Remarks by A. Watts Huckabee, Sr.
76 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 4
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“So you could have 303 spaces and 70,000 square feet of buildings on that property as zoned currently without us doing anything, or we rezone it to GC, still could have these same buildings, just different types of businesses potentially. Still got to have a TIA done, a traffic study with both. Yes, sir. Yeah. OK. Thank you.”
County Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Yeah, just kind of what I said a minute ago. Oh, I'm sorry. Yeah. Public hearing.”
County Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“If you don't mind. Yeah, go ahead. Before we vote. Just a point of clarification. So Walmart's the owner. So this will be a Walmart warehouse and distribution facility, or will it be some other type of facility?”
County Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“They are selling the property. Okay. So we don't know 270,000 square feet. We don't know how many trucks are going to be coming and going per day?”
County Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“I just did some quick research, and it looks like about 84 trucks a day, maybe 238 vehicles a day. That's one trip in, so double that coming out. So 476. Point is, when you go back and you look at, it's zoned GC currently. If you look at all the uses that are available under GC, I think there'd be a whole lot more traffic on 21 whether it's two lane, four lane or whatever it's going to be one day. So this this particular project would more than likely generate less traffic than GC. So for that reason, I could support this.”
County Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“I'll second it so we get to discussion. OK.”
County Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Are you comfortable responding to what he just said? Councilman Litton just shared.”
County Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“So, is there a question? Well, are you comfortable responding to what he just said? that he's concerned about the unintentional consequences of passing this for the future. Can you elaborate?”
County Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“And let me say this, too, because I, too, agree it would have been great if I could have read it beforehand, too, because I'd be more informed actually being asked to vote tonight. But with that being said.”
County Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Yes, just one question. I'm going to have to put you on the spot. I apologize. But if we were following our 10-year plan for one York fire, would you be asking us for this money to add on 560 square feet to the building?”
County Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“For short-term benefit or long-term gain?”
County Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“I'll be brief. We had a meeting and all three members attended, had a report from the Economic Development Office about small business and a small business initiative that Eduardo has been heading up. It was pretty interesting about what they've done going out in the community talking to small businesses. They're finishing up in Lake Wiley. They may be doing that this week actually. Look forward to seeing how that gets incorporated into what we're doing, maybe in assisting small business moving forward. Council will be making that decision. We had six projects shared with us in executive…”
County Council · Sep 8, 2026
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County Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“OK. So let me bring this up real quickly. I know it's 9 o'clock. We still have to go to an executive session, so I'll talk quickly. Many of our areas are growing and they're somewhat growing out of control, right? And so when you look at Mount Gallant as an example, there's a proposed 55 and older development going in on Mount Gallant, proposed to go in on Mount Gallant. I went to the neighborhood meeting and I've had meetings consecutive. John Black and I have been in meetings with the developer talking through what could take place and when the TIA came out, we met, discussed the TIA as…”
County Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“And this is off topic, but this is exactly what I was speaking to, not even knowing this was going to be in front of me between last meeting and this meeting. It goes back to when we are bringing industry in, and you look at the industry that's coming to Rock Hill, well, a lot of those employees are living in y'all's districts that are outside of Rock Hill. They're living in York, school districts, that is, York, Clover, Fort Mill. because those areas are seeing increased student populations, Rock Hill student populations going down, because there are a lot of people living in other places.…”
County Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“That's why I suggested that we have a meeting with all of them at this day.”
County Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“That's the only one I had. And I appreciate you responding. Thank you.”
County Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“You can go ahead. You can go ahead. OK. I'd like to listen, if that's OK. No problem.”
County Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“I mean, try three for three months and see how it works. And if it doesn't work, the rambling, then let's go back to two.”
County Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“We'll do three in 10 for the next three months unless they're reevaluated.”
County Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“That's right. We don't have to. Well, again, I think.”
County Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“The thing is about 5 o'clock is you're encouraging people to get here at 5 o'clock for a 6 o'clock meeting to sign up on the sheet. That's why I put 530 down. 530, they stand in line, and 20 minutes later the sheet's picked up or we get 15 names on it, it's picked up. So we don't have a staff member sitting there for an hour before a meeting manning a 15- We just need to make sure that people are going to stand in line and not let people in line and fight to get in line. Well, and that's the other thing. The complaints in the beginning was people were signing up for the people to speak.…”
County Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“So that's why I suggested 5.30 until 10 till 6 and pick it up.”
County Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“Help me. That's why I suggested Sheriff's Day.”
County Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“You're signing up on behalf of an organization. It says organization.”
County Council · Aug 27, 2026