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From YouTube: City of Charleston City Council Meeting 3/8/2022
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City of Charleston City Council Meeting 3/8/2022
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Under
god,
indivisible
with
liberty
and
justice
for
all,
so
I
think
everybody
knows,
but
just
in
case,
if
the
very
unlikely
event
were
to
occur,
that
we
need
to
evacuate
the
building.
You
got
these
two
doors
here
and
one
door
over.
There
don't
use
the
elevator
in
that
case,
but
please
use
the
stairs
going
down
down
and
the
one
set
of
stairs
out
the
front.
That's
basically
the
only
way
out,
but
just
so
everybody
has
situational
awareness,
and
I
already
commented:
we
have
new
microphones
for
our
council
members
and
myself.
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So,
first
up
I'd
like
to
share
a
resolution
supporting
the
citizens
and
the
government
of
ukraine,
and
I'm
going
to
ask
one
of
our
local
u.s
citizens,
but
native
of
ukraine
and
a
friend
of
mine,
roman
picar
and
his
wife
to
please
come
forward
and
join
me
on
the
stand.
I
had
also
invited
alex
pavloshenko,
but
I
don't
see
him
here
yet
y'all.
Please
come
forward
and
join
me
up
here.
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Whereas
the
united
states
has
joined
nations
around
the
globe
in
issuing
strong
condemnations
of
putin's
aggression
and
have
mobilized
to
provide
both
military
and
humanitarian
aid
and
whereas
with
the
attention
of
the
world
turned
to
the
horrific
events
unfolding
throughout
his
city
and
country,
mayor
klitschko
mayor
of
ukraine's
capital
city
of
kiev
participated
in
a
virtual
discussion
among
u.s
mayors.
Just
this
past
thursday.
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During
that
discussion,
mayor
klitschko
stressed
that
unity
among
ukraine's
allies
during
this
harrowing
time
is
critical,
called
for
both
political
pressure
and
economic
sanctions
on
russia
and
made
a
plea
for
additional
defensive
weapons
to
arm
those
fighting
to
protect
his
country.
Whereas
american
mayors,
council
members
citizens
across
this
nation,
continue
to
be
inspired
by
the
resolve
of
ukrainian
citizens
and
leaders
and
and
president
this,
I
don't
have
his
name
here,
zelensko
and
and
remain
committed
to
helping
the
people
of
ukraine
in
any
way.
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They
can
now,
therefore,
be
resolved
by
the
mayor
and
council
members
of
charleston
and
city
council
assembled
on
behalf
of
ourselves
and
all
our
citizens
that
we
stand
in
solidarity
with
the
ukrainian
people,
as
they
continue
the
noble
fight
to
defend
their
sovereign
nation,
its
democratic
values
and
their
very
lives.
John
teklenberg
mayor
and
I
want
to
present
that
to
roman
and
his
wife
and
ask
roman
that
you'd
like
to
share
what
he
words.
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Hello,
everyone.
Thank
you
very
much
for
your
time
and
attention.
I
roman
and
I
my
name
is
katie
picard.
We
try
to
be
in
the
center
of
this
because
we
represent.
We
represent
both
sides,
both
countries
and
I'm
very
thankful
to
you
message
that
I
get
from
media.
They
usually
try
to
separate
russia
and
putin,
but
it's
still
not
always
this
way
there.
I
have
friends
in
russia,
have
relatives
in
russia
most
of
them
completely
shocked
one
friend
that
keeps
going
to
the
streets
to
protest.
F
I
check
on
her
every
day
because
I
fear
for
her
most
of
them.
Try
not
to
do
it
because
they
see
no
reason
they
that
will
not
change
anything.
They
will
be
just
imprisoned
for
it
and
there
are
lots
of
people
that
are
just
plainly
brainwashed,
and
I
just
want
to
tell
that
this
war
is
not
on
other
half
of
the
globe.
F
It's
here
because
there's
so
many
people
that
the
last
week
and
a
half
constantly
on
the
phone
trying
to
organize
escape
for
their
relatives,
both
in
russia
and
ukraine,
because
believe
me,
lots
of
russians
try
to
escape
now
and
our
friend,
her
nephew
managed
to
escape
and
his
wife
didn't
so
they
are
like
on
both
sides
of
what
gonna
be
probably
an
iron
curtain.
Now
I
am
an
educator
I
I
was
teaching
music
most
of
my
life.
I
still
have
a
couple
piano
students,
even
I
work
full-time
at
museu
now.
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F
And
it
started
in
2014
with
annexation
of
crimea,
people
started
unfriending
each
other
on
social
media
and
in
real
life,
and
families
were
torn
apart
and
lifelong
friendships
were
torn
apart,
and
society
was
divided
into
two
separate
pieces
with
two
absolutely
separate
information
zones,
and
now
people
are
waking
up
and
trying
to
reach
to
each
other
and
talk
sense
to
each
other,
but
it
seems
to
be
too
late.
That's
what
I
hear
from
my
friends
in
russia.
That's
what
I
experienced
myself.
I
have
a
cousin
in
moscow
that
quotes
government
tv.
F
F
I
think
we
need
to
think
how
to
do
that,
and
the
last
thing
I
would
like
to
address
is:
there
was
an
article
yesterday
in
new
york
times
called
fighting.
Disinformation
can
can
feel
like
a
lost
cause.
It
isn't,
and
there
are
programs
at
schools
in
europe
that
actually
teach
children
give
them
the
tools
how
to
how
to
spot
the
propaganda
in
media.
F
G
G
They
have
a
sign
that
says
if
you're
on
a
diet
you're
in
the
wrong
place,
but
we
you-
and
I
were
present
saturday
at
the
sumo
street
site
and
the
the
best
of
charleston
came
out
again
with
the
folks
who
came
to
organize
a
relief
package
effort
and
an
18-wheeler
track
was
loaded
in
in
no
no
time.
This.
H
G
Organized
it
was
one
of
the
not
sure
how
much
time
they
had
to
do
this,
but
it
was
well
organized.
They
had
folks
out
there
to
separate
the
clothing
items.
It
was
even
military
items
that
they
they
took
and
we
saw
some
bullets
and
other
items
loaded
on
there,
but
I
just
want
to
express
our
unity
and
our
support
for
our
friends
are.
These
are
our
neighbors.
These
are
our
citizens
of
the
city
of
charleston
in
our
state.
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But
we
are,
we
are
with
you
a
thousand
percent
and
and
the
freedom
of
ukraine,
and
we
will
do
all
that
we
can,
as
we
have
been
doing
this
this
week-
and
that
was,
as
I
mentioned,
was
a
uplifting
event-
west
ashley
saturday
and
sunday
of
people
coming
together
and
helping
in
any
way
they
can
and
for
anybody
listening
there
are.
I
know
you
see
it
on
whatever
news
program.
A
You
watch
different
agencies
that
you
can
donate
to
to
help,
including
the
unicef
fund,
including
the
international
committee
of
the
red
cross
doctors
with
borders.
There
are
many
other
organizations
that
are
now
doing
humanitarian
and
military
relief
for
ukraine,
so
I
ask
everyone:
if
you're,
if
you're
able
to
I
know
there
are
many
causes
out
there,
but
please
help
our
brothers
and
sisters
in
ukraine
at
this
time
right
now.
It's
a
time
that
it's
needed.
So
thank
you.
A
Thank
you
again,
roman
and
mrs
bacara
for
being
with
us
next
I'd
like
to
share
a
proclamation
recognizing
both
women's
history
month
and
international
women's
day.
If
I
could
ask
a
councilmember
parker
to
come
forward
and
the
chair
of
our
commission
on
women,
janet
alterman,
if
y'all
would
please
join
me
and
I
will
read
the
proclamation
and
then
ask
if
both
of
you
would
like
to
say
a
few
comments
regarding
this
occasion.
A
Thank
you.
So,
whereas
international
women's
day
is
celebrated
globally
on
march
8th
this
day
by
those
who
believe
in
gender
equality
and
those
who
seek
to
improve
the
lives
of
all
women
and
whereas
on
the
111th
international
women's
day
in
support
of
the
2022
theme
break
the
bias.
We
encourage
everyone
to
take
action
against
gender
bias
and
inequity,
whereas
throughout
american
history,
women
of
all
ages,
classes
and
ethnic
backgrounds
have
made
countless
invaluable
contributions
to
the
growth
and
strength
of
our
nation,
state
and
nation.
A
Both
chronicled
and
unrecorded.
In
many
cases,
whereas
comprising
a
significant
part
of
the
labor
force
working
inside
and
outside
of
the
home.
Women
continue
to
play
critical
economic,
social
and
cultural
roles.
Every
segment
of
our
life,
whereas
women
played
a
critical
role
in
the
establishment
of
early
charitable
philanthropic
and
cultural
institutions
that
currently
make
up
the
majority
of
volunteer
labor
force
throughout
the
world
and
whereas
recognizing
critical
weaknesses
in
the
fabric
of
the
nation.
A
Women
have
acted
of
a
catalyst
for
change
and
have
served
at
the
forefront
of
major
progressive
social
movements
advocating
for
important
causes
like
abolition,
emancipation,
civil
rights
and
the
women's
rights
to
vote.
And
gain
equal
opportunity,
whereas
the
city
of
charleston
would
like
to
acknowledge
the
city's
commission
on
women
and
all
its
members
and
thank
them
for
the
important
work
they
continue
to
do
to
improve
the
lives
of
women
in
our
community.
Now,
therefore,
I'm
john
jay
tucker
mayor
city
of
charleston
hereby
proclaim
today
march.
8Th
is
international
women's
day
and
march.
I
I
I
just
I
just
wanted
to
start
there.
You
literally
keep
this
council
running
and
you
make
it
look
so
easy.
I
have
no
idea
how
you
do
this.
You
all
have
also
shown
me
a
tremendous
amount
of
patience
and
grace.
As
I
took
on
this
new
role:
jennifer
cook,
velvet,
simmons,
vanessa,
ellington,
wanda,
stepp,
andrea
durungs,
marcy
grant
and
philip
and
patrick.
We
acknowledge
you
as
well,
but
thank
you.
Thank
you
all.
Okay.
We
really
appreciate
you
in
the
200
plus
year,
history
of
the
city
of
charleston,
aldermen
and
council
members.
