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The board noted that Taylor Starton had moved out of his district and was therefore no longer eligible to hold his seat; the board said the vacated seat is the Rural South seat. Chair Moulton (Chair) said Charlie would continue to lead the subcommittee and that the only change was the vacated Taylor Starton seat.

The board also confirmed that Jason Kronesburg (City of Charleston) rolled on for a two-year term, according to the meeting record.

On the officers slate, a board member said, “I would like to nominate Andrew to take his place as vice chair,” and the nomination was seconded. The motion to approve the slate (Andrew as vice chair) carried on an affirmative voice vote. The transcript does not show a full name for Andrew, a named mover or a roll-call tally.

Earlier in the meeting the board approved its Oct. 11 meeting minutes; the motion carried by voice vote.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","02/12/2025 - Greenbelt Advisory Committee","oneSentenceSummary","Charleston County Greenbelt Advisory Board recorded a subcommittee appointment change after a member moved out of district and elected a new vice chair; the board also approved prior meeting minutes.","taxTitle","Charleston County, South Carolina","taxId",3700,"location","headline","shortSummary",{"_33":75,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":76,"_41":77,"_43":78,"_45":79,"_47":80,"_49":81,"_51":82,"_53":83,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":84,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":85,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":56,"_73":56},6336146,"Lowcountry Land Trust reviews two decades of Greenbelt projects, offers technical help for updated goals",1467,2872075,4340000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2287766-5e382325e3698c830718bcaf21a89d48&start=2872&end=4340","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2287766-5e382325e3698c830718bcaf21a89d48/thumbnail_2872075.jpg","/articles/6336146/Charleston-County/South-Carolina/Lowcountry-Land-Trust-reviews-two-decades-of-Greenbelt-projects-offers-technical-help-for-updated-goals","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6336146-cff13d24641138fe23fe6a5220b755d9/orig.mp4?Expires=1771159840&Signature=NlmI31HWXob6d4vBVgBr5EGoNK-9j~kkX3MiD2MK8bFBIi6iWXltv2k2Hr51IgBldk7mb4~ShlXoh7BcEyUpCvpvD7bwtvlAkGia1pXy4jE-ijhNfFJn~6tA7VMTzdCQXDxdyCrQdVdMtu12FIjKX~k4XPE0qE7VX4nh7yd~J62uYqATpev030Wl7KelDDdB80GJpnXXOWGrwQKu6WJOhGV1ButFcG~oZMJO3pvRddTHnx4snCk0~8IjPpXekhJ~xRIitN5nLRvlIGWnGBZ7t7t7RRZoThF3chQqTl7mxr8WCNtmZKcImsQ6wRhtT9UMgdv3jBs40SwC9KVqOCe6Qg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","David Ray, chief conservation officer for Lowcountry Land Trust, told the Charleston County Greenbelt Advisory Board that the trust has protected land across the coastal plain and described recent and ongoing projects supported by Greenbelt funding.

“We were founded in 1986 right here in Charleston County. And over the years, we protected over 163,000 acres,” Ray said, summarizing the land trust’s regional footprint. He told the board Lowcountry Land Trust and predecessor organizations completed 50 Greenbelt-funded projects between 2007 and 2024, representing just over 7,900 acres; the trust reported Greenbelt program grants into those projects totaled $35,300,000 and that the trust brought about $71,200,000 in matching funds.

Ray highlighted examples including Boone Hall (a conservation easement), Fairfield Plantation projects near the Santee River, Thornhill Farm and several community-focused efforts such as the B Field Community Park concept and the Carolina Seafoods property near McClellanville. He described stewardship practices — annual monitoring, a stewardship and legal-defense fund, accreditation through the Land Trust Accreditation Commission and use of aerial and satellite monitoring technologies — and said the trust is increasingly taking a community-driven approach for smaller, culturally important projects.

“Part of what we find is when we do projects, particularly in a certain geography, it can tend to stimulate other conservation opportunities in those same areas,” Ray said, describing how private conservation easements can connect to public lands such as the Francis Marion National Forest, Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge and the Santee Coastal Reserve to form larger contiguous protected landscapes.

Ray said his organization stands ready to assist the GAB’s proposed mapping and geodatabase work, offering technical support and participation on a goals technical advisory committee.

