Planning Commission - workshop

Good afternoon. At this time, we're going to call in for the County Planning Commission web session.

Order. Farewell 12-2026.

Old businesses review restriction on land and service activity for the major residential subdivision request. Request an amendment to the tree preservation on the business in the county.

Okay, so on that first item, tree preservation, she sent y'all the addition of mass grading stuff to add in there, but that wasn't everything that was added. There were also a lot of definitions and other things. The copy that I just handed you is the latest copy between y'all and council. So y'all read through that and let me know what you think.

Yeah.

David. It had been proposed that we include a definition for lot mass grading, and I don't see that in our definitions.

It is under mass grading, and then in italics it specifies lot mass grading within that definition. Okay.

I was looking for another numeric definition.

We also define land disturbing activity.

Is there a reason why the full definition that was proposed for land disturbing activity wasn't included in the definition?

We use the traditional regulatory definition. It sort of conforms with other documents. We sort of keep in mind that at some point we may be delegated by DES to enforce stormwater regulations ourselves. So we sort of wanted to keep everything in compliance with DES type language.

Now, where they have natural lakes and streams, you know, creeks and streams, you know, they do have their own buffer. They have rules for that, but that would apply.

within this ordinance. So complying with the DES or the forestry BMP rules, that would lend itself to the density requirement.

That's the only way they'll continue to keep that national state when you start distributing it.

In section F, on number two, there's just a typo on the last sentence. Mass is spelled with one S instead of two. David, on the proposal that I handed out, E at the bottom of the first page, I had added undisturbed buffers shall be maintained around streams, wetlands, and environmentally sensitive areas. Is that covered elsewhere?

That is covered by DES specific requirements. Their requirements do allow for, I think, disease, dead, dying, or invasive trees to be removed. But generally, they have to remain intact. And the buffers, depending on the classification of strain, get larger.

OK. So DES regulates that for us?

They do. And then the Forestry Commission regulates it for logging sites. So if you were to clear cut a site and it had a strain through it, you would not be allowed to clear cut the strain site management.

So on the second page of what I handed out tonight, I had put in there, suggested adding that the developer provide the hydrology studies and soil data. And that could come from any government agency that does those, that they just submit those. And then if there's any environmental limitations on the site, that they identify those and how they're going to deal with those. Do we have that anywhere else in our ordinances on development?

I'll let Doc answer that, but they are on the DES plans. They're on the required SWEP, Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan, and that comes With the construction plans and the NOI or notice of intent, the application, to disturb all of that is within that packet.

Within the DES requirement?

It is. That is correct. And it's all public information. I don't know if you get a copy. We do. Okay.

Yes, and it has to be approved by DES.

We get an entire copy of it. Yes. The hydrology studies and all of it. Yes. Y'all get copies of all of that from DES?

Correct. So once it's been approved, we don't require the copies from the developer. We require the copy from DES.

Thank you.

Y'all are good with that one?

You want to move on?

All right, so the next one is review corrections for data center crypto mining. Y'all have it in your packet. Changes are highlighted in yellow.

I want to address a few of the concerns that the citizens have had and also myself. First, like, excuse me, rates and agreements between utilities and data centers, cost allocation methodologies. The one thing I did find is the state has developed a data center development office, and they will have regulation over data centers and cryptos. And section 493570 of this, the amendment they have was to provide for decommissioning plans and financial assurances associated with decommissioning. So that's handled by DES. Or the state. Or the state, yeah. Provide for the interaction between the provisions of this chapter and local governments and local government land use planning. 4935 is to require data centers to implement reasonable measures to minimize noise, vibration, and light impacts resulting from their operation. 4935 also is to provide protections for confidential information shared with the office by the data center operators. Section 4935 clarifies the interaction between the chapter and the other environmental laws. And section 4935.120 is to provide for enforcement and penalties, to provide that the provisions of this chapter are prospective, to provide for regulations from the Department of Environmental Services, and to provide that for two years after enactment, the Department of Environmental Services shall prioritize technical assistance and guidance over enforcement to facilitate industry transition to the new requirements. Also, 4935 provides for the interaction between the provisions of this chapter, local governments and local government land use planning. So, as Edgefield County can't enforce items that are not under our jurisdiction, we just want to ensure everyone that these concerns are not just simply being overlooked. However, other regulatory agencies govern and provide requirements and regulations that have knowledge and authority to govern. So we are looking ahead. So that's all.

