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From YouTube: City of Charleston City Council Meeting 5/9/23
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City of Charleston City Council Meeting 5/9/23
B
A
A
Here
now,
if
y'all
would
like
to
join
us,
councilmember
Bowden
is
going
to
lead
us
with
an
invocation
and
Pledge
of
Allegiance.
D
Thank
you
dearly.
Father.
Our
hearts
are
broken
with
the
pain
at
the
senseless
deaths
caused
by
gun
violence.
We
ask
that
you
touch
our
hearts
with
your
love,
heal
our
Brokenness
and
turn
us
away
from
violence
towards
peace,
help
us
to
transform
our
own
hearts
and
seek
peaceful
ways
of
resolving
our
differences.
Let
our
hands
reach
out
and
connect
with
those
who
feel
alone
those
who
live
in
fear
and
those
suffering
from
mental
illness.
E
A
All
right
so
a
few
presentations
this
evening
I
have
the
distinct
honor
of
having
a
proclamation
recognizing
assistant
fire
chief
Raymond,
Lloyd
Raymond.
Would
you
and
any
family
members
and
representatives
of
the
Charleston
fire
department
please
come
forward?
Please
come
to
the
stage
Chief
Courier
and
our
other
representatives
of
the
department.
F
A
Right
y'all
got
us,
maybe
we'll
add
a
couple
of
our
cfd
members
go
on
down
on
the
other
side,
if
y'all
would
so,
if
I
may
share
this
Proclamation,
whereas
the
City
of
Charleston
wishes
to
recognize
the
service
and
dedication
of
assistant,
fire
chief
Raymond,
Lloyd,
Hereafter
I'll,
say
Chief
Lloyd,
whereas
hired
by
the
Charleston
fire
department
on
May,
the
11th
of
1973.
A
you,
you
can't
be
that
old
Raymond
as
a
fireman
and
third
driver
Chief
Lloyd
spent
one
shift
on
the
engine
eight
and
assigned
to
engine
9
and
later
to
a
Makeup
Company
Chief
Lloyd
was
promoted
to
engineer
in
1976
and
assigned
to
engine
6
at
Cannon
Street,
where
he
spent
four
years.
He
was
then
promoted
to
captain
in
1980
and
Battalion
Chief
in
99,
where
he
held
assignments
in
a
battalion,
three
four
and
five,
whereas
on
June
the
18th
2007
Chief
Lloyd
was
working
as
a
battalion
chief
in
Battalion
5
on
James
Island.
A
He
was
responded
to
the
sofa
Superstore
fire
during
which
nine
Brave
Charleston
firefighters
lost
their
lives
and
whereas
Chief
Floyd
played
a
large
role
in
guiding
the
Charleston
fire
department
during
the
days
weeks,
months
and
years
that
followed,
starting
with
the
assignment
as
an
acting
assistant
chief
on
June
19th
of
2007
and
whereas
under
the
leadership
of
fire
chief
Tom
Carr,
acting
Chief
Lloyd
was
promoted
to
assistant
chief
in
2009,
held
various
assignments,
including
the
head
of
Charleston
Fire,
Department
training
and
Logistics,
and
whereas
Chief
Lord
retired
from
the
Charleston
fire
department
on
January
3rd
2018,
with
nearly
45
years
of
service
to
the
department,
the
city
and
its
residents
and
visitors
after
retirement
Chief,
Lloyd
transitioned
to
a
position
with
the
Folly
Beach
Department
of
Public
Safety,
where
he
coordinates
and
leads.
A
Firebase
train
training
initiatives
for
the
Department,
whereas
Chief
Lloyd
is
widely
admired
for
his
constant
desire
to
get
better
every
day
and
even
after
50
years.
It
is
a
common
sight
to
see
him
in
his
firefighting
gear,
actively
participating
in
drills
with
members
of
his
team
and
whereas
Chief
Lloyd
has
had
a
relative
in
the
Charleston
fire
department.
Listen
to
this
y'all
since
the
Inception
of
the
department
in
1882,
thus
making
him
a
fourth
generation,
Charleston
firefighter
and
his
son.
Now
a
fifth
generation
Charleston
fire
fighter.
A
Since
1882
this
family
has
been
represented
in
the
Charleston
fire
department,
which
is
amazing,
whereas
May
11
2023
marks
Chief
Lloyd's
50th
anniversary
in
the
fire
service
in
the
Charleston
area.
On
that
day,
Chief
Lloyd
will
return
to
to
the
Charleston
fire
department
where
he
will
be
provided
the
title
of
honorary
Fire
Chief
and
tasked
with
educating
the
members
of
the
department
on
the
illustrious
history
of
the
Charleston
fire
department.
H
I
want
to
thank
the
City
of
Charleston
and
the
Charleston
fire
department
for
this
great
honor
I'm,
going
to
tell
you
50
years
sounds
like
a
long
time,
but
when
you
find
something
that
you
love
and,
like
you
know,
you're
calling
50
years
goes
by
very
quickly.
Today,
I
was
at
a
city
of
Charleston's
training.
Tower,
with
my
crew.
H
We
went
through
a
live
fire
burn
and
I
came
out
renewed
in
my
desire
to
stay
stay
and
I
told
somebody
I'd
probably
stay
another
50
if
I
could,
if
my
health
held
up
but
I
want
to
thank
some
people
throughout
my
career
I
want
to
thank
my
wife,
my
family,
my
wife,
who
stood
by
me
and
was
my
sounding
board.
H
We
went
through
some
hard
times
after
our
fire
in
07,
where
we
lost
nine
great
nine
brave
men
and
she
put
up
a
lot.
She
helped
me
stay
the
course,
and
I
will
tell
you
that
at
that
time,
I
had
33
years
on
the
job
and
they
told
me
I
should
retire.
You
know
and
I
knew
that
that
was
not
the
right
thing
to
do.
H
I
knew
that
there
were
a
lot
of
people
in
the
Charleston
fire
department
who
were
in
desperate
need
of
help
was
hurting
and
I
just
could
not
in
all
conscious,
walk
out
the
door,
even
though
they
told
me
I
could
leave
on
a
disability
and
get
tax-free
every
money,
but
I
knew
it
wasn't
the
right
thing.
So
I
stayed
to
be
a
comfort
to
people
to
try
to
to
lead
the
Charleston
fire
department
back
to
what
we
were.
H
We
were
and
still
live
a
great
department
and
I
I
love
everybody
there
on
the
job.
You
know
I
appreciate
this
honor.
Thank
you
all
very
much.
I
So
I
think
Chief
Lloyd
covered
just
about
everything,
but
I
will
tell
you
this
50
years.
You
don't
hear
that
in
the
fire
service
it's
hard
to
get
25
years
of
service
in
this
profession
and
as
hard
as
firefighting
is
on
your
body,
it's
very,
very
tough,
mentally
to
go
through
a
career,
seeing
highs
and
lows
of
people
in
your
community
and
to
be
able
to
do
that
with
the
grace
and
the
dignity
that
Chief
Lloyd
constantly
exhibits
is
nothing
short
of
remarkable.
I
A
All
right
next
we
have
a
proclamation
recognizing
National,
Police,
Week
and
I'd
like
to
invite
deputy
chief
Cheeto
Walker
to
join
me,
along
with
any
other
members
of
the
Charleston
Police
Department
and
I'm,
going
to
ask
council
member
Shea
to
stay
up
here
as
well,
because
he
was
with
us
today.
Y'all
at
brittlebank
Park,
a
part
of
National
Police
Week
is
also
to
recognize
Peace
Officers,
Memorial
Day,
and
today
we
recognize
the
24
members
of
the
Charleston
Police
Department,
who
made
the
ultimate
sacrifice
and
service
to
this
city.
A
Duties
and
responsibilities
of
their
police
department
and
that
members
of
our
Police
Department
recognize
their
duty
to
Serve
the
People
by
safeguarding
life
and
property,
by
protecting
them
against
violence
and
disorder,
and
by
protecting
the
innocent
against
deception
and
the
weak
against
oppression
and
intimidation.
And
whereas
the
names
of
the
dedicated
public
servants
killed
in
the
line
of
duty
are
engraved
on.
A
The
walls
of
the
National
Law
Enforcement
Officers
Memorial
in
Washington
D.C
and
whereas
556
new
names
of
fallen
heroes
are
added
to
that
wall
of
this
spring,
including
224
officers
killed
in
2022
and
332
officers
killed
in
Prior
years.
Whereas
the
service
and
sacrifice
of
all
officers
killed
in
the
line
of
duty
will
be
honored.
A
During
the
National
Law
Enforcement
Officers
Memorial
fund's
35th
annual
Candlelight
vigil
on
the
evening
of
May
13th
and
whereas
May
15th
is
designated
as
Peace
Officers,
Memorial
Day
in
honor
of
all
fallen
officers
and
their
families
and
U.S
flags
will
be
flown
at
half
staff.
And
whereas
we
publicly
salute
the
service
of
law
enforcement
officers
in
our
community
and
in
the
communities
all
across
the
nation
and
thank
them
for
safeguarding
the
lives
of
our
citizens.
