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City of Charleston Committee on Public Works and Utilities 4/24/2023
B
Right,
let's
call
the
meeting
to
order
this
bar
here
as
well.
I
bring
a
few
words
generally
fathers
we
come
before
you.
We
thank
you
for
your
Amazing
Grace,
all
the
many
blessings
that
we
know
doesn't
have
to
occur,
but
for
you
we
pray
that
we
go
about
doing
the
work
of
the
people
and
Affair
transparent,
honest
and
understanding
ways.
B
We
thank
for
you
for
our
staff
and
let
them
know
that
they're
very
much
appreciated
and
please
never.
Let
us
take
them
for
granted,
pray
for
our
citizens
and
our
country
and
those
who
fight
on
behalf
of
defending
our
democracy,
those
prayers
we
ask
for
in
your
name,
let
us
all
say,
amen,
amen,
all
right.
She
asked
for
approval
of
the
minutes
until
move
April
10th
any
discussions
on
those
minutes
airing
not
all
in
favor,
please
say:
aye
aye
any
of
those
eyes
have
it
Mr,
Brian
down
to
item
E.
C
Generation,
the
rights
away,
we
have
the
CDOT
that
we
would
take
over
maintenance
of
44,
linear
feet
of
granite,
curb
and
that's
at
52
Cooper
and
in
conjunction
with
the
I'm
sorry
with
a
project
at
52
Cooper,
it's
actually
on
America
street
with
that
project,
and
this
is
another
one
of
our
letters
of
Maintenance
with
Dot
and
it's.
This
was
a
TRC
requirement
for
the
project,
and
so
it's
a
special
material
downtown
and
we've
done
these
before.
So
we
recommend
recommendation.
B
D
B
B
A
A
D
A
B
D
B
C
Mr
chairman
members
committee,
as
you
all
recall,
the
last
time
we
had
a
discussion,
a
Rec
coaching
request
from
a
Mr
gladstein
to
arrest
a
offense,
slash
gate
in
this
area
of
a
Third
Avenue.
We,
it
went
back
at
the
committee's
request.
I've
met
with
Julia
and
spoken
with
Jason
cronsberg
from
a
parts
department,
and
we
we
have.
C
We
also
received
several
other
letters
from
residents
of
that
area
and
that
they
are
vehemently
opposed
to
this
I
think
Mr
chairman,
you
may
have
gotten
one
this
morning
from
another
one,
but
one
one
gentleman
there
is
building
two
houses
in
the
area
and
he's
been
there.
He
says
a
minimum
of
six
to
seven
hours,
almost
six
days
a
week
for
the
last
four
or
five
months,
he
said:
there's
no
crime
or
stealing
or
theft
of
anything
and
he's
vehemently
opposed
to
it.
As
is
the
other
letters
we've
received.
C
B
D
Thank
you,
I
I
went
out
to
the
area
right
after
the
last
Public
Works
meeting
and
admit
with
the
homeowner
and
his
next
door.
Neighbor
there's
got
to
be
another
solution
to
this
I
I,
don't
know
if
it's
really
that
much
of
a
quote-unquote
crime,
public
safety
issue
is
more
of
a
privacy
issue
from
his
standpoint
and
very
sympathetic
to
what
he's
trying
to
to
accomplish
and
I
would
just
I'm.
G
D
You
were
drawing
it
Andy
at
this
point
and
maybe
there's
a
way
to
regroup
this
thing
and
and
look
at
it.
There
is
actually
the
amount
of
land
that
the
city
owns
prior
to
the
marsh
is
a
very
narrow
strip
of
land
and,
quite
frankly,
what
if
people
are
coming
back
over
there?
They
are
trespassing
on
the
good
portion
of
the
applicant's
property
and
I
I,
read
the
other.
D
The
letters
in
the
emails
from
folks
that
Mr
blind
had
made
reference
to
and
I
get
their
perspective
on
it
as
well,
but
there's
there
should
be
a
middle
ground
approach
to
this.
Defense
is
probably
not
the
best
idea
to
put
up
there.
