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City of Charleston Council Meeting - March 13,2018
A
C
Mayor
members
of
council,
my
pleasure
to
introduce
sister
Vienna
Joseph,
who
is
a
member
of
the
hospital
or
Sisters
of
Mercy,
to
give
her
an
invocation
tonight
and
recognition
of
Women's
History
Month
sister
is
from
India.
She
has
been
in
Charleston
since
August
of
2016
and
she's
ministering
at
the
for
the
residence
at
Khartoum,
a
home
which
is
located
in
my
district
and
this
a
brief
introduction.
The
Sisters
of
Mercy
was
founded
in
in
Rome
in
1920,
announce
our
1821
and
besides
the
regular
vows
of
poverty,
chastity
and
obedience,
like
all
other
religious
congregations.
C
These
Sisters
of
Mercy
take
a
special
vow
of
serving
in
hospitals
and
other
social
medical
activities.
They
call
it
the
Val
of
hospitality,
all
of
their
formation
in
the
Apostolic
works
are
directed
to
one
aim:
caring
for
the
sick.
They
were
active
in
throughout
the
world
in
Italy,
the
United
States
India,
the
Philippines
Vietnam
Indochina
in
Vietnam,
said
Vietnam
twice
in
Switzerland
in
Nigeria
and
Poland
over
the
years.
C
The
Sisters
of
Mercy
congregation
has
expanded
its
works
of
mercy
to
respond
to
the
needs
of
many,
including
teaching
caring
for
the
elderly,
family,
Faith,
Formation,
woman,
empowerment
and
ministry
to
street
children.
They
have
three
congregations
in
the
United
States
sister.
Please
lead
us
in
prayer.
D
Eternal
Father
I.
Thank
you
on
behalf
of
each
and
every
one
gathered
here
this
evening
and
give
glory
to
your
name.
Thank
you
for
your
abundant
blessings.
Thank
you
for
the
unconditional
love
and
trust
that
you
have
placed
in
our
lives.
Thank
you
for
allowing
us
to
be
involved
in
useful
work
and
for
the
honor
of
serving
others.
D
D
We
pray
for
our
mayor
John,
taken
birth
for
all
our
city
officials
and,
in
particular,
for
this
assembled
Council,
Almighty
God.
We
ask
you
with
child
childlike
freedom,
to
graciously
bless
them
with
wisdom
and
prudence
to
govern
amid
the
conflicting
interest
and
issues
of
our
time.
A
sense
of
the
welfare
and
true
needs
of
our
people,
a
sincere
test
for
justice
and
rightness
confidence
in
what
is
good
and
appropriate,
and
the
ability
to
work
together
in
harmony
even
when
facing
real
challenges.
D
B
Thank
you,
sister
Joseph.
God
bless
you
for
your
service
to
others,
god
bless
so
just
that
one
announcement
first
and
I
think
some
of
our
guests
today
and
visitors.
Thank
you
for
being
with
us
might
be
your
first
time
at
City,
Council
Chambers,
just
in
case
the
unlikely
event
that
we
had
to
vacate
the
premises.
These
are
the
two
main
exit
doors
from
this
chamber
and,
of
course,
you
all
up
on
the
balcony.
Have
just
the
one
door
over
there.
B
There's
a
exit
door
over
here
in
the
room
to
my
right
as
well,
and
we
got
just
don't
use
the
elevator
if
we
had
to
exit
just
used
to
stairs
going
down
and
then
the
one
stair
out
the
front,
but
it's
very
unlikely,
but
just
so
everybody
knows
how
to
get
out
of
here.
If
we
need
to
so
we're
going
to
have
a
presentation
of
an
annual
award
called
the
Harold
kun
award
that
was
named
in
honor
of
a
just
incredible
neighborhood,
volunteer
and
activist
I
knew
mr.
B
Kuhn
briefly
back
in
the
90s,
when
I
used
to
work
for
the
city
before
we
do
that.
I
do
want
to
thank
our
neighborhood
commission
members
for
their
work
this
year
on
reviewing
the
nominations
for
this
award
and
I
want
to
let
everyone
know
we
have
a
new
member
to
the
Neighborhood
Council,
which
is
the
the
DuPont
station.
Neighborhood
coalition
they've
been
approved
for
status
in
our
neighborhood
council,
and
this
is
a
group
of
17,
smaller
neighborhoods
that
came
together
as
one
Neighborhood
Association
and
they're
from
council
district
number
11
councilmember
moody
in
your
district.
B
So
we
now
have
a
hundred
and
thirteen
neighborhood
associations
in
our
neighborhood
council
and
I
got
to
share
with
you
all
that
in
many
ways
this
is
where
the
rubber
meets
the
road.
These
are
the
students
and
citizens
who
really
look
after
the
quality
of
life
and
their
neighborhoods
and
our
they
had
their
eyes
on
and
ears
to
the
ground,
watching
and
looking
at
things
that
are
going
on
and
helping
the
city
proactively
to
make
Charleston
a
better
place
each
and
every
day.
B
B
Okay,
I
was
going
by
the
script
here
said:
district
level,
okay,
so
some
of
those
neighborhoods
also
in
that
council
District,
five,
okay,
gotcha,
thank
you
for
the
correction.
So
if
any
members
of
the
neighborhood
Commission
or
here
and
I'd,
also
like
to
ask
council
member
Gary
white
to
join
me
along
with
well
I'm,
going
to
call
her
name
out
in
a
minute.
So
if
the
arena
and
all
her
family
and
the
folks
from
Daniel
Island
would
come
on
up
behind
me
at
this
time,
that
would
be
terrific.
B
B
B
They
didn't
have
one
before
that
time:
Karina
studied
safety
protocols
for
improvements
around
school
facilities,
with
the
help
of
our
traffic
and
transportation
and
police
departments,
and
led
to
enhance
safety
and
crosswalks,
and
a
reduction
of
accidents
on
Daniel
Island
Karina
also
created
the
around
the
world
in
80
minutes
event,
which
included
a
passport
game,
facilitating
experiences
and
interactions
with
various
countries
and
cultures.
All
funds
raised
benefited
camp,
Happy,
Days
and
2015.
B
She
helped
organize
the
collection
effort
for
those
struggling
in
the
aftermath
of
statewide
flash
flooding
and
led
residents
in
coordination
with
the
Catholic
Church
of
st.
Clare
of
Assisi
relief
effort
following
Hurricane
Matthew
Karina
launched
change
for
Haiti
to
raise
money
for
water,
Missions,
International
or
efforts
resulted
in
tens
of
thousands
of
dollars
raised
and
later
matched
by
Daniel,
Island
Community
Fund
for
a
total
of
twenty
thousand
dollars.
These
are
only
a
fraction
of
the
contributions.
Karina
is
made
for
the
good
of
our
community.
So
tonight,
I
am
proud
to
award
her.
E
Well,
firstly,
thank
you.
I'll
keep
this
short
and
sweet,
but
I'm
very
humbled
and
surprised
by
this
amazing
recognition
and
award
I.
Thank
those
that
thought
to
nominate
me
and
again
I'm
humbled.
They
thought
that
I
would
be
worthy
and
I'm
even
more
humbled
by
the
fact
that
Commission
felt
that
I
was
a
worthy
winner
and
while
I
very
much
appreciate
all
the
kind
words
I
would
like
to
point
out
that
I
live
in
a
amazing
neighborhood
of
people
that
have
huge
hearts
and
very
often
when
a
need
is
found.
E
Disaster
strikes,
I
live
in
a
community
where
people
just
naturally
want
to
help,
and
so,
while
I'm
very
flattered
by
the
recognition,
I
feel
that
really
all
I
did
was
put
a
little
bit
of
planning
together
and
gave
my
community
and
Avenue
to
help
and
just
gave
them
a
little
momentum.
So
all
the
achievements
that
have
been
listed
are
not
achievements
of
myself
alone.
They
are
the
achievements
of
the
Daniel
Ireland
community.
E
E
So
without
their
storage,
encouragement,
I'm
certain
that
none
of
the
items
listed
would
have
been
achieved
and
I,
of
course,
have
to
thank
my
family
and
my
husband
I'm
sure
there
are
times
where
in
he
shakes
his
head
and
thinks.
Oh
here
she
goes
again,
but,
as
I
tell
my
children
on
a
very
regular
basis,
you
should
never
underestimate
the
value
of
a
single
act
of
kindness
and
while
one
person
can't
change
the
world,
a
simple
act
of
kindness
can
change
the
world
for
one
person,
and
so
with
that
I
I.
E
B
Oakarina
York,
your
heart
of
service
just
shines
right
through
and
I'm
sure
that
you
don't
just
do
a
single
act
of
kindness
every
day,
but
many
many
acts
of
kindness.
So
thank
you
again.
That's
really
really
terrific
all
right!
So
next,
if,
if
Helen,
Johnson,
Richards,
Elaine,
Johnson,
Jones
and
camped
and
Taylor's
garden
would
join
me
up
on
the
podium
next
I
would
greatly
appreciate
it.
B
So
the
reason
I've
asked
Helen
and
Elaine
and
and
Taylor
to
join
me
is
that
Charleston
has
the
most
remarkable
opportunity
to
host
the
commissioning
of
the
USS
Ralph
Johnson
in
just
two
weeks,
coming
to
honor,
truly
one
of
our
most
famous
and
brave
citizens
and
I
have
a
proclamation
to
present
to
Helen
and
Elaine
members
of
the
family
in
captain
Taylor's
garden
has
been
the
head
of
the
local
committee.
That's
been
organizing
this
event
for
community
for
this
year
and
y'all.
B
It's
going
to
be
it's
going
to
be
terrific
at
the
end
of
this
month.
But
let
me
read
this
proclamation
if
I
may
in
full
to
honor
Ralph
Henry
Johnson,
whereas
private
first
class
Ralph
Henry
Johnson
was
born
on
January
11th
1949
in
Charleston
South
Carolina.
He
attended
Courtney
elementary
school
and
Simonton
junior
high
school
in
Charleston,
and
whereas
on
March
23rd,
1967,
private
first
class
Ralph
Henry
Johnson
enlisted
in
the
United
States
Marine
Corps
Reserve
in
Oakland
California
on
July
2nd.
B
He
was
discharged
to
enlist
in
the
regular
Marine
Corps,
whereas
upon
completion
of
the
recruit
training
with
the
first
recruit
training
battalion
Ralph
Henry
Johnson
was
transferred
Camp
Pendleton
California
in
September
67.
He
underwent
individual
combat
training
with
company
Y
3rd
battalion,
2nd
Infantry,
Regiment
and
basic
infantry
training
with
the
basic
infantry
training
company.
Second
interest
infantry,
completing
basic
training
in
November
of
1967
on
November,
1st
Ralph
Henry
Johnson
was
promoted
to
private
first
class
and
in
January
1968.
B
He
arrived
in
the
Republic
of
Vietnam
and
served
as
a
reconnaissance
scout
with
company
a
1st
reconnaissance
battalion
1st
Marine
Division,
all
March
the
5th
in
1968
Ralph
Henry
Johnson
was
on
a
four-day
operation
by
the
battalion
7th
Marines
in
Arizona
territory.
When
his
15
man,
reconnaissance
patrol,
was
attacked
by
a
platoon
sized
enemy
force
on
Hill
146
in
the
Quang
Duc
Valley
and
when
a
hand
grenade
landed
in
the
fighting
hole.
B
B
We
recognized
private
first
class
Ralph
Henry
Johnson
for
his
heroic
actions,
including
through
his
receipt
of
a
posthumous
award
of
the
United
States
highest
military
decoration,
the
Medal
of
Honor
through
the
naming
of
the
Ralph
Henry
Johnson
VA
Medical
Center
here
in
Charleston
and
through
the
commissioning
of
the
USS
Ralph
Johnson,
a
new
arleigh
burke-class
guided-missile
destroyer
with
air
and
ballistic
missile
defense
capabilities
and
long-range
surface
to
strike
capability.
Now,
therefore,
I
John,
J,
Declan
burg,
mayor
the
city
of
Charleston,
do
hereby
proclaim
Saturday
March,
24
2018.
B
F
G
Of
course,
we're
not
prepared
to
say
anything,
but
we
are.
This
has
been
a
very
special
thing
for
me
over
the
last
year
to
get
to
know
the
family,
the
Johnson
family.
The
other
neat
thing
is
we're
getting
ready
to
do
this
commissioning
ceremony.
In
two
weeks
we
have
room
for
5,000
people
on
the
pier
we're
limited
by
pier
space,
but
about
7,000
people
have
asked
for
tickets
and
are
probably
gonna
get
them.
So
if
you
are
coming
be
prepared
to
sit
close
together,
we're
gonna
be
that
day
we're
gonna
be
a
little
country.
G
We
sit
together,
nice
and
nice
closeness.
We
have
Charleston
Flair,
that's
going
to
be
on
it,
but
the
most
rewarding
thing
for
me
that
I
have
seen
is
how
this
community
has
come
together
to
support
this
thing.
I
get
letters
get
emails
every
day
we
get
contributions,
it's
just
a
wonderful
thing
that
that
the
city
has
done
and
is
pulled
together.
One
thing
I
would
like
to
mention
is
we?
You
know
you
heard
Helen
talk,
Ralph's
changed
people's
lives
and
what
we
have
done
is
we
wanted
to
continue
that
legacy
to
remember
Ralph.
G
So
he's
not
just
known
as
a
kid
who
jumped
on
a
grenade
or
the
VA
Medical
Center's
named
after
him.
We
want
to
be
able
to
remember
him
every
year
and
the
best
way
to
do
that
we
have
felt
is
to
start
a
scholarship
in
his
name
and
that's
now
been
established
and
we're
gonna.
Let
it
grow
and
we're
gonna
keep
that
hopefully
turned
that
into
a
full
scholarship,
but
it's
going
to
take
a
little
bit
of
time
and
effort,
but
we're
gonna
get
there,
but
I
do
just
want
to
say.
G
B
All
right,
so
so
next
we
have
no
public
hearings.
Tonight
we
do
have
our
minutes
from
February
13th
and
February
26
Oh
26
aren't
ready
yet
so
we're
going
to
defer
those.
We
have
the
minutes
available
that
got
sent
out
for
February
13
booking.
We
have
a
motion
to
approve
any
additions,
Corrections
hearing,
none
all
in
favor,
say
aye
aye
any
opposed
the
eyes
have
it.
B
B
So
we
have
20
feet.
Five
people
signed
up
for
a
30
minute
period,
so
everyone
that
we
call
out
will
get
one
minute
to
speak
and
with
the
forbearance
of
council,
if
I
may,
because
I
I
sense,
I've
heard
that
a
lot
of
folks
are
here
to
comment
on
the
parking
matters
in
our
city,
about
our
meter
charges
and
about
such
things.