I
I
We
didn't
see
another
female
council
member
until
1960
with
mary
etsy,
hilda,
hutchinson,
jefferson,
district,
4
and
brenda
scott
district
6
were
the
first
african-american
women
elected
in
1975
to
hold
council
seats
in
these
chambers
for
13
years
to
all
of
the
women
of
charleston.
The
women
who
work
for
the
city
of
charleston
and
to
the
commission
on
women
for
the
city
of
charleston.
This
proclamation
is
for
you
and
for
all
of
the
women
that
have
served
before.
I
I
have
only
been
with
the
commission
on
women
for
a
short
time,
but
reading
previous
reports
and
listening
to
what
you
all
have
accomplished,
while
you
have
been
together,
is
truly
inspiring.
Mrs
jennett
alterman,
the
chair
of
the
commission,
will
have
more
to
report
in
a
few
moments.
I
will
let
her
share
their
accomplishments
and
hopes
for
the
future.
I
Jennifer
brown,
julie,
moore
monique,
hill,
lydia,
cotton,
amanda
coman,
patrice
witherspoon,
carolyn
wright,
denise,
hugo
tricia,
corey,
claire
gibbons,
tina
singleton
and
hilda
gadsden,
our
staff,
brittany,
pinckney,
mindy,
sturm,
jamie
roper,
patrice
smalls
and
dustin
thompson.
Thank
you
all
for
being
on
the
commission
for
women.
I
The
many
organizations
that
you
work
for
represent
and
dedicate
your
day-to-day
lives
to
is
a
sentiment
to
the
true
nature
of
the
women
of
our
city.
It
takes
a
village.
Unfortunately,
some
people
don't
have
a
village
and
to
many
you
are
that
village.
I
can't
wait
to
see
what
we
can
accomplish
together
and
I
know
I
speak
for
myself
and
the
citizens
of
our
beautiful
city.
We
are
grateful
for
your
for
your
community
service
and
we
thank
you
for
dedicating
your
time
to
help
serve
the
women
of
charleston.
J
I
couldn't
say
it
any
better.
You
will
be
hearing
from
me
in
a
few
minutes.
I
will
try
to
keep
it.
Modestly
short,
shall
we
say,
but
thank
you,
council,
member
parker,
for
jumping
in
with
both
feet
into
serving
on
the
commission
on
women
and,
if
I
may
be
allowed
a
point
of
personal
privilege,
I'd
like
to
honor
the
women
and
children
of
ukraine,
many
of
whom
have
left
their
country
and
are
desperately
seeking
solace
to
the
women
and
children
of
ukraine.
Thank
you.
A
So
I
was
just
on
a
leisurely
walk
as
I
sometimes
do
to
catch
a
breath
of
fresh
air,
and
if
you
go
to
saint
michael's
alley
just
on
the
other
side
of
st
michael's
church
and
take
a
left
and
go
a
short
distance.
You'll
find
a
plaque
which
is
a
terrific
story
about
our
very
first
woman
council
member,
whose
portrait
hangs
above
us
here
in
the
chambers.
Her
name
was
cleo,
clelia
mcgowan
and
she
was
quite
the
suffragette
and
activists
and
helped
create
the
charleston
county
library
system
among
many
other
accomplishments.
A
K
So
therefore
there
had
to
be
a
referral
to
the
criminal
division
in
atlanta
in
the
fifth
circuit.
That's
be
attached
I'll,
be
suing
in
the
in
atlanta
under
four
years,
and
the
four
requested
so
many
anthony
bryants.
So
I
want
to
make
sure
I
clear
that
up
in
protest
I
sued
bryant
versus
administration
office,
united
states
courts,
because
130
federal
judges
did
not
fully
disclose
their
their
trades
on
the
stock
exchange,
which
many
in
this
country
are
too
poor
to
pay
four
hundred
dollars
for
a
fee
to
even
be
heard.
K
K
Like
ken
ken
burns,
said
this:
it
was
a
happy
day
when
the
first
unhappy
slave
landed
on
these
shores.
We
were
very
unhappy,
but
they
thought
we
would
have
to
be
sang
so
well
and
played
the
bongos
or
whatever
they
wanted
to
hear,
but
we
were
definitely
in
struggle,
so
this
is
my
last
comment
I
got
to
make
on
this.
I'm
unpopular
I
like
being
unpopular
as
long
as
there's
one
black
man
in
this
country
to
be
wrongfully
accused
of
crime
he
didn't
commit
and
to
2021
2022
anthony
g
brock
will
remain
unpopular.
K
The
black
man
in
this
state
is
definitely
not
free
and
when
black
people
refer
other
black
people
to
the
feds
of
mark
hill
and
others
in
the
senate,
he
referred
my
name
to
mark
hill
and
other
other
agencies.
Because
of
this
hate
speech
here,
this
is
not
hate
speech.
This
is
my
free
speech
given
to
me
by
the
first
slave
that
came
across
these
shorts
time.
D
D
D
D
K
D
Age,
students
on
public
transit
to
push
the
low
country
rapid
transit
lines,
terminus
back
to
somerville,
where
it
belongs
and
after
that
to
work
on
getting
it
back
to
downtown
charleston
a
transit
system
which
stops
starts
at
the
fairgrounds
and
ends
at
reynolds
avenue
and
north
charleston
will
not
do
what
this
city
needs
done
and
to
obtain
10.
More
lighted.
D
D
I
hope
this
finds
you
well.
Please
know
that
that
many
thanks
for
your
email
and
the
attached
letter.
We
truly
appreciate
the
solidarity
of
the
city
of
charleston,
as
freetown
celebrates
230
years.
This
letter
will
be
read
out
by
melbourne
garbner
at
the
interfaith
service
here
in
freetown
on
the
11th
of
march.
D
L
While
I
was
gone,
my
assumption
that
you
would
be
taking
care
of
my
family,
that's
kind
of
unwritten
deal.
We
had
obviously
that
deal
fell
through.
I
participated
in
a
traffic
and
transportation
meeting
about
a
month
ago
and
in
the
meeting
mr
mcqueen
and
I
agreed
on
every
point.
There
was
first
we
agreed
that
the
1976
order
was
legal.
I
never
said
the
1976
order
was
illegal
either
the
1976
order
called
for
temporary
barricades
mayor
makes
a
point
that
it
was
a
long
time
ago.
L
L
L
One
of
the
opposition
individuals
is
mr
finnegan.
Mr
finnegan
only
represents
43
people
out
of
93
in
the
neighborhood
he's
talking
about
facts
where
95
of
the
neighborhood
agree
with
it
that
that
fact
is
not
borne
out
by
the
evidence
when
he
wrote
the
city
council
only
got
38
families
to
write
that
they
wanted
to
close
roads
to
remain
closed
and
I'll
remind
you
that
the
roads
cannot
be
closed
by
an
order
for
city,
council
or
court
orders
and
none
of
those
exist.
L
So
why
am
I
still
here?
I
went
before
traffic
transportation,
everything
that
I've
said
was
borne
out
council
and
I
agreed
your
council.
Not
my
council.
Your
council
agrees
roads
can't
be
closed
without
order.
Barricades
is
temporary,
no
word
exists
for
the
closing
of
the
road
and
it's
obviously
unfair.
B
And
then
we
did
receive
two
comments.
One
person
said
that
closing
a
road
without
a
court
order
or
order
from
council
was
illegal
and
another
person
stated
that
roads
were
authorized
as
temporary
barricades,
not
closed
roads
and
that
45
years
was
not
temporary
and
those
were
the
only
comments
we
received.
A
Okay,
so
next
up
is
our
petitions
and
communications.
We
have
a
number
of
appointments,
mostly
to
our
planning
department,
boards
and
commissions,
that
help
so
much
in
our
community,
with
our
design
and
and
and
approvals,
and
we
take
them
all
together.
We
can
take
them
all
together,
a
through
f
move
for
approval
right.
We
have
a
second
any
discussion,
all
in
favor,
please
say
aye
aye
and
he
opposed
the
eyes
have
it
now.
We
would
like
to
mr.
C
C
C
Mr
seaton
brown
is
in
the
back
who's
just
been
appointed
by
this
council.
As
a
member
of
the
board
of
architectural
review
large,
which
is
no
small
job,
it
is
no
small
job,
it's
a
large
job.
So
thank
you
in
advance
for
your
service.
He
will
be
a
really
terrific
member.
I
can
assure
you
that
so
thank
you
for
being
here
and
thank
you.
Thank
you
in
advance
for
your
hard
work
and
if
you
need
any
advice
by
the
way,
here's
your
guy
right
here.
A
And
I
would
just
add
y'all
to
to
remember
that
all
of
these
boards
and
commissions
are
volunteer
positions,
and
many
of
them,
like
the
b-a-r
large,
are
are
the
time
commitment
is,
is
not
a
little
one.
It's
a
meaningful
time
contribution,
so
so
these
board
members
are
really
contributing
to
the
fabric
of
this
city,
not
only
in
what
it
looks
like,
but
by
your
service.
So
thank
you,
mr
brown.
A
J
You
mayor,
thank
you
all
of
you.
It
has
been
an
incredible
honor
for
me
to
serve
as
the
chair
of
this
commission
and
for
those
of
you
who
might
not
know
this
mayor
teklenberg
resuscitated
this
communication.
It
had
been
in
a
box
somewhere,
that's
all
I
can
say
since
the
70s,
and
we
are
still
the
only
municipal
commission
on
women
in
the
state
of
south
carolina,
there's
also
not
even
a
state
commission
on
women.
J
So
I'm
delighted
to
be
here-
and
I
want
to
give
you
just
a
quick
update
on
what
we've
been
doing
for
the
last
five
years.
You
know
our
mission
is
to
to
advise
you
on
matters
pertaining
to
the
quality
of
life
for
women
and
their
families
here
in
the
city
of
charleston,
and
we
operate
under
two
basic
principles
that
we
adopted
early
on,
which
are
to
take
care
and
or
take
charge
specifically
around
representing
women
and
children
who
have
no
voice
to
that
end.
J
This
council
little
history
lesson
here,
has
adopted
resolutions
in
support
of
the
un
convention
to
eliminate
discrimination
against
women
and
you've
also
unanimously
adopted
a
resolution
to
support
the
passage
of
the
equal
rights
amendment
in
the
south
carolina
legislature.
