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1. CALL TO ORDER
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND INVOCATION- Chairman Joseph Passiment
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. ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT
CITIZEN COMMENTS
6. 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)
COMMITTEE REPORTS
7. LIASION AND COMMITTEE REPORTS
PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ACTION ITEMS
8. APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA
County Council Agenda – Beaufort County, SC
9. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HAWKERS AND PEDDLERS LICENSE FEES FOR 2023
10. PRESENTATION AND PUBLIC HEARING OF THE 2023 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CBDG)
- MICHELLE KNIGHT, LOWCOUNTRY COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS
11. FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CONVEYANCE OF COUNTY-OWNED REAL
PROPERTY LOCATED AT 108 CLEAR WATER WAY TO SCDOT FOR A DEDICATED RIGHT TURN LANE ON
GROBER HILL ROAD
12. FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE THE
NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY IDENTIFIED AS
2 MULLET STREET, AND ENTER INTO A SIX MONTH LEASE AGREEMENT FOR A PORTION OF THE REAL
PROPERTY (FISCAL IMPACT: Purchase Price in the amount of $1,930,000 and a six (6) month lease with the
seller for a nominal amount.)
13. APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION TO ADOPT PLANNING AND ZONING FEE SCHEDULE CHANGES TO HELP
OFFSET THE COST OF SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT AND TO ASSIST IN PROVIDING THE
NECESSARY RESOURCES TO CONTINUE SERVING THE BEAUFORT COUNTY RESIDENT AND BUSINESS
COMMUNITY
14. APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION UPDATING BEAUFORT COUNTY’S PRIORITIZED 5-YEAR DIRT ROAD PAVING
PROGRAM
15. APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT SC AERONAUTICS COMMISSION (SCAC) GRANT FOR THE DESIGN
AND BIDDING OF A PROJECT TO REHABILITATE THE BEAUFORT EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (ARW) RUNWAY
16. APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION TO AMEND RESOLUTION 2022/50 AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY
ADMINISTRATOR TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH COMMUNITY WORKS TO PROVIDE
ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT SUPPORT FOR A DESIGNATED REGIONAL HOUSING TRUST
FUND (FISCAL IMPACT: Each participating entity will contribute 3% of their allocation from their ARPA
appropriations in year 1; Beaufort County year 1 contribution will be $1,119,523. ARPA Funds previously
allocated.)
17. TIME-SENSITIVE ITEM ORIGINATING FROM THE JANUARY 9TH COMMUNITY SERVICES AND LAND USE
COMMITTEE - APPROVAL OF THE BEAUFORT COUNTY GREEN SPACE ADVISORY
COMMITTEE APPLICATION PROCESS, GEOGRAPHIC DESIGNATIONS, AND TIMELINE FOR APPOINTING
THE GREEN SPACE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND ESTABLISHING THE GREEN SPACE PROGRAM
CITIZEN COMMENTS
18. 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)
19. ADJOURNMENT
A
C
A
E
A
Because
we
all
forget,
from
time
to
time,
especially
in
the
noisiness
of
what
passes
for
political
debate
today,
that
we
are
not
only
leaders
but
also
servants,
and
that
is
our
responsibility
to
serve
the
common
good
of
all.
Remind
us.
No
matter
where
we
live.
Everyone
is
our
neighbor
our
sibling
and
that
throughout
the
ages,
prophets
have
called
the
leaders
of
the
people
to
respect
and
protect
the
least
of
those
Among
Us,
our
children,
the
elderly,.
F
A
G
G
Joshua
is
the
assistant
Deputy
auditor,
who
has
been
with
us
for
four
years.
Basically,
his
job
duties
are
to
assist
the
auditor
and
the
deputy
Auditor
in
all
areas
related
to
the
operations
of
the
auditor's
office,
including,
but
not
limited
to
operational
staff,
supervision
planning
and
participating
in
training,
legal
research
and
resolving
problems
and
issues
relating
to
the
Daily
issues
that
may
arise.
G
G
He
has
never
been
out
from
work
and
is
usually
the
first
person
in
and
last
person
to
leave
the
office
and
I
can
attest
to
that,
because
I
usually
get
here
pretty
early
and
either
Joshua
is
going
into
the
building
before
me
or
just
after
me
in
the
morning.
So
he
is
a
very
dedicated
employee,
I'm
sure
the
auditor
office
has
an
elected
official
is
very
pleased
to
have
him
when
he's
not
working.
G
H
G
Our
next
employee
is
not
with
us
this
evening.