I
would
like
to
just
share
a
few
comments
about
that,
and
maybe
ask
our
director
of
our
Committee
on
traffic
and
transportation.
B
Also
make
a
few
comments,
because
we're
not
taking
any
action
on
this
matter
tonight
we're,
and
we
welcome
you
and
glad
to
hear
your
comments
so
glad
you're
with
us,
but
I
do
want
to
share
that.
This
matter
came
before
council
late
last
year
and
it's
been
an
idea.
That's
been
brewing
for
many
years,
because
the
city
before
I
became
mayor
had
a
fella
come
down
here
in
2014
named
Gabe
Klein,
and
he
did
a
peninsula
mobility
report.
B
The
city
has
been
working
very
hard
with
the
idea
that
we're
going
to
make
this
change
to
provide
other
opportunities,
particularly
for
employees,
to
be
able
to
reasonably
part-
and
you
know,
particularly
in
the
restaurant
business
I-
must
say
on
King
Street,
our
main
central
business
district.
For
years
those
properties
were
already
existing
and
restaurants
put
in
place,
and
they
got
a
lot
of
variances
from
the
city
over
the
years
about
you
know
about
their
parking.
B
If
you
built
a
new
building
today,
a
hotel
or
any
office
building
or
anything,
you
would
have
to
provide
a
parking
space
for
all
of
your
employees.
You
know,
and
so
over
time
with
all
these
variances
that
were
given
a
lot
of
business
owners
really
in
a
way
got
a
free
ticket.
You
know
of
not
having
to
provide
their
employees
parking
so
that
that
was
a
factor
of
how
we
got
to
where
we
got,
but
anyway
got
to
where
we
are.
B
But
the
city
has
provided
four
parking
garages
where,
after
three
o'clock,
you
can
park
for
the
rest
of
the
day
for
seven
hours
and
after
five
o'clock
to
park
the
rest
of
the
day
for
five
dollars.
So
if
you
think
about,
if
you're
out
there
plugging
a
meter-
and
you
shouldn't
really
stay
at
a
meter
for
over
two
hours
according
to
our
rules.
But
if
you
were
plugging
the
meter
so
to
speak,
you
know
and
then
every
now
and
again
you
got
the
ticket.
B
So
it
really
might
make
economic
sense
to
pay
two
five
dollars
and
be
there
in
a
garage
and
you
won't
get
a
ticket.
But
the
other
option
we
come
up
with
that
very
excited
about
is
to
have
a
park-and-ride
lot
and
we
feel
like
this
is
really
important
for
the
future
of
our
city
developed
numerous
Park
and
Ride
facilities
where
people
can
park
off
the
peninsula
and
for
five
dollars
take
a
shuttle
to
go
down
to
where
they
work.
So
that's
a
little
summary,
but
this
was
all
really
came
from
our
traffic
and
transportation
committee.
B
H
Thanks
mr.
mayor
and
everyone
here,
I
know
lots
of
you
it's
an
interest.
It's
been
an
interesting
conundrum
for
us
in
the
city.
Ever
since
long
before,
I
got
elected
to
council,
which
is
now
nine
years
ago.
The
whole
idea
of
management
of
parking
in
downtown
Charleston,
given
the
limited
space
that
we
have
and
whenever
we
have
a
parking
discussion.
The
first
thing
anybody
ever
says
is
build
more
parking
garages.
We're
not
gonna,
probably
be
doing
that
any
time
in
the
near
future.
H
H
Let
you
know
that
there
was
never
time
in
my
committee
in
any
committee,
sit
around
this
table
at
any
council
member
that
we
were
targeting
anything
other
than
trying
to
make
sure
we
manage
the
space
we
have
in
the
city
as
well
as
we
possibly
could
just
a
couple
of
facts
and
figures
for
everyone
sitting
here
that
you
may
not
know
in
the
city
of
Charleston.
Right
now,
there's
about
7,000
hospitality
workers
in
place.
H
Lest,
however,
many
of
you
are
in
here
tonight,
so
7,000
whew
7,000,
we
have
in
the
entire
city-
and
this
goes
to
MUSC
all
over
the
peninsula.
Well
out
of
the
main
corridor
of
where
we
find
the
restaurants
and
hotels
we
have
1700
and
three
parking
meters.
That's
how
many
we've
got
four
seven
thousand.
That's
just
hospitality
workers
in
the
main
part
of
the
city
in
the
core
of
the
city.
There
are
about
350
parking
meters
350,
so
the
model
of
looking
for
a
parking
space
on
the
street.
H
If
you
can
find
one-
and
you
can
find
time
to
get
out
and
put
money
in,
the
meter
works
for
about
three
percent
of
the
people
who
are
currently
in
place,
and
that's
just
the
hospitality
industry
recognizing
that
metered
parking
is
transient
parking
and
really
those
numbers
shrink
down
a
whole
bunch
because
of
your
feeding,
a
meter
which
we
encourage.
You,
please
don't
do
that.
But
even
if
you
are
it's
not
practical
to
go
from
upper
King
Street
to
Broad
Street
two
feet
of
meter,
that's
gonna!
H
One
is
a
dollar
an
hour
to
park
on
the
street
of
a
city
where
there
are
twenty
thousand
people
live
on
the
peninsula
fifteen
to
twenty
thousand
workers
coming
in
every
day,
and
six
million
tourists
is
an
unsustainable
long-term
model
for
all
of
us
resident
business,
employee,
everybody,
it's
just
unsustainable
model,
so
we
have
to
have
alternatives
and
if
there's
a
gripe
out
there,
that's
legit,
it's
you
need.
We
all
need
more
alternatives.
We
need
better
and
safer
places
to
park.
H
We
need
better
public
transportation
and
we
need
to
cooperate,
get
together
and
move
around
this
peninsula,
not
just
one
person,
one
car,
all
the
time
we
get
that
so
what's
on
tap,
so
you've
got
seventeen
hundred
three
meters.
Four
hundred
in
the
core
of
the
city,
there's
seven
thousand
of
you
working
currently
just
in
the
hospitality
industry,
then
there's
retail
and
everything
else
at
any.
Given
time
probably
right
now,
it's
only
Tuesday,
there's
fifteen
or
twenty
thousand
people
clamoring
on
this
peninsula.
H
Looking
for
a
place
to
park,
the
mayor
mentioned,
our
garages
are
available,
one
of
the
garages,
the
biggest
garage
they
think
we
have,
or
the
second-biggest
garage
we
have
is
the
visitor
center
garage
after
three
o'clock
you
can
get
into
that
garage
for
seven
bucks
after
five
o'clock
can
get
in
for
five
dollars.
I've
been
in
there
it's
right
by
the
law.
School
you'll
know
where
it
is
every
night
there
are
spaces
available
for
$5
in
their
avail
yourself
of
it.
It's
close.
H
It's
safe,
especially
the
Green
Street
King
Street
corridor,
Park
&
Ride
I
am
honored
by
this
council
to
be
a
member
of
Carta
and
to
have
been
a
appointed
chairman
of
Carta.
We
are
working
on
Park,
&
Ride,
it's
not
a
perfect
solution
yet,
but
it's
a
start
we're
going
to
start
the
first
ever
Park
&
Ride
in
the
history
of
this
region.
If
all
goes
perfectly
in
the
next
two
weeks,
if
it
doesn't,
it
will
be
in
the
next
three
weeks
from
more
and
drive
to
downtown.
H
There
will
be
a
shuttle
running
21
hours
a
day,
every
10
to
15
minutes
along
the
meeting
and
King
Street
corridor
turning
abroad
and
coming
back
up,
I've
ridden
it
myself
personally
about
three
times
depending
on
traffic
depending
what
time
of
day
it
is,
it
is
anywhere
between
a
15
and
20
minute.
Look,
that's
what
it
is
means
15
minute
loop
to
get
there
in
the
middle
high
on
King
Street
takes
a
little
longer.
We
are
in
the
process
of
opening
that
lot.
We
thought
we
had
145
spaces
in
configuring,
it
there's
175.
H
We
know,
that's
not
nearly
enough.
Should
the
math
I've
told
you
it's
just
a
fraction,
but
it's
a
start.
Those
buses
will
be
running,
they
will
be
safe.
The
Lots
will
be
operated.
24
hours
a
day
lit
there
will
be
security
on
site
24
hours
a
day.
You
will
not
be
taken
to
a
remote
area
and
left
alone.
That's
not
going
to
happen.
H
We've
already
identified
at
least
one,
if
not
two
places
West
Ashley,
where
we're
gonna
do
Park
and
Ride
your
state.
The
Department
of
Transportation
is
doing
an
entire
Park
and
Ride
study.
We
got
a
call
today
about
all
underneath
the
highways
at
low
line.
All
those
areas
make
making
those
parking
rides
and
places
you
can
park.
So
we
are
cognizant
that
in
a
city
that
has
six
million
tourists
a
year
that
it
needs
peope
people
to
work
in
that
industry
to
support
the
biggest
industry
we've
got
hospitality
drives
us.
We
know
that
it
drives
us.
H
It's
a
labor-intensive
business,
we're
a
small
Peninsula
with
many
many
needs.
I.
Just
hope
that
everyone
in
here
knows
that
we
I
mean
this
week
alone,
have
spent
Tuesday
hundreds
of
hours
collectively
and
thinking
and
working
towards
this.
So
the
meters
are
going
to
two
bucks.
It's
just
by
the
way.
Just
by
way
of
sort
of
comparison,
I
know
people
don't
like
comparisons.
In
Savannah
anyone
been
to
Savannah
lately
in
the
core
of
the
city,
two
bucks
to
park,
New
Orleans
three
dollars
an
hour
on
street
parking,
New
York.
H
So
we
are
not
trying
to
play
catch-up
with
the
Joneses,
but
we
are
trying
to
make
sure
that
we
get
people
parking
in
places,
they're,
safe
and
efficient
for
all
of
the
needs
of
our
industry,
of
our
citizenry
and
of
our
visitors
and
the
the
model
of
sort
of
playing
parking
space
roulette
at
four
o'clock
in
the
afternoon.
Just
isn't
sustainable
a
couple
hundred
people
get
them
every
day.
The
next
six
thousand
eight
hundred
are
scrambling.
So
this
really
talk
is
for
the
6,800
out
there
we're
working
to
help
you
alright.
H
B
Now
we
thanks
for
letting
us
give
you
that
little
preview-
it
might
be
some
information
you
didn't
know
yet,
maybe
maybe
you
did
but
we'll
have
a
public
participation
peer
and
again,
if
you
hadn't
been
here,
we'll
call
your
name,
the
clerk
will
call
the
name.
You
come
forward,
give
us
your
name
and
address,
and
and
I'll
ask
the
audience
together:
no
outbursts
or
big
things
of
applause.
If
a
speaker
would
like
to
ask
the
assembly
here,
how
many
agree
with
him
or
her,
they
want
to
show
show
of
hands
or
something
like
that.
B
I
I
These
are
the
same
people
who
told
us
the
poll
that
the
land
was
contaminated
and
they
put
innocent
people
and
break
their
families
and
put
big
building
to
call
the
traffic
jam
so
they'll
say
one
thing
with
their
mouths,
but
they'll
do
another
thing
altogether.
They
don't
care,
nothing
about
you
all
they
care,
but
is
money
Broad
Street,
the
name
broad
broad
is
a
prostitute
and
a
prostitute
would
do
anything
for
money,
and
this
is
down
here
all
these
big
business
and
lawyers
that
making
all
this
money.
I
J
Mr.
mayor
councilmembers
I
want
to
thank
you
for
tackling
the
issue
of
the
Calhoun
Monument
and
for
undertaking
a
public
discussion
which
I
think
will
probably
be
going
on
for
a
good.
While
some
of
my
friends
tell
me
it's
not
a
good
idea
that
it
is
just
a
symbol
and
it
will
drive
us
apart
and
maybe
they're
right,
we'll
find
out,
but
it
is
just
a
symbol,
but
symbol
is
important
and
it's
a
symbol
of
things
that
are
even
more
important,
fundamental
things
like
housing
and
jobs
and
safety
and
the
way
different.
J
The
different
races
differ
in
that
or
divided
on
that.
So
if
we
can't
talk
about
a
statute
frankly,
which
is
actually
a
piece
of
stone,
if
we
can't
talk
about
that
frankly,
how
are
we
ever
going
to
talk
about
those
more
fundamental
things?
And
so
that's
why
I'm
talking
about
the
Calhoun
statue
may
actually
be
a
an
instrument
of
getting
to
deal
with
problems.
Probably
I'm.
Okay,
I
just
wanted
to
say
one
more
thing
in
one
sentence
and
that's
calhoun
was
mr.
slavery,
like
Babe
Ruth
was
mr.
baseball.
J
B
You
and
if
I
may,
interject
for
council
and
the
public
that
this
Thursday
at
six
o'clock
at
the
county
library,
there
are
two
professors
here
from
California
State,
University,
Lane
roberts
and
ethan
title
who
are
going
to
do
explore
the
history
of
the
calhoun
monuments
at
six
o'clock
at
the
county
library.
As
we
decided,
we
would
take
some
time
and
continue
the
conversation
about
this
issue
in
our
community.
K
My
name
is
Kirsten
Perkins
I
live
at
1742,
Sam,
rittenberg,
Thank,
You,
mayor
Thank,
You,
councilmembers
I,
do
work
in
hospitality
and
I
do
appreciate
the
comments
that
you
made.
I
have
to
fly
by
the
seat
of
my
pants,
because
my
entire
statement
has
changed.
I
am
reminded
of
going
to
a
theme
park
in
terms
of
extending
the
meters
to
10:00
p.m.
you
go
to
a
theme
park.
You
pay
50
bucks
to
get
in
and
you
pay
her
$10
to
park.
It's
midday,
you're
hungry
now,
you're
paying
18
dollars
for
a
single
slice
of
pizza.
K
It
feels
gross
and
it
happens
because
they
can
and
you're
at
the
mercy
of
the
people
who
are
serving
you.
The
food
extending
meters
to
10:00
p.m.
to
me
feels
very
theme
park
feels
very
tourist
trap
and
I
worry
about
the
reputation
of
the
city
and
our
standing
as
the
number
one
travel
destination
in
the
country.
If
the
meters
are
extended,
I'm
fine
with
them
doubling
you
got
to
get
the
revenue
from
somewhere,
but
the
extension
to
me
feels
gross.
Thank
you
very
much.
L
Yes,
ma'am,
my
name
is
Jamison
Jackson
and
my
address
is
1609,
Boston,
Street
and
agree
with
her.