Thank
you,
you're,
ahead
of
a
lot
of
other
cities.
Believe
me,
you
have
agreed
to
implement
two
very
powerful
and
critical
benefits
for
city
employees,
including
paying
for
all
city
employees
to
have
short-term
disability
insurance,
which
covers
a
percentage
of
maternity
leave
and
extended
illness.
J
We
have
a
true
partner
in
the
mayor's
office
of
children,
youth
and
families.
Mindy
sturm
and
jamie
roper
are
regular
attendees
at
our
meetings
and
when
they
have
a
need
for
specific
resources,
we
do
everything
we
can
to
get
them
for
them,
and
our
members
represent
over
a
dozen
non-profit
organizations,
and
our
combined
networks
can
only
be
described
as
awesome.
J
G
A
B
Thank
you,
mayor
teklenberg
and
members
of
city
council.
The
resilience
and
sustainability
advisory
committee
met
last
month
february
17th
and
there
were
11
of
the
13
members
present
mayor
techenberg
welcomed
our
new
members.
We're
excited
to
have
council
member
shelly
back
for
some
continuity
and
council
member
speakings.
We're
excited
to
have
you
back
on
the
committee
again
and
council
member
bowden.
We're
really
excited
for
you
to
join
as
a
new
appointment.
B
The
first
item
on
the
agenda
was
the
our
new
compost
program.
So
I
took
some
time
to
explain.
We
have
a
new
food
scrap
drop-off
program
where
we
have
a
couple
sites
around
the
city
where
residents
can
bring
their
food
scraps
to
have
them
composted,
it's
going
really
well.
Since
then
we
have
our
february
data
in
we
have
over
700
participants
which
is
really
exciting,
and
we
composted
over
four
tons
of
food
scraps
just
in
february.
A
A
tracy
mckee,
I
think,
has
just
a
very
brief
few
comments,
we're
blessed
that
the
numbers
of
cases
is
way
way
down
continued.
That
trend.
The
last
couple
of
days
have
been
in
single
digits
in
charleston
county,
which
is
terrific.
I
I'm
still
concerned
about
the
number
of
deaths
that
I
see
in
the
state
of
south
carolina,
though
I
must
tell
you
there's.
I
think
it
was
monday
there
was
over
a
hundred
deaths
reported
to
covet
in
the
state
of
south
carolina.
A
H
H
H
Percent
positives
have
also
decreased
as
well.
You
can
see
just
a
couple
of
months
ago,
in
charleston,
county
percent
positive
was
up
at
32
percent,
so
we're
down
to
4.1
percent.
So
that's
a
significant
improvement
berkeley
county
just
at
the
end
of
january,
was
over
41
percent
for
percent
positive
in
testing
and
they
earn
it.
Currently.
It's
7.4
percent.
H
H
H
H
So,
in
light
of
that
new
guidance,
we've
paused
the
testing
and
masking
requirements
for
employees
that
received
an
accommodation,
of
course,
we'll
continue
to
adapt
as
new
as
things
may
change.
As
we
have
since
day,
one
watch
the
data
and
implement
any
evidence-based
strategies
that
are
recommended
by
medical
professionals,
and
I
also
did
want
to
point
out
that
cdc,
muc
and
dx
still
advise
that
vaccines
are
highly
protective
against
severe
disease
and
really
remain
the
most
potent
and
durable
way
to
protect
yourself
from
covid19.
H
I
Yes,
thank
you,
mr
mayor.
All
right,
hey
y'all!
Here
I
go
all
right.
The
latest
update
that
I
have
received
has
been
that
hr
has
suspended
all
mandatory
testing,
as
we
just
heard
from
miss
mckee
for
unvaccinated
employees.
As
of
yesterday,
I
honestly
don't
think
that
this
means
we
move
on
and
forget
about
it.
I
think
we
need
to
move
forward
and
be
sure
that
we
know
how
to
handle
these
situations
and
what
the
process
will
be
in
the
future.
I
I
I'll
quote
a
few
things
joe
biden
said
in
his
state
of
the
union,
stop
looking
at
covet
as
a
partisan
dividing
line
and
see
it
for
what
it
is:
a
god-awful
disease,
let's
stop
seeing
each
other
as
enemies
and
start
seeing
each
other
for
what
we
are.
Fellow
americans,
mayor
teklenberg,
said
in
his
state
of
the
city.
Address
city
hall
has
for
more
than
two
centuries
been
charleston's
home
of
we,
the
people
we
saw
during
a
time
not
long
ago.
I
I
Let's
trust
that
we,
the
people,
our
fellow
citizens,
are
moving
forward
with
common
sense
and
making
choices
that
help
protect
themselves
and
those
around
them.
Mr
mayor
said
we
can
still
hear
the
voice
of
the
common
sense
majority,
and
we
want
to
our
job
in
here
is
to
improve
our
citizens
quality
of
life.
I
ran
on
a
similar
platform.
Municipal
government
should
use
common
sense
and
operate
solely
to
provide
poor
government
services
to
the
tax,
saying
citizens
and
not
play
partisan
politics.
I
I
I
I
think
it's
a
good
idea
to
clarify
what
the
mayor's
role
is
in
these
instances
and
what
council's
role
is
the
mayor's
office
and
human
resources
take
advice
from
local
health
officials
and
make
decisions
without
a
council
vote
and
in
some
instances,
council
isn't
even
aware
of
certain
procedures,
as
was
made
clear
at
the
last
council
meeting.
If
the
mayor
can
decide
to
implement
these
mandates,
what
is
the
point
of
having
us
an
elected
council
as
a
voice
for
the
constituents?
I
I'll
reiterate
some
of
my
comments
from
the
previous
meeting.
These
statements
are
from
employees
and
citizens
that
I
find
concerning.
I
don't
find
it
easy
being
an
unvaccinated
member
of
this
department.
We
are
expected
to
participate
in
weekly
testing
on
our
day
off
and
on
our
dime
and
on
our
own
diamond
times.
The
first
two
strikes
are
suspensions
without
pay.
The
third
strike
is
termination.
I
I
I
It's
pitted
people
against
each
other
and
has
created
an
agitated
stressful
environment
for
the
unvaccinated.
The
mandate
is
affecting
our
quality
of
life.
We
should
not
be
forced
to
wear
a
mask
at
work
while
our
vaccinated
peers
do
not
have
to,
and
most
importantly,
we
shouldn't
have
to
fear
for
our
jobs
and
face
daily
discrimination
I'll
be
there
tonight
outside
since
I
won't
get
in,
and
I
will
never
get
in
as
long
as
there's
mandates
we're
losing
all
confidence
in
the
government,
we
should
have
the
ability
to
decide
what
is
best
for
our
own
body.
I
A
A
We
set
that
policy
really
kind
of
in
conjunction
with
both
the
county
of
charleston
and
the
city
of
north
charleston.
We
we
kind
of
were
in
this
together
the
three
jurisdictions
and-
and
we
were
challenged
in
court
over
this
matter,
and
it
went
to
judge
norton
who
upheld
the
county
and
both
cities
policies
that,
under
the
circumstances
they
were,
they
were
appropriate.
Thank
you.
I
G
M
The
judge
has
to
evaluate
whether
the
plaintiffs
have
a
likelihood
of
success
on
the
merits,
and
so
they
will
go
through
an
analysis
of
whether
the
plaintiff's
claim
is
likely
to
succeed
and
if
so,
whether
they're
going
to
experience
irreparable
harm
that
can
only
be
prevented
by
an
injunction.
So
they
do
actually
go
through
that
analysis.
M
I
I
But,
as
our
hr
department
said,
our
policy
remains
in
effect,
okay,
so
they
can
bring
this
back
and
when
I
say
they
I
mean
really.
The
mayor
holds
that
power,
because
I
have
you
know,
that's
how
it's
happened
in
the
past
right.
There's
no
vote
on
council
for
these
policies,
so
this
policy
remains
in
effect
and
it
can
be
brought
back
also.
I
You
know
we
still
do
have
a
vaccine
mandate
for
any
new
hires,
and
I
just
I
certainly
don't
want
to
be
the
tip
of
the
iceberg
here
and
push
out
any
new
hires
in
an
already
tight
job
market
that
we
have
not.
You
know,
there's
a
great
job
market,
but
the
city
is
really
struggling
to
get
and
keep
employees
to
help
provide
those
core
government
services.
So
again,
I'm
I
would
like
to
discuss
the
process
moving
forward.
O
Councilmember
bell
all
right
since
we're
talking
about
the
law
here.
I'll
just
add
some
thoughts
to
this.
You
know
under
south
carolina
law.
Municipalities
have
various
options
in
terms
of
the
way
they
want
to
be
formed.
City
of
charleston
is,
for
you
know,
a
long
long
time
been
a
strong
mayor
form
of
government,
and
that
means
the
mayor
essentially
serves
as
the
ceo
of
the
city
of
charleston
he's
he's.
O
D
O
N
N
A
So
I'm
well:
well,
you
certainly
legislate,
and
if
you
yes,
I
had
the
executive
branch.
So
so
I
administer
the
laws
that
you
all
pass.
You
all
want
to
pass
an
ordinance,
a
law.
You
can
do
it
like
councilmember
pell,
just
said
seven
of
us
get
together
and
pass
a
new
ordinance,
I'm
going
to
enforce
it.
For
you,
that's
my
job.
A
It's
a
microcosm
of
what
happens
on
the
national
scene,
where
the
president
is
the
head
of
the
administration
and
carries
out
the
laws
of
congress.
Same
kind
of
thing,
you'll
note
from
time
to
time
that
the
president
will
issue
an
executive
order
and
some
people
like
them,
some
people
don't,
but
until
congress
comes
along
and
passes
a
law
that
that
counteracts
some
executive
order.
That's
been
been
ruled
upon.
You
know
it.
It
stands
as
part
of
the
administration
and
similar
situation
here
on
a
much
smaller
microcosm
scale.
Council
member
wearing.
I.
K
N
I
Would
you
like
me
to
yeah
yeah?
I
mean
I
mean.
Obviously
that
would
be
ideal.
