[31:28] So council met in executive session and
no votes were taken. We will move on
[31:34] into
item 1 C continuation of call to order.
[31:43] Right. Invocation. Pastor Kelly Gabriel
from Ocean Drive Baptist Church. Is are
[31:48] you here? Thank you so much. Will you
lead us in the invocation?
[31:51] » My pleasure. My pleasure. Thank you for
having him. Let's bow together before
[31:56] the King.
>> Heavenly Father, we come before you this
[32:01] day with humble hearts, acknowledging
that you alone are the sovereign creator
[32:06] and ruler of all things. Everything
belongs to you, Lord. You have
[32:11] established your authority, the family,
the church, and civil government. And
[32:17] each one is your design. and each one
answers ultimately to you. We thank you
[32:22] for the gift of family, for the calling
of parents and households to raise their
[32:26] children in the fear and admonition of
the Lord. We thank you for your church,
[32:31] the body of Christ, called to proclaim
the gospel to the nations and be salt
[32:35] and light in this world. And Lord, we
thank you for the civil government you
[32:41] have ordained that it might restrain
evil, protect the innocent, promote
[32:46] justice according to your standards of
righteousness.
[32:50] And Lord, we pray that those who serve
in this chamber answer to you for the
[32:55] trust you have placed in their hands.
Give them wisdom that comes from above,
[33:00] pure and peaceable, full of good fruit.
Guard them from pride, partiality, from
[33:08] any decision that would dishonor your
name. Help them remember that authority
[33:12] is a stewardship, not a possession.
And that one day we will give account to
[33:18] the one who judges justly. May your will
be done in this city as it is in heaven.
[33:24] And may righteousness exalt this
community of North Myrtle Beach. May the
[33:29] people flourish under leaders who fear
you. We ask these things in the strong
[33:34] name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and
Savior. Amen.
[33:38] » Amen.
>> Please stand for the pledge of
[33:40] » allegiance.
[33:46] To the flag of the United States of
America to the Republic for it stands
[33:52] one
indivisible with
[33:58] all.
[34:05] We'll move in to minutes. We have uh
minutes um city council meeting Monday,
[34:10] July 20th, 2026
and city council workshop Wednesday,
[34:16] August 5th, 2026. Do I have a motion to
approve?
[34:20] » Motion.
>> Second. There's a motion and a second.
[34:23] All in favor say I.
>> I. We'll move into communications and we
[34:28] have a presentation
for the 2025 audit presentation by Green
[34:34] Finley Collie LLP.
[34:49] Good evening. Um, my name is Emily
Sabchek and I am back this evening to
[34:55] present the results of the fiscal 2025
financial statement audit. Um, as you'll
[35:00] recall when I was presenting the fiscal
24 results just a few months ago, um, I
[35:05] was hesitant to commit to a timeline
because I knew what a tremendous
[35:09] undertaking it was going to be for your
finance team to get 25 closed out so
[35:13] quickly after wrapping up 24. And so,
um, I'm very happy to be here this
[35:18] evening. I'm very appreciative, as I
know you are too, um to their commitment
[35:22] for uh seeing it through and getting us
to the point where we are tonight.
[35:29] Um so before [clears throat] we get into
the financial results, um I do want to
[35:32] remind you again that the financial
statements are the responsibility of the
[35:36] city. So all of the numbers and
disclosures in there, um that is the
[35:40] city's responsibility. And so it's
important that you have good policies
[35:44] and procedures in place to ensure that
that financial information is complete,
[35:49] accurate, and reliable as we are
auditing that information, but also
[35:54] you're receiving information throughout
the year and making strategic decisions
[35:58] on behalf of the city based on the
financial information that you're
[36:01] receiving. So having those strong
policies and procedures, including good
[36:05] internal controls, will mitigate the
risk of misstatement in the information
[36:09] you receive. Our responsibility when it
comes to the audit is to issue an
[36:15] opinion. Um we have issued an unmodified
opinion again this year. That opinion
[36:20] provides reasonable assurance that the
financial statements are materially
[36:24] correct. So reasonable assurance is a
high level of assurance. However, it's
[36:28] not absolute. We're not looking at every
single transaction that occurred during
[36:31] the year. And we're also using
materiality in designing our audit
[36:35] procedures.
[36:38] So we'll look now at your financial
results for the general fund. As of June
[36:44] 30th, 2025, uh the general fund uh
reported fund balance of 25.6 million.
[36:50] That was a reduction of 2.6 million
compared to the prior year. Included in
[36:55] that 25.6 million, we have non-spendable
fund balance of 665,000. That represents
[37:01] prepaid balances as well as inventories.
So balances for which the cash is
[37:06] already out the door but the expenses
will be reported in future years. We
[37:10] then have restricted fund balance of
about 800,000 for public safety that
[37:14] primarily represents your um 1% uh
firefighter revenues um and so those are
[37:21] restricted by state law on how they can
be spent. And the remaining fund balance
[37:25] of 24.2 million is classified as
unassigned.
[37:29] When looking at that unassigned fund
balance, we like to compare it to your
[37:32] operating expenditures to gauge how
healthy that fund balance is. And as you
[37:36] can see, you're looking at about 29% of
your 2025 operating expenditures in your
[37:42] unassigned fund balance. We provide a
benchmark here that comes from the
[37:46] Government Finance Officers Association.
That's a national organization. And they
[37:50] say that you should maintain fund
balance of at least two months of
[37:53] operating expenditures. However, we
believe that there are a number of
[37:57] reasons why it's important that you
maybe keep that unassigned fund balance
[38:01] a little bit higher.
So, some of those reasons are listed
[38:04] here. Um,
a significant factor to consider is the
[38:09] timing of when your property tax
revenues, your your most significant
[38:12] revenue source come in. Um, we're
measuring [clears throat] fund balance
[38:15] at June 30th, but those property tax
revenues won't start coming in until
[38:19] December or January. So, you're looking
at about six months of cash flows to get
[38:23] through. Um, and having a healthy fund
balance as allows you to do that without
[38:28] having to issue short-term debt. Having
a healthy fund balance also allows you
[38:32] to be better prepared for emergencies.
Um, of course, as a coastal community,
[38:36] you're especially at risk to natural
disasters. And so, having fund balance
[38:40] allows you to meet any um emergency cash
flow needs um while you await things
[38:46] like uh grant reimbursements um or other
ways that you can cover those uh
[38:51] unexpected expenditures. Having a
healthy fund balance also allows you to
[38:55] achieve better interest rates when you
issue debt. So that of course saves the
[38:59] city money over time.
