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Beaufort County Council Meeting - August 14, 2023, at 5 PM
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A
Will
everyone
take
their
seats?
Please
welcome
to
the
County
council
meeting
of
Monday
August
the
14th
I'm,
going
to
call
the
meeting
to
order
and,
as
you
can
see,
everyone
is
in
attendance.
So
we
do
have
a
full
Council
to
conduct
the
business
business
of
County
Council.
Would
you
all
rise
for
the
Pledge
of
Allegiance
and
please
remain
standing
for
the
invocation
by
councilman
York
Glover.
B
It
stands
one
nation
under
God,
indivisible
with
liberty
and
justice
for
all.
Please
join
me
in
prayer,
father
God.
We
come
to
you
right
now
with
Thanksgiving,
for
how
you
continue
to
bless
us,
how
you
continue
to
bless
this
Council,
this
community,
children
that
we
serve,
but
especially
Lord,
how
you
continue
to
bless
our
First
Responders,
who
go
out
every
day
to
help
us
Lord.
Those
that
are
in
need
continue
to
protect
him
father.
We
ask
that
you
will.
B
A
It
is
duly
motioned
and
seconded
for
adding
that
particular
item
to
the
agenda.
Is
there
any
discussion
seeing
no
discussion,
the
agenda
will
be
amended
for
that
purpose.
Now,
I
would
ask
a
member
of
council
to
make
a
motion
to
approve
the
amended
agenda:
dual
Emotion
by
Ms
Howard,
second,
by
Mr,
Dawson,
duly
motioned
and
seconded
for
the
amended
agenda.
Is
there
any
discussion
seeing
none?
The
amended
agenda
is
approved
as
we
go
through
when
we
get
to
item
number
19.
A
We
will
have
a
discussion
about
postponing
that
particular
item,
but
we
will
do
that
when
we
get
to
that
item
next
on
the
agenda
is
the
approval
of
the
minutes
of
June
12
June
26th,
July,
24th
and
July
28th
of
2023
may
I
have
such
a
motion
him
makes
the
motion
may
I
have
a
second
Miss
tabernick
makes
the
second
duly
motioned
and
seconded.
Is
there
any
discussion
about
the
minutes,
seeing
none?
The
minutes
will
be
approved
without
objection
and
I
see
no
objections.
D
Chairman
Council,
thank
you
for
having
me
first
I'd
like
to
thank
you
for
trusting
me,
as
as
the
interim
administrator
for
the
care
of
Beaufort
County
I
will
lead
with
character
and
integrity.
I'm
thankful
for
the
professional
team
of
Beaufort
County
they've
worked
very
hard
and
been
very
helpful
for
this
past
month.
For
me,
we
should
all
give
them
a
quick
Round
of
Applause.
D
Who's
this-
this
is
socks
socks
all
right,
I
have
too
many
already
so
Jennifer
Holston
Jennifer
has
been
with
Beaufort
County
for
eight
years.
She
serves
as
an
animal
services
officer,
Jenna
forces,
Humane
care
regulation
of
animal
laws
to
maintain
Public
Safety
and
assist
with
controlling
populations.
She
also
performs
various
tasks
that
include:
investigating
animal
cruelty.
Rescuing
trapped
animals
and
capturing
Strays
are
dangerous
animals,
something
unique
about
Jen
Jen
started
as
an
office
admin.
D
D
She
then
moved
to
animal
control
and
Community
centered
Field
Services
Jen
works
more
to
support
people
and
pets
through
community
outreach
supplies,
food
and
helping
pet
population
and
pet
retention
programs
to
keep
pets
with
their
people.
That's
so
important
thanks!
So
much
for
all
that
you
do
for
us,
you
want
you
want
to
say
hello.
E
E
G
D
Ms
Harris
is
the
newly
elected
director
of
the
Beaufort
County
Black
Chamber
of
Commerce.
She
was
appointed
in
July
July
3rd
of
2023..
She
has
more
than
35
years
of
service
leadership.
Experience
spanning
the
military,
Beaufort
County
government
and
Civil
Service
Miss
Harris
is
currently
serving
as
a
commissioner
with
the
Beaufort
County
Housing
Authority.
She
is
a
board
member
of
the
Coastal
Community
Foundation
and
a
member
of
women
United,
which
is
a
committee
of
the
United
Way
low
country.
She
has
also
served
on
the.
H
H
Well
now
you
can't
say
you
don't
it's
my
honor
to
recognize
the
board
of
directors,
the
new
board
of
directors
of
the
Beaufort
County
Black
Chamber
of
Commerce
those
these
are
the
individuals
who
decided
that
I
would
be
their
choice
and
they're
with
me
tonight.
Would
you
just
sort
of
stand
or
raise
your
hands?
H
An
excellent
board
of
directors
and
I'm
grateful
for
the
team
that
I've
already
begun
to
form
to
support
this
organization.
So
just
give
me
a
moment,
I
promise
to
just
take
a
minute
to
tell
you
a
little
bit
about
the
Black
Chamber.
The
Black
Chamber
is
not
a
traditional
Chamber
of
Commerce.
The
reason
why
it's
not
traditional
is
because,
in
addition
to
all
the
things
that
the
your
what
you
recognize
as
a
chamber
of
commerce,
we
do
other
things.
We
target
the
African-American
business
community,
and
why
do
we
do
that?
H
We
do
that
because,
historically,
they
are
the
underserved
community
of
emerging
small
businesses
that
don't
traditionally
get
the
support
that
other
small
businesses
do
or
historically
have
not.
So
we
provide
training,
Economic
Opportunity
to
offer
the
purpose
of
economic
empowerment
of
emerging
black
businesses.
In
addition
to
that,
we
provide
a
home
loan
training
programs
for
first-time
home
buyers.
We
provide
training
and
other
services
through
our
partnership
with
score
for
these
emerging
businesses,
and
in
addition
to
that,
we
provide
micro
loans
through
the
small
business
administration
through
USDA.
H
We
are
able
to
support
not
just
emerging
small
businesses,
but
we
make
people's
dreams
come
true.
We
take
care
of.
We
provide
loans
for
those
first-time
home
buyers.
Once
they've
taken
the
training
we
provide
Emergency
Loans,
we
provide
home
repairs.
