May 20, 2021 Airports Board

[1. CALL TO ORDER ]

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. MANY NORAD'S THURSDAY MAY 20TH TO 2010 AND BEFORE COUNTY BOARD MEETING. SO LET'S GO AND STAND UP FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FIRE WE GOT ON TROOPER RICHEST MAN ONE DAY SO UNDER GOD

INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL RIGHT. >> SO THIS IS ABOUT CLASS TIME.

SO WE'VE GOT TO BE PATIENT LIKE PLEASE BEFORE WE GET STARTED. ALL I DO IS TAKE A MINUTE TO THANK HOWARD AKERMAN FOR HIS SERVICES. THE PREVIOUS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD HOWARD'S LEADERSHIP AND GUIDANCE AND VISION HAS BEEN EXCELLENT SERVICE.

BOTH HAD AIRPORT AND INFLUENCE AIRPORT. SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO TAKE A MINUTE TO PUBLICLY THANK HOWARD FOR HIS DEDICATION AND SERVICE TO THE MEETING.

NOTHING SUITABLE. >> THANK YOU. TERRY SO LET'S GO AHEAD, MOVE

FORWARD. >> ITEM NUMBER THREE AGENDA PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.

THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED AND DISTRIBUTED LIKE THE PIRATES HAVE FILED A FREEDOM

[4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA ]

AGENDA. >> I HAVE A SECOND, BRIAN THE SECOND.

[5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – APRIL 15, 2021 ]

>> SO THE AGENDA IS APPROVED. EVERYBODY SHOULD RECEIVE THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS

MEETING. FIFTEEN TWENTY ONE. >> FIRST OF ALL WE COULD OPEN THE CONVERSATION WITH ANY CHANGES ALTERATIONS DELETIONS TO THE MINUTES ANYBODY HASN'T ANY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CHANGES. LET US KNOW NOW THEN APPEAR TO BE ANY SO I'D LIKE TO ASK FOR A MOTION TO THREE MINUTES OR THE PREVIOUS.

APRIL 15 20 20 HOWARD LIKES A MOTION TO PROVE THAT WILL HAVE A SECOND AND SECOND MINUTES IT SEEMS COMING TOWARD OUR ROOM. NEXT ITEM WILL OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

AS WE KNOW PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE THREE MINUTES EACH PERSON SO WE'RE GOING TO OPEN UP THE FLOOR TO ANY PUBLIC COMMENT IN AND PROBABLY COMMENT THAT I HAD RAISED OR AND THE LAST.

>> NO, NOT AT THIS TIME. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR YOUR BRAIN MICROPHONE.

>> ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. CARE TO BE PUBLIC COMMENT?

[7. DIRECTOR’S REPORT ]

JOHN, I'M GOING TO MUTE MYSELF OR YOU GET YOUR REPORT AND THEN WE'LL COME IN AND FINISH THE

AGENDA AND JOHN. >> YEAH, I GOT TO TRY. OKAY.

GO AHEAD. GOOD DEAL. IT JUST AS WE MOVE PAST MY REPORT YOU'LL MOVE SOME OF THE NEW BUSINESS AND THE ACTION ITEMS SO THIS IS A POINT OF ORDER DURING THOSE TRAYS YOU GO THROUGH AND YOU GET UP YOUR MOTION AND A SECOND THEN YOU CAN OPEN UP FOR DISCUSSION AND THEN TAKE A VOTE AFTER THAT. SO THOSE ITEMS THEY'RE LISTED ON THE AGENDA. THE ONES THAT WILL NEED THE VOTES OF JUST WHILE I'M DOING MY REPORT YOU CAN THINK THROUGH THAT AND THAT BE ALL SET. ALL RIGHT.

SO I WANT TO SHARE MY SCREEN WITH IT. >> PICK THE RIGHT ONE TO SHARE . ALL RIGHT. HOPEFULLY YOU SEE OUR MAP COMING UP IN FRONT OF YOU. AND IN JUST A SECOND WE CAN SEE THAT MIKE I CAN ONLY SEE A COUPLE OF YOU FOLKS. DAVID, DO YOU SEE THAT THERE WERE I DO.

I DO. YES. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. SO WE'LL START OFF THE DIRECTORS REPORT AS YOU CAN SEE, THAT'S OUR. AS OF NEXT THURSDAY THAT WILL BE THE THE ROUTE MAP.

SO WE'LL USE ONE OF THOSE CITIES WILL NONSTOP SERVICE. WE'LL START ON THE TWENTY SEVENTH. UNITED WILL ADD FOR THE CITIES AND ON THE 28 AND THE OTHER I THINK IT'S FOUR THEN TWO IS OTHER OTHER THEY'RE ADDING THAT WHOLE COMPANY WILL BE OPEN BY MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND OKATIE. QUICK UPDATE ON THE LEGISLATION.

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SO THAT IS NOW LAW. AND SO THAT WILL DEFINITELY HELP SAFEGUARD THE FUNDING STREAM THAT IT'S CURRENTLY IN PLACE FOR THE AIRPORTS IN THE STATE.

BUT IT SHOULD INCREASE ADD TO IT AND ALSO ANTICIPATE A BIT OF A SHORTFALL THAT THAT WOULD HAPPEN IN 22 BECAUSE THE RECEIPTS, THE TAX REVENUES, THE RECEIPTS FROM THOSE REVENUES ACTUALLY LAGGED BY A FULL YEAR. SO THE COVE IT AFFECTED OF THOSE REVENUES WOULD NOT BE FELT UNTIL 2022. BUT THIS LEGISLATION SHOULD HELP THAT.

I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BRING IT BACK TO THE NORMAL BUT IT SHOULD HELP SMOOTH OUT JUST A LITTLE BIT. AND THEN GOING FORWARD INTO FOR FUTURE YEARS THEN THE FULL COMPLEMENT OF THE AIRLINES IS AIRLINE PROPERTY TAX WILL BE PUT INTO THE STATE AVIATION FUND WHICH IS A BIG DEAL. AND THAT'S GOING TO RESULT IN SOME DECENT FUNDING LEVELS FOR THE AIRPORTS. AND IT'S ALSO TO GIVE THE STATE AN OPPORTUNITY TO FUND MORE OF THE COMMERCIAL SERVICE AIRPORTS WHICH IT PREVIOUSLY COULD NOT DO.

SO THE LOBBYING EFFORT THAT GOT THAT ACROSS THE FINISH LINE AND IT REALLY GOT THE JUICE BEHIND THAT NOT ITEM UP AT THE STATE HOUSE WAS FUNDED BY THE COMMERCIAL AIRPORT.

SO WE DID WE HELPED TO FUND THAT AND THEN THE OTHER COMMERCIAL AIRPORTS DID AS WELL. I THINK SOME OF THE JAYS MIGHT HAVE THROWN IN A LITTLE BIT BUT THAT WAS MOSTLY FUNDED BY THE COMMERCIAL AIRPORTS. SO SINCE THAT WAS THE CASE THEN THE THE FRUITS OF THOSE EFFORTS NEED IN SOME POOR PART TO COME BACK TO THE COMMERCIAL AIRPORTS. SO WE ALREADY SEE SOME OF THAT .

BUT THE OTHER AIRPORTS LIKE CHARLES AND GREENVILLE MYRTLE BEACH AND COLUMBIA DON'T SO THEY THEY WILL BE SEEING SOME OF THE FRUITS OF THAT IN THE FUTURE.

SO A BIG EFFORT THAT WAS A MONUMENTAL ONE TO GET FINISHED .

NOW I DO SOME PHOTOS FOR YOU KIND OF A FUN MONTH BEFORE. EXACTLY.

THEY HAD A FEW DIFFERENT TYPES OF AIRCRAFT COME TO VISIT AS YOU CAN SEE HAS A MARINE CORPS HELICOPTERS COME IN AND SOME JETS TO I DON'T THINK THIS AIRPLANE IN THE MIDDLE THERE ACTUALLY LANDED ON THE WATER. HAD ANY INTENTION OF IT BUT IT WOULD BE FUN TO WATCH A LITTLE BIT OF A NOVELTY AIRPLANE ON THE RIGHT THERE AT AND COULD PROJECT OUT THERE.

I KNOW IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE MUCH FOR A PARKING LOT CLEANUP BUT IT WAS REALLY A LONG TIME COMING TO GET THAT PLACE FIXED UP AND CLEANED UP AND GET ALL THE SPACES RE STRIPED.

SO NOW IT'S A NICE CLEAN NEAT LOOKING PARKING LOT. THAT BETTER REFLECTS WHAT WE WANT THE AIRPORT TO LOOK AND FEEL LIKE OUT THERE RW. SO GREAT JOB AND I WON'T GIVE A HUGE SHOUT OUT AGAIN TO COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS. THEY DID ALL THIS WORK FOR US AND IT DIDN'T COST THE AIRPORT ANYTHING. SO PUBLIC WORKS HAS BEEN JUST AN OUTSTANDING PARTNER REALLY IN THE LAST PROBABLY TWO OR THREE YEARS REALLY REALLY STAND OUT. WE'VE GOT MORE PROJECTS TO WORK WITH THEM ON AT BOTH AIRPORTS BUT IT'S AWFULLY NICE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, OTHER DEPARTMENTS OF THE COUNTY HELPING US OUT.

SO HOPEFULLY AT SOME POINT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE CAN HELP THEM TO .