But
again,
like
I
said
in
my
in
my
written
speech,
I
mean
I
certainly
think
that
we
should
have
a
process
moving
forward
because
we
don't
have
the
laws
what's
written.
Right
now
is
the
are
the
administrative
rules
and
how
the
mayor
can
carry
those
out.
You
know
anything
that
you
know
he
pushes
it
to
ar
or
hr
it
happens.
These
are
much
stricter,
stricter.
You
know
implementing
mandates
and
testing
procedures
moving
forward.
I
I
think
we
need
to
have
a
process.
I
mean
y'all
have
seen
the
past
two
years.
Someone
told
me,
you
know
you're
just
flying
by
the
seat
of
your
pants,
I
mean.
There's
you
don't
know
we
you
didn't
know
what
you
were
doing
right
for
two
years.
Nobody
did
during
the
pandemic,
but
I
think
that's
what
I'm
saying
maybe
moving
forward.
We
have
a
process
for
these.
You
know,
and
I
mean
again,
I'm
one
vote.
Yeah.
N
N
We
we
I
mean
every
single
action
we
took
with
respect
to
kovish,
came
through
council,
okay,
okay
for
council
to
say,
yay
or
nay.
We
didn't
and-
and
all
of
us
didn't
agree
all
the
time-
either.
Okay,
but
seven
votes
normally
prevail
and
once
those
votes
are
prevailed,
the
mayor
has
the
responsibility,
as
the
executor
the
executive
branch
to
carry
out
the
mandates
of
council
period
administratively.
N
I
don't
know
whether
or
not
the
mayor
has
that
kind
of
power.
He
I
don't
think
he
does.
I
think
it
still
has
to
come
to
this
body
for
a
vote
now.
Maybe
we're
interpreting
the
rules
differently,
but
that's
how
I
interpret
it
and
and
further
maybe
what
we
need
to
do
in
terms
of
process,
because
I
think
you're
correct.
A
A
We
went
over
this
issue
upside
and
down,
and-
and
if
I
may
say
I-
I
bet
council
got
a
little
tired
of
all
our
coven
19
updates
every
meeting
for
the
last
two
years,
including
those
special
meetings.
We
would
have
covet
updates
and
thank
you
to
tracy
mckee
but
other
staff
members
as
well.
Honestly,
she
did
a
tremendous
job,
compiling
all
the
information
from
musc
and
the
others,
and
all
these
matters
were
discussed
with
council
along
the
way,
every
both
the
emergency
ordinances
we
had
all
throughout
and
all
the
discussions
about
masking
it.
A
A
I
Thank
you,
mr
mayor.
So
yes,
I'm
sorry
and
I
lost
my
transplant
certificate
yeah,
so
that
that's
what
I
thought.
So
I
thought
that
as
well.
I
thought
that
when
a
mandate,
whether
a
mask
and
vaccine
passport
to
inner
city
buildings
or
a
vaccine
mandate
on
our
employees
and
weekly
testing
would
go
through
a
committee
and
then
to
counsel
and
then
but
the
way
I
from
the
way
I
understand
it
from
hr.
You
know
it
comes
from
the
mayor.
You
know
the
mayor
decides
this.
I
F
I
The
process
and
I
think
that
our
city
employees
deserve
to
know
it
as
well,
because,
as
a
body
are
they
could
just
are
we
just
going
to
throw
this
back
at
them
when
the
next
variant
comes
back,
they're
going
to
be
back
to
weekly
testing,
or
I
think
city
employees
have
a
right
to
know.
You
know
what
the
process
is
in
the
future.
You
know.
D
M
M
I
appreciate
the
the
process
arguments.
I
think
it's
good
to
have
those
certainly,
but
I
don't
want
the
substance
to
get
lost
in
this
I
mean
there
is
a
two-year
track
record
now
of
realistic
decisions
based
on
what
healthcare
professionals
are
saying
increasing
when
numbers
are
going
up,
when
people
are
dying
in
larger
numbers
decreasing
when
those
things
go
down
and
that
happening,
you
know
really
the
city
being
pretty
nimble
about
it.
M
You
know,
I
know
that
plenty
of
people
have
lots
of
ideologies
about
this
and
and
they
just
won't,
take
the
vaccine
for
whatever
reason
or
whatever
it
is.
But
you
know
just
on
the
substantive
point:
the
city's
been
doing
a
very
good
job
of
being
reasonable
about
this
policy.
I
I
sort
of
agree
that
it
should
get
worked
out.
O
Thank
you,
mr
mayor,
and
I
just
want
to
echo
what
jason
said
you
don't
remember,
voting
on
a
vaccine
mandate
for
employees,
because
we
never
did.
Yes,
we
passed
some
emergency
ordinances
during
the
height
of
covid,
which
allowed
the
mayor
to
have
some
exemplary
powers,
but
the
idea
that
this
council
votes
on
every
single
hr
policy
that
the
city
enacts
is
a
fallacy.
That's
not
how
it
works
around
here.
We
in
my
you
know
analogy
to
the
federal
government.
O
The
various
departments
in
the
city
are
akin
to
the
agencies
in
the
federal
government,
where
every
day
there's
multiple
directives
and
policies
that
are
set.
Yes
on
some
core
fundamental
level.
Everything
emanates
from
the
wellspring
of
council
to
that.
I
absolutely
agree
with
councilman
gregory,
but
the
day-to-day
management
and
administration
of
the
departments
has
nothing
to
do
with
city
council.
It
is
100
the
mayor.
O
A
If
I
may
case
in
point,
you
take
our
employee
manual
that
we
had
update
every
year
with
various
edits
and
changes,
and
we
don't
bring
that
back
to
council
every
year
to
prove
every
change
in
our
employee
handbook
right.
We
don't.
We
do
follow
any
ordinances
that
this
council
passes
are
consistent
with
our
employee
policies
and
our
employee
handbook.
So
if,
if
we
pass
an
ordinance
saying
that
we
are
going
to
be
treat
everybody
fairly
and
equally,
you
know
we
make
sure
that
our
policy
handbook
reflects
that.
A
I
I
I
understand
our
form
of
government
as
well,
as
I
hope,
some
of
the
citizens,
if
they're
listening
now
or
looking
back
later,
they'll
understand,
but
the
mayor
and
legal
stated
that
I
could
request
an
opinion
from
the
attorney
general,
but
the
attorney
general's
office
said
that
it
needs
to
come
from
the
mayor,
legal
or
council
as
a
whole.
Legal
would
not
do
that
for
me.
They
they
take
the
advice
of
them.
They
can
only
act
on
the
you
know
if
the
mayor
asks
them
or
counsel
asks
them.
I
That's
what
was
that's
what
I
was
told.
I
request
this
evening.
The
council
requests
a
legal
opinion
from
attorney
general
wilson
on
the
executive
power
of
the
mayor
to
you,
used
to
implement
his
mandate
and
testing
policy
on
our
city's
employees
and
the
legality
of
requiring
vaccine
passports
as
city
at
city
sanctioned
events.
O
So
councilmember
parker,
you
have
the
right
as
a
public
official,
to
request
an
attorney
general
opinion
and
if
out
and
if
attorney
general
wilson
told
you
that
you
don't,
he
is
wrong
on
the
law.
I
have
personally
read
attorney
general
opinions
more
than
I
want
to
admit
in
my
in
my
life
doing
what
I
do
and
what
you'll
see
when
you
read
these
attorney
general
opinions
which,
by
the
way
are
not
binding,
they're,
just
an
opinion
from
an
attorney.
That's
you
know,
he's
been
wrong.
He's
been
right.
O
You
see
in
the
top
of
these
letters
he
actually
responds
to
the
person
who's
requesting
the
opinion,
and
I
actually
pulled
a
couple
of
these,
as
I
was
preparing
for
tonight's
council
meeting
just
to
make
sure,
because
I
wanted
to
make
sure
can
city
council
members
request
attorney
general
opinions.
They
absolutely
can
now.
I've
seen
them
co-signed
before,
where,
like
a
group
on
council
will
get
together,
maybe
there'll
be
three
or
four
council
members,
but
I've
also
seen
plenty
of
them
where
there's
individual
council
members
requesting
the
opinion.
O
I
would
encourage
you
to
do
that.
You
can
go
to
attorney
general
wilson's
website.
He
actually
has
that
ability
to
do
it,
and
you
know
maybe
you'll
find
some
people
on
council
little
co-sign
it
with
you.
If
you,
if
you
ask
him
about
it,
I
don't
know,
but
you
know
our
legal
counsel
has
opined
on
this
issue.
I
think
you've
got
the
right
to
seek
the
advice
of
the
attorney
general.
I'm
surprised
to
hear
that
he
doesn't
think
he
needs
to
respond
to
you.
I
think
he
does.
O
I
think
that's
his
job
is
to
respond
to
public
officials.
You
are
absolutely
a
public
official
as
much
as
the
mayor
is
and
as
much
as
anybody
else
on
council
is
so
I
would
encourage
you
to
request
in
writing
to
attorney
general
wilson,
and
you
know
his
team
to
address
these
issues
that
you've
brought
forward.
I
think
you've
got
the
power
to
do
that.
N
N
A
I
K
K
K
Two
years
ago
we
had
no
policy,
no
none.
What
is
that
policy
going
forward?
I
think
it
would
be
good
for
that
to
be
known
and
come
to
council,
and
I
think
you
get
a
better
answer
on
that
going
forward
from
this
body
and
this
man,
then
I
mean
I
respect
the
attorney
general,
but
just
like
councilmember
pela
said
that
that's
one
opinion
on
that
day.
I
think
you
get
more
results
which
you've
done
with
your
first
posing
the
question,
because
we
should
have
it
going
forward.
K
C
Councilmember
seeking
just
very
briefly
because
I'm
sure
we're
going
to
come
back
to
discussing
process
again.
I
would
just
suggest
that
every
member
around
this
table
read
section
2-96,
which
is
very
clear
and
it's
very
simple
enumerates
one
b,
one
through
nine,
the
powers
are
there
and
the
powers
of
council
and
to
just
read
it.
And
then,
when
we
have
this
discussion
again
I
mean
to
use
an
imperfect
analogy.
The
mayor
is
the
chief
executive
officer.
We
are
the
board.
