Remarks by Brian Carnes
26 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 2
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“Good afternoon. I'd like to call this meeting the Lancaster County Council to order. I ask that the clerk note for the record that a quorum of counsel is present, that public notice of the meeting, including the meeting agenda, has been posted the required length of time in the lobby of the county administration building and on the county website, and that the news media was notified of the meeting time and place. I welcome you to your county council meeting. I would ask that you take a moment to turn off or place on vibrate any cell phones or pagers. Thank you for not wearing any hats or…”
County Council · Sep 1, 2026
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County Council · Sep 1, 2026
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County Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Did we have any developments that paid monies after we ran out of credits to the county? I thought we had. I'm getting nods from staff.”
County Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“It's going to require them up front maybe to try to do some PERT tests before they purchase the property. So that would be something the developer has to do.”
County Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Yeah, they're really expensive. So what's the discussion?”
County Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“then we'll just go down to me we are capturing a list over here that we will help you read back when we get ready to make that motion so for now we need a motion to withdraw and a second well miss McGriff made the original motion mr. Neal made the second so they need to both withdraw their motion I just like it you just okay so they've withdrawn their motion now do we have to have a motion to have this on the floor to discuss”
County Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Naming each one. Yes. Okay. Again, question, do we have to have a motion to have this on the floor for discussions?”
County Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“My I mean we've got some intersections with mass arms but my recommendation is that we not require mass arms because If somebody runs into it and falls into it and their insurance won't pay for it, they are wickedly expensive and the county doesn't want to be on the hook for those.”
County Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I will say that RFATS pushes in connectivity very heavily between neighborhoods and into the commercial development to try to keep people off in the main corridors, um,”
County Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I think the solution is, is that we need to work with SCDOT and say, you know, when, when we approve a development that frontal 521, we would like to have a turn lane put in and would like for y'all to approve one since this is your highway.”
County Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“It doesn't always work out, but they're getting better at it.”
County Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Half acre per horse and go ahead and... We were lucky there was less horse owners in the county than there were chicken owners.”
County Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Could you put where the HCO is, the listing, or is this the way it is, the listing where all the things are?”
County Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“If you've got one section that's covering the highway corridor overlay, but you've got different specifications in different sections, can you not list where those are under that section?”
County Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Cross-reference, and that way they can move, they know where it's at, but it's not all together there.”
County Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Arlene might promote you to a list. I might. Top of what list? Our favorite Republicans.”
County Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I mean, the way it reads, we already have required buffers, but the concern is, are they large enough?”
County Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I think in the newer developments though, the street standards have changed from some of the older.”
County Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“There's some developments up in Indian Land that you have to weave in and out because you gotta drive down the middle of the street.”
County Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“But the street standards have changed since then, so I think that accommodates it.”
County Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“They're not allowed in the highway corridor.”
County Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Great, thank you. Anyone have any comments or?”
County Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I think you need to be consistent in what you're doing. Whether it's at least having the conversation about a development agreement and then it if you get into it and you think, well, this is not going to work or they're offering something better than what you thought you were going to get. So, I mean, it's not.”
County Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I mean, some of the development agreements we've gotten, they have agreed to provide property for fire stations, EMS stations. They've agreed to pay a fee for each house to go to building those fire stations and things like that.”
County Council · Sep 1, 2026