.
E
Obviously
we
would
like
to
thank
eric
and
we
hope
we'd
urge
the
council
to
move
forward
with
the
design
exceptions
that,
if
there's
anything
that
we
can
do
to
support
that
process.
Obviously
we
will
do
that
and
we
sincerely
hope
that
it
will
work,
because
it
is
a
very
dangerous
situation
for
us
as
residents
of
jenkins
island,
but
it's
also
a
serious
situation
for
every
man,
woman
and
child
that
comes
onto
hilton
head
that
doesn't
fly
or
go
on
a
boat
come
in
a
boat,
so
we
are.
E
We
are
we
really
hope
that
that
can
can
come
to
creation?
The
second
thing
I
would
like
to
say
is
to
second
something
that
the
chairman
said,
and
that
is
with
regard
to
the
nepa
process,
and
it
also
in
some
ways
applies
to
the
study
process.
I
know
that
you
want
to
move
forward
with
that,
but
the
nepa
process
is
a
very
sensitive
one,
and
if
you
vary
from
the
environmental
assessment,
that's
already
been
done.
E
E
E
I
can't
emphasize
enough
that
that
the
that
the
council
move
forward
with
the
project
as
quickly
as
you
possibly
can,
so
that
we're
not
put
into
a
situation
where
the
bid
prices
come
in
substantially
over
the
estimate
and
the
amount
of
money.
That's
set
aside
for
this.
Thank
you
very
much.
We
appreciate
your
time.
G
Joe,
I
want
to
personally
express
our
appreciation
for
all
of
the
work
that
you
guys
have
done
in.
Ladies
with
regard
to
278,
I
know
you
spent
years
on
this.
I've
been
involved
for
years.
I
understand
the
frustration
you
know.
Four
years
ago
the
citizens
of
beaufort
county
went
to
the
poll
and
they
approved
a
one
cent
sales
tax
at
that
referendum
for
this
project
four
years
ago.
G
That
tells
me
that
the
majority
silent
majority
of
people
in
beaufort
county
approves
the
steps
necessary
to
improve
that
quarter.
278
corridor
on
jenkins
island
hilton,
head
island.
You
know
we
have
reached
a
point.
I
think,
four
years
later,
where
we're
slowly
but
surely
getting
into
what
stu
rodman
referred
to
a
while
ago,
as
paralysis
by
analysis,
there
is
a
silent
majority
that
that
wants
this
project
get
underway.
G
G
L
Good
evening,
thank
you
chairman,
I'm
cindy
polson,
I'm
president
of
the
windmill,
harbor
properties,
owners
association,
and
I
agree
with
my
colleagues
here
mike
and
charlie.
I
just
wanted
to
be
real
brief
and
thank
eric
for
supporting
us.
That
would
be
a
tremendous
help
to
our
safety
issue
and
also
thank
you
to
the
councilman
for
your
continued
support
in
alleviating
our
situation.
That
is
very
risky
for
people
coming
on
and
going
off
the
island.
So
thank
you.
Thank
you.
A
O
O
There
we
love
it
and
we
support
the
one
bridge
project,
the
two
birds.
When
we
saw
the
sketch
of
the
two
big
prod
the
two
bridge
project,
we
couldn't
believe
it.
We
almost
fainted
that
it
would
basically
knock
out
some
of
our
buildings
and
destroy
the
whole
neighborhood.
So
I
appreciate
the
county
council
supporting
the
one
big
bridge
project
and
we
will
do
anything
we
can
to
help
support
any
aspect
of
that,
but
it
would
basically
destroy
our
neighborhood
the
two
bridge
project,
because
you,
you
all
saw
the
picture
and.
D
O
I
Mr
chairman,
I
have
three
to
report
on
the
stormwater
board
met
on
site
at
the
cyprus
wetlands
and
we
had
an
education
on
why
that
was
built
and
how
well
it's
working
in
the
town
of
port
royal.
It
was
very
helpful
for
all
the
storm
water
board
members
to
see
that
up
close
last
week,
I
met
with
the
tcl
board
with
the
rest
of
the
members
up
at
the
hampton
campus,
where
they
teach
the
cdl
course
and
got
to
see
that
campus
and
then
on
wednesday.
This
week,
the
beaufort
memorial
hospital
board
meets
wednesday
morning.
C
A
C
P
E
C
You,
mr
chairman,
I
just
want
to
report
that
the
community
services
and
public
safety
committee
will
be
meeting
on
may
second,
the
first
monday
in
may,
and
there
will
be
an
agenda
meeting
to
develop
an
agenda
for
that
meeting
on
the
second
on
april
27th,
which
is
this
wednesday.
Thank
you
very
much,
mr
rodman.
B
B
Coming
out
of
public
facilities,
all
of
which
passed
unanimously,
one
is
there's
a
5k
race.
This
could
take
place
they're
doing
a
couple
of
these
at
the
airports.
There's
a
little
bit
of
money
left
over,
so
they
want
to
channel
it
to
an
academy
that
helps
young
kids
get
involved
in
in
aviation,
but
we
actually
have
to
approve
that
just
a
minority
we
have
three
awards.
One
is
for
about
1.3
million,
which
is
to
do
the
roof
replacement
on
the
main
administration
building
for
the
county.
B
Second
is
a
one
for
about
a
quarter
of
a
million
dollars
which
is
replacing
some
of
the
cooler
and
freezing
freezer
equipment
in
our
detention
center,
and
the
last
one
is
about
a
little
less
than
300
000
to
repair
one
of
our
boat
landings.
