Capital Projects Sales and Use Tax -

Summary

Must a special one percent sales and use tax be imposed in Abbeville County for not more than eight (8) years to raise the amounts specified for the following purposes? Rank Public Entity Description Cost 1 Upper Abbeville Recreation Expansion of recreation complex $575,000.00 2 Abbeville County Library New Donalds Branch Library $650,000.00 3 Abbeville City Renovate and revitalize Opera House $1,000,000.00 4 Abbeville County Renovate and revitalize Courthouse $306,525.00 5 Town of Calhoun Falls Renovation of Civic Center $240,000.00 6 Abbeville County Economic Development Partnership New industrial site signage at Lakelands Commerce Park and Corbin Rd Site $13,340.00 7 Abbeville County Equipment upgrades to Abbeville County Dive Team $56,200.00 8 Abbeville City Construction of new fire station $2,200,000.00 9 Town of Calhoun Falls Renovate and revitalize Ellison Center including parking $425,000.00 10 Abbeville County Renovate and equip new Abbeville County Event Center $850,000.00 11 Starr Iva Water & Sewer District Extension of water lines to Diamond Hill Elementary School and surrounding area $2,290,000.00 12 Operation Impact, Inc. Signage for Historic Thomson/Lakeview Cemetery $2,600.00 13 Abbeville County Economic Development Partnership Clearing and grubbing of Calhoun Falls Rail site and Hall site $155,000.00 14 Donalds-Due West Water & Sewer Authority Extension of water lines in Cold Springs Community $654,000.00 15 Abbeville County Rural Fire Commission Construction of Diamond Hill and McIlwain Fire sub-stations (Antreville & Cold Springs FD) $160,000.00 16 Abbeville County Rural Fire Commission Upgrades subsequent to equipping new sub-stations $750,000.00 17 Town of Due West Construction of Due West Community Center $1,610,000.00 18 Abbeville County Library Expansion of usable public space at Library Main Branch $160,000.00 19 Abbeville County Construction of Lowndesville Convenience Center $247,000.00 20 Abbeville County Museum Acquisition and exhibition of historic Abbeville County artifacts $59,500.00 21 Town of Calhoun Falls Construction of trail from Blue Hole to Calhoun Falls State Park $202,745.00 22 Town of Calhoun Falls Construction of new consolidated fire/police station $1,000,000.00 23 Lake Russell Recreation & Tourism Coalition Construction of trail head and facilities from Blue Hole to Calhoun Falls State Park $90,000.00 24 Abbeville Historical Society Renovate and revitalize McGowan-Bundy-Barksdale House $250,000.00 25 Lake Russell Recreation & Tourism Coalition Construction of trail head and facilities from McCormick County line to Downtown $260,000.00 Project Totals $14,206,910.00 The proceeds of the tax may be used to defray any capital cost of the projects described above and the payment of costs charged by the State of South Carolina for the collection of the tax. As sales and use tax revenues become available, or if sales and use tax revenues are insufficient to fund all projects, those projects with higher priority rankings will be funded ahead of those with lower priority rankings (with “1” being the highest priority ranking); provided, however, that in all cases, these restrictions and conditions related to the priority of the funding of the projects may be adjusted by the County Council of Abbeville County, South Carolina on the basis of the following: (1) events that may significantly affect the construction schedule for any particular project, to include, by way of example, delay related to the acquisition of real property and rights of way or the receipt of all necessary permits and regulatory approvals; (2) conditions or considerations that may make a project unfeasible, to include, by way of example, environmental conditions, design and engineering considerations, the inability to receive bids within project estimates, or cost overruns; (3) the completion of a project using other funding sources or the availability to fund a project from other sources; or (4) force majeure or other unforeseen circumstances.