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Town Council Meeting Agenda

TOWN OF SEABROOK ISLAND
TOWN COUNCIL MEETING
May 24, 2016, at 2:30 p.m. at Town Hall
AGENDA

1. Pledge of Allegiance-Call to Order-Roll Call-Freedom of Information

2. Minutes – Town Council Meeting of April 26, 2016
Ways & Means Meeting, May 24, 2016

3. Financials – For the Month of April 2016

4. Citizens/Guests Presentations, Comments:

5. Reports of Standing Committees, Commissions, Boards:
    Public Safety/Club Long Range Planning Committee – John Gregg
    Communications/Environmental – Jody Turner
    Advertising & Public Relations/Special Projects – John Wells
    • Update on the Engineering Services Contract Relating to Roadway Drainage
    Community Relations – Skip Crane
    Ways & Means
    Planning Commission
    • Temporary Use Permit #209, 2016 Governor’s Annual Invitational Billfish Tournament – June 1 through June 4, 2016 

    Board of Zoning Appeals

6. Reports of Ad Hoc Committees:

7. Reports of Town Officers:
    Mayor
• Report of Town Hall Meeting
• Roads Related Issues
• Resolution 2016-01, A Resolution in Support of I-526
    Town Administrator
    Town Council Members
    Utility Commission

8. Petitions Received, Referred or Disposed of:

9. Ordinances for First Reading:
• Ordinance 2016-07, An Ordinance Authorizing the Issuance and Sale of a Not to  Exceed $4,000,000 General Obligation Bond

10. Ordinances for Second Reading:
• Ordinance 2016-05, An Ordinance to Rezone 2531 High Hammock Road (TMS #147 – 10-00-006) from Single-Family Residential District to the Agricultural-                    Conservation District
• Ordinance 2016-06, An Ordinance to Amend the 2016 Town Budget

11. Miscellaneous Business

12. Citizens Comments

13. Adjourn

Submitted by Faye Allbritton

Fourth of July Weekend Schedule of Events

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Friday, July 1st

5:00pm-7:30pm     Reception for the Fourth of July Art Show (The Lake House)

Saturday, July 2nd

8:00am   Fourth of July (just over) 5K Walk/Run  (Start/Finish at The Lake House)

10:00am-4:00pm   Fourth of July Art Show  (The Lake House)

Sunday, July 3rd

8:00am   Tri It Kids Triathlon (The Lake House)

Dusk   Fireworks sponsored by the Town of Seabrook  (SI Club Driving Range)

Rain date: Tuesday, July 5th

Monday, July 4th

9:30am Fourth of July Parade  (Seabrook Island Road Loop)

Following the Parade

After Parade Family Fun Celebration

Jump Castle with slide, music, and hot dogs!

(The Lake House)

Town Sponsors Alan Fleming Tournament

The Town of Seabrook Island is sponsoring the Alan Fleming Senior Open Clay Court State Championships which will be held October 5th – 9th at the Seabrook Island Racquet Club for the second year in a row. The Town has contributed five thousand dollars ($5,000) to underwrite the Tournament. Mayor Ron Ciancio explained the reason for the Town support: “First and foremost, the Town of Seabrook Island whole heatedly endorses the tournament’s support of Respite Care of Charleston and that organization’s effort to support the victims of Alzheimer’s disease and their families.  In addition, we are cognizant of the positive economic impact the tournament has had, and will have, on our community.”

In return the Fleming Committee expressed its gratitude for the support of the Town. Susan Leggett, Tournament Chair, declared: “The Alan Fleming Tournament Committee is delighted to have the Town’s continued support of this notable tennis tournament. Their financial sponsorship bolsters the quality of the Tournament and broadens its appeal to players throughout the country.”

Sally Kimball, Tidelines Writer

Reminder: Important Town Hall Meeting on May 12th

The Town of Seabrook Island is pleased to present a Town Hall meeting featuring IMG_2431Senator CGeorge E. “Chip” Campsen III, Representative Peter M. McCoy Jr., and Robert Clark, District 6 Engineering Administrator, Engineering Division, South Carolina Department of Transportation.

The event will be held at 7:30 p.m. on May 12th in the Live Oak Room of the Lake House. All Seabrook Island residents and property owners are invited.

Senator Campsen represents District 43 which includes portions of Charleston, Beaufort and Colleton Counties. He is chairman of the senate Fish, Game and Forestry Committee, as well as a member of several senate committees including judiciary and transportation.nclu

Representative McCoy represents District 115, which includes portions of Charleston County including Seabrook Island. He is Chairman of the Family Law and Probate Subcommittee and a member of the house judiciary committee.

Robert Clark is the SCDOT Engineering Administrator for District 6 which includes Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dolrchester and Jasper counties.

We expect that Senator Campsen, Representative McCoy and Mr. Clark will present prepared remarks on matters of interest, after which there will be an opportunity for a question and answer period.