We
understand
the
need
for
revenue
and
the
meter
increased
in
time
or
what
is
proposed
right
now
is
going
to
cut
wages
about
one
to
two
dollars
per
hour
for
a
lot
of
City,
a
lot
of
employees
that
work
in
the
city.
The
park-and-ride
you
mentioned
percentages
earlier
is
only
going
to
help
9%
of
the
hospitality
with
your
added.
L
The
garages
is
still
not
going
to
attack
this
problem,
even
with
your
six
million
tourists,
and
you
have
to
think
that
the
tourists
seem
like
they're
almost
the
priority
here,
whereas
it
should
be
the
residents
of
the
city
that
have
a
priority.
So
what
we
suggest
is
beating
in
the
middle,
perhaps
some
parking
stickers
for
people
that
work
downtown.
You
can
do
a
registration
fee
perhaps
do
that
by
annually.
L
So
you're
still
getting
a
revenue,
but
you
are
decreasing
the
cost
and
the
impact
upon
the
people
here
in
the
city
and
then,
as
far
as
the
increases
are
concerned,
perhaps
doing
it
incrementally
maybe
to
your
to
our
$2
an
hour,
raise
but
then
wait
a
year
and
then
extend
the
time
and
then
extend
the
time
again
the
year
after
that
it
doesn't
have
to
be
such
an
impact.
Thank
you.
M
Hey
I'm
Abbi
Firestein
I
live
at
1728,
East
Avalon,
Circle
I
reside
in
Charleston
and
work
at
Broad,
Street
barbershop,
along
with
an
amazing
team
of
girls.
We
strive
to
provide
excellent
haircuts
at
competitive
prices.
This
becomes
more
difficult
to
keep
prices
low,
with
parking
rate
increases
any
increase
in
park
parking
directly
and
adversely
affects
all
employees
of
local
businesses
on
the
peninsula
president,
we
are
subject
to
changing
parking
spaces
every
few
hours
and
leaving
work
to
pay
meter
fees
which
add
wait
time
to
our
customers
and
further
can
just
spaces
they
also
occupy.
M
Furthermore,
when
we
are
engaged
with
a
customer
and
cannot
reach
the
parking
meter
in
time,
we
are
subject
to
fines
comparable
to
what
we
make
working
in
the
entire.
Our
Charleston
is
in
desperate
need
of
parking
reform,
more
accessible
parking
garages,
longer
time
blocks
on
leaders
and
better
parking
solutions
for
employees
and
the
service
and
hospitality
industry
would
be
a
good
start.
N
This
city
is
a
beautiful
city
and
the
what
makes
this
this
such
an
unbelievable
destination
for
us
is
the
hospitality
that
we
have
gained
the
amount
of
growth
in
the
hotel
and
food
and
beverage
industry
is
because
of
the
work
force
that
has
been
due
diligently
hard
work
year
in
and
year
out
to
get
to
where
we
are
today.
The
people
that
live
in
North
Charleston
are
gonna
find
jobs
in
North
Charleston.
N
The
people
live
in
Mount
Pleasant
are
going
to
find
jobs
in
Mount
Pleasant
they're
not
going
to
come
downtown
to
deal
with
this
parking
issue
when
they
can
find
comparable
jobs
in
their
own
communities.
I
am
concerned
about
the
welfare
and
the
future
growth
of
the
industry.
I
love
so
much
and
have
so
much
passion
for
that.
If
you
continue
to
think
that
parking
is
an
issue
for
the
whole,
we
need
to
find
solutions
in
the
middle
ground.
N
O
It
takes
time
away
from
my
family.
It
takes
time
that
I
don't
have
in
coordinating
three
jobs
and
two
kids
and
everything
else.
If
I'm
going
to
a
parking
garage
late
at
night,
I
get
off
work
at
two
o'clock
in
the
morning
with
a
handful
of
cash
that
I'm
walking
by
myself
as
a
woman
into
a
dark
parking
garage
by
myself,
it's
not
safe.
If
I
take
somebody
with
me,
my
manager
is
now
not
on
the
floor
because
he
has
to
walk
us
to
our
cars.
O
Q
Q
But
a
lack
of
bike
lanes
make
this
an
unsafe
option,
especially
at
nighttime
bus
routes
and
times
also
do
not
correlate
with
my
food
and
Bev's
schedule.
I'm
a
cook
at
brown
dog
deli
and
my
co-workers
and
my
boss
are
like
family
and
I.
Don't
want
to
have
to
seek
other
employment
because
of
a
lack
of
transportation.
I'm.
A
graduate
of
College
of
Charleston
have
traveled
around
the
world,
but
I
continue
coming
back
to
Charleston,
because
I
love
it
I,
dedicate
my
labor
to
and
spend
my
money
in
the
city
year-round.
Q
B
P
Sir
good,
on
before
I
begin,
my
time
could
I
just
inquire
as
to
whether
I
think
that
I
got
this
in
in
time,
did
the
council
all
get
a
copy
of
40
pages
of
emails
and
two
hundred
or
two
thousand
three
hundred
signatures
plus
perfect
Farragut?
My
name
is
Jonathan
Graham
I
am
the
hospitality
professional
I
live
in
councilman,
Chili's
district
and
I
work
here
on
the
peninsula
as
I
think
it
is
clear
we
are
not
here
today
to
complain,
but
rather
we're
here
to
ask
you
to
listen.
P
Listen
to
your
servers
to
your
bartenders,
to
your
Busboys,
to
your
barbers,
to
your
small
business
owners
to
your
chefs
to
your
general
managers.
Listen
to
all
of
us
when
we
tell
you
that
this
parking
meter
increase
is
going
to
affect
us
and
our
guests,
but
don't
merely
listen.
Please
act
make
your
priority.
Finding
a
solution
that
works
for
everybody
in
this
city
leading
a
city
well
consists
in
doing
good
whenever
possible
and
if
nothing
else,
doing
no
harm.
This
parking
meter
increase
is
bad
for
Charleston.
This
parking
meter
increase
will
harm
our
city.
P
R
Good
afternoon,
council
members,
mr.
mayor
I,
very
much
appreciate
I'm
sorry,
I'm
Austin,
Fitz,
Henry
I've.
My
family
has
lived
here
for
three
generations.
I
was
born
here
and
currently
live
on.
John's
Island
I
very
much
appreciate
the
amount
of
thought
that
you,
gentlemen,
have
put
into
this
issue.
R
It
looks
very
good
on
paper,
but
I'd
like
to
suggest
that
that's
not
what
people
what
residents
are
actually
experiencing
on
the
ground
when
they're
looking
for
parking
in
Charleston
as
a
residents
know
where
to
look
for
parking
know
where
to
look
for
metered
parking
after
6:00
p.m.
and
it's
very
easy
for
residents
all
times
a
day
to
find
meter
parking.
This
ratio
that
you
talked
about,
sir,
is
it
does
not
local
people,
don't
feel
that
ratio
everybody
can
find
meter
parking
when
they
need
it.
That's
my
experience,
especially
after
6:00
p.m.
R
what
I'm
concerned
about
is
that
the
negative
economic
impacts
will
be
greater
than
the
bits
of
change
that
the
city
gets
from
this
policy.
My
friends
in
Mount
Pleasant,
already
talking
about
going
out
to
eat
in
Mount
Pleasant
instead
of
coming
downtown.
The
people
on
the
road
are
already
angry
about
the
new
meters
and
they're
honking,
in
support
of
keeping
the
meter
rates
as
they
are.
They
will
be
remembering
that
at
the
next
election.
Thank
you.
S
We
restored
again,
and
we
flooded
a
third
time
and
then
the
following
year.
We
flooded
a
fourth
time:
I
suffer
from
anxiety,
I'm
under
doctor's
care
right
now,
and
we
work
forward
with
a
city
and
thankful
City
for
working
with
FEMA
and
allowing
the
GP
grant
to
be
approved,
which
means
that
they
will
by
32
owners
out
of
Bridgepoint
out
of
our
homes.
So
we
can
move
on
with
our
lives.
The
hurricane
season
is
approaching
and
we
have
not
heard
from
tetra
Tech,
which
is
the
city
hired
company.
We
ask
for
action.
S
T
Susan
Buckley
I
live
at
202
in
Bridge
Point.
There
are
32
stories
at
bridge
point.
Here's
one
mine,
I
bought
my
condo
for
one
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
FEMA
has
paid
me
over
two
hundred
thousand
to
restore
this
condo
four
times
we
have
been
told
by
the
city
that
we
will
not
be
bought
out
by
July
the
1st
2018.
We
will
probably
strong
probability.
We
will
flood
again
now.
How
much
is
it
going
to
cost
me?
My
fellow
homeowners
and
FEMA
again?
U
V
Thank
you
for
this
time
this
evening,
I'd
like
to
bring
a
issue
with
bidding
of
a
job
at
Daniel
Island
to
your
attention.
My
business
partner,
Melanie
book
heart
is
here.
My
name
is
Chad
Hoffman,
we
own
a
license:
Landscape
Architecture
grading,
construction
and
minority
business
based
out
of
Columbia
South
Carolina.
We
recently
submitted
a
bid
and
followed
all
the
mandatory
pre-bid
qualifications
for
a
job
in
January
24th
attended
the
bid
meeting
followed
by
the
rules
submitted
everything
by
February
15th
on
time.
V
X
Hello
good
evening
folks,
my
name
is
Angela.
Jenna
I
live
at
6:08,
rich
shadow
Tulloch
placed
in
Bridge
Point,
which
is
in
shadow
moss,
I've,
also
victim
from
the
floods.
I've
lived
through
five
floods.
Four
of
the
five
floods
have
been
within
a
2-year
radius,
we're
at
a
point
where,
where
some
of
us
are
ill
from
the
mold
and
mildew,
and
we've
got
some
elderly
neighbors
that
have
no
place
to
go
so
they
stay
there.
X
Y
Good
evening
my
name
is
Hayward:
Carter
I
lived
on
highway
61
between
Middleton
Magnolia
gardens
in
the
Ashley
River
historic
district.
My
family
has
petitioned
to
come
into
the
city
of
Charleston
in
order
to
try
to
stop
our
family
property
and
other
property
adjacent
us
totaling
over
five
thousand
acres
from
being
developed.
Those
annexation
petitions
are
being
heard
by
the
city.
Y
Z
I'm
Donna
Perry
I
live
in
Bridge,
Point
down
homes
and
shadow
mas
I'll.
Just
add
to
what
some
of
my
other
neighbors
have
said.
The
grant
was
awarded
based
on
the
1000
year
flood,
so
we've
had
two
floods.
While
this
grant
was
being
approved,
it
would
be
ridiculous
for
us
to
have
to
go
through
another
flood
when
we've
got
the
grant
and
we
just
want
to
get
out
of
there.
We
just
want
to
be
able
to
move
on
with
our
lives.
Z
So
one
point
I'd
like
to
make
is
these
people
are
these
32
homeowners,
plus
the
other
ones?
There's
some
other
homes
in
shadow
mas
are
going
to
be
moving
probably
to
other
areas
in
Charleston,
so
they
might
be
your
next
constituent,
you
know
so
yeah
their
friends
are
going
to
hear
about
it
their
family's
going
to
hear
about
it.
So
think
about
that.
If
there's
anything,
y'all
can
do
to
move
this
process
along
and
get
us
out
of
there.
We
would
be
very
grateful.
Thank
you.
AA
Hello,
mr.
mayor
I'm,
Alison
McLeod
I'm,
an
HOA
of
Bridgepoint.
We
weren't
really
diligently
with
you
and
we've,
been
very
appreciative
of
the
help
that
you've
given
us
to
this
point.
But
at
this
point
we're
real
a
bit
a
little
bit
disappointed
at
the
fact
that
this
grant
was
approved
five
months
ago
and
all
we're
getting
from
Laura
cabinets
is
well
we're
doing.
AA
The
best
we
can
tetra
Tech
is
the
company
that
has
been
granted
the
money
to
oversee
this
process
and
they're
being
given
a
fair
chunk
of
change
to
do
so
and
we're
shocked
and
amazed
and
betrayed
and
feel
quite
upset
about
the
fact
that
we
still
have
not
had
a
meeting
with
tetra
Tech
when
that
was
promised
us
five
months
ago,
at
our
community
meeting
by
Laura
cabinets.
We
have
absolutely
no
schedule,
no
timeline
as
to
when
things
are
supposed
to
start
taking
place.
AA
Essentially
the
homes
need
to
be
appraised,
and
at
that
point,
once
the
appraisal
process
is
complete
and
we've
been
paid
out.
We
would
hope
that
we
could
get
out
of
there
before
we
flood
again
or
else
the
grant
is
a
waste
of
money.
We're
just
costing
FEMA
millions
of
dollars
annually
two
million
dollars
annually.
It's
ridiculous
Thank.
AB
Good
evening
I'm
Maria
Parker
I'm
a
resident
at
61
Lawrence
Street.
Recently
we
had
a
sewage
spill,
causing
the
closure
of
oyster
beds
in
Charleston
down
to
the
Edisto
River
cruise
ships
can
legally
dump
untreated
sewage
three
miles
from
shore
and
Carnival
has
been
found
guilty
of
falsifying
these
types
of
records.
AB
B
AC
Randolph
Hill
I
had
the
honor
I
had
had
the
honor
thing
to
do
it
with
Richie
Cole
on
the
night
you
gave
him
the
key
to
the
city.
My
points
are
two
and
simple
number
one:
on
James
Island
there
is
one
bus
that
runs
one
car,
two
bus
every
hour
and
40
minutes.
That
is
a
problem.
It
effectively
makes
impossible
the
use
of
those
buses,
especially
for
people
who
have
to
transfer
and
number.
AC
Two
I
would
like
to
bring
to
your
attention
that
the
new
meter
system,
as
I
understand
it
it
uses
credit
cards,
does
not
enable
the
person
who
parks
to
recoup
unused
time.
The
smart
card
would
enable
you
to
put
your
card
in
when
you
return
to
get
your
car
and
you
get
your
money
that
was
unused
as
I
understand
it.
The
current
credit
card
system
does
not
do
that.
B
AD
AC
B
All
right,
thank
you
all
for
being
with
us
and
thanks
for
your
comments,
we
were
listening
and
we
appreciate
it.
So
we're
going
to
move
along
to
our
section
here
on
petitions
and
communications
and
we've
had
a
few
requests
from
council
members
to
talk
about
some
various
issues,
and
we
might
just
give
a
minute
to
clear
out
here.
AE
AF
B
All
right
counsel,
if
we
can
come
back
to
order
so
the
first
item
up
for
discussion,
was
a
request
from
councilmember
Griffin
update
on
homelessness
and
measures
in
terms
of
work
opportunities,
Gianna
Johnson
isn't
with
us
tonight.