We'll look now at your general fund
[39:04] revenues. They totaled 71.4 million for
the year. That was a 10% or about a 6.4
[39:09] million increase compared to 2024. And
that increase, as you might expect, was
[39:13] primarily driven by increased property
tax revenues. As I said, those are your
[39:18] most um significant revenue source. and
they did increase primarily as a result
[39:22] of increased assessed values. In
addition to your operating revenues, the
[39:26] general fund also reports net other
other financing sources of 8 million.
[39:31] That represents your transfers from the
local accommodations and hospitality
[39:35] funds um less transfers made to cover
future capital projects.
[39:42] On the expenditures, your general fund
expenditures totaled 82.2 million for
[39:46] the year. That was an 11% or about an 8%
or I'm sorry $8 million increase from
[39:51] the prior year. And that increase was
primarily a result of increased
[39:55] personnel costs partially due to wage
increases given but also due to an
[40:00] increased number of employees.
[40:05] Now when we look at all of your
governmental funds combined, so we'll
[40:08] take your general fund and add your
state and local accommodations funds,
[40:11] your local hospitality fund, your
capital projects, and your debt service
[40:15] funds. We're looking at total revenues
of 115 million and total expenditures of
[40:21] 141 million. That discrepancy, the
increase in your expenditures is
[40:26] primarily related to capital outlays. So
planned capital expenditures reported in
[40:30] your capital projects fund. And then we
have net other financing sources of 30.7
[40:35] million. A a portion of that represents
your transfers from the water and sewer
[40:39] fund. Um, but the bulk of it, 27
million, represents debt proceeds uh
[40:44] related to the debt issuance in June
2025.
[40:49] We'll look next at your enterprise fund.
That's your water and sewer fund. As
[40:53] you'll recall, your enterprise funds are
reported more like a business. So, they
[40:58] are reported on a full acral basis. Um,
that means that whereas with our
[41:03] governmental funds, we focus on current
assets and current liabilities, your
[41:07] water and sewer fund will also report
long-term assets and obligations. So,
[41:12] the water and sewer fund had an increase
in net position of 3 million for the
[41:15] year, bringing total net position to 97
million. But because we are reporting
[41:20] capital assets on that fund, um, it's
important to note that the majority of
[41:24] that net position, 92.7 million, does
represent your investment in your water
[41:29] system.
[41:32] Next, we'll look at capital assets for
the city as a whole. Uh, you have
[41:35] governmental activities capital assets
of 216.5 million. That was an increase
[41:41] from the prior year primarily as a
result of increases related to capital
[41:44] projects. Um, you had capital additions
of 52.9 million which which exceeded
[41:49] your depreciation expense for the year.
Much of those additions did relate to
[41:54] the construction of the sports complex
which was um still in process as of June
[42:00] 30th and was reported in your CIP. On
the business type activities, those
[42:05] total capital assets were 93 million.
That was an increase of 4.2 million for
[42:09] the year as your additions of 7.6
million exceeded depreciation expense.
[42:16] Moving next to your long-term
obligations, you have governmental
[42:19] activities obligations of 28.9 million.
That was an increase from the prior year
[42:24] as a result of issuing that $27 million
GO bond in June 2025.
[42:30] On the business type activity side, we
had total long-term obligations of
[42:34] 680,000
and that was an increase of 108,000 uh
[42:39] primarily related to an increase in
compensated absences. Remember,
[42:42] compensated absences are your earned but
unused vacation and sick leave.
[42:49] Next, we have your less traditional
long-term obligations. Um, starting with
[42:53] your net pension liability. Remember,
this relates to your participation in
[42:57] the state police officers retirement
system. And so, this liability of 19.5
[43:02] million represents not a direct
liability to the city. rather it is your
[43:06] proportionate share of the total
unfunded actuarial liabil liability of
[43:11] the system. Um so a couple things to
keep in mind there. One, like I said,
[43:16] not a direct liability, not something
that you're expected to write a check to
[43:18] pay off. Um but also it's an actuarial
liability, which means it's an estimate.
[43:23] Um and so rather than focusing on that
large liability of 19 and a half
[43:28] million, the more important factor to
consider is the employer contribution
[43:33] rates. Those rates are mandated by the
state and those do have a direct impact
[43:37] on your cash flows and your operating
budget. Um and so for fiscal 25 we're at
[43:42] a rate of 21.2%.
That's a significant increase um over
[43:47] the past you know 10 or so years they
were increasing that rate. We did reach
[43:52] a reach a rate like I said of 21.2% that
was consistent for fiscal 26. Um and no
[43:59] rate increases have been put in place
for fiscal 27. So that's good that it's
[44:02] not increasing further. However, that
rate of 21.2% is significant. So it's
[44:07] very important that you keep that in
mind when you're making personnel
[44:11] decisions that you're not only focused
on the salary piece, but also on the
[44:15] significant French benefits.
Now, similar to the net pension
[44:19] liability, we would report the net op
liability. This relates to your retiree
[44:24] healthare plan. And so it is similar to
the pension liability in that it is also
[44:28] an estimate. Um however unlike the
pension that you have no control over um
[44:34] because it's controlled by the state uh
the city does have its own retirey
[44:39] health care plan and so council does
have does have the authority to amend
[44:43] plan terms or benefits.
Um and so the net oped liability was 20
[44:49] 20.5 million as of June 30th. And
remember these liabilities because they
[44:55] are long-term obligations are only
reported on your full acral financial
[44:58] statements meaning your governmentwide
financial statements and your water and
[45:02] sewer fund. They are not reported on
your general fund or other governmental
[45:07] fund level statements.
[45:11] Finally, we come to the compliance piece
of the audit. Um so there's two parts to
[45:15] the compliance section. The first
relates to government auditing standards
[45:19] and our requirements under those
standards. And the second um is so that
[45:24] piece is always in there. The second
piece relates to the single audit that
[45:28] is only required um for years in which
the city has federal expenditures
[45:34] greater than the single audit threshold
which for fiscal 25 was 750,000.
[45:40] Um the city did exceed that threshold
for 25 and so we performed the the
[45:44] single audit. That's the additional
compliance audit required by the federal
[45:47] government for that year. We tested the
cops program and I'm pleased to say
[45:53] there were no findings related to the
single audit testing.
[45:57] Under government auditing standards, we
are required to report any significant
[46:01] deficiencies or material weaknesses in
internal control or any material
[46:05] instances of non-compliance that are
identified during the audit process.
