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City of Charleston Committee on Public Works and Utilities 9/11/23
A
A
B
Thank
you
Mr
chairman,
and
this
is
my
third
committee
meeting
for
the
today
we're
starting
off
with
our
Public
Safety
Committee
meeting
and
I
asked
Chief
Korea
to
say
doing
an
invocation.
I
thought
it
was
appropriate
that
the
our
fire
chief
recognized
the
significance
of
the
days
anniversary
22
years
after
9
11.
B
and
sorting
that
in
one
of
the
other
events
in
my
life
was
the
assassination
President
Kennedy.
That
will
always
remain
in
my
life
and
my
mind.
So
we
have
a
dedicated
men
and
women
of
our
fire
department
in
our
Police
Department,
our
First
Responders
throughout
the
county
in
our
in
our
state
that
we
run
into
on
a
regular
basis.
We
certainly
have
to
recognize
them
always
for
the
work
that
they
do
and
protecting
our
communities
throughout
the
year.
The
sacrifices
that
they
bake.
B
We
asked
that
the
good
Lord
watch
over
them
and
protect
them
always
that
the
good
Lord
keep
in
mind
the
men
and
women
of
New,
York
and
Washington,
and
in
Pennsylvania,
who
were
suffering
and
involved
in
that
attack
on
our
country
or
attacking
our
democracy,
that
their
their
families
and
survivors
are
always
in
the
gracious
of
God
love
and
dedication
that
they
protect
us
watch
over
us
and
keep
us
safe.
Always
in
God's
name.
We
pray,
amen,
amen,.
A
A
D
E
A
A
E
E
D
A
No
wait
a
minute:
let's
take
the
items
e
one
and
two
okay
I'm,
sorry,
I
get
a
move
approval
on
that.
Do
we
have
a
motion
to
approve
those
two
items.
I
moved
probably
moved
in.
Second,
second,
by
the
minute,
any
more
discussion
on
that
hearing
that
we
all
in
favor,
please
say:
aye
aye
any
opposed.
Thank
you
now,
Mr
Brian
E3.
Yes,.
D
Sir,
that's
again
again,
that's
the
Retreats
at
verdier
off
of
located
off
of
bees,
Ferry
Road.
These
are
two
right-of-ways
that
are
newly
constructed
they've,
been
inspected
and
accepted
by
our
student
inspectors
and
will
be
entered
into
the
city's
maintenance
system.
If
that's
so
wish,
you,
the
committee,
okay,.
A
D
Yes,
sir,
this
is
a
acceptance,
dedication
of
a
new
20-foot
exclusive
stormwater
drainage
engagement
in
conjunction
with
the
property
of
89
Fishburn.
It's
part
of
the
89
fisherman
Street,
affordable
housing
project,
and
it
will
allow
us
to
have
right
of
issue
to
operate,
maintain
the
existing
public
drainage
infrastructure
throughout
the
subject,
property.
B
C
A
D
D
Is
our
new
director
of
Environmental
Services
up
there
and
he's
done
a
fantastic
job,
we're
within
three
or
four
positions
of
having
all
of
our
driver
positions
filled,
which
has
been
a
long
time
since
we've
had
that
and
very
excited
for
the
work
that
Brandon
and
Matt
are
doing
in
conjunction
with
K
cross
and
her
staff.
So
we're
very
excited
about
that
and,
as
I
said
even
last
week
with
the
holiday
week,
we
were
able.
D
D
D
Difference
down,
there
is
most
of
the
store
and
business
owners
do
their
own.
They
do
their
own
power
washing
there,
as
you
can
imagine,
but-
and
we
get
some
of
that
in
our
business
district
too,
but
we
between
us
and
the
new
King
Street
ambassador
program
he's
also
assisting
with
some
some
giving
us
some
good
help
and
I.
D
A
D
While
we
can
thank
can
thank
the
mayor
and
the
council
members,
for
you
know
the
salaries
you
did.
You
made
us
competitive
and
all
that
and
I
did
want
to
mention
one
more
thing:
Matt
sent
out
an
invitation
which
I
think
most
of
y'all
saw
this
Wednesday
up
at
the
eagle
plant,
they're
they're,
constructing
two
of
our
new
garbage
trucks
and
we're
gonna
do
a
little
quick
tour.
Anybody
that's
able
to
make
that
that's
great
and
if
not
we'll,
hopefully
get
you
up
there.
Another
time
all.