So
I
appreciate
you
withdrawing
the
application,
but
I
think
we
need
to
keep
it
the
discussion
open
to
try
to
get
you
the
relief
that
you're
looking
for
sir
I
think
that's
just
it's
a
matter
of
basic
fairness,
quite
frankly
to
the
homeowners
out
there
and
there's
also
a
balancing
act.
D
That
I
think
we
can
accomplish
with
the
other
people
who
are
owned,
some
of
the
adjoining
land
and
what
they
were
trying
to
enjoy
back
there
as
well.
So
those
are
my
comments.
Mr
chairman
I
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
address
it
and
appreciate
the
opportunity
meeting
with
you
Andy
and
your
neighbor.
Thank
you
for
giving
that
chance.
A
E
G
B
Sir
councilman
Bowden
councilman
appeal
any
any
input.
Hi,
let
me
let
me
you
know,
be
a
technical.
You
remember
where
the
Paul
walked
the
bridge.
Is
you
know
we
did
that
dedication
out
there
off
of
Ashley
Hall
Plantation
Road.
You
know,
I
think
this
is
probably
doing
covert,
but
anyway,
the
flat
bridge
that
the
county
actually
put
in
a
couple
of
years
ago
and
for
some
reason
we
had
some
bad
actors
that
would
go
out
there.
Spray
paint
all
kind
of
negative
verbiages
on
the
bridge
and
nobody
could
catch
those
guys.
B
That's
a
word
out
for
Bad
actors.
I,
don't
think
these
people
would
have
complaints
one
way
or
the
other
I'm
wondering
whether
we
can
maybe
do
something
in
particular.
Why
so
much?
Apparently
activity
is
taking
place
over
there.
So,
let's
kind
of
see
what
we
can
observe
from
a
camera
standpoint.
Obviously
the
signage
that
you
pointed
out,
but
I
didn't
go
to
my
Hospital,
yeah
and
matter
of
fact,
not
last
Sunday,
but
Sunday
before
last,
before
going
home
from
church
I
decided
to
go
through
it,
I
missed
it
twice.
B
B
Maybe
we
can
get
some
environmental
efforts
to
join
in
and
restore
some
measures
there
that
will
slow
the
erosion
you
know,
sometimes
that
all
bad
comes
some
good
in
this
conversation,
you
know
has
gone
both
ways,
but
the
good
part
of
it
is
mostly
on
the
other
side
of
it.
The
community
would
be
in
a
better
shape
than
it
was
prior
to
the
conversation
even
being
brought
up.
That's
what
I'm
striving
for
so
well
anyway.
I
would
hope
that
would
make
some
sense.
The.
G
G
We
could
certainly
look
at
plant
species
that
could
help
protect
the
bank
and
I.
Don't
you
know
when
Dale
Morris
looks
at
all
those
different
alternatives
for
protection?
You
know
they
call
it
green
infrastructure
now
or
blue
I
mean
this-
that
whole
little
Marsh
area
coming
in
from
the
Ashley
River
serves
as
as
protection
really
for
for
Wagner,
Terrace
and
I
I.
G
B
B
F
F
F
We
feel
that
that
he
in
particular-
and
this
is
another
I-
think
option
that
I
think
we
should
consider
for
this-
that
developer
and
Mr
Scott
as
well.
They
they,
we
believe,
made
this
problem
worse
for
us
by
taking
down
a
lot
of
the
trees
and
vegetation
at
the
entry
to
the
row
itself.
So
where
and
we
have
before
and
after
pictures,
so
we
we'd
like
to
be
included
in
you
know
any
restoration
back
back
there
to
try
to
get
it
back
to
where
what
it
was
before
it
really.
F
F
But
we
we
really
would
object
to
any
public
park
out
in
that
little
area
or
any
more
traffic
just
because
of
the
reason
for
people
not
only
going
on
a
private
property
but
I
think
it's
because
The
Green
Solution
that
we're
doing
back
there
makes
it
successful
to
a
lot
of
traffic
as
well,
but
very
much
appreciate
everybody's
effort
on
this
and
well.
We
thank
you
all
for
all
your
time
on
it.
Well,.