[46:10] Um the two findings that are noted
should be of no surprise um since the
[46:14] city was aware of of these issues. Um
the first of course being lack of timely
[46:18] financial closeout which the city is
making significant strides to correct
[46:23] that um as as evidenced by my appearance
here this evening. Um the second is the
[46:28] proper classification of interfund
balances. There were some issues with
[46:32] how the city was reporting certain
acrruals um as part of its pulled cash
[46:37] reconciliation. Um our understanding is
that that has been corrected and we
[46:42] don't expect it to be an issue going
forward. Um, so again, we appreciate all
[46:46] of your finance staff's help in
correcting issues that were out there in
[46:52] getting things closed out, you know, as
timely as they can and in continue
[46:57] continuing to move the city forward. Um,
in addition to your financial
[47:01] statements, we also issue a management
letter each year that includes required
[47:06] communications from us to management and
to council and kind of give some
[47:10] highlights of the audit process and
results. So, I encourage you that when
[47:13] you when you do receive that, um, please
make sure you give it a read. And that
[47:17] brings me to the conclusion of my
presentation, but I'm happy to answer
[47:20] any questions y'all may have.
>> Anybody on council have any questions?
[47:28] » Thank you. Very thorough.
>> Thank you so much.
[47:31] » Thank you.
So we'll continue to in communications
[47:36] to item B and department department
monthly reports for July 2026 are
[47:42] available online. Are there any
announcements by mayor and councel?
[47:52] I will say I went to music on Maine
Thursday night and I've missed them a
[47:55] lot this year, but um I don't know if
how many people in the room here make it
[48:00] there, but uh it's really a great event.
There's um so many people people bring
[48:06] their golf carts and so many people line
up with their chairs and um it's a good
[48:11] time. So recommend it's every Thursday
night, right? Every Thursday night. I
[48:16] don't know how long it's much longer
it's going to last, but it was great to
[48:20] see so many people out of our residents
out there enjoying the musical main. So,
[48:24] we'll move into item five is consent
agenda.
[48:29] And if it's okay by council, we'll take
these all together. We can always
[48:34] discuss,
you know, discuss them after we I've
[48:38] read them by title. Is that okay with
everybody?
[48:42] Okay. Okay. Item A is um resolution to
approve evaluation of salary of Ryan
[48:51] Fabry, city manager. Item B is a
resolution to appoint Keith Hemingway to
[48:56] Ory County Saw Waste Technical Advisory
Committee on behalf of the city of North
[49:01] Myrtle Beach.
Item C is a motion to approve Richmond
[49:06] Shag Club annual Tim Sullivan Memorial
Beach ball on September 22nd, 2026.
[49:14] And item D is a motion to approve
Snafari on the Grand Strand on over
[49:20] November 7th, 2026.
And I think most of those are uh pretty
[49:26] much explained theirself. um solid waste
authority. We have to um put somebody on
[49:32] that board to replace somebody else. You
got the shag thing and this is you know
[49:37] nefari on the uh item a to approve the
valuation salary arriving property. I
[49:43] would like to say a 5% cost of living
adjustment was uh included in the 2026
[49:51] budget
which was proposed or which was um
[49:56] approved in 2025.
All city staff has received this
[50:02] increase um already. Ryan is the last
one in line here, but this is a a common
[50:08] thing in government and cities that um
based on
[50:14] increased cost of living to keep
employees and compete against your
[50:18] competitors that you do a cost of living
increase. And um so that's what this is
[50:23] about. Um I just like to state that. Are
there any other comments by council on
[50:28] either one of these four items? Yeah, I
just wanted to make sure that everybody
[50:32] understood that that this was something
that was approved in 2025 on the 2026
[50:37] budget. So, it was already approved.
This is just um you know, an
[50:41] implementation of what was approved. Um,
you know, I know that we do have some
[50:45] positions here in the city that have not
been filled yet. I would like to say
[50:48] thank you to Ryan for his diligence in
trying to fill those positions.
[50:53] Unfortunately, it's it's hard to find
qualified people. We may have lots of
[50:57] candidates that apply, but that doesn't
mean they're always the right fit. The
[51:02] qualifications could be outstanding, but
it's very costly to hire people and then
[51:06] then be the wrong fit. And you know,
somebody can turn a team upside down
[51:11] very quickly. So, we've got to be very
diligent in hiring, but we've also got
[51:15] to look at the candidate that we're
hiring. We want to make sure we hire the
[51:18] right person. So, Ryan, I appreciate
you, you know, working hard to do that.
[51:22] But, uh, I think also moving forward, I
think I would like to see as a city
[51:28] council person, I know things have been
done differently over the years, but
[51:32] we've kind of got a new board now. And
what I would like to see is that the
[51:36] people that we employ as a city council
that moving forward they have a merit
[51:41] evaluation in combination with a cost of
living u evaluation. So, I' I'd like to
[51:47] recommend that we do that moving forward
and obviously we can discuss that.
[51:50] » I agree with that. Are there any other
comments by council?
[51:54] No. Well, we're going to need a motion
to approve all four of these items.
[51:57] We're still under discussion. Do we have
any comments regarding either four of
[52:01] these items that are on the consent
agenda by anybody else on council? Okay.
[52:06] Are there any comments from the public
regarding these four items?
[52:13] Hearing none, we'll take our vote. All
in favor say I. I.
[52:16] » I.
>> All against. Eyes have it. We'll move
[52:20] into Hold on. We didn't get a motion.
>> Oh, I'm sorry. Dang it.
[52:24] » I thought I did that. Um, so we need a
motion to uh approve or deny
[52:33] the items A, B, C, and D.
>> So move.
[52:37] » Second.
>> So there's a motion and a second and
[52:40] there was comment already made. There
was comment. No comments from the
[52:42] public. All in favor say I. I. All
against. Eyes have it. We'll move in
[52:48] unfinished business ordinance. Second
reading amendment chapter 22 vehicles
[52:53] for hire regarding towing from private
property. And I am going to recuse
[52:59] myself as I have in the last several or
most every meeting we've had regarding
[53:04] this issue because I have a potential
u a person in this towing business that
[53:12] wants to potentially lease a piece of
property for me. So to avoid appearance
[53:15] of a conflict, I'll recuse myself and
I'll return it. I will turn turn it over
[53:20] to our vice mayor pro teamm Fred Coin.
Thank you.
[53:25] » You want to read that by title?
