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CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY BEFORE.
HEY JOHN, UH, THEY CALL MOTIVATING, YOU KNOW, A THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15TH MEETING OF THE COUNTY AIRPORTS FOR THE AGENDA AND, YOU KNOW, ALL, PLEASE RISE AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
[2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
THEN RECITE WITH ME.I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
AND JUST A LITTLE HOUSEKEEPING BEFORE WE CAN BEGIN A FORMAL AGENDA.
[3. PUBLIC NOTIFICATION OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN PUBLISHED,]
UH, AND ARE YOU ON WITH US TODAY? I DON'T SEE HIM.AND LIKE WHAT GOT YOU OVER THERE? I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE EVERYBODY TO A NEW BOARD MEMBER.
SCOTT, IAN IS PRESIDENT OF THE BUFORD REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND HE FILLS IN THE POSITION THAT WAS OCCUPIED BY BLAKE BLAKE, MOVED ON TO ANOTHER EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY AND HE FILLS THE POSITION THAT'S DESCRIBED IN THE AIRPORT BOARD, ENABLING LEGISLATION IN SECTION SIX DAYS, 28 SEAT, WHICH REQUIRES A MEMBER NOMINATED BY THE BEAUTIFUL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
SO, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOU PARTICIPATING AND DOES NOT HAVE A COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT YET, BUT WHEN I DISCUSSED IT WITH HIM AND HE HAD A GREAT SUGGESTION, HE'S GOING TO WAIT A MEETING OR TWO, AND THEN WE'LL FIGURE OUT WHERE HE BEST FITS AND HOW HIS SKILLS CAN HELP THE AIRPORTS MOVE FORWARD.
AND WE HAVEN'T BEEN UPSET NEWS TO GO THROUGH IN HOUSEKEEPING.
UM, HE'S GOT MANY OTHER COMMITMENTS ELSEWHERE AND IS DECIDED, UH, THAT HE PUT IN BOTH THE AMOUNT OF TIME NECESSARY TO THE BOARD TO CONTINUE EFFECTIVE PARTICIPATION.
SO WE WANT TO THANK AND BEARING WITH US FOR THIS MEETING.
THIS WILL BE HIS LAST MEETING THAT HE IS RESIGNING EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 31ST.
SO YOU CERTAINLY WANT TO THANK BARRY FOR ALL OF HIS EFFORTS ON THE APP AND WISH HIM WELL, BUT HE HAS HELPED US OUT PRIOR TO HIS LEAVING.
HE HAS RECOMMENDED A CANDIDATE TO FILL HIS POSITION, WHICH IS ALSO DESCRIBED IN SECTION SIX TO EIGHT, PARAGRAPH C, WHICH REQUIRES A COMMERCIAL AIRLINE PILOT, UM, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, TO FILL THAT SPOT.
SO, BARRY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HELPING OUT, UM, ON YOUR WAY OUT AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HELP DURING YOUR TENURE YEAR.
AND THEN FINALLY, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME BACK THE, UM, NEWEST AT ALL.
THAT'S NOT CHRONOLOGICALLY OLD THEN, BUT THE NEWEST AND OLDEST PART NUMBER.
BUT THEN I HEARD, UH, DAN, AS YOU KNOW, AFTER MANY YEARS OF SERVING THE BOARD HAD CHOSEN TO STEP OFF AND WE THOUGHT WE HAD A CANDIDATE SPOT AND IT'S A WHOLE SERIES OF CIRCUMSTANCES, WHICH WE CAN DISCUSS AT ANOTHER TIME.
UH, THAT SPOT WAS NOT SO BUILD.
SO ALL ALONG ON BOARD NUMBERS REACHED OUT TO DAN AND HE HAS GRACIOUSLY GRACIOUSLY AGREED TO STEP BACK IN FOR THE TIME BEING UNTIL WE FIND ANOTHER MEMBER TO FILL HIS SPOT.
WE'RE CERTAINLY GLAD TO HAVE YOU ALL RIGHT BY NOW, YOU WILL RECEIVE A COPY OF TODAY'S AGENDA.
UH, ANY SUGGESTIONS, COMMENTS, UH, CHANGES ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA.
IF YOU HAVE SOME WAVE YOUR HANDS.
HEARING NO COMMENTS OR AGENDA.
WE'LL ACCEPT A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS PUBLISHED.
AND IF YOU WANT TO MAKE THE MOTION, YOU JUST WAVE YOUR HAND AT THE SCREEN.
[4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA]
CHRIS, BRIAN HAS.SO, SO YOUR FIRST WE'LL TAKE, BRIAN IS THE MOTION IS MADE TO APPROVE THE AGENDA IN A SECOND, SAME THING.
[5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – September 17, 2020]
UM, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE JUST SIGNIFY I OR APPROVE THE AGENDA.ANY OPPOSED? SAME THING HANDS, ANY ABSTENTIONS.
SAME DEAL FOR THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES.
YOU ALL RECEIVED A COPY OF THE SEPTEMBER 17 MINUTES FROM THE BOARD.
ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS CHANGES, ADDITIONS, OR DELETIONS THAT YOU BELIEVE BELONG IN THE MINUTES OR SO? JUST WAVE AT THE SCREEN.
SO NONE, UH, SAME THING EXCEPT A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES BEARINGS EQUALLY ON THE WAY OUT.
THE LAST, THAT LAST PHOTO SHOULD BE GREAT.
AND THE SECOND MAN, ACTUALLY DO FIRST.
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IN FAVOR AGAIN, I'LL ASK YOU TO JUST THE WAY THAT THE SCREEN WITH AN EYE.AND ANY OPPOSED, SAME THING WITH THE HAND MOTION, ANY ABSTENTIONS THING DONE THAT MOTION IS APPROVED AS WELL.
UH, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PUBLIC JOINING US TODAY AND AS IS THE PRACTICE OF THE BOARD.
AND WE WILL NOW OPEN THE MEETING TO COMMENTS FROM OUR PUBLIC AND OUR GUESTS.
I REMIND THEM THAT PLEASE LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO APPROXIMATELY THREE MINUTES AND A REMINDER OF WHAT GOVERNMENTS.
THIS IS A TIME FOR THE PUBLIC TO MAKE THEIR COMMENTS.
WE DON'T NECESSARILY RESPOND TO THEM.
SO IF THERE'S ANYBODY ON THE LINE, THAT'S A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC.
UH, WE ASKED YOU TO SPEAK UP AND GLEN, THE ONE SHOULD GO RIGHT AHEAD, JOHN, IF YOU CAN MOVE, UH, I, I THINK I'M ON MUTED.
ANYWAY, THIS IS NOT REALLY AIRPORT BUSINESS, BUT I WANTED TO REPORT AND I VOTED EARLY THIS MORNING.
IT TOOK ME A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN AN HOUR AT THE DIFFERENT COUNTY OFFICES HERE ON HELPING THAT ISLAND.
AND I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GET OUT AND VOTE EARLY BECAUSE ELECTION DAY IS GOING TO BE A VERY CROWDED TIME OUT THERE.
ONE SECOND, DAVID WORKING ON IT.
UM, AS YOU'RE PROBABLY AWARE, UH, I'M UH, UP FOR REELECTION AND THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAD A FORUM A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, AND A QUESTION WAS ASKED OF ME AND MY OPPONENT.
UH, WHAT DO I THINK ABOUT THE AIRPORT? AND I ANSWERED IT ALONG THE LINES OF A QUALITY FACILITY IS ESSENTIAL FOR US TO WELCOME OUR GUESTS IN AN APPROPRIATE ISLAND MANNER.
AND THAT THE, UH, RUNWAY HAD BEEN EXTENDED TO, UH, UM, SERVE THE PUBLIC.
AND ALSO WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF, UH, REVIEWING A EXPANSION TO THE TERMINAL, WHICH WILL, UH, BE A VAST IMPROVEMENT FOR OUR ABILITY TO WELCOME GUESTS.
UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC HEARD THAT, BUT, UH, I'M, I'M SIGNALING AND EVERY CHANCE I GET THAT, THE QUALITY OF OUR FACILITIES AND THE PROGRAMS OF OUR COMMUNITY WILL BENEFIT, UM, RESIDENTS TO QUALITY OF LIFE AND THEIR, UM, EXPERIENCE OF, UH, TOURISTS.
SO I'M GLAD THE CHAMBER BROUGHT UP THE AIRPORT.
THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO SPEAK ABOUT IT.
AND THEN DAVID, FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR GUESTS AND SOME OF OUR NEW BOARD MEMBERS.
SO I JUST WANT TO EXPLAIN THAT DAVID IS THE HILTON HEAD OF TOWN COUNCIL MEMBER.
THAT IS THE LIAISON TO THE HILTON HEAD AIRPORT AND GLEN WHO SPOKE BEFOREHAND.
THERE'S THE WARD SIX REPRESENTATIVE ON THE HILTON HEAD TOWN COUNCIL AWARD SIX IS WHERE THE HILTON HEAD AIRPORT.
SO THANK YOU FOR BOTH OF YOUR COMMENTS.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS, IF NOT, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD.
AND I GUESS JOHN, UP TO DIRECTOR OF REPORT AND BOARD MEMBERS, JOHN SCOTT, US, BUT IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION OF JOHN OR ANY CARS REPORT, PLEASE JOT IT DOWN ON AT THE END WHEN JOHN IS ALL DONE.
AND JUST A FEW SLIDES INTO THIS.
I'M GOING TO DO A HANDOFF TO A LAYS LIAISON.
SO WE'LL TRY AND MAKE THAT A CLEAN HANDOFF.
WE JUST STAND UP FOR THAT ONE.
I'M GOING TO SHARE MY SCREEN NOW SO YOU CAN WATCH ALONG.
YOU SHOULD SEE MY POWERPOINT COME UP HERE IN A SECOND BEFORE ANYBODY CAN SEE THAT.
SO LET'S GET RIGHT, UH, BEAVER COUNTY AIRPORT.
IT SHOWS NEXT TIME WE MEET, WE'LL BE CALLING YOU FOR AN EXECUTIVE AIRPORT.
THAT SHOULD BE OFFICIAL ON, UH, ON OR ABOUT NOVEMBER THE FIFTH.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
UH, WE'LL PROBABLY DO SOME KIND OF LITTLE EVENT OUT THERE AT SOME POINT.
SO IAN, WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING TO YOU ABOUT THAT FIRST BULLET THERE.
CIVIL AIR PATROL IS BACK AT ARW.
UH, THEY'D BEEN THERE KIND OF OFF AND ON OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS AND THEY THEY'VE BEEN OPERATING OUT OF ADW AND KIND OF INFORMALLY MEETING ON A SMALL SCALE, THE, UH, JUST THE PILOTS, BUT NOW THE A THERE'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE A UNIT BACK THERE AT THE AIRPORT, UH, OFFICIALLY MEETING THERE IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM.
THEY'RE GOING TO PARTNER WITH US ON SOME SMALL PROJECTS OF THE AIRPORT AS WELL.
SO WITH THE IDEA THAT MAY HANDS MAKE IT WORK,
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WE LOOK FORWARD TO MAKING SOME IMPROVEMENTS IN THERE WITH THE HELP OF CAAP.SECOND THING IS THAT GROUND LEASE DOCUMENT THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A FEW TIMES IN THESE MEETINGS IS JUST ABOUT THROUGH THE COUNTY COUNCIL APPROVAL PROCESS.
WE'VE GOT ONE MORE READING OF COUNTY COUNCIL FOR THAT, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THAT GROUND LEASE DOCUMENT READY? THE FOLKS WHO HAVE INDICATED INTEREST IN SOME DEVELOPMENT OUT THERE AT THE AIRPORT.
AND THAT OF COURSE INCLUDES THE AIRPORT.
SO I'M WORKING WITH, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN, UH, JARED
AND WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER ON SOME IDEAS ON HOW WE COULD POTENTIALLY DO SOME AIR DEVELOPMENT AS WELL IN THERE.
SO THIS ONE, THIS IS THE HANDOFF DEPAUL.
SO I'M GOING TO SHARE THE SCREEN FOR A MOMENT.
AND THEN PAUL IS GOING TO SHARE HIS SCREEN.
SO PAUL IS OUR SUPERVISOR AND ARW HAS BEEN ON THE JOB FOR, I GUESS, ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF.
SO HE'S, HE'S FULLY READY TO GO.
AND HE'S GOT ALL KINDS OF GREAT IDEAS.
SHE'S GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU TODAY.
SO I'M GOING TO STOP SHARING AND LET PAUL TAKE OVER, WAS READY TO SHARE, UH, JUST AT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR SCREEN WOULD BE A LITTLE BAR AND IT SHOULD HAVE A SHARE BUTTON WITH KIND OF AN UP ARROW SHARE.