A
A
Roger
Marcel
led
us
today
by
the
way
in
our
memorial
service
at
at
brittlebank
Park.
Thank
you,
Mr
Mayor.
Yes,
sir.
J
I'd
like
to
thank
on
behalf
of
the
Charleston
Police
Department
on
behalf
of
the
South
Carolina
Fraternal,
Order
police,
local
Lodge.
We
all
greatly
appreciate
the
support
of
our
mayor
of
every
member
of
city
council
and
the
fine
citizens
and
visitors
of
the
City
of
Charleston.
Thank
you
all
for
your
continued
support.
Yes,
sir.
A
A
So
if
y'all
haven't
seen
it
before
down
at
brittlebank
Park,
we
have
a
memorial
with
the
inscriptions
of
the
names
of
our
fallen
police
officers.
The
first
one
recorded
was
in
1857.
A
1857
was
the
first
an
officer.
Gillyard
was
his
name,
but
all
24
officers
of
our
department
are
memorialized
on
that
marker
and
Memorial
down
at
brittlebank
Park.
Lastly,
I
have
a
proclamation
recognizing
heat
safety
awareness
week,
I'm
going
to
invite
a
bunch
of
people
up
here
to
join
me.
Emily
McGraw
with
the
National
Weather
Service
are
you
here?
Please
come
forward.
A
Amanda
Guthrie
and
Susan
Lovelace
with
South
Carolina
sea
Grant,
Consortium
Andrew
Hansen
he's
a
Cadet
at
the
Citadel
Dale
Morris
with
the
city
Caitlin
Casella,
with
with
the
mayor's
office
of
resilience,
sustainability,
Casey
Conrad,
with
our
own
GIS
Department
Casey.
These
folks
represent
our
key
Partners
who
collaborate
with
City
to
increase
our
citizens,
awareness
of
health
risks
cause
or
exacerbated
by
extreme
heat.
A
The
proclamation
I'll
read
outlines
some
of
the
ongoing
efforts
that
we've
been
take
undertaking
together
in
2021,
the
city
participated
in
National
heat
Watch
program,
sponsored
by
NOAA
and
supported
by
many
local
organizations
standing
with
me
this
evening,
I'm
going
to
proceed
with
the
proclamation
if
I
made,
whereas
the
United
States
natural
hazards,
statistics
show
that
Nationwide
heat
has
been
the
leading
cause
of
weather-related
fatalities
since
1991
and
whereas,
according
to
the
United
States
Department
of
labor,
dozens
of
workers
die
and
thousands
more
become
ill
in
extreme
heat
or
humid
conditions
every
year
and
more
than
40
percent
of
heat
related
worker
deaths
occur
in
construction
in
this
industry.
A
The
workers
in
any
field
are
susceptible
heat,
related
illnesses
and
Ill
injuries
can
affect
anyone
regardless
of
age,
occupation
or
physical
condition.
However,
heat
related
illnesses
are
also
preventable,
and
the
elderly
and
those
living
in
poverty
often
have
increased
negative
Health
impacts
from
extreme
heat,
whereas
the
city
of
Charleston's,
2019-2020
hazards,
vulnerability
and
risk
assessment
identified
extreme
heat
as
a
key
City
vulnerability
and
in
the
most
vulnerable
extreme
heat
areas
of
Charleston.
A
There
are
1900
households
with
members
over
65
and
close
to
3
thousand
household
below
the
poverty
line,
whereas
the
city's
GIS
Department,
measured
heat
data
across
the
city
with
simultaneous
temperature
readings
varying
as
much
as
11.8,
almost
12
degrees,
Fahrenheit
in
different
parts
of
the
city
and
highly
impervious
commercial
and
industrial
areas
like
Citadel
Mall.
The
medical
district
and
the
port
terminals
have
some
of
the
lowest
tree
canopies
and,
as
a
result,
the
hottest
temperatures
throughout
the
day.
A
Increasing
heat
health
risks,
whereas
the
City
of
Charleston,
alongside
the
cities
of
Miami,
Las,
Vegas
and
Phoenix,
we're
together
in
this
NOAA
research
pilot
to
explore
extreme
heat
impacts
on
City
operations
and
neighborhoods
on
the
health
of
key
city
populations,
including
those
with
pre-existing
health
conditions
and
those
who
are
pregnant
or
elderly
outdoor
workers.
Student
athletes,
tourists
Etc,
whereas
the
City
of
Charleston,
in
conjunction
with
our
local
state
and
federal
Partners,
including
MUSC,
The,
Citadel,
South,
Carolina,
sea
Grant,
Charleston,
County,
South,
Carolina,
emergency
management,
division,
South,
Carolina,
Department
of
Natural
Resources.
A
There
are
a
lot
of
Partners
here:
National
Weather,
Service
NOAA
and
the
Center
for
Disease
Control
work
together
to
raise
awareness
of
best
practices
in
preventing
heat,
related
illnesses
and
injuries
to
reduce
the
number
of
incidents
across
the
city
of
Charleston
this
year
and
in
the
future.
Now,
therefore,
I
John
Jay
tecklenburg,
mayor
of
the
City
of
Charleston,
on
behalf
of
city
council,
proclaimed
the
week
of
May
15
through
the
19th
to
also
be
heat,
Safety
Week.
A
How
about
that?
That
was
a
mouthful?
Wasn't
it
thank
y'all,
so
I'm
going
to
call
by
the
way
I
wanted
to
recognize.
Specifically
Casey
Conrad
with
our
GIS
team,
he's
really
been
instrumental
in
integrating
this
heat
data
onto
our
City's
GIS
maps.
In
addition
to
using
this
data
for
planning
purposes
and
helping
inform
our
work
to
expand
our
tree
coverage,
one
one
of
the
ways
we
can
prevent
heat
related
illnesses
is
by
increasing
our
citizens.
A
Awareness
of
the
risks
and
measures
that
can
be
taken
so
next
I'd
like
to
present
this
to
Emily
McGraw
and
see
if
she
would
like
to
share
a
few
words
with
us
Emily
with
the
National
Weather
Service
important.
K
G
A
You
and
Kalyn
cosella
has
been
kind
of
leading
this
effort
from
the
city
point
of
view.
Caitlyn,
you
want
to
add
any
remarks
or
I.
L
I
think
you
hit
the
nail
on
the
head
with
the
proclamation,
but
this
is
just
our
first
step
in
this
pilot
project
that
the
city
is
a
part
of
with
all
the
aforementioned
partners
and
we
hope
to
be
able
to
continue
to
brief
throughout
the
Heat
season
to
bring
this
education
awareness.
You
know,
as
people
are
thinking
summer,
weather
hazards,
hurricanes
floods.
We
want
them
to
also
be
thinking
about
heat,
so
we
look
forward
to
continuing
to
update
Council
on
this
project.
Thank.
F
A
All
right,
we
have
no
public
hearings
tonight.
We
next
order
a
business
to
move
our
city
council
minutes
from
April
11th.
Any
changes,
Edition
deletion's
hearing
done
all
in
favor
of
please
AI
any
opposed
the
odds.
Have
it
and
already
next
up?
Is
our
citizens
participation
period,
Madam
clerk?
How
many
folks
we
got
signed.
M
Apart
yeah
I
said:
I
appreciate
you
Mr
Miller
for
doing
that.
For
me,
I
was
going
to
go
on
zooms
I
didn't
want
to
be
disrespectful
to
the
to
the
proclamation
I
like
to
give
bad
news
on
the
phone,
but
I
come
here
tonight
and
respect
dignity,
as
my
father
taught
me
dressed
well
and
be
respectful
Mr
way,
director
of
the
FBI
on
May
5th
2023,
my
aunt's
funeral
actually
I
actually
commented
on
my
Facebook
comment.
M
Post
page
and
I
referred
to
92700,
which
Mr
shade
would
know
Federal
Prosecutor's
guidelines
about
it
was
about
personal
information
use,
let's
get
it
purposes
on
on
individuals
and
the
naddis.
The
IRS
system,
which
I
believe
that
the
War
on
Drugs
is
a
failure.
We
want
poverty
is
a
failure.
Okay,
because,
as
an
African-American
I
sit
at
where
I
sit
for
the
past
50
some
years
of
my
life,
it's
failed.
It
has
failed,
everybody
I
know
in
my
community.
It
has
put
people
in
prison
forever.
They
come
out
of
Geo
to
gentrify
Community.
M
They
can't
even
get
rent.
They
can't
have
a
job
to
get
rent
paid,
so
so
the
Dynamics
of
Mr
Ray
and
Mr
Biden
and
Mr
Clyburn
anybody
else,
Anthony
G
Bryan,
believes
in
his
heart.
I
have
a
right
to
say
about
any
about
any
penalty.
The
war
on
drugs
and
the
war
of
poverty
is
a
failure
period.
Thank
you
very
much.
Thank
you,
sir.