You
all
may
have
talked
to
this
individual.
Her
name
is
Stella
Johnson
lawyer.
She
works
at
our
information
technology
and
Communications
division,
she's,
a
administrative
assistant
and
basically
her
job
is,
if
you
call
the
main
line
of
the
county
you're
going
to
talk
to
Miss
Stella.
G
Even
if
you
call,
if
you
come
into
this
building
and
try
to
call
into
an
office
only
in
Beaufort
County,
would
we
basically
be
in
Beaufort
transfer
you
to
Hilton
Head
to
be
able
to
call
another
office
back
in
Beaufort?
So
that's
that's
the
way
it's
set
up
to
say
that
so
Stella
Oregon
Center,
Hilton,
Head,
Office
she's
been
with
us
for
20
years.
Of
course
she
does
that
does
all
the
administrative
duties
and
answering
the
switchboard
for
the
county-wide
incoming
calls.
G
G
I
G
A
F
Yes,
I
I
do
have
and
I
want
to
announce
that
I
have
a
community
meeting
this
coming
Wednesday
at
5
30
at
the
Saint
Helena
library,
on
sing
Helena,
and
the
purpose
of
that
meeting
first
of
all
will
be
ebony
Sanders.
The
assessor
will
be
there
to
talk
about
reassessment.
That's
coming
up,
so
that's
the
first
part
of
the
meeting.
The
remaining
of
the
meeting
I
will
take
any
comments
or
questions
or
concern
that
the
community
may.
E
F
J
Yes,
sir,
we
had
a
very
productive
meeting.
First
meeting
of
the
community
services
and
land
use
committee.
We
had
we
passed
on
some
recommendations
for
the
Green
Space
Program,
which
we
hope
will
be
brought
up
tonight.
So
we
can
be
on
schedule
for
that,
and
we
also
postponed
the
proposed
text
Amendment
for
the
cultural
resource
overlay
District
on
Saint
Helena,
and
asked
that
committee,
the
cultural
Saint
Helena
cultural
resource
over
oversight
committee
to
work
with
our
attorneys
to
see
if
there
are
some
changes
or
not
to
be
made
to
that.
Thank.
D
Committee,
we
have
our
first
meeting
next
Tuesday,
it's
after
the
holiday,
so
not
on
Monday,
but
on
Tuesday
and
then
the
All
Joy
Road
sidewalk
public
meeting
is
tomorrow,
which
will
reveal
the
engineering
has
been
done
for
the
pathway
along
all
Joy
Road.
That's
from
five
to
seven
come
out
and
see
what
has
been
designed
and
what
has
been
shown
to
the
public.
A
A
Mr
Dawson
makes
the
motion
a
second
Ms.
Tabernick
makes
the
second
you'll
be
motioned
and
seconded
any
questions
or
concerns.
Seeing
none
the
consent
agenda
will
be
approved
without
any
objections
and
I
see
no
objections.
Next
item
on
the
list
is
item
number
nine
establishment
of
talkers
and
Peddlers
licenses
for
license
fees
for
2023.
F
A
K
A
F
A
A
Next
item
number
12
is
the
first
reading
of
an
ordinance
authorizing
the
County
Administrator
to
execute
the
necessary
documents
to
provide
funding
for
the
purchase
of
real
property
identified
as
two
mullet
Street
and
enter
into
a
six-month
lease
agreement
for
a
portion
of
the
real
property
may
I.
Have
such
a
motion.
Please
Mr
Lawson
makes
the
motion.
A
Cunningham
makes
the
second
any
discussion
about
this
for
our
newly
elected
members.
Do
you
know
where
this
property
is
and
what
this
is
about?
You
may
have
read
it
in
your
packet,
but
if
we
need
to
explain
it
so
that
you
fully
understand
that
we'll
be
happy
to
do
that,
yeah.
Can
you
please
do
that?
Yes,
okay,
who
from
the
administration
would
like
to
take
that
up,
guarantees
I.
L
L
L
E
L
North
of
this
north
of
the
red
line
and
to
the
right
you
can
kind
of
see
the
wooded
areas,
that's
part
of
the
parcel
and
then
above
this
off.
The
screen
is
a
section
second
section
of
the
parcel,
which
is
a
house
that's
located,
so
the
entire
parcel
is
the
is,
is
both
the
the
wooded
section
and
the
northern
section
just
off
the
screen.
This
came
about.
Councilman
Lawson
brought
this
to
staff's
attention.
