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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 AGENDA
5. CITIZEN COMMENTS - (ANYONE who wishes to speak during the Citizen Comment portion of the
meeting will limit their comments to no longer than three (3) minutes ( a total of 15 minutes ) and will
address Council in a respectful manner appropriate to the decorum of the meeting, refraining from the
use of profane, abusive, or obscene language)
AGENDA ITEMS
6. RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE
THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS AND PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE PURCHASE OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS
ON TAX MAP SERIAL NUMBER R700 037 000 0131 0000 AND ALSO KNOWN AS LOBECO FARMS
7. RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION TO THE AMENDED OYSTER FACTORY PARK MASTER PLAN
(2022 OYSTER FACTORY PARK MASTER PLAN) AND SITE LAYOUT PLAN
8. RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION TO UPDATE POLICY 19- ACQUISITION OF STORMWATER
DRAINAGE EASEMENTS
9. RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE ARTHUR HORNE PARK STORMWATER PROJECT FUNDING OPPORTUNITY
(Fiscal Impact for this project is $400,000 per FY23 and FY24 Stormwater Utility budget)
10. RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE APPOINTMENTS TO A CULTURAL PROTECTION OVERLAY DISTRICT
COMMITTEE
County Council Agenda – Beaufort County, SC
11. RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF A REQUEST FOR DUE DILIGENCE ON THE PURCHASE OF DEVELOPMENT
RIGHTS (PDR) FOR TMS# R600 038 000 0023 KNOWN AS THE TARVER TRACT
12. RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION TO ADOPT A COUNTY-OWNED REAL PROPERTY LEASE POLICY
(Fiscal Impact: No immediate fiscal impact. If adopted the County would receive the monthly lease rates
moving forward)
13. ADJOURNMENT
A
B
D
E
B
B
B
We
had
a
by
by
Mr,
passman
and
Mr
Robert.
You
got
that
all
right.
Moving
on
number
six
on
the
agenda
is
recommend
approval
of
a
resolution
authorizing
the
County
Administrator,
execute
necessary
documents
and
provide
funding
for
the
purchase
of
development
rights
on
the
property
known
as
libeko
farms,
and
this
will
be
Miss
Schaefer
to
speak
about
that
from
Rule
Rule
and
critical
lands.
B
G
Meeting
yes
good
afternoon,
I,
hopefully
yes,
my
screen
is
sharing
perfect.
Okay,
so
pleased
to
present
to
you
a
project
in
its
final
form,
with
a
recommendation
for
approval
by
the
rural
and
critical
lands
board.
This
property
was
one
you
saw
about
a
year
ago.
It
is
in
Libya
and
you
can
go
to
the
next
slide
on
Highway
21.
G
This
is
the
property
right
here,
the
in
the
blue
outline
it
is
agricultural
property
and
when
I
remember
back
to
the
due
diligence
vote,
I,
remember
councilmember,
Dawson,
saying
that
this
property
had
been
in
agriculture
for
a
very
long
time
and
many
decades
and
I
think
that
speaks
to
the
real,
the
nice
fit
between
this
property
and
the
rural
and
critical
program
being
able
to
support
continued
agricultural
use
and
kind
of
continued
agricultural
view
sheds
along
a
major
Highway
in
the
rural
area
in
Beaufort
County.
So
the
property
is
115
Acres.
G
The
opportunity
here
is
to
purchase
the
development
rights.
The
open
land
trusts
would
hold
a
conservation
easement.
It
is
in
District
One.
The
zoning
is
T2
Rural
and
based
on
the
appraisal.
The
purchase
price
of
the
easement
would
be
529
thousand
dollars
and
the
otherwise
use
would
be
rural,
residential
or
t2r,
which
would
allow
about
one
unit
per
three
homes.
There
are
some
agricultural
buildings
on
the
property
and,
as
previously
mentioned,
the
property
has
been
in
agriculture
for
a
long
period
of
time.
G
Prior
to
its
current
ownership,
it
was
the
Paragon
produce,
it
was
a
tomato,
growing
property
you
can
see
in
the
so
those
are
just
some
more
specifics
about
the
property.
If
you
go
to
the
next
Slide,
the
due
diligence
reports,
we
did
an
additional
soil
analysis
to
confirm
that
the
soil
was
not.
You
know,
wounded
by
years
of
industrial
Agriculture,
and
it
is
in
fact
not,
and
if
you
go
to
the
next
slide.
G
Sorry,
that's
the
aerial
again.
There
is
a
slide
that
will
show
you
the
soils
of
Statewide
importance,
which
further
confirms
its
agricultural
value.