All
three
of
those
involve
money
are
within
budget,
and
one
last
thing,
mr
chairman,
it's
always
found
over
the
years.
It's
it's
always
a
pleasure
to
see
good
people
get
promoted.
B
So
I
just
learned
a
little
while
ago
that
our
tiffany,
who
not
too
long
ago
got
another
degree,
is
now
going
to
go
and
be
in
business
administration
for
public
facilities.
If
I
got
the
right
place
where
she's
headed
so
she'll
be
missed,
she's
done
a
great
job
for
us
for
lgr
committee,
but
always
love
to
see
people
moving
on,
and
we
wish
you
godspeed
in
that.
A
P
I
appreciate
the
funding,
that's
going
toward
that,
and
I
just
want
to
express
to
this
council
that
they
are
in
dire
need
of
a
lot
of
resources
and
I'm
hoping
that
the
county
can
do
a
little
bit
more
in
helping
them
along
they're,
working
with
30
to
50
young
kids,
getting
them
engaged
in
aviation,
and
I
think
it
could
serve
this
community.
My
community
well,
if
we
can
just
add
a
little
bit
more
resources
to
them
in
the
future,
not
asking
for
anything
right
now,
but
just
keep
that
in
mind.
That's
all!
Thank
you.
A
Moving
on
to
item
number
12,
which
is
a
public
hearing
and
third
reading,
of
an
ordinance
to
repeal
chapter
82
articles
2
through
article
2,
through
7
of
the
code
of
ordinance
of
beaufort
county,
to
terminate
the
collection
of
parks
and
recreation
facility
impact
fees,
road
facility
impact
fees,
southern
beaufort,
county
service
area,
road
facility
impact
fees,
northern
beaufort,
county
service
area,
library,
facilities,
impact
fees,
fire
facility
impact
fees
and
other
matters
related.
There
too.
So.
A
K
My
name
is
carolyn
smith
and
I've
come
tonight
to
speak
to
y'all
as
a
taxpayer,
and
a
landlord
and
I've
been
listening
to
the
past
two
meetings
that
you've
had
about
this
impact
fee
and
when
something
like
this
is
going
on.
I
like
to
study
it
and
be
prepared,
but
it's
been
kind
of
hard
to
study
this
when
y'all
have
done
this
so
quickly
and
there's
been
no
real
public
discussion
about
how
you're
going
to
handle
it.
K
A
Q
Council
members
good
evening
and
thank
you-
I've
been
a
resident
in
beaufort
county
for
43
years
and
I've
been
a
licensed
builder
since
1988,
and
this
is
my
second
time
addressing
the
council
about
these
impact
fees.
I'm
here
representing
two
of
my
clients
and
I'm
asking
the
council
to
repeal
the
9535
impact
fee
on
new
construction.
Q
Q
Q
The
framing
package
was
the
only
line
item
higher
than
the
impact
fees,
and
I'm
asking
you
on
behalf
of
other
builders
in
beaufort
county
I've
talked
to
the
home
builders
association,
their
executive
officer,
and
I
think
we
need
to
think
seriously
about
reducing
or
finding
another
way
to
gather
this
money,
but
to
to
put
the
impact
fees
on
the
back
of
the
unincorporated
areas
of
the
county
is
unfair
to
potential
homeowners.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
A
F
F
F
F
The
biggest
reason
I've
butted
heads
with
people
on
impact
fees
is
because
I
do
think
it
should
be
an
equal
playing
field.
I
think
it
should
be
equal
across
the
county,
because
we're
all
benefiting
from
when
hilton
head
is
successful.
Beaufort
is
successful.
You
can
only
do
so
much
on
hilton
head
before
before
tourism
decides
to
go,
spend
a
day
in
beaufort
and
they
benefit,
and
so
on
with
the
fusky
and
bluffton
we
work
together
and
we
need
to
make
sure
that
we
continue
to
spread
that
throughout
the
county.
F
That
was
one
of
my
big
arguments
against
the
school
impact
fee.
With
that
being
said,
we
have
been
making
progress.
I
think
it's
heading
in
the
right
direction.
The
municipalities
and
the
county
we're
all
willing
to
negotiate
to
get
these
accomplished
and
that's
going
to
take
a
little
bit
more
time.
This
is
the
third
reading.
F
That's
why
today,
I'm
going
to
move
that
we
postpone
it
to
june
13th
at
that
county
council
meeting,
because
that
will
give
us
enough
time
to
finish
our
discussions,
discussions
with
the
municipalities
and
see
if
we
can
come
to
agreements
but
just
know
that
when
it
does
return
to
county
council
on
the
13th,
it
still
does
return.
As
the
third
and
final
vote
for
that
item.
A
A
R
R
There
was
a
blistering
withering
attack
level
that
our
administrator,
I
think,
was
extremely
inappropriate
in
a
case
of
I've
been
discussing
for
a
lot
of,
we
council
were
discussing
impact
pieces
within
a
decade,
and
I
mean,
after
a
few
years,
it's
kind
of
hard
to
take
it
seriously.
It
becomes
a
joke
at
some
point,
but
anyway,
we've
been
talking
about
those
libraries
and
parks
and
recreation
for
over
a
decade.
R
In
the
case
of
the
school
impact
fee,
I
think
and
the
updated
fees
they
went
out
in
november
of
2020
and
and
the
criticism
leveled
against
the
part
of
the
criticism
levels
against
our
administrator
was
that
he
had
responded
to
some
something
from
one
of
the
town
managers
in
I
don't
know
30
days,
I
don't
remember
exactly
what
it
was,
but
it
was,
it
was
grossly
disproportionate.
