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CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY BEFORE THIS IS DAN
[1. CALL TO ORDER]
A HERD AND WE'RE MOVED FAR DOWN THE LIST, THE PRIORITY LIST ON RUNNING MEETINGS.AND, UH, WE HAVE, UH, UH, NEITHER HOWARD OR CHRIS OR VICE CHAIRMAN ARE GOING TO BE HERE.
SO I'LL BE RUNNING THE MEETING AND I'LL BE WORKING TO TRY TO GO THROUGH EFFICIENTLY.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE'VE GOT A QUORUM.
I'VE SEE THAT WE GOT SIX OF OUR BOARD MEETINGS.
SO WE DO HAVE A FORUM AND I WILL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER NOW.
[2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ]
WE'LL HAVE A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND OUR FOLLOW THROUGH, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICHAND WE NOW HAVE A PUBLIC INFORMATION
[3. PUBLIC NOTIFICATION OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN PUBLISHED, POSTED, AND DISTRIBUTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SOUTH CAROLINA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT]
NOTICES BEEN PUBLISHED.[4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA ]
GO AND HAVE A APPROVAL FOR THE AGENDA.CAN I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND? LET'S SAY A SECOND.
[5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – JANUARY 21, 2021 ]
AGENDA ITEM IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES AND I'D LIKE TO MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE JANUARY MINUTES.THAT'LL BE BRIAN APPROVED AND JIM SECOND.
WE NOW HAVE A, UH, WE GO TO THE, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AND APPRECIATE OUR, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER AND, AND TOWN OF, UH, HILTON HEAD CITY OF HILTON HEAD MEMBERS.
SO WE'D APPRECIATE ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD.
I JUST LOOK FORWARD TO THE MEETING.
WELL, NOTHING FROM MY END, RIGHT.
AND LET'S SEE, WE DON'T HAVE, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE ON BOARD.
DO WE HAVE JOHN ON BOARD? YEAH, I'M HERE.
[7. DIRECTOR’S REPORT ]
OKAY.WELL WE'RE AT TWO, THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU FOR THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.
WE'RE HERE ON ANOTHER FOGGY THURSDAY IN HILTON HEAD.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S FOGGY WHERE THE REST OF YOU GUYS ARE, BUT WE WERE ABSOLUTELY SOCKED IN AT THE AIRPORT.
SO THERE IS NOTHING BUT THE BIRDS FLYING TODAY, UNFORTUNATELY.
SO WE ARE GONNA KICK THAT OFF.
I'M GONNA SHARE MY SCREEN BECAUSE FIRST WE'RE GOING TO DO A LITTLE UPDATE ON THE MARKETING WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON.
SO STANDBY AND I'LL SHARE MY SCREEN.
HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY SEES THE, UH, POWERPOINT.
SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE MARKETING THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.
AND, UM, FIRST I WANT TO DESCRIBE KIND OF WHAT THE TIMELINE LOOKED LIKE.
SO OBVIOUSLY LAST MARCH WHEN COVID HIT EVERYTHING, UH, WE SLOWED DOWN, YOU KNOW, WE JUST STOPPED.
DIDN'T DO ANY ADVERTISING FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS, UH, FOR, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF REASONS.
OBVIOUSLY THERE WERE SOME TRAVEL BANDS THAT WERE BEING CONSIDERED INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL.
THERE WERE, UH, TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS.
A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH, UH, WITH TRAVEL AND WITH, UM, WITH AIRPORTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
SO PLUS THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF SENTIMENT WHERE THERE WERE, YOU KNOW, LOCAL PEOPLE HERE ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND, WHO WEREN'T NECESSARILY REAL EXCITED ABOUT AN INFLUX OF FOLKS FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY THAT MAY HAVE BEEN HAVING MORE ISSUES WITH COVID.
SO WE WERE TRYING TO BE VERY SENSITIVE TO THAT AS WELL.
AND THEN AS WE GOT INTO THE SUMMERTIME, OBVIOUSLY THE, THE NUMBERS PICKED UP HILTON HEAD ISLAND WAS VERY BUSY PLACE.
AND SO WE STARTED KIND OF A SOFT LAUNCH OF OUR PROGRAM WITH THE, UH, THE VCB, WHICH IS A VISITOR AND CONVENTION BUREAU PART OF THE CHAMBER.
AND SO WE, WE BEGAN A CAMPAIGN WITH THEM AND WE HAD A SIX MONTH CAMPAIGN THAT JUST WRAPPED UP LAST MONTH.
SO WE STARTED THAT IN JULY AND IT WAS A TIERED APPROACH.
SO WE STARTED OUT KIND OF SLOWLY JUST GETTING PEOPLE KIND OF RE-INTRODUCED TO, YOU KNOW, MARKETING
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IN THE AIRPORT AND SEEING MORE OF THE ADS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.AND THEN WE PICKED IT UP, UH, TOWARDS THE END OF THE SUMMER AND INTO THE FALL AND, UM, AND CARRY THAT ON THROUGH, UM, REALLY THE END OF JANUARY IS WHEN THAT, UH, THAT CAMPAIGN WRAPPED UP, UH, IN IT'LL PROBABLY BE, YOU KNOW, THERE'LL BE A LITTLE BIT OF A GAP BETWEEN THAT CAMPAIGN AND THE NEXT ONE THAT WE'LL PLAY IT KICKED OFF IN MARCH.
UM, BUT THERE SHOULDN'T BE TOO MUCH OF A GAP THOUGH, SO WE SHOULD HAVE GOOD CONTINUITY THERE, BRIEF SOME OF THESE DETAILS TOO, AS YOU SEE ON THAT, THAT LAST BLOCK TALKS ABOUT REALLY THE UPCOMING MARKETING PLAN, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL GET TO THAT.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS JUST KIND OF SHOWS YOU THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT, UH, THAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON IN THESE DIFFERENT TIMES.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT AT THE END OF 2020, WE'RE WRAPPING UP WITH SOME OF THE, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA, UH, MARKETS OR MARKETING EFFORTS THAT WE HAD GOING ON.
AND THEN STARTING IN 2021, YOU'LL SEE MORE OF A TRADITIONAL APPROACH TO WHAT WE WOULD DO AND WITH OUR MARKETING CAMPAIGNS.
SO WE'D REALLY START PUSHING THIS TIME OF YEAR IN ORDER TO PICK UP THAT BEGINNING OF THE SEASON TRAFFIC, AND THEN KEEP THAT MOMENTUM GOING THROUGH THE SUMMER.
SO THAT'S WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
AND THEN, UM, THIS IS KIND OF THE, THE LOCAL, I SHOULD BACK UP ONE SLIDE AND JUST REMIND YOU THIS, THIS, UH, WHEN IT SAYS INBOUND, THIS MEANS PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING TO THE ISLAND.
SO THOSE ARE FOLKS OUT IN THE, UH, THE KEY TARGET MARKETS WHO ARE FLYING EITHER, UH, EITHER DIRECT OR WITH, UH, WITH A LAYOVER TO GET TO HILTON HEAD ISLAND.
SO, AND THESE ARE THE PROGRAMS THAT WE CAN PAY TAX FUNDING FOR.
THE NEXT SLIDE TALKS ABOUT JUST THE LOCAL MARKETING.
SO THIS IS WHEN YOU SEE THE LOCAL TV ADS, YOU MAY HEAR THE RADIO ADS ARE BEING PLAYED LOCALLY.
UM, YOU SEE BILLBOARDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THAT, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE LOCALLY.
A LOT OF THAT WORK IS DONE WITH THE CHAMBER.
SO IT WILL BE ON SOME OF THEIR E-NEWSLETTERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, BUT THAT'S WHAT THE, UH, THE LOCAL PIECES.
AND AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE FOCUS HERE.
UM, THEY HAD SOME OF THE HOLIDAY, YOU KNOW, RADIO ADS AND TV ADS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THEN WE'LL PICK UP AGAIN, UH, AS THE SEASON PICKS UP.
SO ABOUT THE FEBRUARY, MARCH TIMEFRAME, WE'LL START PICKING UP THE STEAM ON THAT PROGRAM.
SO THEN AS WE ROLL INTO 2021, YOU CAN SEE ON, ON THIS SLIDE HERE, TALKS ABOUT IT'S LABELED, TRAVELED, TRAVEL IN TENDERS, OR IS UNDERLINE THERE.
AND SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS FOLKS WHO ARE ALREADY SEARCHING FOR TRAVEL, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ALREADY ON THE INTERNET AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, HILTON HEAD ISLAND, OR THEY'RE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT MARKETS IN THIS AREA.
OUR PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNED TO PICK UP ON THAT AND THEN FEED FOLKS ADS.
SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A VACATION IN CHARLESTON, SAVANNAH, EVEN MYRTLE BEACH, THEN YOU'RE GOING TO START GETTING FED AS ABOUT FLYING DIRECT INTO HILTON HEAD TOO.
AND SHOWING THAT YOU CAN LAND WITHIN A FEW MINUTES OF YOUR FINAL DESTINATION.
NOW I WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME DETAILS SINCE THIS AD CAMPAIGN WITH THE VCB WRAPPED UP IN JANUARY.