This
is
an
image
of
the
green
print.
We
see
some
warm
colors,
especially
toward
the
back
of
the
property,
and
so
the
Green
is
right,
along
the
highway
front
edge,
which
again
has
a
lot
of
public
value,
because
it
protects
an
agricultural
view
shed
and
then
the
soil
quality
really
improves
in
the
middle
of
the
property.
The
property
exists
as
one
today.
G
The
easement
terms
would
allow
it
to
be
divided
into
four
Parcels,
with
each
being
no
smaller
than
20
acres.
I
mentioned
this
just
to
say
some
conservation
easements
are
tailored
to
encourage
like
housing,
to
be
close
to
one
another
and
clustered
because
this
is
in
the
rural
area.
The
idea
here
is
that,
if
it
ever
were
to
be
subdivided
we're
talking
about
large
rural
lot
like
large
rural
lots
for
farming
or
for
horses
or
for
something
of
that
nature,
I
would
don't
want
the
property
to
be
divided
into
small
pieces.
G
Again,
the
role
in
critical
board
recommended
approval.
There
was
some
discussion
about
the
appraisal.
We
had
the
appraisal
reviewed
again
and
you
saw
in
the
slides.
It
said:
price
adjustment,
it
adjusted
in
our
favor,
it's
actually
lower
than
than
the
original,
so
we
caught
an
error
there
and
529
000.
G
G
Should
the
county
ever
be
an
owner
of
some
portion
of
this
property
in
the
future,
it
would
be
protected
by
a
conservation
easement
that
allowed
a
community
garden
financially
speaking
and
kind
of
from
a
Readiness
perspective.
A
community
garden
is
a
wonderful
idea
right
now,
but
it's
not
in
the
tier
one
plans
of
of
the
county,
passive
Parks
programming,
so
the
right
of
first
refusal
kind
of
extends
the
runway
such
that
if
the
county
is
ever
in
the
position
to
do
that,
this
is
a
suitable
property
for
that
endeavor.
D
Yes,
I
just
like
to
confirm
that
the
community
has
no
desire
to
see
this.
This
property
developed
into
housing-
it's
always
been
Agricultural
and
they
support
keeping
it
private
culture.
I,
don't
foresee
the
county
at
any
time
in
the
near
future,
although
any
even
an
extended
future
having
to
desire
to
get
involved
in
a
community
garden.
But
then
I
can't
see
that
forward
to
the
future,
but
nevertheless,
I
will
support
moving
forward
with
the
binding
developer
and
the
rights
for
this.
For
this
property.
B
C
B
H
Ma'am,
thank
you
very
much.
Stephanie
nadjet
Pastor
Parks
manager.
As
you
recall,
from
last
month's
natural
resource
committee
meeting,
the
town
of
Bluffton
has
asked
us
to
approve
their
updated
master
plan
for
Oyster
Factory
Park,
and
at
that
meeting
there
were
some
additional
questions
regarding
the
tree
house
and
regarding
some
updated
mapping
to
make
it
clear
what's
happening.
So
we
do
have
that
information
from
the
town
of
Bluffton.
They
provided
that
to
us
in
your
backup.
There
is
a
exhibit
a
2022
Oyster,
Factory
Park
master
plan
attached
to
the
resolution.
H
It
does
indicate
the
potential
Treehouse
location
has
been
moved
from
the
soul,
owned,
County
property
over
to
the
co-owned
Town
and
County
property.
It
also
indicates
the
open
space
and
the
parking
on
that
southern
portion
of
the
property.
That's
the
county
property
and
then
exhibit
B
of
that
is
the
updated
site
layout
plan
to
show
exactly
how
the
parking
lot
is
laid
out
in
regards
to
where
the
the
open
space
grassy
area
is
going
to
remain.
D
B
I
Good
afternoon
chairwoman,
Howard
and
rest
of
committee
before
you
today
is
the
update
for
policy
19..
That's
the
existing
policy
to
Bringing
to
bring
an
existing
drainage
easements
into
County
maintenance
efforts.
What
we're
looking
today
to
do
is
to
update
the
policy
to
add
some
standard
operating
procedures
to
make
the
process
more
customer
friendly,
particularly
with
entities
that
apply
for
it.
The
operating
procedures
are
outlined.
E
I
B
B
A
B
A
B
I
The
Arthur
home
park
due
to
Hurricane
Matthew,
was
severely
damaged.
Most
of
the
trees
are
down
in
that
Park,
as
as
it
remains
today.
The
goal
of
this
was
to
apply
for
funding
through
the
national
resource
conservation
service.