A
B
C
Has
his
hand
oh
Mr,
Mayor,
I'm,
sorry,
let's
see
I
speaking
of
street
sweepers
and
we
were
y'all.
As
you
know,
we
were
pretty
blessed
last
week
with
edaya's
impacts
were
not
so
severe,
with
the
exception
of
water
coming
over
the
top,
so
to
speak
in
sections
where
we
had
not
completed
the
low
battery
elevation
yet,
and
particularly
in
in
harleston
village
and
the
Upper
East
Side.
C
Another
area
where
that
9.23
tide
brought
water
and
and
and
crap
and
with
it,
and
so
one
thing
about
res
being
resilient,
is
cleaning
up
fast
and
we
had
our
sweet
street
sweepers
out
and
about
in
full
force.
But
I
just
want
to.
Let
Council
know
that
we
also
called
around
and
I'm
pretty
sure
it
was
the
town
of
Somerville
and
Berkeley
County
both
sent
us
some
street
sweepers
to
be
part
of
the
effort
and
Tom.
D
That
that's
I
appreciate
you
mentioning
that,
but
that
is
correct.
Mr
crib
and
Russ
Cornett,
the
town
engineer
Summerville
both
called
me
the
next
morning
and
had
sweepers
down
there
within
two
hours
and
they
really
were
tremendously
open
matter
of
fact.
We're
drafting
a
letter
for
you
to
send
both
of
them
thanking
them.
For
that
we'll
get
that
knee
for
Signature.
C
E
E
That
is
basically
all
the
final
settlement
items
basically
relinquishes
all
potential
for
claims
or
future
changes.
The
impact
to
the
contract
value
of
that
amount
is
where
it
gets
more
complicated
is
a
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
nine
hundred
and
eighty
two
dollars
and
18
cents,
because
some
of
that
funding
is
already
in
the
existing
Construction
contract.
It's
just
allowing
the
contractor
to
be
able
to
build
to
it.
A
E
We
feel
really
good
about
this
one
and
that
this
project
was
bid
pre-covered
pre.
You
know
Logistics
issues,
pre,
obviously
labor
market
rates
doubling
and
we
ended
up
less
than
a
half
percent
over
budget
on
the
original
Construction
contract,
so
we're
still
within
the
Project
funding
allocation
for
the
project
and
less
than
half
a
percent
of
an
increase
for
construction
contracts.
So
that's.
A
That's
simply
outstanding,
somehow
I
mean
we
got
to
get
that
out
in
the
Press.
People
need
to
know
that
I
mean
it's
great
for
our
committee
to
know
believe
me,
and
hopefully
I'll
counsel
on
tomorrow,
but
in
a
broad
sense
you
may
our
community,
the
country
has
been
beat
up
on
how
inflation
has
been
just
taken
advantage
of
all
of
us.
This
in
the
in
the
wall
certainly
has
been.
The
management
on
has
just
been
it.
Hadn't
been
good,
it's
been
outstanding,
thank
you
for
you
and
your
team.
A
E
Yeah,
thank
you
Mr,
chairman
of
it
just
a
couple
of
slides
briefly
for
forced
Acres.
We've
hit
a
pretty
major
milestone
for
this
project.
Just
as
a
quick
refresher
for
the
or
the
committee
Forest
Acres
is
the
large-scale
drainage,
Improvement
project
that
we're
doing
near
Playground
Road
phase
one
was
completed
in
2018.
That's
the
West
Ashley
Bikeway,
basically,
is
what
we
think
of
where
we
did.
The
the
rework
under
Sanders
Boulevard
improved
the
outfalls
built
the
drainage
system
and
Culvert
along
the
Bikeway
phase.
E
E
We
began
last
fall
we'll
talk
about
in
a
second,
but
basically
it's
extending
the
drainage
system
from
the
Bikeway
up
across
Playground
Road
in
the
red
here
up
to
Highway
61
on
the
North
and
then
coming
south
of
the
pillow
Apartments
to
provide
drainage
for
these
basically
series
of
large
communities
here
down
into
the
Bikeway
an
area.
We
see
a
lot
of
flooding
today,
hoping
to
make
some
very
significant
improvements.
E
This
is
just
a
summary
of
that.
2018
was
the
first
phase
phase
two
started
in
the
fall.
We
had
a
period
where
they
could
acquire
box
Clover
and
members.
In
the
fall
of
last
year
it
was
almost
impossible
to
purchase
concrete
pipes,
so
we
had
a
about
a
three
month,
lead
time
built
into
the
contract
for
the
contractor
to
be
able
to
purchase
materials.
