2026-09-21 - Committee on Public Works and Utilities

00:03All right, Mr. Chairman, we're ready to

00:06start when you are.

00:06>> Very good. All right. Welcome everybody

00:09to the public works meeting and

00:11Councilman Shealy, would you bring a few

00:14words, please?

00:15>> I'd be happy to.

00:17Chairman, let us pray.

00:19Our dear heavenly Father, we thank you

00:20for this day and all the blessings.

00:21Lord, we thank you for our health and

00:23our ability to be here. We thank you for

00:26allowing us to be leaders for the city

00:28of Charleston. We ask that you'll guide

00:30us, Lord, in our decisions today and

00:33Lord, that you'll be with our staff,

00:34those who are out working hard all

00:36throughout our city. Lord, that you'll

00:37place your protective hand over them.

00:39Keep them safe and continue to bless

00:42them. We ask for your blessings over

00:44everyone in the city of Charleston and

00:47Lord, it's in your precious and holy

00:49name we pray. Amen.

00:51>> Amen.

00:52Thank you, Councilman Shealy. Uh,

00:54shall I entertain the motion to

00:57approve the minutes from August 17th?

00:59>> For approval.

01:00>> Second.

01:00>> Probably moved and seconded. Any

01:02question on those minutes? Hearing none,

01:04all in favor, please say I.

01:06>> I.

01:06>> Uh, any opposed? Thank you. Acceptance

01:09and dedication of right-of-way E1,

01:11authorization to notify SCDOT

01:14that the city intends to accept

01:16maintenance of a concrete bulb out

01:20along with a rectangular rapid flashing

01:22beacon. I'm getting over my skis on this

01:24one. Who's going to take this, Mr.

01:26Bucci?

01:27>> Yes, Mr. Chairman. So, this is a SCDOT

01:30pedestrian improvement project where

01:32they're proposing bulb bulb outs that

01:34are made out of brick pavers, granite

01:35curbs, kind of those standard city

01:37infrastructure.

01:38So, they're asking the city to take over

01:40the maintenance of those non-standard

01:41items.

01:42>> Okay, so bulb out is where the handicap

01:45portion of sidewalk comes out to the

01:46street?

01:48That's it.

01:48>> Um, it's actually at the crossing. It's

01:50for it They do little bulb outs at the

01:53crossing locations to slow down the cars

01:56from going when they see those bull

01:58belts, they tend to slow down is my

01:59understanding. And of course, this was

02:01coordinated with traffic and

02:02transportation.

02:04>> Good.

02:05Uh what's the pleasure of the committee?

02:07>> Move for approval.

02:08>> Second.

02:09>> I'll move and second. Any questions on

02:11E1?

02:13All in favor, please say I.

02:14>> I.

02:15>> I.

02:16>> Any opposed? E2,

02:18uh Mr. Bucci.

02:20>> Thank you, Mr. Chairman. This is just a

02:21small amount of granite, uh I'm sorry,

02:24bluestone sidewalk that's being proposed

02:26on Meeting Street. Again, non-standard

02:27material. It's in the DOT right-of-way

02:30to be maintained by the city. Um this is

02:32that item that will be expedited to

02:34council so that they can move forward

02:36with the development.

02:38>> All right, we have a motion.

02:41>> Move for approval.

02:42>> Second.

02:42>> I'll move and second. Any questions on

02:44E2?

02:45Hearing none, all in favor, please say

02:47I.

02:48>> I.

02:48>> I.

02:48>> [clears throat]

02:49>> Any opposed? Eyes have it. E3, uh I

02:52think this is Mr. Kurkjian.

02:53>> Mr. Kurkjian is out.

02:54>> I'll take care of it.

02:55>> Chairman, I'll I'll I'll take these. Uh

02:56Mr. Kurkjian put together the agenda

02:58while I was out on on vacation last

02:59week, so they've got him listed, but I'm

03:01happy to cover the items for the for the

03:03meeting.

03:04>> Well, welcome back. Go ahead.

03:05>> Well, thank you.

03:07Um so, item item three, this is uh

03:09project um Converse Gardens, we're all

03:11familiar with. Basically looking at a

03:13small project allocation, outfall

03:15cleaning. Originally, we ended up

03:18doing a modification to the drainage

03:20system to bring more of the water to the

03:22south side of the street where we had a

03:23better um set of easements and access to

03:25the marsh.

03:27It's a DOT road, so DOT of course

03:29requires us to take over maintenance of

03:30the basically the small piece of pipe

03:32and the um extra [clears throat] inlet

03:34box and junction box we're putting in.

03:37Any questions, happy to answer in more

03:38detail.

03:39>> Any questions for Mr. Felton, uh Mr.

03:41Gardner?

