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City of Charleston Committee on Public Works and Utilities 11/30/2020
A
A
Okay,
yes,
sir,
all
right
again,
let's
call
the
meeting
order
and
councilman
griffin,
I'm
gonna,
get
you
to
bring
me
in
the
kitchen,
absolutely.
C
You're
happy
father,
we
thank
you
for
just
a
wonderful
holiday
season.
We
thank
you
for
a
wonderful
thanksgiving,
hopefully
spent
with
family
and,
as
we
get
towards
christmas
and
the
end
of
the
year,
lord,
we
ask
that
you
help
us
on
city,
council
and
everyone
in
the
city
to
not
only
have
a
great
holiday
season,
but
also
to
think
about
our
our
families
and
think
about
all
of
the
people
that
we
serve
on
a
daily
basis
and
and
help
us
serve
them
in
the
in
the
way
that
you
would
lord.
A
C
A
According
to
the
agenda,
all
the
minutes
being
deferred
brings
us
down
to
acceptance
and
dedication
and
rights
away.
Mr
o'brien
good
afternoon.
D
Mr
chairman,
this
is
just
for
the
city
to
notify
scdot
that
we're
going
to
accept
140
feet
of
granite,
curb
in
conjunction
with
the
project.
That's
going
on
at
741
meeting
street
okay.
D
A
E
Thank
you,
mr
chairman.
The
the
first
first
item
is
a
approval
to
submit
a
grant
application
for
a
hud
cdbg
mit,
that's
the
mitigation
program
within
within
the
hud
cdbg
family
of
grants.
So
this
is
a
flood
mitigation
project.
This
is
the
earhart
shaft,
the
medical
district
tunnel
extension
that
we
frequently
talk
about
right.
So
this
would
drain
approximately
27
acres
potentially
of
the
medical
district,
including
some
of
the
emergency
room,
hospital
access
points
on
earhart
street
and
johnson
lucas
extending
out
to
the
spring
fishburn
project.
E
The
grant
application
would
be
for
eight
million
two
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars
of
those
grant
funds
which
would
require
a
city
match
of
two
million
seven
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars
from
the
drainage
fund,
providing
a
total
funding
through
that
application
match
of
11
million
dollars.
A
Okay,
you
know,
should
I
should
I
have
included
item
one
and
two
on
that.
E
You
certainly
could
item
item.
Two
is
a
separate
grant.
Application
for
a
different
federal
agencies
is
for
the
same
project,
though,
so
it's
certainly
up
to
you,
mr
sherman,
on
on.
A
E
Yes,
yes,
so
the-
and
I
certainly
the
american
can
add,
probably
more
detail
than
I
can,
but
I
believe
that
the
governor
had
put
it
in
with
his
draft
budget
as
a
request
in
the
the
current
fiscal
year
and
then
sort
of
as
they
went
through
the
the
budget
process
at
the
state,
which
obviously
was
a
challenging
budget
year
for
them
as
well.
E
It
didn't
make
it
into
the
final
budget
as
a
line
item
for
the
medical
district,
so
this
is
basically
another
round
of
funding
that
the
the
state
disaster
recovery
office
actually
oversees
the
basically
the
award
of
these
hud
grants.
So
it's
another
basically
another
application
through
the
state
for
these.
A
I
agree
any
questions,
mr
mayor.
B
I
I
would
like
to
add
to
that,
mr
chairman,
and
just
advise
that,
as
as
mr
fountain
pointed
out,
the
governor
did
put
it
in
his
budget
request,
given
what
happened
with
covid.
Basically
the
state
just
stuck
by
what
they
spent
in
2019
and
didn't
add
new
things
for
2020.
B
So
we
didn't
get
added
to
the
state
budget
when,
when
the
governor
was
here
about
six
weeks
ago
for
an
announcement
over
at
medical
university,
he
mentioned
this
again
and,
and
so
it's
if
it
doesn't
get
funded
through
this
mechanism,
he
plans
to
add
it
again
for
his
budget
request
for
next
year's
state
budget,
but,
frankly
we're
hopeful
that
we'll
go
ahead
and
get
the
approval
sooner
rather
than
later.