I
mean,
if
I
ever,
if
I
ever
spoke
to
a
town
manager,
the
way
for
at
least
three
of
our
mayors
spoke
to
our
administrator.
R
Having
said
that,
as
you
know,
I
support
I
strongly
support
impact
peace
because,
as
one
of
the
speakers
said
earlier,
if
we
don't
collect
the
impact
piece,
it's
a
simple
matter.
It
goes
right
back
on
the
taxpayers
so,
as
as
the
clock
keeps
running
every
day
goes
by
every
week
every
month
that
there's
that
many
thousands
and
ultimately
millions
of
dollars
that
we're
not
collecting
that
are
going
to
go
on
the
back
of
the
taxpayers,
so
strong
always
have
been
always
will
be
a
strong
advocate
of
impact
piece.
I
do
believe
I
saw
some.
R
I
saw
some
movement,
I
think,
for
the
municipalities
on
these
impact
fees.
I
hope
and
pray
that
that
what
I
think
I
saw
as
a
moment
will
turn
into
an
agreement.
The
alternative
is:
if
the
municipalities
want
to
want
to
go
their
own
way,
they
can
assume
responsibility
for
libraries.
They
can
assume
responsibility
for
parks,
recreation.
They
can
assume
responsibility
for
roads
and
they
can
and
they
can
do
a
study
and
make
their
own
impact
vision
and
worry
about
themselves.
R
B
Yes,
I
would
strongly
suggest
that
we
do
do
the
postponement.
I
do
think
there's
good
work
going
on
and
paul
beat
me
to
it,
but
when
I
learned
about
people
attacking
our
administrator,
that
really
bothered
me.
You
know
it's
okay
to
disagree,
but
people
don't
have
to
be
disagreeable
and
I
think
I
think
eric
does
a
very
wonderful
job
for
us
and
I
think
that
was
uncalled
for.
If
that's
what
happened?
B
A
I
Yes,
mr
chairman,
the
reason
that
I
seconded
both
of
those
motions
is
that
I
have
faith
that
the
municipalities
will
work
with
the
county
to
get
these
impact
fees
in
place.
It
has
been
going
on
for
years,
particularly
the
library
fee
goes
back
to
the
previous
library
administrator,
who
worked
with
two
of
the
localities
to
come
to
some
sort
of
agreement,
and
that
is
why
I
voted
for
the
post.
I
will
vote
for
the
postponement
because
I
think
we
can,
under
the
pressure
of
this
time
frame,
get
it
done.
Thank
you,
mr.
A
P
Joe
thank
you,
mr
chairman,
I'm
going
to
support
the
the
postponement.
I
guess
I
really
have
a
question
for
the
administration
is
that
how
is
the
negotiation
or
how
is
the
discussion?
It's
not
a
negotiation,
but
how
is
the
discussion
between
council
and
the
municipalities
are
going
at
this
time
as
well
as
the
school
district
I
mean
postponing.
It
means
that
you
there's
a
hope
that
conversation
is
happening
and.
J
That
is
every
email
that
I
have
sent
since
2018
to
various
people
on
the
impact
fee
study.
Most
of
those
are
to
the
municipalities
that
we've
been
dealing
with,
so
the
discussion
on
thursday
started
the
ball
rolling.
I
think
if
we
have
this
60-day
period,
we
can
finish
this
off
and
get
it
to
a
point
to
where
we
can
bring
a
proposal
back
to
you
all,
but
I
want.
I
want
it
to
be
clear
that
I
can't
do
that
on
my
own.
J
I
have
to
have
some
cooperation.
I
have
to
have
some
communication
back.
I
am.
I
don't
have
the
luxury
of
being
able
to
spoon
feed
and
hand
people
the
same
documents
over
and
over
repeatedly
and
repeatedly
so,
and
when
I
get
comments,
I
have
to
take
time
to
review
those
comments
and
do
it
appropriately
so
that
we
can
make
sure
the
impact
fees
are
being
handled
legally.
So
those
things
are
in
the
works.
Now,
with
the
city
of
beaufort,
I've
received
some
communications
with
town
hilton
head
island.
J
You
know,
yembc
has
already
signed
the
igas,
so
they're
good
to
go
so
yeah.
I
think
the
quick
answer.
Your
question
is:
if
we
have
this
additional
time
frame
approximately
60
days,
then
I
think
we
can
put
everything
together
and
bring
a
proposal
back
to
you
all
that
will
be
satisfactory
and
if
we
can't,
then
you
all
will
know
that
we've
done
everything
we
can
again
during
this
period
and
you
all
will
be
free
to
make
whatever
decision
you
have
to
make
to
do
whatever
you
need
to
do
with
the
impact
fee
issue.
S
J
J
T
However,
there
seems
to
be
some
concerns
about
recalculating
the
impact
fees
and
the
iga
agreements.
Stuff
like
that,
and-
and
so
my
my
concern
is,
if
the
if
the
municipalities
have
been
delaying
because
of
their
disagreement
with
the
igas
and
the
recalculation
of
some
fees
that
that
they're
concerned
about
have
they
have
they
or
have
you
requested
that
they
share
in
the
consultant
doing
the
recalculation.
J
Yeah
we
we've
we've
met
with
the
municipalities
back
in
december
and
went
over
the
recalculation
of
the
fees
with
them
and
all
the
town
managers
said
and
basically
the
the
details
out
of
that
meeting
with
the
town
managers.