Her
department
kind
of
managed
is
that
she's
in
New
York
on
a
leadership
training
conference.
So
you
got
me.
W
W
That
discussion-
and
you
know,
I
met
with
some
some
homeless
along
Mary
and
around
Marion
Square,
and
the
consensus
was
that
we
that
they
don't
know
where
they
can
go
to
get
sustainable
jobs
and
I
would
like
to
to
offer
my
services
to
meet
with
businesses
to
put
a
list
together
that
we
can
put
around
the
city
and
our
shelters
where
these
individuals
can
go
to
apply
for
jobs
and
I,
know
some
businesses
that
are
already
incorporating
those
but
the
first
foremost
an
update.
Please
on
Sunday
night,
if
you
can
well.
B
To
hopeful
it
was
a
little
arcane
or
out-of-date
that
it
be
for
tent
city
residents,
since
they
we're
all
gone,
and
so
it's
available
to
help
anyone
in
the
Charleston
region.
They
only
have
to
be
in
the
city
who
is
being
helped
by
a
bona
fide
service
provider
if
they
can
call.
The
Palmetto
project
is
a
non-profit
group
that
manages
the
fund
for
us,
and
so,
for
example,
if
one
eighty
place
was
had
found
an
apartment
for
someone
and
needed
a
security
deposit.
B
They'd
be
able
to
contact
the
Palmetto
project
and
get
some
financial
help
to
get
this
individual
located.
So
anyway,
we
raised
over
a
hundred
and
thirty
thousand
dollars.
Sunday
night
and
I'm
very
excited
about
it.
The
musicians
all
donated
their
time
and
charlton
singleton
was
there
and
Kiana
parlor
and
Heather
rice
and
I
got
to
tell
you.
The
music
was
just
great
I
think
everybody
enjoyed
it.
We
have
an
uplifting
message
about
all
the
work
that
the
the
Commission
on
homelessness
is
doing
and
what
their
efforts
are.
B
Their
commitment
to
the
housing
first
model,
which
is
when
someone
is
experiencing
homelessness.
They
often
have
other
issues
in
their
life
to
work
on,
but
to
get
a
roof
over
their
heads.
It's
like
first
priority
and
then
wrap
the
job
service
and
other
things
around
them
to
try
to
help
them
move
on
in
life.
B
So
I'm
pleased
to
report
to
to
Council
I
guess
the
city's
contribution
to
the
effort
was
the
free
use
of
the
Gilyard
Sunday
night,
but
we
raised
over
one
hundred
and
thirty
thousand
dollars
and
we
gave
the
first
annual
award
for
that.
The
Commission
created
to
Linda
Kettner,
who
has
done
so
much
over
the
years
to
help
both
for
homelessness
and
affordable
housing
and
I.
Don't
have
a
piano
here
or
I'd.
Give
you
a
encore
performance
of
a
couple
of
songs
that
I
played.
But
anyway
you
you
had
been
there
for
that.
Well,.
W
B
B
So
that
went
well
no
talk
about
the
workforce,
development
opportunities
that
are
out
there
I
met
their
limited
180
place,
does
have
its
own
workforce
or
training
for
culinary
arts
and
I.
Don't
know
if
you
saw
the
article
in
a
paper
week
before
last
during
the
wine
food
festival
of
real
success.
Story
of
a
former
resident
of
180
place
has
a
great
job
and
in
a
local
restaurant
and
he
was
trained
at
180
place.
They
have
a
commercial
kitchen
there.
They
prepare
their
own
food
and
preparation
for
being
able
to
get
jobs.
B
So
that's
that
there's
a
group
called
South
Carolina
Works,
which
does
not
have
a
program
but
they're,
considering
one
to
help
homeless
veterans,
there's
goodwill
and
they
they
help
anybody,
including
homeless
individuals
and
training
for
job
placement.
Now
the
city
of
Charleston
in
a
similar
fashion
and
council
members
are
familiar
with
our
turning
leaf
program
where
we
hire
individuals
who
were
former
offenders,
they're,
not
necessarily
homeless,
but
they're
without
a
job.
So
we
help
them
and
in
addition,
there
was
a
one
of
these
day.
B
Labor
businesses
called
IES,
which
stands
for
in
every
story
because
they
believe
we
all
have
a
story
and,
and
so
the
city
has
has
pretty
exclusively
used
that
firm
when
we
need
de
help
and
that's
led
to
jobs
for
about
15
individuals
who
ended
up
staying
with
the
city
after
they
had
worked
with
us
temporarily
for
a
while.
So
the
the
last
one
that
I
would
mention
to
you
is
the
Veterans.
Administration
does
have
specific
work,
programs
for
homeless
veterans
and
there's
a
their
own.
B
AG
You,
sir,
just
out
of
curiosity,
are
we
experiencing
it
as
a
city
a
little
bit
of
an
uptick
in
this
homeless
situation
I.
The
reason
I
ask
that
is
that
I
have
called
team
four
in
the
last
couple
weeks,
two
or
three
occasions
where
it
looks
like
homeless
are
living
under
the
the
overpasses.
That
was
one
down
actually
across
from
the
VA
hospital
parking
lot
there.
There
was
two
West
Ashley
I've
been
downtown
with
my
wife
in
the
last
two
or
three
weeks
and
I've
seen
you
know.
AG
Actually
in
this
case
it
was
females
that
were
panhandling
on
the
streets
and
it's
just
all
of
a
sudden.
That
just
seems
like
there's
something
going
on
here
and
I
was
just
curious.
Is
there
is
the
police
department
getting
more
calls
or
more
notices
about
this
I
mean
we?
Is
there
something
going
on
that?
We
need
to
pay
attention
to
well.
B
Well,
yes,
and
whether
the
numbers
of
homelessness
has
really
increased,
I
can't
say,
but
we
should
know
pretty
soon.
The
point-in-time
count
is
normally
done
last
weekend
in
January
last
year
in
our
region.
The
point
in
time
count
indicated
about
four
hundred
and
thirty
individuals
we're
living
in
homelessness.
B
We
don't
have
the
numbers
back
from
them
from
the
count
this
year,
but
sometimes
those
counts
are,
you
know,
can
vary
based
on
the
weather
and
other
things
we
have
identified
in
last
year,
a
little
more
specifics
on
youth
homelessness.
In
fact,
wonderful
former
principal
of
stall
High
School
opened
a
halfway
house
for
homeless,
high
school
students
and
I
understand
he's
got
about
twenty
individuals
there
and
then
there's
a
new
group
called.
We
are
family
that
works
with
the
College
of
Charleston
and
they've
identified
a
number
of
homeless
College
of
Charleston
students.
B
One
is
a
dollar
a
year
lease
for
a
property
up
on
Upper
Meeting
Street
that
we
would
open
a
day
Center
for
various
nonprofits
to
be
able
to
operate
programs
to
help
homeless
individuals
during
the
day,
particularly
those
who
might
not
be
stayin
at
one
eighty
place,
because
one
eighty
place
ain't
for
everybody.
So
one
of
my
partners,
our
partners,
could
be
Catholic.
B
Charities
I've
met
with
the
bishop
a
couple
of
times,
they've
opened
centers
in
Columbia,
Myrtle
Beach,
and
they
want
to
do
a
statewide
network
of
doing
this
and
and
what
you
have
is
a
date-time
center
where
an
individual
could
come.
If
he
doesn't
have
a
home,
he
could
take
a
shower.
He
could
get
as
long
done
and
network
with
or
get
referrals
to
the
social
agencies
that
could
help
him
or
her.
B
That
will
give
the
police
another
tool
to
be
able
to
deal
with
that.
Yes,
sir
anything
else
on
this
top
we're
good
Harry
all
right.
So
the
next
topic
was
requested
by
councilmember,
seeking
no
again
councilmember
Griffin
on
a
discussion
and
update
of
flooding
issues
and
Bob
Warner's
here
with
us,
but
Harry.
If
you
don't
mind
giving
us
a
entre
sure.
W
Sure
Thank
You
mr.
mayor
and
city
council
I
requested
this
out
of
be
on
the
agenda
because
of
the
severity
of
the
issue
and
the
fact
that
it
was
deemed
by
mr.
mayor
as
the
number
one
problem
that
we
needed
would
be
to
be
resolved
in
the
state
of
the
city
address
in
the
next
few
minutes,
I'm
gonna
flash
you
back
to
the
timeline
of
events.
W
Some
happened
before
councilman
shilling
myself
and
council
woman
Jackson
were
sworn
in
some
little
more
recently
back
in
February
2017,
the
Ananas
Lee
approved
a
nine-month
moratorium
on
the
100-year
floodplain
inside
the
basin.
Soon,
after
that,
moratorium
began
unanimously
approved
a
contract
to
do
a
comprehensive
study
on
the
base.
Wesson
and
Sampson
produced
a
report,
and
there
was
a
public
meeting.
There
was
a
meeting
at
City
Council
and
in
a
public
meeting
over
at
West
Ashley
high
school
back
in
November.
W
As
an
engineering
firm
completed,
the
study
FEMA
approved
the
purchase
of
of
units
in
shadow
Moss.
At
that
time,
timeline
was
put
in
place
for
a
buyout
process.
Typically,
citizens
at
Bridge
point
were
told.
Their
buyouts
were
be
completed
by
the
end
of
July
of
2018
and
then
December.
Our
2018
budget
was
passed
and
the
millage
for
storm
water
operations
was
increased
by
two
mils.
This
was
reflective
in
our
city
of
Charleston
master
plan
and
our
stormwater
plans.
Also,
new
positions
were
created
in
our
departments.
W
W
AH
AI
AG
AG
AI
AI
We
will
do
everything
I
understand
these
folks
issues
and
their
anxieties
and
I've
been
working
with
them
for
a
long
time
and
we
are
doing
everything
we
can
to
try
to
expedite
this
process
so
where
we
can
make
those
extra
you
know
where
we
can
expedite
it
and
where
we
can
overlap
activities.
We're
working
to
do
that.
I've
got
mark
will
Burt's
working
with
with
me
now.
AI
The
new
floodplain
manager
will
help
us
work
on
that
and
as
far
as
tetra
Tech
goes,
you
know
we
just
approved
their
contract
because
we
had
to
do
some
due
diligence.
It
wasn't.
It
wasn't
a
lot,
a
lot
of
money
on
that
contract
to
just
blanketly
say
here.
It
is
we're
just
gonna
approve
it,
so
it
took
a
little
bit
of
time
to
get
it
through.
AI
But
the
next
step
is
a
staff
kickoff
meeting
with
tetra
Tech
and
staff
involved,
because
there's
going
to
be
some
some
folks
that
have
been
helping
us
along,
but
we
need
help
from
procurement.
We
need
to
help
legal.
We
need
help
from
real
estate,
making
sure
we're
using
the
right
title
folks,
attorneys
for
closing
and
that
stuff.
So
that's
scheduled
to
be
in
the
next
couple
of
weeks
and
shortly
after
that,
tetra
Tech
will
be
able
to
begin
communicating
with
the
individuals
included
in
the
grant
and
provide
more
information
about
the
steps.
AI
AI
So,
looking
at
that
length
of
the
contract
that
isn't
how
long
it's
going
to
take
us
necessarily
to
buy
everybody
out,
that's
how
long
it's
going
to
take
us
to
finish
it
and
finish
submitting
all
of
the
documentation
and
assurances
that
we
have
to
to
FEMA
to
say
that
show
that
we've
complied
with
the
grant.
As.
AG
AG
AI
AG
W
My
next
question
is:
have
we
has
there
been
any
discussion
about
us
buying
a
piece
of
property
as
a
city
in
terms
of
that
pumping
station,
because
I
know
we've
looked
at
a
couple
of
different
places
as
a
potential
spot
for
it
we
have
kind
of
an
update,
that's
the
biggest
piece
of
this
pie.
You
know
twenty
seven
million
dollars
do
we
have
any
sort
of
idea
about
the
location
to
them
where
we
want
to
put
it
or
any
sort
of
internal
discussion
along
those
lines.
Only.
AI
In
a
very
general
way,
we've
got
to
proceed
to
the
next
step
of
engineering,
to
figure
out
how
big
a
site
you
would
need
and
where's
the
most
optimal
place.
To
put
that,
you
want
to
add
anything
to
that
where,
where
the
pump
station
would
discharge
to
and
those
kinds
of
things,
so
it's
just
very
general
at
this
point
know
that
that
that
has
to
do
with
Western
and
Sampson
study
and
the
recommendations
that
came
out
of
the
report
and.
W
AH
Thank
you
in
regards
to
that
there's
a
committee
that
has
been
formed.
That's
internal
within
the
city.
That
committee
is
chaired
by
Mark
Wilbert,
the
the
resilience
director
for
the
for
the
city,
the
the
committee
is
looking
at
a
lot
of
different
things
that
need
to
be
implemented
prior
to
the
end
of
the
moratorium.
I've
got
a
an
outline
of
our
schedule
here
that
kind
of
hits
the
highlights
of
those
who
take
one
in
please.
AH
But
this
this
committee
was
was
initially
charged
with
taking
the
the
policy
recommendations
that
were
in
this
study
and
turning
those
into
formal
policies
that
could
be
integrated
into
the
city's
stormwater
program.
The
the
committee
is
also
charged
with
establishing
the
turqu
Creek
advisory
committee,
which
will
be
made
up
of
not
only
members
of
the
city
staff
but
property
owners
residents
developers
and
their
engineers
that
are
affected
by
the
the
issues
that
are
going
to
take
place
and
are
taking
place
in
the
church,
Creek
Basin
as
well
the
policies
that
are
going
to
be
recommended.
AH
You
know
integrating
those
into
the
city's
stormwater
plan,
stormwater
program
and
development
policies,
we're
going
through
a
review
of
the
policies
now
to
make
sure
they're
consistent
make
sure
there
are
no
overlaps
and
that
kind
of
thing.
Once
the
policies
you
recommended
make
sure
they
have
the
desired
outcome
once
they're
implemented.
Can.
W
We
put
get
that
put
on
our
city
website
and
maybe
that
church
Creek
Basin
site
sure
so
that
we
can
put
it
out
to
constituents.
Just
what
the
committee
and
you
know
I
know
it's
an
internal
committee.
But
what
that
timeline
of
events
looks
like
and
the
fact
that
we're
working
towards
an
external
committee
as
well
and
that's
something
good
that
we
can.
B
AE
I
had
the
opportunity
this
week
to
meet
with
some
people.
Thank
you
all
for
letting
me
represent
at
the
National
League
of
Cities
this
week
up
in
Washington
DC,
but
while
I
was
there
I
tried
everything
I
could
to
tell
our
church
creeks
story,
their
fact.