I WANT TO JUST KIND OF GIVE YOU SOME, UH, SOME KIND OF HIGH-LEVEL, UH, REPORT NUMBERS ON THIS.
YOU CAN SEE ON YOUR SCREEN, THE NUMBERS THAT, UH, THAT WE HAD FOR THE, UH, PROGRAM.
AND AGAIN, WE DID DELAY THIS, IT WAS SCHEDULED TO START IN KIND OF THE MARCH TIMEFRAME OF 2020, BUT WE DELAYED UNTIL JULY FOR THE REASONS I MENTIONED BEFORE, UH, WE, IT WAS A $75,000 PROGRAM THAT WE WORKED WITH THE VCB ON.
SO BASICALLY WHAT THE COLLABORATIVE AD CAMPAIGN MEANS THAT WE'RE, WE KIND OF RIDE WITH THE BCB ON SOME OF THEIR AD CAMPAIGNS, AND WE'RE ABLE TO PUT OUR LOGO AND SOME OF OUR AIRPORT INFORMATION IN THE ADS THAT THE VCB IS SENDING OUT TO THEIR KEY MARKETS, THAT THEY KNOW PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR VACATIONS ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND.
SO WE KIND OF USE THE MARKETING HORSEPOWER, SO TO SPEAK AT THE BCB, UM, AND WITH OUR ADDITIONAL FUNDING, THEY CAN GENERATE SOME MORE ADS IN SOME KEY MARKETS AND ALSO ATTACH OUR LOGO.
AND THEN WE GET OUR OWN SEPARATE LANDING PAGE.
SO WHEN PEOPLE CLICK ON THOSE ADS, IT'LL GO TO AN AIRPORT LANDING PAGE WHERE THEY CAN WORK THROUGH AND THEY CAN BOOK TRAVEL AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE FOCUSED ON OBVIOUSLY OUR, OUR KEY NON-STOP MARKETS AND THEN ALSO ONE-STOPS, AND WE FOCUSED ON OHIO, PENNSYLVANIA, AND MICHIGAN, BECAUSE OVER THE LAST, PROBABLY A YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF, TWO YEARS, THOSE HAVE BEEN THE KEY ONE-STOP MARK.
SO CLICKING THROUGH HERE, UM, IN 2021, WE'LL HAVE A SIMILAR CAMPAIGN.
AND AGAIN, THESE ADS ARE ADS, OR THESE CAMPAIGNS HAVE ADS IN THEM THAT ARE IN THOSE MARKETS THAT ARE MORE THAN 50 MILES AWAY, WHICH MEANS
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WE CAN USE A TAX FUNDING FOR IT.SO WE, AS YOU RECALL, WE WERE AWARDED EIGHT TAX FUNDS AGAIN THIS PAST YEAR.
AND SO WE'LL BE USING SOME OF THOSE FUNDS FOR THIS CAMPAIGN.
IT'S KIND OF IT'S SIMILAR AGAIN.
SO WE'RE GOING TO TARGET THOSE DIRECT MARKETS AND SOME OF THOSE KEY ONE-STOPS, UH, AND ONE ANOTHER ITEM THAT COULD BE INCREASING OUR FUNDING ON THIS IS THAT WE'RE APPLYING FOR US GHAZNI GRANTS.
SO YOU MIGHT RECALL A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WE APPLIED FOR THE SMALL COMMUNITY AIR SERVICE DEVELOPMENT GRANT.
AND, UM, BACK AT THAT TIME, WE WERE FOCUSED ON DEVELOPING THE AIR SERVICE AND MAKING SURE THAT ONCE WE GOT THERE, THEIR SERVICE, THAT WE HAD, UM, CASH TO MAKE SURE THAT THE AIRLINES WOULD, WOULD REALIZE THEIR REVENUE GOALS.
WELL, THE FOCUS THIS TIME AROUND IS NOT THAT WE'VE GOT THE, THE AIRLINES IN AND THEY'RE, THEY'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, GREAT DIRECT, UM, ROUTES THAT THEY'RE FLYING.
SO THE GOAL WITH THIS MONEY, SHOULD WE BE AWARDED THE GRANT IS TO BOLSTER THESE MARKETING EFFORTS.
SO WE'LL WORK ON REBRANDING AND ALSO AWARENESS IN THESE KEY MARKETS.
BECAUSE IF YOU CAN IMAGINE, YOU CAN SEE THOSE, THOSE CITIES THAT WE'VE LISTED THERE, THOSE ARE EXPENSIVE CITIES TO MARKET IN.
SO WE HAVE TO CHOOSE VERY CAREFULLY AND THEN MAKE SURE WE CAN MAXIMIZE OUR, OUR EFFECT IN THOSE CITIES.
SO IF WE CAN GET THAT SCARCITY GRANT, THAT WILL DEFINITELY HELP OUT, OKAY, THEN THIS IS, UH, A FEW OTHER EFFORTS THAT WE'VE GOT, UH, THAT ARE IN THE WORKS HERE.
UH, ONE IS GOING ON NOW AND IT'S THE, UH, THERE WAS SOJOURN AND YOU MIGHT NOTICE THIS, THAT IF, IF YOU ARE ON, YOU MIGHT EVEN BE ON LIKE FLIGHT AWARE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
IF YOU'RE TRACKING AIRCRAFT, YOU'LL PROBABLY BE FED THESE ADS.
SO IF YOU'RE ON ANYTHING, THAT'S TRAVEL RELATED, EVEN IF YOU HEAR LOCALLY, I GET FED THESE ADS WHEN I'M CHECKING FLIGHT AWARE, UM, YOU'LL SEE YOU FLY DIRECT TO HILTON THAT ISLAND, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL START GETTING THOSE ADS.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS A PUSH TOWARDS TRAVEL INTENDERS AND SO TO SPEAK.
UM, WE LIKE ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR IN THE AGE OF THE PANDEMIC IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE ADS ARE BEING FED TO PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY SEARCHING FOR TRAVEL RELATED ITEMS. SO THAT MEANS WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY BUGGING FOLKS WHO AREN'T FEELING SO GOOD ABOUT TRAVEL.
YOU KNOW, SO IT'S, TO THE MOST EXTENT WE CAN, I THINK WE'RE BEING RESPECTFUL OF, OF FOLKS WHO, WHO MAY NOT BE LOOKING AT TRAVEL, BUT IF THEY ARE LOOKING TO TRAVEL, THEN WE WANT TO CAPTURE THEM INTO OUR AIRPORT.
SO THAT, THAT'S WHAT THIS MEANS.
AND WHAT'S BEEN INTERESTING ABOUT THIS IS WE'VE SEEN RESULTS SO FAR WHERE THE, THE ENGAGEMENTS WITH, WITH FOLKS WHO ARE DOING THE SEARCHING IS MOSTLY ON THE WEEKEND AND THAT'S ATYPICAL, THAT'S USED, THAT'S 180 DEGREES OUT OF WHAT NORMALLY HAPPENS.
MOST OF THESE CAMPAIGNS SEE BIGGER RESULTS DURING THE WEEK, AND THEN IT KINDA FALLS OFF DURING THE WEEKEND.
AND OURS IS EXACTLY OPPOSITE, WHICH IS TELLING US THAT FOLKS ARE LOOKING FOR LEISURE TRAVEL.
AND SO WE CAN TAKE THAT INFORMATION.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE CAN RETOOL THE PROGRAM AS IT'S GOING AND PUT MORE EMPHASIS ON THESE WEEKEND ADS AND BACK OFF DURING THE WEEK.
SO WE CAN MAXIMIZE OUR, THE POWER OF OUR SPEND.
SO IT'S A REAL INTERACTIVE, UM, APPROACH.
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN MODIFY AS THE PROGRAM GOES ON.
SO IT'S HUGELY EFFECTIVE FOR US.
UM, WE DO, YOU MIGHT REMEMBER LAST YEAR THAT WE STARTED A SURVEY PROGRAM AND THE INTENT WAS TO DO SOME IN-PERSON SURVEYING LAST YEAR DURING THE BUSY SEASON.
UH, WE WERE ABLE TO KIND OF SPLIT THE CAMPAIGN UP.
SO WE DID AN ONLINE COMPONENT TO THIS SURVEY IN, UM, OCTOBER, AND WE RAN IT FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS AND PULL THAT INFORMATION IN, AND THE IN-PERSON PORTION OF THIS SHOULD HAPPEN THIS SPRING.
SO HOPEFULLY, UM, AND WE'VE GOT TARGETED FOR MAY, AS IT SAYS HERE, HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, THE SEASON WILL KICK OFF, IT'LL BE BUSY AND A LOT BUSIER THAN LAST YEAR.
AND, UH, WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET SOME GOOD IN-PERSON SURVEYS DONE.
AND THAT INFORMATION THAT WE GLEANED FROM BOTH THE ONLINE COMPONENT AND THE IN-PERSON COMPONENT WILL GIVE US SOME GREAT, ACTIONABLE DATA THAT WE CAN USE TO NOT ONLY REFINE OUR, OUR MARKETING PROGRAMS AND WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR THOSE, BUT IT'S ALSO A GREAT REPORT MATERIAL SO THAT WHEN WE APPLY FOR AID TAX FUNDS, WE CAN SHOW THE EFFECTIVENESS OF OUR SPEND AND WE'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION I WISH TO BASE THE FUTURE MARKETING CAMPAIGNS.