We
do
a
number
of
things
that
traditional
black
Chambers
don't
do
we're
so
grateful
to
be
a
part
of
the
Beaufort
community
and
I
came
back
here
to
tell
you
that
I
look
forward
to
partnering
with
you
I
look
forward
to
to
providing
an
even
greater
investment
opportunity,
along
with
the
rest
of
this
community.
H
D
All
right,
so
the
last
thing
that
I
want
to
do
tonight
is
for
to
present
four
awards
that
Beaufort
County
has
received
from
the
South
Carolina
Association
of
counties.
As
many
of
you
know,
and
many
of
you
attended
that
we
are
South
Carolina
Association
was
two
weeks
ago.
We
attend
those
every
year
for
annual
training
for
staff
and
for
Council
Members.
So
first
this
is.
D
I
D
Of
the
J
Mitchell
Graham
Memorial
award
for
implementation
of
a
Colleton
Central
collection,
Central
decal
system
and
the
baron
Baron
Larimore
Memorial
Regional
award
for
southern
Low
Country
storm
water
design
at
the
2023
scac
annual
conference
held
at
the
Isle
of
Palms
August
1st
through
the
3rd
Beaufort
County
received
the
permanent
cup
for
those
Awards
thanks.
So
much
dear.
D
D
Beaver
County
received
the
honorable
mention
for
the
J
Mitchell
Graham
Memorial
award
for
implementation
of
the
Beaufort
Memorial
Hospital
path
program.
The
path
program
was
designed
to
respond
to
a
shortage
of
State
Health
Care
workers
by
using
arpa
funds
to
make
Beaufort
County's
Health,
Care,
System,
more
resilient
path
offers
on-site
classes,
clinical
skills,
training
and
tuition
support
to
help
clinical
and
non-clinical
staff
advance
and
succeed.
As
of
April
2023
105
338
dollars
in
scholarships
have
been
granted
to
take
on-site
Hospital
courses
for
nursing
students
and
enrolled
in
colleges
and
universities.
D
The
next
award
that
Mr
abinson
has
is
the
Beaufort
Beaufort
County.
This
is
an
honorable
mention
for
the
implementation
of
Regional
Housing
Trust,
Fund
Beaufort
and
Jasper
counties
partnered
with
six
local
municipalities,
affordable
housing
for
a
largely
tourism-based
Workforce
that
has
been
priced
out
of
the
heisen
market.
D
We
good
yeah
near
the
place
of
employment,
affordable
housing
concerns,
cause
Workforce
shortages
longer
commute
times
and
child
care
issues.
Due
to
Extended
work
days.
The
Beaufort
Jasper
County
partnership
has
resulted
in
the
first
Regional
Housing
Trust
Fund,
to
be
established
in
South
Carolina,
with
eight
jurisdictions
across
two
counties.
J
I
feel
guilty
to
hold
these,
because
so
many
people
put
time
in
so
to
Before,
Memorial,
Hospital,
uscb,
TCL,
city
of
Beaufort
and
others
that
played
ball
on
the
path
program.
We
look
forward
to
making
good
reports
in
the
next
two
years
over
all
the
good
numbers
that
are
coming
out
and
all
those
municipalities
and
people
that
are
working
on
the
Housing,
Trust
Fund
I
think
we're
about
to
see
some
great
fruit
coming
from
that
as
well.
D
All
right,
thank
you.
Neil
Neil
Desai
is
our
director
of
Public
Works.
This
is
the
cooperation
award
in
for
the
Barnwell
County
landfill
caught
fire
May
15
2022,
with
supportive
staff
assistance
and
equipment
from
Aiken,
Barnwell,
Beaufort,
Dorchester
and
Hampton
counties,
as
well
as
local
municipalities
and
state
agencies.
The
fire
was
fully
extinguished
after
two
days
without
injury.
This
effort
exemplifies
Regional
partnership.
D
D
All
right,
two
more
quick
notable
things:
Beaufort
County
Detention
Center
recently
had
a
DHEC
inspection
for
their
health
health,
health
inspection
for
their
food
prep
area
for
their
kitchen.
They
received
a
100
percent
compliance,
so
this
was
a.
This
was
a
a
good
thing
for
the
Detention
Center
we've
invested
in
the
detention
center
and
their
kitchen
facilities.
So
this
was
a
great
thing
also
in
May
or
April,
you
Council
approved
the
purchase
of
an
ambulance
for
Beaufort
County
EMS.
D
A
A
I
I
I
J
K
So
let
me
read
the
proclamation,
whereas
in
June
of
2023,
the
Bluffton
All-Star
softball
team
won
the
state
championship
in
the
girls
eight
and
under
Division,
and
whereas
Beaufort
County
Council
celebrates
the
team's
victory
at
the
state
tournament
and
also
their
determination,
enthusiasm
and
team
spirit
and
whereas
the
team
envisioned
their
own
mission
statement
from
the
start
of
their
All-Star
season,
hard
work,
teamwork
and
dream
work,
and
whereas
the
team
is
coached
by
head
coach,
Zach,
lynam
and
assistant
coaches,
Lindsey,
Goodman,
Patrick,
Mahoney
and
Catherine
cooler.
Are
they
here
tonight?
K
J
K
64
runs
and
allowing
22.,
whereas
the
members
of
the
Beaufort
County
Council
are
extremely
proud
of
this
entire
team
and
wishes
now
to
acknowledge
all
12
players
with
the
coaches
come
up
and
join
us
in
the
front.
Please,
if
you
want
to
I'm,
not
going
to
force
you
to
do
that
and
then
I'm
going
to
call
the
girls
by
name
and
then
when
I
do
I
like
you
to
come
up
as
well.
Okay,
the
first
name
is
Lucy.
Mahoney
is
Lucy
here
tonight:
okay,
the.
K
Come
on
right
over
here,
so
let
me
tell
you
about
Taylor
Taylor
was
the
lead
off
hitter
and
is
a
veteran
on
the
All-Star
team.
She
excelled
at
her
batting
position
and
was
an
All-Star
team
experience.
From
last
year.
He
led
the
team
to
Victory
offensively.
She
was
a
leader
in
The
Dugout
and
was
a
commanding
Presence
at
shortstop.
Nice
work.
K
K
K
K
K
Aubry
dazzled
and
awed
at
the
plate
with
a
walk-off
Grand
Slam
to
secure
a
run
rule
win
in
game.