Councilman
Lewis
and
I
sat
with
the
EPA
Environmental
Protection
Agency
people,
they're,
flooding
people
or
storm
water
people.
We
spoke
with
FEMA
people
in
the
National
League
of
Cities
they're,
all
very
willing
to
help
us.
AE
When
I
tell
this
story,
they're
very
interested
in
in
helping
us
in
lending
a
hand,
I
found
out
that
there's
a
new
NOAA
grant
I
had
no
idea.
It
was
a
NOAA
grant,
but
that
may
help
us.
But
one
common
question
that
kept
coming
up
when
I
was
talking
to
these
people
is
who's
your
grant
writer.
How
do
we
get
in
touch
with
them?
What's
the
answer
there
because
I
didn't
know.
AJ
AE
Just
just
know
that
we
can
reach
out
to
the
National
League
of
Cities,
the
EPA,
and
obviously
we
have
our
contact.
That's
helping
us
through
through
FEMA
already,
but
everybody
was
very,
very
willing,
but
they
wanted
to
speak
with
our
grant
writer.
So
when
we
have
that
you
know
they
want
to
speak
to
him.
Thank
you.
AJ
That's
the
man
council,
member
wearing
I,
want
to
thank
you
and
certainly
councilman
Griffin,
for
even
bringing
this
subject
to
Council
I
want
to
thank
the
ladies
and
from
Bridgeport
point
for
coming
out
and
sharing
their
stories,
because
that's
the
real
aspect
that,
frankly,
we
don't
hear
having
to
buy
another
house
and
having
two
payments
going
on
and
hoping
you
can
find
a
house.
We
know
that
you
can
afford
that
when
your
house,
when
you
get
the
revenue
from
selling
your
home,
miss
cabinets,
the
appraisal,
prospect
process
and
the
title
search.
AJ
AI
A
question
that
we
have
right
now
is
whether
we
have
to
actually
go
out
with
a
solicitation
for
those
services
or
whether
we
can
use
the
attorneys
and
the
appraisers
that
we
already
use
of
the
city.
So
we're
going
to
be
answering
that
question
within
the
next
day
or
so
and
then
and
then
proceed.
Obviously,
if
we
can
use
the
folks
that
we
already
work
with
that's
going
to
shorten
that
up,
Thank.
AJ
AH
AG
Well,
before
you
sit
down,
could
you
give
us
an
update
on
I
know
when
we
passed
our
stormwater
budget
in
December?
One
of
the
things
we're
going
to
do
is
upgrade
our
master
drainage
plan.
It
hadn't
been
updated
since
84
86,
and
you
told
me
that
I
think
that
you
will
had
already
started
that
process
of
putting
together
an
RFQ.
What
is
the
status
of
that
or
we
about
to
hire
somebody
an
engineering
firm
or
whatever
we're.
AI
Out
does
begin
the
selection
process,
we're
ready
to
probably
I,
was
hoping
to
be
ready
to
advertise
before
I
left
I.
Don't
know
that
that's
gonna
happen
so
certainly
right
after
I
get
back,
but
the
work
to
develop.
The
scope
of
work
has
been
done
and
we've
consulted
with
similar
type
firms
and
other
jurisdictions
that
have
done
this
kind
of
work.
So
we
think
we've
got
a
good
scope
of
work
and
then
we've
just
got
to
get
it
advertised
and
follow
our
procurement
process.
What's.
AG
AI
You
know
you
our
procurement
process.
We've
got
to
advertise
this
for
30
days
in
the
South,
Carolina
business
opportunities
and
other
papers.
Once
we
get
the
advertisement,
we
got
to
get
the
RFQ
in.
We
have
to
have
a
selection
committee
set
up
so
and
then
we
have
to
once
the
selections.
May
we've
got
to
negotiate
the
scope,
so
it
takes
several
months
for
us
to
follow
our
procurement
policy
and
in
light
that
this
is
going
to
be,
you
know,
a
long
term
relationship
with
somebody.
It's
important
that
we
invest
the
time
upfront.
AG
AI
AI
AI
AL
AM
AM
A
lot
of
these
people
gonna
have
to
do
elevation
and
they're,
not
gonna,
be
able
to
afford
it,
and
the
flood
insurance
is
going
up
with
five
or
ten
percent
every
year,
five
percent.
Whoever
does
it
tell
us?
Well,
they
say
a
letter
says
hummus
is
going
up,
but
it's
going
up
to
which
your
house
is
worth
I
mean
not
with
the
the
mortgage
company
wants
anymore.
This
is
you're,
not
even
thinking
about
the
mortgage
company
with
the
mortgage
company
required.
AM
AF
AJ
AJ
Miss
cabinets
now
I
know
you
told
us
this
in
the
meeting
so
I'm,
not
grandstanding
but
and
I
know
you
have
a
plan
to
roll
out
a
letter
to
catch
up
the
residents
who
are
gonna
be
hopefully
getting
a
buyout
from
these
out
from
this
grant.
Could
you
go
over
the
timeline,
so
the
people
here
could
go
back
and
tell
their
friends
and
neighbors
at
Bridge
point
when
they
can
expect
to
get
a
letter
from
our
engineering
department
catching
them
up
on
the
timeline
and
probable
hopeful
predictions
of
July
31st
and
beyond.
Okay.
W
Just
got
one
more
thing
to
add,
and
then
I'll
that'll
be
it
for
me,
just
just
a
fact:
real
quick
of
our
city
website
about
the
kind
of
what
we're
up
against
in
church
creek
since
they
started.
You
know.
Church
creek
has
its
own
section
on
our
city
website
and
they
put
a
little
history
of
the
church,
Creek
Basin
and
all
the
neighborhood's
in
it.
W
B
Because
her
and
I
would
just
respond
to
councilmember
Seeley
that
don't
wait
for
us
to
hire
the
new
grants
coordinator
to
pass
along
any
information
and
I'll.
Give
you
all
an
example:
I
went
to
Washington
when
I
went
the
US
Conference
of
Mayors
meeting
and
went
around
there,
all
our
legislative
offices
and
let
them
know
we
were
interested
in
funding
for
any
anything
related
to
flooding
and
drainage.
B
H
Mayor
seeking
charan
thank
you
and
thank
you
for
calling
could
give
me
five
or
ten
minutes
here
for
those
of
you
who
are
recent
on
council
in
2015
the
city,
this
council
passed
unanimously
the
tourism
management
plan
that
was
a
good
year
for
you
mayor,
you
got
elected
and
it
was
good
year
for
us
with
councilmember
Waring
sitting
on
that
committee,
we
passed
the
tourism
management
plan.
It
passed
under
this
council
by
a
vote
of
13
to
nothing.
It
gave
us
a
lot
of
things.
H
One
was
he
gave
us
Dan
reto
and
his
team
and
Dan
is
haven't
been
charged
with
the
implementation
of
the
tourism
management
plan,
but
not
all
of
it,
not
all
of
it.
There's
some
parts
of
the
tourism
management
plan
they're
not
part
of
his
purview
and
he
doesn't
have
any
hand
and
he's
done
an
excellent
job
with
what
he's
been
charged
to
do.
H
Have
a
budget
committee
meeting
and
we're
gonna
be
thinking
about
budgeting
the
budgeting
process
going
forward
in
the
city
of
Charleston,
not
just
for
2019
but
long
beyond,
because
a
lot
of
what
we
have
to
do
or
long
stretch,
long
reach,
long
thought
long,
finance
projects,
and
so
we
need
all
the
help
we
can
get
well.
The
good
news
is,
there
are
some
things
believe
it
or
not
in
our
tourism
management
plan,
to
give
us
the
tools,
long
range
to
do
some
of
those
things
and
I
want
to
talk
about
one
of
them
tonight.
H
This
won't
be
long,
but
I
think
it's
time
that
we
have
this
conversation
because
we
haven't
had
it
in
a
long
time.
So,
as
you
all
know,
this
I
should
have
blown
this
up
with
the
tourism
advisory
committee.
Was
there
to
develop
objectives
and
recommendations
that
address
the
goal
of
maintaining
the
critical
and
delicate
balance
between
charles's,
residential
quality
of
life
and
the
tourism
economy,
while
preserving
Charleston's
authenticity?
That
was
what
the
tourism
committee
did.
It's
art,
it's
its
vision
statement.
H
It's
what
our
vision
statement
in
the
city
is
is
what
we
need
to
be
doing
every
day
and
we're
doing
it.
So
one
of
the
aspects
of
the
recommendations
again
that
came
to
us
and
we
voted
on
them
13
to
nothing
under
quality
of
life,
which
is
at
the
very
core
of
the
tourism
management
plan,
is
maintaining.
Quality
of
life
is
a
simple
page
and
there's
two
things
on
that
page
I
want
to
port
talk
about.
H
One
is
evaluate
the
possibility
of
remote
passenger
parking
for
to
reduce
congestion
on
the
cruise
ship
business,
and
we've
heard
a
lot
tonight
about
parking.
We've
heard
from
people
who
say
an
extra
dollar
on
a
meter
is
going
to
put
them
out
of
business
and
you'll
see
in
a
second
the
metrics
of
all
this,
particularly
in
the
industry.
That's
going
on
right
now
shows
why
parking-
and
this
issue
is
big
and
big
for
us
and
it's
an
economic
opportunity.
H
But
the
second
and
most
important
thing
is
what
I
want
to
talk
about
tonight
and
show
you
also
numbers
is
that
this
council
charged
this
city
and
really
charged
ourselves
mr.
mayor
to
go
and
study
the
possibility
of
deferring
the
costs
of
many
things
in
the
city
city
issues
by
assessing
a
head
tax
on
the
cruise
passengers.
H
We're
now
in
2018
and
I
want
to
just
show
you
where
we
are
and
how
out
of
balance
we
are
on
this
and
why
now
is
the
time
that
we
need
to
meet
this
objective
if
we're
going
to
address
the
long-term
budgetary
budgetary
problems
that
we've
got
in
terms
of
capital
improvements.
So
here
we
go.
We
started,
as
you
all
recall,
the
cruise
industry
and
in
Carnival
Cruise
Lines
came
to
Charleston
in
2009.
It
started
with
the
carnival
fantasy,
which
held
about
2,200
people.
H
We
upgraded
to
the
carnival
ecstasy,
a
few
more
people
a
little
bit
bigger
and
if
you've
been
paying
attention
and
reading
the
paper,
we're
about
to
get
a
newer
ship.
I
forget
the
name
of
this
one
Carolyn.
Thank
you,
the
sunshine,
my
eyeglasses
aren't
working
so
tonight
the
sunshine
is
coming
to
us
in
2018,
so
this
has
been
going
on
now.
H
For
ten
years,
the
industry
has
been
sitting
here
right
at
the
end
of
the
market,
as
we've
been
doing
our
drainage
projects
and
everything
else
we've
been
doing
in
terms
of
capital
improvements
and,
let's
see
what
it's
done
for
us
and
our
economy.
So
in
2018
the
carnival
business
at
the
end
of
Market
Street
is
going
to
do.
104
embarked
d-box
means
it's
going
to
twice
a
week,
take
people
away
from
Charleston
for
a
certain
period
of
time
and
bring
them
back.
It
is
not
a
chip,
that's
bringing
people
here
and
staying
for
a
while.
H
It's
all
mission
is
to
take
people
away.
They
got
to
get
on
that
ship.
They
use
our
services,
the
user,
roads
these
or
sidewalks.
We
got
to
put
electricity
to
our
traffic
lights,
got
to
I.
Do
a
lot
of
stuff
right
police
officers
all
that
stuff.
Once
this
ship
is
up
and
running,
the
capacity
is
actually
three
thousand
and
four
passengers,
three
thousand
and
four.
So
one
hundred
and
eighty
four
turns
a
year.
H
Three
thousand
people-
and
this
is
me
talking
I-
don't
have
any
reason
to
know
this
specifically
because
we're
not
privy
to
it,
but
I
figured
all
in
every
passenger.
When
it's
all
said
and
done
on
a
five-day
trip
away
back
to
Charleston
whoohoo
is
about
a
thousand
dollars
a
person.
It
may
be
a
little
bit
less,
but,
let's
just
for
purposes
of
math
say
it's
a
thousand
dollars
a
person
that
might
be
a
little
high,
but
probably
not
that
high.
It's
probably
about
right.
H
So,
let's
put
me
right
just
all
in
once
they
bought
their
ticket.
They've
done
everything
they've
come
here,
they've
eaten
the
drank
big
time
and
they
come
back
and
they
go
away.
That
equates
to
312
million
dollars
of
business,
that's
being
done
at
the
end
of
Market
Street
every
single
year
and
that's
going
to
continue.
That's
a
big
business
I,
don't
know
of
any
other
single
business
in
the
city,
save
maybe
Roper
and
use
it,
but
no
single
business.
That's
in
the
tax
goals!
H
That's
doing
three
three
hundred
and
twelve
million
dollars
of
business
that
we
don't
do
a
few
things
give
them
a
bit.
Ask
them
to
pay
a
business
license
fee!
That's
going
to
sit
on
some
boards.
Maybe
the
Gibbs
give
some
shout
give
charitably
all
that
stuff
from
this
3
9
12
million
dollars.
We
in
the
city
direct
revenues,
we
get
none,
we
don't
get
any
direct
revenues.
That's
why
the
tourism
management
team
got
together
and
said.
H
We
need
balance
here:
business
equity,
it's
just
not
equitable-
to
allow
someone
to
have
someone
at
the
end
of
your
street,
going
east
less
to
the
heart
of
your
downtown,
doing
three
hundred
and
twelve
million
dollars
of
business
a
year
and
paying
nothing
back
directly
to
us
when
we
are
there
to
provide
all
of
the
services.
Last
time,
I
checked
the
less
electricity,
wasn't
free
and
I
think
it's
getting
more
expensive.
So,
let's
just
look
at
the
math
here
and
this
again
goes
back
to
the
recommendations
from
the
tourism
management
plan
that
we
adopted
13.
H
Nothing
to
assess
ahead
tax
seems
simple.
Maybe
it's
not
as
simple
as
we
all
thought,
but
I'm
gonna
get
mr.
mayor
about
the
conversations
we
had
last
night
in
a
second.
But
just
let's
do
some
math
there
3,000
people
per
trip,
both
they're
going
104
times
a
year
embark
and
debark.
Let's
say
we
can
assess
what's
reasonable,
$25
ahead.
That
seems
like
pretty
reasonable
number
to
me.
Maybe
you
like
less
maybe
I,
don't
know.
H
$25
ahead
is
what
I
was
thinking
about:
okay,
the
math
on
that
comes
out
to
7.8
million
dollars
a
year
in
revenue
generated
for
the
city
from
a
business.
