The Town is reapplying to participate in the Federal Flood Insurance Program. The Town already did this in 2008. At that time, we adopted Charleston County's flood prevention and protection ordinance and signed an intergovernmental agreement for County Building Services to manage flood regulation in the Town. In 2012, the Town again adopted the County flood prevention and protection ordinance and an intergovernmental agreement for County Building Services to manage flood regulation in the Town.
FEMA has created new flood maps, and there will be public hearings next spring. FEMA mailed me a letter with draft maps. The letter stated that according to their records, the Town does not participate in the Federal Flood Insurance Program. On the advice of Charleston County Building Services, we are submitting a new application. As required by the application, I have requested that Council approve a resolution of intent to participate in the program.
My opinion is that the Town has never stopped participating in the program. While I will make that argument, the last thing I want to see happen is for the Federal government to block renewals of existing flood insurance policies and prevent new ones from being written in the Town. The Town benefits from having Charleston County Building Services manage our program, and I believe we need to follow their advice on this matter.
Sunday, December 11, 2016
Saturday, December 10, 2016
Town Hall News
The Town has made progress in putting together our site for the new Town Hall.
The plan is to put together two parcels on Dills Bluff Road and a portion of a parcel on Camp Road.
The parcel on Camp Road is under City of Charleston jurisdiction. The two parcels on Dills Bluff are under Town jurisdiction.
The Town owns the .8 acre parcel on the corner of Dills Bluff and Hillman. When everything is complete, the Town Hall site will be approximately 2 acres and will front on Dills Bluff.
Early in the planning process, I spoke to Mayor Tecklenburg and also City Councilwoman Kathleen Wilson and they were very cooperative regarding a Town Hall that would be partially in City of Charleston jurisdiction. It is currently zoned residential, which would need to change for us to construct a Town Hall there. The City planning process involves many steps. City staff has been supportive and cooperative.
I later asked Mayor Tecklenburg if he would agree to adjust the boundary between the Town and the City of Charleston so that the Town could handle any zoning change and the planning process. He was agreeable. This part of James Island is in City Councilwoman Kathleen Wilson's district (who was chair of our James Island Intergovernmental Council last year.) I asked her as well, and she was agreeable.
The Town completed the purchase of the Camp Road property in late November.
I thank Mayor Tecklenburg and Councilwoman Wilson and all the rest of Charleston City Council for their support for this boundary adjustment. It passed first reading at Charleston City Council last Tuesday. The Town must also agree to the boundary adjustment and our first reading will be at our regular Town Council meeting next Thursday. Once both Councils complete their second reading, the boundary will be adjusted.
I anticipate that we will have the entire site assembled early next year and that it will all be under Town jurisdiction.
The plan is to put together two parcels on Dills Bluff Road and a portion of a parcel on Camp Road.
The parcel on Camp Road is under City of Charleston jurisdiction. The two parcels on Dills Bluff are under Town jurisdiction.
The Town owns the .8 acre parcel on the corner of Dills Bluff and Hillman. When everything is complete, the Town Hall site will be approximately 2 acres and will front on Dills Bluff.
Early in the planning process, I spoke to Mayor Tecklenburg and also City Councilwoman Kathleen Wilson and they were very cooperative regarding a Town Hall that would be partially in City of Charleston jurisdiction. It is currently zoned residential, which would need to change for us to construct a Town Hall there. The City planning process involves many steps. City staff has been supportive and cooperative.
I later asked Mayor Tecklenburg if he would agree to adjust the boundary between the Town and the City of Charleston so that the Town could handle any zoning change and the planning process. He was agreeable. This part of James Island is in City Councilwoman Kathleen Wilson's district (who was chair of our James Island Intergovernmental Council last year.) I asked her as well, and she was agreeable.
The Town completed the purchase of the Camp Road property in late November.
I thank Mayor Tecklenburg and Councilwoman Wilson and all the rest of Charleston City Council for their support for this boundary adjustment. It passed first reading at Charleston City Council last Tuesday. The Town must also agree to the boundary adjustment and our first reading will be at our regular Town Council meeting next Thursday. Once both Councils complete their second reading, the boundary will be adjusted.
I anticipate that we will have the entire site assembled early next year and that it will all be under Town jurisdiction.
There is no easy way to describe the boundary between the Town and the City of Charleston, and the County GIS used to generate this is not exactly correct according to our survey, but basically, the agreement is to move the boundary to the new dark line and the rose colored City jurisdiction above the line and between Dills Bluff and Camp will become Town jurisdiction.
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