L
An
appraisal
since
then,
and
it
came
back
as
the
value
as
one
million
nine
hundred
and
thirty
thousand,
so
we've
negotiated
that
fee
with
the
landowner.
This
will
provide.
As
you
see
here,
we
have
seven
car
spaces
and
12
trailer
spaces
existing
and
if
you
slide
down,
this
will
provide
us
a
little
bit
more
space
is,
is
not
a
lot
but
anytime
There's
an
opportunity
to
expand
our
our
boat
Landings.
It's
always
great,
so
it'll
give
us
11
spaces
and
and
19
trailer
spaces
also
was
included
with
the
purchase.
L
You
can
see
a
dock
there
on
that
dock
is
goes
down
in
deep
water,
so
that
will
be
something
that
we
can
utilize.
That's
not
currently
part
of
the
existing
boat
ramp
and
we'll
be
able
to
use
that
for
fishing
or
Mooring
as
we
offload
your
boats
and
such
so
that
is
an
overall
description
and
we're
glad
to
take
any
questions
and.
L
D
D
I
think
the
biggest
thing
is
the
fact
that
there
is
an
additional
doc,
as
as
Mr
privilege
had
mentioned,
that
would
allow
for
fishing
or
for
pickup
and
drop
off
for
for
pleasure
boats,
which
that
actually
ties
The
Landing
up
quite
a
bit
down
there
by
having
another
spot,
they
can
pull
up
so
again
it
it
we're
paying
top
dollar.
There's,
no
doubt
about
that's
what
it's
appraised
for,
but
again,
in
the
long
run.
This
is
an
absolute
deal.
D
D
E
L
So
it
is
parcel
A
and
B,
so
there's
two
parts
to
parcel
b,
our
parcel
a
that
right,
total
0.41
acres
and
then
there's
two
parts
to
parcel
B
that
total
0.34.
So
all
in
all
the
entire
property
under
there's
two
tax
match
parcel
numbers.
The
entirety
is
0.75
Acres
parcel
B
is
the
section
up
north.
That
has
the
house
on
and.
H
L
And
they
have
intents
to
move
out
once
the
purchase
bus.
If
it
gets
approved,
the
purchase
goes
through
and
they
said
they
could
be
out
in
three
months,
but
we
put
six
months
in
there
just
to
give
them
ample
time
and
then
at
that
point
Council
can
decide.
If
that's
something
they'd
like
to
carve
off
and
sell
that
back
to
Market
or
do
something
else
with
the
the
house:
property.
Okay,.
A
A
Next
item
is
item
number
13
approval
of
a
resolution
to
adopt
Planning
and
Zoning
fee
schedule,
changes
to
help
offset
the
cost
cost
of
services
provided
by
the
department
and
to
assist
in
providing
the
necessary
resources
to
continue
serving
the
Beaufort
County
resident
and
business
community
may
I
have
a
motion.
Please
I
want
the
motion
a.
A
I
Really
appreciated
Administration,
giving
us
the
other
counties,
Dorchester
County,
Charleston,
County
and
Bluffton
City
itself,
because
it
helped
put
it
in
perspective.
For
me,
I
was
a
little
surprised.
We
haven't
revising
since
1999,
but
okay,
better
late
than
never
but
I
do
appreciate
the
due
diligence
in
showing
us
the
other
areas,
so
we
could
kind
of
put
in
perspective.
So
thank
you
any
other.
M
M
A
You
item
number
14
is
approval
of
a
resolution.
Updating
Beaufort,
County's,
prioritized
five-year
dirt
road
paving
program.
May
I
have
a
motion.
Please
no
move.
Mr
chairman
Mr
Cunningham
makes
the
motion
I'll
cycle.
Mr
Dawson
makes
the
second
is
there?
Anyone
who
needs
information
regarding
the
five-year
dirt
craving
Paving
program
from
our
Administration.
E
E
M
A
A
N
Okay
good
evening
welcome
new
council
members.
Thank
you,
John
Rumble,
the
Air
Force
director
that
this
one's
pretty
routine.
What
this
is
is
just
a
grant
that
South
Carolina
Aeronautics
commission
is
offering
to
the
county
for
the
design
and
bidding
of
of
a
project
out
of
the
airport.
What
we're
doing
is
rehabbing
the
runway
out
there
Runway
is
in
good
shape,
but
it
is
aging
and
in
order
to
keep
up
with
our
FAA
Grant
obligation.
N
Since
we
do
take
Federal
money
for
projects,
we
do
have
to
make
sure
that
that
Runway
stays
in
in
a
certain
quality
of
repair.