ONCE YOU CLICK ON THAT, YOU SHOULD SEE.
IT'S NOT LETTING ME SHARE IT WELL, WELL, IF EVERYBODY CAN HEAR ME AND SEE ME, I CAN READ IT OFF TO HIM.
UH, IT SAYS WE CAN'T SHARE YOUR CONTENT.
SO ANYWAY, FOR THOSE OF YOU DON'T KNOW ME, MY NAME IS PAULA
I SPENT A LITTLE OVER 34 AND A HALF YEARS AS A
UM, ONE OF THE BETTER PARTS OF THAT, I WAS WORKING AS A MANAGER FOR AN UNAPPROVED LANDING ZONE THAT WE HAD IN WEST VIRGINIA ON THE SIDE OF A MOUNTAIN.
AND WHEN I SAW THAT THIS JOB WAS AVAILABLE, UH, I GOT TO TALK JOHN, AND TO LET ME COME DOWN HERE AND RUN THIS SMALLER FORT THAT WE HAVE, THAT, UH, IS A GREAT, UM, A GREAT FIELD TO WORK AT.
AND, UM, I'VE REALLY ENJOYED THIS SO FAR.
SO, UM, I'VE COME UP WITH SOME IDEAS OF HOW TO, UH, MAKE THE BUFORD EXECUTIVE AIRPORT A MORE SUCCESSFUL VENTURE AND, UM, SOME IDEAS OF THINGS THAT I THINK THAT WE COULD, UH, IMPLEMENT TO MAKE THIS A BETTER PLACE.
UM, OBVIOUSLY BUILDING MODERNIZATION, BUILDING AND EQUIPMENT SHED, UM, IMPROVING HANGER SPACE, UH, POSSIBLY, UH, IN THE FUTURE, WE COULD SELL MORE GAS AND THEN OBVIOUSLY LOOKING AT THE MASTER PLAN AND HOW FAR THAT TAKES US FORWARD AND THEN THE FUNDING THAT WE NEEDED TO GET TO MAKE THESE THINGS HAPPEN.
UH, STEVE AND I WERE OUT HERE LAST WEEK, LOOKING AROUND AT THE BUILDING AND THINGS, SEEING THINGS THAT WE COULD DO TO MODERNIZE THE BUILDING.
AND ONE OF THE CHEAPER THINGS THAT WE CAME UP WITH WERE JUST SIMPLE THINGS LIKE PUTTING IN NEW FLOORING AND, UH, PAINTING THE WALLS AND JUST GIVING THE BUILDING MORE MODERN EXECUTIVE LOOK, UM, CHECK, TAKEN THE LIGHTS OUT AND PUTTING IN RECESS LIGHTING AND SOME LED LIGHTING, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, WE LOOKED AT POSSIBLY, ARE YOU PUTTING IN SOME NEW FURNITURE IN THE FLIGHT PLANNING ROOM, AS SOME OF, YOU KNOW, THE FURNITURE HERE IS DATED AND JUST ABOUT WORN OUT AND SOME, SOME OF THE DIFFERENT ROOMS THAT WE HAVE, UM, I WAS ABLE TO PROCURE FROM, UH, IT, THEY BROUGHT OUT THIS MORNING, A NEW COMPUTER WITH DUAL MONITORS THAT WAY, WHEN THE PILOTS COME IN, LIKE THIS MORNING, WE HAD THE, UH, THE PLATAS WAS IN HERE AND THE GUY NEEDED TO GET HIS, WHETHER HE COULDN'T GET ON A COMPUTER TO DO THAT.
SO HE SENT ME THE EMAIL THAT HAD THE WEATHER IN IT, AND I PRINTED IT OFF FOR HIM WITH THIS COMPUTER THAT WE HAVE NOW, WHERE HE'LL BE ABLE TO COME IN HERE AND JUST LOG INTO HIS EMAIL AND THEN JUST PRINT IT OFF, TAKE IT WITH HIM.
SO IF ANYBODY NEEDS TO DO ANY FLIGHT PLANNING, UM, IT MAKES IT SIMPLER TO DO THAT.
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WE'D LIKE TO PUT SOME TVS THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING, WITH THE WEATHER ON A FLIGHT AWARE, AND THEN IN THE LOBBY, JUST ONE FOR PEOPLE'S ENTERTAINMENT, WE'RE GUESSING WE COULD PROBABLY DO THIS FOR UNDER $10,000, UM, COMPLETION AND JUST FROM THE LOBBY AND THE OFFICES AND THE AREA THAT PEOPLE SEE THE KITCHEN, UM, JUST TO MAKE IT A BETTER FEEL FOR THE AIRPORT.UM, I MENTIONED THAT WE NEEDED AN EQUIPMENT SHED OUT FRONT, AS OF RIGHT NOW, FOR EXAMPLE, ALL OF OUR BLINDS ARE, UM, OUT ON THE FIELD.
THERE'S NO WAY TO REMOVE, SO THEY GET WEATHER TO GET FREIGHT.
SO IF WE HAD AN EQUIPMENT SHED, WE COULD PUT A GPU IN THERE.
WE COULD PUT OUR CHALKS IN THEIR TIE-DOWN ROPES.
AND THEN ALSO WE HAVE THE USED OIL CONTAINERS THAT ARE OUT HERE.
WE COULD GET THOSE UNDER, UM, A CONTAINER OF SOAP OR SOME CONTAINMENT TO PROTECT THOSE.
AND I'VE LOOKED ONLINE AND YOU CAN GET A SMALL, UH, EQUIPMENT SHED, JUST LIKE A THREE-SIDED SALTBOX TYPE SHED FOR ANYWHERE FROM FIVE TO $7,500.
I WISH YOU GUYS COULD SEE THESE SLIDES, BUT FOR SOME REASON, I'M COMPUTER ILLITERATE TODAY.
SO YOU CAN TURN YOUR CAMERA BACK ON.
I DON'T KNOW IF MAYBE YOU'VE GOT A SET HERE IS NOW ALLOWING YOU TO SHARE AND YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO SHARE.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? CAN YOU SEE ME? WE CANNOT SEE YOU THERE.
I THINK WE'RE GETTING SOMETHING THERE.
THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT.
SO ANYWAY, BACK INTO THE, UH, THE BUILDING MODERNIZATION, UM, IF YOU CAN SEE THE PICTURES HERE, IF YOU'VE BEEN OUT HERE, YOU SEE THAT OUR LOBBY, WE HAVE A SMALL KITCHEN AREA, AND WE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT.
IF WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE THAT ONE WALL OUT OF THAT KITCHEN AREA AND EXPAND THAT OUT INTO THE LOBBY, WE COULD PUT A SMALL KITCHEN, WHICH IS SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU SEE HERE, AND THEN PUT SOME HIGH TOP TABLES AND HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF AN AREA FOR PEOPLE TO, UM, TO VISIT IN, TO COME IN AND HAVE LUNCH.
AND EVEN THE PILOTS COULD DO SOME MINOR FLIGHT PLANNING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND IT GIVES US A MORE, UH, A BETTER FEEL AS AN EXECUTIVE AIRPORT, WHICH IS WHAT OUR GOAL IS IN THE FUTURE.
UM, I TALKED ABOUT THESE THINGS HERE, NEW COUCHES AND RECLINERS, UM, FLIGHT PLANNING, COMPUTER.
I HAVE THAT WE JUST NEED TO INSTALL IT.
UH, IT WAS NICE ENOUGH TO BRING THAT OVER THIS MORNING, AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT THE IT DEPARTMENT IN THE COUNTY IS AMAZING BECAUSE OF IT HAVE BEEN THE AIR FORCE.
I WOULDN'T SEE THIS BEFORE I RETIRE.
AND THEN ALSO THE, UH, THE EQUIPMENT SHED, WHICH I TALKED ABOUT, UH, SOMETHING SMALL LIKE THIS, WE HAVE A CONCRETE PAD THAT'S OUT THERE BESIDE THE FUEL FARM THAT THIS WOULD FIT ON PERFECTLY.
AND, UM, THAT WE'LL JUST GET SOME OF OUR EQUIPMENT HANDY TO THE FLIGHT LINE.
INSTEAD OF DOWN IN THE ROLL-UPS WHERE WE HAVE TO WALK ALMOST A HUNDRED YARDS OR MORE TO GO GET THAT EQUIPMENT.
WE COULD PUT IT OUT HERE ON THE FLIGHT LINE, MAKE IT EASILY ACCESSIBLE FOR THE LINE GUYS, TO GET IT AND KEEP IT THERE HANDY WHERE WE'RE GOING TO NEED THESE THINGS.
I HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT THIS ONE YET.
WE FEEL THREE TO FIVE CALLS PER WEEK FOR PEOPLE AROUND THE AREA, LOOKING FOR AN AIRSPACE.
WE HAVE 30, 40 HANGERS, AND WE HAVE THREE TO FIVE AIRCRAFT ON THE RAMP AT ANY GIVEN TIME THAT BELONG HERE AT ARW.
AND THERE ARE ON THE LIST WAITING FOR HANGERS.
UH, MY LIST RIGHT NOW IS 21 PEOPLE AS OF TODAY, FOUR PEOPLE WAITING FOR HAIRS AND THE ORIGINAL PLAN THAT I SAW THAT WAS OUT THERE ON THE INTERNET.
I LOOKED OVER THE MASTER PLAN AND IT SAID BY 2018, THAT THERE WOULD BE 65 TO 72 AIRCRAFT BASED HERE AT ARW.
WE'RE STILL AT THE 30, 40 HANGERS WHERE THE, THAT MASTER PLAN WAS DRAWN UP TO BEGIN
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WITH BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO EXPAND.SO IF YOU SEE THE TWO PICTURES THAT I HAVE DEPICTED THERE, THE ONE IS A MEASUREMENT OF THE LAND BETWEEN THE TAXIWAY AND WHERE THE SHERIFF'S HANGER IS.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE THE SUNSHADE HANGERS IN THAT 800 FEET, YOU COULD PUT 20 SUNSHADE HANGERS.
AND IF YOU WERE TO CHARGE $200 A MONTH, A PIECE FOR THOSE, AND THESE ARE JUST MEMBERS THAT I'M THROWING OUT THERE THAT'S $4,000 A MONTH INCOME FOR THE AIRPORT.
IF YOU WERE ABLE TO PUT IT IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT TAXIWAY AREA AND PUT THEM ON EITHER SIDE, THAT'S 40 SOME SHEET HANGERS THAT YOU COULD PUT IN THERE.
SO THESE ARE JUST THINGS, IDEAS THAT I'M THROWING OUT THERE THAT COULD BE ALMOST INSTANT INCOME GENERATORS FOR THE AIRPORT AND FOR THE COUNTY.
UM, OBVIOUSLY WE'D LOVE TO GET MORE TEEN HANGERS IN A COMMUNITY HANGER IN THE FUTURE, BUT THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE BUDGETED OUT AND GONE OVER THROUGH THE MASTER PLAN.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE MASTER PLAN PROBABLY NEEDS TO BE UPDATED AND MODERNIZED.
AND YOU KNOW, THESE TWO PICTURES HERE ARE, UH, KINDA IN MY MIND, BUT I THOUGHT THAT WE COULD WORK TOWARDS THESE.
THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT HANGERS OUT IN THE MIDWEST, AND THEY HAVE THE TERMINAL BUILT ON THE SIDE OF THEM.
THAT GOES THE LENGTH OF THE HANGER AND IT JUST MODERNIZES EVERYTHING.
AND, UM, SO, UH, THIS IS JUST KINDA MY REAL QUICK DOWN AND DIRTY LOOK TO THE FUTURE FOR AR.
SO IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO FIELD THOSE
HOWARD WAS VERY NICE, VERY COURTEOUS, VERY WELCOMING JOHN WITH YOUR SUPPORT AND COOPERATION JUST MADE REALLY A DRAMATIC DIFFERENCE.
IS ANYBODY ELSE HAVING A HARD TIME HEARING HOWARD? HI, HOW ARE YOU MAY WANT TO GET IN TOUCH WITH, UH, WITH LANCE? SEE IF YOU CAN FIX THE INTERNET WORK OVER THERE AND I'LL CHECK IT OUT.
THAT WAS A LITTLE BETTER THAN MAYBE BECAUSE YOU'RE OUT THERE AND TAHITI IS PROBABLY MESSING UP YOUR SIGNAL HOUR TO BEING TOO QUIET.
I JUST SAID, I COULDN'T HEAR YOU.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE BACK ON.
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND PAUL, I'M A MUTE HOWARD, AND I'M GOING TO GO BACK INTO SHARING MY SCREEN.
HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY CAN SEE MY POWERPOINT AGAIN, HOWARD.