Two
I
have
no
idea
what
that
means,
but
it
sounds
really
good.
This
moment
set
off
an
electric
team
atmosphere
and
was
a
true
Testament
to
her
hard
work
and
fortitude
during
the
season.
Congratulations,
Rich!
Congratulations!.
K
K
K
J
K
K
I
A
L
Members
of
the
council,
my
name
is
Barney
Forsythe
I'm,
the
vice
president
of
the
friends
of
Fort
Fremont
I'd,
like
to
introduce
our
president
and
one
of
our
distinguished
Founders
Wendy
Wilson
I
once
had
a
mentor.
Tell
me
that
if
you're
going
to
make
a
presentation
or
a
speech,
absolutely
make
sure
you
never
follow
the
South
Carolina
state
champions,
because
it's
an
impossible
act
but
I
will
I'll
try
to
do
my
very
best.
It's
it's
actually
interesting
that
today
we
are
on
the
agenda
with
the
rural
and
critical
land
preservation.
L
Trust,
that's
important,
because
Beaufort
County
purchased
the
fort
Fremont
preserve
through
the
rural
and
critical
land
trust,
and
so
it's
nice
to
be
in
partnership
with
them
to
remind
you
that
this
is
the
mission
of
the
friends
of
Fort
Fremont.
The
friends
were
founded
in
2009
as
a
incorporated
as
a
not-for-profit
organization.
After
several
years
of
work,
beginning
in
2007
with
the
master
naturalist
program
and
the
friends
of
Fort
Fremont
evolved
out
of
that
I'm.
M
L
First
of
all,
our
history
center
operation.
We
we
have
31
volunteers
who
staff
the
History
Center
I,
want
to
give
a
big
shout
out
to
a
number
of
volunteers
who
are
here
if
you
haven't
noticed
they're
the
ones
wearing
the
red
shirts
so
and
thanks
to
them.
This
is
a
55
increase
in
volunteers.
Over
the
previous
year,
we
in
2022
staffed
the
center
on
Friday
and
Saturdays
and
log,
as
you
see,
1
384
volunteer
hours
just
Manning.
L
The
center
I
will
say
that
year
to
date
in
2023,
we've
already
logged
over
a
thousand
hours,
so
we're
well
on
track
to
to
go
forward.
Last
year
we
had
over
4
000
visitors
come
to
the
center
right
now
we
are
just
under
3
600
visitors
and
that's
through
July,
so
we're
going
to
have
lots
more
visitors
than
we
did
in
the
previous
year
and
you
can
see
the
other
things
that
we
did
with
respect
to
the
center
as
well.
L
L
Many
of
whom
are
in
this
room
who
help
to
maintain
the
grounds.
Last
year
we
logged
over
240
volunteer
hours,
doing
General
cleanup
on
the
grounds
removing
vegetation
cleaning
up
inside
the
batteries.
And
again
this
is
a
an
important
partnership
with
our
friends
at
at
Beaufort
County,
we
developed
three
grants:
totaling
12
800
dollars
last
year
that
were
preservation
grants.
L
You
could
see
the
the
sources
of
those
grants
and
we
use
those
funds
to
do
an
engineering
study
of
the
batteries
with
a
focus
on
safety
issues.
That
study
resulted
in
the
County
Council
approving
the
development
of
a
way
to
shore
up
the
overhang
in
gunpit
3,
to
increase
the
safety
for
the
visitor
experience,
and
we
appreciate
that
support
and
those
resources
to
do
that.
L
We
we
have
done
a
lot
to
improve
the
interior
of
the
History
Center
and
we
have
used
a
tax
money
to
do
that.
We
began
several
years
ago
with
developing
a
23-minute
video
that
tells
the
story
of
the
history
of
Fort
Fremont,
and
we
show
that
video
as
part
of
the
visitor
experience
in
this
History
Center,
our
follow-on
efforts
using
atex
money
were
to
develop
a
self-guided
tour
app
that
appears
on
a
smart
smartphone.
L
So
when
the
History
Center
is
not
open,
visitors
can
still
use
the
self-guided
tour
app
to
go
around
to
the
various
stations
at
the
center
and
get
the
whole
history
and
the
whole
story
of
the
fort
as
well,
and
our
most
recent
addition
to
three
interpretive
panels,
and
you
can
see
those
panels
there
on
the
wall,
which
supplement
the
story
of
the
history
of
the
Ford
that
is
told
through
the
video
and
through
the
the
self-guided
apps.
So
the
the
center
is
really
coming
along.
L
In
that
regard,
we've
been
fortunate
to
receive
a
small
number
of
artifacts
which
we
have
on
display
in
the
center.
We
do
not
intend
to
become
a
museum.
We
are
a
History
Center
to
interpret
the
history
of
Fort
Fremont
and
our
most
important
artifact
is
in
fact
the
batteries
battery
finance
and
Battery
gessa.
That
are
there,
but
we
have
received
some
artifacts,
and
so
we
felt
it
was
really
important
to
develop
a
collection
management
plan
so
that
we
would
take
care
of
the
property
that
we
have
appropriately
according
to
National
Industry
standards.
L
So
last
year
we
developed
a
collection
management
plan
that
guides
Us
in
making
sure
that
we
are
taking
care
of
those
a
limited
number
of
artifacts.
We
have
you
see
on
the
screen
too.
One
is
a
practice
round
that
came
out
of
the
10
inch
guns.
This
round
came
to
us
from
the
museum
in
downtown
Beaufort
and
it
was
fished
out
of
the
Beaufort
River.
It
was
actually
a
practice
round
that
was
fired
from
from
Fort
Fremont.
L
The
other
is,
we
believe,
a
shoe
that
was
part
of
the
baseball
team
that
Fort
Fremont
had
that
was
found
in
the
Attic
of
Cecile
door's
house
Cecile
and
her
husband
own
the
building,
the
property
that
was
the
hospital
of
Fort
Fremont.
She
found
this
in
the
attic
and
we
think
that's
probably
an
artifact
of
the
baseball
team,
so
we're
we're
doing
our
best
to
take
care
of
those
resources
that
we
have
through
a
a
industry,
standard
collection
management.