>> Yeah, I think uh you know probably best
[53:30] to kind of go over where we're at and
how we got here and what this includes
[53:33] so everyone's aware of um what's
included. So um so this this item was
[53:38] initially reviewed during our March 25th
workshop and then we received first
[53:43] reading um and approval on May 18th and
it has since then uh been deferred in
[53:50] June and July and that's just to kind of
tweak some definitions and a couple of
[53:55] the fine details and I believe we got it
to where um it's ready for final
[54:01] consideration. So um just to let you
know upon adoption the primary
[54:05] operational and regulatory changes uh
included in this are um so there'll no
[54:11] longer be police authorization. So the
police department will no longer
[54:15] authorize private property
non-consentual toes. Uh authoriz
[54:19] authorization and liability now rests
entirely between uh the private property
[54:23] owners and the towing companies. Um
there is now an option for lot patrol
[54:29] contracts. So that is tow companies may
now enter enter into contracts with
[54:34] private businesses to patrol uh lots and
initiate the toes directly. So that's
[54:40] just an option. If the private property
owners want to be the ones that still
[54:44] initiate the toes individually um they
have that option. So now they have two
[54:48] ways about uh going about it and that's
uh worded that way in the ordinance. Uh
[54:54] there's a requirement for electronic
reporting uh via toebook. Towbook is a a
[54:58] software platform that we've uh looked
into that um kind of streamlines and
[55:04] it's much more organized. Uh so that way
instead of calling dispatch tow
[55:08] operators must log every non-consentual
toe electronically uh via toebook within
[55:13] 30 minutes. Um so that's written in the
uh in the ordinance standardized no tow
[55:19] fee the way it was before was $40. We
felt that wasn't adequate. We didn't
[55:23] really know what was an adequate amount.
Um, so it was determined that um, if the
[55:28] driver arrives after coupling, but
before the truck leaves the premises,
[55:31] the operator may charge a no tow fee,
which we've established as 50% of a
[55:37] standard toe. So, it's significantly
higher than $40, but not nearly as uh as
[55:43] high as what a full toe would be. Uh, we
also aligned all the fees. Uh, they're
[55:50] in line now with uh, you know, the rate
set by the South Carolina Department of
[55:54] Public Safety. So there is no longer a
non-consensual towing rate, which is
[55:58] what we had previously, different rate
for non-consentual tow. Now they're all
[56:02] the same, and they're all established by
the state of South Carolina. So as those
[56:05] change, our rates will change. Um, and
then the last was onseen payment
[56:10] options. So tow companies must accept
cash, credit, debit card, or common
[56:15] digital payment on scene. So, if you
have someone who's comes to their
[56:18] vehicle while it's being towed and they
would like to pay the no tow fee, um
[56:23] it's not just cash or nothing. Not
everyone carries cash. Now, they have
[56:28] the ability to use a credit card, debit
card, whatever to resolve that before
[56:32] they tow the car off. And those are um
those are the high points in the
[56:36] ordinance. I don't know if Chief Sers
wants to add anything or if uh if uh
[56:42] Chris Nur would like to, but they're
obviously here for answer questions if
[56:45] you have any.
Let me uh the chair will entertain a
[56:49] motion. Put this on the table.
>> I make a motion.
[56:53] » Second.
>> I got a motion. A second.
[56:56] » Ryan, you did a good job of kind of
summing this up. So, this is exactly
[57:01] what this is. This is private property
tow business. And I think that we should
[57:04] give the private property owner the
choice of how they want to handle their
[57:09] private property or private business. I
think we put some strain on a lot of our
[57:12] private businesses and this gives them
the choice because I think they know
[57:16] better than I do on what works best for
their private business or their private
[57:20] property. Um, also to keep in mind, we
do still require signage on any private
[57:25] property or business that's going to
enact a tow company to be able to tow
[57:30] off of that property to let the public
know, hey, if you park on this property
[57:34] that's signed, you will be towed. So,
but that's all I really have. Anybody
[57:40] else?
>> And if it becomes an issue as we discuss
[57:44] then we would revisit this.
>> I absol absolutely agree on that because
[57:49] there's there's a there's a reason why
how we got here and typically the the
[57:53] best predict the best uh is that better?
Sorry, but there's a very fine line
[57:59] here. Um the best predictor of the
future typically is is the past. And I
[58:05] just hope we don't get here again to
have to reconsider making other
[58:09] adjustments especially along the the
non-consentual toes. But uh that being
[58:16] said, if there's no other comments up
here, I'll be glad to open it up for
[58:20] public comment.
[58:27] Hearing no public comment. Um, chair
chain of we take a vote now.
[58:36] » All in favor say I.
>> I.
[58:38] » All in favor say no.
Eyes have it.
[58:57] Okay, we'll move into item seven is new
business. Uh, ordinance first reading an
[59:02] ordinance to convey a 1.70
acre pro parcel of city property located
[59:10] on Long Bay Road to North Strand Helping
Hand. Is there a motion to approve?
[59:15] » Motion.
>> Second.
[59:17] » There's a motion and a second. Are there
any comments by councel?
[59:22] Can we get just a little explanation on
the history?
[59:24] » Sure. Yeah. And I'd like to I'll talk a
little bit about it. Ron, if you want to
[59:28] add something that's fine, but um it's
been many many years ago. C Coast
[59:33] Hospital was buying out the property
where Helping Hand was and the city had
[59:38] some property over west of the waterway
um that was not being used. it was for
[59:45] future um that things that may not even
come to fruition, but we leased a piece
[59:52] of property to the helping hand and they
built a building there. Um
[59:58] and they do a tremendous amount of
things for uh people that need help in
[1:00:02] our city. But however, we have that
lease. It was like a dollar a year or
[1:00:05] something like that. I can't remember.
It was a So now go ahead Ryan. You can
[1:00:10] expound on that please.
>> Yeah. So, they've got a um so they
[1:00:13] approached us about 6 months ago because
the city does have a long-term lease 20
[1:00:17] years. It's $5 a month, so it's 60 bucks
a year. It's really um nominal amount.
[1:00:22] It's not just a way for the city to
provide them with that opportunity. Um
[1:00:27] and they asked if we would be interested
in um possibly conveying the land to
[1:00:33] them because they are at a point where
they need to make some capital
[1:00:36] improvements to their structure and you
know, I I get it. they don't feel
[1:00:39] comfortable uh investing in a facility
that they don't know uh what the what
[1:00:44] the future holds after their lease would
have expired. So, um, the way we
[1:00:48] approached it, talked to council, um,
and if there was any interest in
[1:00:52] basically working out a deal that's very
similar to what we've done with the
[1:00:56] North Myrtle Beach Historical Museum,
which is um, convey um, that property to
[1:01:02] Helping Hands. Um, and as long as they
continue to use it for that purpose or a
[1:01:06] nonprofit purpose, um, it's theirs. um
if at any point in the future they cease
[1:01:12] to use it for those purposes, there is
um it would um it would go back to the
[1:01:17] ownership of the city. So um and yes,
they're operating on this is a piece of
[1:01:22] piece of land off of Long Bay Road
that's owned by the city. They have
[1:01:25] leased a portion of it, like I said, for
over a decade and this would be
[1:01:30] conveying about 1.7 acres of that land
to helping hands.