SO WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE FUEL PRICING OUT THERE, AND THIS IS A GOOD SLIDE TO SHOW YOU WHAT I THINK IS AT LEAST AN EARLY INDICATION OF SOME POSITIVE EFFECTS OF THE, UH, THE PRICING THAT WE'VE DONE OVER AT ARW.
YOU CAN SEE THAT JULY, AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER AB GAS NUMBERS ARE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER YEAR OVER YEAR.
SO WE'LL TRY TO KEEP THAT TREND MOVING THE WAY IT IS AND, UH, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO BE COMPETITIVE ON THE FUEL PRICES.
AND THEN WE HOPE TO BRING THE, THE JET SALES UP THERE.
THEY WERE LAGGING A LITTLE BIT IN SEPTEMBER.
IT'S REALLY HARD TO PREDICT THE JET SALES, BECAUSE A LOT OF IT DEPENDS ON THE, UH, SOME OF THE SCHOOLS THAT WE HAVE IN THE AREA THAT WE WORK WITH AND WHAT THEIR COURSE LOAD IS AND WHAT THEIR STUDENT LOAD IS.
SO I'M A LITTLE BIT LOW ON THE JET, BUT, UH, BUT THAT'LL HOPEFULLY TREND BACK UP FOR US.
SO THAT'S THAT ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ARW WE'RE GOING TO SLIDE OVER TO THE HILTON HEAD ISLAND.
SO WE'LL MOVE OVER TO HILTON HEAD.
SO WE'VE GOT SOME LOCAL RADIO ADS THAT WILL BE STARTING, I THINK MAYBE AS EARLY AS NEXT WEEK.
SO IF YOU LISTEN TO THE LOCAL RADIO,
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UH, LET'S SEE ONE OH FOUR, NINE 93 SEVEN ONE A 3.1.AND THERE'S ONE MORE, I CAN'T REMEMBER RIGHT NOW, BUT ANYWAY, LOOK, COUNTRY RADIO GROUP WILL BE PLAYING ADS.
SO YOU PROBABLY HEAR SOME THINGS ABOUT THE AIRPORT, UH, ON THERE, AND WE'RE GOING TO RUNNING A CAMPAIGN.
I THINK WE'RE DOING ADS FOR ABOUT, I THINK IT'S SIX OR NINE MONTHS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO IT'S A GOOD LONG SUSTAINED CAMPAIGN AND THE, UH, THE CONTENT WILL CHANGE OVER TIME.
SO YOU'LL HEAR DIFFERENT SPOTS ABOUT THE AIRPORT.
UH, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT LAST TIME ABOUT THE OFF AIRPORT AND LAND COMPATIBILITY OR, UM, COMPATIBLE LAND USE ISSUES THERE.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION TO IS THE AIRPORT SPONSOR BECAUSE OF THE FAA SPONSOR ASSURANCES.
SO BY VIRTUE OF THE FACT THAT WE USE FAA GRANT FUNDS TO DEVELOP THE AIRPORT, WE HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT'S GOING ON AROUND US.
IT'S ONE OF MANY GRANT ASSURANCES.
UH, AND SO THERE ARE A COUPLE THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.
THERE'S ONE THAT, UM, THERE'S ACTUALLY A REZONING, THIS BAND PROPOSED AND THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD THAT ACTUALLY, UM, DEALS WITH A COUPLE OF PROPERTIES THAT ARE CLOSE TO THE AIRPORT.
AND, UM, SO WHAT IT WOULD DO BASICALLY IS UP ZONE.
SOME OF THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES IS, IS ACTUALLY A HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, JUST OFF THE END OF TWO ONE.
AND IF THAT UPS ZONES TO THE RESIDENTIAL GO UP, I THINK FROM THREE UNITS PER ACRE TO 60 UNITS PER ACRE.
AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO OBJECT TO AS SPONSORS OF THE AIRPORT, BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE PROPERTIES ARE IN THE RUNWAY PROTECTION ZONES.
AND RESIDENTIAL USE IS NOT AN APPROVED USE IN THE RENTAL PROTECTIONS.
SO UP ZONING, IT IS CERTAINLY NOT LOOKED DOWN UPON FAVORABLY BY THE FAA.
SO WE HAVE LODGED OUR FORMAL COMPLAINT OR NOT COMPLAINT OBJECTION AGAINST THAT PROPOSAL.
AND THERE'S OTHER ONES WE'RE TRACKING.
ONE OF THEM IS THE, UH, TRANSFER STATION OVER THERE AT THE ARBOR NATURE SITE.
AND THERE IS A PUBLIC HEARING COMING UP THIS COMING, I THINK IT'S NEXT THURSDAY, ACTUALLY A WEEK FROM TODAY.
AND THAT'S WHERE CITIZENS CAN VOICE COMMENTS AND THERE'LL BE RECORDED BY D HECK.
UH, AND THEN THE THIRD ISSUE IS THE, THERE'S A DEVELOPMENT ACROSS MATTHEWS DRIVE WITHIN THAT SEA TURTLE DEVELOPMENT WHERE THE, UM, STARBUCKS AND JERSEY MIKE'S AND THAT SORT OF THING I LOCATED.
SO WORKING WITH THE TOWN ON ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT ISSUES, PRIMARILY THE ONE WITH THE TRANSFER STATION, WE'LL WORK WITH D HECK ON THAT.
UM, BARRY'S NOT OUR ONLY LOSS, THIS, THIS COMING MONTH I'M ACTUALLY IN NOVEMBER, RENEE IS GOING TO LEAVE US.
SO, UM, SHE'LL BE ROLLING OUT OF HERE AND SHE'LL BE, I THINK FINALLY ENJOYING HER LONG DESERVED RETIREMENT.
SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF INTERVIEWING CANDIDATES FOR THAT POSITION.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING SOMEBODY IN PLACE BEFORE WHEN THEY LEAVE, SO THAT WE'LL GET A GOOD TURNOVER IS A CRITICAL POSITION.
OBVIOUSLY WITHIN THE AIRPORT, UH, IS A VERY, VERY BUSY POSITION.
THEY HAVE TO KEEP UP WITH ALL THE SECURITY DIRECTIVES THAT COME DOWN THROUGH DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND TSA, SO VERY IMPORTANT POSITION.
AND, UM, WE'VE GOT SOME GREAT CANDIDATES.
SO LOOKING FORWARD TO HOPEFULLY INTRODUCING YOU TO A NEW PERSON NEXT MONTH, ALL RIGHT.
OUR EIGHT TAX PRESENTATION, AS YOU KNOW, YOU VOTED ON, ARE APPLYING FOR A TAX BACK IN, I THINK, AUGUST.
AND SO IT WOULDN'T BE MAKE OUR PRESENTATION NEXT THURSDAY A WEEK FROM TODAY AT NOON.
NOW ALL OF THESE PRESENTATIONS ARE VIRTUAL, SO THERE'S REALLY NOT A WAY THAT, UM, FOLKS CAN INTERACT WITH THAT, BUT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO WATCH THOSE PRESENTATIONS IF YOU SO DESIRE THROUGH THE NORMAL TOWN PORTALS.
AND THEY USUALLY DO A FACEBOOK LIVE AND THAT'S ONE GOOD WAY TO WATCH TOWN MEETINGS.
AND THIS WOULD BE ALSO ON FACEBOOK LIVE.
AND I THINK MAYBE THROUGH THE TOWN WEBSITE AS WELL, SO CHECK THOSE OUT.
AND IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN WATCHING THAT AND WE PRESENT AT NOON, BUT PROBABLY BEFORE THAT, TYPICALLY THESE RUN A LITTLE BIT FAST.
SO IF YOU TUNE IN A NEED FOR MEMBER LAST YEAR, ANYBODY YOU ATTENDED IN PERSON WITH ME, WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF JOGGING IN TO OUR PRESENTATION.
CAUSE AS SOON AS WE WALKED IN THE DOOR, IT WAS OUR TURN.
SO, UH, WE'LL BE, WE'LL BE READY TO GO BEFORE 1130, JUST IN CASE WE GET THE CALL A LITTLE BIT EARLY.
SO LET'S TRANSITION NOW TO, UM, SOMETHING THAT'S PROBABLY NOT THE BEST OF NEWS AND HOPEFULLY NOT A SURPRISE ANYBODY HERE, BUT THE STATE OF THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY, AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER, WHEN THE FISCAL FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR TURNED OVER THE CARES ACT, UM, REQUIREMENTS OF WITH THE AIRLINES, MAINTAINING THE ROUTES THAT THEY SERVED, AS WELL AS, UH, THE PERSONNEL THAT HAD ON STAFF, THOSE REQUIREMENTS WENT AWAY.
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SO THE AIRLINES BEGAN THEIR LAYOFFS AND THEY WERE SIGNIFICANT WORLDWIDE AS A HUGE HIT.THEN THE AIRLINES AND WE'RE USED TO, WE'RE ALSO HARD HIT DELTA HAS PUT THEIRS OFF TEMPORARILY AND IT'S DONE STRESS TEMPORARILY.
SO THE RECOVERY IS GOING TO BE PRETTY SLOW.
EVERYBODY WAS HOPING THAT THE HOLIDAY TICKET SALES WOULD REALLY BE BOOSTING THINGS, BUT THE HOLIDAY TICKET SALES AREN'T ARE NOT REALLY SHOWING THE PROMISE IT WAS HOPED FOR.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S REALLY GOING TO BE A LONG AND SLOW RECOVERY FOR THE AIRLINES.
AND IF IT'S A LONG SLOW RECOVERY FOR THE AIRLINES AND IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG SLOW RECOVERY FOR THE AIRPORTS AS WELL.
UM, BUT TO THAT END, WE DID SPEAK A COUPLE OF TIMES ABOUT SENDING SOME CORRESPONDENCE UP TO WASHINGTON DC AND, UH, AND HAVING THE BOARD PARTICIPATE IN THAT.
AND I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE RECENTLY IN THAT REGARD AND CERTAINLY TO LESLIE FOR KIND OF LEADING THAT CHARGE.
UH, WE CAN LEAN ON LESLIE, SHE'S GOT SOME EXPERIENCE UP THERE ON CAPITOL HILL.
SO WE APPRECIATE HER KIND OF TAKING THE LEAD AND DRAFTING A LETTER THAT EACH ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE SIGNING ONTO TO SEND UP TO OUR, UH, OUR U S DELEGATION.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THEY HEAR FROM US AND THAT ANY KIND OF RELIEF PACKAGE AS IT MOVES FORWARD HAS BOTH AIRLINE AND AIRPORT RELIEF INCLUDED IN THEM.
SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT, BUT IT'S NOT ALL BAD NEWS.
DO YOU HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS? AND THERE'S NEW DATA OUT THERE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WITH ALL THE CLEANING AND EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON AND JUST THE WAY COMMERCIAL AIRPLANES ARE DESIGNED AND THE WAY THEY OPERATE INSIDE IN THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENTS, THEY'RE INCREDIBLY SAFE AND THEY'RE INCREDIBLY CLEAN.
SO NOT A LOT OF THIS GETS OUT.
UH, SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO LET YOU KNOW, SOME OF YOU PROBABLY DO KNOW THIS ALREADY, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET THAT OUT IN FRONT OF YOU AND CERTAINLY ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WHO'S INTERESTED, UM, WHILE WE'RE NOT GONNA, YOU KNOW, TELL EVERYBODY THAT, HEY, YOU SHOULD GET BACK TO, TO TRAVEL.
WE DO WANT TO LET FOLKS KNOW WHO, WHO DO WANT TO TRAVEL OR DO NEED TO TRAVEL FOR BUSINESS OR WHATEVER REASON THAT THEY CAN FEEL CONFIDENT SO THAT THE WHOLE PROCESS IS CLEAN.
THE AIRPORTS HAVE TAKEN EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES AS YOU WELL KNOW THAT WE'VE DONE HERE AT HILTON HEAD ISLAND AIRPORT TO KEEP THINGS CLEAN.
AND THE AIRLINES WERE DOING THEIR PART AS WELL.
SO FROM START TO FINISH, THE PROCESS IS VERY, VERY SAFE AND VERY, VERY CLEAN.
SO IF YOU'RE TRAVELING, YOU'RE REALLY GOING TO BE IN GOOD HANDS IF YOU CHOOSE TO TRAVEL BY AIR.
SO WE HOPE THAT MORE AND MORE PEOPLE WILL DO THAT, RIGHT? AND THIS IS, THIS WAS VERY INTERESTING THAT I SAW I WAS IN CROSS SECTION OF BASICALLY A COMMERCIAL CABIN INSIDE AN AIRCRAFT.