ALL RIGHT. >> AND THEN LET'S SEE WHAT WE DO HAVE A NEW FACEBOOK PAGE FOR AIR DEBBIE PAUL. GOT THIS SET UP FOR US. HE DID SOME RESEARCH AND HAD DECENT TROUBLESHOOTING AND I THINK TAKE IT DOWN AN OLD FACEBOOK PAGE AND THEN STANDING THIS ONE UP WILL BE THEN HAS MADE THERE IS NOW A FACEBOOK PAGE AND HE KEEPS IT UPDATED SO YOU'LL SEE IF WE HAVE SOME MORE OF THOSE FUN PHOTOS AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO KEEP THAT FRESH AND FOLKS CAN CAN COMMENT ON IT AND YOU KNOW, IT GIVES OUR VISITORS A CHANCE TO LOG SOME OF THEIR THEIR EXPERIENCES AS WELL. SO THANK YOU, PAUL, FOR PUTTING THAT TOGETHER. THAT'S A GOOD DEAL. THE IT IS UP OUR SOCIAL MEDIA FUEL STARTS OFF. WE GET A CHANCE TO BREEZE THROUGH THESE BEFORE THE MEETING BUT JUST AN AWESOME FUEL. IN APRIL SOME OF THAT JET WAS DEFINITELY HELPED BY THE MARINE CORPS HELICOPTER UNIT THAT CAME IN FOR SOME FUEL BUT IT WAS A WAY A LOT OF JETS AND TURBINES OUT THERE ANYWAY DURING APRIL. IS A GREAT MONTH FOR US AND THAT DEFINITELY REFLECTS GAS WAS WAS STRONG AS WELL. VERY, VERY STRONG.

JUST A LOT OF FLYING GOING ON, A LOT OF FLYING STRUCTURED SO THAT OUR GAS REALLY PEAK SO STRONG MONTHS AND NOW WE'RE DEFINITELY THANKFUL FOR THAT. AND KIND A GOOD NEWS STORY AS YOU'LL SEE ONE OF OUR ACTION ITEMS IS INCREASE A PURCHASE ORDER AMOUNT TO BUY FUELS FOR RESALE. SO WHAT WE DID IS WE ACTUALLY OUTRAN OUR PURCHASE ORDER FOR THIS YEAR. SO WE HAVE TO GET MORE MORE APPROVED SO WE CAN BUY MORE FUEL TO SELL MORE FUEL. SO WE BEAT THE COVID FREDETTE PROJECTIONS WHICH IS GREAT.

WE DID KIND OF ADJUST OUR LAST YEAR WHEN ONE CODE HIT BUT WE BEAT THAT AND WE'RE GOING TO

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SO A GOOD NEWS STORY THAT THIS MORE STARTS FOR THE OPERATIONS VERY STRONG MONTH AND OPERATIONS AGAIN. SO LOTS INSTRUCTION GOING ON OUT THERE.

AND THEN THE TOTAL FUEL FLOW THERE IS AS YOU CAN SEE VERY, VERY STRONG MONTHS OF HOPING TO CONTINUE THAT AND REALLY DO WELL IN THE SPRING SUMMER ALWAYS FALLING OFF A LITTLE BIT AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE SLIDE HERE BECAUSE THE TEMPERATURES BUT WE CAN CARRY STRONG SPRING AND HOPEFULLY ADD GAS WILL STAY STRONG AND CARRY US TO THE SUMMER BITING QUESTIONS ON

BEFORE EXECUTIVE. >> BEFORE GOING TO HILTON HEAD YOU HAVE TO JUST JUST SAY JUST TALK OUT LOUD. I CAN'T I CAN'T SEE FOLKS. IT'S GOT CHRYSLER GOING AHEAD.

PIPE UP JOHN AMES JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY WHEN YOU COMPARE TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN REVENUE IT IS NOT GROSS BUT NET REVENUES FROM FUEL AND WHERE YOU'RE PROJECTING NOW WITH THE

LOWER FUEL PRICES BUT GREATER VOLUME. >> BUT WHAT'S IT LOOK LIKE?

>> WELL, I THINK THAT A LOT OF IT DEPENDS ON WHERE WE WERE. WE SET THOSE PRICES OBVIOUSLY AND WE'RE STILL IT'S NOT AN EXACT SCIENCE THERE BUT YES, THE VINES ARE DEFINITELY UP ON THE AFGHAN SIDE. I THINK THAT THAT WILL WILL AT LEAST STAY A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF WHERE WE WERE IN THE PAST. BUT WE HOPE TO INCREASE THAT A LITTLE BIT.

SOME OF THAT'S GOING TO BE ON THE JET SIDE. PROBABLY MOST OF THEM THE MARGIN IS GOING TO COME ON THE JET SIDE. SO THE REASON FOR THAT IS THAT A LOT OF THAT GOES COSTS ARE GOING TO BE PASSED THROUGH THESE THREE CHARTER COMPANIES AND THAT ANYWAY AND FOR THE MOST PART THE FOLKS ARE FLYING ON THOSE TURBINE AIRCRAFT AND YOU KNOW, THE JETS ARE NOT REALLY SHOPPING FOR A GAS STATION THE WAY THE PISTON GUYS MIND. SO WE THINK WE CAN DO A LITTLE BIT BETTER ON THE MARGIN ON THE JET FUEL. SO THE GOAL IS TO STAY ON A MINIMUM STAY LEVEL OF WHAT WE DID IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS BUT HOPEFULLY BUILD ON THAT. SO WE JUST DON'T KNOW YET BECAUSE WE'RE NOT EVEN A FULL YEAR INTO THIS YET. SO THERE'S NOT REALLY GOOD BENCHMARKS SET WITH THIS MODEL IN PLACE. SO WE'LL LET THE YEAR PLAY OUT.

OBVIOUSLY WE TAKE A LITTLE CONSIDERATION FOR COVERED ALTHOUGH THAT ACTUALLY

SEEMS TO HAVE HELPED US ON THE AFGHAN SIDE. >> SO WHAT ABOUT WHAT ABOUT OPERATION RWA? ARE THEY UP BECAUSE OF FUEL PRICES? I THINK PARTLY THAT IS THE CASE BUT I ALSO THINK THAT WE'VE SEEN A HUGE INCREASE IN FLIGHT INSTRUCTION. SO WE'VE GOT A LOT OF FLIGHT TRAINING, A LOT OF PATTERN WORK UP THERE. A LOT OF FOLKS TOUCH AND GO. SO I THINK THAT ACCOUNTS FOR A LOT OF OUR OPERATIONS AND AGAIN JUST HAVE TO SEE THERE'S A LOT OF PATCHES OFF T-SHIRTS HAVE GONE INTO THE HOLIDAY UP AND RW SO IT'S PRETTY EXCITING TO SEE YOU.

WE'RE GOING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO DISPLAY IT, MAKE A BIG DEAL OUT OF IT.

BUT THERE'S A LOT OF NEW PILOTS COMING OUT AT OUR IOW. THAT'S GREAT.

THANK YOU JOHN. APPRECIATE IT. YES, SIR.

THANK JOHN IF I COULD. SURE. GO AHEAD.

ALSO WE DO HAVE A LOT OF TRAFFIC IN HERE FOR THE GOLF AND EVERYTHING.

IN APRIL WE HAD OVER 500 PEOPLE COME IN HERE AND THEN EXCUSE ME IN MARCH AND IN APRIL THAT JUMPED UP OVER 700 PEOPLE ASKING TOURS COME IN HERE THAT WERE DROPPED OFF.

WOULD YOU CALL? SO A LOT OF THAT IS THE CHARTER SERVICE IS PICKING UP AS WELL.

>> THANK YOU. THAT WAS PAUL CHAPMAN AND I'M GLAD HE MENTIONED THOSE THOSE NUMBERS, IF YOU WILL. WE GET SOMEBODY WHO'S NOT ON ME.

SO JUST JUMP BACK ON ME THEORY ON THE BACKGROUND NOISE. WHAT DID OUR FOLKS OUR STAFF UP IN R.W. A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO STARTED TRACKING THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE COMING IN ON THE AIRCRAFT AND WE USE THAT JUST TO JUST TO KEEP TRACK OF THE NUMBER OF VISITORS BECAUSE EVERYBODY IS FLYING IN FROM SOMEPLACE ELSE AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO REPORT THAT TO THE TOURISM FOLKS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT AN IMPORTANT GATEWAY OR W FORMER FOR THE COUNTY. ALL RIGHT.

SO MOVING ON TO HILTON HEAD NOW JUST A LITTLE SYNOPSIS HERE WHAT SOME WILL COVER LATER ON

THE AGENDA. >> YEAH, THE NEW BUSINESS POWER AGREEMENT WE'LL GET ALL THIS STUFF AS WE MOVE FORWARD. BUT JUST KIND OF AN INTRO. SO THIS IS A HEADS UP.

WHAT'S GOING ON? DOES ANYBODY ELSE GET THAT BACKGROUND NOISE?

>> YEAH, I'M GETTING IT, TOM. >> BUT I LOOK DOWN THE LIST AND IT SHOWS EVERYBODY ON MUTE OTHER THAN YOU I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'VE COME FROM. I KNOW.

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SO THEY WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE PROJECT UPDATE. NOTHING ALL THAT NOTEWORTHY TO REPORT HERE. OH, THEN THE TWO GATES AT THE MET RIBAUT GATE AND THEN THE GATE OVER IT. THEY HAD BEEN BUILDING WE'VE GOT THOSE TWO UP AND RUNNING NOW. SO I'M NOT SURE IF THE MEDEVAC IS 100 PERCENT OPERATIONAL YET BUT THOSE HAVE BEEN INSTALLED WHILE THE CONTROLLERS ARE IN PLACE AND I WORK WITH ROCK AND ROLL AND THERE AT LEAST AT THE ADMIN SIDE. SO THAT'S A NICE ADDITION FOR THE AIRLINES GO EVEN THOUGH MOST OF MOST OF SOCIETY IS IS STARTING YOU KNOW, PEEL OFF THE MASK AND GET VACCINATED AND GET BACK TO A LITTLE BIT OF A SEMBLANCE OF NORMALCY.

THE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW DOES THAT APPLY TO THE AIR TRAVEL? BUT THAT MANDATE THAT FEDERAL MANDATE FOR ALL FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS AND TRACK KNOW BUSES, YOU KNOW, AVIATION TRAVEL THAT IS STILL ON THE CURB TO CURB CONCEPT.