C
The
only
difference
is
we
don't
have
a
chairman
of
the
board
in
some
ways,
the
chairman
of
the
board's,
probably
the
citizens
but
and
the
mayor's
job
is
to
carry
out
the
day
in
and
day
out
affairs
of
the
city
and
to
implement
the
policy
as
created
by
council,
of
which
he
is
a
member,
and
it's
very
clear.
The
two
powers
that
he's
got
that
we
don't
have
to
authorize
him
to
do
the
ordinance
make
mandates
he
does.
C
It
is
one
as
he
gets
to
hire
department
heads,
that's
his
job
and
two
is
to
present
a
budget
to
us
to
vote
on
and
then
go
forth
and
prosper
as
the
chief
executive
officer
implementing
our
policies.
So
just
read
it,
it's
a
good
sort
of
thing
for
all
of
us
to
understand.
I
think
one
of
the
things
that
you
hear
a
lot
about
is
that
you
know
we
have
a
strong
mayor
form
of
government.
That
means
that
there's
sort
of
these
superpowers
in
the
mayor-
that's
not
what
it
means.
C
Strong
mayor
form
of
government
is
just
what
I
said
he
presents.
The
budget
sets
the
sort
of
the
financial
goals
for
the
city
and
then
puts
his
staff
around
him
and
then
implements
policy.
If
we
had
a
city
administrator,
the
mayor
wouldn't
put
the
budget
forward,
the
city
administrator
would
and
then
the
business
would
run
to
the
city
administrator's
office
instead
because
of
our
form
of
government.
It
runs
through
the
mayor's
office.
That's
the
difference
between
a
strong
mayor
and
a
city
manager.
Form
of
government
doesn't
mean
that
you
know
all
of
a
sudden.
C
I
think-
and
I
do
agree
with
council
member
waring
and
others
who
were
here
through
the
whole
cove,
but
we
did
learn
as
we
go
and
I
think
one
of
the
things
that's
instructive
is
russ
to
you.
I
mean
you
always
have
after
action
review
of
things
right
I
mean
it's
a
really
good
thing
to
do.
We
probably
need
to
have
a
little
after
action
review
of
the
manner
in
which
we
handled
some
of
the
things
I
mean
council
member
sacrament
says
I
don't
remember
voting
for
it
because
we
didn't
well.
C
You
know
whether
that
should
be
something
voted
on
it's
a
discussion
we
ought
to
have
once
we
understand
what
296
says.
Do
we
need
to
amend
it?
That's
up
to
us.
Do
we
need
to
make
sure
it's
followed?
That's
clearly
up
to
us,
so
I
think
having
this
conversation
is
really
good,
but
let's
have
a
baseline
understanding
of
what
the
mayor's
powers
are,
what
the
council
council's
powers
are
and
let's
go
forward,
and
I
do
also
want
to
say
I
agree
with
councilmember
pell
that
you
can
clearly
seek
an
attorney
general's
opinion.
C
You've
got
to
do
it,
though.
As
an
elected
official,
I
don't
think
that
you
are
empowered
to
use
the
city
staff
to
do
it.
That
would
be
something
again.
The
mayor
administers
the
staff,
so
you
just
have
to
go
and
do
it
okay
right
so
anyway,
just
I
don't
know
that
that
clears
up
a
whole
lot,
but
at
least
it
gives
everyone
some
homework
to
go
back,
so
we
can
sort
of
have
a
baseline
understanding.
So
thank
you,
mr
mayor
friend,
thank
you.
I
A
P
You,
mr
mayor
yep,
the
recreation
committee
did
meet
yesterday
at
two
o'clock
and
to
start
us
off,
troy
miller
with
the
friends
of
muni,
gave
us
a
great
report
on
the
municipal
golf
course.
As
you
know
it
went.
It
went
under
extensive
renovations
in
2020
and
then
the
course
reopened
at
the
end
of
2020
in
december
and
after
the
renovations,
we
still
obviously
offer
our
residents
a
very
affordable
way
to
enjoy
the
game.
P
So
they've
also
gone
from
350
players
with
the
junior
golf
program
up
to
a
thousand
players
now
in
the
junior
program.
So
the
course
was
also
awarded
the
2022
south
carolina
high
school
championship
and
the
2022
south
carolina
public
links
championship
and
our
municipal
golf
course
has
been
written
about
and
talked
about
in
at
least
a
dozen
national
and
international
publications,
and
now
that
national
attention
is
drawing
tourists
to
our
municipal
golf
course.
P
So
the
renovation
of
the
golf
course
also
helped
with
drainage
improvements
in
the
woodland
shores
area,
as
well
as
on
the
golf
course
itself.
Of
course-
and
you
know
traditionally,
our
municipal
golf
course
hasn't
made
money.
In
fact,
it's
probably
lost
between
fifty
and
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
annually
in
net
income
operating,
but
in
2021.
P
They
have
a
need
for
a
t
sheet
management
system,
that'll
increase
the
accessibility
and
also
an
ease
of
use
system,
and
what
that'll
do
is
it'll
actually
bring
in
more
revenue
from
out
of
towners
because
they
can
use
this
app.
They
can
use
this
thing
to
to
log
their
tee
times.
Much
easier,
it'll
bring
more
more
people
from
out
of
town
here,
so
they
also
ask
for
continued
landscaping.
P
The
pavilion
would
be
an
event
space
for
corporate
events
or
any
kind
of
events
before
and
after
golf
tournaments.
Before
and
after
play,
the
friends
of
muni
project
that
the
combination
of
the
t
sheet
management
system
and
the
pavilion
could
increase
the
revenue
that
they
saw
last
year
of
550
000
to
a
profit
of
maybe
750
000
or
a
million,
so
the
but
an
updated
clubhouse
to
create
a
community
center
and
gathering
place
was
also
another
ass.
P
That
may
be
further
down
the
road
than
some
of
these
others,
but
they're
wanting
to
expand
the
reach
for
municipal
golf
and
charleston
to
everybody.
They
want
to
provide
a
place
for
everyone
to
come
together
and
gather
and
celebrate
and
form
important
moments
in
their
lives
and
become
a
crown
jewel
in
recreation
for
charleston.
P
So,
in
addition
to
the
the
golf,
we
also
had
a
presentation
from
fern
white
who
represented
pickleball
players
in
charleston,
and
she
explained
the
explosion
of
the
sport
locally
and
nationally
and
how
it's,
how
it's
really
taken
off
and
that
it's
played
by
all
ages.
Sometimes
it's
a
misnomer
of
certain
ages,
but
all
ages
are
participating
in
pickleball
and
they
welcome
everybody.
But
they're
currently
chalking
their
own
lines
on
the
existing
tennis
courts
at
bee's
landing.
P
According
to
her
slides,
were
four
pickleball
courts
that
are
open
and
available
for
150
000
residents.
That's
not
exactly
accurate
and
I'm
going
to
get
to
that.
Councilman
segans.
I
see
you
shaking
your
head.
She
she
explained
in
the
chart
how
pickleball
can
have
over
five
times
as
many
participants
per
day
as
the
same
space
as
the
tennis
court.
Considering
the
space
required
the
amount
of
time
and
number
of
players,
she
said
that
the
pickleball
community
will
would
be
willing
to
chip
in
for
for
lines
or
some
improvements
on
court
director
kronsberg.
P
Let
us
know
that
we
heard
about
pickleball
in
the
public
engagement
portion
of
the
master
plan
and
it
is
included,
although
it's
included
in
a
long
list
of
considerations,
it's
certainly
considered
in
the
master
plan
and
recreation
director
yarborough.
Let
us
know
that
that
we
are
talking
with
roper
saint
francis
about
the
possibility
of
extending
some
hours
on
the
pickleball
courts
there
at
the
wearing
center.
P
There
are
no
lights
on
those
courts,
but
they're
currently
not
open
on
weekends,
so
that
maybe
we
could
possibly
do
that
they
currently
close
at
7
p.m
over
the
wearing
center.
So
hopefully
we
can
extend-
maybe
at
least
until
you
know,
through
the
daylight
hours.
Possibly
there
are
two
tennis
courts
on
mary
eutse
that
have
lights
and
pickleball
lines.
P
However,
miss
smith
shared
her
concern
over
the
condition
of
those
courts,
but
pickleball
is
also
being
offered
in
the
gym
at
v's
landing
three
days
a
week
in
the
morning
from
10
30
to
12
30,
and
there
are
11
courts
with
pickleball
lines
on
them
in
gyms
across
charleston.
Capitol
brought
project
had
lined
out
those
courts
last
year
and
we
actually
have
someone
with
the
city
rec
department,
dez
brown,
who's,
given
pickleball
lessons
on
the
east
side.
P
We,
it
was
mentioned
that
multi-playground
cost
was
about
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
for
for
courts,
but
that
was
without
lights,
and
that
was
also
pre-covered.
Last
week
with
our
consultant
team
to
start
the
implementation
of
the
parks
and
recreation
master
plan
they'll
be
having
another
meeting
on
march
23rd,
along
with
bfrc
and
consultants
and
we'll
report
out
to
the
recreation
committee
in
april.
P
We're
accepting
applications
right
now
for
the
enterprise
manager,
position
and
laurie
yarborough
will
be
starting
interviews
next
week
and
I
believe
tom
o'rourke's
going
to
assist
her
in
that.
So
we
had
a
report
on
stony
field,
charleston,
county
school
district,
converted
the
field
into
a
synthetic
field
and
charleston
county
is
also
fixing
a
water
leak
right
now
there
is
a
there's
parking
lot:
entry
plaza
and
fencing
work
being
done.
The
army
corps
next
door
is
also
concerned
with
a
landfill
cap
we're
working
through
some
issues
there.
P
It
may
cause
some
delays
to
meet
the
requirements
for
the
army
corps
to
protect
that
cap
on
the
landfill
the
home
stands
have
been
updated
and
painted
lights
were
updated
to
led
lights
and
and
progress
continues
with
the
contractor
right
now.
So
we
have
an
early
may
projected
completion
for
the
car
richardson
park.
P
I
went
out
there,
it's
a
beautiful
piece
of
property
and
I'm
I'm
very
excited
to
see
that
open,
hopefully
in
may,
if
they
stay
on
track,
fort
pemberton
we're
working
with
neighborhood
associations
to
have
engagement
and
feedback
we've
submitted
for
a
land
and
water
conservation
grant
for
261
000.