But
what
they've
been
working
on
now
is
installing
culverts.
E
I
got
a
few
pictures
in
a
second
I'm
installing
culvert's
under
Playground
Road,
that
was
that
was
kind
of
the
big
milestone.
We
got
that
in
prior
to
the
Adelia
hurricane
event.
It
removes
the
choke
point
that
was
previously
Playground
Road
from
all
of
those
Upstream
communities,
they've
reworked
all
the
utilities
done
quite
a
bit
of
night
work,
a
lot
of
traffic
disruption
along
Playground,
Road,
I'm
sure
they
neighbors
will
be
extremely
pleased
to
have
that
section
done.
E
We've
now
installed
new
sidewalk
in
the
next
week
or
two.
We
should
be
installing
sod
and
cleaning
up
the
edges
of
Playground
Road,
and
then
they
would
actually
won't
resurface
the
road
until
spring,
because
they
do
want
to
finish
the
construction
impacts
to
the
roadway
before
they
go
back
and
put
a
beautiful
asphalt
surface
onto
it
and
then,
as
you
mentioned,
come
somewhere
in
the
next
stage
of
the
project
will
be
shifting
into
the
canal
work
improving
the
canal
through
those
red
areas.
E
So,
just
briefly
to
show
what
this
looks
like.
So
this
is
the
area
we're
working
again
in
here,
currently
with
Playground
Road
being
the
north
south
running
Road.
This
is
the
new
box
Culvert
on
the
left.
What
it
looks
like
underneath
Playground
Road
on
the
bottom
left
here
you
can
see
what
it
looked
like
during
one
of
the
recent
storm
events.
How
much
water
is
now
moving
through
that
Culvert.
E
A
E
E
E
E
E
A
A
C
A
A
That's
how
rain
events
would
affect
these
people
you
get
over
three
inches
of
rain.
The
neighbors
are
so
interested
in
this
project.
Mr
Fountain.
They
actually
came
out
to
their
back
fences
and
said
man.
They
were
modeling
how
the
water's
moving
was
moving
through
as
opposed
to
rising.
In
years
past,
so
they
were
telling
me,
you
won't
believe
how
fast
that
water
is
moving
through.
You
know,
after
those
big
college
got
put
underneath
playground
world
so.
B
E
There
certainly
is
some
mixing
of
jurisdiction
in
the
area,
so
there
is
a
lot
of
City
jurisdiction
here,
but
there
is
some
Patchwork
of
other
properties.
Mr
Mr
chairman
might
actually
have
a
better
handle
on
the
the
exact
percentages.
So
I
could
look
it
up
quickly
if
you're,
if
you're
interested
no.
B
B
A
C
A
A
E
E
The
white
properties
are
in
the
unincorporated
County,
so
there
is
certainly
some
locations
that
are
unincorporated
County
and
many
of
these
are
state
roads,
certainly
they're
sedot
maintained
roads,
but
the
majority
of
the
of
the
properties
themselves
are
City,
barring
some
of
the
dot
roadways,
but
there
are
some.
There
are
some
unincorporated
properties
as
well.
Certainly.
A
E
E
Drive
project
to
clean
up
some
of
the
Aesthetics
on
that
project.
We
got
flood
storage
in
now,
we're
just
trying
to
go
back
and
make
it
look
a
little
bit
better
based
on
some
neighborhood
input,
we've
gotten
as
well,
so
that
project
again
with
the
national
Fish
Wildlife
Foundation
Grant,
some
partial
funding
from
the
church,
Creek
drainage,
Tiff
and
the
drainage
fund
just
summarizing
what
I
was
talked
about.
E
This
is
the
Bridge
Point
site
sort
of
the
Island
City
in
the
middle
being
turned
into
kind
of
floodable
wetlands
with
a
trail
system,
playground
facility
and
then
having
expansion
capacity.
To
do
things
like
add
in
some
fishing
docks
or
Pavilion
different
different
options
are
kind
of
left
open,
depending
on
how
the
site
is
best
used
and
how
the
neighbors
the
most
enjoy
using
the
property.
The
other
site
down
here
is
this
kind
of
Mallard
Court
Walk
Drive,
the
existing
flood
storage
areas.
E
This
one
on
the
right,
where
we
put
in
the
storage
in
advance
of
hurricane
season
in
some
of
the
initial
vegetation,
we're
going
to
come
back
and
clean
up
some
of
the
Landscaping
there
and
connect
it
over
to
a
new
outfall
that
will
be
created
through
the
mellor
court
side.
