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City of Charleston Committee on Community Development 3/25/2021
A
C
C
A
A
A
F
F
I
don't
know
if
it's
been
horizontally
subdivided
or
how
that
worked,
but
they're,
proposing
to
use
the
current
structures
and
add
two
new
buildings,
all
of
which
will
be
developed
into
new
residential
apartments
and
they
are
seeking
an
income
tax
credit
under
the
abandoned
buildings.
Revitalization
act:
this
will
not
affect
the
city
fiscally.
This
is
just
a.
They
requested
us
to
certify
that
it
qualifies
as
an
abandoned
building.
We've
got
an
affidavit
from
the
applicant,
but
it's
it's
actually
signed
by
the
school
district,
indicating
that
the
building
has
not
been
operational.
A
H
A
H
A
Yes,
I
think
they
heard
about
that,
because
we
were
talking
about
this
a
long
time,
because
this
isn't
the
district
I
represent,
and
I
always
informed
my
compute
community
about
this
and
that's
the
people.
I
really
want
to
know
exactly
what's
going
on,
because
the
public
housing
is
there
and
the
people
were
living
wrong
in
that
particular
area.
So
I
try
to
keep
the
community
that
I
represent.
You
know
in
form
of
what's
going
on
with
the
within
with
this
project
and
it's
supposed
to
be
senior
housing.
I
A
E
B
A
It
has
been
a
long
time
yeah
I
drive
by
just
about
every
day,
because
I'm
on
that
in
my
community
every
single
day
driving
through
the
community
every
day-
and
I
know
it's
been
taking
a
long
time
and
it
was
being
used
by
the
the
shelf
department
for
a
while
in
the
fire
department
for
a
while
doing
some
training,
but
it
is
abandoned.
It's
abandoned
building.
A
E
That
is
one
of
the
reasons
they
are
requesting.
These
additional
dollars
and
the
attached
requests
provide
you
a
full
budget
as
to
what
that
six
hundred
thousand
dollars
represents.
This
is
a
multi-family
development
rental
for
individuals
that
earn
60
and
below
the
area
median
income.
The
developer
is
willing,
if
necessary,
to
extend
the
period
of
affordability
beyond
the
30
years
to
35
years,
if
necessary,
in
support
of
this
development,
and
I
would
ask
the
community
development
committee
support
of
this.
Mr
bernstein
is
on
the
zoom
meeting
today.
Should
you
have
additional
questions?
H
Thank
you.
I
I
would
like
to
take
up
the
developer
on
their
offer
for
35
years.
I
think
that
is
pretty
standard
from
what
I
understand
now
in
the
tax
credit
acquisition
arena,
I
guess
and
then
I
would
like
to
know,
do
we
have
a
right
of
first
refusal
ownership
after
that
30-year
period
is
over
ms
johnson.
E
J
H
I
think
you
know
we've
just
learned
a
lot
over
the
last
many
years
that
30
years
goes
by
and
I
I
totally
believe
and
appreciate
your
mission
that
it's
going
to
be
an
affordable
property
indefinitely,
but
you
know
things
happen
and
owners
change,
and
I
do
think
that
would
be
a
big
feather
in
everyone's
cap
to
have
that
kind
of
memorialized
agreement
on
the
deed
on
the
covenant
on
the
loan.
However,
it
could
best,
be
you
know,
least
intrusive
to
you,
but
most
most
clear.
J
Yeah,
I
would,
I
would
just
ask
you
know
when
we
say:
keep
it
affordable
forever.
I
mean,
I
would
say,
let's
just
let's
put
a
year
on
it,
just
you
know,
35
years
anything
can
happen
if
we
want
to
make
that
10
additional
years.
You
know
that
that
would
be
something
that
we
could
accommodate.
You
know,
but
who
knows
what
what
the
world's
going
to
look
like
in
50
years
or
100
years,
but
you
know
we
would
be
willing
to
extend
that
affordable
period
by
more
than
five
years.