L
We
think
it's
important
to
get
young
people
interested
in
history
and
particularly
in
the
history
of
Fort
Fremont
and
using
Ford
Fremont
as
a
vehicle
to
get
them
interested
in
the
history
of
Port
Royal
sound
in
Beaufort
County.
We
have
geared
our
efforts
in
working
with
young
people
to
the
curriculum,
the
state
curriculum
in
history
for
Fifth
and
eighth
grades,
and
so
you
can
see
some
of
the
things
that
we
have
done
there
in
partnering
with
Riverview
Charter
School,
a
number
of
other
schools.
L
Just
this
past
weekend
we
had
a
Cub
Scout
Pack
that
was
out
there
and
participated
in
a
map,
Reading
Compass
Course
and
toured
the
batteries
as
well.
We're
also
developing
a
traveling
trunk
that
we
will
take
to
the
various
schools
that
has
various
sort
of
artifacts
and
facsimiles
of
things
that
represent
that
particular
era
that
we
can
help
teachers
with,
as
they
teach
South
Carolina
history.
L
We're
doing
a
lot
of
community
outreach
in
2022
we
had
an
open
house.
We
conducted
an
Ali
class.
We've
done
a
number
of
things
this
year
to
extend
that
we
participated
in
the
Land's
End
Fourth
of
July
parade.
We
actually
had
a
couple
of
members
of
our
team
that
were
in
Period
costumes,
going
forward.
We've
hosted
a
number
of
groups
from
data
island
with
special
tours
mark
your
calendars,
November
5th.
We
are
hosting
a
Fall
Festival
at
the
Fort
and
then
on
December
2nd.
We
are
offering
a
tour
of
the
whole.
L
The
old
hospital
Cecile
door
has
kindly
offered
to
have
tour
of
the
old
hospital
through
her
house,
we're
also
developing
a
series
of
lecture
Series,
where
we
will
give
lectures
on
various
aspects
of
the
history
of
that
period.
The
Spanish-American
War
details
about
the
construction
of
the
fort
and
those
kinds
of
things
and
stay
tuned
for
for
more
information
on
that
we're
active
in
social
media,
both
our
Facebook
page
and
our
web
page
are
are
ways
in
which
we
get
the
the
word
out.
L
We
are
tracking,
as
visitors
come
to
the
center,
how
they
find
out
about
us
and
our
Facebook
page,
and
our
web
page
are
important
contributions
to
to
learning
about
who
we
are
word
of
mouth
and
local.
Folks
who
have
visitors
come
in
is
also
another
important
way
in
which
we
can
get
the
word
out.
We'll
continue
to
do
that.
L
L
Stephanie
najid
has
been
a
fabulous
partner
with
us
she's,
a
wonderful
advocate
for
the
Fort,
and
she
does
a
great
job,
helping
to
communicate
the
needs
and
the
interests
of
the
county
and
working
in
partnership
with
the
friends
to
advance
and
to
tell
the
story
of
the
fort
as
well.
Finally,
subject
to
your
questions,
I
hope
you
all
come
and
see
us
excellent.
K
B
I
just
want
to
give
my
heads
out
to
the
Friends
of
the
food
I
think
you're
doing
an
excellent
job
there
and
just
continue
doing
what
you're
doing
I
can
tell
you
that
two
of
my
sisters
visited
the
Ford
two
weeks
ago
for
the
first
time,
and
they
were
born
here
on
in
Beaufort
on
St
Helens
yeah,
and
they
visited
the
fort
for
the
first
time.
So
continue
doing
what
you're
doing
so.
We
can
spread
the
history
of
the
food.
Thank.
L
G
First,
two:
this
is
just
an
exciting
Good
News
meeting,
so
I'm
happy
to
be
here
and
add
to
it.
I
have
the
pleasure
of
speaking
for
the
role
in
critical
lands
board
this
evening
and
summarizing
our
annual
report
from
2022.
So
it's
long
overdue,
but
that
means
I
kind
of
get
to
combine
the
successes
of
2022
and
the
year
to
date
as
we
contemplate
continued
Green
Space
investments
in
Beaufort,
County.
I
G
You
all
have
the
annual
report
in
your
agenda,
backup
after
tonight's
presentation,
it
will
be
available
at
Rural
and
critical.org
on
the
our
affiliated
website
and
I'm,
going
to
highlight
a
couple
things
for
you.
The
main
thing
to
start
with
is
the
map
to
kind
of
Orient
ourselves
in
terms
of
where
we
are,
and
so
that
can
just
stay
up
on
the
screen.
While
I'm
talking,
we
completed
two
projects
in
2022
and
they
are
highlighted
in
orange
on
the
map.
G
One
is
known
as
Village
Creekside
and
one
is
known
as
libiko
Farms
I'm
just
going
to
hit
some
high
points
for
both
of
those
projects.
I
know
you
all
remember
them.
From
your
approval
votes,
Village
Creekside
was
15
Acres
on
St
Helena.
It
was
a
waterfront
property,
a
family
donated
a
concert
engaged
in
purchase
conservation
easement
on
that
property.
The
interesting
and
unique
thing
about
Village
Creekside
is
that
it
is
just
adjacent
to
the
or
within
the
commercial
fishing
Village
on
Saint
Helena.
G
So
when
you
think
again
about
how
landia's
policies
and
land
conservation
work
together,
you
have
a
land
use
policy
to
encourage
rural
development
in
this
area
and
land
conservation
offers
that
permanent
rural
Edge
so
really
significant.
115
Acres
of
Farmland
immediately
outside
of
the
urban
growth
boundary.
A
hundred
of
that
115
acres
are
prime
soils
or
soils
of
Statewide
importance
and
helps
further
a
county
goal
to
protect
active
and
working
Farms.
G
So
in
2022
the
county
spent
877
thousand
dollars
on
those
two
projects,
but
we've
had
several
projects
in
the
pipeline
also
throughout
that
time.
In
total,
the
program
has
protected
over
28
000
Acres,
which
is
something
to
be
very
proud
of
permanent
land
protection
that
adds
to
the
county,
regional,
green
belt
and
passive
Park
opportunities.
G
And
if
you
open
your
annual
report,
you
should
see
a
big
inset
map
in
the
middle
and
I
I
know
you've
heard
from
the
Green
Space
committee
and
from
Kristen
at
the
open,
Land
Trust
in
the
committee
meeting,
but
I
want
to
reiterate
that
Beaufort
has
always
been
a
leader
in
land
conservation
and
that,
but
also
that
Partnerships
abound.
