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City of Charleston Commission on Disability 8/25/23
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Certainly,
there's
some
stuff
that
that
I
think
can
be
done
better,
although,
like
the
building
inspector
said
that
was
here
long
as
it
meets
the
code,
it's
fine,
although
we
would
like
an
extra
six
inches
or
whatever
and
I
think
that's
what
we
need
to
work
is
we
need
to
work
the
city
to
change
it
to
say
something
different,
like
some
cities
have
higher
standards
and
not
lower
scan
and
not
minimal
standards
and
I.
Think
that's
what
we
need.
I
mean
you
you
go
around
to
well.
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Like
that,
no,
if
they
haven't
done
anything
any
improvements
to
them
since
they're
building
codes
change
yeah,
then
they
don't
have
to
do
it.
Grandfathered
them
to
yeah.
The
problem
is:
is
that
that's
usually
control
through
the
building
permits?
The
city
is
not
required
by
state
law
to
have
building
permits,
also
based
on
the
appraised
value
of
the
building.
City
buildings
aren't
reappraised,
so
the
MLK
swimming
pool
is
a
prime
example.
You
know
they
put
almost
two
million
dollars
into
that
roof.
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Some
people
say
almost
3
million,
whatever
property
certainly
was
way
under
that
I
mean
that
was
way
more
than
50
percent,
so
that
building
should
have
been
torn
down.
It
should
have
been
rebuilt
and
they're
not
doing
it
and
I
think
that's
something
else.
Somehow
we
need
to
convince
City
Council
that
needs
to
get
done.
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There
had
been
discussion
over
the
years
when
I
was
here
that,
if
the
state
on
the
sidewalk,
the
city
couldn't
fix
it
for
the
concern
about
being
financially
responsible
for
it
and
everything
else
with
it
in
the
future,
there
has
recently
been
a
Court
ruling
that
says
otherwise
and
the
Court
ruling.
That
says
otherwise
says
the
city
can
participate
in
some
of
the
repair
of
the
sidewalk.
So
what
we
had
thought
previously
to
be
the
case
is
no
longer
the
case,
and
there
has
not
been
a
conscious
effort
to
catch
up
with
that
new
difference.
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That
was
my
understanding
in
the
of
the
law.
You
know,
I,
think
you
know
side
works.
Are
a
problem.
I
I
heard
from
a
very
good
source
that
at
any
given
day,
the
city
has
about
500
sidewalk
claims,
cheese,
Griffin,
Falls,
now
I'm
going
to
tell
you
that
the
municipal
Association
insurance
would
typically.
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I'm,
following
that
line
of
thought
in
light
of
the
change
and
I'm,
not
sure
if
it's
a
law
or
a
judicial
ruling
or
I,
don't
know
what
I
don't
know
how
it
came
out.
I
would
like
to
ask
all
the
Commissioners
that
when
you
see
a
sidewalk
problem,
please
report
it
yeah
and
I
will
send
you
all
by
link
the
reporting,
the
customer
service
center
report
desk
number.
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Well,
and
my
dentist
is
at
West,
Oak,
Forest
and
Savannah
highway
so
right
across
from
the
Starbucks
on
Savannah,
Highway
and
so
I
have
in
past,
tried
to
go
after
my
appointment
cross
the
Savannah
highway
to
go
to
Starbucks,
and
that
is
like,
even
though
there
is
a
crosswalk
cross
signal.
First
of
all,
you
have
to
be
contortionist
to
reach
the
button.
Second
of
all,
it's
not
like
people
really
pay
attention.
I
can
tell
you
the
number
of
times
I've
felt
like
I've,
been
playing
a
game
of
human
Frogger.
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Replacing
the
Ashley
River
Bridge
somebody
hadn't
confused
me
here,
because
I
thought
I
thought
we
were
going
to
do
the
Northbridge
one.
First,
that's
what
I
heard
for
months
and
months
and
months
and
then
the
other
day.
Unless
my
hearing
aids,
weren't
working
right,
I
heard
they
want
to
do
the
cell
phone
first
and
do
the
Ashley,
the
West
Ashley,
when
someday
in
the
future,
can
I
hear
right.
The.
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Me
either
and
that's
something
I
I
live
at
the
end
of
that
bridge.
I
live
in
Northbridge
Terrace,
so
I've
been
up
working
down
that
bridge
many
times
with
people
on
a
bicycle,
either
in
a
lane
or
in
that
Center
thing
or
yeah
times
wherever
and
that's
dangerous
and
then
Carter
was
supposed
to
have
a
bus
that
was
going
to
run
every
30
minutes.
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Yeah
I
think
you
can
get
two
two
approaches
out
of
it.
So
I
want
to
survey
the
general
public
to
people
with
disabilities
and
I
also
want
that
that
also
the
recognition
of
businesses,
yeah
and
so
I,
don't
know
if
it
needs
to
be
on
the
same
card,
have
a
QR
code
for
survey
that
we
could
send
out
electronically
or
on
paper
or
paper
surveys,
and
then
still
do
some.
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Yes,
we
were
talking
about
two
things:
sort
of
at
the
same
time
we're
talking
about
the
North
Bridge,
going
from
West
Ashley
to
North
Charleston
that
there
was
tons
a
while
back
of
making
that
more
pedestrian
friendly,
but
I'm,
not
quite
sure
where
that
is
the
city's
planning
and
then
just
within
the
last
week,
or
so.
The
Ashley
River
Bridge,
going
from
West
Ashley
to
downtown
the
price.
For
that
pedestrians
is
more
expensive.
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And
I
think
we
have
some
good
possibilities
for
distribution,
because
we
have
physical
therapy
therapy
departments
in
all
of
the
local
hospitals.