N
Mayor
can't
believe
I'm
still
here,
but
here
I
am
now
here
in
the
fire
chief
talk
about
dealing
with
death.
It's
a
very
sobering
moment.
I,
don't
know
where
everybody
was
in
1991,
but
in
1991
I
was
taking
care
of
14
soldiers
that
died
with
scud
missile,
another
43
that
were
injured
people
say
they
know
who
I
am,
or
at
least
Ross
Appel
said
so
when
he,
when
he
said
I'd
lost
my
mind
in
a
part
conversation
with
Tom
Finnegan
in
my
neighborhood.
N
But
if
you'll
note
on
the
paper
that
I
just
handed
you
or
you're
getting
this
is
the
law
and
I've.
Given
you
a
copy
of
what
was
written
about
what
people
think
the
law
says
it's
up
to
the
neighborhood
to
determine
whether
a
road
can
be
open
or
closed.
That's
not
true.
It
is
in
the
best
interest
of
all
concern.
I
highlighted
it
for
you.
N
N
Do
you
want
them
to
decide
whether
you
can
have
housing
based
on
your
color,
racer,
Creed
or
your
religion,
because
that's
what
you're
allowing
to
take
place
when
you
look
the
other
way
at
the
illegal
closing
in
my
neighborhood
and
say
it's
okay,
we're
going
to
do
nothing
about
it,
because
we
think
well,
we've
got
friends
or
we
know
somebody
then
you're,
allowing
the
start
of
a
spark
that
could
start
a
raging
fire
do
not
allow
that
to
take
place.
Drake
Rogers
I
gave
you
a
copy
of
the
letter
that
he
wrote.
N
He
said
that
we
have
worked
very
closely
with
the
city
to
push
traffic
away
from
our
homes,
where
they
think
they
pushed
it.
They
pushed
it
on
a
94
year
old,
individual,
a
veteran
who
had
a
stroke.
Tom
Finnegan
lied
to
you
when
he
was
on
a
zoom
call.
He
said
he
was
the
president
HOA
we
don't
have
an
HOA
I've,
never
lied
to
you,
David
Swanson
said
it's
our
decision.
No,
it's
not.
The
law
says
to
the
best
interest.
Thank
you,
sir
Muhammad.
C
O
G
O
Is
anywhere
I
can
pass
this
out
to
each
Amendment
two
of
these.
O
Good
evening,
mayor
Johnson,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
the
information
I'm
giving
you
now
was
giving
me
the
top
page
but
given
to
me
by
email,
peckenberg,
and
it
reads
the
vision
of
Muhammad,
and
that
vision
is
that
we,
the
people
of
this
city,.
O
Like
those
on
the
battery,
the
vision
should
be
is
that
we
are
doing
for
ourselves
in
our
kind
division.
O
Is
that
we
would
like
to
have
a
multi-million
dollars,
a
billion
dollars
area,
so
that
we
could
exhibit
the
necessity
that
will
benefit
our
community
mayor
techenberg
said
that
the
building
that
they're
building
James
Lewis
complex
is
establishing
a
vision
that
I
had
Muhammad
Idris
of
doing
the
same
thing,
so
we
are
asking
that
you
all
get
with
him
and
us
so
that
we
can
establish
multi-billion
dollar
complex
on
the
east
side
that
will
benefit
our
community.
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
sir.
G
P
How
long
are
you
supposed
to
wait
for
them
to
get
back
in
touch
with
you
and
also
I'd
like
to
know
who
represents
our
area
name?
There
seems
to
be
a
conflict
with
where
Mr,
Greg
or
Mr
seekins.
P
to
live
my
dream
and
y'all
went
took
my
swings
out
of
gadsonburg
park
and
I
have
called
I
have
been
run
around
from
one
Department
to
another
for
two
years.
Finding
out
what
happened
to
the
swings
why
they
were
taken
out
and
I've
been
given
every
kind
of
answer
in
the
world
it's
been,
they
took
it
out,
because
the
homeless
people
were
sleeping
on
well
they're
speeches,
they
sleep
on
the
beach,
so
the
next
thing
was:
oh,
were
we
refurbishing?
P
Q
Good
afternoon
mayor
council,
I
want
to
say
first
of
all
thank
you.
I
saw
today
that
we
had
a
proclamation
for
fire
all
my
police
and
heat
safety
and
I
think
it's
a
good
time
for
me
to
be
here
to
talk
more
about
safety,
because
I
am
a
local
resident.
I
live
here.
I
work
in
this
community
for
about
seven
years
now,
and
one
of
the
biggest
changes
I
saw,
is
that
one
of
our
most
stable
programs
and
programmers
has
been
a
little
missing
inside
of
our
community.
I
did
a
little
research.
Q
I
asked
some
questions.
Why?
But
I'm
here
on
behalf
of
Mr
Edward
Jones,
today
he's
been
working
on
community
tirelessly
he's
been
raising
leaders
which
you
all
are
leaders,
and
hopefully
you
all
believe
in
the
Next
Generation,
giving
opportunities
to
them
and
giving
them
a
chance
to
grow,
but
currently
right
now
he's
missing.
Our
community
needs
them
back,
not
sure
exactly.
Q
Why
he's
not
at
the
recreation
center
I'm
not
sure
exactly
why
his
programs
aren't
running,
but
this
year
I
had
to
take
on
the
middle
school
program
where
normally
he's
our
Middle
School
coach
he's
our
elementary
school
coach
and
our
kids
have
not
had
Recreation.
They
have
not
had
opportunities
to
have
leadership,
training
and
not
had
opportunities
to
be
molded
and
I
need
to
know
why
he's
been
removed
and
when
we
can
get
him
back
in
full
capacity.
Q
Even
though
there's
changes
going
on
in
the
city,
we
really
need
an
opportunity
for
him
to
be
re-established,
and
now
are
we
getting
into
the
summertime.
Kids
are
going
to
be
loose.
It's
only
a
certain
amount
of
programs.
I
can
take
a
certain
amount
of
kids
within
the
community,
but
we
need
him
back
right
now
and
I'm,
not
sure
who
I
need
to
speak
to
on
Council,
but
I
would
love
to
know
why
he
was
removed
from
his
position
and
I
would
like
him
to
be
reinstated.
C
C
Those
were
all
the
speakers
that
we
had.
We
did
receive
a
few
comments
online,
and
these
are
just
a
summary
of
the
comments
received
by
citizens
who
haven't
already
spoken.
All
the
comments
in
full
were
sent
to
council
prior
to
the
meeting.
A
citizen
said
that
Union
Pier
was
surreal
estate
and
another
citizen
said
that
they
noticed
a
lot
of
graffiti
on
Upper,
King
Street
and
that
it
would
be
nice
to
know
who
is
doing
it
and
those
are
all
the
comments
we
received.
A
Great
thank
you
so
that
thank
you
all
for
participating
this
evening.
That
ends
our
citizens
participation
period.
Next
is
Miss
Kelly
Washington
with
us
from
the
South
Carolina
Department
of
Veterans
Affairs.
Thank
you
for
being
with
us.
Miss
Washington
has
a
presentation
on
program
initiatives
for
veterans.
Thank
you
so
much
for
being
with
us.
Yes,.
R
Hi,
my
name
is
kale
Washington,
like
he's
head
of
operations
coordinator
for
the
South
Carolina
Department
of
Veterans
Affairs
Israel
is
my
co-worker
Mrs
Dean
Brooks
She's,
our
low
country
Regional
integration
officer.
We
come
here
before
you
and
a
half
of
Secretary
of
the
Department
of
Veterans
Affairs
Todd
McCaffrey,
to
to
give
you
information
and
build
community
Awareness
on
three
different
initiatives
in
which
we
have
gone
at
the
organization.
R
The
first
one
is
the
military
academic
recognition
program.
This
is
a
program
for
colleges
and
universities
to
recognize
themselves
as
what
they
do
for
their
veterans
within
their
organization.
You
know:
do
they
have
veteran
services?
Do
they
have
veteran
contacts
for
for
their
appendix
and
Veterans
to
get
the
information
in
which
they
need
to
get
to
within
their
organization?
R
How
they're
doing
within
the
within
the
community
do
they
have
early
enrollment
for
veterans,
and
we
have
reached
out
to
the
university
and
colleges
within
this
area.
The
next
program
is
the
military,
veteran
friendly
employer
recognition
program.
This
isn't
to
recognize
employers
within
your
community
that
do
vet
do
greatly
for
their
veterans
within
their
Workforce
and
things
that
they
do
for
within
their
Community.
There's
three
different
grades:
there's
gold,
silver
and
bronze
for
each
program.
R
They
all
have
a
different
criteria
for
it.
I
have
some
information
that
I
can
pass
out
later.
As
far
as
we
have
contacts
cards
which
she
has
to
actually
get
more
information
about
this
program,
but
we
would
like,
for
you
guys
to
do
a
separate
test.
If
you
know
companies
and
employers
who
meet
these
criterias,
please
have
them
sign
up
and
be
part
of
the
program.
Thank
you.