Currently,
we've
applied
for
that
and
we're
waiting
to
hear
back
within
several
weeks
to
several
months.
B
B
B
I
B
F
In
your
packet,
you
know
you
have
the
agenda
item
summary
and
then
also
a
memo
that
lists
the
purpose
of
the
committee
and
then
a
list
of
recommended
names
and
just
a
quick
summary.
You
know
the
cultural
protection
overlay
district
has
been
in
place
since
the
late
90s.
At
that
time
there
was
a
committee
put
together
that
made
up
a
you
know,
a
broad
cross-section
of
the
Island
community,
on
Saint
Helena
Island,
and
when
we
adopted
Our
Community
Development
code
in
2014,
we
incorporated
that
overlay
District
into
the
new
codes.
F
The
comprehensive
plan
that
we
adopted
a
year
ago
calls
for
putting
together
a
steering
committee
to
reevaluate
the
cultural
protection
overlay
district
and
as
worded,
it
was
to
see
if
additional
standards
are
necessary
to
meet
the
intent
of
the
overlay
district
and
also
look
at
the
possibility
of
some
additional
design.
Nine
standard
requirements.
F
But
it
also
called
for
in
the
makeup
of
this
committee,
to
have
a
good,
diverse
representation
from
the
island,
and
our
staff
has
worked
with
councilman's,
Glover
and
Somerville
to
put
together
a
list
and
I
believe
that
this
is
a
diverse
list
of
people
who
represent
different
areas.
Geographically,
you
know
different
communities
on
the
island,
so
I
guess.
E
No
I
first
I
just
want
to
thank
the
staff
for
working
with
and
coming
up
with
this
list
of
people
and
I
want
to.
Thank
the
thank
you,
madam
chairman,
for
allowing
this
to
happen.
I
think
that
we,
a
committee,
was
formed
and
reported
the
Corner
preservation
Committee
just
before
the
pandemic
era
came
in
and
they
really
did
a
great
job
and
a
lot
of
their
recommendations
included
in
the
comprehensive
plan
at
this
time.
E
But
this
is
they.
They
wanted
to
talk
about
continuing
and
looking
at
the
broadest
thing
Helena,
and
so
this
is
what
this
committee
here
will
be
doing
and
I
think
is
a
great
mix
of
people
here,
a
little
bit
of
Youth,
not
enough
youth,
but
most
of
the
youth
in
there
and
I
think
it
will
sort
of
capture
what
the
citizens
of
sinola
would
want
at
this
time.
So
I
you
need
a
motion
to.
A
E
B
Right
without
objection,
these
nine
people
are
nominated
for
the
cultural
protection
overlay,
District
committee
and
we'll
move
it
forward
to
full
Council
the
next
meeting.
Thank
you
all
right.
Number
11
on
the
agenda
is
again.
Ms
Schaefer
recommend
approval
of
requests
for
due
diligence.
This
is
just
due
diligence.
Only
no
no
other
decision
on
the
purchase
of
development
rights
for
the
property
known
as
The
Tavern
I'm,
saying
that
right.
G
G
G
But
this
is
a
hundred
and
a
hundred
acres
approximate
to
the
town
of
Bluffton,
but
in
Beaufort
County
in
the
May
River
Watershed,
it
is
owned,
May,
River,
Community,
preservation
and
it
is
in
it,
is
of
relatively
higher
elevation
draining
into
the
May
River.
So
there
were
expressed
environmental
benefits
from
seeing
less
density
and
land
protection
occur
on
this
property.
The
family
is
open
to
considering
easement
terms,
but
this
is
just
a
due
diligence
vote.
So
I
don't
have
any
easement
terms
for
you
today,
but
I
do
have
information
on
the
property.
G
If
you
go
to
the
next
slide
in
terms
of
its
conservation
value,
this
is
an
aerial
of
where
the
property
lies.
Remaining
green
space
in
the
town
of
Bluffton
is
is
sometimes
hard
to
come
by
keep
going
Frontage
along
Scenic
Highway
46,
where
it
is
still
home
to
its
Scenic
designation.
This
is
the
property
and
location
surrounding
the
town
of
Bluffton.
The
town
of
Bluffton
boundaries
are
in
green,
the
property
is
in
yellow,
you
can
keep
going.
G
It
is
proximate
to
additional
land
that
has
been
protected
across
the
street
on
the
water
side
of
May,
River
Road
and
Highway
46
and
I'd
just
like
to
show
you
this
from
a
contiguity
perspective
to
see
where
other
easements
are.
This
is
the
County's
natural
resource
map.