So
to
speak,
so
this
grant
will
be
coupled
with
an
FAA
Grant
and
then
with
airport
funds,
to
complete
the
design
and
bidding
and
then
in
about
probably
about
a
year
and
a
half
to
two
years
alluded:
construction.
Okay,.
F
M
N
A
A
N
A
E
N
Right
now,
the
the
fias
got
a
new
program
where,
after
we
design
and
bid
the
project
that
actually
may
have
a
delay
between
design
and
bidding
the
FAA
kind
of
calls
it
a
timeout.
In
between
now
it
used
to
be
that
you
could
roll
right
from
design
to
bidding
into
construction.
They
want
a
little
bit
extra
time
to
review
the
project
and
make
sure
that
everything
meets
their
their
standards.
I
think
part
of
that
is
probably
a
workload
at
the
at
the
federal
level.
N
F
N
N
A
Good
questions,
any
other
comments.
Okay,
the
item
will
be
approved
without
objection
and
I
see
no
objections.
Thank
you.
John.
Thank
you
very
much.
Item
number
16
approval
of
a
resolution
to
amend
resolution
2022-50
authorizing
the
County
Administrator
to
enter
into
an
agreement
with
the
community
works
for
providing
Administration
and
management
support
for
a
designated
Regional
Housing
Trust,
Fund
I.
A
I
I
was
attending
this
local
meetings
when
Eric
was
trying
to
flush
this
all
out
with
the
other
governmental
agencies.
So
it's
a
lot
of
work
and
it's
finally
done
and
eight
agencies
together,
I
think
it's
a
great.
We
all
talked
about
it,
affordable
housing.
So
this
trust
is
a
great
way
to
start
it
and
when
I
was
reading,
the
documentation
with
the
community
works.
I
do
like
that.
We're
requiring
annual
evaluation
with
specific
benchmarks
in
their
specific
items
that
they
have
to
respond
to
so
I.
There's
a
good
element
of
accountability
here.
A
There
is
and
the
other
comments
seeing
none.
This
item
will
be
approved
without
objection
and
I
see
no
objections.
Item
number
17.
now
this
may
take
a
little
bit
of
time
because
this
did
come
out
of
our
prior
meeting.
So
it
is
a
time
sensitive
item
originating
from
the
January,
9th
community
services
and
land
use
committee.
A
We
go.
This
Howard
makes
the
motion
I'll.
Second,
that
Mr
reach
makes
the
second
duly
motioned
and
seconded
Miss
Howard
I'm,
going
to
let
you
open
up
some
discussions
so
that
the
audience
members
and
the
members
who
are
online,
who
were
not
attending
that
meeting,
will
know
exactly
what
took
place
and
why.
It's
time,
sensitive.
J
At
the
meeting
we,
we
discussed
the
application
with
we're
going
to
add
a
few
things
to
it
to
include
criteria
in
more
detail.
The
committee
recommended
map
B,
which
is
included
in
the
packet
or
because
we
have
to
divide
the
county
into
four
quadrants,
and
we
also
talked
about
the
timeline.
The
first
we'll
have
two
ordinances.
The
first
one
will
come
April
10th.
F
F
That
would
make
it
a
perfect
to
me
a
perfect
and
it
also
will
establish
us
going
across
the
Broad
River.
You
know,
so
we
don't
have
that
divide
all
the
time
with
the
Broad
River,
so
that
would
be
great
to
have
if
it's
not
too
problematic,
but
that's
all
I
can
think
of
at
this
time.
Mr
chairman,
the.
J
E
E
A
Soon,
as
we
approve
this
within
a
week,
they
hope
to
have
everything
set
up
and
ready
to
go.
January
17th
is
the
target
date.
That's
why
this
was
time
sensitive
for
us
to
in
fact
take
this
up
this
evening,
so
that
we
meet
all
the
timelines
and
deadlines.
We
have
to
meet
to
have
this
approved
by
April
24th,
any
other
questions
seeing
none,
but
actually,
yes,.
M
C
So
I
I
understand
the
argument
balance
out
of
the
population
totally
for
it
and
just
to
point
on
Mr
Glover
statement
with
it.
I
have
no
problem
doing
that.
If
you
want
to
balance
out
and
come
over,
you
know
across
the
Broad
River
I'm
just
trying
to
figure
out.
If
that's
something
personally,
that
you
genuinely
white,
if
you
want,
is
it
possible,
you
could
get
two
people
from
the
bluff
inside
then
representing
your
districts
as
well
as
the
West.