03:42>> Yes, thank you. Welcome back. Um

03:45so, do we have an update on kind of

03:46where we are with DOT permits and when

03:49construction might start?

03:51>> So, generally for DOT, they'll require

03:53this as a condition of their permit.

03:54We'll provide this back, and then they

03:56will

03:57typically approve the permit within 30

03:59days of us providing back the response.

04:02Um this is really the last step in the

04:03conditional permitting process. Then

04:06>> Right.

04:06>> um construction would start shortly

04:08thereafter. I think we'll probably look

04:09at some of this in-house.

04:12>> Okay. Thank you.

04:14>> Absolutely.

04:15>> Are there any other questions on E3?

04:18Hearing none, all in favor, please say

04:19aye.

04:20>> Aye.

04:20>> Aye.

04:21>> Mr. Chairman,

04:23>> a motion. I'm sorry.

04:24>> Motion.

04:26>> Second.

04:26>> What a surprise. What a surprise.

04:28And we have a second to your motion?

04:31>> Second.

04:32>> Okay, probably second. Any discussion?

04:34Hearing none. Now, all in favor, please

04:36say aye.

04:37>> Aye.

04:37>> Aye.

04:38>> Any opposed? Eyes have it. E4,

04:41uh

04:41well, Mr. Felton.

04:43>> Yeah, thank you Mr. Chairman. So, this

04:44is a project Councilmember Shealy is

04:46very familiar with. Um part of the Lake

04:48Daughter project, which is a a

04:49larger-scale capital project work. We're

04:51doing a lot of work with um

04:53some funding from the county on.

04:55Um that project is still

04:57finalizing for construction bidding.

05:00Um but we found there was a section of

05:02street that was flooding that didn't

05:04seem to be directly related to the

05:06overall larger improvement in the lake.

05:08Um we're able to address that as part of

05:10our design work uh with sort of a a

05:12secondary project effort over in the

05:14Mariners Ferry area.

05:16Um this is basically acquiring um

05:20drainage easements from a couple of the

05:22the HOA and a property owner

05:24um to be able to do some pipe

05:25improvements to help that area drain out

05:27properly. It's sort of a quick-start

05:29project, planning to build that in-house

05:31um in advance of the large capital

05:33project while we're working through the

05:34bid process process.

05:37>> Okay. Any questions uh

05:39Mr. Shealy?

05:40>> Just a thank you. I appreciate all the

05:42work you're doing. Yeah, thank you very

05:44much.

05:45>> Good. See any taste of motion on E4?

05:48It was a pleasure.

05:49>> Move for

05:49>> approval.

05:50>> Second.

05:51>> Been seconded. Any more discussion?

05:53Hearing none, all in favor, please say

05:55aye on E4.

05:55>> Aye.

05:56>> Aye.

05:57>> Aye.

05:57>> Opposed. Thank you. E5.

05:59Hickory Knoll property, Mr. Morgan.

06:02>> Yes, sir, Mr. Chairman. So, this is a

06:04easement for a multi-use path along

06:07Maybank Highway on Johns Island. It's

06:09part of the whole network of multi-use

06:11paths we're trying to get created along

06:13Maybank, and this is just another little

06:15segment in front of a future commercial

06:18development.

06:21>> Um

06:23What's

06:23Well,

06:25you got a motion?

06:26>> Move for approval.

06:27>> Second.

06:28>> Been seconded. I got to tell you, Mr.

06:30Morgan, it was a good idea years ago. I

06:32remember when they put the first one in.

06:34Now, as as development comes, that

06:36pedestrian path is

06:38going pretty good cuz you see people

06:40riding bicycles on Maybank Road, and

06:42it's such a short shoulder there.

06:44It's a great good addition in that

06:46community. All in favor of the motion,

06:49please say aye.

06:50>> Aye.

06:51>> Any opposed?

06:52>> Aye.

06:53>> Ayes have it. All right.

06:55E6, um

06:57Johns Island Park, Mr. Bucci.

07:00>> Thank you, Mr. Chairman. So, this is a

07:01drainage easement over an existing ditch

07:04as well as a pond that was constructed

07:06as a part of the Johns Island Park just

07:07to ensure that we can maintain drainage

07:09through that area and prevent upstream

07:11flooding.

07:14>> There a motion?

07:15>> Move for approval.

07:16>> Second.

07:17>> It's been moved and seconded. Any

07:18discussion?

07:21All in favor, please say aye.

07:23>> Aye.

07:23>> Any opposed? Thank you. E7.

07:26Central Park Road, Mr. Bucci.

07:29>> Thank you again, Mr. Chairman. So, this

07:30is another drainage easement on an

07:32existing parcel that was caught at flat

07:35review, so again we can give maintenance

07:37to the Department of Stormwater to

07:38maintain the ditches in some of these

07:40areas.

07:43>> Motion.

07:44>> Move for approval.