F
B
E
Yeah,
thank
you,
sir
I
I
own.
The
adjacent
property
I
live
across
the
street
I'd
like
to
clarify
for
the
record.
I
have
not
cut
down
any
trees,
and
anything
I
did
do
was
remove
some
invasive
Vines
and
I'm.
Very
much
committed
to
the
restoration
of
the
marsh
and
I
would
like
to
work
with
the
city
and
any
neighbors
who
are
committed
to
that.
I
brought
this
to
the
neighborhood
association.
The
neighborhood
association
unanimously
agreed
to
also
work
towards
this
effort
and
maintain
the
public
right-of-way.
B
H
So
very
brief:
for
me:
it's
a
presentation,
but
so
this
is
the
Concord
Pump
Station
outfit.
It's
a
capital
project
allocation
project.
You
can
see
a
picture
of
the
once
once
upon
a
time
freshly
completed,
Pump
Station
in
the
upper
right
there.
This
is
from
back
in
2001
when
the
pump
station
was
first
constructed.
H
We
basically
have
had
some
continuing
reliability
issues
on
the
pump
station
that
have
been
somewhat
worsening.
So
we
did
a
pump
station
condition
assessment
in
2021
and
said
really.
What
do
we
need
to
do
to
bring
this
Pump
Station
back
up
to
fully
reliable
and
consistent
operation?
And
then
are
there
also
some
options
to
upfit
and
actually
get
a
better
level
of
service,
as
we
keep
seeing
these
bigger
storms
and
higher
tides
that
work
led
to
an
initial
design
task
in
2022.
H
We've
been
working
since
that
time,
basically
building
their
preliminary
engineering,
what's
called
a
basis
of
design
report,
doing
partial
plans
for
the
outfit
and
then
because
this
pump
station
is
located
directly
in
front
of
the
IAM,
because
it
serves
quite
a
bit
of
critical
infrastructure
where
any
outfit
we
do
will
need
to
keep
the
pump
stations
somewhat
operational
during
the
construction
project.
We
decided
to
take
this
with
Council
support
at
the
time
in
the
mayor
sport
to
a
a
seamar
style
project.
That's
it's
similar
to
design
build,
but
CMR.
H
And
that
way
you
have
a
project
that
your
your
con,
your
engineering
consultant
and
your
contractor
have
worked
together
to
make
sure
it
is
both
buildable
and
permittable
and
in
best
value
interest
in
the
city,
so
jump
to
the
next
slide.
Just
as
a
reminder
of
where
we
are
green
here,
we're
Calhoun
Street
basically
comes
into
Concord
Street.
You
go
down
right
in
front
of
Dockside
pretty
much,
and
you
are
in
front
of
the
IAM
now
you're
at
the
Concord
bump
stations
across
the
street
from
the
the
large
park
it
sits
there.
H
The
blue
shaded
areas
are
the
service
basins
for
this
Pump
Station,
where
they
drain.
So
you
can
see
it's
a
one.
Corridor
focuses
on
Calhoun
Street
and
then
turns
it
median
and
comes
up
meeting,
basically
The
Visitor
Center
area,
so
quite
a
significant
section,
maybe
including
Marion
Square
much
of
the
current
commercial
in
apartment,
Corridor,
Meeting,
Street,
certainly
Kellen
Street
we're
all
very
familiar
with
service
areas
and
it
extends
down
Washington
Street
again,
basically
to
the
bottom
of
the
the
park
here.
H
As
Lawrence
comes
in
the
the
deep
blue,
the
dark
blue,
that
is,
the
actual
tunnel
locations
where
those
tunnels
sit
so
just
as
reference
where
the
tunnels
are
and
then
the
project
that
happened
in
the
early
2000
and
teens.
That
was
this
Southward
tunnel
extension
under
the
Ports
Authority
property
down
to
a
emergency
outfall
at
Market,
Street
and
then
over
and
Market
Street
and
those
drop
shafts
were
added
down.
H
If
you
go
between
the
market
stalls
on
the
cross
streets,
you
can
see
the
big
grates
that
sit
there
and
currently
drained
surface
full
on
the
market
down
into
that
deep
tunnel
system.