And to add to that, a lot of this is very new stuff. And as you all know, I've been in Hawaii for two weeks, so I'm a little behind the curve. But I will follow the state's legislation process and notify you all of any changes or anything that comes up during that process, and then any gaps that we feel are not appropriately handled by that office, if the state allows it, then we can come back and we can add, modify, and change our own text to meet up with their requirements. Sometimes when the state chooses to regulate a use, it's all-encompassing, meaning that on a local level, you're not allowed to regulate it anymore. And sometimes the state allows you, basically makes a small list of their requirements, and then the local level is still allowed to come in and add further requirements if they want to. So we'll see how that plays out in the legislature. But right now, I think what we – have mostly is just protect us for now, and then as we watch the legislative process, we can come back in and fill gaps, or if we have to take things out if the state requires.

Also, if anyone's interested, the bill number is SO867. So you can keep up with it online.

Is that in the Senate right now? Yes.

So it went through the Senate, and now it is in a House subcommittee or a Senate subcommittee. I'm not sure which one, but the Subcommittee for Agriculture is pursuing it right now. And then, of course, once they're done with it, it has to go to the House, and then it has to be signed by the governor. But the full bill is being pushed into a subcommittee of the Senate right now.

Are we waiting on that bill before we finalize our?

No, so we can go ahead and pass ours, and if there becomes a conflict in the future, then we'll just have to go back and change it. But there's no reason, I mean, you know, on the state side, it can take months for something to go through the Senate, then more months for it to go through the House, and then if they decide they want to make changes, it has to go back through the Senate, and I'm sure you are all aware of how that works. And then the governor can turn around to veto it and it has to start all over again. So that process can be lengthy. My recommendation is go ahead and get what we want in place and then if it conflicts in the future or something comes up where we have to change it, we'll go back filling gaps or delete stuff as needed according to what gets passed. Because right now we don't know what's ultimately going to be passed. I mean, we can read the bill that they have before them, but That could change a dozen times between now and then.

Well, I think we need to have it as tight as we possibly can. No loopholes. I'm following some of the other names. I'm following George and some of the others that have problems.

Well, I think for us, primarily, I mean, if we put language in there that says it's permitted only in industrial period in the discussion, that means it can go in the industrial park or it can't come into Edgeville County. not unless county council agrees to rezone a parcel of land, which they would have to do, you know, they'd have to rezone an area. They can't rezone for the financial benefit of a single organization, so.

Which is.

Which is the point.

Which will also, though, is what happened in Richmond County, where they rezoned an area just to put a data center in. Right. And then everybody went. Right.

Well, you're not supposed to zone for the financial benefit of a single individual. Now, if you're adjacent to another industrial parcel, for example, if they wanted to put it on a parcel that's right next to our existing industrial park, then technically you can rezone a parcel to add to the industrial park. But if you're out in the middle of residential development zoning, you can't just pick a parcel and say, I'm turning that into industrial. That's called spot zoning. It's illegal.

I just wanted to say that there's one interesting thing in legislation, and that is that they may push the ability to place data centers in brownfields. And a brownfield is a contaminated area where there was a factory or a plant or something of that nature. So we may want to consider allowing that area, any brownfield area, to accommodate a data center. It's just a thought.

Do we have any brownfield areas?

So we do have one that's already zoned industrial. It's right there next to Star Road. If you take a left on Star Road, it's the old plant on the right-hand side. It's a heavily contaminated brownfield. I don't know that even a data center would be allowed there since it's toxic. But they did just finish, DES just finished a huge mitigation project out there where they took up a whole bunch of dirt and cycled it, cleaned it, put it back. But the test wells out there still test pretty high for those chemicals. So that is a huge brownfield in Edgefield County, and it's already zoned industrial. So, again, that industrial zoning requirement would apply to that too, even if it was possible. The only other brownfield that I know of is in the city of Johnston. It's the old mill over there by the railroad tracks. I don't know what Johnston's zoning is off the top of my head, but of course it's in the city limits, so it's irrelevant to us anyway.

