City of Charleston SC Committee on Real Estate, 24 Apr 2023

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City of Charleston Committee on Real Estate 4/24/2023

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All right, good afternoon, everybody Welcome to the City of Charleston committee on real estate. uh It is April 24th 2023 I'd, like to call to order um our meeting today um to get things started. I would like to have council member Waring give our invocation that doesn't seem like he's dialed in yet, um but it sounds like Peter has attended a church very recently and um might still be inspired, and do you mind giving us the invocation today, yeah.

C

um Well, I'm going to read from the um Holy Cross remembrance commemoration prayer, um if you, if I, could borrow that um God full of Mercy who dwells in the Heights, sheltered them beneath the wings of your presence, High among the holy and the pure, who shine like the brilliant heavens, shelter, The Souls of the innocent six million men, women and children. Holy communities who are slaughtered in the Holocaust strangled, suffocated and burned to Ash, amongst them young children who never tasted sin and their life in death were not separated.

C

Their holy souls passed into your care. Let the Garden of Eden be their resting, place master of Mercy drape them and keep them forever in your protecting presence and bind their souls to living into life. God you are their inheritance and where they rest ease them with peace, amen.

B

Thank you, councilman, shade, I, appreciate that and um I was happy to see you and councilman Waring um and, of course, mayor tecklenberg at the Yom hashoa event. Yesterday at the gillyard and mayor tecklenburg spoke beautifully and it was a really wonderful ceremony that brought together not just the Jewish Community, but the African-American Community, the LGBT community and all other parts of our community to stand together against hate and Prejudice and I appreciate you um reinforcing that message here today with us and real estate.

B

um So the first item up on our agenda is approval of the April 10th. 2023 minutes can I.

D

Get a motion second moved.

B

And properly seconded any discussion hearing, none all in favor, please signify by saying aye aye aye the eyes. Have it um the first and only non-annexation item on the agenda is consideration of an ordinance to authorize the mayor to accept a proposed land donation of approximately 12 acres from the Kiowa raccoon run, LLC in Carolina Bay, Property, Owners Association for the purpose of a community Park and anytime. The word donation and park appear in the same sentence. You've got my uh attention so um Matt. Do you have uh this one today, I.

E

Do chairman so.

B

Great. Thank you.

E

An ordinance to allow the mayor to accept approximately 12.01 Acres. um This is for community park space, it's actually tied to the 2006 Carolina Bay PUD agreement. So this is actually just conveying that that parcel of property to the city.

F

They move for approval, Mr chairman.

B

Thank you, Mr councilman, Waring I moved. We have a motion on the floor. Can I get a second.

F

uh The seconds are hard to come by second.

B

Hey thank you. Mr Mayor, moved and properly seconded um any discussion or questions of staff.

B

D

So I know when we um we talked about accepting this and the design of uh how they they're going to add some more houses uh around the perimeter of of the donated land as well and and um I'd. Ask that they keep a a certain number, a lot so to speak, clear or certain space clear, so that people would be able to look into the open space and the um Green Space do do we have the layout of what they ended up with on on the future development. That's going to occur.

E

Mayor I do not have that I just have a flat of of the parcel. um It's about a 20 I think a 22 acre person, total that are 12 acres is being cut out of, but no I do not have anything as far as the layouts. um As far as that is concerned,.

D

Of the development of the other area, all right well um I'm certainly hope to approve this at this point, but ask the planning department, if you don't mind, if they've got something that shows that and to um I.

E

See Christopher Morgan is on here and just came off, mute, so I didn't know if he had anything to add. Yes,.

A

Sir mayor, we can get that for you all. um It is going to have a row of houses directly across the street from it, um and then there are a few houses on a cul-de-sac that back up to it to the west, but it will have I think it's about 12 or 15 houses directly across the street from it.

D

It'll be across the street and not so to speak in in front of it.

A

If you know there are some on the western side that are going to back up to it, but I think the street that is created there is gonna, be parked on one side and Residences on the other. That's what I was hoping for good! Thank you, but we'll we'll get that. So you all can see that tomorrow, okay, great.

B

All right and um councilman shealy is um uh joining us today. Do you have a question councilman.

G

Yeah, thank you for letting me um join in too I appreciate it. This is a it's a great piece of property um in a great neighborhood. It actually backs up behind um the old C.E Williams Middle School I used to play back in those woods and fish and hunt, and that kind of stuff before there was a Carolina Bay. But I was just curious that, um if we're limited on what we can do- and should this be part of the parks and rec master plan, or is there already a plan for this property.

D

I'll respond that there's not a specific plan. There are some Wetlands involved and I walk through it with um Mr cronzberg a couple of years ago. Now it's been a little while um and it certainly seemed like a a place that would be viable for a more passive area. You know maybe a nature trail. You've got a good get over a couple. Wetlands area, it's not the kind of Park that you would have a baseball field in it's very.

D

It's got some lovely trees on it and all like that and yes, it should be part of the um our parks and and Rec master plan. I, don't think they included it um when they actually did the plan, because we didn't have the property, um it was a. Maybe at that point and there's a little strip of land, a council member that goes all the way down to McLeod.

G

Street yeah to.

D

um C.E Williams schools, so you could create a pedestrian connection through the woods all the way from that street into the neighborhood, which um you know long term would be really nice.

G

Yeah it actually that little strip goes to I, think it's Mcleod, Road or McLeod Street, which actually connects all the way to Savannah highway. So.

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G

Know it's right: it borders the USDA property and um and CE Williams there. So it's pretty neat pretty neat location, so yeah.

D

But it it does have some Wetlands on it as well.

G

Okay, thank you. I appreciate, y'all, letting me chime in. Thank you. Yes, sir.

F

You know uh Mr chairman, uh there's a in our packet of a little uh survey to the site um and it shows some Lots across the street, but anyway your eyes are good to the wetlands. Cutting through there almost looks like the Horseshoe of Italy. That's right.

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Yeah, this is great and um just to ask an obvious question here, but just to make sure this is clear for the record and anybody listening at home understands this. I mean this will obviously be a public park not just available for those um in Carolina Bay.

E

Correct right, the Pod language actually refers to it as a community park. Following the city's plan, our plan.

B

Great great, thank you so much um any other questions or further discussion on this item.

B

All right hearing, none all in favor, please signify by saying aye aye the eyes have it. uh Thank you uh for that Matt and Christopher. um We have got two four six annexations.

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Agenda this afternoon moved and properly seconded all all um six of them. um It appears to my eye that the first five are residential and the sixth is perhaps commercial um Molly. Do you want to maybe give us a rundown on this one yeah.

H

You're correct um the first five are residential: I can go into them if we need um the last one 31 24 Maybank Highway out on John's Island.

H

um This is an annexation that we have been looking at, but it is owner initiated where it's a longer uh parcel off of Maybank Highway, but we don't foresee any uh serious controversy as we're still kind of in the very, very, very early stages.

H

um Those folks are of any sort of movement, but they want to get into the City and it's a great parcel to have um they're surrounded by the city on both sides. So we don't foresee any issues like I said but happy to answer any single family questions as well. If you have them.

B

Great, thank you so much Molly does that anybody from the committee have any questions about any of these annexations.

B

All right hearing, none all in favor of all six, please signify by saying aye aye the eyes have it. um That brings us to the close of our agenda. Does anybody have any questions or comments for go to the order all right? We ran a pretty pretty quick, real estate meeting here today. I appreciate everybody's time and attention, and thanks again, as always to our great staff and I'll, see some of y'all here shortly at Public, Works and the rest of y'all tomorrow evening. Thanks thank.

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B

All right, you.