SO ONCE YOU BEGIN YOUR TRAVEL AT AN AIRPORT YOU NEED TO BE IN YOUR MASK ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO YOUR FINAL DESTINATION WHEN YOU LEAVE THE YOUR YOUR LAST TERMINAL YOU PULL THE MASK OFF BUT THAT'S STILL IN PLACE. RIGHT NOW THE DEADLINE FOR THAT IS SEPTEMBER 13TH.

WE'LL SEE WHETHER OR NOT THAT GETS ADJUSTED. AND YOU KNOW, IF YOU'VE LOST A LITTLE BIT OF THE NEWS , THINGS HAVE BEEN BOUNCING AROUND PRETTY PRETTY FREQUENTLY THE PAST WEEK OR TWO. SO WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS THERE.

JUST STAY TUNED ON THAT. IN THE MEANTIME, CONTINUE TO HAVE AT LEAST UP MASK WITH YOUR CASE. YOU NEED IT AND FEEL FREE TO CHECK IN WITH YOUR AIRLINES BEFORE YOU TRAVEL. THAT'S THAT'S ALWAYS YOUR BEST BET.

AND THEN THE REAL I.D. DEADLINE. JUST A REMINDER KEEP EVERYBODY IN THE LOOP TALKING ABOUT THIS KIND OF ON AND OFF FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW ON THAT DEADLINE KEEPS GETTING MOVED. BUT MY ADVICE WOULD BE DON'T GET UP AGAINST THAT DEADLINE.

IT'S PRETTY EASY TO DO IF YOU'RE NOT IN A RUSH EVERYTHING'S TOUGHER OR WHEN YOU'RE UP AGAINST A TIMELINE OR A DEADLINE TO GET THAT DONE. YOU'LL BE GLAD YOU DID AND JUST HAVE IT OUT OF THE WAY. THAT'S A REAL I.D. THIS IS OUR NEWEST MEMBER OF THE FAMILY AT HILTON HEAD AIRPORT. THIS IS A SWEET DOG NAMED ZORA AND SHE'S A COMFORT DOG COMFORT ANIMAL AND THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN A THERAPY DOG. A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THAT THE SAME THING. BUT A LOT OF TIMES, YOU KNOW, THERAPY DOGS ARE NOT THERE TO BE LOVED ON AND YOU KNOW IT AND STUFF LIKE THAT BECAUSE THE THERAPY DOG IS IS TRAINED FOR A SPECIFIC INDIVIDUAL AND INDIVIDUAL'S VERY PARTICULAR NEEDS WHEREAS A COMFORT DOG.

WHEREAS THE SAME LITTLE OR VERY SIMILAR KIND OF PAPER IN BEST IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT THAT.

BUT ON THAT ONE IT SAYS PLEASE PET ME AND IT'S JUST IT IS THE SWEETEST DOGS SIT THERE AND WATCH IT PATTER AND TALK TO EVERYTHING AND IT'S IT'S NICE DURING THE BUSY DAYS IN THE TERMINAL IT'S JUST TO HAVE A FRIENDLY DOG BEAUTIFUL SOFT DOG JUST WALKING AROUND AND AND JUST BEING THERE FOR FOLKS TO PET. TALK TO MEN AND JUST CALM DOWN.

IT'S AMAZING THE EFFECT THAT SHE HAS AN ANIMAL SO REAL EXCITED TO HAVE HER ON BOARD.

IF YOU MAY REMEMBER WE HAD SASHA A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND SHE WAS GREAT SERVICES.

ZORA IS THE NEXT GENERATION OF COMFORT DOGS SO WE SEE HER A LOT INSIDE THE TERMINAL BY

DIGITAL BILLBOARDS. >> I SENSE SOME OF THESE OUT TO YOU.

BUT I WANTED TO INCLUDE THAT HERE AS WELL. YOU CAN SEE BUT WE TRAVEL UP AND DOWN 170. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THESE REAL BRIGHT COLORED ONES THAT POP UP AND WE'RE CYCLING THROUGH SEVERAL DAYS I THINK WE HAVE SIX OR SEVEN MAYBE MORE OF THESE. THEY'RE CYCLING THROUGH THAT DIGITAL BILLBOARD DEPENDING ON WHEN YOU COME THROUGH. YOU'LL GET TO SEE A DIFFERENT CITY ON THEIR BUT WE HAD AN AGENCY HELP US PUT THESE TOGETHER AND WE WORK WITH ADAMS OUTDOOR ON THIS.

SO WE LIKE AND THEY'RE SIMPLE AND THEY'RE EYE CATCHING THE COLORS DEFINITELY POP OUT AT ESPECIALLY ON A DIGITAL BOARD. IT LOOKS THEY LOOK REALLY, REALLY GOOD AT NIGHT TOO EARLY MORNING. I SEE HIM. I SEE HIM WHEN IT'S DARK ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. SO THEY'RE THEY'RE REALLY LOOKING GOOD OUT THERE AND OUR ROUTE MAP ALSO SHOWS UP. SO THAT'S NICE. AND WE JUST REALLY WANT TO REMIND LOCAL FOLKS WHERE WE DON'T WANT TO JUST AVERAGE KINDS OF FOLKS WHO ARE YOU KNOW, IN THE INBOUND MARKETS IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE OUTBOUND PASSENGERS AS WELL.

AND JUST LET PEOPLE KNOW THEY'VE GOT OPTIONS RIGHT HERE ON THAT ISLAND.

SO I'VE GOT A FEW FRIENDS AND BEAUFORT WHO ARE COMING DOWN THIS WAY TO FLY OUT.

MY FATHER WAS FLYING OUT ON THE PHILADELPHIA FLIGHT TOMORROW. SO EXCITED TO HAVE A BAGEL OFF OF THAT NONSTOP SERVICE. SO THIS THERE IS A LOT OF FOLKS AROUND HERE LOOKING FOR THOSE THOSE NONSTOP FLIGHTS AND THEN WE STILL HAVE TRADITIONAL BILLBOARDS.

I THINK I MENTIONED BEFORE WE STILL HAD THE ONE ON I 95 JUST BEFORE AN ACCIDENT.

SO IF YOU'RE COMING UP FROM SAVANNAH, IF YOU MADE THAT BIG MISTAKE OF FLYING DOWN THERE AND COMING UP HERE YOU HAVE A BILLBOARD REMINDING YOU NEXT TIME YOU COME RIGHT TO THE ISLAND. AND THEN IF YOU'RE TRYING TO SNEAK IN THE BACK WAY THROUGH

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>> ALL RIGHT. HOW DID THE FAMILIES HEARD ABOUT THIS GROUP? BLACK KEYS TO DOORS DEL CIELO. SPANISH IS NOT GREAT. THIS GROUP WAS IN VISITING HIM ON THAT ISLAND LAST WEEK. AND WE WORKED WE WERE SIGNATURE WORK LIKE CRAZY TO GET READY FOR THIS. WE HAD DATE WITH THE FAA CLOSED DOWN PART OF TAX WAY OUT BUT IT ORDERED THAT ALL THESE JETS BECAUSE WE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF A HEADS UP THAT WE COULD SEE SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 25 TO 40 LARGE JETS. AND WE WE JUST WEREN'T SURE HOW TO TAKE THAT. IT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT WAS REALLY WE GOT MUCH MORE NOTICE ABOUT THAN THAT. IT WAS JUST YOU MIGHT YOU MIGHT BE SEEING THIS AND THEY CAME THEY DEFINITELY STARTED DROPPING OUT OF THE SKY LAST THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND WE ENDED UP WITH WITH 43 JETS ON THE RAMP. THAT'S THE MOST WE'VE EVER HAD OUT THERE. IT WAS INCREDIBLE. A HUGE HATS OFF.

I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH IN THIS MEETING CONTEXT ABOUT WHAT SIGNATURE DID TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. THEY WERE JUST RUNNING AROUND MARSHALING THESE AIRPLANES.

THEY HAD LOTS OF EXTRA STAFF OUT THERE AND EVERYTHING WAS DONE REALLY SAFELY AND REALLY EFFICIENTLY AND I WAS IMPRESSED ALAN OVER AND JUST JUST STOOD THERE AND HORSE DROOL ALL OVER THE PLACE THAT THESE AIRPLANES BUT JUST MARVEL AT THE PROFESSIONALISM OF OUR FBO MOVING THESE BIG JETS AROUND MARSHALING THESE PILOTS IN THAT TO THE SPOTS AND YOU KNOW, IN AND OUT IN YOU KNOW, WING WALKERS ALL OVER THE PLACE BUT LOTS OF EXTRA FOLKS OUT THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS EFFICIENT AND VERY, VERY SAFE BECAUSE THESE ARE NOT THAT YOU WANT TO BUMP ANY AIRPLANE IN ANY OTHER AIRPLANE BUT WHEN THEY'RE IN THE 60 TO 70 MILLION DOLLAR RANGE, YOU REALLY DON'T WANT TO DO THAT. SO I SAY A COUPLE OF PICTURES OF SOME OF THE AIRPLANES THAT WERE OUT THERE. IT'S A G 650 PARK NEXT TO A GLOBAL EXPRESS. SIX THOUSAND TO THE BIG BOYS OUT THERE AND THAT'S A FRONTAL VIEW OF THE 650 JUST A GORGEOUS, GORGEOUS AIRPLANE AND THAT'S ANOTHER GLOBAL 6000.

AND I SEE ALL 600 NEXT TO IT. IT'S A PRETTY PRETTY AIRPLANES OUT THERE.

AND THEN THERE ARE COUNTY ADMINISTRATORS HAS TAKEN UP ABOUT ONCE A MONTH.

