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City of Charleston Committee on Public Works and Utilities 12/14/2020
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You,
dear
heavenly
father,
we
thank
you
for
this
day.
We
we
thank
you
for
all
the
many
blessings
that
you
bestowed
upon
us
and
we
ask
that
you
keep
us
ever
mindful
of
the
needs
of
others
in
christ
as
we
head
towards
the
this
holiday
season.
You
know
we
just
thank
you
for
all
all
the
many
gifts
you
know
I
mean
we
ask
that
you
help
us
be
better
listeners
and
follow.
In
the
word
of
you,
christ
say
we
pray,
amen,
amen,.
D
A
Chairman
this
first
one
is
abandonment
of
a
drainage
easement
in
the
cottages
phase,
four,
which
is
subdivision
on
john's
island,
and
this
this
originally
was
listed
on
the
plant
as
a
city
of
charleston
drainage
eastman,
but
after
kenzie
holton,
our
stormwater
manager,
who
is
responsible
for
looking
at
some
of
those
things.
That
agent
is
now
going
to
be
abandoning
by
the
city
and
giving
to
the
hoa,
and
they
will
be
responsible
for
maintaining
it.
B
D
A
Brian,
this
is
the
colony
of
beast
ferry,
which
has
also
been
known
in
past,
is
arbor
leaf
in
royal
oak
and
again
we're
recommending
these
subdivision
infrastructure
be
accepted.
That's
33
lots
in
that
subdivision
and
it's
either
been
constructed
or
bonded,
so
we
have
inspected
everything,
that's
been
built.
Everything
else
has
been
bonded,
so
we
would
recommend
that
being
in
the
system.
D
A
A
Mr
chairman,
I
have
one
thing
I
just
wanted
to
mention
to
the
committee
you
may
have
seen
on
the
council
agenda
tomorrow
night.
Their
communications
they're
gonna
recognize
our
public
service
department.
Earlier
this
year
we
see
the
american
public
works
association,
full
accreditation
for
one
of
the
183
departments
in
the
whole
entire
united
states
they're
accredited,
and
we
were
supposed
to
have
a
formal
recognition
in
council.
We'll
do
the
coven
we
haven't,
but
we
wanted
to
make
sure
that
we
got
that
out
and
just
wanted
to
mention
that
to
the
committee
tonight.
A
D
F
Yeah.
Thank
you,
mr
chairman.
The
first
item
is
the
for
the
church
creek
flood
storage
project.
The
previous
meeting
we
approved
the
overall
design
contract
with
biohabitats.
This
is
the
professional
services
contract
with
the
water
institute
of
the
gulf.
That's
the
one
of
the
prime
team
members
from
the
dutch
dialogues
for
supporting
us
with
outreach
and
some
technical
technical
support
work
on
the
flood
storage
project.
They
were
a
sub
grantee
with
the
national
wildlife,
national
fish
and
wildlife
foundation.
Grant
applications
that
we
had.
C
F
F
So
that
contract
was
the
basically
to
do
the
actual
design
work
kind
of
the
core
engineering
work.
This
contract
is
with
the
sub
grantee
the
water
institute.
It's
a
combination
of
public
outreach
and
some
ecological,
baseline
monitoring
and
other
technical
work
for
the
sort
of
the
national
fish
and
wildlife
foundation.
Side
of
the
grant.
F
Between
these
two
items,
we're
sitting
at
just
about
five
hundred
thousand
dollars,
the
the
grant
award
was
for
approximately
1.5
million
and
then
there's
a
50
50
match
on
those.
So
we
have
approximately
1.5
million
of
city
funding.
There,
of
course,
are
some
some
prior
projects
with
west
and
samson.
We
have
we've,
did
sort
of
a
investigatory
modeling
look
at
the
feasibility
of
this
project
in
the
mid
basin,
miss
storage
basin,
sorry
mid
basin
storage
area.
We
also
looked
at
some
other
project
options
with
the
the
csx
whitefield
canal.