So
the
land
protection
that
occurs
in
the
Beaufort
region
could
not
be
done.
G
And
if
you
look
at
that
map,
you
see
properties
that
have
linked
key
conservation
areas
like
the
ace
Basin
properties
that
have
enhanced
County
land
use
policies
like
our
two
examples
from
2022
properties
that
have
supported
a
military
and
natural
resource
economy
in
military
Mission
and
operations,
as
well
as
Agriculture
and
Forestry
properties
that
have
enhanced
water
access.
The,
Boundary,
Street,
linear
Park,
discussed
earlier
today,
is
a
great
example
of
visual
water
access
that
is
so
important
to
our
sense
of
place
and
properties
that
provide
for
Passive,
Recreation,
Fort,
Fremont.
G
The
report
and
the
work
that
we
did
in
2022
also
included
many
site
visits
to
our
properties
to
understand
the
impact
of
our
work
and
several
of
y'all
joined
us
for
those
I.
Thank
you.
For
your
time,
we
had
a
focus
through
our
site
visits
on
the
okatee
river.
Both
conservation,
easement
properties
like
Three
Sisters
Farm,
that
was
protected
very
proactively
in
2004
and
passive
park
properties
that,
when
open
to
the
public,
will
provide
for
Passive,
Recreation
or
just
being
owned
and
used
in
a
conservation
use
to
provide
public
benefit.
G
You've
heard
me
speak
of
which
is
a
partnership
with
the
Department
of
Defense,
the
USDA
and
the
department
of
interior.
So
we
do
have
2023
projects
of
no
it's
August
we've
been
busy
since
the
beginning
of
the
year.
Cotton
Hall,
which
you
approved
in
July,
is
expected
to
close.
Soon
we
have
another
project
for
your
approval.
Coming
up
with
it,
Nick
with
a
near-term
closure.
You've
discussed
can't
St
Mary's,
protecting
it
as
a
passive
Park
and
several
more
easements
and
fee
simple
purchases
scattered
around
the
county.
G
But
this
is
an
important
and
new
time
for
Rural
and
critical
as
well,
because
I
would
argue
for
the
first
time
the
rural
and
critical
program
is
really
faced
with
either
more
discussions
when
it
comes
to
protecting
land.
Beaufort
County
voters
chose
the
vehicle
of
the
Green
Space
Penny
sales
tax,
which
is
I,
think
going
to
do
wonderful
things
for
Beaufort
County
and
the
rural
and
critical
board
discussed
support
for
the
Green
Space
Penny.
C
G
A
M
Green
Space,
it
was
great
segue
from
here
in
rural
critical
lands.
Yes
Mr
chairman,
my
name
is
Mike
McShane
for
the
record
I'm
a
resident
of
Charleston
County
at
328,
East,
Bay,
Street,
I.
Think
for
many
I
have
the
privilege
of
serving
as
the
chairman
of
your
green
space
advisory
committee
and
since
early
May.
M
To
put
this
in
perspective
in
90
days,
your
committee
formed
and
is
offered
to
you
tonight
for
consideration
on
approval
recommendation
out
of
your
land
use
committee
recommendation
for
the
approval
of
the
program
and
the
criteria
with
the
program
is
in
my
different
roles
in
state
appointed
roles.
I
can
tell
you
90
days
is
a
short
window
of
time
to
have
the
government
put
together
a
program
forward,
and
so
I
gave
great
appreciation
both
to
the
committee
members,
those
who
are
involved,
but
particularly
to
your
staff.
M
If
I
may
Mr
chairman
just
highlight
your
director
of
planning,
Rob
Merchant,
the
assistant
director,
Mark
Davis,
Chuck
Atkinson,
deputy
director
Stephanie
from
Parks,
was
very
helpful
in
that
and
also
to
highlight
Tom
Kevin.
He
has
acted
as
general
counsel
to
your
green
space
advisory
committee.
I'd
like
to
stay
a
possibility,
if
that
could
be
to
have
Tom's
wisdom
there,
we
again
we
started
in
early.
May
you
have
a
mid-august
now,
a
program
to
look
at
consideration
with
a
goal
is
to
apply
this
program
in
the
last
quarter
of
this
year.
M
So
if
you
think
last
November
actually
go
back
to
LA
a
year
ago,
when
the
state
statute
was
approved
and
signed
into
law,
and
you
put
a
referendum
together
in
November,
and
here
we
are
in
August,
ready
to
where
we
could
actually
apply
this
program
in
the
fall
of
this
year.
The
last
quarter
you're
the
first
County
to
do.
C
I'd
like
to
give
a
brief
report
with
Beaufort
Memorial
Hospital,
they
met
July
26.
Their
board
did
this
coming
up
will
be
the
80th
anniversary
of
Beaufort,
Memorial
Hospital,
and
perhaps
the
county
can
support
them
with
some
kind
of
feature
about
80
years
of
the
Cooper
Memorial
Hospital,
their
Foundation
report
they've
exceeded
their
goal
of
two
million
dollars
for
the
past
year
and
the
Sickle
Cell
program
has
been
very
successful
in
addressing
and
getting
patients
who
have
not
been
part
of
the
program
and
they
are
now
up
to
60
patients.
C
This
is
very
important
because
people
who
have
sickle
cell,
if
they're,
not
in
a
program
like
this,
they
often
end
up
in
the
emergency
room,
Workforce
housing.
They
continue
to
work
with
the
town
of
Hardeeville
on
increase
the
density
of
a
PUD
there
and
they
hopefully
can
get
something
done
in
2024
for
that
they're
still
planning
on
building
a
learning
center
on
Allison
Road
to
support
their
people
who
work
at
the
hospital
on
Ribault,
Road
and
last
but
not
least,
I'll
send
a
link.
I
C
E
So
the
library
board
met
in
July
and
given
what's
happened
with
the
School
District,
they
have
revised
their
challenge
materials
policy
because
it
will
get
to
the
libraries
and
so
they've
revised
the
policy
and
the
procedures
they
gave.
An
update
on
the
summer
reading
program.
Just
ecstatic
about
the
number
of
students
involved
in
the
summer
lunch
program.
Also
at
the
end
of
July,
was
the
County
transportation
committee.