Do we have a distance from residential area proposed? Yes. How much is it?

A thousand feet from a residential. any resident and I didn't originally the language said a thousand feet from a residential zone but I did not feel that I mean we have a lot of different zoning categories in the county that allow residential that are not you know like our general commercial allows for residential so I didn't want it phrased that way because you're a thousand feet from residential zoning well you could still be right next door to somebody's house that way So, I've changed it and put 1,000 feet from a single or multifamily dwelling. Okay. That way, you have to be 1,000 feet even if it's a house that's in the middle of a commercial district. You still have to make that 1,000 feet.

You said we could have something more restrictive than what the state agency?

So, that depends on how the state chooses to do it. If the state sets up their own regulatory body and they determine that that body is going to be the sole regulator on it, then, of course, that takes the power out of county level. But sometimes the state, when they regulate a use, they only set up a set of basic rules and then the county can come in and be more restrictive but not less restrictive. Right now, I don't think you need to focus on that, because even if it turns out that our ordinance becomes in conflict with them, we will have time to go back and adjust it and change it if we need to. But until we know exactly what they're going to do, I wouldn't suggest that we change our plans. You just go ahead, put what you think needs to be in place in place, and then if there comes a conflict in the future, we'll go back and change it.

Do you know, does DEF currently have any regulations on stormwater runoff, like toxic stormwater runoff, and a requirement that it's filtered until it's, that stormwater's runoff somewhere?

I don't think stormwater is considered toxic as a runoff.

No, no. Well, the data center ones can become toxic, and if it's above a certain temperature, It can negatively affect wetlands around it if it goes in at a higher temperature than it should be, and that affects wildlife that might be living in those.

Well, I can say two things, and I'll let David answer that from a DES since he worked for DHEC. I'll let him address some of that. But even if that's a concern, we don't regulate it.

But if it's more restrictive, then...

I'm not an environmental scientist. I can't go out there and test the water to determine if it's toxic or not.

Somebody else has to do that. Non-contact cooling water, if it's going to have an elevated temperature, becomes wastewater, it does require an NPDES permit. So DHEC does regulate that, and they will regulate that. And... To your point earlier, in the earlier form of legislation I saw, they proposed an office within DES regulating data centers. So it would be the environmental department of the state who would be in charge of this. So yes, that would be regulated. Any alteration to stormwater that would introduce contaminants, it automatically becomes wastewater.

And so they would also regulate if they release water that they've used for cooling and if it's for whatever reason that water's released, which we're going to require a closed loop system, but if they're like rinsing, draining that system for some reason and that water's a certain temperature, you think they're going to have a regulation in place where if they release water,

It would probably be an NPDES general permit, but it would have parameters they would have to go by.

You expect DES to have that, or do you know if they have that in place already, or you think that'll be something they'll add?

They have permits for things like drinking water plant, backwash water, and things of that nature, so if they don't, it wouldn't be that much of a challenge for them to regulate it. But it would be outside of the stormwater realm. That would be an actual discharge.

Yeah.

So that would be a waste discharge.

A waste discharge, right. Right. So DES would, we would expect them to regulate that.

They would regulate it, yes.

So water that's a higher temperature than.

Wouldn't that fall under the, remember the section where any, What is it called? They have to have a licensed company come to collect that?

Well, I think currently, before these regulations get passed, like if there was one built today, and they were started to discharge, they would be treated just like the Water and Sewer Authority is charged for discharge. It would have to meet the EPA and state standards. The water basically has to be cleaner than the water, you know, body of water the water came out of. So, you know, like our Water and Sewer Authority, the water they discharge from our sewer system is cleaner than the water that goes into the intake on the Savannah River. So it's actually cleaner than natural water.

Well, your assumption is that it would be discharged to the environment. But if it's in an industrial area, it would likely be discharged into the sewer system. So it would already be regulated and treated and go to a regulated treatment plant. In this case, Horse Creek in Aiken.

I think I was trying to come up with the word recycle. There's a recycle section in there that dealt with water and refuse. So there you go. Seeing your moments come quicker now. Yeah.