F
We've
done
some
work,
looking
at
lake
dotterer,
so
there's
kind
of
a
series
of
different
mid-size
smaller
to
mid-sized
tasks,
and
those
are
those
are
the
tasks
you're.
Probably
thinking
of
they're,
like
these
eighty
80
000
type
tasks
that
we've
done
over
the
last
year
or
so
and
kind
of
in
preparation
for
putting
together
this
grant
and
going
after
this
work
in
this
money.
C
For
some
reason
I
had
80
000
in
my
on
my
mind,
and
that
was
something
we
had
done
before
with
with
this
project
and
that's
what
I
was
sticking
with,
but
so
this
is
all
good
news
for
the
citizens
out
there
of
about.
You
said
a
1.5
million
matching
grant
and
we
this
is
gonna,
be
about
close
to
a
half
million
dollars
of
just
these
two
contracts.
So
hopefully
we'll
see
some
improvements
out
there
for
those
folks
in
west
ashley
and
glad
to
see
that
we're
the
city
is
getting
this
done.
F
Thank
you
councilman,
and
this
sorry,
mr
chairman,
and
this
also
does
bring
up
a
good
point
of
as
we're
talking
about
the
getting
the
information
out
there
and
making
sure
we're
on
the
same
page
with
this
project.
That's
something
both
the
water
institute
will
be
working
on,
as
well
as
the
prime
contractor
with
biohabitats,
but
we
also
have
the
recently
passed
church
creek
storm
water
authority
with
sort
of
the
stakeholder
community
in
the
area.
F
So
that's
something
too
that
we've
been
talking
about
trying
to
get
the
first
meeting
set
up
formally
with
that
authority.
So
we
can
all
get
onto
the
same
page
know
where
we
stand
see
how
the
project's
going
to
be
laid
out
and
progress
in
the
area.
I
think
there's
a
this
is
a
good
opportunity
to.
As
all
these
contracts
come
in,
the
grants
come
in
to
start
that
communication
process
as
well.
D
F
Yeah,
it's
a
very
good
question,
mr
chairman.
So
it's
a
combination,
but
we
have
we
have
some
longer
term
kind
of
larger
scale,
ideas,
concept,
ideas
and
a
number
of
different
approaches.
What
we've
done
here
is
take
the
kind
of
a
a
lower
hanging
fruit
type
option
that
came
up
with
the
dutch
dialogues
and
some
of
the
follow
on
west
end.
Samson
work
to
start
with
improvements
in
the
basin
that
are
relatively
straightforward
to
design
and
install.
F
We
were
able
to
get,
they
were
good
fit
for
this
grant,
funding
which
we
were
awarded,
and
they
will
make
significant
improvements
to
the
flooding,
but
they
aren't
the
final
solution.
The
final
fix
to
the
whole
basin.
This
is
this
is
basically
the
first,
the
first
major
step
into
those
improvements.
D
Right
but
I
mean
I
understand
that
part,
but
I
remember
there
was
some
talk,
one
time
of
a
big
pump
station
and
then
there
was
sometimes
some
talk
about
a
a
second
outfall
that
would
basically
go
underneath
highway,
six
highway,
61
or
ashley
river
road
out
to
the
ashley.
That
way,
I
mean,
are
those
things
still
contemplated
or
have
we
decided
which
direction
to
go
or
what.
F
It's
a
very
good
question,
so
we
do
still
have
the
pump
station
concept.
The
the
concept
is
a
valid
concept.
That's
more
of,
I
guess.
A
fiscal
question
in
terms
of
at
some
point
is
it:
is
that
amount
of
money
allocated
and
available
for
use
in
the
base,
and
that
is
generally
looking
at
more
like
a
50
million
dollar
style
project,
rather
than
a
more
of
like
this
three
or
four
million
dollar
project
this
this
project
work
would
basically
reduce
the
size
and
cost
of
a
project
like
that.