HE ASKED A COUPLE OF DEPARTMENTS TO SUBMIT A PERSONNEL PROFILE ON ONE OF THEIR STAFF. AND AS OF THE PAST MONTH WE SUBMITTED SAW HIS NAME.

SO MANY GUYS MIGHT KNOW HE SAW BUT HE SAW BROWN HAD BEEN A FIREFIGHTER AND OUR FIGHTER THAT ISLAND FOR TWENTY SEVEN AND A HALF YEARS BEFORE THAT HE RETIRED FOR THE MARINE CORPS AS A CRASH FIRE RESCUE GUY. SO HE HAS DONE A LOT OF THIS IN HIS LIFETIME.

AND IF ANYBODY IS AN EXPERT MR. HE SAW AS AN EXPERT. WE LOVE MYSTERY SAW.

HE'S THE SENIOR SENIOR ON OUR TEAM WHEN WE NEED TO GET SOMETHING DONE.

I COULD JUST WHEREVER EASILY HE MIGHT NOT BE ON DUTY. I CAN CALL A SAW AND WHETHER IT'S A PERSONAL MATTER THAT SOMEBODY NEEDS HELP WITH OR SOMETHING ON THE AIRFIELD.

HE JUMPS RIGHT ON IT. SO THE BEST FRIEND YOU COULD ASK FOR.

JUST AN AWESOME MEMBER OF THE TEAM. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HIGHLIGHTED THIS AND LET YOU KNOW TOO THAT THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR IS TRYING TO HIGHLIGHT THE STANDOUT STAFF THAT WE HAVE GOT GREAT PEOPLE WORKING ON THE COUNTY AND IT IS GOOD THAT THEY GET SOME RECOGNITION. SO BIG SHOUT OUT TO EYESORE.

WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE HIM ON THE TEAM. HE'S WORKING TODAY TOO.

SO IF YOU'RE BY THE AIRPORT AND SEE HIM GIVE LOVE HIM A PAT ON THE BACK.

WE'RE EXTREMELY LUCKY TO HAVE MR. EZZAT. THANKS FOR WHAT YOU DO.

HE SAW. ALL RIGHT. >> NOW WE GOT SOME BIG NEWS HERE. AND ESPOSITO IS OUR NEWEST SOUTH CAROLINA AERONAUTICS COMMISSIONER. DISTRICT 1 WHICH YOU CAN SEE THERE AND IN THE PURPLE HAD BEEN GAPPED FOR A NUMBER OF MONTHS BECAUSE OUR FORMER COMMISSIONER ACTUALLY MOVED OUT OF THE AREA SO IT CAN NO LONGER MAINTAIN THAT SEAT. AND WE'RE A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS BECAUSE WE THOUGHT THAT THAT SEAT MIGHT TRANSITION INTO THE CHARLESTON AREA AS IT TENDS TO DO AND KIND OF GET DOMINATED BY OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE NORTH. WELL, WE SUBMITTED ANN'S NAME AND THANKS TO COUNCILMAN RODMAN FOR REALLY PUSHING THIS UP THE STATE HOUSE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAD A GOOD, GOOD SOLID WIN BEHIND AND SHE WAS VOTED IN.

I THINK IT WAS LAST WEEK WE GOT THE WORD THAT SHE WAS VOTED IN AND SHE GOT HER FORMAL LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON. AND SO SHE IS A FULL FLEDGED MEMBER OF SCC AND AS SUCH SHE'LL BE ADVOCATING ON BEHALF OF AVIATION IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. SO EXTREMELY HAPPY WE KNOW THAT AND IS GONNA DO AN AWESOME JOB.

SHE'S GOING TO BE A FANTASTIC COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS I CAN'T SEE AND SO AND YOU HAVE TO SAY THAT ROB HAS GIVEN ME

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JOHN. >> WELL, WE'RE FRIDAY WE'LL WE'LL LET RETORTED ALL THE TIME

WITH NAVY BUT THANK YOU. >> I'M GLAD SHE STEPPED UP TO THIS AND LIKE I SAID, SHE COULD DO A FANTASTIC JOB AS A COMMISSIONER. SO WE'RE LUCKY, RIGHT?

>> IT'S ALWAYS INTERESTING TO ME TO LOOK AT THE DISTRICT MAPS BECAUSE THERE'S FEW OF THOSE A LITTLE AIRFIELDS OUT THERE. MARSHALL POINT PLUS MEDFIELD SALTY FAIR YOU KNOW PLACES THAT YOU MAY OR MAY NOT NORMALLY THINK ABOUT US AS AVIATION FACILITIES BUT TECHNICALLY THEY

ARE I GET A FEW STATS FOR EACH DAYS. >> HAD THIS IN YOUR BACKUP AS WELL BUT SOLID NOT THERE AS WELL. AND JUST KIND OF KEEP IN MIND IS THIS FOR YOU KNOW, MONTH TO COMPARISON PURPOSES? APRIL IS HERITAGE MONTH.

SO WE DID A BIT OF A BUMP THERE FROM HERITAGE COMMERCIAL AND THEN YOU'RE TOTAL FLOW VERSUS COMMERCIAL REALLY TICKING UP THERE AND WE'LL SEE THAT TICK UP AGAIN IN MAY FOR SURE AND

TOTAL FLOW. >> I GOT KIND OF INTERESTING LAST WEEK WITH THE HOPE PIPELINE FIASCO BECAUSE AS WE KNEW THAT THE KEYSTONE THE WERE FLYING IN THE NEWS OF THE PIPELINE BROKE AND WE JUST KIND OF WE HAD TO KEEP CHECKING AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY WERE GOOD OUR FUEL AND OTHER HATS OFF THE BAN AND THE SIGNATURE TEAM. THEY THEY WERE ON IT.

THEY DID HAVE TO ROLL TO BACK UP ON THAT THE PRIMARY SOURCE RAN DRY.

SO THEY HAD A HEAD ROLL BACK. SO THEY DID THAT. IT WAS SEAMLESS.

ARE GUY ON THIS SITE HAD NO IDEA YOU WOULDN'T KNOWN THAT THERE WAS ANY ISSUE OUT THERE.

BEN AND HIS CREW JUST DID A FANTASTIC JOB OF MANAGING THAT AND KEEPING EVERYBODY FULL OF FUEL. SO THANKS AGAIN TO THE SIGNATURE TEAM THIS YEAR A

PASSENGER STARTS YOU SEE THOSE ARE REALLY, REALLY GROWN. >> WE ADD WE'RE THIRTY FOUR THOUSAND PEOPLE THROUGH THE AIRPORT AND IN APRIL THAT'S WITH TWO AIRLINES.

SO THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO GROW THIS SUMMER OBVIOUSLY UNITED STARTED ON THE 6TH AND THEY'VE BEEN DOING PRETTY WELL MOVING THROUGH SO FAR IT LOOKS LIKE.

AND THEN OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, NEXT WEEKEND THEY'LL ADD THE THE ADDITIONAL FLIGHTS OF THE ADDITIONAL CITIES. SO THOSE NUMBERS GOING TO TREND UPWARDS WHICH IS EXCELLENT AND CERTAINLY GOOD. GOOD FOR THE FOR THE TOWN. GOOD FOR THE ISLAND AND GOOD FOR THE AIRPORT AS WELL. SO A LOT OF PEOPLE MOVING THROUGH THE FACILITY.

SO YOU KNOW, THERE'S GOODS AND BADS WITHOUT THERE ARE CHALLENGES THAT COME WITH THOSE NUMBERS. SO WE END UP DEALING WITH THAT. WE GIVE YOU ALL THE GOOD NEWS AND AND TRY TO DEAL WITH THE BAD NEWS OUTSIDE THE BOARD MEETING.

BUT THERE IS ALWAYS A LITTLE BIT OF STRESS THAT COMES WITH THAT.

BUT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO MANAGE THAT. SO GOOD NEWS THERE FOLKS ARE GETTING BACK TO TRAVELING AS I MENTIONED IN PAST MEETINGS SINCE WE ARE A TOURIST DESTINATION AND LEISURE TRAVELERS COMING BACK A GOOD BIT FASTER THAN BUSINESS TRAVEL. WE DEFINITELY ARE BENEFITING FROM THAT.

SO I THINK WE'LL CONTINUE TO SEE THOSE NUMBERS GO UP. >> BUT I REQUEST YOU MENTIONED BY ME AND MY WHY YOU SHOW YOU HAD A DATE. TWENTY THREE.

THEY EXTENDED THE DEADLINE TO GET AND THAT'S WHAT THE DEADLINE IS UP.

DID IT FORGET A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO YOU MAY 20, 20, 30.

>> RIGHT. >> THREE TWENTY THREE FIFTY SAY BRIEFING THAT ONE WITH THAT AND THEY SAID THEY WERE ALL YEAR NUMBER SO I GUESS THE WAY THAT WAS FEBRUARY.

>> BUT THAT'S THREE MONTHS LATER THERE'S JUST CHANGES. SO YEAH THAT'S A GOOD THAT'S A

GOOD THING. >> I'M GLAD TO HEAR IT. THANK YOU.

>> ANYBODY ELSE. ALL RIGHT. WELL IF NOT THEN THAT WILL CONCLUDE MY REPORT AND MR. CHAIRMAN, I WILL HAND IT BACK TO YOU AS WE ROLL INTO SOME OF THE BUSINESS IN ACTION. THANK YOU, JOHN. WELL DONE AS ALWAYS.

JOHN, THE ACTION ITEMS MOVING FORWARD, WOULD IT BE BEST FOR YOU? I'M NOT THAT FAMILIAR. THAT'S FOR YOU TO THINK I'M OK WITH QUICK SHOULD BE BORN AND THEN I'LL ASK PROMOTIONS AND SURE. ABSOLUTELY I CAN DO THAT.

ALL RIGHT. JUST GO. SO WE'LL START WITH.