[1:01:38] Are there any other comments by council?
Are there any comments by the public?
[1:01:46] Hearing none, we'll take our vote. All
in favor say I. I.
[1:01:50] » All against.
>> Eyes have it. We'll move into item B,
[1:01:53] ordinance uh first reading, amendment
chapter 12, health and sanitation
[1:01:59] regarding the sale, use or distribution
of single use carry out plastic bags by
[1:02:06] retail establishments within the city.
Is there a motion to approve?
[1:02:10] » So moved.
>> Is there a second?
[1:02:12] » Second.
>> There's a motion and a second. Is there
[1:02:14] any comment by council?
>> This has been long coming.
[1:02:18] » A long time.
>> It's been a long time. Long time coming.
[1:02:21] And I will say this just to make the
first one gesture this is we did this
[1:02:26] years ago. We we uh we we passed a ban
on plastic bags and it was for the
[1:02:33] environment for the health of not only
our sea life but so many things our
[1:02:38] solid waste authority um the landfield
getting full um there was a lot a lot of
[1:02:44] reasons uh behind this but then as
happens sometimes people found some
[1:02:49] loopholes and and and some people didn't
abide by what we uh did but most people
[1:02:55] have most everybody has now has
paperbacks. Uh, almost everybody, but
[1:03:00] some people found some loopholes and
things like that. So, we're just coming
[1:03:03] back kind of to cover that up and finish
what we started a long time ago. I
[1:03:08] » I wanted to say that it's more about
leveling the playing field here opposed
[1:03:14] for in and rewarding the folks that have
complied with it and with the intent of
[1:03:20] it opposed to the ones that have just
tried to work around it a little bit.
[1:03:24] Um, but this really kind of le levels
the the playing field and um I think
[1:03:29] it's a compliment to the the ones that
uh adhereed to it the first round.
[1:03:35] That was going to kind of be my comment
too. I've kind of wrestled with the
[1:03:40] ending of this mainly just because any
of y'all have pets probably know that
[1:03:44] the thicker bag that Walmart uses is a
lot better for picking up the poop out
[1:03:49] of the backyard. But with that also
being said, everybody has seemed to
[1:03:54] conform to the new ordinance, especially
our smaller business except for a few
[1:03:58] bigger box stores. So I think that it's
time to kind of close this, put it to
[1:04:02] bed, and
it's kind of my thought.
[1:04:05] » I'd still like to see us encourage
people to bring their own bags, but
[1:04:09] that's that's just a habit. I say that
and I went to the store yesterday and
[1:04:12] didn't have one.
[1:04:18] Are there any other comments by council?
Hearing none, are any comments by the
[1:04:22] public
regarding this issue? Yes, sir. Please
[1:04:26] come down and give your name and
address. Damian, we got we moved the
[1:04:30] microphone on you over here a little bit
further over to the other side of the
[1:04:33] room. Before Damian speaks, I just want
to point out that this, you know, we had
[1:04:37] first reading of this two years ago and
it was, you know, the idea of are we
[1:04:42] going to allow the 2.25 mil bags or are
we going to remove them and go to what
[1:04:48] the original intent was, right?
>> Um, we are the way this is written, it
[1:04:53] is very it's consistent with what
Charleston County, city of Charleston
[1:04:56] has done. It's it's worded exactly the
same way. Um, but that is removing the
[1:05:01] 2.25 25 mil bags as considered a
reusable bag. So, um Walmart is really
[1:05:07] the only one that I'm aware of that uses
it. There might be a couple other um
[1:05:10] retailers that do, but it's important to
note that this is first reading because
[1:05:14] it is distinctly different enough that
it's like we didn't want to just throw
[1:05:18] it out there. Oh, second reading. So,
this is first reading. Um so, there
[1:05:22] still will be 30 days between now and
the next meeting uh for the public to
[1:05:25] comment on if they uh if they want the
opportunity to do so. But I do believe
[1:05:29] at this point this community is pretty
used to operating in a world where
[1:05:33] plastic bags are not allowed. So
shouldn't really come as too big as of a
[1:05:37] surprise.
>> Uh Damen Trielair 902 Parin Drive North
[1:05:41] Myrtle. I I guess that's what I just
wanted to in layman's terms to qu to
[1:05:47] understand what the change is. Number
one, I I'm extremely proud of our city
[1:05:53] that there are very few cities that have
an ordinance like this and we've we've
[1:05:57] been doing that for many years and I
like the idea of leveling the playing
[1:06:03] field. So, does that mean are we going
to not allow the the two point the the
[1:06:08] thicker bags or
>> Yeah. So, the way this is worded, it's
[1:06:10] they're no longer allowed. So, it's not
considered a reusable bag. Um, a
[1:06:15] reusable bag is going to be what we all
traditionally know what a reusable bag
[1:06:19] is. It's kind of that stitched handle.
Um, you know, if you ever been to like
[1:06:22] Trader Joe's or any of these places
where they sell these reusable bags, we
[1:06:26] know what it is.
>> Those are real reusable bags.
[1:06:28] » Correct. I mean, I have some from 25
years ago.
[1:06:31] » Yeah.
>> So, they they are reusable.
[1:06:32] » This is wonderful. This is fantastic.
I'm I'm so glad. Um, and hopefully I
[1:06:38] guess we can hopefully encourage people
to just put a couple bags in your car.
[1:06:43] And I know I don't do that myself. So,
um, because the paper bags can be
[1:06:48] challenging, but
um, it's wonderful that we're addressing
[1:06:53] this and like you say, leveling the
playing field so everybody can comply.
[1:06:58] » Correct. And the other part of this um,
you know, is enforcement, right? like we
[1:07:02] have a couple that do use the thicker
bags, but we all who live here know that
[1:07:06] there are a few retailers that have just
said we're not going to do anything and
[1:07:11] we know who they are. So that's on us to
enforce it. So once
[1:07:15] » yeah,
>> that's that's step two. And then uh
[1:07:18] educating the public because we want to
make sure that and we'll work with the
[1:07:21] chamber um to make sure that we uh put
together a campaign so that people who
[1:07:25] come here on vacation, they're aware
that that is what the new rule is and um
[1:07:29] to prepare and come with their own
reusable bags.
[1:07:33] » That's great that we're going to put
energy into educating the public. That's
[1:07:37] wonderful. Thank you.