C
F
Way,
I
the
way
I
saw
it
earlier
was
that
the
on
the
on
the
East
we
probably
have
three
candidates
or
council
members
that
would
probably
get
together
and
select
somebody
and
on
the
North
side,
it's
basically
two
two
council
members
chairman
and
miss
Mr
Dawson
and
then
I
just
figured
on
on
the
South
Side.
You
know
y'all
work
that
thing
out.
F
F
Can
probably
have
two
candidates
having
I
mean
one
one
council
member
in
both
areas,
but
I
would
hope
that
they
will
yield
to
somebody
else
because
they
were
selecting
from
another
District.
You
know
right,
that's
yeah!
You
got
a
level
of
us.
We
got
three
three
three
and
then
you're
gonna
have
two
of
them
yeah
and
then,
where
that
two
lies
and
stuff
or
that
third
one
live
stuff
is
really
Southward
abroad.
If
you
take
that
scenario,
moving
forward,
yeah.
C
A
Go
into
another
District,
his
power
of
choosing,
because
the
entire
council
is
the
one
that
will
be
appointing
this
committee,
correct
it
and
hopefully
the
thing
he
said
before-
about
getting
rid
of
the
concept
of
north
of
the
broad
yes
and
south
of
the
broad.
This
green
space
committee
is
going
to
take
a
look
at
our
entire
County
and
be
cognizant
of
what
is
needed
in
the
best
interest
of
the
county
right
yeah.
A
K
But
I
am
going
to
try
to
get
through
it.
Y'all
may
have
to
bear
with
me
a
little
bit
because
literally
the
program
statement
for
this
year
came
out
at
lunch
time
today.
So
this
is
a
newly
set
up
PowerPoint
with
the
new
numbers
in
it,
so
we'll
just
have
to
get
through
it.
But
by
way
of
introduction
for
those
of
y'all
who
don't
know
me,
I'm
Michelle,
Knight
I'm,
with
Lowcountry
Council
of
governments.
K
We
are
a
regional
planning
Council
for
the
four
County
area
and
we
do
a
lot
of
Grants
Administration
work
through
our
through
my
department,
community
and
economic
development,
primarily
with
Community
Development
block
grants
with
the
economic
development,
Administration
and
rural
development,
and
then
some
smaller
programs
through
PRT
FEMA.
That
sort
of
thing.
K
What
we're
here
tonight
for
is
to
do
the
annual
needs
assessment
public
hearing
for
the
county
to
go
through
the
pro
the
state
cdbg
program
to
be
able
to
get
the
county
into
a
position
so
that,
if
they
choose
over
the
next
12
months
to
pursue
a
grant
project
through
South
Carolina
Department
of
Commerce
that
they'll
be
able
to
do
that.
The
goal
is
to
have
your
public
hearing
tonight
and
I.
Think
typically,
Beaufort
County
goes
and
takes
their
the
findings
of
the
public
hearing.
K
If
there
are
any
comments
to
committee-
and
you
come
back
at
your
next
meeting-
or
maybe
your
February
meeting
and
actually
rank
the
projects
after
it
goes
through
committee.
So
tonight
my
goal
was
to
talk
about
the
program.
Tell
you
about
the
program
answer
any
questions
you
have
about
the
program
and
obviously,
if
committee
time
comes-
and
you
need
us
at
committee-
we'll
do
that
as
well.
So
the
first
thing
that
I'm
going
to
do
is
do
our
annual
advertisement
to
about
fair
housing.
K
If
anyone
on
staff
or
any
council
member
talks
to
someone
in
the
community-
and
they
tell
you
that
they
feel
like
they've-
been
discriminated
against
due
to
one
of
the
protected
classes
either
in
the
provision
of
housing,
see.
Oh,
let's
see
if
I
can
get
back
to
that,
and
the
provision
of
Housing
and
real
estate
or
brokerage
transactions
or
brokerage
services
that
they
can
contact
us
at
Lowcountry,
Council
of
governments.
We
will
take
the
information
on
their
potential
complaint
and
forward
it
to
the
appropriate
groups
as
need
be
then
for
2023.
K
Obviously,
the
Community
Development
block
grant
program
serves
basically
one
of
three
National
objectives.
We
either
address
a
majority
of
low
to
moderate
income
people
we
address
slum
and
blight
situations
in
the
county,
or
we
addressing
the
urgent
need,
as
of
June
of
2022
low
to
moderate
income
in
Beaufort
County
based
on
a
family
of
four,
is
basically
anyone
who's
or
any
family
whose
annual
income
is
less
than
69
350
a
year.