We
should
know
in
september
if
we're
awarded
and
those
funds
would
provide
for
the
first
phase
and
help
us
move,
move
us
toward
preparing
for
a
park
opening
there
at
fort
pemberton.
P
So
we
also
discussed
some
public
private
and
some
public
public
partnerships
that
we
have
going
on
and
unfortunately,
daniel
strickland
and
lance
tyner
had
some
technical
difficulties.
They
were
trying
to
get
in
to
make
a
presentation
on
the
maybank
tennis
center,
but
we
will
have
them
on
in
our
april
meeting.
So
that
concludes
my
report.
Mr
mayor,
there
was
nothing
to
vote
on,
though.
Thank
you.
O
Thank
you,
mr
mayor.
I
I
was
really
looking
forward
to
this
committee
report
and
councilman.
Chile
did
an
excellent
job
summarizing
everything,
but
I
think
we
really
owe
troy
miller
and
everybody
with
the
friends
of
the
muni
a
a
really
a
round
of
applause.
I
mean
this
is
a
absolute
model
of
a
private
public
partnership
that
takes
a
city
asset
to
the
next
level
and
we're
making
big
bucks
over
there.
Okay,
this
is
not
some,
you
know,
failing
venture
that
has
to
be
subsidized
through
taxpayer
dollars,
they
are
carrying
their
weight
and
beyond.
O
We
ought
to
reciprocate
with
that
and
and
reward
the
sort
of
really
excellent
work
that
the
municipal
golf
course
is
doing,
and
the
only
other
thing
I
would
say
is
that
you
know
I'm
a
big
fan
of
parks,
recreation,
water
access,
I'm
very
excited
about
fort
pemberton.
In
my
district
wpal
park
in
my
district,
you
know
last
year
you
know,
following
the
parks
in
recreation
master
plan,
we
considered
and
unfortunately
rejected
a
bond
referendum
to
raise
some
serious
money
to
to
help
move
a
lot
of
these
projects
forward.
O
I
think
we
ought
to
think
about
giving
that
another
try
this
year.
Maybe
you
know,
have
some
more
dialogue
amongst
ourselves
in
the
mayor's
office,
so
we
can
maybe
get
a
little
bit
more
clarity
with
respect
to
what
some
of
that
money
is
being
used
for.
Nobody
likes
raising
taxes
around
here,
but
I
think
if
we
go
to
our
public
and
we
identify
specific
park,
improvements
that
touch
each
and
every
one
of
our
districts
and
and
we
demonstrate
a
track
record
of
success
there-
we
can
get
public
buy-in
and
support
for
this
this.
O
So
let's
keep
the
momentum
going
on
this.
I
think
we
need
to
be
applying
more
resources
and
funding.
I
think
the
municipal
golf
course
troy
miller,
friends
of
the
muni
are
setting
the
the
model
for
how
you
take
these
sort
of
enterprises
to
the
next
level,
and
thank
you
for
you
know
that
excellent
report
and
let's
keep
pushing
forward
on
all
fronts.
G
That
is
a
wonderful
opportunity
for
us
to
get
on
it's
going
to
increase
the
availability
of
that
facility
to
the
public,
and
it's
going
to,
of
course
generate
some
more
income
that,
if
you
haven't,
played
out
there,
if
you're,
if
you
are
a
hacker
like
I
am,
it
is
a
magnificent
course-
and
I
made
this
comment
at
the
recreation
committee
meeting
you
get
lost
in
the
beauty
of
that
course.
You
just
want
to
walk
around
and
observe
and
take
in
the
marsh
views.
G
The
oak
views
out
there,
and
so
they
have
done
a
terrific
job,
a
true
collaboration
between
public
and
private
enterprise
coming
together,
and
we
just
need
to
make
sure
they
got
the
momentum
on
this.
Let's
keep
it
going
forward,
so
I
think
even
better
days
are
ahead
of
the
muni.
I
mentioned
this
at
the
meeting
as
well,
and
I've
been
in
contact
with
jason
krossberg
about
park
shorts.
I
want
to
give
them
a
big
shout
out.
A
citizen
was
raising
some
concerns
about
hawk
shore.
I've
shared
those
concerns
with
lori
and
jason.
G
They
got
on
it
immediately
if
you
haven't
been
out
there
recently,
it's
just
a
magnificent
what
they've
done
the
park
shore
park.
Thank
you
jason
for
your
team
in
doing
that,
and
we've
got
some
old
racquetball
courts
which
I
think
is
not
being
used
for
racquetball,
but
for
some
other
nefarious
conduct
out
there
and
we
want
to.
We
were
offering
that
as
a
pickleball
court
to
knock
those
things
down
and
get
that
up
and
running.
N
K
A
So
if
you,
if
you
think
about
those
numbers
and
the
fact
that
a
good
bit
of
the
capital
for
our
improvements
were
were
raised
by
the
friends
of
the
muni,
I
I
it's
about
a
three-year
complete
return
on
investment
to
the
back
to
the
city,
based
on
the
turnaround
and
and
revenue
that
you
cited
there.
So
so
that's
remarkable!
I
did
want
to
point
out,
even
though
at
the
time
I
think
that
report
was
done
by
miss
white.
A
I
don't
think
she
was
counting
the
four
courts
at
the
wearing
center
or
there
are
four
courts
on
daniel
island
at
the
at
the
tennis
center
over
there.
So
so
really
all
to
get
not
counting
the
gym
use.
There's
about
25
courts.
Now
in
the
city
where
you
can
play
pickleball
they're,
not
all
dedicated
courts.
Some
of
them
are
conversion
or
you
know,
got
pickleball
lines
on
the
tennis
court
and
we
need
more
and
that's
why
we
were
brainstorming
any
other,
hard
surface
that
we
might
can
add
them.
A
So
we're
going
we're
really
working
on
that
and
gonna
add
some
more
in
the
near
future,
but
there
there
are
more
available
than
than
cited
in
that
report
so
anyway.
Thank
you.
A
great
report,
council
member
next
up
is
our
committee
on
public
works
and
utilities.
Council
member,
oh
councilmember,
mitchell,
just.
Q
Before
customer
come
forward,
I
just
want
to
mention
that
essentially
part
of
recreation
that
the
ccplc
organization,
that
is
on
the
east
side
with
mr
jones
working
last
year
with
this,
with
the
general
manager
of
the
charles
charlotte
hornets,
and
they
have
issue
100
tickets
to
mr
jones
to
bring
some
of
the
young
kids
up
to
the
game
up
in
charlotte
north
carolina
and
I
think
they'll
be
playing
the
seahawks
seattle
hawks.
I
believe
whatever
it
is
well
that
game
is
with
100
tickets.
Q
So
the
only
thing
they're
required
to
do
is
provide
the
transportation,
but
the
tickets
will
be
given
to
them,
and
so
here's,
what
he's
going
to
deal
with
some
of
the
volunteer
coaches,
that
work
with
the
recreation
department
has
given
50
tickets
over
to
them
that
they
can
have
these
bring
10
of
each
one
of
their
kids
up
there
that
they
manage
over
there
and
with
each
nine
young
people.
That's
going.
You
have
to
have
you
know.
Q
They're
gonna
have
a
chaperone
for
these
nine
kids,
so
that's
something
that
they
will
be
able
to
see
things
in
actuality
with
the
basketball
with
the
seat.
You
know
with
things
like
that
and
the
general
manager.
I
was
there
when
the
general
manager
call-
and
this
is
not
something
they're
doing
for
the
community
for
underserved
community,
and
I
advise
them
this
to
try
to.
Q
Big
trade
over
buses
are
big
buses
like
that,
so
let
us
know
so
we
can
try
to
get
this
transportation
set
up
for
the
young
people
to
go
there,
and
if
you
even
want
to
give
anything
to
water,
you
can
contact
our
michael
wack
in
the
city
of
charleston
who's
going
to
be
working
with
us
also
with
the
so-called
city
standpoint.
Thank
you.
K
And
are
we
to
the
public
works
report?
Yes,
sir,
we're
ready
for
that
and
let's
see,
updates.
Thank
you,
mr
man.
The
committee
on
public
works
and
utilities
did
meet
yesterday.
Item
a
is
a
outstanding
work
on
all
of
the
city's
behalf,
this
low
batteries
seawall
and
the
appropriations
to
extend
it.
I
think
another
1800
feet.
It's
been
going
along
frankly
at
record
piece
and
at
a
record
price
on
that
point,
I'm
gonna
defer
this
forward
a
report
to
councilman
seeking.
C
I'll
be
brave.
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
mr
chairman.
Thank
you,
mr
mayor,
and
thank
you
fellow
council
members.
If
you
haven't
been
down
to
the
low
battery,
I
really
would
encourage
you
to
go
and
take
a
look
and
see
what
we're
doing
with
not
actually
our
property
tax
dollars,
but
with
our
hospitality
dollars,
tourism
is
paying
for
an
incredible
renovation
of
a
wall
that
was
originally
built
in
the
early
1900s
and
has
basically
been
untouched
since
that
time,
and
this
project
is
not
a
new
build.
C
It's
a
retrofit
of
that
of
that
wall,
which
was
originally
built
by
and
large,
on,
helical
wood
pilings
on
wood
in
the
water.
So
it's
it's
an
amazing
project
and
just
a
couple
things
for
for
you
to
know.
As
we
vote
to
approve,
which
we
already
did
two
ways
of
means:
the
contract
for
both
the
construction
and
the
construction
management
of
phase
three
of
the
low
battery
seawall,
which
will
be
done
in
four
phases.
Phase
three
is
really
the
combination
of
two
phases.
C
It's
really
about
a
phase
and
three
quarters:
it's
1800
feet,
and
just
so
you
all
know.
The
first
phase
was
850
feet
and
the
cost
per
foot
to
do
that
project
from
the
outset
was
about
eleven
thousand
eight
hundred
dollars
a
foot.
We
didn't
know
much
about
what
we
were
doing
well,
they
didn't
we
we
didn't
know
anything
mobilization
like
so,
and
there
was
one
parklet
build.