Because
of
the
timing
and
tying
into
the
tunnel
system
with
with
spring
fish
frame.
A
It
definitely
makes
sense,
councilman,
griffith
and
then
councilman.
C
And
if
I
I
believe
I
read
this
a
couple
weeks
ago,
luckily,
our
state
is
still
working
with
a
little
bit
of
a
surplus,
so
maybe
some
of
those
leftover
money.
So
maybe
maybe
we
can
get
this
project
through
through
that.
I
mean
I'm
sure
that
they're
budget,
basically
the
way
19
worked
just
because
of
how
cold
it
is.
But
you
know
hopefully,
hopefully
things
get
a
lot
better
and
and
they've
got
some
money
left
over
and
you
know
hopefully
we
can.
F
B
Hospitality
money
could,
as
long
as
you
interpret
the
whole
peninsula
to
be,
or
this
part
of
the
peninsula,
to
be
a
tourism-related
area,
which
my
my
view
of
it
is
the
whole
city
of
charleston
as
a
tourism
area.
So
it
could
be.
It
could.
A
This
is
a
project
that
gives
a
lot
of
bang
for
oh
yeah.
Frankly,
it
really
does
any
more
questions
on
behalf
of
committee
members.
Do
we
have
a
motion.
A
A
E
Yeah,
thank
you,
mr
chairman.
So
this
is
the
the
same
project,
the
the
earhart
shaft
medical
district,
dental
extension,
but
a
different
federal
grant
application.
This
is
for
a
fema,
brick
grant,
which
is
a
new
grant
for
this
year.
The
building
resilient
infrastructure
and
communities
grant
it's
replacing
the
old
pdm
grants
that
they
had
had
trouble
finding
anyone
to
actually
be
able
to
award
project
work
to
because
of
some
of
the
restrictions
within
the
program.
So
this
is
a
much
more
open-ended
program.
E
It's
typically
restricted
to
states
that
have
disaster
declarations
in
them.
This
year
is
a
little
bit
unusual
in
that
the
entire
country
has
disaster
declarations
due
to
gronovirus.
So
it's
expected
to
be
an
incredibly
competitive
grant.
It's
been
very
heavily
advertised
very
heavily
pushed
by
the
federal
agencies.
They
really
would
like
this
to
be
a
success.
E
E
There's
500
million
dollars
available
in
the
entire
grant
program
for
all
50
states
for
all
projects,
so
we're
trying
to
find
a
project
size
that
we
think
works.
Well
again.
We
think
we
have
a
wonderful
story
to
tell
with
this
project
with
the
benefits
the
medical
district,
the
va
hospital,
the
non-profit,
with
roper
hospital
there
and
kind
of
the
benefits
to
the
the
major
infrastructure
corridor
here
within
the
peninsula,
and
that's
really
what
the
target
of
the
grant
is.
So
I
think
we
have
a
strong
application,
but
it's
a
it's
a
brand
new
application
program.
E
So
no
one
has
quite
a
perfect
understanding
of
what
will
be
seen
for
for
value
under
their
scoring
system,
but
we
are
applying
for
two
million
two
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars
of
grant
funding
with
a
city
match
of
another
seven
hundred,
fifty
thousand
dollars
from
the
drainage
fund
for
a
total
funding
of
three
million
dollars.
With
this.
F
A
Any
discussion
on
that
hearing
that
all
in
favor,
please
say
hi
all
right.
Any
of
those.
Thank
you
item
eight
item.
Three
spring
fish
phase:
five,
mr
fountain.
E
Yeah,
thank
you,
mr
chairman.
So
this
is
the
the
next
professional
service
amendment
to
the
davidson
floyd
contract
for
moving
to
phase
five
of
the
spring
fishburn
project.
Now
that
we
have
the
this,
the
south
carolina
transportation
infrastructure
bank
award
for
that
project.
E
So
this
this
is
for
337
842
dollars
of
professional
service
fees,
basically
towards
pump
procurement
and
delivery
services,
which
includes
an
update
of
the
cost
estimate
for
the
overall
pump
station
superstructure
from
the
original
work
that
was
done
about
10
years
ago,
and
then
this
is
funded
through
the
actual
king
street
gateway
tiff.