Now
I
have
not
met
with
the
mayors,
because
I
want
to
make
it
very
clear
for
the
record
I
have.
The
communication
for
me
is
to
the
town
managers
it's
on
the
town
managers
to
communicate
with
their
mayors.
Not
on
me,
it's
not
on
me
to
communicate
with
the
school
board.
J
It's
on
me
to
communicate
with
the
superintendent
of
the
school
board,
and
I
have
done
that
if
they
have
failed
to
communicate
with
their
folks,
then
that's
something
that
the
mayors
and
the
school
board
need
to
take
up
with
their
folks
that
they
that
they
hire
to
run
their
organization.
So
in
december
we
met
with
them.
We
gave
them
the
recalculation
of
the
transportation
impact
fee
that
included
all
of
their
projects.
J
After
we
had
paid
the
consultant
additional
25
thousand
dollars
to
recalculate
those
fees,
we
said
the
parks
and
rec
and
library
fees.
Those
projects
can
be
done
with
the
existing
fee.
However,
the
transportation
impact
fee
has
just
sub
has
jumped
substantially
and
those
managers
and
jared
you
nod
your
head.
No,
if
you
disagree
with
this,
those
managers
in
that
room
and
also
phil
and
chuck
they
were
in
the
meeting
as
well.
J
They
then
said:
oh
well,
that's
too
many
projects,
that's
too
high
of
a
fee,
so
we
got
to
go
back
and
redo
it
again.
So
we
broke
it
up
in
the
north
of
the
broad
and
south
of
the
broad
groups
where
jared
would
meet
with
town
managers.
North
abroad
meet
with
town
manager
south
of
the
broad
to
further
refine
the
project
list
and
jared
just
completed
that
recently
and
sent
that
out
to
the
managers
thursday
morning
just
prior
to
the
meeting,
and
then
they
came
back
after
he
sent
the
fee.
J
They
came
back
and
said:
oh
can
we
see
the
project
list
that
these
numbers
support
we'd
already,
provided
them
the
project
list?
They
were
involved
in
developing
the
project
list,
but
they
sent
him
an
email
a
couple
hours
after
he
sent
them
the
new
number
saying.
Oh,
we
need
to
see
the
project
list
that
these
numbers
relate
to.
J
T
That
that
having
been
said,
mr
chairman
and
the
county
administrator,
I
hope
that
by
us
postponing
this
until
the
june
date
that
is
set
that
we
will
be
able
to
work
through
this
stalemate.
This
disagreement
between
the
mayors
and
the
time
managers
and
actually
get
the
get
them
on
board
to
establish
the
the.
U
Mr
mcdonald,
thank
you
for
coming
and
obviously
the
school
is
going
to
be
separate
and
we
separated
that
out
last
time.
So
right
now
we're
just
talking
about
impact
fees
for
infrastructure
for
for
school
mark.
Can
you
press
the
button
it's
on
it's
green?
Can
you
hear
me
I'll
bring
I'll
slide
closer
to
it,
so
so
right
now,
I
voted
against
us
even
thinking
about
repealing
the
impact
fees,
and
I
realized
it
was
a
knee-jerk
reaction,
and
now
we
are
for
a
lack
of
a
better
term
trying
to
strong-arm
the
municipalities.
U
You
know
the
town
of
bluffton
hesitated,
mostly
because
of
the
school
impact
fee.
I
think
that
we
are
going
down
slippery
slope
whenever
we
sit
here
and
put
timelines
on
things
that
again
that
need
to
be
done
and
again
eric.
I
appreciate
all
that
you've
done.
I
think
for
us
even
to
consider
again
tonight
was
a
third
reading,
so
we
made
it
this
far
repealing
the
impact
fees.
Can
you
imagine
what
kind
of
boom
there
would
be
in
development?
U
If
we
took
away
impact
fees,
you
would
have
every
person
out
there
that
was
going
to
build
a
house.
Every
apartment
complex
come
to
us
and
whether
their
plans
were
done
or
not,
they'd
put
the
permit
in
every
grocery
store
ever
no
matter
what
it
was.
We
would
see
the
biggest
boom
of
development
in
the
short
period
of
time
that
would
repeal
it
and
it'd
take
us
three
meetings
to
get
it
back.
U
That
would
cost
the
county,
millions
and
millions
of
dollars
the
facility
we're
sitting
in
bought
with
and
paid
for
with
impact
fees,
the
library
in
bluffton
same
thing.
The
new
library
is
going
to
go
out
towards
sun
city
out
on
170
impact
fees.
The
new
fire
station
that's
over
at
new
riverside
burton
wells.
They
can
just
keep
going
on
and
on
and
on
throughout
throughout
the
county.
U
So
for
us
to
get
to
this
point
I
mean
I
think,
that
that
we
are
adults
enough,
that
we
can
figure
out
how
to
make
this
work
and
what
we
need
to
do
and
again.
I
understand
why
we're
all
doing
this
and
up
here,
but
again,
I
just
think
it
was
the
the
wrong
way
to
to
go
about
doing
it
and
again
our
citizens
actually
think
that
we're
going
to
repeal
the
impact
fees
and
I
think
that's
the
furthest
thing
actually
from
the
truth.
H
A
Opportunity
to
allow
the
municipalities
to
catch
up
and
for
us
to
assess
the
needs
of
beaufort
county
and
the
county
as
a
whole
in
protecting
the
assets
that
we
have
so
so
please
vote
for
the
move
to
to
delay
this.
Thank
you
final
comment
from
me.