S
Absolutely
and
I'm
Jean
Brooks,
so
the
third
part
of
it
is
we
have
a
palmetto
Pathfinder
program.
This
is
a
peer-to-peer
support
for
transition
veterans
by
connecting
them
to
relevant
our
resources
and
services
in
their
community,
and
they
assist
them
or
basically,
they
assist
them
in
accomplishing
their
personal
and
professional
goals
and
Thrive
after
their
military
service.
Some
of
these
resources
cover
employment,
housing,
food,
Mental,
Health,
Services,
education
and
social
events.
A
S
A
Next
up
is
our
Council
committee.
Meeting
first
up
is
our
Committee
on
Public
Safety
Council
member
Shea.
E
Thank
you,
Mr
Mayor,
the
Committee
on
Public
Safety
Net.
Yesterday,
at
two
o'clock
we
had
several
items
of
new
business.
The
first
was
an
ordinance
to
a
men's
section
21-111
regarding
Mass,
our
distinguished
disguised
persons.
This
audience
is
an
update
from
about
50
years
since
the
last
time
we've
addressed
this
ordinance.
E
Some
of
it
is
in
line
with
what
has
happened
with
the
pandemic,
with
mass
being
worn
and
to
make
sure
that
we're
in
Conformity
with
that
that
ordinance
was
approved
and
recommended
for
approval
by
this
Council
Captain
budo
is
here,
I
think
there's
any
questions
we
have
I'm
concerning
that
ordinance.
G
Any
questions
for
captain
council
member
Parker.
O
T
You
Mr
Mayor
the
humor's
not
lost
on
me.
Let
me
just
let
me
just
state
that,
but
just
out
of
morbid
curiosity,
what
is
the
obviously
obviously
agree
with
this
and
we'll
support
the
police
department
any
way
you
can,
but
what
is
the
offense?
What
is
what
is
the
punishment.
U
Yes,
so
the
punishment
would
likely
be
a
first.
We
would
do
some
education
on
this
and
then
some
mornings,
and
then,
if
it
would
likely
be
a
citation
and
then
obviously
a
municipal
course
of
the
max
would
be
a
thousand
dollar
fine
in
30
days.
E
You,
the
next
item
that
we
brought
up
was
an
ordinance
to
amend
division,
four
regarding
abandoned
boats
and
watercraft.
If
you've
looked
at
your
agenda,
you'd
notice,
the
strikeouts
and
highlights
associated
with
that.
This
is
an
ordinance
that
we
are
hoping
will
make
it
a
whole
lot
easier
to
identify,
abandoned
boats
and
the
waterways
and
our
two
officers,
who
are
mainly
responsible
for
patrolling
this.
E
This
also
is
an
update,
and
hopefully
we'll
have
much
more
of
a
of
teeth
in
identifying
the
owners
of
these
abandoned
boats
and
getting
them
out
of
our
Waterway.
So
we'll
also
make
a
recommendation
that
we
approve
that
as
as
well.
E
The
third
ordinance
that
we
took
out
for
consideration
is
an
ordinance
to
bring
us
into
Conformity
with
the
national
code
dealing
with
building
and
buildings
material
that
was
approved
as
well,
then,
a
ordinance
to
I'm
sorry
for
a
privilege
to
purchase
body,
worn
cameras
as
part
of
the
replacement
plan
that
was
in
the
amount
of
188
625.05
that
was
approved
as
well,
then,
an
approval
to
purchase
an
upgrade
to
the
existing
video
management
software
in
the
model
167.
E
that
was
also
approved
and
then
finally,
the
police
and
fire
department
approvals
to
submit
a
2023
Port
security,
Grant
and
amount
of
796
230..
That
was
also
voted
on
and
approved.
So
I
move
that
items
under
K1
1,
2,
3,
4
and
5,
be
adopted
by
this
committee
to
the
council.
V
Which
are
we,
this
is
for
the
whole
committee
report,
yes,
sir
yeah,
so
on
on
abandoned
boats
and
watercraft
I
guess.
My
question
is
that
in
the
city's
purview
to
clean
up
abandoned
structures
as
well,
because
we've
got
some
stuff
on
Daniel
Island
that
the
state
DOT
abandoned.
If
we
could
secure
State
funding,
do
we
have
a
way
that
the
city
could
procure
that
and
have
it
taken
care
of?
Does
that.
V
It
looks
like
it
was
a
remnant
of
something
they
used
when
they
built
526
and
the
D.O.T
just
abandoned
it,
and
today,
on
Marshall
I
did
the
dot
again
I
swear,
so
you
know
I
think
our
the
state
would
be
willing
to
come
up
with
the
funding
to
help
us
get
rid
of
it.
But
I.
B
V
We'd
probably
need
to
take
the
lead
to
but
be
curious.
If
this
helps
address
that
I
guess
I
guess
it
would.
A
O
W
A
Regardless
I
think
our
Police
Department,
when
we
make
our
request
a
DNR
for
funding
to
remove
vessels
I,
don't
know
why
we
couldn't
include
requests
for
removal
of
this
structure
as
well.
So
can.
X
Thank
you,
mayor,
I
I
do
have
a
question
on
some
councilwoman
Parker's
gonna
like
k1i.
Can
we
go
back
to
that?
I
do
have
a
question
about
that.
I
have
to
freely
admit,
I
didn't
read
that
that's
a
bask.
The.
X
A
Thank
you
if,
if
it's
the
pleasure
of
of
Council
okay.
A
Got
an
amendment
to
that
first
item
that
would
include
in
the
list
of
exceptions
those
clothing
or
Garb
for
religious
purposes,
one
for
religious
purposes.
Thank
you!
Yes,
sir
councilmember
seekings
and
then
Bowden
I.
Y
Z
So
we've
taken
a
more
proactive
approach,
the
last
few
years
as
a
local
non-profit,
wound
in
nature,
he's
been
helping
us
out,
especially
with
the
funding
issues
that
we've
had
because
of
the
cost
or
move
boats
with
them.
We
we
have
been
able
to
remove
a
substantial
number
problem,
is
more
keep
showing
up
so
I
I
do
believe
we
are
making
advancements
towards
the
overall
number
of
votes,
but
especially
you
know.
Z
We've
also
lucked
out
the
last
couple
years
with
storm
and
I
hate
to
say
that
out
loud,
but
two
years
ago,
three
years
ago
we
had
or
I'm
sorry.
Four
years
ago
we
had
an
absolute
disaster.
We
had
so
many
votes
we
had
to
deal
with
and
we
we
just
been
out
I'd,
say
blessed
the
last
couple
years,
but
all
it
takes
is
one
more
and
we're
going
to
be
right
back
to
where
we
started
Mike.
Y
Z
So
we
have
a
the
first
part
of
that
laws.
The
boat
has
to
be
unattended
for
45
days,
which
means
no
considerable
change
in
location,
no
signs
of
being
kept
up.
So
it's
something
to
do
is
we
tag
it,
and
that
starts
a
45-day
process.
So
if
somebody
doesn't
see
a
bright,
yellow
tag,
the
Charleston
police's
boat,
some
investigation
for
abandonment
and
then
45
days,
then
that
begins
the
process.
Of
course
you
know
we
don't.
Z
Z
The
boats
we've
had
issues
with
either
drifting
or
people
squatting
on
them
and
those
are
the
ones
we
Target
first,
and
so
this
just
allows
us
to
be
a
little
more
proactive
on
the
front
end
before
that
45-day
waiting
period
and
some
of
them
that
look
like
that
that
we
would
love
to
abandon,
get
rid
of
people
are
living
on
them
and
or
we
go
out
there
and
you
know
every
other
week.
You
see
somebody
on
it
and
yeah.
This
is
my
boat
and
they
may
be
registered.
There's
really
not
much.
W
G
Sure,
council,
member
Bowden
I
think
had.
D
T
E
Asked
that
question
yesterday,
as
a
matter
of
fact
that
our
meeting
was
over
and
they
I'm
glad
you
pointed
that
out,
so
their
jurisdiction
is
vast
and
it's
from
Magnolia
Plantation,
coming
back
down
to
the
Ashley
River
go
to
the
harbor,
the
harbor
all
the
way,
because
it
goes
into
Berkeley
County
as
well.
E
You
need
to
pull
in
the
blanks
for
that.
Yes,
sir,.
Z
Z
On
the
east
side,
we
go
up
essentially
to
Rosemont
neighborhood
langsys,
Dolphin
Cove
Marina
up
in
that
area
on
the
west
side,
all
the
way
up
towards
Magnolia
Plantation
line
house
all
the
way
down
to
rantouls
Creek,
where
the
Limehouse
Bridge
remained
road
across
the
Stono
River
and
in
the
other
end
going
down
the
Stono.
Z
We
go
all
the
way
down
to
solid
Reed
boat,
landing
down
towards
thali
and
then
one
mile
offshore
from
Morris
Island
and
then
a
couple
other
little
weird
spots,
and
we
do
have
some
some
open
spots,
some
donut
holes,
I,
guess
people
use
your
scribe
on
land
where
there
may
be
one
area
where
we
have
City
on
both
sides
on
both
sides
of
it
and
on
one
side
of
the
river,
but
not
this
one
sliver,
but
we
have
GIS
mapping.