At
this
point,
so
this
work
is
pretty
much
base.
E
Updating
the
original
design
work
for
the
new
emission
standards
for
generator
units,
basically
running
that
back
through
the
the
chain
of
mechanical
and
electrical
work
associated
with
the
generators
specifying
finalizing
the
specification
for
the
pumps,
then,
basically
ordering
the
pumps.
The
reason
you
order
the
pumps
ahead
of
time
like
this
is
that
some
of
the
manufacturers
will
have
like
an
18-month
lead
time
on
basically
manufacturing
producing
those
pumps
and
then
shipping
them.
So
it's
a
way
to
provide
owner
supplied
equipment
to
a
contractor.
A
F
A
Mr
chairman,
all
right
got
a
lot
of
seconds
on
that
one.
Mr
fountain
explain
to
us
what
what
this
half
million
dollar
contract
will
do.
E
Yeah,
thank
you,
mr
sherman.
This
is.
This
is
sort
of
the
long
discussed
and
awaited
professional
service
work
coming
out
of
sort
of
the
dutch
dialogue
approach
to
the
church,
creek
basin,
of
saying
that,
let's,
let's
find
available
storage
capacity
and
and
give
somewhere
for
the
water
to
go.
E
We've
had
discussions
between
with
the
mayor
and
with
councilman
griffin,
with
some
of
the
larger
property
owners
in
the
area,
councilman
sheila
as
well-
it's
not
here
today,
but
discussing
of
where
we
could
basically
obtain
property
to
store
that,
and
then
we
worked
with
the
national
fish
and
wildlife
foundation
to
achieve
roughly
one
and
a
half
million
dollars
of
federal
grant
money
to
bring
into
this
project.
This
work
is
the
professional
service
contract
work
with
biohabitats,
which
will
be
the
lead
firm.
E
They
are
actually
working
with
western
stamps,
as
well
as
one
of
the
partner
firms
to
basically
lay
out
the
overall
improvement
plan
for
where
those
improvements
would
sit
to
do.
Preliminary
design
work
on,
like
the
the
townhomes
and
some
of
the
other
purchased
properties
that
we
have
bought
out
as
well
as
looking
at
some
of
these
larger
regional
storage
options
and
again
these
properties,
we've
discussed
and
go
through
the
kind
of
the
initial
assessment
and
initial
permitting
work.
E
This
is
preliminary
engineering,
so
there
will
be
one
more
round
of
professional
service
work
for
final
design
on
the
second
grant
award,
which
is
the
implementation
side.
This
will
be
on
the
the
design
side,
but
it
does
take
us
a
huge
step
forward
into
improvements
in
flooding
within
this
obviously
very
heavily
challenged
basin.
C
Yes,
this
is
my
christmas
morning.
I
I
slept
in
a
week
since
matt
said
that
this
was
coming
to
us
at
this
meeting.
So
thank
god
tonight,
I'm
finally
gonna
sleep
for
the
first
time
in
a
week
thank
y'all
for
unanimously
approving.
C
A
All
in
favor,
please
say
aye
aye
any
opposed
eyes
have.
Thank
you
very
much,
mr
fountain,
and
everybody
involved
with
that
one.
That
was
a
long
time
coming.
Stormwater
updates
mr
fountain
yeah.
Thank.
E
E
Just
very
briefly,
the
phase
four
of
the
spring
fishman
project.
We
we're
still
continuing
on
excavation
work
within
the
wet
well
and
outfall.
But
if
you
drive
through
that
area,
you
can
see
those
those
pits
are
nearing
completion.
We
have
a
lot
of
our
structural
support
work.
All
of
it
has
been
fabricated.
E
The
vast
majority
of
has
been
installed,
we're
nearing
the
bottom
grade
for
excavation
and
we'll
start
to
be
working
on
something
other
than
digging
and
hauling
dirt
soon,
which
I
think
will
make
everyone
on
the
project
team
happy
spring
fish
burn
phase
five.