Board members asked questions about the share of projects that use Greenbelt financing and about organizational funding and outreach. Ray estimated that roughly 25%–50% of the trust’s projects were financed in part by Greenbelt funds and described the organization’s diversified funding sources (private donors, foundations, state and federal grants and conservation bank awards).","Lowcountry Land Trust summarized its Greenbelt-funded projects, stewardship practices and current community-focused projects and offered technical assistance for the GAB’s proposed mapping and goals update.",{"_33":87,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":88,"_41":89,"_43":90,"_45":91,"_47":92,"_49":93,"_51":94,"_53":95,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":96,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":97,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":56,"_73":56},6336151,"Greenbelt advisory board directs county staff to build mapping database, unveils new public project dashboard",2151,333935,2485605,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2287766-5e382325e3698c830718bcaf21a89d48&start=333&end=2485","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2287766-5e382325e3698c830718bcaf21a89d48/thumbnail_333935.jpg","/articles/6336151/Charleston-County/South-Carolina/Greenbelt-advisory-board-directs-county-staff-to-build-mapping-database-unveils-new-public-project-dashboard","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6336151-94de876d84edeb03cbb4fe289a8b3821/orig.mp4?Expires=1771159840&Signature=BOXngpGWKWVCeIvfAWvoZR9t0zBc3F5uIXNEiuJNsg2UobtNEfWtlyqAjNZUEcaOn39VqWbWhvGgkLTN9LRpcNNsqC7vNIBUKWzC8ysx20DVwRxCAxMpy9HkXFN0DCGSBnM7EQQ7ujeeVf9GCNr43z-ntDZLCR~gTMab84RaUjDWQJx98zXlz6tsRvd07yaKjjy26~qwcblhtdrPwHmjB-TjR2YRQyQ0HCu37D2B1Lnr50nNoQVTyXPzojqrecw8CeKZD4jDxot5YaJ1eJ~SFgLQ7PiH479ivpa8I3yxjKhtSehtrY1gQTCBLX6YcBbtZVKraygxq2OsbD-s7HLAtA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Charleston County Greenbelt Advisory Board members voted to direct staff to pursue a county-scale mapping and geodatabase analysis to help revise Greenbelt program goals and to form a technical advisory committee to assist with that work, the board said at its March meeting.

Board staff reported that the program has approved about 230 projects to date, protecting more than 26,000 acres and awarding just under $167,000,000 in Greenbelt funds. The staff presentation said those projects have leveraged roughly 140% in match (about $232,000,000). The program’s minority-lands funding totals were described as just under $60,000,000 covering nearly 3,900 acres. The staffer reported the lifetime projected remaining funds for the first and second half-penny transportation sales tax program as about $162,000,000 and noted approximately $13,000,000 currently available (about $8.8 million rural, $4.1 million urban), with the amount expected to increase after July 1.

“With the approval of 18 projects last cycle, our total projects jumped considerably up to 230 projects approved,” said Eric (Staff member), who presented the program statistics and recommendations. Eric said conservation easements remain less costly per acre than fee-simple purchases and that about 45% of approved projects have current or planned public access. He also told the board that county council approved 17 of 18 projects as recommended by the GAB last cycle, and approved one main-road project with an additional title-transfer condition tied to a $317,700 matching-funds requirement and annual reporting.

The staff recommended building a Charleston County geodatabase that could combine multiple data layers — including the State Conservation Bank’s annual conservation-priority mapping and the Trust for Public Land’s “10-minute walk” data — to identify areas where several conservation priorities overlap. The staff proposed recruiting a technical advisory committee drawn from local land trusts, municipalities and county GIS staff to develop the analysis and return goal-change recommendations to the GAB. The board voted in favor of the staff recommendation.

The board also previewed a new public Greenbelt projects dashboard, launched the same day, that allows the public to view project-level details, funding totals, acreage and public-access designations and to filter results by project type, council district or urban/rural allocation. Kylie Jeffords (Staff member) was credited for leading the dashboard effort with county IT, and Eric said the county will issue a public release and newsletter items about the new dashboard.

Why it matters: staff said a GIS-driven, data-forward approach would allow the GAB to update its goals in a targeted way (for example, emphasizing resilient lands, corridors that improve connectivity, threatened working lands or underserved neighborhoods) rather than relying only on historical goals. Staff projected the mapping-and-analysis process could take many months and recommended coordinating with the Charleston County Park and Recreation Commission’s forthcoming open-space analysis.

Board action: A motion to accept staff’s recommendation to pursue the mapping/geodatabase analysis and to engage a technical advisory committee carried with an affirmative voice vote. The meeting record did not show named movers or a roll-call tally for that vote.

The board raised questions about timing, public outreach and how new goals would be communicated to prospective applicants; board members suggested publishing any updated goals to inform applicants about priority areas. Eric and county staff said they will provide updates as data are compiled and will return preliminary recommendations later in the year.

The dashboard and the mapping work are intended to support a future GAB recommendation to county council should the board decide to change Greenbelt program goals or pursue ordinance-level program changes.","The Charleston County Greenbelt Advisory Board voted to direct staff to develop a GIS-based mapping and geodatabase analysis to inform updated program goals and accepted a staff report showing the program’s project, acreage and funding totals; the board also launched a public-facing Greenbelt dashboard.","actionData","errors"]

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