AND IT SHOWS YOU WHAT THAT AIRFLOW LOOKS LIKE.
SO BASICALLY THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF FORWARD AND BACKWARDS.
AIRFLOW IS BASICALLY A SIDEWAYS AIRFLOW.
SO THERE'S ONLY A FEW PEOPLE, UM, TH THAT WOULD QUOTE UNQUOTE, CHEER THE AIR.
EVERYBODY KIND OF HAS HER OWN AIR POCKET IN THERE.
SO, VERY INTERESTING TO SEE, AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE COMMENTED ON THE SAFETY AND THE CLEANLINESS OF THE AIR ON THE NEW MODERN COMMERCIAL AIRLINERS.
WE'LL GIVE YOU A MINUTE TO KIND OF LOOK AT THAT.
I THINK IT'S NOTEWORTHY TO SEE THAT THE AIR IS FILTERED THROUGH THE HEPA FILTERS, AND THAT'S THE SAME KIND OF FILTERS THAT ARE IN HOSPITAL OPERATING ROOM.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT CAN PUT SOME PEOPLE'S MINDS AT EASE.
ALL RIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON HERE.
UM, I HAD NOT SHOWN THE CHARTS HERE FOR AWHILE, BUT, UM, AS WE STARTED LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS A LITTLE BIT MORE CLOSELY, WE DID WANT TO SHARE THE CHARTS BECAUSE THE CHARTS WILL SHOW US SOME GOOD NEWS.
AND, UH, AND HERE YOU CAN SEE IF YOU LOOK AT THE, UH, THIS IS A JEDI, AND THIS IS ONLY ON THE PRIVATE SIDE, JEDI, THIS IS NOT INCLUDE COMMERCIAL.
SO THIS IS WHAT, UM, SIGNATURE FLIGHT SUPPORT IS SEEING ON THE PRIVATE SIDE.
IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE BLUE VERSUS THE GREEN, YOU CAN SEE THAT.
UM, DESPITE THE FACT THAT WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A GLOBAL PANDEMIC EVERY MONTH FROM, FROM MAY TO PRESENT IS BETTER YEAR OVER YEAR.
AND THAT'S, I THINK THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES TO, UH, NUMBER ONE WITH SIGNATURE'S DOING, AND ALSO TO THE FACT THAT HILTON HEAD ISLAND IS A DESIRABLE DESTINATION FOR FOLKS, AND THEY'LL FIND A WAY TO GET HERE.
SO IF THEY DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE TRAVELING ON COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT AND THEY'VE GOT THE MEANS TO TRAVEL ON THE PRIVATE AIRCRAFT, THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY MAKING THAT CHOICE TO DO SO.
YOU CAN SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
THEY'RE EITHER, YOU KNOW, YEAR OVER YEAR, STAYING STAY IN
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PRETTY, UH, PRETTY CONSTANT.AND THEN ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE, YOU CAN SEE THEIR COMMERCIAL IS BETTER YEAR OVER YEAR.
SO WE'VE, WE HAD A GREAT SEPTEMBER.
UM, AND WE HAD ALL THINGS CONSIDERED A FAIRLY GOOD SUMMER.
OVERALL DURING THE SUMMER, WE BEAT THE NATIONAL AVERAGE, WHICH WAS AS FAR AS IN PLACEMENTS, GO, HAD BEEN DOWN ANYWHERE FROM 65 TO 75% ON ANY GIVEN DAY DURING THE SUMMERTIME.
THAT'S, THAT'S OFF THAT MUCH FROM LAST YEAR.
SO PRETTY STRANGE TO SAY THAT YOU'RE WINNING WHEN YOU'RE BY 50%, WE'RE WINNING.
AND THEN THIS IS TOUGH TO READ, BUT I DIDN'T WANT YOU TO SEE THAT IF, IF YOU WERE TO, UH, AND THE METHOD BEHIND THIS ONE IS LAST YEAR'S NUMBERS ARE ALL KIND OF ON THE CHECK OR THE, THE LINES.
AND THEN THE SOLID COLORS ARE THIS YEAR'S NUMBERS.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT SEPTEMBER, WHICH IS MONTH NUMBER NINE, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DIDN'T GO TO THE NAVAL ACADEMY, UM, THOSE SOLID BARS, IF YOU WERE TO ADD THOSE UP, THOSE NUMBERS ARE ALMOST EXACTLY WHAT WE HAD LAST SEPTEMBER.
WE'RE ABOUT 1400 EMPLOYMENTS OFF.
SO SEPTEMBER WAS AN INCREDIBLY STRONG MONTH FOR WHATEVER REASON.
UM, BOTH OF OUR AIRLINES DID REALLY WELL AS YOU CAN SEE, BUT AMERICAN DEFINITELY KIND OF CARRIED THE LOAD THERE.
THEY HAD, THEY STILL HAD THEIR, UH, UH, DALLAS FORT WORTH HAD SOME FLIGHTS.
CHICAGO DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAD PHILLY IN SEPTEMBER.
WE DEFINITELY HAD, UH, WE HAD REAGAN NATIONAL IN SEPTEMBER THAT WAS VERY POPULAR FLIGHT.
SO THOSE ADDITIONAL CITIES REALLY HELPED OUT.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBERS WERE REALLY, REALLY STRONG IN SEPTEMBER.
SO DON'T ASK ME TO PREDICT THE REST OF THE YEAR, BUT SEPTEMBER WAS FANTASTIC.
ALL RIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ALONG HERE.
THIS IS, AND I'LL SHOW YOU A SECOND LOOK AT THIS.
SO YOU CAN READ THE TEXTS, DON'T STRAIN YOUR EYES TO READ THAT TEXT.
THIS IS OUR FULL PAGE AD THAT GOES IN THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND VISITOR CONVENTION BUREAUS, A VACATION PLANNER, AND A VACATION PLANNER IS DIFFERENT THAN THE VACATION GUIDE OR THE VISITOR GUIDE.
I SHOULD SAY THE VACATION PLANNER IS WHAT GETS MAILED OUT TO FOLKS WHO ARE OUT OF MARKET, WHO ARE RESEARCHING HILTON HEAD ISLAND IN A POTENTIAL TRIP.
AND THEY REQUEST THIS THROUGH TYPICALLY THROUGH THE VCB WEBSITE.
SO THIS IS OUR FULL PAGE AD THAT WE DO.
WE'VE DONE IT EACH YEAR NOW FOR PROBABLY ABOUT THE LAST SIX OR SEVEN YEARS.
UM, AND THIS, THIS IS KIND OF WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE.
THIS IS A GREAT SHOT THAT ACTUALLY OUR MARKETING CONSULTANT TOOK OUT OF THE, UH, THE, THE WINDOW OF AN AMERICAN AIRLINES AND BARREL ONE 75 ON HER TRIP DOWN HERE LAST YEAR.
AND THAT'S, AS YOU CAN SEE, YOU CAN SEE THE YACHT BASE IN THERE, THE SEA PONS, WE THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A REALLY COOL VIEW THERE.
AND IT SHOWS THAT JET COMING IN ON THE, UH, BROAD CREEK VISUAL THERE, HOWARD, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE APPROACH WHEEL LIFE.
UH, AND I'LL GO DOWN TO THE NEXT SLIDE SO YOU CAN SEE THE TEXT.
SO I'LL GIVE YOU A MINUTE TO KIND OF LOOK AT THAT, BUT WE'RE LIMITED ON HOW MUCH TEXTS WE CAN PUT IN THERE, BUT THE EMPHASIS IS ON THE, THE ADDITIONAL CITIES THAT WE CONNECT WITH AS WELL AS THE FACT THAT, THAT THE AIRPORT IS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF HILTON HEAD OFF
I THINK EVERYONE HAS READ THAT WE WILL STOP SHARING THIS AND WE'LL GET BACK INTO THE MAIN PART OF THE DISCUSSION HERE.
BACK IN HERE, LESLIE'S GOT A QUESTION.
YOU CAN UNMUTE YOURSELF, LESLIE, IF YOU WANT TO, I DIDN'T KNOW IF I SHOULD WAIT ON THIS.
I NEED YOU TO CLARIFY WHICH FLIGHTS HAVE BEEN TEMPER TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED? IS IT ALL UP DELTAS AND SOME OF THE OTHERS? WHAT, HOW MANY, WHAT, UH, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY, IF YOU MEAN TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED BECAUSE OF COVID.
I THOUGHT WHEN YOU SAID THAT THE DELTA WAS GOING TO BE TEMPORARILY SUSPENDING FLIGHTS, DID YOU NOT SAY THAT? I'M SORRY, WHAT DELTA IS DOING THAT WAS WITH REGARD TO LAYOFFS? SO IS THEY HAVE DELAYED LAYOFFS AND THEY ARE, THEY'RE TRYING TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION WITHIN DELTA TO HOPEFULLY AVOID THEM.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WILL, BUT, UM, THEY, THEY HAVE NOT MADE THE MASSIVE LAYOFFS AS OF YET.
SO NO FLIGHTS THAT ARE REPORTED HAVE BEEN TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED.
OH, NO, WE'VE DEFINITELY LOST FLIGHTS.
WE'VE DEFINITELY LOST FLIGHTS.
I MEAN, UNITED LEFT EARLY THIS PAST YEAR, UM, AMERICAN DEFINITELY DID NOT FLY AS MANY AS THEY PLAN TO FLY IN.
DELTA WOULD TYPICALLY BE THREE A DAY.
AND DURING THE SUMMER, PROBABLY FOUR A DAY WITH THE ADDITION OF LAGUARDIA AND THEY DID NOT HAVE AN ARMY OF FLIGHTS THIS YEAR.
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WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY NEWER FLIGHTS FOR UNITED, YOU KNOW, CAUSE THOSE WERE THE HOT SPOTS UP THERE.SO WE DEFINITELY HAD A DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF FLIGHTS, WHICH, YOU KNOW, MAKE THEM SEPTEMBER NUMBERS ALL THE MORE, UM, YOU KNOW, INCREDIBLE OR BENEFICIAL TO THE AIRPORT.
SO, UH, VERY THANKFUL TO THE AIRLINE PARTNERS BECAUSE THEY HAVE REALLY, REALLY BEEN HUSTLING.
UM, AND THIS AGAIN IS THE KEY, UH, I THINK TESTIMONY TO THE FACT THAT HILTON, THAT ISLAND IS JUST A, IT'S A WORLD-CLASS DESTINATION.
AND WE MAYBE WE'VE BENEFITED BECAUSE INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL HAS BEEN SUSPENDED, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S STARTING TO TRICKLE BACK, BUT, BUT I THINK WE, WE BENEFITED FROM THAT.
UM, BUT YOU DON'T BENEFIT FROM SOMETHING UNLESS YOU'RE WELL SITUATED TO BENEFIT.
SO YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S GOTTA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE CHAMBER AND THE VCB AND EVERYBODY IN THE, YOU KNOW, THE RESORT BUSINESS AND THE VACATION BUSINESS WHO MAKES US THEIR LIVELIHOOD BECAUSE THEY DO A GREAT JOB TO PUT A GREAT PLAN OUT THERE.
UM, SO WE, WE CERTAINLY BENEFITED FROM THAT AND HOPEFULLY WE HELP OTHER FOLKS BENEFIT AS WELL.
UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON MY REPORT, HOWARD? GO AHEAD.
NO, REGARDING THE AIRPORT'S INTERACTION WITH THE HECK IN THE ORBIT NATURE SITUATION, COULD YOU ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE BECAUSE ONE OF THE CONCERNS THERE WE'LL ACCUMULATE IN THE AIR, THIS APPLICATION FOR CONSTRUCTION WASTE IS.
SO CAN YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW, UM, THE MAIN, UM, I GUESS THE MAIN I IN THE AIRPORT IS TALKING TO D HECK ABOUT WITH REGARD TO THE C AND D TRANSFER STATION IS THE TYPE OF MATERIAL THAT WAS POTENTIALLY ALLOWED IN THAT TRANSFER STATION AND IN A CLASS TWO TRANSFER STATION, UM, ANIMAL CARCASSES ARE AN APPROVED, YOU KNOW, PE TYPE OF DEBRIS THAT'S ALLOWED TO BE IN ONE OF THOSE STATIONS.
AND SO SPECIFICALLY THAT IS THE ITEM THAT THE AIRPORT OBJECTED TO AND REQUESTED TO D HECK, THAT THERE'D BE A CONDITION PLACED ON THAT PERMIT THAT NO ANIMAL CARCASSES WOULD BE PERMITTED WITHIN THAT CLASS TO TRANSFER STATION, IT'S GOING TO BE APPROVED.
UM, AND SO, AND WE TALKED TO THE FAA ABOUT THAT.