SO THIS SURVEY INFORMATION IS, IS A KEY COMPONENT FOR US.
SO I MENTIONED THE SCAS D GRANT BEFORE THE SMALL COMMUNITY OR SERVICE DEVELOPMENT GRANT.
THIS IS KIND OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
UM, BOTTOM LINE IS WE'RE HOPING TO BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR ABOUT $450,000 WORTH OF MARKETING FUNDS.
SOME OF THAT WILL BE AIRPORT MATCH, MONT HEADS.
YOU CAN SEE THERE THERE'LL BE A, THIS IS RUN BY USB IOT.
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REQUEST OF A QUARTER MILLION FROM DDOT.AND THEN WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOME IN KIND CONTRIBUTIONS, WHICH OUR MARKETING CONSULTANT WILL WORK WITH, UH, WITH SOME LOCAL FOLKS.
AND THEN THAT COMMUNITY MATCH THAT THAT'S A KEY COMPONENT.
UM, THE COMMUNITY, IT'S A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS LISTED FOR COMMUNITY, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CHAMBER AND, UH, BILL MILES AND HIS FOLKS.
AND THEY'RE REACHING OUT TO, UH, KEY CHAMBER MEMBERS, UH, THE RESORTS RESTAURANTS, UM, GOLF ASSOCIATIONS, THINGS LIKE THAT WHO WILL PLEDGE SOME FUNDS TO THIS PROGRAM, BECAUSE AS YOU MIGHT RECALL FROM A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, I MENTIONED THAT DLT HAS AS ONE OF THEIR SELECTION CRITERIA FOR THE, FOR THE GRANT AWARDS, COMMUNITY SUPPORT.
AND THEY DON'T WANT TO JUST SEE, YOU KNOW, ONE BIG ENTITY CONTRIBUTE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO IT AS A MATCH.
THEY WOULD RATHER SEE 50 ENTITIES CONTRIBUTE $2,000 A PIECE.
THEY WANT TO KNOW THAT THERE'S BROAD COMMUNITY SUPPORT BEHIND THE GRANT APPLICATION.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CHAMBER TO TRY TO GET AS MANY FOLKS AS WE CAN.
THEY CAN BE COMING IN AT LOW DOLLAR AMOUNTS, BUT WE ALL WANT TO BE ABLE TO SHOW THAT WE'VE GOT BROAD SUPPORT.
AND THAT, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, IF WE ARE AWARDED THIS GRANT, THEN THIS WILL OBVIOUSLY BE A VERY STRONG BOOST TO THE OTHER CAMPAIGNS THAT WE'VE GOT PLANNED AND IT FREES UP OTHER DOLLARS THAT WE'VE GOT LOCALLY, THAT WE CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS THE LOCAL MARKETING.
UH, THAT'LL GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY THERE.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE MARKETING BEFORE I JUMP INTO THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT, JOHN, I DO HAVE ONE IT'S DAVID AMES.
UM, CERTAINLY THERE IS A PAYOFF FOR ACCOMMODATIONS RESTAURANTS AND SO ON TO INCREASE AIRLINE TRAFFIC INTO HILTON HEAD.
WHAT IS THE PAYOFF FOR THE AIRPORT? IS THERE ANY SORT OF A DIRECT RELATIONSHIP TO AIRPORT REVENUES AND PASSENGERS INCREASE IN PASSENGER COUNTS? YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
UM, IN, IN, IN YOUR RIGHT, THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A PAYOFF TO OUR LOCAL PARTNERS, AND I TALKED ABOUT A COUPLE OF THOSE REAL QUICKLY BEFORE WE MOVE ON, BUT YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE BIGGEST PAYOFFS THAT WE THINK COMES FROM THAT WILL RESULT FROM MORE TRAVEL DIRECTLY TO THE ISLAND IS, YOU KNOW, ONE, ONE, SOME FOLKS TRAVEL A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE, NOT ALL OF THEM, BUT A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF FOLKS WILL ARRIVE AT A, AT A PLACE.
AND THEN THEY'LL, THEY MIGHT HAVE A HOTEL STAY BEFORE THEY ACTUALLY BEGIN THEIR VACATION.
THEY MIGHT COME IN A DAY EARLIER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THEY MIGHT ALSO RENT A CAR AND THEY MIGHT DO THE SAME THING ON THE BACK END OF THEIR VACATION.
IF THEY WERE STAYING WITH SOMEBODY WHO KNOWS WHAT THEY MIGHT HAVE A HOTEL STAY, THEY MIGHT HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL NEILS AND THEN MIGHT BE FINISHING UP WITH THAT RENTAL CAR.
AND WE'D MUCH RATHER HAVE THEM DO ALL OF THAT HERE ON THE ISLAND THAN AT ANOTHER AIRPORT.
AND FOR GOODNESS SAKE, NOT IN ANOTHER STATE, WE NEED THAT HERE ON THE ISLAND.
SO THOSE ARE JUST SOME EXAMPLES OF WHY WE WANT PEOPLE FLYING DIRECTLY TO THIS AIRPORT AND TO KEEP THAT REVENUE K ROD, I LIKE TO REFER TO IT AS REPATRIATION OR REVENUE.
WE'RE BLEEDING REVENUE, NOT JUST TO ANOTHER AIRPORT IN OUR STATE, BUT TO ANOTHER STATE.
AND THAT THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO FIX, OR AT LEAST AMELIORATE TO SOME EXTENT.
NOW THE DIRECT BENEFIT TO THE AIRPORT TO ADDRESS THAT PART OF THE QUESTION IS THAT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO GET ON AND OFF AIRPLANES IMPACTS SOME FEES THAT THE AIRPORT GETS FROM THE AIRLINES.
SO SOME OF THE, THE AIRLINE, UM, WHETHER IT'S LANDING FEES, IF THERE'S MORE AIRPLANES THAT ARE LANDING, WE'RE OBVIOUSLY PAID A LANDING FEE FOR THEM.
AND THEN THERE ARE SOME OF THE FEES ON THE AIRPORT THAT THE AIRLINES PAY THAT ARE BASED ON NUMBER OF EMPLOYMENTS.
SO THAT DOES DIRECTLY AFFECT THE AIRPORT.
AND THEN OF COURSE, THERE'S REVENUES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH VEHICLE PARKING AND THE PARKING LOT, AS WELL AS THE RENTAL CAR REVENUES.
THAT'S A BIG PIECE OF REVENUE FOR US.
SO THE MORE PEOPLE WHO COME INTO THE AIRPORT AND USE THE SERVICES THAT ARE BASED AT THE AIRPORT THAT INCREASES THE BENEFIT TO THE AIRPORT IN THE OVERALL ECONOMIC IMPACT TO THE ISLAND.
I'M, I'M, UH, SEARCHING SO THAT THERE IS AN INCREASED, UH, REVENUE SOURCE THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY CORRELATE TO AN INCREASE OPERATIONAL COSTS.
IN OTHER WORDS, MORE PEOPLE COMING IN GIVES YOU MORE LATITUDE ON HOW YOU WANT TO SPEND MONEY OR ENHANCEMENTS.
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OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE MARKETING? AM I ON? NO.UM, I JUST, JUST AM CURIOUS, WHAT IS THE TIMELINE ON THE FEDERAL GRANT AS FAR AS APPLICATION AND APPROVAL WILL BE THE FALL? SO ACTUALLY THE, UH, THE APPLICATION IS DUE ON MARCH 1ST.
SO WE'RE ALMOST FINISHED WITH THE APPLICATION NOW, WE'RE JUST WAITING ON SOME FINAL, UM, AND INFORMATION BACK FROM THE CHAMBER ON HOW MANY FOLKS WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN THAT, UH, FROM THE COMMUNITY SIDE.
AND WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE TIMELINE IS FOR A DECISION, BUT HOPEFULLY IS, IS WITHIN A COUPLE OF MONTHS.
SO, UM, IT'S USUALLY RELATIVELY QUICK, LAST TIME WE WENT AFTER IT, IT WAS A, IT WAS A VERY PROLONGED EVOLUTION FOR A, IT'S BEEN APPROPRIATED THE LAST TIME.
SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS WONDERING IF THE MONEY'S ALREADY BEEN APPROPRIATED.
UM, AND ACTUALLY IT WAS APPROPRIATED IN INCREASED, UM, AS A RESULT OF THE BILL THAT WAS SIGNED INTO LAW ON THE 27TH OF DECEMBER.
AND THAT BILL WAS PART OF THE, THE LATEST ROUND OF THE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF THAT WILL HAPPEN IN DC.
ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE MOVE ON, BUT JOHN'S DO RODMAN.
HELLO? HELLO? YEAH, JUST A QUESTION.
IS, IS THIS TARGETED ALL AT COMMERCIAL OR IS ANY OF THIS TARGETED AT, UM, UH, PRIVATE AVIATION? AND I GUESS THE REASON I ASKED THE QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE LOOKED AT THE PAST AND WE'VE SEEN THE ECONOMIC IMPACT, I GUESS, JUMPED FROM 200 TO 400 ON A HILTON HEAD SIDE.