That's
clearly
doing
business
in
our
city
and
using
our
services.
So
let's
put
this
in
perspective
for
a
second
and
I'm
going
to
say
a
couple:
things
I'm
going
to
be
quiet,
but
let's
put
this
in
perspective
for
a
second
here's:
a
chart
of
tourism
related
revenues
in
the
city
from
the
left
for
the
last
four
years
of
which
we
all
know
what
they
are.
H
But
if
you
look
across
the
lines
the
hospitality
fee
we
generate
about
fifteen
million
dollars,
total
that's
from
every
restaurant.
In
the
entire
city,
15
million
the
municipal
accommodation
stacks
six
billion,
seven,
almost
in
2017
I
think
we
budget
a
little
bit
more.
Didn't
we
miss
Wharton
for
2018,
but
the
state
accommodations
tax,
six
million,
the
county
of
accommodations
tax,
a
million
and
a
half,
and
then
we
get
the
tourism
ticket
fees
so
all
in
its
30
million.
H
But
each
one
of
those
line
items
the
only
one
that's
greater
than
what
we
could
be
generating
in
revenue.
If
we
figured
out
a
way
to
tap
at
the
source,
the
cruise
industry
is
hospitality
fee,
we're
losing
a
huge
generation
of
revenue
to
address
the
issues
that
we've
got
from
affordable
housing
to
drainage.
To
we
heard
tonight,
someone
talked
about
parking
pollution.
H
We've
got
many
things
that
people
expect
us
to
pay,
and
it
is
very
difficult,
particularly
we've
heard
from
the
tourists
I
mean
from
the
hospitality
people
tonight,
they're
screaming
about
a
dollar
raise
because
we
don't
have
enough
parking
for
them.
We
don't
have
enough
transportation
for
them.
How
we
let
someone
sit
out
there
without
raising
this
revenue
really
in
some
ways
is,
is
about
the
most
inequitable
thing
so
I
bring
this
up
tonight
because
of
this
there's
some
question
and
I
don't
know
the
answer
to
this.
H
How
we
do
exactly
what
the
tourism
management
plan
has
suggested,
but
nothing
is
not
the
answer.
We
must
take
some
charge
of
doing
this.
The
mayor's
gone
up
and
gotten
the
legislature
to
talk
about
the
accommodations
fees
and
the
manner
in
which
we
meet
up
the
accommodations
fee,
so
they
can
go
to
Capitol
projects.
Our
budget
and
capital
projects.
Budgets
are
not
great,
so
we
were
at
a
meeting
last
night.
The
Mayor
was
there.
He
led
the
charge.
It
was
great.
The
mayor
was
there.
We
had
representative
Cogswell
there
senator
camp.
H
Some
was
there,
councilmember
Schweers
was
there
and
we
were
talking
about
capital
projects
and
specifically
drainage
and
the
gap
between
our
budgeting
process
and
how
we
raise
fees
in
the
city
through
property
taxes,
business,
license
fees
and
parking
and
how
we're
going
to
come
up
with
a
billion
or
two
billion
dollars
to
take
care
of
our
capital
needs.
We
have
to
look
at
every
source
of
revenue.
We
have
a
recommendation
that
this
council
adopted
two
and
a
half
years
ago
to
go.
Take
a
look
at
this.
H
We
need,
as
a
group,
to
figure
out
a
way
to
adopt
and
implement
not
adopt,
implement
the
recommendations
that
we
we
voted
on,
to
figure
out
a
way
to
tap
into
on
a
fare
base
on
an
equitable
basis,
someone
who's
doing
business
at
the
tooth
to
the
tune
of
300
million
dollars
a
year
at
the
end
of
our
street,
and
so
I
bring
this
up
tonight,
because
we're
gonna
be
thinking
about
budgeting.
I
talked
to
mr.
EJ,
I
told
them.
This
is
what
I
was
gonna
talk
about.
H
If
y'all
I
mean
he
knows
everything
about
tourism,
but
this
is
not
his
charge.
This
is
ours.
This
is
our
wheat.
We
own
this.
The
state
legislature
really
owns
this
and
representative
Cogswell
last
night
said
he
was
behind
this.
He
said
he
thought
he
could
get
it
through
the
house.
He
thought
the
Senate
would
kill
it
representative
camps
and
agreed
with
that,
but
we've
got
to
try
and
mayor
I.
Think
everyone
around
this
table
meet
in
particulars
I'm
ready
to
go
sit
down
with
the
SP,
a
whoever
else
we
got
to.
H
H
W
Councilman
sinkings,
when
y'all
adopted
this
and
and
I'm
sure
you
did
a
lot
of
research
into
this,
have
other
states
or
other
states
doing
ahead
tax
and
part.
Two
of
that
is,
do
you
know,
has
anybody
ever
approached
carnival
about
doing
it
and
that
sort
of
just
just
wondering
how
they
would
take
that
if
we
approach
them
on.
H
That
so
it's
good
questions,
because
the
carnival
cruise
ships
tie
up
to
the
State
Ports
Authority
property.
They
don't
technically
touch
the
city
of
Charleston,
so
it's
the
State
Ports
Authority
that
regulates
and
collects
whatever
they
collect
from
bunkering
fees
to
whatever
it
is
they
eventually
the
passengers
and
the
employees
have
to
pass
through
and
come
to
the
city.
But
there
are
plenty
of
places
that
charge
ahead
tax,
but
there
are
places
that
can
go
from
dock
to
ship.
H
We
have
a
little
bit
of
a
buffer
in
between
your
second
question
was:
has
anyone
talked
to
Carnival
good
luck
with
that
they're
based
in
Panama?
They
do
have
an
office
in
Miami.
They've
got
some
representatives,
but
Carnival
will
not
voluntarily
play
in
this
arena.
We're
going
to
have
to
get
help,
but
it's
got
to
start
here.
The
Wills
got
to
be
here
and
look.
The
fact
is
in
2009
it
was
a
different
Charleston
out
there.
When
this
came
up.
H
There
was
a
huge
debate
about
cruise
ships
and
whether
it
should
we
should
do
anything
with
them,
except
let
them
go
and
bring
in
lots
of
money
and
business.
Well
now
we
know
ten
years
later,
they're
bringing
in
lots
of
money
and
business
for
themselves
and
using
the
services
and
we've
got
real
needs
that
we
have
to
tap
into
it's
just
a
different
debate.
This
we
wouldn't
have
probably
had
this
conversation
ten
years
ago.
H
AG
I've
done
a
little
bit
looking
at
this
too
and
I
didn't
know
what
you
were
going
to
say
tonight,
but
I
just
want
to
address
a
couple
things
from
my
experience:
you're
exactly
right.
This
is
a
state
property
and
so
anything
we
do.
It's
got
a
hat.
It's
got
to
come
from
the
state
legislature
or
maybe
we're
just
beating
our
heads
against
the
wall.
Otherwise
you
know
doing
business
and
providing
services.
That's
really
you
know
zero.
That's
really
not
an
accurate
statement.
I
mean
I
realize
we
get
No
Fee
out
of
that.
AG
But,
quite
frankly,
when
those
people
come
in,
they
drive
into
the
port
they
park
on
port
property.
They
pay
port
property
for
that
parking
and
they
get
on
board
the
ship.
Now
that's
just
have
in
and
out,
but
some
of
them
come
and
they
they
stay
in
our
hotels.
They
provide
that
business
they
eat
in
our
restaurants.
They
stay
for
a
couple
days.
They
they
do
pays
for
some
of
this,
so
I
I
think
your
your
statement,
although
I,
would
love
to
get
something
out
of
this
I'm,
not
sure
exactly
that.
AG
AG
That's
not
services
that
we're
presenting
or
giving
to
the
port
I
mean
what
every
time
that
ship
comes
in
there
there's
a
lot
of
longshoremen
jobs
at
risk
that
people
that
go
down
there
and
move
that
luggage
move
the
food
in
and
out
I
mean
there's
a
lot
of
good-paying
jobs
that
that
every
time
that
ship
comes
in,
they
provide
a
service.
So
I'm
just
telling
you
that's
what
you're
gonna
be
up
against
when
it's
not
gonna,
be
easy.
AG
I
guess
is
what
I
lost
you,
but
when
you,
when
you
start
at
zero,
you
kind
of
lose
me
because
when
because
I
know
there
are
a
lot
of
stuff
that's
being
done
and
that
ship
itself
is
not
costing
the
city
a
lot
now,
there's
a
source
of
revenue
to
fix
drainage
and
stuff
like
that
I'm
all
for
it.
We
need
other
revenues,
but
I
wouldn't
approach
it
in
that
respect.
Cuz
I
mean
there's
too
many
good
jobs
and
I,
don't
know.
As
a
municipality,
we
can
assert
ourselves
on
state
property,
I've,
just
Jackson.
AL
I
appreciate
a
mr.
Griffin's
question,
because
I
had
the
same
in
terms
of
what
is
what
we're
actually
looking
at
for
a
process
to
go
from
A
to
Z
to
get
this
in
our
coffers.
I
promise
you
as
a
new
on
the
council
and
having
spent
more
time
as
a
citizen
and
trying
to
follow,
along
with
big
business
of
the
council,
I
honestly
thought
that
this
was
already
teed
up
to
coming
to
the
city.
AL
So
I
do
promise
you
that,
if
I
thought
and
trying
to
follow
along
with
the
business
of
the
council,
the
last
two
years
before
I
was
elected.
Everyone
else
in
the
region
thinks
this
is
already
true.
So
I
do
think
we
would
have
the
community
support
I,
don't
think
we
would
have
to
go
very
far
to
find
people
who
would
advocate
at
the
state
level
and
I
respect
mr.
Moody's
opinion.
Obviously
we
don't
want
to
hurt
what
isn't
broken.
AL
We
we
don't
want
to
endanger
jobs
or
the
industry,
but,
to
be
honest,
everyone
else
is
getting
their
piece
of
this
pie
and
I
think
that
the
city
puts
together
the
infrastructure
and
the
experience
and
the
reason
that
these
cruise
ships
are
beefing
up.
Their
number
of
embarking
debark,
as
you
say,
is
because
Charleston
is
the
the
backbone
of
why
they're
coming
here
so
I
I
do
support
you.
Mr.
sneaking's
and
I
personally
would
go
with
you
to
a
delegation
and
I
do
think.
We
could
drum
up
a
lot
of
support
from
citizenry.
C
Thank
You
mr.
mayor
and
I
appreciate
the
comments
and
we've
shared
already
this
evening.
I
go
down
there
and
watch
the
folks
come
in
off
this
ship.
I
just
said:
I
just
said
this
time
it
that
way
on
a
Friday
morning,
usually
or
or
Thursday
morning,
so
these
folks
are
but
the
majority
of
them
I'm
just
Moody's
right.
There's
a
good
number
of
people
maybe
spend
a
night
or
go
to
a
restaurant
or
something
along
those
lines,
and
there
are
a
lot
of
good
paying
jobs
that
are
being
generated
from
the
presence
of
these
ships.
C
But
the
impact
on
these
ships
into
the
city
is
something
we
just
can't
overlook
when
they
come
here.
Streets
are
blocked
off
the
the
police
block.
Yet
these
ingress
in
these
grass
streets,
particularly
around
Concord
Street.
So
it
has
a
huge
impact
on
traffic
flow,
which
has
a
huge
impact
on
our
other
visitors.
Here
has
a
huge
impact
on
us,
the
residents
who
work
and
in
downtown.
So
it
does
have
a
big
impact
on
on
what
happens
into
the
peninsula
part
of
the
city.
C
We're
not
getting
our
fair
shake
out
of
this.
That's
sort
of
I
think
an
issue
we
need
to
be
to
be
addressing,
so
they
pay
a
fee.
These
boats
pull
up
to
a
dock.
They
pay
a
fee
to
the
state
and
we're
not
getting
a
a
cut
out
of
that
and
I
think
that's
sort
of
what
the
issue
is
is
that
we
need
to
figure
out
a
way
to
maneuver
with
the
state
as
to
how
we're
getting
a
piece
of
that
pie.
C
I
mean
certainly
they're
using
state
and
federal
they
traveled
interstate
26
or
highway
17
and
highway
61,
whatever
way
they're
coming
in
to
to
town,
but
there
still
is
an
increase
in
that
increase,
has
an
impact
on
the
overall
quality
of
life
into
the
into
the
city.
So
it
does
have
a
negative
impact
in
that
regard,
but
I
think
maybe
the
easy
way
of
doing
this
is
just
a
tag
on
tune
in
bootstrap
ourselves
to
what
the
state
is.
C
Charging
them
with
the
State
Ports
Authority
is
charging
them
as
a
surtax
of
gas
or
some
sort
or
fee
to
how
they're
doing
that,
because
whatever
they
they're
charging
to
pull
up
to
that
dock,
we
could.
We
can
tag
along
with
it
if
it's
twenty-five
dollars
or
ten
dollars
a
head
is
sort
of
a
huge
impact
on
on
what
we
do
with
this
thing,
TJ
died.
There's
one
other
question
before
I
leave
that
mr.
C
mayor
and
it's
been
a
while
since
I
took
a
cruise
many
many
years
ago,
but
when
you
buy
a
ticket
on
the
on
a
cruise
ship,
you
do
not
you'd,
not
paint
a
sales
tax.
That's
fine,
I
understand
that
correctly
I
mean
you,
you
going
online
and
you
booking
that
that
that
that
cabin
and
you
transact
that
with
your
credit
card
or
other
ways,
you
do
that,
but
you
not
paying
as
sales
tax.
C
So
this
is
this
is
a
transaction
that
is
not
being
completely
I
hate
these
that
work
tax,
but
it's
not
being
attacked,
I
mean
if
we
sold
a
mug
or
a
coke
Cola.
You
get
you
tax,
that
transaction
whatever
that
may
be,
but
here's
a
transaction,
that's
accounting
in
someone's
living
room
in
in
Somerville
or
in
Colombia
or
Nashville
North
Carolina
to
this
Cruise,
Line,
that's
not
being
taxed,
did
not
paint
a
tax
on
that
and
so
they're.
C
Getting
the
cruise
ship
was
making
a
huge
profit
and
not
paying
into
their
portion
of
government
entities
as
to
how
is
it
impacting
on
community,
so
I
think
we've
just
ended.
We
just
need
to
address
is
somehow
because
we're
they're
getting
a
windfall
and
we'll
really
get
in
the
bill.
That's
the
problem
with
the
whole
thing.
AN
Sounds
like
deja
vu
to
me
been
here,
especially
for
the
for
the
new
folks.
The
first
thing
I
would
do
is
advise
you
to
get
a
copy
of
the
memorandum
of
agreement
between
the
city
and
the
ports
authority.