All
of
us
have
connections
with
various
populations,
support
groups,
advocacy
groups
where
we
can
also
there's
also
in
public
schools
and
at
the
colleges
people
who
and
in
doctor's
offices
I
mean
there's
some
natural
places,
that
kind
of
lend
themselves
to
points
of
distribution.
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That
lets
us
go
a
little
bit
more
in
depth
if
they're
interested
in
Sharing
more
or
if
we'd
like
to
flesh
out
and
one
of
the
reasons
I
put
that
there
is
that
posting
Courier
had
set
out
a
survey
I'm
a
subscriber,
they
were
looking
at
doing
some
travel
experiences
and
sponsoring
those
they
sent
out
a
survey
to
subscribers
asking
some
questions.
What
would
you
like
to
see
them?
I
happened
when
they
had
a
comments
box
and
I
put
some
comments
about
folks
with
disabilities
and
accessible
trips.
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Well,
the
editor
got
a
hold
of
me
and
said
we
I
read
this.
This
is
of
great
interest
and,
as
a
result,
we
put
together
meeting
that
Alex
was
at
and
Maria
was
at
and
Marca
was
that
and
we
just
had
an
informal
round
table
with
Autumn
Phillips
from
the
posting
Courier
with
some
suggestions.
So
people
who
do
those
kind
of
surveys,
I,
was
surprised,
actually
look
at
the
comments
and
we'll
reach
out
in
contact.
If
that
contact
information
is
is
provided.
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If
we
modify
number
one
being
city
building
officials
to
check
and
see,
what's
included
in
the
final
inspection
to
having
City
officials,
come
to
the
commission,
which
I
realize
is
a
bad
thing
to
say
today,
because
Ben
didn't
come.
But
would
you
like
some
city
folks,
like
Gary
Pope,
who
was
here
earlier.
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Sorry
so
my
focus
is
on
the
city's
response
to
large
scale
events,
including
disasters
such
as
hurricanes,
flooding,
earthquakes.
Everything
like
that
I
coordinate
a
lot
of
the
city's
larger
events
such
as
the
Cooper
River,
Bridge
Run,
so
anything
that
kind
of
exceeds
the
scale
of
normal
operations.
That's
where
I
get
involved,
foreign.
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Yes,
so
that
is
actually
a
year-long
process.
We
never
stop
coordinating
with
our
partners
just
because,
as
hurricane
season
doesn't
actually
change
that
much
for
us,
because
earthquakes,
tornadoes,
large-scale
thunderstorms,
large
fires
I
mean
that
that
could
happen
any
time
of
the
year,
so
we're
always
coordinating
specific
to
hurricanes
prior
to
the
start
of
the
hurricane
season.
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So
it's
a
continuous
process
that
we
are
constantly
building
on
the
local
country
has
a
hurricane
task
force
that
consists
of
municipalities,
counties
and
state
agencies
that
bring
subject
matter
experts
together.
We
do
that
multiple
times
a
year
to
constantly
discuss
projects
every
every
large
jurisdiction,
cities
and
counties
conducts
regular
training,
whether
that's
classroom,
training
or
actual
exercises,
so
it
there.
It
is
a
very
robust
program.
J
We
just
don't
like
to
talk
about
it
a
whole
lot,
because
it's
not
the
kind
of
thing
we
like
to
draw
attention
to,
because
we
don't
want
to
panic
people
unnecessarily
and
make
them
think
that
oh
there's
something
that
they're
getting
ready
for
right
now.
So
it's
better
that
it's
just
part
of
our
normal
process.
J
Berkeley
County,
one
of
the
things
I
did
is
I
made
sure
that
our
primary
shelter
in
Berkeley
County
was
Cane,
Bay,
High
School
and
that
one
did
have
an
emergency
backup
shelter.
So
we
made
sure
the
power
is
available.
There
I've
been
speaking
with
Charleston
County
they've
had
to
go
through
a
major
reassessment
of
their
shelters
because
of
wind
categories
and
and
buildings
not
being
rated
properly.
So
they
are
reassessing
that
I'm
not
sure
that
they
have
generators
at
the
ones
that
they
have
available.
J
But
one
thing
I
make
sure
I
tell
everybody
just
because
a
shelter
is
in
Charleston
County
doesn't
mean
that
you,
as
a
Charleston
County
resident,
have
to
go
to
that
shelter.
In
fact,
we
would
encourage
you
to
go
to
Cane
Bay,
because
that
is
outside
of
all
of
the
flood
inundation
areas
associated
with
tropical
storm.
Okay,.
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So
Ben
I'm,
sorry
folks,
if
I'm
dominating
this-
but
this
is
very,
as
you
know,
near
and
dear
I-
do
not
drive.
I
am
dependent
on
where
Telluride
will
bring
me
for
evacuation,
so
I
I
called
Telluride,
and
they
just
dump
me
somewhere
and
the
reason
I'm
asking
about
generators
is
that
two
storms
back
North
Charleston
high
was
what
was
the
evacuation
emergency
shelter.
They
had
a
generator,
but
when
the
storm
was
lapping
up
against
us
and
the
power
went
out,
everyone
found
out
to
their
dismay.
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So
that's
hard
to
say
it
depends
on
storm
conditions.
It
also
depends
on
the
availability
of
Red,
Cross
and
Department
of
Social
Service
Staffing.
If
these,
if
the
storm
exceeds
a
category,
three
Charleston
County
will
not
open
any
shelters,
they'll
partner
with
Berkeley
and
Dorchester
to
utilize
their
shelters,
and
we
are
we're
always
working
I'm
trying
to
get
more
volunteers.
But
we
are
because
the
county
and
the
city
do
not
have
the
staff
to
operate
shelters
so
we're
reliant
on
Red,
Cross,
volunteers
and
Department
of
Social
Services.