I would assume that any discharge from a cooling system will be considered wastewater and treated as wastewater. So if they wanted to naturally discharge it, it would have to meet the same requirements as any other wastewater. Um, if they wanted to try to discharge it into a local stream or something like that, then of course they would have to meet the same standards as the water and sewer department, which are quite strict. Um, if it was considered stormwater, then I would assume that this body would have to come up with, you know, specific regulations for that specific use.

My basic concern is the size, the noise, and the interference. Those are my three concerns.

Well, the size is going to be what type tool?

And I don't want, you know, you see what Columbia County, that big deal they got over there. Now, I think that,

too large or that close, even 1,000 feet of area. And the ordinance that we drafted already covers those items. And again, I think making sure that we adjust the use tables to restrict it to industrial will also take care of that because then the only possible place you could currently build it is where something like that should be. Even if they came right now and we did allow it in industrial, the answer would have to be no from us anyway. I mean, you know, we have a 1.8 megawatt line for the whole county, so they take a lot more than that. We have nowhere near enough water capacity for one, and we have zero sewer capacity. So right now it would be a no no matter what. Even if we doubled all of our utility infrastructure today, we would still have to say no.

Didn't we limit the tier one, tier two, tier three? Yes, that's all. We limited that, right?

It's in there already. But if one was to be built, the industrial park is where you would want it anyway.

Are there any residential houses within 1,000 feet of the industrial park?

No, and we will not allow any to be built within 1,000 feet either.

You know we got high technology. I've seen it in my lifetime. You get interference from all this high technology that affects private, you know, as it grows, it affects private people's communication and all this. So we need to look ahead on stuff like that. That's why I like to keep it out.

The thing about an actual industrial...

I look outside the box. I'm thinking about, what, 25 or 30 years from now. And technology has gone, in my lifetime, so fast in dealing with it and dealing with interference and stuff that comes from it.

30 years from now, data centers will be in space. The key thing about an actual industrial park is you remember they have to be vetted. There's a lot of regulatory burden on a county. It's very expensive to do an actual industrial park, not just in terms of utilities, but residential housing nearby, the ground has to be just so, stormwater has to be You know, the capacity has to be ten times what's actually being used. There's a lot of regulatory burden for our county to do an actual industrial park. So our big industrial park where Generac is, that is a fully vetted industrial park. We're not going to let any kind of developer come in and threaten really the only place we have for that level of industry, even though right now, We don't have the utility infrastructure to serve a lot of the industries that show interest in Edgefield County, unfortunately. As that changes over time, we want to make sure that that industrial park is prepared to handle anything that would be offensive in other areas.

Okay, we got another item and we need to move on. We can come back to this later. We have new business here tonight that we need to work on. We get a Hummer Tower. Hummer Tower Accession Company, LCT, proposes the installation of a 350-feet guide tower associated antenna located on Loop Rock Bridge Road, Highway 191 in Johnson. AT&T is looking to provide intense debt networks to provide improved cellular data and coverage. Yeah, my name is Jackson Nadinger with Selective Solutions representing Harmony

THE APPLICANT HERE. I'LL KEEP THIS BRIEF. BASICALLY WE'RE LOOKING TO DO A 315-FOOT TOWER. STANDARD BUILD. AND MEET THE CODE. AND I THINK THE BIGGEST CONCERN WAS THE FALL ZONE. AND WE DO HAVE AN ENGINEERED uh, letter stating that it would, uh, that if the tower would fall, it would fall within, um, uh, within the property.

We got, we got, you know, we got a little triangle in there. Mm-hmm. That area there, you know, I was wondering about that and, uh, I think you kind of want to position your guidelines according to the way it's shaped and shaped.

Yeah, the, uh, yeah, the, the, the way it fits in the property, um, I believe it's shown in this. Yeah, it is shown here. I want to say we're 154 feet from property lines. And that's for the tower itself.

So otherwise, if the tower failed, it wouldn't affect the prime perspective of the property over there. It's 315 feet, 315 feet. How do 15 feet mean enough for a voice voice? I'm trying to figure that out.

That's above my pay grade. I don't know how they come up with that number. It's what they need to meet their coverage objective.

So you're representing the company that installed the tower, the owner's tower?

Correct. Land, who owns the land? Yeah, the property owner, it's Stone Mountain LLC, I want to say.