If
you
go
to
the
next
slide,
this
is
the
green
print
and
the
the
kind
of
20
22
range
is
that
yellow
in
the
middle.
G
This
is
a
long
Scenic,
Highway,
46
and
scdot
has
recently
stood
back
up
their
Scenic
Highway
committee,
and
so
one
thing
we
talked
about
at
the
role
in
critical
board
level
is
reaching
out
to
Dot
and
seeing
what
type
of
Engagement
they
would
like
to
see
in
terms
of
protecting
property
along
scenic
highways,
they've
been
doing
some
of
that
in
along
Scenic
Highway
11
in
the
upstate,
and
this
may
be
a
great
opportunity.
But
again,
that's
just
an
idea
at
this
point.
G
G
I
did
print
it
out,
can't
read
that
up
on
the
screen,
if
y'all
can
jump
in
the
water
quality
I'm,
sorry,
the
water
quality
layer,
so
it
kind
of
ranks
in
that
mid-tier
priority
for
water
quality,
which
makes
sense
given
what
we
know
about
development
patterns
in
the
May
River
Watershed,
and
the
importance
of
protecting
Uplands
to
enhance
water
quality.
So.
G
G
A
G
And
then
the
final
map
is
a
similar
prioritization
map.
The
state
conservation
Bank
also
puts
these
out.
So
we
look
at
the
State
Bank
maps
from
time
to
time.
This
is
an
updated
State,
Bank
map
and
from
what
I
can
tell
the
property
is
in
that
kind
of
bright,
red
and
orange,
which
in
this
case
is
you
know,
tier
one
and
two
in
terms
of
priority
of
protection,
so
I
know
lots
of
different
maps
with
different
Legends.
B
B
G
Yeah
I
mean
appraisals
have
typically
run
between
five
and
fifteen
thousand.
Surveys
are
more
expensive,
I
think
the
first
due
diligence
item
is
definitely
the
appraisal,
because
you
know,
as
we
experience
county-wide,
when
properties
carry
relatively
rural
zoning,
but
are
in
prox
close
proximity
to
rapidly
developing
areas.
People
can
have
expectations
that
those
land
uses
next
door
can
transfer
to
the
property
that
is
owned
relatively
Rural,
and
that
affects
appraisals
so,
and
we
would
definitely
want
to
get
an
appraisal
from
a
qualified,
easement
appraiser
and
and
see
where
we
are.
B
D
B
B
J
I'm
just
going
to
introduce
to
council
committee
What's
Happening
Here
back
during
the
retreat
last
year
and
through
some
of
the
discussions
about
boat
landing
maintenance
and
having
us
having
folks
in
a
verbal
agreements
with
individuals
on
doing
maintenance
and
leasing,
buildings,
and
things
like
that.
You
all
requested
that
we
bring
forth
and
get
rid
of
those
verbal
agreements
and
get
something
on
paper
with
all
the
entities
that
we
have
agreements
with,
including
boat
landing
properties
and
any
other
property
that
we
might
be
involved
with.
J
So
Brittany
has
done
an
excellent
job
in
putting
together
a
template
with
staff
members
with
Whitney
and
with
the
facilities
maintenance.
Folks,
she's
going
to
come
up
and
talk
to
you
about
that.
This
will
be
a
template
that
we
will
follow
for
all
of
the
properties
and
each
individual
case
will
be
handled
individually.
So
you'll
approve
the
lease
template
today.
J
Hopefully
recommend
that
get
approved
by
Council,
then
we'll
go
out
deal
with
these
individual
entities
and
then
those
leases
and
the
details
of
those
individual
leases
will
then
come
back
before
counseling
committee
for
authorization
for
me
to
enter
into
those
lease
agreements.
So
you'll
see
it
twice
so.
J
B
K
I
can
go
through
the
lease
policy.
There's
only
a
few
things.
I
want
to
be
sure
that
council's
aware
of
and
then,
if
you
have
had
the
opportunity
to
review
it,
then
I'm
happy
to
answer
any
questions
we'll
do
that
at
the
end.
Okay,
so
the
policy
itself
as
Mr
Greenway
stated,
this
is
going
to
be
an
overarching
policy,
meaning
we're
going
to
apply
it
to
all
properties.
The
county
is
going
to
lease
out.
K
K
When
reviewing
those
we'll
take
certain
things
into
consideration,
one
will
be
the
use
of
the
property
and
the
second
will
come
into
play
when
we
discuss
the
lease
rates.
So
when
discussing
the
lease
rates,
I
want
to
point
out
that
we
are
going
to
provide
lease
rates
at
a
oh.
There
we
go.
Is
it
sharing
there?
