[0:05] And we will call to order the regular council meeting for september 1st 2026.
[0:10] we'll start on time as mr howard said. So we'll finish on time.
[0:13] we start always with the invocation tonight by mr mascaro followed by the
[0:18] pledge of allegiance led by mr howard if I can. Everybody please stand.
[0:27] here. Lord, as we gather this evening, uh, let us all give
[0:30] thanks for this great country and all the opportunities that exist within it.
[0:35] pray for our leaders both at the federal and state level and county level, uh, that we work
[0:42] for the good of the people and all that we do. In your name we pray.
[0:45] amen. Amen. Attention to the flag.
[0:48] I pledge allegiance to the flag of united states of america and to the republic for which it
[0:56] stands one nation under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all.
[1:03] thank you. Please be seated. Next up is public input.
[1:09] we've had a couple people sign up and I don't want to do it in the queue.
[1:15] uh, quickly I just want to explain the rules again. Uh, I think, uh, one has been
[1:21] here before or one maybe hasn't ,but we have, uh, by rule five minutes we have this clerk that
[1:27] can help you with your time. Green is go yellow is one minute left and red is your
[1:31] time is up. This is professional venue we want to hear from you and, uh,
[1:35] we want to actually hear from you. So I ask the public not to do
[1:39] yell and stomp and clap because when you do that we can't hear what's going on.
[1:44] um, and uh, we'll start off with doug christ's talking about the pedestrian bridge
[1:49] over highway 544. Good evening, mr chairman. Thank you.
[1:57] uh, thanks. The board giving me the opportunity to speak to you
[1:59] this evening. Um, we've got a very important public safety issue a community
[2:07] public safety issue at hand. We need that bridge. We need it and it should have
[2:15] been built. Forgive me. This isn't my.
[2:21] >> cup of tea, but I'm going to give it my best shot. We dropped our daughter off the
[2:27] same day that the. Latest victims. Were, uh.
[2:32] you know, it was a tragedy. All three of them have been tragedies.
[2:36] we've got three children dead. We've got to do something about it as a community.
[2:44] everybody needs to listen. We need to come together as a community and figure this out.
[2:59] our hearts go out to the victims, the families of the victims.
[3:06] we can't let this, uh we can't let this happen again. According to.
[3:15] articles I've read, this is the third time three different students are.
[3:19] dead over the last 15 years at the same location.
[3:30] my daughter could have been one. Of them.
[3:32] >> we dropped her off. Seven hours later. Those kids were hurt.
[3:36] um. >> anyone has driven the 544
[3:44] night near the university. They know they're students. They're they're there.
[3:50] it's no secret. There's five maybe six apartment complexes located
[3:54] across the street on 544. We don't have a bridge to safely get them from campus to
[4:00] over there. The reason they're not driving is there's no parking on
[4:05] campus. I have to hear it from my oldest daughter cassidy.
[4:08] she's probably stuck in traffic. I was hoping that she was going
[4:12] to be here this evening. She's on a presidential merit scholarship to the university.
[4:17] could have been one of her. Could have been her. The university knows.
[4:24] are students trying to. Cross in the dark again? It's a major public safety
[4:30] issue. Our children need us. We need a pedestrian bridge.
[4:36] we need more lighting. We need a slower speed through that section.
[4:44] we need a larger police presence in that section. The traffic lights they put up
[4:50] since then and lowered the speed to 40 isn't going to do it.
[4:52] it's not. I talked to my, uh, neighbor steve this morning.
[4:57] he's walking his dog and I told him what I was getting ready to do this evening.
[5:00] steve gave me some wonderful advice. There's plenty of towns that
[5:05] have it. We need it. I know this is county council,
[5:09] but this is our community we need we need a structure that is an academic zone a town and
[5:17] gown district. We can do it but we've got to come together and do it.
[5:28] I don't know where I'm on the clock. The uh.
[5:32] my understanding through my reading there's been money allocated, money allocated to
[5:39] the university, $12 million money allocated to the university, 5 million from the
[5:46] federal grant, 5 million from the state and 2% $2 million from the 1% sales tax that we
[5:55] have here. Where's the money? Where's the bridge?
[6:03] we got to do something about it. Somebody needs to start asking
[6:06] questions besides me. I drive it twice a day myself. I see it every day.
[6:14] I mean everybody that drives it every day sees it. I don't know why we don't have
[6:20] it coming to you guys for help. We need help. I'm not sure what we can do
[6:27] about it.