BUT I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGER ONES THAT MAY NOT BE CAPTURED IN THAT WHOLE PIECE IS, UM, WHAT'S HAPPENING PRIVATELY.
THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE FINDING THIS AS A, GONNA BE A PLACE TO LIVE AND WORK AND WORK REMOTELY.
AND IT'S PROBABLY HAD A TREMENDOUS IMPACT AND IS HAVING A BIG IMPACT ON THE, THE HIGH END REAL ESTATE MARKET, WHICH THEN BRINGS THE REST OF THE MARKET AROUND IT.
SO I GUESS I'M WONDERING, IS, IS THIS ALL TARGETED JUST AT, AT, UH, COMMERCIAL TRAVEL OR DO YOU TIE IN THE PRIVATE FLIGHTS IN SOME FORM? THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION.
YOU BRING UP SOME GOOD POINTS THERE.
UM, I THINK WE'VE GOT, UH, BEN MIGHT STILL BE ON THE CALL FROM SIGNATURE, BUT HE COULD ADVISE FOR THE FACT THAT THE PRIVATE SIDE HAS BEEN, I THINK THEY'VE, THEY'VE HIT A LOT OF RECORDS THIS YEAR AT SIGNATURE THAT THEY REALLY DID VERY, VERY WELL, BECAUSE I THINK THERE WERE FOLKS WHO, IF THEY HAD THE ABILITY TO TRAVEL PRIVATELY, THAT'S WHAT THEY DID THIS THIS PAST YEAR.
UM, BUT THESE CAMPAIGNS ARE, ARE MOSTLY STRUCTURED FOR THE COMMERCIAL PASSENGER.
UM, I WILL SAY IT'S EXCLUSIVE BECAUSE ANYBODY WHO SEES IT COULD DECIDE TO TRAVEL A DIFFERENT WAY, BUT THE MAIN FOCUS IS FOR THE COMMERCIAL PASSENGER.
I THINK, I THINK THERE'S DEFINITELY SOME SPILLOVER EFFECT WHEN FOLKS ARE SEEING THESE, ESPECIALLY IN THOSE KEY MARKETS THAT, UH, THAT WE'RE REACHING OUT TO.
AND, UM, NOT EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT THERE'S AN AIRPORT RIGHT ON THE ISLAND AND SORT OF PART OF THAT BRAND AWARENESS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PROMOTE WILL DEFINITELY SPILL OVER TO THE PRIVATE SIDE AS WELL.
HEY, I JUMPED IN, IN BUFFALO, SO-CALLED MARK, OUR COMMITTEE MARKETING COMMITTEE HAS BEEN MEETING AND WE'VE SUBMITTED A REPORT ON MY MOST RECENT MEETING.
ONE OF THE EMPHASIS AREAS WE THINK SHOULD BE THERE IS THAT WE NEED TO PROMOTE CONSUMER AWARENESS OF OUR AIRPORT AND ITS FACILITIES, NOT ONLY THE COMMERCIAL SIDE, BUT THE PRIVATE SIDE AS WELL.
THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A FACTOR TOWARDS THE FACT THAT WE HAVE AVIATION TRAINING AND SO FORTH AND SO ON, WE THINK WE NEED TO CREATE GENERAL AWARENESS AND INCLUDING THE ASSETS OF THE PRIVATE SIDE TO THE OVERALL BETTERMENT OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND THAT'S BEEN INCLUDED IN OUR REPORT.
SECONDLY, WE THINK THAT WE SHOULD HAVE MORE LOCAL MARKETING HERE TO OUR OWN RESIDENTS, CREATING AWARENESS THERE AND ENCOURAGING THEM TO USE OUR AIRPORT TO GET IN AND OUT.
AND WE'VE ASKED FOR INFORMATION FROM THE CHAIR AND JOHN REGARDING, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY DESTINATIONS DO WE HAVE THAT ARE ONE-STOP AND JOHN IS ESTIMATED IN EXCESSIVE 200.
SO, SO I THINK THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
AND THAT'S WHERE OUR FOCUS ON THE COMMITTEE HAS BEEN STARTING TO GENERATE BECAUSE JOHN AND THE QUOTE PROFESSIONALS ARE TAKEN CARE OF, HAS YOU SEE WITH THESE GREAT CHARTS, UH, WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO BRING IN PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE THE MARKETPLACE, BUT OUR COMMITTEE IS FOCUSED ON TRYING TO DO EXACTLY
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WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.AND FOR GOOD THERE, THEN WE'LL MOVE ON THROUGH THE, UH, THE REST OF THE SLIDES HERE.
SO THAT BRINGS US TO THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.
WE'LL GO THROUGH SOME OF THE, UH, THE SLIDES HERE.
YOU'VE SEEN ALL OF US IN YOUR BACKUP, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE, UH, THE FUEL HERE.
WE'VE GOT THE ADDED GAS AND THE JET FOR A BUFORD EXECUTIVE SHOWN HERE A LITTLE BIT EASY, CAUSE WE'RE STARTING IN JANUARY.
SO YOU CAN FOCUS ALL THE WAY TO THE LEFT ON THERE.
YOU SEE, YEAR OVER YEAR OUT, GASES IS DOING VERY WELL AND THEN OPERATIONS, YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT TRENDED UP FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR, ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO THE END AND STILL CONTINUING HIGH OVER THERE.
AND A LOT OF THAT IS ATTRIBUTED TO THE INCREASE IN FLIGHT TRAINING.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS WHO ARE LEARNING TO FLY, GIVE, UH, JOHN, I'D LIKE TO STAN, I'D LIKE TO ADD THAT SOME VERY INTERESTING FIGURES THAT ARE COMING OUT ON THOSE OPERATIONS.
AND I REMEMBER HISTORICALLY WE'VE ALWAYS HAD A PROBLEM COMPARING OPERATIONS, HILTON HEAD VERSUS ARW BECAUSE AT HILTON HEAD THEY USED TO COUNT, YOU KNOW, COUNT, TOUCH AND GOES.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO TRACK THAT AT, AT AR W WHERE THEY GREW A LOT OF TOUCH AND GOES.
AND I'M WONDERING IS, YOU KNOW, THESE NEW FIGURES, OR ARE THEY IN SOME WAY INCORPORATING THESE OTHER OPERATIONS OR THESE TOUCH AND GOES BECAUSE THE FIGURES INDICATE NOW THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING FOUR TIMES THE OPERATIONS THAT ARW, AND IT IS THAT HILTON HEAD, WHICH IS AMAZING.
CAUSE SINCE IT'S ALWAYS, WE USED TO HAVE LESS THAN HILTON.
IT IS IN, IN DAMN THAT'S A GOOD DISTINCTION THAT YOU DRAW BETWEEN KIND OF YOUR STANDARD TAKEOFF LANDING AND TOUCHING GOES BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE NUMBERS DO INCORPORATE SOME TOUCH AND GO.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE DOING A, UH, A CLOSER JOB TO KIND OF TRACKING THAT FROM THE TERMINAL AT UH ARW.
CAUSE THAT WOULD PROBABLY EXPECT, UH, UH, EXPLAIN A LOT OF THAT INCREASE AND THAT'S GOOD THAT WE'RE ABLE TO TRY TO TRACK THAT TOP DROP.
AND IT'S NOT AN EXACT SCIENCE TO GET THOSE NUMBERS ALL THE TIME, BUT, UH, BUT THAT'S, IT'S PRETTY CLOSE.
THEN I REMEMBER THAT, YOU KNOW, THE SOUTH CAROLINA AVIATION ASSOCIATION SAID, WELL, WHAT IS IT? THE ASSOCIATE, THEY, WE WERE CLOSE TO BEING UPGRADED IN TERMS OF THE, UH, OF THE GREAT OF AIRPORT OPERATION.
AND I SUSPECT WITH THIS INCREASE, WILL THIS LEAD TO AN INCREASE IN THE, UH, IN THE STATUS OF ARW FOR, UM, IT'S ON THAT OPERATION.
I REMEMBER THEY WERE CLOSED AND I COULDN'T REMEMBER EXACTLY, BUT IF, IF THIS IS WHAT THIS INCREASE, IT WOULD PROBABLY KICK IT INTO THE NEXT CATEGORY.
THAT, THAT, I'M NOT SURE, DAN I'D HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT, BUT YEAH.
AT SOME WE OUGHT TO LOOK CAUSE THAT MIGHT LEAD AND EVIDENTLY THAT LEADS TO A LITTLE BIT HIGHER PRIORITY FOR, FOR 'EM OR WHATEVER.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT'LL GET YOU.
THAT WAS WHAT I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT ON THAT.
JOHN, THE, UM, THE TRAFFIC COUNTERS AT SEATTLE TATTOO WEIGHTS.
WHAT DOES THAT DATA, IS THAT A PART OF THE OPERATION COUNT? YES.
I THINK THAT COUNTS AS PART OF THE OPERATOR, BECAUSE THAT'S ASSUMING SOMEBODY'S LEAVING THE TAXIWAY TO TAKE OFF OR COMING BACK ON A LANDING.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE, ON THE CHARTS? RIGHT.
IF NOT, WE WILL TALK ABOUT PROJECTS AS A NEW VOLUNTEER.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S YOUR A GA JET.