K
K
K
K
K
Any
comments
about
the
plan,
if
you
read
the
whole
document
and
have
questions
or
comments
or
things
that
you
think
should
be
changed,
any
comments
on
the
plan
have
to
be
received
by
February
7th
of
this
year
and
those
are
sent
to
Lisa
Ross
at
South,
Carolina
Department
of
Commerce
and
her
email
address
is
on
this
slideshow.
But
it's
also
in
that
document
as
well.
K
Those
programs
are
broken
down
in
more
detail
here
or
Community
Development
they're,
basically,
four
set-asides
that
are
under
that
program
there's
Community
infrastructure,
which
is
our
spring
round
of
cdbg
funding.
This
is
typically
your
water
sewer
drainage,
Road,
set
aside,
there's
10.9
million
dollars
available,
there's
an
application
request,
deadline
of
March
17th
and
an
application
full
deadline
of
April
17th
of
this
year.
The
maximum
funding
amount
for
this
program
is
one
million
dollars,
although
under
certain
circumstances,
we
can
request
a
waiver
of
that
to
go
beyond
1
million.
K
The
community
enrichment
program
is
our
fall
cdbg
round.
That's
the
larger
of
the
three
set-asides.
We
have
an
August
15th
deadline
for
requests
there
and
we
have
a
September
15th
deadline
for
full
applications
there.
This
program
basically
wants
you
to
address
three
broad-based
state
priorities:
either
addressing
economic
competitiveness,
addressing
education
and
Workforce.
Development
issues
are
addressing
safe
and
healthy
Community
issues.
K
On
this
slide.
There
are
some
examples
of
things
that
can
be
done:
demolition
projects
for
basically
white
elephant
buildings
that
are
owned
by
a
public
entity,
downtown
streetscape
improvements
where
you're
addressing
or
you
have
a
large
amount
of
match.
Where
you
can
match
dollar
for
dollar
the
Improvement
that
you're
doing
libraries
y'all
have
done
the
library
project,
the
Saint
Helen,
the
library
is
a
result
of
in
part,
cdbg
funding,
publicly
owned
facilities
that
are
addressing
a
low
to
moderate
income
clientele.
So
this
could
be
senior
centers.
K
It
could
be
at-risk
youth
programs.
That
kind
of
thing
where
you
have
a
publicly
owned
facility,
that's
offering
some
educational
opportunities,
health
clinics
and
low
to
moderate
income
areas,
and
we
also
do
even
in
this
some
equipment.
We
can
do
fire
trucks
and
EMS
Vehicles
as
well
if
they
serve
a
low
to
moderate
income
area.
Primarily,
the
maximum
funding
in
this
program
is
seven
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars
with
downtown
streetscape
improvements.
I
believe
that
that
can
go
up
a
little
bit
above
that
under
certain
conditions
as
well.
K
The
third
set
aside
on
this
page
that
we're
going
to
talk
about
is
what
used
to
be
special
projects.
Now
it's
called
local
priorities.
It
still
has
the
same
file
request
and
full
application
deadlines
of
mid-august
to
mid-september,
and
basically
the
primary
things
that
we're
looking
for.
There
are
projects
that
address
Economic.
Development
concerns
public
hate,
health
and
safety
and
quality
of
life
concerns,
and
then
the
new
buzzword
throughout
this
program
statement
is
addressing
resiliency
and
narrowing
the
digital
divide.
No
one
has
exactly
explained
to
us
yet
how
they
envisioned
that.
K
Then
our
other
set
of
sides
that
we
have
are
neighborhood
revitalization
again.
This
is
a
fall
ground
competitive
set
aside.
This
is
where
we
look
at
a
neighborhood
that
is
close
to
a
commercial
center.
We
have
basically
a
mini,
comprehensive
planning
effort.
That's
done
either
through
studies
that
you
already
have
if
they're
available
or
we
go
out-
and
we
do
that
and
we
try
to
address
multiple
activities
within
a
neighborhood,
so
we
may
be
doing
water
or
sewer
or
drainage.
K
K
That
is
an
increase
from
what
we've
seen
in
years
past,
mainly
because
of
the
fact
that
a
lot
of
these
projects
that
we've
done
in
the
past
that
will
have
a
water
sewer
component
that
is
extremely
expensive,
which
minimizes
what
we
can
do
as
far
as
additional
activity.
