Remarks by Tom Audette
41 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 2
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“Well, I think, uh, uh, first of all, you know, having these conversations in, in, in you know, parsing this apart was critical. Again, this is the critical process of us defining and identifying issues from within these bills and then clearly defining the guardrails and the understanding of what we really want to get out of here. So I think this puts in the restrictions that we need in order to manage this situation. So I appreciate it. Nice work. And thank you, Walter.”
County Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Based on the design we saw last meeting, from what I remember on that is the two warehouses were set back with the buffer zone. On the upper front of it was still commercial. then um and again that's again from what i can remember from the diagram and what we looked at but the couple questions i have and and i know they originally proposed i think uh walmart to go into this location and i know that there were some numbers that we talked about from a traffic in traffic out standpoint when you do have something like a walmart going in there the traffic was comparatively heavier than It sounds…”
County Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Yeah. And all this stuff plays a factor. The other the other question I have is that when we look at 250 feet buffer zone, there was a comment made about trees being knocked down etc um you know you've got a natural buffer zone right there and that's a heavily dense woods from within there so i guess my question is you know how when are we looking at saving these trees in this buffer zone um to make it look as natural as possible to to um the concerns that I think I've heard tonight where a lot of times we've seen where they clear cut or they've cut down all the trees and then start planting…”
County Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“And then the last thing I just thought of, too, you know, when it comes to trucks backing up etc i know we've there has been some requirements in certain areas we have sound fences that have been installed to hold in the sound i think that's something that we should look at as a possible solution if this is something we do approve so again Yeah, there's no code requirement for sound mitigation of backup noises from vehicles, but... Yeah, and yeah, so again, when you look at what they're stating won't go in there, you know, I think, and I do appreciate the developers here in working with the…”
County Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Well, I think I agree with you, you know, and I think to this extent, I mean, this is a larger extent, a larger ask on and from in this situation. But I guess back to the timing with TIA. So we pass this on second reading requesting that a TIA be done prior to third reading. But so I guess my question is, I'd like to understand how we can”
County Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“will be more than willing to jump in there to support any mitigation.”
County Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Yeah, I'll second that because the quicker we start this process.”
County Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Well, I think we already got some preliminary comparison numbers, again, in our last three. So, again, I think, you know, if we're going to move forward with this and we get the votes, I think there has been some numbers given to us on the upfront. I think we can help at every angle to move this along as quickly as possible.”
County Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“I mean, if we're going to do the TI's, I think that's something that we need to mitigate now in a second reading. And then I mean, we don't like we could circle in and come back to you with requirement. I think the questions we're asked, I think we talked about it. earlier really around the impact of the vehicles or the trucks in essence. That's really the big question to me. So what is the ingress and egress? Those simple basic questions and based on what could go there, they can obviously come up with some type of estimate, but do you need to have the answers now? I mean, I think we pass it…”
County Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“No, I think that these are conversations I think we're talking through and I think the proposed opportunity from what I heard in the original requirement had half the impact on this property that if a Walmart went in there. So I think there's less impact here. We talked about the numbers in our last meeting. I think that we are making this decision based on some of the concerns we're hearing, which again, we need to address everything, including sound and that type of thing. And I think By us asking for TIA, I think this will help us to answer some of the public's questions. So I don't think…”
County Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Is this data also shared with DOT when they look at requirements on road expansion, et cetera? I mean, this is good data, and it kind of shows you present and future model for growth. So I think it would be good to share if you're not.”
County Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“The schools use this for when they start redistributing.”
County Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“All right, yeah, this evening we had our, this afternoon we had our meeting, and we passed a few items here which were around committee assignments. So committee assignment for Keep York County Beautiful Board, there was an at-large seat for Shelly Champion, which was approved, and then also Corey Tilley also was approved. for a seat on that committee. Also, there was a committee seat that was approved for, but they fired a district board, which was Christopher Meredith was approved for that position. Then a position was approved for District 6 for the York County Library Board. Ellen Brand…”
County Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Yeah, I did want to piggyback off of what you just stated about the noise violations at night. I think that's, you know, we need to really get down to the bottom of it, understand that what's going on here and really hold them accountable. And it doesn't sound like that's happening, so I appreciate that.”
County Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Yes, we got a few. Receive a legal advice litigation updates, a receipt of legal advice, contractual matter, mutual consent agreement with city of Rock Hill. Receive legal advice, contractual matter, county manager. Receive legal advice, contractual matter, county attorney. And receipt of legal advice, county personnel policy.”
County Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Yeah, I'd like to second that, too. It's been an honor working with you, Josh. We really appreciate the time that we've spent together. We appreciate you. Thank you.”
County Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“I do have one question. So this is, you have nine to play golf?”
County Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Yeah. And is that sporting goods, basically?”
County Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Yeah, I've got a quick question too. So I know this is just basically an overview design or view. From parking perspective on this thing here, looking at the size of the building based on also the size of the lot, do you envision there would be enough parking to build support?”
County Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Well, exactly. Yeah. Agreed. So, quick question. What is, what's the time schedule for the TIA in this one here? And has that already been requested?”
County Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Right, and that's kind of where it was. I didn't know if they had already gone ahead and requested that. They haven't at this point.”
County Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Gotcha, right, exactly. I mean, in this situation, um you know we are in a semi-unique situation based on what it is currently zoned as um but this is there there is a a definitely a huge opportunity for having some major traffic issues here um absolutely and i think um as mentioned too earlier about the about the off ramp or the uh off lanes in order to have turning proper turning lanes parking area there's there's There's a lot of issues and the amount of traffic out there is astronomical. I do have to travel out there often. I would recommend that we do request a TIA study upfront before…”
County Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Yeah, I think this is a very unique situation on this one, and I would highly recommend it.”
County Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Yeah, I'll go ahead and second it. And I think that's, I agree with your request to do that. I think in this situation, I think this would at least get it to second reading and have an ability for him to come in, him or her to come in and answer some questions.”
County Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“You're done, okay. So looking at this property, again, and I do feel similar to how Debbie feels on this thing here. You look across the road where you have warehousing, you've got, again, across the road you've got commercial. As I'm looking at this, and again, it's interesting how they had the 250 foot buffer zone where it's applied here, which I know it's not applied in some other places. When I look at this property, my assumption was always that we'd have some type of commercial or light industrial at this site. Again, I think it could do it. And I think where it's located close to the…”
County Council · Sep 8, 2026