A
B
Mayor,
thank
you,
mr
chairman.
I
first
of
all
I
want
to
commend
mr
bernstein
and
his
company.
I
first
met
him
when
they
opened
the
affordable
development
that
they
did
over
on
john's
island.
I
believe
jay,
that's
where
we
we
first
met
and
it
very
very
attractive,
and
they
did
a
great
job
and
their
partnership
with
us
on
the
james
lewis.
Homes
has
been
quite
positive
and
and
they've
actually,
I
think,
have
saved
some
costs
on
that
particular
development,
or
we
had
allocated
a
little
more
than
what
they
needed.
B
B
I
think
it's
very
gracious
of
him
to
offer
the
10-year
extension
so
to
speak,
of
the
guaranteed
affordability
period,
and
I
would
move
that
we
amend
the
approval
of
this
additional
funding
with
that
10-year
extension,
and
I
think
that
would
be
a
very
fair
thing.
I
mean
I,
I
hear
councilmember
jackson,
we
we
like
to
make
everything
permanent.
We
didn't
start
out
that
way
with
this
deal
and-
and
at
this
point
for
this
request
to
get
an
additional
10
years,
I
I
think
it's
very
gracious.
A
C
A
A
D
A
F
F
On
monday,
for
a
meeting
on
thursday,
I
begged
gianna
to
see
if
we
could
have
a
special
meeting
on
april
8th
to
consider
this,
which
means
we'll
have
all
the
documents
ready
by
april
1st.
If
that's,
okay
with
the
committee,
I
I
don't
think,
there's
going
to
be
any
huge
surprises,
I
will
say
just
to
give
everyone.
This
really
affects
councilmember,
gregory
and
councilmember
jackson,
but
well
it
shouldn't
affect
either
of
them.
But
I
want
to
make
clear
under
state
law
for
a
development
agreement.
F
The
agreement
will
be
unconditional,
that
there
will
be
no
development
of
either
of
those
properties,
but
sometimes
constituents.
Don't
they
don't
that?
Doesn't
they
don't
hear
that
and
maybe
the
city
council
don't
want
to
do
that
with
the
development
agreement.
But
I
did
want
to
give
everyone
the
heads
up
and
that's
what's
been
the
properties
that
they've
identified,
that
they
would
like
the
city
to
use
to
allow
them
to
trigger
the
10
years
again
I'll
sign
an
affidavit.
If
I
have
to
there
will
be
this
will
not.
F
F
C
I
G
K
F
C
F
I
F
C
C
I
mean
yeah
kind
of
like
that.
You
know
what
I
mean.
How
do
we
explain
this?
If
constituents
really
were
to
ask
about
that,
we
got
a
development
that
literally
miles
and
miles
apart
and
something
about
that
just
doesn't
sound
legitimate.
I
mean
I,
I
know
your
work
is
good.
The
state
law
requires
to
do
that.
F
I
F
I
F
Areas
because
I
just
don't
think
there's
going
to
be
tracks
anywhere
else
that
have
this
acreage,
I
think
in
west
ashley.
Anything
that
we
could
probably
use
would
be
under
would
be
covered
by
the
long
savannah
development
agreement,
because
I
think
it
was
donated
to
us
under
the
long
savannah
agreement.
H
Thank
you,
sir.
Thanks
for
the
heads
up,
mr
mcqueen,
I
understand
we're
not
gonna.
Do
anything
more
than
just
listen
to
you
preview,
what
we're
gonna
be
discussing
on
the
8th
of
april.
I
just
have
two
things
to
say
about
morris
island.
They
may
they
they
may
need
to
be
doing
their
their
development
quicker,
because
if
you
listen
to
the
preservationists
conservationists,
allen
is
disappearing.
H
So
they're
gonna
need
to
act
fast,
and
I
I
think
that
for
sure,
there's
an
organized
friends
of
morris
island
lighthouse
that
I
would
think
would
be
very
happy
to
be
discussing
with
the
developers
of
floral
island
how
they
could
make
them
feel
good
about.
