City of Charleston SC Committee on Real Estate, 27 Mar 2023

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City of Charleston Committee on Real Estate 3/27/2023

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You know lady Gamecocks they're going to have a big night tonight. That should be a good game.

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Think so I hope.

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Doing great in a crazy March, Madness hadn't, it.

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The college that beat the college they they in the final four yeah.

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Absolutely it's uh it's something else for sure. Well, good deal we'll um good afternoon, everybody I'd like to call to order the Monday work.

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Again, good good afternoon, everybody I'd like to call to order the Monday March 27 2023 uh committee on real estate uh to order it looks like I've got the honor of um giving the invocation today and I. Think. Let's just um have a moment of silence for the awful awful tragedy that um happened in Tennessee today.

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All right, um first item up is approval of the March 13 2020., so move Mr Jim. Thank you, moved and properly seconded um any discussion hearing. None all in favor, please signify support by saying aye aye the eyes have it uh next item up on the agenda is an authorization for the mayor to execute on behalf of the city, a permanent utility easement, and this is in connection with a right-of-way over on Hanover Street and it looks like Miss Copeland has got something on the screen for us. uh Please take it away, move.

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Thank you and just real quick for uh to get and help you with context this curve right here. This is set in the Clark Parkway.

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um This is a section of the pen water main project that CWS is presently undertaking um and here's Hanover Street and as part of this, uh this pin project. This will uh also involve the installation of a new 36 inch water main that will be installed directly underneath that Hanover Street piece and um if you may recall, there's a church that sits here, and this is kind of just a stubbed out Dead End Road that was cut off when September Clark was actually built out.

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Got it got it? Thank you for that um explanation. Anybody uh from the committee have any questions right. Hearing. None we've got emotion um on the floor. Any discussion hearing none all in favor, please support by saying aye.

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It is unanimous. um The next item on the agenda is a request for permission to use the U.S custom house property.

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Of approval second.

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Moved improperly seconded, this is forward stiletto festival for 2023 and there's no cost associated with this use. um Do we have somebody from staff just to give a quick uh rundown on this, for the record.

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Mr chairman I, believe this is our annual concert that we have on the back steps of the customs house with the symphony. It's normally one of the opening events of Piccolo I'm, almost positive, that's what this is yeah.

C

That sounds about right, um I've I've attended this over the years. um It's been a great event um and it sounds like we ought to keep doing what we've been doing. uh Does anybody have any discussion or further questions about this.

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I can step in if I may. This is great Swagger key with the cultural Affairs office.

C

Sure go ahead. Rick this.

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Is the um Symphony concert behind the custom house? Yes, as well as two performances on the front, East Bay Street side, one on Saturday evening and one on Sunday afternoon by a marching band out of Atlanta? So it's all three of those uh events.

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All annual events.

C

Well, thank you very much. Where is the marching band from out of Atlanta just curious.

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uh It is the seed and feed marching abominable out of Atlanta and they're. Here every year, they've been here for 40 years very.

C

Cool very cool, we'll um Ray. Thank you for that and it looks like we've got all sides of the custom house uh covered this year so um good deal all in favor, please signify by saying aye.

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The way Mr chairman uh when we open the the Upper King Street family event with the Wine and Food Festival, we opened it with the Burke High School, marching band and um everyone loved having them on the street and playing playing music and we're going to try in the next year or so to to do more marching bands. It's something everyone seems to enjoy. That's.

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Awesome really really cool well good deal um next item up on the agenda. This is um an affordable housing related item. This is an authorization for the mayor to execute a purchase and sale agreement between the city, a seller and jjr. Development LLC is buyer for a portion of real property located at two 12 Spring Street, and this is for a purchase price of a hundred and seventy thousand dollars, and do we have Gianna on the line or is this.

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Mr chairman, this is not really an affordable housing item, um even though jjr has been involved with us on some affordable uh projects. This is a project they're working on and they're looking to buy a little a portion of a parcel that the city owns, looks like magaly might be prepared to present. Yes,.

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I have this item good afternoon.

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um This is to purchase the the 40-foot rear strip of two 212 Spring Street jjr already owns 210 and 214 through 216 Spring Street, which are contiguous um with this portion of 212 and under this agreement the parties would also contemplate an easement which would allow our stormwater team to continue work on their current project there until the end of 2023 and the purchase price of 170 000 is based on an appraisal that was done for the property.

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I'm also approved Mr Jim.