We
had
the
meeting
the
other
day.
We
learned
some
things
that
we
really
were
lacking
in
communication
about
the
the
appropriateness
of
an
impact
fee
is
a
county
responsibility.
A
A
F
F
F
P
G
U
H
O
A
The
chair
votes
yes,
and
there
are
ten,
yes
one.
No,
the
motion
to
postpone
until
june
13th
of
2022
for
this
public
hearing
and
third
reading
has
passed.
Moving
on
to
the
next
item.
Item
number
13
is
a
public
hearing
and
third
reading
of
an
ordinance
to
repeal
chapter
82,
article
8
of
the
code
of
ordinance
of
beaufort
county,
to
terminate
the
collection
of
school
development
impact
fees
and
to
refund
the
impact
fees
already
paid
and
other
matters
there
too.
May
I
have
such
a
motion.
H
A
Q
A
Well,
once
we
calculate
all
of
the
impact
fees
again,
yes,
it
will
determine
exactly
what
they
are
for,
the
various
impact
that
they
are
having,
so
each
fire
district
will
have
an
impact
fee.
Each
road
impact
fee
library
impact
fee
will
be
will
depend
upon
the
municipality,
okay
and
the
projects
within
that
municipality.
That's
how
they
are
calculating.
A
J
J
So
people
that
are
paying
the
impact
fees
may
also
be
hit
with
a
significant
higher
bill
because
they
paid
the
impact
fee
and
municipalities
did
not
pay
the
impact
fee,
but
then
bonding
and
avalon
taxes
have
to
go
up
on
those
folks
that
paid
the
impact
fee
as
well
to
cover
the
lack
of
a
lack
of
towns
are
paying
the
impact
fee.
So.
J
F
Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
I'll,
be
brief,
not
to
repeat
myself
to
too
much,
but
the
school
impact
fee
came
to
us
this
summer.
I
voted
against
it
all
three
readings
for
multiple
reasons.
I
don't
like
the
way
it's
written.
I
do
think
9
500
to
every
household,
just
defeated
every
single
purpose
that
we
had
for
affordable
housing
and
workforce
housing.
F
The
biggest
discussion
I've
heard
from
the
municipalities
is
we'll
agree
to
it,
but
we
want
lower
impact
fees
based
on
the
value
of
the
home
and
the
difference
has
to
be
paid
for
by
the
county
that
can
go
by
millions
very,
very
quickly
which
still
comes
back
to
the
tax
base.
That's
going
to
have
to
pay
it.
So
it's
completely
repetitive
this
one
we
had
to
separate
because
we
have
a
lot
of
different
feelings
on
council
on
this.
I'm
sure
it's
going
to
be
a
lot
tighter
vote.
F
With
that
also
being
said,
there
has
been
no
indication
of
movement.
The
biggest
boom
is
right
here
in
my
district
in
bluffton.
The
town
of
bluffton
does
not
seem
eager
to
sign
this.
For
multiple
reasons,
and-
and
those
are
their
reasons,
we
have
reasons
why
we're
pushing
for
things.
They
have
reasons
why
they
decided
not
to
completely
understandable
on
both
sides
to
have
those
opinions
like
there's,
there's
no
ill
will
we
just
couldn't
come
to
an
agreement
on
this
one,
and
for
that
I
am
going
to
support
for
the
removal
of
it.
H
Thanks,
mr
chairman,
I
won't
belabor
the
point
as
well,
so
I
won't
talk
about
the
the
rightness
of
collecting
a
school
impact
d.
I'll
talk
about
the
timing
of
it.
I
just
think
that
it
is
unfair.
It
places
beaufort
county
and
our
citizens,
predominantly
my
constituents,
the
unincorporated
area
north
of
the
broad
river,
primarily
not
exclusively,
but
primarily
it
places
them
at
a
significant
disadvantage
to
them
very
neighbors
people
right
across
the
creek
from
there
who
are
in
the
town
of
bluffton,
who
don't
have
to
pay
it.
H
It
is
fundamentally
unfair
and
until
we
get
to
a
point
where
the
town
of
bluffton
and
town
of
hilton
head
and
all
the
other
municipalities
have
signed
on
to
the
school
impact,
the
east,
it
really
is
just
unfair
and
we
need
to
do
right
by
our
citizens
and
repeal
this
when
the
matter
comes
again
before
county
council
to
win
the
municipalities
that
sign
the
iga
and
agree
to
start
collecting
school
impact
fees.
Then
I'll
talk
about
any
philosophical
opposition,
I
may
have
to
collection,
but
that's
not
today.
Thank
you
very
much.
R
Mute.
Thank
you,
mr
chairman.
I
I
support
the
I
do
not
support
eliminating
the
school
impact
fee.
I've
always
been
an
advocate
for
school
impact
fees.
I'm
glad
that
earlier
in
this
meeting,
we
heard
from
some
of
the
folks
in
the
fire
districts
talking
about
how
critical,
not
just
important
but
critical
the
impact
fee
is
to
them.
R
R
The
only
difference
is
they're
more
expensive,
a
lot
more
expensive,
but
the
school
district
had
just
what
passed
a
350
million
dollar
bond
referendum
a
year
or
so
ago,
and
it's
not
going
to
be
long
before
they're
going
to
have
to
come
out
and
do
it
again
and
again
and
again,
impact
fees
are
not
designed
to
pay
for
all
of
the
schools
they're
designed
to
pay
for
the
impact
that
the
new
development
has
on
the
school.
So
it's
it's,
but
it
is
still
a
critical
amount
of
money.