F
Can
we
get
by
basically
taking
this
concept
and
expanding
it
out
into
the
basin,
and
we
may
have
a
much
less
expensive
overall
approach
to
significant
flood
reductions
across
that
basin?
So
that's
that's
what
we're
looking
at
and
that's
that's
sort
of
the
shift
to
the
western
sampson
approach
that
the
dutch
dialogues
team
had
had
recommended
and
it
seems
to
be
making
sense
as
we
keep
working
with
the
modeling
in
the
basin
to
to
reduce
those
those
flood
considerations.
I
think
there
still
may
be
a
potential
for
additional
outfall
under
61.
F
We've
been
looking
at
some
options
with
the
long
savannah
project
if
that
moves
forward
for
adding
some
stormwater
storage
in
that
area.
So
this
is
going
to
be
an
approach
where
you
see
likely
a
basket
of
projects
all
being
used
in
conjunction
to
reduce
flooding
rather
than
one
kind
of
silver
bullet
project
that
eliminates
the
flooding.
E
Yes,
sir,
I
appreciate
you
guys
backing
up
this
particular
project.
You
know
because
we
definitely
want
the
dutch
dialogue
team
to
be
involved
in
this
process.
I've
got
a
question,
though.
Well
two
questions
really
number
one.
You
just
said:
if
the
long
savannah
project
moves
forward,
is
there
any
indication
that
it
wouldn't
be.
F
E
F
You
know
you're,
absolutely
right
griffin,
we
have,
we
have
improved
the
quality,
consistency
and
breadth
and
depth.
I
guess
of
our
maintenance
work
that
it's.
It
certainly
mitigates
stormwater
impacts,
but
we
do
not
have
substantial
infrastructure
improvements
in
place.
That
would
prevent
the
impacts
you
see
from.
Even
you
know
a
smaller
mid-sized
hurricane,
if
still
causing
some
flooding
within
the
basin.
E
E
So
I
think
this
is
great
that
we're
continuing
to
push
forward
and
be
proactive
in
getting
some
big
fixes
out
of
this
area,
because
when,
while
we've
had
some
near
misses
or
or
that
have
gone
our
way,
you
know
we
may
not
be
that
lucky
next
year.
We
may
not
be
that
lucky
in
the
coming
years,
so
I'm
glad
to
see
that
this
is
still
a
priority
for
everybody.
D
F
Yeah,
so
that
is
one
of
the
the
two
areas
in
the
in
the
bio
habitats
contract,
the
larger
contract.
That
is
a
focal
point
for
basically
taking
those,
though
that
property,
where
we've
now
demolished
those
townhomes
and
converting
that
into
like
a
flood
storage
property
that
also
incorporates
some
more
environmentally
friendly
native
landscaping,
flood
storage,
more
of
a
wetland
type
approach
potentially
and
we're
looking
at
adding
in
some
potential
passive
recreation
things
which
is
part
of
what
we're
working
on
with
this.
This
contract
approach.
F
So
so
that
would
that
that
system
still
connects
down
and
goes
through
the
church
area.
What
we
would
basically
do
is
remove
a
significant
amount
of
the
dirt
on
that
parcel
and
set
it
up
so
that,
when
flood
waters
rise
up
in
in
the
basin,
they
can
divert
into
where
that
parcel
is
now,
rather
than
so,
we'll
store
the
water
basically
somewhere.
We
want
it
rather
than
in
people's
roads
and
yards
and
houses
right
right.
That's
kind
of
the
approach
we're
taking
on
this.
D
B
F
Yeah,
thank
you,
mr
chairman,
so
this
is
one
that
we've
we've
reported
on
in
the
past.
This
is
sort
of
the
the
final,
the
final
step.
So
previously
we
had
applied
we'd
gotten
permission
to
apply
for
the
south
carolina
transportation
infrastructure
bank,
for
additional
funding
for
phase
5
on
the
spring
fishburn
project.
We
were
successful
in
that
and
the
stiv
board
awarded
the
money
to
the
project.