WE WENT THROUGH THE, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A LANDFILL AND A TRANSFER STATION, UM, IS HUGE.
I MEAN, THERE'S, THERE'S A GRAND CANYON.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM AND THE TRANSFER STATION IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS, THAT IS DEEMED INCOMPATIBLE WITH AN AIRPORT, BUT A LANDFILL IS.
UM, BUT IN THIS CASE, THE FACT THAT THERE WAS POTENTIALLY ANIMAL CARCASSES THAT WERE ALLOWED IS THAT'S WHAT WE NEEDED TO OBJECT TO.
AND, UM, I NEED TO GET IN TOUCH WITH YOU.
I CAN FIND OUT JUST, YOU KNOW, HOW THAT ENDS UP BEING PUT ON THE PERMIT OR, OR WHERE, BUT THAT'S OUR SOLE OBJECTION.
REALLY ANY ASPECT OF THAT PERMIT IS, IS OKAY.
I THINK WE'VE GOT YOU ON MUTED.
I WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON A COUPLE OF THINGS YOU JUST SAID, BECAUSE THE UNDERSTANDING THAT I HAVE, AND YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG IS THAT AS OF THIS POINT, G HACK HAS THE FINAL DECISION ABOUT WHETHER THAT PERMIT GETS APPROVED OR NOT.
BUT I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT PART OF WHAT ARBOR NATURE DOES IS WOOD CHIPPING AND WOOD SHIPPING HAS BEEN PROVEN TO EXPOSE BUGS THAT ARE IN THE, UH, LOGS AND TREES THAT ARE BEING SHOPPED UP.
AND THAT PRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT RISK FOR BIRD ACTIVITY.
AND GIVEN THE FACT THAT THIS IS ONLY A LITERALLY A FEW YARDS FROM THE RUNWAY, THE FAA HAS A POLICY ABOUT GETTING INVOLVED WITH OPERATIONS THAT INCREASE THE PROBABILITY OF BIRDS ON AN AIRPORT.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHEN YOU TALK TO THE FAA, DID THAT SUBJECT COME UP AT ALL? THAT'S ACTUALLY A GREAT QUESTION.
AND THE, UM, I THINK THE WAY WE HANDLE THAT, AND WHEN WE SPOKE TO THE BAY AND D HECK ABOUT, UM, THE WAY WE DECIDED THIS IS THE BEST WAY TO HANDLE THAT IS BECAUSE A, DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE CHIPPING OPERATION IS NOT AN INCOMPATIBLE USE ADJACENT TO AN AIRPORT.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS BASICALLY OBSERVING THE ACTIVITIES THERE AND KIND OF, YOU KNOW, BENCHMARKING, UH, ANY TYPE OF BIRD ACTIVITY AND THAT SORT OF THING, WHETHER IT'S THE CHIPPING OPERATIONS OR THE TRANSFER STATION SHOULD THAT GET APPROVED.
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SOME TYPE OF NOTABLE INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF BIRDS IN THE AREA, UM, AND IF WE GET REPORTS FROM PILOTS THAT THERE'S SOME HAZARDS OUT THERE, THEN WE GET TO CIRCLE BACK WITH THE FAA AND D HECK, AND THEN THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, ENACT FURTHER RESTRICTIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.BUT AT THAT POINT IT WOULD BE BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, THE AIRPORT, THE FAA, AND D HECK TO BASICALLY PUT INSPECTORS OUT THERE AND CHECK THINGS OUT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT OR ANY OTHER TOPIC? ALL RIGHT.
UH, NEXT WE HAD UNFINISHED BUSINESS OF WHICH WE HAVE NONE.
YOU'VE BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB OF FINISHING ALL, ALL THE ITEMS, A NEW BUSINESS ACTION ITEMS, SAME KIND OF THING.
WE DO HAVE ONE ACTION ITEM THAT, THAT CAME UP, HOWARD.
HE GOT SOMETHING, OH, HANG ON.
I THOUGHT HOWARD WAS WAVING TO THE DRINK GUY OVER THERE FROM THIS BEACH CHAIR, BUT HE, HE ACTUALLY WANTED ME.
I HAVE THAT ON THE SIGN OVER HERE.
IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE DURING THE BROADCAST.
AS YOU DID FOR HER EFFORTS IN CREATING THESE LETTERS TO OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, IT WAS A REQUEST THAT JOHN MADE LAST MONTH, STRESSING HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR US AS A BOARD TO TAKE A POSITION ON FUNDING FOR OUR AIRLINES AND AIRPORTS.
AND I DO WANT TO TAKE THE TWO OR THREE MINUTES NECESSARY, MS. LESLIE, TO READ THE CORRESPONDENCE THAT SHE PUT TOGETHER ON BEHALF OF ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS.
BUT FRANKLY IT IS FOR OUR GUESTS AND VISITORS, OR ALSO PARTAKING IN THIS, IN THIS, YOU WOULD TAKE A MINUTE AND KIND OF WAIT A MINUTE, WAIT, ONE SEC, THERE YOU GO.
PUTTING ME ON THE SPOT HERE, HOWARD.
FORTUNATELY, I DID HAVE A COMPENSATING HERE, BUT JUST SO YOU KNOW, I MIGHT READ THIS TO YOU ALL, BUT I WAS IN WASHINGTON LONG ENOUGH THAT THE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WILL NOT SIT THERE AND READ THIS WHOLE LETTER.
IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I HIGHLIGHTED A COUPLE OF THINGS AS A STAFFER WAS MY JOB TO READ THE LETTER AND TELL THEM THE MEMBER, WHAT THEY NEEDED TO KNOW.
THE FACT THAT WE ARE PART OF BUFORD COUNTY GIVES US A LITTLE HIGHER PLACE, HONESTLY, A PILE WHEN IT GETS TO THE WASHINGTON DC OFFICES, BUT THAT'S KIND OF THE WAY IT THERE TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.
SENATORS DON'T HAVE TIME TO SIT DOWN AND READ LETTERS.
UM, I'M HAPPY TO READ IT THOUGH, IF YOU WANT TO HEAR IT.
UM, IT'S BEING MAILED TO ALL THREE OF OUR FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVES, LINDSAY GRAHAM, TIM SCOTT, AND JOE CUNNINGHAM.
DEAR SENATOR GRAHAM, SENATOR SCOTT AND CONGRESSMEN CUNNINGHAM AS CONGRESS CONTINUES TO THE BASIC EXTENSION OF THE CARES ACT.
WE WRITE TO REQUEST YOUR FULL SUPPORT FOR ADDITIONAL AIRPORT FUNDING TO SUPPORT OUR AIR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM ARE MOST INFORMED AND HELPFUL ADVOCATES IN WASHINGTON, DC, THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF AIRPORT EXECUTIVES AND THE AIRPORTS COUNCIL INTERNATIONAL NORTH AMERICA CONTINUE TO DELIVER THE DUAL MESSAGE.
THAT NUMBER ONE, THE INITIAL CARE SAC GRANTS WERE APPRECIATED HELPFUL.
AND TO DUE TO THE SUSTAINED AND PROFUSELY NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF COVID-19 OR ON THE PSYCH OF THE TRAVEL INDUSTRY, ADDITIONAL AID IS REQUIRED.
THIS LETTER IS IN SUPPORT OF AN AMPLIFICATION OF THAT MESSAGE TO AN ASSESSMENT BY ACI DEL SHANAE COMMERCIAL SERVICE AIRPORTS WELL ARE 13 BILLION IN CONTINUED ASSISTANCE IN THE FACE OF SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED REVENUES CAUSED BY COVID-19 AIRPORTS WOULD USE THESE RESOURCES TO FUND OPERATIONS, PAYROLL OBLIGATIONS, DEBT, SERVICE REQUIREMENTS, EXISTING CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, AND RECOVERY EFFORTS CONSISTENT WITH THE PROVISIONS IN THE CARES ACT.
AS IT RELATES TO THE
THIS WOULD FREE SCARCE LOCAL RESOURCES FOR OTHER NECESSARY PURPOSES, INCLUDING OPERATIONAL EXPENSES.
HILTON HEAD ISLAND AIRPORT IS BEING IMPACTED SIGNIFICANTLY BY THE REDUCTION IN TRAVEL.
OUR PASSENGER TRAFFIC WAS DOWN AN AMAZING 96% IN APRIL.
AND WHILE THE NUMBERS ARE REBOUNDING, WE ARE STILL HOPING THAT 2020 NUMBERS WILL BE 50% UP TO THE 2019 NUMBERS.
THIS REDUCTION IS PLAYING OUT OVER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, WHICH AMPLIFIES THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS ON OUR BUDGET.
FURTHERMORE, OUR SHARES OF CARE STACK FUNDING, OUR SHARE OF CARAVAN FUNDING WAS VERY LOW HOW'S IN CLIMATE DATA USE FOR ALLOCATION WAS IN 2018, RATHER
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THAN 2019 CHECK STAYS IN 19 AND PLAYMATES.APPROXIMATELY FOUR TIMES, THOSE OF 2018, THIS INCREASE IS A RESULT OF THE PROJECTS RECENTLY COMPLETED AT H X D THAT EXTENDED THE RUNWAY RESULTED IN AN INCREDIBLE RESPONSE FROM THE AIRLINES.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE ALLOCATION METHOD NOT ONLY PUNISHED US FOR OUR CASH POSITION, THAT FROM OUR SIGNIFICANT LOCAL INVESTMENT IN PROJECTS, IT ALSO DID NOT RECOGNIZE THE SUCCESS OF THAT INVESTMENT BY USING 2019 EMPLOYMENTS, OUR AIRPORT CONTINUES TO GROW IN ORDER TO MEET THE NEEDS OF A VASTLY INCREASED SCALE OF OPERATIONS, BUT WE CANNOT MAINTAIN THAT MOMENTUM WITHOUT THE MEASURES OUTLINED IN THIS MESSAGE ON BEHALF OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND, AIRPORT, AND THE OTHER COMMERCIAL SERVICE AIRPORTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA, WE RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT SO THAT OUR NEEDS ARE COMMUNICATED AS ALWAYS.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS ON BEHALF OF ALL OF US IN SOUTH CAROLINA, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.
AND IT'S LISTED WITH HOWARD SIGNATURE CHAIRMAN AND THE REST OF THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE LISTED.
THERE, THERE ARE COPIES THAT WILL BE SENT TO NANCY PELOSI, KEVIN MCCARTHY, MITCH MCCONNELL, AND CHARLES SCHUMER AS WELL.
AND ALSO WE DO, I THINK, UM, THE BOARD MEMBERS COPY OF AN EMAIL THAT THEY CAN SEND INDIVIDUALLY TO THEIR MEMBER.
JOE CUNNINGHAM HAS ACTUALLY HAS AN OFFICE ON BOUNDARY STREET.
UM, AND IT'S ALL SPELLED OUT FOR YOU IN THE EMAIL.
IF YOU CHOOSE TO SEND THAT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE ALL BOARD MEMBERS TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES.
YOU ALREADY HAVE A TEMPLATE OF A LETTER AND TAKE A FEW MINUTES IN ON THE REPRESENTATIVE'S WEBSITE AND SEND THAT OUT.
UH, IT CAN ONLY HELP US AND ACTUALLY SHOULD BE ONE OF OUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO TAKE CARE OF.
SO I WANT TO THANK LESLIE AGAIN BECAUSE SHE TOOK THE INITIATIVE TO MOVE THIS THING FORWARD AND WE HOPE WE'LL HAVE AN IMPACT ONE NEVER.
SO IF THIS DON'T COME ABOUT THE FUNDS, UH, WE CAN MOVE INTO THE ACTION ITEMS ON YOUR AGENDA.
AND YOU ALSO RECEIVED, UH, FROM JOHN'S OFFICE REQUEST TO APPROVE AN EXPENDITURE OR ACTUALLY ZERO EXPENDITURE THE REQUEST TO IMPROVE THE PROJECT ON SUMMIT, DRIVE A RUNWAY THREE 21 AIR FAIRPOINT TREE MITIGATION.
AND AS JOHN EXPLAINED IN THE MEMO, LONELY AFAA WOULD PICK UP A 90% OF THE $103,000 IN CHANGE COSTS.
BUT DUE TO THE CARES ACT, THE FAA WILL PICK UP 100% OF THE TOTAL.
SO OUR VOTE IS SIMPLY TO AUTHORIZE JOHN TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT.
SO WITH THAT SAID, I WILL ACCEPT A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE OUR AIRPORTS DIRECTOR TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE SUMMIT DRIVE AIRPORT, TREE MITIGATION, WHITE BERRY, CHRIS, THE SECOND AND THE THIRD, UM, PROVIDE A FULL A THIGH.