>> Thank you, Damian. Is anybody else from
[1:07:41] the public like to speak? Please come
forward and give your name and address.
[1:07:46] We have a threem minute time limit.
Thank you.
[1:07:48] » Hi, my name is Pam Gibson and I live at
uh 2700 Avenue Ocean Boulevard. Um I
[1:07:54] have a question about this because some
of your retail stores that you're
[1:07:58] talking about, I understand the grocery
stores, but retail stores are not
[1:08:02] providing any bags at all. So when you
go to into TJ Maxx or wherever, you get
[1:08:08] no bag. You have to carry your
merchandise out the door. Are we going
[1:08:11] to run into that problem with any
grocery stores or anyone not providing
[1:08:17] any type of bag? I mean, I can
understand you're not going to carry all
[1:08:20] your groceries out, but what about the
retail stores that say we don't provide
[1:08:27] bags?
>> So, I will say that we're we don't do
[1:08:30] question answers and public comment, but
appreciate your comment, but I will tell
[1:08:35] you that most everybody's already
complied and they use paper bags. almost
[1:08:38] every store here, every store you go
into. So, um, but you're welcome to send
[1:08:44] us an email. Okay. You can send it to
me. You can send it all council and
[1:08:48] staff and we will we will reply to you
and get you the answers that you need.
[1:08:54] » So, when you say all stores, are you
also talking about stores that we shop
[1:08:58] in for clothing and places like that
like Burlington and all those places?
[1:09:03] Because I can guarantee you they're not
providing bags.
[1:09:06] » Okay, I understand. Thank you. Some of
them don't, Jay.
[1:09:08] » No,
>> some of them don't. I understand. Okay.
[1:09:10] Thank you.
>> That's the merchants.
[1:09:12] » Yeah, that's merchants choice. It's
their choice.
[1:09:14] » I'm trying to find out.
>> We're not mandating bags.
[1:09:16] » Okay. All right. Great. Thank you.
>> Thank you.
[1:09:19] » I don't think
>> Is there anybody else from the public
[1:09:23] would like to comment?
>> Yes, sir. Please give your name and
[1:09:27] address.
>> My name is Bob Silki. I live at 504th
[1:09:31] Avenue South. And uh I'm here tonight to
address safety concerns uh concern
[1:09:41] concerning continuous construction
at a neighboring property near my home.
[1:09:48] We have
>> we've had an ongoing unresolved decimal
[1:09:53] problem since two HVAC top discharge
units were installed in a 5-ft setback
[1:09:59] corridor area using our setback as their
clearance.
[1:10:06] » Yeah, this this public comment is only
for the plastic bags. We're getting
[1:10:11] ready to move into public comment for
every anything in just a minute.
[1:10:14] » Yeah, sorry about that. Yeah, just take
a seat and then we're talking about this
[1:10:19] one issue right now concerning plastic
bags.
[1:10:23] » Once we finish that, we'll open up to
public comment.
[1:10:27] I got kind of confused here for a second
because thought we were talking about
[1:10:31] something else before, too. But anyway,
is anybody else got public comment
[1:10:37] regarding this issue on plastic bags? Is
there any other comment from the public
[1:10:42] regarding this issue? Hearing none,
we'll take our vote. All in favor say I.
[1:10:47] » I.
>> I. All against. Eyes have it. Now we'll
[1:10:51] move into public comment. Sir, please.
You come first. Sorry.
[1:10:55] » Thank you.
>> All right. Again, my name is Bob Silki.
[1:10:58] I live at 5045th Avenue South and I am
here uh to address safety and quality of
[1:11:05] life concerns created during 10-month
and continuous construction at the
[1:11:10] neighboring property at my home at 504th
Avenue South. We have had an ongoing
[1:11:17] unresolved decimal problem since two
HVAC top discharge units were installed
[1:11:22] in a 5-ft setback corridor area using
our setback as their clearance.
[1:11:29] These older condenser models emit low
frequency structural vibrations and
[1:11:34] decimals near four large windows when
there is 15 foot available on the other
[1:11:39] side of the home and in the rear of the
home. These units destroy the quiet
[1:11:45] enjoyment of our home and vibrations
over time can actually damage a home.
[1:11:51] Our main concern tonight is a stickbuilt
propane fireplace and chimney built
[1:11:57] inside the 5-ft setback less than three
feet from our six-foot vinyl fence. The
[1:12:02] heat and exhaust from the back of the
chimney is located less than three feet
[1:12:07] from my property line lower than my
vinyl fence and located under a canopy
[1:12:13] of trees. The fireplace flattop will be
directing heat and carbon monoxide gases
[1:12:19] towards my vinyl fence, my backyard, my
pool and outdoor area.
[1:12:26] All involved city departments have
stated that the installations is
[1:12:30] compliant.
The city also indicated that absence of
[1:12:34] records in response to foyer requests
does not mean that the required checks
[1:12:39] were not performed.
I am requesting assistance and
[1:12:43] transparency since I want to ensure that
the installation was permitted and
[1:12:49] inspected appropriately and that it
meets state LP gas safety standards
[1:12:54] because safety is our biggest concern.
And I want to leave council with one
[1:13:00] final thought. The amendments were
surely not intended to grant new
[1:13:06] construction the unilateral power to
place loud equipment and potentially
[1:13:11] dangerous structure near an existing
neighbor's property line when viable
[1:13:16] alternatives exist.
In practice, this allows one property
[1:13:22] owner to maximize their part their
project at the expense of their
[1:13:25] neighbors peace and well-being.
especially when loud and potentially
[1:13:29] dangerous equipment is in installed
without consequences.
[1:13:35] We urge council to enforce safeguards to
correct these failures and protect our
[1:13:40] most at risk residents from these
unreasonable consequences. I have a
[1:13:46] picture that I could pass around that
would be self-explanatory of the
[1:13:51] fireplace if I could do that or
>> Sure. if you can bring it over here to
[1:13:56] council skill and then we'll give it
back to you.
[1:13:57] » And I would like to thank you so much
for your time and
[1:14:00] » Thank you. Thank you, too. Have you sent
an email out to us about this?
[1:14:04] » Have you sent an email to us about this?
>> You have?
[1:14:08] » Several.
>> Okay. Yeah, I think I've been to your
[1:14:10] house, but not since this situation, but
um I think we met one time. But
[1:14:17] » thank you, too.
Are there any other comments by the
[1:14:22] public?
[1:14:32] Is there a um
[1:14:48] Shannon Robinson
[1:14:53] It's my time.