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Second got it. Thank you. Magaly moved and properly seconded any discussion, but.

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Just uh I didn't see the appraisal in our packet. um That is, that just something we had done previously. Yes,.

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It is something we did previously and I'd be happy to forward that to you. Okay,.

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Magaly, do you have a um a plat or a picture that you might share on screen with everyone just to show them where the property is and what's planned around it.

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And maybe you don't but.

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Are you able to see my screen here? We.

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Yes, ma'am, let me zoom out a little bit.

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So this is the this is Spring Street here um uh jjr already owns the back portion I believe year. Sorry not looking at this.

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um Personally, so this is the portion that we're talking about to be purchased, um and then this is the remainder of the parcel that the city would retain and I think that these are the lots back here that he already owns. Excuse me.

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That's the blue part you're.

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Talking about yellow part is what we would be selling okay.

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So we're just selling the back part of a of a lot and we're keeping the part that we need for future access.

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um This is on Spring, Street, um I, guess just to the to the right of the property is where there used to be a gas station, and then one property down to the left is where the Taco Bell or Kentucky Fried Chicken is.

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Yeah I remember this one.

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Got it got it? Okay, um any further questions, discussion.

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um Sorry Mr uh just so, do we know what's going there and what's the what the developers plans are for this.

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Yes, it's Jeff, Roberts and I could add some context to you on the left of this on your screen.

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214 216 spring has been a project that has received its Advanced approvals for the micro units that um the city came up with a new classification and the zoning ordinance to the right of it is a project that we've been working on for some time that just obtained a significant Board of architectural approval for 200 and 210 Spring Street, that used to be the old, Pizza Hut and then next to it, Eddie bucks old gas station next to the building we designed at the corner, which is now known as the Kempton.

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So this is a small little piece in back of the city's deep tunnel drainage shafts. So this was a a small little piece at the back, which allows for interconnectivity of both sites and we've even agreed that we wouldn't build anything on the first 10 feet of it, and this remaining peace is more than suitable for the engineering department to put their access to the drainage. You know drainage equipment that they need to take the drop shafts from and park.

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You know cranes on and everything, and this is sort of a back overgrown little irregular piece in the back that is not being used and the city just did this current appraisal.

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You go ahead Jeffrey. What are you building all around? It I think you want to know.

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To the left, or to the left is a uh a building which is going to have 143 micro units in it and to the right is going to be a 143 file hotel that just received its bar approval.

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Any further questions discussion.

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All right, I guess I'll call for the question um all in favor. Please.

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All opposed hearing none the eyes have it.

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Thank you. Everybody thanks.

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Jeff um next item on the agenda is a request for approval for an amendment to a lease agreement with the IP McSweeney for 1155 canehoy Road, and this is in connection with fire station 21. uh Matt. uh Do you have the honors today.

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I do um so, uh as the chairman said, this is the first amendment, the lease agreement with guy McSweeney for 1155 Kane Hoyt road. This is our current fire station 21. uh out on the far end of the kinghoy peninsula. This would extend the lease term a few extra years and then also provide two additional one-year options.

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um It also allows for something the fire have desperately been looking for, as the area around it continues to be developed for other uses is 12 um parking spaces that will be defined by the landlord they've. Had some issues with parking being taken by a new tenant, that's moved in next door, making things difficult for the firefighter, so this will solve that issue for them, and the only other thing that it's really adding is.

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There was a well that was dug and with some special heavy duty pump, specifically for the fire department, um and it's going to have some cost to share with it that we'll carry through this lease agreement, which we didn't seem to be unreasonable.

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Good deal good deal. Does anybody have any questions for Matt.

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We'll go approval, jacket.

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Moved and properly seconded any discussion hearing, none all in favor, please signify support by saying aye aye, aye aye the eyes have it.

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um Finally, here's an affordable housing related item uh jumped the gun a little earlier, but this is in connection with uh 1345 Rutledge Avenue and it's a transfer agreement with Charleston Habitat for Humanity, for construction of affordable for sale, housing for folks earning up to 80 percent of Ami Miss Shaw Johnson.

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Moved and properly seconded Mr Johnson, please.

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Yes, sir, thank you so much I do have Lynn bowley on the zoom as well she's the executive director for Charleston Habitat for Humanity, and this is the um site at Rutledge and Harriet Street, that came as part of the transfer of property from Heartland developers on this particular side of the street, and we do have a survey. We can show you. Currently, there are a number of single-family detached homes there Lynn and her team are looking at possibly a single family detached or we're going to determine.