AND THEN THAT'S A COMMERCIAL JET, THE PASSENGERS, SINCE WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT THE ONE MONTH, I PUT ALL THIS OUT ONE SLIDE.
SO IF YOU SEE THAT THE EMPLOYMENT'S A DEEP LAMENESS AND THERE'S PEOPLE GETTING ON PEOPLE GETTING OFF AND THEN TOLD THE NUMBERS OF PASSENGERS AND THE, UH, THE HATCH AND THE STRIPE ARE FROM LAST YEAR.
AND THEN THE SOLIDS ARE FOR THIS YEAR.
AND AMERICAN IS INGRAINED DELTAS IN RED.
JOHN, IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, UH, HILTON HEAD'S ABOUT, ABOUT 50%.
THAT'S KIND OF WHAT'S HAPPENED FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
YEAH, A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN 50, BUT IT'S PRETTY
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CLOSE.AND AGAIN, THAT THAT'S A ONE MONTH SNAPSHOT, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE.
UM, THIS IS A GOOD LITTLE PIECE OF NEWS.
UM, HARVARD HAS BEEN WORKING ON A STUDY FOR SEVERAL MONTHS AND, UM, THEY, THEY CALL IT THE, UH, THEIR PUBLIC HEALTH INITIATIVE THAT OCCURRED TO CURVES STUDY.
SO THEY TRACK, THEY STUDIED TRAVELERS FROM WHEN THEY GET OUT OF THEIR CAR AND THEY TRAVELED TO THEIR DESTINATION TO GET BACK IN ANOTHER VEHICLE.
SO HAS THE CURVE, THE CURVE AND WHAT THEY FOUND WAS IT, UH, YOU KNOW, RUN VERY MUCH RISK AT ALL, CONTRACTING THE VIRUS WHEN YOU'RE TRAVELING BY AIR.
AND HERE, IT JUST TELLS YOU THAT THE COMBINED EFFORTS OF MULTIPLE LAYERS OF PROTECTION THAT THE AIRPORT SAYS I'VE TRIED TO PROVIDE DURING THE PANDEMIC EVENT AND VERY, VERY EFFECTIVE.
AND JUST TO THAT END, WE COMPLETED ANOTHER ROUND OF OUR SANITATION, OUR TWO-STEP SANITATION THAT WE DID THROUGH THE ENTIRE TERMINAL JUST TUESDAY NIGHT.
SO ONCE AGAIN, THE WHOLE PLACE HAS BEEN COMPLETELY SANITIZED.
AND THEN WE PUT THAT TREATMENT ON WE'VE DESCRIBED BEFORE, WHICH IS KIND OF A LONGTERM ANTI-MICROBIAL TREATMENT ON ALL THE SURFACES WITHIN THE TERMINAL, INCLUDING ALL THE TSA BINS AND THEIR SERVICES AS WELL.
SO EVERYTHING HAS BEEN CLEANED THE SANITIZE YET AGAIN.
YES, BRIAN, I THINK YOU'RE ON MUTE, BRIAN.
HOW ABOUT NOW? THERE YOU GO, JOHN, I THINK THIS SLIDE THAT YOU JUST SHOWED IS IMPORTANT FOR A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT REASONS, NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH IS THIS KIND OF DATA IS NOT THE KIND OF THING THAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE PUBLIC MEDIA AT ALL.
UM, BUT THERE'S MORE TO THE STORY THAN JUST WHAT YOU SHOWED HERE FROM THIS HARVARD STUDY.
THERE'S JUST ENORMOUS DATA ALL OVER THE WORLD THAT SHOWS THAT INSIDE AIRLINE COCKPITS, PARTICULARLY, AND EVEN IN MOST AIRPLANE CABINS, THERE'S LOTS OF DATA THAT SHOWS THAT THE RISK OF CATCHING COVID VIRUS IN AN AIRPLANE IS EXTRAORDINARILY LOW.
AND YET PEOPLE STILL HAVE THIS DEEP FEAR OF TRAVELING ON AIRPLANES, WHICH IS DIRECTLY AFFECTING EVERYTHING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE, FOR REASONS THAT ACTUALLY DO NOT HAVE FACTUAL DATA TO BACK THAT UP.
SO THE MORE THAT THIS KIND OF STUFF CAN BE PUBLICIZED THE BETTER.
AND IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US ON THE AIRPORT SIDE TO GIVE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE CONTINUE THE, AND WE CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CLEANING STAFF ARE DOING WHAT THEY NEED TO DO BECAUSE SO MUCH OF THIS IS INDEED PSYCHOLOGICAL.
JOHN, MAY I GO BACK ONE SLIDE WHERE YOU SHOWED THE EMPLOYMENTS AND DEPLOYMENTS? I LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT DELTA IS STILL MAINTAINING THEIR POLICY IS NOT SELLING MIDDLE STATES, NOT FILLING A PLANE MORE THAN THE ECONOMY, MORE THAN 60% AND NOT MORE THAN 50%.
SO WHILE DELTA'S NUMBERS ON ONE SIDE LOOKS A LITTLE LESS THAN AMERICAN.
UH, IF THEY WERE DIDN'T HAVE THOSE RESTRICTIONS, I THINK THEIR NUMBERS WOULD BE PROBABLY THE SAME OR EVEN PERHAPS LARGER THAN AMERICAN.
SO YOU SHOULD JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND AS YOU, UH, LOOK AT THESE SLIDES AND THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THAT THROUGH THE END OF APRIL.
THIS, THIS HARD REPORT, HAVE YOU ALL CONSIDERED THAT IN A PRESS RELEASE, TRYING TO JUST GET THIS KIND OF MESSAGE OUT TO THE PUBLIC? WHY IT'S A GOOD IDEA, WHAT WE MIGHT DO? YEAH, WE, WE MAY GET A PRESS RELEASE OR AT LEAST GET IT OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE WEBSITE AND, AND, UH, JOHN, IF BRIAN HAD ACTUALLY HAS STATISTICS THAT SHOW WHAT HE WAS REFERRING TO, YOU MIGHT, YOU MIGHT SEND THOSE ON TO THE CHAMBER.
THE CHAMBER SENDS OUT, UM, A LITTLE E NEWSLETTER EVERY MONDAY AND A COUPLE OF TIMES DURING THE WEEK.
UH, IT COULD BE INCLUDED IN THAT.
AND THEN SECONDLY, EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING AT NINE 15, HE HAS A GATHERING, UH, OVER ZOOM WHERE DIFFERENT PEOPLE COME AND TALK.
YOU MIGHT SEE IF AT SOME POINT YOU CAN SIT IN ON ONE OF THOSE MEETINGS AND JUST TALK ABOUT SOME OF THESE THINGS WE'VE, UH, REFERRING TO.
AND I HAVE BEEN HONEST OVER THOSE, THOSE CALLS WITH THE CHAMBER.
SO I'LL, I'LL SEE ABOUT GETTING BACK AROUND IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS ON THAT.
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OKAY.THAT'S A MOUTHFUL THERE, BUT WE'RE JUST GOING TO CALL IT, UH, THE CARES ACT PART, AND THIS WAS SIGNED INTO LAW.
AS I MENTIONED, THIS IS PART OF WHAT I TALKED ABOUT BEFORE WITH THE SCAS DEED BACK, JUST AFTER CHRISTMAS, BEFORE THE NEW YEAR'S, THIS WAS SIGNED.
AND FOR THE LAST FEW WEEKS, THE FAA HAS BEEN FIGURING OUT HOW THIS, THIS MONEY WAS GOING TO BE DISTRIBUTED AMONGST THE AIRPORTS.
SO THAT WAS FINALIZED, UM, REALLY JUST ABOUT A WEEK AGO.
AND WE RECEIVED EMAILS YESTERDAY THAT BOTH OF OUR AIRPORTS WILL BENEFIT FROM THIS, UM, TO DIFFERING DEGREES.
UM, THERE'S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF USES, AND THIS IS ALL BRAND NEW.
SO WE'RE STILL HAVING TO READ THE FINE PRINT AND FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT EVERYTHING MEANS.
UM, BUT THE PART OF THE GOOD NEWS STORY IS THAT IT IS A HUNDRED PERCENT FUNDED.
SO THERE'S NO LOCAL MATCHES IS, UM, WORKS LIKE ANY OTHER GRANT.
IT IS REIMBURSABLE, BUT THERE IS NO LOCAL MATCH REQUIREMENT HERE.
SO THAT'S VERY SIMILAR TO THE CARES ACT, UH, FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVED IN 2020.
AND THERE MAY BE SOMETHING ELSE COMING.
I DON'T KNOW, YOU PROBABLY ARE FOLLOWING ALONG THAT, UH, DC IS WORKING ON, UH, UH, A BILL THAT COULD TIP THE SCALES SOMEWHERE AROUND THE $2 TRILLION RANGE.
SO, UM, THE INITIAL PROJECTIONS ARE THERE, THERE'LL BE SOMEWHERE IN THE BALLPARK OF, OF $8 BILLION FOR AIRPORTS.
AGAIN, NOT SURE HOW THAT MIGHT BE DIVIDED UP AND WHAT THE SCRIBE USES OF THAT, UH, FUNDING WOULD BE, BUT THERE'S A POSSIBILITY OF SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING THERE.