SO THEY KIND OF HAVE AN IDEA OF HOW THE VOTE WOULD GO, BUT ANYBODY HAVE ANY DISCUSSION, ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PROJECT, ANY COMMENTS AND THE ADDITIONS, IF NOT, UH, ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE PROJECT TO PLAY SIGNIFY BY WAVING YOUR HANDS, ANY OPPOSED, SAME THING, AND ANY ABSTENTIONS, IF NOT, THE PROJECT IS APPROVED.
THAT WAS OUR ONLY ACTION ITEM ON THIS ONE SCHEDULE, MOVING TO COMMITTEE REPORTS, UH, THIS MONTH, I THINK, UH, THE HANG GOT W CHRIS, I THINK JOHN IS STILL A LITTLE BIT OF YOUR THUNDER EARLY ON, BUT, UH, ANY UPDATES ON WHAT'S GOING ON IN ARW OUTSIDE? THE ONES THAT JOHN HAS ALREADY BROUGHT TO THE BOARD? UH, ONE, ONE UPDATE WOULD BE THAT, UH, PAUL IS, UH, THIS SATURDAY, UH, HAVING, UH, HAMBURGERS AND HOT DOGS FOR PEOPLE THAT KEEP THEIR PLANES THERE AND FOR OTHER PEOPLE THAT WANT TO SHOW UP.
SO IF YOU'RE AROUND, UH, I THINK IT'S FROM STARTING IN ABOUT 10 O'CLOCK PAUL RUNNING UNTIL ABOUT TWO.
IS THAT RIGHT? WE PLAN ON STARTING AROUND 11.
SO JUST WHENEVER IT FIZZLES OUT, PROBABLY AROUND THREE O'CLOCK, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO IF ANYBODY'S IN THE AREA, PLEASE STOP BY AND SEE THAT JOHN JOHN STOLE MOST OF MY THUNDER ON THE LEASE, WHICH IS OKAY.
WE'VE GOT TO SEND IT OUT TO A COUPLE OF PEOPLE TO REVIEW AND SEE IF WE CAN GET SOME EARLY ACTION THAT MAY BE, WE'LL BE READY AS SOON AS COUNCIL APPROVES IT.
AND JOHN, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, DID YOU, DID YOU SAY THAT MAYBE BY THE END OF NOVEMBER, COUNCIL MAY HAVE THOSE APPROVED? THAT'S WHAT I WAS LOOKING AT, RIGHT.
LIKE NOW, AS LONG AS WE STAY ON THE, ON THE SCHEDULE IN GOOD SHAPE.
SO, UM, THAT'S CURRENTLY ALL WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, OTHER THAN I HAVE HEARD A LOT OF GREAT THINGS ABOUT PAUL.
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PAUL, AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU IN THE FUTURE.AND THANKS TO TREY AND MARK AND DAN ALSO, YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB.
JOHN'S COOPERATION AND SUPPORT.
AND NOW WITH PAUL ON BOARD, THINGS SHOULD EITHER, I SHOULD PICK UP SPEED OVER THERE.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S PRETTY GOOD GOING, UH, PASSENGER SERVICE COMMITTEE.
AND I ASSUME NO REPORT AT THIS TIME.
WE'VE GOT A HANDSHAKE AND NO REPORT AT THAT TIME.
AND THAT'S PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF ALL THE WORK GOING ON IN THE, AT THE HILTON TERMINAL.
IT'S NOT A LOT THAT THEY CAN REALLY DO UNTIL THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT REALLY GETS, GETS MOVING FORWARD.
UM, JIM, MR. JIM JIMBO REPORT FROM THE, UH, COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING COMMITTEE, I HAVE ONE NOTE TO MAKE THIS ONE COMMITTEE EDITION.
UH, LESLIE HAS ALSO VOLUNTEERED TO WORK ON THE COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING COMMITTEE WITH JIM AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
AND THEN SHE ALSO IS A GREAT TO REMAIN ACTIVE ON THE PASSENGER SERVICE COMMITTEE FOR THE TIME BEING UNTIL WE SEE WHAT KIND OF WORK REQUIREMENT IS THAT PROJECT.
AND SO AS CHAIRMAN AND BARRY'S LEAVING AND THE BRIAN IS ON THAT COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING.
SO JIM UPDATE, PLEASE, JIM, I'M NOT SURE JIM CAN HEAR US HOWARD, APPARENTLY NOT.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SEND THE IT GUYS HAVE A TOUGH TIME HERE.
JIMMY DID HAVE A, DEFINITELY HAD A COMMITTEE REPORT.
UH, SO I THINK WHAT WE'LL DO IS AT THE END OF THE SESSION, I'LL ASK HIM, WHICH I BELIEVE HE'S ALREADY DONE.
AND I SENT A, SO YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED FROM THE FINANCE OR BUDGET COMMITTEE THAT HELPS KIND OF BREAK IT UP.
UH, ALRIGHT, WE'LL CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE MEETING.
WE, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO MAKE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS AFTER HEARING OUR MEETING.
SO ALL SET TO GO, JOHN, CAN YOU HEAR ME, JOHN? OKAY.
UM, REGARDING THE LETTER TO THE DELEGATION, THE FEDERAL DELEGATION REGARDING THE CARE FUNDS, ARE YOU EXPECTING THE COUNTY TOWN AND CHAMBER TO WEIGH IN ON THAT? IS THERE ANY BENEFIT WHERE IS IT STRICTLY AIRPORT RELATED STRICTLY THE BOARD THAT WROTE THAT, BUT I MEAN, CERTAINLY ADDITIONAL ADVOCACY THAT WOULDN'T BE DONE ON BEHALF OF THE AIRPORT AND CERTAINLY BE APPRECIATED.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE CAN SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH TOWN COUNCIL, UH, AS WELL AS WITH THE CHAMBER AND SEE IF THEY'D BE WILLING TO WRITE SOMETHING.
LET ME GO AHEAD AND SEND ME A LESLIE GRANT.
AND ANY ADVICE THAT YOU COULD ADD TO IT FROM A TOWN STANDPOINT OR THE CHAMBER'S STANDPOINT.
THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE NEAR TO THE AIRPORT, OUTRAGED AND CONCERN ABOUT THIS ARBOR NATURE WASTE TRANSFER STATION, UM, AND CONCERNED ABOUT ITS EFFECT ON THE SAFETY OF THE AIRPORT, UH, OF AIRCRAFT COMING AND GOING BECAUSE OF DUST AS WELL AS BECAUSE OF THE POTENTIAL, UH, PORCH AND SO FORTH THAT COULD BE INVOLVED.
AND SO CAN ANY OPPOSITION THAT WE CAN GET FROM OUR LOCAL AIRPORT, UH, DIRECTED TO D HECK WILL CERTAINLY BE APPRECIATED BECAUSE THIS IS A HUGE ISSUE IN THIS COMMUNITY.
AND WE ALL NEED TO PULL TOGETHER TO PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT AS WELL AS TO PROTECT OUR AIRPORT.
ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? AND WE'LL TRY JIM ONE
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MORE TIME.JIM, CAN YOU HEAR US? YEAH, REALLY READ OUR, OKAY.
UM, BARRY, ANY LAST WORDS AS YOUR FINAL BOARD MEETING? NO, I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY.
I'VE ENJOYED THE, MY THREE PLUS YEARS ON THE AIRPORT BOARD, BUT SOMETIMES YOU SORTA GOTTA PICK AND CHOOSE WHAT YOU CAN DO.
WE APPRECIATE ALL THE HELP AND SUPPORT YOU'VE GIVEN US OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS.
WE WILL STILL KEEP YOU IN THE LOOP.
UM, HAVING SAID THAT NO OTHER COMMENTS, NO OTHER BUSINESS, JOHN, AND ANY LAST MINUTE STUFF.
I THINK WE COVERED EVERYTHING.
I'LL ACCEPT A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING SECOND, THEN IT'S NORMALLY PLANNED AS A VIRTUAL MEETING FOR ANY REASON, PLEASE.
THE COUNTY CHANNEL IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON VIDEO ON DEMAND.
GO TO BUFORD COUNTY, SC.GOV, SCROLL DOWN TO PUBLIC MEETINGS.
CLICK WATCH NOW, AND THEN CLICK THE VIDEO ON DEMAND BUTTON AND SELECT YOUR PROGRAM FROM BLISS CALL TO ORDER IF YOU'D LIKE A DVD OF THIS PROGRAM, CLICK ON THE LINK ON THE RIGHT AND FILL OUT THE WORD OF FORM.
THANK YOU FOR WATCHING THE COUNTY CHANNEL.
THIS IS NATALIE HEFTER FROM THE COASTAL DISCOVERY MUSEUM.
AND THIS IS YOUR BUFORD COUNTY MOMENT.
TRUCK FARMING WAS INTRODUCED IN SOUTH CAROLINA IN 1868 UP NEAR CHARLESTON, BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL THE MID 1870S.
WHEN THE PORT ROYAL AUGUSTA RAILROAD RAN THROUGH THIS REGION, THE TRUCK FARMING BECAME A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF OUR ECONOMIC INDUSTRY HERE.
OUR FARMERS HERE IN BUFORD COUNTY RELIED UPON THIS LONG GROWING SEASON THAT WE HAVE TO GROW PRODUCE THAT WAS NEEDED IN URBAN AREAS.
AND PARTICULARLY UP NORTH, AS THESE FARMERS GREW, THEIR POTATOES, TOMATOES, CORN BROCCOLI, ASPARAGUS, AND LETTUCE.
LETTUCE WAS ACTUALLY AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR CROPS HERE AT ONE TIME, BUFORD WAS EVEN KNOWN AS LETTUCE CITY AS YOU TRAVEL PARTS OF BEAVER COUNTY AND SEE LARGE-SCALE FARMS TODAY.
REMEMBER THAT THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN IMPORTANT PART OF BUFORD COUNTY'S HISTORY.
THIS IS NATALIE HEFTER FROM THE COASTAL DISCOVERY MUSEUM.
AND THIS HAS BEEN YOUR VIEW FOR COUNTY MOMENT FOR COUNTY MOMENTS, GO TO THE BUFORD COUNTY LIBRARY HOME PAGE AND CLICK ON THE LOCAL HISTORY.
HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING IN BUFORD COUNTY.
YOU REALLY NEVER KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE TO EXPECT, BUT THE WEATHER COOPERATED ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS OUT HERE.
AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE, I WOULD SAY JUST A FANTASTIC TURNOUT.
UM, AND THEY GOT TO WATCH SOME, UH, VINTAGE AIRCRAFT AND SOME BRAND NEW AIRCRAFT WITH A GULF STREAM DOING A LITTLE BIT OF A FLY OVER.
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ASSOCIATION DOES, DOES A WEEK TO PROMOTE AVIATION AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO, UH, TO THE HMI OF SOUTH CAROLINA.SO THEY ENCOURAGED EACH OF THE 57 AIRPORTS WE STATE TO PUT ON SOME KIND OF EVENT DURING THAT WEEK.
AND WE PICKED THE 15TH, UH, BECAUSE IT WAS VICTORY OVER JAPAN.
SO WE GOT JOHN RAMBLED AND THE AIRPORT ADVISORY BOARD TO JOIN US ENTHUSIASTIC.
SO, UM, I, UH, SCHEDULED, YOU KNOW, FRIENDS, WHO'VE GOTTEN 11 FLYBYS GULF STREAM AND, UH, ALL DIFFERENT AIRPLANES.
WE WERE ABLE TO STRUCTURE IT WITH THESE STATIC DISPLAY AIRPLANES.
AND THERE'S 10 OF THOSE ALL UNIQUE, SOME HIGH WINGS, SOME LOW, SOME, UH, GRASS AIRPLANES, SEA PLANES, TWO SEAT PLANES.
UH, AND WE SHOW THE DIVERSITY OF, UH, AIRPLANES IN OUR AIRPORT.
WELL, FIRST WE'RE VERY HOT AT THE AIRPORT AND WHAT IS NOT JUST SPECIAL.
SO THE COUNTY I'M IN THE AIRMAN, OUR CHAPTER, WHAT DID HE DO? SOMETHING IN RETURN.
WE WERE RECOGNIZED WE WERE PUT OFF AUDIT GUESTS OF THIS ANNUAL EVENT, 75 YEARS SINCE THEN, WHAT TO, IT DOESN'T GET MORE SPECIAL.
SO WE WOULD NEED A TOKEN OF OUR APPRECIATION BUFORD COUNTY AIRPORT, BUT RECOGNIZING, YOU KNOW, WE JUST FIGURED LET'S OPEN UP THE GATES.
LET'S LET PEOPLE LEARN ABOUT THE AIRPORT, TAKE SOME OF THE MYSTERY OUT OF THINGS AND SHOW THEM THAT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY JUST FOR THE RICHMOND.