If
you
go
down
there,
there's
little
bump
outs
at
the
cross
streets
called.
We
call
them
parklets,
they're
great
they're
benches
on
them.
You
can
recreate.
C
So
we
did
it
for
about
11
800.
A
foot
phase
two
which
is
about
to
close
out,
which
is
1100
feet,
was
done
for
about
9
500
dollars,
a
foot
which
is
really
pretty
remarkable
and
the
last
phase
which
we're
about
to
vote
on,
if
approved
when
it's
completed,
will
be
done
for
10
444
dollars,
a
foot
with
not
one
not
two,
but
three
of
these
parklets
now
think
about
that.
C
Just
for
a
second
what's
happened
in
the
last
three
years
in
terms
of
the
cost
of
doing
business
in
the
world
of
construction,
it's
gone
up
somewhere
in
the
vicinity
of
30
to
40
percent.
In
some
instances-
and
this
is
a
project
where
we're
pouring
concrete
like
crazy
and
concrete's
one
of
things-
that's
gone
up,
so
the
team
that
is
out
there
has
been
amazing
internally
matt
and
his
team
and
frank
newham
has
have
done
a
great
job.
C
As
a
woman
named
laura
beaucler
and
she's
done
this
project
pretty
much
from
a
management
perspective
on
our
own.
It's
been
really
amazing.
So
I
commend
this
project
to
you.
I
really
encourage
you
all
to
go
down
there
and
take
a
look
at
it
to
meet
the
team.
That's
putting
it
in
place
to
talk
to
frank
newham.
C
It
is
a
it's
a
victory
for
the
city
that
we're
here
that
we've
done
it
to
date
on
schedule
and
on
budget,
and
that
was
no
small
mistake.
Mr
mayor,
we
started
thinking
about
this
long
before
you
were
elected
council
member
warring
council
member
gregory
were
probably
the
two
of
the
biggest
hawks
on
making
sure
that
we
put
enough
money
aside,
but
not
too
much,
and
then
we
had
a
good
finance
plan.
So
I
hope
this
will
stand
as
a
model
going
forward.
We've
got
lots
of
challenges
going
forward
with
large-scale
infrastructure
projects.
C
This
is
a
pretty
darn
good
model
for
it.
So
thank
you,
mr
chairman,
for
handing
this
off
to
me
and
allowing
me
to
just
put
a
few
words
in,
but
it's
it's
really
going
to
be
an
incredible
amenity
when
it's
done
and
not
just
to
protect
us
but
to
allow
us
a
one
mile,
long
really
incredible,
linear
park.
So
please
go
down
and
look
at
it.
I
thank
you
all
for
your
support
of
this
project.
C
A
A
C
And
I
do
think
that
that
article
was
corrected.
We
talked
about
that
today
and
one
of
the
things
is
that
we
might
add
really
quickly
and
thanks
to
councilmember
wearing
the
mayor
who
said
on
the
board
of
charleston
water
systems.
Charleston
water
systems
has
contributed
an
enormous
amount
of
money
to
this
project
and
this
phase
alone
they're
putting
in
2.7
million
and
what
that
money
is
used
for
is
for
the
relocation
and
upgrading
of
the
utilities
along
there,
including
the
water
supply,
and
once
we
get
done
with
phase
three.
C
The
good
news
about
phase
four
is
there's
very
little
utility
work
that
needs
to
be
done.
Phase
three
is
probably
the
biggest
portion
of
it,
as
is
evidenced
by
the
fact
that
it's
the
biggest
contribution
by
charleston
water
system.
So
once
we
get
to
phase
four,
we've
got
the
park
to
worry
about
when
we
don't
have
as
much
issue
as
many
issues
with
utilities
and
getting
in
there.
So
good.
K
Thank
you,
jonathan
wallace.
This
has
been
a
wonderful
partner
on
this
one.
As
a
matter
of
fact,
it's
a
piece
of
property
that
demia.
Would
you
touch
on
that
piece
of
property
that
was
going
to
be
a
green
space?
That
now
will
also
contribute
to
hopefully
somehow
flooding,
issues
that
we
buying
from
cws.
A
A
So
in
this
whole
theme
that
council,
member
seeking
mention
of
having
this
linear
part
we're
going
to
be
able
to
add
a
little
a
little
more
than
a
linear
portion
there
to
that
piece
of
property
and
have
a
park-like
feature
along
with
a
reserving
of
what
we
feel
will
be
definitely
needed
a
future
pump
station
at
that
at
that
site.
So
once
again,
as
noted,
charleston
water
system
has
been
an
amazing
partner,
not
just
on
this
project,
but
in
just
about
everything
we
do.
That
goes
under
the
surface.
A
K
In
mind
that
this
is
a
linear
park,
it's
one
of
the
best
linear
parks.
This
side
of
the
mississippi
belongs
to
all
of
us
all
of
us,
my
wife
and
I
go
down
there,
often
after
church
recircle
from
st
patrick's
and
going
down
to
the
battery
and
take
a
little
walk
sign
enjoy.
I
invite
all
you
all
to
do
that.
We
live
in
an
international
city
if
you
don't
believe
it
walk
down
our
sidewalks
and
you
hear
all
kind
of
languages
being
spoken
around
you.
K
A
K
K
P
Well,
thank
thank
you,
councilman.
I
appreciate
the
opportunity
you
know
lake
daughter,
a
lot
of
you
know
have
has
flooded
over
and
over
again
if
they've
had
major
flooding
three
times
it's.
You
know
it's
part
of
our
city
park,
part
of
west
ashley
park,
and
you
know
when
you
look
back
at
where,
where
and
why
this
flooding's
occurred.
P
So
when
the
glen
mcconnell
widening
project
was
going
on,
it
was
actually
included
in
there
to
put
pipes
back
underneath
the
glen
mcconnell
so
that
that
so
that
lake
could
flow
out
into
you
know
out
into
long
branch.
Creek
bad
news
is
somewhere
along
the
line.
The
state
has
said
you
can't
use
the
half
cent
sales
tax.
Now
when
the
state
would,
when
the-
and
I
know
councilman
appel,
disagrees
with
that,
and
maybe
there's
a
fight
there.
P
I
don't
know,
but
we
were
all
excited
when
this
thing
was
going
to
when
this
thing
was
going
to
go
through.
It
made
sense
we're
going
to
do
this
all
at
the
same
time
the
road's
going
to
have
to
be
cut,
so
the
pipe
goes
goes
down
so
that
that
lake,
so
that
that
lake
can
drain.
It
was
a
great
idea,
everything's
good.
Until
this
ruling
comes
down
and
then
all
of
a
sudden,
it's
not
a
great
idea
anymore.
P
I
got
to
tell
you
that,
if
any
a
lot
of
areas,
if
someone
had
if,
if
people's
homes
had
flooded
three
times-
and
we
continually
have
issues
with
it
and
we're
draining
this
lake
every
time
we
have
storms
coming
in
a
lot
of
other
areas,
2.6
million
dollars
when
we
just
approved
21
million
dollars
is
is,
is
to
me.
I
was
very
disappointed
in
the
lack
of
urgency.
I
guess
that
I
saw
in
this
thing.
P
P
Meeting
I'm
not
on
that
committee,
but
I
came
out
a
little
bit
disappointed
in
what's
going
on.
So
what
I
would
like
to
do
is
I'd
like
to
add
this
to
our
next
agenda
item,
if
I
could
our
next
city
council
agenda
so
that
we
could
have
a
discussion
on
this,
so
I
just
feel
like
there
should
be
that
urgency
and
that
we
should
we
should
be
taking
care
of
people
that
live
in
a
flooded
area.
So
if
we
could
add
that
I'd
appreciate
it.
A
So
if
I
may
respond
to
that
request-
and
really,
if
I
may
respectfully
say
to
to
the
late
daughter
request
as
well-
we've
been
planning
for
some
time
to
have
a
budget
ad
hoc
committee
meeting
to
review
where
we
are
with
the
drainage
fund
and
projects
that
both
small
and
large,
that
are
in
the
planning
phase
and
hadn't
been
funded
yet
and
try
to
set
those
priorities.
I
don't
know
amy
was
supposed
to
set
up
a
date
and
I
don't
know
if
it's.
A
D
A
A
D
P
P
If
you
do
this
project
twice
the
thousands
and
thousands
of
people
that
live
in
district
10
that
live
in
district
2,
they
live
in
district
5
and
the
thousands
of
people
who
bring
their
kids
to
west
ashley
high
school
and
bring
them
to
c.e
williams
middle
school
and
bring
them
to
the
playgrounds
out
that
way
are
going
to
have
to
go
through
this.
They
already
sit
in
horrible
traffic
right
now.
If
we
don't
do
this,
while
the
county,
does
it
we're
going
to
have
two
road
construction
projects?
P
That's
going
to
bring
terrible
traffic
to
an
area?
That's
already
has
terrible
traffic
because
we're
going
to
be
doing
construction
twice.
It
does
not
make
sense
because
of
that
short
window
of
time.
I'd
really
like
to
request
that
we
put
this
on
the
agenda
for
the
next
city
council.
That's
fine,
sir!
Thank
you.
N
Just
just
so
that
we're
clear
it's
my
understanding,
correct
me.
If
I'm
wrong,
that
we
had
five
million
dollars
specifically
for
wamba
in
central
park.
No,
no,
sir!
I
don't
know
okay,
call
it
that
one.
I
know
you
don't
we'll.
Probably
we
need
to
go
back
to
the
minutes.
Okay
of
the
meeting,
because
I
think
we
had
gained
five
million
dollars
in
interest
on
something
okay
and
we
dedicated
that
five
million
dollars
to
that
project.
N
N
D
B
D
O
A
O
I
I
didn't
have
a
comment
about
that
specifically,
but
I
just
wanted
to
follow
up
on
council
member
shelley's,
very
passionate
plea
for
lake
dotterer
and
some
of
that
work
over
there.
I
I've
researched,
charleston
counties
have
said
sales
tax
referenda
in
enabling
ordinances
extensively
over
the
years.
O
I
am
here
to
tell
you:
you
cannot
fund
a
pure
drainage
project
through
the
road
half
cent
sales
tax
money,
but
if
you
can
tie
and
connect
a
road
project
to
an
ancillary
drainage
project,
you
can
100
use
charleston
county
half
cent
sales
tax
dollars
for
that
purpose.