HOPEFULLY A LOT OF THAT IS GEARED TOWARDS INFRASTRUCTURE AND PROJECTS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE BUILT.
SO JUST AN UPDATE FOR YOU, A LITTLE BIT OF A GOOD NEWS STORY THERE.
SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT PROJECTS REAL QUICKLY.
BEFORE WE WRAP UP WITH MY REPORT, THIS IS A RAMP RAMP EXPANSION OVER AT THE HILTON HEAD, AND WE'LL BE KICKING THIS OFF REALLY JUST, AND PROBABLY JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
WE'VE HAD THE PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING THE CONTRACTORS, READY TO GO AND JUST WORKING OUT A COUPLE DETAILS ON THEIR SEQUENCING, BUT THIS IS WHAT THE FOOTPRINT OF THE NEW RAMP WILL LOOK LIKE.
AND YOU CAN SEE KIND OF HOW WE HAVE THE EXISTING TERMINAL AND THE FUTURE TERMINAL KIND OF LINED IN THERE AS WELL.
SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT ALL THAT LOOKS LIKE TOGETHER.
THERE'S GOING TO BE A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF RAMP THAT WE'VE GOT OUT THERE.
NOW, THE RAMP WILL BE IMMEDIATELY USABLE BY THE AIRLINES BECAUSE HE HAD DONE RAMPS GOING TO SERVE AS A LAY DOWN AREA IN SOME OF THE CONSTRUCTION STAGING FOR THE TERMINAL PROJECT, BECAUSE THERE'S, THERE'S JUST SO LITTLE ROOM TO DO THAT OTHERWISE.
UM, SO WE'LL PHASE THAT IN, AS WE GET THROUGH THE DIFFERENT STAGES OF THE TERMINAL, SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVE THAT UNDERWAY.
THERE WILL BE A LITTLE BIT OF A JUGGLING.
THERE IS THE AIRLINES COMMAND.
SINCE THAT SOME OF THAT CONSTRUCTION WILL TIE IN OBVIOUSLY NEW CONSTRUCTION WITH THE EXISTING RAMP, WE'LL HAVE TO MOVE THE, THE ONE GATE WILL BE CLOSED FOR A FEW WEEKS WHILE WE GET THE TIE IN WORK DONE.
UH, SO WE'LL HAVE, UM, THREE AIRLINES FOR A NUMBER OF WEEKS OPERATING OUT TWO GATES.
SO I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A LITTLE BIT OF COORDINATION TO DO THERE, BUT EVERYTHING WILL WORK OUT.
YEAH, MAYBE A GOOD PLACE TO WEIGH IN.
UM, W W W AT OUR RETREAT ACCOMPANY RETREAT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, UM, THE AIRPORTS EMERGED AS ONE OF OUR SIX PRIORITIES WITHIN THE PUBLIC FACILITIES.
AND IT'S VERY TIMELY BECAUSE IT'S THIS POINT IN TIME WHERE WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER THE FIVE AND 10 YEAR PLANS.
AND SO I KNOW I'M PREACHING TO THE CHOIR WITH JOHN, BUT THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO GET YOU ORIENTED FOR ANY PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, OUGHTA OUGHT TO BE ON THE, ON THE HORIZON AS WE GO FORWARD.
JUST TO DISPEL A RUMOR, UH, I WAS APPROACHED AND ASKED WHETHER OR NOT DELTA WAS BUILDING A HANGAR ON PROPERTY ADJACENT TO THE AIRPORT, AND THE AIRPORT WAS KICKING PEOPLE, BUSINESSES OUT OF THE AREA FOR A DELTA HANGAR.
IS THAT TRUE OR FALSE? THAT IS FALSE.
AND WHILE WE HAVE PURCHASED PROPERTIES THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST, THE PURPOSE OF THAT IS TO ACCOMMODATE THE EXPANSION PROJECTS WITH THE RAMP AND THE TERMINAL AND THE ASSOCIATED PARKING AND STONEWATER AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE THAT ARE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO SERVE THE, UH, THE PASSENGERS OF THE AIRPORT.
AND THAT WAS MY ANSWER, BUT I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM IT TO THE PUBLIC'S INTERESTS.
IT SAID, UM, WHILE THE EXPANSION IS GOING ON, YOU'RE GOING, GONNA HAVE TWO GATES FOR THREE AIRLINES.
ARE YOU CONFIRMING THAT THE UNITED IS DEFINITELY COMING BACK?
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THAT IS, YES.THE INDICATIONS WE'RE GETTING INTO, THEY ARE COMING BACK CAN JUST CHANGE SOME OF THEIR SCHEDULES THAT ARE BEING LOADED.
SO, UM, THE, THE DATES BEEN KIND OF KICKED AROUND A LITTLE BIT.
WE'RE NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT DAY THEY'RE COMING BACK, BUT, UM, UH, THEY HAVE INDICATED THAT YES, THEY WILL BE SERVING AGAIN THIS SEASON.
WELL, TAKE IT ACROSS THE RIVER TO A BUFORD EXECUTIVE AND GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON OUR HANGAR DEVELOPMENT THERE.
THIS IS JUST A CONCEPT DRAWING TO SHOW YOU THE AREAS THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING FOR HANGER DEVELOPMENT.
AND WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING SOME GROUND LEASING.
UH, WE DO HAVE INTERESTED PARTIES THERE, WHICH IS GREAT, AND WE ARE COORDINATING WITH THEM ON A WEEKLY BASIS IF NOT DAILY BASIS TO GET CLOSER TO ACTUAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS.
UM, SO THINGS ARE, ARE REALLY KIND OF SHAPING UP OVER THERE.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE'LL HAVE, WE'LL BE FOCUSING ON THAT THE FAR LEFT OF THIS, THIS DRAWING.
UH, AND AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A GENERAL REPRESENTATION OF, OF WHERE HANGERS WILL BE.
THIS DOESN'T INDICATE NECESSARILY EXACT SIZE AND EXACT QUANTITY OF HANGERS.
YOU COULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF HANGERS THAT ARE MUCH BIGGER THAN THIS AND A COUPLE THAT ARE SMALLER AND THAT SORT OF THING.
SO THIS IS THE GENERIC INDICATION OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT OUT THERE, BUT WE ARE EXCITED TO SEE SOME, UH, SOME STRONG INTEREST OUT THERE FOR HANGERS.
AND IF ANYBODY'S GOT ANY OTHER ARW QUESTIONS, WE DO HAVE, UH, PAUL ON THE CALL IN CASE HE NEEDS PAUL.
I'LL GIVE YOU A MINUTE, IF YOU WANT TO WEIGH IN ON ANYTHING.
UM, JUST REAL QUICK ON THE HANGERS OVER HERE.
I MEAN, THAT IS DAILY CONVERSATION.
UM, AND THERE ARE MORE AIRPLANES COMING IN HERE.
I'VE HAD THREE OR PLANES MOVE HERE IN THE LAST THREE DAYS OF AIRPLANES THAT ARE BASED HERE AND BOUGHT AIRPLANES.
AND THEY'RE PARKING OVER HERE AND EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT BUILDING HANGARS AND I HOPE THAT IT JUST EXPLODES.
AND WE JUST HAVE A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION HERE VERY SOON.
SO, YEAH, SO WE'VE, WE'VE ASKED INEFFICIENT INTEREST ON A DAY OR W AND ALSO THERE'S PEOPLE WHO ARE MOVING TO THE AREA AND THEY'VE GOT AIRPLANES AND THEY WANT TO PUT THEM INSIDE A HANGER.
SO THAT'LL BE GOOD FOR SOME JOB CREATION AND ALSO SHOULD HAVE SOME ACTIVITY OUT THERE AT THE AIRPORT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THOSE? ALL RIGHT.
THAT'S MY LAST SLIDE ON THE PRESENTATION.
SO I WILL, BUT ONE OTHER QUESTION, JOHN, JUST TO ASK, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, WE HAD THAT INITIATIVE ON THE, FOR THE SAFETY ZONE ISSUE, WHICH HAS BEEN AN ONGOING ONE, HAS ANY PROGRESS BEEN MADE WHERE THEY WERE ABLE TO HELP THE LAND TRUST? DID THEY EVER GET BACK TO YOU WITH SOME IDEAS IF THEY COULD BE HELPFUL? NO, DAMN.
THAT REALLY HASN'T PROGRESSED SINCE THE LAST TIME THAT YOU AND I TALKED.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO PHASE THAT PROJECT IN, BUT THERE IS, THERE IS STILL DESIRE TO GET THAT DONE.
THERE'S JUST A LOT OF, THERE'S SUCH A TIGHT LIMITATION ON THE FUNDS FOR THOSE.
SO IT'S ABOUT NOW, DO WE HAVE ANY UNFINISHED BUSINESS? THAT'S THE NEXT TOPIC BRING NONE.
JOHN, DO YOU HAVE ANY NEW BUSINESS? WE DON'T HAVE ANY ACTION ITEMS THERE'S MONTH FOR YOU.
[COMMITTEE REPORTS ]
WE GO TO COMMITTEE REPORTS AND I THINK WE'VE GOT TWO COMMITTEE REPORTS.I THINK JIM'S ALREADY, UH, GAVE US A LITTLE UPDATE.
