City Council - Regular Meeting

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you.

I make a motion that we adopt the ordinance. Second. Transfer the site.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Councilman Fulmer addressed a few of my questions. Frediland mentioned that SCDOT has been agreeable to the majority of these. The short-term ones that you shared in the slide, has DOT agreed to all of those? Yes. Okay.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Could you go back one slide just so that the audience can see? Can you give a little bit more detail about the different crosswalks? So specifically the Dunbar and Raised versus a pedestrian refuge and why we're not seeing, you know, F, is it... I don't want to say see necessarily, but those crosswalks don't seem to be raised or anything compared to the Dunbar.

but again that is the key difference is who owns and maintains those two roads okay thank you sure mr mayor comes from brown um if you can go back to the study area um i just had a question is that i didn't i haven't seen anything really addressed but if you are going down main street east okay you can cross over there that crosses over into richardson park There's a sidewalk that leads you up Richardson Park, but that crosswalk that can take you, the cars that are coming, just zipping around that corner, I have seen people racing to get across that corner area. And I think that would be a cit

And I have mentioned that in the past. And so I want to just put that on record that something maybe we could take a look at just because I have mentioned that in the past. And I've seen people, you know, because if you get on the island and you realize you can't cross, you have to walk back and then cross across the street and go on the First Baptist side down East Main to get over. You're right.

Thank you, Mayor. I want to say good evening to each and every one of you. Congratulations, Art. I appreciate you, and I know you will do a terrific job. Also, I'd like to mention that on... the first of August, which was a Saturday, the, uh, community back to school party event was sponsored, I believe by the STP, uh, we should stop the violence, uh, committee and, some other partners that there was, that was included was a great success with lots and lots of kids. And of course we want to welcome them back to school this week for a full week of education. Secondly, um, On August 30th, Bethle

I just want to say one more thing. Welcome, welcome Stinson. It's good to see you there.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Congratulations, Chief Designate Littlejohn. Very much looking forward to your leadership. I had the pleasure of attending the Hampton Heights historical overview yesterday. It was beautiful to go listen and see pictures all the way back to the early 1800s. I just think today it is fitting that we honor not only the evolution of time and service in our police department, but we also covered a transportation plan the day after I heard about our long-time history in the downtown of Spartanburg, in our city. just how we're planning for the future and creating openings for le

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Art, congratulations. I've appreciated your friendship and partnership over the years, and I'm definitely looking forward to your new vision and leadership of the department. I got a text from someone who works for Habitat for Humanity, and the question was, how many homes do they have? There's 162 Habitat homes. The majority of them are in the city, but she didn't know the exact number. But we can thank them for their partnership and what they do to make sure that our families have stable and safe housing. Councilwoman Sally mentioned schools starting back. Many of you k

That's right. Mr. Mayor. Yes, ma'am. Happy to be back. Sorry I was out for the last meeting. The opportunity to head home to the low country and I miss it a lot, but I do not miss that low country heat.

So chief to be. like that better rolls off the tongue a little it's kind of cooler um i'm super excited for you and just um very excited for what you are going to bring what you've always brought to the city but what you'll continue to do and so we're very happy to have you um was not here at the last meeting so congratulations to stinson i'm so happy that you're a part of this team i think we've known each other for two decades now, so we met when we were two. So I'm just thrilled to have you as part of the team as well, so welcome.