[1:15:07] » Good evening. Due to the time limit, I'm
going to Chuck Schumer this and read
[1:15:10] straight from my notes. This meeting is
regarding 13th Avenue North and Windle
[1:15:14] and Windle Drive. I'm here to discuss
the disregard to our several emails and
[1:15:18] lack of action from city manager Fabri
is not just disappointing, it's
[1:15:23] unacceptable. I have maps illustrate an
area view of the critical area with
[1:15:30] links legal owners stated per county
record.
[1:15:38] Back in early June, we met with three
members of the city, including Mr.
[1:15:41] Aubrey to address how tenants on Wendle
Drive were losing access to their
[1:15:46] parking spaces to people who have a
right to be have no right to be there.
[1:15:50] We described the unsafe conditions for
pedestrians, poor visibility, and the
[1:15:54] daily risk that families and residents
face of the ongoing parking violations
[1:15:59] and pedestrian safety hazards along 13th
Avenue along with the impact on tenants
[1:16:05] living on Windle Drive. During that
meeting, we laid out our problems very
[1:16:09] clearly and Mr. Fabri ask us to provide
photographs documentations
[1:16:15] and contact the police which will um
provide recorded documentation of the
[1:16:22] violations and safety concerns. We did
exactly that. We sent multiple emails,
[1:16:27] each with clear photographic evidence
showing cars along and mostly in the
[1:16:31] street of 13th Avenue North, vehicles
ignoring
[1:16:36] the signage,
and pedestrians navigating unsafe
[1:16:40] conditions. And yet, despite the
meeting, evidence, and following every
[1:16:44] instruction we were giving, we've heard
nothing from Mr. Fabrey. Let me be
[1:16:48] clear,
this was never a restaurant issue,
[1:16:53] nor a business related issue.
This is and always has been a city
[1:16:57] manner. Matter of fact, one of the
establishments has used their own time
[1:17:01] and co and cost to assist in alleviating
some of the burden, but this was never
[1:17:07] an issue that was pushed towards them
due to the legalities that is a city
[1:17:11] matter. The role of the city manager is
to serve as chief financial officer. And
[1:17:18] this girl right here was walking in the
middle of the street putting a purse
[1:17:21] around her neck. Um, and here we are
months later and we have nothing has
[1:17:27] we've not received not one email from
you.
[1:17:32] Um,
this has left a hardship between
[1:17:38] myself and a business establishment and
I do not take that lightly.
[1:17:44] Our community deserves leadership that
follows through, shows up and takes
[1:17:48] responsibility for city he serves. I'm
asking the council to ensure that the
[1:17:52] city manager addresses these issues.
Residents and owners have as you um are
[1:17:58] the ones who appointed them. The
residents in the media area that utilize
[1:18:02] 13th Avenue North and Window Drive
should not have to keep fighting for
[1:18:05] basic safety and access to their
property. This includes residents along
[1:18:10] Waterway Drive and into Sunset Harbor.
That's another one with the guys walking
[1:18:16] down the middle of the street. These are
pictures
[1:18:23] of
>> Chan, I don't want to cut you short. We
[1:18:25] do have a threem minute limit to give
everybody respect to um to speak and uh
[1:18:30] I know you're close and I I've already
seen
[1:18:32] » and that's my Yeah, you you've responded
to one email from from Yeah,
[1:18:38] » I I I understand and I I have seen and
I'd like a chance to certainly respond
[1:18:44] because I've seen your pictures, a lot
of them and and we I I thought we had
[1:18:49] this issue fixed actually. I thought we
had addressed it and fixed it and but
[1:18:53] since you brought it up that
Um, our city manager had emailed you
[1:18:58] back. I mean, I feel like I should turn
it over to him because I know you had a
[1:19:03] lot of stuff you shared with me and
Councilman Skidmore, and we've been over
[1:19:08] there multiple times in person,
witnessed what's going on, and we took
[1:19:12] action. And I think you met with the
owner um and and the manager of the
[1:19:17] restaurant or your husband did. And I
thought y'all had this worked out. I
[1:19:21] really thought until today. Well,
>> right now we had been going on for a
[1:19:26] long time. But just like I said,
>> the issue is
[1:19:33] » they don't own that lot right there.
>> Okay. What what I'd like to do and and
[1:19:38] in and in in order to be transparent and
and consistent with everybody here, we
[1:19:43] allow three minutes. So, what I'd like
to do is schedule a meeting with you.
[1:19:47] » Okay. if if we could come in
um if you can call you you I think you
[1:19:53] have my cell phone number
>> or email me let's schedule a meeting
[1:19:58] next few days let's come in let's all
meet let's brainstorm together what
[1:20:02] we're going to do about this issue
>> yeah like I said part of it has been
[1:20:05] done but again I didn't it wasn't an
issue that was pushed on any
[1:20:10] establishment in that area
>> I understand I'm glad to have a meeting
[1:20:14] but email me and we'll have a meeting
>> some of this falls on me too because I
[1:20:17] think Ryan where I was communicating
with your husband and then the property
[1:20:22] owner and and Ryan was helping me.
>> Yeah. But this has been going on since
[1:20:27] June the 9th, I think.
>> So, and and yeah, I I got some
[1:20:31] correspondence back from you, right?
>> But I never got one from the city
[1:20:35] manager. Okay. Not one.
>> Well, will me I mean, I just want to
[1:20:38] clarify is that so the whatever we've
done to this point has not rectified the
[1:20:43] issue.
>> Well, it kind of blew up one night. So,
[1:20:46] and I do not take that lightly.
>> So, I don't know anything about that.
[1:20:50] But, uh,
>> because we did the signs,
[1:20:52] » we moved the signs from the site of
Right., you know,
[1:20:56] » there there are signs and the
establishment was kind to put some
[1:21:02] wooden
>> Yeah. Right. Right. So, I thought y'all
[1:21:05] would work this out anyway.
>> Okay. But it did. It blew up.
[1:21:08] » Okay.
>> And that was done. But everything that
[1:21:10] happened so fast in one day.
>> Well, I did not know that it blew up.
[1:21:13] Will you please email me tomorrow or
today and tell me whatever day you want
[1:21:18] to meet this week and we'll set it up.
>> Okay.
[1:21:20] » Thank you.
>> Let me say one thing.
[1:21:22] » Okay. Bill,
>> if this would have been handled quicker,
[1:21:27] we wouldn't have got barred from
boardwalk buildings. We got barred but
[1:21:31] 15 minutes later he retracted and let us
come back.
[1:21:35] » Okay.
>> But that should have never happened.
[1:21:38] » I got you. Well, thank you, Bill. I
appreciate it. Are there any other
[1:21:43] comments by the public?
