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From YouTube: Emergency City of Charleston Council Meeting 8/3/20
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Emergency City of Charleston Council Meeting 8/3/20
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Great,
thank
you,
so
tropical
storm
or
hurricane,
as
a
case
might
be
isis
is
upon
us
this
evening.
I'm
sure
everybody's
been
following
the
movement
and
weather
reports
for
the
last
few
days
and
engaged
in
getting
ready.
We've
had
not
just
for
this
storm,
but
all
year
staff,
hurricane
task
force,
that's
been
working
and
making
preparations.
It's
led
by
shannon
scaff
and,
if
I
may
say
so,
he
and
the
team
have
done
a
remarkable
job,
of
course.
So
we
were
pretty
well
rehearsed.
A
A
So
obviously
that's
not
happening,
and
so
it's
not
a
concern
on
this
one.
Even
though
a
lot
of
energy
and
brain
power
has
gone
into
how
we're
going
to
handle
a
storm
that
would
necessitate
sheltering
so
the
the
best
advice
that
I've
had
for
everyone
is
tonight
just
to
stay
in
place,
shelter
at
home,
shelter
in
place
wherever,
hopefully,
everyone
has
a
safe
place
and
just
stay
put
and
not
be
out
and
about
on
the
highways
or
going
out
anywhere.
A
So
I
think
that'll
be
the
the
the
best
advice
we
can
give
all
our
citizens.
So
with
that
prelude.
I'd
like
to
call
on
shannon
to
give
us
the
latest
update
on
what
we
have
from
the
national
weather
service
number
one,
but
also
share
with
everyone.
What
our
team
has
been
working
on
and
for
preparations.
F
Mr
mayor
members
of
council,
thanks
for
the
the
kind
words
sir
hurricane
task
force,
really
all
the
credit
goes
to
them.
Daniel
flushes
mike
tito
tony
cortella,
matt
altop.
I've
done
a
phenomenal
job
for
the
last
several
months.
So
appreciate
your
kind
words,
sir,
and
I
really
appreciate
their
hard
work
as
of
11
a.m.
Tropical
storm
isaias
was
90
miles.
East
southeast
of
brunswick
georgia
moving
north
at
13
miles
an
hour.
F
F
Rainfall
amounts
of
three
to
six
inches
and
locally
higher
are
forecast.
Some
of
the
heaviest
rainfall
may
occur
around
tonight's
859
high
tide,
which
is
currently
projected
at
eight
feet.
With
the
tide.
At
this
height
and
with
the
amount
of
rain
amount
rate
and
timing
of
rain
projected
the
city
assesses
that
we
will
see
level
one
flooding
level.
One
flooding
is
significantly
disruptive
life-threatening
and
property
damaging
national
weather
service.
Charleston
notes
the
potential
for
widespread
and
dangerous
flooding
to
occur
in
and
around
the
charleston
metro
area,
especially
across
downtown
charleston
and
near
tidal
waterways.
F
B
Thank
you
shannon.
Thank
you
mayor
good
morning,
members
of
council
staff,
so
we've
we've
been
preparing
for
this
storm
since
friday
and
we
essentially
started
preparing
for
exactly
the
storm
that
we're
going
to
get
we're
our
greatest
threat
that
we're
facing
and
greatest
risk
that
we
have
is
storm
surge,
which
is
forecasted
to
be
somewhere
between
two
and
four
feet:
heavy
rain
which
may
most
likely
occur
during
that
same
time
and
then
wind.
B
I
would
consider
the
third
threat
that
we're
having
so
flooding,
particularly
on
the
peninsula
particular
particularly
in
low-lying
areas,
is
our
threat
and
that's
what
we've
prepared
for
we've
got
a
incident
command
set
up
myself
as
the
ic
deputy
chief
broughton
as
the
daytime
deputy
incident
commander
and
deputy
chief
cruzin
from
fire.
As
the
deputy
incident
commander
for
knight
our
next
briefing
for
the
incident
command,
total
briefing
will
be
7
p.m.
B
B
So
there's
been
just
a
whole
bunch
of
effort
put
into
that
by
our
public
service
team
by
our
stormwater
team.
By
just
about
everybody
in
the
city,
dan
riccio
and
the
move
out
group
have
really
put
a
lot
of
effort
into
making
sure
that
our
city
streets,
particularly
on
the
peninsula,
are
as
clean
as
they
can
possibly
be,
so
that
the
things
that
we
have
in
place
work
as
efficiently
as
they
can.
