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From YouTube: City Council Virtual Stream Meeting April 13, 2020
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City of Aiken
City Council Meeting Virtual Stream
April 13, 2020
00:09 CALL TO ORDER
00:14 INVOCATION AND PLEDGE TO THE FLAG
01:36 GUIDELINES
02:55 ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS TO THE AGENDA
I. MINUTES:
03:31 (1) Consideration of the Minutes of the Regular Meeting of March 23, 2020
and the Special Meeting of April 3, 2020.
II. PRESENTATIONS:
04:05 (1) Proclamation Proclaiming April as Fair Housing Month.
III. OLD BUSINESS: Further Consideration of:
07:13 (1) Approval of Appointments and Discussion of Appointees to Various City
Boards, Commissions and Committees.
09:37 (2) Second Reading and Public Hearing of an Ordinance to Approve a
Concept Plan for Six Townhomes on Grier Court.
AN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE THE CONCEPT PLAN FOR
PROPERTY LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF TOWN CREEK
ROAD AND GRIER COURT.
13:16 (3) Second Reading and Public Hearing of an Ordinance to Annex 875 and
857 Lincoln Avenue and Zone them Residential Single-Family (RS-8).
AN ORDINANCE TO ANNEX TWO PROPERTIES TO THE CITY OF
AIKEN.
IV. NEW BUSINESS: Consideration of:
None
V. PETITIONS AND REQUESTS:
15:25 (1) Approval of Bid for Sandhurst Estates Berrie Road Sanitary Sewer
Improvements.
VI. INFORMATION
17:27 (a) Issues and Updates.
(b) Engineering & Utilities Report for March, 2020.
25:24 VII. ADJOURNMENT
B
C
Pray
Heavenly
Father.
We
pause
and
give
you
thanks
for
all
the
good
things
that
you
do
in
our
lives.
We
pray,
especially
for
our
city,
that
we
serve
the
play,
pray
for
all
the
people
for
all
the
businesses
grant
us
your
wisdom
to
do
your
work
within
this
meeting
to
help
everyone
get
through
these
times,
and
we
know
that
it
is
through
you
that
we'll
be
able
to
accomplish
all
these
good
things
which,
in
Christ's
name,
we
pray.
B
Means
or
public
forms
in
which
many
opinions
are
expressed
and
all
communication,
whether
delivered
in
person
or
asinine
by
email,
is
expected
to
be
courteous
and
respectful
lauren
during
the
public
hearing
portion
of
each
item
on
the
city
on
the
city
council's
agenda
tonight.
Are
you
participate
by
email?
Public
comment?
No
ask
city
of
Aitkin
SC.
B
We
ask
comments
submitted
include
both
the
participants
name
and
physical
address
in
order
to
assure
each
person
who'd
like
to
submit
the
comment
has
opportunity
for
him.
Yes,
that's
many.
This
does
considered
by
counsel
at
that
time
recognize
one
submission
from
each
individual
who
convey
information
and
thoughts.
My
specificity,
Orkin,
someone
from
the
city,
baking
assistant,
city
manager,
miss
add
me
reads
comments
into
our
records
tonight
and
we
appreciate
your
observation
of
that.
B
D
A
B
B
E
B
F
And
whereas,
through
the
years
we
have
made
great
strides
in
opening
housing
markets,
giving
all
Americans
and
equal
opportunity
to
live
wherever
they
choose
and
whereas
housing
discrimination,
although
less
obvious
and
pervasive
than
in
years
past,
still
exists.
And
whereas
the
city
of
Aitkin,
as
well
as
the
Aiken
Board
of
Realtors,
are
committed
to
highlight
the
fair
housing
law.
F
Title
8
of
the
Civil
Rights
Act
of
1968,
by
continuing
to
address
discrimination
in
our
community
to
support
programs
that
will
educate
the
public
about
the
right
to
equal
housing
opportunities
and
to
plan
partnership
efforts
with
other
organizations
to
help
assure
every
American
of
their
right
to
fair
housing.