Ron Ciancio, Mayor, Town of Seabrook Island

 

Mayor and Council Announce Important Town Hall Meeting on May 12th

The Town of Seabrook Island is pleased to present a Town Hall meeting featuring Senator George E. “Chip” Campsen III, Representative Peter M. McCoy Jr., and Robert Clark, District 6 Engineering Administrator, Engineering Division, South Carolina Department of Transportation.

The event will be held at 7:30 p.m. on May 12th in the Live Oak Room of the Lake House. All Seabrook Island residents and property owners are invited.

Senator Campsen represents District 43 which includes portions of Charleston, Beaufort and Colleton Counties. He is chairman of the senate Fish, Game and Forestry Committee, as well as a member of several senate committees including judiciary and transportation.

Representative McCoy represents District 115, which includes portions of Charleston County including Seabrook Island. He is Chairman of the Family Law and Probate Subcommittee and a member of the house judiciary committee.

Robert Clark is the SCDOT Engineering Administrator for District 6 which includes Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dolrchester and Jasper counties.

We expect that Senator Campsen, Representative McCoy and Mr. Clark will present prepared remarks on matters of interest, after which there will be an opportunity for a question and answer period.

—Ron Ciancio, Mayor
Town of Seabrook Island

 

New “Just Ask Me?” Program Seeks Volunteers

imagesDo you want to help provide visitors with essential Seabrook Island information this summer? The Club, Town, and SIPOA are initiating jointly the Just Ask Me? Program this month and looking for volunteers who are willing to answer questions and offer assistance to Seabrook Island renters and visitors.

What do you get for participating in the program? Your reward is the opportunity to share your knowledge of and love for Seabrook Island with others. You also get a cool Just Ask Me? hat and button, which you can wear when walking on the beach, bicycling around the Island, or dining at the Pelicans Nest. Your name, contact information, and home town will also be on a list that will be distributed by the Amenity Office to visitors.

This is an opportunity for you to share the strong sense of community we have on Seabrook Island. To volunteer, send an email to one of us below and you will be invited to an orientation session later this month.

Jerry Farber
Seabrook Island Club
jerryfarber17@gmail.com 

Ed Jones
Seabrook Island POA
edj3@me.com

John Wells
Town of Seabrook Island
jwells@townofseabrookisland.org

Town of Seabrook Island, Town Council Meeting Agenda – 26 April 2016

TOWN OF SEABROOK ISLAND

TOWN COUNCIL MEETING

April 26, 2016, at 2:30 p.m. at Town Hall

AGENDA

  1. Pledge of Allegiance-Call to Order-Roll Call-Freedom of Information
  2. Minutes – Town Council Meeting of March 22, 2016

Special Town Council Meeting of March 28, 2016

Ways & Means Meeting, April 19, 2016

  1. Financials – For the Month of March 2016
  2. Citizens/Guests Presentations, Comments:
  3. Reports of Standing Committees, Commissions, Boards:

Public Safety/Club Long Range Planning Committee – John Gregg

  • Motion to Approve Renewal of the Town’s Debris Management Stand-By Agreement with Phillips & Jordan
  • Motion to Approve Expenditure of $6,000 from the Emergency Preparedness Budget for Disaster Awareness Day, June 16, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Seabrook Island Club

Communications/Environmental – Jody Turner

Advertising & Public Relations/Special Projects – John Wells

  • Ambassador Program
  • Update on Obviouslee Marketing
  • Approve Selection of G. Robert George & Assoc. and Give the Mayor Approval to Enter into a Contract for Engineering Services Relating to Roadway Drainage

Community Relations

Ways & Means

Planning Commission

Board of Zoning Appeals

  1. Reports of Ad Hoc Committees:
  1. Reports of Town Officers:

Mayor

  • Status of 1126 Ocean Forest
  • Department of Transportation Safety Survey
  • Charleston Symphony Orchestra Proposal for July 3 Performance
  • Town Hall Meeting – May 12 at 7:30 p.m.

Town Administrator

Town Council Members

Utility Commission

  1. Petitions Received, Referred or Disposed of:
  1. Ordinances for First Reading:
  • Ordinance 2016-05, An Ordinance to Rezone 2531 High Hammock Road (TMS #147-10-00-006)
  • Ordinance 2016-06, An Ordinance to Amend the 2016 Town Budget
  1. Ordinances for Second Reading: None
  1. Miscellaneous Business
  1. Citizens Comments
  1. Adjourn

-Submitted by Faye Allbritton

Mayors Address Road Safety

It is certainly not news that Main and Bohicket Roads have safety concerns. To address IMG_2400these, Seabrook Island Mayor Ciancio and Kiawah Island Mayor Lipuma joined together to write South Carolina Department of Transportation to request a safety audit.