It
went
through
the
following
steps
with
dot
and
with
the
legislature
was
approved
in
those
steps.
This
is
the
actual
legal
language.
F
In
the
intergovernmental
agreement
modifying
the
original
agreement.
We
had
to
add
the
additional
funding
in
along
with
the
city
match,
so
it
does
allocate
in
21
million
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
of
additional
south
carolina
transportation,
infrastructure
bank
funding
to
the
city
of
charleston
I'll.
B
I'm
I'm
so
pleased
and
and
thankful
to
the
south
carolina
transportation
infrastructure
board
for
continuing
our
partnership
to
get
this
project
fully
funded,
and
you
know
we
had
the
announcement
of
course
earlier
this
year
when
the
the
board
met
and
voted
in
our
favor,
but
of
course,
sometimes
the
devil's
in
the
details
and
this
in
this
case
there
was
no
devil.
We
worked
everything
out
with
the
stiv
board.
We
have
this
agreement
that
finalizes
everything
moving
forward.
It's
a
good
day
for
storm
water
management,
the
city
of
charleston
really.
C
Yes,
sir,
thank
you,
mr
chairman,
and
this
is
all
good
news,
mr
fountain,
and
I
think
we
all
appreciate
the
updates
that
we
receive
from
your
department
on
on
this
project.
It
really
makes
things
a
lot
easier.
Would
you
mind
just
sort
of
doing
a
quick
recap,
because
I
remember
in
our
prior
discussions
with
this
project
we
were
bouncing
from
this
was
a
stage
four.
This
was
a
stage
five
or
stage
three.
So
have
we
com?
Are
we
in
in
in
order
of
our
phases
being
completed?
C
F
There
was
some
rearranging
phases
because
there
was
federal
tiger
grant
money
that
had
to
be
spent
prior
to
other
money
being
spent,
so
that
that
section,
the
rearrangement
has
all
been
done
and
we
have
been
consistent
at
this
point.
We've
completed
phase
one,
which
was
mostly
the
surface
improvements
on
us
17.
F
we
completed
phase
two,
which
was
the
some
of
the
initial
drop
shaft
work
going
in
we've
completed
phase
three.
That
was
the
section
we
completed
just
about
six
months
ago,
which
was
the
tunnels,
the
deep
tunnel
work
on
the
project
and
the
access
shafts
going
down
into
the
tunnels.
We
are
currently
on
phase
four,
which
is
the
work
going
between
the
two
bridges
to
build
the
wet
well
and
the
outfall
system
to
hold
the
pumps.
F
phase.
Five,
then,
is
the
final
phase:
that's
the
actual
installation
of
the
pumps
and
the
pump
superstructure.
It
is
important
to
note
that
the
project
will
start
to
show
significant
drainage
improvements,
even
at
the
end
of
phase
four
face,
which
basically
will
work
at
gravity
you'll
be
able
to
move
that
water
out
through
gravity
phase.
Five
is
then
installing
the
pumps
to
be
able
to
make
it
much
more
efficient
at
high
tides,
basically
at
high
tide
events
and
storm
surge
events,
so
phase
5?
C
Mr
chairman,
I
just
remember
that
meeting
we
had
several
years
ago
in
council
chambers-
and
I
think
it
was
councilman
moody
at
the
time
said.
I
think
I
heard
there's
a
little
bit
of
a
problem
with
this
project
and
we
all
were
our
mouse
dropped
to
the
ground
as
to
the
the
issues
that
were
going
on
with
that,
and
we
had
a
series
of
council
meetings
and
special
meetings.
C
I
know
you
remember
all
that
it's
just
a
a
testament,
I
think
to
our
fond
employees
and
our
staff
with
public
works
and
utilities,
and
now
stormwater
everybody
had
a
hand
in
sort
of
running
this
ship,
and
it
sounds
like
a
long
time
off
in
2024
for
this
thing
to
be
finally
completed.