GO AHEAD. START WITH NUMBER 10. THE FUEL PURCHASE ORDER REQUEST

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[9. NEW BUSINESS – JON REMBOLD ]

>> WELL, ACTUALLY TWO IS NO UNFINISHED BUSINESS BUT THERE IS TO SEE OTHER NEW BUSINESSES A TOWER AGREEMENT AND THEN REQUIRE ANY ACTION. BUT ALL THAT IS IS EVERY SO MANY YEARS THE FAA GOES BACK TO THE AIRPORT AND WE DO HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH OUR CONTRACT TOWER. SO THE FAA AND OTHER CERTAIN ITEMS AT THE AIRPORT MAINTAINS WITHIN THE TOWER THEN THE FAA AGREES TO CONTRACT TO THE STAFF THAT RUNS THE TOWER.

AND SO WE'RE JUST EVERY PIECE ABOUT A ROUTE FOR FIVE YEARS. WE UPDATE THE.

JUST A SIGNATURE THAT GOING ALONG WITH THAT AGREEMENT. SO WORKING THROUGH THAT PROCESS NOW WITH GENERAL KKR AND THE BOARD ACTUALLY I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE KEEPING ALL

[10. BEAUFORT EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (ARW) – FUEL PURCHASE ORDER REQUEST FOR TITAN AVIATION FUELS – VOTE ]

BUT WE'VE ALREADY HAD THE PUBLIC FACILITIES COMMITTEE OF COUNTY COUNCIL THAT'S CHAIRED BY MR. ROBIN THEY APPROVE THIS IS AND IT'S A NINETY THOUSAND DOLLAR INCREASE PURCHASE ORDER WHICH BASICALLY JUST GIVES US A LITTLE BIT MORE ROOM ARE EXPENSIVE AND SO WE COULD PURCHASE THAT FUEL AND THEN RESELL IT. SO WE RESELL IT AT AT A PROFIT.

SO IT'S A BENEFIT TO THE COUNTY. BUT WE JUST WANT TO GET THE BOARD TO VOTE ON THAT SO THAT YOU'RE ON RECORD PROVING THAT'S OK.

>> THAT BEING SAID, FIRST WILL OPEN UP FOR DISCUSSION. GOTCHA QUESTIONS I GOT ON THE ACTION ITEM YOU'LL PURCHASE ORDER, RIGHT? NO.

SO WE PUT THIS UP FOR A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR TREATMENT IF YOU WILL PURCHASE ORDER REFRESHMENTS FUELS BY EITHER HAND MOTION OR SAYING HI EVERYBODY IN FAVOR YOU OPPOSE SEEING LINES AND NO OPPOSITION TO THAT IS APPROVED EXPEDITING NEXT PERMITS SQUEAKS YOU WANT

[11. 2021 HILTON HEAD ISLAND AIRPORT DIGITAL CAMPAIGN - VOTE ]

DISCUSSION AND THEN TAKE YOUR VOTE. >> JUST DO SO SOMEBODY WATCHES THIS THIS MOVIE WITH POPCORN LATER ON THAT DAY THEY SAY YEAH, THOSE GUYS REALLY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING OUT THERE. SO THANKS FOR THE ADVICE. ABSOLUTELY NO PROBLEM.

I DON'T KNOW. WE DON'T HAVE A FORMAL PARLIAMENTARIAN SO I'LL FAKE MY WAY THROUGH THAT. ALL RIGHT. SECOND ONE IS THE HILTON HEAD ISLAND AIRPORT DIGITAL CAMPAIGN . THAT'S A FANCY WAY SAYING THAT WE'RE DOING SOME COOPERATIVE ADVERTISING AGAIN WITH THE HILTON HEAD ISLAND BOSTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE VISITOR CONVENTION BUREAU. WE'VE DONE THIS THE LAST TWO YEARS AS WELL. SO YOU MAY RECALL THAT BUT THIS IS A IT'S AN ITEM THAT HAS AN EXPENSE THAT'S HIGH ENOUGH THAT WE NEED TO TAKE IT TO COMMITTEE .

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE THAT A A COMMITTEE IN JUNE AND THAT'LL BE THOSE EXPENSES WILL BE INCURRED IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. THAT'S A SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLAR CAMPAIGN THE SAME PRICE WISE AS IT WAS LAST YEAR. WE TAKE LAST YEAR'S CAMPAIGN, TWEAK IT A LITTLE BIT, ADD SOME THINGS AND REFOCUS IT AND THEN PUT IT BACK OUT FOR THIS YEAR SO THAT THE MAIN PUSH ON THAT TYPE OF CAMPAIGN IS TO TARGET FOLKS WHO ARE ALREADY THINKING ABOUT TRAVEL. SO IT'S SOME OF IT'S A LITTLE BIT CREEPY BECAUSE IT'S LIKE YOU KNOW, THE AD ON THE SIDE OF YOUR INTERNET SEARCH THAT TRACK YOU AS YOU GO AND IF YOU GO TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, TRAVEL OF ANY SORT, YOU GUYS START SEEING HILTON HEAD ISLAND AIRPORT ADS POPPING UP AROUND YOU. SO THAT'S HOW THAT WORKS WHERE WE TRY TO TARGET FOLKS WHO ARE LOOKING AT TRAVEL SO THAT IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFECTIVE CAMPAIGN. THERE ARE SOME OTHER PIECES TO GO WITH THAT AS WELL.

AND WE'LL LET YOU KNOW SOME THAT'S STILL BEING CREATIVE. WE'RE TRYING TO TARGET SOME OF THOSE REALLY COOL NEW MARKETS LIKE BOSTON AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

SO THAT'S WHAT THAT CAMPAIGN MEANS. WE'VE GOT A GREAT PARTNER, THE DCP. THEY BRING AN AWESOME FIRM WITH THEM TO HELP BUT THAT'S WHAT THAT IS. THAT CAMPAIGN ROLE IS ABOUT A SIX CAMPAIGN PROMISE HASN'T

KICKED OFF YET TO KICK OFF AN EITHER JUNE OR JULY. >> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, JOHN. WE'LL LOOK AT IT FOR DISCUSSIONS.

QUESTIONS AND REFERENCE CAN BE BASED ON I JUST. COME ON, JOHN.

>> JIM BUCKLEY, WHEN THE DIGITAL CAMPAIGN GETS COMPLETED I RECALL PRIOR HERE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET A REPORT ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF IT IS TRACKING THAT AND A FOLLOW UP REPORT PART OF THE PROGRAM IT IS AS A GREAT, GREAT QUESTION AND YES, IT ABSOLUTELY IS PART

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278 EITHER ON THE ISLAND OR JUST OFF THE ISLAND IN BOSTON? >> NO, NOT FOR THIS.

THIS IS STRICTLY THIS CAMPAIGN IS ALL FOR INBOUND MARKETING. >> ALL RIGHT.

NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. NEED THE MOTION TO ON THE. HERE'S SOME CAMPAIGNING I COULD HAVE LUNCHEON TIM BUCKLEY TELL YOU THEY NEED TO SECOND GUESS YOU'VE GOT A SECOND.

SO JUST TAKE A VOTE ON A LOT OF THE CAMPAIGN. SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY OR SIGNAL WAITING OR AN ALL OPPOSED. SO YOU WERE OPPOSED SO YOU WITH YOUR HAND SAYING HOW FAVORITE GUYS IS LET'S CALL IT AN EARLY ONE IF YOU LIKE TO GO TO NUMBER

[12. HILTON HEAD ISLAND AIRPORT (HXD) – CONTRACT CHANGE ORDER NO. FOUR-FINAL -QUALITY ENTERPRISES USA, INC. -RUNWAY 3 EXTENSION - VOTE (Part 1 of 2) ]

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO WORD IS YOU KNOW, THE RUNWAY EXTENSION TOOK PLACE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. THE GRANT IS ABOUT READY TO BE CLOSED OUT. AND SO AT THE END OF A PROJECT LIKE THAT WE DO KIND OF A RECONCILIATION CHANGE ORDER TO CATCH ANY LOOSE ENDS THAT WERE THAT WERE NOT CAUGHT DURING THE PROJECT. BUT ALSO IN THE CASE OF THIS PROJECT THERE WAS ADDITIONAL GRANT FUNDING THAT WAS STILL AVAILABLE AT THE END OF THE CONSTRUCTION.

AND ONE OF THE BYPRODUCTS OF THE PROJECT WAS YOU ALL OF OUR NEW AGE LIGHTING AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND WE WERE ABLE TO PURCHASE SOME RUBBER MATS.

THEY GO AROUND OUR EDGE LIGHTING. AND WHAT THAT DOES IS IT HELPS TO MINIMIZE THE VEGETATION THAT GROWS UP REAL CLOSE TO THE EDGE.

LIGHT CAN BE A REAL, REAL TROUBLESOME THING TO MAINTAIN. AND IT ALSO HELPS TO ELIMINATE SOME OF THE EROSION THAT SOMETIMES TAKES PLACE RIGHT NEXT TO THE EDGE LIGHTS ALL THOSE BOTH VEGETATION AND EROSION ARE PART 139 INSPECTION VIOLATIONS.

SO BY PURCHASING THESE MATS IT HELPS TO REDUCE THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING THOSE AS INSPECTED VIOLATIONS AND KEEPS A LITTLE BIT SAFER OUT THERE AND LONG TERM MAINTENANCE IS GOING TO REDUCE THAT MANUS COST A LITTLE BIT. SO THAT WAS I WANT TO SAY THAT WAS ABOUT TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN CHANGE OF THE TOTAL CHANGE ORDER.

SO THE LION'S SHARE OF THAT WAS ADDING THOSE THOSE MATH AROUND ALL OF OUR FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY EIGHT LIGHT. WHAT WE NEED THOUGH BECAUSE THAT THAT CHANGE OR AMOUNT ACTUALLY INCREASES THE CONTRACT AMOUNT FOR QUALITY ENTERPRISES NEEDS TO BE APPROVED BY YOU AND THEN IT MOVES ON THROUGH COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL FOR FINAL APPROVALS.