So
this
is
a
pretty
big
set
of
improvements
going
in
I
mean
almost
six
or
seven
acres
of
flood
storage
project
on
what
were
previously
flooded
homes
right
in
in
the
church,
Creek
area.
E
So
it's
a
huge
huge
Improvement
for
the
city
as
a
whole
to
get
people
out
of
these.
You
know
basically
homes
that
are
continually
damaged
by
flooding
and
then
leverage
those
properties
to
reduce
the
flooding
on
the
homes
that
are
adjacent
to
those
other
previously
flooded
homes,
so
that,
as
we
get
these
increasing
storms
increasing
civil
Rises,
we
don't
have
those
properties
flooding
as
well.
E
We
certainly
see
as
an
enjoyment
aspect
that
your
your
property
is
protected
from
flooding,
but
I
I
definitely
understand
that
trying
to
leverage
that
benefit,
like
we've
done
in
many
other
areas
to
say.
Well,
how
else
can
we
make
this
site
a
benefit
and
making
it
beautiful
and
having
active
Recreation
is
a
great
option
for
that.
E
G
G
A
E
The
majority
of
them
are
maintained
by
the
stormwater
Department.
The
parks
department
will
maintain,
like
the
playground,
features
the
water
fountains
that
kind
of
thing,
but
the
actual
facilities
themselves
end
up
being
maintained
by
the
stormwater
Department
they're,
built
with
a
under
the
national
Fish
and
Wildlife
Foundation
Grant
with
Native
species.
E
So
they
normally
only
need
like
heavy
maintenance
a
couple
of
times
a
year
once
they
get
established,
they
need
a
little
bit
more
frequent
maintenance
until
they
get
established,
but
they're
supposed
to
mimic
more
of
a
natural
setting
like
you'd,
see
in
a
forest
or
in
a
wetland
in
the
area.
Can
you
point
out
with
a.
E
C
E
A
H
E
Yeah,
thank
you
Mr
chairman,
so
this
basically
is
an
area
we've
got.
We
have
a
few
places
in
the
city,
it's
not
common
in
the
Incorporated
areas,
but
it
does
happen
where
we
have
some
beavers
move
in
primarily
in
kind
of
outer
West
Ashley,
but
we
do
see
it
in
a
few
other
areas
of
the
city
and
the
Beaver
is
kind
of
set
up
and
you
know,
do
their
thing
and
build
a
dam
and
cause
some
flooding
challenges.
E
We've
we've
talked
to
a
number
of
other
departments
who
are
mostly
not
not
interested
in
Beaver
management,
but
we
are
contracted
with
a
third
party
vendor
we're
just
putting
through
our
purchase
order
today
to
try
a
pilot
program
to
remove
the
beaver
and
see
if
the
relocation
is
effective.
One
of
the
challenges
you
get
into
at
Beaver
relocation
is
they.
E
E
You
can
generally
have
a
beaver,
so
I
think
it's
worth
giving
it
a
try
to
see
if
we
can
relocate
a
couple
of
beavers
we're
trying
to
use
an
actual
nuisance
Management
program
to
do
relocation
rather
than
you
know,
immediately
killing
the
beaver,
which
is
sort
of
the
the
more
straightforward
approach
and
is
what
is
done
in
a
lot
of
other
more
rural
areas.
Horry
County
actually
has
a
if
anyone's
familiar
with
the
Horry
County's
program.
They
actually
have
a
bounty
where
you
can
bring
in
Beaver
Paws
and
collect
money
as
a
resident.
E
It
is
not
well
supported
by
most
of
the
environmentally
friendly
groups,
but
it
is
something
that
they
offer.
So
we
are.
We
are
working
through
that
pallet
program,
we're
going
to
see
how
it
works,
see
if
the
beaver
stays
out.
That'll
give
us
a
lot
of
information
about
what
the
costs
are
and
what
the
potential
benefits
are,
because
there
are
one
or
two
other
areas
where
we're
seeing
some
some
actual
challenging
flooding
situations
due
to
Beaver,
Dams
and
kind
of
less
populated
Wetland
areas.
A
C
B
I
lived
there
at
Charlestown
landing
and
so
I
get
all
kind
of
Critters.
Literally
we
have
coyotes.
We
have
bald
eagle
some
time
to
time.
We
have
otters,
we
have
raccoons
and
boxes
buzzards,
but
I
can
never
tell
you
I've
seen
a
beaver.