Out of Missouri.

Who?

Out of Missouri.

Out of Missouri? Yeah. How long they been had that property?

Not that long.

I'm surprised it's so. You know, this was an old landmark, a simple school. It finally got destroyed. Did y'all, how y'all find that? Actually, I think it's back before his day, too. It was a one-room schoolhouse. It was still there when I was a kid. I mean, it was dilapidated when I was a child, but the building was physically still on the property back then. Yeah, again, that's above my pay grade.

The engineers, they sign off on it.

The primary difference is on a guide tower, you have to have the full length of the tower in space around the tower to allow it to fall. So kind of like, I mean, we have a 540-foot one that the county owns over on Starr Road, and that's why so little is allowed around it because you basically, it won't fold. It falls over. So you just need a bigger piece of property for a guide tower, whereas the ones you see like that they build in town, those are designed that if the top fails, the mast itself is stronger than the top, so it kind of folds in half and it falls in its own footprint. They fall in about a 20-foot circle. So you don't need, you don't need.

I have no idea. Most of them in the county are between 280 and 350 feet.

The WBBQ tower on Stevens Road is a 500-foot tower. The county's tower on Starr Road is a 500-foot tower, and I think the one out on ‑‑ Yeah, that's a 500 tower. Yeah. So generally speaking, cell phone companies don't want 500 foot. That's back from the days before 4G. When 4G came out, the bandwidth changed and it can't travel as far. So they built more towers and then brought it down lower so that it would spread out more. And then when 5G comes out, you know, 5G travels even shorter distance. So now they're building even more towers to try and spread their 5G signal. And 5G has good penetration. but it doesn't have good travel distance. So that's why they usually build the towers a little shorter. So you don't really see five, 600-foot towers anymore just because those antennas aren't made to broadcast from that height.

Well, and I appreciate the knowledge.

Yeah, and like the WBBQ tower, we have our own antennas on that. And if you ever go look at it, you'll notice there's nothing at the top of the tower. It's just because modern technology just doesn't spread that well anymore.

Is AT&T the only provider that can use the tower, or will other providers be able to use it as well?

Yeah, others can use it. AT&T is the anchor tenant, and then a few years down the line, T-Mobile, DISH, Boost Mobile, they can all.

And as you know, we also require an anchor point that can be reserved for the county's emergency systems if necessary. So there are usually three sets of three anchor points on most towers, but some towers are designed a little different depending on the weight of the antennas that are going on there. But there's always multiple anchor points for different carriers to rent, but AT&T is basically the one that's getting it started, and they're going to be the first people to hold a long-term lease on the tower. That's all it means by AT&T. The tower company is a separate company, and they will lease to whoever wants to lease space on it.

What are the buildings across the street, that lot across the street from it on Highway 191?

That's somebody's home?

And have they been notified of this tower going up?

Everybody within a 500 feet radius.

Have you gotten any response?

We made her aware of the work session and the public hearing. And the fact that she could write us in any kind of state

And that's Jennifer Kelly.

Has she sent anything in? And she lives on that property?

She lives directly across the street.

The one with all the buildings?

Mm-hmm.

I'm just curious, is there anywhere in their ordinance up with the towers that they, how close they can be to a residential area or homes?

I mean, obviously, on a guided tower, they can't be within the fall. Right. So they have to be engineered to stay on the property their own or the leased area of the property their own.

So you're talking about a football field then from the basin?

Depends on how they design it. Like I said, they can design them to fall 20 foot within the bottom of the tower. Depends on.

I mean, some people are sensitive to those towers, you know, to the waves that come off those towers. So, I was just wondering if we had anything in our ordinance about distance from residential areas.

No, we do not. And considering that, you know, the towers, the antennas get attached to buildings, in populated areas all the time, and people don't even know it's there. It's kind of a, I don't want to say a silly fear, but it's an ignorant fear. If you've ever stayed at a hotel, there's three of those antennas on the top of the hotel.

Most of us don't have that sensitivity, but there's a small percentage of people that do.

If you drive through downtown Edgefield or Johnston, The antennas are on the buildings. They're designed that way because 5G, like I said, it doesn't spread long distance the way the old cell signals did. So the antennas are everywhere, even if you don't see a tower. Otherwise, your phone wouldn't work.

