City of Charleston SC Ways and Means, 25 Jan 2022

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City of Charleston Committee on Ways and Means 1/25/22

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The january 25th 2022 committee on ways and means is now called to order, as indicated on the doors of this building that when we're in a city building everybody should be mad. I will call on councilmember shay to do our invocation.

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This is the voice of god.

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Let us set about doing the will of the people of charleston and in so doing let us be people of good will. Therefore, we pray that the lord bless us and keep us the lord. Let us face john upon us and be gracious to us and the lord look upon us kindly and give us peace amen.

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Do I hear a motion for january 11 moved and properly seconded any discussion, not all in favor aye eyes? Have it bids and purchases moved and properly seconded any discussion all in favor, say aye I'd enforce some water management approval. Second, any discussion all in favor say I I, the eyes have it item five part capital projects, approval for and after the fact grant four moved improperly seconded any discussion all in favor.

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Mayor, mr chairman, I was just going to let you know that this is for a playground on on james island, okay, that this is intended to be used for, I believe in council member parker's district.

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Item number six parks, capital projects, approval any discussion, all in favor, say hi the eyes have it item five parks, capital projects, approval, I'm sorry number, seven, we've been properly seconded all in favor of item seven, please say: aye close the eyes have it item, eight rule for approval, moved and properly seconded.

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All in favor of item eight, let me say: hi, I'm sorry, I'm sorry discussion. So.

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Just on eight, it doesn't need to be now, but at some point can we get an update on what's happening at stonyfield seems to me that that project has been taking a long time um really long time and when you drive by it's kind of hard to tell what's going on. So maybe an update at some point through a committee or here would be great.

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I can't I think it's scheduled for opening this september. Okay,.

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It mayor just like take a moment: um we have the landscaping and parking lot improvement, contract uh in place and underway, and then there's one more thing to do, and that's uh there's some plumbing issue that needs to be corrected, that that capital project will be putting out a separate little item on, but it'll be the timeline of it is that by the time the parking lot is done. The plumbing problem will be addressed as well, so we're getting close there's after that, there's no more contracts to come forward. That I'm aware of thank you.

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And and when you're building on a landfill.

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Okay, there was a lot of settlement that was necessary before they can proceed with putting the artificially try.

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To hit that track.

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The track's there track is there: okay item nine, a vote yeah all in favor of now the eyes have it item: nine parks, capital projects. Approval applies for fema hazard mitigation, grant, application for approval, moved and properly seconded discussion, complimentary.

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uh Councilmember, I believe the primary structural issue is earthquake and when and when all of these buildings were built, of course they weren't thinking about earthquake standards. So um that's that's the fundamental uh door opening that we have to get the fema grant which allows us then to retrofit the whole station by matching our funds with it. So, as we just finished with the fire station on cannon street next, we'll do hugey street and we're beginning this application to do central station.

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So most all of our older fire stations will be completely retrofitted by the time. We're done yes, sir, but it started with the earthquake.

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All in favor aye the eyes have it housing, community development requests rule for approval who's in property. Second, any discussion on item 10., if not all in favor, say aye aye the eyes have it item: 11 legal department approval to authorize the mayor to explore for approval, moved in property seconded any discussion, all in favor, say: aye aye the eyes have it item 12 second, properly seconded any discussion on item 12., all in favor, don't say I I'm sorry.

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I don't know if anybody on staff wants to address, but my understanding is that it's a full-time position that the city would hire and not an outside contractor and it's for a three-year a period really and at the end of the three years, then we would have to make the decision whether we want to continue that position with our own funds or not.

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Any further discussion, all in favor, say aye aye the eyes have it item 13 mayor's office for.

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I will now call on the chairman of the real estate committee report.

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Council member found.

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So the first item we discussed was an ordinance to authorize the mayor to execute a permanent right-of-way and utility easement. This involves the daniel island tennis center and we're essentially um helping to get uh you know an easement established in that location that passed unanimously in committee. The next item was a request.

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For approval of a port facility license agreement between the city of charleston and the state courts authority long story short, the ports authority is doing us a real solid by allowing our fire department to house uh various marine firefighting and rescue equipment um at 32 washington street in the ports facility. So we thank our partners at the spa for that that also passed unanimously unanimously as well.

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uh The third item that we discussed was a essentially a buyback involving some affordable housing and uh miss uh giannisha johnson explained that process very thoroughly at our committee meeting mayor offered some very good um thoughts as well on how we can improve this process moving forward and that passed unanimously as well and then, finally, the mad rush to district 11 continues the pace.

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um The annexation train does not stop and won't stop anytime soon, so we got 2309 lazy river drive over in west ashley approved unanimously as well in committee, and that concludes my report.

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Do I hear a motion to approve second moved and properly seconded any discussion, all in favor, say aye aye eyes have it? Is there anything else to be brought before this committee? If not this meeting's adjourned?

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