We
have
full
posters
and
also
we
have
them
all
on
our
phones.
Z
Z
E
And
stuff
like
that
and
I
think
councilmember
Sheely
can
tell
you
how
fast
that
boat
goes
because
he
was,
he
went
on
it
last
year.
I
think
he
did.
But
yes.
T
Z
All
so
we're
actually
probably
Beach
was
the
first
one
to
do
it.
Folly
Beach
did
one
that
essentially
got
the
ball
rolling
for
the
for
the
state
to
pass
this
law.
50,
21
30.,
so
Folly
enacted
a
whole
bunch
of
laws
before
there
was
a
state
provision
allowing
it,
so
they
had
to
go
before
the
state
and
they
had
to
speak
with
dnrb
act.
All
these
different
agencies
to
get
it
approved.
That's
when
representative
Wetmore
was
the
Town
Administrator.
Z
Now
that
she's,
a
representative
she
passed
50
21
30
that
allows
municipalities
to
enact
an
ordinance
governing
permitting
for
boats
that
are
in
waters
over
14
days
within
jurisdiction,
so
that
opened
the
door
for
us
to
open
the
permit
requirement
without
having
to
petition
the
state
I
think
it
took
probably
two
three
years
to
get
them
to
get
through
with
it.
So
so
now
we
don't
have
to
go
through
that
process.
AA
Z
Z
Lately,
we've
been
working
with
non-pilot,
it's
like
going
to
Nature
we're
just
socha's
here
for
them
and
they
work
with
different
salvage
companies
and
and
excuse
me
in
Scrappers
to
essentially
take
anything
valuable
off
to
offset
the
thoughts
to
dispose
of
it.
The
landfills
here
will
not
accept
boat
holes,
this
fiberglass
it
just
doesn't
you
know
it,
sits
there
forever.
Z
So
what
a
lot
of
Scrappers
do
is
they
actually
take
angle,
grinders
and
Cutters,
and
they
cut
every
piece
of
that
boat
into
tiny,
manageable
sections
and
a
lot
of
them
have
to
pay
private
landfills
to
accept
it
and
dispose
of
it.
So
it's
extremely
costly,
honestly.
The
way
we
walked
out
so
much
is
by
working
with
those
local
partners.
Z
Obviously
many
of
them
run
currently
but
consecutively,
but
we've
had
a
lot
of
luck
doing
that
the
problem
is
a
lot
of
them,
are
not
registered
or
haven't
been
registered
for
three
four
five
owners,
so
once
we
do
track
them
down
or
we
know
the
person
who's
living
on
the
boat,
we
have
gone
before
Municipal
Court,
we
go
through
our
livability
court
and
we
have
to
find
them.
Z
It
doesn't,
unfortunately,
that
works
kind
of
back
or
negatively,
but
but
we
have
had
success
with
that
a
lot
of
times
what
they'll
do
is:
they'll
they'll
essentially
forfeit
the
ownership
of
the
boat
or
beforehand
they'll
work
with
these
different
local
partners
and
scrap
the
boat,
and
then
we
work
through
the
port
to
either
reduce
the
fine
and
nullify
the
fine.
We
likely
cannot
be
paid
anyways.
W
T
T
Z
It's
my
understanding
that
we
do
not
have
anything
in
the
budget
for
this
year.
I
would
not
be
the
correct
person
asked
for
that,
just
because
I
I
I'm
more
on
the
water
operation
side
and
not
on
the
the
money
side,
but
typically
it
has
only
been
on
a
case-by-case
basis,
just
because
the
cost
of
removal
so
much
so
we've
some
years
we've
had
money.
Some
years
we
haven't,
as
the
mayor
mentioned
earlier,
a
lot
of
times
we
reach
out
to
the
state.
Z
Dhec
does
get
funding
every
so
often
for
Grants,
and
then
they
divide
it
up
among
the
state
working
through
DNR
to
establish
which
areas
needed
the
most
and
we've
I
think
the
last
time,
several
years
back,
I
believe
we
received
45,
000
and
removed
five
vessels
all
in
one
day
with
Grant
many
I
believe
was
the
last
time
we
used
the
state
Grant
because
that
has
been
especially
during
covert,
was
a
little
wishy-washy.
Z
A
One
but
the
whole
point
of
the
registration
is
try
to
be
more
proactive
and
know
who
what
boats
are
out
there
who
they
belong
to
and
nobody
claims
them
go
ahead
and
get
them
out
of
Harm's
Way
before
they
sink
or
something
happens
to
them
correct,
and
we
we
have
the
wherewithal
to
proceed
with
that
upon
the
passage
of
this
ordinance.
Yes,.
A
That's
right
all
right,
council,
member
SackMan.
A
AB
AB
If
the
landfill
such
as
Republic,
let's
just
put
a
boat
in
there,
our
dump
a
free
dumpster,
they
don't
like
whole
boats,
but
one
of
the
things
I
do
want
to
say
is
every
time
you
allow
a
boat
to
sink
out
there,
you're,
adding
4,
000
pounds
or
I'm
sorry,
8,
000
pounds,
four
tons
on
average
of
fiberglass
lead
into
the
water
system
and
fiberglasses
glass
strains
encapsulated
by
plastic.
It
doesn't
make
a
reef
what
it
does.
AB
Is
it
contaminates
the
seafood,
the
shellfish
that's
out
there,
and
so
you
want
to
prevent
that
from
happening.
We've
hit.
We've
removed
a
lot
of
boats,
we've
removed
145.
So
far
over
the
past
five
years,
or
we
been
involved
some
of
that
overlay
apps
with
Michael
and
the
other
officers
here
and
DNR.
We
all
work
together,
believe
it
or
not.
We
talk
often
every
day
whether
these
guys
are
on
duty
or
off
duty.
They
respond
to
our
text.
G
A
You,
sir,
all
right
any
other
questions:
council,
member
Shea.
E
I
just
see
the
make
sure
my
motion
was
clear.
I
said:
we've
moved
to
approve
items
K
one
one
through
six,
not
one
through
five.
So.
A
One
through
six
and
and
now
number
one
as
amended
any
further
questions
or
comments
all
in
favor,
please
say
aye
any
opposed
the
odds.
Have
it
thank
y'all
for
being
with
us
tonight
and
you're
contribution
of
that
next
up
is
our
Committee
on
Public,
Works,
council
member
Waring.
Thank.
AA
You
Mr
Mayor,
we
met
on
yesterday
actionable
items
pass
unanimously.
AA
Environmental
services
update
all
trash,
thankfully,
is
being
picked
up
on
time
and
we've
got
an
order
that
will
be
going
in
on
what
we
call
knuckle
trucks
basically,
instead
of
having
a
dump
truck
with
the
driver
with
a
claw
behind
it,
you've
got
a
new
units
coming
online
that
would
come
between
now
and
I.
Think
2025
that
one
operator
will
be
able
to
drive
the
truck
and
without
getting
out
the
truck
to
turn
around
to
pick
up
Refuge.
So
it's
not
KaBoom
knuckle
boom.
Thank
you.
That's
right,
foreign.
AA
So
it's
definitely
a
grid
that
you
want
to
become
familiar
with
in
your
District,
but
we
have
a
presentation
on
some
of
the
Rick
arches.
That's
being
displayed
and
I
actually
wanted
to
see
some
of
the
pictures,
because
I
thought
not
only
me
but
I,
think
a
lot
of
people
would
be
interested
in
this.
Some
of
the
repairs
that's
being
made
to
items
that's
several
hundred
years
old.
So
with
that
I'm
gonna
kind
of
turn
it
over
to
councilman
seekings.
Y
Just
very
briefly
and
I'll,
let
Mr
Patton
jump
into,
because
this
is
his
baby
and
his
team's
baby
they've
done
an
incredible
job.
What
this
map
shows
you,
where
all
the
brick
arches
are
on
the
peninsula?
It's
pretty
extensive
network
right
so
that
Grant
application
that
we
approved
tonight
through
Ways
and
Means
will
go
a
long
way
and
and
and
right
now
the
the
project
that's
been
ongoing.
That
we've,
funded
and
supported
is
that
yellow
line.
It
goes
as
you
can
sort
of
see
down
to
the
harbor
at
Limehouse
Street
down
on
Street
right
now.
Y
If
you
go
wander
around
downtown
you'll
see
them.
That's
the
brick
Arts
Rehabilitation
project.
That's
ongoing
right
now,
I'm
so
far,
and
we
know
as
soon
as
I
go
astray.
