James Island Town Council unanimously approved an intergovernmental agreement with the City of Charleston and Charleston County for an Island-wide drainage basin delineation. The City of Charleston has already signed the agreement. It now goes to Charleston County for final approval.
The plan is that Charleston County will manage a consultant contract with Thomas and Hutton, and the Town, County, and City will share in the cost based upon the area of each jurisdiction on James Island. The Town will pay 24% of the total cost, which amounts to $13,645.
The consultants will delineate approximately thirty drainage basins on James Island. The drainage infrastructure, such as ditches and pipes, owned by all jurisdictions will be included--Town, County, City and SCDOT. This will allow drainage maps of James Island that show all infrastructure for the first time. (Current Town maps show no City infrastructure even when our ditches and pipes interconnect with theirs. Our maps show Town, County, and SCDOT infrastructure in the Town and unincorporated area.)
The consultants will also look for opportunities to make cost effective improvements that will benefit many residents. This project should be complete in approximately six months.
This is only the first step. Elected officials representing James Island will then pursue further analysis of particular basins. The result will be a road map for future drainage improvements. The long run goal is to determine what is needed for all of James Island.
This is an important milestone in intergovernmental cooperation on James Island.
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