OK, THANK YOU JOHN. THAT MEANS THAT WE'LL OPEN THE FLOOR AGAIN FOR QUESTIONS, DISCUSSIONS, COMMENTS ANYBODY IS MARK BAILEY. JOHN, QUICK QUESTION.

YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE INCREASE IN COST WAS A RESULT OF AN INCREASE IN SCOPE.

WHILE THE WORK WAS ONGOING. THAT WHAT I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY? YES, SIR. YOU GOT IT. OK, THANK YOU, JOHN.

>> JUST ONE OTHER QUESTION. THIS APPEARS TO BE THE FINAL CHANGE OR THIS WILL CLOSE OUT IN GRANT MONEY FROM AN EXPENSIVE THIS IS THE FINAL FIGHT ON, CORRECT?

YES, YOU'RE CORRECT. >> ONCE YOU PROVE THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO PAY THE FINAL PAY REQUEST FROM THE CONTRACT, WE'LL PAY IT THEN WE'LL CLOSE THE GRAIN OUT.

ALL RIGHT. THAT BEING SAID, I NEED IT MOSTLY FROM THE FLORIDA VOTE ON THIS FOR THE CHANGE HOLDER. MY THREE YEAR EXTENSION IS NOT THAT SIMPLE.

HOWARD. HOWARD ACCURATE THROUGH THE MOTION.

WE'LL HAVE A SECOND. >> SO I GOT A SECOND. I DON'T HAVE EVERYBODY TO FOLLOW UP ON MY SCREEN. IF YOU WOULD SAY YOUR NAME THAT'S GOING TO REPRESENT.

>> SO WE HAVE A FIRST IN A SECOND. SO GO AHEAD.

VOTE ON IT. ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL OF THE THAT CHANGE ORDER FOR RUNWAY 3

AND A HELPING HAND SAY OR SIGNAL WITH YOUR OPINION. >> I SUPPOSE IT IS A SINGLE OF YOUR AND OR SAY OPPOSED IT APPEARS THE I'S HAVE IT SERVE THEREFORE IT IS APPROVED FOR THE CHANGE OF NUMBER FOUR. NUMBER THREE LET ME VOLUNTARY HELP IT OUT ERIK.

AIRCRAFT FRESHMAN POWER FIGHTING CLASS FOR TRUCK. JOHN.

>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. THIS IS IT. AND OUR TRUCK IS A FIFTEEN HUNDRED GALLON RF TRUCK THAT WILL BE VERY, VERY SIMILAR ALTHOUGH A LOT NEWER THAN THE

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AND THIS IS A REQUIREMENT FOR US BECAUSE OF THE THE INCREASE IN INDEX FOR THE AIRPORT IS NOW ANNEX B. WE'VE ALREADY WE MEET THE INDEX WITH OUR TWO VEHICLES BUT THEY'RE BOTH VERY OLD. SO WE'RE DUE TO REPLACE THE 15 GALLON TRUCK THAT WE HAVE.

GOING TO MAINTAIN THAT BECAUSE IT'S GOOD TO HAVE TWO OF THOSE AND BE A BRAND NEW TRUCK.

SO WE ACTUALLY OPENED THOSE BIDS LAST WEEK, LAST WEEK, WEDNESDAY AND IT APPEARS RIGHT NOW THAT OSHKOSH PEERS RIGHT NOW OSHKOSH IS THE LOW RESPONSE OF BETTER.

SO THEY'RE THE ONES THAT WE'RE GOING TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH TO HAVE THE BUILD THAT TRUCK NOW TAKES TAKES ABOUT A YEAR LITTLE BIT OVER A YEAR FOR THEM ACTUALLY.

YOU KNOW, PUT THAT WHOLE TRUCK TOGETHER AND HAVE IT READY FOR DELIVERY SO IT'LL BE SOMETIME AROUND THIS TIME NEXT YEAR. THE THIS TIME OR THE NEXT MONTH OR SO I THINK THEY'VE GOT IT A YEAR AND A MONTH NOW IT WORKS OUT TO BE. AND SO AFTER THAT THEN WE'LL HAVE A BRIGHT SHINY NEW FIRE TRUCK AT THE AND THIS ONE ACTUALLY JUST SO YOU KNOW IT'S TYPICALLY A 90 PERCENT FAA GRANT THAT IS ELIGIBLE THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF THE LATEST ROUND OF FEDERAL RELIEF. IT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT FUNDED BY THE FAA.

SO THE WHOLE COST IS SIX UNDER NINE THOUSAND THAT'LL BE COVERED 100 PERCENT BY THE FAA

. >> ALL RIGHT. SO YEAH, I'M LOOKING OUT FOR COMMENTS, QUESTIONS IN REFERENCE TO THE APPROVAL OF THE OSHKOSH TRUCK WHICH IS MUCH BETTER. GOOD TO HEAR. JOHN, YOU'VE DONE YOUR HOMEWORK FOR THE FAA. WHAT UPSET APPROVAL PRETTY FIVE PARTY.

ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR OUR DIRECTOR MIGHT BE IN THE WORKS IN THE COMMENTS I NEED A MOTION TO TAKE A VOTE FOR THE APPROVAL OF RUSS JIM BUCKLEY MOVE APPROVAL.

JIM, ON THE MOTION THAT I HAVE A SECOND THEN AND BRIAN, LET'S GO TO THE AND TO THE SECOND

TAKE A VOTE OF NO FAVOR. >> THE SIGNAL BY RAISING YOUR HAND OR VOTING I WOULD I AND ANYONE OPPOSE THE SIGNING EITHER BY SIGNAL IN YOUR HAND OR VOTE TO OPPOSE BESIDES HAVING TO APPROVE NEXT ITEM IS NUMBER 14 THROUGH CONCESSIONS YOU HAVE THE FULL RIGHT.

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>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN. >> A FOOD CONCESSIONS IS SOMETHING WE HAD ACTUALLY STARTED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND WE HAD PUT OUT AN RFP AND REALLY DIDN'T GET A RESPONSE ON IT. SO WE ARE WORKING WITH WITH THE COMPANY AND THEN COVID IT HIT AND KIND OF DERAIL EVERYTHING. SO WE WENT BACK OUT WITH AN RFP THIS YEAR WE GOT THREE RESPONSES RFP. ONLY TWO WERE REALLY RESPONSIVE OR FULLY RESPONSIVE AND WE SELECTED PALIN CONCESSIONS THERE OUT OF WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA AND THEY'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH DOING A SMALLER REGIONAL DESTINATION AIRPORTS A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WITH TYING IN LOCAL BUSINESSES WITH THEIR BUSINESS TO MAKE THE CONCESSIONS HAPPEN. THEY'VE GOT A GREAT IDEA OF HOW TO KIND OF WHAT THE SIZE OF THE AIRPORT IS AND HOW TO MAKE THEIR OPERATIONS. SO WE'RE PLANNING ON WORKING WITH THEM. WE'LL PURCHASING IS WORKING ON A CONTRACT AS WE SPEAK TO GET THAT OUT TO TAILWIND AND WE'RE EXCITED TO GET SOME CONCESSIONS IN THE TERMINAL SO THAT THE CURRENT SNACK BAR OR THE CURRENT VENDING AREA WILL BE TRANSFORMED INTO A KIND OF A CAFE AREA AND THEN THERE'LL ALSO BE SOME LIMITED OFFERINGS PAST SECURITY AS WELL.

ONE PLACE WOULD BE IN A MODULAR COLD ROOM, BE KIND OF A KIOSK IN THERE FOR FOLKS WHO GET SOME REFRESHMENTS, POST SECURITY. SO WE'RE HOPING TO HELP YOU CONTROL OR TAME THE SAVAGE BEAST OF THE SUMMER CROWDS BY HAVING SOME CONCESSIONS AVAILABLE FOR FOLKS IN THERE BEFORE THEY GO THROUGH SECURITY CENTER BUT IS NOT IN A RUSH TO GO THROUGH SECURITY.

SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE THAT. AND LIKE I SAID, WE ARE WORKING ON A CONTRACT TO ENTER INTO WITH TAILWIND CONCESSIONS JUST LOOKING FOR YOUR BUY IN ON THAT FOR FREE COMMENTS, QUESTIONS.

GO AHEAD, JIM. I THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE THEM. DO WE EMOTION FIRST OR DOING THE OPEN DISCUSSION ON GAS PRICES? OK, FINE.

JOHN, BACK TO YOU. >> QUESTION TWO QUESTIONS. ONE IS WHAT'S THE LENGTH OF THE GREEN? I SAW THE CLASSIFIED AD IN THE PACKET ADVERTISING FOR THIS.

WHAT IS THE LINE THAT THE AGREEMENT OF THE CONTRACT. AND DOES IT MOVES OUT MORE THAN A COUPLE YEARS? WOULD THEY BE THE VENDOR FOR THE NEW AND EXPANDED TERM LIKE

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? >> EXCELLENT QUESTION, JIM. IT DOES HAVE A LIMITED FIRST TERM AND THAT'S EXACTLY BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT WE'LL BE HAVING A BUILT IN THE NEW TERMINAL. SO I DON'T HAVE TO TRY THROUGH THE TWO OR THREE YEARS TO START OUT. SO IN EIGHT WE DID TALK WITH THEM AND THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A NEW TERMINAL THAT IS BEING DESIGNED AND THEY UNDERSTAND THAT WE WOULD YOU KNOW, IN ALL LIKELIHOOD REPAY THE MONEY AT THAT TIME. SO THEY'RE COMFORTABLE WITH

THAT ASSUMING JOHN, ONE MORE QUESTION. >> ASSUMING ALL GOES ACCORDING

TO OIL LAND THEY BECOME THE EFFECTIVE CONCESSIONAIRE. >> THEY ARE BASED ON A

HANDSHAKE AND A PHONE CALL. THEY ALREADY ARE. >> OKAY, GREAT.