Y
All
right-
and
you
all
remember-
this-
has
been
going
on
I
think
longer
than
some
of
you
actually
been
on
Council,
but
we've
done
a
series
of
replacing
check
valves
which
have
become
universally
popular
and
everyone
in
the
world's
taking
credit
for
it,
which
is
okay,
so
the
first
one
that
we
found
that
was
was
not
operating
appropriately
was
right
at
the
end
of
this
system,
and
let
me
show
it
to
you:
I
think
I
got
a
picture
of
it,
it's
right
there
and
if
my
there
it
is
and
it
turned
out
the
thing
was
frozen
shut
so
that
whole
system
behind,
even
if
it
was
working,
didn't
let
water
out
when
it
was
supposed
to
and
the
the
person
who
sold
us
this
check
valve.
Y
Y
Fact
so
this
looks
like
a
picture
from
the
1850s
right.
That's
a
picture
from
2021
that
is
below
guess
where
George
Street,
that
is
one
of
the
brick
arched
drainage
planes
below
George
Street.
That
is
filled
with
sediment.
So
here's
what
it
looks
like
after
you
clean
it
out.
These
are
all
built
back
in
1850
I
mean
Super
incredible
project
and
to
keep
cleaning,
keep
cleaning
and
I
think
Matt
I'm
right
about
this.
Most
of
those
arches
are
double
courses
of
bricks,
so
we
had
to
go
back
in
and
re
re-gun
item.
Y
Awesome,
and
so
not
only,
are
they
there
to
help
the
passage
of
water
and
help
our
drainage
system,
but
in
1850
this
was
an
issue
in
2023.
It
is.
They
also
helped
support
the
roadways
that
are
over
the
top
of
them.
So
one
of
these
brick
arches
collapses,
guess
what
happens
coming
straight
collapses
or
whatever
street
is.
This
happened
to
be
the
brick
hearts
on
coming
street,
where
the
road,
above
it
collapsed
and
was
shut
for
I,
think
it
was
shut
down
for
like
six
months.
Y
I'm
gonna
go
quickly
here
again,
just
what
the
rehab
looks
like
it's
so
cool
and
so
amazing.
So
this
is
one
of
the
issues
that
have
been
discovered.
This
was
taken
by
a
video
camera.
Obviously
one
of
the
things
that's
happened
is
lateral.
Connections
from
other
utilities
have
popped
through
these
brick
arches
and
that
you
know
that's
an
old.
What
is
that
man?
That's
just
an
old
type
of
some.
AC
Y
Y
Up
look
at
the
base
of
it,
it's
wood
that
wood
was
put
in
in
1850
and
because
it
stayed
damp
over
the
course
of
time.
It's
pristine
when
you
go
touch
it
you,
you
would
want
this
wood
today
in
your
house.
Right
I
mean
it's.
We
well
you
you
would
because,
because
it
would
increase
the
value
of
your
house,
it's
I
mean
it's
amazing.
Y
It's
amazing
and
the
idea
of
these
arches
by
the
way
they
were
built
like
this,
because
they
were
stronger,
also
those
for
Access
for
human
beings
to
clean
them
out,
and
we
went
to,
for
instance,
coming
Street.
It
was
some
thought
that
maybe
no
one
had
really
gone
in
there
and
done
much
cleaning
out
since
about
1850..
Y
So
that's
what
it
all
looks
like
that's
what
these
rehab
projects
are.
All
about
is
cleaning
these
out,
putting
them
a
place
where
they're,
contiguous
and
continuous,
so
the
water
can
flow
by
gravity
out
to
that
check
valve
at
the
end
of
line
house
straight,
and
so
the
whole
idea
of
trying
to
get
some
more
money
to
do
this.
To
get
to
the
other
map.
Y
The
rest
of
the
map
and
some
of
some
of
them-
they,
you
know
they
gun
item
in
just
to
make
them
long
term,
so
they'll
last
for
a
long
time.
So
those
are
the
pictures.
I
give
credit
to
Frank
newham
for
taking
a
lot
of
these
pictures.
I'm
gonna
miss
out
Charles
Rook
took
a
lot
of
them
too,
and
then
for
me.
F
Y
AC
Y
You
don't
get
to
see
this
I
mean
this
is
all
below
the
surface,
but
when
you
drive
down
coming
Street
or
down
Limehouse
Street
or
across
Calhoun
Street
this
this
is
what's
below
the
surface,
and
this
is
what
the
monies
that
we're
expending
is
doing
is
to
go
to
rehab,
what's
been
historically
very
efficient
system.
If
it's
up
and
running
and
that's
what's
going
on
so
those
are,
the
pictures,
I
got
from
German
I
think
that's
all
I
got
but.
A
Mr
chairman,
if
I
may
add
a
comment
or
two,
because
this
is
one
of
my
favorite
projects
as
well
and
I
love
it.
It's
fascinating
to
me
and
of
course,
when
these
were
built.
You
all
understand
this
was
the
original
sewer
system
of
our
City.
We
didn't
treat
sewage
back
then,
and
there
were
no
check
valves.
It
was
engineered
designed
so
that
the
high
tide
water
as
the
tide
came
in,
would
fill
up
these
Archway
tunnels
and
when
the
tide
went
out,
it
would
flush
the
city
out
so
twice
a
day.
A
Our
sewage
ran
out
into
the
harbor
through
these
tunnel
system,
and
you
know
that
that
continued
on
until
the
modern
Plum
Island
Tour
treatment
plant
was
put
in
just
after
World
War
II
I
mean
this
went
on
for
a
long
long
time,
and
so
some
of
the
Archway
tunnels
were
connected
well
to
the
stormwater
collection
system
after
they
were
abandoned
for
sewage,
but
but
not
completely,
and
then,
as
mentioned
over
time,
other
utility
pipes
and
collapses
occurred
and
they
were
never
cleaned
out
and
that
Limehouse
tunnel
was
doing
no
good
whatsoever.
A
A
If
you
go
down
to
the
low
battery
now
at
in
the
Limehouse
street
now,
and
it's
raining
you'll
see
like
a
gush
of
water
coming
out
of
this
thing,
it's
it's
really
running
and
providing
real
drainage,
relief
and
storage
for
our
city,
so
that
was
one
part
I
wanted
to
add,
but
the
other
part
and
I
think
I've
mentioned
this
before,
but
I
want
to
repeat,
since
we
are
now
at
the
point
with
the
core
Partnership
of
actually
securing
some
federal
dollars
to
help
us
do
this.
A
This
is
possible
because
of
an
authorization
that
Congresswoman
Nancy
mace
put
in
place
for
us
at
the
end
of
last
year.
A
Once
the
authorization
is
in
place,
you
have
to
actually
identify
a
project
and
partner
with
the
core
to
actually
get
an
appropriation
for
the
money
that
will
will
there
write
us
a
check
at
some
point
and
Senator
Graham
is
on
the
Appropriations
Committee
and
he's
helping
his
staff
is
helping
us
with
this
next
step
of
of
it,
but
thanks
to
both
congresswoman
Mays
and
Senator
Graham
for
their
efforts
to
get
this
authorized,
and
this
is
the
first
project
for
this
20-something
million
dollar
authorization,
but
we'll
be
able
to
partner
on
additional
projects
with
the
Corps
in
order
to
spend
that
entire
authorization,
hopefully
at
some
point
right.
A
That's
the
goal
all
right,
so
council,
member
Sheila,
it's
just
hard
to
tell
from
the
pictures,
but
how
tall
and
wide
are.
AA
X
You
councilman
seekings
for
that
and
thanks
Matt
I
do
have
two.
Just
this
stuff
is
fascinating.
How
far
from
the
top
of
that
Arch
to
the
roadway
is
there.
AC
Yes,
it's
a
very
good
question,
said
very
significantly
because
there,
as
we
mentioned
they're,
built
at
a
level
where
the
bottom
is
going
to
stay,
wet
one.
So
those
boards
don't
degrade
and
then
two
to
get
that
title
flushing.
So
as
you
move
up
the
peninsula
and
you
get
a
little
bit
more
elevation,
the
top
of
that
Arch
will
get
deeper
and
deeper.
AC
So
when
you're
on
the
shallow
part
of
the
system,
it
might
only
be
a
foot
a
couple
of
feet
when
you're
on
the
upper
part
of
the
peninsula
or
upper
part
of
sort
of
the
arch
extends
which
is
up
towards
Calhoun
a
little
past
Calhoun.
They
can
be
five
or
ten
feet
deep
before
you
get
to
the
top,
which
is
why
some
of
the
times
you
see
some
pretty
significant
sinkholes
develop
when
we
get
a
failure,
because
that's
a
lot
of
space.
Thank.
AC
Yeah,
so
it's
basically
stayed
in
the
salt
water
for
that
entire
time.
Saltwater
is
a
really
good
preservative
as
long
as
you
don't
wet
it
and
then
let
it
dry
and
get
exposed
to
oxygen.
I
gotcha,
similar
to
a
lot
of
the
pylons
and
Piers
you'll,
see
around
as
long
as
they
stay
wet.
They
stay
really
good
condition.
It's
it's
a
Cypress
Wood
too.
So
it's
built
for
it.
V
Trying
to
think
of
the
right
way
to
ask
this
question.
Thank
you.
Do
we
have
enough
money
to
maintain
these
going?
