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The council announced it had held the closed session and that no action was taken while in executive session. After reopening, Council member John (Seekings) moved that the council \"authorize our legal counsel to pursue any legal means necessary up to and including eminent domain to take title to the property known as 76 Stewart Street.\" The motion carried by voice vote.

Council member Appel moved to respond to a county letter of intent regarding 993 and 995 Morrison Drive with the condition that the city be granted a total of 120 days for due diligence (extending the county's proposed 90-day due-diligence window). The motion to accept the county offer with the 120-day due-diligence condition passed.

Councilmember Ballen moved to approve a settlement agreement in the case captioned Board of Field Officers of the Fourth Brigade v. City of Charleston and to authorize the mayor to execute the agreement; council voted to approve the settlement as amended and authorized the mayor to sign.

The transcript records that council took no binding action during executive session itself but authorized these public motions afterward. The council adjourned after the votes.

The motions do not include detailed settlement terms or the city attorney's legal advice from the closed session in the public record; the transcript reports only the public motions and votes authorizing the stated next steps.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","City of Charleston City Council Meeting 7/15/25","oneSentenceSummary","After a closed legal briefing on July 15, Charleston City Council authorized pursuit of eminent domain for 76 Stewart Street, extended due-diligence time for a Morrison Drive acquisition to 120 days, and approved a settlement in a suit involving the Board of Field Officers of the Fourth Brigade.","taxTitle","Charleston City, Charleston County, South Carolina","taxId",3701,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6655417,"Council names Charleston Tennis Center for longtime recreation leader Peggy Bone",563,2243000,2806000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5399692-c154a56b35f811dfe977fca4fb4ecd6c&start=2243&end=2806","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5399692-c154a56b35f811dfe977fca4fb4ecd6c/thumbnail_2243000.jpg","/articles/6655417/Charleston-City/Charleston-County/South-Carolina/Council-names-Charleston-Tennis-Center-for-longtime-recreation-leader-Peggy-Bone","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6655417-9cb84084fee3880f603b9d8e7951bad3/orig.mp4?Expires=1771185884&Signature=Mb32t8QT6OfxE3KLn9ACIgJqqUTeIpSfnzVZj~muzPWx4HHQO9OaY24VwbwPpsfTa78ZQBuLlKV7Bet~MuSQzXZGwJSEpsYbGUvzJ8enU-N5ta5qNX76G7h7owjMuoTRI0iRthKbR8GSBcOsSk-JOigD-JTCzIs0TjdlXE9LWIRcKnu4K9cVApNJ8lLK-q8T6GIYrelX4sK1mNvk56-Nr3LV36tbKvMF6UvCIFbozaJhmHWAvxxNKx~OVCyWgUyyc966dtMxPNji4Q0SRLPj3Va2P4stN4KFQMGdt-hy2NgUDQ3ErDNh2AzHuryBiuxfhDh2JO-zgTe8vL56YuokkA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Charleston City Council voted unanimously on July 15 to rename the Charleston Tennis Center on Farmfield Avenue the Peggy Bone Tennis Center to honor Peggy Bone's roughly 50 years of service to the city's recreation program.

Council members, former colleagues and community members praised Bone for her decades of work running the tennis center, keeping facilities maintained and organizing tournaments and youth programming. Council member Keith Waring described her as \"someone who grew up in the program\" and said he was honored to support the action. Broadcaster Bill Sharp and others were acknowledged for advancing the idea to name the facility after Bone.

Peggy Bone, who was in the chamber for the vote, told council she had a \"wonderful happy career with the city\" and said one of her favorite parts of the job was seeing children rewarded: \"I hope that we will continue to do things for children, and I'd love I want the Charleston Tennis Center to continue to be a haven for the children of our community.\"

Council members noted that Bone has influenced multiple generations of players, coaches and volunteers and praised staff who worked with her over the years. The motion to rename the facility passed by voice vote; the council applauded and invited Bone to the microphone after the vote.","Charleston City Council unanimously voted to rename the Charleston Tennis Center on Farmfield Avenue the Peggy Bone Tennis Center in recognition of Peggy Bone's roughly 50 years of service running the city's tennis program.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6655421,"Public comments and committee action spotlight pedicab contracting and competition",2145,1736000,3881000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5399692-c154a56b35f811dfe977fca4fb4ecd6c&start=1736&end=3881","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5399692-c154a56b35f811dfe977fca4fb4ecd6c/thumbnail_1736000.jpg","/articles/6655421/Charleston-City/Charleston-County/South-Carolina/Public-comments-and-committee-action-spotlight-pedicab-contracting-and-competition","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6655421-c96298dd19a5ff30a50641d2837a2c62/orig.mp4?Expires=1771185884&Signature=EnITh9yXq1o5SMldlU5GR8Lto4KXVdPn3-6I~gT3kXikOgS3o~5W9R354GNXKGqaxDOb9HIzYOLuSRDgZmEylFJ9xF2Gv3GMRMe0FY5ksIO6YpWaGfvSVyhtfAvIJ6Ku1bneV7rSvWHyt0ELrbC1aaQqJqSf8kM2OHW5XapxpyDK2MBWFLGZLw4CIOqpcN4cESjE2jGG7uDRgNx7Z86zZl4pDOyD3pZVttq3Y4pvaKDbfAZ5-pwTOJrNiXml1gI0oN-vXAa5wqF-zJavH5Ni3Bi00euBSH-k1M9odFtiTrwyCWymN9XY9MJ1FBJmtTI8uUIhDhdNNXDcCrUb8roBpw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Several speakers during citizen participation and public-comment periods urged City Council to make pedicab contracting transparent and open to competition, and council committees took up the subject, deferring a portion of a pedicab ordinance for further work.