DO YOU WANT ANYTHING, UH, JIM, DO YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING MORE ABOUT THE MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE? UH, YES.
UH, WE'VE SUBMITTED A REPORT COPY OF THE REPORT TO HOWARD AND TO JOHN, AND WE'VE MADE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ACTIVITIES.
WE THINK WE CAN BE INVOLVED IN AND BE SUPPORTIVE, BUT WE NEED FOR JOHN AND HOWARD TO SHARE WITH US HOW WE'VE MOVED FROM A CONCEPT STAGE TO AN ACTION STAGE, IF WE DO IT ALL.
AND OF COURSE IT'S FUNDING WOULD BE PART OF THAT AS REQUIRED.
SO NO, AND IF ANYONE WANTS COPIES OF THE REPORT, THEY GLADLY SHARE IT WITH THEM, BUT WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE PROCESS WOULD BE TO MOVE INTO AN ACTION PHASE.
AND THE OTHER REPORT IS LESLIE'S PASSENGER SERVICE COMMITTEE.
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YES.UM, I JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT, UM, WE, THE PASSENGER SERVICES COMMITTEE HAS MET, AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE ARE LIMITED ON WHAT WE CAN DO NOW UNTIL THE NEW TERMINAL GETS IN PLACE, BUT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH SOME ACTIVITIES AT THE AIRPORT IN AN EFFORT TO WELCOME OUR PASSENGERS.
UM, THE PROJECT THAT JOHN HAS APPROVED US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IS A WELCOME PASSENGERS FOR HILTON TO HILTON HEAD ISLAND FOR RBC HERITAGE.
UM, THAT WILL BE COMING UP IN APRIL.
AND WHAT WE WILL DO WITH THAT, WE'RE LOOKING AT, WE HAVE NOT FINALIZED ANY DATE, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT SUNDAY, AUGUST OR SUNDAY, APRIL THE 11TH, BETWEEN 12 AND TWO, WHICH JOHN FEELS THAT'S PROBABLY OUR GREATEST AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC COMING IN.
I'VE REACHED OUT TO THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION AND TALK, TALK TO STEVE.
UM, AND THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK AT SEEING IF WILLIE CAN COME AND VISIT US.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE WOULD HAVE A LESLIE RICHARDSON, I'VE SPOKEN WITH HER AND THEY HAVE BEEN SO SUPPORTIVE OF OUR AIRPORT COLIGNY CLAUSES.
SO SHE WOULD BRING HER GROUP OUT AND SET UP A TABLE AND HAVE SOME WELCOMING ITEMS FOR THE PASSENGERS.
AND IT REALLY WOULD SERVE TWO PURPOSES.
IT'S A ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE PASSENGERS AS THEY BARK, BUT IT'S ALSO A MARKETING EFFORT FOR AIRPORT AS WELL AS FOR THE HERITAGE.
SO I'VE GOTTEN POSITIVE RESPONSES ON IT.
I'VE ALSO BROUGHT IT UP TO JIM BUCKLEY AND THE MARKETING COMMITTEE, AND THEY'RE VERY MUCH IN SUPPORT OF IT.
SO WE HOPE TO WORK WITH, WITH THEM AS WELL TO GET IT TO HAPPEN.
UM, THAT'S, THAT'S THE ONE ISSUE.
THE SECOND ONE IS AN ISSUE THAT, UM, CLEARLY AS A PASSENGER SERVICE ISSUE, AS IT'S MORE OF AN ADVOCACY ISSUE ON THE BOARD, UM, LAST MONTH WE HAD A GREAT PRESENTATION FROM TSA.
AS PART OF THAT PRESENTATION, WE WERE MADE AWARE THAT THE REAL ID DEADLINE WILL BE FROM THIS YEAR.
IT WAS POSTPONED DUE TO COVID, BUT IT'S FROM AT OCTOBER 1ST, UH, THAT'S SEVEN MONTHS AWAY.
AND TSA ALSO NOTIFIED US THAT ONLY 30% OF SOUTH CAROLINA RESIDENTS HAVE SIGNED UP FOR REAL ID.
SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE NEED A PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN TO GET THIS OUT THERE.
IT'S PASSENGER SHOW UP ON OCTOBER 1ST OR LATER, AS THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO FLOSS BECAUSE THERE, IT HASN'T BEEN UPDATED.
UM, I THINK THE WAY WE SHOULD GO THE BOARD SHOULD MAYBE REACH OUT TO OUR STATE LEGISLATORS TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THE DMV IS SIMPLIFYING THE PROCESS AND GETTING AS MANY PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT THEY CAN ALSO, WE CAN USE OUR WEBSITE TO DO THAT, TO GET A PSA TYPE OF ANNOUNCEMENT, AS WELL AS OUR, UM, GIFFORD COUNTY, UM, DELEGATION.
THEY, I UNDERSTAND THEY, I TALKED TO LARRY MCCLELLAN.
I UNDERSTAND THEY HAVE PLACES WHERE THEY CAN POST IT AND HELP TO GET THE WORD OUT.
SO THE PASSENGERS UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS AND NOT WAIT TILL OCTOBER 1ST.
THAT WAS, WERE THERE ANY OTHER COMMITTEE REPORTS OR ANY ABOUT SOME OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WANT TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE, UM, THEIR ACTIVITIES? ALL RIGHT.
[11. CITIZEN COMMENT]
NEXT ONE, WHICH IS THE, OUR CITIZEN COMMENT PERIOD.AGAIN, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, ANY PERSON WHO WANTS TO BE RECOGNIZED, PLEASE UNMUTE AND IDENTIFY YOURSELF AND SPEAK FOR FOR THREE MINUTES.
SO HERE, I'LL OPEN IT AT THIS TIME AND WE'VE GOT GLEN, VICTOR, GLEN.
UM, I WAS INTERESTED IN WHAT LESLIE WAS TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF REAL ID.
I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU ALSO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ABOUT THAT TO POSSIBLY BE USED IN THEIR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN PROMOTION CAMPAIGN, UH, FOR THE ISLAND.
BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO GET THAT WORD OUT AND I'M GLAD YOU'RE FOCUSING ON IT.
UM, ON TUESDAY, THE TOWN COUNCIL OF HILTON HEAD WITH APPROPRIATE ACCOLADES UNANIMOUSLY VOTED BRIAN TERESA IN FOR ANOTHER TWO YEARS AS A HILTON HEADS REPRESENTATIVES.
UH, CONGRATULATIONS, BRIAN, THERE WAS LITTLE DOUBT IN THE MINDS OF TOWN COUNCIL OF YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS THAT WE APPRECIATE, UH, YOUR EFFORTS TO REPRESENT THE ISLAND.
AND THEN SECONDLY, UH, AND IT IS, MAY BE BETTER FOR JOHN TO TALK ABOUT, BUT I'M AWARE THAT JOHN HAS BEEN, UH, DISCUSSING THE ADDITION OF
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A LARGE SEA TURTLE SCULPTURE, UM, AND THAT PIGGYBACKS INTO A CONVERSATION THAT WAS TAKING THAT TOOK PLACE AT THE LAST MEETING OF THE TERMINAL OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.UM, WE ARE VERY INTERESTED IN MAKING SURE THAT THE INTERIORS AND ARTWORK THAT, UM, ARE ADDED IN THE TERMINAL SPEAK TO THE LOW COUNTRY SPECIFICALLY AND HILTON HEAD ISLAND, UH, IT'S UNIQUENESS AND DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS.
SO I I'M VERY PLEASED WITH THE PROGRESS OF THE TERMINAL DESIGN AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE TOWN BEING ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER TO ITS SUCCESS.
THANK YOU, JOHN, DID YOU WANT TO ADD SOMETHING ABOUT THE PARENTAL ISSUE? SURE.
UH, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MYRTLE LAST MONTH.
MAREL BECOMING INTO THE AIRPORT THERE, UH, DESIGNING HER, UM, HER STAND, WHICH WILL BE PRETTY INTERESTING.
IT'S GOING TO BE THIS, JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A TEASER.
IT'S GOING TO BE IN THE DESIGN OF A, AN OLD, UH, YOU KNOW, STEAMSHIP, UM, TRUNK.
AND THERE WILL BE KIND OF PASSPORT TYPE SPAM STICKERS ON THAT TRUNK FOR ALL THE PLACES THAT THE REAL MYRTLE HAS ACTUALLY VISITED.
SO, SO THE BEACH IS THAT SHE'S BEEN TO OTHER ISLANDS THAT SHE'S BEEN TO, IT'LL BE A REAL, YOU KNOW, TRUE LIFE STORY.
SO THERE'S GOING TO BE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT ASPECTS TO THAT DISPLAY.
UM, OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF FOLKS WHO PROBABLY WANT TO CONNECT SELFIES WITH MYRTLE, WHICH IS GREAT.
THERE'S ALSO GOING TO BE A VIDEO MONITOR THERE, THERE WITH A RUNNING LOOP OF ENTERTAINING, BUT ALSO EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION.
SO THAT AS TOURISTS COME IN, UH, THROUGH OUR AIRPORT, THEY GET SOME LEVEL OF EDUCATION ON HOW IMPORTANT THE SEA TURTLES ARE TO, YOU KNOW, OUR SEA ISLANDS HERE IN PARTICULARLY HILTON HEAD ISLAND.