Now,
therefore,
Rick
husband
mayor
and
the
council
of
the
city
of
Aiken
South
Carolina,
do
hereby
designate
April
as
fair
housing
month
in
Aiken,
and
ask
that
all
citizens
support
this
law
to
ensure
fair
housing
for
everyone
signed
by
our
mayor,
Rick
and
husband,
Thank.
B
B
You,
for
that,
is
there
anyone
who
would
second
that?
Okay,
thank
you,
mister,
all
those
in
favor
of
the
proclamation.
Please
raise
your
hand
and
that's
unanimous.
Thank
you.
We
will
make
sure
ordinarily
we
would
have,
but
we
will
make
sure
that
it
gets
in
the
appropriate
place
and
we
get
it
acknowledged,
as
it
should
be
very
good.
Thank
you
for
that.
Thank
You,
Councilwoman
Diggs,
welcome.
B
B
G
Evening,
mayor
and
council
council,
as
the
consideration
for
three
appointments
tonight,
dr.
melinda
johnson
to
the
arts
commission
for
a
term
that
we
expire
April
11th
2022-
is
the
appointment,
the
reappointment
of
Angela
key
to
the
accommodation
tax,
complete
for
a
term
that
would
expire,
March,
25th
2022
and
the
reappointment
of
Brenda
Holloman
to
the
senior
Commission
for
a
term
that
would
expire,
March,
14th
2022.
All
reappointments
are
before
you
before.
You
have
been
recommended
by
Councilwoman
Christ,
very.
B
D
B
F
B
B
Okay,
very
good.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Move
down
old
business
item
number
two.
This
is
a
second
reading
and
public
hearing
of
an
ordinance
to
approve
a
concept
plan
for
six
townhomes
on
Grier
Court
by
title:
an
ordinance
to
approve
the
concept
plan
for
property
located
at
the
intersection
of
Town,
Creek,
Road
and
grier
Court.
Is
there
a
motion
so
moved.
A
G
You
did
you
have
this
request
from
the
applicants
for
approval
of
a
concept
plan
family
attached,
townhome
units
on
approximately
seventy
nine
hundredths
of
an
acre
on
Grier
Court.
Look
it
offered
Town
Creek
Road.
They
would
be
in
addition
to
the
90
units
previously
approved
as
part
of
this
office
and
residential
development
Town
Creek
Road.
G
G
B
A
B
A
B
A
B
B
D
G
So
we
reached
out
to
the
for
property
owners
and
have
given
them
why
22nd
22
decide
whether
they
would
like
to
be
annexed
into
the
city
and
after
that
date,
if
no
agreement
is
executed,
those
that
are
not
in
the
city
by
them
will
begin
being
charged
out
of
the
city
utility
rates
and
will
no
longer
have
city
solid
waste
service.
The
residents
at
8:57,
Lincoln,
Avenue
and
875
Lincoln
have
both
requested
that
their
properties
be
a
next
and
zone
residential
single-family
RSA,
and
it
is
before
you
tonight
for
second
and
final
reading.
G
B
B
Okay
hearing,
none
all
those
in
favor
of
second
reading,
of
the
ordinance
to
annex
a
75
and
857
Lincoln
and
rs8
to
in
it
to
properties
into
the
city
of
Aitkin.
Please
raise
your
hand
and
that
she'd
Animus
think
we
have
no
new
business,
but
we
do
have
something
under
petitions
and
requests,
which
is
an
approval
of
a
bid
for
santos
estates.
Barry
Road
sanitary
sewer
improvements
looks
like
a
ask
our
city
manager
to
give
us
super
project.
I.
A
B
G
You
we
do
have
this
project
before
you.
It
is
a
round
three
capital
project
sales
tax
now
was
collected
through
April
30th
2019,
so
the
money
is
on
hand
and
the
bids
the
low
bid
lowest
responsible
bidder
came
in
under
the
budget.
We
have
project
bikes,
grinder
pump
with
station
in
about
five
hundred
and
seventy
feet
of
new
force,
main
piping
in
a
new
manhole
along
service
lines
to
the
residence
on
Barry
Road
and
will
take
about
60
days
to
complete,
and
it
is
before
you
tonight
or
approval
to
then
or
with
the
project.