But
we
do
see
the
improvements
on
that.
C
I
just
wanted
to
have
that
update
for
the
public
record,
because,
where
we
were
about
a
couple
of
years
ago
and
where
we
are
today,
is
just
a
huge
difference
with,
with
the
threat
of
this
thing
just
completely
collapsing
on
us
in
an
uncompleted
pro
necessary
project
which
was
so
critically
vital
to
addressing
still
water
management
and
getting
that
water
off.
That
major
artery
cut
through
our
city,
so
you
know
my.
D
If
you
remember
man,
we
didn't
have
enough
money
to
finish
that
pump
house,
and
all
of
that
you
know,
but
hey
roll
up
the
sleeve
continue
working
at
it,
and
you
know
we
went
out
there
and,
thank
goodness
the
state
realized
their
investment
along
with
owls
and
continued
to
fund
to
completion,
which
enables
us
to
do
so.
Many
of
these
other
projects
that
mr
fountain
is
talking
about
right
now,
all
those
things
would
have
been
a
whole
and
I
mean
for
years
so
it
was
good
work
for
the
team.
E
At
the
time
we
asked
them
to
to
put
together
a
grant
application
not
only
for
for
the
wall,
but
also
for
this
particular
project,
because
we
just
felt
as
a
council
that,
with
how
much
effort
and
money
the
sib
had
already
put
into
this
project,
there
was
no
way
they
were
going
to.
Let
it
fail,
and
so
I
just
want
to
send
out
another
kind
of
piggyback
on
councilmember
shead.
E
But
at
the
time
you
know
it
was
just
this
project,
you
know
we're
so
entrenched
in
this
project.
This
is
going
to
be
one
of
the
greatest
drainage
projects
in
the
history
of
the
city,
certainly
one
of
the
most
expensive
coming
in
at
about
200
million
dollars
when
it's
all
said
and
done,
and
it's
only
one
phase
of
a
much
bigger
issue
on
the
peninsula.
B
E
I
mean
there's
so
many
people,
and
then
the
crosstown
is
seven
o'clock
september
temple
of
p
clark,
yep
september
parkway
is,
is
one
of
the
most
important
pipelines
to
move
traffic
throughout
this
region,
definitely
in
the
low
country,
and
so
you
know
I'm
just
very
thankful
that
we
decided
you
know
to
and
thank
you
to
to
our
our
wonderful
staff
for
stepping
up
and
putting
together
bid
pro
processes
for
both
of
these,
because
this
is
gonna
be
a
big
win
for
everybody
in
this
community.
It's.
D
D
Mr
ben,
I
know
we
haven't,
got
the
fund
in
there,
but
we
got
a
couple
of
irons
in
the
fire
and
the
to
get
spring
fish
burns
at
10
o'clock
finished,
and
if
we
can
get
the
earhart
shaft,
which
would
pee
over
there
and
help
up
help
out
medical
university,
you
know
which
is
a
huge
employment
center.
I
mean
that's
just
robust
and
francis
medical
university
va
hospital
area.
That
just
is
just
we're
right.
There.
B
We're
thanking
folks,
I
I
do
want
to
thank
the
board
itself
again,
that's
still
bored
and
we
we
got
the
approval
of
their
committee
and
then
the
the
overall
board
itself,
our
local
resident
no
longer
in
the
house,
but
he
still
serves
on
the
board,
was
a
a
hearty
advocate
for
our
efforts
and
that's
chip
limehouse.
So
thanks
go
out
to
chip.
D
E
D
A
D
B
C
Mr
chairman-
and
I
did
this
with
my
other
two
committee
meetings
we
had
earlier
this
afternoon-
I
just
want
to
thank
everybody
on
this
committee
and
and
particularly
our
wonderful
staff.
This
was
a
very
challenging
time
for
our
community
every
issue
I
had
for
such
things
as
a
miss
route
with
trash
traffic
trash
pickup
to
taking
care
of
bumps
in
the
road
that
and
all
these
issues
that
matt
has
addressed
for
us.