And the people who live in this area, have they been complaining about not having service?

So we have absolutely no way to verify whether there's a service issue. And I'm sure, like, I'm sure you know that, you know, one carrier might have a severe issue in an area, and two other carriers might have absolutely no problem. So it might just be that AT&T has some coverage issues there, and the existing towers might just be full, and they can't get a slot, so they're building another one. You know, sometimes that happens. There's, you know, if you don't have enough anchor points at the right height, then they have to build another tower. And we do have ordinance that limits the distance between the towers. So, you know, it's not always a perfect scenario.

You got to remember that waves travel straight. They don't do this. They hit some reflex. So if you got a distance, your tallest distance on a straight line from there to where it, meeting on the horizon, if you get a contract . I've worked in the military years before he was born. But it traveled in distance. So what you're saying, see, we got, so like he said, we got, you can drop the tower because your distance is not as far. When you got a 500-foot tower, he can still distance a long way down a straight line. So that's the difference. So basically, it's a real improvement with less towers. If you're ready, your signal wouldn't get out. I remember a time when getting a signal from Johnson down to Meriwether was almost impossible. We had tires. I don't know what. It's a straight line. If you get something, it stops it. That's it. That's why your signal is going across. You get a lot of interference made from metal buildings in the terrain. And that's why you get a bad signal today. So you're going to have to build a tower somewhere to pick up that blanket. Okay. I appreciate it.

Yes, sir.

Yes, thank you. We just got in our regular meeting at 6 o'clock. That's all we have on that, isn't it? We plan on meeting all the ordinances. We're going to call an hour. Meet the audience. 1,809 was here. Get to the county council. Planning committee. I'm sorry. I'm not moving up. We'll call an hour at this time. I'm going to do the invocation set tonight. Father God, we apologize and thank you, dear God, for the opportunity. We want to be able to come and make decisions that the death of our knowledge I asked him up to the president. All good order, good peace, harmony. It's interesting. Approval of an agenda for February 12, 2020.

Make a motion to approve. Second.

Motion second. All in favor raise your right hand. Opposed, ayes have it. Approval of the amendment for December 11, 2020.

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Motion.

Make a motion to approve.

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All in favor raise your right hand. Approval for December 11, 2020.

Make a motion to approve.

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Motion to second by the right hand. Approval of January 8th wet section.

Make a motion to approve. Second.

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All in favor, right hand. Exempt subdivisions that came in last month for two. Flight reviews were five. And we had one minor subdivision. Behind that, you'll see our census report. Do you have any questions about the census report? Not much has happened. We just left January, so...

We have no guest speakers. Next, we have a public hearing. The public hearing is coming up in service with regard to the item on the agenda tonight, which Say it, Tyler. If you sign up, we ask that you stay on the subject a maximum of five minutes. And come here. Come here.

Jackson, I can't read the name. That's you. I can't read your writing.

I'm sorry.

The next two are about the treaty ordinance. And that's not the. Lewis. I can't read the last name either. Oh, okay. Sorry. Is this on the cell tower?

Okay. I thought I recognized you. I didn't want to make you, I didn't want to misplace you.