We
did
at
that
time
also
go
in
a
little
bit
before
that,
actually
and
add
an
additional
pump
and
upsize
the
pump
station
as
much
as
they
could,
with
the
existing
design
to
be
able
to
handle
that
additional
Market,
Street
water,
but
just
I
think
everybody's
familiar
with
the
the
bottom
picture
here:
kind
of
Market
Street.
H
It
goes
into
the
tunnel
and
keeps
the
water
from
getting
very
deep
and
coming
into
the
buildings
like
it
used
to
that
third
phase
is
still
a
project
we're
in
design
for
the
power
undergrounding
right
now
at
Dominion,
but
the
the
top
two
I
had
to
really
look
through
the
archives
to
find
the
top
two
photos
here
mayor
likes
to
talk
about
this,
how
how
badly
we
used
to
have
Flooding
at
Calhoun
in
East
Bay
and
along
Calhoun
Street,
and
even
on
Meeting
Street.
It's
something!
H
That's
really
hasn't
happened
since
the
late
90s
when
the
pump
station
went
in
so
I
decided
to
go
back
and
look
through
time,
but
this
is
basically
the
intersection
at
the
top
in
just
a
relatively
minor
rain
event.
In
97.
of
what
it
looked
like
coming
down,
East
Bay
Street
at
Calhoun.
You
can
see
the
new
office
building
at
the
time
that
was
was
put
in
there,
so
the
bottom
photo
is
just
another
picture
on
Calvin
Creed,
showing
the
flooding
very
heavily
flooded
areas,
a
lot
of
critical
infrastructure
that
feeds
into
this
pump
station.
H
H
H
H
So
you
can
see
it's.
You
can
see
how
tight
that
site
is
to
work
on
which
will
be
a
very
interesting
construction
project
to
try
to
keep
from
impacting
com
core,
it
obviously
impacting
the
museum
and
just
focusing
the
the
work
within
the
pump
deck
station.
So
the
next
steps
for
this
project
are
similar
to
what
we
did
for
spring
Fishburn.
This
early
procurement
of
long
lead
time
items.
So
this
is
where
we'd
likely
be
purchasing
the
heavy
electrical
equipment
to
convert.
Basically,
the
pat.
H
These
are
still
two
of
the
items
with
the
logistics
issues
that
we
saw
kind
of
start
up
during
Cova
that
still
have
not
shaken
their
way
out
of
the
system.
So
those
are
very
long.
You
know
year
plus
lead
time
items
you
need
to
get
purchased
early
if
you're
going
to
put
them
into
a
construction
project.
H
So
this
is
what
we'll
likely
be
bringing
to
Council
in
the
next
month
or
so
is
basically
a
contract,
a
partial
Construction
contract
with
the
cmar
firm
for
early
procurement
of
heavy
material
items.
So
typically
that's
a
few
million
dollars.
These
are
expensive,
significant
portion
of
construction
cost
at
that
point,
we'll
continue
with
finalizing
design.
There's
a
little
bit
of
Permitting
for
this
project.
It
does
have
a
bar
component
because
of
its
location.
H
Otherwise
it's
mostly
building
codes
and
structural,
we'll
go
to
a
guaranteed
maximum
price
finalization
negotiation
and
look
to
start
construction
as
early
as
this
fall,
and
that
will
continue
through
at
least
until
mid
2025,
because
again
the
complexity
of
trying
to
keep
the
pump
station
running.
While
doing
all
this
work
on
the
building,
we'll
be
working
in
very
small
increments.
H
A
B
H
Feet
deep
behind
the
pump
station,
so
we
are
you're
right
that
we
are
constrained
by
how
big
that
wet
well
is
we
can't
put
in
much
bigger
pumps
because
we
can't
make
that
wet?
Well,
any
bigger
we
got
to
handle
the
cycle
times
on
the
pumps,
but
we're
doing
everything
we
can
to
maximize
the
level
of
service
that
we
can
get
out
of
the
existing
tunnels
and
pump
station.
