Remarks by A. Watts Huckabee, Sr.
76 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 4
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“Just a point of clarification. Just a point of clarification. Since first reading, my understanding was this was about residential, only residential.”
County Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“A couple of questions, please. Yes, sir. OK, so I think 21 is slated to be widened by the end of September of 2028. And I saw Patrick Hamilton here earlier. Is that still slated to be on time? Does anybody know the answer to that?”
County Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Is it slated to be completed by 2028? I think it's on time.”
County Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Is Flint Hill slated to be improved, especially at the intersection? I heard the question. Just want to make sure. OK.”
County Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“OK. Let me say this, and I'll make my last comment. So when you look at general commercial compared to L.I., which I'm sure you've done because this is in your district, moving to L.I., I know you're going to have restrictions, but there are a lot more uses that can happen in L.I. If you want to avoid warehouse distribution manufacturing, then you'd go to, if you want to avoid it, you'd leave it in general commercial. But you're moving towards that, which I think I remember seeing in the report. There was 6,100 I think it was 6,100 trips a day coming out of this facility, right?”
County Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“I think that hasn't been studied yet. I'm uncertain that's what it said. And I'm just making comments and asking questions, trying to do what's best in your district. And I relate this to what I brought up at the last meeting about Mount Gallant Rd. Mount Gallant from museum to heckle Mount Gallant from museum to 161. And I've got a proposed project. I actually have two proposed projects out in that area. And they're going to have an impact on an already difficult traffic situation currently. So I'm not necessarily opposed to the development, but I'm definitely concerned about the traffic.…”
County Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Well, since you brought that up, I'll say this then. In this project that I'm referring to, we have some that are currently Es and Fs and definitely Ds. Like I said, there are 10 out of 14 that are in the poorest of categories. It might be if this project comes to fruition, they're going to have to address some of those that they're not causing, but they need to help improve them before they take them down another letter grade. And that may be something you want to consider in your area.”
County Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“TIA would dictate that. Will she get the TIA before third reading? No.”
County Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“I'll say this. I didn't bring that up. to cause this rezoning not to happen. I'm simply saying we had a TIA before first reading, before the land was annexed, and it's helping us have a conversation with the developer about what we might want them to consider that they wouldn't have considered otherwise. They've been working with Kimberly long already.”
County Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“You mentioned 59 roll-up doors. I don't think that's the case.”
County Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“I'll second your motion to include a TIA. Does she make an informal motion?”
County Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“I'd like to amend the motion to include a TIA to be completed before a third reading.”
County Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“And the reason I bring this up is that, and again, in my district, you've said it once publicly, somebody said it once publicly, that there's not a lot of growth. There wasn't a lot of growth going on in my District 6 in Rock Hill. But I've seen it now in 161-274, and it's happening on Mount Gallant. What I've learned from this is, most recently, when you go through that TIA and you start looking at how those roads are graded out right now, The developer is going to help you with some of that, but not all of that unless you ask for the help on the other things. And ultimately, as county…”
County Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“The one we just did was six to eight weeks. We didn't do it. The developer did it. I'm not saying that's the case, but.”
County Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Let me ask, isn't it standard for the TIA to include intersection impact and approaching intersection impact? That's standard, isn't it?”
County Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“That's really what you're looking for is you want to see in that surrounding area, how does your area grade out? And that will help you, help us help you with whether it remains GC or it goes to light industrial.”
County Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Is there any other discussion on that? Yeah, just come up with questions after the meeting tonight, submit that to Jonathan so he can talk to the developer.”
County Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“So to piggyback on what you just said, because I was looking at this same slide, too, and what I wanted to ask is 93.8% single family. And this is unincorporated York County. Is that correct? Yes, sir. All right.”
County Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“OK. Single family because of well and septic, I would guess. 6.2 townhome. So I'm going to take. Councilmember Cox's question and ask it this way. Are there, and you may not know the answer to this, but I'd like to know the answer to this since we just had the presentation on workforce housing or affordable housing, whatever we're gonna call it, attainable housing. What do we need to do in our zoning? Because we haven't had any conversation since that meeting on this topic. Looking forward to this conversation. But what do we need to do in our zoning or our approach to housing other than…”
County Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Appreciate you sharing that, because to me, this speaks to that need.”
County Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“I agree. I agree. I'll share a couple of things. On Wednesday, September 9th, I was able to go over to Riverstone Logistics, a company that we brought into York County and Rock Hill recently with a little bit of incentive money. I'm going to mention each one of these because I feel pretty moved by them. Number one, I want you to know that you brought a company into York County recently. who truly is gonna make an impact. When I walked in on the third floor, I probably spoke, 10 to 12 staff members of that company spoke to me as I walked in. You could tell what the culture of this company was.…”
County Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Yeah. So I'd encourage you to go visit. They are looking for a new location. She's so cute. Last thing is I'll be sponsoring a table again this year for Safe Passage. So they have an event on October the 22nd, which I invited all of you all since we joined council. I'm going to invite you again. It's a wonderful event, too. You learn a lot about how women, children, and even men are abused in their homes and what happens after that happens. So pretty moving evening that evening too. So I appreciate your time. Thanks for letting me share that.”
County Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Josh, I want to thank you for your service to York County. When we met you in 2024, you came in with a smile on your face and a ton of enthusiasm and passion for what you could do for York County. So from April to September, you managed to put together a strategic plan that we have followed and we have pretty much implemented. There's some things we're still a little short on, but for the most part, that three-year strategic plan, we're almost two-thirds of the way through implementing that. And it was your vision. pulling together this council, your executive staff, and all the employees of…”
County Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Another discussion? Yes, please. So this is zoned ID. And I guess I have some questions for staff if you can confirm this. So ID, the property owner has basically vested rights in the property. So they own the land. They have uses for the land by right, right? They're asking us to rezone it. But if we don't rezone it, correct me if I'm wrong, please, but This property could have heavy manufacturing and industrial operations. It could have mining, waste management uses, warehousing, wholesale, distribution, manufacturing services with limited accessory retail, certain commercial retail uses,…”
County Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Sort of like Newport. Can I ask a point of clarification, please? Sure. All right, so it's zone ID. So theoretically, this exact same picture could take place in ID. The same building, same square footage, the same TIA is going to apply pretty much if you have 303 spaces and 70,000 square feet of buildings on the property. You're just going to have different businesses, theoretically, than you would if it were GC. Is that right?”
County Council · Sep 8, 2026