We
obviously
just
passed
the
contract
to
start
procurement,
design
work
for
the
pump
station,
so
that
that
project
is
now
moving
and
will
flow
seamlessly
from
phase
four
into
phase
five.
E
We're
we're
still
doing
some
of
the
the
like
bluestone
surfacing
and
the
railing
installations
on
the
wall
and
the
stairways,
but
the
the
wall
itself,
the
walkway
all
that
is
completed
at
this
point,
where
we
are
working
right
now,
but
primarily
on
granite,
curb
and
sidewalk
the
street
level,
sidewalk
installation
and
prepping
the
street
for
the
new
installation
of
new
pavement.
E
So
we
can
basically
go
back
and
then
pave
the
other
side
of
the
road
and
still
have
that
project
on
schedule
to
be
completed
in
january
of
2021
for
phase
one,
and
that
brings
us
a
low
battery
phase
two,
which
is
currently
being
bid
by
the
previously
pre-qualified
contractors,
with
the
bids
expected
to
be
received
by
us
and
brought
to
council
in
early
january,
so
that
we
can
bring
that
work
also,
basically
to
to
have
phase
two
flow
seamlessly
from
phase
one
into
phase.
Two
on
that
project
as
well.
E
King
eugene,
the
drainage
improvements
there
that
the
first
phase
the
surface
level
improvements
is
currently
in
bid
as
well.
That's
out
for
public
bid,
the
second
phase,
which
will
be
the
pump
station
improvements
that
is
currently
in
design
permanent
work
that
is
flowing
along
well
as
well.
E
We'd
expect
to
be
in
construction
on
that
very
early
in
2021,
as
well
for
the
surface
improvements
the
forest
acres
project,
as
we
briefly
touched
on
last
meeting,
the
utility
relocation
is
now
in
progress
by
at
t
that
that
should
continue
for
approximately
10
more
months
within
drainage
improvements,
beginning
as
soon
as
that
wraps
up
we'll
again
flow
straight
from
the
utility
relocation
into
the
storm
water
system.
Installation.
E
E
Yeah,
absolutely
I
can
do
that
the
market
street
project
we
have
received
our
final
dot
approvals.
So
at
this
point,
dominion
is
working
on
their
undergrounding
plan
and
that
will
be
the
basically
the
setting
for
our
critical
path
of
how
that
project
continues
forward
for
cooper
jackson,
the
east
side,
drainage,
improvement
evaluation.
E
We
had
done
our
original
survey
work
we've
now
completed,
rehabilitating
about
10
000
feet
of
drainage,
pipe
in
that
neighborhood,
a
significant
amount
of
sudden
removal
and
reopening
of
drainage
systems,
which
has
provided
some,
I
think,
pretty
good
short-term
improvements.
But
now
we're
beginning
the
more
complex
field
level
survey
work
actually
started
this
morning
on
the
on
that
recently
clean
section
of
system
which
they'll
use
to
create
their
their
models
for
potential
improvement
scenarios,
the
barbary
woods,
drainage,
diversion
project
we've
got
into
preliminary
design
work.
E
Now
I've
done
quite
a
bit
of
property
research
wetland
survey
and
are
laying
out
their
their
design
on
that
project
approach
the
kind
of
associated
project
without
the
johns
island
drainage
system,
evaluation
project
we've
gotten
started
on
that
now
and
we're
laying
out
the
kind
of
the
continuation
of
the
dutch
dialogues.
Look
of
different
zones
and
elevations
and
options
for
rehabilitation,
work,
that's
funded
by
nif,
wiff,
national
fish
wildlife
foundation
and
that
one,
the
windermere
drainage
improvement
evaluation
survey
is
now
in
progress
on
that
project
and
basically
we're
doing
that.
E
E
The
dupont
wapu
improvement
projects
that
was
approved
to
start
design.
So
we
are
now
in
initial
coordination,
work
and
design
with
some
of
the
property
owners
out
there,
as
well
as
the
this
one.
We
have
the
survey
workforce
so
now
it's
actually
getting
into
more
the
actual
design
side,
the
concord
street
pump
station.