I
mean
we've
done
all
this
work
to
clean
these
out.
So
you
know
just
fixing
them
once
isn't
going
to
alleviate
any
maintenance.
These
have
suffered
from
hundreds
of
years
of
neglect,
so
I
would
just
like
to
make
sure
we
have
appropriated
enough
money
to
maintain
the
cleanliness
of
them
going
forward
they're
going
to
silt
up
again.
That's
just
what
happens
so
I
guess!
AC
O
AC
We're
no
longer
yeah,
we
no
longer
have
the
basically
the
silt
flowing
through
that
brick,
where
the
mortar
used
to
be
but
you're
correct
right.
What
we've
been
doing
right
now
is,
as
we
clean
up
stream.
Basically,
each
next
project
then
reclans
the
system
coming
south
because,
as
you
as
you
mentioned,
once
you
get
a
fully
clean,
you
will
still
have
silt
coming
in
from
surface.
AC
A
And
we've
got
quite
a
few
miles
to
go
yet
of
tunnels
to
clean.
Yes,.
AC
E
Thank
you,
Mr
Mayor
and
I
want
to
get
off
The
Archers
for
a
few
seconds,
even
though
we're
all
fascinated
by
them,
and
it
really
is
quite
a
engineering
feat
of
what
we
were
able
to
accomplish
back
in
1850,
and
you
think
about
that
and
you
think
about
our
battery
wall.
What
was
accomplished
back
in
the
turn
of
the
century,
then
it's
really
what
we
were
doing
back
in
the
City
of
Charleston
Cutting
Edge
technology,
but
by
those
standards.
E
E
Pipeline
and
I
had
requested
that
item
bead
added
to
our
agenda
and
I've
been
working
very
closely
with
Matt
on
several
projects
in
within
my
district
in
particular,
and
the
reason
I
want
to
do
that
for
some
discussion
is
because
these
projects
have
been
identified
as
long
as
I've
been
on
Council
going
back
to
2016
to
some
of
these
areas,
one
was
in
West
Pawnee
place
and
another
was
in
West
Pawnee
a
neighborhood
good
another
in
Sandhurst,
and
you
know,
and
then
Culpepper
and
it's
just
it's
taking
such
a
long
period
of
time.
E
We
got
the
Stonewall
department
created
that
has
helped
tremendously
getting
these
projects
identified
and
not
been
running.
But
the
draft
of
the
graph
that
we
saw
Yesterday
by
Steve
Kirk
showed
the
the
length
of
time
it
just
takes,
and
a
lot
of
that
is
because
we
didn't
have
enough
project
managers
I.
Think
it's
one
of
the
of
the
issues.
E
Funding
is
another
problem,
but
we've
got
to
find
a
mechanism
to
help
the
stormwater
department
to
get
these
things
moving
a
little
bit
faster
waiting,
seven
years
from
the
time
we
identified
the
problem.
I
know
part
of
it
is
getting
the
funding
to
do
a
study
to
identify
what
is
the
issue
regarding
these
flooding
projects.
E
Then
you've
got
to
go
ahead
and
design
it
and
fund
it.
You
know,
there's
one
area
that
we
were
able
to
do
very
quickly
on
down
in
court
that
we
just
finished
up
I,
believe
in
conjunction
with
the
Charleston
Water
Systems,
on
the
combination
of
sewer
and
mortar
issues,
but
the
way
it
had
to
wait
six
or
seven
years
for
these
things,
I
know
Matt
is
peddling
as
fast
as
he
can
on
on
these
projects.
This
is
not
anything
that
this
department
has
been
not
paying
attention
to.
E
Jack
Thomas
had
been
a
lot
of
attention,
but
having
to
wait
this
long
we've
got
to
find
another
way
after
getting
these
things
identified
faster,
getting
them
into
pipeline
a
little
bit
better
and
completing
them.
These
projects,
I
think
or
some
of
them
won't
be
completed
until
2026
by
that
drive.
If
I
right
on
that
night,
I
think
so,
2026.
AC
E
G
AA
A
All
in
favor,
please
say
aye
aye
any
opposed
the
honest
haven't.
Thank
you
for
that
terrific
report.
Next
up
is
our
committee
on
traffic
and
transportation
council,
member
seekings.
Y
Yeah,
thank
you.
Mr
Mayor
on
the
committee
on
traffic
and
transportation
met
this
afternoon
at
three
o'clock.
It
was
sort
of
a
combination
of
Paul,
McCartney
and
Robert
Frost
involved
in
Winding
Road
and
a
few
roads
less
traveled,
but
we
got
there
at
the
end.
It
was
also
an
auction.
Anyway
we
took
up
the
parking
or
storage
of
commercial
vehicles
in
the
west
athlete
region
that
council
member
shade
has
been
championing
we're
getting
closer.
We
did
vote
to
defer
it
with
some
instruction.
It's
going
to
come
back
to
TNT
in
July.
Y
There
should
be
some
amendments
to
it.
So
no
action
is
needed
on
that.
Unless
someone
desperately
wants
it
to
go
into
place
today,
but
I
think
it
needs
some
work.
Then
a
new
business
week
had
a
number
of
things
that
were
of
some
interest,
I,
think
to
all
of
you
all
around
the
city.
The
first
was
the
authorization
for
the
mayor
to
execute
an
intergovernmental
agreement
with
the
county
over
the
highway
17
intersection
improvements,
principally
on
that
17
Nicholson
area.
It's
complicated,
it's
a
white
hot
mess,
but
we're
we're
getting
there.
Y
We
did
authorize
the
mayor
to
do
it.
We
have
been
getting
reports.
We
got
one
today,
including
among
others,
from
our
legal
team
and
land
acquisition
is
an
issue
we're
still
not
sure.
We
know
all
of
the
parcels
that
are
going
to
be
necessary.
The
objective
is
to
have
that
completed
by
the
end
of
the
year.
I
think
there's
still
some
design
issues
that
need
to
be
completed,
but
we're
going
to
have
an
agreement
with
the
Charleston
County
that
the
mayor
is
going
to
execute
and
that
project
will
move
slowly
but
steadily
forward.
Y
We
got
a
report
from
Mr
Mathis
on
RT
T
Department's
desire
to
file
a
Grant
application
for
Safe
Streets
and
roads.
It's
a
program
that
is
bifurcated
and
allows
us
to
apply
for
monies
to
put
together
a
road
safety
action
plan.
If
that,
then,
is
successful,
we
then
go
back
to
the
implementation
plan.
We
gave
direction
to
our
team
to
go
ahead
and
get
that
application
in
place.
There
is
a
local
match
necessary.
Y
The
idea
was
to
put
it
into
a
position
where
our
local
match
would
be
somewhere
in
the
vicinity
of
a
hundred
thousand
dollars,
which
would
mean
it's
a
am
I
right
about
this
half
a
million
dollar
Grant
right.
Thank
you.
Mr
Somerville.
We
got
an
update
from
rethink
Folly
Road,
which
we
observed.
Some
of
us
have
been
around
here
for
a
while.
We've
been
thinking,
rethinking
poly
Road
for
a
long
time.
It's
now
to
try
to
go,
do
something
with
it
looks
like
we're
heading
in
that
direction.
Y
Sheila
Parker
from
Charleston,
County
came
and
gracefully
gave
us
an
update
on
phases.
One
two
and
three
phase
one
I
would
generally
say
is
the
Northern
end
of
Folly
Road.
It
includes
sidewalks
and
shared
bike
shared
facilities.
It
is
scheduled
to
begin
construction
if
I
heard
this
right
this
year
and
will
take
about
a
year
and
it
is
funded.
So
that's
phase
one.
Y
There
are
phases
two
and
three
still
out
there,
which
would
be
the
rest
of
Folly
Road
that
still
need
funding
design,
but
we
are
actually
seeing
some
activity
from
rethink
Folly
Road
and
you
will
at
a
volley,
Road
nearest.
You
in
the
fall
see
some
actual
activity
and
some
improvements
in
that
Corridor,
which
are
I,
think
councilmember,
Parker
and
others
would
agree,
are
greatly
needed.
Y
Anything
I
miss
there.
Councilmember
Parker.
T
Y
Candy's
been
working
with
our
staff
to
make
sure
that
we've
got
appropriate
facilities
along
there,
so
we
then
got
an
update,
update
from
Miss
gazella
on
the
low
line.
You
all
remember
the
low
line.
It's
been
a
minute
since
we
talked
about
it,
we
have
been.
We
are
the
recipient.
The
city
am
I
right
about
this
by
the
way
it's
a
city,
that's
the
recipient
of
a
grant
for
the
low
line
project
of
8.75
million
dollars,
of
which
7
million
comes
from
the
grant.
Y
We
have
to
then
put
up
a
local
match
of
1.75.
That
Grant
process
is
still
in
the
works.
There
have
been
some
environmental
issues,
among
other
things,
I
made
some
notes
here,
so
we
have
not
yet
entered
into
the
full
Grant
agreement.