I
mean
it's
just
that
the
the
the
marsh
area
brings
in
a
bunch
of
stuff
but
I
yeah
over
that
part
of
West
Ashley.
F
F
My
understanding
is
that
they
they
like
armadillos
and
coyotes
as
councilman
shade
mentioned,
there's
some
birds
like
Rosie
at
spoonbills,
like
they're
they're
species
of
animals
that
have
like
moved
into
this
area
that
are
we're
not
around
here
like
Generations
ago.
It's
it's
kind
of
a
fascinating
area.
We
get
manatees
in
the
harbor
too
I,
don't
know
how
many
people
know
that
you
know
you
talk
to
some
of
the
old
guys
that
have
been
fishing
and
shrimping.
You
know
for
years
they
they'll
tell
you
they
never
saw
manatees.
A
E
Normally
relocate
them
far
enough
away
that
Beaver
won't
come
back.
The
risk
is
if
it's
like
a
area
with
multiple
beavers
you'll
get
another
Beaver
that
just
shifts
over
to
take
up
the
unoccupied
territory
and
it
just
it's
hard.
I
mean
we
when
I
the
unincorporated
Charleston
County
areas
have
some
challenges
with
beavers
and
like
the
andon
McClellanville
areas
and
it's
it's
a
struggle
and
beavers
are
really
good
at
replacing
their
dams.
E
A
H
Thank
you,
Mr
chairman
I,
appreciate
it
and
listen.
I
really
appreciate
all
the
work
storm
water
has
done
Matt
and
his
team
have.
They
did
a
great
job.
They
went
out
there
and
they've
removed
this
Dam
that
was
built
by
this
beaver
a
couple
of
times,
but
the
last
time
they
did.
It
was
right
before
the
storm.
They
waited
right
before
the
storm,
which
is
perfect
because
it
didn't
have
a
chance
to
rebuild
it.
H
I
think
it
was
maybe
10
or
11
o'clock
the
day
that
this
the
storm
hit,
but
once
the
storm
did
go
through
the
the
beaver
built
that
Dam
back
up
and
it's
damned
up
again
right
now,
so
just
just
as
just
as
Matt
was
saying
earlier.
They'll
rebuild
those
things
so
so
I
appreciate
all
the
work.
Storm
water
has
done
all
the
work
that
Matt's
done
to
to
clear
out,
Church,
Creek
and
and
to
now
get
us
on
this
program
where,
hopefully
we
can.
H
We
can
fix
that
but
and
I
I
wanted
to
thank
mayor
tecklenburg.
He
went
out
and
put
his
eyes
on
it
too,
the
day
of
Storm
from
what
I
understand
so
so
I
appreciate
you
going
out,
taking
a
look,
and
so
we
can
you
know.
Hopefully
we
can.
We
can
get
it
all
cleared
up,
but
and
thank
you
for
all
the
work
on
Church
Creek
that
day
too,
it
was
more
than
just
the
Beavers.
H
A
Okay,
actually
bring
up
a
good
point:
Mr
Fountain
you
and
your
team
and
Mr
Brian
everybody,
the
preparation,
Anthony
mayor,
also
preparation
prior
to
the
storm,
and
sometimes
that's
Invisible
Man.
It
means
so
much.
You
know
draining
down
Colonial
Lakes,
so
it'll
be
at
a
lower
level.
You
know:
should
the
storm
hit
that
preparation,
you
know
for.
C
A
G
That's
okay,
I
just
wanted
to
wait
till
we
finish
them
and
back
up
a
little
bit
to
church
Creek,
there's
something
popping
my
head.
I
forgot!
Now
it's
popped
back
in
the
area
right
around
Bridge,
Point,
Matt
I've
been
just
getting
some
calls
about
residents
concerned
with,
like
some
overgrowth
over
there,
like
in
the
I
guess
like
around
the
edges
of
the
ponds
and
stuff
over.
There
is
the
is
the
project
of
Bridgepoint
gonna
address
any
of
that.
E
E
As
we've
talked
about
in
the
past
I
know
our
Crews,
we
have
been
putting
together
some
maintenance
plans
to
go
talk
with
both
the
golf
course
and
some
of
the
property
owner
they're,
not
really
popular
associations,
they're
kind
of
like
neighborhood
Pond
locations,
similar
to
what
continent
Chile
actually
has
in
a
lot
of
them
in
his
district
as
well,
where
there's
sort
of
these
pseudo
private
ponds
scattered
about
sometimes
with
public
easements
on
them.
So
we
are
working
through
process
to
try
to
do
that.