So
they've
allowed
us
to
increase
that
to
750
000.
E
O
K
You
can
apply
for
up
to
five
hundred
thousand
dollars,
but
they
do
allow
for
waivers,
and
you
can
apply
for
anything
that
you
could
potentially
do
in
community
infrastructure
or
in
community
enrichment.
The
key
here
is
that,
within
60
days
days
of
a
grand
award
that
you
were
shovel
ready
to
bid
a
project,
so
you
have
to
have
all
your
due
diligence
done,
your
environmental
reviews.
K
If
you
need
to
acquire
property,
you
need
to
go
on
and
get
that
done
any
of
those
things
basically,
but
for
the
check
when
you
apply,
you
could
start
this
project.
There
is
no
deadline
for
us
to
apply.
Basically,
we
put
a
request
in
and
you
have
30
days
to
get
an
application
in
and
that's
all
there
is
to
that
again.
There's
a
reminder
here
of
what
our
national
objectives
are
on
this
page
and
then
our
final
two
larger
programs
are
broader,
addressing
programs
or
economic
or.
K
Development
program,
where
there's
two
million
dollars
that
set
aside
for
this,
this
is
to
basically
provide
public
infrastructure
to
companies
that
are
locating
in
are
expanding
in
the
county.
Your
company
owners
have
to
provide
job
creation,
commitments
and
monetary
commitments
as
to
what
they're
doing
by
way
of
expansion,
they
have
to
provide
a
performance
or
sign
a
performance
agreement.
If
we
get
funding
for
this
money
or
for
this,
these
projects,
and
typically
those
projects
range
in
the
neighborhood
of
five
to
six
hundred
thousand
dollars.
K
Those
jobs
that
they're
committing
have
to
be
jobs
that
are
considered
LMI
qualifying
jobs,
which
basically
means
you
can
do
it
with
a
high
school
education
and
less
than
a
Year's
experience.
So
these
are
not
necessarily
your
highest
high-end
jobs.
That's
not
to
say
that
some
of
the
jobs
created
couldn't
be
that,
but
51
percent
have
to
go
to
people
who
can
do
it
after
they
graduate
from
high
school,
basically
with
on
the
job
training
and
then
there's
no
deadline
on
this
program
either.
K
It's
the
same
kind
of
setup
that
you
have
with
the
ready
to
go
set
aside,
you
put
in
an
application
request.
You
have
30
days
to
get
the
application
in.
Typically,
these
projects
come
out
of
your
Economic
Development
arm.
So
any
of
your
work
with
Southern
Carolina
Alliance
potentially
could
result
in
some
of
these
projects,
or
it
could
be
a
Commerce
driven
project
through
the
state
as
well.
K
The
remaining
money
in
that
19.7
million
dollars
goes
to
Regional
planning
and
to
State
technical
assistance
and
administration.
The
regional
planning
program
that
is
five
hundred
thousand
dollars,
that
is
split
among
the
10
planning
councils,
of
which
Low
Country
Council
of
governments,
is
one
which
allows
us
to
be
able
to
come
out
and
do
these
public
hearings
to
meet
with
your
staff.
K
When
you
have
projects
that
you
want
to
develop
and
for
us
to
arrange
for
meetings
with
Commerce
to
do
the
same,
also,
since
most
of
this
money
is
competitive,
there
are
extra
competitive
points
under
the
competitive
program.
If
your
projects
are
located
in
an
opportunity
Zone,
there
are
also
performance
thresholds,
I.
Think
right
now,
Beaufort
County
has
two
projects
that
technically,
as
of
the
grant
deadline,
will
be
under
a
30-month
Grant
period.
K
So,
theoretically,
you
could
do
something
in
Spring,
but
if
you
don't
do
anything
in
Spring
and
your
oldest
project
doesn't
close
by
Fall,
then
you
won't
be
doing
anything
after
that.
Unless
it's
an
economic
development
project
other
performance
threshold
requirements,
you
can
only
have
one
neighborhood
project
of
which
the
county
has
none.
You
can
only
have
one
ready
to
go
project
of
which
the
county
has
none,
and
you
can
do
no
more
than
one
project
in
the
same
neighborhood
and
right
now.
K
The
last
three
slides
here
that
I'm
not
going
to
go
over
a
whole
lot
are
just
to
run
down
of
the
Low
Country
Regional
Housing
Consortium,
which
Low
Country
Council
of
governments
manages.
We
have
all
four
counties
and
all
of
our
municipalities
now
participate
in
that
home
program.