A speaker identified as Zach (transcript speaker) said the pedicab industry should be placed into market competition rather than handled by the current contracting approach. The speaker gave figures for current operator payments on existing contracts (verbatim in the record) and said competition would raise operator bids and increase city revenue: \"I'm gonna try and pay you more. And by having us in actual competition, they're also gonna try and pay you more.\"

The Transportation, Traffic and Parking (TNT) committee and Ways and Means reviewed pedicab ordinance language and an audit provision. The transcript records that TNT voted to defer the portion of the ordinance that \"talks to the particulars of how it works,\" while accepting the rest of a committee report. The council's clerk also reported 24 online comments requesting that the assignment and bidding process for pedicabs be transparent and open to free-market competition.

Council members discussed certificates of convenience and necessity (two were approved) and the TNT report included other items unrelated to pedicabs. Committee members emphasized continued legal and interdepartmental work on the ordinance details; the transcript does not show a final policy decision on the full ordinance text that evening.","Public speakers urged transparent, competitive pedicab contracting and some council committees deferred details of a pedicab ordinance; the transcript records multiple public comments and a committee decision to defer part of the ordinance dealing with operational particulars.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6655425,"Council gives first reading to modernized animal control code and watercraft ordinance to align with state law",320,2863000,3183000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5399692-c154a56b35f811dfe977fca4fb4ecd6c&start=2863&end=3183","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5399692-c154a56b35f811dfe977fca4fb4ecd6c/thumbnail_2863000.jpg","/articles/6655425/Charleston-City/Charleston-County/South-Carolina/Council-gives-first-reading-to-modernized-animal-control-code-and-watercraft-ordinance-to-align-with-state-law","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6655425-47b844e0dda77efc693c66a3ff8491dc/orig.mp4?Expires=1771185884&Signature=Hwiw3h2K5daAyjzmmL-fDL2m2-GPatbtDRs6NGKK2CsFK3yEdMK0lPZMXmpoDqO5SLWC8zO28OgWY1s73ADo5jsW7cKT-0CZhIXxLKHkLZevlw0fgolwVl9Y0ZmPz5vERf1yYB25cDPrww2p7k7RUOR9CCx5LshSWtQ6iEKJEvH8YbmvLCXX4KaUDVkJuDp9Ho-3Z8fLWrs1jQuGHRxw9tX~19-5xT2Rp9MJKHAS9VbtnjAVWRBRH4se89zTWkCY7QboHqo9wF4IhIgLs9iMLhZEZUiyG0RTaACok1BXHShuzYds~Ityy0GZJVsQz3CKAzkEYEIxi-bHOucrvbEO8w__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Charleston City Council on July 15 gave first reading to two ordinances intended to modernize the city's animal control regulations and to rewrite its watercraft rules to conform with state law.

Council member Shealy, reporting from the Committee on Public Safety, said the ordinance to amend Chapter 5 would \"modernize the city's animal control regulations\" and that the committee had amended that proposal at its meeting. The council gave the animal control ordinance first reading by voice vote.

The council also gave first reading, by roll call, to an ordinance that repeals and replaces Chapter 21, Article 3, Division 4 (sections 21-67 through 21-74) and amends Chapter 22, Article 1 (sections 22-7 and 22-8) to conform local watercraft rules with new state law. The rewrite clarifies language on abandoned, derelict and sunken vessels and amends mooring rules, including a prohibition on mooring within 500 feet of a public dock while the city is under a state of emergency from a named storm.

Council took the watercraft ordinance first reading by unanimous roll call; the clerk reported the vote as unanimous. Council members thanked animal-control staff for work on the animal-control rewrite: Council member Brady singled out Animal Control Supervisor Courtney Bales and staff for their years of effort and urged support for the department's request for cancer screenings for firefighters as a related public-safety budget priority.