B
As
you
know,
we've
opened
up
now
five
garages
we're
getting
ready
to
open
up
a
fifth
we're
going
to
open
up
one
over
in
the
west
side,
and
then
you
probably
have
heard
that
we're
looking
at
early
dismissal
of
our
city
work
staff
at
1pm
today.
That
should
give
them
a
couple
of
hours
to
get
home
safely
ahead
of
any
type
of
sustained
tropical
storm
force
winds.
B
Our
recreation
department
will
be
calling
camps
at
half
day
and
our
courts
will
be
closing
at
one
as
well.
As
I
said,
a
lot
of
effort
has
gone
into
stormwater
cleaning
and
they
are
still
out
there
today
and
they
are
ready
through
the
night.
They've
got
pumps
pre-deployed
throughout
the
peninsula
in
strategic
locate
locations
so
that
we
can
keep
strategic
roadways
open.
B
We
did
ask,
and
we've
received
now-
a
high
water
vehicle
from
bluffton
county
with
two
technicians
to
operate
that,
in
addition,
we've
gone
ahead
and
deployed
all
of
our
high
water
vehicles
by
both
police
and
fire
main
focus
tonight
just
to
wrap.
This
up
is
going
to
be
preventing
any
loss
of
life
by
people
driving
into
high
water
standing
water
at
night
time.
B
Police
have
the
lead
for
all
road
closures,
making
sure
that
if
roads
do
get
flooded
that
they're
closed
and
keeping
that
report
back
to
the
incident
command,
buyer
has
pre-positioned
their
assets
for
any
type
of
in-water
rescues
that
we
need
to
do
within
the
city,
and
that's
really
where
our
emphasis
is
we're
doing
this
virtually
it's
the
first
time
we've
done
it.
There's
been
a
lot
of
pre-planning
going
into
this.
It's
really
important
that
we
communicate
out
to
the
public
and
our
pio
shop
has
been
doing
a
remarkable
job
of
that.
B
So
keeping
people
off
the
roads
is
the
message
preventing
loss
of
life
and
hopefully
this
tide
comes
in,
the
rain
comes
in
and
it
goes
out
and
we
wake
up
tomorrow
morning
and
we've
got
a
good
city
that
we
can
get
back
to
to
normal.
So
that's
where
we
are
pending
any
questions,
I'll
be
happy
to
answer
them.
Otherwise,
we'll
turn
it
back
over
to
the
mayor.
D
Thank
you
mayor.
Thank
you
mark,
for
that
update.
Is
there
any
place
where
I
can
direct
some
constituents
to
the
garages?
I've
had
several
emails
this
morning
and
just
wanted
to
make
sure
I
get
the
right
information
out
to
them
about
garages
that
are
closed
on
the
peninsula
are
basically
open
for
for
them
to
park
their
vehicles.
B
So
all
garages
remain
open,
it's
five
that
they
can
park
at
for
free
and
I
don't
have
them
off
the
top
of
my
head,
but
the
latest
one
is
over
in
west
edge.
We
just
open
that
one
up
and
they'll
be
able
to
park
there
until
10
tomorrow
morning,
press
release.
We
can
have
that
sent
to
you,
okay,
cool.
Thank
you.
G
B
That's
that's
a
good
question.
I
had
that
down
on
my
notes
and
I
apologize
for
not
hitting
that
859
is
the
high
tide
tonight
right,
so
that
tie
tie
the
last
time
we
checked
was
an
eight
foot
high
tide,
we're
still
looking
at
two
to
four
feet
of
storm
surge,
which
storm
surge
is
two
to
four
feet
of
inundation
at
the
location
where
water
hits
dry
ground.
B
G
F
A
Yep
all
right,
so
the
garages
that
are
free
or
the
queen
street
garage,
which
I'm
told
is
nearly
full
already
the
aquarium
garage,
which
I'm
sure
has
lots
of
room.
The
visitor
center
garage
on
mirrory
street,
which
is
a
very
large
garage
and
then
the
saint
phillips
street
garage
right
near
the
college
of
charleston,
and
then
we
just
added
the
west
edge
garage
so
and
we
put
out
a
notice
that
is
free
until
8.
00
am
we're
extending
that
to
10
a.m.
G
A
Not
today
no-
and
we
put
the
notice
out
that
this
is
like
a
holiday
week-
I
guess
with
everybody
a
day
delayed,
but
since
monday
was
the
normal
day
for
the
peninsula,
we
focused
on
the
peninsula,
because
people
would
have
normally
put
their
trash
out
today
and
some
did
and
didn't
get
the
word.
So
we've
been
trying
to
pick
up
what
we
can
councilmember
griffin.