You
know
putting
their
property
into
the
mix.
I
think
there's
probably
some
neighbors
around
the
the
park
on
jackson
and
councilmember
gregory's
district,
who
would
feel
the
same.
Maybe
we
can
make
those
broad
hints
that
it
would
be
great
to
see
some
donations.
G
G
C
Let
me
take
a
second
try
it
this
one.
Take
a
second
try
again,
you
see
you
got,
you
need
70
acres
or
so
I'm
just
telling
you
trying
to
fill
it
part
of
it.
Suppose
we
took
the
greenway,
the
bikeway,
I
mean
we
got
some,
we
call
it
the
duck
pond
and
it's
retention
area
around
ardmore,
I
mean
suppose
areas
like
that
was
included
in
there.
I
think
that
might
help
them
get
to
that
70
acres.
C
F
C
I'm
trying
to
help
them
out
in
a
different
way
to
get
closer.
At
least
they
doing
you
run
around
the
river,
and
you
pick
up
the
bikeway
and
the
greenway,
because
both
of
those
across
the
rivers
at
one
time
you
know
so
you
certainly
can
you
know
mr
may
remember
how
I
used
to
run
the
rivers
in
the
marsh
to
pick
up
areas
to
make
it
contiguous.
C
C
E
C
B
F
A
K
Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
and
to
be
back
off
of
councilman
waring's
thoughts
I
mean,
would
there
be
any
potential
upside
for
the
bikeway
in
greenway?
Being
part
of
this
I
mean.
Are
there
some
opportunities
there
I
mean,
I
know
we're
getting
a
little
ahead
of
ourselves.
Perhaps,
but
I
mean
just
10
000
foot
view
I
mean.
Are
there
some
advantages?
K
F
Yeah
and
I
think
that's
kind
of
the
the
other
side-
I
mean
there's
really:
no,
you
can't
use
tiff
funds
over
there.
I
mean
it's
not
because
it
doesn't
well.
I
don't
know
it'd
be
interesting,
whether
or
not
you
could
argue
that
it
enhances
the
development
because
of
the
development
agreement,
but
I
think
that
I
think
jeremy
would
tell
me
that
that
would
be
a
tough
sell,
but
I'm
happy
to
talk
to
him
about
it,
and
I.
F
In
the
in
this
area,
meaning
the
laurel
island
area
for
tiff
funds
anyway
versus
you
know,
I
think
the
benefit
of
laurel
island
and
the
area
around
riverland
drive.
Is
they
don't?
I
mean
they're,
not
things
that
they're
things
they
probably
need
to
stay
the
way
they
are.
I'm
not
sure
of
the
plans
of
the
james,
the
property
on
james.
I
F
F
K
Is
you
know
when
you
get
off
the
peninsula?
It's
almost
like
you
go
back
in
time
when,
when
the
dollar
was
like
worth
a
whole
lot
more
or
so
like
it,
you
would
be
fifty
thousand
dollars
in
that
big
of
a
deal
on
the
peninsula.
It
would
be
a
game
changer
on
the
greenway
and
on
the
bikeway.
So
I
think
that
an
interesting
it
could
be
really
interesting
as
we
talk
more
about
connectivity
and
and
linking
various
parts
of
the
city
together
in
a
very
positive
synergistic
relationship.
K
F
I
F
F
F
F
You
went
up
there
to
go
camping,
you
kind
of
passed
through
travelers
rests,
and
now
it's
just
as
you
know,
all
the
young
people
are
hanging.
I
you
know
I
sound
a
little
bit
older
than
I
am,
but
all
the
young
people
are
hanging
out
there
riding
their
bikes
out
there
and
eating
at
the
restaurants,
and
you
know
it's
really
where
it's
more
part
of
greenville
now
and
it
I
mean
it
definitely
shows
you,
the
ability
to
convert
railways
and
also
the
greenway
and
the.