Both of us are Army veterans. I have, I received notice of this hearing. And I have three properties that surround that site. I don't have, per se, concern for the properties that I own, which I've got approximately 300 acres or so that I own in there. One of them is jammed up right next to it. OK. All right. My concern is years ago, and I'll make this very brief if I can. Years ago, the first three cell towers that I know of that were put in the county were put out on Highway 25 and also one in Harmony and then one on some property that my family owned, which is about a quarter of a mile away from the proposed tower. At that time, US Antenna did it. And, of course, they paid us lease money and whatnot, one thing and the other. But one thing that we brought up and we discussed it with them, I brought up, was that I wanted the tower to be far enough off the road that it wouldn't be any sort of distraction with anything, with the road or anything, because of the fact that That road, particularly during the spring and the summer, is highly traveled by farm equipment, like tractors with peach trailers on it and that kind of stuff. And those vehicles do not move that fast. And my question that I had, I just wanted to bring it up as a question. And I think Mr. Burke brought it up about the triangle. OK. The line of sight there from being able to navigate, like if you've got your peaches that you want to take back to the right or the left or whatnot, you've got to have a good enough line of sight to be able to see or you're going to have a lot of wrecks down there. I'm a little concerned about that. I'm also concerned about the height of the tower, just like he brought up. about if it was to fall any kind of way. That's kind of a narrow little strip there. You can say, well, it's such and such, but if you measure across from the points, it narrows way up. It's not as big a piece of land as you think it is because it narrows like that because of the triangle. And that was a concern I had. I actually, and I have no qualms about this, I actually, the land came up for The real estate company was offering it, and I put a bid in for it, and I didn't get it. I don't have any misgivings about that or sour grapes or anything like that. My deal is I'm speaking for the farming community. I just want to make sure that there's not going to be any kind of safety factor involved in it. As far as line of sight and that kind of thing, somebody would have to guarantee me or the farmers around there that that would be the case. That's the only thing that I'm bringing up. I don't have any misgivings about the fact that I missed out on buying land. It would have joined all of my land, but that's not the point. I didn't get it. It was free enterprise, so be it. My main concern, though, is that safety issue. I'm just concerned about that. If anybody goes down there and you actually take a look at it, how that road comes and comes into it, you've got a narrow section there you can look. It's almost like the intersection up at Airport Road and Old Plank Road. You've got a narrow line of vision there. To me, I was a little concerned about that. And the only reason I say that also is the fact that when we did our tower down there, I specifically told him I did not want it near the road. That was part of the deal. Now, I know there's one on 25 that was right up jammed up next to the road, and actually when they widened the road, when they put the four-lane highway in there, they had to go up and put big old boulders up there. I call them boulders gravel going up through there. So, you know, So if it wouldn't have erosions where the tower would fall or whatnot, if anybody rides by there, they'll see that. But I'm just, that's my major concern. I don't have a problem. Naturally, I wouldn't have a problem with a cell tower because we put one on our property. So that's not, that's not one concern. My concern is the highway out there and the safety aspect. And really thinking about the farmers and having slow implement equipment because that is a major Peach area out there, major. I mean, if you go down 191, you can't hardly go very far and not see peach trees. And so that concern I have, and I'm really, I'm not even so much voicing that for myself, because I lease my land out. I'm voicing it for the farmers and also for citizens, because if somebody were to have an accident out there or something, You know, it would involve somebody that either lived in the county or was going through the county and whatnot. And, you know, if they could guarantee that, that's fine. They could guarantee that it's not going to, you know, have, you know, you're going to have clear line of sight and all like that. And the fellow up here just saying, well, he didn't know about 15 feet or whatever. Well, somebody when they come here should know what they're talking about with the towel. That's it.

Thank you.

Jason King? Is it on the cell tower?

You want to address it?

I mean, I can if you want me to.

Go ahead. Okay.

The enclosed area around the tower is a 100-foot by 100-foot square. So the nearest road or property line is 54 feet from that. So you will have at least 54 feet on all sides clear. You'll have 76 foot on the front where 191 is. So it will be 76 foot off of the right-of-way of 191. 109 feet off of the edge of the pavement. As for the fall distance, it is a mid-break tower. It's designed to break at 150 foot, and the nearest property line is It's really small, but 160 feet away, so it is designed to fall completely and totally within the property it's sitting on. It will not cross into another property or onto the road, and according to the preliminary plan that I have before me, I don't have a landscape plan yet, but According to this, it's not going to be screened, so there shouldn't be any line-of-sight issues with 191 and Lukebridge. I think that covers his primary concern.

The fact that he's faced, you know, what he addressed, you addressed him, so I think. So, otherwise, it'd be, I'm If you got open side, line of sight, nothing to block off. You know what I'm saying? Because it always was so high when the building was there. When the building was there, I don't know why we didn't have motor. Because you couldn't see when you come down Luke Road and it comes across. So that should give enough clearance to keep it clear.

I mean, in other words, at its shortest side from Luke Bridge, it'll be a little over 60 feet off the road on the Luke Bridge side. And it'll be a little off 70 feet off of 191. That corner will be completely clear. Even if they did plant the, you know, did some landscaping around the fence itself, it would still be clear.