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If, in fact, we can possibly get two two attached Townhomes there we're evaluating that now, but this essentially would allow her and her team to begin the due diligence necessary to carry this forward and I. Think most of us know: Charleston habitat the audience that they service or persons that are 80 in below the area. Median income and the 685 thousand dollars that is secured with a node is simply our value in the property. We are not actually lending them that money. So thank you.

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All right, thank you for that uh report. um Does anybody from the committee have any questions comments.

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Well, I got one question that easily from SCE and G. Is that something you can park underneath or something or uh well? You don't have any access to that.

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um At this time we don't council member Waring, um but we we know that on this side of the street in particular, there will be some traffic improvements or enhancements later on. So all of those matters are being considered and looked at as well, because the larger development this is part of their Ingress egress or one area where Ingress and egress will happen. So on this side of the street, there will be some additional traffic improvements, so conversations around that will are continuing yeah.

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I was just curious. Thank you.

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You're welcome.

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uh Mr Mayor I'm, just looking at the plot here and um on Harriet Street on that side of the street they're, mostly small single-family homes, that that face area Street. Of course, this has a Rutledge Avenue address, which is a pretty busy street of folks coming off the interstate. So I just wanted to have you thought about, you know um um orienting, the home or if you can fit two on there to face Harriet Street rather than Rutledge Avenue, just a thought. Yes,.

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Mayor, that is our goal. It.

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Just so happens that this has The Rutledge street address, but the goal would be to have it face: Harriet Street, simply because the others do and just having that aesthetic there I think would be uh complementary to what's already occurring. Oh.

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Great, so, of course, you know, the planning department can help you uh re-get a new street address for a Harriet Street address. If you like. Yes,.

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Sir, thank you. Okay,.

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Good deal good deal any other comments or questions. um I just had one quick, quick one Michelle Johnson. So um what is the density goal here relative to? What's there now.

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Yes, sir good question, so um the Civic Design Center for the city did a massing study. Probably two years ago now, in 2021 and overall, the goal there was about 26 units total, and so this would have and on this particular side of the street, when Morgan and her team did this, we were looking at two units there, smaller units on this side of the street, so the goal would still be to try to include or achieve the density that was outlined previously by the Civic Design Center on the opposite side of the street.

J

So another 24-25 based on the size of those units.

C

Got it but that that 24 25 that's in the entire area, not not.

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On this one, that's.

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Entire area- yes, sir.

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Got it we can dream, can't we.

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All right, maybe one day, all right well, thank you! So much. We got a motion um on the floor. um All in favor, please signify by saying aye aye.

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Mr chairman, yes,.

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Can I just thank Lynn and Charleston Habitat for Humanity for their partnership with us on there on this, and um we look forward to building an affordable unit there or having you build it, but um the thank you for this partnership. It it. It makes affordable housing happen when we have good partners like you.

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We can do it without our folks at the city. Thank you, mayor. Thank.

C

You absolutely thank you to Habitat for Humanity and our staff for doing this, and once you all get a little further down the road. Maybe let us know when we can come out and maybe help you all on site. One afternoon you know drill some things and Hammer a couple things um you know without getting too crazy. We.

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That absolutely um well good deal. That brings us to a close of our um I guess. Non-Annexation related part of the agenda. Only annexation, docket we've got three annexations one in District 10, one in District, nine one in District Five.

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um These appear to me to all be residential, but um is is Molly back from her trip. Yes,.

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She's back she's.

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Than ever, welcome.

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Thanks happy to be here: yes, these are all single family residences in West, Ashley I had to spread the love this time, three different council districts just kidding it just happens to work out that way, we're glad to have everyone.

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um But uh yes, these are single family residences in West, Ashley, all um currently contiguous and happy to answer any questions.

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Great, thank you Molly. uh Any questions about these move for approval. All three is that is your motion for all three uh councilman Shane. Yes, sir, all right, uh we've got a motion on the floor to approve all three annexations uh seconded by councilman uh Waring, uh any discussion hearing, none all in favor, please signify by saying aye aye all right. That uh brings us to the conclusion of our meeting. Does anybody have anything for the good of the order?

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uh Councilman shade? No I said peace out? Oh, that sounds good. um Let's uh go lady game Cox tonight and we'll see you soon, Public, Works and Utilities in a little bit. That's.

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Right thanks, everybody, bye-bye thank.

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You bye thanks doll.