Just
so
you
be
up
to
date.
If
you
haven't
already,
you
know,
I
I,
totally
respect
what
councilman
seeking
ziz
is
is
pushing,
but
perhaps
his
ice
is
cold
it
in
my
ice
because
back
in
and
why?
Why
say?
That
is
that
this
argument
has
been
on
this
table
before
and
at
length.
AN
There
was
even
a
recommendation
to
ask
the
city
to
go
forward
to
the
legislation
to
see
whether
or
not
we
can
get
a
head
tax.
This
body
voted
that
down.
So
this
is
not
a
new
issue
in
2007
in
the
preservation
handbook,
just
as
we
have
in
the
tourism
management
handbook,
there
was
a
recommendation
in
2007
that
we
go
forward
with
the
head
tax,
so
none
of
this
is
new
at
all.
AN
The
arguments
that
councilman
moody
made
were
the
arguments
that
were
put
on
the
table
before
and,
of
course,
my
recommendation
lost
as
a
result
of
that
argument.
At
that
time
there
was
a
discussion
that
the
cruise
ship
industry
is
bringing
in
thirty
five
million
dollars
to
the
city,
based
on
some
of
the
things
that
you
just
highlighted:
councilman
moody,
while
I'm
four
I'm
still
for
it,
but
unless
we
can
get
the
ports
authority
CEO
mr.
AN
Newsome,
on
board
its
dead
in
the
water
I
would
support
any
way
that
we
can
get
additional
revenue
to
the
city
when
councilman,
Wilson
and
I
put
forth
our
plan
for
identifying
additional
revenue.
That
was
one
of
the
items
and,
of
course,
some
of
the
other
items
are
already
being
implemented
by
this
by
the
city,
so
I
would
support
whatever
we
can
do
to
move
this
forward,
but
it
is
definitely
an
uphill
fight,
been
here
done
this
before
it's
deja
vu.
AN
But
if
you
know
someone
that
can
get
it
where
we
want
it
to
go
would
be
fine.
This
was
also
an
issue
that
was
in
the
middle
of
a
mayoral
election
folks.
This
is
not
a
new
issue.
Okay,
so
again,
we've
got
to
be
very
careful.
We
got
to
be
prudent.
We've
got
to
really
strategized
and
see
whether
or
not
this
is
something
we're
ready
to
take
on.
I
am
I've
been
ready
to
take
it
on
since
2007-2008
and
if
council
has
changed
fine
with
me,
let's
go
forward.
AO
AO
That's
when
they
first
decided
202
came
into
being,
but
the
big
argument
was
it's
going
to
bring
jobs
to
the
city
of
soft,
and
apparently
it
has
now
for
the
head
tax
I'm
up
for
a
hundred
bucks,
a
head
myself
until
it
will
do
it
like
we
do
the
sales
tax
they
get
six
percent.
We
get
four
percent.
My
math
says
that
twelve
and
a
half
million
dollars
I
like
mine,
better
than
yours,
Mike,
but
that's
I,
think
we
need
to
like
mike
says
it
has
changed.
AO
In
the
six
years
I've
been
here,
the
cruise
industry,
it's
no
longer
causing
subtle
and
everybody's
fortune.
Downtown
I
haven't
heard
that
in
about
five
years
you
know
the
the
world
has
changed
in
the
last
six
years:
hey,
let's
take
it
run
it
up.
The
flagpole
I
mean
I.
Think
it's
a
good
idea
to
give
it
a
shot.
At.
Ladies.
AD
So
I
think
that,
as
opposed
to
us
trying
to
affect
things
that
we
can't
affect,
we
need
to
be
working
with
the
state
legislature
to
ask
them
to
affect
the
things
that
they
can
then
be
have
purview
over
to
effect.
The
second
thing
I'll
point
out
that
back
when
this
debate
was
occurring,
that
was
supposedly
about
five
million
dollars.
Gonna
get
earmark
towards
Shore
power
at
the
state
level.
AD
So
my
point
is
this:
if
this
body
is
gonna,
take
the
issue
up,
we've
got
to
remember
what
we
have
purview
over
and
what
we
don't
have
purview
over,
and
we
have
to
make
sure
that
whatever
we
decide,
we
want
to
do
that.
We
actually
can
do
and
we
can
affect
change,
but
it
starts
and
ends
at
the
state
level,
not
at
the
city
level.
AD
So
if
we
can't
get
the
state
legislature
to
get
on
board
with
making
change,
whether
it
be
a
head
tax
or
otherwise,
and
even
simply
coming
up
with
the
five
million
bucks
that
they
earmarked
towards
shore
power,
they
still
yet
have
not
done
I'm,
not
sure
how
we're
gonna
make
any
more
effective
change.
Moving
forward
on
this.
AF
AL
I
really
appreciate
all
of
the
wisdom
that
has
gone
before
us
and
I
and
I
and
I
know
you
know
I've
known
Charleston
over
the
years,
not
as
a
resident
but
as
a
person
that
worked
in
the
industry
that
was
helping
the
preservationist
and
the
Community
Development
community.
So
I
know
that
this
cruise
ship
thing
has
been
a
I.
AL
AL
Yes,
tourism
is
still
a
major
force
in
our
economy,
but
it
is
not
the
only
force
and
I
do
think
that
we
have
a
whole
new
era
of
active
citizens
who
are
pleading
for
us
to
develop
strategies
that
that
increase
their
ability
to
live
well
in
their
community,
we're
not
desperate
for
money
in
the
ways
that
we
were
ten
years
ago
and
so
I
think
a
lot
of
us
have
been
reelected.
Sorry.
AF
AL
Newly
elected
on
the
basis
of
representing
the
locals
first
on
many
of
issues
and
I,
really
think
that's
where
we
need
to
go
I
think
we
definitely
have
to
go
to
the
legislature.
I
didn't
realize
that
that
would
be
in
their
purview,
but
it
makes
total
sense
with
the
state.
Port
Authority
I
think
we
have
to
give
it
our
best
shot
in
a
new
era
of
livability
for
our
city.
So
that's
where
I
would
support
you.
Mister
seeking.
W
Have
we
approached
the
Port
Authority
before
about
this,
and
if
why
not
approach
them
again,
we
need
to
because
let
me
from
for
me
and
I
work
in
the
maritime
ministry.
It's
my
this
is
my
field
I'm
around
them
all
the
time
they
have
mentioned
several
times
about
strengthen
the
relationship
with
the
city
of
Charleston
and
if,
if
with
all
due
respect,
if
if
we've
already
come
to
the
conclusion
that
oh
it'll
pass
in
the
house,
but
it's
probably
gonna
get
turned
down
in
the
Senate.
W
H
AJ
You
mr.
myth
I
think
if
we're
gonna
make
this
argument,
we
have
to
make
the
a
transparent,
honest
financial
presentation
on
this
emotionally.
That
was
a
good
presentation
today.
The
reality
of
it
is
that
we
know
the
revenue
and
zero
councilmember
right,
see
cuz.
You
know
that
so
so
affected
us
emotionally
in
the
room.
But
for
us
to
make
our
case
to
the
state
of
South
Carolina.
We
have
to
have
a
economic
impact
study
from
a
city's
perspective.
AJ
You
better
believe
the
state
post
authority
has
it
from
theirs
their
46
counties
in
the
state
of
South
Carolina.
Anybody
want
to
guess
how
many
counties
have
cruise
ship
terminal,
one
okay.
So
when
you
go
to
the
state
General
Assembly
that
Senator
from
Fairfield
or
that
House
member
from
wahala,
when
you
look
at
taking
money
from
the
state,
they're
gonna
look
at
it
like
we
are
our
minds
and
if
we
were
to
have
a
if
we
were
to
say
here's
our
financial
impact
study,
then
I
think
you
begin
to
make
an
argument.
AJ
AJ
The
steep
parts
gonna
be
able
to
come
back
with
a
financial
impact
studies
saying
we
do
contribute
to
the
city
of
South
Carroll,
so
they
gonna
be
able
to
say
when
those
longshoremen
come
up
there
and
they
and
the
stevedores
come
up
there
and
assist
those
passengers.
Those
longshoremen
earn
salaries.
AJ
They
come
back
here
if
a
city
taxes,
if
a
property
taxes
they're
going
the
auto
mile
and
they
buy
automobiles,
those
businesses
pay
business,
license
fees
to
the
city,
so
they're
gonna
eat
us
up
with
that
economic
impact
study,
we
don't
have
that
from
the
city's
perspective
we
haven't
hired.
A
financial
consultant
has
looked
at
best
practices
around
the
country
to
see
maybe
isn't
a
head
tax.
If
we
can
get
the
head
tax
out
of
grief,
maybe
it's
another
fee.
We
haven't
expounded
economically
in
that
way
and
I.
AJ
Think
if
we're
gonna
make
that
approach
to
the
General
Assembly,
we
have
to
have
the
financial
facts
that
somebody
can
grab
their
chin
and
say.
Well,
you
know
you
do
make
a
point:
we're
not
going
to
be
able
to
do
it.
You
know,
with
the
picture
of
a
small
cruise
ship,
a
medium-size
cruise
ship
and
a
logical
ship.
That's
going
to
work
in
this
venue
and
I
agree
with
you.
Listen
I'm
with
you
on
it.
Okay,
but
I
know
we're
gonna
get
to
toe
off
the
frame.
AJ
If
we
go
up
with
a
presentation
like
that,
we're
gonna
get
tore
up
the
frames,
we
go
talk
to
Jim
Newsome
like
that
we
can
get
taught
the
frames
we
go
to
the
chamber
with
them.
We
have
not
done
our
homework
from
our
perspective,
to
be
able
to
tell
why
the
general,
why
our
costs
and
the
revenue
stream
to
us
is
legitimate
and
where
it's
lacking.
AJ
So
if
we
want
to
do
this
and
we
want
to
be
in
a
position
to
approach
and
Lobby
the
the
General
Assembly
I
mean
we
all
know
sentence
as
we
all
men
know,
members
in
the
House
of
Representatives,
but
we
do
do.
We
know
enough
to
to
get
a
majority
of
the
house.
Do
we
know
it's
46
senators?
Do
we
do
we
know
24
senators
to
be
able
to
get
vote
in
the
Senate
I
know
we're
not
gonna
get
close
to
that.
AJ
If
we
don't
have
the
financial
impact
study
from
the
city's
perspective,
to
be
able
to
say
financially
why
it
makes
sense
to
do
this,
and
in
my
opinion
we
haven't
done
that
now.
I
would
be
in
favor
of
voting
to
hire
and
get
the
proper
economist
consultants
to
put
together
that
in
economic
impact
study
from
them
from
the
city
of
Charleston's
perspective,
based
on
what
we
get
directly
indirectly
and
hopefully,
what
we
should
be
getting,
which
makes
sense
so
I
think
if
we
gonna
approach
this.
AJ
That
would
be
one
of
the
first
legs
to
take
because
we're
not
going
to
be
able
to
do
it
shooting
from
the
hip.
We
get
turned
down
so
fast
in
the
gym
assembly.
No
I
understand
that
the
tourism
management
thing.
Okay,
we
have,
we
done
it
well,
I
think.
If
we're
gonna
put
together
this
strategy,
we
need
to
put
together
our
financial
story
first
and
I
think
we're
on
the
same
page
here,
councilman
seeking
so.
AJ
AN
Clerk
will
counsel,
if
you
could
pull
the
discussions
that
we
had
on
this,
because
if
I'm
not
mistaken,
there
was
some
type
of
impact
study
done.
It
might
have
been
done
by
the
Port
Authority
I.
Don't
know
how
it's
the
College
of
Charleston
someone
did
so
so
we're
not
reinventing
wheels
and
looking
right.
AK
AJ
AN
AJ
B
On
this
topic
and
believe
it
or
not,
it's
been
on
my
mind
over
the
last
year
and
I
had
met
with
Jim
Newsome
about
this
matter,
and
I've
asked
him
councilmember
Gregory
Griffin
about
his
thoughts
and
feelings
about
it
and
and
I.
Don't
think
he
would
mind
me
sharing
with
you
that
he's
adamantly
opposed
as
having
head
tax,
okay,
I,
don't
think
he
would
mind
me
sharing
that
with
you
and
and
I
will.
B
You
know
we
talked
about
this
last
night
when
we
were
at
the
Charlestown
Neighborhood
Association
talking
about
funding
for
drainage
improvements
which,
in
my
mind,
is
of
the
utmost
importance
in
our
city
and
right
now
and
and
this
I'm
all
for
any
kind
of
revenue
stream
that
we
can
get
to
help
pay
for
additional
drainage
projects.
Believe
me,
but,
but
you
know,
I
don't
know
of
Representative
Cogswell
was
being
a
little
optimistic
about
being
able
to
get
this
pass
and
house.
B
I
would
question
that,
knowing
what
I
know
about
the
Port
Authority
in
the
rest
of
the
state
of
South
Carolina
but
Senator
camps
and
quick
quickly
made
to
comment
that
chances
of
this
thing
passing
the
legislature
is,
is
next
of
zero
very
low
and
that
one
senator
in
fact
you
know,
can
hold
up
the
process
on
the
Senate
side.
And
you
know
he
pointed
out
who
their
name
in
this
new
terminal
after
as
a
as
the
state
senator
from
the
Upstate,
not
that
he
might
do
this.
B
B
We
we
have
to
bear
the
quality
of
life
issues,
so
most
of
the
rest
of
the
state
is
not
concerned
about
our
quality
of
life
issues,
and
so
when
the
Port
Authority
is
against
it
and
a
number
of
influential
senators
and
House
members
who
are
very
supportive
of
everything
that
a
port
does,
it
makes
it
very
difficult
to
get
anything
thing
passed.
So
I
made
two
comment
last
night
somewhat
in
Jess,
I
think
general
Moultrie
was
a
great
Patriot,
you
know,
but
when
he
was
governor
in
1786
and
allowed
the
state
capital
go
to
Columbia.
B
Maybe
that
allowed
it
to
grow
like
it
has
into
what
it
is
today,
but
anyway,
I
don't
know
when
20/20
hindsight
that
we
did
ourselves
a
favor
there
either.
So
anyway,
getting
something
Pat
and
I
got
to
share
with
you.
I
went
to
the
opening
ceremony
over
at
the
Yorktown
recently
week,
four
last
when
they
started
the
dredging
operation
and
had
nothing
to
do
cruise
ships.
B
I
mean
deep
in
the
harbor
we
can
take
the
big
container
vessels
and
all
like
that
and
the
head
of
BMW
was
there
the
head
of
Michelin
was
there
half
of
the
Upstate
legislatures
were
there?