SO WE WON'T DO AND ANTICIPATE THE CHANGES WITHIN 30 DAYS. >> THANK YOU.

QUESTIONS, COMMENTS VERY CONCISE TERMINAL BUILDING. ALL RIGHT.

SO LAST MOTION COMING FORWARD TWO VOTES ON THE CREDIT CRISIS MOVED WITH EXCITEMENT AND EMOTION BECAUSE WE SECOND AND SECOND I'LL TALK ABOUT ALL FAVOR SAYING I WAS SHOWING A SINGLE HAND I DO ALL OPPOSE EITHER SAY OPPOSED OR SIGNAL OF YOUR HAND.

>> STOP THAT SIG. >> ALL RIGHT. SAID IT APPEARS AS THROUGH THE

BONE CONCESSIONS DURING CONTRACT SO TRIGGERED A BONE. >> ALL RIGHT.

WE MOVE ON. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AS TIME AS CHAIRMAN OBVIOUSLY I'LL BE BETTER PREPARED FOR EXPLAINING. I I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE CHAIRMAN. SO IF YOU'RE CHAIRMAN OF A COMMITTEE, IF YOU AND YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS, UPDATES, GO AHEAD, TAKE THE FLOOR.

NO, NO, IT'S YOUR END AND WE THANK YOU FOR THE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN CONSECUTIVE VIEW ON

[12. HILTON HEAD ISLAND AIRPORT (HXD) – CONTRACT CHANGE ORDER NO. FOUR-FINAL -QUALITY ENTERPRISES USA, INC. -RUNWAY 3 EXTENSION - VOTE (Part 2 of 2) ]

SPEAKER. >> THIS IS A LEADER WE STILL NEED TO GET A MOTION IN A

SECOND FOR THE CEO TO PURCHASE ORDER PLEASE TELL BUNCHES. >> YES, WE DIDN'T GET A SECOND

NOT A MOTION. >> I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH. SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO UNTIL PRINCES UGLY SECOND TO RYAN SEACREST AND KIM BUCKLEY PENTIUM I SO BY THE RECORD WE'VE CHUCK ABOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE CONGRESS ONE OF ITS OWN PURCHASE ALL IN FAVOR SAY ABOUT SAVING LIVES BUT WITH YOUR A.M. I KEEP ALL OF THOSE WHO SAY OPPOSE OUR SINGLE A WAVE OF YOUR HAND SO IT APPEARS THE ODDS ARE IN FAVOR OF THAT. SO THAT IS APPROVED FOR THE FUEL TAKE THE ALONG. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FIFTEEN.

THE CHAIRMAN UPDATED THE CHAIRMAN'S MINUTES TO START AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND HERE'S THE PLEASE. ANYONE KNOW FROM ANY REPORTS AND UPDATES WE'LL MOVE WITH

[14. CITIZEN COMMENT (Every member of the public who is recognized to speak shall limit comments to three minutes) ]

IT SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE HAVING THREE. IT'S YOU ARE CITIZENS LIKE TO COMMENT ON YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES SOLEMN TO ANY CITIZEN

COMMENTS. >> MR. CHAIRMAN, DAVIS, DAVID AMES, I'M SPEAKING AS THE LIAISON FROM THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD AVIATION AREA AIRPORT BOARD.

THREE THINGS. WHAT WAS THE COST OF THE FIRE 675.

>> TOTAL COST STARTS TO BURN FOR OUR STAFF AND ROSENBAUER COSTS.

TOTAL PRICE OF SIX 600 NINETY NINE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY DOLLARS.

ROSENBAUER WITH SEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED TWENTY EIGHT DOLLARS 16 CENTS.

>> SO IT APPEARS THAT US COST US ABOUT TWENTY THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS LESS.

>> AS JOHN MENTIONED IN HIS REPORT THIS WILL BE FUNDED BY THE THANK YOU TRADE.

>> A SECOND ITEM AND THIS IS REALLY DIRECTED AT JOHN JOHN. THAT NEW TOWN MANAGER OF HILTON HEAD HAS SAID TO ME THAT HE'S PLANNING TO MEET WITH YOU SHORTLY IF HE HASN'T ALREADY.

I'M ENCOURAGED BY HIS INTEREST IN THE AIRPORT AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE TWO OF YOU WORKING

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IF JOHN IF JOHN HAS A REPORT AS TO WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT THAT, WHETHER THEY'RE LOOKING AT IT AND SO ON, I'M A BIG ADVOCATE OF REINFORCE SEEN THE HILTON HEAD NATURAL ENVIRONMENT ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP BRAND AND SO I THINK IT'S FANTASTIC THAT THAT TURTLE HAS BEEN ADDED

TO THE TERMINAL. >> BY DAVID I WANT TO JUST JUMP IN REAL QUICK AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR YOU KNOW, YOU KIND OF GOT THAT THAT SPARK GO ON. AND OF COURSE MIRA AND HER FOLKS REALLY JUMPED ON IT AS WELL WITH ENTHUSIASM. I KNOW THAT I GOT TO KNOW THE MEDIA FROM ALINA THAT THE COUNTY CHANNEL MAY BE ABLE TO PLAY THE VIDEO CLIP FROM THAT UNVEILING AND I KIND OF WAVED HER OFF. BUT IF THE COUNTY CHANNELS ABLE TO DO THAT, THAT WOULD BE THEY'D BE PRETTY COOL IF THEY COULD PLAY IT.

I DON'T KNOW OF AS TO NO RISK FOR THEM. SO ALINA CAN MAYBE CHECK OUT THAT SEE IF THEY CAN PLAY JUST THE MURAL, THE TURTLE. I THINK IT'S ONLY ABOUT A

MINUTE LONG AND YOU GET JOHN IT SOUNDED SOUNDED AMAZING. >> THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE. THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE.

IT WAS GREAT. THERE WAS A LOT OF BLUE SHIRTS AND A WHOLE BUNCH OTHER PEOPLE AND IT JUST HAPPENED AND WE HAD A FLIGHT DEPLANING AT THE SAME TIME EVERYBODY COMING TO GET THEIR BAGGAGE GOT TO PARTICIPATE AS WELL AS PERFECT TIMING, GOOD.

WHAT THE COUNTY JAIL ON THE SPOT AND AN AN

AND JOHN, YOU HAD A GREAT SPEECH. >> WELL, THANK YOU.

I LIKE THE ONE THAT THEY SHOWED ON THIS CLIP. IT WAS VERY, VERY SHORT TO THE POINT. RIGHT? I WILL TELL YOU THAT.

AND I ASKED TO TAKE THAT OUT BECAUSE IT TO ME WAS JUST TOO MANY WORDS.

BUT YOU KNOW, I WELCOME THAT THE WHOLE CONCEPT WITH ENTHUSIASM AND I TRY NOT TO GET PERSONAL ABOUT WHAT GOES INTO THE TURMOIL ON THAT SORT OF THING.

BUT I REALLY FROM A FROM THE WHOLE I GUESS THE CITIZENSHIP OF THE AIRPORT AND WITHIN THAT ISLAND. I DON'T THINK THERE'S A BETTER THING THAT WE COULD HAVE DONE ESPECIALLY IN THIS SEASON WITH PERFECT TIMING. I JUST A COUPLE DAYS AFTER THE UNVEILING THE FIRST NEST ON HILL THAT I WAS WAS DISCOVERED. SO IT WAS HUGE.

VERY EXCITED. GREAT TIMING AND I WERE THRILLED TO HAVE MYRTLE IN THERE AND THEN HOPEFULLY SHE'LL BE THERE FOR A LONG TIME. I DON'T WANT TO BELABOR THE POINT BUT JUST BY WAY OF GETTING AN OFFERING SOME INFORMATION, THE MYRTLE TURTLE IS STAYING LEAN ON A TRAVEL BOX THAT HAS HAS STICKERS OF ALL THE PLACES THAT SHE'S TRAVELED

AROUND THE WORLD IS YOURS. >> SHE PLAYS SOMETHING LIKE EIGHT CLUTCHES OF EGGS EVERY OTHER YEAR ON HILTON HEAD. SHE'S BEEN DOING IT FOR YEARS. SHE'S SOMETHING LIKE 60 YEARS OLD. IT'S AN AMAZING STORY. AND I JUST THINK IT'S GREAT FOR TRAVELERS TO BE ABLE TO LEARN ABOUT THAT WHEN THEY'RE WAITING FOR AN AIRPLANE OR WAITING FOR

THEIR LUGGAGE. THANKS. >> THANK YOU.

I ALWAYS APPRECIATE YOUR PARTICIPATION. I MEAN IT'S TRYING TO GO OFF OF FOR ONE MINUTE ANY IDEA OAR CONVERSATION WHEN WE MIGHT GO BACK TO IN-PERSON MEETINGS? I DON'T HAVE A DATE ON THAT YET BUT I'LL CHECK WITH ELAINE. I KNOW WHAT COUNTY COUNCIL'S DOING SOME HYBRID MEETINGS. SO WE'LL CHECK IN AND SEE IT AS SOON AS WE CAN.

WE WILL IT'LL DEPEND ON THE VENUES THAT WE DO TOGETHER TO BUILD THE COMPANY AND THE TOWN.

>> WHILE ABOUT A YEAR OUT THE WEB THINGS LIKE PASSING THE CAMARADERIE AND THE FELLOWSHIP

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[16. THE NEXT VIRTUAL MEETING WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 2021, 1:30 PM. ]

MIKE, THANKS FOR YOUR E-MAILS. WELL, IF SHE'S RIGHT, I ALWAYS GET AHEAD OF THE GAME.

RIBAUT INFORMATION FEED AND LINKS. SO THAT BEING SAID.

THAT'S RIGHT. IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING JOURNALISTS DO.

