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South Carolina's Riverfront
MINUTES OF JUNE 18, 2018
Robert A. Pettit, Mayor
James M. Adams, Jr., Councilmember
I. Robert Brooks, Councilmember
Pat C. Carpenter, Councilmember
Fletcher L. Dickert, Councilmember
Kenneth J McDowell, Councilmember
David W. McGhee, Councilmember
ORDER OF BUSINESS
The study session meeting of June 18, 2018, having been duly publicized, was called to order by
Mayor Pettit at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Conference room on the third floor of the Municipal
Center and adjourned at 7:00 p.m.
Per Section 30-4-80(e) notice of the meetings by email was sent out to the current maintained
"Agenda Mailout" list consisting of news media outlets and individuals or companies requesting
notification. Notice of the meetings was also posted on the outside doors of the Municipal
Center, the main bulletin board of the Municipal Center located on the first floor, and the City of
North Augusta website.
Members present were Mayor Pettit and Councilmembers Adams, Brooks, Carpenter, Dickert,
and McGhee. Councilmember McDowell was out of town.
Also in attendance were B. Todd Glover, City Administrator; Kelly F. Zier, City Attorney;
Cammie T. Hayes, Director of Finance; Richard L. Meyer, Director of Parks, Recreation, &
Tourism; John C. Thomas, Director of Public Safety; Thomas C. Zeaser, Director of Engineering
and Public Works; James E. Sutton, Director of Public Services; Lillian E. (Libby) Hodges,
Director of Planning and Development; Diana H. Miller, Manager of Human Resources; and
Donna B. Young, City Clerk.
ITEM 1. CITY COUNCIL AGENDA: Items on the June 18, 2018 Council Agenda —
Council Discussion
Council reviewed the items scheduled for the June 18, 2018 meeting.
Minutes of Study Session of June 18,2018
ITEM 2. ECONOMIIC DEVELOPMENT: Riverside Village at Hammond's Ferry
—Council Update
Chris Schoen, Managing Principal, of Greenstone Properties updated Mayor and
Council on the Riverside Village at Hammond's Ferry project.
ITEM 3. LEGAL: Executive Session—Request of the City Administrator
On motion by Councilmember McGhee, second by Councilmember Carpenter,
and in compliance with Title 30, Chapter 4 of the South Carolina Code the City
Administrator requested an executive session for the purposes of:
Discussion of economic development negotiations incident to proposed
contractual arrangements and proposed sale or purchase of property and matters
covered by the attorney-client privilege, all in connection with contemplated and
existing contracts providing for the development of Project Jackson.
Legal advice from the City Attorney regarding possible litigation over proposed
Public Safety Fire Station
Only Mayor and Council; City Administrator, Todd Glover; Manager of Human
Resources, Diana Miller, and City Clerk, Donna Young were in attendance for the
executive session regarding economic development.
John C. Thomas, Director of Public Safety; Thomas C. Zeaser, Director of
Engineering and Public Works; and Lillian E. (Libby) Hodges, Director of
Planning and Development were in attendance for the part of the executive
session regarding the Public Safety Fire Station.
On motion by Councilmember McGhee, second by Councilmember Carpenter,
the executive session was adjourned.
There was nothing to report out.
There being no further business, Council adjourned the meeting at 7:00 p.m.
APPROV, D/ IS DAY OF Respectfully submitted,
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Donna B. Young
Robert A. Pettit, Mayor City Clerk