R
I'm
absolutely
going
to
support
keeping
the
impact
fee.
We've
struggled
for
years
trying
to
come
up
with
some
way
to
generate
some
capital
money
for
the
schools
before
they
were
legal.
We
came
up
with
a
capital
capital
fee
that
we
could.
We
could
fold
into
development
agreements
and
then,
of
course,
that
didn't
work
out
very
well,
but
we
now
have
an
opportunity
to
get
get
some
real
money
through
these
impact
fees
and
I'm
strongly
strongly
going
to
support
it.
I
know
that
the
school
board
is
listening.
R
They
I've
spoken
today
with
several
members
of
the
school
board
and
they
they
explained.
They
need
this
money
for
the
for
the
schools
they're
going
to
have
to
build,
and,
of
course,
it's
mostly
in
bluffton
or
the
bluffton
area.
I
absolutely
agree
with
mr
fluelling
and
anybody
else
that
says
it's
not
fair,
that
we
charge
it
in
the
in
the
unincorporated
areas,
not
in
the
incorporated
areas.
I
I
do
agree
with
that.
R
I
think
long
term
that
can't
work,
but
I've
I've
heard
some
things
from
the
mayor
of
bluffton
within
the
last
few
months
that
sound
like
that
they're,
maybe
going
to
sign
it.
I
know
one
of
the
things
that
they
constantly
express
concern
about
is
is
affordable,
housing.
Well,
we
passed
the
ordinance.
We
have
committed
ourselves
as
a
county
to
pay
100
of
the
impact
fees
for
all
all
houses
that
are
60
of
ami
and
then,
of
course
it
it
reduces
after
that,
but
we
have
no
idea
how
much
money
that
could
be.
R
We've
committed
ourselves
to
an
unknown
liability
which
could
be
huge,
but
I
don't
ever
hear
us
getting
credit
for
that.
All
I
hear
about
is
well
what
about
affordable
housing?
What
about
affordable
housing?
Well,
we've
already
passed
an
ordinance
to
deal
with
affordable
housing
and
we've
put
the
county
taxpayers
on
the
hook.
For
who
knows
how
much
money?
It
could
be
a
really
really
big
number.
So
I
I'm
going
to
say
at
this
point
I
think
a
reference
to
the
affordable
housing
is
kind
of
a
red
herring.
R
We've
dealt
with
that
and
I'm
hoping
that
that
I
heard
the
mayor
correctly
in
the
things
that
she
said
that
they're
they're
about
ready
to
sign
the
impact
fee.
I
know
that
at
one
point
they
wanted
to
move
the
goal
posts.
A
little
bit
from
60
to
80
percent
of
ami,
and
I
think,
we've
corresponded
with
them
our
administrator
or
our
county.
Our
chairman
corresponded
with
him
and
said:
look
if
you
want
to
go
to
80,
you
can
pick
up
the
difference.
R
That's
fine
with
us
we're
on
the
hook
for
60
and
then
a
proportion
after
that.
So
that's
just
those
are
just
those
are
just
mathematical
issues,
but
I'm
I'm.
I
remain
optimistic
that
the
town
of
bluffton
is
going
to
lead
the
way
to
sign
the
the
iga
or
some
version
of
it.
Some
modified
version
of
it.
That'll
and
that'll
bring
the
openhead,
hopefully.
P
A
J
Is
it
coming
I
sent,
and
I
got
a
look.
I
got
some
pushback
from
municipalities,
but
whenever
you
all
voted
to
do,
first
reading
repealed
the
school
impact
fee
and
all
the
other
impact
fees.
I
sent
an
email
to
all
the
town
managers
and
to
dr
rodriguez
and
to
the
fire
chief
and
chief
thompson
can
back
me
up
on
this
saying
hey.
This
is
what
the
county
council
has
done.
J
I
saw
a
member
of
the
school
board
in
planet
fitness
about
a
week
and
a
half
ago
coming
out,
and
I
mentioned
to
him
where
they
had
been
on
the
school
impact
fee,
and
he
had
indicated
to
me
that
as
finance
chair,
he
would
be
here
the
next
time
this
issue
was
taken
up.
I
don't
know
what
happened,
but
I
have
reached
out
to
them.
I've
tried
to
communicate
to
them
to
let
them
know
what's
happening,
but
they
seem
to
be
more
concerned.
J
P
I
J
The
credit
was
given
for
the
referendum
that
was
approved
so
with
all
of
that
being
taken
into
consideration
and
those
residents
being
included
in
the
calculation
for
proportional
share
and
the
fact
that
they're
not
paying
that.
Then
I
think
that
someone
could
argue
that
the
proportional
share
test
may
not
be
being
met.
I
B
B
I
said
the
same
kind
of
things
you
were
saying
they
didn't
participate,
they
viewed
that
it
was
dead
from
their
perspective
anyway
and
and
clearly,
I
think
you've
made
the
case
that
they
haven't
stepped
forward
to
help
us
and
bear
the
cost
or
to
argue
with
the
municipalities
on
what
ought
to
happen
now.
I
view
the
schools
a
little
bit
different,
also
in
the
sense
that,
if
you,
if
you
look
at
the
libraries
and
everything
else,
there's
not
a
lot
of
other
ways
to
do
it's,
either
impact
fees
or
ad
valorem
taxes.
B
The
school
district
has
a
another
mechanism
which
is
really
the
preferred
way
to
do
it,
and
that
is
when
you
want
to
build
five
new
schools.
You
go
to
the
voters
and
you
say
here
are
the
five
schools.