A
B
G
I
do
want
to
reiterate
I
guess
it
was
may
not
have
been
on
watching
the
Planning
Commission
will
take
place
fully
assume
it
will
not
be
occurring
in
the
and
again
we
will
have
a
budget
work
session
at
our
next
meeting.
We
believe
we
will
continue
to
be
at
that
meeting
as
well,
but
at
that
time
we
will
begin
looking
at
revenues
and
some
of
the
budgeted
expenditures
for
the
new
fiscal
year.
2020
2021
and.
B
A
B
A
A
G
Sir
I
do
have
one
final
announcement:
we
since
the
governor,
shut
down
or
or
had
non-essential
business
closed
and
that
guidelines
for
essential
businesses,
our
public
safety
and
code
enforcement,
I
want
to
state
for
the
record
and
I
guess
for
the
for
the
audience
that
been
going
out,
monitoring
both
follow-up
and
answering
any
complaints
and
I.
Think
today
and
the
Chiefs
just
a
few
more
than
six
feet
away
from
me.
He
can
bear
my
compliance
over
the
last
few
days,
so
we
appreciate
the
businesses
doing
their
best
to
comply
with
these
guidelines.
B
G
We
have
had
several
business
I
believe
that
they
have
an
essential
service,
because
if
your
non-essential,
you
cannot
be
open
for
customers,
you
can
have
curbside
and
delivery,
but
certainly
businesses
would
rather
be
have
traditional
hours
and
they
can
contact
the
State
Department
of
Commerce,
and
we
had
a
business
just
today
receive
a
letter
stating
that
we
believe
they
were
non-essential.
But
the
Department
of
Commerce
has
clarified
and
said
they
are
essential
based
on
some
of
the
goods
and
materials
they
have
for
retail
sale,
very
good.
So.
G
We
did
we
that
is
correct,
Councilwoman
price
we
had
had
to
send
several
public
safety
officers
to
quarantine
due
to
three
of
them
had
direct
contact
with
a
suspect
that
we
were
unsure
if
they
had
the
virus
and
one
had
direct
contact
with
one
of
the
other
officers.
So
once
the
suspect
was
cleared,
everyone
was
out
of
squirty
and
we
did.
We
have
had
some
other
non
public
safety
officers,
a
one,
an
individual
that
had
to
quarantine
for
over
14
days
or
14
days
plus,
and
that's
we
to
date,
we've
been
fortunate.
G
One
thing
we
are
doing:
I
want
the
public
as
well
as
council,
to
know
to
protect
our
employees
in
ourselves
as
anytime.
A
city
employee
goes
into
a
city
building
they
have
to
sign
in
and
that
way
should
someone
suspected
of
having
the
virus.
We
have
a
paper
trail
and
can
notify
and
trace
where
they've
been
at
least
on
city
property,
to
notify
other
employees
that
you
know
John
or
Jane
Doe
has
been
in
and
suspected
of,
maybe
having
coronavirus,
so
they
can
be
aware
and
we
could
find
out
who
they've
had
contact
with.
G
We
were
fortunate
compared
to
some
of
our
neighbors,
but
we
did
have
some
several
downed
trees,
mostly
in
the
Dibble
Road
heyn
heyn
Avenue
area.
There
was
a
several
count:
utility
poles
were
down
in
the
county,
Hills
area,
one
started
a
small
fire
that
was
quickly
extinguished
by
Public
Safety
and
compared
to
some
of
our
neighbors
and
other
parts
of
the
state.
We
were
extremely
fortunate.
A
F
F
F
B
Before
we
adjourn,
we
do
just
want
to
say
thank
you
to
our
health
care
providers
to
our
and
mercs
and
stalkers,
and
our
grocery
stores
and
all
of
our
essential
pharmacists
and
generally
we'll
hold
them
in
our
thoughts
and
our
prayers
moving
forward,
and
so
we're
pleased
convey
to
our
they're
doing
a
great
job.
And
we
appreciate
yes,
your
efforts
to
keep
our
city
on
a
normal
and
in
an
unusual
time
to
keep
operation
as
it
is.
So
we
appreciate
all
that
you're
doing
in
the
staff.
Please
convey
that
I.