[6:35] why is it we can, uh. Now we what can the university build an expansion to the
[6:41] stadium in less than two years to make it 20,000 seats? How can they put a field house
[6:47] up in less than two years? How can they build a new road in 18 months?
[6:51] but we can't build a bridge that they've talked about for ten years.
[6:55] somebody needs to hold them accountable.
[6:58] >> thank you sir. Thank you for coming up. Uh.
[7:05] >> remind everybody that uh, this is not a question and answer session.
[7:14] this is not a time to debate things and talk about things. This is for public input for us
[7:20] to hear you okay. And we we've heard you um, and this is a serious thing I don't
[7:26] normally like to take the time from the public because this is their time.
[7:30] but you brought up some good issues and I think it's important and I believe you
[7:34] know this, but I think it's important that everybody else knows that's a state road.
[7:38] it's a state university. The state has the money. They're coordinating with
[7:42] d.o.t. To build the bridge. The county doesn't have the authority or the power or
[7:48] anything to do that. Uh, it's the state and the university and you ask
[7:54] questions about the university doing other things. We don't have the power to tell
[7:57] the university not to build up whatever it is they're building .
[8:01] whatever those things were that you mentioned. So we understand we're all for
[8:05] you too. We want it done. We want to protect these
[8:07] children and protect everybody else out there. But this is not something
[8:10] within our power. We're not we just wanted you to know that when everybody know
[8:14] that. So we'll just move forward and mr chairman.
[8:17] yes, sir. Just I'd.
[8:18] >> like to just add to what you just said. Um.
[8:20] >> it was mentioned about the 1% sales tax that that's a capital improvement tax that
[8:26] doesn't it's not the county's capital improvement tax. That's the one that was passed
[8:30] by or the county schools with the college. So the funding mechanism is not
[8:34] under our control either. >> yeah good point and we don't
[8:37] have any I mean this you're we're glad you're here. It's a serious topic but
[8:42] sometimes people come here to talk to us and we're the wrong venue.
[8:46] um. Uh.
[8:47] >> if I was trying to motivate somebody to do this, I go to my state people.
[8:52] I go to the university. I would tell them about it but we don't have the power to get
[8:58] that done right now and again I'm taken away from the next speaker and I don't want to do
[9:02] that and it's not a question and answer session but we will talk to you at an appropriate
[9:06] time if you want to get together afterwards you want to talk to our administrator.
[9:09] I'll be glad to talk with you. Um, but mr chairman, sir. Um.
[9:15] >> mr christ, I would just say I think, um, if you haven't already maybe to direct your
[9:22] inquiry to the coastal board of trustees. I do see there's been a
[9:27] significant amount of funding for that bridge and given that it is a public institution that
[9:35] receives taxpayer dollars along with and I sympathize with you being a parent, I think that,
[9:42] um, they should be open to receiving you receptive to your concerns and I would definitely
[9:52] take it to their board of directors. The money is there and so I
[9:57] think I think you should address that with them. Thank you.
[10:01] okay thank you sir. All right let's move on to. Carolyn slim talking about the
[10:08] animal ordinance and I believe we've heard from you before so. Good evening.
[10:13] thank you. Um.
[10:16] >> my name is caroline, uh, animal advocate for orry county .
[10:20] uh, I also trap two tnr transport, uh, etc.. Um, I'd like to start with
[10:28] first uh, back in 2020 and 2021 uh, some new ordinance were ordinances were approved and
[10:35] published for animal protection . However there was a discrepancy
[10:39] and has not been corrected yet . Um that is section 4.3.1 c and
[10:46] section 4.3.1 d 2d have contradictory temperatures for legal tethering or penning.
[10:53] currently one state's 85 degrees max and one state's 90 degrees max temp both should
[10:59] read 85 and then we have a proposed change to a current ordinance as well.
[11:06] section 4.13 states is illegal to leave an animal in a car with a temperature 70 degrees
[11:11] or above we're proposing 50 degrees or above the outside temperature even at 70 can
[11:18] reach over 100 degrees within 20 minutes easily. So now since we are in the
[11:25] municipal code files let's add some more new ordinance proposed.
[11:30] um nobody can deny there's a huge breeding problem in ory county.
[11:34] we've come up with some solutions. Number one ban breeding for any
[11:42] type of dog for an extended period of time 3 to 5 years maybe allowing county and local
[11:49] rescues to catch up with the ongoing crisis of thousands of unwanted dogs.