We
want
to
build.
Here's
where
they're
located
here's,
what
they're
going
to
look
like
here's,
what
the
attendance
zones
are
and
they
have
to
sell
the
public
on
what
they
want
to
do.
Collecting
a
relatively
small
amount
of
money
doesn't
go
an
awful
far
to
build
very,
very
expensive
schools.
B
So
what
you
end
up
with
is
you
end
up
doing
both
you've
got
a
portion
of
the
people
paying
the
9
500
and
frankly,
I
think
it's
double
taxation,
because
then,
when
they
need
to
build
the
schools,
they
don't
have
enough
money
to
do
it.
Then
they
have
to
come
back
and
get
a
referendum
passed,
and
so
the
people
who
paid
bought
you
know
build
a
new
home
paid
the
fee
they
get.
They
get
double
taxed
now
relative
to
the
calculation.
B
My
understanding
was
that
the
money
that
was
calculated
for
the
impact
fees
was
under
the
assumption
that
bluffton
and
hilton
head
were
coming
in.
If
they
don't
come
in
and
we
still
collected
the
fee,
then
we
would
have
to
raise
it
even
more
now.
My
understanding
of
the
the
bluffton
portion
of
it
was
that
they
were
looking
for
various
conditions
and
exceptions,
and
I
think
paul
touched
on
part
of
that,
but
whereas
maybe
you
start
waving
that
for
certain
groups,
I
I
think
the
problem
with
that
is
what
we
did
not
too
long
ago
is.
B
B
I
would
also
say
that
I
truly
believe
that
we've
we're
trying
the
best
we
can
to
make
things
affordable
and
one
of
the
groups
that
we're
most
concerned
about
is
the
teachers,
and
this
flies
absolutely
directly.
In
the
face
of
of
that
whole
thing,
we
say
we
having
trouble
recruiting
teachers
because
of
cost,
but
by
the
way,
we're
going
to
increase
the
cost
of
what
you're
going
to
you're
going
to
pay
when
you
get
here.
B
So
I
think
this
is
totally
different
than
all
of
the
other
fees
and
I
think
that
we
need
to
retire
this,
and
I
was
also
a
little
disappointed
that
I
think
if
I
read
the
paper
correctly,
they
were
a
little
bit
critical
of
us
in
the
newspaper
too.
I
don't
know
they
were
the
ones
attacking
you
or
just
attacking
us
as
a
body,
but
if
I
read
it
correctly,
they
also
criticized
us
anyway.
That's
that's
my
opinion
and
I
will
suggest
that
we
do
not
need
to
continue
this
particular
one.
J
J
Line
of
order,
so
those
that
paid
it
first
will
get
their
money
first.
In
addition
to
that,
I
made
a
statement
at
last
council
meeting
that
the
money
would
go
to
the
person
that
paid
the
impact
fee.
That
is
not
consistent
with
the
state
statute,
so
I
need
to
correct
that
the
money
will
go
to
the
property
owner
and
it'll
be
up
to
anyone
that
disputes
that
to
deal
with
that
on
a
private
civil
matter,
not
with
the
county.
J
T
Thank
you,
mr
chairman.
When
we
look
at
the
when
we
look
at
the
future
growth
of
the
county,
the
town
of
bluffton
is
less
than
50
percent
built
out,
and
so
most
of
that
growth
is
going
to
take
place
south
abroad
in
the
town
of
bluffton.
And
when
that
happens,
the
impact
is
going
to
require
them
to
build
additional
schools
and
with
them
not
paying
or
collecting
impact
fees.
U
U
Yes,
I
have
changed
my
mind
on
this
and
again
it's
due
the
fact
that,
if
we're
going
to
do
this
in
the
future,
I
think
it
needs
to
be
brought
to
us
by
the
school
board
and
not
by
our
initiative,
which
is
what
what's
happened
here.
We're
doing
it
trying
to
help
the
school
board
out,
which
they've
got
their
own
council,
their
own
school
board
and
their
own
funding
and
all
those
things
there.
So
if
they
would
like
to
do
this
in
the
future,
I
am
all
ears.
U
P
Before
we
vote
just
want
to
make
sure
I'm
I
am
clear,
I
lost
my
chain
of
thoughts,
but
it'll
come
back
to
me
in
a
few
minutes
before
the
impact
fee
for
the
school
district,
there
was
no
impact
fee
at
all.
The
only
access
they
had
to
funding
was
in
the
infrastructure
money
that
we
collected
in
impact
fees
right
for
roads,
improvement
et
cetera,
et
cetera,
if
they
put
a
facility
in
that
in
that
area,.
J
I
was
the
planning
director
in
york
county
and
we
adopted
a
school
impact
fee
and
because
we
adopted
a
school
impact
fee,
the
state
legislature
shortly
thereafter
moved
to
make
the
adoption
of
new
school
impact
fees
illegal
for
local
governments
that
changed
a
few
years
ago.
We
hired
a
we
work
with
the
we
work
with
the
school
district
to
hire
a
consultant.
J
J
J
So
I
recommend
it
to
you
all
that
we
go
ahead
and
adopt
the
school
impact
fee
to
get
that
in
place,
so
that,
if
that
ain't,
that
those
annexations
did
indeed
occur,
that
we
would
have
the
school
impact
fee
in
place
to
make
sure
that
we
preserved
our
right
to
collect
those
impact
fees
in
those
towns
that
were
annexed,
whether
we
had
igas
or
not
so
the
igas
didn't
happen.