That's
the
kind
of
the
calhoun
east
and
market
street
pump
station,
we're
doing
our
upfit
design
or
conceptual
design
work
on
our
upfit.
For
that
for
replacing
rehabilitating
that
system,
the
church,
creek
flood
storage
projects.
E
We
just
passed
that
scope
tonight
we'll
be
able
to
begin
our
preliminary
engineering
work
and
we'll
have
a
follow-on
task
from
the
water
institute
of
the
gulf,
which
is
one
of
the
dutch
dialogue
teams
coming
for
public
outreach
and
discussion
with
the
community
and
coordination
with
the
church,
creek
stormwater
authority
group.
That's
also
been
formed
recently
and
then
the
limehouse
brick
arch
rehabilitation
pilot
project.
Those
contracts
have
now
been
approved,
so
we'll
be
getting
ready
to
start
on
the
rehabilitation
of
that
first
pilot
archway
in
early
2021
with
field
construction.
E
The
central
park
range
improvements
for
negotiating
scope
with
our
design
consultant
to
kind
of
lay
out
exactly
what
the
first
steps
will
be
for
the
improvement
work,
design,
work
in
that
area
and
the
county
is
preparing
an
rfq
for
their
their
managed
portion
of
the
city's
ctc
funding
work
within
that
basin,
as
well
for
the
the
basic
culvert
replacements
on
central
parks
to
try
to
minimize
some
of
the
road
flooding
on
the
western
half
of
that
basin
sherwood
the
sherwood
range
improvements.
E
I
think
we
we
did
complete
that
removal
of
that
last
tree
and
regrade
that
ditch
so
now.
The
drainage
should
be
fully
working.
It
will
still
take
the
next
couple
months
to
kind
of
stabilize
it
and
make
sure
it.
It
doesn't
have
any
issues
as
it
kind
of
gets
used
and
the
water
starts
flowing
through
it.
But
we've
already
seen
some
improvements.
E
A
And
then
the
tree
that
was
a
huge
tree
man,
so
thank
you
very
much.
It
was.
E
E
Yeah
and
then
two
two
other
projects,
two
other
small
projects
got
going
in
the
last
month,
which
were
the
dowden
area,
evaluation
and
the
west
pawnee
area
evaluation
that
we've
got
field
work,
starting
on
the
survey
work
for
both
of
those
with
the
engineering
firm,
basically
again
doing,
field
assessments
to
build
their
computer
model
and
look
at
some
improvement
options
for
those
two
locations.
E
That's
what
I
had
for
for
today's
update,
mr
chairman.
F
Councilman
yeah,
mr
fallon.
Thank
you
for
that
update,
particularly
my
pet
projects.
Do
you
know
if
the
residents
were
able
to
chat
with
any
of
the
crews
out
there
doing
the
survey
work?
I
know
that
they
were
concerned
about
that.
E
Yeah,
so
what
we
normally
do
is
we'll.
We
give
them
some
kind
of
handout,
information
things
if
the
residents
have
short-term
questions
and
then
what
we'll
try
to
do
is,
after
we've
collected
a
little
bit
of
data,
we'll
have
a
period
where
the
residents
can
meet
with
the
engineers
at
the
consulting
firm
to
kind
of
give
their
their
side
of
what
they've
seen
and
the
engineers
then
have
enough
sort
of
basic
field
data
to
understand
what
the
residents
are
telling
them
and
it
can
be
a
productive
conversation.
E
We
had
really
good
success
with
central
park
with
doing
that
same
approach
with
with
getting
a
little
bit
of
field
data.
First
then
doing
those
follow-up
conversations
and
then
going
to
build
those
stormwater
models.
That's
that's
still
an
upcoming
section
for
the
more
detailed
conversation
work,
but
we
did.
We
do
have
the
surveyors
with
some
kind
of
informational,
pamphlets
and
things
that
people
have
questions
similar
to
what
is
happening
right
now
in
windermere.
F
A
Any
more
questions
about
committee
members-
all
right-
I
guess
we-
I
usually
do
it
by
acclimation,
but
I'ma
ask
for
a
motion
for
adjournment.
I
lose.