[11:54] number two impose a fine for those that are still producing litters during this time say
[12:01] $2,000 and actually find them and collect the money and then um, maybe mandatory spay of any
[12:08] females at that location who's illegally producing litters so they cannot continue to ignore
[12:15] the law. Number three the current licensed and registered
[12:20] breeders in the county should pay a higher fee for their license and be limited to one
[12:26] litter per year. Per location not per female per location for an extended period
[12:33] of time again 3 to 5 years there is no such thing as an oops litter.
[12:39] if the female is not spayed almost guaranteed she will get pregnant so the same rules and
[12:44] fines should apply to anyone in or county producing a litter. The moneys received from these
[12:52] fines and a higher cost of breeding license can go back into offsetting some costs at
[12:56] the county shelter and possible funding of more animal control officers.
[13:00] this will help with the curbing of the overpopulation of dogs and help reduce intake, which
[13:06] is currently 300% over capacity . The expanded county shelter
[13:13] being built is another positive step. However it does not stop the
[13:16] breeding and within a few months they'll be full again. With that many more to fund and
[13:22] that many more to find homes for. Our proposed breeding ordinance
[13:30] is a solid solution and we'll start to curb this overpopulation crisis.
[13:35] horry county has got to get tough on this. It is only getting worse.
[13:39] there are feral dog packs forming throughout or county causing terrorizing pets and
[13:45] breeding in the woods. Now before we have an opportunity to utilize a mobile
[13:50] vet clinic which is already purchased by kind keepers rescue and what we need
[13:55] from you is approval on funding again for a second vet and this can be another low cost spay
[14:02] neuter solution servicing dogs and cats. Counties in south carolina
[14:08] lauren county, charleston county and in north carolina and other states have started
[14:13] to or have already established new breeding requirements in spay neuter ordinances.
[14:18] there is a national crisis and we must do the same. We will not adopt our way out
[14:25] of this crisis and I'm asking for you to review and please help get these proposals to the
[14:30] next step. Thank you. Thank you ma'am and if you have
[14:33] a hand out or something you want to give to. Give miss ashley the exact
[14:38] superduper email it to all of you. All right thank you ma'am
[14:41] appreciate it. Thank you for coming out. And that will close the public
[14:44] input for tonight and we'll move on to the agenda contents if there's a motion.
[14:48] so move second favor I followed by the approval of the minutes from our last meeting the
[14:55] regular meeting of august 18th. The motion so moved. Second.
[14:59] all in favor? I, uh I also passes the consent agenda.
[15:04] so move. All in favor I. All right.
[15:07] the consent agenda passes unanimously. And we'll start with the
[15:13] presentations and resolutions. Resolution r 90 dash 2026 to memorialize the passing
[15:21] of united state senator lindsey graham on july 11th, 2026 and to recognize some of his
[15:26] numerous substantial contributions to county, south carolina and its residents and
[15:31] visitors. Is there a motion and second. All in favor?
[15:35] aye. All right. That passes unanimously.
[15:38] next up is resolution r 110 dash 2026 designating october 4th of 2026 as fire
[15:46] prevention weeks or a motion to move in a second. Again, we recognize chief
[15:52] tanner.
[16:05] thank you very much. Any. Mister chairman council, thank
[16:17] you very much for this proclamation. Um, every year we do this for
[16:20] fire prevention week once again the thing this year deals with lithium ion batteries because
[16:26] it is a national issue and we're having that same problem here in the county.
[16:29] um, all we do is encourage you to watch what you're doing with those batteries.
[16:34] don't leave them by themselves. Um, we do have that issue back and forth.
[16:38] you will see a lot of information coming out of much of our community risk
[16:41] reduction folks on how to do that better. Um, but again this is a big
[16:45] issue just some does not want to go away because more and more things become battery
[16:48] powered. So we see that happen every day .
[16:51] but thank you for your support what you do for us every day. This is a small town of our
[16:55] people who appreciate what you do for us. Over 200 structure fires
[16:58] horry county last year all over 90,000 call these are structure fires of residential homes and
[17:05] commercial building. So once again stay very busy. They do it every day 24 hours a
[17:10] day. So again thank you very much. Thank you.
[17:12] thank you. Everybody for coming out. Thank you all very much.
[17:17] thank you. >> good job.
[17:28] all in favor. I thank you that passes. Next up is resolution r 116
[17:35] 2026 recognized in september 2026 as national preparedness month and recognizing the
[17:41] service capabilities of the south korean state guard and the dedication of its members.
[17:47] motion to. Move second recognize major graves.
[17:52] you know we have major graves at works at the county to actually listen.
[17:55] so thank you chairman members of council. I'm present today with
[18:01] lieutenant colonel jerry williams.