It
was
a
love
feast,
I
can
tell
you
and
they
loved
the
port
of
Charleston,
okay,
and
so
it's
very
difficult
thing.
B
B
So
we
are
looking
at
changing
those
policies
so
that
we
can
fully.
You
know
charge
maybe
with
a
little
added
administrative
fee,
the
full
costs
of
whatever
it
is
that
that
is
being
incurred
by
by
the
passenger
ships
being
here,
and
if
there
are
other
costs
involved,
you
know
if
they
weren't
using
the
state
street
if
they
use
in
a
city
street.
You
know
our
drainage
system.
B
AF
B
Think
we
had
to
go
knock
on
the
door
for
what
the
collection
agent,
but
we
we
did
get
the
money
from
this
year,
so
they
they
do
participate
in
certain
things,
but
but
but
I've
you
to
explore
every
fee
possible
you.
You
know
that
we
could
do
locally
I'm,
you
know
and
do
what
study
of
the
economic
impact,
but
I
gotta
tell
you
the
the
the
the
it's
a
high
mountain
to
get
over
and
I
just
wanted
to
openly
share
that
with
Council,
because
that
it
that's
part
of
reality.
Miss
me.
AJ
AO
AJ
Got
ninety
nine
percent
right.
You
know
a
hundred
percent
right
on
that
and
I
anybody
to
spend
any
time
in
the
General
Assembly.
Anybody
refer
have
heard.
You've
heard
the
term
the
state
of
Charleston,
a
state
of
Charleston
I,
never
I,
never
understood
that
until
I
met
Vanessa
in
Columbia,
but
they
actually
I
mean
people
in
the
Senate
and
General
Assembly
refer
to
Charleston.
We
think
we
are
separate
State
down
here
and
believe
it
or
not.
It
finds
us
waiting
to
appropriation.
It's
not
right,
but
that's
the
piece
we
against.
So
that's.
AJ
Why
I
mean
exploring
fees,
I'm,
sure,
I,
don't
know
if
it's
calculated
in
the
fees
when
we
charge
them
for
policemen
who
pays
for
the
Train
and
all
those
police
officers,
city
of
Charleston
does
I,
don't
know
whether
that's
factored
into
the
the
rental
fee.
If
you
will
when,
when,
when
it's
being
charged
to
the
State
post
authority
for
their
usage,
so
I
think
consultants
can
help
up
what
think?
That's,
alright,
what
you
said
I
endorse
one
hundred
percent,
you
hundred
percent
right
on
that.
B
Thank
you
any
other
comments.
Okay,
if
we
could
move
forward
to
our
amended
items,
the
appointment
of
a
new
city,
police
chief
and
when
I
made
the
announcement
here,
the
other
day,
I
started
thanking
and
women
who
serve
in
the
police
department
they're
there,
looking
after
our
public
safety
every
day
and
I
thanked
and
I.
Thank
again,
the
amazing
45
years
of
service
of
our
interim
chief
Jerome
Taylor.
Thank
you
for
all
you've
done
and
continue
to
do
of
the
city
of
straw.
AK
AK
B
AJ
Thank
You
mr.
mayor
I,
again
I
to
respect
your
choice.
I
understand
that
you
have
the
right
as
near
to
hire
and
fire,
but
on
this
one
just
for
the
records
I've
got
to
say
that
chief
Taylor
and
his
45
plus
years
of
service
to
the
city
came
up.
In
my
opinion,
and
this
I
haven't
even
talked
to
chief
Taylor
about
this
chief
Taylor
came
on
this
police
force
when,
as
a
resident
of
Charleston,
we
had
of
what
I
call
him
a
bully
police
force.
AJ
It
came
from
a
bully
police
fluence
and
to
being
a
professional
police
force
on
the
chief
greenberg.
He
was.
He
was
a
part
of
that
for
20
years,
I
believe
with
chief
Greenberg,
our
police
force
went
from
bully
police
force
to
a
police
force
that
had
I,
don't
know
75,
maybe
80%
college
degrees
or
better.
AJ
AJ
He
certainly
was
a
part
of
the
Walter
Scott,
because
if
you
think
well,
that's
in
North
Charleston
we
all
joined
at
the
same
hood
hit
will
can
be
a
spark
in
North.
Charleston
can
be
a
fire
in
Charleston
and
vice
versa.
So
those
police
forces
have
to
communicate
doing
emotionally-charged
events
like
that
in
a
region
as
small
as
ours,
we
had
the
Virginia,
you
say
well,
okay,
after
chief
Mullen
left
he's
been
on,
he's
been
on
backstroke
and
nothing
went
on.
AJ
From
a
policing
standpoint,
no
patron
got
hurt
or
injured;
no
additional
employees
certainly
were
murdered.
So
from
a
policing
standpoint,
our
police
force,
we
couldn't
have
asked
for
any
better
results,
most
recently
with
the
Heidi
event,
local
state,
national,
obviously
FBI
I
mean
it
was
like
like
clockwork.
AJ
So
it's
for
that
reason.
No
disparity
on
mr.
Reynolds
I
mean
he's.
Fine
man
I
had
an
opportunity
to
spend
a
bit
of
time
with
him.
For
that
reason,
I
thought
we
already
had
a
good
man.
So
we're
gonna
put
a
motion
on
the
floor.
I
thought
those
things
need
to
be
stated
for
the
record,
but
I'll
be
voting
against
it.
It's
not
gonna
be
unanimous
because
I
thought
it
was
a
better
way
to
do
it
and
you
and
I
discussed
there,
but
I
think
opportunity
should
have
been
given
frankly
to
Chief
Taylor.
AJ
B
AM
Mayor
I
know
we
go
back
some
years,
but
when
you
called
me
and
I
told
you
my
position
and
I
think
everyone
knows
me
here
when
I
think
about
something.
Well,
hardly
and
the
way
I
am
with
my
god
and
the
way
I
feel
in
my
spirit
that
I,
don't
feel
is
correct.
Something
could
have
been
done
differently,
I
don't
participate
in
it
and
there's
nothing
differently.
I'm
gonna
say
here
now
that
I
haven't
spoken
to
the
mayor
about.
He
knows
me:
I'm,
I'm,
gonna.
Tell
you
exactly
why
I
feel
of
us
not
knocking.
AM
Anyone
is
not
knocking
mr.
Reynolds,
because
I
just
met
mr.
Reynolds
from
the
time
we
did
interviewing.
That's
about
it.
You
know
so
I
can't
say
anything
bad
about
him.
I
can't
say
anything
so
far
as
to
miss
going
because
it's
the
prerogative.
This
is
the
way
our
permissible
government
is,
but
I
just
felt
that
it
could
have
been
done
a
little
differently
and
that's
my
opinion.
My
own
personal
opinion
and
I
feel
that
way
for
hardly
because
I
have
watched
and
I've
seen
the
police
department
have
come
together.
AM
I
have
seen
the
police
department
right
now
have
on
both
sides.
All
the
officers
are
working
together
with
one
and
it's
one
and
I.
Look
at
those
things
could
I
tell
like
I'd
say
a
lot
I'm
in
that
community.
A
lot
when
things
happen
in
this
community
I'm
out
there
cause
the
Lewis
knife.
If
something
happened
in
his
district
I'm
there.
AM
If
something
happened
in
my
district,
be
there
if
it's
two
or
three
or
four
o'clock
in
the
morning,
so
it's
a
little
different
from
what
I've
seen
at
the
police
department,
then
all
the
nice
be
seen
because
I'm
out
there
all
the
time
I'm
on
the
street
all
the
time.
You
know
and
I
know
what
our
animal
chief
was
doing
since
he
was
there
and
I
had
this
lead
I,
hopefully,
who
Hartley
believed
and
I
prayed
on
a
lot
and
that's
what
I
do
and
I
believe
it
could
have
been
done.
AM
A
little
differently
be
attend
those
differently
and
I.
Just
I
think
I
told
the
mayor
I,
that's
your
opinion.
I
said
that's
the
way
you
can
do
it,
but
I
don't
think
I
can
go
and
support
right.
Now,
I,
just
don't
have
nothing
to
do
with
the
mayor.
Just
I
have
nothing
to
do
with
the
mr.
Ellis,
who
was
high,
not
personally
I.
Don't
I
don't
go
with
personal
vendetta
against
anyone.
That's
not
me
with
my
whole
heart
feelings,
piston
way,
I
did
and
I
pray
on
this.
AM
This
thing
had
bothered
me
ever
since
I
heard
you
know
and
I
mean
I
wasn't
like
I
said
he
wasn't
here.
He
was
enough
Washington
DC,
when
they
said
that
the
news
came
about
and
I
know
that
mayor
spoke
to
me
and
said
who
he
was
going
to
and
now
it's
nice
I
relayed
the
same
thing
to
him.
Yes,
sir
same
thing:
it's
no
different!
You
see
and
that's
that's
just
me
and
that's
the
way.
I
am
you
know
so
you
know
it
is
what
it
is.
But
I
don't
have
to
be
me,
I'm
gonna!
AM
B
I'm
reminded
of
a
comment
that
I
heard
from
senator
Hollings
one
time
when,
when
someone
was
talking
to
him
and
and
about
the
ability
of
a
u.s.
senator
to
appoint
a
federal
judge,
like
was
really
I,
mean
impactful
thing
and
the
senator
said
heck
man,
it's
one
of
the
worst
things
I've
read,
do
I
made
one
friend
and
300
enemies
and
and
I
do
believe
that
the
rentals
will
be
a
great
police
chief
for
all
of
our
community.
AK
W
We
added
a
couple
of
really
we
we've
set
a
public
hearing
for
next
meeting,
the
closing
abandoned
a
portion
of
kinloch
court.
We
had
a
bunch
of
information
about
temporary
encroachments
and
we
spent
the
majority
of
our
discussion
talking
about
FEMA
buyouts
and
the
church
Creek
Basin,
and
that
is
going
to
be
a
standing
report
right
going
moving
forward.
W
Every
meeting
that
we
have
will
have
update
on
female
buyout
process
and
also
where
we
are
in
the
moratorium,
where
we
are
in
the
implementation
of
the
study,
because
it's
outlined
in
the
ordinance
that
we
have
provided
monthly
updates
on
where
we
are
to
relay
to
our
constituents
so
we'll
get
it
at
the
public
works
and
then
we'll
relay
it
at
City
Council.
Thank
you.
AK
B
B
AK
B
B
B
B
W
AP
You
know
they're
not
used
to
being
in
a
city
and
they
don't
urban
council
down
the
line
after
this
administration
of
the
next
telling
them
that
they
cannot
continue.
What's
going
on
on
their
property.
Now,
there
will
be
slight
wordsmithing
modifications
that
I'll
recommend
to
you
on
the
development
agreements
at
the
when
it
comes
back
to
you
for
public
hearing
and
final
action,
which
will
be
the
first
meeting
in
April.
All
of
this
was
discussed
at
the
Planning
Commission
and
they're
all
for
it
comes.
AO
AP
AP
AD
AP
Correct,
okay
and
and
in
the
the
map,
really
shows
the
urban
growth
boundary,
but
it
shows
the
city
limits
going
to
Dorchester
County,
which
is
where
we
are
now
or
we
will
be,
and
so
between
the
urban
growth
boundary
and
the
county.
The
Dorchester
County
line.
The
recommendation
of
the
plan
is
agricultural
and
one-to-one
zoning
I.
Just.
AD
Would
say
as
a
follow-up
but
in
the
st.
long
same
lines,
counsel
Wagner,
that
that
any
time
we
make
a
change
like
this
or
allow
for
something
like
this
and
again.
This
is
very
special
circumstances,
but
I
want
to
make
sure
that
that
everyone
or
the
record,
understands
that
it
is
only
because
of
these
various
special
circumstances.
That,
quite
frankly,
may
never
occur
again
that,
but
there
shouldn't
be
this
idea
that
you
float
out
into
the
community
that
we
are
setting
any
kind
of
precedent
into
the
future
of
doing
something
additional
like
this.
AP
This
situation,
preparation,
that's
exactly
right
and
and
I,
don't
know
if,
if
I
told
you,
this
was
telling
the
public
hearing,
but
the
lion's
share
of
the
properties
that
are
being
developed.
With
the
exception
of
the
large
wood
field
track
and
the
Millbrook
lll
Millbrook
track,
the
rest
of
the
properties
are
subject
to
conservation.
AP
Easements
Truluck
is
not
but
he's
a
smaller
track,
but
the
larger
the
vine
share
of
the
properties
are
annex
are
already
subject
to
conservation
easements,
which
severely
restrict
what
they
can
do,
and
so
what's
going
on
on,
those
properties
now
is
allowed
under
that
conservation
easement
and
we're
just
acknowledging
that
and
protecting
that
use
that
the
landowners
have
requested.
They
won't
protect
it
and
that's
the
purpose
of
the
DA's
and
and
to
answer
mr.
Moody's
question
before
you
ask
it.
W
AP
B
AG
AP
B
AJ
AJ
AG
H
AC
B
B
B
No,
we
were
we're
still
planning
on
having
a
workshop
on
Thursday
March
29th.
That
was
going
to
be
about
other
topics
that
wasn't
going
to
be
about
short
turnaround.
Okay,
does
that
make
sense
and
the
reason
we're
moving
to
Monday
everybody's
invited
on
Tuesday
to
come
to
the
doc
Street
Theatre
at
five
o'clock,
because
the
Ambassador
from
the
Netherlands
is
bringing
his
professional
staff.
That
knows
a
good
bit
about
flooding
and
drainage
and
they
plan
to
make
a
presentation
to
us.
So
your
please,
please
come
to
that.
If
you
can't
so
council
member
Mitchell,
I.
AM
Just
want
to
make
a
quick
statement,
I
think.
A
lot
of
you
might
not
know
that
the
us
half
of
the
public
housing
and
section
8
housing
in
this
city
all
arouse
gonna,
be
affected
a
whole
lot
so
with
the
rad
our
ad
program.
So
you
got
to
be
aware
of
that.
So,
if
you
have
any
public
housing
in
the
district
you
represent,
you
need
to
attend
one
of
those
meetings
they
have
all
meetings
already
set.
AM
AM
They're
gonna
be
affected
a
lot
of
people,
who's
gonna
be
affected,
and
that's
why
you
see
me
fight
so
much
so
hard
here
for
affordable
housing
and
trying
to
keep
things,
because
a
lot
of
these
people
are
not
going
to
be
in
those
housing
anymore,
because
the
hard
office,
if
you
know
what
the
money
have
been
cut
a
whole
lot
and
it's
not
gonna,
be
any
bunch
of
subsidy
anymore.
So
it's
going
to
be
terrible
here
in
the
city
of
Charleston.