We're
working
towards
that
and
I
will
ask
Miss
gazella
if
you'd
like
to
add
anything,
because
you
know
all
there's
a
lot
of
particulars
with
this
grant
agreement
that
need
to
be
completed
before
can
actually
put
it
in
place
and
before
she
gets
there.
Y
Y
Great
so
we're
there
I
mean
the
low
line
is
coming
to
a
city
near
you,
our
city,
but
it's
going
to
be
a
minute.
We're
thinking,
maybe
still
a
couple
three
four
months
before
in
a
position
to
bring
the
grant
agreement
to
this
Council
to
vote
on
to
put
in
place
so
then
move
forward
right,
correct,
okay.
Y
We
then
had
a
contract
presented
by
Mr
Somerville
to
approve
our
traffic
calming
devices
contractor
it's
for
149
000
40,
which
happens
to
match
our
budget
for
traffic
coming
devices
in
a
year.
It's
a
one-year
contract
with
four
renewable
years.
On
the
back
end
of
it.
We
approve
that
unanimously,
so
we're
in
a
place
to
do
traffic
calming
we've
only
spent
about
20
percent
of
our
allocated
budget
for
2023.
Y
There
are
some
projects
coming
to
us,
though,
in
the
next
few
months,
so
I
suspect
by
the
end
of
the
year
we'll
have
spent
149,
000
and
40
on
traffic
coming
devices.
We
got
an
update
from
Mr
Lawrence
on
the
upper
King
Street
traffic
detail.
All
is
going
well.
Last
week
there
were
zero
toes
the
mayor,
I
think
appropriately
so
asked
that
perhaps
we
either
have
a
joint
presentation
over
here
from
the
police
department.
Anecdotally.
Y
Finally,
we
had
an
auction,
otherwise
known
as
the
increase
in
hotel
overnight
parking
rates,
which
we
passed
during
Ways
and
Means
for
20
to
30
dollars
for
parking
and
lost
tickets.
Ultimately,
we
came
to
fifty
dollars
which
I
believe
that
Ways
and
Means
Committee
also
approved.
Y
So
with
that,
to
the
extent
there
were
things
that
are
necessary
to
approve-
and
there
are
a
few
on
there-
including
the
authorization
of
the
intergovernmental
agreement,
the
traffic
calming
device,
contract
and
I-
guess,
an
affirmation
of
the
overnight
parking
rates,
I
would
so
move,
and
that
is
my
report.
Unless
there
are
any
questions,
Mr
Mayor.
AD
AD
Right,
how
about
that
I
was
pleased
to
see
that
the
mou
with
the
county
regarding
the
Highway
17
improvements
were
on
the
agenda.
We've
added
some
language
to
the
mou
that
that
was
proposed.
AD
You
know
for
those
watching
at
home.
The
Stinson
and
wapu
intersections
are
moving
forward.
AD
The
Avondale
one
is
moving
forward
as
well,
although
there's
an
ongoing
collaborative
process
with
the
county
to
address
some
of
the
concerns
we've
heard
from
the
community
around
things
like
neighborhood
impacts,
Mobility,
bikers
Walkers,
everything
along
those
lines,
our
staff
has
come
up
with
some
pretty
interesting
proposed
improvements
to
the
plan
that
Charleston
counties
come
forward
with
and
the
county
is
working
on
a
traffic
study
to
assess
the
impacts
of
the
improvements
to
cut
through
traffic,
and
we
anticipate
in
the
near
future
going
back
out
to
the
community
to
address
some
of
those
concerns,
and
in
fact
the
mou
requires
that
ongoing
Outreach
with
the
community.
AD
So
we
can
take
a
closer
look
at
the
plan
and
make
sure
we
strike
the
right
balance
so
very
exciting
to
see
these
much
needed.
Intersection
improvements
happening
over
in
West
Ashley
and
the
one
in
Avondale
is
a
really
unique
opportunity
to
accomplish
a
lot
of
important
goals
and
bring
that
intersection
up
from
an
F
where
it
is
now
to
an
a
which
is
just
tremendous.
So
it's
good
to
see
this
process
moving
forward
and
appreciate
everybody's
support,
including
our
staff.
Y
Y
You
all
may
not
know
this,
but
there
are
upwards
of
300
traffic
signals
in
the
City
of
Charleston,
most
of
which
we
do
not
own
the
scdot
does,
but
we
maintain
them
pursuant
to
an
agreement
with
the
scdot.
They
pay
us
money.
We
all
agree,
it's
not
enough,
but
it's
still
I.
Think
Mr
Mitchell
told
us
that
he
believed
it
was
a
pretty
good
agreement.
So
we
approved
the
signal
maintenance
agreement,
which
included
it's
called
number
two,
which
included
an
addition
of
another
signal.
Y
There
are
still
a
couple
of
what
we
call
donut
hold
signals
in
the
city
that
we
need
their
own,
nor
maintain
we're
working
through
all
that,
and
that
was
highlighted,
I
think
recently
on
a
signal
that
was
the
subject
of
some
controversy,
but
we're
getting
there.
So
we
did
approve
the
signal
maintenance
agreement
unanimously
as
well.
I
didn't
want
to
forget
that
and
I
want
to
thank
Mr
Somerville
for
reminding
me
I
apologize.
A
All
right,
we
have
a
motion
to
approve
all
those
actionable
items,
any
other
questions
or
discussion
hearing,
none
all
in
favor,
please
say
aye
any
opposed
the
odds.
Have
it
next
back
to
council
member
seeking's
committee
on
ways
and
means
as
a
men
do
it.
A
Any
question
or
comments
all
in
favor,
please
say
aye
any
oppose
the
eyes
have
it
next.
We
have
12
bills
up
per
second
reading
for
approval.
One
through
twelve
have
a
motion
to
approve
one
through
twelve
any
discussion
of
questions
on
any
of
those
hearing.
None
all
in
favor,
please
say
aye
any
opposions
have
it
now
for
third
reading
and
relocation.
A
Any
questions,
discussion,
hearing,
none
all
in
favor,
please
say
aye
any
opposed
the
eyes
have
it.
Next
we
have
a
ordinance
on
the
first
reading
to
amend
boards
and
commissions
regarding
the
Army
Corps
Ariba
three,
since
I
got
assign
these
with
Dale,
Marsh
or
Caitlin.
Please
come
forward
and
explain
what
those
changes
are.
AE
Sure,
thank
you
Mr
Mayor
and
members
of
council.
You
all
established
a
Citizens
advisory
committee
for
the
Army
Corps
three
by
three
by
three
perimeter:
protection
study
in
2021.
That
committee
was
empowered
with
12
citizens
and
two
members
of
council
empowered
to
investigate,
explore
options
and
make
recommendations
to
counsel
and
others
on
the
feasibility
phase
of
that
project.
In
December,
2022
Congress
after
the
Army
Corps
approved
the
process.
AE
The
Congress
authorized
the
project
to
move
to
the
next
phase,
which
is
the
pre-construction
engineering
and
design
phase
or
the
PED
phase,
and
they
also
appropriated
some
money
for
the
Army
Corps
for
its
share
of
ped
phase,
one
which
is
the
west
side.
Technically
the
language
authorizing
the
committee
is
out
of
date
because
it
limited
the
committee's
jurisdiction
to
the
feasibility
phase
that
phases
over
this
ordinance.
AE
Language,
just
updates
that
to
allow
the
committee
to
continue
to
continue
to
meet
if
and
as
the
pet
phase
would
move
forward,
and
it
creates
one
slight
addition:
there
was
an
expertise
designated
in
the
original
ordinance
for
our
for
an
engineer,
expertise
as
a
member
of
the
committee,
and
this
just
expands
that
to
allow
an
architectural
design
professional
to
join
that
committee
too.
So
that's
just
the
ordinance
just
to
allow
it
to
be
updated
to
reflect
the
current
status
of
the
project.
A
I
got
a
motion
to
approve
any
discussion
or
questions
all
in
favor.
Please
say
aye
any
opposed
the
eyes.
Have
it
I'm
almost
there.
Anybody
got
any
further
business
to
bring
before
us
tonight.
F
T
F
T
AF
Right:
councilmember,
Brady,
yes,
Mr
I
just
had
a
question
just
had
me
thinking
about
it
as
we
move
into
the
summer.
Are
we
going
to
be
doing
the
road
show
for
city
council
moving
around
the
city,
because
I
know
we've
done
that
in
the
past,
but
I
don't
believe
we
really
did
it
last.
A
Week
we've
been
waiting
to
get
our
new
equipment
in
better
audio
visual
equipment.
It
is
now
in
it's
operational.
It
was
first
utilized
at
our
joint
meeting
with
the
Planning
Commission
and
so
I
think
we're
about
ready,
Madam
clerk
to
go
on
the
road
yeah
we'll
be
announcing
that
a
future
meeting
or
two
at
different
locations.
Okay,
thank
you.
Keep
you
posted,
but
yeah
we're
we're
ready
to
restart
that
anything
else
to
come
before
us
tonight.
Hearing
none!
We
stand.