E
There
was
a
little
glitch
in
the
beginning
with
the
video,
but
they
did
a
170
triangle.
Update
Eric
did
that
278
plan
in
in
draft
the
resurfacing
project
is
in
year
six
pavement
preservation
project,
that's
the
rejuvenator.
They
gave
an
update
and
then
what
was
interesting
is
every
District
rep
was
to
bring
to
this
meeting
roads
that
they
believe
need
attention.
E
Somebody
you
could
take
that
one
way
or
another
in
District,
One,
hoppy,
Hill,
Circle,
District,
Five,
Cherokee,
Farms,
Road
and
rugrack
Road
and
Salem
Drive
District,
11,
Ibis,
Street
district
7,
gibbett,
Road,
District,
9,
Almer,
Road
and
Elmer
drive
and
district
10
Wilborn
road.
So
that
was
a
very
interesting
discussion.
What
everybody
brought
forward,
but
I
thought
you
would
want
to
know.
If
you
were
two
three
four
six
or
seven,
you
don't
have
any
road
problems.
A
A
Mr
Cunningham
makes
the
motion
and
Mr
McCallum
makes
the
second
duly
motioned
and
seconded.
Is
there
any
discussion
seeing
no
discussion,
the
items?
The
item
will
be
approved
without
objection
and
there
are
no
objections.
The
next
series
of
items
came
out
of
the
committee
that
met
just
before
here.
They
have
been
thoroughly
vetted,
but
they
are
time
sensitive
because
of
the
nature
of
what
was
discussed
and
what
needs
to
be
done
prior
to
the
end
of
the
year
or
sooner
than
that.
A
A
I'll
second,
that
Mr
Bartholomew
made
the
motion
and
Mr
Reitz
made
the
second
dually
motioned
and
seconded.
Is
there
any
discussion
seeing
no
discussion?
This
item
will
be
approved.
Item
number
13
may
I
have
a
motion
for
a
resolution
authorizing
the
relocation.
The
reallocation
of
the
American
Rescue
plan
act
also
known
as
arpa
funds
for
the
planning
permitting
and
construction
of
infrastructure
necessary
to
relocate
the
operation
of
the
public
to
fusky
Island
Ferry
service.
A
A
Item
number
14
I
would
ask
a
member
for
the
approval
of
a
resolution
approving
the
emergency
procurement
of
and
funding
for,
the
design
permitting
and
Construction
Services
necessary
for
the
improvements
to
the
Cross
Island
boat,
landing
to
accommodate
the
dafusky
Island
Ferry
by
January
1
2024
to
comply
with
a
court
order
like
that
motion
again,
Mr
Lawson
makes
the
motion
Miss
Brown
makes
the
second
duly
motioned
and
seconded.
Is
there
any
discussion
seeing
none?
This
will
be
approved
without
objection,
and
there
are
no
objections.
A
Item
number
15
may
I
have
a
motion
for
the
approval
of
a
resolution
to
accept
South
Carolina
Aeronautics
commission
Grant
offer
23-0254
378
044
for
tax
taxiway,
F
strengthening
and
for
the
partial
acquisition
of
executive
air
property
at
the
Hilton
Head
Island
airport,
so
Mr
Reeds,
you
made
the
motion
and
Mr
McCullum
made
the
second
duly
motioned
in
second,
is
there
any
discussion
seeing
no
discussion?
This
will
be
approved
without
objection
and
I,
see
no
objections.
A
Item
16
is
an
approval
of
an
ordinance
amending
the
Beaufort
County
code
of
ordinances,
chapter
38,
article
7
The
Green,
Space
Program,
to
establish
section,
38-200,
Green,
Space
advisory
committee
program
criteria
and
application
process.
Okay,
who
would
like
to
be
the
first
one
Mr
Cunningham
jumped
in
okay,
Mr
Cunningham?
You
will
be
the
first
who
would
be
the
second
Ms
Howard
will
be
the
second
duly
motioned
and
seconded
by
several
people.
A
A
A
A
A
E
I
A
Yes,
that's
what
we
do
in
the
Committees
is
is
where
the
heavy
work
is
done
here,
we're
just
approving
what
the
Committees
recommend
any
other
comments.
Seeing
none.
This
would
be
approved
without
objection
and
I
see
no
objections.
This
is
the
first
reading
of
the
ordinance.
There
will
be
two
more
one
next
week
and
one
on
the
28th
to
complete
the
full
cycle,
because
it
has
to
be
done
for
tax
purposes
before
August
31st.
A
A
N
N
Talking
about
this
I'm
sorry,
I,
I,
I
I
meant
the
last
one
and
then
the
one
before
that
when
you
mentioned
the
association
of
of
counties,
I
want
you
to
understand.
That's
a
Trade
Organization,
that's
a
that's!
That
organization
doesn't
have
any
official
standing
as
far
as
making
laws.
They
just
make
recommendations.
They're
an
association.
A
I
I
A
A
F
For
clarification
for
the
public,
the
reason
behind
it
is
to
make
sure
that
the
reason
that
we
are
purchasing
this
land
before
we
use
three
million
dollars
worth
of
public
funds.
We
can
actually
accomplish
the
goal.
If
we
can't
accomplish
that
goal,
we
want
to
make
sure
that
our
staff
has
time
to
talk
to
other
departments
to
see
if
maybe
this
is
a
land
that
they
could
use
before.
We
get
to
that
time
frame.
F
C
A
Absolutely
seeing
no
other
comments
is
there
any
objection
to
postponing
this?
No
seeing
no
objection.
This
will
be
approved
without
any
objections.
Thank
you.
Mr
chairman
item
number
20
is
a
public
hearing
and
third
reading
of
an
ordinance
authorizing
the
Fripp
Island
Public
Service
District
South
Carolina,
to
issue
not
to
exceed
five
million.
Two
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars
of
General
obligation,
bonds,
subject
to
voter
approval,
providing
for
the
publication
of
notice
of
said
funding,
finding
and
authorization
and
providing
other
matters
related.
There,
too
emotion.