Our
staff
came
through
with
flying
colors
and
they
are
in
my
book
a
number
one.
C
I
just
want
them
to
publicly
hear
me
say
this
in
this
committee.
Thank
you.
This
is
our
last
meeting
of
the
calendar
year
and
to
tom
and
your
team
and
matt
and
your
team.
Just
thank
you
all
very
much.
I
mean
this.
This
was
a
very
time
in
our
community
in
which
we
could
have
folded
our
tent
and
just
said
heck
with
everything,
but
these
men
and
women
showed
up
for
work.
They
responded
to
our
requests.
Our
issues
that
came
up.
C
C
F
F
We
basically
got
some
direction
from
the
disaster
recovery
office,
which
is
the
state
agency
that
manages
that
that
was
too
late
to
update
the
agenda
for
this
meeting,
but
was
in
time
to
update
the
agenda
for
the
waste
and
means
meeting
in
order
to
make
the
application
deadline
and
it
doesn't
change.
The
project
budget
is
actually
just
increasing
the
amount
of
potential
grant
award
from
the
grant
agency,
but
I
did
want
at
least
to
see
if
anyone
had
any
questions
about
that.
If
there
were
any
concerns.
D
And
that
you
know
what
that
percentage
is
it's
at
75
times,
twenty?
Okay,
all
right!
Thank
you.
You
know.
One
thing
I
want
to
touch
on
mr
fountain:
is
it
and
cross
follow
up
on
what
councilman
shahid
just
said,
and
obviously
mr
o'brien
and
his
team?
We
had
a
very
good
year
in
public
works.
I
mean
just
go
back
12
months
and
look
where
we
were.
I
mean
we
were
looking
for
funding.
D
You
know
we
were
kind
of
empty
bags
last
time
this
year
and
look
at
where
we
are
12
months
later,
with
all
the
small
projects
or
suggestions
from
mr
fountain
to
fund,
I
think,
a
year
or
so
ago,
maybe
two
years
now
small
projects,
so
we
can
get
many
victories.
You
know
throughout
the
city
and
mr
fountain
you've
been
very
successful
with
that
union
team
and
obviously
contracting
out
to
companies
like
saint
sanders
and
brothers
to
get
these.
D
These
ditches,
sucked
out
and
and
culverts
and
pipes
cleaned
up,
which
I
mean
we
got
a
strategy
and
the
strategy
is
working.
You
know-
and
hopefully
this
year
time
next
year,
we're
gonna
have
a
mantra
out
there.
When
people
drive
by
they're
going
to
be
saying,
you
know
that
team's
out
there
working
for
us
cleaning
our
drainage
out
of
getting
clean
and
more
effective
for
us,
that's
our
stormwater
dreams.
D
I
think
drainage
funds
out
there
working
for
us,
so
we
had
a
good
year,
man
in
stormwater
right
I've
been
on
the
committee
a
number
of
years.
I
I
would
think
this
year
has
been
the
most
successful
year
in
stormwater
drainage
since
I've,
because
I've
been
on
council-
and
this
is
I'm
finishing
up
for
nine
years-
so
I
mean
all
of
my
best
to
your
team,
mr
fun
and
and
mr
o'brien,
I
mean
we
had
change
over
there,
you
slipped
in
that
position
and
started
leadership
over
there.
D
D
So
thank
you
all
for
the
best
and
please
stay
safe,
because
I
know
we're
getting
to
the
end
of
this
virus
piece,
but
we
still
got
some
some
miles
to
go
yet
because
I
was
telling
somebody
out
there,
even
when
I
do
get
the
chance
to
take
the
shot.
Now,
I'm
going
to
take
it.
I
don't
know
these
people
talking
about
not
taking
it.
I'm
going
to
tell
you,
I
think,
there's
going
to
be
a
period
of
time
when
we're
still
gonna
have
to
use
the
mask.
I
mean
frankly,
but.