H
In
theory,
you
might
be
able
to
go
a
little
bit
bigger,
but
we'd
be
taking
a
project-
that's
probably
10
to
15
million
and
making
it
more,
like
probably
25,
to
35
million
by
trying
to
keep
it
running
at
the
same
time.
So
we
we
can
still
hit
well
above
a
10-year
level
of
service
on
this
without
seeing
significant
flooding
in
the
roadways.
H
At
this
point,
honestly,
once
you
get
a
storm,
that's
worse
than
that,
typically,
the
the
ocean,
which
you
can't
see
in
this
picture,
actually
flows
over
land
and
comes
in
and
floods
out
this
area.
So
until
there's
a
knee
wall
or
a
Army
Core
wall
or
something
larger,
the
bigger
pump
station
really
will
get
overwhelmed
by
the
tide
and
in
truly
extreme
events
like
a
direct
hurricane
hit.
Now
we
do
quite
well
with
that
station
in
smaller
storms
and
it
drains
out
very
quickly
but
you're,
you're
right
or
chairman.
H
H
D
I'm
just
trying
to
get
a
sort
of
a
time
frame
of
the
extra
pressure
has
been
put
on
on
this
Pump
Station
from
development
and
new
residential
units
being
added
on
here.
So
I'm,
presuming
with
that
pump
station
upgrade
is.
Is
it
going
to
handle
any
future
development
that
we're
anticipating
in
this
area?
So.
H
We
put
these
areas
still
into
our
what
we
call
the
special
protection
areas
within
the
stormwater
manual,
because
they're
fed
by
a
city
bump
station,
so
any
developments
that
any
Redevelopment
work
that
comes
into
this
area.
If
it's
a
above
an
acre
in
size,
it
has
to
reduce
how
much
water
it's
generating
by
20.
If
it's
between
half
an
acre,
an
acre,
it
can't
increase
the
water
at
all,
and
even
if
it's
below
half
an
acre,
the
peak
discharge
rates
are
still
restricted
to
a
below
50
percent
of
current
so
yeah.
So
we
have.
H
H
D
Did
just
something
that
we
need
to
keep
in
the
back
of
my
mind
as
we
move
forward
with
Union
Pier
I
guess
and
that's
that's
going
to
be
a
heavy
load
considering
what
is
is
planned
out
there
I
mean
whatever
the
ultimate
income
outcome
is
for
that
and
then
you've
got
not
too
far
from
all
of
that.
You've
got
the
new,
oh
goodness,
the
copper
Hotel.
H
Yes-
and
that
is
also
so-
the
Cooper
hotel
has
a
a
portion
of
direct
discharge
and
then
they
actually
as
part
of
that
development
project,
paid
to
increase
the
relocate
and
increase
the
size
double
the
size
of
the
existing
stormwater
outfall
pipes
as
part
of
their
investment
into
the
city's
storm
water
system
there.
So
they
they
actually
spent
a
very
significant
amount
of
money.
Improving
the
city
of
stormwater
design
is
part
of
doing
that.
Hotel,
I.
B
H
B
H
Good
question
for
Sherman,
so
the
the
areas
of
the
site
that
currently
do
not
flood
in
direct
discharge
to
the
Waterway.
There
will
be
basically
no
impact
from
our
fill
and
build
or
ordinances
or
rules
on
Those
portions
of
the
site.
The
area
that
they
will
have
an
impact
is
we
make
them,
look
at
the
basically
the
Hundred,
Year
storm
and
say,
if
you
run
a
hundred
year
storm
with
a
high
tide
with
two
feet
of
sea
level
rise.
Where
do
you
get
flooding
on
your
parcel.
B
H
If
you
fill
there's
not
an
easy
way
to
hold
that
water
somewhere,
so
they
have
to
find
a
way
to
get
that
water
out
and
that
may
come
with
pump.
They
may
pump
it.
They
may
be
able
to
put
in
roof
drains
and
redirect
it
from
like
the
fact
that
the
roofs
are
so
high.
They
can
direct
water
to
go
a
different
direction
than
it
would
right
awesome
options,
but
they
will
have
to
make
a
significant
Improvement
to
the
flooding
in
that
area
in
order
to
do
any
fill
work.