Charleston
county
has
a
lot
of
money
they
get
to
play
with
every
year
this
half
cents
tail
sacks
measure
has
generated
over
a
billion
dollars,
since
it
was
first
enacted.
2.6
million
dollar
change
order
to
to
whatever
they're
doing
over
at
glenn.
O
Mcconnell
is
a
rounding
error
for
the
county,
okay
and
guess,
where
all
the
or
a
really
large
percentage
of
the
sales
tax
revenue
gets
generated
in
this
county.
It's
right
here,
so
I
think
councilman
shealy
is
right
on
target
and
to
the
extent
there
there's
a
lot
of
like
bad
legal
advice.
That's
been
given
around
lately,
you
know
we
got.
We
got
people
telling
council
members,
they
can't
request
an
attorney
general
opinion.
We've
got
some
very
wrong
legal
advice
on
the
half
cent
sales
tax
issue.
O
A
G
G
So
whatever
process
we're
going
through
and
councilmember
gregory
brought
up
a
point
dealing
with
issues
on
james
island.
So
I
don't
want
to
undercut
what
councilman
sheila
is
concerned
about
with
late
daughter.
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
following
the
process-
and
there
seems
to
be
some
confusion
about
this-
we've
got
stormwater
fees
that
we
set
aside
and
we
have
also
a
million
dollars
that
we
set
aside
for
what's
been
called
the
smaller
projects
on
that
and
we've
tried
to
create-
and
now
I
haven't
seen
matt
here,
but
we've
tried
to
create
this.
G
He
was
here
earlier
a
a
process
of
prioritizing
those
particular
project,
particularly
the
quote-unquote
small
projects.
I
don't
want
us
to
get
derailed
and
lose
sight
of
that
to
make
sure
that
our
priorities
are
so
straight
on
that
councilman
shealy's
got
a
good
point
that
we
don't
want
to
redo,
something
that
is
in
the
process
of
being
under
construction,
but
I
don't
want
to
lose
my
my
my
position
in
line
either
for
these
projects
that
we
have.
G
So
what,
if
we're
going
to
meet
in
april,
let's
meet
in
april
to
start
having
this
discussion
about
some
of
these
projects.
If
we
can
bring
it
back
up
into
the
council,
I
want
my
projects
brought
up
as
well.
Then
too
I
mean
that's,
I'm
not!
I
don't
want
to
default
on
those
issues
that
we're
dealing
with,
and
I
know
councilmember
gregory's
got
some
issues
in
dealing
with
as
well.
So
I'm
I'm
just
concerned
about
the
process.
Where
are
we
going
with
this
now?
A
A
You
know
it's,
it's
not
as
easy
as
just
putting
the
pipes
under
the
road
you
gotta
basically
put
them
in
and
then
close
them
off,
so
they're
not
gonna,
do
any
good
until
you
do
plan,
b
and
c
further
in
long
branch
creek,
and
we
have
so
many
days
in
which
to
notify
the
county
that
we're
going
to
proceed
with
the
with
pain,
putting
up
the
money
to
to
do
the
project,
even
the
the
pipes.
So
as
explained
to
us
yesterday,
I
made
a
suggestion
that
I
didn't
follow
up
with.
A
As
of
yet
I
am
right
now.
Why
don't
we
ask
our
stormwater
department
to
proceed
to
get
the
permit
that
they
need
from
the
corps
of
engineers
even
to
do
the
pipes?
Okay,
they've
got
to
still
get
more
permitting
in
place
in
order
to
proceed
with
with
with
the
county
project.
In
the
meantime,
we
gotta
figure
out
what
happens
with
long
branch.
A
What
the
benefit
is
dealing
with
the
dam
and
and
where
to
spend
our
big
money
so
to
speak
next,
but
there's
no
reason
why
we
can't
keep
the
ball
rolling.
In
my
opinion,
based
on
that
discussion
yesterday-
and
it
is
within
my
authority
to
tell
to
ask
mr
fountain
to
proceed
with
getting
that
permit
in
place.
So
we
won't
lose
any
time
in
that
sense
of
urgency.
A
While
we
come
back
to
everybody
in
april
and
and
talk
about
all
the
projects
together,
because
basically
we
got
to
decide.
Are
we
going
to
spend
2.6
million
dollars
of
city
funds
to
put
those
pipes
under
there
that
won't
be
utilized,
maybe
for
some
years
in
the
future?
And
and
and
I
respect
if
we
make
that
decision-
that's
fine,
but
that
may
mean
you
know
you
don't
do
something
else
somewhere
else,
but
we
we
all
got
to
make
that
decision,
but
there's
no
reason
it
won't
cost.
A
A
K
In
the
next
two
weeks,
we're
gonna
find
out
more
information
on
this.
I
promise
you
because
we're
gonna
have
conversations
with
county
council
persons,
yeah
on
councilman,
lapel
valley,
valley,
point
and
once
we
in
and
come,
and
mr
fountain
can
continue
with
with
your
instructions
and
with
that
additional
information
in
two
weeks
we
can
defer
that,
but
I
think
we
couldn't
put
it
back
on
the
agenda.
I
think
this
one
because
of
the
county
moving
forward,
if
you
would
allow
put
it
on
the
agenda
in.
K
A
A
No,
now
maybe
legal
counsel
could
tell
us
we
can
petition
the
state
or
sue
the
state
or
there's
maybe
some
subsequent
action
we
can
take,
but
our
definitive
answer
from
the
department
of
revenue,
for
whatever
reason
georgia
can
explain
it
rather
than
me,
but
they
said
no
and
and
honestly,
I
don't
know
that
the
county
minded
that
response.
But
that's
that's
another
issue.
Councilmember.
O
You
know
the
storm
water
fees
they're
great.
It
allows
us
to
do
some
work,
but
it's
it's
not
big
big
time.
So
my
point
is:
is
that
when
there
are
opportunities
to
leverage
other
funding
sources,
whether
it
be
the
county's
half
cent
sales
tax,
whether
it
be
tiff
revenue
downtown
that
frees
up
drainage
fund
for
the
windermere
basin
project
for
the
womba
project
for
do
pot,
the
doo-wop
implementation
for
late
daughter,
things
of
that
nature?
So
it's
very
important
for
us
and
our
city
does
a
great
job
of
this.
O
You
know
looking
at
different
alternative
funding
sources
to
get
these
projects
done,
because
we
will
not
solve
I'm
telling
you
right
here.
We
will
not
solve
outer.
You
know
off
peninsula
drainage
problems
purely
on
our
drainage
fund.
I
mean
it
just
it's
just
not
enough
resources,
especially
given
all
the
stuff
we're
doing
downtown.
Rightfully
so
we've
got
to
find
alternative
sources
of
revenue
when
they
exist,
and
it
may
be
the
case
here
it
may
not.
I
look
forward
to
seeing
what
the
dor
has
to
say
and
we'll
go
from
there.
P
That's
come
before
city
council
in
in
the
time
that
I
that
I've
been
here
and
I
support
everybody's
drainage
problems,
everybody's
district,
but
I
just
think
we've
got
a
unique
situation
where
we
have
a
small
window
of
time,
and
I
do
believe
that
we'll
have
more
information
in
two
weeks
when
this
comes
back
up.
You
know
just
like
councilman
waring
said,
and
we
will
have
a
lot
more
information.
Maybe
we
can
move
forward
all
right.
P
All
right,
thank
you,
mr
mayor.
The
special
on
on
I'm
sorry.
The
committee
on
special
facilities
met
this
afternoon
in
person.
We
did
have
one
person
that
one
council,
member
that
met
virtually
through
zoom
and
we
unanimously
approved
a
memorandum
of
understanding
between
the
city
of
charleston
and
the
coastal
community
foundation
regarding
the
construction
of
a
grave
memorial
on
the
gill
yard
center
grounds
along
george
street.
This
is
the
same
one
that
mayor
teckelberg
was
talking
about
in
the
ways
and
means
committee.
The
city
of
charleston's
costs
on
the
memorial
will
not
exceed
250.
P
P
D
E
Thank
you,
councilmember
shirley.
I
just
updated
the
special
facilities
committee
on
the
city's
special
facilities.
What
had
happened
in
2021
and
what
we
were
working
on
for
2022.,
just
real
real
briefly
here
doc
street
theater
had
visitation
around
30
000.
In
2021
we
completed
a
new
five-year
lease
and
facilities
use
agreement
with
charleston
stage.
E
E
We
completed
the
lease
agreement
with
the
aquarium
and
the
license
agreement
with
charleston
farber
tours.
We
are
doing
some
upgrades
to
water
lines
and
electric
on
the
docks
in
2022
old
exchange
had
83
000
visitors.
We
are
doing
some
updates
to
panel
displays
there
old
slam,
art
museum
had
78
000
visitors.
We
were
doing
some
updates.
There
had
a
model
put
in
the
big
one.
Angel
oak
park
had
336
000
visitors
that
included
being
closed
on
some
wednesdays
on
in
2021,
but
we
are
reopen
on
wednesdays,
effective
this
week.
A
That's
good.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Any
questions
for
mr
frolic
all
right.
Thank
you
for
that
report.
Thank
you.
That
concludes
the
report.
Okay,
next
up
committee
on
weights
and
sardines,
any
questions
additions
all
in
favor,
please
say:
aye
aye
any
pose
the
eyes
have
it.
Next,
we
have
our
bills
up
for
second
reading.
I
think
we
got
12
of
them
total
you
want
to
take
all
of
them
together.
Does
anybody
want
to
pull
anything
out
for
any
reason.
F
A
A
A
B
These
up,
actually,
no,
since
we
posted
the
proposed
amendments
regarding
virtual
participation.
We
are
talking
about
that
ordinance.
Okay,
good.
We
had
some
good.
Oh
yeah,
we've
had
some
good
citizen
input,
so
with
that
said,
we
would
ask
that
someone
or
that
this
council
adopt
first
reading
as
amended
to
to
remove
the
last
sentence
in
section
two
which
is
in
front
of
you
I
just
had.
It
was
a
conflicting
provision
with
the
first
body
or
the
first
section
of
the
body
of
section
f.