I'm gonna need uh what's this yours don't worry about this related what's your name that's who I thought you were I was looking to see that you were here it's all this very good everybody here you know it was very noisy had to get everybody's attention I can hit it harder uh well no no no we go by there you go uh good evening everyone uh welcome to the city of Goose Creek we very much appreciate your attendance tonight uh today is Tuesday March 10th this is our regularly scheduled council meeting um I appreciate you all finding the new place to have our council meetings uh as you know our council chambers is under renovation and we're building the new uh assembly at Goose Creek so we will be here until December I wanted to put it out at in the community like go to the high school or go to a church and just have meetings out in the community but the technology doesn't let us do that and they told me no I get told no a lot around here anyway thank you all very very much for coming uh at this time Pastor Kaiser from Nexus Point Church is gonna lead us in prayer and uh we'll follow that with the fledgling thank you our heavenly father as we gather here today we seek your wisdom and your guidance grant us the clarity to make decisions that reflect the needs and the hopes of our community help us work together in unity and purpose striving for the common good may our words and our actions serve to uplift and inspire and uplift those we represent fill our hearts with compassion and our minds with discernment as we discuss the matters at hand let our deliberations be marked with integrity and fueled by a desire for justice and peace we ask for your blessings your safety and security upon our city its leaders and its citizens bless and keep safe all who serve us as first responders may we find strength and courage and our responsibilities always remembering to serve with humility and with love amen of the United States of America and do the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty justice for all Pastor thank you I appreciate you very much sharing us today um count um folks at this time is our time for public comments I have four people signed up just by way of reminder public comments are your opportunity to come and speak to council uh and share your thoughts and concerns and ideas with council it is not a time for us to argue or any of those sorts of things you have three minutes um and we uh really do appreciate everybody coming and sharing their thoughts with us uh first on the agenda is Jimady Kennedy yeah thank you Mr Kennedy I I apologize for not uh not quite being able to read that come on up to the three Mr.

No no no it's all good yeah I just want to talk about the condition of Anita Drive the road in front of Veterans Park is atrocious it's worn down so much the top asphalt layer is gone you see the rock under the road where it used to be and the sides of the roads would collapse again and it looks horrible.

You've done a lot of work on Veterans Park it's looking good but the road right before Veterans Park and in front of it is absolutely atrocious.

Something needs to be done and the other thing is I talked about this probably a year ago I think I talked to you anita drive we've got to get speed bumps I've seen speed bumps go on roads all around us and Anita drive is absolutely atrocious.

And I do know we've had conversations about the condition on the road right there and work with somebody trying to get something done.

Okay, great.

Again, because the pedestrian crossing is not nearly what I what we want.

So we're working with you too to try to get the we know where the speed drumps are gonna be.

You can put them in front of my house if you'd like to.

343.

343.

Josh is a year.

It's it's the with help from the county.

Uh we were able to fund all the projects.

And yeah.

Okay.

There's certain like space.

Yeah.

Yeah.

It's this year.

I can't give you.

I can't give you a.

I've been there 40 years in June.

It'll be 40 years I've been in that little house.

Thanks a lot.

I appreciate it.

Yes, sir.

Um, Eddie and David May.

It's E.

Edie, I'm sorry.

No, no, that's okay.

No, ma'am.

Sorry about that.

Um, and my husband is chickened out, so he's not gonna be coming up here.

You should call him out like that.

Yes, I did.

Um, I just wanted to speak quickly about the um e-bike regulation and e-scooter regulation.

Um, after really going through it with the fine-tooth comb and discussing it with some people, I'm very concerned about um the regulation of not being able to ride on any sidewalks and the uh streets that are over 30 miles or 35 miles per hour.

And just in point in case, I wouldn't have been able to come here today if I had to abide by those rules.

If I wasn't allowed on the sidewalk or I wasn't allowed on the road to get here.

So it's um out of Goose Creek out of um Crowfield, there's all the roads are 45 or 40, and so it's like you're trapped.

You can't ride your bikes, and there's not enough paths around to be able to get anywhere.

So I know you had mentioned, sir, that you didn't want to stop people from going to work or going to the grocery store.

I think you're gonna stop them dead in their tracks if we don't change that somehow.

And then the other thing I wanted to bring up is um with the e-bikes wearing the helmets, I'm all for that.

I think that's a great idea for anyone for the children under 15.

But I don't understand why we're not doing the same thing for the e-scooters.

Those things can go 35 to 40 miles per hour, some of them even can go 55.

And if we're not going to require them to wear a helmet riding a scooter, why are we requiring e-bikes?

And that's it.

Thank you, man.

If you're gonna be around afterwards, I'll be happy to have a conversation with you about some of those things.

Okay.

That I think we have some answers for, and maybe some explanations.

You may not like them, but you always will have some explanations and maybe some answers.

Okay.

Many of us share those same concerns.

Thank you, Edie.

David's gender as well.

I'm just kidding.