I
A
N
These
bonds
do
they
involve
Burr
Foreman
Law
Firm,
do
they
they
have
anything
to
these
bonds,
I'd
like
to
find
out
what
birth,
what
bonds
Burr
Foreman
does
do
and
I'd
like
to
know
if
Hospitality
taxes
are
used
to
retire
bonds,
we
need
to
look
into
that
because
there's
a
lot
of
hospitality,
tax
taxes
that
are
on
account
and
four
and
disappeared,
and
we're
going
to
need
to
tie
that
in
to
all
your
future
audits.
Thank
you.
A
Any
other
comments,
seeing
that
no
other
comments
will
close
the
public
hearing
any
comments
from
the
Council
seeing
none.
This
will
be
approved
without
objection
and
I,
see
no
objections.
Item
21
approval
of
a
resolution
ordering
bond
referenda
to
be
held
in
Fripp
Island,
Public,
Service,
District,
South
Carolina
on
the
question
of
issuance
of
not
exceeding
5
million.
A
Two
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
of
General
obligation,
bonds
of
Fripp
Island,
Public,
Service,
District,
South
Carolina
in
three
separate
questions
providing
for
the
form
of
that
ballots
to
be
used,
providing
the
notice
of
referenda
and
providing
for
other
matters
there
too
may
I
have
such
emotion.
Some
movements,
Mr
Glover,
makes
the
motion.
Mr
Bartholomew
makes
the
second
duly
motioned
and
seconded
Mr
Glover
any
comments.
B
A
Right,
yes,
any
other
questions
seeing
none.
This
will
be
approved
without
objection
and
I
see
no
objections
that
moves
us
to
the
second
citizen
comments.
There
are
a
few
people
who
wish
to
make
a
comment.
I
will
call
them
in
the
order
in
which
they
were
on
the
comments.
The
first
one
will
be
Ms
Lynch.
Please
come
forward.
O
Council
members,
my
name
is
Lisa
Lynch
I
am
the
former
director
of
Wellness
for
Beaufort
County
and
a
registered
nurse
on
May
16th
I
filed
a
complaint
with
the
county
against
Mr
Eric
Greenway
under
Title
VII
of
the
Civil
Rights
Act
of
1964.
on
the
grounds
of
sexual
harassment,
because
I
am
a
woman.
It
is
important
that
you
all
know
what
happened
to
me
and
take
action
to
prevent
it
from
ever
happening
again.
O
You
should
also
know
that
I'm,
not
the
only
one.
There
are
currently
two
other
women
with
complaints
against
the
county
and
other
women
have
reached
out
to
me.
Since
I
went
public,
I
have
been
subjected
to
retaliation
and
I
have
been
terminated,
which
is
a
legal
under
Title
VII.
My
life
has
been
destroyed
and
I
have
chosen
not
to
remain
silent.
O
I
loved
my
job
and
I
wanted
to
keep
my
job
as
the
wellness
director.
As
reason
as
10
days
ago,
I
asked
to
be
reinstated
to
my
job.
This
complaint
has
never
been
about
money.
As
for
my
competence
to
do
the
job,
I
have
31
years
experience
as
a
nurse
I
have
owned.
My
own
Healthcare
Staffing
Company,
employing
hundreds
of
employees.
O
O
O
They
had
to
resort
to
firing
me
just
one
day
after
Mr
Greenway
was
put
on
paid
administrative
leave.
Coincidence,
I
think
not
I
urge
you,
as
you
go
into
this
executive
session,
to
keep
transparency
in
mind.
Mr
Greenway
should
have
a
public
hearing.
If
you
are
considering
ways
to
make
that
a
closed
session
I.
Ask
you
not
to
I.
Also
ask
you
to
consider
my
complaint
and
the
Bad
actors
that
have
had
control
over
my
future.
O
If
this
had
happened
to
your
wife,
your
daughter,
your
sister,
your
mother,
how
would
you
feel
you
should
also
know
this?
I
will
not
go
away.
I
will
not
remain
silent
and
I
will
not
shrink
away
because
powerful
men
are
in
the
room
and
women
who
enable
them.
I
do
this
for
myself
and
for
all
women
who
are
too
afraid
to
come
forward,
and
they
have
no
voice.
The
systemic,
pervasive
mistreatment
of
women
at
this
county
has
to
stop
now.
Thank
you.
N
Skip
Hoagland
windmill,
Harbor,
David,
Lauderdale's,
excellent
column,
sloppy
government
in
the
packet
about
the
latest
Beaufort
County,
Greenway
Scandal,
should
strike
fear
Into,
the
Heart
of
every
corrupt,
incompetent,
County,
employee,
Mayors,
attorneys
and
elected
officials.
We
all
know
what
corruption
is.
It's
Insider
dealings,
it's
bribery,
quid
pro
quo,
nepotism
pay
to
play
Kickbacks
and
more
now
is
the
time
during
this
holy
self-inflicted,
County
disgrace
to
speak
up
on
this
issue
on
this
issue.
It
is
severely
damaged
our
community
and
cause
embarrassment
to
honest
councilman
and
employees
alike.
N
We
must
understand
dishonest
acts
by
County
officials,
further
degrades
the
system,
it's
a
curse
to
society
and
totally
against
democracy.
Corruption
continues
to
flourish
here
week.
Law
enforcement
and
lack
of
accountability
have
created
an
environment
where
this
Behavior
has
gone
unpunished
and
systematic
issues
such
as
lack
of
transparency
for
a
compliance,
fraudulent
and
internal
audits
from
excellent
budgets.
That
both
only
show
the
numbers,
the
Insiders
like
Greenway,
salt,
groover,
Orlando
and
others
want
you
to
see-
has
created
a
multiple
opportunities
for
these
immoral
Craven
people
to
abuse
their
power.
N
We
must
focus
on
robust,
enforced
laws,
regulations
and
full
Financial
transparency.
Remember
we
all
have
the
power
and
it
starts
with
ourselves.
Let
us
let
us
not
support
corruption,
the
greatest
evil
in
our
society
and,
let's
remove
it.
People
are
silent
in
such
situations,
but
being
silent
is
not
acceptable.
Raising
our
voices
towards
exposing
wrongdoing
is
the
first
step
to
fighting
corruption.
N
This
include
concludes
the
school
district,
our
Treasurer,
the
town
of
Hilton
Head
in
Bluffton,
and
the
non-profit,
Hilton
Head,
Bluffton
and
Buford
Chambers
Burr
Foreman
law
firm
in
the
bonds
and
millions
of
hospitality
and
Aid
tax
funds
have
disappeared.