AVIATION CAN BE FUN FOR EVERYBODY.
AND THERE'S THERE'S JOBS IN ALL DIFFERENT PARTS OF AVIATION.
SO WE JUST WANT TO OPEN PEOPLE'S EYES, GIVE THEM SOMETHING FUN TO DO.
AND WE DID THAT 5K THIS MORNING TOO.
AND HOW OFTEN DO YOU GET TO RUN A FIVE PANEL RUN AND THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING IN BUFORD COUNTY? HELLO, MY NAME IS MILTON BOSWELL.
I AM THE DEPUTY ASSESSOR OF BEAVER COUNTY IN THIS VIDEO.
I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU HOW TO USE THE REAL PROPERTY FUNCTIONS IN PROPERTY.
MAX REAL PROPERTY REFERS TO ANYTHING THAT THE ASSESSOR VALUES SUCH AS LAND BUILDINGS, MOBILE HOMES, OR CONDOMINIUMS. WE HAVE A LINK TO PROPERTY MAX LOCATED ON THE HOMEPAGE OF THE ASSESSOR'S WEBSITE, AS WELL AS ON THE MAIN COUNTY WEBPAGE UNDER ONLINE SERVICES.
SO WITH THAT LET'S GET STARTED.
AFTER YOU CLICK ON PROPERTY, MAX, YOU WILL SEE DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS AVAILABLE, CLICK REAL PROPERTY SEARCHING.
OWNER NAME IS THE DEFAULT SEARCH METHOD.
YOU ENTER THE LAST NAME FIRST FOLLOWED BY A SPACE, AND THEN THE FIRST INITIAL.
SO IN THIS EXAMPLE, SO YOU WOULD ENTER IT LIKE THAT AND THEN CLICK GO.
OTHER WAYS TO SEARCH WOULD BE BY PROPERTY ID OR ALTERNATE ID USING THE INFORMATION FOUND ON EITHER A TAX BILL OR AN ASSESSMENT.
NOTICE YOU MAY ALSO SEARCH BY THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION SHOWN HERE.
THE HELPFUL TIP WOULD BE TO USE AN ASTERIX.
THEN PART OF THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION, SUCH AS CEDAR CREST, YOU WOULD CLICK LEGAL DESCRIPTION AND THEN AN ASTERISK AND THEN CEDAR CREST.
AND IT'LL TAKE IT A FEW MOMENTS, BUT THAT'S THE BEST WAY THAT I'VE FOUND IF YOU SEARCH BY LEGAL DESCRIPTION.
NOW THE MOST COMMON WAY TO SEARCH OTHER THAN OWNER'S NAME IS BY STREET ADDRESS.
YOU WOULD PUT IN JUST THE FIRST STREET ADDRESS AND THEN NAME AND CLICK GO.
YOU'LL BE TAKEN TO THE OVERVIEW TAB.
ONCE THE PROPERTY INFORMATION HAS BEEN RETRIEVED, WHICH INCLUDES VALUES AND TAX INFORMATION.
PLEASE NOTE THE DATE THAT THE DATA WAS REFRESHED AND MOVING DOWN IS THE PARCEL TAB, WHICH DISPLAYS CURRENT ASSESSMENT INFORMATION, INCLUDING APPRAISED VALUES, TAXABLE VALUES, AND THE ASSESSMENT RATIO.
JOAN HERE NOTE THAT 2020 IS A BLANK BECAUSE WE ARE NOT IN THAT TAX CYCLE YET THE LAND TAB DISPLAYS BASIC LAND ATTRIBUTES, SUCH
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AS, UH, ACREAGE OR SQUARE FOOTAGE.IF WE HAVE IT IN THE SYSTEM, THEY IMPROVEMENTS TAB DISPLAYS, BILLING FEATURES SUCH AS SIZE AND YOUR BILL CLICKING ON VIEW DETAILS WILL DISPLAY A SKETCH OF THE IMPROVEMENT.
AND IF YOU CLICK ON THAT, IT WILL ENLARGE THE SALES DISCLOSURE TAB DISPLAYS DETAILS OF OWNERSHIP TRANSFERS SUCH AS THE SALE DATE, THE SALE AMOUNT AND THE DEED BOOK AND PAGE VALUE HISTORY SHOWS THE LAND AND APPROVEMENT VALUES FOR EACH TAB.
AND THEN GIS MAPPING OPENS A NEW WINDOW SHOWING WHERE THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED.
JUST CLICK, OKAY, AND OBSERVE THE FUNNEL FEATURE PROPERTY MAX, THAT I WILL SHOW YOU IS SEARCH BY SALES.
THIS WILL ALLOW YOU TO FIND SALES INFORMATION BASED ON FILTERS THAT YOU CREATE A HELPFUL TIP WOULD BE TO KEEP THE FILTERS AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE SO THAT YOU GET THE MOST RETURNS.
IN THE FOLLOWING EXAMPLE, I WILL SET FILTERS TO FIND THE 2019 SALES FOR CEDAR CREST SUBDIVISION.
THAT'S SOLD BETWEEN $60,000 AND $300,000.
SO FIRST YOU WOULD SET THE LOW SALES PRICE TO ONE, ONE, 2019.
YOU HAD SAID THE HIGH TWO, 1231, 2019, UH, SET THE LOW SALE PRICE TO 60, WHICH IS A DEFAULT AND THEN SET THE HIGH SALES PRICE TO 300,000.
NOW, IF YOU SCROLL DOWN, YOU HAVE OTHER WAYS THAT YOU CAN FILTER THIS, BUT I'M GOING TO DO THIS BY NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO YOU WOULD SCROLL DOWN HERE AND THEN THEY WERE IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER.
SO I'M GOING TO SCROLL DOWN TO CEDAR CREST AND THEN YOU WOULD CLICK GO.
AND THIS GIVES YOU THE RETURNS OF EVERYTHING THAT'S SOLD IN TAX YEAR 19.
AT THAT PARTICULAR SUBDIVISION, THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT WAYS THAT YOU CAN SEARCH FOR SALE.
I HOPE YOU FOUND THIS VIDEO INFORMATIVE AND THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.
IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST SPECTACULAR ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS THAT YOU CAN OBSERVE DURING A GOOD SHOW.
SOMETIMES HUNDREDS OF SHOOTING STARS AND FIREBALLS STREAK ACROSS THE SKY.
A METEOROID IS BASICALLY A ROCK FLYING AROUND IN OUTER SPACE.
IF ONE OF THOSE SPACE ROCKS ENTERS THE EARTH ATMOSPHERE, IT IS THEN CALLED A METEOR.
THE EARTH GRAVITY PULLS THE METEOR TOWARDS IT.
AND THE RESISTANCE, THE MEDIA EXPERIENCES MAKES IT VERY, VERY HOT.
WHAT WE SEE FROM THE GROUND IS ACTUALLY THE GLOWING HOT AIR AROUND THE SUPER HOT SPACE ROCK.
AS IT ENTERS THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE.
MOST METEORS COME FROM DEBRIS LEFT BEHIND FROM COMMENTS.
SO COMMENTS ARE BASICALLY DIRTY SNOWBALLS THAT ARE ORBITING AROUND OUR SOLAR SYSTEM.
AND THEY'RE MADE UP OF DIFFERENT COMPONENTS LIKE GAS AND DUST AND ICE AND LITTLE BITS OF ROCKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A MODEL COMMENT HERE IN THE LAB.
SO YOU GUYS CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF A COMMENT AND SEE HOW AS THAT COMMENT MELTS, WHEN IT GETS CLOSE TO THE SUN, IT SHEDS DEBRIS THAT EVENTUALLY WILL BECOME A METEOR SHOWER.
SO WE'RE GOING TO START OUT WITH JUST WATER AND WATER IS MADE UP OF HYDROGEN AND OXYGEN, THE SAME ELEMENTS THAT WERE PRESENT IN THE VERY EARLY FORMATION OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM COMMENTS ALSO CONTAINED SPACE DUST, AND THAT'S LIKE MINERALS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
NOW I HAVE SOME REGULAR OLD DIRT TO REPRESENT THE SPACE DUST.
YOU HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND THAT DIRT HERE ON EARTH CONTAINS LIVING THINGS LIKE, UM, FUNGI AND BACTERIA, WHICH WOULD NOT BE PRESENT.
UM, IN A COMMENT, IT WOULD JUST BE THE MINERALS.
I PUT JUST A LITTLE BIT OF THE DIRT IN THERE.
AND THEN THE COMMENTS ALSO CONTAIN ORGANIC MATERIALS.
SO THINGS THAT CONTAIN CARBON, HYDROGEN, OXYGEN, NITROGEN, UM, BASICALLY THE ELEMENTS THAT MAKE UP THE VAST MAJORITY OF LIFE ARE THOSE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS.
AND SO EVEN IN THE EARLY FORMATION OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM, THERE WERE SOME VERY SIMPLE SUGARS PRESENT.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY USING SODA TO REPRESENT THOSE SUGARS AND THEN AMMONIA, WHICH IS THE SAME KIND OF STUFF THAT MAKES WINDOW CLEANER.
SO STINKY, THAT'S ANOTHER, UM, ORGANIC MATERIAL THAT YOU MIGHT FIND IN THE COMMENT I'M GOING TO STIR UP OUR INGREDIENTS TO GET IT ALL
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EVENLY MIXED BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL MIXED UP TOGETHER.AND OUTER SPACE IS GENERALLY REALLY HOLT.
SO THE COMMENTS ALSO GOING TO CONTAIN HARMON DIOXIDE, BUT WHEN IT'S FAR AWAY FROM THE SUN, IT'S FROZEN SOLID.
SO HAVE YOU GUYS EVER SEEN DRY ICE? OKAY.
SO IT'S BASICALLY CARBON DIOXIDE THAT IS FROZEN AND IT DOESN'T EVER HAVE A LIQUID STATE AND I'M GOING TO STIR IT UP.
SO WHAT THIS IS DOING IS THIS IS WELL BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES.
SO IT'S ESSENTIALLY FREEZING SOLID, EVERYTHING THAT I PUT INTO THE BOWL.
SO WHAT I'M GOING TO HAVE YOU DO IF YOU'LL COME AROUND HERE WITH ME IS KIND OF HOLD THE BAG UP JUST A LITTLE BIT, RIGHT OVER THE BOWL.
SINCE IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT MESSY AND DON'T HOLD IT TOO HARD, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS CAN TELL, SEE HOW IT LETS SOME OF THE AIR OUT.
THE CARBON DIOXIDE IS TURNING DIRECTLY.
I'M GOING TO PUT IT DOWN INTO THE BOWL.
SO LET'S SEE IF WE HAVE A COMMENT.
AND IT'S NOT PERFECTLY ROUND, BUT THAT IS OUR COMMENT.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT AS THE DRY ICE IS, SUBLIMATING TURNING BACK INTO GAS THAT IT'S ESSENTIALLY PIECES OF THE COMMENT ARE MELTING OFF.
AND AS THE COMMENT HAS BY THE SUN AND IT HEATS UP IN THAT CARBON DIOXIDE AND ICE MELTS LITTLE PLUMES COME OFF THE BACK OF THE COMMENT AND THAT'S WHAT LEAVES A DEBRIS TRAIL BEHIND.
AND WHEN THE EARTH PASSES THROUGH THAT DEBRIS STREAM, THEY BURN UP IN OUR ATMOSPHERE AND BECOME A METEOR SHOWER.
MANY COMMENTS HAVE LEFT TRAILS IN DIFFERENT REGIONS ALONG THE PATH OF THE EARTH ORBIT.
SO THE EARTH PREDICTABLY ENCOUNTERS, THESE DEBRIS FIELDS, AS IT GOES AROUND THE SUN THROUGH THE COURSE OF A YEAR, WE CAN COUNT ON REGULAR OCCURRENCES OF THESE METEOR SHOWERS.
DURING CERTAIN TIMES OF THE YEAR, THE LIQUIDS, PERSEIDS ORIONIDS LIANAS AND GEMINIDS ARE ALL MAJOR METEOR SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH COMMENT TRAILS, METEOR SHOWERS ARE USUALLY NAMED FOR THE CONSTELLATION IN THE REGION OF THE SKY, WHERE THEY APPEAR TO ORIGINATE.
IF YOU WATCH A METEOR SHOWER, YOU MAY NOTICE THAT THEY APPEAR TO BE ALL OVER THE SKY, BUT THE TAILS POINT BACK TO THE SAME GENERAL REGION, THIS REGION WHERE ALL THE METEOR SEEM TO COME FROM IS CALLED THE RANT.
THIS OPTICAL ILLUSION IS ALL A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE.