07:46>> Second.

07:46>> Second.

07:47>> Second and any more any discussion

07:48hearing none all in favor please say

07:50aye.

07:51>> Aye.

07:51>> Any opposed?

07:53Uh

07:53we got a lot of temporary encroachments

07:56here. I mean more than usual. Uh

07:59Anything unusual that needs to be called

08:01to attention?

08:03>> There are there are a lot Mr. Chairman

08:05but they are all standard mostly signs,

08:07fences,

08:08driveways and that's it.

08:10>> Okay. Provide this information to the

08:12committee.

08:13Uh we're down at H1.

08:16Uh

08:16requesting city approval city

08:19for debris management and Mr. Altizer.

08:22>> Yeah, so we've been working with um

08:26uh emergency management on developing a

08:27debris management plan and this outlines

08:30basically all of our um um coordination

08:33efforts from roles and responsibilities

08:36um

08:37you know, coordination with the county,

08:38state, federal, and private sector

08:40partners. Uh health um and safety and it

08:44it it lays it all out and then

08:46integrates with our city of Charleston

08:48emergency house plan that's already been

08:50approved.

08:52>> Any questions for Mr. Altizer on the

08:55debris management plan?

08:59>> Move for approval.

09:00>> Properly moved and

09:02>> Second.

09:03>> Second.

09:04Uh any questions? Hearing none all in

09:07favor of each one please say aye.

09:09>> Aye.

09:09>> Aye.

09:10>> Any opposed? Thank you.

09:12We're down at J1 storm water management.

09:15Uh

09:16I believe Mr. Kirk is going to talk on

09:18this one.

09:19Contract with Gulfstream on Central Park

09:21Road base.

09:22Oh Mr. Felden, I forgot you're back.

09:25>> Okay Mr. Chairman. Mr. Kirk is here if

09:26there's any questions and um especially

09:28on the second item but on the

09:30first item this is our our low bid um

09:33results from our

09:36construction bidding for the Central

09:37Park Improvement project. This is a

09:39project we've talked about quite a bit

09:40at this committee. Um improving

09:43drainage in the um eastern half of the

09:46Central Park

09:48neighborhood. Just did our um

09:50neighborhood outreach meeting

09:52week or two ago.

09:53Um contractor lined up. Gulfstream

09:55Construction is low bidder. Very good

09:56contractor. Did a lot of good work with

09:58the city. $4.5 million. Happy to answer

10:00any questions. This is also supported

10:01with a million and a half dollars from

10:03the SC RIA

10:05agency through a grant.

10:07>> Great.

10:09Uh

10:11We got a motion in favor J1.

10:15Do we?

10:15>> Move for approval.

10:17>> Properly moved and

10:18is there a second?

10:20>> Second.

10:21>> The seconds are getting hard to get.

10:23>> Yeah.

10:23>> Right.

10:24>> Any discussion?

10:26All right. Good work. Uh all in favor,

10:28please say I of J1.

10:30>> I.

10:31>> I.

10:32>> Any opposed? Thank you. J2.

10:35>> Yeah, thanks for Sherman. So, for

10:37[clears throat] our um large-scale pump

10:39station, the previously the Lockwood

10:41pump station, now the William Dudley

10:42Gregory pump station,

10:43um we do our maintenance efforts. We

10:46have a combination of in-house an

10:47in-house team that works on these, but

10:49for the more complex maintenance on some

10:50of the larger systems, we use a

10:53a task order contract,

10:56similar to an IDC, um

10:58basically indefinite delivery where we

11:01work with a pre-qualified vendor for

11:04[snorts]

11:05maintenance efforts as needed. We have

11:07our base requirements and we can have um

11:09specialty issues if they come up. This

11:11was a competitively procured contract

11:13last year. This is the renewal of that

11:16contract um for one of its additional

11:19optional years.

11:20Uh it's originally a $400,000 not to

11:22exceed and it is again, it's a task

11:25order, so it's a time and expense style

11:26contract um on the negotiated rates.

11:29Uh it increases is 420 based on the the

11:31built-in escalators for the contract

11:33from cost increases which keeps keeps us

11:35limiting our

11:36um

11:37our risk on the on the project work.

11:39Happy to answer any questions, but

11:40basically a contract extension just a

11:42more complicated one.

11:45>> Okay. Any questions on the contract?

11:49Hearing none, what's the pleasure of the

11:50committee?

11:52>> Move for approval.

11:53>> Second.

11:54>> Second it.

11:55Any more discussion?

11:57All in favor, please say I.

11:59>> I.

11:59>> I.

12:00>> Any opposed?

12:02The eyes have it. Listen, that's the

12:03content of the meeting. Any uh

12:06miscellaneous to come for the committee?

12:10Hearing none, by acclamation we stand

12:11adjourned.

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