[18:03] >> he's the deputy g three which is our operations command with south carolina state guard
[18:08] and uh, I'm sanford graves. I'm one of your employees and, uh, and a proud member of the
[18:12] south carolina state guard. The effort to bring disaster preparation and readiness
[18:17] awareness to county councils throughout the state was initiated out of the south
[18:21] county state guard's governmental affairs office under major cody simpson.
[18:26] disaster preparation is an important task for anyone living in the potential path
[18:31] of widespread catastrophe and for coastal south carolina it's typically hurricanes.
[18:36] as such, fema has proclaimed september as national preparations month.
[18:41] the south carolina state guard and the state emergency management division uh um
[18:48] department encourages horry county residents. And others to visit to visit
[18:57] ready.gov for specific ways to prepare how to get your go bags, your financial concerns
[19:01] and how to take care of pets. The message is to take steps to plan and prepare now you also
[19:10] recognize the south county state guard in your resolution. Our service is part of the
[19:14] south carolina military department along with the south carolina army national guard,
[19:18] the south carolina air national guard and state operations to include the state emergency
[19:24] management division, the history of the south carolina state guard uh reaches back to
[19:29] 1670 and we have over 350 years of recorded service. Our chain of command includes
[19:34] major general leon lott, the south cone adjutant general major general robin stilwell
[19:39] and the commander in chief is our governor henry mcmaster. And we are always looking for
[19:45] interested recruits and you simply need to search csg. Uh in google and it'll pop
[19:51] right up. You can also search ww sgt escargot v if the need arise.
[19:57] we look forward to working with assistant county administrator renee hardwick and public
[20:02] safety and horry county emd director sam hodge as well as horry county staff and this
[20:07] council. Thank you very much. Thank you sir.
[20:10] thank you carl thank you major. Hopefully we won't need you but it's good to know that you're
[20:14] here if we need love. >> a fantastic picture or two
[20:16] at the appropriate time. Yeah. Thank you.
[20:18] >> you'll get it. All in favor I, uh you all right?
[20:22] we'll move forward to the reading of ordinances. Third reading and public
[20:25] hearing of ordinance ten dash 2026 to amend the index map of the official map ordinance
[20:31] for orry county adding the right of way for the carolina bays parkway from highway 707
[20:36] to highway 17 bypass and associated interchange to the horry county official index
[20:42] map. So moved. Second have a motion and second
[20:46] this is open for public hearing. Is anyone from the public wish
[20:48] to be heard on this hearing? None. Anyone from council?
[20:52] hearing none. All in favor I uh I have it. Next up is second reading and
[20:58] public hearing for ordinance 82 dash 2026 to authorize and approve an agreement for the
[21:04] development of a joint industrial and business park by and between ory county and
[21:08] georgetown county with property located in horry county to require the payment of a fee in
[21:14] lieu of ad valorem taxes by businesses and industries located in the park to apply
[21:19] zoning and other laws in the park to provide for law enforcement jurisdiction in the
[21:23] park and to provide for the distribution of park revenues within horry county.
[21:28] mister serve as a. Motion motion to approve. Second we have a second.
[21:31] this is also for public hearing anyone from the public wish to be heard hearing none.
[21:37] mister sir, if there is an amendment in the handout. Yes sir I like.
[21:41] make a motion to amend. Ordinance 82. 2026 to.
[21:45] >> the red line copy on the. Dais in front of council. Second.
[21:49] any further discussion? Hearing none. All in favor of the amendment
[21:54] say aye. All right. That passes back to the
[21:57] original motion as amended. All in favor? Aye.
[21:59] right. That passes as amended. Thank you.
[22:03] moving forward to. Paragraph ten second reading and public hearing of ordinance
[22:10] 84 dash 2026 approving and authorizing the county administrator to execute a
[22:15] modification to the lease agreement with civil air patrol to lease additional office
[22:20] space within building five and five at the myrtle beach international airport.
[22:24] so move move! Anyone from the public wish to be heard?
[22:28] hearing none. Anyone from council. Hearing none.
[22:32] all in favor I think I have it . That passes.
[22:35] next up is second reading and public hearing of ordinance 85 dash 2026 approving and
[22:42] authorizing the county administrator to execute a lease agreement with superior
[22:46] aircraft to lease a total of 376ft of space within the terminal building at myrtle
[22:52] beach international airport. So moved. Second.
[22:56] second. >> the motion and second.
[22:58] is there anyone from the public wish to be heard? Hearing none.
[23:01] anyone from council? Hearing none. All in favor?