We
need
to
get
to
ground
zero,
so
we
know
how
deep
the
financial
violations
and
the
shenanigans
are.
Let's
fix
this
sloppy
government.
N
I,
don't
want
to
be
here,
I,
don't
want
to
come
and
criticize
any
of
y'all,
because
I
I
respect
that
you're
doing
a
community
service
and
you're
trying
to
do
the
best
you
can,
but
if,
but
it's
not
going
to
work,
if
we
don't
all
make
this
happen,
we've
got
to
work
together.
You
got
to
do
it.
It's
right.
You
got
to
do
it,
transparency,
that's
it
at
the
store,
Ms
Greeley.
N
Recess
right
now,
how
dare
you,
how
dare
you
disrespect
the
people?
I,
don't
care,
you
are
absolutely.
She
has
every
right
to.
Let
me
speak
for
her
three
minutes.
No,
a
lot
of
people
in
this
County
have
been
sued
for
defamation
for
speaking
up
and
for
you
to
do
that
is
outrageous.
I'd
ask
everybody
to
sit.
P
P
We
hired
a
man.
Apparently
nobody
checked
his
background.
He
had
been
called
before
the
ethics
Commission
of
South
Carolina
prior
to
coming
here,
he'd
been
involved
in
some
kind
of
Shenanigans
in
York
County
with
Jim
and
Tammy
Faye
Baker,
and
yet
he
becomes
our
County
Administrator
I
have
never
been
more
disappointed
in
a
person's
incompetence,
or
ethics
than
I
have
been
well
I'll.
Take
that
back
there
is
one
who's
ahead
of
him.
P
That's
just
the
tip
of
the
iceberg.
That
was
my
complaint.
Then
I
I
find
out
I
pick
up.
The
newspaper
and
I
find
out
that
our
sheriff
and
our
County
prosecutor
have
said
this
man
has
gone
into
some
other
criminal
Realm,
which
is
going
to
result
in
his
termination.
I
am
grateful.
He
is
gone.
I
will
also
looking
forward
to
our
lawsuits
because
I
want
to
speak
there
because
I
believe
this
man
LED
that
developer
down
a
path
that
told
him
he
could
do
what
he
wanted
with
Pine
Island,
and
that
was
not
the
case.
Q
Good
evening
my
name
is
Marilyn
Hemingway
and
I
am
CEO
and
founding
president
of
the
Galaxy
Chamber
of
Commerce
and
I
am
here
this
evening
to
introduce
The
Godly
books,
Chamber
of
Commerce,
but
also
to
talk
about
Economic
Development
and
the
galagichi
seafood
Trail
I'm.
Assuming
everyone
has
a
copy
of
this.
I
Q
Have
some
for
the
audience
Also?
If
anyone
wants
any
I'm
not
going
to
get
deeply
into
page
one
and
page
two,
because
I
think
we
are
the
galligichu
I
stand
in
the
heart
of
Galaxy,
so
I
think
we
know
that,
but
I
do
want
to
point
out
some
things
when
I
founded
this
galaxy
Chamber
of
Commerce
five
years
ago,
I
did
not
want
a
seat
at
the
table.
I
wanted
to
build
a
table.
I
believe
that
we
can
build
many
tables
in
a
house
that
will
create
economic
development
for
our
community.
Q
Q
Economic
Development
through
our
culture
and
I
do
want
to
highlight,
who
are
the
galagichi
in
particular
I
want
to
highlight
our
ancestors
were
brought
here
extracted
from
Africa
because
of
their
knowledge
of
how
to
control
the
water
and
manage
the
land
to
grow.
The
Indigo
rice,
sugar
cane
Sea
Island
cotton
and
take
Bounty
from
the
sea
in
the
work
that
we
are
doing.
We
want
to
take
that
culture
and
we
want
to
create
Economic
Development.
Q
We
are
starting
with
organizing
local
ecosystems
and
we
say
organizing
because
they're
already
here
there
are
many
items
and
many
actions
already
taking
place
that
are
here,
but
our
job
as
a
chamber
is
to
organize
those
local
local
ecosystems.
Why?
Because
in
2021
the
galagichi
culture
Heritage
Corridor
commission
released
the
market
research
study
that
said
galagichi
tourism
potential
is
34
billion
dollars
a
year.
34
billion
dollars
a
year
is
a
game
changer?
Q
How
are
we
going
to
be
part
of
that?
We
are
creating
the
galaguchi
seafood
Trail,
which
is
part
of
the
infrastructure
which
will
take
potential
to
reality.
We
are
partnering
with
the
galagichi
nation
going
to
get
you
fishing
Association
soccer
and
sea
Grant
Consortium,
Coastal,
Carolina
University,
and
we
goger
Foundation,
the
Galaxy
Seafood
Trail
is
funded
through
Noah,
so
six
figure
Grant
from
Noah
that
has
allowed
us
to
create
galagichi
University,
which
provides
entrepreneurship
courses.
Q
We
are
also
doing
Special
Events
right
now.
We
just
launched
last
week
bring
Harriet
home
in
Georgetown
for
three
months
a
sculpture
will
be
visiting
Georgetown
and
we
are
also
working
on
year
number
five
of
the
delegici
environmental
energy
conference
all
of
this
time,
which
will
be
a
Economic
Development
engine
for
the
entire
coast
of
South
Carolina.
So
we
as
part
of
the
grant
it
is
for
us
to
come
to
your
meetings
and
introduce
ourselves
what
we're
doing
and
also
the
future
for
the
Galaxy
Community.
Q
A
All
right
I
would
like
a
motion
in
seconds
for
executive
session
items
pursuant
to
South
Carolina
code,
30-470,
A2
and
A1
we're
going
to
go
into
executive
session
for
legal
advice
on
matters
covered
by
attorney,
client
privilege,
Eric's
greenway's,
request
for
a
public
hearing
to
receive
legal
advice
on
matters
covered
by
the
attorney-client
privilege,
retention
of
an
outside
Law
Firm,
to
conduct,
reviews
and
audits.
As
previously
reviewed
and
a
discussion
of
employment
of
a
person
regulated
by
County,
Council,
Mr,
John,
Robinson
may
I
have
such
a
motion.
Mr
McClellan
makes
the
motion.