City of Charleston SC Committee on Traffic and Transportation, 18 Jul 2022

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City of CharlestonCommittee on Traffic and Transportation 7/18/22 2/2

A

Okay, we're live streaming.

B

Okay, thank you, madam clerk, do I have a motion to come out of executive session.

C

B

Move is there a second.

D

B

It has been moved and properly seconded that we come out of executive session. All those in favor, please signify by saying aye aye aye any.

D

B

The eyes have it: uh yes, mr mayor.

C

I'd like to make a motion that we charge staff to continue with contract discussions or negotiations for the provision of electric vehicle charging services in the city, but to look at all possible locations for that use. Second,.

B

All right that has been moved and properly seconded is there any further discussion.

E

B

Yes, councilmember parker.

E

Thank you, mr chairman. uh Just two things: real quick I've been getting uh emails and phone calls about the petty cab ordinance. um Just no one will have a resolution. We put that on next meetings. Business.

B

I think that can be arranged. I was going to mention the uh the same thing, but let's uh let's vote on the motion. If you don't mind and then we can bring that up in discussion as well all right, so the motion on the floor is mayor. Teklenberg's recommendation to pursue all locations for the electric vehicle charging stations it has been moved and seconded. Is there any further discussion hearing? None all those in favor, please signify by saying aye aye aye any opposed the eyes. Have it now councilmember parker?

B

uh I was also going to bring that up. So if you would just restate what you said.

E

Okay sure just the uh just pedicab, I think folks, who have maybe applied been taught in you, know limbo and they're just curious when the city's going to have a resolution.

E

And second I know we have a public hearing for wayfair lane, speed reduction, uh hopefully on next agenda.

B

D

Councilmember seeking thank you, mr chairman, so just to answer councilmember parker's um question and maybe a little clarification to see exactly what she's asking in terms of the ordinance in place that anything affects pedicabs. They are in place. There's no more action needs to be taken.

D

What we did do is we expanded the ability of this committee at some point in the future, if we so chose to increase the number of medallions that are out there, given what we've got going on in the city right now, by the way, just by a number of six we're currently at 30, um it would go to 36.

D

with rethinking the tourism management plan with rethinking the peninsula or downtown plan or whatever you think about it, with some issues with public safety, with the issues that we've got on king street, with shutting it down on the prime nights to one-way traffic, it would seem to me at this point status quo ante is where we shall ought to be on pedicabs and expanding it. Just it's just not the right time to do it.

D

I mean, I think we would be making a big mistake as a as keepers of the of the gate of the traffic and transportation in the city to expand those medinans at this point, so I I I hear what councilmember parker's saying, but I think we just need to as a matter of policy uh sort of keep it where we are until we get all these issues resolved, not the least of which is that king street issue, because if you go out there, if you've ever been out there when it's closed down thursday friday saturday night, which is when we'd be increasing those medallions, it's crazy up there as it is and there's I don't know about anybody else on this committee, including you, mr mayor, but you know I I live work play downtown and deal with the traffic and transportation tourism issues all the time.

D

There's yet to be one single call for added number of pedicabs. I think it's kind of the opposite at this point so anyway, I I think for now I would, as a member of this committee and having worked on this for 12 years of my life. I think that we ought to keep it where we are until we go through all those other processes and see where we go. So that's a kind of a precursor, I guess leading with my chin as to what I'm going to say.

D

If we do actually get this on an agenda.

B

All right, thank you, councilmember parker. Do you still grind up.

E

Yes, thank you, mr chairman. uh Yes, thank you councilmember seekings. I know this affects more your district. I think it was just more. There were some folks looking for the resolution. So if we're not going to add them, then you know. If that's, if that's the chosen route, then um I think that's what you know we need to specify, because maybe there were people that were waiting but again I don't. I didn't we don't utilize them on james island.

E

So I I don't know if there needs to be an increase or a decrease, but I think some folks were just looking for that resolution so just to clarify.

B

All right, thank you, councilmember parker does anyone else have anything to uh bring up before we adjourn so people can go to real estate.

A

Mr chairman, um I also just need the committee members to let me know. I sent an email out last week about setting up the public hearing for wayfarer lane for the speed reduction and we were looking at tuesday august 9th at 5 o'clock. So if you could please respond just let me know, because we have to advertise that in the paper.

B

Okay will do all right if there's nothing further. I will go ahead and call the meeting.