[23:05] I I eyes have it. I got 12 and 13 go together so we will read them as one.
[23:11] it's the second reading and public hearing ordinance 88 and 89 of 2026 to approve the
[23:17] development agreement with myrtle beach z d group canal land and timber and live oak
[23:23] regional hold holdings located off sandbridge road and fire tower parkway off of robert
[23:30] edge parkway to rezone 22.63 acres a portion of pin number three for 900000021 from
[23:42] commercial forest agriculture to retail with accessory outdoor storage.
[23:47] mr cozy one motion for both ordinances jim second. Anyone from the public wish to
[23:52] be heard on this hearing? None. Anyone from council?
[23:57] hearing none. One vote for both. All in favor?
[24:00] aye aye. Any opposed? None.
[24:03] both of those ordinances passed unanimously. Now we'll take up paragraph 14.
[24:08] these are all for public hearing and second readings starting with ordinance 86 dash
[24:14] 2026 g3 engineering agent for portofino villas at grand dunes mr hardy, mr chairman seconded.
[24:22] anyone from the public wish to be heard on this I mean none anyone from council.
[24:32] yeah I I do if you did you raise your hand. Yes ma'am.
[24:39] can I speak on that? We moved passed it but I'll let you speak on and before you.
[24:44] but come on up here. Anybody want to speak on this? When I call for any of you to
[24:48] stand up and let me see you, okay. Sorry I.
[24:50] didn't stand, ma'am. I'm sorry I didn't. That's okay.
[24:54] it's all good. You've been here.
[24:55] >> you've been here more than me. So go ahead and take it.
[24:58] it may. >> be well.
[25:00] good evening friends. My name's amelia wood. Um, the concern that I have
[25:06] about this particular one is um . First of all, it's close to
[25:13] highway 90 and, um, that is um I probably need to point out. Okay.
[25:18] shell, um, are not aware it's a very dangerous road and the reason it's dangerous is
[25:23] because it's probably actually and arguably the most heavily industrialized corridor and I
[25:30] reached county um, we have um, uh, a lot of heavy trucks on that road every day.
[25:40] um, a lot of garbage trucks. Um, I did a little bit of research to find out just
[25:44] about how big they were and how much they weigh and everything and um, the garbage trucks and
[25:48] all the big dump trucks that are on the road because we've got nine active dirt mounds and
[25:53] it could change at any time. There could be. More because you know, y'all
[25:57] don't really have to review those. Um, but the dump trucks and the
[26:02] garbage trucks weigh 30 to 40 tons and, um, my little midsize suv weighs about three tons and
[26:09] so we got a lot of, uh, a lot of different kinds of traffic on that road and it's uh um
[26:17] another reason it's dangerous is because it's got a lot of curves and everything and
[26:22] um, going back to um you know, um, when we got school busses on the road now and I checked
[26:28] to see how much their school busses weigh and they weigh about half the amount that um,
[26:34] a big old garbage truck or dump truck weighs um and uh, so I just I just want to remind
[26:44] y'all about what's on that road and sometimes rolls you have to look at things differently
[26:50] because of the way a road is and y'all have the ability to, um, change rules and make rules
[26:57] ,um, related to conditions and um, how I 90 is not like a lot of the other places in every
[27:04] county. Um we're different um but we are getting very crowded not
[27:09] only with heavy industry but with houses and our schools are overcrowded.
[27:13] so I think you sell on your information sheet that um carolina forest um school is
[27:18] the most overcrowded school in the county 120% capacity although that could change
[27:24] based on the um numbers that come in probably in a few weeks from the school district.
[27:29] um, waltham elementary is over 100% capacity. Um, so I'm just wondering if
[27:35] y'all are taking all of those things into consideration when you're um, doing the rezonings
[27:40] on highway 90. I just just wanted to bring all this stuff back to your
[27:44] attention and, um, and hope that you'll think about that because it seems like on these
[27:50] little information sheets that we get that there's a big gap between what's on the
[27:55] information sheet and the actual reality on the ground and um, look at those school
[28:01] percentages real closely. Look at the traffic counts and traffic counts are another
[28:05] thing that um may or may not be accurate um, at this point in time and when I say 2023 um
[28:13] traffic counts on the information sheet I wonder why they're not 2025 or 2026
[28:20] because there's little sensors in the road and um, have to put something on line with all the
[28:26] traffic count solid and if I can find it, I'm sure all your people can find it too.
[28:31] and y'all. So, um please please think about highway 90 and what we're
[28:36] going through and use that information and that can your decisions.
[28:41] thank you very much. >> thank you ma'am.