Primarily,
we
are
addressing
three
objectives.
There
we
look
at
substandard
housing
Rehabilitation.
We
look
at
increasing
accessibility
to
adequate
and
affordable
housing
and
we
look
at
supporting
development
and
the
availability
of
safe,
decent
and
affordable
housing.
A
F
K
But
we
do
plan
to
have
a
project
development
meeting
of
some
sort,
whether
it's
held
at
the
Cog
or
whether
we
can
get
someone's
time
for
more
than
a
day
where
we
can
come
out,
maybe
for
half
a
day
to
Beaver,
County
half
a
day
to
call
in
and
then
half
a
day
to
Jasper
and
half
a
day
to
Hampton,
like
that.
We
do
plan
to
do
that.
So,
but
that's
probably
is
something
that
could
be
discussed.
E
K
Is
for
any
project
in
the
state
that
actually
is
either
located
in
the
opportunity
zone
or
I?
Think
if
you
can
make
the
argument
that
will
benefit,
maybe
if
it's
not
the
opportunity
Zone,
but
it
could
benefit
someone
or
groups
that
are
in
the
opportunity
zones
that
you
can
get
that
we
basically
now
with
all
of
our
applications,
have
to
provide
a
map
to
show
where
our
project
is
in
relation
to
an
opportunity
zone.
So
if
it's
in
it,
it
definitely
gets
it.
If
it's
near
it
and
we
can
make
the
argument.
A
O
How
are
we
looking
forward
to
ensuring
that
the
people
that
are
living
in
these
areas
are
getting
jobs
from
these
government
fundings
that
you
are
bringing
Services,
because
over
the
time
it
just
seems
like
you
guys,
are
constantly
providing
services,
but
the
people
who
need
the
job
aren't
getting
these
jobs.
You're
you're,
recruiting
people
to
these
areas
and
you
are
inviting
people
to
come
work
in
our
areas
from
from
Hampton
and
from
I'm,
not
saying
that
these
people
don't
deserve
to
work.
O
We
all
deserve
to
work
but
at
the
same
time
we're
trying
to
keep
our
properties
too,
and
you
guys
are
charging
us
for
water
or
all
these
taxes
you're
placing
on
us
and
when
we
don't
get
jobs,
it's
difficult
for
us
to
pay
taxes.
You
understand
on
our
own
property,
you
see,
and
so
it's
unfair
to
us
that
you're
constantly
putting
this
hardship
on
us
and
failing
to
give
us
employment.
I,
don't
know,
I
mean
I.
I!
Guess
I
got
three
minutes.
O
B
A
A
Mr
Lawson
makes
the
motion
Mr
Dawson
makes
the
second
duly
motioned
and
seconded
any
questions
concerns
seeing
none.
This
will
be
approved
without
objection
and
I.
See
no
objections.
We're
now
at
item
number
18
is
where
our
citizens
can
make
final
comments.
Before
we
adjourn.
Is
there
anybody
in
the
audience
who
wishes
to
make
a
comment?
O
That
here
recently,
there
was
a
significant
impact
from
the
weather
that
a
lot
of
people
in
our
community
experience
problems
with
their
water
as
a
matter
of
fact
I'm
here,
because
I
have
a
660
dollars
water
bill
all
because
somehow
another
where
I
would
not
know
anything
that
the
water
was
broken
underground.
If
you
all
want
to
take
a
look,
I
did
brought
pictures
with
you.
The
water
line
broken
under.
E
O
So
I
want
to
understand
because
that
water
had
you
know,
I
didn't
buy
now
until
later,
but
my
foot,
you
can
see
where
my
footprint
went
down
in
the
ground,
not
knowing
what
was
going
on
until
I
got
this
built
from
water
and
that's
when
I
went
over
there
to
check
you
know
to
see
what
was
going
on.
I
got
this
letter
from
the
from
the
water
department
about
a
possible
leak
in
the
area.
Well,
my
sister
had
problems
too
so
I
didn't
know.
Who
was
the
problem?
O
You
understand
because
I
couldn't
see
nothing
I
didn't
know
nothing,
but
it
wasn't
until
a
few
days
later
that
here
it
is
I
got
a
letter
from
them.
I
said
wow.
Let
me
go
check
again
and
water
is
on
the
ground
at
this
point
you
see
and
so
that
water
never
came
through
my
house
and
I'm
trying
to
figure
out.
Why
is
it
that
you
guys
are
writing
policies
that
require
us
to
only
get
assistance
from.