H
E
B
H
So
we
put
in
a
series
of
projects,
as
we
discussed
for
consideration
by
the
core
and
elected
officials
to
put
in
as
a
appropriation
requests.
We
got
support
from
Senator
Graham's
office
for
a
5
million
dollar
appropriation
request
for
the
brick
Arch
project.
That
was
the
the
project
that
basically
got
support
from
a
federal
elected
official.
H
So
that
would
be
a
theory
again.
It
has
to
go
through
the
actual
process
and
be
approved,
but
that's
the
one
that's
being
supported
and
submitted
at
this
point
in
time.
If
that,
if
that
does
move
forward,
it
would
be
a
five
million
dollar
Oto
project,
so
75
percent
of
that
would
be
paid
by
the
Army
Corps
of
engineer,
25
of
that
would
be
paid
by
the
city,
either
with
cash
or
in-kind
services.
H
Of
course,
that's
it's
not
something
that
makes
them
very
happy
once
you've
signed
your
letter
of
intent,
but
it
is
just
a
letter
of
intent.
It's
not
a
financial
commitment
at
that
point,
so
we
we
don't
have
that
on
this
Council
agenda.
Is
the
court
basically
just
got
this
information
last
week,
but
we'll
be
putting
on
the
next
Council
agenda
for
consideration
similar
to
how
we
do
our
our
Grant
application
request
to
council
to
say
this
is
the
funding
we
would
recommend.
H
So
that
is.
That
is
one
item
we
do
need
to
finalize,
which
section
of
arch
we
would
work
on
and
what
the
best
cost
benefit
approach
would
be
frank
and
I
have
been
Mr.
Newman
I've
been
working
through
looking
at
some
options
for
consideration
and
then
it
separately
from
that
which
not
to
throw
too
many
items
at
us.
At
the
same
time,
we
have
completed
on
the
the
work
we've
been
doing
on
the
Lime
House,
brick
Arch,
which
continues
up
coming
straight.
H
We
are
up
to
Wentworth
at
this
point
and
we're
continuing
North
from
Wentworth,
so
we've
made
some
extremely
significant
advances
over
the
last
two
years.
Two
and
a
half
years
on
that
Arch
We
are
continuing
to
see
some
real
improvements
as
we've
gone
through
butane,
going
through
Wentworth
we're
trying
the
antennas
to
see
how
close
we
can
get
to
Calhoun
this
year
with
the
available
funding.
H
H
G
Thank
you,
Mr
chairman
I,
just
thought.
I'd
share
I
got
an
email
since
the
meeting
started
from
Mark
Klein
over
at
the,
and
he
was
sharing
that
the
rural
infrastructure
Authority
has
put
out
their
official
list
for
project
approvals
for
funding
and
Charleston.
Water
System
got
a
10
million
dollar
approval
to
for
the
sewer
tunnel
extension
project,
West
Ashley,
but
I
I
clicked
on
the
link,
and
it
also
included
the
10
million
dollars
that
we
had
applied
for
for
the
King
Street
hugee
Street,
Pump
Station.
G
So
apparently
that
is
unusual
just
put
out
this
afternoon
by
by
South
Carolina
iip
Awards
and
I
also
saw
on
the
list
3.4
million
to
Charleston
County
that
they
had
applied
for
their
share
of
the
Central
Park
Road
of
basin
improvements
over
on
James
Island,
so
that
serves
part
of
the
city
as
well
as
as
most
of
everybody
knows.
So
all
that
is
good
news.
That's
great
news.
Yeah.
I
To
piggyback
on
what
the
mayor
just
said,
if
you're,
not
if
you're
not
happy
already
I
got
another
one
for
you.
Okay,
James,
Island,
Public,
Service
District
got
8.7
million
dollars
in
the
same
round
of
funding
to
help
with
their
sewer
Expansion
Project
as
part
of
the
James
Island
Creek
water
quality
project
that
we've
been
involved
in
and
whereas
you
know,
even
though
the
money's
going
to
them,
it's
absolutely
going
to
have
a
benefit
for
City
of
Charleston
residents
over
in
James
Island.