[28:42] thank you for coming out. Anyone else from the public wish to be here on this?
[28:49] to the podium and tell us your name? My name is tammy baker.
[28:54] um, we have talked about traffic on 90 um, and the rezoning information sheet
[29:02] states that highway 90 that stretch of 90 is it 90 to 95% capacity.
[29:07] in fact, we're operating at 115% capacity. I spoke with marla at ncdot in
[29:15] columbia today. She told me capacity was. 14,400.
[29:20] >> last year's count was 15,400 . So she said that puts us at
[29:26] 115% capacity. Um.
[29:31] >> and of course the. Schools and. All of that.
[29:38] >> I think that's all I have on this. Oh, except for in the um,
[29:43] agenda packet there's a line that kind of concerns me on every rezoning ordinance.
[29:49] it says, um. That this rezoning is for the public good and is a reasonable
[29:54] request. Any of. Y'all reading that my the only
[29:59] one that's been that. Because I don't think what's happening on highway 90 is for
[30:03] the good of the public. Thank you. Thank you ma'am.
[30:07] thank you for coming out. All right. We'll close public hearing on
[30:13] this matter. Anyone from council wish to be heard?
[30:16] hearing none. All in favor? Aye aye.
[30:19] any opposed? Um. The ayes have it.
[30:22] moving forward to ordinance 87 dash 2026 rho professional services company agent for
[30:27] carolina property systems. Mister hardy? Sure.
[30:31] thank you. This is also open to the public.
[30:34] anyone from the public wish to be. Yes, ma'am.
[30:39] I forgot one thing I wanted to say. Amelia would again.
[30:44] um, a few years ago it was back in, uh, december 5th of 2020 3.0.
[30:52] mr chairman. >> were.
[30:53] out of order. Are you speaking to the ordinance that we're on now?
[30:57] yes. Oh, yeah. So I forgot one thing I did.
[31:00] but this is related to how I 90 as well. Okay.
[31:03] is still related to how I 90 that I if I were to edit it before I, I wouldn't have come
[31:08] back up here and said it now. Sorry but um I did forget one thing.
[31:11] um back in december 2023 when the um on our committee was considering doing away with uh
[31:18] resolution the moratorium resolution. Um, there was um wpd was here
[31:24] and they did a new story on it and um there was one very interesting piece
[31:30] of information that I that we all got from mr hardy at that time.
[31:34] thank goodness. Um, mr hardy told us that whenever and the interview um,
[31:42] that um if everything was billed out that was already approved on highway 90.
[31:48] um, the traffic count would be 22,000 cars a day and we're not looking at getting major
[31:57] improvements to highway 90 maybe even in my lifetime might be 20 years.
[32:02] and so every little thing we do it might seem like we're just doing a little something to
[32:07] change, you know, just an um let's say what it is 30 some houses, almost 40 some houses
[32:14] today. Um, that doesn't seem like much but you know, there's a
[32:18] cumulative impact of all these things and um, we're going to be in a bad mess whenever we're
[32:25] trying to, um, improve that highway with already 22,000. Trips per day that could be
[32:37] approved and I mean could be bailed out at any time now. Um, and that's what it would be
[32:42] like and that's that would be almost doubling what we've got now.
[32:45] so thank you. Please consider that. This month and thank you for
[32:49] coming out. Um anybody else on 20 2687, miss baker?
[32:57] tammy baker again? Of course there's. Uh, flooding concerns.
[33:04] with this one and there's, uh, another 15 by fin 15 foot buffers from the wetlands is
[33:11] what's required. But I do have concerns about lawn care products running off
[33:15] into the wetlands. Um. And that area of.
[33:19] swamp people can't get out when it floods. You can't get to 22 because
[33:23] of jones big swamp can't get to international drive because it's really swamp.
[33:27] so you put more people on what I call to swamp island and I don't know if anybody knows
[33:34] this. There's a at. Least 500 more homes to be
[33:38] built. In that area. There are about 50 left in
[33:43] field view 151 and copper point and 233 and auburn woods. But I went into our brown woods
[33:51] today and I saw what looked like a whole nother phase that the lots aren't even.
[33:56] uh. >> set up with the septic and
[33:58] all the utilities and stuff. So that's going to put us even more over capacity and and.
[34:07] we just need y'all to, uh, vote this down and please start rezoning.
[34:12] we we we just got unchecked growth and inadequate infrastructure and it's really
[34:19] putting the public. Safety at risk. We're not safe on the county's
[34:24] roads. We've got almost.