IF YOU HAVEN'T. GO AHEAD, STUART. STUART, YOU HAVE A FALLING OUT.

WE JUST PASSED OR ARE PASSING A CHANGE TO THE MEETING SUCH THAT ANYBODY WHO CAN'T ATTEND IN PERSON AND IT CAN ELECTRONICALLY. SO I THINK THAT'LL TAKE CARE ISSUE AND SO ACTUALLY PROBABLY GO BACK TO MEETING WHENEVER YOU WANT TO.

SECONDLY AGAIN, THANKS. CONGRATULATIONS DAN AND THOROUGHLY.

VERY QUICK QUESTION SHOULD HAVE MAYBE ASKED JOHN EARLIER AND IT SOUNDS LIKE PART OF OUR SIX GUESS IS THAT WE'RE QUITE CROWDED ON SATURDAYS AND I'VE GOTTEN A FEW E-MAILS FROM PEOPLE THAT ARE CONCERNED. IS THIS SOMETHING, JOHN, THAT WE CAN WORK THROUGH OR ARE WE GOING TO HAVE A PROBLEM THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER WITH THE NUMBER OF FLIGHTS?

>> THANKS FOR THAT QUESTION AND THAT IS ONE THAT WE GET PRETTY FREQUENTLY AS WELL.

BECAUSE IT DOES GET REAL BUSY ON THE WEEKENDS. I'VE GOT A CALL I HAD A CALL WITH TSA THE OTHER DAY AND I'VE HAD ANOTHER CALL OF THE AIRLINES COMING UP EARLY NEXT WEEK JUST TO TALK THROUGH SOME OF THE CARNAGE, SOME OF THE OPERATIONS THAT WE CAN MAYBE NEED A MAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFICIENT INSIDE THE TERMINAL AND ACTUALLY WITH ARAFAT OPERATIONS AS WELL. SO IT'S IT'S AN ISSUE THAT BLAKE SAYS IS A GREAT PROBLEM TO HAVE AND THAT ONLY GOES SO FAR. BUT SO WE'RE TOGETHER WITH OUR TEAMMATES, THE AIRLINES, YOU KNOW THAT THE PEOPLE ARE THERE TO MANAGE AND SO WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH THEM TO SEE WHAT SOLUTIONS THEY CAN COME UP WITH, THE KIND OF HELP THAT FLOW. AND JOHN, I KNOW SOME OF IT SOMETIMES IS WEATHER RELATED WITH ATC AND SO ON TO THE AIRLINES SET THE SCHEDULES AS TO WHEN THEY'RE COMING IN OR IS IT SOME TYPE OF COORDINATION BETWEEN THEM SO THAT THERE'S A LITTLE SPREAD OUT NOW? YOU KNOW, IT HAS PROBABLY MOST TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT WE'RE DESTINATION AIRPORT AND SO OUR BANKS ARE VERY DISTINCT AND THE BANKS AT THE OTHER AIRPORTS YOU RELEASE AIRPLANES TO US ARE PRETTY DISTINCT. SO WE WE RECEIVE THE AIRPLANES WHEN THEY GET SENT TO US.

WE HAPPEN TO BE PRIMARILY AN EAST COAST AIRPORT. SO WE'RE WE'RE GONNA GET ON THOSE BANKS. THEY'RE ALL JUST THEIR FLIGHT TIMES ARE NOT THAT DIFFERENT.

AND IF YOU TALK ABOUT A DFW FLIGHT OR CHICAGO FLIGHT, ALL THE EAST COAST IS A BASIC ARRIVING HERE AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME OR WITHIN 15 TO 30 MINUTES OF EACH OTHER.

SO IT IS WHAT IT IS. IT'S JUST A FACT OF US BEING A DESTINATION AIRPORT.

>> OK, TYLER. I LIKE THAT GUY. I THINK PROBABLY THE MAIN FACTOR IS WITH RENTAL PROPERTIES. MOST RENTAL PROPERTIES DON'T ADD OR SATURDAY, SATURDAY OR SUNDAY BUT SAID THAT SINCE THE MOST COMMON SATURDAY SATURDAY BEING THE MOST. SO AIRLINES WHEN YOU SEARCH FOR FLIGHT TO FREE THREE GIRLS SHARON SANDERS AND THEY'RE GOING TO ADJUST THE FLIGHT SUPPORT TO AS YOU HAVE THIS CONVERSATION GOING. KEEP IN MIND THE BULK OF THE PEOPLE COMING OUT FOR WE TAKE A SHORT TWO WEEKS VACATION. THEY NEED TO COME ON CHARITY. I NEED TO LEAVE ON SATURDAY.

I MEAN COME ON. I'LL FIND YOU A LITTLE MORE. SO KEEP THAT IN MIND.

>> THANK YOU. GO AHEAD, BRIAN AND GO AHEAD AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR, BRIAN.

>> YEAH, I FINALLY FIGURED OUT HOW TO MOVE. OH MY GOD.

I JUST WANT TO THANK JOHN FOR YOUR KIND WORDS. I WANT TO THANK YOU, STU, FOR PUSHING MY APPOINTMENT THROUGH. I THINK I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I HAD MY FIRST COMMISSION MEETING THIS MORNING AND IT WAS LIKE DRINKING THROUGH A FIRE

HOSE. >> I HAVE A LOT TO LEARN BUT IT'S VERY, VERY INTERESTING.

I LOOK FORWARD TO IT. I LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING ALL THE COMMISSIONERS IN PERSON.

I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT EXPERIENCE, A GREAT LEARNING EXPERIENCE.

>> AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU. JOHN AGAIN FOR YOUR VERY KIND WORDS AND STU. I'LL THINK ABOUT THANKING YOU. I'LL THINK ABOUT THAT.

WE'LL TALK TO WRITE. BRIAN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YEAH, YEAH.

FIRST OF ALL FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS TO AND I THINK THAT'S A GREAT CHOICE AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE PROUD OF HER. JOHN, I WANT TO GO BACK AND ASK TWO QUESTIONS ABOUT HILTON HEAD RELATED TO WHAT WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT.

THE WEEKENDS ARE BUSY LAST WEEKEND FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER I SAW NOT TWO BUT FIVE

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I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAID YOU'RE GONNA TALK TO THE AIRLINES NEXT WEEK BUT THAT REALLY SEEMS TO ME THAT THE PRESSURE ON GETTING THAT TERMINAL BUILT THROUGH IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN OVERNIGHT AND ALONG THOSE LINES ABOUT A YEAR OR SO AGO WE STARTED TALKING BEFORE COVERED ABOUT THE ACQUISITION OF A RADAR FEED FOR THE CONTROL TOWER.

IS THERE ANY FOLLOW UP ON THAT WITH ALL THE TRAFFIC COMING IN NOW TO BRUSH THE PERSONAL AND SEEM LIKE MORE OF A COMMA THAT QUESTION SO I JUST LET THAT LIE .

SECOND, WHAT ABOUT THE RADAR? WE'RE GOING TO GET BACK IN TOUCH ON THAT ONE.

I'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF A PLAN HERE TO TO WORK THROUGH ON THAT.

THERE HAVE BEEN SOME LETTERS CIRCULATED FROM SOME OF OUR CONTROLLERS ABOUT THAT AND THEY GAVE US A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THE NECESSITY FOR THAT.

SO WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THE MARINE CORPS AIR STATION AND MARINE CORPS TO UPGRADE SOME OF THE OTHER COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN US AND THEM IN ORDER TO MAKE THOSE COMMUNICATIONS A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFICIENT OR A LOT MORE EFFICIENT THAN WHAT THEY ARE NOW. SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO LOOK AT THAT AND IN FACT WE JUST HAD A MEETING THIS MORNING ABOUT BUDGET ITEMS FOR THE TOWER TO JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO UPGRADE THE TECHNOLOGY OUT THERE BECAUSE IT'S BECOMING MORE AND MORE IMPORTANT WITH MORE JETS COMING IN AND OUT OF HILTON HEAD OR ANYWHERE FROM SOME LAST MINUTE

COMMENTS FROM YES. >> KIM KIM. KIM BUCKLEY FOR MOMENT TALKING ABOUT COME COMING AGAIN. I WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE FORTUNATE TO BE OUT TO WELCOME THE NEW JET. AND THE POINT TO POINT SERVICE IT'S BEING USED AND IT IS REMARKABLE TO ME THAT THEY TOOK A 70 SEAT AIRCRAFT PAIRED IT DOWN TO 50 SEATS AND ARE OFFERING THREE CLASSES OF SERVICE. THAT IS A WONDERFUL THING.

AND IT'S GOOD FOR THEM REVENUE WISE. BUT IT'S ALSO A REALLY GREAT POSITIVE FOR THOSE HIGH FLYERS THAT WANT TO COME IN AND OUT HAD THAT ABILITY.

>> IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL PLANE, BEAUTIFUL INTERIOR. AND WHAT'S A POINT TO POINT THOSE NON STOPS THAT JOHN POINTED OUT EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION WILL ENHANCE THE

ABILITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY. >> AND WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT CONCERN ABOUT THE AIRCRAFT BUSINESS, THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING IN ON THESE PLANES ARE THE FUTURE RESIDENTS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND THE CYCLE OF LIFE THAT WE HAVE IN HILTON HEAD. SO IT SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED AND ENHANCED. THEN WHEN WE ALL CHAT WITH PEOPLE, WE NEED TO BE VERY POSITIVE ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THE AIRPORT AND ITS LONG LASTING RESULTS IN KEEPING THE FUNNEL OF FULL IN OUR COMMUNITY. THANK RIGHT.

THANK YOU, JIM. PROMOTION GOOD, SINCERE AND PROPER TO MOVE A SECOND CHEAPER 71 HOURS INSTEAD OF BETTER AS WE LOOK TO VETERANS IN SOMETHIN

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.