THE METEORS ARE USUALLY COMING TOWARDS US FROM THE SAME ANGLE, BUT WHEN THEY GET CLOSER TO US, AS THEY ENTER THE ATMOSPHERE, THE EFFECT OF PERSPECTIVE MAKES THEM SEEM TO GET FURTHER APART.
IT'S LIKE LOOKING AT TRAIN TRACKS, EVEN THOUGH WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE PARALLEL TO ONE ANOTHER OFTEN THE DISTANCE, IT LOOKS LIKE THE TRAIN TRACKS COME TOGETHER.
USUALLY THE SIZE OF PARTICLES ENTERING THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE IS NO LARGER THAN A GRAIN OF SAND.
SO THEY BURN UP REALLY QUICKLY AND PRODUCE A SPECTACULAR SHOW.
VERY RARELY, A REALLY LARGE PIECE OF METEOR MAKES IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE ATMOSPHERE AND FALLS TO EARTH.
LARGE IMPACTS BY METEORITES ARE VERY RARE, BUT NASA SCIENTISTS SAY THAT THOUSANDS OF TINY SPECKS OF SPACE ROCK HIT THE GROUND EVERY YEAR, MOSTLY UNNOTICED, MOST METEORITES WEIGH LESS THAN ONE POUND AND ONLY FIVE TO 10% OF METEORS MAKE IT THROUGH THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE.
EXTREMELY RARELY A LARGE METER ROAD, WHICH COMES FROM AN ASTEROID RATHER THAN A METEOR SHOWER IMPACTS EARTH.
METEOR CRATER IN ARIZONA IS ONE SUCH LOCATION.
SO DON'T WORRY THAT ANY SPACE ROCKS ARE GOING TO BE CAUSING MAJOR PROBLEMS BY CRASHING INTO EARTH.
ANYTIME SOON, CHECK YOUR CALENDAR FOR A METEOR SHOWER, SET UP A SLEEPING BAG ON THE LAWN AND WATCH ONE OF THE MOST SPECTACULAR SHOWS IN THE SKY
IT'S LOCATED IN NORTHERN BUFORD COUNTY AND THE BOUNDARIES INCLUDE A GOOD PORTION OF THE CITY OF BUFORD STARTING UP IN THE A HUNDRED PINES AREA DOWN TO MOSSY OAKS IN THE CITY OF BUFORD.
AND THEN OVER TO PORT ROYAL, ALMOST ALL OF THE TOWN OF PORT IS INCLUDED IN THE DISTRICT, INCLUDING THE PART, UM, WITHIN THE OLD TOWN OF PORT ROYAL AND ACROSS REBUILT ROAD UP TO PICKET FENCES.
THE UNINCORPORATED PART OF, UH, DISTRICT FOUR INCLUDES, UH, SOME PLACES LIKE RIGHT HERE AT THE SPANISH MOSS TRAIL ACROSS THE STREET.
AND THEN ALSO ALL OF SHELL POINT ON THE SIDE OF THE SAVANNAH HIGHWAY TOWARD THE RIVER.
AND THE DISTRICT IS PRIMARILY A LOT OF HOUSES THAT WERE BUILT IN THE SIXTIES AND SEVENTIES AND EIGHTIES.
AND IT'S, UH, A WORKING CLASS.
I CALL IT A WORKING CLASS NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE'RE SEEING SECOND GENERATION AND THIRD GENERATIONS OF PEOPLE MOVING IN THE AREA.
THIS IS THE SPANISH MOSS TRAIL THAT RUNS
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THROUGH THE DISTRICT.UH, WE'RE HOPING THAT IT WILL EVENTUALLY CROSS REBOUGHT ROAD IN THE NEAR FUTURE ALL WAY DOWN TO THE PORT AND PORT ROYAL, WHICH WILL BE GREAT.
AND WE HAVE SEEN JUST HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE USE THIS TRAIL AND IS SUCH AN ASSET TO THE COUNTY, THE CITY OF BUFORD AND THE TOWN OF PORT OIL.
AND WE HOPE, UH, UH, PEOPLE FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTY CAN APPRECIATE IT.
AND WE HAVE PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER, UH, WHO RIDE THEIR BIKES OR RIDE THEIR SCOOTERS OR WALK THEIR DOGS THAT USE IT DAILY.
WELL, DISTRICT FOUR HAS A LOT OF EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES IN IT, STARTING WITH TCL IS IN DISTRICT FOUR.
AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, THE MIDDLE SCHOOL BUFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL AND MOSSY OAK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, TWO CHARTER SCHOOLS, UH, LOWCOUNTRY MONTESSORI SCHOOL AND THE SHELL POINT AREA.
AND THEN THE RIVER RIVER VIEW CHARTER SCHOOL.
AND THEN PORT ROYAL HAS HIS OWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
AND THAT I THINK CREATES A GREAT SENSE OF COMMUNITY.
WHEN YOU SEE CHILDREN WALKING TO THEIR SCHOOL OR GETTING TO GO TO THE CHARTER SCHOOL THAT THEY MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE GET TO DO BY CHOICE.
AND THEN TCL COURSES ARE OUR, OUR LOCAL EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM, UH, WHERE IF SOMEONE NEEDS TO STAY AT HOME OR THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO GO AWAY TO COLLEGE, THEY CAN GET A TWO YEAR DEGREE AT TCL.
UH, AND IT IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
UH, THIS IS THE BUFORD CLUSTER, AS FAR AS MOSSY OAKS AND BUFORD, MIDDLE DISTRICT FOUR HAS A LOT OF, UH, ASSETS TO IT SUCH AS HERE THAT'S IN THE TOWN OF PORT ROYAL IS CYPRESS WETLANDS.
IT'S IT PROVIDES AN EASY WAY TO ACCESS THE OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT FOR FAMILIES WHO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT.
AND THE TOWN OF PORT ROYAL HAS DONE A WONDERFUL JOB WITH IT.
AND ESPECIALLY DURING THE PANDEMIC, THIS AREA WAS ONE OF THE FEW PLACES THAT CHILDREN AND FAMILIES COULD COME AND BE OUTSIDE.
AND WE HAVE SOME OTHER AREAS IN, IN THE DISTRICT LIKE THIS, BUT I THINK IT SPEAKS TO THE DISTRICT FOUR, A WORK AND LIVE DISTRICT, AND YOU CAN WORK AND LIVE AND PLAY IN YOUR DISTRICT.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DO THAT THROUGH BIKE, RIDING, WALKING, AND ALSO WORKING BECAUSE THE HOSPITALS IN OUR DISTRICT TOO, AND PARIS ISLAND IN THE NAVAL HOSPITAL IN THE BACKGROUND IS BATTERY CREEK, WHICH BISECTS DISTRICT FOUR.
AND PART OF OUR BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY IN DISTRICT FOUR.
WE ALSO, UH, HAVE, THIS IS A BOAT LANDING, THE PARIS ISLAND BOAT LANDING NEAR PARIS ISLAND.
AND WE HAVE THE SANDS, WHICH THE COUNTY MAINTAINS, WHICH IS IN THE TOWN OF PORT ROYAL LANDING AND ACCESS TO WATER IS VERY IMPORTANT TO PEOPLE IN DISTRICT FOUR, BECAUSE WE LIKE TO GET OUT ON THE WATER AND PEOPLE LIKE TO FISH.
AND THE ENVIRONMENT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
UH, WE'RE IN A MORE SUBURBAN URBAN AREA, BUT WE HAVE READY ACCESS TO THE BEAUTIFUL ENVIRONMENT OF DISTRICT FOUR.
WE HAVE A LOT OF GROUPS IN DISTRICT FOUR THAT DO THINGS LIKE PICK UP LITTER AND VOLUNTEER GROUPS, SUCH AS THE VILLAGE, PEOPLE IN PORT ROYAL AND OTHER, UH, KEEP BEAUTIFUL HIGHWAY GROUPS THAT HELP MAINTAIN DISTRICT FOUR IS A PLACE EVERYONE WOULD LIKE TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY.
ALL RIGHT, WE'RE HERE AT SHELL POINT PARK, WHICH IS IN THE UNINCORPORATED PART OF DISTRICT FOUR IN THE SHELL POINT AREA.
AND THIS PARK WILL HAVE A CONNECTION TO THE, WITH A PATHWAY DUE TO THE 1 CENT SALES TAX THAT WAS VOTED IN ALL THE WAY UP TO BEHIND THE BI-LO ON THE HIGHWAY, WHICH WILL BE A GREAT ASSET AND MORE CONDUCTIVITY FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD HERE IN SHELL POINT AND PEOPLE WHO LIKED TO COME TO THIS PARK, UH, THE ONGOING PRIORITIES IN OUR DISTRICT FOR CONTINUED TO BE STORMWATER.
THAT BECAUSE A LOT OF THE HOUSING AND INFRASTRUCTURE WAS BUILT YEARS AGO, WE'RE CONTINUING TO ADDRESS THAT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE TWO MUNICIPALITIES AND THE COUNTY AND THE SHELL POINT AREA.
AND ALSO, UH, ANOTHER ONGOING PRIORITY IS SIDEWALKS.
UH, OUR URBAN SUBURBAN DISTRICT NEEDS MORE CONNECTIVITY AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE SO PEOPLE CAN LIVE AND WORK WHERE THEY PLAY AND LAST, BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THE COUNTY IN CONJUNCTION WITH MS.
I'M YOUR COUNTY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE FOR DISTRICT FOUR.
I HOPE YOU WILL CONTACT ME WITH ANY CONCERNS, COMPLAINTS, OR QUESTIONS AT MY CELL NUMBER (843) 986-7403 OR BY EMAIL.
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MAN.THIS IS ONE OF OUR CORN SNAKES FROM THE NATURE CENTER AND I KNEW IT WAS A GRAB IT.
SO I BROUGHT IT HOME AND SET IT UP HERE.
YOU NOTICED THIS BAG, THE MOSS AND A CONTAINER IN IT'S LATE IN EGG.
AND I THINK IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO LAY A BUNCH MORE THAN THAT EGG A LITTLE BIT.
I DON'T WANT TO DISTURB HER TOO MUCH.
SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS COME BACK AND SEE IF SHE LAYS MORE.
SO GUYS I'M BACK AND IT LOOKS LIKE SHE'S LAID FIVE EGGS AND OH MY GOSH, HERE COMES ONE RIGHT NOW.
SO SHE'S ABOUT TO LAY AN EGG SHE'S KIND OF HEADS, CONTRACTIONS AND TWOS, JUST PUSHING THAT EGG OUT OF ONE OF HER OVER DUCKS.
AND THE OTHER THING YOU NOTICE, THESE EGGS HAVE A TENDENCY TO ADHERE TOGETHER.
SO THEY STICK TOGETHER WITH KIND OF A CLUE LIKE SUBSTANCE IN THAT KEEPS THE EGG FROM ROLLING AROUND IN.
IF THEY STAY KIND OF IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION, THEN THE EMBRYO DOESN'T DIE.
YOU NOTICE THEY'RE REALLY SOFT WHEN THEY'RE FIRST LAID, BUT THEN THEY KIND OF GET A MORE LEATHERY SORT OF OUTSIDE COVERING LOOKS LIKE SHE LAID THAT ONE.
SO THAT'S SIX EGGS AND IT LOOKS LIKE SHE'S DONE A LOT MORE INSIDER.
I'M GOING TO BACK OFF AND GIVE HER SOME SPACE.
SO WE'RE BACK AND YOU CAN SEE SHE'S DONE LAYING.
IT LOOKS LIKE SHE HAS ABOUT 18 OR SO EGGS.
SHE LOOKS LIKE SHE'S DOING FINE.
THEY'RE NICE AND WHITE, PRETTY LEATHERY SHELLS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO PUT THESE IN VERMICULITE FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS AND THEY'RE GOING TO HATCH INTO CUTE LITTLE EIGHT INCH CORN SNAKE BABIES, MAN, THIS IS REALLY NEAT.
I'VE PUT THEM IN FOR MICKEY LIGHT AND YOU CAN SEE THIS IT'S REAL COMMONLY USED FOR NURSERIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I'M GOING TO COVER THEM UP JUST A LITTLE BIT, AND THEN I'M GOING TO PUT A LID ON IT.
THIS HAS GOT A COUPLE OF LITTLE AIR HOLES, AND THEN I'M GONNA PUT THIS IN A WARM PLACE IN THE GARAGE.
AND THEN I'M GOING TO COME BACK AND CHECK ON MY WALL IN ABOUT TWO MONTHS.
ACTUALLY, IF I COULD GO BACK AND CHANGE IT ALL.
SO SORRY, MAYBE IT'S JUST A LITTLE BACK TO CHANGE IT ALL.