H
Yes,
sir,
my
question
was
mostly
just
about
the
garages
too.
I've
had
people
calling
and
emailing
and
texting
me
about
parking
in
the
garages,
and
I'm
just
wondering
you
know.
I
appreciate
you
extending
it
to
10
a.m,
but
what's
the
purpose
of
even
having
it
that
early
tomorrow,
because
we
don't
really
know
how
bad
it's
going
to
be
and
if
we
do
get
hit
with
a
significant
storm
surge
and
you
know,
get
not
getting
hit
until
nine
o'clock
tonight,
I'm
sure
we
wouldn't
want
people
out
in
the
morning
trying
to
get
to
their
cars.
H
If
you
know
downtown's
flooded,
which
is
a
very
high
possibility.
So
I'm
just
wondering
you
know:
are
we
going
to
be
monitoring
that
situation
and
extending
it?
Because
we
certainly
want
to
keep
as
many
people
out
of
those
those
areas
as
possible?
And
I
know
a
lot
of
the
people
on
the
peninsula
are
already
utilizing
the
garages.
H
A
Absolutely
and
yeah
I've
had
discussions
about
this.
We
have
that
you
know
it's
we're
hopeful
that
this
will
not
be
a
big
impact
on
our
city
tonight,
we're
very
hopeful
I
mean
as
of
right
now
we're
expecting
our
city
employees
to
report
for
duty
as
normal
tomorrow
morning.
They
they
park
in
those
garages
too,
and
so
with
with
the
hope
that
tomorrow
will
be
a
pretty
much
a
normal
business
day.
H
Thank
you,
and
that
makes
more
sense
I
mean,
like
you
said
we
have.
We've
got
to
reserve
a
lot
of
spots
for
getting
back
to
business
tomorrow,
so
I
completely
understand
you
on
that
one,
and
I
will
just
tell
everybody
to
just
continue
to
look
for
the
updates
and
we'll
keep
people
updated.
That
way.
All.
I
A
H
A
J
I
I
might
be
able
to
help
you
all
out
there,
because
we
have
republic
out
here
in
29492
and
yes,
there
is
a
truck
coming
out
today
and
I'm
sure
carolina
waste
is
probably
doing
the
same
thing
to
pick
up
in
case.
Somebody
did
not
get
the
message,
but
they
will
then
wind
up
also
coming
back
tomorrow.
So
that's
what
matt
told
me
this
morning,
okay,
regarding
republic
and
I'm
going
to
say
it's
going
to
be
the
same
thing
with
carolina
waste
right,
gotcha,.
A
Okay,
we'll
get
hopefully
better
intel
on
that
in
just
a
minute.
Thank
you
good
question.
I
was
just
thinking
about
our
city
cruise.
Thank
you
all
right.
Any
other
question
I
thought
y'all
know
we
did
open
up
today,
offering
citizens
to
to
get
sandbags
if
they
wanted
to
at
both
milford
street
and
at
the
joe
at
at
the
ballpark
over
on
fishburn
and
the
town
of
james
island
had
also
opened
up
today
to
offer
free
sand
and
sandbags.
B
F
B
I
K
G
E
I
don't
think
councilman
mercedes
for
that.
I
was
going
to
ask
that
same
question,
but
I
have
my.
I
have
my
grand
stain
with
me
and
she
she's
in
school
and
well
she's
on
her
externship
because
she
already
finished
school
for
said
certified
medical
assistant
but
she's
up
there
at
nations
on
in
near
northwood
mall,
and
she
don't
she
doesn't
get
out
of
school
bit
until
seven
o'clock.
I
mean
six
o'clock,
so
I
don't
know
what
time
she'll
get
down
here.
So
I
was
looking
at
the
curfew.
A
E
So
you
don't
know
if
they're
going
to
close
down
early
or
not
to
give
the
employees
the
people
there
who
are
out
there
on
school
working
there
for
a
while
to
get
home
early
or
not.
I
don't
know,
but
I
haven't
heard
from
her
yet
all
right.
So
there's
a
lot
of
people
who
I'm
working.
You
know
up
there
at
those
particular
places
on
the
externship
from
college.
E
D
B
D
A
A
I
saw
had
it
even
a
little
further
to
the
east
from
where
it
was
earlier
this
very
early
this
morning
and
yesterday,
so
don't
get
me
wrong.
We're
going
to
get
some
wind
we're
going
to
get
some
rain
and
we've
got
a
high
tide
at
nine
o'clock,
but
if
everybody
stays
in
and
stays
off
the
roads,
I
think
we're
gonna
have
a
good
evening
this
evening.
That's
my
hope.