[34:25] >> uh, 40 fatalities this year . I know not all of them are on
[34:29] highway 90 but there's some. So please consider this think about your people um, even the
[34:36] people that get in wrecks and they don't die. Their cars are tore up, their
[34:40] bodies are broken. They're missing work. They get behind on their bills
[34:44] and I know some of it's because people bad driving. I know some of it is but
[34:48] there's too many cars on what roads we have. It's not safe anymore.
[34:52] thank you as well. Thank you. All right.
[34:56] we're going to close public hearing on that and uh. Yeah, I've got a question for
[35:01] mr gilruth. Um, are the right. For infrastructure
[35:07] improvements. Contemplated along highway 90 addressing some of these.
[35:11] concerns that were raised tonight? Yes, the rod four is under is
[35:17] under design uh, from 501 all the way to little river. On highway 90.
[35:22] >> east cox road. The one of the issues that was mentioned was that this
[35:28] connectivity during extreme flood events that will be addressed by the elevation
[35:32] of the uh the new bridges over of the swamp jones big swamp area will be elevated.
[35:38] uh so that will not be an issue. The capacity will be increased
[35:41] substantially. They are and the the you know the 1415 16,000 is about the
[35:47] capacity of a two lane mid-block road. Uh, so that.
[35:51] you know. Go into a five lane section of you know, center left turn
[35:56] lanes desales where the need where they're needed will increase the capacity on the
[36:00] site, enhance the safety of the. Will those those improvements
[36:03] be done and miss wood would miss woods lifetime? Absolutely yes sir I cannot I
[36:10] can't imagine it would not be so it is under design. Uh nobody can predict the
[36:14] future. I'm just I I'm trying to get it.
[36:16] I'm not trying to be funny. I mean, I'm trying to get an idea on like when are we going
[36:19] to see these improvements come to reality? This isn't.
[36:22] we're not talking. About 25 year plan. Like I said we're talking.
[36:25] about more more um improvement . Coming quicker than that.
[36:31] understanding the. >> urgency of this we started
[36:34] an early design contract um, back in december I believe it was uh and started they've
[36:40] they've done survey uh they've started the survey all the way from over over the entire 23 or
[36:46] 24 miles. Um, they're finishing that and now they will be on the design
[36:51] for the next couple of years year and a half to two years or so.
[36:54] um, it will take some time to acquire the right of way once the designs are done when we
[36:59] get to the point uh, typically that's 1 to 2 years we'll start the first phase is probably
[37:04] going to be a four phase project. Uh, it is anticipated that
[37:08] those phases will overlap between 1 or 2 years each uh, depending on the uh depending
[37:14] on a number of things. One of those is included as revenue.
[37:17] um so realistically it will be uh a few years before the entirety of the of the corridor
[37:25] is complete but you will see improvements and they will they will.
[37:29] they've we don't know which phase will be first yet. Uh that will be based on the
[37:36] design uh and the findings of the the full traffic studies that they're doing.
[37:40] uh but we will put those the first phase will be where the most need is where the most
[37:45] issues are. And then we'll work our way from there.
[37:48] okay thank you. Thank you sir. Anybody else?
[37:52] all right, all in favor? I, uh. We got one.
[37:55] back here, I yeah, we can speak with, um. And to uh.
[38:02] no, ma'am, we closed the public input on that pa already. We called for it and we're.
[38:07] going hybrid okay. Any opposed? The ayes have it and we'll move
[38:15] forward. To ordinance 90 dash 2026 john d johnson mr allen so moved
[38:21] mr chairman. Second anyone from the public wish to be heard on this.
[38:26] hearing? None anyone from council hearing none all in favor I uh
[38:32] I have it. Next up is ordinance 91 dash 2026 ty pham agent first sophia
[38:38] lu mr hardy. So moved.
[38:40] >> jeff thank you. This is also open for the public.
[38:44] does anybody wish to be heard on this one? Amelia wood good evening again
[38:52] . Um okay. My main concern about this one
[38:55] is the proximity of this business to that very dangerous misaligned intersection on
[39:02] highway 90. Um, and when you get it, if you drive through that way when you
[39:08] get to that intersection, um, they're just saying no thank you.
[39:13] I picture what it's like there's a dirt man on each side of highway 90 like they're
[39:19] coming out of race ferry on both sides there's a dirt man. So you got dump trucks in front
[39:24] of you. You got dump trucks behind you. You got dump trucks coming in
[39:28] both ways. You got garbage trucks coming and the intersection is
[39:33] extremely misaligned. So that just makes it, um, all that more dangerous and um, uh,
[39:40] did do a little bit of research and I found that, um, that counties could adapt um, their
[39:46] rules and regulations based on things like this. So um, I'd like for y'all to
[39:51] consider that and, um, I'd like to add one more little point. Um, I'd like to thank mr gill
[39:59] ray for the compliment about this project that finished in my lifetime.