The ordinances will return for a second reading in a later meeting, allowing time for additional input. Council members noted that public-safety stakeholders and animal-care organizations contributed to the draft and that the animal control measure had been years in the making, according to members' remarks.","Charleston City Council gave first readings to updated animal control regulations and a rewritten watercraft ordinance that brings local rules into conformity with state law, including provisions on derelict vessels and mooring during named-storm emergencies.",{"_33":112,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":113,"_41":114,"_43":115,"_45":116,"_47":117,"_49":118,"_51":119,"_53":120,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":121,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":122,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6655431,"Council approves Pioneer Alley planned unit development and adds neighborhood architectural review safeguard",1104,256000,1360000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5399692-c154a56b35f811dfe977fca4fb4ecd6c&start=256&end=1360","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5399692-c154a56b35f811dfe977fca4fb4ecd6c/thumbnail_256000.jpg","/articles/6655431/Charleston-City/Charleston-County/South-Carolina/Council-approves-Pioneer-Alley-planned-unit-development-and-adds-neighborhood-architectural-review-safeguard","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6655431-45165f86076dfb111f1b04dc1554ac52/orig.mp4?Expires=1771185884&Signature=jAhv7V-Dra9nr~6iiIJhw13qV9ES90LjPpqJ~NKnYDN8iM8KHUwFRMqvGdGvzKAyfOlboBjjcAgzND0wZpttMyvjXYdMAgqX~vWaSblBk4Z1PHmR1D2TE1JnMv0~W3m-1esef6UIac7mfpCThDrhN-ZRL6Y4stFAusXbc1AGk01cHWvxUD~Fi1ZCYGSzuWq91MTQTIH5yTMdeWMArFENGfxKIxX9wGT1c0jKS2ooeqAhMRQoY4tm0Js-RNTgpQZrJb3kAGkHUqJ0mtQL5sj0w7rTm~eOgNyPWptDxV~ASd9s4qfRlQMpTYqZJ6YGKRG~s7Ojb5-~X~6DOm8IQ8BoDw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Charleston City Council on July 15 approved zoning and a planned unit development (PUD) for a collection of lots at 105 Cannon Street, known as Pioneer Alley, and adopted an amendment to the project's architectural guidelines to give the nearby neighborhood association a formal role if the original architect cannot continue.

City planning staff described the site as previously used primarily for parking behind the former Hominy Grill and said the proposal would allow infill development that is intended \"to be in keeping with the character\" of the Cannonborough-Elliottborough neighborhood. The PUD calls for a mixed-use building at the corner with up to 3.5 stories, about 25 residential and short-term rental units across the site, and up to 5,000 square feet of commercial space at the corner.

The council first voted by voice to approve related items for the site. Later, a council member offered an amendment to the PUD's Appendix 7 architectural guidelines to add a Pioneer Alley architectural review provision and to require a developer-appointed, South Carolina-registered architect as successor should the original architect be unable to continue. The amendment says the neighborhood association would have the ability to make recommendations about any successor and design continuity; the amendment passed with one recorded no vote (Council member Brady).

Planner Joe Morgan (city staff) oriented council to the site, noting the change from the existing 2½–3-story old-city district to a 3½-story old-city district for the parcels involved and showing an overall site layout with the larger corner building, pedestrian and vehicular connections toward Ashley Avenue, and the distribution of residential and mixed-use areas. Todd Richardson, the applicant, thanked council and said the team had worked with the Cannonborough–Elliottborough neighborhood association for more than two years and that 20% of units would be workforce housing. He said, \"we're proud to bring 20% of our units to be workforce housing, we're proud to bring much needed neighborhood commercial and to contribute positively to the Cannonborough–Elliottborough District.\"

The architectural amendment adds a short, single-sheet addition to Appendix 7 naming the Pioneer Alley architectural guidelines and an architectural review board (ARB) mechanism. The amendment text included a provision that, \"in the event that Mr. Ramos can no longer serve, either the developer shall appoint another South Carolina registered architect to serve as his successor. Respectively, [the developer] shall appoint successors for Mr. Gold and Graham should they not be able to continue in their role.\" The amendment was introduced at the meeting and voted on the same night.

Council did not identify a specific enforcement change to the Board of Architectural Review's authority; supporters said the amendment preserves the neighborhood’s ability to recommend and protect the project's design even if ownership or team members change, while the BAR retains ultimate review authority.

The council record shows the PUD and related zoning changes for the Pioneer Alley site advanced with the amendment in place. The transcript indicates broad council support for the project and the neighborhood-protection language but records one dissenting vote to the amendment because the council member objected to receiving last-minute materials at the meeting.

The city package for the items includes maps, the comprehensive-plan land-use designation for the block, and the Appendix 7 sheet with the added Pioneer Alley architectural guideline language. The applicant team referenced architect Ramos and other named team members (Andrew Gobe, Vince Grama, Steve Grama) as part of the design team.

Council members and staff said they would continue to work with the neighborhood and the BAR as design reviews move forward; no final building permits were issued at the meeting and the PUD's future design applications will proceed through the city's standard review processes.

Votes and formal actions on the Pioneer Alley items appear in the council record: item E1 (height change) was approved by voice vote earlier in the meeting; item E2 (PUD adoption) was approved as amended, with one recorded nay (Council member Brady).","Charleston City Council approved a planned unit development and a related height change for a block at Cannon and Rutledge streets and adopted an amendment requiring neighborhood input on future architectural successors for the project.","actionData","errors"]

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