There's
been
plenty
of
reasons
why
to
councilmember
cunningham's
point:
everybody
has
their
reasons
for
not
doing
it.
J
There
are
legitimate
reasons
to
not
do
it
by
all
those
jurisdictions,
but
the
time
has
come
now
for
us
to
as
a
county
to
stop
collecting
it.
Because
again
we
don't
have
the
school
board
here
pushing
for
it.
We
don't
have
the
superintendent
here
pushing
for
it
and
that's
fine
if
they
made
that
decision
not
to
do
that.
That's
fine,
but
we
don't
need
to
continue
to
collect
it.
Thank.
F
H
H
I
A
A
That
item
passes
we're
at
the
first
reading
of
an
ordinance
to
allocate
2018
one
cent
sales
tax,
additional
revenue
to
the
sidewalk
and
multi-use
pathways
programs
in
the
amount
of
fifteen
million
four
hundred
and
forty
nine
thousand
seven
hundred
and
thirty
four
dollars
and
seventy
five
cents
may
have
a
motion.
I'd.
C
V
C
V
V
I
S
T
J
A
J
P
I
V
B
Thank
you,
mr
chairman.
I'm
sensitive
to
the
time
I'm
in
favor
of
doing
this,
but
I'm
not
convinced
yet
that
we
should
put
a
hundred
percent
of
it
into
the
trails
and
pathways
and
and
here's
here's.
My
my
thought
on
it,
I
I
was
probably
very
early
on,
was
one
who
said
that
we
missed
the
ability
to
do
all
of
the
ones
that
were
on
the
referendum
and
the
failure
to
put
some
additional
money,
even
if
it
came
out
of
other
pockets,
would
hinder
our
chances
to
do
future
referendums.
B
B
There
was
an
absolute
promise
that
it
would
not
be
just
a
regular
interstate
type
of
bridge,
but
it
would
be
a
very
nice
arrival
experience.
So
I'm
going
to
vote
for
this
so
that
we
move
it
forward,
but
I
do
think
it
would
be
appropriate
for
the
administration
to
give
us
a
bit
of
an
overview
at
second
reading
as
to
where
we
are
on
the
other
projects
and
whether
we
should
allocate
some
money.
B
U
I'll
get
my
mic
on
and
I
will
say
thank
you
for
bringing
up
burnt
church
road,
because
I
think
that
was
the
number
one
of
all
pathways
on
that
list
and
we
could
go
ahead
and
do
burnt
church
road
as
they
mentioned.
However,
with
the
widening
they
just
come
back
in
and
rip
it
right
back
up
again.
So
that's
that
is
a
road
that
definitely
is
needed
because
mcrally
school
there
all
the
connecting
roads
in
there.
So
so
again
it
will
be
completed.
C
Yeah,
I
I
don't
disagree
with
any
of
that,
but
I
think
there's
a
a
knowledge
vacuum
here
and
I
think
it's
important
that
somebody,
our
pil,
might
be
the
perfect
selection
to
just
inform
the
people
in
that
community.
Exactly
what
mr
lawson
was
referring
to,
because
at
the
moment
there's
a
void
and
great
wonder
about
what's
happening.
So
that
would
be
very
helpful
and
I
think.
J
Let
me
just
say
one
thing
for
council's
benefit
regarding
councilmember
rodman's
comment
one.
I
don't
think
I
know
enough
at
this
point
to
know
what
the
cost
of
the
things
on
278
is
going
to
be.
I
would
encourage
you
that
everyone
that
I've
talked
to
regarding
278
elected
officials
at
the
state
level
at
d.o.t.
J
E
T
T
There's
a
lot
of
angry
people
out
there
at
this
very
moment
who
are
upset
over
the
fact
that
we
put
forth
24
projects
and
the
10
million
dollars
didn't
even
cover
the
14
projects
that
we
prioritized,
and
so
with
this
additional
funds.
I
would.
I
would
encourage
council
to
support
using
this
additional
50
million
dollars
to
use
it
on
sidewalks,
for
the
purpose
of
showing
the
citizens
of
this
county
that
they're
not
forgotten,
they're
not
being
neglected,
and
these
funds
will
probably
never
come
again.
A
Okay,
is
there
anyone
who
wants
me
to
call
the
role
or
will
we
say
that
we
are
going
to
move
first
reading
without
objection
without
objection?
Mr
chairman,
okay,
without
objection,
the
first
reading
is
approved
and
I
see
no
objections
that
takes
us
to
item
15
is
approval
of
a
resolution
to
accept
grant
funding
available
through
the
south
carolina
aeronautics
commission
for
beaufort
executive
airport,
emergency
generator.
A
Mr
harveston
said
first
and
mr
flewelling
was
second
any
just
without
objection.
Sir,
is
there
anyone
else
who
wishes
to
comment?
If
not,
this
will
be
approved
without
objection,
and
I
see
no
objections.
We're
at
the
second
citizen
comments.
Is
there
any
member
of
the
citizenry
who
wishes
to
comment.
W
W
W
It
stays
green,
I'm
the
current
chair
of
the
beaufort
county
library,
board
of
trustees.
We
have
benefited
greatly
from
impact
fees
and,
as
he
noted,
we
recently
redid
the
children's
room
at
bluffton
library.
It's
stellar,
I'd
put
it
up
to
any
library
around
here.
We
are
also
looking
to
use
impact
fees
to
create
another
branch,
as
mr
lawson
said
in
the
pritchardville
area
along
170.,
so
impact
fees
are
very
important
to
the
library.
I
hope
you
continue
them.