[40:03] I'm a lot older than he thinks I.
[40:05] >> am. And I thank him very much. In fact I'm 75.
[40:09] just so y'all on the. Thank you for coming out ma'am in the back did you want to
[40:14] talk about this project? Uh no. I wanted to get on to some
[40:18] other things the project okay. All right.
[40:21] >> well all right so anybody else for this project, miss baker?
[40:29] tammy baker again. Traffic traffic traffic. Um, and I also wanted to bring
[40:36] up there was one um, development on the corner of 90 and 22.
[40:43] they um. They built under current zoning.
[40:48] now to me that's just a novel idea and that proves it can be done again.
[40:55] traffic is 115% of the um capacity. Flooding all know.
[41:02] thank you. >> thank you.
[41:03] >> ma'am thank you for coming out. Anybody else hearing?
[41:06] none. Anyone from council hearing none.
[41:09] all in favor I. I have it next up is ordinance 92 2026 burn foreman agent for
[41:18] gua at llc mr servant. Motion to approve. Second okay.
[41:23] anyone from the public wish to be heard on this hearing? None.
[41:26] anyone from council? Hearing none. All in favor I have it.
[41:31] next up is ordinance 93 dash 2026 browns mobile home park, mr allen.
[41:37] so mr chairman. Second okay. Anyone from the public hearing
[41:42] ? None. Anyone from council?
[41:44] hearing none. All in favor? I eyes have it.
[41:48] ordinance 94 dash 2026 joan poole agent for robert russell mr serve.
[41:54] >> it motion to approve. Second. Anyone from the public hearing
[41:59] none. Anyone from council? Hearing none.
[42:02] all in favor I uh ordinance 95 dash 2026 atm property group mr allen so movements chairman
[42:11] anyone from the public hearing ? None.
[42:13] anyone from council? Hearing none. All in favor I, uh I have it.
[42:19] ordinance 96 dash 2026 taylor hemingway agent for michael woodard.
[42:24] mr causey I'll move. >> mr.
[42:26] jim seconded. Anyone from the public hearing? None.
[42:30] anyone from council? Hearing none. All in favor I I just have it.
[42:35] ordinance 97 dash 2026 robert guidance agent for founders development mister disabato so
[42:41] moved mr chairman. Second anyone from the public hearing?
[42:46] none. Anyone from council? Hearing none.
[42:48] all in favor I includes the rezoning and will. Move to memorial dedications.
[42:59] oh okay. All right, hold on one second. Go ahead.
[43:03] thank you. Mr. I just.
[43:05] wanted to clarify this last. Uh.
[43:08] >> rezoning we had. Uh I agree with, uh, omega that intersection needs to be
[43:14] realigned. So we.
[43:15] >> didn't want. Houses put there. Because you.
[43:18] >> put houses you got the bomb to move them, realign it. This is an outdoor storage unit
[43:23] that has a main power line running through it with a lot of wetlands.
[43:27] so all this is going to be is a bench without. Like a boat.
[43:31] >> or camper. Somebody wants to. Store.
[43:33] >> there's going to be no builders a proper. That way if we realign that
[43:38] intersection when we do that we can just move that stuff with no problem.
[43:43] I just want to. >> make.
[43:45] sure I knew it was not I'll just.
[43:46] >> go. In there.
[43:47] >> thank you sir. All right. Memorial dedication
[43:50] mr crawford. Mr chairman, uh. Miss.
[43:55] >> uh, any gay. >> or hooks?
[43:58] mr. Mr allen? Yes.
[44:00] so, mr chairman, uh, mr steve gausman. City graham.
[44:04] and mr randall winburn. Thank you sir.
[44:08] >> yes, sir. And uh, mr anderson, ron teague .
[44:12] betsy helms, linda evans, cindy b. Hunt.
[44:19] >> jackie miles. Stanley and. Kaleena cat trent.
[44:27] thank you sir. All right we.
[44:29] >> will honor these individuals by during tonight's meeting in their memory um, on the agenda
[44:35] of the upcoming meetings, please pay attention to our website because sometimes these
[44:38] meetings will change. We do not have an executive session for tonight.
[44:42] that concludes the business of the county for tonight. Adjourn.
[44:47] >>