We
will
have
lease
rights
set
by
an
appraiser
that
appraiser
is
going
to
be
hired
by
us
every
five
years
to
come
back
and
reassess
during
that
five-year
period.
K
K
A
K
K
K
K
A
B
K
As
Mr
Greenway
pointed
out,
this
is
a
policy,
so
you're
simply
approving
the
steps
that
are
going
to
be
taken
from
a
staff
level,
the
application
of
the
deductions
and
the
cost
of
Utilities.
In
the
terms
of
the
lease
agreement,
that
application
is
still
going
to
come
back
to
council
pursuant
to
South
China
code
requirements
for
Council
to
approve.
K
We
must
have
a
term
for
each
tendency
and
there
must
be
a
renewal
Clause.
Now
the
renewal
Clause
may
be
that
there
is
no
renewal,
but
we
need
to
specify
that
in
reviewing
this
with
Christine
over
in
finance
and
trying
to
gather
all
these
lease
documents
together
and
that
is
been
missing
in
some
of
them,
so
we'll
implement
it
now,
the
lease
rate
and
an
explanation
of
the
deductions
and
three
three
percent
inflation
rate
must
be
included.
K
K
K
J
So
this
this
will
apply
to
entities
that
are
actually
occupying
spacing
county-owned
buildings,
and
so
it
would
be
like
we
will
need
to
do
this
with
the
Mitchellville
folks
that
are
housed
in
our
government.
Central
Hilton,
Head,
Island
I
think
there's
also
some
sort
of
Air
Service
Patrol
in
that
building.
They
will
have
to
enter
into
a
lease
as
well.
B
E
A
E
Just
just
because
I
think
I
want
to
make
sure
I'm
clear
and
we
could
use
an
example.
Mitchellville
is
is
different
to
me
than
anything
else,
but
I
want
to
use
well.
Let
me
ask
this
question.
First,
an
agency
like
EOC.
Would
that
apply
to
them?
Yes,
okay,
so
let
me
walk
me
through
eoc's
relationship
right
now
with
the
county
and
what
this
lease
agreement
is
going
to
do.
For
example,
are
they
is
that
agency
paying
any
any
fees
at
this
time
to
the
county?
It.
E
K
A
E
K
Okay,
so
just
like
any
other
non-profit
group,
if
the
county
has
we'll
just
hypothetically
say
we
have
2
000
square
feet
and
we
have
2
000
square
feet
of
office.
Space
available
they'll
submit
an
application
to
the
county
for
that
leased
space,
at
which
point
the
administrator
will
receive
it.
You
can
see
the
application
here
on
your
screen.
No.
H
A
J
J
You
all
will
review
that
you
will
decide
which
of
those
terms
that
we're
recommending
to
you
all
that
you
want
to
include
or
not
include
in
the
lease
and
then
once
the
council
approves
that,
then
we
will
execute
that
lease
with
the
EOC,
so
EOC
nothing
may
change
with
them
other
than
having
some
details
on
paper.
For
the
first
time
since
they've
been
in
our
building.
J
We're
not
we're
not
aware
that
the
EOC
pays
anything
to
the
county
in
the
way
of
occupation
of
the
space
in
the
Human
Services
building.
They
probably
they
may
pay
for
their
own
cleaning
and
they're.
They
definitely
pay
for
their
own
office
supplies
and
things
like
that.
But
that
would
be
the
only
thing
that
I
could
think
they
would.
They.
D
D
A
H
C
C
J
B
J
So
the
the
question
was
how
this
policy
would
affect
the
EOC,
who
was
a
not
non-profit
agency
that
has
considerable
amounts
of
space
in
the
Human
Services
building
here
in
Beaufort,
so
the
policy
would
be,
and
the
effect
upon
them
is
that
there
is
nothing
in
writing.
Currently
with
the
EOC
agency.
It's
just
a
verbal.
There
are
no
details
to
the
terms
of
their
lease
agreement,
no
nothing
specifying
their
obligations
underneath
terms
of
those
agreement.
J
If
you
all
recommend
this
policy
to
council
and
the
council
approves
it
at
the
appropriate
meeting,
then
we
will
go
meet
with
the
EOC.
We
will
develop
a
lease
in
writing
with
the
terms
that
we
have
followed
in
accordance
with
this
policy,
and
then
we
will
bring
that
draft
lease
back
to
County
Council
through
the
appropriate
committee
and
to
the
County
Council,
for
you
all
to
approve,
and
at
that
time
you
all
can
decide
what
Financial
consideration
or
other
things
that
you
all
may
want
to
include
or
not
include
in
that
lease.