According to the Mayors: “Based on an analysis of SCDOT transportation data, TRIP (The Road Information Program), a non-profit research group, identified Main Road, Bohicket Road and the Betsy Kerrison Parkway 6th in the list of South Carolina secondary rural routes with the highest serious accident rates in the 2002 to 2006 study period. During the four (4) year study period, there were three hundred fourteen (314) injury crashes, twelve (12) fatalities and four hundred fifty-nine (459) people injured. Population and traffic on Johns Island have increased since that study was completed and both are expected to increase in the short and long term. Speed on the two roads in question, both higher and lower than signed, is a problem. Enforcement on these roads is almost impossible, as there is literally no room to pull anyone over without creating a more dangerous situation. “

Because these roads are so dangerous the Mayors request: “We would hope that a safety study, such as we have described herein, would lead to incremental safety improvements on Main and Bohicket. It goes without saying, but we feel it must be said, that what is being requested is not the ultimate solution to the problem of Johns Island roads. Nothing in this request should be interpreted as our abandonment of our pursuit of longer term solutions to the road problems, such as implementation of the so-called Johns Island Greenway. “

Continue reading “Mayors Address Road Safety”

Town Council Meeting, Tuesday March 22nd at 2:30pm at the Town Hall

AGENDA

  1. Pledge of Allegiance-Call to Order-Roll Call-Freedom of Information

 

Minutes – Town Council Meeting of February 23, 2016

Public Hearing of February 23, 2016

Ways & Means Meeting, March 16, 2016

 

  1. Financials – For the Month of February 2016

 

  1. Citizens/Guests Presentations, Comments:

 

  1. Reports of Standing Committees, Commissions, Boards:

Public/Club Long Range Planning Committee – John Gregg

Communications/Environmental – Jody Turner

Advertising & Public Relations/Special Projects – John Wells

  • Report Progress of Work on Seabrook Island Gateway Improvement Program

Community Relations – Skip Crane

  • Strategic Planning Session

Ways & Means                                             

Planning Commission

Board of Zoning Appeals

 

  1. Reports of Ad Hoc Committees:

Accommodations Tax Advisory – Sue Ingram, Chairman – Recommendation from Meeting of February 22, 2016

 

  1. Reports of Town Officers:

Mayor

  • Motion to Approve Appointment of an Engineering Services Selection Committee
  • Ocean Forest Property
  • Selection of Marketing Firm
  • Amendment of Budget Ordinance
  • Appointment of Judge O’Neill for a 4 Year Term – March 31, 2016, through March 31, 2020
  • Approval of Changes to Comprehensive Emergency Plan

Town Administrator

Town Council Members

Utility Commission

 

  1. Petitions Received, Referred or Disposed of:

 

  1. Ordinances for First Reading: None

 

  1. Ordinances for Second Reading: None

 

  1. Miscellaneous Business

 

  1. Citizens Comments

 

  1. Adjourn

Submitted by Faye Allbritton

Seabrook Mayor Talks Roads and Drainage to Villa Organization

Seabrook Mayor Ron Ciancio delved into the subjects of Johns Island Roads and town road drainage in a presentation to the Council of Villa Associations and Regimes (COVAR) meeting on Saturday, March 12, in the Lake House.

Mayor Ciancio detailed the results of a recent meeting with SCDOT District Engineer Robert Clark regarding deficiencies in Bohicket and Main Roads, which are part of the official hurricane evacuation route for Seabrook and Kiawah Islands.

The SCDOT has undertaken some recent improvements to the drainage system along Bohicket Road, including clearing ditches and replacing some damaged drainage pipes. As is widely known by now, Main Road at the approach to the Limehouse Bridge has been raised 6 inches in response to the severe flooding of last October.

At the insistence of the Charleston County Board, plans for the proposed controversial “supersteet” intersection at Main and Savannah Highway have been shelved. Until a source of funds to construct a grade separation (aka “flyover”) becomes available, the SCDOT is undertaking no other actions at this juncture to improve the intersection. Continue reading “Seabrook Mayor Talks Roads and Drainage to Villa Organization”

Post and Courier Letter to the Editor – Seabrook Response

In a recent Letter to the Editor of the Post & Courier published on February 24th, the writer suggested that the various Kiawah Island entities planned to form an organization to advocate for new roads “especially a ‘greenway’” through the middle of Johns Island and to hire former South Carolina Speaker of the House Bobby Harrell to serve as spokesman for the organization. The writer further suggests that it is “expected” that the Town of Seabrook Island, the Seabrook Island Property Owners Association and the Seabrook Island Club would contribute to this effort.  We can all confirm emphatically that none of the Seabrook Island entities identified in the letter has any intention of contributing to the retention of Bobby Harrell. Each of the three organizations would support legitimate efforts to make Johns Island roads safer and less flood prone.

Ron Ciancio, Mayor, Town of Seabrook Island
Heather Paton, SIPOA Executive Director
Janet Gorski, President, SIPOA Board of Directors
Caleb Elledge, COO, Seabrook Island Club
David Allen, President, Seabrook Island Club Board
of Governors