City Council - Regular Meeting

And also to pledge allegiance. Please bow your heads. Father, we come to you today asking you to continue to lead, guide, and direct us as leaders that you put before the people and as your children who understand how to actually listen and give direction and love on each other as we try to continue to improve the city of North Charleston. Father, I know that you are looking at the city to see how far it has come. And your love is everything we need. But you also want us to love each other as you love us. And Father, we ask you as a city to continue to lead, guide, and direct us. And also, Fat

That's why I called Anthony. And when I called Anthony, he came in, and we are the only department in the nation that had an officer-involved shooting that acknowledged we were wrong and got the family of the person, the life we took with us, every recruit with us in Denver, talking about the city of North Charleston, how we've changed, how we're better. Then we looked at our young kids. We have that big park, right? Don't we, Mandy? We have the big park. That's the biggest in the world, right? But there's no park in this world that should not allow everybody to play. Our park is inclusive. If

Come on. Come on up, man. What am I doing? Come on. I want you just to talk, just to let them know the people who are involved.

Everything that our citizens do and everything that our workers do in the city of North Charleston, it must be about the betterment of people.

I was raised by a city with more grit, heart, resilience than anywhere else. My mother used to say, son, good things come from North Charleston. I've always known that to be true, and today you know it too. These programs are the heartbeat of a community that refused to break. They are a living proof of a city working together, growing together, and moving forward together. Forward together.

I just really feel blessed to be invited for us by the Civic League and also to have everybody around the City of North Charleston team. It's real. We came up here with real information. We came up here with the Walter Scott family. Real. We came up here with our Liberty Hill Enrichment Program. Real. We came up with our Unique Needs Skills Program. It's real. Everybody up there, they're either engaged in something or helping others in their lives to be better. And that's all this thing is about. Being seriously real about life and helping people in the best way we can. The spirit just gets in

We have a motion to second. Any changes, corrections? Hearing none, Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

We have a motion to second. Any discussions? Hearing none, Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

We have a motion and a second. Any discussions?

Okay. All right. We had a motion. I'm second. Hearing none, Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

We have a motion and a second for denial. Any discussions? Hearing none, Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

Yes, ma'am. Thank you, Council. All right. Without objections, we will hear items five, seven, and eight through by title only discussion for number five.

Then we'll get back to number five, I think. Councilwoman Cannaway.

Question. Yes. For item number five, counsel, I sent an email to Mr. McCall, and I realize I believe he's on vacation this week, and he did partially answer my question, but he didn't fully answer it. And I want an answer in regards to I was asking whether there's a specific plan to address the increased traffic and noise caused by continued development along Ashley Phosphate Road.

Now I understand that the city considers traffic and quality of life concerns when reviewing new development, but you're saying there is a specific plan in place that would address this?

We have a motion and a second. We are here at this discussion. Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

I'll just peek over this side for 18, but anyway. Yes, sir. Without objection, we will hear items 9 through 18 by title only.

We have a motion and a second. Any discussions? Hearing none, Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

Okay. Can we do this? Can we get a copy of that? Then we can get it to them. Do we have another copy? Yeah, because I want to get it to the folks.

I was going to say, Ms. Price, look here. Yes, ma'am. Thank you. Thank you. Mr. Mayor, I know Ms. Mommy knows. She sends me text messages. I'm available. I get messages from her all the time. And Ms. Bryce, please feel free to contact me. If I don't know, I can't assist, but I hear it now, so I know now. But don't hesitate to contact me. I'm available to you. I hate to say 24-7, but 24-7. Thank you, Ms. Bryce.

Okay. Any other business to come before the body?

Mr. Mayor? Yes. I want to take a moment to, may I? I want to take a moment to publicly recognize and thank Charleston County Council Member, Councilman Teddy Pryor and Councilman Henry Darby and the rest of the council team for their support in helping secure funding for the proposed sound barrier wall project in our district. Our district is very satisfied with that. This issue has impacted residents in our community for many years, and their willingness to support this effort demonstrates a commitment to improving the quality of life for the families who live alongside the interstate. And I

And Mr. Mayor, we will stand with you because we know that, again, we know that this is a quality of life issue. So whatever we can do to assist our community, we'll stand with your community.

All right. Thank you. That's a collegial relationship. Love that. Now, what I want to say, I want to read a letter real quick. Any others? Okay. Well, one thing here. Yes, sir.

100%, 100%. Thank you. And I'll say this to you all, is that this body right here really cares about our city. We may have different districts, but at the end of the day, we vote for all the city, and we have to remain one. So I want to read this letter real quick. It says, Dear Reggie Burgess, I don't care about the honorable stuff. I'm Reggie Burgess. It said, On behalf of the leadership and congregation of the Lord of Harvest Christian Faith Center, we would like to express our heartfelt gratitude for the outstanding service and unwavering commitment of the city's arms busman, Edwin Schiff

Mr. Mayor, while we're taking a moment of silence, let's also include our former Senator Lindsey Graham.

Yeah, we did that earlier. Yes, sir. We did it earlier. Yeah, one moment of silence for Senator Chris Murphy from South Carolina. Thank you. Well, we don't have anything else. This meeting is adjourned.