Now, the fence will be enclosed.

The fence is 100 foot by 100 foot.

That enclosed the guidelines. The guidelines within the 100 feet of the outside of it.

The guidelines will expand outside. Oh, okay.

That's what I was wondering about.

But the actual fenced area that would have equipment in it that's not, that you can't see through is going to be. A lot further back.

If they kept it bush hauled down properly like it would be, it would be plenty clear.

Obviously, DOT will still clear the right of way. So the right of way, they can't put anything in the right of way in relation to this project. So the line of sight for turning off of Luke Bridge or onto Luke Bridge will still be maintained by DOT. And I'll let you form your own opinion about how well they do that. The property itself should not have any interference with those two roads.

OK. So that would take care of our public hearing over business. Voting final discussion regarding the request to add restriction on land distribution. Disturbing activity for the major residential subdivision as an amendment to the tree preservation ordinance being presented to the county council for consideration. So at this time, we discuss it and vote on for a vote to add the restriction onto it and send it on to the county council.

So y'all saw my reformatting that I did beforehand. and the copy that you have in front of you includes the latest changes from county council. So county council basically wants your blessing or recommendation on what you have in front of you right now. You can always, of course, go back and add things later or change things however you want to, but county council would like your opinion on the document, the last draft that they created. So it would be a vote to recommend approval, and then y'all work it out.

A motion to approve any discussion.

You need a second.

I'll second the motion. In discussion. No discussion on the motion. All in favor of approval of the motion, raise your right hand. Supposedly, I'd have it. OK, good. We're now down to our new building, which is vote and final discussion regarding the preliminary approval of the Tiber Center Company, the LCC, proposed installation of a 15-foot guide tower to be located on Lickfault Road in Edgefield Park, ID 073-000010-AAA. Everything has met the criteria. that it takes to approve it. We heard speculation about it. I feel good about it being clear enough that it won't interfere with the traffic The viewer, people coming into it, since I'm familiar with the area so forth in time, I recommend that we get a vote to pass it.

OK. So remember, we changed the ordinances. So this will be a vote to recommend for preliminary approval. They will still have to come back after we finalize the paperwork for a final approval. So this will be the first application under the new ordinance. OK. So it would be a motion. to recommend approval of the preliminary plat for Harmony Towers Asset Company, LLC.

Second.

So, motion to recommend approval of the preliminary plat for Harmony Towers.

Second. Any discussion? Not all in favor of Motion? Raise your right hand.

Okay, so you actually skipped one of the old business items. Oh, I'm sorry. We got to go back up to the vote. Crypto mining, and I will let April handle this one because I was not part of writing it. I don't know what's on it.

We just need to recommend to amend it, right?

Recommend to approve the original.

I recommend that we No, we didn't make any amendments tonight.

As it's presented, you're just going to recommend approval. Make a motion. In a second. Second.

All in favor, right hand? Opposed? I have. Okay. That's all I have. I just want to make this comment here that this is to the public, those that listen wherever they are, that during our meetings, we have public hearings. Public hearings are designated for items that are on the agenda. In some meetings, you have open public comment areas. We don't have that on our agenda as of now. We don't have that. So that means that we stay restricted to it. I know people like to make comments and tell me that, but if you're not on the agenda, if you go to the staff beforehand, it's possible that we can put an item on the agenda and so forth. But as our flow map goes right now, that If it's not an agenda item, we don't discuss it.

And if y'all want to, I mean, y'all can always institute something like county council if you want to have a comment period for items not on the agenda. And you can put whatever limits you want on it. So if you wanted to have one and say, we're going to give 20 minutes for comments on items not on the agenda, I mean, you're welcome to do that. You just have to call us and let us know that you want it on the agenda. But typically and historically, we only do public comments on actual projects or legislation that will be sent to council. And then, of course, anything that goes to council, they have to have their own public hearings on that as well.

So basically, that's a decision that I let the member decide on that. And we can decide to do it. We can add a significant amount of time to that point, that bid. So think about it, and the next meeting, we'll do it. Make a final decision on it.

Okay. Motion to adjourn. Make a motion to adjourn.

Second. Second to adjourn. Meeting adjourned. Appreciate your comment.