Please give your name and address even
[1:21:48] though we know you.
>> So, so Barb McKinnon 32359th Avenue
[1:21:52] North and you know all know I was very
pleased to see the plastic bag issue
[1:21:56] come back on the agenda tonight and to
see the vote tonight. Um I will remember
[1:22:01] once again that it was Jerry Ferguson
who started this many years ago. There
[1:22:06] have been a lot of iterations and some
angst on the issue, but I think now
[1:22:12] we're on a good path and I'm happy to
see it go forward. But I will reiterate
[1:22:17] what Bubba said. The issue is bring your
own bag. It's not no plastic bags. It's
[1:22:23] bring your own bag. But I'm glad. Thank
you for tonight.
[1:22:26] » Thank you too. We finally got it done.
[1:22:33] » Please give your name and address.
>> Uh Richard P.
[1:22:36] uh 1014 Ann Street, North Myrtle Beach.
I just have a few things to clarify. I
[1:22:42] know I want to say I thank council for
working with working with this and
[1:22:46] working with the tow companies in the
city. We appreciate your input. We
[1:22:49] appreciate everything y'all done for us.
Thank you. I just have a couple little
[1:22:54] things that I wanted to clarify and I
didn't know whether to do it now or do
[1:22:57] it later on on the actually ordinancees
wrote up. That's not right. And I could
[1:23:01] I walk over and see Ryan right quick if
I could do that.
[1:23:05] » Right now would not be the time to come
over and
[1:23:07] » Okay.
>> I don't think it's going to be an issue,
[1:23:09] but I just wanted to make sure that
everybody understands.
[1:23:12] » I recuse. Are you going back to the
towing ordinance because I recuse
[1:23:16] myself.
>> It's nothing. It's nothing uh to do
[1:23:19] that. It's just some some things should
have been
[1:23:25] for instance, y'all got like an hour.
There's 24 hours in a day. Y'all y'all
[1:23:28] got 34 hours.
I would probably maybe set an
[1:23:34] » Yeah, set up time with Ryan.
>> Okay. And there's a couple
[1:23:36] » or send an email to clarify those
things. Get those clarified.
[1:23:40] » Yeah, that that's all. That's all.
>> Okay. Thank you so much.
[1:23:42] » And and I just wanted to bring that to
y'all's attention and
[1:23:44] » thank you.
>> And I can
[1:23:48] Are there any other comments by the
public?
[1:23:59] Please give your name and address and we
have a threem minute time limit.
[1:24:03] » James Peas, 1221 Tidewater Drive, North
Myrtle Beach. I am the immediate past
[1:24:07] president of the North Myrtle Beach
Rotary Club and the chairman of our park
[1:24:11] of honor. Want to give city council
first we'd like to say thank you to the
[1:24:15] mayor, city council, Matt Parks and
Wreck for giving us MLAN Park for a
[1:24:19] month. This year we were able to do a
little over $9,000 to our um local
[1:24:25] police and non first responder
organizations with North Myrtle Beach
[1:24:29] Police Foundation receiving a good
portion of that. And um over the last
[1:24:35] three years since we started this,
thanks to Fred, we've been able to
[1:24:37] donate over $30,000 to those
organizations. We know that we had a
[1:24:41] little bit of an issue with the grass.
We were there for a month and we think
[1:24:45] we've got an issue. We've got a way to
solve that for next year. We'll talk
[1:24:48] with Jim Granger and Matt about that.
But on behalf of the North Myrtle Beach
[1:24:51] Rotary Club, I wanted to thank the city
for everything you've done for us with
[1:24:54] the Park of Honor and to let you know
how it went this year.
[1:24:57] » Great. Thank you so much.
>> Are there any other comments by the
[1:25:01] public?
[1:25:06] » Uh Damen Trielair, 902 Parin Drive. Um,
and I I just want to mention that if
[1:25:12] people can speak a little closer to the
mic because it was it's a little hard to
[1:25:16] hear if you don't speak right into the
mic.
[1:25:18] » Sure.
>> Um, but just wanted to it's it's not a
[1:25:23] well-known as you know we've been
working on preserving Wadies Island and
[1:25:28] Little River Neck for
coming up on seven years now. Jay Jay
[1:25:33] was out there seven years ago right
after we've got the Ingram Dunes
[1:25:37] preserved.
>> Right. And then Mayor Hatley went out
[1:25:40] there and the governor has been out
there twice.
[1:25:43] But the good news that and it's she
didn't want it blasted all over social
[1:25:50] media, but Jackie Boyce,
one of the family owners, Tilman Boyce
[1:25:55] family owners, she sold her land on July
9th to the state of South Carolina.
[1:26:04] It's momentous. Um it's it there's still
more to go. Half the land is still to be
[1:26:11] sold, but this was huge and we're hoping
that this was a big momentum shift that
[1:26:17] she sold her land. And then about two
weeks ago, we were invited to the
[1:26:22] governor's office in Colombia,
uh office of resil resiliency, and Ben
[1:26:28] Duncan, who works for the governor,
spent the whole day with us honoring
[1:26:32] her. And she has a life estate. she can
live there the rest of her life, but
[1:26:36] it's the land right before the causeway
and uh as well as some of the land on
[1:26:41] the island itself. So, we are very
hopeful and I just ask everybody here to
[1:26:47] really send your prayers. It's about
half the land still needs to be bought
[1:26:54] uh sold to the state. Uh there's one
large land owner, Riverstone, that is in
[1:27:01] negotiation with the state, but please
just send your prayers. Prayers actually
[1:27:05] work. They worked on the Ingram Dunes.
Um please send your prayers to that all
[1:27:12] of Wadies Island will be preserved and
Little River Neck will be preserved.
[1:27:17] This is going to be one of the most
beautiful state parks, a more restricted
[1:27:21] state state park, but one of the most
beautiful pieces of land in all of South
[1:27:25] Carolina. I think anybody who has been
on a boat knows what it is out there.
[1:27:31] » Absolutely.
>> Um,
[1:27:37] so that that's pretty much the main
thing I wanted to say. just um just
[1:27:43] let's let's hope it continues and the
governor absolutely 100% would love to
[1:27:49] have this done before he leaves office
in January. A
[1:27:52] » lot of headway made. Thank you Damian
for about that.
[1:27:55] » Thank you all.
>> Thank you too.
[1:27:57] Are there any other comments by the
public
[1:28:03] hearing? None. Do I have a motion to
adjurnn?
[1:28:07] » So move.
>> Second.
[1:28:08] » All in favor say I. I oppose. Eyes have
it.