AND THEN ALSO SOME OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES THAT TOURISTS HAVE, IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE ON OUR BEACHES, ON OUR ISLANDS, THEN THERE'S, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN THINGS YOU NEED TO BE AWARE OF AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, COVERING UP YOUR HOLES WHEN YOU'RE FINISHED AND STAKING ALL YOUR GEAR AND TRASH WITH YOU AND SIMPLE THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THAT.
AND WE'RE TEAMING UP WITH, UH, WITH MIRA SCOTT, WHO'S AN ARTIST AS WELL AS, UH, FOLKS FROM THE TOWN TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
BUT TO DAVID'S OTHER POINT ABOUT THE, THE CHARACTER OF THE INTERIOR OF THE TERMINAL, WE'VE ALREADY STARTED A DIALOGUE WITH THE, UH, WITH THE TOWN, WITH JIM, THE CAITLIN OVER THAT THE TOWN WHO WORKS IN THE OTHER CULTURAL, UM, AFFAIRS, UH, DEPARTMENT OF THE CANADA MIGHT HAVE THAT EXACT TITLE INCORRECT.
BUT, UM, JAN IS TIED IN WITH, YOU KNOW, LOCAL ARTISTS AND LOW COUNTRY ARTISTS AND JUST KIND OF THINGS THAT WE WANT TO SEE INSIDE THAT TURN A LITTLE BIT, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS KNOW RIGHT AWAY, NOT ONLY THAT THEY'RE IN HILTON HEAD ISLAND WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY ARRIVE, BUT ALSO WHAT, WHAT MAKES HILTON THAT ISLAND, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT ARE THE CULTURAL ASPECTS THAT THEY CAN ENCOUNTER WHEN THEY COME TO HILTON THAT ISLAND? SO WE REALLY CORE TO FIGURING OUT HOW TO MIX THAT ALL INTO THE PROMO, BUT, UH, REST ASSURED IS DEFINITELY GOING TO BE A GREAT EXPERIENCE.
UH, TWO THINGS, ONE NOW THE, UH, GO, OUR COMMUNITY HAS BEAUTIFUL COLORS, AND I'M SURE THAT COMMITTEE'S LOOKING AT IT, BUT CLEARLY A WAY TO TIE IN SOME OF THE GOAL OF HISTORY OF WHAT YOU'RE, WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.
UH, SECONDLY, JOHN HAS MADE COUNCIL AWARE OF THE SENSITIVITY OF GETTING THE TERMINAL FUNDING, UM, DONE, HOPEFULLY WITH A STATE WILL COME THROUGH, BUT IF NOT, WE'VE GOT TO GO PUT A BACKUP PLAN.
JOHN, YOU MIGHT JUST TOUCH ON WHAT THAT TIMELINE LOOKS LIKE AND BE SENSITIVE TO SORT OF THANK YOU FOR THAT OF A BETTER TERM, THE, THE TIMELINES KIND OF ASAP.
BUT WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS THE, THE DESIGN DOCUMENTS OR THE BIDDING DOCUMENTS SHOULD BE READY BY THE, PROBABLY THE EARLY PART OF THE SUMMER AT THE LATEST, I THINK WE'RE LOOKING AT MAYBE A MAY TIMEFRAME AT THE LATEST END OF THOSE.
SO THEORETICALLY WE COULD BE BIDDING THAT PROJECT, YOU KNOW, DURING THE SUMMER.
UH, WE'D REALLY LIKE TO BID THAT PROJECT AS ONE BIG PROJECT, RATHER THAN SPLITTING IT UP INTO DIFFERENT PHASES TO BID.
THERE'S A LOT OF REASONS FOR THAT ONE BIG REASON IS JUST COORDINATION IT'S BEST ON A PROJECT LIKE THIS TO HAVE A SINGLE PRIME CONTRACTOR WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OVERALL PROJECT.
AND THEN ALSO FROM A COST STANDPOINT, THE MORE YOU PHASE A BIDDING OF A PROJECT, THE MORE IT'S GOING TO COST.
CAUSE WE HAVE MULTIPLE MOBILIZATIONS AND MULTIPLE PERSONALITIES INVOLVED IN THAT PROJECT.
SO FOR ALL THOSE REASONS, WE WANT TO BID THAT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND IN TOTALITY, BUT THE ONLY WAY WE CAN BID THAT IN TOTALITY IS TO MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT THE FUNDING BEHIND IT TO DO THAT.
SO WE'VE GOT A FEW LOOSE ENDS TO TIE UP.
LIKE STEVE MENTIONED, UH, WE'RE WORKING WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT LEVELS FROM
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THE FEDERAL, THE STATE TO LOCAL TO MAKE SURE WE CAN WRAP THAT UP.AND THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS PUTTING A LOT OF ENERGY INTO THIS.
I MAY TAG A COUPLE OF YEARS FOR SOME HELP NOW, AND THEN, BUT, UH, IN THE MEANTIME, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, MAKE SURE YOUR DELEGATION UNDERSTANDS THAT YOU'RE BEHIND THIS AND WHAT IT MEANS AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO MAKE SURE WE WRAP UP THIS SUNDAY.
SO SINCE THE, UH, IDEALLY, UH, THE MONEY WOULD COME FROM ELSEWHERE, BUT WE MAY HAVE TO BACK IT UP OURSELVES.
I'VE SUGGESTED TO THE, UH, THE STAFF THAT THEY TOOK TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT'S CALLED A BOND ANTICIPATION NOTE, UH, WHICH WOULD ALLOW US TO POTENTIALLY PROCEED WITH THE MONEY.
UH, WE DO THIS TYPICALLY SOMETIMES ANYWAY, SO IT WOULD BE MORE A MATTER OF ADVANCING WHAT WE WOULD NORMALLY DO.
AND THEN IF WE DON'T USE IT, WE DON'T USE IT.
UH, PERHAPS THEY'LL COME UP WITH SOMETHING BETTER, BUT WE ARE BECOMING SENSITIVE TO WHAT THE JOHN IS ASKING FOR.
THANKS, DAN, I GOT A COUPLE OTHER NOTES.
I JUST WANT TO HIT BEFORE WE SIGN OFF HERE, BUT, UM, I'LL HAVE NEGLECTED TO MENTION THAT.
UM, I HAD A CHANCE TO VISIT WITH OUR, OUR NEWLY ELECTED CONGRESSMAN NANCY MACE YESTERDAY AT THE CHAMBER.
THE CHAMBER HAD A NICE, NICE EVENT WHERE THEY HAS A LOCAL, UH, BUSINESS FOLKS IN TO MEET WITH, UH, CONGRESSWOMAN MACE, UH, DEFINITELY TIME WELL SPENT.
SHE KNOWS WHAT WE NEEDED AT THE TURMOIL I MADE.
SHE MADE SURE THAT YOU WALKED WITH A HANDOUT.
I NEVER, UH, MAKE SURE THAT THEY MAKE SURE THEY ALL LEAVE WITH SOMETHING IN THEIR HANDS.
SHE KNOWS WHAT OUR KEY TALKING POINTS ARE AND WHAT WE NEED.
SO AN OVERALL, A GREAT VISIT AND I'LL LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, THE MORE INTERACTIONS SHE'S COMMITTED TO A VISIT TO THE AIRPORT.
SHE DOES WANT A TOUR OF THE FACILITY.
SHE WAS AMAZED TO HEAR THIS STORY THAT WITHIN ABOUT A YEAR, WE WENT FROM A SINGLE AIRLINE SINGLE CITY AIRPORT TO WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW, WHAT WE PROJECT FOR THIS YEAR.
SO IT'S DEFINITELY A, UH, QUITE A SUCCESS STORY AND IT WAS NOT LOST ON HER.
SO THAT WAS TIME WELL SPENT THERE.
UM, AND ALSO A REMINDER THAT NEXT WEEK WE ARE HOSTING THE TH THE HILTON, THE HILLMAN ISLAND IS HOSTING AT THE SONESTA, THE 2021 SOUTH CAROLINA AVIATION ASSOCIATION CON CONFERENCE, THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE.
SO THERE'S BOTH AN IN-PERSON AND A VIRTUAL COMPONENT TO THAT.
SO FOLKS CAN, CAN DO THAT EITHER WAY.
UM, HOPEFULLY THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS THERE IN PERSON, CAUSE YOU'RE AS TRULY AS A PRESENTER AT THE CONFERENCE.
SO, UH, YOU'RE READY FOR THAT ONE.
UM, BUT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
WE, WE WERE THERE THIS PAST THE TWO YEARS AGO FOR THE CONFERENCE AND IT'S AN EXCELLENT VENUE FOR THE CONFERENCE.
SO, UH, WE'RE CERTAINLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT NEXT WEEK.
SO IF YOU CAN'T CATCH ME, IT'S BECAUSE I'M OVER THERE AT THE CONFERENCE.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT.
I'LL TAKE A MOTION FOR A, FOR A GERMAN.
JIM, I'LL SAY MAKE THAT MOTION GO.
I'M ASSUMING SOMEONE'S RAISED THEIR HAND.
HOPEFULLY I CAN ONLY SEE NINE OF THE PEOPLE HERE, SO WE'LL ASSUME IT WAS SECOND.
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